Evening star., 1939-06-04
Temple Cornerstone
To Be Laid Thursday
By D. {. Masons
CowIes, Scottish Rite
Officio!, Will Speak
At Ceremony

The Grand Lodge of Masons of the
District of Columbia, headed by
Grand Master Eugene E. Thompson,
will lay the corner stone Of the new
Scottish Rite Temple, Sixteenth
street near Harvard street NV, on
Thursday at pm. An address will
be made by John H. Cowles, sovereign
grand commander of the Scottish
Rite of the Southern Jurisdiction of
the United States. There will also
be musical selections.
The presiding officers of st. Johns
and Hope Lodges and Eureka, Cap
ltal and Mount Pleasant Royal Arch
Chapters announced that their reg
ular meetings, scheduled for June 8,
have been called off so that they
might attend the Might of Thrills"
sponsored by the Association of
Worshipful Masters of 1889 and the
Matrons and Patrons Association, at
Griffith Stadium for the benefit of
the Masonic and Eastern Star Home.
A baseball game between teams of
the Potomac Electric Power Co. and
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
will be held at S pm. Afterward a
band concert will be held, followed
by a parade at 7:30 pm, crowning
the queen at BIS pm. and pageant
and circus events for the balance of
the evening.
Oris Lodge will confer the M. M.
degree on a class of candidates in
the George Washington National
Memorial in Alexandria, Va, at a
special communication on June IA
at 7:45 pm. Osiris Lodge will be
assisted in the conferring of this
degree by the officers of Washing
ton Centennial Lodge. This degree
will be most historical, as Washing
ton Centennial Lodge sponsored
Osiris Lodge when it was chartered
40 years ago, in 1890. This is the
first time in history of both lodges
that degree has been conferred
jointly. AL master Masons are in
vited.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Lambskin Club will meet June 8 at
Northeast Masonic Temple at 8pm.
This will be the last meeting before
closing for the summer.
Potomac Lodge, meeting tomor-
row IN the Masonic Hall at 1910
Wisconsin avenue NV, will show
the moving picture 10000 a Day"
Master Stephen T. Porter invites all
master Masons and all members of
the clerical forces of the various
banks in the District of Columbia.
Harry Darling, high priest of
Hiram Royal Arch Chapter. an
nounces that on Tuesday evening
following their usual business meet
ing an address will be made by their
past high priest, Francis Smith.
Trestleboard.
Monday-Potomac, business and
moving pictures; B. B. French, busi-
ness; Anacostia. business and social,
Pentalpha, M. M: Mount Pleasant,
business; Benjamin Franklin, spe-
cial communication, M. M; Pet
worth Royal Arch, business; Orient
Commandery. business.
Tuesday-National, F. c.; Ar
menus, business; Myron M. Parker,
M. M; King David, business; La
Fayette Royal Arch, business; Hiram
Royal Arch, business and address;
Brightwood Commandery, business.
Observation-Disclosures Centen-
NAL, business: Osiris, business; King
Solomon, l pm, F. c.; East Gate,
business; Theodore Roosevelt, F. c.:
Barristers, business; Columbia Royal
Arch. business; Potomac Command
cry, business.
Thursday-The New Jerusalem,
business; George C. Whiting, F. c.;
Temple Noyes, business: Cathedral,
business; Washington Royal Arch,
past and most excellent; William R.
Singleton Royal Arch, business; 2
pm, laying of the corner stone by
the Grand Lodge of the Scottish
Rite Temple, Sixteenth near Har-
ward
Friday-"Night of Thrills" Fol-
lowing Masonic bodies meetings
called off: st. Johns Lodge, Hope
Lodge, Eureka Royal Arch Chapter,
Capital Royal Arch Chapter, Mount
Pleasant Royal Arch Chapter.
Saturday-Grand Lodge, School
of Instruction.