Evening star., 1922-06-18

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COMMANDERIEs.
Wednesday-Potomac, No. 3. Order Of
Temple.
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH
RITE.
| Tuesday-Lodge Of Perfection. cleo
tion candidates.
Robert de Bruce Council. election.
! 1880 pm.
| Mithras Lodge, election candidates.
| Under the direction of Past Grand
| Master James w. Witten, chairman
! of the speakers committee Of the
Grand Lodge temple committee, the
work of presenting the new temple
project to the lodges of Washington
! is rapidly being done. and before the
end of the month every Mason in the
District of Columbia, either by TINS
method or bv means of specially pre-
! pared literature. will have been made
| familiar with the aims and purposes
of the Grand Lodge. Subscriptions
received so far total in excess of 800
per apita for the members who have
i been approached. several contribu-
| tions amounting to as much as sl0.-
! 600 each having been made.
! Gratz E. Dunkum. chairman of the
United Masonic Temple committee
announces an important meeting of
| the officers of the Grand Lodge. past
! grand masters. masters and Wardens
! of the lodges and all members OF
| committees, in the auditorium, ground
! floor. Masonic Temple, Tuesday even
ing at o'clock.
| George r. Davis. past master of st.
| Johns Lodge. No. II. has been ap-
pointed chairman of a committee TO
make the plans for Masonic field
! day. to be held on the Dean tract.
the new temple site. saturday, July
| L.. the date upon which the trans
! action will be completed and the
! ground taken over by the Grand
Lodge. Details of this assembly Will
/ be made public as soon as completed.
and. ii is said. will be the greatest
; District of Columbia. inaugurating,
as it will the greatest enterprise
ever undertaken by the Masons here.
/ Grand Master of Masons c. c.
/ Coombs and Gratz f. Dunkum. chair
man of the temple committee. have
expressed qualification with the prog
ress of subscriptions and over the
| prospect that Washington is at last
| to have a Masonic Temple adequate
F.; not only to properly accommodate the
needs of the various bodies. but that
will be a landmark to Masonry all
! entire fraternity to discuss the
project has been called by Grand
Master Coombs for Tuesday night at
1:30 o'clock in the Masonic, Temple.
The united Masonic temple boosters
night will be held on Thursday even
ing by New Jerusalem Lodge. No. 9.
Worshipful Master Elmo S. Spring
man appointed J. w. Walton as chair
man Of entertainment committee.
Lebanon Lodge, No. I, and Lebanon
ioned picnic on the picnic grounds of
the Zoo park Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Arrangements have been made
to have automobiles meet the street
cars at the Harvard street entrance to
the Zoo.
An athletic program will be one of
the features of the picnic. There also
will be band concerts and plenty OF
liquid refreshments and ice cream:
Charles D. Shackleford is chairman OF
the committee on arrangements.
Monarch NJ w. Pickering OF Kali
!lipolis Grotto is planning ceremonial
during the month of October. all de-
tails of which will be left to past
Monarch Charles D. Shackelford. He
will enlist the members Of the drill
corps and the drum and bugle CORPS,
who will divide into teams for an
intensive membership drive. The
winning team is to be given sup
per at the expense of the losers.
Master of Ceremonies William F.
Jacobs, chairman of the Chesapeake
Beach excursion committee. requests
that those having ideas as to enter
tainment features communicate with
him. The date of this annual excur-
sion is August 9.
July 12 the Grotto will take pos
session of the District bathing beach
and on July % will make their an
nual pilgrimage to the Zoo Park. The
principal features of the latter event
i'll be for the ladies and children.
Monarch Pickering announces that
hotel reservations for the annual
convention of the Supreme Council
at Rock Island and Moline. ILL.,, and
Davenport Iowa, are fast being taken
and requests all who contemplate at
tending to expedite their requests.
The Washington prophets will leave
at 1872 pm. June "a. via the Balti-
port at II o'clock Sunday night.
A summer reunion, from June "a to
30, will be held by the Scottish Rite
bodies. for which petitions for de-
grees can be received up to and in
cluding Wednesday of this week. The
membership class represents an op-
portunity for all Master Masons. but
especially such as are unable to find
regular Tuesday evening for many
weeks in succession to devote to see
ing the degrees. During these even
ings, the more important of the de-
grees will be conferred, so that those
who can give the weeks time neces-
sary can obtain the series in far less
time than in a week-by-week class.
The degrees for the reunion are:
Saturday, June "a. fourteenth; Mon
day, June 26. fifteenth; Tuesday,
eighteenth; Wednesday, twenty-first;
Thursday, thirtieth, and Friday
thirty-second.
At meeting of sojourners' Club,
Washington Chapter. No. 3, held at
the Colonial, June 4, following Off
GERS were elected for ensuing year:
Brig. Gen. Amos A. Fries. chief
chemical warfare service, president;
Admiral Robert E. Coontz. U. s. N,
chief of naval operations vice presi-
dent; Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, q.
s. NJ. c., commandant United States
Marine Corps, vice president; Maj
Gen. Merritte w. Ireland, NJ. c., sur
geon general of the Army, vice presi-
dent; Col B. ]. Lloyd, senior surgeon,
United States public health service,
vice president; Commander A. ]. Hen
derson. United States coast guard
service, vice president; Capt. George
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