Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-17
GOOD TEMPLAR MEETINGS.
Members of the Grand Lodge Pay OF
fetal Visits.

Officers of the Grand Lodge, International
Order of Good Templars. paid an onlclal
visit to Faith Lodge, No. IA, in ODD Fer
lows Hail. 31st street Tuesday evening
This was the closing visit of the year ana
was attended by !. l.. Corby, grand tenn
plar; S. w. Russell, grand superintendent;
S T. Westdal, grand secretary; MRS. SUSAN
Crown, grand chaplain; ]. c. Foster graha
euard: Joha~~-T. Finney, grand marshall
| William Payne. grand sentinel, and A Il"
Shoemaker past grand templar. The OH
GERS of the lodge transacted Its routine
business under direction of Mr.. William I.
| Ienz. chief templar; Miss Florence Greaves,
uianist. leading in the service of song
after which the visiting officers were re-
ceived informally in a brief address OF Wei
come by the chair, the welcome lhcludIhs
Chief Templar Nichol of Perseverance
Lodge and ]. S. Blackford. deputy grand
templar, of Silver Star Lodge. The omls-
sion of the usual reception ceremony was
ar the request of the grand templar Alter
the examination of the books of the secre-
tary. Miss Greaves, and of the records OF
the financial secretary, MI. H. r. oiiiLL IN
and treasurer, Mrs. Agnes Dugah, tile
grand secretary reported the DOCKS OF IiIe
lodge to be in excellent condition. indlca-
tive of prosperity.
The remainder of the evening was de-
voted 10 addresses and songs, Miss CfreaNes
presiding at the piano. The discussioh' con-
Quoted by the grand templar, was parucl-
mated in by all the visitors and nearly
every member of the lodge. 1t took a wide
range covering many details of lodge ana
Juvenile temple work, dweit upon the
creditable record the Good Templars had
made as a leading force in temperance re
form through fifty-four years, ana set iorlh
in bright colors the opportunities and re-
sponsibilities of members of the order resi-
dent in the District of Columbia. The privl-
lege and duty of local Good Templars to
make the fullest preparation for the COM
ipa Of Ia init finnal lnlOp IN 1919 We're
emphasized by several of the speakers, one
of them remarking that those distinguish
ed visitors should be able to feel the strong
pulse of Good Templary in every section
of the capital city,.
Friendship Lodge No. H. I. o. G. T., met
in Melford Hall, Sth and streets northeast
Monday evening. There was good attend
ance of it's own members and among us
visitors were S. w. Russell of Minnehaha
Lodge and ]. c. Foster of Perseverance
Lodge Mr. Richard w. Waldron, chief
templar., presided, ana Miss IDA r, DOVE we
pianist, led in the service of song. The ln1-
tiatory dergee was conferred upon Mr.. sam
uel Boyd. A social session was held, tol-
lowed by the good of the order, In winch
the lodge was entertained with a series
of musical recitals by an improvised quin-
tet the Misses Ida and Bessie Doyle, Il:
Holmes, Anna Borden and Emma Boyd, ana
congratulatory addresses by Messrs. Rus
sell and Foster An amusing contest IN
bubbles was conducted, in which Miss Bes-
sic Doyle won the ladies' prize and Mr..
John Sartain the gentlemans prize. rms
diverting game was arranged by MIS-
O'Brien, vice templar.
Members of Excelsior Lodge, No. p, |. O.
G. t., were present in large numbers at the
meeting I'm Elks' Hall, gg2 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, Wednesday evening
There was a good delegation from Perse-
yerance Lodge, and Messrs. Russell ana
Ridgely from Minnehaha Lodge. Mr.. o. +.
Lewis. chief templar, presided, and Miss
Godie Miller led at the piano in the song
service. The initiatory degree was confer
red on the Misses Josephine Richmond and
virgie Chapman and Messrs. III. Nicholson
and Reuben Gawson.
A social session was had after which the
chief ternplar made some committee APP
pointments. spoke of good opportunity for
securing lodge badges. read communion
ton from business firm in New Jersey,
communication inspired. as was stated.
s'by reading notice of Excelsior Lodge in
The Star" and led in the completion of
the business routine The good of the or
der, conducted by Grand Templar Corby,
included plano solos by Miss Josephine
Richmond. vocal solos by Harry ]. JEFF
fries, the Misses Laura Mathews and Rich