Show i I SEC n rT SOCIETIES I The anniversary proceedings last Monday evening in a measure was a finale to the seasons work in Odd Fellowship 11 Fel-lowship Until warm weather sets in the lodges will be principally interested I in the increasing of membership and advancing of brothers The Odd Felt Fel-t lows will next celebrate Memorial day I r when thj final resting places of deceased I de-ceased members of the order are I adorred with flowers and suitable cere jnoiiies undertaken In all likelihood the day to be set apart in Utah will oe Saturday May 30 Four weeks hence the semiannual I elections of officers in encampments lodges both subordinate and Rebekah occur which is always of primary im ortance in lodge government July I brings installations and hot weather when there is more or less of a rest till fall approaches Active members are therefore busy looking to filling up satisfactory reports to the Grand lodge prior to June SO Rldgely lodge No 9 on Wednesday I J evpninp had a very social meeting although al-though not a large ono and made No 15 a fraternal visit to assist in conferring con-ferring degrees Enterprise lodge No 15 on the same evening had a well filled lodge room I One applicant lor admission by card I was elected and introduced by P G Dr W H Hodges and the second degree de-gree conferred on two members A number of visitors were present and the meeting all through was most interesting I in-teresting The question of bylaws was I before the lodge when a brother advocated advo-cated that the lodge adopt those of Mystic lodge No 22 Several applications applica-tions for membership were spoken of and the lodge is evidently intending to make extra exertions to largely increase in-crease > their number A good letter was read from Brother C C Cline well known here several years ago in onnection with the press but now of I lansas City Mo He tells of the orders i or-ders growth in that state and speaks I i highly = of Salt Lake city which he calls the gem city of ithe golden west and he has certainly not forgotten the I i members of No 15 j I Utah lodge No 1 and Jordan lodge I No 3 had but fair attendances on Thursday evening Regular business I vas quickly disposed of when several brothers received degrees Salt Lake lodge No2 on Friday I night was well attended and several t Important measures were discussed Fidelity Fi-delity lodge No 17 after a good meeting meet-ing joined No 2 in work in the first degree when one member from No2 and one from No 22 were advanced a step in the order Miriam Rebekah lodge No 5 had a well attended meeting on Saturday night Two brothers and one sister were admitted to the degree and one application received Sister Sherrill resigned re-signed her office of C and Sister Strong was appointed and installed into the office Sister Higson D D G M J officiating It is Miriams turn this gI month for a dime social there being aIl fifth Satuday It is also Decoration Il day and it is reported that the grandmaster grand-master maY designate the national hoi iday as the day on which the order will hold its memorial services instead of as has been usual about two weeks ilater It is announced that at the meeting of Ester Rebekah lodge No 8 tomorrow tomor-row night there will be much of interest inter-est In the way of a light programme r t one of the principal features being essays I es-says on the life of the late Schuyler j Colfax who in his life time was so much identified with the degree of Re bekah There should be a large turnout turn-out of sisters Relief and charity by lodges year ending December 31 iSiS Salt Lake City Utah No 1 s 4 445 75 Salt Lake No2 766 60 Jordan No 3 1 472 00 I Ridgely No9 20 00 Enterprise No 15 566 40 I Fidelity No 17 25900 Mystic No 22 81 00 2610 75 Park City No7 100135 Olive Branch No8 678 00 t Nos 5 6 and 13 Ogden consolidated consol-idated 603 00 Progress No 18 158 90 Corinne No4 31 00 Bingham No 10 131 00 Sandy No 11 105 50 Eureka 1 < To 12 222 70 Provo No 14 322 00 Nephi No 16 3650 Payson No 19 86 60 Mount Pleasant No 20 11110 Highland No 21 8900 0187 45 This does not include the many calls for donations which are made up by subscriptions from membersneither is S the work of the Rebekah lodges mentioned I f men-tioned which amounts to a consider I I able sum of money being purely char r 41 t f Brother J M Locl art of Park City the celebra lodge No 7 was enjoying tion last Monday evening I Brother W M Richardson of Bidwell lodge No 47 Biggs Cal has been visiting the city lodges t Brother Archie Stuart district deputy f dep-uty grand master has successfully f I withstood the dreaded surgical opera hast I tion for appendicitis The brother 1 been at St Marks hospital for several t weeks and it is hoped he will be able I to return home within a few days Doctors f Doc-tors Pinkerton Worthington Critchlow i I if tins city and Robertson of Sandy had care of the patient The following is the original poem delivered by brother Charles E Ells worth of Wayne lodge No 10 Dayton Ohio now a resident of Utah Welcome sisters brothers strangers here We are Odd Fellows have no fear Judge us by deeds and not by years We now commemorate as best we can An order that helps its members and fellow man The dust of time has not soiled the name Or lessened the three links wondrous fame Scrent seven years ago the charter was unfurled Now Independent Odd Fellows banners float over the round world It has for a foundation the true cornerstone corner-stone To uphold the Bible and worship one God alone I And all the bright virtues which emblazons emblaz-ons His shield Nou sparkle and blossom in the Odd Fellows field Brotherly love shines forth like a star Kindly relief beams forth bright afar Truth a virtue ever divine Clings closely around our beloved shrine Ttmperance adorns the Odd Fellows home And iron it her votaries never will roam In sorrow his love and faith should beam k l And prudence his bark guide on lifes rugged rug-ged stream In the journey of life though troubled I afar Let justice be ever the bright guiding star And with a cluster of virtues so bright and fair A true hearted Odd Fellowj > willnever despair de-spair KT Let friendship love and truhever prevail l pre-vail w Then borneo with envy our order may assail rAnd r-And purely through ages our banners will wave Li And around us will gather the true and the brave r Grandma Farrer born in 1S09 is a I Q r d I member of Monte Rosa Rebekah I lodge of Colorado Springs Degree staffs of sixty members are I seldom seen Sebaska lodge of Taun I ton Mass has such an one and in a I recent visit to Roger Williams lodge at Providence R I occupied the I armory while conferring the degrees We note the decease of one of our exchanges the Odd Fellows Advocate of West Virginia Lack of patronage and a dearth of discernment on the part of the editor was the causeof the I collapse The largest Rebekah lodge in Ohio has 399 members and is named Colflax A few determined men can make any lodge grow anything to the contrary notwithstanding Let those who desire to see their lodge increase get together to-gether and work The Fraternal press is now hunting for the lodge the richest in assets I British Columbia put forward the I claims of three bodies Now comes St Paul No 2 Minnesota claiming i assets over liabilities of 21566387 i The Grand Sires proclamation designating desig-nating June 9 or such other day as may be convenient as Memorial day is published in many eastern papers The announcement of thirtyone deaths of representative Odd Fellows is made Past Grand Sire Thomas Sherlock of Ohio being the most prominent pro-minent He was grand sire in 1S451S47 and died at the age of 78 |