The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-15
Knights of Pythias Favor Glen
Miller as Site for Annual
Camp and the Y. N. B. c.
Will Take Action.
MUST RAISE $2,5OO
TO SECURE BIG EVENT
Believed That Business Men
Will Respond to Call for
Contributions Club Mem
bers Meet tuesday.

The 1909 Indiana encampment OF
the Uniformed Rank, Knights of
Pythias. in all probability, will be held
at Glen Miller park, this city, and the
another notch in it's big stick" of no
table achievements. The matter will
be definitely settled at meeting OF
the club members at the city building
Tuesday night. Negotiations looking
toward the coming to Richmond OF
the immense Indiana aggregation OF
Uniform Rank members of the
Knights OF Pythias have been under
way for some time. but it was not
until today that matters had reached
the state that it could be announced
with considerable degree of certainty
that the encampment will be brought
here. The dates are not yet fixed
though it is considered likely that
Glen Miller will be converted into 8
city of tents about the middle of Aug
ust, and for ten days the most beauti
full municipal park in Indiana will be
the rendezvous of thousands o.
thousands OF knights and visitors
from every nook and corner of Hoos
ierdom.
Started Last August.
Last August, at the conclusion o
the 1908 encampment, overtures were
made to Richmond to entertain the
1909 encampment and the YOUNG
Mems BUSINESS Club was -naturall,
picked on to feel the way and deter
mine whether the big event could b.
handled.
Edward Harris. secretary of the or
ganization, at once became active IL
the matter and got into communica
ton with officers Of the Uniform
Rank as well as with leading citizens
of Richmond. Because OF the fac
that it was estimated that the cost o
caring for the encampment would b,
beyond Richmond's resources, whicl
could be used for such purposes. tn,
project was not closed up at the time
Between $4,000 and $1,000 was the ea
would necessarily have to be raises
for the adequate entertainment of tn
visiting Knights.
Directors Take Action.
Recently, however. Secretary Harri
has again been in communication witt
the officers OF the Uniform Rank
among them being Merrill E. Wilson
Brigadier General of the Indiana de
partment. Last Saturday night tn
whole plan was placed before an
ors OF the Young Mems Business Clu
and a revised schedule Of necessar
expenses was presented. It wa
deemed possible to entertain the bi
encampment at an outlay Of $500 an
the directors believe that this sun
can be raised without difficulty an
without in any way interfering wit
the success of the 1909 Fall Festiva
which will follow the encampment
month or SO. General Wilson is e1
tremely anxious that Richmond sha
get the encampment, not only becaus
the great hospitality Of the city is S
well known but also because of tn
fact that Glen Miller park is undoub
edly the most desirable spot for Ell
campment purposes in Indiana o
April the officers Of the UniforI
Rank will meet at Indianapolis for tn
purpose Of determining the place an
date of the next encampment and !
the meantime, the Young Mems Bus
ness Club proposes to have the matte
cinched. A delegation will go to II
dianapolis on April 5 and unless a
signs fail will formally invite the o
sanization to come to Richmond an
will also be in readiness to lay 'befor
the organization details of its guaral
| tee of entertainment