The interior journal., 1917-06-26
10000 PEOPLE ENJOY
MASONIC CELEBRATION

| IO,OO dtteDueu lTc mdSOIllC St1tDTd-
ton at Crab Orchard Springs Satur.
day and enjoyed to the fullest the
speeches, the music, the good fellow.
ship and lastly but not least, the din
ner 1t was the biggest day in the
history of the East End capital and
one which will be remembered with
pleasure in the years that are to
/ come. The occasion was the 2OOth
anniversary of the founding of the
order of Masons and most fittingly
was it celebrated. Crab Orchard
| SPRINGS was chosen as the place for
the celebration for several reasons
first of which is it is in the home
county of Grand Master J. NJ SauI-
ders of the Grand Lodge of Ken
lucky, secondly, because it is Gen.
trally located and thirdly because it
has hotel accommodations for all
who might attend and typical place
| for such gathering as the Masons
knew they would have. That they
chose wisely is shown in the fact
! that the crowd surpassed all expecta-
tions and everything passed off beau
tifully. 1t was the most orderly, best
natured big crowd that has gather
ed in Kentucky in years and nothing
was said or done to in any way mar
the pleasure of either the promoters
or the thousands who attended. Three
cheers for Grand Master Saunders
his local committee, composed of ].
w. Acey, chairman, J. S. Duke, H.
G.. Skiles, J. G.. Weatherford. w. M.
Matheny and Dr. M. M. Phillips. the
management of Crab Orchard
Springs and Crab Orchard people
generally They did a great deal to-
ward making all feel that it was
good to be there and to bind closer
the bonds of friendship that has ex-
listed for years. Three splendid brass
bands made music for the crowd
Smittie's Band. 35 in rumber, was
the official band. but the Danville
| Military band and the one composed
of the little boys from the Orphans
Home delighted the hearers almost as
much as did the big city organiza-
| tion. The dinner was great. Jesse c.
Lynn, as caterer, had all arrange
ments perfected and when word was
sent out that dinner was ready, the
| throrg focked to the tables which
had been set near the Field Spring.
and which were ladened with the
hest burgoo, roast beef, bread, cof-
fee, ETC., mortal man ever tasted.
There was enough for all. and every
bodv enjoyed the picnic dinner huge
ly. The program printed in the In
terror Journal of last week was car
ried out to the letter. save that Rev.
Stephen B. Lander. Grand Chanlain,
was detained at his home at Bloom
field. and DR.. d. M. Walker, of Shell
byville, was called on to open the ex-
ercises with prayer. His prayer was
beautiful and impressive and very
appropo of the occasion. "The Star
Spanpled Banner" was plaved bv
Smittie's Band. after which Hon G..
Allison Holland. member of Lexing-
ton LODGE No. 1. the oldest Masonic
lodge West of the ALLEGHENY noun
tains. spoke. AS usual his effort was
oreatlv enjoyed. Just after dinner
Miss Katherine Warriner, of Huston
vile. favored the great crowl with a
vocal solo, which pleased her hearers
so greatly that she gave another.
Miss Warriner has strong voice of
wonderful sweetness and responds
oraciously when called upon to sing.
Fred Drexler. of Louisville. and Mr..
George Colvin, of Louisville. spoil o
during the afternoon and each
brought an interesting message to
their brother Masons and friends.
Hon. James N. Saunders. of this
citv. Grand Master of the Grand
| Lodge. was master Of ceremonies ard
clled the nlace creditalby and salts
factorily. Except while speaking was
ooing on, one Of the three bands
PLAYED continuously and there wasn't
q minute of the big day that some
thing wasn't doing. It was well ar
ranped all the way through and the
local committee has cause to feel
that t-!id It's WORK thoro Ighly and
well. Over 3.01l Masons were Mt the
celebration and nearly that number
registered at the Crab Orchard lodge
rooms. Each member of the Crab
Orchard Masonic Lodge constituted
himself a committee of one to do all
in his power for the delectation of
.Ec visitors an right well each ard
every ore succeeded. Between and
o'clock the crowd began to dis
rerse and it did so just as orderly as
it came. There were over 1000 au-
tomobles and there wasn't a wreck
or anything like ore in town. Each
driver seemed to realize that he must
keep a cool head and he did so. The
only wreck that occurred going or
coming that this paper has heard of
occurred several miles this side of
Crab Orchard, when Mr.. J. B. Hona-
ker's car was run into. 1t was acci-
dental and this paper is glad to state
that the clever gentleman was not
badly hurt. In the afternoon Grand
Master Saunders called for any
physician on the ground to report to
him, and this caused some uneasi-
ness until it was told that one of the
Girls from the Orphans Home was
little sick. She was attended by DR..
Boslev, of Richmond. who was the
first to report, and in a few minutes
she was enjoying the day as much
as the rest of her comrades. 100
strong, who were given the trip of
their lives to the big celebration.
There was no misbehavior and no
drinking on the grounds and if
harsh word passed the lips of single
one of the 10000 or more present
nobody can be found who heard it.
The day cost the Masons of Kentucky
close to $4,000, but it was money
well spent. II got together Masons
from all parts of the State and show
ed to those who are not members of
the great Father order that the bond
of friendship and brotherly love ex-
ising between Masons is as beauti-