The Washington herald., 1915-08-22
Doings of the Odd Fellows.


August 2-uniou. No. Il. business: Beacon. No.
Is. business: Lansdou. No. Is. degree.
August 4-washinston. No. 6. business Golden
Rule No. Il. business; Ariry No. 2. business
August 5-gasten. No. I, business Harmony.
No. g.. business; Federal City. No. %. degree.
Auzust S-Columbia. No. 10. degree: Excelsior.
No. u, degree; Covenant. No. Is. business: Salem.
August z-CentrsI No. l. business: Metropolis.
No, le. business; Phoenix. No. q. business.
ENCAMPMENTs
August Alfred d. Stuart No. T. degree.
August :-Columba No. l. degree.
PATRIARCHs MILITANT
August 3-Canton Washington. No. l. drill and
social
The meeting of Union Lodge. No. II.
tomorrow evening. will be devoted to
and the naming of new committees to
take charge of receiving new applica-
tons. Plans will be submitted by the
degree team for the comforting of de-
grees from September until the end of
the term. Past Grands Russell, Maltby.
McPhee and Grand Warden Schwinger.
in addition to the officers of the lodge.
will confer with the members on ways
and means for entertaining the lodge
Metropolis Lodge, No 18, May
Change >Ieet'nx Place.
The committee having charge of OBJ
tanning suitab BILE quarters for future meet
ings Of Metropolis Lodge, No. is, will in
form the lodge of several rooms which
may be obtained as regular meeting
places. should 1t be decided to make a
change. Metropolis lodge room, as at
present arranged. is considered by the
degree directors. to be one of the best
adapted for degree work. the lodge hav-
ing occupied its present quarters for
many years and in which the majority
OF the members have received the de-
grees. The change in the owners of the
building, however. makes it necessary
to obtain new quarters.
Harmony Lodge. No 9, will receive
reports from the committees who
were in charge of the joint excursion
TO Chesapeake Beach. last Wednesday,
in which Harmony Lodge was Joined
by Dorcas Rebekah. No. 4. Nacmia Re-
bekah. No. I. and Covenant Lodge. No
10. Past Grant Master T J. Gates,
chairman of the executive committee.
says more than 5000 tickets were
sold.
Will Entertain G. A. r. Veterans
Next Month.
Grand Master W. ]. Rich has re-
euested all subordinate and Rebekan
iouScS 10 ScleCt representative 10
meet Grand Treasurer John D. Yoak-
ley in the blue room of l. o. o. F.
Hall Friday evening. August 81. to ar
range for entertaining the veterans of
the civil war who are members of the
order. and who will visit this city
during the encampment next month.
Excelsior Lodge VIII Confer Degree
Excelsior Lodge will confer the sec
ond degree at its next meeting. At
the last meeting two degrees were
conferred by the officers of Mount
Pleasant Lodge. Deputy Grand Mas
ter Hope was present. At the close
of degree work the members and Of
icers were congratulated by the
deputy grand master upon the excel
lent manner in which the degrees were
conferred
Salem, No. 22, Receiving Many APP
pIicattons.
Salem Lodge. No. D. will confer de-
grees Thursday evening by a select team
Of past officers of the lodge under the d.
rection of Degree Director Dawson. The
reports to the grand secretary's ONCE
show that Salem Lodge is receiving new
applications at every meeting and that
the attendance of members is large The
lodge welcomes all visiting members.
Phonix Lodge. No. IS. located at Ben
ming. will transact only the regular lodge
business Friday evening, owing to the
absence from the city of many of its
members. Warden Rev. J. T. Bornwasser
will return during the last of the month
and others will return the first of Sep
TENDER. A degree team composed of Past
Grands Keyser. Savage. Gibbs. Whittier,
Straus, Gray. Reno and others will con-
fer the degrees during September
Grand Patriarch P. H. Leary who has