The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-12-04
KNIGHTS OF PYTHlAS PLAN
CONTlNENT-WlDE DRIVE.
Want 100000 Candidates to Join Order
in Next Two Years.

A CONFERENCE.-THE drive for member
ship which has for its aim to obtain
100000 candidates in the next two
years is the announcement of William
Ladew, Supreme Chancellor of the
Order Knights of Pythias. When this
quota of new members has been OBJ
tanned by the lodges in the United
States and Canada the order will then
have a total membership of 1000, 900
men. Under a plan outlined by the
Supreme Lodge at it's recent conven-
ton in Minneapolis, Mimi, a survey
will be made in every community in
which a lodge is located and a system
attic canvass instituted. The campaign
includes IN outline of the Uniform
Rank to attract the younger men and
to extend the benefits of the Insurance
Department as a means of protection
for a man with a dependent family.
The recent Supreme Lodge conven-
ton was me of the most constructive
sessions in the history of the Order.
William Ladew, New York, N. Y, was
elected Supreme Chancellor, and
George c. Cabell, Norfolk, Va, SUI
preme Vice Chancellor. The election
of William H. Loomis, Major General
of the Uniform Rank, was ratified, and
steps were taken to develop the mill
tary branch of the Order SO that at
traction might be offered the younger
men of every community.
Among the constructive enactments
of the Supreme Lodge are the abolish
ment of the semi-annual password and
provisions for an annual password,
abolishing the printed ritual and sub
shutting a cipher ritual. Plans were
formed to nationalize the Pythian
Homes and place all homes for aged
Pythians and orphans of members
now owned by Grand Domains under
control of the Supreme Body. Investi-
cation was also ordered into the FEAST
bility of publishing a national Pythian
magazine. The convention also abol-
ished the. various forms of cards is
sued to The membership and provided
that one form of card be issued.
The Supreme Lodge also authorized
the return of the uneXpended balance
of the Pythian War Relief Fund to
the Grand Domains making the sub
sc%riptions. Nearly a quarter of a mil
lion dollars left in this fund raised
during the war will go back to the
Grand Lodges to be used in further
ance of their plans of development.
Reports made at the convention
showed thatmthe Order had made a
gain of 10000 members during the
last year, that the Pythian Sisters had
a membership of over 100000 and that
the Military Department was making
rapid progress among returned sol
diers. The Knights of K~horassan,
"the playground of the Order, showed
a gain of nearly 100 per cent during
the last year and now has owe $4,000
adherents.
The Insurance Department made a
gain of 1888, 900 of insurance in
force during the first eight months of
this year and reported a total of $685.
900, 900 of protection for dependents of
members. Since organization the De-
partment has paid nearly $48, 900, 900
to widows and orphans of Pythians.
The drive for membership has for
its aim 100000 new members for each
year of the biennial term.
Phil Kearney Lodge, No. So, of
Pleasantville, holds an important
meeting Tuesday evening next, when
all members, especially Past Chancel-
lors, are urged to attend. Important
business to be transacted includes the
voting for Grand Lodge officers.