The Washington herald., 1917-01-07
Masonic Activities.

On Friday the Grand Royal Arch Chap
ter will make its formal annual visitation
to Capitol Chapter, No. IL Capitol Chap
ter has selected Friday, January 10. as =
Night of Fun and Frolic" for members
Of the chapter. who will assemble in q
get-togetner meeting" The first task
assigned on that OCCASION will be the dis
nemoering Of a number of turkeys, and
at tie conclusion of the repast the goats"
win be turned loose. The festivities of tho
evening win terminate with the formal
conferring Of the degree of the ancient
md honorable yellow dog.
The Grotto.
At q recent meeting of Kallipolis Grotto
the following members were nominated
for officers for the year 1871. and will
be baliotted on at the annual meeting to
be held In Chamber OF Commerce Hall,
january Is:
Monarch. I. S. Goldsmith and James
s. Mccarthy: chief Justice, Allen H.
Rogers. Castleman P. Boss and Marshall
W. Pickering: master of ceremonies,
Charles D. Shackleford; treasurer, Joseph
H. Curran; secretary, L. w. Lbbey, past
monarch; trustee, Edwin S. Schmid;
sentinel, Alexander Schmid. At the meet
Ing II ,portant amendments to the by
laws will be acted upon, and reports will
be submitted.
Prophet Charles D. Shackleford. chair
man OF the ladies' night entertainment,
to be sven at the New Willard Hotel
January Is. Is working to make this the
crownins event Of the present admins
tration. partial list of the committee
appointments to assist Chairman Shackle-
ford follows: Reception committee, Mon
arch George H. Emmons, jr., Past Mon
erchs E. S. Schnid, John H. Shreve,
r. B. Dickey, P. R. Pullman. ]. W. Col
Inns, Z. W. LIbbey; Prophets Henry
Lansburgh. S. P. Shreve, Philip Mach
man. ST. Frank Roys, Samuel Tapp, A
r. Wingate, R NJ. Thomas, E. E. Bart
lett, Maurice Milstone, H. w. McKeldin,
c. A. Brewton. A. Saunders. C. A.
Stevens, o. A. C. Oehmler, c. P. Rouse,
George C. Shafrer, 8. H. Takes, W. H.
Landvolgt, Thomas A. Bynum, 2. H.
Kramer. Charles Giddings. A. c. Mayer,
Otto Roepke. F. F. Kimmel, John H.
Lucas, Joseph A. Wilmer. Charles NJ.
Keefer Wilbur T. Fookes, William wade,
George Leese, Thomas l. Luckett; 1oor
committee, !. S. Goldsmith A H. Rog-
eFs. NJ. W. Pickering, Everett W. Haw-
kins, c. L. Ballard. Elmer c. Wood,
Henry c. Stein, A. ]. Walker. William G.
Stott David Wolf, H NJ. Bedell, Jack
shulman, Frank B. Ketchum, Kirk c.
anu EuWdEu l.. SOU
venirs, c. P. Boss
The Grotto Band and Glee Club will
entertain the Ashlar Club on January g
Percy V. Keating, secretary of the Ed.
Schmid grand monarch committee OF
Washington Centennial Lodge, which
was appointed by James S. Mccarthy
while master last year to act as an
escort of honor to Edwin S. Schmid,
deputy grand monarch of the Yelled
Prophets. a member of the lodge, dur
ing the meeting of the Supreme Council
in June OF this year, has announced that
the committee. which is composed of
all GrOtto members of Washington Cen
tennial Lodge. is planning to make the
committees part of the Supreme Council
meeting one of the big things of the
convention, in view of the fact that Mr..
Schmid's election as grand monarch is
confidently predicted
special badge and sash to be worn
by the committee will be adopted, and
the members, in addition to acting as an
escort to Deputy Grand Monarch Schmid,
will look after the comfort of visiting
prophets.
The members OF KallipoIis Grotto who
are also members of Washington Cen
tennial Lodge, are elated that their Blue
Lodge during Past Master McCarthy's
year in the East recognized the grotto
as Masonic organization, the only time
1t was recognized as such by a Masonic
lodge