Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-29

Instead of having an installation of Of
ficers at the first meeting night in July.
Federal City Lodge. No 20. has been
granted a dispensation to hold public
installation of officers Wednesday. July
.. The installation will be conducted by
w. w. MILAN, p. G. NJ. and G. r., aided
by an installation staff selected partly
from the Grand Lodge officers and partly
from past grands of Harmony Lodge. No.
.. 1t Is the announced desire of Fed
eral City Lodge that as many OF the SUD-
ordinate lodge members as can VIII De
present on that occasion. The commit
tee on program and entertainment has
arranged for an evenings enjoyment
after the official part Of the exercises
shall have been concluded. The officers
to be installed on the 9th of July are:
Noble grand, c. F. Stenowski: vice grand,
w. Weber; financial secretary, A. 5.
Barger; treasurer, George Eakle.
Saturday evening, July 5, Canton Wash
ington, No. ]. will hold its regular month
ly cantonment, and it is expected mat
tiers of interest will come up for consid-
Grafton, one of which will be the compile
tiOn Of the arrangements for the annual
excursion to Chesapeake Beach, Friday,
July Is. Capt. w. J. Rogers requests the
! attendance of all canton members.
Washington Lodge. No. 6. met Tuesday
evening and the following officers were
elected for the next six months: Noble
grand, III. H. Hoke; vice grand. G. g.
Jewell; recording secretary, Daniel NJ.
Greene; financial secretary, William j.
Hope; treasurer, Eugene G. Burlington.
The off1cers-elect will be installed Tues
day evening by Grand Treasurer John
d. Yoakley. assisted by a corps of past
grands from Columbia Lodge No. 10.
Following the election the lodge con-
ferred the second degree upon two ap-
plicants and received an application for
membership. All members of the order
have been invited to be present Tuesday
evening.
Eastern Lodge. No. I. has elected the
following officers for the incoming term
of six months, who will be installed
Jointly with the newly elected officers
of Harmony Lodge, No. 3. by Deputy
Grand Master Frank E. Rapp. Wednes-
day evening: Noble grand. Hezekiah Dod-
| son; vice grand A. w. Kaiser; recording
secretary. Samuel E. Boyce; financial
secretary. G. w. H. Brown: treasurer,
lodges have been invited to attend the
joint installation exercises.
Harmony Lodge, No 9. Wednesday
evening elected the following officers for
the incoming term: Noble grand. c. E.
Sebold vice grand. DR.. D. w. Higgins;
| recording secretary. E: L: Dunn: finan-
cial secretary, George S. Stewart: treas
urer, Marcus Richardson's; degree di-
rector, Howard w. Stein. Following the
| election of officers. the lodge conferred
the initiatOry degree upon two candidates.
Columbia Lodge, No. 10 Thursday even
ing elected the following officers for the
incoming term of six months: Noble
grand, ]. L. Brimer: vice grand. George
Billings: recording secretary, E. c. Grum-
ley; financial secretary, r. r. Williams
treasurer. Thomas w. Fowler. These Of
ficers will be installed Thursday evening
next by Grand Marshal William j. Hope
and corps of past grands from Wash
ington Lodge, No. q. Columbia Lodge has
extended an invitation to all members of
other lodges to be present. After an i'll
ness of two months Past Grand ID. w.
Keck was present and received cordial
welcome.
Fred D. Stuart No I, held it's regular
session Tuesday evening last. with a
splendid attendance Of not only the en-
campment members. but quite a large
representation from. the three other en-
campments of this Jurisdiction. Chief
Patriarch Harry L. Andersen expedited
the business of the evening. and the en-
campment conferred the royal purple de-
gree upon w. S. PLACER of Beacon Lodge,
No. ID. The following officers We're elect
ed fer the term commencing with the first
meeting in July: Chief Patriarch. Mat
thew E. OBrien: high priest. William
j. Rogers: senior warden, W. II. Nc
ConneIl; Junior warden. ii. A. P. Farnam:
scribe, John ID. Yoakley; treasurer. j.
K DAWSON These officers will be in
stalled Tuesday evening. At the close
of the degree work social hour was
held
Columbian Encampment, No. /, held
an unusually we'll attended session We'd
nesday evening" The following officers
were elected to serve during the mex;
six months: Chief patriarch. w. B..
Randall; high priest, William j. Hope
senior warden, w. II. Sardo; junior
warden. Guy Glossbrenner: scribe. Frank
u. Seiffert. and treasurer. d. w. Keck.
The officers-elect vii! be duly installed
Wednesday evening, July 8. All MEM
bers OF the encampment branch have
been invited to be present at the in
stallation of the officers.
Esther Rebekan Lodge, No. s. at its
session Monday evening, after the trans
action of the general business, haG a
double treat--tirst. an enjoyable pro-
gram prepared for the entertainment of
the women Of the lodge and their WISH
; tors by the men, and. secondly. refresh
ments served by the women following the
failure of the men who had boosted at a
previous meeting they could and would
get along without assistance from the
women. The fall down" of the men fol-
lowing their boas; furnished much amuse-
ment, and added to the enjoyment of the
occasion.