Evening star., 1915-11-28
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annual election the evening of Deeem
Der I. making of it also "home-com
| ing night Tuesday evening the lodge
| VIII hold a special for the NJ. NJ degree
at the usual hour, to be followed by {
banquet served by the ladies of the
| Eastern Star
The blue lodge elections begin this
week and will be completed next week
IN time for the meeting of the Crane
Lodge December Is. The elections il
| the Royal Arch chapters are required te
be held at the last convocation before
the annual meeting of the Grand Chap.
ter. which is scheduled for the secon6
| Wednesday in February. the 9th day OF
| the month. consequently in many of the
chapters the election will be held the
| last week in January. The command
| cry elections will fall the last week in
April and the first week in May. The
| Grand Lodge election occurs the even
| ing of December 27
At its convocation December 10
Capitol Royal Arch Chapter. No. H.
will have the royal arch degree. with
the stations filled by Past High Priests
Dr. Francis J. Woodman. James A.
Wetmore. J. f. Burns, w. w. McDon-
aid, J. A. Mover: w. f. Holt. Arthur
Riesebers. DIR. Woodman was the first
high priest of Capitol Chapter. Re
freshments are to follow the degree
! work.
Hope Lodge No 20. will elect officers
| at its communication December 10.
| Under the lodge bylaws the communica- =
| tion that would fall on Christmas day is
| dispensed with.
| La Fayette Lodge. No. 10, will give
an entertainment tomorrow evening in
the Masonic Temple Auditorium in
| honor of the ladies. IT will begin at s
| o'clock, and will be a card admission
! ed yesterday, but the program was not
given.
Errett Lankford of East Gate Lodge,
No. "a, is reported ill with typhoid
fever at Sibley Hospital
A business meeting of Kallipolis
Grotto will be held at Chamber of
Commerce Hall tomorrow evening at
1:3o o'clock. In addition to the sub
mission of amendments to the bylaws
and other routine business, there will
be concert by the Grotto band and
vocal selections by members of the
glee club. The short form initiation
also will be conferred upon several
candidates.
kallipolis Grotto Band has completed
arrangements for it's dance to be held
at National Rifles Armory, December
Z. 1t viii be an invitation affair, and
no pains will be spared to make it
thoroughly enjoyable. Invitations have
been sent to each member of the. srotto
and a large attendance is anticipated.
The band will furnish its own music.
For several weeks rehearsaIs have
lections will include MY Little Girl"
wedding of the Winds "Cecile.'
A,naniani TniP Time .snedt in Holland. Rrisr
fand 'Tipperary." Altogether there will
be twenty numbers The general COM
mittee is composed of Philip Nachman,
ST.: William Ullman and Otto Hammer
following: Reception committee, Peter
Latterner. chairman: Charles A. stew
ems. r. L. Trice, C. NJ. Sabin, H. J..
Simmons. floor committee, e. w. Lib
bey, chairman; Past Monarchs Edward
S. Schmid, p. r. Pullman, K. B. Dickey
and J. H. Shreve, Chief Justice George
H EmmonS, ir., and Master of Cere-
monies l. S Goldsmith.
The roster of the band is as follows:
Prof. julius Hamper, S. F. Shreve, H.
Wade, Wesley Emmons, r. s. Galley.
H. Scroggins, F. F. Robey. o. Hammer
bacher. c. Aufenthie. w. A. Saunders.
Paul Bischoff. Joseph l.. Harmon, Wade
Longley, L. II. Schmidt, F. A. Herr
mann, J. lie Roy De Neale, +. H. John
son, William CIlman, William Binnix,
W. S. Bachofner, B. F. Bodine, c. II.
Popenoe, ]. X. Phillips. William Nor
X,
and Philip Nachman, ST.
Jacque Heidenheimer has presented to
the grotto handsome block of pure white
marble TO be used as gavel block. 1t
is square in shape and handsomely CHS
eled, and weighs sixty pounds. 1t will
be appropriately carved with the srotto
emblem and bear the name of the donor
and the date of presentation When fin
ished it is said, it will be splendid speci-
men of the workmanship of operative ma
Sonry.
The oyster feast OF the glee club. to
have been held this afternoon. has been
postponed.
Word has been received from the Grand
Secretary of the recent death in Brooklyn
of Past Grand Monarch j. Harris Bal
ston.
News of the continued growth of the
Mystic order Yelled Prophets OF the En-
chanted Realm is causing rejoicing
among the local prophets. If continued
at the same ratio at which it has spread
for the past two years the order, ii is
said. will soon become the largest organ
ization of its kind in the world. Last
year eighteen new grottoes were charter
ed and 10000 members enroved. FIRE.
quent advices are to the effect that
classes of several hundred are being
initiated.
New grottoes are now organized or un-
der way at East Chicago. Ind: Knox
vile. Tenn; Des Moines, Iowa; BurIing-
and Oakland. Cal.
Monker Grotto, No. 80, OF Norwalk,
Conn, held ceremonial last night
Lieut.. Gov. Clifford Il. Wilson was a can
didate at this ceremonial and the visitors
included Grand Monarch William II. Sny
der and Deputy Grand Monarch William
II. Cross. with prophets from Zem Fem,
, Aim. Long |, HejaZ and Omar Grottoes.
The Fellowship Club. Master Masons
of the bureau of engraving and print
ing. held a rousine big meeting at its
last monthly gathering at Pythian
Temple. Seven members of the craft
were elected to mem bership in the club,
four of them were obligated and four
applications for membership were re-
ceived. The number present, not only
members of the club, but visitors from
other clubs. showed by their presence
and enthusiasm the interest that has
been aroused by the Masonic club
movement for fraternal betrerment and
social advancement among Masons in
the several departm ments of the govern
ment III this jurisdictions.
After the regular order of business
the remainder of the evening was de-
voted to entertainment and social In
tercourse. giving advantage to mem
| bers and guests to renew old acquaint-
anceship and make new ones.
The club had as a special guest AS
sistant District Attorney r. J. White
ford who delivered an address on "The
Relations, and Potential Influence for
Good Such Organizations as the Fell
, lowship Club Can Exercise in Civic Af-
| fairs"
| Special guests included Past Grand
! Master j. Claude KEEPER and John II
! Cowles. secretary general of the Su-
! preme Council. A. A. 81 r., of the South
/! ern jurisdiction.
| O. T. WOeruer gave a humorous 6ia =