Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-30


of the Pythian supreme bodies at Port
land, Ore. Tuesday, will be an in
| formal joint assembly of the Supreme
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and the Su
| preme Temple, Pythian Sisters. friends
and members generally. in the Pythian
convention hall, Masonic Temple.
Executive sessions of these bodies,
separately, will be held afterward,
| from day to day, for about week or
| ten days. The Supreme Lodge officers
are: Supreme chancellor. b. S. Young,
| Ada, Ohio; supreme vice chancellor.
| John J. Brown, Nandalia, ILL.,; supreme
| prelate, Joseph H. Spearing, Columbia.
Tenn; supreme keeper of records and
| seal, Fred e. Wheaton, Minneapolis,
MINI; supreme master of exchequer,
| Thomas u. Meares, Wilmington, n. c.;
supreme master-at-arms, NJ. G. Martin
| guard. Douglas S. Wright, vicksburg
Miss; supreme outer guard H. NJ
Wadsworth, Philadelphia. Pa. The Of
| fcers of the Supreme Temple, Pythian
Sisters, are: Supreme chief. Cora NJ
| Davis. Union, Ore; supreme senior.
| Lily Samuels, Oakland, Cal; supreme
| junior, Elizabeth Hutchinson, Woods
| ford, Me; supreme manager, Minnie
| Bunting, Tulsa, Okla; supreme mis-
tress of records and correspondence, M
Josie Nelson, Union City, Ind; supreme
mistress of finances. Alice NJ. H. Boy
| Ian, Austin, Mimi: supreme protector,
! Jessie J. Brown, Tampa, Fla; supreme
| outer guard, Elizabeth McCabe, Hutch
| inson Kan.
! The Dunn celebration committee, at
its last meeting, made tentative plans
| for the entertainment in honor of Past
Supreme Chancellor Edward Dunn Fri
day. October 6, in the auditorium of the
| Pythian Temple. The next meeting of
the committee will be held Wednesday,
August 80. at the Pythian Temple.
| All Pythin lodges in the Canal Zone
are now under one name and number,
Panama Canal Lodge. No. /. w s..
Lawrence, Balboa Heights. is deputy
| supreme chancellor for the Canal Zone.
! The order has lodges also in Alaska,
Australia, Hawaii and the Philippine
| Islands.
| 1t is reported that details have been
| arranged by the committees appointed
| for the purpose to consolidate Calanthe
| Lodge, No. IL, and Harmony Lodge. No.
| 81. in one lodge. The order in the Dis
trict has a small grand domain, and it
| is said to be the opinion of it's leaders
that better results will be attained
with fewer and stronger subordinate
| lodges.
| The House of Representatives con-
tains several Pythian members, who
are representatives in the Supreme
Lodge, and who will not be able to at
| tend the session Tuesday. They in
clude c. C. Dowell of Iowa, Thomas l..
Rubey of Missouri and John N. Till
man of Arkansas.
| While most of the subordinate lodges
are taking a brief summer vacation
| others have been busy comforting the
ranks At the conventions Tuesday
night Webster Lodge. No. Z. had the
esquire rank and Excelsior Lodge. No.
| IA. the knight rank. Columbia Lodge.
! No 26, has the page rank scheduled for
| it's convention Wednesday night, Au-
gust 3.
| Coldweu Company, No. I, Uniform
Rank, held a special assembly Thurs
| day night at which the question of
| building up the company was con-
sidered.
| Rathbone- Superior Lodge. No. 20, is
| reported to be much in earnest in its
determination to hold a celebration in
the fall in honor of DIR. e. S. kimball,
| one of its members and the sole sur
vivor. of the original five organizers
Of the order. Chancellor Commander
Walker has about completed the per-
sonnet of the committee which will
| have charge of the affair
| About the same time the lodge Will
have a roll CALI of it's members, and
I aim to have every member who is phys
ically able TO do so personally answer
Ito his name and those out of town to
Ianswer by letter or telegram. The
dates for the Kimball celebration and
the roll call have not as yet been set
but it is stated, win be announced fol-
! lowing the convention of the lodge the
| fourth Friday in August.
! Franklin Lodge, No. 2. has accepted
| the resignation of Chancellor Com
mander J. A. Ingraham, who recently
| graduated from Georgetown University
| and returned to his home in Oklahoma
to practice law. Mr.. Ingraham. it is
| said, was a popular presiding officer and
| favorably known among the members
| of the order in the District
The resignation of Past Chancellor J..
Bennett Jones as trustee was accepted,
he being a first lieutenant in Company
IL, National Guard. awaiting orders at
| Camp Ordway to proceed to the border.
! Grand Chancellor John B. Dickman
installed r. r. Weakly as chancellor
commander and r. L. Glading vice
chancellor. Both were recently elected.
Pytllian Sisters.
| Friendship Temple, No. g.. will be en-