Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
(AM0NG THE.
y FRATERNITIES

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The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Ma
sons of the District of Columbia has elected
and installed the following officers for the
ensuing capitular year: Grand high priest,
Henry X. Simpson; deputy grand high
| priest Charles F.. Becker; grand king,
| Claude F. King; grand scribe, E. st. Clair
| Thompson; grand secretary, Arvine w.
| Johnston grand treasurer, Martin r.
| Thorpe; grand lecturer, Orville w. Drown;
| grand chaplain, Rev. John l.. Schick; grand
| captain of the host, Francis j. Woodman;
| grand principal sojourner, N. d. fugltt;
| grand royal arch captain, X. n. Harper;
| grand master of the third vail, NJ. D. Null;
grand master of the second vail, Jacobus S.
| Jones; grand master of the first vail, Adolf
| plus F. GUIDE; grand sentinel c. c. Hell
mick Harrison Dingman, past grand high
| priest was elected trustee for the next three
| years.
| The Masons of Montgomery county, Md,
| annually issue a peculiarly attractive little
| circular giving the officers and membership
| of the various Masonic bodies of the
| county The county has lodges and chap
ters and Templar commandery. The di-
| rectory now at hand was compiled by Past
| Master Harry B. Cramer. The following
| statistics given in it will be found Interest,"
| ing by members of the fra ternity IN the
| District of Columbia: Pentalpha Lodge, NO
1914 Gafthersburg, Nd sixty-nine members,
| of which the following are past masters:
| James b. Adams, John A. Belt, Harry b.
| Cramer E. d. Kingsley, Robert M. Moore,
| ]. H. Mccormick, James Rourke, Thomas
| O. White, Benjamin o. Woodward. Mont
| gomery Lodge 195 of Rockville, has eigh-
| ty-six members, of which the following are
| past masters: James f. Allen, Winfred
| Beck, Samuel E. Eastburn, Harry F. Frost,
| Arthur B. Gleason, Spencer c. Jones, Geo.
| II. Lamar, Robert B. Peter, Joseph Read
| ing and H. w. Talbot. kensington Lodge,
No 1913, F. a. A. NJ. has fortynine mem
| bers, including Brainard II. Warner, past
| master and Brainard H. Warner, jr. 1t
| has five past masters in all. The lodges
| heretofore named are Montgomery county
| constituent bodies. The next Masonic adj
vance is to Montgomery Chapter, No. 80. r.
| A. NJ. This body has seventy members, and
| six of the members are past high priests
| Next comes King Solomon's Council, r. A.
| S. NJ, with seventy-tive members, and
finally Montgomery Commandery, No. 49,
| X T., with twenty seven members. most of
| them well acquainted with the capital city
| The Past Masters Association of Mont
| gomery county. Nd, is fourishing
| ganization. with the following members:
| James B. Adams, James F. Allen, Winfred
Beck, John A. Belt, Harry B. Cramer, j.
| Harry Cunningham, Samuel E. Eastburn,
! Harry F. Frost, Arthur B. Gleason, Alex
ander Guide, George A. GUIDE, Spencer c.
Jones, Elbridge d. Kingsley, George II. La
! mar, DR.. VIM. l.. Lewis John Miller j. Au-
| gust Miller, Robert NJ. Moore, DR.. ]. H.
Mccormick, L. B. Mcintyre, Robert B. Pc
| ter, j. Enos Ray, ST., j. Enos Ray jr, JOS
Reading, James Rourke, G. Edw, Schultz,
| George II: Snyder, Hattersley w. Talbot
| A. Van Week, Israel G. Warfield Brainard
| H. Warner Thomas o. White Benz. o.
Woodward, George II. Wright, Herbert
Wright.
Provincial Grand Master James D. Rich
ardson-head of the Provincial Grand Lodge
OF the Royal Order of Scotland-has an
nounced the following appointments for the
current year: Henry l.. Palmer of Wis
ccnsin, deputy grand master; George May
| hew Moulton, of Illinois, senior grand
| warden; James Isaac Buchanan. of Penn
! sylvania, Junior grand warden; William Os-
car Roome, of the District of Columbia
grand secretary; Thomas Jacob Shryock'
of MARYLAND. grand treasurer; Thomas
Robert Morrow, of Missouri grand sword
bearer; William Bromwell Melish, of Ohio. j.
grand banner bearer; Francis Asburv
Blades OF Michigan, grand chaplain:
George Edgar Corson, of the District of
Columbia, first grand marischal; John Hez-
ekiah Olcott, of the District of Columbia.
second grand marischal; Allison Nailor ir
OF the District of Columbia, first grand
steward; Andrew William Kelley, of the
District of Columbia, second grand stew
ard; Samuel Ellsworth Aler, of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. third grand steward;
grand steward; James Hays Trinnble of
the District of Columbia grand guarder.
and Harold Postle Carl Spencer-SteWart. of
Michigan, organist.
The nobility of the Mystic Shrine Is mucb
pleased with the ritualistic work accom-
plished by the newly elected potentate.
Carter b. Keene Potentate Keene is of
Mayfower ancestry. On attaining his ma
jority, he lost no time in joining La Fay
cite Lodge, +. and A. NJ, at ReadfieId.
Me-, and promotions in the lodge followed
rapidly. He then became member of
Winthrop Royal Arch Chapter. at Win
throp; Alpha Council, Royal and Select
Masters, at Hallowell and Trinity Com
mandery knights Templar, at Augusta In
1893 he resigned his college position TO
come to Washington and complete his law
studies at George Washington University.
He subsequently received the degree of
LII. B. and Ii. M He was unanimously
elected president of the class In the senior
year, the highest honor in the gift of his
fellow students. The potentate has affilt-
ated with Federal Lodge, Mount Vernon
Chapter, and Columbia Commanderv of
this city.
The date for the next session of The Inn
"erial Palace, D. o. X X, has not vet
been definitely settled. but it will be held
at Detroit and probably be within the sec
pie of Detroit has desired 1t to be held in
the last week of August. However as this
date is but few days later than the en-
campment of the Ohio Brigade of the Uni
form Rank, X. of p, 1t is not probable
that it will be selected. This interesting
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