The Washington herald., 1915-05-23
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF FRATERNAL CIRCLES IN WASHINGTON

Doings Of the Odd Fellows.
| Calendar.
LODGES.
May 4-rnion. No. II, degree; Beacon. No l5
! degree Langdon. No. Is. business
| May 25Washngton No. 6, degree: Golden Rule,
| No. q business: Amity No. 2. degree.
May 8-Eastern. No. :. degree; Harmony, No. D.
| business: Fede-al City. No. %. degree.
May G-Columbia. No TO- business; Covenant, No
| 2, degree.
May 2s-Cen.ral, No. l. business Metropolis. No.
Is. degree; Phoenix No: .. business.
| ENCAMPMENTS.
Nay 3-Ffed u. Stuart No. !. desrse-
May 3-Coumbian No. /. degree.
| SATRIARCHS MILITANT.
May 9Canton Washington. No. l. drill and social.
| REBEKAH LODGES
May 2+Esther, No. s. business and social.
May a-Martha Washington. No. ). degree; Dor
, cas-. No. 4, social
Eastern Lodge to Confer Second
| Degree.
Eastern Lodge. No. I, will confer
| the second degree on a large number
| of candidates at their regular weekly
| meeting Wednesday evening. The
team will be in charge of B. c. Wheel
er, third degree director. Col Samuel
! E. Boyce, the secretary for more thar
| thirty years. was absent from the last
meeting for the first time in four
! years. on account of sickness. Col.
Boyce is reported improving. and will
be present at the regular meeting
| Wednesday evening.
Beacon Lodge to Have Degree
Work.
Beacon Lodge. No. Is. will confer
the second degree tomorrow evening.
The degree director is Past Grand
Bennett Representative Bradford will
be present and assist the degree team.
Odd Fellows to Attend Services To-
This evening. Sunday, the members
Of the order of this Jurisdiction will
accompany the membership of East
ern Lodge. No. :, and Esther Rebekah
Lodge. No. 5. in attending the special
divine services to be held at Congre-
gational Church, Tenth and G streets
northwest at o'clock.
The grand master, William ]. Rich.
and his corps of officers, the grand
patriarch and his officers. the presi-
dent, Mrs. Annie E. Grigsby, and her
corps of officers representing the
grand bodies of the District in con-
junction with the membership of both
lodges escorted by Canton Washing
ton, No. l. p. NJ. will leave in a body
from Odd Fellows Hall. Seventh street
northwest at 1870 p. m. sharp and
march to the First Congregational
Church. A special sermon by the pas
tor, Rev. Jay T Stocking is promised
for the benefit of the Odd Fellows and
the music to be rendered will be
something out of the ordinary.
II is urged upon all members of the
order to join in the attendance of
these services. being an unusual event
and being held in the largest church
in the city where accommodations will
be ample for a large assembly.
All members of the lodges are re-
quested to be in the main auditorium
of the hall, Seventh street at 7:15 p.
m. sharp and join IN, the procession
to the church. II is requested that
members of Eastern and Esther Re-
bekah Lodges come little earlier to
assist in completing arrangements for
the march. 1t is the hope that all will
attend.
1t is just learned that Canton Alex
andria of Alexandria, Va, with mem
bers of the two lodges in the city will
also attend and meet in the main hall
The joint committee wishes TO re-
quest that every member with their
families attend. Sunday 7:15 p. M, at
Odd Fellows Hall The lower part of
the church will be reserved for the
members who shall come from the
hall. All meet at the hall.
Third Degree to Be Conferred.
Amity Lodge. No. %. will confer the
third degree next Tuesday night upon
the last of a large class of candidates
who have income members of Amity
Lodge during the present term. Past
Grand Master Forbes. degree director.
will be in charge. Brothers Powell and
Brewer have charge of the music.
Members of other lodges are notified
to be present and witness the work of
the team.
Salem Lodge Invites Visitors.
Salem Lodge. jo. IS. at the next
meeting will witness the first degree
team. in charge of Past Grand Davis
son, confer the degree. Noble Grand
krouth extends an invitation to all
the members. and particularly to all
members of the Noble and Vice Grands
Association. to attend the next meet
ing of Salem Lodge.
Friendship Lodge COnfers First De-
Friendship Lodge, No IL. conferred
the first degree at their last meeting.
Degree Director P. G. Allison having
charge of the degree work. A large
number of members were present
from othr Jurisdictions and many from
sister lodges of the District. After
the comforting of the degree remarks
were made by several of the officers
of the Grand Lodge and Grand En-
Columbia Lodge Initiates Largest
Columbia Lodge, No. TO- conferred
the third degree on the largest class
of candidates that has received the
degree at a single time for many
years. The baby lodge, Mount Pleas
ant, No. 90, had more than thirty can
didates present for the degree. ana
with the candidates of Columbia Lodge
and other sister lodges it was a rec
ord breaker for the degree team. The
of Odd Fellows Hall was
filled with visitors from all lodges. and
from many jurisdictions. Remarks
were made by Noble Grand Shwingle
and Vice Grand Anderson, of Mount
Pleasant Lodge, at the close of the
degree work. and by Grand Master
Rich ard others. Members of Mount
Pleasant Lodge entered the lodge
room in a body and were introduced |