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Editorials World Report

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 1950

he Indianapolis

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of O'Bryan

Here's the O'Bryan baseball nine—count ‘em—all brothers, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester O'Bryan of near Lebanon, And that's only part of the story. The O'Bryans have five daughters in addition as a chaaring se section. + Roster o the bajo elub floki | to right} Berton, James, Michael; Norman, Willard; Timothy, Robert, -John-and-Gerald.

‘Big Families Are Economical,’ Says 37-Year-Old Mother of 14

By CLIFFORD THURMAN, Times Staff Writer

LEBANON, Sept. 2

“It has been said that children

are cheaper by the dozen—but when there-are 14 it is

downright economical.”

“A dark-haired, 37-year-old Hoosier. mother's eyes sparkled as she told of her family of nine boys and five

girls. there is teamwork, organization and happiness. The family O'Bryan has all of that on its 120-acre farm three miles east of Lebanon. Bylvester O'Bryan and his still young and attractive wife, Julia, ‘have ‘everything we need” along with a lot of happiness that many averagesized families .never know. “It cost all I could earn to live when I just had one,” Mr. O'Bryan, farmer and painting contractor, said with a laugh, “and it still costs all I can earn with 14, I can’t seé much dif-

" ference.”

» - »n UNTIL SIX years ago. when Mt. O'Bryan bought the farm, the family resided in Indianapolis at 14th St. and Shadeland Ave. There were 10 children when Mr. and Mrs. O'Bryan decided farm life would be better. It takes organization and serious planning with a family of 18, Mrs. O'Bryan explains, but, she insists it Is really an easy job and “it: doesn't cost, .Any.more to rear a big family than a small one.” The O'Bryans were disaprecently when they failed to win a prize offered by Bill- Kuhn of North Side Chevrolet, Inc., for the largest famfly. attending the opening of the new Broad Ripple showrooms.

~Through...a. .. .misunderstand-.....

ing they arrived a day late and the prize went to a family of

a--mere-se¥én. The O'Bryans

were rewarded,. however, when Mr. Kuhn escorted all 14 to a nearby shoe. store. and pre-

Shriners, 10, 00 ‘Strong From 5 ‘States, Coming To Indianapolis.

Two Days of Masonic Pageaniy .

A big family is not too difficult, she explained, if

“sented them all with new shoes. It was good prize after all. ” ” » MRS. O'BRYAN has per-

formed miracles of organization and teamwork in her fam-

fly. Each member has specific

tasks to do and does them well. Moreover, they do them happily, and have great fun in running their farm and home. The big boys, Berton, 17, and James, 16, run the farm. They operate a tractor, plows and cultivators as well as grownups. They also feed and water 75 hogs twice a day. They tend a herd of 16 milkfZows daily. The younger bdys, Michael, 9; Willard, 8 and Norman, 7, help their. big brothers. Any one, of them can attach the milking machine as well as an expert. They assist, too, in keeping the dairy barn clean and in other lighter chores around the farm. The big. girls, Patricia, 15; Colleen, 14, and Muriel, 12, are busy within the house. They make 168 beds every day, tidy

- up the house, wash dishes and “help mother with the thousand

things a mother of 14 must do. Judy, 9, and Timothy 6, do their share of the chores. The smaller children are not idle. Robert, 5; Karen, 4; John, 3, and even little Jerry, 2, do such things as feed the chick‘ens, earry out the scraps, keep the yard ‘clear of litter and

help--the- «Dig a dust....the...

house.

~ ~ ~“We OPERATE a cnn to a plan,” Mrs, O'Bryan explains. “Last. year we canned 1200 quarts of food and every mem-

- New Great Lakes Association Honors City With First Meeting

By CARL HENN NDIANAPOLIS will get a double dose of rousing affairs during the coming week-end. The Great Lakes Shrine Association will bring 10,000 to 12,000 Shriners, complete with colorful regalia and fun-making enthusiasm, here to wind. up the Indiana

State Fair in a burst of Masonic glory. Streaming in from all parts of Ohlo, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana, the Shriners- will assemble Friday and Saturday to hold the first ceremonial session of the newly organized

association.

Activities will be centered at/ the State Fair Grounds, al-

corner of the city. » » .

though Shrine influence’ undoubtedly will make itself felt in every

INDIANAPOLIS has been twice-honored as the association

begins its work.

capital has contributed the association's first president in the person of Max A. Blackburn, past. potentate of Murat Temple. Director-general of the first ceremonial session will be Ike Riley, also a Murat past potentaté. Oficial- “host will be Murat Potentate A. Marshall Springer. Ceremonial Master, Cell Byrne:

will handle publicity.

