DAUGHTERS OF REBEKAH.

Ada B. Rebekah Lodge No 17 was instituted, may 4, 1888, in the hall over No. 324 South Saginaw Street, by the late George M. Dewey, of Owosso, then past grand master, with twenty-five charter members. Mrs. Elise A. Willett and Mrs. May Martin were first noble grand and vice-grand, respectively. Charles S. Martin, of Friendship Lodge No. 174, was commissioned district deputy grand master for the new Rebekah Lodge. This lodge has assigned in the institution of six Rebekah lodges in the vicinity and had for four years an officer in the Rebekah assembly. In the year of 1916 Ada B. Rebekah Lodge has five hundred and thirty-five members and in 1915 became the largest lodge in the state. The meetings are held on the first and third Fridays of the month in Odd Fellows temple. The lodge is said to have the finest drill degree in Michigan. 

Genesee Rebekah Lodge No 355 was organized through the efforts of members of the Genesee Lodge No 24, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, after which it was named. It was instituted on the afternoon of May 12, 1900, at the hall in the Judd block, by Past Noble Grand Elise A. Willett, of Ada B. Rebekah Lodge No. 17, as special deputy, with thirty-six charter members. 

In the evening of that day the degrees were conferred upon forty-seven candidates and six months from that date the membership exceeded one hundred. The home of this lodge is now in Odd Fellows temple,. Where it meets on the second and fourth Friday evenings of each month. A commendable harmony exists between the two sister lodges, each striving ever to work for the best interest of the other. Genesee Rebekah Lodge now has three hundred and twenty-five members.