Evening star., 1940-12-29
Odd Fellows Honor
Birthday Of American
Founder January IS
Subordinate Lodges
To Install Officers
For New Term

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Odd Fellows of the District Of
Columbia will celebrate the birth
day anniversary of Thomas Widely
founder of the order on the Ameri-
can Continent, at the I. o. o. F,
Temple at 8:15 pm. January Is.
William P. Cole of Maryland will
be the speaker. The program will
include 20 voices from the George
Washington Glee Club, under the di-
rection of DR.. Robert H. Harmon:
Mrs. Halle May Reed, soloist; Mrs
Grace Harmon, accompanist. Dane
ing will follow.
Subordinate lodges will install of
ficers for the new term as follows:
Amity, January 2, Ernest S. Atchi-
son, noble grand; Modem G. Walls,
vice grand; L. E. Donaldson, record
ing secretary, A. r. S. Donaldson,
financial secretary; l.. H. Windsor,
treasurer and elected to the Board
of Trustees; representatives to the
Grand Lodge are John H Windsor
L. H. Windsor, NJ. S. Donaldson and
L. E. Donaldson.
Brightwood. January 3, Carson c.
Deaton, noble grand: Miller S.
Pence, vice grand; John w. Brown
ing, recording secretary; Ollie H
Burke, financial secretary: William
L. Wood, treasurer; Henry c. Thom-
son to the Board of Trustees. Rep
resentatives to the Grand Lodge are
Fay F. Hunter, A. w. Cowell, Hi
ram E. Johnson and Henry c. Thom-
shon.
Canton Washington, No. 1, Pa
triarchs Militant, will hold installa-
ton at 8 pm. January 4 at 1922
Twentieth street NV. Department
Comdr. o. c. Hockett of Richmond,
Va, and his staff will officiate.
The officers are: Earl D. Harrell
captain; Charles l.. Cooper, jr., lieu
tenant: Robert S. Shannon, ensign;
c. Lewis Cooper. color sergeant;
Deloss Booth, equipment sergeant;
John W. Covan, banner bearer;
Millard Brown. guard; Frank J.
Nichols, sentinel, and Isadore Le-
vine picket.
Units have elected the following
officers:
Covenant: Harry Koenigsberg,
noble grand; Milton M. Burke, vice
grand; Alexander Solomon, record
ing secretary; Samuel LebOWitz,
financial secretary; James E. Cham
berlain, treasurer, and Harry Katz
to Board of Trustees. Grand Lodge
representatives are: Maurice Bar
mash, James E. Chamberlain, Marc
M. Farnaroff, Samuel Lebowitz, Isl
dore Lebowitz, Max Miller, Sam
Singer, Alexander Solomon and
Kermit Steuer.
Magenenu Encampment: S. R.
Candano, chief patriarch; John j.
Kelly, high priest; Clayton A. Bean,
senior warden; Antanio Ramos,
junior warden; Roscoe jenkins,
scribe, and George A. Murrison,
treasurer.
Columbian Encampment: Rufus
B. Colvin, chief patriarch; L. l.
Beazley, high priest; Earl D. Har-
rell, senior warden; William F. zim-
norman, junior warden; F. D. Self
fort, scribe, and Guy F. Gloss
brenner, treasurer.
Dorcas Rebekah Lodge elected the
following officers: noble grand
Minnie Holderbee; vice grand, Hes
ter Stansbury; recording secretary
A. Naomi Cooper; financial secre-
tary, Mary M. Dement,; treasurer
Abbie M. Gates; degree director
S. N. Mallory, and trustees. S. N
Mallory, Elizabeth Carter and An
nette E. Harrell. These and officers
to be appointed by the noble grand
will be installed January 2. Past
Noble Grand Angela Heaton. OF
Martha Washington Rebekah Lodge
assisted by other past noble grands
of that lodge will be the installing
officers. The Rebekah degree was
conferred upon Mrs. Ethel Hutch
ings.
Fidelity Rebekah Lodge will meet
January 7, 8 pm, Emily Dingley
noble grand, will preside. Officer;
to be installed by officers Of Ruth
Rebekah Lodge are: Irine S. Will
son, noble grand: Elizabeth Manant
vice grand; Emily Dingley, record
Ing secretary; Grace w. Thomasson
financial secretary.
The Ladies Auxiliary No. I P. M
elected as officers: President. Mary
Custer; vice president. Merille Cor
dell; secretary, Donella Covan, ant
treasurer, Abbie M. Gates. These
and the appointive officers will be
installed at the January meeting.