Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-18

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1t is believed that the Scottish Rite is
| now entering upon its most important era
In this jurisdiction. The plans for the flu
ture have been carefully laid after thor
ough consideration. and. it is said. those
| who have misunderstood certain matters
recently will be surprised and gratified at
| their ultimate development.
| Mount Vernon Royal Arch Chapter. No.
! - will hold a special communication
| Wednesday evening. December 30 for the
purpose of comforting the Royal Arch de-
gree. This is a special not covered in
the monthly notice of the chapter
! Anacostia Lodge, No. II. held special
! communication Wednesday evening to in
| stall its new officers. and Osiris Lodge.
| No. 70. held a special communication
| Tuesday evening to install its new Wor-
| shipful master. Julius Refs.
! Kallipolis Grotto of the Yelled Prophets
will hold it's second ceremonial session
| the evening of December 10, at New Ma
sonic Temple with class of initiates
approXimating hundred. RehearSaiS
under competent directors are being held
with view to the perfection OF the
dramatic portion of the ritual. The re-
arrangement of the stage setting. it is
said, will make the production more elan
crate and effective than at the hrst
ceremonial session. 1t is said the Grotto
will probably elect set of degree di-
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local stage manager of long eHpe-
rience in one of the leading local the
aters has been given charge of the stag
| ing of the production. and general
| Strengthening of the cast has been made.
| An event of interest to Cryptic and
Royal Arch Masons was the constitution
of Adoniram Council. No. ,. ROYAL ana
Thursday evening, by Henry Clay Lar
rabee. past general grand master of the
Royal and Select Masters of the United
States. After the installation of the Of
Ulcers a feature of the evening was the
illustrated lecture by T.. st. Clair Thomp-
son, master of Adoniram Council. on his
recent trip to Savannah, Ca, to attend
the session of the General Grand Council
which granted his council its charter
| Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine will
hold meeting for the nomination OF
| officers for the ensuing year MONDAY
evening at National Rifles Armory. The
elections will be held Tuesday, December
| IS, at the same place, from ? O'Clock In
the afternoon until o'clock at night.
The business meeting will begin at Z: 5o
| o'clock, and later In the evening the re-
| suits of the elections will be announced
ani the new officers installed.
! The Grand Lodge elections will take
place the evening of December %; tn,
! banquet of the WorShipful Masters As
| ISOLATION and the ceremonial session of
| the Grotto the evening of December ~:
Mount Vernon Royal Arch Chapter Will
| hold specials the evening of December 20
! for the p. NJ and NJ. +. NJ, and for the
| r. A. degrees, and the Shrine election
| will take place the afternoon and even
ing of December %. Temple Lodge, No.
| 80, has its watch night entertainment De-
| cember 81.
officers for the coming Masonic year
have been elected in the constituent
lodges as follows:
! St Johns. No. 11--Charles E. Bah
cock, W. NJ; Levi II. David s. w:
| Charles r. Etchberger. j. W.; James e.
| Hutchinson. secretary, and Robert y.
Daniel, treasurer. The proxies are Fred
NJ Book. A. Barnes Hooe and Emanuel
| G.. Peach.
| Harmony. No. lotto ]. De Moll. W.
NJ: Francis n. Westerman. S. W.; Robert
| II. Young, J. W.: w. Hamilton Smith,
secretary. and Orange S. Firmn, treas
urer. Proxies-Edmund S. Wolfe. Rufus
w. Pearson and Ernest 4. Coleman.
Acaca, No. 1s-Francis a. Springer.
w. NJ: Delos NJ. Carter. S. W.; Henry
J. Robertson. ]. w; Henry II: Bur
W W. Conner and Edward F. Colladay.
Hope. No. oO-Horace p. Mcintosh.
wo.shipful master; Rudolph B. Behrend'
junior warden; William A. Craig. secre-
| tary. and John f. Collins. treasurer.
| Proxies-Grant S. Barnhart. Charles +.
GranhoIm and Walter L. Hagen.
| Arminus No. 25-John \. Sterzer. wor-
| shipful master; Henry W. Sunwold. senior
warden: Joseph Gaesgen, Junior warden;
Adam Schneider. secretary; and charles
E. Ger'er. trea n1 E,o proxies , avid
| Dawson Lodge, No. 16, elected the fol-
| lowing officers for the ensuing year:
Claude H. Woodward, worshipful master;
~ -tsv-
w. Bramhall., junior warden; John A.
Colborn. past master (re-elected). secre-
tary: Samuel H. Walker (re-elected).
treasurer: William II. Wales. past
Painter. senior deacon: Frank I. Wood.
| junior deacon; Charles Boyd, senior stew
a d; Walter T. Austin. junior steward;
Job Z. Champion, tiler: John l.. Apple,
| ga list Samuei r. Bond, past master.
representative to Masonic Temple Asso-
citation; George w. Baumann, past
MASTER delegate to Masonic board of
relief; z. r. Odell, past master delegate
TO ST. Johns Mite Associations; George w.
Siggers, past master, representative on
! board of directors Masonic and Eastern
Sta. Home: Thomas w. Bramhall repre-
sentative on board of managers lodge
room, No. /. Proxies-John l. Painter.
| for worshipful master; Frank !. Wood.
for senior warden, and Charles Boyd. for
junior warden. The closing year marked
| one Ol tHe 1IlOSt pfOSpclo . III tlc
of Dawson Lodge.
| Stansbury Lodge, No. "A. has elected
the following officers for the year:
| Anthony Lehr. master: c. A Borden.
S. w: William II. Fugett. ]. W.; w. +.
Nalley (re-elected, twenty-ffth term),
secretary; Thomas Grant. reelected,
third term. treasurer: +. r. Pollard, 8.
| D.; p. p. Brown, J. D.: +. G Shaw. 8.
| NJ. of g.; Rev. L. c. Powers. chaplain:
| j. f.. Eermllion, tier: A. e. Shaw Gre
elected. trustee; II. +. Ivers, deleg ate
/ to Masonic board of relief: C.. A. Borden
| (re-elected). delegate to St Johns Mite
Association; Angus Lamond. representa-
| tive on board of directors Masonic and
Eastern Star Home; proxies to the Grand
| Lodge. p. +. Pollard, Z. p. Brown and
| +. G. Shaw.
| Federal Lodge. No. 1, has elected the
following officers: A. r. Server. w. NJ;
| William A. Harris. s. W.; William L.
Richardson. j. W.: Goodwin Y. At Lee,
| secretary; w. S. jerks. treasurer; Will
liam Z. Ballard, L. Bert Nye, w. I.
| Hyer, proxies to Grand Lodge.
| The annual election OF Takoma Lodge,
No. 30 was held at the stated commu
! nication Tuesday evening at Takoma
Park, D. G. The election resulted as fol-
| lows: Master, Hervey S. Knight; senior
| warden, William F. Dyre; junior warden.
Joseph Il. Simpson; secretary, j. b. Der
| rick (fifth term; treasurer. Past Master
Wilmer G.. Plat (ninth term: senior dea-
| con- Howard Fisk; junior deacon Enos S.
Harnden; senior steward. David S. Morse;
junior steward. Il. w. Porter: master of