The daily gazette., 1881-06-21
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Semf-Centennfal Celebration OF
Delaware Encampment.


Delaware Encampment.
Last. night, Delaware Encampment,
No. ], !. 0. o. f., celebrated the semi
centennial Anniversary Of the establish
ment Of the encampment branch Of the
Order In this State. Edwin F. Morrow
presided AID made brief address Of
welcome. Rev. Adam Stengle led In
prayer, aud music was furnished by Miss
Florence Hirst, Miss Mary Tilgnman,
Robert Helm and II. G. Bertolette, with
Clarence Schank at the organ.
Mr.. Edwin Hirst, Grand Patriarch Of
the Grand Encampment Of Delaware,
read q history of the Order In this
St,te. AFTER referring to the primitive
history OF Odd Fellowship, and the e.
tablishment of the Encampment branch
Of the order ID Baltimore, In 1928, he
said:
In 1881 the Encampment of Baltimore
granted q charter for the establishment
OF an Encampment Of Patriarchs In
WILMINGTON. The first oficlal notice Of
Delaware Encampment appt ars on the
Journal of the Grand Lodge ofthe Unit
ed States, at the September session, 1888.
Delaware Eacampment was the sixth In
order Of seniority. II ceased operations
In September, 1884, and remained 10 an
inactive c,,ndition uLtil Nov. /, 1913,
when IL reorganizsd, aud after which,
for about twenty-five or thirty years,
the encampment showed signs OF un-
excep,ionable vigor. Accsss,ons to
members being made from the surround
ing hundreds, and as far down the Staas
40 Smyrna. At o meeting September
1000 10 tad hak
had been purchased In the Union burial
ground. At the same meeting Patriarch
ii. +. Askew was appointed encaDpment
physician for one year. On September
10, 1884, the representative the q. l.. u.
=. was requested to forward the present
charter to the G. L. U. 3. and receive
another In It's place. Nothing further
was done in regard to this, and the en-
richardson, Johu B. Moncton, aud
Gideon II. Tindall.
On May II, 1S47, Henry Van Gaskip,
Thos. p. Brian, John Millaway, Peter
Carr, John N. DenninR aud Joseph b.
MaSinnes, Of Smyrna, were elected mem-
bers. Withdrawal cards were granted 10
these for the purpose Of organizing Nc
D0nnell EncampmeDt,N No. 2, ct Smyrna,
aud the $50 which they paid in for de-
grees was placed to the credit OF the new
encampment, which was Instituted May
q, 1847. On June 8, 1S47, ten members
OF this city drew out and organized Rey-
nolds EncampmeIt, No. 8, which was
Instituted In this city June 26, 1S47. The
two Wilmington encampments then
agreed TO use the regaila Of the parent
encampment, Jointly, the new organiza-
tion agreeing TO pay 500, or half the val
ue Of the articles.
Union Enczmpment, No. 7, was In
stituted At Bokeby, March II, 1858, COM
posed of members who withdrew from
Delaware Encampment. No. l, for tina.
purpose.
Mr.. Hirst said the encampments
worked in harmony, SO much 50 as TO
confer degrees for each other frequently.
ship rapidly. The new Odd Fellows
Hall,at Third and King streets, was ded-
icated, In 1847, and the first meeting held
therein by Delaware encampment on
Jane 8, 1647.
At the suggestion Of No. Encamp-
ment, and the cooperation of encamp-
men!s Nos. 2 and 8, q Grand Encamp-
rneDt charter % asked for. The Grand
Encampment was instituted August 2,
ls4S, and tine first per centsge, amount
ing to $i0.40, was ordered TO be drawn.
After the reading Of Mr.. Hirst's paper,
were several addresses by members Of
the order, aud some musical selections
by The quartet.
The following named were the active
members before the relapse Of the En-.
compment,all OF whom have since passed
away, excepting Gideon r. Tindail, who
is now residing in Cleveland, Ohio, and
Robert B. Mcdonnell, who is with US
this evening:
John Scott, Thos. Hill, Robert w.
Gardner, Simon Robinson, James Nc
Neal, S. White, y Jacob K. Higgins, Joseph
;. Hedges, William Ferd, Zenas b.
Glazler, James McInall, II. r. Askew,
Bryan Blist, 2. NJ. Garrestson, Robert
b. McDonnell, Frederick M. Rice, Joseph
campmeDt Is still in possession Of the
original charter. Mr.. Airst believes this
Is the Oldest Encampment charter 10
existence held by the original guaran-
tees and their successors.