The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-01
OF THE SOCIETIES.
LADIEs OF REBEKAH LODGE
HAYE A GREAT Work ON HAND.

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sonic Notes.
There is one lodge of Odd Fellows in
this city which is composed of both
gentlemen and ladies. 1t is Evergreen
Rebekah Degree Lodge. The lodge
does rot entitle the members to the
benefits of the order, but the members
of the order in many cases receive BEN
efits from the lodge. 1t is in all re-
spects a ladies' lodge, the object of
which is to give relief to the needy IN
the order.
Gentlemen are admitted to member
ship, but they are kept in the back
ground, their principal use being to
give advice when they are asked.
Preparations for working the degrees
in costume are being made, and it is
said they will take not less than a year
to complete. 1t will require fully that
time to perfect the ladies in drill,
secure the costumes and get them in
condition to work a degree. Past
Grand Master Seely will be the drill
master, as he is said to be well up in
such matters. The costumes will be OF
the time of Jacob. The scene in a
lodge room where the degrees are
worked in the above manner is said to
be magnificent.
The garments are rich, and the in
terror of the room has much the APP
pearance Of an apartment in the East.
There are only a few lodges of the
kind in the country. The only mes in
this section of the country are four,
one each in Brooklyn, New York,
Newark and this city. The lady mem
bers of the lodge are also members OF
the Union Rebekah Association, a
benevolent organization from which
men are excluded. They will give an
entertainment some time this month
under the direction of J. III. Slavin, of
New York.
Lincoln Circle will hold a reunion
and love feast in the Germania Bank
building on the afternoon OF April 10.
Brother Farrier, of Court Paulus
Hook, A. o. F., was recently married.
At the meeting of the court last
Thursday night he gave the members
an invitation to call on him at his new
home on Coles street when the meet
ing adjourned. They called.
A special meeting of Court Paulus
Hook, A. o. F., will be held at the
office of Brother Wheelan, on Mont
gomery street, this evening, for the
adoption of the new bylaws.
Court Jersey City, A. o. f., is al
ready talking of a monster excursion
In July.
A district meeting of the bodies COM
prising District No. 4, /. O. o. f., was
held at the rooms of Jackson Lodge,
Masonic Hall, Union Hill, last Tues
day night. The lodges present were
Jackson, Jefferson, Columbia, Alpine,
Summit and Fraternity. Grand Mas
ter j. Frank Jennings presided.
Grand Treasurer G. L. Lamb, Grand
Warden Howard sutphen, Grand
Marshall j. w. T~renchard, Grand
Representative August Grassman.
Representatives were present from
Onward, Jersey City, Mechanics,
Sumner and Rising Star. Speeches
were made by a number Of prominent
Odd Fellows, and the work was
emplified by the Grand Lodge. A col
lation followed.
One of the oldest, if not the Oldest
Odd Fellow in this State, is Grand
Treasurer Lamb. He is eighty-one
years of age, has been in the order
forty-one years, and has been Grand
Treasurer tw~enty-four OF them.
Amity Lodge, No. 166, and New
Brunswick, No. 6, have lately joined
the Odd Fellows Home Association.
Zabriskie Post, G. A. R., will attend
the ceremonies at Elizabeth April 80,
when President Harrison will embark
from that place for New York to take
part in the Centennial celebration.
Onward Lodge, !. O. 0. f., has re-
ceived an invitation to attend the cere-
monies.
Onward Lodge, I. o. O. f., has CON
Guided to commence its annual pill
grimage. Lodges on the Hill, here's a
tipl Onward may drop in at any mo
ment.
The Board of Managers of the Odd
Fellows Home will meet at the Home
April 10.
Divisions No. 4 and No. 8, A. o. H.,
meet in st. Johns Hall tomorrow
night; Division No. 2 in the same place
on Wednesday, and Division No. 5
on Thursday night.
All divisions of the A. O. H. are re-
quested to send their yearly report to
the next meeting of the County Board.
Notice will be given when it will meet.
The members of Luzerne Lodge,
/. o. 0. f., OF Newark, paid a frater-
nal visit to Hudson Lodge last Tues
day night. After the Third Degree
had been conferred upon three mem-
bers of Farnsworth Lodge and other
business transacted, the members of
the home lodge and visitors held a So
cial session.
Farnsworth Lodge, /. O. O. f., will
z meet tomorrow night, when two can
didates will be nominated.
Luzerne Lodge, /. o. O. f., is said
to rank first in comforting degrees in
costume. Farnsworth Lodge claims
to rank second in that line. This
lodge, by the way, has a membership
of ninety-seven, and has 49, 00 in the
treasury. The regalia and other prop
erty are said to be worth 81, 800.
Joseph Edwards has been a mem
Der of Farnsworth Lodge, i. o. o. f.,
since 1871. He is one Of the most
active members in the lodge, has filled