Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-11-10
Columbian Commanders Grand Ball
Nearly Every Member Of the Grand Commandery, K T.
in Attendance-Gov. Weeks Unable to Confederate
est Affair in the History of the Organization
Beautiful Sight in Gala Dress-General Participa-
ton in the Reception.

Reception-P. c. Charles W. Gale.
P. c. S. Alpheus Gilbert, P. c. Robert
A. France, P. C. N. Douglas SEWN,
p. G. c. Albert S. Comstock. P. G..
George A. I<ies, P. C. J. Herbert
George, P. c. E. Allen Bidwell. p. C.
Charles b. Chapman. E. c. James G..
Mcpherson, Gen. James L. Hubbard,
c. G.. Nelson j. Ayling.
Entertainment-Jam J.. Case, Mel
son ]. Aging, c. Leslie Hopkins, Louis
HI. Geer, Archibald Mitchell, Jr., Ar
thur P. Woodward, William Burgess.
Davis, Herbert M. Lerou, George e.
Parsons. Henry G. Peck, George A,
Keppler, Gilbert L. Hewitt
Place and Decorations-James L..
Hubbard. John F. Rogers, Ludwig K.
Bach, Norris S. Lippitt, Irving n.
Clifford, Peter, S. Wilson, Howard l..
Stanton.
Refreshments - Herbert NJ. Lerou,
Elmer D. Kinsman. Edward Y. Mes
singer, Andrew II. Breed. Reuben b. $.
Washburn, Charles A. eager, Jr., Ell
mer r. Pferson, Charles E. Holt, Jo-
seph H. Hall.
Fioor-Herbert T. Miller, Louis A.
Wheeler, William A. Wells, Henry F,
Ulmer. James c. Fitzpatrick, Arthur
G.. Crowel1. William H. Putnam, Her
bert c. Blaney, Robert H. Byles, Will
lam A. Breed, Archibald M. Clarke,
William Ii. Odt.
Ushers-Charles B. Lee, Frank w.
Browning. Charles H. Phelps, George
IT. Lord. Walter e. Garfield, John b.
Crary, Herbert NJ. George, Tyler Crut-
tenden. Anton Nelson, Ernest J. Jones,
Walter NJ. Buckingham, Witter Is
Tingley.
Special Ways and Means-William
w. Ives, William r. Stevens, Edward
Y. Messenger, John Ansen, William
Bailey, Joseph Wood Arthur p. Wood
ward, Frank Winkelman, George A
Davis, Ludwig K. Bach, Daniel f. Nc
Neil, Herbert NJ. Lerou, Irving n. Gilt
ford, P. C. ]. Herbert George, George
E. Zimm herman, Elmer d. .Kinsman, Ar
thur G. Crowell, Currie Gilmoub John
p German, Lewis R. Church, Will
lam A. Wells, Charles A. eager Jr.
Peter S. Wilson. Ansel E. Beckwith
Archibald Mitchell, Jr., E. c. James
Mcpherson.
morning a luncheon for the state OF,
f1cials and local officers was served
at the Wauregan house
Magnificent Decorations.
AS a setting for the brilliant scent
made by the hundreds Of sir knights
and their richly appareled ladies, Il
was unanimously agreed that the dec
orative scheme in the armory coult
hardly have been conceived IN better
taste or carried out more eTocllNeiy
producing a rarely harmonious effect
soft and eXquisitely pleasing to the
eye. The general color scheme was II
white and a delicate shade of blue
used in such profusion as to completely
cover the side walls of the big drill
shed, SO that not a vest1ge of the
original was seen. transforming the
hall into, an ideal place for the pagean
of the Knights Templar.
COMPOSING the ceiling were twenty
two straamers of white and sof
shade of red, grading down from {
central column to different point:
about the hall Alternately with then
were streamers of laurel from which
between 500 and 700 electric light:
shed their brilliancy on the scene
They converged from all points arounC
the sides to a central column of tiny
varied co1ored electric lights.
Grand Commandery Box.
At the west end of the hall was ar
ranged the grand commandery box un'
der the bandstand, which was heavily
draped in blue and white. Strings o.
laurel with electric lights depended
from the ceiling of the box and on thu
front hung the banners of Columbian
commandery. Overhead from the from
of the bandstand hung the big banner
of the cross and crown with the words
I'm hoe signo vinces." Pictures o
knights in armor were shown at eacf
side of the bandstand. a special re-
freshment table was arranged at thu
rear of the grand commanders box.
To the right of the grand command
ar's box was the Columbian command