The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-02

degree will be conferred at the regular
meeting of the lodge ON Wednesday even
ing by the degree team under the direc-
ton OF Degree Director w. e. Lawson.
Canton Washington, No. /, held its
monthly business session last night. Capt.
Royce informed the canton he had ac-
cepted an invitation to attend as escort
TO the Grand Lodge services at the NJ.
e. Church South. Ninth and X streets
northwest, Sunday evening, April 3, and
ordered all members to assemble at their
lodgeroom that evening at 7:3o p. m.
The Rebekah Degree.
Monday-Nsomia, No. /. degree; Ruth. No. = us-
tstion OF assembly officers.
Tuesday Fidelity. No. 7. degree.
friday-Miriam. No. g. degree.
New Rebekah Lodge, Mount Pleas
ant. No. 8, was ushered into being on
Wednesday evening. March q. in its
lodgeroom over Park Savings Bank.
Fourteenth and Kenyon streets north
west Grand Master William ]. Hope
called the meeting to order and then
invited President Annie E. Grigsby
and her associate officers of the Re-
bekah Assembly to conduct the cere-
mony Of instituting the lodge. Mrs.
StiSsuys dcCeptlnS, IaleF requested
Vice President Anna Billings to pre-
sent the petition for a charter. Vice
President Billings presented the fol-
lowing petitioners:
Katie Morrison, p. N. G.; Anna
Crew. p. y. c.; Mary Pollock. p. N.
c.; Edna .Ohlander, Katie Sample, p,
~ G.; Irene, Shedd, Sue NJ. Carey, Ell
sic N Carey. Annie Glossbrenner
Charles P. Sample, Eugene Ohlander,
Ia nor I'll L,
James II. Crew, n. NJ. Pollock, Will
lam Morrison. F. w. Alexander Mary
n. Alexander. Otelia Thorn Taylor,
Fred d. Tillman, Maud c. TiIlman,
Clara d. Short. Jessie NJ Dudley,
Charles w. Dudley, Marie H. Smith,
Ermina Chaffee Woodruff. Margaret
Hellmuth. Eva Mae H. Bushey, Hart,.
Kann. Lewis 8. Knnn, David A.
Thompson. Cora Thompson, Gladys
Tucker, Anna Bailey windle. Maud
keiser Brooks. Alice R. Bradley,
Charles T. Windle. Kate NJ Smith, II.
Elkton Smith, Sarah V. Darling, Anna
Z. Metler, r. c. Althouse, Lillian L.
McGregor, Mary f. Allen. Florence C.
Bennett, II. C. r. Bohnke. MozeIla
Bohnke, and Edith " S. Wiley.
At the conclusion of the institution.
President Grigsby conducted the cleo
ton of officers of the new lodge.
which resulted in the election of Past
Noble Grand Katie Morrison, noble
grand: Edna Ohlander. vice grand;
Past Noble Grand Mary Pollock. re-
cording secretary: Elsie NJ. Carey,
financial secretary, and Eva Mae
Bushey, treasurer. Remarks were
made by Grand Master William J..
Grand Warden J. T. Humphrey, Vice
President Anna Billings. and Past
Grand Master Crew.
The Assembly Home Circle will hold
Its monthly meeting Wednesday even
ing. President Billings desires a full
attendance from every Rebekah lodge
as many important matters will come
before the circle for consideration.
Miriam Rebekah Lodge, No. 6, held its
meeting Friday evening. President An
lows Home. Degrees, pir sas oof l. ff H.
Windsor conducted a degree rehearsal
with the degree team.
Esther Rebekah Lodge. No. s. met in
regular session at I. o. o. F. Hall, In
Seventh street northwest, Monday
evening. President Annie z. Grigsby
and Grand Master William ]. Hope
were present. Instrumental and vocal
music was played and a play was pre-
sented.
Noble Grand Edwin Allan Swingle re-
ports arrangements complete for the an
nual visit of Grand Master William j.
Hope and his official. line to Mount Plea
SAINT Lodge, No. g, Fourteenth and Ken
yon streets northwest. Tuesday night. In
addition to a general invitation, special
announcements have been issued to more
than a hundred prominent members of
the order, including the John B. Good
win, of Baltimore, grand secretary of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge, and several
members of Congress.
The speaker of the evening Will be Rep
resentative George Huddleston, OF Ala
bama, who is grand master of the Odd
Fellows of the Grand Representative w.
W. MILAN will respond on behalf of the
Grand Lodge of the District.
The unwritten work will be exemplified
by Noble Grand Swingle, Conductor Yer
leger, and Inside Guardian Adams. Past
Grand Instructor Wolfe, who has been
designated by the grand master as grand
instructor for the lodge, reports that
nothing less than 100 per cent is to- be
expected.
Dorcas Rebekah Lodge. No. 4, held
regular meeting Friday evening.
March "a. The meeting was followed
by a social. Marshall Baber being
chairman of the committee on ar
ra nts