The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-13
MAINE oDo FELLOWS.
Proceedings of the Grand Bodies
In Session at Lewiston.

LEWISTON, August 12.-The seventeenth
annual meeting of the Odd Fellows Mutual
Relief Association of Maine was held in Odd
Fellows hall last evening. The old list Of
officers were reelected as follows; President
j. Henry Crockett; vice president, Byron
Kimball Of North Bridgton; secretary, John
Read of Lewiston treasurer, James n. Reed
Of Woodfords.
The committee appointed by the president
to devise some method OF revising the by
laws with view to strengthening the assoc
iation, reported scheme for grading the
benefits.
This however, was not entirely satisfactory
and the state committee with the addition OF
X. B. Capen, OF Augusta, was Instructed to
formulate scheme for grading the assess
ments Of the association and report at an ad-
journed meeting to be held at Portland on
the second Tuesday In December at O'Clock
in the afternoon.
From the secretary's report 1t appears that
the sum OF S9l842 was collected from assess
ments; $500 from application fees; S35 from
reinstatements and S70.11 from interests on
bank deposits. making the entire receipts OF
the year S92, ,267.12 Fifty-eight benefits were
paid from the beneficial fund and from the
reserve fund. There were 60 new members
admitted, five reinstatements and 70 deaths.
The present membership Is 4,15O.
This morning the Grand Lodge was called
to order by Grand Master Kimball at 10
O'Clock and the various preliminary COM
mittees were appointed.
Grand Master Kimball in his report finds
the order in prosperous condition. He notes
growing desire to drop out the drones and
admit only good working members.
The following statistics will exhibit the
works of the order In this jurisdiction the
past year:
Number Of lodges as per last repOrt..... 119
Number Of lodges instituted during the
year '.............s..'.......ss
Number of lodges this date. te.. l23
Number Of members as per Iast report. 1s,ol0
Number of limitations during the year.. 1,136
Number Number aensssed namtsse PE 2 faea
10 295
Number members deceased.
Number members Withdrawn by card .130
Number members suspended. ...........30b
Number members expelled............. 10 630
Present number ofcontributng members 1857
Net Increase Of members during the year 6l7
Number OF reflections. 164
Number of Past Grands s............... 2,41S
RELIEF REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 81
1889.
Number of brothers relieved. .......... 1,66S
widowed families relieved -. ~
brothers buried .......-....... 179
weeks sickness for which
Amount paid for the relief Of brothers. SOL ,5792i
Amount paid for relief Of widowed
families. ....... ........... 517.01
Amount paid for education Of orphans
and special relief. ......... 5,01S.41
Amount paid for burying the dead 80. 6,310.60
Total amount paid for relief =. S63 426.3O
Amount of annual receipts. ........... .135 S84.70
Current expenses separate from bene-
fits and charities. ................ -. 5O995,1O
Invested funds. including real estate
and hall property ...................53o,4 ,44O.2O
The total number Of members of the Re-
bekah lodge is 1856 of whom 734 have been
added during the year. and the total assets
are S3,8S1.42.
The report of the Grand Treasurer Stephen
K. Dyer shows that the market value Of the
available assets is SS,903.63 decrease Of
S243,72.
The Grand Ledge degree was worked on
95 candidates. The following officers were
elected: Grand Master. Russell G. Dyer,
Belfast; deputy grand, Nicholas FessendeD,
Fort Fairfield; grand warden. g. A. Gill
patrick, Kennebunk; grand secretary,
Joshua Davis, Portland; grand treasurer,
Stephen K. Dyer, Portland grand represen-
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