The two-day schedule will begin at 10 a.m. Friday with a parade on the Fair Grounds track.

we Following concerts, stunts and drills Friday afternoon, the

Shriners will stage a 5-mile-long parade along Central Ave. and

: “38th 8t. Into the Fair Grounds, starting at 6:30 p.m. Forming ‘on Central Ave. at 42d St,

the units will march

south to 38th St, east to the Monon Railroad tracks and left inte the 38th St. entrance to the Fair Grounds. ‘Ten bands will play and many marching units will appear Among the 4000 men set to appear 03 parade. ¥

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—Television-and-popcorn-..-a-nightly treat atthe O'Bryan's..

3 ‘Indianapolis. for .a movie so they have television in their

ber of the- family had a part in the work. It didn’t cost

O'Bryan, mother;

This is the clan O'Bryan, It is not a family reunion, they- live at home all the time, They are (left to right, standing): Mrs, Julie 15; Muriel, 12; James, 16, and Sylvester O'Bryan, father. Top ra row w jsaste L gd) Norman—T;- Timothy: b:-Michael 9. —and- Willard. 8. Boom. OW Robert, 5; Karen, 4; Jerry, 2. -and John, 3. oo.

Berton, 17; Judy, 10; Colleen, 14; Patty,

The big boys, Bert and Jim,

- THE PRACTICAL, spoken mother tells an amazing

special” Sunday dinner is pre- quietpared by Mrs. O'Bryan and

Colleen,

» O'Bryan.

very much because we raised own living room. The televi-

the food ourselves, without out= side help.” ~ Even meals are according to ‘=trict-scheduie-at the House -of . Breakfast is at 6 a. m., luncheon-at 11:30 a. m. and supper is at 5:30 p. m. Well balanced meals are planned far in advance by Mrs. O'Bryan. The older girls usu-

.ally prepare them under her

supervision. Good times, anticipated by all,.come_ in fhe evenings. alter. . the milking and other chores are done and the family has Jeft-the long'table in the dining room: * It would. be hard for the

sion. periods are “almost like movies,” with popcorn every night. ¥ NN B® ” ” i “SUNDAY is very special at our house,” the mother beams. “We have such fun on Sunday's from early dawn until late: in the evening.” The ‘day starts with early mass at St. Joseph's Catholie Church in Lebanon: Mr. O'Bryan makes three trips in

his. Chevrolet to get his family

to church and the same number on the return trip. After mass there's a big- Sunday breakfast at ‘home, While Patty and Muriel straighten the house, an “extra

-admit there are some

Typical dinner is fried chicken; mashed potatoes, fresh green vegetables and a salad, Then, there Colleen's special chiffon cake and fruit, "At the end of the meal any meal-—each othe children takes his own plate and silver to the sink. Thére the big girls take over and the smaller. fry set about tidying up the room. Usually on Sunday afternoons there is a ball game, the favorite sport of the family. On

a regulation sized diamond ad-

joining the house it 1s O' Bryan’ 8 vs. O’'Bryans. While the boys are slightly more numerous they “heavy hitters” on" the girls’ side, including mother, “

story in describing how she runs

her ‘large family, An antici:

pated feature in the scheme of

living..at--the. OQ Bryans. is the

annual, _yacation. Each of The

children after reaching the age of eight is entitled to a week's vacation away from home, They usually spend it with relatives in Indianapolis, and the boys have been to summer camp. So it goes at the House of O'Bryan. On wash days mother supervises “with ihe starching

hang out. The smaller carry clothespins and the ‘baskets, ET ™ Mr. O'Brian, whose contract-

“And DIaing white THe Digger gins

ones |

ing work keeps him away from .

O’Bryans to. go to Lebanon or

Max A. Blackburn, associa- Ike Riley, session director-gen-tion president. + eral. : SATURDAY'S schedule will include an 11 a_ni. visit to the Indianapolis Motor-Speedway track at the behest of Wilbur Shaw, himself a Shriner and a big hit with Los Angelenos during the

~ Shrine national convention in June,

Candidates for the ceremonial will undergo their initiation in two sections Saturday afternoon in the Fair Grounds Coliseum.

