The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-20
Old ODD FELLOWS
AT BANQUET BOARD
Veteran Association Elects Off
GERS and Then Enjoys a
Social Function.
B. D. BLACKMARR NAMED AS
HEAD OF ORGANIZATION
Veterans of the Order Take
Action on the Proposed
SiXty-Year Law.

About forty members OF the Veteran
ODD Eellow ASSOCIATION o, ntah sni pan
corner Of Fourth South and State streets.
| "Wednesday night. after the election OF
officers for the ensuing year which took
! plncc AT Odd Fellows hall earlier I'm the
evening. The Officers elected were; Chief
veteran, Il. II. BlacEmarr. vice chief vet
eran. Con Hunt. Park City: secretary
and treasurer w. J. Moore; executive
committee, G. Il street. Il Bergman.
l.. Il. Hubbard. Albert Fisher and j. NJ.
Melton
The Veteran odd Fellows association
Is made up Of odd Follows who have
heen IN the order continuously for TWEEN
ty-fiyc years. This is the only du3llh =
cation Tor membership. For years tho
association has carried out the pretty
custom OF having banquet after the an
nnal election OF officers as a kind OF in
formal installation OF the new officials.
Wednesday nights banquet was an eN~
cccdingly pleasant function. The man
ugement of the Moxum Supplied a .splen-
aid menu, served in excellent style.
In Good Condition.
After the viands had been discussed,
T. {. Waltenspiel, past chief veteran,
read his annual report. In which he
stated that the association is prosperous
dition. He made n touching reference
10 the death of Pest Vice Chief Louis
Strarsburg, who was called by death dur
The report was adopted and a vote of
thanks was extended to Past Chief Vet
erhn Waltcnapicl. {. e Street. H. +;
Evans and Mr. Waltenspiel were named
as a committee TO draft resolutions ON
the death OF Louis StrauspurS. and TO
forward a copy 10 the widow. y silent
toast was then drunk TO the memory OF
the departed brother.
". j. Moore. the secretary. in his an
nual report stated that the membership
now numbered forty-nine: that eight
members had been added during the
u'If nm
report was adopted and thanks extended
to the secretary.
At this stage, b.. d. BIackmarr, chief
veteran. resigned the chair IN favor OF
the toestmaster. Charles l., street,
r. c. Naltcnspic spoke briefly and
euloCletlcally ON the memory Of Brother
Louis Strausburg. IL i. Evans then sang
Veterans and Why They Are, was
the toast responded to by J. j Thomas:
Mr.. Thomas hoped the membership would
increase and that they would meet on
many similar social occasions in the fu-
ture. The best legislation passed by tho
sovereign grand lodge was that suSEested
by the gray haired Veteran Odd Fellows.
l.. +. Hubbard responded TO the toast,
"Our Hopes and What We VIII Do. say
ing that the veteran association was the
best organization In Odd Fellowship. The
toast, old Times and Why ! Am Here.
was responded To by Past Grand Master
Henry Cohn Response was made 20 the
toast, Young Veterans and Why / Am
ono, by Con HUNT ot PARK CltS.
The Sixty-Year Law.
AIR Waltenspiel followed with brief
address OH what Is known as the sixty
year law. which Is TO make provision for
the payment of the dues of members 60
years of age who may be unable 20 meet
their obligations. He thought a resolu-
ton should be passed requesting the
grand lodge Of Utah to instruct its repre-
sentativcs 10 the sovereign grand lodge
10 work for the adoption OF the siHty-ycar
law.
j. Thomas made a motion that the
chief veteran send a communication 70
the grand lodge to instruct its rperescn-
tatiyes 10 take action ON the siNty-ycar
law and the motion WAS adopted
Secretary w. j. Moore stated that
there are nincty-two odd Fellows in this
Jurisdiction eligible To membership In the
veteran association, but there arc only
forty-nine members. So as to increase
the list. Chief Veteran Blackmarr and
Secretary Moore were appointed a COM
mittee TO solicit members
During the evening number of pretty
piano solos were given by DR.. William
Mocbcrt
After votes OF thanks had been eXtcnda
cd 20 the management OF The MoXum for
the sumptuous banquet and 10 the pretty
girls who served IL, the function con-
cudcd with the singing OF Aud Lang
Sync.'