Evening star., 1913-12-07

| Christmas I1DatiOn service IN Ine Cnapter
room of Masonic Temple Christmas day.
and DIR. Gibson announces it will be
! Just a little bit different from the pre-
| vinus occasions of the kind DIR. Gibson
also publishes "A letter received from
| Grand Master of MasonS Charles Z. Bald
win. extending on behalf of the Grand
| Lodge las well as Of himself personally.
sincere thanks for the courtesy shown al
the dedication Of the Masonic and Eastern
| Star Home in providing an escort Of Tenn
plars. Columbia Commandery, which act
ed as escort on the occasion, presented
its famous Denver drill team. and is COM
| plimented by the grand master on it's
knightly bearing and numbers. Sad fea-
| lures of the circular are the announce
ments of the death of the wife of Sir
| Knight David S. Hoover and of the
mother of Sir knight Robert J. Bell, the
| former in this city and the latter in
| Ohio Sir knight Kenneth A. Shaw is
reported rapidly recovering from the ac-
cident which cost him a broken leg; Sir
/ knight Henry Reiter as being much i'm
proved, although still confined to his home
| $40 | street northwest, and Sir knight
John P. Hamlfn, a life member of the
commandery. as quite sick at Providence
| Hospital. where he is able to see his
brethren who call.
The results of the lodge elections re-
ported are as follows: National Lodge
No. II, held Tuesday evening master
Robert +. Harvey; senior warden Ernest
II. Carnes; Junior warden. Frank A.
| Tuck: secretary Dan c. Vaughan (re-
eiectedD: treasurer, G. Taylor Wade IRE
| eected); master of ceremonies. j. E.
| Payne; chaplain. George Poole; stereopti-
| clan, Roger O'Donnell; senior deacon.
John L. McGrew: junior deacon. Edward
| I-ange; junior steward j. w K;mmer-
| ling; organist. Raphael Koester: tiler,
John J. Hill: delegate to st. Johns Mite
Society. George l.. Sherman: delegate to
| Masonic board Of relief (term of two
| years., T. John Newton; representative
on board of managers Of lodgeroom
| William T. Hastings; representative on
| board of managers of Masonic and East
ern Star Home. J. Z. Payne: trustee
| term of three years.. Max M Rich: in
| corporator Masonic Hall Association. Jo-
seph E. Falk; proxies to the Grand
| Lodge. John l.. McGrew for the master
Edward Burkholder for the senior ward
] en- and Herman J. Lange for the junior
Roger ODonnell and j. f. Tibbitts:
| finance committee. Hunter II. Laughton
| William r. Hastings and Lafayette Lea
man instruction committee, J. L. Nc
| Grew, Edward BUrkholder. Herman j.
| Lange. ]. w Kimmerling and L. W.
Niebuhr: examination committee, L. II.
Carnes. r. A. Tuck and Merrick Williams.
Following the election the several off,
| GERS were duly installed by Roger O'Don-
| nell. past master. assisted by Robert
Meyer past master. The retiring MASTER
John Marshall Jones. was the recipient
OF past masters jewel set with dia-
| monds. in recognition of his successful
administration of the affairs of the lodge
| during the past year.
Washington Centennial Lodge, No IA,
| held last Wednesday evening:
| Worshipfu master, Leonard p Steuart
senior warden. Paul +. Lesir; junior
| warden James S. Mccarthy; secretary
a. Sidney Jones re-elected): treasurer.
Walter r. Pettus re-electedD: represent
ative to st. Johns Mite Association, En-
NETT {. Elmore. r. NJ; representative to
Masonic board of relief. Charles H.
| Paige: representative on board Of
| managers OF Eastern Star Home. Wal
| lace Streater. T. NJ. representative on
board Of managers of lodge room No. ],
Henry +. Woodard, p. NJ: committee on
| finance and good of the order. Jason
Waterman John Turner. Latimer B.
Slime, Washington Topham and Lyman
! L.. Burdine
| Worshipful Master-Elect Steuart in
| accepting Office announced that for the
| coming year he has planned several i'm
portant events, such AS ladies' night,
visits from dria-Washington
! Lodge of Alexandria. Va; past mas
| ters' night and addresses by public men
| of note on Masonic subjects
The lodge will be convened in special
communication Tuesday December 16,
at T:3O pm, at which time the officers
master will be installed. and the f. A.
| degree presented. with Senior Warden
| Paul L. Lesh presiding.
! Anacostia. No. o1, held Monday even
| ing: Alfred T. Grimes, worshipful master:
| Albert E. Beck. senior warden; Adolphus
| j. GUIDE. Junior warden; John II. King.
| secretary. reelected for the thirty-second
term. unanimously; Adolphus GUIDE. treas
urer. reelected for the fourteenth term,
| unanimously: Ralph l.. Williamson. SEN
ior deacon: Lawrence l.. Dunning, junior
deacon; Simon Bube, senior steward;
Bernard P. Donnelly. junior steward: w.
H. Emo. tiler; Charles j. James, repre-
| sentative to the ST. Johns Mite Associa-
ton: Charles F. Roberts. to the board of
directors. Masonic and Eastern Star
| Home. also lodge trustee for three
years. The installation ceremonies will
| be conducted by Past Grand Master DIR.
George c. Ober Thursday evening.
evening, when officers were installed by
Past Master William j. Naylor. except
| senior warden and chaplain, who were
absent: John G. Gordon master: ]. Henri
Wagner. senior warden; A. R, R. Onyun.
| junior warden; Isaac B. Field, secretary:
| James B. Austin, treasurer: Rev. Walter
F. Smith, chaplain: Philip Reiter. marshal
| twenty fourth term; +. Francis Kim
mel. senior deacon: William H. Amiss,
! junior deacon; Arthur NJ. POynton, senior
steward; James a. West junior steward !:
George n. Stranahan. tiler; Harry &.
kimball tP. NJ. No. 1O). organist: trustee
| for three years, I. P. Boss: delegate Ma
sonic board of relief. William J. Naylor:
| delegate ST. Johns Mite Association,
| Philip Reiter: representative on board of
! directors lodge room No. ?, G.. p. Boss
representative on board of directors, Ma
sonic and Eastern Star Home. A. NJ.
| Poynton; finance committee. w. w. Jer-
| name. II. NJ. Luckett and u. Fulton Har-
ris: proxies to Grand Lodge, +. F. Kim
mel and A. NJ. Poynton.
.Myron NJ. Parker Lodge. No. II: Frank
W. Groh worshipful master: DIR. William
| b. Bradley. senior warden: Gait W.
| Bowen. junior warden; Andrew X. Lind
secretary: ]. Eldridse Burns. treasurer:
George w. Dix, delegate Masonic board
| relief A. w. Bowen, delegate st. Johns 8
| Mite Association; J. E. Burns. trustee
| life membership fund; John A. Meyer.
representative on board of directors Ma
sonic and Eastern Star Home. The other
officers will be appointed and all will
be installed December 16 When also.
the L. A. degree will be presented
| King David Lodge, No. 2S: William c.
Parry. worshipful master; David C.
| Creesman, senior warden: Frank N
| Chase. junior warden: Charles E. Mols-
ter, past master. secretary (re-elected) :
Marvin NJ Mclean past master treas
urer tre-electedD: o. Willard Roakes
senior deacon: Howard l.. Leslie junior
deacon: Ernest C. Saltzman. senior stew
ard; Louis ]. Hughes, junior steward: W.
| H. McCray, past master. chap,ain
Harry p. Parker marshal: j. Louis
| Sherwood. past master, trustee for three
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