The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-27
LODGE NEWS.
Secretary Kemper of 1. 0. O. f.
at LeaVenWOrth.
Will Attend Annual of Far West
Encampment No. 1.
TO INSTALL OFFICERS.
WOodmen of World Will Have
Meeting Monday.
Items Of Interest to Secret So
ciety Workers.
0 INSTALL OFFICERS.

Grand Secretary w. H. Kemper of the
Odd Fellows of Kansas will go down TO
Leavenworth on Saturday evening to at
tend the annual given by Far West En-
campment No. J. on that date. F. NJ.
Stevens, of Shawnee lodge No. 1, will
accompany him. The annual of Far
West encampment is an occasion of
considerable interest to Odd Fellows in
this part Of the state on account of the
distinction enjoyed by that division of
the order. II has the record breaking
team of the entire country. On Satur-
day evening it Will put on work Tor
about 40 candidates from Atchison Hor-
ton, Kansas City and Tonganoxie-
As its name im>lies this affair is an
annual event at which it is customary
Tor the champion team to put on the
drill work for the edIication of candi
dates from surrounding towns. The
Far West drill team put on the work
before the last head camp at Des
Moines, Iowa. and received the highest
commentator for the perfection of its
work.
At the first meeting in January all the
Odd Fellows lodges in Topeka viii in
stall the officers elected for the coming
year. There are three Odd Fellow lodges
and four Rebekah lodges here.
On January IA there will be a delega-
ton from Usage encam0ment here ac-
COIDdnNlHS one VI lWO CdnQlQdlGS lOt
whom the Shawnee encampment, No. 5,
will confer patriarchal degrees.
The Topeka lodge of the order of Rath-
bone Sisters will hold a watch meeting
or New Years eve. The gathering viii
be held in the K. of P. hall on Quincy
street, and arrangements are being
made to have considerable fun out of it
A lunch will be served during the even
ing, and the new year will be watched
IN.
Among the secret societies not very
many are in the custom of observing
Christmas. An impressive service was
held by the Knights Templar in their
hall in the Masonic building lasl
Thursday morning, in accordance with
the established custom of the organiza-
ton. The following programme was
given:
Anthem .Amphion Quartettr
Responsive reading, XXI. LxxII
Pslams (all standing).
Hear the Prophecy Isaiah XII to
(all seated), E. Prelate
Apostles Greed.
Prayer.
90 4. . -. Ar NJllarf6fle
Toast-Sentiment of the day:
To the Most Eminent Grand Master.
Henry Bates Stoddard: May our order
under his sway become the noblest
champion of the Christian virtues-E
Sir J. w. Mcclure. E. c.
ne grand master sends the following
response:
Sir Knights-"May each so live and
aet that we may exemplify the teachings
OF the Blessed Emmanuel. Sir Knight
o. J. Wood. Gen.
Christmas address Rev Sir James p
de 3. Kaye.
National Anthem ..Americs''
On Monday night, January s. the Wood
men of the World will hold the public in
stallation of officers for the local lodge
in the hall at AIS Kansas avenue. Cap
tain P. Fl. Coney will be the installing
officer and will have charge of the pro-
gramme of the evening. Secretary N H.
Wolf Is making arrangements to secure a
speaker from Omaha. The officers who
Will be installed are as follows: Council
commander, John Baumgartner; advisor
lieutenant, A. NJ Slit. banker, c. F.
Roediger: clerk, N. H. Wolf; escort, Ed
Beard Waterman, H. Gilbert; sentry,
H. Root: physicians w H RICHTER and
= A Conmans two year term A s.
Dun one year term, H. c. Kuntz
A new I. o. o. F. lodge was instituted
TINS week at Atlanta. Kansas and a Re
oekah lodge is to be put in motion at
ElilnWood during the coming week. The
former has 90 members while the Re
bekah lodge has Is. Atlanta lodge No
h42, l. Q. o. F.. as it calls itself was In
Stltuted on the evening of December 26
under the' direction of W. o. johnson Of
winfield. On January Mrs Hattie
Luce Of Great Bend will institute Re-
bekah lodge No 429 at Ellinwood