Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-25
ODD FELLOWS
At CELEBRATION
Anniversary of lnstituting
First Lodge of Order in
This Country

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TOTTENVILLE, April 25-In cell
ebrating the one hundredth anniver-
sary of the instituting of the first lodge
of Odd Fellows in this country Bent
ley Lodge Nc. $40, l.. o. O. f., enter
tanned about two hundred, including
members n guests at a reception
and banquet at its lodge rooms In
Main street last night in honor of the
event. The affair which was in keep
ing in the various celebrations that
are being held throughout the country
at this time to celebrate Odd Fellow
! ship, was one of the best that the
lodge has ever held on an occasion OF
this kind.
Past. Grand Alexander Campbell,
chairman of the lodge, made the ad-
dress of welcome and the
speakers of the evening. The pro-
gram opened with the singing of the
"Star Spangled Banner" by the audi
ence as an appropriate start for the
celebration. This vas followed by q
piano and violin duet by Joseph Dam
iels and his son, Edward Daniels, and
a vocal solo by Mrs. Ralph Roseland,
entitled The Rose of No Mans Land
Rev. J. +. Bindenberger, pastor of st.
Paul's church. the first speaker spoke
on odd Fellowship" as he had come
to know it, although he is not a men,
Der of the order, He spoke of the
three links, the emblem of the order
and what they stood for, Friendship,
Love and Truth.
Samuel G.. Garretson, a past grand
of Lawrence Lodge No. 81, of Perth
Amboy, the lei speaker, spoke at
length on the good of the order and
brought greetings from his lodge over
the sound. He wished great prosper
ity for the local lodge at the close of
his remarks. His remarks were fol-
l0yyHd nv "a niann Snlanfinn nv Mr.
Daniels.
Stuart l.. Ritz, the next speaker
after extending congratulations to
the order on attaining it's one hun
dredth birthday gave a talk on civic
affairs / which he spoke of the de-
velopment of Staten Island and of its
future. He commented on the ferry
service between this place and Perth
Amboy and of the subway proposition
nov confronting the people of the
borough of Richmond.
Mrs. Annie j.. Palmer, of Brooklyn,
q past president of the Rebekah AS
sembly of the state of New York, gave
a pleasing address, in which she spoke
of her many pleasant visits to the Re-
bekah lodge here during the past sew
eral years and of the work of the or
der throughout the state. Past Grand
John Olsen of Mortified Lodge of
Port Richmond; Past Grand Lauritz
OlSenS of Bentley Lodge; Post Grand
William l.. Vaughan, a charter mem
Der of the local lodge, also made re-
marks.
An elaborate supper was served at
the close of the program, at which the
guests sat down to a long table ar
ranged in the center of the lodge
room. Rev . j. Harrison Johnson,
pastor of the South Baptist church in
voked the blessing before the start
of the banquet. Hubbard r. Yetman,
an old member of the lodge, was seat
"a at the platform as an honored
guest.
Among the visiting lodges present
at the celebration were Lawrence,
Valhalla, Hornet Encampment and
Violet Rebekah Lodges of Perth Am
boy; Mortified Lodge of Port Rich
mond, and Richmond Rebekah Lodge,
of Tottenville. The women of the
latter lodge assisted in serving the
supper. The lodge rooms We're deco
rated with American flags N the
flag of the lodge.