Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-18

and Pythi4s. The order nss $50 mem
bers IA thss city. comprising i've lodges
William III. L0ofals. prominent young
business aud soclety man 10 grand
chancellor OF the grsnd lodge Of Aieas-
gan
The subordinate lodges. the uniform
rank and the endo smsnt RANK. are
separate institutions. bat each 10 COM
plsle IN Itself. Each lodge has . slek
beneSs fuad, the exact amount paid IN
SICK claims being left optsonai vita
each lodge, but not less than 81 each
week must be paid sick brothers. The
heirs OF deceased brothers are allowed
SIS upon death of the member.
The lodges Of the h. r. are as fol-
lows: CowAn lodge No. 81, Eureka
lodge, Lilly lodge No. 10, Valley Gty
lodge No ia. Grand Rapids DIVISION
No q. uniformed rank, Captain James
Baynes
Osa ssilsws Lodges.
About /. 900 persons IN this city have
taken the oath that admits them to the
secrets of the /. o. o. F. While the
order Is largely social, the Odd Fellows
Mutual Benefit association has recently
been organized with practically the ssme
OOttCt& - thO A8oOk1i( o19U<kooso3%
There 10 also . Womsn's degree
daughters Of Rebecca, which 10 CON-
posed Of the women relatives OF the
male members Of the order. There Is
also . uniformed rank composed OF .
fine body OF well drilled men. The
lodges are - fellows: Canton Pierce
No. "a. Eenterprise lodge No. 400.
Grand Rapids lodge No. IL. Grand
River lodge No i0S. Imperial lodge
No. AT. Phen;x lodge No. 4, South
End lodge No. $50. Valley City lodge
No. l57.
The Independent Order Of Forresters
has five lodges aud . uniformed rank
as follows: Cours Daisy. No. 734; Court
Lyon, No. 40; Court Kent. No. AL
Court Rescue. No. AS. The uniformed
rank is called the Valley City Encsmp-
ment, No. Is. The illustrious COM
mander is A. NJ. HAmbleton.
The A. o. u. w. has six lodges. The
Select knights of the A. o. U. w. meet
the first and third Thursday Of the
month. William +. Parrish 10 P. Z. The
lodges are: Franklin. No. Is; Grand
Rapids. No. 8; Harmony. No. l59;
Logic. No. l6i; Valley City lodge, No.
ll6; Washington, No. l4l.
The 'MsccabssA
The K. o. T. n. has large mem.
bership embodied in nine lodgss.
ASIDE from these there il one
lodge of L. o. T. NJ. com.
prised of wives and daughtsrs of HlI
knights. The lodges are: Batavis
tent, No. 2l5; Comstock tent, No. 1888;
Connor tent. No. 80. Crescent Star
tent, No. l52; Division tent, No. 479;
Grover Cleveland tent, No. III; Valley
City tent, No. 496.
| Chosen Rrisuas.
The order of Chosen Friends has -four
lodges. viz: Eureka council, No. Is;
Germania council. No. 68; LeckliedsI
council, No. 5; Valley City council
1 No. IL.
The Royal Arcsnum has three lodges
They are: Bryant council, No.. 1872
Grand Rapids council, No. 289; Valley
City council, No. GIL.
| The United Friends Of Michigan, si1
lodges, one Of which Harmony works
in German. They are a. follows: AL
pha commandery. No. 20; Crescen
commsndery, No. 40; Friendship, com
mandery, No. %; Harmony command
cry, No. Is; Olive commandery, No. AZ
woodmsn's Camps.
The Modern Woodmsn have camped
IN three places IN this city. Camp No.
1850, Valley City camp. No. 1l96, and
West Side camp, No. 1850.
The knights of the Golden Eagle
have three castles built upon the rocl