Evening star., 1912-11-17

! Everything is ready for the grand rally
OF Odd Fellows of the grand Jurisdiction
nf the District of Columbia, Maryland and
| Virginia, which will take place in the
large banquet room of the New Willard
Hotel Tuesday evening. beginning at 7:3O
| o'clock. Probably go candidates will be
presented in the class for initiation, which
VIII begin at O'Clock. after the speakers
have finished their addresses At that
hour, according to the program. Federal
| City Lodge No. 30. will begin to confer
the first degree: ten minutes later Grand
Master Groorn's lodge. Towson, No. 20. of
Towson, Nd, will begin to confer the
second degree, and ten minutes later CO.
lumbia Lodge, No 10, of the District.
will begin to confer the third degree.
There will be no refreshments served ac-
cordtng to the announcement of Grand
| secretary Clapp, as the exercises will
probably extend to midnight. If not be-
yond.
General admission to the exercises will be
at the F street entrance to the hotel, but
| the members of the degree team the can
| d1dateS and those who will take part in
| the exercises in an official capacity will
| reach the banquet room by the Pennstl-
vania avenue entrances and elevators. In
addition to expected addresses by Grand
Masters Gerberich. Groom ard SouthaU,
Sovereign Grand Secretary John B.
/ Senator-elect Norris of Nebraska, Repre-
sentative Carlin of Virginia, and possi-
| bly, Judge Raker of California there will
| be orchestral music. Grand Chaplain Z.
C. Grumley of the District Grand Lodge
will pronounce the invocation. 1t is ex-
| pected that seventeen District lodges, ten
| Maryland lodges and ten Virginia lodges
will be represented by candidates for the
degrees. and that there will be a general
attendance of probably more than 900
| Odd Fellows from the several iurisdic-
tons Odd Fellows connected with out
side jurisdictions temporarily sojournirg
in the District have been asked to apply
to Grand Secretary Clapp at Odd Eel
lows Hall, 7th street northwest for ad-
mission cards. The rally will probably
be the biggest event in Odd Fellowsf1: %
that ever occurred in the District of CO.
lumba.
Columbia Lodge, No. TO- the lodge that
VIII confer the third degree at the rally
at the New Willard Hotel Tuesday even
ing. held very enthusiastic session last
Thursday evening The initiatory degree
was conferred upon twelve candidates for
degree work at the rally, and many MEN,
bers of the lodge who have not been in
attendance for months were present and
indicated their intention of attending the
rally. Owing to illness in his family, De-
gree Director Past Grand 7. Edward
Fowler. was absent. and the degree work
was in charge of Past Grand Charles
Shackelford. This lodge will have fifteen
candidates for degree work this Tuesday
evening. Three applications for member
ship were received
Grand Secretary William E. Clapp states
that from the present outlook the pro-
posed Big rally of the Rebekah lodges OF
Odd Fellowship which is scheduled to
take place December II. in Odd Fellows
Hall, 7th street northwest, will equal the
rally of the three grand jurisdictions at
the Rebekah lodges, he says, are show
Ing the deepest interest in the event, and
each individual member is putting forth
enthusiastic efforts to make 1t a success.
App ications for the degrees are being re-
ceived in goodly numbers and the class
for Initiation, he estimates, will be fully
as large if not larger than the big Odd
Fellows c;aSs which it Is estimated will
contain approximately $50 candidates for
the degrees The sessions of the general
rally committee, appointed at the sug-
gestion of Grand Master Gerberich, have
been well attended and much enthusiasm
has been shown.
Esther Rebekah Lodge. No. ). gave the
dances Tuesday evening. There was a
good attendance, and all seemed to have
a good time. The next dance will be
held in the auditorium of Odd Fellows
Hall, Wednesday evening, December IL.
Next Wednesday evening Canton Wash |
ington, No. /, will hold the second of its
series of assembly dances and all who |
desire invitations can procure them from
any of the members or from the super |
intendent of the hail. This is the third
year of the canton assembly dances.
Esther Rebekah Lodge. in regular ses-
sion Monday evening. approved the re-
port of the committee on Rebekah rally. |
There was an unusually large attend
ance. and the Rebekah degree was con-
ferred upon three candidates.
Among those present were Mr. and Mrs.
F. ID. Tillman and Mr.. and Mrs. B. NJ.
Snyder of Esther Rebekah Lodge, No.
90 of Hyattsville. Md, and John Kynock
of Ella Diel Rebekah Lodge, No. 264, of
Columbus. Ohio. Applications were re-
ceived from two candidates. The lodge
decided that all candidates accepted from |
the present time will be held for the |
degree work to be conferred at the rally |
in Odd Fellows Hall auditorium De- |
cember II by the Rebekah Assembly |
degree staff of Maryland.
Grand Masters George Gerberich. ac-
companied by the grand officers. paid /
Harmony Lodge. No. 8, its annual visit
Wednesday evening. The officers exam /
ined in the unwritten work were re-
ported as making q very creditable show l
ing The reports Of the grand secretary