Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois - University Library

64 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS I Novell* 1
1 Nov. 18. ?! 1018.
and Sisters and Lodges and other organizations will remember the
Endowment Funds by donations and bequests.
Notice received of will executed:—Brother John Collman, 72
years of age, a member of Walhalla Lodge No. 574, of Blue Island, has
notified the Trustees that he has executed a will in which he be-
queathes to the Endowment Funds of the Orphans' Home and the Old
Folks' Home property valued at approximately $8,000.00. He leaves
certain other property to his Lodge to be used by it for a period of 25
years, at the end of which time it is to be sold and the proceeds to be
placed in the Endowment Funds. This worthy Brother, who has spent
a lifetime in Odd Fellowship, is entitled to great credit for his generous
remembrance of the helpless orphan and the helpless aged Brother
and Sister. He is entitled to the thanks of this Grand Lodge and we
recommend that the Grand Secretary be instructed to write Brother
Collman expressing the thanks of this Grand Lodge for his generous
remembrance of our two Homes in his will.
Respectfully submitted,
W. R. HUMPHREY, Chairman.
E. S. CONWAY.
GEO. A. ANTHONY.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
I submit herewith the report of Warren C. Darnall, Deputy Grand
Master, and W. H. Pease, Grand Warden:
OFFICE OF WARREN C. DARNALL—DEPUTY GRAND MASTER.
Hon. John E. Jennings, Sullivan, Illinois.
McLean, 111., October 15, 1913.
Dear Grand Master:—At your request I herewith submit a record
of such visitations I have made during the past year as may properly
be classed as official.
Paramount in importance were the State Schools of Instruction,
all of which I attended.
Unlike former Schools, it was determined, at the Council of
Grand Officers held in Bloomington early in January, to devote three
days to each School and limit the number held.
Full details concerning these Schools will no doubt be fully
explained in the report of Brother H. M. Blood, Chief of Examiners and
Instructors, and, in order to avoid burdening the record with useless
material and repetitions, I will be as brief as circumstances seem to
warrant.
The first School was held in Springfield, beginning January 27th,
and was successful from every viewpoint. The attendance was good
and the interest sustained throughout the entire three days. Past