The Washington herald., 1911-06-11
rTHIAN cALENDAR.


PYTHIAN CALENDAR.
LODGES.
June i3-Decatur, No g. regular business; calantha.
No IL esquire rank; Equal. No II.
June 1S-webster. No. 7; Excelsior. No. a: Cap
ital, No. d: Myrtle. No. g and Ger
mania No B. short business sessions
prior 70 memorial ssrvice.
June l4-Sfount Vernon, No s; Hermion. No. u;
Union No 2 and Columbia. No B. reg
ular business meetings
June IB-Ff1nSlin, No. 2 and Harmony, No a,
June l6-syTacusisns No. 10, regular business
UNIFORM RANK.
June ll-washington Company. No l. regular meet
June BJ. T. ooldwen Company. No :. msstinE
PYTHIAN SISTERS.
june H-Fhendship Temple. No. 9 degree wCEL
June l6-Rathbooe Temple, No. 8. regular buz-
ness and degree work.
KNIGHTS OF KHoRASSAN.
June N-Aszlon Temple, No. 81, regular monthly
SPECIAL
June IS-Annual Memorial Exercises.
Amaranth Lodge, No. q, K. of P, con-
ferred the rank of knight on two candi-
dates Monday night. The ritualistic team
received much praise for the impressive
manner in which they did their work,
Visiting members present who took part
in the exercises included Grand Chancel-
Vandervort Henry A. Nau and Charles
T. Roderick.
Myrtle Lodge, No. 5, K. of p, received
a fraternal visit Monday night from the
visiting committee, No. 1, of Rathbone-
Superior Lodge, No. q, headed by Edgar
c. Snyder, chairman. The visitors wit
messed the comforting Of the page rank
Grand Vice Chancellor George W. Haley
and Samuel Murdock, of Havana, H.,
were among the visitors. The lodge de-
cided to join the committee in its fraternal
visit to Amaranth Lodge, June ls
Excelsior Lodge, No. a. K. Of P, re-
ceived fraternal visit from committee
No. 8, of Rathbone-Superior Lodge, No.
q, headed by B. F. Harrah, chairman,
Tuesday night. Judge Harrah's address
on the principles Of Pythianism was
heartily received.
Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 8, K. of P,
at its meeting Wednesday night. made
plans for dividing the lodge into two Sec
tions to arouse enthusiasm.
Rathbone-Superior Lodge, No. g, X. Of
P, at its meeting Friday night, enter
tained many visiting members, who en-
joyed the impressive manner of confer
ring the ranks. DR.. w. F. A Philips,
chancellor commander, requests all the
members of his lodge to assemble in the
armoEy of Pythian Temple, June 13, at
7:S0 o'clock, to attend the memorial ex-
ercises in the main auditorium Of the
temple.
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held a special meeting Friday night to
complete final arrangements for the
memorial exercises to be held Tuesday
night.
The General Relief Bureau, K. Of P,
held its regular meeting last night and
received reports of disbursements made
and assistance rendered during the
month. It was decided to omit the meet
ings for July and August.
Friendship Temple, No. 9, Pythian Sis
tiers, at its meeting Wednesday night.
elected officers for the ensuing year as
follows: Mrs. Edna Miller most excel
lent chief: Mrs. Minnie Haske, excellent
senior; Mrs. Ne-tie Crowther, excellent
Junior; Mrs. EstelIe Meelick, manager;
Mrs. Anna Sullivan, mistress Of records
and correspondence; Mrs. Ida NJ. Crown,
mistress of finance; Mrs. D. NJ. Freeman,
protector, and c. T. Roderick, outer
guard.
The knights of Pythias Hail Associa-
ton, at the stockholders meeting Mon
day night. elected the following board Of
directors for the ensuing year: w. A,
Kimmel H. ]. Gasson, Thomas A. By
mum, Harry P. Wiley, Louis Hartig, j.
F. Skidmore, c. W. Henderson, John 7.
Clark and Albert Kahlert. After the
adjournment of the association meeting
the new board met and elected the fol-
lowing officers: W. A. Kimmel, president;
Harry P Wiley. vice president; H. ].
Gasson, secretary, and Thomas A. By
mum, treasurer.
Rathbone Temple, Pythian Sisters, had
one of the largest gatherings of its mem
bers present Friday night Of the season
TO witness the beautiful ceremony, the
christening of the infant daughter of
Capt. and Mrs. John H. williams, by the
Rev. Patrick Murphy, vicar of Epiphany
Chapel. The lodgeroom was beautifully
decorated in pink and white, and the
same color scheme was carried out in the
refreshments which were served by the
committee in charge. Among those pres
ent was Mrs. Salie J. Durphey, of Lynch
burg, grand chief of the Grand Temple of
Virginia Pythian Sisters.