Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-05

| "A HleSlluS Ol JUN Nuitc AScoSio
ton is scheduled for Wednesday evening,
| September 8.
| The bulletin board at Masonic Temple.
9th and F streets. indicates that the fol-
| lowing chapters calendared to meet dur
| ing the coming week are called off: Sep
| tember s, Potomac. No. 8; September 10.
! Washington, No g and September IL,
| Eureka, No. T.
Columbia Royal Arch Chapter No. l,
resumes work after the summer vacation
| September 10, with the mark degree.
! The day for the celebration of the dedi-
cation of the new Masonic Temple. at the
intersection Of New York avenue and 18th
| street northwest. has been set for Satur-
day, September 49, The exercises. which
will be conducted by the grand master.
assisted by the other officers of the Grand
Lodge. will be held in the great Auditor
| ium about 8 o'clock in the evening. Only
| those who are master Masons may be ad-
| mitted. and all master Masons are invited
to be present. There will be no parade
OF the craft preceding the dedication cere-
| monies. The program will be announced
later
| There was an important meeting Of the
|
| warmers last night to perfect details for
| the forthcoming celebration. The weekly
| report from Chairman Fulkerson of the
old stock subscription committee showed
the following receipts for the past week;
| Osiris Lodge, No. 70, $50: the New Jeru-
salem Lodge, No. o, $50. Chairman Glib
son reported tentatively as to the attrac-
lions engaged for the housewarming. but
| is not yet prepared to publicly announce
! them.
chairman Wilson 10 nressinp tho several
committees along the lines Of their respec-
| tive duties that the work may be well in
hand at least a week before the house,
warming, which begins September %.
Grand High Priest E. ST. Clair Thomp-
son has sent circular letter to the high
priest OF each OF the local Royal Arch
chapters expressing the hope that their
| bodies will be prepared to move Into the
| new temple as quickly after September Is
as possible. in order that all may be in
| their new quarters at housewarming time.
| He also urges that all chapter meetings
| scheduled for the weeks during which the
| housewarming festivities continue be
| called of.
| Mayor Pan of Alexandria. Va. cele-
| brated his reelection by dinner to a
company of Washington Shriners Tues
day night. There were present Past I'M
perial Potentate Harrison Dingman, Po-
| tentate Roe Fulkerson. Past Potentates
| Frank Sebring and Carter keene. and
Fred Hahn, Fritz Hohoff, Oscar Ricketts,.
Charles Wallingsford and Louis A; pent;
Mayor Paff was assured. regardless of
| polite, or policies that he was just the
| man for the place to which he had been
| elected. and he was presented with many
| souvenirs of the late meeting of the I'M
perial Council A. \. O. y. NJ. S., at st.
| Paul. Speechmaking was INDUCED in by
! Potentate Fulkerson and others, and 1t is
said the Washington appetite" was toast
ed more than once during the dinner.
The complimentary excursion Of the
Arab Patrol of Almas Temple will be
given to Marshall Hall. Thursday. Sep
| TENDER 10, in honor of the friends OF the
patrol who assisted 1t in it's efforts to
win the championship OF the United
States at 81. Paul recently. Capt Glib
| son announces that the drill which won
the first prize will be reproduced on the
| occasion, together with other exhibitions
| characteristic Of his turbaned company.
| Tickets for the event are in the hands Of
! all the members Of the patrol, and 1t is
| said their rapid distribution assures a
| large and jolly crowd for the occasion.
A surprise is promised by the patrol
| octet on the return trip in the form OF a
| song recital. characteristic OF river eX-
! cursions. including all the popular bal
| lads, modern and ancient. The octet
| will be under the direction of DR.. Yet
| ton, with Roe Fulkerson as pianist.
Philip p. Rouse. past master of Hope
! Lodge. No 20. and past high priest of
| Columbia Chapter. No. !. is reported to
| be seriously i'll at his home. Mr. Rouse
| is also sentinel OF Washington Council
! No. 1. Royal and Select Masters.
| DR.. f. Schirmer. who is attached to the
uuartermaster's department. San Juan
| Porto Rico. and a popular member of
| Mount Vernon Royal Arch Chapter is in
| the city on months vacation.
George Gibson. one of the most widely
! known and popular Masons in the District
| of Columbia celebrated his two threes-
| ee-threes-and-a-th'' birthday Xester-
day. He is past commander of Column
! bia Commandery No. .. Knights Tenn
| plar. and Commander SWEET in his last
| circular called attention to both facts.
| Past Grand Commander Gibson was
| knighted August %, 1871. From 1876 to
| 1889 he served treasurer of Columbia
| Commandery. He was its commander in
| 1890 and in 1901 the grand commander of
| the Grand Commandery. Knights Tempiar
| of the District of Columbia. Seven years
| ago he was again elected treasurer of
| Columbia Commandery and has served as
| suclf ever since.
! The annual inspection and review of the
| Knights Templar communicates of the
| District of Columbia will be held Octo-
Der A. 1908. at the National Base Ball
! Park, 1th street and FlOrlda avenue. IL
| is announced that Columbia Commandery
will enter a team for the competitive drill.
Carter Keene Of Temple Lodge, No. 50
and past pOtentate of Almas Temple. with
! Mrs. Keene. will leave the city Monday
for his annual vacation Mrs. Keene will
spend hers with her relatives in northern
| New York but Carter will go to the rock
! bound coast Of Maine for his.
Commander Charles p. SWEET Of Column
bia Commandery No. 2, X. r., in a spe-
| cial communication announces that ar
engagements are being made for a bril-
liant entry of the conlmandery into it's
asylum at the new temple October to
| celebrate in a special manner the fact
that from that commandery the germ of
| action sprung which brought about the
realization of a new Masonic Temple in
| Washington. Particulars are withheld for
| the present.
| Z, is about to start an innovation In the
| form of a special octet choir for cere-
monial and social purposes. Leader Fred
Carl of the Washington Saengerbund.
who Is an ardent member Of the chapter,
is now trying out voices, and announces
that the prospects are bright for
time the first convocation of the chapter
is held in the new temple. Visitors to
the chapter in the past will recall with
pleasure the excellent renditions of the
| improvised octet, composed entirely OF
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