The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-20

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pressed the thought that we are gias
the three links binds together tht
great dominion OF Canada and thu
United States in a tie which shall
never be broken
Past Grand Master Stymest Ster
enson spoke of the honor conferred
upon the assembly in having the
grand sire with rs. This visit i'm.
presses upon so as never before" he
said. the real work and meaning OF
Odd Fellowship IN the every day life
OF its members"
Past Grand Master J. NJ. Hazlett
extended greetings from grand lodge
and 63.I49 Odd Fellows OF Iowa and
urged the Rebekahs to adopt as their
slogan the one suggested BY the
grand sire. 100000 Rebekahs in
Iowa"
The response to the addresses of
the grand sire and grand lodge Off
GERS was given By Past President
Harriet Stevenson who in concluding
her remarks assured the grand sire
that Iowa would pledge 100, 900 mem
bers for the future and that when the
number Was attained the Iowa Re
bekahs would send to him a highly
engrosssd announcement Of our hav-
ing attained this number.
Assembly Degree.
During the morning session the
chairman OF the credential commit
tee, Florence Rogers. OF Ames, re-
ported that thirty-one brothers and
sisters had been given certificates
which entitled them to receive the
assembly degree and at the request
Of the grand sire the class was in
truduced. The warden of the as
sembly. Mamie Buckley, instructed
them IN the assembly degree
Adjournment was taken until two
o'clock
Yesterday Afternoon.
The greater part of the Tuesday
afternoon session of the Rebekah as
sembly was taken up by general rou-
inc work of the business of this SEES
sion.
The report OF the committee on
Interstate correspondence as submit |
ed by the chairman Vera Durrell- |
snedeker of Pilot Mound, and Lulu
Eindrath of Humboldt. showed JOUR !
lals had been received from forty
hree jurisdictions, the grand sire's !
eport and report of the Association /
4 Rebekah Assemblies. all of which /
lad been carefully read by the com
nittee Some of the interesting facts /
leaned from the study of these jour
lals follow:
Nine jurisdictions have district
meetings.; seven jurisdictions receive
nd read the Iowa Odd Fellow Penn
yIvania- with twenty new lodges
ears the distinction of having in
tituted the greatest number of lodges
uring the p1st year. /,
Total number Of Rebekah lodges, |;
,625.
Total membership of Rebekah
,dges. s24.s01.
Total membership of entire order,
2,063.
Australia reports ninety-three Re
ekah lodges and Denmark seven.
Greetings were read from Past
resident Sara E Carmichael Of Rich
md; Past Treasurer Mary l. Rich
-ds Of Cedar Rapids. and from Hattie
Whitaker, president of the Asso-
alton of Rebekah Assemblies.
Past President Mary e. Kellogg Of
ioux City reported that the commit
% ON courtesies and resolutions had
mt special delivery letters of greet
e to our absent past presidents,
arab E. Carmichael, S. Elizabeth
elson, Alice Rabbit, Cora E Chaplin,
Olive BUlen, Lydia e. Creamer and =
,st Treasurer Mary Richards and !
,ped the letters would be received p
each sister, before the adjournment 9
this session. 6
Sarah Inman of Grinnell, chairman u
the committee on relief reported h
at no calls for relief had been made Il
the assembly during the past year. h
The report of the board of instruc- q
m given by the chairman Mand ?,
mixer of Cambridge, indicates that y,
eat interest has been taken in this a,
,rk, 2,206 commissions for prof.
,ncy in the unwrften work having q,
en- issued during the year. District al
J. 6-Benton county, is the banner All
strict, having 142 commissions and
ion Rebekah lodge of Sheilsburg, ct
tn sixty-fiye commissions, holds the ia
safest number among lodges. q,
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