Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-25

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the degree team during the past week
The degree team of Harmony Lodge
No 9. under the direction of Degree
Director f. L. Dunn, will confer the
| initiatory degree on class of can.
didates at the meeting Wednesday
evening. Reports will be received from
the several committees on the ex-
| cursion to Chesapeake Beach August
Is. The subcommittee on games and
which will be submitted to the lodge
for it's approval Past Grand Master
T. J. Gates. chairman of the subcom-
mittee, stated he had received many
entries for the races and for the dane
ing contest. o. w. Wyatt. chairman
several prominent speakers for the day
August Kruse promised open-air Sc
lections by the German Musical Quar-
tet, composed of the members of the
lodge.
Degree Director Davidson of Salem
Lodge. No. %. has promised several
new features in comforting the degree
by the team Thursday evening. At the
last meeting he informed the lodge
| that the team would be ready every
night to confer any one of the degrees
Members of other lodges and visitors
from other jurisdictions, 1t is an
nounced. will always find warm well
Salem Lodge.
Noble Grand r. T. McMullen. whom
the members of Covenant Lodge, No. 13
elected to preside over the lodge fot
the second time, has announced that
every meeting vocal and instrumental
program will be rendered for the bene-
fit of the members present. ie lodge
has recently purchased anu had in
stalled in it's lodgeroom a modern self
ha 1ac OF a
large number of members and their
friends heard the selections played.
Grand Herald j. E. Chamberlain in
stalled the officers of Union Lodge, No
il. A special effort is being made to
increase the number of members or
the roster of the lodge during this
term.
Golden Rule Lodge, No. 81, Tuesday
evening will consider ways and means
for increasing the attendance and for
social hour at the close of each .regu-
lar session. Past Grand Harry L. An
dresen. assisted by past grands from
officers for the term, as follows: Noble
grand, George F. Chipman: vice grand
Q. w. Huth; recording secretary, H. c.
T. Bohnke; financial secretary, c. E.
Bartlett, and treasurer, Past Grand
Representative James II. Crew. The
noble grand appointed the subordinate
officers, and all pledged their support
for the advancement of the lodge.
The noble and vice grands held their
last summer session Saturday evening
representatives being present from the
majority of subordinate lodges. Noble
Grand Webb of Federal City Lodge
spoke of the manner pursued in Federal
City Lodge to create activity among
the members and secure a large at
tendance.
An extraordinary gathering in point
OF numbers was present Tuesday night
at the meeting of Mount Pleasant
Lodge, No. 20, several of the lodges in
the District being represented, as well
as visitors from sister jurisdictions.
The initiatory degree was conferred
by the degree team, assisted by Grand
Secretary Frank +. Rapp, Past Grand
Harry ODonnell of Federal City Lodge
No. 20, and Past Grand Charles r. Bart
lett of Central Lodge. No. l.
wednesday night Mount Nebo En-
| campment, No. 6. entertained, as guests
OF honor, more than thirty members OF
Mount Pleasant Lodge. A musical and
literary program was presented and re-
freshments were served.
Several members of the degree team
TOOK important assignments in the
lnItlatory degree at Excelsior Lodge
No. u. Thursday night
Noble Grand Edwin Allan Swingle has
announced the first degree at the next
meeting of the lodge, August g. and re-
news his invitation to the membership
OF the jurisdiction to be present.
At the special session Of the Crane
Lodge called recently by Grand Mas.
ter w j. Rich, upon petition of more
than 100 representatives out of a tota
OF l2O. the following resolution wa.
/ unanimously adopted:
whereas we believe that our broth
er. Grand Representative w. w. MILAN
| possesses in very high degree the
! qualifications and attachments neces
sary TO make successful grand sire Of
| our great order. and that he would, il
elected to that position. fill 1t mos
worthily and to the great benefit of the
/ order, and
whereas we feel that his long ant
| distinguished services to odd Fellow
| ship as well as his character and abilf.
| ties entitle him to consideration by hi
I, brethren of the Sovereign Grand Lodge
| BE il resolved. That the Grand Lodge
l. .. 0. E., of the District of Columbia
| does hereby present to the order Crane
| Representative MILAN as worthy can.
didate for the office of deputy granG
sire. and does hereby pledge itself Il
| use all honorable and proper efforts Il
| secure his election thereto"
The Grand Lodge also passed a reso
| luton directing the Junior grand rep.
| resentatiVe from the Grand Lodge Il
| present the name of Grand Representa-.
tive w. w. MILAN for the position Of
| deputy grand sire at the next session Of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge, to be helc
| in September, and to use all efforts he
| can properly and honorably to secure
| his election thereto in the event that q
vacancy shall be caused by the specia
| election for grand sire. The Crane
Lodge also authorized the appointment
| OF a committee to communicate The
| resolutions to all grand representatives
grand secretaries and grand scribes, a,
| follows: Grand Secretary Frank e
Rapp. 7. J. Gates, J. H. Crew. John H
| Wood and John /. Brown, past CRANE
| masters and past grand representa-
tives. 1t is stated that Il large nnmpel
| of past grand representatives viii at
| tend the session of ;he Sovereign Crane
Lodge In San Francisco, Cal. in the in
| terest of Grand Representative Mi!lar
Mr.. MILAN has for the past twenty-nint
years been an active member of this
Jurisdiction. having served in all ]oca
| Offices He has attended and taker
| an active part in the sessions and worl
of the Sovereign Grand Lodge as read
ing clerk and as a grand representative
| for the past seventeen years.
| The Grand Encampment. in annual
| session Tuesday evening, received re-
ports from the several subordinate en-
campments for the term ending July !
The following officers were elected
Grand patriarch, p. H. Leary; grand
high priest. Henry Allwine: grand
scribe. E. l.. Dunn; grand senior
| warden, r. r. PIymale; grand junior