Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26
NEWS OF FRATERNAL
MODERN WOODMEN OF
AMERICA

n.anSN Woodmen of America In
Los Angeles are making
/AHpreparations for big time
WA<\kV when Head Consul Talbot
ASI arrives in November. The
head consul will hold two meetings In
Los Angeles and one in Pasadena.
reception is planned for Saturday
night November 6, for the head con-
s1II and other head officers in the So
ciety who will be present at that time.
This win be one Of the greatest meet
ings ever held in this city by the So
cietv. Every camp in the southern
part of the state will be represented IN
the meeting and many uniformed
teams will parade the streets and VIII
lead a parade of thousands or WOOD
men. who will also march in the
parade to the Auditorium, where the
reception will take place.
Monday, November 8, a class adop-
ton and reception will be given at
Pasadena by the NJ. w a. NelShpors
there Other camps will join IN max
ing the affair a success, and the meet
ing will be enthusiastic. The members
viii have more than 100 candidates to
present to the head consul at that
meeting and a successful meeting Is
assured November 10 a large class
adoption will be held in Los Angeles
and it is expected that more than SUI
new members will be adopted by the
head consul.
The members in the various camps
are becoming enthusiastic and are We
ing with each other in an endeaVor 10
make the meetings very successful Ihe
committees having the arrangements
in charge are working hard and VIII
have everything ready when the uihs
comes. The Foresters will be on mana
to make a big demonstration, and win
a dozen or more teams and bands OF
music the street parades promise ID
be a grand success. The NJ. w. A.
never do things by halves, and the
members in Los Angeles and vicinity
are determined to keep up the great
record of the society and make TINS
event the talk of the town.
The Southern California Log Rolling
association wound up the business Of
the year at its meeting last Friday
night in the office of the clerk of Col
den State camp, J. 1. Taylor, the sec
retary for the new association, and set
tied up all outstanding accounts and
after making a cash present to each
of the officers of the old association
turned over a neat sum of money to
start the business next year. These
presents were voted as an expression
of appreciation for the faithful ser
vices of the officers in making so
splendid a success of the recent pic
mic at Venice.
The officers of the old association,
with the exception of Harry A. Pyles,
who was vice president, stepped aside
for new men in the new organization.
The past officers We're: President,
Maj Edward D. Pickering; vice presi-
dent, Harry A. Pyles, Whittier; treas
urer, George W. Duzenburt, Vernon,
secretary Frank A. Smith, Los An
geles. The officers assuming the re-
sponsibilities for the next log rolling
are: President, H. A. Pyle; vice pres
ident, o. C. Meacham, Long Beach;
treasurer, M. M. Myrick, Pasadena;
secretary, J. I. Taylor, Los Angeles.
Golden State camp No. 7110, NJ. w. A,
is working hard to have the largest
number of new adoptions in the head
consul's class, and incidentally to drive
a sufficient number of nails in the
banner hanging on the wall to insure
that it cannot be removed from the
hall for at least another year Every
member is working hard to keep the
camp in the lead, not only in point of
membership and new adoptions, but
also to maintain the high standard of
its membership. There is no failing
when the members of an organization
cooperate for the advancement of the
institution and the measure of the CO.
operation also measures the extent of
its success. Golden State camp never
falls down in its work. No matter
what may happen the members always
get together in the work of upbuilding
the camp. Its growth has not been
meteoric and dtful, but steady and con-
sistent.
Last Wednesday night was one par
ticularly to be remembered by the
members of Golden State and visitors
who We're present. The deputy, J.
A. Herbelin, had a class of eleven new
members for adoption and a good list
of applications for membership, and
the camp felt enthusiastic and in good
humor, for eleven candidates meant
eleven spikes driven into the banner on
the wall.
After the adoptions the camp was
taken by a delegation from California
camp who escorted National Lecturer
J. o. Davis. State Deputy H. V.
Rees, and District Deputy J. 0. Bur-
CESS and other local lights to the hall
The camp at once went into the good
of the order session and the distin-
guished visitors were called on to
speak. When the national lecturer
learned that Webster Davis was a
Woodman, just having Joined the
camp, he said that he did not wish to
speak, that he only wished to hear,
and wished those present to hear
Neighbor Webster Davis He intro
duced him as a friend of the people and
mentioned his interest in the Beers
and Of his efforts in their behalf in
the awful war that bereft them of
country, thus furnishing Mr. Davis
with theme for a speech. Then
followed Neighbor J. o. Davis nd
Neighbor H. V. Rees with eloquent ad-
dresses, and the evening closed with
shorter speeches by other visitors