Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22

The meeting of Union Lodge. No. IL.
tomorrow evening is to be devoted en-
tirely to the consideration Of commit
tee reports, and new committees, which
! will have charge of receiving new ap-
plications, will be appointed by the
noble grand. Plans will be submitted
| by the degree team for the. comforting
! of degrees from September i until the
end of the term. Past Grands Russell,
Maltby and McPhee and Grand War
, den Schwinger, in addition to the Off
GERS of the lodge, will advise with the
members on ways and means for en-
! tertaining the membership of the lodge
and also upon delinquent members.
/ Metropolis Lodge, No. 16, is to hear
from it's committee having charge of
obtaining suitable quarters for the flu
ture meetings of the lodge. This COM
mittee will inform the lodge of several
new lodgerooms which may be obtained
as regular meeting place for the
lodge in the event that the lodge de-
cides to change it's meeting place
Metropolis Lodge room as at present
arranged is considered by the degree
directors to be one of the best adapted
for degree work, and the lodge has oc-
cupied it's present quarters for many
years. change in the ownership of
, the building, however, makes it neces
sary to obtain new and improved
rooms for meeting and for social pur
poses
Harmony Lodge, No. 9. will receive
the reports of the committees having
in charge the joint excursion to Chesa-
Harmony Lodge was joined by Dorcas
Rebekah, No. 4; Naomi Rebekah, No. /,
and Covenant Lodge. No. 10. Past
Grand Master T. J. Gates, the chair
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that more than 1000 tickets were sold
and the excursion in every way is
gratifying to the lodges.
Grand Master W. ]. Rich has re-
quested all subordinate and Rebekah
| lodges to select a representative to
meet with Grand Treasurer John D.
| Yoakley in the blue room of T. o. O. F.
arrangements for extending hospitality
and entertaining the veterans of the
Grand Army who are members of the
order and who will visit this jurisdic-
ton. during the encampment in Sep
TENDER.
Excelsior Lodge will confer the sec
ond degree at its next meeting. All
meeting two degrees were conferred
by the officers of Mount Pleasant
Lodge. Deputy Grand Master Hope
was present. At the close of degree
congratulated by the deputy .grand
master upon the excellent manner in
which the degrees were conferred
Salem Lodge. No %. will confer de-
! grees THURSDAY evening by selected
team of past officers of the lodge, un-
der the direction of Degree Director
s payasan; The a,o reports to the grand
Lodge is receiving new applications at
every meeting. and that the attend
ance OF members is very large.
Phoenix Lodge. No. %. located at
Benning, will conduct only the regular
lodge business Friday evening, owing
to the absence from the city Of many
t I'll ss Warden Rem ENJOYING their vaea
will return the last Of the month. and
others will return the first of Septem-
Der. degree team of past officers
sempes feSs Of Past Grsnds Keyser, Saw
and others, will confer the degrees
during September.
Grand Patriarch P. H. Learv. who
has been confined to his room for some
time, is reported as improving. He
expects soon to be able to give out the
dates for the fall visitations Of the
Grand Encampment to the subordinate
encampments Grand Patriarch Leary
has considered many plans which he
will present to the encampments as
soon as possible, and which he believes
will increase attendance of members
and cause the number of new applica-
tons to increase. He regrets that the
encampments have not shown any in
crease for some time.
The initiatory degree was conferred
by Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 20, Tues
day night. Grand Master william J.
Rich installed Past Grand John G.
Dellinger, who had been appointed left
supporter to the noble grand Grand
Secretary Frank E. Rapp introduced
Past Grand George A. Call of Bethesda
Lodge. No 80. of South Boston, Mass,
who spoke on Odd Fellowship eener-
ally and commended very highly the
excellent degree work Of the lodge.
Mr.. Call has been elected financial sec
rotary of his lodge for nineteen con-
secutive terms. and added that his
lodge was now in Its seventy-sixth
year. with more than $4,000 in the
treasury. At the next meeting Of
Mount Pleasant Lodge the first degree
will be conferred. the degree team to
appear for the first time in the new
paraphernalia recently purchased by
the lodge.
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