Evening star., 1915-03-28

City. No. %, degree.
Thursday.Columbia, No. 10. and Salem,
oils No. ls, and Phoenix. No Is. bud
ness.
ENCAMPMENTS.
Observation-Disclosures, No. 1. degree.
Frday-Magenenu, No. 4. grand vlsitatioa.
PATR1ARCHs MILITANT.
Saturday-Canton Washington No. !,
monthly business cantonment.
A meeting Of the ninety-sixth ami
versary committee will be held in the
blue room. Odd Fellows Hall, 7th street
northwest. Thursday at o'clock pm,
when the various subcommittee will
be announced and definite organization
completed. The committees appointed
the 18th have begun work in earnest
and, 1t is said, considerable progress
will appear at the next session. So
far the lodges are responding with
will to make this the most successful
affair ever held by the order.
Wednesday. the next meeting night
of Eastern Lodge. No. Z, there will be
no degree work, as the evening will be
devoted to a social gathering Of the
members and their families and friends.
The program for the evening will in
clude exceptional musical and literary
talent and will conclude with refresh
ments. The assurance of a pleasant
evening and a good time is given to
all those who Will be present
Last Wednesday night the third de-
gree was conferred on two candidates
under the direction Of Degree Master
B. C. Wheeler.
Grand Patriarch E. W. Bradford and
his corps of Grand Encampment off,
GERS will pay Magenenu Encampment.
day evening. 1t has been urged that
the members of the several encamp-
ments will make 1t a point to attend
the visitation and thereby lend encour-
agement to the encampment.
Beacon Lodge. No. Is. at its business
session Monday evening, completed ar
rangements for receiving the grand
master and his corps Of Grand Lodge
officers upon their annual visitation to-
morrow evening. Arrangements have
been made for an interesting session,
and all members of the order have
been invited to be present.
Washington Lodge. No. 6. Tuesday
evening conferred the first degree upon
their own candidates and one for
Langdon Lodge. No. 26. Next Tuesday
evening the second degree will be con-
ferred All odd Fellows are invited
to be present.
At its last session Fred D. Stuart En-
campment. No. 7. conferred the golden
rule degree upon Roy Fitch of Eastern
Lodge. No. Z. At its next session the
encampment will confer the royal
purple degree. The attendance was
good and arrangements were made for
the coming visit by the grand patri-
arch, Ernest w. Bradford. and his
Grand Encampment officers. Past Chief
Patriarch W. H. Mcconnell. who has
recently sustained a surgical opera
tion, was reported 80 far recovered
that he will be able to attend the next
session Of the encampment.
Langdon Lodge. No. rs. Monday even
ing arranged for conferring degree
work tomorrow evening. 1t Is report
cided to waive the purchase of the ad-
dittonal property to add to its build
ing. The lodge is making improve
ments in the arrangements OF its
home by providing in the basement
well equipped banquet room.
Amity Lodge. No. 81. Tuesday even
ing had an enjoyable session. The
music and songs and closed with a
short address by Vice Grand George
Cummings, which was filled with spirit
of higher fraternalism. The music
| ..
was applauded, and Mr.. Powelrs ex-
cellent voice proved feature in add
ing to the entertainment.
Central Lodge. No. 1. had no degree
work Friday evening. but prepared for
the comforting of the first degree next
Friday evening. The lodge. it Is said,
has work ahead for several weeks with
the prospect of several applications in
the near future. Members of the order
generally have been invited to be pres
ent and join with the members in the
social hour that always follows the
routine business of the lodge. The con-
dition Of Past Grand and Treasurer
William n. Ernest, who has been con-
fined to his home, 623 K street north
east, for the past two weeks with
severe attack of neuritis, is reported
much improved, and he hopes to be
able to attend to business during the
coming week.
Union Lodge. No. II, conferred the
initiatory degree Monday Ion, evening and
degree. The lodge invites the attend
ance of members of other lodges. The
present indications are that Union
Lodge will ,r have degree degree NO york ever. every
term, making for a large Increase in
membership.
Tuesday evening being the regular
dies Auxiliary of Canton Washington.
No. l, the canton room, Odd Fellows
Hall, was well filled with its members.
canton members and their friends. Sew
erai new members were added to the
rolls and after an evening of games,
music. etc, followed by refreshments.
the session closed at a late hour with
general expressions of pleasure.
The Grand Lodge officers, headed by
Grand Master William ]. Rich, paid Fed
eral city Lodge their annual visit We'd
nesday evening. There was a large at
tendance, including many from outside
jurisdictions. The examination Of the Of
ficers Of the lodge in the unwritten work