The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-18
5. Of Y. SHOW BIG
MEMBERSHIP GAIN
Pleasing Reports were Heard
! at a Meeting of the Or
ganization Today.

The twenty-fifth annual encampment
of the Indiana division. Sons OF veter-
ans. which was organized here in 1886
convened on Thursday morning in the
circuit court room at the court house
with about i've hundred delegates in
attendance. Almost the entire morn
ing was taken up in the reports of the
felicitation committees OF the Ladies'
Auxiliary Sons of Veterans. Woman's
Relief Corps and Ladies' OF the G. A.
r. President Joseph Sego of Val
paraiso. and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. r. ].
Bosworth of Winchester made their
annual reports showing that the state
organization had made a large gain In
membership and that the condition of
the treasury was very satisfactory.
The gain in membership was approx
mately 800. There were twelve new
camps organized and several rein
stated.
Business before the convention will
be completed before tomorrow noon.
The election of officers will be held
Friday morning and the same city chos-
en- by the G. A. r. for It's encampment
in 1912, will be selected as the 1912
meeting place for the Sons of Veter-
ans. At the l. go. F. hall this even
ing the Sons of Veterans will be in
session. The meeting will be of a
social nature. The Winchester degree
team will exemplify the work, al
though no candidates will be initiated.
Following this meeting the Sons of
Veterans and the Ladies Auxiliary of
the Sons of Veterans will hold ban
quet in the same hall.
Hansche Gets OfFice.
William H. Hansche OF the local
camp will be elected senior vice com.
mander. T. w. Allen of indianapolis
lis the only candidate so far to an
nounce himself for state president to
succeed Joseph Sego. Among the
more prominent Sons Of Veterans
here are Col. w. G. Duston, of Dwight,
ILL.,, past commander in chief Of the
Sons of Veterans, and now editor OF
the Banner, the Official organ; w. HI.
Bennett Of Dayton, O., past division
QudI 1udOICk III Inc OAlO u1VlSlOA,
and past Indiana division commanders,
Newton j. MCGUIRE OF Indianapolis,
Col r. s. Thompson of Rising Sun; H
O. p. Cline Of Jonesboro. George F.
Ogden of Wabash, J. D. Miller OF Win.
chester, Frank Watson Of Goldsmith
T. W. Blair Of TT. Wayne. w. F. Colt
schalk Of Terre Haute. George w
Kreitenstein Of Terre Haute. and L
A. Handley of this city. John Ledent
of Philadelphia, Pa, and past com
mander of the Pennsylvania division ii
also attending the session.
s. OF v. Committees.
! The following committees Of the
Indiana division of the Sons of Vet
Grams were named by state president
Joseph sego on Thursday morning:
Fraternal relations-R. s. Thomp
son. Rising Sun; Frank Martin, Indian
apolis: Lawrence A. Handley, Rich
mond; w. F. Geeller, TT. Wayne; w
H. Armstrong. Indianapolis.
Credentials-R. J. Ellsworth, Win
chester; Harry L. Alberry. Valparaiso
William M. Bailey, Terre Haute; Her
bert L. Luckey. Indianapolis. and w
A. Goodrich, Shelbyville.
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Krietenstein, Terre Haute: +. w
Blair, Fl. Wayne; E. e. Friedline, &c
neva; George F. Ogden, Laketon. ant
jC. C. Hartxell, Portland.
Ritual and ceremonies-John d. Mil
Ter, Winchester; Frank w. Eagle, Shel
byville. Wesley Forbes, Farmersburg
Samuel L. Striecker, Marion, and w
F. Gottschalk. Terre Haute.
Resolutions. T. Meyers, Ham
mond; H. o. p. Kline. Jonesboro
Frank e. Watson. Goldsmith; Franl
Shellhouse. Indianapolis, and Thoma
W. Records. Liberty.
Onicers' reports. w. A. Lucky
indianapolis; William H. Hansche
Richmond; J. L. Peetz, Kokomo;
W. McNay, Valparaiso. and s. A. Cul
yer, Upton.
Press-L. A. Handley, Richmond; c
L. Fieler, Hebron; r. F. DuComh
South Bend; Chris Meyer. Alexander
and Edward s. Walker, Lowell.
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