The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-01
NEWS OF FRATERNAL
~ the ~ SOCIETIES


Officers of Montrose Commandary,
knights Templar have been notified OF
the approaching visit of Charles q.
Graham of Ithica. Great Commander
OF the state of Michigan and Charles
II. Rowe OF Detroit. Eminent COM
mander OF Detroit Commandary No. /,
who will be in this city on Saturday,
Feb. 4. for the purpose of inspecting
Montrose Commandary. Great Com
mander Graham is well known i'm Cal
umet having visited this city on nu-
merous occasions. The inspection will
rose Commandary and will be fol-
lowed by n social session and enter
tainment.
ElI<s' Lodge OF Sorrow.
The Calumet lodge of Elks has made
arrangements TO conduct a lodge of
sorrow this evening. i'm honor of the
late Fred Roehm who was one of the
oldest members of the order in this
city. A large attendance of the mem
bers is desired.
Preparations will soon be made by
the Calumet Elks for a complimentary
entertainment for those who took part
i'm the minstrel show recently given by
the lodge While the date of the en-
tertainment has not yet been an
nounced. it will be held during the
next few weeks, all who assisted i'm
the entertainment will be invited to
attend.
The postponed social session which
was to have been held last Friday
evening. will be held on Friday of this
week.
Charity Lodge is Busy.
The second degree win be conferred
on three candidates at the regular
meeting of Charity lodge No. 1S1,
knights of Pythias tomorrow evening.
The third rank degree team of this
lodge is working hard i'm preparation
for the contests To be conducted i'm !
connection with the Upper Peninsula |
reunion at Menominee i'm June and II
is expected the team will make a good
showing
a large number of tickets have al |
ready been disposed of for the dancing !
party to be conducted under the au- |
spices of Charity lodge at the Light |
Guard armory on Feb. %. and the sue
cess of that venture is practically as
sured. AS this is the first annual ball /
given by the lodge, the members hope |
to make il one of the biggest socia,
events of the season. and ii probably |
will be the last big ball in this city be-
fore the opening of the lenten season.
X. of p. State Convention.
The Grand Rapids Pythians are al
ready making preparations for the en-
tertainment of the state convention of
September Fully $1,000 was netted for
purposes at a fair con-
Quoted last week, which proved one
of the most successful ventures of it's
kind ever held i'm the furniture city"
II is estimated that no less than $4,000
will be required for the entertain
ment of the visitors and no difficulty
is anticipated in raising that amount.
The joint convention of the Grand
Lodge, Knights Of Pythias, Pythian
Sisters and d. O. X. ks probably will
bring no less than 10000 visitors TO
Grand Rapids, and the hosts of the
will do everything in their
power to establish a new precedent
for this state.
Royal Neighbors.
The triennial state camp meeting of
the Royal Neighbors of America will
be held in Detroit on March first.
Mrs. Arthur ID. Wood, state secretary
of the society, is at present arranging
the preliminary details for the session.
The Neighbors will have headauar-
ters at the Wayne hotel during their
stay in the convention city, and the
prospects are bright for one of the
largest and most successful Royal
Neighbor meetings ever held in Michi-
gan. The Detroit members of the So
riety are preparing an excellent pro-
gram of entertainment for the visit
Drs. The business of the sessions will
be the election of delegates to the SUI ;
preme camp, which meets in Denver. S
Col, next May, and the election of
state officers.
laurium Pythians.
Work in the second rank will be con-
iucted at the regular meeting of the
Laurium lodge, No. 202 at the L.aur-