Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-11-20
STATE ODD FELLOWS
Proceedings Of the Meeting at Wheel.
ine-offieers Of Grand Encamp-
ment Are Elected.

Wheeling. w. Va, Nov 71.--Last
night, the Grand Encanpment of
West Virginia Odd Fellows con cred
upon each Of their sixteen past Grand
Patriachs the honor OF a jewel, The
meeting was largely attended BIZ the
great crowd OF visitors in the city for
the Grand Lodge meeting. Rev. w.
|. Canter, of Fairmont, Chaplain of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge of The
World delivered the preservation adj
dress, while Rev. 5. X. Arbuthnot, OF
Wheeling led in prayer.
Those upon whom the honor was
conferred were as follows:
j. A. Miller, Daniel Mayer, J. w.
Bosworth, A. c. H. Holy. X. F Hollis
ter, c. X. Swinck, c. L. Simpson j. b.
MeAdoo, Thomas F. Stewart, G. F.
Harden, J. T. Peacock, f. A. Billings
lea, l.. j. Davis, S. e Bradley, J. C.
Weller and j. C. Mansbarger.
This morning at ten o'clock the
Grand Lodge convened in the Baptist
church and at the same hour The Re-
bekahs commenced their work in the
Odd Fellows Temple. Tonight the Re
bekahs will tender a reception to the
visiting Odd Fellows.
AT the afternoon session the Grand
Encampment officers were elected.
The new officers are as follows:
Grand PATRIARCH r. Booth, Hunt
ington.
Grand High Priest. l.. Price,
Charleston.
Grand S nior Warden-F. A. Wag-
ner, Clarksburg.
Grand scribe-P. 0. Simpson, Hunt
ington.
Grand Treasurer--Lee Reinheimer,
Fair.nont.
Grand Junior Warden-F. A. Sheen,
Sutton.
Grand Repres ntative-J. G. Mans
barger, Wheeling.
! The new appointiye officers are as
follows:
/ Grand Marshall-E T. Licklider,
Shepherdstown.
Grand Sentinel - DAM ! Ounce,
Oceana.
Grand Deputy sentinel--E. T. Bart
lett. Camden on Gauley.
Wheeling is packed full of visiting
! fraternity men. The hotels are all
crowded and late arrivals found it
-fficult 10 find places to stop.
Messrs. Mckinney and Book, to-
geher with Hon. Septimus Hall, of
New Martinsville, have the home prop
position in charge and this important
feature will likely be met by the lodge
not later than Thursday.
The opening session Of the Grand
I Encampment exceeded all expecta-
tons o. the committee in charge and
more than 200 members were present
when the meeting was called to order
/ by Grand Patriarch James c. Mans
barger. The encampn mt got down
to work at once and large amount
! of business was transacted.
Prominent Odd Fellows from all
over The state Of West Virginia were
i present at the opening session. After
| the preliminary matters had been dis
posed of and the various committees
reports subm tied and acted upon, the
degree work was taken up. One hun
! dred and two candidates were initia-
ted into the mysteries of the order,
and this proved o be one Of the most
interesting and impressive degree
works ever performed by the encamp-
ment in this state. The candidates
come from all parts of West Virginia
and the attendance VIII swell 10 more
than 400 members.
Afternoon Session.
The Grand Encampment started
their afternoon session at O'Clock
and the first matter taken up was
the receiving Of reports from the var
ious state committees. This work
lasted until ABB O'Clock
The Grand Lodge.
The Grand Lodge will 20 into SEES
sion Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
From the large number here for the
meeting the committee stated that
their expectation Of the attendance
would be exc eded and there was
much activity among the members
this morning to provide extra accom-.
modations for the additional visitors