The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-10-13
Brilliant Pageant Brings
Forth Praise.
FULLY 600 KNIGHTS IN LINE
Business Session Opens this
Morning.
Many Visitors, High in Masonry, At
tend the Conclavc of the Ohio
Grand Commandcry-- Closing ses-
sion Tonight.

/ The biggest social event that mas
been held in Marion in many years
occurred Tuesday night when the
, Grand Commandery of hio knights
! Templars. entertained their ladies al
a grand reception and BALL The oc.
casion marked the formal opening OF
! the slxty-seventh annual conclave OF
Ohio Knight Templars.
TheMasonic hall was magnifcently
decorated for the occasion, potted
plants and drapings of black and
white being used with very pretty
effects 4 twelve piece orchestra,
led by George w. Baker, was hidden
away in the balcony An excellent
nrogram of dance music was rem
dered and q delightful evening re-
suited The dancers numbered about
four hundred and the large hall was
occupied almost to its capacity. Ele-
CANT refreshments were served dur
Ing the evening, and the occasion
proved n success In every particular.
The first feature OF the program
for Wednesdays session was the
grand parade. For nearly an hour,
the plumed knights in full uniform
and headed by three of the bands,
mached through the streets, present.
ing a magnificent spectacle.
The parade could not have been
planned in n better manner 20 give
the desired appearance of dignity,
precision and stateliness. The mount.
ed guard led the march. II consist
ed OF Captain Daniel Evans. Captain
George b. Christian Jr. and Captain
David Evans. At the rear of the
mounted guard came the Peoples
band.
Kenton commandery fell into the
ranks at the rear of Marion Knights.
This representation consisted of about
forty. Mt. Vernon commandery No.
l, proved an important feature of
the parade. 1t was under escort of
the fourth regiment band and was
represented by fully one hundred
Bellefontaine commandery
took rank at the rear OF Mt Vernon
1t was represented by
forty knights.
The grand commandery OF Ohio
was escorted by Erie commandery of
Sandusky city. Sixty knights were in
this line of march and they were
escorted by Ackley band. of SAM
dusky. The grand officers formed the
tail end OF the parade. In this
group We're Edmund b. King, emil
nent grand commander of Ohio;
Charles f. Henry. deputy grand
from Marietta: ]. Rus
sci johnson, of Dayton, grand gener-
alissimo; Charles II. Eichorn, OF
Cleveland, grand captain general;
Henry Schaffer, of Toledo. grand
senior warden; Charles Il. Logan, Iof
Cincinnati, grand junior warden;
Lyttle of Toledo, grand
treasurer; John Nelson Bell, of Day
ton, grand recorder; Campbell F.
Voorhees,, Of Columbus. grand stand
ard bearer; Nelson Williams, of
grand sword bearer; Rob-
ert r. Whitaker, of Defiance, grand
warden; George s. Mcclure, of Ma
rion. grand captain of the guard.
All of the grand officers are pres
ent with the exception of Rev. +.
of Fremont, who Is
grand prelate. Rev. ]. p. Currin.
of this city. was elected Wednesday
TO fill the office pro tenn.
The business session of the grand
opened this morning
at 10 o'colck. The initial business
was the reading of the journal OF
the last annual conclave by the grand
recorder After the reports of va
rious committees, the all important
feature of the morning session oc-
Cured. II was the reading of the
annual report of Grand Commander
Edmund b. King of Sandusky. Then
grand commander, the grand gen.
erallsslmo, and grand captain-gen-
eral, the grand treasurer and the
grand recorder. Up until noon
Wednesday, no business of great i'm.
portance had been considered. TIL
election OF officers will consume the