The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-06-27
NOW ON TO CLEVELAND
Oskaloosa Eagle Drill Team May
Complete in National Contest.


Approaching the matchless work
of the Eagle Degree team OF Oska-
loosa at Burlington last week in
winning the state championship and
the cup trophy, movement has been
started to send the team to Cleveland
to compete in the national contest i'm
August. Members of the team and
the lodge membership are enthusi-
astic over the work of the team.
Oskaloosa Aerie banqueted the
boys last evening at the Eagle club
and celebrated their victory in fitting
way. There were several talks and
toasts and the campaign for the ma
tional contest was started.
The state cup will be sent to Os.
kaloosa in couple of days, as it is
now the property of the Oskaloosa
boys. 1t will be on exhibition for
few days in the show windows of the
Barnes & Darnell store. This cup
was won by the Council Bluffs team
at Dos Moines last year and is now
taken by the Oskaloosa lodge, to de-
fend against all corners in the state.
The boys who won the cup,-that
is, those who put on the drill work
at Burlington, are:
Officers Ben McCagg, Worthy
President; e. A. Darnell, Past Wor-
thy President; c. o. Stringfellow,
Vice President; Art Shaw, Chaplain;
! Bert Groce, Conductor.
Degree drill team-Roy Plaisted,
captain; Wilbur Williams, John Rug
genberg, Pearl Minor, Dave Owens,
Bert Whipple, DAVIS Barr, Will Rich
mond, Ed Whipple, Gus Vissig, Ross
McBurney, Roy Sparks, Ray Price,
Roy Snyder and Chas. Snyder, prop
erty superintendent.
Tables were spread in the lodge
room. Beckman's orchestra was
present for the occasion and in fine
fettle. While the guests were gather
ing and being seated, cards were in
dulged and the orchestra played.
Then came the feast of good things
and the menu was one enjoyed by
every Eagle present. Worthy Pres Ben
MCCagg raped for order and after a
word of explanation and the delivery
of messages of complimentary ex-
preston to the individual members
of the degree team, he introduced w.
r. Lacey, POSTMASTER of the evening.
Mr. Lacey is good any time. He can
say things and do things that no one
else can say or do, but upon this oc-
casion he fairly excelled his past rec
ords and previous reputation. Toasts
and talks upon subjects that had i'm
mediate bearing upon the evening
were given. Subjects varied from a
detailed account of how it was done
to What can WEI do 3next?".. Appro-
pirate toasts were heard from Frank
| Snyder, Ralph O'Hara, Worthy Presi
dent McCagg, Colonel C. o. String
fellow, Colonel J. H. Pickett and 9th
ers The degree team was called for
and responded with yells used at Bur
lington, and with songs that fitted in
to the evenings program.
The hour was lengthening when
the orchestra played goodnight Sc.
lection. The enjoyment of the even
ing was of a character that made the
last moment as good as the first and
the company was reluctant to say
goodnight It is doubtful if there
has ever been in lodge in OskalOosa
an occasion that has been more thor
oughly enjoyed than the banquet of
the Eagles Monday evening, in honor
of their degree team.
Concerning the drilling of the team
for the national contest, the first
prize for which is one thousand ST
moleons, the boys have about con.
Cluded that they cannot enter the
contest this year The time in which
to drill before the national conven-
ton is too short. The team as now
organized is to be broken by the de.
parture of couple of the mebbers,-
Pearl Minor and Ross McBurney.
Preparations are to start immediate
ly, however, upon the organization
and drilling of team for the nation
al contest of 1913 and plans are now
under consideration touching upon
the ways and means.
The drill team acknowledges it's
obligations to Mr.. Lee Corse, former
ly of Oskaloosa but recently removed
to Fort Madison Lee was a delegate
to the state convention and having
been with the Oskaloosa boys through
much of their work he furnished the
music for the drill work, presiding at
the piano and playing the obligatos
while the charges were being given.
The courtesy was duly appreciated by
the Oskaloosa boys, not by the men,
bers of the drill team alone, but by
the entire membership of the lodge.
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