Evening star., 1922-11-12
MASONIC PARADE
PLANS COMPLETE
Various Societies Will Turn
Out for Mass Meeting
Next Saturday.
DENNY IS ON PROGRAM
Secretary to Speak at Big Gather
ing in Convention
Hall.
DENNY IS ON PROGRAM

A parade OF MaSonS, including men,
bers of the Shrine, Grotto and knights
Templar. the latter in full uniform. in
which three Masonic bands will par
ticipate. will be held preceding the Ma
| sonic mass meeting at Convention Hall
, next Saturday night. The marchers
will gather at the Masonic Temple and
the parade will move at 7:20 O'Clock to
Convention Hall. The three bands that
will participate are the Shrine, the
Grotto and the Oriental bands. They
will also take part in the program at
Convention Hall. and selections by the
tional anthems by those present will
constitute the musical part Of the
program.
The address of the evening will be
made by Secretary DENLY Of the Navy
Department. and there will be moving
pictures Of Masonic events which have
taken place throughout the country dur
ing the past two years. These pictures
are being furnished through the courtesy
of Roland Robbins, manager of Keith's
Theater, in conjunction with a well
known moving picture news service. The
singing by the audience will be led by
Robert Lawrence.
Gibson Grand Marshal.
The grand marshal of the parade will
be DR.. Frank E. Gibson, who has ap-
pointed Charles D. Shackelford chief of
staff, and William 8. Quinter, adjutant.
The parade will be divided into three
divisions, the first division being in
charge Of E. P. Hazelton and consisting
OF the several Communicates of the
knights Templar, with the Oriental
Band at their head. The second divi-
sion will be in charge Of George H.
Whiting and will be composed of uni
formed and uniformed bodies of
Almas Temple, including the Shrine
Band and Drum Corps. The third divi-
sion will consist of uniformed and un-
uniformed bodies of the Grotto, headed
by the Grotto Band and Drum Corps.
Grand Marshal Gibson has issued
orders for all divisions to assemble
promptly at Masonic Temple at Z
O'Clock, and states that the line of
march Will be as follows: East on the
south side of New York avenue to
7th street to New York avenue, east
on the south side of New York ave-
nue. to 5th and l. streets. . The march
ers will form in columns of fours and
on reaching Convention Halb will
take seats which have been reserved
for them.
The program calls for the reserva-
tion of 100 seats on the platform for
members of the Shrine Glee Club, the
Oriental Band. the officers Of the
Grand Lodge and their guests. On
the floor of the hall to the south of
the platform 100 chairs will be re-
served for the Grotto, and on the
floor north of the platform 100 chairs
will be reserved for the Shrine. while
directly in front of the platform ap-
proximately 500 chairs will be re-
served for the Knights Templar.
Subscriptions to Fund.
The ushers will be the masters and
junior and senior wardens of local
lodges and will be in charge of H. b
Plankington. L. Whiting Estes will
be in charge of the hall.
On leaving the hall at the con-
clusion of the mass meeting the same
organizations that formed at Masonic
Temple and marched to the hall will
reform outside of the hall and march
back to Masonic Temple along the
following route: West on New York
avenue to 7th street, west on Mount
Vernon place to 9th street, south on
the west side j.. of 9Th street to New