The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-21
WHEELING ODD FELLOWS ENTERTAIN
The GRAND LODGE OCTOBER 1916
coo VISITING ODD FELLOWS AND
REBEKAHS TO ATTEND CEN
TENNAL GATHERING.
Grand Sire Of United States and C1nHu~
Judge Borst, Of New York, to
Address Open Session

J. CLOVIS ana lkt'DF hdIlS Will Dt III W IIStl-
ing. October a. IL and l6, for the con-
vcntion of the West Virginia Grand
Lodge, Independent Order Of Odd Eel
lows and the grand assembly Of the Re-
bckaha. Because it takes place so soon
after the Tooth anniversary celebration
Of the founding of the Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows, this gathering will
be known as the Centennial Session OF
the Grand Lodge. 1t will also be tho.
5jth session Of the West Virginia Grand
Lodge. Bccsuse Of these two features.
the 1919 Grand Lodge promises to be
ono Of the biggest fratcrnal events in
i the state
The SESSION Of the Grand Lodge will
be hcldnn the Thomson Methodist Epis-
Copal church on Wheeling Island. The
Rcbckah Grand Assembly sessions Will
be held in the l. o. .. +. hall at Twelfth
and Chapline streets. The sessions Will
begin on Tuesday, October II. On that
morning the Grand Lodge and Grand AS
sernblY will meet together in an open
session In the auditorium of Thomson
church. The public will be invited 10
attend this session. at which il is OK
pected that the Grand Sire OF tho /. O.
| o. f. Sovereign Grand Lodge of the
United States and Canada. Judge BorSt.
Of New York. will be present and deliver
an address. The Grand Sire has indi-
Gated that he will attend this session.
[ and he Will come TO Wheeling after all
official visit to northwestern Canada
| and the Sovereign Grand Lodge at Balti-
! more.
Following the opening session. thcr:
! will be an automobile ride for the visit
! ing Odd Fellows and Rcbckahs, who will
; be taken on sight seeing tour of all
| Of the interesting points in and about
! the city.
At one session of the Grand Lodge.
! the report Of the Odd Fellows Homo
committee will be submitted. This Will
! bc an interesting feature of the session.
At the present time. the home at Elkin"
! is caring for Ito orphan children Of de-
| ceased Odd Fellows as well as ten OF
| fifteen aged Odd Fellows and two wives
! or widows OF members Of the order The
/ Rev. S. +. Hart, pastor Of the Calvary
| Methodist Episcopal church, at Mounds
willie. is chairman Of the home commit
tee
An election will be held to fill ,thrc"
! vacancies in the Odd Fellows Hon"
board. Tho vacancies arc caused by the
death Of tho late Colonel Thomas H.
, Hodges. OF Morgantown: tho death OF j.
| l.. Clarke. Of Parkcrsburg. and the eS.
piratlon Of the term Of ]. II. Stout, OF
! Grafton.
The Grand Lodge Officers who will Of
| Cciatc during the sessions here are
, Grand Master l.. T. Baker. Of Weston:
! Deputy Grand Master william stephen
son, OF Parkcrsburg: Rev. Kaufman. OF
! ParkcrshurG: Grand Warden \. J. WIKI
inson. of Huntington: Grand Secretary
and Grand Treasurer George S. Stout, OF
| ParkcrSburR.
Three honorcd Odd Fellows Of tho To-
/ cal district will be Col. .Jerc 4. Miller.
! William dillingham; and Henry +. Woody
| all Of whom arc Past Grand Masters OF
| the West Virginia Grand Lodge. Col.
Miller was Grand Master in 1851: Mr..
| E:i!nsham in 1851 and Mr.. Woody IN
| l31l-l2 There are also quite number
Of living Odd Fellows in the Jurisdiction
| of the lodges of Wheeling and vicinity
who were members Of the order when
the first Grand Lodge session was held
! in this city fift!-fivc years ago.
The Grand Lodge and Grand Assembly
will be entertained by all or the odn
/ Fellows and R"b"kah lodges Of tho
| first district. which includes Hancock
J Brooke. OHIO and Marshal counties.
! Members of all tho lodges in these roun-
, tics will BE- on the entertainment COM
uittoce Tho expense Of tho Grand
! Lodge and Grand Assembly is all 10 /"
! borne by tho lodges Of this district. out
! Of gratitude for their flour!ShinG condi-
! tron this year.
4 notable feature in this connection ia
| tho fact that out nf all tho younger odd,
! Fellows Of tho first di"tric; who served
: their country in thr world war. not On"
| has hccn reported Ms haNn'; been kill"h
! in battle or died in III" service.
| IL
r,ndc by a Centennial committee CON-
noecd Of members 81 IN" lodges in
! Wheeling vicinity. Tn" committee In
! cludes:
! Officers and Executive Committee.
Henry i. Woody. chairman: James b.
; Minkcmrycr. vice chrirmnn; L. r. CraSo
! secretary: Alvil Winters. assistant sec
rotary. n. y. NCCray. treasurer.
/ Wheeling Lod~c No. o.
! n y NC('rav. Tho. SChoCkn"y. j. II.
! Emery, W. J. Siccn. l.. r. rTaS" n. VI
! ALL n.
! Concord Lodge No. 10.
! James i. N,nkcmcycr. William Mar
shall. VIM. Hahmr Il. KrauE, Charles
Long and Alex. Gibbs
| Excelsior Lodge No. 40.
! August II. EiGCs. Raymond Fau"r.
Joseph Purcell. Alvin Winters, Albert
Bauer and W. J. Clark.
Lincoln Lodge No. -.
: Henry T. Woody. g. {. shane. w.
! Leach. Samuel J. Hunter. Il. NJ Eh"r-
hard and W. l.. Hicks.
Honorary Members.
: Col. .Tcrc \. Miller. rI%t Grand Mac
ter: william dillingham;. Fast Grand
! Master end Thomas II. Neal, Dis,ric,
I Deputy Grand Master.
The next meeting Of tho general CON-
mittcc will hc held at IN" !. O. o. T.
hall nj Thirty-ciEhth md Jacob streets
, on Monday evening. S-itcmhCr Sth.