The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-12-20
Golden Cross Notes.

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Golden Cross Notes.
At the last meeting OF Capitol Commandery
the degrees were conferred on Mrs. Eliza A.
Atkinson. This commandery has gained
three new members during the present term,
and now numbers ninety-one. The election
of officers for the eusuriug term will take
place on the Doth Supreme Commander Day
has appointed Mis- Marguerite McCutchen, OF
this commandery, Deputy Supreme Com
mander. She is the first lady to receive that
honor In this jurisdiction. -. Goodwill Com
mandery Monday conferred the lst and I'd
degrees on David g. Proctor and Miss Mary
e. Cunningham. The commandery decided
TO vote on the subject OF the union of the
Junior and senior classes on the IL h OF Janu-
airy. At the next meeting on the 2Sth officers
for the ensuing term will be elected, and the
Sd degree conferred on two candidates. This
commandery now has ia members, ,...Ana-
costa Commandery has elected the following
officers for the term beginning January l, 1892:
Noble Commander, A. r. Gator; Vice Noble
Commander, Mrs. Mary l. Stnonds; Worthy
Prelate, Mrs. Carrie NJ. King; Noble Keeper
OF Records, James II. Dony; Financial
Keeper Of Records, d. Z. Smithson; Treas
urer, A. NJ. Green; Worthy Herald, f. j.
Henry; Warden Inner Gate, Mrs. Mary
Wright; Warden Outer Gate, Stephen Slmonds:
Past Noble Commander, Thomas j. Putnam;
Trustees, D. l.. Pitcher, Ii. N, Tolson, and 6.
W. King; Representative to Grand Com
mandery, Charles f. Watson; alternate,
Stephen Simonds...... Mount Vernon Com
mandery will tomorrow evening elect officers
for the ensuing term and confer tho degrees
on ten candidates. Columbia Commandery
on Tuesday evening elects officers for the en-
suing term and confers the degrees on three
candidates. Grand Commander Ehle will
institute new commandery on Tuesday
evening next at Golden Cross Hall, 316 Penn
sylvania avenue southeast, with a charter list
of fifty members. The degrees will be con-
ferred by officers of the other Communicates,
and the occasion will be the most interest
ing in the history OF the order in this
jurisdiction. The new commandery will
be the tenth in the District of Columbia
and the sixth instituted by Grand Com
mander Ehle since his election to the Of
flee Of Grand Commander. The new term,
commencing January, 1892, will show a
membership OF tho order of over one thousand
Comnandery will elect officers on Saturday
evening. The degrees will be conferred on
two candidates.. Halcyon Commandery on
Friday evening last elected the following Of
ficers: Noble Commander, James w. Loveless;
Vice Noble Commander, Mrs. Rosina M.
Humphrey; Worthy Prelate, Mrs. Ella C. Mes
ton; Noble Keeper Of Records, Joseph
Trainor; Financial Keeper Of Records, r. ID.
Meston; Treasurer, j. s. Sharp; Worthy Her
aid, John G. Swift; Warder Inner Gate, Mrs.
MARY H. SCet6On; WarQerSOuCer Gdte, GeTnarJ
E. Toepper; Past Noble Commander, w. s..
Stetson; Trustees, Andrew II. Stamp, George
Ell. Cline, and Miss Rosina NJ. Humphrey: Rep
resentative to the Grand Conmandery, Robert
ID. Meston; Alternate, Gerhart E. Topper;
Auditing Committee, w. s. Stetson, James
w. Loveless, and Mrs. Rosinas NJ. Humphrey
independent Order Mechanics.
The session of Lafayette Lodge No. 13
Thursday night was short, the members desir-
ing to attend the entertainment given by
Capital Lodge No. "a, K. of p, at National
Rifles Hall, which proved a success. 1t is
very gratifying to the members Of the order
to know that Past Supreme Ruler j. M. Rich
ards, OF Friendship Lodge No. Z is out again.
Goodwill Lodge No. IA held its regular
meeting Tuesday night and was well attended,
Worthy Master III. G. Simons in the chair.
Nomination of officers next Tuesday night.
good turnout. is looked for.
AT Capital Lodge No. IL, Friday night,
Brother IL. Truxell was reported very low.
The following nominations for the coming
term were made: For Worthy Master, Isaac
Benham; Junior Master +. W. Whitney; Re
retary, E. e. Bradford; Treasurer, j. w.
Thompson; Chaplain, j. I'll. Schul; Conduc-
tor, j. W. King; for Board of Education,
Brothers Isaac Benham, f. r. Whitney, and
l. A. Gerhart. Grand Architect, r. b. Wilson,
and Vice Grand Architect, George w. Berry
werepresent.