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14 THE PENNSYLVANIA ODD FELLOW February 2000 FIVE COUNTRY RALLY COMMITTEE To all Odd-Fellows and Rebekahs Greetings YOU are invited to join us at the Five County Rally on Saturday, April 29, 2000, at the Holiday Inn and Best Western [nn in Indiana, PA. Room Reservations must be made with the Holiday Inn, 1395 Wayne Avenue, Indiana, PA 15701, phone 724-463-3561 by March 31,2000. Rate will be $74.00 plus tax, and you must letthem know you are with the Odd-Fellows and Rebekahs. All Degrees will be gain at 12:30 P.M. sharp. Registration Fee will be $1.00 'Program Book: Please print or type all ads and booster names. Send with remittance made out to "FIVE COUNTY RALLY COMMITTEE," and send to Fred M. See, 18 E. First Ave., Latrobe, PA 15650 no later than April 1,2000. Rates for ads are as follows: Full Page with picture Full Page Half Page Quarter Page Eighth Page Booster names (no titles) $35.00 $25.00 $15.00 $10.00 $5.00 $1.00 Banquet: Swiss Steak, served at the Holiday Inn at 6:30 P.M. Tickets for the Banquet will be $16.00 with reservations being sent to Charles B. Kelly, 509 Leech Avenue, Saltsburg, PA 15681 8906. Seating will be eight to a table, so if you want to be seated with anyone special please order all tickets at one time. Special dinners may be requested through the Committee. Entertainment will follow dinner. Deadline for Banquet tickets will be April 17,2000. We are looking forward to see you on April 29, 2000 at Indiana. [rene Kelly Howard Brewer Publicity Committee TRI-STATE RALLY To the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio: Dear Members: -his letter is to let all of you know the plans of the Committee Tfor our next Tri-State Rally. This Year's Rally will be held at the Ramada Inn, 1170 West Chestnut Street, Washington, PA. The phone number is 724-225-9750. The cost of the room will be $62.00 plus tax for up to four in a room. Make sure you tell them you are with the Odd Fellows to get this rate. Cut-off date is March 24,2000. The Odd Fellows will confer their Degree at 9:00 A.M. and the Rebekah Degree wiU be conferred at 1 :00 P.M. The rally will be held on Saturday, April 15,2000. The Banquet will be held on Saturday evening, We have a choice of two entrees. They will be Stuffed Pork Chops or Stuffed Chicken Breast. The cost will be $18.00. Reservations to be made with Clyde Barger, 701 Maple Drive, Monongahela, PA 15063. Cut-off date for reservations will be April 3, 2000. Our Program Booklet is a way to defray the cost of the Rally. This year we will have another one. The cost of the ads are as follows: Full Page $20.00, 112 Page $10.00, U4 Page $5.00, and Booster Names $1 .00. Ifyou should want a photo in your ad, that will be an additional $5.00. All ads should be sent to Robert Love, 2815 Kathy Street, Library, PA 15129. Deadline for the ads will be March 10, 2000. Please make all checks payable to the Tri-State Rally Committee. Please come and help us makc this one of the best Rally Days that we have ever had to date. Bring your Candidates and your Friends and your Spouses and enjoy a weekend of Odd Fellowship with us. A Rally is only as good as those who participate. Fraternally yours, Rubert 1. Love, PGM, Chairman Elaine Weekley, PP, Secretary NOTHING ODD ABOUT LODGE'S NEWEST FELLOWS On Dec. 6 the Sandy Lake Lodge #573 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows initiated six new members into their initial Degree. This is the first of four Degrees that the members can attain. The Sandy Lake Lodge currently has over 40 members. The new members, Frank Speigel, George Wilson, David McCartney, Monte DeFrances, Ronald Carkin and Val Miller, were initiated by members of the Edinboro Lodge #5 10 who had come here for this purpose. The event included a meeting, initiation of new members and refreshments. Thirty-plus members, including20 from the Edinboro and other area Lodges, attended the meeting. One guest member for the evening was George HotstetteT from the Sharon Lodge. Hotsteller is 95 years old and recently cdebrated 75 years as a member of Odd Fellows. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is a Fraternal Organization originally started in England in the 17th century. The group was started in North American in 1819 in Baltimore, Md., and has becn performing charitable wor\Q; ever since. The organization is one of the large t contributor to the Eye Ban k, thc John Hopkin.s Institute and the Arthri ti s Foundatiun. Memhers of the IOOF follow the motto, "Friendship, Love and Truth." The objective of the IOOF is 'To improve and elevate the character of man .'" T he organization is not a Religious or Political group but does requiJ'e a belief in a Supreme Being and loyalty to Country. Their valediction expresses these ideas as well as their duty to help others. The IOOF has groups for all members of the family. The men belong to the Odd Fellows Lodge. The women's Lodge is called the Hodgepodge Lodges Members of Sandy Lake Lodge #573, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Rebekahs. The Junior Lodge is for boys age members of the Edinboro Lodge #510 and other area lodges met at Sandy Lake 10-2 J and the Theta Rho Clubs are for girls 10 Lodge Dec. 6 to initiate six new members. 21.
