The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-04-24

small band OF brothers only one,
Hon. G. D. Gilman Of Boston, is
alive today.
The first room of Excelsior lodge
was in an adobe house with grass
roof in the premises on Hotel street
where DIR. Auderson's dental par
lors now are. The building was
small, one story, and the guardian
had to stand outside. In i847 the
lodge moved to another adobe house
near where the Masonic Temple
now stands Two years later an
other move was made to house on
the Mechanics Home property, near
Hotel and Nuuanu, In a storm
one night a wall Of this building
fell out and the lodge had to vacate
in short order.
In 1883 the lodge received from
the Grand Lodge of the United
States the sum of 81 600 for the ex-
press purpose of building a perma-
nent hall. In few years this
amount had increased by contribu-
tiops to 81, 900. Polynesian En-
campment No. was established in
1854, but was shortly afterward
disbanded and not reorganized un-
til Dec. Is, 1872, from which its
active history dates.
April 26, 1850, on the 4oth ami
versary of the establishment of the
order in America, the corner stone
of the I, o. o. f. building on Fort
street, near King, was laid with
great ceremony. Among the dis
tinguished spectators were tine
King, Chief Justice and the COM
missioneis of the United States and
France. This building is still used
for the purposes for which it was
consecrated just thirty-seven years
ago next Sunday.
May IL. 1876 Harmony Lodge
No. 3 was installed with the fol-
lowing officers c. S. Barlow, N.
G.. George Williams, V. g.; S.
Roth, treasurer; r, w. Laine, sec
retary. This lodge built Harmony
Hall, on King street, where its
meetings are still held.
Next December, Excelsior Lodge
will have an individual celebration
of its 5oth anniversary. The OH
GERS Of Excelsior Lodge are:
Frank L. Nichols, N. G.; L. w.
Hough, V. g.; L. L. La Pierre,
secretary; w. M. Graham, treas
urer; Mark N. Kennedy, R. S. N.
G.. w. c. Parke, l.. S. N. G.; A.
D. Marshall, R. S. V. c.; +. d.
Crane, L. S. V. g.; Frank McIn l.
tyre, conductor; w. ]. White,
warden; George Johnson, inside
sentinel; Rev. Alex. Macintosh,
chaplain.
Officers of Harmony Lodge are:
]. F. Scott, N. g.; G. T. Rod
gers, V. g.; Geo. A. Turner, sec
retary; J. A. Magoon, treasurer; ].
c. Lorentzen, R. S. N. c.; O..
Sorenson, l.. S. N. G; A. G. Sylvia,
R. S. V. c.; J. Wallin, L. S. V.
G.; J. L. Dumas, conductor; c. F.
Herrick, inside sentinel; w. o. At
water, chaplain; Paul Smith, R. S.
S.; Paul Voeller, L. S. S.
Aside from being secretary of Ex-
celsior Lodge, L. L. La Pierre is
d. D. G. s. of this jurisdiction, the
highest officer in the country. He
is an enthusiastic worker for the
order.
The I. o. o. F. is secret char
table society and exists chiefly i'll
Great Britain and the United States.
1t had its beginning in England and
can be traced as far back as the be-
ginning of the 18th century. In
the latter part OF that century its
influence waned OH account of sus-
picion of sedition in the order. A
revival soon set in, however, and
ever since the society has flourished
and grown stronger in England.
Odd Fellowship was introduced
into the United States from the
Manchester Unity, or the English
order, in 1919, and the Grand
Lodge of Maryland and the United
States was constituted February
22, 1921. At first the progress oi
the order was slow, but, as soon as
it had gained firm hold its prin'
ciples spread with great rapidity,
and it now rivals in influence the
British wing, from which it severed
its connection in IS4a.
The American society, including
Canada and the United States, has
its headquarters at Baltimore
Washington Lodge No. /, the frs
in America, was organized by
Thomas Wildey and four others a
Baltimore April 26, 1910. This il
the event to be celebrated by th'