Evening star., 1923-12-16
FRATERNITIES:.

vorable action upon the request of the
advisory board of Masonic clubs to par
ticipate in the joint installation of the
officers of all Masonic clubs in the Dis
trict, at the City Club, January 30.
The club and its guests were enter
tained with musical selections and re-
feshments.
Board of trustees of the st. Johns
Mite ociation-President,' Past
Grand Master Walter A. Brown of
Federal Lodge, No. l: vice president.
Past Master Alexander Mckenzie of
TempleNoyes Lodge, No. 50: secre
tary. Past Master Emmett c. Elmore
of Washington Centennial Lodge. No.
IA; treasurer. Harry L.. Gessford of
Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 33. Mr..
Brown was elected for the twenty
first consecutive time and Mr.. Ell
more entered upon his thirty-siXth
year as secretary.
The st. Johns Mite Association was
organized in 1872, and is composed
Of one delegate from each of'the sub
ordinate lodges. 1t was formed for
the purpose OF rendering relief to
master Masons of this jurisdiction.
their wives. widows and children. and
primarily to relieve the lodges of a
share of the burdens they encoun-
tered in extending relief to tina dis
ras. had an uninterrupted career OF
usefulness since its organization.
Cathedral Lodge, Il. .D.-Eugene L.
Thompson, master: c. Melvin Sharpe.
senior warden; Edward S. Brashears.
junior warden: John, kenna' iHtiers
secretary; ]. Webster saanning treas
| ufer: j. Homer councillor. senior dea-
! 2vu' W. Spencer Brenizer. Junior
deacon: Martin W. Cookerow. senior
;teward; Robert Mccullough, junior
steward; Rev. Earle Whitley, chaplain;
Warren L. BreniZer. master of cere-
monies The first communication of
Cathedral Lodge was held Friday
evening in lodgeroom No. 3, New Ma
sonic Temple.
Lebanon Lodge. No. Harry s.
Boteler, jr., master: Alfred Harmon,
senior. warden; Elgin Smith. junior
warden; Walter W. Ludlow secre-
tary; Charles kattelmann. treasurer;
Edison B. Baldwin, marshal: Charles
a. Garland, senior deacon; James c.
Munich, junior deacon; Charles w.
Hafie senior steward; Joseph b. Es-
cavaille, junior steward Charles H.
kocher. organist: Charles II. Ger
ZACH, tiler; trustees. S. q. Nothing
ham, John c. Wineman and Francis
l. Beach; director Masonic and East
ern Star Home. Thomas 5. Sergeon;
trustee ST. Johns Mite Association
Arthur II. Smith; representatives to
Masonic board of relief. Lester j.
! Kelley and Thomas II. Young:
finance committee Alfred Harmon,
Charles +. Riecks and James F. Noel
Dawson Lodge. No. l6--Walter s.
Eatherly. W. NJ: Dayton A. Gurney,
S. w: John r. Jefferies. j. w; John
a, Colborn, secretary (re-elected(;
len l.. Cotton, NJ G.; NJ. Leo Rippy,
chaplain: John NJ Moehring. 5. D.;
/ Peyton 3. Fletcher. J. D.: Paul An
! derson. S. S; Frank II. Bryson, J. S;
| Louis Jacobson. tiler: John L. Apple.
|. organist: Perry. Il. Patrick. trustees
! George w. Baumann. delegate. Ma
| sonic board of relief: William r..
/ Clark%on. delegate. st. Johns Mite
Association: George w. Baumann.
| representative, board of managers.
Masonic and Eastern Star Home;
Walter s. Eatherly. representative.
{ board of managers, lodgeroom No. /.
] A past masters jewel was presented
to the retiring master. Allen l.. Col
/ ton by Past Master Perry. z. Pat
rick. The annual banquet was held
| the same evening at the Sterling
! Hotel.
!. Harmony Lodge. No. 17-Frank T.
Shull. master: Arthur y. Presmont,
senior warden; Max Abel, junior war
den: Johnston r Zimmerman. secre-
tary: Orange $. Ffrmin, treasureC. :.
(fortieth term) George NJ. Evans, as
sistant treasurer: Hiiliard c. Myers.
senior deacon; George c. Ober, Junior
deacon; Guy F.. Allen, senior steward;
Andrew Stewart, junior steward: Ma
sonic board of relief representative.
George NJ. Evans; st. Johns Mite As
sociation representative: Henry u:
Tegeler; Masonic and Eastern Star
Home representative. Robert II
Young: lodge trustee. Morris D. Ro-
senberg. The following appointments
were made by the mdster: Master of
ceremonies. John III. Gates; choir mas
r. May. lanternist, W. c. Babceck;
chaplain, Rev. ID. R. Covell; finance
committee, Kenneth s. Patten, chair
man: Francis n. Westerman and Fred
room No. /. 6. Manson Foote: !: Masonic
Temple committee, J. Walter Hum
phrey, chairman. Proxies to the
Grand Eodge-For master. Hilliard G.
Myers; for senior warden, George G.
Ober; for Junior warden. Guy F. Allen.
Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 81
Charles E. Warfie1d, master; Henry
r. Linfoot, senior warden; Robert c.
Tracy, junior warden; John F. Put
treasurer; Aubrey H. Clayton, senior
deacon: Charles G. Morgan, junior
deacon: Edward w. Shepard. senior
steward; Ralph NJ Wolfe, junior stew
ard; James l.. Evans. master of cere-
monies; Francis X. .McNerhany. or
ganist: Charles H. Calvert, tiler; Will
liam H. Humphreys. Vernon G. Owen
and Harry l.. Gessford. trustees; Yer
non G.. owen and Charles A. ia
Quette, board of relief; Harry l..
Gessford. ST. Johns Mite Association;
Miles Taylor. delegate to Masonic and
Eastern Star Home.
Albert Pike Lodge, No. 36-Master,
Nathan WE'LL; senior warden, Frank
Koch; junior warden. NJ: A. Wertz;
c. NJ. Jones; chaplain. Rev. J: J. Di-
mon; assistant chaplain, Rev. J. f.
Yates; senior deacon, A. l.. Ebersole;
junior deacon. d. S. Rudnick': senior
steward, II. ". Hayden, jr.; junior
steward, August Grant; tiler,. T. J.
Moore; organist,. S. A. Leech.
Congress Lodge, No. Civilian
II. Gross. master; Charles T. Conrad,
senior warden; William G. Heider,
retary; Charles H. walleigh: treas
user (re-elected); George 3. Ken
nedy, senior deacon; John II. Ash
man: Junior deacon: Milton d. Smith,
snor 5snor 1syins Rsr Raymond " nG4
Woolvern. chaplain (re-elected); Ed
ceremonies; Edward J. Stewart, tiler;
years; Edwin Smith. past III master, .sts
Masonic board of relief: Rev. Ray
mond l.. Woolvern. representative to
the Masonic and Eastern Star Home.
acted as installing. officer, assisted
by Past Master Edwin Smith as mas
ter of ceremonies.
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