Evening star., 1946-04-30
Eastern Star Invites
Truman 10 Attend
Golden Anniversary

The 50th anniversary Of the Dis
tirct's Order of the Eastern Star
will be celebrated by the Grand
Chapter in sessions ut the Masonic
Temple and willard Hotel next
Monday, Tuesday and wednesday.
President Truman, former worthy
patron Of the Eastern Star chapter
at Independence, Mo-, is among the
distinguished officers and former
officers invited to attend.
The golden anniversary session
will open Monday evening in the
Grand Chapter chamber Of the Ma
sonic Temple, Thirteenth street and
New York avenue NV.
400 to Receive Degrees.
The following evening the event
will switch to the ballroom Of the
Willard Hotel for the first of two
sessions devoted to conferring de-
grees Of the order on more than
400 candidates.
Ceremonial pageantry will por-
tray events In the lives Of outstand-
ing members of the order. This will
be under the direction Of Theodore
G. Lewis, past worthy grand patron
and present grand high priest OF
the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch
Masons, and Mrs. Selma 8. Klein,
past worthy matron.
Founded in the interest of families
Of the Masonic fraternity, the East
ern Star represents more than II 900
families in the District. One of its
outstanding civic and fraternal en-
terprises is the Masonic and Eastern
Star Home at 5000 New Hampshire
avenue NE, where as many as go
adults and rs children have been
housed and cared for.
During the two world wars the
Eastern Star compiled an enviable
record of service at hospitals in
caring for children OF disabled vet
Grams, in War Bond purchases and
in caring for members of the armed
! forces.
Two Presiding Officers.
Presiding officers at the golden
anniversary sessions will be Mrs.
Marie C. Deal, worthy grand matron,
and DR.. Ralph w. s. Bonnet, worthy
grand patron.
In addition to these two. degrees
OF the order will be conferred by
Mrs. Nora A. Riley, associate grand
matron; George A. Casey, associate
grand patron; Mrs. Hazel r. Enger-
brecht. grand secretary; Mrs. Mamie
L. Greenstreet, grand treasurer;
Mrs. Alice L. Wolfe, grand conduc-
tress Mrs. Elsie M. Mattern, as
sociate grand conductress; Mrs. A.
Margaret Knott, grand chaplain;
Miss Mildred M. Hicks. grand lee
turer: Mrs. Virginia Page, grand
marshal; Mrs. Mabel Lewis, grand
organist; Miss Elizabeth Honetor,
grand Adah: Mrs. Jane Wall Pitts,
grand Ruth; Mrs. Hazel F. Flynn,
grand Esther: Mrs. Anita z. Sim
mons. grand Martha; Mrs. Zoda L.
Peck, grand Electa: Mrs. Helen v.
Gray. grand warder, and Louis A.
Koschmeder, grand sentinel.
Mrs. Guide to Open Session.
The first session will be opened
by Mrs. Katie M. L. Guide, senior
past worthy grand matron. Also
in attendance will be the following
past worthy grand matrons: Julia
N. Streater, Mary T. O'Brien, Grace
e. Kimmel, Jessie w. Cowles, Ida
v. Faber, Bertha G. Hudson, Bena
A. Barnhart, Cora p. Mayberry,
T1llie c. Chauncey, Helen B. Strait,
Nellie E. Fletcher, Gertrude B.
Milans, Lena Stephenson, Sallye C..
Bogley, Pearl Watt Gibb, Katherine
S. Merritt, Mamie L. Greenstreet,
Henen L. Brashears, Louise E.
Kreglow, Elizabeth w. Carnahan,
Helen D. Robbins, Ruth s. Crome-
lin. Minnie J. Burdine, Mildred M.
Hicks, Hazel r. Engelbrecht, Irma
M Smith, Elviria Madgeburger and
Charlotte E. Spencer.
Past worthy grand patrons will
include Millard T. Dixon. Charles
F. Roberts, Joseph H. Milans, T.
Frank Morgan, Reuben A. Bogley,
]. Ernest Dulin, John Claggett
Proctor, Charles c. Galloway, Theo-
dore C. Lewis, Paul B. Cromelin, F.
Frank Kimmel, Edward N. Riley,
Walter L. Fowler, Needham c.
Turnage, Victor B. Rench, Harry ].
Schmidt, Richard E. Titlow, Edward
C. Steagall, Joseph H. Bait, Ira Y.
Balm, William E. Brgfeld, Herbert