Evening star., 1914-08-16

Grand Secretary John B. Goodwin. sec
retary of the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
1. o. o. F., has furnished Grand Secre-
tary W. f. Clapp of this jurisdiction with
a circular letter announcing that the
fare over the railroads from this and 9TH
er nearby locations to the session of the
Sovereign Grand Lodge to be held in At
lantic City, N. J., in September next will
be at the rate of cents per mile. good
from September 10 to 81. inclusive. Grand
Secretary Clapp has been further advised
that the lowest through rate from this
city covering the week the Sovereign
Grand Lodge will be in session Is $3.50
a round trip. Gen. E. w. Bradford and
CAPT. William H. Ernest Of the local
canton transportation committee have
charge Of the matter here.
Eastern Lodge. No. Z. conferred the
second degree Wednesday evening, the
recently organized degree staff. under
the direction of Past Grand Fitch. con-
duct. ng the work. This Wednesday
evening the lodge will confer the third
degree. All members of the order have
been invited to be present. The lodge
was visited by Past Grand Lee of the
jurisdiction of Oregon and Mr.. Bush
from the Jurisdiction of Connecticut.
Salem Lodge. No. %. held well at
tended session at Masonic Hall. Ana
costa. Thursday evening. The lodge
W II have degree work this week. and. 1t
is said. will appreciate having as many
of the members of sister lodges as
can assist in the conferring OF the de-
grees. This lodge Is said to be on the
be ON. and expects to add largely to
it's membership before January l. 1915.
The next excursion Of Canton WASH
ington, No. l. to Chesapeake Beach will
occur August rs. 1t Is the intention of
the committee in charge to present
many new features of enjoyment
Ruth Rebekah Lodge. No. 2. has about
completed its plans for the coming sea-
son. The large attendance Of members
at its last sessio1, Z l.; said, :.:alI--gS1
increased interest Tho '-en1c, -v---- II
and means entertainment committees
have prepared their schedules. The de-
gree staff will present some new fea-
lures during the drill tomorrow evening.
/ The Joint encampment entertainment
committee inaugura,ed its series Of open
sociais at the session Of Magenenu En-
cam2ment, recently. with an exception
ally large number Of the encanpment
members from al. four encarnpments In
attendance. Music was a feature and
short talks We're made by Grand Pa
tr arch f. w. Bradford. Grand Repre-
| SenIatiEe fTHNk -. Selnert, Grand Master
Frank f Rapp. Deputy Grand Master
w. ]. Rich and Patriarchs Se.ah. Taylor,
Booth and others. The next social will!
be at Fred D. Stuart Encampment, No.
Z. Tuesday evening. August 25 The
committee is preparing an entertainment
and program. All members OF the order.
whether members of the encampment
branch or not. are invited to be present
Golden Rule Lodge, No. 81. held a short
ession Tuesday evening Matters of I'M
nortance to the lodge and the order at
arge were discussed and plans were
mapped out for the work of the lodge the
coming fall. 1t was announced several
app ieations for membership will be pre-
/, sented as soon as cooler weather COM
| mences.
Canton Washington, No. 1, =. NJ. ia
having record atteadances at their Sat
urday evening degree drills. preparatory
for the trip of the canton to Atlantic
City in September. Capt. Pumphrey an
nounccs extra night drills will commence
this week. The annual trip committee
has offered inducements to tho chevaliers
to assure an unusually large attendance
at Atlantic City during tho sessions Of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
large number of members were in
attendance at the last meeting of
Esther Rebekah Lodge, No. 5. Vice
Grand Amy Glossbrenner presided. The
death and buri.l of Mary Stewart was