Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-29
ELECT GRAND OFFICERS

! Royal High Mascns and Commander
Hold Sessions in Piedmont-AleT
andrians Honored by Positons-Si
knights Attend Services.
At the closing session Of the on
hundred and eleventh grand annua
iconvocation of the Grand Royal ArGl
| Masonic Temple N Piedmont Wednes
day night grand officers were electe9t
Tor the year, with James II. Price, 9
Richmond as grand high priest. !
The othsr officers elected are: Johr
i. Cochran, The Plains, grand king
:. Fenno Heath, Newport News, grand
scribe; George w. Poe, Richmond re
elected grand treasurer; James 3
Rlanks, Petersburg, reelected granf
secretary; William Chapman Ports
n.cuth, grand captain of the host; j..
:. Greenlay, Lynchburg, grand prin.
-;pal sojourner; J. J. Mattern, Rich:
mond' grand royal arch captain; r.
:. Rucher, Harrisonburg, grand mas
ter third vail; Howard c. GilmeT: n.
!aski, grand master second vail; III:
=. Parham, Petersburg, grand mastel,
first vail; Rev. +. T. McFaden, D..
D, Richmond. grand chaplain; Oscal:
j. Adams, Richmond, grand pursuivant;
James \. Pamplin, Richmond, granc,
tiler. Charles A. Nesbitt and Joseph
+ English, Jr., were reappointed dep
lty grand secretary and grand treasu
er, respectively.
Committee on work, John T. Coch
r..n, grand lecturer; James E. Alexan
or, Alexandria, assistant grand lee.
.urer; James Bowman, Roanoke
james II. Price, Richmond. and vii
am Chapman, Plymouth. Committed
correspondence; DR.. Joseph W. Eg
.,cston, n. w. HUBBARD and W. a
James, Committee on finance, Josepl
!. Bidgood, J. Gus Hankins and J. NJ
Cliff.
Grand High Priest Price appointed
the following as district deputy high
priests FOR the several districts of the
State:
No. &c. Page Waller, Alexandria.
No. 2-J. L. Codd, Portsmouth
No. 3--H. Shawen. Newport News
No DIR. Ramon d. Garcin, Rich
monG
No. 5--R. B. Seaborn, Victoria.
M CT. T. Watts, Crewe.
80. 7-P. L. Hawes, Lynchburg.
No. S-H. n. Husc, Roanoke.
No. o-Profcssor W. NJ Brodie.
Glarksburg.
No. 1C-G. W. Burnett, Bristol.
No. III. II. Mathews, Big Stone
Gap.
No. 12-W. c. Craig, Pulaski.
No. 13-G. w. Doak, Tazewell.
No. 14--Gcorce NJ. Carpenter, Gov
ington.
No. 15-C. H. Engenbright, Char
icttesville.
No. l6-W. Z. Wagner, Winchester
No. 17-Julian S. Price, Luray.
No I'm. B. Turner Front Roya!
No. 1o--W. B. Clark, Culpeper.
James L. Alexander presented the
,>tiring grand high priest, James Bow.
nan. with the customary jewel, whicl
+, feature of the closing sessions Of
he grand chapter yesterday.
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock tht
Grand Ccn1mandery, Knights Templal
( Virgi:ia, convened in its ninety
seventh grand annual conclave. A.
;l:30 the grand commandery attend
ID Thanksgiving services at the Sec
oad Bapt:s. Church, where DR.. Dougla
5. Freeman made the address.
At the afternoon session grand off
.ars were elected for the year. The
,fiicers Of the grand commandery are:
j. Johnston Green, Alexandria, dep
lty com mander.
DR.. Robert P. Carr, Norton, deputy
"rand commander.
D. c. Kennedy, Richmond, grand
scneralissimo.
George c. Caoell, Norfolk, grand
2aptain-ge general.
Major Stanley W. Martin, Lynch.
bnrg, grand senior warden.
William N. OaHey, Roanoke. CRANE
irnior wa! den.
Rev. ]. Cleveland Hall, D. D., Dan,
vile, grand prelate.
Chester A. Gwirn, Alexandria, grant
ztandard-bearer..