Evening star., 1925-06-07


pected now from the blue lodges and
chapters, which usually call off dur
ing the Summer.
st. Johns Lodge, No. II, announces
a special musical program in connec'
ton with it's degree work Friday eve
ming, when Senior Warden :. NJ. An
seIo will head the official line. There
also will be other entertainment. 10
which Master Masons generally are
invited.
Trinity Lodge. No. Al. announces
that it will call off" its July and Au-
gust meetings and that the degree team
of the Gavel Club will assist in the de-
gree work tomorrow evening. which
will mark also the last communication
of the lodge until September.
Dayton A. Gurney, master of Daw.
son Lodge, No. 16, announces that
Robert le Bruce Chapter, Order of De
NIolay, has issued an invitation to its
degree work Friday evening at
O'Clock, in the Auditorium of Masonic
Temple This is the Masonic order for
boys, whose work in the District has
excited wide interest among Masons.
Master w. B. Furr of Federal
Lodge, No. /. announces that Louis
Giclas will deliver a lecture on The
Statue of Liberty" at the Tuesday
evening communication of the lodge,
when Junior Warden Halliday will
head the line in the degree work.
Next Saturday and Sunday the
knights Templar pilgrimage from
Washington will move to New York
for the three-day celebration of the
112th annual conclave of the Grand
Commandery of New York. The com
mittees in charge are endeavorlng TO
have the local knights arrive in New
York by pm. Sunday. A big pro-
gram of entertainment has been ar
ranged by the New York Templars.
True Masonic tribute is paid in the
June issue of the Scottish Rite
Cathedral Calendar to the memory
of the late Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles,
who was a member of Albert Pike
Consistory of this Jurisdiction.
Takoma Lodge, No. 90. has called
off its communication scheduled for
Tuesday evening and has set apart
june 16 for the formal opening of its
new temple and June 10 for special
past masters night for the NJ. NJ. de-
gree. The grand master of the Dis
trict is expected to be present at the
opening of the new temple, for
WHICH uOuUlleSS q plOSIdIll, hoL Luz :
nished for publication, has been pre-
pared. At the Past Masters night
Past Master Derrick is announced to
stage a comeback" for the first
masters degree in the new temple.
Hope Lodge, No. 20, which paid a
return fraternal visit to Concordia
evening. will not call off" its COM
munications except in August, and
even in that month it expects to have
the NJ. NJ. degree on or about the
31st.
Chevy Chase Lodge. No. AZ. will
have charge of the services at the
Masonic and Eastern Star Home next
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, when
Rev. Edward o. Clark, the lodge
chaplain, will officiate.
After the business session at its
first stated communication. Samuel
Gompers Lodge, L. D., was enter
tanned by Dolly Leishear and his
Hummingbird Orchestra and with
features provided by Lewis Levy. A
second communication of the lodge
Is scheduled for Tuesday evening.
The Drill Team Association of
Brightwood Commandery, No. 8, X.
T., will open its fete champetre at
Georgia avenue and Quincy street to-
morrow evening, and from then until
and including June 13 it will enter
tain with various forms of amuse-
ment, including feature attractions
and dancing. An important incident
of this celebration will be the award
of a free round trip, including trans
portation, meals, Pullman accommo-
dations and tour features outlined in
the itinerary of the Grand Com
mandery of the District in its pill
grimage to the triennial conclave of
the Grand Encampment of knights
Templar at Seattle, Wash, July 2730.
Monarch L. Whiting Estes. after
his return from Indianapolis, states
that he will soon make announce
ment of several Grotto affairs of in
terest. The Summer program includes
the annual family outing, details of
which are now under consideration.
Past Monarch Samuel F. Shreve,
chairman of the convention commit
tee, again issues a warning to proph-
cts to make hotel reservations through
him for the full three-day program
of the convention. The Atlantic City
prophets have outlined an enjoyable
time for the visiting prophets, it is
said.
Prophet Joe Leverton. captain of
the Grotto base ball team, announces
that his players are fit and ready for
the annual game with Almas Temple
for the benefit of the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home, at American
League Park, on Saturday, June 27,
when the Grotto Band, Drill Corps
and Drum and Bugle Corps will con-
tribute to the program.
The Washington Railroad Square
Club had a Memorial day meeting,
when Past Grand Master Judge
James ". Witten delivered a tribute
to those who have gone west" as a
result of the supreme sacrifice they
made in the World War, and, rapidly
retrospective, he called attention to
the Spanish imbroglio. the Civil War
and the Spirit of 70"
Rev. c. r.. Stauffer chaplain of the
club, eulogized "the man who deliv-
cred the Gettysburg address, whose
rugged honesty and steadfastness of
purpose places him in a position un-
occupied by any other mortal, out
standing, separate and apart, the
massive outlines of his commanding
figure ever engraved and enshrined
in the mind and memory of all, Abra-
ham Lincoln"
c. Roy Blanford of the Railroad
Square Club, who served his country
"over there" as captain in the A. f.
F.. was vividly affected as he paid
tribute to his late comrades.
The entertainment features included
Raymond E. Donogue and his Mount
Rainier Band, L. II. Donohue, Billy"
Donohue and E. o. Miller.
The Railroad Square Club Saxo-
phone Quartet-Charles W. Jones, AL
len s. Edwards, William l.. Cissel,
Leslie M Dries, with Mrs. Alice X.