The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-22
ODD FELLowsH1P's GREAT DAY.
The Savannah Lodges Celebration of
the Order,s 18th Anniversary.

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/ the ORDERS 75th Anniversary.
The committee Of arrangements for the
/ 10Th anniversary celebration Of odd
! Fellowship next Thursday, has completed
/ the programme. The exercises will be
| held in the large hall Of the Odd Fellows
/ building, and will commence at s 80 p. m,
| with the singing of the Opening Ode"
of the order, with cornet and piano ac-
I compartment.
Prayer will be offered by Grand Chap
| lain Rev. L. =. Vass
| The chairman of the meeting, Grand
| Warden A n. Manucy, will make an ad-
/ dress of welcome, and viii also introduce
/ the speakers.
p. G. James S. Silva, secretary of the
] committee, will read the anniversary
| proclamation Of the grand sire, which
will be followed by an overture by Icons
/ orchestra.
An address on the ''Origin and Progress
of the Order" by p. G. T. D. Rockwell,
of No :
Solo, by Mrs Schreiner.
| Address on the objects Of odd Fellow
ship by Bro. p. w Meldrim, of No. 3.
Duet-Mrs. Outten and Mr.. II. w.
! Readick.
Address-'Love. the Central Link of
Odd Fellowship by P. G. j. r. Saussy,
of No. 9.
SOlO-MrS. May Silva.
Address Humorous, by p. G. Henry
! McAlpin of No II
Trio-Instrumental- Emma Co
| burn, and Messrs. Moses Coburn andJ. E.
| Osborn.
Address, practical Odd Fellowship"
by Bro. w. w. Gordon, Jr.. of No. So.
Solo-Geo. w. Drummon.
Address Our orders hope. its young
men, by Bro. Walter p LaRoche, of
! No. l03.
Cornet solo.
! Music by orchestra
The addresses are on subjects that will
! interest every member of the order,
| the prominence of the speakers and their
| acknowledged ability for oratory is a
| Sufficient assurance of an evening of rare
! pleasure. The singing viii be a leading
! feature of the celebration, as those paroic-
! ipating are well known in musical circles
| and are recognized as artists of merit
! At the conclusion of the exercises the
hall will be cleared for dancing, Prof.
Icons orchestra having been secured for
| the occasion.
! The secretaries of the various lodges
! nave been furnished tickets, which are
now ready for distribution, and are only
for members of the order and their fami-
! lies. The committee desires the holders
! OF tickets to present them at the door. as
| no one will be admitted without ticket.
The Odd Fellows are to-day the lead
! ing fraternal and beneficial order in the
world. The order exists in every state
! and territory in the union, in all the
provinces of British North America,
! Austria, Sweden, Norway, Denmark,
| France, Japan, Chile, Cuba, Mexico and
Australia, and has over 100000
members. The M. U. o. F.,
the parent and the English branch, has
$40 900 members. Its lodges are scattered
all over Great Britain.
In Georgia there are 103 lodges with
nearly 5000 members. Savannah has six
lodges and one encampment: Oglethorpe
NO. /, Live Oak No 3, De Kalb No. 9,
Golden Rule No. II, Haupt No. So, Acorn
No 103 and Magnolia Encampment No.
| !, with membership of about 900. These
lodges are all in a prosperous condition,
and disburse thousands of dollars annu-
ally for the relief of the distressed, the
burial Of the dead and the care of the
widows and orphans
The seYenty-tifth anniversary is being
observed generally throughout the coun-
try, and it will be red letter day in the
history Of Odd Fellowship.
The most important gathering will be
the great jubilee at Baltimore, the birth
place Of the order. The officer of the
Sovereign Grand Lodge will be in attend
ance, and a grand demonstration will
take place. 1t is expected that there will
be at least 100000 Odd Fellows in line
The principal exercises will be at the
Wildey monument, where an address will
be delivered by the Hon. J. c. Mcguire
Of California, representative in the Sow
ereign Grand Lodge from that state, and
a congressman from the San Francisco
district.
The next largest celebration will be the
gathering of the Pacific coast Odd Eel
lows in the Midwinter fair grounds at
GNnva LNVnra s.Ts-
ming April %, will be Odd Fellows week,
but the 26th the natal day, will be the
most important, and will be observed by
an immense parade of all branches of the
order, followed by a grand bail in the
fair pavilion in the evening.