Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03
WORKERS FOR TEMPERANCE
GOOD TEMPLARS ELECT OF
FICERS AND DELEGATES.
New Organization to Be Installed
Saturday Evening-Box Party
at Benning.

The past week was one of unusual activ-
ity In the Good Templar order. 1t being
the last week in the quarter, when the
contest for the Sieverling medal closes,
and preceding the approaching session
of the Grand Lodge on May 8; when the
District and Grand Lodge degrees will be
conferred on over fifty members, each
lodge has been straining all its resources
to complete the present term with a credi-
table record.
Medforu Hall, 9Th and I streets north
east. at o'clock sharp Saturday evening,
May 8. and the grand chief templar will
confer the degrees on the accredited rep
resentatives from Martha Washington.
Frances E. Willard. Perseverance. Neil
Dow, Good Will, Benning. Independent
and possibly two other lodges.
The grand secretary has made public
the certified list of officers and repre-
sentatives elected in the various lodges
during the week. as follows:
Martha Washington Lodge, No. %. re-
Gently elected as chief templar Mrs.
Charlotte Lewis: vice templar. May
Poor: recording secretary. Clinton Sails;
financial secretary. Lena c. Davis: treas
urer. D. A. Sanford: marshal. H. L. Cos
nell: p. C. T., John A. Willamette: chap
lain. S. B. Hoskins; assistant secretary.
Lillian NJ. Frazier. The delegates elected
are. Mrs. Charlotte Lewis. Lena c. Davis.
Sanford and Clinton Sails. and the alter
mates are. Frank P. Gillian. c. ]. Gaskins.
william r. Kilmon. May ,Poore. III. L.
Gossnell and A. H. Thatcher The officers
named were installed Friday evening last.
Frances E Willard Lodge. No. "a, Sat
urday evening elected as chief templar
Frank Sexton. past chief templar. Phil
H. Weber. jr.; vice templar, Rose M.
Maclean: recording secretary, Margaret
Maclean; financial secretary, James a.
marshal, Louis Archambault: deputy
marshal, Josephine c, Weber; guard.
Barnard Daniels; sentinel, John N: Web
err: organist. Mamie Archambault; SUI
Eleanor Weber; assistant secretary, p.
]. MacMamus. The trustees elected were
M. J. O'Day. w. J. Creamer and Mrs.
Van Ness. Delegates-Edward Archam-
bault. P. J. MacManus. Frank Sexton and
David F. Dee. with w. ]. Dreamer. James
A. Dee. Philip H. Weber. jr.. and Charles
]. Bedell as alternates.
New Lodge Formed.
The reorganized Perseverance Lodge
last Saturday evening preceded social
session by the election of the following
officers: Chief templar. H. L. Adams: P.
c. t.. A. H. Frear; vice templar. Lillian
Sales: chaplain. Mrs. Sales: recording
secretary. Frank Hoover; financial Sec
rotary, ]. Carr; marshal. ]. s. Hunting
ton: treasurer. Mrs. Clara kalstrom
guard, William Berry; sentinel. Wilbur
McDaniels The delegates are H. L. Ad-
ans and James Lee, with William Berry
and Mrs A. H. Frear as alternates. Per
capita tax on Twenty-Five members was
ordered paid. and ten. candidates are
listed for reception Saturday evening. All
the LODGES in the District will pay ira
ternal visit to Perseverance Lodge Satur-
day evening, May !S:
Neil Dow Lodge. No. 20. Monday even
ing elected as chief templar John r. Ma
honey. past grand chief templar: vice
templar. Hattie Ferguson; p. c. templar.
Charles Williams; recording secretary.
John T. Schrott: financial secretary, Edna
The delegates are John r. Mahoney and
Charles Williams with DIR. w. s. Barnes
and John T. Schrott as alternates. 1t was
reported that per capita tax was paid on
twenty-one members. and hve Candidates
are expected at the next meeting. May II
a social entertainment will be held and
the lodge has donated the use of its hall
through the courtesy OF John r. Ma
honey, chief templar, FOR public meetings
to be held every Sunday evening ct 3O4
r street southeast, under the auspices o.
the Grand Lodge of the District of Column
bia. Next Sunday evening addresses will
be made by prominent speakers.
Tues day evening. Good Will Lodge. No.
~ met in Odd Fellows Hall. SD 10th
street. and elected the following officers:
Chief templar, j. w. Taylor; P. c. tenn
plar, William Dove: vice templar, Ethel
Poore; recording secretary. May Walsh:
financial secretary. May Cunningham: as
sistant secretary, Miss Cunningham:
treasurer, Louis Poore; marshal. L.
Poore; deputy marshal. Rina Brown:
chaplain Cornelius Ryan; guard. Ger
trude Tribby.
The delegates are ]. w. Taylor and Cor
nelius Ryan, and alternates William Dove
and Louis Poore. Per capita tax was paid
on twenty-eight members.
Gives a Box Party.
Benning Lodge met Wednesday evening
and gave a successful box party. which
was attended by all the members, the G.
c. T., p. G. c. T., G. S. J. w. and G.
Secretary. and visitors from Martha
Washington. Frances E. Willard, Good
Will. Perseverance and Independent
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