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Most Worshipful Brother Karl MaxVetsburg, whose term of office as Grand Master of Masons in Missouri has just come to a close, has discharged the duties of that high station with zeal, ability and consecration to the ideals and tenets of Freemasonry never excelled in the history of our Grand Lodge. From the moment of his induction into the office of Grand Master to the close of his year, he has given every moment of time he could spare from his necessary vocations, and every ounce of energy that human endurance would permit, to the great and important work of his trust. It would be unnecessary and quite out of place in this tribute to our outgoing Grand Master, to review his several acts and decisions, which are so fully and ably set forth in his Address to the Grand Lodge. All who read this splendid address will be impressed by the painstaking care anq. the profound understanding of Freemasonry which characterized his administration from beginning to end. Though Most Worshipful Brother Vetsburg did not set out to achieve a new record in the number of Lodges he visited, yet his determination to serve the Grand Lodge and his brethren faithfully and to the best of his ability, was a guaranty that he would not fall far short of the best records. However, in no event must we judge our beloved Past Granp Master merely by the amount of work done or the number of Lodges visited but rather by the benign influence he exerted on the Craft and the feelings of love and admiration which linger in the hearts of all his Breth~en. IIis addresses were all vibrant, convincing and replete with practical suggestions for making Freemasonry a mighty agency for good in the America of today. In a very high degree he has succeeded in "spreading the cement of brotherly love and affection" among the members of our Craft. Most Worshipful Brother Vetsburg 'was born in Jefferson City, Missouri, on June 22, 1879. In 1885 he moved with his parents to St. Louis where he has resided ever since. His father was Worshipful Brother Sigml1nd Vetsburg, who was Worshipful Master of Jefferson Lodge, No. 43, in 1872, and whose able servic~ in that office is still gratefully remembered by the older members of the Lodge. His mother
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was Carrie Loth Vetsburg. She was beloved and admired by her family and friends, and though she regarded the proper training of her children and conduct of her home as her highest mission in life, yet she was well posted on current events and the main outlines of our history. She was devotedly loyal to her country and to its Constitution and laws. Obviously Most 'Vorshipful Brother Vetsburg's high intellectual, moral and patriotic endowment are but the natural heritage from parents of such sterling worth and character. The father died when he was but sixteen years of age, but the mother, through her great love and respect for her husband, and her admiration for Freemasonry, kept the Masonic tradition alive in the family. Little wonder then that l\1ostWorshipful Brother Vetsburg was "prompted to solicit the privileges of Freemasonry" at the earliest practicable moment. He was raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason in Cornerstone Lodge, No. 323, at St. Louis, in 1907, and served that Lodge as vVorshipful .Master in 1913. During the following year, 1914, he served the Thirty-third Masonic of Missouri, then co-extensive with the City of St. Louis as District Lecturer. He was recognized as a thorough and accurate ritualist and an instructor of high ability; but above all he was an understanding and impressive worker, and his help in conferring degrees was greatly sought after, throughout St. Louis and St. Louis County. The following year he served the Thirty-third Masonic District as Most Worshipful Brother Cotton's District Deputy Grand Master. Those who were then Masonically active in St. Louis recall the able Masonic messages which he delivered to his Lodges, and the high standards which he set and maintained in that important office. They seemed like a portent of his subsequent Masonic preferment. In 1915 Most Worshipful Brother Vetsburg received the degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in the Valley of St. Louis and was elected President of his class, the Universal Peace Class. He served the Grand Lodge of Missouri in 1916 as its Grand Orator, in which capacity he delivered a scholarly and beautiful address. For several years also he served with distinction as Chairman of the Committee on Appeals and Grievances and the Committee on J urisprudence. Most Worshipful Brother Vetsburg also received the Degrees in the following well known bodies in St. Louis: Kilwinning Chapter, No. 50, Royal Arch Masons. Hiram Council, No.1, Royal and Select Masters. Alhambra Grotto, M. O. V. P. E. R Moolah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. The various offices and chairmanships of Committees above referred to, which he had held in Ancient Craft Masonry, served Most W orshipful Brother Vetsburg as a rigorous and thorough apprenticeship
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for his service in the Grand Lodge line and ultimately in the office of Grand Master. He was started in the Grand Lodge line in 1929 by M. 'V. Brother Samuel R. Freet, who appointed him Grand Pursuivant. Thereafter, he was advanced in regular gradation until in 1939 he was elected to the office of Grand Master. Most Worshipful Brother Vetsburg has also rendered a service of inestimable value to the Craft as First Vice-President, and afterwards as President and Chairman of the Building Committee of the Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis. In this great work he has been ably and loyally assisted by a splendid corps of officers and directors. He was elected President in 1926 and has continuously held the office ever since. His unselfish efforts, coupled with those of his associates have resulted in the erection, completion, dedication and successful operation of one of the largest and most beautiful Masonic Temples in the world. His long and able leadership of this great movement had given abundant evidence of his fitness to lead the Craft of the entire State as its Grand Master. Most Worshipful Brother Vetsburg received his public school and college training in St. Louis. He first entered and went through the Pope Grade School at Ewing and Laclede Avenues. The first year of his high school course was taken at the Polytechnic Institute at Seventh and Chestnut Streets, which was a branch of the Central High School at Fifteenth and Olive Streets. The second year was taken at the Foster Academy, another branch of the old Central High School, which had badly outgrown its old quarters. The remaining two years of high school work were taken at the then new Centrat"High School at Grand and Bell Avenues, from which he was graduated in 1895. Immediately thereafter he took two years of undergraduate work at Washington University in St. Louis, followed by an intermission of three years in his studies, spent in the business world. In September, 1900, M. W. Bro. Vetsburg resumed his studies by entering the Law Department of Columbia University in New York City, from which he was graduated in 1903 with the Degree of L.L.B. In October of that year he was admitted to practice in the courts of¡ Missouri and in due time to the United States Courts. He also became an active member of the Bar Association of St. Louis, the Missouri Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Ever since his admission to the bar M. W. Brother Vetsburg has maintained his offices in the City of St. Louis where he has been a successful and highly respected member of the profession. The high esteem in which he is held is due not only to his thorough knowledge of the law and his ability in the preparation and trial of cases, but also to his unswerving adherence to the highest ethical standards of his chosen profession.
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From his boyhood he has been an active member of Temple Israel, now at W ashington Avenue and Kingshighway and for many years has been its Secretary. He is a Past President and member of the Young Men's Hebrew Association of St. Louis, and a Past President of Missouri Lodge, No. 22, B'nai B'Rith in St. Louis. During 1916-17 he served as President of District Grand Lodge, No.2, B'Nai B'Rith. Said Second District is composed of the States of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico. Thus his service to ;his chosen Faith appears, to have been almost if not quite as able and distinguished as his service to Freemasonry. We regret to record that our outgoing Grand Master is still unmarried, but perhaps we may console ourselves with the thought that this renunciation has redounded to the greater good of Missouri Freemasoriry, through the almost undivided attention he has been able to devote to his Masonic work. In conclusion, Most Worshipful Brother Vetsburg goes out of office with the admiration and gratitude of all the members of the Craft who know him. He also enjoys the friendship and respect of many distinguished Brethren in sister Grand Jurisdictions to whom he has been a Masonic Good Neighbor. His year as Grand Master of Missouri has been the crowning achievement in a long career of splendid Masonic service during which he has not failed to translate into actual performance much of that high idealism which he has always cherished in' his mind and his heart. For this unsurpassed record of devotion and service his Brethren are profoundly grateful. A. F. I.
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ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTIETH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION of the
GRAND LODGE ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS of the
STATE OF MISSOURI Held at
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SEPTEMBER 24 AND 25 A, D, 1940
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTIETH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION-FIRST DAY
The One Hundred and Twentieth Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri convened at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, 3637 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, at 10 :00 A. M., on Tuesday, September 24, 1940. PRELIMINARY
Prior to the opening of the Grand Lodge, entertainment was rendered by the children of the Masonic Home, and by Brother Fall~enhainer and his orchestra. . PRESENT Karl M. Vetsburg, St. Louis, M. W. Grand Master. Harry S. Truman, Independence, R. W. Deputy Grand Master. Harris C. Johnston, Boonville, R. W. Senior Grand Warden. Forrest C. Donnell, St. Louis, R. W. Junior Grand Warden. E. E. Morris, Kansas City, R. W. Gran~ Treasurer. Arthur Mather, St. Louis, R. W. Grand Secretary. Anthony F. Ittner, St. Louis, R. W. Grand Lecturer. Samuel Thurman, St. Louis, W. Grand Chaplain. Grover C. Sparks, Savannah, W. Grand Senior Deacon. Leo H. Johnson, Neosho, W. Grand Junior Deacon. William F. Woodruff, Kansas City, W. Grand Senior Steward. James A. Kinder, Cape Girardeau, W. Grand Junior Steward. Willis J. Bray, Kirksville, W. Grand Marshal. Solon Cameron, St. Louis, W. Grand Marshal. Morris E. Ewing, Morrisville, W. Grand Sword Bearer. Harry F. Sunderland, Kansas City, W. Grand Pursuivant. Thomas B. Mather, Kansas City, W. Grand Orator. Walter E. Seewoster, St. Louis, W. Grand Tiler. OPENING
Promptly at 10 :00 o'clock A. M., the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Karl M. Vetsburg, opened the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri in AMPLE FORM in its One Hundred and Twentieth Annual Communication, assisted by the Grand Officers and supported by a large attendance of representatives. W. Brother Samuel Thurman, Grand Chaplain, offered the following: INVOCATION Heavenly Father, Thou art the Supreme Architect of the Universe, Ruler, King, Father of all mankind. Joyously do we turn to Thee this day, in this, our Convocation of brotherhood, of harmony and of peace. United as we are in approaching Thy sacred Throne of Glory, in spirit
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as well as in body, we come before Thee today with mixed feelings. We cannot altogether rejoice in our great privilege of freedom in this glorious Land, without our hearts beating in sympathy, in pity, yea, in sorrow with those Brethren across the waters who are now suffering from the cruelty and the horror of the Godlessness, the ruthlessness, and the inhumanity of those who would set themselves up against Thee, even as if they were gods. Teach us then, 0 Lord, in this assembly today, first, that we may abhor evil, evil in every form, and yet abhorring evil, let us not turn our hearts to hate, to passion, or to prejudice even against those who would overthrow that which we have cherished and fostered and for which we have worked and served and sacrificed-the blessedness of this democracy in which we live, fashioned and patterned after the great principles of our brotherhood, dedicated to Thee and consecrated in Thy name. Even against those that persecute, let us not become persecutors in turn.' Make us to realize the heritage that is ours, the heritage of self-government, government of self-restraint; the heritage which even in the beginning, among the founders, were brethren路 of our Craft, who led the nation in honor and worship and service to Thee. Let us always remember, 0 Lord, that such men held glorious rank in our fraternity; and from the father of this Country down to the humblest Mason, gathered here or anywhere, Thy name came first, and in glorifying Thee we have glorified Thy children, man created in Thine image. We have cherished in this democracy the dignity of personality, the rights of the individual, the freedom of man, woman and child before the law; the hope, the faith, the love in the hearts of our fellowmen. And though, Heavenly Father, in the past as in the present, we may have sought secret councils in which to labor and to speculate with regard to Thy Holy Law, let it be no secret to the World that our Craft is dedicated to the principles of justice and righteousness, consecrated by the seal of Truth and Love, and ready and willing to give life itself for the Honor of Thee, and of those who are Thy children. And finally, 0 Lord, in this assembly we are seeking for guidance, for wisdom, for knowledge, for understanding, for sympathy in the attitude of him who presides over us as our Grand Master-titled even after Thine own name. Bestow upon him Thy love; teach him by Thy Hand that he may govern us with the gentleness and kindliness of his nature, yet also with the wisdom and firmness of his knowledge and his high office, and make us in turn not subservient, not submissive, not serf-like in our obedience, but make us willing and glad to sit under his rule, because he represents a unity of our brotherhood. And so bestow Thy guiding hand on all who will serve Thee this day, and the days to come, in this Fraternity here, and wherever they may meet. Send Thy blessing of love and peace to all mankind, who need Thee so much this day. Grant it, 0 Lord I Amen.
OREDENTIALS
THE GRAND SECRETARY: I have the interim report of the Committee on Credentials, which is to the effect that a constitutional number of Lodges is represented, and the Grand Lodge is now ready for the dispatch of business. TELEGRAMS, LETTERS AND REGRETS
THE GRAND SECRETARY: Most 'Vorshipful Grand Master, I have a telegram, received just a few moments ago, from W. Brother E. L. Robison, Grand Chaplain.
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, 'Sorry I cannot attend Grand Lodge this year. Give my regards to the Grand Master and the brethren. Best wishes for a pleasant and profitable session of the Grand Lodge.-E. L. Robison."
I also have received a telegram from the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, which is as follows: , 'Grand M~ster Hodgkin joins me in extending felicitations to your Grand Lodge. Regret we are unable to attend.-AI. E. Orton, Grand Secretary. ' ,
I am in receipt of a letter from M. 'V. Brother Thad B. Landon, P. G. M., in which he says that Mrs. Landon suffered an accident to her arm and he is taking her to her doctor in Chicago. M. W. Brother Landon states that he hopes to be here 'Vednesday, but he is not sure whether he will be able to make it. THE GRAND MASTER: If M. W. Brother Landon doesn't appear before the close of this Communication, you will please mail him due acknowledgment of his letter, and further state that we hope his wife will soon have completely recovered from her accident and illness. THE GRAND SECRETARY: Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren. We miss the presence today of our beloved :past Grand Master, Most Worshipful Julius C. Garrell. M. W. Brother Garrell is in California, and is not well. He had hoped that he might be able to come to this Communication, particularly because you were going to preside in the East, but he wrote me some months ago, saying that his health was in such condition that he would have to forego the trip to St. Louis, and he asked me particularly to convey to you and the Grand Lodge, his sincerest regards, and tender memories of the days that are gone. I deliver his message of felicitation and good will to the Grand Lodge over which he presided twenty years ago today. Never a better man on earth occupied the Grand East of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. I hope it will be possible for me to get my work in stich shape that I will be able to visit him this coming November. I want to go out to see him very much. THE GRAND MASTER: Right Worshipful Brother Mather, it is with deep regret that I hear the announcement you have just made. I have known M. W. Brother Garrell since 1907. 'Vhen I first saw light in Freemasonry, he was one of my earliest instructors in the work. He was the model after which I patterned my Masonic ritualistic work, and general course of conduct. I regret very much that he is unable to be present. I wish that you would send him an appropriate greeting from this Grand Lodge, saying that we are with him in spirit, and that we hope for his complete recovery. I think it would be a fine thing if this Grand Lodge would rise and stand in silent prayer for a moment or two to the Great Architect of the Universe, pleading for the complete recovery of M. W. Brother Julius C. Garrell. (The Grand Lodge 路stood in silent prayer.)
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M. W. BROTHER ITTNER: I would like to add just a word to what R. W. Brother Mather has said. Those of us whose connection with Freemasonry dates back to the days when M. W. Brother Garrell was active, learned to admire him greatly and路 to love him dearly. He is one of the greatest benefactors of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, and the Masonic Home. He is a man of gentle nature, kind and considerate, and has not the slightest taint of malice in his heart for any human being. He loves Freemasonry as he loves all his Brethren. I understand that he has written a number of letters, to many of his friends, expressing a great desire to see Brother Mather, who, has been his most intimate friend for more than thirty-five years. Therefore, M. W. Grand Master, I move that this Grand Lodge grant R. W. Brother Mather a leave of absence in order that he may go to visit M. W. Brother Garrell, and personally deliver to him an expression of the love and appreciation of this Grand Lodge. There will, of course, be no cost to the Grand Lodge in connection with R. W. Brother Mather's trip. M. W. Brother Ittner's motion was unanimously adopted. INTRODUCTION OF DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
The Committee on Credentials reported the presence of several distinguished visitors. The following were conducted to the Alter, introduced to the Grand Lodge, rendered appropriate honors, and assigned to seats in the Grand East. Grand Lodge of Nebraska: M. W. Brother Earl J. Lee, Grand Master; M. W. Brother Lewis E. Smith, P. G. M., and present Grand Secretary. Grand Lodge of Tennessee: R 'V. Brother Thomas E. Doss, present Grand Secretary. . Grand Lodge of Texas: R. W. Brother George H. Belew, present Grand Secretary. Grand Chapter, R. A. M., of Missouri: W. Brother Walter J. Bublitz, Grand High Priest. General Grand Chapter, U. S. A.: M. W. Brother Ray V. Denslow, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Missouri, and General Grand Scribe; R. W. Brother Edmund E. Morris, General Grand Treasurer. Grand Council, R. & S. M., of Missouri: 'V. Brother Walter B. Pingree, Grand Master. Grand Commandery, K. T., of Missouri: Brother Thomas P. Bedford, Grand Commander. Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite: R. W. Brother 'Villiam B. Massey, Past D. D. G. M., and Deputy of the Supreme Council. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The Proceedings of the 1939 Annual Communication, having been duly printed and distributed, were approved.
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To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Missouri: Brethren: It is my pleasure, Brethren, to welcome you to this, the 120th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Missouri, and to lay before you, in accordance with the provisions of sub-paragraph (h) of Section 9 of Article II of our By-Laws, an account of my official acts during the recess of the Grand Lodge, the state and condition of Freemasonty in this Grand Jurisdiction, and such recommendations as are deemed expedient and necessary. We are meeting at a most critical period in world history, when most of the civilized world seems to be thinking and acting in reverse; when a large part of the world has reverted to the philosophy of the Middles Ages; when might is right; when the rights of the individual which we believe to be fundamental and inalienable, are swept away and destroyed at the will of the dictator for the supposed welfare and superior rights of the State. Since last we met, and under these new philosophies of government, nations have been ravaged, destroyed and subjugated; religion has been discarded; millions of men have been dispossessed s>f their property, driven from their homes and many of them slain. In countries where the totalitarian philosophy of government prevails, the voice of Freemasonary has been silenced, and today there is no Freemasonry in Europe, outside of Switzerland and the British Empire. Even in this fair land of ours, the philosophies of Communism, Fascism and Naziism are being advocated by a most scientifically vicious method of propaganda and there are some who would sell their birthright of freedom, vouchsafed unto us largely by the patriotic endeavors of our Masonic forebears, for a mere mess of pottage. As this is written, all but England and Switzerland, of the European liberal, democratically-minded nations, have fallen under the heel of the conqueror. England alone is still valiantly battling for democracy and human freedom. I believe that every American, every Freemason, who appreciates the glorious heritage that is his, as an American and as a Freemason, deeply sympathizes with England and hopes that she may triumph over her enemies and again make the world safe for democracy. Withal, we thank God fervently that we are Americans, living at peace with the world; and most fervently do we pray that the Great Architect of the Universe will endow us and our leaders with wisdom and understanding sufficient to keep U$ out of war and permanently at peace with all mankind. There will come 路before this Communication for action, problems bearing upon or produced by present world conditions; and I feel sure that all such problems will be handled and solved in a manner consistent with our great Masonic and American traditions.
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NECROLOGY
Weare pleased to report that there have been no deaths in our official family during the entire Masonic year. However, according to the reports filed by 603 of our Lodges, there have been 1,555 deaths among the members of the Craft. This.is 34 less than last year, and represents a large percentage of our membership. This is but natural during a period of time when petitions from young men are not as plentiful as they might be. In due time, appropriate memorial report will be presented. OFFICIAL BONDS
Shortly after my installation the official bonds of our Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary issued by the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company were placed in my custody, viz.: Bond of Grand Treasurer, FB 146355, in the sum of $55,000.00; Bond of Grand Secretary, FB 146356, in the sum of $25,000.00.
These bonds will be duly placed in the custody of my successor in office. SOCIAL SECURITY AND INCOME TAX MATTERS
During the year, further changes were made by Congress in our Social Securi~ laws, some of which affect this Grand Lodge and our Subordinate Lodges. In view thereof, the following letter was sent to all the Lodges in the State, calling to their attention the effect of such changes: October 30, 1939. To the Worshipful Master of each Lodge, A. F. & A. M., within the Jurisdiction of Missouri. Dear Sir and Brother: Re: Social Security Taxes By letter of February 25, 1937, Most Worshipful Brother George W. Walker, Grand Master, called to the attention of the Worshipful Master of each Lodge, A. F. & A. M., within the jurisdiction of Missouri, certain contents of a letter of February 17, 1937, from Honorable D. S. Bliss, Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in the course of which contents it is pointed out that the taxes imposed under Title VIII of the Social Security Act are not applicable to remuneration for services of an individual who has attained the age of 65 years. Under date of August 10, 1939, Congress, however, enacted the following Section, namely: Sec. 905. (a) No service performed at any time during the calendar year 1939 by any individual shall, by reason of the individual having attained the age of sixty-five, be excepted from employment as defined in section 1426 (b) of subchapter A of chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code. Paragraph (4) of such section which excepts such service from employment is repealed as of the effective date thereof, and paragraph (4) of section 811 (b) of the Social Security Act is repealed as of January 1, 1939. The tax on employees imposed by section 1400 of such subchapter and the tax on employers imposed by section 1410 of such subchapter and the provisions of law applicable to such taxes, shall apply with respect to remuneration paid after
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December 31, 1938, for service which by reason of the enactment of this section, constitutes employment as so defined. You are hereby reminded that a result of the enactment of said Section 905 (a) is that the fact that an individual who performs services had, at the time he performed said servi~es, attained the age of 65 years does not cOIUSe the' taa;es imposed, under Title VIII of the Social Security Act, upon Masonic Lodges or those imposed, under said Title VIII, upon employees of such Lodges to be' inapplicable to remuneration for such of said services as have been performed after December 31, 1938, or as shall be here~ after performed. In other words, by reason of the enactment of said Section 905 (a), both the Lodge and each employee, even though he may have attained the age of 65 years or more, are liable for the taxes imposed by Title VIII of the Act on all remuneration, both for services which have been performed after December 31, 1938, and for those which shall be hereafter performed. On application by you, the Collector of Internal Revenue .of your District will give you all necessary forms and instructions' for making returns. In this connection, your attention is referred to letter of January 20, 1939, to the Worshipful Master of each Lodge, A. F. & A. M., within the jurisdiction of Missouri, in which Most Worshipful Brother Henry C. Chiles, Grand Master, called attention to a ruling dated January 3, 1939, of the Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in the course of which ruling it was held that: , 'Ritualltic services, as such, of an officer of a Lodge do not constitute 'serviee' within the meaning of that term as used in Section 811 (b) and 907 (c), defining employment for the purpose of Titles VIII and IX of the Social Security Act. Such an officer, whose duties and activities are exclusively ritualistic, is not, therefore, performing services in' an 'employment' as defined in such titles of the Act. In determining whether or not services are exclusively ritualistic within the purview of this ruling, incidental non-compensated administrative services may be ignored. In view of the foregoing, it is the opinion of this office that the so-called' officers' of a local Lodge of the Masonic Fraternity, whose duties and activities are solely ritualistic, are not rendering services in an 'employment' within the meaning of the aforementioned titles of the Social Security Act." Said ruling dated January 3, 1939, is still in force. You will kindly be governed by the contents of this letter. . Fraternally yours, Karl M. Vetsburg, Grand Master.
As a result of the above mentioned changes, the following request for ruling was made to the Collector of Internal Revenue. March 7, 1940 Collector of Internal Revenue Federal Building St.Louis, Missouri Dear Sir: POIragraph I There is respectfully requested a ruling, based on the statement of facts set forth in Paragraph II of this letter, by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue upon each of the following questions: Question No.1: Does that service mentioned in subdivision (b), (10),
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(A) , (ii) of the present amended Section 1426 of Federal Insurance Contributions Act or that service mentioned in subdivision (c), (10), (A), (ii) of the present amended Section 1607 of Federal Unemployment Tax Act include the service which is rendered for a Masonic lodge subordinate to the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri by the Tiler of said Masonic lodge ~ Question No.2: Does that service mentioned in subdivision (b), (10), (A) , (ii) of the present amended Section 1426 of Federal Insurance Contributions Act or that service mentioned in subdivision (c), (10), (A), (ii) of the present amended Section 1607 of Federal Unemployment Tax Act include the service which is rendered for a Masonic lodge subordinate to the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri by the Secretary of said Masonic lodge ~ You will recall that the contents of the above mentioned subdivision (b), (10), (A), (ii) of the present amended Section 1426 of Federal Insurance Contributions Act and the contents of the above mentioned subdivision (c), (10), (A), (ii) of the present amended Section 1607 of Federal Unemployment Tax Act, are identical. Said contents are as follows:
" (1) (a) Service performed in any calendar quarter in the employ of any organization exempt from income tax under section 101, if-
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Paragraph 11 The service rendered by the Tiler of the above mentioned Masonic lodge subordinate to the above mentioned Grand Lodge is permitting to enter such Masonic lodge persons who are entitled so to do and excluding from such Masonic lodge persons who are not entitled so to do. He is also custodian of nearly all the paraphernalia of the lodge and is also charged with the duty of placing said paraphernalia in proper places for meetings and putting them away thereafter for safe-keeping. The service rendered by the Secretary of such Masonic lodge is that which, by the ritual provided for use in the installation of lodge officers, is made his duty. The language of said ritual insofar as it relates to the duty of the Secretary is as follows: , 'It is your duty to observe the proceedings of the Lodge; record all things proper to be written; receive all moneys due the Lodge, and pay them over to the Treasurer." In substantially all Masonic lodges in the State of Missouri subordinate to the Grand Lodge above mentioned, it is in my opinion true that not less than three-fourths of the dues of said Masonic lodges are collected by the Secretary away from the office of such Masonic lodge. A Masonic lodge has no premiums. Under date of May 17, 1935, exemption was granted to the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, under the Federal income tax laws, in view of the specific exemption contained in Section 101 (3) of the Revenue Act of 1934, and the corresponding provisions of prior Revenue Acts, applying to fraternal beneficiary societies, orders, or associations, (A) operating under the lodge system or for the exclusive benefit of the members of a fraternity itself operating under the lodge system; and (B) providing for the payment of life, sick, accident, or other benefits to the members of such society, order, or association and their dependents.
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Paragraph III I shall appreciate a ruling upon each of the above questions in time for the information thereof to be given to the subordinate Masonic lodges within the State of Missouri a sufficient length of time prior to April 30, 1940 to make possible, in the preparation of returns to be made on or before April 30, 1940 by such lodges under Federal Insurance Contributions Act and Federal Unemployment Tax Act, the use of said ruling. . Yours very truly, Karl M. Vetsburg, Grand Master.
Thereafter, we were advised by the Collector of Internal Revenue that while the Grand Lodge had been exempted from Income Tax, Subordinate Lodges had not; that exemptions claimed could not, in any event, be granted to Subordinate Lodges, unless said Subordinate Lodges were exempted from Income Taxes, and we were requested to make application for said exemption, which we did, as follows: April 30, 1940 Commissioner of Internal Revenue Washington, D. C. A & CRR ColI. No. 5019 APPLICATION FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF EXEMPTION OF SUBORDINATE LODGES OF ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI UNDER SECTION 101 OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING THE EXTENT OF LIABILITY FOR TAXES IMPOSED UNDER SUBCHAPTERS A AND C, CHAPTER 9, INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. Dear Sir: There is respectfully requested a ruling, based on the statement of facts hereinafter set forth, by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, to the effect that all subordinate Masonic Lodges of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri are exempt under Section 101 of the Internal Revenue Code:
FACTS 1. The Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Missouri. 2. Under date of May 17, 1935, exemption was granted to the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri under the Federal Income Tax laws, in view of the specific exemption contained in Section 101 (3) of the Revenue Act of 1934, and the corresponding provisions of prior Revenue Acts, applying to fraternal beneficiary societies, orders, or associations (A) operating under the lodge system or for the exclusive benefit of the members of a fraternity itself operating under the lodge system; and (B) providing for the payment of life, sick, accident, or other benefits to the members of such society, order, or association and their dependents. 3. There are now in existence in the State of Missouri six hundred twenty-eight (628) subordinate lodges, all of which are unincorporated and all of which operate under the lodge system, a complete list of the names, numbers and locations of said lodges being appended hereto and made a part hereof.
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4. All of said lodges are operating under charters issued from time to time by the said Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri, a blank form of said charters being attached hereto and made part hereof. 5. All of said subordinate lodges are identical in character, purposes, and method of operation. 6. All such subordinate lodges were organized and are operating to carry out the fundamental principles of Freemasonry; to make Masons and to admit members; to do and perform all and every such acts and things pertaining to Freemasonry as have been and ought to be done for the honor and advantage thereof, conforming in all their proceedings to the Constitution, Laws and Edicts of said .Grand Lodge; the source of their respective incomes is from dues collected from their respective members, which said income is used for the support of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, and the Masonic Home of Missouri; and for the conduct of lodge activities. 7. None of the income of said Lodges is ct;edited to surplus and none may inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. 8. Meetings of said subordinate lodges are held at regular stated times fixed by their by-laws, and in practically all eases twice a month during each month of the year except that such meetings may be dispensed with, in the by-laws of the lodges, during the heated period. 9. Each subordinate lodge may make its own by-laws, but such by-laws must conform to the by-laws of the said Grand Lodge, and all of said subordinate lodges are bound by the Constitution, Laws and Edicts of the Grand Lodge. Copy of Grand Lodge By-Laws was submitted in connection with application for exemption of Grand Lodge referred to in paragraph" 2" hereof. If there is any further information that I can give you, let me know. Your early attention and ruling upon the establishment of the above exemption will be greatly appreciated. Very truly yours, Karl M. Vetsburg, Grand Master. Encs.
Under date of June 29, 1940, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue made the following ruling on our application of April 30, 1940':
COpy TREASURY DEPARTMENT Washington Office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue Address Reply to Commissioner of Internal Revenue and refer to IT:P:T:1 LLA June 29, 1940 Grand Lodge of Missouri Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, c/o Karl M. Vetsburg, Grand Master, 1530 Telephone Building, St. Louis, Missouri. Sirs: Reference is made to the evidence submitted in support of your claim to exemption from the Federal employment tax of your subordinate lodges,
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in connection with which you also claim exemption from Federal income taxation. The records of the Bureau disclose that on May 17, 1935, you were held exempt from Federal income taxation under the provisions of section 101(3) of the Revenue Act of 1934 and prior ads. It is stated that there are now in existence in the State of Missouri, 628 subordinate lodges chartered by you which operate under the lodge system pursuant to such charters, a complete list of the names, numbers, and locations of such lodges being made a part of the evidence; that all of the lodges are operating under charters issued from time to time by the Grand Lodge; that all of the subordinate lodges are identical in character, purposes and method of operation; that the sources of their respective incomes are from dues collected from their respective members, which income is used for the support of the Grand Lodge and for eonducting lodge activities; and that none of the income of the lodges is credited to surplus or may inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. On the basis of the facts presented, it is held that the 628 subordinate lodges listed on the several pages of "Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Missouri," submitted with the letter of Karl M. Vetsburg, Grand Master, dated April 30, 1940, to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Washington, D. C., are exempt under the provisions of section 101(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (53 Stat., Part 1) and the corresponding provisions of prior revenue acts. Returns of income will not be required for 1940 and prior and subsequent years so long as there is no change in your organization, or in the organization of your subordinate lodges, your purposes, or your methods of operation. Any changes in the form of organization or method of operation should be immediately reported to the collector of internal revenue for your district in order that the effect of such changes upon your present exempt status may be determined. The Bureau should be advised immediately of the names and locations of any additional or new lodges granted a charter subsequent to the date of this letter, as well as the name and location of any lodge whose charter is cancelled or otherwise made inoperative. The exemption evidenced by this letter relates specifically to Federal income tax but since any organization which is exempt from such tax under the provisions of section 101 of the Internal Revenue Code also is entitled to exemption from the capital stock tax pursuant to the express provisions of section 1201(a) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code, your subordinate lodges will not be required to file capital stock tax returns for future years so long as the exemption from income tax is effective. The determination of the status of the 628 subordinate lodges for Federal employment tax purposes will be made the subject of a separate communication. , A copy of this' ruling is being transmitted to the collector of internal revenue for your district. By direction of the Commissioner. Respectfully, (S) T. Mooney, Deputy Commissioner.
Thus far we have received no ruling on our request of March 7, 1940.
It is our belief that some exemptions allowed under recent Social Security Tax Amendments apply to certain officers of our Lodges. If our contentions are sustained, as we believe they should be, due notice
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will be given to our Subordinate Lodges in connection therewith, by the incoming Officers of the Grand Lodge. It will be noted that all exemptions heretofore granted to us by our Federal Government have been based upon our classification as a Fraternal Beneficiary Society. We have long contended before the Commissioner of Internal Revenue that we should properly be classified as a purely educational, charitable, and religious Institution, and exempted, as such, from both Income and Social Security Taxes. The different classification is material because the exemptions under the Social Security Law are more restricted than those under the Income Tax Law. Several years ago the Conference of Grand Masters at Washington likewise felt that we were improperly classified, and a Committee was appointed, of which Most Worshipful Brother Joseph W. Perry of Massachusetts, is Chairman. In response to the efforts of that Committee the following rulings were made by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue under dates of July 1, and July 12, 1940.
COpy TREASURY DEPARTMENT Washington Office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue JHO IT:P:T:1
July 1, 1940
The Master, Wardens and Members of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Massachusetts, Masonic Temple, Boston, Massachusetts. Sirs: Reference is made to the evidence submitted in support of the claim of your organization that it is entitled to exemption from Federal income taxation under the provisions of section 101 (6) of the Revenue Act of 1938 and the corresponding provisions of prior revenue acts, and from the payment of the tax imposed by the Social Security Act. The records of the Bureau disclose that on July 24, 1935, it was held that your organization is entitled to exemption from Federal income taxation under the provisions of section 101 (3) of the Revenue Act of 1934 and corresponding provisions of prior revenue acts. It is established that the Masonic Order is a fraternal organization or society operating under the lodge system, that is, it carries on its activities under the form of organization consisting of local branches called lodges chartered by a parent organization. The position of the Bureau on the question of the exemption of fraternal organizations under section 101(6) of the various revenue acts is stated in S.S.T. 119, C.B. 1937-1, 434, which provides, in part, as follows:
"* * * It is evident that in enacting the Revenue Act of 1934 Congress did not consider fraternal benefit societies to be charitable corporations within the meaning of section 101 (6) for otherwise section 101 (3) would have constituted surplusage. It is a well recognized rule of statutory construction that the provisions of an act are to be so construed that no part will be inoperative or su-
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perfluous. (Lewis' Sutherland on Statutory Construction, section 580.) It follows that the term 'charitable corporation,' as used in the above sections of the Social Security Act, must be construed as not including a fraternal benefit society since the term does not include such a society in the income tax exemption provisions heretofore cited. (See generally In re Southern Pac. Co., 82 Fed., 311, affirmed 87 Fed., 863; Reiche v. Smythe, 13 Wall., 162; Taylor v. Treat, 153 Fed., 656, and 59 C. J., 1050.) The question of ~on足 struction under the instant legislation must be decided in the light of the principle that Revenue Acts stand in pari materia, and their provisions should receive, if possible, a consistent interpretation. (Lewis' Sutherland on Statutory Construction, sections 443 and 4.49.) " The reasoning and conclusion in the above ruling are in harmony with the decision of the Board of Tax Appeals in the case of Bert R. McReynolds, Executor, 1 B.T .A. 815; and in City National Bank of Dallas, Executor, 16 B.T.A. 719, affirmed on appeal by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in the case entitled The First National Bank in Dallas, Temporary Administrator of the Estate of Louis A. Pires, Deceased, etc., 45 Fed. (2d) 509, C.B. X-I, 460 (1931), certiorari denied by the Supreme Court 283 U.S. 845. In the course of its opinion in the latter case the Circuit Court of Appeals said: "The Revenue Act in question [Revenue Act of 1921] by section 403 exempts from an estate tax, among other things, bequests to corporations which are 'organized and operated exclusively' for charitable purposes. The local lodges of which Pires was a member were not incorporated at all, and the Grand bodies of Masonry over them were incorporated not for charitable purposes exclusively, but for fraternal and benevolent purposes as well. Fraternal organizations may be described generally as social in their nature, and designed not exclusively for charitable purposes but for the enjoyment of their members in many ways. (5 R.C.L., 372.) Charitable organizations are benevolent, but benevolent organizations are not exclusively charitable. (Chamberlin v. Stearns, 111 Mass., 267.) * * * The bequest could have been used without violating the will for any endowment purpose, including the construction of a temple or building for fraternal and benevolent purposes only. The verdict and judgment in the State court suit were broader than was authorized by the provisions of the will. The Government was not a party to that suit, and was not bound by it, but had the right to proceed in its own way to collect taxes, subject only to the limitations imposed by a law of its own making." It is true that the Board of Tax Appeals in the McReynolds case, supra, referred to and quoted with approval from the opinion of the Supreme Court of Nebraska in the case of the Scottish Rite Building Co. v. Lancaster County, 106 Neb. 95, 182 N. W. 574, which decision was subsequently overruled by the same court in the case of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry v. Board of County Commissioners, 122 Neb. 586, 241 N. W. 93. However, it will be noted that the Board of Tax Appeals and the Circuit Court in the case of the Estate of Louis A. Pires, Deceased, supra, both declined to follow the State court which had reached a contrary conclusion with respect to the character of the fraternal organization therein involved. Accordingly, the Bureau is of the opinion that it should adhere to its position as indicated by S.S.T. 119, supra. The claim of your organization to exemption under the provisions of section 101(6) of the Revenue Act
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of 1938 and the corresponding provisions of prior revenue acts, is accordingly denied, and Bureau ruling of July 24, 1935, referred to above, is hereby affirmed. Inasmuch as section 101(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (53 Stat., Part 1) is similar to the section 101 (3) of the Revenue Act of 1938, this ruling is also applicable under the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions or gifts made to you by individuals are deductible by the donors in arriving at their taxable net income but only if such contributions or gifts are to be used exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals. (See section 23(0) (5) of the Internal Revenue Code (53 Stat., Part 1) and the corresponding provisions of prior revenue acts.) This case has been reviewed by the Chief Counsel for the Bureau of Internal Revenue who concurs in the conclusion reached. The question of the liability of your organization for the payment of the taxes imposed by the Social Security Act will be dealt with in a separate communication. The collector of internal revenue for your district is being advised of this action. Respectfully, (Signed) Guy T. Helvering, Commissioner.
COpy TREASURY DEPARTMENT Washington Office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue A&C:RR:1
Jul 12 1940
The Master, Wardens and Members of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Massachusetts, Masonic Temple, Boston, Massachusetts. Sirs: Reference is made to Bureau letter dated July 1, 1940, wherein you were advised that the question as. to the status of your organization under Titles VIII and IX of the Social Security Act and Subchapters A and C of Chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal Insurance Contributions Act and Federal Unemployment Tax Act, respectively), as amended by the Social Security Act Amendments of 1939, would be made the subject of a separate communication. It was held in Bureau letter dated July 1, 1940, that your organization is entitled to exemption from Federal income tax under Sections 101 (3) of the Revenue Act of 1938 and of the Internal Revenue Code, and not under Sections 101(6) of such Act and Code. The ruling of the Bureau under date of July 24, 1935, holding your organization to be entitled to exemption for Federal income tax purposes under Section 101 (3) of the Revenue Act of 1934 was affirmed. Sections 811(b) (8) of Title VIII and 907(c) (7) of Title IX of the Social Security Act and Sections 1426 (b) (8) of Subchapter A and 1607(c) (7) of Subchapter C of Chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code, in effect prior to January 1, 1940, correspond to Sections 101 (6) of the Revenue Act of 1938 and of the Internal Revenue Code. Since your organization was denied exemption for Federal income tax purposes under Sections 101(6) of the Revenue Act of 1938 and of the Code, it follows
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that your organization is not such an organization as is contemplated by Sections 811 (b) (8) and 907(c) (7) of the Social Security Act and Sections 1426(b) (8) and 1607 (c) (7) of the Internal Revenue Code, in effect prior to January 1, 1940. Accordingly, services performed for your organization are not excepted from "employment" under such provisions of law for purposes of the taxes imposed by Titles VIII and IX of the Social Security Act and Subchapters A and C of Chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code, in effect prior to January 1,1940. Furthermore, there is no provision under Titles VIII and IX of the Social Security Act and Subchapters A and C of Chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code, in effect prior to January 1, 1940, corresponding to Sections 101(3) of the Revenue Act of 1938 and of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, liability was incurred under Title VIII of the Social Security Act and Subchapter A of Chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code, in effect prior to January 1, 1940, with respect to the remuneration paid by your organization for services performed in an "employment. " If your organization employed eight or more individuals in an , , employment" on a total of twenty or more calendar days during the calendar year, each such day being in a different calendar week, it was also liable for the tax imposed by Title IX of the Social Security Act and Subchapter C of Chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code, in effect prior to January 1, 1940, with respect to the remuneration of its employees for such services. It is to be noted in Min. 4880, C.B. 1939-1 (Part 1) 312, it is held, among other things, that ritualistic services, as such, do not constitute "service" within the meaning of that term as used in Sections 811 (b) and 907 (c) of the Social Security Act and, accordingly, that those officers whose duties and activities are exclusively ritualistic are not, in the performance of such duties and activities, to be considered as being in an "employment" for purposes of Titles VIII and IX 9f the Social Security Act. Such ruling is also applicable under Subchapters A and C of Chapter 9 of the Code. Ritualistic services may be said to be services performed in the observance of formalities or ceremonies prescribed or made necessary by a fixed' ritual, adherence to which is basic with, and peculiar to, the particular organization for which the services are performed. Services which would be performed or required in the路 normal course of the conduct of the affairs of an organization, regardless of the existence or nonexistence of an established ritual, may not be said to fall within the category of ritualistic services. Under the above-mentioned ruling, the services must be exclusively ritualistic in order to be excluded from classification as service in an" employment." However, as stated therein, incidental noncompensated administrative services should be ignored in determining whether the services are exclusively ritualistic. On the other hand, incidental ritualistic services may be ignored in determining whether services are to be classified as service in an "employment." Sections 1426(b) (10) (A) of Subchapter A and 1607(c) (10) (A) of Subchapter路 C of Chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended effective January 1, 1940, provide in part that service performed in any calendar quarter on and after such date in the employ of any organization exempt from income tax under Section 101, is excepted from" employment" if (i) the remuneration for such service does not exceed $45.00, and (ii) such service is in connection with the collection of dues or premiums for a fraternal beneficiary society, order, or association, and is performed away from the home office, or is ritualistic service in connection with any such society, order, or association. Since your organization is exempted from income tax under Sections 101(3) of the Revenue Act of 1938 and of the Internal Revenue Code
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(which sections relate to fraternal beneficiary societies, orders, or associations, (A) operating under the lodge system or for the exclusive benefit of the members of a fraternity itself operating under the lodge system; and (B) providing for the payment of life, sick, accident, or other benefits to the members of such society, order, or association or their dependents), the provisions of Sections 1426(b) (10) (A) and 1607(c) (10) (A) referred to above are to be applied in determining the extent of the liability of your organization on and after January 1, 1940, for the taxes imposed by Subchapters A and C of Chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended effective January 1, 1940. Respectfully, (Signed) Geo. J. Schoeneman, Deputy Commissioner. Cc-Collector, Boston, Massachusetts.
Most Vv orshipful Brother Perry's Committee is not satisfied with such ruling, and a test case will be made by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, as is shown by letter from Brother Perry of July 15, 1940, as follows: T
THE MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the Grand Master
Masonic Temple, Boston July 15, 1940
TO ALL GRAND MASTERS AND GRAND SECRETARIES: For nearly two and one-half years I have been working as Chairman of the Grand Masters' Committee on Social Security Laws to obtain from Washington a formal ruling with regard to the inclusion or exclusion of the Masonic Fraternity with respect to the provisions of the Social Security Act. That ruling dated July 12, 1940, was received today and earlier ruling from the Bureau of Internal Revenue, dated July 1, 1940, was received a few days ago. Copies of these two rulings are enclosed herewith. Stripped of their technical language it seems to me that the rulings may be summarized by saying that Washington considers the Masonic Fraternity to be a "fraternal beneficiary society" which is exempt from income taxation but is not exempt from the Social Security Law. This is based on a ruling made on July 24, 1935, in which the Masonic organization was regarded as a "fraternal beneficiary society." Immediately on receipt of the July 1, 1940 ruling from the Bureau of Internal Revenue, our counsel went to Washington to call to the attention of the Bureau certain obvious mistakes of fact as to the nature of our organization but the Bureau declined to change its ruling. Our counsel are increasingly of the opinion that a test case ought to reverse the present position of the Department and I have instructed them to go forward with a test case. Because of the change in identity of the Grand Masters and, in some cases, of the Grand Secretaries, it should be stated that this matter was initiated two and one-half years ago. A committee was appointed by the Conference of Grand Masters in Washington to represent all of the Grand Lodges in making a study of the situation but without authority to act in any way so as to bind any jurisdiction. That Committee made an investigation of the various jurisdictions and reached the conclusion that, on the basis of the decisions of the state Supreme Courts, of the provisions
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of the Constitutions and similar factors, the best forum for bringing such a test case would be in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This was in large measure because of the fact that the Supreme Judicial Court (}f this Commonwealth has at various times defined, as a matter of law, what the Masonic Fraternity is and it was thought that this circumstance might perhaps help a good deal in bringing a test case. To some degree the same situation prevailed in certain of the other jurisdictions but, all things considered, it was thought that a test case, if any were to be brought, should originate here. Accordingly, the Board of Directors of our Grand Lodge authorized the institution of such a suit. However, it was felt by our Board of Directors, as well as by the Committee for the Grand Masters, that if a favorable ruling could be obtained, it would be better to attempt that first, thus leaving litigation as a final reliance if the ruling should be adverse. That ruling has now been received and is adverse so only a tes~ case remains. No matter how strongly we may feel that the Department is wrong in basing its conclusion on premises which we consider contrary to the facts, we must nevertheless accept the situation as we find it. Since the Department reaffirms its former position it would appear to be the part of wisdom to continue making whatever payments are required but making them "under protest" and with all rights reserved. At the same time it has been suggested that it might be well to save all local rights by filing a petition for refund for taxes heretofore paid, but not to press those petitions as they are sufficient to save your rights for two years from the time your petition is rejected by the Commissioner. In the meantime, Washington has agreed to cooperate with us toward getting a speedy judicial determination of our test case so we may be able to get a final decision before the expiration of the two year period above referred to. Various conferences have been held from time to time to consider whether or not it would be advisable to have more than one test case undertaken and it seems to have been the universal opinion that it would be unwise to have a large number of such test cases pending at the same time. The wisdom of this point of view would seem to be obvious. It has also been the apparently universal opinion that if any jurisdiction felt very strongly disposed to bring a test case of their own then, in that case, counsel in all of the test cases should cooperate very closely in order that there might be no confusion of issues or conflict of facts. It would therefore be appreciated by all of the members of the Committee if your jurisdiction would refrain from prosecuting a test case, at least until after you have consulted with our counsel. On the other hand, if any jurisdiction has any suggestions, either of law or fact, which would be helpful in prosecuting a test case they would be most welcome. Fraternally yours, , Joseph Earl Perry, Chairman, Grand Masters' Committee on Social Security.
Oommittee M. W. Joseph Earl Perry, Chairman, Massachusetts R. W. Robert R. Lewis, Pennsylvania M. W. Dana B. HeIlings, New York M. W. J. Claude Keiper, Washington, D. C.
If and when further rulings are handed down, or changes made,all Subordinate Lodges will be informed thereof. In the meantime, it is our belief that suggestions contained in Most Worshipful Brother
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Perry's letter of July 15, 1940, should be noted and complied with by our Lodges. DISPENSATIONS
During the year, 30 dispensations have been issued by me, of which 2 were for permission to re-ballot; 10 for election of officers; 5 for installation of officers; 5 for cornerstone layings; 6 for dedication of new halls; 1 to hold Special Communication in 1. O. O. F. Hall at Rushville, Missouri, and 1 to Sullivan Lodge for holding a special St. John's Day Celebration and raising a candidate in the Meramec Caverns near Stanton, Missouri. Full details of these dispensations will appear in the report of our Grand Secretary. CORNERSTONE LAYINGS
During the year, our Grand Lodge has been called upon to lay seven cornerstones, as follows: October 31, 1939, New High School, Lebanon, Missouri. December 18, 1939, New Post Office at Bethany, Missouri. May 3, 1940, New Post Office, Eldon, Missouri. June 18, 1940, New Post Office, Ozark, Missouri. July 26, 1940, New Post Office, Clinton, Missouri. September 7, 1940, Baptist Church, Webster Groves, Missouri. September 21, 1940, Public School, Jamestown, Missouri.
Of these, it has been my pleasure to personally lay the cornerstone at Lebanon, Eldon and Ozark. Those at Bethany and Clinton were laid by M. W. Brother Henry C. Chiles, while the one at Webster Groves was laid by the Pastor of that Church, our own M. W. Brother Harold L. Reader, with your Grand Master and other Grand Lodge officers assisting. DEDICATION OF HALLS
Since last we met four halls were dedicated to Masonic uses. On October 14,1939, the new hall of Pauldingville Lodge No. 11, at Wright City, Missouri, was duly dedicated, M. W. Brother James W. Skelly officiating. On January 5, 1940, the new Temple at Boonville, Missouri, was duly dedicated by R. W. Brother S. L. Jewett, District Deputy Grand Master. It was not possible for me to be present on that occasion, but I was at Boonville, on March 8, 1940, when the Temple was actually first put to Masonic use. A large number of the Brethren of the District were present, and it was my pleasure to deliver the dedicatory address. The Temple is a beautiful one and bespeaks the loyalty and enthusiasm of the members of Cooper Lodge No. 36. During January, 1940, the new hall of Joplin Lodge No. 335 was duly dedicated by R. W. Brother George Dillard, District Deputy Grand Master. The hall is most conveniently located, and the Brethren of the Lodge are to be commended for the efficierit and economical manner in which the project was carried out. On May 21, 1940, I personally officiated at the dedication of the
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new Masonic Temple at Pleasant Hill, Missouri. This new Temple, which is built strictly for Masonic uses, is a beautiful little building and its planning and erection reflect great credit upon the members of Jewel Lodge No. 480, which built it. TRIAL COMMISSIONS
During the year, I have been asked to and have appointed two Trial Commissions and one Chairman of a Trial Committee, as follows: In re: Swope Park Lodge vs. Rabinowitz-Brother O. H. Swearingen, Chairman, Brother Alfred D. Ludlow, Brother Nat D. Jackson. In re: Rising Sun Lodge vs. Joe M. Reisner-Brother Harry P. Hovey, Chairman, Brother Fred H. Knight, M. W. Brother Robert R. Kreeger. In re: Trinity Lodge vs. Lefman-Brother Richard O. Rumer, Chairman of Trial Committee.
These appointees have done their work so satisfactorily that no appeals have been taken from their findings; and I am pleased to report that no appeals, of any kind, have been taken during the past year. DECISIONS
During the year, I have been called upon to make and have made some forty-six decisions, many of which merely followed well established Masonic Law. Of these 46 decisions, the following are submitted for the approval of this Grand Lodge: 1. A petitioner for the degrees who has lost the first, second and third fingers of his right hand-only the thumb and a short stub of the little finger remaining-is eligible to receive the degrees, if he can by the aid of artificial appliances conform to the necessary ceremonies. If the Lodge is in doubt as to whether the candidate can, by aid of such appliance, conform to the necessary ceremonies and will so advise me, I will refer the matter to its. District Deputy Grand Master to procure and report to me the facts and then render a definite ruling thereon.
2. A petitioner who is so nearly blind that even with glasses he cannot read, cannot fecognize anyone by sight, cannot distinguish. a man from a woman by sight; cannot see any sign or motion made by anyone directly before him; cannot read the petition or see路 to fill it out in his own handwriting, is not eligible for the degrees.
3. Question: A petitioner is desirous of petitioning Carthage Lodge No. 197 for the degrees. He is in the United States Army, located on the Pacific Coast; his parents live in Carthage and have lived there for many years; he is single; was born and raised in Carthage and Carthage is his home. He is in Carthage on a 60-day leave of absence. Carthage Lodge would like to give him his First Degree before he returns to the Pacific Coast, but it meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays so that if his petition came in, it could not be presented until February 22, and therefore could not be acted upon until March 28. The Lodge asks if it would be permissible to date his petition as of February 8 so that it could be acted upon on March 14.
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Ruling: (A) Under the provisions of Section 121 as amended, and Grand Lodge Decisions, petitioner is eligible to petition Carthage Lodge for the Degrees. (B) The Lodge may not date his petition as of February 8 so that it can be acted upon on March 14. Section 133 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws provides that petitions shall not be balloted upon until the same shall have lain over four weeks. The date on the petition is not the one from which said four-week period is figured. That time is figured from the date when the petition is presented to the Lodge. Dating the petition February 8, therefore, would not help. Neither would it be proper to falsify the¡ records of the Lodge by showing that the petition was presented on February 8, 'Yhen, as a matter of fact, it had not yet been presented. (C) The Grand Master has no power to suspend -the operation of any law of the Grand Lodge, and may not shorten the time. 4. A Lodge may accept the petition for the degrees of a clerk who sells package liquor in a drug store, if he does not personally sell intoxicating liquor for consumption by the drink as a beverage on the premises where sold; and if he does not conduct the sale of package liquor in such a manner as to impair the good name of Freemasonry or its usefulness, or to cause scandal or to degrade it in public estimation or in anywise contrary to its principles, obligations or teachings. 5. A Lodge may accept a petition for the degrees from a salesman for a distilling company, provided he sells package liquor only and does not personally sell intoxicating liquor for consumption by the drink as a beverage on the premises where sold; and provided further that he does not conduct his business in such manner as to impair the good name of Freemasonry, or its usefulness, or to cause scandal or to degrade it in public estimation, or in anywise contrary to its principles, obligations or teachings. 6. A former member of William Senath Lodge who went into the liquor business some time ago, asked for a dimit, which was granted to him; is now operating the" Falstaff Tavern" where no beer of any kind is sold; where no intoxicating liquor is sold by the drink as a beverage for consumption upon the premises; where no one is allowed to open package liquor while in the building or on the premises; where package liquor is sold by said former member, who operates a respectable place and complies with the law, is eligible to petition for affiliation. • 7. Question: A Lodge requested dispensation in order that they might worship together as a Lodge on Sunday, June 23, in observance of St. John's Day. Ruling: Section 55 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws expressly provides that when St. John's Day falls on Sunday, any Lodge may select any other day for such celebration. Section 206 expressly provides that a Lodge meeting shall not be held on Sunday except to perform funeral services. Our Grand Lodge previously held it proper to refuse a dispensation to authorize Lodges to appear as Lodges on Sunday for the purpose of attending divine worship (Proceeding 1900, page 6, 88); and a dispensation was refused a Lodge to celebrate St. John's Day on Sunday (Proceedings 1933, page 20). In view of the foregoing, the application for dispensation is denied. In connection with the foregoing, may I call to your attention that the refusals above mentioned are not intended to
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discourage attendance at divine services by Freemasons as individuals, but only against their appearance as Lodges' on Sunday. Freemasonry encourages such attendance by Freemasons as individuals. This they may do and are encouraged to do as individuals, not only upon St. John's Day when it falls on Sunday, but upon any other Sunday. For such appearances as individuals, they require no dispensation from the Grand Master.
8. Question: A Brother belonging to a neighboring Lodge who now lives in the jurisdiction of Texas Lodge, wishes to affiliate with Texas Lodge. The dues of the Lodge to which he at present belongs are $3.00 per year. Texas Lodge charges $4.00 per year dues. What amount of dues will have to be collected from him in the event of transfer of membership~ Ruling: Section 173 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws provides that the Lodge from which a member transfers shall remit to the other Lodge the pro-rata share of the dues from the date of the dimit. Section 32 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws provides that every Lodge shall adopt By-Laws in which it shall fix, among other things, the annual dues of members. Section 156 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws provides that dues of a member may be remitted, in whole or in part, only for inability to pay. Section 176 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws provides that a Freemason ceases to be a member of the Lodge at the time a dimit is granted to him. At the time of the granting of a dimit, the petitioner in question must have paid his dues for the entire year to the Lodge to which he at that time belongs. Under Section 173 aforesaid, that Lodge will retain its pro-rata part of the dues from the beginning of the year to the date of the dimit, and will forward to Texas Lodge the pro-rata part .of the dues from the date of the dimit to the end of the year. As dues must be collected in accordance with the By-Laws of Texas Lodge and can be remitted in whole or in part, only far inability to pay, Texas Lodge must receive at the rate of $4.00 per annum, the proportionate amount of dues from date of dimit until the end of the year and petitioner will have to pay and Texas Lodge collect, the difference between the last mentioned amount and the amount received from the Lodge issuing the dimit. 9. When a complaint is made against a Brother and referred to the Grievance Committee, the Grievance Committee has no right to decide that the matter is too trivial to take action in the Lodge and recommend filing the complaint. Section 237 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws makes it the duty of the Grievance Committee to make a complete investigation and finding whether or not, in the opinion of the Committee, there is probable cause to believe that an offense has been committed, and of the probable guilt of the accused. 10. Question: A Fellow Craft has a serious heart affection. The doctors advise against his taking the Third Degree. The Lodge has another candidate for the Third Degree, and requests a dispensation permitting the Lodge to arrange for the sick Brother to secure his Degree by witnessing the other Brother receive his Degree. Ruling: The Grand Master has no authority to suspend the operation of any law of the Grand Lodge. Section 119 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws provides that the first section of the First and Second Degrees and the first and second sections of the Third Degree shall not be conferred on more than one candidate at the same time. The request is therefore denied; and in view of the Brother's serious illness, I doubt the advisability of attempting to confer thE;l Third Degree upon him, as it would be very un-
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fortunate if that were attempted and the Brother had a heart attack during the ceremonies. 11. Under our Grand Lodge law, no time limit is fixed on a dimit and it need not be used within six months or any particular period. Where a dimit is lost, a duplicate may, upon request, be issued if the record shows that the original dimit was issued, and the duplicate should be marked" duplicate" and should be of the same date as the original. A Lodge should not refuse to grant a duplicate if its records show the issue of the original. In the event of such refusal and under the circumstances as indicated, the Grand Master would have the right to order the Lodge to issue a duplicate. 12. There is, under some circumstances, a difference in the requirements where a petition for affiliation is accompanied by a certificate of good standing than when accompanied by a dimit. Every petitioner for affiliation must be a resident of the State of Missouri, but no length of residence is necessary. When the petition for affiliation is accompanied by a dimit, the petition may be presented to any Lodge in the State, although the petitioner does not live within the jurisdiction of sueh Lodge. When the petition for affiliation is accompanied by a certificate of good standing, and the Jletitioner has not removed from the jurisdiction of the Lodge to which he belongs, he may, provided his Lodge consents, but not otherwise, apply for membership to any Lodge in this jurisdiction and is not confined to the jurisdiction of the Lodge nearest his place of residence. When the petition for affiliation is accompanied by a certificate of good standing, and the petitioner has removed from the jurisdiction of the Lodge to which he belongs, he may, without the consent of any Lodge, apply for affiliation to any Lodge in this jurisdiction and is not confined to the jurisdiction of the Lodge nearest his place of residence. 13. A Lodge has no right on May 10, 1940, to increase its dues effective as of January 1, 1940. Such action would violate Section 155, which provides that dues shall be paid annually in advance. It would impair every outstanding dues receipt and would be against public policy as well as Grand Lodge Law. 14. A District Deputy Grand Master has authority to examine the last auditor's report of a Lodge, but is not authorized to demand or receive copies of such report or of any of the Lodge records. 15. Question: A candidate was initiated in Osage Lodge on April 22, 1938. While he lives in Nevada, Missouri, the nature of his business keeps him away from home a large part of the time. On the day following his initiation, he left Nevada on a long business trip. While on this trip he wrote to the then Worshipful Master of Osage Lodge, asking him to arrange that his degrees be conferred on him at some point in the East where he was then traveling. The then Worshipful Master incorrectly informed him that that could not be done, but that he would have to get his degrees at some Lodge in Missouri, and preferably at Osage Lodge. His business would not permit him to return to Nevada, Missouri, until about February 1, 1940, and on the evening of February 9, 1940, the Lodge conferred the Second Degree upon hiin without requiring him to petition for advancement under Section 115 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws. lIe is again abc,mt to start upon a long journey and the Lodge now re-
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quests that a special dispensation be granted to them to confer the Third Degree upon the candidate on February 21, 1940, he being proficient in the lecture of the Second Degree. Ruling: (1) While the Lodge violated the provisions of Section 115 in conferring the Fellow Craft Degree upon the Brother without having him regularly petition for the remaining degrees, it is clear from the above mentioned facts that his failure to receive the Second. Degree was due to no fault of his, but a fault of the then Worshipful Master of the Lodge in giving him improper advice as to his having the degree conferred upon him by some Lodge in the eastern part of the United States. Under such conditions, the Brother is, by the provisions of Section 118 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws as amended (Proceedings 1932, pages 184-185), entitled to be healed, and it is so ordered. (2) Section 118 of the Grand. Lodge By-Laws provides, among other things, that a candidate "shall not be advanced in less than four weeks from the time the preceding degree was conferred." The Grand Master has no power to suspend the operation of that By-Law and cannot, therefore, shorten the time within which the Third Degree may be conferred upon the candidate. 16. Question.: A Brother was made a Master Mason on June 8, 1909; suspended for non-payment of dues in 1933, owing 1932 and 1933 dues. Upon payment of $15.00 (three years' dues) in 1938, he was regularly reinstated and given a 1938 card and the Secretary's books were made to show that said $15.00 was in payment of 1932, 1933 and 1938 dues. The Lodge has the following by-law which was in effect at that time, namely: "When a member of this Lodge has paid dues for 25 consecutive years, he shall thereafter be exempt from the payment of dues." After the Brother was reinstated in1938, he wrote a letter to the Seeretary of the Lodge asking about life membership and was advised by the Secretary that if he would pay $5.00 more he would become a life member. Upon the above assurance, the Brother paid the additional $5.00, which was credited in payment of 1939 dues, which, it was then thought by the Secretary, would entitle the Brother to life membership. However, it was later realized that crediting the last mentioned $5.00 to 1939 dues would not bring the Brother within the terms of the above mentioned by-law, as, in such event, the dues paid by him were not" for 25 consecutive years." Thereuporr on June 4, 1940, a motion was made, seconded and carried that the Brother pay $5.00 dues for 1934, which has been done. The Lodge desires to know whether it has a right to charge and credit such $5.00 in payment of 1934 dues and whether. under the above by-law and facts, the Brother is entitled to exemption from further payment 0"拢 d.ues. 路Ruling: (1) It is important to note that the Brother was suspended in the year 1933 and not reinstated until 1938. He was, therefore, under suspension during the 25th year of his membership, namely, 1934, the year to which the Lodge desires to apply the last mentioned $5.00 payment. Section 155 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws expressly provides, among other things, that "a Brother is not liable for dues during the time he stands suspended," and it has been held that" his dues commence from the date of his restoration" (Proceedings 1878, page 52); and that "a member suspended for non-payment of dues is not liable for dues during the time of suspension" (Proceedings 1901, page 21). It follows that the Lodge has no right, even with the Brother's consent, to charge or eredit him with dues for the year 1934, as he was then under suspension and any sueh eharge and/or credit would be in violation of Section 100 of the (irand Lodge By-Laws.
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(2) Under such circumstances the Brother has not "paid dues for 25 consecutive years." Exemption statutes must be strictly construed and the by-law in question. must be held to require the payment of the full annual dues for 25 consecutive years, which the Brother has not done by some five months. (3) In view of the fact that the payment of $5.00 was made by the Brother upon representation by the Secretary that it would entitle him to exemption from further payment of dues, he is entitled (a) to the return of the $5.00, should he so desire; or (b) to have it applied on the payment of his 1939 dues as was originally done. (4) This case shows the importance of regular payment of dues and how valuable rights may be lost by a failure to do so, even though the Lodge is willing to restore the lost rights by attempting to circumvent the law, which, of course, cannot be done. 17. (1) A Lodge may not receive a petition from an Entered Apprentice or Fellowcraft from another Grand Jurisdiction which has refused to grant him a dimit or waive jurisdiction (Proceedings 1930, page 23). (2) In the event certificate of dimission or waiver is issued by the Foreign Grand Jurisdiction, a Lodge may accept petition from such an Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft, residing within its jurisdiction, for the Second and/or Third Degrees of Freemasonry. (3) If under above conditions the Entered Apprentice or Fellowcraft of a Foreign Lodge petitions for the Second and Third Degrees, he will have to pay the $10.00 contribution to the Masonic Home of Missouri, as a Lodge may not vote on a petition without requiring that payment (Proceedings 1938, page 16). 18. Question: On May 19, 1939, a petitioner was elected to receive the degrees. From May 19, 1939, to and including July 21, 1939, the Lodge met regularly on the dates provided by its By-Laws. The candidate having been notified of his election did not present himself for initiation during the above period. From July 21, 1939, until December 1, 1939, the Lodge held no meetings. May the Lodge confer the degrees upon petitioner without a new petition ~ Ruling: Section 114 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws provides that a petitioner for the mysteries of Freemasonry who fails to present himself for initiation within six months after the date of his election shall forfeit his initiation fee; provided, he does not give a satisfactory excuse for his failure to appear. It has been held under Section 115 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws that when a Fellowcraft presents himself for advancement within one year and the Lodge fails to meet, even though he is privately found to be unprepared to pass the examination, he may appear for examination at the next regular meeting of the Lodge, and if he passes a satisfactory examination may be advanced without petitioning for advancement. In the instant case, it does not appear whether the candidate presented himself for initiation during the period in which the Lodge held no meetings. However, that fact seems immaterial, as he could not have received his degrees during that period even though he had presented himself, and the candidate should not be required to do a vain and nugatory act. The candidate, therefore, has a satisfactory excuse for his failure to appear between July 21 and December 1; the Lodge was at fault in having no meetings during that time; and the six-month period should, therefore, be extended for an additional four months beginning December 1, 1939, during which additional four months the Lodge has the right to confer the degree upon the petitioner without forfeiture of his fee or requiring a new petition to be presented. While the law does not require
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the giving of notice to a candidate in a case of this kind, I suggest, as a matter of fairness to the candidate, that he should be advised by the Lodge that he should present himself for initiation within said period, and that he be further advised of the penalty he will suffer in the event of his failure to so present himself. 19. Question: On January 19, 1933, a Brother received his Entered Apprentice degree in Hume Lodge; since then he has received no further degrees. He now resides in Baker Springs, Kansas, and has prepared and filed his petition for advancement in Baxter Lodge No. 71 located at Baker Springs, Kansas, and under the Grand Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Kansas; and Hume Lodge desires to know the proper course to pursue under the circumstances. Ruling: The Brother is still an Entered Apprentice of Hume Lodge in good standing and the acceptance by Baxter Lodge No. 71 of his petition for advancement at this time would be an invasion of the jurisdiction of Hume Lodge. Under the laws of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, either of two courses is open to petitioner: (1) If he desires to retain his membership in Hume Lodge, he may petition Hume Lodge for advancement in accordance with the provisions of Section 115 of our Grand Lodge By-Laws. If upon such petition for advancement he is regularly elected by Hume Lodge, the latter may, if it wishes, have Baxter Lodge lecture and examine the Brother in his proficiency lecture of the First Degree (if he has not already passed that examination) and confer the Second and Third Degrees upon him. (2) If the Brother desires to become a member of Baxter Lodge, he should apply to Hume Lodge for a certificate of dimission, in accordance with the provisions of Section 180 of our Grand Lodge By-Laws. If the Brother requests such certificate of dimission, Hume Lodge must issue it to him and he may then properly, with such certificate of dimission, petition Baxter Lodge for the Second and Third Degrees of Freemasonry. 20.
Question: Maya club, composed of Freemasons, publish a roster, including the names, business and home addresses, business and home telephone numbers, and in addition have the names listed under business classifications' RuZing: No. Such a roster would be contrary to the provisions of Section 204% of our Grand Lodge By-Laws, in that it can only be for commercial purposes. While said section refers to a list or directory of the membership of a Lodge, a group such as the one in question, composed entirely of Freemasons, may not properly do what a Lodge is enjoined from doing. 2l. Question: Maya club, composed of Freemasons, publish a roster including the names, business and home addresses, kinds of business with which members are connected, home and business telephone numbers, without other classifications' Ruling: No, this is equally objectionable for the reasons set out under Decision 20 supra. 22. Question: Maya club, composed of Freemasons, publish a roster containing the names, business addresses, home addresses, and business and home telephone numbers of its members, without any reference to any name of any employer, company, or title such as I t doctor," etc.' In other words, to merely have the name of the Brother, his business address, his home address, and his business and home telephones.
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Ruling: Yes. The mere fact that the business addresses and telephones are included in the roster would not make it objectionable under said Section 204%, so long as no classification or reference to the business or profession of the individual is made.
23. An auction or raffle, by which each ticket holder is entitled to a chance on a named article should not be permitted to be held in a Masonic Temple. No references to such raffles should be made at any time in the Lodge paper; and the Brethren should be advised that participation by them in such a raffle constitutes un-Masonic conduct, for which they would be amenable to Masonic discipline. 24. Question: A Lodge's By-Laws provide that a member suspended N. P. D. may be reinstated upon proper petition and payment of dues owing at the time of suspension and the current year's dues. A motion was made in the Lodge to allow suspended Brethren to be reinstated by paying the current dues only, but action thereon was withheld until the Lodge could be informed if said motion was proper. Ruling: It is possible to accomplish the object desired, but the Lodge is proceeding in an improper way. Section 156 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws provides that dues of a member may be remitted in whole or in part for inability to pay upon proper application in person or in writing or upon a statement of facts made by a Brother. Section 159 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws provides that a Lodge may remit the dues of a Mason suspended for non-payment thereof and such remission shall have the same effect as payment thereof would have as provided in Section 161. Under the foregoing, the proper course for the Lodge to pursue would be to have the Brother or Brethren who desire to be reinstated petition for reinstatement, accompanying the petition with the 1940 dues of the Lodge. When such petitions are presented, the Lodge may, under the Sections hereinbefore quoted, remit such dues as were owing at the time or times of suspension. The Lodge should, of course, be sure that the conditions of the foregoing Sections of our By-Laws are complied with and should be satisfied of the inability of the petitioner to pay the dues which are being remitted, as that is the only ground upon which the Lodge has the right to remit them. 25. A By-Law of a local Lodge which prescribes ability to give at least two of the three curtain lectures路 and the three charges to the candidates as a prerequisite qualification in order to be eligible to the office of Master is void, because in conflict with the Grand Lodge By-Laws (Grand Lodge Pro. 1907, page 32). 26. Question: A Brother was tried for un-Masonic conduct by a Trial Commission, found guilty and expelled. The verdict of the Trial Committee was regularly read in open Lodge on December 14, 1937, spread upon the records of the Lodge, and the accused duly declared expelled. From this judgment the accused appealed to the Grand Lodge. At the 1938 Annual Communication, to-wit, September 28, 1938, "the judgment and finding of the Trial Commission was in all respects affirmed." The expelled Brother desires to petition for restoration and the Lodge desires to know how to proceed. The points involved are: (1) Has the two-year period specified in Section 272 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws expired ~ (2) Shall the petition to restore be presented to and acted upon by the Subordinate Lodge or the Grand Lodge ~ Ruling: Section 272 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws provides, among
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other things, that "an expelled Freemason wishing to be restored, must petition the Lodge which expelled him * * *. Provided, however, a petition for restoration shall not be received until two years shall have elapsed after the date of expulsion." Section 277 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws, provides, among other things, that "petitions to the Grand Lodge for restoration can only be made when the judgment was rendered by the Grand Lodge." Section 270 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws provides, among other things, that if the accused "was suspended or expelled by the Lodge, he shall so remain pending the appeaL" From the foregoing, it is apparent that under the record aforesaid and Section 270 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws above quoted, the accused has been under expulsion since December 14, 1937; and it is clear, therefore, that the two-year period mentioned in Section 272 has expired. The other question before us is whether the judgment of expulsion in the instant case is the judgment of the Lodge or of the Grand Lodge. As the expulsion dates from December 14, 1937, before the Grand Lodge acquired jurisdiction by the appeal and long before the case was heard and affirmed by the Grand Lodge, it is apparent that the judgment must be considered as the judgment of the Lodge and not of the Grand Lodge. Clearly, Sections 270, 272 and 277 must be read and construed together and when so construed, the results must be as above mentioned. There are three decisions of our Grand Lodge, which seem to be, but are actually not, contra to the above, in which it is said:
"It is not necessary to have the consent of the Grand Lodge to restore an expelled Mason, even though the suspension has been reported to the Grand Lodge, EXCEPT THE CASE HAS BEEN APPEALED." Proceedings 1874, page 55. "The petition for restoration of a suspended or expelled Mason WHOSE CASE HAS NOT BEEN APPEALED TO THE GRAND LODGE must be made to the Lodge by which he was suspended or expelled." Proceedings 1878, page 52. , , A suspenaed Freemason wishing to be restored before the expiration of his period of suspension must petition the Lodge which suspended him, PROVIDED HE HAS NOT APPEALED TO THE GRAND LODGE." Proceedings 1931, page 19. An investigation of the above mentioned cases shows that in none of them were the facts the same as in the instant case. In none of the three cases were appeals taken to the Grand Lodge, and all that had to be found, and really was found, in said cases was that" no appeal had been taken to the Grand Lodge." Any statement beyond the above fact, and any inference therefrom were obiter in all of the above cases. Clearly, what the Grand Lodge intended to say in them would have been more clearly and accurately stated as follows, "unless an appeal has been taken to the Grand Lodge and a different judgment rendered there." The foregoing must be the conclusion if we are to reconcile and construe together the three sections of our Grand Lodge By-Laws above quoted. Any other construction, giving the Grand Lodge jurisdiction for all purposes regardless of the character of the judgment rendered by it, would enable any member of the Subordinate Lodge, by a mere appeal to the Grand Lodge, which might be entirely without merit, to destroy the control in matter of restoration, which was intended to be granted to the Subordinate Lodge by Section 272. It is therefore ordered that the petition for restoration must, under our Grand Lodge By-Laws, be presented to the Lodge; and that such petition may be presented to the Lodge and be handled by it in accordance with the provisions of Section 272.
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27. The refusal of a Lodge to issue waiver on a candidate residing in its jurisdiction finally determines all action on the petition on which such waiver was asked. The requesting Lodge must show on its record a refusal to receive such petition because of the other Lodge's refusal to waive thereon; and must return the degree fee accompanying the petition (Proceedings 1919, page 13). Such refusal to waive is not, and should not be given the effect of, a blackball; and it, therefore, follows that the petitioner may sign a new petition for the Degrees and present it to the requesting Lodge at any time. If that is done, the requesting Lodge must, before receiving it, go through all of the formalities with respect to waiver on the new petition as are required by Sections 193 and 194 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws. 28. Under our Grand Lodge By-Laws as amended in 1917, a Lodge may accept a petition for affiliation when accompanied by a certificate of good standing, in the usual form, issued by a Foreign Grand Lodge with which we are in fraternal relationship, even though the form of such certificate varies from that used by our Grand Lodge.
29. Question: The following four questions have been asked in order to clarify the procedure in conferring interstate degrees: (A) Maya group of Missouri Freemasons confer the Third Degree, according to the Missouri ritual, upon a proficient Fellowcraft of an Illinois Lodge in the latter Lodge' (B) Maya group of Missouri Freemasons confer the Third Degree, according to Missouri ritual, upon a proficient Fellowcraft of a Missouri Lodge in an Illinois Lodge' (C) Maya group of Illinois Freemasons confer the Third Degree, according to the Illinois ritual, upon a proficient Fellowcraft of a Missouri Lodge in the latter Lodge' (D) Maya group of Illinois Freemasons confer the Third Degree, according to the Illinois ritual, upon a proficient Fellowcraft of an Illinois Lodge in a Missouri Lodge ~ Ruling: Yes, in all cases upon the following conditions: No dispensation is necessary in any of the four cases from either the Grand Master of Missouri or the Grand Master of Illinois. All that is required is the consent of the two Lodges involved and of the Grand Master of Missouri and the Grand Master of Illinois. 30. Question: The son of a former member of Higbee Lodge who resides in East St. Louis, Illinois, desires to petition Higbee Lodge for the Degrees. May Higbee Lodge receive his petition' Ruling: No. There is no provision in Missouri Grand Lodge Law for acceptance of a petition for the Degrees from anyone who is not a resident of Missouri. 3l. Question: The son of a former member of Higbee Lodge who works and lives in St. Louis, Missouri, desires to petition Higbee Lodge for the degrees. May Higbee Lodge receive his petition T Ruling: . Yes, provided waiver of jurisdiction is secured in the manner prescribed in Sections 193 and 194 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws. GEORGE WASHINGTON STATUE
In the year 1932, our country celebrated generally the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington, the father of our coun-
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try and the leading American Freemason of all time. In connection with such celebration, the Lodges of the 33rd and 57th Masonic Districts, through the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis, contracted with Brother Victor Holm, then a member of Clayton Lodge, for the erection of a life-size bronze statue of Washington in Masonic regalia. That statue now adorns the lobby of the Masonic Temple of St. Louis and is, so far as we know, the only statue of Washington in . Masonic regalia. It is a work of art and its making was a fine tribute to our illustrious Brother. The contract for the statue was made prior to the depression and at the time it was thought that there would be no difficulty in securing the moneys necessary to pay for it. However, before a large part of the necessary moneys was collected, the depression came and at this late date the sum of $5,000.00 is still unpaid thereon. Brother Holm has died and the claim for said balance is almost"the only asset left to his widow. The Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis, which owns and operates the Temple, is neither legally nor morally liable for this debt, as it had no part in contracting for it. The Masonic Service Association of St. Louis is a voluntary organization composed of representatives from the Lodges of the 33rd and 57th Districts. That Association contracted for the statue; and while the various Lodge representatives to said Association had no legal authority to bind their respective Lodges for the cost of the statue, the fact remains that these representatives did contract for it and, in my opinion, they have made the various Lodges morally liable for the debt. Feeling that justice demanded that the matter be taken care of, and . failing in an attempt which we made to secure one memorial gift to cover the amount in question, I sent a letter to the Lodges of the said two Districts, setting out the above facts and requesting donations toward the payment of said debt. A second letter in connection with the matter was sent to Lodges which had not been heard from in connection with the first letter. As a result of these letters, the aggregate amount of $2,342.00 has, at the time of writing this report, been contributed. Details covering the source of these contributions will appear in the Report of the Treasurer of the Fund. The above money is on deposit in a special account in the First National Bank in St. Louis. While we have not secured the full amount sought, the amount obtained is substantial, and from conferences with Mrs. Holm, who is executrix of the estate, we are satisfied that the maximum amount we are able to collect will be acceptable to her in full of the claim. As, under any such compromise, the title to the statue will vest in this Grand Lodge, subject to the limitation that it be permitted to remain in its present location as long as that location continues to be a Masonic Temple, the matter is referred to this Grand Lodse with the :recQmmend~ti(;m that the incQmin~ Grand Master
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be authorized and directed to appoint a committee, with authority to compromise the matter as suggested; take title to the statue by appropriate bill of sale to be signed by the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis, or its trustees and the executrix of Brother Holm's estate and by Brother Holm's widow; take from Brother Holm's executrix and widow and the foundry which cast the statute, appropriate releases, acknowledging full and complete payment and settlement of their said claims; secure the approval of the Probate Court, if necessary; and upon the execution of all such documents, and any other documents that may be necessary to completely satisfy and discharge all things in connection with said statue, prepare and have placed upon the pedestal of such statue a marker bearing the names of the donors, as promised in the first letter above mentioned; and that, thereupon, Brother Arthur Mather, Treasurer of said Fund, be authorized to pay, out of said ~und, such amount as may be necessary to pay for such marker and transmit to the executrix of Brother Holm's estate and/or his widow, the balance remaining in said fund, upon delivery to him of the bill of sale, releases and other documents as aforesaid. In connection with this matter, the attention of said Committee is specifically directed to the next succeeding paragraph of this message. MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS
The solicitation and collection of funds for the George \Vashington Statue, referred to in the next preceding paragraph of this message, have caused the one unpleasant incident in my year as Grand Master. A reading of the first letter to the Lodges of the 33rd and 57th Masonic districts in connection therewith will show that I said that the Service Association had on hand $500.00 which it would contribute to the said fund. This statement was made on assurance to me of that fact by Brother Shepard R. Evans, President, and Wor. Brother John R. Davis, Secretary-Treasurer of the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis. However, a perusal of the list of donations in the report of the Treasurer of the Fund will show that the said $500.00 has not been contributed. In spite of the efforts of Brother Evans, R. W. Brother Mather, and your Grand Master to secure it, it has not been forthcoming. In order to ascertain the reason why, a meeting was held in the office of the Grand Master, which developed the information that the Association should have on hand the sum of $1,100.67. Investigation further developed the fact that, without the knowledge or authority of the other officers of the Association, VV'or. Brother Davis had put said money in a safe deposit box, in his own name, in the First National Bank in St. Louis-earmarked, however (according to Wor. Brother Davis), as the property of the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis; and that \Vor. Brother Davis was asserting a claim for salary as Secretary of said Association from 1927 to 1940 inclusive, at the rate of $100.00 per year. This claim was advanced on
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the strength of a By-Law said to have been passed in 1927. The ByLaw had never been enforced. No officer or member of the Association present, at the last mentioned meeting, other than Bro. Davis, had ever heard of it before. Neither was it mentioned to your Grand Master, when the assurance of the $500.00 contribution was made. On the contrary, it was carefully concealed from the Grand Master, who was assured that the money was available, and would be paid: Feeling that the action of Wor. Brother Davis was a breach of trust, I made the following order: "It is my order, as Grand Master, that Worshipful Brother John R. Davis, the Secretary-Treasurer of the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis, turn over to Doctor Arthur Mather, the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, the books and records of the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis, and all the funds of the Service Association, and that an entire and complete report to the Grand Lodge be made at its coming Annual Communication on Sept. 24, 1940. In the interim I also order that the said funds be impounded; that no portion of the funds of the Masonic Service Association be appropriated or used to pay any claims or debts. In the report or message of the Grand Master a full report to the Grand Lodge will be made of this matter, and full opportunity will be given to Worshipful Brother John R. Davis, the Secretary-Treasurer of the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis, to assert any claim for salary that he might have, and to the Service Association to assert any claim it may wish to assert. ' ,
I then ordered Worshipful Brother John R. Davis to go with Brother Mather and me at once to' the First National Bank to secure the currency said by hini to be earmarked for the Masonic Service Association in his safe deposit box, and turn it over to R. W. Brother Arthur Mather to be impounded and held until the Grand Lodge could decide the various claims in connection therewith. Wor. Brother John R. Davis refused to go with me as ordered, and left the conference. A full report of the Conference is available to the Grand Lodge. It is my opinion that Wor. Brother John R. Davis has forfeited, by his conduct, any claim he may have had to salary and that any such claim is barred either by waiver, laches, estoppel, or limitation; that the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis is legally liable for the balance due on said George Washington Statue; that the entire amount above mentioned -should be added to the fund collected for Mrs. Holm; that Worshipful Brother John R. Davis should be removed as Secretary-Trea~urer of the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis; that charges of un-Masonic conduct should be ordered filed against him first for his refusal to obey an order of the Grand Master; second for refusing to turn over the funds in question to R. W. Brother Arthur Mather; third for appropriating funds of the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis to his own use without proper authority; and fourth for failure to obey the order of the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis to turn said funds over, which order, I am advised, will be made before this communication. I have referred the entire matter to our Appeals and Grievances
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Committee for full investigation and report to this Communication of our Grand Lodge. I have ordered Worshipful Brother John R. Davis, and the other officers of the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis to appear and testify before said Committee, and I have asked the Committee to make a thorough investigation not only of the above mentioned conduct of \Vor. Brother John R. Davis, but of the conduct of the Association, which appears to have been most lax. POLITICS AND FREEMASONRY
It would seem that it should not be necessary to remind the officers and members of the Craft that partisan politics should never be brought within the Lodge, or the Lodge drawn into politics; yet several experiences of the year lead me to believe that such a reminder is both necessary and timely. In one city my attention was called to the fact that at the meeting of a quasi-Masonic group, candidates for political office were presented and introduced as such. In another city, at a Lodge dinner at which I was present, a Brother who was called upon to speak was introduced as a candidate for a named political office. In both instances I told the Brethren of the impropriety of which they had been guilty and explained that while we as Freemasons are charged to be patriotically loyal to the country in which we live, and while we should, as individuals, carry the tenets of Freemasonry with us in our daily lives and apply them in all our actseven in our individual political thinking and acting----partisan politics should not be brought into the Lodge or the Lodge drawn into politics for by so doing the peace and harmony of the Lodge would ultimately be destroyed. A third violation of the above policy was called to my attention when a Past Master of one of our Lodges filed a complaint with me, charging the Worshipful Master of another Lodge with un-Masonic conduct in sending to a number of Masonic voters a note, signed by him as Worshipful Master of the Lodge and reading as follows: , 'Dear Brother: Mrs. , the wife of our Senior Warden, is a candidate for Republican committeewoman of the - - - Ward. Any assistance you can give her will be personally appreciated by me. Fraternally, ----,W.M. - - - - Lodge No. --."
I immediately wrote both the Master and Senior Warden that the sending of the letter was a violation of Masonic law; ordered them to refrain from sending any more such letters; and later proceeded to investigate the charge in accordance with the provisions of Section 278 of our Grand Lodge By-Laws. In such investigation, the Worshipful Master admitted that he had signed the letters in question and turned them over, to the Senior Warden for mailing. The latter admitted
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full responsibility for the idea and the preparation of the letters. Both pleaded that they did not know that the letters were a violation of our Law; that if they had, they would not have prepared or sent them; that they were very sorry and would not again offend our Law in this regard. A stenographic record of the hearing is available. Section 278 of our By-laws is peculiar in that, by its terms, the Grand Master must either dismiss the charge against a Worshipful Master if he believes it to be without foundation, or suspend the W orshipful Master if he believes the charge to be well-founded. The Grand Master is given no discretion in the matter of the degree of punishment, and must, in either case, make report to the Grand Lodge. It seems almost incredible that both these officers should be ignorant of the fact that they were violating a Masonic Law. Paragraph 2 of Article VI of the "Charges of a Freemason," published in 1723, and appearing in our 1921 Book of Constitutions on page 97 states, among other things: "We being only, as Masons, of the catholic religion above mentioned, we are also, of all nations, tongues, kindreds and languages, and are resolved against all politics, as what never yet conduced to the welfare of the Lodge, nor ever will. This charge has been always strictly enjoined and observed. * * *"
Moreover, this Grand Lodge has, in several decisions, held it improper for a Lodge as such to take part in a question which may become a political issue. Again, countless speakers have made repeated reference to the above matters. Surely a Master, in his official capacity, or any other officer or Brother may not do what a Lodge is enjoined from doing. Both the last-mentioned Brethren have been loyal and faithful workers and I feel that suspension from office, even for a brief period, would be too harsh a punishment for the Worshipful Master. I therefore decided to apply the stricter rules of criminal law to the W orshipful Master's offense and under those rules I dismissed the charge, and make report accordingly as required by said Section 278. In my opinion, Section 278 should be amended so as to give the Grand Master a discretion to impose a milder punishment than suspension if he believes suspension to be too severe. As the finding must in any event be reported, the Grand Lodge would still have the right to inflict a heavier penalty if it believed the Grand Master had been too lenient. ANONYMITY
Again the cowardly hand of anonymity has made its appearance in our Grand Jurisdiction. My attention has been called to an anonymous circular received by the Worshipful Master or Secretary of Lodges in at least five widely scattered cities in the state. All five were addressed in the same handwriting, mailed from the same post office in Kansas City and were the same in content; and it seems prob-
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able that the circular was sent generally to the Lodges throughout the state. The circular, signed only "So Mote It Be," seeks, on political and religious grounds, to prevent both the advancement in our Grand Lodge line of our Deputy Grand Master and his re-election as United States Senator. The man or group responsible therefor are evidently afraid or ashamed to bestow their names on this illegitimate brainchild which was sired in iniquity and hatred, and foaled in cowardice. As M. "'N. Brother R. R. Kreeger said under similar circumstances in 1909, we do not consider this matter from the standpoint whether any particular officer of the present Grand Body shall or shall not be advanced. That question should and must be left to the sober and unbiased路 judgment of the Representatives in Annual Communication now assembled. But we feel that in justice to the Craft and in the fulfillment of our duty we must unconditionally condemn the publication and circulation of this communication, for the reason that it is un-Masonic in the extreme and a flagrant violation of our laws and traditions with reference to electioneering for office, bringing politics and religion into the Grand Lodge and violating the common principles of justice, deeency and fair play. He or they who are responsible for the circular are not worthy of being called Freemasons. They may be members of Masonic Lodges, but they are not Freemasons at heart. Shortly before our Annual Communication last year, anonymous letters were sent out. They were vigorously condemned by M. W. Brother Henry C. Chiles, but his denunciation apparently has not prevented a repetition. We trust all the brethren in Missouri will heed this warning and thereby make further action on the part of the Grand Lodge unnecessary. To the honor of the Craft, there have been few such offenses in the past, and there must be none in the future. CHARGES AGAINST A WORSHIPFUL MASTER
Under date of August 26, 1940, charges were preferred against 'Vorshipful Brother , Worshipful Master of - - - - Lodge No. - - . The gist of the charges was that the Brother had abandoned his family, was not contributing to their support and was unlawfully cohabiting with another woman. The charges were immediately referred by me to the District Deputy of the District in which the Lodge is situated, for investigation, in accordance with the provisions of Section 278 of our Grand Lodge By-laws. The Deputy, after a thorough inquiry, finds the charges to be unfounded; says they were made on hearsay, and could not be proven. In view of the foregoing, I have dismissed the charge and am making report as required by said Section. The entire file is available for the Grand Lodge.
