Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18
VISITING SHR|NERS
DEPART FOR HOME
Members of Peoria, Ill.,, Group
Lunch at Raleigh as Guests
of AImas Temple.

A luncheon in the Raleigh Hotel to-
day for the members of Mohammed
Temple of Peoria, H., when they
were the guests of Almas Temple
following a sightseeing trip around
Washington, completed a two-day
program of entertainment for visiting
Shriners to the Capital.
The visitors, to their homes from
the national Shrine convention In
Atlantic City, have been guests OF
Almas Temple and the Caravan Clup.
A few members from various Shrine
temples are among the Almas Temple
guests today.
Former Representative Clifford Ire
land. past potentate of Mohammed
Temple and recently chosen imperial
first ceremonial master, is with TO-
days visitors. Members of AlmaS
Temple yesterday congratulated their
own member, l.. p. Steuart, who was
promoted to imperial captain of the
guard during the convention in At
1antic City.
Yesterdays program of entertain
ment was concluded with a dance for
visiting ShrinerS, under the auspices
of Almas Temple, in the Raleigh Hotel
last night. Members of Moslem Tenn
ple of Detroit and Beni-Kedem Temple
OF Charleston. w. Va, were the guests,
along with scattered delegates from
other temples who decided to stop in
Washington prior to returning home
from the convention.
All members of Moslem Temple,
along with several score members of
the Beni-Kedem Temple, also were
guests of Almas Temple at a dinner
in the Raleigh Hotel yesterday after
noon at o'clock.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was given
an ovation at the dinner when his
name was mentioned by Past Poten-
tate Brown of AL Bedoo Temple, Bill
lings, Mont, who told of knowing Col.
Lindbergh when the latter was work
ing as mechanic in Billings. Like
wise, he was praised as fellow Mason
and elected an honorary member of
the Caravan Club toward the end of
it's luncheon in the hotel yesterday
afternoon, when the club had mem
hers of Beni-Kedem Temple as its
guests. His election to honorary mem
bership was by unanimous vote after
Mai. Gen. Amos A. Fries had an
nounced that he Col. Lindbergh) was
q member of keystone Lodge, No. 243,
of st. Louis.
Officials Introduced.
Potentate Bill Curtis of the Moslem
Temple and the following past poten-
tates of that temple: William Benal-
leck, Arthur Fisher, Jim Gaslick, Bill
Murray. Bert Hamilton, Alfred Allan
and Clyde Webster, and Recorder John
Gershaw He also introduced Poten-
tate Roland of AL Bedoo Temple and
Potentate Pat M. Wilson of Beni-ke-
dem Temple.
Toward the close of the luncheon
program of the Caravan Club, Henry
c. Stein, president, and Mrs. Stein
were presented with huge. basket OF
flowers by the club members as
twenty-third wedding anniversary gift.
Addresses were made at the lunch
con by Gratz E. Dunkum, grand mas
ter of Masons in the District of Co
lumbia; Robert S. Regar, Third AS
sistant Postmaster General, who de-
livered a toast to Pat M. Wilson,
potentate of Beni-Kedem Temple, who
also delivered a brief address; and j.
Claude KEEPER, grand secretary of
Masons in the District, who told the
visiting Shriners that voting is a lost
art in the District" The visitors also
were welcomed by Gen. Fries, Mr..
Stein and George B. McGinty, chief
rabban of Almas Temple, who is gen.
eral chairman in charge of arrange
ments for entertaining the visiting
Shriners. sunny Jim" McCandless,
imperial potentate of the Shrine in
1923. was among the special guests.
The luncheon program was opened
with the singing of America" by
the assemblage while Miss Elsie
Scharf, posed as the Goddess of Lib
erty." stood on a platform beneath a
huge United States flag. The pre-
gram also included vocal solos by Fred
East, music by Meyer Goldman's Or
chestra and the showing of motion
picture of the Army and Navy foot
ball game.