Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08

vocation Wednesday, when an
nual reports will be rendered
and such other business as may be
proper will be transacted. the whole
concluding with the election of officers
for the ensuing year and their .mme-
diste installation.
The Scottish Rite bodies of the Dis
trict have announced the presentation
of the degrees for the Spring class
beginning February "a, with the fourth
and fifth degrees, and following March
3 with the ninth and tenth, March 10
with the fourteenth. March II with
the fifteenth, March "a with the eight
zenith, March 81 with the twentieth,
April with the twenty-firSt, April IA
with the thirtieth, April 81 with the
thirty-first and April % with the thir-
ty-second degree. All Master MaSons
in good standing are eligible to the
Scottish Rite degrees if they have re-
sided in the District for six months.
Applications should be sent to Recorder
Lem Towers Scottish Rite Cathedral,
Third and E streets northwest
An illustrated lecture by Samuel B.
Reeder of Lebanon Lodge will be a
feature at the convocation of Joppa
Lodge, No. IS, tomorrow evening. His
topic will be the international Expo
db 6CNlllG dllu 1uDCICoIlIlk OpdIls
ish Customs" Mr.. Reeder is deputy
Ilustrious master of Brightwood Coun-
Gil of Cryptic Masons and generalissimo
OF Brightwood Commandery, K. T. He
was the official representative of the
United States Treasury Department at
Seville.
The annual dance of Brightwood
Commandery, with its accompanying
card party, will be given at Meridian
Mansions 2400 Sixteenth street north
west, Thursday evening-the party at
8 o'clock and dancing at o'clock.
Louis H. Hamm, master of Harmony
Lodge, No. II, has announced that the
communication of the lodge Wednes-
day evening will be devoted to business
and sociability. Matters of peculiar in
terest to the membership, it is stated,
will be presented.
Aubrey H. Clayton. high priest of
Mount Pleasant Royal Arch Chapter,
No. ID, states that the first perform
ance of the 1881 Entertainment Com
mittee of the chapter, headed by
Charles H. Taylor, will be presented at
the chapter convocation Friday eve
ming, and that all Royal Arch Masons
viii be cordially welcomed.
At meeting held at the Cavalier
Hotel last Saturday evenings of rep
resentativeS of various Grottoes in the
vicinity OF Washington, tentative ar
rangements were perfected for the
formation Of an Eastern Atlantic Grot-
toes Association, to brign a closer FEEL
ing Of goodfellowship of the Grottoes
within this section: to hold association
meetings each year in city where a
Grotto Is member of the association,
and at that convention to have con-
tests between the bands, drill corps.
drum corps or any other unit to hold
joint ceremonial sessions during the
year, exchange ideas and undertake
more extensive humanitarian work.
The prophets attending were: Past
Monarch Tureman and Chief Justice
Hopewell of Al-Time Grotto, Atlantic
City; Monarch Gilliar and Chief Justice
Wallace Of zemzem Grotto, Jersey
City; Monarch Oppenheimer and Past
Monarch Lamkin of Yedz Grotto, Bal
tinore, and Monarch Evans and Past
Monarch Scher of Samis Grotto, Rich
mond, Va. Proxies were held for Mon
arch O'Donnell of Koran Grotto Phila-
delphia, and Monarch Mcdonald of
Hi-Cy-Mar Grotto, Lynchburg. who
were absent on account of illness.
Those who represented Kallipolis of
Washington were Monarch c. F. Howell,
Chief Justice Oehmler, Master of Cere-
monies Wilken, Past Grand Monarch
Edward w. Libbey, Past Monarch L.
Whiting Estes and Lieut.. Umhau. It
was decided that permanent officers
would be elected when the association
formed in March in Atlantic City.
KalHpolis Grotto has elected the fol-
lowing officers: Monarch, Carlton F..
Howell; chief justice, Oscar A. C.
Oehmler; master of ceremonies, Fred
erick Wilken; treasurer, L. Whiting
Estes, past monarch; secretary, E. w.
1lobey, past monarch; trustee Nathan
WE'LL; sentinel, Charles H. Corby. The
retiring monarch, Henry C. Stein, was
presented with a past monarch's jewel
and fez, and the incoming monarch
with a handsome sword, he being cap
tain OF the Grotto Drill Corps, and a
monarch's fez, gift from the drill corps
Both officers made appropriate re-
Sponses. The newly elected officers
were installed by Past Grand Monarch
E. w. Libby. A number of visiting
prophets from Samis Grotto Richmond
Va, close friends of Monarch Howell,
were in attendance.
The following resolutions we're unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved: That Kallipolis Grotto feels
justly proud Of the fact that one of its
members, G. Fred Cook, has been ad-
vanced to the exalted Office of grand
master Of Masons of the District Of Co.
lumbia, and we pledge to him and
Masonry, in this and other jurisdictions
our support and good Offices in any and
every manner in which we can serve
Resolved: That Kallipolis Grotto feels
justly proud of the fact that one of it
members, Prophet William N. Doak, has
been selected as a member of the
Presidents cabinet IN the Office. ot
Secretary of Labor, and we extend tc
him our best wishes for a. suceesSfu
administration"
Samuel Gompers Lodge, No. As, cele.
brated its fifth birthday anniversary
at its last stated communication. During
short business meeting that opened
proceedings a large basket of flowers
was presented by the lodge to Samue
J. Gompers, son of the late Samue
Gompers, internationally famous heat
of the American Federation of Labor
for whom the lodge is named. The datt
of the meeting also marked the ami
versary of the birth of the late Samue
Gompers and the thirty-ninth wedding
anniversary of his son, Samuel j. Com
pers, as well as the birthday anniversary
of the lodge.
After the meeting the lodge adjourned
20 the banquet hall in the basement o.
the temple, where dancing and refresh
ments were enjoyed by several hun
dred members and guests.
At the communication of the lodg'
TISSzSy evening Rev. DR.. John c
PahmoR. grand chaplain, will act a.
guest chaplain and L. Whiting Estes
grand high priest of Capitulary Ma
sonry, will be speaker of the evening
Arrangements for the annual ladies
night viii be announced at this meeting
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