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CYPHER CODES
In my travels about the State, I had called to my attention in one Lodge the use of a Cypher Code which, in some way, had gotten into the hands of a candidate. While I personally know of only two such cases, I am told that quite a few of such codes are in use in the State. these Codes are illegally published and sold by a New York concern. Their use is strictly forbidden in Missouri, and Brethren possessing and/or using them are amenable to Masonic discipline. They do not accurately set out the Missouri work, and anyone using them is not only violating our Law, but wronging the candidates and Freemasonry as well. All copies should be turned over to the Grand Master or Grand Lecturer for destruction. VOTING IN GRAND LODGE
At various times, I have heard expressions of dissatisfaction in regard to the manner in which voting is conducted in this Grand Lodge. Feeling that that should not be the case, our Grand Secretary and I have, after noting the method of balloting in other Grand J urisdictions and Grand Bodies, prepared new forms of ballot, one to be used in voting by Lodges, if a Lodge vote is called for, and the other in individual voting. All ballots bear a facsimile signature of the Grand Secretary and each ballot is numbered. When a vote is being taken, timely announcement will be made as to how the ballots should be used, and which numbered ballot is to be used; and only such numbered ballots will be counted by the tellers. Books of ballots were handed to you when you registered; individual ballots, on white paper, to all members of the Grand Lodge, and Lodge ballots on colored paper to the Worshipful Master or other ranking officer of each Lodge. These ballots should be carefully preserved, as no substitutes will be issued therefor; and they must be used as above indicated. LIST OF VISITATIONS
Manifestly, it is impossible for any Grand Master to visit all the 624 Lodges under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge. It is equally evident that visits by Grand Masters during their terms of office help arouse interest in the Lodge, and usually produce a good effect upon the membership. All Lodges, and particularly the smaller ones, should, therefore, receive visits from the Grand Master as often as possible; and the aim should be that too long a time should not elapse between such visits. In one instance, I was told that the Lodge in question had not received a visit from a Grand Master since 1883. That is too long a time between visits. In order that future Grand Masters may know which groups were visited during the year 1939-40, I submit herewith a complete list of the visitations made during the past year:
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1999 October 2. 70th Anniversary Cornerstone .Lodge, Homecoming and official visit. Address. October 4. Opening meeting of the Lodge of Instruction of 33rd District at St. Louis. Brief address, and presented District Deputies with their Commissions. October 10-11. Grand Lodge of Illinois at Chicago. Brief Address. October 11,8 p. m. Official visit and address to Magnolia Lodge, St. Louis. October 12. Brief Address to Grand Chapter, O. E. S., St. Louis. October 14. Banquet, re-dedication and address at Centennial of Naphtali Lodge, St. Louis. October 17. Visited Grand Chapter, R. A. M., of Kentucky at Louisville. October 18. Attended 139th Annual Communication of Grand Lodge of Kentucky at Louisville. October 20. Official visit and address at 50th Anniversary of Fergu~on Lodge, Ferguson, Mo. Presented 50 year button to only living charter member, Charles A. Cunningham. October 24. Addressed 20th Anniversary Celebration of America Lodge, St. Louis. October 26. Visited and addressed Mt. Moriah Lodge, Hillsboro, Ill. October 27. Visited Mrs. Samuel R. Freet, Kansas City, and with a number of Kansas City Brethren placed a floral tribute upon the grave of M. W. Brother Samuel R. Freet. October 27. Addressed meeting of lIth Masonic District Association, Kearney, Mo. October 30. Attended and addressed dinner given by Cornerstone Lodge No. 323, my Mother Lodge, at Scottish Rite Cathedral, St. Louis. October 31. Laid cornerstone of new high school building at Lebanon, Mo. Presented 50 year buttons to four members of Lebanon Lodge. November 1 to March 26. Addressed 24 different meetings of Masonic Temple Association and O. E. S. Re: campaign for funds. November 2. Official visit and address to Trenton Lodge No. Ill, Trenton, Mo. November 8. Attended Masonic Home Board Meeting at St. Louis. November 14. Official visit on Past Masters' night to Rose Hill Lodge No. 550, St. Louis; presented, 50 year button to Brother Wm. Bowman Gray, and delivered Address on the subject, "The Place of Past Masters in the Masonic Scene." November 16. Went to home of Brother Lafayette T. Newcomb, Kirkwood, Mo. (member of Granite Lodge No. 272), and presented him with 50 year button. November 17. Polar Star Lodge No. 79, St. Louis, Past Masters' night; Address and presentation of 50 year button. November 21. Valley Park Lodge No. 629, Valley Park, Mo., Past Masters' night; delivered Thanksgiving Day Address. November 24. Visit to Alhambra Grotto, M. O. V. P. E. R., and Meridian Lodge No.2; delivered Thanksgiving Day Address. Over 700 brethren in attendance. November 27. Addressed Kirkwood Lodge No. 484, Kirkwood, Mo.; presented 50 year button to Brother Irvin A. McGirk. December 1. Attended dinner in honor of R. W. Brother Charles Langeneckert, D.D.G.M., 33rd-B Masonic District. December 6-7. Attended Annual Communication of Grand Lodge of Texas, at Waco. Laying of cornerstone of Methodist Orphan Home by the Officers of the Texas Grand Lodge, and dinner to all Freemasons. December 9. Address at dedication ceremonies of the William Brockmeier Lot in Mt.Lebanon Cemetery, St. Louis County, said lot, being a 15
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grave lot, given by Brother Brockmeier to Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40 to be used to provide graves for needy Freemasons. . December 14. Official visit and address to Jefferson Lodge No. 43, Jefferson City; dinner with about 350 present; presented 50 year button of Col. William Dallmeyer; and raised one candidate. December 15. Visit and Address to Ionia Lodge No. 381, Eldon, Mo. December 18. Installed officers of Cornerstone Lodge No. 323, St. Louis. Presented Past Master's jewel to outgoing Master. December 26. "Installed officers of lodges at Kirksville. Delivered address. December 27. Installed officers of Trilumina Lodge No. 205, Marshall, and delivered address.
1940 January 2. Dined at noon at home of R. W. Brother J. R. McLachlan, at Kahoka, in honor of his 82nd Birthday. January 2. Official visit to Memphis Lodge No. 16, Mo. 100th Birthday Party of Worshipful Brother Wm. Cash Ladd. January 4. Installed路officers of Benj. Franklin Lodge No. 642, St. Louis, and delivered brief address. January 11. Installed officers of Naphtali Lodge No. 25, St. Louis. January 15. Addressed m.eeting of District Deputy Grand Masters and District Lecturers for eastern half of Missouri, at St. Louis. January 17~ Addressed Scottish Rite Club of St. Louis. January 24. Official visit and address to St. Louis Lodge No. 20, St. Louis. January 26. Address and official visit to Ransom A. Breuer Masonic Association, 32nd District, Sullivan, Mo. January 29. Addressed meeting of District Deputy Grand Masters, and District Lecturers for western half of Missouri, at Masonic Temple, Kansas City, in the morning. January 29. Addressed Masters and Wardens of 33rd and 57th Masonic Districts at Annual Dinner, St. Louis. January 31. Addressed Annual Dinner of Goats Club at St. Louis. February 3. At request of Grand Lodge of New York, presented 50 year button to Brother Wm. W. Kohn, of Mt. Neboh Lodge, New York, at a meeting of Triangle Lodge No. 638, St. Louis. February 6. Official visit and address to Aurora Lodge No. 267, St. Louis. Presented 25-year Apron to Worshipful Brother Chas. W. Ehrmann. February 7. Attended Executive Committee meeting of Masonic Home of Missouri. February 16. Addressed Sprig of Acacia Conclave of the True Kindred, St. Louis. February 19. Presented Kansas 50 year button at Cornerstone Lodge No. 323, to Brother E. M. Perles, member of a Kansas Lodge. February 22. Attended annual meeting of the George Washington National Masonic Memorial Association at Alexandria, Virginia, and presented Grand Lodge's contribution of $1,700.00. February 23-24. Attended conferences of Grand Masters of the United States at Washington, D. C., and all functions in connection. February 27. George Washington address at路 Annual George Washington meeting of Geo. Washington Lodge No.9, St. Louis. March 6. Attended meeting of Executive Committee of the Masonic Home of Missouri. March 8. Addressed Cooper Lodge No. 36, of Boonville, on occasion of opening of their new Temple. March 23. Annual dinner and address to Square Club, St. Louis. March 27. Addressed meeting of all lodges of 22nd Masonic district, at Ivanhoe Masonic Temple, Kansas City. Presented 50 year button to a m.ember of Ivanhoe Lodge.
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March 28. Addressed Lodges at Independence, Mo. March 29. Addressed meeting of the Lodges of the 59th Masonic district, at Raytown; called on Worshipful Brother A. M. Woodson, a charter member of Raytown Lodge, 93 years old, and now residing at Independence. March 30. Addressed 25th Anniversary celebration of Triangle Lodge No. 638; Lodge instituted U. D. by me as D. D. G. M. April 2. Visited Westgate Lodge No. 440, St. Louis. Presented 50 year button to Wor. Brother Peter Freyermuth. April 2. Visited Aurora Lodge No. 267; presented 50 year button to Brother Bittner. April 5. Addressed Lodges of 14th Masonic District Association at meeting of Censer Lodge No. 172, Macon. April 6. Addressed annual meeting of National Federated Craft (Lodge No. 12) at Webster Groves, Mo. April 9. Addressed St. Mark's Lodge No. 93, at Cape Girardeau. April 10. Attended Board meeting at Masonic Home of Missouri. April 10. Addressed Lambskin Lodge No. 460, St. Louis. April 15. Attended quiz program at Cornerstone Lodge No. 323, St. Louis. April 17. Addressed closing meeting of Lodge of Instruction of 57th Masonic district at Wellston, Mo. April 18. Addressed meeting of Lodges of 50th Masonic district at Sikeston. April 22. Attended and addressed annual Convocation of Grand Council, R. & S. M., at St. Louis. April 23. Address of welcome to the Grand Chapter R. A. M., at St. Louis. April 23. Attended meeting of Grand Chapter addressed by M. W. Brother Charles .Johnson, P. G. M., and Grand Secretary of New York. April 24. Attended Session of Grand Chapter, R. A. M., of St. Louis. May 3. Laid cornerstone of new post office, Eldon, Mo. May 14. Addressed 25th Anniversary celebration of Mizpah Lodge No. 639; Lodge instituted U. D. by me as D. D. G. M. May 18. Official visit on Past Masters' night to Good Hope Lodge No. 218, addressed lodge on "Place of Past Masters in Masonic Scene." May 19. Addressed Grand Commandery K. T., of Missouri, St. Louis. May 20. Attended meeting of Grand Commandery, St. Louis, and brief address of welcome. May 20. Presented 50 year button to Worshipful Brother Ferd S. Bach, Cornerstone No. 323. May 21. Dedicated new Temple of .Jewel Lodge No. 480, at 路Pleasant Hill, Mo. Address. May 24. Addressed closing meeting of the Lodge of Instruction of the 33rd Masonic district, St. Louis. May 28. Addressed Twilight Lodge No. 114, and Acacia Lodge No. 602, at joint meting at Columbia, Mo. May 29. Addressed meeting of 48th Masonic district Association at Farmington. .June 4. Attended and made brief address to Grand Lodge of Nebraska, at Omaha. .June 5. Addressed meeting of Lodges of the 9th Masonic district, St. .Joseph. .June 6. Addressed meeting of lodges of the 7th Masonic district at Maryville. .June 7. Addressed lodges of the 40th Masonic district at Potosi, urging formation of a district organization, which has been done. .June 10. Visited and addressed joint meeting of Hannibal and St. .John's Lodges at B;annibaI.
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June 11. Attended and made short talk to Grand Lodge of Iowa, Burlington. June 17. Visit and address to Pythagoras Lodge No. 383, Cassville. Presented 50 year button to a Brother of the Lodge. June 18. Laid cornerstone of new post office building at Ozark. Addressed Brethren afterwards at Lodge Hall. June 18. Visit and address to three Lodges at Springfield, Mo. June 19. Visit and address to Monett Lodge No. 129, Monett. June 20. Visit and address to Neosho Lodge No. 247, Neosho, Mo. June 21. Visit and address to two Lodges at Joplin, Mo. . June 22. Brief address to Sullivan Lodge No. 69, Meramec Caverns near Stanton, Mo. Raised Candidate. June 24. Centennial and St. John's Day Celebration and address to J efferson Lodge No. 43, Jefferson City. July 10. Attended meeting of Masonic Home Board, St. Louis. August 23. Visit and address to Herculaneum Lodge No. 338, Herculaneum. September 4. Visit to Pilgrim Lodge, St. Louis. 19th Anniversary Celebration. September 7. Webster Groves, laying of cornerstone of new Baptist Church. September 11. Olive Branch Lodge, St. Louis. Raised a Candidate. September 17. Visit and address to Tuscan Lodge No. 360, St. Louis. September 21. Dedicated monument on William Brockmeier-Mt. Moriah Lodge lot in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, St. Louis County.
In all the above visits, my main theme, aside from the discussion of local or incidental problems, was Masonic and patriotic loyalties. As never before, I feel that the members of the Craft need are-dedication to the tenets of Freemasonry, to the principles of Democracy, and a willingness to make sacrifices therefor. I have, therefore, attempted to create the desire for a more complete knowledge of the history of American Freemasonry; a greater appreciation of our Masonic and American heritage; a deeper knowledge of the real meaning of the Masonic Degrees; a more general application of the tenets of Freemasonry in the daily lives of the Craft, so that Freemasonry should be what Brother J. S. Barrett, a modern Masonic poet (with an addendum by your Grand Master), has described it as being, a living soul: Freemasonry, a living soul That knows the cry of human needs, That teaches one eternal goal, And tells of love that hears and heeds. From dawn of light to mystic word A message bearing cheer and aid, A friendly voice the world has heard In all the progress man has made. A sacred band with hearts as one That meets around a co=on shrine, Its altar flame, its radiant sun, The light of knowledge, dawn divine.
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To know, to serve, to hope and pray, To comfort grief and banish strife, To light the world along the way, The highway of a useful life. Its faith a beacon through the night, A constant flame to guide us on; Its shibboleth, "Let there be Light" The voice of hope, the call of dawn. A voice that speaks no single creed, No prejudices, bitter-odd; That judges each one by his deed, So long as he puts trust in God.
With those purposes in view, also, a general letter was sent to the Craft under date of October 30, 1939, which letter reads as follows: October 30, 1939. To the Worshipful Master, Wardens and Brethren of all Lodges, A. F. & A. M., of Missouri. Brethren: . At a recent meeting of the District Deputy Grand Masters, held in St. Louis, attention was called to certain pamphlets (among others, one entitled" Social Justice"), in which unwarranted attacks were made upon . Freemasonry and in which Freemasons were referred to as "Disciples of Satan. " These pamphlets were offered for sale at a large meeting held in St. Louis a short time ago-that meeting being, presumably, for the purpose of discussing the neutrality problem now facing our national legislators. While the sponsors of that meeting have denied responsibility for the pamphlets, the fact remains that some group is publishing and circulating these attacks widely throughout the nation. Recently, also, testimony given before the Dies Committee in its investigation of un-American practices, indicates that certain other groups in our country are making similar attacks on our Order. Attacks of this character are not new. They occur periodically and do not require, and should not be dignified by, a public defense. However, as Freemasonry, in its public relationships, is largely indio vidualistic, and its place in public opinion determined by the public's estimate of Freemasons as citizens, such attacks as the foregoing seem to me to suggest the following reaction by every loyal Freemason, namely: The greatest care in the election of petitioners; the greatest care in the appointment and election of officers-those key men who represent us in all public functions; a greater loyalty to our Lodge and Order by a more faithful attendance at Lodge meetings, and by upholding the hands of our officers and helping them provide interesting and instructive meetings; a profounder knowledge of the tenets of Freemasonry-learning not only the patent surface significance thereof, but also the latent, symbolic and allegorical meanings, making them not merely a ritual for lodge room use only, but what they are intended to be--a philosophy of life--a code of ethies which each of us, as individuals, should apply: In our home life--thereby making us better fathers, sons, husbands and brothers; In our social contacts-thereby making us better friends, better neighbors;
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In our business relationships-thereby causing us to act upon the square with all mankind; In our religious activities-thereby broadening our viewpoint without the slightest sacrifice in our individual beliefs or loyalties, creating good will between all men, and making the doctrine of human brotherhood a living reality; In our communal and public work-thereby making us better, more patriotic Americans-militantly opposing all doctrines subversive of our form of government, and patriotically supporting our great Democracy. If all of us, as individuals, will do this, we need have no anxiety for the future of Freemasonry. Our Order will rise to new heights in public opinion and usefulness. We will completely refute all false charges against us and no right路thinking citizen will give such false charges credence. I am sure your District Deputy will help you to further the above program. If I, as Grand Master, can assist, I will gladly do so to the utmost of my ability. Fraternally yours, Karl M. Yetsburg, Grand Master.
Let this be read in open lodge at the first meeting after its receipt. CENTENNIAL CELEBRNfIONS
During the year, two Lodges in Missouri had elaborate celebrations of their Centennial Anniversaries. NaphtaliLodge No. 25.
On Odober 14, 1939, Naphtali Lodge No. 25, at St. Louis, celebrated its 100th Anniversary with a large gathering of the members of the Lodge, and their families and a special re-dedication ceremony prepared by R. W. Brother Robert C. Winkelmaier, by which the officers and members of the Lodge re-dedicated themselves to t)le sublime purposes of our Craft. It was my pleasure on this occasion to conduct the re-dedication and to deliver the centennial address. In connection with the celebration, Naphtali Lodge had prepared by Worshipful Brother Edward H. Loffhagen and published an extensive history, not only of the Lodge, but also containing many items of interest in connection with the Grand Lodge, and the City of St. Louis~ The volume is a creditable one, gives evidence of much research, and will help to preserve for future generations much of the early history of the Lodge which might otherwise have been eventually forgotten. Lexington Lodge No. 149.
On June 2, 1940, Lexington Lodge No. 149, Lexington, Missouri, celebrated its 100th Anniversary with a large meeting and an elaborate dinner. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend that meeting, as I was, at the time, enroute to the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska. The feature, of this meeting was an address by Most Worshipful Brother Henry C. Chiles, entitled "One Hundred Years of
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Freemasonry in Lexington." The Lodge has published this address and as might be expected from its talented author, it is most interesting and instructive. Its publication by the Lodge will go far towards permanently recording and preserving early Masonic life in that city. In honor of these two occasions, appropriate certificates have been prepared and presented to Naphtali Lodge and Lexington Lodge. Worshipful Brother William Cash Ladd.
A third Centennial Celebration occurred during the year, not one of a Masonic Lodge, but in honor of the 100th Birthday of Worshipful Brother William Cash Ladd, of Memphis Lodge No. 16. On December 25, 1939, Brother Ladd reached the remarkable age of 100 years. For over 74 years, he has been a Master Mason in good standing, and long ago received his 50 year Button. During these years he has served two Lodges as Worshipful Master, and has been constantly loyal and active in the Craft. On January 2,1940, Memphis Lodge celebrated the centennial birthday of this loyal Brother, and it was my pleasure, accompanied by M. W. Brother Anthony F. Ittner, to attend that celebration and convey to Brother Ladd the hearty congratulations, the deep appreciation and the best wishes of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. In honor of the occasion, we had prepared an appropriate greeting to our Brother, which greeting was embossed and is pi<'tured on the preceding page. Brother Ladd's Masonic life is one that might well be emulated by many of his Brethren both young and old. The Great Architect has been kind to him, and even at his advanced years his mental faculties are so sound that he still performs the Chaplain's work in the Third Degree, and can, with but a little effort, perform any of the work of the three Degrees; and in May, 1940, he was one of a large class which joined the Council of R. & S. M. Jefferson Lodge No. 43.
In October of this year, Jefferson Lodge No. 43, at Jefferson City, Missouri, will have completed 100 years of continuous Masonic service. The Lodge has appointed a Centennial Commission which, we are advised, is actively at work in the preparation of this centennial. In connection with it, the Lodge has in view, among other things: 1. The writing of an appropriate history of the Lodge. 2. The establishment of the Arthur M. Hough Memorial Library at Jefferson City. 3. Institution Day Observance and Pageant. 4. St. John's Day Services, both days. 5. Charter day services in November, 1941. Jefferson Lodge has given to the Grand Lodge many loyal sons in the persons of M. W. Brethren Dunscomb, Stevenson, Hough, Short and Clark. Its history is one that should be preserved for future gen-
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erations to know and read. The first celebration of the centennial was held on June 24, 1940, at which time it was my pleasure, accompanied by R. W. Brother Arthur Mather, to be present and to deliver a centennial address. The Institution Day Observance will be held at Jefferson City on Monday, October 21, 1940, at 2 :00 p. m., to which the Brethren of the Grand Lodge are fraternally invited, and for which an appropriate Certificate will, in due time, be presented to the Lodge. OTHER UNUSUAL OCCASIONS
Cornerstone Lodge No. 3.23. On October 2, 1939, I paid my first official visit to my Mother Lodge, Cornerstone Lodge No. 323, and delivered there a brief address suitable to the occasion and in honor of the 70th Anniversary of Cornerstone Lodge. On October 30, 1939, my Mother Lodge honored me with a din.ner, which was held at the Scottish Rite Cathedral and attended by some 450 Brethren of the 33rd and 57th Masonic Districts. My Mother Lodge knows I deeply appreciate all the courtesies and honors which I have received at its hands, and that I thank it from the bottom of my heart.
Birthday of R. W. Brother J. R. McLachlan. On January 2, 1940, accompanied by M. W. Brother Anthony F. Ittner, it was my great pleasure to dine at the home 'Of our Grand Lecturer Emeritus, R. W. Brother J. R. McLachlan, at Kahoka, Missouri, and convey to him not only my personal greetings but also the congratulations of this Grand Lodge on the occasion of his 82nd Birthday Anniversary. I am sure that I expressed the wish of every member of this Grand Lodge when I voiced the hope that R. W. Brother McLachlan will be with us in health and vigor and continued service for many years to come.
Trilumina Lodge. One of the most heartening occurrences of the past year grew out of the St. John's Day Celebration of Trilumina Lodge No. 205, of Marshall, Missouri, on December 27, 1939. It was my pleasure to be present on that occasion, to install the officers of the Lodge, and to deliver an address. Prior to the meeting a dinner was given to the members of the Lodge, to which the officers of the Lodge had invited a group of twelve young men whose petitions for the degrees were then awaiting action in the Lodge. As the meeting was a closed one, these young men were only privileged to attend the dinner, and at the request of M. W. Brother Frank C. Barnhill, I made a brief address at the dinner, intended largely for these twelve young men. I never met a finer group. The oldest of the group was 35 years of age, while the youngest was 26. They represented a cross-section of society. One was a physician,
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one a dentist, one an undertaker, three were attorneys, one was a miller, one a ski manufacturer, one a newspaperman, and the others representative young business men. The gist of my talk to them was a plea for 1m active interest by young men in the affairs of the Fraternity. Whether this plea bore fruit or not, I do not know. However, the whole group, who were personal friends and had waited until all were ready to petition, immediately took an interest in the Lodge and showed such a desire to learn the work that R. W. Brother John W. Adams, District Deputy Grand Master, gave them special attention and instruction. The entire group was raised during the months of April and May, 1940, and so apt and interested were they in learning the work that on June 28, 1940, at a meeting of the Lodge, at which a Second Degree was conferred, all the work of that degree, including the Middle Chamber Lecture, was conferred by Brethren of that group. R. W. Brother Adams asked me, because of the unusualness of the occasion, to note it by attending the meeting on June 28. Unfortunately, I was unable to go personally, but at my request M. W. Brother James W. Skelly went to Marshall, participated in the meeting, addressed the group and conveyed to them the felicitations of the Grand Lodge on the occasion of their unusual performance. I am advised by Brothers Skelly and Adams that the work done by the young men was excellent, and far above the average in accuracy and expression; and Brother Adams advises me further that on August 1, the group conferred an Entered Apprentice Degree, except the Master's Lecture and Charge, and that the Brethren, not satisfied with their present accomplishments, have determined to learn and acquire the ability to confer all the Blue Lodge Degrees before the current year has expired. At a time when petitions are not as plentiful as they might be, when many who join do not evince a desire to engage actively in the work of the Order, I repeat that the above incident is most heartening for the future of Masonry in Missouri. Mmtnt Moriah Lodge, Hillsboro, Illinois.
On October 26, 1939, it was my pleasure to attend the centennial meeting of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 51 at Hillsboro, Illinois, in com.pany with M. W. Brother Ittner, R. W. Brother Arthur Mather, and R. W. Brother Edward P. Walsh. The occasion was celebrated by a dinner attended by hundreds of Brethren from Hillsboro, and the surrounding counties, and was of peculiar interest to the Grand Lodge of Missouri. The Brethren will recall that during the anti-Masonie agitation of the early 1830's, the Grand Lodge of Illinois went out of existence and did not reorganize until 1840. During that period a number of Lodges were chartered by this Grand Lodge at various points in Illinois. Mount Moriah Lodge No. 51 of Hillsboro was one of these Lodges. It was, therefore, a great pleasure for me as Grand
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Master to attend said meeting and to deliver an address on that occasion.
Sullivan Lodge No. 69. A dispensation was issued to Sullivan Lodge No. 69, of Sullivan, Missouri, to hold a special communication and St. John's Day Celebration in the Meramec Caverns near Stanton, Missouri, on Saturday, June 22,1940, and to raise one of their Brethren to the Third Degree there. The meeting was an unusual one in many particulars. The Cavern, one of the wonders of Missouri, furnished a perfect natural meeting-place. All possible points of admission were thoroughly guarded. The Cavern had been approved by M. W. Brother Ittner and R. W. Brother Ransom A. Breuer, District Deputy Grand Master. Some 600 Brethren from 114 lodges in all parts of Missouri, and 19 lodges of other Grand Jurisdictions assembled to witness the dedication of the Cavern by R. W. Brother Breuer, the raising of a candidate by your Grand Master, an inspiring address by Worshipful Brother John A. Witthaus of Mizpah Lodge, and the beautiful music rendered by the orchestra of Mizpah Lodge. The furniture of the Lodge room was all specially made of native stone for the occasion hy the Brethren of Sullivan Lodge, and the altar and several of the pedestals and gavels were given by the Lodge and placed in the museum in the large Masonic Temple at St. Louis. The meeting was a memorable one' and will, I am sure, do much to arouse interest and enthusiasm among the Freemasons of the State. GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION :M:EETING, AND GRAND MASTERS' CONFERENCES
On February 21, I went to Washington, D. C., with M. W. Brother Bert S. Lee, M. W. Brother Anthony F. Ittner, and R. W. Brother Arthur Mather, and with them and R. \lV. Brother Harry S. Truman attended the annual meeting of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association at Alexandria, and the several meetings of the Grand Masters' Conferences at Washington. At Alexandria, it was my pleasure to present to the Memorial Association our Grand Lodge check for $1,700.00, as an additional contribution toward the fund necessary to complete the memorial. This check makes our total contribution 144.3 per cent of the original dollar per capita requested, and 84.9 per cent of the increased donation of $1.70 per capita, which is now found to be necessary, and desired. In these days when all the things that \Vashington, the American and the Freemason, held most dear are being attacked, and destroyed in most parts of the world, and are being assailed even in this fair land of ours, we as individual Freemasons, and as a Grand Lodge, should, and I am sure, will, continue to contribute our full share as a practical evidence of our faith in Democracy, and that the Memorial may be completed at an early date.
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The Grand Masters' conferences were particularly interesting. Forty-six of the 49 then Grand Masters of the American J urisdictions were present in person; one, M. 'V. Brother Milo B. Price, of Minnesota, unfortunately died while en-route to the meeting. Able papers were written by a limited number of the group on subjects which were designed to be of general interest to the Craft. A general discussion followed each paper, which resulted in a valuable exchange of information showing the different manner in which problems are handled in different Jurisdictions. INTERSTATE VISITS AND DEGREES
During the year we have had a number of requests for interstate visits and interstate conferring of degrees. In their 1936 report, our Jurisprudence Committee set out the procedure necessary to be followed in such cases. This report was not clearly understood by the Brethren in many parts of the State. There has been some confusion in the minds of the Brethren, and I have had a number of inquiries as to the necessary formalities to be complied with. I have, therefore, in decision No. 29, attempted to re-state, in a simpler and more direct manner, the procedure as laid down by the Jurisprudence Committee in its last mentioned report. Such decision clearly states the steps necessary to be taken when interstate Degrees are to be conferred. I am strongly in favor of the interchange of visits between Lodges in abutting Jurisdictions, and the interchange of rituals in such visits. The conferring of a degree in accordance with the ritual of another State always produces an interest in a Lodge meeting and a large attendance. Such exchanges have, to my knowledge, been made during the present year between Missouri, Iowa, Illinois and Kentucky. I feel that they should be encouraged. ANNUAL COMMUNICATIONS OF SISTER GRAND LODGES
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It was my great pleasure to be able to attend the Annual Communications of a number of our Sister Grand Lodges. On October 10 and 11, 1939, in company with M. W. Brother Ittner, I attended and made a few brief remarks at the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, at Chicago. On October 17,1939, in company with R. 'V. Brother Mather, I attended the Annual Convocation of Royal Arch Masons at Louisville, and was courteously received. On October 18, 1939, in company with Brother Mather, I attended the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, at Louisville. On December 3, and 4, 1939, in company with R. W. Brother Arthur Mather, I attended the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Texas, at Waco, Texas. On June 4, 1940, in company with our Grand Secretary, I attended and made a brief talk at the Annual Communication of the Grand
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Lodge of Nebraska, at Omaha. The high-light of the Nebraska Annual Communication was a dinner attended by some 500 Brethren. The chief speaker was our own Grand Chaplain, R. W. Brother Samuel Thurman, who, at great sacrifice to himself, made the trip to Omaha solely for that purpose. Brother Thurman delivered a magnificent address, which was most enthusiastically received by all the Brethren, and will long be remembered by all who were privileged to hear it. R. W. Brother George Beecher, greatly beloved Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska, and Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska, was one of the prominent Brethren present who heard Brother Thurman's address, and who commented. most enthusiastically thereon, as did our friend and brother Lewis E. Smith. On June 11, 1940, in company with M. W. Brother Byrne E. Bigger, and our Grand Secretary, I attended and made a brief talk at the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Iowa. On all these visits we were most courteously received, and fraternally entertained. The friendships made with the Brethren of other Jurisdictions will remain as a priceless possession long after my period of service will have expired. It was not possible for me to attend the Annual Communications of the Grand Lodges of Kansas and Oklahoma. Right Worshipful Brother E. E. Morris capably represented us at the former, while Right Worshipful Brother Leo H. Johnson did likewise at the latter. ST. LOUIS MASONIC TEMPLE CAMPAIGN
The Grand Lodge of Missouri is vitally interested in the Masonic Temple at 3681 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis. Years ago it contributed, over a period of years, the aggregate sum of $120,000.00 toward the cost of the erection of that Temple. It is a member of The Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis, which owns it; has representation on its Board of Directors; regularly appoints a Committee with respect to said Association; and annually receives a report from that Committee. As shown by such last mentioned report, at the time of our last Annual Communication, the Temple Association owed $250,000.00 on its first mortgage debt, and $28,633.72 for amounts deposited with the Association by Member Bodies at 3 per cent per annum interest. While the above mentioned indebtedness is very small compared to the value of the Temple properties, and while the Association has made a fine financial showing, practically all the Bodies in the Association, along with others throughout the City and State, have for years shown considerable membership losses, which membership losses have greatly reduced the income of the Temple Association. In addition, during the period of the depression, it was necessary to reduce the per capita charges of the active members of the Association, in two reductions aggregating 30 per cent. Because of these losses and
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reductions, the income of the Temple Association had been so reduced that, while there was no danger of default in the payment of the balance of its debt, the Temple Association's actuaries informed it that if conditions continued substantially as they had been for the past . number of years, it would probably take from 40 to 50 years within which to amortize the balance of the debt, during which time the Masonic and O. E. S. Bodies in the Association would have paid in interest two or three times the amount of the debt. Manifestly, it seemed to be folly for the Bodies composing the Association to pay such exorbitant interest charges if there was any way in which those charges might be completely saved or greatly reduced. There had been no campaign for funds by the Temple Association since 1924; and after a due consideration of the matter, the Temple Association decided to put on a drive for funds to pay the outstanding indebtedness and to complete dining-rooms and kitchens which are badly needed, with the understanding that funds first received would be applied towards the payment of the debt; that the Temple Association should not again go into debt for building purposes; and that no new building should be done unless money was on hand to pay therefor at the time contracts were let. Figuring campaign expenses and possible losses in collections, it was decided that the sum of $395,333.00 would be required for the above purposes. A professional director was employed, and intensive efforts were made to secure a large organization of volunteer solicitors to seek the amount in question as voluntary donations from members of the Craft in the 33rd and 57th Masonic Districts; subscriptions to be payable in five semi-annual installments over a period of two r:nd one-half years. In order to give an impetus to the campaign,'the services of Brother Edgar A. Guest, the famous fireside poet of Freemasonry, were secured, and an opening meeting was held at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in St. Louis, attended by some 4,000 Freemasons and Eastern Star members, at which. the plans for the campaign were explained and Brother Guest made one of his entertaining addresses. After this splendid opening it was thought that we should reach our goal. In that, however, we were destined to be disappointed. Many Freemasons and Eastern Star members gave wholeheartedly of their time and efforts, and money, in order to produce the desired result, and too much credit cannot be given to that fine band of loyal workers. Unfortunately, however, there were some Lodges, and other groups, that refused to participate in the campaign; that professed to believe that it was just a pet scheme of mine, and that there was no reason for its being held. In both of these things this group of Brethren was mistaken, but their attitude had its effect on the campaign, which resulted in raising, in cash and pledges, the sum of $138,677.80. This sum, while far from meeting the goal, represents a substantial amount of
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money which will, as collected, be applied toward the payment of the debt on the Temple, and which will very materially shorten the amortization period with a resulting large saving in interest charges. The campaign was definitely worthwhile, not only financially, but in the interest that it aroused. On June 1, 1940, $23,000.00 was paid on account of the mortgage debt, and on December 1, 1940, another $37,000.00 will be paid thereon. In addition, the above mentioned debt to member bodies was reduced $4,518.99. Moreover, in view of the raising of this money, the Temple Association has the assurances of the St. Louis Union Trust Company that it will permit the Association, effective as of December 1, 1940, to call the balance of the present mortgage debt, which bears 4lh per cent interest, and make a new mortgage for the balance of the mortgage debt then outstanding at 3lh per cent interest. The papers covering such refinancing are now in process of making, and the interest savings incident thereto will further hasten the payment of the debt on the Temple. STATE AND CONDITION OF FREEMASONRY IN MISSOURI
We are pleased to report that there are definite signs of improvement in the condition of the Craft in Missouri. Some Lodges show considerable increase in interest, attendance, in the number of petitions received, and substantial decreases in suspensions. Others show the reverse so that while the net results of the year show considerable improvement over 1939, they are, nevertheless, far from being completely satisfactory. As of September 15, 1939, we had 628 Lodges, but during the year four Lodges consolidated with other Lodges so that, as of September 10, 1940, we have 624 Lodges. From the returns of 603 of such Lodges, as of September 10, 1940, the following interesting information is abstracted: There were 1,982 initiations this year as against 1,676 last year, or an increase of 306. There were 1,790 passings this year as against 1,527 last year, or an increase of 263; there were 1,692 raisings this year as against 1,534 last year, or an increase of 158. There were 132 more affiliations this year than last, but 48 less reinstatements. There were 2,235 suspensions N. P. D. !this year as against 2,500 last year, or a decrease of 265. There were 3,998 remissions of dues this year as against 4,157 last year, or a decrease of 159. Deaths, suspensions U. M. C. and expulsions were approximately the same as last year. As a result, our membership as of September 10, 1940, based on the above returns, and with 21 unreported Lodges, figured as of their last returns, is 86,469, representing a loss of 1,030 as against a loss of 1,566 last year. Details of the above will appear in the report of the Grand Secretary. While the net loss this year is considerably less than it was during 1939, it is still large enough to give us cause for concern. A short time ago we received from the Masonic Service Association, through
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Brother Carl H. Claudy, a comparative statement of conditions of the various Grand Jurisdictions of the United States for the years 1938 and 1939. This statement gives the following important information: In 1938, Missouri ranked 29th in raisings, while in 1939 it dropped to 41st. In 1938 it ranked 30th in affiliations, while in 19'39 it dropped to 31st in that regard. In 1938 it ranked 18th in the matter of reinstatements, while in 1939 it raised its position to 16th in that regard. In the matter of deaths, it was 26th in 1939 as against 29th in 1938; in suspensions, 17th in 1939 as against 18th in 1938; in dimissions, its position improved from 31st in 1938 to 34th in 1939; and finally, in net loss Missouri ranked 23rd in 1938 as against 11th in 1939. Naturally, we are unable to give our comparative position for 1940. as the figures of other Grand Lodges are not available for this year. While we are hopeful that the 1940 figures will be comparatively more favorable to Missouri, I believe, in view of our continued losses and comparatively poor showing, that the matter should receive the careful studied consideration of our Grand Lodge. While our losses may, as many of us feel, be largely the result of the weeding-out process incident to our excessively large growth 20 to 25 years ago, the entire field should be carefully surveyed by a committee of this Grand Lodge so as to learn, if possible, the true reasons for our trouble so that the same may be corrected. â&#x20AC;˘ I therefore recommend that the incoming Grand Master appoint a committee to make such state-wide survey; that in such survey, the committee should consider the question of both large and small Lodges, Lodge attendance, interesting meetings, the matter of a closer cooperation between, and the training of, Grand Lodge officers for the Grand Mastership, and all other aspects of the problem, and report its findings to the incoming Grand Master at the earliest possible date. The comparative statistics referred to are available for such committee. MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI
This report would not be complete without some reference to the Masonic Home of Missouri, which is the pride of the Freemasons of this State, and which is under the supervision of M. W. Brother W. W. Martin, and most capably managed by aBoard of Directors elected, from time to time, by this Grand Lodge. It has been my pleasure to attend almost all the quarterly meetings of said Board and the monthly meetings of its Executive Committee. I have, at all times, been most courteously received by said Board, and invited to participate to the fullest in matters concerning the welfare and conduct of the Institution. During this Communication you will be called upon to elect five Directors to succeed Brothers Herman Mauch, Frank H. Wielandy, Byrne E. Bigger, Ray V. Denslow, and George W. Walker, whose terms expire with this Communication.
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LEWIS AND CLARK MEMORIAL
For several years this Grand Lodge has appropriated a sum of money for the erection in St. Louis of a memorial to those early Freemasons, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who did so much toward opening up the northwestern part of our great continent. I am pleased to report that during the year, the Memorial Committee, and The Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis have agreed upon the form of a memorial and a site therefor. The original idea of the Grand Lodge was that the memorial should be placed upon the front of the Temple proper. To this the Temple Association has constantly objected. In lieu thereof, the memqrial has been placed upon a concrete foundation on the west grass plot in front of the Temple, where it will be more readily noticed and read by the passerby. It is a fitting tribute to the two Freemasons in whose honor it has been erected, and it will be unveiled and appropriately dedicated during this Communication of our Grand Lodge. \l('~::"",,_
DRAMATIZATION OF FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE
The study of Masonic Symbolism is one of great interest and importance to the Craft. It helps convey to our members a better understanding of our ritual. In order to popularize it, the Grand Lodge, F. & A. M., of Georgia published, in 1938, a Dramatization of the Fellow Craft Degree. At this (Tuesday) evening Session of this Communication, the Brethren of Pomegranate Lodge No. 95, under the direction of R. W. Brother Robert C. Winkelmaier, will produce this Drama for your pleasure and edification. Many of you will remember the creditable manner in which the Pomegranate Brethren gave "A Rose Upon the Altar" last year. The "Dramatization of Fellow Craft Degree" is equally entertaining and instructive, and all Brethren of the Grand Lodge are urged to hear it. SOCIAL SERVICE WORK AT TRAINING CAMPS
Since we last met, conditions in our country have changed greatly. The fate met by European countries as a result of improper preparedness, has warned our leaders that we, too, and our Democratic Institutions, might suffer unless we adequately prepare our defenses. As a result, millions of dollars are being spent by our country on our naval, air and army equipment, and, as this is written, it seems certain that a compulsory service law will be passed under which millions of our young men will soon be undergoing an intensive military training. These men, many of whom will be Freemasons, will be stationed at various training camps throughout the country and the question of social service at such camps is coming prominently to the fore. Under date of July 23, 1940, I received a questionnaire in connection therewith from the Masonic Service Association of the United States,
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to which I did not respond because our Grand Lodge is not a member of that Association, and because I had no authority to obligate our Grand Lodge in any way. The matter is being submitted, without comment or recommendation, but I feel that it should receive the serious consideration and action of this Grand Lodge, and that the policy of our Grand Lodge should be established for the gllidance of the incoming Grand Lodge Officers. In order that we might have available all information necessary for our Grand Lodge to reach a proper conclusion, I have appointed the following Committee to investigate, marshal the facts and report to you: Ray V. Denslow, Chairman; James W. Skelly, Harry S. Truman, Harris C. Johnston, W. W. Martin, Arthur Mather, and Cecil A. Tolin. . In due time this Committee will submit its findings and recommendations for your consideration. REFUGEE CHILDREN
The war that is being waged on the other side of the Atlantic has brought about another new and unusual problem which this Grand Lodge should be prepared to solve. In order to protect the lives of young English children and refugee children who are at present in England, a plan has been evolved to have a large number of them convoyed to Canada and the United States, for the period of hostilities. At the time of writing this report, no definite information is available in connection with the project, which has, as we understand it, been hampered or delayed because of the fact that England has not the necessary convoys to give the proper degree of protection in the transportation of such children. However, an Act is now pending in Congress to provide American convoys for such children, and the time may come when a way will be found to transfer them safely to the American continent. If that is done, it is estimated that about one-half or some 16,000 or more will come to the United States. Of that number the State of Missouri will receive and be asked to take care of its proportionate share and we, as a Grand Lodge, should now take whatever steps may be necessary in order to put our Grand Lodge and the Masonic Home of Missouri in a position to do their full duty in such premises, if and when the occasion arises. M. W. Brother Martin, and your Grand Master, attended on July 11, 1940, a meeting of sundry charitable and child-caring agencies of the City of St. Louis with reference to such matter. At that meeting we were told that while plans were not definite, it had been decided that such children as are to be sent to America would be for the duration of hostilities only, and not for permanent residence or adoption; that they would not be placed permanently (that is, for the period of their stay) in child-caring institutions, but only in private homes.
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As I see it, the following things are involved in the project so far as we are concerned: 1. Does this Grand Lodge wish to offer the facilities of the Masonic Home for the care of a limited number of these children, temporarily and/or for the full period of theIr stay? 2. If we decide to make such offer, do we want to confine our help to the children of Master Masons or extend the help to any and all such children' 3. Do we wish to circularize our membership with a view to having as many of them as possible accept one or more of these children as guests in their respective homes for the period of their stay' 4. \Vhat basic changes, in the Law of our Grand Lodge and/or of the Masonic Home of Missouri, if any, are necessary to accomplish the above purposes? Personally, I feel that a full and thoroughly altruistic offer by this Grand Lodge will give it an opportunity to perform a humanitarian service such as it has never had before. \Vhile the quarters for the old people in our Masonic Home are crowded and the Home has a very definite problem in the care of the old people, the quarters for the children are not crowded; the Home has no problem with respect to their care and could easily maintain from 25 to 40 of these children, in quarters not now being used, and not available for use in the care of old people, without impairing its ability to take care of all our own children from time to time. I believe that all necessary steps, whatever they are, should be taken by this Grand Lodge and the Home, to enable them to do their full duty should the occasion arise; and I believe that our offer of service, so far as the Grand Lodge and the Masonic Home of Missouri are concerned, should not in any wise be limited to the children of Master Masons. In view of the basic legal difficulties which may be involved, and not wishing to make it necessary for this Grand Lodge to make a hurried or ill-considered judgment in the matter, I have appointed the following committee, to-wit: Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman; Henry C. Chiles, Arthur Mather, Harry S. Truman, Harris C. Johnston, Forrest C. Donnell, and Cecil A. Tolin. This Committee has considered and examined all phases of the project, including the legal and practical aspects thereof, and will make its report during this Communication. SWISS GRAND LODGE AI,PINA
At our last Annual Communication, we were privileged to listen to our Brother, Dr. Hans Schlessinger, formerly of Vienna, Austria, who told us something of the persecution suffered by many central European Brethren because of their Masonic affiliation. Brother Schlessinger also told us of the great relief work being done by Swiss Grand Lodge Alpina for those of our Brethren who succeeded in escap-
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ing over the Swiss border. Since then, Freemasonry has become taboo in most of Europe, by reason of which many more of our Brethren are Eleeking sanctuary in friendly Switzerland. As a result, the financial demands upon Swiss Grand Lodge Alpina will become unbearable unless substantial aid is forthcoming. To quote from a letter by its Refugee Relief Committee dated August 7, 1940, addressed to Brother Carl H. Claudy : "Our funds are now completely exhausted. The demands upon us have not decreased, on the contrary, they have become more urgent, more insistent than hitherto. Further, it must be anticipated, that the number of supplicants will greatly increase as soon as the postal and railway communications are re-opened. We shall then be in a better position to adjudge the volume of assistance required from us. Unfortunately, our appeal has not met with the desired support, and unless liberal help is forthcoming, we shall, most reluctantly have no other alternative, but to suspend our activities. "Dear Brother Claudy, please give us your help and assist to alleviate this terrible suffering. For ourselves we ask for nothing, we simply plead for those who are being persecuted through their connection with our Brotherhood, some of whom are real martyrs, driven from home and country, absolutely destitute, possessing nothing but their naked lives: faced with nothing but death from privation unless they can be sustained by those, who, until today, have called them Brothers. We are now the only ones on the whole of the European mainland to whom they can turn in their dire misery: the only ones who can lend a helping hand. We are the last on the European mainland who can still freely uphold the Masonie traditions and preserve them for a brighter future. The entire zeal and personal courage of us all is devoted to this aim. The future will prove whether we have received from the Brethren in the free countries of the world the support which our pursuance of these aims so richly merits." Last year after hearing Brother Dr. Schlessinger, and without any direct appeal, our Grand Lodge appropriated the sum of $250.00 to Swiss Grand Lodge Alpina for the above purposes. In view of the increased need, and the worthiness of the call, we ought, in the name of humanity and Masonic Brotherhood, to do much better this year. I recommend that this matter be referred to the 'Vays & Means Committee with the suggestion that we appropriate to Swiss Grand Lodge Alpina, for the above purposes, the maximum amount which our finances will permit. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
Research Lodge At its last Annual Communication, this Grand Lodge saw fit to defeat an amendment presented to it by which the Brethren of various Lodges would be permitted to organize, join and operate a Research Lodge or Lodges at different points in the State. That amendment was reintroduced and will come up for action at this Communication. The proposal is not new; nor does it radically depart from the ancient landmarks. Research Lodges are being successfully operated in other Grand Jurisdictions and, if adopted by us, such Lodges would
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afford those of our Brethren whose talents run along the lines of research, to study with official sanction, and prepare papers that will doubtless redound greatly to the benefit of our Craft. I urge the adoption of said Amendment. Life Memberships Another amendment will come up for action at this Communication. It provides that after its adoption, Lodges may, by By-Law, because of length of membership or other meritorious cause, exempt members from further payment of dues except the amount the Lodge may be required to pay the Grand Lodge, either in the form of annual dues, special assessments, or other financial obligations of the Lodge to the Grand Lodge. The Law as it now stands permits lodges, for such causes, to exempt members for all dues, though the Lodge itself is liable for dues to the Grand Lodge on such members. I heartily recommend the adoption of the amendment. Lodges should consider well the length of membership at which exemption should start, as these exemptions, if promiscuously granted are disastrous to the Lodges. Twenty-five years' membership seems to be entirely too short to warrant exemption. Many Lodges have to their sorrow found this out. My Mother Lodge has what seems to me to be the ideal By-Law on the subject. It confers Life Membership with exemption from dues on fifty years' payment of dues, and the right to confer it at any time for meritorious cause. Dual Membership A third amendment will come up for action-one authorizing dual memberships. While some jurisdictions have such laws, the adoption of the proposed amendment would represent a radical change in our policy, and I recommend that it be not adopted. 8 ections 66 and 193 Two other amendments will come before you, one to Section 66 of our By-laws, pertaining to the Masonic Employment Bureau of St. Louis; the other to Section 193, pertaining to waivers. I have no recommendation to make in connection with either of them. RESIDENTIAL QUALIFICATION OF DISTRICT DEPUTIES AND LECTURERS
The success of Freemasonry is in direct ratio to the quality of its leadership. It behooves us, therefore, to try, at all times, to secure the, ablest leadership available. In this, we are at times, and particularly in the large centers of population, handicapped by residential qualifications specified by some of our Laws. Section 22 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws makes residence in the district an essential qualification for appointment as District Deputy. Section 24 contains a similar requirement for appointment of District Lecturers.
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In the larger cities many belong to City Lodges but live in the County, which makes them ineligible for Deputyships in the district in which their Lodges are located. In this way, the Fraternity has in the past been, and now is, being deprived of the valuable services of many capable Brethren who would be glad to give of their time and talents, but who may not now be appointed because they do not possess the necessary residential qualifications. If we were a business institution we would long ago have removed this handicap to our prosperity. I believe, in the interest of the Craft, the residential requirements above mentioned should be modified. This could be done, and the difficulty solved by amending Section 22 by inserting after the word "such" in the seventh line of said section the words "or a contiguous" and by making the same change at the same point in the third line of Section 24. By such changes the services of many valuable men living in adjoining districts would be available. I recommend that this Section be referred to the Jurisprudence Committee for the preparation and submission of appropriate amendments to produce the desired result. BORDER LEGISLATION
Two interesting matters in connection with border legislation have come up during the past year, which indicate the need, in my opinion, of some amendment to our law. At the present time, the only legislation that we have upon the subject is; a standing resolution, which reads as follows: "Border Legislation , , That a Lodge in a border State desiring to receive petitions from and confer Degrees upon residents of Missouri shall first obtain waivers from the Lodge in this State having jurisdiction and from the Grand Master of Missouri. Proc. 1913, p. 142."
Under the aforesaid resolution, and at the request of, and on waiver by Steele Lodge No. 634 of Steele, Missouri, I issued waiver to Huffman Lodge No. 624 of Arkansas to receive a petition for the degrees from .a petitioner residing within the jurisdiction of Steele Lodge near the Arkansas line and near said Huffman Lodge. Such action was correct and proper under the wording of said resolution. However, a reading of the resolution will show that if the conditions had been reversed, a Missouri Lodge would have no right to receive, even with the waiver of the Lodge and Grand Master of the State in which the petitioner lives, a petition for the degrees of one who resides outside the State of Missouri. As a matter of fact, I had placed before me a request to that effect. The son of a member of a Missouri Lodge who lived in East St. Louis, Illinois, desired, for sentimental reasons, to join his father's Lodge. The above resolution did not permit it; while Section 121 of our Grand Lodge By-Laws expressly provides that no petition shall be re-
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ceived from anyone who is not a resident of the State of Missouri. I was, therefore, compelled to advise the Lodge that they could not accept said petition, even with the consent of the Lodges of East St. Louis and the Grand Master of Illinois. It is a trite saying that it is a poor rule that does not work both ways, and it is my recommendation that this paragraph of my address be referred to our Jurisprudence Committee for their study and the preparation by them and submission to this Grand Lodge of an appropriate by-law or resolution, whereby the petition of a non-resident of Missouri may be received . .vhere appropriate consents or waivers are obtained from the Lodge in whose jurisdiction the petitioner resides and from the Grand Lo(lgc of that State. THANKS
I would be remiss in those finer sensibilities if I did not acknowledge and voice my deep appreciation of the loyal services rendered me by many members of the Craft. Our Grand Secretary has been at my beck and call not only in matters involving the exercise of judgment, but in accompanying me on my trips to various parts of the State and to other States, and sharing the burden of speaking engagements. M. W. Brother Anthony F. Ittner has likewise assisted in nIl matters in which I have called upon him. IVL 'V. Brother Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman, and Brother C. Lew Gallant, a member of onr J urisprudenee Committee, have been "nt my constant service when I have been called upon to pass upon matters of Mnsonic law; R. 'V. Brother Forrest C. Donnell has rendered invaluable service in Soeinl Security matters; while M. W. Brother James 'V. Skelly, M. 'V. Brother Henry C. Chiles and R. \V. Brethren Robert C. \Vinkelmaier, Edward P. \Valsh, Ralph V. 'Wilson, Solon Cameron and \Valter Niestrath have aided and/or accompanied me on my various journeyings to different parts of the State, enabling me to eover an extent of territory which I could not possibly have covered without their assistance. To nIl these Brethren and to all the Brethren who in St. Louis and in my travels about the State have extended to me so much help and so many eourtesies, I offer my heartfelt thanks and appreciation. CONCLUSION
Such is the record of my ste"lardship, submitted for your consideration. Its making has been one of mixed joy and disappointmentjoy, in the opportunity of service which the year has afforded me; joy in old friendships strengthened and new friendships made; rlisappointment in my failure to accomplish fully all that I had hoped to do. However feeble my efforts may have been at times, be assured that they were always put forth in the spirit of the following poem b.v our Masonic Brother, Edgar A. Guest; and in that spirit may this Grand Lodge proreed with the lnbors of this Communication;
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GRAN:D LODGE OF MISSOURI , , God looked down and said: ,rfhere must Be one great nation I can trust; One country, free from all the weight Of ancient bitterness and hate To hold secure on land and sea The blessings of democracy. , And such a country I will build, A nation happy, brave, and skilled, A land of worship; land of good, Of friendship and of brotherhood, And there a flag shall be unfurled Betokening hope for all the world. , There shall no tyrant force be raised I No ruin follow men power-crazed. There every eye that seeks shall see The glories of democracy, And while that starry flag shall fly Man's liberty shall never die.' And now today we understand Ours is that banner; ours that land And ours that purpose! Let us then At freedom's altar fires again With patriot zeal our faith renew To every task that we must do."
Fraternally submitted,
Grand Master.
R. W. BROTHER HARRY S. TRUMAN: Brethren, under the provisions of the Grand Lodge By-Laws it is required that the Grand Master's address be referred to the Committee on Grand Master's Address, consisting of all the Past Grand Masters present, under the chairmanship of M. W. Brother Henry C. Chiles. The address will be so referred. REPORT OF GRAND SECRETARY
'R. W. Brother Arthur Mather, Grand Secretary, presented his report covering official action in the office of the Grand Secretary for the period September 16, 1939, to September 10, 1940, which was received and ordered printed in the Proceedings. DUPLICATE CHARTERS A Duplicate Charter was issued to the following Lodge: Pleasant Hope Lodge No. 467, Charter destroyed by fire; duplicate issued June 14, 1940.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE PROCEEDINGS DISTRIBUTED
The 1939 Proceedings were printed and distributed as soon as possible after the Grand Lodge Session. COMMISSIONS TO D. D. G. M.'S
By order of M. W. Brother Karl M. Vetsburg, Grand Master, commissions were issued to the sixty District Deputy Grand Masters by him appointed in the fifty-nine Masonic Districts; the Thirty-third District having two District Deputy Grand Masters. CHANGES IN D. D. G. M.'S
R. W. Brother Warren H. May, of Louisiana, was appointed District Deputy Grand Master of the 16th Masonic District, taking the place of R. W. Brother Guy A. Magruder, of Bowling Green, who resigned. R. W. Brother H. Scott 'Velch of Higbee, was appointed District Deputy Grand Master of the 18th Masonic District, taking the place of R. W. Brother Turner D. Barnes, of Moberly, who resigned. R. W. Brother Fred O. Wade, of Ozark, was appointed District Deputy Grand Master of the 54th Masonic District, taking the place of R. W. Brother John S. Taylor, of Ozark, who resigned. REPORTS OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS
Blanks for these reports were sent to the sixty District Deputy Grand Masters, and their reports have been turned over to the Committee on Reports of District Deputy Grand Masters. COMMISSION S TO GRAND REPRESENTATIVES
M. W. Grand Master Vetsburg appointed the following as Grand Representatives of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, near their respective Grand Lodges: Illinois-Carl W. Mulfinger, 23 N. LaSalle St., Chicago, Illinois. Wisconsin-Claude J. Hendricks, 2321 E. Belleview, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. BLANKS FOR ANNUAL RETURNS
Two copies were mailed June 15, 1940, with accompanying circular, giving full directions to Secretaries. STATISTICAL
Number of Chartered Lodges as of Sept. 15, 1939 628 Minus 4 Lodges consolidated... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Number of Chartered Lodges as of Sept. 10, 1940
624
MEMBERSHIP RETURNS
1939 Membership on 603 Reporting Lodges To which is added: Initiations Passings Total
. . .
1,982 1,790
.
3,772
86,463
1940
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Raisings Affiliations Reinstatements
1,692 757 1,057
Total
"
Gross Membership as of Sept. 10, 1940 From which is deducted: Dimissions Deaths Suspensions N. P. D Suspensions U. M. C. . Expulsions
. . . . .
.
3,506
.
89,969
738 1,555 2,235 2 6
.
4,536
Net Membership as of Sept. 10, 1940, on 603 Lodges ..
85,433
Total
_., -
To which is added last membership on 21 Lodges Unreported as of Sept. 10, 1940, as follows: Barbee No. 217 118 Dayton No. 386 21-(1935) Florence No. 261 43 Galena No. 515 60-(1938) Grovespring No. 589 17 Hardin No. 322 93 Index No. 54 R2 Kearney No. 311 56 Kingston No. 118 78-(1936) Knobnoster No. 245 28 Koshkonong No. 582 38 Laddonia No. 115 41 Lafayette No. 437 49 Lewistown No. 494 56 Monticello No. 58 4U New London No. 307 54 Pendleton No. 551 38 Quitman No. 196 35-(1938) Seligman No. 517 33-(1938) Triplett No. 122 57 Warren No. 74 49 Total
.
1,036
Total Actual Not Membership on 624 Lodges as of September 10, 1940 .
86,469
Actual Net Mem'bership on 628 Lodges as of September 15, 1939............................. Minus-memberships of 4 Lodges consolidated follows: Chillicothe No. 333, with Friendship No. 89, on October 6, 1939.............. Mt. Ararat No. 382, with Pilot Knob No. 182, on January 27, 1940...... Gothic No. 436, with St. Francisville No. 588, on April 4, 1940...............
as 110 30 25
87,678
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE Deepwater No. 562, with Clinton No. 548, on April 26, 1940..................
23
Total
188
Plus-Account Audit of 18 Lodges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Actual Base Figure filled out on 1940 Reports when sent out on June 15, 1940.............. Plus-unauthorized changes made in base figures by' Secretaries
87,490 8 87,498 1
Actual NET MEMBERSHIP on 624 Lodges for year 1939 with all changes made during year taken into consideration Minus-Actual NET MEMBERSHIP on 624 Lodges as of September 10, 1940 .
87,499 86,469
.
1,030
Per Capita on 85,433 Master Masons from 603 Reporting Lodges as of September 10, 1940 .
$179,409.30
Net Loss
Arrears for Preceding Years
.
2,165.80
Overpaid 1939
$181,575.10 . 37.80
Dues Remitted
$181,537.30 8,600.57
Balances Due Owing on 1940 Per Capita................
$172,936.63 7,797.37
Credits
$165,139.26 6.30
Total Per Capita Received to September 10, 1940........
$165,145.56
LODGES CONSOLIDATED
Chillicothe Lodge No. 333, consolidated with Friendship Lodge 89, on October 6, 1939, Chillicothe Lodge losing its identity. Mt. Ararat Lodge No. 382, consolidated with Pilot Knob Lodge 182, on January 27, 1940, Mt. Ararat Lodge losing its identity. Gothic Lodge No. 436, consolidated with St. Francisville Lodge 588, on April 4, 1940, Gothic Lodge losing its identity. Deepwater Lodge No. 562, consolidated with Clinton Lodge 548, on April 26, 1940, Deepwater Lodge losing its identity.
No. No. No. No.
COURTESIES RECEIVED AND GRANTED
By direction of M. W. Grand Master Vetsburg 29 requests have been made to Sister Grand Jurisdictions to confer Degrees for Missouri Lodges, and 20 requests have been received to confer Degrees for Sister Grand Jurisdictions.
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TRANSPORTATION AND HOTELS
Circular letters were mailed out as usual to all Lodges with the information concerning the list· of leading hotels and locations and rates. SPECIAL DISPENSATIONS
Dedications J. W. Skelly, New Hall of Pauldingville Lodge No. 11, October 5, 1939. S. L. Jewett, New Hall of Cooper Lodge No. 36, December 21, 1939. H. M. Jayne, New Hall of St. Francisville Lodge No. 588, January 11, 1940. George Dillard, New Hall of Joplin Lodge No. 335, January 10, 1940. J. W. Skelly, School Gymnasium, New Madrid, April 17, 1940. Ransom A. Breuer, Suitable Place in Meramec Caverns, May 1, 1940. Election of Officers Lafayette Lodge No. 437, OctoSanta Fe Lodge No. 462, Januber 10, 1939. ary 9, 1940. Livingston Lodge No. 51, DeAsh Grove Lodge No. 100, Janucember 15, 1939. ary 9, 1940. Conway Lodge No. 528, February Concordia Lodge No. 464, December 15, 1939. 20, 1940. Eolia Lodge No. 14, February Clarence Lodge No. 662, December 28, 1939. 28, 1940. Hopewell Lodge No. 239, August Archie Lodge No. 633, December 28, 1939. 23, 1940. Installation of Officers Olive Branch Lodge No. 576, Commandery Hall, New Masonic Temple, December 15, 1939. Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40, Scottish Rite Cathedral, December 18, 1939. Beacon Lodge No.3, Scottish Rite Cathedral, December 18, 1939. Independence Lodge No. 76, Independence Memorial Buil,ding, January 3, 1940. Magnolia Lodge No. 626, Alhambra Grotto, January 2, 1940. Meet in Other Halls Rushville Lodge No. 238, to hold Special Communication in 1. O. O. F. Hall, May 22, 1940. • Laying Cornerstones Henry C. Chiles, Post Office, Bethany, December 12, 1939. Willis J. Bray, Meadville, July 1, 1940. Henry C. Chiles, New Post Office, Clinton, July 11, 1940. Harold L. Reader, Baptist Church, Webster Groves, August 30, 1940. P. E. Waite, New School Bldg., Jamestown, September 21, 1940. Reballots on Petitions Shekinah Lodge No. 256, Petitions of Adam Dietrich, Eleuan Province, and Crawford Black, May 1, 1940. Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40, Petition of Clarence Lafferty, July 11, 1940. Special St. John's Day Meeting Sullivan Lodge No. 69, to hold Special Communication in Meramec Cavern, for St. John's Day Celebration, and purpose of conferring Third Degree, June 22, 1940.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE RECOGNITION OF VETERAN MASONS
Fifty-Year Buttons
The following Brethren, whose names have been certified by their respective Lodges, and confirmed by the records of the Grand Lodge as eligible, have received buttons in recognition of their long years of Masonic standing as follows: No. and Lodge Name of Brother Number of Years 550 Rose Hill 331 Charity 482 Clintonville 79 Polar Star 542 340 291 63
Ferguson Westport Edina Cambridge
512 Webb City 316 Rural America Webster Groves
347 84 121 354 316 52 341 6 272 1
IIebron RuraL Wakanda Rockville Ark Granite Missouri
135 484 322 307
Braymer Kirkwood IIardin New London
Er~n
210 Unionville 661 Theo. Roosevelt. 43 .Tefferson 194 111 457 308 316 531 1 446 392
Wellsville Trenton .Tonesburg Parrott Rural Lane's Prairie Missouri Ivanhoe Christian
283 Stockton 488 Lock Springs
William B. Gray William .T. Vannix A. .T. Hanes Chas. E. Durall Louis H. Behrens Thomas W. Bond ,Chas. A. Cunningham Harvey Ray W. T. Wilson Thomas M. Coons Richard A. .Tenkins Wm. H. Robertson Chas. W. Alexander Frank Din~ddie Frank M. Webb Robert L. McGowan Louis Liedtke .Tohn Hart Lane .Tames N. Goodspeed Dudley D. Thomas S. II. Bothwell William West Lafayette T. Newcomb Alvin H. Sippy George E. Burton Chas. D. Owens Irvin A. McGirk Sterling Price Nelson .Tames W. B:dscoe E. T. Carstarphen Robert 'crumpacker .T ohn O. Goldsmith ..resse W. IIenry Wm. A. Dallmeyer .T ames C. Blain Chas. T. Zensen ..rohn E. Reeds Thomas B. Hobbs Chas. B. Kinne A. D. Walker Wm. A. Mattox William H. Herbig EImer E. Perry George H. Church Chas. B. Shrock Frank Metcalf .T. S. Brookshire
50 50 50 . 51 50 50 50 53 50 50 50 50 52 50 50 50 50 50 51 50 52 50 50 51 50 50 53 50 56 50 50 56 59 50 50 54 50 50 50 52 50 58 51 51 51 66 54
1940
,John C. Senate ,Henry C. Steele Harry N. Reid H. M. Strother Benjamin W. Hefner Newton V. Allebach George J. Sherman Frank O. Bittner Preston E. Horine George C. Edmondson 5 United James B. Dunlap 340 Westport Chas. A. Goodwin 445 West Gate Peter Freyermuth D . M. Bailey 205 Trilumina James A. Boone 407 Charleston 548 Clinton Charles A. Mitchell 136 Phoenix J. T. McCune J. W. Marshall 310 Sikeston 375 Waynesville Frank J. Christeson , 79 Polar Star Preston H. Sellers 462 Santa Fe C. W. Tanner : James T. Archambeau 302 Lick Creek 136· Phoenix ..........•... Lorenzo Carr ; , J. W. Stephens 368 Crescent Hill 303 Osage Ralph L. Wardin 540 Winigan Robert J. McCollum 322 Hardin Edwin M. Chase , R. L. Roberts 398 Jasper 323 Cornerstone ,Ferdinand Bach 136 Phoenix 0. W. Thompson 220 Kansas City .J ohn M. McDonald John H. Wiles Frank F. Sterrett 407 Charleston 103 West View George W. Miller 206 Somerset T. E. Wilder 399 Pike Maximilian E. DeShaffon 271 Solomon Wm. G. Swinney 493 Vernon , .,J. W. Houghland .Henry A. Johnson 539 Dawn James M. Mossbarger 36 Cooper Frank W. Piggott 475 Golden .John D. Gray 284 Canopy John T. Keesee 376 King Hill Calvin A. Hyde 312 Cuba Wm. T. Hunter 253 Laredo Larkin V. Woods 88 Defiance Francis M. Luellen 349 Pollock Thomas E. Robinson 212 Four Mile .Leander J. Taylor 177 Texas .Frank P. Hubbard Wm. E. Barton 93 St. Mark's ...........•Edward T. Joyce 366 Adair Gerald A. Sparling 177 Texas Wm. H. Farris 269 Brotherhood ..........•M. L. Ault 192 Frankford 0. R. Pritchett 114 Twilight Victor Victor 190 Putnam Augustus A. Koup
303 192 272 136 97 129 283 267 383
Osage Frankford Granite Phoenix Bethany Monett Stockton Aurora Pythagoras
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:
50 50 50 50 50 52 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 54 50 50 50 50 50 50 54 55 60 50 50 50 57 50 56 51 50 53 50 50 50 50 53 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 54 50 51 50 51 57 50 50 50
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1940
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI
WELFARE COMMITTEE: (Delinquent 1932 and 1933 Per Capita Tax). RECEIPTS: From September 16, 1933, to September 15, 1939 . $ 28,831.22 From September 16, 1939, to September 10, 1940 . 247.80 $ 29,079.02 Amount paid out of General Fund in 1936 in accordance with Resolution (see Grand Lodge Pro. 1935, pages 95-57) . Amount paid out of General Fund in 1937 in accordance with Resolution (see Grand Lodge Pro. 1936, page 119) . Amount paid out of General Fund in 1938 in accordance with Resolution (see Grand Lodge Pro. 1937, page 83, Section II) .... Amount paid out of General Fund in 1939 in accordance with Resolution (see Grand Lodge Pro. 1938, page 152, Section III) .. Amount paid out of General Fund in 1940 in accordance with Resolution (see Grand Lodge Pro. 1939, page 139, Section I) .....
3,005.18 236.00 2,965.05 4,962.55 4,752.20
----
15,920.98 $ 45,000.00
DISBURSEMENTS: From September 16, 1933, to September 15, 1939 ... From September 16, 1939, to September 10, 1940 ...
$ 40,000.00 5,000.00 $ 45,000.00
Check No. 20, October 2, 1939, Masonic Home, account Welfare Committee.............. Check No. 39, November 8, 1939, Masonic Home, account Welfare Committee . Check No. 53, December 1, 1939, Masonic Home, account Welfare Committee . Check No. 67, January 3, 1940, Masonic Home, account Welfare Committee . Check No. 83, February 6, 1940, Masonic Home, account Welfare Committee . Check No. 96, March 2, 1940, Masonic Home, account Welfare Committee . Check No. 108, April 8, 1940, Masonic Home, account Welfare Committee . Check No. 121, May 7, 1940, Masonic Home, account Welfare Committee . Check No. 133, June 3, 1940, Masonic Home, account Welfare Committee . Check No. 153, July 3, 1940, Masonic Home, account Welfare Committee .
$
500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 $
Total amount paid to Masonic Home, from September 16, 1933, to September 10, 1940, on account Welfare Committee .
500.00
5,000.00 $ 45,000.00
1940
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1934 Per Capita: BALANCE due Masonic Home on 1934 Per Capita to September 15, 1939............... RECEIPTS: From September 16, 1939, to September 10, 1940 .
$
39.00
TOTAL paid Masonic Home, on 1934 Per Capita, from September 16, 1939, to September 10, 1940 . 1935,1936,1937, 1938,1939 Per Capita: BALANCE due Masonic Home, this account, to September 15, 1939..................... RECEIPTS: From September 16, 1939, to September 10, 1940, $8,498.17 (Masonic Home Pro Rata thereof).................. . . . .
TOTAL paid Masonic Home, September 16, 1939, to September 10, 1940... . . . . . . . . . .. BALANCE DUE Masonic Home, this account, to September 10, 1940.....................
1940 Per Capita: RECEIPTS: From July 1, 1940, to September 10, 1940, $165,145.56 (Masonic Home Pro Rata thereof) TOTAL AMOUNT Paid Masonic Home (from July 1, 1940, to September 10, 1940).. .. ..
$
$
39.00
$
39.00
$
18.00
1,164.29 6,010.12
$
7,234.41
$
7,216.41
$117,961.12 $117,062.87
BALANCE DUE Masonic Home, this Account, to September 10, 1940..................... TOTAL Amount due Masonic Home on Per Capita Tax to September 10, 1940 .
898.25 $
916.25
SPECIAL INI'l'IATION FUND
Total amount received from October 15, 1920, to September 15, 1939.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$535,970.00
*Total amount received from September 16, 1939, to September 10, 1940....................................
18,959.00 $554,929.00
Total amount paid to Masonic Home o'n this account from October 15, 1920, to September 10, 1940 : . . .. LESS: Bank Service Charges: September 16, 1937, to September 10, 1940.................................... BALANCE due Masonic Home to September 10, 1940. . . . . . ..
$554,690.00 $
239.00
$
57.08
$
181.92
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* For amounts paid by individual lodges, see Grand Secl'etary's Tabular Statement, 1940 Proceedings.
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1940
PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL FUND
Cash Balance, September 16, 1939...................... *Total amount received from September 16, 1939, to September 15, 1940.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LESS: Check No. 30 of February 21, 1940, issued to J. Claude Keiper, Treasurer, George 'Vashington Masonic National Memorial Association, Inc. $1,700.00 LESS: Bank Service Charges: September 16, : . . . . . . .. $ 18.92 1939, to September 10, 1940 BALANCE in Bank, September 10, 1940. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Total amount paid to J. Claude Keiper, Treasurer of the George Washington Masonic Memorial Association, Inc., to September 10, 1940.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
$
1,551.70 1,930.00
$
3,481.70
$
1,718.92
$
1,762.78.
$160,467.01
THE DR. WILLIAM F. KUHN LIBRARY FUND
Inaugurated by Donation of $500.00 by Brother MarlYUs A. Loevy, at Grand Lodge Session, October 17, 1922 This fund since exchange of bond was made July 18, 1928, consists of: One $500.00 United States Treasury 3% % bond held in Grand Lodge Safe Deposit Box, Kansas City, Mo..... $ 500.00 CASH, in Savings Account, First National Bank, St. Louis, Mo. 308.73 Total Library Fund reported, September 15, 1939............................ Interest on Bond...................... Interest on Savings Account as follows: December, 1939............... $1.72 June, 1940.................... 1.53
$
808.73
$
808.73
$
808.73
$797.04 $8.44 3.25
11.69
TOTAL FUND, September 10, 1940 THE JOSEPH S. MCINTYRE LIBRARY FUND
Inaugurated by bequest made by the late Joseph S. McIntyre, Past Grand Master, according to the 14th Clause of his will, dated September 15, 1926: Amount on deposit in First National Bank, St. Louis, Mo., . 11ay 6, 1937........................................
TOTAL FUND,
S~ptember
10, 1940....................
$
1,000.00
$
1,000.00
GRAND LODGE FINANCES
CASH in Grand Lodge Depositories, September 15, 1939. . . . Balance in Fidelity Savings Trust Co., Kansas City, Mo. (restricted)................... Balance in Union National Bank, Kansas City, Mo.
$
$ 79,971.71
3,345.18 61,626.53
* For amounts paid by individual lodges, see Grand Secretary's Tabular Statement, 1940 Proceedings.
1940 Balance Mo Balance Mo Balance deau,
73
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI in Wood & Huston Bank, Marshall, . in Columbia Savings Bank, CollJ,mbia . in First National Bank, Cape GirarMo .
Total 1932-1933 Per Capita Tax received from September 16, 1939, to September 10, 1940, from Lodges delinquent in payments (for Welfare Committee) . Total 1936 Per Capita Tax received from September 16, 1939, to September 10, 1940 .... Total 1937 Per Capita Tax received from September 16, 1939, to September 10, 1940 .... Total 1938 Per Capita Tax received from September 16, 1939, to September 10, 1940 .... Total 1939 Per Capita Tax received from September 16, 1939, to September 10, 1940 .... Total 1940 Per Capita Tax received from July 1, 1940 to September 10, 1940 .
5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00
79,971.71
247.80 22.60 1,613.10 4,049.84 2,812.63 165,145.56
173,643.73 798.28
Sales of Dues Receipt Cards Sale of Pocket Edition Manuals Sale of Library Edition Manuals
. . .
636.75 4.50
641.25
Sale of 1925 Constitution and By-Laws Sale of 1921 Constitution and By-Laws
. .
44.00 6.50
50.50
Sale of 50-year Veteran Emblem Buttons . REFUNDS: Account overassessment Social Security Tax, Title IX, Federal Unemployment (our check No. 73, January 31, 1938, amount $28.24, plus interest $2.81) . REFUND: By Missouri State Unemployment Commission in Conjunction with Title IX, Federal Social Security Tax, 1937 (our check No. 74, January 31, 1938) . REFUND: On Fire, Furniture and Fixture Insurance, Grand Lodge Office . REFUND: On 1939 Mileage and Per Diem Account by Union National Bank, Kansas City Delinquent dues, Jesse E. Hickman-Marion Lodge 616 (defunct) .. Proceeds from sale of $5,000.00 3%%, U. S. Treasury Bond, called for payment, June 15, 1940 ($5,060.94, less postage to Chicago $1.10) . (Interest on above Bond from December 15, 1939, to-Mareh 27, 1940) . 10% Dividend of $4,778.82 Balance in Fidelity Savings Trust Co., Kansas City, Mo. (restricted) (Fourth Dividend Check) . Interest on U. S. Government Bonds due September 15, 1939 " $ Interest on U. S. Government Bonds due October 15, 1939 .
156.00
31.05
254.16 3.64 17.02 5.00
5,059.84 47.81 477.88 128.11 563.75
74
1940
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Interest on U. S. Government Bonds due December 15, 1939 . Interest on U. S. Government Bonds due March 15, 1940 . Interest on U. S. Government Bonds due April 15, 1940 .
575.62 128.14 563.75
TOTAL RECEIPTS to September 10, 1940 ..
1,959.37 $263,365.04
AN AL YSTS OF DISBURSEMENTS
Total Disbursements to September 10, 1940 .... Pay Roll, 1939 . Proceeding~ 1939 . Salaries and allowances, Grand Master, Grand Secretary, Grand Treasurer, Grand Lecturer, Grand Lodge Office Accoun t . Grand I..lecturer, Emeritus . Grand Correspondent . Maintenance, Grand Lodge Office . Masonic Relief Association, United States and Canada . Past Grand Master's J ewe!. . Expenses, Grand Lodge Session, 1939 . Reporter, Grand Lodge Session, 1939 . Telephone, Jefferson 4877 . Bonds, Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer .. Contingent Fund, Funera]s, etc. . . Perkins Audit Co. . . Expenses, Grand Lodge Officers, Order Grand Master . Printing, Postage, Stationery and Incidentals .. District Lecturers' and District Deputies' Conference . Expenses, George Washington Memorial and Grand Masters' Conference . Swiss Grand Lodge for Relief Work . Total Budget Appropriation for 1939-1940, (exclusive of Pay Roll) . Actual Disbursements . UNEXPENDED BALANCE
.
$186,337.34
$ 20,000.00 $ 1,565.35 16,131.87 1,200.00 500.00 1,800.00 292.26 175.00 622.52 75.00 165.82 300.00 687.24 150.00 298.26 2,712.32 582.33 200.00 250.00
27,707.97
$29,077.26 27,707.97 $ 1,369.29
Total paid Masonic Home, account 1932-1939 Per Capita Tax... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total paid Masonic Home, account 1940 Per Capita Tax Total paid Masonic Home, account 'Welfare Committee . Dues Receipt Cards, 1940 . Social Security, Title VIlI-:F'ederal Old Age Pension . Union National Bank, Purchase of $10,000.00 Mat. Val. U. S. Savings Bonds .
7,503.21 117,062.87
124,566.08 5,000.00 924.45 160.96 7,500.00
1940
75
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
Transfer of $477.88 from Fidelity Savings Trust Co., Kansas City, Mo., to Union National Bank, Kansas City, Mo. . .
477.88
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS to September 10, 1940
$186,337.34
RECAPITULATION Total Receipts to September 10, 1940 Total Disbursements to September 10, 1940
. .
$263,365.04 186,337.34
CASH BALANCE, September 10, 1940, in General Fund ..
$ 77,027.70
Cash Balance, September 10, 1940, Fidelity Savings Trust Co., Kansas City, Mo. (restricted) Cash Balance, September 10, 1940, Union Na路 tional Bank, Kansas City, Mo. Cash Balance, September 10, 1940, Wood & Huston Bank, Marshall, Mo..... _. .. ..... . Cash Balance, September 10, 1940, Columbia Savings Bank, Columbia, Mo. Cash Balance, September 10, 1940, First National Bank, Cape Girardeau, Mo. LESS: Balance due Masonic Home, from September 1 to 10, 1940, account 1937, 1938, 1940 Per Capita LESS: $2,867.30 "Restricted" Fidelity Savings Trust Co., Kansas City, Mo.
$ 2,867.30 59,160.40 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00
$
77,027.70
916.25
2,867.3Q.
September 10, 1940, Total Amount Available . Cash in General Fund
3,783.55 $ 73,244.15
Fraternally submitted,
Grand Secretary. REPORT OF GRAND TREASURER
R. W. Brother E. E. Morris, Grand Treasurer, presented his report covering the period from September 15, 1939, to September 10, 1940, which was received as follows, together with report of Auditor, and both ordered printed in the Proceedings:
1939 Sept. 15
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15
Balance in Fidelity Savings Trust Company, Kansas City, Missouri (restricted) $ 3,345.18 Balance in Wood & Huston Bank, 5,000.00 Marshall, Missouri .
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1940
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
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15
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15
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Balance in Columbia Savings Bank, Columbia, Missouri .............. Balance in First National Bank, Cape Girardeau, Missouri .............. Balance in Union National Bank, Kansas City, Missouri ...............
5,000.00 5,000.00 61,626.53
RECEIPTS
Receipt No.
Oct.
" " "
2 2 2
1300 1301 1302
Arthur Mather, Grand See'y $
" Arthur
" Mather,
"
" See'y,
Grand Bond Interest ................. 17 1303 Arthur Mather, Grand See'y " 19 1304 Arthur Mather, Grand See'y, Bond Interest .................. Nov. 1 1305 Arthur Mather, Grand See'y " " 16 1306 " " " Dec. 1 1307 " " " " 16 1308 " 19 1309 Arthur " Mather, " Div." No.4;" Fi" delity Savings Trust Company " 27 1310 Arthur Mather, Grand See'y, Bond Interest ........................ 1940 Jan. 2 1311 Arthur Mather Grand See'y 6 1312 " " " " " 16 131'3 " " " " " Feb. 1 1314 " " " " " " " " 16 1315 " Mar. 1 1316 " " " " " 16 1317 " " " " " 19 1318 Arthur Mather, Grand See'y, Bond Interest .................. April 2 1319 Arthur Mather, Grand See'y 2 1320 Arthur Mather, $5,000 U. S. " Treasury Bond sold ........ " 16 1321 Arthur Mather, Grand See'y Mather, Grand See'y, " 16 1322 Arthur Bond Interest ............... May 2 1323 Arthur Mather, Grand See'y " " " " 17 1324 " June 1 1325 " " " " " " " " 17 1326 " .ruly 2 1327 " " " " 2 1328 " " " " " 2 1329 " " " " " 3 1330 " " " " " 3 1331 " " " " " " " " " " 55 1332 1333 " " " " " 8 1334 " " " " " 8 1335 ",-, " " " " 8 1336 " " " " " " " " 8 1337 "
15.89 623.76 128.11 31.20 563.75 139.85 30.00 86.75 485.91 477.88 575.62 100.64 17.02 790.18 335.20 1,067.00 350.20 902.75 128.14 191.03 5,107.65 1,438.25 563.75 73.75 1,059.10 259.65 14.75 34.85 16.42 3,580.50 49.24 8,110.40 8.69 1,577.60 19.63 4,575.90 19.25 4,287.30
$ 79,971.71
1940 It It It
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI 9 9
1338" 1339" 1340" 1341" 1342" 1343" 1344" 1345" 1346" 1347" 1348" 1349" 1350" 1351" 1352" 1353" 1354" 1355" 1356" 1357" 1358 ".. 1359" 1360" 1361" 1362" 1363" 1364" 1365" 1366" 1367 " 1368" 1369" 1370" 1371" 1372" 1373" 1374" 1375" 1376"
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10 10 11 It 11 12 "I t 12 It 13 "I t 13 15 15 " 16 " " 16 17 " 17 " 17 18 " 18 " 19 " 19 " 20 " 20 " 22 " 22 " 23 " 23 " 24 " 24 " 25 " 25 " 26 " 26 " 27 " 27 29 " 29 " 30 It " 30' from Mather to cover muti" 31 Received lated checks of Lodge No. 338 1377 Arthur Mather, Grand Sec'y " 31 " 31 1378 " " " " Aug. 1 1379 " " " " 1 1380 " " " " " " " "I t ,21 1381 " " 1382 " " " 2 1383 " 3 1384 " " " " " 3 1385 " " " " " " 5 1386 " " " " " " " 5 1387 " 7 1388 " " " " " 7 1389 " " " " " " 7 1390 " " " " 7 1391 " " " " " " 9 1392 " " " It " " " " It
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12.78 2,990.40 42.86 11,064.83 15.76 4,093.50 19.78 4,596.90 23.20 5,760.30 7.53 1,600.20 30.47 6,738.50 9.50 24.39 5,833.80 19.22 4,235.70 19.31 4,450.30 14.84 3,088.95 5.97 1,241.10 24.99 5,596.80 22.55 4,991.70 32.78 7,654.40 31.07 6,936.30 22.99 5,391.55 25.51 6,413.40 34.56 7,261.80 153.83 23.31 4J 920.70 18.50 26.08 5,426.40 27.16 4,895.08 64.13 10,402.15 4.22 842.10 24.41 4,701.90 15.26 3,305.40 9.50
77
78 " " " " " " " " " Sept. " " "
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 9 10 10 14 14 17 17 21 21 3 3 10 10
1393 1394 1395 1396 1397 1398 1399 1400 1401 1402 1403 1404 1405
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1,771.37 10.51 2,001.30 6.16 1,280.89 7.06 1,348.40 6.14 1,416.80 11.92 1,316.70 8.98 1,282.75
183,547.16 $263,518.87
DISBURSEMENTS
Check 1939 No. Sept. 22 1 Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Mo., pay roll, 1939 session .. $20,000.00 2 Arthur Mather, Grand Secy., expo " 27 500.00 Gr. Lodge Com . 3 Masonic Temple Assn., mainte" 30 150.00 nance . 424.00 . 4 Arthur Mather, salary " 30 350.00 . 5 Anthony F. Ittner, salary " 30 100.00 6 J. R. McLachlan, Honorarium .. " 30 150.00 7 F. Berger, salary . " 30 100.00 . 8 R. L. Bohle, salary " 30 9 Arthur Mather, Gr. Secy., ptg., " 30 100.00 postage & sta . 30 10 Herman Mauch, Past Grand Mas175.00 ter's Jewel . " 30 11 Anthony F. Ittner, expo Grand Lecturer . 78.45 " 30 12 Karl M. Vetsburg, ale Gr. Master's expo . 500.00 " 30 13 Van Dyke & Co., bonds, Gr. Secy. 300.00 & Gr. Treas . 14 Lilley-Ames Co., supplies . 25.27 2 Oct. 15 Masonic Relief Assn. of U. S. 2 " and Canada, annual payment 292.26 2 16 Aug. D. Niederluecke, reporter, " 1939 session . 75.00 2 150.00 17 Perkins Audit Co., audit for 1939 2 18 Terre Haute Eng. Co., ptg., " postage & sta. . . 18.01 . 19 S. W. Bell Tel. Co., service 29.69 2 2 20 Masonic Home of- Mo., Welfare " Relief program . 500.00 4 21 Arthur Mather, Gr. Secy., expo " Grand Lodge Com. . . 97.25 22 Anthony F. Ittner, ale expo Gr. Sept. 16 Lecturer . 21.85
1940 Oct. 20 " 20
23 24
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25
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26
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28 29
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35 36 37 38
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8
39
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41 42
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43
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30 30
44 45
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30 30 30
46 47 48
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49 50 51 52
1
53
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15
54
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15 15
55 56
"
23 23 23
57 58 59
Dec.
" " "
79
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Ovid Bell Press, ptg. &. supplies Menke Ptg. Co., ptg., postage & supplies . Spalding Sta. Co., ptg., postage & supplies . Straus-Peyton, portrait P. G. M. Chiles . Masonic Home of Mo., Per Capita Tax . . Ovid Bell Press, Booklets Ovid Bell Press, 1939 Proceedings . Arthur Mather, Gr. Secy., Social Security Tax . Arthur Mather, salary . Anthony F. Ittner, salary . Anthony ~. Ittner, expo alc Grand Lecturer . Masonic Temple Assn., maintenance . J. R. McLachlan, Honorarium .. F. Berger, salary . R. L. Bohle, salary . Arthur Mather, Gr. Secy., ptg., post. & sta . Masonic Home of Mo., Welfare Relief program . Whitehead & Hoag Co., 50-year Veteran Buttons . Becktold Co., binding . Kor~en~orfer-Bick Co., restoring paIntIngs . Union Safe Deposit Co., box rental-vault . Spalding Sta. Co., supplies . Masonic Temple Assn., maintenance . Arthur Mather, salary . Anthony F. Ittner, salary . Anthony F. Ittner, alc expo Gr. Lecturer . J. R. McLachlan, Honorarium .. F. Berger, salary . R. L. Bohle, salary . Karl M. Vetsburg, alc Grand Master's expo . Masonic Home of Mo., Welfare Relief program . Arthur Mather, Gr. Secy., alc Grand Lodge of Texas . Spalding Sta. Co., supplies . Spalding Sta. Co., 1940 Dues Receipt Cards . Arthur Mather, salary . J. R. McLachlan, Honorarium .. F. Berger, salary .
564.71 30.09 122.33 40.29 1,203.29 403.67 1,565.35 77.50 416.00 350.00 40.86 150.00 100.00 150.00 100.00 100.00 500.00 130.36 35.00 68.00 8.25 71.13 150.00 416.00 350.00 58.72 100.00 150.00 100.00 500.00 500.00 27.05 64.65 924.45 416.00 100.00 150.00
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75 76 77 78 79 80
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5
81
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83
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15
84
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85
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86
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87
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89
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R. L. Bohle, salary ............ A. F. Ittner, alc expo Grand Lecturer Masonic Temple Assn., maintenance .......................................... 10
1940 Jan. 2
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1940
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
53.60
...............................
