Evening star., 1916-08-27

Grand Master Hope, president of the
general degree staff. has. with the as
sistance OF the members of the staff.
completed arrangements for the re-
ception of the ionkers degree team of
Yonkers. n. y. on Saturday. The team
will be met at the Union depot and es-
corted to odd Fellows Hall, where sup
per will be served to members of the
team. The women accompanying mem
bers of the team will be taken in charge
by President Belle NJ. Carter of the
Rebekah Assembly and delegation of
ladies from the several Rebekah lodges.
who have made arrangements to en-
teri ain them while in the city.
Promptly at o'clock special meet
ing is to be held in the audit orium of
l. .. o. +. Hall. where the first degree
will be conferred by Yonkers degree
team upon class of twenty-five can
didates who have been elected to mem
berShip in the several lodges of this
jurisdiction. Grand Master Hope re-
quests all members to be present
promptly at O'Clock in order to avoid
any delay. After the comforting of the
degree a banquet Will be served to WIS.,
itinE members.
Iangdon Lodge. No. &c. will confer the
degree upon six candidates tomorrow
evening Past Grand Milton s. Fall. de-
gree director. will have charge of the
degree team. Past Grand /. f. king,
representative of Langdon Lodge, No.
2S, on the general degree staff, requests
all members to attend the comforting of
the degree by the visiting team and to
notify him of their intention to attend
the banquet
Amity Lodge. No. 81. will confer the
degree at its regular meeting Tues-
day evening. Past Grand Master r. H.
Sorrell, degree director, invites all
members of the general degree staff
to assist in comforting the degree. Al
the last meeting many visitors were
present, including Past Grand Masters
of Federal City and Kelley and Searls
of Eastern. Refreshments were served
The present term has been an active
one. and many members have been
added to the roster.
Noble Grand Friedman of Excelsior
Lodge presided over the lodge on
Thursday evening for the first time
since ne met with a serious automobile
accident at Chester. Pa. The members
congratulated Mr.. Friedman upon his
recovery. Several candidates We're re-
ceived and the degree conferred. EX-
ceisior Lodge notified Grand Master
Hope that Two candidates would be
present to receive the first degree on
Saturday evening
Metropolis Lodge, No. iS. commenced
degree work on Friday evening. when
several candidates were received into
membership by initiation. Hereafter
the degree will be conferred at each
meeting. The death OF Past Grand
Richard T. Pumphrey. under whose di-
rection all the degrees had been con-
ferred for many years, is a loss which
the members greatly regret Past Grand
G. e. Mothershead will have charge of
the degree team on Friday evening.
Eastern Lodge. No. :, conferred the
third degree last Wednesday night on
two candidates. Among the visitors
was the Grand cha plain of Maryland
A. r. Snedegar, Brooklyn, who enlight-
ened the meeting with some very in
teresting remarks about the doings of
our Baltimore neighbo-s. Past Grand
Evans also honored with a visit. From
the interest shown by the members of
Eastern No. I, indications are that
September and will be gala days
for the order when the members will help
entertain visitors from YonkerS. y. Y.
Degree Director Lawson announces the
initiatory degree for Wednesday night.