Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-08-20
ODD FELLOWS GRAND LODGE.
Highly Successful Session at Silver City
-Hospitable Entertainment-The
Newly Elected Officers.

Delegates from the local lodges l. o. o.
F., returned this morning from attend
ance at the 9th annual session of the
grand lodge, held at Silver City during the
past five days.
The session was one of the pleasantest
and most interesting ever held. Repre-
sentatives were present from Blossburg,
Ration, Las Vegas, Roswell, White Oaks,
Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Socorro, San
Marcial, Deming, Kingston, Silver City,
Gallup and Las Cruces, to the number OF
forty.
During the past year six lodges have
been instituted and the general increase
in the membership and wealth of the
lodges in the Jurisdiction is very fiatter-
ing.
The proceedings were opened by q
pleasing address OF welcome by Mayor
Fleming, of Silver City and the Grant
county commercial club extended to the
members the freedom of their club
rooms. On Thursday evening ball and
banquet was given by the good people of
Silver City, and the great number OF
blooming maidens and charming matrons
present, caused the old timers to open
their eyes and renew their youth. On
Wednesday evening the secret work OF
the order was practically illustrated by
the initiation and comforting, of the de-
grees on candidates, in the large hall of
Isaac S. Tiffany lodge No. Is, which was
literally packed with as an intelligent and
fine appearing assemblage of members as
any secret organization can boast of.
The rendition of the work by N. e.
Stevens, of No. /; Thomas Floyd, of No.
III Robt West, of No. 8; W. j. Howells,
of No. u. E. Pond, of No. IA; ]. P.
Lantz, of No. l, and G. V. Hedgcock, oil
No. 4, was especially fine.
The session was an unqualified success.
Lodges in this Jurisdiction now number
twenty-one, with membership at about
1000. The Santa Fe lodges were greatly
favored at this session, ex-Gov. Ritch, OIL
Aztlan lodge No. 3, being unanimously
elected grand master, and Jas. T. New
hall, of Paradise lodge No.. 2, being
unanimously reelected grand secretary
This was specially merited compliment
for Mr.. Newhall has labored zealously
during the past two years to advance tn,
welfare of the order and there is abund
ant evidence that he he's not thus laboret
in vain. Grand Secretary Newhalp
salary was doubled and a vote of thank
for his efficiency and courtesy as an office
rendered him.
3 On Thursday morning the members o
the grand lodge were charmingly enter
tanned by Mrs. 0. E. Colby and Mrs. J
j. Kelly, assisted by number Of lad.
friends, and the generous hospitality Q
the people of Silver City, and the persona
fir endships formed at the session, vii
ever remain as pleasing memory to th
: members of the various delegations.
. The next session of the grand lodg
t will be held at Albuquerque in Septen
Der 1894. The newly elected officers are
W. G. Ritch, OF No. 8, grand master
, N. E. Stevens, of No. l, deputy gran
!, master; j. K. Houston, of No. 10, gran
. warden; James T. Newhall, of No.
= grand secretary; Thomas Floyd, of M
> H., grand treasurer; G. V. Hedscock,
!, No. 4, grand marshal; T. ]. McAllister,
No. 10, grand conductor; M. H. Marks,
f No. 5. grand guardian; John A. Brown,
No. 16, grand chaplain; j. E. Pond,
J No. IA, grand herald.