BIG HOMESTEADERS' DAY

BIGHAM, BROKOW, STATZELL, OTTEN, GATES, BOWEN

Posted By: Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert (email)
Date: 11/3/2001 at 19:46:43

Subject: BIG HOMESTEADERS' DAY.
Date: Monday, October 15, 2001 9:01 PM

Decatur County Journal
March 5, l908

'Members of the Humeston Lodge Visited the Leon Lodge Last Friday'.

Had a Great Time...

Last Friday was a gala day in Leon for the Homesteaders, a new order
recently organized in this city by W.S. BIGHAM and MR. and MRS. W.H.
BROKOW. The Homesteaders seem to be meeting with success and are now
operating in eighteen different states.

The local order, nearly one hundred strong, extended an invitation to
the Humeston Lodge to meet with them here on Friday and they responded
with a delegation of twenty-five. The visitors arrived on No. ll2 and
were escorted to the home of MR. and MRS. J. STATZELL for dinner as
guests of MR. BIGHAM and MR. and MRS. BROKOW. A business meeting was
held in the afternoon from three to four o'clock and a reception
followed from four to five o'clock. At six o'clock the ladies of the
order, under the direction of MESDAMES HENRY OTTEN and S.A. GATES,
served an elegant two course banquet which was greatly appreciated by
all present.

At seven o'clock the Humeston degree team took charge of the meeting and
proceeded to exemplify the ritualistic work, which proved entertaining
and instructive. A class of thirty were shown the mysteries of early
pioneer life. The Humeston degree team is second to none in the order,
it is said. They were instructed in the work by I.N. BOWEN, special
drill master for the order. MR. BOWEN is very efficient and the
Humeston team shows the results of his careful direction. The evening
closed with a number of short speeches from visiting and local members.
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