The San Francisco call., 1896-03-09
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

The visit OF Unity Lodge to Golden Rule Lodge
OF Oakland on last Friday night was great event
in the history of the two lodges. a very enjoyable
time was spent by the receiving and visiting
members.
Grand Sire ]. W. Stebbins has issued a circular
letter TO all grand and subordinate bodies under
the jurisdiction of the order TO take appropriate
action for the due commemoration OF the seventy
seventh anniversary of the order. A large num-
Der of the subordinate lodges OF this State have
signifed their intention OF observing the day.
Porter Lodge will celebrate its anniversary on
the 18th of April. It is likely that the Veteran
Odd Fellows will be invited 10 take part in the
event.
bodying the report recently adopted by the trus-
tees for the extension OF the usefulness of the
library. A meeting viii be held on the 2lst inst.
for the purpose OF receiving reports from the sub
ordnates on the proposition to have each become
a contributing lodge.
A National cantonm ent of the entire army of the
Pstriarchs Militant will be held in Buffalo, \. v,
c1nmencing on the 9Th of August. This will be
the first OF the kind, and the commanderin chief
expresses the hope that department commanders
will not order department environments this year,
but will encourage their respective commands to
make arrangements TO attend the National one.
Prizes amounting to $4,000 will be offered.
Mystic Lodge of Salt Lake City, Utah. has under
iurisdic,ions that David n Iafavor ia no longer a
member of the lodge and order.
The board of trustees OF the Odd Fellows Home
at Thermaito at a meeting held last week decided
10 proceed to make necessary improvements. OF
the inmates now in the home there are 16 from San
Al from the interior of the State, which shows
that while the bay counties have numerically one
third of the entire membership of the order the
majority of the inmates are not from those coun-
ties.
The subject of the proposed home for the
phans of Odd Fellows was informally discussed
The directors willing that the Rebekahs should
have charge of the orphans and they are willing
to give them for temporary cottage and
three OF ground near the home until they can
find place which they might deem more suitable.
The cottage will accommodate twenty little ones.
Sallie L. Wolf of the advisory board has ad-
dressed q letter to the Rebekah lodges in which
she says: "On the grounds (at Thermalitol there is
a neat cottage intended for q temporary orphanaSe
TO be used until larger building should be needed.
To the surprise of all this cottage is in
adequate to accommodate all the entitled little
who seek ad mission at its doors: and thus the
urgent necessity of larger and more comuodious
building presents itself The Orphans Home ad-
visory board has decided 10 make an appeal to the
Rebekah lodges in this jurisdiction with view of
raising funds necessary to erect suitable buildings
beautiful grounds adjacent TO the original home
tract having already been placed at disposal
for building purposes. We feel that there is not .
Rebekah in California who is not able ana willing
to contribute from his her private purse if need
be- the small sum of so cents toward such build
ing fund"
There are 11S Rebekah lodges in California