Evening star., 1941-03-16
700 Make Merry
Al AImas Temple
Pofentate' Party
Streets Of Bugdod'
Display Oriental Air;
Speeches Are Taboo

More than 700 Shriners and their
guests converted the ballroom and
adjacent territory of the Mayflower
Hotel into an Oriental palace of
merriment last night as Almas Tenn
pie held its fourth annual poten-
tate's party.
The rear lobby hallway was trans
formed into the Streets of Bag
dad" with veiled beauties stationed
on balconies, refreshment oases in
center tents and dancing girls, Jug
glers and divers entertainers per-
forming in sideshows.
And, just to keep things moving
at lively pace, the Almas Temple
Drum Corps and Oriental Band
marched around occasionally tin
king the chandeliers with rever-
berations of their music.
Speeches were taboo, as Senators,
Representatives, juriStS and other
distinguished personages joined in
the Almas' feast of Ramadan."
Ramadan is the sacred month on
the Mohammedan calendar, at the
conclusion of which, traditionally,
the biggest feast of the year is cele-
brated.
Stage Show Adds to Fun.
In addition to the pre-banquet
revelry-part of which, to give one
an idea of the spirit of the occa-
sion, Zoo Director William M. Mann
arranged - professional performers
from many of the city's night clubs
and theaters presented an almost
continuous stage show in the ball
room during the extended dinner
period.
Special guest of honor was Earl
Whittier Shinn, recently installed
potentate of Almas Temple. And
Past Potentates of Almas on hand
included L. Whiting Estes, Robert
S. Roger, Edward D. Anderson,
Stanley D. Willis, Karl E. FARRELL,
Granville Guide. Warren w. Grimes,
Leonard P. Steuart, Ara M. Daniels,
Allen H. Potts and Robert P. Smith.
And among visiting Shrine digni-
taries were Gov. James H. Price of
Virginia, imperial recorder of the
Shrine; Andrew A. D. Rain of Min
neapolis, past imperial potentate;
Remmie L. Arnold, potentate of Acca
Temple, Richmond, Va: DR.. Ora K.
Hoffman, potentate of Ali Chan
Temple, Cumberland, Md, and Ev-
erett w. Jacocks of Richmond, as
sistant to the imperial recorder.
Many Senators Attend.
Guests included Senators Ball of
Minnesota, Wiley of Wisconsin, Hol-
man of Oregon, Adams of Colorado,
Austin of Vermont, Gurney of South
Dakota, Hill of Alabama. johnson of
Colorado, Mcfarland of Arizona,
Nye of North Dakota and Truman of
Missouri.
And Representatives Houston of
Kansas, Halleck of Indiana, Arends
of Illinois, Ramspeck of Georgia,
Leavy of Washington, Scrugham of
Nevada, Holmes of Massachusetts,,
Brown of Ohio, Gille of Indiana,
Anderson of New Mexico, Vreeland
of New Jersey and Nichols of Okla
homa.
And Gen. Frank T. Hines, admin
istrator, and Col. George E. Ijams
and Maj. Omer w. Clark, assistant
administrators of the Veterans Bu-
reau; Rear Admiral Russell r.
Waesche and Justices Jesse c. Ad-
kins, Bolitha j. Laws, David A. Pine
and James M. Proctor of the District
Court.
Floyd D. Akers served as general
chairman for the event, with James
A, Councillor as co-chairman and
Howard P. Foley as vice chairman.
The Executive Committee handling
arrangements consisted of Edmund
Q. Carl, Bruce r. Allen, George A.
Ford, William G. Shelton, Lloyd F.
Gaines, Raymond M. Florance, Will
liam j. Mileham, G. Fenton Cramer
and George E. Harris.
The guest list included: