The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-21
95TH BIRTHDAY.
I. O. Odd Fellows viii Celebrate
the Event.
Plan Reception and Ceremonies
Here Saturday.

One thousand members of I. o. o. F..
lodges, within. a radius of SO miles OF
Topeka, will be in the city next Satur-
day to celebrate the ninety fifth an
niversary of the founding of the Odd
Fellows lodge in America. ss'al
The officials in charge of the pro-
gram for the day are working to make
the event one of the biggest the Cd
Fellows lodge has ever held in To-
peka.
Members of the Manhattan lodge
will be brought to Topeka in special
coaches which will be attached to
Union Pacific train No. los. An effort
is being made to get the Rock Island
to run a special train from Horton to
Topeka. A special will be run over the
Santa Fe to Baldwin Saturday night
at midnight after the program which
will be given at the auditorium.
Mayor r.. l. Cofran will deliver an
address Of welcome to the Odd Fell
lows at the Auditorium. Governor
Hodges will also deliver an address.
Parade I'm the Afternoon.
The parade will be held at 80 and
the organization of the Odd Fellows
will be as follows: -,
All visiting subordinate lodges will
assemble at the auditorium. Shawnee
lodge No. $50 and Eugene NO. O4V
will assemble at the hall of No. at
1872 East Sixth street. Excelsior lodge
No. $40 and Oakland No. $40 and
Shawnee encampment No. will as
semble at the I. O.. o. F. hall at III
west Sixth street. All the other mem
bers in the city will assemble a. one
The visiting Rebekahs and the mem
hers of Rebekah lodges No. 81, SO,
219 and 616 will assemble at tne Sc
curity hall. corner of Seventh and
Kansas avenue.
All the lodges will wear their full re-
gala.
One of biggest Ever.
This will be one Of the biggest cele-
brations ever held in Topeka by this
lodge. The Second Regiment band Will
lead the parade down Kansas avenue.
The parade will start from the Audi
street to Fifth street and then to Kan
sas avenue. The lodges will march up
Kansas avenue to Ninth street and
then to the Auditorium.
The position in line for the different
lodges will be:
First division Second Regiment
band, grand marshal. Canton escort
and all visiting lodges.
Second Observation-Disclosures lodges
No. 1 and No. 10.
Third division-Lodges Nos. $40. $40
and Encampment No. 8.
Fourth division-All visiting Rebek-
kahs and lodges Nos. 81, IS, 219 and GIG.
After the parade program will be
given at the Auditorium at 2 o'clock
Tho program viii consist of the fol-
lowing:
John J. schenck. master of cere-
monies
Pipe organ recital. Miss Gladys
Kemper.
Song America" audience.
Invocation, DR.. Benjamin Young.
Address of welcome, Mayor r.. l..
Cofran.
Response, c. N. Baker.
Vocal solo, Miss Elizabeth Anderson.
Rebekah address, Grace G. Kemper.
Reading, Miss Mildred Jones.
Encampment address, w. L. Brown.
Vocal quartette.
Address. Governor Geo. H. Hodges
Miscellaneous and announcements.
Song, God Be With You Till We
Meet Again.
Benediction.
Will Confer Degrees.
After this program degrees will be
conferred as follows at the auditorium:
First degree by Lawrence lodge No. 4;
second degree by Excelsior lodge No.
$50 and the third degree by Shawnee
lodge No. 1.
The Naomi lodge No. 95 will exem-
p1ify the work at the Naomi Rebekah
hall. The balcony will be open to the
public during the program. At the
close of the work done at the Rebekah
hall refreshments will be served to all
the members of the home and visiting
lodges