Evening star., 1925-01-11

~ OVAL ARCH MASONRY in the
District now boasts of a new
chapter. Petworth. L. ID.
which was granted a dispen-
sation January ,. with Will
liam H. Boyd as high priest. No fur
ther particulars have been furnished
for publication, except that the new
chapter will hold its convocations il
Joppa Lodge Hall, Ninth and Upshul
streets.
Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter
will take a recess from degree work
Tuesday evening for a social session
with entertainment features. High
Priest OrvilIe l.. Ballard has asked d
large attendance.
Senior Steward Tul.ar will head
the official line in the degree work in
Congress Lodge Thursday evening
and the lecture and charge will be
delivered by Junior Steward McDer-
mot.
Senior Deacon Smoot will head the
degree line in Federal Lodge Tues
day evening and Junior Deacon Beck
will deliver the lecture.
Brightwood Lodge, No. 43, Henry
c. Stein, master. has made elaborate
preparations for the ceremony OF
constituting the lodge by the Grand
Lodge in Masonic Temple, Georgia
avenue and Colorado avenue, Thurs
day evening, January %, at s o'clock
Cards have been issued for the oc-
casion.
La Fayette Lodge. No. 10. has elect
ed and installed the following officers:
Robert l.. Peatross, master; Earl F,
Barber, senior warden; Harold A
Neff. junior warden; William H
Wanamaker. P. NJ, secretary; Noble
d. Larner, p. NJ, treasurer; Henry c.
Drummer, senior deacon; Frank H
Myers, junior deacon; Harry B. Pitts
senior steward; Harry r. Armstrong
junior steward: Archie w. Davis
chaplain; Gratz f. Dunkum, p NJ, as
sistant chaplain; ]. Ernet Dulin, in
structor of work; Ben c. McQuay,
master of ceremonies, and William E
Sims, p. NJ, tiler.
The Circle Club Of Master Masons
of the District employees will hold its
annual ladies' night later this month.
The committee is composed of Corbin
Birch, Clarence Tally, Archie Baker.
John Batson and Everett Phillips.
First Vice President Joseph d. Sullivan
is in charge of the arrangements for
the meeting Saturday evening.
The Fellowcraft Club of Federal
Lodge, No. l, has reelected the fol-
lowing officers: Carl A. Cole, presi-
dent: +. l.. Muse, vice president; J.
4. Riggles, secretary; f. L. Tracy,
treasurer.
At a meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the National League of Ma
sonic Clubs. held in the New Willard
Hotel recently, plan for the Great
ing of fund to be known as the
National League of Masonic Clubs
Educational Foundation was present
ed by the educational committee of
the league and adopted by the board
The plan provides for the creation of
this fund through various classes of
membership in the foundation, rang
ing in value from 81 to 81 900. The
first offers of membership will be
made to clubs and members of clubs.
The purpose of the foundation is
to establish a professorshjp and
classes in George Washington Uni
versity, in the District of Columbia,
for the training of students for the
public service both at home and
abroad, and is designed to carry out,
as far as may be, certain wishes ex-
pressed by George Washington. which
he endeaYored to partially provide
for with bequest in his will. Ma
chinery for the organizat tion neces-
sary to carry out the plan will be
put in operation at once. This action
on the part of the board of directors
and educational committee is in con-
formity with resolutions unanimously
adopted at the 1924 convention of
the league, held in New York last
June.
Friday evening preceding the con-
ference a number of officers and mem
bers of the local clubs met President
Eaton at the hotel, at which gather
ing Grand Master Roe Fulkerson of
the District of Columbia was present
and spoke informally. The local del
eEation was headed by Alfred II.
Elkins, state president for the Dis
trict of Columbia. Officers of the
lea que present at the conference were
Arthur b Eaton, Philadelphia, presi-
dent; Charles a. MacHenry. Freder
iCkSburg. Va, first vice president:
George Fl. Peterson, Ridgefield Park,
\. ]. second vice president: B. Waldo
Hobart, Boston, third vice president;
Edw. \. MacKinnon, Winchester,
Mass, secretary treasurer; Cyril de
Wryan. RidgefeId Park, y. J., and
Lieut.. Col. Walter c. Sweeney, L. 5. A,
Washington. d. G. directors; James
A. West, editor of the official publica-
tiOn. Members of the educa tiOnal
committee present were Lynn H.
Troutman, Washington. and Robert l.
Clegg, Chicago. past presidents of the
league; De Witt c. Croissant, Wash
ington, and Frederick H. Briggs
Boston.
Hiram instruction Club has elected
the following officers for the year
1925: John 3. Broaddus, president
II. VI. SpanEler. first vice president;
Paul II. Moreland. second vice presi-
dent: Mark r. Albertson, master of
ceremonies: T.. T. Greenstreet, SER
geant-at-arms Frank T. Rooms, jr.,
secretary ry-treaSurer. The club meets
regularly at 7:30 pm. the first Mon
day of each month at the Pythian
Temple, 1912 Ninth street northwest,
for members Of Hiram Lodge, No. 10,
and the brethren in general are well
come.
The next monthly dance of Kali
polls Grotto will be held at the New
willard Hotel Thursday evening.
Monarch Samuel f Shreve an
nounces that the annual election OF
officers for the year 1925 will be held
at Grotto headquarters January 30.
Brightwood Commandery Drill Team
Associatio will give an entertain
ment and dance Friday evening in
the private ballroom at the Arcade
Fourteenth and Park road. Many
novelties will be introduced in the
dance program and presents will be
distributed. Sir Knight Reeder is