The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-05-21
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
Open Three-days Confer
ence in Cape.
VISITORS TAKE BOAT
ON THE MISSISSIPPI
DIR. Schuchert's Band Will Give
a Concert Tonight for the
Lodge Members.

o. F. and Rebekahs opened Yesterday
for three days with about 1000 dele
gates and visitors present. Only bust
ness was transacted by the two lodges.
The conference adjourned at noon and
at 1:30 o'clock the delegates and visit
ing members marched from the court
house to the river front where they
boarded the steamer Cape Girardeau
and enjoyed few hours excursion.
Seven hundred and fifty men and
women boarded the craft, and the
lodge members were still going aboard
when the captain called a halt and
compelled some of the passengers to
withdraw, because he feared the load
would overtax the boat.
The Schuchert Band will entertain
the visitors tonight with an open air
concert in the Court House Park. This
band has been practicing nightly dur
ing the past week in preparation for
its work at the National gathering of
the U. D. c., at Richmond, Va, June
/. This is the only band in Missouri
that will play at the Richmond con-
vention, and DR.. Schuchert announced
last night that his musicians tonight
would play some selections that they
will render for the United Daughters
of Confederacy.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
combined makes one of the largest
gatherings that has assembled here
since the Elks convention. The Re-
bekahs are to the Odd Fellows what
the Eastern Stars are to the Masons.
The l. o. o. F. convention opened
yesterday morning in the Common
Pleas Court. Only members Of the or
der were permitted to be present, aft
err the formal opening ceremony.
Grand Master Pritchett of Webb City
called the meeting to order.
The Rebekahs met in Centenary
Methodist Church, and in the absence
of Louis Houck, who was scheduled to
make the address of welcome, DR.. Iven
L. Holt, greeted the visitors. Mrs.
Otilha Parker responded for the Re
bekahs.
Both organizations held business
meetings last night, the Odd Fellows
gathering in the Common Pleas Court
room and the sister lodge members in
West End Hall.
Delegates and visitors to the annual
session of the Grand Lodge of the l.
o. o. F. and Rebekah Assembly of
Missouri, continue to pour into the
city, and the number yesterday after
noon had reached approximately two
thousand.
Among the arrivals yesterday were
the following delegates from Farm
ington: Mayme Schaefer, Mrs. B. L.
Byington, Mrs. w. L. Bess, Rose Cum
bingham, Lorene Tetley, Maude Hawn,
Della Hawn, Ruth Garner, Julia Wul-
fert, Mrs. n. J. DeGrant, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Elias J. Lott.
Other cities were represented as fol-
lows: Anna L. Williams and Myrtle
Williams, of Mound City, Ill, and Mrs.
Margaret Weldon, of Cairo; NJ. L. Pc
tiers, of Cameron, Mo-; S. NJ. Young,
Hamilton, Mo-; Mr.. and Mrs. o. B.
Hay, Warrensburg; Lillian Alderdice
and Ethelyn Henderson, Palo, Mo-;
Mrs G. A. Lee and Mrs. w. D. Howes,
Vandalia; ]. H. Watkins, Memphis,
Mo-; w. F. Thompson, Plattsburg; c.
A. Hembrick, Stockton; Mrs. L. f.
Reimoehl, Rolla; ]. D. Ballan, George
Dawson and n. H. Merritt Jr., st.
Louis; Ford Bacon, L. C. Withaup,
John Case and Fred w. jus, Jeffer-
son City; Mrs. Anna L. McGregor.
Dixon; Mrs. J. w. Willer Jr., st.
James; C. w. Beatty, C. T. Scwarz,
Mrs. C. B. Franklin, Paul c. Trip, A.
Lorenz, W. Riegel, Henry w. kuhl-
man, W. J. Baldwin and Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Lold, st. Louis; Mrs. J. H. Bry-
ant, Moberly; Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Ow-
ems, Rombauer; E. NJ. Thomas, We'll
lington; A H. Palmer, st. Louis; G.
c. Marsden, St. Louis; Miss Lille
Banner, Miss Evelyn Finley and Mrs.
J. R. Martin, of Des Moines; Geo. n.
Dunn, st. Louis; C. W. Wylie, Com
merce; H. F. Kruger, st. Louis; Mrs.
c. Kitchens, Hutchinson, Kansas; H.
H. Christmas, E. NJ. Meadows, and ].
B. Harlan, Puxico; DR.. B. w. Waugh
an, Urbana; Joe W. Gravely, Bolivar;
H. F. Sadler, Mrs. Tribe Jones and |
Rachel Saddler, Bernie; Miss Billy |
Fitney, Fusion, La; Mrs. Cassie
Kitchens, Ann Arbor, Mich; Georgia |
Roberts, Mrs. Mabel Clarkson, Mrs. |
q NJ Davis Mics CoIiChtly Miss |