The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-01-29
ODD FELLOWS.
Fifth Anniversary Celebration by Ma
tional Lodge, of ElktOn.

The celebration on Friday night, last week,
by National Lodge, No. 81, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, of its fifth anniversary
was indeed an event Of importance among
Cecil County Odd Fellows, and demonstrated
the fact that Elkton has an organization of
influence, and that Odd Fellowship is extend
ing generally throughout Cecil county as well
as nationally.
The gathering on Friday night of Odd
Fellows from every section of the county and
visitors from a number of neighboring places,
was an affair thoroughly enjoyed by ALL and
the arrangements for the Celebration were
excellent The auditorium of the Elkton
Opera House was used for the exemplitlca-
ton of the degree work by the crack staff of
the home lodge under the leadership Of
Degree Master j. Will Perkins, the music
being furnished by the lodge orchestra. of
which John Dunbar is leader The second
and third degrees were conferred upon three
candidates, William d. Cawley. Simon Levin
son and Clinton Dunbar. banquet for
which one hundred and sixty plates were
laid, was served in the lodge rooms at the
conclusion of the work of the degree staff.
The banquet over, the guests returned to
the auditorium where addresses were made
and program of music and recitation
carried out The visitors returned on the
late trains to their homes.
National Lodge was instituted in January
1898. with a charter membership of twenty
seven and now has a roll of one hundred
and one.
On Friday evening a happy feature was
the presentation to the home lodge by Ma
tional Lodge, of st. Georges, Delaware, of
large water cooler and silver cup. The Elk
ton Lodge was named in honor of the st.
Georges Lodge. The presentation speech
was made in behalf of the Delaware lodge by
E. W. Jester, and Henry M. Mccullough,
made the speech of a ,ceptance
The committee of arrangement for the
celebration consisted Of Ricketts, Nelson,
Chairman; J. Will Perkins, Fred C. Ludwig,
George R. Ash and H. G. Wells.
Among the visitors were:
National Lodge, st. Georges, Del-E. W.
Jester, William King, d. Wolf, ]. A. Cleaver,
Richard Crosland, A. N. Sutton, D. Racine,
Joseph Crosland, Harry Stewart, E. Craig,
Joseph Heisel, II. G. Clark.
Eden Lodge, Wilmington-Cha Brandt
John NJ. Whitford, p j. Isaacs, Benz. Shakes
peake, John II. Clark, Frank Bradbury, John
P. Wiley.
North East LODGE. T. B. Day, W. Fl.
Abrams, John L. Moore, James Jones. VIM.
B. Reed, G. G. Rose, ]. H. Bacon, P. Bou
chelle, George o. Carey, J. r. X. Moffltt, Ii.
Fl. Shippers, A. P. Rose, Thomas Tyson, L. j.
Warner, ]. L. Baker. VIM. A. Yonkers, Chas.
E. Beatty, John II Forbes, ]. +. Peach A.
Is. Miller.
Blenheim Lodge, Aberdeen-A. H. Ewing,
r. A. Mitchell, o. c. Michael, Henry Tarring.
Morning Star Lodge, Havre de Grace-J.
w. Carver, c. H. Baker, VIM. Morgan, VIM.
Crawford, John Werner, H. G. Foster, Isaac
Ascherileld, ]. W. Bauer.
Rising Sun Lodge-Eugene Reynolds, VIM.
Grason, DIR. J. Slicer. William Wilson.
Bohemia Lodge, Chesapeake City-Bennett
Steele, DR.. Delmar Smithers Joseph Brooks,
Harry Bouchele, George Queck, Andrew
Ross, William Queck, Hugh Thompson.
Toward Lorraine, Winfield Broadway, T. A.
Van Buskirk, Edward Brown, William Gilkie,
Joseph Gilkie, z. T. Cooling, B. Like, George
Shrader.
Baltimore Capt. Wm. Realey, Irdepen-
dent Lodge; Joseph McCauley, Harmony
Lodge.
Phladelphia-Joh G. Queck Gutenberg
Lodge; Richard Lodge, Apollo Lodge; c. L.
Thompson, Spring Garden Lodge.