Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-20
ODD FELLOWS
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Hickory Lodge, No. lO5. or New Y
with 10 each. The lodges in Portland.
admitted Il members, the largest IN
decade, While those of Bangor admit
ted IS.
The total receipts for the year was
S.5.eSI21. nearly 5000 larger than for
1902. This represents an expenditure
of sos for every day in the year. In
the 90 years of Odd Fellowship in this
State th"re has bean expended from the
| treasures of our lodges. encampmentS
and by relief associations. for the relief
of members, widows and orphans the
ma cnificent sum of S3.G79. %16.25. In
soliciting candidates we should not.
81 however, make the benefit too promi-
nont. There is sonnet hing to odd Eel
lowshp BESIDES cold Collars and cents.
The fraternal feature alone IS worth
all it costs.
II urge you to renewed activity, and
hone the year 1901 will be the best in
the history of your lodge"
The returns from The Rebekah lodges
are fully as nattering as are those from
the suhordinates. The net gain in
| membership for the year is so, Il small
decrease from the gain of the previous
| year. The assets are nearly $4,000,
a substantial gain for the year. For q
more extended notice of this branch
reference is had to the communication
of Sister Sturtevant, president of the
Rebekah assembly.
A gain of ST 900 in finances is en-
couraging. but if one analyses the re-
| turns carefully he will find abundant
food for thought. the amount paid
out for relief during the year was SD
2S721, and the amount raid for cur
rent EXPENSES was S74 1000 SO, or a tot1l
expenditure of $149,2S7.65. This is
equivalent to an annual expenditure
of ST. per member. The amount re
ceiVed for dues during the year was
$qG94461. or a sum of $3.50 per mem
Der II will be seen by these figures
that the expenditures exceed the rev
enues ny $50 per member. It is true
that the amount received from initia-
, tionS degrees rentals and interest up
+ on investments will bring the receipts
D., above. the expenditures but we cannot
always rely upon the large amount Of
work which have rewarded our efforts
:. during the past three years. Many
r lodges do not receive above the legiti-
5 mate amount received from dues. With
1 of dollars in our treasures. there is no
Immediate c;llrse for alarm, yet it is
: we'll to sound Il note of warming in sea-
, son. and to advise all to keep these
; figures III mind. The expenditures Of
: our lodges. separate from relief and
= charity, are large. and officers should
e! econor7ile AMI scrutinize carefully
+ lodge expenses.
p,ho I,
. lodges have been instituted during the
D year. 1t is most gratifying TO state
= that n subordinate. tirindstOne Lodge,
: No. 50, was instituted ut Winter Har-
, Dor, Hancock county, with y charter
l mcmebers. on March 80 This is an
ofr-shoot, the third from that progress
sire and up-to-date lodge, Island
Lodge. No. 120, of Rar Harbor Thus
, has another outpost been established
toward that promising field, Washing
ton county.
Tho new ReDekah lodges are: Vesner
: Rebrkdl. Lodge. No. 40 at Round
7 Pond. C!eora Rebekah Lodge, No. Ill,
: at Comma, and Old orchard, Rebekah
e Lodge. No. 112 at Old Orchard.
The number so, formerly attached to
] Pressure Isle Lodge. at Presque Isle,
! was given to the new subordinate at
Winter Harbor. tn" numbers in both
the subordinate and Rebekah branches
l. are now unbr"ken.
Two subordinate and two Robellah
lodges have lost their hall; and effects
g by fire during the past year-mvictus
: ! Lodge, No. So. and FavOri Rchekah
Lodge No. 9S. of Unity; and Stone
c Eel Lodge, No. 139. and Cleora Re-
bckan Lodge, No. III. Of CoriEna.
On the morning of Jan. 5. 1904, the
y building in Unity. where the fraternity
u held las meetings. was totally destroyed
by fire. The building was a wooden
structure. three stories high. The Odd
y Fellows owned the first and second sto-
u ries, while the Masonic order owned
= and occupied thu third. The greater
part Of the raraph"rnalia and furnI-
ture, except the carpets. records rit-
uals, etc, were saved. There was an
r Insurance Of $1,000 or Tie building. TIL
net loss to the lodge vas about $500
The Rcbekah loss was slight. The order
~ there has erected q new building ana
~ the lodges are in good condition.
N July 4. the block in which Stone Eel
a. Lodge, No. 1919, anG Cleora Rcbekar
was
T. totally destroyed by fire. With the ex-
AZ C"ption of the records, ledger and cash
~ book of the subordinates. which were
at the home Of the secretary. all We're
lost. The entire loss of the two lodges
was $500, upon which the subordinate
had an insurance OF $500. The Re
j., bekahs had no insurance. The loss WAS
particularly severe upon Cleora Re
bekah Lodge, No. III. for it had had an
x, existence of only five months having
been instituted. Feb. 3. 1904. New char
ters have been supplied free, but the
lodges have paid for all other supplies
Both lodges have pluckily gone to
y work, which is commendable, particu-
y larly on the part of the Rebekahs.
In conclusion, / congratulate the or
der on its magnificent gain of 81 800
o members during the wear 1903 and am
n pleased to state that our own jurisdfc-
= ton has helped swell this, the largest
X increase ever recorded in a single year
= Reports we're also made by the grand