Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-05
FTUternQL and
THE FRATERNAL
BROTHERHOOD
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0Ss3 hall December 9. No palms
will be spared to make 1t
the most complete of any festivity ever
undertaken by that progressive lodge
Another is the annual banquet or 70
mona lodge, No. 26, that VIII occur De
cember II, to which invitations are al
ready out. including the 800 members
of that lodge and members VINO nap
pen to be sojourning In that city. IN
vitations to both affairs have been cN-
tended to- the supreme officers.
The farce and dance given at the
open meeting of Hermosa lodge, NO 81,
November 20 was enjoyed by croWded
house.
Monday night. November 20. inspec-
ton, election and installation OF ON
GERS were all conducted by General
Adolph for Uniform rank, No. 1. cap
tain Gaubatz was reelected tor the
term.
Election of officers in the following
lodges occurred during the first We.k
in December: December ], Royal Cal-
fornia. No. 400, and Harrington, NO
500; December ., Los Angeles lodge
No. 1; Boyle Heights, No. 2f9; Frater-
nifty. No. 3f7. and Sunshine, No. 44S.
La Grande, No 2. and Golden state
No. 472. held elections on Friday night.
Ontario lodge, No. 10. viii be host
December 8 to the officers and escort
team of Pomona lodge, No. 20, at Whlch
time a class of twenty-five candidates
will be initiated for the former lodge.
with the ritualistic work eXemplilled
by the officers of the visiting lodge as
sisted by a representative from the su-
preme lodge. To Frank Blacketer and
wife fall the credit of obtaining TINS
class.
Rev. ]. A. Bachelor. supreme chap
lain, visited the home Office December
/. He brings good reports OF the work
in the northern jurisdiction
The attractive leaflets issued by the
publicity committee are only forerun-
ners of the completeness with whlch
every other detail in connection with
the New Years reception and bali IS
being generated. No efforts are being
spared to have this event eclipse all
former social functions given under the
supervision of tho home office. T. IL. r..
Circles are all agog over the event, and
the program committee Is reported asI
having a surprise up its sleeve.
The quarterly banquet of the Presi-
dents and Past Presidents association
was a departure from the regular pro-
gram of serving it in the home office,
and through the management or Mrs.
Stevenson, who was chairman of theI
committee, arrangements were made toI
have the catering done at the Y. NJ. ..
A. building. After the guests had as
sembled at the home office. adjourn
ment was taken to the last named
place. where an elegant rcpast was
served The change was enjoyed and
Mrs Stevenson was the recipient of
many compliments on the success of
the affair, and also for the taste dis
played in the decorations.
Mrs. Julia A. w. sharp, treasurer
IF Las Vegas lodge in Nevada, was a
welcome caller at the home office dur
ing the week. She reports r. r. y.
enthusiasm i'm that section and al
bright outlook for its future.
In the November membership con-
test waged by thirteen Of the ethyl
lodges and based upon a percentage
gained Sunshine lodge, No a. came
out winner, with Los Angeles lodge
No. POS being only a slight fraction
behind, but yet enough To make the
former undisputed winner. At some
be presented to Sunshine with appro-
pirate ceremonies. During November
100 candidates were initiated in the
Los Angeles city lodges.
At the last meeting of Westgate
lodge. No. 516. November so two can
didates were initiated and banquet
was given to the participants in the
late play. Nearly 800 was the net
result Of the play.
Members of La Grande lodge num- |
oering 1S5 assembled last Friday even |
ing to vote in the new officers. They |
we're compelled to linger impatiently |
until 10 o'clock before the nominations |
N9egan, and these were put before them |
Without any speeches as suggested by i
an eminent attorney present Brothers |
Paramore and Bettinger ran for presi- |
dent of the lodge Bettingcr got there |
He is the present vice president. Broth |
ers Whiteman, Lukens and Anderson |
ran for vice president. and Brother |
Whiteman got there. Brother Matherly, |
the present incumbent, ran for secre- |
tary with Brother Morrill,, but Mather- |
ly got there. Brothers Mullin and Wood |
ran for treasurer. Wood being the |
present officer i'm that capacity. Wood |
got 124 and Mullin 6S votes, so Wood |
remains for the tenth time the able
treasurer of the lodge, and handles
about $4,000 a year for the benefit of
the fraternal bunch. As soon as the |
treasurer was elected the brothers
escaped without delay. Many of tho
bunch will not be seen agani in the