Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-09
ODD FELLOWS
ANNIVERSARY

The tweuty-irst annual session OF
the P, nnsylvania Odd Fellows An
nlversary Association will be held IN
Sunbury on Wednesday, April 26, 1900.
The citizens OF Sunbury may not ap'
preciate the fact that this gathering TO
celebrate the eighty-slxth 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
niyers.ry association there are two
hundred and twentye eight lodges or
membership of twenty Thousand.
aNow if only half of this number
come we will have ten thousand i've
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 purpo@e.
We are interested in our Orphanage TO
thst extent that nothing is too much
labor TO make il successful. The writ
er of this article would with all other
true Odd Fellows hail the day when
she citizens of Sunbury would awaken
90 the fact that so worthy an instltu-
tion 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 chance. But for the
fact that we are centrally located and
other business advantages We offered,
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 $4,000 in Sunbury while on a
visit to the OIphanage and / AM sure
that there are many more such in
stances. But TO our object lin bringing
she meeting 10 our city the Home was
yon something that may lead you in
TO an und 'rstanding of the situation.
The ltate of Pennsylvania is divided
into four districts each having Home.
These are located at the following
places: Meadville, Philadelphia, Ben
Avon and Sun5urY. In our district We
have round nGmbers about twenty-six
thousand Odd Fellows. Of this mum.
ber about IL, 900 belong to the Orphans
Home Association and the remainder
of course do not, it being voluntary on
th3 part Of any lodge to join by pay
per member. And how is ift enc not Ip9ilainn
80 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 equipUing them and main
tanning not only the sixty-seven chill
dreu 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 80 arrauR-
ed a. TO give every person ample time
20 get to the Home and return in time
to catch the eveLIng trains.
We vans the citizens of the town to
join with Us in giving our visitors q
splendid reception and in showing
them that We have a deep interest in
their work. and that we show them
one OF the incest and best decorated
towns they have ever visited with the
association.
Open your homes to these good fell
lows. and make il 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.
A Guaranteed Cure For Piles.