The Washington herald., 1915-11-28
Doings Of the Odd Fellows.

Doings Of the Odd Fellows.
AIonday-Uuiou. No. Il. business; Beacon, No. Is.
business; Lansdon, No. 81, business
tuesday, ashinstOn' Nc. & business; 1o'oeh
wednesday-Esstern. No. :. degree; Harmony. No.
D. business; Federal City No. q. business.
Thursday Columba, No. 10, business; Covenant
No. Is. degree; Excelsior, No. IL. business saiem'
No p business.
Friday-Ccntral. No. /. business; Metropolis No.
ENC ASIPMENTS-
wedneSday-Mount Nebo. No. 6, business.
Friday-Masenenu, No. 4. Business
PATRIARCHS MILITANT.
I saturday-CantOn Washington No. l, election.
Amitv Lodge. No. %. has issued in
itations to the various Odd Fellow
organizations of the District request
Ting them to participate with Amity
I In a church service on Sunday, Decem-
. Der ), 1915, the occasion being the
usual annual visit The service VIII
be held at Gorsuch N. E Church. cor
near Four-and-a-half and l. streets
, southwest. at 1880 p. m, and the SER
mon will be by Rev. ]. r. Esaias,
member of Amity Lodge.
Grand Master William J. Rich. &C
companied by the officers of the Grand
Lodge, assisted by President Annie r.
Grigsby and her associate officers OF
the Rebekah Assembly. will institute
new Eebekah Lodge in salem Looge
room. Anacostia, to be known as
Friendship Rebekah Lodge. No. s. Inn
mediateT after the lodge is instituted
the officers will be elected and the
Rebekah degree will be conferred
upon a class of over fifty candidates
Langdon Lodge. No. &c, received an
official visit from Grand Master W. ).
Rich and his corps of grand ofhcers at
its last meeting. Noble Grand J. h.
Osborne and Vice Grand X. E. Thorn
asson were examined in the work OF
the degrees by Grand Representatives
MILAN and Bradford. Grand Treas
urer Yoakley in reporting upon the
books of the treasurer. w. b. Ran
dali. and the financial secretary, F. y.
Davis. stated that the lodge had maze
large gains in finances. Grand Repre-
sentative MILAN delivered the ADDRESS
of the evening. At the close or the
meeting refreshments were served in
the new banquet room.
Covenant Lodge. No. Is, will confer
the degree at its meeting on Thursday
evening upon Il class of candidates
who were admitted at their regular
gree Directors LEM and Chamberlain
have recently organized team COM
posed of the best members of the sew
craI lodge teams, and who will confer
the degree at the next meeting. Noble
Grand r T McMullen extends an in
vItation to all members of the order to
be present.
Friendship Lodge, No. L, conferred the
drgree upon several candidates at its
list meeting. Noble Grand Fred \. Ro-
man announces that many members Of
th, lodge had attended the visitations Of
Grand Master Rich 10 the several sub
ordinate lodges. The principal busin SIS
al the next meeting will be the nonlIna-
ton and election of officers for the
year 1916.
Salem Lodge, No. -, will open prompt
" at its regular meeting hour on
Thursday. evening and the business OF
the lodge will be transacted as promptly
Is possible and the lodge will adjourn
So that the members can attend the in
shutting of the new Rebekah Lodge
in its lodge room. During the term
the degree team under the direction Of
Past Grand ]. X Dawson has conferred
degrees ~ every meeting and on Thurs-
dav evening no degree work will be done
and onIy the regular business of the
lodge transacted.
Phoenix Lodge. No. ., Noble Grand
Geo. V. Nellie requests every member to
be present at its regular meeting on
Friday evening, as the degrees will be
conferred and other important matters
will be brought before the lodge for con-
sideTation. - Degree Director y. heyser
will have charge Of the degree team
end it is his desire to complete all de-
Ia oF h. In
order that the beginning Of the term may
lyc started with a class of candidates.
THE REBEKAH DECREE
l'riday-Miriam, No. &, business
Vice President Anna Billings. ac-
Cumpa MED by the officers of the Re-
bekah Assembly. attended divine serv-
ice with Union Lodge. No. II. on Sun
day evening last at the First NJ. p.
Church. Fourth street southeast.
At the first regular meeting OF Es-
ther Rebekah Lodge. No. 5. the ninth
anniversary of Noble Grand Sarah V.
Darling as a member of the order was
celebrated in very unique way. Mrs.
Darling being presented with nine
large American Beauty roses, one for
each year of membership in Esther
Lodge. The entertainment committee
rendered an attractive program.
Ruth Lodge. No. >, degree team held
a rehearsal last Monday evening in
the auditorium of !. o. o. F. Hall.
Degree Director r. T. Humphrey
noted the absence of several of the
officers and admonished all present
that il was necessary to attend the
rehearsals to acquire a proficiency
which would make the team the vic
tor in the competition for the first
prize tos be offered by the Sovereign
Grand Lodge at its next session, which
will be held in Chattanooga, Tenn,
in September, 1916. All members are
requested to be present at the next
meeting of Ruth Lodge.
Fidelity Rebekah Lodge, No. Z. will
soon give way the Junior lodge to
the new Rebekah Lodge which will be
instituted i'll Salem Lodge room on
Thursday evening, December ,. Pres
ident Grigsby and the committee on
the state of the order of the Rebekah
Assembly have been very active in
the promotion of the new lodge and
are receiving the congratulations OF
the members of the Rebekah Degree
for the success obtained as the result
of their efforts. The grand master
will be assisted in instituting the new
lodge by the president and officers of
the assembly, and the degree will be
conferred by the team of one of the
Rebekah lodges, which will be Sc
lected by Grand Master Rich.
Miriam Lodge. No. 6. the home Of