Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-01-08
. HE Masters Association of
1922 formally organised Mon
day by the election of Rev.


DIR. John c. Palmer of B. b.
French Lodge. No. 10. as president;
Willis Ray Gregg of Hiram Lodge.
No. 10. as vice president; j. Walter
Karsner of King David Lodge. No. %,
As secretary-treasurer, and J. Boyd
Dexter. of Osiris. No. &c, and Charles
H., Blair. of La Fayette, No. 10. as
members of the executive committee.
Last night the association met to
adopt bylaws and arrange other de-
tails for the coming year.
Roe Fulkerson, thirty third degree.
was installed as venerable master of
Kadosh in Albert Pike Consistory.
NJ. r. s., Tuesday evening. by Ellwood
p. Motey, thirty-third degree, deputy
in the District for the Supreme
Council.
Members Of Potomac Lodge, No. 5.
headed by Master Grover E. Payne,
will attend religious services this
evening at 7:45 o'clock at Congress
Street NJ. P. Church, 31st street above
NJ street northwest, where the pastor.
Rev. Benjamin F. Ruley. will deliver
q special sermon.
Master Leon Pretzfelder has APP
pointed the following in Hope Lodge.
No. 20: AS bylaws committee, Past
Masters Cohill, Craig and Won Herr
mann: proficiency committee, Junior
Warden Millar with other members
to be announced later): auditing COM
mittee, Senior Warden Cook. Marshal
Newsom and Mr.. Hyler; representa-
tive board of managers. Lodge Room
No. 2, Past Master Searle: representa-
fo 10 a in II.
reau. Past Master Stevens; organist.
Charles Fl. kocher, and choir. Messrs.
Blanchard, Backing. Jones and Hutch
inson.
The grand visitations in the Royal
Arch chapters will begin tomorrow
evening with that to Hiram Chapter.
No. 10. and include. during the week.
gisitations to Potomac, Washington
Naval. VIM. r. Singleton and Mount
Pleasant Royal Arch chapters. The
elections in the Royal Arch chapters
will be held at the first meetings in
February, concluding in time for the
annual meeting of the Grand Royal
Arch Chapter, the second Wednesday
in February.
In connection with the annual
grand visitation to Potomac Royal
Arch Chapter Tuesday evening, the
chapter will hold it's annual ladies'
night IN OI IT'S u1lS
second anniversary as a chartered
member of the Grand Royal Arch
Chapter Of the District, it's charter
having been granted January 5. 1870.
The chapter was first chartered by the
Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons of
Maryland, November 9, 1918. A pro-
gram of entertainment appropriate
to the occasion will be provided. The
chapter will meet at 1880, and the
ladies' night will begin at $3.50
o'clock.
Myron NJ. Parker Lodge. No. 81. will
have charge of the services at the
Masonic and Eastern Star Home Sun
day afternoon. January %. when
Bethlehem Chapter, Order of the
Albert Pike Lodge will start its
degree work for the new year to-
morrow evening, with Nathan WE'LL
heading the official line. s. A. Leech.
the organist. and the choir under
direction of r. Byron Bond have pre-
pared a musical program for the
evening.
Senator Thomas Sterling of South
Dakota has consented to address the
companions of Capitol Royal Arch
Chapter. No. IL, Friday evening.
Chapter Masons are invited and light
refreshments will be served after
ward. AT the special chapter at the
close Of the old year. when the Royal
GERS of Capitol and Anacostia chap
tiers in full ceremonial form, the
Grand high priest and several men,
bers Of the Grand Chapter were pres
ent
Master Mark Stearman Of Dawson
Lodge in his first circular states
that Christmas morning he and Past
Master George w. Baumann. the
lodge representative on the Masonic
and Eastern Star Home board. visited
the home with remembrances from
Dawson Lodge to its residents, and
he adds, Brother Baumann and l re-
turned from the home with the
thought that too much cannot be done
for the maintenance and enlargement
of this outstanding monument to Ma
sonry in the District of Columbia"
Illustrious Potentate Leonard P.
Steuart Of Aimas Temple Of the Mys-
tic Shrine is shaping his appoint
ments and formulating his policies for
clares, he hopes will be as brilliant
as any of it's predecessors. with the
full cooperation of all the mobiles,
especially of the old warehouses who
carried Almas Temple over the rough
and rugged roads of former years
to say to the nobility in general con-
corning the year just opened. and he
is more than enthusiastic over what
he hopes to accomplish.
The news columns during the week
have told the stories of some Of the
activities of the temple, its Arab
patrol and its splendid welfare conf
mittee. The visit to Blue Plains was
a red letter affair, more than 500
mobiles and the families and friends
going to the home to bring
bit Of sunshine and good cheer into
the lives of its residents, especially
the old folks. Past Potentate Henry
Lansburgh made the visit and was
also present at the reception to Po-
tentate Steuart and his wife and the
new officers Of the temple during the
week He Is voicing call for union
and cooperation and has pledged his
best in the way Of assistance to Po-
tentate Steuart and the new omcers.
There will probably be no more
ceremonial sessions OF Almas Temple
until March, when the spring cere-
monial will be staged. 1t Is hoped by
that time that the graduates from
the winter class of the Scottish Rite
and the newly knighted members OF
the various Communicates of knights
Templar will furnish eligibles for
substantial class for the new poten-
tats's first ceremonial session. which
he proposes to make exceptional In
every respect.
February the Caravan Club Of
Airnas Temple is to give q testimonial
dinner to Henry Lansburgh at the
Wardman Park Hotel 1t is a birthday
commitment and the cards bear the
dates 1S69-1922. The reservations have
had to be limited to 600, including the