The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-29

In everything pertaining to the rise and
progress Of the order in this city a brief
review of the lives of the lodges will be APP
proprlate
1T appears that in 1Sh there were a few
members Of the order here, only four. so
far as 1 have been able to ascertain. These
were Samuel Courtney w. H. Keckly,
William Sewell, Jr., and James Reid.
Where these brothers came from, or when
or where they secured the degrees of odd
Fellowship, I am not prepared to say.
Alvin N. Miller throws no light upon the
subject. He evidently knew something of
them. Some of them must have spoken
to him about the order, creating favor
able impression of its work and objects
In the fall of that year he went to New
York, his naive state, for the express
purpose Of joining the Odd Fellows. Soon
after his return he, with the four brot theirs
named, applied for a dispensation for OgIe-
thorpe Lodge, No 1, which was duly insti-
tuted by a. d. Case, d. d. G. S.. in a room
OF the old city hotel on Bay street, between
Bull and Whitaker, in the building now
occupied by Herman q Kayton, I. c. Haas
and others. This was on March g, 1912
soon thereafter rooms were secured In
what was then known as Washington hall
at the southeast corner of Bay and JEFF
fersou streets, where the Guckenheimer
building now stands. It's meetings were
held there until some time in 1874 when
the building was burned A move was then
made to the rooms of Live Oak Lodge on
Broughton street, where Oglethorpe Lodge
met for a short time, moving then into its
own property on Bay street, between
Drayton and AbercOrn, where Mr. George
n. Nichols IS now located. 1t remained
there until late in 1856, when the three
lodges, Oglethorpe, Live Oak and DeKalb
jointly secured, and fitted up rooms in the
Masonic hall building. on the northeast
corner Of Bun and Broughton streets.
Here The lodges remained until 1886
OStethorpe then moved into a new temple
built on this same DOT, and which was
burned in 1889.
During its life Oglethorpe has done
much Tor humanity Il has given to the
order Lloyd, Deitz, Haupt Askew and
many other earnest, faithful and true ODD
Fellows. Oglethorpe is the mother of odd
Fellowship In Georgia, and her children
and grandchildren love and honor her as
such.
Live Oak Lodge No. 3, was instituted
Feb. !, 1913, with Elisha Parsons GEORGE
w. Miller, Paul Thomasson, f. ]. Jones. e.
j. Purse, George Luds John T. Thomas
ana j. w. Evans. as charter members
This lodge was instituted in Washington
hall, in the rooms Of OSlethorpe Lodge by
the same district deputy. Its meetings were
held at that hall for short time, when it
old number 17S Broughton street
and now occupied by J. D. Weed & Co.
There it made It's home until 1858. when
the rooms were required by the owner of
the property. After accepting the hospi-
tality of Oglethorpe Lodge for a few
weeks quarters We're secured in the old
St. Andrews hall, southwest corner of JEFF
ferson and Broughton streets. Here Live
OAK Lodge met until some vandals of
Sherman's army broke open the rooms
and carried away whatever of value they
could find, except a part of the library
then owned-by the lodge The lodge then
sought shelter with DeKalb lodge at the
southwest corner Of Bull and Broughton
streets, where Theus Bros. now arc. There
1t rested until 1866, when, with the dher
lodges, il went into the Masonic haN but,d-
ing on the northeast corner of the same
street. In 1886 it moved with the Others.
into the new temple. Live Oak Lodge has
furnished fair share of the prominent
members Of the order. 1t has given to the
grand lodge Parsons, Collins, Nichols.
Lachlison and others.
"DeKalb Lodge NO. 9. with John w. An
derson, Oliver p. Felt. w. H. Kelly. L.
Q. Reynolds, J. A. Beals. J. r. Johnson.
Aug. Laftte, J. d. Stebbins. c. w. W.
Bruen, James J. HUMPHREYS, w. b. Millen.
j. r. Johnson. Charles c. Miller and
Charles Van Horn as charter members.
was instituted by Grand Master A. N
Miller Feb. 49, 1915, and at once launched
forth upon a career of prosperity and use
fulness. During its life fl has admitted
hundreds, and paid out many thousands
of dollars for relief; it has given 10 the
grand lodge many distinguished men and
able advocates, such as Anderson. Adams.
Jordan, Dorset and one grand sire. in
the person OF Robert II. Griffin I am not
so sure as to its early movements. but
there Is that it was Instituted In the rooms
OF Oglethorpe Lodge on Bay street. that
1t moved from there to rooms over the
Old Central Railroad Bank further up the
street. ana some years later to rooms az
the southwest corner of Bull ana 17rougb
ton streets, where yet later on Il gave
accommodations TO Live Oak Lodge.
Ihere 1t remained until going into the
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