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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1929
Page
16
Eastern Star chapters in Indiana hold a series of meetings and degree conferrals as cooler weather brings winterlike activity. Danville hosts a large gathering with visiting grand officers and a banquet, followed by events in Pittsboro Brownsburg Plainfield Cartersburg Clayton Zionville and Hobart with numerous officers and guests from Indianapolis Irvington Millersville Prospect and Chicago.
Huntington Indiana October 21 Masons complete organization of a Scottish Rite club with Rev. Harry Allburt as president Knowlton Kelsey as vice president and J M Kitt as secretary treasurer The club will host Ft Wayne guests October 25 and is led by Don E Earnhart of the Marion Scottish Rite as organizer.
Indianapolis Eagles anticipate 100 membership applications on file with 73 ready at opening of Secretary Wilbur H. Miller's office. Initiation set for Nov 4 with grand worthy president Charles J. Chenu. House warming program planned for next Monday features Sidney Jerome.
Bu Times notes John P. Bradfield of Noblesville has been a Mason for sixty years and initiated 400 members to higher degrees, perhaps the largest such total in Indiana. At 85 he is a Civil War veteran who also served as Hamilton county sheriff in the nineties and later as Adams township trustee for one term.
Knights of Pythias lodges from Madison Tipton and Grant counties sent large delegations to a major booster meeting in Elwood held Wednesday night. Joe Hocker of the Elwood lodge directed the event with initiation work conferred by the Lapel degree team. Charles S. Loy Swazee grand chancellor elect was the principal speaker.
Marion county Veterans of Foreign Wars announce a downtown Indianapolis parade and services at the Soldiers and Sailors monument Armistice Day. Arthur G. Greshman says the mammoth parade will include all city patriotic groups with the Technical high school band leading and the Marine Corps bearing colors. Route and start points to be set after next week’s conference.
Bruce P Robison post 133 stages Halloween Eve Mardi Gras ball at Tomlinson hall Oct 31 with 5000 expected attendance. Legion Seventh district council backs the event. Cotton-Pickers orchestra plays. Cash prizes for best dressed men and women as judged by the audience. Public invited. tickets selling quickly.
Franklin Indiana October 21 The Franklin degree team Improved Order of Red Men will take part in the dedicatory services of a new wigwam for the tribe at Clifford Ind Friday Special installation services are planned with John A Boyd Franklin great keeper of wampum master of ceremonies assisted by Frank McConaughey past great sachem Eli G Lee Terre Haute great sachem will deliver the dedicatory address Public is invited.
Klondike Tribe No. 316 Red Men will host a district meeting in Battleground Indiana Tuesday night. A class of fifteen candidates from Oxford Wabash Independence and Klondike tribes will be initiated.
Charles S. Loy as grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias in Indiana announces a slate of state sessions. The first tonight in La Fontaine district 7 with Wabash Huntington and Grant counties. other sessions follow in New Haven Albion Syracuse South Bend with listed counties. Carl R. Mitchell assists in planning and year’s work.
Irvington chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star observes past matrons and patrons night at the Masonic temple. Mrs. Maud Smith arranges a 6 30 dinner with honorary guests including Mrs. Abbie Hanson Dr Herbert C Sears Mrs Blanche Begett Mrs Martha Zoercher and Phillip Zoercher. The Irvington trio provides music during dinner and past matrons will fill stations for degree conferrals.
The Marion County Order of Ancient Hibernians extends its intensive membership campaign to January 1, 1930. Eugene O'Sullivan, county president elect, spoke to Division No. 3 regarding the drive. St Patrick's day celebration committee for 1930 to be appointed at the November meeting and start work in December.
Shriners of the Murat temple will present a kiddies review at tonight's meeting followed by a musical program. Shriner wives may attend the social portion of the event with Georges A. Richey as chairman.
The Sahara Grotto in Indianapolis celebrates a new headquarters dedication with 250 initiates and faces hosting the forty first supreme council session in June. Indiana Grotto Association plans include a state advisory committee with members from multiple grottos to assist in arranging the convention and related entertainments.
Maurice Fink directs the second annual fall cabaret frolic sponsored by Aleph Zadik Aleph Junior Order of Bnai Brith. The Oct 27 event at Severin Roof Garden features Von Scherb and collegians with Phil Sentir as master of ceremonies and music broadcast on WKBF.
Rushville Ind Oct 21 District No 9 Modern Woodmen of America covering Decatur Rush and Shelby counties plans a membership campaign to end with a grand class adoption G G Root Greensburg chosen district drive chairman Morton Kendall Shelbyville secretary of the advisory committee thirteen camps will join the effort.
About one hundred attended the Tarum court No. 14 Shrine of North America fall dinner Saturday night in Lincoln. Mrs LeGrande Lawrence served as high priestess, with Mrs J B Bennett of Buffalo as guest of honor and accompanied by Mrs F W Howard of Newark as past grand high priestess.
A public masked ball by Puritan lodge No 678 of the Odd Fellows will be held next Saturday at Christamore house in Haughville. Profits go to charity for Christmas efforts. the Christmas cheer committee collaborates with the ball committee on the event.
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