Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-05-20
l25 PANHANDLE ODD FELLOWS ATTEND
OPENING DAY Of CONVENTION HERE;
BANQUET To FEATURE SESSION TODAY

About i25 delegates from all SECTIONS
81 the Panhandle we're present At ycs.
terJlay's and last nights sessions ~ %"
convention II the Panhandle Assrli
ton. lndrpcnd AT Ord.i uf odi Fellows
An sessions were well and enthusiast,
ally attended
The afternoon aud evening sessions
81 the convention wUr' clu.sd O. thr
public .ocr,i wufk h,lug pat un by '..
order After the hearing of p.r.s
81 various committees. tho contest ..
medals In IN subordinate lols. $50.
held J \ Travis - %. Amuu
lodge was Wlun'r 90 iHn 20 90 prizes.
one being or rendering tho Chaplain's
charge and the other fur uuwuitcu
work. =. T. lnpuis ut Canadian was
winner - tn pry or thr best r,nli.
ton 81 a." Cn1durtor'e Ch1rrr. Icon.
ard Crowcn ~ SINorton Cor the Wa.
deus Charge and " = McMuriry 81
Shamrock Coz a." Past Grand charge
Practically an ~ last nights session
was taken up in putting on On, iuitil.
ton In the first dcgrc, iu M, sub.
ordinate lo,lgc hy the Amarillo team
No other teams compstcd with o..
local team In this work
Judge J. " N,ale delivered tho I'D
dress q welcome o. N. visitors follow.
ing the opening ~ the morning session
10y President JEFF u Mankiu 90 shan.
rock and the invocation hy Rev. T..
Thomson. pas,or u the Central Pres
hyterian Church. b. O. N.sal 20 Dai
las. grand secretary. responded g. Iudro
Neale In the ale nee u Jesse " stan.
ford q Hereford. who was o. hay, De-.
hvered that address
johnson Welcomes Visitors.
The address - welcome on h,hllf -
the Odd Fellows was given by Count,
Judge Ray & johnson Substituting Tor
Judge Il Walker Hall. who was un.
able TO leave court and attend tho
morning session " T Savage ~ bal.
las. grand master II the Texas lodse.
responded In behalf II the odd Fellows.
giving an Interesting address upon the
work q the order he declared thar
he believed the membership IN Texas
should double within the neat few
Years He SAID tho lodge had initiated
four million candidates during its ioi
years Of existence. and now hay. one
and onehah million members Mr.
Savage told II the s. homes which IN.
lodge maintains for thu widows. ~.
phans and AGED members ~ IN. order
referring 10 the splendid work that Is
being done az thu hom. AZ Corsicana
lie touched upon thu spirit ~ fratcrnal.
Ism which y - evident IN the order
and Of the charitable work that h b-in;
done. lie declared that an Odd F'lu,y
could d. no more Noble at thar g.
leave part Of his estate g. the CVrsl.
cana home.
Mrs. Bcrtic l.. puninsy ~ Am.uli,
delivered the address - welcome In D..
half Of the local Rehskahs. being
spcnded o. by Mrs Effi. johnson of
Hereford. A reading was given hy T.
Chumley - Amariiin Mufic wns ~.
niahed by Icssr's orchcs,ra.
The cvslng address * 'Ao mornis..
ression was given by Rev. Thomson.
who declared that the lodg, had an TN.
rortant task o. d. IN making for the
Hafety o. rociety he declared that ~.
lodge was the salt q the Earth and
had 10 act as q preseryai.ye Ia these
troubled times
Rev. Thomson asserted that some
persons are striving 20 destroy IN. pr,..
sent order ~ things. adding that th.v
care only for themselves and were n I
looking out for the be-; interests u the
public.
The open chop and unionism were
both endorsed BY the speaker. hu, as
declared that he did not believe in eth.
er trying % destroy the other
There must b. some level heads In
the world continued Rev Thomson
We want al factions O. 81 Together
and say that this h our country. our
churches. our Institutions Frater~ai
organisations can d. much good. fur
they do not mean hate warfare or
strife. II means brotherhood and we
ODD Fellows recognize the principle.
II We have started o. live fur our.
selves. We have started hell Let a.
I'm our heads above personal affairs
and think IN terms q the common wei.
fare q humanity"
Thursday Morning.
Meeting called o. order rs President