Murat Temiple officials, bending every effort to assemble a-

large claks of candidates for the ceremonial, said 137 applications ‘had been received as of 2 p, m. yesterday. . Late: applications by mail are expected. to swell. the class io approximately 175 in number. The candidates will report at 12 noon | Baturday in. the Coliseum for the first half of the initiation, scheduled fo begin at 1:15 p. m. The first half of ‘the cerempny will consist of indoctrination

and exhortation in the history and principles of Shrinedop..

Cecil M. bye, publicity representative. a»

A Matshall Springer, Murat -

potentate.

FOLLOWING a prolonged. intermission, the candid: ates will be .

required to “cross the hot sands to Mecca” and perform the other fun-making routines dreamed up by initiation masters. Two truckloads of paraphanalia will be installed for the Initiation, which will be closed to the public Shriner . Fablen Sevitzky, conductor of the Iridianapolis Symphony, ‘will direct a mass band. concert between the initiation sections. A mass choral group of Shrine Chanters will sing under the direction of Harry Walsh, of Medinah Temple, C hic ago. The session will be officially ended with a 3 p.m. barbecue Saturday.

Rut imprompty get togethers and after -dark concerts, are.

_expéced to keep the Shriners busy on Saturday as well as Fri

N. New Jersey St. Uniformed Bodies. Clubhouse, 516 N. New -Jersey 8t., and Gatling Gun Club, 709 N. Illinois St.

The Murat Chanters will cruise the city in a, chartered bus

“day night, not to mention open hause. heid at Murat Temple, 510:

run—the farm.

V Mohammed Ten

the farm quite a bit of the time, puts in the crops and supervises with the livestock but the big boys do most-of the work; Both the older boys are members of the 4-H club and Future

Harmers.of. America. Both. have. .

exhibited their own pigs and cattle at the county fair and have won" prizes. The older girls are interested in 4-H work, too and have achieved much in homemaking, home economics and other such studies, n » - NOT TO BE forgotten are the

CBHI BIFTHARY parties Tor every

member of the family. The O'Bryan's have 18 every year

“and there's a big celebration

with “very speéfal” events.” Possibly the biggest day of

And Fun Will Follow Fair i

stopping becasionally for an impromptu norm,

Other groups have similar plans,

Friday night,

OfMicers, delegates and

in the association will arrive In Indianapolis well ‘prepared ~y pomp and pageantry. No businesy meetings have been placed on the agenda. ‘

An extra helping of good time will be sought by mea many of the smaller temples in the five-state area whe de

two days of fun and frolic,

~ Photos by John » Spickiqmire, “Times Bt

‘Muriel and Colleen wash

members

' E i

Made a

PEALE wh

O'Bryan family reunion is on the farm. Mr..O'Bryan has brother in New York state 12 children, Last July more 200. attended and there barbecued pig, mutton sad the fixings" on the farm. The House of O'Bryan is of religion, Sixtee James is already studying the priesthood and his Colleen, expects to become nun, . : Yes, Mrs. O'Bryan says, still may be more

OP Brygne Irie God's “wilh

“There's always room for other,” she laughs, “and families are nice and we so happy. Big Hn. really economioal.”

from the 31 tesagbeg '®

attend the Imperial Session in Los Angeles in June. The Great Lakes Ceremonial Session will be their oppovienig

to. show off the glitter of their costumes,

the precision of then

drilling and the musicianship of their bandsmen.

An organization meeting at Mizpah Temple. in Ft. Wayne ¢ May 9, 1950, saw the Great Lakes Shrine Association a

as the fifth (and last) such group to be formed in the Twited

States, The five associations now cover the national area. u < Mr. Blackburn was elected association president at the

business session, held Feb,

12-13,

1950, in Grand Rapids,

The 1951 business meeting will be held in Springfield, IN,

TEMPLES which will be represented in Indianapolis by was’ formed bodies as well as officials will include:

Indiana: Murat Temple, ville, Zorah Temple,

and Orak Temple, Hammond.

Illinois: Medinah Temple, Chicago, and Tehala Temple, Rosle

ford. Ohio:

Indianapolis; Terre Haute, Mizpah Temple, Ft,

Hadi Temple,

Michigan: Saladin Témple, Grand Rapids, and Eif Khurateh

Temple, Saginaw,

Wisconsin: Tripoli Temple, Milwaukee, : Temples sending only potentates and their Divans {hoards of

officers) will include: Al Koran Temple, Cleveland, Syrian Temple, Cincinnati, Faple, Peoria, Hl.:

Ainad Temple, Ea

0.; Moslem Teropls, Detroit, Amsar Temple, , 111; Aladdin Temple, Columbus, !

a; Zenobia Temple, Toledo,