Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-19
GRAND LODGE SESSION
ODD FELLOWS MEET AND TRANS.
ACT BUSINESS.
Report of Grand Master McNie1 Re-
ceived With Attention = Some
Recommendations


Lodge of 1. o. o. r. was held last night il
the Odd Fellows Hall. on 9TH street be
tween e and f streets northwest. The re-
port of Grand Master McNiel was received
and showed the order to be in flourishine
condition. The condition of the subordinate
and Rebekah lodges was fully discussed
The legislation as outlined in the report OF
the grand master was adopted.
The retiring noble grands who received
the Grand Lodge degree were Price P
Halter, Harmony Lodge, No. 8; Samuel G
Taylor, Columbia Lodge, No. 10; j. N. Gun.
Null Metropolis Lodge, No IS: Orvil s
Swank, Excelsior Lodge. No. II; J. S. New
shaw Phoenix Lodge, No. %.
Grand Master McNiel's report was of an
interesting nature and told of progress in
the order. During the year dispensations
trolley ride to Rockville, August 3; Martha
Washington Rebekah Lodge, No. 3, to
change place of meeting from Friendship
Lodge room to Odd Fellows Hall, 18th
street. October 3; Martha Washington Re-
bekah Lodge, No. g. to give social Octo-
Der 21; Beacon Lodge, Nc. 10, to celebrate
anniversary of the lodge with an open meet
ing, October "a; Central Lodge, No. l. to
celebrate anniversary of the lodge with an
open meeting. November %; Harmony
Lodge, No 9, to meet on January 8. 1905
the lodge having voted to omit the meeting
of January . 1906. a legal holiday; Union
Lodge No. II, to meet on December 30
1904, and January g. 1905. the lodge having
voted to omit the meetings Of December 26,
1904, and January 2. 1905, legal holidays;
Excelsior Lodge. No. II, to meet on Deem
her %, 1904. and January 4, 1905, the lodge
having voted to omit the meetings of De-
cember 90, 1904, and January 2, 1905, legal
holidays; Langdon Lodge. No. 28, to meet
on December q, 1904, the lodge having
voted to omit the meeting OF December 90,
1904. legal holiday; Naomi Rebekah
the lodge having voted to omit the meeting
of January 2, 1905. legal holiday.
Grand Instructors Appointed.
1.-THE following appointments of grand in
structors have been made. and I respect
fully ask their confirmation:
'Subordinates-Centr No. !. William G.
Phillips; Washington. No. 9. ]. T. Allison;
Eastern, No. 7, John I. Brown; Harmony
No. 8. George A. Crawford; Columbia. No
TO- George Gerberich; Union, No. II, H. G.
Hazard Friendship, No. II, James A. Watt
Covenant, No. 13, D. A. Dugan; Beacon, No
Is. l.. w. Bennett; Metropolis, No. 10. Jo-
seph H. Armand; Excelsior, No. II. Enoch
Pennington; Golden Rule, No. 81. c. A,
Dawson; Salem, No %, j. M. England
Langdon. No. 26, J. G. Durfey; Amity. No
q, H. G. Wilson; Phoenix, No. o. L. 8.
Savage.
"Rebekah lodges-Naomi, No. 1, Mrs
Georgia Burrows; Ruth, No. 2. Mrs. Henri
eta Werner; Martha Washington, No. 3
Mrs. Elizabeth Weber; Dorcas, No. 4, Mrs
Ella B. Russ.
Odd Fellows Home.
In speaking of the Odd Fellows Home Mr..
McNiel said:
This enterprise deserves superlative sue
cess. 1t is a demand of progressive Odd
Fellowship. 1t is the highest tribute that
wealth can pay to poverty; that strength
can pay to weakness; that the healthy can
pay to the sick; that youth can pay to age,
and / am pleased to say that contributions
are gradually being added to the fund. I
feel confident 1t will within reasonable
time be reality, but hope no brother will
defer his own assistance longer.
Eighty-Sixth Anniversary.
'.As a loving tribute to the founders of
our order, as a means of perpetuating with
in our ranks a pride in the day that gave
us birth, and as an inspiration to overcome
obstacles and accomplish still nobler pur-
poses, l recommend that the coming ami
versary be celebrated with proper ceremo-
MES. respectfully suggest, for such action
as you may think wise, that preliminary
steps be taken toward uniting all the lodges
of the jurisdiction In the observance of our
next designated memorial day.
Grand Lodge Officers.
Following are officers Of the Grand
Lodge: W. H. McNiel grand master: e.
w. Bradford, deputy grand master; Philip
Walker, grand warden; VIM. P. Lien.
grand secretary: J, A. B. Espey, grand
treasurer: +. A. Sitter and John /. Brown,
grand representatives; Il. II. Easterling.
grand marshal; r. A. Ford, grand con-
ductor; d. d. Lore. grand chaplain; VIM 2.
Clapp, grand guardian; W. L. Mothersead,
grand herald.
Grand Lodge committees-Credentia J.
B. Ward, James G.. Durfey, A. r. Vermil-
Hon: supervision, w. w. MILAN, Jno. /.
Brown, James H. Crew; returns, w. p.
Belts, Jos l. Porter, j. T. Allison: print
ing j. H. Nalley. d. v. Chisholm ]. K.
Dawson; finance j. T. Petty, T. w. Fow-
Ter, Enoch Edmonston state of the order.
Philip Walker, j. b. Bradford, J. w.
Brewer; appeals, Edwin B. Hay, r. H.
Sorrell. W. e. Graves; bylaws. Theodore
Mead. Jos. R. Fague. Jno. ]. Cherry; Re-
bekah lodges, j. II. Wood. F. H. Easterling,
Thos. j. Gates.
Representatives to the Grand Lodge:
Central Lodge-Abel Bennett e. III. Eas-
terling. ElWyn Green, NJ. b. Hundley. w.
G. Phillips. John b. Ward.
ashington Lodge. T. Allison. James
Hughes. w. T. Galliher
Eastern Lodge-Jehn l. Brown, j. A. b.
Espey. q. A. Knorr, Frank A. Loefier O.
r. Nottingham. J. Thomas Petty.
. Harmony Lodge-Wm. p Allan, J..
Thomas Cook. Geo. A. Crawford, Ed. L.
Dunn, Thomas ]. Gates, VIM c. Ham