The Washington herald., 1917-11-18

lain: Salem No. .. W. B. Berlin;
Langdon No. IS. L. w. Bennett;
Amity. No. q, E. r. Armentrout;
Phoenix No. IS. W III. Mcconnell, and
Mount Pleasant No. %. o. w. Wyatt.
Gen. E. w. Bradford. representative
OF Grand Sire Frank c. Goudy on the
Food Commission. has held several
conferences with Herbert C. Hoover
during the past week preparatory to
delivering an address on food Conser-
walton before the grand lodge of In
diana at Indianapolis on Tuesday.
Grand Sire Goudy and a large num-
Der of grand representatives of the
sovereign grand lodge will attend the
Indiana grand lodge session on Tues
day.
Grand Master Irving r. SchwInger
has appointed Deputy Grand Master
John T. Humphreys chairman of the
executive committee on ways and
means, with power to select members
of the committee as he shall desire
in assisting him in making the ar.
rangements for a National Capita
rally TO be held in the new temple
after the same has been dedicated by
7idHu " lHt use Vi lne
order. The committee on arrange.
ments for the dedication exercises
as selected at the last special session
of the grand lodge are: Grand Master
Schwinger, Past Grand Masters
Thomas w. Fowler. r. II. SorrelI
John r, Brown and Gen. Z. W. Brad
ford. Deputy Grand Master Hum
phreys will arrange for a general
rally of all lodges. at which time il
is expected that a large class will
receive the first degree.
Friendship Lodge. No. 70, will con.
fer the initiatory degree on Wednes.
day evening. The degree team will
be under the direction of Past Grand
kincer. Noble Grand Hunting re-
ports the number of candidates for
the degrees have been divided into
classes and at each meeting the de-
gree will be conferred on the class due
for that evening until all candidates
have received all the degrees. At a
special meeting held on Wednesday
evening. ladies' night. a large number
of members with their families gath
cred in the lodge room where a pro-
gram consisting of vocal and instru.
mental music was rendered. after
which all present repaired to the din
ing-TOom where a banquet was served
Grand Representative W. W. MILAN
delivered the address of the evening.
Amity Lodge, No. q, will devote
its next meeting to the consideration
of important business relating to food
conservation and plans for distribu-
ting Christmas packages to its men,
bers who are now serving under the
colors. At the last meeting the third
degree was conferred b. the degree
team under the direction of Past
Grand Master r. y. Ford. The lodge
is being assisted in distributing the
Christmas packages by Miriam Re-
bekah Lodge. No. 6.
Grand Chaplain Henry S. Petty.
while on his way from attending the
meeting of Columbia Lodge to the
odd Fellows Home, was knocked
down and seriously injured by a taxi
cab at Twenty-third street and Penn
sylvania avenue northwest. Grand
Chaplain Petty is still confined at the
Emergency Hospital. where the last
reports indicate that he is slowly i'm
proving. The members of the order
were shocked to learn of the accident
and a large number have called daily
at the hospital to extend their SYM
pathy to Mr.. Petty and wish for his
speedy recovery.
Mount Pleasant Lodge will he visited
by the booster committee of Federal
city Lodge on the evening of Novem-
bCT -. at 80 D. M. As Mount Pleas
mt Lodge is always anxious to support
any movement for the good of the
order. the officers urge every member
OF the lodge and of the order to at
tend this meeting to encourage this
committee.