The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-09-17
ODD FELLOWS BIG TIME
GREAT PREPARATIONS FOR THE
 WATERBURY CELEBRATION.

Over Three Thousand odd Fellows to be
 Entertained Including Many Notable Men In the order--An Immense Pavilion
 to he Ereoted-souvenir Medals Etc.
 Waterbury, Sept. 16,-Arrangements
 for the dedication of the new odd Eel lows building in Waterbury and for the celebration of the fftieth anniversary of
 the birth of odd Fellowship in Water
 bury october 15. are progressing on a
 gigantic scale.
 From present returns it is expected
 that fully 5000 odd Fellows will be here from out of town. The grand sire of the
 sovereign grand lodge of the United | States and the grand master of the
 grand lodge of Connecticut will be pres ent. Invitations have been sent out to
 all the lodges and cantons of the order
 in the state and part of Massachusetts,
 and already many of them have accept
 ed. Magnolia lodge of. Brooklyn will be present and it's members will be special | guests of Nosahogan lodge.
 An immense pavilion will be erected
 at the ball grounds, in which refresh
 ments will be served. The refreshment committee consists of the following: | Chairman, w. L. Hall; T. H. Hewitt, D.
 E. Hayward, c. B. Sanderson, w. R.. | Willets, J. s. Galley, w. M. Cottle, L. F. | Terrill, Seron Decker and George M. | Chapman of Townsend and Nosahogan I lodges, and Mesdames c. J. Cleveland, A. J. Leggitt, E. E, Hayward, J. A.
 Schroeder and G. l.. Schroeder of Vino in progress to secure the services of ELI.
 in progres to secure the services. of E. L.. Bolster and F. F. Marsh to take charge of the tables. A light lunch of coffee
 and sandwiches will be served in large tent, centrally located, between Il and l 12 o'clock.
 l The committee on exterior decorations
 to see that business buildings generally are appropriately decorated is composed
 of Messrs. George Tracy, l.. B. Davis, C.. H. Hart and H. w. Lake. l At 1 o'clock there will be grand pa- rade of lodges, encampments and Patri- archs Militant, followed by review. The committee for securing horses for such of the Patriarch Militants as de-
 sire them are w. M. Gillette, D.L Dick l inson, Fred Davis and Charles Brewer. l The committee on reduction of rail- I road fares from out-of-town points is | William M. Cottle, Rufus Smith, J. S. | Galley and Warren l.. Hall. l Souvenir medals, designed by E. w.
 Biggerstaff of this city, and badges of ! suitable design will be for sale, under
 the direction of G. F. Trott and F. K. ! Woolworth, the committee, and sou l venir program is being arranged by 1 Messrs. D. l.. Davis and F. H. Hamp- son. Other committees are:
 Halls-G. "A. King and H. c. Filley l Hotel-J. H. Guernsey and Charles l Brewer.
 Music-T. l.. Farrell and L. Mun-
 son.
 l Grand marshal-4Colonel J. B. Doher- Ity
 Ball.. c. Moore, H. G. Filley, W. M. l Gillette, G. F. Barnes, C. H. Bronson, Fred Davis, Warren Trott and G. A. | King.
 l Invitations-John Blair and D. M. Da- wis
 l The medal above referred to as hay 1 ing been designed by Mir Biggerstaff l of this city is of aluminium and is of l about the size of a silver dollar. One side bears the all-seeing eye, and the l three links with t1S45-1S95," and the I following words: .Dedication of Odd Fellows hall, October 15, 1895, Nosa- I hogan and Townsend lodges, Both an niversary." The obverse shows an ex-
 cellently drawn picture of the build l ing and the words: odd Fellows I hall, Waterbury, Conn" The design is as pretty a one as was ever made in 1 Waterbury, and is, sure to have a large l sale It reflects great credit on MT. Biggerstaff's artistic sense and execu- l ton. It is being struck off by the
 Scovill Manufacturing company. I The music will play no small feature .l of the day. All of the best bands of I Connecticut will be on hand and pos
 sibly some from New York. Colonel J.
 B. Doherty has been appointed grand
 marshal of the day and he will have I sole charge of the parade,
 A brief preliminary program of the l days events has been prepared as fol | lows:
 l Lunch-A light lunch, consisting of coffee and sandwiches will De served between Il and 12 o'clock, to visiting l members of the order on their arrival.
 Parade-The grand parade of lodges, encampments and Patriarch Militants l will start at 1 o'clock p. m. sharp. All lodges and encampments are requested
 to carry banner, if they have one.
 Review-The parade. win be reviewed
 by the grand sire, and officers of the 1 grand lodges of this and adjoining I states, heads of departmentsao of Patm- T arch Militants, and the city government l at o'clock D. m.
 I Dinner-Dinner will be served to all visitors at 8 o'clock D. m.
 I Reception-The grand sire, grand master, and grand lodge officers of this
 and adjoining jurisdictions and other I notables of the order will hold an in- formal reception in the new lodge room at o'clock D. m.
 Dedication and anniversary ceremonies
 -7:30 o'clock D. m.
 Grand anniversary ball-The days celebration will wind up with grand
 anniversary ball at the city hall last
 ing until a. m.