The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-26
4. O.O.F. TEMPLE
is DEDICATED
IMPOSING CEREMONIES THIS AZ.
.TERNoON MARK DEDICATION
OF NEW HOME OF ODD
FELLOWS.

Ihe ceremonies attending the dedi-
To- cation of the new OGd Fellows tenn
d pie in Houghton this afternoon We're
O OF an imposing and impressive nature,
marking the elimination of months or
p effort on the part Of members Of the
D J. o. O. r. in providing a home for the
o various branches of the fraternity OF
the three links. The parade was par
ticipated IN by lodges from all parts Of
: the copper country and as tho process
sion passed through the fiag-decked
streets il was witnessed by a crowd
which uhronged the thoroughfares
forming the line of march. the specta-
tors coming from every town, village
and hamlet within radius OF ncty
miles, many being here from the iron
country as well as from all the copper
country towns.
Grand Lodge Session.
The grand lodge officers. Messrs
Ganschow, Wilder and Miller. arriv-
ed last evening from Bscanaba and
! proceeded at once To the odd Fellows |
hall. escorted by welcoming COM |
mittee. At the temple. the furnishings |
and fittings of the handsome quarters |
were admired. and the business of the
grand lodge session was proceeded
with.
class of fifty was initiated this
morning at the temple the entire
morning being occupied with this fea-
ture of the celebration.
Parade and Dedication.
The most interesting of the days
various events for the general public.
i'm connection with the occasion, was
the parade this afternoon and the dedi- h
catory exercises Immediately after
wards. The procession was headed by 8
Grand Marshal A. r. Macdonald and !
aides and was composed of the follow l
ing societies of odd Fellows and :
bands:
Quincy band.
Canton Copper City, Patriarchs Mil +
liant, Calumet
Canton Superior, Patrarchs Mill h
tant. Houghton.
Painesdale band p
Painesdale lodge.
Keweenaw lodge. Allouez.
Trinity lodge South Range. \
Copper Link lodge, Lake Linden. 4,
Calumet & Hecla band. =,
Calumet lodge, Red Jacket. a
Hecla lodge, Red Jacket .
Lake Linden band. -
Mystic lodge, Hancock.
Pilgrim lodge, Houghton and visit h
ng odd Fellows. -
Tamaracl< band.
Calumet Encampment -
Michigan grand lodge i'm carriages. >,
The line formed at the corner of Da-
Iotah and Sheldon streets at about =
80 and shortly before o'clock il IN
moved west TO Third, south TO Mon Ia
ezuma, TO Dakotah, to Sheldon to d,
College avenue to the mining school
nd back over Sheldon street to the
Gmple, where the dedicatory exercises III
ook place. az
Inc speakers Of the day were Will tn
am j. Macdonald of Hecla lodge. Cal in
met; Hon. George c. Bentley, Mystic ce
)dge, Hancock; and Prof. f. A. Jef- Iie
rs OF Pilgrim lodge, Houghton. The lpl
phcluding features of the exercises
ere in charge of Grand Master Gam oh
chow and the other grand officers. r.,
Ladies' of the Holly Rebekah lodge
Hancock will serve supper i'm the NJ
ming room of the temple, and the w
'ening's rogram provides two enter
Iinments for those having different O.
stes' consisting of IA concert i'm the nj,
dge room of the temple and bali i'm NJ
he Citizens bank han, both commence or
" at $50 o'clock. a..
The New Temple. IT
The new temple is one of the hand NJ.
Hnest OF the more recent buildings lM
'ected in Houghton, being three stor- cv
g In height, Of brick with red sand
one trimmings, and was erected at Dc
cost OF about $4,000 The first and vi
cond floors are occupied by Gately ler
Virgins, who will take possession Ra
once and expect to bc open for Oh
lsiness on Saturday The top floor
taken up entirely with the odd Eel DC
ws quarters, and consist of the main Va
dye rooms, ante rooms, dressing Sc
oms. kitchen, and dining rooms. all
''"c'iVeiy ana tastefully decorated CHI;
white and cream color, and illumin-
ed with hundreds of incandescent Oh,
lbs The lodge rooms is 80 by So ED
ct and has a capacity for accom-
odating 300 persons. The affairs. sta
ms and chairs, and the settees along
g walls are Of dark oak and hand Z.
me finish, giving with the dark =
cen RIO vrnfph n,,tar.. A. |