Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-19

"HE Scottish Rite bodies will bring
their Spring degree reunion TO
close next Friday evening with
the thirty-second and final de-
gree of the course. Degrees
will be presented also on Tuesday, We'd
nesday anG Thursday, as noted in the
calendar at the head of this column
Brightwood Lodge, No. 43, is making
special preparations for entertainment
at its communication Wednesday eve
ming, when it will celebrate walter
Reed night" and its candidates will be
drawn from the Walter Reed Hospital.
Kallipolis Grotto Band and other
units of the grotto will entertain the
members and guests of Brightwood
Lodge the evening of June IL.
The Masters Association of 1929 will
present the degree in Mount Pleasant
Lodge tomorrow evening, and the Ma
sonic Glee Club will be heard in sew
eral selections, according to the an
nouncement of Master Ralph M. Wolfe.
About 300 members of the Tall Cedars
of Lebanon, with their officers and
units, left Washington for Baltimore
Thursday for the annual convention OF
the order.
The band of so pieces, led by Charles
r. Brill, and the Royal Rangers, under
Capt. Harry D. Tryon, took part in the
parade in the afternoon, both In full
uniform. Many members and their
families went by train, and others by
auto and bus.
DR.. j. T. Prendergast, Grand Tall
Cedar, and his officers, Frank A. Brig
field, senior deputy, and John Q. Slye,
Junior deputy, headed the local delega-
ton. G. A. Jacquette, Alvah w. Patter-
son and n. M. Vandervort, past grand
tall cedarS. also attended the con-
yention.
Many forms of entertainment were
provided for the visitors.
Seat Pleasant Lodge, No. 21S. A. F.
and A, NJ, celebrated the second ami
yersary of its institution at the Masonic
Temple in Seat Pleasant. Nd, last eve
ming with a banquet, for which more
than 100 plates were served ny tne
ladies of Seat Pleasant Chapter, NO.
rs. Order Of the Eastern Star. Ar
rangements for the banquet were made
by the senior warden, Floyd F. Martin,
assisted by James G. Blackwell, who
acted as POSTMASTER. The principal
addresses of the evening, following q
brief address of welcome by Worsh1pful
Master Thurston G. Brown, were de-
livered by Gratz e. Dunkum, past grand
MASTER Oh N6SO11S III Vic NAcbA AN1 "a
Columbia, and DR.. Fred H Clark OF the
United States Veterans Bureau, past
grand commander Of Knights Templar
of the State Of Oklahoma. Past Grand
Master Dunkum chose for his theme
1.-THE influence of Masonry Toward
World Peace" Past Grand Commander
CLARK took as his subject Blacksmith
ing" and In the course Of his remarks
quoted the immortal poem OF Iongfel-
Sn1. 1ae on fY7StY7ICfiVQ
lesson. Other addresses were made by
w. A. Duvall, member Of the board OF
county commissioners for Prince Georges
County and past grand patron OF the
Order Of the Eastern Star in Maryland;
Henry s. Wood, grand inspector for the
fourteenth district OF Maryland; Rev.
W. e. Balderston, Judge j. G. Shep-
herd and Rev. w. H. McVaugh. Musi-
cal selections were rendered by MessrS.
Jett, Boone and Plaster, Mrs. Phillips
and Miss Eek.
EASTERN STAR.
At the last meeting Of Joppa Lodge
Chapter the past officers conferred the
degrees on three candidates. The tenn
pie committee will hold q card party at
the home of Past Matron Mabel S.
Boyd, 909 Webster street, May 81 at 8
pm. The auxiliary home board will
meet May % at pm. at the home of
Mrs. Jeanette Reed, 1922 New Hamp-
esses will be Mrs. Lena Bodell and Mrs.
Frances Blake.
The Friendship Club of Federal Chap
ter will meet May 81 at pm. at the
home Of Mrs. Vowel, 1929 Quebec
street. The next meeting of the chap
ter will be May % at 8 pm, when sew
10 Iv.St faI
At the last meeting Of Bethany Chap
ter the members of Petworth Lodge, of
which the patron, John B. BroadduS, is
an officer, were special guests of the
chapter. The officers and members of
the chapter were special guests Tuesday
evening at the meeting Of Electa Chap
ter. Miss Mabel jenkins, chairman of
the chapter garden party. is arranging
for the party to be held at the home of
Past Matron Augusta 0. Johnson June
is. The next meeting of the auxiliary
home board will be held May 27. Pre-
ceding the meeting Mrs ALT, Mrs.
Broaddus and Mrs. Marshall will be
hostesses at luncheon to be served at
the Aster Cafe. A card party for the
benefit of the home board will be given
at the home of Mrs. Amelia r. Mar
shall at w street at o'clock June
s. with Mrs. L. Mabel Smith assisting.
Hope Chapter will meet next Wednes-
day evening, at which time the degrees
will be conferred. The special guests
Will be members of Cathedral Chapter
Hope Chapter will be the guest of
Cathedral Chapter on May 90.
The grand matron and grand patron
paid Unity Chapter their official visit
and made addresses at the last meet
ing. A large delegation Of the matronS
and patrons of 1929 was present. The
entertainment consisted of contralto
solos by Mrs. Helen B. Benham, ac-
companied by Miss Lorraine Holiday:
readings by the Misses Catherine and
Janice Logan, and violin solos by Prof.
Harrison, accompanied at the piano by
Mrs. Frame. At the next meeting there
will be an apron social. The meeting of
the Jobs Daughters with the chapter,
for initiation, has been postponed until
June IA.
Treaty Oak Chapter will meet tomor
row evening on Temple Heights. The
degrees will be conferred.
At the meeting of Takoma Chapter
May "a the grand officers will make
their official visit and the natrons and
patrons Of 1929 will also be in attend
Rnce.
The home board committee of La
Tayette Lodge Chapter will meet May
81 at 8 O'Clock at the home of the
1natron, Mrs. Laura M Dyre, 104 Albany
avenue, Takona Park, Md. The same
committee will lunch at the home Of
Mrs. Margaret E. Smith, 1921 Floral
sAtreet. May 81 at IL o'clock ard wlll