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The Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans (AMOS) is an unofficial appendant body of all Odd Fellows.It is recognized as the "playground for Odd Fellowship", (comparable to The "Shriners" within Freemasonry) [1] and is known for engaging in public and private hijinks and spectacle, all in the name of good, clean fun.
Odd Fellows (often incorrectly written as Oddfellows; also Odd Fellowship or Oddfellowship [1]) is an international fraternity consisting of lodges first documented in 1730 in London. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The first known lodge was called Loyal Aristarcus Lodge No. 9, suggesting there were earlier ones in the 18th century.
Odd Fellows Home (Gainesville, Florida) 1893 built Gainesville, Florida "Odd Fellows Home was built in 1893 as a tuberculosis sanatorium for Odd Fellows and Rebekahs. It was subsequently used as a girls school and as the city hospital. In 1914 it became a rest home for aged Odd Fellows and an orphanage. The home was closed in 1966." [15]
By 1987, four were still active: the Odd Fellows, Lizzie Rebekahs, the Masons and the Eastern Star. The Odd Fellows, he said, was the second oldest, behind the Masons.
Oct. 18—Downtown dining changes in Manchester and Nashua A RESTAURANT on Elm Street in Manchester is slowly evolving into a new identity. The BluAqua Restobar is undergoing a complete revamp and ...
Oct. 20—Downtown dining changes in Manchester and Nashua A RESTAURANT on Elm Street in Manchester is slowly evolving into a new identity. The BluAqua Restobar is undergoing a complete revamp and ...
Leonardo David Raymundo included the restaurant in Eater Seattle 's 2017 overview of "Low-Stakes First Date Spots in Seattle". He wrote, "With big, open windows facing the east and a collection of vintage antiques littered about like a 1930s garage sale, Linda Derschang’s Oddfellows is a contemporary homage to the past.
Other Englishmen who were Odd Fellows had grouped in the states along the Eastern Seaboard, and Wildey gathered them all into the newly formed fraternity. He traveled widely to set up lodges in the most recently settled parts of the country. At the time of his death in 1861, there were more than 200,000 members of the IOOF.