February 2000 REBEKAH MAGAZINE 15 TAMAQUA ODD FELLOWS LODGE REVIVED By David Carroll, Staff Wliter (dcarroll@pottsville.infi.net) New members wore regalia which featured crown-like headwear, TAMAQUA - An event happened here over the weekend that symbolizing the "ancient" roots of the Order and chains with used to be quite common but has not occurred for 75 years: medallions representing Officers' Titles. An Odd Fellows Lodge was reinstituted. Nevin W. Adams, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge ofPennsylvania, helped to organize the Institution Ceremonies. In a now unusual ceremony, Harmony Lodge 86, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, originally chartered in Tamaqua on Oct. 21, "You are part of the greatest Fraternity in the world. Tamaqua is 1843, was re-established. the first new Lodge in over 75 years. It can be done. We tell More than 100 people attended Saturday's Ceremony in ourselves to set to work and do the work. Let the Community know Tamaqua's Community Center that relaunched a new Chapter of a what we stand for and ask them to join," Adams said. Fraternal Organization with a noble motto: Friendship, Love and Also introduced were representatives from Odd Fellow Lodges Truth. across Pennsylvania, including Hazleton, Boyertown, Birdsboro, These sentiments were apparent at the Ceremony, which drew Philadelphia, Allentown, Bethlehem and Connelsville. Currently, Odd Fellows from across Pennsylvania to witness the first creation there are 140 Lodges in the state, a significant drop from preof a Lodge in most of their lifetimes. Depression 1,200. It also marked the first time the Organization, historically known Also introduced was Laura M. Bailey of Hester Rebekah Lodge for its secrecy, allowed the public to witness the creation ofa Lodge. 29, the Odd Fellow Sister Lodge of which women are members. Originally they were caned the "Ancient Order of Bucks," "I wish the lodge lots of luck," Mayor Richard M. Hadesty told changing their name in 1812. The first U.S. Chapter was founded the gathering "Tamaqua is on the move." in Baltimore seven ycars later. Although they are considered a Social Organization, they are exhorted to "Visit the Sick and Bury the Dead" and perform other good works. Tamaqua's Lodge was Chartered in 1843, with 10 members signing on, and it thrived for almost a century. One of its major achievements was the creation of the Borough's Odd Fellows Cemetery in 1864, which today has grown to 37 acres and is the resting place of nearly 15,000 people. However, the Depression of the 1930s and the decline of the Anthracite Industry sapped the Lodge from its 900-member peak. Nonetheless, in 1943 it still had 670 members, making it the second-largest in the State. By October 1987, its rolls were down to 95 and the members voted to merge with East Brunswick Lodge 802, New Ringgold, which is still in existence and had representatives at the Ceremony. Schuylkill County once had 37 Chapters, including three in Pottsville alone. Today, there are three in addition to Tamaqua's: at Charles W. Bailey participates in Pine Grove, Saint Clair and Shenandoah. the Charter Ceremony at the In Tamaqua, according to Charles H. Bailey, former Lodge Tamaqua Community Center. members wanted to restart this Chapter to give people things to do. "At one time this was the social highlight of Tamaqua," he observed today. There are now 23 Charter Members, and the group plans again to become a center of social activity in Tamaqua, to sponsor Parades, Dances. Plays and other activities. The new Odd Fellows headquarters will be in the chapel of Tamaqua's Odd Fellow's Cemetery on West Broad Street. At Saturday 's Ceremony, Bailey was installed as Noble Grand, the equivalent of Club President; John H. Schickram, Vice Grand; Eric S. Zizelmann, Secretary, and Eugene T. Friendly, Treasurer. The Installation of Officers was a colorful spectacle. Through music provided by a piano, the Officers marched around the room to spell out the letters IOOF. In the closing march, members spelled out F.L.T. to represent the Organization's motto. Members of the Harmony Lodge 86, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, participate in Saturday's ceremony to restore the Charter.
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