The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-26
Golden Gross Notes.

The Supreme Commandery will begin its
regular Legislative session at Bar Harbor, Me-,
on May 13.
Columbia Commandery meets Tuesday at
the Fifth Congregational Church, corner of
Eighth and 1 streets northeast. Ten candi-
dates are awaiting initiation.
Halcyon Commandery meets on Friday
evening at Societies Temple, corner Fifth and
G streets northwest. Music and good of the
order are the special features in this command
cry.
National Commandery meets on Monday
evening at Harris's Hall, corner Seventh and
D streets northwest. Five candidates will re-
ceive the 1st degree and fourteen the I'd and Sd
degrees.
st. Johns Commandery meets on Saturday
evening at the new Golden Cross Hall, National
Capital Bank building, No. 316 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast. Sir Knight NJ. l.. Mount,
of this commandery, is very i'll.
Commencing May Mount Vernon Com
mandery will hold its regular meetings on the
first and third MONDAYS of each month at
Good Templars' Hail. corner of Four-and-a-
half street and Pennsylvania avenue.
Meridian Commanderv at its meeting on
Friday evening last received the application
of Miss Cora LIE NJ. Thomas for membership.
Lipp. Noble Commander G. E. Topper of
Halcyon Commandery, and Others spoke on
the good of the order.
The adjourned session of the Grand Com
mandery will be held in the new Golden Cross
Hall, National Capital Bank building, No. 316
Pennsylvania avenue southeast, on Friday
evening, May L. Matters of the highest ina
portance to the order will be presented and
large attendance is expected.
Mount Vernon Commandery will have So
ciable and entertainment on Wednesday even
ing next at Good Templars' Hall, corner of
Four-and-a-half street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. A committee consisting of Sir Knight
j. III. A. Fowler and the ladies of the COM
mandery have charge OF the arrangements.
Goodwill Commandery meets on Monday
evening at Scottish Rite Hall, No. 1907 G street
northwest. Deputy Grand Commander w. G.
Perry, Noble Keeper of Records Edward Steer,
and Financial Keeper of Records Benjamin F.
Moore, who have been absent for seversl meet
ings on account Of severe Illness are improv-
ing.
The new Golden Cross Hall, in the National
Capital Bank building, No. 316 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast, will be dedicated on Thurs
day evening next. Capital and st. Johns
Communicates will have charge of the arrange
ments. The officers of the Grand Command
cry Will pCilOIh VIC ocINlCeb VI uCulcdblOu,
which are very impressive. A general invita-
tion will be extended to all the Communicates.
AT Mount Vernon Commandery on We'd
nesday evening last the degrees were con-
ferred on Henry NJ Chapman and Miss Otelia
Noble Commander, w. I'll. Pope; Vice Noble
Commander, Miss Adelaide Payne; Past Noble
Commander, George Redway; Worthy Pre-
late, j. II. A. Fowler; Worthy Herald, o. d.
Sunny. A committee consisting of Sir
Knights Fowler and Venable and Lady Clara E.
Lewis was appointed to consider the subject
of library for the commandery.
At Capital Commandery at its last meeting
Noble Commander Kilgore announced that
the new quarters secured for the meetings of
the commandery in the National Capital Bank
building were ready for occupancy, and 1t
was decided to dedicate the hall on the even
ing of Thursday next April 30, in connectio on
| with st. Johns Commandery, which will also
meet in that building hereafter. After a
spirited discussion on The question of the
! changing OF the meeting night, 1t was decided
| that hereafter the commandery Will meet at
its magnificent new rooms on the second and
| fourth Saturdays of each month at 8 o'clock
p. M. The knights and ladies are greatly
elated over the fact that they will not in the
future as In the past have to take a monu-
mental climb up steps to the region of the
! clouds, having inwardly the fear that they
might soon drop to the bottom like the shoot
on toboggan, and trust that these may be- If
possible, larger attendance at the meetings
in the new building, the first of which viii be
held on the 9th ultimo.
public meeting under the auspices of the
Grand Commandery was held at Takoma
Park on Friday evening last for the purpose
of bringing the order to the attention of the
residents of that beautiful suburb. Grand
Commander Ehle and Grand Prelate w. w.
Granger, made speeches on the objects and
benefits of the order and ON the importance OF
| establishing a commandery at Takoma A