The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
COMP PANIONS WILL
NAME new Chief
Essie Kragen of This City
Slated to Head Grand Cir
Gle of Women Foresters
Annual Meeting Will Be Held in
Stockton, Commencing
Tuesday

The Companions of the Foresters Of
America are to meet in annual grand
circle session in Stockton this week
commencing Tuesday and closing Fri
day.
The officers of the grand body, who
are to be succeeded by. new set TO
be chosen at that session, are:
Elizabeth l. Drendell. grand chief companion.
San Francisco; Essie Kragen, grand subchief
companion, San Francisco; Agnes u. bfemef,
grand financial secretary, Alameda; hltty Bora
Weisel. grand recording secretary San iran
cisco; Moses Levy grand supervisor Oh DyiaWs,
San Francisco; Mrs. d. Spellman. grand marshai
Colma; Mrs. e. Christensen. grand rignt gulde
Salinas; Lille Bisbee. grand left guide, Angels
Camp: Martha Taylor, grand inner guard Los
Angeles; Lulu Lehman. grand outer suaru lt uas
land; Rebekah Kemp Van Ee. grand organst
San Francisco. Mary e. Read REDWOOD city'
Myra Rooney, Santa Cruz. and Mrs n. E. smith,
San Francisco. grand trustees
CANDIDATES. FOR OFFICES
Fsse Kragen of Martha Washing
ton circle of this city is to be the next
grand chief companion. For the POSI-
tion of subchief companion there Will
be a contest between Lillian Powers
of Woodland and Mary +. Read of
Redwood City. Agnes d. Bremen of
Alameda will be reelected as grand
financial secretary; Jessie Simpson of
Sonora is a candidate for the office of
grand recording secretary; Kitty Bo-
radori of this city wants to continue
in office as grand treasurer but her
right to hold office for another term
will be contested by Jennie Weisel,
also of this city.
Mrs. D. Colman of Colma will be "a
candidate to be continued as grand
marshal. Moses Levy of this city is
49,. - a,
more as supervisor of bylaws. Lille
Bisbee of Angels Camp, incumbent left
guide, wants to be advanced to right
guide. and Martha Taylor of Los An
geles, incumbent inner guard, wants
to be advanced to left guide.
Lulu Lehman of Oakland, now in
side guard, wants to be at the inner
door. Rebekah Kemp Van Ee of this
city the incumbent organist, is to have
an opponent in Mrs. e. II. Zeising, also
of this city. For grand trustees there
are four candidates for three Offices
Mrs. e. Christensen of Salinas, Lizzie
Meyers of this city, Sarah Finnegan of
and Mrs. N. E. Smith of
this city.
Among the proposed amendments to
the laws of the order one is intended
to cut off the payment of mileage to
past grand chief companions and an
other provides that the grand circle
shall hold it's sessions at the same
time and place as the Foresters of
America.
Among the past grand chiefs who
willS attend will be Lizzie Atwood of
this city, at present supreme subchief
of the order. who will be urged by the
grand circle for advancement to SUI.
pr reme chief.
Fr1f- - -
opening of the session will show that
the order had 3,710 members in good
standing on April 1. gain over the
preceding April, despite the fact that
seven weak circles wentTsout of ex-
istence During the term nine new
circles were instituted as follows:
Swastika, Berkeley; Refine de San
Luis, San Luis Obispo Star of Hope,
Castroville; Star of the Falls. Fall
River Mills; King City, at King City,
Del Monte, at Monterey; Valley, at
Danville; Cinnabar. at Middletown, and
Court Columbus, in. Los Angeles.
OF CIRCLES
The aggregate funds in the circle
is s12,351. The grand circle funeral
benet fund, which is maintained by
the payment of 10 cents month by
each member, has to It's credit SS,533
dICer the payment OIL numerous Claims
of $100 each.
The largest membership in. the juris-
diction is in the following circles:
Excelsior New Century, Azalea and
Martha Washington. the frst named
having 154 members, tne numbers
dwindling downward to the last which
has 116.
Robin Hood circle is first in rank
as to funds, having $1,27o to its credit,
followed by Live Oak with 1857, Ver-
bano with $725 and Sadi Carnot with
1922.
The program for the session in ad-
dition to the business is:
Tuesday, June reception of the
delegates by Stockton circle No. 130.
ednesday-Tallyho rides in the
afternoon and ball in Masonic Music
hall in the evening.
Thursday-Banquet in Masonic Mu-
sic hall.
-Exempliication of the ritual
istic work by a special team and the
official drill team.