On a foggy evening East Fork Officers and members in a surprise tactic took flight to the stated meeting of Zavala Lodge number 1059 in north White Rock area of Dallas Texas. Zavala Lodge was alerted to our planned visitation trip, but they were unaware of our special mission. WM Don G. Smith, EF Lodge and his band of brothers bestowed the "highly coveted and cherished 8 Ball Traveling Plaque" to honoree Zavala lodge. WM Larry Winkle, was surprised, dismayed, and of course taken by the "beauty of the 8 Ball." With a chuckled grin, WM Winkle expressed his gratitude to the East Fork brethren present, and at the same time immediately started discussing where his Lodge could next bestow such a monarch of art as the traveling 8 Ball. The 8 ball is actually a bowling ball of massive proportions and seems of dubious beginnings. But the balls purpose is to travel throughout Lodges anywhere it can be bestowed, encouraging lodge visitation. The 8 ball has a travel log of its many adventures and must be presented from one lodge to another by at least three principal officers. We know that Zavala Lodge will of course enjoy keeping this trophy on display under constant care until another Lodge can be so honored. Please see a couple of pictures of all the good fun and fellowship our two lodges shared this evening, here in our Photo Gallery. Zavala Lodge 1059 Shares the Lodge Premises with Edwin J Kiest Lodge in the same location. Please see a portrait of Edwin J Kiest with a bio of his life and whom the Lodge is named after. The impressive oil painting portrait of the "Rembrandt style" is on display in the foyer of the lodge hall. Edwin J Kiest was influential in the foundation in Dallas of WRR, which became the nation's first city-owned radio station. In 1927 the Times Herald bought radio station KRLD. In civic service Kiest worked through his newspaper to develop an adequate water supply for Dallas, the result being Lake Dallas in Denton County. He was president of the State Fair of Texas from 1908 to 1911 and in 1920-21. He helped finance the building of permanent fair structures and was named lifetime honorary president. He served as president of the Dallas City Park Board from 1931 to 1935 and then as a director until his death. Kiest was a financial supporter of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and, with his artist-wife, helped found the Dallas Art Association. In 1928 he became a director of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University). He was also a director of the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children, a life member of the Boy Scouts of America and the American Red Cross, and a member of Sigma Delta Chi. He was given honorary degrees by Southern Methodist University (1928) and Texas A&M (1941). He received the 1930 Linz Award for civil service. Kiest married Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson Lyon on October 20, 1893; they had no children. In 1935 he gave the city of Dallas a large tract of land for a park in memory of his wife, who died in 1917. Kiest was a Methodist and a thirty-third-degree Mason. He died in Dallas on August 11, 1941. Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/KK/fki5.html
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