The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-04-27
THE 69IH ANNIVERSARY
ofthe Independent Order Of Odd
Fellowship Celebrated
at ARIoN HALL LASTEYENING
BY the odd Fellows of Wheeling and
their Brethren of Bellairc--Thc
Attractive Literary and
Musical Exercises.

The sixty-ninth birthday Of the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows wa
celebrated last evening at Arion Hall BY
the different lodges of the city and {
large number of visiting brethren from
Bellaire. The celebration was in the
nature Of concert and entertainment
followed by supper and a social hop.
The attendance was very large, and the
affair in every way worthy Of the occa'
sion it commemorated. The Odd Eel
lows of Bellaire, to the number Of about
seventy-fve,, came up on the steamer
Bellaire, which made a special trip to
carry them home after the entertain
ment.
The Committee on invitation which
prepared for the event was composed of
representatives OF all the lodges, as fol-
lows:
hews, Joseph Lawson, H. A. Uthman,
g. 7. Reed; Franklin Lodge, No. 8,
Charles Reed, Frank Thomas, Laurence
Joyce, George G. McCown; William
Tell Lodge, No. 8, Otto Buechler, Henry
Kurner, Henry Mnnkemiller, Fred
Harpfer; Wheeling Lodge, No. 0, Will
liam Ellingham, @. E. Vankeuren, Mike
Dinger, ]. W. Reddall; Panola Lodge,
No. 12, II. F. Behrens, ]. A. Faris, James
Riddle, L. j. Davis; Excelsior Lodge,
No. 40, Charles Danner, Joseph FL. Pur-
cell, Raymond Bauer, Harry Hawkins.
Floor managers, Frank Donnelson,
Mike Dinger, David lawson, Charles
Reed, Charles Meader, ii. +. Behrens.
Ballet master, William Otto. Assistant
Ballet masters, @. II. Copp and Ray
mond Bauer.
The Committee on Entertainment and
Supper, was Messrs. Charles Reed,
Henry Koerner and William II. Sheib.
The programme opened with prayer
by Rev. DR.. Blaisdell, President OF the
Female College, followed by an over
ture by Kramer's orchestra. Mr.. Thomas
A. Ross, of Columbus, Secretary OF the
Sovereign Grand Lodge of the l. o. o.
F., made an appropriate address, after
which the st. Cecilia Quartette (Messrs.
Day, Geyer, Carson and McLure) sang
serenade. Mr.. II. Moenkemiller gave
recitation in negro dialect, in costume,
and Miss Flora Williams sang the
Cuckoo Song" Mr., Charles Brillcs
delivered a classic defamation, and the
orchestra played "Mcsorley's Initiation"
and after an intermission of a few min.
utes opened Part II with another selec-
ton. Rev. Mr.. UlfeIt made very
eloquent and appropriate speech in
German, and the quartette sang 'The
Mill Wheel" Mr.. Henry Emsheimer
gave a humorous "lecture" on "the rein
tions of the mosquito (culcidc) to the
human family" Miss Williams sang
Arditi's IN Bdccio," and Miss Jen-
ME Reich gave a recitation. Another
selection by the orchestra closed the
programme, which was without ex-
ception rendered artistically and well,
and received with enthusiastic approval.
Mr.. ]. NJ. Todd was Master Of Cere-
monies, and performed his duties to the
eminent satisfaction OF all.
The supper which followed had no
drawbacks except those which came
from the inadequacy of the supper room
TO the large crowd present-several hum
dred people. The floors were meantime
cleared, and dancing to the music of
Kramer's orchestra concluded the ies-
tiyities.