Evening star., 1935-05-28
SHR|NERS TO HAVE
OWN POST OFFICE
Downtown Station Will Be
Headquarters for Con-
venti0n Visitors.

Special postal facilities, including a
"Shrine post Office" at the Benjamin
Franklin Station, Twelfth street and
Pennsylvania avenue. have been ar
ranged for the convenience of thou
sands coming to the Imperial Shrine
Conclave, June to Is.
This was announced today jointly
by Robert P. Smith, director general
of the Convention Committee, and
William M. Mooney, postmaster, who
Is chairman of the Shrine Postal
Service Committee.
Aln1as Temple. host to the Imperial
Council, and Shrine visitors estimated
at 100000, last night increased its
membership by the largest class since
1922 Potentate Robert P. Smith in
Quoted into the mysteries Of Shrine
dom a class of 143. of whom 1l3 were
new members and the others were by
afiliation. The ceremonial was held
at the Mayf1ower Hotel to which the
potentate and his divan, with their
candidates we're escorted from Almas
Temple by a colorful parade.
Among the candidates of promi-
nence who received were: Carl L.
Ristine, special Assistant Attorney
General; Roger J. Whiteford, general
counsel for Federal Housing Admins
tration; Col Edmund w. Starting. NJ
charge of Secret Service, detailed at
the White House August A. Gen
nerich, United States Secret Service.
detailed at the White House, and
Lester M. Harvey, lieutenant COM
mander, United States Navy.
The following past potentates of
Almas Temple were officially well
coined L. Whiting Estes, Leonard P.
Steuart. Charles D. Shackelford, Brig.
Gen. Amos A. Fries, George B. Nc
Ginty, Edwin C. Dutton, James c.
Hoyle. Robert S. Rcgar, Edward D.
Anderson. Warren w. Grimes and
William c. Miller.
Dignitaries Received.
Dignitaries from several branches
Of the Masonic fraternity were ac-
corded recognition by Potentate Smith
and welcomed with Oriental formal
ism. as follows: Steuart, deputy i'm
perial potentate; Regar, grand mas
ter of the Grand Lodge, F. A. A. M.
of the District of Columbia; Otto B.
Roepke. grand high priest of the
Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons
of the District of Columbia: Ellwood
P. Morey, deputy of the Scottish Rite
for the District of Columbia.
Among members of Congress, for
ner members of Congress and others
welcomed by the potentate were
Speaker of the House ,Byrns. Repre-
sentatives Reed of Illinois, Cooper OF
Ohio. Burley of Indiana; former Rep
resentatives Swager Shirley of Ken
lucky. John @. TilSon of Connecticut
and Mai. Ernest w. Brown, superin-
tendent of Police.
Cast in Rituals.
The ritualistic work was put on with
the following cast: Potentate. Robert
P. Smith; chief rabban, Allen H.
Potts: assistant rabban, Ara M. Dan
iels; high priest and prophet, Gran
vile GUIDE; oriental guide, Stanley D.
Willis; first ceremonial master, Karl
z. FARRELL: second ceremonial master,
Earl w. Shinn; marshal, Howard w.
Foley; captain of the guard. .Needham
Turnage; first alchemist, William P.
Amos, and second alchemist. Harry
Gardner. Arthur G. Fessenden acted
as orator. Harry S. Evans acted as
master Of ceremonies: Ernest W.
Shoots, director of the floor team, and
Guv G. Harper, stage manager.
The Reception Committee, through
its chairman, George E. Harris, CO.
operated with the potentates aide,
John @. Slye, in welcoming the many
DISTINGUISHED visitors. The Entertain
ment Committee was headed by Ernest
C. Guy, and the Medical Board was
represented by DR.. Charles Stanley
White, Dr. Henry w. Jaeger and DR..
j. Ward Mankin.
Those Initiated.
The candidates we're:
For nitiation-Robert H. Adams,
r.: Theron L. Ainsworth. Miles l..
Allen, Albert Andrews, Charles A.
Appleby, Lehron Ard, Cyrus F. Arnll-
ger. Raymond N. Babcock. Israel
Baker, Walter M. Ballard, Richard o.
Bankert. John w. Barns, James V.
Brownell, Joseph C. Bruce.
Renah F. Camalier, Franklin B.
Charles. David w. Close, Harvey l..
Cobb. Joseph w. Congleton, Arthur
H. Deibert, Stephen T. de LaMater,
Herbert S. De Land, Michael E. Edla-
witch, Beryl r. English, Frank NJ
Feller, William c. Flintjer, Hiram H.
Florea, Ruben Ford, Samuel D. Fra
zier. Carlos P. Furminger.
Donald Blout Gathng, August A.
Gennerich, William T. Griffin. Conrad
z Grohs, William D. Hall, Lester M.
Harvey, Robert T. Highfield. Carl
Spencer Herr, Earl E. Holmes, William
r, Holmes. James T. Howard, Karl
Hubner, Albert Hubschman, Sherman
w. Jack, William P. Jacobs, jr.; Edgar
Jepsen, Glenn W. Jones.
Ira E. Keck, Winfred Kemp, Wilbur
D. Kiefer, Dudley T. King, Carl T.
Knapp, Philip Lampkin, Hermen D.
Laslie, James S. lie Fevre. Harold l..
Leonard, William j. Lundy, Frank j.
Mann, Louis Marks. Macleod Maurice,
Herbert j. Mcclure, Homer l.. Nc
Cormick. Dennis Samuel Mcmahon,
Howard j. Miller, Harris F. Mires, Ray
mond G. Moore, Arthur c. NORM.
George ]. Mueller, Frederick S. Nish-
witz Cornelius O'Neil, Ralph K. Ost-
rom, Henry S. Owens.
Clarke B. Payne, Lemuel H. Pen
nington. jefferson D. Perry, George
Allen Pleam, Wilbur Caleb Porter,
Frank Marion Pratt, Lanceford B.
Pruitt, jr.; Earl Theodore Rannells,
Raymond B. Raum, James G. Reese,
Carl L. Ristine. Edward F. Robertson,
Gabriel Rosenblatt, George P. Rou-
shakes. Joseph Edward Russell.
Charles w. Sanders, Hubert P.
Sandford. Max Sander, Siegfried
Scharbau, Milford F. Schwartz, Harold
J seeley, Hyman Senft, Ralph S.
shumaker, Benjamin siegel, Harry J.
J. siekmann. Alvin U. Smith. Frank
B. Smith, Garland Sponburgh, Ed
mund w. Startling, Walter T. Storm,
Jesse P. Strong.
Samuel G. Taylor, Ralph Hampton
Thrasher, Douglas Tschifely, Peter
C. Van Nostrand. Robert A. Walker,
RAYMOND E. Werner, Roger J. White
ford, Manley S. Williams. Berthold