Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-14

Religious services To-Day at the Masonic
and Eastern Star Home, at pm, will
.be held under the auspices of Bethlehem
Chapter, No. Z. They will be conducted
by Rev. George A. Miller, pastor of the
Ninth Street Christian Church, who will
also preach the sermon. Members of the
order and of the Masonic fraternity will
be- welcome, and a bus will meet the
electric cars at Takoma Park to convey
passengers to the Home.
:Visitations of the Grand Royal Arch
Chapter will be made during the week to
Washington Naval Chapter, No. g. Tues
day evening, and to Brightwood Chapter,
No. 3. Wednesday evening.
Hiram Lodge. No. 10, Friday even
ing will take its farewell Of its old hall at
10th street and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest, where it's last communication
will be held the same evening and "rem-
iniscept talks INDUCED in.
Washington Council, No. 1, Royal and
Select Masters, will devote its assembly
tomorrow evening to the installation OF
it's newly elected officers and the ex-
emplif1cation of the degrees, and Mithras
Lodge of Perfection. of the Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite, will have i'm
portant business for it's attention Tues
day. evening. These are the principal
events of: the week.
George c. Whiting Lodge. No. %, is to
give a reception in honor of Grand Mas
ter Ben w. Murch, at Masonic Han,
Georgetown, the evening Of January 70.
The arrangements for the occasion have
been in.rusted to special committee
composed of the past masters OF the
lodge This is the home lodge OF the
grand master, who was its Worship!ui
master in 1S9S-99, and by a singular coin
10 Inn
grand master in 1893. the year that MI
Murch was elected master: They are
the only members of George G. NUNS
Lodge who have been exalted to the
grand mastership. The program for the
reception has not yet been made public
Past Master Harry K. Pimper OF
George c. Whiting Lodge was also non
ored this year in being elected worthy
patron of Mizpah Chapter, No. 8, of the
Order of the Eastern Star. in which posi-
ton Past Masters w, T. Weaver. Ben
w. Murch, w. H. Harrison, E. Harry L.
Myers. William NJ Bornheim and DAVID
F. Dumberth of the lodge served in years
gone by.
The annual dinner of the Masonic Vet
erans' Association of the District of Co
lumbia will be held at the Metropolitan
Hotel the evening of January -.
King David Lodge, No. q, will chris
ten" its new lodge hall with "speclai
Tuesday evening. when the r. e. degree
will be exemplified both at the special and
at the regular communication WHICH VIII
Immediately follow.
Worshipful Master Robert II. Young of
Harmony Lodge, No. IL. slgna1zed ms
entry upon the duties of his office by the
publication of an attractive newspaper
called the Harmony Lodge Bulletin. On
it's first page it bears an excellent group
likeness of the new official line OF the
lodge with the masters salutatlon Past
Master Roe Fulkerson figures largely on
the second page, with resolution Great
ing a title of honor for worthy members
deserving it by reason of having during
the year rendered the most valuable
services to the lodge or to Masonry.
Such members are to be known as pill
lars of the lodge" and they are to be pre-
scented with sheepskin apron. appropri-
ately inscribed, conveying to the receiver
the thanks Of the lodge and comforting
upon him the high privilege of speciai
recognition upon his entry into the lodge
room.
An article, under the caption tine
Smoke Nuisance" probably inspired by
Worshipful Master Young. deals WITH
the question of smoking In the lode
room in a way that has received warm
commentator from the fraternity In
general.
"A
masters evening"" January a, when the
past masters of the lodge Will receive
special marks of honor and be gwen tne
opportunity of meeting, under the most
favorable circumstances, all the o'hef
members of the lodge.
Harmony Lodges finance committee
recently reported to the lodge that 1t
had assets amounting to $U.SlS.eo win
$2,OO1.O 5 in cash in bank. net gain
i'm assets over the preceding year or
in
curities of SJ05 %.
Worshipful Master Young has also IN
augurated suggestion box. into which
'.bashful'' members especially are IN
vited to drop any suggestion. idea, re-
form, change or other notion concern
Ing the lodge. which may occur to them
to be Of interest to II.
to the city of High Priest Walter L.
Paine. secretary of the High Priests As
ISOLATION for 1911, who has Tor some
time past been travelling In the west.
Mr. Paine will resume his duties with
the association at once.
In this connection, The Star wishes to
gratefully acknowledge courteous treat
ment received at the hands OF w. ~.
Holt, king of Capitol chapter. no. -
who has been acting secretary of the as
ISOLATION m Mr.. Paines absence, In FUR
nishing II weekly and always on time
with the calendar of the association.
showing chapter work for the week.
DIR. Frank E. Gibson. X. c. c. H., Tues
day evening declared he had the sur
prise Of his. life' when the Camp Guard
of Albert Pike Consstory presented him
with a beautiful silver loving cup. APP
propriately inscribed, as token OF its
appreciation of his devotion to the guard
as its drillmaster as well as its organizer
and captain. Elmer C. Wood made the
presentation speech. and In the course of
his remarks dweH, upon the splendid
n-ogress the guard Had made under Capt.
Gibson in fancy drill movements. entirely
new in character. The Camp Guard is
ordered out for special drills each Tues
day evening in January and February.
Naval Lodge No. 4, at its last commu-
nication. when the NJ. NJ. degree was ex-
emplified. had as Its guests Masonic
brethren from sixteen states-Virginia,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, New York. Oklahoma, Nebras-
ka. Minnesota, New Jersey, Indiana. Ala
bama, Texas, Connecticut. Mississippi
and Florida, In addition to representa-
lives. from practically every lodge In this
jurisdiction. Naval Lodge is said to be
enthusiastically entering into a campaign
of activity looking to closer fraternal re-
Iations among it's members and those of
the craft in the District. Many func-
lions have been announced for the near