Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1912 — Vote Unanimously to Retain M. W. A. Hall.. [ARTICLE]

Vote Unanimously to Retain M. W. A. Hall..

There was a very good attendance at the regular meeting of the M. W. A. camp XV ednesday. and the subject of kiling off the camp came up in the way of certain members desiring to have the camp give up its hall, and rent some small obscure room for a meeting place. After a discussion of the matter in which it was very evident that every member present was opposed to the plan, except two or three, and on a vote being taken on the proposition to retain the hall for another year nearly every member voted in the affirmative, while the opposition, who Syppafrenttly wanted to wreck the camp did not have the nerve to get up and vote in opposition. The decision, in our opinion, is a wise one, for had it been opposite it would have been but a short time until the present membership of 135 in good standing would have dwindled to almost nothing. The “excuse” given for desiring $o abandon the hall and all its furninshings was a *vey flimsy one, and that those who favored the plan had ulterior motives was very apparent, and they should be weeded out of positions of trust in the order. All the members voting to retain the hall signified their willingness to pay a special assessment should it become necessary to keep up the expenses of the hall, which it is unlikely it will be.