Franklin Lodge #2

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="57e00640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Georgia</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT><B>   |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Independent Order of Odd Fellows of "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oglethorpe Lodge 1"><U>Oglethorpe Lodge #1</U></A>   |   <B>Franklin Lodge #2</B>   |   <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Unity Logde 3"><U>Unity Logde #3</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Atlanta Metro Lodge 6"><U>Atlanta Metro Lodge #6</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Washington Lodge 7"><U>Washington Lodge #7</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New Silver City Lodge 16"><U>New Silver City Lodge #16</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Warren Lodge 20"><U>Warren Lodge #20</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hoschton Lodge 21 "><U>Hoschton Lodge #21 </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Walker Lodge 25"><U>Walker Lodge #25</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dalton Lodge 72"><U>Dalton Lodge #72</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Young Harris Lodge 218"><U>Young Harris Lodge #218</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sardis Lodge 338"><U>Sardis Lodge #338</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rose Hill Lodge 480"><U>Rose Hill Lodge #480</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Junior/Theta Rho Lodge"><U>Junior/Theta Rho Lodge</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id62.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Patriarch Militant Chattahoochee 4"><U>Patriarch Militant Chattahoochee #4</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Encampment Officers "><U>Encampment Officers </U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#0000BF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4bba6270.jpg" border=0 width="166" height="295" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>J.C. Evens</B></div> <div> <B>107 weaver Rd.</B></div> <div> <B>Warner Robins, Ga. 31093</B></div> <div> <B>912-953-4865</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Franklin Lodge #2</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>FRANKLIN LODGE NO.2</B></div> <div> <B>Franklin Lodge No.2 was instituted in the city of Macon, </B><B>Georgia January 20,1843 by District Deputy Grand Sire Albert </B><B>D. Case upon petition of Guy L. Warren and five others: </B><B>Frank Hart, C.S. Thomas, Albert Mix, Thomas Manson and William Sewell Jr. Grand Sire John Kennedy issued the Dispensation to institute the new lodge and commissioned District Deputy </B><B>Grand Sire Albert Case to perform the work of institution. </B><B>The lodge began to grow and as of December </B><B>31, 1889, </B><B>it </B><B>had a membership of 101. A membership among whom many were the most prominent and best citizens of the city of Macon.</B></div> <div> <B>Franklin Lodge No.2 has given to the Grand Lodge of Georgia many able men who have attained positions of honor and great responsibility. Among them were three Grand Masters. In 1863, Rev. John W. Burke, an eminent divine of the Methodist Church. In 1872, M.R. Rogers whom no purer man ever lived and in 1875, Judge T.S. Simmons whose abilities as a lawyer and a jurist was known and recognized </B><B>far beyond the limits of this, his native state. Guy L. Warren was the first Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Excerpts from:</div> <div> <I>Concise History of Gerogia Odd Fellowship</I></div> <div> <I>       The First One Hundred Years</I></div> <div> <I>                    1842~1942</I></div> <div> By:</div> <div> <I>PSGM. J. Edward Stallings</I></div> <div> <I>Grand Secretary Of Georgia</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>