Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-25
HIVE BIG
TINE N 0)N'LAV[
BETWEEN 200 AND 800 PARricl.
PATE IN SPECIAL CEREMONIAL
Session HERE.
PARADE THIS AFTERNOON
A FEATURE OF TAE DAY
cersmoniaI Work to Be Held This
Evening at the odson-Banquet At
Forney's Hall at e-visiters Taken
About City For Automobile Drive
Candidates Receive Work. 500

Candidates Receive Work.
Marshalltown is in possession OF the
Ancient Arabic Order, Mobiles Of the
Mystic Shrine. today. The caravans
began to arrive early this morning, and
at 1880 the Official divan reached the
of Za-Ga-zig temple. Des ,Moines. Be-.
| tween seventy and eighty wearers Of
the fez accompanied the potentate, in,
Guiding the official divan and the
members of the Arab patrol
The day was ideal, and between 200
and 800 Shriners participated in the
festivities, including large member
ship from this city, in which are also
counted the Shriners Of the county
! towns. A dozen different cities were
represented outside the county, includ-
ing Des Moines, Cedar Rapids. Water
loo, Grinnell, Oskaloosa. New Sharon,
Nevada, Ames, Newton, Kellogg, Col
fax, and Tama.
Parade Feature Of Day. :
The parade, at 43O this afternoon.
| was feature Of the day as far as the
public was concerned. Headed by the
Arab patrol, the Marshalltown band
engaged for the entire day. and the
new oriental band of this city, the
Shriners formed in line at the postof-
flee, marching east on Church street to
Third avenue, north on the avenue to
Main street, and west on Main to
Sixth street. From Sixth the process
sion went north to state, and east on
State to Third street. thence south to
Main. and east on Main to First ave-
nue., then north to the Masonic tenn
ple which Is headquarters. Included
In the parade were few "caged Grip
ples"-O. s. Ellis and r. b. Reasoner.
Business Session and Auto Ride.
The business session Of the temple
was held at the Masonic temple at 4: 80.
and by that time all petitions for mem
bership In tonight's class were hled
with ]. jolly Jones, recorder OF the
temple. ~ Il
At 2 o'clock fifty or more automo-
biles started out to show the visiting
Shriners the points Of interest about
town. The route included the soldiers
home. the factory district. Country
Club, Riverside cemetery. and the bus
mess part Of town. including the diff
ferent public buildings. The pleasure
| ride. wound up by escorting the GOOD
roads car, zen route across the state
ana here for the afternoon, toward the
east, 1t being deemed fitting that as
long as the good roads pilgrims were
headed toward the east. that tho
Shriners chow them the way.
Banquet and Work Tonight.
A banquet for the visitors, served by
the local Shriners at Forney's hall, will
be another of the enjoyable features OF
the day, and the banquet will be fol-
lowed by the ceremonial session at the
Odeon This will be the meat of the
entire day, and tho candidates were
admonished to begin with to prepare
for the worst. for it Is the best you'll
get" Immediately after the work is
over vaudeville show will be put on
for the Shriners by talent that was en-
gagged for the Odeon this week, but
could not give a public entertainment
this evening owing to the fact that the
theater was engaged for the Shriners.
Tho Official Divan.
The official divan Of Za-Ga-Zig tenn
pie is as follows: Potentate. Earl C.
Mills; chief rabban, David T. Huber;
assistant rabban, I. NJ. Treynor; high
priest and prophet, James F. Woody;
oriental guide, Forest s. Treat: treas
urer, Homer A. Miller; recorder, J.
Jolly Jones; first ceremonial master,
Harry B. Lewis: second ceremonial
master, e. K. Maine; marshal. George
H. Bachelor; captain OF the guard. NJ.
l.. Heilhecker: outer guard. Ben j.
Ness; director, A. w. Eberhart.
The Local Committees.
The local committees for the meet
ing here are headed by James T.
Pound as chairman Of the executive
committee. an appointee of the POI
tentate The committees follow:
Executive-James T. Pound. chair
man: DR.. A. c. Conway, r. w. Cham
Fred NJ. Wilbur.
man; III. C. Hoeck G. H. Ruth, III. S.
Lawrence, George H Boggie, Fred
Wallace. Charles H. Whitehead, Ralph
Scott. Walter Scott. Fred Hopkins.
Music and Parade-Dr. A. g. Coma
way. chairman: G. A. Eadie. o. 4. In
gledue, H. A. Weisman.
Banquet and Hall-R. w. Chamber
lain. chairman; I. r. Forbes. Fred
Wallace.
Entertainments. X. Denmead.
chairman: Ray r. East, C. w. Nelson,
C. C. Eldridge.
Buffet-Charles Hull. chairman: W.
G. Stricken. j. NJ. Alexander.
Special Entertainment Committee
Chelsea Howard. chairman: Waiter
Scott. G. N. Ruth. A. L. Higgin. Will
Ham Wallace. C. P. Cook. c. III. White
head, Robert Valentine, w. G.. Strick-
Ter, Marion Gard.
Big Glass Of Candidates.
There is big class of candidates for
tonight's ceremonial session, mum ber-
ing, up to 1 o'clock. twenty five In
number Most Of the new shriners
are from this city. The list follows:
r. W. McCreery, DR.. Royal French,
George Downing. E. L. IBelden, q. g.
Ellis. r. B. Reasoner. II. E. Jones,
John v. Bass, George A. Olson. George
Anderson, Harry q. Hopkins. y. w.
Winery. J. H Egernayer, ]. C. a5ey-
ers. DR.. II. G. Muelier, Alexander 0aI-