150.00
Anthony F. Ittner, salary, Grand Lecturer .................................... S. W. Bell Tel. Co., service .... Arthur Mather, Gr. Secy., expo alc Eldon, Mo., & Jeff. City, Mo. ............................................. Anthony F. Ittner, expo alc Kirksville, Mo. . ........... Masonic Home of Mo., alc Welfare Relief ................................ Anthony F. Ittner, alc expo to Memphis, Mo. ....................... .. Arthur Mather, Gr. Secy., alc G. M. Confer., St. Louis ..... Byrne E. Bigger, alc expo to Annual Meet. St. Louis M. T. Melsheimer-Carrico Eng. Co., eng. cert. ................................. .. Menke Ptg. Co., ptg., postage & sta. ..................................... .. Arthur Mather, Gr. Secy., ptg., post. & sta. ............................. .. Masonic Temple Assn., maintenance .......................................... Arthur Mather, salary ......... Anthony F. Ittner, salary ...... J. R. McLachlan, Honorarium .. F. Berger, salary ............. R. L. Bohle, salary ............ Anthony F. Ittner, alc expo Grand Lect. ............................. Karl M. Vetsburg, alc Grand Mast. expo ................................ Arthur Mather, Gr. Secy., alc D. D. G. M. Conferences ..... Masonic Home of Mo., Welfare Relief Prog. ............................ Karl M. Vetsburg, Gr. Master, expo alc G. Washington Mem. Conf. Arthur Mather, Gr. Secy., expo alc G. Washington Mem. Conf. Leo H. Johnson, expo alc Okla. Gr. Lodge J. Claude Keiper, alc expo Gr. Mast. Conf. ........................ E. E. Morris, alc expo to Gr. Lodge of Kans. Masonic Temple Assn., maintenance IO"
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1940
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90 91 92 93 94 95
Mar.
2
96
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97
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121 122
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125
31
126
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GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Arthur Mather, salary . Anthony F. Ittner, salary . J. R. McLachlan, Honorarium .. F. Berger, salary . R. L. Bohle, salary . Anthony F. Ittner, expo Grand Lecturer . Masonic Home of Mo., a/c Welfare Relief . Arthur Mather, Gr. Secy., ptg., post. & incd. . . S. W. Bell Tel. Co., service . Spalding Sta. Co., sta. & supplies Masonic Temple Assn., maintenance . Arthur Mather, salary . Anthony F. Ittner, salary . J. R. McLachlan, Honorarium .. F. Berger, salary . R. L. Bohle, salary . Anthony F. Ittner, expo Grand Lecturer . Union Nat'l Bank, a/c $10,000 maturity value U. S. Savings Bonds bought . Masonic Home of Mo., a/c WeI. ReI. program . Becktold Co., binding Const. & By-Laws . Spalding Sta. Co., ptg., post. & supp . Karl M. Vetsburg, salary Grand Master . Arthur Mather, Gr. Seey., a/c visitations by Grand Officers .. S. G. Adams Co., equipment & supplies . Masonic Temple Assoc., maintenance . Arthur Mather, salary . Anthony F. Ittner, salary . J. R. McLachlan, Honorarium .. F. Berger, salary . R. L. Bohle, salary . Anthony F. Ittner al c Exp. Grand Lecturer . Masonic Home of Mo. a/c Welfare Relief Prog . . S. W. Bell Tel. Co., service W. J. Kennedy Sta. Co., office supplies . Whitehead & Hoag Co., 50-Yr. Vet. Emblems . Arthur Mather, Gr. Secy., ptg. post. & supp. . . Masonic Temple Assn., maintenance .
416.00 350.00 100.00 150.00 100.00 51.65 500.00 100.00 24.01 21.82 150.00 416.00 350.00 100.00 150.00 100.00 99.67 7,500.00 500.00 253.15 78.14 500.00 56.05 99.20 150.00 416.00 350.00 100.00 150.00 100.00 99.64 500.00 â&#x20AC;˘ 23.75 6.63 130.36 100.00 150.00
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142 143
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1940
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
145 146 147 148 149
Arthur Mather, salary . Anthony F. Ittner, salary . J. R. McLachlan, Honorarium .. F. Berger, salary . R. L. Bohle, salary . Anthony F. Ittner ale expo Grand Leet . Masonic Home of Mo., ale WeI. Relief Prog . Missourian Ptg. & Sta. Co., annual ret. blanks . Spalding Sta. Co., ptg. post. & supp . Strauss-Peyton Co., portrait Grand Master . Arthur Mather, Gr. Seey., postage annual return blanks .... Harrison Co., Engravers, Grand Lodge Charters . Korzendorfer-Bick Picture & F. Co., restoring painting . Arthur Mather, Gr. Secy., alc several visitations-expo .... J. Claude Keiper, Secy., alc conf. Gr. Mast . E. E. Morris, Gr. Treas., salary. Masonic Temple Assn. of St. Louis, maintenance . Arthur Mather, salary . Anthony F. Ittner, salary . J. R. McLachlan, Honorarium .. F. Berger, salary . R. L. Bohle, salary . Anthony F. Ittner, expo Grand Lecturer . Masonic Home of Mo. alc quota of Del., items . Arthur Mather, Gr. Seey., alc expo to Springfield, Joplin, etc. S. W. Bell Tel. Co., service ..... Masonic Home of Mo., alc WeI. . ReI. Prog Karl M. Vetsburg, alc Gr. Masters salary . Ray V. Denslow, Grand Correspondent . Masonic Home of Mo., per capita tax . Masonic Home of Mo., per capita tax . Masonic Home of Mo., per capita tax . Case, Thomas C., Marsh Fire Insurance . Masonic Temple Assoc., maintenance . Arthur Mather, salary .
416.00 350.00 100.00 150.00 100.00 99.87 500.00 182.54 86.69 49.98 54.95 27.15 46.75 62.12 9.00 500.00 150.00 416.00 350.00 100.00 150.00
100.00 98.77 4,933.90 32.55 29.19 500.00 500.00 500.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 25,000.00 39.75 150.00 416.00
1940
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162 163 164 165 166
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31
167
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31
168
Aug. 12
169
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12
170
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29
171
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31 31
172 173
31
174 175
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GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
31 " 31 " 31 " 31 " 31 Mar. 15
176 177 178 179 180
Aug. 31
181
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182
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31
183
Union Nat'l Bank-to cover mutilated checks, Lodge No. 338 . Anthony F. IttJJ.er, salary . J. R. McLachlan, Honorarium .. F. Berger, salary . R. L. Bohle, salary . Anthony F. Ittner, expo Grand Lecturer . Henry C. Chiles, alc Cornerstone -Clinton . Masonic Home of Mo., per capita tax . Spalding Sta. Co., sta. supplies, etc . Arthur Mather, Gr. Secy., to pay Social Security Tax ..... " .. Guaranty Trust Co., New York - refugee relief - Gr. Lodge Switzerland . S. W. Bell Tel. Co., service . Melsheimer Engraving Co., eng. & photostat. . . (Void) Masonic Temple Assoc., maintenance . Arthur Mather, salary . Anthony F. Ittner, salary . J. R. McLachlan, Honorarium .. F. Berger, salary . R. L. Bohle, salary . Fidelity Savings & Trust Co., div. No.4 rec . Anthony l!-'. Ittner, expo Grand Lecturer . Masonic Home of Mo., per capita tax . Masonic Home of Mo., ale del. per cap. tax .
153.83 350.00 100.00 150.00 100.00 99.37 7.50 25,000.00 39.79 83.46 250.00 14.46 22.90 (Void) 150.00 416.00 350.00 100.00 150.00 100.00 477.88 99.90 37,062.87 1,366.02 $186,491.17
September 10
Balance in Fidelity Savings Trust Co., Kansas City, Missouri (restricted) $ 2,867.30 Balance in Wood & Huston Bank, Marshall, Missouri 5,000.00 Balance in Columbia Savings Bank, Columbia, Missouri ... 5,000.00 Balance in First National Bank, Cape Girardeau, Missouri ... 5,000.00 Balance in Union National Bank, Kansas City, Missouri. . . . . .. 59,160.40
$ 77,027.70 $263,518.87
Respectfully submitted, EDMUND
E.
MORRIS,
Grand Treasurer.
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1940
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
REPORT OF GRAND AUDITOR
September 16, 1940.
To the Grand Lodge, A. F. If; A. M., of Missouri: Gentlemen: Pursuant to engagement, we have examined and checked the book records of the Grand Secretary and the Grand Treasurer of the Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri for the period from September 16, 1939, to September 10, 1940; also the Masonic Home Initiation Fund, the George" W 3;shington Memorial Fund, the Wm. F. Kuhn Library Fund, the Joseph S. McIntyre Library Fund and the Geo. Washington Statue Fund for the same period and respectfully present the following report : GENERAL FUN~PER GRAND SECRETARY'S BOOKS
Balance, September 16, 1939
$ 79,971.71
Receipts, Forwarded to Grand Treasurer: Per Capita Tax, 1940 . $165,145.56 Back Dues, 1932 "........ $ 50.40 Back Dues, 1933................. 197.40 Back Dues, 1936................. 22.60 Back Dues, 1937................. 1,613.10 Back Dues, 1938................. 4,049.84 Back Dues, 1939................. 2,812.63 8,745.97 Dues from Member of Defunct Lodge . Sale of Manuals . Sale of Dues Receipts . Sale of By-Laws . Sale of Masonic Veteran Emblems . Interest on Permanent Fund Securities . Unexpended "Mileage and Per Diem Fund Transferred to General Fund . Refund Missouri Unemployment Insurance Taxes . Refund Federal Unemployment Insurance Taxes . Refund Insurance Premium . Total Income Receipts
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5.00 641.25 798.28 50.50 156.00 2,007.18 17.02 254.16 31.05 3.64 $177,855.61
Sale of $5,000.00 U. S. Treasury Bond called 6/15/40, from Permanent Fund .
5,059.84
182,915.45
.
$262,887.16
10% Dividend on Deposit in Fidelity Savings Trust Co. in Liquidation, Transferred to Union National Bank .
477.88
Balance Carried Forward Transfer:
$263,365.04
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Disburse.ments: Per Check Issued for Expenses.. $178,359.46 Per Check Issued for Purchase of U. S. Savings Bonds, Maturity Value $10,000.00 7,500.00 $185,859.46 Transfer: 10% Dividend on Deposit in Fidelity Savings Trust Co. in Liquidation, Transferred to Union National Bank . Balance in Banks, September 10, 1940
.
477.88
186,337.34 $ 77,027.70
Balance, September 10, 1940, Per Grand Treasurer's Books .. $ 77,027.70 Consisting of: Balance in Fidelity Savings Trust Company, Kansas City, Missouri, in Liquidation Not Subject to WithdrawaL $ 2,867.30 Bala.nce i~ Union National Bank, Kansas City, MIssourI 59,160.40 Bala!1ce i~ Wood and Huston Bank, Marshall, MIssourI 5,000.00 Bala:nce i~ Columbia Savings Bank, Columbia, MIssourI 5,000.00 Balance in First National Bank, Cape Girardeau, Missouri 5,000.00 $ 77,027.70 BONDS
On September 13, 1940, in company with Mr. E. E. Morris, Grand Treasurer, A. F. & A. M. of Missouri, and a representative designated by the Grand Master, we examined the securities listed below in the Grand Lodge safe deposit box at the Union National Bank of Kansas City, Missouri. All interest income from these securities was accounted for. We found interest coupons due June 15, 1940, amounting to $491.26 on securities in the Permanent Fund and $8.44 on a bond in the Wm. F. Kuhn Library Fund still attached to the bonds. PERMANENT FUND
Bond No.
Kind
17037H U. S. Treasury 17038J U. S. Treasury
Interest Interest Par Date Rate Value 3/15 & 9/15 2%% $ 1,000.00 3/15 & 9/15
2%
60789K U. S. Treasury 60790L U. S. Treasury 4394D U. S. Treasury
3/15 & 9/15 3/15 & 9/15 3/15 & 9/15
2% 2% 2%
$ 1,000.00 1,000.00 5,000.00
7,000.00
150022B U. S. Treasury 150023C U. S. Treasury
4/15 & 10/15 4/15 & 10/15
314 314
$ 1,000.00路 1,000.00
2,000.00
U. S. U. S. U. S. U. S.
6/15 & 12/15 6/15 & 12/15 6/15 & 12/15 6/15 & 12/15
3% 3% 3% 3%
$ 1,000.00 1,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00
22,000.00
JOO048489 KOO048490 000013673 DOO013674
Treasury Treasury Treasury Treasury
1,000.00 $ 2,000.00
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000002873 U. S. Treasury 000000803 U. S. Treasury
6/15 & 12/15 6/15 & 12/15
4 4
$ 1,000.00 5,000.00
6,000.00
GOO026327 HOO026328 JOO026329 KOO038060
4/15 & 4/15 & 4/15 & 4/15 &
414 414 414 4 14
$ 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00
25,000.00
Cost $750.00 750.00 750.00 750.00 750.00 750.00 750.00 750.00 750.00 750.00
7,500.00
1528995D 1528996D 1528997D 1528998D 1528999D 1529000D 1529001D 1529002D 1529003D 1528004D
U. U. U. U.
S. S. S. S.
Treasury Treasury Treasury Treasury
U. S. Savings U. S. Savings U. S. Savings U. S. Savings U. S. Savings U. S. Savings U. S. Savings U. S. Savings U. S. Savings U. S. Savings
10/15 10/15 10/15 10/15
Maturity Date March, 1950 March, 1950 March, 1950 March, 1950 March, 1950 March, 1950 March, 1950 March, 1950 March, 1950 March, 1950
Maturity Value $1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00
$71,500.00
---WM. F. KUHN I;IBRARY FUND
7451A U. S. Treasury
Interest Interest Date Rate 6/15 & 12/15 3%%
$
500.00
On March 27, 1940, a $5,000.00 United States Treasury bond called as of June 15, 1940, was sold for $5,059.84, the proceeds being deposited in the General Fund. United States Savings bonds costing $7,500.00 with a maturity value of $10,000.00 were purchased by funds drawn from the General Fund. MASONIC HOME INI'I'IATION FUND
Balance in Bank, September 16, 1939 $ 241.87 Received from the Masonic Lodges During Period September 16, 1939, to September 10, 1940. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,959.00 $19,200.87 Transferred to Masonic Home During Period September 16, 1939, to September 10, 1940. . . . . . .. $19,000.00 Bank Oharges 18,95 Balance in First National Bank, St. Louis, Missouri, September 10, 1940 .
19,018.95 $
181.92
GEORGE W ASHING'I'ON MEMORIAL Ji'UND
Balance in Bank, September 16, 1939. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $ 1,551.70 Received from the Masonic Lodges During Period September 16, 1939, to September 10, 1940...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,930.00 $ 3,481.70
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Transferred to George Washington Memorial Association, February 21, 1940 $1,700.00 Bank Charges 18.92 Balance in First National Bank, St. Louis, Missouri, September 10, 1940....................
1,718.92 $ 1,762.78
WM. F. KUHN LIBRARY FUND
Balance, September 16, 1939
$
. Receipts: Interest on Bond.............................. $ Interest on Savings Account.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Balance, September 10, 1940
8.44 3.25
.
797.04
11.69 $
808.73
Consisting of: Cash i? Sa~ings ~ccount, First National Bank, St. LOUIS, Mlssoun $308.73 United States Treasury Bond No. 7451A........ 500.00 $
808.73
JOSEPH S. MCINTYRE LIBRARY FUND
Balance September 16, 1939............................. $ 1,000.00 .00 No change during year.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Balance in Savings Account First National Bank, St. Louis, Missouri, September 10, 1940.......................... $ 1,000.00 MILEAGE AND PER DIEM COMMITTEE
Deposit $20,000.00 Payroll Checks Issued and Paid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $19,978.70 Bank Charges 4.28 19,982.98. $
17.02 17.02
Balance, September 10, 1940............................ $
.00
Refund to General Fund
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GEORGE WASHINGTON STATUE FUND
Received from the Masonic Lodges During Period May 29, 1940, to September 10, 1940. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $ 2,342.00 Balance in First National Bank, St. Louis, Missouri, September 10, 1940...................................... $ 2,342.00
The various items in the foregoing report have been taken from the books and records of the Grand Secretary and the Grand Treasurer and reflect the recorded cash transactions of the Grand Lodge of Missouri from September 16, 1939, to September 10, 1940. The Lodge returns were checked to the' Secretary's records and the recorded cash receipts of the Masonic Home Initiation Fund, the George Washington Memorial Fund and the George Washington
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Statue Fund were compared with the stubs of receipts issued to Lodges therefor. Cancelled checks were inspected in support of the disbursements, and the bank balances shown in this report were confirmed directly to us by the depositaries, with the exception of the balance in the closed Fidelity Savings Trust Company, which is in liquidation; we inspected the certificate of participation in support of this balance. Respectfully submitted, PERKINS & COMPANY, Certified Public Accountants.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS
The report of Committee on Grand Master's Address was read by Most Worshipful Brother Henry C. Chiles, and adopted. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. tf A. M., of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on the Address of the Grand Master submits the following report: We congratulate the Craft in general and the Grand Lodge in particular upon the faithful, zealous, effective, courageous and generous service rendered by the Grand Master throughout the entire year, and we commend him for having given without stint the full force of his talents and ability to the performance of his every duty as Grand Master. We recommend: 1. That the following be referred to the Jurisprudence Committee: Decisions; Dispensations; Interstate Visits and Degrees; Proposed Amendments to By-Laws; Matter of Social Security and Income Taxes; Matter of Section 278 of the By-Laws; Matter of Qualifications of District Deputy Grand Masters and District Lecturers; Matter of Border Legislation. 2. That the following be referred to the Committee on Appeals and Grievances: Matter of Worshipful Brother John R. Davis, Secretary-Treasurer of the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis; Matter of political circular signed by W. M. 3. That the following be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means: The relief work carried on by the Swiss Grand Lodge Alpina. 4. We concur in, and commend especially the paragraphs of his address entitled: George Washington Statue, Politics and Freemasonry, Anonymity, Cypher Codes, St. Louis Masonic Temple Campaign, Visitations, Centennial Celebrations, Other Unusual Occasions, State and Condition of Freemasonry in Missouri, Lewis and Clark Memorial, Social Security Work at Training Camps, Refugee Children, Swiss Grand Lodge Alpina,
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and recommend the approval thereof, including the appointment of the Committees connected therewith. 5. We recommend the approval of all other matters contained in his address. 6. We recommend that by the adoption of this report the official thanks of the Grand Lodge be extended the Most Worshipful Grand Master for the distinguished service he has rendered in that exalted office, with the congratulations of the Grand Lodge upon the many outstanding accompli~hments of his year. Fraternally submitted, HAROLD L. READER ARCH A. JOHNSON V. F. BOOR ANTHONY F. ITTNER DuVAL SMITH JAMES W. SKELLY ROBERT R. KREEGER BERT S. LEE
HENRY C. CHILES, Chairman FRANK C. BARNHILL GEORGE W. WALKER T. W. COTTON WM. R. GENTRY W. W. MARTIN RAY V. DENSLOW
Report of the Masonic Home FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 1939, TO SEPTEMBER 1, 1940 MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI, LOCATED AT ST. LOUIS OFFICERS W. 'N. Martin, President. Robert R. Kreeger, Vice-President Herman Mauch, Treasurer Clarence L. Alexander, Secretary Dr. Solon Cameron, Home Physician Mrs. Wilmoth \Valler, Matron of Children Mrs. Luella McCue, Matron of Old Folks
St. Louis, Mo. Kansas City, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.
BOARD ,OF DIRECTOHS Herman ~fauch F. H. Wlelandy Byrne E. Bigger Ray V. Denslow George W. Walker
St. Lou~s, MO.) St. LOUIS, Mo. Hannibal, Mo. Trenton, Mo. Cape Girardeau, Mo. .
Term expires 1940
Arch A. Johnson R. HI. Kreeger W. VY. Martin Duval Smith
Springfield, MO.} Kansas City, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Joseph, Mo.
Term expires 1941
Henry C. C.hiles Thad B. Landon. " Thomas H. Reynolds James W. Skelly
Lexington, MO.} Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.
Term expires 1942
EX OFFICIO MEMBERS Karl M. Vetsburg, Grand Master Harry S. 'rruman, Deputy Grand Master Harris C. Johnston, Senior Grand Warden Forrest C. Donnell, Junior Grand Warden
St. Louis, Mo. Independence, Mo. Boonville, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.
ADVISORY BOARD Mrs. Ella Jean Flanders Mrs. Alta L. Tate Mrs. Edith Ambruster
Excelsior Springs, Mo. Kirkwood, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.
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GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI PRESIDENT'S LETTER
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri: Brethren: Pursuant to the Constitution and By-Laws of the Masonic Home of Missouri, we submit the Annual Report and request your careful consideration. At the annual session of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri held on September 26 and 27, 1939, in St. Louis, Missouri, the following brethren were elected directors for a term of three years: Henry C. Chiles, Lexington, Missouri. Thad B. Landon, Kansas City, Missouri. Thomas H. Reynolds, Kansas City, Missouri. James W. Skelly, St. Louis, Missouri. At the Board Meeting held in St. Louis, September 27, 1939, the following officers were elected: W. W. Martin, President, St. Louis, Mo. R. R. Kreeger, Vice-President, Kansas City, Mo. Herman Mauch, Treasurer, St. Louis, Mo. C. L. Alexander, Secretary, St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Solon Cameron, Home Physician, St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Wilmoth Waller, Matron of Children, St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Luella McCue, Matron of Old Folks, St. Louis, Mo. The standing committees for the year have been as follows: Trustees of Endowment Fund-\V. W. Martin, R. R. Kreeger, Herman Mauch. Executive Committee-R. R. Kreeger, Chairman, A. A. Johnson, T. H. Reynolds, F. H. Wielandy, J. W. Skelly, Herman Mauch, Byrne E. Bigger. Finance Committee-Ray V. Denslow, Chairman, Byrne E. Bigger. House Committee-F. H. \Vielandy, Chairman, J. W. Skelly, Herman Mauch. Legal Committee-Arch A. Johnson, Chairman, T. H. Reynolds~ Byrne E. Bigger, Thad B. Landon, DuVal Smith, Henry Chiles. Administration Committee-Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman, Frank H. Wielandy, DuVal Smith, George W. Walker. Hospital Committee-George W. Walker, Chairman, Thad B. Landon, Henry Chiles. MEDICAL STAFF Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr.
Solon Cameron Harry Moore James Forsen C. E. Burford
St. Louis, Mo. " .. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.
92 Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr.
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Joseph Glenn Hugo Reim Carl T. Eber Phillip S. Luedde Ralph Cook R. K. Kimmel Otto W. Koch .. , , .. '" R. J. Payne R. S. Weiss A. H. Conrad M. L. Klinefelter Wm. R. Bohne Bert O. Owens , , D. L. Harris Charles L. Klenk James Barrett Brown Val Satterfield Frederick A. Baldwin Hermon A. Major
St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City, Mo.
"
,
APPLICATIONS
During the past year 93 applications for admission to the Home were considered, and the following disposition was made of them: Admitted to the Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 34 Died while application was being investigated.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6 Referred to the Welfare Committee of the Grand Lodge , 3 Rejected because of ineligibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2 Continued for further investigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 48
MEMBER STATISTICS
Women 141 18
Boys 57 1
2
134 1 29
159
58
44
3
8
6
104
142
50
38
Men Members in the Home September 1, 1939. 122 Admitted during the past year. . . . . . . .. 12 Discharged during the year............ Deaths during the year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Girls 42
14
Total membership September 1, 1940. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 334 Admitted during the year, but who have not yet arrived .. , .. ,. . ... . 2 Average number ill the Home during the year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 342
MASONIC INFIRMARY
The following gives an account of the work done during the year: Total number of patients in hospital at beginning of year. . . . . . . . Total number of patients admitted during the year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total number of patients discharged during the year. . . . . . . . . . . .
72 379 342
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Total number of patients treated during the year Total number of deaths during the year Total number of patients in hospital at the end of the year Total patients' days in hospital Average patients per day Total number of out-patients' treatment given during the year Total visits by out-patients during the year
93 451 . 43 . 65 . . 23,611 65 . . 25,757 . 19,241
CONDITIONS IN THE HOME
Conditions in the Home are excellent. Our Family are enjoying the comforts of the new building and are satisfied. The new building for women is almost filled. There are only four vacant rooms. During the past year, we have received twice as many applications for old people as could be admitted. We have a definite old-age problem. We do not, however, have a children's problem. The children's population has been 011 the decrease for several years, due, no doubt, to the loss of members in the Fraternity. COST
The per capita cost of the Home for the year was $554.67. EDUCATION
All of the boys and girls of the Home are of school age and in school, striving to fit themselves for some useful occupation in life. During the coming year, we will have two in \Vashington University, one in Washington University School of Nursing, two in Harris Teachers'College, two in Ranken Trade School, one in St. Louis Junior College, twenty-eight in high school and forty-seven in grade schooL ORDER OF EASTERN STAR
During the year, the Advisory Board of the Order of Eastern Star have continued their work of furnishing and refurnishing about the Home. 'New carpets were provided for the office and parlor in the Administration Building and the porch on the Women's Building was completely furnished. They have been most cooperative at all times and their work adds a touch of beauty to the Home that only a woman's hand can give. The work of the Advisory Board for the last few years is receiving many fine compliments from visitors who admire the good taste and the durability of the furniture selected. ST. LOUIS CHRISTMAS COMMITTEE
This committee is composed of representatives of Lodges of St. Louis and St. Louis County and provides many entertainments and many comforts for the members of the Home Family. Christmas presents were provided for the entire family and during the year, lovely dinners, boat excursions, a watermelon feast, picture shows, a
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trip to Forest Park Highlands and also to the circus for the children, and many other things that make life in the Masonic Home pleasant and enjoyable. We express our deepest appreciation for their fine work. MASONIC HOME ENTERTAINMENT FUND
Weare pleased to report that every year Lodges, other organizations and individuals remember us with gifts to the Entertainment Fund of the Home. This money comes without any solicitation and is used to provide weekly picture shows and other entertainments and pleasures during the year. The following list represents the cash contributions that have been received during the year. Kennett Lodge No. 68, Kennett, Mo. . Independence Lodge No. 76, Independence, Mo St. Joseph Lodge No. 78, St. Joseph, Mo Heroine Lodge No. 104, Kansas City, Mo Gray Summit Lodge No. 173, Gray Summit, Mo Zeradatha Lodge No. 189, St. Joseph, Mo Shekinah Lodge No. 256, Festus, Mo Charity Lodge No. 331, St. Joseph, Mo Hebron Lodge No. 354, Mexico, Mo. . Buckner Lodge No. 501, Buckner, Mo York Lodge No. 563, Kansas City, Mo Ransom A. Breuer Masonic Association of the 32nd District Cameron Chapter No. 67, R. A. M., Cameron, Mo Poplar Bluff Commandery No. 67, K. T., Poplar Bluff, Mo H. S. Jamison, St. Louis, Mo , '" . " , H. Koopman, Wright City, Mo Mrs. Julia Lewis, St. Louis, Mo Gerard Strode, St. Louis, Mo. ., Walter Freund, St. Louis, Mo. '" Robert Kelsay, Mariposa, Calif. .
. $ 10.00 5.00 . 5.00 . . 10.00 . 10.00 . 10.00 10.00 . 10.00 . 10.00 . . 5.00 " 20.00 . 5.00 . 10.00 5.00 . 25.00 . . 5.00 . 100.00 . 50.00 . 50.00 . 2.00
BUILDING FUND
The building program of the Masonic Home is only half completed. There yet remains to be built a girls' building, and while there was no active solicitation during the past year, the following Lodges and individuals made contributions to the Building Fund. These contributions will be used as soon as the funds are available for the building of .the girls' building: Beacon Lodge No.3, A. F. & A. M., St. Louis , .. $ 68.62 Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40, A. F. & A. M., St. Louis , 9.00 Barnes Lodge No. 116, A. J!'. & A. M., Cabool .,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 Erwin Lodge No. 121, A. F. & A. M., St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.00 Ravenwood Lodge No. 201, A. F. & A. M., Ravenwood " . 2.00 Shekinah Lodge No. 256, A. F. & A. M., l!'estus . .. .. .. . . . 5.00 Westport Lodge No. 340, A. F. & A. M., Kansas City..... . . . . .. 7.00 Waynesville Lodge No. 375, A. F. & A. M., Waynesville. . . ... . . . 4.00 King Hill Lodge No. 376, A. F. & A. M., St. Joseph '" . .. 2.50 West Gate Lodge No. 445, A. F. & A. M., St. Louis. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 Mt. Hope Lodge No. 476, A. F. & A. M., Odessa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00
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Joseph Epstein, Kansas City, Mo Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Whitecraft, Clayton, Mo J. E. Weissenborn, St. Louis~ Mo George F. Morrison, St. Louis, Mo Daniel C. Kerckhoff, St. Louis, Mo H. J. Ellis, St. Louis, Mo Sterling J. McCarty, Caruthersville, Mo
. . . . . . .
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10.00 200.00 50.00 20.00 50.00 5.00 15.00
ENDOWMENT FUND
Our Endowment Fund has increased in cash from gifts during the year $2,608.77. It would be impossible to support an institution as large as ours and care for so many people without the income from the Endowment Fund. While the receipts from the Grand Lodge per capita tax have been steadily decreasing from year to year, the income from the Endowment Fund has been on the increase. It has been a very vital factor in the support of the Home. Our work would be greatly curtailed were it not for the increase in the income from the Endowment Fund. MRS. MARY HUTHMAKER MEMORIAL
This consists of an eighty-acre tract of land located in Kirkwood, Missouri, and St. Louis, to be used as a Children's Home. MRS. GUSSIE GRENNER ESTATE
This estate amounts to $202,268.52. It is not handled by the Masonic Home of Missouri but the will provides that the income from this estate shall go to the Masonic Home each year. During the past year, the income from this estate amounted to $6,428.26. CONCLUSION
Weare most deeply grateful to Almighty God for a very happy and pleasant year, and we are also grateful to the many Masons of Missouri for their generosity and their continued interest in the Masonic Home. Fraternally submitted, MASONIC HOME BOARD, By 'V. W. Martin, President. GIFTS TO THE ENDOWMENT FUND AS FOLLOWS Knight Templar Fund James L. Kirkendall W. S. Smith Fund T. W. Higgins Funds James W. Harris Fund Masonic Home Certificate Fund Ferdinand Herold Fund John B. Croshaw Fund
. . . . . . .
$ 35,114.00 13,150.00 11,730.00 5,000.00 1,665.74 1,117.60 500.00 1,000.00
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J acob F. Gunlich Fund Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons Fund Grand Chapter Royal and Select Masters Fund T. W. Cotton Fund Orville A. and Maria Haynes Fund A. M. Hough Fund Jacob Lampert Fund Mrs. E. Wurz Fund Adolph Gluck Fund Parralle Massengale Mrs. Lillie L. Fletcher Fund Frederick A. Logan Fund Robert Elliott Black Fund Nathan Schloss Fund A. P. Christianson Fund Rice Estate Hugh Hartshorn Fund William Pamprin Fund Morgena Peterson Fund Otto E. and Mrs. Grant Howard Fund General Fund Julius C. Garrell Fund War Relief Loyal Service Fund James W. Boyd Fund Ararat Temple, Kansas City, Fund Mrs. Willie A. Woods Fund Grotto and Shrine Fund Morris and Ella Leftwich Fund Mrs. Mary Lynch Fund A. P. Fletcher Fund Frank Beecher Fund A. M. Dockery Fund Edward H. Meier Fund William H. Potter Estate Fund J. C. Jacquith Estate Fund Initiation Fund Nicholas R. Wall Fund Abraham Palan Fund Bonds from a friend of the Home sold for Maggie Nicholson Fund Louisa Yott Fund Gustav Bischoff Fund W. L. Tamme Fund Erdhaus Estate secured and unsecured Henry T. Kilpatrick Fund '" William A. Hall Fund Henry Siegfried Edward Meyer Charles V. B. Slade Robert ]'. Stevenson Glen Marquis Frank L. Schofield D. M. Wilson Mary C. Clapp Samuel Rife Estate E. C. Robinson B. S. Schwartz Brockett A. Dickson
~
1,000.00 3,000.00 2,500.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 5,000.00 30,000.00 500.00 500.00 806.60 1,000.00 500.00 1,000.00 932.83 2,067.91 51,096.35 2,327.75 1,000.00 500.00 1,000.00 128,740.03 1,000.00 7,107.50 500.00 500.00 3,000.00 17,056.95 1,800.00 1,000.00 . . 1,000.00 1,442.48 . . 1,000.00 500.00 . 13,305.50 . 19,122.61 . . 246,700.00 500.00 . . 584.70 . 52,218.75 550.36 . . 500.00 . 500.00 . 550.00 . 7,665,32 . 2,000.00 . 500.00 . 1,000.00 . 500.00 . 9,548.75 . 14,992.13 . 1,105.14 . 1,000.00 . 528.00 . 3,405.09 . 7,548.50 . 2,500.00 . 692.83 . 1,000.00
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500.00 George F. Bergfeld . 465.89 Sarah B. Coffman . 200.00 Samuel A. Gluck . 100.00 Charles Reilly " . 100.00 Wellston Lodge No. 613 . 200.00 Richard Sinclair . 100.00 Karl Backrow . 286.00 Robert Lungstrass . 250.00 June Lee Cotton . 450.00 St. Joseph Chapter No. 198 O. E. S . 70.00 Marcus A. Loevy . 100.00 Sam Plan . 46.00 W. J. Scherck . 310.95 Myrtle Lodge No. 338 : . 200.00 Ludwig Kotany . 300.00 Charles E. Koken ., . 137.40 Phillip Stremmel, Jr . 400.00 Boor Fletcher . 100.00 Alphonzo "Thipple . 400.00 A. Bolin Fund . 25.00 M. A. Covey Fund . 10,000.00 William F. Kier Fund . 200.00 John T. Short Fund . 2,000.00 Paul Keiser Fund . 371.36 John Oliver Fund . J. M. Darrow Fund . 5,000.00 1,000.00 T. W. Prichett Fund . 259.98 Annie Martin Fund . Comstock Estate . 115,760.97 2,500.00 Comstock Estate (doubtful value) . 1,000.00 Julia C. Norton Fund . 5,000.00 J. M. Darrow Estate . 1,000.00 William Latham, Jr., Estate . 5,467.91 John M. Woodson Estate . 1,000.00 Sol E. Waggoner Estate . 500.00 Jacob C. C. Waldeck Estate . Adam Herold Estate . 211.08 933.24 James Vinyard Estate . 11,600.00 George B. Mills EBtate, Stocks and Bonds . 250.00 John Rehrs Estate , . 1,901.39 William Russell Estate, cash . William Russell Estate, bonds and other securities ' . 4,392'.00 Joseph Kronacher Estate . 431.05 William A. RaIDing Estate . 1,000.00 2,000.00 Fred Herket Estate . 405.86 Oscar H. Elbrecht Estate, cash . Oscar H. Elbrecht Estate, stocks and bonds . 2,780.00 25,000.00 Edward F. W. Kaiser . 100.00 Henry W. Hunning Estate . Dr. Louis F. Bode Estate , . 300.00 214.47 Fred Segelke Estate : . 1,000.00 Charles Gietner Estate . 5,085.00 William B. Archer Estate . J ames Ward Nixon Memorial . 1,000.00 Henry C. Grenner Estate, market value, stocks, bonds and cash 261,502.94 200.00 Berthold Linder Estate . 365.67 Charles H. Schureman Estate . 1,000.00 Charles A. Brown Estate .
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Ernest Bruneman . . A. S. Hudson Estate Myrtle Kipp Estate . John Cunningham Estate . . Mrs. Pearl Kaiser Annuity Estate of William Modra . . George W. Leeak Gift Louis J. Boehmen Gift . Fred D. Gardner Estate . " " . George H. Woltjen Estate Mrs. Virginia Allen Ohurch Estate (in memory of Ethelbert Forrester Allen) . Irin Levosier Page Estate . Gifts in Memory of William T. Coombs . Barbara Seaman Bequest . Isador Mendle Legacy . Estate of Joseph S. McIntyre . Estate of James R. Anderson . R. F. Stevenson Estate . A. S. Hudson Estate . Geo. Wm. James Estate , Gerard B. Lambert . Mary Huthmaker Estate, bond and cash . Estate Wm. Rothmeyer .
100.00 628.56 707.16 9,720.98 5,500.00 5,029.18 500.00 1,500.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 5,000.00 25.00 50.00 100.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 425.00 10.00 314.28 1,000.10 7.40 5,515.12 50.00
ADDITIONS TO THE ENDOWMENT FUND THE PAST YEAR John Cunningham Estate Mrs. Mary Huthmaker Estate. '" William W. Alexander Estate William Modra Estate Louis Schmidt Estate
. . . . .
1,020.30 38.47 1,000.00 50.00 500.00
REPORT OF SECRETARY September 1, 1939, to August 31, 1940 GENERAL FUND
Receipts Grand Lodge Per Capita Tax ... " $86,137.19 Grand Chapter O. E. S. Per Capita Tax- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 14,472.50 Interest on General Fund Securities
Disbursements Provisions . Dry Goods and Clothing . Laundry . Ice, Light and Water . Fuel . Salaries . Wages . Directors, Grand Lodge Officers and Advisory Board attending Board Meetings . Hospital Supplies . Carfare for Members of Home Family .
$100,609.69 1,777.23
67,506.24 4,971.39 8,075.87 10,120.01 12,007.01 16,102.20 46,705.20 1,470.62 4,001.54 390.00
$102,386.92
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Telephone '" . Legal and Auditing . Insurance , . Repairs and Maintenance . Supplies . Printing Stationery and Postage . Miscellaneous Expense, Allowance for Steward's car, hauling ashes, newspapers, etc . Bank charges .
465.01 250.00 2,191.14 1,967.44 9,294.64 528.95 3,641.49 9.81
189,698.56
Excess of Disbursements over Receipts Add Transfers from Income Fund
. .
87,311.64 57,000.00
Net Decrease in General Fund Add Balance on Hand September 1, 1939
. .
127,044.03
Balance on Hand August 31, 1940
.
96,732.39
INCOME FUND Receipts Interest on Endowment Fund Bonds . Interest on Endowment Fund Real Estate Loans . Received from Members of the Home Family Pensions . Rent of Farms, etc. . . Sale of Cemetery Lots . Interest on Income Fund Securities . Sale of Garbage, etc .
Disbursements Annuities . Taxes and Other Expenses on Real Estate Owned . Taxes and Other Expenses on Estates of Members of Home Family . Bank Charges .
30,311.64
$ 14,541.64 41,105.64 3,140.33 268.00 3,498.45 160.00 456.82 68.00
$ 63,238.88
2,294.92 2,239.14 1,434.09 24.03
5,992.18
Excess of Receipts over Disbursements Deduct Transfers to General Fund
. .
57,246.70 57,000.00
Net Increase in Income Fund Balance on Hand September 1, 1939
. .
246.70 32,077.41
Balance on Hand August 31, 1940. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
$
32,324.11
INITIATION FUND Receipts $ 10,500.00
Initiation Fees
Disbursements Repairs
.
7,511.87
Excess of Receipts over Disbursements Balance on Hand, September 1, 1939
. .
2,988.13 8,967.27
Balance on Hand August 31, 1940
.
$ 11,955.40
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No Receipts or Disbursements during year ended August 31, 1940 . Balance on Hand September 1, 1939 . Balance on Hand August 31, 1940
.
.00 1,251.60 $
1,251.60
$
480.22
BUILDING FUND
Receipts Contributions
Disbursements Repairs Bank charges. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$617.72 .16
Excess of Disbursements over Receipts
.
Balance on Hand September 1, 1939
.
Balance on Hand August 31, 1940
.
617.88 $
137.66 901.83
$
764.17
REPORT OF AUDITOR
PERKINS & COMPANY, Certified Public Accountants, 711 Saint Charles Street, Saint Louis, Mo. September 9, 1940. To the Board of Directors, Masonic Horne of Missouri, Saint Louis, Missouri. Gentlemen: In accordance with instructions received, we have prepared this report preliminary to our formal detailed report of the Masonic Horne of Missouri, to be submitted to the Board of Directors at a later date. We examined the books and records of your secretary, Mr. Clarence L. Alexander, for the fiscal year ended August 31, 1940. Our examination covered the General Fund, Income Fund, Initiation Fund, Improvement Fund, Building Fund, and the Endowment Fund. We have prepared the following summaries of assets comprising these funds as at August 31, 1940. GENERAL FUND Cash in Telegraphers National Bank , . . Cash in Mississippi Valley Trust Company Cash in Mercantile-Commerce National Bank-Time Deposit Cash in Mercantile-Commerce National Bank-Payroll Account '" , Cash in Boatmen's National Bank . Cash in Savings Trust Company-Payroll Account (Bank closed January 14, 1933, in liquidation. Balance $565.17, reduced to carrying value of) . . Cash in Matron's Petty Cash Fund
$ 13,390.18
200.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 20,700.00 1.00 200.00
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Securities at Cost ....â&#x20AC;˘................................ Accrued Interest on Securities at Time of Purchase . Total General Fund
47,194.44 46.77 $ 96,732.39
INCOME FUND Cash in First National Bank-President's Account Cash in Mississippi Valley Trust Company Securities at Cost Accrued Interest on Endowment Fund Securities at Time Purchase
. . . of .
Total Income Fund
$
2,043.85 15,488.14 14,665.62 126.50
$ 32.324.11 INITIATION FUND
Cash in United Bank and Trust Company
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$ 11,955.40
.
$
1,251.60
.
$
764.17
IMPROVEMENT FUND Cash in Telegraphers National Bank BUILDING FUND Cash in Boatmen's National Bank
:
ENDOWMENT FUND Real Estate Loan . Real Estate Owned-Farms at Appraised Value . United States Treasury Bonds . J oint Stock Land Bank Bonds . J oint Stock Land Bank Bonds in Default-Carrying Value Municipal and Other Bonds . Modra Estate Securities . Rife Estate Securities in Default . Comstock Estate Securities . . Comstock Estate Securities in Default . Geo. B. Mills Estate Securities . Oscar H. Elbrecht Estate Securities . Henry C. Grenner Estate Securities . Henry C. Grenner Estate Securities in Default . . Cash in First National Bank Total Endowment Fund
$922,283.80 44,850.00 22,194.25 1,000.00 100.00 24,450.00 82.00 248.00 35,036.51 891.00 10,500.00 530.00 43,433.50 7,415.00 59,972.31 $1,172,986.37
The bank balances appearing in these Funds were confirmed by reconciling certificates received directly from the depositaries with the stated book balances. The investments as shown in these Funds were verified by examination of the securities. We have shown the securities listed in the General ]'und and the Income Fund at the recorded cost. The securities of the Endowment Fund which are not in default are stated at the values placed thereon by the Trustees of the Endowment Fund at the date of acquisition of the securities by the Home. Bonds in default are carried at market value or at an appraised value believed by the Trustees of the Endowment Fund to be market value.
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We also checked and reconciled the annual reports of the Secretary and the Treasurer for the fiscal year ended August 31, 1940, and found them to be in agreement after giving effect to outstanding checks, etc. 1ÂŁ you desire any additional information relative to this report, we shall be pleased to have you call upon us. Respectfully submitted, PERKINS
&
COMPANY,
Certified Public Accountants. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE
M. W. Brother Ray V; Denslow presented the Report on Foreign Correspondence which was adopted, and ordered printed in the Proceedings. See page 1c. APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES
The Grand Secretary called attention to the list of Committees which had been appointed to serve during the 1940 Communication. They are as follows: STANDING COMMITTEES
1939-1940
Jurisprudence-Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman; C. Lew Gallant, Richard O. Rumer, Sam Wilcox, Ralph V. Wilson, Henri Warren. Appeals and Grievances-Ray Bond, Chairman; O. H. Swearingen, Edward P. Walsh, John C. Robertson, Harry Baum, James M. Bradford. Way.'] and Means-Cecil A. Tolin, 1 year, Chairman; George C. Marquis, 3 years; Edmund E. Morris, 3 years; Ransom A. Breuer, 2 yeai's; Harold H. Brummall, 2 years. Credentials-Walter A. Webb, Chairman; Jacob Abaecherli, Fred H. Knight, Henry F. Woerther, George A. McKean, Ernie E. Claus, John F. Baber. Mileage and Per Diem-Walter Shrodes, Chairman; H. A. Magoon, Arthur W. Reiter, George Black, Arthur V. Schopp, Robert L. Dixon. Chartered Lodges-Robert C. Duffin, Chairman; George W. Paddock, Caeser Wollman, Robert R. Rumbold, Irwin F. Rosenfelder. Lodges U. D.-Louis J. Graue, Chairman; Gus O. Nations, C. B. Waddell, Fred W. Bendick, Albert Theis, Jr. Welfare-R. R. Kreeger, Chairman; Arch A. Johnson, Thomas H. Reynolds, Herman Mauch, Byrne E. Bigger. Reports of D. D. G. M. 's-Nat. D. Jackson, Chairman; David A. Leslie, Fay G. Fulkerson, Charles L. Woods, George A. Sample, John W. Adams, Walter L. Eshelman. Masonic Boards of Relief-Edward H. Loffhagen, 3 years, Chairman; Andrew J. 0 'Reilly, 2 years; Albert Linxwiler, 2 years; Morris E. Ewing, 3 years; Cyril A. Carpenter, 1 year. Ritual-Anthony F. Ittner, 2 years, Chairman; Theodore C. Teel, 1 year; James A. Kinder, 3 years; Harry P. Hovey, 1 year; William D. Rogers, 2 years. . Masonic Home (Visiting Committee)-A. P. Fletcher, Chall'man; Walter A. Phipps, Emsley C. James, William Zavadil, Sterling H. McCarthy. Correspondence-Ray V. Denslow, Chairman.
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N eorology-Harold L. Reader, Chairman; Julius Edwards. Auditing-Perkins Audit Company. Grand Master's Address-Henry C. Chiles; and all Past Grand Masters. Unfinished Business-W. E. Townsend, Chairman. Transportation and Hotels-\Villiam F. Miller, Chairman. SPECIAL COMMITTEES
1939-1940
Masonic Service Association of Missouri-Robert C. Winkelmaier, Chairman; John R. Davis, Robert R. Wright, Walter Simon. Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges-Arthur Mather, Chairman; .Iames R. Machlan, Frank C. Barnhill, DuVal Smith. Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis-Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman; Edward McGuigan, John Wohradsky, Jr. George Washington Masonic National Momorial Associatio1lr-Bert S. Lee, Chairman; Orestes Mitchell, Jr., Anthony F. Ittner. Library-William B. Massey, Chairman; William P. Mason, William C. Rese, Renick .Iones, Shelby Wilson. Printing of Proceedings-Arthur Mather, Chairman; Cecil A. Tolin. Masonic Publications-James W. Skelly, Chairman; Byrne E. Bigger, Frederick M. Smith, Harold L. Reader, Ray V. Denslow, George C. Marquis. Building Supervisory Board-Guy C. Million, Chairman, 1 year; Curt C. Mack,3 years; Julius C. Garrell, Jr., 2 years. Revision of By-Laws-Henry C. Chiles, Chairman; Byrne E. Bigger, Ray V. Denslow. Forms and Ceremonies-Ray V. Denslow, Chairman; Henry C. Chiles, Arthur Mather. Registration of Emblems-C. Lew Gallant, Chairman; Arthur Mather, .Iames W. Skelly. Refugee Children-Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman; Henry C. Chiles, Arthur Mather, Harry S. Truman, Harris C. Johnston, Forrest C. Donnell, Cecil A. Tolin. Social Service at Training Camps-Ray V. Denslow, Chairman; James W. Skelly, Harry S. Truman, Harris C. Johnston, W. W. Martin, Arthur Mather, Cecil A. Tolin. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON WELFARE
M. 'V. Brother R. R. Kreeger presented the Report of the Welfare Committee, which was adopted and is as follows: In compliance with the Law of the Grand Lodge, the Welfare Committee has held regular meetings throughout the year and has given careful consideration to every appeal presented. We are pleased to report that the amount expended in meeting the requirements for the Masonic year is more than seven hundred dollars less than the previous year, which is ;tn indication that Lodges are making a more faithful effort to care for their own needy, before asking assistance from the Grand Lodge funds. This year more than ever before, we are glad to note the cooperative spirit of the Lodges in reporting to the committee that its members who have been recipients from the Welfare Committee are no longer in need of assistance, and have cooperated in reducing the requests for funds. The purpose of the Welfare Committee is to assist the Lodges in caring for its members and dependents, and primarily, the responsibility rests upon the local Lodges. This responsibility has been nicely met this year and we commend the Lodges for their spirit of cooperation.
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Assistance has been given to fifty-four I../odges, representing: 34 Men, 36 Women and 23 Children; a total of 93. Total amount paid for relief $4,220.00. SUMMARY OF l'UNDS RECEIVED AND DISBURSED DURING THE YEAR
Balance on hand October 1, 1939. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $ 31.23 Received from Grand Lodge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5,000.00 Check issued to Rural Lodge No. 316 during the previous year and returned unpaid 10.00 Total Paid for bank charges $ 2.19 Paid for relief................................. 4,220.00 Balance on hand at close of year
$5,041.23 4,222.19 $ 819.04
The following is a list of Lodges assisted, with the names of the person or persons for whom appropriations were made, and the amount of appropriation: Albert Pike Lodge No. 219, for Elmer E. Hay and wife. . . . . . .. $ 30.00 60.00 Aldrich Lodge No. 664, for J. W. Porter . 60.00 Anderson Lodge No. 621, for Fred S. Moss . 120.00 Arlington Lodge No. 346, for Squire E. Bryant . 120.00 Aurora Lodge No. 267, for Mrs. Marie Anderson . 150.00 Beacon Lodge No.3, for Mrs. Corinne Cadwell and children . 120.00 Beacon Lodge No.3, for Mrs. Lucy Harmon . 20.00 Benevolence Lodge No. 170, for Mrs. Catherine Clyde Brown .. 10.00 Bogard Lodge No. 101, for Abe Messener . 120.00 Cardwell Lodge No. 231, for Mrs. Edgar Harper . 55.00 Censer Lodge No. 172, for Mrs. John Williams . 56.00 Clifton Lodge No. 463, for Mrs. James Hackett . 28.00 Composite Lodge No. 369, for Mrs. George Smith . 50.00 Cosmos Lodge No. 282, for Charles P. Comer . 60.00 Eldorado Lodge No. 318, for Mrs. Luella Buckley and children 45.00 Everton Lodge No. 405, for Wm. H. Graee . 60.00 Fellowship Lodge No. 345, for J. Spencer Roberts and wife . 120.00 Forsyth Lodge No. 453, for Mrs. George Stifller and children .. 120.00 Four Mile Lodge No. 212, for J. F. Laswell . 60.00 Friend Lodge No. 352, for William Robertson . 10.00 Friend Lodge No. 352, for D. F. Thompson . Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422, for George Ransdale and 60.00 family . 52.50 Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422, for Edward B. Browne . 120.00 Gentryville Lodge No. 125, for Mrs. Cora Riggins and children 80.00 George Washington Lodge No.9, for Mrs. Anzelee Seymour . 20.00 Henderson Lodge No. 477, for Mrs. George Wilkerson . 120.00 Heroine Lodge No. 104, for Otho E. Seager . 10.00 Higbee Lodge No. 527, for H. H. Goldsberry . 36.00 Hinton Lodge No. 455, for Walter W. Berry . 180.00 Hornersville Lodge No. 215, for George S. Brown and wife . 120.00 Ionic Lodge No. 154, for Albert Clay and wife . 180.00 Itaska Lodge No. 420, for William Ward and wife . 120.00 Itaska Lodge No. 420, for August Roettger and wife . 120.00 Jackson Lodge No. 82, for Mrs. Orilla J. Luyster . 15.00 King Hill Lodge No. 376, for Marion McVey . 90.00 Kirkwood Lodge No. 484, for Mrs. MaBelle Powell .
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Lambskin Lodge No. 460, for William .r. Stevenson . Lanes Prairie Lodge No. 531, for Mrs. Myrtle James . Magnolia Lodge No. 626, for Mrs. Ella Mae Hollmann . . Missouri Lodge No.1, for Henry L. Henderson and wife . Moberly Lodge No. 344, for Mrs. Sadie Selby Montgomery Lodge No. 246, for Horace L. Sabourin . Mount Moriah Lodge No. 40, for Charles Kelly and wife . Nodaway Lodge No. 470, for Mrs. John Thorpe . Nodaway Lodge No.. 470, for J. H. Bunger . Osage Lodge No. 303, for Mrs. Robert Mitchem and children .. Polar Star Lodge No. 79, for Hugo Sievers and wife . Puxico Lodge No. 596, for Mrs. Eva Clark . Pythagoras Lodge No. 383, for Miehael H. Tribble . Sampson Lodge No. 298, for W. E. Stockton . Stockton Lodge No. 282, for Alfred Preston . Strafford Lodge No. 608, for Mrs. Emma Haines . . Summersville Lodge No. 555, for Marion W. Pittmann Temple Lodge No. 299, for Ralph D. Weeks and wife . Tuscan Lodge No. 360, for Schuyler Arnold â&#x20AC;˘ W~ynesville Lodge No. 375, for Mrs. Myrtle Bucher and children West Gate Lodge No. 445, for Mrs. Otille Denny . Weston Lodge No. 53, for E. E. Siler . Zeredatha Lodge No. 189, for Mrs. Wm. B. Polk, Sr .
100.00 7.50 37.50 90.00 5.00 60.00 80.00 20.00 10.00 120.00 120.00 88.00 48.00 15.00 47.50 60.00 60.00 120.00 12.50 170.00 90.00 1.50 60.00
$4,220.00 Respectfully submitted, ROBERT R.
KREEGER, ChairmOln, THOMAS H. REYNOLDS, ARCH A. JOHNSON, HERMAN MAUCH, BYRNE E. BIGGER.
CALLED FROM LABOR
The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge was CALLED FROM LABOR to refreshment at 12 :55 P. M., to reconvene at 2 :00 P. M., of the same day.
FIRST DAY-AFTERNOON SESSION CALLED TO LABOR
At 2 :00 o'clock p. m. the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge was CALLED TO LABOR by Most Worshipful Grand Master Karl M. Vetsburg, the Grand Officers being in their respective stations as at the morning session. Prayer was offered by Worshipful Brother Arthur Mather, acting as Grand Chaplain. RESOLUTIONS
M. W. BROTHER ARCH A. JOHNSON: Most Worshipful Grand Master, I have two resolutions I desire to read and refer to the Ways and Means Committee.
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I
" Be It Resolved, That the directors of the Masonic Home be instructed, if deemed to be advisable, to use 3 per cent of the dues payable to the Masonic Home in accordance with Section 74 of the By-Laws, for relief of indigent Master Masons, their widows and orphans, either at the Masonic Home or elsewhere, and regardless of whether the beneficiary would be entitled to admission to the Masonic Home or not, and to transfer such amounts as the Board may deem advisable for relief for those not entitled to admission to the Home, to the Welfare Committee. " II "Be It Reso.zved, That the Ways and Means Committee, by and with the consent of the Grand Master, be authorized, the funds of the Grand Lodge being available, to transfer to the welfare Committee from time to time, moneys from the General Fund for the operation and maintenance of the Welfare Committee, not exceeding, however, the sum of $5,000.00." "-
The above resolutions were referred to the Ways and Means Committee. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY
M. 'V. Brother Harold L. Reader, Chairman, read the report of the Committee on Necrology, which was adopted, and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. if A. M., of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee is thankful to be able to report that the hand of death has not touched the official line of this Grand Body during the past twelve months. A number of our Brethren in the subordinate Lodges have passed to the Great Beyond, and their names will be recorded in the Proceedings of this Session. The Craft at large has suffered great losses during the past year, and among the distinguished brethren who have been called from labor we note the following: Massachusetts: The greatest loss which Freemasonry has suffered during the past year was the home-going of M. W. Brother Frederick W. Hamilton, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. M. W. Brother Hamilton passed away in Boston on the 22nd of May after having served as Grand Secretary for twenty-five years. This beloved Brother was the dean of the Grand Secretaries of this country, and his passing will be felt throughout the Fraternity. Doctor Hamilton was a Universalist Minister, and was called from the Presidency of Tufts College to become Grand Secretary of Massachusetts. He was a brother of wide learning, broad culture, and distinguished achievement. His influence was felt far and wide, and the esteem in which he was held is exemplified by the fact that a year before his passing the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts conferred upon him the unique honor of being made an honorary Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. Doctor Hamilton was active not only in the Grand Lodge, but also in the Scottish Rite, being Deputy of the Supreme Council at the time of his death. Kentucky: The Grand Lodge of Kentucky suffered the loss of four Grand Masters during the past year, as follows: M. W. Brother James Garnett, Grand Master from 1905 to 1906, passed . away at his home in Louisville on Friday, December 22, 1939. M. W. Brother Garnett had been Attorney General of Kentucky, President of
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the Kentucky Bar Association, and Judge of the Jefferson County Circuit, as well as Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, for a number of years. M. W. Brother James Elmer Wilhelm was Grand Master from 1898 to 1899, and passed away on November 25, 1939. M. W. Brother Thomas Jefferson Adams was Grand Master from 1915 to 1916, and passed away on February 8, 1940. M. W. Brother Charles Silverthorn Rankins was Grand Master from 19.26 to 1927, and passed away on December 29, 1939, at his home in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. Indiana: M. W. Brother Charles Post Benedict passed away at his home in Indianapolis, February 29, 1940. M. W. Brother Benedict had been Prosecuting Attorney of his county during the years 1905 and 1906, and was a profound student of Masonry, and the author of several Masonic papers and also of "The Master Builder" which was dramatized and presented annually at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. West Virginia: M. W. Brother Frederick Charles Steinbicker was the Grand Master of West Virginia in 1923, and Grand Treasurer of that Grand Lodge since 1931. Brother Steinbicker was active in all the Masonic bodies. M. W. Brother William Turner Morris was Grand Master of West Virginia in 1931. M. W. Brother Morris was a physician by profession, the son of Dr. John W. Morris, who, at the time of his death in 1917, was Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the Scottish Rite of West Virginia. Minnesota: M. W. Brother Milo B. Price, Grand Master of Minnesota, passed away on the train en route to the Conference of Grand Masters at Washington, February 19, 1940. M. W. Brother Price was active in all branches of Masonry. He was a deeply religious man, a member of the Baptist Church, a member of the Board of Education of the Northern Baptist Convention, and a trustee of Carleton College. By profession he was an educator, having been Head Master of Phillsbury Academy until ill health required his retirement a few months before his death. His reputation as an educator was national in extent, and he and four of his Brethren were included in Who '8 Who in America. M. W. Brother David Waldo Knowlton, Past Grand Master, passed away at his home in California on September 30, 1939. On September 6, 1901, he was appointed Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota, and served in that position until his resignation after removing from the jurisdiction in 1938. As Grand Treasurer he had served the Grand Lodge longer than any other Grand Officer, and by virtue of which service he automatically became a permanent member of same, an honor obtained by but one other Grand Treasurer. Iowa: M. W. Brother Lars A. Larson, Past Grand Master, passed away on March 12, 1940. He was an Elder of the Presbyteriaan Church, and active in many civic affairs. North Dakota: M. W. Brother Robert Edwin Trousdale, Past Grand Master, passed away on December 30, 1939. He was a highly respected business man who had been on the Board of Education of his community for fifteen years. Delaware: M. W. Brother Thomas F. Day, Past Grand Master, passed away on Nevember 30, 1939. He had been Grand Master in 1907, and Foreign Correspondent for twenty-one years. He was very active in the Craft, and will be greatly missed. OTHER GRAND JURISDICTIONS
Alabama: Robert S. Peague, P. G. M., died January 1, 1940. British Columbia: James Sutherland Henderson, D.D., P. G. M., died March 18, 1940.
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Colorado: Jethro Cornell Sanford, P. G. M., died December 16, 1939. Howard T. Vaille, P. G. M., died May 15, 1940. Connectiaut: Arthur Nathan Nash, P. G. M., died October 8, 1939. Weston Gray Granniss, P. G. M., died April 3, 1940. Delaware: Eldad L. Clarke, P. G. M., died July 21, 1940. Harry W. Lowe, P. G. M., died August 23, 1940. Louisiana: Horace Raymond Perez, Sr., Grand Treasurer, died August 25, 1940. Rudolph Latzko, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Correspondence, died August 19, 1940. Manitoba: Henry Lamont Adolph, P. G. M., died February 25, 1940. Mississippi: Joseph E. Green, P. G. M., died February 5, 1940. Nevada: William R. Adams, P. G. M., died February 24, 1940. New Brunswick: John Thornton, P. G. M., died April 25,1940. Saskatchewan: Arthur Stirling Gorrell, P. G. M., died June 3, 1940. South Dakota: Leonard M. Simons, P. G. M., died March 28, 1940. Tennessefl: Edward Ross Burr, P. G. M., died May 11, 1940. George L. Hardwick, P. G. M., died July 12, 1940. Vermont: Walter S. Fenton, Grand Master, died July 12, 1940. Washington: Charles Duncan Atkins, P. G. M., died February 1, 1940. Wyoming: Thomas Seddon Taliaferro, Jr., P. G. M., died August 17, 1940. Bernard H. Sage, P. G. M., died March 24, 1940. Wisconsin: George H. Keenan, Grand -Lecturer, died September 7, 1939. Fraternally submitted, HAROLD L. READER, JULIUS EDWARDS.
Chairman,
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RITUAL
The report of the Committee on Ritual, read by 짜. W. Brother Anthony F. Ittner, Chairman, was adopted and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. if A. M., of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Ritual begs leave to report that it has not decided any disputed points pertaining to the ritual during the past year for the reason that none have been submitted to it. As always heretofore, it stands ready to give the most careful consideration to all such questions as shall be submitted to it. . Fraternally submitted, ANTHONY F. ITTNER, Chairman. REPORT OF THE GRAND LECTURER
M. W. Brother Anthony F. Ittner, Grand Lecturer, read his report, which was adopted and is as follows: The two recommendations on "Degree Team" and "D. D. G. M. and D. L. Emeritus" were referred to the incoming Jurisprudence Committee. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. if A. M., of Missouri: Brethren: As most of you are aware, there are fifty-nine Masonic Districts in the State of Missouri. In all but nineteen of these Districts the District Deputy Grand Masters are also the District Lecturers. In each of these nineteen Districts, for good and sufficient reasons, differing somewhat in different Districts, two competent brethren are appointed
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instead of one. Though the duties of the two offices are separate and distinct, nevertheless, in the interests of harmony and efficiency in the districts where there are two officers instead of one it is necessary that they be and remain in close and friendly touch with each other. The two positions are so interdependent that without this close and friendly cooperation between them the interests of Freemasonry will materially suffer. Happily, I know of no district where a lack of such friendly cooperation exists. I can conceive of no greater and more powerful agency for the general advancement of Freemasonry and the protection of its interests in our State than the maintenance of a high standard of zeal, efficiency and devotion among our "Deputies," as we call them collectively; that they be given opportunities to meet and become acquainted with each other; and that they compare notes and work in close cooperation and with a united purpose. During the past year three notable gatherings have been held to give our Deputies opportunities to promote these great aims. On January 15, 1940, a meeting of the D. D. G. M. 's and D. L. 's of the eastern half of the State was held in the Masonic Temple at St. Louis under the auspices of Most Worshipful Brother Karl M. Vetsburg, our Grand Master, at which he delivered an inspiring address to the Deputies, outlining his policies for the year and offering suggestions for the messages to be delivered to the Lodges in the several districts. Questions were asked and answered and great benefit was derived by all from this" Forum of Practical Freemasonry," if I may be permitted so to term it. The meeting lasted from nine in the morning until ten at night, with the customary intermissions for rest and ref:t;eshment. The Grand Master requested that each of the brethren present make it a point to become acquainted with all the others and it was a pleasure to note that his wish was fully complied with. The greater part of the time was devoted to a School of Instruction in which practically the whole of the work was gone over. All who cared to do so were given an opportunity to participate in the work and those who did not were attentive listeners and close observers. Numerous questions were asked and answered and I know that most of those in attendance went away with a feeling of greater sure-footedness in their knowledge of the work and their consequent ability to impart it. Unfortunately the frightfully inclement weather at the time cut down the attendance to a certain extent but the meeting was nevertheless a great success. On January 29, 1940, a similar meeting of the D. D. G. M. 's and D. L. 's for the western half of the State was held in路 the Ninth and Harrison Streets Masonic Temple, Kansas City, with an address by the Grand Master followed by an exhaustive School of Instruction conducted by the Grand Lecturer. The same good feeling prevailed and the same happy results were achieved as at St. Louis. But owing to a fortunate abatement in the weather the attendance was somewhat greater than at the St. Itouis meeting. We are deeply indebted to the officers and directors of the two Temple Associations for the free use of their beautiful halls and for the many fine courtesies shown us. On Monday evening, September 23, 1940, on the day before the opening of this Grand Lodge, an important and memorable meeting of his Deputies and the D. L. 's was held at the Roosevelt Hotel by the M. W. Grand Master. It was preceded by a dinner and the Grand Lecturer, Grand Secretary and the three "Grand Council" officers following the Grand Master were also present. It is unnecessary to give an extended account of the proceedings but a number of very important Masonic prob-
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lems were discussed and an unrivalled opportunity was afforded for Good Fellowship and closer acquaintance. During the past year your Grand Leeturer has visited and held Schools of Instruction in each of the fifty-nine Masonic Districts of the State. In something over half of these districts the sessions have all been held at one central point. In two of the districts as many as four cities or towns were reached and in each of the remaining districts the sessions were divided among two and three cities and towns. The total number of cities and towns in which Schools of Instruction were held was 97. In each District in which I worked officers and members of several other Lodges and in many instances of all of the Lodges in the district attended the Schools of Instruction. There were also numerous instances of brethren from adjoining or even remote districts being in attendance. The total number of Lodges which it was my privilege to serve through officers and members who attended my meetings was slightly in excess of the 550 reported last year, or, to be exact, 554. The total attendance at my meetings, derived in part from complete and accurate lists, and from careful estimates where no such lists were kept, was possibly a little under, though about the same as, last year, namely, 3,500. The number of brethren in attendance at a School of Instruction is not necessarily a criterion of the ritualistic proficiency of a Lodge or a district. Usually, however, a large attendance at Schools of Instruction may be interpreted as indicating a greater interest on the part of officers and members in a correct knowledge of the work, and also as reflecting a good attendance and interest at the meetings of the Lodges. A number of the District Lecturers who were new in the work or felt the need of extra instruction asked that I give them additional time and I gladly complied with their requests. These were one-man classes but in their ultimate effect on the state of proficiency in their districts were no less important than the open Schools of Instruction. Our Grand Lodge by-laws provide that when a Lodge requests the services of the District Lecturer to instruct its officers and members in the work, it shall pay him five dollars a day and his necessary expenses. I have no disposition to question the wisdom or justice of the law. The laborer is worthy of his hire and I wish that in each instance where competent service is rendered the District Lecturer might receive the full compensation provided by law. However, our smaller and weaker Lodges are confronted by a regrettable condition and not by a theory. To speak in common parlance, they are broke and cannot in all cases comply with the requirements of the law. I hope that in such cases the Lecturers will be generous and not insist on the full measure of the bond. But I also hope that in all cases where District Lecturers have traveled long distances and incurred considerable expense the Lodges will offer to reimburse them for such outlays. Much more might be said on this subject but I leave the adjustment of difficulties arising under this by-law to the generosity and good sense of our fine corps of District Lecturers on the one hand and on the other hand to a sense of fair play on the part of the Lodges. One very potent source of incorrect work in our Lodges is that all along the border lines of our eight neighboring States there are members of our Missouri Lodges, and some of them Past Masters, who have immigrated from the other Grand Jurisdictions and have a partial knowledge of the work of those States which they insist on mixing with our beautiful Missouri ritual. Not only do they insist on mixing the foreign expressions in their own work but they insist on having them adopted by their Lodges. It is impossible for the Grand Lecturer and the District
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Lecturers to root out this process of adulteration without greater cooperation on the part of the Grand Lodge and the several Lodges. in which the evil practice exists. Be it said to the credit of some of the Lodges near the borders of neighboring States that their officers are among the best in the State, which proves that the evil is not a necessary one. No reflection on the beautiful work of our neighboring sister Grand Jurisdictions is intended, for the work in each Sta,te is beautiful when properly done and kept pure and unadulterated. I am sure they all have the same evil to contend with and are as anxious to eradicate it as we are. Very frequently I am asked by brethren who have taken a fancy to some composition extraneous to our work for authority to incorporate it in our work, or failing in that, to give them the assurance that it will be all right for them to use it. The Grand Lodge has the sole authority to change our work and I am sure it will do so only in minor matters, on rare occasions, and for very urgent reasons. The Grand Lecturer therefore cannot and will not sanction any innovations in our work, be they big or little, long or short, and all brethren who seek to induce him to do so are wasting their time. I desire to call the attention of the Grand Lodge to a practice which has grown up in recent years, namely, that of organizing and conducting so-called degree teams. These teams may be of great benefit to Freemasonry or a detriment to its well being according to the manner in which they are conducted and the character of the work which they do. The use of the words "degree team" implies that its members know the work correctly and exemplify it correctly when invited by Lodges to confer degrees. We know that in many instances such teams have done very poor work while in others their work has been a great credit to Freemasonry. It is my opinion that no such "degree team" should be permitted to function as a separate entity without authority of the Grand Master and without complying with certain clearly defined conditions. I recommend that a resolution embodying these suggestions be prepared by the Committee on Jurisprudence and adopted. In our family of Deputies, both D. D. G. M. 's and D. L. 's, there are distinguished and well-beloved Brethren who have served this Grand Lodge faithfully and efficiently for many years. The time may come ere long when their age and the state of their health will make it necessary for them to drop out of the work. I feel that this Grand Lodge would lay itself open to the charge of ingratitude if it permitted these members to retire without some form of appropriate recognition. Would it not be possible to create the titles of District Deputy Grand Master, Emeritus, and District Lecturer, Emeritus, and possibly in the cases of those who have served for a great length of time to accord them mileage' and per diem to attend the Annual Communications of the Grand Lodge' I suggest that this matter also be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence for appropriate action. A number of our Lodges have erected new and commodious halls during the past year or have remodelled old halls. Such accomplishments, where no crushing weight of debt has been incurred, are cause for us to rejoice, for it is self-evident that Masonry can thrive better in comfortable and convenient quarters. Notable among the Lodges which have thus provided themselves with new and convenient halls, and which it has been my pleasure to visit, are: Cooper Lodge No. 36, at Boonville; Sullivan Lodge No. 69, at Sullivan; Mountain Grove Lodge No. 158, at Mountain Grove; Joplin Lodge No. 335, at Joplin; Jewel Lodge No. 480, at Pleasant Hill;
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Van Buren Lodge No. 509, at Van Buren; Gilman City Lodge No, 556, at Gilman City, and Jamesport Lodge No. 564, at Jamesport. All of these Lodges are entitled to the profound gratitude of the Craft for their splendid achievements, as Freemasonry in Missouri cannot fail to prosper and grow in prestige and influence thereby. The Grand Lecturer is especially grateful for these fine new halls in which the work can be correctly exemplified. He regrets to report, however, that he has been informed of the total loss by fire of the hall at Gilman City since his visit there. The annual reports of the District Lecturers have all been received except five or six which I confidently expect to receive before the close of this Grand Lodge Communication. Most of these reports show a revival of interest on the part of the Lodges in the study of the ritual. This revival is due somewhat to improved business conditions but still more to a greater influx of petitions which many Lodges have been able to report. In conclusion, I desire to express my appreciation to the Grand Master and the Grand Secretary for their cooperation and helpful interest in my work throughout the year. It was my pleasure and privilege to be with the Grand Master on the following notable occasions: His first official visit, paid to his own Lodge, Cornerstone Lodge No. 323. The banquet given in his honor at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, in St. Louis. The celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of Napthali Lodge N 0.25 in St. Louis The celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 55, at Hillsboro, Ill., which was originally chartered by the Grand Lodge of Missouri. The Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Illinois. The first meeting of the St. Louis Lodge of Instruction. The last meeting of the St. Louis County (57th District) Lodge of Instruction. A visit on January 2, 1940, to R. W. Brother James R. McLachlan, at his home in Kahoka, Mo., on his eighty-second birthday. An .official visit to Memphis Lodge No 16, on January 2, 1940, called to celebrate the one hundredth birthday of its Past Master, William Cash Ladd. The St. John's Day Celebration, by Sullivan Lodge No. 69, in Meramec Caverns, near Stanton, Missouri, on June 22, 1940. Official visits to Jefferson Lodge No. 43, at Jefferson City, on December 14, 1939, and Ionia Lodge No. 381, at Eldon, on December 15, 1939. The installation of the officers of Kirksville Lodge No. 105, and Adair Lodge No. 366, on December 26, 1939. I would gladly have accompanied our Grand Master on many more of these important and happy occasions had not the time been so urgently needed for the completion of my own work. I am deeply grateful to him for his confidence, and for his valuable advice and assistance. He carried his message of good will to every section of the State and thousands came to know how deeply versed our Grand Master is in the tenets, the symbolism and the history of Freemasonry and how fine an exemplar he is of those same tenets. The virtues of this upright, distinguished and exemplary Grand Master will remain on record in the hearts of all his Brethren for many years to come. Fraternally submitted, ANTHONY F. ITTNER, Grand Lecturer.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SERVICE AT TRAINING CAMPS
The report of the Committee on Social Service at Training Camps was read by M. W. Brother Ray V. Denslow, Chairman, and is as follows: To the Grand Lodge, A.. F. ~ A.. M., of Missouri: Brethren: Your committee have considered the address of the Grand Master dealing with the part to be played by our fraternity in the new program of conscription. We have been reliably informed that none of the social agencies at work during the last war are to be permitted to engage in similar service at this time. We take this occasion to commend the action of the War Department in making this decision. Social service to our soldiers is a duty of the government and should not be assigned to religious or fraternal societies who might seek to capitalize upon the part they might play in路 such service. However, there may be something which we as a Grand Lodge, or in conjunction with other Grand Lodges or relief organizations, can do. Time will disclose these possibilities, and since our Grand Lodge will not meet for another twelve months, we do not believe in delaying action thereon; it is therefore our recommendation that the Grand Master be authorized to cooperate with other Grand Lodges, or their authorized representatives, in any program of Masonic service which will reflect the desire of the Grand Lodge to engage in any work which will redound to the benefit of our American form of government.. To carry into practice such a program, we would recommend that the Committee on Ways and Means be authorized to set aside a fund of not to exceed 5 cents per capita, which amount may be paid out by order of the Grand Master, if, as, and when, in his estimation, it may be needed. Fraternally, RAY V. DENSLOW, Chairman, HARRY S. TRUMAN, H.
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It was moved by M. W. Brother Denslow that the report of the Committee be adopted, arid that part of the report referring to 5 cents per capita be set aside, to be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The motion was carried and the Report was adopted. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FORMS AND CEREMONIES
M. W. Brother Ray V. Denslow read the report of the Committee on Forms and Ceremonies, which was adopted and is as follows: To the Grand Lodge, A.. F. ~ A.. M., of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Forms and Ceremonies beg leave to report that we have during the year added to our list of Forms and Ceremonies, a ceremony for the unveiling and dedication of Masonic Markers.
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Such a form seemed to be needed because of the recent policy of the Grand Lodge of erecting and placing historical and Masonic markers in various sections of the state. A copy of this form accompanies the report, and we recommend that it be adopted as the stand.ard form for such ceremony, and that a sufficient number of copies be printed to supply whatever demand there may be for such a ceremony. The attention of your committee has been called to the character of" lodge notices in public newspapers; while we do not regard such matters as within the scope of activities of the committee, we do suggest that all lodge notices appearing in public newspapers contain only that matter which may give the membership a notice as to the activities of the meeting, that the names of officials of the lodge be deleted from the notice, and that in no instance shall lodge nomenclature, such as Most Worshipful, Right Worshipful and the like, be used. Fraternally, RAY V. DENSLOW, Chairman, ARTHUR MATHER, HENRY C. CHILES.
Dedication and Unveiling of Masonic Markers The unveiling or dedication of markers or plaques, commemorating the lives of distinguished Masons, or of events in which Masons have played an outstanding part, are proper subjects for Masonic ceremony, and for which this particular ceremony has been arranged. These markers, whether bronze, marble, stone, 01\ other substance, may be erected by either the Grand Lodge or any of its subordinate lodges, but in all instances the Grand Lodge, or its executive officers, should be informed as to the nature of the ceremony, and dispensation for public appearance asked. In recent years these markers have been prepared by special committees named by the Grand Lodge. All such committees must work with and under the direction of the Grand Master. When it is desired by a subordinate lodge to erect a historical marker of any character, the nature of the proposed marker should be submitted to the Grand Master for his approval, together with all wording which is to appear on the marker. If, and when approved, dispensation will be given and the ceremony duly carried out according to Masonic custom, ceremonies and tradition. No dispensation will be granted unless it is fully shown that the event, or person, to be honored, is worthy of such ceremony, or that the interests of the craft will not be subserved by such ceremony. In selecting the site for such marker, the permanency of the selection must be considered; if on public ground, then authority must be secured for its placing. If on private ground, arrangement must be made with the owners of such property so that Masonic interests will be protected. It is suggested that much difficulty will be avoided by placing such markers on Masonic buildings or properties, and that in the sale of such properties, after erection, due account must be taken as to the future of such markers. The time for the ceremony should be carefully considered so that as large an attendance as possible may be secured. This will depend largely on local conditions. Masonic law would forbid the holding of such an event on Sunday. It is further suggested that such ceremony be associated with some lodge event to which other lodges might be invited. Proper publicity should be given the event by notices in local newspapers, by invitation to surrounding lodges, grand and past grand offi-
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cers, and by personal appeal to the membership. If the occasion concerns some individual, then, if there are relatives living, they should be extended an invitation. Judgment will determine as to the part such individuals may play in the ceremony. Conditions will have to determine many details of the program. Under ordinary conditions, lodges should meet in their lodge hall or some other place as set forth in the dispensation; they may then march to the site of the marker under direction of a marshal. The lay of the ground will determine the position of the lodge and its officers (or the Grand Lodge and its officers). There is always a place for music in such a ceremony. If a band is available, it may march from the lodge hall to the site; or, again, the band may form at the site and await the lodge, as preferred. No jazz music should be permitted. The music should be of a distinctly religious or patriotic character. ' , America, " "God Bless America," "The Star Spangled Banner," "Faith of Our Fathers," "How Firm a Foundation," or similar numbers are not out of place. Or you may have a chorus or a quartette, in which case, the same advice is to be given. After the ceremony has been completed, those in charge of the ceremony should secure all of the news matter whieh had been used in connection with the event and forward it, together with a complete account of the ceremony, the number of members present, and any suggestions or information, to the Grand Master who should refer to it in his annual address. Do not overlook extending an invitation to the Grand Master and to such other officers as may live in proximity to your lodge. His presence usually adds to the dignity of the occasion and enlarges the attendance. He should be asked to speak, but in case he decl~nes to make the principal address, other brethren may be called in. In the event of rain or other conditions which might prevent an outdoor meeting, it is permissible to hold the meeting in some other place. Brethren should take the season of the year into account when arranging a time for the ceremony. Lodges should see that photographs are made of the event whenever possible; such photographs may be used by local papers and one copy should be retained in the historical archives of the lodge for permanent preservation. The lodge meetings opened for such purpose should be fully and completely recorded so that future historians may have available all necessary material for a proper understanding of what was done. Previous to the dedication or unveiling, the marker or plaque should be covered with cloth or other suitable material which can be easily removed at the proper time. Do not use a flag for such purpose. DEDICATION CEREMONY The lodge, or Grand Lodge, having arrived at the site, the band will play or other music be provided. At its conclusion, the chairman of the committee in charge of the marker steps to the front, faces the Grand Master, or whoever may be deputized to represent him, and makes this or a similar statement, depending upon the nature of the occasion: CHAIRMAN: M. W. Grand Master, as chairman of a special committee charged with the preparation of a marker commemorating (here he explains the nature of the marker), I beg to report that our assignment has been completed, the marker has been erected and now awaits only the dedicatory ceremony, which we have asked you as Grand Master (or acting Grand Master) to carry out according to ancient Masonic tradtion and custom. . GRAND MASTER: Brethren, as Grand Master (or acting Grand Master) of Masons in the State of Missouri, I accept this honor and shall proceed
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with the 'ceremony of dedication, not however without performing that function which Masonry requires of its brethren before engaging in laudable undertakings. I shall therefore call upon our Grand Chaplain to lead us in prayer. GRAND CHAPLAIN (may be changed to suit conditions) : Great Architect of the Universe, in whom Masons put their trust, we ask Thy blessing on this present undertaking. May the event this day recorded add to Thy glory by renewing our faith in the Brotherhood of man and the Immortality of the Soul. May our meeting here today as members of a great fraternal brotherhood show to the world that men may live and labor together in peace and good fellowship, and let us hope for the dawn of that day when peace shall reign throughout the world, and strife shall be no more. Bless the people of this community and may they be characterized by those high standards of living and morality, the practice of which may redound to Thy holy name. (Brethren: So mote it be.) GRAND MASTER: Masons have ever been Builders. The very name of Mason implies the act of building. Masons of today are Builders, too. But they no longer labor in the erection of cathedrals or public edifice as did our forefathers. From Operative Masons we have become Speculative Masons. The Temples which we build are those of human character, Temples which we are assured are more lasting than those of iron or stone, and whose stones we are assured will form their part in a great Temple of Eternal Light. In the building of such Temples, men and events play their part. Masonry teaches that the laborer is worthy of his hire, yet there are acts and deeds done without hope of fee and reward. Such acts and deeds, Masonry would commemorate. And this is the reason for our presence here today. (Grand Master will then dwell upon the particular character or event which is being commemorated.) GRAND MASTER (continuing): And now, as Grand Master, I unveil the marker erected by commemorating . I shall read the inscription (does so). (Proper music) GRAND MASTER (continuing): (Introduces speaker of the occasion, or makes address himself.) GRAND MASTER (continuing): And now, my brethren, we have concluded the ceremony and I shall ask our Grand Chaplain to dismiss us. GRAND CHAPLAIN: (Offers benediction.)
INVITATION TO ST. LOUIS
M. W. BROTHER SKELLY: M. W. Grand Master and brethren, as an officer of the Scottish Rite Cathedral Association, it is my pleasure to extend to the Grand Lodge an invitation to hold your Annual Communication in this building next year. THE GRAND MASTER: M. W. Brother Skelly, we thank you very much for your invitation, and assure you of our appreciation of the hospitality accorded us. We accept with pleasure your kind invitation.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LODGES U. D.
The Grand Secretary presented the report of the Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation, which was adopted and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. tf A. M., of Missouri: No new Lodges having been formed during the year, your committee has had no matters referred to it for attention, and therefore has no report to make. LOUIS J. GRAUE. REPORT OF THE MASONIC HOME VISITING COMMITTEE
The report of the Masonic Home Visiting Committee was read by the Grand Secretary, was adopted and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. tf A. M., of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee beg leave to submit the following report: On the many visits to the Home the past year, an expression of friendliness and appreciation was noticeable on the faces of the adults and children who are always ready to receive visitors as personal guests. With much pride, they show visitors through the Home, and tell of the many nice times they are having at the expense of the Masonic fraternity, financially and socially. The family have enjoyed numerous outings and many entertainments at the Home during the past years. Many of the social activities are due to the efforts of the various Masonic organizations and the Eastern Star Chapters as well as to the able management of the Home. Members of the Masonic fraternity are always welcome to visit the Home and acquaint themselves with the splendid work that is being done for the orphans and old folks, who are now enjoying the comforts of a good home-free from worry and responsibility in the sunset of their lives. Fraternally submitted, ALFRED P. FLETCHER, Chairman. ADDRESS OF R. W. BROTHER THOMAS E. DOSS, GRAND SECRETARY OF THE GRAND LODGE OF TENNESSEE
THE GRAND MASTER: Brethren, we have a number of distinguished visitors present at this Communication, and I think this is a good time to hear from them. I am delighted that we have with us at this Communication a representative of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee, our Mother Grand Lodge. It gives me a great deal of pleasure to call on the Right Worshipful Brother Thomas E. Doss, Grand Secretary of Tennessee. R. W. BROTHER Doss: Most Worshipful Grand Master, and Brethren : I bring you greetings from your Mother, the Grand Lodge of T'ilnnessee, and regrets from my Most Worshipful Grand Master that he was unable to make this visit with me. He is a Methodist Minister, and had already arranged to hold a meeting' this week when we received the 'Very cordial invitation from your Grand Secretary, so the Grand Master asked that I attend, and having had the privilege of visiting the Grand Council of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter a few
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years ago, I was only too glad to make the trip. The Grand Lodge of Tennessee meets the last Wednesday in January, of 1941, and I wish to extend a cordial invitation to you Brethren to visit our Grand Lodge. ADDRESS OF R. W. BROTHER GEORGE H. BELEW, GRAND SECRETARY OF THE GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS
THE GRAND MASTER: R. VV. Brothel' Doss, we appreciate your very kind invitation, and I hope my successor will be able to visit you at your Communication. vVe have a representative from the Grand Lodge of Texas with us. It was my pleasure to visit their Grand Lodge last year and I am delighted to call on the R. \V. Brother Belew, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Texas. R. W. BROTHER BELE\V: Most \liTorshipful Brother Grand Master, and Brethren: It seems that the Methodist have taken over the Grand Masters' jobs in Texas and Tennessee. As our Grand Master is a Methodist too, it was impossible for him to be here, so he requested me to extend to you his kindest felicitations and good wishes for a most successful Communication, and to express his gratitude, and the gratitude of the Masons of Texas, for the fine Fraternal relations that have existed between these two Grand jurisdictions. We had the pleasure of having your Grand Master and Grand Secretary with us at our last Communication. vVe sincerely hope we will have the same pleasure this fall. It will be our 105th Communication. Masonry in Texas this past year has shown a decided increase. \Ve will have a net gain of 2,150 members. This year our Grand Master has carried throughout the Jurisdiction of Texas, where he has spoken to over forty thousand Masons, his message which he titled "Masonry Day by Day." Think for just a minut~ of all it implies. In times such as these it behooves each of us as Masons to remember, Faith in God, and thereby faith in each other; appeal to Almighty God for guidanee in our everyday affairs. May the blessings of God be with you in all your undertaking in this Communication. ADDRESS OF M. W. BROTHER EARL J. LEE, GRAND MASTER OF THE GRAND LODGE OF NEBRASKA
THE GRAND MASTER: Thank you, Brother Belew. I am sorry M. W. Brother Hart, your Grand Master, was not able to come here with you. Brethren, in my message I told you of the great pleasure I had in going, last June, to the Grand Lodge of Nebraska, and there being present at the election of M. W. Brother Lee. He is with us today, and I know that you Brethren would like to hear from him. The
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Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska, Most Worshipful Brother Earl J. Lee. l\f. W. BROTHER LEE: Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren: This is an occasion to which I have looked forward for many years. Ever since I have been a member of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska, .we have always had very, very pleasant Fraternal relations with the Grand Lodge of Missouri, and it has always been my ambition to visit you. Brethren, I was very much interested in the report of your Grand Master; it is one of the things that show the steadfastness of a busy business man to the interests of Freemasonry. That is one of the things that makes Freemasonry such a wonderful Institution. It is indeed a pleasure to be with you, and I am enjoying my visit. ADDRESS OF M. W. BROTHER LEWIS E. SMITH, P. G. M., AND GRAND SECRETARY OF THE GRAND LODGE OF NEBRASKA
THE GRAND MASTER: Thank you, M. W. Brother Lee, for your interesting remarks. It is my pleasure to present at this time our old friend, M. W. Brother Lewis E. Smith, P. G. M., and Grand Secretary of Nebraska. M. W. BROTHER LEWIS E. SMITH: Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren of the Grand Lodge: Brethren, just a thought or two, because these are times in which it is difficult to think lightly. With conditions as they are, our brethren suffering all over the World, and our own lodges in these United ,states not above suspicion, I am just wondering how seriously we ought to take life. I may have told you this before, but I don't think so. We have in our city an institution called Creighton University, a Jesuit school. For a long time this university has been putting on what they call the "Creighton Hour" at five 0 'clock every afternoon. As you know, it is the law of the Radio Commission that every speech given in a program over a radio station must be written out, and a copy filed, so that only proper material may go out over the air. One aftp,rnoon, upon arriving home, my wife called my attention to the fact that on the' 'Creighton Hour" that afternoon she had heard a Jesuit priest, one of the teachers in Creighton University, make the assertion that every drop of blood that had been shed in the Spanish revolution had been shed because of Freemasonry. I was rather perturbed about it. Next morning I went down and called upon the announcer at Station WOW, and asked him about this. He professed to know nothing about it. :E'inally I talked to the manager of the station and got even less information. Then, through a friend of mine, I got in touch with the President of WOW, and he happened to be a Mason. I talked to him about it and he, in turn, spoke to the manager, who came over to see me. During the course of our conversation the manager admitted that the" Creighton Hour" had never submitted, nor had been required to submit, a script of their remarks for their program. They had been permitted to run along for years, saying anything they pleased over WOW. I am glad to say that my efforts resulted in the "Creighton Hour" going off the air, only because they refused to submit a written script. Station WOW simply didn't dare to present their program over
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the air, without a written script, because if they did, I told the manager I would take this matter up with the Communications Commission in Washington. This just shows you that the very thing that was started in Europe, is being carried on in the United States. It is my opinion that the statement made was simply a trial balloon, put up in the hope it would be unchallenged, and if they had been successful the first time, they would have come back a little stronger again and again until a lot of foolish people would finally believe that sort of thing. Just a few days ago it was announced over radio from a German source, that the Pope, and the President of the United States, were going to sue for peace for the English, and in the same report it was said that all the Jews and Freemasons would have to be wiped off the face of the earth, so that white people could live in decency. Now, Brethren, that sounds far-fetched, but we have seen what has happened to what we thought were enlightened and cultured nations. It is hard for us to realize that people fall for propaganda, but they do. If they keep pouring this "stuff" out long enough, people are going to believe it after awhile. And don't forget this: I feel that every American citizen should have the absolute right to worship God as he pleases in any form he wishes, and, by the same token, I demand the same right for myself, but that is the one thing the Roman Catholic Church is definitely against. They say, "Weare the one Church; we are founded upon the Rock, and every other church are heretics. ' , We have talked about dictators, but the greatest dictator in all the world is the man who sits in the Vatican. 'When the test comes, if England should lose this war, which, thank God, I don't believe is going to happen, but if, by some great calamity, they should lose it, I believe we are going to be the next in line. What are the members of the Roman Catholic Church here in America going to do ~ Are they going to follow the dictates of the Pope, and if so, are we going to have civil war in the United States of America' Is Freemasonry going to do as it has done in the years that are gone-sit tight and take everything that comes-or, are we going to stand up and fighU It is a grave problem, and one to which every Freemason should give very serious consideration. Another thing that happened recently indicates that there seems to have been some defi)lite understanding between Hitler and the Pope. The moment that France was placed in the hands of General Petain, Hitler tore down the separation of the Church and the State and immediately turned the schools back to the Roman Catholic Church and gave them all their property: In Spain, I understand, sixty-eight per cent of every foot of ground belongs to the Jesuits. When the Republic came into power they were driven out, but the moment the revolution was successful, the Jesuits were given back their property. Here is another very significant fact. During the first part of Hitler's regime in Germany, he started in cursing the church, if you remember, telling how bad they were, and all that sort of thing, but, just within the last thirty days, the Roman bishops and archbishops of Germany held a meeting, the first one since Hitler has been in power. At that meeting they issued a letter stating that the German Catholics were supporting Hitler in his endeavor to free the German people. Now, it is a known fact that no bishop or archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church ever dares make any pronouncement to which the Pope does not agree. At the time of the surrender of King Leopold everyone wondered why! No one knows yet, but it is very significant that within the last three weeks we have read that Hitler has stated his intention of returning Leopold to the throne of Belgium, and further added that Holland, a
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Protestant country, would be made a part of Belgium. Brethren, the old feudal idea of the Church and State is coming back into being, and that is the fight that is liable to come to us right here. And, Brethren, while I hope and pray that it will not knock at our door, if it does, I hope the Freemasons of these United States of America will have the courage and loyalty to American principles to stand up, not only for America, but for Freemasonry. Brethren, if you pray, pray for the United States of America and for Freemasonry. They need your prayers. Thank you.
