Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02


chapters will start this week and con-
officers for 1919 by the time the Grand
Chapter of the District meets. We'd
nesday evening. February II.
There viii be break in the degree
work in the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite bodies this week. be-
cause Mithras Lodge of Perfection
viii elect it's officers for the year and
hold its annual meeting. All the bust
ness OF the bodies is transacted in
Mithras Lodge of Perfection.
Mount Pleasant Lodge. No. 3S."
Secretary William Burton Green
states. closed it's Masonic year with
$50 Master Masons in its membership,
its charter list having held but SO, and
with 80 more ION the way" Sixty-five
of its members entered the Army or
the Navy, 21 of whom saw oversee
service. The service flag bears one
gold star for Lieut.. Edward l..
Adams" The NJ. NJ. degree is schedu
uled for tomorrow evening.
Pentalpha Lodge. No. 23 has a spe-
cial scheduled for tomorrow evening
at o'clock for the f. c. degree, to be
followed, at 7;30 pm. by the E. A. de-
gree This program Will be repeated
February II, while on Wednesday,
February II, the lodeg will have the
VI. NJ. degree.
Past Master Marx E. Kahn and W.
II. McCarty will be in charge of the
entertainment program for the social
session of Washington Centennial
Lodge. No. IA, Wednesday evening.
Myron NJ. Parker Lodge, No. %. will
have the NJ. NJ. degree at its meeting
Tuesday evening. which has been des-
ignated Past Masters night" Re-
freshments will be served.
Benjamin B. French Lodge. No. Is.
announces special for the E. A: de-
gree Saturday. in addition to the M. NJ.
degree tomorrow evening.
Orient Commandery. No. 5. Knights
Templar. announces the Order of the
Temple for tomorrow evening. The
commandery has appointed a commit
tee to purchase new uniforms for
hundred or more sir knights, with a
in Philadelphia this fall. which the
commandery will attend with a band
of it's own.
Herndon Lodge, No. 264. of Herndon.
Va. has elected Asa E. Bradshaw.
master: Guy w. Church. senior war
den: Ralph R. Reed, junior warden;
Thomas z. Reed. senior deacon; w.
A Stoweil, junior deacon; r. A.
Lynn, tiler; r. w. Crouch. secretary;
f L. Robey, treasurer, and Edgar E.
Gillette. representative in the Grand
Lodge.
King Solomon Lodge. No. 81, wash
have the e. 4. degree wednesday aft
ernoon at the usual hour John T:
Narrower, a civil war veteran and
member of the lodge, who died re-
Gently, was inferred with Masonic
henors by the lodge at Arlington
"Wednesday afternoon, January %. The
lodge was also notified of the sudden
death in New York recently of Charles
Miller Williams. secretary of st. &C.
cile Lodge. the daylight lodge" of
New York. and a member of the OFF,
cial line of the Grand Lodge Of New
York, who was well known and held
the high esteem of many of the men,
beers of King Solomon Lodge Secre-
tary Casebeer has received. among
number of items concerning the mill
tary members OF the lodge. one stat
ing that III. McLin Bell went over the
top three times, without a scratch"
last summer in the fighting around
Chateau Thierry and Sedan.
John D. McGilvray, potentate of
Islam Temple of the Mystic Shrine.
has recently announced that $134,-
512S4 has been realized from the sale
and resale of a sack of -four started
by that temple for the American Red
Cross. Started from San Francisco.
the sack has been sold and resold in
Honolulu and in fifteen states of the
Union since May, 1917. 1t is to be
again sold at a mammoth victory cere-
menial to be held by Islam Temple.
The announcement that Potentate L.
whiting Estes will be presented by
Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine
for election to the official line of the
Imperial Council when it meets at In
dianapolis is said to be giving much
satisfaction to temples in the east and
the south and also to several of the
middle west. Many letters pledging
support are being received, and all of
them are saying unusually nice things
to and of the potentate. Past 1mpe-
rial Potentate Harrison Dingman, who
r,ade shrine precedent hy indorsing
man for imperial office from his own
temple, also is coming in for share
of complimentary comment At the
short form ceremonial session OF AL
mas Temple at patrol headquarters
last evening Rhaka Khan. who is said
to be the only real Arabian Shriner
in America, presented Mr.. Estes with
a unique symbolic charm, which is
said to have come from 1.-The holy of
holies of the great prophet" in Arabia
Mr. Estes was informed that thestrin
ket is supposed to possess unusual
virtues as sign manual OF the god
dess of good fortune"
Kallipolis Grotto Thursday evening
formally elected Charles D. Shackel-
ford as monarch and Charles A. Ste
chief iuSticp. while the Office