Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-23

SsaEs S% pected death of Compan-
RsSsAesH ion Ella Wright Sunday
morning. She was buried
with the ritualistic services of the or
der Wednesday afternoon, this last
token of respect on behalf Of her court
being in care of Companions Male,
Yeager and Franklin, who rendered
the ceremonies in a beautiful and i'm
pressiVe manner The crowded attend
ance at the funeral parlors and also at
the cemetery bore eloquent tribute to
the regard in which Companion wight
was held, and among those present
We're a large number Of members and
officers of other courts, whose pres
ence testified to the unity that prevails
among the city courts. Her husband
and daughter, who are both also For
esters, have marked sympathy given
them in their bereavement.
Monday evening Court Palmetto will
have a social meeting for the beneht
of their members and friends, and at
which 1t is expected that the high
court officers will be present. Court
Palmetto always entertains in good
style, and a pleasant evening is as
sured to those who attend.
Court Temple will give the initiatory
work to a class of candidates TUESDAY
evening, at which time the uniformed
team will put on the full work. Iues-
day of last week there was not as
large a crowd present at the smoker
as usual, but those who were there had
good time passed in smoke and
many enjoyed the pleasures of the
whist table during the latter part or
the evening. 1t is reported that the
chief ranger, Brother Hochdertfer, got
to the foot of the class, and that the
court treasurer, Brother Joe Traynor,
got away with the spoils. 1t was ever
thus that it is the unexpected that
happens.
Court Mateo will have regular ses-
sion on Wednesday evening, and on
Thursday evening Court Los Angeles
will have its regular social evening Tor
members and friends.
At the meeting Friday evening
Court Morris Vineyard had NUMBER
of applications that We're acted upon
favorably, and candidates We're also
present and received membership.
Saturday evening the high chief ran
ger and high secretary paid an OH
| cial visit to Court MonrOVia and found
| q large number of members in attend
ance and the court prospecting. report
was made of the court having made
| a net increase of 70 per cent during
the past year, and the court was con-
graduated on the fact. The members
| are alive to the actual benefits OF For
| estry and are getting their friends into
| membership right along, which is a
| sure indication that the court will con-
/ tinue to grow. Quite a number of the
| members in the various courts have al
| ready qualified in the quarter Of d
| Million Members club" and those Whc
| may not yet be familiar with the plan
| had better get posted right away. see
! their secretary or the high secretary
and get in line for one of the splendid
| souvenir pins that is only given as an
| emblem to the club members.
Brother Andrews Of Court Crown OF
| the Valley, who fractured his kneecaI
| last week, was operated on rev Gays
ago and is doing nicely. He speaks
we'll of the fraternal care he is receiV-
| ing and of the work Of the floral COM
mittee BY its works you may know
an order, and the FOresters certainly
are doing the works Of d true fraternal
order.
Court Glad Hand was crowded on
| Thursday evening with members anu
! friends in honor Of the return OF
Brother Hand from an extended trlI
! in the north. The occasion was a
smoker, and after a musical program
congratulatory addresses were made
! by Brothers Curtis Wilbur and Lee
Youngworth, by the high chief ranger
DR.. c. b. Dickson; the high vice CHIEF
ranger, J. II. Bean; High Secretary 5
! G. Dunkerley, Deputy Supreme Chief
| Ranger Huff and Brother Helms. In
response the guest of the evening
Brother Hand Qf he might be termed
quest" in his home courD, gave al
! interesting account Of the great prog
ress being made in Forestry in the
northern Jurisdictions, Of the progress
being made in the commencement oil
| the work for the care Of the tuberculai
members and of his pleasure at being
| back home.