Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-04-16
.OTTUMWA Gets
1911 MEETING
MYRAH AND ENTERPRISE REBEk.
All LODGES OF THIS. CITY
LAND BIG CONVENTION
.ELDoN MEET A SUCCESS
Mrs. Ella Steele Of South Ottunwa Is
Elected President and Mrs.
Cora Campbell Chosen
Secretary.

| Ottumwa has added another 1911
convention to her string. At the fifth
annual convention of the Rebekahs OF
District No. 80 at Eldon yesterday, Of
tumwa was chosen as the 1911 meeting
The convention will bring between 400
Steele of South Ottumwa and Mrs.
Cora Campbell of North Otumwa were
honored by the convention, Mrs. Steele
being elected to the office of president
while Mrs. Campbell was chosen secre-
tary. Ottumwans took an active part
in the meeting which was great sue
cess.
State Offers Present.
Between 200 and 300 delegates at
tended the sessions and during their
sojourn in the southern Wapello county
city they were the guests Of Rachel
lodge No. IT, Mrs. Hattie Barquist,
president of the Rebekah State as
sembly and Mrs. Feeny Of Keokuk
grand secretary Of the state assembly
were in attendance and delivered two
excellent addresses on topics of inter
est to the order. About seventy-tive
members from the Myra Rebekah
lodge on the north side and Enterprise
Rebekah lodge Of South OttumWa
were in attendance. Delegates were al
SO present from Highland Center,
Agency, Chillicothe, Eddyv1lle, Kirk
Vile, Bladensburg and many came up
from Fairfield to attending the meet
ing.
The feature of the meeting was the
election of officers in which Ottumwa
received her share, Mrs. Steele, being
elected president and Mrs. Campbell
secretary The other officers elected
were: Mrs. John Reno of Agency,
vice president, and Mrs. G. A. Moore
of Kirkville, treasurer.
Interesting Topics Discussed.
Mrs. Lucy Deford of Eldon, pres1-
dent Of the district, called the conven-
ton to order and presided over the
sessions. Mrs. William Myers of Ell
don made the address of welcome and
Mrs, Floy Wilcox Of Ottumwa respond
ed. An interesting discussion on the
subject "The Benefit of District Con-
vention'' was led by Adelia lodge NO.
337 of Agency. Mrs. Nellie JAEGER Oh
Eddyville gave an interesting paper on
"Our Duty to Sick Rebekahs Who Are
Strangers in Our City" The biography
of Schuyler Colfax, the founder OF the
Rebekah degree was gwen by RoNe
Hillery Of Agency and proved most IN
teresting Mrs. r. T. Cameron OF "
tumwa gave an excellent paper on the
reasons why she was a member OF the
Rebekah lodge. The Rebekah degree
was conferred by Kirkville lodge NO.
2e7 Owing to the lateness OF the
hour, necessitating the departure OF
the Ottumwa Rebekahs to their homes
they were unable to give their number
"Electing and Rejecting Candidate
by Ballot" In the evening the vlslt-
ing delegates attended the regular
meeting Of Rachel lodge No. ~ and
the Rebekah degree was conferred on
a class Of candidates.
Plan for Convention.
Myra lodge on the north side ana
Enterprise lodge on the south side
have Joined hands to make the l9ll
meeting the biggest meeting in the his.
tory of the association and they VIII
soon lay plans for the big meeting:
They expect to attract between 400
and 900 Rebekahs to the city on the
date Of the convention.