The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-30
STATE K. OF P.
CONCLAvE Open
HERE OCT. 3
Indiana GraEd Lodge Will
Hold Annual Five-Day
Session in City.

Fifty-ninth annual convention Of
the Indiana Grand Lodge of the
knights of Pythias and the Grand
Temple Pythian Sisters will con-
vene here Tuesday for five-day
session.
n The convention will be featured by
banquets, exhibition drills, initia-
ton, elections and general pro-
gram of entertainment. Before the
opening of the convention proper,
the Grand Lodge will celebrate with
the Grand Chancellor banquet Mon
day at 6 D. m. in the Lincoln. Dolph
E. Farr, new grand chancellor, and
Louis B. Elmore, present grand
chancellor, will be honored. Farr
will be installed in Office Wednesday.
The annual Grand Lodge cere-
monial of the Shambah Temple No.
139, OF the Dramatic Order Knights
of Khorassan, 1.-THE Dokeys," will
follow the banquet in Castle hall,
$50 e. Ohio st. Candidates from
South Bend, La Porte and Elkhart
will be initiated as a preliminary to
the installation of new temple at
South Bond.
RtkIaIistic Awards
PROBABLY "a most interesting
event TuesdG, :, the three-cornered
elimination contest in ritualistic
work in the rank of knight to de-
ternine the State champion team.
Stones Crossing, Worthington and
Brookston will compete at z p. m.
in Castle hall. The three teams
were almost evenly tied in the sec
tionaI contests, Stones Crossing
leading the other two by only one
fifth of point. Judges will be the
outstanding ritualists from other
grand domains.
The convention proper opens
Tuesday at 10 a. M, with organiza-
ton, admittance of new members
and other business. Business will
be halted at IL a. m. while members
pay tribute to the 902 brothers who
have died in the last year.
Officers to Be Chosen
Election of officers will be held at
2 p. m. There are three candidates
for the office of grand outer guard,
two for grand trustees and five for
supreme representatives. Candi-
dates for supreme representative:
Charles L. Pullin, Paul Revere lodge
No. 374, Terre Haute; Nathan j.
Lane, Liberty lodge No. ia, Liberty;
Dore B. Erwin, Kekionga lodge No.
IS, Decatur; William A. Morris,
Shield lodge No. II, Frankfort, and
DR.. F. "A. Priest, Grand lodge No.
1913, Marion. w. w. Croker, Hope
lodge NO. 10, Jeifersonville, and DIR.
e. S. Denbo, Orange lodge No. 215,
Orleans, are candidates for election
to the three-year term as trustee.
DR.. G. ". Dunbar, Nineteenth Cen
tury lodge No. 470, Indianapolis, and
Harry G. Sullivan, Vevay lodge No.
149, Vevay, are candidates for the
Office of grand outer guard.
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GRAFTON of the Pythian' Home will
come before the delegates Wednes-
day. The meeting will close with
installation of officers.
Brigade meeting of the uniform
rank will be held in the Grand
Lodge auditorium Monday, Briga-
der General William B. Gray, pre-
siding
Grand Temple Pythian Sisters
will open their session Thursday,
with Grand Chief Edna I. May,
Hope, Ind, presiding. Their con-
vention will close Friday with in
stallation Of officers. Grand Senior
Leona Eurkctt, rSome City, will be
installed grand chief.
Supreme Chancellor Richard S.
White, Milwcukee, will be one of
the guests of honor.