The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 4, 1903, Page 47

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1903. 47 observe Flag day, te exercises. of Pendo. COUNCIL of the Or- located at Richmond, October 34 Oraér R ICHMOND der of Pendo, Contre Costa County, is making rapid progrees has been established but & sh e and elready has 88 mem- bers. At its last meeting there was & so- one of the features was A prize was awarded to it the eoon Berkeley gave 1 in Woodmen's nber 29, last session at the 0 of Oakland, has . for an entertainment and dance T t of Oectober 3. v arranged for a - ening ght ir Su- T this council will t and welcome Lome National Union. fornia Council n on the third September was mark a ndance and »plica- tions for n After the routir - n disposed of Speak > of the n appre- ns of , for by word of E the line enjoy- last held ¥ Thomas Quartet, vocal solo by Friend olin and guitar selections by monologue, M. - Sculley; s C. Ker; comicalities, M. Barrington; vocal selections, the quar- tette; ballads, Thomas Nowlan, and clos- ing song by the council. President Jeffris of the Senate who was expected to pay an officlal visit to the councils of California in the latter part of October, telegraphed that he cannot come before December 2. San Francisco Council at its last meet- ing finitlated one stranger and received four applications. El Dorado Council at its last session initiated two strangers and four applica- tions were presented. Mission Council at its second meeting in September had several applications presented to it )| \\\\Q B\ g Well-Known Members of Three of the Fraternal Societies of This City Golden Gate Council at its meeting Sep- tained with music and song and addressés 'keeper Field. tember 22 received several applications on the work of the Senate of the order, - During the past week J. N. Bunting, and under good for the order was enter- by Senators Cuthbert and Senate Door- general deputy for the National Union, B2 met with a sad loss and he has the sym- pathy of all members of the order. His wife, to whom he had been married a lit- tle less than three years, died In child- birth. Her remains were taken to San Jose for interment In the family plat. Ladies’ Auxiliary. URING the latter part of Septem- ber the Ladies’ Auxiliary to Cali- fornia Commandery, Knights Tem- plar, tendered a luncheon in one of the prominent rotisserfes to Miss Mary J. Bragg, the secretary, who recently re- turned from a visit to the East. It was a sort of an informal affair, but it was greatly enjoyed by all who were around the beautifully decorated and flower be- decked table. After the lunch Miss Bragg spoke very entertainingly for some time, and there were also some remarks by Mrs. W. R. Jones, president of the auxili- ary. Then each one had a few words to say expressive of pleasure at being able to meet once more with the very popular secretary. Those besides the guest of honor present were: Mrs. W. R. Jones, Mrs. 8. A. McDonnell, Mrs. Val Schmidt, Mrs. J. F. Logan, Mrs. E. P. Heald, Mrs. Land and Mrs. Jones of Fresmo, Mrs. Henry Holmes, Mrs. Ichebaum, Mrs. Cummin Mrs, A. A. Batkin, Mrs. T. L. Henderson, Mrs. Timothy J. Crowley, Mrs. Landower, Mrs. Rutherford, Mrs. Bogart, Mrs. J. Young, Mrs. Ross,” Mrs. Nicholls, Mrs. Jaegling, Mrs. Radke, Mrs. John Fraser Mcintosh, Miss Jeany Wil- son, Mrs. George Haas, Mrs. Cachot, Mrs. Shaunnessy, Mrs. A. Marsh, Mrs. F. Marsh, Mrs. Mundrell, Mrs. George Neu- man, Mrs. J. F. Prior, Mrs. McJunkin and Mrs. T. Byron de Witt. The September meeting of the auxiliary in Eutopia Hall was well attended. All the officers were present and Mrs. Mun- drell was initiated. The auxiliary has been invited to visit Fresno for the pur- pose of organizing an auxiliary in the Raisin City as an adjunct to Fresno Com- mandery. The hostesses- for the day were Mrs. W. Martenstein and Mrs. J. Young. After the meeting a dainty lunch was served. There will be a surprise enter- taingent at the October meeting of this organization of ladies. Sons of St. George. URNABY LODGE of the Sons of St. B George had a ladies’ might in thy latter part of September which was a most pleasant affair. It was given in the Laurel Hall of the Shiels building, which was tastefully decorated with American and British flags, tricolor bunt- ing, ferns and flowers. The hall was crowded and many had to stand. The programme opened with a few remarks by