Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1917 — ATTEND WOODMEN MEETING [ARTICLE]

ATTEND WOODMEN MEETING

Next Meeting Will Be Held at Columbus In 1020. John O’Connor of this city, as a delegate, and M. A. Gray of Remington were at Hammond Wednesday attending the regular state convention of the Modern Woodmen of America. This convention is held every three years, and the 1920 meeting will be held at Columbus. The national convention this year will be held at Chicago June 17-24, and twenty delegates were elected at Hammond Wednesday to attend the national convention, which will be held in the auditorium of Chicago.’s new (municipal pier, 3,500 feet out in Lake Michigan. Delegates elected to represent the Tenth district at Chicago were L. W. Ragon, publisher of the Lowell Tribune, and C. G. Mauzy of Fowler. The convention adopted a resolution recommending the head camp to make the policies ’ held by ail soldiers and sailors in full force during the time of their service, and it is quite probable the head camp will do this, although the policies are void except in case of those who are defending this country against an invasion. One of the very interesting events of the Hammond meeting was a trip by the delegates and visitors through the mammoth Standard Oil plant at Whiting. This is one of the largest plants in the world and the daily consumption of coal aggregates 900 tons. The Jasper county gentlemen were very muclh impressed by the magnitude of this plant. Judge Fred Barnett of Hammond was elected head consul for Indiana, and Harry Redkey of Muncie succeeds Judge Barnett as head clerk. Mr. O’Connor stated to The Democrat that in all of his travels about the Calumet region he did not see to exceed 100 houses that were without the United States flag being displayed, and that it was flying from every public and parochial school and all churches of every denomination. The patriotic spirit seems not to* have reached the same fervor in Rensselaer that it has elsewhere.