Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-19

ensuing year: President, w. Il. Sharp, Ut
tumwa; vice president, George Whpple,
Burlington; secretary o. l.. Roseman, Mon
tezuma treasurer e. w. Hartman. Indian
ola. The committee appointed last year to
prepare a history of the order in Iowa and
a biography Of the members Of the associa-
tion was continued.
Rcbekahs Meet.
When the president. Mrs Belle Boyd
Hetzel, of Avoca called the state assembly
OF Rebekahs to order yesterday morning in
the lodge room at Odd Fellows temple, all
the officers were present and ninety one
delegates out of the 112 comprising the as
sembly. ThJ first business on the program
was the appointing of the following COM
mittees:
Credentias-Alice Jones. Shelby; Clara
Macomber. Lewis; Jane Tracy, Sioux City;
Ada Edwards, Abba; Lillian Reynolds, Du-
Duque; j. X. Powers. Cedar Rapids.
Finance-Helen r. Griffith Cedar Falls
Ida Clark. Walnut; Sarah Case, Council
Bluffs; Anna Rathman Stuart; C. w. Bowen,
Centerville.
Official Reports-Josie Hukill Williams
burg; Minnie Heln. Woodbine: Emma
Hartel. Keokuk;, Martha Brown Waterloo;
Lizzie Deyo. Clinton; ]. S. Bellamy, Knox-
Vile
Constitution and By-Laws-Alice Belamy,
Knoxville; Ella Gilbert. Des Moines; Jennie
Martin. hardwood; Celia Wasser, Slgour-
4 Dey; j. w. Bulen. Clinton.
! Legislation-Lizzie b. Matthews, Council
I Bluffs Martha Richardson Cedar Rapids
Myra Pauley. Lemars; Myra ]. Greenlee,
, Linevile: j. c. Longueville, Dubuque.
| Mileage and Per Diem--E. Olive Bulen,
Clinton; Pella Hardy, Hillsdale; Nellie Ray
| burn. Montezuma; Eva S. Samson. Algona;
Amy Bristow. Richland; W. p. Sharp, OF
| tumwa.
| Memorials-Amelia Weitz McPherin. De,
Moines; Ida Wineland, Avoca; Louise
| Brewer. Durham: Orsavilla Matthews
Greeley; P. G. NJ. Holmes.
Relations to the Grand Lodge-Emily
Steele. Knoxville: Eva De Hard, Red Oak
| Matte Reese Glbbon; S. Eliza Nelson
Marshaltown: Derah Young, Bedford P. G
| NJ. Whipple, Burlington.
| Unfinished Business-Flora Lathrop De-
| fiance; Alice Benner. Belle PLANES; Alice
Phillips, Moville; Bertha Steuhmer
Emmetsburg; Mary e. Given, Marshalltown
A. l.. Roseman. Montezuma.
Mrs. Ella Lothian of Gault, Mo-, state
president OF the Missouri assembly, was in
troduced and presented her credentials
after which she was accorded a seat in tn,
meeting. Following this j. c.. Koonz Of Bur
lington grand master OF the Odd Fellow
of Iowa, addressed the assembly on the gooC
Of the order. being followed by Major Gen
eral Sharp, who made a short speech.
Then the president introduced Past Crane
Master Sharp of Ottumwa, who talked a
length giving an interesting history of tn,
Rebekah degree. He said that the first Re
bekah lodge ever instituted was in Iowa
He had the honor himself of signing tn,
first dispensation for the first Rebekal
lodge in the world on December IA, 1868
and it was in this state. Several other states
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show that Iowa is the state that is entitled
to it without question. This brought thu
morning session to a close and an adjourn
ment was taken for dinner
On the convenng of the assembly for th
afternoon session. Mrs E. Melville. edito
of the national organ Of the Rebekahs, wa
introduced and given a seat in the meeting
Greetings from the state assemblies Of Mich
igan, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, Maine
Kansas and Nevada were read and Presiden
Hetzel announced that greetings from tn
! assembly of Honolulu we're on their wa
and might possibly reach here before tn
assembly adjourned. The presidents report
which was in printed form, containing re
view of the work for the last year, wa
presented. Representative to the Suprem
Lodge ]. W. Bulen of Clinton gave a repor
of the meeting OF the supreme body, follow
ing II WIN luSlTuCllou III lut
work of the order. ...
This was followed by the presentation o
the reports Of the vice president. secretar
and treasurer, all OF which showed that tn
Rebekahs in Iowa were rapidly coming t
! the front rank among the fraternal orders.
Attention was called to the death of Rev
]. W. Lewis of Ot:umwa, past grand chap
g lain, and n committee was appointed I
| draw up memorial resolutions.
r A. Block of Atlantic representative fror
t the grand encampment to the sovereign en-
1 campment at Boston last September, CAV
e an interesting resume of the proceeding
g OF that body which was followed by an ad
4 dress from Robert Quigley of McGrego
. Following this an adjournment was take
, until this morning
In the evening the Rebekah degree teal
of Ottumwa gave an exemplif1cation of th
r work on the floor and was presented with
! handsome banner by the local lodges.