THE ADDRESS OF R. W. BROTHER WILLIAM B. MASSEY, DEPUTY OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL, A. A. S. R. IN MISSOURI
THE GRAND MASTER: Thank you very much, Brother Smith. R.. W. Brother Masesy, we would like to have a word from you. R. W. BROTHER WILLIAM: B. MASSEY: I have been introduced as a guest of the Grand Lodge, but actually as a representative of the Scottish Rite, I feel that I am to some extent the host to the Grand Lodge. Most Worshipful Brother Vetsburg, I want to extend to you and this Grand Lodge the felicitations and best wishes of our Grand Commander, John H. Cowles, for the Southern Jurisdiction of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite. Brethren, I have had the pleasure of traveling over the State, in my work as Deputy of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, and everywhere I have visited I have heard fine things of our Grand Master. I want to congratulate him for the very excellent job he has done. Brother Vetsburg, you have endeared yourself in the hearts of the Brethren throughout Missouri, and we are certainly to be congratulated upon having such an excellent Grand Master during the past year. I have listened closely to M. W. Brother Smith's address, and I, too, believe the time has come when Masons should be more militant. Our Country is going through a period such as it has never before experienced. Conditions are troubled. Masons have always played a great part in our Nation. In the early days of our Republic nearly all of the most prominent men were Masons. All the Generals of the United States Army were Masons. The majority of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were Masons. In fact, the Constitution of the United States was written and founded largely upon the principles of the ancient constitution of Masonry. Brethren, I think the day has come when Freemasonry is needed more than ever before in the history of our Country. It is up to everyone of us to do our part. I want to tell you of an incident that occurred in this building during our Reunion last spring. In our class was a very prominent business man from the central part of the State, and at the close of the first day he was asked to address us. This Brother is a director in the second largest banking institution in the State. He is a director in at least two of our large railroads, a trustee in one of the State colleges, a trustee in a little orphanage down in my home county, and is also quite a philanthropist. As he took his seat in the East after his address he said to me, "Brother Massey, I feel different than I did when I came here this morning. I mean I feel different with with reference to the welfare of our Country. I have really been alarmed for the last two years; particularly the last six months. I have had various conferences in Washington with the different departments, particularly with Jesse Jones and the RFC. In one
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of those departments I was told there would be no railroads in five yearsthe Government will own them. In other departments I found some folks who were really communistic in their expressions. In fact, in a certain university in this country, with which I am connected, there are some teachings of a very un-American nature, I might say, even communistic. As I came into this building I saw signs of the work that is being done here. I can see in Freemasonry a possibility of the saving of this Country from a condition which I have been fearing." N ow, Brethren, I believe that when we make such an impression on new people coming into our order, we are getting somewhere. I believe every lodge should strive for that effect upon its new members. I am greatly interested in the address of our Grand Master wherein he refers to education and charity. I think it is a wonderful move, a fine gesture, to take care of children from England. The Grand Lodge will recall that in 1914 a similar action was taken wherein this Grand Lodge adopted fifty fatherless children from France, from the support and education of which we received a great deal of pleasure. Most Worshipful Grand Master, I thank you for the privilege of addressing this fine assembly, and I hope you will continue to meet with us in future years. I thank you.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
M. W. BROTHER V. F. BOOR: I wish to introduce the following amendment: Resolved, that Section 3 of Article II under the provisions of Section 5 of Article I of the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Missouri, be repealed. V. F. BOOR ROBERT Y. GOGGIN J. J. VREDENBURGH J os. W. SCHLAEGEL
CARL P. HALL A. D. LUDLOW GEO. W. PADDOCK
THE GRAND MASTER: The amendment proposed by M. W. Brother .V. F. Boor will be referred to the Jurisprudence Committee, and will lie over for action until next year. CALLED FROM LABOR
The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge was CALLED FROM LABOR to refreshment, to meet again at 7 :30 o'clock P. M., at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. Immediately thereafter the Brethren were requested to gather in front of the Masonic Temple for the dedication of the Lewis and Clark marker. DEDICATION OF LEWIS AND OLARK MARKER
Surrounded by a large number of Brethren, M. W. Brother Vetsburg, Grand Master, explained the nature of the ceremony to follow, by which the marker, erected in memory of Lewis & Clark and their expedition to the far west, would be unveiled and dedicated.
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CHAIRMAN: M. W. Grand Master, as chairman of a special committee charged with the preparation of this marker, I beg to report that our assignment has been completed, the marker has been erected and now awaits only the dedicatory ceremony, which we have asked you as Grand Master to carry out according to ancient Masonic tradition and custom. GRAND MASTER: Brethren, as Grand Master of Masons in the State of Missouri, I accept this !:tonor and shall proceed with the ceremony of dedication, not, however, without performing that function which Masonry requires of its brethren before engaging in laudable undertakings. I shall therefore call upon our Grand Chaplain to lead us in prayer. GRAND CHAPLAIN: Great Architect of the Universe, in whom Masons put their trust, we ask Thy blessing on this present undertaking. May the event this day recorded add to Thy glory by renewing our faith in the Brotherhood of Man and the I=ortality of the Soul. May our meeting here today as members of a great fraternal brotherhood show to the world that men may live and labor together in peace and good fellowship, and let us hope for the dawn of that day when peace shall reign throughout the world, and strife shall be no more. Bless the people of this community and may they be characterized by those high standards of living and morality, the practice of which may redound to Thy holy name. (Brethren: So mote it be.) GRAND MASTER: Masons have ever been Builders. The very name of Mason implies the act of building. Masons of today are Builders, too. But they no longer Jabor in the erection of cathedrals or public edifice as did our forefathers. From Operative Masons we have become Speculative Masons. The Temples which we build are those of human character, Temples which we are asllured are more lasting than those of iron or stone, and whose stones we are assured will form their part in a great Temple of Eternal Light. In the building of such Temples, men and events play their part. Masonry teaches that the laborer is worthy of his hire, yet there are acts and deeds done without hope of fee and reward. Such acts and deeds, Masonry would commemorate. And this is the reason for our presence here today. And now, as Grand Master, I unveil the marker erected by the Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Missouri, commemorating Lewis and Clark. And now, my brethren, we have concluded the ceremony, and I shall ask our Grand Chaplain to dismiss us. PICTURE OF LEWIS AND GRAND CHAPLAIN: BenedicCLARK MARKER tion. .
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FIRST DAY-EVENING SESSION CALLED TO LABOR
At 7 :30 o'clock P.M.) the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge was CALLED TO LABOR by the M. W. Grand Master Karl M. Vetsburg. Prayer was offered by Brother Samuel Thurman, Grand Chaplain. ORGAN PROGRAM BY E. PRANG STAMM
A half-hour organ recital was rendered by E. Prang Stamm, organist of the Scottish Rite in St. Louis. THE GRAND MASTER: Brother Stamm, on behalf of the Grand Lodge, we thank you for that delightful organ program. I am sure the generous applause given by the Brethren evidences the extent of their appreciation. We thank you very much. ADDRESS OF GRAND ORATOR
THE GRAND MASTER: It is now my pleasure to present our Grand Orator, R. W. Brother Thomas B. Mather. For many years he has served this Grand Lodge either in the capacity of Grand Chaplain, or Grand Orator, and his messages have always been interesting and vital. Our Grand Orator, R. W: Brother Mather. FREEMASONRY AND THE WORLD CRISIS
Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren: It is quite an honor, and at the same time a deep responsibility, to be the orator on this im路 portant occasion. I appreciate that honor, and feel my own unworthiness in the face of the responsibility. It is said that a school teacher in England asked a class of boys to write on the subject, "Why'England Is at War." A young fourteenyear-old schoolboy wrote the following sentence: "We are at war so that in the future, maybe fifty or a hundred years from now, some people in the world may be thinking of freedom, and can turn to the chapter on England and read how deeply some people prized it." These are difficult times. Perplexities, confusions, and bitterness meet us at every cornel'. Platitudes are spoken glibly. Panaceas are offered generously. It is not a time for hysteria. It is not a time for snap judgment. The world is all mixed up, and somehow or other it has to be rearranged and straightened out. One thing is very sure, we cannot go on the way we have been going. We cannot drift along hoping that all things will turn out all right. If things are ever right, we must take seriously the matter of making them right. Some solution must be found that will stabilize and empower. All of this requires sane thinking, and wholesome consideration. At the outset let us firmly fix in our minds the main problem before us. The world is torn asunder by two conflicting ideas-one is that the state is the supreme loyalty, and that is also expressed by the prominent idea that the race is supreme, or again that the class is supreme: the other is that people are the supreme loyalty, or that things and institutions are the servants of the people, rather than people being the slaves of things
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and institutions. We have witnessed the wide sweep of these philosophies. Nations that were once firmly secure have toppled from their foundations. People that were once free, have now become idle puppets of the state. The first impulse in the presence of this crisis is to fight back, to fight the opposition, to employ their tactics, to beat them at their own game, and to conquer them, driving them from their place of authority. But on sober reflection that method and attitude proves inadequate. The d~ired result cannot come that way. You cannot fight for democracy-you may fight for a democratic form of government, but when you fight for democracy you sacrifice the very things for which democracy stands. When you fight you give up the chance to differ, to argue, to oppose. This so-called American Way is a way of growth, of free worship, of free thought, of the chance to express yourself according to the dictates of your own conscience. But when you fight, you are all in one group, and any other group is an enemy, and an enemy must be destroyed. You cannot fight for truth. Galileo did not fight for truth. You cannot fight for beauty. Da Vinci did not fight for art. You cannot fight for goodness. Jesus of Nazareth did not fight for morality. These values are spiritual values and are to be perpetuated by growth, and not by force. They grow by contagion rather than by legislation. The proper word to be used to describe the process is "leaven" not fight. Because we believe all that we read, and beeause many people ar~ victims of blind propaganda, we have been fanned to a heated panic in this country. So much so that most people have a very bad case of jitters. That has its effect on everything we do. The popular cry now before the country is national defense. It is so popular that every candidate for public office subscribes to it-it is a nice sounding phrase. They tell us that the only way to be secure is to have an army, a navy, and an air force second to none, and a man-power strong enough that no other nation or combination of nations dare attack us. That may sound good on the political platform, but it is absurd on the actual stage of human relationships. What 路do we mean by national defense' I suppose we are all agreed on an' adequate national defense. But what is an adequate national defense' Certainly you would not say that it is possible to defend America from any enemy just because you have the material resources to defend it. After all, the line of defense means the people we call citizens, and if these people are not happy, and afforded a chance to grow and appreciate, then whatever else you may do, you have not an adequate national defense. We pass a compulsory military training bill in peace time. That seems all right-and because a Gallup Poll says that 65 per cent of the people of the country are for it, we feel that it is necessary. But what does that bill or any bill like it imply-and I wish some of our leaders would come out in straight language instead of trying to straddle the fence in matters like this. Such legislation is the first step toward dictatorship. It means that after a while, you are going to have to be careful what you say, and if what you say is not in accord with what some people decree, then you will be silenced in some way or another. It makes for the restriction in liberties. If the state can take your boy in body, it can also take your boy in mind and in spirit. It goes further I If the state can take your boy, it can also take your business, and your wealth. A person might say that he favors conscription of men, but not of wealth -but look what that does to your democracy-to draft men is Americanism, but to draft wealth is Hitlerism. Your freedom of speech, radio, press, and thought goes out of the window when conscription comes in at the door. You can begin to see how it all will work out when you recall that the other week Colonel Charles Lindbergh gave an address in behalf of peace in Chicago. He spoke his mind, which, as an American
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citizen, he is entitled to do. His words had hardly been spoken before another, supposed to be representing the government's position in the matter, answered him-not with facts-but rather with denunciations, calling him the" leader of the Fifth Column in America. That is unAmerican. If the American way means anything it means freedom of speech, liberty of conscience, and the privilege of all people to think and worship and to live in the realm of those inalienable rights. Some of us feel that the problem is much deeper than that. We have a grand country. We have had a grand history. We cannot afford to sacrifice any of those ideals and values for which our forefathers paid such a great price. You cannot drive out Satan with Satan. You cannot get rid of evil with evil. You cannot make the world safe for democracy until you make democracy safe for the world. The problem is not whether the dictators are planning to seize America-how hard we try to find a scapegoat for our shortcomings-but the problem is to make America safe and free by giving the people of America a chance to grow. Freemasonry has a grand challenge in days like these. It is having a hard time in the world. Yet it is not the first time it has come upon difficult days. It has been driven out of many lands, and perhaps it will be driven out of others. But you cannot get rid of Masonry by a decree of dictators. You may stop the meeting of a lodge, but you cannot keep Masons from living on the level of路 the tenets of love, justice, mercy and truth. These tenets are planted in the hearts of men, far beyond the reach of any weapon of destruction. You may keep Masons in check as an organization, but the real teachings of Masonry are in the inner citadel of heart and mind, where no gun or privation can disturb. The laws of the universe might be trifled with, but they cannot be removed. Let us then look at this whole matter of world conditions. I Consider in the first place, what is really causing disturbances in the world. What is it that mars the progress of the human race~ What is the basis of all the havoc of distress ~ I suppose that one of the most common causes of human misery is anxiety and worry. Worry is universal. We all find plenty to worry about. It is essential to improvement. Nothing would be done to improve the social conditions or to remove the fundamental causes of delinquency or to remedy the varied conditions out of which disease comes, if some people did not feel an anxiety about such matters. But worry is dangerous when it is carried to excess. It drives to panic so as to make impossible any intelligent action. Most worry is about things of lesser value-food, clothing, length of life, what we will do tomorrow. Again there is fear. There are many people who live in constant fear. Of course we must distinguish between normal fear and abnormal fear. There is a difference. Fear helps us keep out of danger. By fear we are enabled to tone up the body and stimulate the mind. If it were not for fear, you would step into the path of a speeding automobile, or you would recklessly expose yourself to disease. Fear leads to caution. But it may be abnormal. That is, fear may feed fear. You may live with your fears, and encourage them. You may develop them instead of controlling them. Then you are afraid of every step, every cloud, every noise, and every suggestion. Another cause of havoc is self-centeredness. The world moves for you, by you, and in you. The self is the center of the universe. There is a feeling of resentment when things do not work out the way we plan. It would appear that progress is to be measured in terms of the gratifica-
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tion of our wants and the satisfaction of our desires. So the objects of an environment are judged as good or ill according as they minister, or fail to minister, to the personal ego. You see it reflected in some of the questions that are asked: "Why does this have to happen to me'" "Why does not God do something'" And we allow greed and indifference to run riot, because we judge life in terms of our own opinions, standards, fortunes. That brings us to an expression of the attitude. There is so much bitterness in the world. When things do not work out our way, we are prone to be bitter about it. Our first impulse is to get rid of the enemy, or to get even. We spend our time trying to plan how best to get our revenge. We hate those who outstrip us, and outwit us. We feel that we have been misused, and the result is always self-pity. Intolerance results from our failure to appreciate the value of other people's rights and opinions. Many people feel a hopelessness about life in general, because of a consciousness of failure. While people can take success in the stride, they cannot take failure. We are apt to feel that because we have failed we have lost caste. There seems to be a sense of humiliation because we have failed. We have tried to hold to a certain idealism, while others who have denied that idealism have forged ahead and succeeded. We wonder why. We feel that we are so small and insignificant in the sight of such success. And generally we sigh: "What's the use'" We need to remember that life has its ups and downs, and many seeming failures have often turned out to be splendid successes. One other cause needs to be mentioned. There is division in the world. There are conflicts-the lower self is always in conflict with the higher self. There are barriers and prejudices. A certain race is supposed to be superior to another .race. A certain class can enjoy all of the privileges of life above a certain other class. We have religious differences, which manifest themselves in a terrible b]gotry. We have pet biases which thwart the growth of understanding. There is a certain social scale in which people think it is a mark of distinction to walk and move. Life is largely viewed as a series of barriers which have been erected by our limited judgment. . All of these things are f9und in individual lives, and they keep people from a healthy-mindedness which is essential to development. Extend them and you find the same things in nations, keeping them from getting along peaceably with each other. These are the things that thwart progress. Thes~ are the real enemies of democracy. If there is ever to be any adequate national defense something has to be done with these evils. The whole matter of getting at this problem is to get a stabilizing center around which to build-our centers of fame, power, possessions, ambition have proved false and inadequate. II
Consider now what ~'reemasonry can offer to combat these evils, or in other words what Freemasonry can contribute in the world crisis. It is not a matter of geography or climate. It is not a matter of cult or nation. The same terrible result is found in every nation in the world. We have been reminded again and again in these recent months of the downfall of certain nations. What caused that downfall' They say because they were unprepared with weapons to combat the pressing war machine. The real reason however is much deeper. These nations were defeated because there was no appreciation for the wholesome moral life. Faith had died out. Hope had been crushed. Idealism had been bartered. Freedom had lost its dynamic. There was no unity of purpose, and the
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people in these nations had no chance to develop the urge of the soul or the longing of the heart. They were exploited by the varied interests of political demagogues. The seed of discontent had been planted, and the harvest of confusion was the result. Freemasonry can offer the means to stabilize life, and help to bring into the world a creative attitude toward things. It will do this first by demonstrating a vital belief in God. It helps men face life courageously, by showing them how to put first things first, and relegating to a minor place those trivial things which have caused us so much concern. We are invited to believe in God-yet we do not take that very seriously. What does it mean to believe in God' It means at least to put God first and seek the will of God above everything else. Aye, but that sounds merely like a shibboleth. Have we not been doing thaU I reply everything but that. We have been seeking the power of prestige, influence, wealth. We have said to God: we know how to run our affairs, let us alone, and when we get in a tight place, we'll call on YOU. God must become our supreme loyalty-and when any other loyalty gets in the way, the supreme loyalty must be given the right of way. Do we ask what is the will of God in this hour' Do we not rather say what about our business, our society, our country, our world' God alone can cure us of our egocentric tendencies. We live in a law-abiding universe. That law is best understood when it is interpreted as the will of God. If the universe is governed by law, we can learn how to get along with it, if it is subject to caprice we can never know what to do. We reap what we sow. If we sow bitterness, we reap bitterness; hate, hate; selfishness, selfishness. If we sow love and understanding, we reap love and understanding. That is why conditions in the world are as they are-the seed that has been sown was sure to bring the harvest that we deplore today;' Your life did not begin by chance. It was not created out of material things. Your body, and all its appetites, and energies, are not the chief reality of you. The essential life is in your spirit, by which all other elements of your existence are meant to be controlled. And spirit is born of spirit. That means that we are the sons of God. And behind us, and above us, is the power of God's purpose. If we try to live as those who trust God's inspiration, drawing upon His strength that is higher than our strength, believing in His faithfulness that surrounds us when we are faithful, then we shall see that His promises do not fail. This consciousness of God lifts us above the crowding pressure of confused living. It gives us a direction and a perspective. It places things in their proper proportion. It also enables us to readjust the boundaries of life in relation to the central focus of life. It releases us from being earth-bound and sense-bound. It gives us the courage and the strength to feel that we are not alone in life. Freemasonry also demonstrates a vital belief in man. It emphasizes the sacredness of human personality. It tells us that anything that can b~ done for the development of that personality is good and that anything that cramps that personality is evil. People are more important than possessions. Character is more valuable than gold. The whole social and economic order must be remade according to the standard of people. The government, the school, the church, the family were all made for the enrichment of persons and not to be the masters of persons. It is said that someone took the late Ramsay MacDonald for a walk in New York City. He showed him all the glories of that great city and especially the attractive skyline, then asked: "What do you think of the wealth of America'" To which Mr. MacDonald replicd: "The
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greatest wealth of America is not the buildings, the possessions, the external things, but rather in the childhood of America." There is much truth in that statement-our greatest concern in the world today is not for more territory or more conquest, but rather for the stable development of the lives of our citizens. Give a man the chance to enjoy life, to pursue the appreciations of life, to make something of his life-and you need have no fear of any enemy from without. The greatest enemy to American liberty is the enemy that will refuse to give our people the chance to enjoy life. It is not the nation or individual from without, it is rather the attitudes and the distinctions developed from within. Freemasonry further demonstrates a vital belief in the power of spiritual values. Any civilization will amount to nothing unless it develops souls-the souls of children who enter into their heritage of happiness, the souls of men and women who are lifted above the grooves of mere unmeaning process, so that they think and plan and dream. Our gadgets do not make for happiness. Our abundance of possessions do not guarantee fullness of life. There has to be a sensitive apprecia#on for love, kindness, mercy, justice, liberty. These are spiritual values. These are more important, more lasting, and more powerful than anything we can s.ee with the ordinary eye. To get men to love mercy, to do justly and to walk humbly with God is the grandest quest of any age. People today are hungry for music and color, poetry and romance because our steel-ribbed civilization increasingly crowds out of the everyday experience the gentleness and contagion such beauty can give. As someone has said: "Life ought to have in it the qualities of all fine art. It is not tolerable that it should be a cheap thing, offending the taste of every sensitive spirit. It must not be bedraggled and inharmonious. It ought to have in it some lovely purpose, climbing to supreme expression like the accumulating colors on the canvas beneath the master's hand, or like the ascending climax of great music when some true musician plays." Aye, and that can only come when spiritual values are given appreciation in our living. All of the armies and power of the dictators cannot destroy the faith, liberty, love, and goodness of the soul. These outlast any attempt to stifle them. And so the evils of the world can be overcome by the radiant living of people who believe in God, believe in men, and believe that the most powerful things in the world are spiritual ideals. Freemasons can conquer all of the evils by taking the tradition seriously and practicing in their own lives and experimenting with those lives on the level of their effective and creative beliefs. That is the challenge for these days of world crisisnothing can separate us from the endowment of our heritage. That is our challenge-to outthink, outlove, outlive all enemies.
III Consider this whole matter from another angle. Victor Hugo once penned a few lines which have been loosely translated, but which are very suggestive: "On the branch that swings, sits a bird that sings, knowing he has wings." It is well known that we are sitting on a limb today, and at any moment the limb might break and we may fall. It appears that we are nearing the end of an age. But what does that matter if we have wings and if we are aware of those wings T It is not only essential to have wings, it is more essential to be able to use those wings. I have seen birds in the spring all lumped up in a mass on the sidewalk, an examination disclosed that they had wings, but they did not know how to use them. I have seen
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winged birds flying proudly against the wind over the sea, they had wings and they knew how to use them. You and I have two wings. They are adequate wings. They can be developed and used at any time. And if we develop them we can sing even though the limb on which we rest will soon break. Our first wing is faith. That sounds trite, but nevertheless it is true. Sometimes you hear it said that we need more faith. I wonder. I feel that we have too much faith already, but, mind you, faith in the wrong things. Ask the man of the street what he believes in, the chances are he will tell you that he believes in force, or in the success of a political party, or in the law of the land, or in the rights of the certain class. But what does that faith bring~ Wars, depressions, unrest and confusion. We need a faith in God. How much faith in God does the average man have~ How much faith in God does the average Freemason have1 Do you believe that God can do things, make His will known, triumph over any combined opposition1 If we are aware of this wing and can use it, we need not worry about what is going to happen in the world. God is still the supreme power in the world. And in the words of Robert Louis Stevenson: "I believe in the ultimate decency of things, aye and if I awaken in hell, I will still believe in it." Our other wing is love. That again sounds trite. We think we know about love. And we read about it and we talk about it. But how little we see of it. We love our kind, our class, our group, our country. But what about other people, other races, other classes. We have erected barriers, divisions. They must be destroyed. Our prejudices must be removed. We need to exercise good will in all of our dealings and relationships. We need to develop a patience that will give itself in love in spite of what people may do to us. Love is always loving and never stops despite the possibility of hate and the misuse of that love. Develop the attitude of trying to understand and sympathize, or to have a real consideration for people, and see what that does for you. This love must be made the supreme motive power in the world. These spiritual values must be combined and used. You have the notes of the scale, but they are valueless until you combine them to make a melody. You have the colors of the rainbow, but they too are valueless until you combine them to make a picture. Love is one of the values in life but it is valueless until it is combined and put to use in attitudes, in thinking and in conduct. With this wing we can find strength, and though the limb breaks, yet we shall still be able to move to still better and safer areas of character and conduct. This then, in my humble judgment, is our part in the world crisis. Instead of being swept off our feet by words, opinions, fears, let us take stock of the strength that we have and the strength we can receive. Freemasons can lead the way in this new direction of living. We have something that is priceless, let us use it for the security of ourselves and the salvation of the world. This will break through any combined opposition and destroy any evil that will assail. "Not by might, nor by power, but by My spirit, saith the Lord." I leave it with you. Will you be a victim of the times or will you be a victor over the times 짜 Your trust is well founded, arise and follow your conductor and fear no danger.
THE GRAND MASTER: R. W. Brother Mather, I want to thank you personally, and also on behalf of the Grand Lodge, for the very interesting and inspiring message which you have just delivered to us. I am sure the brethren have thoroughly enjoyed your oration, and I hope all of us will very definitely profit thereby.
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PRESENTATION OF "DRAMATIZATION OF FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE," BY POMEGRANITE LODGE NO. 95
THE GRAND MASTER: We will now have the pleasure of listening to the brethren of Pomegranate Lodge portraying "The dramatization of the Fellow Craft Degree." As I said in my message, the study of Masonic Symbolism is very important, and I am sure that all of you will enjoy this dramatization. I will, therefore, turn the Grand Lodge over to the charge of the impresario from Pomegranate Lodge, R. W. Brother Winkelmaier. BROTHER WINKEI~MAIER: M. W. Grand Master and brethren of the Grand Lodge: I was very much surprised when our Grand Master invited Pomegranate Lodge to present this little bit of ritualistic work tonight. It is entirely different from the play which we presented last year. It is novel, and I hope that you will enjoy it. (Presentation of the "Dramatization of the Fellow Craft Degree.") THE GRAND MASTER: R. W. Brother Winkelmaier, on behalf of the Grand Lodge, I want to thank you and the brethren of Pomegranate Lodge for the very capable and interesting manner in which you have prepared this "Dramatization of the Fellow Craft Degree." It is a fine, practical exemplification, my brethren, of the study of Masonic Symbolism. CALLED FROM LABOR
At 10 :00 o'clock P.M. the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge was CALLED FROM LABOR until 8 :30 o'clock A.M., Wednesday morning, September 25.
SECOND DAY-MORNING SESSION CALLED TO LABOR
At 8 :30 o'clock A.M., the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge was CALLED TO LABOR by Most Worshipful Grand Master Karl M. Vetsburg, the Grand Officers being present in their respective stations. Prayer was offered by RightWorshipful Brother Harold L. Reader, acting as Grand Chaplain. PROPOSED MURAL FOR THE MASONIC TEMPLE IN ST. LOUIS
The Grand Secretary, R. W. Brother Mather, read a letter received from Worshipful Brother J. C. Bridell, P. M. of Polar Star Lodge No. 79 of St. Louis, concerning the erection of a mural in the lobby of the Masonic Temple in St. Louis. It was ordered that this communication be turned ..over to the Grand Lodge Committee on the Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis, the Masonic Temple Asso-
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ciation of St. Louis itself, and a committee from Polar Star Lodge No. 79, for consideration and report. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MASONIC TEMPLE _ ASSOCIATION
The report of the Committee on Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis was read by the Grand Secretary, adopted, and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. 4" A. M., of Missouri: Brethren: Your members appointed by the Grand Master to represent the Grand Lodge in the Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis, Missouri, submit the following report: Earlier in the year the Association conducted a campaign to raise additional funds with the following results. The total amount of subscriptions secured was $138,677.80. Of this amount as of September 1, 1940, $61,255.95 has been paid in cash. On account of the campaign being in progress or in process of preparation nothing was paid路 on the indebtedness on December 1, 1939, as has been the custom of the Association, but on June 1, 1940, in addition to the interest paid, there was $23,000.00 paid on the principal indebtedness of the bonds. Last year we reported the sum of $28,633.72 having been deposited with the Association by member bodies on which the Association pays 3 per cent interest; .as of September 1, 1940, this sum has been reduced to $24,114.73, so that as of September 1, 1940, the indebtedness of the Association stands as follows: Bonds secured by a mortgage $227,000.00 Deposited by member bodies........ 24,114.73 Total Indebtedness
$251,114.73
This sum is a reduction of $27,518.99 over the outstanding indebtedness of a year ago. It has been the policy of your Committee not to anticipate payments on the principal of the bonded indebtedness, but we believe that a substantial payment will be made as of December 1, 1940. We feel that the officers and members are to be commended upon the steady progress they are making to have the Temple freed of debt. Fraternally submitted, BYRNE E. BIGGER, Chairman, EDWARD MCGUIGAN, , JOHN WOHRADSKY, JR.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF BY-LAWS
M. W. BROTHER CHILES: At this Communication I move, Most Worshipful Sir, that the matter of the report of this Committee and the Committee itself be continued until the next Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. (Adopted. ) REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RECOGNITION
The report of the Committee on Foreign Recognition was read by the Grand Secretary, and was adopted, and is as follows:
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To the M. W. Gmnd Lodge, A. F. 4' A. M., of Missouri: Brethren: We, your Committee on Foreign Recognition, desire to report that the disturbed condition of the whole world has prevented us from giving attention to a study of Masonic regularity in many countries. The war in Europe has seriously disturbed the functioning of Masonry in those countries and in many instances the fraternity has been compelled to cease its labors. It is not our intention to recommend any changes in the status of our relationship with those countries where dictators have forced the closing of Maaonic Temples. It is rather our intention to await a happier day when Freemasonry may relight its extinguished tapers and continue its processes of enlightenment and promotion of universal brotherhood. . We urge an extension of Masonic friendship throughout the great continent to our south and to those Central American countries, which, though small in numbers, are deserving of our Masonic support. We recommend the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Nicaragua which complies with all our requirements for recognition, and recommend an exchange of representatives. There are doubtless other countries in this section deserving recognition and we shall next year devote some attention to them. It is our duty to investigate conditions in that little known continent of South America. We believe certain grand lodges in South America may be deserving of our recognition, and we further recommend that, if in the opinion of your committee, after due investigation, such recognition is desirable, your committee have full power to carry out this recognition and the exchange of representatives. Fraternally submitted, ARTHUR MATHER, Cha,irman. REPORT OF OOMMITTEE ON EMBLEMS
The report of the Committee on Emblems was read by the Grand Secretary, was adopted, and is as follows: Your Committee appointed to prepare a list, description and drawing of each Badge, Button, Emblem, Decoration, Insigna, or Charm, and the component parts of each of such as such Committee shall conclude should be registered ":find on careful investigation that it is practically impossible to determine what item should or should not be registered under the suggestions above made and therefore recommend that no further action be taken in the matter and that the Committee be discharged." C. LEW GALLANT, ARTHUR MATHER, JAMES W. SKELLY.
REPORT OF OOMMITTEE ON LIBRARY
The report of the Committee on Library was read by the Grand Secretary, was adopted, and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. 4' A. M., of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee begs to report that a good number of Brethren, especially in the country districts, still use our lending department, evidencing that there are still Brethren who desire to improve themselves in Freemasonry. As stated last year, the Grand Secretary is still engaged in the re-
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classification of our Reference Library, looking to the further developments in conjunction with our Committee on Masonic Publications. We also appreciate the developments in the Scottish Rite Cathedral Library, and are glad to report the cooperation of our Committee with that organization, thus enabling us to give the best service possible to our Brethren along these lines. The disturbed conditions in this country, and in the world, due to the war clouds now hanging over it, has a tendency to curtail our efforts somewhat, but we are sincerely hoping that these clouds will pass away, and we shall be able to function more fully and effectively in the future. Fraternally submitted, WILLIAM B. MASSEY, Chairman. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIO NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
The report of the Committee on George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association was read by Brother Bert S. Lee, was adopted, and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, .A. F. ~ A. M., of Missouri: Brethren: I herewith submit my annual report as State Chairman of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association. I attended the Thirtieth Annual Convention of the Association held in the Memorial at Alexandria, Virginia, on February 22. Missouri was represented, in addition to your State Chairman, by our Grand Master, M. W. Brother Karl M. Vetsburg; Deputy Grand Master, Harry S. Truman; Past Grand Masters, Anthony F. Ittner and Ray V. Denslow, and our Grand Secretary, Dr. Arthur Mather. Forty-six Grand Lodges were represented by their Grand Officers as well as the General Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, the General Grand Council, Royal & Select Masters and other Masonic organizations. The work on the Memorial is progressing as rapidly as the funds on hand will permit and quite a lot of work was done during the last year. The present plan is to completely furnish and equip all of the first floor before doing any work on the other floors or installing the elevators. The Grand Council, Order of DeMolay, have undertaken the 'task of furnishing the heroic statue of George Washington at an approximate cost of forty thousand dollars and have already launched their campaign to raise the necessary funds. Fraternally submitted, BERT S. LEE, Chairman. ORESTES MITCHELL, JR. ANTHONY F. ITTNER.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES
R. W. Brother Ray Bond, Chairman, read the amended Report of the committee, which was adopted as a whole, and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. ~ A. M., of Missouri: Brethren: In the matter of complaint against Worshipful Brother H. W. Kellogg, Worshipful Master of Shaveh Lodge No. 646. On or about July 23, 1940, complaint was made to the Grand Master by a Past Worshipful Master of one of the St. Louis lodges, that Wor-
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shipful Brother H. W. Kellogg, Worshipful Master of Shaveh Lodge No. 646, had sent out letters to members of the Fraternity living in the 22nd Ward, City of St. Louis, requesting them to support the candidacy of the wife of the Senior Warden of said Shaveh Lodge for Committeewoman of one of the major political parties in said 22nd Ward. As required by Section 278 of the By-Laws, the Grand Master caused a copy of the charge to be served on the accused, and conducted an investigation of said charge. This section of our By-Laws gave the Grand Master only two alternatives. One, to make an order suspending the accused from his office of Worshipful Master, or two, to dismiss the charge. Section 278 requires that the Grand Master shall, in either event, report the matter to the next Session of the Grand Lodge. At the investigation held by the Grand Master, Worshipful Brother Kellogg admitted that he had sent letters, a copy of which, with names deleted, is set forth in the Grand Master's Address, and had turned them over to the Senior Warden, Brother Elmer M. Gaskill for mailing; Brother Gaskill admitted full responsibility for the idea and the preparation of the letters, and both parties stated that they did not know the sending of such letters constituted a violation of Masonic Law. It appeared to the Grand Master that both of these Brethren had been loyal and faithful Freemasons, and it was his judgment that the suspension of Worshipful Brother Kellogg from the office of Worshipful Master, under the circumstances, would be too harsh a punishment, and, he, therefore, chose the only other alternative open to him under Section 278 of the By-Laws, dismissed the charge, and, in accordance with the provisions of said Section, has made report to this Grand Lodge. Under the recommendations of the Committee on Grand Master's Address, adopted by this Grand Lodge, the entire matter, together with a transcript of the investigation held by the Grand Master, has been referred to this Committee. This Committee has heard the testimony of those familiar with the facts, including the testimony of Brother Gaskill, and Worshipful Brother Kellogg has apeared before the Committee. Our finding of the facts is in accord with路 the findings of the Grand Master, that is to say, that Brother Gaskill dictated and prepared between one hundred and one hundred and twenty-five letters, all of the same tenor, and at his request and solicitation Worshipful Brother Kellogg signed said letters and they were mailed or caused to be mailed by Brother Gaskill, addressed to members of the Fraternity residing in the 22nd Ward of the City of St. Louis. The form of letter sent out was as follows: , 'bear Brother: Mrs. Elmer M. Gaskill, the wife of our Senior Warden, is a candidate for Republican Committeewoman of the 22nd Ward. Anyassistance you can give her will be personally appreciated by me. Fraternally, H. W. Kellogg, W. M., Shaveh Lodge No. 646." Before your Committee, as before the Grand Master, both Brothers involved denied having any idea of the existence of a Masonic Law which could be violated by sending out these letters, and Brother Gaskill assumed full responsibility for conceiving the idea and inducing Worshipful Brother Kellogg to sign the letters. We agree with the Grand Master's statement in his report that it seems almost incredible that both these officers should be ignorant of the fact that they were violating a Masonic Law. We further feel that in Masonic
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Law, as well as in Ci~il Law, ignorance of the Law does not excuse offenses, particularly when committed by officers of a Masonic Lodge. The use of a Masonic office for political purposes is highly reprehensible and should not be tolerated by this Grand Lodge, and the injection of political matters into Masonic Lodges, on account of their highly controversial nature, if permitted, would eventually destroy the peace and harmony which is so essential to the welfare of the Fraternity. While, as the Grand Master has stated in his Address, the punishment of suspension of the Worshipful Master of a Lodge, in some instances, might seem harsh, yet the Grand Lodge, in its wisdom, has seen fit to incorporate such punishment in the Masonic Law, pending final disposition of the case by the Grand Lodge. After due consideration the Committee feels that the Grand Master was too lenient in dismissing the charge against this Worshipful Master, and that some penalty commensurate with the offense committed should be assessed. Therefore, it is our recommendation that the order of the Grand Master dismissing said charge be set aside, and that the incoming Grand Master be directed to designate some suitable Past Master to administer a proper reprimand to Worshipful Brother H. W. Kellogg, such reprimand to be administered in a regular or special communication of Shaveh Lodge No. 646, at a time to be designated by the Grand Master. This Grand Lodge has no original jurisdiction over any offense which might have been committed by the Senior Warden of Shaveh Lodge, such jurisdiction being vested in the subordinate lodge of which he is a member. In the matter of Worshipful Brother John R. Davis, and The Masonic Service Association of the 33rd and 57th Masonic Districts of Missouri: Pursuant to the recommendation of the Committee on the Grand Master's Address, adopted by this Grand Lodge, the above matter has been referred to this Committee. The Committee has made a complete investigation of the matters referred to in the Grand Master's Address relative to this matter, and finds that the facts are as follows: The Masonic Service Association of the 33rd and 57th Masonic Districts, commonly called the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis, was organized in about the year 1923 or 1924. It is composed of all the lodges in said two districts who have voluntarily entered the Association; the governing body of the Association is a Council consisting of one delegate appointed by the Worshipful Master of each of the participating lodges, and the officers of the Association are elected annually by such Council. The funds of the Association are derived from voluntary contributioIlS in the amount of $5.00 per year from each participating lodge, and the purpose of the Association is to render Masonic service, particularly in an educational and patriotic way, in the City and County of St. Louis and elsewhere, and the providing of speakers for public and Masonic occasions on educational, historical, patriotic, and Masonic subjects. This Association has, during the period of its existence, rendered valuable and constructive service in the City and County of St. Louis along the lines for which it was organized. The Association has, from year to year; made reports of its accomplishments to this Grand Lodge, through the Grand Lodge Committee on the Masonic Service Association of Missouri. At some time prior to 1932, probably in the year 1931, the New Masonic Temple in St. Louis having been virtually completed, and the year 1932 being the occasion of the observance of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the birth of George Washington, it was suggested by interested members of the Fraternity that a statue of Washington in Masonic regalia should be installed in the rotunda of the Masonic Temple. This
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suggestion was presented to the Council of the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis, and at one of the regular meetings of said Council the suggestion was approved and endorsed, and the Council determined to act路 as sponsor for such undertaking, the plan being to raise the necessary funds for such statue by solicitation, voluntary contribution, and otherwise. A Committee of three members of the Council of the Service Association was appointed to make the necessary arrangements for the purchase and installation of said statue, and said Committee made arrangements with Brother Victor Holm, a member of Clayton Lodge No. 601 and Professor of Sculpture at Washington University, to design and have the statue molded in bronze, and installed, at a contract price of $7,840.00, which sum was afterward reduced by voluntary contribution of Brother Holm in the sum of $840.00, making the net cost of the statue to the Association $7,000.00. No written contract was made between the Committee representing the Service Association and Brother Holm. Brother Holm carried out the contract, and the statue was installed and formally dedicated on February 22, 1932. It was the plan of the Association that title in the statue sho.uld be eventually vested either in the Masonic Temple Association, or the Grand Lodge A. F. & A.M., of Missouri, but, on account of the statue not having been paid for in full, two members of the Council of the Service Association were selected to hold title to the statue as trustees. During the years following the installation of the statue, through the efforts of the Masonic Service Association and some voluntary contributions, funds were paid to Brother Holm during his lifetime and after his death to his widow, sufficient to reduce the amount of the indebtedness to about $5,000.00. That amount remaining unpaid, and the widow of Brother Holm being entitled to receive the balance of the agreed price, our Grand Master undertook to raise the balance of said indebtedness, or as much thereof as possible, and under date of May 29, 1940, the Grand Master sent a circular letter to the officers and Brethren of all of the lodges in the 33rd and 57th Masonic districts advising them of the situation relative to the statue, reminding them of the obligation of the Service Association, and requesting contributions from the various lodges to pay the balance due the widow of Brother Holm. Prior to writing this letter the. Grand Master had been assured by Brother Shephard R. Evans, present President of the Service Association, and Worshipful Brother John R. Davis, its Secretary-Treasurer, that the Association had on hand $500.00 which it would contribute to said fund. This fact was mentioned by the Grand Master in the circular above mentioned, with the suggestion that a certain contribution from lodges of more than 300 members, and a lesser contribution from lodges of less than 300 members, would be sufficient to raise the required amount due. As a result of this circular letter the sum of $2,342.00 had been contributed to this fund to the date of the preparation of the Grand Master's address to this Grand Lodge, and, although frequently requested by both the President of the Service Association and the Grand Master, the SecretaryTreasurer of the Association, Worshipful Brother John R. Davis, failed to pay the $500.00 into the fund. The failure of Worshipful Brother Davis to make this payment into the fund resulted in an investigation being held by the Grand Master in the Masonic Temple on August 26, 1940, which meeting was attended by Worshipful Brother John R. Davis, and other officers and members of the Masonic Service Association. At this meeting Worshipful Brother Davis stated that the Service Association had on hand funds in the amount of $1,100.67; that these funds were in the form of cash which were held in
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Brother Davis' safe deposit box at the First National Bank in St. Louis, and were earmarked as being the funds of the Service Association. He gave as his reason for not paying the $500.00 contribution to the Washington Statue that he held a lien on these funds on account of unpaid salary at the rate of $100.00 per year due him as Secretary-Treasurer of the Association for thirteen years by virtue of a by-law which, he stated, had been passed by the Council of the Service Association in 1927. The result of this investigation was an order by the Grand Master as follows: "It is my order, as Grand Master, that Worshipful Brother John R. Davis, the Secretary-Treasurer of the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis, turn over to Dr. Arthur Mather, the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, the books and records of the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis, and all the funds of the Service Association, and that an entire and complete report to the Grand Lodge be made at its coming Annual Communication on September 24, 1940. In the interim I also order that the said funds be impounded; that no portion of the funds of the Masonic Service Association be appropriated or used to pay any claims or debts. In the report or message of the Grand Master a full report to the Grand Lodge will be made of this matter, and full opportunity will be given to Worshipful Brother John R. Davis, the SecretaryTreasurer of the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis, to assert any claim for salary that he might have, and to the Service Association to assert any claim it may wish to assert." The Grand Master also ordered Worshipful Brother Davis to proceed with him and the Grand Secretary to the First National Bank in St. Louis, and produce and turn over to the Grand Secretary said funds in accordance with said order. Pursuant to this order Worshipful Brother Davis turned over to the Grand Secretary certain records and papers, including a cash ledger and a binder purporting to contain all the Minutes of said Masonic Service Association from its organization to date, but he challenged the right of the Grand Master to order him to pay the funds in his hands to the Grand Secretary in view of his alleged adverse claim of the same, and refused to comply with that part of the Grand Master's order, and has failed and refused to comply with the same to this date. A letter was deposited in the United States mail addressed to Worshipful Brother John R. Davis, directing him to appear before this Committee at this Session of the Grand Lodge at a time and place specified in such letter, but he has failed to appear before this Committee. The Committee has heard the testimony of Brethren who were members of the Council of the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis at the time of the meetings of the Council of said Association at which it is claimed there w~ an amendment to the By-Laws adopted granting the SecretaryTreasurer of the Association a salary of $100.00 per year, and who were in attendance at such meetings. These Brethren testified that no such resolution was presented, read or adopted at any of such meetings. Brethren who have been members of the Council of said Service Association over a period of years further testified before this Committee that there had never been any salary provided for or paid to the Secretary-Treasurer of said Association, and that no claim, to their knowledge, had ever been made by Worshipful Brother John R. Davis that there was any salary due him from said Association until the claim was asserted by him in August, 1940. Your Committee has carefully examined the purported Minutes of the Meetings of said Council in the latter part of 1927 and the first part of 1928, turned over to the Grand Secretary by Worshipful Brother John R.
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Davis, and purporting to show the introduction, and reading, second reading, and passage, of a resolution amending the By-Laws of the Association so as to provide for an annual salary of $100.00 to the SecretaryTreasurer of said Association. Your Committee feels that there is probable cause to believe, from the testimony presented before it and from the examination it has made of the said purported Minutes, and the physical condition of said purported Minutes, that no such resolution was ever :introduced, read or adopted by the Council of said Service Association. It has further developed before this Committee that the SecretaryTreasurer of said Masonic Service Association b,as never been required to give bond for the faithful performance of his duties. Testimony before your Committee further discloses that on September 20, 1940, at the regular called meeting of the Council of the said Masonic Service Association of St. Louis, a resolution was introduced and adopted ordering and directing Worshipful Brother John R. Davis, as Secretary" Treasurer of said Association, to turn over the funds of said Association in his possession to the Grand Secretary in conformance with" the Grand Master's order, and we further find that such order has not been obeyed. It is the opinion and conclusion of your Committee that this Grand Lodge has jurisdiction over the actions and business and financial affairs of said Masonic Service Association of St. Louis, and that the Grand Master acted within his jurisdiction and authority in making the order made by him and directed to Worshipful Brother John R. Davis. And, after due consideration, it is the recommendation of your Committee that the in-coming Grand Master be directed to order the Junior Warden of Forest Park Lodge No. 578, of which said Worshipful Brother John R. Davis is a member, to prefer charges against Worshipful Brother John R. Davis, of un-Masonic conduct in the following respects: 1. For refusing to obey a legal order of the Grand Master; 2. For refusing to turn over the funds of said Masonic Service Association of St. Louis to the Grand Secretary in compliance with said order, and in withholding said funds in violation thereof; 3. For failing to obey the order of the Masonic S~rvice Association of St. Louis to turn over said funds in conformance to the Grand Master's order. In his order to Worshipful Brother John R. Davis directing that the funds of the Masonic Service Association on hand in the amount of $1,100.67 be impounded in the hands of the Grand Secretary, the Grand Master stated that full opportunity would be given to Worshipful Brother John R. Davis, and to said Service Association, to assert any claims they might wish to assert against said funds. Although this fund has not actually been turned over to the Grand Secretary, under the Grand Master's order the question of the title to said funds is before this Grand Lodge for decision. It is the opinion of your Committee, under the evidence heard by it, and the admission, to this Committee, of the present President of the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis, that said Association is legally liable for the entire unpaid balance due on the George Washington Statue to the widow of Brother Victor Holm. Your Committee has before it a certified copy of a motion, introduced and passed, by the Council of said Masonic Service Association at its meeting of September 20, 1940, referred to hereinbefore in this Report, the same being as follows: "A motion was then made by Brother John F. Steffens, and seconded by Brother Frank Stum, that as directed by Grand Master, that Brother John R. Davis, Secretary-Treasurer of the Ma-
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sonic Service Association of St. Louis, be hereby directed and ordered to turn over at once to Brother Arthur Mather, the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge, as custodian, the entire funds of this Association, and out of which there be appropriated $500.00 to be utilized for the payment of the debt for the George Washington Statue." It is the opinion of your Committee that the entire sum of $1,100.67 held by the Secretary-Treasurer, is the property of said Masonic Service Association of St. Louis, and that if, and when, said funds are entrusted to the Grand Secretary under the order hereinbefore made by the Grand Master, $500.00 of said funds should be applied by the Grand Secretary towards reduction of the indebtedness due the widow of Brother Victor Holm, pursuant to the action of the Council of said Service Association hereinbefore referred to, and that the balance thereof should be paid by said Grand Secretary to the proper fiscal officer of said Association.
Respectfully submitted, RAY BOND, Chairman, E. P. WALSH, HARRY BAUM, ORSON H. SWEARINGEN, JOHN C. ROBERTSON,
J. M.
BRADFORD.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MASONIC PUBLICATIONS
The Report of the Committee on Masonic Publications was read by M. W. Brother James "\V. Skelly, Chairman, was adopted, and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. go A. M., of Missouri: Brethren: One year ago your Committee submitted a report, which considered in some detail the publication of a Masonic journal or newspaper, under the control of the Grand Lodge. The conclusion reached at that time was, that there is great need for such a journal or newspaper. Estimates were furnished at the same time, showing the probable cost of such an' undertaking, for which no funds appear to be available in the present budget of the Grand Lodge. During the present year, new and urgent appeals for financial assistance have come to the Grand Lodge, apparently imposing a further tax on its budget. The Committee is even more strongly convinced of the need for a journal or newspaper, but does not feel that a request for an appropriation should be made at this time. We recommend that the Committee be authorized to continue its efforts for promotion of Masonic education, to develop a workable plan for the needed journal, and to consider and advise concerning such matters as may be referred to it by the Grand Master. Fraternally submitted, JAMES W.
SKELLY,
B. E. BIGGER, FREDERICK M. SMITH, HAROLD L. READER, RAY V. DENSLOW, G. C. MARQUIS.
Chairman,
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ELEOTION OF OFFIOERS
M. W. Grand Master Vetsburg announced the appointment of the following Brethren to act as tellers:, James A. Kinder, Chairman, Harold M. Jayne, Jolly P. Hurtt, Morris E. Ewing, William Watson, Thornton Jennings, N. D. Jackson, Orestes Mitchell, Jr., James M. De Witt, Harry Sunderland, Robert Goggin, Fred H~ Knight, Elmer Flack, Chas. C. Langeneckert, Robert H. Groppe, Jewel E. Windle, Clyde Akers, David A. Leslie, John Adams, Chas. A. Werdein, F. E. Carter, George A. Sample, Kipp C. Johnson, Walter Singley, George Dillard, A. D. Ludlow. M.
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ELECTION OF BOARD OF DIREOTORS FOR THE MASONIO HOME
The following brethren were nominated and elected to serve as directors for the Masonic Home for the next three years: Herman Mauch, F. H. Wielandy, Byrne E. Bigger, Ray V. Denslow and George W. Walker. REPORT OF THE OOMMITTEE ON MASONIO SERVIOE ASSOOIATION
The report of the Committee on Masonic Service Associati9n was read by R. W. Brother Robert Winkelmaier, was adopted and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. go A. M., of Missouri: Brethren: Your committee begs to report as the most important work of the year, the erection 'of the marker to Lewis and Clark according to the resolution adopted last year. The original resolution called for a plaque on the Temple, but we feel that the stone will be more in keeping with the dignified architecture of the building and also more legible from the sidewalk. The marker was placed and ready for dedication by the Grand Master at this Communication of the Grand Lodge; it is forty-two inches long and twenty inches high, and bears the following inscription: In memory of Meriwether Lewis & William Clark Freemasons Whose fervency and zeal in fulfilling the orders of President Jefferson opened the great Northwest to the freedom of A D 1940 American Citizenship A L 5940 Erected by the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Missouri Arthur Mather, Grand Secretary Karl M. Vetsburg, Grand Master
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The Committee feels that this Grand Lodge should be duly thankful to the man who gave it this beautiful stone for the small sum of $110.00. After the presentation of the play, "A Rose Upon the Altar" at the Communication last year, there have been requests from various Lodges as to the source of the play. These inquiries have been answered, and at least one Lodge carried through and has presented the play for the entertainment of other Lodges. The members of De Soto Lodge are to be congratulated on their good work. At the close of this Grand Lodge there will be available copies of a play written by Worshipful Brother A. Loyd Collins, Past Master of Clinton Lodge, and also material for a Quiz program. It is the wish of the committee that our Brethren make use of this material. However, we suggest that one Lodge in each District use either the play or the quiz. Every year this committee as well as the committee on Masonic publications recommends an educational program. Nothing is done. Your committee again makes this recommendation, believing that this work should be. done under the supervision of the Grand Lodge. It is needed and wanted, wanted to such an extent that Brethren of St. Louis and St. Louis County are forming a society for Masonic education. Recognizing the value of such a society, your committee still is of the opinion that such a program should be sponsored by the Grand Lodge and not voluntary associations. The Masonic Service Association of St. Louis has continued to supply speakers and motion pictures to the Lodges of the Thirty-third and FiftySeventh Districts. In fact that seems to have been the main work of this body, as they were marking time until the George Washington statue matter could be disposed of. Then when the way was opened for settlement of that problem, there arose a greater problem as reported by the Grand Master. While we have no report on the number of speakers supplied, there were many and the talks were well received. One request came from a Lodge in a District some distance from St. Louis, and while this Lodge agreed to pay the expenses of any speaker sent, yet this committee feels that a list of available speakers throughout the State would be of great value in answering such requests. We again ask the historically minded members of our Grand Lodge to arrange a calendar of important dates in Missouri Masonic history so that programs can be arranged whereby the more important dates can be observed. There are centennials of so many things in our history that such observances would serve to remind the Brethren of our glorious past. Such a program was arranged in Lexington, Missouri, to observe the centennial of the beginning of Masonry in that city. Most Worshipful Brother Chiles prepared a paper that was valuable as well as interesting. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT
C. WINKELMAIER.
RESOLUTION
R. W. Brother Robert Winkelmaier read the following resolution, which was ordered referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The Grand Lodge having adopted the practice of erecting markers to commemorate important Masonic events and personages, therefore, Be It Resolved, that during the year 1941, there be erected in Jefferson City, Missouri, a historical marker to commemorate the centennial of Jefferson Lodge No. 43 and other important Masonic events and person-
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alities. And that this marker be erected in a place to be designated by the Centennial Committee of Jefferson Lodge. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT C. WINKEL MAIER, RAY V. DENSLOW. REPORT OF TREASURER OF GEORGE WASHINGTON STATUE FUND
R. W. Brother Arthur Mather, as Treasurer of the George Washington Statue Fund, read his report, which was received and ordered filed. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON REFUGEE CHILDREN
The report of the Committee on Refugee Children was read by M. W. Brother Byrne Bigger, Chairman, was adopted, and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. g. A. M., of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee appointed by the Grand Master to consider the question presented in his address under the title of "Refugee Chilo dren" submits the following report: Your Committee met in the office of the Grand Secretary over two weeks ago and gave very serious consideration to the question presented by the Grand Master. The facts concerning the removal of children to the United States and Canada are rather meager at this time. There has been set up the United States Committee for the Care of European Children with headquarters in Washington, and with divisions of branches in the several cities including St. Louis. It is definitely determined that these children are not to be permitted to remain in the United States permanently, but only for the duration of the war, and then will have to be returned to their country. No child over sixteen years of age will be permitted to be removed to either the United States or Canada. The cost of transportation is not definitely fixed, but as near as your Committee can determine from the present facts a sum varying from $63.00 to $138.00 will have to be advanced for transportation and other charges, and proper guarantees made that the child will receive proper care, food, and medical attention. Furthermore, it has been decided definitely that none of these children will be permitted to be adopted in this country and at this time it is rather indefinite as to whether or not our Masonic Home would, under the rules of the above Committee, be eligible to receive any of these children, but in the event that it would be permitted to receive any of these children, we should be in a position to act without further delay. Freemasonry is eminently a charitable Institution, but the word charity as thus used is not confined solely to the contribution of dollars and cents, but in the broader sense of helpfulness and thoughtfulness of others. The world conflict now raging upon the face of the earth is testing the very essence and ideals of the Fraternity. In fact, every principle for which the Fraternity has stood throughout the ages is now being challenged as never before. The question of the people of the United States taking care of, "administering to and educating the minor children between the ages of five and
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sixteen of European Countries" is a humanitarian movement of great significance. It is an effort to give these children an opportunity to grow into womanhood and manhood, properly sustained, nourished and educated with the ideal that there is such a thing as love in the world and that the world is not made entirely of hate. These are the fundamental basic purposes of the Fraternity, summed up in what we call" brotherly love, relief and truth." This is not the first time that a similar fundamental question has been presented to this Grand Lodge. On September 17, 1918, this Grand Lodge passed a resolution" that the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Aceepted Masons in the State of Missouri, U. S. A., adopt fifty fatherless children of France" and appropriated money to carry out the resolution. The Committee appointed, under the Chairmanship of Most Worshipful Brother Robert R. Kreeger, carried out the spirit of this resolution and made its final report to this Grand Lodge in September, 1930. In its final report the Committee said "All of this has been in an effort to exemplify in a modest way, the spirit of charity on which Freemasons place so much emphasis by relieving the distress of a few unfortunates, none of whom we ever expect to meet or see." This Grand Lodge is proud of what it did during all of these twelve years, and we believe that it should enter into this program of caring for European children in the same spirit. We feel that the Grand Lodge should not circularize its membership concerning the acceptance by its members of one or more of these children, but that be left entirely to the individual action of its members. Our Masonic Home provides a home for our children equal to many individual homes, and far superior to many others. If children remain long enough in the Masonic Home, they are given a thorough school education and training that qualifies them to go out into life and earn a livelihood. Many of our children are given college educations, and when the occasion warrants, they are given special training in trade schools. In the children's part of our Masonic Home are 88 children. We, have room for at least fifty or sixty more. While the facilities of the Home for old people is practically taxed to its capacity, yet it cannot co-mingle the old folks and the children. Your Committee believes that the Grand Lodge should offer the facilities of the Home for at least twenty-five of these European children with a probable maximum number of forty, and by so doing we will in no wise jeopardize the interests or the welfare of any child who would be eligible for admission to the Masonic Home. Likewise, your Committee feels that no restrictions as to Masonic membership or religious affiliations should be placed upon the children to be accepted for residence in our Home. Your Committee feels that these children should not be admitted to our Masonic Home in the sense that the present residents are admitted, but that these children become the wards of this Grand Lodge and are to be placed in our Masonic Home as the wards of the Grand Lodge, and to defray the expense thereof, that the funds appropriated by the Grand Lodge to the Masonic Home should be appropriated with the requirement that the Home, out of the funds of the Grand Lodge, should support and maintain these children. These questions present no legal problems to be solved except to meet the requirements of the United States Committee for the Care of European Children, which is the agency that is looking after the transportation and placement of the children in the United States. Your Committee, feeling that this is a great humanitarian movement, and by such action will be giving a practical manifestation to our belief
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in the fatherhood of God and brotherhood of man, recommends tIle following resolutions: '1. That this Grand Lodge shall receive twenty-five children as may be allotted by the United States Committee for the Care of European Children or any other agency that is recognized by the United States Government for the same purposes. 2. That should circumstances warrant, that we receive as many as fifteen more children as from time to time are available and it is practical路 to receive. 3. That no limitations whatever be placed upon the children received as to their race, religion, creed, or relation to Freemasonry. 4. That the Masonic Home is hereby designated as the agency for the care of said children, and that the officers of the Grand Lodge and of the Masonic Home be and they are hereby authorized to make all necessary affidavits and commitments for the reception of said children. 5. That this Grand Lodge and the Masonic Home be and they are hereby authorized to make all necessary cash deposits or other security as may be required by proper authorities as a condition precedent to receiving said children. 6. That the Ways and Means Comnlittee of this Grand Lodge be and it is hereby authorized to designate out of. the funds of this Grand Lodge appropriated to the Masonic Home, such requirements and designations of the use of said funds so that said children will be properly provided for on all financial expenses connected with their residence in the Masonic Home. 7. That your Committee be continued to assist in carrying out the purpose of these resolutions. Respectfully submitted, BYRNE E. BIGGER, Chairman, HARRY S. TRUMAN, C. A. TOLIN, HENRY C. CHILES, ARTHUR MATHER, H. C. JOHNSTON, FORREST C. DONNELL.
REPORT OF OOMMITTEE ON BOARDS OF RELIEF AND . MASONIC EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
The report of the Committee on Boards of Relief and Masonic Employment Bureau was read by W. Brother Edward H. Loffhagen, Chairman, was adopted, and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. 4' A. M., of Missouri: Brethren.: Your Committee on Boards of Relief and Employment Bureau report that they have carefully examined the reports as follows: EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
The St. Louis Masonic Employment Bureau reports that the officers, representatives and employees are working industriously, to stay abreast of changing economic trends, faced with the problem of limited monies and a none too enthusiastic co-operation of the Master Masons in the 33rd District and the age limit placed upon applicants for employment. The present method of providing funds for operation ..of路the .Bureau, created some 20 years ago, with no consideration for the future is the most difficult problem to be constantly studied to be of real service to the fraternity.
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Permanent placements for the year were 414; temporary placements 569, making a total of 983. The total cost of operation being $5,682.34 making the average cost $5.78 per position secured. The financial statement shows a balance on hand July 1, 1939, with income from interest on deposits, petty cash, and receipts of per capita from Lodges of the 33rd District, as $6,485.92. Expenditures, consisting of rent, telephones, printing and stationery, supplies, postage, office employees, etc., a total of $5,682.34, leaving a balance in bank of $803.58 and a $1,000.00 in time deposit certificates. BOARDS OF RELIEF
The St. Louis Masonic Board of Relief reports 505 new cases and 77 cases from the previous year. Investigation of the new cases revealed the following: 296 were found worthy and received aid 657 times. The Hospital Committee visited 26 sick making 76 calls. At the request of St. Louis Lodges 56 cases of members or their dependents, including those in distress at distant points, and the arrangement for Masonic services for members who passed away in other cities. Eighteen transients were given Masonic burials by the St. Louis Lodges. There were three graves opened in the Board of Relief lot in Valhalla Cemetery. The monies received by initiation assessment up to and including September 11, 1940, but for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, was $1,755.00 and that $415.00 from previous years remains unpaid. With the help of the Eastern Star Board of Relief and the Lodges, Chapters, and individual members, clothing was furnished to 9,490 needy persons. The Board compliments the Employment Bureau on its efforts in securing work for many of its worthy applicants. The financial statement shows: Cash on hand July 1, 1939, $467.24. Receipts from initiations, donation and refunds $2,360.10, making a total of $2,827.34. Disbursements to July 1, 1940, consisting of bond, card index, coal, donations, drugs, flowers, funerals, groceries, office allowance, postage, relief, salaries, stationery, telegrams, etc., $2,112.59, leaving a balance on hand June 30, 1940, of $714.75. The Kansas City Masonic Board of Relief reports that the number applying for assistance was about the same as the previous year and little difference in the amount of assistance rendered. The Lodges have cohducted Masonic services over the remains of ten deceased brethren holding membership outside of Kansas City. The financial statement is as follows: Total amount received on initiations $1,215.00; on fraternal assistance account $485.28; balance on hand June 30, 1939, in general fund account $432.60; balance on hand June 30, 1939, in Trust fund $823.99 making a grand total of $2,956.87. Disbursements: Fraternal assistance, old accounts, bulletins, card system, bonds, postage, printing, telephone and telegrams, salary of Secretary, etc., $1,791.78; leaving a balance of $1,165.09, consisting of the general fund and trust accounts of various individuals, all deposited in the Union National Bank. The Springfield Masonic Board of Relief reports that six Masonic funerals have been conducted by the Lodges of路 Springfield for deceased transient brethren. The financial statement shows having on hand July 1, 1939, a time certificate for $500.00, cash in checking account $378.26 with receipts of $15.00 during the year making a total of $893.26. Disbursements for relief were $20.00, leaving a balance of $873.26. The Masonic Board of Relief of St. Joseph reports that funeral services were arranged for two deceased brethren. The calls for relief have been
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very few and relief was rendered on two or three occasions in the purchase of food. Information was furnished by them as to two imposters to the Association. Fraternally submitted, EDWARD H. LoFFHAGEN, Chairman, ANDREW J. O'REILLY, ALBERT LINXWILER, M. E. EWING.
REPORT OF BUILDING SUPERVISORY BOARD
The report of the Building Supervisory Board was presented by R. W. Brother Guy C. Million, Chairman, was adopted, and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. go A. M., of Missouri: Brethren: The Building Supervisory Board submits the following report for the year of 1939 and 1940. JEWELL LODGE No. 480, PLEASANT HILL, Mo. October 3, 1939. Granted Jewell Lodge No. 480 permission to erect a building on property owned by the Lodge, for Masonic use, at a cost not to exceed $9,000.00 and to borrow not to exceed $3,000.00 for said purpose, with the understanding that the rent from a filling station, leased to an Oil Company, be used each year to liquidate the indebtedness. Under date of September 5, 1940, I received a letter from the Trustees of Jewell Lodge stating that the loan had been placed on the lots occupied by the filling station and the loan would be paid at the rate of $500.00 each year plus the interest, until same had been liquidated. This leaves the Masonic Building, which has been erected and dedicated, clear of indebtedness. PAUL REVERE TEMPLE ASSOCIATION, ST. LOUIS, Mo.
October 15, 1939. Granted Paul Revere Temple Association permission to send a letter to Mr. Elmer C. Voss, Trustee for the Bondholders of Paul Revere Temple, requesting that a meeting of the bondholders be called for the purpose of asking certain concessions in t~e payment of interest on the outstanding bonds. PAULDINGVILLE LODGE No. 11, WRIGHT CITY, Mo. November 5, 1939. Granted Pauldingville Lodge No. 11 permission to borrow an additional $100.00 for the completion of their new building, this with the $600.00 the Board permitted them to borrow in granting their original request in June, 1930, makes them a debt of $700.00. EXCELSIOR LODGE No.
441,
JACKSON, Mo.
November 15, 1939. Granted Excelsior Lodge No. 441 permission to refinance their indebtedness by the issue of bonds to the amount of $4,000.00, in $25.00 denominations, bearing interest at the rate of 272 per cent, in lieu of a $4,000.00 mortgage on their building bearing 6 per cent interest. BETHANY MASONIC HALL ASSOCIATION, BETHANY, Mo.
November 16, 1939. Granted Bethany Masonic Hall Association permission to refinance an indebtedness of $12,000.00 on their building on the best terms possible. This is the balance of a $15,000.00 debt incurred in
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1930 in the purchase of the first and second floors of the building of which they owned the third floor. During the past ten years they have spent considerable in improvements and paid off $3,000.00 of the original indebtedness. EMINENCE I...OOOE No. 607, EMINENCE, Mo. December 15, 1939. Granted Eminence Lodge No. 607 permission to enter into a 99-year lease for a Lodge Hall at a cash rental of $1,000.00, with the provision that no indebtedness would be incurred by the Lodge. SAMARITAN LODGE No. 424, BONNE TERRE, Mo. January 4, 1940. Refused to grant Samaritan Lodge No. 424 permission to change their plan of financing. The new plan as outlined to the Board apparently was somewhat indefinite and would take twice as long to liquidate the indebtedness as that under which they are now working. Their present plan will liquidate the debt in seven years and, considering that the Lodge is able to meet their payments, this Board is of the opinion that it would be a mistake to change. MEMPHIS LODGE No. 16, MEMPHIS, Mo. January 11, 1940. Granted Memphis Lodge No. 16 permission to issue bonds to the amount of $8,200.00, bearing 4 per cent interest, to re~finance their indebtedness. In 1930 bonds were issued in the sum of $10,000.00 bearing 6 per cent interest and during the past ten years $1,800.00 has been paid on the principal. LIBERTY MASONIC BUILDING ASSOCIATION, LIBERTY, Mo. March 17, 1940. Granted the Liberty Masonic Building Association permission to purchase, for $5,500.00, the ground floor of the building of which the Lodge owns the second floor, no indebtedness to be incurred by either the Association or the Lodge. August 11, 1940, granted Liberty Lodge No. 31 permission to transfer title to the second floor of the building occupied as a lodge hall to the Liberty Masonic Building Association, the owners of the ground floor. LINN LODGE No. 326, LINN, Mo. March 26, 1940. Granted Linn Lodge No. 326 permission to sell their Lodge Hall which was located over a drug store where liquor was being sold, they were able to sell same with no loss in finances to the lodge. Advised them to make a bona-fide lease of quarters in preference to purchasing the second floor of another building. HAZELWOOD LODGE No. 459, SEYMOUR, Mo. May 31, 1940. Granted Hazelwood Lodge No. 459 permission to deed a cemetery owned by the Lodge to the City of Seymour for maintenance purposes. It had become a financial burden to the small membership of the lodge and the city was willing to accept and maintain same. INDEPENDENCE LODGE No. 76, INDEPENDENCE, Mo. June 23,1940. Refused to grant Independence Lodge No. 76 permission to purchase and repair an old home for Masonic purposes. It was necessary for them to incur a debt of $1,400.00 in so doing and the estimated income from the building would just barely take care of operating ex~ penses with no provisions made for liquidating the indebtedness.
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WHITESVILLE LODGE No. 162, WHITESVILLE, Mo. June 25, 1940. Granted Whitesville Lodge No. 162 permission to expend not to exceed $700.00 in repairing and moving their lodge hall to a new location and to borrow not to exceed $150.00 for said purpose. THE MASONIC BUILDING ASSOCIATION, CuBA, Mo.
August 22, 1940. Granted the Masonic Building Association of Cuba permission to issue notes in an amount not to exceed $3,000.00, bearing 3 per cent interest, for the purpose of erecting a Masonic building,. with the provision that $150.00 of said notes shall be retired each year until the debt is liquidated. They own a lot valued at $600.00 and have $2,000.00 in cash on hand. This Masonic Building Association was organized without the knowledge of this Board and although we see no reason for the organization of an association since the adoption of section 72% authorizing Trustees of a lodge, nevertheless we hesitate to embarrass these brethren and have sanctioned their association subject to the approval of this Grand Lodge. PRAIRIE LODGE No. 556, GILMAN CITY, Moâ&#x20AC;˘ . August 22, 1940. Granted- Prairie Lodge No. 556 permission to purchase and remodel a building which had been used for a theatre for Masonic purposes, no indebtedness to be incurred. POLO LODGE No. 232, POLO, Mo. In November of 1938 we granted Polo Lodge permission to borrow $250.00 to purchase the first floor of the building they were occupying, with the provision that it be paid within two years. On July 8, 1940, they notified the Board that this debt had been liquidated. Respectfully submitted, GUY C. MILLION, JULIUS C. GARRELL, JR.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE
M. W. Brother Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman, read the report of the Committee on Jurisprudence section by section, and action was taken on each section as follows, and the report, as a whole, was adopted: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. ~ A. M., of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Jurisprudence submits the following report. I DECISIONS
We approve decisions numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25,26, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31. We approve decision number 1 but the word "can" must be construed to mean that the petitioner is possessed of and using the artificial appliance at the time the petition is presented to the Lodge. We approve decision number 6 but we presume the Grand Master meant by "respectable place" that the duties of the petitioner did not impair the good name of the Fraternity. With reference to decision number 14 the words" or receive" should be stricken from the decision, and as thus modified we approve the decision. We have carefully reviewed the faets on which decision number 23 was
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based, and what was really meant was the conducting of a lottery, and we, therefore, approve decision number 23. (Adopted.) II DISPENSATIONS
The Committee on the Grand Master's Address, having referred to this Committee the dispensations issued by the Grand Master, and as reported in the report of the Grand Secretary, covering dedications, elections, installations, meetings in other halls, laying cornerstones, re-ballotting on petitions, and meetings in other places, we find these matters are within the discretion of the Grand Master, and all appear to be regular, and they are hereby approved. (Adopted.) III SOCIAL SECURITY
The Report made by the Grand Master on Social Security and Income Tax Matters, having been referred to this Committee by the Committee on the Grand Master's Address, has been carefully reviewed by your Committee, and we find that the Grand Master Itas devoted a large amount of time and thought to this important subject. As Freemasons we are taught to be loyal to the laws of our country, and so we should follow the admonition of the Grand Master to obey and comply with these laws'until such time as they may be changed by rulings of the proper department, or decided otherwise by the courts of the land. (Adopted.)
IV \<Vith reference to interstate visits we find that decision 29 of the Grand Master clearly states the Law, and the lodges should be careful not to make such a visit where it would be contrary to the Law of a Sister Jurisdiction. When such a visit is contemplated it might be well to communicate with the Grand Master or the Grand Secretary who are in touch with the rules and regulations of Sister Jurisdictions. We heartily agree with the Grand Master that such visits create much interest and accomplish much good, and we are glad to say that Missouri has never thrown any obstacles in the way of such exchange of visits between lodges in Missouri and other jurisdictions. (Adopted.)
v The Grand Master's comment on Border Legislation having been referred to this Committee, and in order to seek to meet the problem presented, we offer the following amendments to the Grand Lodge By-Laws. Amend the Grand Lodge By-Laws by inserting a new Section to be known as 194-A, said Section being as follows: Section 194-A. Any Master Mason, Fellow Craft or Entered Apprentice, or any petitioner for the mysteries of Freemasonry who resides in another Grand Jurisdiction, may petition a Lodge in Missouri upon presenting with that petition a waiver of jurisdiction from the Lodge who has jurisdiction over said petitioner, and also a waiver from the Grand Master of that Grand Jurisdiction. Also, any such applicant in Missouri may apply for admission to a Lodge in another Grand Jurisdiction by securing a waiver from the Lodge having jurisdiction over him, and a waiver from the Grand Master of Missouri. We also offer the following amendment. That Section 166-A, page 165, Proceedings 1931 be, and the same is hereby repealed. (Section adopted and proposed amendments be referred to incoming Jurisprudence Committee.)
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VI The comment of the Grand Master on Section 278 having been referred to your Committee, the Committee offers the following amendment to Section 278. Amend Section 278 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws by adding the following at the end of the present Section. Provided, however, if the Grand Master deems that the bests interests of Freemasonry will 'be served, he may notify him to appear before the next Annual Communication, without removal from office. Provided, further, the Grand Master may appoint a Tria'! Commission of members of the Grand Lodge who shall forthwith proceed to try such Worshipful Master. Said Trial Commission shall follow all the provisions of Section 261%, as amended, of the Grand Lodge By-Laws, and the decision of said Trial Commission shall be filed with the Grand Secretary, and shall be in full force and effect from and after the date when the decision is so filed. (Section adopted and proposed amendment be referred to incoming Jurisprudence Committee.)
VII The proposed amendment to Section 193 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws, found on page 138, Proceedings 1939, relative to waiver of jurisdiction on petitions, has been carefully considered by your Committee. We feel that this matter can be determined by the lodges under our present Law, and we, therefore, recommend that said proposed amendment be not adopted. (Section adopted and proposed amendment rejected.)
VIII The proposed amendment to Section 148, relative to dual membership, found on pa~ 139 of the Proceedings of 1939, having been duly considered by your Committee, we feel the benefits to be gained thereby are far exceeded by the problems that would be presented, and we, therefore, recommend that said Section should not be adopted. Brothers Warren, Ruiner and Gallant, members of the Committee, did not participate in the consideration of this amendment. (Section adopted and proposal amendment rejected.)
IX Last year the Committee had before it the amendment to Section 66, relative to the St. Louis Employment Bureau, and the matter was continued over to this Session on the recommendation of the Jurisprudence Committee. _ Your Committee finds that the Employment Bureau is now functioning in a satisfactory manner, and that the increased contribution would work a hardship on too many of the St. Louis Lodges. We, therefore, recommend that said proposed amendment be not adopted. (Section adopted and proposed amendment rejected.) X
The amendment to Section 160 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws, found on pages 138 and 139, Proceedings of 1939, relative to Life Memberships has been duly considered by the Committee, and in addition thereto your Committee have had before it a number of Brethren who have different views on this question. We feel that the matter is of such vital importance, and would affect so many lodges and their By-Laws, that the matter should be given further and more careful study. We, therefore, recommend that this proposed amendment be referred to the incoming Jurisprudence
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Committee for such action as it may desire to take at the next Annual Communication. (Section adopted and proposed amendment referred to incoming Jurisprudence Committee.)
XI The proposed amendment known as Section 77-A, concerning a Lodge of Research, found on page 138, Proceedings 1939, has been carefully considered by your Committee. We feel that much good would come from the adoption of the Section, and we believe that as proposed it throws all safeguards around such Lodge of Res€arch so as not to in anywise injure the Grand Lodge or any subordinate Lodge. We, therefore, recommend that said Section be adopted. (Section and proposed amendment adopt€d.)
XII The recommendation of the Grand Master relative to qualifications of District Deputy Grand Masters and District Lecturers, having been referred to your Committee, we find that there is relief needed in some places, and in ord€r that the matter may carefully be considered and presented to the Grand Lodge next year, we offer the following amendments. Amend Section 22 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws by striking out said Section, and offering the following in lieu th€reof. "Section 22. District Deputy Gram-a. Masters. The Grand Jurisdiction of Missouri shall be divided into such number of Masonic Districts as may be, from time to time, ordered by the Grand Lodge, for each of which there shall be appointed and commissioned by the Grand Master, a District Deputy Grand Master, who must be a Past or present Master of a Lodge in this jurisdiction, and a resident of such district or an adjoining district. Districts which have, or may hereafter have, forty or more Lodges shall have two District Deputy Grand Masters of equal rank, over separate divisions of such district. The Grand Master may convene the District Deputies in r€gional conferences at such time as he may deem best, the expenses of such meetings to be defrayed by the Grand Lodg€." Also amend said Grand Lodge By-Laws by striking out Section 24, and substituting the following in lieu thereof. "Section 24. District Lecturer. There shall be appointed and commissioned by the Grand L€cturer, for each Masonic District, a District Lecturer, a resident of such District or an adjoining District, who shall be a Past or present Master and who shall be competent to teach the work of this jurisdiction, and who shall hold his office until the next succeeding session of the Grand Lodge, unless removed by the Grand Lecturer. He shall visit, officially, the Lodges in his District, as far as practicable, and for holding Lodges of Instruction shall receive Five Dollars per day and his actual expenses, to be paid by each Lodge instructed." (Section adopted and amendments laid over for action next year.) Respectfully submitted, BYRNE E. BIGGER, Chairman, HENRI L. WARREN, C. LEW GALLANT, RAL,PH V. WILSON, SAM WILCOX, RICHARD O. RUMER.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CHARTERED LODGES.
R. W. Brother Robert C. Duffin, Chairman, read the report of the Committee on Chartered Lodges; the same was adopted, and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. tf A. M., of Missouri: Brethren: The Committee on Chartered Lodges submits the following report, after careful consideration of all the Annual Returns received. LODGES
During the past year four lodges consolidated, namely, Chillicothe Lodge No. 333, Mt. Ararat Lodge No. 382, Gothic Lodge No. 436, and Deepwater Lodge No. 562, leaving 624 Chartered Lodges as of September 10, 1940. STATISTICAL
The actual net membership of the 624 Chartered Lodges as of September 10, 1940, is 86,469, which is a decrease of 1,030 over last year. However, since our decrease last year was 1,566, we can say that there was approximately 500 less of a decrease this year, which is certainly encouraging. During the year we added 1,692 raised, 757 affiliations, and 1,057 reinstatements, and lost 738 members by dimission, 1,555 by death, 2,235 by suspension, 1 by suspension for un-Masonic conduct, and 6 by expulsion. These figures, in comparison with those of last year show a gain in those groups who were added to our membership, and a definite decrease in those groups which decrease our membership. This year, as of September 10, 1940, there are 21 Lodges outstanding who have not reported to the Grand Lodge. This figure is considerably larger than last year, in fact it shows an increase of 8. The Grand Lodge Law provides that the Annual Returns from the subordinate Lodges must be in the office of the Grand Secretary on or before August 1, and surely by September 10, every Lodge should have at least sent in their report. Delay in sending in your Annual Returns seriously impairs the work of the Grand Secretary, and we can not too strongly impress upon all Secretaries the necessity of getting their reports in to the Grand Secretary on time. We would advise all Secretaries to carefully read Section 75 of the Constitution and By-Laws, and govern themselves accordingly. It is also especially gratifying to know that the collections on the Masonic Home Initiation Fund, and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Fund have been paid in full again this year. R. C. DUFFIN, Chairm.an, GEO. W. PADDOOK.
FINAL REPORT OF CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
The report, of the Credentials Committee was read by 'V. Brother Walter A. Webb, Chairman, was adopted, and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. tf A. M., of Missouri: Your Committee on Credentials submits the following report: At the present session of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge there are represented 563 subordinate lodges, and there are present: Grand Lodge Officers........................................ Past Grand Masters......................................... Grand Representatives 路...................
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District Deputy Grand Masters............................... District Lecturers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Past Masters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Worshipful Masters.......................................... Senior Wardens............................................. Junior Wardens............................................. Chairmen of Committees..................................... Distinguished Visitors Actual attendance is: Past Masters................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Worshipful Masters.......................................... Senior Wardens............................................. Junior Wardens.....
1940 55 54 631 539 110 76 30 5 631 539 110 76
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1,356 Fraternally submitted, WALTER A. WEBB, Chairman HENRY F. WOERTHER GEO. A. McKEAN ERNEST R. CLAUS
JACOB ABAECHERLI F. BABER FRED H. KNIGHT
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MILEAGE AND PER DIEM
The report of the Committee on Mileage and Per Diem was read by Worshipful Brother Shrodes, was adopted, and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A.. F. tf A.. M., of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Mileage and Per Diem at this session of the Grand Lodge begs to report allowances paid for mileage and per diem as follows: Grand Officers.......................................... $ 486.80 376.50 Past Grand Mastel路s . 1,643.30 District Deputy Grand Masters . 521.80 District Lecturers . 143.80 Chairmen of Committees . 160.50 Committee on Jurisprudence . 181.60 Committee on Appeals' and Grievances . 183.50 Committee on Credentials . Chartered Lodges . 16,890.80 Grand Total................................... $20,588.60 Respectfully submitted, W. R. SHRODES, Chairman, R. L. DIXON.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS' REPORT
The report of the Committee on District Deputy Grand Masters' Reports, was read by路R. W. Brother Nat D. Jackson, was adopted, and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A.. F. tf A.. M., of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Reports of District Deputy Grand Masters having checked over those received, submit the following report:
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There are before us complete "regular form" reports on 347 lodges out of a total of 624, in this Grand Jurisdiction. This is just a little over 55 per cent, and is about the same percentage as received in former years. It is unfortunate that it is not possible to have a complete report on all the Lodges. Under the circumstances it is necessary to assume that conditions in the remaining 45 per cent are about on an average with those submitted. In this way only are we able to form a picture of conditions as a whole. Twenty-five of the District Deputy Grand Masters out of the fifty-nine districts in this Grand Jurisdiction have made complete regular form reports on all Lodges in their district. These districts are 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 14, 21, 22, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33-A, 33-B, 40, 42, 44, 47, 49, 54, 56, 57 and 58. The twelve districts from which no report of any kind has been received are 8, 12, 16, 18, 23, 26, 31, 39, 41, 45, 46, and 52. From the remaining twenty-three districts sixteen filed reports on a part of their Lodges, but were unable to make it 100 per cent, for various reasons. One District Deputy Grand Master reported that he was unable to get his reports in for the reason t,hat the Lodge Secretaries failed to make them out for him. The Lodge Secretary gets the blame for almost everything that goes wrong in the Lodge, but we do not feel that he should carry an extra burden for failure to make the District Deputy Grand Master's Reports. . The remaining seven sent in a letter as a substitute for the Lodge reports which were confined to generalities. There is no doubt that the District Deputy Grand Masters as a whole are doing conscientious work, and are sincere in their efforts to do everything possible to promote Freemasonry in their Districts. Fraternally submitted, N. D. JACKSON, Chairman, JOHN
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PBOPOSED AMENDMENTS THE GRAND SECRETARY: I desire to read the following proposed amendments, which are to be laid over for action next year.
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Be It Resolved by the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri: That Section 5, of Article I, of its By-Laws be amended by striking therefrom the words, "provided, that the elective officers shall be chosen by ballot" and substituting therefor the words, "provided, that in the election of officers of the Grand Lodge and of members of. the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home the vote shall be by Lodges and individual vote and by ballot," so that when amended said Section shall read as follows: , 'Section 5. Voting in Grand Lodge. Voting in the Grand Lodge shall be by. a show of hands, unless a vote by Lodges shall be called for by the Representatives of ten Lodges: provided, that in the election of officers of the Grand Lodge and of members of the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home the vote shall be by Lodges and individual vote and by ballot." M. E. EWING, N. D. JACKSON.
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Resolved, that Section 3 of Article II under the provIsIOn of Section 5, of Article I of the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. M., of Missouri, be repealed. V. F. BOOR, ROBERT Y. GOGGIN, J. J. VREDENBURGH, Jos. W. SCHLAEGEL, CARL P. HALL, A. D. LUDLOW, GEO. W. PADDOCK. III Amend Section 222 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws by striking out said Section and inserting the following Section in lieu thereof: , 'Section 222. The members of the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home shall be elected by written ballot immediately following the election of the Grand Lodge officers. Nominations for directors shall be made on the first day of the Grand Lodge Session, as soon after the Grand Master's address as can be conveniently done. If a greater number is nominated than those to be elected, then the Grand Secretary shall cause a ballot to be printed with the names of those nominated listed alphabetically, which said ballots shall be used for the election when held as herein provided. "In the event that no more are nominated than are to he elected, the Grand Master may order the Grand Secretary to cast the ballot for directors of the Masonic Home. , 'Neither the Grand Master, the Deputy Grand Master, the Senior Grand Warden nor the Junior Grand Warden shall be eligible for election as a director until the next annual communication of the Grand Lodge, after his term of office shall have expired. V. F. BOOR, W. S. LANE, J. LU~S~'ORD JONES.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOTELS
R. \V. Brother Arthur Mather read the report of the Committee, which was adopted. To the M. W. Grand Lodge A. F. go A. M., of Miss01tri: Brethren: The Committee on Hotels and Transportation reports that their duties were duly performed. Wl\I. F. MILLER, Cha,ir1nan. ADDRESS OF THOMAS P. BEDFORD, GRAND COMMANDER OF THE GRAND COMMANDERY, K. T., OF MISSOURI
THE GRAND MAS'fER: At this time we will receive a message from the Grand Commander of Missouri, Brother Bedford. BROTHER BEDFORD: Most V{orshipful Grand Master and brethren: It is certainly a privilege and an honor to be the guest of our Grand Lodge. I have enjoyed every minute of my visit and would like to express my appreciation of the fine and cordial hospitality that has been accorded me. As Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Missouri, I bring you greetings from all the Grand Commandery officers and the Knights Templar of the State of Missouri, and I wish the Grand Lodge of Missouri the very best and most prosperous incoming year.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
The report of the Committee on Ways and Means was read by Worshipful Brother Cecil A. Tolin, Chairman, was adopted, and is as follows: To thf} M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. g' A. M., of Misso1tri: Brethren: We have come to the close of another year and are again confronted with a further decrease in our income, although with the rigid economy practiced by your officers during the past year mQil'e than $1,300.00 of the appropriation made last year was unexpended, and has been returned to the General Fund. This has been the result for some years past, which is evidence that we are operating the Grand Lodge at a minimum cost, and well within our income. There have been presented to this Committee five resolutions as follows: I
" Be It Resolved, That the directors of the Masonic Home be instructed, if deemed to be advisable, to use 3 per cent of the dues payable to the Masonic Home in accordance with Section 74 of the By-Laws, for relief of indigent Master Masons, their widows and orphans, either at the Masonic Home or elsewhere, and 'regardless of whether the beneficiary would be entitled to admission to the Masonic Home or not, and to transfer such amounts as the Board may deem advisable for relief for those not entitled to admission to the Home, to the Welfare Committee. " II
"Be It Resolved, That the Ways and Means Committee, by and with the consent of the Grand Master, be authorized, the funds of the Grand Lodge being available, to transfer to the Welfare Committee from time to time, moneys from the General Fund for the operation and maintenance of the Welfare Committee, not exceeding, however, the sum of $5,000.00." Approved and adoption recommended. III "REFUGEE CHILDREN: Resolved, That the Ways and Means Committee of this Grand Lodge be, and it is hereby authorized to, designate out of the funds of this Grand Lodge appropriated to the Masonic Home, such requirements and designations of the use of said funds so that said children will be properly provided for on all financial expenses connected with their residence in the Masonic Home." The Committee has approved the above resolution, with the understanding that dues payable to the Masonic Home be impressed with amount necessary to defray all financial expenses connected with this worthy matter, and that no additional funds be paid out of the Grand Lodge Treasury for this purpose.
