The morning call., 1894-04-23
THE ODD FELLOWS
They Will Celebrate an
Anniversary.
A Bio PARADE PLANNED.
Twenty Thousand Members Will
Participate.
REBEKAHS ALSO TO TAKE PART.
This Is the Seventy-Fifth Year Since
the Order Was introduced
Into America.
A Biz PARADE PLANNED.
REBEKAHs ALSO TO TAKE PART.

The seyenty-ffth anniversary OF the ~
PRODUCTION Of Odd Fellowship into thls
country will be celebrated with great eD-
thusiasm in this city this week. Ihurs-
day. the 25th inst, is the date OF the ami
yersary. but a good portion OF the week
will be devoted to the celebration.
Odd Fellows Hall, on Market street,wlil
BIZ the great headquarters. The lodge
rooms. railways and entrance of the build
ing have been beautifully decorated with
bunting in honor of the occasion.
Delegates from far and near are arrang-
ing to come. Special trains Will come up
frnm the south bringing their quota oil
Odd Follows from Los Angeles, San Diego
and other points in Southern California
and special excursion trains will run from
Sacramento, Woodland, Stockton, San
lose. Napa. Santa Rosa. Ukiah and other
towns in the upper portion of the State.
William FL. Barnes. Grand Scribe OF the
order. has arranged for a beautiful display
of fireworks at the MidwIn ter FAR
grounds on the evening OF April 70
Among the figures Will be:
A portrait OF Father Wildey, the founder OF
the order. -,,., =, .ho
Patriarchs Militant.
A moon,
of the Daughters Of Rebekah.
Crossed croots three links and the letters
loo F., which symbolic the patrlarchal
branch, The 0dd Fellows Benevolent Society
and the Odd Fellows at large.
The R4bekahs will give ball and enter
tainment on Wednesday evening, the pro-
ceedings of which will 90 10 the fund Tor
the O phans' Home.
On Monday aud Tuesday nights picked
teams of third degree members from the
subordinate lodges will engage in compet-
tive drills at Odd Fellows Hall. The
prizes for the initlatofy work are TWO beau
tiful gavels, one of ivory and gold the other
Of ivory and silver.
Quite a number of other prizes will be
offered by the grand encampment.
The grand parade will take place on
Thursday, April %. Grand Marshal E.
H. Back has made every pre- aration for
this event. The column will consist of a
patriarcEal departm, Mt escorting the Re-
bpkahs, an encampment division and four
divisions Of subordinate lodges followed
by veterans in carriages forming hitn
division. The line of march will b. from
independent Order of Odd Fellows Eall
to Golden Gate avenue, to Devlsaderp, 10
Grove. to Baker. TO Golden Gate Park, to
the northern gate of the fair grounds and
around the grand court.
The Rebekah Degree lodges, under COM
mand of Mrs. Carrie Warner, marshal.
district deputy grand master, District 5.
will form IL column of threes at the north
entrance to the fair grounds. and join the
column in rear of the Patriarchs Militant as
it marches in. They will be escorted to
seats by the aids, after passing the review
ingssstand.
The column will move promptly at 10 80
A. NJ With them $50 Veteran Odd Fellows
have already applied for seats 10 the car
riages In the procession. Some idea OF the
magnitude of the parade may be gather ed
from the fact that at least 15,0OO are eI-
pected to be in line, and the number may
reach 10000.
The trogramme at the fair grounds iD-
cludes a meeting at Festival Hall, where
j. F. Crosett, president OF the executive
committee, will introduce w. II. Barnes as
chairman. The programme is then as fol
lows:
Welcome TO the California Midwnter Ex'
position by Director General NJ. II. de Young.
Response by Grand Patriarch L. w. 5
Downs.
Music.
Af3P. NJ, fu the recreation grounds, there
will be a prize drll for the silver trophy anC
cash prizes OF $3.50 and 500 by III Patrlarch'
NJ. there will be dress parade ant
award Of prizes.
9P. NJ. there will be display OF fireworks
The Patriarchs Militant will have 6
prize drill at the fair grounds on Thurs
day afternoon. Cartons of this and Other
circles will participate. On Friday blight
there will be an encampment eXempllflca
ton for Patriarchs only at the hall.
Odd Fellowship is very strong in Cali
fcrnia. There are $50 lodges, with 81, 00(
members, $50 Rebekah lodges with 4,00t
members, eighty-three encampments with
$500 Patriarchs. twenty-five cantons and
100 chey iiers. The sum of S3l1 200 is an
nually paid out in this State in reliel
work.
Nearly every lodge will have It's repre-
seDtatiyes in the procession. More thar
$500 Odd Fellows reside in San Fra cisco
nearly all of whom will take part. Ala
media County has 1000 members; Contra
Costa over 400. Marin 200. Sacramento
over 100, San Joaquin about 400. SaI
MateO several hundred, Santa Clara 1900
Santa Cruz 900, Solano 900 and Souoms
1000. Los Angeles will send big deleg a.
ton, and many sre expected from Hum
boldt. which had 1O49 members of the
order last year.
Severa fine bands will be brought by the
Odd Fellows W o come from other cities
The only Patriarchs Militant band in the
West Will accompany the Odd Fellows
from Sacramento. The Vallejo lodge has
engaged a naval band with a reputation.
Oakland, San Jose, Santa Cruz and other
cities will bring musicians.
The grand officers Of the order 10 thi:
State are: j. +. Thompson, grand mas
ter: j. II. Simpson, deputy grand master
?. I. Gosbey, grand warden; George L
Shaw, grand secretary; George w. LIE
mont, grand treasurer; L. j. Marshall
grand ma shall; Moses Stnchfeld. Crane
conductor; A. f. Hitchcock, grand chap
lain; A. A. Clough. grand guardian; S. S
Carbon grand herald