The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-13
CONVENTION OF
(" MACCABEES ENDS
Officers Elected and Several New
Plans Adopted-0ld Age and Disa.
|. bility Benefit Most Important.

KALAMAZOO. Mich, June 1.-THE
convention Of the Maccabees came u
An end yesterday afternoon with the
election of officers and the adoption OF
several new plans, the most important
of which was the old age and disabil-
lty benefit. This was passed by an
almost unanimous vote. The amend
ment provides that the certificate hold.
er on reaching the age OF 20 shall
cease payments and draw his certifi-
cate at the rate of 20 per cent every
six months for 10 years. A special
order resulted In the discontinuahce
OF plan A and the substitution OF a
plan 10 be known as f. covering the
rates up TO the age of so. Plan b re-
reived several important additions.
Following is the result of the Of
fetal ballot:
Great commander, George s. Love-
lace, OF Muskegon; great lieutenant
commander. Charles H. Thomas. or
Hastings; great record keeper. A. NJ.
Stay, OF Port Huron; great finance
keeper, Robert j. Wheley, OF Flint;
great medical examiner. Talbert Sic
neau. of Port Huron; great executive
committee. K. J. Jeffries. of Detroit,
]. G. Lehr of Port Huron. A. l.. Nc
Cutcheon OF Albion. Perry +. Powers
OF Cadillac. c. +. Kildinst of Cold
water. s. K. Johnson OF Grand Rapids;
great finance creditors, f. J. McCar.
thy of Lansing, George K. Macarthur
OF Eaton Rapids. Arnold Greenbaum
OF Grand Rapids, Arthur w. Benjamin
OF Saginaw. Sanford e. Hayes of
Standish; great chancellor. Frank b.
Jones. Ann Arbor; great editor, Steph-
err y. Williams, Detroit; great chap.
lain. w. c. Botsford. Kalamazoo;
great sergeant, William Hierlihy, Bel
laire; great master-at-arms. Andrew
Ross. Charlevoix; great first master
of-the-guard, Arthur F. Case. Mount
Pleasant: great second master-of-the-
guard. John II. Treuthart. Michigan
City; great sentinel George McNalley.
Onoway; great picket. Samuel s.
English. Washington. ID. c.
Ladies of the Modern Maccabees
elected the following officers:
Great commander. Mrs. Frances K.
Burns, ST. Louis; great record keeper,
Emma f. Bower: great finance keep
er, Susie +. Graves. Port Huron; first
member OF great executive committee,
Anna o Hottie, Muskegon; second
member Of great executive committee.
Mary E. Timmony; great infeld ex-
aminer, Isabella Holdom, Port Huron;
chairman of finance auditors. Carrie
E. Torrey; secretary of finance audi
tors, Kittie c. Warner. Flint.
An effort was made 70 reduce the
annual. stipened Of Fast Grand Com
mander ". s Boynton from 81 500, he
amount which he at present receives,
to $500.
Strong opposition manifested It
SET TO the suggestion OF nv f!.ante
&C nm',.ec, and not until JON y.
McIlwain. of Port Huron, took the
ficcr and In one OF the most stirring
speeches Of the convention denounced
the I.ro position, did the sentiment Of
the dclessiion sway from rs original
position
The salary of s. ID. Williams. great
editor, wes fixed at $1,000 While
those Of the other great camp officers
will remain the same as always. The
proposition to put the great medical
examiner on q salary was also voted
down by the convention.
II also was decided to levy a CO.
operative tax of 80 cents annually
upon the membership, to be collected
at the same time as the percapita tax.
This money will be used to promote
the field work of the order at the
discretion OF the great commander.
The age limit OF membership In the
order will remain at Is years instead
OF 16.
Another proposition to prevent q
paid deputy having representation, at
the Great Camp was also voted down,
as the laws OF the Modern Maccabees
do not Observation-Disclosures any mem
Der attending review. II was voted
TO hold the next Great Camp review
in 1914, in Bay City. However, a spe-