The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-07-29
MACCABEES AND LADIES
HAVE A GREAT TIME
Flow of Wit and Feast for Inner
Man Tuesday Night

Once again the Maccabees have
shown that they know how to en-
terrain. This time it was the lad
les of the Maccabees who surpris-
ed the Knights Tuesday night
by suddenly coming upon them
while the said Knights were bust
lily engaged in holding their regu-
lar meeting at the Masonic Tenn
Iple. The ladies did not come emp
Ity handed, either, for they all car
Iried baskets loaded with all kinds
of good things to eat, including
chicken salad, ham sandwiches.
potato salad, coffee, winding up
the menu with ice cream and cake,
all of which was most palatable
and was greatly enjoyed by both
the ladies and the knights.
As usual the Knights assembled
to entertain the State Commander
A. G. Hamrick, who was on one of
the usual visits of inspection and
instruction. About eight o'clock
while the Knights were worrying
over the problems of lodge work
in general, and just while the
State Commander was delivering
a most interesting talk, knock
sounded at the entrance door and
when it was answered to the as
tonishment and pleasure of the
knights it was found the Ladies of
the Maccabees were in waiting
and demanded admittance. Of
course the habiliaments of lodge
work were thrown aside and Com
mander McCulley courteously or
dered that the ladies with all their
accomplishments be forthwith adj
mitted.
Mrs. w. S. Morris, as organist,
entered and seating herself at the
organ began a march, when the |
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ladies filed in just as though they |
were opening up their own Hive. |
OF course the Knights were all |
that the word implies and in few
well chosen remarks, Lieutenant
Commander Payne extended a
welcome to the ladies, after which
the Lady Commander, Mrs Huff
man, made a few remarks, when
State Commander Hamrick was
and delivered an ad-
iress showing the growth and
work of both the Ladies and
Knights of the Maccabces, and
paying tribute to the ladies' that
vas received with loud applause,
when he stated that The
ladies' of the Maccabees was an
organization that was started and
lad always been run by women
lone, and so far no man had been
lllowed to defile it's sacred pre-
incts nor enroll his name upon
heir untarnished register.
Remarks were then made by the
Commander, Sir Knight McCulley,
GLOWING which under the able (
management of Sir knight f. L.
lcCulley, the city photographer,
fiash-light photo was taken of
hose assembled, copy of which .
5ill be sent to the Bee Hive, the
fficial organ of the Supreme Tent
laccabees of the World. Then 5
was that all got busy, for the a
adies had feast prepared that a
'as all that was great and deli u
ious. They would not allow any II
ody to go unfed, and for more G
ian two hours the work on of c
lting was kept up, and as the
idnight hour approached one of
lie most pleasant and beneficial u
,enings that have been spent in c.
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the Hive of ladies they had an m
Iy that was indeed one to feel L
oud of and it was the unani- DC
ous verdict that these same lad 81
should repeat this same dose w
an early date. in
During the evening two lovely
kes were placed on sale the luck