The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-02

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

Elmwood Lodge held its last session in
the hall where IL first saw light Wednes-
day evening and the event was made as
pleasan. as possible, for there are very
many OF the Older members will look
back to the pleasant evenings that were
spent there, nd where the money was
made to build the new ana pretty stTuc-
ture which the lodge now owns All of
this has been done in IA little moro than
eight years and demonstrates the fact
that Elmwood Lodge must have bad
some "hustlors' among its mem bers.
Not that the "nustlers" are all dead not
by any means for some Of the best arc
still in the harness and have been from
the start.
More than $50 persons have been made
members of the order in the OLD hall and
some of tho bost degree work in New
England has been eXemplifled there.
Ir has also held many a happy
party wnere Pythianism was demon
strated in its best and truest sense. The
new hall will be pleasanter and the mem
bers are anxious to get within its walls
but there are "a few who when they pass
the old hall, will say. that's where we
had the good old times There arc good
times ahead for the members and the
lodge will start OF in It's now hall with
a dedication ball. for at tho meeting
Wednesday evening Benjamin r.. Har-
rington, Reuben = Bemis, John X.
Munroe. q. ID. Cady. Isaac ID. Huling.
T. Henry Bowen, William II. Wood,
Perry e.. Sweet, Frank ID. Anderson, q.
c. Greene, George A. Andrews. Joseph
l. Anthony, William Cotton. Robert
Johnston and Lewis Pierce were made
committee TO arrange for dedication
ball This committee will meeu Monday
evening and arrange for the date and
other matters pertaining TO the affair. It
Il I'll la..
Brockton until December. The meeting
in the nex hall Wednesday evening will
be devoted TO money making after the
regular business Is disposed of.
at the meeting of What Cheer Lodge
Monday evening one candidate received
the rank of knight This lodge will
during the fall and winter moaths make
fraternal visits to sister lodges and the
first one To be visited will he Riverside
lodge at River side. At the meeting Mon
dav evening a committee will bo appoint
ed to take caro- OF the matter.
On Thursday evening Oct. 1, the rank
OF Page will be conferred upon one can
didate and that will inaugurate fall and
winter work.
The rank of Page was given one candi-
date at the meeting OF 1T. George Lodge
Wednesday evening. There will to work.
thu rank of Esquire. at the next meeting.
The following committee has been sent
ont by Grand Keeper OF Records and Seal
Wilson to the subordinate lodges:
You are hereby notified that the Grand
Chancellor Lewis ;. Winchester and suite
will make an official visit to tie lodges
named below on the evening specified.
He will be accom- panied by the other
officers of the Grand Lodge also by some
OF the Past Grand Chancollors. Every
lodge on the list should do their utmost
TO secure full attendance of its mem
bers at these visitations. so that good
results may follow and renewed interest
in the order DO taken by all of our mem
bership.
fvaphoe. No. 10, johnson, Thursday,
Oct. 7tb. 1897; Pythias. No. Is Provi.
dence Friday, Oct. 18th; Abraham Lin
clop. No. %, Providence Wednesday, Oct.
90; Burnside No. 81, Bristol tuesday,
Oct. 8; Herman. No 10. Providence,
Thursday, Oct. IS; Garfield. No. Z.
Providence, Tuesday November q La
fayette. No. 81, Providence. "Wednesday,
November 10; Sterling, No. %, Proyi-