The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

S0CIETIES


lodges during last week have consisted
principally of regular business with de-
grees being conferred in Utah lodge
No. 1, Enterprise lodge No. Is, Mys-
tic lodge No. % and Naomi and Ester
Rebekah lodges Nos l and s. The sew
eral bodies of the order report good
attendances and sessions Of much in
terest TO the members. Many visitors
have been welcomed and Mystic lodge
( No. % has had delegation of members
present at each lodge meeting, inviting
all to go to Provo on "Wednesday. Sew
eral committees are busy working for
the good of the order in various ways
and a steady increase il the strength
OF Odd Fellowship throughout the
state is announced.
THE EXCURSION TO PROVO.
One of the events of the week that
is most prominently talked of among
the Odd Fellows is the excursion to
Provo on Wednesday, the 9th. 1t IS
going to be. a grand affair, and While
its origin was a fraternal visit to
Provo lodge No. Il by Mystic lodge No
% it has grown to be through the en-
ergy of that lodge, and under their
charge, a general visitation of the fra
and the good people of Utah countys
capital city have now taken hold OF the
affair and with the Odd Fellows of
Provo are determined the guests shall
have a delightful time. AS one ex-
pressed it the whole town will be
thrown open to the Odd Fellows and
their friends, even the insane asylum.
| The Rio Grande Western Railway COM
pany have also taken an interest in
the affair and with their usual enter
prise viii put on a special train of their
best coaches and fastest engine. Tick
cts Will be good going On either the
regular train leaving here at 1870 p. m.
or the special leaving at p. m. By
leaving in the afternoon there will be
splendid opportunity to see the beau
ties of Provo, visit friends, inspect the
asylum and beside this there will be
a musical treat at the Provo opera
house. Those going in the evening will
be met by the Odd Fellows of Provo,
and, in regalia, the members of the or
der will march to the hall, where Mys-
tic lodges degree staff will initiate
members-elect Of No. IA. Afterwards
there is to be grand ball at the opera
house. and the return train will leave
Provo in time to connect with the late
street cars in this city.
THE PATRIARCHS.
Tuesday night will be a noted one
with the members of the Patriarchal
branch of Odd Fellowship Unity en-
campment No is to be honored with
an official visit from Grand Patriarch
L. E. Hubbard and the officers of the
grand encamDment, and it being de-
sired that the visitation should en-
! brace Oquirrh encampment No. 1, the
two bodies will unite and jointly re-
ceive the grand body. 1t is hoped that
there will be a full turnout of Patri-
archs, not only the resident members,
but also of all visiting patriarchs.
REBEKAH ODD FELLOWSHIP.
This branch of the order in this city
is continually at work both in the way
OF building up the Rebekah lodges and
doing Whatsoever they find to do in
| the furthe~ance of the aims of the
order. Ester Rebekah lodge No s has
recently made an innovation, and with
the best of motives for the advance
ment of its members many of the sis
tiers are now devoting much time in the
study of essays, lectures, seasonable
recltationS and musical exercises, with
which the lodge may be entertained
At their session last Tuesday night
three candidates were admitted to
membership.
Naomi Rebellah lodge No. !, on Sat
urday night, had one of its old time
social sessions and in which consider
able business was transacted A com
mittee on memorial day was appointed.
| consisting of Sisters Eva Darke Clara
Watrous and Lizzie Post. The ladies
/ OF me degree will take an active part
IN the ceremonies next Saturday, the
proceedings in the evening being placed
in their care. Many of them will form
choir and sing the odes of the order,
and will meet next Friday at .. M,
for final practice. There were several
visitors present on Saturday night,
among them being P G. NJ Mauk, of
Wyoming, who made capital talk to
the ladies. The excursion to Provo was
sheme for considerable conversation
and some fun was INDUCED in between
worthy brother and the witty ones
of the lodge. During the evening one
lady was admitted to n embership by
initiation, the staff comforting the de-
gree with its customary excellence
Sisters Hattie Harvey and Fanny Pen
dleton, past noble grands. were re-
ported as being absent through sick
ness.
The net increase in Rebekah mem
bership in Ohio during 1895 was !. 536.
1,224 being sisters.
The donations by Rebekah lodges of
OHIO to the orphans home aggregated
$z,Ibb. oU IN 1870
The Rebekahs of Massachusetts, have
a Lady Deputies association. They re-
Gently held a reception and entertain
ment at Chelsea.
Mrs Fannie Benjamin, president of
the California Rebekah assembly, says:
The Rebekah eligibility clause has
been good thing for US, being the
means OF keeping a number of lodges
IN interior towns from surrendering
their charters, which they certainly
would nave been com0elled to do had
1T not been for this clause. which en-
abled them to strengthen their numbers
and place themselves in good working
order; and from my own experience in
travelling through the state l find that
the class Of membership which has
| been added to our order under the new
law is good and we have now among
Them some of our most enthusiastic
! workers, fully approaching the teach
lngs and beauties of Odd Fellowship.
It viii be our own fault if any other
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GENERAL NOTES.
The degree of truth will be conferred
night
Utah lodge No. was busy last
thursday night comforting degrees. The
! first degree was received by one bro
ther, and the second conferred on
about twelve.
Past Grand Master Semple, of Den
yer, speaks highly of the Salt Lake
Rebekahs in a Colorado paper.
Enterprise lodge No. Is at its session
on Wednesday night conferred degrees
on two of it's members.
Editor Loder places before us the
May issue Of the Utah Odd Fellow. 1t
Is fuIl OF news from all over the shata