Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-22

nounced the visitation program for thu
) spring term as follows:
| Wednesday evening, February %, tt
Eastern Lodge, No. {; Monday evening
March 2, Naomi Rebekah Lodge. No.
March 8, Metropolis Lodge No. 16; Marcel
10, Golden Rule Lodge. No. II: March II
Amity Lodge. No. ~, March %. Fedora
l,City Lodge, No. 20; March q. Martha
Washington Rebekah Lodge, No. 8; Marcel
so. Beacon Lodge, No. IL: April 8, Contra
Lodge, No. 1; April .. Salem Lodge. No
a. April 10, Friendship Lodge No. II
April 90. Ruth Rebekah Lodge. No. 2.
Grand Patriarch John D. Yoakley also
announced the following dates OF vista
ton to the several encampments for the
spring term: Wednesday evening. March
4, Mount Nebo, No. 6; Wednesday even
ing. March II, Columbian No. 1: Friday
evening, March 20. Magenenu No. 4; Apri
IA, Fred D. Stuart. No. Z.
The press committee of Dorcas Rebekat
Lodge, No. 4, has announced that Miss
Josephine c. Beahm. the. noble grand
who had planned to pay each member OF
the lodge q social and fraternal visit has
been obliged to change her plans because
| of the illness Of her mother.
Wednesday evening, Eastern Lodge. No
Z, will celebrate its diamond jubilee
and gala night Is promised. Exact e
the day, seventy-five years ago, Easterr
who had obtained Withdrawals from Cen,
| trail Lodge, No. 1, practically constituted
the membership at it's institution and al
that time Eastern Lodge was located IN
the southeastern part of the city. N
later years. however, it moved to the Odd
| Fellows Hall on It'll street, where 1t mas
! remained ever since and Is still one OF
the progressive, hustling lodges IN this
| Jurisdiction.
| Wednesday evening also the first official
visitation will be paid by Grand Master
| Frank E. Rapp and his staff to the lodge
| The entertainment committee, under the
| Craftsmanship of Past Grand Harry L.
Andersen, is said to have p AIMED a pro-
gram which will be unusually interesting
| The present noble grand, Albert w
Kaiser, and his corps of officers are anx.
| ious to make this a memorable event, and
| Noble Grand Kaiser has appealed to the
entire membership OF the lodge to bs
present on the occasion. Refreshments
| will be served.
| Eastern Lodge, it is said, has been
making rapid strides, and the presen,
term, under the direction of Noble Grand
Kaiser, has been a very successful one
Degree work has been in order at every
meeting, and it Is said there is enough
Iegree work ahead to keep the lodge
| busy the rest of the term.
Tomorrow evening Esther Rebekat
Lodge, No. .. Will hold its regular meet
ing in Odd Fellows Hall. 1t is SAID
there will be lot of new applications
| fled at this meeting. The entertain
ment committee is already contemplat-
| ing arrangements for the next social
The last social. Valentine party. was
is iooking forward to the future with
| great anticipation 80
Tuesday evening Fred D. Stuart En-
campment. No. Z, will confer the royal
purple degree upon Candidate PLACER
The degree staff will be under the di-
rectorship Of P. C. P. John H. Wood
The royal purple degree STAFF is well
emplification Of this degree, and 1t is
expected that will be a large attend
| ance. All visiting patriarchs and patri.
archs from this Jurisdiction are invited
At its meeting Wednesday night Mount
Nebo Encampment, No. 6. made arrange
ments for the proper reception of the
| Grand Encampment officers at the first
official visit of the season to the en-
| campment Wednesday evening, March l.
Encampment at this function will be: j
D. Yoakley. G. p E. W. Bradford, G.
H. P; P. H. Leary, @. s. W.: H. F. ALL
wine, G. ]. W.; E. L. Dunn. G. s.: F. D.
seifert, g. T. and G. R.; R. E. Plymale
G. M: A. H. Noakes, G. S.. and w. A.
Case, G. o. 8. The patriarchal degree
will be exemplified as one Of the features
| Of the evening. An address by the grand
patriarch relative to the work Of the
| coming year and short talks by others
for all members Of the encampment
branch Of the order who avail themselves
OF the invitation extended to be present
Following the regular encampment SEES
sion the committee in charge of the big
celebration planned for Tuesday even
Patriarch Thomas w. Fowler, held q
meeting. at which arrangements for tina,
event. were given a substantial boost
The reports OF the various subcommittee
indicated satisfactory progress, and that
the affair would be big success.
The recent death Of Past Grand Master
George z. COLLISION of Columbia Lodge
No. TO- caused several vacancies in Odd
Fellow bodies. which the lodge at its
selection of the following: N. NJ. Pollock
representative to the Grand Lodge of the
District of Columbia; W. Lloyd Wright
representative on the school COMMITTEES
and r. A. Mclean. representative on the
board Of trustees of Odd Fellows' Hall.
N. M. Pollock, who recently returned te
Washington from California, where he
had been stationed for some time as a
government employee, was present at the
lodge meeting for the first time since
} his return, and was given a hearty wei.
come by his old associates. He was
promptly appointed and installed into
the chair of right supporter of the noble
grand. a position which by reason Of
qualified to fill The degree of friend.
ship was conferred at this session or
Lawrence o. Jackson, formerly Of
Colorado, but now holding a position III
this city. The degree of brotherly love
will be exemplified Thursday night
Union Lodge. No II, will confer tht
first degree In the lodgeroom, 318 Penn
sylVanla avenue southeast, tomorrow
evening. Some of the degree star. OF
Federal City Lodge will be present, anG
an invitation is extended to all Odd Eel
lows to come.
Naomi Rebekah Lodge, No. l, held q
social session Monday night under the
guidance OF Mrs. Alice S. Thomas
chairman of the entertainment commit
tee. with games. peanut races and
other amusements. followed by coffee
and sandwiches.
Grand Master Rapp will pay his first
visitation Of the series to this lodge
bers OF other lodges are invited to b<
present
Eastern Lodge. No. Z, paid its final
q tribute yesterday afternoon to one OF
Fits Oldest and most active members
Past Grand Job s. Champion, who died
Thursday morning after q short illness
The interment took place, with the
usual rites, In Congressional oeme,
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