Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11
Courtney Drummond and Miss Louise
Drummond.
The committee now numbers sixty
Two 0 fthe most energetic and popular
ladies Of this section.

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The committee now numbers sixty
two fthe most energetic and popular
ladies Of this section.
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The following interesting statistics OF
the order OF Odd Fellows are gathered
from Grand Secretary Grants report to
the sovereign Grand Lodge. They will
DC read with peculiar satisfaction by
members and non-members of the fra
ternity:
Grand lodges. So; grand encampments,
%, gain OF l; subordinate lodges, 11,419,
increase 100; subordinate encanpments,
2,Gl6. decrease. II; Rebekah lodges,
9,USS, increase Isl: lodge limitations. 65.-
oSs, increase. 6.052; encampment militia
items. 1o.459, increase 1,216; Rebekah ini-
tiations-bro.hers, 1903, decrease SOB;
sisters. 31,96S. decrease, 172; lodge
members. s30,961, increase 1901: en-
campment members. 127.141, decrease
$50; Rebekah Observation-Disclosures, 1922
3S2. Increase. 2.464; sisters, 190.007. in
crease. 1874; total members of the or
der, 1901, 1853. increase. 30225.
Relief by lodges, 1926, 050.47, increase
S1S.765.32; relief by encampments, $249,-
1858, decrease. $16,1TS.S4; relief by Re-
bekah lodges. s47,149.15, decrease S4.-
229.59; total relief, sS,422, 9S6.50, increase
$5S. 35709.
revenue of subordinate lodges. 81, 152, :
2S2.29. decrease s57.S9353: revenue of
subordinate. encampments. $50. 1924.
decrease $50, 1880; revenue of Rebekah
lodges, M43,34S.63 increase s10,440.69; to-
tai revenue, sS.766. 1886, decrease SI9.-
S66.34.
Invested funds of subordinate lodges.
S25, 152. eS2.29 increase s736, 3S1.97; invest
ed funds subordinate encampments, ST.
4S6. 10000. increase s30,0S2.93: invested
funds Rebekah lodges. s545,49S.57 in
crease s24,0So.s2; total invested funds,
Expenses of subordinate lodges
S3,579,1S762. increase s269,S47.55; ex-
penscS OF subordinate cncampmentS
S2oS.i2O.1S, decrease s90,5S5.06; ex-
penses of Rebekah lodges 1872, 1856; in
crease sl5,310.27: total expenses $780,
726.46, Increase S194. 5T2.76.
Brothers relieved S7,6l3; decrease
2.446; patriarchs relieved 1864; de-
crease 1,46S; weeks benefits paid by
subordinate lodges 56S6S7. decrease co.
1854; weeks benefits paid by subordi-
nate cncamDments> S7.343, decrease
4.552: widowed families relieved by
subordinate lodges 5,707, decrease ABS;
nate encampments lat, decrease 80;
brothers buried 9.012. increase 20; pa
triarchs buried 1887, decrease 145.
Condition of the order December 81,
1885, Sovereign Grand Lodge. l: indie
pendent Grand Lodges australia, Dem
iildIN, oWclSI anu DMltHct-
land) 5: subordinate Grand Lodges, Go;
| subordinate Grand EncampmentS, So;
subordinate lodges. 11,796; subordinate
encampments, 2.6i1: lodge members,
| S59,929: encampment members, 12S, 1851;
| Rebekah lodges, 313.163.
| Statistics of the order from 1880 to
| December 81. 1898: limitations in SUI
bordinqtc lodges. 2,26615S members re-
! lieved, 2.253.S02: widowed families re-
| lieved, 39,S3S; members deceased. 220,-
| $50: total relief. $50, 726, 900.21; total re-
celpts. s2oS.s7l ,oO7.OS.
| Brambleton Lodge, No. sc. Il. of p,
| has completed the repainting and dec
| oratons of it's new hall formerly My
rabonn's HalD and now has as fine
quarters probably as any K. of P. lodge
in Virginia. The lodge IS in excellent
| condition, and new members are being
received every meeting.
So
| Activity still continues in Royal Ar
canum circles, and Mr.. Harry Kemp,
| d. d. c. r., who Is working here in the
| interests of the order, has sent In 4
most. gratifying report to Grand Re-
| gent Bloomberg. During the past week
| thirtytwo applications for membership
have been made in the councils of Nor
folk. Portsmouth and Berkeley and four
team new members were received. Oc-
can lOuNcil, portsmouth, now mas
twenty-sevcn applications pending, and
expects to initiate a class OF twenty
five persons on the night of the 21st
instant. This is the banner council of
the State, and when these twenty-five
persons arc initiated the council will
have total of $50 members.
On Thursday night Pocahontas Coun-
ell held a large meeting and received
els 4
cations were presented. This council
will initiate a large class on March
92d.
Portsmouth Council, No 227, held a
attended meeting Thursday night Mr..
Kemp was present and made Il good
talk on the good OF the order that was
much appreciated. Portsmouth council
is STEADILY progressing membership
| and influence for good.
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The Juniors are looking forward to n
very pleasant time tomorrow night,
when there will be a union meeting of
the members of the Jr. O. u. a. NJ of
Norfolk, Portsmouth and Berkeley with
Norfolk council. There will be good ad-
dresses on the objects of the order by
various speakers, and the meeting will
conclude with a social session and a
smoker
Colonel r. Is. Vowel and his corps of
deputies are meeting With good sue
cess in their work in Norfolk and vi
entity in the interests OF the "Royal
Tribe of Joseph" n new fraternal order
that was noticed at some length in our
issue of last Sunday They are working
principally among the leading fraterni-
ty men of this section. and state that
they will probably organize a lodge of