The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-13
SUBORDINATE LODGES

SUBORDINATE LODGES.
April H-Union. No. IL; Langdou, No g. ant
Beacon. No. Is, business. Covenant, No. Is. grant
visitation.
April l5-Golden Rule, No q. degree: Washington
No. 6, and Anity No. q business
April le-Eastern. No. Z, and Harmony No 3. DE
gree work; Friendship. No. Il. and Federal City
April l7-Columbia, No TO- degree; Excelsior. No
IT, business: Salem, No % grand visitation.
April ls-Central. No. /, degree Metropolis No 10
and Phoenix, No. %, business.
ENCAMPMENTs.
April le-Mount Nebo No. s. degree.
Arril ls-Magenenu. No. 4. degree.
REBEKAH LODGES.
Apnil l4-Esther. No. s. degree work.
April l6-Martha Washington, No 3. degree work
April ls-Miriam. No. 6, degree work
PATRIARCHs MILITANT.
April ls-Can.on Washington. No. l. drin and 30
cial.
Last Monday evening. Naomi Rebekah
Lodge, No. 1, held an interesting and
well attended session. The degree was
conferred upon several candidates, and
remarks were made by several visiting
members.
Ruth Rebekah Lodge. No. ., also held
an interesting session on Monday even
ing the attendance was large, there be-
ing present several members of the Re-
bekah branch of the order from other
jurisdictions. Under the dictatorship of
Past Capt. r. A. Humphrey. OF Canton
Washington. No. l. the newly organized
degree staff conferred the Rebekah de-
gree upon three candidates, in a very
creditable manner
Beacon Lodge, No. Is, held very en-
courag ing session last Monday evening.
The lodge received another application
for membership, with a promise of two
more next Monday evening. Past Grand
Bell. who has been i'll for several weeks,
was present, as was also Grand Repre-
sentative F. w. Bradford, who had just
returned from a business trip to the
flooded district of the Middle West He
gave a very graphic description of the
conditions in that section of the country,
and the great need of help for the men,
bers of the order. many of whom lost
everything in the flood
On Saturday evening. April ). the
Noble Grands Association assembled in
the dining-room of Odd Fellows Hall,
Seventh Street Northwest. The attend
ance Of the members was not as large
as the grand master. Edgar n. Thomp-
son. who presided at the meeting, de-
sired. but much of interest to the lodges
was discussed. and the association de-
cided to hold its regular monthly session
on the second Saturday of each month,
commencing with Saturday. April IL, at
$50 r. m. The grand master requests
the attendance of all of the noble and
vice grands on these evenings, as mat
ters of interest to all subordinate lodges
will be discussed, and plans formulated
for the betterment OF all of the lodges
during the balance of this year.
Last Tuesday evening Fred D. Stuart
Encampment, No. z, held a largely at
tended session. The royal purple degree
was conferred upon three candidates in
the excellent manner that encampment
can confer that degree. Several men,
hers of other encampemnts, located both
in this and other jurisdictions, were pres
ent and a very enjoyable evening was
spent. listening to interesting talks. The
indications are that this encampment will
have all the degree work it can attend
TO during the remainder of the term of