Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1915 — Seventeen Goodland K. of P.’s Receive Veteran's Jewel. [ARTICLE]

Seventeen Goodland K. of P.’s Receive Veteran's Jewel.

The Good land Herald says tih at there are seventeen members of the ■Good-land’K. of P. lodge who have been members of the local order for t wen tv-five years and were presented with veteran’s jewels at their anniversary celebration last Friday night. The presentation speech was made by W. E. Mitten, and the response for the veterans was made by A. E. Hartley of Fowler. Continuing the Herald says: those receiving medals were M. L. llumslon, Geo. B. Fox, C. X. Rumston, Z. F. Little, Henry Butler, .1. AV. Baer, C. L. Constable, E. R. Brlngham, A. E. Hartley, F. E. Babcock, A. F. Gravel, E. 11. Strubbe, E. E. Marsh, till as. Wellington, E. E. Constantine, L. W. Le. Master and Garrett Mead. The jewel is very beautiful and consists of a gold pendant one and one-quarter of an inch in diameter, this is suspended by two five link chains from a gold bar pin. On the bar is the open Bible across which is laid the sword. The pendant contains tb© lodge’s coat of arms. Across I he pendant is a gold bar upon which is inscribed “K. XXV P.” v . Underneath this bar is the shield with “F. C. B:,” the letters are in gold —the with a blue background; The “ r "’ with a yellow background, and 1 ” “1!” underneath with a red backgrounds, Across the extreme bottom • the jewel are these words,/‘Pythian Veteran.” r