The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-08-26

| Il successful attempt was made IN 1888
| 10 organize a conciave at the Naval
Academy. Annapolis. and on March IL
/ a charter was granted DE Kalb ConClave
] Of that city The concIave IS now con
! sidcred fortunate in having the services
! Of William F. Clark, for archon, He is
/ "a popular man ia the community and is
valued employe of the Naval Acad-
I envy.
Founding of Potomac Conclave.
/ No further effort was made TO estab-
! fish another cOnclave In this city until
/ late In 1896 when IL was thought that
/ the field was ripe for a new branch.
! The encoura cement offered the move
! ment resulted in the chartering OF Po-
/ tomac Conclave. No. 47O. January p.
! 1897 The prosperity Of Potomac Con-
/ clave is said 10 be attributable to Ar
| chon c. G. Beveridge. as much az TO
any other member. He IS an unas-
Stunning but efficient officer and has been
/ a valuable acquisition 10 the conclave.
| Encouraged by their success at An
napolis the enthusiastic workers Of the
( city next visited Laurel Nd. and on
September q. IS9S, secured a charter for
/ Ivy Conclave. No. 500. Typical OF the ma
teriai OF which Ivy Conclave is com
/ posed rs the present occupant or the
archOn's chair, John W. Gray, who is
! interchangeable IN his efforts 10 advance
the interests of his branch of the order.
National COnclave, No. Col. WAS char
tered June Is, 1899. Among the charter
members was L. L Ransdell. eldest son
Of Patriarch L. S. Ransdell. CAPTAIN Of
the watch Of the United States jail. and
nephew of d. NJ Ransdell Sergeant-at-|
Arms Of the Senate. Mr. Ransdell has
been an active member from the institu-
ton of the conclGve and in recognition
Of his valuable services he was elected
/ archon at the last election.
Last of Washington ConeIaves,
, Howard Perry ConcIave, No S3e, was
the last OF the distincuvely Washington
/ conclaves to be chartered, its existence
dating from March %, 1925 At the head
of it's list OF officers stands Christian
Herold. a native of this city. Owing 20
his activity in the order. both in this
and in National Conclaye, he has been
elected from time 10 time to fiji various
offices, and his selection as archon has
been commended by the entire working
contingent OF the cOnclave.
With seven conclaves in a thriving
condition in this locality including the
ones at Annapolis and Laurel. # was
thought that the time was ripe for the
formation Of a separate district for the
Jurisdiction. This was done in 1903 when
the charter for District No. IS was
granted NJ. Hays Perry was made
District Deputy Supreme Archon, which
position he has held ever since. He is
a native Of New Jersey the son Of
Methodist minister, a tireless worker for
the order. and the occupant OF a re-
sponsible position IN the Interstate Com /
merce Commission. where he has been
for the past fourteen years. He has
been a Heptasoph for twenty-five years. /
Alexandria Conclaye Added.
During the past year a further addi- /
ton to District No &c was made, and
the eighth conclave added, by the char
tering Of Alexandria Conclavc. No. 974. /
at Alexandra, Va This charter is
dated May 81. Of the present year, the
institution Of the conclave being rem
dered memorable by the presence OF
many visiting brothers from the juris-
dictions as far north as New York The
formation Of this concIave was the d.
rect result of the efforts OF Martin J.
GersOn, the District organizer. whose I
work has attracted marked attention
throughout this section OF the country. !
DR.. z. A German was elected archon Of
the new council. He is a lifelong resi- /
dent OF Alexandria, and is believed to
be the right man in the right place.
Plan Heptasoph Temple.
To the public at large not the least
interesting feature Of the presence Of the /
Heptasophs IN the community IS the fact 1
that District No. Is has a considerable /
bank account stored away. and that a 4
committee has been appointed 10 locate I
a suitable building site in this city upon /
which 10 erect a HeptasOph Temple. B. /
F. Anterior Is or this committee and 4
has been devOting much time to the /
search Of late. II is not improbable that 1
within the next year or two another big /
fraternal monument will be reared in /
the Nations Capital.
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