Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1914 — GOLDEN JUBILEE OF KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS [ARTICLE]

GOLDEN JUBILEE OF KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS

To Be Celebrated at District Meeting to Be Held in Rensselaer On 10th of February. The “golden jubilee” of the Knights of Pythias for the district composed of Jasper, Newton, Lake and Porter will be held in Rensselaer and the special features will be the initiation of a “Page” degree class from all parts of the district. All of the seventeen lodges in the district are expected to send delegates and it is the expectation to make this the most memorable district meeting'ever, held in this part of the state. Committees from all of the seventeen lodges will do all they can to secure candidates for the “Page” rank and a prize of a neatly printed and framed tablet bearing the names of all the pages from the largest class's, together with the names us the lodge that brought them, and signed by the deputy grand chancellor, Jesse E. Foust, will be given. A similar prize will be given to the lodge bringing the largest delegation, the tablet containing the names of all who attend. Deputy Foust earn® from Valparaiso Tuesday and met members of Rensselaer Lodge that evening at the lodge hall. He is filled with the spirit of Pythianism and expects to personally visit several of the lodges for the purpose of boosting the golden jubilee meeting. Mr. Foust' met with members of the committees and helped in drafting the plans for entertaining the visiting Knights and the methods of advertising. The visiting Knights will gather during the day and the afternoon meeting will he mainly of a social nature. The Brook orchestra has been engaged to furnish music and it will be aided by a male quartette from the Rensselaer lodge, composed of Harry Eger, Elmer Wftenc,: Carl Duvall and Mel Haas, with Perry Horton at the piano. Mayor Chas. G. Spitler will make a welcoming speech and Deputy Grand Chancellor Foust will respond. The calling of the roll of lodges will then he made and there will he more music. The Grand Vice Chancellor of the state will give Instruction in secret work and Grand Chancellor John M. Lewis and Grand Keeper of Records and Seal Harry Wade, wil lmake Pythian speeches. The Pythian Sisters will serve supper at 35 cents at the armory and Rex Warner at The Rex Theatre, will give a special free show to all visiting Knights. The evening session will open at 8 o’clock and the initiation of the Golden Jubilee Page Rank class will start at 8:30 o’clock, the work being performed by the Chesterton lodge. There will also he third rank work, either the Chesterton or the Hammond team -doing the work. A midnight lunch to be given by the Rensselaer lodge will conclude the meeting. The committees appointed are as follows: Publicity, Geo. H. Healey, H. F. Parker and C. A. Tuteur; Page Rank, T. D. Woodworth, C. G. Spitler and W. S. Parks; Decorating, Virgil Denniston, George Collins, W. V. Porter, H. B. Tuteur, Perry Horton, Percy Hauter,."Delos Dean and Elmer Wilcox. The entire membership of the Rensselaer lodge is on the reception committee. All automobiles by visiting delegations will he taken care of free of charge. While the four counties only are represented in the district all Knights will be welcomed and special invitations will be sent to Monon, Monticello, Delphi, Brookston, Chalmers, Reynolds and Wolcott. ' The distinction of having been a Golden Jubilee Page is one that those contemplating membership in the order can not afford to miss and the local cdmmittee will do all in its power to secure new members before the date of the meeting.