Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-10

The last regular conclave of Columbia
Commandery, No. .. X. T., was one of the
most interesting and largely attended OF
any held by the commandery this winter.
The order OF the Red Cross was conferred
upon a class of five by the captain general
Of the commandery, Hillebert w Thomas,
IN an able manner The impressiveness of
the work was increased by the attendance
OF a large number of well-drilled knights
under the. command of Frank i. Gibson,
who acted as escort 10 many distinguished
visitors. both from home and abroad,
Among those present were the grand com
mander, Bennett \. Allen and staff; Past
Grand Commander +. c. Register of Mary
land. and the eminent commanders of Cru
s4de Commandery, No. ., Of Baltimore;
Montgomery Commandery of Gaithcrsburg,
Nd. Potomac and DeMolay Communicates
of this city. each of whom were aecompa-
MED by an escort from the respective bod
les. Visitors were also present from Penn
sylvauia Connecticut Ohio and Virginia.
Al the conclusion of the work banquet
was held In Music Hall. at Masonic Temple,
which was presided over by Eminent Com
mauder David II. Fcnton, who warmly well
coined the guests and compltmented the
officers and working teams for their fine
rendition Of the ritual The banquet was
followed by a pleasing stage performance,
vocal selections by Columbia Commandery
choir. The instrumental music was fur
nished by a section OF the Marine Band.
Among the guests o. Columbia Command
cry, No. >. X. r., al it's last convention was
James +. Allen of Rockville, the present
grand high priest of the Grand Chapter of
Maryland. He is the senior past COM
mander OF Montgomery Commandery. sta
toned at Galthersburg. He was originally
a member of Columbia Commandery and
was Its eminent commander in 1885.
Frank II. Thomas. the senior past grand
commander OF the Grand Ccmmandery OF
Knights Templar of the District OF Column
bia and the third ranking officer In the
Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of
the United States, has accepted an invita-
tion to be the guest of Pittsburg Com
mandery. No /, OF Pittsburg, Pa. on Feb
ruary -. PIttsburg Commandery has the
distinction of being the largest commandery
OF Knights Templar in the world, having
upward of thirteen hundred members.
The members of Dorcas Rebekah Lodge.
No. 4. 1. o. Q. f. have continued through
the r-inter to hold social meetings. which
We're lnaugurated number OF months ago.
Inc last social. held at the home or Miss
Olga Nollten, was much enjoyed by all pres
ent. The two guessing contests, while some
what difficult. occasl0ned much interest. and
the winners of the four prizes. Mrs. Dora
]. B. Hendrix. Miss Nellie Smith, s. N
Mallory and X. b. Russ, received many con-
gratuiatioss. The money contributed at
these meetings is used for the purchase OF
NseAAS9t NAStC AfAlttAs NtN-f ana lHeFH seems a
fair prospect that the china closet linen
press and silver cabinet of Dorcas Lodge
will soon be well stocked.
Franklin Lodge. No ., Knights of
Pythias. conferred the first or page, rank
in ampllfed form last Thursday evening
with some new and important accessories
electrical and otherwise. Some good ideas
were obtained by Franklin Lodge at the
recent amplifed ceremonial in Baltimore
and some OF them were employed and some
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was a large attendance of visitors from
other lodges. and the work was warmly
appreciated IL Is expected that the COM
ferring or the page rank viii me made a
feature in the future by Franklin Lodge
ee Tbs is the Oldest Organization of
.he world. and has recently