El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-11
URGING WALLACE
FOR HIGH HONOR
Ell Paso Elks Ask Other
Texas Lodges to Endorse
Him-Hold Memorial.

Furthering the candidacy OF Geo. E.
Wallace for grand exalted ruler Of the
Benevolent and Protective Order Of
Elks at the annual convention in 1916,
a committee from Ell Paso lodge of EIks
has prepared a letter for transmission
to all lodges in Texas asking for en-
dorsement of Nj. Wallace for the posi-
ton. The letter ask the Texans 10
meet the FL Paso delegation at Hotel
Alexandria, in Los Angeles, on July
y, to formally launch the candidacy
Of the FL PasBan Mr.. Wallace. the let
ter cites. ms been identified with h
Grand Lodge for seven years past,
three Of which he has been a member
Of the judiciary committee, OF which
he is at presnt the ranking member.
NO Texan can at this time secure this
honor for Texas" the letter sets out,
land we feel confident that Mr.. Wal
lace. with the friendship he has among
the leaders in the order, can be elected
without a fight If Texas Jacks him
solidly." Dallas has put out William
H Atwel as a candidate for the honor
at the same time, but Mr.. AtWel Ia
not been identified with the grand
lodge as has Mr.. Wallace and local
EIks are urging the FL Pasoan upon the
ground, OF his service to the order. The
fact that FL PssO has the largest lodge
OF Elks in Texas by several hundred
members, yet has never before asked
for any grand lodge honors is also set
forth in the letter.
Pythian Memorial.
The Pythian annual memorial day
will be observed next Sunday by Fl
Paso lodge No. 81. The members Of the
order will gather al the hall at 1 D. IN.
anu at $3.50 viii leave in a special ca
for Evergreen cemetery. where ser
vices viii be held and the graves OF
all Pythians buried there viii be dec
grated. The Pythians will be Joined in
the services by the Pythian Sisters.
The memorial address will be delivered
by Rev. ". s Huggett Of Lordsburg,
n n. Rev. Mr. Huggett viii arrive IN
FL Paso Saturday afternoon.
Only routine business matters re-
ceived attention at the weekly meeting
Of El PasO lodge Thursday night. Next
Thursday night the rank Of page viii
be conferred upon Richard NJ Smith
Knights Entertain Tourists
FL PasO council No. SIS. Knights OF
Columbus, are already seeing the ef-
feet Of their campaign to induce mem
bers Of the order in various parts Of
the country to stop off in FL Pas
either going to or returning from the
expOsiuons on the Pacific coast. Hardly
q day passes that knights do not stop
over in the city. All are entertained
by the local council. A large n9mbe-
Of visitors is expected the latter part
OF July and in August when the dele
gates from the section east of the
Rockies go to the national convention
at Seattle, to be held August 2-6. The
local council has sent invitations to
visit E Paso to every council in the
United States and Canada
To Improve Hail.
There viii be a meeting OF the board
Of trustees and board of governors
Monday night to definitely decide on
improvements shall be made to
the Knights Of hall The
special committee appointed for the pur-
pose recommended the Improvement OF
basement for gymnasium purposes
and the construction OF six sleeping
rooms. The council referred the matter !
power to act and the meeting Monday
is to take definite steps
At the meeting of the council Thurs
day night several applications for
membership were received The men,
bership campaign now under way is
resulting in many applications n the
indications are that there will be a
large class for the degrees to be con-
at a meeting later in the sum
mer.
Lions Organize.
E Paso Den" Royal order Of Lions. |
formally organized at a melting in
the Fraternal Brotherhood Thursday
when IS members took the Obh-
Of the order.
The meeting was under the direction
VI T. LALhE. 6AdAG 04AELA1AH anu 4
called 10 order by him. L r McClin-
took was selected as chairman. The
was administered by Mr.. Z
Hicks. The nomination and election Of
officers was postponed until next
Thursdays meeting, but L r Nc
was elected chairman for that
and E. A Hicks secretary. A
committee composed Of Burt Orndorff. |
c. ). Folsom and l. r McClintOck was
appointed to prepare the constitution
and bylaws.
After the business meeting refresh
of ice cream and cake were
It is announced that 20 applf- I
have signed up and that others
expressed a desire to join the or
der.
Among those who took obligation
Thursday night were. c. G Hill, J.
Hail, DR.. G. H. Rider, J. D. Stalker, !
S. K. Albright, Leo Ferlet, ". R Taylor. !
A Burton, T. F. Kelsh. J. s Grain, E j..
Ryan, r. F. Davis. Geo. E frost, L
F. McClintock, Z. W. King, Tom Cour-
chesne, ". H. Wagner, E H Wagner, !
A J. Fraser, Sol Franklin, +. c. Hecox. /
Burt Orndorff. Dr.. E J. Cummings
George Bathgate, c. s Folsom. J. R
& Z RoW1ande Raumond Ra11 L