Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-03-06 | Page 7 | I. O. O. F. Veterans Banquet and Toast

1. 0. 0. F. VETERANS HOUEriD TOAST Aggregate of Nearly Nine Hundred Years of Membership Mem-bership Represented. The annual banquet of the Veteran Odd Fellows' association of Utah was held last evening at the Hotel Utah, and tweuty-fivc veterans, whoso membership mem-bership in the order totaled nearly 900 years, enjoyed an elaborate menu and a list of toasts. Coming from many points iu tho state to this annual gathering, it was in a true sense a reunion, and a happy, jovial spirit marked the occasion. The retiring chief veteran, J. H. Kidd, presided. A" "business session preceded tho banquet. B. Bcrryman being be-ing elected chief veteran for the ensuing en-suing year and Charles S. Street secretary sec-retary and treasurer Following tho banquet Alexander Rogers, past grand master, was called to act as toastmastcr, and eloquently opened the post-prandial proceedings in an address of reminiscence and philosophy. phil-osophy. The Rev. P. A. Simpkin spoke on "The Vanished Veterans." Toasts wero offered also by Y. L. Pickard, Hcnrv Colin, George F. Culmer, "W. I. Snyder, L. E. Hubbard and W. .T. Moore. Dr. A. C. Ewing contributed some humorous stories. Tlfb quartette of the Hotel Utah sang during the evening. Messages were sent to absent veterans, veter-ans, and when the singing of fAuld ILang Syne" closed the programmo tho expression that the affair had been tho happiest reunion the veterans had ever experienced was universal.