Fraternity (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 3, Ed. 1 Monday, March 1, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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FRATERNITY
OFFICERS OF UNION LODGE No. 465, GREENVILLE, TEXAS,
• •
The above cut represents the officers
of Union Lodge No. 465 U. B. A. at
Greenville, Texas. Reading from right
to left, standing: John P. Dinsmore,
President; John M. Boles, Secretary; L.
E. Birdsong, Treasurer; J. W. Manning,
Trustee; Rev. H. J. Ellis, Chaplain; Dr.
A. S. McBride, Medical Examiner. From
right to left, seated: Mrs. Alice Aldridge,
Conductor; J. A. Aldridge, Vice-Pres-
ident; E. T. Clemmons, Past President.
This young lodge was instituted at
Greenville, Texas, on the 27th day of
November, 1914, with ten charter mem-
bers, and during the small period of two
months it has become a veritable young
giant in growth, and a strong factor in
fraternalism in the city. It was or-
ganized by District Deputy E. T. Clem-
mons of Greenville, Texas, and at this
time January 30th, 1915, has eighty-one
members in good standing, with a class
of new applicants to be received on
Monday night, February 1st, 1915.
This young lodge is officered by some
of the leading business men of the city
of Greenville, and its membership is
composed of the very best citizenship of
the city and community. The phenome-
nal success of this young lodge is due
largely to the acknowledged efficiency
and untiring energy of District Deputy
E. T. Clemmons, under whose able man-
agement and superior direction it is mak-
ing such wonderful progress, and enjoy
ing such a rapid and satisfactory growth,
and whose ability as an organizer and
successful director has never been sur-
passed in the field of fraternal insurance.
Taking the past sixty days as a crite-
rion, and estimating the future growth
during its short existence, we predict
without any hesitancy that at the close
of the year 1915 there will be shown a
still more wonderful growth, and that
Union Lodge No. 465, U. B. A., will
easily rank among the leading old lodges
of the Order in the state, and will not be
surpassed by any in the number, and
quality of its membership.
A WAR ALPHABET.
Fraternal societies operating on in-
adequate rates, and that persist in coax-
ing the insuring public to seek member-
ship with them under the false pretense
that safe protection is granted, should
employ their spare time digging cyclone
cellars as a place of refuge for the storm
of wrath already plainly discernible on
the horizon of public opinion.—Court of
Honor.
SOMEBODY.
Somebody did a golden deed;
Somebody proved a friend in need;
Somebody sang a beautiful song;
Somebody smiled the whole day long;
Somebody thought "'Tis sweet to live";
Somebody said "I'm glad to give";
Somebody fought a valiant fight;
Somebody lived to shield the right:
Was that "somebody" you?
—The Dotted Line.
A is for Antwerp, leaguered and shelled,
B is for Belgium, valiantly held,
C is for Cracow, cruelly crushed,
D is for Dinant, trembling and hushed,
E is for Essen, home of the Krupp,
F is for France, how bitter her cup,
G if sor Germans, strong in their might,
H is for Heroes, battling for right,
I is for Italy, biding her time,
J is for Joffre, cool as a lime,
K is for Kaiser, warrior bred,
L is for Liege, conquered, not dead,
M is for Money, cause of all strife,
N is for Nothing, the cost of a life,
O is for Ostend, no longer gay,
P is for Paris, that feels the same way,
Q is for Quitters, which none of them are,
R is for Reason, she's no kin to War,
S is for Strasburg, once it was French,
T is for Tommy, who lives in a trench,
U is for Unjon, to Europe unknown,
V is for Victory, and that counts alone,
W is for Widows, many there be,
X is for Xerxes, an amateur, he,
Y is for Youth, the first to defend,
Z is for Zero—what's gained at the'end.
Saturday Evening Blade.
FOR SMOKERS ONLY.
Cholly—When I was a boy, you know,
the doctor said if I didn't stop smoking
cigarettes I would become feeble-
minded. *
Miss Keen—Well, why didn't you
stop?—London Evening Standard.
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Schmidt, Henry C. Fraternity (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 3, Ed. 1 Monday, March 1, 1915, newspaper, March 1, 1915; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth233208/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.