The Washington herald., 1917-11-11
Knights Of Pythias.
LODGES

LODGES.
Monday ay-Decatur. No. 9, grand visitation
CaanthC. No. II, business.
Tuesday Webster. No. :, called Of Excelsior.
No. "a; CAPITAL, No. 2i. and Myrtle. No. g.
lnsness
wednc sIay- Mount Vernon. No. S: Hermione,
No. r. and Union. No. 2, business; Columbia
Ne. y. grand visitation.
Thursdsy-Franklin. No. , business
Friday -Syracusians. No. TO- business
UNIFORM RANK.
Observation-Disclosures Company, No. I.
monthly assembly.
PYTHIAN SISTERS.
Wednesday Friendship Temple. No. g busi
ness.
Thusday-Past Chiefs Association monthly
meeting.
Fridsy-Rathbone Temple. No. 8 business
The grand visitations scheduled for
this week by Grand Chancellor Melick
and associate grand lodge officers are
Decature Lodge, No 9. tomorrow
night. and Columbia Lodge, No. &c,
Wednesday night, both in the Pyth-
ian Temple. The first named is one
of the oldest lodges in the jurisdic-
ton, and the visit to that lodge is
considered one of especial interest
Columbia Lodge has been very active
in comforting work the past year and
in other Pythian duties which indi-
cate excellent reports. The series of
visitations for the year will close
Tuesday night, November 90 at the
home" lodge of Grand Chancellor
Melick, Myrtle Lodge, No. 25, 316
Pennsylvania avenue southeast.
Members of subordinate lodges of
the District will attend an important
Pythian event scheduled for Alexan-
dia Va, next Tuesday night. ORR
entail Lodge, No. s. of that city. one
of the oldest lodges in the supreme
domain, will commemorate the COM
pletion of the Rathbone Memorial
Temple which has been erected there
in honor of the founder of the order.
who was for long time a resident
of the Virginia city and active in the
advancement Of the order there.
Plans have been completed to have
a large class initiation Tuesday night,
the knight rank team of Syracusians
Lodge. No. 10. of this city having been
requested to confer the work, re-
hearsals for which have been in pro-
gress several weeks. The grand lodge
officers of Virginia are expected to
be present and prominent officials,
with delegations, from nearby States
are also planning to attend the cele-
bration. Washington will also be
. largely represented.
At the meeting of the ways and
means committee last night, presided
over by Chairman William A. Kim
mel, the subcommittee on the patriotic
meeting held a week ago in the Pyth.
ian Temple, composed of Past Grand
Chancellor H. NJ. Vandervort, chair.
man; Cob T. E. Landon. and Arthur
B. Foster, made an extended report
on the successful event. At the next
meeting the committee expects to con.
slider questions of Importance to sub
ordinate lodges.
Washington Company. No. !, Uni.
! form Rank. expects to take up plans
| at the next assembly to create addi
| tional interest in that branch of tbs
order. Maj. Gen. William H. Loomis
| commanding officer of the rank. pre-
| diets that about 50,OO0 will be enrolled
in war service by the end of the year
Capt. Fred NJ. Pelzman, past chan
! cellor of Capital Lodge. and a sue
cessful captain in two competitive
drills at the international encamp
ment, Milwaukee and Terre Haute, i.
reported to be doing excellent worI
as captain and drillmaster in the
Home Defense League of Rifles.
Webster Lodge, No. Z, through
| Keeper of Records and Seal James K
Morton, announces that the lodge will
omit the convention calendared fol
Tuesday night for the purpose of at
tending the celebration at Alexandria
Va, that evening.
Pythinn sisters.
Friendship Temple, No. 9, expects tC
confer the degrees at its meeting
Wednesday night. At the last meet.
ing large attendance of members
and visitors were presented and al
the Concivs'on of tho transa ction oi
busi ess Harvest Home" suppe.
was served.
tt" com-Iitiee In charge Of tho
Thanksgiving dinner 10 he given BY
Ru thbone Temple. NJ. =. to "A mum
bcr Of soldier. sailors aud marines
r,ported al the meeting Of the temple
Friday might that arrangements had
been CImplutsd Tor the nffair and that
dinner would he served In the han.
qu.i hall ~ tho Pyihiin Tgmpls
Thank HgiNlnE afternoon ~ I uvluUh
followed ~ a. entertainment snd
aanrs in tn auditorium ~ the TEN