IV "SOCIAL SERVICE AT MILITARY CAMPS: Resolved, That to carry into practice such a program, we would recommend that the Committee on Ways and Means be authorized to set aside a fund of not to exceed five cents per capita, which amount may be paid out by order of the Grand Master, if, as, and when, in his estimation, it may be needed." After consideration, the Committee has approved the setting aside of $1,000.00 in our budget, to be paid out by the order of the Grand Master, if, as, and when, in his estimation it may be needed.
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v "JEFFERSON LODGE CENTENNIAL: Resolved, That the Grand Lodge, having adopted the practice of erecting markers to commemorate important Masonic events and personages, therefore, during the year 1941, there be erected in Jefferson City, Missouri, a historical marker to commemorate the centennial of Jefferson Lodge No. 43, and other important Masonic events and personalities. And that this marker be erected in a place to be designated by the Centennial Committee of Jefferson Lodge." Your Committee does not approve the above resolution, as it will set a prec8dent which might have no end, and, therefore, we recommend its rejection. We recommend the following appropriations: Printing Proceedings $ 1,600.00 1,000.00 Salary, Grand Master . 1,500.00 Expenses, Grand Master . Maintenance, Grand Lodge Office . 1,800.00 300.00 Expenses, Grand Lodge Officers (Order Grand Master) . Salary, Grand Secretary . 5,000.00 Office Help (Grand Secretary's Office) . 3,120.00 3,000.00 Printing, Postage and Stationery . 4,200.00 Salary, Grand Lecturer , . Expenses, Grand Lecturer . ,1,200.00 District Lecturers' and District Deputies' Conferences . 750.00 Grand Lecturer Emeritus . 1,200.00 500.00 Salary, Grand Treasurer . 500.00 Grand Correspondent . 288.23 Masonic Relief Assn. U. S. and Canada . 175.00 Past Grand Master 's Jewel . 110.00 Lewis and Clark, St. Louis Marker . 225.00 Telephone, Jefferson 4877 . 300.00 Bonds, Grand Sec. and Grand Treas. . . 75.00 Reporter, Grand Lodge Session . 650.00 Expenses, Grand Lodge Session . 750.00 Contingent, Grand Lodge Expense Fund . 150.00 Perkins Audit Co. . . Expenses, George Washington Masonic Nat!. Mem. and Grand Masters Conf . 300.00 300.00 Grand Lodge Officers' Conference . Military Camp Activities . 1,000.00 250.00 Swiss Grand Lodge for Relief Work . Pay Roll, 1940 Masonic Home Board Per Capita
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$ 30,243.23 20,588.60 125,482.33
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $176,314.16 Fraternally submitted, C. A. TOLIN, Chairmal/t.
ADDRESS OF DOCTOR HANS SOHLESSINGER
THE WORSHIPFUL GRAND MASTER: We have another distinguished guest with us today. Some of you may recall having heard Brother Schlessinger speak last year, and I am sure that you will be glad to hear a word from him.
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DR. HANS SCHLESSINGER: Most Worshipful Grand Master, and Brethren: I am indeed glad to have this opportunity to bring you news from abroad. Today I am representing the Grand Lodge of Switzerland, the Grand Lodge Swiss Alpina. Freemasons in Switzerland are very, very grateful for your kindness of last year. I know that Switzrland is probably the only working democracy now left in Europe, and therefore, I believe that Masonry in Switzerland is the only place in Europe where it still exists. Your kindness enables the Swiss Grand Lodge to help our unfortunate Brethren over there, and you may be very, very sure it is deeply appreciated. I thank you. APPOINTMENTS
The Grand Secretary read the following list of appointments made by the Grand Master-elect: ANTHONY F. ITTNER . • • • • . . . . . • • . . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . R. W. Grand Lecturer SAMUEL THURMAN • • • . • • . • . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W. Grand Chaplain EMMET L. RoBISON W. Grand Chaplain THOMAS B. MATHER . . . • . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W. Grand Chaplain Z. M. WILLIAMS . . . • • . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • W. Grand Chaplain LEO H. JOHNSON . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Senior Deacon WM. F. WOODRUFF • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . Grand Junior Doocon JAMES A. KINDER . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , .. Grand Senior Steward WILLIS J. BRAY Grand Junior Steward SOLON CAMERON . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Marshal MORRIS E. EWING • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Marshal HARRY F. SUNDERLAND • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Sword Bearer JAMES M. BRADFORD Grand Pursuivant B. E. LEMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • Grand Orator R. H. GROPPE . • • • . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . • . . • . . . Grand Tiler
INSTALLATION
The hour for installation having arrived, M. W. Brother William R.. Gentry was presented as the Installing Officer, and M. W. Brother Bert S. Lee, as Grand Marshal. The following Grand Officers were then installed for the ensuing year: HARRY S. TRUMAN • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . • • . . . . M. W. Grand Master HARRIS C. JOHNSTON R. W. Deputy Grand Master FORREST C. DONNELL R. W. Senior Grand Warden GROVER C. SPARKS . . . . . . . • . . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . R. W. Junior Grand Warden E. E. MORRIS R. W. Grand Treasurer ARTHUR MATHER R. W. Grand Secretary ANTHONY F. ITTNER R. W. Grand Lecturer SAMUEL THURMAN • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W. Grand Chaplain THOMAS B. MATHER W. Grand Chaplain Z. M. WILLIAMS W. Grand Chaplain LEO H. JOHNSON Grand Senior Deacon WM. F. WOODRUFF Grand Junior Deacon JAMESA. KINDER Grand Senior Steward WILLIS J. BRAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . Grand Junior StewO/l'd
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SOLON CAMERON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . Grand Marshal MORRIS E. EWING Grand Marshal HARRY F. SUNDERLAND Grand Sword Bearer JAMES M. BRADFORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . Grand Pursuivant
PRESENTATION TO GRAND MASTER AND PAST GRAND MASTER
M. W. BROTHER WM. R. GENTRY: Most'Vorshipful Brother Harry S. Truman, it is with great pleasure I surrender to you the gavel, knowing you will wield it well, and with honor to the Fraternity over which you have been chosen to preside. Please accept my congratulations. W~ BROTHER KARL M. VETSBURG: Most Worshipful Brother Harry S. Truman, in order that you may be properly clad for the performance of your duties as Grand Master, I now invest you with this jewel, provided by this Grand Lodge for the use of the Most Worshipful Grand Master. This jewel was designed, and presented to the Grand Lodge many years ago, for the use of the reigning Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. It has been my pleasure to wear it during the past year, and it is now my pleasure to transmit it to you, with the hope that you will wear it with pleasure to yourself and honor to the Fraternity, and at the close of your office, transmit it to your successor. I congratulate you, Most Worshipful sir, on your elevation to this high office, and I wish you a happy and prosperous year to the Craft. THE GRAND MASTER: Most Worshipful Brother Vetsburg, I thank you most sincerely, and I assure you of my desire to transmit this jewel to my successor with a good record of achievement. THE GRAND SECRETARY: Most Worshipful Grand Master, if you will divest yourself of the apron which you are now wearing, I will have you invested with the apron which the Grand Lodge desires you to wear during the year of your service as Grand Master. It has been my privilege to act in a similar capacity on a number of occasions in the years that are passed. As I point to its spotless surface, I know the courage which will be inspired in your breast as you remember that the Brethren of the Masonic Fraternity in the Grand Lodge of Missouri stands silently behind you, with a great unspoken prayer that it may serve you well in every vicissitude of life through which you may pass. You have served this Grand Lodge well in the years behind you, and as you are now serving this great and glorious Republic, and our beloved Commonwealth, there will be many times when you will be ,discouraged with the difficulties that face you, but you will be sustained with an unfaltering trust in Him who knows the hearts of all men and in quietness and confidence shall be your strength. God bless you! , THE GRAND MASTER: Brother Mather, I thank you most sincerely. I have always considered that a Grand Master of Missouri has the
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highest honor conferred upon him which his Brethren could bestow. Brother Mather, it is my fervent desire I live up to your good wishes. W. BROTHER ANTHONY F. ITTNER: Most Worshipful Grand Master, may I request M. W. Brother Vetsburg to step into the limelight again. Karl, it is a part of the unwritten law of this Grand Lodge, when a Most Worshipful Grand Master finishes his term of office, that he be elected to the high office of Past Grand Master. You have been duly elected to that important office. Knowing you as well as I do, I will forego administering the obligation to you, because I know that from now on as long as you live you are going to give all the time and energy you can possibly spare to advancing and promoting the interest of Freemasonry and the welfare of your Brethren. We feel, all of us, that high-sounding preachments are of little value unless a high example of performance is set by the preacher, and we have no complaint to make of you in that regard. Whenever you have counseled correct ritualistic work and impressive conferring of degrees, you have led the way by showing how to do it. You are accounted one of the very best ritualists in the State of Missouri, and one of the most impressive workers. When you have counseled charity, you have set an example of generosity by giving right at the beginning of the canvass. In all departments of Freemasonry you have led the way. Your Brethren appreciate your efforts to go among them, and learn their problems firsthand, and to let them feel that their efforts to support Freemasonry, be they large or be they small, according to their means, are appreciated by yourself and the Grand Lodge. I think members of the Craft all over the State, those who have met you, have learned to love you, and wish you Godspeed in all your laudible undertakings in the future. Now, then, before concluding my remarks, I now invest you with the jewel of your new office, which I know you will think is beautiful and which you will cherish and appreciate as long as you live. It comes to you with the love and the thanks of the officers and the members of the Grand Lodge, and with the appreciation and thanks of the ninety thousand Master Masons that compose the membership of our great Order in Missouri. Let me pin it upon your lapel. I thank you, Karl, for your kindness and courtesy to me. I wish you, for myself, and on' behalf of all the others, Godspeed in everything you undertake. M. W. BROTHER KARL M. VETSBURG: M. W. Brother Ittner, Grand Master, and Brethren: To you, Brother Ittner, I wish to express my deep appreciation for the very flattering and extravagant manner in which you have referred to my Mcomplishments as Grand Master, or anything else I might have done for the Grand Lodge, or for Freemasonry_ I appreciate the expressions and honor, and assure you that I shall continue to labor in the vineyard of Freemasonry, and in, this
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Grand Lodge, as long as I am physically and mentally able so to do. I have enjoyed thoroughly my year as Grand Master, although, as I have told some of the officers, while the first eleven months were full of pleasure and work, the last month made it necessary for me to exercise the prerogatives of the Grand Master in a disciplinary way, which, while necessary to be performed, was not pleasant. I thank the Brethren again for all the courtesies and kindnesses extended to me, and, Most Worshipful Grand Master, I want you to know if I can serve or help you in any way during the coming year, I will do so to the best of my ability. I again want to wish you a most happy and successful year. W. BROTHER BEURSKENS: Most Worshipful Grand Master, in behalf of Grandview Lodge 618, of which you are a member, I wish to present to you this token of our esteem and good wishes. (Presented the Grand Master with a hat.) THE GRAND MASTER: W. Brother Beurskens and Brethren: Please accept my appreciation of your thoughtfulness in giving me the necessary headge'ar to preside as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. STANDING COMMITTEES 1940-1941
Jurisprudence-Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman; C. Lew Gallant, Richard O. Rumer, Sam Wilcox, Ralph V. Wilson, Harold M. Jayne. Appeals and Grievances-Ray Bond, Chairman; O. H. Swearingen, John C. Robertson, Harry Baum, Edward P. Walsh, Orestes Mitchell, Jr. Ways and Means-George C. Marquis, 2 years, Chairman; Cecil A. Tolin, 3 years; Edmund E. Morris, 2 years; Ransom A. Breuer, 1 year; Harold H. Brummall, 1 year. Credentials-A. Loy Jones, Chairman; John F. Baber, George A. McKean, Julius A. Siedel, Dr. A. H. Schopper, George Paddock, Jacob Abaecherli. Mileage and Per Diem-Walter Shrodes, Chairman; H. A. Magoon, J. W. Farley, Ensley C. James, Homer Ferguson, Jean P. Bryan. Chartered Lodges-Robert C. Duffin, Chairman; Caeser Wollman, John R. Pratt, Thomas P. Bedford, L. M. Barger. Lodges U. D.-J. Renick Jones, Chairman; Gus O. Nations, C. B. Waddell, Earl W. Armstrong, Albert Theis, Jr. Welfare-R. R.. Kreeger, Chairman; Arch A. Johnson, Thomas H. Reynolds, Herman Mauch, Byrne E. Bigger. Reports of D. D. G. M.'s-Nat. D. Jackson, Chairman; David A. Leslie, Fay G. Fulkerson, Charles L. Woods, John H. Hicks, John W. Adams, John H. Hoops. Masonic Boards of Relief-Edward H. Loffhagen, 2 years, Chairman; Andrew J. O'Reilly, 1 year; Albert Linxwiler, 1 year; Morris E. Ewing, 2 years; Cyril A. Carpenter, 3 years.
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Ritual-Anthony F. Ittner, 3 years, Chairman; Theodore C. Tee] . 5 years; James A. Kinder, 4 years; Harry P. Hovey, 1 year; William D. Rogers, 2 years. Masonic Home (Visiting Committee)-A. P. Fletcher, Chainnan; Walter A. Phipps, William Watson, William Zavadil, Sterling H. McCarthy. Correspondence-Ray V. Denslow, Chainnan. Necrology-Harold L. Reader, Chairman; Julius Edwards. Auditing-Perkins Audit Company. Grand Master's Address-Karl M. Vetsburg; and all Past Grand Masters. Unfinished Bu.,siness and Distinguished Visitors-Fred O. Wood. Transportation and Hotels~William F. Miller. SPECIAL COMMITTEES 1940-1941
Masonic Service Association-Robert C. Winkelmaier, Chairman; Edward C. Luedde, Walter Simon, Robert R. Wright. Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges-Arthur Mather, Chairman; James R. McLachlan, Frank C. Barnhill, DuVal Smith. Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis-Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman; Edward McGuigan, John Wohradsky, Jr. George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association-Bert S. Lee, Chairman; George W. Walker, Anthony F. Ittner; Library-William B. Massey, Chainnan; William P. Mason, William C. Rese, Gilbert W. Strode, Shelby Wilson. Printing of Proceedings-Arthur Mather, Chainnan; George C. Marquis. Masonic Publications-James W. Skelly, Chainnan; Byrne E. Bigger, Frederick M. Smith, Harold L. Reader, Ray V. Denslow, George C. Marquis. Building Supervisory Board-Guy C. Million, 3 years, Chairman; Nat. D. Jackson, 2 years; Julius C. Garrell, Jr., 1 year. Revision of By-Laws-Henry C. Chiles, Chairman; Byrne E. Bigger, Ray V. Denslow. Forms and Ceremonies-Ray V. Denslow, Chairman; Henry C. Chiles, Anthony F. Ittner. Refugee Children-Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman; Henry C. Chiles, Arthur Mather, Harris C. JohnstonJ Forrest C. Donnell, Grover C. Sparks, Leo H. Johnson. Social Service at Training Camps-Ray V. Denslow, Chairman; James W. Skelly, Harris C. Johnston, J. M. Sellers. LIVING PAST GRAND MASTERS OF THIS JURISDICTION
Name and LocatilYTt Robert R. Kreeger, 3401= Morren Ave., Kansas City Arch A. Johnson, Landers Building, Springfield
Year of Service 1908-09 1911-12
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Van Fremont Boor, 1201 Commerce Building, Kansas City Tolman W. Cotton, Van Buren Julius C. Garrell, 251 Twenty-fourth Street, Santa Monica, Calif Bert S. Lee, 1224 Washington, Springfield William W. Martin, 5351 Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis Anthony F. Ittner, 1530 Telephone Building, St. Louis Byrne E. Bigger, Courthouse, Hannibal. William R. Gentry, 717 Louderman Building, St. Louis Ray V. Denslow, Trenton Thad B. Landon, 604 Land Bank Building, Kansas City F. C. Barnhill, Marshall DuVal Smith, 517 Corby Building, St. Joseph James W. Skelly, 3637 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis George W. Walker, 627 Good Hope Street, Cape Girardeau Harold L. Reader, 529 Lake Avenue, Webster Groves Henry C. Chiles, Lexington Karl M. Vetsburg, 1010 Pine, St. Louis
1913-14 1914-15 1919-20 1922-23 1925-26 1927-28 1928-29 1930-31 1931-32 1932-33 1933-34 1934-35 1935-36 1936-37 1937-38 1938-39 1939-40
MINUTES APPROVED
On motion made by M. W. Brother James W. Skelly, the minutes as reported, were ordered printed in the Proceedings, and the Grand Secretary was directed to print and distribute the necessary number of proceedings of this session of the Grand Lodge. BENEDICTION
Reverend Grand Chaplain Samuel Thurman, after invoking the Divine blessing, pronounced the benediction. CLOSING
The M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Missouri rested from its labors and was closed in AMPLE FORM at 1 :30 o'clock P.M., this day, the 25th of September, 1940, no further business appearing, to meet again at St. Louis, Missouri, the last Tuesday, viz. the 30th day of September, 1941.
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DISTRICT DEPUTY G. M.'S 1940-1941 1. 2. 3. 4.
Harold M. Jayne, Memphis James M. DeWitt, Kirksville Walter E. Singley, Green City Clyde C. Evans, Trenton
DISTRICT LEOTURERS 1940-1941 Homer G. McDaniel, Wayland Bruce Hunt, Kirksville Walter E. Singley, Green City Emmett M. Wilson, Laredo
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DISTRICT LECTURERS 1940-1941
Carey A. Brock, Ridgeway Curtis F. Smith, Darlington Paul Ward, Maryville Fred H. Binder, Bigelow . William H. Utz, Jr., St. Joseph C. Robert May, Jamesport Emsley C. James, Plattsburg A. B. Cleaveland, Kingston Herman D. Taggart, Linneus Luther E. Wilhoit, Mason David A. Leslie, Williamstown Warren H. May, Louisiana Chas. S. Hicks, Monroe City H. Scott Welch, Higbee Arthur G. Lynch, Brunswick Earl F. Cheesman, Carrollton Earl W. Foley, Weston Harry P. Hovey, 1110 Grand Ave., Kansas City 23. C. B. Waddell, Lexington 24. John W. Adams, Marshall 25. Samuel L. Jewett, Boonville 26. Julius R. Edwards, Centralia 27. John R. Baker, Fulton 28. Paul A. Thomas, Montgomery City 29. Herbert J. Crosby, Winfield 30. Edwin H. Barklage, St. Charles 31. Albert Linxwiler, Jefferson City 32. Ransom A. Breuer, Hermann 33-A. George J. Grossius, 2001 Ann Ave., St. Louis 33-B. Paul E. Eckardt, 2027 S. Jefferson, St. Louis 34. Ernest W. Miller, Belton 35. Dudley O. Bradley, Butler 36. Jolly P. Hurtt, Sedalia 37. Thornton Jennings, Clinton 38. Oren Simpson, Richland 39. Chas. L. Woods, Rolla 40. Chas. W. Green, DeSoto 41. Morris E. Ewing, Morrisville 42. Clyde Tinsley, Eldorado Springs 43. David V. Morris, Nevada 44. George Dillard, Joplin 45. Jewell E. Windle, Springfield
Carey A. Brock, Ridgeway Curtis F. Smith, Darlington George Houchens, Ravenwood Fred H. Binder, Bigelow Taylor H. Nicholas, Savannah Cecil T. Pilcher, Maysville Emsley C. James, Plattsburg J oim R. Blackman, Chillicothe Herman D. Taggart, Linneus Luther E. Wilhoit, Macon David A. Leslie, Williamstown Warren H. May, Louisiana Charles S. Hicks, Monroe City H. Scott Welch, Higbee Arthur G. Lynch, Brunswick L. Herbert Thomas, Carrollton Henry C. Noland, Parkville F. Ernest Carter, 5711 Locust, Kansas City C. B. Waddell, Lexington John W. Adams, Marshall Samuel L. Jewett, Boonville Robert N. Hall, Columbia John R. Baker, Fulton Paul A. Thomas, ~ontgomery City
5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.
46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52.
Herbert J. Crosby, Winfield Edwin H. Barklage, St. Charles William D. Rogers, Jefferson City Ransom A. Breuer, Hermann Arthur C. Yehlen, 1316-A Crittenden, St. Louis
Ernest W. Miller, Belton Dudley O. Bradley, Butler Jolly P. Hurtt, Sedalia Thornton Jennings, Clinton Oren. Simpson, Richland William F. Houk, Newburg Chas. W. Green, DeSoto Morris E. Ewing, Morrisville Clyde H.Tinsley, Eldorado Springs John C. Senate, Milo Leland R. Hoffman, Joplin Wm. J. Craig, 1027 S. Pickwick, Springfield John H. Hicks, Mountain Grove John H. Hicks, Mountain Grove John N. Sparks, Grandin John N. Sparks, Grandin J. Clyde Akers, Farmington J. Clyde Akers, Farmington L.Greene Stovall,Cape Girardeau L. Greene Stovall, Cape Girardeau George A. Sample, Chaffee Robert L. Fowlkes, Charleston Thomas R. Wilkins, Campbell Thomas R. Wilkins, Campbell Kipp C. Johnson, Poplar Bluff Kipp C. Johnson, Poplar Bluff
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DISTRICT DEPUTY G. M.' S 1940-1941 53. C. Earl Armstrong, West Plains 54. Fred O. Wade, Ozark 55. Charles W. Werdein, Aurora 56. Walter A. Phipps, Neosho 57. F. Robert Wolz, 4747 Stone, St. Louis 58. George Catron, Eldon 59. Nat D. Jackson, Independence
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DISTRICT LECTURERS 1940-1941 C. Earl Armstrong, West Plains Fred O. Wade, Ozark Charles W. Werdein, Aurora Walter A. Phipps, Neosho Louis F. Mottert, Overland George Catron, Eldon John S. Carmical, Independence
AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS ADOPTED
A new section, Section 77a, Lodge of Research, was adopted as follows: SECTION 77-A-LODGE OF RESEARCH
"Twenty or more .Missouri Master Masons in good standing may form a Lodge of Research for the purpose of promoting, encouraging, conducting and fostering Masonic research and study and for the purpose of spreading Masonic light and knowledge and a charter may be issued to such Lodge of Research without compliance with the usual requirements prescribed for the forming and chartering of regular subordinate Lodges. , 'A Lodge of Research chartered under the provisions of this Section shall not have power or authority to receive petitions for or to confer the craft degrees; its representatives, as such, shall not have a vote in Grand Lodge, nor be entitled to receive mileage or per' diem, as such; nor shall the Lodge be liable for or required to pay per capita tax or assessments to the Grand Lodge, and, in lieu of annual returns, it shall make an annual report to the Grand Lodge. "Any Master Mason, a member in good standing of a Missouri Lodge, shall be eligible for membership in and may petition for membership in any Lodge of Research formed under the provisions of this section. "The territorial jurisdiction of such Lodge shall be co-extensive with that of the Grand Lodge and it may hold its annual, stated or special communications at such times and in such places as it or its duly authorized officer or officers may determine. "Active membership in such Lodge shall not continue unless regular membership in good standing is maintained by such member in a regular subordinate Lodge of this jurisdiction. Honorary, associate, corresponding and/or subscribing memberships in such Lodge may be had and maintained by individual Masons, Masonic Libraries, Masonic Bodies or organizations on such terms and conditions as the Lodge of Research may prescribe. Individual Masons may be elected "fellows" by the Lodge of Research as a recognition of outstanding accomplishment. "Membership in such Lodge of Research shall not be considered dual membership. ' , AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS REJECTED
Be It Resolved, That Section 193 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws be amended by adding thereto the following: Provided, however, that a Lodge accepting a petition from a petition.er residing outside its jurisdiction shall ascertain the fee that would be charged by the Lodge in whose jurisdiction said petitioner resides and shall collect said amount from the petitioner and shall pay to the Grand Secretary for the benefit of the Grand Lodge the difference betwe~n the
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fee charged by the Lodge asking the waiver and the fee charged by the Lodge granting the waiver, said amount to be in addition to the fee provided for by Section 47 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws. Provided further, that the Lodge granting the waiver shall immediately notify the Grand Secretary of such waiver, giving the name and address of the petitioner and the name and number of the Lodge requesting such waiver. (Rejected.)
Be It Resolved, That Section 148 of the By-Laws be repealed, and in lieu thereof the following be enacted: DUAL MEMBERSHIP
A member in all respects eligible for affiliation may petition a Lodge for a dual membership in such Lodge, which membership shall entitle him to vote, hold office and exercise all of the privileges of the membership in s~d Lodge without dimitting from his parent Lodge. It shall cease to be a dual membership at any time a dimit is issued at his request by the parent Lodge. He shall be subject to the disciplinary action of both Lodges, and in the event of the conflict of jurisdiction the right of the parent Lodge shall be prior, unless a Masonic offense is charged to have been committed within the jurisdiction of the second Lodge. The petition for dual membership shall be in the form of a petition for affiliation, and the proceeding shall follow in all respects the Laws and customs in respect to such petitions. The second Lodge shall notify the parent Lodge upon election to dual membership and shall also pay a Grand Lodge per capita and its assessments on such member, noting on its returns that such dual member is also a member of the parent Lodge and giving the name of the parent Lodge. The privileges of dual membership shall be extended to members going to or coming from other Grand Jurisdictions where the laws of such jurisdictions recognize comity in respect to dual membership. (Rejected.) SECTION 66-EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
In cities where there are twenty-five or more Lodges, there shall be an employment bureau, composed of representatives from each Lodge who shall be appointed by the Worshipful Master. Such employment bureau shall aid unemployed members and their families in securing employment and shall adopt by-laws and rules for its government, which shall be approved by the Most Worshipful Grand Master. It shall maintain a permanent office for the conduct of its affairs. Each member Lodge shall contribute, for the maintenance thereof, a sum not to exceed five (5) cents per capita per month, to be calculated on the Annual Grand Lodge returns as hereinafter provided, but those members of a Lodge whose dues have been remitted shall not be included in such calculation. The per capita to be paid each month shall be determined and fixed as follows: On or before September fifteenth (15th) of eaCh year, said Employment Bureau shall prepare a budget for its operation beginning October first of each year; said budget shall be submitted to the Ways and Means Committee of the Grand Lodge, and said committee shall, during the annual communication of the Grand Lodge approve or revise said budget and determine and fix the amount of contribution of each member Lodge, per capita each month, that may be necessary to meet the budget as approved or revised by said Ways and Means Committee. Such contributions路 shall be payable monthly to the Employment Bureau, the first payment being due October first of each year.
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The Ways and Means Committee of the Grand Lodge appointed for the year 1939-40, shall immediately determine and fix the contributions as provided herein, to be payable on October first 1939, following the closing of such Grand Lodge Session. (Rejected.)
AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS LAID OVER FOR ACTION AT THE 1941 ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
Amend Section 22 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws by striking out said Section and offering the following in lieu thereof. "Sec. 22. District Deputy Grand Masters. The Grand Jurisdiction of Missouri shall be divided into such number of Masonic Districts as may be, from time to time, ordered by the Grand Lodge, for each of which there shall be appointed and commissioned by the Grand Master, a District Deputy Grand Master, who must be a Past or present Master of a Lqdge in this jurisdiction, and a resident of such district or an adjoining district. Districts which have, or may hereafter have, forty or more Lodges shall have two District Deputy Grand Masters of equal rank, over separate divisions of such district. The Grand Master may convene the District Deputies in regional conferences at such time as he may deem best, the expenses of such meetings to be defrayed by the Grand Lodge."
Amend Section 24 by striking out said Section the following in lieu thereof.
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"Section 24. District Lecturer. There shall be appointed and commissioned by the Grand Lecturer, for each Masonic District, a District Lecturer, a resident of such District or an adjoining District, who shall be a Past or present Master and who shall be competent to teach the work of this jurisdiction, and who shall hold his office until the next succeeding session of the Grand Lodge, unless removed by the Grand Lecturer. He shall visit, officially, the Lodges in his District, as far as practicable, and for holding Lodges of Instruction shall receive Five Dollars per day and his actual expenses, to be paid by each Lodge instructed." Resolved that Section 3 of Article II under the provision of Section 5 of Article I of the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. M., of Missouri be repealed.
Be It Resolved by the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M., of Missouri: That Section 5, of Article I, of its By-Laws be amended by striking therefrom the words, "provided, that the elective officers shall be chosen by ballot" and substituting therefor the words, "provided, that in the election of officers of the Grand Lodge and of members of the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home the vote shall be by Lodges and individual vote and by ballot," so that ",h('n amended said Section shall read as follows: , 'Section 5. Voting in Grand L,odge. Voting in the Grand Lodge shall be by a show of hands, unless a vote by Lodges shall be called for by the Representatives of ten Lodges: provided, that in the election of officers of the Grand Lodge and of members of the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home the vote shall be by Lodges and individual vote and by ballot. ' ,
Amend Section 222 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws by striking out said Section and inserting the following Section in lieu thereof: , 'Section 222. The Members of the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home shall be elected by written ballot immediately following the election
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of the Grand Lodge Officers. Nominations for directors shall be made on the first day of the Grand Lodge Session, as soon after the Grand Master's Address as can be conveniently done. If a greater number is nominated than those to be elected, then the Grand Secretary shall cause a ballot to be printed with the names of those nominated listed alphabetically, which said ballots shall be used for the election when held as herein provided. "In the event that no more are nominated than are to be elected, the Grand Master may order the Grand Secretary to cast the ballot for directors of the Masonic Home. , , Neither the Grand Master, the Deputy Grand Master, the Senior Grand Warden nor the Junior Grand Warden shall be eligible for election as a director until the next Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, after his term of office shall have路 expired. ' ,
AMENDMENTS REFERRED TO THE 1941 JURISPRUDENCE COMMITTEE
Amend the Grand Lodge By-Laws by inserting a new Section to be known as 194-A, said Section being as follows: "Section 194-A: Any Master Mason, Fellow Craft or Entered Apprentice, or any petitioner for the mysteries of Freemasonry who resides in another Grand Jurisdiction, may petition a Lodge in Missouri upon presenting with that petition a waiver of jurisdiction from the Lodge who has jurisdiction over said petitioner, and also a waiver from the Grand Master of that Grand Jurisdiction. Also, any such applicant in Missouri may apply for admission to a Lodge in another Grand Jurisdiction by securing a waiver of jurisdiction from the Lodge having jurisdiction over him, and a waiver from the Grand Master of Missouri." "That Section 166-A, page 165, Proceedings 1931 be, and the same is hereby repealed."
Amend Section 278 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws by adding the following at the end of the present Section: "Provided, however, if the Grand Master deems that the best interests of Freemasonry will be served, he may notify him to appear before the next Annual Communication, without removal from office. , 'Provided, further, the Grand Master may appoint a Trial Commission of members of the Grand Lodge who shall forthwith proceed to try such Worshipful Master. Said Trial Commission shall follow all the provisions of Section 261%, as amended, of the Grand Lodge By-Laws, and the decision of said Trial Commission shall be filed with the Grand Secretary, and shall be in full force and effect from and after the date when the decision is so filed."
Be It Resolved, That Section 160 of the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge be amended by striking out all of said Section 160, and adopting a new Section 160 in lieu thereof which shall read as follows: SECTION 160-LIFE MEMBERSHIP
A Lodge, by its By-Laws, may provide that any member, because of length of membership or other meritorious cause, shall thereafter be exempt from payment of dues, except the amount the Lodge be required to pay to the Grand Lodge, either in the form of annual dues, special assessments or any other financial obligation of the Lodge to the Grand Lodge on account of his membership, which sum shall be collected by the
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local Lodge, and the member shall be subject to suspension for nonpayment of such dues, as provided by Grand Lodge By-Laws. (Taken from the Report of the Grand Lecturer for 1940 and referred to the 1941 Jurisprudence Committee.) I desire to call the attention of the Grand Lodge to a practice which has grown up in recent years, namely, that of organizing and conducting socalled degree teams. These teams may be of great benefit to Freemasonry, or a detriment to its well-being according to the manner in which they are conducted, and the character of the work which they do. The use of the word "degree team" implies that its members know the work correctly and exemplify it correctly when invited by Lodges to confer Degrees. We know that in many instances such teams have done very poor work while in others their work has been a great credit to Freemasonry. It is my opinion that no such "Degree Team" should be permitted to function as a separate entity without authority of the Grand Master and without complying with certain clearly defined conditions. I recommend that a resolution embodying these suggestions be prepared by the Committee, on Jurisprudence and adopted. In our family of Deputies, both D. D. G. M. 's and D. L. 's, there are distinguished and well-beloved Brethren who have served this Grand Lodge faithfully and efficiently for many years. The time may come ere long when their age and the state of their health will make it necessary for them to drop out of the work. I feel that this Grand Lodge would lay itself open to the charge of ingratitude if it permitted these members to retire without some form of appropriate recognition. Would it not be possible to create the titles of District Deputy Grand Master Emeritus, and District Lecturer Emeritus, and possibly in the cases of those who have served for a great length of time to accord them mileage and per diem to attend the Annual Communications of the Grand Lodge' I suggest that this matter also be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence for appropriate action.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED I
Be It Resolved, That the directors of the Masonic Home be instru'cted, if deemed to be advisable, to use 3 per cent of the dues payable to the Masonic Home in accordance with Section 74 of the By-Laws, for relief of indigent Master Masons, their widows and orphans, either at the Masonic Home or elsewhere, and regardless of whether the beneficiary would be entitled to admission to the Masonic Home or not, and to transfer such amounts as the Board may deem advisable for relief for those not entitled to admission to the Home, to the Welfare Committee. II
Be It Resolved, That the Ways and Means Committee, by and with the consent of the Grand Master, be authorized, the funds of the Grand Lodge being available, to transfer to the Welfare Committee from time to time, moneys from the General Fund for the operation and maintenance of the Welfare Committee, not exceeding, however, the sum of $5,000.00. RESOLUTION REJECTED The Grand Lodge having adopted the practice of erecting markers to commemorate important Masonic events and personages, therefore: Be It Resolved, that during the year 1941, there be erected in Jefferson City, Missouri, a historical marker to commemorate the centennial of Jefferson
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Lodge No. 43 and other important Masonic events and personalities. And that this marker be erected in a place to be designated by the Centennial Committee of Jefferson Lodge. NUMERICAL LIST OF LODGES-1940 I-Missouri 48--Fulton 95-Pomegranate 2-Meridian 49-Holt 96-St. Andrews 3-Beaeon 50-Xenia 97-Bethany 4-Howard 51-Livingston 98--Webster 5-United 52-Wakanda 99-Mt. Vernon 53-Weston â&#x20AC;˘ 100-Ash Grove 6-Ark . 7-0 'Sullivan 54-Index 101-Bogard 8-. 55~Arrow Rock 102-Bloomington 9-Geo. Washington 56-Tipton 103-West View lo-Agency 57-Richmond 104-Heroine ll-Pauldingville 58-Monticello 105-Kirksville l2-Tyro 59-Centrttlia 106-Gallatin l3-Rising Sun 60-New Bloomfield 107-Greenville 6I-Waverly 108--Altamont l4-Eolia 15-Western Star 62-Vincil 109-Stanberry l6-Memphis 63-Cambridge llO-Marcus 17-Clarksville 64-Monroe Ill-Trenton 18--Palmyra 65-Pattonsburg ll2-Maitland 19-Paris Union 66-Grant City 113-Plattsburg 67-Rocheport 114-Twilight 20-St. Louis 2I-Havana 68--Kennett l15-Laddonia 22-Wellington 69-Sullivan l16-Barnes 23-Florida 70-Armstrong 117-Helena¡ 24-Wyaeonda 71-Savannah 118-Kingston 72-Gorin 119-DeSoto 25-Naphtali 26-Ava 73-Eureka l20-Compass 27-Evergreen 74-Warren l2l-Erwin 75-Silex l22-Triplett 28--St. John 's 29-Windsor 76-Independence 123-IIe.nnann 30-Huntsville 77-Lebanon l24-Union Star 3l-Liberty 78-St. Joseph 125-Gentryville 32-Humphreys 79-Polar Star l26-Seaman 33-Ralls 80-Bridgeton 127-Athens 34-Troy 8l-Central 128--Lorraine 82-Jackson 129-Monett 35-Mereer 36-Cooper 83-Laelede l30-lIume 84-Webster Groves 13I-Potosi 37-Hemple 85--Miami l32-Farmington 38-Callao 86-Brookfield l33-Star of the West 39-DeWitt 87-Washington 134-Olean 40-Mt. Moriah 88-Defiance l35-Braymer 4l-Bismarck 89-Friendship l36-Phoenix 42-Middle Grove 90-Russellville l37-Delphian 43-Jefferson 9l-Madison l38-Lincoln 44-Fair Play 92-Perseverance l39-Qregon 45-Bonhouune 46-Wentzvi1le 93-St. Mark's 140. 94-Vienna l41-Amsterdam 47-Fayette
172 142-Pleasant Grove 143-Irondale 144-Modern 145-Latimer 146. 147-Cass 148-Purdy 149-Lexington 150-Birming 151-Milton 152-Linn Creek 153-Bloomfield 154-Ionic 155-Spring Hill 156-Ashland 157-North Star 158-Mountain Grove 159-Green City 160-Pleasant 161-Clifton Hill 162-Whitesville 163-0ccidental 164-Joachim 165. 166-Portageville 167. 168-Colony 169-Camden Point 170-Benevolence 17l-Hartford 172-Censer 173-Gray Summit 174-Sturgeon 175. 176-Point Pleasant 177-Texas 178-Griswold 179-Pride of the West 180-Pyramid 181. 182-Pilot Knob 183-California 184-Morley 185-Chamois 186. 187-Hermon 1S8-Hannibal 189-Zeredatha 190-Putnam 191'" 192-Frankford 193-Angerona
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 194-Wellsville 195-Bolivar 196-Quitman 197-Carthage 19B-Allensville 199-New Hope 200-Sonora 201-Ravenwood 202-Westville 203-Brumley 204-Rowley 205-Trilumina 206-Somerset 207-Clay 208-Salisbury 209-Poplar Bluff 210-Unionville 211-Hickory Hill 212-Four Mile 213-Rolla 214-Forest City 215-Hornersville 216-Hale City 217-Barbee 218-Good Hope 219-Albert Pike 220-Kansas City 221-Mystic Tie 222-La Belle 223-Ray 224-Hamilton 225-Salem 226-Saline 227-Cypress 228-Shelbina 229. 230-St. James 231-Cardwell 232-Polo 233-Bucklin 234-St. Francois 235-Weatherby 236-Sedalia 237-La Plata 238-Rushville 239-Hopewell 240. 241-Palestine 242-Portland 243-Keystone 244-Middle Fabius 245-Knobnoster
1940 246-Montgomery 247-Neosho 248. 249-Carroll 250-Glensted 251-Hope 252. 253-Laredo 254-Butler 255-Alton 256-Shekinah 257-Lodge of Light 258. 259-Lodge of Love 260-Mechanicsville 261-Florence 262-Holden 263-Summit 264-Kirbyville 265-Corinthian 266-Social 267-Aurora 268-Lodge of Truth 269-Brotherhood 270-New Salem 271-S010mon 272-Granite 273-St. Clair 274-Cold Spring 275. 276-Grand River 277-Wm. D. Muir 278-Essex 279-Hogle's Creek 280. 281-Fenton 282-Cosmos 283-Stockton 284-Canopy 285-Earl 286-Urich 287-Craft 288-Hermitage 289-Graham 290-Fairmont 291-Edina 292-Lamar 293-Sarcoxie 294-Mound City 295-Moniteau 296-Sparta 297-0zark
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GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
298-Sampson 299-Temple 300-Doric 301-White Hall 302-Lick Creek 303-0sage 304-Signal 305-Cecile Daylight 306-Ashlar 307-New London 308-Parrott 309. 310-Sikeston 311-Kearney 312-Cuba 313-Meramec 314-Pine 315-Jerusalem 316-Rural 317-0sborn 318-Eldorado 319~Paulville
320-Versailles 321-Jonathan 322-Hardin. 323-Cornerstone 324-McDonald 326-Linn 327-Mt. Zion 328-Cainsville 329-Kennedy 330-Paul Revere 331-Charity 332-Excello 333-.路 . 334-Breckenridge 335-Joplin 336-Hallsville 337-Blue Springs 338-Herculaneum 339-Fidelity 340-Westport 341-Rockville 342-Circle 343-Agricola 344-Moberly 345-Fellowship 346-A rlington 347-America 348-Wadesburg 349-Pollock 350-Tyrian
351-Mosaic 352-Friend 353-Barnesville 354--Hebron 355-Adelphi 356-Ancient Landmark 357. 358-Northwest 359-Garrett 360-Tuscan 361-Riddick 362-Hiram 363-Fraternal 364-Higginsville 365-Bayou 366-Adair 367-Barry 368-Crescent Hill 369-Composite 370-Williamstown 371-Sheldon 372-Nonpareil 373-Belle 374. 375-Waynesville 376-King Hill 377-Ancient Craft 378-Berlin 379-Billings 380-Queen City 381-Ionia 382. 383-Pythagoras 384-East Prairie 385-Richland 386-Dayton 387-Woodside 388-Chula 389-Arcana 390-Marionville 39l-Raytown 392-Christian 393-Beehive 394. 395. 396-Western Light 397-Gower 398-Jasper 399-Pike 400-Decatur 40I-Carterville
173
402-Malta 403-Lowry City 404-Rosendale 405-Everton 406-Malden 407-Charleston 408-Montrose 409-Louisville 410-Iberia 411-Joppa 412-Appleton Cit)' 413-VaUey 414--{}reensburg 415-Hunnewell 416-Cache 417-Whitewater 418. 419-Star 420-Itaska 421-Urbana 422-Gate of the Temple 423-Galt 424-Samaritan 425-Green Ridge 426-Rothville 427-Glenwood 428. 429-New Madrid 430-Winona 431. 432-Competition 433-Mack '8 Creek 434-Wheeling 435-Rockbridge 436. 437-Lafayette 438-Temperance 439-Mt. Olive 440-Trowel 441-Excelsior 442-Burlington 443-Anchor 444-Ada 445-West Gate 446-Ivanhoe 447-Jacoby 448-Schell City 449. 450-Belton 451. 452.
174 453-Forsyth 454-Continental 455-Hinton 456-Wallace 457-Jonesburg 458-Melville 459-Hazelwood 460-Lambskin 46I-Caruthersville 462-Santa Fe 463-Clifton 464-Concordia 465-Gaynor City 466-Southwest 467-Pleasant Hope 468-RedOak 469-Plato 470-Nodaway 47I-Mineral 472-Pickering 473-Nineveh 474-Guilford 475-Golden 476-Mt. Hope 477-Henderson 478-Racine 479-Rich Hill 480-Jewel 48l-Marceline 482-Clintonville 483-Fairfax 484-Kirkwood 485-Coldwater 486-Cairo 487-Chilhowee 488-Lock Spring 489-Lakeville 490-Montevallo 49I-Vandalia 492-Daggett 493-Vernon 494-Lewistown 495-Unity 496-Robert Burns 497-Equality 498-PeeDee 499-Harmony 500-Jameson 50l-Buckner 502-Philadelphia 503-Prairie Home 504-Platte City
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 505-Euclid 506-Lathrop 507-Clearmont 508-Saxton 509-Van Buren 510-New Hampton 511-Skidmore 5l2-Webb City 5l3-Senath 5l4-Granby 515-Galena 5l6-Milford 517-Seligman 5l8-0riental 5l9-Crane 520-Clifton Heights 52l-Lockwood 522-Gate City 523-Stinson 524-Spickardsville 525-Cunningham 526-Wayne 527-Higbee 528-Conway 529-Apollo 530. 53l-Lane's Prairie 532-Dexter 533-Comfort 534-Columbia 535-Blackwell 536-Ingomar 537-Bethel 538-Stella 539-Dawn 540-Winigan 54l-Jacksonville 542-Ferguson 543-Mansfield 544-Algabil 545-Zalma 546-0rient 547-So'uth Gate 548-Clinton 549-Carl Junction 550-Rose Hill 55I-Pendleton 552-Calhoun 553-Clarksburg 554-Foster 555-Summersville 556-Prairie
1940
557-Blairstown 558-Moscow 559-01arksdale 560-Nelson 56l-00wgill 562. 563-York 564-Jamesport 565-Tebbetts 566-Maplewood 567-Miller 568-Naylor 569-Marlborough 570-Republic 571-Hayti 572-Rutledge 573-Bernie 574-La Monte 575-Easter 576-0live Branch 577-Ewing 578-Forest Park 579-Grandin 580-Houston 58l-Illmo . 582-Koshkonong 583-Novinger 584. 585-Shamrock 586-0riterion 587-Branson 588-St. Francisville 589-Grovespring 590-Advance 591-Barnett 592-La Russell 593-Union 594-Blodgett 595-001e Camp 596-Puxico 597-Bosworth 598-Leadwood 599-Elvins 600-Cosby 60l-01ayton 602-Acacia 603-Morehouse 604: . 605-Walker 606-Craig 607-Eminence 608-Strafford
1940
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
609-Warrenton 610-Clark 611-Centertovr.n 612-Mokane 613-Wel1ston 614--Mt. Washington 61l$-Chaffee 616- ......•..... 611-Swope Park 618-Grandview 61~- •.••........ 62o-Willard 621-Anderson 622-Norwood 628. 624-0wensville 625-Sheffield 626-Magnolia 627- .......•....
628-Mendon 629-Valley Park 630-East Gate 631-Tower Grove 632-Belgrade 633-Archie 634-Steele 635-Greentop 636. 637-Mountain View 638-Triangle 639-Mizpah 640-Jennings 641-Trinity 642-Benj. Franklin 643-Northeast 644-Grain Valley 645- •.•.....•.•• 646-Shaveh
175
647-Noel 648-Elmer 649-University 650-Parma 651-Cleveland 652-Pilgrim 653-Shawnee 654-Commonwealtll 655-Gardenville 656-Country Club 657-Progress 658-Purity 659-Alpha 660-Holliday 661-Theodore Roosevelt 662-Clarence 663-Rockhill 664-Aldrich
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LODGES-LOCATIONS- DISTRICTS A No.
602 444 366 355 590 10 343 219 664 544 198 659 108 255 347 141 443 377 356 621 193 529 412 389 633 6 346
Name of Lodge
Location of Lodge
County
District
Acacia Columbia Boone 26 Ada Orrick .Ray •.............. 23 Adair Kirksville Adair .••............ 2 Edgerton Platte 21 Adelphi Advance ..•.........Advance Stoddard 50 Agency Agency .Buchanan 9 .Petersburg Henry 37 Agricola Albert Pike Kansas City .Jackson 22 Aldrich .Aldrich .Polk 41 Algabil. St. Louis •............................ 33·B Worth 6 Allensville Allendale Alpha N. Kansas City Clay :22 Altamont .........•.Altamont Daviess 10 Alton Alton •.•......... Oregon 53 St. Louis .............•............... 33·B America Amsterdam Amsterdam: Bates •...•.......•• 35 St. Louis ..•.......................... 33·B Anchor ' King City ,Gentry ;. 6 Ancient Craft Ancient Landmark Harrisburg Boone 26 Anderson Anderson McDonald ........•. 56 Angerona Missouri City Clay 11 33·B Apollo .......•..... St. Louis St. Clair 37 Appleton City ......•Appleton City Arcana Harris ' .. Sullivan 3 .cass ..•............ 34 Archie ............• Archie Ark Newark Knox 2 Arlington .Dixon Pulaski ' 39
176 No.
70 55 100 156 306 127 267 26
1940
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Name of Lodge
Armstrong Arrow Rock Ash Grove Ashland Ashlar Athens Aurora Ava
Location of Lodge
Armstrong Arrow Rock Ash Grove Ashland Commerce Albany St. Louis Ava
County
District
Boward Saline Greene Boone Scott Gentry
25 24 45 26 50 6 33-A 46
Douglas
B
217 591 116 353 367 365 3 393 632 373 450 170 642 378 573 97 537 379 150 41 535 557 594 153 102 337 101 195 45 597 587 135 334 80 86 269 203 233 501
Barbee Sweet Springs Saline Barnett Barnett Morgan Barnes Cabool Texas Barnesville .Ellington Reynolds Barry Washburn Barry Bayou .Bakersfield Ozark Beacon St. Louis Beehive Lawson Ray Belgrade Belgrade Washington Belle .Belle Maries Belton Belton Cass Benevolence Utica Livingston Benjamin Franklin .. St. Louis Berlin .Berlin Gentry Bernie Bernie Stoddard Bethany Bethany Harrison BetheL .Bethel. Shelby Billings Billings Christian Birming Faucett Buchanan Bismarck Bismarck St. Francois Blackwell Blackwell St. Francois Blairstown Blairstown ,Henry Blodgett .Blodgett Scott Bloomfield Bloomfield Stoddard Bloomington Bevier ,Macon Blue Springs Blue Springs J ackson Bogard Bogard Carroll Bolivar Bolivar Polk Bonhomme Ballwin St. Louis Bosworth Bosworth Carroll Branson Branson Taney Braymer .Braymer Caldwell Breckenridge Breckenridge Caldwell Bridgeton St. John's Station. St. Louis Brookfield Brookfield Linn Brotherhood St. Joseph Buchanan Brumley Brumley Miller Bucklin Bueklin Linn Buckner Buckner J ackson
'
24 58 46 .47 55 53 33-A 23 .40 39 34 12 33-B 6 51 5 14 54 9 .48 40 37 50 50 14 59 20 41 57 20 54 12 12 57 13 9 38 13 59
1940 No.
442 254
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Name of Lodge
Burlington Butler
Location of Lodge
Burlington J ct Butler
County
Nodaway Bates
177 District
7 35
C
416 328 486 552 183 38 63 169 284 231 549 249 401 '197 461 147 305 172 611 81 59 615 185 331 407 487 392 388 342 662 610 553 559 17 207 601 507 651 463 520 161 548 482 274 485
Cache Cainsville Cairo Calhoun California Callao Cambridge Camden Point Canopy Cardwell Carl Junction Carroll Carterville Carthage Caruthersville Cass Cecile-Daylight Censer Centertown Central Centralia Chaffee Chamois Charity Charleston Chilhowee .. : Christian Chula Circle Clarence Clark Clarksburg Clarksdale Clarksville Clay Clayton Clearmont Cleveland Clifton Clifton Heights Clifton Hill Clinton Clintonville Cold Spring Cold Water "
St. Louis lIarrison Cainsville Cairo Randolph Calhoun Henry California Moniteau Callao Macon Slater Saline Camden Point Platte Aurora Lawrence Cardwell â&#x20AC;˘........ Dunklin '" .Carl Junction Jasper Norborne Carroll Carterville J asper Carthage Jasper Caruthersville Pemiscot Harrisonville Cass Kansas City Jackson Macon Macon Centertown Cole Molino Audrain Centralia Boone Chaffee Scott Chamois Osage St. Joseph Buchanan Charleston Mississippi Chilhowee Johnson Oak Grove J ackson Chula Livingston Roscoe St. Clair Clarence .shelby Clark Randolph Clarksburg Moniteau Clarksdale De Kalb Clarksville Pike Excelsior Springs ..Clay Clayton St. Louis : Clearmont Nodaway Cleveland Cass Thayer Oregon St. Louis Clifton Hill Randolph Clinton lIenry EI Dorado Springs .Cedar Leeton Johnson Drexel. Cass
33-B 5 18 37 31 14 24 21 55 51 44 20 .44 .44 51 34 22 14 31 27 26 50 31 9 50 36 59 12 37 14 18 31 10 16 11 57 7 34 53 33-A 18 37 42 36 34
178 No.
595 168 534 533 654 120 432 369 464 454 528 36 265 323 600 282 656 561 287 606 519 368 586 312 525 227
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Name of Lodge
Location of Lodge
Cole Camp Colony Columbia Comfort Commonwealth Compass Competition Composite Concordia Continental Conway Cooper Corinthian Cornerstone Cosby Cosmos Country Club Cowgill Craft Craig Crane Crescent Hill Criterion Cuba Cunningbam Cypress
Cole Camp Colony ". Pacific Wheaton St. Louis Parkville Competition Doniphan Concordia Stewartsville Conway Boonville Warrensburg St. Louis Cosby St. Louis Kansas City Cowgill Canton Craig Crane Adrian Alba Cuba Sumner Laclede
County
Benton Knox Franklin Barry Platte Laclede Ripley Lafayette .De Kalb Laclede Cooper J ohnson Andrew Jackson Caldwell Lewis Holt Stone .Bates J asper Crawford Chariton Linn
1940 District
36 2 32 55 33-A 21 38 52 23 10 38 25 36 33-B 9 33-B 22 12 15 8 54 35 44 39 19 13
D
492 Daggett 539 Dawn 386 Dayton 400 Decatur 88 Defiance 137 Delphian 119 De Soto 39 DeWitt 532 Dexter 325 Dockery 300 Doric
"
McKittrick Ludlow Dayton Pierce City Sheridan Birch Tree De Soto DeWitt Dexter Meadville Elkland
Montgomery Livingston Cass Lawrence Worth Shannon Jefferson Carroll Stoddard Linn Webster
28 12 34 55 6 .47 40 20 50 13 45
Daviess Jackson Mississippi Franklin Knox Clark Macon
10 22 50 32 2 1 14
E
285 630 384 575 291 318 648
Earl East Gate East Prairie Easter Edina Eldorado Elmer
Coffey Kansas City .East Prairie St. Clair Edina Luray Elmer
1940 No.
599 607 14 497 121 278 505 73 27 405 577 332 441
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Name of Lodge
Location of Lodge
County
179 District
Elvins .Flat River St. Francois .48 Eminence Eminence .. : .shannon .47 Eolia Eolia Pike 16 Equality Newburg Phelps 39 Erwin ..•...........St. Louis 33·A Essex Essex Stoddard 50 Euclid ' .st. Louis 33-A Eureka Brunswick Chariton .•......... 19 Evergreen New Haven Franklin 32 Everton Everton Dade 42 Ewing Ewing ..........• Lewis ...•......••. 15 Excello Excello Macon 14 Excelsior Jackson Cape Girardeau 49
F 483 290 44 132 47 34() 281 542 339 261 23 214 578 453 554 212 192 363 352 89 48
Fairfax Fairmont Fair Play Farmington Fayette Fellowship Fenton Ferguson Fidelity Florence Florida Forest City Forest Park Forsyth Foster Four Mile Frankford FraternaL Friend Friendship Fulton.:
Fairfax Wyaconda Fair Play Farmington .Fayette J oplin Fenton Ferguson Farley New Florence Florida Forest City St. Louis Forsyth .Foster Campbell Frankford R.obertsville Ozark Chillicothe \Fulton
Atchison .........•. 8 Clark .............• 1 Polk 41 St. Francois 48 Howard 25 Jasper 44 St. Louis 57 St. Louis 57 Platte 21 Montgomery 28 .Monroe 17 Holt ......•........ 8 33-B Taney 54 Bates .·..........•.. 35 Dunklin 51 Pike 16 .Franklin 32 Christian 54 Livingston 12 Callaway 27
515 106 423 655 359 522 422 465 125 9
Galena Galena Stone 54 Gallatin Gallatin Daviess •............ 10 Galt ..•............ .Galt •............ Grundy 4 Gardenville Gardenville St. Louis 57 Garrett Arcola Dade 42 Gate City ..........•Kansas City Jackson ..........•. 22 Gate of the Temple Springfield Greene 45 .Parnell Nodaway .....•.•.. 7 Gaynor City Gentryville •.•.......Gentryville Gentry 6 33-B George Washington .. St. Louis
G
180 No.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Name of Lodge
250 Glensted 427 Glenwood 475 Golden 218 Good Hope 72 Gorin 397 Gower 289 Graham 644 Grain Valley 514 Granby 579 Grandin 276 Grand River 618 Grandview 272 Granite 66 Grant City 173 Gray Summit 159 Green City 425 Green Ridge 414 Greensburg 635 Greentop 107 GreenvilJe 178 Griswold 589 Grovespring 474 Guilford
Location of Lodge
Glensted Glenwood Golden City St. Louis Gorin Gower Graham Grain Valley. " Granby Grandin .. , Freeman Grandview Sedalia Grant City Gray Summit Green City Green Ridge Greensburg Greentop Greenville .Bellflower Grovespring Guilford
County
1940 District
.Morgan Schuyler Barton
58 1 .43 33-B Scotland 1 Clinton 11 Nodaway 7 Jackson .........â&#x20AC;˘. 59 Newton 56 Carter .41 Cass 34 Jackson 59 Pettis 36 Worth 6 ,Franklin 32 Sullivan 3 Pettis .. : 36 Knox 2 Schuyler 1 Wayne 52 Montgomery 28 Wright 46 Nodaway 7
H
216 336 224 188 322 499 171 21 571 459 354 117 37 477 338 123 288 187 ] 04 211 527 364 455 362
Hale City Hallsville Hamilton HannibaL Hardin Harmony Hartford Havana Hayti. Hazelwood Hebron Helena Hemple Henderson Herculaneum Hermann Hermitage Hermon Heroine Hickory Hill Higbee Higginsville., Hinton Hiram
Hale Hallsville Hamilton Hannibal. Hardin St. Louis Hartford McFall Hayti. Seymour .Mexico Rochester .HempIe Rogersville Herculaneum Hermann Hermitage Liberal. Kansas City Eugene Higbee .Higginsville Hinton Kahoka
Carroll Boone Caldwell Marion Ray }>utnam Gentry Pemiscot Webster Audrain Andrew Clinton Webster ,Jefferson Gasconade Hickory Barton Jackson Cole Randolph Lafayette Boone : . Clark
20 26 12 15 20 33-B 3 6 51 .45 27 9 11 .45 40 32 .41 .43 22 31 18 23 26 1
1940
181
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
No.
Name of Lodge
279 262 660 49 251 239 215 580 4 130 32 415 30
Hogle's Creek Holden Holliday Holt Hope Hopewell Hornersville Houston Howard Hume Humphreys Hunnewell Huntsville
Location of Lodge
Wheatland Holden Holliday Holt Washington Lesterville Hornersville Gant New Franklin Bume Humphreys Hunnewell Huntsville
County
Hickory Johnson Monroe Clay Franklin Reynolds Dunklin Audrain Howard Bates Sullivan Shelby Randolph
District
,"
.41 36 17 11 32 47 51 27 25 35 3 14 18
I 410 Iberia Iberia 581 Illmo Jllmo 76 Independence Jndependence 54 Index Garden City 536 Ingomar Willow Springs 381 Ionia .Eldon 154 Ionic Desloge 143 Irondale Irondale 420 Itaska St. Louis 446 Ivanhoe ...........• Kansas City
Miller Scott Jackson Cass Howell Miller St. Francois Washington Jackson
38 50 59 34 53 58 48 .40 33-A 22
J 82 541 447 500 564 398 43 640 315 480 164 321 457 335 411
Jackson Jacksonville Jacoby Jameson Jamesport Jasper Jefferson Jennings Jerusalem Jewel Joachim Jonathan Jonesburg Joplin Joppa
Linneus .Jacksonville Darlington Jameson Jamesport Jasper Jefferson City .Jennings .Jerico Springs Pleasant Hill Hillsboro Denver Jonesburg J oplin Hartville
Linn 13 Randolph 18 Gentry 6 Daviess 10 Daviess 10 Jasper 44 Cole 31 St. Louis .....•..... 57 Cedar .42 Cass 34 Jefferson .40 Worth 6 Montgomery 28 Jasper 44 Wright 46
220 311 329 68
Kansas City .Kansas City .Jackson 22 Kearney Kearney ........••Clay 11 Kennedy ,Elmo Nodaway 7 Kennett .....••..... Kennett ....•..... Dunklin ......•..... 51
K
182 No.
243 376 118 264 105 484 245 582
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Name of Lodge
Location of Lodge
Keystone St. Louis King Hill St. Joseph Kingston Kingston Kirbyville Hollister Kirksville Kirksville Kirkwood Kirkwood Knobnoster ........• Knobnoster Koshkonong Koshkonong
County
1940 District
"
33·A Buchanan 9 Caldwell 12 Taney 54 Adair 2 St. Louis 57 Johnson •.......... 36 Oregon 53
L 222 _~ 83 115 437 489 292 460 574 531 237 253 592 506 145 598 77 494 149 31 302 138 326 152 51 521 488 257 259 268 128 409 403
La Belle Laclede Laddonia Lafayette Lakeville Lamar Lambskin LaMonte Lane's Prairie La Plata Laredo La Russell Lathrop Latimer Leadwood Lebanon Lewistown Lexington Liberty Lick Creek Lincoln Linn Linn Creek Livingston Lockwood Lock Spring Lodge of Light Lodge of Love Lodge of Truth Lorraine Louisville Lowry City
La Belle Lewis .............• 15 Lebanon Laclede 38 Laddonia .Audrain 27 Corder Lafayette 23 Bell City Stoddard 50 Lamar Barton 43 St. Louis 33-B LaMonte Pettis 36 Vichy Maries 39 La Plata Macon 14 Laredo Grundy 4 La Russell J asper 44 Lathrop Clinton 11 Licking Texas 39 Leadwood St. Francois .48 Steelville Crawford 39 Lewis 15 Lewistown Lexington Lafayette 23 Liberty Clay 11 Perry Ralls 15 Fillmore Andrew 9 Linn .•...........Osage 31 Camdenton Camden 38 Glasgow Howard 25 Lockwood Dade 42 Lock Spring Daviess 10 , . Eagleville Harrison 5 Lancaster Schuyler 1 Atlanta Macon 14 .Ridgeway Harrison 5 Louisville Lincoln 29 Lowry City St. Clair 37 M
. 433 91 626 1l~
Mack's Creek Madison Magnolia Maitland
Mack's Creek Madison St. Louis Maitland
Camden Monroe " Holt
38 17 33·A 8
1940 No.
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Name of Lodge
Location of Lodge
County
183 District
406 Malden ..•..........Malden Dunklin 51 402 Malta Malta Bend Saline 24 543 Mansfield Mansfield Wright 46 St. Louis 57 566 Maplewood Maplewood 481 Marceline .Marceline Linn 13 110' Marcus Fredericktown Madison .48 390 Marionville Marionville Lawrence 55 569 Marlborough (Jackson Co.) .Jackson 59 324 McDonald Independence Jackson 59 St. Charles 30 260 Mechanicsville .Howell 458 Melville Dadeville Dade 42 16 Memphis Memphis Scotland 1 628 Mendon Mendon Chariton 19 Eureka St. Louis 57 313 Meramec 35 Mercer •............ Princeton Mercer 4 2 Meridian St. Louis 33-B 85 Miami .Miami Saline 24 244 Middle Fabius .Downing Schuyler 1 42 Middle Grove Middle Grove Monroe 17 516 Milford Milford Barton .43 567 Miller Miller •...........Lawrence 55 151 Milton Milton Randolph 18 471 MineraL Oronogo J asper .44 1 Missouri St. Louis , 33-A 639 Mizpah St. Louis 33-B 344 Moberly Moberly Randolph 18 144 Modern .Humansville Polk .41 612 Mokane Mokane Callaway .........•. 27 129 Monett Monett. Barry 55 295 Moniteau Jamestown Moniteau 31 64 Monroe .Monroe City Monroe 17 490 Montevallo Montevallo Vernon .43 246 Montgomery Montgomery City ..Montgomery 28 58 Monticello Monticello Lewis 15 408 Montrose Montrose Henry 37 603 Morehouse Morehouse New Madrid 50 184 Morley Morley Scott 50 Iron 48 351 Mosaic Belleview 558 Moscow Moscow Mills Lincoln 29 294 Mound City Mound City Holt 8 614 Mount Washington .. .Mt. Washington Jackson 59 158 Mountain Grove Mountain Grove Wright 46 637 Mountain View Mountain View Howell 53 476 Mt. Hope Odessa Lafayette 23 439 Mt. Olive Rogersville, R. 3 Webster .45 40 Mt. Moriah ,St. Louis ...........••..............•. 33-A 99 Mt. Vernon Mt. Vernon Lawrence ........•. 55 327 .Mt. Zion West Plains Howell 53 221 Mystic Tie Oak Ridge Cape Girardeau 49
184
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1940
N No.
Name of Lodge
25 568 560 247 60 510 199 307 429 270 473 470 647 372 643 157 358 622 583
N aphtali Naylor Nelson.: Neosho New Bloomfield New Hampton New Hope New London New Madrid New Salem Nineveh Nodaway Noel NonpareiL Northeast North Star Northwest Norwood Novinger
Location of Lodge
St. Louis Naylor Nelson N eosho New Bloomfield New Hampton Elsberry New London New Madrid Winfield Olney Maryville Noel East Lynne Kansas City Rockport Tarkio N orwood Novinger
County
Ripley Saline Newton Callaway Harrison Lincoln Ralls New Madrid Lincoln Lincoln N odaway McDonald Cass Jackson Atchison Atchison Wright Adair
District
33-B 52 24 56 27 5 29 15 51 29 29 7 56 34 22 8 8 .46 2
o 163 134 576 139 546 518 303 317 7 624 297
Occidental Olean Olive Branch Oregon Orient OrientaL Osage Osborn 0 'Sullivan Owensville Ozark
St. Louis Olean St. Louis Oregon Kansas City Blackburn Nevada Osborn Walnut Grove Owensville Fair Grove
Miller Holt Jackson Saline Vernon De Kalb Greene Gasconade Greene
33-A 58 33-A 8 22 24 43 10 45 32 45
p 241 18 19 650 308 65 11 330 319 498 551 92 502
Palestine Palmyra Paris Union Parma Parrott Pattonsburg Pauldingville Paul Revere Paulville Pee Dee Pendleton Perseverance Philadelphia
St. Charles Palmyra Paris Parma Maysville Pattonsburg Wright City St. Louis Hurdland Musselfork Doe Run Louisiana Philadelphia
St. Charles Marion Monroe New Madrid De Kalb Daviess Warren Adair Chariton St. Francois Pike Marion
30 15 17 51 10 10 30 33-A 2 19 .48 16 15
1940 No.
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Name of Lodge
Location of Lodge
County
136 472 399 652 182 314 469 504 113 160 142 467 17:6 79 349 232 95 209 166 242 131 556 503 179 657 148 658 190 596 180 383
Phoenix Pickering Pike Pilgrim Pilot Knob Pine Plato , Platte City Plattsburg Pleasant Pleasant Grove Pleasant Hope Point Pleasant Polar Star Pollock Polo Pomegranate Poplar Bluff Portageville Portland Potosi Prairie Prairie Home Pride of the West Progress Purdy Purity Putnam Puxico Pyramid Pythagoras
Bowling Green Pike .Pickering Nodaway Curryville Pike ,St. Louis .Richville Douglas Bardley Ripley Plato Texas .Platte City Platte Plattsburg Clinton Morrisville Polk Otterville Cooper Pleasant Hope Polk ._ Conran New Madrid St. Louis Pollock Sullivan Polo Caldwell St. Louis Poplar Bluff Butler .Portageville New Madrid Readsville Callaway Potosi ...........•Washington Gilman City Harrison Prairie Home Cooper St. Louis St. Louis Purdy Barry 'st. Louis Newtown Sullivan Puxico Stoddard St. Louis ' Cassville ,Barry
380 196
Queen City Quitman
Queen City Quitman
185 District
16 7 16 33-B 46 52 46 21 11 41 25 41 51 33-B 3 12 33-A 52 51 27 40 5 25 33-B 33-B 55 33-'A 3 50 33-A 55
Q Schuyler ........... 1 N odaway 7
R
478 Racine ............• Seneca .........•. Newton 33 Ralls Center Ralls 201 Ravenwood .Ravenwood Nodaway 223 Ray Camden Ray 391 Raytown .Raytown .T ackson 468 Red Oak Red Oak Lawrence 570 Republic .Republic Greene 479 Rich Hill Rich Hill Bates 385 Richland Richland Pulaski 57 Richmond .Richmond Ray 361 Riddick Buffalo .Dallas
56 15 7 23 59 55 45 35 38 23 41
186 No.
13 496 67 435 663 341 213 550 404 426 204 316' 238 90 572
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Name of Lodge
Rising Sun Robert Burns Rocheport Rockbridge Rockhill Rockville Rolla Rose Hill Rosendale Rothville Rowley Rural Rushville Russellville Rutledge
Location of Lodge
Barry Gainesville Rocheport Rockbridge Kansas City Rockville .Rolla St. Louis .Rosendale Rothville Dearborn Kansas City Rushville .Russellville ,Rutledge
County
Platte Ozark Boone Ozark Jackson Bates Phelps Andrew Chariton Platte Jackson Buchanan Cole Scotland
1940 District
21 53 26 46 22 35 39 33·A 9 19 21 22 '. . . .. 9 31 1
S 225 Salem Salem St. Mary's 226 Saline Salisbury 208 Salisbury Bonne Terre 424 Samaritan Lutie 298 Sampson Santa Fe 462 Santa Fe 293 Sarcoxie Sarcoxie 71 Savannah Savannah Saxton 508 Saxton 448 Schell City Schell City 126 Seaman .Milan Sedalia 236 Sedalia 517 Seligman Seligman Senath 513 Senath 585 Shamrock ·.shamrock 646 Shaveh St. Louis 653 Shawnee Warsaw Kansas City 625 Sheffield Festus 256 Shekinab 228 Shelbina .•..........Shelbina .•..... ' 371 Sheldon ,Sheldon .Mindenmines 304 SignaL 310 Sikeston Sikeston 75 Silex Silex 511 Skidmore Skidmore Martinsburg 266 SociaL 271 Solomon Springfield 206 Somerset Powersville Watson 200 Sonora .Kansas City 547 South Gate 466 Southwest Southwest City Sparta 296 Sparta
Dent 39 Ste. Genevieve .48 Chariton 19 St. Francois 48 Ozark 53 Monroe ......•..... 17 .Jasper 44 Andrew 9 Buchanan 9 Vernon .43 Sullivan 3 Pettis 36 Barry ; 55 Dunklin 51 27 Callaway 33-A Benton 36 Jackson 22 Jefferson 40 . Shelby 14 Vernon 43 .Barton 43 Scott •............. 50 Lincoln 29 Nodaway 7 Audrain 27 Greene .45 Putnam ...........• 3 Atchison 8 oJackson ..•........ 22 McDonald 56 Christian 54
1940 No.
187
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Name of Lodge
Location of Lodge
County
524 155 96 273 588 234 230 28 78 20 93 109 419 133 634 538 523 283 608 174 69 555 263 617
Spickarosville Spring Hill St. Andrews St. Clair St. Francisville St. Francois St. James St. John's St. Joseph St. Louis St. Mark's Stanberry Star Star of the West Steele Stella Stinson Stockton Strafford Sturgeon Sullivan Summersville Summit Swope Park
Spickard Spring Hill Shelbyville Osceola Wayland Libertyville St. James HannibaL St. Joseph St. Louis Cape Girardeau Stanberry Taberville Ironton Steele Stella Stinson Stockton Strafford Sturgeon Sullivan Summersville Lee 's Summit Kansas City
565 438 299 177 661 56 631 111 638 205 641 122 440 34 360 114 350 12
Tebbetts Temperance Temple Texas Theodore Roosevelt .. Tipton Tower Grove Trenton Triangle Trilumina Trinity Triplett TroweL Troy Tuscan Twilight Tyrian Tyro
Tebbetts Callaway Smithville Clay Kansas City Jackson Houston Texas St. Louis Tipton Moniteau St. Louis Trenton Grundy St. Louis Marshall Saline St. Louis Triplett Chariton Marble Hill Bollinger Troy Lincoln St. Louis Columbja Boone Johnstown Bates Caledonia ........•Washington
District
Grundy ..........•. 4 Livingston 12 Shelby 14 St. Clair 37 Clark 1 St. Francois 48 Phelps 39 Marion 15 Buchanan 9 33-B ,Cape Girardeau 49 Gentry 6 St. Clair 37 Iron .48 Pemiscot 51 Newton 56 Lawrence •......... 55 Cedar 42 Greene .45 Boone 26 Franklin 32 Texas 46 Jackson 59 Jackson 22
T
27 11 22 46 33-A 31 33-B 4 33-A 24 33-A 19 .49 29 33-A 26 35 .40
U
593 Union 124 Union Star
Union Union Star
Franklin De Kalb
~
.32 10
188 No.
210 5 495 649 421 286
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Name of Lodge
Unionville United Unity University Urbana Urich
Location of Lodge
Unionville Springfield Richards '" University City Urbana Urich
County
1940 District
Putnam Greene Vernon St. Louis Dallas Henry
3 45 .43 57 41 37
9 57 .47 27 43 58 39 11
V
413 629 509 491 493 320 94 62
Valley Valley Park Van Buren Vandalia Vernon Versailles Vienna Vinci!
.Bolckow Andrew Valley Park St. Louis Van Buren Carter Vandalia Audrain Bronaugh Vernon Versailles .....••• Morgan Vienna Maries Cameron Clinton
348 52 605 456 74 609 87 61 526 375 235 512 98 84 . 22 613 194 46 445 103 396 15 53 340 202 434 301 417 162 620
Wadesburg Wakanda Walker Wallace Warren Warrenton Washington Waverly Wayne Waynesville Weatherby Webb City Webster Webster Groves Wellington Wellston Wellsville Wentzville West Gate West View Western Light Western Star Weston Westport Westville Wheeling White HalL Whitewater Whitesville Willard
Creighton Carrollton Walker Bunceton .Keytesville Warrenton Greenfield Waverly Piedmont Waynesville Weatherby Webb City Marshfield Webster Groves .De Kalb Wellston Wellsville Wentzville St. Louis Millersville Louisburg Winston W eston Kansas City Westville Wheeling .Barnard Whitewater Whitesville Willard
W
Cass Carroll Vernon Cooper Chariton Warren Dade Lafayette Wayne Pulaski De Kalb Jasper Webster St. Louis Buchanan St. Louis Montgomery St. Charles
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1940 No.
370 191 29 540 430 277 387 24
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Name of Lodge
Location of Lodge
Williamstown Williamstown Pocahontas Wilson Windsor ...........•Windsor Winigan Winigan Winona Winona Pilot Grove Wm. D. Muir Woodside Thomasville Wyaconda La Grange
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2 Hartford, 171 ••••••. 41 Somerset, 206 •.••.•. 1 41 1 41 1 .. Unionville, 210 ...... 41 2 2 2 9 Humphreys, 32 ••.•• •.. ···1 ..· .. , 11 Seaman, 126 ••.••••. ... .. , ... .. Green City, 159 ••... 3 2 2 .. Putnam, 190 •••••••. 2 2 2 3 2\ Pollock, 349 ••••.••• . , . 1 .. Arcana, 389 ••••.•.. '" ... '" ., Winigan, 540 .•••.•. 1 •.. ... .. TOTAL ........ 151 111 121 71 221
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FOURTH DISTRICT-CLYDE C. EVANS, D. D. G. M., Trenton, Mo. Trenton, 111. ••.••• Laredo, 253 ••••..••. Galt, 423 .•••••••..• Spiekardsville, 524 •. Mercer, 35 .•••••.•• TOTAL ........
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GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT-Continued
SIXTH DISTRICT-euRTIS F. SMITH, D. D. G. M., Darlington, Mo. NAME AND NUMBER OF LODGE
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36 $ 76.60 $ •.... $ ·1$ 75.601$ 4.20 $ 71.40 $ ·1$ 400.001$ \$ .. 96 201.60. . 201.601 4.20 203.70 1. . . .. .. .• 80.00 8.00 33 69.30 10.60. . .. . 79.801 6.30 73.60 1 119.001 10.00 1.00 2.10. . . . . 214.201 4.20 210.00 . . . . . . . . Nonel 10.001 1.00 101 212.10 176.40........... 176.401 6.30 170.10 195.00 10.001 1.00 84 28 68.80. .. ... 68.801 ...... . 68.80 28.00 ....... 1 ...... 41 86.10 '" 86.101 2.10 84.00 . .. .. .. . 210.00 20.00 2.00 61 128.10 " j 128.101' . . . . . . 128.10 . . . . . . . . 120.00 20.00 2.00 62 109.20 2.10 ,. 111.30 2.10 109.20 ..... . . . 103.34 1.00 47 98.70...... 98.70 98.70 97.00 20.00 2.00 27 66.70...... 56.70 6.30 60.40 None .. 6061$ 1,272.601$ 14.701$ .... 1$ 1,287.301$ 36.70 $ 1,169.201$ 98.701$ 1,272.341$ 170.001$ 18.00
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SEVENTH DISTRICT-GEORGE HOUCHENS, D. D. G. M., Ravenwood, Mo. Xenia, 60 . 2 ... \... 1 1\ 6 1 1 tQuitman, 196 . ...... •.. Ravenwood, 201. .. 1 11 1·· 1 2 1 1 Graham, 289 .••..... 1 2 2 White Hall, 301 •.••. •.. .•. •.. .. . ,. Kennedy, 329 ..••••• 3 2 ... .. 1 Burlington, 442 •••.. ... Gaynor City, 465 ..•. . . . . . . . . . .. 4 4 4 3 1 18 8 7 Nodaway, 470 ..•... 2 Pickering, 472 ..••.. ... Guilford, 474 ..•.... 1 2 Clearmont, 607 ••••• , ...2 2 2 .. 3 1 Skidmore, 511 •••..• ... TOTAL ........ 91 71 7141 21 361121171 tNo report received. ·Credit $6.30.
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NINTH DISTRIOT-ORESTES MITOHELL, JR., D. D. G. M., St. Joseph, Mo. 181 $ 4 4 5 1 2 8 1 6 ...... .. I.. Savannah, 71. •••••• 24 1 .. ··1 .. .. 1 •••. Helena, 117 •••••••• . 46 ... . Lincoln, 138 •••••••• 5 '" 50 1 1 1 3 ... Whitesville, 162 ••••• 4 1 •.. 40 1 1 1 •. '" 2 .. " Rosendale, 404 •••••• 47 1 1 .,. 2 .... Valley, 418 .•••••••• 21 ••• 61 7 •. 4 4 4 •. .... 1. .. 1 Cosby, 600 •••••••••• .. 89 Agency, 10 .•••••••• 8 2 3 •. 2 9 1 3 5 •. 1 2 ••. 1 1 1 .. 1 2 •••• 55 Wellington, 22 •••••• 481 6 •••. .. 4 5 4 1 9 6 1 10 St. Joseph, 78 •••••• 64 1 ..•• .. 1 2 2 .. 5 ••. 3 Birming, 150 ..••••. 738 Zeredatha, 189 •••••. 21 15 19 6 8 22 1 9 11 " 1 3 .... 71 Rushville, 288 •.••••• 3 ••• 9 8 8 .. 3 3 4 .. 260 Brotherhood, 269 •••. .. 21 16 18 1 7 13 881 19 Charity, 331. .• , •••. .. .. 8 6 4 .. 12 4 1 4 9 •. 249 King Hill, 376 •••••• 1 .. 1 40 1 1 1 ., Saxton, 508 •••••.•• , 3 ... TOTAL ........ 741 691 721 91 451 1131 81 571 781· .1. ·1·· 3,3771$ t No report received.
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GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT-Continued TENTH DISTRICT-C. ROBERT MAY, D. D. G. M., Jamesport, Mo. NAME AND NUMBER OF LODGE
Union Star, 124 •••.. Weatherby, 235 •.... Parrott, 308 . Osborn, 317 ...•.... Continental, 454 . Clarksdale, 559 . Western Star, 15 ...• Pattonsburg, 66 . .... Gallatin, 106 , CO Altamont, 108 . II>- Earl, 285 . Lock Spring, 488 . Jameson, 500 . Jamesport, 564 .. , .. TOTAL ........
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TWELFTH DISTRICT-A. B. CLEAVELAND, D. D. G. M., Kingston, Mo. t Kingston, 118 •••.. Braymer, 135 •••.••. Hamilton, 224 ••.... Polo, 232 ••••••••••• Breckenridge, 334 .•• Cowgill, 561. •••.•.. Friendship, 89 ..•.•• Spring Hill, 155 •.•• Benevolence, 170 Chula, 388 ..•.•••... Wheeling, 434 •••..• Dawn, 539 ••...•.... TOTAL ........
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GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT-Continued FOURTEENTH DISTRICT-LUTHER E. WILHOIT, D. D. G. M., Macon, Mo. NAME AND NUMBER OF LODGE
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Callao, 38 . Bloomington, 102 . Censer, 172 ••....... La Plata, 237 ..•.... Lodge of Truth, 268. Excello, 332 ..•..•.. Elmer, 648 . St. Andrews, 96 . Shelbina, 228 .•..... Hunnewell, 415 ..... Bethel, 537 ..•...... Clarence, 662 . TOTAL ....•...
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FIFTEENTH DISTRICT-DAVID A. LESLIE, D. D. G. M., Williamstown, Mo.
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SIXTEENTH DISTRIOT-WARREN H. MAY, D. D. G. M., Louisiana, Mo. Eolia, 14 ••••.•••••• Clarksville, 17 •••••• Perseverance, 92 ••.. Phoenix, 186 ••••••• Frankford, 192 ••••. Pike, 399 ........... TOTAL ........
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SEVENTEENTH DISTRIOT-CHARLES S. mOKS, D. D. G. M., Monroe City, Mo. Paris Union, 19 .••.. Florida, 23 •••..•••. Middle Grove, 42 ••.. Monroe, 64 ••••••... Madison. 91. .•••••. Santa Fe, 462 ••••.•. Holliday, 660 •..•.•. TOTAL ........
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EIGHTEENTH DISTRIOT-H. SOOTT WELOH, D. D. G. M., IDgbee, Mo. Huntsville, 30 ..•... Milton, 151 •••.••••. Clifton Hill, 161 .••. Moberly, 344 ..••••. Cairo, 486 •••••••••. Higbee, 527 ......... Jacksonville, 641. ... Clark, 610 ..••••••.. TOTAL ........
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GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT-Continued NINETEENTH DISTRICT-ARTHUR G. LYNCH, D. D. G. M., Brunswick, Mo.
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TWENTIETH DISTRICT-EARL F. CHEESMAN, D. D. G. M., Carrollton, Mo. DeWitt, 39 .. "5 "4'4 ... "zi "4 ~I Wakanda, 62 ••••.•. Bogard, 101. . 1 .. , .. 1 11 Hale City, 216 . 1 11 2 2 Carroll, 249 ...•••.. , ......... 1.......... 21 Bosworth, 697 •.•... ... ... , 1 1 1 t Hardin, 322 . ...... . " TOTAL . 81 71 51 61 51 241 51 161 tNo report received.
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953 $ 2,001.30 $ 21.001$ .... $ 2,022.301$ 235.20 $ 1,287.10/$ 500.00 $ 2,100.001$ 170.001$ 17.00 Heroine, 104 .••...•. 18 19 2\ 81 20\ .. 632.10 . . . . . . . . 300.00 50.00 5.00 8 7 6 4 6 14 5 41 161· . . ... 315 661.50 ..... , ..... 661.501 29.40 Albert Pike, 219 ..•• 587 1,232.70 16.80. . . . . 1,249.50 96.60 6 4 5 13\ 221 .. 802.901 350.00 560.001 40.00/ 4.00 Kansas City, 220 .... 5 3 15 62 2 26/ 701 . . . . . . 1231 2,585.10 30.301. . . . . 2,615.401 130.20 2,485.201' . . . . .. . 4 5 6 Temple, 299 .•.•••.. 828.401 40.00 4.00 228.90 . . . . . . . . 100.90 60.001 6.00 . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 7 6 105 220.50 14.70 I ..... 235.201 6.30 Cecile-Daylight, 305. 3 5 1 51 416 873.60 12.60 ..... 1 886.201 65.10 821.10 . . . . . . . . 852.501 60.001 6.00 5 6 6 1 6 31 5 161 241 .. 1 . . . . Rural, 316 •......... 8611 1,808.101 48.30 ..... / 1,856.401 60.90 Westport, 340 •.•... 16 14 15 51231 29 41 14/ 121 .. 1·· .. lI03.75 2631 5,525.101. . . . .. ..... 5,525.101 323.40 701.701 4,500.00 7,367.33 270.00 27.00 IVanhoe, 446 ........ 27 26 3010 39 154 2,242.80 . . . . . . . . 567.00 130.00 13.00 Gate City, 522 ...... 13 12 11 1 4 64 1128 2,368.801 8.40 ..... / 2,377.201 134.40 819 1,719.90 21.00.. .. . 1,740.901 165.90 1,575.001. . . . . . . . 1,266.00 120.00 13.00 Orient, 546 ••......• 13 16 12 7 10 79 1,310.40 . . . . . . . . 576.00 70.001 7.00 648 1,360.801 4.20. . . . . 1,365.001 54.60 7 51 4 1 2 26 1 17 11 . . . . . . South Gate, 547 ••• , . 3 5 5 1 5 12 2 12 10 . . . . . . York, 563 •.•....... 856.80\.. .. .. .. 70.75 ....... 1 292 613.20 21.00. . . . . 634.201 50.40 583.80 . . . . . . . . 180.00 30.00 3.00 3 1 3 .. 10 24 Swope Park, 617 •••. 362 760.20 6.30. . . . . 766.501 54.60 711.90 ........ 500.00 210.001 21.003 26 Sheffield, 625 ..••••.. 21 13 14 .. 1,800.001 293.10 1,120.25 190.001 19.00 East Gate, 630 ...•.. 19 18 16 1 28 34 3 141 25 .. 10031 2,106.301 58.20 ..... 1 2,164.501 71.40 8 .. 745.501' .. .. . .. • 9,00 100.001 10.00 Northeast, 643 ..•... 10 10 10 2 8 41 7 61 1 158.70 30.001 3.00 447.30 ..... '" 3 2 4 4 2 3 2 81 Country Club, 656 ••. 216 453.601' . . . .. ..... 453.601 6.30 6 .. .0.0 9 1 2 4 2 ... 225.00 70.001 7.00 298.20 ........ Rockhill, 663 •••.... 10 144\ 302.40 4.20. . . . . 306.601 8.40 81" 97 203.70 2.101. . . . . 205.80 4.20 201.601. . . . . . . . 186.00 60.001 6.00 1 8 2 ... Alpha, 659 ..••••••. 31 18 .. 51· . TOTAL ........ 201118311801461187\ 766110012231 4681 .. 1 11 .. 12,6111$26,483.101$296.401$ .... 1$26,779.501$1608.60 $19,527.801$5,643.101$17,771.581$1840.001$185.0~ '0
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TWENTY-FOURTH DIS'tB,ICT-JOHN W. ADAMS, D. D. G. M., Marshall, Mo. Arrow Rock, 55 .••.. Cambridge, 63 .•••.. Miami, 85 •....••.•• Trilumina. 205 ..... tBarbee. 217 .•.... ' . Malta, 402 ••••...... Oriental, 518 .••..•. Nelson, 560 . TOTAL . tNo report received.
20 14 ··2·1.·.· ill .. ·7·11··1·[ .. 3· "'7'/.' . 11..., .... 147 221$ 308.70 46. 1$ ..... j$ .... 46.201$ 46.201$ ·1$ 15 0.'0000[$. '2'0'.0'011$ "2'.0'0 4.20. . . . • $ 312.90 [ ...... 14.70 $ 298.20 . 2 2... 4 .. .. .. 42 88.20[ •.... 88.201 4.20 84.00 ......•. None 20.00[ 2.00 2 11 3·····1 161 17 17 6 3/ 5 4 4 4...... 218 457.80[ ..... 457.801 10.50 447.30 ........ 393.00 170.00[ 17.00 1 ... 1.. ·1 .. , .... ·1 .... ". ... .... .. .... . 4'7' "9'8'.7'O· \ .. '2'.1' 0'\ ..•.....•.... '1'0'0'.8'0. , •••••.•••••••. •• '1'0'0'.8'O· ..........•..... .. .... ·1 ...... .. . , .. · ' ' ' · .. 1 1.... 2 2. . .. .. .. .. 81.20 •..... ·1 .•.... 1 1 1..... 4".............. 51 107.101 ...... I ..... 107.101 8.40 25.001 73.70 89.50 10.00/ 1.00 3 1 1 1 .. 32 67.20 2.10. . .. . 69.301 6.30 63.001. .. . . . . . 118.00 10.00 1.00 1 ..... , .. ... 22119121161 5/ 211101 10[ 161 .. I.. I.. I~~55~9~1$~L~17~3~.9~0~[$~8~.4~0~/$~ ..-.~.17$~1-,l~827.730~1$~~44~.1~0~-$~1~~764~~~0+1$~~73~~~0~1$~~8~45~.7~0~1$~23~0~.0~0~1$~2~3~.0~0
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THIRTIETH DISTRIOT-EDWIN H. BARKLAGE, D. D. G. M., St. Oharles, Mo. Wentzville. 46 .••••• Palestine, 241 ••••••. Mechanicsville. 260 •. Pauldingville. 11 •••• Warrenton. 609 ..••. TOTAL ........
