<strong>The Grand Council, formerly Grand Council of the Patriarchal Order of Past Grand Masters of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. Peter Ogden received and brought to America the first dispensation for a Grand Council (now Past Grand Masters Council) for Council Officers of Philomathen Lodge # 646 of New York. </strong><strong>Members of the Council serve as instructors to lodges and male members.</strong>

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<em><strong>Most Worthy Grand Master Mervyn A. Fynes</strong></em>

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