The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-05-29
THAT TRIP TO
C0OPERST0WN

/ About fifty MaSOnS and wives and
1 daughters went up to CooperstoWn
Friday to attend the district meet
ing at Cooperslown OF the Masons of
this district. It was a glorious day
and those who went up to the capital
Of Griggs county were delighted at the
treatment accorded them by the Ma
sons of Northern Light Lodge of that
city assisted by the ladies of the
| Eastern Star organization. Every
| possible effort to entertain and please
the visitors was put forth by the good
folks of Cooperstown and Valley City
people are loud in their praises Of the
fine neighborly spirit SHOWN and of
the splendid time they had while in
that city. The E. A. degree was put
on in fine shape in the beautiful Ma
sonic temple during the afternoon, and
| while the work was being exemplifed
the ladies of the party with those from
other lodges were entertained at the
moving picture show. Deputy Grand
Master r. B. Cox presided over the
lodge and there wre present Walter
L. Stockwell, grand secretary and
Laurence G.. Moultrie, grand orator.
Prior to putting on tn degree work a
listening to very entertaining talk
by Mr.. Stockwell. At the conclusion
of the work the visiting brethren had
social time in the club rooms of the
temple until seven o'clock when with
their ladies they were RECALLED by
fine banquet admirably served and
we'll appointed by the Eastern Stars.
This was followed by social hour in
which singing by the Cooperstown Ma
sonic sextette, and speeches of well
come and responses were made and
then those who wanted to were invit-
ed to the opera house to enjoy dane
ing, many of the Valley City visitors
taking advantage Of the invitation.
About three hundred people were serv-
ed at the banquet. It was a hot, tire
some job you can rest assured but
those tireless workers of the Eastern
Star put it over without hitch and
in fine order. On behalf of the var
ious lodges Rev. L. G. Moultrie of
this city appropriately expressed the
pleasure of all the visitors at the
handsome manner in which the ladies
and brethren had treated them while
in Cooperstown. The lodge up there
has it's own orchestra which furnish
ed delightful music both during the
banquet and for the dance. The Ma
sons of Cooperstown are indeed for
tunate lot of fellows to own such
beautiful and we'll appointed Masonic
home. Nowhere in the state or any
other state, for that matter, is there
better appointed, finer decorated or
more comfortable quarters, for it's size
than is that owned by Northern Light
lodge, and they are justly entitled to
be proud of it-and they are, and the
Valley City folks are also justly proud
of the fine treatment accorded them as
we'll as the representatives and visi-
tors from the various lodges of the
district, good delegations being pres
ent from Leal, Wimbledon, Sanborn,
Courtenay, jamestown Darcy and
Hannaford. It is just such gatherings
as the one pulled off yesterday at
Cooperstown that go toward creating
finer sentiment of neighborly spirit,
give one another an opportunity to
get better acquainted and looking at
it from a Masonic standpoint these
district gatherings are instructing
and beneficial. We take our hats off
to Northern Light lodge of Coopers-
town together with the Eastern Stars
and all the good people Of that pretty
little city for the splendid manner in
which they prepared for and handled
this gathering.