East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-28

lows was read by Rev. T. r. Egerton,
preceding his address on odd Fellow
ship at the anniversary celebration in
this city Wednesday night
The Independent Order of odd
Fellows had its origin In London,
England, in 1745. The assemblages
were mainly for social purposes, a
collection being taken TO aid needy
members.
About the year 1890 the lodges in
London and Liverpool were known
as the London order.
In 1909 a member of London
lodge moved to Manchester, Eng
land, and introduced the order into
that city, where being favorably re-
ceived several lodges were speedily
organized.
In 1914 the lodges in Manchester
and vicinity were consolidated under
the title of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows OF the Manchester Unity.
A grand lodge composed of those
who had filled the chair of noble
grand, a regular term in a subordi-
nate lodge, was organized and assum-
ed supervision of the subordinates. @
The London associations and other
lodges throughout the kingdom re-
fused to acknowledge the authority
of the Manchester organization and
several other unities sprang into exis-
tence.
The Manchester unity attained
] lav Af bn
others, and the increase of lodges in
Great Britain determined the Man
chester authorities to organize an an
nual movable committee to take the
place of the local grand lodge the
first meeting of which was held at
Hanley, Staffordshire, May 1920,
1923, and was attended by SO depu-
ties representing the subordinate
lodges.
The early laws were crude and i'm
perfect and the income was not suf-
ficient to meet the expenses. The an
nual movable committee eventually
established a system of rates, based
on experience, which enabled the sub
ordinates to meet relief requirements
and accumulate a reserve fund.
The Manchester unity, the most i'm
portant body of odd Fellows in Eur
ope, has organized lodges in the
United Kingdom of Great Britain,
France. Turkey, Africa. North and
South America, East and West Indies
and Australia.
Societies or lodges of Odd Fellows
were organized in New York and
| ofbar citiac Of tho TTpitad Ctatac nc
early as 1906. They, however had
only brief existence.
At Baltimore in 1919.
-On April 26, 1919, Thomas Wildey
and four others, who had been mem
bers of odd Fellows lodges in Eng
land, organized lodge in Baltimore.
Md. calling it Washington lodge No
1. A member of a lodge at Preston.
England, visited this self-instituted
lodge in the latter part of the year
1919, and on his return home procur-
ed from the Duke of York lodge, of
the Manchester unity, located at
Preston, a document dated February
1, 1920, clothing the Baltimore organ
ization with the powers of a grand as
well as of subordinate lodge urder
the title of mo. Washington 10 lge.
the Grand Lodge of Maryland, and cf
the United States"
On February 22, 1921, Washing
ton lodge surrendered the English
charter to "a body of past guards, -
and the Grand Lodge of Maryland
and the United States was organized
the members OF washington lodge re-
ceiving subordinate charter from
the new grand lodge.
In 1928 the self-nstituted lodges in
New YORK Phlladelpha ana BOSTON,
We're induced TO recognize the Mary
lanu organization ana that oooy I'M
medlateiy forwarded charters TO the
suoordinates' as wen as grand lodse
charters Tor pennsylvania, New YORK
ana Massachusetts'
On Aprh TO- lsz4' IL was thousht
pest TO separate the powers OF the
hatlonai from tne s'a.e oreaniEa'ioh'
ana the plan was perfected FEBRUARY
2Z' 1870 when the tirst meeting OF
the granu looge OF the united states
was held' on september H. 1893
tne name Oh the supreme oouy was
changed TO The Grano Lodge OF the
Independent oroer OF ooo feilows'
ana on september lS, lsLs' the pres
ent titie' The sovereign Grand Lodge
of the Independent Order of Odd Fell