The Washington herald., 1914-01-11

| been elevated to the highest position in
many of ne Masonic bodies and in other
| fraterniti,s.
The services will be impressive, and
| every prorhet has been requested by
Chit Justice hawkins I, attend the meet
ing. Rev. Eugh T Stevenson. of the
Bethany BGptist Church. assistant chap
lain of the Grand Lodge of the District of
Columbia, anC a prophet of Mokanna
Grotto. No. !, of hamilton, n. Y, will be
the principal speaker. Other prophets of
the grotto will eulogize their departed
monarch, and the grotto band Fill partic-
ipate in the exercises. Several numbers
of sacred music will be rendered by a
quartet
Kallipol,; Grotto Richmond Kommittee.
of which Prophet Pete" Pullman is
chairman, met at Masonic Temple on
Thursday evening for the furtherance of
plans for the Supreme Council meeting,
to be held in Richmond, Va. next June.
Grand Secretary Issues Circular.
Grand Secretary Arvine W. Johnston. of
the Grand Lodge. r. A. A. NJ, Of the
District Of Columbia, has issued a circu-
lar giving the list of officers elected at
the 102d annual communication of the
Grand Lodge, and list of the committees
named. The opening session was held on
December Il, 1913, and the st. johns Day
communication on December q, 1918.
At the st. Johns Day communication
the following officers Were elected for the
ensuing year: T. John Newton, grand
master; Alexander Grand. deputy grand
master; William W. Jermane, senior
grand warden; James W. Witten, Junior
grand warden; Arvine W. Johnston. grand
secretary; James A. Sample, grand treas
urer; Thomas H. Young, grand lecturer;
]. Henning Nelms. grand chaplain: Hugh
T. Stevenson. assistant grand chaplain:
Lem Towers, jr., grand marshal; Jo-
seph II. Milans, senior grand deacon; ].
Harry Cunningham, Junior grand deacon;
Charles ]. O'Neill, grand sword bearer;
Charles c. Coombs, grand pursuivant:
Mark F. Finley, senior grand steward;
Charles F. Roberts, Junior grand stew
ard. and Warren C. Bickford. grand tiler.
The following standing committees were
appointed:
William G. Henderson.
James A. wetmore, Matthew Trimble,
Augustus B. Coolidge, George c. Ober.
Correspondence - George W. Baird.
Frank B. Curtis, Horace p Mcintosh,
Moses D. Null, James E. Hutchinson.
Grievances-L. Cabell Williamson, Wal
ter w. Ludlow, Edwin d. Hesse, William
A. Harries, George W. Baumann.
Work and lectures-William ]. Naylor
Thomas NJ. F. Downing, Jacob H. Lich-
liter. John N. Sterzer. James T. Greaves.
Bylaws-Charies j. James, Andrew
Wilson. William E. Dyre, Daniel G. Da-
Wis, Harry G. Kimball.
Accounts-E. ST. Clair Thompson, Dan
C. Vaughan. Kenton n. Harper, William
Mehn, Louis c. Wilson.
Library-Louis d. Carman, Otis J. Ed
dy, William Montgomery, John Lane
Johns, Wallace Streater.
Masonic Temple-Lurtin r. CHM, Albert
F. Fox, John II. Small, jr., Walter A.
Brown, Henry K. Simpson.
Interesting Bulletin Issued.
The Harmony Lodge Bulletin" issued
bp Harmony Lodge, No. II, F. A. A. NJ,
is meeting with unbounded success. Its
form and general makeup is attractive
and gives the news Of the absent brother,
SO that all may feel more closely allied in
the work being done by the members at
home.
The newly installed worshipful master,
Rufus W. Pearson, gives his salutation to
his brethren, and from its tenor the meet
ings under his guidance this year will all
be so interesting that no member will re-
main away IL II Is at all possible for him
to attend.
To open the new year. meeting is an
nounced for next Wednesday, when a
special communication will be held, be-
ginning at 6 p. m, to confer the r. c.
degree, and the regular communication at
7:30 p. m, when the short business ses-
sion will be followed by a social evening
in honor of the new members.
. Aside from the Grand Chapter sessions,
the principal Eastern Star event of the |
week was the instituting and consecrat- |
ing on Friday evening of st. Johns |
Lodge Chapter, No. Is Grand Patron
Kenton N. Harper was assisted in the
ceremonies by Grand Matron Mrs Grace
e. Kimmel. Associate Grand Matron
Mrs Jessie w. Coles, Associate Grand |
Patron Charles w. Malster, Grand Sec
Rotary Mrs. Rose A. Yost, Grand Treas
urer Miss Cecilia Atchison. Grand Leo
turer Mrs. Mary E. Teachum. Grand Con-
ductress Mrs. Catherine Loffier, Associate |
Grand Conductress Mrs Ida v. Faber, |
Grand Marshall Mrs. Bertha G. Hudson. |
Grand Warden Mrs. Bena Barrhart, |
Grand Sentinel Arthur N. Poynton, and
other members of the Grand Chapter.
At the conclusion of the ofdcial Grand
Chapter ceremonies the following ofncers
were installed to serve for the ensuing
year: Worthy matron. Miss Madaline
q Rock. voxxhv r,ofronf To~orA II xrs