The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-06-24
FINISH PLANS
FOR BIG MEET
Marquette Masons Ready for the
Consistory Class and Shriners

! one OF the features 81 the prepara-
tons for the entertainment # the Wis
ting Scottish Rite Masnns and Shrn-
crs who will gather in Marquette be-
ginning this mornins to remain until
Friday night, at the largest Masonic
gathering ever held In the upper pcn-
insula Is the appointment of a spc-
! cihl committee To act as a bureau of
! information The members are f. j.
Schultheis, chairman, ;. \. Williams.
| II. a. Manhard \ H. Boswell ana r..
.. Stafford. Mr.. Stafford has offered
The use Of his drug store as head
quarters tor the bureau, and II viii he
designated as such by a large banner
suspended over the street i'm front of
| The entrance
| The first meeting of the Francis NJ.
Moore c"nsistcrS will attract Masons
| from all over the upper peninsula, as
! well as the members Of the Grand
| Hapids cunsistory, who viii come here
| to cNemplify the work As il is cx-
! pcctCd that the available hotel accom-.
| lnodations viii be taken carly. the
committee urges that an persons who
have rooms to rent IN private houses
or beds to spare will leave their names
and addresses at the Stafford drug
store, either by calling in person on
| 10y telephone.
The first incoming delegation WI
be the Scottish Rite choir, of Grand
Rapids The members of this organi-
hdtion viii arrive tomorrow morning
on the Northwestern train The Grand
Rapids degree team viii arrive this
evening on the ST. Paul train The
body left Grand Rapids yesterday and
viii cross Lake Michigan by boat ar
irving at milwaukee, in time To catch
the day train north. Every incoming
train will bring Scottish Rite Masons
ana Shriners to the city.
Among the visitors viii be men of
prominence in the state The Masuns
urge, therefore, that tn" citizens OF
Marquette make special effort To give
the distinguished guests welcome
worthy the citN's best traditions for
hospitality, that the week may be a
memorable one in Michigan Masonry.
First Glass to Be Large.
The first class to be admitted to the
Francis NJ. Moore consstory will 1T
il said, in every way sustain the
strong rcpresentatiO made To The
supreme council. More than one hun
drcd names were taVurably acted upon
Friday evening 1t meeting of the
rite and every mail continues To bring |
now applicants. 1t is likely, according |
10 officers of the rite that by l'riday |
night the class will have reached the !
80 mark. The demand from all over
the upper peninsula for the privilege |
ot completing the scottish Rite work |
To the thirty second degree has been |
great, and the dlspensatlon granting ~ |
charter tor the Francis NJ. Moore con-
sistcry has been i'm answer To this |
demand, and it obviatos the necessity |
of going Ia lower Michigan for the |
purpose IT taking up the work.
Friday Will Ice Shrine day ana this
will, 1t is expected eclipse anything
previously held under the auspices of
Ahmed temple. At the beginning OF
the present Year the members set out
To procure candidates that would
swell the roster To LoOo. This was for
. time looked anon as an impossibil-
ity. bot it is not now unlikely that
the roll will inclose that number of
names before the close of the al
preaching session. Several applicau,s
are already registered and more are
in daily. The class, 1t Is sand.
may reach one hundred members. Er-
nest Pearce is the new put"n'ote, and
although he has had som" especially
active officers a. his predecessors.
none has made so energetic am
pairn for members as ne Marquette
inlls are asked to watch the process
sion Of novices as it wcnds It's way
from the Hotel Marquette - the Ma
scnic hall Friday evening. Ecrti-
rent and frequently asked question -
win they all hang on