Evening star., 1918-08-11

service OF Ino country WHO are Ia ehS
military hospitals near washington.
.the Masters Association Of 1918. at the
suggestion of Grand Master Lem
FTowers, appointed a committee COM
sposed of Grand Master Towers. Presi-
dent John C. w. Beall. Of the associa.
tion: Master Edgar p. Copeland OF
Harmony Lodge, No. IT; Master Her
man Won Oehsen Of George c. Whit
ing Lodge, No. %, and Master Charles
E. Matthews. secretary-treasurer OF
the association. While Grand Master
Towers extolled the good work
already being done by the several
lodges, he said he believed UNIFORM
system would be found much more
satisfactory.
Past Grand Master James W. Witten
left Washington Wednesday to fill
engagements with chautauqua bur0Au
in the west He will be away about
three weeks.
Sovereign Grand Commander George
Fleming Moore of the Supreme Coun-
Gil of the Ancient and Accepted Scot
tish Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction
of the United States. the motner su.
preme council of the world, has just
been advised of his election as an
honorary member of the Supreme
Council of Greece. A similar honor
was recently conferred upon him by
the Supreme Council of England.
Mount Pleasant Lodge. No. SO, will
do the honorS as war lodge this
week, assembling at Masonic Temple
at P. NJ. Saturday and continuing in
the presentation of the E. A. F. C. and
NJ NJ degrees for candidates from
the Army. Navy and Marine Corps.
Myron NJ. Parker Lodge. No. 81.
with a working schedule well
crowded, has been obliged to call a
special for Tuesday evening for the
NJ. NJ degree. A previous bulletin had
this special scheduled for Thursday.
by mistake The lodge will have
The supreme warm weather effort Of
Kallipolis Grotto. Mystic Order OF
Yelled Prophets, will take the form of
the annual excursion TO Chesapeake
Beach Wednesday and Harry W. Tay-
lor. chairman in charge. predicts much
for it in the way Of novel and anus,
little folks. old and young. fat and
slim, according to announcement. The
unique feature will be the boardwalk
ing pictures and in which the uni
formed prophets are to be accompanied
with "a wonderful menagerie and cir
Gus. including the famous three-horned
goat.
Past Grand Monarch Edward S.
Schmid received royal welcome at
the annual outing of Long Grotto of
Brooklyn, y. V, last week.
Soldiers from the engineers camp
Monday night at the chapel of the
Fifth Baptist Church by the excep-
tional talent of Kallipolis Grotto. in
glufnE ue ottS sm E. sna MSrIs s0n M5oa
Heidenheimer, j. Alfred Green, jr.. and
Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson, grand chap
lain of the Grand Lodge of the Dis
trict- A Kirk Miller spirit pervaded
the event and. it is said. riveted the
boys in khaki and the prophets still
more closely together. In speaking of
1t the grand chaplain said "a grand
time was had by ALL
Senior Deacon Turner assisted by
Junior Deacon Bair. will share the
Fayette Lodges special at s pm,
Thursday, while Senior Warden Mad
dox will head the line in the NJ. NJ. de-
gree later in the evening. Master C. E.
Matthews is hoping for a large at
/ tendance of Masons in khaki and white
and promises cooling refreshments"
The bright gold star that honors the
center Of the service flag of National
Lodge, No. IL, which Master Burk-
holder has had handsomely printed
, on cardboard with red, white and
blue bow. at the top and an impress
/ sive brochure on Character" on the
reverse side, stands for Carl Alfred
Woline. who was killed in action in
! France Forty-two stars of blue also
, ornament the white ground of the ban
ner.
Robert R. Cooke, jr, is the first
! master to advise the members of his
lodge. Washington Centennial, No. IA.
Of the receipt of letter from one of
their brethren in France by publish
ing in its entirety a letter from John
| B. Harvey, 9Th L. S. Infantry. A. E. F.,
which gives interesting first impress
| sions-
Master Arthur NJ. Poynton of Pen
talpha Lodge. No. %. lays claim to and
publishes the names. ranks and loca-
tions. as far as permissible. of forty
six members of the lodge entitled to
be represented with blue stars on the
lodge service flag.
Master Frank A. Gunther of Leba-
( non Lodge, No. Z. states that service
! nag shortly to be presented to his
/. lodge will bear nearly sixty stars. He
also comments on the very large at
: tendance at the funeral recently of
William L. Ashdown. a member who
was held in very high regard.
The services at the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home at o'clock next
Sunday afternoon will be in charge of
Hiram Lodge. No. 10. Rev. DR.. Ralph
Hickok of the Y NJ C. A war work
Will predch the sermon and the lodge
will furnish special music. Automo-
, biles will meet the street cars at
/, Georgia avenue and Rittenhouse street
at 2:30 pm.
Sovereign Grand Commander George
Fleming Moore of the Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite celebrated his
SEVENTEEN anniversary Thursday with
his son and family at their home in
Laurel, Md. By quietly withdrawing
from the city for the entire day he
escaped an avalanche of attentions
from his friends of the fraternity
who were late in getting the news
of his anniversary. As it was. many
beautiful flowers followed him even
to Laurel. the local bodies of the
rite sending a bouquet of seventy
American beauty roses. with an af-
fectionate fraternal message Of con-
graduation.
Jr. o. u. A. M.
Edward ]. Ross Council, No. rs,
Wednesday evening, celebrated its
twentieth anniversary. representa-