Evening star., 1925-02-15
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
The sixtieth annual convention of
! the Grand Lodge will convene in the
| auditorium of Pythian Temple. 1912
Ninth street northwest, Thursday at
! 1880 pm.
The convention will be one of great
interest on account of several impor-
| tant subjects to be considered, among
| which will be the report of the su-
! preme representatives of the legisla-
| tion enacted by the Supreme Lodge
at Toronto last August, the election
| Of a supreme representative to sue
| ceed Jerry p. Patrick, and the cleo
| ton of Il grand master of exchequer,
| to fill tho vacancy occasioned by the
death last week of Oden 3. Gray.
Also the regular election of officers
| for the next year will be held.
The present officers Of the Grand
Lodge are: Grand Chancellor, Albert
! T.. Gorham of Capital Lodge, No. "a
grand vice chancellor. George +.
Heisley of Syracusians Lodge, No. 10:
grand prelate, Israel Sommers of
| Calanthe Lodge. No. II; grand keep
! er of records and seal William A..
kimmel Of Calanthe Lodge, No. H.:
grand master OF exchequer. Office va
cant; grand master at a rms, Lee B.
grand inner guard, Thos. L. Kidwell
of Hermione Lodge. No. IL; grand
outer guard. Jared F. Skidmore of
Capital Lodge. No. "a: grand lecturer,
! Emil F.. Jaehnke of Mount Vernon
Lodge, No. 5; grand trustees, Thos
f. I.andon of Calanthe Lodge, No
IL; J. f. Wilson of Capital Lodge, No.
"a; w. B. Hardy of Amaranth Lodge,
No. %; supreme representatives,
D trin 80 III;
No. 2, and III. NJ. Vandervort of Mount
Vernon Lodge. No. 8; grand tribunal.
John NJ. Kline OF Mount Vernon
Lodge, No. 5; Frederick Yates Of Ex-
celsior Lodge, No. IA: George w.
Haley of Union Lodge. No. %: Edgar
G. Snyder OF Rathbone- Superior
Lodge. No. %; Ellery w. Heiss Of
Rathbone- Superior Lodge. No. 90:
Harry p. Wiley of Mount Vernon
Lodge. No. 5. recorder.
The following have been elected by
their respective lodges as representa-
tives to the Grand Lodge:
Franklin Lodge, No. 2-D. Waldo
Brown, P. p. Patrick, H F. Marshall,
Frank D. Wallace and Charles w.
| Ruhl.
Mount Vernon Lodge. No. 5-James
NJ Kline, John NJ Kline, e. r.
Jaohnke. Harry P. Wiley and H. NJ.
Vandervort.
Webster Lodge. No. John r.
Cuthbert, VIM. r. Baum. Albert Biggs,
S. NJ Banks and A. c. Smith.
Syracusians Lodge. No. 1o-H G..
Annis, W. J. Clements. Geo. E. Heis-
ley. Albert Kahlert, E. T Negosta.
Calanthe Lodge, No. Lice B.
Emory, w. A. Kimmel, r. E. Landon,
Israel Sommers. Robert Smith.
Hermione Lodge. No. 12-Henry ].
Poole, Louis e. Pyle. s. v. Mace.
Excelsior Lodge, No. It'll. j. Gas
son. c. w. Santmeyer, C. T. winans.
N. B. Wigg1ngton, Frederick Yates
Union Lodge, No. 22-George W.
Haley. Harry G. Brown. Albert
Rusher, William H. Umhau, William
II. Hoover
Capital Lodge, No. 2-Georre W.
Sellers. A E. Gorham. j. e. Wilson,
NJ. n. konissbers, J: L. Metyka.
Myrtle Lodge, No. 25-Frank B.
Crown, Jacob Nussbaum, Frank Har-
per, H. E. Smith, c. A. Johnson.
Columbia Lodge, No. &C. Cere-
mile. N. Girardi, B. Tarantine, G. Sc
groti and L. Zelli.
Amaranth Lodge. No. .2s-A. L.
Embrey, w. B. Hardy. J. P. Hawkins,
D. NJ. Freeman and T. l. Stewart.
Rathbone-Superior Lodge, No. %
E. w. Heiss, E. c. Snyder. Gus A.
Schuldt, l.. B. Troutman and A. NJ
Schwartz.
Century Decatur Lodge. No so-G.
Frank Day. c. P. Kar. NJ. T. Pines,
P. B. Snyder and W. J. Thorn.
Home Lodge, No. 31-Dan Rothwell,
r. L. Slagle, W. NJ. Slater, r. w.
Waters and r. H. Yates.
At the last meeting Of Webster Lodge,
No. Z, elections were held to fill the
vacancies caused by the death of Past
Chancellor o. B. Gray. A. c. Smith
was elected to the Office Of master of
finance, James X. Morton to the office
of prelate and Past Chancellor S. NJ.
Banks was elected as grand represen-
tative.
Friendship Temple. No. 8, will give
a chicken dinner at Pythian Temple
Thursday evening, for the benefit Of
their altruistic fund.
A large attendance greeted Chan
cellor Commander Williams at the
convention Of Home Lodge Monday
evening. C. c. Clark was enrolled as
that a large class would be presented
at the March convention Of the lodge.
Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 8. has
elected Edward L. Edwards as its
chancellor commander. to fill the va
cancy caused by the death Of Chan
cellor Commander-elect Mcclure, who
died the day he was to have been in
stalled.
ODD FELLOWS.
William 7. Galliher was elected
grand representative Of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge at the recent session of
the Grand Encampment, for a term Of
two years. He is ono of the active
members Of the order, having been
initiated in 1879. Since then he has
been through all the leading chairs
of the various branches-past grand
of Washington Lodge, No. 6; p. c. p.
of Mount Nebo Encampment, No. 6.
and past captain Of Canton Washing
ton, No. l, P. NJ. He has served as
grand treasurer of the Grand Lodge
for several terms. AS grand repre-