El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-07
EAGLES RESUME
WEEKLY MEETS
Report From Conven
ton; Odd Fellows Keep
Home Fires LIGHTED.

Beginning with the first OF TIM
month. FL Paso aerie Of Eagles hai
resumed its weekly meetings. having
met only twice a month during the
summer. Past worthy president VII
liam J. Moran. who attended the grand
aerie convention at Pittsburg. Pa. re-
ported a most patriotic meeting and
a pleasant trip. He mentioned the adj
dress OF Frank z. Herring. editor of
the Eagles magazine. as very insDir-
ing.
According to reports by the grand
/ secretary, there are 23,I05 members
! Of the order in military service OF
I this number. FL Paso aerie No. IS has
I lis. The expenditures for war pur-
poses were SL5T4.4f4 including con-
tributions to the patriotic societies
Royal Arch Busy.
FL Paso chapter 10. Royal Arch
1Iasons. conferred the ROYAL arch de-
gree Friday night on a team. Monday
night IL is intended to take up re-
hearsals in the council, preparatory
to the coming ceremonial Wednesday
night viii be the regular monthly con-
vocation.
Keeping Soldiers Posted.
odd Fellows here have named F. c.
Hecox. T. C. Forney and c. j. Beau
dett as committee to compile the ad-
dresses of the nearly so soldier mem
bers Of FL Paso lodge 2S4 for the pur-
pose Of keeping letters going TO them
by the lodge and its members and
their families and friends. The let
tiers are designed to keep the boys in
closer touch with home affairs and
matters in and around the city
Mt Franklin encampment 100. Odd
Fellows. met Friday night for degree
work FL Paso 26f viii give the first
regree Monday night Western Re
bekah lodge 191 meets on the 18th.
Lodge Of Perfection Monday.
Scottish Rite 1Iasons VIII promote
plans for the fall reunion. beginning
Oct 81 at the regular meeting OF Mt
Franklin lodge OF perfection Monday
night. at the hail. 51fi= Texas street
a list OF the masters OF the various
degrees viii be finished soon. said
secretary W. H Mccullough Indica-
tons are. he said. that the list Of can
6idates for the degrees from Fort
Bliss, Camp Cody. y. II. and west
Texas will be a long one.
Blue Lodge Is Busy.
Degree work was given in FL Paso Z
lodge A. F. and a. IF. Friday after
NUN anu A-AAHA- AlA-Alaa -NAN-.AaN L
Wednesday afternoon and night. and
Friday night il viii also be given.
FL Pazo commandery confers de-
grees Thursday night.
Filler Goes to Y. VI. c. A.
Farewells and fluctuations were Of I
fered by FL Paso Knights OF Pythias /
Thursday night 70 Francis NJ. Filler. ]
local realty man. grand lodge repre- ]
sentative and managing trustee Of /
FL Pas0 lodge s.. x. p. who is leav- |
Ing soon for overseas service in the |
army y H. c. A. He viii go first 20 I
san Antonio 20 the "T' school and |
then over" Mrs Filler and their /
daughter are at present in Califor- |
MIA. AIr. Filler said Friday morning /
Of his Standardization war service |
that he was q buck private in bat I
terry p. Pennsylvania volunteer field /
artillery. from PittsburE. and served ]
IN Porto Rico. He came here 70 /
years ago last March. His old bat /
terry was here in the 1916 border mo-
bilizstio1.
Elections and Ranks.
Harvey o. Wilson was elected by I
transfer from Bantam. O.. in the X p. I
lodge. r Lynn Reid was made an es-
quire- J. =. Purser was elected mas
ter Of work to succeed H G.. Van 4
Haselin- resigned. James Conncrs. !
deputy grand chancellor. will install 7
1lr. Purser and 7 L. Gordon. inner
guard. next week W c.. Schneider
vas named trustee 10 succeed AR
Filler