Evening star., 1918-02-10

o'clock and the officers and past officers
of the Grand Commandery will form
, the staff OF Grand Commander William
S. Parks.
Grand Master Lem Towers jr. has
made the following appointments to
Grand Lodge committees: On CORE
\ spondence, Abram Wingate OF st.
John's Lodge, No. II. vice Moses Io D.
Reuben Bogley of George c. Whiting
Lodge. No. 90. and Jason Waterman of
| Washington Centennial Lodge. No. "A.
vice John NJ. Sterzer and William E.
| of Arminius Lodge. No. rs, vice John
Lane Johns. and on Masonic Temple,
Past Grand Master James w. Witten.
vice Henry X. Simpson. deceased.
The Circle Club of Master Masons en-
ployed in the District government drew out
/ an imposing turnout Thursday evening to
do honor to its new president. Charles Al
/; bert Stevens, a Masonic celebrity. Poten-
| tate L. Whiting Estes. escorted by the
I Almas Temple Arab patrol: Grand Mon
! arch Edward S. Schmid. escorted by the
military band and glee club of Kallipolis
Grotto. Mystic Order Of Yelled Prophets
Master j. T. Fowler. accompanied by a
delegation from Anacostia Lodge, No. 21,
! and High Priest Raymond D. Fillius. with
Chapter. were among those to bring their
congratulations and tribute. Potentate
Estes led Off by presenting President
Stevens a handsome bouquet as a. token
of appreciation of his services as director
of Almas Temple Oriental Band and
Grand Monarch Schmid turned loose Killi-
polls Grottos famous band, which made
the Pythian Temple ring with its music
throughout the evening.
Henry IanSburgh, its pompous drum
major, lead the Almas Temple Oriental
Band, Past Monarch P. r. Pullman the
Kallipolis Grotto Glee Club and Capt
Charles D. Shackelford the Arab Patrol
of Almas Temple and all rendered tributes
of esteem and appreciation to young Mr..
Stevens. who has come to be known as
"the Masonic Belasco Of Washington"
Even the grand master of Masons of
the District, Lem Towers. jr, not to be
outdone. shared his high honors with
the new executive of the Circle Club,
and Billy Sundays forces were repre-
sented by Messrs. Rodeheaver, Mat
thews, Brewster and Peterson, who
contributed the entertainment of their
songs, musical selections and stories to
the occasion.
matte sketch by Mr.. Stevens. was
staged by John H. Shreve' and Charles
D. Shacke1ford, with realistic lighting
effects by Joseph and William Kelly:
Milton ]. Fillius, Wilson Oliver and
Kirk Miller sang. while w. H. Plum
mer looked after the refreshments. At
the close the audience of 500 or more
left the hall singing or humming
Brighten the Corner"
The newly installed officers of the
club are: President. Charles A. Stew
ems. superintendent House of Deten-
ton: vice president. Benjamin L.
Prince, collector of taxes; treasurer,
Capt. James r. Lusby. disbursing of
ficer of the District of Columbia: sec
retary, Everett L. Phillips, clerk, police
headquarters: sergeant-at-arms, Will
son Oliver. fire department; tiler, Har-
ry Evans, detective, police department;
mem bers Of advisory board include Ed
win B. Hesse and Gus A. Schuldt;
ford. Maj Louis c. Wilson, Roger j.
Whiteford, Robert L. Williams, Philip
Nicholson. Ben W. Murch. Robert
Guerrant, Edward Kern. Corbin Birch
and Milton j. Fillius.
La Fayette Lodge. No. 10. Thursday
evening. prior to the degree work.
launched its campaign for the sale of
war savings stamps with much enthu-
siasm.
The master. Charles E. Matthews. in
asking for a generous response called on
Past Master Dunkum, vice president of
the committee on fraternities for the
District of Columbia: Past Master
Swavely. chairman of the general Ma
sonic committee. and George B. Turner,
chairman Of the committee of La Fayette
Lodge. for remarks on this subject
Each spoke briefly. but with much
Returns received from the Royal
Arch Chapter elections show the fol-
lowing results:
Sherman, high priest; Rufus w. Pear
son, king; John E. Boreland. scribe;
Charles c. Coombs, secretary; James A,
west. treasurer: Grant s. Barnhart,
captain of host: Edward Burkholder.
principal sojourner; Johnston r. Zim-
norman. Royal Arch captain; Walter
A Brown. trustee; Castleman P. Boss,
custodian: proxies to the Grand Chap
ter. Grant S. Barnhart. Edward Burb-
holder, Johnston r. Zimmerman The
remaining officers will be appointed by
the high priest at the next conyocation
La Fayette Chapter, No. 5-Frank
Sprigg Perry. high priest; Charles r.
Bartlett king. William n. Beahm,
scribe; William A. Craig. secretary; AL
bert F. Fox. treasurer; proxies to the
Grand Chapter. Alexander K. Meek.
William A Lynch, Raymond S. Berry.
J. c. W. Beall. the president of the
Masters Association. has announced
that Friday evening at Columbia Lodge.
No. g. the Masters Association of 1915
will make it's initial appearance in the
NJ. NJ. degree.
An invitation is extended to the fra
ternity in general to be present.
The annual convocation of the
Grand chapter will be held at Masonic
Temple Wednesday evening at O'Clock
pm. The grand high priest has asked
that ofhcers and committee members be
prompt in attendance. Owing to the
early hour at which the convocation
Is called. the wearing Of evening dress
will be dispensed with.
Much sympathy has been expressed
for Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson, grand
chaplain of the Grand Lodge of the Dis
trict and founder of the famous Steven
son Bible class, who fell during the
past week, dislocating his shoulder and
1racturlng an arm. DIR. Stevenson is
widely popular in Masonic and church
circles in Washington. and the fact that
the injury came to him while he was
on an errand Of mercy gave a touch of
additional sadness to the mishap He
Is confined to his home 157 U street
northwest, and it is said he is likely
10 be house-bound for some time
The death of Gen. Thomas J. Shryock
last week removed a very prominent
figure from the Masonic circles Of the
United States. for his fame was nation
wide AT the time of his death he was
serving his thirty-third term as grand
master of Masons of the state of Mary
land, where also he had been honored
IN the past by elevation to the grand
high priestship of Royal Arch Masonry
and the grand commandership Of
Knights Templar Of the state
! He was also an active sovere,en
grand inspector general of the Supreme
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