Evening star., 1920-02-01
~ Fratern1t1es X

| er TO his associate officers and part!
| of the Grand Encampment 0ncers- "a,
4 the last meeting of this encampmen'
the royal purple degree was ably con.
! ferred and degree work is scheouiec
for the next meeing on February >.
The Grand Lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows met IN annua
session at odd Fellows Temple or
Wednesday evening, January Il. ano
continued in session two evenings
The first evening was devoted 70 the
, hearing of the reports of the grano
! master and grand secretary. ana y
the election of officers. The toiio"lhs
are the new officers of the Crane
Lodge: Grand master. Edward IL
Dunn: deputy grand master. Bert
Wolfe; grand warden. Harry l. An
dresen; grand secretary, Joe i. Al
lison; grand treasurer. imam d
Rich; grand marshal. john -, oar
ders: grand guardian. H.. z. *
Bohnke grand herald, L. S: Windsor
and grand chaplain. Hugh l. steven
son.
Langdon Lodge. No. 26. celebrated
its twenty-sixth anniversary on Mon :
day. January &c. by a home coming Tor
Past Grand Master Frank e. RaPp-
Past Grand b. F. Edwards, VINO mas
been in New York the past five years
partment, delivered the address OF the
evening. Mrs. Helen d. Bergerstoch
gave recitationS.
Phoenix Lodge. No. 2S. is now locat-
ed in it's new hall in Benning. The
officers Of the lodge,i under the lead,
ership of G. L. Gray. noble grand. and
Mr.. Milburn. vice grand. are display.
ing great activity in all branches OF
the work. Rev. H. c. Brown. IN
t. IoV
tian Church, will soon become mem
Der OF this lodge by transfer. He IS
to conduct the religious services to
be held at the Odd Fellows Home the
last Sunday in February. BY request;
Grand Representative John II. Wood
is directing the degree work, and ne
is otherwise assisting in the building
up of the lodge. In all probability
Rebekah lodge will be instituted dur
ing the year as helpmate 70 tne
lodge. Grand Representative W. w.
MILAN will in the near future deliver
a lecture for the lodge. Mr.. MILAN
was grand master when Phoenix
Lodge was instituted.
Union Lodge. No. II, anticipates a
general revival of interest. and special
efforts are being made to show an in
crease in membership. This lodge
meets every Monday night in comnlo-
dious quarters in the National Capt.
tai Bank building. Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast.
William J. Rich, grand treasurer and
grand patriarch, is able to be out
again after a weeks illness.
Harry L. Anderson. grand warden
elect, who was unable to attend the
recent session of the Grand Lodge on
account of sickness. is reported some
what improved.
Past Grand Master Theodore Mead
has been confined to his home for sew
eral weeks. owing to physical in
firmities.
Eesther Rebekah Lodge held an in
teresting meeting Monday night. The
lodge was opened and closed without
rituals.
Among the many visitors were
Grand Master Dunn and President
Mallory. Four candidates were ini-
tiated and several applications re-
ceived. The reports of the sick and
visiting committees showed the larg-
est amount of work done for many
terms.
The noble grand offered prize
worth 81 for degree work, particulars
of which will be given at rehearsal
in the dining room of the temple next
Monday evening.
The noble grand represents the cen
ter of a fve-pointed star and the
members must complete the points IN
the next six months.