The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-20
Almost'Four Hundred Visit.
ors Were Here.
DAY was A PLEASANT ONE
Some of the Grand Officers
Were Present.
The Convention Next Year Will he
Held In Green Camp. Election Of
Officers was Followed by u Pro-
gram with Degree Work.

visitors were in attendance at the
eighth annual convention of District
No. 80 of the Rebekahs held I'm WAY
side Rose hall in this city, Thursday
afternoon and evening The conven-
ton was without question one OF the
most successful. There were very
many I'm attendance at each of the
sessions of the day and interest was
shown throughout
Wayside lodge No. SOS and Sos
| nowslSi lodge No. 1Gi of the Rebel<-
| abs Joined i'm entertaining the con-
vention delegates. Promptly at 1880
o'clock. Thursday afternoon the con-
Vcntion opened i'm the hall of waysido
lodge and Mrs. Nellie Monahan,
| chairman of the convention present.
| ed the president, Mrs Ellen Miller, of
| Waldo.
Following the program of the after
noon the election Of officers was taken
up and the following were selected
for the coming year: Mrs. l.. E.
| Cooper, Of Wayside Lodge No. SOS,
| president; Mrs. r. Walker, of Green
| Camp, Scioto Valley. lodge No. 597,
vice president; Miss Nora Savage. of
| Green Camp. secretary; Mrs. l.. Il.
| Gabler. of Waldo. treasurer; Miss
Susan Core, of Moral, chaplain: Mrs.
Frances Eckfelt, of Sosnowski lodge,
warden; Mrs. Ollie Ward. of Way
| side Rose lodge conductor; Miss Oh
| lie Cole, of Moral, inside guardian;
| Mrs. l.. II. StrawsCr, of Agosta, out
side guardian.
There were in attendance at the
| convention a number of the grand
officers of the Rcbekahs, Among
| those in attendance were Mrs. EN-
ma NJ. Bell. of Columbus grand sec
| retary of the state of Ohio, Mrs. H.
jeanette Moore. of Newark, president
| OF the Ohio Rebckah Assembly. and
| Mrs. Turner, matron of the |. O. q.
| +. home at Springfield. Each deliv-
cred an interesting address. which
was very much appreciated by those
| In attendance. Mrs. II. jeanette
Moore, of the Rebekah Assembly in.
stalled the newly elected officers near
the close of the afternoon session.
a feature of the convention was
the presentation of silver souvenir
spoons by Mrss Mildred Hunter to the
grand officers present and also to
Mrs. Ellen Miller, of Waldo, prcsi-
dent and chairman of tho day A
collection was taken up for the |.
o. O. F.. home at Springfield and
the sum of $11.7S was gained.
During the afternoon, an interest
ing program of litcray and musical
numbers was carried out. Miss Mel
lie Crossen ofOlympla lodge, No 5l7
met with special favor with the audi
ence and her work was of such merit
and found such favor that she was
requested to recite n number of
selections at the evening closed ses-
sion. which she did. The following
program was carried out:
Piano Selection--Miss Mamie Fish,
Scioto Valley No. 597.
| Praver-Mrs. Lucinda Gabler
Chaplain Primrose. No. d2t.
Address of Wclcome--Eeona Draper,
Wayslde Rose. No. sos.
Response--Mrs. Kate Wilson, Inde-
pendent, No. 234.
A Paper-Stclla Gabler, Primrose
No. 421.
Recitation-Miss Mary Crlsslnger.
Independent. No. 234.
Song--Miss Mary Wclch, Marion,
Ohio.
Recitation-Miss Edith Cook, Crys.
tai Rock, No 627.
Song-Mss Jessie Burley, lnde'
pendent No, 23i.
Recitatlon-M Miss Nellie Crossen
Olympia, No. SIT.
Mcmorial--Mrs. Charlotte Rush.
SosnowslIi, No 1874
Vocal Solo-Miss Margaret Moore
Scioto Valley. No. 597
Address-Mrs. Il. Jeanette Moore
| President o. II A.
CLOSED SESSION.
Opening OF Convention in due form
Calling Roll of Officers and Com
mittee.
| Reading of Minutes of last Con-
vention.
Reading of Reports of all Lodges
Trcasurcr's Report,
Echoes from o, r.. A, Delegate
Mrs l.. II, Cooper.
Selection of place for next Con,
vcntion.
Election of officers.
. General Business.
Installation of officers.
Addresses Of officers of o, r. A.
I Adjournment for Supper,
supper was served To about two
|
tist church on East Center street
and at 1880 o'clock in the evening the
convention was again called to order
and the degree was conferred early
In the evening upon one candidate by
Deborah lodge OF Caledonia. The
evening session was opened in rit'
ualistiu form and following the de-
gree work n question box was in or
der and many questions were asked
of the grand officers The session was
closed in due form and light refresh
mcnis were served.
! The next convention will be held al
Green Camp next year in the fall sea
son. The last convention of thi'
kind was held here eight years ago,
The success of the convention il
very pleasing to the local lodges, th'
members Of which had long planned
for its entertainment. The loca
lodges have the largest membership
in the district
Makes assimilation perfect. health,
blood, firm muscles, strong nerves
clears the brain, makes and keeps yo'