The Washington herald., 1913-12-07

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officers.
REBEKAH LODGES.
December s-Esther. No. 5. degree and nomination
Of officers
December lz-Martha washington. No. ). nomina-
non Of ofioers; Dorcas. No. 4. degree and nominA-
PATRIARCHs MILITANT.
Dccember I5-CSntOn Washington. No. H. annual
Grand Visitation to Metropolis
Lodge.
Friday evening, November %, was red
letter night in Metropolis Lodge, No. Is
The occasion was the last of Grand
Master Z. d. Thompson's grand vista
uons. Metropolis Lodge is the home
lodge OF the grand master, and every
lodge in the jurisdiction was represented.
and, In addition, the lodge was the host
OF Past Grand Master Fred A FToome.
of Maryland: Past Grand NJ FL rhomp-
son, Of Carlisle, Pa: Past Grand Z. 7.
Lichleiter. OF Shepherdstown, w. Va;
Jesse Briggs, past grand from York. Pa.
and A. c. Geesaman, past grand. Of
Waynesboro, Md, members of the Pen
Mar reunion committee, which was in
session in this city on that date. There
were-also present seven visitors from
other Jurisdictions, who failed to regis
ter with the grand secretary. The lodge
was well represented. and the reports OF
the grand secretary and grand treasurer
showed that the lodge had increased
both numerically and financially during
the present year. Notwithstanding the
inclement weather, the attendance at the
visitation equaIed that OF Federal City
Lodge, No. 80, numbering lis. During the
entertainment that followed the official
part of the visitation. under the leader
ship of Prof. F. W. Henke, the following
numbers were introduced: Tenor solo.
Mr. Maurice Fitzgerald; lecture on
''Eugehc Marriages" by Prof NJ N
Corbett: piano solo. Mr.. John Salb;
musical selections, on Grafonola, by Mr..
Charles Hansen, of Droop's Music Com
pany. The lodge is fortunate in having
one of its members. Mr. James a. h
Moore and by his courtesy those present
were given a treat in his having present
the full orchestra from the Garden Tht-
ater, which rendered several selections
BY request the orchestra rendered for
the first time in public The Princess
Fairy VaIse" which was especially ar
ranged by Prof Porter. During the
evening, as a recognition Of his faithful
service as treasurer Of the lodge, and
in recognition of the services as grand
master of this Jurisdiction. Dr. Edgar D.
Thompson was presented very hand
some travelling bag. containing all the
Decessaries for a bachelor while on his
travels The lodge committee, under
whose guidance the entertainment was
arranged, consisted OF Past Grands l.
w. Mothershead. Richard I PunphreS'
and George T. Wood.
Canton Washington to Hold InSpec-
tIOn.
Can't. William ]. Rogers, of Canton
Washington. No. l. p NJ, invites the
attention of the members Of his COM
mand to the fact that on Saturday even
ing, December Is, at 7:3o o'clock. viii oc-
cur the annual inspection. and be de-
sires the attendance Of every member
on that occasion Attention Is also IN
yited to the next assembly dance OF the
canton. which will occur next Wednes-
day evening in the auditorium of Odd
Fellows Hall
Rebeknh Lodges Hold Sessions
Naomi Lodge. No. l, and Ruth Lodge,
No ? held interesting sessions last Mon
day evening Offcers were nominated
for the coming six months, and Ruth
Lodge, No. l. conferred the Rebekah
degree upon several candidates On Fri
day evening Martha Washington Lodge.
No. 8 held an interesting session, and
arranged for degree work which will be
held at the next meeting Of the lodge
Lewis $. Kann Enjoying Heat I'm
Florida.
The grand secretary is in receipt Of a
letter dated from Monticello, Fla. De-
cember ., from Past Grand Lewis 5.
Kann to Golden Rule Lodge. No. q, in
which he states that he desires to be
remembered to all members of the order
in this city. also that he will be in
Florida until some time after the New
Year, also that he is enjoying the sum
mer heat, the thermometer registering
the day he wrote, IS degrees in the shade.
Receipts of BENEFIT Concert Large.
While the attendance at the concert
given last Tuesday evening under the aus
pices of Mrs. Jorgensen for the benefit
of the Odd Fellows Home fund was not
as large as was hoped for, the indications
are that the receipts will be large. The
talent displayed as given in last weeks
notice deserved a much larger audience.