MEDFORD MAlL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1?20.
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Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Will Meet at the Medford Armory
The Mcdronl Aminry liulliliilic on North Itiutli-tt Hired, will lo tho scene of much activity (lurlnjj tho I. O. O. J Grand I -oil (to convention
In tills city. On Monthly nfternonii the I'litrlnrcliH Militant, Mini UvdliM' Auxlllnry "III assemble there, on Ttiratluy Iho Ilebekah Awxmibly
will bo liclil mill In Iho evening tho grout public reception will ntlim't people from ull parts of Iho ltoinie Itlvcr vullcy. Ou Wednesday
tho IlolH'luih AsKomhly will nlm lie held In tlio armory IiiiIIiIIiik. " '
To Hold Sessions at Elks' Temple
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Official Program of Official Grand
Lodge Session
SUNDAY, MAY in
KCNDAY KVHNIXO KKUVIt'K BAPTIST C'Hl'HCII
8:00 P.M. Hnrvico In HnptlHt church. Sermon by Rev. W. If.
Kutun who 1h a brother Odd Fellow. Cantons and
Lady Militants will march from Hotel Holland.
All Odd Follows and Kebckahs aro Invited to
attend thlH scrvlco.
MONDAY, MAY 20
DEPARTMENT COI'NCIIj, l'ATHIAKC'HS MILITANT AUMOIIY
0:00 A.M. Opening regular session Department Council.
1:2(1 P.M. Closing session Department Council.
8:00 P.M. Installing of officers.
4:00 1'. M. ConfeiTlllB of P. M. Degree.
l.ADIKK AI XIMAItY, P. M. ELK'S TEMPLK
9:00 A. M. Opening session $
12:00 A.M. Complimentary luncheon given by Canton and
Ladles Auxilary of Medford to Hospital Corps at r
7;NirJiB-.(-J.'.- ' wwi Hotel Holliind.
jS Af "Ti TTfn A' ; ' 1 :0 P. M.-Closing session.
V.-' C'i f " i I ' v if-r- v J " -J I, V"C 3:00 p- Installation of officers.
1S Vfjf&tt'S! Tl 1 1 Vr !' a , '. .A itr " ' T J : ' Conferring Degroo.
Mislfonl's iHiiutlful Elks 'I'enilile lit l'lrtll mill (Viitral n venue will ho
tlio stfne of tho (iraml jueanipnieiii on Tiuviliiy, the (irtiiul liOtlge
im Tiiesclny evening, mill the (liiintl 1.mIkc session on Wcdncsiliiy.
ORIGIN
OF
- A
IS
RECALLED
Odd Fellow Lodge Founded
i From Old English Order
Was Established in
? Baltimore .in 1819
i Thomas Wildey Was
;f Originator Rebek ah
; Branch Begun 1850.
To attempt to en tor upon u
iketch of tho origin umi develop
rnont o OtUI Fellowship IiivIIoh itn
'article, though It would have born
intoroatlng, too longthy for tho
purpo.io to bo muvod In this luit
JUBt a brlof outline-1m Iumo
HH.vcd.
Tlio order vnn founded hi Knp
JiVml In the eighteenth century, lu
origin Ih veiled In noino ot.Kciirlly,
but ii h early tut 1745 various wrth'm
Viflntloned an Odd fellows lodge as
ma )lace where very pleniuint and
recreational evening were spent. "
These lodge were originally
formed by working men for the
purpuHO of giving brethren aid and
assisting tht'm when out vt work
and for .nodal purposes. Thcue
prlmltlvo ' benevolent aKNoelatlon
later Inspired a general order, and
In 1 the MatH.hontor tTnlly, the
WELCOME
.
Odd Fellows
and
Rebekahs
v ' - " '
( Whilo in Town
EAT HERE
Modern Coffee
Shop
T South Front Street
source of American Odd Fellow- j .
Hhip, was founded. '
Thoman Wildey became a mom- 4,
ber pf tho ManchoHter Unity, and 4,
after hlH linmlgruttun to the United 4,
Htatew, began laying the fmnulatlnn I m:U0 i, m.
for tne order or una j'enown tn 1O1UO P. Al.-
1:30 P. M.
