Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-02-19
MASONIC ASSOCIATION
Program of Exercises to be Held in
Alexandria This Week Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday.

Thursday and Friday.
The committee on arrangements
for the meeting of the Masonic Me
mortal Association to be held mere
on the twenty-first and twenty-sec-
ond of this month, and the annual
celebration of Alexandria Washing
ton Lodge on the evening of the
twenty-second, held its final meet
ing in the Masonic Temple last night
and the program agreed upon and
arranged for these functions are as
follows:
Memorial Association.
Wednesday, February 20. inforna:
reception of delegates and special
guests in Masonic Temple.
First session, Thursday. February
21st.
$50 a. m, opening ceremonies;
invocation; address of welcome 'ty
Grand Master Of Virginia, followed
by the regular order of business.
1890 p. M, luncheon
1870 D. m, re-assemble.
7:30 D. M, called communication
of Alexandria Washington LodgA
conferring M. NJ. Degree by Past
Masters Association of Alexandria,
Va.
Second Session Friday, February I'D.
900 a. m, Invocation. Regular or
der of business.
1880 p. NJ, luncheon.
1870 p. M, re-assemble, resumption
of business.
2:3O p. M, pilgrimage to Mount
Vernon.
7:3O D. M, stated communication
of Alexandria Washington Lodge, !
No. %, A. F. and A. NJ.
The program for the celebration
by Alexandria Washington Lodge ,s
especially interesting. Three of the
best speakers in the country have
been secured for the occasion, as
will be seen, and the arrangement
for music, which viii be furnished
under the direction of Mr.. Sherman
Fowler is particularly attractive. TIE
brochure too will constitute very
valuable souvenir in its entire make
uu. On the inside of the cover VIII
be the pictures of Doctors Dick and
Craik, physicians at the bedside Of
Washington when he died, with a
synopsis of their history, and on
detached sheet, arranged in the to.-
lowing order is the programe.
Program.
Worshipful Claude William
Fletcher, Master, Alexandria Wash
ington Lodge No. %, A. +. and A.
M. presiding.
Invocation, Rev. Brother James
Michael Nourse. Chaplain.
Singing Of "America" by assem-
blage.
Address-Most Wor. Ernest l..
Cunningham, Grand Master OF Ma
sons in Virginia.
Vocal selection-'Tis Thy We'd
ding Morning" (trom the Rose
Maiden) Cowan.
Address-Hon. Charles A. Towne,
of New York.
Vocal Selection (a) "a Bowl of
Roses" Clarke; (b), ."The Lost
Chord" Sullivan.
Address-Hon. Key, Pitman, Sena-
tor from Nevada.
Vocal Selection-"What from Ven
eeancc" (Sextet from Lucia Donizet-
Address-Hon. Oscar Underwood,
Senator from Alabama.
Sing:ng-"The Star Spangled Ban
ner,' by assemblage.
Benediction-Rev. John Lee Al
lison. chaplain.
Vocal Selections, Bro. Sherman b.
Fowler. director; Mrs. Robt. !.
Downham. soprano; Mrs. Edw. F.
Whitman, soprano; Mrs. Sherman D.
Fowler, alto: Mrs. Geo. =. war
field. alto; Bro. Kenneth W. Ogcen'
tenor; Mr.. Edw. F. Whitman, tenor;
Bro. Wilmer J. Waller, bass; Mr.. John
T. Luckett, bass.
The celebration will be held at
the Opera House, beginning at S:"o
y. M, and admission will be by card
which can be obtained by members
of the fraternity at Fletcher ana
Demaine's garage, 121 south Alfred
street. Allen and Company's drug
+oro Fdoar Warfe1d'S 5r~,o sto-.