The Washington herald., 1916-04-23
The Odd Fellows.

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The Odd Fellows.
LODGES.
Mondsy-Union. No. Il. grand visitation; Beacon,
No. IS. degree; Longdon, No. 3 business
Tuesday-Washin No. 6. degree; Golden Rule,
No: n. degree; Amity No. 2. degree.
Wednesday-Easter. No. I, degree Harmony. No
., business; Federal City No % degree
Thursdsy-Columbia, No. TO- degree: Covenant
No. - business; Excelsior, No II. degree; Salem.
F'rid,y-Central, No l. degree; Phoenix No. IS,
| business.
ENCAAIPNrENTs.
| Tuesday-Fred d. Stuart. No. = decree
WedDosday-ColumbiA, No. ]. business
PArRIARCHS MILITANT
Saturday-Canton Washington. No. L drill.
The ninety-seventh anniversary Of
the institution OF Odd Fellowship in
America will be celebrated by suita BILE
exercises in the auditorium of Odd
Fellows Hall. 423 Seventh street north
west on Wednesday evening. Deputy
Grand Master Irving r. Schwinger,
chairman of the anniversary commit
tee, reports that all arrangements
have been made.
Central Lodge. No. l. adjourned
early on Friday evening to attend in
a body, the grand visitation to Metro
polls Lodge, No. 16. Past Grand EIvin
Greene, who has been employed at
Balboa Heights, Canal Zone, for the
last two years, paid his first visit to
the lodge since occupying this posi-
tion. Past Grand Greene expects to
remain in the city until June. At
the last session of the lodge he gave
an interesting talk on the Canal Zone.
Union Lodge, No. 1l-Grand Master
William J. Hope. accompanied by the
officers of the Grand Lodge, will pay an
official visit to Union Lodge tomorrow
evening, at the lodge room, National
Capital Bank Building, 316 Pennsylvania
| avenue southeast. The officers of the
lodge will be examined by Grand Rep
resentatives MILAN and Bradford.
Federal City Lodge, No. %. will con-
vene on Wednesday evening at Z o'clock
| and the regular business Of the lodge
will be transacted, after which the lodge,
in body. will proceed to Odd Fellows
Hall to attend the ninety-seventh ami
versary exercises of the order At the
last meeting of the lodge. Eastern Lodge.
No. Z, accompanied by its degree team
paid a visit to Federal City Lodge The
inttiatory degree was conferred upon a
large class of candidates. under direc-
tion of Past Grand w. Z. Lawson.
Fred D. Stuart Encampment, No :,
will confer the Golden Rule degree on
Tuesday night. The degree team will be
in charge of Past Grand Master John
II. Wood. who has been requested bv
Grand Patriarch Leary to organize a de-
gree team composed Of the most pro-
fcient officers OF the several encamp-
ments
Friendship Lodge, No 70. at the last
meeting, Wednesday evening. received
lSeVpT9l
were made to hold a special meeting of
the lodge on Friday evening, when the
Iinitiatory degree and the first degree
will be conferred by the general degree
staff, under direction of Grand Master
Hope.
Grand Master William J. Hope. accom-
panied by Deputy Grand Master Schwln-
ger Grand Secretary Rapp, Grand Con-
Iduct'r Dunn. Grand Chaplain Petty,
Grand Guardian Wolfe. Grand Herald
Andersen, and Acting Grand Warden Ly-
brand, attended the opening session Of
the Grand Lodge of Maryland. in 7. 0.
o. F. Hall Baltimore, on Monday, April
IT, when they witnessed the comforting
!of the Grand Lodge degree upon several
hundred past grands, after which they
attended the annual banquet.
Grand Master Hope. accompanied bv
'It OlLACtIS OF lhe ITdnd Lodge, officially
visited Metropolis Lodge on Friday even
ing in its new lodge room. l. O, o r
Hall. Grand Representatives MILAN and
Bradford examined the officers in the nm
written work.
Excelsior Lodge, No II. The gen
eral degree staff under direction Of
Grand Master Hope, conferred the initi-
atOry degree upon Or. Friedman, son
of Noble Grand NJ H. Friedman. at
the last meeting Of the lodge.
Canton Washington. No. l. Capt
/ Fred A Royce has promulgated orders
for every member to be present in full
dress uniform at the meeting room of
| Canton. on Wednesday evening at 7:3O
o'clock to escort Grand Master HOPE
and the members of the Grand Lodge,
Grand EnCampment. and the Rebekah
assembly to the ninety-seventh ami
| versary exercises of the order
At the last meeting of the Canton,
Capt. Royce eXempliied many of the
/ new movements in the revised drill
regulations, which have just been re-
[ Ceived.
Eastern Lodge, No. Z. The third de-
I gree will be conferred on class of candi-
dates Wednesday evening by the de-
| gree team, under direction of Past Grand
| w. z. Lawson. At the last meeting the
degree team, accompanied by a large
number Of members, attended the session
! Of Federal City Lodge, where the initia-
! tory degree was conferred.
| The joint excursion committee Past
| Grand w. E. Dement,. of Federal City
Lodge, No. %, chairman, held a meet
ing in I. 0. o. F. Hall last night Repre-
| sentatives were present from every SUBJ
ordinate and Rebekah lodge, grand en-
campment. subordinate encampment Re-
bekah assembly and from Canton Wash
| ington, No. l.
The RebekRh Degree.
Monday Esther No: 5, social and roll cali