The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-12

ODD FELLOWS
GATHERING
Two Oklahoma Jurisdictions
VIII Be Merged Into One
Thursday

Friendship love aud truth the
thr links that bind The members oi
tho Independent Order OF Old Fct
lows together Ia an enhiess chain ol
1 COED fell0Wsh y, will be very much
In evidence In Oklahoma Citl Thurs.
iay 9hen the indian lewitory ana
/ Oklahoma liar sdieti0ns 81 Che ho i
viii he welded INTO 9ue h0dY II Is
expected there will be- al east 5000
delegates anna representatives. here.
The lnd n territory jurisdiction wiz
arrive On q pecia train on the r ok
slaud rom McAlester
Monday morning SESSIONS or he
grand lodge grand encampnNnt and
grand assembly OF Reb kabs 0f the
two Jurisdictions assembled ii Me-
Ales,G and Oklahoma CITY and at
Ter all business ha been DISPOSED OF
hY the two bodies they VII come to-
gelher in Oklahoma CITY 20 consum-
mate the formation Of the Two iur-
isdictiop into one the jurisdiction OF
Oklahoma
The regular session Of the grand
eucampmepi Of the Oklahoma iuris-
die on met in Oklahoma CITY At .
O'Clock Monday morning In T. O O. r.
hail 4 session WAS held at O'Clock
ln he afternoon and at a ses on
held "a 1880 o'clock Monday even
ing the grand lodge and past official
degleos were conferred and appoint
mcnts Of committee made
Tuesday morning a 2 O'Clock here
was held a regular session Of the
grand lodge al The Auditor um and
one afternoon session in the same
place at O'Clock on Tuesday after.
noon There was spec al session
OF the Rebekah assembly at X Of r.
hall Tuesday evening al 730 O'Clock
n which assembly degrees were con-
forrcd aud The appointments Of com
mitces made
The Odd Fellows will be IN session
IN Oklahoma city every day dur ng
the week. AIT the Oyerholsor theatre
Thursday evening he Oak Cliff de-
gree siaff OF the Dallas lodges will
exemplfy the work for the benef .
OF Cdd Fellows only, using parapher
MALTA that cost s2,00 This event
Is looked forward to with particular
interest by Odd Fellows ler aay ey,
cning al tile Oyerh0lser the Dallas
degree staff will eXempIify the work
Ia part for the beaCfl, Of the public
om ting the score work
Grand Parads Planned.
A grand parade viii take place at
1880 O'Clock Thursday evening after
the special train from McAieseer ar
rivcs There VII be about 5000 per
sons III the parade which viii be
headed nv the Oak Cliff degree team
Of Dallas
Officers for the grand lodge Will be-
elected Friday from the personnel or
the Oklahoma jurisdiction some to
be chosen from chose who come ~
the ast and others from those VINO
Come from the west
1heie win be delegates aul ropra.
scntatitca from The 2S2 lodges repre-
scented In wha was formerly thc OK
lahoma iur sdc',un, and from the 22S
lodges that fotmerlY composed Ne In
dian Territory imisoictj1F
The grand encampUpnt meeting
Htid I'D QkidUuuih AIiA MulluaN WIS
presided over b T ~ Donuell, grand
patriarch The other officers are
C r kpedlcr Of Kaw City. grand
high priest Harry Donart, OF still
water grand warden, Il A. lIerwig
of Guthrie grand scrib w r Fry
oil Perry gran treasurer
Guthrie Rebekabs wal put On Degree
The Guthrie Rebekahs team left
on the morning train for Oklahoma
Cits where they viii poufor the ie.
gree w0ll, IN Gle evening session OF
tle state Rebekah assemblies The
personnel Of The team IS as follows,
Mcsdamcs j. II Billings, w /.
Mathis, MAY Nampner Frank Bones,
VIII Chandler Laura Abbott N y.
Mathis J @ Nicodemns Philo Polly,
loN9 Barker Misses Lizzie Cahleld,
Rcelah Barriuger Ola Smith. Ducilla
Snitl PEARL Olson. Mabel Billings
laaaa liarHbarli and Mildred Bishop.
Mcssrs w Mathis, Frank Bones, J.
ll Spauldiag aud Bert Billings