Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-21
REBEKAHS IN
CONVENTION
DISTRICT CONVENTION HELD IN
ASHLAND SATURDAY LAST.
The STATE PRESIDENT PRESENT
Rebekahs of jackson County Hold
Very Enjoyable and Profitable
Sessions-Next Convention to BE
at Eagle Point Next Year.

The Rebekahs of Jackson county
held their district convention in Ash
land Saturday at l. o. o. F. hall.
Committees met the different trains
with autos and escorted the visitors
to their meeting place.
The entire afternoon was taken
up with the regular business session
of the convention and the demon
stration of the model lodge by the
members of Ashland lodge.
The evening was given over to a
purely social time by Rebekahs and
Odd Fellows, dancing and other
amusements being INDUCED in, in
cluding a short program in which
Mrs. G. G. Ogg and Miss Lena Casey
pleased the audience with piano
duets, and Mrs. Marble of Ashland
and Mrs. Salter of Eagle Point gave
most excellent readings, and Mr.
Usher of Medford, who fingers the
keys with a graceful touch, played
and sang to his own accompaniment.
All the numbers on the program
were heartily encored.
Mrs. May Greer of Hillsboro, pres
ident of the Rebekah Assembly of
Oregon, gave a very interesting talk,
not altogether of lodge work, but
mingling in short "reminiscences OF
her childhood days in Ashland, in
the time of the old academy, when
Professor Skidmore was at the helm.
At late hour all left for their
different homes, declaring they had
had an enjoyable day in both an in
structive and social way.
Ashland Rebekahs served boun-
teous dinner at IL O'Clock and again
at o'clock. They also served ice
cream and waters in the evening
The banquet hall and lodge room
were beautifully decorated with cut
flowers and autumn leaves.
OlllCOIo vi IhO NOuNCilllOl
were: Chairman, Mrs. Payne, Ash
land; vice-chairman, Mrs. Nelson
Jacksonville; secretary, Mrs. Wing
Medford; marshal, Miss Songer, Ash
land; conductor, Mrs. Perozzi, Ash
land; inside guardian, Miss Ferns
Talent; outside guardian, Miss
Stephenson, Ashland; chaplain, Mrs
Holdridge, Talent
Visitors present were:
Hillsboro lodge, No. SIS. Ma!
Greer.
Grants Pass lodge, No. 49-Eu
genia McCracken, Jeanie Burke.
Jacksonville lodge, No. An. Do1
Nelson, Alice Ulrick, Mary Peter, Ell
len Kubli, Mary Miller.
Medford lodge, No. 2S-Ada B
Beach, Effie B. Usher, w. w. Usher
D. T. Lawton, Nora Hildebrand, Jes
sic NJ. Howard, Nellie Wing.
Talent lodge, No. 1S7-Jenni
Ferns, Eliza Ferns, Nida S. Oatman
Josephine Foss, Ella A. Holdridge
Effie T. Seaman, Inez Ferguson
Alice C. Roberts, Edna Holdridge
Bessie F. Ager, Nellie ]. Beeson.
Eagle Point lodge, No. 207-Min
ME Bryant, Effie R. Daily, Maybell
E. Pruett, Fannie B. Cole, Clay Cole
Blanche Salter, Frank S. Salter, Ma
Painter, Rosa Ayres, Leroy A. Smith
Portland lodge, No. 9-Mrs. Haiti
McKernan.
Richmond, Ore.-Mrs. Maud N
Howell.
Naper, Neb., lodge No. 229-Mrs
Emma Sans.
Adm, Cal, lodge No. S2-Mary {
Wilson.
Rogue River lodge No. 194-Sa
brey Booker
Belmond, Ia, lodge No. 162-Hat
tie c. Gowdy.
y Gold Hill lodge No. 97-Myrtl
Blackburn.
The officers for the next CONVEX
ton, which will be held in Eagl
Point next year, are: Mrs. Salter {
Eagle Point, chairman; Mrs. Wing {
Medford, vice-chairman Mrs. Peroz
of Ashland, secretary; Mrs. Dodg
of Ashland, CONDUCTOR Mrs. Oatma
of Talent, marshal; Mrs. Usher {
Medford, inside guardian; Mrs. Ia!
lor of Jacksonville, outside guardian