Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-06-17
REBEK AHlODD FELLOW
MEMORIAL

Rebekah and Odd Fellow lodges was
held in the court house last Sunday
afternoon at 2:3o o'clock Rev j E.
Naylor preached the sermon In pre-
paration of the event he had spent
half a day in the orders headquar-
ters at Topeka interviewing Grand
Secretary Russell and half day in
specting the Rebekah-Odd Fellow
home at Manhattan with Secretary
Groomer. Some of the interesting
points regarding the Order were
follows:
ssThe Order stands for sFriend-
ship, Love and Truth; the Brotherhood
of Man and the Fatherhood of God"
The members are pledged to visit the
sick, relieve the distressed, bury the
dead and educate the orphanl The
membership in 1918 in the United
States was 1,677,922. That year we
paid out for relief the great sum of
$6,366, ,14S.40, or some one has
computed it, the average paid out per
day for relief was $17,441 so, the av-
erage per hour. $726.76, the average
per minute $12.11 Every minute that
the clock recorded night and day,
seven days in the week in that year,
needy. Last year ending December
| 81, 1919, was the greatest in the his
tory of our order numerically and fl
/ nancially. Odd Fellowship was the
| first order of it's kind to provide an
auxiliary for the ladies as we did
| when the Rebekah order was estab-
| 1ished. Odd Fellowship was the first
order of its kind to put a ban on sa-
| loon keepers and bar tenders. II
/ even at that time made a law tina;
any in that business who were mem
bers should forfeit their membership
/ Odd Fellowship is in the front ranks
in loyalty. Over 5000 from our or
der in this state were in the wor1e
war Our order is Speeding over ths
whole world. The Grand Sire vii
soon visit the lodges in Australia
where there are over $4,000 members
There are also lodges in our is1ane
possessions, South America, Japan
Europe, etc.
There are Al homes in as man,
states for orphans and aged, will
4,457 residents. The Juvenile ane
old folks homes in Manhattan ar,
splendid1y equipped. Every modern
convenience from sun parlors to bath.
, and from music lessons to practica
instructions in electricity are avail
able for the big family. Secretar,
} Groomer and his wife are tire1es
, workers and their aim is to make i
a real home and such it is.
At the age of sixteen, those in tn
! Juvenile home are dismissed if the,
have suitable place to go to; if no
they are kept until such a place i
found Various attempts have bee
made by parents to place their chill
dren in this home and pay for tn
privilege but the privilege canno
be bought These homes with a
! their advantages are only for tn
: destitute One young man IateI
S dismissed from the home is now 1
years of age and is today drawin
| $4,000 per month in electricity
3 another at the age of IT is drawin
a salary of $1,000 per month. The1
are a few others who are about read
to leave and become first class a:
3 sistants in electricity. One young l.
dy who left the Juvenile Home
short time ago is in conservator
of music and her career in music
3 very promising. Such is the work I
q the Rebekahs and Odd Fellows ar
2 it brings to our mind the words .
8 our Master when He was ta1kiu
8 about feeding the hungry and clotl
ing the destitute, @As thou has dox
D 1t unto the least of these my bretf1re
8 thou has done it unto Me-" TT
8 speaker closed with an appeal for e,
, eryone to take the First Degree
: Fraternity" the degree in which OF
r gets q vision of Calvary, the Gro:
with its message; that we should N.
y only accept Christ as great Prophe
. a great Teacher, or a great Leads
: but also as a great Savior and for a
to Behold the Lamb of God WI
n taketh away the sin of the world
: BAPTIST CHURCH NUTES