Evening star., 1940-06-22
10000 Go 10 Stadium
10 Witness Masonic
Night Of Thrills
Big Sum Roised for
Out-Guest Fund and
Eastern Stur Home

A crowd of about 10000 gathered
at Griffith Stadium last night to
make the annual Masonic benefit
known as THE Night of Thrills
the largest occasion of its kind in
the history of these night enter
tainments.
Spectacular with colorful cos
tunes OF marching units, beautiful
with queen and her court, and full
of fun from an elaborate outdoor
circus performing on four stages at
once. the big show raised a SUBJ
stantial sum to establish THE Out
Guest Fund of the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home"
Expressing qualification over sue
cess OF the occasion, Grand Master
Of Masons Needham C. Turnage
praised the management, headed by
Warren w. Shoemaker, general
chairman; Marvin Fowler, president
OF the Association of Worshipful
Masters; Mrs. M. Betty Wolfe,
chairman for the Eastern Star, and
others.
Starts With Ball Game.
"The Night of Thrills" started In
the late afternoon with a baseball
game. in which the Quantico Ma
rines defeated the Boiling Field Air
Corps team, z to 0.
Growing Of the queen was pre-
ceded by concert by the Chestnut
Farms-Chevy Chase Employees Band.
The queen, Miss Orvella Higgins
surrounded by her court of
princesses, received her crown from
Rear Admiral Harry G. Hamlet,
United States Coast Guard, retired
Introduced to the queen on her
throne, set on the baseball diamond,
were Grand Master Turnage; Clark
Griffith, president of the Washing
ton baseball club; Mrs. Minnie j.
Burdine, worthy grand matron,
Eastern Star: Edward c. Steagall,
worthy grand patron of the Eastern
Star. The queen was welcomed by
Miss Jean G. Carnahan, 1899 Queen,
and Miss Dorothy Herring, 1888
queen. Princesses were Misses Wini-
fred Smith, Louise Dony, Betty
White, Luna Ereza, Helen Fur and
Gloria Caldwell.
Entering the main gate, the bands
and marching units paraded around
the field and then formed facing the
crowd for massing of the colors, to
music by the 121st Engineers Band,
District OF Columbia National Guard
Units in Parade.
The parade was headed by Brig.
Gen. Albert L. Cox, commanding
the District of Columbia National
Guard, as grand marshal. Among
the units in the parade were the
l2lst Engineers. 260th Coast Artil-
lery, District of Columbia National
Guard; 104th Quartermaster Regi-
ment of the Guard, 5th Battalion
Marine Corps Reserve Platoon and
band, trumpeters from Equality
Walter Reed Post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion
Guard Of Honor, Elks Boys Band,
knights Templar, Almas Temple of
the Shrine, with several of its uni
formed bodies; Kallipolis Grotto,
Tall Cedars Of lebanon; Jobs
daughters, Acca Temple Shrine Club
OF Alexandria, Robert Bruce Chap
ter, Order of the De Molay; Ladies'
oriental Shrine, Metropolitan Police
Boys Club Band and the Metro
pohtan Police Department drill team.
An exhibition drill with six units
performing at the same time to
accompaniment by the Alexandria
Shrine Drum and Bugle Corps
brought the pageant to close. The
exhibition units were Washington
Commandery, Knights Templar; j;
hangers Drill Team, Tall Cedars OF
Lebanon; Arab Patrol of Almas
Temple; Kallipolis Grotto Drill
Team, De Molay Patrol and Bethel
NO. 5 Drill Team, Jobs Daughters.
is Acts in Circus.
The outdoor circus of is acts was
presented on stages scattered around
the field near the stands, from first
base to left field. The performances
were well Illuminated and so ar
ranged that at least two stages
were visible from any one seat.
Rear Admiral Hamlet brought the
program to a close with recitation
OF THE American Creed" as the
flag was lowered. by the District of
Columbia National Guard. Then
the entire assemblage rose to sing
"The Star Spangled Banner" in a
grand patriotic finale"