Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-12-14
WINTERP0RT |. @. O. F.
Dedicate a Fire New Hall With Ap-
propriate Ceremonies.
Five Hundred Odd Fellows Present to Do Honor
to the Occasion.

Winterport, Dec. 1S.-(SpeciaD, Gar
field Lodge No. 90, l, o. o. f., dedicated
its new hall, today, with complete success.
Favorable travelling would have given
the citizens an opportunity to have seen
one Of the largest crowds in Winterport for
years, as it was about 500 Odd Fellows
We're present.
The building Just completed is 4Sx52
and in every sense an ornament to the
town. 1t is centrally located on Main
street, has three main floors and base
ment. The architecture is simple but
the building is we'll proportioned, having
very neat appearance from the outside,
which is set OFF to good advantage by a
cathedral glass window over the main
entrance, which was presented mt their
last meeting by the Odd Fellows wives,
The first floor contains two stores, each
having large plate glass show windows ON
the front, making the rooms light and
pleasant. These will be occupied by IL.
ID. Simpson, boot and shoe dealer and
f. c. Atwood, druggist. The second floor
has two offices on the front which are
light, pleasant and comfortable and will
make the most desirable office to rent in
town. Back of these is a large banquet
hall, where the members hope to pass
many pleasant hours satisfying thcir'hod-
ily needs; while on the third floor are the
lodge rooms, conveniently arranged with
plenty of room in the ante-rooms for the
paraphcrnalia Tho ceilings are very
pretty in their new fresco paints.
Long before noon groups of Fellows
delegated to receive members invited,
wended their way to station Cr wharf re
turning with new arrivals. BY noon the
following lodges We're represented: Pen
obscot. Bangor, and Oriental of Bangor,
with cantons; Waldo of Belfast with can
ton; WildCy of Brewer; Eureka of Or
rington; Fort Knox of Bucksport, and
Sears of Searsport. The parade at noon
was a striking feature and was led by
Marshals Dundon, Rich and Snow, with
the Winterport and Frankfort bands
At p NJ the hall was crowded, this
being the hour when the dedicatory cere-
monies We're to take place.
These opened with music by the or2hcs-
ira, prayer, response by local choir regu-
lar exercise CT Grand Lodge conducted by
Grand Master Samuel Adams of Belfast,
and W. g. Pcttingill Of Belfast, G. W;
with c. r. Coombs, W. X. kccne and b.
b. Greenlaw Of Belfast, and DIR.
Baker of Winterport as hcralds. Keys
were presented to the Grand Master,
by L. W. Haley, n g. Of Garfield Lodge
and finally returned to him.
Interesting and valuable lessons We're
drawn from the work by the grand mas
ter and r.. G. Dyer of Belfast who in
their remarks We're followed with deep in
tercst DR.. Baker responded tor the home
lodge Then followed music and the dJX-
ology.
The hall was decorated with ferns and
gcraniums
Grand Secretary Davis of Portland, was
unable to be present
Preparations were made to entertain
about one thousand and to see the amount
of food placed on the table which had
been set in Union hall gave one the idea
that Wintcrport could do it; especially
when assisted by her brothers from
Frankfort, Monroe Prospect and other
places, having mombers in the lodge.
Beans in abundance, pyramids of cold
meats, pastry of all kinds with coffee
and tea were some of the good things.
which were taStilv arranged on the tables,
by bcvy of young ladies. who also served
as mattresses. After dinner the company
separated in groups and passed the time
in different ways until Union hall was
again opened to those who wished to pass
the evening in dancing while some pre-
fcrred to remain in the lodge room
grouped together for conversation.
Following was the order OF dances.
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