Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17

! President Belle NJ. Carter of the Re-
, bekah Assembly and President Mollie E..
| Ednonston of the Assembly Home Circle
| will hold meetings of their committees
| to make final arrangements for the recep-
ton to be given in Odd Fellows Home
New Year night. Grand Master w. j.
! Hope, Grand Patriarch Wenery F. ALL
wine and Capt Fred Royse of Canton
| Washington. accompanied by their re-
| spective officers. will attend. Music will
| be furnished by an orchestra. and at the
| close of the reception dance will be
| given.
/ The last session of the school of instruc-
tioh will be held tomorrow evening in
! Ruth lodgeroom. Past President Grgsby
| presiding. President Belle NJ Carter and
| the officers of the assembly will be in at
/ tendance.
! Grand Treasurer J. d. Yoakley and
| Past Noble Grand V. Estelle Yoakley
/ visited Esther Lodge Monday evening and
! Naomi Lodge at its meeting tomorrow
evening. Grand Treasurer Yoakley made
an address.
The Assembly Home Circle has COM
| pleted arrangements for d Joint theater
! party of all Rebekah lodges at Polls
! Theater Monday evening. January s. for
/ the benefit of Odd Fellows Home The
! recording secretary of each lodge has
| been requested to act the representa-
tive of the circle in his lodge.
, Esther Lodge. No. ). met Monday even
! ing. The degree team, under the direc-
| ton of Degree Director Mrs. Henrietta
| Werner. conferred the degree upon five
on Christmas under a dispensation the
| election of officers was held resulting as
follows: Noble grand. Mrs. Blanche
Newberry; vice gl-"d, Mrs. Bertha VIII
, Tnl1
Piynaaie; financial secretary. Miss Jo-
sephne Jarboe; treasurer. Mrs. Linnie
! K eiser; degree director, Mrs. Henrietta
| Werner. Many visitors were present. A
! special meeting of the lodge VIII be held
in Martha Washington. No. g. Lodge
room, Thursday evening. to complete the
| business and reports of the term.
/ The chairman of the heating plant COM
.rittee Of odd Fellows Home has re-
! Tussted all members Of the asSoc,a ion to
| bring the proposition before their Id Is
/ and to notify the grand secre:ary of the
! amount pledged. that the contract for tie
| work may be awarded.
| Grand Master William j. Hope, assist
! ed by the officers of the Grand Lodge
will install the officers of the several
Rebekah lodges a a joint insta la ton
| to be held January Is. President Belle
| NJ. Carter of the Rebekah Assembly
! proposed the joint installation, and it
| Is expected all the Rebekah lodges Will
| Join in the plan to make the evening
| of unique character which will bring
| together all the members of the Re-
| bekah degree.
Fidelity Rebekah Lodge, No. :, will
! hold its last meeting of the term Tues
! day evening. The officers for the en-
suing term will be elected followed by
| get together social in which plans
| VIII he discussed for conducting a
! membership campaign next term. FL
! deity Lodge meets in LangJon Lodge
! Hail. 10th street and Rhode Island
avenue northeast. The cooperation of
| Fidelity Rebekah Lodge and I-angdon
! Lodge, No. 26, has been of marked in
terest to members in the northea tern
! section of the city. Grand Instruct
ress Mrs. Nettie Mettler was congratu-
lated by President Carter on the pro-
nc1ency OF the officers of Fidelity
Lodge. Deputy Grand Master Irving r.
Schwinger. is the degree director and
+, holds weekly rehearsals of the degree
team. The degree paraphernalia is
said to be complete