Evening star., 1923-04-22

evening at 100 N street 5Outu"eSt.
Visitors 20 the grand secretary's Of
fee. during the week included Charles
T. Norris of waXahachie Lodge. No.
so. of waxahachie. Tex, who is max
ing a tour and has visited more than
500 subordinate lodges: Charles II.
Harris of Minnesota Encampment, No.
l, of St. Paul, Mimi.
A movement is on foot to organize
a Sojourners' Club. arrangements for
which are in charge OF L. Farwell.
who has requested those interested to
send name and address to the grand
secretary's office. I. o. o. F. Temple.
Grand Warden James f. Chamber
lain, chairman of the committe in
charge of the annual banquet and the
104th anniversary exercises. an
nounces as the outcome of a meeting
on Friday night, the banquet will be
held at the Raleigh Hotel Wednesday,
Tuesday at pm. in the auditorium
OF Central High School. Canton
Washington. No. 1. Patriarch Militant,
will act as an escort.
Members of the order will attend
services tonight at Bethany Baptist
Church. I'd street and Rhode Island
avenue northwest. Rev. Hugh T. Stew
enson, grand chaplain of the Grand
Lodge, will deliver the sermon.
The annual meeting OF the Odd Fell
lows Home Association was held Fri
day night. The election If officers re-
suited as follows: William J. Rog-
president: Annie L. Grigsby, secre-
tary; william W. MILAN, treasurer.
The new board of directors, including
the above officers. will be Joseph B.
. II NJ
IO'Donnell and Rena V. Bayliss. Lodges
contributing to the endowment tund
, we're Martha Washington, No. =;
Golden Rule. No. 21; Esther, No. 8. ard
Schuyler ColfaX. No. TO- The new
president paid high tribute to the re-
serving as active head of the associa- :
tion since the death OF former Presi
dent Wilton Harvey. June PC.
The eighteenth anniversary of the
institution of Esther Lodge. No. ),
Will be observed tomorrow evening
with a program. The lodge was in
stituted April "a. 1905. with the fol-
Allen. Ida Bennett: Anna Billings,
! Harriet Billings. George Billings,
Anna Cassler. Gertrude Easterling.
Edwin Easterling. Florence Gates.
Belle H. Gibson. Mary A. Huhn, Lydia
NJ. Jenkins. Roscoe Jenkins. Jacobus
.
Mary Kellogg. Ida Lewis. Grace L.
Mahaney. Lula Phillips. Mary Phillips,
Clara Saks. Isadore Saks, Celest
Small. Rose WALES and Dell Wright
l<istler. only seven OF whom are on
the lodge roster at the present time
The first officers of the lodge were
Annie Billings noble grand: Lydia NJ.
Jenkins. vice grand: Grace L.
Mahaney, recording secretary; Belle
II. Gibson, financial secretary; Mary
A. Huhn, treasurer. who were in
stalled by the then Grand Master
William H. Mcneil and Deputy Grand
Master Ernest w. Bradford. Follow
ing the institution ceremonies, Naomi.
No. l. the mother lodge of the juris-
diction. conferred the degree on
eighteen candidates. Its membership
includes many prominent Odd Fell
lows, among them Past Grand Mas
ters Victor p. Hammer, Edward l..
Dunn. Harry L. Andersen. Past Presi
dent Henrietta Werner. Past Grand
Patriarch Robert E. Plymale. William
+. Guide, A. E. Chaffe and Harry c,
Lybrand. former captain of Canton
Washington. No. l. Patriarchs Mill :
tant. Refreshments will be served by
Susie W. Eckloff. assisted by the past
noble grands of the lodge.