Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05
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| I Dec 1O-WAShington. No = n A. !
Dec. ll-Emeka No. 4...... Not hulletined :
| I KNIGHTS TEMPLAR COMMANDERIES.
Dec 7-Orient. No >. ....ReSular business /
Not builetined I
I Dec. 9-washneton. No L. Not bullctined I:
IL st. Johns Mite Association will meet
=? Wednesday evening, December ., at the !
new Temple
| i; The Masonic Veterans Association will :
| hold its annual meeting Thursday even J
ing. December 10.
! CHAPTERS of the Order of the Eastern
Star will meet during the coming week
as follows December I. Ruth. No. 1;
December s. Electa, No. :, and Bethle-
hem, No 7; December 9. Naomi No: 3,
and Brookland, No. IL; December IL, Ia
koma, No. II.
| Evangelist Chapter, Rose Croix.
A.A.S.R.. will hold an important bust
ness meeting to consider proposed
amendments to the bylaws and the sub
| iect of unpaid dues, and Robert de
Bruce Council. XXX, will probably con-
fer the twenty-first degree in full cere-
monial form, both on the evening OF De-
cember s, at the Scottish Rite Sanctu-
airy, 1907 G. street northwest.
| The following changes are provided In
the proposed new bylaws of the Scottlsh
Rite bodies: Mithras Lodge OF Perfec-
ton, dues. IS year. and life member
ship. $7b; Evangelist Chapter, Rose
Croix, life membership, $50 year; Al
bert Pike Consistory. life membership
81, year, and 'all bodies to make the
time of payment of dues agree with the
cial affairs Of the bodies in Mithras
Lodge of Perfection" The foregoing
provisions are recommended by COM
mittee consisting of the heads of the sew
eral bodies.
| Potentate Fulkerson announces that the
date for the election in Almas Temple
of the Mystic Shrine. heretofore an
nounced as December IS, has been
changed to December 80 The former
date is ST Johns day, the time of the
Grand Lodge election and installation.
| Almas Temple Will meet December 1S for
the nomination of its officers for the en-
suing year.
Dr. A. &. Chamberlin. secretary gem
eral of the Supreme Council, A. A S. X,
| left the city Wednesday evening for a
visit to his old home at Galveston, Tex,
and to inspect the Scottish Rite bodies
| in the state.
Mount Vernon Chapter. No 3. r. a. NJ.
will hold special meeting Monday even
| ing for the purpose of comforting the
| Royal Arch degree on two sets OF candl-
| dates.
| The sudden death of James NJ. Beatty
| while delivering an address before the
| Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania Wednes-
| day on the advisabilty OF erecting new
| Masonic home. in which he was deeply
! interested recalls the sad aff1ict1on visited
| upon one Of the local communicates when
| Nat B. Fugtt was SO suddenly stricken
| last June while in the discharge of his
| official duties. Mr.. Beatty was a wealthy
| retired manufacturer and seventy years
L I44f 6r1n ia hnn
| ease.
| The annual meeting of the Grand
Lodge of Masons OF the District of Co
| lumbia will occur Wednesday evening,
| December 1f. ST Johns day, an eventful
| day in the Masonic calendar, falls on De-
| cember 2s.
! At the invitation of Grand Master Cool
| idge, who accepted an invitation from the
| Odd Fellows on behalf of the Masonic
| fraternity as individuals, soodly num-
| Der of Masons gathered at the new tenn
| pie last night and proceeded to Odd Eel
| lows Hall, on It'll street. to lend their
| assistance to the fair and bazaar in prog
| ress, having for its object the building
| of home for aged and INDECENT Odd
Fellows, the widows of Odd Fellows and
| their orphans. The grand master gave
| as his reason for thus summoning the
| fraternity as individuals and not as or
| CARNATIONS the fact that the Odd Eel
|
erous patronage to Masonic fairs in the
past
| Osiris Lodge. No. %. F. \. A. NJ, held
| it's annual election Wednesday evening
| and the voting showed strong feeling
| of unanimity with reference to all the
| candidates. Past Grand Master l.. Cabel
Williamson delivered an address. and
| Past Master Frank Harrison installed the
| newly elected officers as follows: Carey
S. Frye, worshipful master; Julius Refs
senior warden; George w. 1ngham, junior
| Warden: H. P. Gerald. secretary; w. T.
past master as chaplain Thomas L.
| ITnsworth, past master, as marshal;
| Philip NJ. Ashford, senior deacon: Harry
L. Parkinson. junior deacon: William J.
| Brewer. senior steward: Alvin D. Hath
away. junior steward, and John Betker,
| tIer.
| Delegates and representatives we're
elected and chosen as follows: Past Mas
| ter T. n. Unsworth to the Masonic board
| of relief: Past Master w. V. Lewis. to
the st. Johns Mite Association: Joseph
| Herzog. to the board of managers of
the Masonic Temple Association: Past
Master w H. De Shields. to the board
of managers of the Masonic and Eastern
| Star Home. and Past Master S. r. ia
cobs. trustee and custodian of lodge
property.
| 1t is said that Osiris Lodge starts upon
| it's new year with every prospect of
|
| which has been it's portion during the
prosperous year just closed. and this fact
was dwelt upon largely in Past Grand
Master Williamson's address.
| Washington Centennial Lodge. No. IA.
at it's communication Wednesday evening
elected the following officers: Worshipful
master, Victor H. Wallace; senior war
den. Henry F. Woodard: junior warden,
James r. McClenahan: secretary. Emmett
&c. Gilmore GWenty-ninth term: treasurer
Jacob Spliedt third term; lodge trustee
for three years. Wallace Streater; dele
gate to st. Johns Mite Association. Past
Master Emmett c. Gilmore: delegate to
Masonic board of relief. Past Master
Edison Phillips; delegate to Masonic Tenn
pie Association. Past Master Walter B.
Pettus; delegate to board of manager
lodge room No. !, w. NJ. A. Sydney Jones;
delegate to board of managers, Masonic
and Eastern Star Home, w. Streater;
committee on finance and good of the or
der. Past Master Walter B. Pettus. chair
man: Past Master Ernest II. Daniel and
| Latmer B. Slime, John P. Turner and
Percy v. Heating. The appointive Off
GERS have not yet been announced. The