The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23

| April IL, the San Francisco Relief Com
had disbursed $4,000 in assisting mem
bers of the order who were either sick
or in need of financial assistance.
During the early part of April the
board of grand trustees of the Home
at Thermalito in an informal way ded-
icated the new hospital building at
that place. There were present F. D.
Macbeth, Major u. S. G. Clifford. C. E.
Benedict, NJ. Jennings of San Mateo, S.
B. Smith of Sacramento. Past Grand
| Master Watson, and about one hundred
| persons from OrovilIe. The new insti-
tuition is fitted UP with all modern con-
veniences along sanitary lines and has
four wards with accommodations for
| twenty-four patients
The district school by Loyal Lodge
in the banquet hall of the Odd Fellows
building was attended by more than
400 persons, who each had "a barrelful
OF laugh" Mrs. Eola M. Cyrus was the
school mistress and the trouble she
had with Henry w. Osthoff, as the star
pupil, was enough to drive any ordi-
AioA (Co1tiCA " lHc 4udQnOuSc. banc-
ing followed the school session. Loyal
Lodge will have an open meeting April
"a, which will be complimentary, and
on May II 1t will have a theater party.
During the second week in April q
number of the members of Loyal Re-
bekah Lodge paid q surprise visit to
Miss Beatrice Lawrance at her home
| to congratulate her on the anniver-
sary of her birth. The affair was or
iginated by Miss Laurania Perry and
those who accompanied her were
Misses Minnie Lawrance, Lena Ha-
gen, Myrtle Carberry, Kate Dunn,
Pearl Bowen, Thursey Barrett and
Blanche Crossman and Messrs Belin
Adams, Fred Burden, Charles Clark,
Milton Helstedt, Herman Funke, D. L.
! Thomas. E. Ricksecker, Frank Eaton
| and NJ. Perry. A pleasant evening was
| spent, after which refreshments were
served.
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Shaw, wife of
Grand Secretary Shaw, has been Sc
riously i'll for some time and last
week was removed to her home from
hospital, where she underwent a
severe operation.
pleted all it's arrangements for the
presentation In Mission Opera Hall
| on the evening of April 20 of the
'Milkmaids' Convention" roaring
farce, by twenty-four young ladies
and half a dozen young men. There
will be dancing
AT a recent meeting Of Bay City
Lodge L o. o. F., there was visit to
| it by Grand Master j. w. Linscott and
many members of the order. A very
pleasant evening was spent. A feature,
| however, was the presentation by
Treasurer Albert Steiner. on behalf of
the lodge. costly gold watch to
Henry Newberg, past grand of the
subordinate, in appreciation of the SER
vices he has rendered to it In the past.
An excellent banquet followed the clos
ing of the work of the lodge
| Under the rule, each lodge of a district
selects one of It's members to be rec
commended as the deputy for the term.
! This year in district No 6S the choice
! fell to Fidelity Lodge and it has select
ed for appointment Past Grand Henry
! w Osthoff, one of the best known local
! Odd Fellows, to succeed Past Grand M.
H. Ludlow. The last named, during
the term that is drawing tooa close,
won the highest commentator for the
manner in which he discharged the du-
ties of his important Office and regret
has been expressed that he could not be
retained for another term.
On the third Tuesday in April Jubilee
Rebekah Lodge entertained the mem
bers of the Veteran Rebekah Associa-
tion and those performers who gave
their talent on the occasion of the re-
cent minstrel show, given under the
auspices of this lodge. There was an
address of welcome to the visitors and
one of thanks to those who helped to
make the show success, after which