Evening star., 1935-08-22
CO[ORED KNIGHTS
TEMPLAR PREPARE
FOR PARADE TODAY
Procession Will Move
Through U Street Section
This Afternoon.
|FIELD DAY EXERCISES
.TOBE HELD AT STADIUM
Women of Affiliated 0rganiza.
tions Will Be in Line-0f-
fcers Are Elected.

Undismayed by curtailment of their
parade route, colored knights Tenn
plars banded today for a procession
through the central northwest section
scheduled to start from Eleventh and
R streets at 1:30 pm.
The knights promised display,
weather permitting, which would
compensate in part for the cancella-
ton yesterday of the Negro ShrinerS'
parade. Rain forced abandonment of
the Shrines biggest convention event.
Women Will Join Parade.
Arrayed in full fraternal finery-
braided and epauletted blue uniforms,
medal-decked and cocked-hatted-
the knights will form near the col
ored Scottish Rite Cathedral. 1881
Eleventh street. about l pm. Women
of affiliated organizations, garbed in
white uniforms and military caps, will
join the parade.
Moving south on Eleventh street to
the music of several bands, the
Masonic marching units will turn east
on @ street to Third street, north on
Third street to r street. west to
Seventeenth, north to U, east to Yer
mont avenue, north to v street, east
to Georgia avenue and Griffith Sta
dunn. Originally, the Knights were
scheduled to follow the same route
mapped for the disappointed Shriners
and until arrangements were changed
were planning to parade through
much of downtown Washington. NOV
ing along Constitution avenue and
circling the White House.
Inspector Edward j. Kelly will direct
police supervision Of the parade. Re-
viewing stands are at Tenth and U
streets. Disbanding at Griffith Stadium,
the knights will conduct field day
exercises in the ball park at 4:30 pm
Officers Elected.
Prior to parade formation, the
knights Templar met at the colored
Masonic Temple to elect officers for
the coming year. Joseph A. Minor,
grand master. has not completed his
term in the organizations highest
Office and will not be replaced for at
least another year. A corollary elec-
ton session of the International Grand
Guild. Heroines Of Templar Crusaders.
was held at the same place. Another
affiliated woman's order, the Interna-
tional Court of Cyrene, met at 8 am.
in the colored Scottish Rite Cathedral.
Concluding the Knights biennial
conclave, testimonial banquet will De
given at the Masonic Temple tonight
to Grand Master Minor.
Conclave Concludes Tomorrow.
Shriners' convention activities were
supordinated today to their brother
organizations program and no formal
events were scheduled. The Mobiles will
conclude their thirty-sixth annual con-
clave tomorrow with election of the
officers in the morning and sight
seeing tour in the afternoon. Yesterday
they elected John H. Murphy of Balti
more imperial potentate, but must
complete the selection of new divan.
A competitive drill among Shrine
marching units was to have been held
after the Inflated parade yesterday,
but was postponed until last night,
when it was held preceding the con-
vention ball at the Masonic Temple.
Imperial Court elected.
At meeting yesterday the laugh
ters of Isis, an affiliate of the Shrin-
ers. reelected its imperial court. COM
posed of the following six officers:
Sallie M. Stockton, COMMANDERS;
Laura Henson, treasurer: Earle Mus
son, recorder; Anna Hankersor, lee
turer; Irene Henry. outside spy;
Mamie Mccoy, chairman art-crafts.
The Shriners' Grand Masters Cour-
Gil met last night and reelected Fred
w. Dabney, Kansas City, MO, presi-
dent. other grand masters present in
cluded Willard w. Allen, Maryland;
Leonidas Allen, Pennsylvania; Louis
w. Roy, District of Columbia; j. w
Dobbs, Georgia; H. Y. Harrison, New
York, and John L. Hubert, Georgia.