Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-23
THE VETERAN MASONS
The Annual Meeting and Banquet of the
Association.
President Larner Reports the Events
and the List of TOastx.

cation held its eighth annual meeting last
night at Masonic Temple A banquet closed
the festivities. President n. ID. Larner
called the meeting to order, reviewed the
events Of the past year in the course of an
address and announced the following Deaths
James p. Pearson. George l.. Sheriff. Chas.
klotz, Joseph Piatz, and Thomas j. Lut-
trel1 The following officers were unani-
mously elected: Noble d. Larner, presi-
dent; DIR. r. B. Donaldson and E. II. Cham
berlin, vice presidents; l.. G. Stephens, sec
Rotary; Matthew Trimble. treasurer; Jos.
Jouy ard James H. Trimble. stewards. The
following new members were elected: 3.
II. Warner. T. b. Amiss. w. p. H. Crews,
Ed. Harbaugh, Benjamin Durfee, G. Yorke
AtLee. DR.. Charles A. Ball. George E. Cor
son, Charles W. Hancock. l.. Stoddard,
Solomon Sugenheimer. James F. Hood, c.
T. Bennett, Lewis /. O'Neill, Wash. B. Will
liams. Augustus Heimer. Daniel McF'arlan,
r. j. Riggles. Charles l.. Patten and Luther
W. Slater.
A request for recognition was received
from the Veteran Association of Cuba. At
ter the transaction Of other routine BUSH
ness the association proceeded to the BAN
quet hall at Freund's. The tables were
tastefully set and the room was lighted
through soft-tinted shades. Large Maltese
crosses and a Masonic symbol were prom
inently displayed.
Toasts Responded to.
The president acted as POSTMASTER and
toasts were proposed and responded to as
follows: ITO the memory of our departed
brother. George Washington" drank in ST.
ience; 1.-The Grand Lodge of the District
of Columbia" Acting Grand Master ID. c.
Dixon: "Our country. Vice President A
E. Stevenson: THE Grand Chapter of the
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The Masons of New England" f. N Nor
gan, United States treasurer; The Health
and Prosperity of the Veteran Masonic
Association of the District of Columbia. ;"
Gen. C. NJ. Shelby of Alabama; THE bust
ness interests in the District of Column
bia," b. H. Warner; The health of the
past grand masters of the District of Co.
iumbia," E. G. Davis, collector of the Dis
trict.
Among the distinguished Masons present
were: Deputy and Acting Grand Master
David G. Dixon, Grand High Priest George
II. Walker, Past Grand Masters ". D. Lar
ner. 1. l.. Johnson. E. G. Davis. James A.
Sample. E. H. Chamberlin. and Harrison
Dingman. Past Grand High Priests George
f. Corson. j. H. Jochum. E. s. Holmes and
Robert Ball; c. NJ Shelby, William r.
Singleton and c. w. Bennett. president of
the Veteran Masonic Association of the
District of Columbia. The evening was en-
livened with music from Messrs. E. s.
Holmes, Charles w. Hancock, j. N Blu
chanan and ]. H. Kaiser. Letters of re-
greet for non-attendance were read from
Grand Master II. s. Merrill the officers of
the New York and Minnesota Masonic Vet
eran associations, c. H. Mansur. second
controller of the United States. and A. c.
Richards.
Among the guests of the association were:
Vice President 4. E. Stevenson. United
States Treasurer E. N. Morgan. E. s. Par
ker. president of the Columbia National
Bank; Henry Wex, w. s. McGill, James J.
HeiD
NJ. y. Richards. Frank E. Johnston and
Frank H. Thomas.
About the Tables.
Those present, in addition to those already
named, were as follows: Charles Allen, W.
S. Anderson. William Bryan. Lewis Baar
John d. Bartlett, Thomas r. Benson, s. H.
Bacon. c. w. Bennett. James c. Bowen,
Robert Ball, Charles G. Borland, John
Beck. E. ]. Burt. Chas. F. Benjamin,
Max Book, William H. Barton, John W.
Bell. George W. Balloch. George W. Bauer
Charles Baum, c. F. Bennett, George z.
COLLISION, c. b. r. Colledge. E. H. Chamber
lin, j. z. Crowley, George f. Corson, K. b.
Donaldson, David G. Dixon. w. j. DOno-
van. Z. G. Davis. T. NJ. Detweiler, G. W.
Fisher, Charles Earl, Charles Freruk J.
c. FILL Thomas Foster, NJ. =. Fisher, James
NJ. Fowler, John r. Garrison, James A.
Gibbs, Isaac S. Gray, Andrew Glass, X. V.
Goldman, W. A. Galley, William H. Gibson,
]. Haislett, James Haley, Thomas Hynes,
Alexander II. Holt, John T. Hamlin, Ed
win s. Holmes, Joseph T. Howard. A. Nj.
Hoover, Theodore Hausmann, Augustus
Heimer, Charles w. Hancock, Ed. G. Har-
baugh. 1. l.. Johnson, J. II. Jochum. Louis
Kettler, A. w. Kelley, Charles Kattleman,
y. ID. Larner. ii. Kronheimer, John q.
Larman, a. p. Leidy. James LansbuTsh r.
b. Lacy, Samuel c. Mills. w. II. Minnix. l..
s. McCleary. 7. F. Mcguire. John ii. Mitch
ELL Alexander McKerichar. George J. Mus
ser, Abel Mcconnell, $. T. G. Morsell, John
Mitchell, J. w. Palmer, William Pitts.
John T. Powell, Thomas f.. Rogers. Will
liam Oscar Roome. f. J. Rggles. William
j. Stephenson. John NJ. Smith. Hubert
Schutter. Jonn II. Schultz, James A Sam
pie. James d. Smith, William r. Singleton.
William r. Smith. F. G.. Saxon, l.. G.
Stephens, James Fl. Searles, Michael Sells,
Solomon Sugenheimer, j. s. Tou,linson,
James II. Trimble, s. John Thomson,
Thomas K. Turnbull, H. o. Towles. John
y. Walker. E. NJ. Willis. John +. Wild, A.
s Whiteside, William j. Warren, p. b.
Wells, II. Z. Woodbury., John V. Wurde
man. Wash. B. Williams. Brainard II.