The Washington herald., 1917-12-23
Knights Of Pythias.

LODGES.
Mcnday-Decatur. No. 9. nomination and cleo
lion of officers; Calanthe, No. II. business
Tn.-,Iay-wetster No. Z; Excelsior No. IA;
CaIiJaI. No. "a. and Myrtle No. .. called OF.
wednesday-Mo Vernon. No 5; Hermione,
No. Il; Union. No. 2, and Columbia, No. Is,
election Oh officers.
Friday-Syracusians. No. 10. and Rathbone-
Superior, No. %. election Of chiCprs.
PYTHIAS SISTERS
Wednesday-Frendship Temple. No. g. bust
ness.
Friday Rathbone Temple, No. g. social.
The committee in charge of promot-
ing the proposed Home Lodge reports
that letters are coming from other
jurisdictions in reference to the lodge,
favoring the proposition.
Grand Chancellor Melick requests
that local lodges having members in
the military service, and who have not
reported. do so before January l. The
grand chancellor reports that at nearly
every session of local lodges may be
seen a number of visitors from other
domains who have been called to
Washington to assist in handling gov
eminent work. He urges that lodges
which have not already sent the war
relief donation to Grand Keeper of
Records and Seal Gasson. do so at
once.
Decatur Lodge No. g. through Keep
er of Records and Seal McAIlister, an
nounce5 that the lodge will convene at
o'clock tomorrow night for the cleo
ton of officers.
All the lodges caIendered for Tues
day night have been granted dispen-
satiOns to omit the conventions of that
evening.
At the convention of Webster Lodge
Tuesday night patriotic event of the
evening was the reception rendered
two young Pythians in uniform-Neil
G. Reynolds. of Mount Pleasant Lodge
No. So. Round Hill, Va. Quartermaster
Corps, Washington Barracks, and
Louis Stoberl. of Washington Lodge
No. 325. Buffalo. N. Y, Marine Corps.
both addressing the ldoge. Capt.
George G. Cressy. of Webster Lodge,
captain of Washington company. Uni
form Rank. left the day before the
meeting to join the balloon corps. A
letter was read from former Chance1-
lor Commander W. c. Clark, who is
at Fort Bliss, Texas, radio station.
Webster Lodge No. Z, Tuesday night.
elected the following officers: William
T. Baum. chancellor commander; Will
liam H. Zea, vice chancellor; ]. c.
Wilson, prelate: ]. A. Geiman, master
of work; Edward Saxon, keeper of
records and seal: o. 2. Gray, master
Of finance; F. V. Springman. master
of exchequer; Leroy s. Boyd, master
at arms; Z. G. Painter, inner guard !:
H. NJ. Locke, outer guard: John r.
Dickman, S. NJ. Banks, Edward Saxon,
trustees; ]. c. Wilson, relief bureau;
F. V. Springman, r. T. Whiting. John
B. Dickman. S. NJ. Banks, o. B. Gray,
representatives to grand lodge.
Capital Lodge, No. "a. elected these
officers: James f. Wilson. chancellor
commander; n. EIkton Smith. vice
chancellor; ]. L. Motyka, master of
work: w. c. Johns. prelate; James w.
Carter. keeper of records and seal:
Charles L. Saur. master of finance;
Julius Veidt. master of excheauer;
Roger A. Reeves. master at arms: Al
bert E Gorham. inner guard: ]. F.
Skidmore, outer guard; James F.. Will
son, representative to hall associa-
ton; Roger A. Reeves, T. w. Ever
sole, George Williams, trustees; James
w. Carter, Julius Veidt, Charles l..
Ssur. Roger A. Reeves, j. F. Skid
more. representatives to grand lodge.
Myrtle Lodge, No. a. Tuesday night
elected the following officers: Frank
kerper. chancellor commander: VIII
yam X. Lucas, vie ehoo~-i lnr. r~~oh