The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-01
FRATERNAL REVIEW.
Union Excursion of Odd Fellows Next Thursday
Celebration of Pythian Day--Mid-Summer
Doings i'm Various Lodgerooms.
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n Chancellor Andrew Mckenzie, has
decided to let the su boroinate lodges
celebrate Pythian day In way that
best suits their fancy, and to that end
he has proclaimed Tuesday, Aug 20, as
Pythian day, and has rendered the use OF
the Grand Lodge Office to the delegates
of the lodges, and also requests that eacn
lodge will send q delegate to that place
Tuesday evening next, so that the matter
may be fully discussed. During the
week nearly every lodge has appointed a
committee for the purpose OF con-
ference the place named. The meeting
Tuesday evening will be called to order
by Grano Chancellor Mckenzie at $3.50
o'clock, after which the delegates will,
as a committee of the whole, consider
matters, elect its own officers, and proceed
TO business. Most OF the lodges have
taken kindly to the scheme, and no
doubt the affair will be huge success.
The more prominent members of the
order are in hopes that II 1t IL decided to
celebrate Pythian day the committee
will, II possible, make such arrangement
as will do away with the selling of tickets
and arrange for a day of pleasure Instead
Of profit.
issued the following interesting order:
To the officers and members OF the Subor-
dinate Lodges in this Grand Domain,
GREETING:
CONGRATULATIONS.
The grand chancellor takes this oppor-
tunIty to congratulate the order In
Rhode Island on the recent highly sue
cessful and thoroughly agreeable cele-
bration of it's Twenty-fifth Anniversary.
Through the medium OF the press the
account of the brilliant gathering one
week ago ia tbs city, and its subsequent
accessories, have been hefalded through
out the country, ana the supreme chan
cellor, the Hon. Walter Il. Richie OF Lima,
o., has voluntarily and emphaticaily
made the statement that in the matter of
entertainment ana celebration OF it's silver
anniversary, "Rhode Island has far out
done all other domains" To the
brethren who participated, the remem-
pranc3 of the event must ever wake
pleasurable recollections; while those.who
were unable or neglected 10 attend,
missed one of the most delightful gather
ings imaginable.
On Thursday morning the members of
Red Cross Lodge with their families, will
meet at the ball on Eddy street and from
there in party wagons Will drive 10
Dexter Grove at Darlington, where the
day will be spent.
A. Manchester Hussey, who had charge
OF sitting the members OF the
order in Infantry Hall on the occasion OF
the twenty-fifth anniversary OF the GraBd
Lod ye, desires through these columns to
extend his thanks TO thoss who so kindly
and efficiently assisted him at that time.
few days ago Supreme Representa-
tive Charles A. Lee OF Eureka Lodge
visited Newark, n. j., ana while there
called upon Past Supreme Chancellor
William Ward, who is seriously i'll. MIR.
Ward was unable to speak above q
whisper but sent his kindest regards to
his many friends here.
The handsome building owned by Ivy
Ledge, the home of Past Supreme Repre-
sentative w. w. Blackwell at Henderson,
KY, was burned to the ground few
days ago. The contents of the building
were also destroyed. This building was
the property of the Pythian Association
of Henderson, and was valued at $50, 600.
The fire was the work OF an incen diary.