Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois - University Library

Tuesday, ) GRAND LODGE OF ILLINOIS, I. 0. 0. F. Itf
Nov. IS. 1913. j r . 21—
How to Gain Admission.
Lodges or guardians, wishing to place in the Home children who
are eligible to its benefits, should apply to the Superintendent, Dr.
J. A. Lucas, Lincoln, Illinois, for a blank form of application. The blank
application must be signed by the guardian, if the child is a full orphan.
And every child, before admission, must have a guardian. If a half
orphan, the living parent must sign the application. The Lodge, of
which the father was a member, if dead, or is a member, if living, must
also sign the application (under seal). The application should be re-
turned to the superintendent who will present it to the Board of
Directors for consideration at their first rneeting thereafter.
Domestic Science Building.
The Rebekahs of Illinois are constantly doing something under the
wise direction of the Assembly, in providing for their building donated
to the Home. Since carpeting the entire dining room with linoleum
the Domestic Science Committee, consisting of Mrs. May Keiser, P.P.;
Mrs. Lina D. Carlin, P.P.; and Mrs. Kate Troxell, P.P., have decided
to remove one of the stairs and part of the wall, in order that addi-
tional room may be made to the dining room. By so doing it will not
be necessary for them to enlarge the dining room further than this
for this year. Otherwise it would have been necessary to have taken
out one end of the dining room and added to it in order to accommo-
date the large number of new children that will be in the Home by the
time the Assembly meets. However, if the children continue to come
to the Home in the future as they have asked to do the first of the
year, it will only be a little while until more dining room space will
be required. The Home feels more than grateful to the good Rebekahs
of Illinois for their kindly thoughtfulness of our dear children.
The Assembly.
The generous donation of $57.63 for the Thanksgiving dinner was
used in providing a turkey dinner that would have pleased the appetite
of an emperor. If you could only have heard the pleasant remarks
about how the children loved you all for your thoughtfulness, you
would have been repaid a thousand times. The children did give a
hearty vote of thanks to the Assembly, which means, of course, all the
Rebekahs of Illinois, for the kind and generous gift.
Three hundred dollars was provided for a sewing woman. One
has been in the constant employment of the Home, to the great benefit
of the children.