Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-08-20
Presentation Of a level.

One of those pleasant affairs common to the
j. o. o. +. took place last night In Alexandra
The Odd Fellows Of that city manifested thei,
appreciation Of the servi ces in the Osder of p
q. Master and Grand Representative Hugh
Latham, by presenting to him Grand Repre-.
sentatives Jewel. The members of Potomac
Lodge and Marley Encampment. Of which be
was member, held q special meeting al their
hall. and with their wives and families crowd.
ed every available space before the allotted
time for the presentation. On either side OF
the principal chair were seated the followi ng
officers and members Of the Grand Lodge of the
District of Columbia: p. G.. Masters John T
Given, Fred. ID. Stuart, 5. f. Douglass, W. X.
Mclean. J. Edmonston; ID. G.. Master q. 3.
X. Colledge, CIR. Treasurer Sam1 Wise: or.
Representative J. Z. Havenner, and p. CTS A.
Davis, Jacob Miller, and V. HeIlmuth
Past Grand Master Fred. ID. Stuart, Of Wash
ington, was called upon to preside on the oc
casion, and after stating the object of the meet.
ing, the exercises was commenced by singing
of the lodge, Bro. Wilmington.
The presentation was then made by Past
Grand Peter Uhler, a member Of Potion &C
Lodge and Marley Ensampmsni, and the oldest
Lodge. No 3, of Philadelphia, in 1874, the same
lodge OF which. eleven years later, the ciplen
was the presiding officer. In making the pre-
sentation, Bro. Uhler gave an interesting ac-
count Of his connection with the order and
with Bro. Latham as a member of the same
Bro. Uhler is Grand Junior Warden Of the
LutdInp mtut VI the StaIe OF irRlnld.
p. @. Master Latham, in recei wing the lew
ell made a lengthy and eloquent address, re-
viewing his entire connection with the order
and especially in Alexandra. He was initiated
in Franklin Lodge, No. ?, Of Baltimore, Md,
in April. 1884. After some months he remov we'd
to Philadelphia Pa, and connected himself
with Wayne Lodge, No. 3, OF that place, ana
there passed the several Offices and entered the
Grand Lodge. he subsequently returned 10
his native place, Alexandria, and connec ted
himself with Potomac Lodge, tnen under the
jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. He presided over the
Grand Looge OF the District as its Grand Mas.
ter. and after the rerrocession Of Alexandria 10
the State OF Virginia, he presided over the
Grand Encampment Of the State as its Grand
Patriarch. For three terms he has REPRESENTED
the Grand Lodge Of Virginia in the Grand
Lodge Of the United States. After the presen.
marks were made by r. G.. Masters Given,
Mclean. and Stuart, and CIR. Rep. Havenner
of the visitors, and p. G.s Shafer and Wright,
OF Alexandria, after which the exercises were
Concluded by singing the closing ode and the
benedlcrion by the Chaplain Of the Lodge.
The Jewel is of the regulation size, the center
BE- ing gold and the rim of silver, and is An ele-
CANT piece of work. On one side is the seal OF
the Grand Ledge Of Virginia, surrounded BY
the inscription: presented to p. g. II
Hugh Latham, by the brothers of Potomac
Lodge, No. 30, and Marley Encampment, No.
8, in appreciation OF eminent services rendered
by him to the Order of Odd Fellowship in
Virginia. Below the seal is the following:
N. g., Of Wayne Lodge, No. 3. Pennsylvania,
1885; Grand Master, District of Columbia, 1913:
Grand Representative to Grand Lodge OF the
United States, from Virginia, 1SS7; Grand Pa.
triarch of Grand Encampment OF virginia.
arms Of Virginia. The Je vel Is attached by a
chain to a bar composed Of three links and the
heart and hand, and is 50 arranged so as TO be
worn on the regalia.