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retary, J. Harry Jones: financial sec
retary, John c. Ashton; treasurer. c. c.
Mothersead; chaplain. D. F. ONeil:
| usher. Frank 7. Tracy; sergeant-at-
arms. l. Gwynn Gardiner; doorkeeper.
William ]. keiter; trustees, John c.
Stewart. r. C. n. Riker and w. J.
Hamacher; delegates to the cabinet.
J. Harry Jones and John c. Ashton;
delegate to Immediate Relief Associa-
ton, /. Gwynn Gardiner.
y committee was appointed to get
up an entertainment at the installation
of the officers January II.
Potomac Council No. o0S. Monday
evening elected officers for the ensuing
year. One candidate was initiated and
several applications We're received
Speaker VESSELS was Instructed to- ar
range for an entertainment and ban
quet. to be given in January after the
installation ceremonies. The new Off
GERS are: John p. Noel. president; Sam
uel B. Reeder, vice president: William
]. Durham. speaker; Samuel II. Jacob
son, ex-president; William II. Vessels.
secretary; John f. Borland. financial
secretary: Ernest F. Gibbons. treas
urer: Edward F. Diezel. chaplain; viii
| liam E. Heller. usher: ]. l.. McGraw.
; sergeant-at-arms: William H. Whitney.
4 ioorkeeper; delegates to the cabinet.
John P. Noel. John Z. Borland. Ernest
2. Gibbons, Edward F. Diezel. Charles
Fass. William d. Clark, Samuel b.
Reeder. John f. Rhodes, Richard w.
Rogers. Albert E. Thomas and William
H. Vessels.
State. War and Navy Council, No POI.
has elected officers for the ensuing
year as follows: William r. Green,
president: Charles T. Miller. vice presi
dent: o. H. Coumbe. speaker; John d.
Torrey. secretary: P NJ. kennerly. ex-
president: Charles J. Benner. financial
secretary: Frank 5. Parks. treasurer:
Louis Winters. chaplain; usher. Robert
l.. Hughes; sergeant-at-arms, J. =. Ba-
! ker: doorkeeper. William II. Lewis:
delegates to ca binet. +. NJ. Kennerly,
| Louis Winters and Charles T. Miller
An entertainment and banquet will be
given in honor of these officers the
third Tuesday of January.
Mount Vernon Council. No. 431, at its
last meeting. after one candidate was
initiated and several applications re-
ceived. elected the following officers for
the ensuing year, to be installed the
third Wednesday in January. when an
entertainment and banquet will be
given: Oden B. Gray, president: Eugene
Andrews. vice president: James a.
Watts. speaker; Harry S. Gum, eX-
president: r. Z. Harrison, secretary.
Edward Saxton. financial secretary; H.
y. Young. treasurer; j. w. Carter,
chaplain: ID. J. Marvin, usher: J. E. Gel
man. sergeant -at-armS: Philip Scheld,
doorkeeper: delegate to the cabinet. ].
B. Dickman.
Congressional Council, No 500, We'd
nesday evening initiated three appli-
cants, the National Union Club degree
team officiating. Speaker James +.
Lanham will arrange for a banquet to
be given the third Wednesday in Janu-
ary. Immediately after the installation
of the following officers. who were
elected for 1917: John 7. Mooney. presi-
dent. James E. Lanham. vice president;
George T. Boyd speaker; Elmer John
son. secretary: L. Il. Bell, financial sec
retary: L. s ]. Dunbar, treasurer: c.
II. Sherwood. chaplain; Edward Her
bert sergeant-at-arms: Alpheus Shon,
doork keeper: delegates to the cabinet.
L. s. j. Dunbar, John Z. Hogan. Elmer
Johnson, John r. Newman, John T.
Mooney, Thomas w Shomo and Will
liam \. Smith.
Senate President Edward ]. SmeJkal
of Chica go appointed Senators w. Il.
Brown. L. :. ]. Dunbar. Daniel v CHS
nolm and ex-Presdent Frank f. Fer
guson to officially represent the senate
at the funeral of eX-President Henry
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