Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-24
MASONIC TEMPLE
OPENING MAY, 1882
Washington Memorial Asso-
citation Fixes Date at Meet
ing in Alexandria.
~ star Correspondent of The Star.

~ a Stah Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, February "a
The George Washington Masonic Ma
tional Memorial Temple, being con-
structed here at cost of approximate
" $4,000, 900, will be formally dedicat-
ed during the second week in May
1882, it was announced following the
session of the George Washington Ma
tional Memorial Association held at
the temple here yesterday. The dedi-
cation ceremonies will extend over three
or four days.
Additional Work Ordered.
Additional work to cost approximate
ly $185,000 was authorized at yester-
days meeting, with other authorize
ton to be made expected to bring this
figure to more than quarter OF a mil
lion dollars for the coming year.
The contract will be let March l for
the installation of a heating and ventil-
ating system, the construction OF q
heating and boiler plant to the south OF
the building toward Duke street, and q
tunnel to connect with the main build
ing. Also authorized were permanent
roadways leading up to the memorial,
including construction Of parking spaces
grading the approaches to the temple,
and doing all necessary landscape WORK
and reseeding necessary. The road
ways are being constructed at this time
because of the large number OF visitors
expected in 1892.
Following the above work, the per-
manent windows, to be in the nature OF
memorials, will be put in place: the
electrical installation will then be the
next step. and with this will come the
placing of the high candlepower light
in the memorial torch which caps the
structure and the moving OF the chimes
to the top of the building.
Donations Up to $3,4OO,OOO.
A total of approximately 100000 was
reported by the delegates from the vari-
ous States yesterday to j. Claude KEEPER,
secretary of the association, with addi-
tional reports to be received today ex-
pected to bring this figure up to ap-
uroxinately $175,000. This, added to
the $3,232, 1885 reported contributed
I'D to February IA of this year, Will
bring the total amount received to more
than $3,400,000.
Memorials were adopted yesterday to
the late Chief Justice William H Taft,
who was a member of the advisory
board: to the late William S. Farmer,
past grand master of New York, one OF
the directors of the association; to the
late George w. Baird, retired admiral
of the United States Navy, past grand
master of Washington and member
OF the advisory board, and to the late
Frank s. Harmon, past grand master of
Ohio, who also was a director OF the
association.
A committee, headed by Grand
Master Herbert W. Dean Of Massachu-
sets as chairman, made the annual
pilgrimage to Mount Vernon yesterday
afternoon and placed a wreath on
George Washington's Tomb. Members
of the committee, all OF whom are
grand masters of their respective juris-
dictions, were Orville A. Andrews OF
Nebraska, Jay G. Eldridge of Idaho
Victor L. Minter of New Mexico, D.
Raymond Keifer of Delaware, James
w. McClendon of Texas, Edward c..
Mullen of Illinois, John Stewart Ross
Of California, Cyrus N. Blanchard of
Maine, Howard A. Middleton of Con-
necticut and George E. Danforth OF
New Hampshire.
Officers Elected Today.
At the meeting today, to be held in
the Masonic Temple on Cameron street
here, officers will be elected and the re-
mainder of the business completed.
The present officers, headed by Col.
Lewis A. Watres of Pennsylvania, pres
ident, are expected TO be renamed.
Yesterdays program at the Memorial
Temple open.d with an address of well
come by DR.. A. NJ Showalter, grand
master Of Virginia. This was respond
ed to by Charles H. Johnson, grand
master Of New York. Business sessions
were held both morning and afternoon.