The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-05
ODD FELLOWS FEAST
LIVE OAK AND HAUPT LODGES
HELD JOINT INSTALLATION.
THEN CELEBRATED REUNION.
FINE SUPPER AND MANY AD-
DRESSES.

Mr.. Leander Butler in Charge of Ar
engagements Frank Grower,
TOastmaster-The Principles of
the Order Set Forth and Exhorta-
tiOns That Members Live Up to
Them Made-Mr. G. G. Edwards
Patriotic Address-SOme of the
other Speakers.
Haupt AMI Live Oak Lodges of Odd Fell
lows held a joint installation of officers
last night. and, afterward had a ban
quet at the De Soto, attended by about
one hundred and fifty of the members
of the two lodges, and the acting grand
lodge officers who had conducted the in
stallation ceremonies. The officers in
stalled for Live Oak are:
N. G-L. Gordon Harvey.
v. CIV. P. Baldwin.
Secretary-Leander Butler.
Treasurer-Frank Werm.
R. s. N. OK. M. Rowe
L. S. N. CD. E. Summeren
Warden-R. L. Elkins.
R. S. v. GU. w. Buchanan.
L. s. V. G.-S. L. Todd. ~!
1. GA. Thomas. Eisyss
o. G.-B. Goldman.
r. s. Stafford FaIIigant.
L. s. S.-B. E. Andrews.
Conductor-Chas. G. Edwards.
Chaplain-John Houston.
The election of Mr.. Harvey to the office
as not only is he one of the youngest
men to hold that place, but ne has been
a member of the lodge but few months
The officers of Haupt Lodge are:
N. G.-John stahmer.
V. G.-Frank Grower
Secretary-Chas. A. Vetter.
Treasurer-S wilensky.
r. S. N. G.-J. T. Wilensky.
L. S. N. CT. Creamer.
Conductor-A. ]. Cohen.
Warden-A. Jasme.
L. 8. V. G.-E. Hoffman.
R. S. V. CIV. BasIer.
OF the banquet Mr.. Leander Butler was
the head of the Committee of Arrange
ments. and Mr.. Frank Grower was the
POSTMASTER. The dining room was ar
ranged with three parelled tables at one
sat the POSTMASTER, hanked on each side
with the newly elected officers of the two
lodges, and speakers of the evening. The
tables were tastefully decorated with flow
ers and ferns and an excellent supper was
served. At its conclusion Mr.. W. II.
Wade Of Haupt Lodge, after a brief intro
duction by Mr.. Grower, told of the reason
the banquet, which he said was given to
celebrate the healing of a breach that
hefu 4 ~
two lodges. "A year ago." said Mr.
Wade, Il did not think such a thing as
a reunion possible, but the true spirit of
Odd Fellowship has prevailed and
has brought the lodges together in har-
mony and good feeling. 1t is recon
Citation too long delayed, but one that
could not be more happily celebrat ed
than this is tonight. Odd Fellowship
is too live and too real a thing in this
community FOR differences hong to separ-
ate lodges" The speaker closed his ad-
dress by calling the attention of his
hearers to the great principles of the or
der and exhorting them to live up to
them and thus build up the order.
Mr.. C. G. Edwards was the next
speaker. After Introduction, in
which he referred to the reunion of the
lodges he announced his subject as the
Spirit of the Eevening." Under this
head he gave an excellent address, re-
viewing the history of the country and,
as a parellel, that of Odd Fellowship.
Many of his remarks were greeted with
applause.
Mr.. Leander Butler, the next speaker,
was introduced by the POSTMASTER as one
of the most earnest of Odd Fellows. and
probably the coming grand master of the
state. Mr.. Butler, too, referred to the
former differences of the lodges and con-
trasted with it the banquet Were we
Methodists," he said, I'VE should have to
call this love feast instead of what it
IS, a feast of reason and a flow of soul"
In continuing his address Mr.. Butler
pointed out again the beauties, duties and
privileges of the order and asked those
that might have not lived strictly up to
| the tenets of the order to make a resolu-
| ton to do so henceforth The address was
| ended with some clever lines on the three
| links, the insignia of the order.
Other speakers of the evening were
Messrs. H. NJ. Ward, L. G. Harvey and