Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-19
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Oehsen. Junior warden: David F. DUN
treasurer. Proxies. Isaac B. Nordllnger
for master; S. Dallas Tucker, Tor senior
| warden; Robert w. Williams. 1or Jun
| iOr warden.
King David Lodge, No 2s-Frank N
Chase. master: Olin w. Roakes, senior
! warden: Howard L. Leslie, junior war
I den; Charles E. holster. secretary
Marvin M. Mclean, treasurer; Ernest :
Saltzman, senior deacon; Louis )
| Hughes. junior deacon; Harry r. Par'
| ker. senior steward; Earle D. Stocking
junior steward.
These officers are to be installed
| Tuesday evening next by Past Grand
Master Charles E. Baldwin. After the
routine business is transacted. the
lodge will be closed and the meeting
| turned over to the committee, that has
secured the following IT, to entertain !
reader: Maurice F. Lyons, cello sololst
| Edwin G. Balinger. accompanist; VIII
] liam S. Blanchard, baritone. There
| will also be refreshments and a social
hour.
| Takoma Lodge, No. 90, elected and In
stalled officers for the ensuing year
Tuesday evening. as follows: Harry
A. Stacy, worshipful master: J. B. Der
rick, senior warden: c. H. Spencer, ju-
nior warden: George W. Nusbaum, sec
Rotary; William f. Dyre (past mas
teri, treasurer; Rev. Thomas C. Clark.
chaplain: Frank E. Reppert, senior
deacon; Herbert d. Lawson, Junior dea-
con; Luther w. Hawley, senior stew
ard; w. w. Stockberger. Junior stew
ard; Thomas S. Brock. master of cere-
monies: Thomas NJ. F. Bowling (past
mastery. instructor; James w. Dyre,
musical director, and Isaac immersion,
filler: trustees, George l.. Tarbell. re-
elected, and William K. Hill. to succeed
Past Master William E. Dyre, resigned
representative to the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home, Francis J. Wood
man (past grand master): representa-
| tive to the Masonic board of relief, S.
5. Simons (past mastery. and delegate
to the st. Johns Mite Association, o.
D. Sunny (past MASTERY.
The election was unusual in that 1t
| involved the selection of four line Off
GERS to fill vacancies occasioned by
| the passing from Office of Junior Past
Master Porter, the permanent removal
from this jurisdiction of the former
the retirement of Secretary Derrick.
Mr.. Derrick was unanimously elected
senior warden as reward for his long,
faithful and efficient services as secre-
ton IN order to make it possible to
| honor the retiring secretary The en-
tire line was installed by Senior Past
Master Wilmer G. Platt. Past Grand
| lodge. presented a past masters Jewel
to the retiring master, Ernest W. Por-
Temple, Moves Lodge. No s2-clem-
senior warden: c. Fred Cook, Junior
warden: Francis A. Sebring. secretarv
and Louis c. Wilson, treasurer. Proxies
1 Saans. B so for master: L. Whiting
Bernard, for junior warden.
Important matters of legislation
provided by the Grand Lodge at its
communication Wednesday evening in
cluded an increase of the per capita
tax for the Masonic and Eastern Star
Home from rs cents to 37b cents and
the authorization of a trial of the Ma
sonic employment bureau along the
lines suggested by the Masters Assoc
ciatlon. for one year, not to exceed
Grand Lodge, instead of being levied
by an assessment tax upon Masons
Grand Master Alexander Grant in his
address made reference to the war in
Europe and expressed the earnest hope
that the day is near when the mad
cries Of fratricidal strife will give way
to peace and goodwill
He reported that the returns show a
healthy growth Of the membership in
the Jurisdiction, 20 lodges having made
an aggregate loss of SIS, making a net
gain in membership of PAT, and a total
membership September 80, 1915, of
1911. The returns, he said, also in
dicated more careful selection Of ap-
plfcants. A net gain of $8,31463 in
assets by the lodges is shown
The grand master gave his approval
to the employment bureau plan and
appointed Past Grand Masters Charles
E. Baldwin, Ben W. Murch and Wallace
plans and report to the Grand Lodge,
with recommendations for carrying
them into effect.
He said the Masonic bodies Of the
GLIDING those from individuals, to the
funds OF the Masonic War Relief Asso-
citation. which had received from all
sources during the year sS5.2s1.30.
The disbursements show the follow
England and Wales. $4,000: Grand
Lodge of Masons in Ireland $4,000;
Masonic relief fund. representing the
Supreme Council, Grand Chapter. Great
Priory. K. T.. and Royal Order Of Scot
land. $1,000: branch in London of Ma
sonic War Relief Association, U. S. A.
$1,000: the Grand Lodge of Masons in
Germany. $4,000; Supreme Council
Scottish Rite in luxembourg. $500;
Belgium. $4,000: Supreme Council Scot
fish Rite of Belgium. 81, 900: branch in
London of Masonic War Relief Asso-
citation (partly for orphans fund. chill
dren of soldiers), $1,000; Grand Lodge
of Masons in Switzerland (aid to refu-
gees), $1,000: Supreme Council Scottish
Rite of Serbia Through the Supreme
Council of Greece. $500: Belgian
Lodge, meeting in Holland, by author
lity Of Grand Lodge of Belgium, $500.
making a total of $3.50
The Supreme Council Of the South
ern Masonic Jurisdiction has forward
ed donation from the Sovereign Grand
Consistory of Japan.
1.-THE association Is taking up a new
campaign for contributions for the re-
lief of Masonic war sufferers and
their families in Europe. Reports are
being received from Masonic war re.
lief associations and funds in Europe
he said, land from grand bodies OF
Masonry in the countries at war. and
lin neutral nations surrounding them.
The needs Of the sufferers are grow
| ing greater as the war progresses.
European Masonic relief associations
are rapidly using up their local FUNDS:
| Reference was made to the george
Washington Masonic National memorial
Associations work at Alexandra, va,
| which the grand master says he Is sat
isfed. from the interest shown IN the
lcommendabIe project, is truly national.
| Past Grand Masters J. Claude KEEPER
and Charles E. Baldwin were appoint
ed committee to further the interests
of the association in this jurisdiction
! Recommendation was made Tor the re-
vision and reprinting OF the Masonic
Code Of the District of Columbia, and
the grand master recommttted to the
! To11a Fov f,rfber confederation