The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-12-17
MACCADEES HAD
BIG Time WITH
PAL0 BROTHERS
&T
LOOK FORWARD TO GOOD RALLY
WITH SMYRNA TENT ON
JANUARY 10TH

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Ionia county Maccabee association
was held with the members of Palo
Tent. at Palo, on Friday night when
nearly 100 members of other tents
in the county and those from the home
p tent assembled to extend the hand or
fraternity and to mingle with one an
other for time and watch candidate
trek his perilous journey over the hot
sands of the great desert in emulation
of the example set for him and others
bv Judas Maccabeus, who has been
immortalized by the Maccabee order
from its beginning.
After the initiation, a fine supper
was served by the ladies of Palo tent
and the comments we heard between
gasps. relative to the supper, fitted IN
with our own idea that it was Just
what we needed after riding with Mert
Eayes from here to Palo over icy roads
with no chains on. The quality and
ouantity of the eats served could not
be excelled and the Palo ladies have
fine hearty thanks of the visitors Tor
tbe way they looked out for the needs
of the hungry hordes.
Ionia members were there and stat
cd that they would have big time
ready for the visitors when the time
came for the meeting at the county
seat in March. The next meeting Will
be with Smyrna tent. on January 10
and the February meeting is to De
held in Saranac.
District Deputy A. A. Throop, pre-
sided at the social meeting and talks
were given by Fred Cutler, captain Oh
the degree team which put on tne
initatory work, l.. G. Silver ot Slivers
Department Store in Ionia. Mr. on-
yer made fine proposition wnlcn Is
open to every member Oh the Macca-
the order in Ionia county ana Wnlcn
is as follows: Mr.. Silver SAID tnat
he would give $500 suit or over
coat to the Maccabee who secured the
most new members for the order pc
TWEEN now and the first day Oh Septem-
ber, 1920 He said that the member
must furnish him with the facts and
that thew must be verified by the rec
ord keepers of the lodges into wnlcn
the candidates are initiated.
Other speakers were A. M. Eaves,
who was introduced as the champion
and original reckless Ford driver and
one who could climb any mountain,
hin. valley, wall, telephone or tele-
graph pole or any other perpendicular
object while seated at the steering
wheel of a Ford, to which our mall
carrier plead guilty, just as he should
have, Com. Waldron, of Palo tent; 4.
E. Slye, of Ionia; Sheriff Mark HOP
pough; Com. Sherwood, OF Wabasls
tent; Harry Jennings, of the Michigan
Reformatory; ]. M. Thomas, OF TINS
city who has been a Maccabee 1or
more than SO years and who is mighty
proud of it; Jerome Walker, assistant
warden at the Michigan Reformatory,
Candidate Kitson, Com. VIM. Malone
and Ed d. Engemann, of this place.
The gist of each talk was largely the
same, being in the main part glori-
fication of everything which pertained
to the Maccabee order and remlnis-
cences of the good old days in the
long ago when fraternity was RAM
pant throughout the land and 1t was
a rule to have class Of 10 or 10 ev-
cry lodge night for the initiation team
to exemplify the work on. A man
might get few bones broken or have
to go home minus the greater part OF
his wearing apparel, but it was well
worth it, according to the speakers
who told of the old times.
roll call was Cdlleu WlleIl IiiS SiOSn
was about ready to strike one and
the various tents reported as follows:
Ionia, %; Belding 10; Palo, 10; De.
troit, /; and Jackson /. Perhaps 20 of
the Palo members left for their homes
before the roll call was taken.
The meeting then adjourned with
Deupty Throop extending warm well
come to every Maccabee in Ionia coun-
ty to gather with the clan in its big
rally at Smyrna, on Friday, January
16.
Those who attended from Belding
were A. M. Eaves, VIM. II. Malone,
j.. M. Thomas, Frank Nash, Ed. ID.
Engemann, H. c. Friedly, Ben Friedly
Frank Smith and George w. Gotta.
Kenneth Moon is home from Detroit
for the holidays.