Oakland sunshine., 1915-07-03
Headquarters 1915 Entertainment
Committee, Grand United Order of
Odd Fellows, $3.50 Chestnut St.
Oakland, CAL, June 22, 1915.

OQQ feIlOWS, 1loU lnSSInut CI.
Oakland, CAL, june 22, 1915.
Editor Oakland Sunshine,
Oakland, Cal.
Dear Sir and Brother:
| have the honor to inform you,
and through you the many readers of
your valuable journal, that the 1915
Committee, G. u. O. of O. F., will
open, headquarters at us Broadway,
Oakland, on July Is, 1915. This COM
mittee consisting of representatives
from every lodge and Household Of
Ruth in the District of California,
was appointed for the purpose OF
caring for and entertaining all Odd
Fellows and Daughters of Ruth who
might visit the Panama-Pacific Inter
national Exposition during the year
1915.
Occidental Lodge No. 2484, G. u.
O. of O. F., have given out their pro-
gram for the week of the session of
District Grand Lodge No. 81, which
is as follows:
Monday, Aug. 2, a. M, meeting
of the Endowment Board in Forest
ers' Hall.
Monday, 8 p. m, reception at Lin
coin Hall by Household of Ruth No.
458 and Juveniles.
Tuesday, at Bis, initiation of can
didates by Occidental Lodge, assisted
by Aerial Lodge and visitors.
Wednesday, a. m, sessions.
Wednesday, p. n., memorial serv-
ices at 18th St. A. M. E. Church.
Thur sday, a. m, sessions.
Thursday, 8 p. M, grand public IN
stallation and promenade.
Friday, basket picnic.
Saturday, trip to Exposition.
All visiting members of the order,
from all sections of this country and
from all countries of the world, are
requested to make these rooms their
headquarters during their stay in our
midst, and the public is invited to
visit our headquarters at any time.
During the week of the sessions of
District Grand Lodge No. 81 and
District Grand Household of Ruth
No. 28, which commence on the End
day of August, Open House will be
held at the headquarters and to which
all Brothers and Daughters of Ruth
are cordially invited. Special fea-
lures at vrious times will be staged
by the committee, notice of which
will be published later, among which
will be Odd Fellows Day at the Ex-
position.
In order that the committee may be
in position to secure accommoda
tions for our visiting members, espe-
cially during the week of the sessions,
parties having rooms to rent are re-
quested to notify the committee of
that fact, stating the number of
rooms, the street and number, the
number of their telephone, whether
with or without board and the price.
Registration will be made of this in
formation, nd as visitors arrive they
will be sent to the places listed in the
order OF their registration. Parties
having rooms should send their COM
munications to A. Dumas Jones, Sec
retary 1915 Committee, $3.50 Chestnut
street, Oakland, until July l4th, after
that date to us Broadway, Oakland.
The matter of accommodations is
an urgent affair, and the committee
requests that all parties having rooms
will send in their lists at once.
The public is requested to read the
columns of this paper for notice OF
future special events.
Fraternally yours,
GENERAL 1915 COMMITTEE.
Jacob Soares, D. c. NJ, President.
Julia A. Shorey, D. G. NJ. N. g.,
Vice-President.
Lucy E. Crabb, D. G. w. A., Asst.
Secretary, 51o Adeline ST., Oakland.
Executive Committee: Geo. Ingra-
ham, P. D. G. NJ, Chairman; A. Du-
mas Jones, Secretary, 3130 Chestnpt
St. Oakland.