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Show Grand Sire CockrUm jLW Fellows Delivers PatrBf HOME FOR ORGANIZATlBl IN UTAH BARXKsS Bespeaks Aid for IhuglijHj Rebekah in Project 'mm. Odd Fellows and their f sembled in the Colonial tb$H nieht to hear .). B, C'ockrum, gmmm of the order, deliver the nnal address. The real aunivcrsaryB occur until April 20, but the v-Mm is compelled to leave Uub.;H hence the date was set fo'rH that he could deliver the nddtfH audienco occupied all of thoa'H and part of the gallery. rH Christenson was master of ceil Governor William Sprv dolhH address of welcome, lib euloeH Odd Fellows and their .worV-M that the principles inciilc.ii&iB fraternity made bettor citiziiK ernor Spry most cordially Grand Sire C'ockrum to UtahH ing by asking him to make fiH more froquont. TH Speaking from a siagc dccorB the Stars and Stripes, OranitiJH rum's anniversary address iM tinctly patriotic in its trend. Mm told how much he eujoyc'il hiiH Utah and expressed gratit'ifB grand reception given him FrjH at the Commercial club. TfiH lined the creeds am puro$H Fellowship and traced its msUI "Since lSoU," said Mr. "Odd Follows of the worlidjB $130,000,000 for the relief jDM brethren. I take the date i83$ Washington lodge No. 1, altB isting eleven years prior to iH no authentic records Odd.FiH day are contributing 5,0IXmM nually lo alleviate distress TeH suage woe. Jmrn Principles of OrdetH "The principles that our wUHj os urges members to love theiiH their God, and their fellow raiaB our order was started we-haH great war which rended tbaH in which ninny Odd FelloirjH pa ted. Then when tho SpaoidH can war became necessary thefj had worn the gray and their. the men who had worn the 'nH their sons fought sido by sidij honor of the (lag. Such oninjH and such loyalty are part of flmm ings of Odd Fellowship and he.H lows the instructions he receivoB lodge room cannot fail to JbsH patriotic citizen." "'-H Grand Siro Cockrum in the his address paid eloquent itH the Daughters of Iiehckab and'H tially asked the Odd FellowH operate with the Rt'bekaha iiNjH an Odd Follows orphans' 1onieM "Jt is not for mc to dirccfiB the Odd Fellows of Utah Ufl the project of crectm" an 'mm home for this state to tho cixmm Rcbckahs I feel sure that WM will soon become a real ity.. j?H "Good, law-abiding incu everywhere cannot fail to ym tho "work done by both the,'(H lows and the Rcbekalis," coutiH speaker. "Ivlanv a man afilifJH loneliness and the fear of :Mm greatl' cheored by tho vieit-'PH .brother. Our order places rH shoulders the responsibility ffH ing the orphans of Odd FellotB over this broad land may .flH slitutions for this purpoBe.'-B Odd Fellowship Is SpitM Grand Siro Cockrum wenlH how Odd Fellowship had. over the world. He said thaLB Sweden, Holland. Bolgiiim, 'MM the Philippines, Canada 'andjjM had recognized, the benefitsaB from membership in the ordetH prosprous lodges. Canada', .".0,H particularly fortunate in He also told how prouiptirB lows had sent relief to the the Johnstown ilood, tho GalTCfM wave ' and tho San FrilnciSejM quake. ' 'the responses for ajH time of t he San Francisco din been so generous, he 8aid,dfB moucv than was needed 5.H now "forms a trust fund-hwM grand lodge of C'aliforniB.i l Tho ovoning's exercises c'fH audience singing "My CounttjB Thee' After adjournment H Cockrum held a Jitlle hsyeaM stage, when Hev. P. A. SiOBM sented persons who UicrctQioiflM been given an opport unity t0-JB Cockrum. LJB |