The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
FRATERNAL SOCIETY NOTES
MASONIC CALENDAR.
LODGES

Oece1noeT e-Mount Horeb, NO. =; fotomac,
December s-washinEtOn, No.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR COMMANDERIES.
December B-De Molay Mounted. No. 4
December Z-Washington. No. !.
EASTERN STAR CHAPTERS.
December S-Eecta. No. ?. Instruction. Bethle-
hem, No. Z, instruction.
December z-Nsomi No. }, instruction; Brook
land, No. II, instruction.
A. A. o. y. NJ S.
December 2-Almas Temple, election
Probably the most important meeting
in Masonic circles during the past week
was the annual meeting OF the Grand
Lodge, F. A. A. NJ. of the District of
Columbia, held December 20 at the New
Masonic Temple. The work in the vari-
Gus branches of Masonry during the
past year was fully set forth in the
annual report or the grand master, j.
Claude KEEPER. Extracts of the report
which Grand Master KEEPER made are
given below under headings Of the mat
tiers to which they refer
OUR DEAD.
~ We are called upon to mourn the loss
during the past yea of a number of
members of this Grand Lodge-brethren
we'll known and highly respected for
their devotion to the craft and for their
work in its behalf. At the outset of our
deliberations let us pause to render to
these departed brethren that tribute of
affection and regard which their careers
so justly deserve. I append a list show
ing the name, lodge, and date of death
in each case. You will find therein a
name which calls for more than passing
notice-that of Worshipful Brother August
Lepreux. of the New Jerusalem Lodge
No. 9, and its senior past master. This
brother was raised in the New Jerusa-
lem Lodge on June 10, 1S4S; was master
in 1854 and 1862 and at the time of his
death was the oldest member on the
register of the Grand Lodge. 1t is truly
appropriate that we bow in respect and
veneration to the memory OF this patri-
arch IN Masonry whose adherence to its
tenets covered a period of more than
siXty-three years:
William H. Decker past master, Column
g. bia Lodge, No 3, by utilization. April Is,
1911.
George ". Harrington past master,
Naval Lodge No. 4. eCember q, 1910
Theodore G. De Mol, past master, Lee
Damon Lodge. No. :. January 7, 1911.
August Lepreux. past master, the New
Jerusalem Lodge, No. 2. November is,
1911
Frank J. Foster. past master. st. Johns
Lodge No. II, February ) 1911.
Noel w Barksdale. past master. Ben
jamin B. French Lodge, No. Il, February
q. 1911
Francis A. Springer. past master. Aca-
cia Lodge, No. Is, October ~. 1911.
Charles I. Shook. past master. Hope
Lodge, No. 20, January Is. 1871
John II. Mills. past master. Anacostia
Lodge, No. y. September II. 1911.
William II. Griffin past master. George
c. Whiting Lodge. No % May IL, 1911.
William A. Moore, past master. Myron
NJ. Parker Lodge, No. .. by affliation.
February IA. 1911.
Francis Nye. past master Temple
Lodge. No. 50, by affiliation January l.,
1911.
Calvin T. Town past master. Pentalpha
Lodge. No. %. December is. 1911.
Rudolph WilIiss, past master Dawson
Lodge. No. 1G. December IS, 1911.
recommend that the usual practice he
observed of setting apart and suitably
inscrihing memorial pages in our printed
proceedings as tribute TO these de-
parted brethren.
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.
have commissioned the following as
representatives. of this Grand Lodge near
the Grand Lodges named:
Ireland-Joseph Deane. Londonderry.
August (. 1911, vice Alexander Knox Nc
Intire deceased.
h ItaIy-Saverio Fora. Rome, October 5,
(1m1.
Mexico york Grand LodgeD-George c.
renewed.
Nevada-CharIes Cults. Carson City,
September 26 1911.
South Australia-John Mcdowell mo
address,. September 26. 1911.
Upon my nomination the following have
received commissions as grand repre-
sentatives of the Grand Lodges named
near this Grand Lodge:
Maryland-Henry F. Woodward, March
9, 1911, renewed
Mexico york Grand Lodge)-William
H. Singleton. October y, 1911.
Peru-Horace P. Mcintosh, September
20, 1911.
Porto Rico-Luther F. speer, Deem
Der 3. 1911.
Victoria-Abram r. Server. November
8, 1911
have nominated J. Harry Cunningham
as representative of the Grand Lodge of
Italy, hut his commission has not yet
been received.
BXEMPLIFICATTON OF WORK AND SCHOOL
OF INSTRUCTION.
In compliance with the grand consti-
tuition. a meeting Of the Grand Lodge
was held for the eNempliffcation of work
on March II, 1911. at which time the rlt-
ual of the several degrees was correctly
and impressiVely presented by a selected
corps of officers under the direction of
Worshipful Brother William J. Naylor,
chairman of the committee on work and
lectures.
Closely connected with the purpose of
this meeting and efficiently supplement-
ing II, is the school of instruction, con-
Quoted by Worshipful Brother Thomas
H. Young, grand lecturer. and meeting
tvice a month in the Masonic Temple
BY these means the officers of our lodges
are kept well informed. not only in the
working of the degrees, but also in the
general administration of the affairs of
their lodges. 1t gives me pleasure to
commend most heartily the work of
those of our brethren into whose hands
is committed the important duty of pre-
serving the integrity of our ritual. The
very general attendance on the part OF
the lodge officers is the best testimonial
regarding it's efficiency and value
ASSOCIATION OF wORSHIPFUL MASTERS
This important association has been
continued during the past year, and to
my mind constitutes q most valuable
adjunct to the work of the masters
Its possibilities as a source of informa-
ton and q means of education are I'M
limited. I have been present at a num-
Der OF its meetings and was much i'm
pressed with the earnest seeking for
Masonic light that was manifested The
free and intelligent expression of opinion
that characterized the discussion of ques-
tons that came before II was especially
noticeable and could not fail to have a
beneficial influence upon the conduct Of
the affairs of the several lodges Instruc-
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