The echo., October 15, 1954, Image 1

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VOLUME XXIX __ OCTOBER 15, 1954 NUMBER 4
Mrs. Fcurl Eourdeaux
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Mrs. Pearl Bourdeaux. a faithful
member of if. B. A. Lodge No 33
was laid o r; st Monday, October i h
in Sims Cemetery.
Funeral services were from St.
Paul Methodist Church, with her
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1 officiating.
All who knew Mrs. Bond ■ iu
lo\ . , ,r r ;. r i uine Is:
Sir v. as and u
She was a lover of the H. I
and visited th local lodge: through
out the slate of an with her first
cousin, the General Secretary.
Her genuine love and friendship!
was atte's: • • f by the large number of i
floral offerings that covered her j
graveside.
The nci hborhood, church, local
societies, children, relatives and
fi'1 ;nod a great
loss i i • .}.• . ig of Airs. Bou
dreaux. She truly was far...
k until di :ith.
EDITORIAL
r T Presidents:
7/ • 4. ,,, sent out a formal letter
to all of you who did not make a
pledge in th" September Board nor
notify the ! i'fice through the mail of
tii i1. i f members you will
Pi . 1 i' the membership cam
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We have 47 presidents who have
added one or more members on the
membership campaign.
Presidents please send in your
pledge by return mail in order that
we will not have to write you again
for this information.
As we write this article we have:
•:;7 pi
ges ar.d 119 us yet to pledge. Wei
hope and trust that by the first of
Novt: :i.. r y. ",.1: ;, abl to
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the president.-, if. not ail. Presi
dents, this i absolutely a necessity.
Witn the 1 ii ;i i - umber of d aths!
that we juai .
gether with t . rge number oil
members who are dripping put of i
the loca llodges front time to time, |
it is pei e that ( mneh tl
campaigns in order to count_r-bul 1
ance oui membership.
sic: : S, please do not take in,
applicants who w: be a bad risk
for the Association. When we take
in applicants who are already in bad
neann we are only getting farther i
and farther in the red from a mor
tuary stand point.
Regardless to how many letters j
we write to you ui ging that you add
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• we most certainly do not mean for j
you to talte in any applicant who is
m • a ea i
who is in bad Ik altn.
We must cut out death rate from!
40 to a lesser number. There are |
some presidents who se mingly J viv' |
2 or more deaths each quarter ai t!
we want those local presidents ,o
know that our attention is fo.ured
cn every move they ore ina i . Jt
is natural that mi mbers arc i r ;■ ; j
to dia but for a f-.w lodges to l ave,
2 or more deaths every quarter is
unusual.
Presidents, the life cf the Associa- '
tion is in your hi nds. Which will
34 bv. Life or Death?
Mrs. D. M. Wiley, the attractive
president of lodge No. 33, Meridian.
Mississippi who has a .leasing pci'
sonality that would captivate any
one is doing an outstanding job in
lodge No. 33.
After the sudden death of Mrs.
Mamie Smith, former president of
the lodge, Mrs. Wiley, being the vice
president, took the reins of the lodge
... charge and she has Jed the lodge
10 sun She reported 162 mem
bers in the September Board and
made a pledge of 5 members in the
membership pledge campaign.
Hattiesburg News
Dear Secretary:
This comes to inform you and the
many readers of the Echo that
Lodge No. 508 celebrated its first
Anniversary on Saturday, Septem
ber 25, 1934, at the Mt. Gallilee
Church.
A wonderful time was had by all
present. A lovely short program
was rendered and Rev. Sherman de
li viced the message. H1 - topic was
! ■ i">; • K-'. 27.1 ;> si 108 were pre- J
sent and both made donations to the
Lodge. Lodge No. 270. 72.00; and
Mo. 108, $3.00,
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Mrs. Mary Peters. This beauti
ful p.-rsonali'y ha- th • distinct
honor of being the only lady in th
entire Association who holds an
agency license to organize lodges,
etc. for the Association.
' Shortly after Mrs. Peters was ap
pointed agent by the General Presi
dent in the June Board, 1S54 she
went homo and organized H. B. A.
Lodge No. 512 with a membership
of 22. Mrs. Peters reports that this
is only a beginning. Watch for fur
ther work done by her in the colums
of the Echo She is also vice-presi
dent of H. B. A. Lodge No. 373,
Picayune, Mississippi.
Other lodges were invited bu
were not present.
The finance amounted to $23.83.
Mrs. Minnie Jones. President.
Secretary On Vacation
Miss Mattie L. Larkin. General
Secretary of the Holbrook Benevo
lent Association is now on vacation
and according to her report, she
■' P 5 •' a me much leeded rest.
P.. ijUiis visitii ., relatives
n Do., iat, Michigan and other points
■he plans to be out of the office
about two weeks.
r HOW CAN HE SOW FOR Y4ft]OK»tW?
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Mrs. Annie Roberts, President of
H. B. A. Lodge No. 478, Shubuta,
Mississippi. Mrs. Roberts was elect
ed to carry out the unexpired term
of tlio l ate pro- ■ lr.it, Mr. Allen
Graham, who was president for
many years.
