Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-08-25
ST. LOUIS MAN
GRAND MASTER
UNITED BROTHERS OF FRIEND.
SHIP MEET AT kEOkUk; Sis.
TIERS TOO SATURDAY..

! Keokuk, Aug. 24-The convention
F., OF the United Brothers of Friendship
anG the Sisters of the Mysterious Ten
came to a close here late Saturday
evening. The annual meeting of the
two orders which has been in progress
here since early last week has been
one of the most successful in the his
tory of the two organizations. Nearly
one thousand delegates were constant
! ly in attendance while on Friday the
two thousand
The following Is the list of officers
elected by the grand lodge:
Grand MASTER. T. Castor, St.
Louis.
Deputy Grand Master-J. P. Wash
ington, Columbia Mo.
Grand secretary-S. T. Pettigrew,
Huntsville, Mo.
Assistant Grand secretary-G. S. Alb
bington. Parksville, Mo.
Grand treasurer. X. Bruce, Leav-
enworth, Kas.
Grand Med. Register. H. Williams
Kansas City
Grand Chaplain-H w. Bolts, Platts-
burg
Senior Marshal-Robert Renfro,
Moberly, Mo.
Junior Marshal-Wm. Saunders,
Kansas City.
Right Supporter-R A. Moten, Kan
sas City.
Left Supporter-H A. Chiles, Oma-
ha.
Inside Sentinel-J. R. Gibbs, Jeffer-
son City, Mo.
Outside Sentinel-A c. Black, Mo-
berly, Mo.
Grand Sword Bearer-Robert A. Da-
Wis, Lexington. Mo.
Board of Management-Firs mem
Der C. G. Williams, Bonneville, Mo-,
second member, P. G. Owens. Sedalia,
Mo-. third member ]. w. Nurse, Kan
sas City; fourth member c. p. Agee,
Triplett, Mo.
Trustee Board-First member, ]. A.
Williams. Wellsville, Mo-; second mem
Der o. F. Nelson louisiana Mo-; third
member, G. l.. Green, Franklin. Mo-
Next place of meeting-Omaha.
National representatives. rep
resentative ]. T.. CASTOR, St. Louis:
second representative. B. X Bruce,
Leavenworth, Kas. third representa-
tive. S. T. Pettigrew, Huntsville, Mo-
The following is the list of officers
elected for the coming year by the
Sisters Of the Mysterious Ten, and in
stalled at the meeting last evenig;
Grand Princess-Ida L. Garrett
Vice Grand Princess-Katie M.
Fields.
Grand secretary-M. Eta Bolden.
Assistant grand secretary-Carrie
" Tonsall.
Grand treasurer-Annie foley.
Grand chaplain-A J. Arlington.
Grand Joshua-Hattie A. Williams.
Grand Zilla-Hatie Williams.
Grand Pi'ot-Annie Floyd.
Grand Father Jacob-Minnie Foster
Grand Caleb-M. J. Anderson.
Grand o. S. Gatekeeper-Della
Fields.
Senior Grand Marshal-Leah d.
Queen.
Junior Grand Marshal-Lula O'Dell.
Grand Trustees---First L. Leota Cas-
ton: second, Mary E. Bruce; third
Alice Cannon; fourth Sarah Dixon;
fifth Jessie Parks.
Among seven cities voted upon In
the election. Omaha, Neb., was select
ed by far the greater number as the
next meeting place of the convention.
The cities considered were: !:
Columbia. Jefferson City, Lexington.
Springfield, ST. Louis, Louisiana and
Omaha.
At the joint meeting held Friday
night just before the grand ball, a
prize of 500 was awarded to the drill
iIo1 whit oh,
excellent showing. A number Of teams
from various cities in which strong
lodges Of the organizations are located
had been entered but were unable to
attend the convention. The Hannibal
team was the only one to compete.
Mrs. Leroy Christie and daughter
MI IL !,