Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-12-31
ODD FELLOWSHIP.
5RANoYwINE LODGE, NC. Is,
10. OF.
A Nsw Hal DsdioAssd - the Pr,uo,.
Pies Of Faith, Hope and Unar,,y-
a PuplIO PsrAds-DedlsAtOry
Services ana tbs supper.

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and Woodlawn avenue 10 attract ,ho ~
,sntlcn OF passers by than the green al,
mat grew all around Ia that ssct,on
Five days afterwards men with nicks
spaues and carts were seen upon n,
ground. A foundation was hing dno
Ano 2 cellar excayated. Soon cart loads
OF brandywine granite were dumped
upon the ground and mssons went t
work. Then followed brick and lumbel
ana frames. BIicklayers and carpet ters
eymmlngled, and later came the plaster.
eis, the tinsmiths, the painters and thu
plumbers each with thor work TO do.
Last week the york was e5,.;,,;-,..,-.s, ..a
the new nall, the pre- test Of the Kind n
the state, was on last Saturday after.
noon Dedicated By the beautiful ritual NJ
oGaleilowship 10 the purposes OF the
The builders Of this beautiful hall wore
,he m .mbers OF Brandywine Lodge, No.
l8, ]. o. y. r. w.
This lodge was organised Dscenber
10th, lSlS, In Mt. Salem NJ. e. Cbnrnb
and for nomber OF years met IN that
church, alter which II removed 10 A hall
10 Ioy's tavern en- the Brandywlp Inc. where
u remained until IL removed to liz neg
hall last Saturday. For forty years has
thls lodge been practicing the principles
OF Purity, friendship Love, Truth. Faith
hppe anu Charity. 1he charter members
OF the dge and many others who io,uei
IL IN lts earliest years have passed awnv.
and amongst the oldest now rensiuini =
with heads whitened with aye and whoie
steps are growing inlrm are Alexau1er
burns, Henry Cband er, Samuel Moore
Edwaid Thompson and Jacob Wrlcb
The lodge has now 159 members ia good
standing. of whom about 50 are Paa
Gmnds,
The rev bui uidiDg, which is three
stories high, has two stores in the drst
story, one Of which Is already OCCUPIED: a
large hall for public meetings In the
second story, and lodge room WITH ante
rooms In the third story. The lodge room,
is supposed to be the largest In the State
being ~ feet 4 inches by 43 feet inches
IN dimensions. II Is handsomely fur
nished and carpeted with a beautiful
new BruF5els earprt. The cost OF tbe
building is about $4,000, aud Brandy
wine Lodge furnished the whole of the
money.
The following are the parties who fur
niAhed mAterisl and did the work on The
ball: Furnished brick, Pierce Il b .escn;
1r.eklayers, Pyle d Hardy; carpenter
John ii. Countlss; stonework, Henry
5,ewatti plasterer, Robert McCauley.
p'um6inR, John @. Brison; painting. I'd.
win f. ubeT; roofing and heating, We.
Robinson; carpetiDR, W. b. snarp & Co;
hairs, NJ. Megary h Son.
The following are the olic RS of the
odge and the Committees that have been
u active service during the erection Of
he hall:
N. G.-J6hn Ever.
v, g. Joseph Russell.
II. S. abc-t Fulton.
(. s. Samuel FriEzell.
Treasurer. w II Oliver.
X II. s.-Robeft Printer.
L. H. 8. Henry Stewart.
X. II. 5 to V G.-Richard Brown
l. II. s. to V. G. james Black,
| g. Webster Blakeley,
o G. Samuel Palmer
Janitor. p. Benson.
Trustees. Samuel Moore, Henry tew-
.rt, Robert Printer
Finance mmittee-William II. OIL
'er, Samuel Frizzell, samuel Moore.
edward Z. Davis, Robert Prl ter.
Building Commlttee--Henry Stewart, |
Robert Printer, secretary; Lu. |
her A. Cloud, John Hardy, andrew |
itewart, John s. Miller, William d.
iiller.
Furnishing Committee william II.
oliver, Samuel Frlzzell Robert Printer.
Dedication Committee john j. Har.
is, Adam Young, William 3arriet, Jo-
eph Knox, Webster BlaE elay.
The foregoing officers and committees
avlng all performed their duties and
their hdll the lodge met on
aturdsy aft rncon at 2 o'clock for the
urpose Of dedicAting 1t.
ABOUT l5O members, headed by Hya to
Hillary Band, made a parade in the
eautiful Teca ia of the order, leaving
be hSll at 2.45 o'clock. Not the leas
par Of the parade was a large
oat, rugged out complete in aprons and
ne full egalia of the order. HIS gOatship
sem d to feel his Importance and the
Importance Of the occasion, ard behaved
] very circumspect and goat IKE man
er. The route OF the parade was out
1ocdawn avenue to Pennsylvania ave-
ne, and dowG that avenue 10 the Bring
urst iOuutA at NanBuren street, and
len GU. nclaRare avenue to WondlaWn |
venue, atd down that avenue to the
all The display was very cre1itable,
nd attracted general attention along the
ne of march. Ths para1e was marshaled
! a martl manner by Peter F. Massey,
del by iamue, Moore.
Then occurred the dedicatory ceremo- !
les. The hail was crowded with Odd s
ellows, thelc wives and daughters, and
ANY friends who were not Odd Fell ws
he m citing was called to order by Will
am II, Oliver, and Marshal Massey de
yered up to him he batUns OF the lodge +
sed in the parade. 5
1t was matter OF regr that the S
rand Master r. NJ Fowler of Smyrna,
'uld not be present. A letter from him r
as read apologizlng FIR his unavoidable b
,tentlon.
Deputy Grand Master Goldsmlth Nsylnr
ted instead of the chief officer aud took
large OF the dedicatory seevices. f
A selected choir from MI. Salem and G
Ijdle's Chapel had chtrg- Of the music ]
Id opened by singing the usual opening 2
le. Joseph Pyle acting grand chaplain
a in prayer.
George Guthrie, acting grand marshal
Ith four heralds, representing the four \,
larters of the globe, took their positions n
the centre OF the room Ground the !,
tar. TDey followed , edutiiul and
1ressiye ceremony aing up an
tar dedicated to tn. ulrJ OF the =.
der. =,
At the command CT the G. NJ, the =
ra'd OF the north departed To toe au.e- 4
ON and brought In white block ABOUT -
inches square and elk inches thicB,
d placed It upon tine floor. II was
belei with the word Purity" y
The herald of the South oughl .r a y
nk-colored block, labeled "Fri6ui- ., y,
ip, and placed 1t on top of the first. u'
le herald OF the East brought blue
ock labeled "LoVe," aud the herald ol
. West added a red h'o k labeled =,
ruth" The haralds -orth and N