The Washington herald., 1917-11-18
The Maccabees.

National Tent. No. /. meets Monday night al
MscCabee Temple. Seventh and streets. over
the Bank; Anacostia Tent, No. :, meets in
Fraternity Hall. at the south end Of the Ana
costa Bridge.
Mount Vernon Tent. No. 4. will meet Tuesday
evening at Masonic Hall Eighth and F streets
nurthesst, with initiation by the degree team:
BTightwood Tent No. {. will meet in Maccabea
Hail. BIightwood, with initiation by the degree
team.
National Tent, No. l. found itself
out in the cold last Monday night.
by reason of the War Departments
having taken over the old Masonic
Temple for war purposes, and all the
lodges meeting in the building had
10 find other meeting places. Ma
tional Tent. being the first to have
date, first felt the stroke. >but it
got busy through the trustees and held
is meeting in the new bank building
at Seventh and l streets and in
stTucted the trustees of the tent to
arrange for the use of the hall. If it
can be done on reasonable terms.
Saturday night of last week the
news of the coming change came to
the record-keeper and he got in touch
with the commander. ]. NJ. Foster.
and he in turn communicated with
the trustees. Monday night, the hall
was in readiness for the meeting,
which was well attended. and two
new members initiated and six new
applicatio filed, Next Monday
night a large class of possibly ten
new members will be initiated, and
the full form used.
At National Tent last Monday night
Frank Hannah and Harry E. Seng-
stack. of Mt. Vernon Tent. and w.
F. Lewis. of Mt. Rainier Tent. made
interesting talks. T. l.. Deagenhart,
of Georgetown Tent, was present
The large majority of the new mem-
bers now being taken into the Mac
cabees are on the 2O-year payment
plan.
The first American to be killed in
action in the world war was a Mac
cabee, Sir knight Osmund Kelly In
gram, of Tent No. II, Alabama. who
lost his life when a United States
destroyer was torpedoed October 10.
The Maccabees paid his mother $1,000.
the first insurance in the war. and
it was paid by fraternal order that
does not charge its members one
cent on account of the war.
Mr.. Deagenhart, member of
Georgetown Tent, No. 16, is getting
around after recovering from inju-
ries received by a fall in a building
on which he was working.
Trustees of National Tent, No. /.
negotiating for a meeting hall are
DR.. ]. S. Arnold, H. E. Crouch and
:. V. Gussack.
DR.. Henry w. Jaeger. a member
of Mt Vernon Tent, No. ). has been
commissioned an examiner for the
Maecabees in the District, and his
examination is for the d. c. or in
common. He is an independent ex-
aminer and not for any particular
tent,
Brightwood Tent, No 5, will have
an initiation Tuesday night by the
full-degree form, and refreshments
will be served.
Next Monday night the past COM
manders will arrange the plans for
the past commanders rally in Ma
tional Tent, No. /, November 26, which
is to bring to a close past command
ers' month in the Markey Silver
Anniversary Contest for the month.
The real contest does not close until
February 2s. 1918.
w. I. King, a member OF Bright
wood Tent, and the District sergeant,
visited National Tent last Monday
night.
Joseph s. Dentz. OF Takoma Park,
and membcr of Mt Vernon Tent,
No. 4, died Sunday and was buried
Wednesday.
GeSgetown Tent. No. 6. held its