Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-23

ODD FELLOWS HOME
Favorable Action Taken by
the Grand Lodge.
R EP PORT APPROVED
SPECIAL SESSION OF GRAND BODY
TO BE HELD.
Annual Report Of Grand Master Coli
son-Suggested Celebration
Of Saith Anniversary.
REPORT APPROVED

The semi-annual session of the Grand
Lodge. I. o. o. F.. cameSo a close at Odd
Fellows Hall, It'll street northwest. last
evening. The legislation of the session was
! Of Importance to the order and is expected
to be Of advantage in promoting an in
crease Of membership.
The Grand Lodge took favorable action
regarding the long projected Odd Fellows
home here. 1t is designed a home for
widows and orphans of District Odd Fell
| lows and is to be along the line Of the
twenty-eight similar institutions now ex-
| listing under Odd Fellowship auspices in the
various states. The provisional report IA
voring the establishment of such a home.
which was presented by E w. Bradford.
J. H. Crew and w. H. Mcneil, as SUBJ
committee of the Grand Lodge committee
on help, was received with approval by the
Grand Lodge, and referred back to the
committee. This committee is to be in
creased by the addition of six other mem
bers. 1t is then to formulate a complete
| report, which is to, be presented at a spe-
cial session of the Grand Lodge March %
The indications are all in favor of the
adoption of the project and several availa-
BILE sites for the home have already been
suggested. A number Of sites Of
fered last night, and several good contri-
buttons were promised.
The Grand Lodge also authorized the
grand master to name a committee OF sew
enteen to arrange for a monument in Oak
Hill cemetery in memory of the late Rev.
Parker Hall Sweet, who was for twenty
four years grand secretary.
The matter of amending the constitution
Of the Grand Lodge relating to the amount
of dues that could be owed by members
without losing good standing was laid over
until the annual session of the Grand Lodge
in July.
Gains Shown.
OGd Fellowship has shown considerable
gains during the period since the last SEES
sion Of the Grand Lodge. During the term
there were the following mutations: Subor-
6inate lodges, 46; admitted by card. 9; re-
instated, IL; gain, &C. Withdrawn, II; sus-
pended for non-payment Of dues d; died.
20; loss. 81. During the term there were
initiated into Rebekah Lodges six brothers
and eleven sisters. Two sisters were adj
mitted by card and one reinstated. One
brother and three sisters were suspended
for non-payment of dues and two sisters
died.
Rebekah Lodges Flourishing.
The Rebekah lodges flourishing in
this grand jurisdiction and efforts are be-
ing made for the organization of
one. If this can be accomplished there will
be enough lodges for the formation Of
contamination long desired by Washington
| Odd Fellows.
At this session of the. Grand Lodge the
committee on state of the order recommend
ed such action. The report of the commit
tee on Rebekah lodges says:
1.-The Rebekah lodges are not only active
| in increasing their membership, but they
| show a notable Improvement in the manner
OF comforting the Rebekah degree. Some of
| the lodges are taking lively interest in
-nr1y ino rd n he
meeting of the Sovereign Grand Lodge in
| Baltimore, where it is expected that they
will compete with Rebekah degree teams
| from sister jurisdictions. If they do so, 1t
will be with credit to the order. to them
selves and to the District 1t is safe to say
that like interest in the subordinate lodges
would soon place the order in the position
it should beat the forefront of the frater-
nal organizations of this district.
Eighty Fourth Anniversary.
In his annual report Grand Master Coli
son urged that an effort be made for the
appropriate celebration of the eightyfourth
| anniversary of the foundation of the order,
ard a committee was named to take the
matter under consideration. The anniver-
sary occurs April %.
The work of the Odd Fellows committee
which entertained veterans here during the
Grand Army encampment was reported to
! have been very successful. The committee
| kept open house al Odd Fellows Hall dur
ing the entire week. About three thousand
visitors called, representing thirty eight
grand jurisdictions.
The board Of trustees submitted report
giving an account of the revenues from and
| disbursements for Odd Fellows Hail for the
last year. 1t showed the receipts to have
been $7,303.5S and the disbursements
s7.3S346 The balance on hand is $l,l16.91
During the past year considerable work
has been done in improving the lodge rooms
by new carpets chairs, frescoing, otc., but
with all this the board met every obliga-
ton. and for the first time in thirty years
has paid a dividend to the stockholding
bodies Of 5 per cent on the original stock.
|. Interest in the Hall.
The property interest in the hall is owned
| by several of the lodges Of the order, the
respective proportions of each being as fol-
| lows in round numbers: Grand Lodge.
s4772; Columbian Encampment, No. /.
$5,2l7; Central Lodge. No. 1, "a. s53: Wash
| ;ngton Lodge, No. 6, 81. 1872; Columbia Lodge,
| No. 10, $2,96S; Beacon Lodge, No. Is. $1,179;
Excelsior Lodge, No. II. $500; Eastern
Lodge, No. Z, $500.
List Of Grand Visitations.
Grand Master George 2. COLLISION of the
Grand Lodge, /. o. o. F., will begin his
round of grand visitations Monday night
at Union Lodge, No. II, which meets in
the National Capital Bank building. The
other visitations will take place as follows:
Eastern No. Z, January IS; Metropolis No.
16, January 30: Excelsior No. II, February
q Friendship No. u. February 4; Phoenix.
No. %, February 6; Harmony No. 8. Feb
ruary 8; Federal City No. 20. February II:
Central No. 1, February 13; Martha Wash
nant No. 13. February 10; Beacon
No. Is. February %; Salem No. n,
February 20; Naomi Rebekah No. 1, March
2; Amity No. q, March 8; Dorcas Rebekah
No. 4, March 6; Golden Rule No. u. March
10; Langdon No. 26. March 10: Washington
No. 6, March II; Ruth Rebekah No. 2,
March 49,; Columbia No. 10. March ID.