Evening star., 1922-11-22
WH|RLW|ND DRIVE
FOR TEMPLE FUND
Masonic Campaign Director
Dimes Eighty in Prepara-
ton for Event.

A whirlwind campaign to increase
the pledges to the united Masonic
fund, bringing the amount of sub
scriptions up to or over million dol
lars by Thanksgiving day. was en-
Enthusiastically received by workers In
the present campaign at a dinner
given last night at the City Club.
The dinner was given TO eighty
campaigners by William Knowles
Cooper, managing director OF the
campaign. The guests were officers
of the Grand Lodge, executive COM
mitteemen of the temple fund. mas
ters of lodges. chairmen OF iodge
committees and advisers to lodge
committees.
In bringing before those present
the plan to conduct an intensive cam
paign during the period between now
and Thanksgiving day. Mr.. cooper
announced that up to last nignt
sSo3.s1s had been. subscribed, d and
amounted to $3.50. or about half OF
the Masonic membership in the DIS
trict incidentally, he said that the
Subscriptions received Monday, and
Yesterday were the largest or any
two days during the present cam
effect of the big mass meeting heid
at Convention Hall last Saturday
night.
To BE EpochnI Event.
Mr.. Cooper reiterated that the dem
onstration to be given at Iemp.e
Heights Thanksgiving day at s:se
o'clock would be the biggest event OF
it's kind in Masonry ever held IN .ne
district. 1t is his desire. ana was was
Thankseiving 7i day shall be called
Million dollar day." but that in order
to Justify it's name the fund at tnat
time should reach the million-doliar
mark. u.;nh+s -,
Thanksgiving day will be more In the
nature of demonstration or pageant
than anything else. Pledges MADE py
ma sters of lodges in attendance at Ine
dinner indicated that between o,o1'
and 5000 Masons would attend. IN au
dition to women ana cnliuren. ~
plans for the DEMONSTRATION at Tenn.
nIe Heights were discussed, but not
definitely decided. ~.
grounds surrounded with stanaatus
bearing the name and NUMBER OF lnoi
which the members of the respective
sie5ai ali are to march into the
grounds. headed by the uniformed
branches of Masonry. Mr.. Cooper mace
it plain that there would De no
speechmaking, but that e1ercases
would be planned which Wouio prove
of interest to every Mason.
Guests at Dinner.
Those ,t the dinner were: Off1cers
of the Grand Lodge-Charles =.
Coombs. Mark F. Finley. Charles F
Roherts. Arvine w. Johnston, Charles
r BALDWIN, Rev. John c. Palmer, Rev.
David r. Covell, Sydney r JACOBS
Gratz E. Dunkum. James i; :i, GlDos,
James A. West e: Fred e W"'ks G91k; villa"
executive committee of the temple
Roscoe Davis, Sidney
west. W. w. Everett, Judge James A.
Witten, E. s. Brashears, Reuben Bog
lev. C. Melvin Sharpe, EDWARD w.
Libbey, Delos w. Thayer, Frank NJ;
Roller, William Knowles cooper anu
Eugene E. Thompson.
Master of lodes: Albert 3. Willis,
George H. Lohrer, Grover e. Payne
Leigh l.. Nettleton. Elmer S. Spring.
mann, w. Ray Gregg. DR.. Howard
Linton. Mark Stearman. Norman T.
Bull, Charles H; Bair; ii;v Leon con r5ss rretE- Z
Sebastian, Edgar E. Bageant, Lynn L
GiiIchrest, George H. Felt. Richard
G. Fletcher, John c. Rooms. Edward
e Putnam, Kenneth P. Armstrong.
Arthur w. Brewer, Archie w. Cum
mings. wv,
liam s Ouinter, II. B. Plankihton, Ct
to b. Roepke. Lester J. Kelley. Walter
NJ Bastian. Arthur J. Richards, Nor
ris Hahn, William H. McCarty. 8. E.
Stonebreaker, James w. Brooke,
James c. Beveridge. Marion J. Money,
Arthur NJ: Poynton; waiter p. oa1,,n. R1nin-
DR.. Daniel G. Davis. c. H. Spencer.
7 r. Shoemaker, Charles B. Lydane,
Vernon G. Owen. Nathan WE'LL. n.
E. Glessner.
Advisers to lodge committees: Carl
E. Schoenhals. William -. Dyre, II. :.
0mohundro,' B. W. Murch, DR.. Grant
s Barnhart, E. B. Hesse, George M.
Evans, Walter I. Swanton. ]. Claude
Keiper,