Evening star., 1923-07-15

and Eastern Star Home this
afternoon at 3 o'clock will
be under the auspices of
William r. Singleton Lodge, No. 80,
with the lodge chaplain, Rev. John
T. Fort, officiating.
Under the auspices of the Grand
Lodge of the DISTRICT and in direct
charge of Rev. DR.. John c. Palmer,
services will be held at Temple
Heights this afternoon at o'clock,
when Rev. DR.. George NJ. Diffenderfer.
pastor of Luther Place err, Memorial ia.
Zone: or. The Best Way to Live
Music will be provided by the quar-
tet of Calvary Baptist Church. whose
program will include Adams Just
sicnal" and Still. Still With Thee"
by GerriSh.
Past Grand Monarch Edward S.
schmid of the Mystic order of Yelled
Prophets furnishes the information
that the Shrine-Grotto base ball
game OF May 80 1922, last year. net
ted s16.702.30. 1t Is too early yet
to announce the net proceeds Of this
years game. A pleasant photo of
the past grand monarch with Mrs
Tillie c. Chauncey, grand matron of
the Order of the Eastern Star. ac-
companies the information. but un-
fortunately. would not reproduce for
publication.
Harmony Lodge. No. II. has called
off its communications scheduled for
July and August.
rentalpha Lodge. No 23. in all prob
ability will call off it's communica-
tions in August to enable tire boa rd
or directors to have the lodgeroom
renovated, but the NJ. NJ. degree is
announced for July %. starting at 3
pm, dinner being served during the
course of the evening. and August 81
at the usual hour, the F. C. degree
will be presented; the NJ. M. degree
following September "a. With the
lodge circular is inclosed a slip which
states that the purchase price for the
tract at Temple Heights is 100000;
that $4,000 has been subscribed
with S200,300 in subscriptions paid in,
and that $4,000 viii be due on the
principal August l.
Fielder J. Hunter. secretary of
Hiram Lodge. who has been seriously
Ill, is reported to be rapidly improv-
ing. and the hope is entertained that
he Will soon be able to resume all
his duties
Junior Deacon Weisbrod will of
fictate at the head of the line in the
degree work in Anacostia Lodge to-
morrow evening.
One of the mooted questions in
Masonic circles is: Who is the oldest
Mason? Research brings out some
interesting facts concerning Masons
of advanced years.
Edward H. Cass, secretary of ST.
ioam Ladge. No. rs. of Chicago. claims
to be the Oldest active living Masonic
secretary in the world. He is in his
ninety-third year.
Ohio claims the oldest living Mason
in the person Of H. H. Robinson of
q n dpa Va nf
burg. He was born in Millersburg
ninety-five years ago, and was raised
nearly seventy years ago. He is also
the Oldest living graduate of Ohio
Wesleyan University.
James Harrod, also of Ohio died
recently at the age of ninety-six
years, and had beenSa Mason seventy
two years. He served as cavalryman
in the war with Mexico and also took
part in the civil war.
Luther Burbank. whose marvellous
plant creations have won him the
Sobrlquet of wizard. has just cele-
brated his seventy-fourth birthday.
He was raised a Mason in Santa Rosa
Masonic Lodge in 1921.
California boasts another famous
aged Mason in Cornelius A. Cole of
Los Angeles. who reached the CEN
tury mark this year. He was a
civil war and was close friend
of Lincoln. He has been a Mason
for nearly seventy years
But after all. it is said. the palm
undoubtedly goes to Dr. Joseph Hal
stead of breckenridge. Mo- who is
lo5 years old, and was made
Mason at Lexington, KY, in 1912. He
therefore has a Masonic history COW
erlng eighty-one year. He was
family physician for Henry Clay and
the occasion of his American visit in
1924. Lafayette was made a Mason
by Washington.
the Treasury Department and the
United States Capitol at its last
monthly meeting received report
from the representatives to the Ma
tional League of Masonic Clubs con-
vention at Boston, in June.
The league adopted new consti-
tuition. one section of which provides
that the headquarters of the National
League of Masonic Clubs shall be
established in Washington next year,
and that there shall be operated in
connection Herewith national en-
ployment bureau. Other features were
the adoption of a Washington paper,
the craftsman. as the official organ
of the National League, and the in
dorsement of the George Washington
University scholarship proposition.
Wednesday the club will give a
forty-miIe moonlight excursion down
the Potomac. The entertainment COM
mittee will provide special features
and a band will be in attendance.
Members of KallipoIis Grotto and
their families, to the number of sew
eral hundred are at Colonial Beach
today. having left yesterday afternoon
on the steamer ST. Johns. The pro-
gram includes a parade and cere-
monials (held last night), sacred
concert by the Grotto Band and a
drill by the Grotto drill corps today.
They will return to Washington to-
night.
Monarch Henry J. Gompers is ar
ranging for a ceremonial in Septem-
Der, to be known as National Lodge
night, when a large class of candi-
dates from that lodge. of which Mon
arch Gompers is member, will be
initiated
Master Of Ceremonies Paul F. Grove.
to is to be held at Indianapolis. An
Indianapolis convention club is being
formed. Past Monarch c. p. Boss is
treasurer. Members desiring to en-
roll are requested to get in touch
with him.
Master of Ceremonies Paul F Grove,
chairman of the Grotto's annual ex-
cursion to Chesapeake BEACH, August
s. is lining up his committees and as
sistants and promises an outing of
unusual merit The annual picnic of