Evening star., 1914-12-06

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Washington, No. g. election OF officers.
PATRIARCHs MILITANT.
Tuesday-Ladies Auxiliary, business.
Saturday-Drill and social.
Grand Master Frank E. Rapp and his
corps Of officers will visit Excelsior
Lodge, No. IL. in Odd Fellows Hall
Thursday evening. The grand master
and several of his officers have been
endeavoring during the past year to
aid this lodge in it's endeavors to build
up and confer the work, and the lodge
proposes to give him a cordial well
come next week. All members of the
order are invited to be present.
Saturday evening, November 2s. pur-
suant to request of the grand master.
the noble grands and vice grands of a
majority of the subordinate lodges as
sembled in the ladies' reception room,
Odd Fellows Hall, and reorganized
the Noble and Vice Grands' Associa-
under the direction OF Past Grand Mas
ter Edgar D. Thompson. but which has
not been active during the present year.
good attendance manifested much in
terest and the indications are, 1t is
said. that the association will be Of
greater benefit to the individual lodges in
the future, in lodge work. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: President.
Frank E. Rapp. grand master; vice
president, w. G. W. Burgess of Har-
mony Lodge. No. 8; secretary. Anthony
Krauth of Salem Lodge, No. %; treas
urer. Seth Cole of Harmony Lodge. No.
9. The next meeting will be Decem-
Der IL.
The ladies of the 1. o. O. F. Home
Circle held well attended session
Wednesday evening in the blue room.
Odd Fellows Hall. The reports showed
considerable funds had been collected
from various sources to help swell the
Odd Fellow Home building fund, and
that arrangements were being perfect
ed by the Home Circle to still further
add to the fund through entertain
ments to be held in the near future. A
theater party is to be given February
Mount Nebo Encampment, No. s, re-
ceived an official visit from Grand Pa
evening. There was a good attendance
of members from other encampments,
and addresses were made by the grand
patriarch, Past Grand Master r. A.
Ford. who spoke on the subject OF
campment teachings. Past Chief Pa
triarch D. R. Stansbury of Marley En-
campment, No. 6, of Alexandria, Va,
was present and made an address, as
also did Past Grand Patriarch J. D.
Yoakley, Grand Master F. E. Rapp,
Past Grand Master E. D. Thompson and
others.
The session of Dorcas Rebekah
Lodge, No. 4. Friday evening will be
devoted to nominations of of1cers for
ferring of degree work. A large at
tendance has been asked. The degree
staff, under the direction of Grand
Warden William J. Hope. has had sew
eral rehearsals and good degree work
Is also looked for.
AS the second meeting of Martha
Washington Lodge, No. 3, falls on
Christmas night, the lodge decided to
omit it. and at its last session nomi.
six months. At the session Friday
evening the election of officers will be
held, also a rehearsal of degree work.
The degree director, Past Grand w. J.
Rogers. said he is pleased with the
The lodge was called upon to bid good
bye to the noble grand, Miss Hazel
Tichenor. who withdrew temporarily
from active lodge work, owing to her
coming marriage, which will take
place Tuesday evening. A vote ex-
tending the best wishes Of the lodge and
its thanks for her splendid work while
filling the chair of presiding officer
since July last was unanimous.
Owing to illness of the candidate for
initiation by Eastern Lodge, NO: I, at
its last meeting the degree work was
postponed until next Wednesday even
ing.
BY request of Grand Master Frank E.
Rapp, the Grand Lodge OF the District
of Columbia met in special session Thurs
ONT
Odd Fellows Hall. The petition for a
charter for a new subordinate lodge. to
be located at 14th and Kenyon streets.
Mount Pleasant, to be known as Mount
Pleasant Lodge; En- NO ,,sra ~, was agG granted TED
members of the order signed the appli-
cation, among them Rev. c. Everest
Granger. Edwin Allen Swingle, DR.. Lewis
J. Battle, Bert w. Wolfe Joseph Joseph r.
Thomas Paul F. Grove, T. F. Galloway,
L. r. Armentrout. Jacob N Belt. F. E.
Metcalf, Miles Taylor. William NJ. Wales.
Capt. Robert E. Doyle, DR.. Robert R.
sitution will be decided by the grand
master after consultation with the char
ter members. In addition to the forty
members and ex-members who signed
the application. there are some twenty or
more who signified their desire to Join
the lodge as new members after its in
stitution
The question of granting charter to
the seven Rebekah lodges located in this
jurisdiction to form a Rebekah Assembly
for the government of subordinate Re-
bekah lodges located here was consid-
cred and by unanimous vote the Grand
Lodge decided to issue such a charter,
and appoint a committee of three to ar
range for the institution of the as
sembly in the auditorium of Odd Fel-
lows Hall on the evening of January IL.
1t was voted also to turn over to the
Odd Fellows Home Association the spe-
cial fund invested and in bank that has
been held by the treasurer of the Grand
Lodge. pending the compliance with the
requirements. The report showed that
with the special fund the Home Asso-
citation now has in it's possession. and in
vested $11.766.07. toward building an
Odd Fellows home In this city. At the
close of official business Deputy Grand
Master William J. Ricn. on behalf of