The Washington herald., 1915-06-13
Knights Of Pythias Events.



June h-Decatur. No. >; Cslanthe. No. IL. knish
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June ls-weh.ter, No :: E1eeiasor, No. Il; Can
June l-Mount Vernon. No. 5: Equal. No. II
June r-Franklin. No. z
June l8-Synacuians No. 10.
ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICES.
June ls-!oint annual memorial services b. sub
ofuinate lodges. auditorium, Sis O'Clock.
PYTHIAN SISTERS.
June Friendship Temple, No. .
June D-6sthbons Temple. No. 4
Calanthe Lodge Invites All Pythian.
Calanthe Lodge. No. II. will confe,
the knight rank in amplined form al
I It's convention tomorrow night. Chan.
cellor Commander George A McCo.
mas urges full attendance Of the
lodge membership and extends an in.
vitation to all Pythians to be pres.
ent.
Theater Party to Be Held at Polls
The committee on ways and means
OF which John B. Dickman. grand
vice chancellor, is chairman, and
George A. McComas, chancellor COM
mander Of Calanthe Lodge, IL secre-
tary. will conduct a theater party al
Polls tomorrow night. The subcom
mittee in direct charge Of the event
is composed Of P. W. Pritchett, chair
man: w. A. Kimmel, grand chancellor
ways and means held 4 meeting last
night and considered reports Of COM
mittees.
Joint Memorial Services Anaossced
The annual joint memorial services
OF the subordinate lodges Of Knights
Of Pythias Of the District will be held
Tuesday night in the auditorium Of
the Pythian Temple. under the aus
pieces Of Calanthe Lodge. No. IL. in
special convention. at Sis o'clock The
order Of exercises will be as follows:
Call to order. chancellor commander,
Calanthe Lodge. No. IL; opening cere-
mony. Grand Lodge officers invocation
by the grand prelate; quartet. One
Sweetly Solemn Thought" (Ambrose).
Mrs. Helen Donohue De 70. soprano;
Mrs. william T. Reed, contralto: Rich
ard P. Backing. tenor. and Edwin CAL
low. bass: reading Official call. by
grand keeper of records and seal;
tenor solo. Lead. Kindly Light" lHaw-
ley). Richard p. Backing: reading Sc
lections. from the book Of law. by the
grand prelate; soprano solo, plains
of Peace" (Barnard). Mrs. Helen DON
ohue De Yo; calling the roll Of deceased
members. by the grand keeper of rec
ords and seal; taps. by Otto Haus-
child. Of Union Lodge. No. %: quartet.
Peace. Perfect Peace" (Anon): ad-
dress. the Rev. Charles c. Mclean, NJ
A. D. D.; contralto solo, Face to
Face" (Johnson). Mrs. William T..
Read: depositing myrtle on the altar,
renewing the pledge of fidelity to the
memory Of our dead; march by Will
lett B. Dentinger, of Century Lodge,
No. 30; prayer. by the grand prelate:
quartet. Crossing the Bar" (Proth-
eroe); closing. Grand Chancellor Will
lam A. Kimmel: benediction. the Rev
f. Church. South. Music by the Mus
urgia Quartet, Harry Wheaton How
ard. director and accompanist.
The grand chancellor urges the
membership to be present at the serv-
ices in honor of the dead. and the
widows and families Of deceased men,
bers are invited to be present
Members who have passed away
during the past year were as follows:
Past Grand Chancellor Benjamin F.
Evans. Excelsior Lodge; Grand Outer
Guard Richard 8. Sebastian. Decatur
Lodge: Past Chancellors, Samuel c.
Palmer. Hermione Lodge; W. H. Muck
elson. Union Lodge: F. P. wilkins.
Webster Lodge: c. A. Booth. Equal
Lodge; Eugene Shekel, Webster Lodge;
H. Y. Brooke. Franklin Lodge: Charles
H Spar, Union Lodge: David 8.
Goumpf. Amaranth Lodge; Knights
John F. Ward. Union Lodge: James
Lohr. Capital Lodge: Robert w. Blair.
Amaranth Lodge: william H. Wood.
Excelsior Lodge; w. H. wunder. Rath-
ris, Excelsior Lodge; william D. Hill.
Webster Lodge; r. A. Golden, Har-
mony Lodge; Julian Higdon. Capital
Lodge; John Walter. Hermione Lodge;
J. V. McLain, Capital Lodge; Herman
c. Hansen. Century Lodge; J. F. Rock.
Capital Lodge.
Committees appointed by the grand
chancellor for the services:
Speakers, w. A. Kimmel, j. r. Has
kins, J. F. Skidmore: hall and decora-
tions. Perry r. Patrick, Hugh Reid,
Thomas f. Landon: program and
James N. Kline. Albert Kahl-
ert. Frank B. Crown; music. Hamlin
n. Vandervort, J. B. Dickman, F. H.
Melick; neurology. Harry J. Gasson,
Charles W. Henderson. T. A. Bynum;
electrical effects, John g. Prescott; re-
ception, George A. McComas. chair
man: Frank D. wallace, william d.
Weekley, J. T. Cuthbert, Eugene E.
C. H. Anterior, Thomas J.
John B. Burgess. Charles J.
Peckham. Lee B. Emery. Harry B.
Frank Marascio. Joseph Baruch, Tai
bolt o. Pulizsi. willett E. Dentinger.
Amaranth Lodge PlFn, smoker.
Amaranth Lodge. No. IS. 10 planning
a smoker and entertainment TO be
given at an early date. At the con-
nj NJ
rendition Of the esquire rank was pre-
sented.
Winning Captain Tests Drill Com
pany.
Many Pythians are expected to 10
% Marshall Hall on July ~. that date
having been selected ny the uniform
'ank AZ Pythian Day for the tank
md its friends.
At the last assembly Of Washington
Company. No. l. Joseph w. Belcher.
,aptain Of Company N, the winner in |
he recent drill OF the high school
companies, was present and put the |
Uniform rank men through q few
movements. He expressed to Capt. |
;eorge H. whiting . high opinion of
he work of his company, and pre-
licted honors for No. l company at |
he coming encampmsnt at Nashville. r!
Tenn.
colsnbia Lodge Confers Pase Rank
Columbia Lodge. No. 20. conferred
he page rank Wednesday night in
he presence Of . large assembiage,
which included Grand Chancellor
A. Kimmel. and others.
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