Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11


hold its Spring communication
Wednesday evening at Masonic
Temple at o'clock, its Gus
tomary hour. General Masonic
/ business win be transacted. The Grand
4Commandery Of knights Templar win
ahold It's annual conclave tomorrow eve
lining at o'clock In the asylum at Ma
3sonic Temple. In addition to general
s. business new officers viii be elected and
Sanstalled. BY order of the grand COM
tmander, Ascension day services for the
iKnights -Templar will be held May 20
at pm. In the Congress Street M. p.
Church, 1898 Thirty-f street north
west, to which the Grand Commandery
and the constituent communicates of
sonic Temple, Thirteenth street and
New York avenue, will march in parade
in command Of the inspector general,
q. p. Hazelton.
Illustrious Master Clarence J. West Of
Adoniram Council, No. 2, announces
that the Royal Masters degree will be
presented at the assembly Thursday eve
ming by the officers Of Washington
YSheley presiding. The Select Masters
adegree win be presented by the officers
TOf Adoniram Council, with the Illus
trious master In the east. The charge
win be delivered by o. L. Beardsley,
grand captain Of the guard OF the
Grand Council. After the degree work
the illustrious master will give brief
talk on the relation Of the Cryptic de-
srees to those Of the Blue Lodge and
the Chapter.
The Association of nlustrious Mas
sers, Clarence j. West, president, VIII
nay its annual visitation to Adoniram
Council ct the same assembly, May Is.
At the recent meeting Of the Super
Excellent degree team Of Adoniram
Council the following officers were
elected: Clarence J. West, president;
ward Burkholder, degree director. The
next meeting Of the team win be held
Saturday at 8 pm. for the purpose OF
discussing ways and means Of increasing
the Superintendent degree fund.
King Solomon Lodge, No. 81. known
generally among Masons as "the day
Hight lodge" and which was chartered
by the Grand Lodge of the District
May 10, 1905, celebrated its twenty
nth anniversary last Wednesday. One
- the very interesting incidents in con-
mection with It occurred when Philan-
der @. johnson, for many years the
dramatic editor of The Star, was In
vited 10 assume the station Of junior
: warden temporarily and for purpose.
The event was clothed with q ritualistic
dignity, with questions and responses
by the worshipful master OF the lodge
and Mr.. johnson, respectively. This
mock ceremonial gradually mfoided
intimate and interesting facts concern
ing the organization Of the lodge
quarter of a century ago ana 1ntro.
duced "reminiscences OF number OF
/ its first members, men not only prom
tnent in Masonry, but in the Nation
itself, among them the late Samuel
Gompers, the distinguished president OF
tthe American Federation OF Labor Tor
many years, who was credited by Mr..
johnson with suggesting the name,
sKing Solomon" for the lodge; Dr.. d.
Percy Kicking, prominent psychiatrist
of this city, who was MIR. Johnson's
Instructor in Masonry; the late
Charles B. Hanford, famous as q
tragedian and also quite prominent IN
Masonry during his life; the late
Thonas Clarence Noyes, the founder Of
what is now known as Temple-NoyeS
Lodge, No. 80; Lurtin r. CHM. the
grand master in 1905; Joseph E. Luck
ett of the Columbia Theater, DR.. j. E.
I"Nyrnpo') Jones, well known in his
! day in the newspaper world, and Capt.
Archibald G. Butt, White House aide
during the Roosevelt and Taft admin
astrations, who lost his life on the ILL
fated Titanic. Mr.. johnson was one
of the charter members and the first
Junior warden of King Solomon Lodge,
its first worshipful master being the
late william H. Singleton, son OF the
famous Grand Lodge secretary, VIM. II.
Singleton Gas that gentleman always
INSISTED his name should appear when
II NAV be recalled by the old-timer
that It was Philander c. johnson who
wrote the poetic tribute to Capt:
SArchie' Butt for the public memorial
exercises that were held after his un-
timely death, which was so effectively
delivered by Charles B. Hanford, at
whose suggestion 1t had been written.
ats closing lines are as follows:
"For in this life where souls like shad-
The only Nv great and true realities
Are such as Memory tender en1olos
In changeless love and honor
Evermore."
Potentate James C. Hoyle of Almas
Temple announces that the next Item
OF interest on the Shrine docket Is the
ceremonial to be held in the new clun
house, Thursday, June B. Petitions Ior
this class must be Ia the hands OF sns
recorder not later than Saturday, May
=. 81. All novices receiving the degrees
i et this ceremonial viii be eligible Tor
. the pilgrimage to the Imperial Coun-
Ell session, to be held in Toronto on
June 10, IL and II.
The patrol Is drilling, the Oriental
Band and Almas Military Band are re.
hearsing, and the various units OF
Almas Temple are working hard 70
make the first ceremonial to be nelo
in the new Shrine club house his
toric event Potentate Hoyle says Almas
Temple has been doing nothing recently
but making history, and that there VIII
be no let up until the Summer vacation
sets In.
May is to be q very busy month in
Columbia Chapter, No. !, Royal Arch
Masons. High Priest Regar has q very
full program, with four meetings DUR
ing May. On May the Mark Master
degree was conferred upon 10 canui-
dates, and on the 18th the Past and
Most Excellent Master degree Will be
conferred upon more than 80. On May
81 the chapter will devote the evening
to entertaining the mobiles OF Almas
Temple of the Shrine, who will attend
accompanied by the band and the sew
eral uniformed units, and after the
chapter holds a short business session
they will visit the new club house OF
Almas Temple, where the remainder OF
the evening will be devoted to enter
tainment. The grand high priest, l.
Whiting Estes, and the other officers
of the Grand Chapter Of Royal Arch
Mssons viii also be tn attendance 81