The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-30
Over Two Hundred Members
OF the Strong Odd Fellows
Lodge Attended the Affair
Last Night.
SECRETARY HANOLEY
READS HIS REPORT
Shows That the Lodge Is IN
Splendid Condition and That
Splendid Gains Were Made
Last Year.

Members OF whitewater Lodge Odd
Fellows held their annual roll call
meeting last evening at the lodge
rooms. There were more than 200
members present and many who were
unable to attend sent letters. Reports
were read by Secretary Lawrence
-Handley and were most interesting.
The order served light refreshments
and instead of toasts being responded
to. the first degree work was given
by the team. 1t was the first time
many OF the members had witnessed .
the new work. which is said to he the
best ever instituted in the order.
Twenty.three membership applications
came in last evening.
Whitewater lodge Is perhaps the
largest of the local !. O. O.. 3. lodges
from the point of membership. and
the wealthiest from the standpoint OF
stock held in the Odd Fellows build
ing. 1t was shown that the order
owes $1,000 and has $500 in sthe treas
ury. It owns $2s.7O0 Wofth OF stock
in the building. vlech at the present
time is woefli about SIS 200. The en-
tirS expenditures for the year were
&1:347.04 This smounted to 432s.25
Ger month. 4S3.5s per week. 411.9S Per
day and 4sx cents Per sAoar.
Repest - eeeeeeapys
secrstxFy Handley's report N bazt
is as follows:
Whitewater lodge has invested In
the stock OF the Odd Fellows Hall
Building association $23, 700 which is
the par value Of 94s shares. We own
14S shares more than half of the stock
of this building, the original cost OF
which was $4O,000.06. There has al
ways been an indebtedness on the
building and it is only in recent years
we have been able to see the end OF
that debt. Today it is $500 and we
are paying on that Indebtedness about
81, 1000 to $500 per year, so You can
see that with good luck we will be
able to report the debt as Cancelled In
few years. Then instead OF divi-
dend of S94S which the lodge receives
each year We will be able TO swell that
amount to at least $4,000. Then we
will be in condition to do still more
in carrying forward the work Of the
order.
Years Death Roll.
Death has visited our lodge eight
times during the past year and taken
| from among us the following breth-
rem.
Mansfield Jefferies, March 16. 1908.
James l.. Snow. April Is.
Thomas W. Roberts. May IL
william Bells. May 16-
Charles Teale, July %.
Lirton Runyan, August 90.
W. W. Spaulding, December IL.
w. II. Wenger. December 13.
Several Soeials Given.
1t has been the habit OF Whitewater
lodge In late years to break the mo-
notony of lodge work with numerous
social sessions. but during the last
year all affairs of that kind which
necessitated the expenditure OF money
was omitted. A year ago ] reported
to you the purchase of sixty-ffve
shares Of the capital stock Of the Hall
Building association and that the ST.
900 We had borrowed to make up the
purchase price of 81 .625 had been paid
back within one year from the time
we borrowed it, Some Of the brethren
NAV not know it but we have had a
nurse constantly employed for Broth
er Chas Evans, at Columbus. Ohio.
for a period of nearly three years at
the rate of s1.50 per night Within
the last two months we have been
liable to cut that amount down TO 55
Of the year we had a nurse employed
every night at $500 per night for
Brother John s. McGraw. and I am
happy to be able to state to YOU that
this nurse has been dispensed with.
Following is report Of the expendi-
lures for nurse hire. death and relief
of all kinds from Jan. !. 1908 10 Jan.
In. 1909:
For deaths of brothers, wives
and widows :. .. :. >. ..$ 7OO-O0
For nurses l,i3t-Sl
For other relief Of all kinds.
including Home. .. .. .. 1.S39-54
Total. >. ..$S.5dI-1s
Revenue Of Lodge.
Our receipts for dues, fees. and 6iv1-
tdends we're S3,253.21 and the expense
for rent, grand lodge tax. supplies. sal
aries, insurance, postage, printing.
etc, made it necessary that we bor-
row 81 900. This we have done, in
luck Tins year and soon be able to pay