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Show Woodmen Officers Are Re -Elected; Officers ot the Pacific Woodmen Life Association who returned here during . the past week from the National Na-tional convention of the Association at Seattle, were happy over the enthusiastic en-thusiastic endorsement received by Sovereign Commander W. A. Fraser at the national meeting. Sovereign Commander Fraser tendered ten-dered his resignation as a challenge to certain elTorts of men to embarrass embar-rass the society by a series of court suits. As soon as Commander Fraser Fras-er tendered his resignation pandemonium pande-monium reigned at the meeting. Efforts Ef-forts were maide to prevent the resignation res-ignation but Sovereign Commander Fraser said he felt he owed it to himself him-self and to nls friends to take the step he had. The resignation was then accepted. Sovereign Gregory, Congressman from Kentucky, placed the name of Mr. Fraser in nomination to succeed himself. Seconding speeches were made by Congressman Kincheloe of Kentucky. Judge Porter of Texas, General Royster of North Carolina 'and Judge Henderson of North Carolina. Car-olina. Mr. Fraser was re-elected unani-: unani-: mously. All the other Sovereign Officers ; were also unanimously re-elected. "In all my years of activity in fraternal fra-ternal work l never witnessed such a ' marvelous aria wholehearted demon-! demon-! stration of respect and confidence ; as was tendered Sovereign Command-ler Command-ler Fraser at tne Seattle meeting," said 'sovereign ClerK Jonn l. Yates, j Since the national meeting tele-grams tele-grams and letters have -been received by the national headquarters from practically every state in which we do business congratulating the Sovereign iCamp for the action in re-electing j Commander Eraser. The national meeting of the Pacific Woodmen Life 'Association carried on very valuable business in connection with the organization. Every Sovereign or every state is interested. Among the changes in laws of the order adopted was one wiiich calls for the nomination of a financial secretary secre-tary by all local camps, commencing January 1, 1930. This financial secretary sec-retary will be answerable directly to the Sovereeign Camp. Head Camp or state Pacific Wood men Life Association conventions will be held every two ;-ears, instead of every four years, as in the past. Another provision requires members mem-bers who have complaints against the society file these complaints with the Sovereign Commander prior to the institution of any law suit. The Sovereign Commander will then rule nn the complaint and In the event a satisfactory settlement is not reached, the members may appeal to the board of Directors of the Sovereign Camp. Any member under 60 who becomes totally disabled shall receive one-half the face value of his certificate, prior to attaining the age of 60 years. Arizona and California were united into a new Head Camp jurisdiction and New Mexico was also established as a Head Camp. The Sovereign finance committee was authorized to invest surplus funds in United States or other bonds and such securities as are permitted by state laws to be purchased by life in-3urance in-3urance companies. Prior to the Sovereign Camp" meeting meet-ing Sovereign Commander Fraser appointed ap-pointed W. C. Braden, head consul of Louisiana, to the post of Sovereign Sentry, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Col. B. W. Jewell Jew-ell and the advancement of other Sovereign Sov-ereign officers. r H. O. Fishback. insurance commissioner commis-sioner of the state of Washington, attended at-tended the Woodmen sessions and in an address commended the Pacific Woodmen Life Association on its efficient ef-ficient organization. 1 |