Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-15
Mason City Making Great Prepa.
rations For the Meeting
Next Week
PROGRAM is OUT
OFFICIAL
Estimated That Not Less Than a
Thousand Delegates Will Be in At
tendance on the Annual Meeting Of
the order-Rebekahs Meet at Same
Time.

| the state assembly of the Rebekahs
and the grand encampment. 1t is ex-
pected that more than 1000 delegates
Will be present and preparations have
been fully made for their entertain
ment for the full week. The following
is the official program:
Sunday, October is.
10: 30 a. m.-Divine services, First
Baptist church corner State and Su-
| perior streets, Rev. +. w. Parsons,
| pastor. delivering sermon assisted by
regular choir.
| Monday, October II.
Assignment to quarters.
| 1880 p. m.-Reception of all grand
officers, delegates, and committees at
the I. O. Q. r. home. Public is in
vited.
Program at Homo.
Mrs. Celia Holman, N. g. of Queen
Rebekah lodge presiding.
| Music by home children.
| Address of welcome by matron Of the
home, Mrs. Lewis.
Address of welcome by the N. G. of
Queen Rebekah lodge. Mrs. c. Hol-
| man.
| Music-Solo.
Response by Grand Master M. w.
White, Sioux City.
Response by president Of state as
| sembly, Mrs. Ida A. Tufford. Mason
City.
Music-Solo.
Exercises by the children OF the
home.
Music-By the children Of the home.
Informal reception by matron and
| Queen Rebekah lodge.
Tuesday, October 10.
300 a. m.-Opening session grand
State street.
900 a. m.-Opening session Rebekah
state assembly at First M. e. church,
corner Washington boulevard and
seventh street.
| 1880 p. m.-Continued session Re-
bekah state assembly.
| 1880 p. m.-Encampment work by
staff of Anchor encampment Of Ma
| SON City, at !. O. o. +. temple, East
State street.
| 1880 p. m.-Rebekah degree work,
by Independent degree staff Of Des
Moines, consisting Of thirty past noble
| grands, in Commercial hall, corner
Of Main and Fifth streets.
$3.50 p. m.-Rebekah degree work by
staff Of Sioux City consisting OF ten
past noble grands in Commercial hall.
corner Main and Fifth streets.
Wednesday October 10.
| 900 a. m.--Opening session grand
lodge at 1. o. O. r. hall on East State
street.
900 a. m.-Closing session grand en-
campment.
900 a. m.-Continued session Re-
bekah State Assembly.
1880 D. m.-Grand parade.
Line Of Parade.
Form on State right resting or
Michigan avenue. Move west tc
Washington boulevard, where carriages
Of grand officers and the Rebekahs
will fall in, then move north to Tenth
street; east to Main, south to Fourth
street; counter march to State; west
to Washington, north past reviewing
stand at hotels or court house. Dis
band at Washington and Seventh.
1900 p. m.-Public reception at First
M. E. church, corner Washington
boulevard and Seventh streets. Every
body invited.
| Program.
Music-Pioneer Quartet.
Invocation by grand chaplain.
Music-Solo.
| Address of welcome-Mayor f. M
Norris.
Response-Grand Master M. w
! White, Sioux City.
Music-Pioneer Quartet.
Principal address on Odd Fellowship
Gen. M. A. Raney, grand patriarch,
Marengo.
Music-Solo.
Benediction.
4:3O D. m.-Patriarch Militant prize
drill, on East State street.
Memorial Services.
In memory of the honored dead of
the year, First Methodist church, cor
ner Superior and Seventh, Wednes-
day evening, 500 o'clock. Major B. B.
Daggett, committee, Grand Master M.
w. White, presiding.
Program.
organ voluntary, SeleCleQ-frOIeSSOI
| "A. q. Patchen.
Invocation-Grand Chaplain Rev. F.
w. Evans, Des Moines, Iowa.
Music, selected-Pioneer Male Quar-
tet, of Des Moines. Iowa.
| j. Norwood Clarke, P. G. T. p. G. P.
P. G. M.
! Eulogy-Brother G. A. Kenderdine
Iowa City.
Brigadier General M. Newman, p. G.
NJ, G. r.
Eulogy-Grand Representative j
c. Milliman, Logan.
Brigadier General S. p. Smith, p. G
P.
Eulogy-Major Richard A. Feist, Iowa
| Falls.
Music, selected, Pioneer Male Quartet
| Des Moines.
| Odd Fellows of the rank and file.
Eulogy-Rev. Henry Grant, P. G..
Marble Rock.
Rebekahs Who Have Passed Away.
Eulogy-Sister Abbie l.. Peterson, Els
therville.
Music--Selected.
Benediction.
Thursday, October go.
9 a. m-Continued session Gran,
Lodge.
9 a. m. Continued session Re
bekah State Assembly.
i 1870 p. m. Continued sessiol
Grand Lodge.
! 1880 p. m. = Closing session Rebek