Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-01-30
EAGLES BURN MORTGAGE AT
SATURDAY NIGHT MEETING

sons to join the f. O. f. Thousands
of young men are joining because
there is no place else where they can
spend so few dollars for a never fail
ing supply of friends and good times
and then get the money back on the
first rainy day. Married men and
fathers of families are turning to the
Eagles because of its protective atti-
tude toward the home, and because
of its excellent plan of life lnsur-
ance Workingmen by the hundred
thousand belong, because this Order
has been in the past potent advo-
cate of workingmen's compensation
and mothers pensions, and is now
back of old age pensions. Business
men and employers, in increasing
number, are joining because of the
business and professional advantage
in having wide acquaintance IN all
circles.
"This has come about within the
| last few years. The Order itself is
but twenty-seven years old-a young
Order-and it impresses the careful
observer as being very like one of
those splendidly organized, enthusias-
tic. mettleSome teams of athletes
which every year push their way to
gallant victories for the "honor of the
school" Only that it is for the hon
or of America that the Fraternal Or
der of Eagles has resolved to fight.
ats 100000 members are organized
all over this country in 100 lodges.
The lodges however, are known
among the members are Aeries-a
term meaning Eagles nest. The first
Aerie was instituted in Seattle, Wash
ington, in the winter of 1898. There
some kindly and cordial men banded
together to help one of their number
who had met with misfortune. From
that simple beginning sprang the OF
ganization whose humane impulse is
today felt in a million homes.
''To the first of these happy boons
the Orders sick benefit and the fu-
neral benefit chiefly contribute. When
an Eagle falls i'll, the Aerie pays him
substantial sum of money weekly
for as long as he is disabled up tC
twelve weeks in any one year. II
= further, in most cases, employs {
competent physician to attend him
and not only the member in his i'll
ness but his wife and any minor
child. Can you appreciate what this
protection means? Have you ever
been struck down by wracking i'll
ness and seen the days go by, drear
ily-no strong hand reached out tC
you, no encouraging word to dispe
the specter of savings that dWindlt
: and at last are gone, and of bills,-
: doctors bills, grocery bills, rent bills
accumulating Can you imagine how
: the gloom in this household would lif
l if an Eagle committee walked stoutly
in each week bearing money to NEE
: the needs and the Eagle doctor calleC
/ as often as the patient required anC
!. no mention was made or thought hell
of what it would cost?
g "Since its organization twenty-sev
= en- years ago, there has been paid ou
in sick benefits to our members $27,
: 281 993 and for medical services So,
t 610, ,727-a total Of SAL ,046.259.
d "Now, on the foundations that
1 have described, the F. O. E. has be
d gun to rear another structure, yer,
e beautiful in conception, whose spire
e and pinnacles have caught the sun
: light of public approval. This is tn
: Old Age Pension Movement. Int
d this social reform the Order ha
thrown all its splendid and gallan
e strength. In their intimate contac
t with human needs, the more thought
k full ones have had it borne in on ther
:. that next to being sick and withou
= funds, the most pitiable plight in lif
: is to be old and without funds. Th
poorhouse looms sinisterly for NOR
than two million of humble worker
: who never have been paid more tina
s enough to meet the simplest dali
/ needs and who as they approach a
55, 65 see the door of the factory, tn
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