Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-03-10
ODD FELLOWS
ANNIVERSARY

The twenty first annual session Of
the Pennsylvania Odd Fellows An
niversary Association will be held In
Sunbury on Wednesday, April 26. 1905.
The citizens of Sunbury may not ap.
preciate the fact that this gathering to
celebrate the eiRhty.sixth anniversary
of the birth Of Odd Fellowship In
America will be of immense proper
tions. II the day proves pleasant we
will have anywhere from eight to ten
thousand people in Sunbury that day.
In the district belonging to the an
niversary association there are two
hundred and twenty eight lodges or q
membership of twenty -one-t Thousand.
Now if only half of this number
come we will have ten Thousand Eve
hundred men besides visitors who al.
ways follow occasions Of this kind.
The railroad companies realize the fact
that the celebration will be of some
moment. They have given one fare
from all points on their respective
lines.
The Odd Fellows of Sunbury invit.
ed this association here for purpose.
We are interested in our Orphanage to
that extent that nothing is too much
labor to make 1t successful. The writ.
er of this article would with all other
true Odd Fellows hail the day when
the citizens of Sunbury would awaken
to the fact that so worthy an institu.
rion has been located in our midst, and
that the citizens of our town would
feel so deep and substantial an inter-
est in this Home that they would give
of their time and influence for its sup.
port. -,
Other towns would have welcomed
this worthy Institution gladly il they
would have had a chance. But for the
fact that we are centrally located and
other business advantages we offered,
We would have lost this institution
which brings hundreds of people to
our town every year. 1t not only brings
the people but their business with
them. The writer OF this article knows
of an instance where a visitor spent
over $l00. 00 in Sunbury while on a.
visit to the Orphanage and am sure
that there are many more such In.
stances. But to our object lin bringing
the meeting to our city the Home was
our first consideration. Let me tell
you something that may lead you in
to an understanding of the situation.
The state of Pennsylvania is divided
into four districts each having q Home.
These are located at the following
places: Meadville, Philadelphia. Ben
Avon and Sun5ury. In our district we
have round numbers about twenty-six
thousand Odd Fellows. OF this num-
ber about $4,000 belong to the Orphans
Home Association and the remainder
of course do not, it being voluntary ON
the part of any lodge to join by pay
ing membership fee Of one dollar
per member. And now is it not plain
TO you my dear reader. that If the en-
tire membership of this district num-
bering twenty six thousand men be-
come interested in the home we will
have no trouble in building new build
ings and equipping them and main
tanning not only the sixty-seven chill.
dren that we now have but increase
the number to at least two hundred.
We can only accomplish this by
bringing them here to see for them
elves. We expect the railroad COM
panies to convey just as many to the
Home that day as can get there. The
program for the day will be so arrang-
ed as to give every person ample time
to get to the Home and return In time
to catch the evening trains.
We want the citizens of the town to
join with Us in giving our visitors .
splendid reception and in showing
them that we have deep interest in
their work, and that we show them
one of the incest and best decorated
towns they have ever visited with the
Open your homes to these good fel.
lows, and make it memorable time
in their lives and ours, too, for that
matter and the entire town will be the
gamer by advertising and money spent.
A Sunbury Odd Fellow.