Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-11-27
.SHRINERS TO HAVE
Ceremonial today
Big Delegation of Mobiles
Coming Here From
Neighboring Towns
80 CANDIDATES UP
erand Ball and Banquet Will Be
Featured Tcnight-1he Com
mittees.
CANDIDATES UP

| anu dl important one for tlt
Mystic Shriaers who will flock te
Fine Bluff to attend the great cere.
monlal which will take place durins
the afternoon, and for the banquet
ana ball, which will take place late,
IN the evening. Through dispen.
satlon granted by the Imperia
Council and directly through I'm.
perlal Potentate William w. Irwin, oil
wheeling, West Virginia, petitions
Will be received from tho various
candidates DESTROYS of dining the
order. 1t is expected that possibly
as many as thirty will seek to cross
the sands and become initiated into
the secrets of the great order ere the
day has passed.
While there is not such great
number OF those who have sent in
petitions to pass through the cere-
monlal at Sahara Temple, and at the
hands of The Ancient Arabic Order,
Mobiles OF the Mystic Shrine, it is ex-
pected that between 25O and 800 WISH
tors' members of the Shrine, will
come to Pine Bluff for the cere-
monial.
Every arrangement has been COM
peted for the ceremonial, ball and
banquet and those who attend will
nave an occasion they they will long
remember. The general committee
OF arrangements is composed of
Mobiles c. H. Puddephatt, T. H.
Puddephatt, T. NJ. Hooper and DR..
L. l.. Savin. The wives of those
who are members of the Saraha
Temple Shrine, will have. charge of
the arrangements for the BANQUET
and Mrs. A. W. Troupe, Mrs. w.
l.. Toney and Mrs. H. G Higinboth-
am will overlook details.
The first business session will take
place at 1870 o'clock and will last
through at least a portion of the
afternoon, when those desiring to
become initiated into the order will
present their claims and these will
be passed upon. The evening will
be devoted to the social features of
the program. 1t has been decided
that there will be no parade as for
merly planned. The traditional ban
quet will commence at $3.50 o'clock
after which will be the ball. Seibert's
orchestra will render the music.
While there have been special COM
mittees named, every member of the
Shrine who is a resident of Pine Bluff
has been costituted committee of
one to look after the comfort and
entertainment of the visitors during
the day and vening.
Delegations will come to Pine Bluff
from Hot Springs, Helena, Lake Vii
| lage, Monticello, Dermott, McGehee
| Texarkana Stuttgart Devalls Bluff
Clarendon Fordyce, Altheimer, Holly
Grove, and other points within the
jurisdiction of the Shrine. Among
| those VINO will come to the cere-
monial, and who has forwarded a
telegram to that effect to Recorder
W. l. .Toney, is j. W. Martin, gen
eral manager of the Ludington Lum.
Der, Company, of Ludington, Louisi.
ana, who was formely a resident OF
Little Rock.
Those who compose the Officia
Divan of Sahara Temple are: Noble
T. j. Collier, illustrious protentate
Noble G. H. Puddephatt, chic
rabbaa; Noble N. j. CAN'T, Jr., as
sistant raban; Noble H. G.. High
botham, high priest and prophet
Noble j. 1. Norris, oriental guide
Noble G. H. Bolinger, treasurer
Noble W. ]. Toney, recorder; Noble
r. p. Woods, first ceremonial master
Noble J. NJ. Cook, second ceremonial
mast; Noble Edgar Brewster
director; Noble A. H. D. Perkins
marshall; Noble j. M. Barrett, cap
tain Of the guard. and Noble G. +
Molitor, outer guard.
Those on the committees of enter
tainment, reception and ball, are:
Entertainment Committee
Messrs and Mesdames T. j. Collier
C. H. Puddephatt, N. j. CAN'T, Jr.
J. 1. Norris, Edgar Brewster, W. L
Toney, A. G.. Bedell, j. M. Barrett
Henry Marx, Joe Watkins, Ray Nc
| Intyre, H. H. Knox, NJ. Schnable, A
H. D. Perkins, o. E. Mckenzie, 1
Pritchard, T. E. Snyder, ". e
| Graham.
Recep ION Committee.
Messrs ald Mesdames S. Geisrelter
In. r. Roberts, d. l. Mills, H. b
Strange, T. M. Hooker,
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