This president has a wholesome
persof.al'ty and a very pleasing
smile. We can readily see that she
means ot do her job as president
of the logde. She reported 40 mem
bers in the September Board and
made a pledge of 6 members in tlie
1000 membership pledge campaign,
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I FACES
In this issue of the Echo we are
bringing to you the likenesses of a
number of our presidents. Some
were recently elected head of the
local lodge and others have been
presidents for a long, long time. All
of these presidents whose pictures
appear in this issue of the Echo are
outstanding- presidents and are doing
■ '. ndous j. mb in helping the
A so-! *ti )ii 1o tv; tin its rating.
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The above is the in- ••> »< < f !
*-• McCarty, that high stepping
personality who kt ows now w «.<•
thinr;s on a large scale.
There is something : M 1 -
Carey >t is out of the ordinary.
He does iot have much to say but i
when he does speak a real man 1 1
spoken. I._ reported 167 members'
■ the September Board and < ....
pledge of 10 members in the pledge
membership campaign.
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Mr. I'/f C: rtv has tho distinct
honor of urn .»••• made his report or j
time w ith r; membership of 30 cr |
more than any other president in ■
liie Association. *
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This outstanding personality I am!
sure all of you know. You may not
have see nthe face but you have
'•cad of the splendid service that he
is rendering the Association.
Mr. Dewey Johnson, president of
• h B. A. Lodge No. 270, Hattiesburg,
Miss., is the type of president the
Association can be proud of. He
was elected president of this lodge
i in December, 1953, and ,-ince that
time he has added 46 members to
I the lodge and in the September
Board he reporteed 161 members and
made a pledge of 20 members in the
1000 membership pledge campaign.
Readers, you would be surprised to
know that Mr. Johnson has started
to work on his pledge and is progres
sing nicely. Lookout. Mr. Kinslow,
you have ^ot competition coming up
for your title.
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PICAYUNE
Dear Miss Larkin:
Lodge No. 512 located at Picayune,
Mississippi, lias eelected Mrs. Mary
E. Peters to head the lodge.
All correspondence, etc.. w:'l be
m diced to Mrs. Peters.
Mr,. Mary Abr.-.rn. Pop iter.
I’m so thrilled with our newly
decorated kitchen I’d like to tell '
you about it. It al! started when
I hung my copper-bottomed pan*
(n the wall and liked the warm
color so well that I re-did my
room using copper for decoration.
hirst, kitchen walls and cup*
hoards were pointed a soft tawi y
brown; breakfast molt, papered :i
chceviul brown and yellow pro
vincial print. Then a new copper,
console range and refrigera!,,
with a copper door were adder.
(Ou appliance dt : or tells us tin t
tnore , < pie ar i ing copp -
■' 1 . liar / s, not only t't
tiicir beauty but practicality »
we '.) A copper canister set, wai r '
b'l ret, bread box anil cop, *
nu ’i<is on the wall completed t *
’ •’ Vnd today we i . i .
' in our hit h< n, it’s so cl« n fi; ! ,
t l atti act I
recording to the Copper <> i
.. • s Ke arch Arsocmticn *h*
mg to Early American and Fro*
rooms m which copper * 4 I
hiss? traditional!j ijIotir 1*
ly respo: sAA foi «;..>».* gp. t..
nlanty •r,ti*y. V. • , ; - : !
.'amp* wrIJ in ou» i 1
I vug room, at weli *, , !,••*« ' ,
tireplao* s*t. And. ►,»«* yen o.ojj | (
the new .modem bra-* *»;„• :
'they re r«a!’v f > an: rice -.. j;| *
practical, toe! • !
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Mrs. Early A. Rus-eil, President
of H 3. A. Lodge No. 25, Meridian,
Miss. Wouldn't you I ■ <- to ,v ve
that beautiful smile? That's her,
always mining, and we do not .aye
to wan.'x i a boo', nor being a success*
■ 1 you
smile . \vi . u le-i-. u ii you.
Mrs. Hi 'sell i d 30 bers
in toe V pie:: . .ar,; a. i node
g ! i in 1300
member: hip < ; mpaign.
Agent's Report
By Mr. A.. J. Barnett
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Dear Mis- Larkin:
This comes as my report to the
Association. I visited Lodge No.
505 located at Purvis, Mississippi,
and installed the officers as follows:
Mr. E. L. Byrd, President; Mrs. Bes
sie Dronef Vice President; Mi's. An
nie Davis, Secretary; Mrs. Mary Et
ta Horan, Assistant Secretary; Mrs.
Hattie William-'. Treasurer, ana Mrs.
Katie Jefl -rson. Chairman of Sick
Committee
Meeting nig::;.- will lie the first
and third Eri 1 nights of each
Two ; .ilea
. -t 'pled. I : old in n the
the run*
ach red
one. So, ll pledge for the lodge
will be 6. I am leaving th m six
members stiong Mail the Ecb . to
E. L, I • I mad
trios but I intended to revive tl is
by. Vo., will hear more fr#r*
Lem later,
Mrs. Kula B* -Uh liter, the c rul
ing president of lod^e f'o. 4 ' of
Collins, Mississ pi. 'I.:;. LlejtfB*
halt :r lias done wonderful h h in
mak:ng the mem" ’ship cf her Jj»e
one of the largest in tii ,t serh ‘.<t
the State. She rr < r;ed 69 me- ■ > rt
in the September Board and ’jj
ed 5 more in the 1000 mom’ ’■t'dp
campaigB.