Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31


The Grand Council of the Cryptic
Order of FretuaSonry. known as the
ROYAL and select Masters will hold its
annual meeting and election of Off
rcrs AT Masonic Temple saturday eve
ming.
The CITY Club Wednesday evening
UiiI be the scene of an event OF inter
national importance in Masonic club
dom, with the United States. Can
ada. the Canal Zone and the Phlilp,
nine Islands represented. Past GRAND
Master Roe Fulkerson will introduce
sydney K. Jacobs, the present grand
master. The occasion will be the in
staIlation of officers of the various
Masonic clubs by the advisory board
a purely local body acting separated
from the National League of Mason'"
Clubs. The officers of the board, j
Boyd Dexter, president. and MessrS
+. \. Detweller, 5. c. Bready anT
y. ]. Sllidmore. vice president, treas
urer and secretary, respectively, wi
officiate. The committee in charge Is
composed of O. W. Riley of the Wash
ington Railroad Square Club, A.
Jenkins. Five Points Club; w. n. Beck
stein. Cable.Dw Club; c. Fl. Blair and
w II Hensey of the Craftsman Club
William MuSSer will be chairman o
the floor committee and W. II. Holmes
heads the finance committee. Speeches
BY Past Grand Master Fulkerson and
Grand Master Jacobs will be features
OF the evening. Edgar Griswell's Or
chestra will provide the music, and
dancing will begin at 9 o'clock.
Newly elected club presidents to he
installed include John Oliver Bowen.
Anchor Club: J. d. sullivan. Circle Club;
Five Points Club: Albert S. Hope, Gavel
Club: ]. y. Tetty, George Washington
University Points Club: r. l.. Cor
bin. Ionic Club: Charles Stalk. Lamb
skin Club: Rear Admiral Luther +.
Gregory. SojuurnerS' Club: :. q. Ire
wella. Petworth Club: John Fl. Pigg,
National Union Club, and j. c. Watts,
Level Club. Cen. Amos A. Fries, VIII
liam Belts. William Musser and Wal
ter +. Metz, past presidents of the
advisory board, will be in attendance.
DR. J. Davis Bradtield, grand high
priest of the Grand Chapter. Royal
Arch Masons of the District of Column
bia, accompanied by the other grand
officers, paid his annual visitation
TO Mount E1oreb Chapter Tuesday
evening. Among the visitors were
Past Grand Masters Lem Towers, jr.,
and c. C. COMBS; Daniel G. Davis.
deputy grand high priest of the Dis
trict: Charles r. Bartlett, grand king;
Raymond &. Dickey, grand scribe; j.
Claude KEEPER, grand secretary; John
A Colhurn. grand treasurer; Lucien
G. Yung. grand visitor and lecturer;
Walter +. Smith, grand captain of the
guard; l.. Whiting Estes, grand prin-
cipal sojourner; A. Clifford Wilkins,
grand master Of the second vail; Rob-
ert l.. Krause. grand master of the
first vail; Cummins c. Helmick. grand
sentinel; Past Grand High Priests
William NJ. Harley and Frank f.
Major, Past High Priests Fielder L.
Hunter. F. F. Kimmell. Z. w. Libbey.
Richard NJ. Towson, James S. Briggs
and o. l.. Ballard. Following the Of
fetal visitation the members were
entertained by Miss Hazel Mitchell,
lady baritone: Andrew and Irene
Schreiner, with the banjo and guitar,
and Norman, the laxative trickster,
after which refreshments were served.
At its annual meeting Thursday
evening kallipoliS Grotto elected Of
fiCerS for the year 1926 as follows:
Monarch. l.. Whiting Estes. reelected:
chief justice, stephen II. Takes re-
elected master of ceremonies, Arthur
NJ. Poynton. reelected; treasurer, Jo-
seph II. Curran. reelected; secretary,
Il. w. Libbey, 2. NJ, reelected: trus-
tee, e. S. Schmid. F. G. NJ. reelected,
and sentinel, Alex Schmid. reelected
There was no opposition to any of
the nominees.
Tuesday night, before some 500
Masons, over 200 of whom were mem.
bers of the lodge, the Samuel Gompers
Lodge, No. As, was constituted, and It's
charter granted by Grand Master
Jacobs and the Grand Lodge of the
District Incidentally, IL was the eve
of the birthday of the man whose
name the lodge bears.
Henry j. GomperS, son of the late
Samuel GOmpers. was installed as
master: Maurice Blum, as senior war
den, and Samuel j. Feldman, junior
warden. The other officers installed
were: Louis Rosenberg, secretary;
Frank Foer, treasurer; II. Lewis. mas
fer of ceremonies: Christian Henson
chaplain; A. X. Armstrong and l.
Peake, senior and Junior deacons: L.
Raebach and l.. Goldberg, senior and
Junior stewards, and {. Nicholas, tiler
A banquet was followed by entertain
ment by a popular dance orchestra.
King Solomon Lodge, No. 81. will
have an all-day affair Wednesday, be-
ginning at 9 o'clock in the morning
with the VI. NJ. degree, Senior Warden
CASTOR ID. tombstone heading the line.
Luncheon will be served at II o'clock
in the banquet room of the Temple.
During this hour of refreshment en-
. tertainment will be rendered by Mrs.
David H. kincheloe, wife of Repre-
sentative Kincheloe of Kentucky, and
by Mr.. Howard G.. Lowd. AT ] O'Clock
the stated communication will be held
and the T.. \. degree will be conferred
by Junior Warden Fred G. Long.
Joseph II. AIilanS Lodge, No. 38, will
have a social Friday evening in the
lodgeroom in the Northeast Masonic
Temple. Eighth and + streets north
east. Master Masons are invited to at
tend.
The Fellowcraft Club of the lodge
will hold a five hundred card party
in the auditorium of the Northeast
Masonic Temple Wednesday,, Febru
ary II.
At the meeting of the Masonic Study
Club of Washington Centennial Lodge
February the principal speaker will
be Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune. com
mandant, L. S. NJ. G. His topic will
be Masonry in Military Service
Other speakers will be William Wat
son Ayres, on Our Code; John R
Magill, on THE Badge of a Mason,
and the question box will he answered
by Worth F. Landon. The meeting
will start at 1880 o'clock in the Ma
sonic Temple.
The annual dance Of Brightwoot