The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-13
CONNECTICUT ODD FELLOWS
ANNUAL MEETING OF MUTUAL AID
 ASSOCIATION.

old Officers ReeIected--secretary's Repor Shows Slight Decrease In Membership- Years Receipts and Disbursements- Treasurer's Report.
 The annual meeting ana election of officers of the Connecticut Odd Fellows Mutual Aid association was held in Odd Fellows hall Tuesday afternoon. Be- tween fifty and sixty members were in attendance. The old officers were re- elected and are as follows: L. P. Dem- ing, president; F. L, Hunt, vice presi- dent; George N. Moses; secretary. Fred erick Botsford; treasurer The presl- dent made his annual report, dealing with the work of the association the past year. and the outlook for the com ing year.
 Features of the secretary's very com- plete and able report are as follows: Many organizations of a similar character to this have been inaugura- ted since our inception, and year by year we hear of new ones, so that at the present time it has come to be a struggle of considerable magnitude to keep up proper addition of new mate rial wherewith to maintain their exist ence, to accomplish which many ques- tionable schemes and promises are put forth which, fear, in many instances, are destined to bring only sorrow and failure. While every effort should be made by us all to maintain the posi- tion we have achieved and strengthen ,s1 +Io+ to minister to the unfortunate ones left to battle with the world; yet nothing of questionable kind calculated to give us a temporary boom, so to speak, Is either desirable or expedient, but any and every proper and honorable effort should be put forth that we may yet keep in the van of progress, and fulfill our grand mission as largely in the fu- ture as in the past. To accomplish this much desired object, individual action should be combined with associate eff fort" Each should do his individual duty, keeping in mind the fact that the efforts put forth are as much for his individual advantage as for the good of the whole number. An imperative necessity to work to this end is laid upon us, if we expect to maintain our organization upon it's present good ba-
 
 sis.
 The year 1897 has been, in many re- spects, a somewhat eventful year. The regular assessment cards issued for the year, including the card for this month, show 76 deaths. a number considerably in excess of any previous year of our history, and our losses by reason of non-payment of assessment numbering IA, is a record that should cause us to carefully consider a matter that is frought with much concern to us and the welfare of our association. I submit the following table of mem bership:
 MEMBERSHIP.
 Number of members reported
 January 1, 1897.. 3,012 Applications received for the
 year ......... .lz2 Reinstated ........ .............. 124
 
 3,1ss Died ........................ .......... fb Dropped for non-payment of as
 sessment ..l44 Rejected ....... ................. 233
 2,913 IA loss for the year of 99.
 The following is the classification of our membership:
 Full grade. !. $2.0o0 benefit. .... Il ,049 s4 grade. .... 1,5O0 benefit. ,315 F grade. =. 1000 beneflt........ 427 A grade.... 800 benefit. 122
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