Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-08
ANNUAL ELECTIONS.
District Organizations Choose Oncers
for Ensuing Terms.


The annual election Of Washington Cour-
ell, No. 215, National Union. held last
evening at the hall, 1907 @ street north
west. The following named were elected:
President, DR.. o. j. Eddy; vice president,
Thos. Dawson: speaker, Martin Decker;
secretary, W. H. Pearce: treasurer, ]. B.
Albright; usher, J. Chappell; sergeant. Clar-
ence Curtis: financial secretary, W. l..
Pushaw; delegates to cabinet, P. Myers and
NJ. Thorne.
The installation banquet will be held jan
uary i, 1900 and the preparations were
placed in the hands of committee COM
posed of Messrs. Eddy, Decker and Curtis.
At the regular meeting of Ruth Chap
ter, No. l, o. E. S.. held Monday even
ing, the following were elected officers for
the ensuing year: Rose E. Anderson, wor-
thy matron; l.. B. Mcintyre. worthy pa
iron, Mary Frey, associate matron; Ida NJ.
Gould. secretary Cre-eected); Jennie E.
johnson, treasurer (re-elected): Sophia Dau-
terich, conductress; Ruth Meiners, associate
conductress.
AT the meeting of Benjamin B. French
Lodge, No 10, F. A. A. NJ, held Monday
evening, the 4th instant, the following Of
ficers were elected: E. St. Clair Thomp-
bert McNamee, ]. w; William A. Galley,
secretary (re-elected): Gabriel F. john
ston, treasurer (re-elected); John r. Gar
rison, trustee: L. E. Gridley delegate to
ST. Johns Mite Association; o. A. Danzen-
baker. proxy.
At the annual meeting for the election
of officers of the Banneker Relief Associa-
ton. which was held Tuesday evening last,
the following persons were chosen to serve
for the ensuing year: J. VIM Mays, presi-
dent; Hamilton Turley, vice president: Jas.
A. Payne, financial secretary (re-elected) !:
j. Mckee SyphaX. recording secretary IRE
elected; Richard H. Nugent, treasurer IRE
elected; Arthur Lucas, sergeant-at-arms
(re-elected).
Board of directors: John A. Davis, VIM
c. Evans. Jos. A. McDuffie and J. R. F.
Browne.
The election of the officers of Potomac
Conclave, No. 400, Improved Order Hepta-
sophs, was held at Oppenheimer's Hail.
No. 514 9th street northwest, last evening.
The officers chosen We're as follows: Ar
chon, Fred Selinger: provost, Leopold Gold
smith: prelate, ]. w. Brooke: sitting past
archon. A. Burnstine: secretary, DIR. ]. w.
Abel: financier, William NJ. Frank; treas
urer, John A. Barthel; inspector, John D.
Show: warder. S. Goldsmith; sentinel Isaac
H. Goodman. and trustees. Moses Cohen,
Isaac Gutenberg and Frank Mann. Poto-
Conclave is said to be the largest conclave
In the District.
There was largely attented meeting of
Washington Council, No. 5O6. Young Mems
Institute held last night at their clubhouse
ton of officers took place, resulting as
follows: President, T NJ. Ring: first vice
president, F. H. Huneke; second vice pres
ident, D. NJ. Thomas: financial secretary,
Edwin Luckett: recording secretary, j. c.
Stack; corresponding secretary, NJ. j. Nc
Pike: treasurer, ]. c. Keeper; marshal, ].
b. Fitzpatrick: inside sentinel H. A. MIL
Ter. outside sentinel. W. r. jackson, eXecu-
tive committee: F. A. W. Van Reuth, chair
man: A. j. Schwartz. F. /. Terry, W. H.
Groverman and ]. p. Donovan.
The new officers will be installed at the
first meeting in January.