The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-18
AN ODD FELLOWS HOME.
Plan to Build One ON Part of the
Haughey Estate.

The Indiana State Assembly of the
Daughters of Rebekah convened in annual
session at O'Clock yesterday afternoon in
Odd Fellows Hall. The session will last
two days and is being attended by nearly
eight hundred delegates. The session yes
terdav was devoted to the transaction of
routine business, but to-day officers will be
elected and the contest promises to be an
interesting one
The president of the order, Mrs Mary A.
Poths, of Terre Haute, delivered her an
nual address Immediately after the dele
gates were called to order. After discussing
the general condition of the lodges and the
progress being made, the president passed
on to the question of building the odd Eel
lows Home, a plan the order has had in
contemplation for several years. The ODD
Fellows who have had the scheme in charge
will at the session of the Grand Lodge this
week, vote to turn the work over to the
sister lodge to complete The organization
owns five acres of land formerly belonging
to the Theodore Haughey estate near
Crown Hill Cemetery, and it is the inten-
ton to erect a commodious home on this
ground. The Rebekahs have a fund of
$1,000 which they expect to increase greatly
in the next two years and it is the hope
OF the order that the building may be
started by the end of this period. Mrs.
Poths, in her address, urged her sisters to
work for the ultimate completion of the
home with renewed energy. There is now
what is known the home committee,
composed of Roxey Z. Hathaway of Auro-
ra, Louisa Il. Hall oil Evansville Annie =.
Davis of Portland, Annie j. Henderson of
South Bend, and Alice McQuiddy Buchan-
an of this city.
The report of the secretary, Mrs. Annie
w. Lafollette, of Portland, was next heard.
In the last year the receipts from all
sources have been 81 ,575. There is d balance
in the treasury of $1,000 The report showed
the total membership of the order to be
27,625, an increase of 5,226 over last year.
Twenty-seven new lodges have been in
Stituted during the year
The next in order of business was the
adoption of a resolution providing for the
election Of board of trustees to-day when
the election of officers is taken up. After
this session the order is to be an incorpor-
ated body and it will require a board of
trustees to transact the business. The fol-
lowing. special committees were then APP
pointed:
Committee on Credentials-M A Chip
man, Annie M. Fenner and Rachael b.
Leggett
Committee on Officers Reports-W. H.
Chappell, Belle Trester and Mollie Treher.
Committee on disqualification of UnWrlt-
ten Work.. E. Bodine.
Committee on Memorials-Roxey S. Hath
away and Minnie Hunter.
Committee on Finance-Annie /. Hender-
son, O. M. Cranor and Mary a. Pugh.
Committee on Good and Welfare of the
Order-Henrietta Despo, Sarah e. Ray and
Mary Frank
Committee on Special Memorial Service
Louisa B. Hall, Margaret Kreitenstein, Lii
liam K Bishop and RoXey S. Hathaway.
Committee on Special Music for Memorial
Caroline Overmeyer.
Committee on Unfinished Busness-Mary
S. Streepey, Rose NJ. Martin and Katie
Key.
The present officers of the order are as
follows: President, Mary A. Poths, Terre
Haute; vice president. Sadie e. Carter,
Camden: secretary, Annie w. Lafolette,
Portland; treasurer, Victoria L. Cranor,
Muncie
Last night the delegates gathered in odd
Fellows Hall, where work in the different
degrees was carried out.