Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-05-04

The seventy-fifth anniversary of the
founding of Odd Fellowship in America
was fittingly celebrated by the four
teen lodges of that order in Detroit.
The Detroit lodges had extended an
invitation to their brethren from the
interior of the state and Canada, and
every train brought its quota of odd
Fellows and their ladies into the city
about > 200 in all w. j. Stacey, L.
G.. NJ, of Detroit, presided at the
meeting at the Auditorium. Hon. c.
j. Reilly briefly reviewed the remark
able growth of the order since it was
founded in Baltimore rs years ago. Its
membership at present exceeds 900, 900;
it has $1,000 subordinate lodges; an an
nual revenue of $500, 600, and last
year bestowed SO, 500, 900 in charitT
alone. The speaker then dwelt on the
cardinal principles of the order. Rabbi
Grossman also delivered a short adj
dress. The exemplification of the de-
gree work by the various lodges of the
city at the Auditorium was the most
enjoyable event in the history of the
order in Detroit. The order of Re-
bekah also conducted iniatory cere-
monies at the temple, after which
both branches of the order sat down to
a grand banquet.
Owosso: The Odd Fellows of Grand
Ledge, Ovid, Flint, Flushing, Fenton
and Corunna, with the two lodges of
Owosso, celebrated the 18th anniver-
Sary at OwoSSo. About 500 visitors
were in attendance. A parade in the
afternoon by the uniform rank was
led by the Owosso City band. Exer-
cises were held in the armory and n
banquet was given by the ladies of
RebeISah lodge, followed by grand
ball in the evening.
St, Louis: Nearly n thousand Odd
Fellows were in st. Louis to celebrate
the 18th anniversary of their order.
Members of lodges from Ithaca, Alma,
Mt. Pleasant, Midland and Brecken-
ridge were present. The secret work
was given by the lodges from Ithaca,
Breckenridge, Alma and st. Louis.
The Rebekah degree staff of Ithaca
conferred the Rebekah degree in n
manner which gave great credit TO their
lodge. a public meeting was given in
the evening at liolcomb's opera house.
All business places were decorated in
honor of the occasion.
Charlotte: The local lodge cele-
brated the 18th anniversary of the
order by iniating 80 new members.
They were assisted in the work by the
lodges from Olivet, Grand Ledge, Bat
tie Creek, Lansing, North Lansing,
Sunfeld, Eaton Rapids, Nashville,
Bellevue, Dimondale and Albion. A
procession 400 strong paraded the
principal streets, and a banquet was
rendered TO the visiting brothers. The
city was gayly decorated. The grand
canton will hold its annual meeting in
this city in August.
Sturgis: This place celebrated the
anniversary with much ado. Cold
water canton and visiting lodges from
Bronson, Burr Oak, White Pigeon, La
Grange, Ind, and other vising brothers
were present, making in all $50 visiting
Odd Fellows. a street parade and a
banquet were features. Degree work
was done in the evening by the La
Grange Ind, team.
Dundee: Monroe association |. o.
o. +. celebrated here. The parade.
with three bands, showed that Mon
roe, South lockwood, Trenton, Flat
Rock, Carleton, Maybee, ottawa Lake,
Blissfeld, Deerfield, Tecumseh, Milan,
Adrian and Wyandotte lodges were
represented. The number of visitors
and delegates was about 200. The
next place of meeting will be at Deer
field.
Kalamazoo: The three local Odd
Fellow lodges, with n Membership of
500, celebrated the anniversary with a
public entertainment.