The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-13
ODD FELLOWS HAVE
DISTRICT MEETING
Lodges Representing the 18th d.
vision Met Friday Night
(Contributed.)


Friday night promptly at 1880 the
! Noble Grand of Lake Lodge No. =,
II. o, o. F. called the district meet
ing of this grand fraternity to order
and after the regular routine bust
ness was gone through with he
turned the meeting over to the d.
ID. g. VI Bro. Perry, who proceed
ed to get down to business, the min
utcs of the last meeting which was
approved, after which Bro Perry
arose to his feet and after a SPLEEN
did talk on the beauties of Odd Eel
lowsnip asked the brothers to come
forward with some suggestions as
to the most feasible way by which
our membership in Florida might be
increased.
Bro. r b. Crawford, of Fort
Meade, suggested the perfecting of a
well organized degree team as pos
sible solution for this lack of inter-
est He also recommended that the
district meeting have degree team
to confer at least one degree at each
of its meetings in the future.
Bro Coates, of Fort Meade, also
spoke on the beauties of fraternalism
as eXemplified in Odd Fellowship and
urged the Importance of a we'll
drilled degree team, stating that
should Fort Meade be so fortunate as
to secure the next Division meeting
that they would guarantee to put on
decree that would astonish the Wis
itors.
Bro. Taylor, of Lakeland, also
urged the Importance of good degree
, work, stating that the only way to
make good Odd Fellows was to put
the work on properly and impress
the candidates with the Importance
of the lessons being taught.
, A motion was then put before the
house that Lake Lodge No 2 con
, fer some deqree, the said degree to
! be selected by Lake Lodge, and after
, some little discussion it was decided
: to put on the first degree which was
S done very creditably, with the as.
. sistancc of some of the brothers from
: Fort Meade.
n The different lodges represented
p at this meeting were as follows
/, Arcadia, Mulberry, Fort Meyers, For
o Meade, Lake, Seminole, Winter Hav
: en-, Brownsville, Boca Grande ant
: PhosDhoria Much good is accom-
: plshed at these meetings as was at
= tested by the interest taken among
the different representatives in The
good natured rivalry to secure the
next meeting for their respectiv,
towns.
Our grand secretary, Bro. Bland
ing, was with us and gave us severa
valuable points on the different rule!
governing the district meetings ant
the manner in which they should b.
conducted in order to obtain tn,
most satisfactory results.
\ The editor of the Fraternal Pan
technico then took the floor and in /;
few words asked that the dstric
put the stamp of its approval upol
~ In til ~ \,
18th Division of Odd Fellowship il
Florida and upon a motion properl,
gives the paper the prestige that |
so necessary in move of this kin
and will add quite lot to the pow
er of this paper as a fraternal orgal
in Florida.
Upon a motion duly seconded, Bro
r. r. Crawford, of Fort Meade, wa
recommended by this body to tn
\ grand master as a desirable candi
date for the office of Division deput
grand master, and if he is appointe
we feel sure that the duties that vii
devolve upon him in connection wit
this appointment will be honorabl
and conscientiously performed.
The next meeting of this bod
will be held in Fort Meade, the dat
of which will be announced later b
D. d. G.. NJ , who will be appointe
by the grand master at the meetin
to be held in April at Sanford.
A motion to adjourn was then i
order and after the lodge had bee
closed in ample form by Noble Gran
Ellis of Lake Lode No. 2, sprea
was then set forth that made ma
glad he was an Odd Fellow and a
lowr1 to participate in such goo
things. Among the things calculate
to satisfy the inner man were straw
berries and cream, sandwiches of V;
rious kinds. and cakes that could n,
be excelled, topped OFF with steamin
Java such as the master brewers
LAKE Lodge know how to brew.
very late hour the brothers bega
to depart for their different HON,
and an evening long to be remen
bered by those present was recordc
as a thing to be remembered wit
u the highest degree of pleasure.