The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
Pythian Calendar.
CALENDAR.

Deosnber 5-EquaI, No II. rank Of knight
AmAranth. No. q. business; Century. No. %. ran
Of esquire
Decsmber swebster. No. 7. rank Of Knight
EIc.lsior. No. L. rank Of Knight; Capital. Nc
q, busines; Myrtle. No. :, business.
Dec-nbE sAOunt Vernon No. S. business
Union, No. 2. business; Columbia. No. .. buSi
ness.
Deoenb9 lo-HArmony, No q business
| December u-Mount Vernon, No. 5, special con
Tention: REthbone Bible Class; syracusiAns. No
10. business; RIthbons-superiOC. No. .. buEineSA
PYTHIAN SISTERS.
December s-Friendship Temple, No ., business
December lI-Rathbone Temple. No. q business
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
December s-waShinEton COMPANY. No l. busi
\ ness. election Of ofhces.
December II-NOnthly meeting Of General Rsits'
Bureau
The most important event in Pythian
circles in this domain is to occur on Fri
day evening, when there will be admitted
to the order through the several subordI-
nate lodges q large number OF csndi-
dates.
Mount Vernon Lodge, No. S. the home
lodge OF Grand Chancellor H. N. Van
dervort, will convene In special conven-
tiOn on that occasion for the purpose of
comforting the rank of page upon such
candidates as may be presented.
Supreme Chancellor Brig. S. Young, Of
Ada, Ohio, and Supreme Keeper of Rec
ords and Seal Fred E. Wheaton will
both be present, and Brother Wheaton
will take the prelate's position in the
work of comforting the rank and using
the sacred Rathbone Bible will admins
ter the obligation to the candidates.
At the conclusion of the rltualistic
work, the members present will be Rf-
forded an opportunity. through the
courtesy of the owners, of witnessing the
initial performance in this city of the
motion play of Damon and Pythias,"
which also will appear at a local theater
in the near future.
From reports received from the several
lodges it is expected that the number
of initiates who receive the rank of
page on this occasion will be one OF the
largest In the history OF the order in this
domain.
Webster Lodge, No. T. will confer the
rank Of knight on next Tuesday evening.
Friendship Temple. No. 9. Pythian
Sisters, will entertain the Grand Lodge
officers on the evening of December l6.
]. T. Coldwen Company, No. Z, at its
regular business meeting last Thursday
evening elected the following officers for
the coming year: Captain, I. A. Emmons;
first lieutenant, H. r. Tucker; second
lieutenant. ]. F. Skidmore; recorder, S.
NJ. Pearson; treasurer, ]. l. Motyka;
chaplain, G. H. McComas; guard, G. w.
Barkman. jr.; sentinel g. W. VOLTS
heimer, jr.; trustees, T. E. Landon. J. F.
Skidmore and w. A. Kimmel. The COM
pany will attend the Bible class cere-
monies in a body and have invited Wash
ington Company to join them
Syracusians Lodge, No. TO- at its last
convention, received a large number OF
applications and 1t was decided to omit
their conventions of Christmas and New
Years, and to elect their officers at their
convention of December IS. It was also
voted to again present the work of con-
ferring the amplif1ed knight rank, which
won for them such great commendation
last week on. a class January s, 1916
when the officers OF the lodge will be in
stalled, and an invitation has been ex-
tended to all of the lodges as well as the