Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-10-06
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
TO MIL WkUkEE
SOCIAL AFFAIR ATTRACTS
LADIES WHO WILL
ALSO ATTEND

More Knights Templar WILL without
a doubt, attend the annual convocation
of the Grand Commandery of the state
of Wisconsin than ever before in the
history of the order and among the
1900 that will attend, there will be
twenty-five or more knights Templar
from Wausau. All members of St
Omer Commandery, No. 10, X. r., have
been urged to attend and will be well
come even if they do not decide to go
until the last minute.
Those Attending.
Among those from this city who
now expect to go to Milwaukee are Mr..
and Mrs. Fred W. Burt Mr.. and Mrs
E. X. Schuetz, Mr.. and Mrs. Karl
Mathie, Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Bump, Mr.
and Mrs. e. b. Thayer, Mr.. and Mrs.
F. w. Genrich, Otto Mueller, b. w.
Babcock, C. G. Hooker, Charles Veg
ner, A. NJ. Peterson, d. F. Ploss, Adm
r. Bardeen, r. H. Ryan, III. Fl. Schol-
field, Joseph Komers, F. ID. Pond, Hen
ry Seim. More ladies than are men
toned above may attend as they have
been especially invited and grand
ball is to be given at the auditorium
on Tuesday evening in their honor.
On Tuesday a grand parade will be
held in which all members of the or
der who attend the conclave will be
expected to participate, wearing their
uniforms and for this reason the Tenn
plar uniform, 1t is urged, should be
taken by all. The Wausau men will
not participate In any competitive
drill but they will all march in the
parade. At the ball Tuesday evening,
all Templars will be attired in full
uniform.
From Out OF Town.
A number of out of town members
OF st. Omer have expressed their in
tention to attend, among them B. r.
Enkhausen of Minocqua and DR.. Dam
iels OF Mosinee. ANY others who wish
reservations with the Wausau delega-
ton are asked to get in touch either
with Adm r. Bardeen, recorder, or
with Donald f. Ploss.
To accommodate the Templars a spec
ial sleeping car will leave Wausau on
Monday night over the C. M. &c st. p.
Fred W. Burt of this city occupies
the important office of grand junior
warden in the grand commandery of
the state.
Col. j. A. WatrouJ, civil war veter-
an, writing for The Milwaukee SEN
tinel about the conclave, said in
recent article; while this body has
been holding its annual meetings in
Milwaukee for 62 years, its comings
and goings have not attracted the at
tention that has been accorded the
grand lodge, the grand chapter and
the semi-annual sessions of the Wis
consin Consistory and for two very
good reasons.
'First, it has been so difficult to find
the parties who are able to impart
their transactions, and second. with
few exceptions, the grand command
cry brought to the city smaller num-
Der OF Masons than either of the other
three branches that have been coming
here for many years,
Obstacles Disappear.
THE first obstacle has been steadily
disappearing. Old fashioned Masons
believed that ii was un-Masonic to let
the public know anything pertaining
TO Masonry. II is no longer considered
Masonic crime in any of the grades
TO raise the curtain and let the public
through the press, know such matters
as are OF general public interest.
The other obstacle Is about to fol-
low the first, for this year the grand
commandery of Knights Templar will
come to Milwaukee with it's plumed
knights by the thousands. A third.
at least. of the 5000 in the state with
many fine bands will be here, and dur
ing their stay there will be the most
notable Masonic parade ever wit
messed"
Sir Knights will wear full Templar
uniform consisting of chapeau, coat,
dark trousers, black shoes, buzz
gloves, sword and regulation belt.
Officers jewels will be worn.