The morning call., 1891-01-16
X. AND L. OF III.


Several States With Enough Members to
Form Grand Lodges.
Golden Rule Lodge gives social on Thurs
day evening, the 10Th inst.
Monday evening. the Goth inst, is the date
set for Palo Altos party.
Star Lodge reports Sc members, loss of 6
during the term.
Deputy Koran will install the officers of
West End Lodge next Tuesday evening. The
lodge reports 90 members.
There was very large attendance at the
installation of the officers of Martha Lodge
last Friday evening. and the meeting was a
very animated one. Martha reports ia Re-
lief Fund MEMBERSHIP socials. Cash in
the General Fund, 1857. The lodge will give
a domino party at Union-square Hall in Feb
ruary. After the installation Mrs. Nina
krebs. the retiring Protector, was pre-
seted with an elegant emblematic badge by
the lodge.
Joseph W. Maher. G. T., was installed as
Secretary OF Bay City Lodge last Monday
evening for the sixteenth consecutive term.
The new officers of Bay City Lodge were
publicly installed last Monday evening by
Grand Deputy Adams, assisted by j, p
Dockery, g. F., as G, G., William Dunlap
as G. c., and E. Kemp Van Ee, p G. p, as
G. 5. There were about 200 ladies and gen.
tlemen present, who. before and after the
installation ceremonies, were entertained
With singing. recitationS and dancing,
Mrs NJ. E. Pearl was awarded a prize last
Monday evening for introducing the most
members into Pacific Lodge during the last
term, and Mrs. George j. Vincent received
a second prize for bringing in the most ben
eficiaIy members.
The grand union meeting of February
I'd, at Union-square Hall, promises to be a
memorable event in the history of this grand
Jurisdiction.
Supreme Protector Milburn's Official
Circular No. g." conveys the intelligence
that Alabama and South Carolina have gained
the requisite number of members tn enIitle
them each to "A Grand Lodge, ana Kansas,
Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina.
Rhode Island and Wisconsin will, no doubt,
fall into line before the meeting of the
Supreme Lodge in September.
bay City Lodge has 107 members, and is
in good condition financially.
1t is seldom that Union-square Hall has
presented such bright, cheerful and happy
appearance as Monday evening last, the oc-
CASTOR being the installation of Pacific
Lodge. The decorations, which were the
work of Mrs. r. w. Dexter, Mrs. Pauline
Hem, Mrs. Nj. Z. Pearl and Mrs. Gilman.
were exceedingly unique. Handsome
arts of beautiful shade of red III felt and
plush were draped upon each altar, and
over the Protectors chair was the legend
Welcome Thrice" this being the third
successive term that the officers installed
have filled the chairs. Every officers sta
ton was likewise woodland bower, masses
of ferns being arranged in such way as to
produce the effect OF nature. The duty of
Installing the officers deyolyed upon Nj. 5.
Hurau, d. ID. g. p, assisted by Charles A.
Adams as G. c., William Dunlap as G. S.
and j. 2. Dockery as G. G. As each officer
was conducted to his or her station
Mrs Dexter presented the ladies with beauti-
full corsage bouquets, while dainty b luton-
Mere was bestowed upon the gentlemen.
After the installation ceremonies Mrs Pearl
was presented with the prize for bringing
in the most members, while Mrs Vincent
received one far the most benetieiaries
Nearly every lodge in the city was repre-
Sented by some OF its members, and after
the business portion of the evening was
over dancing was INDUCED in and all pres