Show ARMY ARMYON ON GRAND PARADE Fraternal Brothers March in Imposing Pageant Through Salt Lake Streets MANY DEGREES CONFERRED HOME FOR OLD AND INFIRM WILL BE ERECTED The largest attendance In the of the L O 0 O 0 F in Utah was w was s present at the annual state convention of ot the grand lodge which convened in Odd Fel Fellows Fellows Fellows lows hail hall yesterday At noon noon nood the Daugh Daughters Daughters Daughters of Rebekah served luncheon to 00 visitors The afternoon session continued until antil when whon the parade was formed and it became the feature of the day More than 2000 Odd Fellows from all sections of ot Utah and from thirteen other states paraded the streets of ot Salt Lake late yesterday afternoon Preceded by a platoon of police pollee and a band the patri patriarchs patriarch archs arch militant of or the uniformed rank of Odd Fellows led the procession dressed In Immaculate uniforms with heaps of gold braid Following the uniformed canton were I representatives from every ery one of ot tho the 41 44 4 lodges In the tho state staIn Each Bach lodge ap appeared appeared In regalia with banners The of officers officers of the grand lodge and of ot Rebekah assembly rode in carriages s in the procession The I O 0 O 0 F assembled in front of Odd Fellows hall hail in Postoffice place and the line of ot march included State and Main streets with the cross street as far as the Monument when the procession countermarched down Main to the hall ball Reviewed by Mayor Mayor John S B Bransford Chief S M I Barlow BaTlow and Councilman A J Davis from the reviewing stand at the Kenyon hotel awarded the first prize for appearance to Jordan lodge No 8 S and the second prize for percentage to Sugar House lodge No 27 Because of the splendid showing of all lodges from other parts of the state It was impossible to choose last night and the decisions will be made today The grand lodge committee on parade was I A Strayer E B H II Smith I L Mudge W S Foster and William Board Boardman Boardman Boardman man Grand Master W J J Moore presided at atthe atthe atthe the meetings The grand lodge degree was conferred on a B class of sixty At Atthe Atthe Atthe the afternoon session a home board was organized to purchase a site for an i orphans and old peoples home The lo location location location cation of ot the home will be determined by competition of ot Utah cities A resolution was unanimously adopted making certain certain tain tam that the home will be erected very soon At sessions the tho order of bust busi business bustness ness will wUl be the adoption of ot the financial program for the tho year and the election of officers These officers will be installed at the afternoon session The Rebekah state assembly also con convened convened ened yesterday morning at 1 with members present In the afternoon at a public session the decoration of chiv chivalry aIry alry was conferred on a class clasa of nine Including Mrs Mary E B Sudheimer Mrs Kitty Hines Mrs Ellen Staines Mrs Em Emma Emma Emma ma N Stott Mrs Genevieve Inlow Mrs Irs G W TV Haines Mrs Hattie Porter Mrs Henry Myers lIers and Mrs Elizabeth Ward ley The patriarch militant assisted Dy by Mrs Irs Minnie Mathews Miss Eva Pitcher Miss Lillian Pierce and Miss Ethel Ethe Jertz conferred the decoration which was pre pro presented presented seated to the by little Miss Pearl Watrous At the evening session the Rebekah degree was conferred on candidates by the degree staff of Miriam lodge No 5 6 S Degrees Exemplified Last night was given over to the exem exemplification exemplification of the degrees by the th Patri Patriarchal archal and Rebekah branches Marian Marina lodge No 5 exemplified the second degree as did also Golden Rule encampment Oquirrh encampment put on the third de do degree degree gree gres No 1 17 Rebekah branch will exem exemplify exemplify the third degree this afternoon The Grand lodge will convene conven at 10 this morning A resolution will willbe willbe be read thanking Mayor Bransford Chief of ot Police Barlow and the police pollee force for tor their courtesy in yesterdays parade The resolution will also thank the Utah Light Railway company for the suspension of the car service The Grand lodge will then give attention to the building of the Odd Fellows Follows home I I Rebekah officers will be Installed this afternoon as follows President Mrs Sarah Brown Stockton vice president Miss Jennie Ogden warden Miss lUss Mary Salt Lake secretary Miss Clara L Moore Salt Lake treasurer Miss Kitty Hines Provo The president will then appoint subordinate officers The Grand lodge convention will wind windup windup windup up tonight with a R banquet and ball ballA ballA balLA A large representation of Ladles Ladies of the tIle met in Odd Fellows hall hail yes yesterday yesterday afternoon for tor the purpose of ex cx exemplifying the work of ot the new ritual of the order Miss Bina E B West record keeper of the world and Mrs Alice B Locke state commander pre pro presided sided and gave Instruction Today at 2 p m the work will be continued and this evening at 8 there thero will be initia initiation initiation tion lion of a class of 35 36 Then there will be bo boan beIRn bean an IRn open reception in honor of ot Miss West to which the sir knights of ot the Macca bees are invited Officers of ot the day for forthe forthe forthe the present meetings are Mrs Anna Du Dubel bei bel past commander Mrs Alica Alice B BLocke BLocke BLocke Locke state commander Mrs O 0 W Mc McGill McGIlL Gill GUl lieutenant commander Mrs Laura LauraM LauraH M H Truitt record keener keeDer Mrs Mary Bero i finance i nanc auditor ul Mrs Mis C B Patterson chaplain Mrs Rena Thompson hompson sergeant at Mrs Mary B Lawrence mis Mrs Molly sen san sentinel sentinel tinel Mrs Mary A Decker picket Mrs Lavina Livingston official prompter |