The Washington herald., 1919-06-01
ODD FELLOWS.


No. 2. degree; NJ Ple.sant, No .. degree:
Washington. No g blsines
Wednesdxy-EAstan. No. T. degree; Harmony.
No .. derss; Friendship. No. Il degree
nus1zy- Columbia. No 10. degree; Covenant.
Ma Ia dezree; Phoeni1. No q. degree.
Fhday-Ceutral. No l. degree: Metropolis No.
%. dsess; FEDERAL CITY. No %. degree.
ENcANPMENT
Mondzy-Fred d. Stuart, No. Z, degree.
PATRIARCH MILITANT
sstuday-canton Washington. No. !, drin and
monthly buSDess meeting.
Union No. IL will continue degree
work at its regular meetings. At the
last meeting the lodge room was
crowded to witness the conferring Of
the third degree upon two candidates.
Members were present from every
lodge in this Jurisdiction and from
many other jurisdictions. Grand Mas
ter Victor P. Hammer. accompanied
by his associate grand officers, was
among the number In attendance. De-
gree Director W. z. Lawson, of East
ern Lodge, No. T. assisted Degree
Master W. P. McPhee, of Union No.
IL. in directing the work of the team.
Many new features were added to
the work. which received the COM
mendation Of the members present
At the close Of the degree work a
smoker was held, during which time
addresses were made by Grand Mas
ter Hammer. Grand Chaplain Wright.
Past Grand Fits and others. The
Noble and Vice Grands' Association
attended in a body. Noble Grand
Nussbaum presided during the meet
ing.
Grand Master Victor p. Hammer
announces the following installing Of
hcers for the term beginning July 1.
1913: Central Lodge. No. 1. and Me-
tropolis, No. 16. Jointly, - H. c. r.
Bohnke; Washington. No. 6. e. c.
Royston: Eastern. No. and Har-
mony, No. 9. jointly-R. A. South
worth; Columbia. No. 10, H. L An
dresen: Union, No. II. A. H. Noakes:
Covenant. No. 13. o. w. Wyatt; Bea-
con. No. Is. L. II. windsor; Federal
City. No. %. E. r Armentrout: Gold
en- Rule. No. 81. ]. H. Wood; Langdon,
No. IS. l. n. Strobel; Amity. No. p,
r W. PLACER: Phoenix. No. IS. Frank
E. Rapp- Grand Master Hammer has
called the attention of each INSTALL
ing officer to the laws Of the order
requiring the reports for the term
and dues to be placed in the hands
of the installing officers before the
Officers can be installed.
The Memorial Committee-Grand
Conductor John d. Yoakley, chair
man, held a meeting on Tuesday
evening In lodge room No. 1. 1t
was decided to hold the Memorial
exercises in the Auditorium of the
Temple on Sunday evening. June
Is. 1919. at o'clock D. m. The
program committee. Past Grand F. A.
Roman reported . tentative program
and was instructed to complete the
program by the next meeting of the
committee. Chairman Yoakley ap-
pointed the following sub-commit-
tee-Hall-Past Grand Fooses,
chairman; decorations. Mrs. Agnes
J. Rapp, chairman; printing, B. B.
Walden. chairman; finance, George
Billing, chairman The committee
will hold a meeting on June s.,
1919. when a complete program
will be adopted and a speaker for
the evening selected.
The Home Excursion will hold a
meeting on June 9. when definite
plans will be approved for conduct
ing the excursion on July II. to
Chesapeake Beach. At the special
session of the Grand Lodge an ap-
preparation was made to take a
large number of the soldiers from
walter Reed Hospital as guests of
the order on this occasion Several
OF the lodges and individual mem
bers have made donations for this
purpose. Past Grand Dement, has
appointed Grand Secretary Frank
f. Rapp as chairman of the COM
mittee on entertaining soldiers from
Walter Reed Hospital. Grand Sec
retary Rapp announces that all
members who desire to take part
in entertaining the soldiers will
communicate with him and notify
him of the number of soldiers
they will take with them as their
guests on this occasion. Members
OF this committee will be selected
from all lodges.
Friendship Lodge, No. IL. will con-
fer the first degree on a class Of
candidates at their regular meet
ing on Wednesday evening. Mem
hers of other lodges are requested
TO attend and participate in the
work of the degree.
The Noble and Vice Grands Asso-
citation held their regular meeting
ON Wednesday evening. President
Frank Roller. of Mount Pleasant,
No. %. conducted a class through
the work OF the initiatory degree.
Noble Grand George Primer. OF
Golden Rule. No. 81: Vice Grand
Baily. of No. II; Warden Dowell, of
No. IS: Inside Guardian versey, Of
Central. No. 1: Conductor Noble
Grand Greenstreet. of Metropolis.
No. 16; Right Supporter of the Noble
Grand Orem. of Federal City, No,
20: Outside Conductor Noble Grand
Waterholter. Of Washington Lodge,
No. s: Chaplain Vice Grand Robbins,
of Mount Pleasant. No. 49, Seventy
ive per cent of the lodge being rep
resented In the work of the degree
At the next meeting an address will
be given on the work of the order
by the senior degree master of this
Jurisdiction.
Col. p. H. Leary announces that
applications numbering over 200
have been received for membership
in the "Arbor Club" A meeting
viii be called to perfect an organ
ization Of the club. Col. Leary,
through the activities of the mem
bers. has completed a portion of his
plan for bEautifying the home
grounds by planting several hum
dred plants and rose bushes, to-
gether with over forty rods of privet
hedge Mrs. Minnie Sacrey. matron
Of the home. gave q reception to the
nembers on Friday evening
Representative from tn. various
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