Evening star., 1922-07-09
.FRATERNITIES

power for good among large GALAXY
Of men and. Masons bent upon doing
appealed to them ana made his
spiritual work the easier and more
effective always among them. he
was an inspiration to Almas, as ne
was to the Scottish Rite bodies. In
which he attained tho highest honors.
although never. seeking them. The
tribute in the Alfbi closes with a'prayer
OF impressive sincerity and feeling.
For the first time in the District, it
g said. one commandery will present
for the latter's candidates when
Tuesday evening, Washington Com.
maIdery, No. l, Knights Templar. will
confer the degree of the Order OF
the Temple ut the conclave OF ne
Moiay N6,l cemmandery. No: =: Eminent
nounced, has made tentative arrange
.nents with other commsnderies IN
the District fora like exchange Of
work, In the belief that 1t will greatly
foster and cement the fraternal spirit
which prevails amopa the Washing.
last conclave OF De Molay until Sep
tember
A delegation of fifty Almas Temple
mobiles attended the big ceremonial
of Acca Temple of Richmond. Va,
which was staged at Leesburg. Va,
June 20. with eighty candidates TOT
Shrinedom.
Every effort is being made by the
Grand Lodge to have complete re-
turns In hand by July IL of the cam
vass for funds for the new temple
project now going on among the
lodges of the District of Colum nla'
as the initial cash payment of $l2o..
Florida avenue Is to be made on July
l3. The work of seeing personally
each one OF the approximately 2o.oo0
master Masons of Washington within
the short time allowed was giean-
tic undertaking, but the intense IN.
among the craft, 1t is said. and the
faithful work OF the brethren desiG'
mated to perform that service, have
carried the work to a point where the
end is now in sight. \,
Reports Of the team captains and
chairmen of committees at the meet
ing held last Friday night showed
that everything has been carefully
and systematically done and indicate
that every lodge would raise Its TUT
quota of the 100000 asked for.
Perhaps one of the greatest indica-
tions Of the force with which this new
united temple project has taken hold
of the craft is said to be the great
number of liberal responses coming
from Masons who are living In other
cities. but who are affiliated Win
District of Columbia lodges. many OF
hope to see the Anal conclusion OF the
work: but the plan has appealed to
them SO strongly as to make them
wish to have their personal part IN
it and become temple buildera' in
the truest sense of the term:
Under the direction of Chairman
George r. Davis of the committee to
arrange for the field day exercises
on Saturday. July Is, at which time
the Dean estate will be formally re-
christened Temple Heights. pro-
gram f.r the event has been mapped
Master OF Masons C. c. Coombs and
Grand Matron Flora f. Campbell and
others. and appropriate music VIII
be provided. Masons and members
of the Ordcr OF the Eastern Star are
looking forward to the occasion as
one of the largest gatherings of this
character ever held In the District or
Columbia. That this temple site. un-
til building operations begin, Will oe
headquarters for all Masonic and
Eastern Star activities is indicated
by the fact that a big carnival for
the benoft of the Masonic and East
ern Star Home will be held there dur
ing August by the Eastern Star chap
ters of Washington, and the COM
manderies arc planning a big outdoor
inspection. competitive drill and field
day to be held there in October.
The temple committee is in session
inits offices in Masonic Temple nearly
all the time now and the work OF
receiving pledges and contributions
has been very heavy the past few
days.
The Masters Association Of 1929
will visit Dawson Lodge tomorrow
evening, when the F. c. degree Is
slated. Master Mark Stearman is
endeavoring to honor the body'on this
! which it put over" the big Shrine
Grotto ball game May 80 for the bene-
At Of the endowment fund of the
Masonic and Eastern Star Home
Master Stearman states he has re-
ceived word that James Ingraham, a
baen appointed assistant United
states attorney at Oklahoma City
Okla.
Wednesday, July II. will be Grotto
day at the District bathing beach.
supt. Leech has extended an invita-
ton to all Grottoites, their families
and friends to make the beach their
playground that afternoon. In add.
tion to the aquatic sports there VIII
be base ball. tug of war and othef
games. Prophets are invited to bring
their luncheon and have a real coun-
try picnic on the green lawns.
The Washington prophets who At.
tended the thirty-third annual con-
vention of the Order of Yelled Proph-
cts at Rock Island and Moline. I'LL.
and Davenport. Iowa. report that 1t
was the greatest convention ever
held" Addresses of welcome were
made by the mayors of the three
cities and by ex-Gov. Frank O.
Lowden. A letter of greeting was
read from President Harding. 4 mem
ber of Kallipolis Grotto. Cleveland.
Ohio, after a spirited contest with
Indianapolis, Ind, was selected as the
convention city for 1928. and Past
Monarch E. w. Libbey of Kallipolis
Grotto was advanced in the official
line to the office of grand marshal.
The annual reports showed that the
srotto Is growing all over the coun-
try. the membership now pelng ap-
proximately 125.000.
The summer schedule Of Kallipolis
Grotto includes for July IL. Grotto
day at the District bathing beach;
July %, annual Zoo Park picnic, and
August 8, annual excursion to Chcsa.
peake Beach.
ORDER OF The EASTERN STAR
mammoth fair for the benefit OF
the Masonic and Eastern Star Home,