Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-21
R[B[KAHS NOMINATE
THEIR NEW OFFICERS
Mrs. Hattie Barauist, Of Des
Moines, Candidate tor Presi-
dent at June Election
CONTESTS IN THREE OFFICES
Warden, Secretary, and Treasurer
Have More Than One Nominee -
Past Grand Officers Visit Assembly
Secret Work Exemplified by Wa
terIoo and Shenandoah.
CONTESTS IN THREE OFFICES

AT Q o'clock this morning the Re
bel<ah assembly reconvened. The great
er part of the morning was taken up
by the reading of the reports of vari-
Gus committees.
From the report on interstate cor
respondence, pertaining to homes. we
CLEAN the following: The Independent
Order of Odd Fellows owns $3.50 acres
of land on which are located fifty
homes, valued at $3,116,576. sheltering
2,49S persons, at a cost of $446,91S per
annum. These homes are maintained
by per- capita tax, donations and VOL
untary contributions. Eighteen jur-
isdtctions are creating funds to estab-
fish homes. The total amount Of these
funds is s2sO,7s9.
There are a number of homes in the
foreign jurisdictions. Denmark reports
five homes for widows. Australia re-
ports are orphanage valued at $4,000.
and Ontario has a home valued at S25,-
600. The homes of the order is the one
subject of deepest interest to the mem
bership Of all branches.
The committee on state Of the order
reported nineteen lodges organized
during the past year in Iowa, with q
total membership of 33s.
The report of the committee on mil
cage and per diem was given by the
chairman, Mrs. Lydia M. Hoover, OF
Waterloo.
Past Grand Officers Visit.
The committee to receive visitors In
troduced Past Grand Master Bellamy,
Past Grand Master e. U. Hartman,
Past Grand Master Henderson and
Past Grand Patriarch George Kellogg,
who bears the distinction OF being the
husband of the president. Each OF
these past grand officers responded to
an invitation from the president to ad-
dress the assembly.
Il. U. Hartman Is known as the
Father Of the Assembly" as it was
during his administration as grand
master that the assembly was organ
lied
The members present at the session
who were in the assembly at It's or
ganization, were requested to come
forward. They were Past Grand Mas
ter Hartman, Past Grand Master
Bellamy, Past President Alice Bellamy,
Past President Sara E. Carmichael.
Past President Laura L. Kent, Mrs.
Kate Fordyce Of Cedar Rapids, Mrs.
Elizabeth Longueville of Dubuque, Mrs.
Ada johnson, and Mrs. Minnie Au-
gutta.
Officers Are Nominated.
Officers were nominated for the
election next June as follows:
President-Hattie Barquist, Des
Moines.
Vice President-Helen Prescott, Ma
son City.
Warden-Lena T. Ring. Marion;
Lulu r. Hall, Montezuma: Emma Nc
Murray, Newton; Mary Steele, Knox
VILE; Effie L. Butcher, Des Moines;
Emily Counts, Mapleton.
Secretary-S Elizabeth Matheney,
Keokuk; Barbara Tucker, Council
Bluffs.
Treasurer-Allie Scott, Montrose;
Emma Mist, Burlington; Emma Nit
terer, Eldora-
Owing to lack of time the mem
orial hour was postponed until Thurs
day morning at IL o'clock.
Tuesday Afternoons Session.
The Rebekah assembly reconvened at
2 o'clock, pursuant to adjournment.
Past President Helen r. Griffith re-
ported that the committee appointed
to carry greetings to the grand en-
campment had performed its duty, and
had been most kindly and cordially re-
ceived.
The secretary read greetings from
the grand jurisdictions Of Utah, Mis-
souri,, Idaho, Ontario and Quebec, and
from Mary l. Richards, past grand
treasurer, and e. Olive Buelen, past
president.
In response to request by the
president, Mrs. Griffith gave a short
reminiscent account of the assembly
held in Marshalltown thirteen years
ago, at which time she was installed