Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-23
A GOOD TIME.
Annual Meeting and Banquet of the
veteran Odd FellOWs-Omcers Elect
ed and Remarks Made.

annual Meeting and Banquet Of the
Veteran Odd FellOws-Omcers Elect
ed and Remarks Made.
The regular annual meeting of the Veteran
Odd Fellows was held in their hall in the
Glebe building yesterday afternoon. Almost
sixty were present. It is an event which all
ure, and they always make arrangements, if
possible, to attend. The officers present yes
terday were: Chief veteran, Thomas G..
Hollis; vice chief veteran, Robert R. Woods;
secretary, Frederick R. BOtsford.
The following deaths were reported as hay
ing occurred during the past year: Ezra Rut-
ty of Meriden lodge, J. j. Marcy of the Sam-
uel Harris lodge of Bridgeport, Henry Good
man of Germania lodge of this city, George
Crabtree and Joseph Gorham, of Quinnipiac
lodge. ii
Grand Master Keith of Nerwalk was in
treduced and made some happy remarks
about the Veteran Odd Fellows lodge. After
the remarks by Mr.. Keith an adjournment
was made to the supper room where the
tables were filed with many delicacies, which
for over an hour served to tickle the palates
of the veterans.
Officers were elected. All the old ones
were re- elected as follows: Chief veteran,
Thomas G. Hollis; vice chief veteran, Robert
R. Woods; secretary, Frederick R. Botsford
treasurer, Louis Feldman. The following
directors were elected for the ensuing year:
Norris B. Mix, Benjamin Jepson, Charles
Smith, Robert Sizer, 81. 81. Bromley.
Chief Veteran Hollis called for all those to
| rise who were eighty-Gve years old. There
were none present. There were eleven who
were seventy years of age and had been fol
| twenty five years Odd Fellows. There were
| none under fifty who had been Odd Fellows
| that long. Veteran Dickerman said that
| when he was fifty years old he had been ar
| Odd Fellow twenty-nine years.
Past Grand Master Terry, of Hartfo: d
| made few rousing remarks. He referred to
| the younger members who were somewhat
| lax in attending the meetings of the lodges
they belonged to.
Judge Deming made some we'll pointed re-
marks and paid a special tribute to Chiei
Veteran Hollis. For over forty years he hac
known him, and during that time he hac
| never heard whispered one word against hii
integrity and honor, and he never would
i hear anything as long as Chief Hollis lived
The judge spoke of the grand work done by
| the Odd Fellows, and said that he had done
little for them, but they had done heap fol
him. He hoped the time would come whe1
| he could reciprocate the many deeds of kind
ness that he had received
i Past Grand Chaplain AlonZo Ct. Shear
| was called upon and in response said he wa
happy to be present at such distinguished
meeting. He felt that Odd Fellowship wa
having more and more claims upon Odd Eel
/ lows. Their motto is: Friendship, love ant
| truth. If these are followed we will fnl
1 Odd Fellowship more and more binding til
it at last encircles the earth. Those ar
| friends indeed who are friends in need Tha
is one of our notices. In regard to Low
there is no passion more powerful than this
1t is the highest deed of philanthropy ant
happiness. God himself is love. The great
| est character and attribute a man can hav
| is love to God and man and love to his enc
4 mics. Mr.. Shears, at the close of his re
marks, read o beautiful original poem OF
love, by himself
| Past Grand Representative Phelps knew o
no association which he liked better than tn
Odd Fellows and especially the Veterans as
ISOLATION. He said this meeting had cement
ed friendship again and glued Veteran Holli
| to the high chair as long as he lived. h
was glad to see his old friend Terry presen
| and was glad that he was an active membe
| and had not grown inactive after having at
tanned the honors.
Samuel Cleeton, for many years the grant
| outside guardian, one of the Oldest member
present, made few remarks. Past Gran,
Robert Sizer said some funny things b
thought that one thing that kept the younge
| members away was polo.~ He didn't know
| whether it was best to advocate the organizing
| of polo team amongst the Odd Fellows or not
Other remarks were made by Past Gran'
Patriarch Coe of Hartford and Fl. Schwager
| man. The affair was most successful on
| in every particular.
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