The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-04-24
Annual Council Reunion Is
Wednesday, May 25
20 CANDIDATES READY
Musical Features Of Pro
gram Unusually Strong;
Work In Afternoon

At the regular assembly Friday ev-
ening of Kinsman Council, No rs, r.
e. S. M, 90 candidates were elected
to receive the degrees at the special
assembly Wednesday, April 25, at
which time the annual spring reunion
of the council will be held and the
degree of super-excellent master con-
ferred for the pleasure of Il. G. Robin
son of Mansfield, representing the
grand council
Starting at $3.50 in the afternoon,
the Royal and Select degrees will be
conferred upon the class of % by y.
l. M. William Dyer and the officers of
the council. Incidental music will be
rendered during the comforting of the
degrees by soloists
A banquet will be served at 500
5 o'clock in the Temple dining room,
during the course of which the M. r.
Sunday school orchestra will play. I'm
mediately following the banquet, the
beautiful and instructive degree of
super-excellent master will be con-
ferred. This inculcates a reverence
for and a belief in the Only Living
and True God, and forcefully teaches
that he who SCOTS at God or commits
perjury or is guilty of base ingrati-
tude, compasses his own destruction.
The degree is in charge of III. Comp
Leonard II. Rawlinson, assisted by III.
Comp. Chas. II. Ayers, master of ward |
robe and properties. Comp. Otto S. |
Baker is director of music while
Comp. L. w. Morrison is accompanist |
One of the big features of the de-
gree will be the singing of chorus |
composed of George B. Kelly, William |
Cover, Otto s. Baker Hal NJ. Eggles
ter, Lawrence Sperry and Louis S.
Baker with Mrs. Ruby Showers Bak-
er as soloist. The following Is the
program OF the evening:
Opening
Companion William Dyer, thrice H.
lustrious master and officers of the
council.
Prologue
Companion Clinton NJ Williams.
SCENE ONE
Court OF Zedekiah and a council Of
the council assembled at Jerusalem
on the ninth day OF the fourth month
in the eleventh year of the reign of
zedekiah, the last King Of Judah.
Fulfllment Of prophecy.
Cast OF characters:
Zedekish. King OF Judah-W. S. An
-derson.
Psshur, Advisor to the king e.
Beeney.
zephaniah, Advisor to the king-L.
Jay Duke.
Gedeliah. governor of Judah-Wm.
E. Hull
Jeremiah, the Proprietary II, Clut-
ter
Tzodaz. the high priest-R s. Hun.
First Keeper Of the Temple-Jas,
W. Jones.
Second Keeper of the Temple Jed
s. Months.
Third Keeper OF the Temple p.
welsbymer.
First Herald-G. o. Cooksey.
Second Herald-H. A. Phillips,
Third Herald-C. ~. Ayers.
Fourth Herald-G o. Cooksey.
Royal Guards-Bruno Thiel, VIM.
Banning. Donald Harper, Joseph Han
oeck, Clark Barber and William Dy-
or.
Court Guards Lloyd Bell Walter
sGrabb, John Doelfs, Lloyd Hoar and
VIM r. Hookway
'Pomp and Majesty (Gerrish).
'The Wine"--( (Gerrish)
SCENE TWO
Riblah-The judgment 49, Court OF
kebuchadnezEaT.
Cast OF characters:
Nebuchadnezzar. king OF Babylon
VIM. II. Clarke.
Nebuzaraddan, captain of guard
H. ]. Ash.
The Shepherd-Oscar Swanson
Artabah. lieutenant OF guard-Chas.
" Ayers.
Satraps W. Jones, Lloyd
Hoar, Walter Grubb and Jed s. Mon
It's
Royal Guards-Bruno Thiel VIM,
Banning, Donald Harper, Joseph Han
cock, Clark Barber and William Dyer,
zedekiah, king OF Judah Compan.
ION w. s. Anderson.
Music.
shepherd OF Israel QIubbard w.