Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
No. 6. Past Grand and Past Grand Pa
triarch William NJ. Laport.

Eastern Lodge No Wednesday even
ing held a Well attended session. The
third degree was conferred upon three
candidates and an application for men,
bership was received and referred. 1t was
announced that March . the lodge would
confer the initiatory degree upon three
applicants. The lodge, which has striven
hard to overcome its loss of nine mem
hers by death during the year 1912. last
night reduced it's Indebtedness to very
small amount. The lodge is said to be
doing excellent degree work. and desires
to have members of other lodges visit 1t
each week.
Salem Lodge, No 81 Tuesday evening
paid Washington Lodge. No. u. a visit.
the special occasion being the comforting
| of the first degree by Washington Lodge
upon candidate from Salem Lodge.
There was good attendance of the men,
bers of both lodges, also many members
from other lodges located in this juris-
| dlction and in the states.
Mount Nebo Encampment. No. 6. held
large and interesting session Wednesday
evening, the occasion being specially set
Past Chief Patriarch William S. keiser.
who died the 9Th instant. The address of
| the evening was delivered by Past Chief
Patriarch o. A. Booth. warm and per-
sonal friend of the deceas ed. In the
course of his address he gave the follow
| ing short history of Patriarch Keiser:
HE was born in 1860 i'm Salem, Va, and
| at the age of nine move with his par
ents. to Kansas, where he gained COM
| mon school education. graduating from
the Lawrence University. Kan. Septem-
Der 20 1883. he married Miss Linnie A.
Jenkins. in Kansas, who with three sons
and one daughter. Mrs. Maud Brooks,
survive him. Shortly after his marriage
| until he moved to this city and received
an appointment in the office of the
auditor for the Post Office Department.
Treasury Department, which he held until
his death, being considered most COM
petent and reliable clerk
He became a member of Columbia
Lodge. No TO- July g. 1900, and Janu-
airy 1. 1907. transferred his membership
to Golden Rule Lodge, No. 81. becoming
a past grand OF said lodge January 1,
| 1908. From that date he held place in
the Grand Lodge as representative, al
most continuously, until his death.
Brother keiser was one OF those kind
1y. retiring. lovable men, and he passed
away without having known enemy.
During his life, since he reached the age
of discretion. he was an active member
Of the Baptist Church, and for the past
seventeen years had been connected with
the Metropolitan Baptist Church, north
east. having served for many years. and,
until his health became impaired. as one
of the church deacons and clerk. The
sermon delivered by the Rev. John
Compton Ball at the funeral ceremony
Saturday, February s, was a beautiful
and fitting tribute to the life and mem
DRY of the deceased. In the sermon it
was stated: And then, he loved not only
his church and his pastor. but he loved
his brethren. He was a great man for
his lodge. confess. there was a time
when l feared there was little danger
of his thinking more Of his lodge than he
did of his church. / found out was
mistaken. He put his church first, al
" hyf 11n RI 1nnly Z hn orHa
the handmaiden of the church. and
| thought that, through 1t. he might be
of life
tee, with Past Chief Patriarch +. A. Nor
way as chairman. to draft suitable reso-
lutions relative to the death of Patriarch
Kaiser.
A week ago Saturday evening the noble
and vice grands Of a majority of the
subordinate lodges met in the reception
room of Odd Fellows Hall and formed d
Noble Grands' Association, the object
being to forward the work of the order in
the lodges and bring the membership
closer together in the work. Grand Mas
ter Edgar d. Thompson was elected presi-
dent of the association; c. +. Stanowski
OF Federal City Lodge, No. 20. vice presi-
dent, and B. b. Walden Of Amity Lodge,
No. -, secretary. A committee of three,
Charles F. Fuller of Washington Lodge,
No. 6; W. HI. Sellers of Friendship Lodge,
No. II. and J. II. Brimer of Columbia
Lodge, No. 10. was appointed to prepare
bylaws, and report at the next meeting,
which will be called during the coming
month. The grand master. it is announc-
ed. will be greatly pleased if all the sub
ordinate lodges will be represented by
their presiding officers in the association.
Columbia Lodge, No. 10, of this city,
conferred the second degree Thursday
night upon Maurice Ringold of Philadel-
phia, Pa. who had previously been initial
ed and received the first degree in Gen.
Steuben Lodge No. SIS. of that city.
candidate of Columbia Lodge also receiv
ed the second degree, and both expressed
themselves as highly pleased with the
rendition of the work. The third degree
will be conferred this Thursday night.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.