10-A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 20, 1912.
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ODD FELLOWS' ORDER GROWS
Annual Session Snows All Branches
Are Increasing.
NEXT SESSION TO BE AT LINCOLN
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the Work of the Order.
The frand lodge, the grand encampment.
the department council of the Patriarch
Militant and the Rebekah assembly of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, held
their annual session on Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday, October 15, 16 and 17,
at Lincoln. There were about 1,009 Odd
Fellows from all parts of the state In
attendance at these sessions.
A special session of the grand lodge
was held at S o'clock Tuesday evening In
representatives hall in the state capitol
building, and the past officials and the
grand lodge degrees were conferred upon
200 pew members.
The fifty-fifth annual session of the
grand lodge opened at 10 o'clock Wednes
day morning In representatives hall. The
morning was devoted to disposing of
amendments to the grand lodge laws. At
11 o'clock the grand lodge and the
Rebekah assembly held a joint meeting In
representatives hall. The afternoon session-
was devoted to committee reports
and routine business.
Election of Officers.
Thursday morning the following grand
lodge officers were elected: T. W. Bass,
Broken Bow, grand master; Frank John,
Grand Island, deputy grand master; J. C.
HarnlsoV- O'Neill, grand warden; I. P;
Gage,1 Fremont, grand secretary; F. B.
Bryant, Omaha, grand treasurer; W.. J.
Vosburgh, Kearney, grand 'representa
tive; Paul Story, Red Cloud, held, over
from last year as grand representative;
8. R. Patton. Omaha, and J. W. Kelsey.
Lincoln, members of the home board
trustees.
Lincoln was chosen as the annual meet
ing place of the 1913 session. Omaha
Grand Island and York were placed In
nomination, but Lincoln won out on the
third ballot,
The amendments to change the manner j
of electing representatives to the grand
lodge and grand lodge officers were re
jected. Only a few minor changes were
made In the grand lodge constitution, as
most of the proposed amendments were
RE-ELECTED GRAND TREASURER
OF ODD FELLOWS.
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FRANKLIN B. BRYANT.
Elected Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of
Nebraska, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, Last Week for the Fourteenth
Time.
defeated. An amendment proposing a
change In the manner of collecting grand
lodge dues was defeated after a lengthy
debate. The Omaha representatives put
up a hard fight for this proposition to
equalize the grand lodge tax, but were
unable to win out when the matter was
put to a vote.
The home board made a voluminous re
port, which was given the closest atten
tion, and every action of the board waa
heartily endorsed.
A resolution was adopted making it
necessary for representatives to answer
all roll calls orlose their per diem. The
grand master was given authority to call
special meetings of the grand lodge in
conjunction with district meetings.
Arrangements were made for an Odd
Fellows' parade at the IMS session.
Home Children at Grand I.odne.
A feature of the session was a pro
gram of songs and recitations given be
fore , the grand lodge by the twelve
orphan children of the Odd Fellows'
home.
F. H. Swanbeck of Greenwood, Neb
addressed the grand lodge. Mr. Swan-
beck is 98 years of age and has been an
Odd Fellow for over sixty-eight years.
D. E. Thomas of Mount Ayr, Ta,, who
hag been an Odd Fellow for sixty-five
years, was also a visitor at the grand
lodge.
The grand secretary's report shows that
during the year the order Increased Its
membership in this state by 322, the total
number of members In Nebraska now
being 24,278.
The report of the representatives to the
sovereign grand lodge shows that last
year was a prosperous one for the order
from every standpoint. The order now
has over 2,100,000 members, the report
showing an Increase of over 68,000 mem
ber in all branches of the order dur
ing the year. There waa collected by the
order In 1911 $18,300,000, of which $5,854,000
was paid out for relief and sick benefits.
The invested funds of the order now
amount to over $63,331,000. The next ses
sion of the sovereign grand lodge will be
held at Minneapolis In 1913.
Rebekch State Ansemhlr.
The Rebekah assembly held a special
session in the senate chamber Tuesday
'evening to confer the Rebekah assembly
degree on the new members In attendance
at this year's session.
, The regular session was convened at 10
o'clock Wednesday morning in the senate
chamber. The forenoon was spent in
hearing the president's address and dis
posing of committee reports. The after
noon session was devoted to the home
board report and at 4 o'clock a memorial
service was neld. In her annual report
the secretary stated that thirteen new
lodges had been Instituted in this state
during the year and that there had been
a gain of 2,236 members. The organiza
tion now has a membership of 14,667 in
Nebraska. The treasurer's report showed
a balance on hand of $10,142.60.
The following officers were elected:
Fannie DeBow, Coleridge, president;
Susan KJerstead, Norfolk, vice president;
Julia Welch, Lincoln, warden; Mary C.
Stuht. Omaha, treasurer; Emma L. Tal
bot, South Omaha, secretary; Mary Liv
ingston, , Mary Caldwell. Lincoln, mem
bers home board; Mrs. E. S. Davis, North
Platte, delegate to sovereign grand lodge.
At the Wednesday evening session the
decoration of chivalry was conferred upon
seventeen members. Following this cere
mony the Rebekah degree waa exempli
fied by Evening Star Rebekah lodge No.
55. of York. '
The' total membership of the Rebekah
branch of the order is 687,039, an Increase
of over 20,000 members during the year of
1911. The receipts of the year amounted
to $1,000,000.
Sension of the Grand Encampment.
The grand encampment began its ses
sion at 10 a. m. Tuesday, In Odd Fellows'
hall. The forenoon was devoted to
committee work, and the afternoon to
the election of officers and hearing offi
cers' reports. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
S. R. McFarland, grand patriarch; J.
W. Pitman, grand senior warden; J. A.
Davis, high priest; W. A. Keaton, grand
Junior warden; I. P. Gage, grand scribe;
F. B. Bryant, grand treasurer; E. H.
Newhouse, grand representative for two
year term; W. G. Persell. Broken Bow,
grand representative for one-year term;
George Turklngton of Omaha was ap
pointed grand marshal.
There . was the largest attendance In
years. The only Important legislative
business transacted was . increasing th
per diem from $3 to $3 per day.
The report of the grand representatives
places the receipts of the encampment
branch of the order at $900,000. There
was also a large Increase In membership.
On Tuesday evening Saline encampment
No. 4 held a special meeting at Odd Fel
lows' hall and exemplified the encamp
ment degrees for the benefit of the en
campment visitors.
Patriarch Militant.
The department council of the patriarch
militant branch of the order was called
to order at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon-in
Odd Fellow's hall.
The department council was authorised
to select the time and place for the next
annual session, arranging If thought
best, for a date and place different from
that of the grand lodge session. This
arrangement was made with the possible
idea of holding a summer camp of in
struction which is known as a canton
ment The per capita tax was raised
from 30 cents to 60 cents per member. The
rf port showed a large increase in mem
bership.
The oficers of the department will be
elected by the cantons this fall. General
E. S. Davis, who has served for four
years, and whose administration has wit
nessed remarkable growth in this de
partment, announced that he will not. be
a candidate for re-election.
At 7:30 o'clock Wednesday evening the
decoration of chivalry waa conferred upon
five Odd Fellows and twelve Rebekahs.
Louise Short the little daughter of Lieu
tenant 3. H. Short of Ezra Millard cantan
NO. 1, Omaha, was maid of honor in this
beautiful ceremony.
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