Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-15
AMONG THE FRATERN1TIES.
| ing the Jurisdiction eligible for . grand
council

ing the JURISDICTION enG1pio 1UE SAs1
council
The fall ceremonial Of Kaliipons
Grotto, Mystic Order Of Yelled PROM.
cts, has been announced tentatlvely "
Monarch Allen II. Rogers for septem.
large class is already assured.
The engagements Of Kallipolis Grotto
Military Band are becoming news notes
in themselves. Tomorrow evening tne
band will be the guest OF Past Crane
home; October I 1t will play for Har-
mony Lodge at Christ Church in con-
nectton with q movement to purchase
another ambulance for hospital service
In France and the latter part OF the
craving and printing people in connec-
ton with the new liberty loan drive.
A new grotto at Norfolk, Va, Is one
OF the early possibilities. Grand Mon
arch Huston has issued the necessary
dispensation and n. J. Simmons of Kali
lipoiis Grotto, who now resides in Nor
folk. is handling the details. Past
Grand Monarch Schmid has been work
ing for years to this end. 1t Is said.
Provincial Grand Treasurer Stir
ling Kerr, Provincial Grand Secre-
tary William Oscar Roome. Elmer E.
Simpson, assistant provincial grand
secretary, with his daughter, Miss
Cora Simpson, and Rev. William Tay-
loe Snyder, provincial grand chaplain
as a guard Of honor to Maj. Gen.
James D. McLachlan of the British
military commission. who left FRI
day evening to attend the session Of
the Provincial Grand Lodge at Boston.
which opens Monday evening in that
city. They will have their head
quarters at the Copley-Plaza Hotel.
The Royal Order banquet. feature
of the session, will be held Monday
evening. Deputy Provincial Grand
Master George E. Corson, who is
visiting in Maine, will join the party
in Boston and George Roscoe Davis
Allen Bussius. Roe Fulkerson. Judge
Provincial Grand Lodge OF this city
will leave for Boston Saturday even
ing. The Royal Order of Scotland
will have Maj. Gen. McLachlan. who
IS a past grand master of the mother
Grand Lodge at Edinburgh, Scotland,
as us special guest during the session.
These are the days for action on N.
r. u. cases in the blue lodges, espe.
cially those whose second meeting in
the month occurs during the current
week.
Grand Secretary Arvine W. Johnston,
who has returned from his summer va.
cation. states that Columbia, No. 8,
Will be the war lodge" for the week.
Anacostia Lodge, No 81, will devote
both Tuesday and Friday evenings to
the NJ. NJ. degree.
Albert r. Humphrey, a member Of
Pentalpha Lodge, No. %, was hit by an
automobile in Cambridge, Mass, re-
Gently and died the next day.
A sudden switch will bring the F. c.
degree to the front in Mount Pleasant
Lodge, No. 80, tomorrow evening, in
stead Of the NJ. NJ degree, according to
announcement by Secretary w. B.
Green.
Heart-to-heart talks of conditions on
the battle front by recently returned
soldiers will be feature Of the meeting
Of the Triangle Club Of Master Masons
Of the Department OF Agriculture next
Saturday evening at Pythian Temple.
Refreshments and cigars will be served.
st. Johns Lodge, No. II. will have
specials Tuesday and Saturday even
ings for the NJ. NJ. degree.
The thirty-seventh triennial con-
vocation of the General Grand Chap
ter of Royal Arch Masons Of the
United States and the thirteenth tri-
ennial assembly of the General Grand
Council, Royal and Select Masters.
will be held in Masonic Temple, Bal
timore, September 80 to October 4.
Among the festivities provided will
be a one-day excursion to Washing
ton, where both bodies will be the
guests of the Grand Chapter Of Royal
Arch Masons Of the District. The
bodies were to have held their ses-
sions in this city, but were obliged to
change their plans by war conditions.
Col. George E. Corson of this city is
general grand high priest Of the Cen
eral Grand Chapter.
The services at the Masonic and
Eastern. Star Home, Talxoma, D. c., at
pm. next Sunday. September 20, will
be in charge of Benjamin B. French
Lodge. No. Is.
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