Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-25
WESTERLY TURKEY FOR PRESIDENT
In Spite of Claims of Rivals North and South Horace Vose Will Furnish the Thanksgiving Bird-Col E. F. Pendle be Retired Mystic Shrners Visitation Mon day-Constable Donohue Explains to Town Council.

city of Providence, the first time being at Newport. The Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine was founded in Mecca, Arabia, in the year of the Hegira 25, but the modern order is of comparatively recent origin.
 The governing body in America is the imperial council, with eighty five subordinate branches called temples. The order is not 8 Masonic body, but
 only Masons of the thirty-second de-
 gree of the Ancient and Accepted
 Scottish Rite, or Knights Templar, in good standing, are eligible to member ship, and the membership in America is about 75,000.
 The nob1es from Palestine Temple, Providence, with the Shriners' band of twenty-five pieces, arrived in West erly on a special train and were met by the nobles resident in Westerly, with Noble Archie Thompson acting as marshall having as aides, Nobles Arthur N. Nash, Thomas Mckenzie, Lewis Stanton, Louis L. Bolles, Louis J. Reuter-, Charles ". Willard and
 William Smith.
 Upon arrival the nobles formed in line augmented by nobles from Nor wich, New London, Mystic, Stonington,
 Willimantic and Hartford, all the nobleS wearing the traditional fez, ex- cept the bandsmen who wore the reg ular uniform and the patrol who were attired in the original Arabic costume of the order. The visitation was for the purpose of initiating a number in to the mysteries of the mystical order, and these candidates were properly secured with strong rope. There have been occa sions when candidates have been placed in menagerie wagons in the parade that proceeded the initiation. but no such drastic precaution was taken in Westerly.
 Headed by the Shriners band of 36 members the nobles and the candi- dates for the title to the number of 306 made a short street parade down High street. up Broad street to Elm cOuntermarch, across the bridge to West Broad to Mechanic street count ermarch, down West Broad, over the bridge and down Main street to the Bliven Opera house. Here the parerphernalia brought from Pales- tine Temple had been erected. As soon as possible the initiatory, or first section of the work was commenced and before it was over the candidates realized that all that glitters is not gold, but were thoroughly satisfied with the undertaking. and pleased to be privileged to wear a fez with a full dress suit and communicate in cabalfstic way with fellow sotourners and those who have traversed the hot sands of the desert in the years that have gone. Just what took place at lAlC LIOIl IS hIIOWn Only 10 MXS- tic Shriners.
 At the conclusion of the first section of the initiatory work, which is to degree of a serious nature, the Shrin- CTS and the Shriners band marched di- rect to the Rhode Island where din her was served. After dinner the Shriners returned to the opera house and enjoyed a special vaudeville en- tertainment. Then the actors stage hands, orchestra and house ennpIoyes were ordered out the place was guard ed, and the Shriners had absolute con- troL It was then that the second sec 1 don was worked. There was some 1 thing doing every second, and the only way to ascertain a general idea of what was done it will be necessary to say yes to the query, Are You a Ma son? and add Noble of the Mystic Shrine, too.
 The work of the local committee in l arranging for the unusual event was praised by the potentate and others of high rank in the order, and they voiced the sentiment of every visitor to Westerly.