The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-04-30
Lodge Lore


Tombigbee Encampment No. s, /.
o. o. F., held an important meeting
on last Tuesday night and the Patri-
archial degree was conferred upon
Messrs. Dan CASTOR, VIII Bealle and
Dave Bowlin. Interest in camp af-
fairs is rapidly increasing and the
number of new members taken into
the fold has been unusually large
within the past few months.
AT the regular meeting Of Tombig-
bee Lodge No. II. knights of Pythias,
which was held last Tuesday night
the rank of knight was conferred
upon DR.. Charles Goodwin. There
were eight visiting brethren and a
large number of local lodge members
present. At the meeting next Tues
day night the ranks of page and
knight will be conferred upon sew
eral candidates.
A pleasant trip and time is in store
for the members of the Ladies' Aux
iliary of B. l.. E. Division No. All
this week when they accept an invi-
tation to be the guests of the mem
bers of the Birmingham Auxiliary.
The invitation is extended for the
goth, which is next Wednesday, and
the following Will attend: Mesdames
G. H. Brown, G.. F. Brown, J. L. Fant,
r. L. Speed, Robt McClanahan, E. F.
Griffin, Laura c. McWilliams and
others.
At a regular meeting of Robert E.
Lee Council No. 25, J. o. U. A. NJ,
held at the W. o. W. hall last Thurs
day night, the following were elected
to membership in the order: r. E.
Cheatham, Jr., j. o. Smith, r. L.
Fuqua, Roy Fuqua, ]. r. Dowdle,
Exum Dowdle and r. E. Mcqueen.
The local council has recently Sc
cured the services of Mr.. J. G. Bruce,
deputy organizer of Meridian, and
through his efforts they hope within
the next few weeks to materially in
grease their membership.
New Hope lodge of Odd Fellows, J
located at Steens, are making elabo- /
rate preparations for the celebration |
of the anniversary of Odd Fellowship |
and to that end they have invited !
number of lodges to join them in the
celebration. The program will in |
clude an address from some member !
of the order and there will be the
anniversary exercises, music and a
fine basket dinner, with other at
tractive features. The celebration
has been placed in the hands of COM
petent committees and as soon as the
program is settled it will be present
ed in this paper.
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The members of DeMolay Com
mandery No. 8, Knights Templar,
will be pleased to learn that their
new paraphernalia has arrived and
that it will be used on next Tuesday
night for the first time when two
will be given the Red
Cross degree. The conferring of
these degrees marks the beginning of
an era of life and activity in local
Templar circles and the members of
the local commandery are going to
celebrate the occasion with a large at
tendance. Eminent Commander Car
son invites all Templars to be pres
ent to share in the pleasure Of the oc-
easion.
The members of Queen City Camp
No. %, Woodmen of the World, at
special meeting which was held last
Wednesday night, decided upon Sun
day, May 10th, as the date for the
unyeiling of monuments that have
been erected here in honor of de-
ceased Woodmen. The ceremony
will take place at Friendship ceme-
terry, and IN addition to a fine mu-
sical program there will be addresses
by several prominent Woodmen,
aIessrs. H. F. Simrall, Beverly
Matthews and o. III. Lawrence hay-
ing been selected as orators for the
The detailed program for
the memorial exercises viii be an ]
nounced later, and the public is cor
daily invited to be present. At their
Wednesday night the Wood
men conferred the protection degree