Evening star., 1914-12-13
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senior warden: Percy l. Balch. junior
warden: Henry H. Burroughs. secre-
Proxies to Grand Lodge-Frank A
Gunther. for master; Samuel T. Farm
er, for senior warden: Harry H. K
Helwig. for Junior warden.
Wagner. master; Archie r. R. Onyun.
| senior warden; +. Francis kimmel
junior warden; Isaac B. Field. secre-
tary; James b. Austin, treasurer Prox-
les to Grand Lodge-William H. Amiss'
for master: Arthur NJ. Poynton. for Sc
| nior warden: James A. West. for 5u-
niOr warden.
Past Monarch Edward S. schmid. who
| is an officer of the Supreme Council
OF the Mystic Order of Yelled Prophets
of the Enchanted Realm, as well as
one of the moving spirits of Kallipoiis
Grotto. yesterday received commits
| sion from Grand Monarch E. l.. Vol
genau of Buffalo. commissioning him
to represent the grand monarch as his
special deputy to obligate the members
and institute the new Koran Grotto
to be established in Philadelphia. Mr..
Schmid. at the suggestion of the grand
monarch, has opened correspondence
with Robert W. Montgomery of Phila-
delphia. with a view to arranging the
preliminaries and fixing the date for
the institution of the new grotto in
the City of Brotherly Love. 1t will be
the first grotto to be instituted there
and it is said will start with a very
large membership.
Senior Warden Paul E. Lesh will
head the official line in the E. A. de-
gree in Washington Centennial Lodge,
No. IA, at its special next Saturday
evening at 7:30 o'clock. when also the
newly elected officers of the lodge will
be installed.
Dawson Lodge, No. IS, has called off
it's communication scheduled for the
evening of December 2S. Dawson
Lodge will elect new officers tomorrow
evening and after installing them will
repair to "a nearby hostelry and have
good time generally"
La Fayette Royal Arch Chapter. No.
5, will have a special communication at
s pm. and it's regular communication
the Royal Arch degree.
Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter.
No. z, will have the Royal Arch degree
the evening Of December %.
Mount Pleasant Royal Arch Chapter,
No. 13, also will have the Royal Arch
degree at it's convocation the evening
of December %.
Eminent Commander Warren W.
Biggs of De Molay Mounted Com
his latest circular states it was ex-
pected the orders of the Temple and
Malta would be conferred at the con-
clave December %. but that because
of the Christmas week 1T was decided
to postpone them and hold only
business session.
All communications Of blue lodges
which ordinarily would fall on next
Wednesday evening are Cancelled by
reason of the communication OF the
Grand Lodge on that day.
George C. Whiting Lodge, No. %, has
called off its communication scheduled
for the evening of December "a.
Johns Lodge, No. IL. F. A. A. NJ, held
Friday evening. officers for the ensuing
Masonic year were elected, as follows:
Master. Albert G. McChesney; senior
warden, Frank B. Ketchum; junior war
den. Abram R. Wingate; secretary.
James Z. Hutchinson, past master (re-
elected, nineteenth term); treasurer.
Robert A. Daniel. past master Gre
elected); senior deacon. Richard NJ.
Thomas: junior deacon, George r.
junior steward, Charles H. Graham;
marshal, Frank Roller; tiler, Clifton G.
Clarridge: trustee for three years.
Fred NJ Book. past master; representa-
two years. William E. Poulton; repre-
sentative on board of managers of
lodgeroom No. 1. Morris Hahn (re-
elected); representative to ST. Johns
elected): proxy to st. Johns Mite As
sociation, John d. Kingsbury IRE
elected; representative on board of
directors of the Masonic and Eastern
Star Home. Charles S. Lashhorn (re-
elected). The newly-elected officers
were installed by Past Master Fred NJ.
Book.
Past Master George Wright, who pre-
sided as master of st. Johns Lodge
forty-one years ago and who is now
the oldest living past master of the
lodge, after reviewing the history of
the lodge. and particularly that of the
past year, presented past masters
jewel to the retiring master, Calvin T.
Milans.
Potomac Lodge, No. S. will attend
divine service at Christ P. E. Church.
31st and o streets northwest. at
rector. will preach special sermon
for the occasion.
At we'll attended meeting. held in
the library, Masonic Temple, Friday
evening, d new duckpin league was
launched. to be called the ':All-Masonic
League" The following officers were
elected; Albert Hess S,f,,,, Of Columbia
ton Green of Mount Pleasant, No. 33.
vice president; H. L. Leslie of King
David. No. %, secretary; W.. J. john
son of Naval Lodge. No. 4. treasurer;
L. p. Stewart of Washington Cen
tennial Lodge. No. IA. and H. T. Ridges
of Stansbury Lodge, No. "a. committee
of bylaws: committee on schedule of
games. Joseph r. Costinett: commit
tee on securing alley, A. H. Some
man. 1t is intended to start bowling
January /. The next meeting of off,
GERS and captains will be held Decem-
ber 20.
Potomac Commandery, No. 3. will
have 1.-The regular order and a general
good time at its conclave Wednesday
evening. Sir Knight Gawler and
George Freeman. the latter at George
town University Hospital. are reported
sick, and Sir Knights Rock and jacob
as improving. The commandery will
have the usual Christmas observance
Christmas day.
During last week Myron NJ. Parker
Lodge. No. 27, F. A. 4. NJ. and Bethle-
hem Chapter. No. I. Order Of the EAST