Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-10-09
INVITATIONS EXTENDED FOR
STATE PICNIC TO BE HELD
AT ELKINS, OCTOBER 18TH


BILE at Elkins on Sunday, October
18th to attend what is to be known
as d State Odd Fellows Picnic, the
first of its kind, so far as known, in
he state in recent years, arrange
ments for which are being perfected
by community committee of Elkins
representing the EllSins Chamber of
Commerce, the Elkins Rotary Club,
the Womans Club, Randolph Lodge
No. 116, |. o. o. F. and Delphia Re-
bekah Lodge No. 81 of Elkins.
The idea of holding picnic of the
character mentioned was conceived
when it was learne dthat the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows would hold its
annual meeting at Warrington in Po-
cahontas county during the week be-
ginning Monday October IL. Since
many of those who will attend the
Grand Lodge meeting will have to
pass thru Elkins to reach Marling-
ton, it seemed an opportune' time to
Elkins citizens to afford members of
the order an opportunity to inspect
the State Odd Fellows Home where
the picnic will be held.
The formal exercises of the day
will be opened by session of Sunday
School at the Home when the Grand
Chaplain of the order will deliver
brief sermon. During such services
representatives of the various civic
organizations of Elkins will extend
welcome to the visiting Odd Fellows
and response will be made probab-
ly by member of the Grand Lodge.
In the afternoon there is TO be a
band concert by the boys and girls OF
consisting of the Odd Fellows Home
Band and exercises appropriate to
the occasion in which the children at
the Home will participate. In the
evening all churches will be thrown
open to the visitors.
AS one of the first steps toward
arranging for the state picnic, the
community committee of Elkins IS
sending out communications to 900
| lodges in every section of the state
extending them an invitation to make
Elkins their Mecca on the day fixed
and it is believed that every lodge
will be represented. Most of those
who do attend the picnic will make
the trip BY Automobile even from dis
tant points in the state. lnasmuch
as Elkins is centrally located, that
| is expected to be an important factor
in bringing about large attendance.
| The Odd Fellows Home occupies
the crest of hill overlooking splen
did farm south of Elkins and only a
bout year ago it became necessary
to enlarge the Home in order to ac-
comodate the growing number OF
children.
The institution not only affords the
home for the homeless children OF
Odd Fellows but under the manage
ment of S. l.. Doner and his wife,
the matron, useful citizens of the flu
ture are being trained.
Committees appointed to repre-
sent the various civic organizations
of Elkins are as follows:
/ Randolph Lodge No. 116- J. U.
Baker, Vice Grand, chairman; Harry
C. Fisher and S. M. Kendall.
Elkins Rotary Club-Randolph K.
Hook, chairman, W w. Trent and j.
Sliddell Brown.
Rebekah Lodge No. 81 Mrs. Lake
Coffman, Noble Grand, chairman;
Mrs. Shelley Taylor, Ms. B. F.
Frank, Mrs. William Knapp, Mrs.
Burle ySmith and Mrs. VIII Ray.
Chamber of Commerce. w. Bis
choff, chairman, Dwight Teter, ]. W.
Weir, H. H. Keim, C. A. Gross, c.
w Maxwell, D. H. Hill, Arnold, c.
/. Saffel, o. j. King and R. c. Ha-
ven.
Womanss Gll;b-Mts. Troy E.
Hardman, chairman, Mrs. D. B. Ma
cumber, Miss Halle Martin, Mrs. d.
M. Macvean, Mrs. S. H. Buzzeli,
Miss Mary Jones, Mrs. c. A.
Groomes, Mrs. D. E. Lutz, Mrs. E. R.
Mcintosh, Mrs. Geo. Wilson and