Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-01

President John Brinkman: secretary,
Sam De Nedrey; vice president, John F.
Mcclure; treasurer, John w. Considine;
sergeant-at-ar Samuel Beckett; board
of trustees. Oliver T. Beaumont. F. j.
Mckenna and N. A. James. These officers
were displaced at the next semi-annual
meeting of the Central Labor Union in
July by the following: President, John H.
Torch: vice president. ]. l.. Rodier; sec
retary-organizer, Sam DeNedrey: financial
secretary. c. E. Mcclure; treasurer. ]. w.
Considine: sergeant-at-arms, Samuel
Beckett; board Of trustees. o. T Beau
mont. Frank l.. Mckenna and N. A.
James.
The Masonic Veterans Association jan
uary s. held it's annual meeting and elected
officers: President George gibson; first
vice president, George E. Corson: second
vice president George w. Balloch: ,secre-
tary. Albert H. Van Dusen; treasurer.
James b. LaInbe: almoner, James A.
H. Thomas and Albert H. Van Dusen;
chaplain, Daniel McFarlan: marshal,
Jacobus S. Jones; tyler, John F. Wild.
The election of officers at the annual
meeting of the Grand Lodge. l. o. o. F.,
held January Is. resulted as follows:
Grand Master. A. r. Vermi1lon: deputy
grand master. f. II. Easterling; grand
warden, r. A. Ford; grand secretary, Jo-
seph I. Porter; grand treasurer, J. A. B.
Espey; grand representative. Joseph II.
Crew: representatives on the board of
trustees. o. F. Hall. Arson S. Taylor and
John II. Wood.
Excellent results during the previous
twelve months were reported at the tenth
annual meeting of the Audubon Society
Besides number of honorary vice presi-
dents, the following officers were chosen
Justice Job Barnard. president; Miss Hell
en- Childs. secretary: Mrs. Wallace Rad
cliffe. treasurer.
Papers. reports and addresses were pre-
sented at a largely attended meeting of
the Civic Center at the Public Library
February a. most of them bearing upon
the status of prospective legislation af-
fecting the District of Columbia.
Late in March a large number of local
horsemen formed an organization to COM
bat what they characterized as persecu-
ton at the hands of the Humane Society.
Oldest Inhabitants Association of the
District of Columbia was entertained by
Mr.. c. s. Noyes at his country home. AL
ton Farm, at Sligo. Nd. the Fourth of
July. and the members took great pleas
ure In gathering under the magnificent
shade trees on the lawn and uniting in
celebrating the natal day of the nation in
rational manner. The annual meeting
of the organization was held in connec-
ton with the celebration and all officers
were reelected for another year.
Friends of the public wells in the Dis
the District of Columbia Protective AS
ISOLATION. ]. Ffaise Richard was made
president and Charles Royce secretary.
AS a result of internal discussions in
the National Army and Navy Union the
four local garrisons withdrew from the
parent organization in October. and the
result was the formation. under a sepa-
rate charter. of the Washington, D. c.,
Army and Navy Union.
The grand master of the Grand Lodge,
F. A. A. NJ. of the District of Columbia,
October IL granted a dispensaton to a
new lodge to be known as Temple Lodge,
and five days later the new body was
formally organized. 1t operated under
the dispensation until Dece mber IS, when
the Grand Lodge granted a charter. and
1t was then DESIGNATED as Temple Lodge.
No. 80. Temple Lodge was constituted
December 20 The officers of Temple
Lodge are: Thomas c. Moves worshipful
master: Louis C. Wilson. senior warden /;
John Paul Earnest. junior warden: Louis
A. Dent. secretary: E. Southland Parker.
treasurer: Leroy Heron. senior steward
H. c. G. Stiles. junior steward; F. Claude
King, marshal: Rev. James E. Stuart.
chaplain. and j. J. Hill. tyler.
Gen. William Booth. commander-in-
chief of the Salvation Army. visited
Washington in October.
new home of the Colored Y. M. G. A, on
18th street between and T streets north
west.
The Grand Lodge. F. A. A. NJ, Of the
District of Columbia held its annual COM
munication for reception of reports and
the transaction of business at Masonic
Temple December IS. 1t was shown that
the Masonic fraternity had flourished
greatly during the year and that there
had been a net gain in membership of the
subordinate lodges of 1854. At that time
the total affiliated membership of the jul
risdiction aggregated 1886. Grand Mas
ter Francis ]. Woodman submitted re-
port of his work during the year, which
was the ninety-sixth in the history Of the
Grand Lodge.
Confidence in the integrity of the great
middle class of Americans was expressed
by speakers at the twenty-eighth annual
reunion of the Union Soldiers Alliance