Evening star., 1922-12-31

Eastern Star Home TINS after
room at o'clock will be under
the auspices of Lebanon Lodge,
No. Z. with DIR. Henry Allen Tupper
officiating and with music furnished
by the lodge quartet.
Master Charles L Gable announces
that Wednesday evening Will be
known as post Office night" In Osiris
Lodge. when the masters degree viii
he presented by the Cabletow Club
of Master Mascns connected with the
postal service. and that after the de-
gree entertainment of a different
nature will be provided in the ban
ouet hall.
Zahud Council. Royal and Select
Masters. in addition to its grand
visitation Thursday evening. will also
install its new officers.
At the December meeting of the
Woman's Auxiliary of the Crafts
mans Club of Master Masons OF the
i'nited States Veterans Bureau. In
race Dodge hut, a five hundred
party was given, following the busi-
ness session. First and second prizes.
respectively. were awarded to Miss
McCreery and Miss King.
A reluctantly furnished report of
the Christmas work by the Almas
Temple welfare and charity commit
tee. Just fuy,ished by its chairman.
William Mehn, states that more than
80 baskets of provisions and good
things were distributed to families
known to be worthy: that barrels of
apples. potatoes and canned goods
were sent to the following institu-
lions: Bruen Homo, Home for the In
curables. Southern Relief Home. to
the SwartZel Methodist Home and to
Friendship House in Southeast Wash
ington, and turkeys for the turkey
dinner which was given to the
twenty-nine pupils of the Atypical
School, at $40 9Th street southwest.
under the auspices of the Congress of
Mothers and the Parent and Teach
ers Welfare Association, which or
sanitation provided "the trimmings
FOR the dinner AS 1t was claimed
that none of the children had ever
even tasted turkey" the committee
felt especially honored and delight
ed in providing the necessary birds.
and it is added. they were good ones
In every sense OF the word. and
meaty enough to give every last one
OF the ktddies an abundant feast
Mr.. Nfehn states that it Is the pur-
pose of the committee to visit Blue
Plains. the aimshouse, the Chtldren's
Hospital, the Tuberculosis Hospital
and the hospital at st. EliZabeth's. as
we'll as the Masonic and Eastern Star
Home in the very near future to pro-
vide refreshments and entertainment
for the young and the old at those
institutions. The committees minis
trations also included the distribution
of number of cash donations. where
they seemed to be especially called
for, together with shoes and clothing
for the needy.
At it's Christmas day observance,
Ortanf m q "a
program, with music, patriotic and
religious. by the Orient Commandery
Eand. Responses to the usual toasts
we're made by Grand Master Charles
". Thayer, Grand Commander John
\. Meyer. Grand Marshal Edward
Burkholder. Past Commander VIII
lam e. Miller and by representatives
of each of the other Communicates in
the District Commander Otto b.
Roepke delivered the address of well
"ome: Rev. Edward Hayes the invo-
cation and Prelate Richard T. Evans.
'he bened!ction. Past Commander
Edward p. Hazleton was the toast
master.
Columbia Royal Arch Chapter. No.
I. has the Royal Arch degree sched-
uled for Saturday evening at spe-
cial conclave. Three teams are in
waiting.
OF unusual interest to Templarism
In the District was the comforting of
the orders at Temple Heights by
Washington Commandery. No. I, last
Friday evening. and Of peculiar inter
est to the commandery itself was the
fact that it's commander, Arthur NJ.
Poynton, assisted in making his own
son the first sir knight to be knighted
on the historic spot. Those who re-
ceived the orders were Edward Ar
thur Poynton. J. Ernest Dulin. both Of
Washington Commandery; Christian
F. Gates of Columbia Comnlandery. J.
Fred Huber. Orrin r. Smith of Bright
wood Commandery. Grand Command
er John A. Meyer opened the conclave
and Grand Master Charles Cyrus
speakers were Deputy Grand Com
rnander William X. Reeve and Deputy
Grand Master fnow Grand Mastery
Mark F. Finley. Gratz B. Dunkum and
Past Grand Commander Charles Z.
Baldwin. The arrangements for the
conclave were made by Irving S. Hail.
Under the auspices of the Grand
Lodge of the District watch night
services will be held this evening at
Chaplain Rev. DIR. John c. Palmer.
who will preach a brief sermon. An
elaborate musical program includes
numbers by quartet comprising Mrs.
Edwin Callow. soprano: Miss Marion
Mccoy, contralto; Wilken W. Gantz,
tenor. and Edwin Callow. basso. un-
der the direction of DIR. James Dick
iuson, choir director and organist Of
St Johns 2. L. Church.
Activities in Almas Temple of the
Mystic Shrine have been rather slack
ened, except those at Christmas time,
until after today. when Potentate
Steuart says things VIII be re-
sumed with rush. He has an
nounced that Lieut.. Yetton has been
selected as the instructor of the new
buglo corps which is being organized.
and that Charles d. Warner. publicity
director OF the Shrine Committee, has
been selected as editor of the Alibi,
vice Murry Reno Koff. who resigned.
The vote at the recent election In
A1mas Temple, the potentate says, ap-
proximating 1900. was the largest
ever cast at a Shrine election in
Washington. During the coming
week he expects to announce several
new appointments in the official line.
the units and the committees
Last Saturday evening the first
Shrine ceremonial was held at Temple
Heights short-form ceremony. with
1llustriouS Potentate Steu8rt and his
divan assisting Past Potentates
James T. Gibbs and Harry Standiford
and Grand Master Coombs, with Grand
ern Star. were distinguished guests OF
the occasion. Illustrous Potentate
Heller of Irem Temple, wilkes Barre.
Pa. was a visitor during the week.
General Secretary Stirring Kerr
states that the first reunion OF the
Scottish Rite bodies for the new year
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