NUMBER 5, ~ served us for several years in that ca- Class of Twenty-Five pacity. We have two camps of Woodmen] Monroe, Wis.—Forest City Camp_ 784 here, and in the latter part of the} having been a little dull for the past |year 1905 Oak Leaf Camp 92 offered| year invited Neighbor Eva Child, one us the free use of their hall if we|of the Board of Supreme Managers to would meet on the afternoon of their | install its officers. We had a 6 o’clock os - meeting night. Of course we accepted supper to our members only, after the their generous offer, and met in their|tables were cleared and work done | ox. ah hall until it was leased to another| Neighbor Child, assisted by Neighbor The first Sunday in June has been|;9 the local camp and the Modern designated as Royal Neighbor Memorial| Woodmen. Royally submitted, Day, ..,00 be peeperty observed. by — Mrs. E. D. Wart, order and the Woodmen moved out.| Anna Drake as installing marshal, in-— ne and erg hbors of the jurisdiction Supreme Oracle R. N. of A. | Then Camp 667 offered to assist us in stalled our officers, and then she gave | with appropriate services and decora-| Qmaha, Neb., April 16, 1906. paying our rent, and we could not re-|us a fine talk, which encouraged us so tion of graves of deceased members, ye = and I would respectfully call upon all officers of the local camps to prepare Remember the Friendless Dead services: for this day, following the| In many of the cemeteries there will form provided in the ritual for Memo-| be found the graves of deceased Royal rial Day services. As the Modern Wood-| Neighbors which have been neglected men of America in many instances de-| because friends have moved away or _ sire the Royal Neighbor camps to unite} died. , In each case of this kind it is with them in a proper observance of| hoped the local camp of Royal Neigh- the day, a special dispensation is hereby | bors will remember the lone grave and ~ granted giving to any local camp per-|strew it with sweetest flowers. Such - mission to unite with the Modern Wood-| acts will make the heart beat just a men in Memorial Day exercises on any | little quicker and just a little warmer day which may be mutually agreeable| for those who are still living. fuse their generosity, so we feel that| we all went to work to secure new 5 our Woodmen brothers are looking|members. We sent Neighbor Child an- after us in a very kind way, and we] other invitation to be with us March ~ are wondering what we can do to re-|28, when we would initiate. We: felt pay both camps for their kindness. On|we were highly honored to have Neigh- March 26 we were invited to visit Electa| bor Child again with us, also Neighbor — Camp at Abingdon to witness the initi-| Heath, of Eau Galle, Wis., supervising ation of a class of thirty. As we have deputy, and Neighbor Morris, of i an interurban line between here and| ville, district deputy. We initiated — a Abingdon, we boarded the 6:30 car| class of twenty-five, taking them all we ny Pe twenty-five strong and went. We were|at once; after which each member had ~ met at the car by a delegation of|one invited guest and we served light re-— Neighbors, and given a hearty welcome | freshments. We were anxious to have and escorted to their pleasant hall.|the public hear Neighbor Child talk, — The drill team wore white costumes |for we knew she could explain our order ‘ complete, from head to foot, and per-|and work much better. than we, and we formed their work in a highly credit-|are always glad to have her with us, able manner. The rituals were conspic-|for she always puts new life into our uous by their absence, and the work|camp. We have elected Neighbor Della | thereby made much more impressive.|Eley as our camp deputy and expect to At the conclusion of the initiation we | initiate another class the first of Tune. were invited into the dining-hall, which] Any visiting Neighbor is always wel-— was decorated in a handsome manner|come at our camp. We only wish they with the Royal Neighbor colors, and would come oftener. eae were served by the drill team with an Mrs, MABEL DRAKE, Oracle. appetizing banquet. We returned at ye ow ow ee: a late hour to our home and all felt well repaid for going and felt that}. Electa Camp were “Royal” entertainers. We are hoping to have a class to initi- ate in the near future, and shall prob- - THAT BIG CHICAGO CLASS | Oracle Watt and Dr. Morrill. The Su- Tw lundred Candidetes Aad preme Oracle complimented the Chicago fox ldltianles members upon the excellent work ac- The editor had the pleasure of at-/complished and stated that the class tending the big Chicago class on Tues-| was the largest ever obligated at one day evening, March 20." | time since the society had been organ- The soliciting for this class began| ized. When she remembered the short By August 15 and between that date and|time Chicago had been in the jurisdic- March 20, 500 candidates were secured, | tion the achievement was all the more but on the night of the big class only | gratifying because it showed that there a 180 were on the floor to take the obli-| had been -harmonious and enthusiastic | ‘gation, The balance, it was under-}| work on the part of all. stood, had been previously obligated. Dr, Morrill, to whom was largely due prt tas The oceasion made an important event| the success of the undertaking, compli- _ in the history. of the society, being| mented her fellow workers for the re- the largest class ever adopted. sults attained and presented the prizes ‘ The meeting on March 20 was Heid earned in the membership contest. ably invite the Abingdon Camp to come at Lincoln Park hall and the thirty | These prizes were awarded as follows: ahd io the work eae we camps composing the Cook County|Set of officers’ jewels, North Shore] Rie cating M Seruare Royal Neighbor Association furnished} Camp; camp-fire, Chicago Camp; dep- ‘ . Renae ace a : the candidates. uty’s gold badge, Ida H. Grandberg; s ruary 20 which proved a grand success, — There were present all the members} Hand-painted shirt waist set, Elizabeth we _ |March 15 we were entertained by our. Initiate a Class of Twelve marshal, Mrs. Emil Andicover, at her — that could crowd into the hall to wit-}| Williams; gold, Royal Neighbor pin, i ness the work by a team composed of| Mrs. Lanone. This closed the exercises,} The Royal Neighbors held supreme|home on~Pine street. After spending a i * sway Tuesday night in Nunda. Summit | few hours at sewing we were invited to a 2 representatives from each camp, which | except the serving of refreshments. \ had been drilled by Neighbor Mary} This splendid class was a fitting com- Carob “ea “entertained: the members” of the dining-room, where a splendid or : en dinner was served. The tables were — ‘Teesdale, oracle of Crystal Camp, who | panion to the class adopted by the Mod-|_-, ‘ Minerva Spring Camp of Cary and the prettily decorated with pink and white _ was also acting president of the as-|ern Woodmen in Chicago on the evening Ridgefield C ani titel ‘sit ti ith k tions: as