The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-13
the K. P. CONVENTION !

Held ID This City tuesday was . Big
Success. Graad Lodge Officers
and Many Visitors Here.
The annual convention of the
knights of Pythias Of the 26th dis
trict, comprising the counties of Ap.
panoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas and
Wayne, was held in this city Tuesday
when the visitors were the guests of
Hesperia Lodge No. 33 of Leon.
More than one hundred visiting
knights were in attendance, includ-
ing five of the Grand Lodge officers,
Grand Chancellor A. j. Beckett, Of
Abba, Past Grand Chancellor DR.. j..
N. Mccoy, of Coryon, Supreme Rep
resentative Ward Ferguson, of Rolfe,
District Deputy Grand Chancellor
George Cavennus, of Seymour, and
Field Deputy Grand Chancellor Les
ter E. Outing, of Center Point.
All the business houses of Leon
were decorated with the colOrs of the
order with welcome signs on the
windows and the visitors were given
a cordial reception upon their arrival
in this city, nearly all of them COM
ing in autos. The convention open
ed with music at the band stand 6y
the Leon K. P. band. Mayor Geo. Il.
Farquhar made an address OF Wei
come, extending the freedom OF the
city to the visiting Knights, and ne
was happily responded to by Or. ).
N. Mccoy, of Corydon, Supreme Rep
hall DR.. F. A. Bowman, of Icon,
made an address, and he was follow
ed by Grand Chancellor A. J. Beckett,
of Abba. Music was furnished by
the K. p. orchestra under the dlrec-
ton of Prof. L. D. Wheeler, and
there was an exemplification of the
secret work given by Grand Chancel-
lor Beckett, after which reports were
read from the various lodges, show
ing that the order in this district was
in a very flourishing condition.
BY a unanimous vote of the
Knights, the Grand Chancellor was
instructed to send the following tele-
gram to President Wilson, showing
their feeling in regard to his course
during these troublesome times:
Leon, Iowa, May IL, 1915.
Woodrow Wilson,
President U. S., Washington, D. Y.
Three hundred knights of Pythtas
in district convention assembled ex-
tend to you congratulations on the
continuance Of peace in our beloved
country.
". "a: Grand Chancellor.
The visiting knights were enter
tained at supper at the Christian
Ghurch at sixs o. clock, served by the
Pvthian gistefs. I. and III was. Il Sssveri-
table feast, More than one hundred
yisitors were served, lack 0f room
preventing the local members from
attending. The supper was served
under the direction Of Mrs. Matt Pul-
len and the service was excellent
After supper the convention again
assembled at the X. P. hall, where
addresses were made by George Cav
ennus, D, D. G.. c., Ward Ferguson,
s. r., Lester e. Outing, F. D. G. e..
DR.. j. N. Mccoy and Rev. Chas. w.
Reeder, of Leon, the session being an
open one, and the big X. P. hall was
packed to capacity by Knights and
their ladies.
IN At 10 o'clock the knights and their
ladies attended special performance
of Damon and Pythias,'' the story
on which the order is founded, at the
Idle Hour theatre. 1t was six reel
picture play, the pictures being excep-
tiQnally, fine.
SGhe Grand officers who were pres
ent said this was one of the best dis
trict conventions ever held in the
state.
The following is a list of the visi-
tors who registered, but quite few
failed to register, so the list is not
complete:
Corydo on-Dr. J. N. Mccoy, Geo. S.
Moore, H. F. Miller, Won Prugh,
Paul S. Miller, d. l.. Murrow, F. B.
sSelby, D. E. Jaquis, Jacob Hoyl, H. +.
Garrett, r. E. Merrick, E. X. Richie,
Fred L. Clark, S. E. Hilliard, E. 0.
Luce, F. M. West, z. E. Hook.
Chariton-E. l.. Farline, Fred
Householder, J. M. Miller, Fred Nor
gan, r. A. Gray, julius H. Crane, H.
f. Mccullough, L. B. Gittinger, w. l..
Anderson, E. l.. Gookin, A. G. Beag-
ley.
Il Lucas-C. A. Israel, w. w. Allen,
r. A. Hunter, DR.. Bell, C. E. Kent,
lC. E. Stark, N. J. Stark, w. E. Allen,
C, G. Peterson.
Humeston-E. E. Keller, J.. H.
Moore.
Garden Grove-W. D. Smith, E. H.
Aten, w. T. Waters, M. A. Richards,
.A. E. Northrup, G. B. Metz, Chas D.
Smith.
;Weldon-P. H. Mitchell, G. A.
Luce, J. A. E. Cunningham.
Lovilia &C. E. Lane.
Des Moines-L. C. West.
Beaconsfield- L. Hewlett, j. E.
knight, w. v. Doty, F. N. Whitaker,
John A. Scott, F. J. Bryant, w. P.
Bohall, Geo. A. Dickson, G. Lent, E.
e. Reasoner.
Lamoni-Chas R. Piercy, o. M.
Rev, John Stolberg, Willard Baker,
"a, A. Rev, John Eubank, G. 7.
Rhodes, e. E. Prall, c. T. Tallman, ].
u. Moore, A. Otis White, w. H. Nc
Elroy, T. ]. Gruver, Fred Fischer,
Clarence Brenizer, H. B. Murray, H.
III. Brenizer.
Afton-L. Lent, Webster Teva-
baugh, Ray Thomas, James Purvey,
u e. Cole.
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