Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-27

At a recent meeting of Perseverance
Lodge. No 2, in Scottish Rite Hall, Penn.
sylvania avenue. a message was received
| from special commission created by the
| International Supreme Lodge when ii
session here last June. This special body
| it is said. was created to investigate an6
! adjust differences then existing, and tc
have full Jurisdiction over Good Templal
affairs in Washington. The message re-
lated the steps that had been taken tt
harmonize the parties in contention, &C.
cording to rules to which all the parties
had pledged themselves to conform, an6
declared as follows: THE only lodges
now recognized by the commission as ir
good standing and authorized to work iI
the District Of Columbia are Minnehahs
Lodge. No. 1; Perseverance Lodge. No. 2
Silver Star Lodge, No 20; Excelsior
Loo kSde s.. No. a. and Star of Hope Lodge
Perseverance Lodge reported los mem
bers in good standing and fair bal
ance in the treasury: conferred the init
| atory degree and rendered a good of-the-
order program. Officers have been in
stalled as follows: Clarence W. Corby
chief templar: Miss Fay Sullivan, vice
| templar; Manly NJ. Michael. recording
secretary; Miss Blanche Neff, financial
secretary; Miss Eva Hillyard. treasurer
~ d.
rover chaplain: William Turner. guard
Charles Boss. sentinel Miss Florence
Hillyard. assistant secretary; Miss Grace
Huff, deputy marshal, and John McBeth
past chief templar.
Star of Hope Lodge. No. %, met Mon
day evening. The iniiatory degree was
conferred, report was received from the
committee In charge of social function
to be had the Sth of March and several
addresses on current events were given
ha Jnd ha n a
quarter Clarence kelpy, chief templar
! Mrs f. Rhodes, vice templar: Gustave
! Zeigler. recording secretary: John {. Eos
| ter. financial secretary; Miss Agnes Ward
| treasurer; Charles Lucas, marshal; Mrs
Susie Crown. chaplain; Leland Hulse
guard; Lewis Poore,. sentinel; Miss
Rhodes. deputy marshal, and Thomas A
Fitzgerald. past chief templar.
Minnehaha Lodge No l. held an in
day evening. Opportunities and Duties
of Good Templars' was the theme OF dis
cussion following the business routine
| Among those taking part were Henry r
Smith, Jesse c. Suter. Rev. f. c. Din
widdie I. l.. Corby. Oscar Lydard, J. G.
Foster. s. W. Russell, Mrs. Corby. Mrs
Smith and the Misses Laura and Ellen
Church. The officers recently installed
are s. W. Russell. chief templar; Ellen
Church. vice tempar; Henry F. Smith, re-
cording secretary; +. c. Dinwiddie. treas
urer: Miss Louise Allen. financial secre-
tary; Miss Mary w. Monte. marshal
Mrs. L. J. Allen. chaplain; Mrs. l.. A.
Ross. guard: Mrs. Carrie Smith. assistant
secretary: Mrs. Mary L. Church, deputy
marshal, and Miss Laura f. Church, past
chief templar.
Excelsior Lodge, No. II, met in Hillyard
Hall Wednesday evening. The initiatory
degree was conferred and series OF
short talks followed. The new officers
installed are Mrs. J. S. Freeman, chief
templar; Mrs Minnie Farr, vice templar;
Mrs. J. w. Grimsley, recording secre-
tary: Mrs. Jenkins, treasurer; Mr.. Oscar
Lydard, marshal; Mr.. DIETRICH Norman.
chaplain Harold Jenkins. guard. and Mr..
j. w Grimsley, past chief templar.
Silver Star Lodge. No. 20, reports a re-
vival of interest In it's ranks. Its officers,
recently installed, are Frank Wilson. chief
tempar: Mrs. Anna Finney. vice templar;
j. Richard ingalls,. recording secretary;
Lester Yowell financial secretary; Ellis
Shoemaker. treasurer: Daniel Wells. mar
shall: Mrs. c. NJ. Smith chaplain; Mrs.
Minnie Reed, pianist John McGinnis.
guard j. T. Finney, sentinel. and Will
liam A. Collins. past chief templar.