The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-04-10
ITS THIRD ANNIVERSARY.
Fern Lodge ID. OF II. Celebrated Its Third
Birthday,

Birthday,
It has frequently been mentione'
THAI Fern Lodge, Degree of Honor, i
| one of the most social organizations il
the city, and any one who attended
the anniversary Wednesday evening
will willingly bear testimony that thi!
lodge is justly entitled to every honor
| it has been accorded as an order which
makes sociability one of its chiet
| features.
Riverside Lodge of Hood River had
been invited as the special guests OF
Fern Lodge on the event of the cele-
bration, and SO members of that lodge
responded, arriving here on the
steamer Dalles City. The visitors
were met at the boat by committee
consisting of Mesdames Myers, Briggs
Cradlebaugh and Stephens, and were
conducted to the residences of mem
bers to whom they had been assigned
for entertainment during the night.
The visitors from Hood RIVER were
Mr.. and Mrs. S. J. La France, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Parker, DR.. and Mrs. j. F.
Watt, Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Rand, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Fl.
L. Crapper, Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Morse,
MIR. and Mrs. W. Stranahan, Mesdames
Crowell, E. L. Smith, Wolford and
Howe, Misses Ann Smith, Eva Slusher,
Anna Dufur, Eva Smith, Grace Graham,
Edyth Lindsey, NJ. Crowell and the
two Misses Sunderland, Messrs. VIM.
Crapper, VIM. Yates, c. E. Deth-
man, VIM. Davidson, W. H. and J. R.
Nicholson, Geo. Slocum and Chester
Shute.
When the routine lodge business had
been disposed of, Chief of Honor Miss
Mabel Sterling invited all Workmen
within the hall, and announced the
program. 1t was opened with piano
duet by Mrs. Crandall and Mrs. Eshel-
man. Mr.. S. J. La France, with Miss
Anna Smith (both of Hood River) pre-
siding at the piano, gave vocal solo
entitled "My Dads the Engineer,
which was heartily encored. The next
number on the program was recita-
tion 'Shandon Bells, ".by Miss Beulah
Sterling, followed by vocal selection
from Penafore by DR.. Eshelman, Chas.
Clark, Miss Sampson and Mrs.
Stephens.
Before lodge had been called to or
der, tables had been spread through
out the hall and ladened with most ap-
petising viands, that caused all to long
for the time when they should be in
vited to seats at the festal board, and
this time finally came. When the
guests and members Of the lodge had
been comfortably seated, Mr.. j. II.
was called to the station
Of POSTMASTER, but before he had as
sumed this responsible position Miss |
Sterling, chief of honor of Fern Lodge |
delivered a most pleasing address of |
welcome, responded to by Mrs. E. L.
Smith on behalf of Riverside Lodge. |
Then Mr.. Cradlebaugh proposed a
,oast to "Fern Lodge, No. %, the ban
ner lodge of Oregon" which was re-
'ponded to by j. A. Douthit; 'our
orothers by adoption only" responded
10 by Mrs. C. F. Stephens, and "our
responded to by Hon. J. F.
Moore. L. E. Morse, master workman
If River Side Lodge. A. o. U. W., was
,alled upon for an address, and enter
aimed the assemblage with humorous
ive-minutes speech, and Mrs. Sunder
and, of Fidelity Lodge, of Portland
offered a few appropriate remarks
the aims and objects of the
Degree, after which Hon. A. A. Jayne,
whose membership in the order is with
he lodge at Arlingto responded to
he lodges of the bunchgrass region.
When speech making was concluded,
he appetites of all had been sharpened |
~ gazing upon the inviting spread be-
ore them, and fully an hour was de-
7oted to discussing the merits of the
banquet, though this, like all other
rood things was destined to come to an
md, and when the tables were finally
cleared, Fern Lodges initiatory team
the very pretty drill that is
with the adoption of new
members. This was followed by a
social dance that lasted until l o'clock
\. NJ. when the celebration of the third
of Fern Lodge, No. %, D.
IF H., closed with members and guests
I'll expressing the hope that the life of
,he society would be perpetual.