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...collected. In one important aspect, however, the Guild remained unchanged. The convention's votes (143 this year) are still dominated by the solid bloc of 24 from the New York City delegation, which is affectionately devoted and subservient to Scripps-Howard Columnist Heywood Broun, the Guild's founder and perennial president...
...which would know no bounds. He had fun preparing a ritual but was stumped for a name for his new order. Then in church one Sunday he heard a minister use the simile of woodmen clearing away the forest near their homes for safety's sake. Promptly Founder Root chose the name Modern Woodmen of America. Local lodges were called Camps, members Neighbors. A beetle, ax and wedge were chosen as symbols. Original membership...
...Modern Woodmen had their first and only crisis. After a scandal started when $3,000 was paid to a fake claimant, Founder Root was deposed, formed the rival order of Woodmen of the World, which now has assets of $116,000,000, insurance in force of over $415,000,000. Modern Woodmen dwarfs its younger rival, however. Today it has 10,000 lodges in 46 States and four Canadian provinces. Only Missouri and Massachusetts spurn it. Membership has been as high as 1,182,756, is now about 500,000. More than $545,000,000 has been paid to beneficiaries...
Professor A. L. Rotch dies--Harvard geologist founder and director of Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory...
Though New York Steam appeared to be condensing at an alarming rate, there was little reason for a preferred stockholder to dump his shares. At one time control of New York Steam rested with the Andrews Institute for Girls in Willoughby, Ohio, the executors of Founder Andrews' estate having paid a bequest in Steam stock. Eventually huge Consolidated Edison of New York bought control, now owns 96% of the common stock. Consolidated plans to merge Steam with the rest of its utility business, has asked the New York State public utility commission to approve an exchange offer by which...