History Of The Fidelity Rebekah Lodge No. 59

The following is a history of the International Association of Rebekah Assemblies Lodge of Oil City published in the early 1930s; The source document is not currently known. Definitions of the titles listed may be found on the Independent Order of Odd Fellows page.

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Mrs. Essie McKibbin was elected to the state-wide position of warden in 1935.

New Orleans Times Picayune 13-Mar-1935, Page 12


She also spoke at the state convention in 1938.

New Orleans Times Picayune 09-Mar-1938 Page 6


Rose Cagle was part of a Louisiana delegation that visited New York City as part of a "United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth" in 1961.

Baton Rouge State Times 22-May-1961 Page 3-A

She and other Oil City residents and North Caddo High students Kay Saulsbury and Frances Rowell (elected president) were among officers installed at the 1961 state convention of Theta Rho. That is the junior order of the Daughters of Rebekah, itself affiliated with the Order of Odd Fellows.

Baton Rouge Morning Advocate 27-Jul-1961, Page 5-B

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