The Washington herald., 1918-01-13
Odd Fellows.

Mouday-Union, No. II. installation; Beacon,
No. IS. installation; Lansdon. No. 8. business.
: Tuesday--wAshingtpn, No. g installation;
Golden Rule. No a, bushes; Amity, No. 2,
business; Mount Pleasant, No. .. installation.
Wednesday-Grand Lodge meeting; Eastern.
No. u; Harmony. No. o and Federal City. No.
26 business
phursday- Covenant. NJ. ., decree; Columbia,
No. 10, and Phoenix. Nc. q. business.
Friday-Central, No. l. business.
ENcAAiPMENTs.
TI,esday = Grand Encampment semi annual
meeting; Fred ID. Stuart. No. Z, business.
"wednesday Mount Nebo No. 8. business
Friday-Msgenenu. No. 4, degree.
PATRIARCHS MILITANT.
ssturday-Cantou Washington. No. /, social.
The Granu Lodge will meet in
annual session on Wednesday even
ing in the temporary quarters of
the order. Nineteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest. at
s o'clock.
Grand Master Irving r. schwin-
ger will give a detail report of the
work as grand master for the past
year.
The election of officers of the
Grand Lodge Will occur on Wednes-
day evening.
Columbia Lodge officers were in
stalled on Thursday evening by l..
H. Windsor, past grand. accompa-
MED by a delegation of past grands
from Amity Lodge. No. 81.
The officers installed were Lu-
ther w. Strobel. noble grand; Ern-
est w. Shoots. vice grand: e.
C. Grumley, recording secretary;
Thomas w. Fowler, treasurer: Guy
F. Glossbrenner. financial secretary;
Charles N. Coates, warden; Brad
.. ley Z. Strope. conductor; Charles
Rice, inside guardian; o. F. Smith,
outside guardian; s. G. Taylor and
Frank T. Wittenberg. right and left
supporters to the noble grand.
The following were elected rep
| resentatives to the Grand Lodge: H.
F. Allwine; e. I. Baldwin; G. w.
| Billings; F. B. Cowden; Thomas w.
Fowler; c. F. Glossbrenner; e. c.
Grumley. II. s. Petty; C. p. Sam
pie; F. d. Seiffert; c. d. Shackle-
ford, o. r. Smith. ]. N. Strobel; s.
@. Taylor and J. d. Yoakley.
Officers of Langdon Lodge, No.
| Is, for the year werc installed by
Lewis w. Bennet. special deputy
grand master, assisted by past
grands T. H. Helmuth, s. G. Foose,
Emmet Midkiff. w. H. Andrews and
Robert Mettler. The following Of
ficers were installed: Thomas C.
Mettler. noble grand; r. E. Cooper,
vice grand; s. w. Hawkins, record
ing secretary; F. n. Davis, financial
| secretary; w. B. Randall, treasurer,
and a complete set of appointed Of
I, fcers.
The Grand Encampment will hold
| their semi-annual session on Tuesday
evening in the lodge room at Nine
| teenth street and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest. Grand. Patriarch R. E.
Plymale will render his report. The
Grand Encampment degree will be
conferred at this session.
Harmony Lodge. No. Q, promises to
! have a very successful term under the
leadership of Past Grand Master
Thomas J. Gates, who has been in
stalled noble grand for this term.
At the meeting Wednesday night the
first degree was conferred. A large
delegation from Federal City Lodge,
including Past Grand Master and
Grand Representative John H. Wood.
the noble grand. Deputy Grand Master
Humphreys, Past Grands Garrels,
Ison, Mallory, N. H. Wood and Rambo.
also other members. paid Harmony
Lodge a fraternal visit. Some of the
visitors took leading parts in confer
ring the degree.
Noble Grand Thomas ]. Gates let II
, be known last night that Odd Fellow
ship has no place for slackers at this
| time. This order is one of the largest
| fraternal orders in the world and will
do more than its bit during the present
war. This being one of the largest
and most active lodges In this jurisdic-
ton is sure to give a good account of
| itself during the present term Some
petitions are pending now and there
will be degree work at every meeting
! during the term.