Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois - University Library

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DOCUMENT NO. 40.
First report by Bro. George F. Howard, P.G.M.. of Xo. 664.
Your Special Committee on Dropped Members would re-
spectfully report as follows
:
The committee met with Grand Master Jennings at the close of
the Peoria session of the Grand Lodge and a plan of procedure laid
out to be followed during the year, which plan Grand Master Jennings
very kindly agreed to send out to the Subordinate Lodges of the State,
and the result has been reported by him to the Grand Lodge. Your
committee has secured .statistics during the past two years showing
that Orders paying sick and death benefits, such as the Improved
Order of Red Men, Knights of Pythias, and our Order, have a very
large loss of members by reason of non-payment of dues.
The Great Council of the United States of the Improved Order of
Red Men for the year 1913 reports adoption during the year 77.102;
suspensions during the year, 68,933; net gain 8,169.
The Grand Council of Illinois, of the Improved Order of Red Men
for the year 1912 report adoptions for the year, 3,206; suspensions
during the year, 2,702; net gain, 504.
The Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias, for the year 1912, reports
initiations during 1910-11, 101,099; suspensions during the same period,
94,419; net gain, 6,680.
The Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias, for the Grand Domain of
Illinois, for the year ending June 30, 1912, reported initiations during
the year, 3,932: suspensions during the year, 3,744; net gain. 188.
For the term ending June 30, 1913, reports initiations during the
year, 4,698; suspensions during the year, 3,874; net gain, 824.
The Grand Lodge of Illinois, I. O. O. F., for the past ten years,
commencing with 1903 and ending with 1912, shows the following
initiations and suspensions for non-payment of dues:
Initia- Suspen-
tions. sions.
1903 5,869 2,562
1904 5,719 2,423
1905 6,226 2,857
1906 7,287 2.660
1907 " 7,567 2,819
1908 • • • • 7,650
3,020
1909 6,092 3,609
1910 8,225 3,593