Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-16
STATE ODD FELLOWS
MEETING HERE IN
ANNUAL SESSION
Grand Lodge Of Delaware Con-
vsnsd This Morning; Encamp-
msnt Last Night.
BANQUET THIS EVENING

This Is odd Fellows Day in Will
minston. The Grand Lodge of the
,Sinic is in annual session in the Odd
Fellows Building. nj Tenth and King
streets. The Grand Encampment and
Past Grand officers Association held
their meetings last night. and this
evening the Past Grand Officers AS
sociation viii hold it's annual banquet
~ McConncll's. Sal Market street.
Tho Grand Lodge session will be con-
cludcd following the banquet.
'Errc.t W. Crossan. present deputy
grand master. in all probability Will
bc elected grand master Of the Grand
Lodge. lie is a resident of Hockessin
and is n member OF Friendship Lodge.
No. 90,
Tho Grand Lodge was formally
opened at 1890 o'clock with Grand
Master Calvin NJ. Whitcscn presiding.
The opening prayer was made by the
Grand Chaplain. s. Harrington Jones.
The session this morning. with the
reception To the past grands. was at
tended by officers from Connecticut,
Maryland. Washington. Pennsylvania
and Delaware. These guests included
Past Grand Sire Henry V. Borst OF
New York. William s. Hutchinson,
grand secretary and grand represen-
ta,ivc. ot Connecticut; w. W. MILAN,
grand representative Of the jurisdic-
tion OF Washington. and j. Edward
kroah, grand secretary OF the Sover
'igu Grand Lodge, of Baltimore.
The meeting adjourned at the noon
hour and luncheon was served in the
basement ot the Odd Fellows Build
Ing. The election Of officers viii take
place this afternoon. The installation
~ officers viii probably take place to-
night.
At the Grand Lodge session today
calvin Nj. Whitessn, grand master.
submitted lengthy report in which
he went in detail into the events of
thc past year in connection with the
affairs of tho order. "To the men who
have been our leaders in the past we
owe debt OF gratitude" he said,
and feel that this Grand Lodge
stands today as a monument due to
The result of,their efforts in the past"
He reported :hat the order as a
whole IN this jurisdiction is prosper
Gus and al Of the lodges are actively
engaged IN the work of Odd Fellow
ship. lie conmends the Rcbekah De-
gree for what the members have &C
comrlished and praises the activity
shown IN the interests of the Odd Fell
lows Home.
Grand Master Whitesell concludes
HE report with the following recon-
mcndations: Il would recommend that
he sum OF two dollars be added to the
Initiation Zee of each and every sub
ordinate lodge. such sum TO be set
aside for the proposed odd Fellows
Home. ! would recommend that this
Grand Lodge bring about legislation
whereby we would elect or the grand
master would appoint a grand instruc-
tor. ! would recommend that this
Grand Lodge have a committee of five
sppointed TO draw jurisdictional map,
io be placed in each and every subor-
dinatc lodge whereby they may be
governed when accepting candidates;
also thin, this Grand Lodge be closer
associated with. and. If possible, give
financial aid to the president of Re-
hckah Assembly, ard TO the Rebekah
Assembly as a whole. for the purpose
of ins;ituting new Reiekah Lodges in
IN our jurisdiction inasmuch as they
are not financially able TO institute in
all cases. | have learned that there
arc n number OF places in our juris-
diction where Rebekah Lodges are
desired. would recommend that the
pictures OF the past grand masters Of
this Grand Lodge, be re-photographed.
re-framed and suitably marked with
the name and date OF service render
ed"
The report of the deputy grand mas
tcrs and OF the president Of the Re-
bekah Association. showed that all
ut the branches are fiourishing and
M excellent condition as TO member
snip and finances.
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