Evening star., 1924-04-27

A stated session of the Grand Chap
| ter of the District of Columbia will
the Grand Chapter chamber, NTH fiooI
| OF the Masonic Temple.
Joppa Lodge Chapter, No. 81, will
Masonic and Eastern Star Home this
! afternoon. Rev. Edward Hayes OF
| Petworth Methodist Church will be
| the minister in charge. Automobiles
will meet the cars at Rittenhouse
street and Georgia avenue between
2:30 and 2:50 pm.
At the last regular meeting Of
Joppa Lodge Chapter, No. 27, the de-
grees were conferred, the several sta
tions being filled by the past matrons
and patrons of the chapter, with Past
Matron Ruth f. Mills as worthy ma
tron, assisted by Past Patron Carlin
Eskridge as worthy patron. Junior
Past Grand Patron West, honorary
member of the chapter, gave an in
teresting talk. Junior Past Matron
Annie T.. Scott and Junior Past Pa
| tron William j. Buehm were initiated
with a mock ceremony into the Ma
| irons and Patrons Association of the
chapter Mrs. Edna X. Clinton, ma
tron of Takoma Chapter addressed
| the chapter in reference to the an
nual Masonic and Eastern Star field
day exercises. Past Matron Lillian
Bennett of william F. Hunt Chapter
and Mary Hartley gave vocal selec-
tions After refreshments, there was
dancing. The star Club VIII give
five hundred party at the cafeteria
l4th and Decatur streets northwest
Tuesday evening.
Columbia Chapter at is last meet
ing conferred the degrees. The nome
board members held A card party
Thursday afternoon. After the busl-
ness meeting tomorrow evening the
members will be entertained by the
National Capital Players. The ways
and means committee Will nola
rummage sale the first week in May
at 201S Georgia avenue.
Warren G. Harding Chapter. No. 81,
is to hold dance May at Meridian
Mansions, 240O 18th street. The home
board will hold card party at 1918
Vermont avenue tomorrow. Mrs.
Kettler will be the hostess.
At the last meeting Of Lebanon
Needham c. Turnage. president of the
Masters Association OF 1924, ad-
dressed the chapter relative to the
field day to be held June Il for the
benefit of the Masonic and Eastern
Star Home Worthy Matron Clerk
announced that plans were all com
pleted for the card party to be held
at the Ebbitt House next Tuesday
evening under the direction OF Past
Matron Cora Meyers.
Miss Sadia Haskell. matron of
Loyalty Chapter, No. 80, announces
that the degrees will be conferred at
the meeting May I. May l, and 3.
a rummage sale Will be held by the
ways and means committee, Mrs. Eff
fie Arnold Williams. chairman. under
the direction of Mrs. Annie Bowman
and Mrs. Della 4. Smallwood. The
stated meetings of the chapter will
open at pm, from May ! to Oc-
tober 81.
Mrs. Bessie Bush, matron of Esther
Chapter. No. 3, announced at the last
meeting that the grand visitation to
Esther Chapter would occur June 5.
At the meeting, April Il. the degrees
were conferred, and afterward a pro-
gram was rendered as follows vocal
Esther Chapter; snapshots of a
European trip, by Miss Edith Will
liams of Columbia Chapter; vocal
solos by Mrs. Sale of Naomi Chapter,
and a vocal selection by Charles
Myers of Esther Chapter. Mrs. Sarah
Mcqueen, past matron and chairman
of the ways and means committee,
announced a card party to be held at
Wardman Park Hotel next Wednes-
day afternoon, from to 4:30 pm.
Fidelity Chapter met in Masonic
Temple April 22. A carnival is
planned early in June for the benefit
of the temple fund and children's
dormitory. April so, the chapter will
hold dance at the Masonic Hall,
14th and Kenyon streets northwest
Grand visitations have been an
nounced as follows: Naomi, No 3,
May IA: Martha, No. 4, May Is: Ruth,
No. ], May 10; Areme, No. 10, May 21 !;
Electa, No. 2, May 27; Mizpah, No 8,
June 3; Esther, No. 5, June S; Beth
lehem, No. z, June 10; Brookland, No.
II, June IL, and Takoma, No. 12,
June IS.
After short business session Fri
day night Martha Chapter, No. 4, was
entertained with the following pro-
gram: Solo, Margaret Sanford, ac-
companied on the piano by Mrs. Dom
aldson, with violin obbligato by Mr.
Sanford; reading, Past Matron Louise
Linthicum; violin solo, Lee Sanford,
accompanied by Mrs. Donaldson; solo,
Past Patron Richard Titlow, accom-
panied by Past Matron Norma Hine
Worthy Matron Mary p. Allen an
nounces that the iniatory work at
the next meeting, May 2, will be
given by past officers, with Past Ma
tron Grace Kreiger and Past Patron