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79th Birthday Celebration of Mr. Steven JARRETT
From The
McDonald PA Record, Feb. 1, 1924, page unknown:
Mr. Steven JARRETT of Johns avenue, McDonald, was honored on Monday
evening by what he says was as complete a surprise as has ever been
planned, when he was presented by a handsome third degree collar, the
occasion being his seventy-ninth birthday.
The presentation took place at the meeting of the Past Grands
association, I. O. O. F., in the Odd Fellows’ hall, McDonald,
following the regular meeting of the MacDonald lodge No. 605. Mr.
William GORDON, president of the Past Grands association, made the
presentation speech. Mr. JARRETT was so completely taken by surprise
that he could not say anything at the time but “Thank you”. His
appreciation of the honor done him, and the fine spirit of fellowship
that underlies the thoughtful action of those who had a part in the
give, is growing on him daily, and he has been profoundly moved by this
kindly act.
Mr. JARRETT has been an Odd Fellow for fifty-eight years. He was
initiated in Gomer Lodge, Pittsburgh, on May 12, 1866, and he has been a
member of this lodge since. However, he has always been interested in
the lodges of the community in which he happened to reside, and a month
ago, when he was present at a meeting of the French lodge of McDonald
and remained behind to attend the meeting of the Past Grands
association, he was asked to say something under “The Good of the
Order” and incidentally mentioned that the next meeting of the Past
Grands association would fall on his birthday. He thought no more about
it until after the presentation when it occurred to him that his
off-hand remark had been used to mark the occasion with a gift which he
prizes as highly as the jewel he received on the fiftieth anniversary of
his membership.
Webmaster Note: Born about 1845.
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