Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01


mitted into membership 4
%fA s ssst; assiyo H iS &c e. P %cP, De g
~ the order and served that cas-
UNZ7SN for Beyeral years, and thei
AA|BH resigned TO accept an AZ
49, 70 WORK lis way to tho pos
OF noble chief as pest ehtet he was ndmittci
to tho Grand Castle In October. 1894. He rep
resented his castle In the Grand castle an,
served two terms az district grand chief Of th'
district composed Of all the castles in Dolo
ware County. lie was frat lieutenant OF Ches
Ter commandery, No. 20, OF the miliiarl
in December, iAot he was elected by all III,
rand master Of records. and was Installed ii
such at the session OF the Grand Castle hell
4, 9n sns% Ta IN ~, May g igS9 oe Castle ffIia''9 e]on Ge req
tho honors Of past grand CHIEF upon MIN 10,
admitted to the supreme Castle OF the Uniteo
States IN October, 1905. In that body ne hnt
siways been an active spirit. serving on many
or the Important committees. among which was
the committee on official slides Tor degree
In 1eis, upon the recommendation q the
Grand Castle Of Pennsylyania, tnat eoay Lei
a new past chiefs degree. This was concurred
IN, and Brother Gallagher was appointed 9
s ADMITS by pees 90 ! onS Il 70 to Ff tbe last rs session D tfs
supreme Castle. but under the laws Z could
sion, IL being rituaiistic work. Therefore, IL
will be acted upon at the next session OF the
Another and q very. popular ecomnendatlon
OF Brother Gallaghers was biennial sessions
OF the Supreme Castle. This he advocated IN
1905, 1908, and again IN lolt when 1t w Nhi
finally adopted by. the SUPREME Sast.e' ,rl1mnrs
means a saving OF much money. TO the ORDER.
AT the present time he Is q director in the new
knights OF the Golden Eagle Fumesar lSd nv
the Supreme Castle. %
During his inGumbenGy as gIar ave rsdt,ced
the debt on tho Grand Castle Han. IN Fnilh-
SSslphiS; =, more GSt than foT S SgosSsi' @ AND 81 Sick s"i benefits
s2.e23. 600, and at the same time have inctea ben
their aggregate funds in the state more tpa'
For ten years Brother Gallagher has served
General Harry p. OReinicKe, with the rank Of
iieutenant colonel. At the. reorganization o,
star OF The grand chief for each state, he aes
cepted the appointment OF aide on sn9 a Nv
constant attention to the work of the order,
his memory is an encyclopedias of statistical
mand TO address castles on these lines ,po
Besides being active in the knights Oh Le
Gailagher is q member OF the following ORDERS;
Upland Lodge, No. 2S3, lndepehq9ht ~ Hep
tasophs. chester Lodge. No. 25o. Fl; anu Or.
M; Norwood Assembly, No. 5l Ar . 1hester
Temple, No. 81. Ladies' OF the Golden E3giieI
Washington Camp, No. ~, Patriotio O'ue'
sG Past o. sapreme Chief John c. Mckinney. of
st. Georges Castle. has been the Represent,
five from that castle to the Grand CasIIe
Tor thirty years. and Supreme Chief John ":
Fcrd, OF Beacon Castle, has TepresentSu We
tEdttb III NAhH AhAA
eoTnipiimentary banquet was rendered 70
Past Grand Chief Charles N. Wiuiams, WhlGh
was attended by n hundred members and theli
ladies. The, prominent spsakers were; 1 fnf Iohr
N. shappel. Junior Past Supreme Chiet George
a. Llppinoott. Grand Sir Herald J9hn IN n;
b. Trelbler and Grand Master of HeGords y. L.
Gallagher. Past Chief Edward !. MOTHS;
the grand chief to act as tqastmastor, and
during the evening Grand Sir Herald Brounley'
-, boIarF NJ tho Grand Castle of PenngylVantu,
presented Brother Williams with a handsome
badge and Jewel; on behalf Of Brother Of T Raa-
ords Treibler presented him a hne tpay " ing
sancon Castle is enjoying a season of great
prosperity s.i and AR, a1TTaIg e e for Se,d II PuP ihe e eRTly
part Of February. A boom session Will also
be held about the same time When they r %dii
have arranged to send a large delegation to
Good WIN Castle next Friday evening, and
have appointed DR.. w. j. Lowright as corre-
spondent, whose duty It will be TO furnish tho
newspapers with the news of the castle.
Past Grand Chief Charles NJ, Williams Is
military branch was admitted to the supreme
Three hundred members of the order and
their friends In the knights or
day evening 20 celebrate the hfth anniversary
of Pennsylvania Commandery, No. 40. An
excellent program had been prepared and Past
Grand chief Howard L, Doas made an address
Of welcome and on the history of the order.
The ladies' Auxiliary presented the mman
cry with a Reading city flag. The presentation
was made by Past Grand Chief Elmer Reeser.
Captain William A. Bowman was presented
with a gold-plated sword and scabbard. Penn
sylvania Commandery, which is one of the
leading organizations Of its kind in the county,
has a membership OF 100 active members and
lb0 contributing members. The receipts shown
amount to S1070.6T and the expenditures to
s0T5.67. The committee having tho ~anniyer-
sary In charge were: II. f. Steffee, II, @. Rich
Immendorf, William Long, p. Selzer and John
Keller.
District Grand Chief James NJ. Balthaser,
assisted by the members OF Sinking Spring
Castle, installed the officers OF Womelstorf
Castle. No. 40T, last Tuesday evening. The
installing team made a splendid display of the
installing work. and there was a large dele
cation present. After the close OF the business
District Grand Chief Charles Rutler gave n
Demonstration of the floor movements, which
was n delight to all.