Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 14, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 May 1928 — Page 13

MAY 28, 1928 :

/700 Delegates Attend Annual Convention of Masonic Grand Lodge Here

INDIANA LEPfON AUXILIARIES TO HOLD SESSIONS District Meetings Precede State Convention at Lafayette. All thirteen districts of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary will hold meetings before the State convention Aug. 27 in Lafayette, Ind., it was announced today by Mrs. Vaun Seypert, State president. Most of these conventions will be held after the State meeting of all presidents and secretaries June 5 in Indianapolis. The officers will hold their sessions in the Central Christian Church, Delaware and Walnut Sts. Mrs. Seypert and Mrs. Clare P. Thurston, State secretary, will be in charge. First district convention will be held June 19 at Princeton with about fifty members attending. This district includes Evansville, Rockport, Oakland City, Newtonville, Elberville and Petersburg. Mrs. Daphne Grant, committee woman, will preside. Mrs. Thurston and Mrs. Seypert will be the principal speakers and guests of honor. Joint Assembly Planned A joint meeting of the Legion with the auxiliaries from the first, second and third districts will be held at West Baden, June 23. Mrs. Thurston and Mrs. Seypert will attend. John Klinger, department adjutant, will preside. Others attending from Indianapolis are: Mrs. Emily Franke, treasurer of the memorial unit; Miss Christine Carter, secretary of the memorial unit, and Mrs. Alice Dennis, of the department headquarters staff. Sixth district convention is scheduled for June 7 at Connersville. It will be a joint meeting with the Legion, and more than 400 members are expected. Mrs. Edith Jackson, committee woman, will be in charge. Cities represented: Richmond, Shelbyville, Spiceland, Newcastle, Greenfield, Brookville, Centerville, Liberty, New Palestine, Dublin, Hagerstown and Knightstown. , ~ Ninth district meeting was held Friday night at Frankfort with more than 600 attending. Mrs. Ruth Kirkpatrick committee woman, was in charge. Towns represented. Kokomo, Tipton, Thorntown, Lebanon, Delphi,. Kempton, Rossville, Crawfordsville, Carmel, Sheridan, Covington, Greentown, Noblesville, Advance and Flora. Eleventh District Meets Eleventh District meeting was held Saturday night at Huntington. Mrs. Seypert was the guest of honor. Members were present from Logansport, Marion, Wabash, Star City, Peru and Warren. Mrs. Rex George was the committee woman in charge. , „ Delaware unit No. 19 of Muncie will be hostess to the Eighth District meeting June 21, at which ibout seventy-five members are expected. Mrs. Ida Mae Rhoton, Anderson, committee woman, will preside, and Mrs. Thurston and Mrs. Seypert will be guests of honor. At the State meeting in Indianapolis officers will be instructed in details of district work and they will carry the report to Iheir district meetings. Reports of standing committees and new work will be the topics of business at all district meetings. WOODMEN WILL MEET District Session Slated Tonight in Shelbyville By Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., May 28!— Modern Woodmen of America will hold a district meeting here tonight, with about 200 members attending. Feature will be initiation of a class of 200 candidates by the Columbus degree staff. A downtown parade in the afternoon is part of the program. Members will be from Greensburg, Sardinia, Westport, Columbus, Tope, Rays Crossing, Franklin, Greenwood, Brookville Fountaintown and Sulphur Mill.

