Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-18

Grand Master ODER, within a week.
has appointed a proxy committee to rep
resent the Grand Lodge of the District
of Columbia and cast it's votes in the
meetings of the Masonic Temple Associa-
ton. The following were named: Past
Grand Masters Lurtin r. CHM. J. Henry
Small, jr., William G. Henderson, Walter
A. Brown and Albert f. Fox. AS the
Grand Lodge is declared to be the only
voter in the Masonic Temple Association,
under its amended charter. the votes OF
this committee will control elections.
A board OF managers, consisting Of
| seven members of the fraternity. is to be
chosen by the committee. When chosen
this board will organize and elect the Of
ficers of the association and transact its
business. The proxy committee has UNI
der consideration the names of appro-
pirate persons for appointment to the
board The present board consists of
forty-two members. Its officers are as
follows: ]. Henry Small, jr., president;
Matthew Trimble. vice president, Frank
r. Underwood, secretary: James A.
! Sample. treasurer. J. j. Darlington is it's
counsel. The remaining members Of the
executive committee are S. r. Bond. Past
Grand Master J. a. WetmOre, Benjamin
| S. Graves Alexander Mckenzie, Past
Grand Master Henry X. Simpson, also
.
| Morgan, also chairman of committee on
building conditions, and George w.
Evans, also chairman of ways and means
committee.
composed Of an entirely new membership.
When it's organization is completed the
control of the temple will have passed
absolutely into the hands of the Grand
Lodge.
| Esther Chapter, No. 5, Order of the
Eastern Star. at its meeting Thursday
evening: voted to ''call off" until the
second regular meeting in September.
| Miss Matte II. Could secretary of
Naomi Chapter, No. 3. Order of the East
ern Star, with her mother, Mrs. w. H. H.
| Gould, has gone to Atlantic City for a
| brief vacation. Mrs. Gould, who has been
Ill. Is reported to be rapidly convalesc-
| ing.
| Secretaries of the local Masonic bodies
have been invited to assemble at Masonic
Temple at S o'clock this evening t. con-
| slider the desirability of forming q Sec
| retaries' association.
Prophets Moore, Melton, Armstrong,
| Latterner Nyman and Engel OF Kallipolis
Grotto have been designated by Monarch
J. w. Collins a committee to prepare a
grotto song In time for the outdoor ses-
sion at Chesapeake Beach the latter part
of July. 1t is announced that special
preparations will be made for the cere-
monial which will then take place and
! that those not Of the elect will be given
an opportunity of seeing some of the
| mysteries of the new order. which seems
to be rapidly taking a strong hold on
the local fraternity.
In a recent circular the executive COM
/ mites Of the local Scottish Rite bodies
of the southern jurisdiction states:
| I'VE have in the past few months writ
| ten bright page in the history Of Scot
| fish Rite Masonry in the District. We have
occupied beautiful home, paid out over
5000 In absolutely necessary improve
ments and the reduction of a former
debt, have increased the membership of
| the bodies by the addition of over eighty
! thirty-secOnd degree members, who are
all men of ability, and we have still in
| the treasury. after the payment of every
| cent of our indebtedness, balance
amounting to over $4.0OO"
| good-szed summer class is reported
| 70 be under way and large number
ready for the thirty second degree next
F., Tuesday evening
| The High Priests Association for 1910
at its recent meeting made provision for
announcing ito the. Royal Arch Masons
of the District the work for each meet
ing of the. constituent chapters during
the month. Secretary-Treasurer Holt has
prepared and sent to each secretary and
! to the grand secretary a card giving the
fdates and the degrees to be conferred In
each chapter thus permitting the proper
,b,flletining OF all work for the benefit of
members who desire to visit the several
chapters. 1t jss understood the Masters
| Association is sarrangfng to have this done
| for the local lodges
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