Evening journal., 1915-11-18
4. {. Lynch Heads
State ODD FELLOWS
Order AlSONameS Committee
to Consider Home
Project
PAST GRANDS WILL
HAVE ASSOCIATION

At the eighty-second annual COM
munication of the Grand Lodge of Del
aware, Independent Order Of Odd Fell
lows yesterday, in Odd Fellows Hall,
the following officers were elected:
Grand Master, Howard e. Lynch;
Deputy Grand Master, George n.
Bailey; Grand Representative for two
years, j. Willard Crossan; grand
Secretary, w. w. Douty; Grand
den, A. p. Hudson; Grand Janitor,
George w. Pyle.
Grand Master-elect Howard Z.
Lynch made the following appoint
ments: Grand Marshal, Samuel l..
Carson; Grand Herald, Clarence
Thompson; Grand Chaplain, Herbert
J.. Downing; Grand Conductor,
Charles Pettyjohn.
The delegates discussed the estab-
lishment of a home for aged and
idigent Odd Fellows, after which a
committee. consisting Of Past Grand
Master William T. Magee, Past Grand
Representative William ]. Quigley.
Grand Treasurer P. J. Isaac, and Mrs.
Anna Walls and Mrs. Julia Douty Of
the Rebekah Degree, was appointed to
consider establishing such a home.
Last night the newly elected OFF,
GERS were installed. Past Grand Mas
ter John r. Magee was presented with
a past grand masters jewel, the pre-
sentation being made by w. w. Douty.
A portrait of the retiring grand mas
fer, John T. Magee. was presented
the Grand Lodge, the presentation
being made by Isaac Brown.
The banquet of the Past Grand OF
fcers' Association OF the Grand
Lodge was held at O'Clock last
evening in the temple. Past Grand
Master S. Edward Lewis was toast
master. Addresses were made by
Wilson X. Mohr, grand representa-
tive OF Pennsylvania; John b. Goodwin
grand secretary OF the Sovereign
Grand Lodge; Fred A. Groome. Past
Grand Master OF Maryland; w. T.
Fowden, district deputy of Pennsyl-
vania, and Il. L. Ritter. grand scribe
OF the Grand Encampment OF Penn
Bylvania.
At the session yesterday announce
ment was made that the following
members had died during the past
year:
Jefferson Lodge No. ? Samuel Por-
Ter, p. G.
Mechanics Lodge No. Thomas j
O'Daniel p. G..
Morning Star Lodge No. 6. John A
Lee. p. c.. Frederick Knots, p. G.
Patrick Henry Lodge. No. IL, join
Keane, P. G.
Oriental Lodge. No. IL. W. II. Steele
J.. G., 5. l.. Cam, p. c., Edward Nc
Pike, p. G.
Hebron Lodge. No. IA, ]. c. TuttIe
p. G.. Edwin Wiley, P. G., J. II
flowers. p. G..
Atlantic Lodge. No. 10, Joseph NJ
Kitchens, p. G..
Golden Rule Lodge. No. II. William
:. Clements, p. G.
Amity Lodge. No. 20. f. c. Phillips
,. G.. r. c. Barnard, =. G.
Hope Lodge, No. p, George c
rice. p. G.
Asylum Lodge. No. %, Joseph Can
on, r. G..
Columbia Lodge. No. 26. David II
3rown, p. c.. Simon B. Schoffer, P
J., Henry Roller, p. G.
Charity Lodge, No. p, William I
Moore, p. G.
Eden Lodge. No. "a, James c
Pickles. p. c., John P. Wiley, P. G.
A Past Grand Association Of al
past grand masters and past chief Ia
.riarchs in the State will be organ
zed at a meeting to be held in Od
fellows Hall on November 80.
The call is signed by Past Grands Z
NJ. Kelley, Fairfax Lodge. No. 8
d. r. Morton, Jefferson Lodge, No. 2
George Bennett, Delaware Lodge, NJ
/; f. c. Smith. Hope Lodge, No. p
7. f. Mcclure. Mechanics Lodge, NJ
4; Thomas Grier. Eden Lodge, No. "a
C. G.. Oliver, Brandywine Lodge, NJ
IS; Lewis ]. Darrell. Columbia Lodge
No, 26; 1. T. Dickerson, Asylum Lodg'
20. %.