Smyrna times., 1883-11-28
The Odd Fellows.
ANNUAL SESSION or THE GRAND EN-
CAMPMENT.

ANNUAL SESSION or THE GRAND EN-.
CAMPMENT.
The Grand Encampment of Della.
ware, !. 0. o. F., met last Tuesday
eveningin Odd Fellows Hall. WHINING
ton, with NJ. w. &. p, Daniel Ross in
the char. The report of the r. WIGS,
showed nine encampments, with a
membership of 1863, an increase of 81
over last year. Benefits had been paid
to 81 patriarchs for 247 weeks sickness.
the amount being 1860. Two patri-
archs were buried at an expense ofS25O
! the total expenses for funeral and re-
! lief being S996.50. The total REGENTS
during the year We're 50, 1888 and the
expenditures $1,719.S0, leaving n bal
ance on hand of 81 1888.
| BY recent extract from the report
of the Grand Scribe of the United
| States, Grand Scribe lIirst shows that
there were 1919 lodges of the I.O.O.F.
with n membership of IA. S33. with
! l,S20 encampments. with a member
ship Of S0,104, about 1863 per cent.
In comparison with the rcports Of
Pennsylvania and Maryland it was
found that the former had 1914 lodges.
with Il ,834 members and 1913 encamp-
ments, with 10,341 members, a percent
age of 1928 in the encampments. while
the latter had los lodges. with 1O.7S5
members and rs encampments. with
1,52l members, percentage of al.
Delaware has SO lodges, with 245S
member and 8 encampments. with 800
members, or 1879 per cent of the
whole memberships the encampments.
which is fair average with other iuris-
dictiOns.
The following officers were elected
and installed:
NJ. W. G. p, Joshua =. Blythe, of
Reynolds Encampmcnt, No. 3.
N. W. G. II. p, Benjamin f. Shaks-
pcarc, of Reynolds Encampment, No. 3.
Il. W. G. :. W., Samuel II. Barker
OF Dover Encampmcnt, No. ).
Il. w. G. J. W., Isaac J. Wooten. of
Sussex Encampment. No. 1.
X. W. G. :, Edwin Hirst. of Della
ware Encampmemt, No. /.
X. w. G. T., John NJ. Whitford, of
REYNOLDS Encampment, No. 3.
The following officers were appoint
ed: &. |. :, George NJ. Fisher, Dover
Encampment, No. ); G.. 0. S., J. y.
Foulk, kirkwood Encampment. No. 6.
q. NJ, Fred. W. Taylor, Reynolds En-
campment, No. 8.
THE GRAND LODGE,
The Grand Lodge of Delaware. |. q.
.. f., met in the grand lodge room at
Odd Fellows Hall, Wilmington, last
Wednesday morning with Grand Master
Jos. ii. Chandler, NJ. d., in the chair.
The report of the Grand Master called
attention to the meeting as the semi
centennial anniversary of the organi-
zatlon OF the Grand Lodge Of Delaware,
and committee consisting of Past
Grand Masters L. F. james, A. r. Fell.
r. w. Cooper and J. Y. Foulk, Grand
treasurer X. II. Eubanks and the
Grand Master er-oGciO, was appointed
to prepare for a suitable celebration in
the Opera House during the coming
year. At the time the Grand Lodge
OF Delaware was organized there were
but about 5000 Odd Fellows in the
United States, whereas there are now
5lO,OOO. In fifty years 100000 men
nave been enrolled, and the sum of
S92 ,o3S $50 have been collected. Of
this S34, 620,98S have been expended in
the relief of 1,044,4S0 sick members.
1859 widows and their families.
$4,000 orphans and the burial of 11O.45l
deceased members. He spoke of the
presence of an active member. of the
venerable Past Grand Master, Robert
b. Mcdonnell, who stood second on the
list of past grand masters, having been
elected in 1884.
The Grand Secretary, Isaac w. Hal
lam, reported 80 lodges with 1854
members last year, and present mem
bership of 1856. The total receipts
$3l ,593.63, and the expenditures 500
S65.72, of which $13,095.S8 were ex-
pended for the relief of members.
families of deceased members, burial of
the dead and other charitable purposes.
Benefits have been paid for 2,274 weeks
sickness of members, relief having been
given to 81 members, % families of
deceased members and Is members and
l6 members wives having been buried
Grand Treasurer, r. II. Ewhanks
reported the balance of cash on hand
at close of session of 1882, 50 1887
received from the Grand Secretary.
s., 6S8.6S: expended, $2,3S9.73; balance
cash on hand, S2,4S7.52. The aggre-
gate resources of the jurisdiction were
reported at 1925, 1852, an increase of
Sc, 752.12.
The following new officers were elect
ed and installed:
Grand Master, Benton V. Weldon,
No. 6, of Smyrna.
Deputy Grand Master, Joseph H. |
Seal, No. 81, Of Wilmington.
Grand Warden, w. II. Shippers, No.
-, of Newark,
Grand Secretary, Isaac w. Hallam.
No. 81, of Wilmington.
Grand Treasurer, r. H. Ewbanks. |
No. "a, of Wilmington.
Grand Representative to the Soyer-
eign Grand Lodge, John J. Gallagher. |
No. 81, of WILMINGTON.
Janitor, David Downs.
The following appointments were |
made by the new Grand Master.
Grand Marshal, William Murphy,
No. s, of Wilmington.
Grand Guard, P. F. Massey, No. Is, |
of Henry Clay.
Grand Conductor, Charles H. Taylor,
No. 3, of Georgetown.
=. Aobiuj III D. NJ. w inner, |
No. l, of Wilmington.
Grand Chaplain, Rev. Robert Ora
ham, No. 81, Centreville.
The committee on Il home for aged |
and infirm Odd Fellows, consisting of
Henry Eckel, Arthur r. Lewis, John
q. Yates, Enos H. Jefferson and VIM.
IL. Foulk, reported in favor of estab-
fishing an institution of the kind.
Forty new members were admitted.
An application for a new lodge at
was received and referred
to the Grand Master.
The session was one of the most
largely attended and enthusiastic held
Tor many years.
flow GIRLS ARE MADE PRETTY
The Hindoo girls are graceful and
eXquisitelY formed From their earliest