Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-06-19
FoREsTERs' CONVENTION.
Big Gathering Expected in Ellis
worth Next Week.

worth Next Week.
AT Ellsworth on Friday, June rs, will
be held the largest convention ever called
by the Independent Order Of Foresters in
any county. This order is too large and
too well known to need extended descrip-
ton, though 1t may not be as well known
shat this county has more than dozen of
the most fourishing courts in the State,
and from this county came the custom of
all the courts in county holding, once a
year, convention.
From this custom, originating with the
courts in Franklin and Sullivan, has
grown convention that ranks among the
largest in the State, and has received
recognition from the high court and the
supreme court of the order, and which
bids fair to extend wherever the indie
pendent Order OF Foresters is known.
Among those who have been prominent
In this work in the past is DIR. 8. s. De-
Beck, of Franklin, who has for several
years served on the State high commit
tee as high physician, and who was early
one of the district chief rangers for Han
COCK county. He was succeeded By
Edward f. Chaplain, OF West Sullivan,
also deputy of the high court, while for
the last eight years Percy l.. Aiken, of
Sorrento, has been the county chief
ranger, which position he now holds.
The order is prominent among fraternal
benefit orders, not only because it is one
OF the largest orders OF its kind in the
world, having surplus OF over SIG, 900 900
but because it was the first order to
abandon the death assessment plan, nearly
forty years ago, and to go on table OF
rates complied from the mortality
statistics and much like that OF all old
line insurance companies. 1t was, too,
the pioneer in introducing many Of the
benefits which are now taken up by many
fraternities, among the most prominent of
which are its Foresters' Orphans Home,
which takes care of all Foresters' childTen,
and the Foresters'T u berculosis Sanitarium,
in the Adirondacks in New York, where
many OF its members have fully recovered
from this disease.
There will be present at the convention
in Ellsworth the high chief ranger OF
AsAathts L. SOfcys Vi VIM
has held this position for several terms;
the high vice-chief ranger, Charles F.
Mann, OF Lisbon Falls, who is probably
the best informed man in Maine on the
relative advantages Of old-line and frater-
nal insurance; the high secretary, Will
liam s. levin, prominent attorney OF
Houlton, who has been prominent in For
estry for many years; Hon. Fred Bogue,
OF East Machias, who is the high coun-
selor OF the State, and it is confidently ex-
pected that William }. McMurtry, OF To-
ronto, Canada, who holds the position OF
assistant to the supreme chief ranger of
the entire order, will be present at least
during the early part of the convention.
Many visitors from courts in other coun-
ties have signified an intention of visiting
this county for this meeting, and the larg-
est attendance is promised.
The evening session will be public, and
interesting papers will be given by the
high officers present, as well as by DIR. De-
Beck, of Franklin, past high physician;
s. s. Scammons, also of Franklin, and
past officer Of many years standing; Ed
ward F. Chaplain, of Sullivan, deputy OF
the high court; Percy T. Clark, Of Frank
lin, recent graduate OF the U. of M. law
school and an ardent and well-informed
Forester; the chief ranger of the county,
Percy L. Aiken, and several other promi-
nent men from other sections OF the
county, whose subjects have not yet been
announced.
Visiting Foresters will be welcome at
the entire convention, and all who intend
to be present should write P. L. Aiken,
Sorrento, that arrangements may be made
for their accommodation. The committee
OF arrangements are Percy L. Aiken, Sor-
rento; T. T. Corey, Portland, and Charles
F. Mann, Lisbon Falls.