America. AHHot'tattng with him
John Welch, Hlehard Ittihvorlh,
John Duncan and John Cheatham,
nil Initiates of the parent ordnr In
Kim la ml, the flint odd FcIIowh
lodge wiLM founded In Halt (more,
April 26, 1KUI, under the name "f
tho Wnnhlngton Lodge of Odd,
FcIIovh.m i
Tho order made dow prngroHS at
first, but later receiving an ImpetUH
by the formation of lodges lu Matn
achUHCttoH, It begun to Hpread rap
idly, and through the succoedlng
one hundred yeara It ha grown
until today It lm a membership
of approximately 2,000,000. with in
the neighborhood of 16,000 lodges.
It htw paid out In relief something
over eight hundred million dollars.
There have been many changes
In Its rlt tin list le work and In Its
laws slncce IKltl, but the funda
mental principle of "visiting the
sick, relieving the distressed, bury
ing, the dead and educating the
orphan" has remained tho same
throughout Its existence,
On Mny Ki, 1 H 2 7. the sovereign
gruml lodge authorized the estab
lishment of the encampment
bra neh. w h ieh bra neh b as flour
ished and grown until today It Is
n stnmg end Influential support to
the subordinate orders.
The alms of the Encampment
are to carry the moral precept. s of I a
tho subordinate lodge to n higher 4. .Music
and more fur-reaching degree, and 4.
MILITANT BAXQl'KT
6:00 P.M. Department council, Ladies Auxiliary, candidates
for Decoration of Chivalry, banquet at Methodist
church. Form at Hotel Holland.
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COFF.UUINi DF.roHATION AltMOItY
8:00 P. M. Conferring Orand Decoration of Chivalry, by Gen-
eral Will C. Miller, General Commanding Patriarchs
Militant.
9:00 P. M. Conferring Decoration of Chivalry on Ladles..
Dance for all Odd Fellows and Rebekahs, Armory
Military ball at Mlk'a Temple for Chlvaliers, Ladles
Militant, escorts and candidates for Decoration.
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Tl'FKDAY. MAY 21
UtAl KM'AM I'M ISN'T KLK'S TKMPL1
10;00 A. M. Opening session.
Closing session.
. ItKltKK AH ASSF.MBLY AltMORY it .
0:00 A.M. Opening session. Seating officer): Olive Reheknh
' Lodge of Mwlford. Conferring Assembly Degree.
Tribute to Past Presidents.
1:30 P.M. Kogulur session. .
0:00 l M. Past Presidents' Banquet. . '
Tl'ICSDAY FA NNING
G:80 P.M. Speclut session of !. L., Klk's Temple, for purpose
of conferring Grand Lodge Degree. 1
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GRAND RKCKPTIOX TUCSDAY, 8:00 P. M. ARMORY
PROGRAM
D. H. Millard, Chairman for Evening.
Music Band
Halute the Flag , Boy Scouts
Song, Grand Lodge Booster, Tune "Marching Through Georgia."
Welcome Behalf of City Mayor W. A. Pipes
Behalf of I. O. O. F N. C. Chaney
Behalf of Hehekaha Carrie Mae RIckert
embodies some very pregnant do-1 4, Music
gree work based on Biblical lore,
The Patrlareh Militant branch
was brought Into existence In 1HH5.
This branch carrle tho order into
the uniformed rank.
Odd Fellowship was the first In
stitution In America to place wo
man upon an equality with man In
a public manner. Tho guttling
hand and mind In this accomplish
ment was Schuyler Colfax, of In
dia na, later vice-president of the
United States. One of' his col
leagues whs Rutherford B. Hayes
of Ohio, afterward president of the
United States.
As early as ISTiO Mr. Colfax" be
gan an agitation for the female
'branch, hut it was not until lStiS
that It wan sponsored by the sov
erelKii grand loilpe. In IKXS, how
ever, the Ilebekah degree and
lodge was established as nn entity
unto itself.
