Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-16
NEWS OF FRA TERNAL
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD

CIn rousng meeting The oc-
a ESfI Hcasion will be the install |
y kKCNA 4 latiuu of officers. A smoker |
NJ. .sg,Ny has been arranged. to
NINA EakV which may be invited the !
1lEG1ss% male friends of any mem
Der of the order. Past Consul Com
mander Jacob Good viii act as INSTALL |
ing officer, and the famous uniform de-
gree team of l.d Fiesta will assist. An
address will be delivered by General |
Organizer J. IL. Mcconnell of the Can
adian jurisdiction. A special feature OF
the evening will he an exhibition of /
physical culture by four well known |
disciples of the manly art
The camp received word from Head
Consul /. l. Boak informing 1t that the |
officers jewels which were won by the |
camp for applications received during
November and December were sent by |
express January 10 and will be received |
IN time to be used at the installation of |
officers. In addition to that the mem
bers OF the camp securing these appli- !
cations viii receive IL solid gold button
from the head consul. As a. result of
TINS offer interest was stimulated not
only i'll La Fiesta camp, but in other
camps IN tho jurisdiction. In NoVem-
Der and December over 1900 applications
were received in the Jurisdiction. This
IS very pleasing to La Fiesta camp. as
It has been eager to sec some practical
lnducement offered to the members
themselves
The camp mourns the loss of Lebi
George, member of the Los Angeles
police department, who had suffered
from paralysis for several years. Reso-
lutions of coincidence were adopted by
the camp at it's last meeting and or
dered sent to the widow
Vernon camp had a splendid meeting
wednesday night. Two candidates
were initiated and eight applications
were balloted on successfully. The
camp had nine applications for the two
weeks in January, seven of which have
been presented by Past Consul Com
lnander E. Hollands. The report Of the
last campaign was read, and it brought
forth much bandinage between the
captains of each side in the contest, for
the reason that there was a tie Capt
A. w. Saunders, not being satisfied
with the result, hurled challenge at
Capt. r. G. Thompson for a contest,
TO start at once and to last until the
end of June Captain Thompson, in a
very nonchalant manner, accepted the
challcnge. 1t was decided that the
former should take the camp team and
the latter the officers and members in
general. The camp is anticipating
lively times for the next six months.
Nelghbor Thompson won the gold
watch fob given by Head Consul |. /.
Boak, and Neighbor Saunders won the
50 gold piece, prizes given in the last
contest.
Vernon camps officers were installed
January with Vernon circle. Women
of Woodcraft. Wednesday night. Tan
uary 26, the camp will hold its annual
children's party. This is an occasion
when the members may bring their
wives and children and have a Jolly
good social time without cards or
dancing.
With Consul Commander W. ]. Dill
in the chair, Fremont camps new Of /
hcers were i'll charge of the meeting
Thursday night The protection de-
gree was put on for the special p11r-
pose of allowing the new officers an on
portunity to become acquainted with
the work, and each officer went
through his part in a most accountable
manner.
General Organizer j. H. Mcconnell
| of the Canadian jurisdiction was with
Fremont camp Thursday night and
delivered one of his characteristic stir
ring fraternal addresses, which was
listened to with rapt attention. Neigh
Dor Mcconnell stated that he came
TO this state on a leave of absence,
hoping to benefit his health, which has
improved to the extent that he now
considers himself Il better man, both
physically and mentally, than he has
been for years. Besides Neighbor Nc
Connell, the camp was favored with a
visit from Neighbor Gribble of Yer
non camp. who responded in a happy
vein to an invitation for Il few re-
marks.
David camp had one of the biggest
meetings in it's history Thursday night
| the occasion being the installation of
its new officers, the names and sta
| tions following: Past consul COM
| mander, William Max; consul COM
| mander, r. Danning; adviser lieuten-
| ant, l. j. Harris; clerk, j. l. Moss;
| banker, DR.. d. w. Edelman: escort, r.
| Miller, Waterman, IL. Rosenblum;
| sentry, Q. Sternbaum; managers S.
| Rosenberg, S. Greengart and Al. A.
| Frank; physician, DR.. D. w. Edel-
man. The installing officer was Past
| Consul Commander William Marx. The
! retiring consul. commander was pre-
| sented with a handsome jewel, to be
| treasured by him.
The presentation was made by Past
| Consul Commander l. j. Harris in
words well suited to the occasion,
Neighbor Marx responding, in language
that feelingly expressed his apprecia-
| tion for the regard in which he is held
by his camp. David camp initiated
three candidates and received several
| applications. The camp, which now
| numbers 1873 members, has determined
to increase its enrolment to 225 by
/ fJuly. David showed what it could do
during the months of November and
December by capturing a set of off,
GERS jewels.
Carnation camp, at Redondo Beach.
is making giant strides in its cam
paign for new members. and next
Tuesday night another large class of
candidates VIII be initiated. Organ
izer E. Holland certainly deserves
much credit for his part in the up
building of the camp. and Carnation
camp fully appreciates his services. The
camp is highly elated over its acqui-
sition of a set of the official officers
jewels, secured under the head CON
suIs offer to the camp initiating TWEEN
ty-tive candidates during the months
of November and December of last
year. Besides the jewels individual
members of the camp are wearing
pleased expressions because they are
each wearing on the lapel of the coat
one of the official solid gold emble-
matte buttons as a reward for their ef-
forts in increasing the enrolment of
the order.
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