The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-07-18
YALE ST. Clair County, Mich, THURSDAY, July 49, 1912
Orangemen's Celebration Big
Success.

Yale was arrayed in gala attire for
the Orangemen and other guests who
gathered in this city on the Twelfth.
Several large arches, decorated with
the coors of the lodge, orange and
purple, were erected over the principal
streets and large banners bearing the
word "Welcome" were abundantly dis.
tributed through the town. The
weather was ideal and during the en-
tire day the streets were crowded with
the people who helped celebrate this
event i'm history. The morning trains
brought in the neighborhood of two
thousand people and these, together
with the large number who drove in
from the surrounding country and
nearby towns, brought the number
who spent the day in Yale up to three
thousand.
In the afternoon the lodges gathered
for parade and after marching through
Main street, made their way to the city
park where the addresses were given.
The address Of welcome was rendered
by j. B. Weymouth, following the in
vocation by Rev. j. w. Saxbee. The
main events Of interest in the after
Moons program were the speeches given
by Grand Master William Mel Laren
Doig Of Sault Ste. Marie and Grand
Treasurer Cassidy of Standish. Rev.
Walter Sims of Bay City was unable to
be in attendance, much to the sorrow of
the people who looked forward to his
talk on OraDgeism with much interest
Immediately following the program
at the park, Marlette and Yale crossed
bats for the baseball honors Of the af
ternoon, the visitors winning out by
a score of to 3. The streets of the
city were lined with other amusements
and there was no lack Of devices where
entertainment could be obtained. AL
though there was great excitement man
ifested throughout the day, the crowds
were handled well and nothing of i'm
portance occurred to mar the days
festivities. Taken all in all it was the
most orderly celebration the city has
ever entertained.
Several lodges from neighboring
cities and towns were represented in full |
while delegations from others met
with their lodge brothers and further
increased their ranks. The lodges of
Marlette, Port Huron, Fairgrove,
Wheatland, Dover, Carsonvlle and
Yale were represented by full attend |
ance. The prize offered for the best fife
and drum corps present was won by the |
Carsonville lodge while the Port Hur-
on delegation carried off the trophy
for the best martial music rendered.
Carsonville also carried off the prizes
offered for the largest lodge and the
best dressed lodge in parade.
In the afternoon the annual election
of officers of the l.. o. l.. for the state
of Michigan was held, representatives
from the more important lodgesl
throughout the state being present. |
The following officers were elected for
a term of one year. State Grand Mas
ter, William McLaren Doig, Sault Ste. |
Marie; Deputy Master, j. l.. Hudson, |
Marlette; State Secretary, George +. |
Blake, Fort Huron; Treasurer, George |
Cassidy, Standish; Chaplain, 5. +. Rider. |
Fargo; Lecturer, Robert Douaghy, |
Wheatland; Grand Trustee, J.C. Walker |
Marlette; Grand Tyler, Frank V. Hill,
Port Huron. Delegates to represent |
the state organization at the national |
convention were chosen. They are |
George E. Blake, George Cassidy and
j. G. Walker.
Despite the fact that several thous-
and people spent the iay here the
crowd was much smaller than would |
haYe been In attendance had the Pere |
Marquette railroad done the square
thing by furnishing transportation for
the number who wanted to visit Yale
the Twelfth but were unable to do so
owing to the lack of accommodation. |
When one considers that trains were
furnished for the people this side of
Saginaw and from Port Huron onlv, the |
large number i'm attendance was ex.
traordinary. No accommodation was
made 10y the railroad for any of the
towns on the line up into the Thumb
territory which would easily have
added 500 people to the number who
were present. 1t would have been a
small matter for the officials Of this
branch of the Pere Marquette to have
run the morning train from Bad Axe
and Harbor Beach around to Yale, |
but by the actions toward any PROPOSE
tions along this line we are left to sur
mise that the road is in such a imam
cial condition that neither accommo-
dation to their patrons nor several
thousand dollars in increased fares
would be of much benefit to them.