The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-10
FRATERNAL VISIT
OF ODD FELLOWS
Large Number from Wilkes Barre
Entertained at Lackawanna
Lod"e Rooms Last Night.

Cent Alial lodge No. 921. lndepend-
| ent Order of Odd Fellows, of Wilkes
Barre. last night visited their Scranton
brethren and were given rousing re-
ceptiOn at Odd Fellows hail. on Wyo-
ming avenue. Fully two hundred of the
LuZernites came to the city and We're
met by a delegation of about two hum
dred and fifty local members of the
| order.
The men from the little city down the
valley arrived about s o'clock. and as
| they left their train were given roar
| of welcome by the representatives of
| the associations in the Lackawanna
| district. members of Lackawanna, No.
29l; Olyphant. Priceburg, North Scran-
ton. West Scranton, South Scranton,
Robert Burns and other lodges all be-
| ing present.
Edward Jones. of Lackawanna lodge,
was marshal of the night and the pro-
cession soon formed, and led by the
Green Ridge band took it's way to the
lodge rooms. The Wilkes Barre Odd
Fellows brought along their crack de-
gree team. and Il brace of the goats
which are associated with initatory
work the world over. The parade was
a merry one. and all the way up Lacka-
wanna avenue to Washington, and III,
Washington to Spruce. to Wyoming
and the rooms, red fire was burned,
and cheering and enthusiastic lauda-
tory cries of the Wilkes-Barre guests
could be heard as the throng of Odd
Fellows moved along.
On Tuesday. October 30. the Scran-
ton degree team visited Wilkes-B Barre
and was afforded most hospitabe
and enjoyable time by their Luzerne
county brethren. and last nights do
ingS We're in the nature OF Il return
visit AT the lodge rooms the Wilkes
Barre degree team conferred the first
degree. Twenty-Five men composed the
team. which was led by A. c. Barge.
They went through the ceremony in q
manner beautiful to behold. They
brought along Il large quantity of their
paraphernalia.
Mayor James Moir then delivered an
address of welcome. He spoke of the
general fraternal spirit of the order and
of the beautiful brotherly feeling be-
tween the Wilkes Barre and Scranton
lodges. His speech was very well re-
ceived. and the ideas set forth in the
talk We're cOincided in by all the fol-
lowing speakers.
Edward G. Deans, of the Patriarchs
Militant. also addressed the assembly.
lie referred briefly to the meeting in
September Of the Sovereign Grand
lodge, in Richmond, and told of the
matters discussed there, the various
steps taken in the remedying of faults
and of the general effects of the meet
ing. He also spoke of the Daughters
of Rebekah, the Ladies' auxiliary to
the odd Fellows and told of the excel
lent work done by this association.
Alderman John r. Howe gave Il short
address, and several prominent men,
bers of the Wilkes Barre lodge re-
spond to the Scranton speakers. A ban
-1uet was then served. at the conclus-
on OF which u number of after-dinner
speeches We're given. Mayor Moir was
again one of the speakers, and witty
talks We're given by several others Of
those present.
The committee in charge of the re-
ception and banquet consisted of the
following members of I.arkawanna
lodge: Edward Jones, John r.. Howe,
Clark Ridgway, NJ. G. Birtley and w.
w. Brandow.