Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-12-20
CORNER STONE OF I. o. o. F.
BUILDING LAID.
Many Visitors From Outside Lodges
and Grand Officers Participate.


orr 1;tt'e c;tv was thronged with Wis
iting Odd Fellows to witness and par
ucipate in the laying of the corner
stone of the new Odd Fellow build
ing being erected on the Waldo lot
on the corner of Main street and Van
Ness avenue. There were also many
valley and city people present to wit
ness the ceremonies. The affair was
scheduled to take place at 2:30 but
unavoidable delay made the hour
about a p. m.
There were present on the occasion
the following grand officers and L. y.
u. f. visitors:
Grand Master-C X. Carter, of
Reno.
Deputy Grand Maser-Wm Cur
now. of Reno.
Grand Secretary-Wm Sutherland,
of Reno.
Grand Treasurer. pro tem-Jacob
Eggers, OF Carson City.
Grand Captain, pro tem-Clark
Guild, of Yerington.
Grand Guardians. T. Kelso, of
Hawthorne.
Grand Marshal, pro tem-C. +.
Mack. p. G. r., of Reno.
Grand Warden. pro tenn. d Col
lins, of Yeringon.
Grand Conductor, pro tem-E. A.
Dyer, of Yerington.
Orator of the Day-C L. Kepner.
p c.. OF Reno.
Other Vsitors-Hon. F. p Langan,
Past Grand Patriarch, of Virginia
City; ID. G. Kitzmeyer, of Capital
Lodge No. 4, Carson City; George
Wagner, of California; O. A. Olsen, OF
Boulder. Colorado; A. w. Lehman, OF
Salt Lake City. Utah; Z. T. Reynolds,
OF Dayton, Nevada; n. p Nelson, of
Keno, Nevada; c. Alexander, OF Yo-
semitic. Cal; Nels Enemark, of San
Jose, Cal; (. Cliff, OF Carson City,
Nevada; w. A. Lundberg, OF Salt
Lake City, Utah; Julia p. Smith, Pres
ident OF Rebekah Assembly.
The members OF Mason Valley
Lodge No. "a and their visions and
the kebekahs marched from their hall
TO the building site and the cere-
monies were performed by the Grand
Master, Grand Chaplain and others
according to the rites OF the Order,
and c. T. kepner then delivered a
neat little Grafton. The ceremonies
closed by prayer and the odd Eel
lows and Rebekahs marched back to
their hall
AT $50 a banquet was spread at
the Commercial hotel dining room,
which consisted of turkey, chicken,
young pig and all the good hings that
go with such feed. This was all pre-
pared by the Rebekahs and 1t was
some delicious eating. We do not
know how many partoQk OF this hos
pitality, but all the members OF the
Order were present besides number
OF invited guests.
AT 730 in the evening the Grand
Lodge again convened for the pur-
pose of confering the Grand Lodge
Degree and the following Lodges re-
sponded to roll-call:
Virginia Lodge No. Virginia
City
Capital Lodge No. 4-Carson City.
DAYTON Lodge No. 5-Dayton.
Reno Lodge No. l4-Reno.
Mason VALLEY Lodge No. 4-Yer-
ington.
Gold6eld Lodge No. 3S-Goldheld.
Unity Lodge No 39-Reno.
The Grand Lodge Degree was con
ferred upon c. +. Kepner, OF Reno;
Clark ]. Guild of Yerington; Chas.
+. Fox. of Yeringon and A. +. Brown,
OF Yerington.
AT $3.50. or thereabouts the Lodge
members and Rebekahs and few in
vited guests assembled at the Rink
Hall where the following program
was carried OUT
Overture-Miss Mildred Whitman.
Address-"State of the Order" {.
r. Carter. G. M.
Remarks-Wm Curnow, Dep. q. Nj.
Address-"Rebeka Branch, Mrs.
Julia p. Smith, President Rebekah AS
sembly
Moving Pictures-Rink Manage
Piano Selection-Miss Virgie Car
Skit-"The Snow Storm" Bertram
Hill and Mrs. George West
Character Song-"The 4iddish
Ball." Frank Hanson, accompanied by
Miss Rose O'Brien.
The entire program was greatly en-
joyed by all present. The address OF
Grand Master Carter. who has just
completed tour of the State. visiting
different Lodges, showed the Order
10 be in flourishing condition.
At the close of the program there
was a social dance to which a large
number stayed and had very pleas
ant time.
The visitors all spoke very highly
of the hospitality of the 4erington
folks and have returned home will!
good feeling towards our little city
and its people. 1t was the first visit
here for number of them and they
were agreeably surprised at our air
of progress and prosperity and all
could see the future greatness for our
CITY and district, We wish to state
that Yerington is fortunate in having
a local Lodge of this Order which has