Evening star., 1916-08-27

meeting OF the general committee
in charge Of the celebration being ar
ranged in honor of Past Supreme Chan
cellor Edward Dunn, scheduled for
Friday, October s, will be held Thurs
day night a the Pythian Temple. Chair
man Wallace is anxious to have q full
representation of all the bodies taking
part in the celebration, as business of
Importance is to be considered. The
action of the Supreme Lodge at Its
recent session at Portland, Ore. in vot-
ing to send member of the supreme
body to the celebration and appropriat-
ing a sum of money for a present to
Maj. Dunn, has encouraged the mem
bers of this domain to make the cele-
bration a bigger event than was orig
inally planned. Grand Chancellor
Dickman has forwarded letter to the
subordinate lodges of this domain in
reference to the celebration.
Excelsior Lodge. No. IA, at it's con-
vention Tuesday night. elected T. ].
Woody master at arms and Martin K.
Vance inner guard to fill vacancies.
The lodge received a large number of
applications for membership as a
nucleus of fall class.
Calanthe, No. IL, expects to take final
action on the proposition to consoli-
date with Harmony Lodge, No. 81, at
the convention tomorrow night. The
question has been considered by com :
HilteeS representing Doth lodseS 1or
some time and, 1t Is stated that this
plan has been taken under considera-
tion as the best move for the member
ship of both organizations.
Century Lodge. 10. 80. will hold it's
September 4. although the meeting
night falls on a holiday. 1t is an
nounced that important business will
be considered by Century Lodge on this
occasion
Harmony Lodge. No. 81, conferred
the knight rank Thursday night in the
presence of large number of members
and visitors. the latter making in
teresting short talks.
The board of directors of the Pythian
Hall Association, at the session Monday
night, transacted routine business and
outlined plans to benefit the building.
Webster Lodge, No. :, omitted its
convention of last Tuesday, but has a
meeting scheduled for Tuesday night
of the current week.
Washington Company. No. 1. Uniform
Rank. enjoyed banquet the evening
of August 10, as a substitute for the
biennial competitive drill. which was
scheduled for Nashville, Tenn. the lat
ter part of this month, but which was
who made short talks on the past and
future of the rank. told stories and
sung songs were Lieut.. G. G. .Cressey.
postmaster: Maj. K. T. Whiting Capt.
George Whiting. Past Lieut.. Charles c.
Sanford. Sergt. Otto Sontag and Charles
J. Stansbury Of the machine gun COM :
pany of the National Guard of the Dis
trict, the latter. being the honor guests
Others present were A. T. Adams, w. T.
Baum, II. Cohen, H. c. Gladding, r. L.
G1ad1inR r (sreau
r. Little. F. 2. Matthews, r. e. Mein- :
niger, H. Pelzman. William Roberts,
Fred S Roland. George Ryall. Eugene
Schanz. Benjamin r. Sherwood Arthur
{. Smith. G. ". Walden, William NJ Will
iiams and DR.. Frederick Yates
Rathbone Lodge, No. II, of st.
Thomas, Ontario. enjoys the unique dis
tnction Of having five past grand chan
ceilors in its membership. record
rarely known in the Pythian order any
where One of the number is Edward
A Horton. well known in this domain
as a member of the golden jubilee
celebration committee, in charge of thai
event in this city about eighteen
months ago. The other past grand
chancellors are W. H. Murch. r. II. Nc
Connell, j. d. Davidson and George
GeddeS.
AT the semi-monthly meeting of the
ways and meaDs committee of the Pyth-
ian order last night final reports were
heard from various committees and
plans considered for fall events to ad
vance the interests of the order.
Grand Chancellor John B. Dickman
attended the recent international con-
Nention of the printers organization at
baltimore, and with his colleagues on
the committee made report on the
progress of the work of the COMMITTEES
on postal telegraph and telephone serv-
ice.
Fast Supreme Chancellor Edward
Dunn. Mrs. Dunn. Supreme Representa-
tive Albert Kahlert and Mrs KahIert
and supreme Representative Marx
Stearman. who were In attendance a +
the Supreme Lodge convention and So
cal activities connected Herewith, at
Portiand. Ore. are expected to return to
washington during the current week
Washington Company, No. /, recently
attended en- masse an informal banouet
gwen as a reward for excellent attend
ance at drills. a string orchestra fur
nished music and enthusiastic speecbes
were made by Lieut.. c. Good Cressev
toastmaster: Maj r. T. whiting. cant
q; r. whiting. Capt. F.. Pelzman. Lieut
Charles Sanford and others
Pythian Sisters.