Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-31
M'CAULEY DESCRIBES
WORK At MOOsEAEARTi
Secretary OF Richmond Lodge OF
Moose Reads Interesting
Report
POLLARD MAKES MAIN ADDRESS
Gcncrai Meeting OF Local Branch of
Order Is Held, Wit, Large At.
tendance Of Members and Thor
Friends.

Encouraging reports Of the growth,
and progress during the past year OF
The Richmond Lodge, No. $40. Loyal
order oil Moose. were made last night
~ Il general meeting of the local MEM
bers and their friends. The meeting,
WAS we'll attended. Attorney General
John Garland Pollard was the prlnci-
pal speaker OF the meeting, and told
IN detail of tho objects OF The order,
and the progress being made.
Secretary j. X. McCaulcy submitted
ms report as the representative of the
Richmond Lodge to tho last convention
Of the order at, Moosehcnrt ILL.,, last
July. He told of the organization of
the order in Louisville. KY April 10.
1879 by Or. John III. Wilson. After
about nineteen years of more or less
unsuccessful existence the order wns
practically disbanded. October 27, 1906.
James j. Davis. at this time director
general of the order and chairman OF
INC board Of governors. became tho
.4Ith member. and became the real
founder Of the order. Mr. McCaulev
said:
at present there are 1.637 subordj-
nate lodges, made up of more than
'""ooo men. dedicttcd to the prlnci.
PIES or purity. aid and progress Your
membership card In the Richmond Lodge
WI entitlc YOU to any of the Moose
lodges and clubs throughout the United
States. To-day. Moose lodges are also
operated uEScr four foreign flags. and
our foreign brothers are banded to.
gether for the same purDose-thc ele.
ration and betterment OF mankind
HOME FOR ORPHANS
AND AGED MEMBERS
Throughout the ages there has been
felt tho need of ideal orphans, ana
OH folks homes-homcs, In the larr-
est sense of that grand word: hayens
OF rest ana protection. where those too
IN n,-ht 4.
or their youth, and those who have
hattlcd stubbornly until timc has seen
Ill to compel them TO seek a we'll
earned rest. may turn their weary,
heads. knowing that they will bo
watched over and cared for in "a man
hcr that VIII cxcnnplify the great fra
'crhai ideal of brothcr!y love and pro-
lection.
In the year 1911. a brotherhood of
100000 mon appointed Il committee and
instructed il to investigate sites unon
which they proposed TO build :, model
home FOR the orphans and the apcd
n' the order, and "a practical school FOR
~ e sons and daughters Of the members.
TINS committee undertook it's task with
moro than ordinary sense of conscious
ness Many sites were proposed and
numerous offers from various localities
"crc studied Finally, after much do
fpcration and uncensing effort tho
committee decided upon I, large estate
on 'he west bank of the Fox River
anirtE-hve miles west from Chicago
lhiH nom" was named 'Mo"schcart'
The home was opened July % 1919,
hhd dedicated by Vice President Thomas
Il Marshall. a lifelong member OF tho
indianapolis Lodge of the order Three
years have passed. and tc-day Moose
hcart " little city in itself, consists
oil 'l'ooc acres Of very fertile land. $50
acres OF which are being used for scjeu-
'.hc farming. and the balance for dor
,hhofies' schools. administration build
N"S' CAMPUS and parks for the insti-
tuition. Moro than 3Oo boys and girls
are now breathing tho good country
air and eating wholesome country food
1t the home"