Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-20
TEMPLE LODGE, U. D.
Unique Designation of New
Organization.
is UNDER DISPENSATION
Advanced Step in the Conduct Of a
Masonic Body.
MEANS TO DO GOOD SERVICE
Starts Out With Right Note Of
therhood-Names Of officers
and Members.
MEANS TO DO GOOD SERVICE


do not often appear and are used only a
| short time. They stand for Under Dis
pensation." The new body having been
! formed, its members wished to get to
work at once and an application was
made to Grand Master Francis ]. Wood
man for a dispensation to conduct the
| lodge until a charter can be obtained.
On learning the purposes of those who
had fnaugurated the movement. a dis
pensation was promptly granted and the
grand master is now regarded as one OF
the most cordial friends of the under
taking. The lodge had previously elected
Mr.. Thomas C. Noyes master, Mr.. Louis
C. Wilson senior warden. Mr.. John Paul
Earnest Junior warden, Mr.. Louis A.
Dent acting secretary and Mr.. E. South
ard Parker acting treasurer.
As an Advanced Step.
The suggestion that the new lodge
| should be formed originated short time
| ago with purposes that were urged as an
| advanced step in the conduct of a Ma
sonic lodge. 1t was proposed to form
| lodge with a membership small enough
| to permit a close acquaintance among
those who join it. many lodges in the
District are acknowledged to be so large
| In membership as to make 1T practically
| impossible to accomplish that end. 1t Is
| expected the membership will not exceed
300 1t was also proposed to fix TIE
amount of dues high enough to have the
| lodge fully supported from that source
| without the necessity of having initiation
fees to make up deficit, which has been
regarded as an undesirable condition that
generally exists in other lodges.
Temple Lodge intends to demonstrate
II is declared in the statement of the OBJ
jects and purposes of the new lodge.
| that lodge be made up, can
| thrive, can do good work, can give ex-
preston to the very highest and best of
| Masonic principles, and can foster the
| true Masonic fellowship among its men,
bers without low dues or large member
ship. If successful-and the earnestness is
present with it's members to make for
success-it Is believed that a good service
will be done Masonry in this Jurisdiction;
and In this belief it is expected that the
| sympathy of all Masons who have the
| best interests of the craft lat heart will
be with the new lodge in its progress"
Election of Master.
The election Of Mr.. Thomas C. Noyes
4 as master OF the lodge occurred Sep
| TENDER %. when he accepted the office.
| On that occasion he concluded his re-
marks as follows:
Il want to see the lodge start out with
the right note of brotherhood; want to
see that note ring out clear as a bell in
every thought, in every act. Let us keep
that bell clear and ringing all the time
with that note OF brotherhood. With
seventy-flve to one hundred men in this
| lodge. all good men, who have gone
through fearful test in going through
| this ballot box, showing their standing
and reputation, showing them congenial
| to each other. let US weld ourselves to-
| gether In such a brotherhood as was
| never seen In this jurisdiction; one for all.
| all for one. standing close together in
| IN I06o hut tn
| all our lives; allowing no pickering. al
| lowing no factions allowing no clashes
| to ever enter our doors or our lives Let
US keep the lodge pure; let US keep it
strong; let us keep 1t a true brotherhood;
| and we are bound to succeed; bound to
| make a great and glorious success; and
| best of all. We are bound. each one of u.s.
| to be 1000 per cent better men for the
organization Of this lodge.
Visitors at Meeting.
Under dispensation. Temple Lodge held
fits first meeting last Thursday evening
at Masonic Temple. The lodge in start
Ing had about 100 members, the attend
ance including nearly every one of those
who had signed the petition to the grand
ms ster for dispensation. The occasion
was rendered doubly interesting because
of the presence of officers Of the grand
lodge, headed by Grand Master Woodman
There were also many past masters Of
on hand to witness the initial meeting Of
| the lodge. The membership of the body
includes a large number of Masons who
have held office In other lodges, among
Whom are many past masters. General
comment was extremely complimentary
to the manner in which the ceremonies
were performed, every detail being care
| fully attended to.
| Upon the conclusion of the cere-
monies the. master of the lodge, Mr.
Noyes, invited all pre- sent to meet in the
| red parlor of the Willard Immediately
upon adjournment. There the assembled
fmembers and guests found prepared a
most hospitable reception. After the serv-
ing OF bountiful luncheon, many of the
guests and members were called upon for
remarks. the tenor of which showed how
| fully the new lodge will be sustained
| Grand Master Woodman expressed his
qualification over the work that had been
undertaken. and declared his belief that
Temple Lodge is destined to perform the
Dest work Possloe for Masonry in the
District of Columbia. Many past grand
masters present were called upon and
fspoke In the same vein.
Membership Roll.
The membership roll of Temple Lodge
follows:
Thomas C. Noyes, master; Louis c. Will
| son. P. NJ, senior warden; John Paul
Earnest. junior warden; Louis A. Dent.
acting secretary; E. Southland Parker. p
M, acting treasurer; Charles e. Berry.
Clifford X. Bergman, P. NJ: James o.
Breast. Merritt o. Chance, Price c. Olaf
| lin. Fred G. Coldren, Joseph H. Gran
| ford. Joseph III. Curran. Thaddeus c.
| Dulin. Daniel w. Edelin,, John o. Evans.
| Percy 8. Foster. Williams c. Fox, Daniel
Fraser Robert T. Frazier Harry Gioyan
nol, Edwin 8. Graham, BENJAMIN W.
| Guy. Willard F. Hallam, Henry G. Han
| ford. George w. Harris Leroy w. Heron.
John G. Hodges Clement w. Huske. Har-
vey S. Irwin, John Edward jerks. Phil
ander c. Johnson. John E. Jones Carter
B. Keene. ]. Thomas Kelley. jr.: w.
Seton Kent. Charles f. Kern, Stirling
Kerr. jr.; Claude F. King P. M Richard
Kingsman. Walter H. Klopfer, D. DIN
Leech, William Clifford Long, Edwin s.
Lothrop, Joseph E. Luckett. Thomas /.
Luckett. Alexander Mckenzie, s. g. s.:
Fred E. Mann. Edwin s. NARROW, Adds
d. Merritt P. M; Frank P. Milburn,
George w. Miller, Benjamin s. Minor
Henry B. Mirick, John Mitchell Jr.: J.
Gales Moore, John B. Morrey, Irving G.
Norwood. Francis Nye P. NJ; Deruelle
s. Porter. John L. Prosise, William H.
Rapley. William F. Roberts, Charles C.
Rogers, William Scherer, Francis A. Sc
bring. P. M: Franc E. Sherry, p. M;
: Lindley E. Smith, Bartholomew F. Smith,
Edward H. Snyder, William NJ Steuart
| Harry G. c. Stiles, Isaac s. Stone lanes