Evening star., 1924-11-14
HONOR|SPLANNED
FORE. v. BRADFORD
Odd Fellows Announce Re-
ception for Deputy Grand
Sire of World Organization.

Local government officials and of
ficers of civic, fraternal and social
organizations will join local members
of the Independent Order of Odd Fell
lows at reception in Odd Fellows
Temple tonight in congratuIating
Ernest w. Bradford. Washingtonisn,
on his selection to be deputy grand
sire of the odd Fellows world or
ganization.
Although the selection was made
some time ago, the formalities to-
night Will constitute part of the Of
fcial notification to Mr.. Bradford of
his elevation to what is the second
highest Office in the gift OF that or
ganiZation.
William T, Galliher. member of the
local lodge Of the I. O. o. F., will
preside at the meeting. being present
ed by DIR. Charles w. Cuthbertson.
chairman of the committee in charge.
Rev Irving w. ketchum. pastor of
Peck Memorial Presbyterian Church,
will deliver the invocation.
Mr.. Bradford has been a local resi-
dent for more than n quarter of a
century and Engineer Commissioner
j. Franklin Bell will extend con-
gratulations to him on behalf of the
District. Maj. Bell will be followed
by Edward +. Colladay and Isaac
Cans, respectively. presidents of the
Board of Trade and the local Chamber
or Commerce. of which organizations
Mr.. Bradford is a member.
Elwood p. Morey. deputy sovereign
grand commander of the Scottish Rite
Masons. will feIicitate Mr. Bradford on
behalf of the Scottish Rite Supreme
Council. since Mr.. Bradford is a thirty
second degree Mason. Carter B. Keene.
governor of the Society of Mayfower
Descendants, of which Mr.. Bradford
also Is member and past governor,
will speak in behalf of that body, and
William NJ Ziegler. grand hyastyte of
the Oriental Order of H and p, will ex-
tend congratulations on behalf of that
organization.
Many to Pay Tribute.
During a brief intermission musical
selections will be rendered by the Capt.
tai Male Quartet, after which local and
national branches of the order will be
represented by speakers in paying
tribute to the new deputy grand sire
These Will include Rev. Hugh T.
Stevenson. on behalf of Beacon Lodge.
No. Is, of which Mr.. Bradford has
been a member since 1891; Mrs.
Martha Goode, noble grand of Dorcas
Rebekah Lodge; Mrs. Mary P Pol
lock. president of Rebekah Assembly:
Wi!fred f. Lawson, grand master of
the Grand Lodge, /. o. o. F.; Benjamin
b. Walden, grand patriarch of the Grand
Encampment, l. o. O. F.; Gen Fred A.
Groom. military secretary of Patri-
archs Militant. and II. Dorsey Etchison,
grand representative from Maryland
on behalf of the order at large. Mr.
Bradford will then make response.
Mr.. Bradford, who is a well known
local attorney. is native of Penob-
fp
New England. He went to Indiana in
1882, at the age of 20 years, where he
took law course in the Central Law
School of Indiana.
Five years la ter he formed a part
nership with his brother under the
firm name of C. & E. W. Bradford.
lawyers, specializing in patent law
with offices in Indianapolis and Wash
ington. He came to Washington
shortly thereafter. taking over the
Washington office and entering Bea-
con Lodge of this city in 1891.
In 1905, he. had risen to the rank
of grand master of the Grand Lodge
of the District Of Columbia, after
holding various subordinate official
positions, and in 1914 he was elected
grand patriarch of the Grand En-
campment of this jurisdiction.
He entered the Patriarch Militant
branch of the order in 1901; in 1903
was brigadier general on the staff
of General Commanding NJ. A. Raney.
and since has held the stations of
commissary general, military secre-
tary, chief of staff and judge advocate
general.
He served seven consecutive terms
as grand representative in the
Sovereign Grand Lodge. and in the
1920 session in Boston his name was
first submitted as a candidate for the
office of deputy grand sire. He re-
ceived 26 votes and stood third in a
list of seven. His name was again
presented in 1922, when he received
43 votes and stood second, and at the
last convention his selection to this
post was made.