Evening star., 1937-02-21
SOLDIERS HOME
NIGHT OBSERVANCE

Joppa Lodge to Hold Wash.
ington's Birthday Com
munication Tomorrow.
Joppa Lodge will observe Soldiks'
Home night at its Washingtons birth
day anniversary communication to-
morrow evening. A short address by
Past Master David l.. Pitcher, chief
clerk of the home, will be followed
by the M. NJ degree, conferred by the
past masters of the lodge.
Refreshments will be served. AL
master Masons are invited.
Harmony Lodge will have charge
Of the religious services at the Ma
sonic and Eastern Star Home next
Sunday at 3 pm.
Rev. Clyde Brown, chaplain of the
lodge, will officiate A large attend
ance is desired by Master John l.. F.
keenan,.
The Ladies' Auxiliary to De Molay
Commandery, knights Templar, met
with Past Grand Comdr. and Mrs.
Eugene Thompson, 1926 Forty-fourth
place, with Mrs. Rush Young assist
ing. The next meeting will be held
February 27 at the home of Sir Knight
and Mrs. Harold c. Moynelo, 1929
Nebraska avenue, assisted by Mrs. E.
M. Gustafson.
The communication Of Takoma
Lodge Tuesday has been designated
maryland night" in honor of the
members of the fraternity from near
by Maryland lodges. Featured enter
tainment will be the rendition of Carl
A. Claudy's play, Greater Love Hath
No Man." by cas- of characters from
the Fellowcraft Club of Lafayette
Lodge.
Past Grand Tall Cedar Thomas
Aavell of Capitol Forest, Tall Cedars
of Lebanon, is making plans for dis
trict meeting at Hagerstown April 8.
The officers and units of Capitol
Forest were guests of the Circle Club
last night. Cedar Harry Luckett is
president of the club. The units fur
nished the entertainment.
Oscar E. Carlton, master of Federal
Lodge, announces past masters night
Tuesday. Past Master William T. Bal
lard is in charge of the arrangements.
The M. M. degree will be conferred,
with past masters in the chairs.
At the last meeting Capitol Forest,
Tall Cedars of Lebanon attended in a
body and provided entertainment.
Julius G. Lovelace, high priest of
woodbridge Chapter. r. A. M, an
nounces the mark masters degree will
be conferred. with Companion Harvey
w. Goddard in the east, Tuesday
evening in the temple at Twentieth
street and Mills avenue northeast.
At the last stated meeting the fol-
lowing officers were elected and in
stalled: Julius G. Lovelace, high
priest; Frank G. Ketcham, king; Har-
vey w. Goddard, scribe; Justin A.
Paddleford, secretary; Arthur S. Hen
derson, treasurer; Henry F. Hill, cap
tain Of the host; Nathan Williams,
Royal Arch captain; Charles H. Pierce,
master third vail; William o. Hill,
master second vail; William r. Mccall,
sentinel.
Lebanon Lodge will have charge of
religious services at the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home today at 3 o'clock.
DR.. Edward Hughes Pruden, pastor
of the First Baptist Church, will speak
on Divine Companionship." Special
musical numbers will be rendered by
Mrs. Alice Haig, Charles I. Haycraft
and Benjamin E. Shriver.
The Masters Association of 1914,
held its annual dinner and reunion
at the Hamilton Hotel Tuesday.
James T. Casebeer, master of King
Solomon Lodge in 1914. as president,
presided. Of the original 80 active
masters of this association, only 16
remain. Those present were: Otto
B. Roepke, grand master of MasonS
of the District of Columbia, 1886;
Reuben A. Bogley, grand master in
1882; Leonard P. Steuart, deputy
grand master of the Grand Lodge and
past imperial potentate of the Mystic
Shrine; j. Claude KEEPER, grand secre-
tary of the Grand Lodge; John H
Cowles, sovereign grand commander
Of the Supreme Council, 33rd Degree,
Scottish Rite Freemasonry; Charles
d. Shackelford, past potentate of
Almas Temple; w. Maurice Hoffman,
Potomac Lodge; Albert A. Glaze, La
Fayette Lodge, and William c. Parry,
King David Lodge.
Officers elected were Otto B. Roepke,
president and James T. Casebeer,
secretary.
Monarch Solomon Stichman an
nounces ceremonial at the Hamilton
Hotel on February Is, when a large
class of candidates will be initiated in
Kallipolis Grotto. Among the candi-
dates will be the grand master of
Masons, Paul B. Cromelin, and the
Junior grand warden of the Grand
Lodge of the District of Columbia,
Needham G. Turnage. The short-form
ritualistic ceremony will be conferred,
followed by an entertainment.
Master Milton D. Norman of Samuel
Gompers Lodge announces a stated
communication Tuesday at Masonic
Temple The E. A. degree will be
conferred on class of candidates
with Senior Deacon Frank Paley in
the East and assisted by Senior
Steward Saul G. Litchenberg.
DE. MOIAY