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Show MAYOR GREETS ODDFELLOWS Official Welcome Given to I Lodgemen at Annual Encampment PKOVO, April 19. Official welcome' riven (Rah i'd,i Follows holdiaffl their rvunji lodga encampment here at' I the opening Qt yeaterday'e session b-1 Mayor O. K. Hnnson. He compliment-! led ih" local lodge on bringing the con-ventloh con-ventloh to Provo. touched upon the teat lunv of the order, invited them to look over the resources of the section j :nn.i t return and join the people of, Utah county In the next annual hik to the summit of Mt. Tinipanagos. which takes place In July. 8PJ IKS N bl .KV Following .Mayor Hansen's speech of wi-h "me. Captain .lames B. Tucker wi-liOMle.l tli vfmitrwm In tl, nmviAM I and "ii behjalf of the Provo branch of i the American Jejjlon he extended J felicitations He ldl of the achieve-' mcnts of the American leuinn in securing se-curing legislation providing proper care for the disabled ex -service men He asked for the co-operation of all . In the work the Legion is undertaking' In behalf or the fraternltv Grand Master HarVcy 1 1, duff of Salt Lake J responded with no acceptance of the very cordial welcome extended th ; lodge. j "I most gratefully thank you for j these kind expression'-. .m. :hi wliolc-jsquled wliolc-jsquled spirit with which they were gbiren " .Mr. I luff suid "l,e4 me assun jou it will nevei be your privilege t" welcome to this fair city a more ap-preclatlve, ap-preclatlve, big-hearted, charitable, loyal and patriotic class of citizens than you have welcomed today.'' , O. . I . UHS. I The speaker then t61d of the things for whlcb Odd Fellowship stands. In tbis connection he said- " Idd Fellow ship furnishes no opportunity for man to camouflage, it despises hypocrisy and untruth. In this great order hundreds and thousands of the sti"iig-tst sti"iig-tst and best men the sun ever shown on have banded themselves together for the practice of exalted principles The triumph of Odd Fellowship lie in extended influence, and In the fail that the principles of the order, exemplified exem-plified bj Its members In everj walk of jlfe. make of them better Samaritans Samari-tans on life's highway " Mr Cluff then told of the work of ,the lodge, stating that during 'he year 1'.'21 P. had expended for relief in this jurisdiction $21,788 sn In cash, to say nothing of the relief given by actual service. DEGREE 1 It XFERRI l i Following the meeting at I In armo-r armo-r the grand lodge conferred the de-i.'irc de-i.'irc on 4U member., and later the Eureka degree team Initiated a class. Most of the afternoon was taken up in matters of business pertaining to the ilodge and the appointment of committees com-mittees to carry on the work. ine of the touching features of yesterday's yes-terday's sessions was the adoption of resolutions extending the lodge'a Sympathy Sym-pathy to Mra Lewis W. Curry of Vernal, Ver-nal, widow of the former grand maatei of Utah i dd Fellows, who died recently recent-ly The committee, composed of AV. X. Grundify Charles Cameron and L. E Hubbard, drafted the following resolution, resolu-tion, a cop of which was wired to Mrs I'urry; "The grand lodge of the I O. O. F. of Ft ih. in annual session assembled conveys to you Its most Bincere sympathy sym-pathy In Hi" great loss you and we have sustained in the passing of you-beloved you-beloved husband " At 6 o'clock last evening an imposing impos-ing parade took plare and at S o'clock the Rebekah branch of the Odd Fel-IdWS Fel-IdWS conferred th- Rebekah degree on a class of candidates. oo |