The Washington herald., 1911-12-17
VARIous soclETIEs.


ington, No. 2. Foresters Of America, held
at the Eagles Hall Wednesday, the fol-
flowing officers were elected for the en-
suing term: Chief ranger, w. J. Finley;
substitute chief ranger. w. A. Gibson;
treasurer. ]. Z. Hall; financial secretary,
lG. A. Freer; recording secretary, H. G..
lSeboure; senior warden, NJ. L Hall; tu-
lnior warden, p. ]. INLAND; senior beagle,
A. p. Grinder: junior beagle, J. T. GIL
roy; lecturer. DIR. r. S. Trimble; trustees,
J. w. Hendley. ST., J. ]. Minahan, w. s.
West, and physician to court, DIR. r. s.
ITrimble.
The retiring chief ranger, w. s. West.
addressed the meeting Under the head
lof Good and welfare" after which a
buffet dinner was served, Brother l.. c.
NJ. Seible acting as toastmaster.
At the regular meeting of Richard J..
Harden Camp, No. 2, United Spanish
War Veterans, held at Eagles Hall on
Wednesday evening, December 13, the
following officers were elected to serve
for the ensuing year: Commander, Harry
B. Coulter; senior vice commander. John
4. Gallagher; junior vice commander,
Henry c. Wilson; officer of the day.
George p. Cross; officer of the guard.
AlOysius J. Correll trustees, Alex. c.
McKelvey, for one year, and Richard j.
Williams for three years.
y Lincoln Camp. No ?, Sons Of Veterans.
L. s. A, AT their meeting a week ago
elected the following officers for the en-
suing year: Commander. James w.
Lyons: senior vice commander, T L.
Spencer: junior vice commander, George
Alpha Howe; camp council, Thomas w.
laSres nahan, John II. Peters, and S. r.
Smith; delegates to division encampment,
Charles NJ. Ove-acker. T. z. Spencer.
and W. II. McGOnegal: relief committee,
! Irwin 6. TAYLOR; delegates to the death
/ benefit association, L. X. De Puy and
| F. T. i. Johnson. The commander-elect
| has appointed William p. Martsch as his
! secretary: +. X. De Puy, treasurer; V.
! >. GaraiEus, assis ant treasurer; w. II.
McGoncFal, patriotic instructor; V. l.
! Garrigus. guide: B. ]. Northcott chap
! lain; John II. Peters, color bearer.
! Francis Scott Key Council, No 1915,
! Royal Arcanum. at its last meeting elect
ed the following officers: Maurice A
Reckham. regent; Reuben c. Rowzee
vice regent; Beranar a. Baer, orator;
! llarr 4. Walsh. chaplain: Noble j.
! Thomas. secretary; Richard p. Waddey,
collector: Ellsworth T. Simpson, treas
! urer: Catlett G. Davis. guide: c. L. Du-
rev, warden. and ]. f. Beard. sentry
| Grand Regent Sidney /. Bessilievre con-
frrred the degrees upon the following
candidates: Romie o. VestaI. Simpson R.
Ledman, John II. Hanes. Frank L. Walk
er, and C. \. Goucher.
Flagg Council, No. g6 United CONNER
cial Travellers of America, held a special
meeting in the Chamber of Commerce in
Washington to entertain the L. C, T.
delegates to the National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress. A small class of Candi-
dates were initiated, Junior Councillor w.
A. Hammond. Of Chesapeake Council. No
| "a. giving the Ray of Hope lecture in a
| manner that electrified the large crowd
present. One of the notable and most
pleasant events of the evening was the
presentation to Past Councillor w. w.
\ Mansfield by the council and his many
| friends of a large cake, surmounted by
flowers. in honor of his birthday. each
flower denoting a year. 1t took sixty-One
to tell the tale. The address Of welcome
to the delegates was made by Brother J.
w. Hunt. Among the noted L. G. T.
speakers were Past Supreme Councillor G.
w. Rogers, Columbus, Ohio: Supreme
| Secretary c. c. Daniels. St. Paul, Mimi;
Hon. Brother J. A. Hughes. VI. c., Hunt
| ingdon, w. Va: and Brothers r. F.
Somerville, Dayton. Ohio; W. d. Moury.
Kansas City. Kans.; W. A. Ford, Mans
| field, Ohio; w. G. Shepherd, Richmond,
Va: G. NJ. PIaisance, Birmingham, Ala;
NJ. w. PEBBLES. Green Bay. Wis: r. f.
Hardwicke, Col D. E. Abbott, and Mat
Miser, all of Huntingdon, w. Va, and
A. II. Tsaacs, Baltimore, Md.
The following brothers of Chesapeake
Council. No. "a, came over from Balti-
more, Md, under tie guidance of Con-
ductor w. A. Frey: Lee J. Eastman. A.
Il. Sandell, w. A. Moore, Max Geischner.
w. w. Briscow. G. G. Blake. w. A. Ham
mond, 5. J. Darrah. w. F. Potsle. c. H.
kins, A. II. ISaacs, L. II. Rohdrick, H.
H. Mahool. a. Rodeman, n. D. Vincent.
c. E. Covington. and ]. II. Catlin.
The Col James S. Petit Camp of the
United Spanish War Veterans held its
annual election of officers for the ensuing
Year Of 1912 at its regular meeting last
night. The following comrades were
chosen: Commander. A. NJ. Russell; Sc
nior vice commander. H. V. Shurtleff; Ju-
nior vice commander, W. w. Fentress;
officer Of the day, II. Emmons: officer Of
the guard, Eric Kentz, and trustee, Sam
uel J. Mawson.
Commander Russell announced the fol-
lowing comrades for members of his
stan: Adjutant, w. ID. Huston; quarter
master Charles w. Henkel; chaplain, c.
Z. st. Clair; surgeon, Dr. w. b. HUDSON,
and historian, Homer ]. Laughlin.
The camp extended a rising vote of
thanks to their retiring commander, Will
lam B Hudson, who has served the |
camp for two successive years.
Alpha Camp woodmen of the World |
held its regular meeting Friday night. |
David Wolf was unanimously elected !
consul commander. The other officers are |
Herbert Smith, adviser lieutenant; ]. A. |
Hohn banker; l.. H. Burton, clerk; s. B. |
Beyer, escort; Edward Mudd, watchman; |
e. L. Fawley, sentry; ]. E. Cotton, man
ager; Drs. Masterson and Stultz, physi- |
Cia1. After the election an elaborate !
banquet was served, and was attended |
by 200 members. Consul Commander |
David Wolf thanked the members for the |
confidence and esteem in which he was |
heel by unanimously electing him as their /
presiding officer. Sovereign Thayer and |
others made short addresses. Alpha |
Camp, with it's list of officers for the en- |
suing year, intends making this the lead |
ing camp of the Woodmen of the World /
for the coming year. Its membership |
consists OF men in business and profess
sional life.