The Washington herald., 1914-03-22

and all OF the Ofncers except tnree nAse
signlfied their intention OF attendine.
Lodges are Cordially invited to attend In
a body and enter the parade. which the
letter states. is expected to be the largest
ever held In Western Maryland. II l0
go from this city the fare viii be xSs
round trip: IL less than that number go
the price VIII be s275 round trip. II Is also
stated that the committee having the
matter In hand has every reason to De-
lieve that cantons from Baltimore
lHyattsvilie, Cumberland. Nd: Alexan-
,dria, Va; Harrisburg, Chambersburg.
waynesboro, and York. Pa. and Winches-
ter, Va, will attend Canton Washipgton.
No. /. of this city. Is trying to make
arrangements to attend, and Capt w. r.
Humphrey will make every effort to Sc
cure q large number Of the cantons to 60
to Hagerstown. April L. 1t has been ar
ranged for the comforting OF degree work
in the evening upon $50 candidates. and
as the train will not return 10 Washing-
ton until after the completion Of the de-
gree work all who so desire will have an
opportunity to be present during the con-
ferring OF the degrees 1t Is expected
that Grand Sire o. A. Keller and Gen. A.
r. stocker. commanding all Patriarchs
Militant, with their STATS. will also be
| present and deliver addresses on that
occasion. Members attending are re-
quested to either wear their resalia or
badges and appear in the parade.
Ruth RebeLeh Lodge Entertains.
Ruth Rebekah Lodge. No. 9, held a So
cial last Monday evening. The room was
filled TO its utmost capacity. and the pro-
gram introduced, was thoroughly enjoyed
by all. Past Grand Leary introduced
many interesting and amusing features
in connection with the program, and
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party that followed the program The
| evenings enjoyment closed with the
serving Of a Iounteous repast In the din
ing-room. About eighty were sccommo-
dated at the tables. Next meeting the
lodge expects to have degree work.
Esther Rebekah Lodge Plans Enter
| tainment.
| Tomorrow evening Esther Rebekah
Lodge, No. 5. J. o. o. F.. will hold Its
regular meeting in Odd Fellows Hall.
| This meeting Is designated as social
evening. and arrangements have been
completed by the entertainment commit
tee for a very interesting time. The chair
man of the committee, Vice Grand Mallie
+. Plymale. extends to every Rebekah
of this Jurisdiction and other jurisdic-
| tions a cordial welcome and she expects
all the members of Esther Lodge to be
present. A genuine treat will be missed
by those who fail to attend The COM
mittee has had several meetings, and II
is reported that the program will be ex-
ceptionally good.
At the last meeting of the lodge, the
secretary was authorized to write to
Esther Rebekah Lodge Of Baltimore, Md,
inviting the membership over TO this city
as guests Of Esther Lodge at some meet
ing in May. II is expected that a reply
will be heard at Monday nights meeting
and IL Esther Lodge OF Baltimore accepts
the invitation. the lodge will promptly
begin to make arrangements for their
coming.
Esther Lodge has had some splendid
meetings lately and the work and inter-
est in the lodge is most enthusiastic. IL
is said that there will be many new ap-
plications presented at the next meeting.
Fred ID. stuart Encampmcnt to
Hold Important Meeting.
Tuesday evening Fred d. Stuart En-
campment, No. =, l. o. o. F.. will hold
its regular meeting. 1t is hoped that all
members will attend as matters Of i'm
portance will come before the encamp-
ment The entertainment committee. un-
der the Craftsmanship Of P. c. p. p. II.
Leary, is busily working on completing
arrangements for an elaborate entertain
ment and reception when the grand vista
fion by grand patriarch and his corps OF
officers takes place on Tuesday, April a.
Columbia Lodge Confers Third De-
gree.
Columbia Lodge. No. !. I. o. o. F.. at
its session Thursday night conferred the
third degree on l. o. jackson, who was
initiated in Union LoG &C, No. ], Of Den
yer. Colo. bIt is at present an employe
of the Agriculture Department in this
city. Two applications for membership
were received. and Thursday evening,
April .. 1914. was set as tn date for
class initiation.
Union Lodge Entertain< Visitors.
An enjoyable evening was spent by
about fifty members Of Federal City and
Columbia Lodges and others, when they
visited Union Lodge, No. II, i. o. o. F.,
last Monday evening. Those present were
entertained by music. recitations and
speeches, after which refreshments were
served.
Next Monday there will be meeting
Of the degre~ team for rehearsal
Dorca. Rcbekah Lodge Mourns Loss
of Member.
DOrCaS Rebekah Lodge, No. l, mourns
the loss OF one of its most active aai
beloved members. Mrs. Alta Russell. who
died from injuries suffered in the storm
Of several weeks past. Twenty-three
sisters of DOrCas Lodge. and several
Irothers assembled at her home in Thir1
street southeast and performed the last
services this brotherhood can render TO
a member. Several members of Dorcas
Lodge are unable to attend the meetings
on account of illness. Mrs. Rosa Tarry |
is in Providence Hospital recovering from |
serious operation performed several
weeks ago. Miss Naomi Gates has just |
returned from the hospital after having |
undergone a serious operation. Mrs. |
Minnie Noakes is convalescing in her |
home, l07 r street northwest. Mrs. |
Beahm, mother of the noble grand. hav-
ing suffered a relapse, is critically I'll |
at her home, Ill Fourth street southeast
Members of the cider are earnestly re- |
Guested to visit those on the sick list |
On the next meeting night, March y, the |
Rebekah degree will be conferred on sew
eral candidates.
Gand Master Visits Covenant Lodge !
Covenant Lodge, No. Is, l. o. o. F., |
held a very interesting meeting last |
Monday night at it's hall, 1913 Thirty |
first street northwest, with very
large crowd present Also the grand |
master Mr.. Frank E. Rapp. was a |
guest. Past Grand Andrew ]. S. Dixon |
was appointed to serve as a committee /
on the Sovereign Grand Lodge Com