Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-26

The Grand Lodge officers will officiall,
visit Capital Lodge, No. "A, the hom,
lodge of Supreme Representative Jane.
| W. Carter and Grand Trustee j. F
Skidmore. The military department will
attend in full uniform as an escort t.
the Grand Lodge officers. A pleasant
evening is promised to all who attend.
The general committee on the Colder
! Jubilee will hold meeting at PythiaT
! Temple tomorrow evening for the pur
| pose of hearing the reports of the sew
eral subcommittee. Every member OF
! the committee has been urged to be
| present.
| Chairman W. A. Kimmel Of the com.
mittee on class initiation has appointed
Fred p. Wallace of Franklin Lodge.
No. z ~ member of that committee,
| vice 8. T. Neal, resigned. James NJ.
Kline OF Mount Vernon Lodge. No. 5.
| has also been added to the committee.
The committee on publicity has about
completed the compilation OF sixteen
page booklet which will be distributed
among the several lodges. for the pur-
pose of aiding the membership in secur-
ing new applications for the class initia-
ton planned in connection with the jubi-
lee.
The committee on. reception and enter
tainment has plans well under way for
programs Of an entertaining character at
Pythian Temple during the entire time of
the jubilee.
The committee on registration will have
representatives both at. Pythian Temple
and Willard Hotel which will be Supreme
Lodge headquarters. to secure the regis
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tends the jubilee.
The proposition. to- secure large class
for initiation at the jubilee, as we'll as
financial plans. are said to. be meeting
with the hearty approval of the subordi-
nate lodges as fast as they can be pre-
scented. The committees in charge of
these features have visited seven of the
eighteen lodges in the domain SO far. all
| of which. it is said, have given unanimous
support to the plans proposed
| Amaranth Lodge. No. 2S. has elected
Nathan Cowsill. for many years the mas
| ter of exchequer. as chancellor command
ed. to fill the uneXpired term Of James d.
| Rowen. who has resigned.
! Syracusians Lodge No. 10, at its las,
J convention took active steps toward per-
| fecting plans for the golden jubilee class
| initiation. Two competitive teams were
selected, headed by the chancellor COM
| mander and vice chancellor. respectively
and including all the members of the
lodge divided equally. The friendly
| rivalry thus started. it is said, bids fair
to arouse keen competition, inasmuch as
the team securing the least number of
| applications must act as host to the
lodge at the first meeting in March, 1914
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meeting at its last convention. at which
there was large attendance and several
/ addresses.
/ Pythian press reports especially from
the west and northwest said to in
dictate an unprecedented interest and en-
thusiasm In the coming celebration OF
the golden jubilee.
Many of the grand domains have set
aside funds to send representatives here.
while numerous subordinate lodges nave
formed golden jubilee clubs. the members
of which contribute a fixed sum weekly
for the purpose of defraying their ex-
penses. Prospects are said to be good
for the attendance of many thousand
members of the order as well as their
families.
/ Grand Chancellor Ad Interim Mark
Stearmen and his associate Grand Lodge
officers opened the fall series of Grand
vlSltat1OnS Wednesday evening III her
mione Lodge. No. - Georgetown. There
was large attendance and much interes,
manifested. All the Grand Lodge Of
ficerS were present except Grand
Master of Exchequer Frank b. Crown
who had been excused. Past Chancellor
S. NJ. Pearson serving in his station fol-
the evening. Past Chancellor James NJ
Kline acted as grand master at arms
the Office being vacant by reason of the
advancement of H. NJ. Vandervort IL
the office Of grand vice chancellor Past
Supreme Chancellor Edward Dunn was
present. as were also Past Grand Cham
cellors ii. q. Wagner. q. w. Haley, Albert
kah'ert and II. J. Gasson.
| Addresses relating to the coming golden
jubilee of the order were made by III
NJ Vandervort, chairman of the nnance
committee: W. A. Kimmel. chairman OF
the committee on class initiation: 5. NJ
Pearson of the committee on publicity
Past Grand Chancellor Albert kahIert
the supreme representative elect: Past
Supreme Chancellor Dunn and others
The reports showed the lodge to be
holding its own In finances and member
ship.
Grand Lecturer John B. Dfckmar
rendered the unwritten work OF The
ranks of page and esquire.
In the death of Clarence Lewis. which
occurred Thursday morning, century
Lodge, No. 30. lost one of its Oldest and
most active members. and one VINO mas
served his lodge in an official capacity al
most constantly since its institution. TO
the past two or three years. however. Mr.
Lewis had been In failing health ana u