South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21
FIDELITY CAMP W. O w. TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY


prominent in the lodge circles viii be
present aud every effort has been
made by the program committee 10
prepare an entertainment that viii be
memorable. The committee is COM
posed OF SOvereigns Clinton Hunger
ford, IA. +. Perucker. Charles Head
ley, Bert Griffs, ". G.. raylol. Fred
Entzian and Il. W. Thompson.
The address OF welcome viii be
given by George Sands. Rabbi CrOn-
bach viii deliver an eulOgy Oh George
Washington; u. NJ. Shvely will speak
on the subject. a WoOdHan, Why2"
and W. r Cady VIII give a review OF
the years work done by Fidelity
camp.
The program in full Will be as fol-
lows:
Opening ode. members; Invocation.
Rabbi Cronbach; message from alb
sent. Clinton Hungerford; song.
quartet; selection, victrola: address
OF welcome, George Sands; violin
solo, NJ. Jankowski; review. w r.
Cady; song, quartet; a sketch seiec-
ton, victrola; eulOgy, George Wash
ingtOn, Rabbi Cronbach; song, quar-
tet; "A WoOdman. Why" ID. NJ
Shively; refreshments.
The WOOdmen OF the World has
met with wonderful success in st.
Joseph county. There are five camps
in south Bend one at Mishawaza,
one at Lydick, one at CrumstOwn one
at Walk ertOn, one at North Liberty,
one at lsakesVille, one at New Car
lille and at Wyatt. Thirteen camps in
st. Joseph county, representing about
1850 members. In the city of South
Bend and MisheWaka through dele
gates elected by the several camps
club is maintained TO promote the in
terest Of the order in this locality.
Under direction Of the Promotion
club several very interesting and
largely attended meetings have been
held during the winter months.
These camps. as are all camps in
the order were organized by deputies
appointed by the sovereign command
er. They now have a very pleasant
vocation, but in the early days depu-
ties commissioned to promote the eX-
tentiOn OF fraternal beneficiary organ
izatiOns were threatened with arrest
for violating insurance laws; indeed,
some were arrested. They paid their
fines and resumed their work. There
We're laws in some OF the states as
late as 1890 that prohibited frateTnal
beneficiary orders to employ men to
solicit members. In due time legisla-
tors were admitted 10 the societies
and educated in the objects and mis-
sion thereof. In the earlier days. ia
some Of the states these societies were
defined as being purely benevolent in
their character. Today, however, the
laws OF Indiana declare fraternal
beneficiary orders as charitable in
stitutions." as they do in other states
of the Union. Under the present laws
the doors OF every state are open to
admit the societies to transact bust
ness.
w. o. w. is % Years old.
On the evening Of the sixth day of
June. 1899, seven men met in the
parlors of the Paxton hotel in the
city Of Omaha, Neb, to discuss the
advisability Of organizing a new fra
ternal beneficiary order. After a con-
ference that lasted well into the night
a unanimous opinion was reached,
that the time was Opportune for the
formation of beneficiary organiza-
ton whose scope of latitude should
eventually reach every city and ham,
let on the North American continent.
even at last to reach out to foreign
shores. With this thought in view
the name chosen for the then new
born babe of fraternity was THE
Woodmen of the World"
The seven men who so unanimous
" determined on promoting a new
order, chose the Hon. Joseph Cullen
Root, then Of Lyons, Ia, as sovereign
commander, and intrusted TO this
master mind, the formation of the
plans that this organization should
present TO the people for their APP
prevail For the approval or disap-
prOval of the plans of the new organ
lZauOn meant It's success or failure.
The plans as prepared by Mr.. Root
for the protection of the home. as
sistance TO the members and perpetu-
ating their names, met with hearty
approval by the people. as the records
OF the organization now show.
Innovation in Benefits.
ms 4 srH
crue to the members Of the WoOdmen
OF the World and the organizers in
PRODUCES an innovation in beneficiary
orders when they ruled that mo
member should lie in an unmarked
grave A monument, therefore. is
erected by the lodge over the grave
OF every member.
In the formation period of the or
der the territory of the United States
was divided in the executive part Of
the government OF the order. All the
states east of Colorado were placed
in a jurisdiction 10 be known as the
sovereign camp jurisdiction" and the
Rocky mountain states were placed in
a jurisdiction TO known as the Pa
cihc Jurisdiction" Early in the year
1898 under a special act of the Can
adam parliament the Canadian juris-
dlction" was established. Each Of
these jurisdictions use the same
fAbudlSf pass WoIQSs SlELS ana secret
WORK. In the administration OF az
fairs each Jurisdiction is a separate
body. Under this plan the reports Of
each jurisdiction are published sep
ara ely, and the totals of member
ship or finances of the WoOdmen Of
the World never appear in reports.
AS the reports for the year 1914
are not yet published only the mem
bership as of Jan. I. 1914. can be
given. At that date the records show
that in the sovereign camp jurisdic-
tion there were 692,447 members. in
the Pacific jurisdiction there were
10S.559 members and i'm the Canadian