The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-19

IS the largest gain In one year for a /
long lime
I'm the last report Of The Grand
Lodge under date Of December Ut you /
mli note an increase Ia ide sahofdl- /
Inaie branch II psef aoo IN ias year.
fds snea1pmehi pranch has catlsh
ltaei n and IS spin
1sathlff Tie entire ots Il y
aand every Indie ion oint q mast
! prcsrafeus future. Tho rand Objects
Nj both branchss ore ing hard
land NE hope that the mother ilrlsdici
! Hon win show an increase Of over |
year which we know will bel
gratifying to the entire order" i
g, O. Vaughan, Jr, grand master
Of Virginia, says: lSvirginia, during!
1.-THE past year, has kept abreast Of the
,Iames in Odd Fellowship. On April /
III, 1907, our membership was 26,S0O.
lgiylng a net increase for that year q |
I884O. we have an excellent Odd Fell
flows Home in Virginia, both for or.
phan children and for old and indI-
gent members Of the order, their |
wives and widows. This nome has
been so well managed that in the brief
period OF four years we have received
/ lat 1t more than 60 orphans, and we
4 have applications pending for others.
Tie home for old people is Just COM
ipleted; at this time the first resident
has been received. This Inome has
Ibeen the greatest advertisement the
order has ever had and the fact that
the Odd Fellows have this home has
brought thousands Of good men to our
ranks that, probably, would not now
be members Of the order. The order
in Virginia is growing SO large that
not more than six cities in the State
can accommodate the Grand Lodge in
annual session, and this feature Is
bound to receive attention in the next
few years"
c. l.. Simpson, grand scribe Of West
Virginia. writes: "Ne have increased
our membership in this State SSC, and
six encampments. We rejoice and feel
That the entire Brotherhood rejolces
with US in the advancement made in
Patriarchal Odd Fellowship in West
Virginia, the Switzerland of America,
and be believe we will be able to show
| a greater gain III our next report"
some Big Figures.
These figures show the growth OF
the order in 1906:
Lodge 1905, 1906 Gain
members 1,s78,o65 1,8s2,s1o S4,s45
Encampment
members 1880 1ss,84s s,47s
Militant 1896 2o,oo1 1886
Rebekah mem.
bers sisters, S22,G47 S47,22S 1856
Total number Of persons belonging
to the order, being the members Of the
subordinate lodges and sisters Of the
Rebekah lodges, December 81, 1906,
1,70O,58S.
Total am "nt expended for relief by
the order for 1906 5,OO5,753.37, an in,
crease over 1906 of $s25,aG5.G8.
The reports of John B. Goodwin,
grand secretary, and Richard Muckle,
the veteran grand secretary, show that
the receipts Of lodges, encampments
and Rebekah lodges amount to a total
of $15,16S, SO7.9O, a gain over the pre-.
vious year of s11O6,757.21.
The receipts Of the grand secre-
tary's Office from representative tax,
sale Of supplies and interest on depos-
its amounts to $l17,6S5.97 for the fs-
cal year just closed, as against sl1O,.
1906 for the previous year.
Throughout the World.
The statistics Of the order through.
out the world from 1890 to December
81, 1906, including Australasia, Dem
mark, Germany, Netherlands Sweden
and Switzerland are:
limitations subordinate lodges 3191676
Members relieved ..........S,25G,6Ol
Widowed families relieved -. 2SS,9SS
Members deceased .......... S2O,5T
Total relief ......... .$115,111,s19.G7
Total revenue ........ 20S,4G5,GSS.5l
The condition Of the order through.
out the world December 81 1906, was:
Sovereign Grand Lodge.
Quasi-independent grand lodge (Aus.
tralsla, Denmark, Germany, Neither.
lands, Sweden and switzerland)-G.
Grand encampments-56.
| Grand lodges.-6S.
Subordinate lodges-15,6S7.
Subordinate encampments-S,ST
Rebekah lodges-7,77O.
Lodge members-1862,S1O.
Encampment members-1sS,S4G,
Rebekah lodge members-535,951.
Total number Of persons belonging