The herald., 1896-07-05
WITH THE ODD FELLOWS
A New Lodge Instituted Yesterday Morning.
Other Doings

Yesterday was great day for the Odd
Fellows of this city. In the forenoon a
new German lodge was instituted, in the
afternoon session of the grand lodge of
California was held here, in the evening
a special session of the new subordinate
lodge was held and the following new
members initiated:
Henry Gensk, Charles Engen Waer-
ner. Matthias Rupert, Ferdinand Tab
bert, Louis c. Heller Rudolf Herold,
William Kruger, Christian Rothfuss.
Bernard Wolf. J. Wolf, Herman Hoepp-
ner, Frederick Budde, August Rothen-
pieler, Julius Resnik, Louis Brenneis.
Howard Leidy. Otto Broderson, Thomas
Strohm, August Borchart.
One set of candidates was initia ated
while the the work was done in German,
and another division was given the Eng
lish version.
The officers of the grand lodge were
as follows: Grand master, ]. W. Wor-
boys; deputy grand master, H. Y. Quack-
enbush; grand warden, Geo. w. Stock
we'll; grand secretary. Geo. T. Shaw:
grandEfreasurer. NJ. 7. HerzoG; grand
MARSHAL, L. D. Butler; grand conductor,
E. E. Overholtzer; grand herald. T.. II.
White; grand guardian, e. Korstein.
The following are the charter mem
bers of the new lodge: Joseph Bickel
Magnus Gehrkins. Frederick Brauer
Henry Biescar, John Bruckner, John
Feller, Otto Toepner, Henry Flick, Jos
Workman, V. II. Theobald, Joseph OFT
August Hiltscher, Emil Koch, Joseph
Hiltscher. John Meyerberg Fred Fell
ner, Robert Stadie, Julius Splittstoes-
ser, Karl Gustave Falk John Stumpf
Chris Jensen, Charles Heller, Adam
Lehn. H. Odenthal, August Lang, Her
man Cords, PaulBlie, Edward Schnelle,
VIM. Frimmersdorf, VIM. O. f. Schwenc-
kert, John Frederick Heineger, Carl
Schultze and Sebastian Kramer.
The new lodge is called Hoefer lodge
No. 60, and is officered as follows: Past
grand, John Bruckner; noble grand
Joseph Bickel; vice grand, Emil Koch;
recording secretary, Fred Brauer; per-
manent secretary, Joseph Workman;
conductor, Joseph OFT; warden, Julius
Spliettstaesn; inside guard. Fred Feller;
outside guard, Henry Hitler; right sup
porter noble grand, w. f. Schnenket
left supporter noble grand, o. Hillscher;
right supporter vice grand, John Teller;
left supporter vice grand, John
Schnelle; left scene supporter Henry
Flick.
At a meeting Of the grand lodge OF
California, held at p. m. yesterday, the
following received the grand lodge de.
gree: Fred Lenz, Charles H. Tate, j. j
Muratt, Henry Quirin, A. II. Longley
0. 7. Pealer Magnis Gehrkins. d. d
Deeds, Edward l.. Hutchinson, and DIR
w. NJ. Boyd of Los Angeles; c. f. Her
sey and j. L. Mcneil of Pasadena, and
E. d. Parker of Oakland. The commit
tee on credentials were Ben Cow, d. D
Deeds and L e. Overholzer.
At about midnight last night the grand
lodge and few visitors were enter
tanned at banquet given by the new
lodge. Speeches were made by Grant
Master Worboys, Grand Secretary Geo
T. Shaw, Past President Fannie Benja-
min, Carl Schultze, Milton Carlson and
Edward l.. Hutchison.
The Odd Fellows of the city will give
a grand banquet on Monday evening ir
honor of Past Grand President Fannie
Benjamin, of the Rebekahs, and Grand
Master Warhoys of the Odd Fellows
On Tuesday evening the grand lodge
will visit Semi-Tropic lodge to install
the new officers and witness the initia-
tion of new members.
Last nights work in English was done
by the following as composite lodge
District DEPUTY Grand Master H. Y
Quackenbush Semi-Tropic lodge No
ST. Grand Warden G. Coulson, Semi
Tropic lodge No. 81; Grand Marshal A
B. Butler, America lodge No. 1856; G1and
Recording Secretary ]. w. White, East
Side lodge No 1876; Grand Past Secre.
,tary C. H. Artell, America lodge No. 1856
Grand Treasurer e. j. Baldwin, Semi
Tropic lodge No. 371 Grand Guardian
j. F. Hall, East Side lodge No. 925.