Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-27
AMONG GOOD TEMPLARs.
Reception in Honor of Rev. T. =
Dinwiddie-Other Features.

rr,o event of the week in local Coca 1eiit-
Mar circles were the greetings EXTENDED ny
the order in this jurisdiction to the feV, H.
a. DInwiddie member OF Minnehaha Loose'
No I. and reception of his reports as us
representative In the international Loue'
at Belfast, Ireland. last August ana at ti'
meeting in which the National Grand Louee
was Instituted in Chicago last october. Inc
exercises were held in Elks Hail. o2 Penn
syIyania avenue northwest, Wednesday
evening, supplementing a meeting of Ex-
celsior Lodge, No. 81. The gathering was
n representative one, leading members from
the several lodges in the District pelhg
present.
The meeting was called TO order and pre-
sided over by Mr.. O. F. Lewis, chief tenn
plar. and Miss Josephine Richmond, plan
ist led in the odes Upon suggestion or
Grand Templar /. L. Corby, Past Grand
Templar A. e Shoemaker, Special Guest
Rev. f. c. Dnwiddie, Past Grand Secre-
tary John Bryson and Grand Superinten-
dent S. w. Russell occupied seats on the
platform.
Excelsior Lodge transacted routine bust
ness initiated two candidates, arranged Tor
taking part in q future prize contest with
other lodges and gave a short program, as
arranged by Miss Fannie Galleher, Miss
Richmond entertained with piano selec-
lions Mr. Harry ]. Jeffries with vocal
solos Miss Richmond. accompanist; MI.
Jett. with vocal selections, Miss Katherine
Reber accompanying, and short addresses,
remarking upon the several phases of the
important service rendered the order by
Mr.. Dinwiddie. were given by Messrs.
Shoemaker. Russell and Bryson, the latter
expressing special interest in Mr.. Dinwtd-
dies talks upon leading features of the
Anti-alcOholic congress in Budapest mu-
nicipality In which Mr.. .Bryson had lived
for five years.
Mr.. Dinwidde expressed his appreciation
of the honor of representing the Good Tenn
plars OF the District of Columbia in DELHI
erative bodies of such character as the In
ternational Lodge and the National Grand
Lodge, and remarked that to make a ful4
and fair report of the legislative proceed
ings OF these two organizations was en-
tirely out of the question, in the time al
lotted TO him that evening, but he would
endeavOr to discharge this pleasant duty
when visiting the subordinate lodges. he
adyerted to the honor conferred upon the
brotherhood In the District of Columbia by
the National Grand Lodge in investing him
with the title and authority of grand cleo
toTal experimentation ofhce the duties
of which were in entire harmony with the
work he had been engaged in for several
years that of legislative superintendent
for the National Anti-Saloon League. He
then touched upon a few of the more i'm
portaut features of present conditions IN
each of these different fields to which he
had alluded, review which attracted close
attention ana received frequent applause.
Friendship Lodge, No. IL, international
Order Of Good Templars, met in Melford
Hall. 18th and | streets northeast, Monday
evening. The attendance of its own mem
bers was the largest in several weeks the
roll-call showing all the officers but one
present. Among the visitors were Grand
Templar l. l. Corby, Mrs. 1. L. CoTby.
Chief Templar ]. w Nichul, Past Grand
Vice Templar Miss Blanche Neff, Secre-
tary ]. c. Foster and Harry J. Jeffries of
Perseverance Lodge and Grand Superin-
tendent s. w. Russell of Minnehaha Lodge.
Mr.. Richard w. Waldron, chief templar,
presided, and Miss Ida Doyle, Organist, led
in the odes.
The transaction of the business routine
was followed with action upon reports and