Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
JOHN H. FOLEY, PAST HEAD CONSUL

NT EMBERS of the Woodmen of the
N World of Los Angeles are looking
49, forward with great interest to the
approaching visit of Head Consul /. l.
Boak April 5, when a large meeting Will
be held at Blanchard hall under the
auspices of the six camps in the city.
The boosting committee, consisting of
three members from each camp, is TAX
ing UP the work, and great prepara-
lions are being made to give the head
consul fitting reception. This meet
ing is to be an application getter and
several thousand Woodmen and their
male friends will be present that night
to listen to the address of the head
consul An interesting program will be
rendered. Every Woodman in Los An
geles, whether he be identified with
local camp or not, should make it
point to be present at this meeting.
Head Consul /. /. Boak of the Wood
men of the World was born February
2, 1860, and at ties age of % years took
UP the study of life insurance and was
employed as special agent and after
ward as general agent for the North
western Mutual of Milwaukee and the
Continental Life Insurance company of
Hartford, and afterward was commits
stoned by Sovereign Commander James
Cullen Root, then the head consul of
the Modern Woodmen of America, and
Mr. Boak was present at the organ
ization meeting of the Pacific jurisdic-
ton, Woodmen of the World, and has
been a member of that order since that
time. He had held the positions of or
ganizer, clerk of Oakland camp No. "a,
head manager, head clerk and now
head consul. He has had splendid
training along insurance lines and Is
very active as the head of the western
branch of the Woodmen of the World.
Mr. Boak was elected head consul at
the Los Angeles session of the head
camp in 1905 and reelected at the
Seattle session in 1907 His policies
have been given hearty support
throughout the jurisdiction, and every
Campaign he has waged has been taken
up cheerfully by the members. He in
stituted large number of camps in
Southern California, and his visit
at this time is being looked forward to
with much interest.
John II. Foley, once the head consul
of the order, is conceded to be the most
active worker in the jurisdiction out
side of the salaried officers. He joined
Woodcraft when there were fewer than
200 members in Los Angeles, and has
been instrumental in it's increase until
now there are over 5000 members in the
city. He succeeded the founder of the
order, f. A. Faulkenburg, as head
consul anu was d 81 cat pClSOiidi ~ iShS
of the late chief He Is the secretary
of the general boosting committee and
has been the leader Of every movement
of Importance held in this locality.
Mr. Foley did herculean work in ex-
planning the necessity for the recent
equalization of rates and his arguments
were copied by all of the Woodmen
papers. and much is due to his effort
at that time.
E. S. Hamilton, the chairman of the
general boosting committee, is an active
member of Eastlake camp No. $50 and
is very strong fraternalist. He has
been active for the growth of his camp
and has served on many committees
which have brought the order into
much prominence in Southern Cali
fornia.
NNeighbor Hamilton holds no office,
but is frequently consulted concerning
the policies of the order, and his readi-
ness to discriminate between good and
bad makes him a substantial ally in
Southern California.
He is unselfish In his devotion to-
Woodcraft. and as chairman of the