The Lamar register., 1915-06-02
ORIENTAL COUNCIL INSTALLED
New Organization Breaks Records
for the United States for Size of
Charter Class


when she starts. This was never
better exemplified than on Saturday
when the new Council of r. & S. NJ.
was instituted here. This branch of
Masonry, while containing some of
the most beautiful and impressive de-
grees has for various reasons never
received the prominence of most of
the other orders, and its membership
is therefore much smaller. Oriental
Council U. d. of Lamar last Saturday
at its institution presented class Of
81 candidates, which is by far the
largest ever initiated in Colorado and
the Grand Master, who had examined
all the available records, announced
his belief that it was the largest the
order had ever had in the United
States. The visiting grand officers
also announced that it starts off with
the best equipment in the state, and
were highly pleased with facilities
offered them here to put on the work,
the third degree of which has hereto
fore only been put on in Denver and
Pueblo. For this reason a number
of additional candidates came down
from Pueblo and La Junta to join the
local class, making it about sixty in
all.
The Grand Master. NJ. ILL., Jacob NJ.
Meales, and thirty-two members Of
Pueblo Council No. 6. including the
l. NJ hat
of Adoniram Council No. 12 Of La
Junta, who assisted in the work, al
so several officers Of the Grand Coun-
Gil, including Grand Recorder +. lie
Neve Foster, Grand Marshal W. w.
Cooper, and Grand Steward Geo. w
Roe, came down on No. Saturday
afternoon to confer the degrees on
the new class and institute the new
council. The Pueblo Council con-
vened at the Masonic Temple at 1880
and passed on the last installment Of
petitions, and prepared for work.
The big class Of about sixty was
ready and waiting when they finished
and the next three hours was spent
in the work of conferring the Royal
and Select Masters degrees. both Of
which were put on in elaborate and
most impressive form. Pueblo Coun-
ell was ably assisted in this work by
the La Junta team.
At 5:15 a recess was taken and at
5:45 the guests and most Of the local
members sat down to a big banquet
at the Ben-Mar hotel. There were
over a hundred plates prepared and
the feast prepared by the landlord,
John II. Wood, was one to satisfy ev-
cry taste, and send all visitors away
with full hearts and stomachs TO ever
remember Lamar with pleasure. Be
tween the hotel Victrola and the Pu-
eblo quartette music was in abund-
ance, and the anonymous poem
sprung by Companion Goodale at the
close made a hit with the entire as
semblage.
After the banquet the council was
opened again and Pueblo Council con-
ferred the superintendent Master
degree on the class with the most
beautiful and impressive drama ever
seen in Lamar. All members of the
class were greatly surprised and
deeply impressed with the wonderful
work of this degree, and the Impress
ion created starts the new order off
with the greatest of enthusiasm.
There were only two old members
Of the order in this jurisdiction, L.
Writ Markham and c. C. Goodale, but
Oriental Council was instituted after
the ceremonies by Grand Master
Jacob NJ. Meales. with a membership
of over fifty and considerable mater
ial ready to be worked on as soon as
the new council is ready to work. The
membership is as follows:
C. P. Adams, S. H. Boggs, N. f.
Butler, ]. Y. Brown, S. p. Church, w.
S. Coates, George B. Coover, W. NJ.
Dargie, ]. X. Doughty, John Duncan,
]. A. Downing, l. C. Downing, H. F.
Decker, C. A. Everett, A. E. Fox, A.
Friedman, C. C. Goodale, w.
C. Gould, ]. w. Hanna, E.
G. Henkins, Cranky Hillyer, Her
schel Horn, c.. C. Huddleston, w. j.
IoL,.+on L II Kelsey. It. f. Kelly