The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
The Maccabees.
Calcnder.

Mondas.l d,s s d. Nsa1RaI reat, No ].
ladies Of Victor Hive. Anacostia Tent Nc. = meets
, In Masonjc Hall. Ananos,ia.
| Tuesdsy-Mount Vernon Tent, No T. meet, in
lfzsoaic Te5ple. Eizhth and = streets northeast.
Thursday-Dtstrict Tent Nc q meets in the ball.
Four-and- -ahaH and q streets southwest.
On Thursday night. December 2. George
town Tent No. s. elected officers and re-
elected Mr.. NJ. W. Michael commander
and Mr.. J. l. Need record keeper. two
| very important Offices. and In this case
| 1t was a nne selection.
On Monday night last National Tent,
No. !. had one application for member
! ship and initiated one member. with a
very large attendance. IL being election
night. which resulted In the following
officers being elected: Commander. J. g.
Sidell: lieutenant commander, W. E. Nor
! riss: record keeper. George II. Sisemoore:
finance keeper. A. Z. Shambaugh chap
lain. Joseph +. Moore: sergeant. r. c.
! Valentine: master-at-arms. A. II. Sim
mons: first master OF the guard 4. II.
Hiortdahl: second master of the guard.
+. B. Long; sentinel, c. J. Waters; picket,
T. Z. Anderson: trustee, DR.. j. s. Arnold.
and c. H. Tuthill. finance auditor. The
installation will take place on the first
Monday night of January.
Munt vernon Tent. NO. 4. entertained
quite a number of members Of Bright
wood Tent, No. ). and National Tent No.
I, at its review on Tuesday night last.
c. d. Jolliffe. of Brightwood Tent. No.
J who has been working in the way Of
securing new members for the tents. will
continue at least until the first of Jam
uary. and will be glad 10 Assist any tent
who may need his services during this
month.
The instaila ton Of the new officers of
the several tents will take place at the
first meeting in January and will be
made occasions OF refreshing the work
for the new year. and on these occa sions
big times are looked for by the members.
Mount Vernon Tent, No. 4. held very
interesting meeting last Tuesday night.
and initiated several candidates and
elected officers for the coming six
months. re-electing DR.. Charles I. Grif-
fifth. commander. and I. c. Foster. record
keeper. who have been very efficient in
the offices in the paS- and will no doubt
be more devoted during the coming term.
having profited by their experience.
Brightwood Tent did not hold q meet
ing last Tuesday night. being the first
that the tent has missed in years. but on
next Tuesday night the regular meeting
will be held and the officers elected. This
tent seldom grows sleepy. and 1t is sure
to make its former record good by the
wise selection of officers and the produc-
ton of good business.
womap's Benedt Association Of the
Maccsbees.
mos: satIsfa ctorily excmplifed in the
monster rally held Monday night in the
Old Masonic Temple. corner Ninth and r
streets. crowd of enthusiastic menu
bers was present and about so delegates
came from Baltimore for the occasion. |
There were ~ initiated. The prizes were
awarded the following District reviews:
National. No. l. for the largest numherl
of members present. so: Victory. No. L, |
for the second largest number present. |
S. All the other reviews received q prize |
of s. for having ten members present |
The Maryland reviews receiving prises |
were: Brentwood, No. II. for the largest
number present, SO; Maryland. No. 9. for |
the second largest. S.
The reviews having the largest number |
of new members were: Maryland, No. 3; |
Georgetown. No. 10. and Victory. No. u. |
There Is a tie between these three for
the loving cup.
Mrs. Eva L. McNett, past supreme
commander. OF Endicott, n. Y. was the
honor guest OF the evening and save u
most interesting and instructive talk on
the aims and work Of this association. /
what 1t has already accomplished and
what its future ambition Is. She also
took OCCASION to welcome the new menu
bers into the order. asking for their loyal
support in the work Of their reviews.
Mrs McNett was presented with hand.
some cola psible. gold-tipped umbrella
Mrs. Mabel T. LARue. deputy supreme
commander, acted as commander for
the evening. being ably assisted by Mrs
Katherine e. Cartner as record keeper;
Mrs. Hattie Palmer. lieutenant comman-
der: Mrs Lille NJ. Patrick. captain Of
the guard: Mrs. Mary Cochran. past
commander: Mrs. Phoebe Perry. chap,
lain: Mrs. Mary Killeen. finance auditor:
Mrs. Kate Shannon. sergeant: Miss Edna
Mcintosh. lady-at-arms; Mrs. Dora Web
er. sentinel: Mrs. Hattie p. Gregory
picket; Mrs. Margaret Morcock. musician:
Mrs. Lola +. Coles Of Baltimore, and
The Baltimore Reviews presented Mrs.
LaRue with gold link bracelet, each
Review sending link: the Washington
Reviews gave her q beautifully bound
edition Of Longfellow's poems.
Miss Dunn gave lecture on 'Protec.
tion," accompanying 1t with stsrsopti-
con views
An excellent drill was put on by the
euaFd team, their capable Captain, Nrs.