The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-02-22

Michigan annual convention has never
been held in Detroit and plans are be-
ing made to celebrate the occasion
with an active propaganda TO increase
the membership. In previous years
the conventions have been held I'm the
upper peninsula.
The total membership is about So
900 OF which this state claims approx
mately $4,000, with Detroit the weak
est city in point of members There
are lodges i'm every large city in the
United States. Chicago and New York
heading the list with over twenty
lodges each.
The copper country lodges are pre-
pairing to send large delegations to the
annual convention and plans are al
ready being formed by one and All
lodge to raise money with which this
trip may be made. The headquarters
of the Michigan Grand Lodge are in
Hancock, Senator w. Frank James be-
ing the state president
c. o. r. Convention.
Members of the courts of the Cath
Ollie order of Foresters of Escanaba
are preparing for the state convention
of the order to be held there, opening
on the second Tuesday in June
Every court of the order in the state
will be represented by delegates and
all the grand court officials will be in
attendance. 1t is estimated that the
number of visitors to be attracted for
the convention including delegates and
officials of the order will be about sew
enty-fiv
Modern Woodmen of America.
c. j. Burns, director of the Modern
Woodmen of America has arrived
home from Rock Island. H., where he
attended a business session of the exc
cutice council, says the Mining Jour
nal. At this meeting the appointments
for positions during the session of the
head camp, which is to be held i'm Buff
falo next June, were made and Mr..
Byrns succeeded in securing places for
five members of the society i'm Michi-
gan. Stephen ii. Collick of Ishpeming.
Major Samuel Schultz of Grand Rap
ids, who will serve in the inspector
generals department; Major George ID.
Laurium, of Kalamazoo. who will also
have work in the Inspector generals
department.; Captain Guy A. Crawford
of Ionia, who will be a military clerk
in the adjutant generals office, and
Captain Charles Clark of Lansing, who
will also be on duty in the adjutant
generals department.
Mr.. Byrns says that the forthcom-
ing meeting will be by far the largest
that the Woodmen have ever held. The
order has had a most phenomenal
growth in membership since the last
head camp meeting three years ago
next June and there will be a large
increase in the number of delegates in
attendance. 1t is expected that the
Michigan delegation will be instructed
by the state camp meeting at Sault
ste. Marie in May, to stand solidly
hack of T.. ]. Billiard, the present state
deputy, for the position of director, to
succeed Mr.. Byrns.
I. o. o. r. State Convention.
The special odd Fellow committees
having charge of the arrangements for
the state odd Fellow convention to be
held in Saginaw in the fall met Mon
day evening and further detail plans
were completed says the Saginaw
Courier Herald. The subordinate COM
mittees appointed by Chairman James
Harris were approved of by the repre-
sentatives of the local lodges. II was
decided that the executive commit
tee would meet next Tuesday evening
to devise rules and methods of proceed
ure for the committees as to the con-
Quoting of the preparatory work. 1t
was also the general sense Of the meet
ing that the entire committee confer
together at least once a month until
the grand lodge meets
A communication was read from
Secretary j. p. Tracy Of the Saginaw
board of trade stating that the use of
the Auditorium and Masonic temple
had been secured for the occasion. The
Saginaw committees were notified by
Garland lodge of Detroit that the MEM
bers had accepted the invitation to be
here and to exemplify the second de-
gree work.
Grand Master Ganschow was made
an ex-officio member of the executive
committee.
Allouez I. o. o. r.
The members of Keweenaw lodge,
No. 535 of Allouez have arranged
concert program to be given at 1880
o'clock Saturday evening. Some of the
best talent in the copper country will
participate and the following numbers
will be given:
Piano Selection, Miss Richards.
Kearsarge Male Quartette. George
F'riggens, Robert Haynes, A. Williams
and VIM. Ellis.
Vocal solo, Miss Francis Schneider.
Vocal solo, George Mclean
Comic Reading, oscar Pollard
Vocal solo. Miss Sylvia Liddicoat.
Instrumental duet Misses Fannie