Arizona republican., 1914-05-11
With Membership of Ap- proximately Sixty, Lodge No. 33 is Duly Instituted by Grand Lodge and Phoe- nix Lodge Officers
LOCAL OFFICERS
 CHOSEN AT ONCE
Exceptional Care is Taken in the Selection of Pros pective Members and a Representative Body is Secured
Special to The Republican,


 No. 33, Knights of Pythas, is now d reality No Pythian lodge in Arizona has ever started out under more au- spicious conditions or with brighter prospects. With an initial member ship of more than sixty either by initiation or by card from the Grand Lodge, a membership representing the best types of the young men of Ray No. B gives promise of quickly occupying prominent place in the foreranks of Pythiansm in the southwest
 The institution of the lodge. the cOnferring of the ranks of Page, Esquire and Knight upon forty eight stallation of the officers of the baby lodge of Arizona was accomplished between sundown of last evening and daylight this morning. And while nearly three score members of the new fraternal body did not leave the lodge room until the dawn was streaking the eastern sky, there was not one but that felt the night had been well spent.
 About twenty officers and mem | bers of the Phoenix and Tempe Py- thian lodges, together with at least two representatives of the Grand Lodge, journeyed here on Saturday, bringing the paraphernalia employed by the lodge from the capital city in comforting the three ranks of Pythi- anism. It is conceded by men thor oughly familiar with the order that the work was never more beautifully or more impressiyely given than upon this occasion.
 There was no sighting of detail in the ritualistic work. the impressively beautiful lessons of the order being made the more impressive through the almost perfect handling of the Phoenix and Tempe Pythians There are today forty eight young men in | Ray who feel that they have been made the better for having entered l the ranks of Pythianism and who feel, too, that if all the men in the world were members of the order the world would be the better for it. Among those who journeyed to Ray to institute the new lodge were John i D. Loper. grand keeper of records and seal; Thomas w. Smith, grand pre- l late: J. Fred Cleaveland, representa- : tive to the supreme lodge and past grand chancellor: Clarence Ice, chan cellor commander, Phoenix: Howard B Claflin, prelate. Phoenix; Clifford der and provisional master of work; and Knights Judson, Hancock Edens McClarty, Simpson, Orme, Mouer Kane, Ogburn and others. From these provisional officers were choser for the institution of the new lodge
 These officers were chosen to serve until the regular election which oc- CUTS in d few weeks: F. C. Blanken- ship, chancellor commander; l.. A Menard, ce-chancellor; w. P. Nor ton, prelate: Julius Carlson, keeper of records and seal and master oI finance: F. D. Goldberg, master oi exchequer: Harry Canning, master o work: W. M. Starkey. master a arms; F.. R. Fees. inner guard; R. T Fees. outer guard; trustees, Charle! McMillan, Fred Tribolet, H. R. Bland Past chancellors, M A. Anderson, H F.. Easterday, Scott Osborn and Car Lynch Past Chancellor Anderson was imediately chosen deputy gram chancellor These officers were dul, ipStallad bx, Crapd Kaapar of Daoor5 and Seal Loper, assisted by GranC Prelate Smith.
 In the work of securing applica tons for charter membership in tn Ray lodge, exceptional care was exer cised to insure the personnel woul
 be of the best. The result is tha . the new organization starts off wit as representative a body of tn . young men of this town as it woul
 be possible to select. Already ther are a number of applications to D
 presented for membership.
 These candidates were given tn
 work of the three ranks:
 l Harry Canning Lyle T. Naisl
 William Tate, Anthony Magyar, Mer Till Knapp. E. E. Barrowdale w.
 Glenn. Albert Steele Julius Garrison
 William P. Kern, Charles karp, Sid ney H. Fisher Will Stewart. J. I Rogers. Rod Mckenzie, Frank Bergstrom. o. M. French Albert Ed , ems, Sam S. Penny. J. R. Ellis, J. N , Listre, Ed. M Erickson, H. R. Elan, , H. D. Forrest. W. w. Starkey. Ed D win Rule, V. A. Hermann, J. I Page, Earnest A. Cowen, F. C. Blank enship, H. R. Wiggins. Henry :
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