The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-24
WESTBROOK.
Saccarappa Lodge Celebrates It's Fiji
tieth Anniversary.

Last evening the 5Oth anniver-
sary of Saccarappa Lodge No.11, I. o. 0. f.,
was celebrated in Odd Fellows hall The
following programme was presented:
Piano Duett
Prof. Geo. A. Quimby and wife
Prayer Rev. A. w Pottle
Philip the Huntsman Quartette
Historical Address W. W. Cutter
Rustic Dance Ladies Quartette
Address Rev. Matt. S. Hughes
Bridal Chorus Chorus Choir
portion of Mr.. Cutters address, is as
follows:-
On Wednesday the 22nd of May in the
year 1874 a little more than 25 years after
the first lodge of Odd Fellows was instituted
by Thomas Wilder and his associates in Bal
tfmore, Saccarappa Lodge was organized.
Washington Lodge No. was founded with
the social idea as it's prominent feature,
but this soon gave way to the great system
of benevolence as the work that Odd Fell
lowship was to do. This latter idea had ta-
ken fast hold of Odd Fellows and the order
had begun to initiate with great rapidity.
Its branches had reached out from Balti-
more up through the Middle and New Eng
land States into the State of Maine, where
in the City of Portland on Aug. 25, 1S43
Maine Lodge No. was instituted. You will
observe therefore that it was only nine
months after the introduction of the order
into the State that our own lodge came upon
the scene of action.
On the Wednesday .afternoon OF May ~,
1874 number of brethren rode into the vii
lage of Saccarappa to make preparations
for the formation of lodge of Odd Fellows.
The grand lodge of the State of Maine had
been SO recently organized that Saccarappa
Lodge was the first lodge instituted by its
authority.
The men who came here to start this lodge
on it's.
MISSION OF BENEvOLENCE.
Wore Post cronds n Kinsn,o, Rob-
were rast uranus ). IL. hinslnah' ~. hop-
inson Jr., and T. G. Hersey, with brothers
Samuel Rolfe. N. f. Deering.L. L. Sadler.
y. W. Ihomas' W. Y. becKett' .. d. Will
ans, Geo. Sawyer and other brethren from
Portland. The petitioners for the lodge and
it's charter members were brothers Moses
lCs oAar'er ,honioers' were Dioeners MUSES. se'
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rar1riose' a. n. oopD' MOSES otiles' eewan
prackett, Daley Qulnoy, Apraiialn rarAer'
william olouanan, Isaac walker anu l. r.
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evening" anu OIL These only are NO" awe.
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IN inns CITY l. D. howaros' OIL uornam,
anu DehJ. nreeihan' "eii-hAomn Metlooist
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Fellow.
In those early days of Odd Fellowship the
lodge officers served but months. For
the first Quarter of the existence of Sacca-
rappa Lodge the following were its officers.
N. Chooses Ouimbv
V. G.-Sewall Backett..
E Tecretary- bna aaey QgIInoy.
We ". Partridge.
GA. II; Cobb.
~ G3.--cs MiIaila,l p Giouulnan.
r. S. N. CA. Fl. Harding.
L. s. n. CD. II. Watson.
+. e. y. G.-A; 1ar C1e,d
r.. S ST r. Ouinbv
l.. S. S.-John Merrill.
The first finance committee consisted of
Albert S. Harding, Henry @. Babb
and Joseph Walker. Although Mr.
Walker did not continue his connection
evident by the munifcent gift of the
memorial library to this city, that he remem-
bered with most kindly feelings the
Observation-Disclosures CoI1lcI years duu Lie village
where hesresided.
The organization of the lodge was COM
pleted in Jewett's hall. This was in the
hotel now known as
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