Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
SONS OF AMERICA
Joint Patriotic Demonstration and serv'
rce Flag Gift Uptown

rec Flag Gilt Uptown
Camp 666 held a service flag presen-
tation and patriotic demonstration sat
urday afternoon at sixth and \ehanRo
streets The Camps of the Ninth d's
triCt keystone Commandery, No. A. Oh
West Philadelphia Ellis Camp. NO y,
Sons of Veterans; Troop l2'. BOY
Scouts, and other organizations par
ticipated in the parade Miss Catherine
Nage unfurled the flag. The speakers
were state Secretary charles u. Helms
and Past state President Samuel I.
Wells. William Datesman, the district
president. acted as chairman or the
meeting and marshal of the parade Inc
service flag has forty ssars, lnclud-
ing one gold star for Brother Richard
G. Magic. who lost his life IN 'he
trenches on June Is. and was carried
in the parade by six small girls daugh-
ters of members.
The state Camr convention At Lebanon
on August - bids fair to be the most lively
w ba 6 s hs,prs o some Tr OF Of hr and
tho candidates are busy getting AFFAIRS II
shape. The list Of candidates as announced
For state president john W. Harper, Of
Chester brother Mnrnsr viii have M no donr, "TF9
"iect him unanimously. -
For state vice presid"nt--claude T. Reno,
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the various rallies throughout the state;
also S0iS be a, candidate f"H 70 Tor St his ofGc"
For state master of forms tn. candtdaJ1,s
ar" M,"n NJ l'aas memhIT nrSaor, %n "mn rdnTnc due
Tor: Frederick w. Maerady, of Mourt car
me one Of tn" lond,9F liz ba lawSTrs of 'h"' as
For s'sts camp conGn"'2 Stone hSr'1 ar Tha
dolrhia; oscar Il. Holm, of Reading.
Camp No. a72. meeting q. Fifty-s..onit
amd Market street, recsiysd tne Td T%rort nr Tt
in il the las" Ss hn Hp w hs Sc
P5S? cS,ss ;s p r: trss;
farms "rH nm rnH prSst6n Sf5cr 1EGrn@S
Charles r. Davis; trrasqrerps O. " IN I .rartnr Ian
Mnst:S %rry KqhoS, Faaoets y E,!SS
". Glass: chaplain. Joseph w. Glass.
ocS@ %"%' 'h?s N csrs s % for hs 9Setnnns
9uly l. prCsideT, r. sirIs;; vice &c ar.Sa prSs.
liam H'F S'%"E,ms Wafmsn 'Ss fnancal
ERR MeESrkis Fqs,s, Ticya rs 4 MsSS"%y; MScSHysy;
Robert J.. KERN; delegates 70 ,sta,c camp. g,,nrD.
nH M'm Rlos1 ym som. ana and d'sS s4or Ema
%D 30 IS rSs5ae5 IS BY as th..s
and will look for their assistance In ~, a
mTmsfrshp dYe IN the to sa eGso"e one "'
Camp No. 4sI. Of West rhila delpha: has
rss'ssPi rsnf Gsrard rf%"n sSS
n"ncia nT1c S%fi%S sSc2et"ry. Gilbert Hsmlton treas
Tr Robert msmon
HsrTy Kdsy FqsnT 4saSs sa%fs %sr
ss oyt tp sfi% Prank ''Rmn Rabo HsTber Reed
John Rchmond thomas xxi Keiprnses eamn m,wS2a %o'
HGO'ns%H' isi no% numbers uni n9';sS sd members.
The Gnv pss' 5sd rube ray in west
Park Allentown. last Thursday night. Not,
1sS oerS tn SeaT TeTs stas
Secretary Helms and other speakers.
Camp ia. of Sorris,own; was successfHl u
Camp III: of Manaypnk' In the recent sHn .,mn mSm
9fI'fe Ssa dpy dns mo4s At SmSr 1hs s@a '%H %
na Ss dcsrs IL s sGa by eamp
dent 6liver 6li r. stone; master Of forms. clar
R%dn hrWs WrNsE Madon
ir"asurer. irt''srir'' Joseph W Grow:, Inspector.
george Nice: guard. John II. Winner; trns-
toes Alvin Carpenter. Clarence F. Maiden.
Robert Rroughton; delegates to state Camp.
clarence +. Maiden, Alvin W. Carpenter
Camp III has raised a war fund by assess,
ing the members fifteen cents a month ana
keeping this money in a special tund 10
carry on the expenses Of any special moFe-
ment for the winning of the war
RoxhorouGh Comma ndery No. IL will
shortly make prrpa rations to meet the VI
a ssessment to hc levied by the commandcry
general to buy and eduir two or three am,
balances for the use OF the Red Cross. ana
at their last meeting 1t was decided to raise
money to help that worthy cause, The COM
ma nder and senior vice commander of Rox-
borough Comma ndery are at the front az
word this week that Major II. x. white:
also member of this comma ndery; had
arrived in France with the NJ. II. c. and
would soon he in the front lines.
Montromerv COUNTY district No. ? hold
n Meeting nf the District ASSOCIATE tion on
Friday evening at the hall of Camp No.
ia of Norristown. Delegations were pres.
ont from Camps No. ls and No. 81 of
CnnshohocHn; No. IL. Of Brtdserort; No.
g, Of % Cold Point rG%ore mo; ssS; or senE M
Eagleville, No. IA and No. 800. OF Nor
gard to making preparat tions for the c"rtns
trict President John II. sherman presided