Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25

Eastern Lodge. No. Z. will confer the
initiatory degree Wednesday evening.
The degree team, in which every officer
will be in his respective position. will
perform the work. This meeting will
mark the beginning of class Of
initiates that will receive one degree
each meeting until they have COM
pleted membership in the lodge.
The second degree will be conferred
In Langdon Lodge. No. 20. tomorrow
evening by the recently organized de-
gree team under Degree Director S. w.
Hawkins. past grand. Past Grand Will
ton Harvey has been appointed by
Grand Master Irving r. Schwinger to
at the beginning of the next term. He
will be assisted by past grands of
Langdon Lodge.
degree work until the end of the term.
The degree teams are under the direc-
ton of Past Grand Masters r. H. Sor-
rell and r. A. Ford.
Deputy Grand Master ]. T. Hum
phreys, chairman Of the executive COM
mittee on ways and means for tncreas-
ing the membership of the order in
this Jurisdiction, has selected as mem
bers of his committee Grand Repre-
and E. w. Bradford: Grand Treasurer
John D. Yoakley. Grand Warden Victor
P. Hammer and Grand Secretary Frank
E. Rapp. Deputy Grand Master Hum
phreys and the committee will arrange
for comforting of the first degree upon
a class of several hundred in the new
temple Immediately after it Is dedi-
Gated by the Grand Lodge
Grand Master Schwinger has sent
out to all lodges a letter requesting
tho members to cooperate with the
food administration in its work. Many
lodges have app 2o .Sa ,c e9mm1at lees
bers for this purpose. Amity Lodge
at its last meeting appointed Past
Grands Elicit and Windsor and secre-
tary George Cumming to arrange
program for each meeting. when food
conservation will be one of the orders
Of business for the evening.
Grand Master Schwinger will close
his of1cial visits to the subordinate
lodges Monday evening. December 10.
when he visits Union Lodge. No IL. his
home lodge.
Mount Pleasant Lodge at it's last
meeting was visited by the booster
committee of Federal City Lodge under
Noble Grand Rambo and Deputy Grand
Master HUMPHREYS to exchange views
and discuss the welfare and progress
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Deputy Grand Master HUMPHREYS. Grand
Representative John Wood. Noble
Grand Rambo. Past Grands James
Wood. Gairells and Ison and by Past
Grand w. L. Andrews of Mount Pleas
ant Lodge, whose visit was unexpected
as he had just returned from a western
trip.
Tuesday evening the booster delega-
ton from Federal City Lodge. No. 20,
called on Mount Pleasant Lodge. Cigars
| were served and speeches were made by
Past Grand Master John Wood. Deputy
| Grand Master Humphreys and Past Grand
Andrews of Mount Pleasant Lodge. Next
| Tuesday the delegation will visit Anity
| Lodge at No. 465 K street southwest, in
! the Interest of the order in this jurisdic-
| ton.
At the meeting of Federal City Lodge
| the degree team presented the initiatory
degree and will present the first degree
| next Wednesday.
| Noble Grand Rambo announced that
| Prof. Laurence y. kitchell will give an
Glacier National Park. in the lodgeroonl.
and extends an invitation to all members
! OF the order and their families to be
present.
The visitors at the last meeting included
Vice Grand Louis Blumenthal of Jersey
+, City. n. j.: Past Grand q. S. Clark of
Mount Pleasant Lodge NJ. H. humphrey.
Three Rivers. Mich: G. o. DeVore,
| Greenwich, KAN Edward Schwartz.
New York city. N. Y: Claude Sechrist.
! Selingroye. Pa. c. w. Callbeck, East
| 30 ton, Mass G. u. F'linner. Butler Pa,
and c. NJ. Randall, Erie. Pa.