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Medford M TR AIL IBUNE Odd Fellows Edition Tilr Twity-fourta Teir. Wt-klj fUtir-MienUi Ver. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, JMAY 19, 1929. . No. 58. Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Gat ere Grand Lodge Sessions Being Held This Week Streets Gaily Decorated Parade Wednesday Public Functions Planned ' Odd Fellows II ' Edition her H INVITE PUBLIC TO I Part of Degree Work to Be ' Public Free Dances 7 Planned Great Street Parade Wednesday Night - Public Invited to Par ticipate With Floats. Although the grand lodge aes- ENJOY ODD FELLOWS IE , islons are (or the . purpose of pro (noting legislation for the good and welfare of the order In general, the conclave Is not entirely a matter of exclusive lodge routine. There will be several features of. a public character. Among them are the con ferring of the decoration of chival ry at the Patriarch Militant or Canton branch Monday evening at the armory. The gcueral public Is Invited to witness this csremonlal. Following this .will be a dance, free to everybody. The Canton and ladles-auxiliary members will, how. cver, withdraw to the Elk's temple for a strictly military ball, as re quired by the mandates of the or der. ; Other Odd Fellows and Re bekahs will remain with their guests and do. the honors of the occasion.. . Another event open to the public will be the reception and welcome Tuesday evening. - a nroirram nf y ivhich will be found elsewhere. ft. 'ThiS' Will he fnlln&ari hw A (rrnnH march, and dance. A general Invi tation to this function is also ex tended. No. charge will bp made, A third feature ?f Tubllo Interest, and one which will perhaps prove the greatest attraction, . Is i the grand street parade - Wednesday evening. In this column will be every Odd Fellow and , Bcbokah In attendance at the scsston'and every member from adjacent towns who can be present. There will be several bands in this march and a number of floats for the best of which prizes are to be awarded. These floats are not confined to Odd Fellows organiza tions. An invitation has been ex tended to other orders and busi ness firms to participate, and a number have signified their desire to do so. The parade will form at the pub lic library, march down Main street to Bartlett, thence down Bartlett to-the armory, after which the members will proceed to their var ious halls for the work outlined for the evening. The Boy Scouts will enter this k ?araade with their drum corps and as large a membership as they can muster. No Oocktipj-s Ilorn Now. LONDON W) Strictly opeak Ihk. thorp hattn't been a real Cock ney born In London for three yearn. Tradition has It that only those born within pound of Bow bells tho hellii of St. Maray-le-Bnw aro true Cockneys. Now it si happens that Bow bells havn't runir for three years. They noed repair, and money for the work has not beenavailable. Method of TcwtJng Coffee A way to tent the quality of cof- P.tffG In to nut a. nnnnnful In a crtnaa hot cold water and add a few drons feinf Inmnn tiilnn T Un I.. fepure -it will remain on top of tho JAvater; if not, tho water will be como brown in color. Wilson is Grand J, M. Wilton, Grand Junior Warden of the Grand Encampment of Oregon YYvJ .If HON". FRAN'K MARTIN Grand Siro : ' FRED .VMKINDL '' " Grand Muster of tho Grand Lodge I.EOXA THIEIj Warden of Rebckah Assembly . EMITv PETERSON Drputy Grand Master, Grand Lodge Junior Warden w Executive M i 1 Top row N. J. Wlloy, Xoblo Grand, Medford IamIko No. Middle row Anna Batcmiui, secretary; F. K. Ilcddon, Bottom row Zoo Urlffin, Noblo Grand, OUvo Itobckali I i I 1)R. I.., Ij. BAKER Grand Warden of Grand . of ;Orion. Pratt is Grand The Grand Senior Warden of the E. Committee Medford Grand Lodge J. ' 1 Lodge "fa) 1 A, B. WIFiLIAMS Olialnnan I'ulilifiiy loimnUtMi Senior Warden Orand