The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
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The Public installation of the Officer:
of Five Lodges Witnessed by
Over Six-Hundred Per-
sons.
The Ceremonies Followed by q Grand
Ball and Banquet-The Equal
Of Which Has Not Been
Seen in the City on a
Similar Occasion.
An Event Which viii be Iona Re-
membered by the Friends of
the Order Of Odd Fel-
lows.

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'"s' az man Pa>' seven
O'Clock. he large lodge room IN Odd Fellows
building at the corner of Shavne,, and Six,I
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STRUTS, WIS hiieu 10 overcoming Win The
officers elect and various members of the or
e der and their friends, accompani,d nv Ladies'
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@H &c hu"ioVi Vi cshsis were 'or aiohS time
q employed, and busiiy too, in properly ar
JinyiDg and sealing the audience.
After every available seat was occupied.
T, The aIsies and corners OF the room were
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!. uehse's Pacheu WIN people, Summing. Inc
II occasion was one that has b.en rarely wit
IA messed m The history nj Ola E.lIo,vs- ,b.
hsSeu :" 'no niS''is VI o'' reiio"S-'he
g Pu"hc i"s'iia'i"h oi more 'hah one quorum
n of officers AT one time. In this instance, the
otticars If tix. Iod,..S ,v.r,, u. ba i,s,all.l
r THE LODGE ROOM
' was handsomely arranged, the wall b,re-
covered win various charts and pict ures We
Ialing to the order. The charters OF the fling
= Lodge, To be repre>ented W. re hung in con-
l SPURIOUS places near ine north ei,d of the
room where the chair of the presiding officer
or Noble Grand, is located Ia the rear Of
thus chair on IA raised Platform were arranged
twenty -fiv. chairs To be used by th,. Officers
after InsI alaIIon d the ieIt, ia 'front.' were ar
, der Tor the us,. of The officers elect during
CEREMONY;
On Tue right OF tne pre>luihg oHlcers possi-
tlon we're twenty ;hNe chairs nlled with the
mem oeis oi me Mehuel>suoh 1hoi al society,
and ake "a, Manner-essis 'erein; Al tne south
emu Oh ihe room. was raised cnair similar
10 LhaI Opposite occupied by The Wee Grand
anu sccoi"Pdhicu W Various AZ Poihteu OH
u ,' Inc various IN hioers oi tne oruer'
NUMBERING netiiy ionr huhdred, We're ar
ranged on either sstie Oh the room, IN iuii re-
gaia, The chairs Ia the center on either side
oelhg gwen 70 tne large number oi Iadl es
present. Tue west Sue Oh tAe, apartment Was
occupied oy me past Srihis-
| TIE EXERCISES.
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WA. ,,Iit,,i M nr,I,.T nv Pasf-1;rsnd V,.I.r ~
| ID Nct,arty VINO ~, n sho,f- hni nn,,,,aj |
sne.ch> ,x6.aIuat th,. obi-ct OF ill.,. ,,,.,.iing
tr,,nk 5ng I'm. members ~ tbe or,t..r Tor ,i
honnr conf,.rr,d His remarks w.r. fnilnwed
by a splendid song IN German. "The Day OF
he>', rendered ~ tne Mannef-Ge>angver-
sih. Az tiie CONCLUSION OIL Tue muse IL was
reported that the Er'ind omcers dem nded
auihissioh al the oCoi In the south emu OF The
focm.
then ask,d If H.. s,,art.r. nj the yas,o,,.
lodges asking for Installation were in the
room.
Grand Master McCarty replied in the affir.
native.
The Grand Marshal then, in the name If the
.srind L1dgs OF kansas, announced the pres
The M .s s'.er o u, ,@,d vo,..
cd ain The n,,ne ~ Er,."d,,.,n ~ .,ia
Truth. admit thsm" A''e an"
$50 '"''''' 'ne"h-
iney We're nshered INTO the presence OF the
m ,.s gpand ,anr.',a,i.s of,, ,n Ieguiar
their sevefai lodges as follows: I
l. T. Jones, No. 2: L. NJ Tanner Q. r. y |
Mcliregor No a Geo II. Davis. No. 50. and
Henry Bru. gyen, of No. I23
Then follow Il a nne piece of vocal music
ilsd .ve Memasss nm mora society, endi
the officers OF the lodges were desired 10 give
up their seats to their superyisors .
