The herald., 1896-12-19
,ATEE3RAAL B0NDS
Good VIII lodge No. 1923 conferred the

second degree last evening.
Semi-Tropic lodge No. 81 will confer
the third degree next Tuesday evening
The officers of the sovereign granG
| lodge are as follows: Grand sire, Free
Carleton of Texas; deputy grand sire
A. S. Pinkerton of Massachusetts,; grand
secretary, j. Frank Grant of Kentucky;
grand treasurer M. Richard Muckle OF
Pennsylvania.
Golden Rule lodge No. $50 reelected
all their officers, except the noble grand
as follows: William Downie, noble
grand; George Fellers, vice grand; Gus
tave Heiman. financial secretary; w. p
Schlosser recording secretary;
Fosmir, treasurer; Phil Roger, trustee.
Nietos lodge. No. 1877 at Downey has
elscted the following officers: RS. Mayes,
past grand; c. H. Eberle, noble grand
]. w. Clark, vice grand; A. S. Gray, re-
cording secretary; Levi Villery, per-
manent secretary; d. F. Wood, treas
| urer.
The newly elected officers of Embor
Cadero lodge No. 3S4, San Pedro, are as
| follows: j. w. Buckley, noble grand; C..
J. Baker, vice grand; E. E. Young, sec
retary; b. C. Volkerts, treasurer.
| The grand master. grand secretary,
! grand warden and grand marshal were
present at the dedication of the new
halls at Sheridan and Gridley last Fri
| day and Saturday.
The trustees of the Odd Fellows home
! for aged and disabled members held an
| important meeting Monday night, the
results of which will be made known
! later.
Miss Anna Thomas of Santa Cruz, cap
tain of the Girls Drill corps, which crea
| ted much favorable comment ct the en-
campment there last summer has been
prese nted with handsomely engrossed
card of thanks set in a beautiful frame.
| The work was prepared by Grand Scribe
| Barnes in apprecia ton of the work of the
young lady and her well drilled CORDS
notwithstanding the unfavorable
weather Tuesday evening there was
| large attendance about 600, Odd Fellows
their wives and friends. at Memorial
! hall in the Odd Fellows building. The
occasion was the public observance of
! the fifth anniversary of emiTropic
I Lodge No. 81. and the celebration was
in all respects worthy of that progress
sive lodge and the order in general At
the regular meeting of the lodge pre-
| vious to the public exercises the mem
! bership was increased by the admission
of Pico Heights Lodge No. S62, by con-
solidation with twenty-five members.
Past Grand George Coulson was mas
| ter of ceremonies at Memorial hall. His
Introductory remarks were appreciated.
Semi-Tropic Lodge No. 31 was organ
lied December IL, 1881, with twenty
eight charter members. At the close
of this term the membership is 176. The
| lodge has cash on hand and association
stock amounting to $4,000. During the
past five years the lodge has lost four
members by death. All present joined
in singing the opening ode. This was
| followed by cornet solo by Mr.. Pink
| ham. Past Grand S. A. Bulliinch then
! made an address of welcome. which was
appropriate and timely. Then followed
a song by Miss Ethel Baldwin; recita-
tion by S. F. Parry; mandolin solo by
Miss Alice Proyor; cornet solo by Mr..
| Pinkham song by Miss Hazel Baldwin.
H. Y. Quackenbush, d. D. G. NJ. then
| gave a most complete resume of Odd
Fellowship, from its first inception in the
| eighteenth century down to the present
| time He presented many facts and fig
ures which illustrated the grand work
and progress of the order 1t was a
| most comprehensive compilation.
At this point it being ascertained that
Mrs Marian Greenwood, grand presi-
dent of the Rebekahs, was in the build
| ing, together with many members of
Arbor Vitae lodge which she had just
visited, committee was instructed to
| bring forward Mrs. Greenwood and also
| the past president Miss Fannie Benja-
! min The ladies both made interesting
and appropriate remarks. Mrs. Green
| wood stated that her visit to Los Angeles
| and Southern California would never
be forgotten, especially the welcome she
had received from the sisters. And this
was her first visit by invitation to a sub
| ordinate lodge of Odd Fellows Her ex-
| preston was full of feeling and appre.
| citation.
The grand march was then COM
menced, Past Grand w. W. Stockwell
! and Grand President Marian Greenwood
| leading. A little later the doors of the
] banquet hall We're opened and the large
assembly were seated in sections at a
| sumptuous repast Dancing continued
until late hour. The committees were:
Reception-Dr. William Boyd, E. Z.
Overholtzer. ]. Rushton. S. H. Wood.
, D. d. Deeds
| Floor committee-J. A Wilcut, man
! ager; Brothers Dickens Wesner Giles
| pie and Iddings aides.
| Schoneman & Blanchard's orchestra
| Among those present were: Mines
! Marian Greenwood, H. Y. Quackenbush.
| w. A Henry, S. A. Bullfinch, Frank Gill
| lespie, M. A. Wesner, ]. N Rushton.
John Burr James Ashman, j. H. Greg
I ory, E. j. Baldwin, J. A. Wilcut, F., E.
Overholtzer, S. H Wood. w. r. Pent-
land, George Coulson. w. C. Gurnee, r.
c. McCreery. A. o. Clark San Francisco
John Markoff a. NJ. Ellis, F. E. Null
ler Lathipp; n. b. Walker S. c., Low
den. p. Fl. Cannohan. d. D. Deeds, H c.
! r. Smith, M Herzog. A. W. Tupper,
Fisher M. A. Wright, Misses Jennie La
Point. Nolan. Edith Donnelly, Nellie
Jarmied, Gertrude Fickner. May Webb.
May Lamb, May Clark. Ling, Clark,
Ashman, Messrs. Quackenbush. Henry,
Bullfinch, Gillespie, Wesner, Rushton
Burr Ashman Gingrey. Baldwin, VIII
cut, Overholtzer Wood, Pentland. Coul-
son. Garnee, Dickson, Herzog, Walford
Barnham, Tupper. Sloan. Kachline.
Clark. Markhoff, Drysdale, Ellis Mil
ler Lathrop, Smith. Gore. Van Duzen,
! Conovoy, Waller, Boyd, Parry, Winslow,
Carlson and Hutchinson.
| KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
/ Pasadena company No. 32. uniform
| rank. will come over next Wednesday
evening and join Los Angeles company
in battalion drill
Los Angeles company No. %, uniform
rank, will take part in the tournament of
roses parade a Pasadena on New Years
F., day. OF course, il will make a creditable
| appearance.
| Sir Knights Adolph, Routzahn, Gle
mans and Gordan visited Santa Monica
| last Friday to advance the work of or
| eanizing a company of the uniform
rank at that place. At that time Capt
| Adolph delivered to Rev. Merlinjones
| his new chaplain uniform. he having
| been duly appointed chaplain of the
| Third regiment. This is the first chap
| lain'S uniform of the uniform rank in