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trict, has the evening of March 10 set
aside for business and rehearsal.

| Irlct. mas the evening OF Marcn lO set
aside for business and rehearsal.
Mount Vernon Chapter. No 3. will
| have the P. NJ. and M. E. NJ. degrees the
evening of March s.
| William r. Singleton Lodge, No. 80.
| adopted and sent to the members of
the family of late Past Master Will
liam H. Singleton of King Solomon
| Lodge, No. 81, an elaborate tribute of
commendation. love and sympathy and
| caused a copy to be spread upon its
permanent records, because of the deep
interest Past Master Singleton had al
ways taken in the lodge that was named
! for his father. In the tribute refer
ence is made to the splendid character
OF the deceased as man and as Ma
! and to those qualities of mind and
| heart that endeared him to a wide cir
Gle OF Masonic friends.
Kallipolis Grotto, No. 15, held its first
| ceremonial of the year in Odd Fellows
| Hall Monday evening. The full rituals
tic ceremony was exemp1ified and the
| class of ceophytes was a unit in de-
| claring at the close that nothing was
| omitted to make their passage over the
| However. they all survived the ordeal
| and emerged full-fiedged prophets of
! the realm.
| AS a prelude to the initiation proper,
|
| ger" was presented by Past Monarch
John H. Shreve, Charles A. Stevens,
leader of the glee club, and Dave
! Goumpf, one of the end men of the
Kallipolis Grotto minstrel troupe. The
| play. the nature of which had been
kept secret since its inception, came
as an agreeable surprise and the
actors received a round of applause
| and congratulations after its rendi-
! tion.
Samuel T. Sbraye the cour+ lester
| made merry with the candidates in a
new line of stunts which amused
the candidates and prophets alike.
Prophet Theodore Picard, as commits
Prophet George N. Payette saw that
every one was supplied with cigars.
During the intermissions Prophets
Jacque Heidenheimer. pianist, and A.
At the close Kallipolis Grotto Military
Band played several selections.
Addresses were made by Past Mon
arch P. r. Pullman, Rev Hugh T.
Stevenson and William F. Guide and A
H. Rogers, chairman of the Buffalo
convention committee. Visitors were
present from Worcester, Mass; Elmira,
n. Y, and Baltimore, Md.
Yedz Grotto will soon be organized
at Baltimore. dispensation has been
granted and preparations are we'll un-
der way for the first ceremonial, which
will probably be staged by kaIlipol1s
Grotto, whose members are IN close
touch with the Baltimore promoters
and assisting them in the preliminary
stages Last week a delegation from
Washington visited Baltimore to at
tend a conference. The name "Yedz'
is the Persian equivalent of beautiful
woman" and "Kallipolis' means "beau-
tiful city" .-...-
Monarch E. W. Libbey announces
that the next ceremonial of Kallipolis
Grotto will be held the latter part OF
April or early in May. In the mean
time several entertainments are under
, way, the nature of which Will soon
be announced.
Word has been received of the death
of Prophet Henry Pears of Al Slrat
Grotto Of Cleveland. Ohio. who held the
Office of grand keeper OF the archlVes
of the supreme council.
washington Centennial Lodge. No. II.
turned out record number OF It's mem
bers at its annual pilgrimage Monday to
the tomb of George Washington, at Mount
Vernon. Special cars left 18th street and
Pennsylvania avenue at l:3O, Joining
those of the George Washington Masonic
National Memorial Association at Alex
andria and returning at about O'Clock.
At Mount Vernon the party were the
guests of the Mount Vernon Association.
and after the ceremonies at the tomb they
visited the mansion and other points of
The ceremonies of the memorial asso-
citation consisted of the placing of a
wreath upon the tomb and PRAYER by
Rev. DR.. William J.. Norton Of Christ
Church. Alexandria Immediately follow
ing this, a wreath was placed on the
tomb on behalf of Washington Centennial
Lodge, by its master, Paul E. Lesh, who
made short address. He said. in part:
"A sufficient reason for our joining in
this ceremony would be the fact that we
were chartered as lodge Just one hun
dred years after the day on which George
Washington was made master mason,
and 1t was because of this fact that we
were named Washington Centennial
Lodge.
"Another reason is that we are glad to
pay homage to the memory Of Mason
whose characteristics were what we as
Masons most revere. Washington was
faithful to his trust in spite of disco
agement such as few men have faced.
We as Masons believe he was helped to
be faithful by the lessons he learned
when he became a master Mason. We
believe that any man is made better by
being made Mason.
I'VE cannot by our presence here or
the words we say add anything to his
fame. We did not come for that. But we
can benefit ourselves by rejecting upon
the fact that we, like Washington. have
been made master Masons. We have had
presented to US the same lesson of fidel-
ity that was presented to him. If we
remember this, If we cherish the les
son which his life exempllfed, then our
pilgrimage here will not have been In
vain"
The ceremonies of the lodge and of the
association were witnessed by an un-
usually large crowd. not only of Masons,
but Of tourists, who were attracted to the
grounds In throngs by the balmy
weather.
Commander Seaton w. Trunnel of
Columbia Commandery, No. 2, Knights
Templar. who is said to have been do
ing unusually interesting things in
Templar circles since his election as
the executive head of Columbia Com
mandery, has announced unique
event for the conclave Friday evening,
when the orders of the Temple and
Malta will be presented, with all the
stations filled by past grand command
, ers. The occasion is expected to be
guished Templar gatherings since the
formation of the Grand Commandery
of the District, January IA, 1896
The cast for the orders Is as follows;
Eminent commander, Alexander Grant
grand commander in 1912; generalissi-
mo. Harrison Dingman. grand COM
mander in 1900; captain general. An
drew w. Kelley, grand commander in
1904: prelate. William T. Galliher,
grand commander in 1899: treasurer,
Rezin w. Darby. grand commander in
1897. dean of the past grand COM
manders: recorder, George E. Corson,
den. Alex Mckenzie. grand commander
| In 1903: Junior warden. Walter H. Klop-
fer, grand commander in 1909; standard
| bearer. Thomas p. Morgan, grand COM
mander In 1907; sword bearer, br.
George G. Ober, grand commander in