The Washington herald., 1914-01-18

| A debutante from navy circles wi
| fcers elected to fill the chairs of the
encampment for the next six months.
A very pleasant evening was spent
socially, closing with refreshments in
the blue room.
Eastern Lodge, No. Z. held one OF its
| banner sessions last Wednesday even
| ing. This lodge was instituted in
February, 1889 and a committee was ap-
pointed to arrange for a proper cele-
] bration of the lodges seventy-fifth BIRTH
day. Past Grand Harry L. Andersen is
| the chairman of the committee, and is
making every effort to make it the
greatest event in Eastern Lodge for
many years. The new initiatory degree
| te9m, under the direction of Past Grand
| Anderson, conferred that degree upon
| four candidates. Degree work has been
postponed on account of the session of
the Grand Lodge. next week until the
| following Wednesday evening.
Golden Rule Lodge Confers Degree.
Golden Rule Lodge. No. q, last Tues
day evening conferred the first degree in
full form on several candidates. The
work was rendered in excellent manner
by the lodge degree team. aided by
members from other lodges. There was
quite large attendance of the MEM
bers Next Tuesday evening the Sec
ond degree will be conferred, and ar
rangements have been made to make the
occasion unusually interesting.
Canton Warrington in Special Ses-
Ian mt
| to a call from Capt. w. p. Pumphrey.
Canton Washington, No. l. held a spe-
cial cantonment, and committee was
appointed to arrange for holding me
mortal exercises in memory of Chevalier
Joseph Burroughs, who was one OF the
very few charter members of the Pa
| triarchs Militant, then known as the
| /. o. o. F., Uniform Battalion. The
exercises will be held in Canton room,
Thursday evening, February 5. There
was an unusually large number Of Can
| ton members present at the special meet
| ing, and many were the eulogistic
speeches made honoring the memory of
Chevalier Burroughs. The committee ap-
pointed consists of Capt. W. P. Pum-
phrey. Past Capt. William ]. Rogers,
| Col. Samuel E. Boyce. and Chevaliers
! p. H. Leary, w. B. Berlin, and A. E.
Shoots. Subordinate branches of the or
der in which the deceased held member
! ship will be invited to attend.
Assembly Dances Popular.
Canton Washington. No. 1. held another
of its popular assembly dances last
Wednesday evening, the first under the
new managing committee. A large num-
ber of the friends of the canton were
present The committee Of arrangements
are hard at work arranging for the fu-
ture dances of the series, and 1t is re-
ported are arranging for several innova-
tions, and changes that will greatly add
! to the enjoyment of the coming dances.
/ The next assembly dance Of Canton
4 Washington, No. ], will be held Wednes-
day evening, January 2S.
Joint Session Of Committees of Ruth
RebekaK Lodge.
There was a meeting called for Joint
session of the committee on Ruth Re-
| bekah Lodge, No 2, on ways and means
and entertainment at the residence of the
noble grand, Mrs. Eva Bushey, Holmead
place, to arrange a program for the en-
| tertainment of members at the regular
sessions of the lodge and introduce a
program at each session during the pres
ent six months term of the noble grand.
The meeting was well attended and much
| enthusiasm was manifested IN the pro-
posed arrangements, the nature of which
will be rSported to the lodge at its session
! tomorrow evening, when the Rebekah de-
gree will be conferred, and all members
of sister lodges are cordially invited to be
present.
Harmony Lodg. Degree Team Re.
hearSinE.
Past Grand August Kruse. chairman of
the committee on fraternal news in Har-
mony Lodge, No. 8, reports that there was
| a good attendance at the session of the
lodge last Wednesday, and the newly m
| stituted degree team under his direction
rehearsed the initiatory degree Owing to
the meeting of the Grand Lodge next
Wednesday evening. degree work has
been postponed in the lodge until wednes-
| day evening. January 2s.- Members Of all
lodges are cordially invited to be present
at all sessions of the lodge.
Esther Rebekah Lodge Holds Big
With an attendance of over 15o men,
bers Of the Rebekah branch of the or
der in this Jurisdiction, Esther Rebekah
| Lodge, No. g. /. o. o. F., held its first
regular meeting of the year in its hall in
Seventh street last Monday evening. The
event Of the evening was the installation
of the newly elected officers for the en-
suing term.
The business of the evening being hur-
ried through, the installing officers ap-
peared. who were Special Deputy Grand