The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-05
TONASKET LODGE 10. O. F.

1t was Odd Fellows day at Tonasket
Saturday, the occasion being the or
ganizatiOn of TOnasket lodge, No 3O3,
|. o. 0. F., and there was a large gath
ering of the clans from all parts of the
compass, almost all of the numerous
lodges in the county being represented,
members registering from Oroville,
Chesaw, Loomis, Conconully, Anglin.
Riverside, Okanogan and Twisp. The
TOnasket boys treated the visiting
brethern right, and all went home feel
ing that their time had been we'll and
profitably spent.
The organization of a new lodge is
not altogether play and pastime, for
there Is much hard detail work to be
done that consumes a great deal of
time and requires close application on
the part of those taking part in the
ceremonies. Ii this case proceedings
commenced early Saturday evening,
and 1t was o'clock Sunday morning
before the wheels of the new lodge
were in running order. This repre-
sented ten or twelve hours of steady
application on the part of those who
took active part in the initiatory and
installation proceedings. The floor
work was divided up among teams
sent for that purpose by neighbOring
lodges. Okanogan lodge, of Loomis,
put on the initiatory degree; NagO-
mako lodge, of Okanogan, handled the
first degree; Reliance lodge, of River
side, interpreted the mysteries of the
second degree; and Oroville lodge had
charge of the third degree. Those
present, men old in the work of Odd
Fellowship, state that they have never
seen the degree work more smoothly
and impressively eXemplified, and it
gave the new members pleasing in
sight into the inside operations of
we'll conducted lodge.
The institution of the lodge was un-
der direction of Special Deputy Grand
Master Fred. J. Fine, of Oroville, who
was assisted by A. w. Campbell, P. G.,
of Riverside, as Grand Warden; P. S.
Harris, p. G., of LOomis, as Grand
Marshal; T. s. Anglin, P. G., of An
glin, as Grand Secretary; J. w. Car
rel, p. G., of Oroville, Grand Treasur-
er; Felix Shaser, p. G., of Chesaw, as
Grand Inside Guardian; r. P. HOskyn,
p. G., of Oroville, as Grand Herald.
The charter members of TOnasket
lodge are S. J. Sincock, P. G., Ernest
H. Rhemke, P. G., John E. Wheeler,
VIM. A. Neeley, John H. Barrett and
Sherman Burden. The new members
ipItiatsd u Ata tsaynGg; XnsEs; Harold l.. Smith, Ed
Freeman. A. E. Morris. J. E. Smith,
VIM. H. George, H. M. Hall, Edward
Eisman, Alva w. Gates, J. F. Sargent,
Arthur Lane, John Ramsey and N. b.
Dawson. c. Umschied was admitted
by card. The following are the cleo
tive officers of the new lodge: S. J.
Sincock, p. G., N. G.; John E. Wheeler,
v. G.; VIM. A. Neeley, Sec; Edward
Eisman, Treas; Ernest Fl. Rhemke,
p. G.; and district deputy.
The following members of Oroville
lodge were present: ]. F. Samson, II.
A. Bowerman, Jas. M. Fraser, Jay Z.
Newell, E. A. McMahan, J. p. Ander-
son, Geo. Engle, A. J. Jackson, X. +.
Hoskyn, l.. E. Hendrix. Chas. Kyle, j.
w. Carrel, Frank Mcdaniel, c. Schass-
berger, Geo. Whistler, A. A. Strong,
w. l.. Bissell, Fred. j. Fine, and e. K,
HoOse.
Tonasket lodge starts out with fair
membership, with prospect OF a large
addition to the roll at an early day.
II contains several old, earnest and
active members, who will use every
effort to make it one of the largest and
most prosperous lodges in the county.
These veterans will be ably seconded
by an enthusiastic lot of new members
who seem deeply interested in the or