Evening star., 1916-01-09

Thursday - Kallpolis Grott". Yelled
Prophets ladies' night, Raleigh Hotel.
Five of the ten lodges which meet
this week bulletined their work at
Masonic Temple. Grand visitations VIII
be made to four of the Royal Arch
Chapters and none of the others are
bulietined for work. The knights
Templar comma nderies also had made
no public announcements when The
Sunday Star closed it's calendar form.
From Grand Secretary Johnston, in
promulgating the results of the an
nual election in the Grand Lodge.
comes the information first given for
publication that the Appropriation
made by the Grand Lodge for the eI-
penses of the Masonic employment bu-
reau is to be paid over upon the or
Ranization of the permanent board of
mana gers, which will consist OF one
representative from each constituent
lodge. William Clabaugh. master OF
the New Jerusalem Lodge, No. 3, and
the originator of the movement. has
been designated by the grand master
to call meeting of the board when
he has received the credentials OF the
lodge representatives. The grand sec
retary also notes in his commun1ca-
tiop change in the burial service
regulations. which requires a master
of a lodge officiating to have distinct
understanding with the family OF Its
deceased member relative to the COM
initial of the body to the grave and
the services in connection Herewith.
-he following standing committees
of the Grand Lodge have been an
nounced:
Jurisprudence-Lurtin r. CHM. Wal
terra Brown J. Claude KEEPER. Ben W.
Murch and Charles E. Baldwin.
Correspondence-Geor w. Baird,
Frank B. Curtis. Horace P. Mcintosh.
Moses ID. Null and James L. Hutchin-
son
Grievances-L. Cabeil Williamson.
walter W. Ludlow. Edwin B. Hesse.
William A. Harries and George w.
Baumann.
Work and lectures-William ]. Nay
Tor, Thomas NJ. F. Bowling. Jacob H.
Lichliter, John n. Sterzer and James
+. Graves.
By-laws-Charles ]. James. William
E Dyre, Daniel G. Davis. Harry G.
Kimball and William T. Hebbard.
Accounts-E. st. Clair Thompson. Dan
C.HVaughan. William Mehn, Louis c.
Wilson and John A. Colborn.
Library-Louis u. Carman. Otis j.
Eddy. William Montgomery. John Lane
Johns and Wallace Streater-
Masonic Temple defective January !.
1s16)-Walter A Brown. Albert F.
Fox, Henry X. Simpson, Alex Grant
and Alex Mckenzie.
Address of grand master-William
W. Jermane, Masonic Temple, Wash
ington d. G.
Address of grand secretary-Arvine
W. Johnston, Masonic Temple, WASH
ington, d. G.
Address of chairman committee on
correspondence-Geo W Baird: 15o5
Rhode Island avenue northwest, Wash
inetcn. ID. c.
worsh;pful Master Z. ]. Ayers of
Stansbury Lodge. No. "a. has announced
that tomorrow evening. the first meet
ing of the new officers for the new
year. surprise will be presented for
the benefit of the members and visit
work. the evening will be devoted to a
novel entertainment.
George c. Whiting Lodge. No. %. has
the n. NJ. degree scheduled for Thurs
day evening, the Z. A degree January
81 and a reunion in February. Wor-
shipful Master Charles E. Lightfoot is
making the notice section of his circu
lar a feature not to be overlooked.
Columbia Commandery. No. 3. knights
Templar. has had many of it's members
hoDored in the recent elections in the
several branches of Masonry. notably
Grand Master W. w. Jerrane, Grand
Marshal J. Harry Cunningham, Junior
Grand Deacon Charles e. Coombs and
Grand Pursuivant Charles F. Roberts
In the Grand Lodge of Masons: l..
Whiting Estes. potentate: Edmund S.
Wolfe. Louis II. Meyers. John A. Ellin-
ger and Virgil ". Fookes in the Shrine.
Columbia Commandery. No. 2. is to
celebrate its fifty-third anniversary
THURSDAY evening with a reception and
supper. the former in the Eastern Star
chamber at 1:3o o'clock. according to
the circular. and the supper in the ban
uuet hall at o'clock. 1t will be a
subscription affair
Robert de Bruce Council. Knights
Esdosh. Tuesday. evening will present
In full ceremonial form the twenty
nrsf degree of the Ancient and Accept
ed Scottish Rite. Patriarch Noachite,
or Prussian Knight" at Scottish Rite
The cast will include George r. Davis,
John H. Won Hermann. Rev. William
Tayloe Snyder and Sulaimaan David
an K c. e. H.: James II. Mcintosh and
aIT. and Frsnp p0t 'Sa Toch aesTee Re,no, nohos-
Daniel. Allen 1. Cotton. Charles L.
Brooks. Austin J. Leister Elmer c.
Wood. Isaac W. Wright, Milton Baer
and John s.. Cotton. all of the 32d de-
gree. Evangelist Chapter. knights
Rose Croix. also is scheduled for a
business session.
Mount Vernon Royal Arch Chapter.
No. q. will have its annual memorial
Messrs. Davis. Babcock and Bogley; its
annual election January "a. and its
grand visitation at special January
81. the program being in charge OF
Meesrs- Gibbs. Bryant and Carter.
At the next communication of Ben a.
min b. French Lodge. No. 15, the NJ NJ
degree will be presented. Worshipful
Master James p. Schick announces he
has invited the members of Columbia
Lodge. No. 5S. of Frederick Nd, to
visit Benjamin B. French Lodge on this
occasion and that some special form
f-entertainment will be provided All
Master Masons of the jurisdiction are
invited to be present
The lodge at it's communication Mon
day received a visit from Grand Mas
ter w. w. Jermane. who. after the de-
gree work, addressed the lodge and
pointed out a number of ways
In which the lodges. could make
their meetings more entertaining and
Instructive. thus stimulating interest
among the constituent members.
The largest meeting of the commit
tee on arrangements for the smoker
20 be held under the auspices of the
AAeonic clubs in the New Willard Ho-
tel Friday evening was held Monday
0Vo01ng In the red parlOr of the Eb-