Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-22
THOUSANDS PLEDGED
For Memorial Building for George
Washington-Total of ss6,943 in
Cash and Subscriptions in Hand.

United States continued to arrive IN
Alexandria yesterday afternoon and
some as late as this morning to par.
ticipate in the seventh annual con-
vention of the George Washington
Masonic National Memorial Associa-
ton. Yesterday afternoons session
was presided over by the president
of the association, General Thomas
j. Shryock, of Baltimore. The COM
mittee of ways and means reported
additional amounts of $1,000 from
the grand lodge of Maryland, also
$500 from the various lodges of that
state and pledges amounting to S37,-
800 received from other parts of the
country, bringing the total of cash
and pledges up to SS6,944.05.
TheJnembers attend a called COM
: munication of Alexandria Washing
ton lodge last night which was held
in the Elks' lodge room, when the
master mason degree was conferred.
Officers of the association will be
elected this afternoon and following
the stated communication of Alex
andria Washington lodge, which will
be held in the Elks lodge rooms, the
annual banquet will take place in the
armory on south Royal street.
Among those in attendance are the
following
Henry Banks, Past Grand Master,
La Grange, Ga.
H.. J.. McKenson, Grand Master.
West Cornwall, Conn.
Frederick E. Leonard, Grand High
, Priest, Grand High Chapter, Paw
tucket, R. l..
Edward Higbee, Grand Master,
Kirksville, Mo.
IT. j. W.. Newton, Past Grand
Master, D. c., Washington, D. c:
=. F.;-W. MondeIl, M. C. from Wyo1
ming, Newcastle, Wyo.
James H. Pein, Grand Scribe,
Grand Chapter, Richmond, Va.
Thomas C. Bawling, Deputy Grand
Commander, Grand Commandery,
Charles Town, W.. Va.
"A. A. Jones, Representing Grand
Chapter, East Las Vegas, N. Mex.
William F. Smith, Past Grand Mas
ter, Boise, Idaho.
Charles H. Virgins, Past Grand
Master, Maiden, Mass.
Claude H. Pridgen, Grand Master,
Wilmington, N. c. =
John Nj. Collins, Grand Secretary
and Past Grand Master, Charleston,
West Virginia.
Thomas F. Penman, Past Grand
Commander, Grand Commandery,
Scranton, Pa.
Warren S. 'seipp, Grand Lecturer,
BALTIMORE, MN.
]. j. Mansfield, Past Grand Mas
ter, Columbus, Tex.
Charles A. Burns, NJ. l. G. Mas
ter, Grand Council of Maryland, Bal
timore, Md.
j: Johnston Green, Deputy Grand
Commander. Grand Commandery,
Alexandria, Va.
Louis j. Israel, Representing
Grand Lodge, Helena, Mont.
William Booth Price, Grand Di-
rector of Ceremonies, Baltimore, Md
Thomas j. Shryock, Grand Master,
Baltimore, Md.
E. l.. Cunningham, Deputy Grand
Master, Newport News, Va.
w. X. Cowden, Grand High Priest,
Huntington, W. Va.
]. E. w. Timberman, Grand High
Priest, Alexandria, Va
r. T. W. Duke, jr., Past Grand
Master, Charlottesville, Va.
George A. Bueachamp, Grand Sec
retary, Montgomery, Ala.
j. Claude KEEPER, Past Grand
Master, Washington, D. G.
J. H. Mccormick, Grand Higf
Priest, Mobile, Ala.
William W.. Ransom, Grand Com
mander. Birmingham, Ala.
w. J. Hubbard, Past Grand Higf
Priest, Richmond, Va.
NJ. J. Hull, Past Grand Master
Nebraska.
Harry J. Guthrie, Past Grand was
ter and Grand Secretary, Winning
ton, Del.
George R. Davis Junior Warden
St. Johns Lodge, Washington, D. {
James Bowman, Grand King, Gram
Chapter, Roanoke, Va.
Joseph E. Knight, Past Gran
High Priest, Exeter, N. n.
Lem Towers, jr, Grand Comnap
der. Kniphts TennIar Wash;np+nr