Evening star., 1922-05-21
FRATERNITIES

spring reunion, that .Ellwood P.
Morey. deputy for the Supreme Coun-
ci! Of the District. has suggested the
advisability of starting new class.
and this, 1t is announced, wip be
done Monday evening. June 26, clos
ing with the thIrty-second degree
the evening of July l.
Past Grand Master Lurtin r. CHM.
who Is president of the board of
directors Of the Masonic and Eastern
Star Home, will deliver a fifteen
minute address on the work of the
ture possii iliaies. before Harmony
Lodge. No. II. Wednesday, evening.
MIR. CHM Will have something spe-
cial to say concerning the. use of
moneys donated or given to the home
tlon OF Masons<may have the benefit
thcreof. T. .
Congress Lodge. No. 81. will cele-
brate its first anniversary with a
ladies' night Thursday evening, only
its members and their immediate
families, present or prospective, being
invited.
No announcement has been receiv--
Ascension day celebration of the
knights Templar of the District, be-
yond the fact that it will be held
u. der they auspices of the Grand
Commandery, in Calvary Baptist
Church, Thursday evening at
O'Clock.
Charles H. Aldridge. king of Wash
ington Chapter, will head the official
line in the degree in that chapter
Thursday evening, and High Priest
A. M. Ehrlich has specially invited
tn
Zabud Council, No. 4. Royal and
Select Masters, has announced an
| evening of entertainment to which
| Royal Arch and Blue Lodge Masons
| will be welcome Thursday evening
The fame Of Almas Temples
potentate, Leonard P. Steuart, having
gone beyond the borders Of the Dis.
trict. Potentate Charles ". York OF
invited him. and as many of Wash
ington's Shriners as can, to come
to High Point, N, c., Thursday
to assist at ceremonial session to
be held there by Oasis Temple, In
! which an INSPIRED charge" is to be
| The party will leave Washington via
the Southern. railway Wednesday at
$3.50 PM, arriving at High Point In
time for the festivities at High Point
all of which occur in the daytime on
Thursday. and will return to Wash
Pote Steuart says that much more
than half of the 100000 necessary to
bring the Imperial Council session to
Washington in June, 1928. has been
nailed and chained, and that he has no
doubt that the business men OF
mainder is forthcoming by tomorrow
morning 1t is necessary, he says, to
know Immediately il Washington
wants the many thousand Shrine WIS.,
itors that will come to the session,
for the honor of being the convention
city for the Imperial Council never
goes a-beg4ing. and there are many
other cities that would jump at the
chance which Washington now has to
land the 1923 session.
The Shrine FroHcs Of 1929 have
had a merry and. 1t is said, a proht-
able week at the Belasco Theater:
While they may not have supplied
any great theatrical attraction from
the professional world, its managers
certainly scored a point in Shrine
circles when they roped the potentate
show, a position. which 1t is said he
filled with great dignity and skill.
The short form ceremonial OF
Almas Temple, announced for June !
at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. is not
contemplated. The pote has modi-
fed its announcement to read
"semi- -short-form," which means
there will be entertainment for the
old mobiles as we'll as for the new
ones.
Almas delegation for the Imperial
Council session in San Francisco will
start on its long journey. Already
$50 have enrolled their names for the
trip. and this number. 1t Is said, Is
likely to be increased. After the
and Mrs Steuart will take the trip
to Honolulu to escort the newly
elected imperial potentate. James s.
McCandless, to his Hawaiian home
Recorder F. Lawrence Walker, who
goes as an imperial representative
June 10. The others. however. may
considerably prolong their trip.
Acacia Lodge will meet in special
communication Tuesday at PM, for
the F. C. degree, which will be fol-
which the official line win be made
up by members Of the United States
Marine Corps.
A large delegation of Kallipolis
prophets visited Richmond. Va. last
Thursday for a ceremonial OF Samis
Grotto. A large class was initiated
coined by Deputy Grand Monarch Ed
ward C. Pelouze and Monarch George
A. Davis Of SAINTS Grotto.
Yedz Grotto of Baltimore has ex-
tended an invitation to the members
Of KaIlipolis Grotto to attend its cere-
washington prophets will attend.
Past Monarch Charles A. Stevens
chairman of the convention commit
tee Of the National League of Masonic
Clubs, to be held at Atlantic City this
week. writes that all is in readiness
for the opening of the convention to-
morrow. He says: "Old ocean Is just
tossing and grooming an Invitation to
Come on In and the entire city Is
enthused over the coming of the club
ties. a royal good time is assured all
The Grotto Band will play for the
Knights Templar Ascension day pa
rade Thursday and for the GaVel
Clubs moonlight excursion June Fl.
The Railroad Square Club went to
Baltimore recently to pay fraternai
visit to Railroad Square Club OF that
city. President George D. Sullivan.
Vice President J. ]. Cunningham and
Oscar W. Riley. George w. Winslow
and 140 other members Of the Wash
Though the grand patron of the To-
cal club was prevented from going.
he was well remembered, for the tags
presented to the visitors had the Call
Me Henry" insignia in addition to the
square and compasses. Refreshments
were served and musical entertain
ment concluded an ENJOYABLE evening.
The Washington club has gone on
record indorsing Regional Vice Pres
ident John L. Wilkes for the pres
idency of the National League of Ma
sonic Clubs.