The Washington herald., 1911-07-09
GOOD TEMPLAR NOTES

Seat Pleasant Lodge. No 4, Interna-
tional Order of Good Templars, met in
Town Hall, Capitol Heights, Tuesday
evening: Mrs. Hattie Gilbert, chief tenn
plar, presided. Routine business was
transacted, followed by a session for
practice in ritual work and lodge manual.
Special consideration was also given. to
needs OF the Juvenile temperance organi-
zation AFFILIATED with the Baptist Sunday
school. in charge of Mr.. August Rode
man. its chief promoter.
Loyal Lodge, No. 8 I. o. G. T, met IN
Jonadab Hall, Louisiana avenue, Mrs.
Efie G. Lawson. chief templar, presid-
ing. Pending business was transacted
and arrangements perfected for q public
temperance meeting to be given under
the lodge auspices IN Marvin NJ. E.
Church. Tenth and b streets southwest,
Monday evening, the 10Th instant It was
announced that good music would be
provided, and that instructive addresses
were expected from Senator Kern, Of In
diana, and Newton w. Preston, OF Ne
braska.
Some twenty Of the younger members
OF Perseverance, Lodge, No. 2. I. o. G. T.,
ing, pneumatic bounding ball minus the
bat, in their hall at an early hour, in
stinctively took the floor and made sew
eraI rounds OF astonishing catches as a
prelude to lodge work. Louis G. Graves,
chief templar, called to order and pre-
sided; routine business was disposed Of,
an application for membership was favor
ably considered, and a programme was
rendered, Ernest Hammer in charge.
Miss Gladys Wilkinson entertained with
piano solos, Mr.. c. Boynton recited. and
Mr. I. l. Corby gave an address, COM
mending the efforts Of the younger men,
bers to make the good of the order both
entertaining and instructive. A committee
was appointed to arrange for an old
fashioned family picnic at Great Falls.
Silver Star Lodge, No. 20. I. o. g. T.,
met In Good Templar Hail. Tennallytown,
Thursday evening, its hall still beautiful
with the patriotic decorations Of the
glorious Fourth. Miss Edna Finney, vice
chief templar, called to order and pre-
sided through the evening. The youngest
officer who ever occupied the chair Of its
chief. Miss Finney received many COM
pliments for her model administration Of
the office. Miss Addie Dean, pianist, q
member also in her teens, won honors
as the leader in the service of song.
Pending business was transacted, an
nouncement was made of lawn party
to be given at the residence Of Mr.. A. E.
Shoemaker, Friendship Heights, Tuesday
evening, the 18th instant, and a pro-
gramme was rendered. An instructive
reading was given by Mrs. Annie Finney,
a vocal solo by Miss Sadie wamsley, a
piano solo by Miss Dean, and brief ad-
dresses by Messrs. A. E. Shoemaker.
Wells Finney, and s. w. Russell.
At the meeting Of Pioneer Council, No
/. Sons of Jonadab. held Friday evening,
the following officers were installed for
the term ending December 81, 1911, by
Sovereign Deputy A. H. Ragan: Worthy
chief, ]. E. Rhodes (re-elected); vice
chief, Charles F. Brown; recording secre-
tary. oliver Bennett; financial secretary.
]. E. Hogan; treasurer. Thomas Maloney;
patriarch, ]. ]. Kelly; guide, r. E.
Gladmon; assistant guide. A. ]. Wood
ruff; inside watchm&n. Alex Hodglkinson;
outside watchman. w. B. Clark. ]. z.
Hogan, ]. ]. Kelly. ]. NJ. Maloney, ].
E. Rhodes, and Oliver Bennett were
elected delegates to the sovereign council
that win convene at Harper's Ferry. W.
Va. in September next. NJ. Kiely, w.
B. Clark, ]. P. Quill, Thomas Maloney.
and J. w. Garland was elected alternates.