Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-20
PYTH|ANS IN SESSION EDUCATORS TO meet
District Grand Lodge Meets at Convention of Department OF
~ Its Temple. Superintendent, N. E. A..
PERCEPTION OF REPORTS OPENING Meeting Feb rs
Grand Chancellor Day Reviews Variety
i Work of the Year. Topics.
REPRESENTATIVES THREE ADDRESSES WELCOME
and lis loft the Commit
/ to Dead Member in
RECEPTION OF REPORTS
Grand Chancellor Day Reviews
Work of the Year.
REPRESENTATIVES
accommodation by Grand Keeper
Of Records and Seal-Tribute
to Dead Members.

ing The principal business of the SEES
sion was the reception of the reports OF
| Grand Chancellor G. Frank Day. Grand
Keeper of Records and Seal Henry J
Gasson and the standing and select com
mittees OF the Grand Lodge.
Grand Chancellor Days report was a
detailed review of the work of the year
After thanking the Grand Lodge officers
heartily for the loyal support and as
sistance given him during his admins
tration, he continued:
| II am gratified to report that all the
lodges of this domain are in harmony.
| believe the order has taken on new life
| and that the year will be a prosperous
one numerically. During the year l made
219 official and fraternal visits to the sew
eral subordinate lodges.
| Twenty-eight of our brethren have
been summoned to their long home be
yond. Many of them were prominent in
the affairs of our order. The death of
Past Grand Chancellor William NJ.
| Hodges. January 20. a faithful attendant
| of his own lodge and a regular visitor
to the other lodges Of the domain. is
with sincere regret.
Grand Master of the Exchequer John
n. Mitchell died February 13, 1908 He
attended all the annual grand visitations
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his office to the last. The Grand Lodge
officers will miss the advice of this ener-
getic and very efficient officer.
Past Chancellors Dead.
Eleven past chancellors and sew
enteen knights also died during the
year. as follows: Darius d. Daughton.
Mount Vernon Lodge. No. ). January IA;
Andrew Lauxman. Equal Lodge. No IL.
No. :. April 10: Jonas S. Dodge. Calanthe
Lodge. No. II. June 3: Charles II. Cliff
ford Mount Vernon Lodge. No. ). August
s: Allen G. Mclean. Calanthe Lodge, No
IL. August II: Edward Warner. Webster
Lodge. No. Z, September 90; Frank S.
26: Ernest D. Frazier. Calanthe Lodge.
No. II. December Z: II. A. Sauter. Capt.
tai Lodge. No. ~. December ~. and w. S.
MARQUIS. Myrtle Lodge No. -. December
20. Knights dead: Arthur Lee Helbig.
Germania Lodge, No. Is. January 20;
John NJ. shaner. Union. Lodge. No. ~.
February 2; George Kozel, Union Lodge.
No. %, February Is: w. n. Harrison.
Myrtle Lodge. No. -, March II; c. w.
Segers. Myrtle Lodge, No q, April .: J. II.
n. Wells. Webster Lodge. No Z, May %:
A.: H. Metzler. Webster Lodge. No. Z.
June 10: John j. Michigan, Rathbone-
Superior Lodge. No. -, July =; w. o.
| Lyon, I-qudi LOdSe. NO -. OCtODeI -,
n. Rouzee. Union Lodge. No. 81. October
H. James B. Homes. Germania Lodge,
No. l5 November 20; J. J. Kemp. Equal
Lodge. No. II, December Il; J. F.
Scaggs. Union Lodge. No. %. December
10: A. c. CLANCY. Capital Lodge. No. -.
December 20: G.. Kahlert. Equal Lodge.
No. II. December 23, and William H.
Gibson. Harmony Lodge, No. u, Decem-
Der 30.
| The grand visitations to the subordinate
l ~ ant 4 nd nof
until December >.
The grand chancellor extended his
thanks to Grand Lecturer Samuel H.
Bassett for the liable and mastery man
ner" in which he has exemplified the Sc
cret work of the order. and the several
paraphernalia committees for the reports
submitted by them at the several vista
tons. All the lodges are stated to be in
frst-class condition and fully equipped to
perform the rank or degree work of the
order.
Military Rank.
TOO much praise. says the grand
chancellor, cannot be bestowed upon this
branch of our order, and l most heartily
commend it for your consideration, be-
cause Of the increased interest manifested
during the past year. 1t should have the
undivided support of every member The
uniform rank had added many names to
the roster. and by steady growth and ac-
tiyity shown it's popularity. No matter
when called upon, winter, or summer. for
parade or escort duty-nevar too cold,
| never too hot-but could always be de-
pended upon. The companies always re-
sponded promptly to every call or request
made of them.
They attended nearly all the visitations
and added much to their success
The Pythian Sisters organization is
one OF the most important adjuncts of the
order and should command the attention
mo no
ness of its members to assist in all Pyth-
Ian duties whenever called upon to do so
merits support and encouragement. Their
| meetings have been largely attended and
much interest and enthusiasm shown"
| The Chancellor Commanders Club.
which is composed of the Chancellor Com
| manders of the lodges of this domain. Or
| ganized one year ago, was continued. and
| has proved itself to be of much benefit to
| the domain. the organization forming a
body with the grand chancellor as its
chairman. The meetings were largely at
| tended and much interest and enthusias SIN
manifested.
Anniversaries Celebrated.
The grand chancellor next called atten.
ton to the fact that two OF the subordi
nate lodges-Decatur. No. 3, and Syracu
slams, No. 1O-celebrated their fortieth an
niversaries during the year.
In concluding his report the grand chan.
cellor renewed thanks to the grand ant
subordinate officials and membership
with a particularly complimentary ex
preston for Grand Keeper of Records ant
Seal GassOns
The report of the latter officer show:
the present membership of the order te
be 1,o91. There were ninety-four intia
tions during the year. The subordinat,
lodges have total assets. in cash. invest
ments and paraphernalia. of $4S. SsS The
Pythian Hall Association assets aggregat:
$S4125.
The grand keeper of the records ant
seal recommended that the Grand Lodg
elect alternate supreme representatives il
accordance with the permission now
granted by the Supreme Lodge statutes
as amended at the last convention of the
supreme body. He concluded with com
plimentary illusions to the grand chan
ceIlor and a touching reference to the
recent death of Grand Master Of Ex
last official report was signed two days
! before his decease.
Address by r. L. C. White.
Supreme Keeper of Records and Sea
r. l.. c. White of Tennessee was present
at the convention as the deputy and rep
A. Barnes. who Is absent in the far west
fed portions of the unwritten work of thu
order.
The chancellor commanders of the sub
ordinate lodges for the year recent,
closed and a number of other past chan
cellors were admitted, and received Tho
Grand Lodge rank.
The officers of the Grand Lodge are