The age-herald., 1900-12-22
PROGRAMME OF
 MASONIC REUNION
An Elegant Booklet Issued by Scottish Rite Bodies of
 the City

The Birmingham bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemason- ry, owning allegiance to the Supreme Council for the Southern Jurisdiction, have issued an elegant booklet in purple cover in connection with the first reunion in this city, set for Wednesday. Thursday and Fri day of next week. In this publication will be found much information of interest to Masons in general, and Scottish Masons in particular, in addition to the reunion pro- gramme and roster. First come the com- mittees as follows:
 Executive Committee-M. Newfield, thir- ty-second degree, K. c. c. H.; H. B. Vince lock, thirty-second degree; J. H. Phillips, thirty-second degree. K. c. c. H.; c. s. Hayden, thirty-second degree; s. Klotz, thirty-second degree.
 Reception and Membership Committee J. H. Phillips, thrty-second degree, K. c. c. H., deputy inspector-general; Ben M. Ja- cobs, thrty-second degree; Walter How ard, thirty-second degree; N. N. Polk, eighteenth degree; Bertram Jacobs, thirty second degree; E. R. Rivers, thirty-second degree; H. G. Farrar, thirty-second degree.
 Committee on Entertainment-S Klotz, thirty-second degree; Lew Lazarus, thirty second degree; Charles Wheelock, thirty second degree; Sam Adler, thirty-second degree; Louis Clark, thrty-second de- gree; A. L. Fulenwider, thirty-second de- gree J. D. Matlock, thirty-second degree.
 Transportation Committee-C. s. Hayden, thirty-second degree; A. J. Frazer, thirty lsecond degree; N. N. Polk, Eighteenth de- gree.
 Committee on Musc-C. ?. Orr, thirty second degree; B. Guckenberger eighteenth degree; Leo Loeb, thirtieth.
 Committee on Decoration-H. G. Farrar, thirty-second degree;; Harry Westcott, thirty degree; Walter Howard, thir ty-seeond degree; J. c. Willox, thirty-sec- aon degree; A. C. Moffett, thirty second de- gree.
 On the third page is the formal invitation, in the following words:
 Greeting: To all Sublime Princes of the
 Royal Secret, Thirty-second Degree.
 "A fraternal and cordial invitation is hereby extended to all regularly affiliated brethren of the Rite to partake of our hos pitality and join with us in the solemn in stallation of Alabama Consistory No. and the ceremonies and pleasures of first Reunion, which will occur on Wednes- day, Thursday and Friday, December 26, 2 and 2S, 1900, at the Masonic Temple, Bir mingham, Ala.
 We wish to make the occasion memor- able one in the history of Scottish Free masonry in Alabama. Prominent brethren from several states are expected to be present, among them several members of the Supreme Council. We feel assured that the Reunion will give us renewed inspira- ton and increase our enthusiasm for the sublime teachings of Scottish Freemasonry and that it will help in forming new friend ships and cementing old bonds of affection hnfN alanVC of Ia
 'C. s. HAYDEN, 32d degree, Commander.
 'M NEWFIELD, 32d degree, K. c. c. H., Wise Master.
 HI B. WHEELOCK, 92d degree, Ven. Master"
 Then follows the list of officers of the Lodge of Perfection, the Chapter of Rose Croix the Council of Kadosh and the Con- sistory which Is to be constituted and consecrated.
 The communication of degrees, beginning with the fourth which is the first con ferred by the Rite will begin Wednesday at 10 a. m. at Masonic Hall First avenue and Twentieth street, and in the afternoon at ? o'clock the fourteenth degree will be worked in full form. On Wednesday night the eighteenth degree will be conferred
 The Council degrees will be given on Thursday, and on Thursday night the new consistory will be formally estab- lished.
 The programme for the closing day is 10 be as follows
 Friday morning at 9 o'clock labor re- stunned and the thrty-frst degree, Inspec- tor Inquisitor, and the thirty-second, Mas ter of the Royal Secret, will be conferred in full ceremonial by officers of the Ala bama Consistory No 1, with the assistance of Brother George r. Moore, thirty-third degree, and other visiting brethren Labors of Consstory close at D. m.
 Friday evening at 7:3O o'clock, divine ser vice at Temple Emenuel, corner Fifth ave- nue and Seventeenth street. Address by Brother George F. Moore, thirty-third de- gree. Subject: Scottish Masonry and Its Teachings"
 Banquet at o'clock p. m. in the private dining hall of the Metropolitan Hotel.