The San Francisco call., 1906-04-15
Odd Fellowship.

On the night of the first Monday in
April there was a meeting of the lodges
OF District No. of the Independent Order
OF ODD Fellows in the /. 0. o. F. building
under the auspices of California Lodge
No. Past Grand d. Peabody introduced
District Deputy Grand Master ]. T. Rolph
and other grand officers and each had
something to say for the good Of the order
after which the meeting was addressed
by Past Grand Representative James G.
Mcguire Of San Francisco No. 8; M
Rosenthal of Magnolia 29: A. P. Black
Of San Francisco No. 8, A. Thurman of
Templar No IL; NJ. H. Ludlow, degree
master of Excelsior Degree Lodge: IL.
Moss, past grand of Magnolia, and H w
Osthoff, the funny man of the order There
was recitation by Past Grand Goldsack
a reading by Past Grand Richards and in
strumental selections by Organist Pat
rick
Morse Lodge, / o: o. F. has elected the
following named past grands as its rep
resentatiyes to the Grand Lodge that is
to meet in this city in May: Alexander
Bluman, Edward Leopold, NJ. A. Devine
and ID. Knighten.
On the night of the third Saturday in
March after the initiation of a stranger
into Amity Rebekah Lodge Vice Grand
Christine Randall, on behalf of the mem
bers of the drill team. presented to Drill
Master Downie a handsome Morris chair
In appreciation of his work in making
the team one of the best in the district
After the presentation there was a cola
tion. The vice grand was the chairman
of the committee on that evening, and to
her tact is due the credit of its success.
Last week Pacific Lodge admitted six
teen 10 membership, fifteen by initiation
and one by card. According to the grand
secretary this is the largest initiation
in this city during the grand masters
600 initiation week" The degree was
conferred in a very impressive manner
members of the order. This lodge has
elected Messrs. Culver. Holton. Macbeth,
Malcolm. Nee and F. i. Turpin as it's
representatives to the Grand Lodge
In the latter part of March Berkeley
Encampment No. 103 was instituted in
Berkeley by Grand Patriarch Jessen,
High Priest Burden. Past Grand Patri-
arch Pierce and others. After the in
stitution the officers chosen for the cur
rent term were Installed in public,
there being present a large number of
ladies and gentlemen not members of
the encampment branch. The INSTALL,
ing officer was s. B. Force D. D. c.. P,
of District No. 81. After a recess for
congratulations the hall was cleared
and business was resumed. when thirty
candidates were made patriarchs, the
Encampment of East Oakland and the
second by Oriental Encampment of San
Francisco. This was followed by a
banquet served to several hundred
patriarchs by ladies of Berkeley. The
banquet was followed by the confer
ring of the royal purple degree by
Golden Rule Encampment of Oakland =
and it was o'clock in the morning be-
fore the ceremonies were closed Mark
II. Ludlow degree master of Excelsior
Lodge and prominent member of the
patriarchal branch. was kept busy all
night assisting in putting on the de-
grees, for there is no one who is more
up in the work than Ludlow"
Cosmopolitan Lodge of the l. o. o. F.
will have an anniversary celebration in
Eureka Hall Of the odd Fellows build
ing on the night of April 25.'
The Veteran Odd Fellows will hold
their annual meeting May 7.
The 10000 mark in membership has
been reached in California in answer to
the appeal of Grand Master Phelps.
Two hundred and nine lodges during
the 1astaweek in March initiated an ag-
gregate of 1890 men. and on last Mon
day there were still 161 lodges to hear
from as to what each did in that week.
Up TO that date Fortuna Lodge made
the greatest Increase, 40, and Napa
made an increase of Al.
On april 20 new hall devoted to
Odd Fellowship will be dedicated in
Woodland, and on the same evening a
new lodge will be instituted in Holly
wood
Loyal Rebekah Lodge will; have an open
meeting tomorrow night, when all those
who wish to attend will be welcome.
The trustees of the Odd Fellows Home
at Thermalito at a meeting recently held
at the home had as special guests Mrs.
Jennie Katzenstein. president of the Cali
fornia Assembly; Olive T. Allen. Nellie
Mitchell, Fannie Benjamin and Sarah Ben
jamin. trustees. and Mary Il. Donoho. sec
retary of the board of trustees of the
Orphans Home at Gilroy, and these were
given an opportunity of becoming ac-
quainted with the manner inewhich the
business Of the Thermaiito home is con-
Quoted. During the stay of these visitors
at the. home they were entertained by
Orange ,Rebekah Lodge of Oroville in a
most hospitable manner, and before leav-
ing the president of the assembly and the
secretary were each presented a souvenir
spoon. Among the visitors to the home
were Grand Secretary Shaw and Grand