The Washington herald., 1915-11-21
Doings Of the Odd Fellows.

LODGES
Monday-Cnion No. l. business; Beacon. Ne. Is.
degree; Lansdon. No. 81. grand visitation
Tue-iay-washing1on, No. 8. business Golden
wednesd,y-Eattsm. No. Z. degree; Harmony. No.
/ Q. business; Federal City. No. 30. business.
Thursday-Columbs. No. 10. business: Covenant.
| No. L. business: Salem. No. 2. degree.
Friday-Central. No. !! admission BY card; Me-
t-opoEs No Nc business; Phoenix Nc. y degree.
| ENCAMPMENTs.
TueSlay-Ffed d. Stuart, No. !. busine-.
Observation-Disclosures. No. J. busircss.
, PATRLARCHs MILITANT.
| Saturdsy-CaRioa Washington, Nc. I. degree and
| inspection.
| Union Lodge, No. II. will attend divine
services this evening at the First NJ. p.
/ Church. Fourth street southeast between
| F. and G streets. All members are in
yited to meet at the lodge room, GIG
! Pennsylvania avenue southeast. over the
/ Capital Bank at 7 o'clock p. m, and pro-
coed from there TO the church. The lodge
| will be accompanied by Grand Master W.
J. Rich and his corps of grand officers,
| also by Grand Patriarch p. H. Leary and
his corps OF officers Of the grand cncamp-
I Elent.
| LanEdon Lodge, No. &c, will receive an
official visit from Grand Master w. j.
| Rich and the officers Of the grand lodge
| tomorrow evening. The officers of the
lodge will he examined IN degree work
| by Grand Representatives MILAN and
Brandford, and the grand secretary and
| Grand treasurer will examine she books
and records Of the lodge.
! Beacon Lodge. No. X. The degree team
| under the direction OF Degree Director
Dawson will confer the degree at the
regular meeting tomorrow evening. Al
| the last meeting the first degree was con-
| ferred by the regular officers Of the
| lodge. Grand Representative Bradford
| congratulated the officers upon the pro-
| ficient manner in which the degree work
| was rendered. Mr.. Bradford expressed
his appreciation in seeing about one-half
of the entire membership on this occa-
| sion.
Metropolis Lodge, No. Is, held an old
| time house-warming party in their new
lodge room, Ninth and F streets north
| west. on Friday evening The entertain
ment committee spared neither time nor
money in preparing a program that would
| amuse and entertain all present
A special session of the grand lodge
| was held on Friday evening for the pur-
pose of acting upon a petition presented
| by President Annie E. Grigsby to Grand
| Master w. j. Rich, on behalf Of men,
bers of the Rebekah degree. praying that
a Rebekah Lodge be Instituted in Salem
Lodge Room. Anacostia, d. c. The pc
: tition besides containing the names OF
many members of the degree, contained
fifty names of those who desired to be-
| come members of a Rebekah lodge in
Anacostia. The petition was presented TO
the Grand Lodge and was referred to the
Rebekah committee OF the Grand Lodge.
| The committee retired and after careful
consideration. returned and recommended
| that the Grand Lodge grant the prayer
of the petitioners and institute a Re-
bekah Lodge at Anacostis. The recon-
mendation was adopted. Grand Master
Rich announced that the new lodge would
be instituted on Decemer .
Columbia Lodge. No. 10. held a most
enjoyable affair on the evening of No.
vember II. 1915. in the main auditorium
of /. o. o. F. Hall. in celebrating the
diamond anniversary of the instituting
of the lodge. The lodge was instituted in
1870 when the order was in It's infancy
In America and when the total member
ship numbered but a few thousand. while
today the total membership is more than
100000. being the largest fraternal order
| in the world.
Eastern Lodge. No. Z. will confer the
third degree at their meeting on Wednes-
day evening. The degree team under the
direction of Degree Director Past Grand
W. E. Lawson conferred the secSnd de-
gree at their last meeting on a class OF
candidates in the presence Of many visit
ors and members of the order who con-
graduated the team upon their excellent
rendition of the work. The bowling team
composed of members of Eastern Lodge
bowled with Columbia Lodge team and
were again the winners in the contest.
panied by the officers of the Grand En-
campment, Grand Master w. ]. Rich,
and the officers of the Grand Lodge visit
ed Mount Nebo Encampment, No. T. In