The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-04-26
sEVENTY-THREE YEARS OLD.
Anniversary Of Odd Fellowship Celebrated
by Local Organizations.

1Ho soVeHty- y-eHIu anniversary or OQd
Fellowship in America was celebrated by
the local lodges by an entertainment in
City Hall last evening. Chandler's Band
and the Ladies Cecilian Quartette gave
the musical numbers of the programme.
The hall was crowded long before the
concert began, and from the opening to
the concluding number of the programme
all was listened to with appreciation and
and delight.
On the stage were seated past grand
officers and veterans of the order. the
band, presiding officer and speaker of the
evening. Among the veterans were the
following: Alfred Woodman. j. N. Reed.
George S. Sylvester, James S. Brooks,
Alvin Jordan, B. w. Jones, H. II. Hay.
John Dennison, q. K. Harmon, Alfred
Haskell, O. B. Whitten, Chas. B. Nash.
John 7. Sherry, George Fl. Barr, George
Trefethen, A. d. Smith, Jerome Rumery,
A. F. Gerrish, G. Bailey.
The address was made by Judge Ruel
Robinson of Camden, Grand Warden of
the Grand Lodge of Maine He was in
troduced by Past Grand Master Benjamin
c. Stone, and made graceful and elo-
Guent speech.
In commencing his remarks he ex-
pressed his pleasure at being present to
receive the greetings of his friends and
said that the presence of this immense
throng is a proof that here in the me
tropolis of the state the people take an in
terest in Odd Fellowship. Then the speak
er began the delivery of glowing eulo-
gy of Odd Fellowship, its principles and
those who maintain them. As the order
has grown stronger and richer, men have
come knocking at the door seeking
the selfish end Of personal benefit.
Those men should be kept out for
they do the order no good and are no
help to it in it's benevolent enterprise.
The 10000 Odd Fellows in The Grand
Lodge of Maine are 10000 picked men.
The lodges expended last year between
100000 and $4,000 in charity, and re-
lieved over 1000 sick and poor brethren.
Without this aid many would have gone
to the aims houses, to have gone from
there to fill forgotten graves. The
growth of the order the speaker ]izened
to the acorn buried in the earth, which
in 73 years becomes mighty tree, and
said that whereas in 1919 the order was
weak and insignificant, now it is second
to none in power and influence, and sec
ond to none in the work it does and in in
fiuence. Odd Fellowship is modern in
stitution. 1t is the outgrowth of this
age of progress which teaches that all
mankind are brothers and that the high
est duty of man is the advancement of
mankind.
Following is the entertainment pro-
gramme, part of which preceded and
part of which followed the address:
Overture-Ungarlsche Lustspiel. Keller Bella
Chambers Band.
Quartette- Invitation to the Dance. -. +. Ostere
Ladies' Cecilian Quartette.
Read1ng-Under the LilacS. :. i. Banks
Mrs. Alice Cushing Dunham.
Patrol-The Commercial Drummer. .. Reeves
Chandler's Band.
Duot-TW0 Merry Girls Glover
Miss Brown and Mrs. Morrison.
Medley-The Jolly Minstrel. .......... Brooks
Chandler'S Band.
SOng-Mia PicciretGe. ............... .Gofnes
Miss Lizzie nj. Brown.
Trio-So Please You, Sir Grom Mikado) -.
. . . 81
Misses Brown, Morrison and Mrs. Morrison
WditZ-My Dream. WaIuteufel
Chandlers Band.
Neutrality-suspicious. at the Masquerade. Banks
Mrs. Alice Cushing Durham
DanSe-Cocoanut. Glider
Chandlers Band
Ouartette "a. Spanish Dance :. .Lecome
Su"i '0''e.'' b. Plantation Melody -. White
Ladies' Cecilian Quartette.
Selection-La Mascot. ................A .Audran
Chandler's Band.