The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-02-05
MET THE GRAND MASTER

g A district meeting Of Odd Fellows
was held in Yonges Hall last night
Grand Master ]. w. White was pres
ent and delegates from Oxford and
DunnellOn were expected to meet him,
but while Dunnellon showed up well,
Oxford was not represented. which
which was a great disappointment to
the Dunnellon delegates and the MEM
bers OF TuIula Lodge.
After the business of the evening
WAS disposed Of, Grand Master White
was asked for an address. and he re-
sponded with a speech as good as any
ever listened to by Tulula Lodge or it's
guests. Mr.. White was suffering from
. sore throat. but for an hour, in his
usual enthusiastic and entertaining
manner he made a presentation Of the
benoflts of Oddfellowship and it's high
ideals for the betterment Of the world
He was listened to with the deepest
interest and received frequent ap-
p3euse. The order, he said, was full Of
Febe good things Of this life and the
63o0stngs Of the one to come. 1t Is
founded on the inspired tenets OF the
Bible, and he who lived it's sacred
teachings became Of the salt Of the
earth and the ideal citizen in all of
his relations with his fellow men and
the civic duties he owed the state. He
spoke Of Its numerical strength, near
~ two million members: the millions
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history Of ninety years. He said it
snt0Od for home and motherhood and
what those meant to every right
thinking man and Odd Fellow should
make him a man all would feel proud
81 He referred to- a mans influence,
that which he made his. life at home
ind among his peighbors. Here he
ahould display the best that was in
hjm and let the reflected glory of such
9 noble living inspire others. To cuI-
tfvdte cheerfulness and charity for all
IN good thoughts. the harbingers of
GOOD deeds in helping the distressed
and suffering. He then gave a graphic
picture Of his journey to San Fran
&1ecO and through California the past
4ammer with the grand lodge Of the
- ION, how he found Odd Fellows ev-
Dywhere with good cheer and a help
81 and sustaining spirit. He merely
&ouched on the interesting features of
he leading places he journeyed thro';
~ Impressions Of the grand canyons
M Arisona. ffteeh miles wide and the
MA walls, the beauties of this won
3erful country stretching forth in its
DIAndeur and magnificence as far as
Ne eye could reach. Then he spoke
~ the order in Florida, how 1t had
town and was growing and the meth
odD he had pursued In implanting en-
oAlAeiasm and effort in building up the
der. oil Of which the lodges of the
80 know from personal experience.
IS There u no question that Grand
Easter White has made an admirable
kMcial He Is 30 sealous,e'sN persist
80 that this seal and enthusiasm has
6ecome contagious and. 10 doing Its
MISSION grandiy. But then that Is the
ny white does everything that he
|rtomises to do. He Is much a fra
rnal man. probably few in the state
&0trank him in the fraternal orders
~ = conaected with and when he said
~ not counting the church, which he
"a Was the greatest institution on
kth. Jake Brown, who was sitting
bos the speaker. turned pale. for Jake
uogne membership, fraternally, him
- The beauty Of all this is. White
0fAnds at the head Of almost every
e0er 70 which he belongs.
I After Mr.. Whites inspiring address.
o1ar Smith. noble grand OF the Dun
I0eGOn lodge. was called on and made
f. 1ew. interesting remarks. as did
- Noble Grand Power, Of the same
so. who said he was SO in love with
order that in twelve years this
his first day pff-to attend the
6eeing. He il in the employ Of the
Anellon Phosphate Co.. in the ma
Flfns shops.
lef. Chapman, another enthusiastic
nber Of the Dunnellon lodge. made
eendid talk. He spoke Of the in
eot nj its members took in the or
nti0n and the good the fraternal
er8 Of the Phosphate City had done
That town. Its members had al
revolutionized the condition Of
A1rS. One thing. the name Of the
IN was d. by-word for roughness
~ toughness, but all this had been
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