The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-13
ODD FELLOWS
HERE NEXT WEEK
ANNUAL MEETING OF THREE.
LINKED ORDER OPENED NEXT
TUESDAY MORNING BY
GRAND LODGE.

foT louF udyS next week, COM
mencing Tuesday morning, Mitchell
viii be host TO the greatest conven-
ton of the year, the annual gather
ing OF the /. o. O. r. grand lodge,
the grand encampment and the state
Rebekah assembly. Ii is estimated
from 1000 TO 1900 members of
the three-linked order and its sister
organization, the R~ebekahs, will be
in attendance.
The city has been thoroughly can
vassed in the past few DAYS and il Is
believed that nearly enough accoma-
datons have been engaged to care for
any crowd that would come. The
headquarters of the grand lodge Of
ficials will be at the Widmann hotel,
while a bureau of information viii
be opened in the business section, at
a place to be announced later.
The special feature of the entire
convention probably viii be the
grand parade, to be held on Thurs
day evening, commencing at Z o'clock
Nearly 900 members of the order
will be in line, clad in their regalia.
The parade will be headed by a
band and will be under Henry Rob-
ertson. of Dell Rapids. grand mar
shall. 1t will traverse the business
section of the city.
The convention will open on Tues
day morning with the grand en-
campment, which will he in session
for one day. On Wednesday morning
the grand lodge and Rebekah assem-
bly, will convene for their three-day
sessions. The finale to the weeks en-
meetings will be the grand ball at
the city hall auditorium on Friday
evening. This will be the distinctive
social event of the week. For those
who will not attend the ball. com
~plimentary tickets will be furnished
for the evening at the Maynard the
ater.
Added features on the usual con
vention program will be the recep-
ton to delegates at the Metropolitan
|theater on the morning of Wednes-
day. Mayor A. q. Hitchcock will eX-
tend the freedom of the city TO the
visitors and the officers of the Nit
chell lodges will be taken in automo-
biles to the green houses. On Thurs
day evening, the Rebekah degree will
be eXemplified by the Redfield de,
gree team. This ceremony will be
at the Elk's club.
All sessions of the grand lodge
the supreme body of the Odd Fellows
Of the state, will be held in the city
hall auditorium. The grand lodge
Officials are Charles Barrette, Water
! town nropJ ,,octor. G M Pnur1a1
Mitchell, deputy grand master; A. l.
Larson, Aberdeen, grand warden
Harvey j. Rice, Huron, grand sec
lretary; Geo. w. Snow, Springfield
grand treasurer; A. E. Clough
Madison, grand representative TO.
two years; S. e. Wilson, Hot Springs
grand representative for n year
Ia. S. Loveall, Howard, grand chap
lain; Henry Robertson, Dell Rapids
grand marshal; w. A. Heron, Get
tysburg. grand conductor; j. w. Glib
son, Salem, inside guardian; c. ]
Paine, Brookings, outside guardian
The ]. o. o. r. hall will be USE
as the meeting place of the gram
encampment. The officers of tn
grand encampment are Fred Gerber
Jr., Worthing. grand patriarch: A
j. Nesby, Dell Rapids. grand higl
priest: r. M. ~Burlingame, Water
town. grand senior warden: Harve,
j. Rive, Huron, grand scribe; Geo
w. Snow Springfield, grand treasur
er; grand representative for tw'
years. w. II. Davenport, Columbia
A. II. Adams, Spearfish, grand rep
~ (, t,t two fnr N yaar. n pyIr
inton, De Smet, Junior warden; ]. r
Chase, Frederick, grand marshal; c
f. Mundt, Sioux Falls. grand outsid
sentinel.
All meetings of the Rebekah as
sembly will be held at the Elks' clul
in the lodge room. The officers o
the assembly are as follows: Mrs
Anna Knott. BRISTOL, president: Mrs
Julia Ball, Madison, vice president
Mrs. Ellen Dana, Armour, warden
Mrs. Hattie B. Boreland, Madison
secretary; Miss Atlanta Fuller, Lead
treasurer; Miss Il. Belle Jarvis
Faulkton, chaplain: Mrs. Mabel Der
trand, Deadwood, marshal; Mrs. Lu
lu B. Manforth, Springfield, con
ductor; Mrs. Cora B. Henton, Spear
fish, inside guardian; Mrs. Maud
IOrr, Philip, outside guardian.
The local entertainment and re
cetion committee comprises Mel
Jensen, w. II. Snow, Joe l.. Lovinger
10. G. Thompson, j. Fl. Ferris, ID. G
lCox and Abe Wilkins. Elective Off
GERS of Chanka lodge No. 81, one o
the entertaining lodges of Mitchell
are Ernest Miller, N. c.: C.. M. How
land, V. c., w. II. Snow, f%inancia
secretary; d. G. Cox, recording sec
retary; o. c. Thompkins, treasurer.
Officers of Mitchell e%ncampment
No. 8, follow: j. A. Johnson, of Letcl
err, c. p; Carl Kraft, HI. p; Abe viii
kins, S. W.; w. H. Snow, Scribe; S