The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
SUBORDINATE LODGES.


September l6-Union, No. Il: Covenant No. B;
Beacon. No. Is, and LangdOn. No Is. regular bust
ness.
September l7-washington. No. 6. and Amity. No.
r. degree work; Golden Rule, No q, regular bust
ness.
September ls-Eastcrn. No. :. and Federal City.
No. 30 degree work: Harmony No. o. and Friend
ship, No. L. regular business.
September l9-Columbia. No. 10. and Excelsior,
Nc. L. regular business Salem. No. 2, degree work
September sD-Central. No. !. and Metropolis. No.
l6 regular business; Phoenix, No S. degree work.
ENCAMPMENTs.
September l-Mount Nebo No. 6. degree work
September a-Maeenenu, No. 4. degree work.
REBEKAH LODGES.
September Ie-Nanmi, No. l. regular business
September ls-Ruth. No. 2. and Martha Washing
ton, No. g. degree work
Grand rally: Last Tuesday evening
representatives from the Grand Lodge,
the Grand Lodge committee on state of
the order, and from each of the seven
teen subordinate lodges of this jurisdic-
ton gathered in the auditorium of Odd
Fellows Hail. to join with Grand Sec
retary W. A Jones, and Past Grand
George Horisburg. of the Grand Lodge of
Maryland. and representatives from Me
tropolis Lodge, No. II, of Annapolis.
Md: Forrest Lodge. of Forrestville, Nd.
and Washington Grove Lodge. Washing
ton Grove, Nd. in organizing a perma
hent committee to carry out the ar
rangements for rally of the members
OF lodges in this jurisdiction, Maryland.
and. it is hoped, Virginia. to be held in
the auditorium Of Odd Fellows Hall,
Seventh Street Northwest, the evening
Of November 19.
The committee was organized by the
election Of George Gerber!ch. grand mas
ter Of this jurisdiction, as chairman;
Fred A. Groom, grand master of Mary
land, vice chairman. and W. E. Clapp.
grand secretary, as secretary of the
committees. The following committees
were selected, the members to be named
by the chairman of the joint committee:
Executive. publicity and printing,
finance, programme, and degree teams.
The question Of financing the rally was
left with the committee on finances,
with instructions to report at the next
meeting of the committee, Tuesday ev-
ening. October 1, as to ways and means.
The grand masters of Maryland and
the District of Columbia were requested
TO communicate Jointly with the grand
master of Virginia with view to hav-
ing the lodges of Virginia that are To-
Gated within a convenient distance of
this city cooperate with Maryland and
the District of Columbia in the rally.
1t was the expressed regret of all pres
of Maryland, was detained at home by
illness, and that the committee was
thereby deprived of his experience in
arranging for the rally. The meeting
was exceedingly. enthusiastic, and stir
ring speeches were made by Grand Sec
retary Jones, of Maryland: Noble Grand
H p. Wiley, of Washington Lodge. No.
6. and II. S. Harrell. past grand. of Me-
tropolis Lodge, No. 16 of this jurisdic-
tion, and others.
The present indications are that at
least 500 candidates will be secured be-
fore the date of the rally, and that the
three degrees will be conferred upon
them by degree staffs selected from the
three jurisdictions.
A committee will be selected by Grand
Master Gerberich to visit the nearby
lodges in Maryland and boom the rally
project. and the grand master of Mary
land will appoint a similar committee to
visit the District lodges.
Esther Rebekah Lodge, No. 5, met in
M M0pdoxy