Smyrna times., 1921-03-16
DELAWARE WOREMEN ELECT
OFFICERS FOR ENSUING YEAR
ORDER OF A. o. U. w. IN DELA-
WARE REPORTED IN GOOD ORD
Same Officers Practically Are Named
to Serve Again-GeOrge I. HOffeck-
er, of CheswOId, a Trustee

er, of CheswOld, a Trustee
The 9th stated session of the Grand
Lodge, A. o. u. w. of Delaware, was
closed at Wilmington, with the cleo
tion of officers for the coming year,
which resulted in the reelection of
practically every officer on the lists of
the previous year. The session open I
ed Monday morning in A. o. U. w. |
Hall, 900 Washington street, with |
Grand Master Workman Edward F. |
Kane presiding and about fifty officers
and representatives in attendance. The |
results of the election were: S. P. G. |
M. W., c. H. Yerger; P. G. M. W.,
Julian c. Walker; G. M. W., Edward
F Kane; G. F., Isaac Brown; G. Re
corder, C. B. Prettyman; G. Treasurer,
Lewis Sasse; G. o., Henry S. Lawton;
G. G., C. P. Maroney, Jr.; G. 1. W., R.
H. Harrington; G. o. W., Robert A.
Groves; G.. Med. Examiner, DR.. L. w.
Finn. Grand Trustees, C. P. Maroney,
G. T. Hogecker; Financial Trustees, L.
Heisler Ball, Ezekiel Cooper and H.
j. Eliason. The representatives to
the Supreme Lodge are f. F. Kane, C.
B. Prettyman and Lewis Sasse. The
committees on finance, laws and or
ganization, will be appointed by the
Grand Master Workman upon his in
stallation. The following committees
were named: Committee on distribu-
tion, Clivord Mccall, George G. Stew
ard, Leonard Heiss. Committee on
credentials, William B. Farren, James
Cheney, George Walter Committee
on good of the order, John S. Collins,
James Kibler and C. A. Gordan. Ed
win C. Clark was named as journal
clerk.
Order in Fine Financial Condition
The order is at present in far bet
ter financial condition than ever be-
fore, stated Edward F. Kane, grand
master workman, in his annual report.
He lamented the fact that the men,
bership is so small, and urged each
member to take unto himself the task
of acting as a committee of one on
membership. Continuing, the report
states: "In order to stimulate the spir.
it of activity, make this offer. Fol
! each member you bring into you
/, lodge we will give a cash premium o.
: SO for each thousand dollars your can
didate will take upon this basis; S
upon eacr thousand to be paid yol
S when he is initiated, $5 when he ha
il made his fifth payment. For a $50
e member, the premium will be S4 pal
a as follows: 81 when he is initiated,
2, when ne has made his third paymen
In each and every instance, the cand
date must pay 81 to you when he ha
d signed the application card as an eI
r trance fee, this fee and the card to
l. returned by you to the recorder
IS your lodge for the benefit of the gel
r eral fund of the order All other e.
penses incident to the initiation wi
be borne by the grand lodge" M
id Kane also said plans have been mat
~ to issue the Delaware Workman as
m magazine in the near future. II
it paper, the report continues, shoy
as great improvement under the edito
is ship of HarTie I. Price, member
of the order. A resolution was adopt
providing that the next session to
st. held in March, 1923, will convene
r. Wilmington. Several minor chang
h weer made to the laws of the ord
on and resolutions adopted fixing the s;
i'll aries of the officers for the comil
year. The advance reports of the col
nittees were read, approved and su
il mitted to the committees.
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