The San Francisco call., 1910-05-03
FRUITVALE EAGLES
CARNIVAL OPENED
Hundreds Witness Coronation
Ceremony and Join in Mid
way Merrymaking

OAKLAND, May Miss Ada Barry,
crowned queen of the festival and
handed the golden keys of greater Oak
land by Mayor Frank K Mott form
ally opened the Eagles street fair and
carnival in F'ruitvale shortly after s
o'clock. tonight by pressing tiny but
ton that caused thousands of electric
lights to blaze forth and set in action
every show in Lively lane" Many
visitors witnessed the coronation cere-
mony and the monster fraternal parade
that preceded it and afterward Joined
in the merrymaking on the midway.
The feature of the program this
evening was the formal dedication of
the handsome new home of Fruitvale
aerie No. 1875, Fraternal Order of
Eagles, In East Fourteenth street near
Liese avenue, at 80 o'clock. DR.. H B.
Mehrmann, past state president of the
Eagles, dedicated the structure.
HISTORY OF MOVEMENT
A brief history of the inception of
the movement to erect a building in
FruitVale was given by Charles f.
Lee, past president of the Fruitvale
Eagles Hall association. Short ad-
dresses also were made by Mayor Frank
K. Mott, State President DR.. C. A.
Glover OF San Francisco, State Chaplain
Dr. Thomas Carpenter of Alameda and
State Secretary Gus Pohlmann of San
Francisco.
AT the close of the dedication cere-
monies the fraternal parade escorted
the queen to her throne in Lively lane.
The procession was in three divisions,
each with a brass band of 25 pieces.
Grand Marshal w. B. Bridge, super
visor of Alameda county, and Grand Di-
vision Marshal Charles H. Lewis led the
first division, followed by mounted
platoon of police, members of the ex-
ecutive committee on horseback and II
young women of Fruitvale, also mount
ed. State officers and prominent visit
ors in carriages and automobiles fol-
lowed. The rest of the parade was
composed of floats Knights of Pythias,
Portuguese societies, Red Men, drum
corps and delegations from all the
Eagle lodges in the bay counties. More
than 1900 were in line.
QUEENS ATTENDANTS
Miss Barry was attended by Charles
f. Lee as prime minister, Miss Euphe-
mia Ballastrem as lady in waiting, the
Misses Ruth Lemieux, Virtue Rees,
Florence Magnus and Eleanor Hayden
as maids of honor, and little Roy
Thomas and Eva Farrend as pages.
After she had been crowned by Mayor
Mott, Queen Ada gave her proclama-
tion of welcome to the visitors and
formally declared the carnival open.
At $50 the procession reformed and
escorted the members of the royal court
and distinguished visitors to the new
Eagle hall, where the coronation ball
was held.
The officers of the Fruitvale Eagles
Hall association are as follows: Past
president, Charles F. Lee; president, j.
O. Albright; vice president, DR.. l.. B..
Smith; treasurer, A. A. Atkinson; secre-
tary, John Mcdonald; trustees-Arthur
A. Barber, Lyman Hartford, J. c. Hol-
land, c. E. Taylor and C. A Jeffers.
MEMBERSHIP OF 500
Fruitvale aerie No. 1875 has a mem
bership of 500. The officers are:
President, James C. Holland; vice president,
tary, John McDonald treasurer, P. III. Blake Jr. !;
inside guard William F. Fisher; outside guard,
A. o. Tannenberg; conductor, Charles Goodwin;
musician, Leo W. Baldwin; aerie physician, DIR.
L. B. Smith; trustees, c. e. Taylor, G. A. JEFF
fers and A c. Burnes.
The director general of the carnival
is Supervisor w. B. Bridge, while John
Mcdonald is secretary, A Lorsbach,
treasurer, and j. c. Holland, business
manager. The other members of the
executive committee are:
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