The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20
LINK BRETHREN
At SANTA CRUZ
Grand Encampment of Cali
fornia Odd Fellows
Welcomed.
Reception Tendere1 the Visitors
by the City's Hosp table
People.
MUSIC AND sPEECH-MAKING.
Grand Scribe Barnes Tells of the
Orders Fraternal Labor
of Love.
MUSIC AND sPEECH.MAKING.

SANTA CRUZ. CAL, Oct. 19.-The
Grand Encampment of Odd Fellows Of
California opened here this evening with
public reception rendered by the citi-
zens of Santa Cruz to the visitors at the
armory. The floral decorations of the
hall were superb. Chairman Frank Mat
tison introduced Hon. H. H. Clark, Mayor
OF Santa Cruz, who in delivering the ad-
dress of welcome in behalf of the citizens.
paid glowing tribute to the Odd Fellow
fraternity. Hon. Carl E. Lindsay, on be-
half of the Odd Fellows of this district.
gave mastery exposition of the aims of
the order whose fundamental pivot in
everything was love.
GAS We SOW so shall We reap" he said,
.'and you, brothers, are reaping to-day the
flowers and founts of your love. You have
given food to the lips of the suffering
children and solace to the widow; you
have brought color to the wan cheeks of
the afflicted, and we, Odd Fellows of the
banner county of the State in Odd Fellow
ship, give you our hands, our hearts and
city. You have earned it. Do with our
gift as you will. Our hospitality shall be
as broad as the ocean wnlch beats upon
the shores of our City of the Holy Cross,
and oui smiles shall beam upon you as
warm as the sun at midday. Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs, we welcome, thrice well
come you to Santa Cruz"
Chairman Mattison, in introducing Will
liam II. Barnes of San Francisco, grand
scribe of the Odd Fellows of California.
paid testimony to the esteem in which MIR.
Barnes was held among fraternal socie-
ties. The worthy scribe, passing from a
tribute to the past and present glories OF
Santa Cruz, said: I'VE revere it, as the old
padres did of old when they planted the
holy cross. We come to you with the
clink of the gavel and the three links of
friends ship, love and truth. We bring you
society whose benifcence encircles the
globe. We have behind us 1000 lodges
and $50 900 men; 400 Rebekah lodges
with 260, 600 sisters; 100 encampments,
with 100000 members, and our banner
shelters over 900, 900 Odd Fellows.
''Our aim is TO uplift, upbuild and to
shield the widow and the orphan. We
want no paupers and we want no paupers
graves. We live in our society to foster
seif-help, to widen our sphere OF good, to
broaden our love, to be charitable 10 all
and 10 the lowliest equally with the high
est We have spent $40, 100000 in charity
and $3, 50O 900 year in relief. We have
lived to love, We will live to love and We
are reapIng a harvest of present happiness
IN Santa Cruz which is only foretaste OF
the harvest of peace the Great Protector
will give Us when we cross to that bourne
from which none return. From our hearts
we visiting Odd Fellows thank you of
Santa Cruz"
The balance of the evening was devoted
to literary and musical entertainment.
of which the leading features were grand
chorus, "a Song of Welcome" by forty
voices, vocal solo by Mrs. Frank March
of Cam bria and series of most humorous
vocal and instrumental selections by
Grand Scribe Barnes. The reception drew
a large audience and over 200 delegates
have arrived this evening.
The officers of the Grand Encam pment
are: Grand patriarch, George w. Reid of
Santa Cruz; grand high priest, w. w.
Shattuck of Redding; grand senior war
den, J. T. Doran of Tulare; grand scribe,
William H. Barnes of San Francisco; |;
grand treasurer, George w. Lamont of
San Francisco; grand junior warden, o.
w. Elwine of Sacramento: grand SEN
tinel, Joseph Foster of San Diago; deputy
grand sentinel, E. Bunker of San Fran
cisco; grand marshal, Frank Mattison of
Santa Cruz.