Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-11
the largest OF all w.shinstors big Masonic

events.
The DrIri CORPS OF Columbia Command
/ cry. No. 9, Knights Templar. Capt Franz
| e. Gibson. commanding. will hold its reg
Masonic Temple. when officers will be elect
| ed for the ensuing year. The meet
ing has been called for 1880 O'Clock.
Each Of the Templar Communicates Is
proceeding briskIy with the work of pre-
pairing for the excursion to the meeting oil
the triennial conclave in Saratoga The
party starts from Washington on the
| the same evening. The several drill teams
are all at work. and are expected to make
good showings.
Grand Commander william F. Hunt has
issued circular letter reviewing the
career Of the late Grand Captain General
Frank H. Thomas. in which he says: In
the limits of this memorial 1t is impossible
TO pronounce fitting eulogy upon his life
ana character. Mentally and physically
ne was constructed upon broad lines
Possessing well-balanced mind, correct
Judgment. unfailing tact and an intimate
knowledge Of men and affairs in all reIar
lions of life he was equal to every re-
sponsibllity he assumed, and his services
were productive of the best results in
every enterprise that enlisted his thought
and energy. Generous. sympathetic, gen
ial and companionable, he was devoted in
his friendships and attracted the loyal
his sexotS OF Others in
and exemplifying them in his daily life,
the record of our beloved frater is an in
spiration to noble deeds, and his memory
VIII flourish in~fmmortal green"
The Washington communicates at their
most recent conclaves heard this coHmuni-
cation read, and the banners Of all Of
period Of sixty days, In memory of Very
Eminent Sir Knight Thomas. who, had he
been living, would have been in line at
Saratoga in July for grand generalissimo
mately have become grand master Of tenn
plars.
Dawson Lodge, No. g. F. A. A. NJ, with
this week closed a half century of the
existence of one of the most PROSPEROUS
lodges in the jurisdiction. Some of the
best-known members of the Masonic frater-
nifty IN Washington are in this old lodge.
The surviving past masters are: Joseph
Gawler. Edwin 8. Holmes, ST.; william A.
DeCaindry, James E. Bell. Orville Drown,
H. Harvey Hazard, Rodolph WILLIS, James
H: Trimble, Henry e. Thompson. Benja-
min T: I.arcombe, jr.; Samuel R. Bond.
Jesse F. Grant. Francis A. Sebring, Claude
F. King, William N. Garrett, Edgar G.
Harbaugh, Edwin 8. Holmes. jr.; Benjamin
F. Odell. John B. Ireland. Adds D. Merritt
George w. SigSers, John A. Coiborn. Err
nest G. Thompson. Milton Strasburger. Will
liam F. Lannan and Louis -ooson. The
Oldest past master by service Is Edwin s..
Holmes. 1915, but BY afiiiiation Joseph
Gawler, 1860, has seniority. Among the
past masters Of the lodge are Grand Lee
turer Orville E. Drown 60 the Grand Chap
ter. r. A. NJ: Claude F. King. who is the
present grand high priest, and Frank A. Sc
bring. who is this year the potentate Of
Almas Temple Of the Mystic Shrine. and
has just been disporting himself with his
colleagues by the American sunset seashore
at Los Angeles. where the Imperial Coun-
ell was in session. The following was the
committee Of arrangements for the eele-
bration: John A. Colborn. past master.
chairman; Samuel r. Bond, past master;
William A. DeCaindry. past master: Jo-
seph z. Stephenson. junior warden, and Ed
The program Of the celebration included
an address Of welcome by Worshipful Mas
ter Baumann, vocal solo by Miss Josephine
T. Gould~ chalk talk by Roe Fulkerson.
by Past Master Samuel r. Bond. with vocal
solo by Miss Rose Helen Bigelow: violin
solo by Charles Schoneman, and chara cter
sketches by M. E. Kahn. After the formal
toasts: The Grand LODGE" Henry K.
Simpson, senior grand warden Of the Grand
Lodge; The Ladies'" Claude F. King:
T William n'e a P pecaindry: Ths MemSers.
Samuel Gompers; 1.-The Officers" George G..
Seibold THE Goat" Henry c. Thompson.
The POSTMASTER was Samuel II. Bond, past
master and past grand high priest. Among
the prominent members of Dawson Lodge
are Samuel Gompers, president of the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor; Merritt O..
Chance. chief clerk of the Post Office De-
partment; william A. DeCaindry of the
Cosmos Club, and Harry A. White of the
Chicago base ball club.
The officers of Dawson Lodge for the
present year are as follows: George w.
Baumann. master; William M. Wales,
ordo
warden; Rodolph Williss. secretary; Samuel
H. Walker, treasurer; John A. Colborn,
master of ceremonies; Claude H. Wood
ward senior deacon; George G.. Seibold.
junior deacon; T: W. Bramhall. senior
steward; John I. Painter. junior steward;
George r. Sheriff. organist, and ]. E.
Champion, tiler. The original officers of
the lodge at its institution in 1857 are given
by the lodge secretary as follows: Samuel
Shugert. worshipfui. master; Dewitt c.
Lawrence, senior warden: 2. D. Gilman.
junior warden; C. s. Whittlesey, secretary;
s. P. Bell. treasurer. and G. w. Hall, tiler.