The Washington herald., 1916-07-02
Masonic Activities.

Lebanon Lodge, No. Z. F. A A. NJ,
found II necessary to put out the S. r. y.
sign on the occasion of special meeting
10 confer the NJ. NJ degree, with w. M
Charles B. Alexander presiding.
big feature of the evening was the
first appearance of the Fraternity Band"
IN its new uniform, under the direction
Of Prof wilkins. The band has been or
ganiZed about one year, and received
many favorable comments for the rendi-
ton Of several selections. Brother T. 5.
Wilson is president of the organization.
At the conclusion of the work refresh
rnents were served by the ladies of the
lodge, Mrs. Lille Mckenzie being in
charge.
The z. A degree will be conferred
Wednesday afternoon at o'clock by
King Solomon Lodge, No. 81, with Junior
Warden Charles P. Johnson head<ng the
official line. During the afternoon a
thirty y-minute reel presentation will be
offered by George d. Murphy, member
Of the daylight lodge.
Announcement is made for a social
evening at Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. .,
Tuesday night, Fourteenth and Kenyon
streets northwest. During the evening
Degree Director Thomas will exemplify
the floor work Of the several degrees, and
Installing Oficer Armentrout will have
the final rehearsal of the team which will
have charge of the joint installation OF
Harmony and Eastern lodges on Wednes-
day evening at Odd Fellows Hall, AT
Seventh street northwest. Past grands
assisting will include William ]. Bowman
John c. Dellinger, James A. Edgar
Charles W. Fits, Samuel T. Hind, Will
lam G. Thomas and Bert V. Wolfe.
Robert de Bruce Council, knight Ka-
dosh, OF the Ancient and Accepted Scot
tish Rite Of Freemasonry, held Its an
nual meeting at the Cathedral OF the
Rite, on the evening Of June q, 1915
The following officers were elected to
serve for the ensuing year:
John H. Won Hermann. K. c. c. H.
commander; Charles G. F. Toepper, K.
c. C. H, hrst lieutenant commander;
Horace P. Mcintosh. K. c. c. H, second
lieutenant commander; Arthur B. Hayes,
X c. c. H, chancellor; George R Davis,
K. c. c. H. orator; Louis Goldsmith, sd
degree honorary, almoner and treasurer;
Elmer z. Simpson, K c. c. H, recorder;
Fred NJ. Book K c. C. H, building trus-
tee. The sir commander elect made the
following appointments; Sulaimaan
David. K. C. C. H. master Of ceremon-
les; Milton Hopfenmaier, K. C. C. H,
turcopolier; Roo Fulkerson, K. c. C. H.
draper; Wisdom D. Brown. sd degree,
first deacon; Monte Sanger. SD degree hon.
orary second deacon; Allen L. Cotton,
ed degree. bearer Of beauseant; Lem
Towers r., 32d degree, bearer Of white
standard; Robert A. Daniel. S2d degree,
bearer OF black standard; J. Claude
KEEPER, ed degree, lieutenant Of the
guard; James H Tribe. sed degree hon
orary. tiler; Archie D. Engel. ed degree,
assistant tler.
The officers, elected and appointed. were
installed by Stirling Kerr, jr.. sd degree
honorary. deputy for the supreme coun-
cil, assisted by Past Venerable Master OF
Kadlsh Jacobus Seneca Jones. 33d degree
honorary, as master OF ceremonies.
Hiram Lodge, No. 10 at It's next regu-
lar Communication on Thursday evening.
July 8, will have the T. c. degree. The
stations will be flied by the past masters
OF the lodge.
The Grotto.
Monarch George n. Emmons. jr. an
nounces a meeting Of Kallipolis Grotto
at Chamber Of Commerc Hall for July 7.
Prophet Castleman P. Boss, chairman
Of the Chesapeake Beach excursion on
July u, will announce the arrangements.
Past Monarch P. R. Pullman is putting
the finishing touches to the Camp Good
VIII pilgrimage on July s. The start
will be from Masonic Temple at p. m,
and an invitation is extended to all who
wish to journey to the camp It is ex-
pected that enough automobiles will be
on hand to transport all who care to go.
The one big feature Of the recent Su-
preme Council convention at Detroit,
from a Washington standpoint, was the
elevation Of Past Monarch Edward s.
schnnid TO the office OF Deputy Grand
Monarch, and the selection Of Washing
ton as the convention city next June
Eastern Star Notes.
The regular meeting Of MiZpah Chap
ter, No. s, scheduled for July 4. has been
cancelled.
At the next regular meeting Of the