The Washington herald., 1913-02-23
PYTHlAN CALENDAR.

| Gsrmania. No. Is; CAPITAL. No y; Myrtls. No 3.
Febcuay 3-Mcunt Vernon. No ); Hemione'
No. L; Union, No -: Columbia. No >.
February z-Hamouy, No. :.
February cs-syracpianA No. 10. rank of Knight;
Rathbone-S Superior. No. -
UNIFORM RANK.
February 8-wsshingtoa Cumpany. No. l.
February 81. r. Coldwell Company. No. !.
PYTHIAN SISTERS.
February 2-Ffiendship Temple. No. .
February 3-Rathhone Temple. No. J.
Century Lodge, No. %. K.>of p, held
an interesting meeting last Mondey night.
The representatives Of this lodge to the
annual session Of the grand lodge held
last Wednesday night were Jesse F.
Grant, Gaorge B. Tallman, W. A. II.
| Turner. Jesse w. Full. and ]. NJ
Thompson. Chancellor Commander Sam
S. Price expects TO have several candi-
dates for the degrees in a short time.
Tho Grand Lodge. Knights Of Pythias.
OF the domain Of the District of Column
bia, convened in its annual convention
at Pythian Temple. with Grand Cham
ceilor George w. Haley presiding, last
Wednesday evening. and was marked by
an unusually large attendance OF repre-
| sentattves.
| Fifteen past chancellors were admitted
and the Grand Lodge rank was conferred
upon them. The reports of the Grand
Lodge ofiicers showed that while the or
der sustained a slight loss numerically
it is financially stronger than for sew
eral years Reports were received from
the committees on subdivision and ref
erence. credentials, printing, fftieth an
niversary, fraternal correspondence. and
finance. all of which showed the order In
general to be on the upward trend.
Supreme Representative r. c. Plum
mer of Maine. was a visitor and ad-
dressed the Grand Lodge in a fine and
| forceful manner. The Grand LoCge at
a late hour took a recess until Thursday
evening at 80. when there was present
Supreme Representative Richardson, of
Maryland. delegated by Supreme Chan
cellor Thomas J.. Carling, to represent
him officially at the session.
| Representative Richardson addressed
the representatives at some length and
reiterated the slogan OF the supreme
chancellor for one million members by
1914, the year of the fiftieth anniversary
of the birth Of the order.
| The principal business of Thursday
| nights session was the election OF Of
| ficers for the ensuing year. which result
| ed as follows: Grand chancellor, Robert
Sroufe. OF Equal Lodge. No. Il: vice
grand chancellor. Mark Stcarman. OF
! Century Lodge. No. 20; grand prclate.
G w Henderson, Of Harmony Lodge,
No q. reelected: grand keeper
of records and seal. II. J. Gas
son. of Excelsior Lodge. No. II
| tre-eiected); grand master OF excheIucr
Frank r. Crown. of Myrtle Lodge
No. . Ire-electedD: grand master at
arms. II. NJ. Vandervort. OF Mount Yer
non Lodge. No. s: grand inner guard. w.
A. Kimmel, OF Calanthe Lodge. No. II;
grand outer guard. Richard Sebastian,
OF Decatur Lodge. No. 3: grand lecturer,
John b. Dickman. Of Webster Lodge.
No. :; grand trustees. f. Lodge Hill, OF
| Harmony Lodge. No n; J. r. Skidmore,
Of Capital Lodge. No. "a; Thomas f.
Landon, of Calanthe Lodge. No. II; s'i-
preme representative for four years, p.
IG c., Albert Eahlcrt, Of Syracusians
Lodge. No. 10; alternate supreme repre-.
sentative. r. G. c., II. p. Wiley, oi
Mount Vernon Lodge. No. D.
| The newly elected supreme representa-
tive of knights of Pythias, Albert kah-
lert. has been an earnest, energetic work
er in Pythian circles ever since his ad-
mission into the order some twenty-three
years ago. He is a member OF Syra.
cusians Lodge. No. 10. one Of the oldest
lodges in the domain. and by reason
! of services in the chairs OF that lodge
! entered the Grand Lodge as a past chan
ceIlor in 1902 He has been the master
Of exchequer Of Syracusiansr Lodge for
a number of years and one Of the main
stays of the lodge.
His services in the Grand Lodge were
of such character by reason of service
on the several committees that he was
successfully advanced through the chairs
| at last becoming grand chancellor and
acqutting himself with renowned credi,
| to the order.
l r. ha
nate supreme representative and now will
represent this domain at the Supreme
Lodge convention, to be held in Winni-
peg, Manitoba in August. 1914, with SUI
preme Representative Thomas A. Bynum
He is also n member of the board Of di'
rectors Of the knights Of Pythias Hal
Association, Joseph z. Coldwell Company
Military Department. Knights Pythias
lRathbone Temple. No. S, Pythian Sisters
and representative from Ascalon Temple
No. 81, Dramatic Order Knights Of Khor'
rassan (the fun-loving side issue of the
knights of Pythias) to the imperial pal
Lace. He Is member Of Stransbury
Lodge, No. "A. F. A A. NJ, Ruth Chap
ter, o. f. s, Mount Horeb Chapter. No
:, R. A. M. and the Scottish Rite.
Grand Chancellor of Knights OF Py
thias. Robert Sroufe, has appointed Rep
Lodge, No. 10, as chairman of the pub
licity committee in which capacity III
served the Grand Lodge for two sue
cessive years.
Syracusians Lodge, No. 10, Knights o.
Pythias. will confer the rank OF knigh
upon H. Myron Adams at Its convention
next Friday night. Mr.. Adams Is tn
son of the late Hamilton Adams. WHIT
was an active and energetic member o.
Rathbone Superior Lodge, No. 2.
The Rev. w. ". Barnes. pastor o.
Douglas NJ Z. Church. Twelfth and
Streets Northeast, member OF Anna
ranth Lodge, No. IS, will hold a specia
Pythian service at that church to-nigh
at p. m, in commemoration OF tn
forty-ninth anniversary of the birth o.
the Pythian order.
AscaIon Temple. No. 81, d. o. X. X.
will hold a monster ceremonial session a
Pythian Temple. on the evening Of Marci
10 at which time a large class of tyro
will cross the sands of Khorassan's des
ert:
Equal Lodge, No. II. X. of p. has th'
honor Of having the grand chancellor o
this domain a member OF the lodge
Brother Sroufe has been master Of ex
cheauer of Equal Lodge for many year
Il and has been a hard worker. Their
have been seven new members addef
this year. and four more application
pending. Equal Lodge will give tn
|. grand chancellor a reception on Monda,