This branch has grown rapidly
and Is second only to the subordi
nate In point of membership.
The objects of the Reheknh or
der are to supplement the work
of the subordinate and has been ,)
very i peful and helpful unit in
Advancing Odd Fellowship to a
station among the great fraternal
orders of the world. ft has n
membership of about 1.100.000.
The first Odd Fellow lodge In
stituted In Oregon was Chemekeia
Lodun No. 1. at Satem, December
6, IS52. A dispensation had been
granted In IM for the establish
ment of a lodge nt Oregon City,
but, through some mlsravrlage, the
j dispensation went astray and was
' used for Instituting a lodge at Hon-'
1 olulu the Sandwich Islands
I (now Hawaii.)
i Th first encampment was Kill
son Fnrampment No. I. Instituted
' nt Portland, September 20, 1S57.
The first Uebekuh lodm Halem
Music Vocal Solo, Selected - Mrs, O. H. Pasko
Responses Grand Master Fred Meindl
President Louise Perozxl
Music Male Quartette
C. A. Meeker, A. J, MacDonough. W. W. Howard, rl. Shockley
Responses (continued) Grand Patriarch James Shannon
Patriarch Militant
Brigadier General W. K. Wndsworth
Council ('resident Betty Jean Burke
President Association of Rchekah Assemblies
Bertha IS. Willis
Solo, Selected 1L Wenlherford. Corvultis
American Legion
." Band
Grand March
Vocal
Htunt
WURNKSDAY. MAY 22
GRAND I.ODGF KLK'S TKMI'LK
I:0t A.M. Special session. Grand Lodge Degree.
10:00 A. M. Regular session.
1:30 P. M. Regular session. Competitive drills.
3:00 p, M. Joint memorial services nt Armory.
6:30 P. M. Past Masters banquet.
-ARMORY
3:00 1
6:30 1
(i:45 P. M.-
RKBFKAII ASSEMBLY
9:00 A.M. Regular session.
1:30 P.M. Pnst Presidents' Degree Stuff.
3:00 P.M. Degroo Staff Style Show.
M, Joint .Memorial Services at Armory,
M. Olive Rebekah Dcgre Staff, hostess to Orpha Re-
hekah Degree Staff of Portland, Banquet at Chris-
tlun church. ,
,vi:dn ksd ay i:v km mi
-Grand Purudc.
1. O. O. 1". KLK'S TI'.MPLK
7:45 P.M. Special session of Medford Lodge No. S3 for con-
ferrlng of First Degree.
UI.BFK All ASNKMRLY ARMORY
7. I5 P. M. Special session of Olive Rebekah Lodge No. 28 for
conferring of Reheknh Degroo by Orpha Rebekah
Lodgn of Portland, Oregon.
10:00 P.M. Lady Muvovttes. Samaritans, and Zuannas will pa-
rado unci Immediately following will hohl Ceremon-
Inls: Samuiitaujt at Woodman Hall on North
Grape, Xuannas at I. O. O. F. Hall, and Iady Mus-
covltes at Knights of Pythias Hall.
Information
For Visiting
Qdd Fellows
t:
I Registration Headquarters
I at the Baptist church. All
representatives, delegates
and visitors are requested to
register immediately upon ar-
rival In Medford.
All room assignments will
be made from the headquar-
ters at the Baptist church.
Medford Chamber of Com-
mcrce will keep open house to
all visitors during the three
M days of tho convention.
Hospital Corps Headquar
ters. City Park, West Main
street, near Medford hotel.
I. O. O. F. and Rebekah
Headquarters, Hotel Medford.
Patriarch Militant Head
quarters, Hotel Holland.
Meeting: Place.
Patriarch Militant Armory
Ladles Auxiliary Klk's Temple
Rebekah Assembly Armory
Temple
Grand Encampment
.Elk's Temple
Grand Reception Armary
Subordinate Session
Elk's Temple
Samaritan Ceremonial
Woodman Hall
Zuanna Ceremonial
I. O. O.iF. Hall
Lady Muscovites
. ......Knights of Pythias Hall
Maintain Home
for Aged and Needy
' In nearly every state In the
Union the I. O. O. F. maintain a
home for th. aged. Infirm arid
dependent children of Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs. Homo of these
knmAa n-A amrxnt lha m nut hot lit I-
1 ful In architecture and grounds of
any public buildings in the atate
and a source of much Interest.
