The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
ODD FELLOws, oALENDAR.


dnns No. IS. regular business
June H-Washingtn, No s. and Amity. No. Il
degree Eork, Golden Rule, No. q, and Phoenix,
No. q regular business.
June a~HaTmOny, 10. >; Flaendship. No. L. and
Fedgd City. No. q. degree work Eastern, No !.
regular business.
} June a-cOlumbia. No. 10 degree work saIen.
No 2, regnlar business
Juns 2-Central. No L regular business. MetTopo-
lis. No l9 degree work.
ENCAMHpTNrs
Juns a-Mount Nebo, No. g. regular business,
REBBKAH LODGES
June Is-Naoni. No l. degree wOEk and election Of
ofacers.
No. s. regular business and election Of officers.
June z-Dorcas No. 4, regular business and cleo
tion Of oficsrs
June A-Cauton Washington, No. l. drin and 50
cial.
Canton York, PatrIarchs Militant, l. o.
o. F., Of York, Pa, win be the guests Of
Canton Washington, No. /, Of this city,
on Tuesday and wednesday, June 20 and
q. A special meeting of Canton Wash
ington was held Thursday night to COM
plete arrangements for the entertainment
of the visiting canton during its two
days pilgrimage to this Jurisdiction.
Canton Washington VIII meet the York
canton at Union Station, accompanied by
a band, at 10 a. m, and escort their
street, thence to their headquarters at the
Grand Hotel 1t is desired that every
member of Canton Washington, No. 1,
will report promptly at the hall at 8
o'clock Tuesday morning for escort duty
and that as many as can win give their
services toward entertaining the visit
ing chevaliers and their ladies.
On last Tuesday, Dr. E. D. Thompson,
grand warden. L o. o. F., OF the Dis
trict, visited Baltimore to meet with the
committee from Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Virginia, and West Virginia, to perfect
arrangements for the annual reunion of
the Odd Fellows of said States and the
District Of Columbia, at Pen Mar, Md,
on August 10. Satisfactory arrangements
were made with the railroads, and plans
were made for the entertainment Of all
who shall avail themselves of the op-
; portTnity to attend the reunion. The
committee having the general arrange
ments in charge states that it will be
their aim to make the reunion this year
the best in every respect that has ever
been held Grand Master Thomas ].
Gates, in compliance with the request of
DR.. Thompson, representative of the or
mittee, will issue a circular letter to all
Odd Fellow lodges in this Jurisdiction re-
questing the appointment of a member
from each lodge TO meet Grand Warden
Thompson to make such arrangements for
the order in the District of Columbia
as shall be deemed necessary to insure
a large attendance of the local members
at the reunion. The visiting cantons from
the several States and the District of
Columbia will unite in the comforting of
the degree of chivalry upon sereraI candi-
dates, publicly, and those who have never
seen this degree conferred will be fully
repaid for making the trip.
Amity Lodge, No. q, L o. o. F., has
been holding its sessions for the past two
years in Metropolis Lodge Hail. corner
Of Ninth and D streets northwest, pend
ing the completion OF arrangements for
the remodeling Of the building purchased
by the lodge in X street southwest, be-
tween Four-and-a-half and Sixth streets,
and last week the building committee |
adopted plans and advertised for bids |
and it is expected that the lodge will oe-
cupy its new home early in October. The |
room fittings viii be modern in every
respect and as soon as the new home is |
occupied, a new degree team will be or |
ganized to take care of the large number |
of candidates it is expected will be taken |
into the lodge.
Thomas Irwin, past grand Of Apollo |
Lodge, No. 123, L o. o. F., of San Fran
cisco. Cal, was a visitor at lodges in |
this Jurisdiction during the past week |
Mr. Irwin has charge of the degree work |
in his lodge and upon invitation of Har-
mony Lodge No. 9, of this city, he took
one of the leading characters in the con-
ferring Of the first degree upon five can
didates. His rendition Of the character |
he impersonated was pleasing and showed |
careful study of the work. The degree
team was fortunate in having the noble /
grand of Federal City Lodge, No 90 Mr. |
GarreIIs; Past Grand Master ]. H Wood, |
and Past Grands D. v. Chisholm and W.
F. Dement,, members of Federal City |
Lodge degree team, and Past Grand Mas
ter H. c. Hazard, of Union Lodge, No.
II, and Past Grand William J. Hope, of I
Washington Lodge, No. 6, to aid in the /
comforting of the degree. At the close of /
the degree work, Mr.. Irwin made an ad-
dress describing the work as rendered
in California and giving his views as re-
CARDS the proper manner Of comforting
the first degree.
Past Grand Master and Grand Repre-
sentative W. w. MILAN, of the I. o. o. F.,
of this jurisdiction, left the city Thurs
day for San Francisco, Cal, for rest.
He will be the representative of the Meth
odist Sunday School Association, which
holds its annual session In that city next
week. Mr.. MILAN win not return to this
city until early in July.
The Odd Fellows of the District of Co
lumbia VIII pay tribute to the memory of
members who have died during the year
with appropriate exercises tonight at
Odd Fellows Hail. in Seventh street at
s:15 o'clock. I
Past Grand Master Richard A Ford
viii preside, and the invocation win be ,
given by William B. Hartley, grand i
chaplain. The opening address win be i
made by Grand Master Thomas j. Gates,
and the memorial address by William E. !
Andrews, auditor for the Treasury De- .
partment, who is a member of Columbia !.
Lodge, No. 10, /. o. o. F., of this city
The committees having the memorial ]
exercises in charge are composed of the I
'ollowing: Joint. committee-Riehard A. III
Ford, chairman; John D. Yoakley, secre- q
airy; F. A. Norway. treasurer. Pru-l
yramme commtf tftee-Frank E. Rapp. I
Pearson, w II. Mcconnell, Miss EN-
ma T. Strobel, Miss Elizabeth Garter.
md R A Pumphrey. Decoration COM
nittee-H c. Lybrand, W. B. Perrin. /.
e Schwinger. r. z. Wines, Mrs. Bessie
Holmes, and Mrs Laura E. McChesney. | i
Printing committee-C. J. Zeigier. John ,
Taylor. R. 7. Gibbs, Mrs Anna Epps,
md Charles P. Sample COMMITTEES on
lshers-I M White H n. vandervort,