Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16

progress and is arranging for series
of entertainments.
The lodge feels honored by the Sc
lection of it's master. Bolitha j. Laws,
as president of the Association of
Worshipful Masters for the Year 1927.
Samuel Gompers Lodge, No As. at
its last stated communication con
ferred the degree work. with Senior
Deacon Isidore A. Peake in the East
Rev. DR. Louis j. Schwefel chaplain
! of tho lodge. presented to Past Master
Henry j. Gompers a travelling bag
on behalf of the officers of the lodge
of 1926.
Birmingham Lodge. No. ISS. A. f. |
and A. NJ. at Beltsville Md. in
stalled the following officers on Mon
day night, January 10: Master, |
! Thomas +. Allsworth senior warden |
f. P. Williams: Junior warden w r. |
Brunck; secretary. Jean r. Brelsford; |
treasurer, A. F. Boteler; senior dea- I
con, j. S. Heal; Junior deacon, Charles |
| Brady, senior stewart. j. c. Stewart: |
junior stewart. Hugh Sampson; tyler, |
| Frank Wootten.
A dinner was served by Eastern |
Star Chapter, No. 26.
! The executive committee of Capitol |
!
non. MET at Pythian Temple Monday
| evening and discussed the plans for |
/ the coming year. The committee on |
band uniforms was authorized to pur- |
! chase new and complete uniforms for |
40 members of the band, whose |
! leader. c. r. Brill, has been connected |
with numerous bands in this city and
| was formerly director of the well
| known Interior Department Band
! during the days of the war. The
| first appearance of the Capitol Forest
| Band in public will be at the anniver-
sary of the local order in February, |
| when it will be in full uniform.
A ceremonial TO be held the latter
part of this month, the date of which |
is not as yet decided upon. will be |
the first of the present administra- |
ton, and the grand tall cedar, Alvah |
w. Patterson, has guaranteed the |
committee that it will be both a sur
prise and success.
Columbia Commandery Ladies
Auxiliary and Drill Corps will meet |
Friday evening, January %. Presi |
dent Mrs. A. n. Ross announces a |
special program is being prepared by |
the chairman of the entertainment |
committee, Mrs. George F. Dalwick, |
which will include vocal solos by Mrs. !
| Leo 7. Tolley, contralto; address, |
Canadian International Boundary |
Line" by Mrs. Edward Nelson Ding |
ley, vice president National League |
of American Pen Women; piano solos, |
Miss Emile Mann: readings, humor- !
Gus and otherwise by Miss Elizabeth |
Harris of the family of the famous |
Joel Chandler Harris. Refreshments |
will be served
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Craft !
mans Club, of the United States Vet |
Grams Bureau. will meet Tuesday eve-
ming at o'clock in the Edward |
Everett Hale Memorial Hall, Sixteenth |
and Harvard streets.
There will be election Of officers, /
and a fine musical program is prom |
ised.
The first dance of the new year of |
Kallipolis Grotto Band, Drill, Drum |
and Bugle Corps will be given at the |
New Willard Hotel Wednesday. The |
Grotto Band and Orchestra, as usual, |
will furnish the music.
The Grotto Band has elected officers |
for 1927 as follows: President Samuel |
F. Shreve, P. NJ; vice president, w. |
A. Saunders; secretary, Charles |
Aufenthie; treasurer, Ferd A. Herr |
mann: sergeant-at-arms, Philip |
Schneider; librarian, Otto Hammer |
bacher, and custodian, Joseph L. |
| Harmon. |
The annual meeting and election of |
officers of the Grotto will be held at |
Grotto headquarters on January q. |
EASTERN STAR.
Trinity Chapter, No. 80, appointed |
its various committees at the meeting |
January 6. The ways and means COM |
Sn1tAk nl at To- - L.
of Mrs. Fife Mothers. This commit |
tee announces social at the home of |
the patrons, 3941 Legation street, |
next Tuesday. Past Matrons Mary
Wayson and Ethel Babcock will be
in charge.
Bethany Chapter, No. "a, met Janu-
airy with Matron Mrs. Roberta Fosse
presiding. Miss Morgan rendered a
song recital. A card party under the
auspices of the chapter will be given
at the residence of Past Matron Mrs. |
Augusta Johnson IL Iowa circle,
January % at pm.
At the meeting of Bethlehem Chap
ter, No. Z, Tuesday evening, degrees
were conferred on the candidates by
the new officers. Refreshments were
served and a program rendered, con-
StSting OF piano numbers by Arthur
Anderson Of Washington Centennial |
Chapter; readings by Mr.. Wheelock Of
Gavel Chapter, and violin solos by
Mr.. Boone, assisted at the piano by |
Miss Duffy. John C. Mcconnell, chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee, has arranged. the annual dance,
in conjunction with card party, to
be held at the City Club February %, |
with j. j. Cunningham as chairman
and Mrs. Ethel d. Nelson, associate
matron as vice chairman:
Electa Chapter initiated a class Of
candidates last Tuesday evening Solos
were sung by Mrs. Elizabeth Koontz.
Mrs. Marion Linden, chairman of the
ways and means committee, an
nounced the annual colonial bazaar
February 10. The endowment COM
mittee will meet at the home OF Mrs.
Marietta Thompson next Wednesday.
Mizpah Chapter, No. 8, will meet |
Tuesday and confer the degrees. Ways
and means committee will meet jan
uary % at the residence of the |
matron at 7:45 pm.
Matron Jennie p. Hiechew of Fed
eral Chapter, No. 38, announces a
special meeting January 81 to cele-
brate the chapters first birthday at |
the Masonic Temple. Margaret Wrenn,
chairman of the ways and means |
committee, will have a card party at |
her home, 304S street, January q at
8 O'Clock, and plans are being made
for a card party and dance February
IA. The chapter had an entertain
ment at the Eastern Star Home Janu-
airy 7. The following contributed to /
) the entertainments Miss Dorothy |
! WEIGH and Miss Nina Stops, songs |
and ukulele selections: Mrs. Koenig |
gave readings; Miss Lilly sang and |