Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-06

will be the day, of the conspesitire drill
for the chaInpionship of the Cnted States,
Dand concerts and other entertainments.
Thursday the drill will be completed and
The prizes will be awarded. Exhibition
drills are also scheduled. The, Chicago
committee has prepared aAd CAUSED to be
distributed beautiful Illustrated maya
zines setting forth the attractions pro-
Flded and containing handsome cuts OF
scenery in and about Chicago and its
parks
Grand Commander George C. Ober,
NJ. d., Of the District of Columbia. Grand
Recorder Arvine w. Johnston and others
representing the Grand Conlmandery OF
the District will leave the city on spe-
cial train at 80 o'clock tomorrow after
noon for the conclave.
washington Commandery, No. l, under
Commander DR.. Gabriel F. Johnston, will
be represented bY Emmett NJ: Dodson.
Fred Hohoff, T. John Newton. Charles r.
Nutze Paul G. Schulze. f. W. Zea, w.
II. harrington. George E. Strobel. John r.
Wild. N: F. Lord. NJ. Walter Budd.
George F. Bedell, f. J. Barnard. John
II. Dripps, A. r. Server, Harrison Ding
man, II. X. Simpson. Thomas P. Morgan.
William s. Parks, Jesse f. Grant, Wal
lace l.. Babcock, Alexander Young. Os-
car Ricketts,. ]. D. Dudley. George II.
Townsend, D. S Marins Arthur More
land and A. 3. Douglas
Columbia Commandery. No . under
Commander Charles A. Stewart will be
represented by a sood-sized delegation.
An interesting program has been pro-
vided by direction of Commander stew
art on the train to relieve the monotony
Of travel The ladies will be given SOU
Nenirs, boxes Of candy and other sur
prises, including flowers. In Chicago the
members OF the party will be met by
St. Barnard Commandery, Columbia's
competitor FOR drill honors at Saratoga
Springs in 1907. and will be the guests Of
the Illinois Athletic Club and Mispah
Commandery. A number of the sir
knights intend to visit the Yellowstone
Park. Mackinac Island, Niagara Falls
and other points of interest on the great
lakes. Among those in the party will. he
Commander Charles a. Stewart. f. Var
| row. A. l.. Curran. J. Frank Trazzare and
wife. Frank E. Gibson, s. W. Trunnel,
W. J. Hoffman, Frederick Yates, W. e.
Rollins, George w Harrison and wife,
W. d. Leissler. c. A. Carlson, George
r. Zeh and wife, G. G. Volk and wife,
and family. A. s. Riddle, Mrs. L. H. Mey-
ers and daughter, F. Heron and wife and
II. f. Ayler.
Commander ". II. Harrison Of Potomac
Commandery. No. ,. reports that there
will be forty-odd members in his party
and returns still coming in 1t is ex-
pected that Potomac Commandery will
have the banner representation at the
conclave.
The party will include Lieut.. W. II. Har-
DR.. Charles L. Pate and wife, J. G. Hud-
dleston. T.. C.. Berger, past commanders:
Lem Towers. jr., and Miss Towers; J. f.
Wagner. wife and daughter; Daniel john
son and wife. w. S. Waddy and r. E.
George E. Corson; Sir knights c. W.
Cornwell and wife. ". r. Hill and wife.
j. T. Greaves and wife, 4. S. Mccoy,
George W. Wise. f. J. Hulse, G.. A.
Quinn. FL. *. Field, Emil Shafer and
George A. Burke.
The following friends will occor,,i. ny,
the commandery: Mr.. and Mrs. W Ii.
Fisher, Mr.. Maurice Beckham and moth
er and Miss Ellery.
De Molay GIounted) Commandery. No.
1, under Commander William Hart DeX
ter. expects to carry a delegation of
thirty or more of it's members and while
Orient Commandery, No ). will not be
represented as conmantiery, it is said
quite number OF the sir knights will
go with their ladies for the trip.
Grand Commander Ober has received an
invitation to be present at the banquet
August to be given by the Earl Of
Euston, most eminent provincial grand
master of the grand priory of England
and Wales. who. with a number of proIni-
nent English Templars, will be present at
the conclave.
called off its communications calendared
for August 10 and September b. r~t.
Librarian Armat Stoddart has been
taking vacation at Atlantic City the
past ten days.
There will be q meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the old Masonic Tenn
pie Association Monday evening at 1880
o'clock to attend to routine business. The
new board of managers of the temple
has not yet been announced by the COM
mittee having charge of its selection.
Souvenir badges Of Columbia Com
mandery, No. 2. made of bronze. oxidized
silver and rose gold. for use as pins or
watch fobs, will be carried to Chicago
for designation of the members and the
usual exchange with visiting com-
manderies.
Sovereign Grand Commander Richard
son of the Scottish Rite for the southern
jurisdiction of the United States is spend
Ing his vacation at his home in A1urfrees-
boro, Tenn. He is expected to return to
Washington in September. Plans for the
new Scottish Rite temple at 10th and. S
streets northwest are being elaborated.
1t is expected building operations will be
commenced early in the fall.
All the local Scottish Rite bodies have
'called off, until the first meeting in Sep
TENDER. From that time there will be
only business sessions until November,
when the degrees will be conferred in
ceremonial form upon the fall and winter
class Indications show that this class
will probably be the largest in the history
OF the rite in this city.
The Royal Order Of Scotland will hold
its session this year in Detroit some time
in September, probably the 10Th. The
delegation from this city will include Sow
ereign Grand Commander Richardson,
who is also provincial grand master of
the Grand Lodge of the United States in
the Royal Order of Scotland: William Os-
car Roome. provincial grand secretary:
Col. George Z. Corson, Stirling Kerr, jr.,
and James Hays TIimble, all of whom are
officers of the order.
John Ulrich. editor of the Royal Crafts
man and member Of Jerusalem Lodge.
No. 26. F. & a. NJ; Jerusalem Chapter
No. "A, r. A. NJ. and Trinity Command
cry, No. II, Knights Templar Of Plain
field, N. j.. was a visitor at Masonic
Temple during the week.
The final report of the Templar year is
sued by the Grand Commandery, Knights
Templar of the District of Columbia, is
ready for distribution. Copies may be had
upon application to Grand Recorder john
Ston.
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