The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-04
AMONG THE LODGES.

The joint committees of Reliance
Council and Southwest Council, j. o. u.
a. NJ, met Wednesday night and per-
fected arrangements for Fourth OF
July celebration. Rev. DR.. Fair, of
Richmond, will deliver the GRAFTON on
that day, and Professor Shaver, of Penn
sylvania, will deliver an address on
the principles and objects OF the Junior
Order. The mayor and the city officers
have been invited to participate and
Bibles and flags will be given the public
school pupils. Lunch will be served to
the visiting councils by the Martha
Washington Council, Daughters OF Lib
erty.
Roanoke lodge, No. 10, A. O. u. NJ,
held meeting Wednesday night with
twenty eight members in attendance, at
which large amount of routine bust.
ness was enacted. This lodge was only
organized May 1 and is rapidly growing
in usefulness and popularity.
Mountain Dale Ledge, No. 40, |. o. Q.
f., met last Tuesday night with large
attendance. The first degree was con
ferred on two candidates and the mill.
tary degree on two others. The com
mittee on memorial services reported
that arrangements had been made to
hold the service at the First Baptist
Church on the evening of June ! | at
which Rev. G. II. Buchanan and Rev. q.
ii. Thompson will oiiiciate. A commit
tee will be appointed to decorate the
graves in the cemeteries of Roanoke on
that day.
Knights of the ioIden Eagle, Roam.
OF this order in the second degree was
the chief feature of Friday nights
meeting at their castle OH Camphell
street. There was a good attendance Of
members present. The musical feature
OF the order, under the direction OF
Worthy Bard Barnitz was, we'll executed
and has much enhanced the work of
the order. There are many new applica-
tions into til order and as FRIDAY night
next will witness the work in the second
and third degrees it is hoped a good at.
tendance of members will be present.
Those desiriousof becoming members Of
secrect organization should remember
that this order has an insurance plan
for 81 COO on rem arkably cheap scale
and social feature that will in due
course add materially to it's growth
here, as it has. and is doing in northern
where it is numerically extens
Roanoke Lodge, No l97, b. p. O. E.,
held very interesting meeting last
Tuesday night, which was largely at
tended. The usual routine business
was transacted. There will be several
limitations next Tuesday night.
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Peasants Lodge, No, GO, +. +. and A.
M, will hold their regular stated com.
mupica'ion one week rom Monday and
cleo. officers for tie ensuing year.
Lakeland Lodge, No. 100, AZ. and
a NJ, will hold stated communica-
ton tomorrow night, at which time the
following officers will be elected for the
ensuing year: Warden, senior warden.
junior warden. senior deacon, Junior
deacon, tyler, secretary and treasurer.
Osceola Council Order OF Grand
Orient met last Thursday night after
the adjournment OF Osceola Lodge, X.
OF p, with Grand Orient K. w. Fry in
the chair. The routine work OF the
council was transacted and the rank of
prime conferred on one candidate.
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Osceola Lodge, No. Al X. OF P, held
the usual weekly meeting Thursday
night and conferred the rank of page
on eight candidates. A vote of thanks
was rendered Rev. w. +. Hammer for
the sermon preached to tho order last
Sunday at Greene Memorial Church.