The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-01-30
Nd FELLOwS-After several busy
weeks the grand secretary nas oil

weeks the grand secretary nas oil
the papers and records ready for
the meeting of the Grand Lodge next
Tuesday, In Odd Fellows Hall, weybos-
ret street. IL has been quite job prspnr-
ing ell the annual documents, statistics
and the various other things necessary
before the meeting. The reports Will 10
intrestiDg to students Of Odd Fellowship
and their lessons, IL properly needed Will
be profitable. The meeting will bsgin Is
usual at 10 o'clock aud 1t will be con-
tinusd I'll all business is completed.
After the reading of the Grand Masters
report, the grana Secretary and the grand
tressurer's reports, new members Will be
admit cd. IL IL likely that mere than 3Vo
p,st grands will be in attendance. AT IL
O'Clock ballots will be cast for grand OIL
GERS and then there will be O recess OF an
hour when dinner will be provided by
the grand treasurer. On reas semb b1nR,
committee reports will be received and
this work will probably use Up the major
portion Of the afternoon. The LAST busi-
Tess will be the installation Of the new
officers. In the evening st o'clock Ex-
celsior Lodge of Newport will exemplify
tie iuitiatory degree and the ceremony
will be witnessed by a large number OF
the members from various parts of the
STATE.
con mitiee to look after the new for
riture OF Mount Vernon Lodge has been
sppoi ted and il will be found, II Past
Crsnds Smith and Lewis get all the sssist-
ance they want. The lodge mad lively
meeting Wednesday evening aud larf
amount OF business was attended to. Tie
new hall will be dedicatei In a few
weeks.
For an account of the good time the
memb bers OF manufacturers' Lodge had
last Tuesday evening, see Wednesday, 9
News. There were seseral presentations
and Past Grand Thompson proviced a
turkey supper. More than 60 brothers ate,
talked, listened to speeches, felt quite
happy and were glad that Odd Fellows
had an abiding place in Johnston.
One candidate received the initiatoIy
degree In Crescent Lodge Tuesday even
ing. There will be work In the hrst
degree next Tuesday evening.
For a -numter OF years James Wood,
Westminster and franklin Lodges have
been known a. tie triple alliance, and
during the time, they have acted as one
lod re in conferring the degrees upon the
candidates of the three locg 3. Each
lodge initiates its own members and then
the alliance would come iSto play. West
Minister Lodge has the fret degree. FRANK
In the second and James Wood the third
degree, and thus the work Of all the
lndges has been done. Now there ia to
be change. Franklin Lodge has an
uounced 10 its associates that hereafter
,t will do all it's own work. 1t is said,
however, that Reliance Lodge Of Essi
oroyidence will take the place mace va
,apt in the alliance.
oae spplicr ton for membership was
day evening. The iDitiatory degree will
bc conferred next Tuesday evening.
The lady friends Of Washington Park
Loags were entertained by the social com
mittec, Tuesday evening.
The third degree was conferred upor
one candidate in Swatts Ledge, Wednes
day evening.
Tnreo applications for mem bershir
were received in airline KebeKah Lodge
Wednesday evening ana on, applicant
was given permission to receive the de
gree. The attendance was large.
Ono application for mem bership was re
iged in Roger Williams Lodge las
Tuesday evening snd the initistoy de
g,rae was conferred upen two candidates