News and Info - Davis Odd Fellows Lodge #169

Remembering Bud Carey

Nov 30, 2023

We all know that once your name winds up on a company’s mailing list (or email list) it seems like the name kind of stays on that list forever.

They Never Event Got to Play

Nov 22, 2023

Some time ago that I visited a Lodge and, watching the proceedings at a meeting, was reminded of that little nursery rhyme. As I watched

Role Reversal within the Odd Fellows

Nov 16, 2023

I have been lucky enough to win elections several times in our order. Now, I am serving in my...

Have Fun while being an Odd Fellow

Nov 9, 2023

I have been publishing this DMC Newsletter since 2010 – the goal being to give Independent Order of Odd Fellows members and Lodges ideas to sustain and increase membership.

It never ceases to amaze me: Sovereign Grand Lodge (SGL) continues to operate as if the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) were still in the last century. Here’s yet another example of SGL’s 20th Century thinking in our 21st Century world.

Grand Representative Report – SGL 2023 – IOWA

Oct 13, 2023

Odd Fellows know quite a bit, of course, of the comings and goings of their own Lodge. They know much of the activities in their own jurisdiction’s Grand Lodge. But most Odd Fellows know very little of what really happens at Sovereign Grand Lodge.