The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06
PLANS ALL MADE
Topeka Is Ready To Entertain
%. o. F.DeIegates.
Big Convention viii Begin
Here Monday.
THE ADVANCE GUARD IS HERE
Thousands of Odd Fellows Are
Coming to Mammoth Meet.
Parade Wednesday One of the
Big Features.
THE ADVANCE GUARD IS HERE.

Thirty-five hundred delegates in
Gliding q few of the advance guard
who arrived today, will convene in To-
peka Monday for the annual state
convention of the four departments Of
the 1. O. O. F lodge which VIII extend
over October II. Judge w. II. KEN
per, secretary of the general commit
tee on arrangeme here, announced
today that all is in readiness for the
visitors to begin their four-day SEES
sion early Monday morning.
One of the prominent features of the
program will he big parade on KAN
sas avenue and other streets Wednes-
day afternoon at 1870 o'clock. Mem
bers of the grand lodge and the Re
bekah assembly will be in line. The
total number taking part in the
imarch will include 1000 members Of
the grand lodge and 1000 women. the
latter in 225 motor cars. Members Of
the local lodge and 100 men in uni
form will also be included
The Line of March.
George w. Fryer, Wichita. will act
as grand marshal of the parade and
Col j. NJ Miller will act as aide. In
the lead, the grand lodge division Will
be headed by the Knights and Ladies
Of Security band with the patriarch
militant and members of the grand
lc6ge following. The division will
form on Quincy street with the right
resting on Fifth street. The line of
march will be on Fifth street to Kan
sas avenue. south to Tenth and then
ccUntermarch to Seventh street and
tfence to the auditorium
Two hundred and twenty five mo-
tor cars are to he obtained to carry
all visiting Rebekahs, and the line of
march, as well as a sight seeing trip
afterwards will be under the mar
shalship of w. $ Gentry The diVi-
sion will be Organizec at Fifth and
Topeka avenue, with the right resting
OIL Van Buren, street. All motor cars
wiz report along the south side of
Memorial hall and the south side of
the state house grounds, where the
Eebekahs will be waiting. In the line
OF march the Rebekahs will fall in
behind the grand lodge division at
Fifth and Kansas avenue and proceed
to Tenth street, where they will leave
the parade and start their inspection
mp over the city. From Tenth street
Ntney Will go west to Harrison. thence
north to Fifth west to Topeka avenue
south to Eleventh. west to Buchanan
north to Sixth, west to Morris avenue
south to Huntoon, east to Buchanan
south to Thirteenth, west along the
4 North end Of Central park. south
along the west side of Central park
L" Euclid avenue, east TO Kansas ave
rue and north to the Memoria
building.
Headquarters at Hotels.
Aeauq uarterS Tor the grand en-
|. campment have been DESIGNATED at the
hotel ThroOp; the grand lodge anC
Rebekah assembly headquarters will
be at the National hotel and the mill.
\ tant barracks will be at Hamilton
\ hall. The department council will hole
its regular meetings at l. O. .. F
hall, III West Sixth street: the granC
lodge will hold all meetings in the au
ditorium and the Rebekah state as
l sen'bly will be located at Memoria
hall. All general sessions, com priSet
of those Wednesday morning, Tues
day and Wednesday nights, will be il
the auditorium. All the general ses
sions will be public. The department
al sessions will be secret
One of the features of the entertain
ment Of the general session Wednesda,
night will be the decoration of chiV
airy, the only degree of Oddfellowshi1
that can be made in public. The dec
GRAFTON will he made by Maj Gen T c
he under command of Col. w. Fl
Kemper, Col. NJ. T. Watson. Maj. H, {
stevens and Lieut.. J A. Hearick. !
class of four women, Mrs. w. H
Kemper. Mrs. II. G. Stevens, Mrs. NJ
T. Watson and Mrs. J. A Hearick, vii
receive the decorations which ar
beautiful jewels, gold mounted with
diamond in the center. One man wi
also receive the degree. The decora
ton will begin at . o'colck.
An open meeting will also he he'll
Wednesday morning at $50 O'CLOCK
The governor. mayor and others wi
deliver addresses of welcome.