Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-12-13
EXCELSIOR LODGE
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Sixty Years OF Success
Is Celebrated In Fire
Entertainment

| DcSpllc Ine INCREMENT weather the
attendance at the sixticth anniversary
of the establishment OF Excelsior
Lodge No. !. !. o. o. f.. held last
night was a very large one. The en-.
tcrtainmcnt, which consisted of a lit.
erary and musical program followed
by the pleasures of whist, dancing and
! refreshments, was q most enjoyable
one and reflected great credit on the
committee having the affair in hand
The officers serving at the stations
last evening were all past grands OF
the order Brother Robert Levers oc.
cupying the seat of honor as the pre-.
siding officer. as one of the Oldest of
the members OF Excelsior Lodge. with
him on the platform were Brothers Ed.
llingley and W. c. Parke. Occupying
seats directly In front of the platform
were Warden W. o. Smith and Con.
ductor -. +. Dillingham;. At the OPP
positc end Of the hall were Vice Grand
Locker. J. NJ. Dat. David Dayton. Jno.
Oudcrkirk and J. J. Garden. On the
sides were Chaplain DIR. Rodgers, Mes.
srs. Charlock and Lawrence, and op.
posite them. Past Grand L. c. Rowe.
+. Mcintyre and J. Lando. The four
secretaries, Messrs. l.. l.. La Pierre,
Il. r. Hendry, Mrs. T.. A. Jacobsen
and Miss Thora Oss, were seated near
the presiding officers.
Following the Introductory remarks
OF Brother Levers. w. o. Smith made
an address on Excelsior Lodge and
some of the principles upon which
Odd Fellowship Is founded. He said
he did not wish to confine himself al.
together to Excelsior Lodge, although
his associations had been with that
lodge for about thirty years.
Thoughts naturally went back to
those who were prominent In the
lodge at the beginning of that period.
There were present of those whom he
remembered then Brothers Robert
Levers. 4. G, Rowe. J. .. Carter and
David Dayton. Comparatively few are
living. Those who, among others. had
PASSED away were Brothers Marshal
Parke, Hughes, Savidge and Barthold.
They had gone and younger men had
taken their places. Mr.. Smith spoke
Of the value of celebrating anniversa.
ries. What pleasure there was In
celebrating birthdays. anniversaries In
our own lives were Of value. We are
so occupied with the present and fu.
turc that we are apt to forget the past
and its pleasant memories. The past
has its great value in our lives and In
the life of an organization. There Is
n suggestion of immortality In ami.
,ersaries. II Is a pleasure to know of
the good work which an organization
is doing. Goodfellowship Is a great
influence. II is a profitable thing To
meet ON an anniversary like this.
wish that the order in Honolulu viii
grow even stronger than II Is and he
more useful than It has been In the
past
Chaplain DR.. Rodgers here followed
WIN an interesting address on me
work. past and present. and the aims
of the order In the future.
The musical program comprised Sc
lcctions. by Messrs. Casccres and Er,
nest Kaai and others. and gave greaS
pleasure to those present.
Brother Levers concluded the excr
cises by thanking the lodge for the
honor conferred upon him In having
him occupy the chair for the evening
He announced the lighter element OF
the entertainment and adjourned the
meeting.
! The committees In charge of the eel
ebr2tion consisted of NJ. 7. Simonton
chairman; T.. A. Jacobsen and II. r.
Lee.
Mrs. Lando won first prize for Ia
dies at progressive whist-a cutglass
bowl. James Bickncll won first prize
for gentlemen-a silver.mounted stein
Mrs. +. J. Turner won the ladies' boo
by prize, and +. d. Wicke the gentle
mems.