Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-11
Golden Cross News.

The officers-elect of Meridian commandery,
No. us, United Order of the Golden Cross
were installed into Office last evening by Deputy
Grand Commander Chas. L. Patten, assisted by
Sir knights A. NJ. Salmon and Francis l. Willis.
Brief speeches we're made by Almon +. Tucker,
noble commander; Deputy Chas. l.. Patten
and Sir Knights W. W. Granger, ii. IL. Hough,
David W. keck and Mrs Mary 4. Keck. The
financial statement of the commandery showed
a total collection of SLIGO. 80. disbursements
aggregating S1,479.S3, leaving a balance on
hand of S2Sl.07. The register OF the COM
mandery shows a membership of 109, 100 in the
Junior and 9 in the senior class GA males and
Is females). There have been additions
during the past term. Applications for men,
bership were made by Arthur NJ. Orrison and
George h. Pickett. Mr.. William Ii. Church
initiated into the order. MIR. n. W. Will
kerson. n former member of the commaEdery,
made application for a reinstatement in the Or
der. Noble Commander Tucker made the fol-
lowing appointments: Finance committee. John
S. Powers, VI. Z. Caldwell, J. II. Zepp; good of
the order committee, Francis j. Willis. u. W.
Heck, Mrs. L. G. Johnston. DIR. H. NJ. Bennett,
S. W. Maddox. sr., and Z. C. Johnston, MEM
bers of Meridian commandery, were reported
sick.
At the last meeting of St. Johns COM
mandery, No. 81. the following officers were
installed by Deputy Grand Commander s. A.
III. McKim: Frank o. Maxson, noble COM
mander; Mrs. Mary l. Graham, vice noble
commander: W. G. Bohannon, prelate; Mrs.
Emma McKim, treasurer; VIM. L. Graham,
keeper of records; John n. Ehle, financial
keeper OF records; Elmer Carroll, herald; L. Ii.
Barbour, warder inner gate; G. W. Bohannon,
warder outer gate; John A. Van Doren, past
noble commander; J. S. Moffatt, representative
to Grand commandery. Grand Commander
Ehle. assisted by r. H. Yates, on Monday last
installed the officers OF National commandery,
No. 346.
The new commandery Of the Golden Cross,
which has been under way in Anacostia for the
past few weeks, will be formally instituted on
Wednesday evening of next week in Gray 8
hall, Anacostia, by Grand Commander John n.
Ehle, assisted by officers and members of the
Grand commandery. Between thirty and forty
names have been signed to the application for
a charter.
There will be mass meeting of the newly
installed officers of the various subordinate
communicates of this city held on the evening
of January 81 in Stidham's hall, 1923 7th street
northwest, at which time Grand Commander
Ehle will instruct the several officers in the
performance of their duties.
Services in memory of the late Charles
f. III. Holmes a former member of Halcyon
commandery, No. 12S, will be held by that
body at its next meeting on Friday evening,
January II.
Two grand visitatons will be made during
the month of January-Friday evening, Janu-
DRY "a, to Capital No. 323, in Washington hall,
and Tuesday evening. January 2S, to Columbia,
No. 374, in Melford's hall, corner Sth and i
streets northeast
During the year 1899 there were received the
following number of applications for member
bership in the Communicates of this city
Goodwill commandery, IS; st. Johns, II; Hal
cyon, 10; Meridian, q; Capital, IL; National,
%; Columbia, 53-a grand total of l65-a record
of growth which has probably never been be-
fore equalled in this Jurisdiction.