The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-03
Golden Gross Notes.

Anacostia Commandery meets on Wednes-
day evening next at Masonic Hall, Anacostia.
Meridian Commandery meets on Friday
evening next at Societies Temple, corner of
Fifteenth and streets northwest
Mount Vernon Commandery meets to-
morrow evening at Good Templars Hail.
corner of Four-and-a-half street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue.
Capital Commandery meets on Saturday
evening next at the new Golden Cross Hail.
National Capitol Bank building, No. 316
Pennsylvania avenue southeast.
At the regular meeting of Goodwill Com
mandery on Monday last Noble Commander
Hervey s. Knight presided. Applications for
membership were received from Thomas s.
Taylor, Mrs. Lvonia S. Taylor, Mrs. Inazella
f. Jones, and Mrs. Harriet l.. Vining. After
a short session the commandery closed to pay
fraternal visit to National Commandery.
The sociable of Mount Vernon Commandery
on Wednesday evening last was a very enjoya-
BILE occasion. The members of the command
cry and their friends were entertained with
music and speeches, closing with refreshments.
The instrumental music of the Washington
Quartette was finely rendered, as also several
songs by Sir Knight James w. Loveless, of Hal
cyon Commandery. The members in charge
of the sociable were j.. III. A. Fowler, NJ: l..
E. Lewis, and Mrs. NJ. r. Weaver.
Keen is making big drive in S35 suits. My
own. George L. Keen, 414 Ninth street.
Columbia Commandcry at its last meeting
received applications for membership from B.
f. Williams, Mrs. Lizzie NJ Williams, Mrs.
Helen V. Mellis, and Miss Barbara A. Steiner.
The degrees were conferred on Richard S.
Lawrenson, Solomon Carr, George j.. Nc
Donald, and Mrs. Mary C. Lamb. Under the
good of the order remarks were made by Sir
knight Rev. M. N. Cornelius, Noble Com
and Nettie Cole. Among the visitors were
Sir Knights Frank E. Newton, of Capital
Commandery; w. H. H. and Claude Kesler,
of National Commandery, and p. III. Branson
and w. I'll. Pope, of Goodwill Commandery.
The new Golden Cross Hall in the National
Capital Bank building was dedicated on
Thursday evening last, the services being per-
formed by the officers OF the Grand Com
mandery, after which Sir Knight F. l. Willis,
of Meridian Commandery, read an original
dedication Ode" Mrs. Edith f. Murray,
of Capitol HILL sang solo, and Miss Adelaide
Payne, of Goodwill Commandery, recited
1.-THE Changed Cross" Miss Martha Mum
dell sang "Home, Sweet Home" The hall has
been fitted up expressly for the purposes of the
order, the acoustic qualities are excellent, and
for everything that tends to make perfect
lodge-room this hall Is not excelled by any
other in the city.
Congenial society and attractive surround
ings at Derwood Park. William f. Thomas,
Twelfth and G streets.
The Grand Commandery held an adjourned
session on Friday evening last at the new
Golden Cross Hall, Grand Commander Ehle
presiding. Resolutions were adopted in favor
| of changing the terms of officers in subord-
! nate Communicates from six months to one
l.
| grant dispensations in certain cases, and to
| embrace in applications for membership a
| portion of the law touching the subject of
| temperance. resolution from the committee
| on laws providing for the election of repre-
sentatives to the Grand Commandery on the
| basis OF one representative for every twenty
! five members was rejected The commandery
! then adjourned to meet on Wednesday even
ing next at the same place.
All the comforts of country and city life at
! Derwood Park. William +. Thomas, Twelfth
! and G streets
The last meeting of National Commandery
was one of the most interesting in it's history.
1t has reached membership of ninety-nine.
Applications for membership We're received
from Mrs Jennie Y. Kaufman and Mrs. Liz
| Zie B. j. Wertenbaker. The 1st degree was
conferred on Presley r. Purkes, James A.
Smith, Miss Christine Hansen, Miss Meta q.
Hansen, and Miss Katherine Hansen, and the
I'd and Sd degrees on the above named and
also on Philip Wistar, Howard II. Norton,
William L. Hipkins, Mrs. Mary A. Wlstar,
and Mrs. Arabella IL. Norton. The command
cry was agreeably surprised by fraternal
visit of large number of members from Good
will Commandery, headed by Noble Com
mander Heryey $ Knight. Deputy Grand
Commander II. II. Yates welcomed the sir
knights and ladies in an eloquent address,
which was later responded to by Noble Com
mander Knight. The initiation ceremonies