The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-10
George II An Odf FrYlo4v.

ofbG ~ An Ond Fellow
,nEIrto orr % signhoa~ds." n. 1a4A
a lodge q ODD T'@iI9wT ~@s 5~Tnr
held at the Feathers. groyverncr
street, West. in the private chamber
ot which George, prince OF Wales one
night intruded very abruptly with a
royester1ng friend The society was
AZ that moment celebrating some Of
It's awful mysteries which no un-
initiated eye may behold. and these
were wttneesed by the profane in
truders. The only way TO repair the
~acrilege was to make the prince
and his companion odd Fsllowa' a
title they certainly deserved as rich
" as any member OF the club The
initiatery rites were quickly CON
fsrred, and the prince and his friend
were seated for the remainder Of the
evening"
AZ TIE session o. the grand cora-
mitt@. Order of 0df Fellows I'm Man
chester, Eng. 1916. the white, rovai
purple and scarlet degrees were
adopted with appro pirate lectures
Henderson lodge, No. fos, 7. o.
%. r.. held It's regular meeting on last
Thursday night and in addition TO
very busy session. gave the approprt-
ate lectures 70 several candidates for
the fnitiatory degree. On the prevt-
Gus Thursday night the lodge exalt-.
ed the following brothers to mem
bership in the scarlet degree, c. c.
Frey. f. l. Heath. A. r. Heath. r.
f. Powell, 9. n. Fast. and these
brothers are now frateruallv com
mendsd to the members. Al this
meeting Brother Henry Tuten, of
Belhaven lodge. No. 22s. Beihaven,
NJ c.. made an Interesting address
ana the brothers were delighted to
have his visit on this occasion.
This Richmond Bundle nj sticks.
held it's monthly visitation last Mon
day night under the hospitality Of
Fttzhugh lodge. No. %, corner OF
Broad and Harrison streets The
meeting began promptly at the reg
ular hour. Ffthugh's hall was beau
tifuliy decorated for the occasion and
every detail was arranged with per-
feet : system by the entertainment
committee OF No 90. Brother De
Witt welcomed the visiting brothers
in handsome speech and then turn-
ed tire lodge over to Past Grand John
Dunn, president Of the Bundle OF
Sticks. There were present members
from Richmond lodge. No, 4: Union
lodge, No. 7: Higiand Springs lodge,
No. rs, Unity lodge. No, IS; Hender-
son lodge. No. 1o5; Patrick Henry
lodge, No. 1I3: Abou Ben Adhem
lodge, No. 21o: Metropolitan lodge
No. 22s; Laurel lodge. No, 1871:
Schiller lodge. No. 1879; stuart lodge.
No. IA; Canton Virginia, No. 8;
Nelson encampment. No. 3, members
of the Patriarchs Militant Among
tho distinguished visitors pfesent were
Grand Master w. Ross Southwark.
Past Grand Master Chase. Past Grand
Master Victor Hanger, Past Grand
Master p. w. Morris. Past Grand
Master and Grand Secretary DIR. E
p. Turner, President Patriarchs Mill
tant OF Virginia Colonel CAas Polig
Past Grand Patriarch Geo. b. Davis,
Past Grand Patriarch J. r. Haynes
Before any speeches were made by
the visiting brothers, Fitzhugil's
stereopticon machine for at least half
an hour threw upon the screen many
interesting data and statistics per-
various lodges In the vicinity of Rich
niond during the past year The
record showed that Fsitzhugh. No. %.
had made by far the greatest per-
centage gain.
Many splendid addresses were de-
livered during the evening. notably,
that of DIR. Turner, grand secretary,
and that of Brother Ross Southwark.
grand master. These distinguished
members of the order outlined the
general status of Odd Fellowship at
present in Virginia and presented
many interesting and encouraging
fA0es xakAsdtnk m progrcss- II W.