Evening star., 1940-05-05
Lodge Will Confer
N. N. Degrees at
Memorial Temple
Benjomin B. French Unit
Will Also Hole Dinner
Before Ceremony

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Members and guests of Benjamin
B. French Masonic Lodge will go
to Alexandria, Va, tomorrow, where
q buffet dinner will be served In
the George Mason Hotel at $50
pm, after which the M. M. degree
will be conferred In the George
Washington Memorial Temple. Mas
ter Elmer L. Corbin will preside, and
the lecture will be delivered by Sen
tor Deacon Donald w. Graffius.
Benjamin D. Schneider, master OF
Warren G. Harding Lodge, an
nounces the M. M. degree will be
conferred by the past masters of his
lodge in Strasburg. Va.
Chevy Chase Lodge will hold its
annual dinner at the Chevy Chase
Presbyterian Church on Tuesday.
Representative Schwert, New York,
and district deputy grand master
OF that State. will be the speaker.
Pentalpha Lodge will have a So
cial evening tomorrow. The United
States Secret Service film, Know
Your Money" will be shown. There
will be refreshments.
The master of St. Johns Lodge,
Charles E. Boldin, announces that
Jack Suggs, chief turret captain and
master diver, United States Navy,
will speak to the lodge on Friday
evening on Deep Sea Diving and
the Salvaging of the United States
Submarine Squalus."
The annual dance of the Fellow
Craft Club of Petworth Lodge will
be held at the Womens Club of
Chevy Chase, Nd, on Saturday eve
hing.
The grand commander of Knights
Templar, j. Fred Huber, paid
Brightwood Commandery its annual
grand visitation, after which he in
stalled the following officers: j.
Rowe Mehlfelt, commander; Cecil
H. Anderson, generalissimo; Rodger
r. Kaufman, captain-general;
Ralph D. Keadle, senior warden;
Wade T. Brown, junior warden;
Nelson B. Durfee, prelate: Arthur
G. Shaw, treasurer; Fred E. Blood.
recorder; P. Julian Latham, stand
ard bearer; James A. Smith, sword
bearer, and Joseph G. johnson,
warder.
On Tuesday Sir Knight Claud
Keltner will speak on The History
of Tempiary." All sir knights are
welcome.
Almas Temple, A. A. o. N. M. S.,
will soon present to the sports-lov-
ing public the "roller-derby." The
contests will be held at the River
side Stadium, commencing May 81
and continuing three weeks.
Mithras Lodge of Perfection, Scot
tish Rite, will meet next Tuesday
evening. It will be the last meeting
of any of the Scottish Rite bodies
in the present cathedral. 433 Third
street NV. At the meeting on May
l3 at the new temple, the fourth and
fourteenth degrees will be conferred.
On the following evening Evangelist
Chapter, Knights Rose Croix, will
meet.
The new temple at $500 Sixteenth
street NV, will be dedicated with
ceremonies conducted by Grand
Comdr. John H. Cowles, on May IL
at 2:3O o'clock. This will be a serv-
ice which will be attended by Scot
tish Rite Masons only and the
guests especially invited for the oc-
casion.
The Postal Service Square Club
will meet at 2108 Sixteenth street
NV. on May II. This will be car
riers night. sponsored by the car
riers of the City Post Office. There
will be a prominent speaker, music
and refreshments.
Trestleboard.
Monday-Potomac Lodge, Ben
1amin B. French Lodge, Anacostia
Lodge, Pentalpha Lodge, Mount
Pleasant Lodge, Petworth Chapter,
Orient Commandery.
Tuesday-National Lodge, Armini-
us Lodge, Myron M. Parker Lodge,
King David Lodge, Hiram Chapter,
La Fayette Chapter. Mark Masters
Degree; Brightwood Commandery,
Mithras Lodge of Perfection, Scot
tish Rite.
Wednesday-Meeting of the Grand
Lodge of the District of Columbia.
Thursday-The New Jerusalem
Lodge, George D. Whiting Lodge,
Temple Noyes Lodge, Cathedral
Lodge, Washington Chapter. Will
liam R. Singleton Chapter.
Friday-Hope Lodge, Eureka
Chapter, Capitol Chapter, Mt. Plea
SAINT Chapter.