Fund Grows Additional donations to the Blue Devil Memorial Relief Fund, Inc., boosted the total to $939.50. The fund was inaugurated to aid families of the twenty-one prophets killed in the interurban-truck crash, Oct. 14, 1927. The completed fund: Ohas. Brautigam • •••$ Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Alexandria 5.00 Fred W. Drinkult 5.00 A friend 2.00 Merou Grotto 50.00 Hindoo Koosh 50.00 Drum eorps 50.00 Previously reported 772.50 „ smio

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Charles C. LaFollette PYTHIANS FORM OLUB OFJIPON W. S. Palmer Is President of New Organization. The Damon Club has been organized under sponsorship of the Nineteenth Century lodge of the Knights of Pythias and the following officers elected: W. S. Palmer, president; Bruce C. Parcels, vice president: John H. Quire, secretary-treasurer, and Ed Moore, cast director. The club’s aim is to perfect the ritualistic work of the K. of P. Cahter members will be taken into the club until June 1. A class of 500 will be iitiated July 5. The club gave the dramatized version of the story of Damon and Pythias before the largest district meeting ever held in Indiana recently at Edinburg. All founders of the club are past chancellors. It is expected that the Grand Lodge, at the meeting in October, will make the movement universal. Next meeting of the Damon Club will be held in Castle Hall, 230 E. Ohio St., June 8. WOODMEN TO MEET Marion Camp Will Hold Open Public Conclave Marion Camp No. 3558 of the Modern Woodmen of America, will hold an open public meeting Tuesday night ot the M. W. A. hall, 322 E. New York St., according to M. T. Wright, district deputy. Music, dancing, cards and singing are part of the program. H. D. Patterson is chairman of the arrangement committee. A class of 100 candidates was initiated Saturday night as a part of the Talbot Silver anniversary campaign closing the drive for May. Candidates obtained during June will be initiated in another consolidated class the last of next month. The newly organized drum corps was one of the features of the Saturday night program. Fred Bly, captain, was in charge. Capitol City camp will give a’ euchre party Thursday night under the direction of Fred Start. REBEKAH LODGE WILL OBSERVE SIXTH YEAR Past Noble Grands, Olive Branch, to Celebrate. Past Noble Grands Association of the Olive Branch Rebekah lodge will celebrate its sixth anniversary Thursday night. Charter members of the organization are Mary Shephard, Kate Neiman, Belle Van Horn, Eleanor McCollum, Louise Sharp, Otie Tillson, Marcia Myers, Ida McKee, Goldy Reger, Cora Hanson, Nettie Hahn, Laoma Gill, Lillie Glickert, Ida Courter, Clara Aldrich, Mollie Stewart, Alice McConnell, Allie Gustin. Florence Keeler, Minnie Maris, Elizabeth Mitchell, Nellie Demree, Kate Bayne, Emma McElwee, Bertha Wallace, La tie Martin, Anna Yount, Fannie Dwiggigns, Lucile Fryberger, Hazel Madinger, Lida Franklin, Ethel Rhoades, Rebecca Echols, Rose Noerr, Clara Holderman, Anna Gardner, Alice Murphy, Opal Foltz, Jennie Fowler, Mary Lee and Lulu Morgan. R AIN BOW MEN To" M EET State Convention Schedule for Ft. W ayne in Tune Bn Times Spciial 'FT. WAYNE, Ind., May 28.—Rainbow Division Veterans’ Association will hold its State convention in Ft. Wayne, Ind., June 9 and 10 with the local chapter as hosts. Elks club will be the center of activity for the veterans with entertainments and business sessions held on the grounds.

