The Washington herald., 1917-10-28
Knights Of Pythias.

Iuesoay-Neoster, No. !; Ecelsior No. "a
caIital. No q, and Myrtle. No. Is business. $,
Thuuday-Ffanklin. No. 2, business.
Ffiday-Synclsians, No. 10, business.
UNIFORM RANK.
THURSDAY. Washington Company. No. !. resu.
PYTHIAN SISTERS.
Wednesday Friendship Temple. No. =. init
FIiday-Rathbone Temple. No 0, initiation.
MISCELLANEOUS. -
saturday-Patriotic meeting. auditorium Pyth.
ian Temple. rss,'- -
Announcement is made that prepa-
rations have been . Completed for a
patriotic rally of members of the or
der ana theirs friends In the auditor
ium. Of the Pythian Temple next Sat
urday5 p6At. which, will be addressed
by met kominent in. .oficial, profess
sional and fraternal life OF the Ma
tional Capital. with musical selec-
tions and other. appropriate features.
II Will be an open meeting and
friends Of the order are invited to
attend. The direction of this affair
is under the ways and means commit
tee. represented by a committee COM
posed Of Past Grand Chancellor III.
M. Vandervort, T. E. Landon and A.
b. Foster. T.
, No grand visitations are scheduled
for this week, nor the week follow
ing. but on Monday. November II,
Decatur Lodge. No. O. will be off,
cially visited by Grand Chancellor
Melick and associate grand lodge Of
fcers.
The ofiiciaI visit to Calanthe Lodge,
No. II. Monday night. was one of the
most successful of the series so far.
The grand lodge officers reported that
the excellent records showed the prog
ress of the lodge for the past year
Grand Master-at-arms Perry p. Pat
rick exemplified the unwrftten work
Heiss. Grand Chancellor Meliok was
excused at an early hour, owing to
the illness of his daughter. A social
hour followed the routine work, when
short talks were given by Past Grand
Supreme Chancellor Edward Dunn,
Past Grand Chancellor John b. Dick
man on progress of the home lodge
Past Chancellor Jacob Nussbaum or
the work of the ways and means com.
mittee. Grand Keeper of Records and
Seal II. ]. Gasson on the duties OF
the board of directors. Past Grand
Chancellor " illiam A. Kimmel on the
proposed Pythian club, Past Grand
Chancellor H. NJ. vandervort on the
patriotic celebration. next Saturday
night and others. -
The visitation to Syracusian; Lodge,
No. 10, Friday night. from the tenor
Of the remarks of the speakers. was
of patriotic character. boosting the
work of the Pythian order for war
emergencies. The affairs of the lodge
were reported in excellent condition
by the officers who had made an ex-
animation Of the records, A social
hour followed the routine work of the
grand visitation, and fluctuations
were extended to .Syracusian Lodge
for the success II had achieved during
the past year. .-..
Webster Lodge, No. 7. at its con
ventionTuesday night conferred the
rank of /, esquire. B! Campbell, OF
osceola Lodge. No. 81, assisted in the
work. Other visitors included Jesse
NJ. Miles, of the, X-rayyfepartment
Army Medical School, Of Newhamp.
ton. Mo-, affnember of iodya No. 2s5
Northampton Charles W. Porter
Lodge No. 75, Rittfnan. Ohio, also OF
the X-ray department, Army Medical
School; Herman Wealthall. Spring
field. Ohio. and John Farmer. En-
terprise Lodge. No. 5O7. Harrisburg,
Pa. Webster Lodge at this conven.
ton authorized the purchase of-sSa[
worth of theffy> bonds by the, dlfec.
tors. and the purchase was made on
Wednesday. a..
Capital Lodge. No. "a, also author.
lied the purchase of Second Liberty
Loan bonds at its convention Tuesday
night, and voted an appropriation OF
1900 for that purpose.
Calanthe Lodge. No. II, reports the
loss of six members by death duriag
the past year. the last one beiag
George P. Johanson. who passed awss
last Sunday. -,
Rathbone-Superior Lodge. Ne. 1es
decided at a recent meeting that the
dues of any member enlisting in the
service of the country would be paid
Ten of the most active members OF
the lodge have already left the city
to join the national colors, and many
more are expected to go, II Is an
nounced by Acting Chancellor CON-
rnander B. P. Evans.
A. j, David, past chancellor Of CO.
lumbia Lodge, No. IS. and past i'm
perial representative of the Dramatic
Order Knights of Khorassan, a branch
of the Pythian order, who passed
away on October Is. was buried on
the 2oth~with Pythian honors and with
ceremonies of other orders to which
he belonged, Odd Fellows and Elks.r
Washington Company, No. 1, Uni
form Rank, held its annual banquet
Wednesday night. at Schneider's Hall.
Capt. Cressey was toastma ster. Mai.
r. T. Whiting made the principal ad-
dress, in which he urged the men,
bers to follow the teachings of the
order. respect and allegiance to the
flag. of our country" Never before" !"
he said. have these principles SO i'm
pressed me Of their worth as now,
when every true American should
strive to do his BIT" Lieut.. Williams
offered a toast to William Roberts,
Gilbert Landy and William Stans-
bury. members of the company al
ready "over there" The Company
pledged itself to buy six liberty bonds,
and each member was urged to do
Capt. Fred Pelzman, a member of the
company and a captain of one of the
Home Defense companies, addressed
the gathering, and urged young and
old to at all times be prepared, and
Lieut.. Sanford related his experience
on a recent fishing and hunting trip.
The Mount Rainier Orchestra fur
nlshed music. Thise present were
Maj. r. T. whiting, Capts. G. G..
Creesey, George H. Whiting, F. NJ.
Pelzman, Lieuts. c. Z. Sanford, III.
c. Glading, r. l.. Glading, w. NJ,
Williams, and Knights Morris HI.
konigsberg. George E. Williams, Ar
thur c. Smith, w. E. Mathews.
George RyalI, Ben Sherwood, George
Little. w. p. Angel. Roger Reeves,
Holmes. NJ. Rosenthaf, H. Pelzman,
DR.. Frederick Yates, F. S. Roland and
w. 7. Baumann.
Mrs, Catherine Kline, wife of Past
Supreme Representative John M,
Kline, sr., who passed away last, Sun