Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-08-05
Ninety Knights From Cen
tral Michigan Gather at
Montigel Home.
BRILLIANT TOASTS DELIVERED
Masonic Order Enjoys Delightful
Social Evening at Home Of Mr..
and Mrs. MOntigel.

Knights Templar, Ninety strong,
from Alma, st. Louis, Mt. Pleasant
Ithaca, Farwell, Clare and Shepherd,
conveyed in a long procession of auto
mobiles gathered at the home Of Sir
Knight j. M. Montigel, Friday even
ing for one of the finest social events
of the summer. The former Mayor
was at once the host and the guest Of
honor and to him were accorded the
honors and hospitality of the evening.
The procession was headed by Emi-
nent Commander Sir Fred l.. Brough-
ton of Ithaca. Proceeding down the
street it made a very attractive sight.
The Alma knights had met their
visitors in front Of the Union School
building and together they drove to
the former Mayors home. There
they were greeted by the host and
hostess. After all had entered Sir
Knight Cyrus B. Gardner, who acted
in the capacity of toastmaster, ex-
planned the purpose of the gathering,
His Introductory remarks were as
follows. s~
Fraters and Friends
FoY the benefit of those who are un-
informed l will point out as briefly
as possible the significance of this
little informal gathering. Our object
is really two fold Firstly, for a con-
siderable time there has been feel
ing among the members Of Ithaca
Commandery Knights Templar No. 40
that something should be done to in
dicate to Sir Knight Montigel that
we are neither unmindful of his worth
as a citizen nor are we unappreciative
of his work within our ranks. This
Knightly gathering is therefore the
outward manifestation and expression
of that sentiment. In addition to our
desire to express our appreciation of
veneration for and fidelity to this val
orous member of our Order which he
has so unsweryingly and so faithfully
served we wish, secondly, to remind
Frater Montigel that a too strict APP
plication to the details of business
have a tendency to both warp the soul
and undermine the physical fitness.
We would not have our beloved Fra
ter emulate the Shakespearean char
acter who looked upon the world as a
stage-a place where every man must
play a part and his a sad one. Of
late some members of our Sacred Or
der think the Knight whom we have
come to honor has had "lean and
hungry look. / am not able to verify
nor vouch for the truthfulness of this
assertion but if it be true it is a dan
gerous condition. 1t seems that at the
coming Chautauqua a certain Doctor
Barker is to lecture under the Cap
ton: How to live a hundred years.
have been requested to commend this
to Sir Knight Montigel's attention.
After this word of warning we trust
there will be no further cause for our
anxiety and that in the future our Sir
Knight will make his life a happy
mixture of work and play-an abun-
dance of fun and frolic to act as buff
fers against the trials and veXations
which are of necessity the concomi-
tant incidents of a busy and well
rounded life. Besides coming here to
fraternize and have jolly good time,
we have arranged for Sir Knights
detection a little program of music
song and story.
Following this he called upon Sir
Knights Duell, Mayor of Mt. Pleas
ant, Sir Knight Henry Montague
head of the Michigan Masonic Home
Sir Knight John T. Mathews of Ith-
aca, and Sir Knight Van Leuven OF
Mt. Pleasant and Sir Knight Hubbard
of St. Louis.
{ A musical program of unusually
high quality was then given. Beau.
t tiful solos were then given by Johr
Chick, Miss Mary Sharp, Mrs. Ben.
[ jamin Hubbard, and Mrs. Edward
I Mey, featured the program. Miss
q Sadie Messenger accompanied the so
loists. Refreshments were served a
a bout the middle of the program. Al
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