Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
II Fratern1t1es. ~

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J (Maker). The solos included 81 Will
and 20. Lord, Have Mercy (Men-
| delssohn), and the duets. II Sought
the Lord" and "Watchman, What of
the Night" (sarjeanD.
Sovereign Grand Commander George
| Fleming Moore. Wednesday evening,
| at his first visit to the local bodies
, since his trip to Europe last October.
! ment on the occasion and of eosoteric
! instruction.
The surplus candidates for the in
| ternational class, large number,
together with those who may be add,
ed for the last time under the old
degree conditions and fees, viii re
THE new Cathedral class" at spe-.
cial sessions of the various bodies Of
| the Rite to be held from June %
! to June 26, inclusive. William T. Gal
| chairman of the membership commit
tee for the rite and the conditions
| will otherwise remain unchanged Tor
| this class as for the International
have been received that the new class
will be nearly as large as the one
which closed it's course Thursday
| evening. Never before. it is said, have
| the conditions presented better out
| look for Scottish Rite Freemasonry
at the National Capital
The extraordinary invitation of the
! Grand Lodge of England to the
| grand masters and grand secretaries
| of the Grand Lodges of Masonry in
the United States to attend .t the forth.
! London next month is said to have
given extraordinary pleasure and
| satisfaction to the Masons of the Dis
! trict of Columbia. 1t means, they say;
more compact fraternity than seemed
| possible few months ago and marks
| a golden era in Masonry.
1t is not generally known that Maj
Cen. McLachlan and his brother Of
! ficer. Maj. Gen. Headlam. were made
mobiles of the Mystic Shrine at a
! short form ceremony held at the Brit
| ish embassy not a very great while
ago. with Illustrious Potentate L..
Whiting Estes, the Rev. DR.. William
| Tayloe Snyder. Francis A. Sebring
and others officiating.
Almas Temple has big ceremonial
schedule for the evening of June
at Liberty Hut. opposite the Union
station. and Henry Lansburgh's spe-
| cial literature on the subject states
! that the class will positively be lin
| tied to 500. There is little doubt that
an exceptionally large class will
travel the sands that evening", ac-
cording to the judgment of Potentate
| Estes.
La Fayette Royal Arch Chapter. No.
| 5. is to entertain Mount Vernon Chap
| ter No. IA. of Alexandria, Va, Tues
day evening with social evening
and further celebration in the ban
| quet hall.
| Following a brief session Thursday
evening, George c. Whiting Lodge
| will entertain it's members and their
| families with the members of Mizpah
Chapter, No. 8. o. e. s. Dancing will
| conclude the evening.
Potomac Lodge. No. 5, will have the
E. A. degree tomorrow evening.
Kallipolis Grotto's next ceremonial
session is set for Monday, June 2, and
Monarch Shackelford says it will have
all the frills, thrills and other fea-
lures that go to make an elaborate
affair. This will be the last meeting
Of the Grotto prior to the Supreme
| Council convention at Pittsburgh
expected to enable many who so de-
sire to attend the convention.
Illustrious Potentate L. Whiting
Estes of Almas Temple of the Mystic
Shrine. with his official divan and
injecting plenty of pep" into the in
stallation of the new officers of the
Ashlar Club at the May meeting. The
new officers are: Edward r. Britton.
president; William H. Richardson,
first vice president; N. P. Webster.
simmons. third vice president; Elmer
w. Reese, secretary: BENJAMIN w.
Sunny, treasurer: John Hamilton.
marshall; Charles H. Aldridge, herald;
Capt. Louis ]. Hughes. Marine Corps.
master of ceremonies.
| The entertainment program includ-
ed instrumental and vocal selections.
dancing. stories and a drill by Almas
Temples Arab Patrol. Retiring
President Hubert G. Mclean was pre-
scented with a travelling bag by the
club in recognition of faithful serv-
| the meeting June IA would be known as
| Navy night"
| The Grand Commandery Of Knights
Templar Monday evening elected the
following officers: Charles E. Bald
win, grand commander; Fred S. Cav
son. deputy grand commander; Adolf
plus Guide. grand generalissimo;
John A. Meyer, grand captain general;
|
| prelate; Alexander Grant, grand
treasurer; Arvine w. Johnston. grand
recorder; William K. Reeve. grand
senior warden; William E. Miller,
| grand junior warden; James T. Gibbs,
grand standard bearer; Robert l..
Middleton, grand sword bearer; Mark
F. Finley. grand warder, and Gratz E.
Dunkum, grand captain of the guard.
| Edward P. Haz1eton was reappointed
| inspector general and the appoint
ment of instructor general of work
was deferred.
The following standing committees
were appointed:
| Finance-Guy M. Nicely, Montgom-
cry Hunter. Eugene e. Thompson. L.
| Whiting Estes and George H. Town
lsend.
Charters and dispensations - J.
| Claude KEEPER. Frank E. Gibson.
Abram S. Mccoy. Joseph H. Milans
| and Thomas A. Lee.
Unfinished Observation-Disclosures H.
Harrison. Burt A. Grist, Arthur C.
Shaw, BENJAMIN F. Larcombe, jr., and
| William s. Quinter.
| Grievances. Harry Cunningham,
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