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GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT-Continued
THmTY-THIRD DISTRICT (A)-ELMER FLACK, D. D. G. M., St. Louis, Mo.
Missouri, 1......... Beacon, 3. ... . . . .. . Mount Moriah, 40. . . Pomegranate, 95.... ~ Erwin, 121. , o Occidental, 163. . . . . II>- Pyramid, 180....... Keystone, 243 , Aurora, 267. .. Paul Revere, 330.... Tuscan, 360. . . • .. . . Itaska, 420. ........ Lambskin, 460 ..•... Euclid, 505......... Clifton Heights, 520. Rose Hill, 550 ...... , Olive Branch, 576 ..• Triangle, 638....... Trinity, 641. ..... " Shaveh, 646. . . . . . . . Commonwealth, 654, Progress, 657 ' Theo. Roosevelt, 661. University, 649..... TOTAL
6 6 6 1 3 56 4 161 71' .1 .. 1·· 5411$ 1,136.10 $ 54.601$ ••.. /$ 1,190.701$ 117.60 $ 1,073.10 $....... 30 27 26 2 3 80 1 25 1,512 3,175.20 6.30. . .. . 3,181.501 168.00 3,013.50 $ 12 12 13 2 2 86 2 26 ·1·· ., .. 1,481 3,110.10 2.10 ... "l 3,112.201 180.60 2,931.60 6 9 8 2 1 4 1... 4 1\. '1" .. 520 1,092.00 2.10..... 1,094.10\ 8.40 1,085.70 12 12 5... . . 20 3 141 1 /. . 502 1,054.20 2.10.. . . . 1,056.30 42.00 1,014.30 1 .,. 10 1 51 51 ·. 197 413.70. . . . .. . / 413.701 21.00 392.70 6 7 7. . 1 25 4 2 8 ".. 316 663.60 2.10 , 665.701 52.50 613.20 10 9 10.. 51 35 6 10 9..... . 535 1,123.50 2.10. . . . . 1,125.60 73.50 1,052.10. . . . . . . . 6 6 6. . 1 14 5 9 4 " ., .. 309 648.90 2.10. . .. . 651.00 29.40 621.60 .,. .. .. . 6 10 10 1 31 7 1 3 211 443.10 4.20..... 447.30 14.70 432.60 6 2 2 6 8 33 5 19 , .. 903 1,896.30 80.00. . . . . 1,976.30 69.30 1,907.00. . . .. . . . 5 6 7 .. 35 6 8 11. '1' ,\.. 369 774.90...... 774.90 73.50 701.40..... .•. 10 10 8 2 4 32 6 17 32/...... 667 1,400.70 18.90 ..... 1 1,419.60 67.20 1,352.40........ 14 10 10 1... 7 4 3 3 I.. 365 766.50........... 766.50 14.70 751.80 7 7 6 1 2 32 2 10 31 1. . 502 1,054.20 4.20 '11'058.40 1 67.20 991.20 5 4 4.. 3 14... 12 81 .. 1.. 1. , 485 1,0.18.50. .. ... 1,018.501 29.40 989.10 . .. .. . . . 20 15 12 3 9 42 2 6 .... ' .. 11j .. 453 951.30 14.701 ....•. 966.001 88.20 877.80........ 4 4 4 1 2 5 2 3 6 , .. 218 457.80 4.20..... 462.00 10.50 451.50 3 4 3.. 6 10.. . 4 91 I.. 269 564.90 12.60.. 577.50 21.00 556.50 2 2 2. . 2 6 2 3 31 244 512.40 4.20 , 516.60 12.60 504.00 •.. . . . . . 2 21 4.. 1 151' .. 2 61.·.·· . 141 296.10 2.10. . . . . 298.20\ 31.50 266.70 . . . .. • . . 13 11 12 3 4 2 1 3 1. . 238 499.80. . . . .. 499.80 8.40 491.40 .,. . . . . . 15 11 11 3 3. .. . 2 1 2 1. . 143 300.30 6.30. . . . . 306.601 306.60 . .. .. .. . 3 3 3 4 12 4 4 51 I.. 287 . 602.70 ...... 602.70f 25.20 577.50 ........ 203118011791331591 5841 6412071 1291 .. 1 11 .. 11,4081$23,956.801$224.901$ /$24,181.701$1226.40 $22,955.301$······ .1$
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Meridian, 2 •.••••... Goo. Washington, 9. St. Louis, 20 •.••.... NaphtaIi, 26 •.•••••• Polar Star, 79 ...... Pride of theWest,179 Good Hope, 218 •••.. Cosmos, 282 ........ Cornerstone, 828 .... America, 847 .•....• Cache, 416 ........• Anchor, 448 ........ West Gate, 446 ..... Harmony, 499 ...... Apollo, 629 ......... Algabil, 644 •....•.. Forest Park, 678 .... Magnolia, 626 ...... Tower Grove, 631 ... Mizpah, 639 ........ Benj. Franklin, 642. Pilgrim, 662 .••..••• Purity, 668 .. , .0 ..... TOTAL ........
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Carthage, 197 . Sarcoxie, 293 ...•... Joplin, 336 •........ Fellowship, 346 ..... Jasper, 398 ..•..•... Carterville, 401. .... Mineral, 471. ..•.... Webb City, 512 ..•.. r-::> Carl Junction, 549 .. ::: Criterion, 686 . La Russell, 692 ...•. TOTAL ,
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FORTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT-JOHN N. SPARKS, D. D. G. M., Grandin, Mo. Van Buren, 509 •..•. Grandin, 579 ..•.... Hopewell, 239 ...... Barnesville, 353 •.•.. Delphian, 187 ....... Winona, 430 .••.••.. Eminence, 607 •••••• TOTAL ........ tNo report received.
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GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT-Continued FORTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT-J. CLYDE AKERS, D. D. G. M., Farmington, Mo. NAME AND NUMBER OF LODGE
Star of tbe West, 133. Mosaic, 351. ••••.... Marcus, 110 .••..... Bismarck, 41. . Farmington, 132 . 1:'0 Ionic, 154 .••....... .... St. Francois, 284 . 1:'0 Samaritan, 424 . tPendIeton, 551 . Leadwood, 698 . Elvina, 599 . Saline, 226 .......•. TOTAL.,. .....
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12.60 205.80 86.10 $ 2,490.601$
57.001$ None None 100.00 192.50 116.00 22.00 968.00
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253.50 10.00 1.00 15.00 40.00 4.00 1 45.00 40.00 4.00 1$ 1,764.001$ 320.001$ 32.00
FORTY-NINTH DISTRICT-W. GLENN McCAIN, D. D. G. M., Cape Girardeau, Mo. Trowel, 440 ..•..... Zalma, 545 ••....... St. Marks, 93 ....... West View, 103 .•... Mystic Tie, 221 ..... Whitewater, 417 .... Excelsior, 441. ... " TOTAL ........ tNo report received.
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FIFTIETH DISTBIOT-GEORGE A. SAMPLE, D. D. G. M., Ohaffee, Mo. 63 $ 132.30 $ ..... $ .... $ 132.30 $ 10.60 $ 121.80 $ ....... .. ·1 .. 1.. • 5 ... 1 .... 1.. 1.. ..
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A. Linxwiler, 31 •....• 1,173 2.463.301 28.80\..... 2,492.101 90.30 1,764.80 637.00 3,194.20 400.001 40.00 R. A. Breuer, 32 . 1,045 2,194.501 4.20.. 2,198.70 48.70 2,150.00.. ..... 886.50 390.00 42.00 Elmer Flack, 33A ....• 24,181.70 1,226.40 22,955.30....... 203 180 179 33 59 584 64 207 129. '11 .. 11,408 23,956.80 224.90 9,493.00 1,990.00 199.00 C. Langeneckert, 33B. 186 183 166 28 39 351/ 76 177 132 1.. .. 10,510 22,071.00 123.90 22,194.90 732.37 21,462.53....... 8,008.50 1,800.00 182.00 Ernest W. Miller, 34 .. 14 14 12 7 13 33 16 9 9 .. .. .. 19.95. . . . . 1,208.551 69.10 1,139.45. . . . . . . 519.93 130.00 15.00 566 1,188.60 Dudley O. Bradley, 35. 13 7 7 1 20 211 2 11 28 . 505 1,060.50 44.10. . . . . 1,104.60 44.20 953.601 106.80 710.00 130.00 15.00 J. P. Hurtt, 36 . 89115 271 60 . 1,321 2,774.10 29 24 27 15 19 37.80..... 2,811.90 186.90 2,625.001....... 3,139.08 300.00 30.00 T. Jennings, 37 ......• 16 12 14 56 10 42 7 10 251 . 14.70.... . 1,797.601 88.20 1,663.201 46.20 1,423.97 170.00 11.00 849 1,782.90 O. Simpson, 38 . 713 1,497.30 33.60.. . . . 1,530.901 69.30 1,461.60.. . . .. . 629.50 160.00 17.00 C. L. Woods, 39 ......• 1,458 3,061.80 27.30..... 3,089.101 52.10 3,037.00....... 1,787.75 270.00 26.00 C. W. Green, 40 .. 40 37 37 4 3 17 5 19 12.. 1 .. 933 1,959.30 10.50. . . . . 1,969.801 35.70 1,934.10. . . . . . . 2,511.55 410.00 37.00 M. E. Ewing, 41 . 8.40. . . . . 1,251.60, 37.80 1,213.80. . . . . . . 948.88 100.001 9.00 592 1,243.20 8 9 8 4 6 18 5 15 391··. C. Tinsley, 42 .. 15 11 9 4 19 30 3 9 171 496 1,041.601 27.30. . . . . 1,068.90 63.00 902.55 103.35 1,000.00 150.001 15.00 D. V. Morris, 43 . 744 1,562.40 14.70.... . 1,577.10 75.60 1,455.30 46.20 999.00 140.001 16.00 17 19 20 5 10 36 7 9 291: . Geo. Dillard, 44 29 22 21 11 41 93 15 27 81..... . 1,826 3,834.60 90.30\. . . . . 3,924.901 195.30 3,729.60. . . . . . . 2,221.00 290.00 81.00 J. E. ·Windle, 45 . 48 19 53 119 13 60 63..... . 2,451 5,147.101 '105.00 ..... 65 53 5,252.10[ 252.00 5,000.10. . .. .. . 2,202.80 620.001 68.00 J. H. Hicks, 46 . 17 13 16 31 29 23 7 14 78..... . 1,441.50.. ..... 650.70 150.00\ 18.00 699 1,467.90 24.00 2.10 1,489.801 48.30 J. N. Sparks, 47 . 301 .. 1 . 10 10 8 4 6 18 5 4 418 877.801 21.001' . . . . 898.80 39.90 858.90 ., . . .. . 283.25 90.00 9.00 A. C. Akers, 48 . 35 35 30 12 22 41 10 28 221 .. 1 . 1,208 2,536.80 39.90..... 2,576.70\ 86.10 2,490.60.. ..... 1,764.00 320.001 32.00 W. G. McCain, 49 . 11 26 7 20 281' .1 .. .. 23 20 15 7 22.90[. . . . . 1,891.901' 54.60 1,837.30. . . . . . . 655.00 220.001 22.00 890 1,869.00 G. A. Sample, 50 . 42 39 33 18 26 66 14 20 32.. 1 .. 1,205 2,530.50 2,599.70 138.60 2,461.10. . . . . . . 1,216.50 549.00 51.00 69.20 T. R. Wilkins, 51 . 91 76 60 11 41 47 12 19 151.. 1 .. 1,041 2,186.10 105.00 2,160.30.. . . . . . 2,267.09 730.00 70.00 79.20 .. "'1 2,265.30 K. C. Johnson, 52 . 21 15 15 9 8 45 5 15 141..... . 14.70..... 1,442.701 94.50 1,348.20.. .... . 693.871 210.001 25.00 680 1,428.00 C. E. Armstrong, 53 .. 29 25 28 4 9 231 8 19 1711 . 48.30 1,461.60 33.60 481.00 310.001 88.00 726 1,524.60 18.90 ..... 1 1,543.501 F. O. Wade, 54 . 15.101. . . . . 1,094.501 42.00 1,030.50 22.00 1,114.00 110.001 10.00 514 1,079.401 11 11 11 9 7 221 4 9 11 C. W. Werdein, 55 . 19 20 19 5 22 55/ 9 19 55..... . 985 2,068.50 21.001. . . . . 2,089.501 115.50 1,974.00. . . . .. . 1,775.90 160.001 18.00 W. A. Phipps, 56 . 559 1,173.90 18.90 I •... . 1,192.801 79.80 1,113.00. . . . . . . 796.25 140.00 15.00 13 13 13 3 9 38 5 13 131' .1. R. H. Groppe, 57 . 97 82 78138 16 109\16 1 43 65 .. 1 . 3,223 6,768.30 14.701..... 6,783.001 233.10 6,549.90....... 2,614.87 880.001 90.00 . Geo. Catron, 58 9 7 8 5 2 13 61 12 18 .. / . 338.85 80.00 8.00 398 835.80 2.10 18.90 819.001 27.30 791.70 .... .. . N. D. Jackson, 59 . 57 51 53 11 37 761 17 16 51 . 1,568 3,292.80 100.80 ..... 3,393.60 159.60 3,234.00. . . . . . . 1,094.70 580.00 59.00 TOTALS . 1,98 2 11,79011,692175711,05713,998173811,55512,2351 21 61·· 85,4331179,409.3012,165.801 37.801181,537.301 8,600.67 165,145.5617,797.371109,764.52118,959.0011,980.00 $6.30 credit-6th district.
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LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS FIRST DISTRICT-HAROLD M. JAYNE, D. D. G. M., Memphis, Mo. Location County Lodge NO.1 Clark .•.....•. Fairmont ........ 290lWyaconda ....... Eldorado .••...... 318ILuray .••........ Hiram .....•..... 362IKahoka ..•....... St. Francisville ... 588lWayland ... , ..... Scotland ...... Memphis •....•.. ' 16IMemphis ........ Gorin ...•...•.... 72IGorin ............ . Rutledge ......... 572lRutledge ......... Sch';l,yler·. : '. : : : Middle Fabius •... 244lDowning ..•..... Lodge of Love .... 259 ILancaster ....... ' Queen City .....•. 380 IQueen City ....... Glenwood .••..... 427lGlenwood ..•..... ...... Greentop ...•.... 635IGreentop ........
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Master P. O. Sansberry ...... Leo Foster .......... Ralph H. Hill ........ A. L. Snakenberg .... O. L. Frogge ........ F. D. Monroe ........ J. E. Mason ......... Lloyd Moore ......... Wm. F. Shepherd .... C. L. Crabtree ....... R. D. Scotten ........ Arthur S. King ......
Secretary W. H. Pulliam ..... A. L. Stevens ...... Elmer C. Dinger .... Chas. M. Fore ...... Ralph 1. Ladd ...... Richard Shacklett .. James A. Bailey .... John O. Morgan ..•. H. C. Burkland ..•.. Grover L. Lauer .... N. L. Johnson ..... W. Lee young ......
Time of Meeting 2nd and 4th Mondays ............. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays ..••...••. 1st and 3rd Fridays .............. 1st Thursday .......•••.••••.•••• 1st Friday .................•..••. 1st and 3rd Thursdays ............ 1st and 3rd Fridays .............. , 2nd and 4th Thursdays ........... 2nd and 4th Fridays .............. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ....•........ 1st and 3rd Thursdays •........... 2nd and 4th Mondays .............
Charter Date Oct. 15,1868 Oct. 12,1869 Oct. 17,1870 Sept. 26, 1907 May 6,1852 Oct. 13,1892 Sept. 28, 1905 May 26,1865 Oct. 15,1868 Oct. 10,1871 1872 Oct. 22,1924
SECOND DISTRICT-JAMES M. DeWITT, D. D. G. M., Kirksville, Mo. Adair
, Kirksville ......•. PaulvilIe Adair ........•••. Novinger .......• Knox ......•.. Ark............. Colony .•.......•. Edina ..........• Greensburg
105IKirksville 319IBrashear .•...... 366IKirksville 583INovinger ......•• 6INewark 168IColony..•........ 291IEdina 414IGreensburg
Ivan A. Hayden W. H. Epperson B. H. Hunt C. R. Galyon Donald Martin C. E. McReynolds Lewis Sens ..•....... Wm. Brainger
Grover C. Chambers M. J. Crawford Chas. F. Link ....•. C. E. Smith C. R. Kendall. B. S. McReynolds I. D. Willows C. R. Slocum .....•.
1st and 3rd Tuesdays ...........•. 1st Tuesday•.....•.••............ 2nd and 4th Tuesdays . 2nd and 4th Wednesdays •..•...... 3rd Wednesday . Thursday on or before full moon . 1st and 3rd ThursdayS ..•......•.. 2nd and 4th Mondays ......•......
June 30, 1864 Oct. 12, 1869 Oct. 13, 1881 Sept. 27, 1906 May 8,1852 May 24,1864 Oct. 15, 1866 Oct. 13, 1871
THIRD DISTRICT-WALTER E. SINGLEY, D. D. G. M., Green City, Mo. Pu~?am
Sullivan •••.•.. .. • •••••. ....... ••.••.. •..•••. .......
Hartford Somerset Unionville Humphreys...... Seaman ..•..•.... Green City Putnam Pollock •••••.•••• Arcana .••......• Winigan
171IHartford 206IPowersville 210jUnionville ••••••. 32IHumphreys 136IMilan........... 1691Green City 190INewtown •....... 349IPollock ..•..•..•. 389IHarris .........•. 640IWinigan
Noel Smith N. E. Wells Don C. Pollock R. I. McCalley V. D. Simpson Joe E. Gill MaxH.Green Olan Crumpacker C. G. Wise J. C. Crist
J. D. Smith J. O. Pauley C. D. Pittman D. H. Humphreys .. Chas. E. Smith ...•. Bernie L. Stutler J.W.Moore .....•. Otis Reinhard ..••.. Joe Blagg ..••..•••. W. A. McKinney
1st Saturday 1st and 3rd MondayS 2nd and 4th Mondays •.•...•....•. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays 1st and 3rd Mondays 1st and 3rd Thursdays Saturdayonorbeforefullmoon 1st and 2nd Tuesdays 1st Wednesday ..••........•••..•. 1st Wednesday
May May May Oct. May Oct. May Oct. Oct. Oct.
30,1867 29,1861 30,1861 13,1887 9,1867 16,1884 28,1869 16,1884 13,1871 14,1889
FOURTH DISTRICT-eLYDE C. EVANS, D. D. G. M., Trenton, Mo. G~?dy
Trenton 1111ITrenton·········1 Laredo .•.••..... 263ILaredo.......... Galt .•••••••••••. 423IGalt.•..••......• Spickardsville 624ISpickard Mercer. . . . . . .. Mercer........... 361 Princeton. • . . . . ..
J. A. BaUgher j F. M. McKinney ..• '1 Wayne Freeman L. V. Woods .....•. J. W. Gibson R. E. McCracken Wilbur Vaughn R. P. Kennedy ..•.. B. I. Axtell. . . . . . . . .. E. E. Stacy. . • . . . ..
1st Thursday .......•••.•........ 1May 9,1860 2nd and 4th Mondays ..•.......... Oct. 16,1868 2nd and 4th Fridays ••••••......•. Oct. 16,1890 1st and 3rd Wednesdays.......... Oct. 16.1886 2nd and 4th Thursdays. . . . . . . . . •. June 9, 1863
FIFTH DISTRICT-CAREY A. BROCK, D. D. G. M., Ridgeway, Mo.
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Harrison ....•. Bethany ......... Lorraine .•..•.... Lodge of Light •.. Cainsville ..•...•. Ne,,! ~ampton .•• PraIrIe ...••.....
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97IBethany ......••• 128 IRidgeway ...••••• 267jEagleville •...•••. 328lCainsville..•..•.. 610lNew Hampton .•. 656 IGilman City ......
D. R. Jones .......... L. F. McCoy ......... P. D. Vanzant ....... J. T. Barratt ........ Eddie R. Funk ....... F. E. Eberhart ......•
Chas. T. Bridges .... S. M. Gutridge ••••. E. O. Martin ••..•.. C. E. Glaze ......•. George E. Scott .... W. E. Richter ......
2nd and 4th Tuesdays •••.••....... 1st arid 3rd MondayS .............. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays .•••••....... 1st and 3rd Thursdays •.••.•...... 1st and 2nd Tuesdays ..•.......... 2nd and 4th WednesdayS •.•...••••
May Oct. Oct. Oct• Oct. Oct.
26,1864 7, 1878 16,1868 13,1870 28,1926 19.1892
LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued SIXTH DISTRICT-CURTIS F. SMITH, D. D. G. M., Darlington, Mo. Lodge No. I Location Havana ........•. 21IMcFall .......•.. Stanberry . 1091 Stanberry . Gentryville .. 1251Gentryville .. Athens ..•........ 127lAlbany . Ancient Craft . 3771King City ......• Berlin . 378 IBerlin , . ........ Jacoby ...•....... 447IDarlington . Worth. . . . . . .. Grant City . 66 IGrant City . Defiance . 881 Sheridan .. Allensville . 1981 Allendale . Jonathan . 321IDenver .
County Gentry "
Master R. T. Kidney ' Rector Smith . J. M. Patton ........• J. A. yadon .. R. S. McCammon . . M. ! •. McCrea Geo. Cobb . Wm. Maxwell . T. D. R. McAllister . Zene Hammer . Wm. Miller .
Secretary Wm. R. Willis. . . . .. Samuel A. Goodding Bert Miller L. Frank Smith. . .. J. F. Heath J. B. Owens, Jr Earl Showmaker. .. Geo. Hunt W. C. Walker Homer Brewit C. M. Crowen. . . . ..
Time of Meeting 1st Friday ..' ...••..•............. 2nd and 4th Fridays . 2nd and 4th Saturdays . 2nd and 4th Fridays . 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 2nd and 4th Fridays . 1st and 3rd Fridays .....••........ 1st and 3rd Mondays . 2nd and 4th Mondays . 2nd and 4th Saturdays ..........•. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays .
Charter Date Oct. 6,1879 Oct. 17, 1879 Mar. 10, 1850 May 8,1851 Oct. 13, 1871 Sept. 24, 1906 Oct. 17,1901 Oct. 10, 1894 Oct. 17, 1878 May 30,1860 Oct. 12, 1869
SEVENTH DISTRICT-PAUL WARD, D. D. G. M., Maryville, Mo. 1st and 3rd Thursdays. . . . . . . . . . .. June 2, 1866 Nod?;way ..... Xenia.. . . . . . . . . .. 50 IHopkins. . . . . . . .. Glade Traster. . . . . . .. R. P. Chaney. . . . Quitman 196IQuitman......... ....................•..•...•.... May 30,1861 Ravenwood 201IRavenwood Clyde Adcock J. J. Smith 2nd and 4th Thursdays... Oct. 13,1892 Graham ..••...... 289IGraham R. E. Geyer Frank McNeal 1st and 3rd Thursdays Oct. 18,1900 WhiteHall •..•... 301IBarnard A. L. Strader Willard Hartman 2nd and 4th Thursdays........... Oct. 15,1886 Kennedy. . . . . . . .. 3291 Elmo. . . • . . . . . . .. R. F. Alexander. . . L. R. Pruitt. . . . . . .. 1st Thursday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Oct. 30, 1870 Burlington. . . . . .. 442 IBurlington J ct... Clarence Miller. . . . .. Henry Staples. . . . .. 1st and 3rd Fridays. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Oct. 13, 1881 Gaynor City 465IParnell ..•....... W. C. Tummerman J. S. Matteson 1st and 3rd Wednesdays Oct. 12,1882 Nodaway ••••.... 470IMaryville .....•.. Jas. Elgaard F. R. Marcell 2nd and 4th Thursdays Oct. 17,1877 Pickering 472IPickering Floyd Billingsley C. G. McMillen 2nd and 4th Tuesdays Oct. 11,1873 Guilford ..•..•... 474IGuilford C. C. Bledsoe Alex H. Wilson 2nd and 4th Thursdays Oct. 15,1874 Clearmont .•..... 5071 Clearmont ..•.... Otis Pence.......... A. B. Stokes....... 1st and 3rd Thursdays .......•.... Oct. 17,1874 _ _ _ _ _ _:....-S_k_id_m_or_e_._._._._._._ . ....:..-5_1_1..:.,IS_k_i_d_m_o_r_e_._._._._ . ._._...:......:G_.....:J_._S_t_e_v_en_s_._._._._._._.....:..-E_._D_.....:F....:r....:e_n....:c_h_._._.._._._.'-.-2n_d_a_n_d_4_t_h_M_o_n_d_a-=-y_s_._.._._._._._._._ . ._._.~O_c_t_. ~12, 1888
EIGHTH DISTRICT-FRED H. BINDER, D. D. G. M., Bigelow, Mo. Atchison ...... H~lt
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North Star ...•... Sonora . Northwest . Fairfax . Maitland .. Oregon ..•....... Forest City , Mound City . Craig .
157IRockport •....•.. 200IWatson .••....... 358ITarkio 483IFairfax 112IMaitland........ 13910regon ..•....... 2141Forest City 2941Mound City 606ICraig
W. A. McFarling H. J. Spurlock Chas. Myers ,.' Oscar Landen F. R. Elton Alvin E. Anderson .. N. F. Dragoo W. A. Groesbeck R. M. Lilley..... .. .. Hiram L. Leeper J. R. Eiser... .. S. W. Skelton C. O. Van Camp Fred Doebbeling Richard Paynter T. J. Bridgeman C. M. Randall W. A. Sharp, Jr
2nd and 4th Mondays . 1st and 3rd Thursdays .•..•••..... 2nd and 4th Thursdays ....•••.... 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ••..•.•..... , 2nd and 4th Tuesdays •.....•...... 2nd and 4th Wednesdays . 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..•••....... 2nd and 4th Mondays . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays .
May 29,1856 Oct. 19, 1876 Oct. 17, 1884 Oct. 15, 1874 Oct. 19, 1867 May 81,1855 May 30,1861 Oct. 14, 1868 Sept. 29, 1909
NINTH DISTRICT-WM. H. UTZ, Jr., D. D. G. M., St. Joseph, Mo. Andrew
. Savannah .•...... Helena ..•....... Lincoln .. Whitesville . Rosendale .•.•.... Valley .....•..... Cosby •.........• Buchanan ..... Agency ••......•. Wellington •..•.. , St. Joseph . Birming .•....•.. Zeredatha , Rushville . Brotherhood ' Charity . KingHill ••....•. Saxton .
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71ISavannah 117IRochester ••.••... 138IFillmore..•...•.. 162IWhitesville 404IRosendale ...•..•. 413IBolckow ..•..•... 600ICosby ..•..•..... 101Agency ......•... 22IDeKalb ...••.••.. 781St. Joseph 150IFaucett 1891St. Joseph 238IRushville 2691St. Joseph .....•. 3311St. Joseph 3761St. Joseph 508ISaxton
L. Zahnd W. W. Smith Fred Lemmon W. E. Beattie C. A. Adkins A. W. Chamberlain Orten Pettijohn Herbert G. Farris , C. B. Galbreath James R. Stewart Chas. Campbell W. B. Snyder Menford McElfresh .. Byron L. Gaunt O. O. Anderson George N. Poteet ,. C. R. Broderick
W. W. Hall H. E. Shanks Fred N. Foster Fisher Potts W. B. Wood ..•..... A. L. Riley W. B. Durant John T. Marteny. .. Hallie V. Redmon .. W. L. Mulvania Chas. S. Mays Geo. L. Markley S. G. Hiner B. T. Andrews Lewis O. WeigeL Jesse Moore J. S. DeVall '
1st and 3rd Thursdays . 2nd Monday and 4th Saturday . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays .........•... 1st Saturday and 3rd Wednesday .. 2nd and 4th Thursdays ...•....... 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 1st and 3rd Saturdays . 1st and 3rd Saturdays . 1st Saturday .....•............... 1st and 3rd TuesdayS ...•......... 4th Saturday . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays . 2nd and 4th Mondays ......•....•. 2nd and 4th Fridays ..•........... 2nd and 4th Mondays ......•...... 1st and 3rd Thursdays .•.......... 1st and 3rd Saturdays ......•.....
Oct. 24, 1844 Oct. 20, 1929 Jan. 2,1866 May 28,1858 Oct. 22, 1896 Oct. 17,1873 Sept.30, 1908 June 1,1866 May 6,1852 Oct. 14, 1846 May 22,1858 May 28,1859 May 26,1865 Oct. 19, 1922 Oct. IS. 1870 Oct. IS, 1870 Oct. 12, 1882
LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued TENTH DISTRICT-C. ROBERT MAY, D. D. G. M., Jamesport, Mo. Lodge County Location No.1 DeKalb .•...•• Union Star ....... 124jUnion Star .••.•. Weatherby .....•. 235 1Weatherby .••..•. Parrott ••....••.. 308lMaysville .••..••• Osborn ..•.•..... ' 31710sborn .......... Continental. ..... 4541 Stewartsville ..... Clarksdale ..•.... ' 559/Clarksdale ....... Daviess ..••... Western Star ..... 15IWinston ...••.... Pattonsburg .•... , 651 Pattonsburg ..•.. Gallatin .....•..•. 106lGallatin ..•.....• . Altamont ........ 108lAltamont•••..... EarL .•..•.....•. 285 j Coffey •••••••••.. Lock Spring .•••. ' 4881Lock Spring ••••. Jameson ...•..•.. 600 IJ ameson •••••••.. Jamesport ...•... 564lJamesport....•.. .
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Master AlvaLamm .......... A. B. Owens ......... Veryl Randolph ....•. Herman Schmacker .. A. V. Miller .........• Harold Van Horn ...• Earl Manning ....... R. J. Armstead ...... L. O. Richesson ...... E. W. Prouty ........ W. H. McCoy ........ A. D. Wanner ........ P. A. Reed ........... O. L. Gildow .........
Secretary B. U. Clark ........ R. F. Cope ..•...... L. L. Hofstotter .... W. E. Baker ....... Roy W. Kibbey ..... Donald Barrow ..... E. C. Creekmore .... Wade D. Moody .... W. O. Tague ..•.... Lawrence Gregory., W. GUY Welden .... John Bills ......... Samuel L. Pugh .... Byron Maharg .....
Time of Meeting 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ..••••••.. 2nd and 4th Saturdays ............. 1st and 3rd Mondays .......•...•. , 2nd and 4th Saturdays ••....•...•. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ....•...•.... 1st and 3rd Thursdays .......•.... 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ............. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ............. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ..........•.. 2nd and 4th Thursdays ............ 1st and 3rd Wednesdays ........... 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ............. 1st and 3rd Thursdays ............ 1st and 3rd Mondays ............. ,
Charter Date Oct. 16.1886 Oct. 11.1888 Oct. 12.1869 Oct. 12.1869 Oct. 21.1908 Oct. 12.1893 June 1.1886 May 29.1864 Oct. 16.1879 Sept. 18. 1919 Oct. 16.1868 Oct. 16.1874 Oct• 11.1877 Oct. 9.1898
ELEVENTH DISTRICT-EMSLEY C. JAMES, D. D. G. M., Plattsburg, Mo. C~~y .....••.••
Liberty . Holt ••••.•..•..•. Angerona ..••.... Clay .•..•.....••. Kearney '" Temperance ....•. Clinton .•.••. , Hemple .......••. Vincil. ••.••....• Plattsburg ..••••. Gower ..••....... Lathrop .
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31ILiberty .•...••... 49IHolt ..........••. 1931Missouri City ...• ' 207 1Excelsior Springs. 311 1Kearney . .. 438ISmithville 37IHemple .•........ 621 Cameron ...•..•.. 1131 Plattsburg ..•••.. 397IGower .....•••..• 506lLathrop ........•
J. P. Bryan John Burris. . . . . . . .. Barney Clevenger .. " H. H. Woods .......•
Edgar Archer A. B. Odor. . . . . . • •. Robert E. Hicklin.. Walter A. Craven ..
2nd and 4th Mondays ••...•....... 3rd Friday ..•.•.••............... 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ....••....... 1st and 3rd Mondays ......•.......
H. W. Hill Earl Riche.......... O. Rex Orr " E. O. Hammond C. D. Keller E. L. Fisher "
Alfred O. Lowman. R. Slaybaugh...... Fred E. Luce. . . . • •. R. W. Hayward .... J. C. Cummings ..•. James L. Taylor. . ..
1st and 3rd Wednesdays .. 1st and 3rd Thursdays ......••.... 1st and 3rd Mondays .•....•.••.... 1st Thursday ...•...•••.•.....•.. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays ••••....... 1st and 3rd Mondays ..
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9,1840 25,1853 28,1859 30,1861 12, 1869 16, 1872 18, 1900 19. 1868 9,1850 16, 1872 12, 1882
TWELFTH DISTRIOT-A. B. OLEAVELAND, D. D. G. M., Kingston, Mo. Cal~:vell .••••• Kingston ..••••... 118 IKingston .•••.•..
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Braymer.•..••.•. Hamilton •..•..•• Polo .••••..•..••. Breckenridge ..••. " Cowgill .......... " Livi~~st~~·.::: Friendship ..•..•. Spring Hill ....... Benevolence ...... " Chillicothe••••••• " Chula ............ " Wheeling ........ " Dawn ............ "
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185IBraymer......... 224 IHamilton •••.•••• 282IPolo ............. 3341 Breckenridge ..... 561lCowgill ..•••••••. 891 Chillicothe ..••... 155 ISpring Hill ••••.• 170IUtica..•••••.•... 338IChillicothe ••••••. 388IChula....••.•..• 434 IWheeling •••••••. 539ILudlow ..•••..•..
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O. J. Bowles ......... Howard C.Bretz ..... Earl R. Hauser ...... T. W. Reed .......... Daniel Webster ...... J.E. Miller .......... Eddie Loy .....•..... H. B. Stone ..........
D. Irving Farrar ... Cecil A. Neal ....... Ronald Green ...... J. L. Walker ....... J. C.Hawse ........ Martin L. Nerly .... T. J. Nash ......... A. J. Stamper ......
19,1867 . Oct. Oct. 10,1869
2~d·~~d·4ih T~~d~;~:":::":::":: Oct. 17, 1889
1st and 3rd Tuesdays .••••••••.... 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ......•... 1st and 2nd Thursdays ............ 2nd and 4th Fridays ..•..........• 1st and 3rd Fridays ............... 1st Saturday •..•....••...•.•..... 1st Saturday ....••.........••..•.
Oct. 16.1878 Oct. 80,1870 Oct. 12,1893 Oct. 12,1847 June 2,,1855 May 80,1857 Oct. 12,1867 ii. ':6: Atiki~ ::::: ::: O. J. Owen ........ i~t'~~d' s;ti 'Th~~d~;~: ::::::::::: Oct. 3,1871 S. H. Biggerstaff ..... M.L.Aye ......... 2nd and 4th Thursdays ............ Oct. 17.1873 J as. Baxter ........•• Ray Smith ......... 2nd and 4th Fridays .............. Oct. 17,1889
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THIRTEENTH DISTRIOT-HERMAN D. TAGGART, D. D. G. M., Linneus, Mo. Linn ............ " ••••.••••. " •••••••••. •••..•..•.
Jackson.......... Brookfield........ Cypress •.•••..••. Bucklin Dockery ..•..•.... Marceline ..•.....
82ILinneus 86IBrookfield 227ILaclede •..•...... 233IBucklin 325IMeadville ..•••... 481IMarceline
E. S. McClanahan H. B. Wright C. T. Hoover.... S. B. McCollum F. E. Deem A. D. Bunch ........•
H. D. Taggart J. C. Edwards .....• W. C. Ziegler...... E. L. Nickerson H. A. Collis ..•••... Wm. E. Parks ..•...
2nd and 4th Mondays 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ...••.•...•.. 1st and 8rd Wednesdays .••••.••••. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays Every Monday ..........••...•..• 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ..•..........
Oct. 5,1846 June29,1869 May 29,1862 May 26,1864 Oct. 12,1869 Oct. 17,1889
FOURTEENTH DISTRIOT-LUTHER E. WILHOIT, D. D. G. M., Macon, Mo. Macon ••..•••• Callao ..•.•...••. Bloomington .••.. Censer .••••••.•.. " La Plata ..••..•.. " Lodge of Truth .•. " Excello .••••••••• " Elmer •........•• " Sh?!by: : : : : : : : St. Andrews •••••. Shelbina ......... Hunnewell ••••••. BetheL .•••.••••. " Clarence .•..••...
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........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........
38ICallao........... 102IBevier........... 172IMacon ........... 2371La Plata.••••.••. 268lAtlanta ••••••..•. 3321 Excello •.•••.•••• 648IElmer •••••••.... 96lShelbyville ••••••. 2281 Shelbina •. '••••••. 415lHunnewell ..••••. 537IBethel ........... 6621 Clarence..•..••••
B. B. Bledsoe ........ Clyde Linn .....•.•.. C. E. Craig .......... Walter L. Kuhn ...... D. H. Steele ......... L. O. Kamp ...•..... Everett Wiggans .... Goo. Jordan .....••.. Ed. H. Simmons •.... Harry Moore ........ A. H. Marquette ..... W. E. Bilbro .........
Ransom D. Wood ... C. F. Larsen ....... Buryl B. Stock ..... Lewis A. Du Val. .. Paul Conduitte ..... Ross King .•..••... C. I. Murry ....••.. S. P. Engle ...•.••. Ellis Y. Hack ....•. R. T. Lyell ...•..... Sam Ziegler ....•••. Chas. W. Layne ....
1st and 8rd ThursdayS •••••.•..... 2nd and 4th TuesdayS ............. 1st and 8rd Fridays ............... 2nd and 4th Thursdays ....•...•... 1st and 3rd Mondays .............. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays ..••..•..•. 2nd and 4th Mondays ............. 2nd and 4th FridayS .••.•.•••••.•. 1st and 8rd Fridays ............... 1st and Srd Fridays ............... 1st and 2nd Mondays ............. 1st and Srd Tuesdays ..•...•...•..
June 2,1866 May 10,1849 June 14, 1875 June 22, 1866 Oct. 15,1868 Sept. 29, 1904 Sept.20, 1920 May 10,1848 May 29,1882 Oct• 13,1871 Feb. 22,1888 Oct. 22,1924
LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued FIFTEENTH DISTRIOT-DAVID A. LESLIE, D. D. G. M., Williamstown, Mo. Lodge County Lewis ......... Wyaconda ..•.... Monticello ....... LaBelle ..•....... Craft ............ Williamstown .... Lewistown ....... Ewing ........... Marion ....... Palmyra ......... St. John's ........ Hannibal. ....... Philadelphia ..... Ralls ......•.•...•.... Ralls ........•... Lick Creek ....... New London .....
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Location No.1 241La Grange ....... 581 Monticello ....... 222lLaBelle .......•.. 287lCanton •••....... 370IWilliamstown .... 494ILewistown ...... 577IEwing ........... 18lPalmyra....•.... 281 HannibaI. .. , .... 1881 Hannibal ...•.... 502jPhiladelphia ..... 33ICenter .......... 302IPerry ........... 3071New London ..•..
Master Secretary W. R. Lake .......... Leslie Edwards ....
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H. R. White ......... Hugh Smith ....... E. H. Barkley ....... A. Clyde Stork ..... Walter Lasswell ..... John S. Smith .....
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Thomas Ball ......... V. E. Brinkley ....... Lafon Purdy ........ Kenneth Simpson .... C. E. Shriner ........ Marcellin Rector ..... Ernest C. Deckerd ... ,
F~~~k B~~h·.·.·.·.·.·.·.. R. L. Haydon ...... W. H. Blackshaw ... Harry C. Smith .... T. J. Bleigh ........ G. C. Layne ........ C. W. Deckerd ......
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Time of Meeting Charter Date 1st and 3rd Thursdays ............ Oct. 11,1877 Oct• 12,1887 2~d·~~d·4thF;id~~~·.·.·................... : .. Oct. 11,1888 1st and 3rd Mondays .............. Oct. 15,1868 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..•......... Oct. 13,1870 Oct. 12,1876 ~t ~~d 3~d·Th~~d~~~·.·.·.·.·.· .....•.....•. Sept. 7,1906 2nd and 4th Thursdays ............ Apr. 25, 1831 1st and 3rd Mondays ......•....... May 30,1861 2nd and 4th Mondays ............. May 30,1860 1st Thursday ...........•........ Oct. 11,1877 2nd and 4th Wednesdays .......... May 27,1863 2nd Tuesday ..•.................. Oct. 15,1868 ................................ Oct. 12,1869
SIXTEENTH DISTRIOT-WARREN H. MAY, D. D. G. M., Louisiana, Mo. . Pike ....••.... Eolia ..........•. 14IEolia Clarksville .....•. 171Clarksville . . Perseverance . 921 Louisiana Phoenix . 136iBowling Green . 1921 Frankford ..•.... Frankford . . Pike . 399ICurryville
Tom Harris T. G. Miller R. S. Turnbaugh John D. Foutes G. C. Okes R. K. Rose
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Wharton Schooler .. E. G. Pledge . Wm. H. yager . V. E. Vogel. . . R. J. Parham J. H. Sisson .
Saturday on or before full moon . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays . 2nd and 4th Mondays . 1st Thursday ..........•.........
Oct. Oct. Oct. May May Jan.
16, 1884 8,1830 12, 1847 9,1857 26,1859 24, 1871
SEVENTEENTH DISTRIOT-O'HARLES S. mOKS, D. D. G. M., Monroe Oity, Mo.
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19IParis Monroe .•..... Paris Union ...•. Florida ......•... 23IFlorida Middle Grove ..... 421Middle Grove Monroe ...•...... 641Monroe City Madison .. 91IMadison Santa Fe , 4621Santa Fe Holliday . 6601 Holliday
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Paul Gerster , C. A. Miller. . . . . . . .. J. W. Mallory M. R. Painter. . . . . . .. R. F. Sullins Lon C. Ware...... .. L. L. Curtwright
J. L. Gwyn . Arch Bausman . E. C. Brooks. Jr•... C. A. Gentry .....•. C. O. Farris . Combs Sterrett . T. E. Sparks .
2nd and 4th Mondays . 4th Wednesday .. 1st Saturday . 2nd and 4th Mondays ....•...•.... 2nd Tuesday ...•................. 4th Saturday ..•.....•..........• 1st and 3rd Tuesdays .
March, 1835 May 6,1852 June 2,1866 June 2,1866 Oct. 12, 1847 Oct. 17, 1873 Oct. 17,1923
EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT-H. SCOTT WELCH, D. D. G. M., Higbee, Mo. Ran~olph•....
Huntsville . Milton ..•........ Clifton Hill . Moberly ••.••.... Cairo ..•...••.... Higbee •.•••...... Jacksonville ..•... Clark •.•.........
30IHuntsville ..•.•.. 151IMilton ..•........ 161 1Clifton Hill. ••... 344 IMoberly . 486ICil.iro .•......•... 527lHigbee . 541lJacksonville . .. 610IClark
Wm. S. Deem W. T. Feland. .. . . P. M. Essig F. C. Burton J. L. Hook Victor Griffin " H. J. McKinney ..•..• Calla Mobley ........•
M. D. Evans . Arthur Haak .••..• E. A. Eubank . J. W. Tate ..•..•••. Uel L. Dameron . E. B. Hawkins .•... W. N. Miles . F. L. Ornburn .
1st and 3rd Tuesdays .••.....•..•. 1st Saturday and 3rd Monday . 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 2nd and 4th Mondays . 2nd and 4th Thursdays .....••...•. 1st and 8rd Wednesdays ••......•.. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays . 1st and 3rd ThursdayS .•..........
Oct. 8,1840 Nov. 1865 May 28,1869 Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 14,1874 Oct. 15, 1885 Sept. 24, 1902 Sept. 28, 1910
NINETEENTH DISTRICT-ARTHUR G. LYNCH, D. D. G. M., Bmnswick, Mo. Cha~iton
...•.. Eureka.... .•. Warren... . .•. Triplett •...... , .. Westville , Salisbury ". .. Rothville ••....... Pee Dee .....•..•. Cunningham •••.. Mendon ..•.......
73IBrunswick .•...•. 74IKeytesville .•..... 122ITriplett........• 202IWestville . 2081 Salisbury ••....•. 426IRothville . 498IMusselfork . 525jSumner .••....... 628IMendon ..
Geo. H. Strother
Arthur G. Lynch
j: W"G~"nd;::::::::. w~i~~'ii~i~'ds':""":
A. E. Schlichter. . . . .. C. M. Waugh J. T. Prather C. I. Stewart C. G. Shull. . . . . . . . ..
H. H. Brummall. . •. Lee Clair ..••.•..•. A. E. Lain L. O. Allen ...•.... S. L. Leipard. . . . ..
1st and 3rd Tuesdays
. Oct. 16,1846 Oct. 20, 1846 Oct. 12, 1896 S~t;;;d~;:::::::::: June 2,1866 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ........•..•. Oct. 19, 1867 2nd and 4th Wednesdays . Oct. 21, 1897 4th Saturday . Oct. 19, 1888 2nd and 4th WednesdayS . Oct. 16, 1884 2nd and 4th Mondays ........•...• Oct. 28, 1926
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TWENTIETH DISTRICT-EARL F. CHEESMAN, D. D. G. M., Carrollton, Mo.
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Carroll.
Ray
.. De Witt .. Wakanda .....••. Bogard •......... Hale City . Carroll .. B06worth •.....•• . Hardin ..
391De Witt......... 521 Carrollton ..••••. 101 1Bogard ..•••••..• 216IHale .. 2491 Norborne ••.•.•.. 597lBosworth ....•.•• 322lHardin .•........
Otto W. C. Boelsen L. H. Thomas , R. E. Dickerson Oathie L. Riley. . . . .. John I. Vale. . . . . . . .. Henry Galbrecht. . . ..
Ward Carson H. E. Schany. . • . . .• R. B. Trussell .•..•• Dennis E. Parish. .. R. E. Parrish. • . . .. Clifford Taylor. . . ..
1st and 3rd Thursdays ..••.•••••.. 2nd and 4th Thursdays ....•••...•. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .........••.. 1st and 3rd Mondays . 2nd and 4th MondayS .....•.••..•. 2nd and 4th Thursdays ..........•.
Oct. 17, 1878 Oct. 17, 1842 Oct. 14, 1866 Oct. 12, 1893 Oct. 19, 1867 Sept, 30, 1908 Oct. 12, 1869
LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT-EARL W. FOLEY, D. D. G. M., Weston, Mo. County Platte ' .. .. .. • ••.••••. • . . .•• . •. .. • •..••••. ..•.••••. ....••••.
Lodge No.1 Location Rising Sun. . .. . . . 13 jBarry . . . . . . . . . .. Weston.......... 53IWeston Compass ......••• 120IParkville.•.••••• Camden Point 1691Camden Point •••• Rowley.......... 204/Dearborn........ Fidelity .•••.••... 339IFarley ..••••••••. Adelphi. .....•..• 355jEdgerton ••••••.• Platte City .••.... 5041Platte City ..••••.
Master Arthur Mohurg . T. L. Olnis . Mario Parretti. . B. F. Turner .. Galen Williams . O. E. Farmer . E. F. Gaines ...•..... Robt. Cockriel. .
Secretary F. R. Williams ..... Earl W. Foley ...•.. G. B. Fewson . W. K. Bywater .. D. B. Ford . GUY Kampferer . C. M. Newman . Herman Klein .
Time of Meeting 1st Saturday ..•...•••••....••..•• 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..••••.••••. 2nd Monday ••••.••.•••••..•....• 1st and 3rd Tuesdays . 2nd Wednesday •••.•.•........... 2nd Wednesday ..•....•.......... 4th Tuesday ........•.......•••.. 2nd and 4th Mondays .
Charter Date May 8,1852 Oct. 11, 1842 May 10,1850 Oct. 18, 1867 Oct. 19, 1867 Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 18,1888 Oct. 13,1881
TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT-HARRY P. HOVEY, D. D. G. M., Kansas City, Mo. lackson .. .. ....... ....... ....... ••..... •••.... ....... ....... •••••.. ....... ...••.. .•.•... ••.••.. ....... .•.... ••..... ....... Clay
Heroine Albert Pike Kansas City .••... Temple ....•...•. Cecile-Daylight Rural. Westport .....•.. Ivanhoe ........•. Gate City Orient ...•.•..... South Gate •...... york Swope Park Sheffield ..•...... East Gate Northeast .....•.. Country Club •.... RockhilL Alpha ....••....•
1041Kansas City 2191Kansas City 220lKansas City 299jKansas City 3051Kansas City 3161Kansas City 340lKansas City ..••.. 4461Kansas City 522 IKansas City 5461Kansas City .••... 5471Kansas City 5631Kansas City...•.. 6171Kansas City ...•.. 6251Kansas City ..•... 630lKansas City 6431Kansas City .••... 6561Kansas City ..•... 6631Kansas City 6591N. Kansas City
Leon Shapiro Geo. O. Wilson R. A. Booker E. A. Gault Leo R. Davis Philip F. Piper W. M. Lehman A. F. Schopper ) Walter E. Betts R. E. Giffin •......... Harold B. Hurd J. Mark Bowman H. R. Hunt C. S. Liston Chas. C. Raymond Chas. W. Lee Alex G. Wood Joseph S. Levy Joe Williams
J. S. Epstein .•..... Carl L. Soderstrom. J. W. Schlaegel. Alfred D. Ludlow Samuel R. Victor Geo. W. Paddock W. F. Lacaff J. O. Christensen F. H. Knight Vernie G. Fisher T. M. Pratt Irvin F. Strycker L. V. Hosie ..•..... Leonard F. Owens .. Ernest W. Berry Geo. R. Hodge •••.•. Robt. E. Robertson. Joseph Weinsaft ••• Merrill Burnidge
2nd and 4th TuesdayS •.••..••...•. 2nd and 4th Mondays .••......•... 2nd and 4th Mondays •.•••••••.... 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ............• 2nd and 4th Wednesdays . 1st and 3rd Mondays .. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .....••.•.... 2nd and 4th ThursdayS .. 1st and 3rd SaturdayS . 2nd and 4th Fridays ........•..... 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 1st and 8rd Tuesdays .........•... 2nd and 4th Thursdays .. 2nd and 4th Thursdays .....•...... 1st and 3rd TuesdayS ......•.....• 1st and 3rd Thursdays ...•••...... 1st and 3rd TuesdayS .•••..•.....• 2nd and 4th Thursdays .. 2nd and 4th MondayS ..••...••••..
May 10,184' Oct. 17,1896 May 30,1861 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 17, 1923 Oct. 12, 188• Oct. 11, 1894 Oct. 17,1901 Oct. 11, 1888 Sept. 22, 1920 Oct. 15, 1890 Oct. 17, 1896 Sept. 11, 1911 Sept.25,1912 Oct. 21, 1911 Sept. 2. 1918 Sept. 21, 1921 Oct. 28, 192& Sept. 21, 1921
TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT-CAMILLUS B. WADDELL, D. D. G. M., Lexington, Mo. Laf~rette
R::Y
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Waverly......... Lexington Higginsville ••••.. Lafayette•••••••• Concordia .•••.•.. Mount Hope Richmond........ Ray ..••••••••••• Bee Hive ...•••... Ada.•••••••••..•
61IWaverly 149ILexington 864IHigginsville 437ICorder.......... 464IConcordia ••••••• 47610dessa.......... 57IRichmond.••••••. 223lCamden .••••••.• 898ILawson 44410rrick ••.•..•.•..
L. M. James B. E. Slusher H. E. Mack • W. A. Cook J. G. Mack. . .. Lee Fitch .....•..... F. P. Kirkland A. R. Lebold J. A. Hughes
James A. Allison 2nd Thursday . W. R. Eckle 3rd Tuesday . A. W. Fuhr•••..•.. 2nd and 4th Mondays •..•••.•..... . Everett Pape...... 2nd and 4th Mondays ..••••••••••. C. D. Newhard 2nd and 4th Fridays . R. B. Hughes .....• 4th Monday •••••••••.••••••.••.•. K. V. Jackson 1st Thursday ...........•......•. T. E. Manso....... 1st and 3rd Fridays ••......•.•.... A. W. Burnham ..•. 2nd Thursday ..•........•..•...•.
June 2.1866 June 4,1855 Oct. 14, 1884 Apr. 6,1887 Oct. 17, 1873 Oct. 15, 1874 Oct. 11, 1842 Sept. I, 1921 Oct. 13, 1871 Oct. 16, 1872
TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT-JOHN W. ADAMS, D. D, G. M., Marshall, Mo.
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Saline ••....•. Arrow Rock .•..• '1 Cambridge....... Miami........... Trilumina , Barbee •••..•..• "1 Malta ..•••••••... Oriental Nelson
55 1Arrow Rock 631 Slater .••••.•.••. 85IMiami. •••••••••• 205IMarshall 2171 Sweet Springs... 4021Malta Bend 518IBlackburn 560INelson ..•..•....
R. L. Thompson S. F. Bennett A. E. Jennings W. Y. Lockridge O. L. Funk A. C. Teague H. L. Richardson
B. C. Bradshaw 2nd Thursday . T. R. Haynie 1st Tuesday..........•••.•••.... Geo. W. Wilson 4th Tuesday .••..•...•.•••.•••... G. Howard Fuller .. 1st Thursday .. . ...........•..•..•............•...........•••..... E. H. Wilson ..••••. 1st Tuesday ..•.....•••..•..••••. W. C. Borchers 3rd Tuesday . R. B. Finley 2nd Tuesday ........•.......•....
Oct. 11, 1842 June 2,1866 June 2,1866 Dec. 9,1867 Oct. 19, 1867 Oct. 17, 1901 Oct. 11, 1883 Oct. 12, 1893
TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT-SAMUEL L. JEWETT, D. D. G. M., Boonville, Mo. Ccx:per ........ • .. . ........ ......... Howard ••••••. .. ....... •••••..
Cooper........... Pleasant Grove •.. Wm. D. Muir. Wallace Prairie Home ....• Howard.......... Fayette.......... Livingston....... Armstrong.......
36IBoonville 14210tterville 2771 Pilot Grove.. 456IBunceton 5031 Prairie Home .••. 4fNew Franklin •..• 47IFayette 51IGlasgow 70IArmstrong
Morris J. Lent Herbert R. Kuhn C. A. Coley. • . . . . . . .. L. G. Parker Morton Tuttle D. C. O'Donnell W. H. Smith ........• Earl Borders .•...... Marian Walker
C. L. Hurt J. H. Gunn Roy Oerly. .. . .. . •. H. L. Shirley F. L. Schielb .••••.• Emil O. Bethke R. H. Sands .......• R. W. Raines Aubra M. Green ..•.
2nd and 4th Fridays . 2nd and 4th Wednesdays . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays .. 1st and 3rd Fridays .. 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..•.••••.... 1st and 8rd Thursdays ......•.•... 1st and 8rd Tuesdays . 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 1st and 3rd Thursdays .
Oct. May Feb. Oct. Oct. May Oct. Oct. May
9,1841 31,1855 5,1878 16, 1872 13, 1882 6,1852 11, 1842 12, 1876 25,1854
LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICT8-Continue(\ TWENTY-SIXTH DISTRIOT-JULIUS R. EDWARDS, D. D. G. M., Oentralia, Mo. County Boone
Lodge No. I Location . 59 ICentralia . . Centralia Rocheport . 671 Rocheport . Twilight . 114IColumbia , .. Ashland . 156lAshland , . Sturgeon .....•.. 174ISturgeon . Hallsville . 336lHallsville '.' . Ancient Landm'k. 3561 Harrisburg . Hinton .....•..•. 455IHinton . Acacia ........•.. 602\Columbia ..•.....
TWENTY-SEVENTH Audrain
Central.......... Laddonia Social ' Hebron Vandalia ••••••• Houston .......•. Callaway. . . . .. Fulton........... " New Bloomfield... Portland : .. Tebbetts. . . . . . . .. Shamrock Mokane
Master F. W. Nichols Geo. C. Harper E. D. Wayland F. W. Glascock C. L. Harper G. S. Owen Otha Lynch J. E. Potter M. P. Blackmore
Secretary . . Jas. C. Hunt . J. P. Huntington . . . J. F. Oliver , A. F. Martin •...... . . W. M. Spelman . . T. P. Brown . E. S. Watson . . . W. T. Goslin . E. Roy Boothe .
:OISTRIOT~JOHNR.
81IMolino . 115/Laddonia . 266 IMartinsburg . 354IMexico . 491IVandalia . 580IGant ....•....... 481 Fulton .. 60lNew Bloomfield . 242IReadsville . 565 ITebbetts . 585IShamrock . 612IMokane .
Time of Meeting 1st and 3rd Thursdays ......•..... Thursday on or before full moon . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays . 1st Friday . 1st Friday . 1st Friday . 1st and 3rd Saturdays . 1st and 3rd Saturdays . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ........•....
Charter Date Oct. 19, 1867 Oct. 20, 1843 Oct. 19, 1867 May 28,1859 May 30,1856 Oct. 17, 1878 Oct. 27, 1873 Sept. 6. 1904 Sept. 29, 1909
BAKER, D. D. G. M., Fulton, Mo.
Clark Newborough .. , C. W. Ellis ........• 2nd Saturday ...............•..•. Oct. 12, 1893 Oct. 28, 1882 Howard Summers . F. W. Ruitcel. . 2~d 'F~ici~;: ::::::::::::::::::::: Oct. 15, 1868 . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays Roy A. McPheeters . B. C. Denton . Oct. 13, 1870 . 2nd Friday . Oct. 12, 1876 C. R. Zorn ..........• E. C. Waters W. M. Patterson . H. W. Groves . 3rd Friday ..••................... Sept. 27, 1906 . W. L. Meng .....•.. 1st and 3rd Fridays . Oct. 17,1841 C. C. Herring Guy H. Irvine .. Wade F. Enloe . 2nd and 4th Mondays . May 25,1854 R. Holzhauser . J. C. Garrett . 1st and 3rd Fridays ....•..•....... May 26,1865 E. E. Hord . W. W.Griffin . 2nd and 4th Saturdays . Oct. 22, 1902 John Wells · W. S. Armstrong . Thursday on or before full moon . Sept. 27, 1906 Carson Mosley . Clifford D. Winter .. 1st and 3rd Thursday ...•...••.... Sept. 11, 1911
TWENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT-PAUL A. THOMAS, D. D. G. M., Montgomery City, Mo. Mont~?mery..
Griswold . Wellsville . Montgomery ....• Florence . Jonesburg . Daggett .
1781 Bellflower. . . . . . .. A. H. Van Arsdoll. 194IWellsville .....•.. L. B. Harris 246 1Montgomery City H. E. Ball
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492IMcKittrick
W. H. Aydelotte. . .. 3rd Monday C. R. Barton 2nd and 4th Tuesdays H. N. Cason 2nd and 4th Mondays
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May 28,1858 . May 30,1860 . Sept. 22, 1920 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 12, 1893 . Oct. 12, 1876
T·R.. 'j:N. B~~~~t·""""".·"". M~;~i'r;Sh'eit~~::::' s;ci M~~d;';::::::"::":: :::::::::. Brashear W. F. Huenefeld 1st and 3rd Saturdays
TWENTY-NINTH DISTRIOT-HERBERT J. OROSBY, D. D. G. M., Winfield, Mo. Lincoln "
-•• Troy ...•..••.•.• Silex............ New Hope ...•... New Salem ..•.••. Louisville Nineveh ..•.•.••. Moscow •..•..•...
34ITroy ........•..• 75ISilex 199IElsberry 270IWinfield 409ILouisville ..•..•.. 47310Iney ..•..•..•.. 5581Moscow Mills. . ..
ClayM.Hopkins J. H. Walter W. E. Long A. L. Ricks ....••.... Clifford Horton L. A. Nunn , .. Wm. Bray. . . . . . . . . .. 0
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AndyJ.Blair E. C. Teague H. L. Purdin ...•... H. H. Arnhold ..••. W. S. McDonald Harold K. Hudson .• Fred Dreyzehner. ..
1stand2ndMondays Friday on or before full moon 2nd Thursday•••..••••.•..•••..•. 1st and 3rd Saturdays ..•...•••••. 3rd Thursday ..••.••.•......•.... 1st Saturday ....•..........••.... 2nd and 4th Saturdays. . • . . . . . . • ..
Oct. Oct. May Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
7,1841 21,1899 31,1860 15,1868 17,1901 15,1874 13, 1892
THIRTIETH DISTRIOT-EDWIN H. BARKLAGE, D. D. G. M., St. Oharles, Mo.
'1 241ISt. 461 Wentzville. ······1 J. P. Cunningham 1E.W. R.R. Engholm Dalton ..•.. '1 1s t and 3rd FridayS ..••..•..•.... 'I June 2,1866 Charles D. Talmadge Gray ...•. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays .•.......••.. May 25,1865
St. charles····1 " .. . Warren "
Wentzville •.•••. Palestine••...... · Mechanicsville ... Pauldingville..... Warrenton ••.....
Cole ........•. " ..•.....•• .......... ....... , .. Moniteau ....• .. . ..•• ..... ..... Osage " •••••••.•
Jefferson........ Russellville....... Hickory Hill Centertown .•.... Tipton........... California .••..••. Moniteau Clarksburg .....•. Chamois Linn ••••••••..•.
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260IHowell ....••.... H. S. Fulkerson .....• R. L. Fulkerson ..•. 2nd and 4th SaturdayS ........•... Oct. 30,1868 11IWright City Ezra Cafer MorriLTrotter ..••• 1st and 3rd Saturdays May 8,1852 609IWarrenton H. L. Southern...... L. M~utcherson.. 2nd and 4th Fridays Oct. 1,1917
THmTY-FmST DISTRIOT-.A;LBERT LINXWILER, D. D. G. M., Jefferson Oity, Mo.
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43/Jefferson City 90IRussellville 211IEugene 611/Centertown 56ITipton.......... 18S/California....... 295IJamestown 55SIClarksburg 185IChamois 326ILinn ••......•...
H. W. MichaeL G. L. Thompson ...•. J. A. Farmer J. M. Swearengen Wm. J. Conn O. J. Hasemeyer ...•. H.R.Hays ........•• Frank Winebrenner .. Euel J. Burnett C. R. Ferguson......
R. L. Gwinn .....•• W. B. Thompson J. E. Dooley Hermon Miller Jay A. Conn ..•.••. R. L. Fulks ..•••... J.A.Roesch .••.••. D. M. Maness ..•... E. H. Schowengerdt Clyde Morton......
1st and Srd Mondays ......•.....•. 2nd Friday 1st Thursday 1st Monday ..•..•.........•..••.. 2nd and 4th Thursdays 2nd and 4th Fridays ....••.•...••. lstSaturday ; 1st and 3rd Mondays ........••.•. 4th Friday Saturday on or before full moon
Nov. 15, 1841· Oct. 11,1888 Oct. 19,1867 June 18,1910 June 2,1866 Oct. 19,1898 Oct. 15.1868 Oct. 15,1891 May 28,1857 Oct. 19,1892
LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT-RANSOM A. BREUER, D. D. G. M., Hermann, Mo. Lodge County No.1 Location Franklin ..•... Evergreen ..•.... 271New Haven ..•... Sullivan .••...... , 69 ISullivan ...••••.. Gray Summit ..... 1731Gray Summit ..•. Hope .........•.. 251IWashington ••.••. Fraternal ..••..•. 363 IRobertsville . Columbia ....••.. 5341 Pacific .....••... , Easter ....••••... 5751St. Clair...•••... Union ..•.••••..• 593IUnion . Gasconade·.·.·.·.· Hermann .....•.. 123IHermann ......•. Owensville ...•... 62410wensville . "
Master J. G. Roark .........• A. L. Latimer . George Drewel. . Herman A. Mische . Francis Henderson . Louis H. Byron . Carl Rogers ' E. J. Kaufman .. M. L. Tugel. .. R. E. Warden .
Secretary Cecil L. Smallfelt ... Chas. S. Betz ••.••• Aug. J. Holthaus ... Walter A. pfautsch. Louis H. Bruns . E. A. Roemer . R. C. Murphy . R. N. Hackley .....• W. D. Stoenner . J. H. Hansen .
Time of Meeting 2nd and 4th Thursdays ..••........ 1st and 3rd Saturdays ••....••••.. ' 1st and 3rd Thursdays .•••........ 1st and 3rd Fridays .. 1st Saturday ....•••..••.•••...... 2nd and 4th Thursdays ...•......•. 2nd Tuesday ..•.••..•.••..•...... 2nd and 4th Fridays ..•••.••••..•• 1st and 3rd Mondays ....••..•..... 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..••....•...
Charter Date May 26,1864 June 25, 1866 Sept. 23, 1903 Oct. 16, 1867 Oct. 12, 1870 Oct. 13, 1887 Sept. 28, 1905 Sept. 7, 1907 May 10,1850 Sept. 25, 1912
THmTY-THmD (A) DISTRICT-GEORGE J. GROSSIUS, D. D. G. M., St. Louis, Mo. St. Lo?,is City .. •. .. •. .. •. .. •. .. .. •. .. •. .. .. .. •. .. .. •. " .. •. .. •. .. .. .. •• .. •• .. •• " •• St. Louis Co St. Louis City .. " .. " ••
Missouri......... Beacon.......... Mt. Moriah ..••.•. Pomegranate..... Erwin .........•• Occidental •...... Pyramid ..•...... Keystone Aurora Paul Revere Tuscan ....•..... ltaska Euclid ....•...... Clifton Heights Rose Hill Olive Branch. • • .. Magnolia ..•.... Triangle ..•••••.. Trinity ..••••.... University Commonwealth Purity .......•... Theo. Roosevelt .. ,
liSt. Louis SISt. Louis ••..•..•. 401St. Louis 951St. Louis........ 1211St. Louis ..•••.... 16SjSt. Louis........ 1801St. Louis ......••. 24SISt. Louis .•...... ' 2671St. Louis ...•..... 3301St. Louis........ 3601St. Louis ..•..... 4201St. Louis........ 505jSt. Louis 5201St. Louis 5501St. Louis 5761St. Louis. . • . . • •• 626jSt. Louis ....••••. 638jSt. Louis •..•...•. 641ISt.Louis 6491University City 6541St. Louis 6581St. Louis 6611St. Louis
Harry C. Kaysing Vernon C. Oetting C.J. Klaske Ray E. Jobe .......•• Wesley F. Diem W. E. Rosenau Clarence H. Krah J. W. Klick, Sr J. C. Hoppe R. P. Buckley Wm. Z. Davison Geo. M. Dodson C. Earl Drake Elmer B. Elam F. W. Schulte .......• Andrew S. Ryan. . . .. Fred A. Praeckter... O. A. Chambers J.B.LaBreque A. R. Day. . . . . .. . . .. L. F. Mesle C. A. Hawk .........• C. S. Goldsmith
John WohradskY,Jr. Har1W E. Waldt H. A:-Borgmann Emile E. Vetter A. Blankenmeister. C. L. Alexander R. S. Lorimer Chas. W. Speirs Chas. V. Ehrmann. Wade H. Funk Wm. C. Hilmer G. E. Black .......• Merle E. Campbell. J. E. Winterton, Jr. E. H. Pleitsch Fred L. Oatman James H. Leathers. Henry G. Diller.... W.P.Morgan A. A. NaIl. .. Duval O'Neal ....•• John Heines R. W. MacDonaYd
1st and 2nd Tuesdays ..•.......... 2nd and 4th Thursdays .••........ 1st and 3rd Saturdays . 1st and 3rd Saturdays ..•......... 2nd and 4th Fridays .••......•.... 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .••••.....•.. 2nd and 4th Fridays ..•......•.... 1st and 3rd Wednesdays . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ...•.....•... 2nd and 4th Fridays ..••.......... 1st and 3rd Tuesdays . 1st and 3rd Mondays .. 1st and 3rd Mondays . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .••••........ 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ..••......... 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .......•..... 2nd and 4th Wednesdays . 1st and 3rd Saturdays ..••...••... 2ndand4thThursdays .. 1st and 3rd Mondays .. 1st and 3rd Thursdays ••..•....... 1st and Srd Mondays .. 2nd and 4th Mondays .
Sept. 4, 1821 May 10,1849 Oct. 14, 1841 Sept. 21, 1916 May 9,1861 May 29,1856 Oct. 13, 1916 May 26,1866 Oct. 19. 1868 Oct. 26, 1923 Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 16, 1872 Sept.21,1917 Oct. 10, 1894 Oct. 15, 1891 Sept. 26, 1906 Oct. 15, 1913 Sept. 29, 1916 Sept. 21, 1916 Sept.22, 1921 Sept.21,1921 Sept. 12, 1921 Oct. 17,1928
THmTY·THIRD (B) DISTRIOT-PAUL E. EOKARDT, D. D. G. M., st. LoUis, Mo. St.LouisCity•• Meridian .. .. Geo. Washington. .. ., St. Louis......... .. •. Naphtali......... .. .. Polar Star....... .. .. Pride of the West. .. .. Good Hope ••••••• .. .. Cosmos ..•..•••.• .. •. Cornerstone ••••.• ,. .. America .. ., Cache •.•••.•..•• ' St. Louis Co... Anchor ..•.••.... St. Louis City. West Gate....... .. ., Lambskin •....... .. .' Harmony ..••.... .. .. Apollo .. .' AlgabiI. .•..••... •• •• Forest Park ..•... •• •. Tower Grove •..•• .. .. Mizpah ..•.•••... .. Ben Franklin ..•. , .. Pilgrim .....•.... .. •• Progress ...•..... .. •• Shaveh ...••.....
21St. Louis 91St. Louis 201St. Louis 251St. Louis ••••••..• 791St. Louis 1791St. Louis 2181St. Louis ..•••.•• , 2821St. Louis •••••.•. 3231St. Louis .••••••• , 3471St. Louis 4161St. Louis ....•..• , 443 IUniversity City 445iSt. Louis 4601St. Louis 499 1St. Louis ..•••..• ' 5291St. Louis 5441St. Louis ..•...•• 5781St. Louis •..•••.. 6311St. Louis •.•.••.. 6391St. Louis •.....•. 6421St. Louis ..•.••.• 6521St. Louis 6571St. Louis 6461St. Louis '
R.C. Weinheimer Frank A. Bohel. Harry Mendelson.... H. Mahlon Fite Leon L. Katzenstein. Oscar P. Wieland Fred L. Cratz ....•... C. W. McClellan ...... Richard T. Hradsky .. E. A. Schuetz John W. Stone ...•. ,. Frank A. Walker .... Oliver A. Berwin ....• H. K. Matthews ..•••. Wm. F. McKay W. L. Montgomery .. , J. A. Welkener...... J. L. Roberson .••.... Adam H. Liebmann .. Michael A. Marty , Albert Krause ....••• B. L. Arterbury .....• W. M. Andrews ...••• Henry W. Kellogg
ArthurV.Schopp .. Robert C. Duffin H. A. Steiner ....•. Paul E. Eckardt ..•. Jos. L. Kohner Wm. M. Schisler Robt. L. Dixon ••... Sam Broadbent ..•• W. R. Schmitt ••••. F. Wm. KuehL ...•. Joseph W. Schuette. A. W. Reiter •••..•. E. B. Partenheimer. Ben C. Burroughs .. Wm. E. Punt •.••.. George Ruths F. Wm. Kolkhorst .. Wm. C. Rese ..•..•• John V. Horn .•.••. Walter H. Voss ..•• Jos. G. Schreiner ..• Theo. C. Tee!. .•••• Fred J. Mahner .•.. H. W. Williams •••.
2nd and 4th Thursdays .. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays . 2nd and 4th Wednesdays •.••...••. 2nd and 4th Thursdays ..•..•.••••. 1st and 3rd Fridays ; .. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays . 1st and 3rd Saturdays ••...•••..•. 2nd and 4th Mondays .•....•••.... 1st and 3rd Mondays .••..•..••.••. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .. 2nd and 4th Saturdays •.••..•..•.. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ......•••. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays . 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ..•....••. 1st and 3rd Mondays ..•..•..•.••.. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays . 2nd and 4th Fridays ..••••••..•••. 2nd and 4th Mondays ....•.••...•. 2nd and 4th Thursdays .....••••.. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .. 1st and 3rd Thursdays ...•..••••.. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays .......•.. 1st and 3rd Thursdays ........•... 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ..•.........
May 5.1852 May 10.1849 Oct. 24. 1836 Oct. 14. 1839 Oct. 14. 1846 May 28.1868 May 80.1861 Oct. 16. 1868 Oct. 12. 1869 Sept. 17, 1919 Oct. 14. 1871 Oct. 16.1872 Oct. 11,1888 Oct. 16.1872 Sept. 19, 1917 Sept. 18. 1918 Sept. 19, 1917 Sept. 26, 1906 Oct. 2,1918 Sept. 29, 1916 Sept.26, 1916 Sept. 21, 1921 Oct. 6,1921 Sept. 22, 1920
THmTY-FOURTH DISTRIOT-ERNEST W. MILLER, D. D. G. M., Belton, Mo. Cass •••••••••.
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Oct. 16, 1884 'Ii: p'. Oct. 17.1867 Grand River 276/Freeman E. E. Knibb C. C. Raine 3rd Saturday . Oct. 15.1868 Wadesburg ....•.• 348ICreighton .•••..• C. W. Eggers .•.••••. F. C. Blossom 1st Friday .. Oct. 14, 1880 Nonpareil ••••.•. , 8721East Lynne .•••.. H. H. Miller .....•••• J. A. Stone•..••... Saturday on or before full moon ••• Oct. 17,1878 Oct. 18, 1871 ~:~~~ :~~l~:~~~·.·.·.·.·.·:.·.·:. p~~iv:w~~ii::::::. R~Y L:j~h~i~~·.'.:' i~t ~itd 3~d'T~~d~n: Oct. 6.1872 J ewe!. . . . .. • • . 480 IPleasant Hill.. F. R. Snyder , J. Ross Thomas. 2nd Friday . Dec. 20, 1887 Coldwater 486IDrexel. E. C. Swearingen Homer Beaty 1st and 3rd Mondays . Oct. 8,1881 Archie •••••.••••. 633IArchie••••••••••. Kenneth Swigart.... E. M. Goodrich •••.. Last Tuesday •••.•..••••••••••••• Oct. 1,1914 Cleveland 651ICleveland Goo. E. Myers J. A. Sears 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .. Sept. 20, 1920
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LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued THIRTY-FIFTH DISTRIOT-DUDLEY O. BRADLEY, D. D. G. M., Butler, Mo. County Lodge No. I Location Bates ....•.... Hume 130IHume .......•.•• Amsterdam 141IAmsterdam . Butler 254IButler .....•..... Rockville 341IRockville . Tyrian .........•. 350IJohnstown . Crescent HilL 368IAdrian . Rich Hill 4791Rich Hill . Foster 5541 Foster .
Master H. E. Horton R. O. Fritts S. L. Rook H. L. Alexander J. P. Herman Lloyd J . Wasson E.M. Wood Max Miller
. . . . . . . .
Secretary C. F. Porter . Ed. Smiser . H. M. Cannon ..•... E. L. Midkiff . B. E. Gilliland . . A. J. Combest C. F. Krieger .....• O. D. Jennings .....
Time of Meeting 1st and 3rd Mondays .. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .. 1st and 3rd Saturdays •.•...•..... 1st Thursday ..•..•............. Sat. on or before full moon . 2nd and 4th Mondays ..•...••..... 2nd and 4th Mondays . Every Friday .••..............•..
Charter Date Oct. 14, 1886 Sept. 27, 1906 Oct. 15, 1868 Nov. 18, 1900 Oct. 12, 1870 Oct. 13, 1873 Oct. 13, 1881 Oct. 15, 1891
THIRTY-SIXTH DISTRIOT-JOLLY P. HURTT, D. D. G. M., Sedalia, Mo. Benton Cole Camp Shawnee Johnson. . . . .• Knobnoster...... Holden .......•.. Corinthian. . • . . .. Cold Spring..••.. Chilhowee Pettis Sedalia Granite .. .. ...•.... ' Green Ridge .•.... ......... La Monte
5951Cole Camp . 653IWarsaw .......•. 2451 Knobnoster . 262IHolden . 2651 Warrensburg . 274ILeeton ........•. 487IChilhowee . 236 1Sedalia . 272 ISedalia . 425 1Green Ridge . 5741La Monte .
R. M. Nixon T. A. Reid
E. H. Intelmann... 1st and 3rd Mondays . Oct. 28, 1926 James A. Logan 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ........•.... Sept. 21, 1921 May 26,1865 J. A. Zion. . • . . . . .. 1st and 3rd Thursdays .........•.. Oct. 15, 1868 H. M. Cash. . . . . . .. 1st and 3rd Mondays . Oct. 15, 1868 J. D. Bradshaw 3rd Thursday .....•.............. Oct. 16, 1877 R. E. Peyton. . . . . .. 1st and 3rd Fridays •...........•.. Sept. 27, 1906 W. J. Kennedy 1st Friday . May 29, 186( Jolly P. Hurtt 3rd Friday .. Oct. 15, 1868 G. D. Rayburn. . . .. 1st and 3rd Thursdays . Sept. 29, 1904 G. M. Wellman 2nd Friday . Sept. 28, 1905
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C. H. Miller. . . . . . . .. H. A. McDonald. . . .. S. J. Roop J. E. Bancroft. . . . . .. Adolph Glenn .......• Leo O. Noland Geo. L. Murphy. . . . .. R. L. Tucker
THIRTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT-THORNTON JENNINGS, D. D. G. M., Clinton, Mo. H~?ry ......••
St. Clair
Windsor . Urich . Agricola . Montrose ...•.... Clinton . Calhoun ..•...•.. Blairstown . . St. Clair .. Circle ...•....... , Lowry City . Appleton City . Star .... '" .. , .
29IWindsor ...•.•... 286IUrich .•••....... 343IPetersburg 408IMontrose .••..... 548IClinton 552ICalhoun 557IBlairstown 27310sceola 342IR06Coe 4031Lowry City ..•... 4121Appleton City 419ITaberville ....•...
G. W. Sampson . J. R. Nuckles . Homer Clevenger . E. M. Fenimore . W. E. Dody .. H. E. Carpenter . J. W. Strasbury .....• C. R. Simms . J. N. Hill .. R. F. Duzan . Leon Long . K. L. Ingalls .
O. F. Weiss R. E. McDonald. . •. R. E. Waugh .....•. Glen Elliston. . . . . .. Phil D. Trainer.... W. C. Maupin. . . . •. C. O. Horn. . • . . . . .. G. W. Davies C. A. Weinlig U. L. Davis. . . . . . .. D. D. Scroggs. . . . .. Perry Atchison. . ..
1st and 3rd Tuesdays . 1st Friday .........•............. Wed. on or b.f.m. and 2 wks. after 1st and 3rd Mondays ......•.•..... 2nd and 4th FridayS •......•••.•.. 1st and 3rd ThursdayS ..•..•..••.. 1st and 2nd Thursday ..........•. 4th Thursday .. Wednesday oil. or before fuIl moon. 1st Friday ................•...... 3rd Monday .....•................ 4th Saturday ...•.' ..
June 2,1866 Oct. 19, 1889 Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 13, 1871 Oct. 15, 1890 Oct. 15, 1891 July 4,1882 Oct. 15, 1869 Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 13, 1873 Oct. 18, 1871 Oct. 16, 1872
THIRTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT-OREN SIMPSON, D. D. G. M., Richland, Mo. Ca~den ..•...
, , Linn Creek Mack's Creek Laclede: : : : : : : Laclede.......... Competition ...•. , Conway , Pulaski. . Waynesville Richland " Miller .. Brumley Iberia "
152 ICamdenton ..•..• 4331Mack's Creek , 83ILebanon 432ICompetition 528IConway 375IWaynesville 385IRichland 203IBrumley .....•... 410IIberia ........•..
G. R. Smith , Daniel B. Claiborn. Roy Eldred , .. H. L. Harmon. . . .. E. A. Smith , . Shed A. Casey. . . . .. Olin Light . Orr Van Stavein .•• J. 1. Boyd . E. H. Harris .. " . .. A. C. Decker . Roy C. Wilson.. . •• Fred Manes .. H. B. Warren...... W. F. Clark .. J. B. WalL Wesley Condra . Chas. L. Brown. . ..
2nd Thursday ....•...•..•.....•.. 1st Saturday . 1st Wednesday ...............•... Saturday on or after full moon .... 1st Saturday ...........••....•..• 2nd Tuesday..•........••••.•••.. 2nd Wednesday ...........•...... 2nd Wednesday . 1st Friday .
Oct. Oct. May Feb. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
12, 1869 17,1876 25,1854 21, 1908 15, 1885 11, 1888 17,1901 17,1878 13, 1871
THmTY-NINTH DISTRICT-CHARLES L. WOODS, b. D. G. M., Rolla, Mo. Cra'y,ford """ Dent ••........ " ••.•..•.. , " Maries Phelps .. ••..••.. Pulaski. Texas ,
Lebanon......... Cuba .••......... Salem ....•...•.. , BeIle............. Lane's Prairie ..•. Vienna.......... Rolla St.James Equality Arlington Latimer
77/SteevilIe 312ICuba........•... 225ISalem .........•. 373IBelle............ 531IVichy 94IVienna 213IRolla 230ISt.James 497INewburg 346IDixon ......••... 145ILicking•.........
J. T. Mullen H. H. Lewis C. M. Douglas Bryce J ett. . . . . . . . . .. C. P. Woodruff Cecil Hutchinson E. E. Northern ' J.R.Kirgan J. R. Jordan Ellis E. Shelton ..•... Austin W. Miller
T. H. Roberts .....• Chas. F. Wilmesher C. Rex Miner •••.•• Geo. Slinkman. . . .. R. M. Copeland L. O. Nichols E. E. Decker Wm.J.Moreland O. C. Fordyce C. W. Schillinger W. H. Barnes
1st Saturday .. 2nd Saturday ..•...•...•..••.•... 1st and 3rd FridayS •..•...•..•.... 2nd and 4th Fridays .........•.••• 2nd Saturday . 1st Saturday .. 1st and 3rd Saturdays . 1stThursday .. 2nd and 4th Thursdays . 3rd Thursday . 2nd and 4th ThursdayS ..
Oct. 14, 1846 Oct. 13, 1887 Oct. 17, 1878 Oct. 17, 1878 Mar. 6,1908 Oct. 15, 1886 May 30,1861 May 27,1863 Sept. 27, 1906 Oct. 18, 1870 Oct. 19, 1899
LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued FORTIETH DISTRICT-eH.ARLES W. GREEN, D. D. G. M., DeSoto, Mo. Lodge Location County No.1 Jefferson ••.••. De Soto ..•..••.•. 1191De Soto•••....••. Joachim ••.•••... 164lHillsboro.••..•.. " Shekinah ......... 2561 Festus ........... " Herculaneum ..... 3381 Herculaneum ••.. " Wash!~~~::: Tyro •••••.••.•... 12/Caledonia •...•... Potosi. ..••••.••. 1311Potosi. .......... Irondale ••.••••.• 143lIrondale..••..... " Belgrade ..•••.... 632 1Belgrade •••...... " St. Francois: : : Blackwell ..•..•.. 535lBlaekwell .....•..
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Master E. S. Drew ••...... ,. A.R.McKee ......... G. W. Evans ......... S. H. Crowe ......... John Akers .......... O. L. Loomis ........ J. A. Robinson ....... Edward Webb ... , .•. Carl Haelzel. .•......
Secretary D. B. Rouggly •....• E. M. Williams ..... Byrl De Geare,.....• G. W. HegeL ..••.. Iva Queen ..•...... Geo. Carr .....••••. E. E. Sutterfield .... Lewis Buckley ..... H. E. Brown .......
Time of Meeting 2nd and 4th ThursdaYB ............ 1st Saturday ..•.•••••...••••••.•• 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ............. 2nd and 4th Fridays ..........•.•• Saturday on or before full moon ••• Friday on or before full moon ....• 1st and 3rd Saturdays ............. 3rd Saturday .................... 1st Saturday •........••..•••.••..
Charter Date Nov. 16, 1867 May 31,1856 Oct. 17,1868 Oct. 19,1922 Aug. 7,1825 May 10,1851 May 6,1864 Oct. 1,1914 Oct. 13,1887
FORTY-FmST DISTRICT-MORRIS E. EWING, D. D. G. M., Morrisville, Mo. Da},Ias ..•..••. Riddick .......... Western Light ... Urbana .....••••. " Hic,~o~.y::::::. Hogle's Creek .... Hermitage ....... Polk ... ::::::: Fair Play •.••.•.• Modern .•........ " Pleasant .••..•..• " Bolivar ....•..•.. " Pleasant Hope •... " Aldrich .......... "
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361/Buffalo •.•.•.••.. 396 ILouisburg •••...• 421 IUrbana .••....•.. 279IWheatland ••..... 288IHermitage.••.... 441 Fair Play ...•.••. 144/Humansville ....• 160IMorrisville ...•..• 195 IBolivar .......... 467 1Pleasant Hope ..• 664IAldrich ..•..•....
Guy O. Henson ...... Drury Lindsay ....... W. E. Seaton ........ Leslie T. Wilson ...•. Elzie Gardner ........ Chas. Paynter ....... G. H. Thompson ..... Denver Dodd ........ Earl Windmeir ...... W. P. Potter ......... Howard Rowan ......
R. E. Harrell ...... R. S. Lindsay ...... H. S. Vaughn ...... J. M. Murphy ...... J. O. Taylor ....... H. O. Curl ......••. Monroe A. Fields ... B. L. Cunnygham •. S. Bruce Brown .•.. F. P. Slagle ..•..... J. S. Toalson .......
4th Friday ....••....•.•.•..••.••. Saturday on or before full moon ... 4th Saturday ............•...•.... 1st Saturday ..•.......•..•....•.. 3rd Monday .•................... 2nd Thursday ...........••....... Monday on or before full moon .... 2nd Tuesday ...••••••••.••••..••. 2nd Wednesday .....•.....••••... Thursday on or before full moon ... 1st Tuesday .....•.......••....•..
Oct. Oct• Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct• Oct• Dec• Oct.
13,1871 13,1891 14,1886 15.1868 15,1868 18,1900 19,1867 27, 1867 19,1867 17,1893 26,1927
FORTY-SECOND DISTBICT-CLYDE H. TINSLEY, D. D. G. M., Eldorado Springs, Mo. Cedar .•.•••••. " ......... Dade •..•••••• "
Stockton .•..••••. Jerusalem Clintonville Washington...... Garrett Everton .••••.•.• Melville Lockwood
283IStockton ..•••••.• 3151Jerico Springs 4821Eldorado Springs. 87IGreenfield•••..•• 359IArcola 405IEverton .••.••••• 458IDadeville 521ILockwood ....•..•
Finis E. Wrenn O. P. Mitchell Elmer Ridge ...•..•.. Hadley Poe ........•. F. A. Willett ........• C. A. Lea Homer Hayward H. E. Evans
C. C. Gill ..•••.•••• Guy Farmer E. F. Pentecost. Robt. S. Small. T. R. Owens Willard T. Burton .. A. C. Blakemore... W. E. Evans ..•.•.•
1st and 3rd Thursdays ....•....••. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays 2nd and 4th Thursdays. 4th Tuesday ..••...•......•••.... 2nd Thursday 2nd and 4th Tuesdays Thursday on or before full moon 2nd and 4th Thursdays ..•••......
Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
16,1869 23,1896 15,1874 12,1847 13,1870 15,1885 17,1873 11,1883
FORTY-THmD DISTRICT-DAVID V. MORRIS, D. D. G. M., Nevada, Mo. Vernon ..•.... Osage .•...• , .••• " Sheldon ....••..•. Schell City Montevallo .••••.. Vernon Unity Walker ••.....•.. Barton ..•...•. Hermon " •••..•.. Lamar ••..•...... •••..... Signal .....•..... •••..••. Golden .....•..•.. •••..... Milford ....•.....
B03INevada ....••.•.. 371ISheldon ..•••••.. 4481Schell City 490IMontevallo ••..••. 493IBronaugh 495IRichards 605IWalker ••.•..•••• 187 ILiberal 292ILamar ••.•••.•.• 304IMindenmines •.•.. 4751Golden City ..••.• 516IMilford ..•..•••••
W. M. Parker .......• Chas. N. Nutter E. P. Colson Dewey Palmer ..•.... T. S. Frank N. L. Pettibon D. P. Dale ......•.... W. S. Weaver .......• E. J. Mann John Brown W. B. Johnson Glenn Veale ....••.•.
D. V. Morris W. G. Jones ..••••• C. P. Fink W. S. Kokendoffer .. S. P. Linn C. H. Newland S. R. Harvey ..••... E. H. Royelle ...•.. W. A. Heydenberk. Ray Goff .••..••.•.• W. R. Marchbanks. J. C. Thomas ••.•..
2nd Friday ......•....•••..•...•• 1st and Brd Thursdays . 2nd Wednesday . 1st and 3rd Saturdays ..•••.••..•• 1st and 3rd Tuesdays .. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays .. 1st Wednesday ..•....•••••••....• 1st and 3rd Thursdays .........•.. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ..•....••. 2nd Tuesday ...•••..•..•.•••...•• 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ••..•••.••... 8rd Saturday ..•••.•••....••••...
Oct. 15, 1868 May 23,1895 Oct. 17, 1873 Oct. 15, 1874 Oct. 12, 1876 Oct. 17, 1895 Sept. 29, 1909 Oct. 17,1889 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 31, 1905 Oct. 15,1874 • Oct. 12. 1882
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Cartha!l'e••••••••. SarcoXIe ••••••••• Joplin Fellowship Jasper Carterville •.••.•. Mineral Webb City ..••••.. Carl Junction ••.. ..•..••. Criterion ..••••... ........ La Russell..
