The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-15
.MASONS WILL MEET IN
SIOUX CITY NEXT YEAR

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among his fellow citizens. Mr.. John
son was glad to welcome the dele
I gates. You are the highest type OF
citizenship and you are in the best
Icity to live in the world, this is the
best city to live in, in the world. This
is the home of the oldest Mason. A. A.
Bland. Keokuk is like the building
Of King Soloman's temple there are
no knockers in keokuk." He REFER
ed to the beautiful scenery surround
ing the city and gave brief descrip-
ton Of the hydro electric power plant
We want you to enjoy yourselves
and We want you to have warm spot
!, in your hearts for che best little city
4 in the United States"
The next speaker was Mrs. A. A..
Bland. who welcomed the grand lodge
in behalf of the ladies of the Eastern
Star. In introducing Mrs. Bland, the
master of ceremonies spoke OF her
long and illustrious life and the close
association her name bears to the
city's history. 1t is a pleasure to
welcome these delegates to the hearts
and homes of the brethren you so
we'll know. We wish to share with
You our joys and SORROWS our duties
and responsibilities, for in this world
how great is the responsibility of
every human being to do his part in
the struggle for existence and to help
in lettering the condition of our fell
low creatures. You stand sponsor for
the o E. S. and so with our greeting
and welcome we appeal to you for
OH OF io1,f
so that in the end we as one united
claim, We'll done thou good and faith
frl servants
The Rev. J. W. Norris responded to
the addresses of welcome He said
we have assembled today to pay hon
or to tomorrow. He spoke of the
grandeur of Masonry and was pleased
to hear such a splendid message
from the mayor. He was glad for the
freedom of the city extended by the
mayor and he thanked the ladies of
Eastern Star and Union lodge No. 1
for such warm words of welcome
The band gave a selection and then
Grand Master Gross introduced Depu-
ty Grand Mastey l. B. Smith of Lin
coin, Neb., who is the special guest
of the grand lodge of Iowa. Mr..
Smith congratulated the Masons of
. Iowa for the friendly feeling which
had been shown for Nebraska and ex-
tended the grand lodge of Iowa an in
vitation to attend the grand com
munication of Nebraska in August
He traced the principles of law and
dwet upon its latent powers and was
grateful for the work of the o. e. S.
Seated In the speakers stand were
Mrs. P. A Jones and Mr. A. A Bland.
The benediction was pronounced by
Rev. G. R Waters
That Fine Supper
After many heartaches and groans
the bright rays of Old Sol told the
big picnic party that the rain was
over for the day, then came the rush
for baskets. To the women of Keo.
kuk must be given the credit for the
success of this affair, they ably re-
inforced the men and made the occa.
sion one long TO be remembered The
tables were spread upon the grass
and extended three-fourths of block
in length and when the menu had
been spread thereon everything was
there to satisfy the inner man. and
when the food had been blessed by
c. B. Woods, the purpose for viii I'll
the. folks had met was Immediately
taken up and in a brief space of time
all the business had been taken Off
the table, then came the final course
which was ice cream and cake.
Memorial Last Night.
At $50 O'Clock last night beau. !
tiful and impressive memorial serv.
ice was held in Bethel church. con- /
Quoted by Grand Master Gross, the !
music by Union lodge Glee club was
highly appropriate. with the assist
ance of Miss Ruth Johnson H z. +
Williams of Ottumwa. Iowa. delivered /
the memorial address which was a /
splendid eulogy for the departed ,
members. In his address Mr. Will
Life" and the beautiful picture he .
ers made lasting impression |,
Grand Secretary w. H. Bailey read !,
the following, list Of deceased
brothers:
e. c. Thomas died Sept g. 1919
Paul Brown died Oct 8, 1919.
Thos jackson died Oct 20, 1919.
Harry C. Rose died Dec II, 1919.
R. V. Robinson died in January,
1920
C. G. SouthaIl died Jan. 26, 1920.
B. S. Mcdowell died Feb. 4, 1920.
1. NJ Jones died May 4, 1920
Robert Bruce died April 20, 1920,
S. A. King died May %, 1920.
There was large audience present !,
and the service was intensely inter
ssting.
Business Session Today.
Promptly at 9 O'Clock this morn
ng the grand hodge assembled for the
of business. FraternaI I,
greetings were received from Past /,
Irand Master S. Joe Brown of Des Z
Moines, Iowa; Grand Master !,
Nathaniel Hunter of Omaha, Neb.,
md Worshipful Master Henry A. Mar !,
in of Dubuque Iowa. The grand :
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