The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-21
VISITING ODD FELLOWS
QUARTERS ASSIGNED FOR THE BIG
MEETING NEXT MONTH.
List of Lodges That VIII Enter De-
gree Work Contests-The
Order in Indiana.

The committee in charge OF arrange
ments for the annual meeting OF the Sow
ereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, Sept,
10 to Il, of which Grand Secretary W.. H.
Leedy is chairman, held a meeting last
night In the lodge building and assigned
quarters to visiting lodges and fixed the
times for holding drills during the week.
A circular was issued yesterday, giving
complete concerning the great
parade to be given Tuesday, Sept. II, also
concerning local accommodations for visit
ing delegations, the location and appoint
ments of Camp Cable at the fair grounds,
names and locations of local hotels and
points of interest. The w~atchwOrd Of the
parade is "25, OCI-count us"
Secretary Leedy is enthusiastic over the
excellent prospect for a strong showing of
proficiency in degree work. He said, last
night, that forty-six degree STATS will be
in attendance and hat fifty-six different
degrees will be demonstrated. This feature
of Grand Lodge week alone will suffice to
bring TO indianapolis a thousand odd Eel
lows who are interested especially in de-
gree " )rk, and there will undoubtedly be
a splendid showing"
A list of lodges that have entered for the
contest in degree work is as follows:
Initiat9ryIMartinsyille; No; "a Martins
Ind; Miami, No. so, Peru, Ind; Mount
Pleasant, No. PIT. Mount Pleasant. Mich;
Congress. No. S62. Chicago, Ill; Carbon.
NJ. Ofo, AdlDOl, nv. INOclHti NJ iOO,
Mich: Robert Blum, No. 4iS. Toledo, O.:
Shelby, No. 80, S~helbyville, Ind.
First Degree-CuyahOga, No. p, Cleve-
land, o.; Whitewater, No. Al, Richmond,
Ind: Harmony, No. ~, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Swedish Olive, No. $50, Moline, III; Mari
No. sc. Marion, Ind; Friendship. No. p,
Germantown. o.; Koerner, No. $50. Chica-
go, H.; Congress, No. S62. Chicago. ILL.,;
Tillotson, No. 1876, Bangor. Mich.
Second Degree-Cuyahoga. No. %, Cleve-
land. o.; Swedish Olive, No. $50, Moline.
H.; Congress-, No. S62, Chicago. ILL.,;
p BasRflii NJ No. Z: SOC, c1 PaieSitie, i Gady: Vest vna;i
Third Degree.Harmony, No. 10. Fort
M Mount p lea:; MG MiSh.; rt ciaytOni. NO. NO. s sd5.
Clayton. Ind: Friendship. No. 81. Ger
mantown. o.; National, No. 500. Columbus.
ward. No. PIP. Richmond, Ind.
Rebekah-Colfax Rebn No; 5SS, Bloom
ington' Ind RTshvi5le Reb;; No l32; Rush
Ind; Naomi Reb. No, IS. Topeka, Kan;
Mystic Tic Reb.. No. Sl4, Cleveland, o.;
KY; Grace Reb., No. 80, Germantown, o.;
Ind; Naomi Reb., No. 3, Muncie, Ind.
Enc, No. :, Denver COL; Naviilus Enc,
No. 1o5. Sullivan, Ind; international Enc,
No. 13l. Buffalo. n. Y; Alexander Enc,
NO. ~, CnlcaSO, ILL.,. CynOSure Enc, NO. s,
Syracuse, N. Y.
Golden Rule-International Encampment,
No. 1S1: Buffalo; n. Y; Alexander Encamp-
ment, No. 10. Chicago, Ill.
~Canton-Canton Wooster, No. II, Woos-
ter. o.; Canton Boone. No. 81. Lebanon.
Ind; Canton Alexandria, No. SO, Alexan-
dria, Ind; Canton Pioneer, No. 3, Des
Moines, la.
The foregoing list is complete with the
addition of two lodges, the names OF which
were given out last night by Grand Secre-
tary Leedy. Terre Han te Lodge, No. 81.
has entered for the initiatory degree. and
Alexander Encampment, No. 2l2. for the
Golden Rule degree.
INDIANA ODD FELLOWSHIP.
y new map OF the /. O. q. +. of Indiana,
compiled by w. ii. Leedy, came from the
press yesterday. and was at once put into
circulation. The map shows the location of
all subordinate and Rebekah lodges, en-
c~ampments and cantons of the Patriarchs
Militant in this State on Aug. l, 1901, be-
sides furnishing a great deal of valuable
statistical concerning the
strength and growth of Odd Fellowship in
the State and world. The figures concern
ing Indiana lodges follow: