The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-21
|ODD FELLOWS MEET
/ IN ANNUAL SESSION
Fraternal Spirit of the 0rgani-
cation Is EXemplified by
Members.
REBEkAH ASSEMBLY,
ALSO Is in SESSION
Parade Through the Principal
Streets Is Given at ) O'Clock
in the Afternoon.

and the Rebekah State assembly held
h their thirty.ffth annual grand lodge
~ session at the Odd Fellows hall Tues
day. the meeting being called at 10
\ !, clock, with all OF tho grand lodge
of1iccrs present and delegates from all
i Of the lodges in the state 80 attendance
Tho first business TO be considered
y vcrc the reports Of the grand master
and the grand secretary which were
presented 10 the meeting.
Et These reports showed great progress
/ + Ia all departments of the organization,
I aud were received by those present with
E. mach enthusiasm. Among other things
\ that the report set forth was a new
NI1odgo at Garfield composed of fifty
n / members. and one that is 10 be started
|, Nd Green River this month. Throughout
L the state I'll of the lodges arc shown to
h be In very healthy condition, and the
|, future of tho order assumed Il pleasant
k'nspect. About 6ftv or the members re-
F<ceived the past official and grand lodge
I t|dcprees. which were conferred during
Et'tbc morning session.
II The principal business of the after,
|i|noon was discussion OF proposed
II. MliOWS ana OrIndOS lNlu Hbh HpAl''
FrUbiel would centralizc the work now
|lhcing dono for tho widows and orphans
|Hby thc Individual lodges throughout the
estate.
Ek Scope Of Proposed Step.
~ The great scope Of the proposed step
|ilinnd the Importance Of the fDancla!
|!iburden II would involve ut the present
L time wcrc features that led to practl.
= rfal setting over Of the question until
II #Io lodu shnn
Eicvcr. IL will again come up for discus
|H'fion today, and some practical plan ar !
rived at. If possible.
~ The fratcrnal spirit of the organlza- |
Ation was exemplifed 10y the members
of the order at ; clock Tuesday even |
sing, when they formed in line before |
|1fbc Odd Fellows ball on Market street |
|4Ireparatory 10 their march. over the |
y f/||sR In some ways the parade was /
|1iqnr. and at all times il was most /
r|chsipg.
| 81 First came a platoon of police, fol .
|u<iowed by Held s hand playing popular
4 Aparch music. Next in the order Of /
n march was the Patriarch S Militant. !
whose fulldress uniform. glistcning ,
|--<Nords and waving plumcs were . |
feature of tho spectacle,
Following was the Garfield lodge. with /
lJhiffy-sevcn members in tho line OF /
? Fs,nnreh out Of lis fortv.two members be /
|'t'cnging to the lodge. After these were /
~ Eipgham No. TO- Provo No. ] Fidelity /
r t>o. IL. Enterprise No. il. Jordan No. |
|rrL Salt Lake No. =. Utah No. /. Re I
3eknh assembly, grand lodge officers. |
|sIrnnd cncampmcnt officers and tho vet
u,ran Odd Fellows, composed of members |
I l1sho have belonged TO the organization
|ftor moro than twenty-five years,
|s Headed by Mascot
Ono of the most popular Of the lodges
IN the parade was that OF tho Salt Lake
+ No. .. whose members carried rcd white
/ and blue p9rasols and were led hv the
y. pascot of the lodge. the goat. driven
|Hpy Master Willie Silver and Eddie
henson.
~ The line Of march was from Odd
&, Fellows hall TO Third South. then east
|~'n Third South 10 State street. along
Hate street to Second South. west on
II ''econd South TO Main. along Main 70
Jouth Temple, and the countcrmarch to
Fr'hc hall.
~ a At least 1000 men, who were repro.
|1NrntatiVcS of the various lodges
h hroughout the state. wrrc in tho pa.
|rrnde. and dlsintcrcStcd spectators were
|Ef the opinion that better marching
|.sJBs seldom seen outside Of tho regular
|lrrmy. Silver loving cups were the
|rj1fizcs awarded 10 The lodges that had
/ Nc largest number Of its members i'm
! 4hc parade. and the first of these went
|Ip Salt Lake lodge No. .. FOR tho CITY.
|><bc lodge that carried tho pa-asols and
|d,<Fns led by tho mascot Tho second
|pEyrizc went 20 Garfield. one of the ont
| lutde lodges.
Fhl Business Resumed.
|lr After the parade. camc the evening
Efi'<ercises. when Salt Lake lodge No.
L%xempincd Nh" first degree Of Odd Fol !
II l}Wship befor" 500 of the visiting
f<rcthcrs. who thoroughly cnjoycd tho
[stprk of tho active members. This was
r 5ellowcd bv Silver Leaf lodge No 2
EX Park City. who cNempliicd the Re.
|Stekah degree in a hall crowded with
II Eynthnsiastic members and visitors. Tho
|<<iembers of salt Lake lodge No. > pre-.
[afeuted past grand masters Jewel TO
|p tHst Grand Master y. e. Price As
kll},hrlc Of esteen; for the faithful and
~ mclent service he had rendered the
Mgc
|rj5f During the noon hour luncheon was
|<<Hved to 300 guests by tho Past Noble
|<]fand club Of the Rchekahs Following
FNfa list OF tho committees who were an
|Ftpinted at the session:
|Sf List of Committees.
1Commlttee on returus.--L. L. Hubbard,
No Lsyi Joss2b 0,S2b' Wilson TT ~ Cue ~ T. John
|stHEeridge: No. IS: Eugene Bcrline. No.
III y ,. McGraih. No, 2. Herbert Morton.
|, n c2mml.teo on appeals. J. Thomas.
!son; ~; l. L. Hubbard. = Eugene Ber-
|</commI,ice on judlcIary-E. II. Hoge. >;
~ c. Price. 2. a. Il Wedcmar. 20:
49, p Rowe. J: ". O. Carbis /: +. A. |
|r<I Roche. ii +. r., Straup. 10: y T.
~ tHristcnscn, / Joseph Nelson. 90
personalities ways and means-Ed-
|, lard Pcarcc. !; T. y Jordan ~; II.
~ Quay 80. y. y. Davis, - George
Xtrry. i6. J. r. Pcssctt 81. :. &. y.
|o( i1tt. IS; John Cooper ie; 4. T. Nc
|t|#rnc. I.
+ committce on pc,iion-George Arbo-
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