The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-28
many SPEAK At Big BANQUET
R1tualistic Work of Bristol Masons
Is Declared to Be the Best Ever
Witnessed by members of the Ke-
nsoha Lodge-Splendid Welcome.

Bristol Masons had one of the most
notable gatherings in the history of
Masonry in the village on last Satur-
day night when more THAI hundred
members of Kenosha Lodge No. AZ F.
and A. M. made pilgrimage to Wash
burn Lodge No. AS. More than a hun
dred and seventyfve Masons crowded
into the little lodge room at Bristol
and watched the initiation of a candi-
date the work being done by the team
of the Bristol Lodge under the leader
ship of acting Worshipful Master Fred
Lavey.
The Kenosha members of the party
made the trip by automobile arriving
at Bristol just after seven o'clock,
Other visiting delegations came from
W1lmot and from other surrounding
towns.
There was an informal reception at
the lodge room before the meeting was
opened and Bristol was most cordial
IN the welcome of its guests. Irving
Thorn was the candidate for the even
ing and the degree of Master Mason
was conferred upon him with ritualistic
work of unusual beauty and Impress
lveness. In fact the members of the
Kenosha lodge were unanimous in the
declaration that they had never seen
the work of the order ememplifed in
better manner.
At the close of the ritualistic cere-
monies the entire company retired to
Woodman hall where banquet had
been spread by the wives of the mem
bers of the Bristol lodge. The big hall
had been charmingly decorated with
flags and bunting and the long tables
at which covers were laid for more than
hundred guests were charmingly dec
grated with flowers and plants. The
tables could not have looked prettier
and they were loaded down with the
famous cookery of the women of Bris-
toll.
After the "first table, Of guests had
been served Harvey B. Gaines was in
troduced as toast master and for an
hour there was feast Of oratory. The
music for the evening was furnished
by Mrs Grace Lavey McVicar and by
a quartet from Kenosha composed of
Messrs. Elkerton, Karnes, Hill and
Rambo.
In the post prandial exercises the
Kenosha Masons paid high tribute to
the splendid entertainment given by
the members of the Bristol lodge and
Acting Master Lavey and the mem
bers Of his team came in for large
share of the praise. The speakers
from Kenosha included Judge Clifford
r. Randall, Worshipful Master of the
Kenosha lodge; Past Master Henry J.
Hastings, Thomas Scott, A. J. Buck
master, Frank Marx, W. T. Marlatt,
and Lynn T. Hannahs. Responses for
the Bristol lodge were made by Acting
Master, Fred Lavey; Irving Thorn,
candidate for the evening, and Willis
Epson. Henry Lubeno, Master of the
lodge of Wilmot brought the greetings
of that lodge and Fred Van VIE, a
former Bristol man and a Past Wor-
shipful Master of the East Lincoln,
Nebraska lodge, gave one of the not
able responses on the program. County
Superintendent John J. Kerwin of Sill
verlake, and Herman Scholoski former
ly of Salem but now of Algonquin, ILL.,,
represented the Salem Masons John
Moore of Genoa Junction, Past Mast
er OF the lodge there also spoke.
The wonderful cordial feeling of the
Bristol people toward their visitors
made the evening most intersing and
the day will be remembered as a red
letter day for the Kenosha lodge as
well as for the members of the Wash
burn lodge.
It was midnight before the merry
party broke up and the Kenosha mem
bers reached the temple in Kenosha
early Sunday morning.
These happy little exchanges of cour-
tesies have become an annual thing be-
tween Bristol and Kenosha and it is
certain that even larger delegation
of Kenosha Masons will go to Bristol
for the next oservance of "Kenosha
Night
On next Saturday evening the Keno
sha Masons will have as their guests
the members of Hesperia Lodge of
Chicago and many Of the Bristol Ma
sons viii be present for this notable
communication Of the Kenosha lodge.