The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-22
name HUMMER
GRAND WARDEN.
keokuk odd Fellow Is to be Voted
on in June for One of the
Grand Lodge
OFFICES.
DIES MONIES IS PLACE
Grand Lodge Will Meet There Next
Year. Delegates Decide After
Considering Oelwein,
Too.
DIES MONIES is PLACE
by C. e. MacCannon.l

The grand lodge, imediately after
opening Thursday, took up the matter
of nomination of officers, when the
following nominations were made, to
be voted for in the subordinate lodges
next June Grand master, Lynn j.
Irwin, Logan; deputy grand master,
L. J. Neh, Walnut; grand warden,
&C. e. MacCannon, Des Moines; A. c.
Cherry, Cedar Rapids; w. l.. Slocumb,
Shenandoah; Guy Butts, Wesley; w.
C. Hummer, Keokuk; Guy l.. Pond,
Wesley; William Vinegar, Perry.
Grand secretary, L. w. Smith, Des
Moines; G. L. Snyder, Marion. Grand
treasurer A. E. Hindorff, Newton; M.
70. Fouts, independence. Grand rep
resentative, Frank F. Rodgers, Ames.
The following resolutions, presented
by Past Grand Master Zala A. Church,
were unanimously adopted by standing
vote
A. D. Steele, past grand patriarch,
died at his home in Knoxville during
the past year, after well-spent life.
Hard working and honest, he still did
not accumulate any great wealth In
financial way, but the accumulation
of wealth in doing good; in aid to the
sufferers and in upright living was
great The wealth of which he died
siezed was wealth not liable to des-
truction or decay. He died as he
lived, with the Communications of those
who knew him. At all times Brother
Steele was faithful to the obligations
he had taken, giving no cause to bring
disrepute upon the order A patriotic
man, he became soldier of the war
with the rebellion, loving his fellow
man he gave lffework to Odd Fellow
ship, and believing in good govern
ment he at all times fulfilled his du-
ties as a citizen. Honored, loved and
respected he passed into the great be-
yond. The door bell rings; the UNI
hidden guest enters; the sun sets,
the gloom comes; night becomes
certainty; the past lives In memory;
the future is in hope; the solution
lies in the great creative power 10
that power we submit Brother Steele
with a confident hope OF a knowing
meeting in that unknown country.
A delegation from the Rebekah as
sembly. consisting of Past President
Leah Washburn, Deputy President
Emma Miller and Mrs. F. r. Rodgers,
escorted by Past Grand Master Hen
derson. Hazlett and Grand Secretary
Smith, brought greetings from the
Rebekah assembly, with assurances of
continued cooperation. They were
responded to in highly eulogistic
manner by Past Grand Master Dan
Gum.
A delegation from the department
council, consisting of Brigadier-Gen-
eral H. Sweeney, P. G.. M, and Major
G. S. Hall, escorted by Past Grand
Master Dan Gum and Representative
A. D. Crawford, were received and in
troduced to the grand lodge. Each
spoke briefly and were appropriately
to by Deputy Grand Master
John r. Price.
Committees Report.
The committee on redistricting the
ate, reported the following readiust-
nent of the sub districts of district
number seventy-seven, Polk county;
number one. Fort Des
Moines, No. IS and Chesterfield No.
sos: number two, capital No 106 and
No. $50; number three,
sevastopol No. IS and Center Star
No. 58S; number four, Sherman No.
SIS: number five. University No. 356
and Highland Park No. 612: number
six, Bondurant No. 243, Mitchellville
No. 1863 and Valley Junction No. 604;
number seven, Polk City No. 800.
.rime No. 479 and Anl1eny Star No.
;27. which report was duly adopted.
The committee on judiciary, to
whom had been referred the decisions
If the grand master, in their report,
sustained the grand master in all his
decisions, both in the Rebekah lodges
md the subordinate lodges, as well
IS in those rendered upon questions
.eouiring decision since the grand
odge convened, and the report was
adopted, record not
made.
The committee on state of the order
made the following report, which, be-
,ause it so pointedly points out and
approves the splendid work of the Of |
icers mentioned, is given in full:
Prosperous History.
It is of great qualification to the or
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