El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-14
GIVEN
SHRINE LUNCH
Imperial Potentate is Met at
Union Station With Band;
Big Feature Wednesday.

J. Putnam Stevens, of Portland, Ne,
imperial pOtentate Of the Ancient
Arabic Order Nohles Of the Mystic
Shrine of North America, is the guest
of Ell MAZDA temple of Ell Paso. He ar
rived Monday evening at 5:25 from San
Antonio and at noon today was the
honor guest at a luncheon at the Paso
Del Norte.
MIR. Stevens is making an official
visit to the various temples in his
jurisdiction and before his return to his
home in Maine, will have visited over
100 temples, including the one in Homo
lulu. He will be Joined here Wednes-
day morning by several members Of the
imperial divan, travelling in a special
train, with +. B. Sherwood, illustriOus
potentate Of the Los Angeles temple,
as host
Mr. Stevens is accompanied on the
present trip by Noble A B. Kicker of
Poland Springs. Ne, as escort of honor.
at Clint Monday afternoon by a recep-
ton committee composed of Sol l.
Berg, illustrious potentate Of FL Mazda
temple; John NJ. Wyatt and Eugene l..
and James r. Boyd. With the commit
tee also were: c. o. Cushman, past
illustrious potentate of Ballut Abyad
temple of Albuquerque, and J. W. Ell
der. illustrious potentate Of the same
temple. who brought greetings from
Are Met at the Station.
At the union station so members Of
Ell MAZDA temple, headed by the NUM-
cipal band, welcomed the imperial po-
tentate, and escorted him to the Hotel
Paso del Norte, which will be his head
quarters while in FL PasO. Monday
night he informally met Ell Paso
Shriners.
The committee having in charge all
arrangements for the entertainment of
Mr. Stevens q nnrrnncpd n Sol I Rpru
illustrious pOtentate. and past poten-
tates John NJ Wyatt, DR.. J. B. Brady,
r. ID. Richie, S. }. Prudential and
Eugene L. Harris. and DR.. d. H. Law
renee past potentate Of Ell Nina temple,
Galveston.
Big Feature wednesday.
The big entertainment features will
occur on Wednesday, following the ar
rival Of f. B. Silverwood's party from
Chicago. This party, travelling in a
special train, will be met at Fort Bliss
by the local committee and escorted
into the city.
The party will include several of the
imperial divan, and those that are ex-
pected to come are Henry F. Niedring
haus, 1r., imperial deputy potentate;
Elias J. Jacoby, imperial chief rabban;
w Freeland kendrick. imperial high
priest and prophet; William S. Brown,
imperial treasurer; Benjamin W. Rowell,
imperial recorder; John I. Jones, i'm
bNA ielA maj oAAdAf 0tMldQ v ~ hGAhdAs
imperial captain of the guard; and
James +. Chandler imperial outer
guard.
Prior to coming to FL PasO Mr..
Stevens had visited about 100 temples.
In Texas he has visited the temples at
Dallas, Fort Worth, Galveston, Hous.
ton, Austin and San Antonio.
IL Champion Oyster Eater.
At Galveston last Wednesday night,
he was the honor guest at an oyster
roast and was given a leather media
for having eaten the largest number
Of oysters. He is credited with having
something less than 1876 BIZ
valves at one sitting.
From FL Paso Mr.. Stevens, with the
party will go to Phoenix,
thence to Los Angeles, Oakland and San
Francisco. From San Francisco the
imperial potentate party will sail for
Honolulu. Returning about April 6, Mr..
Stevens will return TO his home the
northern route. visiting six temples en-
route.