Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois - University Library

96 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS \ ) Nov. IS. 1913.
the Grand Sire, suggest and direct that each Subordinate and Rebekah
Lodge in the jurisdiction of Illinois celebrate the Ninety-fourth Anniversary
of our Order by proper exercises, either on April 26, 1913, or
on some other day near thereto that may be convenient for your
membership.
Brothers and Sisters, in celebrating this birthday of our Order,
let it appear in all our exercises that we realize that our prosperity
as an Order is due to the fact that the All Wise Ruler of Heaven and
of Earth has looked with favor upon our achievements and has permitted
us to prosper. From a membership of five in 1819, we have
grown to a membership of over 1,600,000 in 1913. There has been
no such growth in any other fraternal order instituted among men.
Truly for this we should be thankful.
A general dispensation is hereby granted to all Subordinate and
Rebekah Lodges which observe this anniversary, in accordance with
this proclamation, to wear the regalia of the Order upon such occasion
and in accordance with our established laws.
Done at the city of Sullivan, Illinois, this tenth day of March,
A. D. 1913, and in the year of our Order the ninety-fourth.
Attest: JOHN E. JENNINGS.
JNO. H. SIKES, Grand Master.
Grand Secretary.
Note—The ceremony to be observed at the celebration of the
anniversary of the Order, as adopted by the Sovereign Grand Lodge,
can be obtained from Grannd Secretary John H. Sikes. Springfield,
Illinois; at twenty-five cents per copy.
MEMORIAL DAY PROCLAMATION.
Sullivan, 111., May 1, 1913.
To the Subordinate and Rebekah Lodges, I. O. O. F. of Illinois
Greeting:
Dear Brothers and Sisters—According to the requirements of a
standing resolution of the Sovereign Grand Lodge and a proclamation
of the Grand Sire, C. A. Keller, I do hereby name the second Tuesday
of June next, being the 10th day of June, 1913, as Memorial Day, and
request all Subordinate and Rebekah Lodges that have suffered loss
in membership by death to assemble on that day or on any more
convenient day adjacent thereto, in appropriate services in memory
of their deceased members. A general dispensation to wear the
regalia of the Order at such memorial services is hereby granted to
all Subordinate and Rebekah Lodges within this jurisdiction.
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