The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-17
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Large.
The attendance was quite large, but
owning to the severe snow storm,
which occurred the week previous and
which had rendered the roads in
great many places almost impossible
for automobiles, the attendance was
not nearly so large as had been ex-
pected.
An interesting program was pre-
pared for the first day. First in or
der came the Grand Lodge Parade at
1 o'clock in the afternoon. It formed
on Chestnut Street near the Windsor
Hotel, which was Grand Lodge head
quarters, proceeded to the Coliseum
at the Fort Hays Normal School,
where the drill contests were held.
The formation of the parade was as
follows:
Hays Juvenile Band.
Juvenile Drill Team of Wichita
Juvenile Lodge, No. 271.
Hays City Juvenile Lodge, No. 357.
The. Hays Normal Band.
Grand Lodge Officers and Deputies.
Representatives to the Grand
Lodge.
At 7:3O in the evening the Grand
Lodge degree was conferred at the
Coliseum upon all Past Master Work
men who were not members of the
Grand Lodge.
Following the comforting of the
i C1xz4L I.zR- o&
class of new members, comprising
upwards of 100 were initiated into
the Order, the degree work being CIV
en- by the Drill and Degree Team of
Topeka Lodge, No. PA.
The feature Of the evening was the
the exemplifcation of the ritual of
the Juvenile Beneficiary Department
by the Juvenile Drill and Degree
team of Wichita Juvenile Lodge, No.
271.
The Chamber of Commerce en-
tertained a number of the members
of the Grand Lodge at their lunch
con given at the Methodist church
basement Tuesday noon and the affair
was a very enjoyable one. The
spread was served by the ladies of
the Baptist church and was very
much enjoyed by the hungry officials
from the lodge. The feature of the
noon day meal was the session of the
Chamber of Commerce and the ac-
ton they are taking in making Hays
a better city.
cooz11nd xrTn1I T1loo
with Hays's hospitality. Mr.. Penwell
one of the visiting members said at
the Chamber of Commerce luncheon:
cit is a great pleasure for me to be
a guest of your club in this beautiful
city that I visited more than a quar-
ter of a century ago and it is revel-
alton to see the change that has been
wrought. Thirty years ago it SEEM
ed that you had nothing here but
buffalo grass, wind and dust, two OF
three old terriers trying to pillow corn
and few old maids. Now, in these
short years you have had great
transformation No one can tell what
the future means for this country.
If we can use the last quarter of a
century as a criticism of the next
twenty-five years, can any of you
guess what will be 'out here on this
great prairie?
''I don't like your snow drifts IN
April very well but you can't help
that. You came east and captured
talent, you have brought our eastern
money out here and help you to de-
velop the wonderful resources you
have here.
''I know a man was seen standing
on the street corner with his arm
around a telephone pole and laugh
ing as if he would kill his fool self.
Somebody said: John, what are you
laughing about?' well, SIR he said.
Week before last the cholera got
among my hogs, AZ of them died.
Last week a storm came up and
stampeded my cattle and I haven't
been able to find but six of them. The
other day the fire got into my barn
and burned my house and barn down
and night before last my wife pre-
scented me with triplets. Who in
thunder wouldn't laugh?' That is
only illustrative of the grit and the
way the Kansas people look at every
thing. That is what made this coun-
try. It is because they have got the
right grit and the way they laugh
at everything. We don't let anything
get in the way. That is what made
your people out here one of the great
est people in the world and I say ii
because I am part of Kansas. have
been in every state in this union and
the time has never been when it came
time to turn my face homeward, when
the train pulled up to the station that
wasn't tickled half to death to think
that train was coming to bring me
back to good old Kansas.
81 am happy to be with you and
wish could be with you longer"
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