San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-08
Among the Lodges

Over 400 candidates from the dis
triet of Southwest Texas have been
prepared to take work in the Scottish
Rite degrees which will be conferred
during the twenty-second semi-annual
reunion of the order to be held here
from April 9 to II, it has been an
nounced by Arthur Storms. chairman
off the membership committee.
The work of comforting the degrees
will begin Monday morning at 10
o'clock with the fourth degree. secret
master. Daniel O'Connell will be de-
gree master, and ]. r. Dunsmore, al
. ternate. Following is a schedule of
the other degrees that will be con-
terred Monday: Fifth degree, perfect
master. at 10 40; S. r. Tips, degree
master; Lonnie Irwin, alternate. Sixth
degree, confidential secretary, at
10 30; \. NJ. Washer. degree master;
j. ii. Halle. alternate. Seventh de-
gree. provost and judge. at /. c. G..
Anderson, degree master; A. y. Mour-
sund. alternate. Eighth degree, in
tendent of building, at 1 80. L. o.
Hill. degree master; c. A. Davies, al
ternate. Ninth degree, elu Of the nine,
at $50. \. w. Smith. degree mas
ter: G.. E. w. Adams, alternate. Tenth
degree. elu of the fifteen, at 80 {;
Sylvan Lang. degree master; c. p.
Reed alternate. Eleventh degree, elu
e. the twelve, at 4 20; ]. w. Burns,
-r1e master; Fritz Koehler, alter
natd Twelfth degree, grand master
architect, at 4 80; b. ID. Fore, degree
master; S. l.. Fore, alternate. Thir-
teenth degree, royal arch of Solomon.
at ) 80; Lonnie Irwin, degree master !;
j. G. Cummings, alternate. Fourteenth
degree, perfect elu. at Z 80; Arthur
Storms. degree master; W. B. j. Ball,
alternate.
Tuesday the following schedule of
work will be followed: Fifteenth de
gree. knights of the east. at o; III. w.
Weber. degree master: w. W. Mitch
ell, alternate. Sixteenth degree, prince
of Jerusalem, at 10 :45: c. Z. Reed.
degree master; w. NJ. Hudson. alter
nate Seventeenth degree, knight of
the east and west. at l 80; p. ID.
Mathis. degree master; II. y. Kelton.
ALTERNATE. Eighteenth degree, knight Of
the rose croix. at > 80; ]. II. Halle,
degree master; p. d. Mathis, alter
nate. Nineteenth degree, pointiff, at
3; w. S. Tomey, degree master; G..
r. Parkerson, alternate. Twentieth
degree, master of symbolic lodge; W.
5. Fly. degree master; p. ID. Mathis,
alternate.
The schedule for Wednesday is as
follows: Twenty-first degree. noachite
or Prussian knight, at $50; G. a.
Cook, degree master; c. ID. Hall, al
ternate. Twenty-second degree. knights
of the royal axe. at Q 30; Il. ). Peter
son, degree master; w. a. Ellis. al
ternate. Twenty-third degree, CHEZ
of the tabernacle. at 10 20; r. ).
Michael. degree master; \. J.. kauf-
man, alternate. Twenty-fourth de-
gree, prince of the tabernacle, at ] /;
f. II. Bradford, degree master; J. L.
Whitney. alternate. Twenty-sixth de-
gree. prince of mercy; w. W. Boyce,
nate. Twenty-seventh degree, knight
commander of the temple, at 3 30 /;
A. G. Mcdaniel, degree master; L.
n. Smith. alternate. Twenty-eighth
degree. knights of the sun adept. at
4 :3j; W. c. Farmer, degree master {;
Lonnie Irwin. alternate. Twenty
ninth degree, Scottish knights of St
ANDREWS, at ) 80: ]. Il. McGowen,
nxsee master: r. III. Cameron. alter
rate. Thirtieth degree. knights ka-
dosh. at 80: ]. X. Blackstone, de-
gree master; +. II. Bradford. alter
nate ~
Thursday morning the thirty-firSt
degree. nspector-inquisitor will be
conferred at 8. c. \. Davies will be
the degree master. and S. l.. Batche-
Tor. alternate. In the afternoon at
2 80 the final degree, the thirty-sec-
ond. master of royal secret. will be
conferred with 4. n. Moursund act
ing as degree master. and III. II. Rob-
ertson as alternate. Between the con-
fcrring of the thirty-first and the
thirty-second degrees, the degrees of
the order of De Molay will be put on
by the Albert Pike chapter of the
order. Very few Masons know the
nature of the work Of the De Molay
order and the degrees will be conferred
during the reunion for the purpose OF
showing them what the order is like.
Committees have been appointed to
have charge of the care and entertain
ment of the out-of-town Masons who
are candidates for degrees and for the
many visitors who are expected
Among the most distinguished of the
visitors will be Mike H. Thomas
grand master of the Masonic bodies
of Texas, who will be guest during
the reunion. Wives. daughters and
other women relatives of visiting Ma
sons will be entertained by a commit
tee headed by Mrs. Frank Bradford
Friday. after the work in the Scot
fish Rite degrees is finished, the mobiles
of Alzafar Shrine will hold their jinks
ceremonial. Many of ".Nse taking
the fhirty-second degree during the re-
union have already enrolled to take the
Shrine Friday. The program of the
day has been arranged as follows: En-
rollment of novices from TO Il, pa
rade at . 80, buffet lunch from 4 to
40. band concert by the Shrine band
from ) 80 to @, business session at g.
Oriental opening followed by. a bust.
ness session at Z. and an informal
lnncn Mt the Gnnter rnnf at @