Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-20


Tuesday-Washington. No. s; Golden Rule.
| No: q; and Amity. No q. nomina tions.
| eral City, No. 20, nomina tons
| Thursday-Columbia. No. 10 Excelsior, No.
| IT, and Salem. No. -. nominations
| ENCAMPMENTS
| 1uesday,Fred D. Stuart. No; l.. election.
| | Wednesday-Co Columbian. No. l. election.
| REBEk All LODGES
Monday-Naomi No l, and Ruth. No :.
| election.
| PATRIARCHS MILITANT.
| STANDARDIZATION Washington. No. l.
| cial session.
| Grand Master Rapp has designated the
following installing officers for the Jam
uary installations: January 4, Union,
No. IL, w. =. Hammer. G. H; Covenant.
No. 10, Daniel A. Dugan. P. G. M.
Beacon. No. Is. l.. S. Savage, G. G.. and
Langdon, No. Is, L. s. Schoenthal, p. G.:
January 5, Washington, No. 5, I. r.
Schwinger, G. NJ; Golden Rule, No. 81.
Edgar D. Thompson, P. G. M; Amity.
No. 81, w. w. MILAN, P. G. NJ. and G.
r., and Mount Pleasant, No. 20. J. H.
Wood, P. C. M: January 6. Eastern.
l .,
liam ]. Hope, G. W.; Friendship, No.
IL. John D. Yoakley, G. T.; January Z,
Columbia, No. 10, E. W. Bradford, P
G. M. and G. R.; Excelsior, No. IT. H.
s. Petty. G. c.. and Salem, No. %. Will
liam J. Rich, D. G. NJ; January 8. Cen
trail, No. 1, and Metropolis, No. 16, jointly,
Milton S. Fall, Z. G.; Phoenix, No. %.
A. w. Kaiser, P. G., and Federal City,
No. 20. Jointly, with Dorcas Rebekah
Lodge, No. 4. Grand Lodge officers.
Rebekah lodges-January 1, Miriam,
No s, Past Noble Grand Josephine
Beahm; January 4, Naomi, No. l. Mary
Fay. p. N. G.; Ruth. No. 2. Lilly Ship
man. P. N. G.; January S. Fidelity. No.
| Z. Past Noble Grand Roberta f. Vol
land: January s. Martha Washington,
No. 3. Edith O'Donnell, P. N. G.; Dorcas,
No. 4, Jointly, with Federal City Lodge.
No. 20. Grand Lodge officers; January
II. Esther, No. 5, Past Noble Grand An
ME E. Grigsby.
The new subordinate lodge, Mount
Pleasant, No. 20, was duly instituted
Friday evening in the Masonic Hall, at
14th and Kenyon streets northwest. by
Grand Master Rapp and corps of Grand
Lodge officers. The lodge started with
a charter list of fourteen past grands
and twenty-three third degree mem
bers, and with quite list of applicants
| for admission by initiation. Following
the Institution ceremonies. the follow
| ing officers were elected and installed
into office: Noble grand, Rev. c. E.
Granger; vice grand. Edwin A Swingle;
secretary. Bert w. Wolfe: treasurer.
| resentatives to the Grand Lodge were
also elected: Joseph r. Fague. Jacob
N. Belt and Robert r. Cooke. A large
attendance included members from
! L
| was called to order by Thomas w.
Fowler. P. G. NJ. and G. R., of Columbia
Lodge. No. 10, who was one of the
| first to advocate the establishment of
a new lodge in that section of the
! city. The lodge will meet at 1880 pm.
the first and third Tuesdays of each
| month in the hall in which it was in
stituted. and has announced it will be
pleased to receive visits from members
of other lodges.
Eastern Lodge, No. Z, and Harmony
Lodge. No. 9, both had good attendance
at their meetings Wednesday evening.
Eastern Lodge conferred the first de-
gree upon two candidates. and Harmony
the second degree. Next Wednesday
| Eastern Lodge will have the second,
and Harmony Lodge the third degree,
| in addition to nomination of officers.
Monday evening the officers of the
Grand Lodge paid their annual visit
to Langdon Lodge. No. 26. the home
lodge of Grand Master Frank f. Rapp.
! and there was an unusually large at
tendance. including members from
Grand Secretary William A. Jones,
and Grand Marshal George Harrisburg
| of the jurisdiction of Maryland, with
fourteen visitors representing ten other
states. The reports of the grand sec
rotary and grand treasurer showed
that Langdon Lodge during the pres
| ent year has greatly improved in mem
| bership and finances. and will soon own
| edness. In honor of the grand master,
| the lodge, through Past Grand Milton
| S. Fall, presented Mrs. Rapp with
cut glass fruit dish, and in memory of
times in the past, when the lodge was
I struggling to increase its membership
and keep warm on winter nights, the
committee presented the grand master
for the use of the lodge. the old wood
! showing its action. all inclosed in an
| oak and glass case. The grand master
spoke OF the members now deceas ed or
removed from the city who were wont
| evenings after the lodge session for
social time. The address of the even
| ing was delivered by William A. Jones,
past grand master and grand secretary
Of Maryland. Past Grand Master John
H. Wood, who is the recognized father
of the lodge. it having been instituted
during his term as grand master also
made an address. Refreshments were
served at the close.
| Amity Lodge, No 81, held an interest
| ing and busy session Tuesday evening.
The various committees reported prog
ress in the work assigned to them.
The committee on annual church Wis
| 1t" reported the completion of the pro-
i gram for the occasion, which will be
printed and distributed in few days.
NJ E. Church. at L and AZ streets
southwest. Sunday evening. January
l. TO- There will be good singing. and
the sermon will be delivered by an
| Odd Fellow. who has, it is said,
grasped the magnitude and importance
| Of his subject. and will deal with the
Biblical significance and principles of
the order. Next Tuesday evening the
lodge will nominate officers for the
ensuing six months and a full attend
ance of the members has been asked.
| The formation of a permanent degree
staff will be considered also.
| Martha Washington Rebekah Lodge.
No. 3. has elected officers for the first
| six months of 1915, as follows: Noble
grand, Mrs. Mary Mccarthy; vice grand,
Miss Alice Dove; secretary, Miss NJ E.
Edmonston; financial secretary, Mrs
Dora ]. B. Hendricks. and treasurer,
Mrs Olga NJ. Rogers. The newly elected