The Washington herald., 1914-10-11
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Grand Chancellor H NJ. Vandervort
and his associate Grand LoSge officers
InauRurated the fall series OF visitations
to the subordinate lodges last Monday
evening when they visited Amaranth
Lodge, No. % at Northeast Temple. The
castle hall was beautifully decorated for
the occasion, and the reports Of the
Grand Lodge officers showed the lodge
| to be in a prosperous condition A large
attendance of members OF Amaranth
Lodge, as well as visitors from other
lodges, greeted the Grand Lodge officers.
RaIhBoae Glass to Be Largest of
Order Here.
The meetings Of the Rathbone Bible
Class committee are replete with enthu-
/. sIasm, and show great interest in the
! Forthcoming event, 10 be given on
December 6. Reports already received in
dicate that the class to be initiated on
| that occasion will eclipse anything OF
! the kind ever seen in this city.
Syracusians Lodge Begins Active
Work.
syracusians Lodge. No 10. at its
meeting on Friday evening, took on
new lease of life, and the membership
4
petitiye teams for the purpose OF in
| creasing the membership Of the lodge,
| one team being captained by J. H. Davis
and the other by v. NJ. Fookes. Past
Chancellor Albert Kahlert and n. l.
| Norris offered a handsome Pythian
charm to be presented to the member
/ bringing in the most candidates upon
whom all the ranks Of the order shall os
| conferred by December 90, the presenta-
1 afTser ~ fka
installation of officers on the first meet
ing in January.
AscaIon TempIs Holds JoIIiacAtioa.
AscaIon Temple, No. 81. Dramatic Or
| der Knights Of Khorassan. held a very
enthusiastic and interesting meeting last
Wednesday evening, and as II was tht
first meeting held by the temple since
4 the Supreme Lodge convention, at which
the order was ofacially reeognized by the
| Supreme Lodge as an auxiliary Of the
| Knights of Pythias. II was made jol-
| lifcation meeting. Plans were made for
g great ceremonial to be held on Noyem'
Der z, when It Is expected q large class
\ Of Tyros will travel the hot sands. Quite
| a number of applications were received
/ and the, forthcoming ceremonial promises
to be one of the best ever held by Asca-
lon Temple.
Death Claims Prominent Member.
Death has again entered the line OF
Grand Lodge officers. removing there
from Grand Outer Guard Richard Sebas.
tian, who died on Thursday evening, al
his home in Georgetown.
Brother Sebastion was a member OF
Decatur Lodge. No. 9, being initiated
December 10, 1857. and having been q
continuous member ever since. He was
appointed Grand Outer Guard by Past
! Grand Chancellor D. E. Wiber, during
his term as grand chancellor, TO m the
vacancy caused by the death OF J. T.
woodfeld, April Is, 1901. and has been
reelected to that once ever since. He
was one OF the Oldest citizens Of, George
town, and was employed for over thirty.
five years by the Capital Traction Com.
/ pany.
Funeral services will be held under ths
auspices OF the Pythian order at the
chapel of Oak Hill Cemetery on Monday
at D. m. The pallbearers win be Grand
Keeper of Records and Seal H. ]. Gas
son, Grand Vice Chancellor w. A. Kim
mel, and Past Grand Prelate c. W. Hen.
derson. from the Grand Lodge, and NJ
Hanson. c. Miller. and c. E. McAlllster
/ Of Decatur Lodge.