Evening star., 1924-01-27

called of their meeting Tor next Satur-
/ day evening and accepted the invitation
! TO attend the grand reception Order
: Eastern Star at the New Willard Hotel
! at o'clock. All members of the Bethel
will be welcomed.
| Gavel Chapter, No. %. will meet Feb
ruary 5 at 7:30 pm. a card party will
be held at Gavel Club. 719 18th street
northwest. February 20 at pm. The
, first meeting of the auxiliary home
board will be held at the home of Miss
! F,ffie Kessler, assisted by Mrs. Florence
! Lippard and Mrs. Anna Il. Nierbuchen,
] 667 South Carolina avenue southeast,
| tomorrow evening.
! Degrees were conferred on a class OF
candidates i'll Electa Chapter last Tues
! day evening. Solos We're sung by Mrs.
/ Sarah King. Past Matron Ethel Scan
! tlebury, chairman of the way and
means, announced thc annual colonial
bazaar at Scottish Rite Cathedral Feb
ruary %. The auxiliary board was
! invited to meet at the home OF Mrs.
! Eva Williams tomorrow. with Mrs.
| Williams and Mrs. Mary T. O'Brein
East Gate Chapter, NO. 81. celebrated
its eighth anniversary January IS;
Matron Helen r. Strait, Grand Patron
| William G.. Belts, Associate Grand
| Patron Charles 5. Shreve, Associate
Grand ConductresS Lena Stephenson,
| Grand Lecturer Mollie Teachum, and
Fraternal Father Past Grand Patron
1 Arthur Poynton. A musical program
was given. 4 large birthday cake was
cut and served with other refreshments.
At the next meeting, February /. the
degrees will be conferred with the new
officers officiating.
Officers OF the auxiliary home board
are to be elected at meeting tomorrow
! at 1870 pm.
! Miriam Chapter. No. 23. will meet to-
morrow night at Masonic Temple. The
new officers will initiate class of cam
didates. The ways and means COM
! mittee and also the home board met
! Thursday and Friday evenings, respec-
lively, and have planned some social
activities for the near future.
! Religious services this afternoon at
/ Masonic and Eastern Star Home are in
charge of Columbia Chapter. No. 10.
Rev. Bernard Braskamp of Gunton
| Temple Church officiating. Automobiles
will meet the ears at Georgia avenue
and Rittenhouse street, also Sd and Rit
! tenhouse street, to convey members and
| friends to the home. At the meeting
! tomorrow night degrees will be con-
ferred by the new officers.
At meeting of Ruth Chapter. No. l.
! January 81, W. Curtis Draper, chairman
( OF tfle ways ana means committee, All
nounced that plans were perfected and
/ committees appointed for the chapters
! annual colonial entertainment, dance
! and bazaar, to be held in the Arcade
! Auditorium February 81. The chairman
! of the home board auxiliary. Mrs. Ruth
! Y. lvers, announced card party for
+ the benefit OF the board, at her home,
! 72S Park road. January 81, at 1870 pm.
| of six candidates, after which the fol-
I lowing program was given: Solo. stan
J ley Bell: piano solo. Mildred Schultze;
! solo. Catherine Walker. Refreshments
J were served.
| Bethlehem Chapter, No. =. at its
meeting in the Masonic Temple. Sth
and F streets northeast, Tuesday eve
! ming celebrated its twenty-seventh
birthday and also rendered reception
| to Past Matron Lena Stephenson in
; honor OF her elevation to the Grand
/ Chapter line as associate grand con-
ductress. The worthy patron Of Beth
! lehem Chapter, EanW. Roberts presided.
| Past Grand Matron Mrs. Grace L. KIM
mel presented Mrs. Stephenson with d
! handbag on behalf of Bethlehem Chap
ter. Worthy Matron Mrs. Irene Darnall
presented Mrs. Stephenson with a comb
on behalf of the officers of the chapter.
and Past Matron Luella BarrowS pre-
scented her with a basket of roses on
behalf of Mrs. Stephenson's daughter,
! Mrs. Dedee Stephenson Corning, and
/ b.
and well wishes were also. given
, by Mrs Cora House and by the
associate matron. Mrs. Beulah NJ. Cap
per. On behalf of the drill team of
Bethlehem Chapter, ,har Of which haa,,st Mrs; 5;
! flowers was presented her by Past
Patron Adolph Sieverling. Past Matron
/ Carnaham of Loyalty Chapter gave a
vocal solo, Mrs. Dedee Stephenson Corn
| ing a. reading and Daniel Dieffendorf
col nf q r
gave interpretative readings, and Mrs.
| w. w. Deal sang. Refreshments were
served, including a large birthday cake
studded. with twenty seven candles, by
! Past Grand Matron kimmel announced
that the grand matron and grand patron
| of the District of Columbia had ac-
cepted the invitation to be present at
Bethlehem Chapters reception and
dance at the Raleigh Hotel February 2S.
| At the meeting Of Lebanon Chapter,
| No. %, January % the ~onferring of the
degrees on large class was witnessed
! by Grand Matron Mrs. Helen B. Strait
! and Grand Patron w. G. Belts Worthy
Matron Mrs. Clark announced a recep-
, tion and ball would be given in honor
at the Willard Hotel February by
| Naomi Chapter and Lebanon Chapter.
| Worthy Patron Paul B. Cromelin an
nounced that the chapter would give its
annual ball at the City Club Febru-
ary 2S.
| Hope Chapter, No. so, at it's meeting
Wednesday initiated several new
members. Several vocal selections
were rendered by Mrs. Bessie Wat
kins; The chapter is to give dance
| in the Arcade February L.
| Martha Chapter, No. 4, held a largely
| attended meeting January IS, with the
| worthy matron. Mary P. Allen, presid-
ing, assisted by the, worthy patron,
meeting a program was presented by
| the worthy patron, as follows: Vocal
| solo, Amelia Birmingham; piano duet.
Mary Gastrock and Margaret Horn
play The Wrong Baby" by eight of
garet Cook; vocal solo. Grace BiddIe;
fancy toe dance, Blanche lehman,
The chapter is planning dinner in
March A dance is to be given by all
| the chapters at the City Club February
Z, the proceeds to be used to purcha Sc
bus for the Eastern Star Home.
! Richard w. Barker, Jr., past patron, is
chairman for Martha Chapter.
Junior Past Matron Norman Hines
! and Junior Past Patron Richard w.
| Barker were initiated into the mys-
| teries of the Past Matrons' and Pa
| irons Association at the last meeting
| of Martha Chapter, with Past Matron
| Jessie Hover presiding. The worthy
| matron announces that there will be
| work at the next meeting, February ].
| st. Johns Lodge Chapter, No. 1s
| last Monday celebrated its birthday
| anniversary. Among those present
| were the Worthy Grand Matron Helen
| b. Strait, Worthy Grand Patron VIII
| liam Belts, Past Grand Matrons Kim
/ nell, Hudson, Hutchinson and Camp
! bell and Past Grand Patrons Joseph
] H. Milans and James A. West. Off
GERS of ST. Johns Lodge, No. IL, were
| oScnrfad infn the rnnna and l,n..A = J