The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-21
ODD FELLOWS
 GRAND LODGE
 IN SESSION Henry C, Stevenson Elected Deputy Grand Master Reports of Officers Show Gains in Funds and Member
 ship

New London, May 21-At the after noon session of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows, officers were elected as follows:
 Grand Master, Frank D. Roys, Win sted; deputy grand master, Henry c. Stevenson, Bridgeport; grand secre- tary. William S. Hutchison, New HaL- ven; grand treasurer, Sidney W. Chal- lenger, Bridgeport; grand warden, R. T. W. Adams, Naugatuck
 The grand lodge tabled indefinitely resolution seeking to change the term of office of representatives to the sovereign grand lodge.
 New London. May 21.-At II o'clock this morning, Grand Master Frederick c. Burrows, of this city, called the Grand Lodge of Connecticut, I. O. O. F. to order in Lawrence Hall There was a large number of delegates in attendance from all lodges. Follow ing the report of the credentia1 com mittee and the admission of new mem bers, the Grand Master and other of f1cers submitted their annual reports. The report of the Grand Master re- views the condition. of the order in the state, shows that there are 93 sub ordinate lodges with a, m eIn bership of 22,689, and with a fund of $8S2, 2,319.6O, and has expended in relief $111,277.68. There are 55 Rebekah lodges with a J11eTnDeTSn1p OI GsAS4, anu d 1hAAO sIL $41, 1,25O.3o. There has been an ad- vance in the mem bership and of the funds of the order during the past year. The Grand Master reviewed the entire work of the order for the past year, the meetings of the council and other activities.
 The report of the Grand Secretary, William $. Hutchinson, shows that there are e3s lodges of the order in good standing. with total member ship of 22,6S9, total fund of $sS2,- 3f9.60, a net gain in membership for the. year ending December 1. 1913. of 592, and d net gain in funds of $3S,- 12O.69. During the year 3O9 members have died.
 The report of the treasurer, Sidney w. Challenger shows that the Grand Lodge has a balance in the treasury of $2,428.43.
 Other reports were from the Grand Representatives and the committee on correspondence, and the report of the Odd Fellows Home at Fairview, near New London.
 This morning, the delegates to tho Grand Lodge were given an automo- bile ride around the city. The Grand and members were entertained at dinner, in the state armory. The cleo ton of officers will be held at the af- ternoon session.
 The report of Frederick C. Bur rows, the grand master, pointed out the growth of Odd Fellowship in the last eleven years, he quoting from the report of Grand Master Hutchinson in 1908, showing that then there were 88 subordinate lodges with 17,681 members, with funds of $504,557, re- lief of $77.992 and 49 Rebekah lodges with 5,93S members and funds of S32,2S5, while in the present re- port it is shown there are 93 subGrdin- ate lodges, 22,6S9 members, $ssz,319 in funds, $111,2 in relief, and 55 Rebekah lodges with 7,4s4 members and $41, ,25O in funds
 The grand master said the gain in funds and members was substantial one. No new lodges were formed. The number of suspensions has been 356, not as large as in some years, but in the opinion of the grand master, aI- together too large. He thought the best remedy was the persistency. of secretaries in keeping members in formed as to their standing. The
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