Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-24
ELks BANQUET AND BOND
DRAWING A SUCCESS
Eight Candidates Ride the Antlered-
Goat Into the Mysterious Inner
Circle Of B. P. o. E.
DELICIOUS MENU WAS SERVED
J. W. Burlington and Others Talk at
the Banquet--Four More Bonds
Were Drawn.

I
Were Drawn.
The EIks annual roll call and ban
quet was held Tuesday evening in
the Hons when ful!y $50 members Of
the order met to see the antlered Will
liam entertain eight candidates and
enjoy a splendid feast which was
closed with the drawing Of four bonds.
Those whose bonds were retired are
Ross Cauthorn, Sam Morris C. G.
Bledsoe, and C. W. Lewis. The cam
didates initiated were Harry House
holder Jr., Bush Atchison, ]. E. San
derson, Turner Lewis, Ross Wagner,
Thurman Stallings, A. L. Ford and
DR.. R. B. Vaughn.
The military work began at 4
O'Clock and continued until the BAN
quet was served al z. After enjoying
the delicious menu Exalted Ruler w.
w. Fry, acting as postmaster, made
a few short remarks and introduced
c. M. Clay who read humorous res
olution. He was followed by J. w.
Burlington who offered resume Of
the growth Of Mexico B. P. o. Il. No.
919 since its organization in 1904.
Mr.. Burlington made a splendid
address and paid Mr.. Fry and his
associate officers high tribute for
the fine record of the year. This has
been one of the most successful years
in the history of the lodge. During
that time eleven bonds have been re-
tired, the entertainments have been
more than usually delightful, the
charity has covered wider field and
all in all it has been a red-letter
year.
Others who made short talks were:
R. D. Rogers, E. B. Keath, H. P.
Warden, F. W. Pitcher Mitchell
White, Robert White, Of Kentucky
and F. A. Morris who conducted the
bond drawing.
Those presene were: L B Haw-
thorne, J w GaIlaher, G s Harrison, J
E Streif, Thurman Stallings, E w
Kent, A L Ford, M T vandegrift, ]
W Squires, S W Sanford, A B Clus-
ter, G P Arnold, R w White, No. 545,
! Hopkinsville, KY, T J Hoxsey, E B
/ Keath, ] e Sanderson, Cy Phillip,
Maurice Phillip, Ross R Wagner,
Rufus jackson, Jack Gellhaus, M
Haskell H | Turley, Geo W Nash,
L McF Gamble, R B Vaughn, G w
Dishman, Walker Y Burns, Ralph
Buckner, Nate Phillip, F B Kent P L
Lakeland, A o Adams, Roy Mitchell,
Matt Wymore, E C Kennen, Laddonia,
Mo-, s D Byrns, F A Morris, w W
Fry Jr., R D Rodgers, N R Rodes, ]
W Woodbridge, F r Sanford Elon
Dearing, w A Goss, w e Sims, J ]
Crews, C A Rothwell, G w Criswell,
E P Cunningham, T R Bruce, w W
johnson, G L Blanks, s M Sharp,
w B Sappington, H Whitmore, J G
Stoy, w E Mould, C Strock, D D
Dudley, ] Denser, Theo J Williams,
C I Peyton, D 7 Moore, Fl D Shrout,
lV r Ryan, Thos Rainey, H A Hall,
S91 Newark, Ohio, G W Peck, G L
Lakeland, Geo L Kemp, J A Price,
] c Diggs, w B Gravis, H P Warden,
H G Stocks, Earl L Bledsoe, F P
Kelso, Hy Kunkel, M 7 Myers, L =
Simmons, c D Sherer, F G Stoltz, J
C Davis, John I, Ricketts,, L Y Moore,
In E C Tucker, w Burlington, R B
Cauthorn, J F Buckner, Fl M Lack
Hand, S S Harrison, Ran Kendall, G
M Clay, F P Van Ness, / 7 McCue,
S D Stocks, J B Evans, e R Locke,
G N Nelson, Earl D Carter, ] T John
son, Leopold Barth, c B Jackson,
Turner Lewis, Jno 7 Buckner, Harry
Householder, J Richie Fountain, + A
| Cauthorn, Robt W Berrey, Fred W
Pitcher, Mark Pitcher, ] B Woolery, c
| W Lewis, ] A Lewis, J R Jesse, H {
Wan Ness, R A Pearl, W W Pollock
la D jackson, W D Mason, Turne,
Williams, J Nisbet Livingstone H ]
Plunkett, O Poisson, o L Martin and
In B Atchison.
Quite q little Of the food for tn
banquet was left over and this wa
turned over to the committee dis
trib1tfng charity for the city to b.
given the poor. There was sufacien
to care for six families.