The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-06-26


Eminent Commander of Trinity Com
mandery and ]. Howard Welch, Emf
nent Commander of st. Omer Com
mandery each remarked with pleas
urable words a reply redolent with
good fellowship. Sir knight and Mrs
Ordway then stepped to the front en-
trance of their attractive home and
Mr.. Ordway extended a cordial greet
ing and placed his house and grounds
at the disposal of the guests. This was
one of the prettiest features of the day
and one where the gracious ladies of
Skowhegan did their part in the en-
tertainment. The spacious residence
and its surrounding lawn were deco
rated with an abundance of American
flags while on the grounds tables were
arranged bearing refreshments for the
knights. The scene was one of un-
usual beauty and was greatly enhanc-
ed by the handsome women in at
attendance gowned as they were in
garden costumes and attending SO
gracefully to the serving of their
guests. Mrs Ordway was assisted in
these courtesies by the following
ladies: Mrs. F. w. Bucknam, Mrs.
J. c. Griffin, Mrs. w. E. Hackett, Mrs.
William R. Elliott, Mrs. John H. Ian
caster Mrs r. T. Patten, Mrs. Edna
P. Smith, Mrs. ]. P. Merrill, Mrs. w.
S. Stinchfield, Mrs George Plummer
and Miss Edith Gledhill.
After partaking of this lunch the
Knights fell into line and four hun
dred strong marched through the prin-
ciple streets of the town. Stop was
again made at the handsome Colonial
residence of Prof. Roy l.. Marston on
Baptist Hill, and there in front of this
beautiful mansion Mrs. J. w. Blunt,
Mrs. Mollie Marston Stewart, Mrs H,
L. SWEET and Miss Mildred Keene serv-
ed chackers and punch from flag
draped tables. Sir Knight Marston
was ever present to attend to the
needs of his guests and a charm
ing feature of this function was the
presenting of boutonniers to the
Knights by six young misses in white
dresses Some time was consumed at
this stopping place where a group
picture was taken, then the procession
was again formed and line of march
taken up which eventually lead to Ma
sonic Hall and Municipal Building.
The department of the procession was
perfect and was generally supervised
by Marshal Fred c Dunlap assisted by
Captain General George Plummer and
Junior Warden c. R. Oliver.
After the full uniforms were dis
pensed with a luncheon was served in
Grange Hall by Caterer n. II. Lam
bert, after which the Communicates
and their bands were conveyed to
Lakewood either by cars or automo-
biles.
Following the dignity and prestige
of the forenoon ceremonies, the gen
tlemen upon their arrival at Lake
wood in the afternoon entered with
a Zest into the pleasures of the out
door life and in marked contrast to
the formalities of the earlier hours
of the day, became as college boys
again with games OF baseball, foot
ball and other olt-of door sports. A
canoe race was early called off with
three contestants, William II. Hawes,
Esq, of DeMolay becoming the win
ner of the first prize. Next the gen
tlemen were invited to witness the 80
yard run, in which the participants
were to be men under 35 years of age
In this race, c. p. Cook, of st. Omer
and H. d. Sandford, also OF st. Omer
were the first two to cross the line.
This was followed by a trial of the
men aged 35 years over the same
distance with the result that r. H.
Scribner of Trinity Commandery car
ried off the honors. So enthusias-
tic were the witnesses Of this race
that it was run over for the second
time and j. F. Laurie of St Omer was
the second victor out of the five star
ters. Fun was again started by
James Witherell of ST Omer who
challenged any man present to run a
race with him and the result was
that he was defeated by Frances