Mr.. l. T. Jones of Ieayenworth Lodge No :
9, being sci. cted on account OF seniority as
Installing officer assumed the duties OF II
w q, NJ, and the officers 10 be Installed r
TOOK Their places, while the members OF the 9
usual questions, responses and Obligations ,
tnc Officers were invested with their proper !
resaiia and assigned To their stations. The
foiiowins are the el. Give officers Installed.
NOBLE GRANDs (
No . r. sloan l
" swan.
10. y: Ad9,pl Sachs. o
20 u n G
No Ia en-. Sp1nh,ch
ave. ' - ~
VICE CRANES.
No. . H. NJ Hogg
No. D. Fred Herren.
No ~ Eu..ne Mise
No So James Farrell c
NO. i-"- =. r. hr"eh 'er. C
~ 49, ,
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NJ -, 49, ~, -. S Nil o
- 81 ~, D'thtI SUITS II
No. IL. jacob Law. c
TEEAsCRER~: =
No. 2 James H. Davis q
No. O. V. EspIer.
No y, l. Nayo
No SO. j. A. Shoemaker
No. l2S Peter Bubb
PERMANENT SECRETARIES:
No. .. Sam Black.
No 9 c. DenyI-r
a.
Fo' So. Fred Nj. SHADING
No. I2i Fred Steir +
TIL .a-.,,,o,,;0s' ..,,,.,
me m GER . monies on instaliation closed with
grads, it bling on motion decided To >
install the appointed officers in the lodges;
owing 10 the crowded condition OF the hall "
and the laten.s> OF the hour.
The Manner-tiesang Nerien then with very >
good effect, rendered the song ..Der Wald," or
The Forest" in German, and were followed u
by the Mendel>>ohn Choral Society in the IL
rine chorus. "Joy is over the Waters, IL is p
not our custom in making a report of this
kind TO give particular credit TO any one, but -
was excellent, and deserved the
applause. " hich greeted each piece.
After the singing the Grand Marshal closed q
ne session, ana me large asseinbiaSe was IS q,
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BALL ROOM, NJ
xbere new b.,utiss i'm tho ,v,v ,f decoration,
. eete,i the eye. At the east side of the hall
was Lar ge nag, bcafing The motto of the or -
Ter, Friendship, Love and Truth" On the n,
vest side brtwe,n the windows were hung :"
i've wresfhs OF eveigreens, each encircIin. ~
: *, i-.I In ~. c.r,.r ~, h., hall r, =, q
g, o., -. iu .ne Inter VI tne nan "eie hunS
wo cost y siIken burners and the chande- 81
ieis were most handsomely decorated
:, Al tnt SCUM emu Oh the room ~ 'front.' OF A
ne olche ss were stFetchei a number OF er
l,ss ol uhIeItht natlons ana IN the center W
va mug iiihol u CHAIN ihree Links w
'aiNed IN eEers Gems undefswhIcn In iaig
-iteis Were Tue Initials OF the order co
~. me Nofin ehd Oh Inc room n
'as aso uecoraied win hass' one OF which az
ore 'he hio'to Oh the order anu the three
Ihks. Fl
IN" hahL' be
II was not long until the hall was crowded
n its utmost capacify and when n hitah.irs kt
and siruck nm Ib,. FIST grand march N ,..s fel
rrth d fficalfy one could find room 10 walk
rom one sid,. of fb. rail 10 rh.. Other P.n,, 10
las finally made however and soon III en-. CO
vening strains OF music caused The merry -,
The toiIowino officers deserva moro than
riinary cr,dif for rh,- succes~tu. n.rSn,,a b.
nee of The aniuous dnties i'm, nos..d ~ H. m
a. N. a., ~. IN, ~ ga