Evening journal., 1912-03-12
A. 0. U. W. CHIEF
URGES ORDER
TO OPTIMISM
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make 1912 a splendid year, a year OF
banner fraternalism?
Work off the old hoodoo about
you can't enthuse, you all showed op-
timism in the Grand Lodge session
and II should surely evidence itself
in your local lodges. Let every Grand
Lodge officer and representative have
good strong feeling of healthy OPP
timism and IL will communicate itself
TO the brethren and I'm turn be mani
tested in an increase of membership
The way TO make 1912 a banner year
Is to inject into it at the very begin
ming a staunch feeling that every
thing is alright with us and begin
right. The conditions are ripe for A.
o. IT, w. i'm Delaware but the state
Of mind of its members is all wrong
Let us all do our part to change this
state of mind to a feeling more In
accord with the actual conditions"
Among the other matter Mr. Cooper
advocated were the holding Of enter
tainments by each lodge at least once
a month; the placing Of all members
of the level rate plan; that provision
be made for the payment Of sick bene-
fits by changing the laws: and the
creation Of a committee TO be known
as a Committee or Bureau 0f En-
ployment"
The object of this committee or
bureau is TO secure employment for
its unemployed membership, those de-
string to avail themselves of this
Bureau a charge Of S1.00 annually
would be made.
The report OF c. B. Prettyman,
grand recorder was lengthy. IL show
ed that during the year there was a
decrease i'm membership of l2S. The
total number Of members January !,
1911, WAS 2574; admitted. 1l3; rein
stated 30; suspended, 24O; died 81;
expelled. one leaving a membership
On January I this year, of 2446.
II was stated by J. S. Collins, chair
man of ;he finance committee that
during the year seventy claims were
paid, thirteen of which were from the
previous year and these were paid
During the year there were 81 claims
presented and the total amount paid
was slO7,T66 20. Continuing the COM
mittee said
There has been paid to the Su-
premc Lodge for Fraternal Aid dur
ing the year S4.11O.S1, which pays in
full to December 81, 1910. During
the year the members have exercised
the privilege Of borrowing from their
own reserve an amount aggregatins
1886 Your committee turned over
to the Board OF Financial Trustees
during the year, reserve accumula-
tions of $11,100. There has been paid
into the General Fund during the
year by the Board Of Financial Trus-
tees. s6,153.30 for lapsed reserves as
per calculation OF Acuary Dawson as
per resolution adopted by the Grand
Lodge OF 1909.
According to the valuation present
cd bv our Actuary at tho hast Grand
Lodge session, there was an oXcess
surrlus IN the reserve fund OF S35, 900
of this amount, $4,000 has been re-
turned by the Board Of. Financial
Trustees to the beneficiary FUND.- there.
| by making Il possible to have paid al
claims promptly There still remain.
in the hands of the Board OF Financia
Trustees about $4,000 of said excess
surplus which may be drawn upOl
when needed
Tho report OF the board Of fnancia
/ trustees showed total receipts Of S33.
1884. and disbursements Of $3S,
1880 leaving a cash balance o
1854. or the disbursements S4,
00277 was used IN purchasing foui
thousand dollars worth Of Whining
ton Delaware, per cent. bonds.