Putnam patriot., 1911-02-17
Owls Preparing to Institute.

l Putnam Nest Order of Owls which upon for the past few weeks is to be shortly instituted here as arrangements are to be completed within a few days. 1 The first open meeting which they held last Wednesday evening was well attended and another is to be held on | Friday evening at Foresters' hall, to complete the arrangements, and it is l believed that at that time the final ar- engagements will be made complete. MT. Whitney now has about one hundred and thirty applications in and many more are to come. They are being investigated by committee of Ithe leading people of the town so that none but those who are desirable will be accepted by the local nest and in that way 1t will start with only the best people that are to be had and from the present outlook there will be large membership, all of whom will be good desirable members, as that is the only kind that the order desires.
 The local nest will be instituted by the officers of Norwich Nest, assisted by the officers of Hartford Nest the degree team from New London Nest, and by the several officers of the order among them the Deputy Supreme President for Connecticut and New York, Hon. Frank Lombard of Hart ford, and Assistant Deputy Supreme President Harry w. Jones of Hartford Nest, who k at this time organizing nest at Naugatuck, and who has just completed organizing one at Water bury where they placed nest of the order of over five hundred members and has also been instrumental in the organizing of several other riests through the state and has been active ly engaged in the upbuilding of the order through the state.
 At the meeting Friday evening there will toe speakers present from several of the different nests and there will also be musical offerings and the even- ing will be pleasantly spent by all who attend, and all are invited by Mir. Whitney whether they intend to join the order or not.
 Those who do not join while the charter is open will be acting unwisely to say the least. While the charter is open the fee for initiation is only S5.15 and after the charter is closed the fee ! will not be less than Sl0.1o and as much more as the local nest see it to | make it and many of the nests place their fee al S2A and up. The dues are but 70 cents per month and the benefits are of the best, the nest paying the members S1 per week for the first thir- teen weeks sickness and then SS.5o d week for the following thirteen weeks, also free physician and medicine to the ! members and Sl0o at death.
 The Order of Owls Putnam will have one of the largest orders and present indications are that it will have a membership of two hundred and over.
 NIT. Whitney is at the Hotel Cargill
 and is working to obtain as many
 members as he can before institution,
 and IL Is believed that the order will
 institute here as it has all over the
 state with the largest number of mem-
 bers on the charter of any order in the
 history Of the city and at the meeting
 next Friday evening there will be
 many more applications received, so
 all who can should attend this meet ing whether they intend to join the order or not and hear of the work of order and should also bring their friends 10 it.