PLEDGES FAST PILING UP FOR K. OFJL WORK Second and Third Degree Initiation Set for June 17. Pledges from members of the Knights of Columbus for candidates for the second and third degree initiation June 17 rapidly are being filled, according to James E. Deery> grand knight. First degree work is included in the preparatory program, and several initial degree classes will be combined in the major degree work. Among those who have pledged new members are Harry Calland, W. P. Holmes, John Minta, George Dischoff, Dr. O. O. Carter, Louis Holmes, James E. Cavin, Ira Morgan, A. L. Feeney, J. A. Naughton, Daniel Coyle, Walter Curven, A. P. Sweeney, F. H. Blackwell, Theodore Wells, A. E..lrwin, H. J. Davey, Jr.; J. L. Kavanaugh, Fred Craig, C. J. Beidelman and T. H. Barrett. The local council’s degree team exemplified the major degrees Sunday at Washington, Ind., for a joint class of candidates from Loogootee, (Vincennes, Princeton and Washington councils. Joseph A. Naughton, recently elected State deputy, headed the Indianapolis delegation. Degree work was handled in the morning and afternoon and a banquet was held in the evening. Madison Walsh, Washington, past State deputy, was the principal speaker. Attend Bloomington Rites Several Indianapolis members attended the major degree exemplification at Bloomington, Ind., Sunday. The second degree was given by the Bloomington council and the third degree by Frank P. Cullinan, Lafayette, Ind., district deputy, and his staff. Degree work was in the Modern Woodmen of America hall and the banquet in the evening w r as at the Masonic Temp’e. After the degree work in Indianapolis, June 17, members will turn their attention to the outing at Broad Ripple Park, June 30. OHIO IS EAGLES ‘TOP’ Leads All Other States in ! New Members. The latest compilation of membership in the Fraternal Order of Eagles shows Ohio leading states with 2,754 new nfembers. Indiana has 459 new members, while California has 856. New Jersey has 615 new members. Indiana’s gains by cities is as follows: Anderson 52'Columbus 28 Indianapolis 19 Rochester 8 Marlon 20iCrawfordsville ... 8 Muncie 34 Connersville 13 Peru 54 Madlson 6 Brazil 51 Warsaw 5 Lafayette 43; Goshen 10 Princeton 17ILa\vrenceburg .... 18 Elkhart 42 i Lebanon 6 Evansville 141 AERIE LADIES’ HOSTS Muncie Auxiliary Entertains 18 From City. Eighteen members of the Ladies’ Auxiliary, Indianapolis Aerie No. 211, Fraternal Order of Eagles were guests of the auxiliary to the aerie at Muncie Wednesday evening, when a claass of eight candidates was initiated. Most of the party made the trip to Muncie in a chartered bus. The guests were entertained by the fifty-two-piece Collins Boys’ band, and refreshments were served by the hostess auxiliary. Those making the trip were Mrs. John Pfarr, mother of the Indianapolis auxiliary: Mesdames Kretsch, Wilbur H. Miller, Ed Jones, Henry Fryer, Bertha Spurgeon, Amick. Seims, Shoemaker, Fitzgerald, Williams, Eversole, Welch, Rhodes. O’Keefe, Schwartz, Lee and Hansford and the escorts, Messrs Kretsch and Schwartz. MOOSE PLAN JAMBOREE Bluffton Lodge Prepare for Spring Jollification Bp Times Special BLUFFTON, Ind., May 28.—A spring jamboree sponsored by the local lodge of Moose will be held here June 6 ( to 9, according to plans made at thq last meeting of the organization. It is planned to have entertainment every day with prizes and contests.' Earl Thurston, dictator, will be in general charge, and he will be assisted by Clarence Bales, Noble Wagner and .William Miller. ~

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Nearly 700 delegates assembled at the Masonic temple, North and Illinois Sts., last week for the 111th annual Grand Lodge convention of Free and Accepted Masons. Representatives were present from the 500 Indiana Blue lodges at the two-day sessions, Tuesday and Wednesday. Local Blue lodges gave demonstrations of initiatory services for delegates all three nights. The girls’ chorus of the Masonic Home at Franklin, Ind., entertained members the first day. A business session was held in the afternoon. A special train carried delegates to the home on the morning of the second day, returning before noon. Business closed in the afternoon. Among the more important business was the election of Charles C. LaFollette, Thorntown, as grand master. LaFollette formerly was deputy grand master and was advanced in the line of officers. Obie J. Smith, Indianapolis, automatically became past grand master. All delegates attending the last day’s session are shown in the above picture by Kirkpatrick Studios.

