Evening star., 1941-02-09
Ernest |. Loving
Elected Grand Master
OF Odd Fellows
Annual Session of
Local Grand Lodqe
Held Lost Week

Ernest L. Loving was elected
grand master of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows of the Dis
trict at the annual session of the
Grand Lodge January 26 and 27.
Other officers elected are: Edgar
w. Parks, deputy grand master;
Isadore Lebowitz, grand warden;
Harry L. Andersen, grand Sec
retary, and Ashlan F. Harlan, grand
treasurer. w. E. Lawson was re-
elected grand representative to the
Sovereign Grand Lodge; Lemuel H.
Windsor, on the Board of Trustees
of the I. o. o. F. Temple for term
of two years, and S. G. Taylor, on
the Grand Lodge Board of Trus-
tees for a term of three years.
Officers elected on the Board Of
Trustees of the I. o. o. F. Temple
are as follows: L. L. Beazley. presi-
dent; j. M. Green, vice president:
Charles G. Barton, secretary, and
S. c.. Taylor, treasurer.
Officers of Excelsior Lodge No. II
were installed by Special Deputy
Grand Master Alexander Solomon
of Covenant Lodge. Following the
installation all went to the Casino
ROYAL, where an entertainment had
been arranged. This lodge recently
made a change in its bylaws to
authorize regular meeting every
Tuesday in the future. Noble Grand
Hyman Milman has appointed Past
Grand Hyman Posner, social di-
rector.
Columbia Lodge will meet next
Thursday night at 8 o'clock.
Columbian Encampment will meet
next Wednesday night 8 o'clock.
Rufus B. Colvin, chief patriarch, will
preside.
Esther Rebekah Lodge No. 5 will
hold reception in the I, o. o. F
Temple tomorrow night in honor OF
newly elected members and officers
of the Rebekah Assembly and Grand
Lodge, Including Mrs. Esther M
Andersen. vice president Of the as
sembly; Mrs. Marian S. Geiman, as
sembly secretary: Elma Geiger, as
semblv treasurer; Ernest l.. Loving
grand master: Edgar Parks, deputy
grand master; Harry L. Andersen
grand secretary, and William F
Zimmerman. grand marshal.
Martha Washington Rebekafl
Lodge No. 3 will meet Thursday at
8 pm. in the I. o. o. F. Temple
with Mrs. Mary Custer, noble grand
presiding. Following the business
session Mrs. Elizabeth Knight and
Miss Mae Harding will present g
Valentines party.
Brightwood Rebekah Lodge No. II
held a business meeting Tuesday
evening. Noble Grand Ruby Moore
presided. The program of activities
for the year was submitted and ap-
proved. Miss Marguerite Ison, presi-
dent of the Rebekah Assembly; Mrs
Esther Andersen, vice president
Mrs. Bertha Nichols, warden; Mrs
Annette Harrell chaplain, and Mis-:
Gladys Smith, inside guardian, were
introduced and welcomed by the
noble grand. This lodge will honor
the president of the Rebekah AS
sembly with other officers at re-
ception Tuesday night, to which the
Canton, the Ledies' Auxiliary anc
all members of the order are invited
The Ladies Auxiliary, Patriarch.
Militant. will meet in the I. o. o. F
Temple Thursday night. Mrs. Mary
Custer, president, will preside. The
Ladies Auxiliary, in connection with
the department association, of which
Mrs. Downie Kelly is president, vii
entertain the officers and member!
of the District of Columbia Depart
ment. Patriarchs Militant, Cantor
Washington No. l, and the depart
ment association at Valentine
party at the close of the regula'
session.