The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-08-26
GRAND LODGE
Of THE STATE
ABOUT TO OPEN
Sessions for Three Days viii
Be Held in the Elks
Auditorium.
CEREMONIAL SESSION
AS Well as Business Meetings
and Election of Officers
on the Program

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West Virginia Pythians are here By
the hundreds and more hundreds are
Inning. This is. isdeed. Pythia1
week in CIarksburg. Added to the
numbers arriving early in the week
for the brigade encampment at Camp
Virgil A. Lewis, hundreds of members
of the grand lodge and the Pythian
sisters have come.
The encampment is well under way
IA noted in other columns. and the
grand lodge win begin its forty-tourth
annual convention in the Elks au-
dftorium at 10 o'clck tomorrow morn
ing for three days, while the Pythian
sisters will open their ninth annual
convention in the Pythian hall at the
same hour and continue the conven-
ton three days.
The city is in gala attire, the hotels
are filled, souvenir stands are station
ed at various points in the city, VISIT
ors throng the streets, special street
cars run to and from the camp thous-
ands visit the camp at night which is
brilliantly lighted with camp fires
burning brightly, band concerts are
given every hour and the weather IS
ideal Pythiau week is truly happy
and delightful one from every view
point.
The official program Of the grand
lodge convention is as follows:
All members OF the Grand Lodge
and their friends will assemble in the
El1s, Home on Pike street at 10
o'clock sharp, where addresses Of
welcome VIII be 4eliveisd by Mayor
VIII H. Cole and Others, and response
IN address OF welcome will be made
by Grand Chancellor W. Frank Stout.
11.oo a. m.-Grand Lodge will con-
Gene in. EIks Hall, at which time COM
mittees will be appointed and pre-
liminary work will be arranged.
1900 m.-Recess until 1880, at
which time the Grand Lodge will re-
assemble for the purpose Of conferr-
ing the Grand Lodge Rank upon all
past chancelIors presenting proper
certificates, and business Of the Grand
Lodge resumed.
600 D. m.-Grand Chancellor and
Mrs. Stout Will give a reception to the
Grand Lodge, Grand Pythian Temple
and the Uniform Rank Encampment
at their home from to O'Clock,
Thursday.
Continuation of Grand Lodge SEES
sion
Appropriate music will be rendered
during the day by the Clarksburg
band, which will give several CON
certs at different parts Of the city.
1880 p. m.-Continuation of Grand
Lodge session
AGO D. m.-The entertainment COM
mittee will be on h;tld to conduct Wis
itors TO various points of interest
about the city
600 p. m-The subordinate lodges
and the West Virginia Uniform Rank
will parade the streets Of the city, in
which officers and representatives of
the grand lodge Will be seated in auto
mobiles.
700 D. m-The Dramatic order of
Khorassan will give one Of their char
acteristic parades After the parade
an up-to-date "Dokie" team. from
Charleston. will confer degrees upon
a large class which will be organized
into lodge of that order, The de-
grees will be conferred in the Pythlan
Temple.
Any amendment to this program
will be announced from the grand
chanceIlor's chair. as well as posted
at brigade headquarters during th9
day.
Friday.
900 a. m.-The Grand Lodge viii
resumed the regular business session
fe m.-Recess until 2:3O p m. after
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