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Marion County members of the Knights of Pythias will drive to the Indiana Pythian Home at Lafayette Sunday, June 10. Several hundred members are expected to make the trip and attend the picnic near Lafayette, before inspection of the home. Englewood Lodge No. 715, F. & A. M„ will hold a lodge of instruction Tuesday night at the Masonic Temple, 2716 E. Washington St., ac6, A, R. PLANNING ANNUAL PARLEY Forty-Ninth Encampment at Columbus, Ind. Indianapolis members of the G. A. R. are planning to attend the forty-ninth annual encampment of. the Grand Array, June 18-21, in Columbus, Ind. William F. Kendall, Columbus, will be the officer of the day and will have charge of all activities. Jonathan Baker Columbus, will be officer of the guerd. John W. Turner and James Cochran will be guards, and the Rev. Lewis King a member of the legislative committee. Headquarters for the old soldiers will be in the St. Denis Hotel. All meetings will be held in the Tabernacle Christian Church. Woman’s Relief Corps will have headquarters in the St. Denis and will meet in the Methodist Church. Ladies of the G. A. R. will meet in the First Baptist Church and will have headquarters in the St. Denis. Sons of Veterans and the auxiliary will meet in the Belvedere Hotel and the Elks Home. Daughters of Veterans will have headquarters in the Belvedere and will meet in the Eagles Home. NEW MEMBERS GIVEN INITIATION BY GROTTO Large Number Take Short Form Ceremonial at Athenaeum New members of the Sahara Grotto Initiated Friday night in a short form ceremonial at the Athenaeum, are: CharlA; T. Boston. Lewis Prvor. Marshall Hamilton. William George Schllhase. Daniel Vanmetzeer, Henrv Clay Williams, Charles Otis Gulllon, Fred C. Slaughter, Fmerv C. Ruby. Frederick N. Smith, Charles J. Miller. Lewis E. Grav. Frank L. Baugh. Milton T. Lowe. Hayes M. Stiles, John H. Arnold. Emil Burk. R. G. BurkViardt. Earl Sherman Patrick. Robert E. Wallace. Horace R. Riggs. Carl R. Dobbs. Carl H. Brown. Harley T. Rockwell. Jacob C. Hensley. Walter H. Edwards. David V. Showalter, Harry Leon Bvrkett. Frank A hi. John R. Bvnum, Harrv Bloom. Charles Blue. Ralph Edward Deer. Hoddev A. Foust. Francis John Howard. Rexel W. Lent.Harrv Edgar McCarty. Claude V. Ropp, Arthur R. Robinson. Stanley M. Smith. John F. Sleight. Walter Stotts. James H. Wills. Hobart Weaver and Leon C. Webb. SUNSHINE DRILL TEAM PLANS ANDERSON TRIP Bus Will Carry Party From City for Rally Sunshine drill team of the Fidelity Review of the Women’s Benefit Association is planning a trip to Anderson June 5 for a rally. Mrs. Hannah Hiatt, captain, will direct the fancy drill work. A special bus will take the team and other members to Anderson. Mrs. L. Jane Gray, president, and Mrs. Josephine Coibion, treasurer, will be in charge of the party. A rehearsal will be held at 8 p. m. Wednesday at Castle hall, 230 & Ohio St. A meeting will follow. MYSTIC TIE PLANS STAG \ Schedule for Tonight; Banquet on June 4 Schedule A stag party with entertainment, cards, and refreshments is planned for tonight by Mystic Tie Lodgi, No. 398, F. & A. M., at -he Masonic Temple, North and Illinois Sts. Master Mason and brothers’ eight will be staged at 4:30 p. m. June 4 with a banquet at 6:15. Warren W Shearer and J. E. Holman have charge of reception committee assignments, m _

