The record-union., 1896-10-22
ODD FELLOWS.
Important Business Transacted at the
Santa Cruz Encampment.

SANTA CRUZ, Oct 21.-The Grand
Encampment of Odd Fellows had a
busy session this morning. The prop
osition to make imperative the hold
ing of session every two years in San
Francisco was lost by tremendous
vote.
The constitution was amended so as
to. require persons joining the encamp
ment branch to do so at the encamp-
ment nearest their residence.
The duties of the Grand Trustees
We're more positively defined than here
tofore, giving them charge of the
funds and property of the grand body,
and requiring them to provide trans
portation for representatives and take
inventories of the supplies of the Grand
Scribe'S office.
The Hope Encampment, No. 80, of
Redwood City was placed in District
13, now comprising San Jose and Santa
Clara.
| The decisions of the Grand Patri-
| arch made during the recess were all
approved, and his thorough visitation
and energy highly commended. A
| strong recommendation was made to
| the encampment branch in the juris-
| diction to contribute toward the i'm
provement of what is termed the
| founding fund of the Home at Their
malito. Eighty-one dollars and fifty
cents have been collected for the pur-
| pose of erection of a suitable head
stone at the grave of Past Grand Pa
triarch E. w. Bradford of Sacramento.
1t was ordered paid to the General Re
| lief Committee in Sacramento.
The election of officers for the ensuing
year resulted as follows: ]. T. Doran.
Grand Patriarch; O. w. Erlewine, Grand
| High Priest; J. w. Harris, Grand Sen
ior Warden; William Fl. Barnes Gre
elected), Grand Scribe; George w. Lee
mont (re-electeO,- Grand Treasurer:
Joseph Foster, Grand Junior Warden;
George w. Reid, Grand Representative;
H. F. Wynn, F. A. Week and w. S.
Potter (re-elected), Trustees.
When a ballot was taken to decide on
the next meeting place of the encamp-
ment the vote stood: Los Angeles 9o,
San Jose SO, San Francisco 16.
The proposed amendment to increase
| admission fees was lost. The motion
to increase the fund for travelling ex-
penses of the Grand Patriarch was lost
At $50 p. IN. the Grand Encampment
went into secret session, the written
| work being exelnplified by George f.
Roesch. Grand Representative, assisted
bv c. w. Savage Past Grand Repre-
| sentative.
The competitive drill was of excep-
t3onal interest and at 5 p. N. the Arm
ory was crowded to the doors. The
following cantons competed: Sacramen-
to No. /, time II minutes; San Fran
cisco No ). % minutes; Oakland NO.
III, 20l5 minutes. The evolutlons were
Of great merit. The prize was the
Grand Encampment challenge trophy,
}yalue $500. and $400 in cash given by
the odd Fellows of Santa Cruz. The
money was divided into three prizes.
No decision was given, but San Fran
cisco is believed to be the judges
choice.
| The comforting of the order of ChlV-
taIry upon fifteen of the most prominent
Rebekahs Of California followed. The
! cadets upon whom the high honor was
conferred were: Mesdames Cornelia
Feed. NJ BeSSe S. j. Harris, Rue j.
Reese, Jessie Fargo, Daisy Longley,
Mary NJ Kendall +. Rose Ort, Marion
Greenwood, Mary +. Donohue, Gertrude
Moseland, Antonette Shaw, Della Saw
age Mary A. Margotten and Sophie
Hutton.
The entire ceremony was one OF ap-
sorbing interest, and was watched by
a large assembly.