The Detroit times., 1910-06-11
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MACCABEEs ENDS
Officers Elected and Several New
s Plans Adopted--0ld Age and Disa-
bility Benefit Most Important.

several new plans, the most inhpo'' ""'
of which was the old age and disaoll-
ity benent. This was passed by al
almost unanimous vote. The amend
ment provides that the certificate ho!o'
err on reaching the age OF 40 snaii
cease payments and draw MS celtiir
cate AT the rate OF 20 per cent every
six months for 10 years. A speciai
order resulted in the discontinuailee
OF plan A and the substitution OF
plan 10 be known as f. covering the
rates up 10 the age OF so. Plan X re-
ceived several important additions.
Following is the result OF the or
fetal ballot:
Great commander. George 5. Love
lace, OF Muskegon: great lieutenant
commander. Charles III. Thomas. al
Hastings: great record keeper. A. NJ
Stay. OF Port Huron, great hnance
keeper. Robert J. Wheley, or Flint.
great medical examiner. Talbert Sic
neau, of Port Huron; great executive
committee. f. J. Jeffries. or Detroit
j. c. Lehr of Port Huron. A. l.. NC
Cutcheon OF Albion, Perry +. Powers
Of Cadillac. c. f. Kildinst OF Cold
water. s. z. Johnson OF Grand Rapids;
great finance creditors, +. j. McCar-
thy OF Lansing. George 4. Macarthur
of Eaton Rapids. Arnold Greenbaum
OF Grand Rapids, Arthur w. BENJAMIN
of Saginaw. Sanford f. Hayes OF
Standish; great chancellor. Frank r.
Jones, Ann Arbor: great editor. Steph'
en- b. Williams. Detroit: great chap
lain, w. c. Botsford. Kalamazoo:
great sergeant, William Hierlihy. Bel
iaire: great master-at-arms. Andrew
Ross. Charlevoix; great hrst master
of-the-guard. Arthur F. Case. Mount
Pleasant; great second master-of-the-
guard, John II. Treuthart. Michigan
City; great sentinel, George McNaliey.
Onoway: great picket. Samuel 5.
English, Washington, d.. c.
Ladies of the Modern Maccabees
elected the following officers:
Great commander. Mrs. Frances E.
Burns, st. Louis; great record keeper.
Emma z. Bower; great finance keep
er, Susie +. Graves. Port Huron; first
member of great executive committee,
Anna o Hottie, Muskegon: second
member OF great executive committee.
Mary E. Timmony; great infield ex-
aminer. Isabella Holdom. Port Huron;
chairman OF finance auditors. Carrie
E. Torrey; secretary Of finance audi
tors, Kittie c. Warner. Flint.
An effort was made 70 reduce the
annual stipened of Fast Grand Com
mander " S Boynton from $500, The
an cunt which he at present receives,
to $500
Strong opposition manifested It.
SET TO TIE suggestion OF h. fii.sn.e
al .Ds INF
McIlwain. Of Port Huron, took the
ficc- and In one OF the mos, stirring
speeches OF the convention denounced
the I.rt position. did the sentiment OF
the dclegsiion sway from rs original
position.
The salary of s. ID. williams. great
editor, was fixed at $4,000. Shile
those Of the other great camp Officers
will remain the same as always. The
proposition to put the great medical
examiner on q salary was also voted
down by the convention.
IL also was decided to levy a CO
operative tax OF 80 cents annually
upon the membership. to be collected
at the same time as the percapita tax.
This money win be used to promote
the field work Of the order at the
discretion of the great commander.
The age limit of membership in the
order will remain at Is years instead
OF 16.
Another proposition TO prevent q
PAID deputy having representation at
the Great Camp was also voted down,
as the laws OF the Modern Maccabees
do not discriminate against any mem
Der attending a review. II was voted
to hold the next Great Camp review
in 1914. in Bay City. However. a spe-
cial review Is to be held two years
hence I'm Port Huron for considera-
ton OF the rate question.
In adopting a complete new plan OF
rates by the Great Hive Commander
Frances z. Burns won sweeping VIC
tory in face OF heavy odds.
The rlan puts the order on a so
called adequate basis and endsa con-
test which has been pending several
years The proposition was first in
troduced at the morning session and
defeated and II has since leaked out
that only FIVE votes were in favor OF II
out CT about $50. Mrs. Burns went
back in the afternoon, secured recon
siders,ion and by force OF her argu-
ment finally secured the adoption OF
The plan which means. SO her support
ers say, that older members OF the or
der will have to bear their fair share
OF burdens.
John b. McIlwain. attorney for the
Ladies o. the Modern Maccabees, VINO
was instrumental in preparing the
new Plan, says:
"It is recognized that the Ladies' OF
Modern Maccabees by their amend
ment OF laws have placed the order IN
the foremost ranks OF ladies' fraternal
beneficiary associations. Heretofore il
has done business on what Is known
as current cost plan: today II has
placed the entire membership on ade
quate rates. so that IL has provided
means for fulfilling every contract
made by the order. and the greatest
consideration has been shown to help
older members and at the same time
casting the burden on younger mem
bers"
WOMAN &c SHOT. NAV nTE