The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-10-19
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Allied rulers of the various iron country
and Duluth lodges. and large delega-
tons of the members.
Dokay Session October 81.
A class of about twenty "tyros" is
being organized for the fall ceremonial
session of the members of Korayb tenn
pie, ID. O. X. X. to be held at the Laur-
ium town hall on the evening OF Oct
ober 81 The session win be one of
the most spectacular that has ever
been conducted in this city The pro-
gram which is being arranged includ-
es a big street demonstration of Do
kays and "tyros" after which the ini-
tiation ceremonies will be held i'm the
Laurium town hall. After the initia-
ton. a big banquet and social session
will be held.
To Enter Degree Team.
Captain e. f. Moe who was recently
appointed for the third rank degree
team of Charity Lodge, X. of T.. is al
ready organizing the team and prac-
tice work will be diligently conducted
during the fall and winter months in
preparation for the contests to be held
Upper Pninsula league at Manistique
next year Calumet will undoubtedly
send n strong team to this reunion.
A first rank degree team will also
be organized soon by Capt r. Il. Og-
den, to enter the contests TO be held in
this rank next June.
Preparations are being made for a
social session to be held on Thursday,
Oct. q at the Union building. A fine
program will be rendered after which
lun 'heon will be served and dancing
INDUCED In. All members of the order
and their friends are invited.
Record Keeper Coming.
Members of the Laurium tent, X.
o. II. NJ. NJ. entertained a large crowd
at a dancing party at the Laurium
bank hall last evening and the coca
sion proved a very pleasant one.
Word has been received here to the
effect that Great Record Keeper A. M
Stay will visit the copper country dur
ing the latter part OF the present
month to instruct the local lodges
concerning the revised rates of the or
der. The exact date of Mr.. Stays Wis
IL has not been decided so far Mr.
Stay was to have visited Calumet sew
eral weeks ago but because of variou.
circumstances was forced TO chang'
his plans.
o. o. r. and Rebekahs Meet.
The sixty sixth annual meeting o
the Michigan grand lodge of odd Eel
lows and the fifteenth annual of tn
Rebekahs is now being held at CRANE
Rapids. The odd Fellows a year ag
had 533 lodges with 1926 members, tn
Rebekahs have 39S lodges and abou
10000 mebers.
The officers of the grand lodge are
Grand Master. Alonzo n. Coburr
Detroit: deputy grand master, Charlie
f. Ganschow, Saginaw; grand secre
tary. Henry N. Wilder. Lansing; gram
treasurer, Fred Cutler. Jr. Ionia
grand warden, Frank r. n. Burger
Detroit; grand marshal Harry l.. Nc
Neil, Paw Paw; grand conductor, Her
bert A. Thompson, Williamton. gran
guardian, Miles f. Gray, Lansing
grand herald, Robert MELVILLE, Boyn
City.
The officers of the Rebekahs are:
President. Emma w. Niemann, Ba
City; vice president. Hattie IL. Jack
son. Detroit; secretary. Ida M. Davis
Hamilton; treasurer Clara f. Stovel
Grand Rapids.
The grand lodge election is held l
June, when the subordinate lodge
vote. The lodge votes are polled an
forwarded to the grand secretary. VIII
turns them over to the committee q
elections for canvass. The result of tn
election held last June will not be an
nounced until this afternoon, but 1t
known that the new grand master
Charles +. Ganschow of Saginaw an
Frank r. Hamburger of Detroit
advanced TO deputy grand. Frank
Mcneil of Paw Paw is the new gran
warden and Henry n. Wilder of Lar
sing is re- elected secretary. Artht
NJ. Coburn. Detroit, the retiring gran
master is elected grand representativ
| The only contests were on secretai
| and warden. and the results indicate
/ that the contests were not very sci
: ious.
One of the patriarchs of the order
Michigan is George Dean of Detro
! the oldest surviving past grand maste
, He served in 1875. 35 years ago. al
( his membership in the order cove
more than so years. He Is author