Evening star., 1922-10-25
TEMP[EFUND RUSH
PLAN OF MAS0NS
Two Big Events Scheduled
to Expedite the Work
. Of Canvassers.

TWO big events are planned as
wind-up to the campaign being con-
Quoted to complete the fund for the
proposed new Masonic Temple on
Temple Heights. Details for these
two events are being worked out by
William Knowles Cooper. managing
director of the campaign. They Will
b.. held at tie beginning and the
end of the last week of the cam
paign. The first viii be a mass meet
ing at Convention Hall on Saturday
night. Novsm mber Is. and the second
viii he a rally, TO be called Million
Dollar day" at Temple Heights
Thank sgiving afternoon
The mass meeting at Convention
Hall will he prov ded with an elabo-
rate program. Including music by
Masonic bands and glce clubs ana
spsakinsr by nationally known MEM
hcrs of the Masonic fraternity. Mr.
cooper is n"t ready at this time 10
announce the names of the speakers.
but he gives assurance tnat they
will be men well known in national
life. This meeting Will be open 10
MasonS and their wives and the mem
bers OF their families. Admission
will he strictly by ticket. these tick
It's to be distributed through the
individual lodges
Thanksgiving Day Event.
The event on Thanksgiving after
noon will be one at which Mas"hs
generally in the District Will par
;icipate 1t is planned 10 have
large representation from each iodse
assemble around Temple Heights and
march into the grounds at signal
10 be given by fanfare of trumpets.
President Harding Will be asked L"
be present, but probably will not he
expected to speak. The occasion WIZ
not only bring together. mehincis
from all Masonic lodges. but II Is
.xpect.d il will, be attended by Ma
sonic clubs uniformed orCa nizatons
and other organizations within the
fraternity Details Of the program
for this occasion will be announced
by Mr.. Cooper later.
To assist Mr.. Cooper in THIS cam
paign there has been selected what
will he called headquarters COM
rnitt.e One member of this COM
mittec will be at the campaign head
quarters every night FOR fne purpose
of answering questions ana aldihs III
directing lodge committees and team
captains in their campaign work. The
members of this committee are: Wal
icr I. Fowler. AnacoStla Lodge. 40
u: Harry II. Thompson, osiris Lodge.
No. a6: Arthur Bryant. RenJamin b
French lodge No. L.: II. I. Plank
iIinha!I Hiram Lodge. No. 10. and
Richard H. Titlow. Naval Lodge.
No I.
Incidents Of the Campaign.
puring the week and a half tie
c;tnpaier has been conducted there
have been MANY amusing. pathetic
and dramatic incidents connected WIN
the making of contributions.
Mr.. Cooper tells of member ol
The fraternity who has recently gone
to live at the Eastern Star Home. lie
attended th. last session OF his lodse
and after hearing an address ABOUT
the proposed new temple ne wAlkeu
IN to the secretary's desk and rum
mayed through his pockets, pulling
our ten crumpled and wrinkled one
dollar bills and laid them on the desk
with this remark TO the secretary:
"As YOU know. l have very little.
but as little as l have l cannot let
the opportunity go by to aid in rais-
lug the money necessary Tor this
magnificent Masonic project
The secretary after recovering IRON,
his surprise replied:
Brother. we don't want To take
,his money from you. We expect to
raise this fund, but we don't expect
men situated as you are 10 ma he
contributions.
Apparently a little hurt and as his
ewes began to fill. the Mason VINO
laid the ten wrinkled one-dollar b'lis
on the secretarys desk answered
feelingly:
You seem to forget that 1 am a
Mason, and as a Mason ! have the
same obligation as any other Mason
that obligation being. III my judg-
ment. to contribute to this fund as
my ability permits. That l am doing
now. and as a member of the Ma
sonic fraternity l stand on my right
10 co1-Sibute to the best of my
ability