HEART OF OAK I.O.O.F., M.U.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 814, 8 July 1881, Page 2

HEART OF OAK 1.0.0. F., M.U.

MiKe Hartj '-. Ho'tel, on Tuesday evening last catered'- * ' a W ■ gathering L the anniver- . ; sary festival',ol plie.Caj^rton.LpdgeVof-- ■i-h* TVh cP« tyacM Y'i)im.i ,; ffie"ESd|e" iV ' . as'seiriblacbflt ■ thej Forestem^M f ,in M hiuroad, and despatched the business of the Lodge, afterwiiKUitheyfadjoUi'ned'td.'tlfe - % '. • supper room. Bro Wiley, N. G., occu- .'■ (piediilhe ghair;)l (itipported*- Br6 ErTcW '' beei decorated with ferns, and the .table was tastefully laid out, the spread being ■ such (rtflif app TOj,p{ ffuy me.etingyjflndl ; the' explW . isoi s of approval given evening shoved that the donors ofthVfeas); were |oroughly satisfied with 1 ' W Catering l Itejngements. All Lodge were in full regaha; and after the. innei^Wri :^a^b; een ,! 4en , iF6Wb'a4o;r- t '' n ' 1 > and thetables'.4leßred|?the:i(Dhairriian : iprdl' ■.. ( jppjea ".The Health of-fche Queen and i,p^r--raMba^^th^Bof!il'-¥amiij> ) ' 1 ' H '- 11 ; which was' most ".The Army and %y" jglfewfilk' C\i i . Btaos-r" The r Bed, t Wlute,,and Blue, I ', ; BroM*cgy J aild A ''TKe !r 'l)»ofNel:- ,' Von,' Bro Hart.efiiißd ilihi h-mblmiva . i "P l 6 P«aßSEgrity„j)i aftej Qrd.?jT V was) then proposed from the,pl)air,. ~, , , ~ : ""% Colvilfffofs'e J d w The WfiSi 1 ' of Mr Gole, as representative ofthe local Court ofPW^ , * I fe%HP<OTßn?'- !:I Hon] of bretteen present To the,bondof. brotlierhood by which" tfiey weft bound on ktJerjflgi'tn'e,!Grde^"ihd«th6ugiit■ it ? l'"' ;f should be more generally, coflß,i4ered out* side [ofjthelodge than^itwa^and^that,- ( , calling' 1 each" other'brethren inside' the ''" portils the^'shOtlld-'cArryriOn't'thtt^rin. 1 ciple's expressed in. 'the.iryen.toty/in their Wi everyday life. • Mj: Gole, in responding, expressed his • opinion that the comph&effl pai'd;him in his name being conjoi£eoo i Jhe',S)a'st was one jderivable from,:' with the fellow local c 'fnetfdly' ; soclet^—not . derived from any personal 'j / He expressed a hope that'the/friendly. ' * societies would'one'and all puli'toWnerj'• and that the uay'*ainot;ffid^infwneni J< ' ! '' ■ by'united effort, they would 1 be' a strong • bodyiurging forprd the proiperity ( pf, the.,,/) district. ''"' "' ''' '•'' 1 ""' ! "'"'' ■"' Soio-Bro Hart, "Kitty Wills",and "The Slave Ship: t,;,Jr ' W™'F*><i Bro Feasham proposed " ; The founder,. _,. lof'the I/pdge, Blr> ( Butler^' ( ttnft,piplSined' '{{ howlhe.'Lqdgehas;been,started!", , The Secretary..'.reported lthe number of financial.iniembers on the •'booksj was 86. . ,;.).)/-i ,;i Bro Hart,' in s speaking 'id the toast re- , furred to the progress of'the Lodge since they held ; 'their sports, l 'and 1 - soon to see sjich another gathering _ aid an in> crease, iniheir , iurnbers! i l, ,;;'' ,l! ; Bro 1 Barlow'also referred 1 to the Feather- ' t ston !LodgeiJ | which' ! ,ha'd..'be'en started about|eleveh year's, ago by five,'and now j, numbered over SO members, and whose;' ' .. I feeling and working together had from 1 to last been sociable, agreeable, ,'andT brotherly. '"' '-'-''•"''•■ " ' ; ' ' Bro' Gplvillßj, thought, that Bro .Butler ,■, • could jiow 1 look with pleasure ; on the'work [\ he had inaugurated. 'Such societies as these induced men to;giye i.a,'look)out to the future and make provision for days when sicknessmightassail theraj!>' t>*\ ! -'i-The'toast mi drank with the usual musical ," !; ' :! ""<>'! . Brojßutler, in returning thanks, stated ■ that yhen he took steps to found the Lodge; he was the only Oddfellow in the Carterton district. He had obtained' the support of thoir j secretary (Bro Philpott), whojhad been a'member of the order, and the assistance of 'five: Or six others -, the Lodge had been , started;.' For .nearly; % two years tliey t had h"afl■ a : hard struggle to make the Lodge ; but''it,, had - ultimately been vbrbtighi up to its present ,■-' strength, and heihoped .soon : to 'ls.ee"its'- ? numbers doubled. Song—"Hearts -of-:04k," Bro'Law" r | ronce. J ■» Bro ißutler gave the toast,'"May our members be as numerous as'the Jeaves on the oalc and firm as the'rook'."' !l: '' The toast haying..been, receiyedvwitb/i'>•;,". eclat, Broßai'low 1 amused the company with " Susan's Sundav-Out,',' followed by Mr, Robinson (A.0.F.) with "The Little ' Dramnier.'! _ The latter songsfer. stated ~ , ; that if ut; -Had'heen known that the dinner' ' '. was open to ojtherjs ;T/ ■■ believed the Foresters' would' have' supported society ,to rtjninii; , Mr Qole(A.O.E)'then ! 'proposed success ; to the Lodge Heart pt Qak/ ;.[ T , >-. ''■'. ' Bro Eobinson (A.d.E.) in seconding the, toast stated that he had for some years; 1 • belonged to the O'dd'FellbW'in ihe Taita ? and Hiitt Lodges. He had since joined \,' the Foresters'; ',■ The principles of both/' were the same—providing for ; :.- ; 'members incase of want and sickness— ;; .■ and anysuch society ought to be supported !t •:.; : in the '•',! " \- ' "■'■;; : r;: The toast haying been l]onore.d, % ''-: chairman "expressed a hope to'see the day••"- \ ; t when both. Societies would, inorease in ; . -'■ ''■■ ' strength.';: ;•,;;" ~( ( ''.- ■ .". .:

The Order riumbers'among its brethren one of the Society Friends, and we had''./ . hardly expected from so sedate a body to f get the following toast— Oh glass] i' thee Iput toy trust;!. T -'; / !'/" I would rather see thy belly go empty Than my poor throat'sho'iild thirst • ! " ' 1: " : " ; Thou hast caused a|l my friends to be my. , foes, Thou hast caused ire to sell and pawn my plothes, 'd ]'-. J '.M \ r \i Go from me-but still I love theei ' •"■ Between | the chin anithe ; nose down, tbes i goes. | ]" ''' ' '_/"_' The toast Mr and 1 Mrs was'''' ' A giyen arid; well received/ Mi- Elliotte in •"■> reply saying, how glad % Would ! be to assist in promoting any convivial meeting ''such as the present. He then sang in " splendid style " The Bed Star Banner." The prosperity of the Waivarapa was proposedlby Mr Goje and ftieYommerofal mtoesfs ft Qatyerfbii 'by fro* §arsrier[ ; .which ;were responded to by B.ros , Col i ovilleand [Barlow. ; : : ; ' ' "'■ ' '

The cjiair and vice-chair were duly ', toasted, as was also: Bfb Gardener,- who ' iihfoply (referred to his having been a ' member of the Order for seven years,'hisfather haying been in it thirty-four years! r i The toast of the Anniversary Commit--tee and thanks for their efforts, brought Mleasant evening, after"the National, .fAhthem Had been' sung, to a close.'' to Clarke presided most:'ably at the pianql . . and the ypcalistjo vendenngs' (jf the e'xqnj \ lD &> W<\s tljosp f : h m 'rnqntjogej.;7 were, tqo jpffleroug ito Wflord. An adjo\ir»ment for hqrne was; made about mjdj