President Joseph E. Potter, after which the Orpheus Quartet, under the leadership of H. W. Gerrans, rendered the popular intermezzo, “Aurora,” which was received with many marks of apprecia- tion. W. Piper followed with a vocal solo; H. W. Gerrans, accompanied on the ‘piano by Miss Maude Jacks, sang the old favorite ballads, “Will o' the Wisp”" and “Only a Soldier Boy"; Master Trever- thrick favored with fancy dances in High- + GE —R.OOM- land costume; G. Hil Savoy Theater, Lon fine tenor volic: or select encored; Al Bentley ably known singer recelved with an o come and he entertaf the Maccabes ) Club, Professor Heid strumental selectlons, after was a vocal duet by the Russe barytone solo by M. Lane. programme thers was dancing w hour, Knights of Pythias. N the last Friday In September O there was a joint anniversary cele- bration by San Diego, Red Star and Loma lodges of the Knights of Pythias in San Diego. cellor was pr Whittier Company of the Uniform Rank was mustered in on the last Saturday in September In Whittier, by Brigadier General McGlashan and a number of the high officers of the rank, On the evening of September 28 there was a jollification In the city of Los An- geles by tho membership of the lodges of that city and of the companies of the< Uniform Rank. On September 21 a new company of the Uniform Rank was instituted and mus- d In at East Oakland. September 21 Grand Chancellor Sargent pald an officfal visit to Laurel Lodge in the following was with Magnolia Lodge and on the 2334 was with Alemania Lodge. He ‘was accompe by Grand Keeper of Records and Seal Schaffner and Colonel Timothy J. Crow=- eptember 30 he visited Syracuse The grand chi xn Francisco Company No. Uniform Rank will give a grand enter- tainment October 20 for the purpose of & funds to make the trip to Louts- der to attend the competitive 4 of the D. 0. K. K., will on the » has made arrange- ker to be given 3 ne of the ments for on the ev high-clas ning of Oc cers of Mission 5 er which there g and a programme of ms and the serv- was an op music, so ing of refre hments. Oakland Tent has made arrangements for a grand ball to be given November 12 Uniform Com 11 of Oakland gave its first nd bean supper last week. There was a good attendance, an enjoyable programme and a good sup- per. This company is doing remarkably well in the drill and it expects, in the near future, to be one of the best drilled companies of the rank in this State. A rew company was recently mustered in at San Jose with twenty-nine members / and it has ordered uniforms. The Red Men. ESSRS. SMITH, TYRRELL AND M BRANDT, who were representa~ tives from California to the Great Council of the United States, have re- turned. Representatives Hutaff and Las~ treto will return this week. The good work of the members of the order during the last term in the reserva- tion of California raised it from seventh to sixth place In numerical order, beating Pennsylvaniag and being but a few hun- dreds below Massachusetts. A team from Shenandoah Tribe of Pi- ted Solano Tribe at Benicia last week and conferred the warrior and the chief's degree on tb eligibles for the sitting tribe, in a manner t many words of pr G of Records Porter L. Bliss, who was present by invitation, on behalf of the sitting tribe, delivered an address of welcome to the visiting team and y was the toastmaster at a feast of corn and venison. Great Sachem Samuels paid a visit last week to Monadnock Tribe in Mission Opera Hall. During the evening a dele- gation of the members of the White Eagle Tribe visited Monadnock. The last named has appe A two teams members each, w a stated period, to the tribe them. will endeavor, add fifty ps and make good Red Men of AncientOrder Workmen OW that the Ancient Order of Workmen in California has adopted the, new plan of assessment all the deputies are visiting the lodges in the ju- risdiction for the purpose of telling w was done in the s session of t California Grand L and why it was done. The Grand Lodge will soon have s subject for distri the order. rates will go into effe first of next January and in the meantime the Grand Lodge wilF prepare the neces- sary blanks t6 bie members to adopt any of the options that are embraced in the general plan. Forget-Me-Not Lodge of the Degree of Horor gave a party in Red Men's Hall on the first Saturday in October, which proved to be a most delightful functica. literature on t t on the