Putnam patriot., 1911-01-27
Fraternal Organizations.

The following viii be Of interest to
the members Of the different fraternal
orders snd TO the prospective members
OF the Order Of Owls. who are to short
ly organize in this city. The follow
ing table was com led by F. Z. Whit
ney, general organizer for the Order Of
Owls, and was taken from the World
Almanac and Encyclopedia as the
most correct figures that can be OBJ
tained.
The independent order OF Odd Eel
lows, organized ia ls00, leads the iist Of
them all Nilh membership Of It'll
403. Next the trsemasouay the old
est order OF all. with membership of
l1S9,3l7. Then the Modern Mood
meu OF America founded ISL. with a
membership IF lois, sos; Knights Of
. PYihia> with 7uo.9zz, independent
order of keclaLl4es, bounded IN Eng
iaud IN TIE year so, 5u, uU0 mem Ders :.
" 0odIuen 81 the " Grid, founded in
1893, AIlh d mean oership OF 80, 569;
Improved Order Of Red Men, founded
IN Ine years los and 1854, have 49,.
ga; order OF Eastern star, founded
l776, o. $40; knights OF the Maccabees
OF the World, founded 1881, 800, GO.
Royal Arcanum, supreme council or
gained in Boston June sd, 1877, and
now has mem oership of 245, 6l0; An.
cient Order OF United Workmen,
founded in 1855, ll0,0 independent
Order of Foresters, founded in 1851,
-, so; Order Of Eagles, founded 1895,
so 600; toresters of America, founded
1854, 81 $50, Benevolent and Protec-
tive Order Of Elks, founded in 1855,
81 IS; Ancient Order of Hibernians.
founded In 1905, $4,000; Knights OF
Columbus, founded in 1852, 25o, 600;
Junior Order Of American Mechanics,
founded ls55, 10000; Order of Owls,
founded Nov. 1904, 10000; Ladies of
The Maccabees of the World, founded
lsS2, loo, knights OF the Modern
Maccabees, original order founded
ISL, loo SO; Ladies Catholic BeneVo.
sent Association, founded ls9J, lis, b94 +;
Tribe OF Ben Hur, founded Is94, TO-
aeu Brotherhood OF American \ co.
men, founded 1875, Ill, 800. This list
includes aii lfnGefnal orders that num-
Der 100000 or over and The II ports are
taken from the asst report, Of The su-
preme officers THAT are To oe had. there
are IN ai forty i've large ffagefaas
orders and there are other smaller
orders That have a total membership
ui -00 si3 that are not listed al ai4. and
the mem oersnlp in The different orders
Is numbered 81 II, l50,57u
Ol a4i these Older, the Order of Owls
j. the youuge>l aud has IN the build
lag of ais orIer ,aken The lessons learnt
by tAe experiences OF the different
bodies amt uas adopted those that ap-
pear The oe>l and rejected that which
eNpeneuce has Taught We're not favor
aUie 10 continue. Ii has Quit Itself up
along these uur> and to-day is iucfeas-
ing lis membership rapidly ami viii
soon la leN years reach a muea high
er piace among the large fratetnal or
ganizatlons thau IL now holds Slaee II
7 has started to widea ilsef. II has
I paid out 1921 SIS and in The year OF
/ 1910 alone IL paid out total OF Sl73,-
( 5l6 AMI gained over 1890 in memoeI.
I ship. Ii is hoped that the local nest
/ viii stlain membership that will
/ compare fsvofably with the other
nests that are in the other cities of this
/ state. Waterbury Nest started oil
4 with over $50 charter members present
Z al the organization and it Is hoped
! that the local nest will do comparsiive-
+ ~ ss well, as We have here a number
OF surrounding towns that will supply
( large number Of members and DAN
lelson will be we'll represented in the
local nest 81 will be Webster, Me,
7 GAINESVILLE, Ballouyille, Woodstock,
I Dsyviiie, Pomfret, Thompson, and
/ the other surrounding towns.