The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-12
FRATERNAL SOCIETIES.

TNAlENNAL SON1E 14ESs
The Rebekah degree is one of the
most beautiful and attractive branches
of Odd Fellowship. As the sun in the
/ spring time gradually advancing, step
/ by step, penetrating the deep gray
! shadow in the far-away east, spreading
sunshine and glory in every direction
so is the Rebekah branch of the order
the sunshine in Odd Fellowship
| through the influence and force of the
fair female addition in that beautiful
branch of our order The activity Of
the fair sex has awakened an unfore-
J seen new life. 1t has aroused and
created in the struggling inactivity
new spirit throughout the order in all
| its branches, and to them in a marked
| degree is due our success, and against
them we should lift our eyes in praise,
| for the kind assistance and benefit they
have been in the order throughout our
land. and we should aid, encourage
and assist them in the advancement of
this beautiful branch of the order in
every jurisdition. The wisdom of the
Creator when he said it is not good that
man should be alone, and his prepar-
ing a helpmeet for him has been COM
mended by mankind throughout all the
ages that have run their cycle since
that suspicious morning. The same may
be said of Rebekahs. The order had
run nearly third of a century for
men alone when the idea crYstalliZed
in the brain of Schuyler Colfax and his
companions of the grand lodge of the
United States, that it was not good
that the benefits of Odd Fellowship
should be confined to man alone, and
the women-the wives, daughters,
sisters, mothers of Odd Fellowship,
should also be brought into the order
as a helpmeet for man. The wisdom
of this act has been apparent to all.
From a bare peep into the lodge room
in the beginning of the present en-
larged condition of Rebekah Odd Eel
lowship, the progress has been gradual
and sure. No backward steps have
been taken, and now any unmarried
white woman of good moral character
is eligible to membership We are
keeping pace with the enlightenment
of the age.-AIemphis Appeal
Elections-Mariam Rebekah lodge
No. elected for the ensuing term,
Mrs. Mary E. Timmons, noble grand;
Mrs. Mary z. Sudheimer, vice grand;
Mrs. Annie F. Elliott, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Emily Brinton, financial
secretary; Mrs. j. B. Eaton, treasurer.
Ester Rebekah lodge No. held its
SGIIll- GlCClIOil last L uCoOeAy Win
the following result; Mrs. Sarah Leslie,
noble grand; Mrs. Ida Emerson, vice
grand; Mrs. Lena Trethewey, record
ing secretary; Frank j. Pascoe, fnan-
cial secretary; Mrs. Mary E. Boes,
treasurer: Miss Anna Miner, trustee.
Uinta lodge No. l, B. B. Coons, N.
G.; Rudolph Alff, V. G.; j. H. Latey,
secretary; W. ]. Moore, treasurer.
Salt Lake lodge No. 2, Frank Gray,
NJ NJ 1Nyla Wiilia
McGilling, secretary; w. H. ingalls,,
Jordan lodge No. 8, C. Nelson, N. G.;
c. ]. Gray, V. G.; j. NJ. Hays, secre-
tary; c. G. Brinton, treasurer; o. j.
Harvey, trustee.
Ridgely lodge No. 81. A. Williams,
N G.; Frank G. Carthy, V. G.; j. c.
Tretheway, secretary; Dr. S. Ewing,
treasurer; o. l.. Eliason. trustee. Past
Grand Martin Bernhisel of this lodge
lies seriously i'll at his home in this
city.
Enterprise No. Isl. B. Eaton. N. G.;
H. B. Nickerson, V. G.. w. Watrous,
secretary; B. D. Blockman, treasurer;
H w. Sudheimer, trustee.
Fidelity No 17-John Ausley, N. g.;
G. NJ. Lewis, Y. G.; ]. c. Smith, secre
tary; j. C. Hanchett, treasurer.
Mystic No. pa. Pickering, n. G.;
c. A Walker V. G.; Frank ]. Pascoe,
secretary; F. A Timby, treasurer; c. b.
burst and ". W. Barton, trustees.
Friendship No. 27-Felix Fit, n. G.;
Charles A. Stain, V. G.; George B.
squires, secretary; j. M Child, treas
urer; William Child, trustee. James E. |
Ernsley was recently added by initia- !
tio.. as a member.
Odd Fellowship order throughout !
the state is making good progress, and
the reports in January to the grand I
secretary will show a fattering state /
of affairs.
A week ago Grand Master Breeze,
accompanied by Grand Secretary |
Moore, went to Scofield and instituted
a Rebekah lodge with twenty members. /
Scofield lodge No. 80 is rapidly grow
ing, and though starting in September !
last with only twenty-five members, |
now has forty-three on the roll. Odd |
Fellowship thus holds its own in the
face of great competition, and advances
with the intelligent progress of the !
nineteenth century.
Home Forum-Salt Lake Forum No. |
COS will meet Tuesday evening at 1880, |
in order to transact such business as !
needs immediate attention, and adjourn I
before $50. officers and members are, |
therefore. requested to meet at that |
hour on this occasion.
AT $3.50, or Whereabouts. the entertain |
ment will commence, consisting of |
cards etc, and prizes will be awarded |
successful contestants. The whole will |
conclude with refreshments.
Everybody is invited. And in order |
to meet all necessary expenses, the en-
tertainment committee has decided to
make a charge of one dime.
Tickets have been furnished all men, |
bers of the Forum, and it is expected !
that every ticket will be disposed of.
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At the last meeting held by the Geo. |
R. Maxwell post No. 5, G. A R., there
was a good attendance, and a very in !
teresting session. On next Wednesday |
evening. Dec. IA, there will be an i'm |
portant meeting for the election of Of |
ficers Every member should be pres !
ent. Visiting comrades invited.