Evening star., 1922-10-01
y HE sermon at Temple Heights

HE sermon at Temple Heights
/ services at o'clock today
! under the auspices of the
| Grand Lodge will be by Rev.
DR.. J. Stanley Durkee. president Of
Howard University. Prayer will be Of
! fered by Rev. Charles S. Call. pastor of
Brightwood NJ. F.. Church. Music will
be given by the Madrigal Quartet.
Miss Helen V. Harper. soprano; Mrs.
Elaine Sebring Ford. contralto: Carl
! R. Keyser. tenor, and Claughton
West. basso. The accompaniments
, will be by Miss Willie A. Pope. These
Sunday religious services on the new
| temple site have become enormously
popular during the past two months
| and the attendance has been con-
! stantly on the increase. the last two
! gatherings being the greatest Of all.
| The public is cordially invited to at
| tend
Grand visitatio in the blue lodges
will open a week from tomorrow eve
ming. with that to Joppa Lodge. No
35, followed by the visitation to Ia
, koma Lodge, No. 20. Tuesday evening.
Past Master George Roscoe Davis
! will talk in Hiram Lodge Friday eve
| ming on symbolism in Masonry"
High Priest James S. Briggs of
Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter an
nounces degree work az follows: Oc-
| tober 10 and "a, Mark degree; Novem-
ber II, F. NJ. and NJ f. NJ, probably:
November "a, Royal Arch. 1t is likely
| the chapter will organize choir. At
| the last meeting a chorus. led by Past
| High Priest Walker, entertained the
] m m herS ftpr the degree.
! The Scottish Rite bodies of the Dis
| trict, at the Cathedral. 3D. and r
! streets northwest, will open their fall
| reunion In Mithras lodge of Perfec-
| tion Tuesday evening with the de
gree of Perfect Flu, the fourteenth of
| the numbered degrees. to be followed
with the fifteenth -on Wednesday eve
| ming the twenty first Thursday the
| thirtietf. Friday. and the thirty-sec-
| ord Saturday. The exercises each
! evening will start at 7:30 o'clock.
Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine
at the business meeting held prior to
it's ceremonial session Monday even
; ing approved the action of the Illus
trious potentate in Incorporating the
committee having in charge the
preparations for the coming OF the
Imperial Council next June. The in
corporators were Illustrious Potentate
Leonard p. Steuart. Recorder Law
renee Walker and Treasurer Arthur
Z. Cooke. and the trustees under the
incorporation are the potentate,
! Thomas f. FARRELL. chairman of the
finance committee. and Ellwood P.
Morey. chairman Of the housing COM
mittee. Last evening at a meeting of
all the chairmen thus far appointed a
formal organization was effected and
Potentate Steuart will select an
/ executive committee of nine. the
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| later.
The next big local festivity of
Alnas Temple. the big barbecue,
. which it had been intended to hold at
| the AlmaS Auto Clubs home on West
river. Md. will be held instead a the
/ Noyes farm. near Silver Spring. Nd.
The change was made because the
latter place is believed to be more ac-
cessible to the nobility. and Potentate
Steuart wishes to have as many of the
mobiles present at the big blowout as
possible. Recorder Walker says the
cars for Forest Glen. Md. run within
a short distance of the farm. which is
splendidly prepared for such thing
as barbecue.
November 20 at the Capitol Thea
ter will be held what is usually the
biggest ceremonial Of the year. This
year it will be especially notable in
at-Imperial Potentate James S. Nc
Candless-and. it is hoped. the entire
imperial divan. which. has been in
vited-will lend distinction to the oc
casion. Extraordinary preparations
are therefore being made for the oc-
casion, especially in the matter of
music and displays by the temple
auxiliaries.
Henry E. Sharrer. potentate Of Orak
Temple Of Hammond. Ind. is the
over in anticipation of the coming Of
his temple to the big convention next
June He says Orak will be here in
full force and from what he has heard
every other temple east of the Rockies
will be largely represented.
The potentate has been informed
that Abou Ben Adhem Temple of
Springfield. Mo-, has honored him
with election to an honorary member
ship, thus swelling the large number
that have accorded him this distinc-
ton.
Shrine election night occurs the
latter part of December. Thus far
no rival candidates have been an
nounced for the office of potentate.
which Is going to be an unusually
Council session has passed into men,
ory.
With the return to the city of Past
Monarch Charles D. Shackelford prep
arations for the fall ceremonial of Kali
Epolis Grotto will be pushed to con-
clusion. Past Monarch Shackelford will
direct the ritualistic work and Prophet
S. F. Shreve will have charge of the
J entertainment features. Monarch Pick
ering has authorized them to "go the
! limit" justified by the number Of pc
! titions. With this understanding the
membership Is working hard to obtain
! a record-breaking class
Monarch Pickering has rendered to
Potentate Leonard p. Steuart Of Almas
Temple the good offices and assistance
Of Kallipolis Grotto in connection with
| the Shrine convention to be held in
Washington next June.
| October 26 the Grotto Band will play
| for the Circle Club and Prophet S. F.
| Shreve will contribute few specialties.
Tho Grotto Orchestra, under leader
ship Of Prophet Charles Dunn, has be-
| gun rehearsals for the season at the
| Grotto clubrooms.
Lebanon Lodge will hold reception
! Friday evening in honor of the mem
bers who have Joined the lodge dur
] ing the past twelve months. An at
i tractive program will include an ad-
dress by the grand master, Charles c.
Coombs.
ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR
| Annual grand visitations for 1929
have beer. announced as follows:
Acacia, No. 2S, October 3, 7:45 p.m.;
Gavel. No. 20. October >, 3 pm.
Masonic Temple. Bethany, No. "a.
> October 6, 7:45 pm; Washington Cen
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