Evening star., 1925-06-28

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Grand Lodge, will be held at
Temple Heights today at pm. Rev
Walter A. Morgan, pastor of the Mt.
Pleasant Congregational Church, will
deliver the address. The music,
under the direction of j. Walter
Humphrey, will he furnished by Mrs
William f. Doyle, soprano. and Mrs.
Lawrence Satterfield, alto, of the
choir of the United Brethren Church,
of which Rev. Charles f. Fultz, as
sistant grand chaplain, is pastor, and
Mrs. Dell Of Naomi Chapter No. 3,
o. f. s., will sing solos and in duets.
The officers and members of Ana
costa Lodge, No. 81. Samuel r.
Campbell. master; Pentalpha Lodge,
No. 23, J. Fred Huber. master. and
Electa Chapter. No. 2, Mrs. Marion F.
Pollock, matron; Naomi Chapter, No.
3, Mrs. Ella r. Bladen, matron, to-
gether with their families and friends,
are the especially invited guests. All
members of the fraternity and their
families, as we'll as the public, are
welcome. Seating accommodations
are always provided.
A patriotic service will be held Sun
day. July 5. with Rev. Earle Wiley
as the speaker.
f. Claude Babcock, master of Theo-
dore Roosevelt Lodge, No. A, the
baby lodge" of the District, has an
nounced that the grand master, as
sisted by the other officers of the
Grand Lodge of the District, will con.
stitute and deliver it's charter to
Theodore Roosevelt Lodge, No. A, at
a special communication to be held in
lodge room 3, in Masonic Temple,
Thirteenth street and New York ave-
nue., tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock.
The dispensation for the formation of
this lodge was granted December %,
1924, and the charter of the lodge was
granted at the last meeting of the
Grand Lodge.
Samuel Gompers Lodge, L. D.. will
meet in lodge room 2 tomorrow eve-
ming at o'clock, for the degree work
announced in the calendar. The
Samuel Gompers Lodge, now under
diSpenSation, is named for the late
distinguished president Of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, Samuel
Gompers, and. Grand Lodge assent
ing, should, in the due course of af-
fairs, be regularly constituted and
granted its charter later on.
La Fayette Lodge, No. 10, an
nounces supper, to be served by La
Fayette Lodge Chapter of the Eastern
Star at $50 Tuesday evening, to all
who may attend the special commune
cation called for pm. for ritualistic
work.
An announcement of unusual inter
est to the fraternity was made last
Tuesday evening, in Albert Pike Con-
sistory, NJ. r. s., OF the Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite, by Deputy
Ellwood s. Morey, who stated that a
decision had been ultimately reached
tC erect a new Scottish Rite Cathedral
on it's splendid site at Thirteenth and
X streets northwest, which fronts 152
feet on K street and 147 feet on Thir-
teenth street, and includes the adjoin-
ing lot recently purchased by the local
bodies of the Rite. This decision, he
said, had been reached after patient
and mature consideration, as well as
due notice to the Grand Lodge of the
District of Columbia By members of
the Rite, il is said, the decision is con-
sidered as evidence Of final determt-
nation on the part of the local Scot
tish Rite bodies, as such. not to unite
in the Temple Heights project of n
united Masonic temple, although the
members OF these bodies as indivi-
duals, as we'll as Mr.. Morey, are TAX
ing an active and a substantial inter
est in the erection of the proposed
temple on Temple Heights. No de-
tails, however, as to the reasons have
been furnished for publication. The
new Scottish Rite cathedral will be an
imposing affair, which will include, in
addition to an auditorium for rituals
tic purposes of the Rite, as we'll as for
general public uses when not so EN-.
ployed, with a full and properly
equipped stage for Scottish Rite cere-
monials, clubhouse facilities for the
members of the Rite, as well
as offices for it's officers and other pur-
poses. Stores, in all probability, will
be provided for on the K street front.
The announcement of Deputy Morey
was received with vigorous applause
and cheers, for, it is said, the new
cathedral will be a realization of the
dream of the Scottish Rite member.
ship for years, and especially of
Deputy Morey since he was commits
stoned as deputy for the District by
the Supreme Council in October, 1921.
Since this appointment the Rite has
added 1900 members to its rolls, an
almost so per cent increase of the
number in 1921. In giving the facts
out for publication, Deputy MOrey
carefully and specifically explained
that the new cathedral was purely an
affair of the Rite itself and that it
was not tc be considered in any sense
as inimical to the Temple Heights
every member of the Rite still main
tanned the warmest interest, and
would continue unabated active and
financial support. The membership
of the Rite, he said, had looked for
ward to new cathedral, with speci-
fic provisions for its exceptional rit-
ualistic requirements, conveniently
located near the heart of the city, as
a permanent home of the local bodies
Of q
structure of imposing architectural
beauty, and these considerations could
no longer be ignored.
Illustrious Potentate Henry LanS-
burgh, upon his return from the Fifty
first session of our imperial council at
Los Angeles, Calf, among the num-
erous resolutions adopted, it was pro-
vided that hereafter no temple will be
permitted to hold any sort of rattle
or other gambling scheme for the
purpose of raising funds. In order to
offset the old method of raising money
for the temple the imperial council
voted that the minimum dues Of any
temple shall be SO. Another ruling
of importance prohibits temples from
holding ceremonials, circuseS or any
form Of paid entertainment on Sun
day. The imperial council also voted
to publish a monthly magazine. The
Shrine will now have an official publi-
cation which will reach all of the 600,-
600 shriners OF North America.
The official organ of Almas Temple
announces the appointment Of the fol-
lowing committee chairmen: Com
plant, charges and grievances, Paul
B. Cromelin; jurisprudence and BY
laws, Judge James w. Witten; finance
and Accounts, Monnie Sanger; visitors
to the sick DR.. Mark G. Bulls; charity
and welfare, Milton Hopfenmaier;