The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-01-11
woODMEN OF THE WORLD
Also of OcaIa, Held Their Annual In
staIIaffon and banquet
Friday Night

Ocala is a strong lodge town. All
the great orders Of the country are
well represented here. And when Fort
King Camp No II. WOodmen Of the
World, holds it's big annual meeting, it
looks like all the other lodges were
holding a congress Nearly every
man in it belongs to some other lodge,
and most of them to two or three or
four-or more. II is the biggest lodge
in town; some thirty members ahead
Of the next biggest When one Wood
man reminds another Of their lodge
meeting he says, Big lodge meets
Friday night" And they are all there
on installation night unless they are
sick or out Of town, or their wives
won't let them come, which is seldom
the case, as the women haven't the
fear Of woodcraft that IS instructive
with them toward other craft So
they all come-AIasons, Odd Fellows,
knights. Fraters EIks, Moose and
Eagles, as well as those who wear the
oak leaf alone-stand before the home
~ but solid stump that is their altar,
and salute the viceregent of the SOW
erefgn commander in Omaha.
The Woodmen are popular and be-
lieved in because they compose the
most solid Of insurance orders-the
last word in fraternaI insurance, com
bining the virtues Of other orders and
avoiding their mistakes. Starting with
one weak camp a little over twenty
years ago, the Woodmen are now one
of the great orders of the world, and
with their present progress are sure
of million and a half of members by
the time their first quarter century
ends. The Woodmen is not only an
insurance society-in fraternal work
| it is second to none-its noble and
simple ritual is as original as it is i'm
pressive; and no man needs suffer for
brotherly friendship and help as long
as he holds membership in the Wood
men of the World.
Yonge's Hall was well filled when
Consul Commander Dosh called the
meeting to order Friday evening, and
the choppers kept on coming in until
almost time for adjournment. Most of
the old stand-bys were there, and
scores of new members, beside many
visitors from other camps. The bus
mess Of the evening was smoothly
carried out. Four applications were
favorabIy voted on and two more were
received.
Delegates to the head camp, which
meets in Tallahassee in March, were
elected as follows: State Organizer G.
H. Dame, Past Consul Commander B.
N Dosh and Consul Commander J. F.
Thompson. 1t is the intention of these
delegates to secure the next meeting
of the head camp, in 1915, for Ocala,
and it behooveth the Board of Trade
TO hold up their hands, for no finer
body of men can visit any city
Organizer Dame, assisted by Past
Consul Commander Little, then in
stalled the officers for this year, who
are as follows:
Consul COMMUNICATION F. Thomp-
son.
Adviser Lieutenant-T. d. Lancaster,
Jr
Banker-F. J. Burdin.
Clerk-Chas. K. Sage.
Escort--W. Fl. McConn.
Watchman-E. P. Martin.
Centry-C. c. Fraser.
Manager for three years-B. n.
Dosh.
After the installation, and some time
spent with conversation and brief
speeches, the camp adjourned to
Dewey's Now Dewey feeds many
lodges, and when the average lodge
calls on him for eats he puts lines of
LdDlGS uO"h Ollt Slut u MS IOIiS dlIA-
ing room and draws a chalk line be-
side them. But when Fort King
Camp marches on him, he knows it's
like the Florida army going to put
down an instruction in Jacksonville,
and acts accordingly, and he surely
had his hands full Friday night. The
choppers were full too when the fes-
tivities were over, and adjourned as
proud and well pleased a crowd of
lodge men as ever met in Ocala
The next meeting will be Friday
evening, Feb. IA, on which occasion
there will be initiatory work to do