The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-03
ELKS Will GIVE
A PICNIC SOON
CALUMET AND HANCOCK LODGES
WILL JOIN IN EXCURSION TO
ONE OF THE POPULAR
RESORTS.

AT the regular meeting Of Calumet
lodge, No. 404, Ii. r. o. Il. this even
ing, plans for picnic in conjunc-
ton with Hancock lodge will be made.
The picnic will be held the latter
part of August and will probably take
the form of an excursion TO some one
of the numerous resorts of Hough-
ton or Keweenaw counties. Commit
tees will be appointed to make ar
engagements for the outing and to des-
ignate the place and exact time.
Golden Eagles Picnic.
The tenth annual picnic of the
knights of the Golden Eagles of Calu.
met will be held Saturday of this
week at Lac LaBelle. The Laurium
city band has been engaged to fur
nish music throughout the day. The
train will leave Red Jacket at 9 n. m,
and Laurium at 9:10. A number of
sports have been arranged for the day,
including boat races, baseball. high
diving, foot races, etc.
add Lodge
I. o. o. r. Picnic.
The members of the Calumet lodge
4. O. o. +. will go to F'reda in large
numbers tomorrow to attend the coun-
~ reunion. The gathering will be the
largest odd Fellow picnic ever held in
this county. There will be special
rates on the Copper Range and besides
the regular trains, special trains have
ley of Houghton will address the or
der and music will be furnished by the
Calumet q Hecla band, which will give
concerts I'm the afternoon and furnish
music for the dancing i'm the evening
The special train will not leave Freda
before 500 o'clock i'm the evening.
Slovenian -Croatian Reunion.
A large number of delegates from
Calumet on special car left Sunday
for the Slovenian -Croatian convention
at South Range. At the meetings held
Monday and Tuesday the time was de-
voted to a general discussion of the
bylaws and the changes which are
considered by many necessary for the
future welfare of the order and its
members. 4 feature of Mondays ses-
sion was n barbecue which followed
the work of that day. Previous to par
taking of the sumptuous feast, Presi-
dent Jarvis of the village of South
Range addressed the delegates, extend
ing them hearty greeting. which was
responded to 10y President Chopp of
the order. President Jarvis said in
part:
1T gives me great pleasure, indeed to
bid you welcome to South Range. This
assemblage. gentlemen. is a notable
one, for the mission OF your presence
marks the silent rapture OF hospital
ity. "A distant as may be your homes
and as varied as may be your occupa-
tons, still you came i'm response to a
common purpose charity, that radiant
virtue of humanity.
The fraternal orders of this coun-
try are doing more than their full
share I'm bringing mankind closer to-
sether in the bonds of friendship and
'N', diiu III pioinolllS DedCe anu SOOu
viii among men. When the sessions
are over hope you will have estab-
rshed record OF glorious work I'm the
good cause of fraternity and benevol-
ence, and thot your order will always
be blessed with abundant prosperity
and beautiful harmony"
Knights of Pythias.
The Order OF knights of Pythias,
thousands OF whose members are Mil
Yankees guests this week, originated
IN the fertile brain of Justus III. Rath-
bone. who conceived the general plan
OF the society and wrote it's ritual on
the winter of 1S6O-61, at Eagle Harbor,
Michigan. The name of the organiza-
ton was taken from that of the hero
OF the classic story of Damon and Py-
thias two Pythagoreans of Syracuse
who for more than score of centuries
have been remembered as models of
sacred friendship. Condemned to
death by the elder Dionysius. the SYRIA
cusan tyrant, Pythias begged to be