Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-12-30
MILE DEGREE STAFF MAKES TRIP
TO WILDWOOD, N. j.
Performs First, Second and Third
Degrees for Holly Beach Lodge,
No. 10n R0vauV Racairnh


bers, visited Holly Beach Lodge, No.
companied by several of their mem
bers, visited Holly eBach Lodge, No.
120, at Wildwood, N. j., on Saturday
afternoon, December 10, 1921, and con-
ferred the first, second and third de-
grees on a class of ten candidates in
the lodge Dor of Holly Beach Lodge,
The boys left Camden, N. j., at 4.12
P. NJ, and had a special coach of their
own, and the fun started, for they not
only amused themselves, but the train
crew as well.
Just as the train was pulling out of
Broadway, Camden, a Brother strolled
into the car and made himself known
to the Degree Master, stating he was
from Wildwood and had some instruc-
tions to give to the boys of Mile Lodge
regarding the hotel accommodations
arranged for, which was, that owing
to the heating conditions they could
only get accommodations for thirty
men in one hotel and twenty men in
the other, so it was up to the Degree
Master to separate the boys, and the
only thing left for him to do was to
place the Kindergarten in charge of
Bro. Growers, so all the noise would
be in n place, but from all reports
the teacher held them under good
control.
Arriving in Wildwood at Clio P. NJ,
the thirty boys were taken to their
hotel by automobiles and the twenty
other boys marched to theirs. After
d good, hearty meal the boys arrived
at the lodge room at 7.30 P. M.
At eight o'clock the Mayor of Wild
wood made a very interesting address
to the boys, giving them a hearty well
come and the key to the city, which
was received and answered by Bro.
Blair N. Kelley.
The staff then conferred the first,
second and third degrees, which raj
put on in the usual Mile style, and
was a"pplauded by the large number of
Brothers present from Wildwood and
all neighboring towns. The staff COM
pleted their work by lilo P. NJ. and
retired.
The Holly Beach boys showed their
ability in setting up tables and prepar-
ing a very substantial repast, which
was enjoyed by all present, and it was
then the fun started, for with Bro.
E. q. Fox acting as POSTMASTER, as
sisted by Bro. B. Ingersoll, you may
know the results, for they know how
to call on speakers.
The first speaker of the evening was
State Senator Bright, then Past Grand
Master Burton A. Gaskill, ]. H. Wilkin-
son, Degree Master of Mile Lodge;
Bro. George Braselmann, Blair n.
Kelley, VIM. Mills, and it was too bad
the clock did not stop, so each man
would have had a chance to speak, for
Bro. Fox vas calling on each man.
When Bro. Smedley was called on he
did not make a long address, but
ended up with a presentation speech
by presenting the Degree Master with
a President Harding cigar, and the
noisy twenty jumped up and cried,
"and we want him to smoke it now"
The Degree Master asked permission
from the POSTMASTER, Bro. Fox, to be
relieved from complying with their
request, as he was not in the mood for
smoking.
Past Grand Master Gaskill also made
a presentation to Bro. Fox, which was
received and the starting point of
plenty of fun for all, for it was then
that Bros. Ingersoll, Neil and Fox be-
gan to cross-fire, but when they get
ahead of Fox they have to get up early
in the morning.
Bro. Ingersoll made the announce
ment for all Mile boys to be at the
Royal Inn hotel at 10 A. M, as we
were in for an automobile trip which
was carried out to perfection, as we
were given first a ride covering the
whole island, taking in Anglesea and
the Crest, then over to the mainland
and down to Cape May and return,
stopping in the woods, and each
I Brother getting a good supply of holly
to decorate his home for the Christ
was holidays.
All the boys returned to the Royal
Inn hotel at 1.30 P. NJ, and having
ulUl6I, GlISI WHICH, Illlc DlOs llSOl oOlA
said he would like to have all the boys
go around to his Sunday-school class,
but owing to the lateness of the hour
we decided to take a short stroll down
the beach before train time, when
Bros. Fox and Neil accompanied the
boys to the station.
While waiting for the train Bro.
Shultz got out his banjo and enter
tanned the crowd with one of his nu-
merous songs, which was Joined by all
in each chorus, then along m the
train and Bro. Growers had a great
time getting his class on the train, as
they did not want to leave Wildwood,
they had had such a good time.
After we had been riding a short
time Bro. Smedley thought he would
catch a little lost sleep, Sc he was in
the midst of a quiet nap when the
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