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14
INSTALLATION HELD
. LAST FRIDAY EVENING
With impressive rites the new­
ly elected officers of the Estaca-
da Lodge, No. 146, A. F. and A.
M. and those of the Mountain
Chapter 0. E. S. No. 108, were
installed last Friday evening.
These ceremonies were opened to
invited guests besides the mem­
bers of these two orders. The
masonic installation preceded
that of the Eastern Star The
meeting was called to order by
Past Master F. G. Robley who
acted as the installihg officer,
with the aid of Master of Cere­
monies A. Drill. Both these
brethren were very efficient in
duties and the proceedings were
conducted with a smoothness
which is not always the case on
such occasions. In their proper
order beginning with the Wor­
shipful Master, the various offi­
cers were inducted into their
chairs and invested with the in­
signia of their rank.
i'he follow­
ing were thus installed:
W. M., John Greenwood; S. W.,
Thomas Watson; J. W., Edwin
D. Allen; Treas., Cornelius S. Al­
len; Sec’y., William Dale; S. D.
Charles A. Norris; J. D., George
W. Guttridge: Tyler,. Beach R.
Kimmel.
An intermission of a few min­
utes intervened between the two
installations, in which the neces­
sary changes in the lodge para­
phernalia were made. When all
was ready, Past Worthy Matron
Susannah Greenwood with Elena
Drill as conductress and Carrie
• Adix as pianist, began the ritual.
From a spectacular point of view
the Eastern Star ceremony is a
more picturesque one than that
of the Masons. Not merely on
account of its members being
mainly of the fairer sex, but the
ritual contains more striking ev­
olutions in marching and counter
marching. Those installed were:
W. M., Alice Lauryy; W. P., J.
Greenwood; A. M., Elizabeth
Womer; Sec’y., Catherine Allen;
Conductress, Eda Woods; A. C.
Mae Reed; Ada, Eola Guttridge;
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E stacad a , O regon , T hursday , D ecember
26, 1918
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¿Happy auii prosperous Neto Tirar
(To all our Readers
YULETIDE.
In the old plantation days, the
slaves kept holiday season from
Christmas eve to the sixth of
January, a period of twelve days.
This was in accordance with the
ancient English custom based on
the Church year, which cele­
brates the chief events in con­
nection with the birth of Christ.
Christmas Day commemorates
His Nativity and the adoration by
the shepherds; January 1st His
Circumcision when eight days
old; January 6th the visit of the
wise men from the east. Thus
the cycle is completed. Decem­
ber 28th is known as Holy Inno­
cents Day because it commemo­
rates the slaughter of the young
children at Bethlehem by order
of King Herod. It must be re­
membered that the holiday was
derived from the holy day and
not vice versa. If they nad not
been first holy days, they would
not have become holidays.
School Exhibit
The exhibit at the High School
Friday afternoon of manual work
done by pupils, while not large,
was very creditable. In the
furniture line we noticed a type­
writer table, tabauret stands and
dolls’ bedsteads. The 7th and
8th grades showed a number of
animal toys. In needle work
there were aprons, sewing bags,
bow ties and the like. The latter
were on sale for the benefit of
the Junior Red Cross and helped
increase the funds of that society.
Some interesting overseas let­
ters will appear next week.
Garfield Grange Installation
The Garfield Grange will hole
its regular meeting, Saturday
Sanuary 4th, 1919. In the after
noon there will be an installation
of the newly elected officers, a
which the public is cordially in
vited to be present. The cere
mony will be conducted by H. G
Starkweather, a former demo­
cratic candidate for governor. A
good program and time are as­
sured, so there ought to be a fine
attendance.
S. S. Christmas Service.
The Methodist Church was
packed to its full capacity last
Sunday night for the Christmas
program given by the members
oftheSundaySchool. Church was
decorated in an artistic manner,
the central device being a large
white cross, above which hung a
star. At the foot of the cross,
white gifts were laid, consisting
of food supplies for the Deacon-
ness Home at Portland, which
will distribute them among the
poor. The little girls forming
the Angel Choir looked their
parts as they marched around the
church in procession. A con­
trast in color to them, was given
by the three shepherd boys in
their bright colored blankets.
An offering was taken up for the
construction work in the foreign
field. Below is the program:
Trio, Christmas carol, by Misses
.Wooster, Ely and Finch.
Gifts by the primary department.
Scripture Reading by Miss Glad­
ys Carpenter.
Gifts by Angel Choir.
Solo, “Silent Night’’ by Philip
Standish.
Gifts by Shepherd Boys.
Cornet solo by Ray Drill.
Gifts by Messenger Girls.
Offering, and sermon by pastor.
$1.50 P
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Y ear
AN INTERESTING NEW
YEAR’S MESSAGE
We now close a very eventful
year and begin a new period of
time in the Christian calendar.
It would be well to spend a few
serious moments in meditation,
to make some resolutions for the
future.
Every business man is accus­
tomed to taking an inventory of
his stock at the close of the vear,
to see how he stands so he may
shape his future. It is proper
then for each of us to take a re­
trospective view of the past year
and govern ourselves accordingly.
The fact that we are alive is
one of infinite import. Despite
danger, disobedience, disease and
death it indicates the “Father’s”
goodness and ought to solicit our
allegiance to our Leader.
It is time for asking questions:
“Is it well with us as individuals,
as parents, as children, as fami­
lies?’’ Yes„ if our lives have
been lived rightly. It is well
with our departed friends, if
they have gone to heaven.
God Himself, be it said with
reverence, cannot put us once
more where we were a year ago,
or roll back the year so that we
can live it over again. Time
does not repeat itself. The past
is gone forever. Yesterday, last
week, last year, where are they?
The poet answers “with the
years beyond the flood.’’ There
is something appalling in the
thought of being so in the hands
of time as all men are, while un­
able to comprehend it. The
great mystery of time, the illim­
itable, silent, never resting thing
thing called time, rolling, rush­
ing on swiftly like an all embrac­
ing ocean tide, on which we and
all the universe swim like appar­
itions, which are and then are
not. No mariner ever cast an­
chor in the stream of time. We
may be shipwrecked but can nev­
er be delayed. What we do in
this life must be done as the op­
portunity presents itself, for we
shall never pass this way again.
If the past year has been full
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