The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-05-08
GRAND C0MMANDERY
HOLDING CONC[AVE Gil
Dhe of the Best Sessions in History OF
Organization in Progress. VIM,
4 ID. Henry, WahpetOn, Elected .H.
\ Grand Commander.

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Grand Commander. a "b
tThe annual Conclave of the Grand
Cbmmandery, Knights Templar of the
State Of North Dakota, opened at the
Masonic Temple in this city Wednes-
day morning at 9:30 o'clock.
IAN escort from De Molay Com
niandery No. 10, Of this city,, marched
from the Temple to the Grand Hotel
at nine o'clock and accompanied the
Grand Commandery officers and rep.
resentatives from the various Com
manderies of North Dakota to the
Asylum. In the line Of march from
the Hotel to the Asylum. there were
81 members of De Molay Commandery
ahd A officers and representatives.
All were in full uniform.
fThc Conclave was opened with the
following Grand Officers present:
fR Z. Granville w. Wolbert. Grand
Commander, Williston; V. E. Sir VIM
~ Henry, Deputy Grand Commander
Wahpeton; F. Sir. Wilson L. Rich
ards, Grand Generalissimo, Dickinson;
E. Sir Edward S. Person, Acting
Grand Captain General for Major
J1hn II. Frame, who is with the army
Of occupation at Coblenz, Germany;
r Sir Ernest c. Eddy, Grand Senior
Warden, Fargo; f. Sir Allan V. Haig,
Grand Junior Warden, Devils Lake;
F. Sir Nelson f. Ellsworth, Grand Pre-
late, Williston; F.. Sir Geo. H. Ohm
stead, acting as Grand Treasurer,
Grand Forks; E. Sir Walter L. Stock
we'll. Grand Recorder, Fargo; f. Sir
Otto Bauer, Grand Standard Bearer,
Mandan; f. Sir John H. G. Turner,
Grand Sword Bearer, Bottineau; E..
Sir, Frank c. Reed, acting for E. Sir
Geo. II. Russ, who is Major with the
overseas forces. Grand Warder, Bis
marck; f. Sir Archibald D. McCan-
mel, Grand Captain of the Guard, Mi
not. .a4ef ... -...i. i.s'.aat ..u5
Right En- Sir Thomas Morris,
Grand Commander of Minnesota. was
present and inspected the North Da-
akota Grand Commandery, being given
full honors at the opening Of the Con-
chve. The opening is said to have
,htxn one Of the very best in the his
tory of the Grand Commandery, due
largely to the excellent work Of Maj
or Person, the acting Grand Captain
General. u -
, Grand Commander Wolbert' gave
the opening address Wednesday morn
ing. The Grand Officers gave their
reports and the following special COM
mittees were appointed:
Inspector-E S. Person, E. c. Eddy
and Max Hendrick.
Returns of Charters Commanders
Geo. I. Feton C. 0. Olson and E. A.
Riply. *
Charity and Christian Observance
w. J. Hutchinson, John Orchard
and N. E. Ellsworth.
Carroll j. Atkins, Cando. N. D.
No. IA; w. D. Henry w. L. Rich
ards and Frank Reed.
Permanent Members Badge-Frank
C. Falkenstein, A. V. Haig and F. D.
Cameron. .1
Jurisprudence-C. A. Hale, Clark
N. Kelly, Geo. H. Phelps, Frank H.
Sprague, Herman Winterer and An
drew J. Stade.
Grand Commanders Address-E. A
Hill. Henry Lanxon and Frank P
Taylor. Lo4aA
redential-Frank NJ. Acker, O. E
Couch and J. f. Dunn. -.-t..' '''
Among the Past Commanders pre-
sent, not heretofore mentioned are
Blanding Fisher, II. w. Wilson, James
johnson, w. H. Reighart, A. J. Brun.
ner, C. F. Truax, Frederick l.. Mes.
ervey, Alexander Hay, W. L. Nc.
Intosh. s"
One Of the Past Commanders, Franz
White of Valley City, is in service
with the American Forces in France
while Mrs. White is in charge of relief
work for the returned North Dakota
soldiers in New York City.
Every one of the sixteen Command
cries with the exception of Ivanhoe
at Lisbon, N. D., were represented
by either delegates or members. The
following is complete list Of the
repres entatives: st..alg.. .,,t .s
Tancred, No. l, Bismarck Franz
Reed and Lewis K. Thompson. ..
1 ,Auvergne No. g., Fargo-Henr!
Lanxon, VIM. L. Curtiss and Ernes
C.. Eddy, ...3@
|ya. st. Aldemar No. 3, Grand Forks
| Casper Olson and Finley D. Cameron
7ha No, 4 Jamestown-Geo
l. Feton.
5 st. Elmo No.5, Valley. Cty-Her
man Winterer. l G.@,a qs otjgA
Zion No. 8, New Rockford-W. f
Biggs. O. f. Couch and F. E. Reed.
De Molay No. 10, Minot-Frank P
Taylor, Aksel Bratsberg and Freder
ick l.. Meservey,
| u Wahpeton No. II. Wahpeton-Eu
gene A. Hill, BENZ. F. Lounsberry an,
Elmer H. Myhra. ma
Cyrene No. Z, Devils Lake-Jos. f
Dunn, James Chidister and Blandin!
Fisher.
Temple No. 12, Dickinson Ma
Hendrick, John Orchard and Otto +
Hennings. liii
Lorraine No. 13, Bottineau--Fran
4 C. Falkenstein and Peter Scott.
!. Carroll j. Atkins, No. Ia, Cando-
e. T. Judd. s
Occur de Lion No. 15,t Mandan- T
la. Ripley and Louis F. Smith. !;
II CRUSADER Mole, Williston Rober
i G. Gilmer,. Fred Acker and 0. :
Couch.