The Washington herald., 1916-09-24

ranks In this lodge at the request Of
Eustis Lodge, of Eustis, Fla.
The committee on the celebration IN
honor of Past Supreme Chancellor Dunn
and Mrs. Dunn held a meeting Thursday
night and considered plans for the event
Word has been received by Grand Chan
cellor Dickman that Supreme Chancel-
| lor Brown will be unable to be present
on account of a previous engagement, and
II Is expected that he will designate some
officer or member of the Supreme Lodge
to represent him. Miss Gertrude Lyons,
and others have been engaged to furnish
the musical and literary features of the
program. The next meeting will be held
Thursday night. The celebration will be
held in the auditorium pf the Pythian
Temple Friday night, October 20.
The ways and means committee of the
Pythian order, at last nights meeting,
heard reports of committees relating to
past and future events beneficial to the
order.
Webster Lodge, No. 7, is planning to
celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. The
committee in charge OF the event Will
meet tonight at o'clock at the residence
Of the chairman, Maj. R. T. Whiting. Be-
sides the large number of members of
local lodges present, number Of visitors
were in attendance at the convention of
the lodge Tuesday night and made short
talks George c. Quinn. of Columbus
Lodge, No. 8, Columbus. Ohio; Curtis l..
Ryan, chancellor cOmmander-elect, of
Criterion Lodge, No. 127, Norfolk, Va.
and others spoke.
Excelsior Lodge, No. H. conferred the
page rank Tuesday night, in the presence
| If a large assemblage which included
members from most OF the lodges of the
District and many from outside jurisdic-
| ions The team was assisted in the work
| by Past Supreme Representative Joseph
B. Conner and Grand Chancellor Dick
man. Supreme Representative Mark
Stearman spoke about the work of the
recent convention of the Supreme Lodge.
Short talks were made by the grand
chancellor and others, and Past Chancellor
Talbot Pulizzi. OF Rathbone- Superior
Lodge. gave dramatic reCitations from
Julius Caesar. The lodge will continue
] the work on a class at the next and the
| following conventions
Calanthe Lodge. No. II, has the page
rank scheduled for tomorrow night, when
Chancellor Commander Z. c. Buskirk
hopes t. welcome all members of a for
mer lodge. Harmony. No. q, which re-
Gently consolidated with Calanthe Lodge,
as well as all the latter's members and
brothers of the order generally.
Columbia Lodge, No g, which is show
ing much activity, has the page rank
scheduled for the next convention. The
rank was conferred at the last meeting.
Grand Prelate c. w. Henderson made a
fraternal visit to Hermione Lodge No.
T. at the last convention. A number of
Grand Lodge officers and others have
| lTAlu Il -isff to 1nN
day night, when plans for an effective
membership campaign will be discussed.
AT a regular meeting of the board of
directors Of the Pythian Hall Association
Monday night routine business was trans
acted.
Century Lodge. No. 80. held an in
teresting meeting Monday night, at
which Rev Patrick Murphy made an
address and Supreme Representative
Mark Stearman reported to his home
lodge the dOings of the recent con-
vention of the Supreme Lodge at Port
land, Ore. The senior supreme rep
resentative, Albert Kahlert. informed
Century Lodge that he had taken
many views on his trip to Portland
where he also attended the Supreme
convection, which he had planned to
present to the local lodges by stere-
Opticon. The lodge has arranged work
! in the first rank, and probably other
ranks, for the next convention, Octo-
Der. 2.
Junior Supreme Representative Mark
Stearman is highly praised in the Aug
ust number of the Pythian Advocate,
of Minneapolis, for the successful work
relating to the proposition to reward
Past Supreme Chancellor Edward Dunn
for his services as a pioneer and the
proposition to grant an allowance to
the widow of Abram D. Vanderveer
an original member of the order, who
was accidsntally killed in this city
several months ago. The Advocate
closes an extensive article as follows
1T was good work, Mark, and the
cause in both instances was extremely
deserved. The Supreme Lodge well