Hartford chronicle., 1946-08-31
Shriiners End Convention In Philadelphia
Side-lights on Shriners Convention
 By Edmund $. Taylor

Side-lights on Shriners Convention By Edmund s. Taylor
 Thousand of Mobiles converged on the City of Philadelphia during
 the past week to attend the 45th Annual Convention of the Ancient,
 Egyptian, Arabic Order of Nobles
 of the Mystic Shrine. Participat-
 ing were the Daughters of Isis,
 Shrine Auxiliary, and the Interna-
 tional Conference of Grand Mas
 ters, Prince Hall Afiliation, Meet ing also in Philadelphia were the Knight Templar, Order of Cyrenes,
 Grand Royal Arab Chapters and
 the International Conference of
 Eastern Star Chapters. Massachusetts was we11-repre- sented by members of Syria Tenn pie. For the first time in the his tory of Prince Hall Grand Lodge Mass. Jurisdiction the Boston
 Temple was represented at a
 Shrine Convention by a Grand Master and eight members of his Grand Lodge Suite. They were
 Nobles Morris J. Hicks, William A.
 Clarkson, Robert N. Miller, Ed
 n,und s. Taylor, Ralph l.. Harper, Cleo W. Wooten, Ralph E. Hunt, and William A. Johnson.
 Addresses of welcome were made by Mayor Bernard Samuel and Senator Francis J. Myers. Other speakers were Imperial Po- tentate Raymond A. Jackson; Re corder of Deeds, Washington D. C., Rev. Marshall Shepard; Bishop David HI. Sims, Presiding of Bishop of the A.M.E. Church; Grand Mas ter John W. Dobbs, of Georgia, Past Imperial Potentate James A. (Billboard) Jackson; Joseph F. Albright, special Asst. to General Omar Bradley in the Veterans Ad- ministration and a Representative from the Republic of Liberia who extended an invitation to the Inn perial Council to attend the Gen. tennial to be held in Liberia in 1947 thru 1949.
 It was the unanimous opinion of Philadelphians that the Shrine Pa rade was the most colorful and dignifed ever held in that city. The Parade was led by as escort of mounted police followed by a battalion of 200 colored officers, part of the one thousand who are on the force of Philadelphia.
 Among the bands in the the line of march were the City, Fire and police bands. This is the first 1 time these organizations have ta- ken part in the parade of colored organization.
 The competitive drill immedi- ately following the parade was won by Medinah Temple, New York City. The other two Tenn ples taking part in the competi- tion were from Columbus, Ohio, and Los Angeles, Cal,
 
 sure of renewing old and valued with Noble Dr. Leopold A. Marks, for many years a Bos- ton resident and a Charter Mem per of William G. Butler, - now resident physician at the State Sanitorium of North Carolina. pr. Marks is now Master of Cor ner Stone Lodge No. 68 Southern Pines, N. C., and a member of Ouda Temple No. 147 of North Carolina.
 Noble Taylor expects to take advantage of the invitation exten- led by Dr. Marks to the Nobles of Syria to visit him in Southern Pines.
 The convention passed a resolu- ion sponsored by Edgar G. Brown, Iirector of the National Negro Council, asking President Truman 0 call "a special session of Con- 'ress to impeach Senator Theodore !. Bilbo, pass Federal Anti-lynch avs, and order federal troops to Georgia and Mississippi to pre- erve peace on the home front.
 There were no changes in the fficial make up of the Imperial )ivan except those made necessary y the death of officers.
 The Council will meet in 1947 in Atlantic City, N. J.