Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-04
Public Session Tonight In
The Auditorium of the
EIks Home
BUSINESS TOMORROW
Election of Officers Tomorrow Az
ternoon. PythiaR Sisters Will
Meet Tomorrow Morning.

With delegates here from a major
ity Of the eighty lodges of Knights
of Pythias in Virginia, everything i:
in readiness for the opening Of tht
fifty-third annual convention Of the
Knights Of Pythias of Virginia n
the auditorium of the Elks' Home ut
S O'Clock tonight.
The opening session will be a puo-
lie Cne and consist Of addresses If
welcome by Alexandrians which vii
be followed by responses by grand
lodge officers as already published in
the Gazette.
The advance guard of the dele.
gates arrived here last night and
early morning trains and boats
brought additional delegates.
II IS expected that fully 300 viii
be here for the convention, including
Seventy-five for the annual meeting
Of the Pythian Sisters. The last
ramcl organization will convene 20
laor"ow morning in the Pythian
Temple on Cameron street. lmmed-
lately following the public session
tonight the lodge will go into eXecu
tive session and some preliminary
work will be done in order to have
everything in readiness for the first
business session which will convene
IN the Elks' Home at o'clock tonlo:-
row morning The convention will BE
presided over by s. B. Hammer,
grand chancellor of Virginia.
/, is expected that there will be l25
grand lodge officers here for the cor
~ention and probably seventy-five
delegates will attend the Pythian Sis
ters convention.
business sessions will open at :.
m. tomorrow and adjourn at noon
for lunch and at O'Clock in the at
ternoon the annual election Of oftl-
Gers Sill take place.
At 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon
in the Young Peoples Building OS-
ceola Lodge No. al, Roanoke and
Rathbone Lodge No. 80, of Norfolk,
are to complete for the grand lodge
trorhy in conjunction with the con
feriing of the rank Of Page in amp!l-
fed form. There probably will ne
about twenty-five in each degree
team.
The trophy last year was won By
Osceola Lodge Of Roanoke and 1T IS
necessary that it be won three con
sccuLive times in order to become the
property Of the winner. The costumes
worn by the competing teams VIII
be quite elaborate.
The rank of Knight will be con
fcrrcd Thursday night at s O'Clock
hv the degree staff Of Oriental
I,oose No. 6. OF. this city, and Sy-
racrsian Lodge No. TO-, OF Wash
ing,on, on a class of fifteen candl-
dates in the Young Peoples Build
ing. Both the drill and conferrln%
of the rank of Knight will be open
only 10 Pythians. 80,
1t is expected that the city for the
rext convention will be decided upo?
Thursday and there is keen con-
test on between Norfolk and Roa-
noke
The headquarters of the delegate;
arc at the Hotel Rammel and the
headquarters of the Pythian Sisters
is e. the Monticello Hotel.
Local Pvthians today have been
kept tuSy meeting the visitors anu
making the final preparations 1o'
the convention.
The state officers are: Col. George
C.. Cabell, NOrfSlkfEt el'pfefiS-s -,
chancellor; S. B. Hammer, Lynch
burg, grand chancellor; b. Mercer
Hartman. Portsmouth,, grand yici
chancellor; Capt, James !. baiiey
Richmond, grand master OF eN
chcouer; Dr.. w. Ritter, Mhltewooa
grand prelate; Ri. Bell, Jr.' Stau1
TON. grand keeper of records anc
seal. DR.. T. E. Payne. Roanoke
Grand master at arms; Walter d
bert, Norfolk grand inner guard; )
&, Slaughter, Bristol. grand Quite
rnard; Charles D. Fox, RoanoS2 :
supreme representative; John NJ
Newton. Graham, supreme. represen
tative; A. A. Fisher, Norfolk super
;ntrndent of insurance department
Major ". R. Brown, Norfolk. super
;ntcndent of military department