The Washington herald., 1917-12-30
Knights Of Pythias.

Knights Of Pythias. /
Tuesday-webster. No. :; Excelsior. No. II:
Capital, No. a. and Myrtle. No. Z. called of.
Wodnesday-Mount Vernon. No. 5. and Equal.
40 Il, installation.
Thursday-Ff Franklin. No. .. installation.
Friday-Syracusians, No 10 installation,
UNIFORM RANK.
Thursday-J. T. Col1wen Company. No :.
monthly assembly.
PYTHIAN SISTERS.
wednesday ay-Friendship Temple. No, ., install
lation.
Friday-Rathboue Temple. No. s. installation.
The officers OF subordinate
lodges. recently elected will be In
stalled at the first meeting night
of the year by grand lodge officers
as follows:
Franklin, No. 2, by Grand Vice
Chancellor Kline; Mount Vernon,
No. 5, by Grand Prelate Henderson,;
Webster No. Z, by Grand Inner
Guard Yates; Decatur, No. 3. by
Grand Outer Guard Skidmore;
! Syracusians, No. 10, by Junior
, Past Grand Chancellor Dickman;
Calanthe, No. IL. by Grand Master
of Exchequer Crown; Hermione,
| No. IL, by Grand Lecturer Heiss:
| Excelsior. No. IA. by Grand Prelate
Henderson,; Equal. No. II, by Grand
Keeper of Records and Seal Cas-
son; Union, No. %. and Capital.
| No. "a, by Grand Vice Chancellor
Kline; Myrtle, No. rs. by Grand
70. by Junior Past Grand Chan
celIor Dickman: Amaranth. No. IS,
| by Grand Master of Exchequer
Crown; Rathbone-Superior. No. 80.
by Grand Chancellor Melick: Cen
| tury. No. 80. by Grand Keeper of
Records and Seal Gasson.
| The ways and means committee
of the Pythian order at it's last
session heard the preliminary re-
1 port of the subcommittee on the
summer outing. which indicated
! plans to make this one OF the big
, events of the year. Grand Chan
! cellor Melick gave the committee
a talk on the progress of the order.
Washington Company of the Uni
form Rank is arranging to make
an active recruiting campaign,
plans for which will be enlarged
at the next assembly.
Lieut.. ]. Ed. Wilson, chairman of
the house committee of the Pythian
Hall Association, and representative
from Capital Lodge on the ways and
means committee. has been elected
chancellor commander of his lodge
and will be installed with other Of
Ificers on January s. He is an active
worker in all branches of the or
der.
Excelsior Lodge. No. IA, will in
stall the following officers. who
were elected at its last convention.
Tuesday night, January s: T. ].
Woody. chancellor commander; Rob-
ert A Jonscher, vice chancellor:
John B. Burgess. prelate: George p.
Smith, master of work; George
Leese, keeper of records and seal: /:
Charles r. Winans. master of
finance; H. ]. Gasson, master of
cNchequer: Robert s. Jonscher. mas
tef-at-arms; Alfred H. Etting. inner
guard; Harry s. Nichols, outer
guard. c. w. Jones. W. A. Wilding.
Robert s. Jonscher were elected
trustees: w. A. Wilding. represent
lative to relief bureau. and Fred
erick Yates, c. T. Winans. II. ]. Gas
son, H. s. Nichols and w. A. Wilding
Representatives to the grand lodge.
News has been received that Wal
ter B. Richie. of Lima, Ohio. past
supreme chancellor. had his collar
bone broken and received other in
juries a few days ago in an elevator
accident. When stepping out of the
Elevator he permitted a lady passen-
ger to pass out ahead of him. 1t is
stated that the elevator man did not
see Mr.. Richie and started the car.
The report indicates that he was
resting easily when last heard from
and making good progress toward
recovery.
Friendship Temple, No. ., at its
meeting Wednesday night will install
the officers recently elected for the
ensuing term. Those. chosen were Mrs.
Helen Kennicut. most excellent chief;
Mrs. Nettie Crowthers, excellent
senior: Mrs. Annie Jonscher. excellent
junior; Mrs. Carrie Davis. manager;
Mrs. Annie Sullivan. mistress of
records and correspondence; Mrs. Ida
Crown, mistress OF finance; Mrs. Tillie
Rock. protector; Mrs. Addie Freeman,
outer guard. Mrs. Cora Nussbaum
will be the installing officer.
Rathbone Temple. No. s. viii also
install its officers for the new year
at its meeting this week when on FRI
day night the following will be i'm
Quoted into office: Mrs. Marian Gel
man, most excellent chief: Miss De-
marest simpson, excellent senior; Miss
Pearlie Leese. excellent janior: Mrs.
Ethel Johns. manager: Mrs. Bertha
Williams. mistress of records and
correspondence; Mrs. Della Nichols.
mistress Of finance; Mrs. Laura Leese,
protector. and Mrs. Katherine Huhn,
outer guard. The temple held class
imitation last Friday night.
Mrs. Lilly Samuels. supreme chief
Pythian Sisters, IN a letter to the
i branch of the nr7er tho rvfhfa,, Gle