Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-19

sgners, Coombs 4 Gibbs of this city.
In the basement of the building there
is a serving room refreshment room,
store rooms, toilet and retiring rooms.
The ground floor is devoted to the ball
ouet hall, 75XS5 feet, with serving
rooms and necessary ante-rooms. The
second floor holds the lodge room. i3X
s. feet, off this being two ante-rooms,
and rolling rooms. The offices also
have a private room on this floor. The
big top story is given over to the gall
lery. the Arabic Patrol Room, and
smoking rooms.
In the lodge room is yellow birch
floor. conceded to be one OF the finest
in New England. The finish throughout
the building is ash, stained green. The
building IS heated by the Indirect sys-
tern. and electric fans furnish the best
of ventilation.
The first exercises of the dedication
was Ladies night this evening
followed by a banquet. On this oc-
casion a solid gold jewel with Il dia
mond setting was presented to r. e.
Atwood, the retiring Iotentate. This
is Inscribed Past Potentate Lew
iston. Maine. Kora Temple, A. A.
&. \. NJ. >.
At the dedicatory exercises on FRI
day evening. IilustrOus Noble William
D. Pennell will preside. He will intro
duce ST.. r. Il. Atwood. who appointed
the building committee. c. Fred
Names OF this city, chairman of the
building committee, will make his re-
port, and present the keys of the build
ing to Ilustrious Noble William II.
Newell, chairman of the board of trus-
| tees. Noble Newell will accept the
building in behalf of the members of
the Temple.
Illustrious Noble Charles II. Osgood
OF this city will then take charge of
| the further exercises. Tie Will intro
uuce George ID. Rabbit IF Albany, \.
Y. who is regarded as the Father of
kora Temple as it was through his
| efforts that kora was established. IL
| lustrous Noble James s. Blake of AL
| leppo Temple. Boston, will speak in be-
half of that Temple. The address for
| the occasion will be delivered by I'm
periai Potentate Edwin L. Alderman
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Immediately
| following the exercises. there will be q
| business session. and after that, the in
| itiation Of several candidates.
y souvenir medal has been struck in
honor Of this occasion. and many of
| these will be given away The medal
| is Of bronze, and on one side is a pic
| ture of the Greek goddess kcra and on
| the ether a picture of the new Shrine
| Building, and the inscription, "kora
| Temple, dedicated March 10, 1909"
The members Of the building COM
mittee to whom so much credit is due
are q. Fred Names. chairman; Will
| liam 7. liaines of Waterville. M. $.
Campbell of Augusta, J. p. Hutchinson
| of Auburn, Howard Winslow of Port
land and Amos G. FitZ, Auburn.
| The host will be the present Illus
trious Potentate Wellington Spraguo
of Portland Hon. William D. Penne;l
was chairman Of the general committee
of arrangements for ladies' night, Hon
! Charles Fl. Osgood of this city chair
man of the dedicatory committee, Hi
ram w. Kicker of Poland of the enter
tainment OF officer and guests, /. r.
| Isaacson Of this city of the banquet
of this city of the reception committee,
and i'alOld c. Goddars of Auburn OF
the decorations.
|
| ward s. Stetson of Lewiston,
floor manager, George S. McKenney
of Portland. ana his chief aid was
George r. Hall of this city. The 9th
er aids We're John r. Weber, Auburn;
Charles S. Frazier. Brunswick; c. II.
Names. Lewiston; w. l.. Gray, Paris;
Fred ID. Gordon. Auburn; George r.
kavanaugh, Portland; Charles P.
Kinsn,an, Augusta; Fred E. Wagg,
Lewiston; Joseph W. Simpson, York;
George e. Morrison, Saco; William f.
Phinney. Portland; Geo. V. Turgeon
and c. H. Wilson, Auburn; C. A. judi
kins. kineo; Geo. W. Lane Jr, Harry
l.. Coombs. r. J. Hodgdon and
Charles E. Littlefield, Lewiston; II.
=. Holland and w. c. Hawkes.,
Waterviile; w. H. Norton, Port
land; NJ. S. Campbell, H. J. Cross,
J. NJ. Arnold and E. s. Hall, Augusta;
Il. w. Howe, Rumford Falls; III. NJ.
Pullen, Bangor; William Adams, Bath,
and Geo r. Goodspeed, Wilton.