Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-03
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF
FORESTERS

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TkRaAhI Orient, who conducted a
party of pilgrims over the
hot sands Of the Oriental desert. Charle
/ Wilde as grand padishaw and Geo. hood
/ as grand pashaw were in charge OF the
/ ceremonies and conferred the freedom
/ of the city hall upon the victims IN
] a nexnressive manner and were liberal
/ in their allowance of the reIreshlns
! beverage to the thirsty traNelers' III
/ fact. there was enough and to spare
THE newly elevated princes were given
/ tbe time of their lives, and all the
princes participated with vim that
! showed their appreciation or the goou
/ things provided. Court Norris Nlne-
ward will give a grand autumnal pan
( nevt FRIDAY night i'm the Walker build
! ing to which all are invited. CouI
Morris Vineyard has made speclal
nreparations for this affair, Whlch
/ will be somewhat above the ordinary
! Companion Court Morris Vineyard
/ had two applications at the last meet
| ing and had good number of com
panions in attendance.
/ The court at Fullerton had another
! class initiation last week, the iniuatory
work being under the direction OF Dep
uty Supreme Chief Ranger J. II. Jones'
Brother Harrison was presented with
an elegant 1. O. F. watch fob in rec
ognition of his work in the court and
| of having secured a number OF addl-
| tions to the court. A captain was Sc
| lected for a degree team that has been
organized among the younger mem
bers, and it is expected that the WORK
will be given by the team at the next
| class initiation. The court took Official
recognition of the yeoman service rem
dered it during the past two years oy
Brother Dean, who has constantly
| looked after the interest of the court
] in many ways. 1t is well to see the
loyal efforts of our members recoS-
nized during their lives, rather than
1 to wait to streW flowers over thelr
graves.
Court Temple had six applications at
the meeting last week, and gave the
initiatory work in short form. Courts
Temple and Miramar will have their
usual dance and whist party in their
halls in the Burbank building next
Tuesday night. A cordial invitation is
extended to all to be present, Those
who have got the habit" of attend
ing these affairs of Courts Temple ana
Miramar know that good time Is
assured.
Companion court Glad Hand will meet
Thursday night in the Walker building
when a class of candidate will be
initiated under the auspices of the Los
/ Angeles Guard of Honor. An invita-
tion is extended to the companions 10
attend and enjoy the work of this eX-
| celent guard. While the companions
are thus employed the brothers of Court
Glad Hand will be busy with class
of twenty. and as there will be some
new stunts doing there will be not
time that night. Supreme Elevator
Brother Frank z. Hand will be IN
charge, and will see that no candidate
is sighted. At the meeting last week
Court Glad Hand had the usual Dig
attendance and received a good patch
of applications. Brothers Hun anu anu
I Parsons of Court Morris Vineyard were
among the distinguished visitors VINO
were given a reception that they ap-
preciated very feelingly. In fact, as
| they expressed it, the honors were
| simply showered on them. Those VINO
want a good time had better make a
point of being present at the meeting
! Thursday and they surely Will be sat
sfied with the program offered.
The Companion assembly met Tues
day and Wednesday of last week ana
carried out the program as outlined
in The Herald of last Sunday. 1t was
a very successful meeting and the
companions manifested great interest
in the work The attendance was
large and many good papers OF IN
terest were read during the sessions.
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Companion Courts La Fiesta, Los An
geles and Morris Vineyard was a
striking feature of the proceedings.
The La Fiesta guard, which is the
babv guard of the city, did finely and
will give the older guards something
to do to keep ahead in the race Tor
supremacy. The members did excel
/ lent work, and the latest addition will
serve to accentuate the interest, Inc
Herald gave good accounts of the de-
tails of the sessions. Companion
Franklin is to be congratulated In
/ having been the unanimous choice OF
/ the assembly to serve another year as
president. The ball that concluded
| the affair Wednesday evening caused
the biggest gathering of Foresters and
! friends seen for months, and the halls
were crowded. The grand march was
J led by the high chief ranger, DR.. c. b.
| Dickson, and was participated in by
the high court and assembly officers
| and members to the number of several
hundred couples. Whist was also
played by a large number and Mrs.
| Ferris and c. B. Kroesen won the Hrst
prizes. The BOBBY prizes were awarded
to Mrs. Inman and Mr. Milhouse.
Court Los Angeles had their smoker
last Thursday evening, and the mem
bers passed a pleasant evening in So
cial enjoyment.
Court Occident had a good meeting
| Friday evening, and was glad to vel
come the chief ranger Brother w. II
! Leeds, after an absence of one month
in Seattle and the northern points oil
interest. Brother Leeds reports hne
time and meeting a lot of good Forest
/ ers up north, but he is now singing the
lows of home sweet home. He has had
a good vacation and is back in the
harness as a loyal Los Angelan and
good Forester.
The fall campaign in Forestry is now
on in earnest, and while the courts
| have done we'll in the past year Nc
word has gone around that the order
will do even better in the future. For
esters are great believers in prosper
ity. and more than 100000 of assets
is talking it.
One of the most pleasing social anc
fraternal gatherings ever enjoyed by
the members of the /. o. F. in this city
was that given by the officers ant
members of Court Slemi-Tropic No
1442, in honor of the birthday of theii
chief ranger, Brother Alonzo Bricker
Arrangements had been made by the
members of the court to surprise
the brother at his residence on Satur
day evening, September 25. The mem
bers of the court, accompanied by {
large number of their friends, met a.
Twelfth and San Pedro streets anC
proceeded in a body to the family resi-
dence, No. 721 East Eleventh street
where they found Brother Bricker, a;
he stated, "just as he came from thu
barn" The house was filled to over
I flowing, and after greetings and con
gratulations had been extended thos'
1 present enjoyed themselves at card
u whist and 5O0) during the create