The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
ANNUAL OUTING
OF KALLPOLS
!GROTTO NEAR
August Tenth Is Date Set
For Frolic at
Beach.

August 10 Is the oate St the an
nual excursion OF kallipolis Grotto
to Chesapeake Beach. Master of
Ceremonies Henry J. Gompers is
chairman OF this years outing and
he states that his plans are SO well
laid for q gala AFFAIR that nothing
short Of an earthquake. q cyclone
or some other equally disastrous
calamity can prevent this being the
biggest and best family outing ever
given by the Grotto. One OF the
features will be the tug Of war with
Yedz Grotto Of Baltimore for the
prize cup. which must be won twice
to establish ownership. This con-
test was originated last year and
Kallipolis was the victor. One more
win will vest ownership in KALI
polls and Henry" says his men are
ready. ht and confident. However.
the Yedzites are equally confident
and a real tug of war lie in pros
pect. Then, too. the usual athletic
ups will add to the gsyety. Run
ming races, jumping ropes. hopping
races, one-legged races and. in fact
every kind OF race known will test
the skill OF the men, women and
children. Chairman Gompers ssys
he has one particular feature in
store for the ladies that will be q
real mirth provoker. The nature OF
this event, however, is TO be the big
surprise OF the day and no one viii
know what it is until the women
are asked to line up for il. A NOV
ing picture film will be made OF the
days frolic to be shown later in the
season at Grotto functions. The
Grotto band. as usual. will contrib
ute literally to the program and the
Grotto drill corps will be conspicu-
Gus in their natty uniforms.
Monarch c. P. Boss has called
meeting Of the Grotto officers fOf
! Tuesday evening when details OF 4
the Chesapeake Beach excursion.
the fall ceremonial and other mat
ters will be discussed.
One Of the features OF the outing
of the GsveI Club TO Chesapeake
Beach on July Is was the Grotto
band which furnished music for the
thousands Of eXcursionists who
went with the club 10 the Maryland
resort On July IS the Grotto band
will play for the soldiers at Mount
Alto.
EsstEste Lodge.
Eastgste Lodge. No. 81. F. A. 4.
NJ. will hold a lawn fete on their
lot at Rhode Island and Mills ave
nues northeast, from July Is to July
so. inclusive.
Plans for the affair, which will
be of huge dimensions. will include
a specially constructed dance pa
vilion. A jazz orchestra will fur
nish the music each night.
The proposed building 90 house
the lodge will benefit by the re-
ceipts OF the fete. IL is expected i
that a fund OF $4,000 will bel
lawn fete. There will be severa
unique amusement features.
while the affair will be oper
every evening to the public eaei
night has been especially desig
mated for an organization or fra
ternity. The following is the sched-
ule arranged, dating from the FIRST
night: Blue Lodge. Chapter. Ma
sonic Club. Boy Scout, Shrine, Com
riandery, Fraternity. Grotto. Scot
tish Rite and Tall Cedars Of Leban-
on night.
Capitol Royal Arch Chapter will
stage the royal arch degree. sched-
uled for the stated convocstion. Fri-
day, July %. This degree will be
conferred on two teams.
Companion Kropke. king. will
preside at a rehearsal Of the worE
Monday evening. July Is He has
been holding these classes for the
instruction Of the officers IN tho
first and third Mondays Of every
month.
All work is to be suspended dur.
ing August.
Companion Robert L. Kause.
scribe, has returned from an exten-
sive business trip. and conferred the
most Xcellnt masters degree in a
creditahle manner az tho stated con-
vocation last evening. July s. with
Companions Cunningham and Wyatt
as leaders. in the effort to add 10
the interest and instructiveness oI
the past masters degree, the even
ming was a great success.
Templsr Notes.
Columbia Commsndery's excur-
sion to Chesapeake Beach will be
one Of the Templar events of the
season. The several comma nderies
have been invited TO join and make
il a big family affair.
The committee have arranged
athletic events OF all kinds for the
young and old. The big event Of
the day will be a tug Of war be-
tween teams from the different
communicates. A silver cup will be
awarded the winner.
An,.&seTI,Iu ILL