The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-07
News Of the City Lodges


Nomination for election Of officers
were made at the regular meeting of
the Moose Monday night. The nomin-
atoms follow: Dictator, Adam Elstro;
vice-dictator, C. T. Trobaugh; prelate.
George Satter, trustees, G. G. Minnix
and NJ. T, White The elections will
take place Monday night.
A stag lunch was enjoyed by the
members of Woodward l. o. o. +.
lodge Wednesday evening.
One of the big lodge features Of the
year will be the initiation of the Vic
tory class, knights of Pythias in Tom
linson Hall. Indianapolis, Friday, May
%. 1t is planned to have LOCO appli-
cants from all over the state of 1ndi-
ana. Richmond in all probability
will have candidates in this class, but
as yet it is not ascertained who they
will be.
The Victory class movement will ex-
tend throughout the state. Victory
class will be instituted in all the
initiated at their home lodge when it
the work in the big class,
At a recent meeting OF the executive
committee of the Grand Lodge,
Knights of Pythias, for the domain
Of Indiana, the department of mem
bership extension was formed, with
Mr. Inman as director. Mr.. Inman
is spending his entire time on mem
bership work throughout the state.
A great revival of Pythianism Is
spreading over the state. Lodges
throughout Indiana are reviving their
prewar activities, and it is expected
that large number of new; members
will be added during the next few
weeks.
Several district meetings of the or
der will be held between now and the
big state meeting here on May %, the
first one being that of the twenty
fourth Pythian district, to be held at
Martinsville, March II.
Officers were elected at the annual
meeting of the Elks lodge Thursday
night. They are as follows: Ernest
B. Calvert, Exalted Ruler; James P.
Dillon, Esteemed Leading knight;
Howard Hunt, Esteemed Loyal
knight; Luther Feeger, Esteemed Lee
turing Knight; Charles Woke, secre-
tary: e. A. Clapp, Jr., treasurer; MINI
rod H. Johnson. Tyler; Omar G. Muir
ray. trustee for three years; Elmer
e. Eggemeyer, Dudley Elmer, Joseph
Fl. Hill, Richard III. Granger and Linus
p Meredith, members of the board of
governors.
Will w. Keller, retiring as exalted
ruler, was elected delegate to the
annual convention of the grand lodge
of Elks at Atlantic City in July. Hen
ry Liebhart was appointed alternate.
The district meeting of Red Men
will be held in Connersville on next
Monday. All members who can are
urged to be present.
A. w. Preston, of Indianapolis, edi-
tor of the Pythian Journal, was a
guest at the lola Knights of Pythias
lodge THURSDAY night.
The district meeting which will be
held at Straughn April %, was dis
cussed and all members are urged
to aattend. Districts 10 and 21 will
convene there.
The Victory class movement was
discussed and it is hoped that there
will be candidates from Richmond
lodges.
The Knights of Columbus Missing
or Negligent Soldiers Bureau" is hav-
ing extraordinary success in locating
or getting definite information regard
| ing soldiers sought by relatives. In
a great many instances, the Knights of
Columbus have been able to inform
anxious relatives that supposed miss
ing" men were only negligent in writ
ing.
A certain percentage of the men
sought were located in hospitals
abroad and had not informed friends
and relatives about injuries which
may leave permanent effect.
The Knights of Columbus Bureau
is conducted from New York head
quarters, 461 Fourth avenue, but CO.
operates with a similar department
of Knights of Columbus headquarters,
16 Place de la Madeline, Paris.
The Loyal Chapter No. 40 of the
Order of the Eastern Star, will have
a stated meeting and initiation of
candidates Saturday night, March Is.