Evening star., 1915-03-14

At a meeting Of the Grand Council held
at Grand Lodge headquarters and pre-
sided over by grand chancellor W. A.
Kimmel. Monday evening. the junior
past grand chancellor. II. NJ. Vandervort
was appointed chairman of a committee.
composed of the Grand Lodge officers. to
organize a lodge at Mount Pleasant. This
project has been held in abeyance for
some time, because of many important
matters requiring attention, but now will
be organized. The Grand Council also
decided that specially appointed commit
tees. consisting of the Grand Lodge Off
GERS. should unofficially visit the lodges
The assignments will be made by the
grand chancellor. W. A. Kimmel, next
week. The announcement of the annual
grand visitations was approved by the
council as follows:
Webster Lodge, Tuesday, April ls;
bone Superior Lodge. Friday, April %;
Excelsior Lodge, Tuesday. April "; Equal
Lodge, Monday. May 3; Hermione Lodge
Wednesday, May II: Mount Vernon Lodge,
Wednesday. May 10: Capital Lodge, Tues
October /; Myrtle Lodge. Tuesday. Octo-
her 5; Union Lodge, Wednesday. october
Is. Century Lodge, Monday, October Is;
Columbia Lodge. Wednesday. October 27
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Harmony Lodge, Thursday, Novembe> IL :;
Franklin Lodge. Thursday, November IS;
Calanthe Lodge Monday. November %
The first visitation of the Grand Lodge
officers will be to the home lodge Of
Grand Vice Chancellor John B. Dickman
and the last to the home lodge of Grand
Chancellor Kimmel..
Lodge, No. II. Monday evening, the
knight rank was conferred on one can
didate. This meeting was well attended.
A. Kjmmel. Grand Vice Chancellor John B.
A. Kimmel. Grand Vice Chancellor John b.
Dickman. Grand Prelate G. w. Hender-
son, Grand Keeper of Records and Seal
II. J. Gasson. Grand Master-at-Arms F.
H. Melick, the alternate supreme repre-
sentative and a large delegation from De-
catur Lodge. No. 8, headed by the chan.
Many addresses were made and at IL
o'clock refreshments were served Ca
lanthe Lodge will confer the page and es
quire, rank at its next convention.
cellor's lodge. many visitors are present
at each convention. Grand Chancellor W
A. Kimmel has issued a lodge directory
which is to be mailed to each of the mem
berS of this domain. 1t Is n novel docu-
ment. The first page is the title page.
the second list of the lodges. with their
meeting nights: the third page conta ins
the dates of grand visitations. and the
fourth page the list of Grand Lodge Off
GERS.
Memorial services will be held June 10
in the main hall of the temple.
oyster roast Tuesday evening at Elks'
Hall, 919 H street. 1t was social
event in Pythian circles. Past Grand
Chancellor Vandervort and Grand
Chancellor Kimmel and Mrs. Kimmel
were guests of the lodge. Oysters were
I'D in CT fn dnr
ing was furnished by section of the
Marine Band Orchestra. The evening
was pronounced success in every
way.
webster Lodge has the page rank
scheduled for presentation at it's con-
vention Tuesday night.
A large number of members and Wis
itors recently witnessed the comforting
of the page rank by Syracusians Lodge.
No. 10. Among those in attendance
were Grand Chancellor William A.
Kimmel, Grand Prelate c. w. Hender
son, Grand Lecturer Perry p. Patrick.
Past Supreme Representatiye J.. 3; Con
Wallace, E. E. Roberts and w. D.
Weewley. H L. Morris of Ivanhoe
Lodge of Richmond. Va. and ]. Albert
of Harmony Lodge of Brooklyn, N. Y.
visitors and much enthusiasm was
shown.
J. r. Coldwell Company. No. Z. Uni
form Rank, at it's last meeting, re-
ceived number of applications for
membership and made plans for the
spring drilling.
Friendship Temple. No. .. Pythian
Sisters, at its meeting Wednesday
night, initiated number of candidates.
the work being witnessed by large
attendance of members and visitors.
Most Excellent Chief Addie Freeman
states that much interest is being
shown in the contest which was re-
Gently inaugurated among the mem
bership.
Past Grand Chancellor H. NJ. Wander
wort who is in charge of the movement
to organize and institute lodge of the
Knights of Pythias in Mount Pleasant.
reports excellent progress. The ques-
ton of establishing lodge in the fer
tile fraternal field of the northwest
section of the city was discussed at the
council of the Grand Lodge officers
Monday night. and Past Grand Chan