The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
Doings Of the Odd Fellows.
Calendar.

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Calendar.
i LODGES
| Septembsf O-Cnien No. II, degree; Covenant
No. IL and Lansdon No. u. busintsa
September 1-Washington. No. g. degree; Golden
| Rule. No. q. and Amity. No. q. business; Mount
Pleasant. No. .. hrst and second degrees.
September 2+Eastern. No. Z. degree; Harmony
No. o. business: Federal City, No %. degree.
september 2-coiumbia. No. 10. business; Salem
No. =. degree.
September sAcentraI. No. l. Metropolis. No. ls
! and Phoenix. No. q. business.
REBEkAH5.
September 0-Naomi. No. l.. and Ruth. No. q
| business and social
septeber zi-FideEty. No 7. degree.
September 2+Dorcas No. 4. buHness; Martha
Washington. No 3. degree:
September 5-soeial.
Eastern Lodge Announces Degree
Work.
Eastern Lodge. No. Z. has resumed
regular degree work. Last Wednes-
day the initiatory degree was confer
red upon a class under the director
ship of degree master w. E. Lawson.
Much interest is manifested in the
work which is constantly being i'm
proved. The first degree will be con-
ferred on September %.
Trustee Vacancies Filled.
The death of r. A. Mclean. Of Co.
lumbia Lodge. No. 10. caused two
| trustee vacancies. and the lodge filled
those vacancies by electing ]. D.
Yoakley. grand treasurer, for the un-
expired term of trustee ofsOdd Fell
lows Hall. and the Buckley trustees
selected E. c. Crumley. past grand
oh lofn fr,, 81 h.
Charity fund and the lodge ratified
their selection.
Last Thursday night Columbia lodge
conferred the third degree on Eugene
C. Powell. J. A. Purcell. and B. S.
Gary. This degree was conferred in
the usual splendid form. The degree
director, Charles D. Shackelford, has
just returned from a vacation at At
lantic City.
Metropolis Lodge to Change Meeting
| Metropolis Lodge, No. 16, will change
their meeting place on October first
from Ninth and D streets to the old
streets northwest. This lodge has met
at Ninth and D streets. for the past
forty years.
Matthew E. O'Brien Improving.
Matthew E. O'Brien. past grand Of
Union Lodge and past chief patriarch
| Of Fred D. Stuart Encampment has
| been confined in the Providence Hos
pital for the past week suffering from
a nervous breakdown. but is now at
is home. 2o2 A street southeast on a
fair way to recovery within the next
few days.
Odd Fellows of G. A. r. to Be Roy
ally welcomed.
| Arrangements are in progress for
| an extensive and elaborate program
/ of entertainment and comfort for
visiting Odd Fellows during the week
Of September 27 to October 2, at
which time will occur the forty-ninth
encampment, Grand Army of the Re-
public.
The Grand Lodge has approved the
| appointment OF general committee
with power to have charge Of ar
rangements for the week. and at a
recent meeting of the committee Past
Grand E. c. Grumley. Columbia Lodge.
No. 10. was selected chairman: Past
I Grand L. P. Pumphrey. Central Lodge,
No. l, vice chairman; Past Grand ]. T.
Allison. Friendship Lodge No. IL. Soc
retary; Past Grand c. P. Sample. Co
lumbia Lodge, treasurer. Included on
| the committee is representative
from each of the thirty branches OF
the order in the jurisdiction.
Two of the committees appointed
on which will fall important duties
are the registration and entertain
ment. Past Grand Sample, chairman
of the registration committee. will
inaugurate a system. either card or
ledger, whereby each visiting Odd
Fellow will be requested to enroll his
name, lodge, address also local ad-
dress while in the city, that they may
be taken care of should emergency
arise. Mrs. Henrietta Werner. secre-
tary of the Rebekah Assembly. will
be in charge of the entertainment
committee. whose duty will be to pro-
vide refreshments for each day dur
ing the encampment week in the au-
ditorium of l. o. o. F. Hall.
The committee representing the
Grand Lodge. which will be on duty
| each day at the hall. includes Grand
Master William ]. Rich. Deputy Grand
Master William J. Hope. and Past
| Grands W. E. Clapp. Covenant Lodge:
| /. E. King. Langdon Lodge, and Mat
thew E. O'Brien. Union Lodge.
Other committee chairman are: Dec
| orations. Past Grand G. B. Johnston.
| Eastern Lodge, No. 4; publicity. Past
Grand Master J. H. Wood: auditing.
Past Grand p. E. Wines. Columbia
Lodge. No. 10; hall. Grand Master
Rich: medical, DR.. L. s. Savage. past
grand Phoenix Lodge. No. 2S; press.
Past Grand Bert V. Wolfe. Mount
Pleasant Lodge, No %.
The various branches of the order
that will meet during the encampment
week are arranging special programs
of entertainment for those visitors
who may wish to attend.
The general committee will assem-
BILE in the blue room, !. o. o. F. Hall.
each Friday night at o'clock until
arrangements are completed.
| Mount Pleasant Lodge to Confer
Two Degrees.
Mount Pleasant Lodge. No. 20. will