Putnam patriot., 1920-06-18
ODD FELLOWS WILL OWN TOWN
To Parade, Banquet and Work Third Degree Saturday
 Night
-ocal Lodge Celebrating Passing of
 300 Membership Mark

Tomorrow Saturday. night will be a crimson hued event in local Odd Fellow history. On that night Israel ! Putnam Lodge No. 33, will celebrate the passing of the 300 mark in the membership of the lodge. The actual membership is 316.
 1 Officers and members of the lodge have been working enthusiastically to reach the coveted mark, and after the accomplishment of their desires de- eided to celebrate the occasion in a fitting manner. and plans for Satur- days celebration are the result of earnest planning and labor.
 l The chief event of the evening will i be the working of the third degree on class of over .25 candidates. The work is to be done in Union hall by the degree team of Connecticut Lodge No. 43 of Hartford. The degree team l and visitors from Hartford will come overland by bus, arriving here about 1 6 o'clock.
 Quinebaug Lodge, No, 3l, of Dam ielson, and Protection Lodge, No. 16, Hf Central Village, have been issued i nvitations to attend, and will proba- l bly send large delegations. It is ex- pected that there will be over 500 Odd 1 Fellows in attendance at the exercises. A parade will be formed in Union l Square, and after a short march will go to Odd Fellows hall, where supper will be served. Harry W. Sharpe is chairman of the supper committee, and he will be assisted by members of tke Mizpah Rebekah Lodge, No. 33. After the supper members will pro- ceed to Union hall, where the third degree will be exemplified The de- gree team of Connecticut Lodge is the crack" degree team of the state, and is made up as follows: Noble Grand, Walter S. Cotton; Vice Grand Vorus F. Nickerson; Chaplain, Carlos P. Day; Past Grand, Charles H. Froseh l; Warden, James r. Jaynes; Conductor, Abran K. Roberts; R. s. N. G., Will liam J. Osmond; L. S. N. G., Clarence l II. Fitzsimonds; R. s. V. G., George ". Palmer; L. s. Y. G., John H. keenan; R. s. S., Edgar w. Gates; l.. 1 s. S., Edgar E. Orde; Inside Guardian, perle F. Milliken.
 The Degree Masters will be Perle F. Milliken and George Holloway. The committee consists of Fred J. Surridge, Walter s. Colton, Abram R. Roberts, Vorus F. Nickerson, Edgar K. Coles. Music will be furnished by Sawtelle's orchestra and the lodge quartet. A number of Odd Fellows from the several Hartford lodges are to accompany the degree team to Put nam. The team brings it's own para phernalia, and an impressive ceremony is surety.
 The committee of Israel Putnam 1 Lodge in charge of the affair is: J. Frederick Ash, Frank A. Arnold, Her bert A. Johnson, Leon T. Wilson, J. Arthur Loonnis, Charles E. Richard son.
 Statistical Souvenir" William II. Taylor of Hartford, member of Is- rael Putnam Lodge, sends The Patriot the following resume of the history of Odd Fellowship:
 On April 26, 1919, was founded an organization that has developed into one of the greatest for the benefit of mankind that has ever been introduced into this country. It was on that date that Washington Lodge, No. 1, 1. o. | 0. F., was organized at the Seven Stars Tavern in the city of Baltimore, with Thomas Wildey as its first Noble Grand The first Grand Lodge was in stituted in 1921 and in 1925 the Grand Lodge of the United States was organized, with Wildey as Grand Mas | ter
 The first lodge in Connecticut was instituted on September 3, 1889, by Grand Master Kennedy of New York. It was the Quinnipiac Lodge, No. l, at New Haven. The Grand Lodge ot Connecticut was instituted in October of 1840. The first Encampment of the Odd Fellows in the United States was instituted in Baltimore, June 6
 1927. The first Encampment of the state of Connecticut was instituted ir | New Haven, August 19, 1S4l. lsrael Putnam Lodge, No. 33, was instituted March 21, 1890 Naomi Lodge, No l l, of Rebekahs, was instituted in New Haven August 20, 1869. Mizpah Lodge No. 33, Rebekahs, of Putnam, was in stituted March 6, 1893.
 There were 1905 Brothers in the service of the United States and its
 Allies, and, in 1919, there was total
 investment by the Order in Connecti cut in Government war securities oi s112,35S.s9 The Order Loyalty co operated with the Government in al war activities, helping all worthy causes that tended to help win the war.
 "Friendship, love and truth" will bs
 fully exemplified in an eloquent ana inspiring manner by the Connecticut
 Lodges celebrated degree team. |