The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-19
Grand Encampment
by c. e. MacCannon.1

The grand encampment, 1. O. o.
F., Of Iowa, met in its SEVENTEEN
annual session, being called to order
by Grand Patriarch F. F. Wunder, of
Harlan, the following officers being
present: High Grand Priest S. A.
Koch, Mason City; Grand Senior
! Warden s. c. Paschal Colfax; Grand
Junior Warden e. B. Clinton, Mar
shalltown; Grand Scribe L. w. Smith,
Des Moines; Grand Treasurer T. R.
Osborne, New Sharon; Grand Repre-
sentative Geo. r. Ahrens, Belle
PLANE; J. w Frizzell, Brooklyn;
Grand Marshal w. S. Shepp, Mt
Pleasant; Grand Sentinel VIM.
Laughman. Harlan; Grand Outside
Sentinel Geo. Buckley, Stuart
The opening Of the grand encamp.
ment being completed, the grand
patriarch announced the appointment
! of the following committees:
! Credentials. w. Kidder, chair
man; w. H. Pixley. F. H. sharle
Elmer A. Wilcox, A. C. Garlic, D.
/ Kleckner. VIM. McClelland.
/ lndiciary-A. A. Montgomery,
chairman; L. P. Newlin E. J. Lyle
III. /. Alfree, J. w. Nichols, H. D.
! Rhine, W. G. Roberts.
! Legislation--J. T. Genevay. chair.
man; c. E. Burbank, Dean Bricker
L. R. Brown, J. L. Hart, Ross R
/ Bailey, W. P. Rocholtz. .
State of the order-Thos. Dustin
chairman; ]. c. Griffith. e. Crandall
wv L. Jensen, G. H. Benson, S. r.
Turner, NJ F. Gleason.
Finances. S. Rutter, chairman
M A. Gettis, S. L. Machael, H. c.
| Gillett, W. H. Kemery, J. w. Slosser,
J. @. Melcher.
| Appeals-J. S. Bellamy, chairman ;
A. v. Greene. John German, F. c.
Elliott, Ed L. Gregory, J. A. Ire.
ganza H L. Dambrink, H. C. Smith
! Charter and by-laws-H. c. Dewar
chairman: II. V. kise, R. J. Ireland
J. S. Parrish, James Mcclure, B. F,
Bowman, M o. Dalvey.
Mileage and per diem-H. F. Droe.
gemeyer, chairman; David Gordon
John E. Cooper, J. J. Caple, l. c.
Hoover, j. F. Nicoulin.
! Election returns-Percy w. Hutton
! chairman: A. J. Schoonover, A. L.
Nelson, Fred Wright, NJ. F. Eaton
W. B. Houston.
Petitions-James Leitch, chair
man: e. l.. McFadden, Frank Mutt
/ f. z. Hill, Chas. Skinner, NJ. c.
! Thuerk.
Miscellaneous business. G. Mil.
ner, chairman; E. c. Logan, ]. G.
Simmons, J. A. Chamberlain, c. P.
Christensen, VIM. Brown.
Distributions. E. Lambert chair
man: G. M. Van Asdol1, E. E. Smith,
w. S. Ward, Frank Beeson, L. B.
Jones.
Necrology-z. "A. Church, chair
man: Geo. Hilleary, D. M. Powell,
! w. E. Carpenter, John F. Kline.
Courtesies - Louis Sllbersteln,
chairman: w L. Amman, S. K. Min
ton, l.. M Brinkerhoff, j.. J. Peter
SON. John Jantzen.
! Greetings to department council
!! S. A. Koch, S. C. Paschal, e. B. Gin
| ton.
The grand patriarch announced
| the appointment OF c. e. MacCanon
as grand reporter and the grand re-
porter announced the appointment of
w. A. Merriam as assistant grand
scribe. which appointments were
duly approved by the grand encamp-
ment.
Those Entitled to Attend
Report of the credentials commit
tee showed the following representa-
tives entitled to seats in the grand
Iencampment, practically all of whom
were present: Ross r. Bailey, Belle
PLANE; John German, Independence;
wv. H. Pixley, Greene; F. Fl. Shade,
Carroll; H. G. Dewar, Cherokee;
Elmer A. Wilcox, Hamburg; D. L.
Kleckner. Webster City; J. A Cham
berlain, Mt. Pleasant; J. W. Slosser,
Ladora; H. 1 Alfree, Newton; l.. R.
Brown. Iowa City; e. ]. Lyle, Keota;
j. w. Nichols, KeolSuk; S. F. Turner,
Marshalltown: Charles Skinner,
Avery: J. l.. Hart, Council Bluffs: L..
M. Brinkerhoff, Mt Ayr: M. F. Glea-
son. Davenport: Geo. Hilleary. Alton;
wv. S. Ward, Ottumwa; M. Q. Daily,