Evening star., 1939-04-16
Night Of Thrills y
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Plans Completed
By Committee
Benefit for Masonic and
Eastern Stor Home
To Be June 9


To Be June 9
Plans have been completed for the
1880 edition Of the Might of
Thrills" sponsored by the Masonic
Masters Association of 1899 and the
Matrons and Patrons Association of
1899, Order of the Eastern Star.
Maj. Edwin S. Bethlehem, jr., is
general chairman of the Committee
on Arrangements
It will be held at the Grinith Sta
dium on the evening Of June 8, for
the benefit of the Masonic and East
ern Star Home. Beginning at pm,
there will be q baseball game be-
tween teams representing the Po-
tomac Electric Power Co. and the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Following the baseball game there
will be band concert. A pageant
and parade will follow in review be-
fore the queen Of the pageant. There
will be a military display with a
salute to the massed colors. The
program will conclude with a three,
ring circus.
DR.. Guy w. Leadbetter, master of
Cathedral Lodge, is chairman of the
committee in charge of the selec-
ton Of the queen of the pageant
and her court
The names of candidates, spon-
sored by one of the Masonic organ
iZations, must be received by the
chairman not later than S pm
April 80. Ballot boxes will be placed
In the various Masonic meeting
places. They will be opened on May
2 and will be closed at S pm. on
June 2. However, the box at the
main Masonic Temple will remain
open until 10 pm.
Potomac Lodge, which was char
tered by the Grand Lodge of Mary
land on April 81, 1889, before there
was city of Washington, will cele-
brate its 150th anniversary today,
when the members will attend the
evening services at the Georgetown
Presbyterian Church. DR.. Ze Barney
T. Phillips, chaplain of the Senate,
will deliver the principal address.
The members will be escorted to the
church by Potomac Commandery,
K. T.
The anniversary date will be OBJ
served with special services in the
lodge hall. On May IL the officers
will hold a reception for Masons
and their friends at the Willard
Hotel. Stephen T. Porter, chief of
the Fire Department, is the master
The ladies auxiliary of De Molay
Commandery, K. T. will meet at
8 pm, April % at the home of
past grand commander and Mrs.
Eugene E. Thompson, 3847 CalveRt
street NV, with Mrs. Harvey Davi-
son assisting.
Petworth Lodge Fellowcraft Club
will hold dance on April 81 at the
National Woman's Country Club.
sojourners' Lodge will hold
congressional night tomorrow at
the Masonic Temple. Fifteen men,
bers of Congress, who are Master
Masons, who have been in the mill
tary service of our country, have
accepted invitations to be present
The master Is Maj. Edwin s. Bettel-
helm, jr. Included in the work
will be q flag ceremony. accom-
plished by the Toast to the Flag"
by Capt. Nathan Williams.
Tho 10th anniversary dinner of
the Anchor Masonic Club of the
United States Department Of Com
cerce, United States Maritime Com
mission and Civil Aeronautics Au-
thority will be held at o'clock
Tuesday at the National Press Club.
Royal G. Best is president of the
club. Sir Willmott Lewis, Washing
ton correspondent of the London
Times, will speak on World AZ
fairs" There will be an entertain
nent.
Members Of National Lodge will
assemble today at pm. at the Ma
sonic and Eastern Star Home to
conduct religious services. The chap
plain, the Rev. T. E. Boorde, will
speak on Risen and Coming"
The Fellowcraft Club of George
G. Whiting Lodge and friends will
attend an oyster roast today from
2 to 6 pm. at Fosters Wharf, Gales
vile. Md Members Of other lodges
are invited.
Members Of Lafayette Lodge will
leave Washington at 3 pm. Tuesday
to attend dinner and the stated
communication of Corinthian Lodge
In Philadelphia, Pa.
The Brightwood Lodge Fellow
craft Club will meet Tuesday eve
ming at the home of Secretary
Henry c. Stein, IS Franklin street
NE. Matters of Importance will be
discussed, including the entertain
ment of Nelson Lodge of Wheeling,
w. Va, on April %, when this lodge
will confer the M. M. degree in the
George Washington Memorial at
Alexandria. Members of Nelson
Lodge will arrive in Washington
about 10 am. on Saturday. They
will go sightseeing, followed by
supper, and later on in the evening
the conferring of the degree in the
memorial.
On Tuesday Sir knight James
Graham, right eminent grand COM
mander of the Grand Commandery
of the District of Columbia, and his
staff of officers will pay Brightwood
Commandery, K. T., its annual
Ind visitation, after which the
following officers will be installed:
Albert H. Coombs, commander; j.
Rowe Mehlfelt, generalissimo; Cecil
H. Anderson, captain general;
Rodger r. Kaufman, senior war
den; Ralph D. Keadle, junior war
den; Nelson B. Durfee, P. c., prelate;
Arthur c. Shaw, P. G. c., treasurer;
Fred E. Bloor, P. c., recorder; Jo-
seph G. johnson, standard bearer: