Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-20

Southern Idaho Delegation
Journey From Wallace in
Special Train - Officers
Are Elected.

The ODD Fellows' special. bearing $50
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs, who have
been In attendance At the grand lodge
and Rebekah assembly during the
week. arrived at Nampa yesterday and
the Boise members OF tho train, so in
number, arrived homo all highly
pleased with the sessions and the
treatment accorded them at Wallace.
where the citizens Of the town did
everything possible to entertain the
visitors and dropped prices below nor
NAL to show their hospitality to tho
members Of tho great order.
The grand lodge session was we'll
attended and q large amount Of busi-
ness was transacted of importance to
Odd Fellows. among which was the ap-
Precipitation Of $500 for expenditure
this year in Identifying the grounds
for the Odd Fellows home. which Is
to be built in six years. The officers
elected by the grand lodge are a. fol-
lows:
Grand master. Stephan 8. Taylor.
Bonners Ferry: deputy grand master:
Judge J. F. Ailshie. Boise; grand
warden. Timothy Driscoll. Payette,
CALDWELL; grand treasurer. w. A..
Coughonour, Payette; grand repre-
sentative for two years. General Frank
Martin. Boise; grand representative,
one year. 0. NJ. Harvey. Weiser: grand
marshal. Ben Holbrook. Blackfoot:
grand chaplain, w. As. Mitchell, Parma;
grand conductor, Presley F. Horne.
HALEY; grand guardian. Hugh H.
Rankin, Hay Spur: grand herald. Fred
J. Keller. Standpoint.
Grand Eneampmsnt Officers.
During the same time in which the
grand lodge was In session, the grand
encampment held a brief meeting and
elected officers for the ensuing year
as follows: Grand patriarch. Joe G..
Hubert, Boise; grand high priest; Joe
Harrigfeld, Ashton; grand senior war
den, p. w. Johnson, Occur d'Alene;
grand Junior warden, August J. Moritz,
Boise; grand scribe. George H. Handy.
Caldwell: grand treasurer, A. +. Clip
son, Caldwell: grand marshal. M. A.
Bates. Parma; grand outside sentinel,
John Peters, Twin Falls; grand repre-
sentative for two years, Monte B.
Gwinn, Boise; grand representative for
one year, s. T. lsham. Lewiston.
Patriarchs Militant.
The officers elected by the Idaho
Patriachs Militant degree are as fol-
lows: Department commander, James
w. Wiggett. Occur d'Alene: vice pres
ident and assistant adjutant general,
Jerome Rice, Occur d'Alene; treasurer,
Do;, toe ,f
staff, Major r. H. Dunlap. Boise; chap
lain, II. d. Cook, Occur d'Alene; officer
Of the day, Captain +. l.. Farnsworth.
Rathdrum; officer Of the guard, Lieu
tenant John Peters, Twin Falls; SEN
tinel. Major g. w. Johnson. Burke;
picket. Chevalier Charles Salee.
Grangeville.
Rebekah Assembly.
The Rebekah assembly of the state of
Idaho. not only held the largest and
most enthusiastic meeting in its his
tory, but also celebrated It's twenty
first birthday. A notable feature in
connection with the event was that the
first president of the organization,
Past President Adwilda Smith of Mos
COW, who has always been prominent
worker for the order. was in attend
ance and was presented with a beauti-
full cut glass dish. The retiring presi-
dent, Mrs. Driscoll of Payette, was also
presented with a cut glass bowl and a
quilt which was made by the officers
of the assembly. Mrs. Francis Crosson,
who was reelected secretary for the
seventh time, was honored by the as
sembly with a present OF q cut glass
bowl and also a gift Of q sofa pillow.
the latter being by Mrs. Goldie A.
Lash.
| A notable feature In connection with
the business transacted was that the
Rebekahs are to have two members OF
their organization on the home board
and the home will also provide quarters
for Rebelahs and orphans, as well as
old and disabled Odd Fellows. The
order voted to appropriate $500 toward
the home fund and each member OF
every Rebekah lodge In the state will
be taxed five cents. the entire contribu-
ton to be used toward furnishing tho
home when completed. The officers
elected are as follows: President, Mrs.
Retta Holman. Moscow; vice president.
Mrs. Anna M. Hite. Rupert: warden,
Mrs. r. May Gilbert. Harrison: secre-
tnry. Mrs. Francis Crosson; treasurer.
Mrs. Augusta Johnson, Occur d'Alene;
marshal. Mrs. Margaret Pomeroy.
Pocatello; conductor. Mrs. Agnes
Thompson. Mullen: chaplain. Mrs. Dora
NJ. Hull. Kendrick; inside guardian.
Mrs. Bertha NJ. Bowlby, Rupert; out
side guardian. Mrs. Bonham. Twin
Falls.
| The Kebekahs organised q Muscovite
degree which was Joined by lao men,
bers. Following the initiation a big
| banquet was held. which was one OF
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