Evening star., 1934-09-16
DR.. SMITH TO TALK
AT 0PEN-A|R RITES.
High Masonic Officers to At
tend Services on Temple
Heights.

Inc Open-dH religious SeIflCe oIl
Temple Heights today at 4 pm, under
direction of Rev. DR.. John c. Pal
mer, chaplain of the Grand Lodge Of
Masons, will be addressed by DR.. Ches-
teen Smith, pastor of the Metropoli-
tan M. E. Church. The music will be
in charge of Past Master J. Walter
Humphrey, and Harold Moore, BARI
tone soloist, will give several selections.
Grand Master of Masons Vernon
G. owen, and other officers of the
Grand Lodge and the members of
the Association of worshipful Masters
of the As contituent lodges of the city,
with their officers and their families,
will be special guests. The meeting
is open to all members of the Masonic
fraternity and of the Order of the
Eastern Star, with their families, as
well as the public.
There will be only three more OPEN
air services on Temple Heights this
season: September %, Scottish Rite
day; September 80, Almas Temple Of
the Mystic Shrine, and october Z,
Knights Templar day. The speakers
for each will be announced later.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of DeMolay
Commandery resumes its meetings at
the home of Mrs. F. w. Sharp, jr,
709 E street southeast, September 90.
The assisting hostess will be Mrs. F.
w. Sharp, sr.
A revised ritual will be used for the
the Past Masters degree in La Fay
ette Chapter, r. A. M, next Tuesday.
Grand High Priest Robert l.. Kause
and other officers of the Grand Chap
ter will be present, as will many Of the
officers of constituent chapters. Fol-
lowing the conferring Of the P. M. de-
gree the M z. M. degree will be con-
ferred.
La Fsyette Lodge will meet Septem-
Der 20 at 1880 pm. in lodge room
No. /, Masonic Temple. There will
be exemplification of the Master
Mason degree by Junior Warden Cliff
ford c. Mccormick. Refreshments
will follow.
Columbia Chapter, r. A. M, will
meet Wednesday evening. High Priest
William T. Belt has planned an inter-
esting series Of meetings for the Fall
Henry H. NAPLES is in charge of the
bingo party following the meeting
Wednesday.
Washington Centennial Lodge will
meet Wednesday at 7:30 pm. The
ferred by cast from the 1884 Mas
ters' Association.
The Uniformed Bodies of Capital
Forest, Tall Cedars of Lebanon, will
give barbecue and oyster supper Oc-
tober 4, at the N. Auth Provision
Co., Seventh and D streets southwest.
DR.. Charles Cuthbertson is chairman
of the committee in charge.
The Tall Cedar Chanters, under
the direction of Homer S. Pope, start
ed rehearsals for their Fall program at
the Scottish Rite Cathedral last Mon
day evening. The chanters' first ap-
pearance this season will be September
II at Pentalpha Lodge.
Monarch William j. Erskine of Kali
lipolis Grotto is preparing notice
to the membership announcing a
"housewarming and homecoming"
meeting September 26 and the melo-
drama, "Our Nell" which will be
presented at Pythian Temple the week
of October 8 to 13.
At the meeting on September 26 an
entertainment will be staged, followed
by refreshments. The date of the
next Supreme Council Convention, at
Knoxville, Tenn, will be June 1s, 10
and 20.
Petworth Lodge will meet Thursday
when 1t will celebrate its annual
past masters night. Following a short
business meeting, the Master Masons
degree will be conferred by past mas
ters of the lodge, assisted by the fel-
lowcraft team in full uniform. The
fellowcraft team will meet Tuesday at
1909 Ninth street.
Congress Lodge will have the Master
Mason's degree September 20. Senior
Warden w. Bates will confer the de-
gree from the east, with the senior
deacon's work taken by Senior Steward
Taylor and Junior Deacon Heinxnan.