The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-30
TEMPLARS TO
HOLD CONCLAvE
AT SOUTH BEND
Elaborate Program Ar
ranged for Annual Meet
ing of Knights.

BIZ Times Special
SOUTH BEND, Ind, April 3d.
The seventy fourth annual con-
clave of the grand commandery
knights Templar of Indiana will be
held in South Bend May 8, 9 and
10. Only on one other occasion has
this order held a State conclave in
this city, the forty-eighth session OF
the organization meeting here in
1902.
The conclave will open at $50
a. m. Tuesday, May 8, with registra-
ton. At 2 p. m. committees will
meet in the Masonic temple to dis
pose of routine matters.
At 6 p. m. past grand commanders
and distinguished visitors will be
entertained at dinner at the Oliver
hotel.
At the same hour grand COM
mandery officers and distinguished
guests will be banqueted at the Ho-
tel LaSalle and wives of grand COM
mandery officers, past grand COM
manders and distinguished guests
will be given a dinner at the Oliver
hotel.
Wednesday. May Q, will be the
occasion for the spectacular parades
of the white plumed knights at 1880
p. m.
At $50 a. m. all grand command
cry officers will assemble at the
Oliver hotel and will be escorted
by South Bend commandery, No. -,
to the Masonic temple where the
business session will open at 10 a. m.
the address of welcome being de-
livered by United States District
Judge Thomas w. Slick, a past COM
mander of South Bend command
cry.
Musicale for Women
Judge Will NJ. Sparks, past COM
mander of Rushville. will respond.
At the same hour the women will be
entertained at the Oliver hotel.
At II a. m. the women will be en-
tertained at a musicale at the home
of Col. and Mrs. George M. Stude-
baker, Tippecanoe place. This mu-
sicale will be followed with a lunch
con.
Visiting knights, in uniform, will
be entertained at luncheon in the
Masonic temple, First Methodist
Episcopal Church and Y. w. c. A,
the church and Y. w c A. Admis-
sion to the dining halls OF these
places will be by ticket, which will
be supplied the visitors at the time
# registration.
In the parade, besides the Hoosier
communicates, large delegations OF
knights will attend from Niles, Blu
chanan, Beriren Springs, st. Joseph,
Benton Harbor, Paw Paw, Cold
water. Kalamazoo. Dowagiac, Cas-
sopolis, Battle Creek, Lansing and
Charlotte, Mich.
Reception to Smoke
At 3 D. m. the ladies will be given
automobile tours through the city
and at 4 p. m. exhibition drills will
take place on the South Bend high
school athletic field
The annual reception to the grand
commander, G. II. Smoke, and otfl-
GERS of the grand comrnandery will
be given at p. m. in the Masonic
temple and will be followed an hour
later by the annual ball.
Following precedent it is expected
that William w. Suckow Of Frank
lin, present deputy grand command
er will be elevated to the office Of
grand commander. The present Of
ficerS are:
Clarence H. Smoke, South Bend. grand
commander; William w. Suckow, Frank
lin. deputy grand commander; Arthur F.
Funkhouser. Evansville. generalisslmo
George L. Davis Kokomo, captain-general
Meade Vestal, Noblesville, grand senior
warden; John T. Boyd, Vincennes, grand
junior warden; Rev. Lewis Brown, Indian
apolis, grand prelate; Vestal w. Wood
ward, Indianapolis grand treasurer; VIII
liam II. SwintZ, Indianapolis. grand re-
corder; Charles F. Neu. Indianapolis,
grand standard bearer; J. Rufus Hinshaw,
Newcastle. grand sword bearer; Roy d.
Smiley, Washington. grand war6er; Jacob
Rubin, Indianapolis, grand captain Of
guard.
Committees in Charge
The committees in charge are: