Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-29
THE ODD FELLOWS
win Hold Sovereign Grand
Lodge at Boston.
The hub viii Be Owned BY Odd Eel
lows n Week Of Sept. II.


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n Boston. Aug. 2S.ADuring .thes week
commencing Sept. III. the ii nj I3es-l
ton viii entertain an army Of RHeSts
who will assemble Upon the OCCASION
Of the annual convention OF the SOW
ereign Grand Lodge of the Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows. The selec-
ton Of Boston for this years meeting
was largely due to the energetic rep
RESERVATIONS made by the Massachu-
sets members who realized that a
week spent In the city by the substan-
are the officers and delegates of the
order would be of great value to Bon
toms business interests.
Odd Fellowship is SO broad in its
scope, and so widespread in its MEM
bershiry that some of the best and most
substantial citizens from every state
and territory in the union will answer
the roll call in convention. and, Incl
dentally. inquire into Boston's facili-
ties as a centre for future purchases.
According to the reports already re-
ceived, thousands of members of the
order will be here who will have no di-
rect duties during the week, except to
take part in the great parade, when it
is confidently expected that over 10000
members from all over the United
States will he in line.
!. Odd Fellowship claims membership
of considerably over 100000 in the
United States alone. If all our voters
were placed in line, every 18th man
would be an Odd Fellow. The order
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the Odd Fellows can find organized
brethren in every important country.
1t Is IL years since Boston last en-
fertained the Sovereign Grand Lodge,
yet In that comparatively brief period
the membership has been doubled in
number. and immensely increased in
standing and Importance. The poor
Baltimore mechanic. Thomas Wildey.
who in 1919 organized with difficulty
the parent lodge of Odd Fellows in the
United States. built wiser than he
knew. His conception and faith in the
principles of Odd Fellowship were
based on the broad and solid ground of
the common brotherhood of man. From
the little. obscure room where Wildey
and four companions administered the
first obligations has sprung a vast
army. who believe in the principles of
Odd Fellowship and practise them. The
great success of the order isdue to the
wise and progressive officers who have
al ways been prominent in it's councils.
= Odd Fellowship has attracted some of
thenpRSt OF! Americas sons
The mission of the Independent Order Of
Odd Fellows is the promotion of good
among mankind. Its motto is Friend.
ship. Love and Truth.' To visit the sick
rehtwe' the distressed, bury the dead. ed.
ucate the orphan. and to inculcate thrift
honor ana sobriety, are some of the pur.
poses to which the order is devoted A,
times like the Chicago fire. the Johnstowr
calamity. the Irish famine. the yellow
fever at Memphis. and many others. the
open generosity and broad charity Of the
Odd Fellows flashed out in publicity, vel
nor day or an hour passes but some
where In this country members are doing
for those less fortunate acts that are
equally great and noble
Ihat Odd Fellows give to charity with
an open hand is quickly made apparen,
by the official figures on the subject The
report at hand gives the amount spent In
this way, from 1873 to 1895. and the sum
total is $11.2SS.7 02. or an average of ovel
$i.lWOU every year during the formative
period of the order.
The high personnel Of the members il
an indication of the tendency of Odd Eel.
lOwship to make men, and the success OF
ftss teachings will be attested by the vast
crowds of members who will make this
city, their rendezvous for the week com.
mencing Sept. II. Boston's business mer
will undertake to make that week che OF
special interest to the guests
The principal meetings will be held al
COpley nall. Copley square. while the
quarters of the Sovereign Grand Lodge
will be located nearby. at Hotel Ven.
dome. The headquarters of the genera
committee and officers of the Grand
Lodge and Grand Encampment of Massa.
chhsetts will also be at the Vendome. but
the headquarters of the Rebekah branch
will be at Pierce hall. Copley square
Saturday. Sept: Il. an excursion will be
taken to the historic city of Salem; only
members of the Sovereign Grand Lodge
and their ladies may attend. A genuine
New England shore dinner will be pro.
vided at Salem Willows. after which the
members of the order in Salem will ac.
company the visitors about the quaint
town. showing the locations where his
tory has been made. A pink tea" will be-
served by the ladies'.
Sunday. Sept Is. special services will be
held In the Church OF the Disciples. Tn,
sermon will be delivered by DR.. Edward
Everett Hale. The other churches of tn,
city also extend cordial invitation t.
visiting Odd Fellows and their friends
Monday morning. Sept. ~. at $50. ad
iresses of welcome will be delivered b,
Gov Wolcott. Mayor Quincy the Hon
Charles Q. Tirrell. grand master. Charles
c. Fuller. grand patriarch, and Mrs. Mar!
e. Nevins of the Rebekah branch. TIL,
response will be made by Grand Sire Free
Carleton of Texas. In the evening at
O'Clock, banquet will be held in homo
OF the Sovereign Grand Lodge in Musi
hall The postprandial exercises will in
clude addresses by eloquent speakers rep
resenting the nation. state and the order
Tuesday afternoon. Sept. 20 at O'Clock
in Pierce hall. Copley square. a reception
will be held by the members of the Re
bekah branch to the grand sire officer
and members of the Sovereign Gram
Lodge. the ladies accompanying them an
the sisters Of the Rebekah degree. In tn
evening, at s o'clock. a reunion of gram
representatives will be held at Music hall
The addresses will be given by Repre-
sertatives Robert E. Wright of Pennsyl
vania J.. Otis Humphrey Of Illinois. an
John l.. Nolen Of Tennessee.
Wednesday. Sept. q. at noon. the gran
parade of the order will be given. In tn
evening at s. Music hall will present tn
hest talent for entertaining that can b
procured. and an evening of rest an
recreation will follow the excitement o
the day.