The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-05-16
THE ODD FELLOWS
HOLD CELEBRATION
THURSDAY EVENING IN THEIR
HANDSOME NEW BUILDING
IN THE PRESENCE OF
LARGE ASSEMBLY.
Hon. j. I. Sturdivant Was Speaker
For the Occasion and Regaled
His Hearers With Happy,
Interesting Address.

The members of Union Lodge No.
35, I. o. o. F., with their friends, cell
ebrated the eighty-eighth anniversary
of thier order on last Thursday even
ing at the new lodge room on Main
street The occasion was a most
pleasant one for the Odd Fellows and
their friends, and the crowd which
gathered in their handsome new
building was thoroughly repaid for
their attendance. The celebration
was held in their rooms on the third
floor of the building. The banquet
rooms and annex were thrown into
one large auditorium, and this was
arranged in amphitheater form, with
chairs for the audience. The stands
were decorated with flowers, and the
arrangements for the celebration
were admirable.
The anniversary exercises consist
ed in the hymns of Odd Fellowship,
which were sung by a massed choir
and the entire assembly, with pray
ers offered by the chaplain, Mr.. Geo.
F. McCown, and Mr.. 0. p. Brown.
The ritualistic part OF the program
was read by Messrs. Brooks McCown,
acting grand noble. and j. t. Steven
son, acting vice grand, and A. e.
Love. secretary After the exercises
the Hon. J. I. Sturdiyant, member of
Union Lodge No. 35, was introduced
for the occasion.
Mr.. Sturdivant began his talk by
stating that he was a substitute and
only accepted the invitation from his
brothers because of his love for odd
kFellowship and his interest in his
home lodge. With little time for
preparation he made a good talk, re-
viewing the history of the local lodge
from the time that it was organized,
, way back in the forties, mp to the
, present time, paying a beautiful trib-
ute to the old members of the order
, who laid deep the foundation of ODD
Fellowship in this section, from
J which has come the great success OF
the order OF the charter members
, of the first lodge organized in this
city only one member surYives-Cap-
tain r. r. Spiers,- while of the
members who signed the charter Of
Union Lodge, which was formed of
J McKendree Lodge and Coyington
Lodge in Auguest, 1868, Capt. Spiers
is also the only surviving member.
The others who signed this constitu.
tion were the following: A. f.. Love.
T. O. Meek, n. b. Moore, J. w. SPILL
man, j. H. Moore H. A. HaswelI. O.
p Neil, w. w. Cox, L. Buckman. G
w. Godfrey, II. Lemhaber, J. II. Tur-
ner, J. P. Krecker, w. c. Hern. r,
Smith, o. p. Keeler, G. T. Stainback.
j. NJ. CASTOR, w. l.. Johnson. Chas.
Norwell, r. r. Spiers, d. w. Pease.
Union Lodge since it's organization
has had four grand masters-Messrs
II. l.. Bailey, O. T. Keeler, A. e. Love
and c. L. Lincoln After sketcbina
the history of the local branch of the
order, Mr.. Sturdiyant took up the
principles of Odd Fellowship and
graphically and beautifully euIogized
them. His address was both inter
esting and instructive, appropos Of
the occasion, and was thoroughly en-
joyed by all who heard it,
AT its conclusion the entire assem- e
bly, arose and sang the national an
them, My Country, Tis of Thee"
after which the benediction brought
the celebration to a close.
The officers and members of Union
Lodge desire to return thanks to
their committees for the efficient
manner in which the arrangements
were completed for the celebration:
to Mr.. II. NJ. Teasdale for managing
the music; to the members of the
choirs who so kindly volunteered to
sing, and to the Hon. ]. l. Sturdivant
for his excellent address.
Hon. j. c. Hardy, the distinguished