The Washington herald., 1914-01-25
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Central Lodge to Held ssesal
Evenins.
Central Lodge, No. !. has arranged for
. social evening for next Friday and ex-
tends . cordial invitation to members Of
ulster lodges to meet with them. Past
Grand Master John B. Ward win give
Q short history Of the origin Of the lodge
and its progress to the present Tina
Past Grand Elwyn Greene will deliver
. short address on The Laws Of Our
Order" Addresses also viii be made BY
Past Grand Master William @. Phillips
and Charles R. Bartlett. Brother Harry
Shinn. the lodge organist. win render
musical selections on the plano. In ad-
dition Il has been arranged TO have vocal
selections all TO be followed by q smoker
at the close of, the session and refresh
ments. Central Lodge is the mother
lodge Of the Jurisdiction, and, notwith-
standing Its age. Ii one of the most active
and wideawake lodges In this jurisdic-
ton.
-"Rol CalI' to he Held by Columbia
Ledge.
Next Thursday evening has been set
apart by. Columbia Lodge. No. 10, as
rally and roll CALI evening. under the
management of the booster committee
Past Grand Master George Gerberich.
chairman. Following a short business
session in the encampment room. the
lodge will be open to male friends of
members not Odd Fellows. The address
Of tho evening will be delivered by .
member OF the lodge, Hon. William Z.
Andrews. auditor for the Treasury. The
session will close with a social good
time.
Degree to he Conferred by Har-
nony Lodge.
Harmony Lodge No. 8. held a short.
but interesting session last Wednesday
evening. Arrangements were completed
for comforting the initiatory degree next
Wednesday evening, under direction of
the recently elected Degree Director Au-
gust Rruse- All members of the order
are invited to attend.
Grand Lodge Holds Important
Session.
The Grand Lodge. L o. o. F., District
Of Columbia, opened its annual session
Wednesday evening last in the auditor
ium OF Odd Fellows Hall. There was
full attendance Of the representatives
and past grands. every lodge having rep
resentatives present A large class Of
newly installed past grands were admit |
ted to membership in the Grand Lodge, |
by the comforting upon them past Official |
degrees. In addition to the transaction |
of considerable important business. the |
officers for the present year were elected |
as follows: Frank E. Rapp. grand mas |
ter: William ]. Rich, deputy grand mas
ter; William j. Hope, grand warden: |
William Z. Clapp. grand secretary: John |
ID. Yoakley. grand treasurer: W. W. |
MILAN. grand representative.
Past Grand Master Edgar u. Thomp-
son, was elected to represent the Grand |
Lodge on the !. o. o. F. Hail. board /
j. Petty was elected to represent the |
Grand Lodge on the Odd Fellows Home /
Association board. The business of the |
session was continued Thursday even
ing.
The Grand Lodge met in adjourned
session In the encampment room. Odd
Fellows Hall. Thursday evening. and
remained in tession until near midnight. Il
all routine business present.
ed. Grand Representative W. W. MILAN,
on behalf of the Grand Lodge and his
many friends in Columbia Lodge, No. 10.
Presented Past Grand Master George
Gerberich with a past grand masters
jewel. The officers elect were duly in
stalled into Office. and the incoming
grand master. Frank Z. Rapp. made the
appointments: Grand marshal,
Irving r. Schwinger: grand conductor.
John T. Humphreys: grand guardian. L.
z. Savage: grand herald. Victor p. Ham
mer, and grand chaplain, IT. S. Petty. II
These officers were. with the exception
Of Irving r. Schwinger. and V. p. Ham,
Tner, who were necessarily absent from
the session. also installed into office.
The grand master announced the fol-
lowing as the members OF the standing
for the year 1914: Creden-
tials-H. L. Anderson. A. B. Gray. and
L. 8. Schoenthal. Returns-W. H. Sell
lers. Daniel NJ. Greene. and ]. M. Eng
land. Finance-W. W. MILAN, c. C.
and L. S. Ksnn. Appeals,
Elwyn Greene, Henry C. Hazard. and
Richard A. Ford. supervision-Past
Grand Masters ]. II. Wood. George Ger
berich. and Edgar d. Thompson Print
ng-Charles Garrels, Frank ID. Seinert.
and NJ. 8. Fail. State of the order-l
Daniel A. Dugan. Past Grand Master
lanes H. Crew, and r. A. Pumphrey.
By laws-Samuel e. Boyce, E. w. Brad
lord, and Edward L. Dunn. Rebekah
J. Gates, past grand
master; R. A. Sorrell, past grand master.
Ind Henry Weber.
The following resolution was presented
md adopted: Resolved, That the thanks
" this grand lodge are due and are
hereby rendered the grand master, Edgar