The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-13
ODD FELLOWS WILL
 MEET TOMORROW Annual Meeting Will Be Held
 in Decatur ARRANGEM COMPLETE Many Delegates From the State Are Expected to Attend and Will Be Royalty Entertained- Com
 mlttees Named.
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETE

DCCeAhoAJ 800 more delegates arrive here this week to attend the slxty-seventh annual meeting of the grand lodge of the Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellows they may be prepared to meet with warm welcome, not only at the hands of the members of the order of the local lodges, but a most cordial welcome awaits them at the hands of every citizen of Decatur and New De- catur. For the three days the grand lodge will be in session the two Decaturs will be turned over to the visitors, and Mayor Henry A. Skeggs of Decatur, and Mayor Samuel Blackwell of New Decatur win extend to the visitors most cordial welcome.
 Various committees, appointed by the local lodges of Odd Fellows, have been diligently at work for several weeks making all necessary arrangements for the coming of the grand lodge. Arrangements have been made with the railroads for the local committee of in- formation to establish an intelligence of flee at the Union station in Decatur. The officers of the grand lodge have | had quarters established at the Hotel Echols, on Bank street. only two blocks from the place of meeting. The meetings will be held in the audi torium of the city public school, which Is amply large for the accommodation of all the sessions. In connection with the auditorium will be number of separate rooms for committee work.
 Committees Appointed.
 The following are the committees on arrangements, appointed by the lodges of Decatur and New Decatur: General COmmittee ArranRementS- H. c. McCord, chairman; J. T. Pindley, secretary; s. C. Lee, T. M. Foust, Sam W. Foster and Frank Pierce. Committee on Securing Homes-Frank | Brown and J. T. Pndley. Reception Committee-John r. Lovin, S. G. Forlines. R. B. Evans and John w. Holland.
 Ladies' Reception Committee-Mrs. H.
 W. Vogler, Mrs. T. NJ Foust, Mrs w. L. Woodward and Miss Bessie Dillehay. Committee of Information-H. w. Vo- | gler. J. H. Crow, J. A. Dillehay, R. S. 1 Vandiver, R. B. Graves and W. c. Buck. 1 This committee will establish an office at l the Union passenger station in Decatur
 where information of any kind will be | cheerfully furnished to visitors.
 Crawford Will Preside. l This session of the grand lodge will be presided over by Grand Master Walter
 M Crawford of Montgomery, and the | other offices will be filled a this meeting l by the following grand officers: Deputy
 grand mater, R. T. Goodwin of Mont
 gomery; warden w. E. Urquhart of Bir-
 mingham secretary, H. c. Weaver of 1 Huntsville treasurer. J. C. Bowie of 1 Talladega; representative to the national | grand lodge, o. J. Semmer of Mobile.
 and Jacob Burger of Birmingham chap
 lain, H. D. Crawford of Bessemer; mar
 shal. T. B. McNaron of Albertyille; con | ductor, George l.. Jenkins of New De-
 catur; guardian, M. E. Butt of Childers-
 burg; herald J. S. Grace of Ozark
 Standing committees of the grand lodge:
 Finance, J. NJ Dannely, O. F. Warner,
 August Burger; credentials, H. c. i Weaver, Herman Vogel, A. E. Baker;
 Odd Fellows home, A D. Block and L..
 N Buell..
 Meets Tuesday Morning.
 The grand lodge will be called to order
 Tuesday morning, May 14, at 10 o'clock, l by the grand master | The morning session of the first day ] will be a public session and at this tune the public is invited to attend. l Following Is the programme for the public session:
 Call to order by Grand Master w. M. | Crawford.
 Music by an orcnestra. l Address of welcome behalf of the city, of Decatur Mayor Henry A. Skeggs.
 Address of welcome on behalf of the city of New Decatur. Mayor Samuel | Blackwell.
 Address of welcome on behalf of the Odd Fellows of the Decaturs, the Rev. l George L. Jenkins, pastor of the Central Methodist church of New Decatur. l Music by the orchestra. | Response to the addresses of welcome, i Gand Master w. M. Crawford of Mont | gomery
 1 Benediction.
 l Wednesday Night. I On Wednesday night the decoration of | chivalry will be conferred on a number of
 members of the order by the Patriarch | Militant. This will be public and will take | place at Traction park in New Decatur, | if the weather will permit and If not, l 1t will take place in some one of the | halls of the city. In either event the l public will be invited. | The following new officers of the grand l lodge, who were elected during the year, l will be installed at this meeting of the | grand lodge: Grand master. Tyler Good wyn of Montgomery; deputy grand mas | ter, w. F. Urquhart, of Birmingham; l grand warden, Ormond; grand secretary, | H. l.. Mckee: grand treasurer, J. c. | Bowie grand representative, A. E.. | Meadow.
 | Rebeccas to Meet. | The thirteenth annual session of the | state assembly of the Daughters of Re becca will meet in the I. o. O. F. hall, | Second avenue New Decatur on Wednes- | .- af.