Evening journal., 1914-08-28
ODD FELLOW HOST
plans Shore VISIT
Delaware Three Link Men
Make Ready for Atlantic
City Meeting
STATE FLAG IN
THE PARADE LINE

One thousand or more members Of
Odd Fellows of Wilmington are plan
ming to visit Atlantic City on Septem-
Der 23 when the Sovereign Grand
Lodge will meet at the resort in an
nual session. All the lodges of the
State have been vieing with one an
other in securing the largest number
of lodgemen to go on the outing and
Delaware Lodge and Eden Lodge, two
of the largest lodges in this city, are
planning to have hundreds of men in
their lines Of the parade to be held at
the resort.
Delaware Lodge members have OBJ
tanned handsome flags Of the National
colors, the State banner and the lodge
pennants, which they will carry in
the parade. These arc now on exhi-
bition in the windows of the n. SMELL
enburg store. In order to assist i'm
raising funds for the trip Delaware
Lodge has likewise arranged for a
musicale to be given in the Snellen-
burg music hall early next month.
Other lodges in the city and state
have also made arrangements to take
part I'm the parade. The usual COM
petitive drills In degree work for
money considerations which were
heretofore competed for and won by
the Eden Lodge degree team, have
been abandoned this year. but il is
thought that several of the local de-
gree teams will give exhibition drills
In order to make the affair a sue
cess, the various lodges in the state
several months ago appointed gem
eral committee and the arrangements
have been in their charge since. The
members of this committee follows:
p. Hudson, chairman; J. +. Snyder,
treasurer; ID. r. Morton. secretary.
The list of committees follows:
Transportation-Sa II. Robinson,
chairman: A. c. Price. William Roth,
j. f. Snyder, E. II. Wilkinson, w. G.
Sammons. Vic Kitchens, C. NJ Sim
pier
Uniform committee-D r. Morton,
chairman J. w. CrOssan, r. Strong
William Lang
Information Bureau at Atlantic City
William Lang chairman; J. w.
Crossan, A. c. Price.
Advertising and publicity commit
tee-A. c. Price, chairman; ID. r. Nor
ton, NJ Shuman J. B. Lloyd, J. f.
Snyder, W. W. Roth. John Frederick
William Lange c. NJ. Dawson w. d.
Kersey. c. Abbott n. e. Lynch S. E.
Lewis, Arthur Derrickson, W. n.
Householder. G. l. Durnall. N. u
Brown. l.. H. McNemar n. l.. Grubb,
c. NJ. Simpler, s. T. Smith, J. H.
Whitaker j. p Masten j. f. Hayes,
/ c. A. Anderson. E. J. Powell, c. d.
Appleby, w. T. Toppin.
Band George Hayes.
chairman: Baynard Strong, Richard
McMullen, G. G.. oliver, r. e. Down
ing.
/ Shortly after the committees were
/ appointed bids for furnishing those
( who will participate in the outing
with blue serge clothes, straw hats,
! black shoes and ties and canes were
asked for. These bids we're later CON
sidered and the following contracts
, we're awarded: Uniforms, ]. +. Rey-
nolds and Sons Company; hats, shoes,
/ ties. gloves and canes, ]. T. MulliD
and Sons, and printing to George
/ Hogue.
The General Trip Committee Of the
combined lodges of Odd Fellows met
last night when the Atlantic City
/ trip was discussed. It was reported
that while many of the lodges from
this city and State would remain at
Atlantic City one day, Delaware Lodge
would remain two days
While at Atlantic City the lodgemen
will be quartered at the Hotel Louella