Evening star., 1914-10-04
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NAL industry; Ed. s. Burkholder, fores
service: James Field. farm manage
| ment, S. p. l.; E. c. Bassett. markets
H. w. Rutledge, crop estimates.
r. f. Eauman, grand master of Ma
| sons of Virginia. visited Masonic Temple
Monday. and Alex B. Andrews. jr. pa st
of North Carolina, as well as grand
captain of the guard of the Grand En-
Icampment, Tuesday
Columbia Royal Arch Chapter, No. 1,
| is expected to entertain Kallipolis
| Grotto. especially it's brass band and
glee club. at it's convocation Wednes-
day evening.
Paul Bowen Cromelin has been ap-
pointed and installed Junior steward
| of Benjamin h. French Lodge No. Is
| The lodge will have the F. c. degree
! tomorrow evening. and for it's COM
munication October 19 the E. A. de-
| gree.
Myron NJ. Parker Lodge. No. ~, an
| nounces the E. A. degree for Tuesday
evening and the F. c. degree for it's
communication the evening of Oc-
| tober 20.
! During this week the Scottish Rite
Cathedral, at Sd and E streets north
| west. has been placed at the disposal
of the Supreme Council, Mithras Lodge
| of perfection has postponed it's meet
! ing until the evening of October 13,
| following that of Evangelist Chapter.
Knights Rose Croix, when petitions
| will be received and general business
will be transacted. Beginning October
| 10, with the fourth fifth and fourteenth
| degrees, the fall class will be carried
through its several stages to the
thirty-second degree. October 20 the
fifteenth and eighteenth degrees will
be conferred; October 81 the twentieth
and thirtieth degrees, and October %,
the thirty-first and thirty-second de-
grees. Luncheon will be served each
afternoon of those days during the re-
cess. The candidates are directed to
report at the secretarys office, first
floor of the Cathedral. at 4:30 pm.
October 10, and degree teams have
been asked to be ready for work at
SIS pm. each day.
Past Master Milton J. Fillius has been
elected secretary of Anacostia Lodge,
No. 21, for the remainder of the year,
and until the election of officers in
December. In partial recognition of
the valuable services of John H. King
as secretary covering many years, the
lodge elected him to life membership
and exempted him from payment of
dues.
Washington Centennial Lodge, No. IA,
brought the Masonic year to a close
Wednesday evening by presenting the
NJ. NJ. degree. followed by a banquet.
The communication was opened at $50
pm, and the work of the evening was
in the hands of the past masters, head
ed by Jason Waterman, assisted by
Ralph Z. Hall, James W. Witten. Clar-
ence r. Dufour, Emmett c. Elmore.
Wallace Streater, George A. Ross.
Ben W. Murch and Past Masters Victor
Wallace and Edison Phillips.
At banquet time Worshipful Master
Leonard P. Steuart led upward of $50
where Junior Deacon Robert r. Cooke
acted as POSTMASTER. mock court
trial, with Charles A. Ford as the ac-
cused, James S. Mccarthy as the judge,
Paul E Lesh as prosecuting attorney
and Marx E. Kahn as counsel for the
defense, excited much amusement. Sol
Minister played violin selections; Cap"
Morsen of the Players Club. with his
company" gave the "Black and White"
entertainment. Messrs. Hoffman and
Johnson conducted an athletic argu-
ment and the winner was awarded a
gold Masonic button. George A. Bent
ley gave a monoloeue; Arthur B. White
and Arthur McCreight gave recitations
ment was closed with the comforting of
the seal of "The Royal Order of Good
Fellows" by Marx Kahn.
Among those present were 7: John
Newton, grand master of the District; {;
Past Grand Master Ben. w. Murch,
Representative T U. Sisson, past grand
master of mississippi; Representative
]. William Collier. past master of
Britton Swan. master. and Samuel w.
Pitts, pas master, Alexandria Wash
ington Lodge, Alexandria. Va: Claude
w. Fletcher, Alexandria. Va; the AS
sociation of Worshipful Masters of tie
District for the Year 1914. headed by
Rufus W. Pearson, president, and about
300 members of Washington Centen-
nial Lodge.
Columbia Lodge of Masons. No. 2s5.
at Clarendon, Va, Monday evening
held a communication for the NJ. NJ.
unique in it's way inasmuch as it
brought together in fraternal greeting
Grand Master of Masons T. John New
ton of the District of Columbia and
state of Virginia. Others who were
present included Grand Secretary
Arvine w. Johnston. Past Grand Mas
ters Matthew Trimble, Harrison Ding
man. Lurtin R. CHM and J. Claude
KEEPER of the District of Columbia:
Past Grand Master John H. Cowles of
Kentucky, who is also secretary gen.
eral of the Supreme Council Of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
for the southern Jurisdiction of the
United States; Grand Junior Warden of
Virginia Henry K. Field of Alexan-
dria; many masters, past masters and
members of lodges in the District of
Columbia, and at Herndon, Fairfax,
Vienna and Falls Church Of Virginia.
This unusual outpouring of the craft
of two jurisdictions was in complf-
ment to Col. W. c. Shelley. founder
and first master Of the lodge at Claren-
don, who is now district deputy grand
master of Virginia, and whose son.
Tully Shelley, was that evening re-
ceiyed into full membership and rank
in Columbia Lodge. There were many
complimentary and felicitous speeches
made by the visiting dignitaries be-
fore the serving of refreshments
brought the evening to a close.
High Priest Jacob Pyrah announces
that Washington Royal Arch Chapter
will have the r. A. degree Thursday
evening and he hopes for a large turn
out of the capitular craft.
Mrs. Mary Lamond White. past matron
of Ruth Chapter. No. 1. entertained at
luncheon at her home Wednesday in
Lamond. D. c., the grand matron and
matrons of 1909. Mrs. White. who is the
daughter Of Angus and Mrs. Lamond, and
who is very popular among her Eastern
Star associates. received the past ma