Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-11-07
FLAG STAFF TO
NORMAL SCHOOL
CHAPTER GIFT
Chesapeake Branch Of Ma.
sonry To Honor World
War Members.

In celebration of the seventy-fftf
anniversary of it's organization
Chesapeake Royal Arch Chapter, Nc
II will honor its members who served
in the military, navy or aviation
branch of service in the late World
War.
AS this anniversary comes on Arm
istice day nothing could be more fit
ting than the presentation of flag
to the State Normal School at Sails
bury; thus showing the relation of
Masonry to patriotism and education.
This flag surmounts a seventy foot
steel rod which is placed in base di-
rectly in front of the Normal School.
To this base is affixed bronze tablet
bearing the names of the thirty-nine
men whom Chesapeake Chapter wish
es to honor. These men are residents
of Wicomico, Worcester, Dorchester,
and Somerset counties in Maryland
and Sussex county in Delaware.
Their names are as follows: Albert
G.. Allen, Cleveland H. Bailey, Her.
man p. Baker, James P. Blaine, Jr.,
Marcellus w. Bounds, Arthur w.
Boyce, John Redell Bradish, Nelson r.
Coulbourn, Charles o. Culver, Elmer
j. Davis, Walter H. Dilworth, Francis
H. Dryden, Henry S. Gordy, John r..
Gordy, Alexander T. Grier, Lester A..
Hall, Donald A. Hannaman, Martin E.
Hansen, Franklin B. Hill, Fred L..
Holloway, Willis w. Hudson, Clarence
w. Lowden, Hunter R. Mann, Frank
A. Mitchell, Lynn Perry, Wilmer S.
Phillips, Elijah E. Powell, William L.
Purnell, Sewell J. Rayne, Ollie J..
Russell, C. Norwood Shockley, Willard
S. Sterling, J. Edwin Tawes, D. Laird
Todd, Laird Eugene Todd, James r.
Wainwright, R. Fulton Waller, Arthur
B. West and Ralph E. Wimbrow.
The exercises, to which the public
is cordially invited, promise to be
most interesting. A line of march is
to be formed at the Masonic Temple
and Capt. Frank H. Drydn is to act
as grand marshal; the other marshals
are 20 be Herman L. Purnell for the
Master Masons; Arthur Boyce for the
Chapter Masons; Doda Hearn of Del
mar for the Royal and Select Masters
and Charles l.. Bourne for the Knights
Templar In the line will be represen-
tatives of the the Mounted police of
the State, the police of Salisbury and
the Tall Cedar Band, the Zone Guard
of Company with the cOlors and
color guards, the members Of the De-
Molay order, Master Masons, Chapter
Masons, Royal and Select Masters and
Knights Templar. These men are to
gather at the Masonic Temple at 2
o'clock and at the exercises will be
held on the Normal School grounds.
Most Excellent Charles P. Morning
star, grand high priest of Maryland;
Right Eminent Charles Zimmerman,
grand commander Knights Templar of
Maryland, and Most Worshipful War
rem S. Seipp grand master of Masons
in Maryland are expected to be pres
ent and make brief addresses.
The tribute will be presented by the
chairman of the committee, Irving
Culver of Delmar and will be accepted
by E. w. McMaster, Pocomoke City,
of the State Board of Education and
William ]. Holloway, principal Of the
State Normal School.
Other attractive features of the pro-
gram will be the Zone Guards of
Company l, the singing by the Glee
Club of the Normal School and of the
Star Spangled Banner by Mrs. William
Feldman, with w. Arthur Kennerly,
cornetist.
The anniversary exercises of the
Chapter are to be continued in the ev-
ening when reception will be held in
the Masonic Temple at o'clock. To
this reception are invited members of
the various Masonic bodies and the
widows of Chapter Masons.
Chesapeake Royal Arch Chapter was
organized November 18th, 1850, the
records show twenty-five members
with the following officers: High
priest, Noah Rider; king, Rev. w. A.
White; scribe, Richard Lennon; sec
rotary, G. S. w. Shipley; treasurer,
M. T. Ruark.
In the year 1925 there are two hun
dred and fifty-siX members and the
present officers are: High priest, John
S. T. Wilcox; king, Victor ]. Carmine;
scribe, David D. Pierce; treasurer, E..
c. Fulton; secretary, Raymond D.
Smith.
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