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197/Carthage.•••••.. 298ISarcoxie ••••••... 335IJoplin 345IJoplin 898IJasper 401ICartervi1le ..••••• 471 IOronogo 5121Webb City 5491Carl Junction ••.. 586IAlba ..••.••••••• 5921La Russell.
·W. B. Pingree...••.. Hoyt D. Osborn .••••• R. L. Thomas Fred S. Mollenauer R. E. Greenlee ..•.••. Frank Morgan ..•.••• J. B. Gillard J. B. Handley R. E. Garrison Roy Warren Otis Vickray .. , .. . ..
Ernest Davis .••..•. Nelson Brown..... S. A. Smith D. Ray Grayston C. L. Hayzlett R. E. Frazer ..•.... H. L. Keys J. C. Bailey Jas. F. Baugh .....• J. W. Hart ..•..... C. M. Gillock
2nd and 4th Thursdays .. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays •••.......••• 1st and 3rd Fridays .. 2nd and 4th Fridays . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays . 1st and 3rd Fridays .•......•••..•• 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 2nd and 4th Thursdays . 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ..••....•. 1st and 8rd Mondays •••..••.•..••. 1st and 3rd Fridays .
Oct. 19, 1867 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 18, 1871 Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 17, 1878 Oct. 12, 1893 Oct. 17, 1878 Oct. 12, 1882 Oct. 15,1891 Sept. 26, 1907 Sept. 21, 1921
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LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued FORTY-FIFTH DISTRICT-JEWELL E. WINDLE, D. D. G. M., Springfield, Mo. County Lodge No.1 Location 5ISpringfield . Greene United .. 71 Walnut Grove . " •....... O'Sullivan . . ........ Ash Grove . 100lAsh Grove Solomon . 271 ISpringfield ..•.... Ozark . 2971 Fair Grove ...•... Gate of Temple . 4221 Springfield . Republic ...•..... 570IRepublic .....•... Strafford . 6081 Strafford . Willard . 620IWillard . . Webster Webster . 98lMarshfield .. , . " Doric . 300[Elkland Mount Olive . 4391 Rogersville, R. R. 3 Hazelwood . 459 1Seymour . Henderson ..•.... 477jRogersville .
Master H. C. Boehm Sheridan Dill Carl F. Short H. G. Hoffman Clarence Banta. . . . .. F. M. Clark J. M. Arrington. . . . .• J. M. Clinger. . . . . . .. L. P. Crouch Ellis Jackson Walter Saterfield ....• Hillie D. Smith...... C. J. Carter,Jr Ernest Johnson
FOR~-SIXTH DISTRICT-JOHN
Douglas. . . . .. . ..••.. Texas. . . . . • . .. " ......... ......... Wright , " ......•.
Ava . Pilot Knob . Barnes . Texas . Plato . Summersville . Mountain Grove .. Joppa ..•........ Mansfield ..•..... Grovespring . Norwood .
26IAva .........•... 182lRichville .....•... 116 i Cabool. ,. 1771 Houston . 469jPlato . 555ISummersville . 1581Mountain Grove .. 4111 Hartville .. 5431 Mansfield . 589 iGrovespring . 622lNorwood .
Secretary M. F. Smith . J. G. Page . E. E. Watson . V. F. Anderson . Robert Cooley ...•.. Edw. W. Clark . I. R. Britain . A. H. Owen . Phonso Fortner . P. V. Rathbun . Irwin Davison . Otto Brooks .. O. R. Mayfield . A. P. Martin .
Time of Meeting 3rd Monday .•••..•...•.•......... 2nd Tuesday ...•....•.•••...•.... 2nd and 4th Thursdays . 2nd Monday .•...•.........•..... 2nd Thursday ...•.•...•.......... 3rd Thursday ..................•. 2nd and 4th Thursdays . 1st Thursday ' 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 2nd Friday ................•..... Saturday on or before full moon . Friday before full moon . 1st and 3rd Mondays . 2nd Thursday ..................••
Charter Date May 30,1857 Oct. 19, 1867 Dec. 19, 1899 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 16, 1872 Sept. 28, 1905 Sept. 28, 1910 Sept. 25, 1912 May 28,1858 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 16, 1872 Oct. 16, 1872 May 8,1874
H. HICKS, D. D. G. M., Mountain Grove, Mo.
R. R. Thompson " C. M. Cearley " L. D. Simmons L. M. Dillmann Floyd Duff. . . . . . . . . .. K. H. Neagle. . . . . . .. Yale Meyers '" E. L. Colton. . . . . . . .. R. J. Twitty
L. E. Reynolds , L. O. Dickison. . . .. R. F. Fielden L. B. Curtis R. E. Daniels , Lee Bell. . . . . . . . . .. John H. Hicks. .. .. R. F. Adams. . . . . .. Chas. A. Stephens ..
1st and 3rd Wednesdays .. Saturday on or before'full moon . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ......•...... 2nd Wednesday . 1st Monday . 2nd Saturday . 4th Friday .. 1st and 3rd Fridays . 2nd Wednesday .
J. F. Little
Oscar Freeman
1st and 2nd Thursdays
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Oct. 1,1887 Oct. 17, 1895 Oct. 17, 1878 Oct. 19, 1867 Oct. 17, 1873 Oct. 15, 1891 Oct. 15, 1885 Oct. 16, 1872 Oct. 15, 1891 . Oct. 26, 1907 . Sept. 15, 1912
FORTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT-JOHN N. SPARKS, D. D. G. M., Grandin, Mo. Carter
. Van Buren ..•.. ,. Grandin ...••.... " Rey~old.;;·.·.::: : Hopewell ...••..• Barnesville . Sha~non ...••. Delphian •••..••.. Winona ..••...•.. Eminence .•......
6091Van Buren ...•... 679lGrandin ....•..•. 239lLesterville . 363 IEllington ..•...•. 1371Birch Tree ..•..•. 430IWinona ....••••. , 607! Eminence .
Henri Sursa Roy Wilson Carl Miller R. L. Daniels E. L. Pullian J. Talmadge Loyd Cecil L. Thomas
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R. L. Coleman ....• W. E. McKinney . C. R. Burnaugh . P.B. Smith . C. O. Lemons ..•..• J. T. Loyd ........• J as. H. Robinson ..•
Saturday on or after full moon .... 2nd Saturday ....••.........••... 4th Saturday . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ...........•. 3rd Saturday ..................•. , Thursday on or before full moon ... 1st Saturday ..•..................
Aug. 12, 1882 Sept. 27, 1906 Oct. 13, 1881 Sept. 27, 1906 Oct. 17,1896 Oct. 10, 1894 Sept. 29, 1909
FORTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT-J. CLYDE AKERS, D. D. G. M., Farmington, Mo. Iron
. Star of the West .. 133IIronton ..••....•. W. J. R. Hughes ..... Frank H. Comfort .• 2nd and 4th Fridays ..••.•..•..•.. May 1,1851 Mosaic .. 361 IBelleview ..•..... V. O. Sutton. . . . . . . .. R. B. Moore. . . . . • .. 1st Saturday ..•................•. Oct. 13, 1870
Mad~~;;:.'.'.'.' : Marcus ...•...... 1101 Fredericktown ... Gus Winter. . . . . . . . .. Stanley H. Dixon. .• 1st and 3rd Thursdays .........•.. May 24,1862 St. Francois ••. Bismarck ..•...•. Farmington . Ionic ••.•.•..•... St. Francois ..•... Samaritan ..•.... Pendleton . Leadwood . Elvins . Ste. Genevieve. Saline .
41lBismarck ......•. 1321 Farmington ..... ' 164IDesloge ...••..... 2341 Libertyville .....• 4241Bonne Terre . 5611Doe Run . 598lLeadwood ..•••.. 5091Flat River ..••••. 2261 St. Mary's .
Dec. 15, 1891 May 10,1861 Oct. 17,1901 May 26,1864 Oct. 16, 1872 Oct. 16, 1891 . , H. E. Clark J. M. Link 2nd and 4th Saturdays . Sept. 13, 1908 Sept. 30, 1908 Willard Roper. . . . . .. J. E. La Breyere. .. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ......••..... Henry Schroeder J. F. Bartels 4th Thursday . May 29,1862 Chris Wallen........ H. E. Chapman. . . . .. Emmett O. Shelley. .. Hoy G. Nations Jess Stewart........
M. W. Baker ••...•. J. C. Akers. . • . . • .. J. L. Blunt ..•..... , P. A. Cashion .....• W. A. Dinwiddie...
1st and 3rd Saturdays . 2nd and 4th Thursdays •.......... 1st and 3rd Mondays .. 1st Thursday .....•..•.•......... 1st and 3rd Thursdays .
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FORTY-NINTH DISTRICT-L. GREENE STOVALL, D. D. G. M., Cape Girardeau, Mo. Boll!~ger.....
TroweL .•...•... 440lMarble Hill . Zalma . 646IZalma . . 931Cape Girardeau .. West View ....•.. 1031Millersville . Wilson , 191IPocahontas . Mystic Tie ..•.... 22110ak'Ridge , Whitewater . 417IWhitewater ..•... Excelsior . 4411Jackson .
CapeGi~~~d~~~' St. Mark's
Oct. 16, 1872 Oct. 16, 1890 Oct. 14, 1847 June 8,1866 Oct. 16, 1879 . .................... F. M. Shell. . . . . . . . .. J. R. Jenkins. .. . .. 1st and 3rd Saturdays .....•...... May 30,1861 Woodrow Summers.. T. O. Morgan 2nd and 4th Fridays ........•..... Oct. 13, 1881 F. P. McManus A. G. Penzel. ..•... 2nd and 4th Thursdays •.......... Oct. 16, 1872
S. V. Gladish W. T. Williams. . . . .. C. W. Miller J. R. Estes. . . . . . . . ..
E. J. Taylor....... E. A. Schrader. . . .. W. Glenn McCain •• Geo. W. Miller. . . ..
2nd and 4th Tuesdays . 1st and 3rd Saturdays . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays . 2nd Saturday ....•...............
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LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued FIFTIETH DISTRICT-GEORGE A. SAMPLE, D. D. G. M., Chaffee, Mo. County
Lodge Location No.1 East Prairie ..... 3841East Prairie ..••• Charleston ..•..•. 407ICharleston •••..•. Scott ..••.••.. Morley ...•...... 1841 Morley .......... Ashlar ..•...••... 3061 Commerce .....•. " Sikeston ......... 310ISikeston ......... Illmo ............ 581JIllmo ............ Blodgett .....•... 594IBlodgett .....••.. " Chaffee .......... 615lChaffee .....•.... " Stoddard ...... Bloomfield •..•••. 1531 Bloomfield ....... Essex .......•... ' 278IEssex ........... " Lakeville ...•.... , 4891Bell City ........ , " Dexter........... 532lDexter ..•... , ... " Advance ....•.... 590lAdvance ......•.. " Puxico ......•••. , 596lPuxico .......... " New Madrid ... Morehouse .•..... 6031 Morehouse .......
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Master : F. W. Johnson ...... J. B. Prosser ........ W. L. Limbaugh ..... C. C. Foster ......... J. H. Hayden, Jr..... M. Craig ............ Ira Hacking ......... Vernon B. Laval. .... E. A. Mooney ........ Melvin Hux .........• E. M. Garner ........ Albert Kruse ........ Harry Fowler .......• W. W. Snider .......• Emory Legate .......
Secretary R. M. Walden ...... Dee Jennings ...... H. P. Gleason .....• W. B. Sander ...... Tanner C. Dye ..... Ben Hill .........•. Geo. W. Pearman .. M. H. Stubblefield .. Geo. L. Fopay...... Albert Tarpley ....• H. A. Parker ...... Vane Brannock ..•. Adolph Mohrstadt .. E. E. Merrett ..•... F. W. Leming ......
Time of Meeting Every Thursday .................. 1st and 3rd Thursdays ............ 2nd and 4th Fridays .............. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .•.......... 1st and 3rd Thursdays ...•........ 2nd and 4th Thursdays ....•...... 2nd and 4th Thursdays ........... 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..•......... 1st and 3rd Wednesdays ....•..... 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ............. 2nd Tuesday ...........•......... 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ...•......... 1st and 3rd Thursdays ......•..... 1st and 3rd Monday .........•.••• 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .............
Charter Date Dec. 29,1904 Oct. 13,1893 Oct. 19,1899 Oct• 14,1869 Oct. 12,1869 Sept. 27, 1905 Oct• 17,1907 Sept. 28, 1911 May 28,1859 Sept. 29, 1904 Oct• 12,1874 Oct• 13,1887 Sept. 26, 1907 Sept. 80, 1908 Sept. 29, 1909
FIFTY-FmST DISTRICT-THOMAS R. WILKINS, D. D. G. M., Campbell, Mo. Dunklin ..•..• Kennett......... 68IKennett ..••••..• " Four Mile ...•.•.. 212ICampbell ....•••. Hornersville ..•••. 215IHornersville ..••• Cardwell 231ICardwell Malden •.•..••... 406IMalden ••••.•..•. ...... Senath 513ISenath New Madrid Portageville 1661 Portageville .•.... " ••. Point Pleasant 176IConran .....•.... ••. New Madrid 4291New Madrid Parma .....•..••. 650IParma .....•..•. Pemiscot•••... Caruthersville•••. 461jCaruthersville Hayti. .•.•••••.. ' 571IHayti. •.•.•..... " Steele ..•....••.. 634ISteele Stoddard ..•... Bernie 573IBernie
T. W. Benson, Jr H. R. Ragsdale C. A. Wells ..•....... Rudy P. Thunes Geo. J. Gray Ercel Culp B. C. Grady Chas. Pikey, Jr.... .. D. E. Walker A. D. Brown L. B. Smith O. T. Martin Otto Weaver J. M. Lacy
M. F. Simer .....•. R. D. Whiteaker ..• Pat Burlison ......• Wm. H. Lockland .. L. O. Wicecarver . Raymond Toombs .. A. L. Carnahan ..•. J. A. Litzelfelner ..• C. M. Barnes .. W. B. Morgan .. F. H. Blomeyer . Byron Bryant . M. L. Kelley . G. D. Abernathy .
2nd and 4th Thursdays ...•....... 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 1st and 3rd Mondays ........••.... 1st and 3rd Wednesdays . 2nd and 4th ThursdayS ..••.•..... 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 1st and 3rd ThursdayS .•.......... 2nd and 4th Thursdays ' 2nd and 4th Mondays ..•.......... 1st and 8rd TuesdayS . 1st and 3rd TuesdayS ..•••••.•.••• 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..••........ 2nd and 4th Thursdays •...••••... 1st and 3rd Fridays ..•............
Oct. 17, 1889 Oct. 19, 1867 May 30,1861 Oct. 19, 1899 Oct. 18, 1881 Oct. 27, 1902 Oct. 11, 1890 May 80,1857 Oct. 17,1873 Sept. 22, 1920 Oct. 16, 1872 Sept. 28; 1905 Oct. 1,1914 Sept. 8, 1905
FIFTY-SECOND DISTRIOT-KIPP C. JOHNSON, D. D. G. M., Poplar Bluff, Mo. Butler •••••••• Poplar Bluff ..•••• Rir:!ey •.•..••. Pine .•.•..•••••.. Composite ...••.. Naylor ..••.••.•• W~Fe ........ Greenville.....•• Wayne .......•.•
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2091 Poplar Bluff••••• 314 IBardley ••.•..•... 369lDoniphan ..•••••. 568INaylor ...•••..•• 107lGreenville..••••• 5261 Piedmont ........
F. F. Winfrey ....... H.N.Ollar ..•••..... Frank E. Jordan ..... B. C. McCord .....•.• V. H. Sisson ......... J. G. Bone ...........
Art H. Harwell.••• Clyde Turner..•.•• A. L. Showman ..•• I. W. Abernathy •••. C. L. Ellinghouse ••. W. E. Hamacher ...
2nd and 4th Tuesdays .••......•.. 3rd Sat"urday..•..•..•••.•••..•.• 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ..••.•..•.... 1st and 3rd ThursdayS ............ 1st and 3rd Thursdays ............ 2nd and 4th Saturdays ..•••.......
May Oct. Oct. Nov. Oct. Oct.
31.1861 11,1888 13,1871 29, 1904 14.1886 15,1885
FIFTY-THIRD DISTRIOT-O. EARL ARMSTRONG, D. D. G. Mo, West Plains, Mo.
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.. Mt. Zion •....•... Ingomar. '" ....• Mountain View ... 0n;~on ....... Alton ..••..••.... Woodside .....•.. Clifton . Koshkonong ...•.. Oz~k . Sampson ..•••... Bayou ••....•.••• Rockbridge . Robert Burns .
Howell.
3271West Plains 5361Willow Springs .. 6371Mountain View .. 255 1Alton .••...•....' 387IThomasville ....•. 463IThayer •.•.......
E. J. Cook Ed Abbott J. L. Beason O. G. Schupp. . . . . . .. C. A. Elliott Golie W. Trimble
Eugene N. Laird .•. J. S. Whitten F. N. Le Baron.... Goo. C. Martin. . • •• C. P. Perkins...... Albert A. Taber ....
1st and 3rd Fridays ..••••...•••... 2nd Tuesday .. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays . Saturday on or before full moon •.. Saturday on or before full moon ••. 2nd and 4th Tuesdaya ••••••..••••
Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 13, 1887 Sept. 29, 1915 May 24,1868 Oct. 13, 1871 Oct. 13, 1881 Sept.27,1906 Oct. 18. 1900 365IBakersfield...... Claud Horn ........•. Virgil~iles....... Saturday on or before full moon ••• Oct. 11, 1888 435IRockbridge ..•... J. V. Hicks Claire Cropper 2nd Saturday . Oct. 21, 1897 H. T. Harlin E. W. Ebrite ..•.... 4th Saturday .. Oct. 11. 1877 496IGainesville
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FIFTY-FOURTH DISTRIOT-FRED O. WADE, D. D. G. M., Ozark, Mo. Chri~tian.....
Sparta Friend ..•...••.•. Billings T~ey Kirbyville Forsyth ••.....•.. ........ Branson .......•. ·S~ne ..••••... Galena Crane ..........•
296 ISparta .....•.... 1 Roy Newton 35210zark ..•..•••.•. F. O. Wade 379IBillings C. H. Yoachum 264IHollister R. W. Wade 453IForsyth .•••.•• "1 D. C. Mahnkey •...... 587IBranson Wm. E. Goach 515IGalena .••...•..••.............••.... 519ICrane ..•........ C. H. Jones ..•..••..•
G. H. RozelL ......• G. T. Breayzeale... A. G. Garbee Clarence M. Parkey. Henry M. Blunk •.•. S. P. Winch....... H'·.·D··. ·W·'l'Is'·o·n·.·
Thursday on or before full moon . Saturday on or before full moon . 2nd Thursday .. 1st and 3rd Thursdays .. 1st Saturday . 1st and 3rd Fridays . 2'n'd''a'n'd''4't'h' 'T'u'es'·d·a·y·s·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.
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21, 1888 13, 1870 13, 1881 18, 1900 16, 1872 26, 1907 12, 1882 22, 1896
LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued FIFTY-FIFTH DISTRICT-CHARLES WERDEIN, D. D. G. M., Aurora, Mo. ~_C_o_un--=tY:'-"_I-=-::-----:-L,....o_d..::g:...e Ba,~ry ..•......
Monett .....•.... Purdy Barry Pythagoras Seligman Comfort Lawrence ..... Mount Vernon... Canopy , Marionville Decatur , Red Oak Stinson •......... Miller
INo.1 Location 129IMonett •.•.••.•.. 148IPurdy 367IWashburn ..•.•.. 383ICassviIle , 5171 Seligman 533IWheaton 991Mount Vernon 284\ Aurora. . . . . . . . .. 390IMarionville 400 IPierce City. . . . .. 468lRed Oak 523IStinson 567IMiller
Master Emmet E. King W. G. Ray N. E. Edens E. E. Stubblefield Boyd Ghan W. M. Pate Bernard Calton V. W. Anderson O. L. Pruitt; Allen Robinson G. E. Stockton C. W. Nicholson
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Secretary R. C. Farrow T. C. Crawford R. R. Black W. T. Priest
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Time of Meeting 1st and 3rd Fridays . 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 3rd Saturday ............•......• 2nd and 4th Saturdays .
Joe A. Frazier ..... Leon Pugh .....•.. W.H;o<Lloyd . 1. D. McCulloh . E. T. Ecroyd ..•..•. W. A. Clyman ..... A. R. Richesin ..•.. Charles Henry .....
2nd Thursday ......•............. 1st and 3rd Fridays . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .•........... 1st and 3rd Fridays . 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..•......... 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..•......... 2nd and 4th Mondays . 1st and 3rd Wednesdays .
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Charter Date Oct. 15, 1890 Oct. 7, 1884 Oct. 13, 1858 Oct. 16, 1872 Oct. 12, 1882 Oct. 19, 1898 Oct. 19, 1868 Oct. 17, 1889 Oct. 17, 1871 Oct. 18, 1871 Oct. 17,1873 Oct. 22, 1902 Sept. 29, 1904
FIFTY-SIXTH DISTRICT-WALTER A. PHIPPS, D. D. G. M., Neosho, Mo.
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McDonald ..... Southwest . Anderson ...•.... NoeL •.....••.... , Newton ..•.... Racine Neosho . Granby . Stella .
466jSouthwest City 6211 Anderson. . . . . . .. 647INoel. 478ISeneca 247INeosho 514IGranby .....•.... 538ISteIIa...........
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F. S. Evans W. F. Stevenson F. V. Carney. . . . . . .. Henry Eppard Fred E. Best B. F. St. Clair Iva Nesvolt .........• J. S. Rhea James E. Connell, Jr.. 1 F. H. Gulick T. D. Breedlove i Will W. Scholes Ray Dyer Noble C. Jessee 1
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1st and 3rd Tuesdays ........•.... 2nd and 4th Wednesdays . 1st and 3rd Wednesdays . 2nd and 4th Mondays . 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 1st and 3rd Mondays . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ........•....
Jan. 22, 1892 Sept. 25, 1912 Sept. 22, 1920 Oct. 15, 1874 May 28,1856 Oct. 22,1902 Oct. 17, 1889
FIFTY-SEVENTH DISTRIOT-F. ROBERT WOLZ, D. D. G. M., St. Louis, Mo.
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St. Louis .•.... Bonhomme . Bridgeton .•..... , Webster Groves .. Fenton . Meramec . Kirkwood . Ferguson . Maplewood ..••..• Clayton .•........ Wellston ....••... Valley Park . Jennings ...••... Gardenville .
45IBallwin ......•.. 80 ISt. John's Station. 841Webster Groves .. 281IFenton .•....•... 313IEureka , . 484lKirkwood . 5471 Ferguson ...•••.. 566jMaplewood ....•. 6011 Clayton . 6131 Wellston . . 6291Valley Park . 640 IJennings . 655 IGardenville
O. C. Mayer J. J. Freiberger L. L. Shrewsbury W. J. Shadron D. M. Kerckhoff Ralph H. Davis Chris. C. Lutteke Frank L. Martini Jacob J. Schacht H. T. Semple H. L. Roberts R. S. Wenzell A. T. Ashwell
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H. F. Woerther ..•• Walter Reinemer ... Geo. A. Shepardson Geo. Fuchs .••..•..• George E. Mottert .. Herman Schroeder. Harry A. Magoon .. H. E. Gracey ......• Walter F. Lamping. Cecil A. Tolin . B. A. Feldman . Harry F. Sylvester. Florian Wolz .
1st and 3rd Saturdays " . 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .. 2nd and 4th Saturdays . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays . 2nd and 4th Mondays . 1st and 3rd Fridays . 1st and 3rd Fridays .. 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 2nd and 4th Thursdays ........•.. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ........••... 1st and 3rd Tuesdays . 1st and 3rd Saturdays .
Oct. 9,1841 Oct. 14, 1846 Oct. 21, 1897 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct•.19, 1923 Oct. 5,1874 Oct. 16,1889 Sept. 29, 1904 Sept. 30, 1908 Sept. 28, 1911 Oct. 2,1913 Sept.21, 1916 Sept. 21, 1921
FIFTY-EIGHTH DISTRIOT-GEORGE OATRON, D. D. G. M., Eldon, Mo. Mo;!an .....•. Glensted Versailles Barnett Miller Olean Ionia ..•.........
250IGlensted 1 G. T. Scott 320IVersailles .....•.. O. C. Roark 591IBarnett J. E. Boan 13410Iean ........•.. W. H. Crum 381IEldon W. H. Brockman
M. L. Lambert W. B. Todd C. P. Tompkins H. A. Weneke .....• Ford Vaughan
Saturday on or before full moon. .. 2nd and 4th Mondays ......•...... 2nd Wednesday 3rd Saturday.................... 2nd and 4th Mondays
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Jackson ••• ; ... Independence ..•. Summit .......... McDonald ...••••. " Blue Springs ..... " Raytown .......•. " ' Christian .•.•.... " ' Buckner ......... Marlborough ..... " Mt. Washington .. " Grandview ....... " Grain Valley ..... "
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76 IIndependence .... 2631Lee's Summit. ... 3241 Independence .... 3371Blue Springs ..... 391lRaytown ..•..... 39210ak Grove ....... 501IBuckner .•••••••• 56918534 Woodl'd,K.C. 6141Mt. Washington .. 618 IGrandview ....... 6441Grain Valley .....
M. W. Sudbrock .....• H. O. Kullman ....... L. E. Haden ......... W. N. Bowman ...... J. M. Herndon ....... G. E. Church ........ J. O. Shupe .........• B. M. Elliott ......... Ernest Avery ........ J os. E. Beurskens .... Noel Wilkinson ......
Frank F. Livesay ... Jesse Boyd ......... W. Lee Whitmire ... Alva Rutherford ... Morris Stout ....... R. E. Livesay ...... John Ahrens ....... E. B. Chapman .... G. B. Christy ...... , Gilbert Strode ..•... Floyd A. Sharp .... ,
2nd and 4th Mondays ............. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ..•......•... 1st and 3rd Mondays ............. ' 1st and 3rd Fridays .............. 1st and 3rd Thursdays ............ 1st and 3rd Fridays .............. , 1st and 3rd Thursdays ............ 1st and 3rd Mondays .............. 2nd and 4th Fridays .............. 1st and 3rd Thursdays .......•.... 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .............
Oct. 14,1846 Oct. 13,1870 Oct. 12,1869 Oct. 13,1887 Oct. 13,1871 Oct. 13,1871 Oct. 11,1877 Oct. 26,1927 Oct. 17,1911 Sept. 28, 1911 Sept.21, 1916
LIST OF ELECTED OFFICERS OF THE GRAND LODGE A. F. & A. M. MISSOURI FROM ITS ORGANIZATION, APRIL 23, 1821 Date Election April,1821 .••• Oct., 1821. •.. Oct., 1822 •.•. Oct., 1823 ..• , Oct., 1824 •... Oct., 1825 .••. Oct., 1826 ..•. Oct., 1827 .... Oct., 1828 ..• Oct., 1829 .... Oct., 1830 ••.. Dec., 1831 . Oct., 1832 . Dec., 1833 .•.. Nov., 1834 •.. § Oct., 1835 .. tt Oct., 1836 .•.. Oct., 1837 .... Oct., 1838 ..•. Oct., 1839 .••. Oct., 1840 ..•. Oct., 1841 .••• Oct., 1842 . Oct., 1843 .. Oct., 1844 . Oct., 1845 . Oct., 1846 . Oct., 1847 . May, 1848 . May, 1849 . May, 1850 .. May, 1851 . May, 1852 .••. June, 1853.•.. May, 1854 ....
Grand Master Thos. F. Riddick •• * Nath'l B. Tucker .. * Nath'l B. Tucker .. * N ath'l B. Tucker .. * Nath'l B. Tucker .. * Edward Bates * Edward Bates * Edward Bates * Hardage Lane •... * Hardage Lane * Hardage Lane * Edward Bates * H. R. Gamble * Sinclair Kirtley * A. B. Chambers * * A. B. Chambers S. W. B. Carnegy. * S. W. B. Carnegy. * S. W. B. Carnegy.* P. H. McBride * P. H. McBride * P. H. McBride P. H. McBride P. H. McBride * J. W. S. Mitchell •. J. W. S. Mitchell..John Ralls Joseph Foster Joseph Foster John F. Ryland ..• John F. Ryland B. W. Grover B. W. Grover Wilson Brown ••.. L. S. Cornwell .... -
D. Grand Master
.................... Thompson Douglass Thompson Douglass Geo. H. C. Melody Geo. H. C. Melody Geo. H. C. Melody Hardage Lane •.... Hardage Lane * • Geo. H. C. Melody Fred L. BiIlon • Geo. H. C. Melody .•. Geo. H. C. Melody ...• Geo. H. C. Melody ... • A. B. Chambers ....• Sinclair Kirtley .... Sinclair Kirtley • John D. Daggett • John D. Daggett * John D. Daggett ....• A. B. Chambers .... * Joseph Foster J oab Bernard •.....• J oab Bernard •.....• Joseph Foster • Fred L. Billon * John D. Taylor • John D. Taylor * E. S. Ruggles ••.... • E. S. Ruggles •..... * E. S. Ruggles ••.•.. • B. W. Grover E. S. Ruggles * S. F. Currie • L. S. Cornwell * D. P. Wallingford .. •
Senior G. Warden J ames Kennerly ••• Edward Bates ...•• Edward Bates ..•• Edward Bates • Wm. G. Pettus .•.. • Wm. G. Pettus .... • Martin Ruggles ..• Martin Ruggles • H. R. Gamble ....• * H. R. Gamble ..... * Sinclair Kirtley ..• Oliver Parker • M. J. Noyes ...•..• John Wilson •....• Oliver Parker ..••• Oliver Parker ....• Edward Searcey .. A. B. Chambers • • A. B. Chambers Alex. T. Douglass.· Alex. T. Douglass.· Joseph Foster ••••• Joseph Foster •...• J. W. S. Mitchell •• • E. S. Ruggles ....• • E. S. Ruggles ..... • E. S. Ruggles ••..• • J. L. F. Jacoby •.•• Cyrus Osborn •..•. Joseph Megguire .. • P. Draper ........• S. F. Currie .••.... • J. H. Turner ...•. J. W. Chenoweth •• • James H. Britton .. •
Junior G. Warden William Bates ••..•. • William Bates ••..•• • Wm. G. Pettus ..•.• * Wm. G. Pettus ....• • Thornt. Grimsley .... • Thornt. Grimsley •... • John F. Ryland ..... * H. R. Gamble .••.••. * Adam L. Mills • Adam L. Mills ..•...• Adam L. Mills • Augustus Jones .•... • Augustus Jones ..... • G. A. Tuttle ..•..... • S. W. B. Carnegy ... • S. W. B. Carnegy ...• Granville Snell ..•.•• * Thomas Andrews * Alex. T. Douglass • Wm. C. Vance * John Orrick * C. H. Bowers .•...... C. H. Bowers . E. S. Ruggles * J. L. F. Jacoby * J. L. F. Jacoby ....• • J. L. F. Jacoby * Cyrus Osborn * Joseph Megguire •...• P. Draper .•••..•...• S. F. Currie .•......• J. H. Turner • S. H. Saunders * R.C.Hill .•..••..... •
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Grand Treasurer Archibald Gamble •••• Archibald Gamble ••. • Archibald Gamble .•. • Archibald Gamble • Archibald Gamble Archibald Gamble .•. • Rich. T. McKinney .. • Thornton Grimsley .. Thornton Grimsley .. Bernard Pratte •.•••• Thomas Andrews ..• Thomas Andrews ... • Thomas Andrews ..• • Geo. H. C. Melody ... • Geo. H. C. Melody .•. • Geo. H. C. Melody ..• Geo. H. C. Melody ..• • Geo. H. C. Melody .•• Geo. H. C. Melody .••• Geo. H. C. Melody • Geo. H. C. Melody Geo. H. C. Melody .•• • John Simonds ..•..•• Fred L. Billon ..•... John S. Watson ..•.. • John S. Watson • John S. Watson John S. Watson John S. Watson ..••. • John M. Reed ...... J. T. Johnson ••.... • J. T. Johnson .•.... • J. T. Johnson .•.... • Joseph Foster .•....• Joseph Foster ......•
Grand Secretary William Renshaw· William Renshaw· William Renshaw· T. DouglasT. DouglasJohn D. Daggett· John D. DaggettJohn D. DaggettJohn D. Daggett· John D. Daggett· Fred L. BiIlon· Fred L. Billon· Fred L. Billon· John Garnett· Thos. W. Conyers· Thos. W. Conyers· Richard B. DaIlam· Richard B. Dallam· Richard B. Dallam· Richard B. Dallam· Richard B. Dallam· Richard B. DaIlam· Richard B. DallamRichard B. DaIlam· Richard B. Dallam· Fred L. Billon· Fred L. Billon· J. W. S. Mitchell. J. W. S. Mitchell· C. D. W. Johnson· C. D. W. JohnsonC. D. W. Johnson· A. O'Sullivan * A. O'Sullivan * A. O'Sullivan.
May, May, May, May, May, May, May, May, May, May, May, May, Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct.,
1855 •••• 1856 •••• 1857 •••• 1858 •••• 1859 . 1860 . 1861. . 1862 .. 1868 . 1864 •••• 1865 . 1866 .. 1867 .. 1868 .. 1869 .••• 1870 .. 1871. . 1872 •••• 1878 .. 1874 . 1875 .. 1876 .••• 1877 .... 1878 •••• 1879 .. 1880 .. 1881. . 1882 ..•• 1883 ..•• 1884•••• 1885 . 1886 . 1887 . 1888 . 1889 •••• 1890 .... 1891. ••• 1892 .. 1893 .. 1894 .. 1895 ..
L. S. Cornwell •••.• Benjamin Sharp •.• S. H. Saunders •••. • S. H. Saunders .••. • Marcus Boyd ..•••• M. H. McFarland.· Wm. R. Penick •••• Geo. Whitcomb .••• • John H. Turner .••• John F. Houston .. • John F. Houston •. • John D. Vinci! .... • W. E. Dunscomb .. • John D. Vinci! .... • William D. Muir .. • Thos. E. Garrett .. • Thos. E. Garrett .. • Samuel H. Owens.· R. E. Anderson ••. • John W. Luke ..•••• James E. Cadle••. • Xen. Ryland ••.... • T. C. Ready . Noah M. Givan • J os. S. Browne ....• W. R. Stubblefield.· Alex. M. Dockery ••• Chas. C. Woods • Lee A. Hall . Robt. F. Stevenson· James W. Boyd••• • Geo. R. Hunt ...••.• Wm. M. Williams •• • James P. Wood ..•• ~ Theodore Brace ••.• Geo. E. Walker ..•. • B. H. Ingram ..... • John R. Parson ..• • Harry Keene ..•...• J. B. Thomas ..... • A. M. Hough ......•
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•• 'A: ·6~~~i;;~h~ .. P. Draper • Marcus Boyd • M. H. McFarland .•. • W. R. Penick • John Decker John H. Turner .••• ", Wm. N. Loker • John D. Vinci!. '" John D. Vinci! • W. E. Dunscomb ..•• • C. A. Rowley • R. E. Anderson ", T. E. Garrett ...•••• • R. E. Anderson ....• • R. E. Anderson ....• • J. E. Ryland John W. Luke • Xenophon Ryland * Xenophon Ryland • Thos. C. Ready ••••• • Noah M. Givan ..... • Joseph S. Browne •. * W. R. Stubblefield .. • Alex. M. Dockery .•• * Chas. C. Woods • Lee A. Hall ........• • Robt. F. Stevenson .. * James W. Boyd * George R. Hunt * W. M. Williams •.... • James P. Wood ..••. * Theodore Brace .•... • Geo. E. Walker ..••. * B. H. Ingram .....•. • John R. Parson ..•.. • Harry Keene . . . . . . .• J. B. Thomas. . . . . . .• A. M. Hough ....•.. • D. A. Jamison ...... •
J. W. Chenoweth •• • S. H. Saunders .•• • Marcus Boyd •••.•. • John F. Houston •• • W. R. Penick •••..• John Decker ...... ", Geo. Whitcomb ••.. • Wm. N. Loker .••• ", John D. Vincil . A. L. McGregor '" Martin Collins . R. E. Anderson ..•• • T. E. Garrett ...... • Wm. D. Muir ••..• • A. M. Dockery ..•••• Sam H. Owens • Sam H. Owens • John W. Luke * Jas. E. Cadle ••.... • Jas. E. Cadle .•.... * Thos. C. Ready ....• Noah M. Givan ....• Jos. S. Browne .... * W. R. Stubblefield * Jas. E. Carter ..•. ~. Chas. C. Woods * Lee A. Hall * Robt. F. Stevenson· James W. Boyd .•• • George R. Hunt ... • Wm. M. Williams .. * James P. Wood * Theodore Brace • Geo. E. Walker * B. H. Ingram .....• John R. Parson .•. * Harry Keene ......• J. B. Thomas ..•..• A. M. Hough •.•..• '" D. A. Jamison ..••. * F. J. Tygard ...... •
H. E. Van Orsdell ..• Marcus Boyd ....... ", John F. Houston •••.• John Decker John Decker Samuel M. Hayes ", A. L. McGregor • Samuel Russell ••..• • A. L. McGregor ••..•• Martin Collins ..•••• • R. E. Anderson .•.•.• A. L. McGregor.•..•• Wm. D. Muir ........ Alex. M. Dockery.... Sam H. Owens ..•.•.• John E. Ryland ..... • John E. Ryland ..••• • Jas. E. Cadle Xenophon Ryland ..•• Thos. C. Ready •••.. • Noah M. Givan ••...• M. G. Hubble .•...... W. R. Stubblefield ... Jas. E. Carter ..•...• Alex. M. Dockery • Lee A. Hall Robt. F. Stevenson .. • James W. Boyd ..... * Geo. R. Hunt ••..... * Wm. M. Williams ... • James P. Wood..•.. • . . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . .•• Geo. E. Walker ..... • B. H. Ingram. . . . • . .• John R. Parson ..... • Harry Keene. . . . . . . .• J. B. Thomas ...•... • A. M. Hough • D. A. Jamison * F. J. Tygard ......• * E. F. Allen .........•
John D. Daggett . John D. Daggett . John D. Daggett . John D. Daggett . John D. Daggett . John D. Daggett ••.•• John D. Daggett ..... John D. Daggett •••.• John D. Daggett .•..• Wm. N. Loker..•••.• Wm. N. Loker ...••.• Wm. N. Loker ...••.• Wm. N. Loker ....... Wm. N. Loker...•••• Wm. N. Loker .•••••• Wm. N. Loker ...... • Wm. N. Loker ....••• Wm. N. Loker • Wm. N. Loker ....••• Wm. N. Loker ......• Wm. N. Loker ..•...• Wm. N. Loker • Wm. N. Loker . John W. Luke ..••..• John W. Luke ..••..• John W. Luke ·11 John W. Luke ..••..• Samuel M. Kennard .• Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard .• Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard .• Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard .• Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard.·
A. O'Sullivan· A. O'Sullivan· A. O·Sullivan. A. O'Sullivan· A. O·Sullivan· A. O'Sullivan· A. O'Sullivan· A. O'Sullivan· A. O'Sullivan· A. O'Sullivan. A. O'Sullivan· A. O'Sullivan.t G. Frank Gouley.t G. Frank Gouley· G. Frank Gouley· G. Frank Gouley. G. Frank Gouley· G. Frank Gouley· G. Frank Gouley· G. Frank Gouley. G. Frank Gouley· G. Frank Gouley··n John D. Vincil· John D. Vincil. John D. Vincil· John D. Vincil. John D. VincU· John D. VincU· John D. VincU. John D. Vincil· John D. VincU. John D. VincU· John D. Vincil. John D. VincU· John D. Vincil* John D. VincU· John D. Vincil* John D. VincU· John D. VincU * John D. VincU * John D. VincU*
LIST OF ELECTED OFFICERS OF THE GRAND LODGE A. F. & A. M. MISSOURI FROM ITS ORGANIZATION, APRIL 23, 1821 Date Election Oct., 1896 . Oct., 1897 . Oct., 1898 . Oct., 1899 . Oct., 1900 . Oct., 1901. . Oct., 1902 . Oct., 1903 . Sept., 1904 . Sept., 1905 . Sept., 1906 •••• Sept., 1907 ..•. Sept., 1908 .... Sept., 1909 .•.. Sept., 1910 . Sept., 1911. . Sept., 1912 .•.. Oct., 1913 .•.. Sept., 1914 . Sept., 1915 . Sept., 1916 . Sept., 1917 . Sept., 1918 . Sept., 1919 .•.. Sept., 1920 .•.. Sept., 1921 .•.. Oct., 1922 . Oct., 1923 .. Oct., 1924 . Oct., 1925 . Oct., 1926 . Oct., 1927 . Sept., 1928 .•.. Sept., 1929 . Oct., 1930 .
Grand Master D. A. Jamison ••••• • F. J. Tygard * E. F. Allen * C. H. Briggs ..•... * Campbell Wells .... * Joseph C. Finagin. * John C. Yocum * Wm. F. Kuhn * Leroy B. Valliant .. * A. S. Houston ..••.• D. M. Wilson ..•.•.• John T. Short • R. R. Kreeger . Wm. A. Hall • Clay C. Bigger * Arch A. Johnson . Jacob Lampert * Van Fremont Boor. Tolman W. Cotton .. Frank R. Jesse ....• Edward Higbee * Wm. A. Clark * John W. Bingham * Julius C. Garrell ... Wm. F. Johnson .. * O. A. Lucas ...•... • Bert S. Lee . Joseph S. McIntyre* Orestes Mitchell * W. W. Martin . John Pickard * Anthony F. Ittner .. Byrne E. Bigger .... S. R. Freet ....•.•. * Wm. R. Gentry .....
D. Grand Master F. J. Tygard ..••••• • E. F. Allen • C. H. Briggs * Campbell Wells •.... • Joseph C. Finagin .. * John C. yocum • Wm. F. Kuhn * Leroy B. Valliant • A. S. Houston ......• D. M. Wilson ......• • John T. Short ....•..• R. R. Kreeger " William A. Hall • Clay C. Bigger ...•• • Arch A. Johnson. . . .. Jacob Lampert . . . . .. Van Fremont Boor .•. Chesley A. Mosman. * Frank R. Jesse * Edward Higbee * Wm. A. Clark * John W. Bingham .. * Julius C. Garrell Wm. F. Johnson ....• O. A. Lucas ....••.. * Bert S. Lee. . . . . . . . .. Joseph S. McIntyre.* Orestes Mitchell ....•• W. W. Martin .....•. John Pickard ....•..• A. F. Ittner B. E. Bigger S. R. Freet.........• Wm. R. Gentry Ray V. Denslow
Senior G. Warden E. F. Allen * C. H. Briggs * Campbell Wells * Joseph C. Finagin * John C. Yocum * Wm. F. Kuhn * Leroy B. Valliant.* A. S. Houston • D. M. Wilson * John T. Short • R. R. Kreeger William A. Hall . . .• Clay C. Bigger .... * Arch A. Johnson. .. Jacob Lampert .... * Van Fremont Boor. Chesley A. Mosman* Tolman W. Cotton.. Edward Higbee * Wm. A. Clark ...•. • John W. Bingham * Julius C. Garrell Wm. F. Johnson * O. A. Lucas * Bert S. Lee. . . . . . • .. Joseph S. McIntyre* Orestes Mitchell * W. W. Martin John Pickard * A. F. Ittner ....••.. B. E. Bigger ....... S. R. Freet ••...... * Wm. R. Gentry, Sr.. Ray V. Denslow Thad B. Landon
Junior G. Warden C. H. Briggs ..••... • Campbell Wells * Joseph C. Finagin .. * John C. Yocum •.... * Wm. F. Kuhn * Leroy B. Valliant * A. S. Houston ...•.. * D. M. Wilson * Howard Watson * R. R. Kreeger . William A. Hall * Clay C. Bigger ....• * Arch A. Johnson ..•.. Jacob Lampert * Van Fremont Boor . Chesley A. Mosman. * Tolman W. Cotton .•. Frank R. Jesse * Wm. A. Clark * John W. Bingham * Julius C.·Garrell . Wm. F. Johnson * O. A. Lucas * Bert S. Lee . Joseph S. McIntyre. * Orestes Mitchell * W. W. Martin . John Pickard * A. F. Ittner . B. E. Bigger ..•.•.... S. R. Freet * Wm. R. Gentry, Sr . Ray V. Denslow ..•... Thad B. Landon .•... Frank C. Barnhill ....
Grand Treasurer Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard.· John R. Parson ..•.. • John R. Parson ..... • Alphonso C. Stewart • Alphonso C. Stewart.· Alphonso C. Stewart.· Alphonso C. Stewart.· Alphonso C. Stewart.· Alphonso C. Stewart.· Alphonso C. Stewart.· Alphonso C. Stewart.· Alphonso C. Stewart.· Alphonso C. Stewart.· Alph. C. Stewart ..••• Wm. A. Hall ........• Wm. A. Hall. .......• Wm. A. Hall * Wm. A. Hall. * Wm.A. Hall • Wm. A. Hall. .......• Wm. A. Hall * Wm. A. Hail • Wm. A. Hall .•... *ttt E. E. Morris . E. E. Morris . E. E. Morris . E. E. Morris . E. E. Morris . E. E. Morris .
Grand Secretary John D. Vinci!· John D. Vincil· John D. Vinci!· John D. Vinci!. John D. Vincil * John D. Vinci!. John D. Vincil* John D. Vincil* John D. Vinci!*~~ John R. Parson:j:t* John R. Parson· John R. Parson· John R. Parson· John R. Parson· John R. Parson· John R. Parson· John R. Parson· John R. Parson. John R. Parson· John R. Parson· John R. Parson '" John R. Parson· John R. Parson· John R. Parson· John R. Parson tt· Frank R. Jesse· Frank R. Jesse. Frank R. J esse* Frank R. Jesse. Frank R. Jesse. Frank R. Jesse·· t t Arthur Matherttt Arthur Mather Arthur Mather Arthur Mather
Sept., 1931. . Sept., 1932 . Sept., 1938 . Sept., 1934 . Sept., 1935 . Sept., 1936 .. Sept., 1937 . Sept., 1938 . Sept., 1939 ..โ ข. Sept., 1940 ....
Ray V. Denslow . Thad B. Landon . F. C. Barnhill . Du Val Smith . James W. Skelly . Geo. W. Walker . H. L. Reader . Henry C. Chiles . Karl M. Vetsburg .. Harry S. Truman ..
Thad B. Landon Frank C. Barnhill Du Val Smith Jas. W. Skelly Geo. W. Walker H. L. Reader........ Henry C. Chiles Elwyn S. Woods t Harry S. Truman Harris C. Johnston..
-Deceased. ยง Was not installed. tResigned. 'tDied August 11, 1866, while in office. -*Appointed August 18, 1866, by John D. Vincil, Grand Master. "IIDied April 11, 1877, while in office. -flflDied October 12, 1904, while in office.
Frank C. Barnhill .. Du Val Smith . Jll8. W. Skelly . Geo. W. Walker . H. L. Reader . Henry C. Chiles . Elwyn S. Woods . Karl M. Vetsburg .. Harris C. Johnston Forrest C. Donnell ..
Du Val Smith .. E. E. Morris J as. W. Skelly . E. E. Morris Geo. W. Walker . E. E. Morris H. L. Reader . E. E. Morris Henry C. Chiles . E. E. Morris Elwyn S. Woods . E. E. Morris Karl M. Vetsburg . E. E. Morris Harry S. Truman . E. E. Morris Forrest C. Donnell . E. E. Morris Grover C. Sparks . E. E. Morris
---Died April 22, 1916, while in office. -IiJohn W. Luke served, by appointment, as Grand Secretary, from April 11, 1877 to October 11, 1877, and died October, 1888. flDied within week after his installation. ttThere was no Communication in 1835, owing to the nntiMMasonic excitement. '-Withdrawn from Masonry.
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Arthur Mather Arthur Mather Arthur Mather Arthur Mather Arthur Mather Arthur Mather Arthur Mather Arthur Mather Arthur Mather Arthur Mather
tt-Resigned May 20, 1921, account ill health. -tttDied November 7, 1924, while in office. --,Appointed October 22, 1904, by Leroy B. Valliant, Grand Master. ..ttDied AUlf\lSt 29, 1927, while in office. tttAppointed September I, 1927, by John Pickard, Grand Master.
OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATON, FEBRUARY 22, 1821 EDWARD BATES, Worshipful Master JOSEPH V. GARNIER, Treasurer
JAMES KENNERLY, Senior Warden
WILLIAM BATES, Junior Warden ABRAM BECK, Secretary
THE MASONIC WORLD By RAY V. DENSLOW, P. G. M.
As I write this article my radio brings to me the words of my favorite radio commentator, H. V. Kaltenborn. He was talking about congress, whose votes he said were governed not altogether by patriotic action but by so-called "pressure groups." And in the day's paper was an article stating that a certain senator was in receipt of 100,000 letters urging action on a certain measur&. Now just what is the country coming to? Do you suppose for one moment that 100,000 of our citizens, all within a twenty-four hour period, received some inward urge to write one particular senator as to their opinions. All of which leads us to our subject-propaganda. Hitler does not have all of the propaganda. We in the United States have our share as well. It is not confined to one medium alone; it is found in the public press, on the radio, and the public tongue. It concerns the chjlrch, the school, the state and the home. And it concerns Freemasonry. Have you as Missourians read anything commendatory of the fraternity in the metropolitan press in recent years ? We recall a fine editorial on the Masonic Home by Tom Collins in a Kansas City paper a year ago, but we recall no others. We take this occasion to quote from some of the headings appearing in our metropolitan press during the past year. It is true there is news value in the articles themselves, but an examination of the material and the headings will show that they convey propaganda which is decidedly unfriendly to the Masonic Fraternity: A French Masonry Ban Dissolution of all other secret societies ordered. Petain Government Explains the Organizations Have Been Undermining Ideals of the Nation. Spain Wipes Out Masonry Masonry Among Dubious Societies That Helped Bring About Ills of Spain.
Poles Move on Masons Government Dissolves Lodges After Making Certain Searches. . Club Can't Keep Liquor Beer Permit Not Enough for St. Joseph Shrine. Ic
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In the first specimen noted, the heading refers to French Masonry; this is followed by a smaller heading which refers to "other secret societies," followed by a statement that these societies "have been undermining ideals of the nation," inferring that it was Masonry which was undermining the ideals of the French Nation. We have not quoted the article in fuIL for the reason that there is no ex.planation as to how the fraternity might have undermined the ideals of a nation. France is about 95 per cent Catholic and onr readers will have to be furnished some rather strong argument to be convinced that an organization so small in France could have such an effect on the life of a nation. The' next heading deals with Spain. Notice that all these headings have the word "Masonry" as the main head. Instead of stating that Masonry helped bring about the ills of Spain, it states that Masonry "among dubious societies had helped to bring about ills of Spain." Probably in its balmiest days the Freemasonry of Spain never numbered more than four or five hundred members, and those of us who have read the history of Spain throughout the centuries have other ideas as to what brought about the ills of Spain. In the third heading it is stated that the government has dissolved the lodges "after making certain searches," infening that something must have been found in the search causing the action to be taken, but nothing definite is ever supplied in the way of information. The fourth example concerns an organization whose membership is restricted to members of the Masonic Fraternity. This is the type of publicity over which the Masonic Fraternity has little control. It is plainly evident that neither the Grand Master nor the Grand Lodge can oversee the personal conduct of each of our members. It is going to require many more Crippled Children's Hospitals to counterbalance the unfavorable comment upon some of the Shrine activities. Nor have all attacks been leveled against the fraternity at large. If you happen to be a member temporarily in the limelight and receiving some unfavorable publicity, you may rest assured your specific lodge membership will be completely covered. Should you happen to be a prominent business man, or some public official of unusual prominence, your lodge membership will never be mentioned. We have among us some members who are of the opinion that a man cannot engage in politics and be a Freemason. Our own notion is that unless we Freemasons exercise our rights of citizenship and assume our place in community life we are not canying out our duties as taught us in the Masonic degrees. Most of us are proud of the fact when a Mason becomes President of the United States, and whichever party is dominant in the fall election we know that on January 1, 1941, there will be a Mason in the Presidential Chair, since candidates on both tickets are members of the fraternity. In our own State a few months ago, a political writer, who is not a Mason, leveled undue criticism at a member of our fraternity who was a candidate for public office. In a column discussing various candidates and their activities, he referred
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to one "who has been busy with numerous speaking engagements, cornerstone layings and various dedications." Now anyone familiar with the subject knows that the only organization which has cornerstone layings and dedications is the Masonic Fraternity and, to this reader, his criticism was a distinct slur upon the fraternity. The particular brother, "\"ho has been known to us for a quarter of a century, has been attending just such occasions during all these years, and just why he should cease his attendance and give up his normal methods of'living simply because he was a candidate is not exactly clear. In the Kansas Notes of the Kansas City Star (Nov. 21, 1939) appears an article which plainly holds the fraternity up to ridicule, and the worst is, it was apparently written by one who had been a member. The news editor certainly would not have let the article through had it attacked a certain church. We quote only a portion of the' half-column article: " A long time ago we were third degreed, but there was a herd of thirt)路 or forty others taking the litmus test and we just nuzzled the sheep ahead and got through without anybody paying very much attention to us. . . . The build-up of the ritual had needled us to the heights of sublimity and although we couldn't remember the memory work, and time has effaced the passwords, the grips and signs, all of. us candidates had an idea that something big had opened up."
A casual reading of the article would disclose no charges made against the fraternity, but it is distinctly an article which holds the Masonic Fratel'l1ity up to ridicule, and in this way it constitutes a subtle propaganda which is far more effective than a straight attack. In Newsweek of Sept. 25, 1939, is an article which tells of a dispute in the town of Bode, Iowa. It appears that a newspaper editor who happened to be a Mason had died and his wife applied for a plot in the Lutheran cemetery which was partly supported by public funds. The Lutherans agreed to sell the widow the lot-provided no Masonic burial service was held. Then the attorney general threatened to cut off the income, but the Lutheran pastor countered with the statement that the Catholics also received public funds for the same purpose. In the end the editor was buried with Masonic and Methodist services and is probably now with the Catholics, Lutherans, Jews ~and Protestants where religious and political disputes are of no concern. The inference in the whole article is that there is something about the Masonic burial service which is antagonistic to organized religion. Now we do not believe in blocs or boycotts, but we do believe in protest, and plenty of it. In our 1936 review we wrote: "In this sovereign State of Missouri during the past few years there has not been laid a single federal building cornerstone with Masonic ceremonies. No construction work going on'"
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Whether our protest had any effect or not we are not going to state-but in the year 1938-39 there were laid with Masonic ceremonies, twenty-eight cornerstones. We do not recall a single one in the City of St. Louis or Kansas City. And then if you want some specially prepared anti-Masonic material, pick up one of Father Coughlin's screeds on Social Justice, or read the anti-Masonic leaflets 0;ÂŁ the Catholic TRUTH society, both of which were sold and distributed within the last year within a block of the St. Louis Masonic Temple. Now most of us would like to live side by side with our Catholic friends in peace and harmony, but we ask them in all candor how long they might continue to be our friends should we engage in circulating vicious attacks against an organization which most of us hold in just as high regard as they do their church. MASONRY'S Fll'TH COLUMN
Nations are not the only ones who have "fifth column." Freemasonry is also afflicted, and its fifth column is just as boring, just as deadly, and just as effective as any mechanized group bent on destroying. It is an insidious foe; its weapon is propaganda and coming from the source it does, constitutes a major problem. Our fifth column is the suspended member! In an organization of more than three million members it is easily conceivable that not all will pay their annual dues. In a group of that many individuals there are many that will not even pay their just bills; it is also undeniable that unless members of the fraternity pay their annual dues, the organization would cease to exist. A paternal system of government relief has not improved the situation and many of our lodges, who usually need all they can get to carryon their activities, have adopted the system of suspending on the last day of the fiscal year all those whQ are in arrears for dues. Now we have no brief for the man who is amply able to contribute his part to the support of the lodge and who fails to do so, but not all of those who are suspended may be grouped in this class. Weare not going to discuss here what we think is the right attitude to take concerning these delinquent members, more than to express the belief that there is a proper method of handling all such cases. What we do wish to discuss here is the results of these suspensions. Have you ever been suspended by any organization for non-payment of dues? Well, you will be unable to grasp the full tenor of our argument unless you have been one who has suff~red the ignominy of having your name brought up before your friends in open lodge and there have marked up against your record the words "suspended n.p.d." Perhaps these friends did not know you were trying to hold up your head although unable to meet the grocer's, the doctor's, or the baker's bill. They did not investigate to see that you had no bank account; they did not know that you were wondering as to how to
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buy the next day's groceries. And here you stood suspended! And from an organization which only a few years before had told you "to relieve the distressed is a duty incumbent on all men but particularly upon Freemasons who are bound together by an indissoluble chain of sincere affection." And somehow you cannot associate suspension with sincere affection. And then a few days later you open an envelope and learn that "at a regular meeting of the lodge you were suspended n.p.d." If you are a normal man you will feel pangs of sorrow at this action; later these feelings will turn to those of disgust and even hate: Then some of these days your young son will grow to manhood. Like many young men his thoughts will turn towards petitioning some good secret society; he turns to you for advice. And what shall that advice be? Even suppose the suspended brother be not deserving of remission. Is he going to be inclined to feel kindly towards the fraternity ? No; not only that, but on every occasion where he has the opportunity, he will say disparaging things of the order, minimize its good deeds, and scatter seeds .of dissatisfaction. This is the largest group of our suspended members and therefore doubly unfortunate, for their sayings are cast adrift where none of our membership can reply. And this is one of the divisions of Masonry's fifth column. Hardly so dangerous as the other groups mentioned is the person who has become a member but not a Mason. For all members are not Masons. There are many men in the world who have never received a Masonic degree who are better Masons than those who have received all the degrees. A man's Masonry cannot be measured by the number of degrees he has received. It's not so much what you receive as it is what you absorb and practice. This individual is the member who joins in the hopes of increasing his business anP. who stultifies himself at the very beginning by signing an application specifying that he is "uninfluenced by mercenary motives." This is the member who believes in taking out of the institution more than he puts in. And this is the reverse of Masonry which teaches that we profit most when we put in more than we take out. The business Mason, by his failure to carry out Masonic ideals creates the wrong impression in his community as to what a true Mason should be. And finally there is the disinterested Mason; he may be one of several types. He may be one of those upon whom the conference of degrees has made no impression; he may be one of those who is not interested in the spiritual side of life; the teachings of great moral lessons may mean nothing to him; he may be one who has joined through mere curiosity, or, he may be a mere joiner. Again, he may have other interests in life which to him are of more seeming importance. His spare time may be limited; his dining club or service club may interfere with his attendance at lodge. In truth he has lost sight of the great spiritual value of the Masonic fraternity whose influence is worldwide in his narrow view of some local society. He prefers
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singing "Around Her Neck She Wore a Yaller Ribbon" to "How Firm a Foundation" or "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God." Masonry appeals to the serious-minded, to those who would better the world, and to those who believe in the tenets of Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence and Justice, Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth. It has been said that "He profits most who serves best," but Freemasonry is service without thought of profit. The Masonic ritual does not include the word prOfit in its vocabulary. Disinterested Masons, while they may not think so, by reason of their lack of interest and failure to attend, are Masonry's fifth column. If Masonry ever becomes weakened, it will be the results of rot, and not attacks from the outside. CANAL ZONE
The war situation has directed attention to America's lines of defense; the greatest of these may be said to be the Canal Zone and the Panama Canal, connecting the two great oceans and affording our battle fleets access to either ocean. Most of our members do not know that Masonry is strong on the Zone and our gO\'ernment should be well satisfied in kno\ying that a strong group of 10~'al American Masons constitute the bul \,ark of the Canal Zone government. 'Ve have illustrated this article with photographs of Masonic Temples in the Zonc. Next year we hope to offer a story of other American . Possessions and their Freemasonry. Masonry of the Canal Zone has an interesting history. One of the earliest lodges was Fidelidad No. 48, which held a charter from the Grand Orient of New Granada in the City of Colon, Department of Panama. Ther may have been other Masonic lodges on the Isthmus long before, but this lodge worked in the Spanish language and was composed of merchants and professional men in Colon and employees of the Panama railroad. Later they secured II charter from the Grand Lodge of Scotland, receiving the name Sojourners Lodge No. 874, and in this lodge many Americans received their Masonic dcgrees. It functioned under this name and number from February 1806 until July 1012. Twice it had the misfortune to have its lodge room burned and, in September 1905, its charter was destroyed. 'Vork was suspended until a duplicate charter was received in March 1906, and by 1911 the lodge had so changed in charai'ter and personnel as to become practically a lodge of Americans. They werr working according to the Scotch ritual and the difference in the work of the lodges in the United States and Scotland placed members dimitting from American lodges under certain disadvantages and, with the consent of the Grand Lodge of Scotland,' a petition was presented to the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts for a charter for a new lodge to be located in the Canal Zone. The petition was granted and sometime later Bl'other Clinton G. Carty was installed as Master of Sojourner
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Lodge at Cristobal, Canal Zone. Upon the charter were the names of 192 brethren. On May 30, 1911, the lodge, together with visiting brethren, in all about 450 Masons, formed a procession and marched through the streets of Colon in the Republic of Panama to Cristobal in the Canal Zone, where they proceeded to lay a cornerstone in the exact northeast 'corner of the Canal Zone. Later it was found necessary to transfer the title to the property to the Panama Railroad Company. Another lodge was established in the Canal Zone when the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts located one at Ancon. There are now 7 lodges existing on the Zone, all under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, the largest of which is Sojourners Lodge, with
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470 members. The total membership of the Zone is 1,734. Sibert Lodge meets in its own temple in Gatun; it was organized in 1918 and has 255 members. Darien Lodge, organized in 1917, has 203 members. Chagres Lodge, organized in 1921, has 132 members. Canal Zone Lodge meets in Ancon Temple; it was organized in 1912 and has 319 members. Isthmian Lodge meets in its own temple in Pedro Miguel; it was organized in 1917 and has 126 members. Army Lodge, with 229 members, is the other active lodge on the Zone. Army, Darien and Chagres lodges meet regularly in Balboa. Speaking of Masonic conditions in the Canal Zone, Grand Master Perry of Massachusetts said: "Today in the Canal Zone we have planted an outpost of men engaged in the maintenance and operation of an enterprise that is important, and may he indispensable, to our nation. To an exceptional degree this enter-
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prise requires not only skill and judgment, but integrity and loyalty. In order that this little island of our culture, transplanted into and surrounded by a sea of alien culture, may not disintegrate there is exceptional need also for high ethical, spiritual standards. . .. It should be a source of gratification to us that one of the strongest influences for good, one of the chiefest and finest currents in the life of the Zone, is its Freemasonry. . . . Our jurisdiction dates from the treaty concluded on March 14, 1917, with the Grand Lodge of the Republic of Panama whereby that Grand Lodge ceded to our Grand Lodge exclusive jurisdiction over symbolic Freemasonry in the Canal Zone in exact analogy to the cession by the Republic of Panama of exclusive civil jurisdiction in the Zone to the United States."
From various reports we learn that the average economic status of Zone lodges and membership is higher than the average in Massa-
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chusetts, and consequently the calls for charity are fewer, substantially a~ the membership being well paid and steadily employed in government service. It has been a practice to permit the Zone lodges to retain the per capita tax of $2.00. The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts has suggested that the brethren of the Zone might prefer to share equally with their brethren in Massachusetts the burdens common to the entire body of Freemasonry and even if they retained half it would be ample for all administration and charitable needs in the Zone. The Zone has other Masonic bodies, including a Consistory, Royal Arch Chapter, Council of Royal and Select Masters, Commandery of Knights Templar, Red Cross of Constantine, and Mystic Shrine. The
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Scottish Rite was established by the Grand Consistory of Louisiana on August 3, 1913. It is recalled that the Consistory were refused the use of the National Theatre in Panama City for installation purposes. At about the same time, August 23, 1913, Osman Temple of St. Paul, Minn., journeyed to the Zone where Colonel Goethals, Chief Engineer and Governor of the Zone, turned over to them the keys to the Locks of the Canal and the ceremonies were conferred in the bottom of the Locks near the Pacific end of the Canal, in a great chamber 1000 ft. in length, 110 ft. wide and 77 ft. deep. Because of the heat, the ceremony was held at 7 :00 a.m., 25 ft. below the level of the sea, 171 candidates being initiated. A dispensation was issued for Canal 'Zone Commandery, K.T., on
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April 11, 1912, by Wm. B. Mellish, then Grand Master of the Grand Encampment Knights Templar. At the first conclave 47 petitions were received. This occasion was preceded by the establishment of a Chapter of Royal Arch Masons and a Council of Royal and Select Masters, working under the General Grand Chapter and General Grand Council of the United States. An interesting ceremony took place in Zone territory in the year 1939, occasioned by the visit of Grand Master Perry of Massachusetts at Balboa, Canal Zone. On January 12, 1939, a special communication of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts was opened for the purpose of receiving the Grand Lodge of Panama and officially visiting Army, Darien and Chagres Lodges. Grand Master pavid C. Robles
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and other offi.cers of his Grand Lodge were formally receive(l.. Two days later, in the City of Panama, by permission of the Grand Master of that jurisdiction, the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts was again opened for the purpose of being received by the Grand Lodge of Panama. Grand Orator Arroyo paid high tribute to the United States. >The conference at Lima was then in progress and he said: "The agreements in Lima need to be carried out by people who are well versed in the moral and spiritual capacity that Democtacy offers for all the citizens of America. And who are better able to inculcate their principles than we the Masonsf In this work you can count on our undivided cooperation."
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Through the courtesy of Dr. Lewis B. Bates, District Grand Master of the Canal Zone, under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, we have been supplied with photographs of the five Masonic Temples on the Zone. The temple at Cristobal is owned by Sojourners Lodge; Cristobal Chapter No. 2 R.A.M. Lodge meets here. The temple is situated in the northeast corner of the Canal Zone, the street in front of it and a street on one side being in the Republic of Panama. The Ancon temple is owned by Canal Zone Lodge, the three York Rite Bodies and Abou Saad Temple of the Shrine. The temple at Balboa is owned by the Scottish Rite bodies, but in it meet three lodges-Army, Darien, and Chagres. The Temple at Pedro Miguel is owned by Isthmian Lodge, while the temple at Gatun is owned by Sibert Lodge.
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MASONIO BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS
((One Hundred Years of Freemasonry in Lexington" is the title of a twenty-four page pamphlet by Henry C. Chiles. It is an interesting story of Lexington Lodge No. 149, and was issued by the lodge on the occasion of its one hundredth anniversary. Lexington is an interesting old Masonic town, one of the first settlements on the upper Missouri, the home of the Masonic College of Missouri, and the scene of the Battle of Lexington. Brother Chiles has done a fine service for his lodge in compiling and making this information accessible. Rocky Mountain Lodge No. 11: This is No. 11 of a series of pamphlets dealing with Freemasonry in Utah, and is by Grand Secretary Samuel H. Goodwin. The story is particularly interesting to Freemasons of Missouri because our Rocky Mountain Lodge No. 205 was first organized at Camp Floyd, Utah Territory, in 1859. Rocky Mountain Lodge No. 11 perpetuates the name of the first Masonic lodge established within the State of Utah. The first Master of the lodge was Daniel Cowan Jackling, born at Appleton City, Mo., August 14, 1869. He graduated at the Missouri School of Mines in 1892. He was one of the organizers of the Utah Copper Company, and it is said that the growth and development of that concern was due to the genius and dynamic personality of Colonel J ackling. The United Grand Lodge of England Constitutions: Notwithstanding that England is engaged in a great war, the United Grand Lodge issued its revised Constitutions, bearing the date 1940. The volume contains a summary of the ancient charges and regulations, the charges of a Freemasons, and general laws and regulations for the government of the Craft. A full section is devoted to engravings of the various jewels, chains and collars. The volume is thoroughly indexed, making information readily accessible. Sections of the law are devoted to the Grand Lodge, London grand rank, Provincial and District lodges, lodges abroad not under districts, overseas grand rank, private lodges, proposal forms, Board of Benevolence, Board of General Purposes, regalia, clothing, insignia and jewels, haIlstone medal, centenary and charity jewels, fees and contributions. History of the Grand Lodge of Iowa: This volume was issued in the fall of 1939 by the Grand Lodge of Iowa, and is Volume III, bringing down to date the history of that Grand Lodge from 1913 to 1938. It is the work of Past Grand Master Ernest R. Moore and is a credit to the author and to the Grand Lodge which has issued it. It covers one of the most interesting periods of Iowa Masonic history-the World War period and that which followed it. It contains biographies of all Past Grand Masters since 1913, as well as complete statistics of the Grand Lodge covering those years. The History of A.A.S.R. in the District of Columbia: This is a thirty-two page pamphlet by the late W m. L. Boyden, 33 0 , Librarian of the Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction. The pamphlet is an
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excellent condensed history of the Rite in the National Capital. Interesting pictures of active Freemasons, past and present, as well as homes of the Rite give it a popular appeal. Early History of the Royal Arch Degree: This seventy-four page pamphlet is the work of Everett R. Turnbull, of Carlinville, Ill., who has rendered his Grand Chapter a fine service in compiling the information therein contained. Some of the chapters include early history, vestments of the High Priest, banners, England, Ireland, Scotland, and several of our American jurisdictions in which Royal Arch Masonry was active during the early period of American history. The pamphlet was originally printed as a part of the review of the Grand Chapter of Illinois. Masonic Ritual Music: This is a rare pamphlet, printed by the Grand Lodge of New York. The music is that of the great Finnish composer, Jan Sibelius, and was written by him for the Grand Lodge of Finland as a testimonial of the high regard that jurisdiction had for the Grand Lodge of New York. New York was instrumental in establishing the original Finnish lodges and Sibelius has been very active in the support of Freemasonry in that territory.- Musicians who have examined the volume pay tribute to the high character of the work, but because of the scarcity and lack of activity of musicians in Masonic bodies, it will probably never be actively identified with Masonic degree work in the smaller lodges. Research Lodge publications: War activity in England did not prevent the publication of Volume I, part 1, of Ars Quatuor Coronatorum, the world's foremost research lodge. This particular volume deals with the Graham manuscript, the romance of Robison and Barreul, lodges in Guernsey, early Freemasonry in Chester, and the wellknown character, James Sketchley of Birmingham. No proceedings were received from Dublin Lodge, C. C., during the year, leading us to believe that no proceedings were issued during that time. The North Carolina Lodge of Research No. 666 completed Volume X of Nocalore. This volume includes a number of valuable early minutes of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, the story of the Bible, formation of the Grand Encampment, founding of Freemasonry in Kansas, formation-of the Grand Council of Virginia, and the Charles J ames manuscripts, all interesting and valuable to the Masonic student. Volume III, part 1, of the American Lodge of Research, N. Y., was completed during the year. It is one of the most beautiful examples of the printer's art of any of the research lodges. Special papers included in this volume are Masonic efforts in the War of 1812, American Masonic Journalism, 1811-40, the Morgan mystery, refugee lodges, some early Masonic engravers in America, Freemasonry on the Island of Jamaica, and Henry Andrew Francken. In addition to
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these there is much valuable information contained in the chapter labeled "Miscellanea." History of the Grand Lodge A. F. <t A. M. of New Zealand: We are in receipt of a 152-page book containing the history of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand. It is the work of Brother A. B. Croker and was published by the Grand Lodge of New Zealand. The book is embellished with many pictures of Past Grand Masters and fully covers the period from 1890 to 1940. John Henry Oowles: this is the title of a beautifully bound volume commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Grand Commander John H. Cowles, A. A. S. R., Southern Jurisdiction. It is printed by the Louisville, Ky., bodies of the rite and constitutes a fine tribute to a distinguished Masonic leader. Negro Masonry: those interested in a study of African Masonry are referred to this volume by Harold V. B. Voorhis, well known New Jersey writer and authority on the subject. The volume contains much new material on the subject which heretofore has been limited to the work by Grimshaw, a negro writer, and Wm. H. Upton who many years ago made a study of the subject for the Grand Lodge of Washington. Shriner's Hospitals: those interested in the work of this great humanitarian project are referred to the recent pamphlet issued by the Shrine. From this we learn that there are hospitals at Shreveport, La.; Twin Cities; San Francisco; Portland; St. Louis; Montreal; Springfield, Mass.; Chicago; Philadelphia; Greenville, S. C.; Honolulu; Spokane; Salt Lake City; Winnipeg; and Lexington, Ky. Seven hundred and eighty-five beds are maintained in these cities. The hospitals were established September 16, 1922 and since that date, 30,579 children have been received as patients. Templar History: we have before us a pamphlet entitled "Report on Templar History," a report issued at the triennial of the recent Grand Encampment held in Cleveland, Ohio. The report is marked "confidential" but for the life of us we can see nothing in it that might be so regarded. It is also copyrighted, prohibiting republication, but much of the material which it contains is already quite well known to the Templar student. GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIO NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOOIATION
The thirtieth annual convention of the G. W. M. N. M. A. was held in the auditorium of the Memorial Building at Alexandria, Va., February 22, 1940, and was presided over by Past Grand Master Am, of Ohio. From.Missouri were Karl M. Vetsburg, Grand Master, Harry S. Truman, Deputy Grand Master, Bert S. Lee, Anthony F. Ittner, Ray V.Denslow, Past Grand Masters, and Arthur Mather, Grand
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Secretary. Brother Lee is the third Vice-President of the Association, while Brother Ittner is one of the Directors. During the year $25,000.00 had been spent on completing the entrances, which has added much to the appearance of the building, and $2,500.00 was spent on landscape work. Building construction and maintenance for the year aggregated $44,861.00. The Associa. tion has $82,785.00 liquid assets in bonds and checking account. In addition there is $23,211.00 in endowment fund assets. The largest contribution reported at the meeting was Ohio's $23,000.00. Grand Master Vetsburg, on behalf of Missouri, presented our check for $1,700.00. Total receipts reported from the various states amount to little more than $61,000.00. Missouri now ranks twentieth in contributions, having contributed $160,467.01, representing 144.3 per cent of quota based on $1.00 per capita, or 84.9 per cent on the $1.70 per capita. The largest contributor is New York, with $609,217.00. Kansas ranks in fiftieth place, with $1,911.00. Georgia once levied a tax upon the Masons.of that jurisdiction for the support of the George 'Vashington Memorial; something like ninety of their lodges had their charters suspended for failure to pay, and this was given as a reason for not adding the $1.00 to the initiation fee for memorial purposes. Ohio appears to be the outstanding jurisdiction at the present time, so far as Masonic interest in the Memorial is roncerned. While Ohio has paid $123,000.00, it is still fortieth from the top, but they are rapidly climbing up the ladder. The Grand Master of Oregon went to the Memorial meeting with a certain amount of curiosity, but came away convinced that the expenditure \vas well justified. South Dakota has had an unfortunate experience. The Grand Master thinks the unfinished state of the Memorial is not a good advertisement for Masonry and that many visitors go away with the impression that Masons have started something they cannot finish. The unfortunate situation in South Dakota is caused by the fact that one of those entrusted with the handling of Memorial funds was not true to his obligations, resulting in the loss of several thousand dollars. CONFERENCE OF GRAND MASTERS
The annual conference of Grand Masters of Masons in the United States was held in the Willard Hotel, Washington, D. C., February 23-24, 1940. The meeting was called to order by Past Grand Master Gunner H. Nordbye, of Minnesota, a Federal Judge of that State. Missouri was represented by Karl M. Vetsburg, Grand Master; Harry S. Truman, Deputy Grand Master; Bert S. Lee, Anthony F. Ittner, Hay V. Denslow, Past Grand Masters; Arthur Mather, Grand Secretary. A guest of the conference was Marcus Tollett, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Finland. To Brother Karl M. Vets-
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burg, Grand Master of Missouri, went the honor of nominating Grand Master George F. Giddings, of Maine, for permanent chairman of the conference. Among the topics discussed were the latest developments of Freemasonry in foreign lands, lodge attendance, physical qualifications, social secur'ity taxes, can we create a national Masonic statesmanship, eligibility of those engaged in sale of intoxicating liquor, Freemasonry's attitude toward present world conditions, and youth organizations. A representative of the social security board was present and made a complete" statement as to the attitude of the government. In view of the continuing nature of the problem, it was recommended that a committee which had in charge a study of the situation be continued. In discussing payments under the social security system, one Grand Master had the temerity to ask whether contributions from wages were sufficient to maintain the system without government subsidy. Realizing the deficiencies of the conference, a resolution was adopted providing that a committee of five be appointed to consider ways and means of affording a continuity of administration of the affairs of the conference of Grand Masters. The Grand Master of Massachusetts was quick to gain his feet to explain that the resolution did not anticipate the formation of a General Grand Lodge. He stated: "So far as I know there is no Mason in the United States who favors the founding of a General Grand Lodge. I know of no Masonic jurisdiction that does." In our opinion, the great mass of Freemasons do have a vision of some great centralized organization of Masons, whether called by the name of General Grand Lodge or Conference of Grand Masters. The antipathy to a national organization of any strength comes from Grand Officers of Grand Lodges \vho are fearful of giving up any of the rights which have been theirs during the long period of years. The most scholarly and outstanding address, in our estimation, was that of Grand Master George F. Lounsbury, of Wisconsin, who discussed Freemasonry's Attitude Toward Present World Conditions. .'Ve quote from his conclusion: "To make the world better, we must make men better. To save our democracy, to keep our nation safe and sound and peaceful we need men who understand that a路 good man must be a good citizen; that a good citizen is a patriotic citizen, ready to perform any duty his citizenship may require. That is Masonry's job. That is your job and my job as Masons, as men entrusted with the responsibilities of our great institution. And, as citizens it is our job to show the world by our behavior in all our affairs with the outside world what Masonry can do for men."
MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION-U. S. A.
The twenty-first annual meeting of the U. S. A. was held in 'Vashington, D. C., February 22, 1940. The report compiled by Sec-
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retary Carl H. Claudy showed considerable activity during the year. Florida recently joined the Association, which now comprises more than a majority of the Grand Lodges of the United States. The outstanding accomplishment was the work done during the earthquake in Chile. The Grand Master of that jurisdiction reported that four hundred brothers and their families were helpless and ten temples had been destroyed. Twenty-four Grand Lodges in the United States (Missouri was not one of them) contributed $7,387.27, all of which was remitted to the Grand Lodge of Chile. From the Diplomatic Department of the Chilean Foreign Office ca~e the following expression of thanks: "The President is deeply touched by the generous attitude of the Masonic Service Association in raising relief money for the benefit of Masons in distress in Chile due to the recent earthquake. The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts had previously forwarded $1,000.00, before action had been taken by the Association, thereby increasing the total amount. During the year a number of short talk bulletins, plays and digests were issued. Among these were the Masonic play "Hearts of the Fathers"; visualized statistics; a reprint of the ancient landmarks of Freemasonry, as applied to the forty-nine Grand Lodges U. S. A.; a digest showing the ages of initiates, refuting the charge that young men were no longer applying for the degrees in Freemasonry. Not mentioned above was the chart of Brother George B. Clark, of Colorado, showing the origins of Grand Lodges, and Brother Claudy's chart showing recognition of Grand Lodges, by those of the U. S. A. OONFERENOE OF GRAND SEORETARIES
A conference of Masonic Grand Lodge Secretaries was held in Washington, D. C., February 22, 1940. ThirWy'-nine jurisdictions were represented in the conference, which was presided over by Charles C. Hunt of Iowa. Brother Hunt was re-elected. The topics discussed were much more practical than those discussed in the conference of Grand Masters, and among these were the value of interjurisdictional visitations, should symbolic Masonry have a definite objective (Arthur Mather), the delinquent brother and his reclamation, value of a yearly program, the youth of our country, is Masonry too cheap, cooperation of lodge secretaries with secretaries of other bodies, and refunding lodge dues. Doubtless the most valuable article was that of Grand Secretary Doss, of Tennessee, who had prepared a complete statement as to the minimum fees, dues, Grand Lodge per capita and charity expense in all the American and Canadian jurisdictions. From this we learn that Missouri is one of the Grand Lodges having the lowest minimum fees for degrees; only four other states in the Union have as low. The average fee throughout the United States is $49.38. The lowest minimum dues in any state is $2.00. The average dues
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throughout the United States $6.14, and the average Grand Lodge per capita tax is $1.85; Missouri has $2.10 per capita tax. Fourteen states have Grand Lodge fee for affiliation; in many states the fee is turned over to charities, usually the Masonic Home. California seems to bear the palm for having the highest fees and dues, the average fee for the degrees in that state being $100.00, $25.00 of which goes to Masonic charities. The average dues is $12.00, but, strange to say, Grand Lodge per capita is only 50c. MASONIC RELIEF ASSOCIATION-U. S. A. AND CANADA
The twenty-third biennial meeting of the Masonic Relief Association was held at the Hotel Pennsylvania, New-York City, September 19-21, 1939. It was presided over by Ira Weingrun, of New Orleans, La. The new President elected at this meeting was Charles H. J ohnson, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of New York; D. R. Cheney, of Portland, Ore., is first Vice-President; Richard C. Davenport, Harrisburg, Ill., second Vice-President; Lewis E. Smith, Omaha, Nebr., Treasurer; Frank L. Smith, Buffalo, N. Y., Secretary. Missourians are interested in the fact that Martin Collins was the first President of the organization, serving in 1885-88. Andrew J. O'Reilly served in the same capacity in 1914-15, and was Secretary from 1917-31. The secretary reported that during the biennium the Grand Lodges of Michigan and Nevada had affiliated with the Association, giving a total membership of thirty-two of fifty-eight jurisdictions in the U. S. and Canada. Six pages of the proceedings are taken up with Lew Smith's refusal to accept pay as Treasurer of the organization. Topics discussed- were outside maintenance, amendments to the constitution, effect of social security on Masonic relief, Masonic service in Massachusetts, cooperation with other agencies, the employment bureau, Masonic Board of Relief, women claimants for relief, coordination of bureaus, propaganda activities, and financing relief bureaus (Van F. Boor, Kansas City, Mo.). Concluding the program, the representatives sang one verse of "My Country Tis of Thee" and one verse of "God Save Our Gracious King." FIFTH AUSTRALIAN MASONIC CONFERENCE
The most important meeting affecting the Freemasonry of Australia and the nearby islands was held in Freemason's Hall, Melbourne, March 13-14, 1939. It was the fifth Australasian Masonic Conference, corresponding in general nature to the co'nference of Grand Masters in the United States. Representatives were present from Tasmania, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, New Zealand, Victoria and Western Australia. The conference was called to order by the Grand Master of Victoria, His Excellency Lord Huntingfield.
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Each Grand Lodge had submitted subjects for discussion. Among the topics discussed were "( 1) Universal apron to be worn by members of the Craft; (2) Ritual for Australia; (3) Brochure for Masonic education; (4) Annual membership cards; (5) Admission of blind candidates; (6) Recognition of interstate Grand Lodge rank; (7) Maimed candidates; (8) Closer recognition of other Grand Lodges; (9) Uniformity of signs; (10) Conferring of degrees by lodges under other constitutions; (11); Signs; (12) Evidences of eharacter and good standing; (13) Proof of entitlement to privileges; (14) Interchange of information; (15) Seating Entered Apprentices and Fellow-crafts; (16) Protection of Grand Lodge assets; (17) Control of the term Masonic; (18) The next eonference; (19) Duties of committees on inquiry. The next conference is to be at Perth in 1943. RECOGNITION
The committee on foreign recognition in Colorado finds it is no easy matter to establish laws of recognition. They sympathize with the smaller Grand Lodges who are struggling against terrific odds and insist they need our support, that because it is difficult to find out anything about them, we do nothing. Winthrop Buck, in Connecticut, believes that in the present disturbed condition of Freemasonry it would be well for us to draw closer to the Freemasonry of South America. Florida expresses the hope that it may eventually recognize many Grand Lodges not now regarded as regular. Brother Van Allen, of Iowa, finds greater importance being placed upon the subject of Grand Lodge recognition, and believes the millenium of Grand Lodge recognition will be reached when through understanding and knowledge there will be brought about a world brotherhood. His Grand Lo(lge is making a study of the Brazilian Grand Lodges. Grand Master Perry, of Massachusetts, after a recent trip through South American countries, is of the impression that there is a friendly feeling toward the United States and that we may anticipate an era of international good will throughout the hemisphere. V,T e thought New Jersey's Alpha Lodge matter had been settled years ago, but apparently lIot, for in reading the Oklahoma proreedings we learn : "In regard to Alpha Lodge No. 116 of New Jersey, in which they admit that they accept representatives from this particular Negro lodge and allow them to sit in their Grand Lodge, which is contrary to the usages and landmarks of the State of Oklahoma, we would recommend discontinuance of fraternal relations with the Grand Lodge of New Jersey."
Oklahoma evidently meant it, for they removed the name of the Grand Secretary from the list of Grand Secretaries and the representative from the list of representatives.
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Rhode Island is awaiting more auspicious conditions before extending any recognition. West Virginia wants it thoroughly understood that in recognizing Grand Lodge Swiss Alpina, it is not recognizing the International Masonic Association at Geneva. It adds further: "We have always been wary of recognizing organizations or movements that might tend toward the formation of any general national or international body for the government of Craft Masons to the .prejudice of independent Grand Lodges. "
ALASKA
All lodges in Alaska Territory are under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Washington. The first lodge in the territory was established at Sitka, June 3, 1880, but its charter was later revoked. Lodges were also established at Anchorage, Nome, Douglas, Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Petersburg, Seward, Fairbanks, Valdez and Skagway. The total membership of the 11 lodges is 1,495. ALPINA (SWITZERLAND)
The Grand Lodge Swiss Alpina is becoming quite generally recognized by American jurisdictions. During the past year it has been recognized by Arkansas, Colorado, Nevada, 'Vest Virginia, Wyoming, Manitoba and South Australia. The Masonry of Switzerland is of high character and in origin it traces back to the Grand Lodge of England. As a Grand Lodge it has done pioneer work in the handling of refugees from belligerent nations and, through necessity, it has become the clearinghouse for all donations from American Grand Lodges. South Australia recognized Alpina "guided by the decision that the United Grand Lodge of England had granted recognition and in conformity with a resolution arising out of a discussion at the Fourth Australasian Conference that the procedure of the Grand Lodge of England be the practice of the Grand Lodges of Australia." ARGENTINA
It is possible that the Grand Lodge of Argentina should be more generally recognized than it is, for Masonry seems to have been introduced into the Republic by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania in 1825, with the establishment of Southern Star Lodge No. 205 in the City of Buenos Aires. The Grand Orient of France and the Grand Lodge of England later established lodges, and by 1856 an attempt was made to establish a Grand Lodge. In July, 1857, six lodges organized by the Grand Orient of Brazil, established the Grand Orient Argentina. There is little information concerning this Grand Lorlge in any of the proceedings we have read.
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When Hitler marched into Vienna, the Grand Lodge Wien evaporated almost as quickly as Hitler came in, the membership going to all parts of the world. Brother Altmann, an officer of the Grand Lodge, writing to the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, which he at one time represented, stated that almost a hundred Viennese Masons were refugees in New York City. Brother Richard Schlesinger, son of the Grand Master, is a resident of St. Louis; Dr. Rudolf Dreikurs is located in Chicago. From the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines we learn that Brother Emil Roth is a resident of the Philippine Islands, where his daughter and her husband are now living. At last report, Dr. Wladimar Misar was in Enfield, England, but was making every effort to get out of the country before an attack by Hitler. Brother Roth, addressing the Grand Lodge of the Philippine Islands, said: "I come from Vienna, the late capital of Austria, the town also here well known as the 'City of Music.' When I became a Freemason more than forty years ago, Freemasonry was still prohibited in Austria proper, but in the second half of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, that is in Hungary, it was permitted. They had, however, found out a remedy. The former Hungarian border was close to Vienna, and the Grand Lodge of Hungary, founded in 1867, was willing to take lodges comprising Viennese brethren under its protectorate. Hungarian lodges consisting exclusively of Austrian brethren were founded in Hungarian border-towns. Simultaneously, each of those lodges established a legal profane association in Vienna, members of which were the same ones as those of the lodges assembling in Vienna once a week. Once or twice a year, however, all the members of such a lodge made a trip to Hungary corporatively to celebrate solemn meetings for special purposes as reception of new members, degree work, etc. , 'In the following years, some attempts of founding a Grand Lodge in Austria were made, but without success. In the year 1904, a Viennese Brother, Zenker, wished to make another attempt. He asked me to assist him, to which I agreed. We had, however, no more success than our predecessors, but at that time there was a high court which in the time of the former attempts had not existed; yet trials of which were public. We appealed to this court. The day after the trial dealing on our appeal, all the newspapers of Vienna reported the matter as a sensational event, and so I was known as a Freemason ever since, not only among the brethren but also in public. That became troublesome for me in recent times. "After the revolution, the Grand Lodge of Vienna was founded on December 8, a legal way, according to the new laws of the Republic. This Grand Lodge existed until March 12, 1938, the day on which the German Nazis came to Vienna. The premises of the Grand Lodge and of all lodges were at once closed; many Freemasons were arrested because of their membership and kept in prisons for weeks and months. The Grand Master, a man of the best reputation, well esteemed by all peoples and authorities, died in a hospital where he was brought from prison after more than half a year of imprisonment. So he died and was cremated secretly. I was surprised that nothing of the kind happened to me, though I had been Grand Officer and Past Master of my lodge. They apparently overlooked me.
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But, one day in October, 1939, I was suddenly summoned to the Gestapo where I was probed about my activity as an alleged 'leading Freemason,' for a couple of hours. Finally, I was asked about what I was having in my mind to do further. Finding out the meaning of this question I replied, 'I have already got the passport and the visa for the Philippines.' That was my escape. I could go home as a free man right away."
