Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-20

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w lures of three we'll known For
" esters, officers of Court Temple,
which celebrated its twentieth anniver-
sary last week.
The chief ranger, f. c. Hochderffer
initiated In Court Temple twenty years
ago. Is also well known to Arizona For
esters. having been a resident Of the
territory for several years. He is a
Spanish war veteran, having served
with COL McCord, and was promoted
to first lieutenant.
The past chief ranger, lovingly known
as Jack Pearson. has been actively en-
gagged as an officer of the court for
many years and has been active in
adding to the membership of the court.
Past Chief Ranger w. f.. Clayton,
who is the financial secretary of the
court, has a record for attending the
meetings of Court Temple and of other
courts, is always ready to help For
estry and is no stranger to the courts
outside of Los Angeles.
Court Temple celebrated the TWEEN
tieth anniversary of the institution of
the court Tuesday evening, when more
than 200 of the members were present,
many from a distance as far as Bak-
ersheld. Bro. Hand presented badges
Of honor to those OF the 20-year MEM
bers who were present including j.
F. English, w. j. Gardner, w. Gordon,
J. T. Henry r. l.. Johanson, j. b.
Kuhn, A. Mesmer, G. Nelson, J. w.
Petrie, r, Robbins, A. G. Rees, Il, r.
Strong j. f. Sweetman, f. Slaughter
and w. 7. Wicks. The high chief
ranger DIR. c. b. Dickson, was also
present and made a stirring address.
He presented gold emblems to past Of
ficers, Companions II. Gruebnau and A.
j. Gregory and Bro. w. e. Clayton,
and an elegant past chief rangers
Jewel to j. b. Pearson, in recognition
of their services to the court. A re
union took place among the old and
many of the new members, and a gen.
eral social time was held, after which
a banquet was served. Bro. Sam Brlce
was chairman Of the refreshment COM
mttee, and made a record in serving
such large crowd so quickly and well.
Fourteen applications for membership
were received, and four admitted to
membership. The full initiatory work
will be given to q class Tuesday even
ing of this week.
Court Morris Vineyard received sew
eral applications and initiated four at
it's meeting Friday evening Bro. q.
Coulson, chairman of the twentieth an
niversary committee. announced the
names of twenty members of the COM
mittee, and arrangements were made
for an open celebration Friday. April
]. This court, and the order has lost
by death one of it's best members in
the person of Charlie Welch, who when
in health was one of the most active
members of the sick committee. There
were sixty members present at his
funeral. who took part in the ritual
istic ceremonies of the order.
Companion Court Miramar had a
large attendance last week, and after
giving the inltiatory work the mem
bers adjourned and met in social ses-
sion with Court Temple.
Companion Court Morris Vineyard
celebrated it's eleventh anniversary Fri
day evening, when the high court Off
GERS were the guests of honor. fine
program was rendered by lreta Hazel
grove, Ethel Austin, Claudine Decker,
Cora Ecket and Miss Studebaker. Ad-
| dresses We're made by High Chief
Ranger c. b. Dickson, Past Chief
Ranger r. L. Wirsching and High Sec
retary S. G. Dunkerley. The guard of
honor of the court executed a series of