Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-19

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| Priest Roe Fulkerson of Mount Vernon
Chapter. No. ;. delivered the principal
/ address of the evening. At the close a
| banquet was served The committee III
| charge consisted of Wilbur S. Lawrence.
chairman: Franklin s Gcker, Charles +.
Roberts and James w. Marbury.
Worshipful Master Howard S Fisk of
the following appointments and commit
| tees: Assistant chaplain. Rev. Frederick
| William Smith: instructor, Past Master
| Thomas NJ. +. bowling: proxies TO the
! Grand Lodge. II. y Stacy. James y.
| England and Malcolm McCrone. Commit
! tees-Charity Howard S. Fisk. Enos S
! Handen and Ernest W. Porter: finance.
! Past Master IIcrvey $. Knight, Past
/ *. Hill; instruction. Past Master Thorn
, as NJ. +. Bowling. instructor: How
ard S. Fisk. Enos Harnden. Ernest W..
) Porter Malcolm McCrone. Harry A
! stacy. James y. England. Fred L. Har-
! ries. G. ". Spencer. Ernest Burrell and
, Robert Dickens: house. Fred l. Harries
/ chairman: Robert Dickens, Ernest Bur-
rell and William England.
At the lodge meeting Tuesday evening
| the Master Mason's degree was eXempli-
! fled by the new line officers for the first
/ time in the presence of large gathering
! of past masters and visitors from the
! city lodges.
/ Reference was made to the death on
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! charter member of the lodge.
! Grand High Priest Jacobus 5. Jones.
accompanied by the officers of the Grand
! ROYAL Arch Chapter. paid BrightWood
Chapter. No. ~ its annual grand vista
| ton at Masonic Hall. Brightwood. d. c..
Wednesday evening. High Priest Rankin
, II. Rice of Rrightwood Chapter welcomed
! the visitors and also presided at the BAN
! qu.t later as postmaster.
{ Features of the evening besides the
good reports We're the exhibition of the
famous Canadian travelling triangle and
the presence of ladies at the banquet ia
BILE. among them Mrs Alcena I.amond,
president of the board of managers of
the Masonic and Eastern Star Home. and
Mrs. Rose a. YoSt. grand secretary of
the Grand Chapter. Order of the Eastern
Star of the District of Columbia.
Columbia Commandery, No. =. Knights
Templar. celebrated its fftieth anniver-
Sary last Monday evening at Masonic
Temple. Those helping to contribute to
remarkable young cOntraltO. daughter of
Sir knight Harry 3. Crame-: Mrs.
George f. Hebbard and Miss Myrtle Bo-
gan. Commander Underwood in his last
circular also tenders thanks to Lans-
burgh & Bro. Nathan Stein. S. J. Mayer
and H. NJ Osborn of the General Film
Company.
f. A. Nelson of Columbia Commandery,
who has been very i'll at his residence.
Js S street northwest. with typhoid fever.
is reported as better.
Worshipful Master Stirling Kerr. jr.. of
Temple Lodge. No %. has issued his first
topographic art. 1t invites the members
to social evening instead of degree
work Thursday evening and announces
the following appointments and commit
tee: Chaplain. Rev. William Tayloe shy
der: marshal. Fast Master Claude F.
King: senior deacon. Clement w. Huske;
Junior deacon, Benjamin NJ. Newbold:
senior steward. Selden NJ. Ely: junior
steward, John G. Hodges: tiler. John j.
Hill of Washington Centennial Lodge.
No. II; proxies to the Grand Lodge.
Louis a. Dent, Benjamin NJ. Eewbold.
Clement w Huske: soloist. ]. Walter
Humphrey. and Organist. Harry G. Kim
ball. past master of Hiram Lodge. No. 10
Executive committee: Stirling Kerr. jr..
chairman: Past Grand Masters Harrison
Dingman and Matthew Trimble. Past
Masters Carter B. Keene. Claude F. King.
Louis c. Wilson and Alexander McKen-
Walter HI. KlOpfer. lie Roy w. Heron.
John Wesley TimmOns and William ID.
West Finance committee: Past Grand
Master William G. Henderson. William
H. Rapley and Thaddeus c. Dulin. In
struction committee: lie Roy w. Heron.
chairman: Past Masters Claude F. King
and Louis c. Wilson Sick committee:
Stirling Kerr, jr.: Louis G. Wilson Claude
F. King. lie Roy w. Heron, Harry c.
c. Stiles and Francis A. Sebring. Enter
tainment committee: Carter B. Keene.
chairman: Frank Sprigg Perry vice
chairman: Henry G. Hanford. Roe Full
kerson. William III. Rapley. James 0.
Breast. John Poole. Samuel Hart. George
w. Harris. w. Clifford Long. William F.
Roberts. Philander Johnson. Clifford X.
Bergman. Arthur u. Marks, John G.
Hodges. Percy 5. Foster. Henry Giovan-
noli. Theodore l.. Weed. Joseph II. Gran
ford. William John Eynon; $. Fred Hahn.
George +. Schutt. Fred bennett and G..
Fred Cook. Representatives to the Ma
sonic board of relief: Daniel w. Edelin,
and Franc r. Sherry: to the board of d.
rectOrs of the Masonic and Eastern Star
Home. Isaac s. Stone. To the board of
directors of lOdgerOOm No. =: Henry G.
HanfOrd
The circular contains Photographic por-
traits of the lodge officers and one of
George w. Harris. who made handsome
present to the lodge members.
Eas: Gate Lodge. No. ~, was instituted
, in the hall of King David Lodge No. 2S.
at Brookland. Wednesday evening by the
Grand Lodge. Grand Master Charles r..
Baldwin officiating. The services are said
of the addresses particularly that of
Past Grand Master Ben w. Murch. I'M
| usually eloquent.
The following officers were installed by
! Past Grand Master Ben w. Murch: f. A.
| NJ. Lawson. master: W. Grant Lieuallen
| senior warden: Henry r. Riesburg. junior
| warden: Charles w. Kell. senior Deacon
| a. T.. +. Fletcher. junior deacon: T.
| Homer Hall. senior steward: f. r. Hen
| derson junior steward; Charles l.. Men,
DEL secretary: l.. II. Patterson. treas
urer: Everett NJ. Pierce. chaplain; w A
, Bidweil. master of ceremonies, and JO-
seph w. l.. Caldwell. tiler.
! In mis- annual review of the work of
| the Scottish rite bodies of the District
during the past year Stirling Kerr. jr..
deputy for the Supreme Council of the
southern jurisdiction in the District of
Columbia. states fifty-siX fourteenth de-
| gree members We're ADDED to the rite.
| fifty-three of whom have received the
lthirty-second degree. The cash balance
| on hand January year ago was
S1.3i6 20. and January this year 81; 4OSSS,
in addition to S5.2W safely invested.
+. During the year the twenty-firat degree
was fully equipped and the twenty fourth
and twenty seventh degrees will be in the
paraphernalia and lighting effects were
larged and equipped with foOtlights and
wings. and the facilities for exempliry
ing the degrees materially improved.
Curtains have also been added to the
stage equipment.
Mr. Kerr dwells upon the work done
by the local bodies for the comfort and
convenience of the International confer
ence. and publishes complimentary no.
tees culled from the Scottish Rite Ban