The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-04-27
COL, J. A. MILLER. OLDEST PAST
GRAND MASTER, WILL BE
GUEST OF HONOR.
GRAND SECRETARY WILKINSON
HERE FOR CELEBRATION AND
THE DINNER.
CONCORD, EXCELSIOR AND LIN
COLIN LODGES PARTICIPATE
IN PROGRAM.
INTERFERING SKETCHES OF oR-
DER'y EARLY HISTORY IN
WEST VIRGINIA.

INTERFERING SKETCHES OF Or
DERs EARLY HISTORY IN
WEST VIRGINIA.
Celebrating tho ONO hundred and sec
ond anniversary Of tho founding or the
order. members q; tire" local lodges oil
the independent Orl"c OF odd Follows
will partic pate IN AN open meeting an"
banquet tbs evening a. st. fAu! F'N'lh-
gelical church IN South Wheeling.
Lodges PARTICIPATING in this ccI"hrA'i"h
arc Concorl lodge NJ. - and tiNr"'Ni""
lodge No. y Of Wheeling, and Lincoln
lodge No. ;! Of McMrrhrn. This event
concludes tire seasons series OF trat"r-
nal yisitatiorS held by these three SUBJ
ordinate lodges Of ~" order.
Tonight's event also celebrates the
fifty-tifth anniversary Of the Grand
lodge OF WcSt Virginia.
The Re-. {. A. Bytcr. OF McMcchen.
will deliver IN" anniversary address TO-
night. HIS subject will BE-. The Moral
Value Of odd Fellowship"
Following the anniversary program.
a BANQUET will hc served 10 the mem
bers and their guests IN III" dining
room of NJ church. \ majority. Of tn"
quests vii BE- wives, Of the Odd Eel
lows.
Amonrthe notable guests tonight will .
be Hon. a. ]. Wilkinson. Of Huntington.
grand secretary Of the West Virginia
Grand >dGe OF Odd Fellows. and Ross
Marsh of WcllSburC. district deputy
grand master for the First district or
West Tirg!nia Colonel Jcrc \. Miller.
of WcelinG, tho oldest living past
grand master OF West Virginia. will
homo, the assembly with his presence.
Mrs Iavina Habertield OF Wheeling.
presient of the Rebehah State assem- J
bly,, will be present in her official ca
pacS.
Anniversary Program
re program for toniGht's annirers-
arycelebration follows:
Cyan Prelude-MarkS.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Christian Sol
.dis''-Sullivan.
Coming SCntenccs-Rev. August &
Ra>he.
nthem-"Who Is Like into Thee"
(InsinG)-.S.. raurs Vested Choir.
pening ode.
rayer
Slo-Scler.rd-Mr<. Flora Williams. I
sripturr Eerding
Slo-Scl"r'cd-- Mr.. VIII Leach.
idress-'Th" Moral Value OF Odd
Feowship"--Ecv. Z. \ Eylor.
athem--"Cantat" Domino" tBucG-
StPaurS Vested choir.
announcements.
aver and Bencli"t:ou.
oSinS Ode.
occasional =. "Ah.ds W;th Me" -
5stludr-Vhumau-M s. H,lua Sey-
DO. organiSt
Anniversary April IS.
he One hundred and SECOND proper
othe founding o. tn" Ind pendent
Orr of Odd Fellows IN ~" United
SITES fell on yesterday. .Nn"t' -. y
SEES of anniversary rcl"b-lti"uS is he
in held throughout This district this
wS.
he independent Order % O,ld Fr'lows
" organized At Baltimore. Md. "n
All %. 1919. by five men who had
fnerly been members or tho Odd Eel
los in England. known AZ the Man"hcS-
teCnity. However in this country L
W instituted upon 4 different rrtn"tp'r
q took tho name Of ludHp" Nd"ut Order
oOdd Fellows. The early history OF
Is order covered more OF social than
hevolent feature. and usually AZ tho
rSc Of each session there Was feast
=: but within Il short time. in order
compete with existing conditions. II
. hcame necessary To make this fra
Irnal and benevolent society. There
ore. as tho mighty oak from the acorn
rows. this order launched forth from
mall beginning and today has about
;. wo and on"-ha!t million members scat
A,ed all over tho globe.
teiS organization has always been N
~ front rank when Il comes TO help
!1Ac mankind In rs early history :.
Sccamc awar" Of tho fact that y would
, bc necessary to make arrangements tor
, the proper ear" # III" aged. INDECENT
members. as we'll a. tn" orphans Of do
ceased brethren. This work has been
and is now IN full progress. In almost
every Jurisdiction there are ono or more
homes for this purpose. In West Nlr-
ginia thc home IS located ~ ElkinS.
where there are over 80 children whose
fathers were odd bellows. receiving
their livelihood and education. as we'll
as aged members and widows Of de-
ceased brethren. TIL" homo at ElkInS
Is adhering to the principles "S tho
order By taking care "f the orphans As
we'll as the aged.
First Wheeling Lodge.
The first lodge OF |. -. o. f.. was or
csnizcd in Wh""linS. Virginia. Novcrl-
Der II. 1881. known as tho NirGiuuS
lodge. receiving their charter from tho
grand lodge Of the United States. Their
meeting. rlace was on Market street.
The first grand lodge Of this state was
held in Wheeling on April -. 1865. or - q
years ago. In West Virginia. since tho
institution OF the grand lodG" from l.72n
members il has grown TO nearly i'.hHn
from u suhorduat" lodges I" 100.
Grand Lodge at Moundsvi1'-
Just a half century ago. April "|-@b-
~ 1871, the West Virginia grand lodge .
NJ the independent Order Of Odd f'cl-
lows was in session a. Moundsvill".
The Grand Master was Peter parnrll. >
member Of West Columbia lodge No. II.
, lodge which has since passed out or
.xtstcnce. At this session Of tn" grand
bdge toe lat" George Edwards "t
Noundsvire was elected grand master
fer the term lHIl-I@.
So FIR as can b. learned. tho only two
delegates TO that grand lodge who are
now HING are Samuel d. Hanna. '"ho
represated Liberty lodge M. II 90
Hartfod w. Va. and Thomas =. ripeS
of Cannon The lat" Henry Thompson
NJ Moudsville. who d:"d two years ago.
attendd, and the late Thomas FINN rep
resentc Mound CITY hodge No. i IN
that session of the grand lodge. AZ that
time Jserh Turner represented Might
anCale odge NO. y. a"d Samuel parrah.
father I Robert t par-ah Of this ,;t!.
reprcsated Wheeling 'ndS" No ..
Adopt Reoekah Degree.
That session OF II" Grand '"dG"
half ca,urv ago ..,!"i.;'d rho l;"b"knh
degree'or th.a Sta:.. and 'A.I' ~ !, C!~-
lation providing - ~" writing Ot 4
Constittion and -" '":."; or 'hc Re
bekahs both ~ EaS,.>" AMI G'rnlAn.
At tina time IN. m"uhcr>a'p - N"
order I IVES: Nirs:u,, '"'.lled ca!
1867 low y = nsHrinE iN."rn.
At tlt m"o'.a; rt iHn grad ''tS"
there toN p,lr.. tn" t.. discussion 80
an OddF'ilow~' Asylum for Nest Va