The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-09-19
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
IN CONVENTION

The Fifteenth District Missouri AS
ISOLATION of the order of, Knights of
Pythias, convened in Flat River, Mo-,
Monday, September Is, 1919, with APP
proximately one hundred members of
the order present, among them being
the following GrHld Lodge officers:
Paul p Hinchey, Grand CHANCELLOR;
VIM f. Drummond, State Deputy
Grand CHANCELLOR; Edwin Ettingef,
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal,
and VIM. Welpotts Of the Pythian
Home Board.
The meeting was called to order at
$3.50 p. m. by the President, J. f. Chill
ton, of Frcdericktown, after which a
splendid welcoming address was de-
livered by Prosecuting Attorney W..
E. Golfer, and was responded to by
Hon. H. B. Ledbctter of Pennington
The regular business of the associa-
ton was disposed of in short order,
and matters pertaining to the good of
the order were discussed, and a plan
adopted, whereby series of meetings
will be held, which, if followed up,
should be instrumental in making
stronger lodges throughout the entire
district
1t is planned to have one of these
meetings each month"; the first to be
held in DeSoto, the home Of the Grand
Chancellor, some time during October.
where all lodges will be requested to
bring candidates for initiation into the
mysteries of the order of Knights of
Pythias, by one of the best degree
teams to be had in the State. At this
meeting, the date and place of meet
ing for the next month will be select
ed, and SO on until il is definitely de-
cided whether or not the plan is pro-
fitablc.
At the evening session all Of the
Grand Lodge officers addressed the
assembly, and poured forth such elo.
queht oratory as one saldom hears,
and one can safely say that each and
every one present had an inspiration
for doing better things. Mr.. Welpotts
of the Pythian Home Board gave can
idea of the beautiful Pythian Home at
Springfield, Mo-, surrounded by its
fifty-three acres of fine land, just on
the outskirts of the city, all paid for,
and with a permanent plan of sup
port. This is an institution that all
real Knights of Pythias should justly
feel proud Of, and it is q satisfaction
to know that it is open to those Py-
thians or their families, if need be.
Another thing of necessity required
at the home is an automobile, and in
the near future they are to receive one
for their use Other addresses were
delivered by Geo. M. Wilson of Farm
ington, Geo. Goeltz of Bismarck, and
d. H. Cameron of Flat River, all Of
which were very interesting and to the
point.
After adjourning to meet in Bonnie
Terre in April of next year, lodge was
regularly opened and the initiatory de-
gree conferred upon two candidates
by the Grand Lodge officers, assist
ed by the Degree Team of Frederick
town Lodge, using the Kelsey Ampli-
fed Form. There were many com.
ments relative to the manner in which
the Fredericktown team presented the
play setting forth the lesson of Friend
ship, which is the basic principle of
the order. The play was witnessed by
approximately three hundred Knights
also a few ladies and one or two bus
mess men who were not members Of
the order, all speaking praise of the
manner in which the team performed.
By the time the above work had
been conferred, the clocks hands were
approaching the hour of twelve, so
the crowd was invited to the banquet
room where supply of sandwiches
and hot coffee had been prepared for
the visitors before starting on their
homeward journey, and all did JUS
tice to their appetites, declaring that
they would all return at some future
time. to duplicate the event, and were
informed that the . latch-string of
Lead Belt Lodge No. 1853 always hangs
ON the outside X
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