Encampment of Oregon la J. Pratt 1 Cfc I j" sX) V ' 4 y y - 8S; Etlicl Weed, 3. K. DuiiIcLh, Cnrrlo Mao Rlukert chalnnan Iicona Bwgnuin, treasurer. Lodgo No. IS; Carrlo McDannoll, L. T. Dlko. Grand Secretary E. E. rtharon Is the Grand O. O. F. H I 11; JAMES SILWNO.V Grand I'alrlim-h of tho Grand Enmnipninit of Oregon. and Grand Scribe Secretary and Grind Scribe. . , t ' 11 3 4 ' J an n LOOSE PEROZ7.I President' of the Rcbckali Assembly I - IfAIjf jIK INOI.K" Vice President of Rubckali Ao1iibly i . OltA TOPPER Secretary of Uio Rebokali Assembly ;. W. HAW. Grand High iVlcut of '. tho Kn(.itnpinent of Oregon. Editor of the Pacific Odd Fellow i s L t Arthur K. Mickey la the editor of the Paolfla Odd Fallow, the offli clal publication of the Grand Lodge, Grand Encampment, Rebekih Assembly and Department Council, Patriarch Militant of Oregon, The Paclfle Odd Fellow It published it Portland, Ortgon, j ACKSONV LLE HAS OLD ODD FELLOW LODGE Was Instituted in 1860 Odd Fellow Building Once Used As Fort Lodge . Still Maintained Re bekahs Organized 1873 Encampment 1 877. Perhaps no Institution In South ern Oregon la rlchor In historical associations than Jacksonville Lodge No. 10, I. O. O. F. It has gone through the era from pioriecr days down to tho present time. - Xt was at one time one of the leading Odd Fellows lodges In the stale. Only nine other lodccs preceded birth. It has witnessed 'mucV-of the tragic, the dramatic history wl'h which Southern Oregon, la redolent. . ' The Jacksonville lodge was in- ' stltu:cd August 18. I860. Its char tor members wore William C. Ran som, Eber Emory, Patrick Phye ley, James Kilgore, Jossc Robinson, !.mnc N. Knight, pioneers who have long passed- from this '.scene -uf action. . ' ' , ' " The luilge'wns honored wlth'two -state grand mnstors, .Hllaa J. Bay, in 1 KU8 -9. and A. J. Boyer, ln.'l8sa- . 3. During Orand Master Wy's term, hts JurUidlction covored' what was at one time called tho North wost Territory, comprising Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. '. . ;-- During his term of office Mr. , Day visited every lodgo In his. jur-. . Isdlctlon -on- horseback, ,' mille bank. wairon anil aometimeft afoot. ' The Odd Fellows building in ' VrtcRScmvillB Jd. (UH-hUtorlMrl. ia Wif!' Institution It houses. Xt was startet In 1 K fl ft and completed In, 18S0 as . a fort. The lron .shuttors ,which proteots. Its doors ' and windows were brought ,' in . from Crescent City on the baoks of mules. ' There is only ono older building in-Jack-sonvllle In Southern Oregon that across tho street opposlto, which Is now a museum and holds many relics of pioneer days. : " As Jacksonville declined with the subsldance of tho mining Industry of early days, so the I. O. O. F. lodge dwindled In membership, but a few of the faithful ones still car ry on tho work and maintain the lodge. .,.' James (familiarly known aa "Jlmmle") Burns, now of Oold Hill, has been a member of Jack sonville lodge for fifty yeara, and in honor of this the lodge haa ls Biied to him a life certificate, tho only one in ' existence In ' this seotion. ' Ruth Rebckah N. 4 was Institut ed May 20, 1873, the fourth Re bckah lodge In Oregon. Its charter members were Newman. Fisher. Edwin Smith; Henry'KIlppe. iBano Sachs, Chaa. W. Savage, John Mll lor, J. A. Boyer and Sisters Louisa Savage, Rachel Fisher, Augusta -Helms, Jane Kubll, Mary Miller, Table Rock Encampment No. 10 was Instituted October It, 1877. with 8. J. Day, Newman Fisher, H. -: V. Holms, A. Blsh, K. Kubll, .-A.m' Boyer, F. Luy, John Miller, Daniel. . Cronemlller, P. B. Kent, William Ray, F. M. Plymalo. J. F. Kollogg, W. W. Kontner, B. J. Farlow, Jj D. Fountain and A. D. Holmaa aa chartor members. a reading of the abovo namea brings to mind many of (he .men and women who woro prominent In the pioneer life of Jackson coun ty. So far an known, not one how Is living. V V
