Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-29
T. O. O. F
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.

The Seventy-fourth anniversary o
 the birth of oddSeilowship in the Uni
 ted States occurred on Wednesday
 April 26th, and was the occasion of ;
 very enjoyable entertainment partici pated in by Globe Lodge No 6, Rescue
 Eodge No. fe, ard Gila Encampment
 No. 8. In addition to the members oi
 the order and the families of many oi
 them, more than one hundred invited
 guests were present, making it one oi
 the largest representative gatherings
 that has occurred in Globe for several l years. The taste and deft handiwork
 of the ladies was noticeable in the ar
 rangemlent of Che helh and in the dec
 orations, in which the three links,
 ''friendship, love and truth" emblems
 of the order, were conspicuous.
 The programme comprised anniver-
 sary exercises, an oration by Grand
 Master, Alonzo Bailey, instrumental and vocal music, dancing, games ahd the important adjunct to all social gatherings
 The anniversary exercises were con dncbed by Grand Master Alonzo Bai- ley, of Globe Lodge, Geo. W. P. Hunt, N. C., of Rescue Lodge, and Dr. T. s. Collins Vice Grand, of Rescue Lodge, Prayer was offered by tho Chaplain, II, Jewell, and the audience joined in the singing of the 0de-"Our Flag and the Thanksgiving Hymn.
 Grand Master Bailey made a fehcit- ous address in which he recountsd the growth of the order numbering in the United States more than s0o,o00) and it's achievements and aims During it's existence in the United States the Independent Order of Odd Fellows has disbursed S60, ,0O0, 900 in charities and benefices. In concluding his re- marks Mir Bailey facetiously referred to the conjugal deceetions practiced upon trusting wives by bibulohs hts bands, whose late hours were always charged to its being initiation night, :" and one methodieal lady of Globe who had taste for figures, had kept tally of the nanber Of initiation nights un- til the score showed 24s, which did not accord with the statement imprudent- ly made by the direlict husband tha, there were only 10 members in tho lodge. Mir Bailey proposed a remedy for this and othor shortcomings, wrong. ly charged to the order, by the admis- sion of the ladies to full membership.
 Mrs. J F. Patton and H. II. MeNel- ly rendered some popular solos, which were so we'll received that they were prevailed upon to respond to encores. ! The instrumental music furnished by Mr and Mrs. J. F,STrcmble and Eugene Aoschlinan was unusually good also ] comprising selections from operas, bal 1. lads, waltzes, etc, skiIlfully executed
 The latter part of the evening was most agreeably spent in dancing, with !. m intermission at midnight Tor sup per, which was greatly relished The was abridged by the omis- { ,ion of the toasts and resPonses, ex- ,ept that to ''the ladies, most happily | to by Geo. W. P. Hunt, and . yociferously applauded. E. II. Cook . the rostrun, and hurorously ! explained that as the guests had ex- pressed a preference for dancing, the fireworks would be omitted, sxcept Mir Hunts response which was demanded. It was an Infair advantage to take of him, but George was equal to the occasion, and ,lme off with flying colors and the ex- llted regard of the ladies The enter ainment was credit to the lodges and especially to the gentlemen and ladies who took an ac- i've part in it's preparation