Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-05-27
ODD FELLOWS LEFT THURSDAY
AFTER SESSION I'm THIS CITY.
Interesting Session Of Grand Lodge,
and Rebekah Assembly Adjourn
ed; SOjOurn Was Enjoyed.

Il
bekah assembly of North Carolina adj
! journed last Thursday morning after
J a session of three days in Henderson,
/ VILE
Despite the fact that the weather
was quite unfavorable while the visi-
f, tors were in Hendersonville, their stay
was pleasant and they passed resolu-
! tons of thanks to the people of Hen
Jacksonville for the attention and cour-
| tesies shown them,
In addition to the proceedings Civ
en- in last weeks paper, the Grand
| Lodge passed a resolution commend
/, ing President Wilson for his course in
matters pertaining to war. and trans
acted other business, including the
election and appointment of officers
rs follows:
The Officers.
AT Wednesday mornings session of
the Grand Lodge the following officers
were elected:
Grand Master, Thomas L. Green of
'Waynesville.
Deputy Grand Master, Guy Weaver,
Asheville.
Grand Warden, G. o. McMichael.
Wentworth.
Grand Secretary, B. H. Woodell.
Raleigh.
Grand Treasurer. Richard J. Jones.
Wilmington.
Grand Representative for two years,
w. F. Evans, Greenville.
Trustee for orphans home at Colds
boro, C. D. Edwards of Raleigh re-
elected for term of five years.
The appointive officers of the Grand
Lodge are:
Grand Marshal. C. G. Morris of
Washington.
Grand Guardian. A M. Martin,
Granite Falls.
Grand Conductor. S. B. Currin,
Wilson,
Grand Herald. R. D. Sisk, Franklin.
Grand Chaplain, Rev. 2. Paris. Lin
'colnton.
The Office of assistant grand secre-
tary was created after suspension of
four years and J. D. Berry of Raleigh,
who previously filled this position, was
appointed to assist Grand Secretary B.
H Woodell of Raleigh both in Office
and field work.
The manner of segregating the
Grand Lodge and the Home funds,
which the grand secretary has been
doing, was changed whereby the sub
ordinate lodges will refund the home
funds direct to the treasurer of the
orphans home and that portion of the
grand lodge funds to the grand sec
rotary
In the contest in the unwritten
work John D. Berry won the Bryant
loving cup, which he will hold in trust
until the winner at the nexC session
OF the grand lodge takes it. The
other contestant was H. F. Latshaw of
Almond.
The Rebekah assembly elected the
following officers:
President, Miss Bessie Turner of
Grover.
Vice president, Mrs. Annie Baum.
Poplar Branch.
Warden. Miss Lillian Byrd, Ashe-
vile.
Secretary, Miss Pattie E. Beck.
Winston-Salem.
Treasurer, Mrs. Hattie Reed Whita-
ker, Hendersonville.
Marshal, Mrs. Hattie Epps, Almond.
Conductor, Mrs. Bessie Spry, Coin
Jock.
Chaplain, Mrs. Mabel Garrison, Will
mington.
Inside Guardian, Mrs. Alethia Mo-
ser, Winston-Salem.
Outside Guardian, Mrs. Georgia
Oates, Grover.
Mrs. Cora G. Littleton of Wilmington
was elected representative to the
Past Presidents International associa-
ton and the National Association OF
Assemblies, which meet with the SOW
,ereign grand lodge at San Francisco
in September.
The .Rebekah assembly will next
.year offer a prize in contest on the
,unwritten work, this being new un-
dertaking for the assembly.
"A special collection Of $15 was taken
by the assembly for a Bible for the
chapel of the orphans home at Colds
boro.
The work of the past three years
with the view to establishing a laun-
dry at the orphans home was contln-
ued after an encouraging report on
the results accomplished.
1. REPORTS shower that the Odd Eel
lows and Rebekahs during the last
gear had done gratifying work.
Grand representa- w. F. Evans
of Greenville and M. L. Shipman Of
Hendersonville will attend the sover-
efgn grand lodge at San Francisco in
September. srj= .
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs have
enjoyed an interesting sojourn in the
CITY, the last hours of the Rebekahs.
stay here being made socially pleasant
by a receptions given by Mrs Hattie
Reed Whitaker
An Interesting part Of the work of
the Rebekahs was the degree work
put on. by the swannanoa lodge of
,Asheville on Wednesday night. Seven
Elcandidates were initiated and che work
done by the degree team of Asheville
was highly commended.