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Show HEADS KSMSGHTS OF PYTHIAS 1 Georgo M. Hanson, recently Installed ns su- promo chancellor of tho Knights of Pythias, halls "V from Mnlno. Mr. Hanson suggests physical and KJ, Intellectual strength.. Erect, broad shouldered, mSln strong, capable of enduring vigorous and pro- 'onBed labor, and equnlly capablo of mental nctlv- fflwtftiki 'xf ,ty nn1 Btrnln' no combines the essential qualities Wvf 51 of 11 frcofu' and" successful chief executive ' WW'iV iJL. i ( Dy l)rofoss'on a lawyer, ho has been ono of tho vMf? ' fl leaders of tho bar 6f his state. He has taken 'l"' i part m nubile affairs and held public ofllco. In '' I tho city of Calais, In which ho lives, ho has been WvMyf' I twlno olocted mayor. He was appointed collector MwlK ol customs President Cleveland, and by Cover-yiw- wK nor Cobb of Malno a membor of tho commission ww?w W for tho rovlslon and codification of tho tax lnws of that state. 'In tho order of Knights of Pythias ho has attained tho highest honor which that organization can confer. He became a knight In 1883, and though a member of other organizations and secret societies, has given of his tlmo and talent chiefly to this organization since thnt time. Ho was tho second chancellor commander" of his homo lodge. As soon ns ho was eligible ho I bernmo a member of tho grand lodge of Maine, and Its grand chnncollor In 1893. In 1897 ho was oloctod supremo representative and re-elected in 1901 i and 1905. In tho supremo lodge Mr. Hanson has been a forceful figure, for ten years a member of nnd for eight years chairman of tho Judiciary committee, com-mittee, that bolng tho ranking committee of tho supreme lodge. |