Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-21
VETERAN !. 0. 0. F.
OFFICERS BANQUET
Distinguished Guests at the An
nual Dinner of the Organiza-
ton. Last Night.


honorcd by the presence of number OF
distinguished guests, including Judge
Henry Y. Boorst of New York, grand sire
of the Sovereign Grand l.odge,i o. .. r.;
Grand Master Henry NJ. Mccullough and
Grand Marshal ]. W. NJ. Perkins OF Mary
land. Grand Representatives, L. t. Trout
man of New York, W. ". MILAN OF Wash
ington and Deputy Grand Master WI
liam I. Fosdcn of PennsylvanIa
Past Grand Master John Magee, the
new president of the ASSOCIATION, presided
as toastmaster He asked Tor assistance IN
building the association up 10 800 nen-
bers during the year
Grand Sire Poorst complimentcd the
organization and said it was an excellent
ono rs il enables those who have gone
through the chairs TO keep up their interest
IN the order.
lie spoke for a larger |. o q. + mem
bcrship IN Delaware In this connection
ne said tin. bows should not hc forgotten.
In my lodge. he said the average age
ot the members Is - wears. He said he
had cnjoycd every minute since ne came
10 Delaware lie wished prosperity and
success to all.
Mr.. Troutman extended an invitation
10 his hosts to visit New York. w ell
takc care of YOU he said
~
order in the Dist rict of Columbia Speak
ing of the high principles OF Odd Fellow
ship. he SAID i; was incumbent on every
member to keep it So our lodge, hc
said. will mean Iust what you put to
IT, If your lodge fails il will he Your fault
The watchword, he sud, Is service and
that applies to lodges we'll - members.
Tie advocated a building up Of the mill
tary branch of he order VIII ich he thought
would appeal to our boys who are coming
back from the service of our country. lie
said. however that thcN must not lose
sight Of the fraternity and brotherhood.
He conptimcntcd the odd Fellows Of Della
ware upon lis selection Of vigorous, en-
thusiastic voUng men aS their chlcf officers
Tor the ensuing year lie told of the great
deeds OF Young men IN history He be
spoke for the new officers the help oi all.
PRAISES THE PRESIDENT
The speaker praised President Wilson
for his high Ideals broad scholarship &c
The thing that makes him great. most OF
al. however, he sand, is that 10000 600
people regardless q politics. love him
and stand solidly hack Of him That
what the Odd fcllows must 10 Tor their
officers
Mr. Mccullough brought greetings
from the Grand Lodge OF Maryland lie
hopcd Delaware will bc we'll represented
II the tooth anniversary OF the order IN
EnItLnorc next wear
Mr. Perkins spoke IN a reminiscent vein
showing he fratcrnal feeling between the
jurisdictions ol Delaware and Maryland. /
Mir Fovdcn brought greetings from
PENNSYLVANIA. which Wa~ holding its
Grand Lodge sessions in l'astor Yesterday /
lie announced the candidacy of Wilson X /
: Z,
grand sir ii the ~ovey IGN GRAND Lodge +
: .sson III Baltimore neat Wear MIR |
AIohr had been lnyitr6 /" attend last I
nett hanquc' hut was detained y his +
Grand Lodgc meeting
Nfr Foudcn spoke ii tie tsnyl ingS of I
the order and ttr good result q good sur I
roundings, which arc provided by the +
order 81 Gdl Fellows III srolc 81 the /
returning soldiers ana -ho Interest me .
Gcl FelloV- Viii lake III them lie c,- +
pres s~cd the hope thsei Delaware vii rlln is
n.r.nt orShip up to 5000 during The en- !
sling year
THI MN OFFICERS
George II Kcnnct;, the new grand +
master. who vas elected % that office
y, 81 rcl.It. waS next introduced lis +
.uprch !. sion Tor 1919 had changed with
hc coming ii peace. and now ne looks for
ward TO ! most successful wear Tor ODD +
Fellowship Incidentally IL years ago t
lrst night hc Was initiated 4 lGerRheT of 4
Delaware Lodge lie expressed apprecIa-
tlon If ~. honor conferred on him ,y tho /
, rand Lo1gr ana ~ being Installed BY i
liz, grand sire Mr. Bennett said he hoped I
t. ,et thc jurisdiction 90 over GOO mem ,
/ r. III the vcar lie asked for the Co t
anf ration of everybody IN tho work
Willard I foreman, tho new grand f
patriarch. Ike Grand Master Bennett, +
hoped for successful year for the en-
cafnnment irancli. ,ts vel a. the grand .
lodge. He was initiated INTO Fairfax
j .o,!ge SIX wears ago last NaTcn
b : Christopher Of Frankford, the re- |
tiri!lg grand master, extended ms appre- |
ciation of the assistance gwen hlm gen /
orally ~ odd Fellows during his term.
a tempting menu was served BY Caterer
Hanna.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing wear President John II
Magee. y!cc-prc>idenf 6 ! Davidson;
secretary and treasurer 8 q Major:
historian " " Doutv. wavs and means /
committee Dr J " Croesan. james Il
Price, 7 + SNYDER, O. Major and
I. y Qvcrdeer
Those present in addition 70 the visit
ors. were: Goldsmith { Major. Frank
Dvcrde,r r j Il. Carpenter II q CLARK.
1. d. H Grier, J ". Jester. Thomas &. |
Doud. Charles P Maroner, DR. J vii
lard Crossan, John " killen, Hubert 4.
Roop. john + Heinzeroth. Harry L.
Roop. W. 4 Walker; Willard 7 Lore
man. W : Holt. Edward II Heinze.
II + Lynch, > +. Warren " " Hyn-
son cx-A,ayor George vi ! Fisher, Melville
" Wells, w W Douty George n
Bailey. G Frank Davidson Philip J
Isaac. John \ Magee, B : Christopher,
t,eorgc II Taylor, DR. r. q Smith,
George G. Norton ;. Edward Lewis,
Otto NJ Rurkhard and Jacob + snyder
GEAND LoDGf ELECTION
The Grand Lodg, uf Delaware. /. q. d
!, concluded i}9 ANIMAL session last NIGH,
During tho itenoon thc following
officers were elected ana installed
Grand master Gcorgo II Bennett of
Wilmington deputy Gand rnastcr. X
..rtiur Dcrrickaon u Milford. grand
\, arden. H,r an {. Taylor Of Do r;
grand secretary, William " Douty, Of
Wilmington, reelected grand secretary,
Philip J saacs 81 Wilmington. grand
rc11r, sentative, Walter II Hynson Of
smyrna, grand marshal, Calvin Whitesell
Of Wilmington grand con uctor, Karl
~cillc nf Wilmington, grand chaplain,
Lewis J Darrell of Wilmington; grand
herald, Joseph " Croes of Wilmington.
grand guard Clarence Camphcll of Wi
lnngton Tie o!lccTa were Installed by