Show I THE REBECCA DEGREE Conferred Upon Thirty Ladies at Odd Fellows Hail Last Evening The members of the various lodges of Odd Fellows of this city with their wives and lady friends met at Odd Fellows Hall last evening for the purpose of conferring con-ferring the Rebecca degree upon those who desired to take it A large number of ladies were present several of whom had already taken the degree the others being candidates This degree is not for ladies alone all members of the Order being eligible and several Odd Fellows were admitted last evening when the degree was conferred upon the following ladies Mrs Willinaly Mrs Greenman Mrs Harvey Miss Wise Mrs Rowe Mrs Johnson Mrs Thied Mrs Riley Mrs Clute Mrs Kletting Mrs Whiteley Mrs Rhoda Murphy Mrs G F Culmer Mrs W H Culmer Mrs James Hilton Mrs Dr Ewing Mrs Harry Haynes Mrs I Vatters Mrs Clark Mrs Baker Mrs Blough Mrs Olson Mrs Simon Mrs Koehler Mrs Barnhart After these ceremonies Grand Secretary Secreta-ry Hyams presented the Hall committee commit-tee with a life size portrait of the late Hon Schuyler Colfax who founded the Rebecca degree The presentation was accompanied by a very neat speech which was responded to by Past Grand Greenwald on behalf the committee Grand Master Cohn and others made brief speeches after which a superb supper sup-per was served at the St James Hotel where the remainder of the evening was most pleasantly spent |