Evening star., 1916-08-20

The membership In this, the motner
domain. of the order of Knights OF
Pythias Is much interested in the Dunn
celebration scheduled for Friday night.
October 6. in the auditorium of the
Pythian Temple. The next meeting OF
the local committee will be held on
Thursday night. August 81.
A resolution adopted at the session
of the Supreme Lodge at Portland.
Ore. introduced by Supreme Repre-
sentatives Mark Stearman and Albert
Kahlert. eulogized Past Supreme Chan
cellor Edward Dunn. directing that a
member of the Supreme Lodge attend
the occasion of the celebration, and an
appropriation was made to purchase
suitable souvenir to be presented to
Maj. Dunn upon the occasion of the
celebration in his honor. The Supreme
Lodge resolution, in part, follows:
Our honored and revered brother,
Edward Dunn of the domain OF the
District of Columbia, enjoys the unique
distinction of having, been the first
provisional supreme chancellor Of the
Knights of Pythias and the third
brother to receive the rank of past
supreme chancellor:
Brother Edward Dunn enjoys the
further distinction of being the senior
grand chancellor in the supreme do
main and the only survivor of the
charter members who organized
Franklin Lodge, No. 2. April u. 1864
domain;
In point of service our beloved
brother Edward Dunn is the oldest liv-
ing Knight of Pythias. having to his
credit more than fifty-two years of
continuous membership"
Webster Lodge. No. I. is reported to
have already begun the fall campaign
with number of applications for
membership. C. ]. Stansbury, vice
company at Camp ordway. Ben c. Nc
Quay of Marony Lodge was among the
visitors at the last convention.
Supreme Representative Albert Kah-
Iert was a member of the committee
on grand domains of the Supreme
Lodge. which made an exhaustive re-
port on the condition of the order, su2-
part that it is believed that increased
knowledge of the workings of our
order and deeper devotion to the prin
ciples upon which it is founded Will
tend to expedite the session-concen-
trate the attention and thus lessen the
expense occasionally incurred by ses
sions that are unduly extended, but in
the judgment of your committee it
would infiict irreparable injury with
these annual occa sions of fraternal in
tercourse and study of Pythianism in
its larger aspects to be abandoned or
even lessened in frequency" This part
of the report was in opposition to doing
away with the frequent grand lodge
sessions throughout the supreme do
main. The report also indorsed fire.
quent gatherings and entertainments
to unite the order in a closer fellow
ship.
The Supreme Lodge. knights of
Pythias, adopted a proposition intro
duced by Supreme Representatives
Stearman and kahlert, which gave to
Mrs. Vanderveer, widow of Abram Van
derveer. one of the original members
of the order. who lost his life several
months ago by being run down by an
automobile, the sum of 1920, to be
paid in monthly installments of $50.
Excelsior Lodge, No. IA, held meet
ing Tuesday night, which was attend
ed by large number of visitors.
cellor of Logan Lodge. No. 10, of AL
toona, Pa. and S. S. Stonerook of the
same lodge, who made the trip to the
National Capital by automobile.
The ways and means committee of
the Pythian order held an enthusiastic
meeting the evening of August 12
when the reports showed that splendid
progress had been made, financially, on
all the events promoted during the
spring and summer. Past Grand Chan
cellor William A. Kimmel. chairman,
presided.