New Britain herald., 1919-10-09
PHEN|X LODGE HAS
 WELCOME SESSION
Service Men Are Entertained at
 Dinner and Dance

Twent y-one members of PheniX a welcome home banquet. entertain ment and dance last evening at Jr. o. U. A. M. hall. William Hut crimson, of New Haven, grand secre- tary of the Grand Lodge of Connecti- cut, was the principal speaker. Others were F. G. McWilliams, past grand, of this city; F. G. Hurlbert, past grand master. of this city, and F. F.. Ennis, of Charter Oak lodge, Hart ford. F.. W. Schultz was toastmaStcr of the post -prandial speaking. Fol lowing tho stirring talks on "What the Odd Fellows Have Done in the War;" by MT. Hutchinson, and "FX- periences of An Odd Fellow Over There," by MT. Ennis. the banqueter5 Cheered the eX-servicc members as they arose and were recognized.
 The banquet part of the program was brought to a close with the sing ing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" The assembly then adjourned to tho lodge hall, where they were enter
 
 dances, limitations of birds and ami mals by the picturesque grand nephew of Sitting Bull-Chef Blue Sky.
 ToaStmastcr'S Remarks.
 Toastmaster Schultz, in his opening remarks, after the meeting had been turned over to him by Past Grand McWilliams, said that the Odd Eel lnI1r who had gone into the service, some of them making the supreme sacrifice. and that they had done noble work The war was over, but there was still work for them to do, for in this coun- try there had arose the Fred fire of anarchy and Bolshevism' that would, if it could, destroy the institutions of liberty established by our forefathers and Which went away back to the time when the Magma Charter was signed by King John of England at Runnymede. He then read a poem by Thomas Bailey Aldrch that said wide open and unguarded stand our gates to all races. It compared the Goths against Rome to the anarchists against this country
 MT. Schultz said that in these days L. cans and must work and save if we would maintain our home as Ameri- ca for Americans.
 Past Grand HurIbcrt.
 Past Grand Master HurIbert sDol1e of the home work done here and said that the lodge was proud of the members in the service and he wei cOmed them in behalf of the lodge. He felt that if the members had to go to war again, they can and will go again
 Grand Secretary Hutchinson.
 What have the Odd Fellows done in this war is the question declared the speaker that has ben asked What the Odd Fellows have been doing has not been advertised, but the members in America and Canada have shown by their lives and by what they are doing that they are true Americans. The Order of Odd Fellows is a demo- cratic organization. At the conven- tion of the sovereign grand lodge in St. Louis bill after bill was presented to do something for the boys. If the war had not stopped he said the con- vention woud still be putting through these measures. The matter of rais- ing money for the work was dis cussed, whether to appropriate s75. 900 from the funds of the SOvereign grand lodge or $2,0OO,O0O from the whole membership. In all this dis cussion they were rot spea king for the Odd Fellows alone but for every one of Uncle Sans boys whether they were odd Fellows or not It was finally voted to have the grand sire of the grand lodge appropriate $75,OOO and any other funds neces- sary from the members. He then re- called the words of Grand Sire Pink crton, of Massachusetts sometimes called the premier of Odd Fellows that whatever we do as a fraternity let us do it through channels already organized. He mentioned the old Methodist church at Devens that the Odd Fellows such as the Red Cross and the Y. M. c. A. The speaker said that a question that reached the ears Of MT. Pinkerton was from the boys themselves who asked "How arc the folks at homo dong?" "IIow are the lodges caring for mother?" How are the lodges caring for the families at home?' MT. Hutchinson declared that of the S,OOO,OOO Odd Fellows in Canada over 10 per cent. Of them volunteered their service for king and country and 8 per cent. of them died, and everyone of their families were cared for.
 The fraternity of New Jersey and other fraternities went into hospitals and cantonmcnts to aid the boys there.
 We have not advertised our work, but we have seen to it that every Odd Fellow of this country and Can ada who was incapactatcd will never want for comfort. The Odd Fellows have been liberal in their responses to the calls of the government both for money and men. They have re-