Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-30
MASTER MAS0NS At BANQUET
PAY HONOR TO SUCCESSORS IN
OFFICE AND OTHERS.
Responses to Toasts-Names O.
Those in Attendance-Subjects
of the Addresses.

A banquet to their SUCCESSORS in office
to the grand master and past grand mas.
ter of the District Grand Lodge and to
the honorary members of the organization
was given at. the Arlington Hotel last
Saturday evening by the members Of the
Association of Worshipful Masters Of the
Masonic order in the District of Columbia
There was carefully selected menu, and
over the coffee and cigars responses tc
toasts were. made by local Masonic lead
ers.
President William H. Landvoigt was the
POSTMASTER. The first number on the pro-
gram was a solo by Past Master Ralph
w. Bowen. Grand Master Augustus Coo
Hdge- then responded to 1.-The Grand Mas
ter and the Association of Worshipful
Masters" Past Grand Master Francis j
Woodman spoke of THE Grand Lodge
and the Association of 1907 The theme
of Past Grand Master James A. Wetmore
was " Honorary Members" and that OF
Past Master Dean Swift was Some Ex-
periences as Master
Messrs. Mark F. Finley. J. f. Payne
and Thomas C. Noyes told How 1t Feels
to Be a Master" Other toasts were as
follows: Hot Air BILL by Lem Towers.
IT., past master: wives and Sweet.
hearts," by Ralph w. Bowen, past mas
ter, and "Skidoo," by Jacob w. Collins,
past master.
Officers of Association.
The officers of the Masters Association
are William H. Langvoigt. president;
Harry G. Kimball, vice president, and
Lem Towers. jr., secretary-treasurer
They, with Messrs. Lafayette Leaman
and Jacob w. Collins, compose the
executive committee.
The following were present at the BAN
quet: A. B. Coolidge, grand master; Fran.
els ]. Woodman, pas. grand master;
James D. Wetmore, past grand master;
A. w. Johnston, grand secretary; Thomas
H. Young, grand lecturer; Harry D. Eas.
Textbook, Federal Lodge, No. /; Harry
Wilson, Columbia Lodge, No. 8; Johr
Scrivener, Naval Lodge, No. 4; Lem Tow
ers, jr.. Potomac Lodge, No. s.; Charles
Walsh, Lebanon Lodge, No. q; William
McNeir. The New Jerusalem Lodge, No
8; Harry G. Kimball, Hiram Lodge, No.
10; Allen Bussus, st. Johns Lodge, No.
IL; Lafayette Leaman. National Lodge
No. II; Dean Swift. Washington Centen-
NAL Lodge, No. IA; Arthur L. Bryant,
Benjamin B. French Lodge, No. 10;
George w. Baumann, Dawson Lodge, No.
IS; Frank R. Underwood, Harmony
Lodge, No. II; John E. Boriand, Acacia
Lodge, No. IS; Hart Momsen. Lafayette
Lodge, No. 10: John H. Hoffacker Hope
Lodge, No. 20; Walter B. Fry. Anacostia
Lodge, No. 81; David F. Dumberth.
George c. Whiting Lodge. No. %; Jacot
w. Collins, Pentalpha Lodge, No. %;
George H. Jones, Stansbury Lodge. No.
"a; Adam Schneider Arminius Lodge, No.
%; William H. Landvoigt. Osiris Lodge,
No. 90; Ralph w. Bowen, Myron NJ Par
ker Lodge, No. 81; Charles E. Thatcher,
Takoma Lodge, No. %; Fred ]. Heider.
William r. Singleton Lodge, No. 30;
Charles Scherer. King Solomon Lodge,
No. 81; T. c. Noyes. Temple Lodge, No SO
H. NJ. Luckett. Pentalpha, No. %; Joseph
q. Harrison, B. B. French. No. Is; Ed
ward H. Tompkins, NJ. M. Parker No. 81;
+. G. Smith, Federal, No. ! Howard G.
Brown, Acacia, No. IS; James Edwin
Payne, National, No. -; Allan r. searle,
No. %; William A. Brodie, No. %! Frank
A. Steele, St. John, No IL; jules A.
Rodier. Naval, No. 4: W. R. Rauchenstein
Anacostia, No. 21; Curtis M. Smith. VIII
liam R. Singleton. No. 20; A. Sidney Jones
Washington Central, No. IA; Charles c.
Molster. King David. No. %; W. v. Lewis.
Osiris, No. %; NJ. F. Finley, Hiram, No.
10; Louis c. Wilson. Temple. No 80; VIII
liam M. WALES, Dawson, No. 18: Francis
l. Beach, Lebanon, No. Z; William H.
Wunder. King Solomon, No. 81, and Wal
z Davis Harmony No 4?