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cording to Chester Ward, secretary. Craft practice will be held Friday night and the stated meeting for June the following Tuesday night. Indianapolis Lodge, No. 669, F. & A. M., will celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary tonight at the Masonic Temple, 1522 W. Morris St. Officers and pastmasters will be introduced by Ernest P. McMillan, worshipful master. Maurice Gilmore, Manitoba, Canada. a member of Lengervin Council cf the Knights of Columbus, recently visited the local council of ! the k. of C. He is a guest at the | home of his brother. Montreal Council, Knights of Columbus, has extended an invitation j to the local council of the K. of C. [ to visit the Canadian home and use it for vacations. Master Mason degree with three candidates was scheduled for 4 p. m. today by Ancient Landmarks Lodge, No. 319, F. and A. M., at the Masonic Temple, North and Illinois Sts. A banquet will be held at 6:30 and has been designated as “Father and Son” night. Stated meeting will be held at 7:30 p. m. June 4

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MAKE PLANS TO DECORATE 300 EIKSMGRAVES Annual Rites Will Be Observed by Lodge on . Memorial Day. Indianapolis Lodge No. 13 of Elks will decorate more than 300 graves of members on Decoration Day under the direction of George Dieher and Joseph J. Bauer, chairmen in charge. Elks have followed the custom for thirty years in this city. Wreaths of magnolia leaves bearing a silk ribbon with the inscription “Elks Lodge No. 13” will be placed on each grave. “In fulfilling our duty we bear in mind the Elks motto, ‘The faults of our brothers are written in sand, their virtues on tablets of love and memory,’ ” said Thomas L. Hughes, exalted ruler. The fifteen members of the decoration committee will visit Crown Hill, German, Lutheran, Jewish, Mt. Jackson and Memorial Park cemeteries. On the evening of Memorial Day, Elks will give their annual dance at the club house, Meridian and St. Clair Sts., under the direction of Hughes. The ballroom will be decorated with American flags and streamers. Several race drivers and officials have been invited to attend the folic. Special music has been arranged and several entertainers will be on the program. The follov.:ng men were initiated at the last initiation: Jacob R. Bogodonoff, J. B. Brennan, Leslie H. Coleman, Farrell E. Potter and William F. Stephens.

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j Obie J. Smith LODGE TO ENTERTAIN Bunco and Bridge Party to Be Held by Shepherds Charity Lodge of the Independent | Order of Shepherds will entertain | with a bunco and bridge party Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. | Viola Francis, 1922 College Ave. The lodge also will give a card j party and dance, Thursday night, at | the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall, ; 210 E. Ohio St., for members and | their friends. Mrs. Maude Moscow | is chairman of the entertainment | committee and is assisted by Mrs. W. M. Hubbard and Mrs. Mabel Wilson. Anderson Invites State G. A. R. By Times Special ANDERSON. Ind., May 28. j Directors of the Anderson Chamber J of Commerce have invited the G. A. R. to hold their 1929 convention |in this city. The convention in j June this year in Columbus, Ind.

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It OF P, JUNE CALENDAR HAS 2 BIGEVENTS Caravan to Lafayette and Memorial Services Scheduled. i Two important events are on the program of activities of the Knights of Pythias for June, according to Hary South, secretary of the Indianapolis Bureau of Employment and relief of the K. of P. The first is the caravan to the K. of P. home at Lafayette, Ind., June 10, sponsored by the Marion County organization. All lodges will gather at Castle Hall, 210 E. Ohio fit., at 9 a. m. and the group will proceed in a body. A picnic is planned for the noon luncheon and Knights will visit the home in the afternoon. Several lodges outside Marion County are planning to visit the home. A joint memorial service by the subordinate lodges and the auxiliaries of Marlon county will be held in Castle Hall, June 17, in honor of those who died in the past year, South says. The following officers and committees were named: Dr. Colon V. Dunbar, chairman, and George Sundling, secretary. . Arrangements—Dr. Dunbar, Sunding, Haden Walls, Mrs. Hattie Walls and Mrs. Estella Foley. Ritualistic—C. A. Whitton, Frank Foley and Charles Elrod. Publicity—South, Robert Long, Melvin Stephens and Mrs. Audrey Brown.