Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-15
FRATERNAL CELEBRATION
Fiftieth Anniversary of Benefcent
System to Be Held in This City

The National Fraternal Congress Of
America and also the National Eraternal
Press Association, representing upward of
1O,OOO,OO0 heads of families in this country,
VIII hold their next annual conventions In
Philadelphia in August. 1918 Headouar-
ters has been engaged at the Bellevue
Stratford and II promises to be the most
important occasion in the history of fra
ternalisrn in this country.
The fiftieth anniversary of the founding
in Meadville, Pa, of the fraternal bene-
ficary system in the expansive form in
America Will occur next year, and it is pro-
posed to celebrate it in connection with
the conventions in Philadelphia next Au-
gust and to make it an event of worldwide
importance in everything pertaining to fra
te"nalism and the protection of the home
special program devoted 10 the anniversary
BY The phiadrlpha ,CRamber Of commerCe' comm row
worRnr IN ir connnc, UhS @ 2i & ,hs c2nyenton bureau
fbba'rsn bs OF the Sensra publicity c?mmittee Of
0na sTeat are in TO hold
With With, i So sqch other pproprae events as viii be
As abop, $50 fitH fraternsl and beneficial organ.
,TstIG(HS yaaE(T in th country @nd viii be
S5Ii,y i {sSySa ssn"ra 'Ps pubsiiy hRsii;
] %5"S to np@s r@s4sPa' o. a' h i n@S
e ana rdSas 2fSHGs T@ from 'qgSss }s and fam
quite number Of organlations on With indeed as%
b bbership running into the hundreds Of thousands
bring bring large delegations to the Quaker city at at
,,nni Whethgr the var is by that time or CON
6eSS1gs i Is recognized by the leaders Of the
this country need to hold aioft the banser of d
SsiorS that word o nHe may keep as PfSsP Ssm
a
inseparably NV sustained
IS is dssrous ,s Of hearing from as many as possible
m9akinE 9raidE success Of this forthcoming great
auspces Of tbn "asbratioq under the
American and the. National Fraternsi Press s
than ournas of national Grc ting
In the homes OF the bone and snew of the land
soldiers and sailors being members nie Of ons Ssms rs
mSre ha 1rders the fraternsliss feel most fitting
thG military forces taking part as far as cir.
aSrna orders ma have % dr WI, taams RsTm Which Msqs
wsmen podei a,,d tbn:o c%9mp3sed % Of both men and
sented. ''p'e'
It Is suggested tina, a great arch be erected
City Hail brilant% I uminaiod hI1a Gn sFead and
other striking features provided.
EGSa9a % Se Hsas;a eGsirmany GRHissiiy F1a
chancs benefit degree Pittsburgh Pa Mary
MacEachern. Wonen's Benefit Association OF
the Maccabees Port Huron. Mich: V A. Young
fraternsl Aid Union. Lawrence, kan: DIR. A.
4 y, Brien. Association Canado- Americaine
MANCHESTER, y. y. George Scott. National Pro
the Maccabees: editor bee Hive Norwaik q:
World, editor Modern Woodmen," Rock Island
III; and i. a. Williams, Equitable Fraternai
Union, Neenah. Wis.
John Jordan Upchurch. OF Meadville Pa. who
started the first fraternal Insurance society in
this country on comprehensive plans and wide
scope october ~. 1868. was ar humble black
smith. Since that time nearly So. 900 900 900
has been paid to widows, orphans and benef-
ciaries by the fraternal and bcne fetal orders nd
societies Of the United States and Canada
Each year about $3.50 100000 is paid in this
benencent way way.
leading fraternast recently said; "If
democracy Is to be brought to the civilized world
and maintained. II must be through the efforts
Of these orders and societies TO very large
Degree
Theodore Roosevelt who. on the occa sion of
delegation of fraternal journalists calling on
him when he was President said, This country
will endure just as long as the principle under
lying these orders-namely. the protection OF
the orator on the day of the celebration
Morris Sheppard who introduced the national
fratcrnal day October 81 annually bill In the
United States senate. and J. Hampton Moore
who introduced and reintroduced IL In the House
of Representatives will also be invited to attend
the hfteth anniversary celebration in Phila-
dephia,