Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-27
ODD FELLOWS
CELEBRATION
IN HONOR OF THE 1O3RD ANNI-
VERSARY OF THE FOUNDING
OF THE ORDER
UTOPIA LODGE is FREE OF DEBT
Standpoint Lodge Folks Are Guests
At the Celebration.

Between Z5U ana SUI OQd FellOWS
and Rebekahs and their friends, in
Guiding some 40 members of the l. o.
o. f. and Rebekah lodges of Sand
point, attended the celebration of the
103rd anniversary of the founding of
the /. o. o. F. lodge held at the
Odd Fellow hall last evening. A feat
ure of the celebration was the burn
ing of the mortgage on the |. o. o. F..
building.
The celebration started with ban
quet at the International hotel ban
quet rooms when 150 Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs enjoyed sumptuous chick
en- dinner.
At eight o'clock a program was
given at the hall, each Odd Fellow
and Rebekah having invited some
friend to attend. o. G, Wilson was
master of ceremonies. The program
opened with instrumental music by
Vona and Kenneth Megquier. A two
act comedy was presented which kept
the audience in almost continuous
laughter for some time. The members
of the cast were II. w. Bliss, Mrs.
Irene Foglesong, Mrs. B. Wooledge,
Mrs. Harley Cave, w. W. Ferbrache,
F. A. Davis, Robert Hydorn. The play
was produced under the direction of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Causton. The
play was presented without any hitch
es and was complete success al
though some in the audience now feel
that Billy Ferbrache is a trifler and
that it is high time he was bringing
to Bonners Ferry his sweetheart from
Ireland.
George Causton and w. j. McGlock-
lin put on a clever act in which they
pulled several good jokes which de-
lighted the audience.
]. W. Reid and George Causton had
charge of the ceremony of burning the
mortgage and the audience Joined
heartily in expressions of delight as
the last evidence of all debt on prop
erty of Utopia lodge, went up in
smoke. Mr.. Reid gave a brief history
of the difficulties the Odd Fellows
had met in trying to finance their
building needs. A frame building
owned by the Odd Fellows was COM
pletely destroyed by fire on November
4, 1912. The lodge had $500 insur-
ance on the building and later this
money was used to purchase property.
When it was finally decided to at
tempt the construction of a new brick
two story building the lodge had only
$3.50 in its treasury but owned the
building site. The original estimate
of the cost of the building was $6,500
and construction started the spring of
1915. When the building was COM
pleted it was found that it had cost
$12,005.8S. Mr.. Reid and members of
the lodge arranged for the mortgag-
ing of the building binding themselves
to personally see to the fulfilling of
the obligation. The mortgage was
finally paid in full on February 16 of
this year although it did not come due
until June 10. The members of the
building committee were j. w. Reid,
George Causton and ]. H. Hoagland.
Following the burning of the mort
gage, E. Northug gave short talk in
which he expressed, on behalf of the
members of the Odd Fellow and Re-
bekah lodges, their appreciation of the
work which had been done by the
members of the building committee
AS a token of this appreciation Mr.
Northug presented Utopia lodge with
a framed picture of the l. o. o. F.
building and the members of the build
ing committee, which will occupy a
place beside the charter of the organ
ization.
W. ]. Hindley, of Spokane, prom
inent member of the Odd Fellow lodge,
gave the principal address of the eve
ming, taking as his subject, 1.-The Her
aldry of the Three Golden Links"
His address was most interesting. He
told of the accomplishments of the
/. o. o. F. and he urged that the or
ganization could only carry out the
aim of those responsible for its first
beginnings by continuously undertake
ing new work calculated to be of bene-
fit to mankind.
Following the address the floor was
cleared and the Odd Fellows, Re-
bekahs and their friends enjoyed a
couple of hours dancing, music being
furnished by Miss Vona and Kenneth
Megquier.