The Washington times., 1922-10-14
RECORD
INATTENDANCE
HERE ASSURED
Ninty-fifth Temple Makes
Reservation, One More
Than at Frisco.

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Francisco mark of this year, when
the ninety-fifth Shrine Temple
registered for the imperial council
session 20 be held here next June. .
At the last session, in San Fran.
cisco, ninety-four temples had
delegations in attendance making
the largest session in the history
Of the Shrine. Today. seven months
In advance of the session to be
held here, Washington passed the
record held by San Francisco.
The ninety.fifth temple. which
registered today with Ellwood p.
Morey. chairman Of the hotels and
housing committee of Almas
Temple. is Wahabi Temple. Of
Jackson. Mich. This temple will
send it's uniformed patrol and band,
In addition to q strong delegation
OF nonuniformed mobiles.
Sends Thirty Couples.
The temple requests that 1t be
given thirty hotel rooms for
couples and at least fifteen for
mobiles who are coming without their
families. These members will be
assigned three and four to a room.
The band and patrol will be housed
separately.
The ninety fourth temple. which
brought the Washington record up
to the San Francisco record. by a
coincidence was San Francisco's
Islam Temple, the host at the last
Shrine session. This temple has
just appropriated $4,000 to. send
It's picked patrols and band here.
Chairman Morey. OF the noteis
and housing committee, today an
nounced that he had been offered
the use of the Bliss Electrical
School buildings for the housing Of
Shriners next June. These build.
ings, he said, will accommodate ap'
proximateiy 800 men. This is the
first institution Of this sort to make
such an offer. according to the com
mittee records.
Assignments OF the various
temples to quarters will not begin
until the registration Of the temples
is completed, Mr.. Morey announced
today. An average Of from two 70
three temples are registering each
week and II Is expected that all OF
the 1856 temples In North America
will be represented here next June.
Hotels for Headquarters. -. I.
The temples will be split up whe,,
assignments are made so that eacn
temple will have a portion OF fts
delegation housed in hotel rooms.
This will be done 20 that each
temple may establish it's head.
quarters In one Of the hotels, even
though It's membership may be
scattered through the city.
Finance Committee Progressing.
Thomas z. farrell. chairman OF
the finance committee. today made
the following appointments: George
Pitt, general vice chairman. and
w. b. Garrison, A. w. Douglas.
W. b. Hecht, Gus Buchholtz, Ed.
gar Morris, and James r. Wheeler.
vice chairmen.
This practically completes the
organization Of the finance com.
mittee, which includes $50 mem
bers, each of whom serves as the
chairman Of from one to six Of the
837 subcommittees. composed OF
Shriners from every line Of bust
ness.
Plans are being completed for the
big barbecue and outing Of Almas
Temple, to be held at the Noyes
farm on Sligo Mill road a week
from tomorrow. It Is expected that
between 1000 and 10000 Shriners
will take part in the outing. invita-
tions having been issued to every
visiting Shriner in Washington.
WIN Invite Harding.
Invitations will be sent to Presi.
dent Harding. Secretary of the Navy
DENLY, Gen. John j. Pershing, the
zoo Shrine members Of the House
and. Senate, and other Shriners
prominent in the Federal and Dis
trict governments.