S. S. Luttrell]

VIRGINIA STATE AUDUBON SOCIETY. The Virginia State Audubon Society was
organized at Falls Church, September 29, 1903. The objects of the
society are to protect our native birds, to discourage the buying and
wearing for ornamental purposes of the feathers of all birds other than
the ostrich and domesticated fowls, and to promote a popular interest in
bird study. The present officers are: President, John B. Henderson; 1st
Vice President, Wm. C. Pennywitt; 2nd Vice President, Nathan Banks, and
Secretary-Treasurer, E. C. Hough. Regular members pay $1.00 a year as
dues. Children under 16 pay no dues but sign pledge cards agreeing not
to harm birds or their eggs. The society has had printed for free
distribution a digest of the recent game law.

[Illustration: Oakwood Cemetery]

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. Falls Church Lodge No. 11, I. O. O.
F., was organized October 24, 1890, and has a membership of
seventy-four. The lodge owns its hall, a large brick structure, located
near the corner of Broad and Little Falls streets, in the center of the
town. The building which was erected in 1891 contains a handsome lodge
room on the second floor and a spacious public room on the first floor.
The order makes a specialty of giving attention to its members during
sickness and pays funeral expenses on death. The lodge numbers among its
members some of the most influential citizens of the town. Its present
officers are as follows: John D. Payne, N. G.; T. O. Marr, V. G.; J. H.
Garretson, Sec'y; J. H. Brunner, F. S.; George W. Hawxhurst, Treasurer;
Rev. W. H. Wolffe, Chaplain; Dr. Geo. B. Fadeley, R. S. to N. G.; Thomas
Hillier, L. S. to N. G.; Geo. A. Brunner, S. P. G.; W. H. Nowlan, R. S.
to V. G.; C. F. Newman, L. S. to V. G.; Ray Marcey, O. G.; Walter
Marcey, I. G.; W. Maben, Warden; Webster Donaldson, R. S. S.; Chauncey
Seay, L. S. S.; T. S. Luckett, Conductor.

R. E. LEE CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY. This chapter was
organized in June, 1898. Its object is to assist needy widows and
orphans of Confederate soldiers. The chapter has 43 members, the
officers for the present term being as follows: President, Mrs. G. J.
Head; Vice President, Mrs. George G. Bolling; Secretary, Mrs. A. H.
Barbor; Treasurer, Miss Nellie Green; Historian, Mrs. Jonas Unverzagt;
Registrar, Miss Georgia Head.

[Illustration: Mr. H. N. Ryer]

FALLS CHURCH LIBRARY. The Falls Church Library, organized 1899, is
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