Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14
TO
OPEN APRIL II
Odd Fellows Announce Program to
Be Given in Honor of Hun
dredth Anniversary.

The oficial program for the cen
tennial celebration by the hide
pendent Order of Odd Fellows OF
Moline has been prepared and the
festivities will begin on Monday
evening, April q. at 8:15 at Swe-
dish Olive hall, Moline.
The order of service is announc-
ed as follows:
Song-Olive Male chorus.
, Address-George R Cady, Gin
ton, Iowa.
Song-OIive Male chorus.
! Address-Axel H. Kohler of Swe-
dish Olive lodge, No. $50.
TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL %.
Eagles hall, Fifth avenue and
Fourteenth street.
Initiatory degree by centennial
degree staff, composed of past
grands of the three local lodges !;
captain, julie Norman, Moline lodge,
No. 133.
! WEDNESDAY, APRIL %
Rebekah day.
2:30 p. N. Swedish Olive hall.
School of instruction by Mrs. Grace
Henry. Sandwich, Ill, chief exam
iner Of instructors, assisted by Mrs.
Mae Crowell, grand secretary,
Rockford, Ill
| 500 D. M, Swedish Olive hall.
Joint session of Myrtle Rebekah
lodge, No. 256, and Swedish Olive
Rebekah lodge, No. SAB. Degree
work by centennial past noble
grands staff Of the two lodges. Mrs.
Clara Arthur, Myrtle lodge, cap
| tain.
THURSDAY. APRIL "A.
Patriarchs Militant day.
Swedish Olive hall, 2:30 p. m.
School of instruction in subordi-
nate lodge work conducted by Past
Grand Master H. NJ Blood of Chi
cago.
4:30 p. m. Special session of the
grand lodge of Illinois. At this
time the past grand and grand
lodge degrees will be conferred on
all members in this district who
are eligible and present the proper
credentials.
500 p. N. Cantonment of Can
ton Moline, No. so, Patriarchs Mill
tant The degree will be conferred
by the staff of this canton, which is
the official staff of Illinois. De-
partment Commander Joseph Fair
hall, major general of Danville, Ill,
will be present as will many mem
bers of his personal staff. The de-
gree work will be the best ever put
on by the local staff and will be
under the captaincy of j. W. John
son.
FRIDAY, APRIL %.
Encampment day.
Swedish Olive hall, $50 p. m.
School Of instruction conducted by
Chief of Instructors F. H. Thomp-
son, Kankakee, III.
4:30 p. N. Special session of the
grand encampment of Illinois, con-
Quoted by Huntington James, grand
patriarch of Illinois. At this time
the past chief patriarch degree will
be conferred after which the grand
encampment degree will be con-
terred on all who are eligible and
present the proper credentials.
500 D. m. Patriarchal degree
viii be conferred by the degree
staff Of Pillow City encampment, No.
200.
SATURDAY, APRIL 26.
Centennial day, the order will be
100 years old on this day and the
festivities will begin with the Iarg-
est Odd Fellow parade ever seen
in this city All branches of the
order will be represented. Parade
Will start from Twelfth street at
Fifth avenue at 7:3O, east to Fiji
nue., east to Nineteenth street,
north to Fifth avenue, west to Fiji
teenth street, north to Fourth ave-
nue., countermarch to Fifth avenue,
west to Swedish Olive hall and dis
band.
Following the parade there will
be exercises at Swedish Olive hall
as follows:
Address-Past Grand Chaplain o.
F. Jordan, Evanston, Ill. Music by
the Svea Male quartet.
Address-Grand Chaplain Robert
E. Henry of Decatur, Ill.
The members request all to dec
crate their places of business and
residences during the week. Show
the flags, red, white and blue are
Ilc VI inc OA0CAs anu Oil NehAA
help to make the visitors welcome.
Handsome souvenir badges have
been prepared by the committee
and will be on sale as soon as they
arrive. These badges were made
with the intention that they be re-
tanned as souvenirs of the centen-
nal.
At Danville, Ill, the business men
of the city are doing fine thing
to help the celebration and are
showing a generous spirit. They
have engaged a band from the
Great Lakes naval training station
to play for the three-day celebra-
ton and have also added SIS to
each prize offered by the Odd Eel
lows They will decorate the city
as it was never decorated before.
There are 1,S00 members in Moline
and more than two hundred tran |
sient members There are also |
more than six hundred members of
the Rebekah branch of the order. |
1t is hoped that citizens generally |
will respond to the request for dec
orations- Donations have not been |
asked for.
Soldier members Of the order will |
head the centennial parade and all |
are asked to wear their uniforms |