Grand Rapids Herald Review

ORDER OF REDMEN
INITIATE BIG CLASS

Sixty-five Applicants Balloted On for Membership Last Monday Night.

Perhaps the largest class of applicants ever voted on at one meeting by a fraternal order in Grand Rapids was considered and initiated by Drumbeater Tribe No. 35, Improved Order of Redmen, last Monday night at Odd Fellows hall. Sixty-five applications were considered, and of that number about forty were present for initiation into the secrets of the order. Organizer Joseph Herbst of Brainerd had been soliciting membership to the order for two or three weeks and reviving interest among old members and the result of his efforts were apparent at the Monday night meeting. J. S. Konkle, editor of the Clarion-Leader of Superior; J. M. Eichten, Oscar Ahlgren, Alex Figemuller and G. B. Rosenberger, composed a team from a Superior tribe that was present to give the floor and ritual work of the initiation ceremonies and that they did the work to perfection was the declaration of every member present. At the conclusion of the initiation and after listening to a number of brief addresses for the good of the order supper was served in the dining room of the hall, which was served by Charles Kearney, and which proved to be a veritable banquet. The Improved Order of Redmen is now one of the strongest fraternal orders in Grand Rapids and if we may judge from the enthusiasm shown recently it will long continue to hold its prominent place in this community.