Evening star., 1914-02-15
Chairmen of subcommittee.

ter of the District of Columbia. Mr..
Summerkaup of Georgia and Mr.. Horton
of Canada.
Chairmen of subcommittee.
The chairmen of the local subcommit-
tees OF the general committee are: Su-
preme Representative Thomas A. Bynum,
reception and entertainment: Grand Vice
Chancellor H NJ. Vandervort. Finance;
Past Chancellor Fred McC. Smith. print
ing and publicity: Grand Inner Guard w.
ceIor F. H. Melick, registration; Past
Chancellor c. K. McAllister, badges; Su-
preme Representative Albert kahlert.
public comfort: ]. E. Wilson, music and
decorations, and Past Supreme Repre-
sentative John NJ. Kline. auditing. The
headquarters for the Supreme Lodge
officers and Pythians generally during
the celebration will be the New Willard
Hotel while the Dramatic Order hmghts
of khorassan. will have Its headquarters
at the Metropolitan Hotel.
The original meeting at which Justus
Henry Rathbone, its founder first un-
folded the mysteries of the order OF the
knights of Pythias. founded on the
held February Is. 1864. in d house on r
street between sth and 9th streets
northwest with r. 4. Champion. Ed
ward s. Kimball. D, L. burnett. W; w.
members of a musical organiza tlou
known as the Arion eilee Club. present.
Each OF these was obligated by Mr..
Rathbone, and proceeded to proselyte
members for the new fraternal and
beneficial organization.
February Is following. in Temperance
Hail. located where the Palace bow Ing
alleys now stand. the first lodge was
organized, known as Washington, No !.
with Justus Rathbone as worthy chan
cellor. Joel K. Woodruff as vice chan
cellor, J. 7. K Plant as venerable patri-
arch. D. l. Burnett as worthy scribe
Abram Vanderveer as banker, r. A
Champion as assistant banker. George
Covert as assistant scribe, NJ. H.
Nanderveer as worthy guide. A. Rod
rigue as inside steward and Messrs.
Roberts, kimbali and D. L. and W. w
Burnett as choral knights
The First Grand Lodge.
The first Grand Lodge was organized
April S. ut which time an application
was received for u charter for a lodge
to he known as Franklin Lodge. No. ..
which was instituted April II, 1864 May
II, 1864, Columbia Lodge, No. .. was or
ganized. and Potomac Lodge. No. 4. June
:; February. 1855. Alexandra Lodge. No.
], of Virginia was organized, and April
Is. 1865. Mount Vernon Lodge No. :. was
instituted.
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Lodge. No. ). and Potomac Lodge, No. 4,
did not exist long, but Franklin Lodge,
No. . and Mount Vernon Lodge. No. =,
are still in existence and are really The
mother lodges OF the entire order
OF the original members of these two
lodges but three are still alive. They
are yet active in the work of their lodges.
They are Edward Dunn OF Franklin
Lodge, No :. now the Oldest living con-
tinuous member of the order who holds
Z no ff ftlgYl old
preme chancellor: l.. s. KimbaH. now q
member OF Rathbone-Superior Lodge. No.
-. and Abram Vanderveer, now q mem
bes of Mount Vernon Lodge, No. :. From
grown until ii now numbers more than
$4,000 members and more than 5000
lodges, covering nearly every state and
territory In the United States, also being
FIRMLY established in Canada. the Philip
pine Islands. Panama the island possess
SionS of the United States and China.
Officers of Supreme Lodge.
The present officers of the Supreme
Lodge are: Supreme chancellor. Thomas
J. CARING of Macon. Ga: supreme vice
chancellor Brig S. Young of Ada.
Ohio: supreme prelate Joseph II.
spearing of Admission, Ala: supreme
keeper of records and seal Fred L.
Whaton of Minneapolis. Mimi: supreme
master of exchequer, Thomas D. Meares
of Wilmington, n. c.; supreme master
at arms. Frank A. Goodsoe of ST.
Johns. n. b: supreme inner guard.
Douglas 5. Wright of Nicksburg. Miss.
and supreme outer guard. II. NJ. Wads-
worth of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Ida VI. Johnson of Central City,
Col. is the supreme chief of the
auxiliary. the Pythian Sisters. There
also is connected with the order and
under the suprvision of the Supreme
Lodge an insurance department of
which Union Il. Hunt of Indianapolis is
president; and a military department
with the supreme chancellor as com
mander in chief.
An attractive feature, not officially
recognized as an auxiliary. but making
membership in the Knights of Pythias
essential 10 membership therein. is the
Dramatic Order of Knights of khoras-
san. often called the playground of
Pythianism.