Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29


Chase Chapter announces the appoint
ment of committee chairmen, as fol-
lows: Audit, George H. Post; finance
Frank H. Myers; ways and means
Henrietta Cole, vice chairman, j. Ben
son Thomas; add-a-bit section, Jane
Collins; afternoon section, Grace Die
trick; card club, Grace E. Chandlee;
business girls section. Fanny B. Henry;
testimonial, Isabel v. Collins; good
cheer, Bessie Burch; auxiliary home
board, BeSs B. Pierce; endowment, Isa-
bel v. Collins; bylaws, Percy w. Jones;
refreShment, May Purcell; choir, Rose
mary Wright. A meeting of the COM
mittee chairmen will be held at the
home of the matron tomorrow at 1880
pm. The next meeting of the chapter,
January z, will be homecoming.
At the last regular meeting of Gavel
Chapter there was installation of Of
f1cerS, as follows: Nora Helm, matron;
Donald KeSsler, patron; Ruth Coates,
associate matron: George Harris. assu-
ciate patron; Lillian Rowzee, secretary;
Jeanette Praetorius, treasurer; Viola
| krauSe, conductreSS; Louise Reed, as
Sociate conductresS; Bernadette Miller,
chaplain; Lois Mount, marshal; Mar
! garet Carol, organist; Hazel Booker,
Adah; Elizabeth Shaffer, Ruth;
Thelma Johns, Esther; Katherine Mil
Ter, Martha; Florence Norris, Electa;
Laura Paxton, warder, and oscar v.
Shomo, sentinel. Gifts were presented
to the matron and patron.
Warren G. Harding Chapter held its
annual election of officers December 10,
as follows: Bessie w. Franzoni, matron;
Julius F. Hagel, patron; Jane S. Kelly,
associate matron; P. William Budworth,
associate patron; Edith E. Spence, con-
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conductress; Ruth D. Fees (re-elected) +,
secretary; Grace Williams (re-elected) :,
treasurer; Grace Coles (re-elected), rep
reSentative of the board of directors of
| the Masonic and Eastern Star Home
and Ferdinand Waldman, John W..
| Blakelock and Harry L. Slye (re-elect-
ed, trustees.
At q special meeting held December
IA the officers were installed by Right
Worthy Grand Secretary Keyes of the
General Grand Chapter, with Past
Grand Matron Stevens as marshal and
Past Grand Matron Fletcher as chap
lain.
The next regular meeting will be
January IA.
Mount Pleasant Chapter will have a
reception for the new officers, an en-
tertainment and dancing, next Friday
evening. The guests Of the evening
will be the members of the different
Masonic bodies meeting in the temple
at Fourteenth and Kenyon streets
Columbia Chapter, Mount Pleasant
Lodge, BarriSter Lodge, Mount Pleasant
Royal Arch Chapter and Mount Pleas
ant Council.
At the meeting of Martha Chapter
December 20 the following officers were
installed: Alice NJ. Dixon, matron;
John D. McDuffy, patron; Elsie K
Speer, associate matron; Henry Wonder
ly, associate patron; Evelyn S. HurSh,
secretary; Alice Heimer, treasurer;
Emma Mason, conductreSs; Bernetta
Beavers, associate conductress; Char
lotte Cain, chaplain; Elizabeth Malone
marshal; Marion Route, organist; Ann
Cromwell, Ada; Annie Howard, Ruth;
Erma Burns, Esther: Isabel Titlow,
Martha; Lorena Arendes, Electa; Olive
RiSdon, warder, and Jesse T. Stephens
Grand Patron Millard T. Dixon. as
sisted by Past Grand Matron Flora T.
Campbell as marshal and Hattie r.
Hutchinson as chaplain. The next
meeting will be January g. A reception
will be held in honor of the new Of
f1cers.
There will be rehearsal for. the Of
ficers of Congress Lodge Chapter Janu-
airy 8 at 2 o'clock The next regular
meeting will be held January 6.
Past Grand Matron Gertrude Milans
installed officers, December 10, of 10y
atty Chapter, as follows: Mrs. Grace C..
Tullar, matron; William T. Tignor, pa
iron; Mrs. Elizabeth Rhine, associate
matron; Alvah r. circuit, associate pa
tron; Mrs. Florence Stokes, conduc-
treSS; Mrs. Erma circuit, associated
conductress; Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt, chap
lain; Mrs. Abigail Zimmerman, war
der; Malcolm c. Stokes, sentinel; Mrs.
Lena T. stull. organist; Mrs. Bertha
Tignor, marshal; Mrs. Ethel Halter,
Adah; Mrs. Caroline Schurecht, Ruth
Mrs. Helen Parham, Esther; Mrs.
Louise Covington, Martha, and Mrs
Beulah La Marche, Electa. The ma
tron was presented with a gavel, the
head Of which was made of stone taken
from King Solomon's quarries near
Jerusalem, while the handle was made
of olive wood from the Mount of Olives,
near that city. This was presented by
her father-in-law, DR.. Edgar Collins
Tullar, life member of Aurora Grata
Chapter Of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Esther Chapter at the last meeting
installed the following officers: Matron,
Mrs. Lucy E. FeSsenden; patron, Earl
F. Barber; associate matron, Mrs. Nell
lie B. Neff; associate patron, Albert c.
Shafer; secretary. Mrs. Charlotte M.
Mrs. Alice Bradley Sixteenth term !;
conductress, Mrs. Jessie M. Rulings;
associate conductress, Mrs. M. Elsie
Babcock; chaplain, Miss Ina Clough;
marshal, Miss Anna May Beck; organ
list, Mrs. Theodore Cunningham; Adah,
Miss Eva Lester; Ruth, MRS. Gertrude
Jones; Esther, Mrs. Aubra Harding;
Martha, Mrs. Louise Watson; Electa,
Mrs. Emma Parrish; warder, Mrs. Flor
ence Mattox, and sentinel, Robert j.
Bell.
Past Grand Matron Julia N. Streater
acted as installing officer, assisted by
Past Grand Matron Bertha G. Hudson
as grand marshal and Past Matron
Emma E. Riley as grand chaplain. The
chapter will celebrate its thirty-fourth
birthday anniversary January 2.
JUNIOR ORDER UNITED AMERICAN
MECHANICS.
Liberty Bell Council convened De-
cember 81 in Northeast Masonic Tenn
pie, with Councillor G. D. Hid presiding.
cilor w. S. Campbell, Financial Secre-
tary Cannon and Recording Secretary
w. E. Potter of Capitol Council repaid
fraternal visit recently paid their
council by Liberty Bell Council. The
applications of Albert B. Hit and Oscar
Nelson were received. The speakers for
the evening were G.. c. Lanham, L. E
Rector, T. P. O'Connor, w. S. Camp
bell, w. E. Potter and others.
Independent Council will meet New
Year day and install officers. The off,
GERS are: Councillor, H. B. Brown; vice
councillor, j. S. Freeman; recording sec
rotary, ]. B. Tiffey, elected for the
thirty-eighth consecutive term; finan-
cial secretary, j. A. Hopkins; treasurer
CiafHart. nONndinckcH.