Arizona republican., 1908-04-23
FINAL SESSIONS OF
 ODD FELLOWS ORDER
New Officers Installed, Saffor Offer of Home Site Aceepted-Festi- vities End With a Banquet

The Odd Fellows yesterday accepted the tender of the Stafford site for a
 home for aged and helpless members
 of the order, installed the officers for the coming year in each branch of the
 order. finished up the legislation of
 the session, and closed it with Splen- did banquet last evening that lasted until midnight. The banquet was the
 most enjoyable as well as the last fea- ture of the annual gathering, except the picking up of tangled ends of com
 mittee business, the saying of good
 bye and the departing of the delegates
 A very few left last evening most of the rest of them will leave on one train ar another today and a few will remain a day or so longer.
 The banquet was spread in the large
 hall and practically the whole of 1t was required for the three long tables that were beautifully dressed and or namented with profusion of flowers.
 The banquet was given by Arizona lodge No. l D. of R. Phoenix lodge No. l. O. o. F. and Floral Encampment
 No. ., the three Phoenix branches of the order as a testimonial to the mem
 Iers of the grand bodies. making a general convention of practically all
 ihe Odd Fellows in the city and their wives and sweethearts. The place
 cards al each plate were specially de- signed with the "All-Seeing Eye" and
 the Bee Hive" the emblems of the subordinate lodge and the Rebekahs. at
 top and bottom of the card ana the three links in the center. Beneath the
 latter was triangle of the names of
 the three lodges, the lettering and em-
 blems being in gold. The margins were
 four fancy rules in the colors of the different branches. and the card car ried bow of pink and green the colors of the Rebekah lodge A handsome bouttoniere of pink carnation and fern was also at each plate on a specially , devised napkin.
 The Myrtle orchestra opened the fes- 1 tivities and discoursed sweet music at
 intervals during the ensuing events. The cuisine features of the banquet were fairly well disposed of by 10 o'clock at which hour there began the usual speechmaking which is always an interesting accompaniment of such occasions. Geo. A Mintz, grand sec retary. presided as toaStmaster and af- ter felicitous preliminary talk he in troduced a score of the well known and | leading members present for responses to sentiments or appropriate general remarks. These incidents were pune | tuated by deal of good humor and some small practical jokes. which kept the banqueters in a pleasing state of { merriment The retiring grandmaster. H. J. Suder of Prescott. was with great ceremony presented with a hat ana cane that an ordinary tramp would have rejected, after which handsome collar especially suited 10 the office of past grandmaster was presented. This
 of course was acknowledged with man ifestatiOns of delight
 A similar incident except for the joking feature occurred in the Rebekah i Assembly in the morning when the
 members presented Mrs. W. A O'Con-
 nor of Nogales. the retiring president. and the secretary. Mrs. Nettie Scott with gold lockets, in appreciation of their services. The incident occurred ] immediately after the installation of new officers. Mrs. Annie Henry a past
 president. Of Prescott. making the presentation speech to Mrs. OConnor
 and the latter in turn. presenting the testimonial to Mrs. Scott Both lockets
 were appropriately engraved and both
 recipients responded as well as they could. both being taken by surprise. though each had knowledge of the pro
 ject in the interest of the other.
 The new officers of the Assembly
 were installed by Mrs. OConnor and are as follows: Mrs. Maggie Julian.
 Tucson. president; Mrs. Etta Brodie,
 Douglas. vice president: Mrs. Nettie Ivy. Glendale, warden: Mrs. Nettie