Evening star., 1915-03-07

land. corner of 18th and Monroe
streets The members of the lodge VIII
assemble for the purpose in their lodge
room at 1:45 pm.
East Gate Lodge. No. "a, will have it's
own school of instruction TUESDAY
evening. Kings Night, which is not
explained in the circular March -.
and a special at Sis pm March 70
, with the school of instruction at 1:3O
pm
Myron NJ. Parker Lodge, No. -, in
| the circular of Worshipful Master w:
! +. Bradley, announces the dedication OF
the new temple March Is. No other par
ticulars have yet been furnished.
Pentalpha Lodge No. 23. is to have an
| address by A. r. r. Onyun and sur
prise" with special music for the oc-
| casion. March Is. and special at I
pm, March %, for the E. A. and F. c.
degrees and consideration of the by
| laws.
National Lodge. No. IL, announces the
NJ. NJ. degree for the evening of March
16.
Orient commandery. No. ), knights
Templar. has accepted an invitation to
! attend religious services next Sunday
evening (March 1D at the Metropolitan
Baptist Church. 9Th and A streets
! southeast. Rev. John c. Ball, pastor.
| Washington Centennial Lodge, No. IA,
| has also been invited.
Kallipolis Grotto. No. 10, NJ. o. V. P.
| f. r. is planning Il spring program.
| Monarch +. W. Libbey announces a
business meeting will be held the lat
| ter part of March. upon date yet to
! be decided upon: minstrel show and
dance for April 6. smoker April "a
at the New Willard. to which all mas
| ter Masons of the District will be in
vited. and a ceremonial for May s.
| The ceremonial will be held at the
| New Willard, and an active campa ign
| is on for candidates AS this will be
the last ceremonial prior to the Buffalo
| convention of the Supreme Council, a
| large class is anticipated.
| AT present all efforts are directed to-
| ward the minstrel show and dance
which will be open to the Masonic pub
| lie. The talent will be entirely of
| grotto members from the slee club
band and orchestra. Charles A. Ste
| vens, director of the glee club, has
this affair in hand and rehearsals have
already commenced. He will be as
| sisted by Samuel F. Shreve. president
of the grotto band. and Jacques Heiden-
| heimer, leader of the grotto orchestra
| A H. Rogers, chairman of the Buff
| falo convention committee, and the
| chairmen of the various subcommittees
| are busy with arrangements for rail-
, road fares, hotel accommodations, SOU
| venirs, and other matters incident to
| the participation of Kallipolis Grotto
| in the Supreme Council convention to
| be held at Buffalo in June.
| Koran Grotto will be instituted in
| Philadelphia March Is by Past Mon
| arch Edward S. Schmid, acting as dep
uty for the grand monarch. 1t is ex-
peCted he will be escorted to Philadel-
phia b. Kallipolis Grotto delegation.
Grand Secretary Sidney D. Smith. who
is the mayor of Hamilton, n. ", and
n Il, IL
Ontaria, recently exchanged the fol-
lowing telegrams
Mayor Sidney D. Smith, Hamilton,
n. Y-One hundred years of peace be-
tween United States and Canada fills
our hearts with gratitude to God and
feelings of sincere friendship for our
neighbors under Stars and Stripes.
Your sister city takes this opportunity
of heartily wishing you prosperity and
hapSiafss p9gHEs1ER s ss1Ened3 Wa1lrERs. nsxor~
Mayor Chester S. Walters. Hamilton,
Ontario-We join with you with feel
ings of gratitude and thankfulness.
May the new century surpass I'm
realization even your fondest dreams.
May our chain of friendship never be
broken. (Signed)
| SIDNEY D. SMITH, Mayor"
Worshipful Master William E. Sims
announcement for La Fayette Lodge
No. 1e. for its special communication
March 16, reads briefly, thus tafter the
announcement of the NJ NJ. degree):
"Refreshments, Bethlehem Chapter. No
7, o. E. s. The lodge at its stated
communication March is will have the
NJ. NJ. degree.
An exchange announces that twenty
two Grand Lodges use the title Free
and Accepted Masons The ones using
IF. & A. NJ" are those of Arizona. Con-
necticut, Florida, Georgia. Kentucky
Louisiana. Michigan, Mississippi. New
ada, New Hampshire. New York. New
Jersey. Ohio, Pennsylvania. Rhode Is
land. Tennessee. Utah, Vermont, Wash
ington and Wisconsin.
An interesting Masonic event occurred
Tuesday evening at York. Pa. when
William f. Emenheiser presented to
York Lodge of Masons the original
brass seal of York's first Masonic
lodge, which was instituted in 1910
by Miss Emma j. Gardner, whose ia
ther, Maurice ]. Gardner, was a charter
member of st. Johns Lodge. During
the anti-Masonic agitation in 1929, the
lodge suspended temporarily. All rec
ords were placed in a tin box and hid
den away for safekeeping. The lodge
resumed it's work in 1852.
Worshipful Master David c. Chees-
man has announced that the ladies of
Brookland Chapter. No. IL, Order of the
Eastern Star. which holds It's meetings
III King David Lodge room, has invited
King David Lodge, No. 28, it's members
relatives and "sweethearts," to attend
an open meeting and reception in the
lodgeroom Wednesday evening He
also announces that Gov. Alexander NJ
Dockery, past grand master of the
state of Missouri and now third assist
ant postmaster general, will deliver an
address at the next communicat ton of
| the lodge, Tuesday, March Is.
| late circular of Worshipful Master
c. Fl. Failing of George G. Whiting
! Lodge, No. %, announces that the COM
! munication of March IS, special, will
| be known as press. newspaper
| night" and the NJ. NJ degree will be
| presented for the especial benefit of
I Masons of the newspaper profession
The lodge this Thursday night will
| have the NJ. NJ. degree and comply with
! a fraternal request from Sandy Valley
| Lodge of Ohio. The new costumes will
| be used and there will be special music
I and refreshments at both communtca-
| tons. March % the r. A. degree is
sch eduled.
Masonic funerals were conducted by
! the lodge for John Walter, February
%. at Walkers Chapel. Va. and for
! George Freeman, March g. at Oak Hill
| cemetery, when Potomac commandery.
i No. 3. Knights Templar, acted as escort
| to the lodge.
! Mount Horeb Royal Arch CHAPTER.
No. Z, announces the y. NJ. and NJ E. M
degrees for Tuesday evening
! Henry Yost. jr.. secretary of Stans-
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