Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1911 — SOVERIGN GRAND LODGE [ARTICLE]

SOVERIGN GRAND LODGE

Jasper Counjty Will Be Well .. Represented At Annual Meeting. At the annual meeting of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F., to be held in Indianapolis next week, it is. hoped that 100 Odd Fellows at least from Jasper county will attend. In figuring out the allottment of the different counties by the Grand Secretary, of the expected attendance, Jasper county is put downfor 100, and District Deputy C. E. Simpson of Rensselaer, hop.es that number at least will respond. It is arranged for all those desiring to attend to meet in Rensselaer and leave in a body on the early train Wednesday morning, Sept. 20. Mr. Simpson would like to have a good representation from Jasper county, and every Odd Fellow and Rebekah who can possibly attend is urged to be on hand next Wednesday morning to "go with the crowd” from Rensselaer. Concerning the coming meeting the Indianapolis News of Tuesday said: One hundred thousand Odd Feb lows are expected in Indianapolis on Wednesday of next week, when the “biggest ever” parade will take place in the evening as one of the events of the session of the sovereign grand lodge, which will meet all the week.

In a special parade program and circular, which has just been issues to all the lodges of Indiana, a request is made that the Odd Fellows of each of the ninety-two counties of the state send a band for the parade. In a similar parade in Indianapolis ten years ago, fifty-seven bands were in line, and the Odd Fellow officials wish to exceed this number this year. The coming parade is expected to outstrip the “25,000-count-us” parade in 1901, as theaffair w|ll be given at night when practically every Odd Fellow in the state, as well as thousands from out of the state; will have the opportunity of being here. There will be thousands of torches and lanterns in the demonstration. The general marshal of the Indiana division of the phrade will be Will A. Morris, of Frankfort, and the following have been appointed as assistant marshals: Philip Zoercher, Tell City; Stephen Sharp, Indianapolis; H. W. Carpenter, Petersburg; J. L. Harman, Elkhart; H. C, Scearce, Mooresville; George T. Pattison, Danville; William Schoppenhorst, Indianapolis; J. B. Merriman, Bluffton; H. F. Fulling, Boonville; George W. Sowerwine, Wilkinson; R. M. Coleman, Indianapolis; Charles G. Duvall, Indianapolis; J. W. Zeublin, Pendleton; J. T. Arbuckle, Rushville; Joseph Hall, Indianapolis; E. C. Faith, Washington; S. P. Stroup, Shelbyville; V. I. Nickey, Gaston, and O. A. Armfield, Elwood. The influx of Odd Fellow visitors to Indianapolis is expected to begin in earnest Saturday and Sunday. The first grand representative to arrive was W. W. Phelps, of Riverside, Cal., who is a member of the committee on appeals. He announced that the committee on appeals, the supreme court of the order, would hold its first meeting tomorrow morning.