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Eazeiy Activities of

Oddiellowship in PE!

The name "Ocidtellows" has hren a household word in Char- 1..:rciou-n since the year 1869. vhm the first I.0.0.F. body was irsututed here on Oct. 13 under the name or st.-Lawrence Lodge, NH 1:. and under the jurisdiction M what was then the Grand Lu.-:..-v oi the Lower Provinces oi Bzimli North America. The char- irr members. all of whom have river passed away. here Messrs. Julvn P. Irving. J. W. Fn'.coner W.liii1ll1 H. Barnard. Capt. Wil- 1..:n Patrick and William B. Al-

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Tilt. Lodge took its name irom '31. uid St. Lawrence hotel, In a (Will of which it. was instituted.

E. H. OXNER.

l This building stood on King Street "'9?-en Great George and Prince Streets. and was a IL'ildil'lg place oi meeting at the time

The first business was to pro- cure a hall or lodge room. which was secured 'in the Exchange Building owned hy Mr. Peter I-lyndman on the corner of Queen and Water streets. The room was found unsuitable, however. aim in the fall of 1871 the Lodge was moved to the Metropolitan Hall. in the Fnrquharson building on Queen Street. .

The progress mndn 21'. first was not very encouraging. for the membership, on Dec. 31, 1870. only numbered seventeen. A new inter- est was aroused after that time. however, and the movement grew steadily.

Spreads 'l'o Sum meraide

In 187S the spirit of the order invaded the western capital and the following members withdrew from St. Lawrence Lodge for the purpose of iormlnr: a Lodge in Sumerside: W. W. stumbles, 5. Keith, Theo. L. Chappell. E. D. Stair. EH. Beer and James A. MoMurthy. The Lodge was instit- uted by John C. G. Ellis. district deputy Grand Master and was named Prince Edward Lodge. No 22

In February. 1876. a number oi members of St, Lawrence Lodgi- obtained permission to establish another Lodge .in Charlottetown under the name of Wildey Lodge, No. 27. which was organized with the following charter members: Messrs. E.H. Brennan. E.M Es- tey. Benjamin Bremner. F, H Beer, E. D. stair. Arch. D, White. and James Mcxechnie. All these members also have passed away

Grand Patriarch

LIEUT. COL. PRESTON Department Council

FRA SIZE. Commander. Patriarch Militant.

founder oi the Order in America Thomas Wildey.

Grand Encampment

The Encampment branch of Od(”'3”0WSh1lI in Charlottetown was organized on Oct, 24, 1876, rnder the name of Port In Jok- Encampmeat, No. 13, but in 189: it received a new charter after the Grand Encampment was in- stituted, and became No. 4 under the following officers: Messrs. George Waller, Henry S. Coffin. William D. Small, DR. MacLen- nan, W.R. Boreham, A.D. Mac- Leod and Fred H. Bcllar.

The Lodge was named after the

Alpha Rebekah Lodge. No. 10.

was instituted on Oct. 27, by Bro. A.J. Houle, P.G., a. mem- ber oi Pearl Rebekah Lodge, No. 9. Moncton. Mr. Houle was ap- pointed a Special Deputy to in- stitute this Lodge by Bro. T. B. Grady. who was Grand Master at the time. The charter members were T.B. Grady and Mrs. Grady. John F. Whear and Mrs. Whear, Albert W. Mitchell and Mrs. Mit- chell, J. S. Nelson and Mrs Nel- son, John Wares and Mrs. Wares.

other Lodge:

The fourth oldest I. O. O. F. Lodge on the Island was instituted

1896. I

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