Evening journal., 1906-11-21
KITCHENS is
GRAND PATRIARCH
Elected at Annual EnCamp-
ment OF the |. 0. 0. F.
Here Lat Night
REPORTS ARE ENCOURAGING


its fifty-seventh annual communica-
tion. George II. Taylor, Grand Patri-
arch, presided and in attendance was
representative gathering Of odd Fell
lows from all over the state.
The reading Of the reports and the
election of officers composed the busi-
ness Of the encampment George II.
Taylor, Grand Patriarch Of the Grand
Encampment of Delaware, first read
his report for the year. One Of the
first subjects referred to him was the
appeal he had received from r. +.
Wright, Grand Sire of the Allentown,
Pa. Encampment for help from the odd
Fellows for the unfortunate California
victims of the earthquake. Forty or
more lodges lost their property and
hundreds of odd Fellows and their fa-
miles were destitute. He urged for
prompt and liberal support.
Grand Patriarch Taylor at once en-
Joined all the subordinate lodges in
his jurisdiction to do all they could
for the cause and he appointed James
II. .Appleby p. G. M. and p. @. r.;
b. f. Shakespeare, p. G. p. and p. 6.
IT,; +. N. Overdeer, p. G. r.; William
II. German. p. G. NJ, and p. G. p,
and James f. Price, p. G. NJ. COM
mittee with full power to receive all
contributions and forward the same to
the Grand Lodge of California.
Another letter was received from
Grand Sire Wright in which he told of
the terrible conditions Of the members
Of the order in California He urged
prompt assistance. On June the spec
ial committee reported that 1t had re-
ceived S546 and forwarded 1t to Cali
fornia.
In concluding his report Grand Patri-
arch Taylor thanked the members for
the hearty support they had given him
during his term Of Office and said he
appreciated the homer conferred on him
by making him grand patriarch.
Report Of Scribe.
The next report was that Of James
H. Appleby the Grand Scribe. This
was most encouraging as we'll as inter-
esting. He stated that the balance in
bank ut the last report was s15456;
amount received during the year $751;
20; total, S336.26; amount expended
as per check book, S214.27. leaving a
/ balance in bank OF $121.99. Bills
Amounting to $3.50 deducted from this
left a balance at present amounting to
s67.39.
/ Grand Scribe Appleby reported the
present membership to be S11. Total
lamount paid for relief, ss77.75. total ex-
penses s1,43117 Total receipts from
Z all sources s1744.17. Total assets OF
subordinate encampments S7311.3S.
In his report Mr.. Appleby recon-
mended that the per capita tax at this
l.. IL. nr1,nar-
He further stated that during the past
year the encampment had made a sub
stantial increase and said with little
effort on the part Of the members a
still larger increase could be made.
Hubert A. Roop. Grand Treasurer,
submitted the following report:
To balance in treasury at last
report Observation-Disclosures. .Sl04.5b
To cash received from Grand
Scribe ...........'...... lSl''o
ssss.26
Disbursements as per check books214.27
Balance in bank ................S .Slzl.9s
Sovereign Grand Lodge.
Hubert A. Roop, the grand represen-
tative to the eighty-second annual COM
munication of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge held in Toronto, Canada, Sep
tember 18th to 22d. 1906, read one OF
the most interesting reports Of the ses-
sion. The members were given cor
dial reception in the Legislative Hall
Of the Parliament Building in which
the sessions were held.
The representatives from Delaware
were appointed on the following COM
mittees on mileage and per diem
George NJ. Stevenson, on miscellaneous
business, Robert NJ. Burns, on foreign
| relations, Hubert A. Roop.
/ Included in the report were interest
. ing extracts from the report of thu
. Grand Sires report as read at the an.
nual meeting. Also extracts from thu
/ Grand Secretary's report. These show.
ed the total membership Of Subordinate
l Lodges at the end OF 1905 was 1,27S,O65
! and the net gain over the previous year
! co. 800: the total encampment member
} ship, 1s5,370, and the net gain over tn
! previous year. 1881; the total Rebekal
1 membership, sol .2sS. the net gain owe
} the previous year being 27,224; tn
/ sisters Of Rebekah Lodges, 322,647 tn
E net gain Of siters being 1911; and tn
[ met gain OF Brothers OF Rebekah Lodge
, so5s, the net gain in all the abov
5 branches Of the order being 95,675.
Total number of persons belongini
; to the order at the end of 1905 wa
, /, ,6OO,712.
| In the matter of relief expenditures
, that for 1906 aggregates S4,6SO, 1914
Z being an increase over the previou
year Of s49.64s.6s.
The total amount contributed by tn
I order throughout the United States I
] the San Francisco relief fund was near
ly $685. 100000.
The most important issue dealt wit
at any OF the business sessions wa
lthe amendment to the constitution re
lducing the age limit for qualification
to enter the order from 21 years OF ag
e TO IS years The advocates OF IN
a change held the decided view tina
: membership would be considerably IN
l. creased from year to year by such
e step, and that there would be no fallin
r Off from the general standard of mem
n bership Against this II was contend
ed that the effect would be TO introduc
: youths who had not arrived at an as
/ to give proper maturity of thought [
q the obligations they were assuming
N and that the present restriction tina
p the age Of manhood must be reache
y was necessary to safeguard the inter
ests OF the order.