The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-14

Look ahead down the way. withoue
 So long may you have and long may you hold
 Until the silver changes to gold. At the end of his speech MT. Mo- Govern presented to MT. H. H. Jen. | nings life membership card in the 1 organization as an expression of the gratitude Bridgeport lodge felt to-
 formed for the organization in years gone by. In responding Mir. Jennines, who
 was greatly touched by the gift, spoke briefly saying that he hoped l that he would never do anything gret on the part of the lodge because
 of the honor it had bestowed upon him.
 |. Dr. James H. Kelly of New Haven the Grand Esteemed Leading Knight of the order, made an eloquent ad-
 dress who declared that E1kdom was the spirit of human brotherhood" He recalled many interesting remini- sences of the early days of Bridgeport lodge and told of the first meeting which he attended. = Past Exalted Ruler William v. De- witt. who is the district deputy Of the Grand Exalted Ruler paid a glowing | tribute to the founders Of the lodge and told of the duties of the district, l deputy.
 Louis Brock, F. E. R.. gave some pleasing "reminiscences of the early days of '3S.
 George A. Reynolds Of Hartford
 lodge. past district deputy and past exalted ruler of that lodge talked in- terestingly of the early days of Elk dom. He was the installing officer, 25 years ago when Bridgeport lodge was instituted.
 Past Exalted Ruler Joseph C. Ivers ! paid splendid tribute to his collea-
 gues upon the lodges building com
 mittee while responding to the toast, Building of Our Temple" He l eulogized the late Peter Doolan, and "B P. o. E. of Connecticut was the toast responded to by Brother l James T. Smith, past district deputy and past exalted ruler of Derby lodge. Our Charter Members" was the toast responded to by Treasurer Chas.
 H. Hinman, member of the Grand 1 lodge and charter member of Bridge port lodge.
 Charity was responded to by Es-. teemed Leading Knight Joseph I. Flint whose remarks were most ap- propriate and effective.
 Past Exalted Ruler Richard Brown responded to Hour of Eleven All of the speakers were introduced by Exalted Ruler Archibald McNei, Jr who was the toastmaster of the evening.
 The banouet was held in the social
 session hall at the Elk's home. Tho large room was prettily decorated by F. J. Abercrombie, and the dinner was served under the direction of William Pfau. The diners listened to
 music by Weidenhammers' orchestra. sang popular songs and witnessed a vaudeville performance presented un-
 der the direction of Lewis D. Garvey, local representative of s. z. Poli. The committee in charge of the event left no stone unturned to make the event a success. The souvenirs were handsome silver jewel cases and handsome souvenir books bearing a history of the lodge. the names of charter members, pictures of the guests and roster of the organiza- ton. The members of the anniver- sary committee which was congratu- lated last night for the fine results of it's labors was made up as follows: Nelson Freshour, chairman; Victor E..
 Beckman, secretary; Daniel J. Cliff ford. Henry Beutelspacher, pr. Philip
 J. Mclaughlin William c. Howe, J. Connors, Edward Bennett, pr. Edward F. McGovern and William J. Lee.