The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-29
rIRGIsIA COycLAvE HEPrAsoPHs
They Celebrate Their sixteenth Anniver-
sary at sanger Hall

me SiNte-+Nth anniversary OF the IN
proved order Heptasophs. Virginia Con-
c.ave. 40. le3 vas celebrated last night
az Sanger Hall. The entertainment was
very largely attended b. the meml r. II
the order, and pr0yi % be d decided
Success Mr. william Il Zimmerman. j..
the new caterer Ot the Gesangve-ein Nlr-
GINA, furnished an elegant supp which
was highly appreciated by all present.
The gathering embraced some OF the
most prominent citizens u Richmond.
" DO gathered around the festive board
10 enjoy an evening OK genuine Virginia
hospitality. There We're sI-e.l-s and
songs and Rotations % season the re-
past ana make 10 more disestble 10
those who ar accustomed u feasts u
reason, as Well as astronomical con-
Mr. 4. ". Rosene. Supreme Sentinel
Of the C0nclaye, acted as t0ast-master in
q very dignined manner. He gave brief
history Of the Orde-. and especially " th-
virginia Conclaye. which was organized
the following. judge r. g. Minor. w. T.
Pitcher. Richard II. Fox. W. T. Chris
tian. l.. l.. Franklin. ID. G.. Richardson
j.. samuel Parrish. :. B.. Wit, a. u.
Anthony, J. j.. Crutchheld Z. y Can
non. J. Taylor Ellyson. G.. Green, ;. A.
Lawrence. William T. Reid, ". ".
Moses. Julian Binf0ri. =. W. Scott, ".
i. Woods0n, r. +. Savage William Chris
tan. X. g. Hess L. f. Brown. Robert
Hill, Jr.. 4. v. Thompson. II. ". Tyler
+. +. Burke, Irwin Wc!siger. J. j. Elan.
IN Speaking q the history q the order,
IOaSt-master kOsene said. ln part:
The Improved order Heptds0pls was
beeotten On august 2. ISIS in Oii-Fel-
lows Hall. Philadelphia. and born on the
zsth, the day following. Its fathers were
Gorge v Metzel. Hei5.9.ert J.. Thorn. T
Gerharit =. =. Waife. J. II Christian,
John O. Mitchell. William Baumgarten.
John A. d.. son. John Cox and Henry
Ms,ze t. n Baek Bdiim? TscoiSr eeTf
Heb. =. Klnefetter, ". :. Osler and
Charles Tracey, Il Pennsylvania. VII
liam F.. Foster. n Virginia, AMI L. F.
ION the @th The l. O. H. was born. Il
was an experimental birth. having been
drawn from The lolns 81 the seven Wise
Men" The child was without money or
friends except through its immediate pa
rents. and with them It Vas merely specu-
latye.
il was resolved that J9nn G.. Mitchell
". r. &. Gerhardt and ". +. Foster con-
stitute the committee Of incorporation
through the courts q Maryland. and, II
Incorporating the supreme Conclaye: The
first officers We're. supreme Archer, George
Y. NetZel, supreme Provost. J. T. kaiE,
II Kentucky. Supreme Secretary. VII
liam NcWilliams twh0 was summarlly eX-
Uall-l for Uro0k- iLe--. ana after season
shot IN Florida. Supreme Treasurer. The
odore r. Heb, Z York, "a. supreme
ana ". r. G. Gerharat. Supreme Medi-
cal Examiner. j. II. Christian
The next move was = organize con
on December 81. ls7s. the total member
shin OF the order was -; on March 3lst
IL was 3F. and the total amount on an
assessment was only Sa5ls. not half
March 81. III. the order had only in
creased % 6o members with &S3.l3 as
total on any assessment call
"Siuce then the oder has caired pres
-fee and now is second o. rCne."
a letter from George y. Netzel. the
Tot nler % the Virginia Ccnc,GYe, who eX-
pre- sea his regrets at being prahie .
attend vas then read by Mr. Rcsene.
Othor speeches followed ty supreme
Representative ard Deputy Archer Henry
FlsCenheimer Supreme frtl6te r. ".
M!ltz Brother II. n smith, Jr.. James
NckiTrey who distinctly tol1 bis hear
ere that he was not Mckinley Bill
Nessrs Eugene +. and L. O.. Davis en-
tertailed che audience with several banjo
solos. and a number Of Irish songs were
rendered hy john kyah, William +. Red
d. ami Frank Reilly.
Air. J. Samue Parrish. the First Archer
II the cider made few feeling remarks
s0Cwing the good done by the organika-
lion He alluded 10 the sudden death Of
William stephens. an Euglishman. who
was found dead in his room on Broad.
between Ninth and Tenth streets. He
was buried by the Heptasophs. who also
sent money 10 his family in England
Mesars. John NesseTschmidt and Cliff
Hewitt delighted their hearers with a
duct beautifully rcLdtr red. and Mr. Henry
Rueger wound up the musical part Of
the entertainment with one OF mis- noted
bass solos
The following are the members 81 the
entertain ment committee who deserve
great credit for the manner in which
they completed the arrangements for the
celebration.
4. v. Rosere. supreme sentinel: II. VI
Tyler. nnGncier. q. ". Hunter, secrc-
tary. J. ]. Taylor treasurer; II. D. Nc
Tier J. Samuel Parrish Peter Stumpf
Peter Donald. O. +. Delarue T. Nc
Granighan. q. Evensen. Robert Hill Jr
". r. Mason. Julian Blnf0rd r r.
Chappie. -. J. Smith Richard Adam :.
c. stag. ". T. Goodman. Richard Wag-
ener. and c. l. Hewitt.