Evening star., 1935-12-15
PAST POTENTATES
WILL Be HONORED
AImas Temple of Shrine
Plans Tribute for To-
morrow.

The living past potentates of Almas
Temple of the Mystic Shrine will be
honored at special meeting at the
club house, 1915 X street, tomorrow
night.
Robert P. Smith, potentate of
Almas. will preside at ceremonies in
tribute to these men who have headed
the local temple. Harry Standiford,
a two-term potentate in 1897 and
1898, will be honored as the dean"
of living past potentates There are
only two mobiles Of the temple who
antedate him in membership.
Leonard P. Steuart, who became a
noble in 1917 and was potentate in
1922 and 1923, now is imperial po-
tentate of the Shrine for North Amer
lea, and will be welcomed In this dual
capacity of past potentate Of AlmaS
and present imperial potentate.
Almas also is planning a cere-
monial for December 81. and will hold
it's annual election January Is.
Myron M Parker Lodge elected Of
ficers as follows: Ralph c. Hargett,
master; Raymond H. Hillsinger, senior
warden; Clayton v. Speakman, Junior
warden; j. Myron Robson, senior
deacon: Perry S. Schroeder. junior
deacon; Samuel E. Entriken, senior
steward; Ralph E. Lancaster, junior
steward.
AnacoStia Lodge elected George G.
Wilson, jr.. master; William Koontz,
senior warden; Paul McConahey, jun
ior warden; James Beveridge, jr., Sec
retay; Harold Costello, master of cere-
monies; Earl Hazel, senior deacon;
David Crouch, junior deacon; Earl
GarretSon, senior steward; William
White, Junior steward; Samuel Fry,
tiler.
La Fayette Lodge elected Clifford C.
McCormicB master; Raymond E.
Reed. senior warden; William F. AL
bee, Junior warden; Charles Taylor,
senior deacon; Arthur Thatcher, jun
ior deacon, and Harry B. Pitts, Secre-
tary. Mr.. Pitts succeeds william H.
Wanamaker, who is retiring at the
age of 80, after Is years service as
secretary of the lodge. Mr.. Wana-
maker was elected secretary emeritus.
National Lodge elected Joseph F.
Lyvers, master; Dewey Boatman, sem
ior warden; Roy Brogden. junior war
den; William Schooley, secretary;
Frank ChiSelli, treasurer; Samuel j.
Gompers, master of ceremonies; Mer-
win Browne, senior deacon; Omar
Hartman, junior deacon; Roy Wild
man, senior steward; Charles Grubba
junior steward; Merrick Williams,
tiler.
Congress Lodge will elect officers
Thursday.
The stated meeting of East Gate
Lodge for Wednesday has been called
off on account of the Grand Lodge
communication.
The Fellowcraft Club of Dawson
Lodge will meet at the < street club
house tomorrow night.
Washington Naval Chapter r. A.
M, at a special convocation Wednes-
day, will confer the Royal Arch degree.
Columbia Lodge will confer the Sec
ond degree Friday.
Pentalpha Lodge will confer the first
degree tomorrow night.
Potomac Lodge will have a Marine
night tomorrow. The Master Mason
degree will be conferred.
Joseph H. Milans Lodge will confer
the first degree Friday.
Albert Pike Lodge will hold a special
communication tomorrow to confer the
Fellowcraft degree and to install the
officers.
Hiram Chapter, r. A. M, will have
a Christmas party at its convocation
Tuesday.
Lebanon Lodge will confer the first
degree Friday night.
Petworth Lodge will install officers
Thursday.
Takoma Lodge will join with Chill
lum Castle Lodge of Maryland in a
Joint visitation to the Takoma Park
Baptist Church this evening. Rev.
William La Rue, pastor and chaplain
of Takoma Lodge, will preach. The
lodge will meet at the Masonic Tenn
pie at 1880 pm. and from there will
proceed to the church.
Hiram Lodge elected as officers
Francis A. Smith, master, and Ebert
! B. Judson, senior warden.
Washington Centennial Lodge elect
ed Donald D. Isbell, master; Charles
F., Worden, senior warden; Earl E.
Everhart, junior warden; J. Blynn
Welden, secretary; Leonard P. Steuart,
treasurer; Robert M. Marshall, mar
shall; Mark G. Horn, senior deacon;
Thomas H. Brock, Junior deacon;
Charles H. Bartz, senior steward, and
George L. Leese, tiler.
The annual communication of the
Grand Lodge will be held at 4 pm.
| Wednesday. Grand masters from
nearby States have been invited. The
session will be resumed in the evening.
The next communication Of the
Grand Lodge will be December 81.
| At the meeting Tuesday night of
King David Lodge Past Grand Mas
ter Charles E. Baldwin will install the
following officers: Harold S. Higgins,
master; George E. jacobson, senior
warden; Jere B. MackIe, Junior war
den; Nelson j. Tubbs, senior deacon;
Clarence T. Blanz, Junior deacon.
At its last meeting the secretary,
Past Master w. C. Parry, and treas
urer, Past Master T. Paul Speake, were
reelected. The retiring master, Jo-
seph w. Marshall, was elected repre-
sentative to the Masonic and Eastern
| Star Home Board and the st. Johns
Mite Association. Past Masters Nc
Lean and Saltzman were reelected
| to the Board of Managers and Past