Evening star., 1935-08-18
COLORED MASONS
AND ELKS TO MEET
HERE THIS WEEK
ShrinerS and Knights Tenn
pIar to Hold Memorial
Service Tonight.
5000 C0L0RED PERSONS
EXPECTED AT SESSIONS
President Roosevelt Will Review
Parades and Hazen Will Be
Among Speakers.

Washington will be the mecca dur
ing the next two weeks, beginning to-
night, for host Of delegates partici-
pating in the annual conventions of
three major Negro fraternal orders.
The Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order
Mobiles Of the Mystic Shrine, nomi-
nally distinguishable from the white
organization which held its conven-
ton here in June by the word "Egyp-
tian," begins its thirty-fifth annual
conclave tonight with a memorial
service at the Asbury NJ E. Church.
The colored Mobiles will be joined by
others Ct their race in the Knights
Templar order.
The Negro Shrine convention ends
Friday, to be followed closely by the
thirty-sixth annual convention of
colored Elks, members of the I'M
proved Benevolent and Protective
Order Of ElkS of the World. Most of
the estimated 1000 colored men and
women participating in the Shriners'
conclave also will participate in the
Elks' gathering. expected to attract
some $4,000 Negroes from all parts of
the country. The latter and larger
convention will take place from Au-
gust Is to August 81.
Lewis and Owens Coming.
Although some big names in COL
ored circles are connected with the
Shriners' meeting, it will be the Elks
who will supply figures widely known
outside the races folkways. These in
clude Joe Lewis, the rising colored
heavyweight, and two famous colored
track athletes, Jesse Owens of Ohio
State University and Eulace Peacock
of Temple University.
If Congress has not adjourned.
President Roosevelt will review the
colored Elks parade in the afternoon
Of August 81 An invitation was
presented to him at the White House
recently by a delegation Of Elks
potentates.
The big event Of the Shrine con-
vention will be a parade Wednesday.
Forming at pm. at Constitution
avenue and Fourth street, marching
units will move west to Seventeenth
street, north on Seventeenth, east on
State place and South Executive ave-
nue., around the White House to East
Executive avenue, north on East
Executive avenue, Madison place, Yer
mont avenue and Fifteenth street to
Q street. east to Fourteenth street,
then north to U street, east to Yer
mont avenue. north to v street. east
| TO Georgia avenue and south on
Georgia to the American League ball
park. where the parade will disband.
The same route will be followed by the
knights Templar when they parade
the following afternoon, August %.
Parade organizers promised lively
music by 10 or more bands as well
as floats and decorated automobiles.
Dead to be H0nored.
The memorial service at the Asbury
M. E. Church tonight will be for
Knights Templar and Shriners who
died during the past year.
| A public reception for the colored
Shriners, knights Templar and their
women folk will be held at 10 am.
tomorrow at the Patterson
| Junior High School Commissioner
Melvin c. Hazen has agreed to address
/ the assemblage. DR.. Louis S. Terry
will speak on behalf of Washington's
/ colored business and professional men
and j. Finley Little Napoleon" Will
son, grand exalted ruler of the colored
Elks, for his organization. An address
of welcome will be given by Louis w.
Roy, grand master of the colored
Shrine order
The reception is to be followed by
opening business sessions Of the
Shrine. knights Templar and Daugh-
tiers of Isis. These and subsequent
sessions will be held in the colored
Masonic Temple at Tenth and U
streets.
Meetings on Tuesday.
Tuesday will be devoted to meetings
of the knights Templar, International
| Grand Guild, international Confer
ence Of the Holy Royal Arch, and
International Grand Court of Cyrene.
Delegates to both conventions will be
entertained Tuesday night on a Po-
| tomac River boatride aboard the
steamer Southport. The Grand Chap
ter Of the Order of the Eastern Star
will present an allegory Tuesday mid
night at the Lincoln Theater.
A competitive drill by colored Shrine
marching units has been scheduled
for Griffith Stadium at 4:40 pm.
Thursday following continued busi-
ness sessions. The conventions grand
ball will be held at the Masonic Tenn
pie Wednesday night.
On Thursday, after their parade,
the knights Templar will attend a
field day at Griffith Stadium. Their