The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-20
Odd Fellows Are =
Gathering In Sanford

Sanford, April 20-The SiXty-First
Annual Session of the Grand Lodge
of Florida Independent Order of Odd
Fellows began Monday with the
meeting of the Grand Encampment
and the city is thronged with the
members of Lodges from Jacksonville
to Key West and from Pensacola to
Tampa and it is estimated that some
800 visitors to the city will attend
the annual session. The hotels and
homes are being taxed to their ut
most to accommodate the many peo-
pie here and the session bids fair
to be one of the most successful in
point of numbers that has been held
in many years.
The Rebeccas are here in full force
and their meeting will be held in
the court house The Encampment
and lodge of Odd Fellows meetings
are being held in the Masonic Tenn
pie.
Grand Encampment met at ten
o'clock monday morning in the Odd
Fellows building Meeting called
to order by ]. II. Shirah, Grand
High Priest, owing to late arrival of
Grand Patriarch John H. Elk of
Jacksonville.
Officers present were w. P. Pill
lans, Grand Senior Warden of Lake
land; Martin F. Zoller Grand Junior
Warden of Orlando; S. C. Neon
nell, Grand Scribe of Tampa; G. d.
Rinehart, Grand Treasurer of Jack
sonville, J. W. Blanding of Gaines
vile, Grand Representative; w. T.
Hullinger, Grand Marshal of Bra
dentown; James Haskins, Grand
Guardian of Miami; G.. Lambright,
Grand Herald of Pensacola
The regular order of business of
the Grand Encampment was trans
acted at both the morning and after
noon sessions. The following Of
ficers for the ensuing year were
elected:
J. H. Shirah of Tampa Grand
Patriarch, w. P. Pilans of Lake
land Grand High Priest; S. c. Nc
Connel, of Tampa, Grand Scribe
c.. D. Rinehart. of Jacksonville
Grand Treasurer; Martin F. Zeller
of Orlando, Grand Senior Warden
James Haskins, of Miami, Grand
Junior Warden, G. Lambright, OF
Pensacola, Grand Marshal; w. II.
Malone of Key West, Grand Guar.
dian; E. A. Jones, of Jacksonville
Grand Herald.
The meeting of the Grand En-
campment was very successful il
every particular and was well at
tended.
The opening session of the Crane
Lodge of Odd Fellows was held il
the Star Theatre and the followin!
welcoming exercises were greatly en-
joyed by the large audience. TIL
following program was arranged:
Music.
Invocation, Rev. James S. Day
Grand Chaplain.
Address of Welcome on behalf Q
the city, Hon. j d. Dawson, mayor
Vocal Solo-Selected.
Address of Welcome on behalf G
Sanford Lodge No. 81, Brother +.
Steinmeyer.
Response to Address of Welcome
on behalf of Grand Lodge. W. U
Lathrup.
Response to Address of Welcome
on behalf of Rebekah Assembly.
Piano Solo, selected.
The exercises at the Star Theatr
that opened the Sixty-First Sessio
of the Grand Lodge were most in
teresting and were witnessed by
large crowd.
Among the features already men
toned on the program were the &C
dress of welcome of Mayor Dawson
in which he gave the key of the cit
to the visitors and told them
help themselves. He was answere
by Rev. Steinmeyer of the Methc
dist church who accepted the key
upon behalf of the local lodge.
The vocal selection by Mrs. A.
NcGuin of paola was a gem and III