Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26

knights Templar in this juris-
i diction will close with that TO
De Molay Commandery. No 4,
Tuesday evening at o'clock In Ma
sonic Temple.
Comdr. Hayes c. Rice Of Orient
Commandery, No. 5. K. T., has an
nounced an informal visit OF members
of the commandery this morning at
$50 o'clock to Congress Street Metho-
dist Church, at Thirty-flrst and M
streets, where Grand Comdr. Joseph H.
the Mems Bible Class.
La Fayette Lodge, No. 19, will have
charge of the services at the Masonic
and Eastern Star Home this afternoon
at 3 o'clock, with Rev. William Pier
pont, pastor of McKendree M. e.
Church, officiating. A special program
the lodge chaplain, Archie w. Davis.
Members families and friends have
been invited to be present.
Ara NJ. Daniels, king of Mount YER
non Chapter, No. 3, Royal Arch Ma
sons, will address the chapter tomor-
row evening on Masonry in Operation,
or Applied Masonry"
Past Grand Master Crate E Dun
KUN was the guest Of Samuel Gompers
Lodge, No. As, at its communication,
and was presented with certificate
Of honorary life membership in the
lodge after he had delivered an inter-
esting address on the position, powers
and prerogatives of the master Of a
lodge and of the relation of a Blue
Lodge Mason to Masonry in general
Worshipful Master Louis j. Raebach
announced among the interesting lodge
events scheduled for May. visit to
st. Johns Lodge in Baltimore May 6,
and a visit to the lodge by Kallipolis
Grotto May IL.
Past Grand Monarch Edward S.
Schmid is insisting that the annual
convention Of the Supreme Council OF
the Mystic Order of Yelled Prophets
of the Enchanted Realm is going to be
beyond question, the outstanding
event in the history Of the Grotto." and
Is urging every member OF KallipoliS
Grotto to attend without fail. A genial
correction has been received from Past
Monarch Nicholas L. Dennis Of st.
Petersburg, Fla, where the convention
will be held from June ! to 4, inclu-
hotel in that city Is known as the
Hotel Dennis with no mention Of a
saint to it."
From the grand monarch's formal
banquet the evening of June ! until
the award Of the final trophy In the
various contests that are to be held,
the morning of June 4. Mr.. Schmid
states a program of pageantry, sur
prises and unusual pleasures is being
prepared by the Selama Grotto bu-
reau that will be unique in the history
Of the order and that Southern hoSpi-
tally will be in evidence as never be-
fore. while the distinguished digni-
taries and delegates are engaged in
solemn session, the lady visitors will
have the time Of their lives, and no
black-fezzed prophet viii ever have a
time when he Is lonely or in want Of
land and sea diversion that would be
welcome to a pharaoh Of the mystic
land Of the Egyptian Sphinx" Edwin
Murphy, the Selan1a monarch, who Is
engineering the local preparations, Is
quite as enthusiastic In his way, for
he promises the visiting prophets IAN
unique, unalloyed Utopia of unexpres-
ing some" in the way Of a good time
TO be had by all. st. Petersburg, by
the way, is a city Of wonderful hotels
and similar accommod ations.
Monarch c. r. Howell says the
prophets of Kallipolis Grotto had the
time of their lives at the ceremonial
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and that activities ahead include an
important business session Of Kallipolis
Grotto Friday evening and visit by
the entire Grptto establishment TO
Samuel Gompers Lodge, No. As, on the
evening Of May IL.
nlustrious Potentate Robert 8. Regar
Of Almas Temple Of the Mystic Shrine
has announced a business meeting OF
the temple with a short-form initia-
ton June IS, as well as business
session at 8 pm. May 81 with refresh
ments as temptation"
Last Wednesday night Grand Comdr
Joseph H. Milans, accompanied by the
ether officers of the Grand Command
cry, paid his annual grand. visitation to
Washington Commandery, No. ], ano
delivered an address on Templarism
paying tribute to Washington Com
mandery and its long and splendid his
tory, calling attention TO the many out
standing Templars who have beer
members, among them Albert Pike
Benjamin B. French and others.
At the conclusion CT the grand vista
ton, the grand commander installed
the newly-e,ected officers OF Washing
ton Commandery: Reuben A. Bogley
commander; Frank NJ. Roller. gen.
eralissimo: Rev. John c. Palmer. cap
tain-general; George Spransy, treas
urer (re-elected) Past Comdr. William
S. Quinter, recorder (re-elected)
Archie L. Straub, senior warden; Ed
ward A. Poynton, junior warden: E
Barrett Knock, standard bearer; Hugh
L. Murrell, sword bearer, and John T
Finley, warder.
The newly-installed commander ad-
vanced the guard line, as is customary
and made appointments TO two vacan-
cies at the bottom Of the line. The
guards are: Irving S. Hall, Ben Jen'
kins, Loval w. Mckee, Horace F
Parsley, william NJ. Grass and Charles
c. Dannaker.
Comdr. Bogiey announced dinner
and organization meeting for the Of
fcers for Wednesday evening, wher
plans will be made for the command
cry work for the new Templar year.
Grand Tall Cedar John @. Slye o
CAPITOL Forest, No. l04, Tall Cedars o.
Lebanon, has announced that the For
est will hold a short-form ceremonial
and ladies night" in the ball room o
the Hotel Raleigh Thursday evening a
$50 O'Clock. Plans have been mad
for nearly 900 persons, as each mem
Der Is authorized to invite two Masonic
friends and ladies. A class will be in
itiated earlier in the evening, afte
which a reception to the guests Ct tn
order will be held. Entertainment fea
lures and a dance and cards VIII com
p!ete the nights program.
The Committee on Arrangements In
cludes Frank L. Ach. Frank A. Brig
field, Charles r. Brill, Thomas z
franklin, John Harvey, Thomas G
Havell, Harry H. Helwig, william r.
Hines, J. Fred Huber, Charles z
Jauuette, r. A. Jaeschke, James .
KlinAfRey Robert Lee Lewis. Alvah "
Patterson, James +. Prendergast, Ben