The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-11
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/ Additional items regarding the late
| session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
/ [. o. O. It:
/ Sovereign Grand Lodge, !; independ-
! ent grand lodges. 3; subordinate grand
encampments, 90: subordinate grand
Hodges, &c; subordinate encampments,
2,671; subordinate lodges, II ,399; en-
( eaupment members. 1898; lodge
( members. SS1, rs.
The title of permanent secretary
7 in a subordinate or Rebtkah lodge is
( changed to financial secretary.
( The constitutional amendment look
J ing to the changing of the sessions of
( the supreme lodge from annual TO BIZ
/ ennial was Indefinitely postponed,
changing the basis of representation in
/ the body, changing the age of eligibility
/ from y to IS years, and that each
erand representative shall be required
to be a member of all branches of the
order.
The Grand chaplain, Rev. j. ". Yena-
| bic of Kentucky was presented with a
! magnificent 50-year veteran odd Eel
/ low jewel.
On and after Jan. l, 1898, no grand or
subordinate lodge shall receive any
credit for old rituals destroyed or re-
turned, but shall pay full price for all
rituals furnished
Resolved, That hereafter the official
/ certificate Shall be issued in al cases
| when members pay dues and assess
ments to subordinate bodies and shall
request a receipt, and that such a
/ change be made in the form and mat
{ ~, ,I.t, III dicti,,r+
/ with ample space for necessary sigma
lures, and a line for the location of the
body issuing it and the state.
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Resolved, That the official certificate
shah be issued by and signed by the
! financial secretary of subordinate lodge
| If there be one; the financial scribe il
! secretary of Rebekah lodge, attested by
the seal of the body Issuing the same.
Resolved. That in all other respects
J than is herein also set forth, said Off
cial certificate shall conform to and
carry with it all the rights and pTivi-
leges provided by the legislation of
1896.
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Resolved. That the official certificate
and visiting card shall be the only legal
I acknowledgement for dues and assess
I ments paid by member to the gubor
dinate lodge, encampment or Rebekah
7 lodge.
No city ever extended more hos
pitable welcome to a representative
bevy of men and women than was
! given by the city OF Springfield. HIS
to the sovereign grand lodge. All pro-
posed amendments TO the s. C. I. con-
stitution were indefinitely postponed.
Local 0Iistfc lodge 10. p On Monday
last conferred the initiatory on two
candidates. The work was spIendidly
done. rejecting credit on Captain Fred
! A Rowe and the staff. Tonight the
staff VIII have work in the tnittatory'
again and a full attendance of staff
orchestra and members is desired.
! Charles Hanks, past grand of Eureka
! Lodge No Il, who has been i'll in the
city for some time, desires to thank
all the brothers who have 50 kindly
! looked after him during his illness.
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Rehekahs-Th There are 1913 Rebekah
4 lodges, with a membership of-sisters,
/ l64, 679, brothers, II6SI2. a total of $751;
491. During the past year there was
! an increase Of 419 Rebekah lodges and
/ 26,103 members, The Rebekah degree
work was eXemplifed before the grand
I representatives by members of Electric
| lodge No. 331 of MarshalltoWn, la.
An attempt was made to revise the
! Rebekah ritual so that married women,
whose husbands were not Odd Fellows
/ could become Rebekahd. This came up
! on a special order, and the amendment
! to the Rebekah code was discussed for
over t~o hours. An attempt was also
made to change the eligibility Of mem
( berShip in the Rehelahs SO that all
women over Is years OF age should be
eligible to membership. Upon a vote
being taken the whole matter was in
( definitely postponed, leaving the eligi-
! bility clause the same as ii is at the
! present time.
The following resolutions were
passed;
Membership in the Rebekah assem-
blies shall be limited TO past noble
grands of Rebekah lodges, past grand
masters and P. G. Rs.
That it shall be the duty Of each
Bebekah lodge to furnish the secretary
! CT each subordinate lodge to which any
member of such Rebekah lodge be
longs, 9 iist of the members of said
! subordinate lodge who are members
Of said Bebeloah lodge, and hereafter
to notify the secretary of said subordin-
ate lodge.
The sovereign grand lodge has made
Sept 20, the anniversary day for a
Febekah degree.
A new Rebekah ritual, to be issued
TO lodges without cost, and a new Of
fetal receipt at 81 per 100 is the way
the sovereign grand lodge made
amends for the work of a year ago.
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Ester Rebekah lodge No. 8 on last
Tuesday gave q. reception to the other
two Rebekah lodges of this city. 1t
being the regular meeting night, the
lodge was called to order a half hour
carrier than usual and all business dis
posed of in double quick time
The reception was a success in every
particular the ladies OF no. & as hosts
making all the visitors and guests feel
al home. The fair sisters of Ester
lodge wore their sweetest smiles and as
usual captiVdted the male gender The
programme consisted of several seIec-
tons rendered by Ester Mandolin club.
Appropriate remarks by Grand Master
Carbis, song by Miss Mabel Clark.
recitation by Miss Pratt, mandolin solo
by Mr. Brunch, an hour given up to
cards and ending the evenings enjoy
| ment by serving refreshments to all
present. Mrs. Ella Sharkey is entitled
TO much praise for her careful train
ing OF the mandolin club: She has en-
deared herself to every member by her
kind disposition and efficient manner
of teaching
Mr.. Mark Bunnell's rendition of a
mandolin solo received the hearty an
plause which his playing merited.
The lodge having now started the ball
rolling, amusements consisting of card
parties, dances, musicals, etc, will be
IN order during the next six months.
The members of the lodge are de-
termined that SOciability shall keep the