Evening star., 1918-01-27
Salem, No. 20, April II; Covenant, No.
13, April Is. and Central No. !. May 10.

At the last meeting Of Amity Lodge,
No. q, Special Deputy Grand Master p.
r. Armentrout, assisted by past grands
from Mount Pleasant Lodge, NO. ~,
Installed the following officers: James
T. Elicit, noble grand; John II. Wind
sor, vice grand; George Cumming. re-
cording secretary: B. B. Vaden. hnan-
cial secretary: Richard A. Ford, treas
urer: Joseph G. Acton. warden; David
A. Monroe, conductor; L. H. Windsor,
chaplain: J. H Goodrich and r. H. Sor-
rell, right and left supporters to the
noble grand; David Thompson and F.
Newman, right and left supporters to
the vice grand; r. L. Miller, inside
guardian: H. L. Cochran, outside guar
dian; degree director, Richard H. sor-
rel1. past grand master; DR.. A. w. Cum
mings, organist. Past Grand w. E.
Andrews of Mount Pleasant Lodge de-
livered the address. Refreshments
were served.
Grand Patriarch RobertsE. Plymale
has announced the following visitations
for the Grand Encampment officers:
Mount Nebo, No 6. March 6; Fred D.
Stuart, No. Z. March IL; Columbian. No.
i, Thursday, April 4, and Megenenu,
No. 4, May 8. The visitation Of Mount
Nebo will occur In its lodgeroom, at
18th and Kenyon streets: Magenenu in
Northeast Temple, and Columbian and
Fred D. Stuart in the lodgeroom at 18th
street and Pennsylvania avenue north
west. unless prior to that time the en-
campments move to the New Temple.
on 7th street northwest.
The following officers were elected
and installed at the last session of the
Grand Lodge: John T. Humphrey,
grand master; Victor P. Hammer, dep
uty grand master; E. l.. Dunn, grand
warden; Frank E. Rapp, grand secre-
tary; w. J. Rich, grand treasurer. Also
the following were appointed officers
Andersen, grand conductor; John D.
Yoakley, grand guardian: Mark T.
Landers, grand herald. Grand Master
Humphreys appointed the following
the Grand Lodge: Credentials. w. B.
Randall ]. E. Chamberlain and Robert
Thompson; returns, J. T. Allison, r. T.
McMullen and Anthony Krauth: finance,
w. w. MILAN. L. s. Savage and w. II.
Ernest; appeals. E. c. Grumley, Elbert
vision. E. w. Bradford. r. A. Ford and
f. R. Armentrout; printing. Bert v.
Wolf, NJ. s. Fall and Leo Schoenthal1; /;
state of the order, J. H. Crew, Charles
GaTrels and John /. Brown: bylaws, F.
D. Seifert. r. H. Sorrel1 and w. j.
Hope; Rebekah lodges, w. F. Dement,,
L. H. Windsor and Irving r. Schwinger
Langdon Lodge. No. Is, is to celebrate
it's twenty-fourth anniversary tomor-
row evening. Noble Grand T. c. Met
tier has issued orders that It will be
turnity party" The doors will open at
I o'clock and the party will start as
soon as all seats are filed, then the
doors will be locked. Noble Grand Met
tier reports something good in store
for members. All members Of the order
are invited.
Eastern Lodge. No. z, will confer the
third degree Wednesday evening, in
full form, with every officer of the de-
gree team present. Noble Grand Bert c.
Gardner Is receiving the congratula-
tions of the members on his recent
marriage.
At its last meeting the officers of
by Special Deputy Grand Master Wyatt,
assisted by officers from Harmony
Lodge, as follows: R. w. B. Roe. noble
grand; Frank Roller, vice grand; E. r.
Armentrout, secretary; l. Woodruff.
treasurer; r. o. Wilmarth, warden; H.
T. Winfield, conductor: w. o. Murray,
inside guardian; ]. Miller, outside guar
dian.
Installing Officer Wyatt and members
Of the installing team made addresses.
A patriotic fraternal address was made
by W. E. Andrews.
W. W. MILAN, who was elected grand
representative at the recent session of
the Grand Lodge, has had notable
career as an Odd Fellow. He was in
tober %, 1886. After filing various Of
fees he was admitted to the Grand
Lodge Of the District July, 1883. Fol-
lowing this he was absent from the
District for three years.
Upon his return in 1893 he at once
began to take prominent part in
work of the Grand Lodge. He was ap--
pointed grand conductor in 1895, grand
in 1896, elected deputy grand
master In 1897 and grand master in
1898: Since retiring from the grand
masters chair he has served as chair
man of Grand Lodge committees on
supervision, and finance and appeals as
well as on special committees to revise
the constitution of the Grand Lodge
and the constitution governing subor-
dinate lodges. as well as the commit
tee to prepare a constitution for the Re-
bekah Assembly of the District of CO.
lumbia and arrange for the institution
of that body. During his term as grand
master Phoenix Lodge and Dorcas
Rebekah Lodge were Instituted
He was admitted to Magenenu En-
campment, No. 4. in February. 1890, and
to the Grand Encampment in 1901. He
has filled various offices in the grand
and subordinate encampments. and was
grand patriarch for the term ended
July, 1912. At present he Is high priest
Of Magenenu Encampment, chairman of
the committee of supervision in the
Grand Encampment and representative
OF the Grand Encampment in the Odd
Fellows Home Association.
In 1898 he was appointed reading
clerk of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, and
held the position for eight years, He
has just been elected for his fifth con-
secut1ve two-year term as grand rep
resentative. In the Sovereign Grand
Lodge he has served on committees on
finance, distribution of grand
officers reports and printing supplies,
as well as on many special commit
he entered the Sovereign Grand Lodge,
he began to be favorably mentioned in
with the Office of deputy
grand sire. and in 1915 received a COM
vote for that Office. He is
said to be quite generally regarded as
grand sire timber.
Grand Representative MILAN is
lawyer and for the past five years he
has been treasurer of the Bar Associa-
ton Of the District of Columbia, He Is
also member of the American Bar
In church and Sunday school work he
IS recognized as one of the leading lay
men of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South. being listed. with a biography. in
Who's Who in American Methodism-
For twelve years he was president of
the Sunday School Association of the
District of Columbia and now is a mem
Der of the executive committee Of the
international Sunday School Associa-