Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-25
VETERANS N MASONRY
Annual Dinner Given by Local
Association.
BUSINESS MEETING HELD
Toast to the President Of the United
States.
LETTERS READ FROM ABsENTEEs
New Members Added to the Rolls
Change in Date Of Annual
Meeting.
BUSINESS MEETING HELD
ETTERs READ FROM ABsENTEEs

more than a score-of younger members Of
the fraternity as their guests, the Masonic
Veterans Association Of the district of CO.
lumbia gave its twenty-ninth annual din
ner Wednesday night in the Ebbitt House.
Twenty -seven lodges in this jurisdiction
were represented at the gathering. and &C.
casion was taken by the speakers from
he several organizations to emphasize the
accomplishments In the history of the world
by members of the fraternity. Twenty-one
years Of membership in Free Masonry Is
the requirement for membership in the Ma
sonic Veterans Association, and seventy
one men who have attained that distinc-
ton were seated about the banquet boards.
The Veterans Association claims a total
membership of upward of three hundred.
Business Session.
A brief business session was held in the
red parlor at the Ebbitt House before the
dinner took place, with President George
Gibson in the chair. Past Grand Master
James G. Sample made a motion that the
constitution be amended so as to change
the date of the annual meeting. because. he
said, the annual meeting and the annual
dinner come too closely together on the
present plan. His suggestion was that the
annual meeting night be changed from the
first Tuesday after the first Monday In JAM
nary to the second Thursday in December
and this. placed in the form of a motion,
was unanimously adopted.
Proposals of the names Of new members
were then considered, and those elected
were George H. Bender, Delevan w. Har-
rington. John A. Joyce. George w. Props,
George Reed, Harry Stamford, Lewis W.
Tolman and William T. Galliher.
Following the business meeting President
Gibson called for the members to form in
line and precedence in the march to the
dining hall was taken by those who had
been longest identified with Masonry. The
oldest member present was Thomas B.
Creighton. who was born July Is, 1918. and
who was initiated into the order August s.
1S47. He is a member of Harmony Lodge,
No. II.
The good things of life discussed by the
members and their guests in the dining
hall were included in the menu.
Letters From Absentees.
Before consigning the members and the
speakers over to the tender mercies Of
Past Grand Master James G. Sample. who
was to serve as toastmaster, President Glib
son read a number Of letters from members
of the association who expressed regret at
their inability to attend the dinner. Among
those who thus wrote were: Grand Master
Francis J. Woodman, Vice President
grand master of Maryland; ]. H. Brom-
well Of Cincinnati. Public Printer Stillings,
j. w. Chambers Of st. Paul, Mimi; G. w.
Bellock and Robert B. Donaldson.
1T Is not matter of choice that stand
here to represent our president" declared
Toastmaster Sample as he took charge OF
the affair, and he sent home several witty
shafts before calling upon DR.. George c.
ODER the first speaker Of the evening. A
silent toast was drunk to honor Grand Mas
ter Woodman, who, 1t was stated, had
recently lost his only son. DIR. Ober. who
ranks as junior grand warden, represented
Grand Master Woodman. and his response
was to the toast, 1.-THE Grand Lodge" II
bring to you the greetings and the best
fol.~ to, 81
ter. who. assure you. deeply regrets his
inability to be with you tonight" said the
speaker, and he paid a high tribute to the
principles OF Masonry.
Toast to President Roosevelt.
Ordinarily I would have called first for
the toast to the President Of the United
States" said the POSTMASTER, and just as he
made the remark Mr.. William E. Andrews
auditor of the treasury. who was to respond
to that toast entered the hall. So the toast
was proposed.
In opening his remarks Mr.. Andrews call
ed for a toast to George Washington, the
first President of the United States and q
Mason, 'the childless father of $4,000, 600
children" and the tribute was drunk stand
1--WE hail and greet tonight the knightly
spirit of Theodore Roosevelt" the speaker
declared. His personality stands out as
the leader in the greatest country in the
world. Our minds may scan his entire mill
tary career from San Juan to Brownsville,
and we find nought but honor his DUE and
the speaker evoked a round of laughter as
he referred in humorous vein to the Browns
vile incident.
Other Responses.
B. H. Warner was called upon for a de-
scription Of what he expects to see In his
forthcoming tour of the orient, but he said
he would rather spend five minutes in talk
ing about the United States than two hours
in most vivid portrayal Of the departed
glories of the countries which have been
dead for centuries. Mr.. Warner, in q witty
thrust at President Gibson. said the latter
had sailed into prominence in the program
by having his picture printed from a photo
graph taken twenty years ago, and from
that he branched out into a humorous state
ment of the comparative beauty of different
members Of the organization.
1.-THE Antiquities of Masonry was the
subject delegated to Representative N. d.
Sperry Of Connecticut, who gave an inter-
early years of Masonry in this country. Mr..
Sperry said he has been a member Of the
Masonic order for fifty-eight years.
Officers and Guests.
Another brief address was delivered by
Daniel Mcfarland. and the exercises came
to a. close by the members rising and sing
ing AUD Lang Syne."
The officers of the Masonic Veterans.
Association are: President, George Gibson;
first vice president, George E. Corson; sec
ond vice president, George w. Balloch; Sec
Rotary. Albert II. Van Deuseri: treasurer
James B. Lambie; almoner. James A. Sam
pie: stewards. G. Yorke AtLee, Frank H
Thomas, Albert III. Van Deusen: chaplain,
Daniel McFarian; marshal, Jacobus g.
Jones; tyler. John F.. Wild; finance COM
mittee, Abraham Hart, Major w. Bayliss
A. B. Jameson; almoner's committee, Rob-
ert Armour. Samuel C. Palmer, David q.
Dixon; past presidents. Simon Wolf Robert
B. Donaldson.
The members and their guests present at
the dinner included the following: Motley
Anderson Robert Armour. g. Yorke Alice
Major w. Bayliss. Charles B. Bayiy, Chas
F. BENJAMIN. Conrad F.. Bennett. Asaph L.
Bliss. Joshua A. Brown. Eiiery ]. Burtt
Frank L. Campbell, William W.. Chambers
Frank e. Cunningham. John b. Davis,
Henry Morgan. Warren H. circuit, Isaac
Pearson, Benjamin F. Queen. John 8.
Deitrick. Harrison Dingman. Robert II.
Donaldson, Albert c. Floyd. Robert II.
Forsyth. Henry Franc. George Gibson.
Louis Goldschmidt. Daniel Goodacre, VIM
T. Hastings, James A. Rutherford, James
A. Sample, William r. Shield Samuel E.
Shields, BENJAMIN Sinsheimer, Bartholomue
F. Smith, James D. Smith, William NJ
Somerville, Harry Standlford. Donald G.