Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-12

evening, Master w. A. Brodie, in a short
speech. reviewed the years work. and
! complirented the officers and past Off
| GERS.
| The following officers were elected for
the ensuing Masonic year: w. E. Greaves,
master. Harry Pimper. senior warden: l..
B. Nordlinger, junior warden: d. r. Dunn
berth. secretary: f. S. Smith. treasurer;
| T.. III. Fowler. senior deacon: X. Fl.
! Young. junior deacon: c. c. Kenyon, SEN
ior steward: Maurice Beckham, junior
steward: r. 4. Bogley, organist. and B..
| F. Harper tiler.
| A. NJ. Baer, George Freeman and w.
| T. Weaver We're elected trustees for the
ensuing year, and W. II. Harrison repre-
sentative on the board of directors of the
Masonic and Eastern Star Home: j. T.
| Cireaves representative to the ST. John
| Mite Association. and w. A. Brodie and
s. W. Thorne to the Masonic board of re-
| lief.
| The religious services at the Masonic
and Eastern Star Home Sunday, Decem-
Der Is. a ; pm. will be in charge of Leb-
anon Lodge, No. :, +. A A. NJ. The
sermon will be delivered by the Rev T.
I E.lwood Davis. pastor of the Westminster
| Memorial Church. All members of the
order and their friends are cordially in
yited to these services. also coaches Will
meet the car at the terminal at Takoma
| Park.
| The annual election of officers Of Ia
koma Lodge. No. % +. A: a. NJ, was
| held Tuesday evening in Takoma Han.
| The result was as follows: Schuyler ..
| Symons master: Hervey S. Knight. senior
| warden: William f. Dyre. Junior warden:
Jacob 3. Derrick. secretary: Past Master
| Wilmer G.. Plat. treasurer; Joseph ..
| Simpson, senior deacon: Howard FISK,
| junior deacon; Ralph +. Walker. senior
HornHpD Junior stew
ard David S. Morse, master OF cere.
monies: Fred w. Longley. tiler Past
Master O. d. Sunny was reelected dele
gate to the ST. Johns Mite Association
of Masonic board of relief: Past Master
Otis J. Eddy. trustee, to serve three
years and Senior Warden Hervey 5.
Knight. member of the board of the Ma
sonic Eastern Star Home
The report of the auditing conlmlttee
II. S. knight, William +. Andrews ana
Howard Fisk. was submitted and ap-
proved by the lodge. 1t showed the lodge
finances to be satisfactory and the iodse
itself in a prosperous condition.
Short speeches were made by aired ~
Smith, retiring master, and each OF the
newly elected officers followed by an ad-
dress by Past Grand Master frames j.
WoOdman, who is also past master ol
Takoma Lodge. The installation OF the
newly elected officers will take place
Tuesday, December -.
Takoma Lodge is one of the youngest
lodges in this jurisdiction. having re-
ceived it's charter in 1893. The following
past masters were present Tuesday even
ing: Past Grand Master Francis j. Wood
man, Wilmer G.. Plat, Theodore r Wills,
Harrison NJ. Bennett. Orlando D. SUNNY,
William r. Andrews, William Mehn and
George l.. Tarbell.
Myron NJ Parker Lodge. No. %, T. A. A.
NJ. has elected officers for the ensuing
Masonic year as follows:
Samuel +. Compton. master: William
H. Gibson. senior warden: John F. Nc
DoWell junior warden: Andrew n LIND,
secretary reelected: j. Eldridge Burns,
treasurer tre-electedl; Arthur Carr senior
Deacon Lucan T. Williams. junior dea-
| con: John A. Meyer, master of cere-
| monies; Frank w. Groh, senior steward
| Albert H. Pike junior steward: George
| Y. Hansell, tiler Past Master W. r. Car
Yer. delegate to Masonic board of relief
Past Master William G. Glenn. representa-
| tive on board of directors Masonic and
| Eastern Star Home; A w. Bowen, dele
gate to ST Johns Mite Association; Zach
ariah Turner. trustee life membership
fund.
Harmony Lodge, No. 1, Knights of
Pythias. gave their second entertainment
| fund of that lodge last Monday evening
at Pythian Temple. The large attend
| ance was gratifying. The drama of
Damon and Pythias. with the same cast
| presented at the jubilee on the 3D. instant.
was reproduced. The players were the
recipients of hearty applause. The work
| of the principals was declared to be of
| high order especially that of Talbot
| Pulizzi as Pythias: s. NJ. Pearson. as
| Damon, and ]. B. CONNER as Dionysius.
Grand Chancellor c. H. Woodward and
| his aSSociate Grand Lodge officers visited
Webster Lodge Tuesday evening for their
annual visitation. The reports of the
Grand Lodge officers We're satisfactory.
| Remarks were made by Supreme Rep
| Representative G. w. Baumann and Past
| Supreme Representative J. Il. CONNER.
Washington Company. No. l. Uniform
| Rank. acted escort to the Grand Lodge
officers.
| J. T. Coldwell Company, No. Z. Uni
| form Rank knights of Pythias. has been
congratulated on the spectacular drill pre-
scented at the recent jubilee.
Washington Company No. 1. Uniform
| Rank X of p, has also been commend
ed for its drill at the jubilee.
| In connection with the recent jubilee
| the following award of prizes was an
nounced by the grand chancellor:
or presenting tne largest number of
candidates the first prize was awarded
to Mount Vernon Lodge. No. ); the sec
ond to Syracusians Lodge, No 10, and
the third to Capital Lodge. No ~
| Decatur Lodge. No. q. X. of P, cele-
brated the forty-fifth anniversary of its
! institution with a banquet at the Typo
graphical Temple Tuesday evening Past
| Chancellor c. f.. McAllister presided as
| POSTMASTER
! Rev. F. e. Marshall. a member of De-
catur Lodge. welcomed the fraternity on
behalf of the lodge and made an eloquent
and impressive address on the principles
| of Pythianism.
| Supreme Representative Thomas A. By
| mum referred to the work of Decatur
! Lodge. the advancement of the order the
| benefits to be derived from membership
and the recent great Pythian gathering
in Boston, Mass.
| Messrs. Buck and Buck presented n
| sketch, The Hebrew and His Friend. "
and Hazen Herman sang a yodling song.
| accompanied by Harold Van Week
Stories We're told by Sam Gompers, jr.
&c. G. Auracher. Chancellor Commander
Pollock. Vice Chancellor NJ Hanson and
Grand Representatives E. w. Morcock
and r. l.. Graves. Fred Seyforth sang
| tenor solo. Past Grand Chancellor G;