The Washington herald., 1921-11-13
ORDER OF MOOSE
REPORT BIG GAIN
Works in Cooperation With
National Campaign
For Members.

At the last regular meeting OF
Columbia Lodge No. 12b, Loyal
order az Moose. glowing reports
were made by Supreme Organizer
Clarence Likens regarding the
great progress he Is making in
building up BE lodge to 5'OOo
membership. The supreme officers
of the Loyal Order OF Moose have
inau gurated a campaign throughout
the United States for 100000 mem
bership and Organizer Likens re-
ports that Columbia Lodge will
more than do its share during the
coming winter. At the big James j.
Davis class initiation he expects to
have at least 500 candidates.
Secretary of Labor James J.
Davis, Assistant Secretary of Labor
E. J. Henning and Senator Arthur
Capper. of Kansas, were recent Wis
itors to the Mooseheart Home for
Orphan Children in - Meosehsart,
Ill. Senator. Capper In addressing
the 1,160. orphan children said: 'I
have been governor of Kansas and
am now a United States Senator.
but the greatest honor that has
ever come to me IL my membership
in this great order and as a menu
Der of the board of governors of
Mooseheart. 1t is a great Joy to me
to see so many hundred healthy
children, with clean faces, clean
hearts and we'll behaved"
The board of trustees Of Columbia
Lodge have announced big improve
ments in the club house. 1t is their
intention to eliminate the GYM
nasium and shower bath equipment
and install a new and up-to-date
sanitary toilet room and parlor for
the benefit of the Women's Auxil-
larry OF the Loyal Order Of Moose,
which is now growing in member
ship rapidly.
Big Moose Joe Apolonio has the
distinction and honor Of being the
daddy OF the only baby Moose
adopted by Columbia Lodge, as his
baby boy has been a constant Wis
itor at the Moose Home almost
from the day of its birth and the
little fellow is known to all the
members as the Moose Baby.
Captain Beatty of the Moose
Baseball Club Is now organizing a
pool tournament and he expects to
have at least fifty entries. Beatty
IL also leader of the Moose Sym
phony Orchestra. treasurer Of the
lodge and member of the house
committee and in fact he is known
as the general utility member.
The Loyal Order of Moose boasts
of having the greatest and largest
lodge OF members of any fraternal
order in the world In Philadelphia
Lodge. They nows have on their
rolls 30,582 active members In good
standing. The exceedingly large
club house on N. Broad street is
entirely too small to accommodate
but very few Of the larger member
ship at the regular meetings. The
secretary's ONCE Is like a bank, as
there are several clerks employed
to receive ares. The lodge is still
growing in membership as they are
striving for membership of
10000.
The regular meetings Of the lodge
will be held during the winter on
every Tuesday evening at the club
house. After each meeting there
will be an entertainment by the
club house coterie which now con-
sists Of Emas, Stahl, Warren, Hal
loran. Apolonio, beatty and Jacobs.
Secretary OF Labor James ]. Davis.
who is director general Of the LOYAL
order Of Moose, has announced that
he will attend several meetings OF
the lodge during the winter, and
the officers are striving to have
President Harding. who IL an active
member, to also attend a meeting
after the holidays. ~
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