The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-23

II national Organizer w. II. Meade d
Buffalo, assisted by President Nor
O'Sullivan, who presided, and othe
/ members of the Portage Lake nest o.
Owls, last evening instituted the Laur.
ium nest at an enthusiastic meeting
held at the Losselyoung hall at Laur.
ium. The Laurium nest has char.
ter membership of 200. The charter
will remain open however until Sept
1, and II is hoped that many otnei
members will be secured before thai
time. Following are the officers elect.
cd and installed last evening:
Past President. James wills.
President. Matt Seifert.
Vice President, Thos. williams.
Secretary. Frank Ziehr
Treasurer. Dominick Vairo
| lnvocator, Edward Eggen.
Warden, Joseph Swedish.
Sentinel, Hiram Richards.
Picket, James O'Brien.
Trustees, ]. Bruce Patton, John Cries
and William Was
Next Sunday the members of the
Laurium nest will join with the mem
bers of the Portage Lake nest at a
picnic To be conducted at the Han
cock grove. Special street cars will
leave the end of the line at Red jack
ct at 1880 o'clock. for the convenience
of those who care to attend.
The order of owls is a fratornal,
benevolent order. having its national
headquarters at South Bend, Ind. Sick
benefits are paid as well as funeral
benefits. The Laurium nest will meet
every two weeks, and ii is likely that
the next meeting will he held at the
Laurium town hall. Mr.. Meade has
every confidence that the membership
will be doubled in short time.
r. Of A. Convention.
The biennial national convention of
the Foresters of America is in session
this week all Detroit, with Edwin Ed
wards and Thomas Hollow of Calumet
as two OF the delegates representing
the Michigan Foresters i'm attendance.
The delegates were welcomed to De-
troit yesterday by Mayor Thompson.
M tltAhbilAN VI tIlfi Atilil-
ment has been arranged by the Detroit
courts and 1t is expected the week will
be a pleasant one for the delegates
and that much important business viii
be transacted.
The project of building a big tuber-
culosis sanatorium for the benefit of
the members of the order throughout
the country will come in for special
attention during the convention. The
idea of such a sanatarium was seri-
ously considered two years ago, and
at that time a committee was APP
oughly. If a favorable report is re-
turned, steps will probably be taken
to build the sanatarium soon.
II is also proposed To found a So
ciety organ TO be delivered free to
the members of the order. Many
members of the society are said. to
favor such a paper.
IT is not expected that there will
be very much competition for any of
the offices of the society. The follow
ing are the principal candidates NAM
ed so far for any office: Supreme
chief ranger, Harry w. Mace of Phil
adelphia. at present supreme sub-chief
ranger: supreme treasurer, Judge Ed
ward II. O'Brien, Lynn, Mass, for
recollection and supreme secretary
Thomas NJ. Donnelly, Jersey City, New
Jersey. for reelection. No candidate
has yet been advanced for supreme
sub-chief ranger.
Pythian Convention.
Oncial notice has been received of
the thirty ninth annual grand lodge
convention of the knights of Pythias
Of Michigan, to be held at Grand
Rapids on Sept. 6, the date, which
was originally set for October, having
been changed to September. The ses-
slons will open on Wednesday morning
at o'clock and continue until Thurs
day afternoon. The biennial field day
of the uniformed rank, with parade
and prize drilling contests will be held
on Tuesday. Sept. 5, and a large num-
Der of the delegates propose to reach
the convention city early so as to wit
ness this feature.
Several amendments to the supreme