The Mena weekly star., 1920-10-14
|SHRIN[RS TOOK
NENA FRIDAY
AL Amin Temple of Little Rock Took
A Novices yer Hot Sands
Shriners From IA Cities
Take Part.

Mena was Mecca to great host of
Sh1iners Friday.
For the first time in history the
city was honored by pilgrimage Of
members ofsthe ancient Arabic order,
gathered from ten different states and
numbering into the hundreds.
Mobiles from fourteen temples made
up the caravan which rested during
the day lin the oasis of Mena, and
spent the time in helping class of
novices over the hot sands.
The main portion of the caravan
was made up Of members of AL Amin
temple, Little Rock, who travelled
from the states capital in a special
train, bringing high officials of the or
der, splendid band of musicians and
a well trained patrol
Gave Band Concert.
At l o'clock the Shriner band of "a
pieces gave a concert on DeQueen
street. The band is under the leader
ship of Director Elmer Mcclure, and
gave program of selections that
pleased the big crowd The band is
composed entirely Of members of AL
Amin temple, which is one of the few
temples in the nation that has band
of its own membership.
One of the coloYful features of the
Shriners' visit was the patrol and
color guar, numbering 40, and COM
posed entirely Of members of the An
cient Arabic order. Members of the
patrol and guard were CARRIED in fan
ciful oriental costumes and carried
the short curved sword of the east. A
drill was given on DeQueen street
shortly before noon, and the exhibition
of fancy marching was pleasant part
of the morning program. Officers of
the patrol include Judge Guy Fulk.
captain; George Workman, SECOND
lieutenant. and Harry Kobe, first
lieutenant.
Some Temples Represented.
Mobiles were present from the fol-
lowing temples
Al Amin. Little Rock.
Kora, Lewistown, Me.
Akdar, Tulsa, Ok.
Mira Pittsburg, Kas.
Bedouin, Muskogee. Ok.
India, Oklahoma City, Ok.
Hamasa. Meridian. Miss.
Sahara. Pine Bluff.
Alhambra. Chattanooga, Tenn.
FL Karubah, Shreveport, La.
Ararat. Kansas City, Mo.
Abou Ben Adhem. Springfield, Mo.
Hella, Dallas, Tex.
Moslem, Detroit, Mich.
Later in the day other negiecs were
set to peddling articles on the street.
Bashful young men were forced to bow
and smile at the pretty girls going by.
A candidate who is leading banker
at home was chained to post in front
of Watson's variety store and left to
the gaze of passersby. Other candi-
dates were led around by chains at
tached to their legs, and one particu-
larly good looking youth being dressed
with late model corset and led about
the business district.
Where Sidney SCOT His"
Two stunts that attracted most at
tention by the home folks was when d
burro was Communicated from a small
boy and Cashier Sidney Duke was di-
rected to mount and ride down Mena
street. When the burro showed SIGNS
Of wanting to quit the laughing
Shriners picked up rider and ridden
and carried them away. The Journey
ended at The Antlers, where the Young
Mena banker was taken to sign his
formal application for membership in
the order.
Sheriff j. A. Thornton was given
what the funfnakers called "a taste Of
his own medicine Handouts were
procured and the sheriff was hand
cuffed to fellow candidate and the
pair used as motive power to small
cart, which carried as a passenger one
Of .Foreman's most distinguished citi-
zens.
Heading the procession was the
Shriner band from AL Amin temple.
Next came the patrol and color guard
and this was followed BY three autos
carrying the officers Of the temple
CARRIED in rich Oriental robes.
Attached to the last auto was long
rope to which the Al novices were held
fast Each of the candidates was
numbered and each wore an apron ON
which was printed word or phrase
OF special significance. Grady n. For
gy, Mena's candidate for the ring. was
in the lead and carried nursing bot
tie well filed, as proof he was running
on wet ticket.
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