Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-25

OF Masonic Raising Of Michael POllaS-
ky Celebrated Tuesday Evening

Upon the invitation of Micheal Pol
lasky, large number of Masonic
friends from Alma, St. Louis, and
Ithaca, gathered at the Masonic Hall
last Tuesday evening to celebrate
with Mr.. Pollaskey the Golden ami
versary OF his Masonic raising to
Master Mason The evening was
joyously spent at cards and in ban
quet, followed by program of de-
lightful toasts and beautiful musical
numbers. The toasts were all full OF
handsome tributes to Mr. Pollasky
as an upright and honorable Mason
during his fifty years of Masonic life,
and as a man, whose daily life in the
business world has been an excellent
example of the fulfilling the tenets
of Masonry. The evening was fit
tingly closed by the presentation by
Dr. F. A. Bagley for the Masonic
brethren of a handsome jeweled Past
Masters badge to Mr.. Pollasky
AS the brethren entered the hall,
they were received by Mr.. Pollasky
as host. As he stood there shaking
the hands of his brethren and extend
ing them a glad welcome, the ad-
miration for the man was evident in
all who entered Mr.. Pollasky, hale
and hearty. his excellent physique and
cheerful speech belieing his seventy
eight years of life, as he received
.ba e;,oaro COMMUNICATIONS nf tha
many present, was made particularly
happy. for no man could have been
otherwise upon receiving the COM
pliments and congratulations that
were bestowed upon him
The forepart of the evening was
spent at cards. At $50 the games
were laid aside and sitting around
the tables the men partook of a
sumptuous banquet When the inner
man had been fully satisfied, and the
tables were cleared; then Mr.. Pol
lasky arose as host and in keeping
with Masonic custom asked Rev, w.
II. Cook to invoke the blessing of
the Deity Following the invocation,
Mr.. Pollasky again rose and extend
ed greetings 10 the brethren assem-
bled. His remarks in part are, ut
is with a sense of pride and a sense
of welcome, that | arise to greet you.
am especially and highly hattered
by welcoming here tonight one of the
Past Grand Masters OF the F. & A.
NJ, Past Grand Master Herbert
Montague.
Fifty years ago tonight, in Zion
Lodge No 1, at Detroit, / was raised
10 the sublime degree of a Master
Mason. | very little thought Of
ever celebrating the fftieth anniver-
sary of that impressive event of my
life. But it matters little the length
of life, for it is not how long a man
lives that counts for or against him,
rather is it how he lives ! have en-
deavored to live an active Mason,
and during my membership in the
Masonic brotherhood, | have been
extremely fortunate in the honors be-
slowed upon me. ! have held every
chair in the F. & A. NJ except that
OF Senior Deacon and have been
Worshipful Master. "By the mea-
sure of the plumb line" / have. tried
TO live, for to be a true mason a
man must live as such. With a fit
ting tribute TO Ammi w. Wright, Mr.
Pollasky closed.
Toastmaster Ezra l. Smith then
took charge of the program, and in
troduced the first speaker, Mr. H. 6
Moore Mr.. Moores toast, Fifty
Years Ago." was ably responded to.
He began by saying, Il feel like a
toy balloon sent up before the main
ascension to test the currents of the
air. After me will come the big war
balloon inflated by expansion of hot
air for the particular occasion. 1t
is somewhat OF presumption on my
part OF man OF my age to speak on
the subject OF my toast, Fifty years
Ago Just fifty years ago to night,
Commodore David Farragut with the
largest feet ever assembled under
the United States flag, swept up the
Mississippi river, ran the gauntlet of
FIRE between Forts Jackson and
Phillips and made possible the occu-
patton of New Orleans by the United
States army The speaker then
spoke of another scene, that was en-
acted upon the same night in quiet
upper room, surrounded by members
of the craft. when our host, Michael
Pollasky, was raised 10 Master Ma
son. He then dwelt upon the impor-
tance of a life we'll founded that il
might be we'll spent He told of the
spirit OF masonry, taken from the
spirit of the Fatherhood of God and
the Brotherhood Of Man. Mr.. Moore
closed by speaking eloquently OF
Masonry.
The next speaker to be introduced
by Toastmaster Smith was George S
Aldrich. of ST. Louis, who responded
10 the toast. "Reminiscences. Mr.
Aldrich had been introduced as an
exceptionally honest and truthful
man, by Toastmaster Smith, who le,
il be known that real estate men