Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-18
GRAND C0MMANDERY
U. 0. G. C. HOLDS 36TH
ANNUAL CONVENTION
Wednesday at the Au.
gusta House With
Good Attendance
Reports Are Submit
ted and Accepted and
Officers Are Elected
For the nsuing
Year.

The Grand Commandery Of Maine,
United Order Of the Golden Cross,
held it's seth annual convention
Wednesday. April II. at the Augusta
House, and with a good attendance
from the communicates from all over
the State
Grand Commanders Address.
The grand commander, Herbert
Mckinney of Portland, addressed the
convention in part as follows:
What we need today is a creative
fraternalism. fraternalism which
has as its central purpose the pro-
motion of the best interests of it's
members and the protection of it's de-
pendentS. We need fraternalism
that realizes that the future is
fraught with problems Of an uncer-
tain nature. We need fraternalism
that has for its central purpose the
solution of such problems in the best
possible manner. We need a frater-
nalism that does not cavil at techni-
calities, and does not brook opposi-
ton in carrying out the purposes for
which it exists.
Let every member of this Grand
Body go home to their subordinate
communicates and make I'D their
minds that they will do their part in
stopping lapses. We must do every
thing we can to hold our members
for the coming year. You all know
what 'Cnprepared" means; so let us
be prepared: let us all hold on to our
insurance, even if we have to sacri :
flee; and if anything happens and we
are taken away from our families. we
have left them prepared. Let your
Insurance be the last thing to part
with.
In every commandery that have
visited the spirit of patriotism is in
every members heart. That comes
first. and it is right that it should,
because we have got to stand to-
gether, not as Republicans, and
Democrats, but as American citizens
and back the government in this
great struggle for Democracy. There
are large number of US who cannot
shoulder n gun or whatever nipple =
ment they fight with, nor go in the
trenches; but we can all do our bit In
this noble cause. 1t is no sacrifice if
we have to do away with some Of the
Injuries. Let us eat the war bread
with n smile; let us be contented
with our lot. for, when Democracy Is
gained and the Kaiser is whipped
(Which he surely will be- let us re-
member forever that it was largely
through the efforts of the fraternal
orders and that the grand old Order
of the Golden Cross was no small
factor in this great struggle for
Democracy.
eve have been trying to get a
commandery in Maine up to the two
hundred mark. and this year we have
succeeded. Woodfords Commandery
No. 235 has 202 members. All Of our
other communicates have made a
fine showing, all of our working
communicates making gains in the
calendar year.
installation
81 have. with the help of the grand
herald and other grand officers. in
stalled the men in the usual number
of communicates. All of the install
lations were largely attended, and we
have had a few public installations.
think these public installations ad :
vertise our order AMI we cannot get
too much advertising.
Field Days.
Three field days were held in
Maine, one at Peaks Island, one at
Island Park, Augusta. and one at
Temple Heights, the home of Past
Grand Commander Bangs. These
field days, or reunions, result in good
which cannot really be measured in
advertising the order. I hope the
time will come when we can have one
field day somewhere in the central
part of the State.
Draped Charters.
In many of our citadels the past
year the charter has been draped for
those who have gone, just little
ahead of us, and today we wait in