Culver Pythian Brethern Observe 20th Anniversary  

Marmont lodge, Kights of Pythias, celebrated its 20th anniversary on Monday evening with a baquet and round of speech making - a combination which appeals so intimately and strongly to the dual side of human beings that it never fails to elicit a gratefule repsonse.

The knights and their "women folk" - many of whom constitute the affiliated order of Pythian SIsters - together with some invited guests, unfortunate in not being enrolled as "brothers" or "sisters". but glad to be counted as friendsworthy of fraternal recognition, comprised the large company which gathered around the tables for a three-hour session

Dr. Rea presided as master of ceremonied, and distributed his attentions so impartially that sarcely a person present was not asked to make "remarks". The doctor had an comical formula which ran something like this: "Mow for fear Mr. Blank will go home and brag what a great speech he made, I'll call upon Mrs. Blank". And Mrs Blank generally and enoughj to say to give Mr. Blank no grounf on which he could put on any airs over her.

The speech of the evening was made by Rev. F. W. Coyle, a member of the order.. Tracing the spriit of fraternity back to Damon and Pythias, the patron saints of the order, down thorugh the christian era h e found everywhere the world of mankind permeated with the impulse to help each other, and in the organizations of today which are based on this spirit of brotherhood he was the principles of christianity actively at work and drawing their inspiration from the divine nature.

The evening's program was varied with a duet, "The Larboard Watch", b y Dr. WiIseman and his daughter Mrs. Behmer, and a solo "When You Were Seventeen", by Dr. Wiseman.

Marmont lodhe is the strongest in numers of any of the fraternal bodies here, carrying about 50 names on its roll.

All of the charter members except three are alice, though naturally a number have moved away.

When the lodge was instituted, with the assistance of the Argos and Kewanna Lodges the following inscribed their names on the charter roll

O. A. Rea Fred Carl M. E. Garn (deceased) Edward Morris J. F. Koontz M. F. Mosher W. H. Porter G. A. WIlliams H. M. Speyer D. G. Walter L. C. Dillion J. R. Walters

Henry Haag F. E Tompson L. C. WIseman B. F. Medborn (Deceased) Urias Menser Moses Menser F. E. Huntainger A. J. Kimball (deceased) A. L. Porter Wm. Swigart Edwin Hawk

- Dec 2, 1909