Evening star., 1915-12-05

meet next Thursday evening. instea'
of the fourth Thursday. as the latte
falls during Christmas week. for 1t
election and installation of officers. t
be followed by social session AM
buffet at one of the local hotels. Thel
will follow a lull for six weeks unti
the stated communication the fourth
Thursday in January, when the new
officers will start the work of the yea
1916 by exemplifying the E. A. degree
A feature of the communication mex
Thursday evening will be the presenta
t1on of past masters jewel to tn
retiring worshipful master, Franz
SprigS Perry.
The committee in charge of arrange
ments for the smoker to be held the
evening of January IA in the New
Willard Hotel, under the auspices OF
the several Masonic clubs of the Dis
trict, will meet in the library at Ma
sonic Temple Thursday evening, wher
ut is expected the various subcom-
mittees will make their reports.
Orient Commandery, No. 5, which al
its last conclave voted not to partici-
pate in joint Christmas observance
with the other Communicates. will ar
range for it's Christmas observance
at it's conclave tomorrow evening
| which will be devoted to the regular
order of business. Sir knight Grist
was reported i'll at his home.
George c. Whiting Lodge, No. %
which will elect officers Thursday
! cation the evening of December 13. at
1880 o'clock. for the F. c. degree. Her
man Walther is reported ill at his
home, and c. w. Kicker is confined to
his bed.
kallipolis Grotto Band will have its
first dance at National Rifles Armory
Tuesday evening at o'clock A
feature will be the playing of the dance
music by the band itself. Philip Mach
man, ST.: William Ullman and Otto
Hammerbacher are the committee of
arrangements
Capitol Royal Arch Chapter. No. IL,
will have the r. A. degree at it's con-
vocation Friday evening, with Past
Grand High Priest Francis j. Wood
man. its first high priest, heading the
filled as follows: Past High Priest
James A Wetmore. king; Past High
Priest J. E. Burns. scribe: Past High
Priest w. W. Mcdonald, C. H; Past
High Priest J: a. Meyer, p. s: Past
High Priest Arthur Carr. master third
vail; Past High Priest B. J. Wrights-
man, master second vail; Past High
Priest H. r. Riesberg. master first vail.
National Lodge, No. ~. will make
of it's election night Tuesday a sort
OF homecoming night without any
special program. but with much of the
time outside the election devoted to
social features
Hope Lodge, No. 20, which will have
it's election of officers Friday evening,
VIII dispense with it's communication
scheduied Tor December "a, Christmas
eve.
Washington Centennial Lodge, No. IA.
10 make up for it's communication
NJ Tod ha0
communication December IA, will have
a special Tuesday. December q, at
I30 pm, for the E. A. degree, with its
new seniou warden, Marx E. Kahn,
heading the official line. During the
past Masonic year the lodge raised
twenty-seven, received four Affiliations.
reinstated two, lost eight by death.
seven by dimits and six for other caus-
es. The membership at the beginning
of the year was 49S and at it's close,
September 80, was $40.
La Fayette Lodge. No. 10, has accent
ed an invitation to attend services at
Trinity Episcopal Church, Sd and C
streets northwest. Sunday evening. De-
cember IL, at o'clock. The invita-
ton was rendered by Rev. George W.
Van Fossen. At its stated conn; uni
cation December 16 the lodge will in
stall its newly elected officers and re-
ceive the report of it's finance commit
Thursday evening. when also the lodge
election took place.
Myron NJ. Parker Lodge, No. 27. which
will hold it's election Tuesday evening,
will have the installation Of it's off,
GERS with the F. c. degree the evening
of December 21.
King Solomon Lodge, No. 81, will have
special Wednesday afternoon for the
F. c. degree. At the stated communi-
cation last Wednesday afternoon off,
GERS were elected and installed for the
new Masonic year Past Master Will
liam J. Naylor was in charge of the
installation ceremonies. The officers
for 1916 are: Archibald ]. Rose, mas
ter; Duncan McLaren. senior warden !:
Charles p Johnson. Junior warden
Past Master Bert V. Wolfe, secretary;
Arthur c. Webb, senior deacon: John J.
Verleger, Junior deacon; Ernest A.
Swingie, senior steward: John L. Kelly.
junior steward; Rev. ]. ]. Dirnon, chap
lain; Edward NJ. Slack. master of cere-
monies; Past Master John l.. Apple. or
ganist; Past Master William J. Nay
lor, tiler; NJ. A. Winter, trustee, dele
gate to St Johns Mite Association. and
delegate to Masonic Board of Relief.
Past Master D. W. Thayer, representa-
tive to Masonic and Eastern Star
Home: Past Master John Lane Johns,
representative on board of managers
for lodgeroom.
One of the notable Masonic events
of the fall was the annual dinner of
Acacia Lodge, No. Is. given at the
University Club Monday night. One
hundred and eighty-e1ght guests were
present, filling the banquet hall of the
club almost to oyeriowing. Among
them were six past grand masters of
this Jurisdiction. Myron NJ. Parker. T.
John Newton. Walter A. Brown. j.
Claude KEEPER, Ben w. Murch and Lur-
general Of the Supreme Council, Scot
tish Rite. southern jurisdiction; Ed B.
Hesse, grand commander Of Knights
Templar: Lem Towers, jr. grand high
priest; E. c. Brandenburg. president
OF the Board Of Trade; Rev. Dr. Earle
Wilfey. pastor of the Vermont Ave-
, nue. Christian Church, who was the
orator of the occasion: Maj. Raymond
| W. Pullman. superintendent of police
| a number of officers of the Grand
Lodge. including w. w. Jermane. dep
| uty grand master. who represented the
/ grand master. the latter being absent
| from the city. and majority of the
members of the Masters Association
| of 1915.
| The invocation was by Rev J. w
| Austin. and the first speaker was the
! deputy grand master. whose subject
was THE Grand Lodge" After him
| came Col. Myron NJ. Parker, president
| of the University Club. who talked on
| Masonry and the University" Edwin
Callow gave several of his character
| istic recitations. Rev. DR.. Wiley was
followed by President Brandenburg
Of the Board of Trade, and then came
a short address by Mr.. Cowles. who. ir
| addition to being secretary general OF
the Scottish Rite, is a past grand mas