Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-10
FRATERNITY { [ {. / !. { NOTES
What Lodges, Councils, Tribes
and Tents Are Doing.
Hoyoi Arennam a,a. ing Grea. s.rlacs
Red Wei, Preparing for censcn-
NAL Pow -Waw -xnish.s py.h,a>
Degree Foam --'Tho Youngest Grand
Sire.

Sire. ssy
Pocahontas Council No. 493, Royal Ar
canum, will elect officers for the ensu
ing year at its regular meeting Thurs
day evening next, December nth, when
there will be several limitations of new
members Deputy Grand Regent Harry
Kemp Will be present and number of
new applications are to be presen ted.
$50
Ocean Council No. 1903, of Ports
mouth. Va, which is the largest coun-
Gil In Virginia jurisdiction, held It's
regular meeting Thursday night when
there was initiation work. several APP
Pilcations for membership were pres
ented and officers for the ensuing year
were elected. After close of the meet
ing the members and guests repaired
10 the hotel at Port Norfolk to partalie
or refreshments. Past Grand Regent
w. +. Irvine and Mr.. ]. c. Ncugebauer.
Vice-regent OF Pocahontas Council of
Norfolk, were present and made inter-
esting and instructive addresses.
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Brambleton Lodge No. &C. X. of p,
haq work i'll the different ranks of this
order at their last meeting This lodge
Is growing very rapidly, applica tions
peing received at every meeting. Their
degree team, which is said to be the
best In this jurisdiction, stands ready
TO confer the amplified degree at any
time in any lodge OF this order in Yir-
ginia. This lodge will have work in the
second and third degrees Tuesday night
next.
So
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and enthusiastic meeting at their wig
wan, kim Hall, last Thursday night.
Several pale-faces We're adopted i'm the
order and business of other Importance
was transacted.
Portsmouth Council No. POI will elect
officers neXtrrhursday evening, Dcccm-
Der Nth, when Grand Regent S. l..
Bloomberg, of Richmond, Will be pres
ent on an official visit with other
grand officers The occasion will be one
of much interest.
Ideal Council, No. II. j. o. ". A. NJ,
held an important meeting at their
lodge room, Blks' Hall, last Wednesday
night. Several candidates were inlti-
nted. This council is in ilourishng
condition, new members being received
at every meeting.
Landmark Conclave, I. O. H., Will
mold an important meeting at their
lodge room, Academy of Music build
Ing, Monday night. Several candidates
will be initiated; annual election of Of
flcers will take place. after which re-
freshments VIII be served.
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Campostella Council, No. 9Oa, held
election of officers Friday night, De-
cember 18th, which have already been
published, This council is steadily ad-
ding TO It's membership.
Norfolk Lodge, MOL, a. +. ana a. NJ,
had work in the third degree last
Thursday night. After the business of
the meeting was completed the MEM
bers and their guests adjourned for re-
freshmcntS.
Tidewatcr Council, No 1902, r. 4
will at It's next meeting initiate large
class OF candidates III the mysteries of
the Royal secret
This flourlshng organization. the
Royal Arcanum, now numbers 10000
members; has an emergency fund
amounting to s7a4,O00, and cash bal
ances in repositories on 30th November
of over 100000.
The Past Great Sachcm. who will fill
the stumps at the Washington Memo
rial Exercises. will meet with Massasoit
Tribe Monday night at $50 O'clock.
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Blaclihawk Tribe. 7. Q. r. M.. has
now 255 members. The boys will start
another class Monday night Oo-mor-
row.. They have set their limit at 800
members by the LIST of March.
We have often seen it stated that
Brother A. or Brother r. was the
youngest member ever elected to The
exalted position OF Grand Sire of the
Sovereign Grand Lodge. lii looking
over the records hastily. says The New
Age, we are led 10 believe that Brother
Wilmot G. DE Saussure, of South Car
age of 81 years was the youngest. ana
that Thomas Sherlock, of Ohio, who
was elected in .1S45 at the age Of s.;
years, was the next youngest. From
the following it will be observed that
there were ten elected whose ages did
not exceed fifty, viz:
Age
Name Born F5crd Elct'd
W. g. De Saussure. S.C,1S22 1853 81
Thos. Sherlock, Ohio. lisp 1874 SO
Geo. w. Race, La.....1 1920 1857 81
Sam'I Craighead. Ohio.1S17 1858 A
A. S. Pinkerton. Mass. 1856 1898 A.
VIM. Ellison, Mass .....1Sl1 1859 a.
VIM. NJ. Moore. d. C...1S03 1851 IS
Isaac M. Veitch, Mo. ..1Sl6 1864 As
Chas. M. Busbee. n. C..1S4i 1870 10
Il. D. Farnsworth. Cal.1SiS 1868 30
Norfolk Lodge. No. so, i. O. o. T.. has
atanted thn following officers. Nohin