Tit > eS ANS Zh 7 es He Se a Pct PAT ALRITE ge s s MDW 7 ee VOLUME V.. EDITORIAL OFFICE., ROCK ISLAND, ILL. FROM HERE AND THERE Camps in Prosperous Condition and Good Meetings Held Miss Anna M. Miller, recorder, writes from Canton, Ill.: “It has been some time since there has been anything in the paper from Cedar Camp 90, Our meeting nights are the second and fourth Monday evenings of every month, I am glad to say I have only missed one meeting night during the past five years. We are going to have three initiations on the next meeting night, and two applications to ballot on. We also will give a progressive euchre party Monday evening for the public. A light lunch will be served; ad- mission 15 cents. The money which we make will go to our silver fund. We have our knives and forks, but are going to get spoons. We have $12 to start with. Our members are always ready to lend a helping hand. We all enjoy the Royal Neighbor paper.” Mrs. Mary Chittenden, recorder, writes from Gurnee, Il].: “Arbutus Camp 2042 is not as large as some camps, but it is in a prosperous condi- tion, having at present fifty-e!ght mem- bers; thirty-eight beneficial and twenty social. We meet every second and fourth Saturday afternoon of each month, with a good attendance. We eelebrated our fourth anniversary at our last meeting, March 12. A short program was rendered and light re- freshments. served, and we surprised our oracle and manager, Misses Bid- well, they being sisters, by presenting ‘them with a fine rocking chair as a token of respect, they having filled the respective offices since organization. To say they were surprised would hardly express their looks when it was pre- sented, but with a few well-chosen words they thanked the camp for the kind rememberance. We are anxiously waiting for the new rituals. We have all the paraphernalia of a camp and have interesting meetings. We have a good degree staff and enjoy the Royal Neighbor paper very much and think all the Neighbors should read _ it through, for it is a great help to all.” Mrs. Clara Crisman, recorder, writes from Omaha, Neb.: “As I see nothing in your columns from our sister lodges of Omaha I thought perhaps the mem- bers of our society would like to know how the work in Omaha was progress- ing and if we were still alive. Golden Rod 336 is considered one of the small camps in Omaha, but has sixty- six members in good standing and a number of active workers. We hold meetings at the A. O. U. W. Temple the first and third Tuesdays in each month. We nave a social at the differ- ent homes every two weeks and we held a poverty social at our hall March 8, which was a brilliant success. After an interesting program in which Prof. Ritchie and wife, Messrs. Newman, Peterson, Harold and Wilson Crisman favored us with choice recitations and music. Oracle Stoddard invited all present, who had come dressed for the occasion, to join in the march for the prizes, which caused lots of. sport. Eight prizes were awarded. Our de- gree team favored us with their Dutch drill. Refreshments were then served, after which all present joined in an in- formal dance. Just before the close Nebraska Montgomery announced that the members of Golden Rod Camp 336, with their degree team ready for work, were invited to visit Holly Camp the evening of March 16, to initiate ten candidates.” A member of Charity Camp 2835, located at Cloquet, Minn., writes: “Our camp was organized December 10, 1902, with twenty-one members, by Mrs. Ada M. Lawson, of Anoka. Our meetings are held every second and fourth Thursdays of each month. We meet in Odd Fellows’ hall, which is very nice. ‘We are all very much alive and must say those of our members who do not attend camp regularly miss a whole lot of fun. We have only six brother Woodmen in our camp and would be pleased to see them oftener, as it would seem more as if they enjoyed our company. We always have enjoy-, able meetings and most always have refreshments. The most of our officers are very attentive and have done faith- ful work in the past year. We now have forty-three members and _ ex- pect to have more soon. December 10 we celebrated our second anniversary. Each member invited four of their friends and a good crowd was present. Card playing and dancing were the pastimes of the evening. We also gave prizes for card playing. We are going to give a dance Easter Monday, and serve supper also, for the benefit of our order. Our oracle is very atten- tive, having missed only one meeting in a year. Our receiver, recorder and inner sentinel have been absent only one meeting also. We have some of our members away and others have’ withdrawn by cards, but others were transferred here, so’we have gained twenty-two new members in one year. We are sorry to say we lost one of our managers last October, and hope that death will not enter our ranks again soon.” Mrs. Anna Marie Donohue, oracle, writes from Milladore, Wis.: “Snow- flake Camp 3501 was organized on No- vember 10, 1903, by Mrs. Anna M. Blass, deputy supreme oracle, of Portage, Wis., with twenty-four charter mem- bers. We have secured seven new members since and at present have twenty beneficial and eleven social members, all in good standing. We hold our meetings at Woodmen hall every second and fourth Friday in the month. On January 1 we gave our first social function, a leap-year ball, which was well advertised in all neighboring towns. It was a grand success both socially and financially, the gross re- ceipts being $106.35, out of which we cleared $56. You can imagine how rich we felt, so we ordered a floor-cloth and. five beautiful satin banners. On Janu- ary 29 we held open installation of officers. Our deputy, Mrs. Blass, prom- ised to be with us, but was detained at home on account of sickness, so we went on with the work ourselves and got through all right, after which we gave a literary program, then served our guests with light refreshments. Everyone seemed well pleased with our camp work, and we hope to gain many new members during the present year. We intend to give a May ball and use the proceeds towards an organ. Our little village has a population of less than three