Evening star., 1919-05-04
a total of $4,000 held in the various is

Friday evening.
Myron NJ. Parker Lodge will have
the E. A. degree Tuesday evening.
Orient Commandery, No. S. Knights
| Templar. announces the orders of the
Red Cross and Malta for tomorrow
evening, at its asylum, 4th street and
Pennsylvania avenue southeast. AT
| the last conclave. Acting Grand Com
mander Charles E. Baldwin installed
the officers of the commandery; the
| retiring commander, Thomas j. Gates,
was presented with a handsomely en-
graved past commanders sword, and
Orient's band, under Guy NJ. Neely,
played a number of selections.
| The knights Templar Ascension day
services this year will be held at the
Church of the Covenant. 18th and N
! streets northwest.
] Washington Centennial Lodge, with
| its degree team, will visit Atlantic
Lodge, No. 2, at Norfolk. Va, June u,
| to present the NJ. M. degree the even
ing of June %. Leonard P. Steuart,
P. L. Rogers and Irwin L. Rose are
looking after the arrangements.
While King Solomon Lodge will
have a special at $50 am, May IA, for
the NJ. M. degree, the first time. proba-
| bly,, the degree has ever been pre-
sented in Washington at that hour of
| the day, it's extraordinary function
will start at 1 pm. of that day. when
| a class Of all-printers will have an
iall-printer degree team to present the
same degree.
Temple -Noyes Lodge will have
J charge of the services at the Masonic
and Eastern Star Home next Sunday
of a nc1nck when
Rev. William Tayloe Snyder, it's
chaplain, will conduct the exercises.
The Circle Club of Master Masons
recently celebrated it's annual Ladies
night" at Pythian Temple, in hall
made to look like fairyland with pot
ted plants, flags and electric lights.
A minstrel show opened the even
| ing, when christmas Eve on the
| Old Plantation" written and staged
| vens. was presented by sixteen black
faced girls of Electa Chapter of the
! Order of the Eastern Star. assisted
i by Mr.. Stevens, William Murray, Mil
! ton ]. Fillius, Arthur Emo and Ed
J ward Frazier. The ladies of the cast
Lulu Emo. Mrs. Lavinia Hughes, Mrs.
/ Ballard. Mrs. Ida Frazier, Miss Helen
Rauchenstein. Mrs. Ethel Frazier, Mrs
Corinne Frazier. Mrs. Lavinia Kelly.
with Miss Edith Pyles as director of
| the orchestra. Mrs. William Kelly.
assisted In the stage decoration. Jo-
seph and William Kelly were the elc-
| tricians. and Conrad H. Syme was
master of ceremonies. The officers of
the club are Charles A. Stevens, pres
| ldent; Ben L: Prince. first vice preSl-
dent; DR.. William c. Fowler. second
vice president; Conrad H. Syme third
vice president; E. l.. Phillips, secre-
| tary; MAI. James r. Lusby, treas
urer; Wilson Oliver, sergeant-at-
arms; Jacob Peterson. tiler, and In
Grant, all more or less prominent off,
cials of the District government
Stansbury Lodge will have the M
! NJ. degree at special Thursday even
/ ing at 1880 o'clock.
Osiris Lodge. No. rs, will not have
degree work Wednesday evening,
but. after a business meeting, will
close to save its members for an
| elaborate ladies' night" which will
begin Thursday evening at O'Clock
In the Commandery Asylum and end
| with refreshments and dancing in
the large banquet hall at Masonic
! Temple. Master Charles Stewart
SAWYER assures the members and
their friends that the committee in
charge has guaranteed an enjoy
able evening. Monday, May IL, at 7
/ pm, the lodge will have special
! for the MN. degree. with Senior
Warden Harry H. Thompson heading
the official line; May 21, Junior War
den II. c. Cave will head the line in
| the E.A. degree and at another spe-
cial at pm. May 29. the master will
| head the line in the MN degree.
! AS an evidence of brotherly love
and esteem" Past Grand Master AL
exander Grant presented pearl
soarfpin and a gold emblem ring to
Z. st. Clair Thompson, past master Of
| b. b. French Lodge, No. Is, in the
presence Of ESQ members at q special
| communication April 26. 1t was a
| testimonial from the lodge to Mr..
Thompson for eighteen years of serv-
ice in various Offices. Mr.. Thompson
fall when he went to New York city
! on government business. He subse-
quently resigned as secretary. Seven
| candidates were raised. Mr.. Hixson of
the government printing office, a new
member. was presented with a gold
lin in behalf of friends in the lodge.
and Mr.. Gluckman entertained the
members with the story of his expert
ences with the Marine Corps at Cha
! teau Thierry and other points Of the
| overseas fighting front. Before going
|
B. B. French Lodge the beneficiary. A
striking episode of his services, it is
said, was the capture, single-handed.
of twenty-one Germans. Having sent
these to the rear he was badly wound
I ed in the chest. For this exploit he
received a special citation and the
Croix de Guerre from the French gov
| eminent.
| stansbury Lodge. No. "a, recently
! entertained the members of its bowl
| ing team. winners of the Masonic
duckpin championship of the Masonic
League-Messrs. HALEY, Lewis, Gist.
| Roach, Brown, Rogers and Kraus
| A banquet was served. The victory
| loan also was discussed and the lodge
! subscribed $4,000 for bonds. increas-
ing its liberty bond assets to $4,000.
Past Grand Master James w. Wit
| ten will deliver the address of the
evening for the William R. Singleton
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