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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1907
Page
4
The Knights of Pythias, with over 4,000 members in this State, touts a four-department structure. Subordinate Lodges care for the sick and bury the dead. Uniform Rank offers military education for young men. Ladies Courts educate wives and daughters. Endowment supports widows and heirs of deceased Knights with thousands paid annually.
Missouri jurisdiction shows 66 subordinate lodges and 10 uniform banks. $55,000 paid to heirs in ten years, $11,500 Pythian Home at 3137 Pine Street, St. Louis owned by Pythians. $3 sick dues per week for state judges. Endowment funds total $6,252.95 on hand, $2,614 endowment funds now on hand, $238 endowment per death, 4,080 Knights in Missouri and 47 Ladies Courts with 2,000 members. Why not join this great organization, A W Lloyd, Grand Chancellor, 3137 Pine St., St. Louis.
The fourteenth annual commencement runs April 23 to 30 1907 with exams on the 24 26 and 25 8 PM Rhetorical Prize Contest April 25 Literary Societies Anniversary April 26 Athletic Field Day events Sack Race Hurdle Race 100 Yard Dash Baseball by selected teams no more than two prizes per person Baccalaureate Sermon Anniversary Address and Special Sermon April 28 Academic Class Day Trustee Meeting Industrial Exhibit Grammar School Graduation Academy Graduation April 29 Commencement April 30 with Graduating Orations College Oration and diploma ceremonies for graduates and certificate awards listed for Buckner Roy Camp Samuel Green and others.
Directory of lodges in Missouri and Kansas with meeting nights and officers. Lists include Gallant No. 57 Salisbury Rev R H Cole and others in St Louis Kansas City Warrensburg and more with meeting dates on Mondays Tuesdays Fridays and fourth Wednesdays.
A partial listing of individuals connected to recent obituaries and public notices includes Berry, Hattie Brown, John Ex Booker, Emma Clark, W. A. Cornelius, Nora Kord, H. V. O. Griffin, Bessie Hughes, I, A. Jackson, E. F. Marshal, May Sam Martin, Ruby Patterson, Ella Phillips, R. F. Reeves, H. T. Williams, Addie Young, and V. B. Each name appears in a roster-style entry indicating community remembrance and civic records.
College of Liberal Arts announces the A B degree Wright R Q program all exercises open to the public. A fee of 15 cents will be received for the prize contest. Children not accompanied by parents will not be admitted to the evening programs.
Letters testamentary were granted April 2, 1907 by Pettis County Probate Court Missouri to Susan Anderson executrix. All persons with claims must present them for allowance within one year from notice or be barred. claims not exhibited within two years from publication are forever barred.
Mrs Alfred Wilson and sister were in Marshall on Monday. Mrs Maud Fowler is very ill. Will Anderson and wife spent Sunday at Mt Leonard. Mrs Alfred Wilson entertained her mother Friday evening. Frank Stevenson spent Easter in Yates with Miss Martha Em bree. Miss Nannie Wilson and Mrs Evert Thomas spent Saturday in Marshall Mo. Miss Lillie Jackson of Marshall spent Sunday with her brother Little Water Gate is quite ill. Miss Nannie Paxton returned home to Sedalia Mo. Mrs David Embree visiting daughter Miss Alford Wilson returned home at Yates Monday.
Third Wednesdays monthly at eight o clock revealed in Eureka Fayette Rocheport and Zenith Lodges with chancellor commanders Samuel Keys William H Johnson Lewis Q Williams and Laurenco Leonard listed as keepers and officers for Fayette Zenith and Rocheport lodges. details show organizational roles in a fraternal group.
Raw list of lodge chapters with city locations including Kansas City Flora Richmond Anchor Sedalia Sedalia Cape Girardeau Poplar Bluff and Richmond. It names chancellor commanders keepers and officers such as John H Yates W E Burdette William L Carter S E Townsend William Moss Benjamin Waugh George Walls A M Oliver and George M Williams.
CENTAUR a A Williams and wife attended church services on Easter Sunday. A rally drew many local youths at Ches terfield. Hattie M Shackleford visited St Louis last week. Elder J W Bands preached Easter morning to a large audience. Mas Hannibal Health of St Lovia visited her mother. Little Miss Martha master William Banka Jr spent Sunday with their father Eldar J W Books. Mrs Oliver White returned home to Him Wood after visiting her mother Mrs Jacob White.
Fourth Thursday each month at eight o clock with Excelsior No 3 St Louis led by Chancellor Commander Charles Parks and Keeper of Records and Seals Arthur Turner. Harrison No 12 Huntsville led by A L Davis and W L Toney. Golden Star No 27 Ardmore led by William Campbell and H Crutchfield.
Readers are urged to send in orders for job work to ensure careful handling and prompt dispatch. The notice emphasizes quality, timely completion, and reliable service for all client requests.
Richard Gordon of Cow Creek died in this city of lie, elatend pome on the first. The fragmentary notice notes a death and a request to subscribe for the Consalvator in a local setting.
Rev G W Reeves returned for a second year with a cordial reception at North Street M E Church. Easter services at four area churches were held in grand style, with North Street’s Sunday School program led by Prof J H Kenner and helpers Mer Mettie Ferguson and Miss Willia M Brown. A missionary collection of 10.14 was raised.
The Democrats won out in the election. Easter observances reference Rev Keyes P E visiting the city. Lincoln School prepares for final examinations. Eliza Miller of Kansas City visited relatives. Mr Dudley of Kansas City, an agent for a medical book, conducted business there. The graduating class has four members, each aiming for the goal. C M E Church members plan a rally on April 28. Mrs Moss, long ill, died Thursday morning. Funeral at Baptist Church directed by Court and Chapter. Sympathy extended to husband and two sons.
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