Oregon Odd Follows and Re-
bekohs have their home at Port-
land. It is filled to capacity and
expansion of the home can hardly
keep pace with the purpose of the
Institution. It comprises fine build
ings and grounds and Is mantained
in a manper which elicia high
praise from all visitors.
An Improved Oven
Cut apiece of asbestos paper to
fit the bottom of the oven. It re
tains the heat, saves fuel and pre
vents articles from burning.
A fanatic is a partisan who thinks
you allied with the devil if you
suggest using discretion.
Interesting Bits of
Odd Fellow News
It is a custom of Medford Lodge
No. 83 to present veteran jewels to
Its members who have been con
tinuous members of the order 25
years or inoro. About 40 of such
jewels , have been presented to
members of this lodge. Some of
the members have a continuous
membership going past 40 years,
Orpha Rebekah Lodge degree
staff, one of the best and most pro
ficient in the Htate, will be present
at the Medford session nnd will
exemplify the beautiful Rebekah
degree for the edification of the
Rebekah membership ,AVednesday
evening at the armory.
At all sessions of the I. O.'o. F.
Grand Lodge, a hospital corps is
maintained to take care of minor
cases of accidents, faintings, pros
trations, etc., nnd provide first aid
lu emergency cases. Thi corps
will maintain .headquarters and
staff nt the city park during the
session of the grand lodge in
Medford.
It To Kni-lcli Plants
T enrich the enrth around
plants,' water them with a solution
consisting of HtO grains of glue to
two; gallons of water. ,
Greetings
Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs
JEWELERS
MEDFORD, ORE.
Take great pleasure in extending
To all visiting . -
ODDFELLOWS
AND REBEKAHS
A cordial welcome to Medford
An Old Established Firm With a Mew Name
It Is a Pleasure
To Have You With
Us, Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs
We hope that your vis
it in the Rogue Eiver
y,alley -will , be an en
joyable one.
CONGER
Funeral Parlors
""Maximum in Service Modestly Priced" ,
ROGUE VALLEY
MILLING CO.
'. 1. wan limtltuteit nt Saloif : liroom hamll. It avoids much
(itatp unknown). ' stooping.
Thoip nre nome 840 auhonlluiite j , ' "
unit nlwut tlti- km me number of lie- T" IMajrln Otrds
hfkiili lodge In the mule of i To rlrnn soiled playing curds. llp
Oregon. j a rnnll ipongo In spirits of cam-
4 I phor and rub lightly. This restores
An Improved Dustpan j the newness. j
Itend the hollow tin handle of' !
the dustpan to a right angle with I Clean rags wanted at the Mall
tho v.t and liwvrt a dlsi nrded ' Tribune office., If
We Are
Glad
to Have
You
With Us
Odd Fellows
and
Rebekahs
eBreier's
WELCOME, ODD FELLOWS
and REBEKAHS
PINNACLE PACKING CO. Inc.
r PINNACLE and PIC-O-PAC
' Brand Apples and Pears
South Fir St. Phone 200
Raymond R. Reter, Manager
We Are Glad
To Have You
With Us '
Odd Fellows
and Rebekah
Sanderson
Motor Co.
Oakland and
Pontiao Dealers
A
Cordial
Welcome
to
Visiting
Odd
Fellow
and
Rebekahs
THIS IS
A
GREAT
COUNTRY!
We know that
you will like
it, ODD FELLOWS
and REBEKAHS
A CORDIAL WELCOME
To All Visiting
t
Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs
"We sincerely hof c that you will enjoy your vis
it in Medford and Southern Oregon
Browne Hardware Co.
Libert v Building
We sincerely
hope that your
visit here will
be a pleasant,
profitable one.
PEOPLES
ELECTRIC 0
STOREP
212-214 West Main
Tin KtmlMiimm hIopimmi In nr