San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13
Woodmen of the World

Never before in the history of Sam
70 Houston Camp No. 90. W. o. W.,
was there as much enthusiasm. pep
y aud interest manifested, as was at
the meeting Of this fast growing camp,
Thursday night, when about 400 men,
bers enjoyed the monthly social pro-
gram and feed"
The meetings Of the camp are held
on the second and fourth Thursday
= nights of each month; the first meet
ing being devoted to social activities
.fs and pressing business while the second
81 meeting is given over TO general bust
E 81 ness and initiation.
The surprise of the evening came
- .waen Clerk John j. VAIL began read
.ag applications for membership, to
sF,the number of 10; the result of sys-
Sc tematic work by dozen members I'M
~ der the able directions of Robert +.
- Miller, assistant state manager of the
order, who is now working in San An
IS tonic for a few weeks, managing the
- IS. ID. Rossman" class drive for 500
! new members in GO days. The present
-. campaign vas launched two weeks
s~Cago, and at the rate the applications
are pilling in at the start of the drive.
it seems like easy pickings" to reach
the 500 goal.
Since the induction of o. B. Black
u. into the office of consult commander
1.-two months ago. the camp has stepped
on the high" not only in the matter
~ of securing new members, but staging
high class entertainments.
The exhibition drill put on by the
camps new drill team, organized less
than three weeks ago, was also a sur
prise of the evening, and the ovation
a the team received could be heard
blocks away. The team under the
:, leadership of Capt. Francis NJ. Soard,
= which has been drilling faithfully. exc
:. cuted maneuvers and formations never
p before seen in the camp room.
The Texas Quartet composed of l..
:. B. Stoner. bass; w. J. Parks, bari
tone; Ray NJ. Keck, tenor, and o. W.
Stapleton. second tenor. e-.ter. lined
the Woodchoppers with the following
selections: Southern Melodies"
Jim" and Goods Heaven"
70 Robert Z. Miller addressed the SOW
ereigns on the membership drive, and
gave the names of the big ten camps
located in Texas, stating that Sam
Houston camp ranked second in size.
-e.with Fort Worth camp first, having
only lis more members than the. local
: camp. The six candidates obligated
will be held for the large class initia-
20 ton TO be held in May
. Following the meeting three rows
iesof tables. the length of the hall were
- set .up. where the sovereigns were filled
to their hearts content with an abund-
ance of sandwiches, "hot dogs" and
near beer.
- W. A. Fraser of Omaha. sovereign
- commander of the Woodmen of the
World. and John p. Yates of Omaha.
head clerk, are at Corpus Christi for
few days visit in that section. They
: arrived from San Antonio where they
/ inspected the w. o. W. war memorial
hospital
The trip from San Antonio was
made by automobile. and Mr.. Fraser
was elated over the farming conditions
seen along the highway. ''There was
more land in cultivation than / ex-
pected to see." he said.
The national Woodmen of the World
organization has invested in nearly
100000 of various kinds of Nueces
county bond issues. One of the en-
tertainment features accorded the visi-
tors, an all-day boat ride over Cor
, pus Christi bay. An inter-sectional
meeting was held here Wednesday
night. The two officers made adj
dresses. Representatives from vari-
Gus lodges in this territory were in at
tendance.