Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-16
EAGLES ANNIVERSARY
AND DEDICATION

the dedication of its new home Thurs
day evening, October II, at it's hall,
corner or Third and Jackson streets.
Nearly $50 members and their ladies
partook of the magnificent spread
which was served by the ladies of the
st. James congregation at the Eagles
hall. The guests from out of town
were: Past Grand Chaplain Judge E..
D. Weed of Helena Montana; Past
State President VIM. H. Armstrong of
Racine; Grand Trustee DR.. o. A.
Becker of Milwaukee; VIM. thinner
mann of Milwaukee, and State Presi-
dent E. L. Hastings, also of Mil
waukee.
The Eagles and their ladies gathered
at the tables shortly after o'clock
and following a few words of welcome
by Worthy President Paul Koebke.
all joined in singing the Star
Spangled Banner" During the serv-
ing, the Eagles orchestra, led by B. F..
Schultz, rendered several selections.
After all had partaken of the good
things to eat, the POSTMASTER called
attention to the occasion as marking
both the fifteenth anniversary of
Eagledom in Wausau and the dedica-
ton of the Eagles home. In his re-
marks he stated that whereas the
membership at the institution was
only about sixty members that now
he could, boast, after the work of
fifteen years, of having membership
of nearly one thousand members, and
that the Wausau Aerie had the rep
utation at this time of having the
largest number of Eagles according
to the voting population of any city
in the United States.
He introduced Mayor Herman E.
Marquardt, who spoke on the wonder
full growth and of his pleasure in see
ing such large gathering of ladies
present to assist in celebrating this
fifteenth anniversary. Judge E. D.
Weed was next called on and spoke
in very congratulatory way upon the
good work of the members in having
accomplished such great task as
was shown to have been accomplished
by the representation present. He
also said that of all organizations none
taught the lesson of equality which is
one of the fundamental principles OF
Eagledom so we'll as the Eagles, and
no order having less than half mil
lion members had done so much char
liable work He closed his remarks
with an expression of appreciation fol-
the hospitality rendered him and said
it was his conviction that the meeting
of the National Aerie in Milwaukee
next August ought to be an incentive
for greatly increasing the membership
of the order in Wisconsin.
The next number was violin and
piano duet by Edwin and Lenora
| Schultz, which was greatly appreciat-
ed by those present. DR.. o. A. Becker
| next on the program, congratulated
the Aerie on its fifteenth year of sue
cessful growth. then gave an outline
decided upon at the last grand con-
vention held at Buffalo, N. Y. He
said that while fraternal insurance had
become a matter of ridicule, it was
due to the fact that so many fraternal
organizations had tried to give their
members protection for which they
failed to exact an adequate rate and
that the Eagles plan would be based
upon the American plan of insurance
as adopted by the old line companies
of today, but they would be able to
furnish the insurance at a much low
er rate because of the fact that the
overhead expense was being practical
ly carried by the benefit organization
as it stands today and would not nee
essarily have to increase the salaries
of its officers to any great extent. At
ter DR.. Becker closed his remarks, the
Eagles quartet was called upon for
a selection, which was very we'll re-
ceived by the assemblage, they having
to respond to three encores.
Past state president, VIM. H. Arm
strong, gave very good talk on the
Ladies' Auxiliary which has now be-
come one Of the prominent organiza-
lions in our city and closed with a
plea to the members of the auxiliary to
always be imbued with the high prin-
ciples Of the Eagles organization in
order that no act of theirs would be
an obstacle towards the continued sue
cess OF Eagledom; he also stated that
he had become to feel as though he
were member of the local Aerie, as
he was as much interested in the work
that was being done here in Wausau as
he was of what was being done in his
home Aerie of Racine.
oscar Allen, accompanied on the pi-
ano by his sister, Miss Florence Allen,
gayeia very nice selection of one of the
popular songs of the day.
State President E. l.. Hastings con-
graduated the Aerie for having so
able SCI of officers, especially Worthy
President Paul Koebke, and also Roy
A. Chellis, the secretary, who now
holds the Office of State Vice Presi-
dent in the State Aerie, and he said
that it was his wish that Brother
Chellis would be elected to the Office
of State President at the convention
to be held the following year at Ap-
pleton.
William Zimmerman, in behalf of
DR.. o. Z. Becker, presented John
Schoenemann with an Eagles emblem
for succeeding in getting the first ten
members in the recent membership