The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-21
LODGE NEWS.
Odd Fellows Are Organizing For
New Work.
Committee to Look After Tran
sient Needy Members.
TOPEKA is VERY SLOW
Nearly Every Other City Has
Such an Organization.
Items Of Interest to Secret
Society Workers.

A committee is being formed from lie
various lodge of the Independent Ut
der of Odd Fellows of Topeka, whose
it shall be to attend to all iran
sient and needy members OF tne o11
that call for charity.
This committee is to be formed OF
three members from each OF the suDor-
dinate lodges in the city. making q 70
tai of IL committeeman Three OF tue
Lodges have selected their representa-
tive for the committee and at g. meet
inb to be held Tuesday night at the OCu
Fellow temple on Quincy street tnese
committeeman will meet and organize
themselves into a regularly chartereo
body. An election of officers Will pc nein
and the business of the committee Will
be carried forward with as mucn reu
tape and precision as tnat Oh any DuS
ness en~terprise-
Every city in the country where there
are two or more subordinate lodges IN
Odd Fellowship has an organizeo
charitable body of this nature.
Topeka is the only city to my knowl-
edge that has not kept up to the ECU
said H. C. Stevens to q State journal
reporter today. 1T is a great lnstitu-
ton. 1t relieves the individual mem
bers of the order from all responslDlllty
in matters of that nature. and at the
same time prevents impostors from
working any of the mber Wnen
anyone asks for charity on the strepgtn
of being an Odd Fellow he will be IN
LIuCL ~ RAC0CAA~ $500
bers of the charity committee.
When he presents his claim, ne must
show that he is duly entitled to help;
that is. tina is q regularly enrolled
case. he is provided for"
This mmit has power to levy an
assessment to the amount or 10 Genus
per capita on all the members Of the
order in the city, for carrying on their
end of the work. The Of the
committee already selected are:
From lodge No. HI. G.
| stevens. T. M. Nain. and A. F. Barker.
From Topeka lodge No. % w: Da-
Wis. David Williams, and Ben sullivan
From Capitol lodge No. 392-A- M.
The quarters of the Havanah, Kas,
lodge of Odd Fellows has burned twice
this wear. The first fire occurred in the
| spring. and on December 10. while their
new home was in the course of co~natruc-
ton, the temporary quarters We're
urned
At the meeting Thursday night Of the
| Woodmen Of America, camp No. $500.
| the emb OF the degree team pre-
sented their leader, L. M Penwell, a
| handsome gold ring on which We're the
symbolica1 characters of the order. Inc
members of the team are: Albert stock
well, Archie Baughman, John Johnson,
Sam Bailey, William Meredith, Lee
Stansfeld, Ben Diment, Chas. F1gg, C.
| A.. Peers, Jesse Little, William Snyder,
Melvin Schlegel, tt. P. Oliver. w. D.
| Bishop, Edward Hearick, @. N. Ray, A.
| q Sherer and A. Palmer.
BY special act of the legislature all
| realty and personal belongings of fra
ternal organizations In Mississippi are
exempt from taxation, but such prop
erty must be used solely for fraternal
objects and not for profit.
The woodmen Circle has elected the
following officers for the ensuing year;
Mrs. Jessie Beard, worthy guardian;
Mrs. Mary Marvin, advisor; Miss Jessie
MARBLE, banker; Mrs. Armata Cofman,
magician; Mrs. Elsie Gordon. attendant;
Miss Gertrude Hayes, inner sentinel;
Mrs. Matte Scraper, outer sentinel; and
Mrs. Cora Woods, Mrs David Gordon
and Mrs. Emma Corney, managers.
The winter season IS always the &C
tive time in lodge circles. All the To
peka lodges are busy comforting degrees
on new membefa
w lodge No. l, of the ~Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows, has for the
past 80 years voluntarily paid a pension
of SIS per month to the widow of a for
mer membe The widow lives a
The Modern Tonties will give a boz
social on New Years. eve at rear hal
of the knights of Pythias hall, at Sixth