Evening star., 1934-06-17

i at 4 o'clock, under the auspices
of the Grand Lodge Of Masons,
Vernon G. Owen, grand master. with
DR.. John c. Palmer, grand chaplain,
delivering the address.
The special guests will be members
of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, also
the following Blue Lodges: Harmony,
Joseph H. Milans, Naval, Temple
Noyes, and the following chapters OF
the Order of the Eastern Star: Acacia,
La Fayette, Joseph H. Milans and the
Jobs Daughters.
The music for these open-air serv-
ices is under the direction OF Past
Master j. Walter Humphrey, of Har-
mony Lodge, who has been the direc-
tor ever since the services began in
1922. and. on this occasion, will be
provided by the Tall Cedars' Band,
together with the quartet of Harmony
Lodge, Horatio A. Rench, director.
petworth Lodge will hold short
business meeting Thursday, after
which they will visit William r. Sin
gleton Lodge, where Petworth Fellow
craft team. in full uniform. will as
sist in comforting the third degree.
William c. Miller. potentate of Al
mas Temple, with Robert P. Smith,
chief rabban; Allen H. Potts, assistant
rabban; F. Lawrence Walker, recorder,
and Past Potentates Warren W..
Grimes, James C. Hoyle and Leonard
P. Steuart left Washington last week
for Minneapolis, Mimi, to represent
the local temple during the Shrine
convention, scheduled to open Tues
day and continue through the week.
Accompanying the official delegates
the following members of the Shrine
here were in the party: Otto B.
Roepke, E. Burkholder and William D.
Skeen. It is expected the convention
will be held in Washington in 1885
as an invitation will be extended by
the delegates. The Shrine has. held
its convention in Washington in 1900
and 1923.
The Fellowcraft Club Of Pentalpha
Lodge has elected officers as follows:
Alvan E. Helmick. president: Simon
T. Mensh, vice-president; Clarence F.
Kernkamp, treasurer, and Ralph r.
Foster, secretary. On June 20 the
club will present an entertainment for
the folks at the Masonic and Eastern
Star Home.
The club will sponsor an excursion
on Wilson Line June 81.
Railroad night" will be the fea-
ture by Pentalpha Lodge tomorrow at
7:30 pm. George L. Bryson, general
passenger agent in Washington for the
Canadian National Railways, will pre-
sent motion pictures on railway oper-
alton.
La Fayette Lodge will meet June q
at 1880 pm. in Masonic Temple. The
third degree will be conferred by
Junior Warden Clifford c. Mccormick.
A double quartet will render a special
musical program. Refreshments will
follow.
Congress Lodge, No. 81, will honor
its past masters Thursday evening at
a special communication to be held at
6 pm. The Fellowcraft degree will
be conferred by the following past
masters: John Lawrence, George B.
Kennedy, Milton D. Smith. Karl v.
Eiker, William Heider. William Dun
ham, Arthur Brewer and Edwin
Smith. Following the business there
will be an entertainment in celebra-
ton of Past Masters night.
Evangelist Chapter. knights Rose
Croix, met Tuesday evening and after
the routine business adjourned for
July, August and September.
A meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the Scottish Rite bodies is
to be held next Tuesday evening at
1880 o'clock at the cathedral of the
rite to arrange the schedule of de-
gree work for the Fall class, the de-
grees to start some time along about
the lst of October.
Next Tuesday evening Mithras
Lodge of Perfection holds its business
meeting.
Washington Centennial Lodge will
meet Wednesday at 7:30 pm. The
M. M. degree will be conferred accord
ing to the Virginia ritual by officers
and members of Alexandria Washing
ton Lodge of Alexandria, Va. under a
special dispensation granted by the
grand masters of Virginia and of the
District of Columbia.
Chevy Chase Lodge conferred the
Master Masons degree in two sections
last Wednesday night, with the regular
degree team doing the work in the
first section and Hubert R. Smoke as
master. The officers confering the
degree in the second section were all
Bureau of Standard employees, with
Lewis v. Judson, master. Williamson
Cook, past master of Hope Lodge, de-
livered the lecture to both sections.
jointly, and Hubert r. Smoke delivered
the charge.
A picnic outing to Sugar Loaf
Mountain and Monocacy River picnic
grounds will be lead by Eugene H. Nc
Lachlen, attending members meeting
at Beallsville, Md, by 3 pm, June %.