Evening star., 1924-05-18
FRATERNITIES

| Dora h. Skeen, and financial secretary,
Mrs. Ada L. Phillips.
| A large number of the members
| Of Congress Lodge, No. 81, and their
| friends were entertained last Thurs
| day night by short address by Past
| Grand Master &. c. Coombs and by
| Homer j. Councillor. Selections We're
also rendered by William Ii. Carroll
! and Fred East.
The Mark Master degree is to be
conferred next Friday night by Capt.
| tol Chapter. r. A NJ.
Mount Pleasant Chapter. No. 13, r.
A. NJ, John G. Hodges, high priest,
| has the Past and Most Excellent Mas
| ters degrees scheduled for next Fri
| day evening.
One of the most enjoyable and
| largely attended affairs of Kallipolis
| Grotto was the ladies' night enter
| tainment and dance staged by Mon
arch Samuel f. Shreve at the New
Willard Hotel last Monday evening.
| The Grotto band under the leadership
of Prof. julius Hamper and the Grotto
| Orchestra, directed by Charles NJ.
| Dunn, rendered the music. In addition
| to dancing the following contributed
| to the program: Mrs. Raymond B.
| Dickey. violin solos. accompanied by
| Miss Norma Windsor. pianist; Louis
| W. Brown, tenor and xylophone solos
! by Master Henry Goldstein, accom-
| panied by his sister. Miss Ethel Gold
stein. pianist. The Grotto Drill Corps,
Past Monarch Charles ID. Shack elford,
| captain. gave an exhibition drill.
Brightwood Commandery, Knights
| Templar, celebrated its third anniver-
sary clay with a banquet and en-
tertainment in the social hall at Ma
sonic Temple. Brightwood. with Past
Commander Arthur c. Shaw as toast
| master. Grand Commander William
X. Reeves. Deputy Grand Commander
| William Miller, Past Grand Com
mande Fred CawSon, the daddy of
| Brightwood Commandery. and the in
| structor general, Sir Benjamin l.. Lar
| combe, attended. A program of muSi
| cal numbers. consisting of vocal solos
| by Miss Watson, Xylophone solos by
Master Henry Goldstein, vocal seleo-
tions by the Mohawk Quartet and an
organ recital by Sir knight Watson
was given. Addresses were made by
the grand commander. the deputy
grand commander and Sir Fred Cav
son. A humorous address was made
by Commander J. n. Baker depicting
| the peculiar qualifications of the vari-
Gus officers of the commandery. Dane
| ing until midnight followed the en-
| tertainment.
For the conclave of May 90 Com
! mander Baker announces the order of
| the Temple with the grand command
| er of Virginia. Right Eminent Sir Ed
| ward r. Fuller. and Old Dominion
| Commandery. No. IL, of Alexandria,
Va. as the guest of the evening.
The next stated assembly of Wash
| ington Council No. l. will be held in
| the chapter chamber. Masonic Temple,
| tomorrow at 1:30 pm.
| Mithras Lodge of Perfection is to
| hold a business meeting next Tuesday
| evening.
! A reunion of the Scottish Rite is to
! be held in June.
High Priest William Goodman an
nounces the Past Master and Most Ex-
cellent Master degrees as the work of
! Brightwood Chapter, No. 9. Wednes-
! day, with Ralph L. Lee presiding in
| the former and Frederick Carl presid-
| ing in the latter degree. Refresh
| nentS will be served and all Royal
! Arch MasonS are invited.
! At the convocation of Mount Horeb
| Chapter last Tuesday evening the
Mark Master degree was conferred
upon Samuel G. Chestnut. Abraham
| Friedman and Andres B. Marshall, the
| degree being conferred by Alfred G.
| Shafer, the scribe. Past Grand High
Priest and Deputy Grand Master Roe
Fulkerson delivered an address on
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