The San Francisco call., 1901-11-17

nmN OBLE GRAND ARCH JU-
n HNl LIUS S. GODEAU has re-
III kNA turned from series of Of
fetal visitations, on which
" he was accompanied by
Grand Secretary James f.
Martinoni and others. On
the night of the 9th they were ac-
companied by ]. L. Gomez and visited
Mayield Grove, at which there were pres
ent besides a large .proporuon OF tne @
membership, Past Arch Currle ana Ten
others from. Redwood City. Three canol-
dates were initiated. after which there
was a banquet at the De Martini dotet:
on the 9TH the grand officers were wlth
Salinas Grove, where tney %erS eJn+eTville JOtrIi I
and Past Arch J. A. NJ. Cardoza OF oak
land. After the initiation OF 1our sIrang-
ers there was q banquet at wmcn the
MayOr of the city acted in the capacity
of POSTMASTER. In addition TO responses
by the grand officers there were express
sions by NJ. Sargent, District Attorney
s Merritt. L B. Higgins and minor llghts
On the Sth the grand ofncerS visited
Madrona. and i. de Cameon Groves OF
Santa Cruz in joint session Ihere was
a large attendance, three candidates were
given the first degree and a banquet 1ol-
lowed the ceremonies
on the 9Th the grand officers. accom-
panied 6g o1 A3ra Sere OF te8 eSnfeugaie fernd a
large class waiting TO be initiated There
were twelve in the class ana they were
instructed in the first degree OF the order
Three applicatiOnS were received AFTER
the ceremonies there was banquet at
which Dr. Chesborough, the Mayor or
Csilroy, presided and the Gllroy band rem
dered choice selections. There were re-
spouses to toasts by the grand officers, g.
Kilikorn, John BordenaVei John hea ana
J. S. Amaral.
on the 10Th they paid a visit to Liberty
Grove No. 135. where Grand Secretary
Martinoni and Noble Grand Arch Godeau,
acting as vice arch, conferred the ovates
degree on class OF twenty On the zOth
inst this grove will be visited by a team
from Nasca da Cana Grove Of this city,
which will confer the second and third
degrees en- ffty-flve eligibles.
On the 1lth the grand officers visited
WaJsonville Grove and while in that city
instituted a new grove with a membership
of thirty, which had been organized by
J. s Amaral. The degree team of Salinas
Grove, composed of Thomas Renison. c.
A. Dom. H. Muller. /. B. Higgins, @.
Watson, NJ Enos, ]. Higgins and G. B.
Codini assisted the officers in the work
Of the evening.
On the night Of the 18th inst. Sigel
Grove Of this city celebrated the thirty
fifth anniversary of its organization at a
banquet after the installation of the new
officers by District Deputy l. NJ. Fabbry.
At the proper time there were remarks
by the district deputy, James F Marti-
noni. Grand Secretary Charles LeSte and
Charles Quasi of Eureka Grove and John
Drusdem Of San Francisco Grove.
During the past week the local lodges
nave Deen DOSy preparing Tor the grand
initiation to take place this afternoon in
odd Fellows Hall
At the last held meeting of Vallejo
Grove four strangers were initiated, after
which it was decided to invite the grand
officers TO be present at the next meet
ing, when large class will be presented
for initiation
Morton Grove of Los Angeles at its last
held meeting initiated four strangers and
HayWards Grove initiated two and con-
ferred the second and third degrees on
four.
The grand initiation will take place
this afternoon in Odd Fellows Hall, COM
mencing at ! o'clock.