The Washington herald., 1916-03-19
5WS AND GOSSIP IN THE WASHINGTON FRATERNAL CIRCLI

No. u; Capital. No. a. and Myrtle. No. % bust
ness
Wed ,esday-N Mount Vernon. No. 5; HermiOns. No.
Y. and tJHon, No =, business Columbia, No. s,
| page and esquire rank
ThuTsds v-HA,mony, No. n. business.
Friday syTaolSans. N3. 70. business; Rathbone
PYTHIAN SISTERS
Wednesday- ifiendship Temple. No. ., initiation.
| FTiday-Rau Done Temple, No. 8, social.
The plans outlined by Grand Chan
cellor DickueIn to facilitate the work
| of the officers and committees, insur-
ing beneficial results to the order, in
Clude conferences from time to time of
Officers OF the subordinate and grand
| lodges and committees from the lodges
and grand body. ON March a confer
| ence Of masters of finance was held at
| grand lodge headquarters with the
chancellor for the purpose of outlining
plans to sec1re good results ia the
| work of thar offiou in the various
! lodges. The chancellor commanders of
! local lodges met on Wednesday night
for the same purpose. and last night
the committee. on military department
! held a conference for the purpose of
advancing that branch of the order.
| AT the last meeting of the ways and
means committee. John r. Dickman, on
I account Of his many duties as grand
/ chancellor. resigned the Chairma nshi 1
of the committee. and Past Grand
Chancellor William A. kimmel was
elected to I'LL the vacancy.
Syracusians Lodge. No 40, is prepar-
| ing for an entertainment next month,
and the committee of arrangements re-
| ported progress Friday night, from
which it was learned that the mem
bership and invited guests may look
! forward to an evening of rare enjoy
ment. The COMMITTEES Is composed OF
| Virgil NJ. Fookes, chairman: John H.
/ Davis. S. w. Wolfsheimer. F. A. Mem
! niger. and V. e. Haarar-
! Past Chancellor II. A. Rau, SOt syria
cusians Lodge. who was ill ut his home
| for several weeks ON account OF a
stroke of paralysis, is reported TO be
convalescent and able to attend the
! lodge.
! The grand lodge committee on filing
| bound velumns of the grand statutes OF
| the order of the District in the Library
| of Congress. which is planning TO place
! an extensive collection of manuscripts
and reports of Pythian work in that
! institution, is as follows: H. p. Wiley
! chairman; II. J. GassOn. and c. f. Nc
Allister.
| Webster Lodge, No. :, will confer the
esquire rank Tuesday night. At its con-
vention last week the lodge conferred the
page rank Grand Chancellor John h.
. Dickman, at this meeting. installed J.
IC Wilson as prelate, with Past Chancel-
! lor Edward Saxton officiating as grand
prelate and Mai. r. T. Whiting acting
| as grand master at arms. William Sny-
der one of the aged members OF
I Webster Lodge who has been on the sick
list for some weeks, was reported much
improved Tuesday night.
Webster Lodge heard additional re-
ports Tuesday night on its smoker, ar
ranged for Tuesday night, April 4. The
lodge was assured Of an attractive even
ings entertainment. Among the visitors
present was Edward Ingersoll Ripley, Of
Marion Lodge, No. l, Indianapolis, Ind.
who addressed the lodge.
( Columbia Lodge. No. %, has the page
and esquire ranks scheduled for Wednes-
/ day night At the last convention Grand
Chancellor Dickman paid the lodge
fraternal visit. The esquire rank was
4 conferred. and It was announced that the
/ lodge has many candidates awaiting
initiation. thus assuring work for the
ranks for some time to come.
Excelsior Lodge, No Il. on Tuesday
night listened to an entertaining report
| OF its master of finance. William A.
| Wilding, on the conference recently held
/ by the masters Of finance of the several
| lodges. The lodge expressed a determi-
nation to aid the ways and means COM
mttee in its plans to assist the order.
! The lodge is assured of several appli-
] cations in the near future. which will
cause active work of the ranks.
! Capital Lodge No. a. having received
number Of applications at the conven-
ton Tuesday night. is preparing for a
class initiation at an early date. Grand
| Chancellor DiCkman was a visitor at
Tuesday nights meeting, and received
the lodges good wishes.
Decatur Lodge. No. 3. at its last con-
ventiOn received the reports of the repre-
scntatives TO the Grand Lodge and the
! ways and means committee. Among the
! visitors were Grand Chancellor Dickman,
Grand Prelate c. W. Henderson, and L.
J. Ripley, of Marion Lodge. No. l, of In
dianapolis. Ind. each of whom made in
| terestlng addresses.
Equal Lodge. No. II. conferred the rank
! OF page at the convention Wednesday
night, in which number of visitors par
| ticipated as acting officers as follows
] Chancellor commander. Past Supreme
/ Representative J. B. Conner: vice chan
cellOr. Grand Chancellor J. B. Dickman;
prelate, Jefferson Young, grand lecturer,
grand domain OF Virginia.
/ A committee was authorized by the re-
cent session of the Grand Lodge to make
a report on a plan to increase interest in
| the Uniform Rank. This committee, COM
posed OF three members OF the rank and
three nOnmembers, is as follows: Capt.
George II. Whiting, Capt. A T. Tucker.
/ Otto Z. HausChild. Lee II. Harris, ]. G.
Roberts. and Edward Saxton.
Washington Company. No. I. Uniform
Rank, is reported to be active in pre-
pairing for the encampment to be held
at Nashville, Tenn, August Il to
September 2. inclusive. Capt. whiting
has ordered weekly practice drills, and
the company looks forward to a sue
cessful trip. Plans are being carried
lout for the Uniform Rank outing at
Marshall Hall on Wednesday, July IL
| Pythian Sisters.
wsdnesday-FrendsIlip Temple. No. o initiation.
Ffidsy-Rathbone Temple, No o. entertainment
and social
| Friendship Temple No O. Pythian Sis