Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-09-22
.FRATERNAL AND BENEV-
CLIENT ORDERS IN
BR yam
Various Lodges Have Large Increase
in Membership and All Are in
FIourishing Condition.

Bryan has many organizations and
lodges and all of them show a great
increase in their membership recent
lly The principles and purposes OF
these lodges are set forth in such a
way to the members that many have
Joined and are receiving the benefits
of the insurance features as we'll as
the splendid spirit of brotherhood that
is manifested in all of these lodges.
The Eagle gives a short sketch of the
different organizations and some of
their statistics and history.
The Masonic lodge is perhaps the
oldest lodge in Bryan. The principles
OF this lodge have stood the test of
time from the reign of King Soloms6
until the present day, and the Vows
and pledges mean just as muchfo the
men that constitute the ranks today
as they did when the order was found
ed. In this city the AIasons have a
Blue Lodge, the Royal Arch Masons
and the Knights Templar the latter
being the Ivanhoe commandery. The
total membership in the three is l65.
The new temple being erected by this
order Is nearing completion.
Among the fraternal insurance
lodges, the Ancient Order of United
Workmen is perhaps the oldest here,
The insurance feature is the specially
and the fraternal feature is also car
ried The total membership of this
order in Bryan is 115 They have
IN tn "
ment of members policies.
In the increase of membership the
Woodmen of the World are perhaps
first. The increase has been remark
able. The order was organized in
Bryan about seventeen years ago and
carries the fraternal insurance fea-
ture. The membership is 209.
The Macabees are twenty years old
in Bryan and carry the fraternal in
surance feature also. The order is a
thriving one and has large member
ship totaling 106.
The Knights of Pythias. another old
lodge, is a splendid order Their spe-
cialty is fraternity, but they also carry
an insurance feature OF the 9S mem
bers here, about 10 carry insurance
The Knights of Honor organized in
Bryan in 1880. They have the fra
ternal insurance feature and have /
members
The Fraternal Union has % mem
bers here, and is another order that
has fraternal insurance. The lodge is
about ten years old.
The Benevolent and Protective Or
der of Elks. Lodge No. 800. of this
city is about ten years old The Elks
are strictly fraternal order. carrying
no insurance but assurance. which is
so important TO brotherhood. There
are many social features to this organ
ization. There 127 Elks in Bryan.
Organized and founded in Bryan for
social purposes is the Owl Club. The
club is composed of young men of
Bryan and is strictly a social organiza-
tion They have about forty members.
Outside~of these organizations there
are the Friends in Need, the Ladies
Woodmen Circle, which is an auxiliary
to the Woodmen~ of the World, and
other similar lodges that are wei.
sustained.
Bryan IS a lodge town and the or
CARNATIONS are a lasting benefit. The
brotherhood that exists between the
members OF these orders is a strong
feature and where such harmony eX-
lists only good can result, The Eagle
says. Long live the fraternal orders. F"