Evening star., 1923-07-01
MASONIC.

the Grand Lodge of the Dis
4 trict will be held at Temple
Heights this afternoon at 4
o'clock. Rev. DR.. Herbert F. Ran
dolph, pastor of the Foundry M. E.
Church, will deliver the sermon, his
text being 1.-The Temple Builder" to
indicate to wearers OF the bar pins
worn by contributors to the United
Temple fund the spiritual significance
of the phrase.
Masonic activities will reach it's
lowest point during the current
week, apparently, with the F. G. de-
gree in Naval Lodge, No. 4. Thurs
Lebanon Lodge, No. z, Friday evening.
The secretaries report that the com
munications scheduled for Mount
Pleasant, No. 33. and King solomon,
No. 81. have been called on. and the
circulars received show that the com
munications of Pentalpha, No. %, to-
morrow evening, and of Orsiris, No.
IS, "Wednesday evening, II held, VIII
be confined to business matters. La
Fayette Royal Arch Chapter, No. D.
grees will be presented Tuesday even
ing, and Columbia Commandery, No.
2, knights Templar, has called OH
it's conclave scheduled for Friday.
Robert. de Bruce Council. knights
Kadosh. of the Scottish Rite bodies,
last Tuesday evening elected the fol-
lowing officers: Wisdom ID. Brown,
commander; Monte Sanger. first
lieutenant commander; Allen c. Col
ton second lieutenant commander
Lem Towers, jr., chancellor; John
Z. Wineman, almoner; Stirling Kerr,
recorded; Monte Sanger, treasurer.
The following officers were appoint
ed: r A. Daniel, orator; j. Claude
KEEPER. master of ceremonies: I. Ed
gar Bittinger, turcopilier: Burgess
W. Marshall draper; Mark Finley, jr..
first deacon; Frank NJ. Roller. second
deacon; J. w. Karsner. bearer of
beauseant; Worth +. Landon. white
standard; l.. Whiting Estes. black
standard; T, j. Moore. tiier' and Ell
wood L. Morey, trustee. MihTas
Lodge of Perfection. is scheduled for
an assembly Tuesday evening of this
week.
Office bearers OF the Royal Order of
Scotland for 1923 have been an
nounced from the office of the pro-
yinciaI grand master by the provln-
cial grand secretary rs follows: FRO
vincial grand master. Sir George Ed
gar CorSon; provincial deputy grand
master, Sir John Lloyd Thomas; pro-
rincial grand secretary. Sir Stirling
Kerr; provincial grand treasurer. Sir
Leroy Albert Goddard; provincial
senior grand warden, Sir Perry Wins
low Weidner. provincial junior grand
warden, Sir Harry Jones Gutnrie;
provincial grand sword bearer. Sir
Sylvester Omer Spring. provincial
grand banner bearer. Sir William
Thompson Galliher; provincial grand
chaplain, Sir John Carpenter Palmer:
provincial grand marischal. Sir Allen
Bussius: provincial first deputy
grand marischal. Sir George Roscoe
Davis: provincial second deputy grand
mariSchal, Sir Roe Fulkerson: provin-
cial second grand steward, Sir Warren
Stitt Scipp; provincial third grand stew
ard, Sir Allen Lysander Cotton. provin-
cial fourth grand steward, Sir Burgess
w. Marshall; provincial grand guarder.
Sir Mark Florus Finley, Jr.
Takoma Lodge No. 80. will have
charge Of the services at the Masonic
and Eastern Star Home next Sunday
afternoon. July s, with Rev. c. NJ.
Young, rector of Trinity Episcopal
Church, officiating, and with the lodge
choir furnishing the music. Auto
mobiles will await those who attend
at the Takoma Park terminus OF the
Georgia avenue cars and at Third
street and Blair road for those WHO
come by the Fourteenth street car
line.
Information has just been received
from the grand council offices OF the
Order of DE Molay for Boys at
Kansas City. that the Imperial Coun-
Gil of the Ancient Order Mobiles of
the Mystic Shrine. at its Washington
session. unanimously indorsed the
principles of the Order of De Molay
and urged all mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine to lend their moral and per-
sonal support to all chapters of the
order now organized or that may be
hereafter organized.
The Order of De Molay, it is stated,
exists in practically every state in
the union, in Canada, the Philippines
and Porto Rico, and that chapters have
been organized recently in Rome and
Milan. Italy. Judge Alexander @. Coch-
rane, Grand Master Councillor of the Or
der of De Molay, who also is an active
Sovereign Grand Inspector General of
the Scottish Rite for the Southern
Jurisdiction, is now in Europe intro
ducing the Order of De Molay there.
The Order seeks to make better boys,
better men and better citizens by in
sisting upon a practical application
Of the ideals exemplified in its de-
grees.
De Ford Lodge, No. IS. of West
Virginia. without solicitation, which
is virtually banned at this time, re-
Gently sent to the Grand Lodge COM
mittee $50 towards the erection OF
the proposed new Masonic Temple on
Temple Heights in Washin 9ton. II
g said that similar returns are oc-
casionally being made, even from the
Pacific coast.
King Solomon Lodge. No. 81. will
have the F. c. degree the evening OF
July H. at l pm, having called of
it's communication for next We'd
nesday.
Senior Warden Alfred Harmon will
head the official line in the degree
work Friday evening in Lebanon
Lodge.
The Prophets of Kallipolis Grottc
are looking forward to their week
end excursion to Colonial Beach. Sat,
urday. July IA, with Prophet A
Mitchell Phillips heading the active
workers for the event. The program
includes a ceremonial at the beach
together with band concerts and drill
corps evolutions. The annual family
excursion will be given at Chesil-
peake Beach, August 8, with Mastel
Of Ceremonies Paul +. Grove directing
the arrangements.
The replica of King Solomon.
Temple, which was exhibited as on'
of the features of Shrine week, ha:
been removed to the auditorium OF
assembly hall of the Y NJ. C. A.
where it will be exhibited until Jul.
4, with two lectures daily, at ant
pm. There is no charge for admis
sion. although free-will offerings ar
accepted. The replica was construct
ed in Jerusalem, Dr. Baurat Schicl
devoting thirty years of his life upol
it on the original site Of the rea
temple. 1t was shown during Shrin
week in the government park soutl
of the Treasury Department AM
facing Ohio avenue. 1t is not tn
structure with which many Mason
of Washington became familiar in tn
lodge rooms here some time ago.
EASTERN STAR.
Iahannn Chant No o. initiafah