El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-12
.ELK5 HOST To THE ARMY OFFICERS

[ also probably contribute 10 the enter
/ tainment of the evening The affair
I will take place in the lodge room of
| the Elks' home One of the army bands
/ viii furnish the music. II viii be sta
/ toned on the promenade balcony in
J front Of the lodge room Special dec
Orations are being arranged for.
2OO ut Scottish Rite Dinner.
Two hundred Scottish Rite Masons
sat down to the Semi-annual Scottish
Rite banquet held Thursday night at
the Harvey house G. 2. Putnam was
POSTMASTER Just prior to the speech
king he read telegrams Of greeting
from f s Heller at Washington. d. c.;
s. A Thompson at Philadelphia Z. E
Townsend from Fort Stockton. and F.
G Johnson
Dove of Peace.
F c. Miller. one of the representa-
tives from FL Paso consistOry TO the
dedication OF the House Of the Temple
in Washington. D. c.. Oct is. gave an
account Of the trip of the Texas dele
cation and of the dedication service.
and description Of the building An
unexpected feature of the dedication
service. ne stated, was the appearance
Of a white dove just after sovereign
grand commander, George F. Moore.
had closed his remarks concerning the
European war and universal peace The
dove lowered above his head. flew in
among the columns of the building and
then disappeared
Cathedral Campaign.
J. J. Ormsbee gave an accounting of
the cathedral fund. and declared the
time ripe for campaign looking to
the construction of the building. A E
Rowlands selected as class orator. gave
his impressions o. the work that had +
been received Other speakers were DIT.
". W Lynch, of Midland W. Watkins.
Of Tucumcari, y. NJ, E NJ. Whitaker
and Eugene L Harris
Reunion Closes Tonight.
The 10th semi-annual reunion Of the
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry closes to
% oh wi .
degree The comforting of the 30th de
gree. completing the chivalric and
philosophic degrees. occurred Friday
morning. with ". F DeLacie as com
mander. This afternoon the 31st de-
gree was put on, with c J. B. SaNton as
master.
Shrine Parade.
Saturday Will De Shrine day. A live
camel will be in the parade Saturday .
afternoon The parade Will follow q
short business session at the Masonic
temple. and will start at p. IN. The
line of march will be as follows: Start
at Masonic temple, east Missouri street
TO Mesa avenue, south on Mesa ave-
nue. to Texas street, east on Texas
street to Stanton street south on Stan
ton street 10 san Antonio street west
on san Antonio street to Ell Paso street.
north on FL Paso through Pioneer plaza
to Oregon street, north on. oregon
street to Missouri, west on missouri TO
Masonic temple. The parade viii be
led by illustriOus marshal II. P. Jack
son and the officers will ride in autos,
while the novices will walk The
Shrine patrol will appear in uniform
Ceremonial Session.
Following the parade and at 4 p m
will begin the first section OF the cere-
monial session The second section will
begin at 1880 At 1880 win occur the
traditional banquet. to be held in the
banquet hall of the Paso del NOrte
hotel a feature OF the parade will be
the arresting of all Shriners found on
And Trfanrn inc
parade. Harry Turner, the Shrine chief
of police, and his force Of policemen :
and detectives will be on hand and the
police patrol and two auto trucks will
Shriners placed under arrest FL MAZDA
temple will meet tonight to perfect ar
engagements for the parade and cere-
Arch MasOns Meet. 4
FL Paso chapter, Royal Arch Masons.
is engaged in degree work At the
regular meeting Wednesday night the
mark masters degree was conferred
master degrees will be copferred and
On Thursday night the most excellent
and royal arch degrees will be con-
ferred.
FL Paso lodge No. 100. Ancient Free
and Accepted Aasons, is also busy with
degree work On Monday night the
second degree was conferred. and to-
night there VIII be work in the second
degree. Next Monday there will be
work in the third degree. and on WOd-
lesday stated communication will be
held. On the 18th there will be work
IN the third degree, and again on the
22d. Wednesday. Nov p, will be the
feature meeting Of the month. The first
and second degrees will be conferred
1pon candidates, beginning at 3 D. m.
At 8 D. m, there will be a dinner in
the banquet hall, to be followed at
D. m with work in the third degree On
Nov. 26 there Will be work in the first
iegree, and on the 18th. work in the 4
second degree
Eagles Have Social Session.
Following the regular business meet
ng Of FL PasO aerie No Is Fraternal
order Of Eagles, Wednesday night, a /
social session was held This was one 3
Il the largest gatherings of Eagles
.ver held in FL PasO. Members Of the
fraternity from almost every state in I l
ions were furnished by the sixth in !
antry band. while George Lauge. at /
he piano. filled in intermissions with /
number Of good selections. Short II
alks on the principles Of the order
we're made by a number Of the mem 4
Ders. and stories, songs and Rotations II
we're given The session lasted until \
lmOst midnight II
40 Percent Gain. II
FL PasO aerie has made a gain of y
early 20 percent in membership during Z
he past year and efforts are being
made during the special 80 days dis
to make as good a showing
or the present year A number of ap-
LEGATIONS were received Wednesday I
light and il is probable that next We'd !