Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-16
VALENTINE PARTY GIVEN
BY ROYAL ARCH MASONS
Columbia Chapter, No. l, Host to
More Than Thousand Members
and Guests.
Tribute Is Paid to Old Glory by
George G. Seibold, Past
High Priest.

The most welcome sight in all the
world to an American citizen is the
emblem of liberty. Old Glory" said
George G. Seibold, past high priest of
Columbia Chapter, No. I. Royal Arch
Masons, in an address last night at a
valentine party and dance at the New
Willard Hotel
AS the speaker paid the tribute the
ballroom was thrown into darkness and
a spotlight was flashed upon Miss
Richie Mclean, who was draped in
American flags. The entire audience
then rose and sang America"
Mr.. Seibold was introduced by Will
liam S. Macdonald, high priest of the
chapter.
Give Musical Program.
Those assisting in the musical pro-
gram, in addition to Miss Mclean, were
Miss Winifred McGregor Michaelson,
Prof. John G. Klein, ]. Walter Humph-
rey, Charles E. Myers. Miss Kathryn
Riggs. George Wilson and the Column
bia Chapter Orchestra. Miss Mary
Alice Maydwell and Rev. DIR. Earl Will
fey recited.
More than a thousand members and
guests were in attendance, and the ball
room was decorated with American
flags.
Committees in Charge.
The committees in charge were:
George G. Seibold. P H. p, chairman
ex officio.
General-William S. Macdonald, high
priest, chairman; Charles C. Coombs, P.
H. p; Frank H. Pierce. vice chairmen
Rufus w. Pearson. George L. Sherman.
John E. Borland, Grant S. Barnhart, Ed
ward Burkholder, Johnston r. thinner
man, Walter L. Shuck. Castleman P
Boss and James H. Windsor.
Reception-Rufus w. Pearson, chair
man: George L. Sherman, Johnston r.
zimmerman, vice chairmen, and the
following past high priests: Joseph H.
son, William r. Bushby, Harrison Ding
man. P. G. H. P; William Barnum, P. G.
H P; John X. Robinson, Arvine W.
Johnston. Edwin A. Heilig, E. ST. Clair
Charles B. Matthews. Harry L. Strang
jr.: Harry E. Clafiin, Emmett NJ. Carter,
Nathan ]. Ward, William T. Hastings,
Charles c. Coombs, Charles C. Gallo
way, James A. West and Charles T.
Nutze.
Entertainment-Gra S. Barnhart,
chairman: Donald B. Macleod and Will
liam H. Mclean, vice chairmen; Louis
c. Atkins, Richard B. Backing, Andrew
w. Bennett, Levi Brown. Thomas R.
Burr. Robert w. Burphy, William A.
Cahoon. Roy c. Claf1in, Grady E. Cow
gill. Clement H. Dawson, Trueman r.
Daw, Nicholas J. Demas, George L. Dem
mis-, Ward F. Derrickson. Charles R.
Duehay. Robert F. Ferguson, William
H. Halter. jr.; William r. Hollister,
William F. Jones. Joseph Laiefsky,
Harry c. Lambros. Alfred II. Lawson,
Earl W. Lindsey. Alexander X. McRae,
jr.; Arthur S. Miskell, J. Byron Nicker-
son. James A. Pruitt, Theodore H. Refer,
Leon Shore. Edwin H. Walker, F. Law
renee Walker, Frank r. Wheater, An
drew S. Wright, Maitland S. Wright
and William A. Young.
Souvenir-Castleman p Boss, chair
man; John E. Borland, Walter L. Shuck
vice chairmen; Clifford G. Clarridge,
Charles S. Conner, Axel F. Enquest, Har-
ry Evans, Samuel Farmer, Frank P
Fugitt, Colin E. E. Flather, Walter H
Guthridge, Charles W. Hoover, John L.
Fred Mckee. Duncan McLaren, Lewis c.
Philip W. Nicholson, Arthur NJ
Poynton. Charles W. Rich, Stanley H.
Thomas H. P. Schooley, Edwin
L. schrack. Daniel G. Shanks, William
D. Skeen, James l. Sellers. George II.
Van Kirk, Charles E. Warren, George
X. Weston, James NJ. Wood and Robert
H. Zimmerman.
Dance-Charles Long, chairman; Ed
gar A. Nelson. jr.. and Walter F. Carter,
vice chairmen; Norman K. Berry. Lee
land S. Brown. Frederick n. Carr. Will
liam B. Dobie. Walter E. Drenner, T
Raymond Dunn, George w. Engel, Jo-
seph Ewing. David NJ. Faunce. Frank
E. Gibson. Louis r. CLAWS. Ralph L.
Harris. Uriel c. Hays. Arthur E. Hess,
George L. Isemann. Thomas Kelly,
Harry A. Krake. Neville D. Miller,
Frank A. Moffitt. Herman Schumacher,
Charles F. A. Stencil. Louis f. Stern,
Walter S. Stevenson, Seaton w. Trun-
nell. George A. futile. Louis F. Valen-
tine. Charles H. Van Hook. Thomas b.
Walker. Claud II. Woodward, Charles
A. Tanner and Edward w. Zea
Printing-James A. West, chairman;
Edward Burkholder and Daniel V.
Chisholm, vice chairmen; Bruce NJ. AL
ley, Charles 7. Carter, William Cla-
baugh, Harry B. Dietrich Luther NJ.
Devine, William E. Dix, Paul A. Draper,
Benjamin F. Durr, Alex NJ. Forester,
John C. Gordon, George H. Kennedy,
William E. McReynolds. T. Frank Nor
gan. Howard r. Norton. George Poole.
Frank F. Rogers. Harry c. c. Stiles,
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