Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-08-14
ANNUAL SESSION OF TIE GRANE
LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS.
Report OF tho Grand Secretary-Elec
ton OF Officers for the Ensuing Year.

PORTLAND, Aug, l3.
The annual session of the Grand Lodge of
| Maine opened ut odd Fellows Hall this
morning. There was large attendance
from all parts of the State.
The report of Grand Master Bagley was a
most excellent one, being well written and
concise and showing the order to be working
very harmoriously Upon the condition of
the order he reported as follows: I'VE
| have addeo H. our numbers the past year
some very fine lodges second to none in the
State, and the cond ton of the order was
ueyer better than to-day; with an unbroken
cham vi subordinate lodges from one hun
dr.d to one hundfed and nineteen, and u
IN. mberslip of more than eighteen thou
sand, with Rebe kah degree lodges counting
every number from one to twenty y-eight, and
a membership OF over three thousand with
no discord or dissebson in our midst, and
every member working in harmony for the
accomp plishmenI Of a common purpose, we
NAV safely claim that our order is, to say
the iesst, in a fohrisning condition"
From The report uf the grand secretary,
Joshua Davis, ~e take the following Num-
Der of lodges July L. 1883, ll5; lodges in
situated I preset membership, ls,o+o; net
increase of membership, 1o6.
Relief for the year ending Dec IL. 1883
n,,.,b,r. relieved. .ss6
Miduw' fauIi ips iicvrd, ~
brothers buried, los
Number ~ee ; uriit> paid, ii,7So
i'ahi ia p ii OF broth ss, sfs,ap 70
Relief of wi lowed families. oov 1l
ttiucaliuu of fi,llah- ana ,pecial relief, 20, ~
tury ing Ilit d.sh, "f'' !"
Total sinom paid lor reef s557id.e5
AnnUHl c"tpt-. lEh VI 10
Cusr,nt x2,'ns = sop rate from relief, 1865 10
'''.,''' s.tV' '''''''' ''' 5lo.50o -
Members of Rebeksh lodges. Junuaryl,
fsS>, <,o><
Admitted during the year, Sy9
Members January l. lss9, 3sss
Net increase cf enhcrship, tuo
Total amount paid for relief, = ..
Current expenses separate from reief, ino' -
Annual receipts, .'fos',S f :,
Total assets, ''''''"
The amount donated by the several lodges
in aid of the Johnstown sufferers was sioi9,
which was forwarded TO the grand secretary
of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania.
The report of Stephen Dyer, grand treas
urer shows that the grand lodge has on de-
| po.it and safely invested, available assets
having a market value Of S9,2l7 35
One hundred and two new members re-
ceivcd the Grand Lodge degree.
The following officers were elected Grand
Master, Alfred 5. kimball. Norway; deputy
grand master. Russell G. Dyer, Belfast: !:
grand warden, Nicholas Fessenden. Fort
Fairfield; grand secretary. Joshua DAVIS,
Portland; grand treasurer, STEPHEN X. Dyer
| Portland.
The secret work was ably exemplifed by
Grand Representa- i've George W. Goss of
| Lewiston and Freeman I. Merrill of Port
land. Il was voted to hold the uext snnual
| session at Lewiston.
! Grand Master kimbali made the following
appointments GraGd Marshal, A L..
/ Pike. Norway: grand conductor, John W.
Estelle, Portland; grand chaplin Rev. W.
W Hooper, Orono; grand guardian ), :
! Holbrook, Bangor; grand herald. orv'iie l.
| Hodson, Portland.
| The grand eneampnent VIII oesin 'oh'of'
/ row morning at $50 o clock