Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1893-03-16
THE DEDICATION.
The Now Odd Fellows Hall Dedicated to
Lodge Uses with Impressive and
Appropriate Ceremony.

To make record of an event the sig
nificance of which is Of Importance be-
cause of its indication of progress and
prosperity is properly the pride of a
peoples journal. That the event of last
evening Is important and that we re-
cord it with pleasure is a foregone con-
cIusion. The interest expressed by SO
many of our citizens and neighbors in
the enterprise of erecting temple and
an altar to the seven spirits of benevo-
lent Odd Fellowship was ittingly eli
NAKED bv the affair of last evening.
Thestruggling little lodge which was
organized in our village in September,
1885, has increased in membership and
interest so continuously that last sum
mer. in view of desired comfort and
convenience. new building was pro-
posed, plans prepared and building
committee appointed. The result of
energetic work on the part of a compe-
tent committee is the erection of fine
ball, the best building of the town. Its
measurement is 25 x 80 feet. two stor-
les. veneered with red brick, without
and within being most substantially
finished; the first floor is conveniently
arranged for and alrerdy occupied by a
firm in mercantile business: the recep-
tion rooms and main hall of the lodge
are on the second floor where all that is
needed in connection with the prompt
and proper working of the order is
found.
In this new hall last evening the
members OF Hurley lodge, No. IS, with
ladies, and many visiting brethren
from all parts of the county. congre-
gated to dedicate with due ceremony
the new temple, the pride of the vii
lage. More than one hundred and fifty
were seated in the spacious hall at
nine o'clock when the exercises began
with the call to order by Deputy Grand
Master Bach. A selected double quar-
tet interspersed vocal music most pleas
ingly. The erection of the altar upon
the seven fundamental principles Of
the order. purity. friendship, love,
truth. faith, hope and charity, was i'm
pressively performed. With a few
modest remarks, E. Brauch chairman
of the building committee, afterwards
turned over the keys to the authorities.
The service throughout was conducted
in manner well deserving words of
congratulation for those who took part
and of credible reflection upon the local
lodge and entire order. A whole-heaKt-
edness and sincerity on the part of
every member was evidenced in many
ways during the exercises and the even
ing. Upon being introduced to the
audience, Mr.. j. NJ. Roper, of Parker.
spoke of his early connection with the
Hurley lodge and was amusingly remi-
niscent in breif remarks. The speech
of the evening was delivered by Rev. j.
j. Mclntire. of Spencer. S. D., who en-
Unused those present with hearty de-
fense of the principles of Odd Fellow
ship and paper of personal pointers
which entertained very highly. at the
conclusion of the ceremony and pro-
gram, a sumptuous supper was served
at the Commercial hotel. All who de-
sired afterwards returned to the hall
where preparations were made for a
grand dedicatory soiree. Over fifty
couples found pleasure in tripping the
light fantastic until the dawn of day.
The building thus dedicated is sub
stantial addition to the property of our
town; the work of the organization is
praiseworthy; the dedicatory ceremo-
nies and soiree were equal to the high
standard set by She Independant Order
of Odd Fellows.