Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-04-28
|. D. D. T. CELEBRATE
Tuesday the Twenty-Sixth Was a Big
Day at ST. Louis
BIG DELEGATION FROM ALMA
The Celebration Starts Early in the Morning
and Continued Until Night

Tuesday was big day for st. Louis
and for the Odd Fellows of Gratiot
county At that time there was held
in ST. Louis one or the most important
gatherings in the animal history of the
county's Odd Fellows, a celebration in
commemoration of the ninety-frst
anniversary of the l, o. o. f. in North
America.
The affair was conducted under the
auspices of the Gratiot County /, O. o.
+. association, federation of the sew
eral lodges in Gratiot county, and the
officers Of the day were L. B. Longwell
and Geo. Soper, The various orders of
the Daughters of Rebecca were also
present and sssisted in the success of
the affair.
Early Tuesday morning crowds began
to come into this city over the Ann
Arbor from Ithaca and other cities
south, and from points north, until over
one-hundred fifty had gathered here,
These together with the Alma delega-
ton took special train from here to
ST. Louis at nine o'clock.
They were met at St. Louis by the
reception committees and escorted to
the Holcomb Opera House, where at
1000 o'clock the first business meeting
was held. The meeting was called to
order promptly by President Newton
Burns of ST. Lcuis. The following is
the program of the morning session.
Music
Invocation-Dr Hollenbeck
Music
Address of welcome-Mayor Phillips
of St. Louis
Response-G. II. Carl of Alma
Election of officers
Selection of next meeting place.
Ashley was chosen as the place for the
celebration in 1911.
In the afternoon there was a parade,
headed by Forest Hill band, Pine River
canton number AZ, which is the higher
branch of the Alma lodge, and several
other cantons wer- at the head of the
parade in full uniform, while the other
members and the Daughters of Rebecca
followed.
The line of march led to the Holcomb
Opera House where the Bannister lodge
number 130 conferred the second degree,
and the Ashley lodge number 233 the
third degree, upon number of candi-
dates, The work of both staffs is re-
ported as being of the most excellent
character and Alma Odd Fellows spoke
Ill very complimentary manner of it.
In the Odd Fellows temple, the Daugh-
ters of Rebecca of Pompeil conferred
the Rebecca degree upon candidates.
At seven-thirty there was a public
meeting i'll the opera house. of which
the principal attraction was A. L.
Hagerman of Lansing, who gave an
address upon the subject Of Odd
Fellowism. A paragraph at the bottom
of the printed program will give an idea
of the character of Mr.. Hagerman's
address. "Space will not permit us to
explain the useful lessons taught in the
encampment, but in order that you
may get some idea we have given you
a few pointers. He that has been in
formed of a good thing and faileth to
take advantage of it consulteth not his
own good" In addition to the program
planned, drill was given by sixteen
of the school girls of St. Louis.
The independent order of Odd Fellows
was founded in North America in
Boston ninety-one years ago. 1t now
covers nearly every known part of the
globe. AS one member put it. "rhere
is no place we know of where there is
not lodge of Odd Fellows