The Washington herald., 1916-01-02
Fraternal Order of Eagles.

The last meeting for tn year Of M
Of Washington Aerie FraternAl Order OF
Eagles was held Thursday evening, De-
cember %, Worthy President L. b.
Hayes. presiding. All the oricers wers
present and q large attendance Of the
members was noted. The ofhcerS' re-
ports were read and accepted showing
the aerie to be In q good condition both
financially and in membership
Several speeches were made on thu
passing OF the year OF 1s15 and the com
ing year 1916, as 20 the Increased ane
renewed interest the members are talk
ing In the work Of the aerie. George
Gsyer, inside guard. delivered an ora
ton on the coming new year which was
received with great applause and inter
est He expressed his views on the foun-
datiOn OF Fraternity" which is the
strongest link In the chain OF orEsniza-
ton, bring the members closer togethsr
and springing from the same the strong
est friendship is made between men. that
forever lives, even as a monument standa
for the good deeds performed In our
lifetime Brother Gaver gave many
illustrations OF what friendship has dons
for zen; that friendship-that is. not
one N name alone. but stands for every
thing the word implies. He congrstu-
lated the aerie on It's success for the
year 1915 and predicted 3 twofold suc-
cess for the coming year.
Several charter members who were
present gave their views on the many
new ideas introduced IN the past few
years, showing that the new members
have lived up TO the teachings Of the
serie and promised their attendance AZ
future meetings.
The installation OF the new of5cers VIII
take place the first Thursday In January,
which falls on January G. 1916, after which
q banquet VIII be served and several
good speakers win be present The Eagle
Band win entertain with music during
the evening and several voczlists WIN
render the occasion with their songs. An
the members are cordially invited 70 at
tend and are expected TO be present on
this occasion Of which the committee
are now looking after. Edward Coughlin
is the chairman and John Campbell vice
chairman.
The New Years dance VII take place
at the Eagles Hall, sixth and Z streets.
Friday, Dec. 30 at O'Clock. and viii
continue until O'Clock a. m. The much
talked Of Snow dance. the feature Of the
evening viii be especially participated
In as the music for this dance has been
specially written by one OF the mem
bers Of the Aerie, and near the stroke of
u o'clock the snow viii b~gin falling and
the entire atteadsnce win no doubt take
part IN the same, X has been arranged
by the csmmittee that umbrellas and
rain coats win be furnished all those who
will take part in the dance. The refresh
ment committee has completed ali ar
rangements for the supper which VIII
be served during the evening and the
reception committee have arranged ev-
erything for the comfort for all who at
tend, admission only by card with mem
bers signature
q
committee will take place Monday eve
ming al O'Clock at Eagles Home, on
January 3 All the members OF this
committee are expected TO be on hand
for reorganizing subcommittees under the
new chairman. John Louis Wege.
The officers OF the Aerie extend 20 an
the members their best wishes and a
very happy New Year. with great pros
perity.