Evening star., 1935-12-15

at the club mouse Dy special ceren
chairman Of the Membership Com
mittee, presented a resolution pro-
posing a method of raising funds to
be used in the erection Of q Tall Cedar
temple in the District of Columbia.
Albert Pike Consistory, Scottish Rite
Masons, met last Tuesday evening and
conferred the Thirty Degree
IllustriouS Deputy Ellwood p Morey
presented to the members who had
been given the honor and decoration
of the knight commander of the court
of honor the patents of that rank, as
follows: Carl Collier, George L. GoSs,
Donald w. Grafius and Robert s.
Regar, the latter being the grand mas
ter of MasonS of the District of Co.
lumbia.
The members who had received the
Thirty-third Degree by selection by the
Supreme Council, Austin j. Leister
and Joseph Solomon, were then pre-
sented with their patents by the Illus
trious deputy. John S. Tassin had
also been given the Thirty-third De-
gree, but being out of the city, his
patent could not be presented to him
that night.
The Executive Committee has ar
ranged for the Spring class to begin
January 81. The degrees will be given
in order each Tuesday evening until
and including May II, 1886.
The workers of the Scottish Rite
and the initiates during the past year
were given a complimentary dinner
Thursday at the Harrington Hotel.
Next Tuesday evening Mithras
Lodge of Perfection will meet. The
annual meeting of the consistory,
which falls on December "a, has been
postponed until the regular meeting
in March.
The Grand Master installed officers
of Federal Lodge as follows: Emil A.
Loehl, master; Oscar E. Carlton, senior
warden; Henry H. Waples, junior
warden; Pryor E. Hefner, senior
deacon; c. G. Dudley, junior deacon;
A. F. Middleton, jr., senior steward;
George L. Russell, junior steward.
The following appointments were
made by the master: Master of
ceremonies, Walter Hewitt; tiler, John
P. Hawkins; chaplain, Joseph Bate
man; director of work, Past Master
Milton r. Day.
Dawson Lodge elected and installed
its officers. Past Master Frank H
Bryson presided during the installa-
ton. The retiring master, David s.
Dawson, was appointed master OF
ceremonies and was then presented
with a past masters jewel by Benja-
min F. Larcombe. Officers elected were;
Luther r. Ray, master; Ralph Boyd
senior warden; Herbert Smith, junior
warden; John A. Colborn, secretary;
Edward E. Swan, treasurer; the Rev
Samuel Kornmann, chaplain; Clifford
Johncox, senior deacon; Arthur Han
sen, junior deacon; Isadore Gluken-
hous, senior steward; John L. Apple
organist; William F. Lannan, tiler.
Pentalpha Lodge elected Thomas A,
Curran master, Clarence Mitchell
senior warden; Alvan Helmick, junior
warden; George w. Smith, secretary:
Charles Armentrout, senior deacon:
Russell Thompson, Junior deacon; Rev,
w. r. Smith, chaplain; Robert B. Ben
nett, senior steward; John Beveridge,
Junior steward.
August F. Bertram was elected mas
ter of Arminius Lodge and was in
stalled by his brother, Fred Bertram,
past master and now the lodges Sec
retary. After the installation the
master was presented with an en-
graved gavel. Other officers elected
were: Moritz Greenberg, senior war
den; Konrad Mueller, junior warden;
Kurt A. Rascher, senior deacon; Her
man Gottschalk, junior deason; Ed
ward Hauser, senior steward; Alloys
Eisenhauer, junior steward; Julius
Koblentz, tiler,
Singleton Lodge viii hold its annual
dinner, honoring the retiring mas
ter, Thursday, $50 pm, at the Ma
sonic Temple on Wisconsin avenue.
This will be followed by a regular
communication of the lodge, when
the Fellowcraft degree viii be con-
ferred.