The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-11-07
CAPITAL |II|lhN
? IS MINED HEAD
SELECTED GRAND MASTER

SElECJEU dhANu MASlEr
other ofFicers Are Chosen At Final
Session Of Convention In City Of
Meeting u Well
Attended.
Lansing. What ID conceded to have
been the largest and one Of the most
successful conventions in the history
of the Odd Fellows Of Michigan came
to close In Flint with public recep
ton for the newly elected officers OF
the grand lodge and Rebekah as.
sembly.
It is estimated that there were up.
wards Of three thousand ave hundred
visitors in the city during the four
days Of the largest convention that
Flint has ever entertained.
The election of officers of the
grand lodge took place and In pursu-
ance of an established custom Myles
F. Gray of Lansing was advanced from
the office OF deputy grand master to
that OF grand master. In acknowledge
ing the honor conferred upon him
Grand Master Gray announced the
slogan of Michigan Odd Fellows for
the coming year to be "All working
together we will win"
The new grand master has served
three terms In the state legislature.
and during the last session of that
body was reading clerk In the house Of
representatives.
Fred Cutler. Jr., of Ionia, was re-
elected to serve his seventh consecu-
tive term as grand treasurer. The
newly elected grand lodge officers are
as follows: Grand master. Myles F..
Gray, Lansing; deputy grand master,
Robert 4. MELVILLE, Boyne City; grand
warden. Thomas 8. Scupholm. Port
Huron: grand secretary, Fred Rogers.
Lansing: grand treasurer. Fred Cutler.
Jr.. Ionia; grand marshal, Henry ].
Neville. Manistique; grand conductor,
George Harland. Detroit: grand guar
dian, DR.. T. H. Ransom. Bloomingdale;
grand herald. Horace Hakes. Lowell:
grand chaplain, Rev. DR.. r. w. Nc
Lain. Ithaca: finance committee,
Homer c. Carr, Detroit; Edwin w.
North. Calumet. and Eugene Harmon.
East Tawas; bylaws committee. Ed C.
Rogers, Lansing; M. e. Stiles. Wyan-
dotte; L. !. Swank. Battle Creek; Of
fetal auditor, Harvey A. Penny, Sagi-
nav; grand representative. Herbert
Thompson. Williamson.
New officers of the Rebekahs are:
President, Libbie Tuttweiler. Leoni-
das; vice-president. Jessie Thompson,
Williamson; warden, Myrtle Rhine
frank. Battle Creek: secretary, Han.
nah Baillargeon. Detroit; treasurer,
Addie Smith. Detroit.
At the closing session OF the grand
lodge resolution was adopted increas-
ing the salary Of the grand master
from $1,000 to $1,000.
The meeting Of the Rebekah as
sembiy was brought to close with
the installation of the new officers.
Resolutions Of appreciation OF cour,,
tesies extended were adopted by the
grand lodge and the Rebekah as
sembly.
Club Women at Adrian.
The FIRST meeting preliminary to the
formal opening of the convention Of
the Federation OF Michigan Women's
Clubs was held in Adrian with the
members Of the board and the state
onicers In attendance.
One Of the important features OF
this meeting. however, was the adj
mission Of IL new clubs to the fed
Grafton. This number represents ap-
proximately 1900 club members.
> The Detroit delegation. together
with . number Of other delegations
rom points upstate. arrived on spe-
nal car attached to the regular train.
Although nothing definite can be
learned a. to the political situation
here there are hints that Mrs. Ash
bough, the Detroit vice-president, |
will not walk into the presidency
without . struggle. Nothing can be |
lound Of the buccaneers" nor will
any OF the ofncials. local or state.
discuss politics.
Mayor Chase welcomed the visitors
Icr the city and Mrs. Bessie Leach |
Priddy for the Adrian Women's club,
lfter the meeting had been brought to
rder By the state president, Mrs.
Chamberlin Of Hartford.