hundred; however, we have APRIL, 1904. _ some very fine members from Junction City, four miles east, and also from Sherry, three miles west of us. If the three towns work together we will have as fine a camp as any in the state. No doubt some will think our camp pretty young to make such a broad state- ment, ‘but there is everything in faith and patience. We are anxiously await- ing the arrival of the new ritual, as we understand it will be more explicit than the old one. RoyaLt NEIGHBOR, as many good suggestions and which help one in camp work.” Mrs. Kate Armstrong, writes from Randolph, la.: “Sweet Brier Camp 2322 is still alive and mov- ing on. We were organized November 22, 1900, so you see we are a little over three years old. Our camp was organ- ized with twenty charter members; ten beneficial and ten social. now fifty-two members in good stand- ing, and hope in the near future to in- crease our membership. We have lost one beneficial member by card and one by suspension and several social mem- bers have dropped out and moved away, but we have never had to drape our charter in mourning. We meet each alternate Monday night and al- ways have good times, and when we have any candidates to initiate we al- ways serve refreshments. We have our organ, floor-cloth, badges, gasoline stove and dishes. We have always cel- ebrated our anniversary by having a banquet, but last year we had a pro- gram, consisting of songs and recita- tions and gave the Sunbonnet and Rubberneck drills, which caused a lot of fun; and then we had our banquet and everybody had a good time, as they always do when the Royal Neigh- bors entertain. At our last meeting we had a surprise for one of our mem- bers, Mrs. Townsend, as she will soon move to Kansas City to live. Our oracle, Mrs. Wylie, in behalf of the camp, presented Neighbor Townsend with a china berry set, lest she should forget her associations with Sweet Brier Camp. The business for the evening having been concluded, we were served with ice cream, cake and fruit, and after a pleasant social time we departed for our homes feeling better for having spent one more even- ing in the social bonds of our grand fraternity. We will all be glad when we can get the new rituals. We enjoy reading THE Royat NEIGHBOR very much and think it should be read and well digested by all Neighbors, for it certainly is a great help to all.” A member writes from Moscow, Idaho: “While Unity Camp 2005 of this place is still alive and in a very pros- perous condition w@ have initiated fourteen members since Octobey 19, 1903; eight of these being beneficial members. The six social were as good timber as could be selected from in our city, three of them having since applied for benefit certificates and beer accepted. We also have two ap- plications for our next meeting; one a beneficial member. We have in all fifty members; thirty-five being bene- ficial. We are striving hard to get the set of robes offered as a prize for se- curing new members, and have great faith in winning it. One thing we have to help us is the strong timber we ; PUBLICATION OFFICE, LINCOLN, NEB. We appreciate THE it contains so ideas recorder, We have NUMBER 4. have to draw from in the Modern Woodmen camp, which numbers over 280. I will tell you about the joint entertainment and dance we gave with - the Modern Woodmen camp. Through the kindness of the Redmen we were allowed the use of their hall, which joins the banquet hall belonging to the one in which we hold our meetings. The large hall was used for dancing, the Redmen hall for playing games and other amusements for those who did not care to dance. The committee, who were composed of both Woodmen and Royal Neighbors, spared no pains in making necessary arrangements for all to have a good time, as one of the best orchestras in the city was pro- eured to furnish music for those who tripped the light fantastic. A short but excellent program was rendered in the early part of the evening which was appreciated by all. About ten o’clock the dining-room doors were thrown open and all did ample justice to the good things in sight. A number of invitations had been issued to those not being members of either camp. Those who came with baskets well filled were only taxed fifty cents for their families or sweethearts as the case might be; without the basket the charge was $1. Both halls were well filled and all seemed to spend the even- ing in the most enjoyable manner until about two o’clock, when the ‘Home, Sweet Home’ waltz was played, after which the crowd dispersed. And here. once more we want to give a word of praise to the Modern Woodmen camp for their kindness and courtesy. They gave us all the proceeds, which was not. a small sum. With many good wishes for our Neighbor camps and a large portion for our dear Royal Neighbor paper, I will close.” “OR First In Chicago Chicago, I1l.—I wish to write you of the institution of Chicago Camp, the first camp instituted in a large city. Too much credit cannot be given our deputy, Martha E. Lattimore, for her success in organizing this camp. On the eve gathered in room 613 Masonic Temple. Among those present were our super- vising deputy, Mrs. A. E. Blazer, Deputy J. F. Harris, of the M. W. of A.; Mr. A. W. Fulton, M. W. A. inspector; Doctors Faulkner and Cook of the M. W. A. Medical Board; and Neighbors Mary Gray, Edna Curtis, Lillie Keogh and Josie Keogh, officers of Blooming- ton Camp 637, who had come for the day to assist in the institution of this camp. Neighbor Blazer had the chair and the Bloomington ladies filled the stations. Twenty-five were obligated. By vote of the camp three deputies were appointed to work for this camp: Miss Martha Lattimore, South Side; Nellie Preble, North Side; Addie Hen- drick, West Side. The meetings are to be held the first and fourth Saturday evenings in room 209 Masonic ‘Temple. The name “Chicago Camp” was chosen unanimously as it is auxiliary to the Modern Woodmen Chicago which has a membership of 600. The members are enthusiastic and a bright © future is assured for the Royal Neigh- bors in Chicago. E. FRANC MORRILL, Supreme Physician, Camp, of January 30. forty-five > . x