The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-03
ODD FELLOWS GRAND LODGE.
The Sessions TO Be Begun In Tacoma
Today.


Tacoma. June -Speciai-This is 70 he
odd Fellows week in Tacoma The. sew
enteenth annual session OF the Grand
Lodge, Grand Encampment ana Rebekah
Assembly OF Washington will convene in
Armory hall al 10 o'clock tomorrow. Morn
ing. afternoon and evening sessions are
10 be held until Thursday. and in the even
ing of that day the exercises will be closed
with a grand bail for members of the or
der and their families only
Headquarters viii be maintained at the
corner of A and Tenth streets Comforta-
bic apartments have been fitted UP for the
gentlemen and the ladies separately. They
are furnished with easy chairs, sofas. ta-
bles and desks. The rooms and the front
OF the building are decorated with the ma
tional colors and with badges and insignia
OF the order.
The Grand Lodge will consist of 35s del
egates About fifty OF them arrived in the
city yesterday and today. The others are
expected today. Besides the delegates.
many visitors are on hand and many more
are coming. II is probable that not less
than 1.o00 odd Fellows will be IN attend
anCc.
Grand Master A G. Ansell. of Spokane.
arrived this afternoon and is staying at
ChiIbergs. lie is prominent business
man and an influential Republican
The grand secretary, lie +. A Shaw, is
an old timer OF Walla Walla. and has held
the position of grand secretary several
terms His whole being is wrapped up in
Odd Fellowship. He is also at Chilberg's 5.
The deputy grand master is Jerry For
tain. of this city; the grand warden. C. f.
Williams, of Seattle. and the grand treas
urer. G. ". Hall, of Seattle.
In the state there are li9 Odd Fellow
lodges. The total membership is $, $50 The
membership in the nation is 100000. The
order is growing rapidly, and annually
eXpends millions of dollars for charitable
purposes. Tacoma has eleven lodges with
a total Of 6i3 members. These eleven have
paid out Sl4.9l2 during the last seventeen
years. an average OF $3.50 per year.
The first odd Fellow lodge established in
Tacoma was the Rainier. No II. at Old
Town. in 1917. BY Grand Sire j. ". Stokes.
Crescent. No IL. was instituted December
& 1856, by Deputy Grand Master j. Y.
Meeker. Steuben, No. Co. came next.
April g, 1889. 1t is made up largely of
Germans. East Tacoma Lodge. no. 50.
was started March l. 1891. and Columbia,
No. 9s followed soon after May 8. 1891
Odin. No. 13. began its career May I,
1892. Eureka Rebekah. No. /. made start
July Is. 1885, being instituted with fifty
seven charter members. Mrs. Lotz had
the honor of being the first \. @. Mount
Tacoma Rebekah was christened and
n
1895. Tacoma Encampment, No. g. came
into being May Il. 1851. Progress Encamp-
ment GOT a charter December l3. 1898. Can
ton Tacoma No T. received its charter in
September. 1893.
odd Fellow ship in Tacoma is in healthy
condition as 1t is also in Seattle. Spokane
and other cities and towns. The report OF
Secretary Shaw tomorrow will show in de-
tail how the order has got along through
-, ~ IA N
what is the outlook for the next twelve
months.
The programme of the session is as fol-
lows:
Monday. June 40 a. m-The Grand
Encampment will convene in Armory hall
and remain in session during the day; p.
m.-The Rcbekah Assembly will convene
in Orange hail. Armory hall building; ex-
emplfcation of the Inittatory degree by
subordinate lodges in Armory hall; exem-
ulincation of the Initiatory degree in
German by Steuhen. No. -. in Crescent
han. Dougan block. jefferson avenue.
Tuesday. June 40 a. m.-The Grand
Lodge in Armory hall. the Rebekah As
sembly I'm Orange hall: p. m.-Exemplif-
cation Of Encampment degrees in Armory
hail: informal reception TO visiting odd
Fellows and Rebekahs in Eiks' hall.
Wednesday, June SO a. m.-The
Grand 7 .oiee in Armorv hall. the Rebekah
Assembly in Orange hall. $ p. n.-Exempli-
fcation Of the beautided work Of the Re
bekah degree by Eureka Rebekah, No ].
and Mount Tacoma, No. 81, degree STATS.
Thursday. June Go a. ms-The Grand
Lodge in Arrnory hall; tho Rehekah As
seuhiy in Orange han. y. m.-Grand ball.
probably I'm Armory hall
Delegates arrived today from Seattle.
Aberdeen. Olympia, Spokane, Palouse,
Waua Walla. Snohomish, Chehalis and
OF her places