Nebraska advertiser., 1877-02-08
1. O. G.. T.
Proceedings of the District Lodge.


/ District Lodge met at the Fairviev
Church on February 8. 1877. and wa:
called to order at 10 a. II. by W. C. T
Crother, who made the following ap-
pointments:
Pro tenn ". I. G., Jennie Skeen
". o. G.. Geo. Tourtelott. Lodge
opened in due form.
I G. w. C. T. Mrs. Ada Van Pelt be-
/ ing present, was introduced In proper
order. After taking the chair. P. r.
G- T., S. d. Hastings, of Madison.
Wisconsin. being present, was re-
quested to preside, but declined.
Committee on credentials reported
the following Lodges entitled to rep
resentatiOn as follows: Linden, No
So. 3 votes; Pleasant Prairie, No. 100,
votes; Aspin wall, No. los. votes !;
Nemaha City, No 100. votes; Seen
rity, No. l3j. votes; Zion, No. 137,
votes; Bedford, No. $50, 7votes.
The election OF officers for the en-
suing term resulted as follows: w.
C. T., B. H. Bailey; w. V. T., Mrs.
5. =. Huntington; W. s, J. L. Mel
win; W. Chap. :. W. Kennedy; W.
NJ. H. F. Palmer; ". 1. G.. Jennie
Skeen; W. o. G.. Ed. Tucker.
Appointed officers: W. 4. s., Am
ends Zook; w. D. NJ, Stella Day
w. r. =, Bertha Church; W. L. &,
Susan Crow.
Al. Skeen was unanimously rec
commended for District Deputy, for
ensuing year.
Recess for dinner.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
On being called to order the officers
were duly installed by G. W. c. T.
Van Pelt, assisted by 4. J. Skeen and
J. s. Minick.
Reports of Lodges being called for,
Aspinwall No. los. reported - mem
bers in good standing; average at
tendance, 80.
Bedford, No. 100: Organized May 3,
1874; q charter members; present
members hip, 50.
Nemaha City. No. 100: Organized
p, 1873; present member
ship. 50; average attendance, 60.
Security, No. I35: Organized Feb
ruary 8. 1874; present membership,
60; average attendance, 80.
Pleasant Prairie, No. 100: Present
membership, Is; average attendance,
%.
Linden, No. 9S: Present member
ship, Il; average attendance. Is.
Zion, No. 13T: Present member
ship. "a.
All the Lodges reported were in /
good working condition.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported the following. which were
unanimously adopted
Res0Irsd, That the G.. ". c. T. be
instructed to appoint q committee OF
hree TO request Of ?. G. ". c. T.
Lake an itemized account of service
rendered during his term of office a.
+ W (. l., and report same 10 CIV.
:. J., together with suCh other mat
sr as they deem important for the
good Of the order. (The above reso-
ntiOn was passed at the earnest re-
Inest Of Friends Of P. G.. W. c. T.,
4ake,l
Committee on above-A. J. Skeen,
7. 5. ATinick and Philip Crother.
Resolred, That We meet hereafter on
he second Saturday in February,
.iav, August and November, instead
! the first.
= vote of thanks was rendered to
he members Of Security Lodge for
heir kind hospitality on this occa-
ion. Il
The next place OF meeting was
ixed al Nemaha City on the second /
saturday in May, 1877.
Lodge closed in due form TO meet at
-bove named place and time.
The day being g most delightful one
he church, large ss it ia, was COM
'ietely filed with members OF the or
IeT- The dinner was eaten in the
pen air, spread upon q table over
ixty feet long, which furnished plen-
Y and to spare. At the public meet
ng IN the evening the church was
filed TO overflow ing; all standing
DOM occupied, and nearly one hun
iTed persons outside that could not
ain admittance. The exercises con-
listed of music, prayer by W. Chap
ain, address by G. w. c. T. Van Pelt,
music, address by P r. w. T., 5. D.
lasting, who spoke upwards of an
iour, and held his hearers spell
ound, as it were. with his plain. log
eal views; muslc; address by Prof
Knowles, of Greedy, Colorado. giving
is views upon the temperance ques-
ion.
The session was the largest ever
Ield in the country, and all felt it
Fas good to be there on that occasion.
Respectfully,
J. L. MELVIN, Sec.
Br0Fnville Literary and Musical
Union.