Evening star., 1927-04-17
FRATERNITIES

April 25, Wardman Park Hotel April /,
Is and at Brightwood Temple April |
%. The proceeds is to enable the two
units to participate in the annual con-
vention. Among the talent will be
Billy" Zeitler, minstrel king; Bar
ney Puck, John Wiley and Al Stern |
end men; the Mohawk Quartet, Peggy |
Little, Blanche Lehman, Kin Carroll |
and Jack Mullane.
The final Grotto dance of the sea
son will be held tomorrow evening at
the New Willard Hotel. Many spe
ciaities viii be introduced and dane
ing will continue until midnight
Dawson Lodge, No. 16, is preparing
to celebrate its SEVENTEEN anniyer. |
sary, May 20. The lodge was char.
tered according to The Masonic calen |
dar. May 8, 1857, and is one of the |
Masonic landmarks of the District.
A note from ]. Walter Karsner, sec |
retarv and treasurer of the Masters
Association of 1922, takes exception To |
the claim that the Masters Associ- |
alton of 1905 is the only one of the as
sociations to maintain a continued eX- |
istence since it's organization. Mr.. |
Karsner states that the association Of
1922 has held at least one reunion |
since 1922 and will continue to do 80
until but two are left to respond to
1922"
Junior Steward Edward G. Cabe |
will head the official line in the degree
work in Hope Lodge, No. 20, Friday
evening, with the senior steward act
ing as senior deacon.
The Ladies' Auxiliary and Drill |
Corps of Columbia Commandery, No. !
>. Knights Templar, promise a good |
program for the meeting to be held
Friday evening, which is to be "a joint
meeting"
Capitol Forest, No. 104, Tall Cedars
of Lebanon, will have a ceremonial
April 80. The forest is also preparing
for a visit to Harrisburg, Pa, to at
tend the Supreme Forest convention.
April 27 a forest dance and card
party will be given at the Ward. !
man Park Inn from 8 to II o'clock
midnight, when the Tall Cedars Band
VIII present q concert.
Illustrious Master Willis b. Robin |
son of Adoniram Council, No. :, K. |
and s. NJ, announces that preliminary
arrangements for a Masonic excursion
to the Shenandoah Caverns June Is, |
under the direction of the Adoniram
Council Super Excellent Masters De- !
gree Team Association in cooperation
with the Association of Illustrious
Masters, 1927, Royal and Select Mas |
ters, have been completed and that
full information will be forthcoming
shortly. All Masons will be invited.
At the stated assembly Of Adoniram
Council. No 2, r. and s. NJ, on Thurs
day, April u, the degrees of Royal and
Select Masters will be conferred by the
past masters Of the council, under the
direction of Illustrious Companion
Lucien G. Yung.
Although no degree work was sched- |
uled. a goOdly attendance greeted
High Priest Everett G.. Holt at the
conyocation of Mount Horeb Royal
Arch Chapter Tuesday evening, Past
Grand High Priest j. Davis Bradfield |
being among the visitors. Under n
good of the.order program Companion
A. Paul Hines contributed several !
piano selections. High Priest Holt has
adopted a novel method of inducing |
attendance and considerable time was
devoted to reports of the officers as |
signed to visiting absentees. For the |
next convocation Of the chapter. April |
26, High Priest Holt announces a
surprise program"
The drill team of Brightwood Conn |
mandery has elected the following of. |
f1cers: Arthur c. Shaw, P. c., presj- |
dent Edward Brooker. vice president;
John Parsons, secretary; Ernest
Shoots. treasurer; Joe Johnson, cap.
tain; William Wade, first lieutenant;
Charles Eisenhart, second lieutenant;
s. b. Reeder, sergeant, Committee APP
pointments-Ways and means, S.
Reeder, chairman membership, Ed.
ward Brooker, chairman; bylaws,
John Parsons, chairman. A number
of new members were enrolled, maxi
ing total of about so members The
drill team meetings are held on the
second and fourth Tuesdays.
Grand Comdr. Robert l.. Middleton
and other officers of the Grand Com
mandery paid Columbia Commandery
its annual visit Friday evening. Fol. |
lowing the visitation the newly elected
and appointive officers were installed
as follows: J. Harry Phillips, emil
nent commander; Henry II. Wright,
generalissimo; Samuel T. Farmer,
captain. general; James A. West,
treasurer; Charles +. Baldwin, re-
corder: Mason E. Lawton. prelate;
Raymond Boesch, senior warden: Ed
Burkholder, junior warden: William
GutshaI standard bearer; Arthur G..
Fessenden. sword bearer; Frank Heg'
ner, warden; Raymond y. Babcock,
Albert c. Shafer and w. i. Gaus-
man, guards; G. P. Boss, steward:
Walter II. Beavers. armorer; James
T.. Sellers, sentinel. After the in
stallation a banquet and musical pro-
gram were given at the Hotel Ra- |
leigh.
DeMolay Commandery, No. 4, X. r., |
has elected the following officers for
the ensuing Templar year: j. Fred
Huber eminent commander; George
p. Smith, generalissimo; William NJ. |
Bennett. captain-general; William M. |
Goodwin, prelate (re-elected); David d. |
Bowen, treasurer (re-elected): Edward |
Stelle, recorder (re.elected); Ralph B. |
Morrow, senior warden; Ross Fl. Sny-
der, junior warden; George II. God. |
ron, standard bearer; Harold M. God |
frey, sword bearer; John Fl. DeBaus, |
warden; George /. Laizure (P. ca, |
trustee, years and John Dolph, |
P. c., representative to the board of
governors.
a special meeting of Mithras Lodge |
of Perfection of the Scottish Rite has |
been called for tomorrow evening at |
7:30 o'clock to consider an unusually |
important resolution recommended by |
Ellwood p. Morey, deputy for the SUI |
preme Council in the District of Co |
lumbia, in connection with the resolu- |
ton adopted by the Scottish Rite |
bodies January 81, with reference to |
the erection of the new cathedral and |
other matters connected Herewith. |
The deputy has urged the attendance
of every member of the Rite.