Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-03-07
MASONIC BANQUET.

The reception rendered BY the diff
ferent Masonic bodies Of the city to
the members and their wives Tues
day evening in honor of Judge E. C..
Cole, Grand Master Of the Grand
Lodge and Grand High Priest Of the
Grand Chapter; DR.. A. H. Connect,
Grand Treasurer Of the Grand Chap
ter and Of the Grand Council and Of
the order Of High Priesthood; Char
les E. Lobdell, Grand Senior Deacon
Of the Grand Lodge, and Rev. VIM.
Westwood, Grand Prelate Of the
Grand Commandery, was one Of the
most delightful and most successful
social events ever given in the city,
and was also one Of the most largely
attended, almost two hundred Masons
and their wives and daughters being
in attendance at the reception and
banquet.
The banquet, which was in charge
Of the ladies of the Congregational
church, was held in the basement of
the church building and was one of
the most successful functions ever
conducted by this justly famous asso-
citation of caterers, and on every
hand was heard compliments on the
delicious repast and the delightful
manner in which it was served.
After the banquet, Toastmaster o.
W. Dawson, in his usual happy man.
ner, introduced the various speak
ers who are always at their best in
this capacity and could make not on
ly creditable but honorable show
ing in this position in any assemblage
The remarks we're all more or less
of a solid nature, and interspersed
with just enough anecdote and per
sonal spice to make them thorough
Ily enjoyable and highly appreciated
by all.
In the introduction of F. V. Rus
sell the toastmaster said that he
would then introduce a man who be-
gan rustling on the banks of the
Shenandoah and that he had been
rustling ever since, and in his open
ing remarks Charles Lobdell remark
ed that in his early days in this west.
ern country it was a very common
occurrence for the people to hang
'rustlers" and that he thought they
had stopped before the job was CON-
pleted. Rev. WestwOod was intro
duced as the man who told stories,
and the inference was that you could
take the word in either meaning you
chose, and as usual he made good
with the advance notices. E. R.
Moses was made known as the man
who advertised to sell everything
from a needle to threshing machine
and from the cradle to the grave,
and his subject Of What Next" was
covered in a manner which left moth
ing to be added.
Elrick Cole, as the chief guest Of
honor, was made known as the man
who had for few minutes legal &,
vice, presented such an enormous bill
to lady that she had tainted in his
office and a physician had to be call
ed before she could be revived. The
judge spoke in a more serious vein
than the others. He told Of the var
ious honors he had received from
the hands of the people here who
knew him best, and that as he had
received the various high honors
from the hands Of the Grand Lodge
he had received them not so much
as a personal tribute to himself, but
to the good people Of the community
who were behind him and whom he
had known and loved so long. His
talk, while brief, was a masterful ad-
dress and entirely in fitting with the
occasion and thoroughly enjoyed and
appreciated by every person pres
ent.
DR.. Connect was introduced as the
man who operated on a man for $500
instead Of an ailment, and Charles
Lobdell as a man Of receptive mind
and the POSTMASTER even went so
far as to insinuate that II a man
came into the Judges bank with a
million dollars which he desired to de-
posit, that even that would be re-
ceived. R. A. Charles was made
known to the audience as a former
printers devil" and he sustained
the reputation Of the craft with a
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