The record-union., 1894-04-21
gQUARTER CENTENNIAL
Next Weeks Great Celebration in San
Francisco.
Members of the Order From All Parts
of the State Will Partioi-
pate Therein.

The Odd Fellows of this city, as we'll as
those of other parts of the State, are an
ticipating much enjoyment at the coming
jubilee in San Francisco, which COM
mences on Monday and will continue all
the week. The occasion is the three
quarter centennial of the establishment Of
the order in the United States, and most
elaborate preparations have been made
for the celebration.
The programme prepared by the Ex-
ecutive Committee is most complete for
the entertainment of the visitors. The
celebration will be opened on the 23d by
competitive drill of the subordinate
lodges in initiatory work in the assembly
or main hall, having its entrance on Sew
enth street. This drill will be for third
degree members only. The competition
ent districts OF the State. Five teams
have already announced their intention
of entering the contest, they being from
the thirty-third, forty-ninth, sixty-fourth,
sixty and eighty-drst districts.
| There will be two elegant prizes, first
and second, consisting of gavels made OF
| ivory and gold and ivory and silver. On
the 24th the competitive drill will be COM
| pleted and the prizes awarded. During
the coming year these prizes will be COM
| peted for by the lodges in the districts by
which they are won.
Wednesday, April 18th, will be de-
voted to receptions by Rebekahs in the
| large assembly hall. In the afternoon
the Rebekahs OF Oakland will receive and
in the evening the Rebekahs of San Fran
cisco. There will be fraternal. musical
and literary entertainment. to conclude
with ball. at which John Thompson, p.
G., will act as floor manager. The pro-
gramme of the literary and musical eX-
ercises has not yet been completed. Re-
| bekahs from the various districts will
entertain on other afternoons and even
| lngs.
Thursday, April 26th, will be the great
day of the jubilee. 1t will be Odd Eel
| lows Day at the Midwinter Fair and also
the occasion of the grand parade in honor
OF the seventy-fifth anniversary OF Odd
| Fellowship in America.
| The parade, which will be in regalia,
will move promptly from Odd Fellows
Hall at 1890 A. NJ. and proceed out Golden
| Gate avenue to the Park. General h. H.
Black will be Grand Marshal, with j. w.
| Harris as chief of staff, and district depu-
ties and personal staff as aids. This will
undoubtedly be the largest demonstra-
ton ever made by odd Fellows on this
coast. The ceremonies of the laying of
the cornerstone of the big hall at Sew
enth and Market streets will pale almost
into insignifcance beside it.
| Beside the local lodges with their ban
ners, regalias and bands, the lodges of
! Sacramento, Stockton, Alameda County,
| Contra Costa, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara
and other interior points are coming with
their local bands. Woodland will be in
line 25O strong with banners waving and
her bands playing marching music.
The headquarters will be at room 5,
Odd Fellows building, corner Of Market
and Seventh streets.
At the fair grounds, on the 26th, the
Odd Fellows will be given a reception by
the civic authorities. The address of well
come will be delivered by Director Gen.
eral NJ. II. de Young, who will be fol-
lowed by Governor Markham and Mayor
Ellert. The responses in behalf of the
order will be by Grand Master J. F..
Thompson and Grand Patriarch L. w.
S. Downs.
Ats P. N. there will be prize drill by
Patriarchs' Militant, in which the cam
tons of Oakland, Sacramento, Santa Rosa
and San Francisco will be represented.
The prizes will be awarded in the even
ing.
On the evening of April 9th there will
Odd Fellows Hall for patriarchs only.
The first prize will be a gold-mounted
crook.
On the evening of April 18th there will
be 'Beautified work" by Rebekah lodges,
members of these lodges only being ad-
mitted. The prizes will be gold and ivory
gavels.
S. B. Smith of Sacramento is member
of the Executive Committee and the off,
GERS are: ]. F. Crosett, President; G. c.
Terrill, President; George T. Shaw,
Secretary; ]. II. Simpson, Treasurer, I.
o. 0. +. Hall.
A bureau of information has been es-
tablished in Odd Fellows Hall, corner of
Seventh and Market streets. Besides fur
nising information relative to the jubilee
celebration. the bureau keeps a register
of all the hotels and houses in the city
having rooms to let. This information
will be furnished all visiting Odd Fellows
of the coast free of charge. The bureau is
in charge Of J. +. Pinkham, Chairman,
NJ. j. Brewer, Secretary, and will be
kept open until the celebration closes.