Evening star., 1937-05-02
MASONIC CLUBS
T0ATTEND DINNER
Entertainment Emphasizing
Patriotism Will Be
Presented.

Members of Masonic clubs in the
District will attend a dinner at the
National Press Club at pm May II.
It will be under the auspices of the
Advisory Board of Masonic Clubs and
will be presided over by Maj Edwin S.
Bethlehem, jr., president of the board.
Donald c. Dow of the Angle Club
Is general chairman of the Committee
on Arrangements and has completed
An entertainment program, on which
will be group of the heroes of '76
presenting patriotic episode in au-
thentic Colonial uniform: toast to
the flag by Capt. Nathan Williams
of the Sojourner Club tenor solo
Club: selections by quartet from
the Trestleboard Club; "the Spirit of
rs" and others.
Representative Hamilton Fish, jr..
OF New York will be the principal
speaker. There will also be remarks
by DR.. Cloyd H. Marvin, president of
George Washington University, and
4 =,
national president Of the National
League
AS the capacity of the auditorium
is limited to $50, reservations will be
received up to that capacity lnone to
be received after May l5) by the
chairman of the Committee Of the
Advisory Board at All Burchell
Building.
King Solomon Lodge will meet
Wednesday at l O'Clock The Masters
Association Of 1887 will confer the M
M. degree. Milton D. Norman, master
of Samuel Gompers Lodge, will occupy
the East and Richard Merrick, master
of Hope Lodge, will deliver the lecture.
Members OF the May classes will be
welcomed.
The Masters Association Of 1905
will hold their thirty-second annual
reunion May 8 at the home OF the
secretary-treasurer, 2707 Thirty-sixth
street. Past Grand Master w. w. Jer-
name is president of the association.
which has had a meeting each year
since its organization.
Robert de Bruce Council, knights
Kadosh, Scottish Rite, met Tuesday
and conferred the 29th degree. A spe-
cial session will be held next Tuesday
to confer the 30th degree.
The same evening Mithras Lodge Of
Perfection will meet
BrightWood Chapter, R. A. NJ. an
nounces the Royal Arch degree We'd
nesday evening. to be conferred by a
cast Grand High Priest Eugene E.
Thompson will also attend. High
Priest Arthur F. Zepp extends a spe-
cial invitation to all past grand high
priests and all Royal Arch Masons.
Petworth Lodge, FelloWcraft Club,
will meet Tuesday evening at the
home of Mr. Rehmann, 233 Ingraham
street,
Roy A. Plympton, commander OF
Columbia Commandery, announced on
May 7 the Illustrious Order of the
Red Cross will be conferred, with Capt.
Gen. r. Paul Speake as sovereign
master and Junior Warden Wilson K.
Magruder as Zerubbabel. The Order
of Malta will be conferred with Senior
Warden Forester A. Coulter as emf
nent prior and Samuel T. Farmer as
prelate.
The Grand Lodge will have charge
OF the religious services at the Ma
sonic and Eastern Star Home today
at 3 o'clock. DR.. John c. Palmer,
chaplain OF the Grand Lodge and
pastor of Washington Heights Presby-
terian Church, will be in charge Of
the services. Special music will pe
provided, with George A. Myers of Co.
lumbia Lodge as soloist and Theodore
c. Lewis, past master Of st. Johns
Lodge, as chimer and director Of
singing.
At the conclusion of the service an
opportunity will be afforded the Grand
Lodge officers their wives and the
other guests to meet the members of
the home family and to inspect the