The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-10
THE GRAND LODGE
OF |. 0. 0. F. BEGINS
Large Crowd of Delegates Finds
City in Gala Dress.
Ono of the Important Matters VIII
BE an Effort to Make the Grand
Lodge Less Unwicldy.
OPEN SESSION HELD TO-DAY.

Shelbyville, Ky, Oct. 1O.-The
SEVENTEEN annual meeting of the
Kentucky Grand Lodge of Odd Eel
lows convened here this morning and
will remain in session until Thurs
day.
The city is in holiday attire in hon
or of the event, and the electric IL
Elimination at night will surpass any
thing ever previously attempted in
Shelbyvillc.
This session of the Grand Lodge
VIII be most important one. as mat
ters of vital concern will come up
for discussion. The order has grown
so rapidly in Kentucky during the
past decade that the representation
10 the Grand Lodge from the subor-
dinate lodges. based on one repre-
sentative for each twenty-five men,
bors. mas made the Grand Lodge UNI
wie,dy. and an effort will be made
at this session to remedy the matter.
The plan most favored is to amend
The constitution so that one represen-
tat've will be allowed each subord-
nate lodge for each fifty members or
fraction thereof. instead of twenty
five, as at present. This will reduce
the representation in the Grand
Lodge at least 40 per cent. Each
lodge, of course. is entitled 20 one
representative to the Grand Lodge.
The. first lodge of Odd Fellows in
Kentucky was organized in Louis
Vile. January 2S 1888, and was call
ed Boone Lodge, No. 1. On March
II, 1885, Chosen Friends Lodge No.
,. was instituted, and IN the same
year the Grand Lodge of Kentucky
was organized.
At that time there were only 10
members and three lodges in the
state. Now there are about 21.000
members and about ESQ lodges doing
active work.
An open session was held at the
Crescent Theatre this morning be-
ginning at 9 O'Clock. The order of
exercises was as follows
Invocation by the Rev. David NJ
Sweets.
Vocal selection by male quartet
Address of welcome to Shelbyville
by Mayor l.. c. Willis.
Address of welcome to Grand
Lodge on behalf of Howard Lodge
No. 10. l. D. o. F.. by Ralph w. f.
Gilbert.
Response to welcoming addresses
by Grand Master ID. l.. Bailey, OF
Vocal selection. Kentucky and the
composed and sung by
w. Ballard, of Howard
Lodge.
At the conclusion the Grand Lodge
went into executive session. Three
sessions will be held daily, morning,
afternoon and night
Wednesday morning sixty-fve chill
1ren, inmates OF The Odd Fellows
Widows and Orphans Home at Lex
ngton, will be brought here to be
he guests of the Grand Lodge.
When the Grand Lodge adjourns
at noon "Wednesday after the morn
ng session, the members, orphans OF
The Home. visiting and local Odd Eel
Ows, headed by the Shelbyville band,
will march to the campus of the Shell
lyville Graded school. where the bur
goo will be given under the direction
If J. Abraham, Noble Grand of How
lrd Lodge.
During the session of the G. and
lodge, Howard Lodge will keep open
house in their handsome quarters in
he new Odd Fellows Temple A re- F.
option committee will be in con
slant attendance and all visiting Odd T.
Fellows made welcome
Deputy Grand Master A. w Glen /.
'nts, of Morganfeld, arrived Sun I.
lay n ght aud the other officers and /.
most of the representatives will I.
each Shelbyville during the day .
Over 500 are expected before night. /.
Is many desire to take the Grand .
lodge degree to qualify themselves .
or entrance in TO the sessions of the .
grand body.