Bingham Bulletin | 1918-05-31 | Page 1 | Bingham Maccabees Win Trophies

BINAIUI MACCABEES WIN TROPHIES The .Bingham Maccabees held a great meeting in Society hall Wednes- i day night, which was one of the most interesting gatherings held here for some time. " The chief speaker of the occasion was Supreme Commander iD. IP. Mar-key Mar-key of Salt Lake, who presented the Old (Reliable Tent No. 5 with the tent trophy for having received a larger Increase In-crease in membership during tne recent re-cent drive than any other lodge in the state of the size. Bingham was asked to increase its membership by 15 and in the drive oucceeded In bringing in 143 new members. Mr. i.Markey spoke for an hour and a half on the subject, '"Protection and Patrioti sm " His speech was among the, best ever delivered de-livered in iBingham. He also presented to the Bingham lodge the silver loving cup which was presented to the state by the national organization for having hav-ing led in the drive for new members As Dingham was the leoder in making Utah the winner of the national trophy it was thought that she was entitled to the honor.- This cup was turned over tol. M. Gauchat, who has Junt been elected state commander. On the part of the local tent H. N. Standish, in a very appropriate npeech accepted the honors. At this meeting four new members out of a class of 11 were initiated. Following Fol-lowing this a very enjoyable program was given. It consisted or music by the .Maccabees band, violin solo by John Culleton and 'Miss Adine Brown-lee, Brown-lee, solos by Mrs. IL. 1. White, Mr. Southwick and iMrs. Waukup, a selection selec-tion by tiie high school quartet and an oration of Ova Countryman.