Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-07-01
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Court Lunalilo No. COCO, Ancient
Order OF Foresters, has. q. busy month
before II, for in the month Of July
come both the semi-annual installa'
tion OF officers and a birthday cele.
bration. This year that celebration
win mark the thirtyseyenth anniyer.
sary Of the institution OF the order in
Next : Wednesday evening Court
IunaiiIo viii install fits new officers,
who. will conduct the affairs OF the
lodge for the balance OF the year
1916. At that time Joseph 0rden-
stein, the retiring chief ranger, viii
step aside and turn over the reins of
lodge government to John X. Kekue.
wa, who was last month duly elected
chief ranger for the ensuing term.
The installation ceremonies viii be
conducted by Deputy High. Chief
Ranger John w. Short.
The other officers who will at that
time be indicted into office are G. X.
Trask, sub-chief ranger; j. X. Kauha.
financial secretary; E. 8. Boyd, re.
eording secretary; j. N. Keola, senior
woodward; Manual Spencer, senior
beadle, Albert Ava, junior beadle:
DR.. F. Wong Leong, court physician;
Thomas Tredway, Robert Blcknell
and Edward Wongham, auditors. and
Nagaran Fernandez, Henry Van Gle.
sen and Manuel X. Richards, trustees.
Following the installation Of officers
there viii be social session and re.
freshments viii be served.
On Mondoy evening, July IL, Luna.
lilo viii celebrate its thirty-seyenth
birthday and considerable Of birth.
day party Is anticipated. although full
and complete arrangements have not
as yet been perfected and announced.
It has been expected that there win
be given 3 monster parade such as
was q feature of the last anniversary
day. but that matter has not been
finally determined. One feature Is
assured and that is the banquet. This
will be held for the members and such
guests Of honor as may be invited.
The committee In charge Of the ban.
quet Is composed Of Henry Van Gle.
sen, Joseph Ordenstein and d. X.
Trask, and members desiring to ar.
range for tickets for the affair should
lose no time In getting In touch with
q member OF this committee
It was In July, 1879. that Court
Lunalilo No. $500 was instituted, so
II is the Oldest lodge In Hawaii with
the exception Of the Masons. 1t can
also boast Of being the first court Of
the order to be established west Of
the Rocky mountains and still further
takes pride In the fact that It is the
only lodge which can boast of having
had q king as its first presiding Off
Ger, for King David Kaiakaua was
one of its charter members and was
its first chief ranger. Its charter was
received from England. for the For.
esters we're first OF all an English
order.
In the early days all secret orders
were expressly forbidden and II was
not until SIX years after its inst1tu.
ton that It was recognized and was
granted charter In 1855, the con.
tinued efforts OF King David Kalakaua
IN that direction being chiefly respon.
sible for final success Since that
time Court Lunalilo has thrived and
prospered. Today It has a member
ship Of upwards OF 400 and is In all
other ways as prosperous as 1t Is
numerically. II can we'll claim to be
one Of the strongest and most popular
lodges that can be found in the
islands.
Joseph Ordenstein, the retiring
chief ranger, is one Of the younger
generation" both in point of birth
and Of membership In the lodge. His
passage through the various chairs to
chief rangership marked the advent
of young man where older men had
heretofore served. He worked his
way through the various minor offices
TO the highest position in the gift Of
as chief ranger. He was still further
honored by selection as one Of the
delegates to the seventeenth biennial
session OF the Pacific Coast subsidiary
High Court Of A. o. F., from attend.
ence at which he has only just re-
turned. At this session c. H. Rose,
and Court Lunalilo through him, was
honored by the selection. Of Rose as
trustee Of the Supreme High Court.
Ordenstein was. born April 8, 1890,
and has been q member of the order
for about five years.
.John Kekuewa, the chief ranger.
elect and who now awaits induction
into office, Is an older man than his
predecessor, but like him has occu.
pied all of the lower chairs and has
proven his worth to the lodge by