Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-25
ODD FELLOWS ORDER GROWS
Annual Session Shows that All
Branches Are Increasing.
NEXT SESSION HELD IN OMAHA
Last Weeks Meeting Mt Grand
Island one of the Largest in
the History of the order
In Nebraska.

The grand lodge. the grand encamp-
ment, the department council OF the
Patriarchs Militant and the Rebekah as
sembly Of the Independent order OF odd
Fellows, held their annual session on
Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. Oc-
tcber 20, 81 and %, at Grand Island.
There were about 1000 odd Fellows from
all parts Of the state IN attendance at
these sessions
A special session OF the grand lodge was
held at o'clock Tuesday evening in Lie
derkranz hall and the past official and
the grand lodge degrees were conferred
upon go new members
The fifty-seYenth annual session OF the
grand lodge convened ut 10 a. m. Wednes-
day in Liederkratz hall The morning
session was. devoted to routine business.
At 8 o'clock in the afternoon the grand
lodge and the Rebekah state assembly
held a joint memorial session, which was
followed by the comforting of the decora-
tion of chivalry upon four chevaliers and
twenty-one Rebekahs by the Patriarch
Militants under command of General Earl
Boyd Of Central City
New Grand Lodge Officers.
Thursday morning the following grand
lodge officers were selected; ]. c. Har-
nish of O'Eeill, grand master; Sam X.
Greenleaf OF Omaha. deputy grand mas
ter; w. V. Hoagland, North Platte,
grand warden: J. p. Gage, grand secre,
tary; F. b. Bryant. Omaha. grand treas
urer; o. o. Snyder, O'Neill, and John
Pttman, York, to fill the two vacancies
on the home board.
The Morris appeal case was decided in
favor Of Beacon lodge No 20 of Omaha
Omaha was chosen as the meeting place
for the 1915 session. The other cities ask
ing for next years session were Lincoln,
Hastings and Grand Island.
The home boards report was adopted
and a couple of amendments were made
that affect the conduct. of. that. institu-
ton. -! .#4
The grand secretary's report shows q
good increase in membership for the year
The total membership of the Nebraska
jurisdiction is 25,245.
Report of Grand Representatives.
The report OF the representatives to the
sovereign grand lodge shows that last
Year was a prosperous one for the order
from every standpoint. The order now
has over 2,2O0,OOO Members, the report
showing an increase OF over 1900 mem
bers i'm all branches of the order during
the year. There was collected by thG
order in 1918 over slS,0OOOOO, of which
100000 was paid out for relief and sicI
benefits. The invested funds of The
order now amount to over ss60OO.0oO
Forty-ono grand jurisdictions hav,
fifty-three homes, which were built at ,
cost of s4,0OO,OOO. These homes are nov
caring for Abs guests at an annual cos
of maintenance of $3.50, 0O0
Robert T. Daniel of Georgia was electe,
grand sire of the sovereign grand lodg,
and j. B. Robertson of Oklahoma wa!
elected deputy grand sire, The 1915 ses
sion will be held In San Francisco neg
September. -
,SThe street parade was one OF the fea
lures Of the session. There were NOR
than 1000 members Of the dlfferen
branches of the order in line, which wa
led by squad of mounted police an,
accompanied by the fire department, 1
brass band and large number of auto
mobiles.
The Rebekah assembly held a special
session in Ancient Order of United Worl