Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-29

broadened it's scope by the adoption OF
a bylaw admitting to associate mem
| bership any master Mason not a MEM
Der of any other club.
The many friends of John II. Won
| Hermann. X. G. G. H., commander OF
| Robert de Bruce Council. Knights ka-
dosh, and venerable master OF kadosn
| of Albert Pike Consistory. were sad
| dened by the news of the serious i'll
ness of Mrs. Won Hermann. who DIED
| later in the evening. There was gen
| eral expression of sincere regret at the
, meeting of the council.
| Senior Warden John +. Putnam Will
| head the official line in the r. &. degree
| at the special of Mount Pleasant Lodge.
| No. SO. Thursday.
/ The Masters Association of 1905 held
! its twelfth annual reunion and banquet
/ at the Hotel Gordon Thursday night.
! with Lurtin Il. CHM, grand master in
/ that year. as the guest of honor. Mr.
! CHM has recently returned from q visit
| TO the Isthmus of Panama, and/he gave
| the members of the association an IN
| teresting and instructive description of
| what he saw there. Another interest
| ing speech was that of DR.. A. b. Hooe.
| who discussed universal military serv-
| ice affirmatively and gave the physi-
! clans viewpoint of various military
! problems W. W. Jermane and Will
| liam Mehn were the other speakers.
! The president of the association during
last year was DIR. Clarence a. Weaver,
| and the president for 1917 is Charles
| E stevens.
Nineteen members of the association
We're present at the banquet. including
Lurtin r. CHM. Andrew j. White, DIR.
| Charles T. Lindsey. Daniel w. Beach.
! ir: Erwin S. Hubbard. DR.. A. Barnes
Hooe. ]. A. Mcdaniel. DIR. Evander
French. Townlev a. Mckee. William F.
Lannan. DR. Clarence A. Weaver.
Charles f. Stevens, James l.. Marshall.
! Or. Edward S. smith. W. W. Jermane,
Thomas II. Unsworth. DIR. Charles F.
Whitney. William Mehn and Fred r.
| Robey. Two others, who are in the
city. were unavoidably prevented from
attending and their excuses We're pre-
scented. Five members of the associa-
ton no longer reside in Washington,
and of these several sent regrets
King Solomon Lodge. No. 81. Wednes-
day will have the f. 4. degree at a spe-
cial communication at II am. and the
+. C. degree at its regular communion
ton at / pm. Past Master Bert v.
Wolfe will head the line in the former
and Junior Warden Arthur c. Webb.
assisted by Junior Deacon Raymond o.
wilmarth. the latter degree.
At the regular communication the
lodge will elect a secretary. vice Bert
v. Wolfe, whose resignation was ac
copied in March Master Duncan Nc
Laren states that Past Master James T.
Casebeer has been filling the office by
appointment by the master. but as the
larger part of the term is yet to run he
feels the lodge should have the chance
of selection. He also states that an
election may he necessary to fill a
probable vacancy in the board of trus-
tees. He also invites the members to
enroll in the Masonic and Eastern Star
Auxiliary of the District of Columbia
Chapter of the American Red Cross.
and says the subject will be considered
Wednesday at the lodge communica
tion. The bowling team of the lodge in
the Masonic League won "a games and
lost 60.
Columbia Chapter. No. ]. ROYAL Arch
Masons. will confer the mark masters de-
gree at its regular convocation WedneS
day. May .. Matters of Importance will
come up for action at that time.
evening will have quintet for the
F. c. degree. and May 16 another for
the NJ. NJ. Osiris Lodge has polled its
membership individually for member
ship in the Masonic and Eastern Star
Auxiliary of the District of Columbia
Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Master William w. Scott in his latest
circular has explained in full the gov
eminent and conduct of the American
Red Cross. as we'll as the character of
its work. He has also added the de-
Scrption and cost of its several MEM
berships. as follows: Annual member,
81: subscribing member. 81 annually:
contributing member. s. annually; sus-
tanning member, $40 annually: life
member. one payment. s25. and patron
member. one payment. 800. The fee
for all the memberships, save the an
nual member paying 81. carries with it
an annual subscription to the Ameri-
can Red Cross Magazine. handsomely
illustrated and published monthly