The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-15
Odd Fellows

The forowinG interesting ',FHES
s~rsfsnr odd Fellowship ON TINS COW
ttne<x in the early thirteS is 'aNe''
f,c~n letter by Broi her A G. " et-
ford. 1859: ..s-,!... ,.o,.
svrcrr was very rough ne LonEt
r-sos,. was renerally well fi}ed we Il
have Some eur tonight. come up, was
.~rarpir, ma salutation Fl hrethfcn
- sf~v met on the street Well !
r~rn etnber the ordeal ! went through
when was told that there Is are on
vour right. water or your ift'- hsh4h"
80, aa~k vawning gulf and in front
aharn pointed instruments OF oeaIh
ryerv device designed 70 a'afsn nc
candidate was brought {rfo TeQu'N''
fsor and 81 successfully have fhsH
beer brought to play iu some INST inc
that ire candidate has rushed from
- ~oer, a-s only Ay The uost earn
est re-S,raSson has been lndHce1 20
ccr,s hack that the ceremony MGR I
~ ~,-7?-,l rsca The arst lodge, OF
1xA,~a the~s IS ANY record west al tho
.nar.zr,-- Mountains was instituted II
OHIO Tlece IA 9eer IS. 1889. me HTSl
foSre In virginia was az NarTer $
rsrrv The charter was granted MaN
,s-s N1t y hon the lodge was }h-
stftoted their rs re record hepF1e
Io4re No Hae Organized fnfcTFna'iF
about perersher :. 1S&- "H1
tire Thoraa Ni}deA tff'af2a -.
In CfncsaraE on hrs #AF T" Nc" ~
leans Y seems he was HssSe ~ ~
meeting 81 those Mo pror9s,' e 11T'I'
the hodge Or tSf N -
which took us n a'i.'4st.'1 # -
tonahle sa .aen in Louisville on N2u
street. On tfa eath dag 81 JanuAr
1898 or his rntaTn no iarfaisF
Ea n ixea Tn lodge AMI fHs5st''6f WV
officers CHOSEN Eriau1s lodge -.
OF Lou lsvI'lt XIV. in "n" g 3 Was-.
ttiated WAS Instituted 'Tfh &, so
The order vas tfIfo@"f'b "''o IT,
Louis. No. lis 1875 ln1i5aa ana 't'i.
nois received i in 1855. s3N" THESE
dates to show na~ p" af&.5 t.tS sN
Paying dHes. 37n}nG ~ 'f@.t
and atterdine aaee aaos RIOS eTot@aE
AN the reau5rer7c that go f' m4he
up 2 FISH rne0a oa3 te.3a" or fS'
hesah Il the nul.tude OF #t(t'
that MAKE la4 She happiness OF others.
Are you doing yeur rart 20 maxi"
vour lodge a successful eHe2 DO Hoh
Tho officers ia tho w6rk or arr YOU an
odd Feliov Stacker taking much and
giving l.tt}e ia the fraternity Broth
ers. II is the duty If every Odd fel-
low 10 assist The officers of his lodge
nor doing tins Vol arc NOT true odd
Fellow
A widc.avake Noble Grand VIII
omen the lodge ON time II there IS a
quorum present. and dispatch 1he bust
ness with aIertness thus aMardng am
ple tiYne for the good Of tho order
unless of course there is work which
IS only Tho creator reason for being
rrornt,t1y on time BEGINNING late,
Won never catch up the lost time, and
the result is late meeting which most
OF the members do not enjoy
osA Fellowship holds 10 the doc
frinn r,7orc sgfr}5assius- than chat which
,he worlds greatest teacher 81 love
Announced wher He said suffer lit
s}e children t. come unto Me and for
bid them not;
Hate has no place in Odd Fellow
shin. the true spirit of odd Fellowship
is love~-love your creator and fellow
Don't he an odd Fellow in name
only Pc orc a heart Make q spe
cial effort to livc thto lifc Of true odd
Fellowship really teaches.
Newer hefere IN thu history 81 Odd
Fellowship has Mere been such need
of fraternity. With every hoatload al
our brave boys going over there" the
need of real fraternity increases. not
alone among our members, hu'
throughout our nation. for there are
sorrowing hearts though brave with
al who need all the sympathy, cour.
age. cheer and fraternal understanding
in the giving Of which our mem bers
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Tn Res,ekah 0da Fellowship, wor7a
continues in her true sphere in life
rrne heinz taken from the ponk q,
SGT. h,F,, r,,g,r,a, "a coo a,+s M,
fhe i,nit less GOOD ,,i.,t,, hcr newer ),
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