BELGIUM
The Grand Orient of Belgium does not provide us with their bulletin or proceedings. In f~ct, our last request for information brought forth a courteous response which would infer that they did not desire to be investigated as to their Masonic regularity. This Grand Lodge was established in 1833 and at last report had 29 lodges. Some of these lodges are very ancient, the oldest being La Parfaite Union, organized in 1729. Lodges at Namur and Liege, w~ll known during the World War, were organized in 1770 and 1775 respectively. Approximately forty-nine jurisdictions are in fraternal relationship with the Grand Orient. On the whole, the membership appears to be made up of representative citizens, but thus far only seven American jurisdictions have seen fit to recognize them-or be recognized. They do not even appear on the list of the Grand Lodges of Kentucky and North Carolina, who have a record in the matter of recognition. BOLIVIA
The Grand Lodge of Bolivia is a comparatively recent Grand Lodge. For many years the lodges in Bolivia existed under the Grand Lodge of Chile. They now have 15 lodges, with approximately 400 members. One of these lodges works in the English language. The Grand Lodge fosters an International Club, composed of Freemasons. It also has an orphans' home for boys, but not limited to sons of Masons. It is interesting to note that the many officers of the government are members of the Craft, and the recently deceased President of the Republic was also a member. The Grand Master is Federico Martins; the Grand Secretary is Carlos Montes. BRAZIL
At one time the Grand Orient was the leading Masonic body of South America, but only two American lodges are now listed as recognizing it (Alabama and Montana). In its balmy days it had a complicated system of rites and degrees. In recent years the jurisdiction has been broken up by schisms into a number of jurisdictions, corresponding in size and importance to the Grand Lodges of the American States, and some of these jurisdictions deserve well at the hands of foreign recognition committees. Paraiba seems to be faring best in the matter of recognition. It
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bears the euphonious title of Grande Loja de Estado de Paraiba. Arizona, Montana and Tennessee have recognized this jurisdiction, while vVashington postponed action for the reason "that to date we have not received data relative to its ritual." In the meantime Iowa has entered into a general study of Brazilian Grand Lodges, but because of time required in carrying on correspondence, their report was incomplete and the committee was continued. \Vashington extended recognition to Rio de Janeiro. BULGARIA
Freemasonry of Bulgaria was shocked by the death of General Peter Midileff, for many years an outstanding figure in that country. Owing to unsettled conditions, information is hard to secure as to present activities, but it is said that in general Freemasonry is following the best Masonic policy of keeping free of political and religious discussions. There are 10 lodges in the jurisdiction, three being in Sofia, the Capital. TIl(' entire membership of the jurisdiction is less than fiOO. CHINA
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vVe often wonder how lodges can carry 011 in China under existing cireumstances, but they are carrying on and with extremely gratifying success. "While lodges exist there under various constitutions-English, Irish, Scottish, French and American-it is remarkable to note that the lodges working under the jurisdiction of the Philippine Islands appear to be having a greater amount of success. This is probably due to the fact that they have made their lodges distinctly Chinese, a race which is very quick to adapt itself to Occidental ways. The Philippine Islands are doser to China and in much better position to oversee their lodge v,ork. A representative from the Philippine Islands recently visited the Chinese lodges where he ,vas officially received by the District Grand Master, David W. K. Au. He found that good fellowship prevailed among all members of the fraternity in North China. Their great problem seems to be as how to fulfill financial obligations to the Grand Lodge on account of the ruinous rate of exchange from the Shanghai dollar to Philippine currency. \Vith many other problems to solve, the situation is proving very unfortunate. Later the Grand Lodge of the Philippines granted relief by fixing the rate of exchange. Nanking and \Vestlake Lodges were reported to have been driven out of their home towns by the Japanese war and temporarily working in Shanghai. The membership had been scattered to the iilterior. Proceedings report the death of Dr. lVay Sung N flO, famous sur-
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geon, former surgeon-general of the Chinese army and the founder 0 f Amity Lodge. Brother Rosenstock, who visited Philippine lodges in China, reported: "I visited the English Masonic Temple and the American Masonic Temple. Both are monuments to the Masonic Fraternity in Shanghai. The English temple is one of the most thoroughly equipped temples it has been my fortune to see; it was built for Masonic use only and every Masonie convenience has been provided for. The American temple is thoroughly equipped and, while similar in size, is a more imposing structure. The Philippine lodges, for reasons of economy, are meeting in an unpretentious hall, but plans have been made for a better place when conditions become normaL"
Sun Lodge reported 14 candidates since the beginning of the year. Amity and Westlake Lodges both had candidates. District Grand Master Hua Chuen Mei closes his report with these words: "Ours is a triumphant faith in the justice of the national cause, in the essential mercy of the Great Architect of the Universe Who will in His own good time bring a surceaSe to their earthly troubles and re-establish His Kingdom in beauty and strength, in accordance with his promise to David. I would echo that abiding faith, hope, and charity now uppermost in the minds of the brethren of the China Masonic District, quiet yet dominant and cheerful. Their spirit is best expressed in that beautiful song in Psalm 46 and in the last three verses of Habakkuk, the prophet."
The membership of the Chinese lodges totals 401, being a net gain of 39. These lodges show 259 Chinese, 94 American, 7 Filipinos, and 41 of other nationalities. Massachusetts reports that lodges in Manchoukuo, Moukden and Harbin have surrendered their charters due to changed local conditions. It appears that the government forced American and British firms to close up business, and the membership of these lodges was mainly from commercial concerns. Prior to 1923, Massachusetts Masonic headquarters in China were in Shanghai; in 1923 they were moved to Peking, and on August 14, 1939, to Shanghai, which is the center of the Masonic population. Massachusetts lodges now consist of three lodges in Shanghai, one each in Peking, Darien and Tientsin. The total membership of all Massachusetts lodges in China, as last reported, was 680. Lodges in Northern China, under English constitution reported that in spite of disturbances, very. few meetings had to be abandoned, but the membership was the lowest in many years. To show the change which has taken place in China, we quote from a letter of a Masonic brother: , 'Twenty-two years ago when I landed on Chinese soil and visited the lodges in Shanghai, I could count the Chinese members on one hand and still pave fingers left. Today they are numbered in the hundreds. "
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CHILE
Masonic lodges of Chile work under three different constitutions. Lodges at Antofagasta, Iquique, Santiago and Valparaiso work under the Scottish constitution; a lodge at Valparaiso works under English constitution, and there are three lodges at Concepcion, Santiago and Valparaiso, which work under Massachusetts constitution. The entire membership under the Massachusetts constitution is 171, being a gain of 12 over last year. Weare not informed as to what agreement may be expected between the Grand Lodge of Chile and the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, but when an earthquake occurred in Chile, January 25, 1939, causing widespread damage, our Massachusetts brethren cabled $1,000.00 to the Grand Lodge of Chile, and $250.00 to other lodges in that territory. Through the Masonic Service Association of the United States, $7,387.00 additional was contributed. One of the Massachusetts lodges in China, hearing of a hurricane in Massachusetts, sent $100 to relieve Masonic distress; this money was later forwarded to Chile, inasmuch as it was not needed in Massachusetts, an act which met with the approval of the Shanghai, China, lodge. Many doubt the wisdom of attempting to exercise supervision over lodges in jurisdictions where Grand Lodges exist. This attitude is brought out in the statement of a Filipino reviewer: , 'There was also a report from the Chile District, where Massachusetts maintains three lodges although a recognized Grand Lodge exercises jurisdiction over the territory of the Republic of Chile. To the average Americ~n Mason, the fact that the Grand Lodge of Chile, when it set up as a Sovereign Grand Lodge, did not question the independent rights of lodges in its territory in the obedience of other Grand Lodges, is hardly a valid argument for the continued maintenance of those Massachusetts lodges in Chile. "
Our information is that the Grand Lodge of Chile was formed May 24, 1862, and that it is strictly regular in all respects, that it has more than 50 lodges, with approximately 3,000 members. Thirtyfour American Grand Lodges, including Missouri, recognize Chile. OOLOMBIA
There exists in Colombia three Grand Lodges claiming jurisdiction over symbolic Masonry in that territory. The oldest is the Grand Lodge at Cartagena, with its nine lodges and membership of 400. The Grand Lodge at Barranquilla has twelve lodges, with a membership of 700. The Grand Lodge at Bogota has twelve lodges in its jurisdiction. There are said to exist Grand Lodges at Medellin and Cali, the latter having four lodges, with 200 members, and bearing the title Gran Logia Occidental de Colombia. There is still another, Gran Logia de Caldas at Periera, with four lodges. Arkansas, in considering recognition, called attention to the crea-
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tion of an insurance fund for widows and orphans by the Grand Lodge at Bogota, and also referred to the establishment of a restaurant giving free meals daily to fifty school children. Iowa and Maryland both sought further information before extending recognition. Grand Master Perry, of Massachusetts, visited Barranquilla and found one lodge using the Massachusetts ritual. He discovered that 14 States in Colombia were included in one or the other of the six Grand Lodges. He mentions the Grand Lodge of Antioquia, but has doubts as to its present status. According to Brother Perry, symbolic Masonry existed under the Scottish Rite from 1833 to 1916 when the Cartagena Grand Lodge became independent. Barranquilla became independent in 1921, and Bogota in 1922. For a time there were jurisdictional disputes, but now fortunately settled. The necessity for having more than one Grand Lodge is shown in the fact that it is 190 miles from Barranquilla to its most distant lodge, requiring five and one-half days to travel, with no direct rail or auto connection. The Cartagena Grand Lodge includes the States of Bolivar, Choco, and the Islands of St. Andres and Providence. As a result of Brother Perry's visit, recognition was extended to the Cartagena and Barranquilla Grand Lodges, recognition having previously been extended to the Grand Lodge at Bogota. Because the Grand Lodge at Bogota maintained fraternal relationship with the Grand Orient of France, Montana denied recognition. Nevada postponed recognition of the Barranquilla body; New J ersey recognized Bogota. Pennsylvania declines to enter into relationship with the National Grand Lodge. North Dakota recognized Bogota, while Texas recognized Cartagena and Barranquilla. Washington recognized Barranquilla. West Virginia postponed recognition of Barranquilla and Bogota. New South Wales recognized Barranquilla, while Manitoba recognizes the Grand Lodge of Colombia.
OUBA Just what the Grand Lodge of the Island of Cuba has in mind we do not know, but in the 1940 proceedings for the Philippine Islands the jurisprudence committee report on correspondence with Cuba, said: , 'In the opinion of the undersigned, any action that might be taken by our Grand Lodge in establishing feminine lodges, either separately or in connection with lodges for men, would be un-Masonic, illegal, null and void for reasons that should be obvious to any Mason, and that any action on that subject by our Grand Lodge would subject it to the severance of fraternal relations by many Grand Lodges."
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has recently been re-elected. The Masonic Temple has been modernized and there is a card index containing the name of every Mason in Cuba. Colonel Garcia is in charge of the government's cavalry forces; his territory as Grand Master includes 196 lodges, 50 of which are in the City of Havana. Every village has its Masonic temple and the present membership is 10,200. There also exists in Cuba a Royal Arch Chapter and a Commandery of Knights Templar under the jurisdiction of the General Grand Chapter and the Grand Encampment. The Supreme Council A.A.S.R. of Cuba is independent. It is said there. is no Masonry in the world that does so much altruistic work outside of strictly Masonic fields as does the Masonry of Cuba. There are 130 old people in an Old Folks Home; 56 orphan children are being provided for in a home; the Grand Lodge has a unit in a government tuberculosis hospital; another organization gives shoes to needy children so they may attend the public schools; 26,000 pairs costing $50,000.00 are given away. In addition there are orphan schools and homes in other sections of the Island, and not in all instances is membership limited to orphans of Masons. We learn that in recent years there has been organized a women's society called Esperanza de la Fraternidad, and it has already chartered 70 chapters, with 3,000 members. The meaning of the name is "Daughters of Acacia," and it follows the O. E. S. Order in general character. This is probably the organization referred to in the Philippine Island report, although there seems to be no authority for stating it is fostered by the Grand Lodge itself. A committee on foreign relations of this Grand Lodge reported that the Grand Orient of Egypt had invaded its territory by the establishment of a lodge in Havana named Martires Arabes No. 75. Finding that the Grand Lodge of Cuba was in fraternal relations with every Grand Lodge in the United States except Vermont, the latter Grand Lodge fraternally offered to extend recognition. When Grand Master Galan was in power, he addressed a letter to the President of the Republic of Cuba protesting against the appointment of an Ambassador to the Papal Court. He later addressed a letter to the people of Cuba on the same subject. Opposition was expressed by public meetings and by 100,000 handbills distributed throughout the Republic-all without effect. The same Grand Master, in his annual address, commented on the number of Masons who sent their children to Catholic schools. OZEOHOSLOVAKIA
There is nothing to report concerning the Freemasonry of Czechoslovakia. 'Vhat vestige was left of Masonry when Hitler came in has now entirely disappeared. A few of the former members of the Grand Lodge of that jurisdiction have fled to other countries and are now listed among the refugees.
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Arkansas took action to drop the Grand Lodge from its list of recognized Grand Lodges; other Grand Lodges merely erased the name. In Ohio, Brother Hugo Hecht, a member of a lodge in Czechoslovakia, had the necessary credentials and occupied in minor position in the Grand Lodge at the time it went out of existence; his dues had been paid up until that date. The question was raised as to his right to visit the lodge in Ohio without a paid-to-date dues card. The brother was unable to pay his dues, secure a dimit, or any further facts. Czechoslovakia was recognized by the Grand Lodge of Ohio and be it said to the credit of the Grand Master (Harry Meyer) he took a fine sympathetic attitude, for he ruled: "Because of the circumstances surrounding the membership, authorization is hereby granted to admit Mr. Hecht as a visitor, providing he can qualify under due examination as per the requirements of the Grand Lodge, excepting that he has no card or receipt showing his dues are paid to' date. "
The Grand Master did not render a decision as to how he might become a member of an Ohio lodge, although expressing his belief that affiliation should not be barred because of the fact he was unable to pay dues in his own lodge or to secure propet credentials. He recommended that any similar cases arising owing to the unsettled state of the Order in Europe should be referred to the Grand Master pending the establishment of any rule, and his committee Oil Masonic jurisprudence approved his recommendation. DENMARK
The most unusual development in the whole field of foreign recognition is the activity of the National Grand Lodge of Denmark in securing recognition from American jurisdictions. As matters now stand, only Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada and Wisconsin remain outside the field of Danish recognition. Florida reports having had a request from the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Denmark asking for an exchange of representatives. The Grand Secretary answered the communication, informing the Grand Secretary of Denmark that "we had no recognition of the Grand Lodge of Florida by his Grand Lodge, hence arrangements for representatives could not be made at that time." The Grand Master of Delaware was favorably impressed with the representatives of the Scandinavian Grand Lodges and believed it to be to the mutual advantage of all to establish fraternal relations "as soon as the proper time arrives." In passing on the statement in October 1939, the committee concurred in the suggestion "to hold this matter in abeyance until conditions in Europe are more favorable." During the past year Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming,
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Prince Edward Island and Manitoba have extended recognition to Denmark. The proceedings of Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington list the name of A. Hinrichsen as Grand Secretary, he being the Secretary of the irregular Grand Lodge of that jurisdiction. From correspondence we are led to believe that the insertion of the name was done under the impression that Hinrichsen represented the regular Grand Lodge. Louisiana reports that they have rescinded their act of recognition of the Grand Lodge of Denmark and have extended recognition to the National Grand Lodge of that jurisdiction. During the year the United States路 has had a visit from Danish royalty, their Royal Highnesses Frederik, the Crown Prince of Denmark, and his wife, the Crown Princess Ingrid. While the Prince is not a Mason, his father, Christian X, King of Denmark, is Grand 'Master. The Grand Princess comes from a line of Masonic ancestors. Her grandfather, King Gustav V, and her father, Prince Gustav Adolf, Grand Prince of Sweden, with her uncles and brothers, are all Masons. King Gustav V being Grand Master of Sweden. On her_ mother's side, her grandfather, His Royal Highness Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught and Strathern only last year retired as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England. From the "Matrikel" of the Grand Lodge, issued for 1939-40, we find that His Majesty King Christian X continues as Grand Master, with His Royal Highness Prince Harold as Pro Grand Master. The distinguished William MaIling continues as chairman of the Grand Finance Committee and Alex Troedsson as Grand Secretary. There are four Craft lodges in Copenhagen, known as St. John's Lodges. The oldest of these is Zorobabel Og Frederik founded in 1745. There are 13 Craft lodges in various sections of the country, including two in Iceland, one at Akureyri established in 1932, and one at Reykjavik established in 1918. There are two St. Andrew's Lodges in Copenhagen and three in the Provinces. These lodges correspond to Royal Arch Chapters. The 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th degrees are conferred in what is known as the Chapter, which was established in 1858. There is a chapter in Iceland, working the 7th degree, and one at Odense working the 7th and 8th degrees. In the announcement, sent out in September, 1939, by the Grand Lodge, we learn: "Freemasonry was introduced into Denmark in 1743. The first duly constituted lodge was Zorobabel. It received its warrant through the Grand Lodge of England on October 25, 1745, and is still in existence. It works, and has always worked, the three Craft degrees of Masonry. In 1765, it adopted the strict observance and in 1785 it joined the modified strict observance in accordance with resolutions of the Wilhelmsbad Convention. The Swedish Rite, which it is now working, was introduced on January 6, 1855. Many other lodges have seen the light of day in the course of time, but only three of those established before the introduc-
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tion of the Swedish Rite are still alive-one at Odense, one at Elsinore, and one at Copenhagen. . . . Members of Grand Lodges recognized by the National Grand Lodge of Denmark may visit its lodges up to the third degree, irrespective 'of their religious persuasion."
As late as August 12, 1940, we have a communication from one of our Danish brethren stating that most of our Danish friends are in good health. Necessarily, he does not touch upon the Masonic situation, but reading between the lines we gather that no Masonic meetings are being held and that probably Danish business enterprises are suffering severely as a result of German occupancy of the territory. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Only two American Grand Lodges-Kentucky and Oregon-recognize the Dominican Republic. The Grand Lodge of that jurisdiction has undisputed authority over Symbolic Masonry. It has 19 lodges in its jurisdiction, with a membership of 1,800. It was founded Oct6ber 3, 1858, and works in the Spanish language. Its territorial jurisdiction is the eastern two-thirds of the Island of Haiti, and there is a Grand Lodge of Haiti for the remainder of the Island. People of Haiti use the French language and the population is largely negro or mixed, but on the Santo'Dominican side the language is Spanish, and the fraternity is largely Spanish, with a few Anglo-Saxons. The first lodge in Santo Domingo was established February 14, 1826, Fraternidad No.1, although it is believed that a lodge existed there previous to that time. It was in Santo Domingo that Stephen Morin had his headquarters in 1763. Morin is known particularly because of his dissemination of Scottish Rite Masonry. Strange to relate, the Masonry of Santo Domingo does not recognize the Freemasonry of Haiti. This Grand Lodge is doing a splendid work in looking after Spanish refugees.
EGYPT From all indications it appears that the rivalry between the two Grand Lodges in Egypt has ceased and that they have been united under one leadership. The Grand Lodge of Egypt was headed by Hussein Sabry Pasha, an uncIe of His Majesty King Farouk I, while the Grand Orient of Egypt was headed by Dr. Ahmed Maher, Minister of Finance. 'The combined organization will be known as th(' National Grand Lodge of Egypt. It appears that King Farouk himself brought about the meeting which resulted in the union. Both Maher and Pasha resigned and on January 21, 1939, Pasha was elected Grand Master and Dr. Maher was made Grand Dean. It is reported that the Grand Lodge of France has a lodge in Egyptian territory at Alexandria, and again there is a District Grand Lodge of England. for Egypt and the Sudan. It seems that the lodges in Palestine which are seeking to set up a
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Grand Lodge are offshoots of the National Grand Lodge of Egypt. That the National Grand Lodge is again attempting to fix its foreign relationship fences is evidenced by requests being received by many Grand Lodges. Connecticut, in discussing the matter, believed that while conditions in Egypt bid fair to be harmonious and successful, yet decided to wait until these qualities appear to be more permanent. New York once recognized one of the Egyptian Grand Lodges. Since the union, the Grand Lodge has wondered whether it is the same Grand Lodge which was recognized before the split. The Grand Master \\"as given authority to extend or deny recognition as each case might warrant. Ed Allen of North Carolina reports having received their proceedings printed in French and Arabic. 'N e presume Ed has made his excerpts from the French rather than the Arabic, but he tells us "in 1922, when Prince Mohamed Ali was Grand Master there was a schism and a new group was formed which was backed by the Scottish Rite groups, while the Mohamed Ali group was backed by the British. Then in 1932, there was a partial restoration, but there is still a schismatic body there." However, Allen's review was written covering the 1937 proceedings, since which time, as we have seen, there have been other developments. His review shows that 24 lodges in the jurisdiction were using Greek language, 25 Arabic, 7 French, 2 Italian, 2 Armenian, and 1 each English, Hebrew and Spanish. Oklahoma and the Philippine Islands postponed action on recognition. ECUADOR More than half the American States recognize the Grand Lodge of Ecuador and, if we may believe press reports, Masonry is on the upward grade, due to the attitude of government authorities. The father of the present Ambassador of Ecuador to the United States was one of those who introduced Freemasonry into Ecuador in 1890. There are only 6 lodges in the jurisdiction-5 in Guayaquil and 1 in Quito. FRANCE Very little is known these days of Masonic conditions in France and since very few lodges in America recognize either the Grand Orient or the Grand Lodge, but little contact is had with that territory. Arkansas reports receipt of a directory of lodges and New Year greetings from the Grand Lodge of France. J. Edward Allen of North Carolina, in an address prepared for the Grand Masters Conference, said: "In France and in Belgium there seems to be not the slightest desire to follow the Freemasonry of the rest of the world and to restore the Volume of the Sacred Law to the requirements upon the altar; nor to require
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any profession of faith in a Supreme Being of candidates. The Belgian Freemason is a man of excellent education, but he sees no reason to restore the Volume of the Sacred Law to the altar. The French Mason tells you that an identical attitude on his part is his reaction against the curse of ecclesiasticism. . . . Nowhere in the ritual is any expression of faith in the Supreme Architect; . nowhere any reference to the Book of the Sacred Law. Liberty, equality, fraternity ruled the spirit of the place."
Past Grand Master Scudder, commenting on the Allen address, said: "It is a rather uncanny feeling to meet with a group of Masons late at night in a room where a single candle burns, where the men have come by stealth, and to realize that you are incurring the penalty of death if your meeting be detected. I have met in such groups. How much do we take that into consideration in passing upon the standards of our brethren of . these more unhappy lands ~ . . . I have visited many lodges of the Grand Orient of France. You may deem me a heretic if you wish. I have visited many of the lodges of the Grand Lodge of Frallce, and likewise the Grand Lodge N ationale of France. Everyone of these lodges, excepting possibly, from our standpoint, the Grand Lodge Nationale, is a legitimate Grand Lodge, but it is an illegitimate Grand Lodge from the standpoint of our standards. I draw a distinction between legitimacy and regularity. Legitimacy springs from the tracing of ancestry right back to the mother Grand Lodge. Irregularity springs from a departure of a legitimate Grand Lodge from the practices which we have set up as standard and which we feel are right. . . . When the Bible was on the altar in the Grand Orient of France the Masons there, in addition to the ordinary persecution, were sub.iect to the persecution of the church, and were met with the charge that Masons were endeavoring to teach a new religion not sanctioned by tIle church. Their numbers were few. Their path was made a difficult one. I am not arguing that they were right in what they did or that they were wrong in what they did. . . . I am asking the Masonic Fraternity whether or not the time has come in this distressed world where these sub.iects should be approached a little more open-mindedly, taking into account the conditions which exist in each country, rather than setting up our own standard. . . . We did not break with the Grand Lodges of France because the Bible was not on the altar. We broke with them because it and the Grand Orient established lodges in Louisiana, and then later on when that matter was solved and the question came up whether we should resume recognition, there were those who said 'Yes, but they have taken the Bible from their altar, and so we won't.' "
Rhode Island is investigating the status of the National Grand Lodge with the idea of extending recognition.. This appears to be the only mention of the National Grand Lodge in recent American proceedings and, so far as we know, the National Grand Lodge issnes no, proceedings. GERMANY
If there is any Freemasonry in Germany at the present time it has probably been subjugated to such an extent that it would hardly be recognizable. In Texas a member of a lodge in Germany applied for admission as a visitor. Since Texas did not recognize the German Grand Lodge
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it was ruled that the applicant would have to reside within the State the legal time and make application for the degrees. The only other mention of German Grand Lodges was in Grand Master Allen's report: "There were in Germany six 'humanitarian' Grand Lodges, which admitted non-Christians, and three others which admitted Christians only, and while it is always very difficult to obtain any reliable figures on Masonic membership from such groups, it is reported that the total membership of all of these never exceeded fifty or sixty thousand. The Grand Lodge of Hamburg was the most populous of these. This is the largest of all Masonic populations affected by the totalitarian governments or the war."
GUATEMALA The largest of the Central American Republics is Guatemala. The prevailing religion is Roman Catholic. Only 8 per cent of the more than two million population can: read and write. Under such circumstances, the prospects for the extension of Freemasonry are unfavorable. Previous to 1871 no Masonry existed in Central America. At that time the Supreme Council A. A. S. R. for Nueva Granada gave a charter for a new Supreme Council for Central America, which thus became the first Masonic organization ever established in that territory. The Supreme Council was first located at San Jose in Costa Rica, but in 1887 was transferred to Guatemala City. This Supreme Council proceeded to establish symbolic lodges over five Republics of Central America. They were careful to include in the statutes a provision that the Supreme Council would relinquish all claims of authority over Symbolic Masonry when, and if, a Grand Lodge should be established or formed within the territory of any of the Republics. In 1904, existing lodges in Guatemala established a Grand Lodge composed of eight Symbolic Lodges and with an aggregate membership of 272. The Grand Lodge worked regularly until April, 1908, when civil authorities, by physical force, closed the temple and prohibited meetings. In the latter part of 1919 a guarantee from the President of the Republic permitted them to meet again. The Grand Lodge was reorganized and has worked regularly since that time. It now has ten lodges with 650 members. Nine of the lodges work in Spanish language, while Union No.1 uses the English language. The present Grand Master is Luis Gaitan; the Grand Secretary is Pedro Donis O. HAYTI
Conditions in Hayti have been discussed in the paragraphs dealing with the Grand Lodge of Santo Domingo, Hayti occupying approximately one-third of the Island. New York is the only American jurisdiction to recognize this Grand Lodge.
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The only reference we have in the various proceedings is contained in that of the Philippine Islands, which announces that a communication has been received asking for fraternal recognition. Insufficient data on which to found a definite recommendation, caused postponement of this consideration. HAWAII
Hawaii is a Masonic jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of California, and occasionally a Grand Master of that State pays them the courtesy of an official visit. According to Grand Master Whitsell, of California, following a visit, we learn: , 'Standing at the crossroads of that mighty ocean, these favored islands form the Western outpost of California Masonry. The Craft is here found at flood tide, strong and virile. It was highly gratifying to observe the outstanding characters composing the members of these Island lodges. They are men of worth and high integrity." mELAND
The Grand Lodge of Ireland has many things to contend with. Brother Ed Allen told the Grand Masters Conference that while Free~asonry was not banned by the government in Ireland, nevertheless, 'Lawless bands of Irish from time to time stormed and occupied the Masonic Temples. When the Masons protest they are told that it would be possible to stop the lawlessness by the. use of the officers of the police force, but that it strenuously advised not to do this but to let the marauders depart in peace, which they usually do in a short while."
Lord Donoughmore, Grand Master, was unable to be present at the annual St. John's Day meeting in 1939, the reason for which is explained in the statement: "While we would liked to have seen him here today, none of us would wish that he should have attempted to face all the discomforts that we know traveling entails at the present moment. Last year, at the end of his ~ddress, referriJ!.g to the very disturbed conditions that prevailed all over Europe at the time, he used these words: 'If the present turmoil dies down, it can only be by the triumph of the great principles that Freemasonry teaches, that men must love their neighbors as themselves.' "
The Deputy Grand Master, addressing the Grand Lodge, said: , 'Brethren, the action of one man who suppressed all Freemasonry in his own country-Freemasonry which, in happier days we used to recognize as working within the bounds of the ancient landmarks-and who entirely put aside those principles which Freemasonry teaches, charity and brotherly love, has plunged the world again into all the horror and misery that war entails. We can only hope and pray that when the war is over, and peace has been restored, those whose duty it is to frame treaties will remember those great principles which we acknowledge, and will try to apply them to their task. ' ,
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Touching upon a lodge in Shanghai which is under Irish constitution, we find that it is going through an eventful year, too eventful to be comfortable, and the death of a member of the lodge is reported: , , A brother who was bayonetted by the Japanese路 when he was perform路 ing his ordinary duties and trying to protect the property of his employer. We, here, can hardly realize the difficulties and troubles of the Shanghai brethren, and the dangers they have to face, but they go on just the same, holding well attended meetings of their lodge with the greatest regularity, and they send their contributions to the charities."
Lodges have authority to remit current fees and dues of all members on active service, and to exempt all those engaged in "val' service from the necessity of attending lodge meetings. A new lodge "vas established at Wynberg, Capetown, which bears the name of the Grand Master-Donoughrnore. Reports were received from lodges in New Zealand, South Africa, Southern Cape, Rhodesia, Natal and Shanghai. JAPAN
An unusual situation exists in Japan by reason of the religious and political character of its inhabitants which would seemingly prevent the admission of Japanese candidates into the fraternity. Lodges which do exist there, exist under other constitutions. Even the question of living in Japan at the present time constitutes a problem. Apparently Freemasonry is progressing as rapidly as it can under such circumstances. The government promises no interference with Masonic activities if confined strictly to Masonic temples.
JUGOSLAVIA Freemasonry in Jugoslavia has been suppressed by war conditions and there is little hope for improvement until war ceases. Couchan . Militchevitch, who has served as Grand Master since 1934, died during the year. He was a strong and vital foree in behalf of Freemasonry. MEXICO
More and more attention is being turned to recognition of our Mexican neighbors. One or t".ro jurisdictions appear to be very active in their attempts to secure American recognition. Foremost of these is the Grand Lodge of Tamaulipas. So far as we can ascertain, California, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Texas have been the only jurisdictions to recognize Tamaulipas. Application for recognition was made to Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and 'Vyoming, but with favorable aetion in only two instances.
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Grand Lodge Cosmos sought recognition of Arkansas California, Connecticut, Iowa, New York, Washington, Wyoming, and the Philippine Islands. The last statistics show recognition of Cosmos by Ari. zona, California, Indiana, Louisiana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Texas. The Grand Lodge has 22 subordinate lodges, with 690 members. From a 路copy of their recent proceedings it is noted that four of the lodges hold regular communications on Sunday and that business is transacted in the first degree. The Grand Lodge claims fraternal relationship with the Gran Logia de las Islas Filipinas, but according to the Philippine Islands this is a clandestine organization. Baja, ,Calif., is reported to be recognized only by Nevada and Texas, although our records show that it sought recognition of California, Nevada and New York. Valle de Mexico asked to be recognized by Arkansas, California and New York. It might be noted that the only Grand Lodge to recognize Valle de Mexico, outside of the Southern Masonic jurisdictions, is Indiana, a recognition which has been extended them for several years. Nevada reports having received request for recognition from the Confederation Masonic of the Grand Lodges Regular of the United States of Mexico. This is the first instance in which we find wholesale recognition has been sought, for the Mexican Confederation comprises seventeen Mexican Grand Lodges. Nevada decided that the request should be held in abeyance until further information could be obtained. Other Mexican Grand Lodges which have made requests for recognition are Unida Mexicana, Jalisco, Potosi, Oriental Peninsular. THE NETHERLANDS
The Grand Lodge of the Netherlands keeps its membership informed as to conditions through a bulletin, which, through the courtesy of Brother J. J. Van der Laan, we receive regularly and which, through the courtesy of Brother Dirk Kersken of Baltimore, Md., we are able to have translated and made available for our English readers. The bulletin is in its sixty-third year. Oldest of the lodges is "La Bien Aimee" and the lodge "L'Union Royale," their charters dating back to 1735. Under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge are 150 lodges scattered throughout Holland, South Africa and Dutch Colonies. The activities carried on by our Holland brethren are impressive. For example, "Louisastichting" supports a boys' school at The Hague and a girls' school at Arnhem, the purpose being to support and educate the children of Freemasons who have died. These children must be sons and daughters of a Freemason who was a member of a lodge working under the Grand Lodge of the Netherlands, and they must be at least five and not over four-
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teen years of age. There are two funds established to give moral and material aid to distressed Masons, their wives and orphans. The Johanna Heilina Institution gives houses free of rent to the widows of Masons. The Central Bureau for Masonic Benevolence supports distressed members of the fraternity. The Jacob Meyers Fund meets expenses for the burial of Masons. The Kinderhulp is a children's aid fund, having eighteen subdivisions spread over the Netherlands. The van Spengler Institution assists in the care of Masons mentally afflicted. In addition to these, local Masonic institutions give to a large list of benevolent institutions, adding materially to the Grand Lodge record for charitable contributions. Fifty pages of the proceedings are taken up with the lectures by distinguished brethren, given in the various lodges. The report of the work for the year was not quite so satisfactory as in previous years, owing to the restless condition of Europe. rrhere are 152 lodge::;, with a total membership of 7,985, representing a loss of 70 members over the previous year. More than half of this membership is in the Netherlands; more than 2,000 members are in South Africa, 1,200 in the East Indies, and 282 in the West Indies. William Vogts Lodge was chartered in the Transvaal and two lodges report celebration of their 125th and 150th anniversaries. The annual meeting was attended by sixty-nine Masters, fourteen from the Colonies. Various lodges throughout the Kingdom celebrated the anniversary of the Queen's reign of forty years. A telegram sent to her was to the following effect: "Representatives of the Masonic Lodges under the Grand Lodge of the Netherlands, meeting at their yearly general meeting, declare unanimously their devotion to Your Majesty and to Your House. The Netherlands Masonry which, according to her constitution, tries to raise man and humanity to a higher moral and spiritual plane deems it a privilege to be working in the same direction as Your Majesty, as laid down in Her call for moral and spiritual re-armament."
The committee on foreign relations reported recognition of several Grand Lodges and made a denial that the League of Nations was a Masonic institution as proclaimed by Catholics and Nazis. Both Colorado and Michigan recognized the Grand Lodge of the Netherlands during the year. The Grand Lodge of Alberta reports negotiations for recognition incomplete. In view of recent war conditions, the situation in the Netherlands West Indies is of Masonic interest. Lodges exist there under jurisdiction of English and Netherlands Grand Lodges, apparently in perfect harmony since each jurisdiction recognizes the other. NEW ZEALAND
The patron of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand is His Royal Highness The Duke of Connaught. The jurisdiction has 304 lodges,
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with 26;225 members. Its Golden Communication was held in Auckland November 29, 1939, with Viscount Galway presiding. New Zealand has the social security act and the Board of Benevolences has ceased payment on all annuities to wido路ws and orphans pending receipt of a report in each case regarding nature and amount of benefit granted each annuitant. Many have not applied for a renewal of their annuities and the total distributed decreased during the year $12,500.00. A gain of 396 in membership was reported for the year. Because of the close relationship with the Mother Country, a, message of sympathy was sent to the brethren in England at the outbreak of the war. Lodges were urged to continue working as far as practicable, remitting the dues of those on active service and providing a miniature certificate for all such members. The Jubilee of the Grand Lodge was celebrated at Christchurch in 1940. All members of lodges on the original roll and who had continuous membership since April 30, 1890, were invited and the whole of their traveling expense and hotel accommodation was paid by the Grand Lodge. In a discussion over the Masonic Home, a Past Master stated: "The home had been used mainly by mothers of fatherless children, apparently for the purpose of having their children looked after while they themselves enjoyed a little leisure."
NIOARAGUA
Nicaragua is one of the smaller Grand Lodges of the Central American jurisdictions and only eight American jurisdictions have extended recognition-California, Iowa, Kentucky, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, and South Carolina. This is probably due to the fact that attempts to correspond with the Grand Secretary and others have met with no response, for Costa Rica, which is their neighbor, has been recognized by forty-five American jurisdictions. An earthquake and fire in Managua, which is the seat of the Sovereign Grand Lodge Symbolic of Nicaragua, destroyed the MaSonic Temple, records and paraphernalia. Only a few weeks ago there was discovered a Founders Jewel inscribed: "R. L. Progreso No. 41, Or. de Granada, Nicaragua, founded under the auspices of the Grand Council Neo-Granadino, Cartagena, 1879," which has led the brethren of Nicaragua to believe that a lodge existed in that territory previous to the present Masonry. The President of the Republic, Anastasio Somoza, visited the United States last year. He had received the degree of Master Mason on April 21, 1939, in the City of Managua. While in New Orleans, La., President Somoza visited the Spanish Lodge, Cervantes No.5, where he received honorary membership and a gold honorary membership card.
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Since writing the review of this jurisdiction, our good friend and brother, R. C. J arnet, of Granada, Nicaragua, supplies us with the following information from Brother Francisco Medal's History of Freemasonry in Nicam,qua, a volume printed in Spanish in 1927: "The historian Gamez tells us that in 1828 two young men, Juan Francisco Casanova, Ecuadorean, and Rafael Ruiz Gutierrez, Venezuelan, arrived in Nicaragua with special mission from the Grand Orient NeoGranadino and with the utmost secrecy founded lodges in Granada and Rivas. These lodges were designed to bring Freemasonry in Central America under Colombian jurisdiction, and the work was undertaken because the Grand Lodge of England had issued a warrant to a lodge in San Juan del Norte, and it was feared English influence would spread inwards. Casanova and Gutierrez were, however, charged with being secret agents of Bolivar, working for the annexation of Nicaragua to Colombia, and on this pretext executed."
The lodge in San Juan del Norte continued working, however, as the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua was then British territory. The silting up of the mouth of the San Juan River, caused the very busy port of San Juan eventually to become an inland town. Its importance greatly declined and has continued to do so, its population today being less than a thousand souls. Freemasonry can, however, testify to its former greatness. A Masonic cemetery, with its old iron gateway bearing Masonic symbols still exists, and in this cemetery one may read the names of brethren from all parts of the globe. On each tombstone is given the name of the brother, his degree, and name of lodge in which he was originally initiated. As San Juan ceased to be a port, most of the population transferred to Bluefields. Here two lodges were founded, uBhwfields No. 875" and a lodge for colored men, uEureka No. 673." These two lodges, however, soon ceased working. Some of their furniture is still used by the uAtlantes No.7" lodge in Bluefields today. In 1882 a Polish pedagogue, Dr. Jose Leonard, 33째, arrived in Nicaragua from Spain, and, after a fruitless effort in Managua, obtained the authority of the Grand Orient Neo-Granadino in Colombia, to found the Lodge Progeso No. 41 under their auspices in the town of Granada. It was composed of citizens of excellent standing, but met with tremendous religious opposition. This eventually increased until at a large congregation specially called together at the Church of the Merced, extreme measures were resorted to, the Church commanding wives of Freemasons to refrain from marital dealings with their husbands, and impeding their social and business relations. In face of the domestic and public turmoil resulting, it was finally decided to close the lodge. The Revolution of 1893 changed the social and political aspects of the country. Dr. Rafael Reyes, 33째, arrived in Nicaragua in connection with the Confederation of the Central American Republics, and gathered together a small band of brethren in Managua who solicited
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authority from the Supreme Grand Council of Central America路to form a lodge. After difficulties and delays the Lodge Progreso No. 16 was finally regularly constituted in 1898. In 1901 Juan F. Ponciano, 33掳, Lieutenant Grand Commander of the Supreme Grand Council for Central America arrived in Nicaragua, and in consequence, the following year the Rose Croix Chapter Montufar No. 5 was founded in Managua. An effort was made in 1901 to found the Lodge Beneficencia in Rivas, but the warrant was not extended by the Supreme Council. In 1906, however, the Supreme Council for Central America authorized the founding of the Lodge Estrella Meridional No. 28 in Rivas. In 1905, on the initiative of members of the Lodge Progreso No. 16, in Managua, Lodge
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Luz No. 29 was regularly founded' and continued working until 1912. The'difficulties of communication with the Supreme Grand Council for Central America soon made evident the need for establishing a Grand Lodge in the country. By the will of the three lodges, Progreso No. 16 in Managua, Estrella Meridional No. 28 in Rivas, and Luz No. 29 in Leon, a petition was made to the Supreme Grand Council in Guatemala and the Grand Lodge of Nicaragua was chartered on November 10, 1907, as the only Masonic authority in the country. The lo.dges were then re-numbered as follows: Progreso No.1, . Managua; Luz No.2, Leon; Estrella Meridional No.3, Rivas. In 1908 was founded the Lodge Isis No.4, in the town of Matagalpa, and in 1927 the Lodge V eteranos No.5, in Managua, was added. Since that time progress has been very rapid. The lodges Diriangen
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No.6 in Leon, Atlantes No.7 in Bluefields, Granada No.8 in Granada, Julio Cesar No.9 in Masaya, and a Triangle Simon Bolivar No.1 in Corinto have been founded. The lodges Luz No.2, Estrella Meridional No. 3 in Rivas, and Isis No. 4 in Matagalpa have ceased working. Masonic temples have been built in Managua and Leon, and the work of raising funds for the same purpose in Granada is meeting with success. The Grand Lodge of Nicaragua is an independent organization, self-governing, and exercises full and undisputed authority over all lodges existing in the country. It is not subject to any other Masonic authority, nor does it share its authority with any Supreme Council, and does not maintain relations with irregular or spurious bodies. It enjoys legal personality and was incorporated by Special Act of the Government of Nicaragua on January 18, 1908. NORWAY
'Ve have been unable to receive any information from Norway since March 1940, at which time we learned of the death on January 11, 1940, of Brother Eivind Lowig-Hansen. He had served the Grand Lodge as Grand Secretary for many years and was highly regarded by his brethren. He was succeeded by Colonel J. P. Graff-Wang. Many American jurisdictions recognized Norway during the year, including Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, South Carolina, Vermont, and in Canada, Prince Edward Island. The Grand Master of Delaware, while favorably impressed with the representatives of the Grand Lodge of Norway whom he met in London, suggested that his Grand 'Lodge recognize Norway when the proper time arrived, a suggestion which was concurred in by the committee on foreign correspondence. PALESTINE
Brother Melvin Johnson, of Massachusetts, is our authority for the statement that the National Grand Lodge of Palestine was constituted in January 1933, by 7 lodges previously under the National Grand Lodge of Egypt, an organization revived in an attempt to unite the two opposing Grand Lodges in Egypt. Brother Johnson says: "The first Grand Master 'was Choukry Khoury, whose previous experience was with the so-called Masonry of the French Grand Orient. He was an able man, an orthodox Greek. He died shortly after his election as Grand Master. The ostensible reason for setting up this Grand Lodge was that native Palestine Masons disagreed with the aspirations of their brethren who favored the Wafdist movement. It was also alleged that the Egyptian Grand Lodge was not in touch with the affairs in Palestine, and there were other lodges in Palestine established by the Grand Lodges of England and Scotland which do not fraternize with the Egypt Grand Lodges. There has been some question about the Masonic law wi,th regard
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to the establishment of this Grand Lodge inasmuch as Palestine is mandated to the British Crown. Consequently, the British lodges in Palestine claim occupation of the territory of the country and that the Egyptian Lodges were invading their territory. What seems to be reliable information leads us to believe that the standing of its leaders among the native people of Palestine is not such as to warrant us in recognizing this body."
The National Grand Lodge made application to many American jurisdictions, including California, Iowa, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Washington, and to New South Wales and the Philippine Islands. North Dakota was the only Grand Lodge to take favorable action and just what information they had that was not accessible to other jurisdictions is not known, with the exception that it was reported: "We have conducted an extended correspondence in order to fully acquaint ourselves as to the validity of its claim for recognition. This Grand Lodge was formed in 1932 by 7 lodges under allegiance to the National Grand Lodge of Egypt and with that Grand Lodge's consent. Since then 9 other lodges have been formed. We find they conform to all the usual standards of regularity. We are convinced that the Grand Lodge is in .every way regular. " PANAMA
Masonry in Panama is peculiarly interesting to Americans because of its proximity to the Canal Zone. In fact, the Canal Zone goes through the country of Panama. The Masonic field in that territory is limited, but because of its collaboration with the Masons of the Canal Zone it is able to make itself felt as a power for good in that territory. It has 9 lodges, 5 working in the Spanish language and 4 in the English language. One of the lodges is almost entirely Chinese. The total membership of the Grand Lodge is 600. In this territory the Grand Lodge of Scotland maintains 2 lodges--one in Panama City, the other in Colon. Very cordial relations exist between the lodges of the Canal Zone and those in Panama. When Grand Master Perry, of Massachusetts, visited the Canal Zone he was greeted by a reception committee of six Past Grand Masters from the Grand Lodge of the Republic of Panama, and while in that territory held a special communication of his Grand Lodge ill Panama City, through the courtesy of the Grand Lodge of that jurisdiction.
PERU More than half of the American jurisdictions, not including Missouri, recognize the Grand Lodge of Peru. It has in its jurisdiction 38 Symbolic lodges.. It lost one of its lodges following the boundary dispute between Peru and Chile, the lodge at Arica being in disputed territory and later transferring its allegiance to the Grand- Lodge of Chile. In addition to these lodges, the Grand Lodge of Scotland maintains 4 lodges in Peru. Masonry has long had a foothold in this ter-
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ritory, brought there by either Simon Bolivar or by J osea de San Martin. In 1751 Ferdinand XI of Spain prohibited Freemasonry under penalty of death. At that time there were said to be 40 Masons in Lima. ' Apparently Peru is making little effort to secure recognition, for the only application noted was to the Grand Lodge of Maryland, who were satisfied "as to the regularity of lineage and conduct of that Grand Lodge." PUERTO RICO
This jurisdiction has 49 lodges, with a membership of approximately 3,000. The past year showed a slight increase in membership. It supports a Masonic Home for daughters of Masons who are attending the University. In addition to this, shoes are supplied to poor children, and in the City of Ponce a home for orphans is supported. The Grand Lodge owns its own building and temples exist in the smaller cities. The Grand Lodge performed a fine courtesy in extending congratulations to the Grand Lodge of Arkansas on the occasion of their centennial. SAN SALVADOR
Missouri is one of the nine jurisdictions recogmzmg the Grand Lodge of Cuscatlan of San Salvador. The Grand Lodge once issued a Masonic bulletin, but we have not been on their mailing list for a number of years. Suffice it to say that the first lodge, Excelsior No. 17, was founded in 1882. The present Grand Lodge is a fusion of two Grand Lodges existing previous to 1912. South Australia is the only jurisdiction reported as having extended recognition during the year. SCOTLAND
The war did not prevent the holding of quarterly communications of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. At the August communication the Grand Lodge stood while the Grand Master Mason announced the death of Brigadier-General Sir Robert Gilmour, Past Grand Master, in whose death the jurisdiction lost a fine Freemason, a gallant soldier and a great gentleman. The Grand Lodge had before it the application of a District Grand Master of the Goldfields District of Western Australia, asking for permission to discuss terms for the union of the two constitutions in that state. The Grand Lodge granted the request, setting forth the necessary requirements for such conference. A charter was granted to a new lodge at Tel-Aviv, Palestine, and it was reported that a new lodge had been established at Chingola, Rhodesia.
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At the November communication, the Right Honourable Viscount Traprain was elected by acclamation as Grand Master Mason, succeeding Brigadier-General Sir Norman A. Orr Ewing. At the annual communication on St. Andrews Day, in November, honorary membership was conferred on His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent. He was escorted into the Grand Lodge room by The Earl of Stair, The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Past Grand Masters. Replying to the action of the Grand Lodge in bestowing honorary membership upon him, His Highness said" in part: , 'I desire to thank you and your Grand Lodge for the welcome you have given me today. When I had the pleasure of receiving a deputation from this Grand Lodge in London in July, I little thought I should be meeting my Scottish brethren again so soon. At that time I was looking forward to taking up my responsibilities as Governor General of Australia, but the tragic events of the last few months have changed the routine of the lives of most of us, and I now find my duties lie in a different direction. While we all deplore the circumstances which have brought these changes about, I have welcomed this unexpected pleasure of being with you today. I appreciate this early opportunity of testifying, as Grand Master of England, that the bonds which have united Our two Grand Lodges for more than two centuries are closer today than ever before. Freemasonry at all times is an important factor in the lives of a large number of our people., In times of stress it plays an even greater part, for it provides the means of fraternal association which gives us endurance to carry the burdens placed upon us, and faith, and courage to face the future. I am more than glad that you in Scotland, in common with the brethren under my Grand Lodge, are continuing to perform your Masonic duties in spite of the difficulties which exist."
The Grand Master-elect was unable to be present at the communication, but sent a telegram of regret in which he inferred he was prevented from attending by war activities: "As you know, I thought at first that I should not be able to obtain leave, as the authorities will only grant it to those in training on matters of life and death. Then at the last moment I was drafted north and it looked as though it would be possible after all."
. Past Grand Master lain Colquhoun, who presided at the bicentenary, was reported to be recovering from a .long and serious illness. Among the accounts allowed was approximately $100.00 for "air raid precautions." Scotland has three lodges in Honduras, Nos. 1196, 1293 and 1315. They presented a petition to Grand Lodge asking to be consolidated under the name "The United Grand Lodge of Tela, Castilla and Cortes No. 1196." The Grand Lodge approved the consolidation. According to a table, the largest number of initiations was in 1919, when 45,300 received the degrees. This number decreased until 1933, when 5,454 were initiated. Since that date the number has gradually increased, the year 1939 showing 7,447. Lt.-Col. Skene, Provincial Grand Master of Fife and Kinross, reported at a Provincial Grand Lodge communication, The Earl of Elgin
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and Kincardine was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for his loyal and devoted service rendered the Province during the twenty-five years he had held the appointment as Provincial Grand Master. As an evidence of this appreciation he was presented with the portraits of his six children, painted by an eminent artist. From Linlithgowshire we learn that the year has been one of activity and that"This Province is unique in having war-time areas of all categoriesdangerous, neutral, and reception-and there are other difficultiâ&#x201A;Źs common to most Provinces which have made it far from easy for lodges to carryon. "
In the Province of Moray we find that the Provincial Grand Secretary has resigned because of the extra duties imposed on him in the international crisis. The District Grand Master of the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope has a wide territory. In visiting one of his lodges it is necessary for him to travel 3,032 miles for the one visit. There are lodges working under three constitutions in this Province-Scottish, English and N etherla~dic, but we are informed"The harmony between us is very sincere, a numbâ&#x201A;Źr of courtesy visits are made during the year. I am often asked to give addresses in lodges under the English constitution."
A Provincial Grand Master of Natal reports much activity. The District has 167 Pkst Masters and 693 members. Newfoundland, which is under Scottish constitution, report through their District Grand Master, a healthy condition. It was the pleasure of the Grand Master to be personally presented to His Majesty, the King, as District Grand Master of Scottish Freemasons in Newfoundland. In North China, the District Grand Master reports that all six lodges are in good state, although there has been a small loss in membership due to the unsettled state of affairs which required many of the brethren to leave the country. This is especially true as regards Lodge Caledonia in Tientsin. The Senior Warden of this lodge was murdered by an escaping gunman after the latter had committed a political murder. Several members of this lodge are members of the Shanghai Municipal Police. DISTRICT GRAND LODGE OF SOUTH AFRICA
The District Grand Lodge of South Africa appears to be a Provincial Grand Lodge working under the United Grand Lodge of England. It holds communications annually, that held on April 3, 1939, being its forty-third. Each lodge in the district is required to make annual report to the Grand Lodge covering in detail the doings of the year.
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This organization sponsors a correspondence study circle which appears to create considerable interest. We are in possession of some of the correspondence circle leaflets and can vouch for the fact that they contain much of Masonic interest. A United Masonic Education Fund of Central South Africa was established in 1905 for the purpose of educating children of living and deceased Freemasons. 'Ve are informed that no deserving application for assistance has ever been refused, and since its establishment 171 beneficiaries have been recipients of its funds. Fourteen lodges comprise the District Grand Lodge. SPAIN
Our brethren in war-torn Spain have been dispersed to all sections of the world. From the proceedings of the Philippine Islands we learn that correspondence has been received from officials of Grande Orienta Espanol, the Grand Master now being in exile i.n Mexico, the"letter concerning itself with narrating the difficulties under which Masonry had operated in Spain and the persecution under Dictator Franco and his ecclesiastical Overlords. In his letter he praised the reception given the exiles in Mexico, where they had been permitted to set up the offices of his Grand Orient. His letter intimated no specific way in which assistance could be rendered the Spanish brethren now in France. The Grand Master referred to was Lucio Martinez Gil. In March of this year Franco issued a decree aimed at members of the Masonic fraternity. The decree demands an expression as to why they originally joined the Craft and why they later left it. Standardized sentences against Masons are fixed at six years imprisonment, with double that for those who have attained the 18th degree or higher. SWEDEN
Although Sweden has been cut off from communication with this country, proceedings of the last year report a continuance of the recognition quite generally extended to Scandinavian Masonry. Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, South Carolina, Vermont, West Virginia and Prince Edward Island have extended recognition. Delaware gave the same consideration to Sweden as it did to Norway, that is waiting until conditions in Europe are more favorabl~. Maryland reported "as to the Grand Lodge of Sweden, a majority of your committee reports unfavorable as to its recognition, which was not sought by this Grand Lodge." In this connection, it occurs to us that when a Grand Lodge such as Sweden, with a history of more than two hundred years, is willing to sacrifice its seniority and offered to extend recognition to a younger Grand Lodge, such a communication should have been given at least a more diplomatic answer than that above reported.
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SYRIA-LEBANON
This territory is occupied by a number of lodges chartered by New York, and it is generally regarded by that jurisdiction as a Provincial Grand Lodge. There are 8 lodges in the territory and the material taken in is said to be of high order. The membership is made up of Mohammedans, Christians, Jews and other religious affiliations. The total membership was 450, but it has now dwindled to half that number and it is estimated that not more than 175 Masons contribute financially to the support of the 8 lodges. A brother in the City of Damascus donated a city block of ground upon which has been erected a building which has been utilized by the lodges in that territory as a home for orphan boys. As appreciation of the work being done, the Grand Lodge of New York donated $500.00 to Lodge Ibrahim EI Khalil. TASMANIA
Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland, New Hampshire and 'Visconsin are the only American jurisdictions not to recognize the Grand Lodge of Tasmania. This Grand Lodge was established in 1890 and this year observed its semi-centennial. It has recently issued a history of Freemasonry in that jurisdiction, which is a credit to the Grand Lodge of Tasmania. The Grand Master informs us that the outbreak of hostilities has considerably affected the brotherhood. Past Grand Master Sir Ernest Clark has been continued as Governor of the State, an honor greatly appreciated by his brethren in Tasmania. TURKEY
The Freemasonry of this jurisdiction has been dormant for several years. Brethren in the meantime meet informally and hope eventually to secure the government's consent to the removal of its rule concerning Freemasonry. Former President Ataturk was friendly to the fraternity and regarded himself as its protector, although not being a Freemason himself. There were thirty or forty Masons in the Turkish Parliament and some even in the President's Cabinet. The Turkish Ambassador to the United States was an active Freemason. It is said the objection to Freemasonry in Turkey came originally from men who were rejected from membership in the. fraternity.
VENEZUELA On September 13, 1938, the Grand Lodge of Venezuela celebrated its 100th anniversary. The Grand Patron of Venezuela was Simon Bolivar, the liberator. His Masonic collar and apron are now in the Masonic Museum of the Grand Lodge of New York. The largest and most complete Masonic Temple in South America
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is in Caracas and was built by President Blanco. It is the only Grand Lodge in the world that sends its official mail free of postage, the President having issued a 'decree permitting the franking privilege to the Grand Lodge. There are 35 lodges, with a membership of 3,000. One of its lodges meets on the Island of Curacao, an island belonging to the Netherlands. There are several lodges in Maracaibo holding charters from the Grand Lodge of Venezuela. Alberta has recently recognized this Grand Lodge and attention has been drawn to it by the recent visit of Grand. Master Perry路 of Massachusetts. While he did not visit the Grand Lodge or any of its subordinates,. he did visit the Masonic Temple and was extended every courtesy on the part of the Venezuelian brethren. VICTORIA
Lord Huntingfield presided over the communication of the Grand Lodge of Victoria. The Grand LOdge considered and debated a pronouncement on aims and relationship of the Craft, submitted by the Grand Secretary of England, an act which was general on the part of the Australian jurisdictions. Two new temples were dedicated during the year, making a total of 218 in the State. There was an increase in the membership to 50,558, the largest figure reported, with one exception, since 1930. A curious incident is noted of a brother who had embezzled $2,500.00 in mortgage transactions. Being brought before the Grand Lodge committee for expulsion, he stated he was a married man with two boys but had done nothing toward supporting them or the mother since his release from jail. He had failed to reply to a letter from a children's welfare department asking him to contribute to his children's support because "there was no moral responsibility on his part." The committee looked with disfavor upon a brother who was not prepared to do anything toward discharging his moral obligations to his wife and children and who sought to be re-admitted to Freemasonry, which in itself was a tax on his resources. It was reported that there were a hundred brethren in the jurisdiction who were members at the inauguration of the Grand Lodge路 in 1889; forty of these attended the Jubilee Communication and these were presented with the official Jubilee Commemorative Jewel. Reviewer Marks refers to the fine opening speech of Grand Master Chiles and to his activity during the year. He adds that the Missouri proceedings are "a most comprehensive account of the year's proceedings and well worth perusal by those interested in American Masonry." MASONIC PERSONAGES
President and Vice-President: Voters this year will have plenty of opportunity to vote for candidates who are Masons-in fact they
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will have to vote for a Mason for president and for vice-president, since both candidates on both tickets are members of the fraternity. We have mentioned before in our reviews the membership of President Roosevelt although we have no record in the past seven years of his having been in a lodge room. Henry Wallace was at one time a minor officer in a Des Moines lodge. Wendell W illkie was made a Mason in Quincy Lodge No. 230, Elwood, Indiana, Sept. 9, 1913; he later dimitted to become a charter member of Coventry Lodge No. 665, Akron, Ohio. Chas. L. McNary is a member of the fraternity, probably in Oregon since he is a member of the Shrine at Portland. Governors: The governors of the following thirty-fi.ve states are Master Masons: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Vvest Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. For the first time in 70 years, Missouri is without a Master Mason as governor. Edwin Markham, Dean of American poets, died March 7, 1940. His "The Man with the Hoe" gained for him a national reputation as a literary figure. He was a native of Oregon City, Oregon. He became a Mason in Acacia Lodge No. 92, Coloma, Calif. Only a short time ago he received an award from the Grand Lodge of New York for outstanding Masonic service. Hua Chuen Mei, Grand Master of the District Grand Lodge of China for the Philippine Islands, has been a recent visitor in California. He addressed the lodge at Whittier, Calif., upon the war situation between Japan and China. Dr. Mei is a graduate of Columbia University in New York, and for many years has practiced law in Shanghai. His children are now attending school in California. Robert H. Jackson, U. S. Attorney General, is a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 145, Jamestown, N. Y. His predecessor, Homer S. Cummings, is a member of Hiram Lodge No.1, New Haven, Conn., and he was made a Mason at the age of twenty-two. Thomas E. Dewey, recently defeated for Republican nomination for President, is a member of Kane Lodge No. 454, New York City. General M. D. Vance, a Confederate Veteran, who had been a Mason for more than sixty years, attended the Grand Lodge of Arkansas and in recognition of his long membership was declared to be the Most Distinguished Mason in Arkansas. Brother Robert T. Jones, Governor of Arizona, was officially received in the Grand Lodge of Arizona at their annual communication. Four Justices of the Supreme Court of California, all Past Masters of Lodges, were introduced to the Grand Lodge at its annual communication. The District of Columbia is proud of their Clark Griffith, Presi-
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dent of the Washington Baseball Club, who each year donates to the fraternity the use路 of the stadium for an annual charity event. Brother Louis A. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of War, a member of a lodge at Clarksburg, W. Va., crowned the Queen of the festival. The Governor and Lieutenant-Governor of Idaho took important parts in a recent conferring of the third degree. The Grand Lodge of Illinois proceedings gives space to the deaths of Brothers James Hamilton Lewis, Grand Orator of the Grand Lodge in 1914 and, at the time of his death, senior United States Senator for Illinois, and Lawrence Y. Sherman, Grand Orator in 1912 and well known Illinois public official. Brother Nathan Cadwallader last year celebrated his one hundredth birthday. The Master of his lodge in Faribault, Minn., came to Indianapolis to present him a jewel for seventy-five years' membership. He is one of the six oldest Masons in the United States. In Indianapolis, Ind., a tablet was recently unveiled to the memory of General Arthur St. Clair, who was the first Governor of the Northwest Territory. Brother Frank T. Gates, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has visited the sick at the Oakdale Sanatarium every Sunday for the past ten years, and all without the hope of fee or reward. Brother Letvis O. Barrows, Governor of Maine, was a guest at a Masonic meeting in Augusta, at which time four hundred members were present, representing eighty-nine lodges. The Governor also attended an international meeting at Presque Isle attended by three hundred thirty-five Masons. Governor Leverett Saltonstall and Lieutenant-Governor Horace Cahill, of Massachusetts, were present at the annual. communication of that Grand Lodge in December, 1939. In the procession which was formed to do honor to the Grand Master, the Governor carried the State Flag and the Lieutenant-Governor the National Flag. Governor H. E. Stassen, Republican keynote speaker, was installed as Master of his lodge last year. During the annual communication of the Grand Lodge he delivered a splendid Masonic address. Brother Hua Chuen Mei, District Grand Master for China under the Philippine constitution, was a welcome visitor at the Grand Lodge of New York. Brother Mei first addressed the Grand Lodge in Chinese, later he gave the English translation. He told the Grand Lodge that his country taught and exemplified the doctrine of universal brotherhood for more than forty centuries. Governor Clyde Hoey, Lieutenant-Governor W. P. Horton, and Superintendent of Public Construction Erwin were in attendance at the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina. Brother John Moses, Governor of North Dakota, is the Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of that jurisdiction. During their last communication, Brother John C. West, President of the Uni-
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versity of North Dakota, was officially presented. At the centennial communication one of the North Dakota lodges had on display the entire collection of medals and trophies given it by Carl Eielson, who lost his life in a flight he was making in an attempt to save the lives of several who were stranded during a flight in Alaska. Governor John W. ,Bricker, of Ohio, was introduced to the Grand Lodge of that jurisdiction as "an illustrious and active Mason," whereupon he gave a most appropriate address of welcome. Brother Harry K. Eversull, President of Marietta College, provided each lodge in the Ohio jurisdiction with a copy of an address on "The Philosophy of Liberty," delivered by former Governor Arthur 1t!. Hyde of Missouri; the address appears in the Ohio proceedings. Governor Leon C. Phillips, Past Master of an Oklahoma lodge, delivered an address at the laying of a cornerstone in Pryor, Okla. A painting of Governor James H. Price of Virginia was unveiled during the annual communication of the Grand Lodge. He was Grand Master of Masons from 1922 to 1924. The Right Rev. Benjamin Ivins, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee, gave an address to the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin upon the subject of their duties a.nd responsibilities as Masons. Former Governor B. B. Brooks, of "\Vyoming, acted as Grand Orator on the occasion of the laying of a cornerstone of a county memorial hospital, and later, at the annual communication of the Grand Lodge, he addressed them briefly; he is a Past Master of the lodge at Casper. Lieutenant-Governor J. C. Bowen attended the annual Empire Night of a lodge in Alberta, where we are assured "he has on numerous occasions visited Masonic assemblies and given thoughtful and very much appreciated addresses." Each year in British Columbia, native sons present a bronze medal to the citizen whose unselfish endeavor has contributed most to the progress of the City. It is a significant thing that since 1922 eleven members of the Masonic Fraternity have received the award, four of whom have been Past Grand Masters. Brother Ralph Day, Mayor of the City of Toronto, extended the greetings of the City to the Grand Lodge of Ontario on the occasion of its annual communication. At the laying of a cornerstone of a new Scottish Rite Temple in Manila, High Commissioner, Brother Paul V. McNutt, and General Douglas McArthur were the principal speakers. At the annual communication, January 25, 1939, Brother McNutt made an official visit to the Grand Lodge. In his address to the Grand Lodge he said: "Through all the years of my life I have put all that I have against those who would deny any man the right to worship God as he pleases or who would draw any line of creed or of color. I believe in that as I believe in the fundamental principles which have made Masonry the
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greatest fraternal organization in the history of man. We have attended strictly to our own business and in attending to our own business we have carried out those principles of goodwill."
Past Grand Master Teodoro M. Kalaw, Grand Secretary of the Philippine Islands., now Emeritus, is a Director of the Philippin~ National Library. He is a member of the Spanish Royal Academy, former Secretary of the Interior, and regarded generally as one of that jurisdiction's leading scholars and statesmen. ADDRESSES
California (Meyer): , 'Masonry cannot enter the marketplace with its barter and sales unless it is prepared to be sold itself. If ever we turn from our high purposes to enter our Order in the economic struggle, then will Masonry be inventoried and price-tagged. Nay, we must pass the marketplace in our quest for the Lost Word. Can we then :find it in the political arena' There is substance, not shadow, supporting our maxim that no lodge shall participate in partisan politics. There have been occasions when some action of this Grand Lodge has seemed to some brother to be clearly indicated. We know his intentions have been of the highest, and only fervor has prevented for a time his seeing the wisdom, the necessity of silence and inaction. Records of more than two hundred years avouch the wisdom of the policy. Yet, it does not mean that we, as individuals, should be without opinions on controversial political issues or neglect our civic duties. Our fraternity has always taught that it is our duty to inform ourselves thoroughly on civic and world issues. To speak and act vigorously through those means outside the lodge room afforded for the expression and registration of our opinions. Our quest will end in victory when we learn that the Lost Word is engraved upon our own hearts, that we can pronounce it aloud to the world by the lives we live."
Colorado (Horn) : "Our lib~rty is endangered. Weare disregarding our moral obligations. We desire to live the easy way and to do the expedient thing. The impoverishment and erosion of character is more serious than the impoverishment and erosion of land. Weare selling our birthright for a mess of pottage. Our physical welfare means more to us than our liberty. We talk loudly of our right, but rarely of our duties. We forget that it is our duty to support the government, not the duty of the government to support us. We forget that our government is essentially non-prOductive, that its bank account is the accumulation of the contributions of all of us to a common fund, and that if we demand more than we need or receive 'more than rightfully belongs to us, we are taking that which belongs to another. "
Massachusetts (Perry): , 'There is a form of internal enemy that can literally be fatal to democracy. If. a President or a Governor or a Mayor or a Department Head or a minor executive officer so conducts his office that we feel we cannot trust him or that he is acting from purely personal or partisan political motives, he has weakened our faith in democracy. If a City Councillor or a United States Senator or a group of log-rolling legislators cast their votes for
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purely personal or political benefits at the expense of the whole, they too have dealt a blow that no foreign invader could. If a judicial officer accepts graft or plays favorites, he has helped to destroy our faith in the entire fabric of justice. And if you and I, alone or in pressure groups, seek selfish advantage at the expense of the whole, or if we join the army of chisellers and fixers, we have struck the hardest blow of all to the cause of Democracy. No competing form of government can hope to supersede democracy in this country unless and until the people have lost faith in democracy. The city walls cannot be scaled or taken by storm. They can be taken only if the traitor within opens the gates."
The late Dr. Frederick W. Hamilton, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, speaking over the radio, said: "It cannot be too strongly asserted that there is not, never has been, and never can be any group or any individual ruling and directing the world's Freemasonry. There has long been a myth that there are such invisible chiefs, of whom the common Mason knows nothing. It is a myth, pure and simple. Freemasonry is pure democracy. Very possibly that is why some persons do not like it."
Grand Orator Kelley, addressing the Grand Lodge of Texas, said: "We only know in some vague way, because we have heard it so, that in almost every age and every clime the onward-struggling race has found Masonry a place of refuge in hours of darkness, a tower of strength in days of conflict; that always and everywhere it has laid upon the hearts of men the responsibility of unselfish service to the cause of humanity and the glory of the ever-living God."
Grand Master Nordbye, of Minnesota, addressing the Grand Lodge of Manitoba, said: "These trying days in the United States I believe have made us more sensible to our own shortcomings and the realization that mere bigness or material wealth will not insure the permanence of the American democracy. If America is to go forward, it must produce men and women imbued with the ideals of service for others. We would indeed,be unworthy Masons if we did not face the situation fairly and do our share to direct the courses of our country so that democracy may be saved. Certainly we must not be silent when democracy stands at the crossroads. The failure of Masons as citizens to take part in the battle for the preservation of democracy would stigmatize us as being unworthy of being members of this great and ancient fraternity. Where is Masonic strength ~ Where does it flourish ~ Not in the autocracies or dictatorship countries of the world, but in the democracies. When democracies go down, Masonry the child of democracy, will also sink into oblivion. Masonry cannot survive in any other soiL"
Grand Master Estey, of Saskatchewan, addressing the same Grand Lodge, said: "The League of Nations was an outstanding conception of its day, but in the :final analysis even the League relied upon force through sanctions for the enforcement of its decrees. * * * The British Empire does not recognize force as a just authority to which one may make an appeal. It is a great democracy. I like to think of its outstanding characteristic, that democracy is not a fixed and determined ideal, but it is one which is
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constantly growing and advancing as the will of the majority of the people within that democracy may direct. Democracy has no limit but the idealism of its people. Its conception is a magnificent challenge to the imagination, vision and the powers of thought with which we are all endowed. ' ,
Grand Orator Gilhouser, of the Philippine Islands, referring to world war conditions, said: "We can definitely profit by these lessons of oppression and intolerance which so prevail in other parts of the world by more firmly strengthening the fraternal bonds which exist among us and by building up a stronger, more aggressive, and yet more tolerant organization-a Philippine Brotherhood which in time, no doubt, will have opportunity to play a most important and effective part in world affairs. By building up an organization in the true Masonic spirit, we may in a fuller sense eventually stand as the true bulwark of true liberalism and the rallying ground for Masonry in this part of the world, and may be of material assistance in preventing the ideals of our Craft from being destroyed by individuals who are not imbued with the spirit of democratic and liberal governmental institutions. History reveals since the beginning of time that wherever intolerance has been the order of the day and where liberalminded people, and especially Masons, have been oppressed and persecuted, such liberals and Masons have always managed to survive and have eventually come forth with renewed vigor and strength. There is no greater example than we have here among ourselves. We need only to reflect that the early Filipino Patriots who lived under a most intolerant and autocratic form of government were able to survive and keep alive the spark of liberalism. * * * The rally of our organization during the past year in support of the government and our people when the country was confronted with the probability of having an intolerant educational law enacted and imposed, is one of the outstanding examples of modern and progressive idealism. The courage displayed by our President and many of our Legislators during that critical period is a splendid example of Filipino manhood and redounds to the credit and honor of our institution and to the Filipino people as well. "One man, not a member of the Craft, is entitled to much credit-our Vice-President Osmena. As Secretary of Public Instruction, effort was made to intimidate him with a view to obtaining his influence in favor of the obnoxious legislation. The circumstances must have been particularly trying on him because of his being a very devout Catholic, in view of which it was believed by the friends of that bill that he would throw his weight and influence in favor of the bill. His courageous attitude at the time was most outstanding and is exemplary as to what a man of courage can and will do under such trying circumstances. " For the moment the danger has passed, but I do not believe it has been eliminated. Our opponents are stronger than ever before. Key men have been placed at points where none before existed and attempts will be renewed and efforts will be constantly made to hinder our organization. Eternal vigilance should therefore be the watchword of the Craft."
ADDRESSES OF GRAND MASTERS
Acting Grand Master Yeilding of Alabama did not confine himself to his own jurisdiction, for he reports: "I have made 121 visits, not including attending my own lodge or Eastern Star chapters. In doing this I traveled about 25,000 miles."
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Grand Master Butler of Arizona said: "We must remember that the small average attendance at lodge' meetings indicates that many of our members are not greatly interested in Masonry and do not greatly value their membership in the Order. There is no denying the fact that our fraternity is at low ebb and it must be our task to find out what is wrong and correct the situation. We cannot justly blame the depression since men will do and pay for the things that they enjoy and find profitable. "
Grand Master Whitsell of California: , 'If Masonry in California is to reach its highest destiny and cause all men to regard it with that measure of favor and admiration to which it is justly entitled, the individual Masons must put into practice in their daily lives and actions those precepts and principles of which we so proudly boast. Masonry is judged by the conduct of its votaries, and justly so, because it is practically impossible to distinguish between the Masons as individuals and the institution. To the outside world, in your daily intercourse with your fellowmen, You are Masonry."
The reviewer of this same jurisdiction, commenting on addresses of Grand Masters, says: "We believe that a Grand Master who does not take himself too seriously, who shifts some of the duties of his office to subordinate officers with a view to carrying on a continuous program for a Grand Lodge, and who omits from his annual message a large amount of detail, correspondence, visitations and dispensations is the one who finds favor with those who are obliged to read the same in order to form an opinion of his work and ability."
Grand Master Ottesen of Iowa: "It is-necessary that we always keep in mind the fact that Freemasonry deals with principles, not with measures; that Freemasonry has to do with ideals, not with men; Freemasonry opposes religious intolerance, but does not hate the intolerant; Freemasonry cannot countenance racial arrogance, but bears no animosity towards the racially arrogant; Freemasonry of necessity deplores class consciousness and class antagonism, but has nothing but kindly consideration for the class-conscious man. Freemasonry's principle of human brotherhood contemplates a brotherhood of all men, and we cannot restrict that brotherhood simply to those who believe as we do."
The Grand Master of Kansas, Claud F. Young, had the following to say: "We have moved definitely to the left and need more thinking about our duty and less of our rights; more of the good old-fashioned virtues of honesty and good faith that all may have a chance for happiness and satisfaction. The concern of the hour is, can we correct our chart and resume the course so faithfully laid out by the founders of the practical and ideal union of the States ~ The answer is not difficult, but brotherhood must replace bickering; selfishness give way to service; employe and employer must appreciate the mutuality of their relations and be led into helpful cooperation; the public servant must return to faithfulness and we, the people must think clearly and act sensibly. ' ,
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Grand Master Perry of Massachusetts: , , Peace will come. Life will go on. But what of Freemasonry while the world is at war' Freemasonry is a way of thinking and living and acting; a profession of faith and high principles; a bold experiment in friendship. No one can say whether this nation may ultimately decide that even war is the lesser evil, but whether we are drawn into the conflict or not, we as Masons must seek to remain true to our high professions. We must live them. We must sacrifice for them. Let us then refuse to yield to the passions of hatred, prejudice, intolerance, anger. Let us' improve ourselves in Masonry, for no greater need hath humanity than to live up to its noblest aspirations, high among which are the aspirations of the Masonic philosophy of life. Freemasonry in a world at war is Freemasonry with an unlimited opportunity for good."
Grand Master Nordbye, Minnesota: " A nation is said to be only as great as the civic consciousness of the citizens which compose the body commonwealth. A Grand Lodge can never be a great body if the members which compose the subordinate lodges are not Masons good and true; if they are not tolerant, God-fearing men, who have dedicated themselves to the service and furtherance of the never-changing principles of our fraternity. * * * If America is to go forward it must produce men and women of character, righteousness and courage, men and women who are imbued with the ideals of service for others, not of self. ' ,
Grand Master Hellings, New York: "Our Craft is facing an evil day, in which vast areas of civilization seem eclipsed by ruthless force and countless men are the victims of savage cruelty. * * * In such a situation, when I am called upon for an expression of where I and my Masonry stand, it seems to me that there can be no compromise; I join my protest to the many other protests similarly raised against intolerance, hatred and persecution; I decry, as my predecessors have done, the disregard of the common and inalienable rights of mankind, and I earnestly appeal for a subsidence of atrocity and for a deeper moral consciousness of the inestimable value of human life and of cultural, economic and religious freedom."
Grand Master Meyer, Ohio: "Masonry should deal intimately with the man of today. The thing we need most in our lodges is leadership. Not necessarily good ritualists, but men who have the capacity to recognize the value of service as Masons to our lodges, our communities in which we live, to the church, or to any other civic, patriotic, or humanitarian movements. We must and should enter more into community life. ' ,
Grand Master Phillips, Tennessee: "World conditions are truly alarming. More and more it becomes evident that peace and prosperity can come only when selfishness shall cease to be the compelling force actuating man and nations. It is to the individual Mason, in his influence in his home and outside his home, to whom we must look in the first place for strength in Masonry; and then, under good leadership, with sound counsel, with men we can trust, with men we are proud to follow, we will get results which yet will startle the world, not by the use of force, but by the use of reason."
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Grand Master Dalton, Vermont: "It is the spirit of Masonry, rather than members, which tells the story, and that spirit has been evidenced again and again during the year. * * * The design of the Masonic Institution, so far as government is concerned, organized on the basis of a Democracy-is a government by representation. It greatly antedates the system which the Continental Congress set up for the government of this country, but since many of the members of that Congress were Masons it would not be surprising if they were influenced somewhat by the form which was already established by the Grand Lodge of England and therefore recognized in the colonies. "
Grand Master Hillman, Virginia: "What makes a fraternal organization great and powerful' Some thoughtful men will probably answer: high ideals, high standards of right, good leadership, and constructive contributions to the welfare of mankind. Other men will say that all greatness and power are dependent upon material values-such as would satisfy the economist who attempts to explain all progress in terms of economic resources. All of us will agree that economic resources and a sense of economic security are desirable assets, but, like all material values, they may be hurtful as well as helpful. We are today, and we shall continue to be, either assets or liabilities. Most of our choices must be either/or. Seldom are we privileged to choose both/and. It is the law of life that we cannot eat our cake and have it too. Masonry does not separate men into classes, yet we are rather easily classed under one or the other of two groups-those who are assets, or those who are liabilities to the fraternity. Each one of us becomes one or the other, largely as a result of his own choice."
Grand Master Dunlop, Canada: , 'The benevolence of our Grand Lodge is widespread, effective, and large in the amount of money disbursed. Benevolence has become one of the most important of our activities. Yet it is to be hoped that there will not appear a tendency to regard the Craft as a philanthropic institution in the monetary sense. If men join our Order with the purpose of making their future and that of their families secure; if they sign petitions for membership as they would sign applications for life insurance; if they are, though they do not admit it, really influenced by mercenary motives, then the Craft will begin to lose its power, will be hampered in attaining its objective. For benevolence is by no means our chief function. Our fundamental principles are brotherly love, relief and truth, but relief is not always necessarily a money matter. One Mason may give relief to another by sympathy, by friendship, by advice, by standing loyally at his side in time of trouble without the expenditure of a single dollar, by giving that type of relief which is priceless, whose value is above rubies.' ,
Speaking of the attendan~e at the recent centennial of the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia, Grand Master Avard said: , 'The outstanding feature was the immediate emphasis placed on the value of international friendship as developed through the fraternal channels of Masonry, which knows no international boundaries. It proved that the English-speaking world is possessed of common ideals and that they have one common purpose in advancing the great fundamental principles of Freemasonry for the benefit of all mankind. The great strength
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and possibilities in a concerted world-wide Masonic movement toward world peace came to be realized. ' ,
Grand Master Battye, Western Australia: "The very fact that we refrain from publicity, though the world knows that we are united and determined to defend loyalty, has a greater power in national affairs than if we proclaimed that determination from the house-tops. A secret power, which can be called into action at any moment, and a loyal body, every member of which is ready to defend with honor the principles for which he stands, has, as we know, called forth the utmost degree of hatred from our enemies and from the enemies of all that is just. * * * It is the responsibility of our institution to guide the individual into good, clean, sane and sound thinking, according to knowledge and Masonic fundamentals. As an institution, Masonry cannot take part in affairs political or sectarian. Its purpose is to carry humanity onward and upward.. Masonry has taught you her lessons and expects fulfillment in your lives. The great ideals should be practiced to achieve accomplishment."
Grand Master de Los Reyes, Philippine Islands: "We are thankful that the Philippines is one of the few countries in the world today where we can practice Masonry in peace. In the dictator countries "Of Europe, and in the neighboring empire of Japan, Masonry is banned because it is diametrically opposed to their totalitarian ideals, and as Praxedes M. Sagasta, the prominent Spanish Mason and former Prime Minister said: 'Never at any time has Masonry had Pontifices Maximi, who have yoked it as a slave to the car of dictatorship. Masonry is not a church; it is humanity, which is agitated, which toils, which struggles with evil and with the glooms of ignorance to e路stablish in the world the empire of virtue, the reign of science, enlightenment, culture, progress and solidarity.' "
ANTI-MASONRY
In presenting the report of the committee on Declaration of Principles to the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, Dr. Melvin M. Johnson offered a reason: "Your committee has in mind the attacks on Freemasonry in the past as well as in the present. Freemasonry is again in the middle of a war. Some of the battles 路in that war have already been won by its enemies. There are two types of attack: One by those in control of the civil affairs of a nation who insist that they shall dictate to all the citizens of that nation how those citizens shall think and act in all civil affairs. This is extended to cover dictation in education and intellectual matters and also in the religious field. In such nations no society which preaches libertycivil, religious, and intellectual-ean be permitted to exist. Against such combination Freemasonry has no defense from the time that liberty is crushed until it rises again. The other attacks made upon Freemasonry are largely propaganda, much of which is deliberately false and mendacious. Demagogues do not hesitate to make allegations against Freemasonry for which there is no justification whatever in fact, which sound ridiculous to the Freemason, but which many of those who are ignorant believe because they do not know better. Against this sort of attack Freemasonry has a defense if in concise form it will state its principles, aims, and purposes, and make it available for use within and without the fraternity. "
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Grand Master Allen, of North Carolina, denied that, 'organized Freemasonry in North Carolina is opposed to any church; that it has anything to do with the relation of church and state; that it takes up the cudgels concerning any alleged aggression of any church on any phase of life. If some Freemasons in other capacity desire to do these things, that is no activity of Freemasonry and we repudiate all such as a function of Freemasonry. What the members or official of any church think and say about us is no concern of ours here. Freemasonry or Freemasons are emphatically declared to be conducting no anti-religious campaign. ' ,
Past Grand Master Stevens, speaking to the Grand Lodge of the Philippine Islands, said: , 'Why should we sit idly by when a ranking Bishop of the Catholic church sends the Vice-President of this Commonwealth a telegram stating that his' personal prestige' was 'endangered' by his' conduct in helping enemy Masons" Why shouldn't we challenge any statement that the Masonry of Rizal, of Palma, is an enemy to any government official who is doing his duty in accordance with his oath of office' * * * We must remember, and Roman Catholics especially, that the Grand Master of Masons in England, Lord Petre, was instrumental in repealing the antiRoman Catholic laws in England, when it meant life imprisonment for a Roman Catholic Priest to perform their rites. Again, it was Worshipful Brother John Cody of Halifax, Nova Scotia, that led in the fight for the repeal of the unjust and repressive anti-Catholic laws of Nova Scotia. Freemasonry stands for liberty of thought, liberty of speech. The action of these Masons shows this to be true. Freemasonry helped the Roman Catholic Church because they were being repressed by unjust laws. Now what did the Roman Catholics do to repay us ~ , ,
And then the speaker proceeds to quote from an address of Past Grand Master Johnson of Massachusetts: "N 0 authoritative spokesman of legitimate and recognized Symbolic Freemasonry has ever engaged in a campaign against or antagonized any religion. Freemasonry never has been, is not now and never will be a party to the reviling of any faith, creed, theology, or method of worship. The Bull of Pope Clement XII in 1738 and other edicts have scathingly denounced Freemasons and Freemasonry. One of the reasons assigned is that Freemasonry is tolerant to all religious creeds, the other that oaths of secrecy are demanded. All other reasons given are incorrect; so wrong, indeed, that we of the Craft wonder how it is possible that anyone could have been persuaded to proclaim or even believe them. }'reemasons are human. It is human to resent the definitive condemnation and proscription, officially proclaimed by the Roman Catholic Church, of an institution which our brethren love and revere. As a result, certain members of the Craft have replied with asperity. The fraternity, however, is totally devoid of bigotry' and intolerance. No discussion of the creed of any church is permitted within a tiled lodge room."
A lodge in the Philippine Islands protested against an article published in a Catholic publication ridiculing the Masonic services held in honor of the late Rafael Palma, a Philippine patriot. A committee passing upon the matter decided: , , The language used in the article referred to is not worthy of consideration and this alone is the strongest condemnation of its author. Nothing
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but ignorance, prejudice, or wickedness could produce such words of disrespect for one who stood so high in public esteem. We join in the protest of the lodge, but will not dignify the article by quoting it." AWARDS
In February 1939, the Grand Lodge of Connecticut authorized a medal of honor for Masonic service. It is named after its most distinguished citizen and Mason, the first Grand Master, Pierpont Edwards. A bronze medal is to be awarded to Masons who have rendered distinguished Masonic service and it is not limited to that jurisdiction. A medal of silver is given to Past Grand Masters of any jurisdiction; only two may be awarded in anyone year. However, this year they were given to William Moseley Brown, Winthrop Buck, Carl H. Claudy, Weston Granniss, Dana Hellings, Joseph E. Perry, George R. Sturges, Fred A. Verplanck, A. C. Wheeler, Robert S. Walker. At a later communication similar medals were presented to Albert Ruwet, Phillip Jones, Arthur Lewis, Samuel Moyle, Frank L. Wilder, William J. Dunlop, Charles H. Johnson, and Melvin M. Johnson. In Iowa last year forty-five lodges presented to their Past Masters 1,125 Past Master Certificates. They are similar to the receipt for dues card, made up in booklets of 25 and furnished by the Grand Secretary upon request. The Grand Lodge of Louisiana was given a medal by one of its members, which is to be given to the oldest Mason in the jurisdiction and to be passed on after his death. It has the Masonic emblem on one side and a guardian angel inscribing on a book of time on the other side. Maine once adopted a diploma for Past Masters, but it has recently been turned into a card form of certificate. In line with many other eastern jurisdictions, Maine has prepared a Joseph Hayden DrumJ.Ilond medal to be given members of the Craft who have rendered distinguished service. Only one such medal may.be awarded outside the jurisdiction during anyone Masonic year. At the annual communication medals were presented to ten members, among whom we note Thomas H. Bodge, Edward W. Wheeler, David L. Wilson and Ernest C. Butler.路 The Grand Lodge medal for distinguished achievement was this year awarded by the Grand Lodge of New York路 to Roscoe Pound, "eminent citizen, lawyer, educator, scientist, philosopher and Freemason." North Dakota created some honorary Past Grand Masters, Warren S. Willson, the first Junior Grand Deacon of the Grand Lodge, and Frank Reinoehl, who might have been an actual Grand Master except for his removal from the jurisdiction. It being the cenntenial celebration, honorary membership was extended to twenty visiting Past Grand Masters,路 including Henry C. Chiles of Missouri. The Grand Lodge of North Carolina has established the Joseph
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Montfort medal to be presented to any Master Mason who, in the opinion of the Grand Master, is deserving of such by reason of service or achievement. The Grand Master is limited to three medals in one term of office. The Grand Master of Pennsylvania believes in keeping a custom in use in the Grand Lodge of England whereby Grand Masters may confer past grand officer rank on those who have previously filled floor appointments in the Grand Lodge. The Rhode Island service medal was originally authorized in May 1935. The number of medals is limited within the jurisdiction to two for each of the three citations specified. Seven medals have been presented within the jurisdiction and five without. South Carolina has its Albert Gallatin Mackey medal. Grand Master Martin gave one to Grand Secretary Hart and another to Carl H. Claudy. Texas gives certificates to lodges one hundred or more years old. Two lodges in that jurisdiction have celebrated their 100th mmiversary and two more will celebrate in the near future. The Grand Master of vVashington ruled that according to their laws, it was not permissible for a lodge to create an honorary Past Master. Ho~ever, 路the records show that what a lodge cannot do, a Grand Lodge can do, for on their list of Past Grand Masters appear the names of two honorary Past Grand Masters. CHARITY AND RELIEF
Profiting by lessons during the World War, many Grand Lodges are discussing as to what should be their attitude in the event war should come again to our shores. A questionnaire, copy of which we do not have, was sent out to various Grand Lodges by the Masonic Service Association, but it apparently sought information as to whether these Grand Lodges would utilize the services of the Masonic Service Association in the handling of relief activities during a world war. The Grand Master of Arizona recommended to his Grand Lodge that such authority be given. This attitude was not approved by many other jurisdictions. In California, Joseph E. Morcombe, editor of the Masonic World, wrote a lengthy editorial in which he infers that the M.S.A. is "transcending its legitimate sphere and scope of action." Morcombe does not like the short talks issued by the Association, principally because they carry what he regards as mandatory suggestions "to be read in lodge." He thinks to this instruction should be added "by permission of the Master." His principal objection is to the questionnaire sent each Grand Master. We quote from the editorial: , 'We are opposed to this talk of war coming from an organization whose mission is one of peace and kindliness among men and while every wholesome influence in the nation is combatting any such idea. It is true that the pressure of events may force the United States, in protection of
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its own interests, to enter the struggle. But even so we prefer to await the event, without frightening or inflaming the people. Our reliance is upon those, who, because of official place, are responsible for peace or war, and whose work of preparation can be done without premature and harmful excitement or tumult. * * * Freemasonry, as an organized body, should not offer its services in welfare work, which would thus become limited, particular and divisive. Let government agencies, under strict official supervision, and specially fitted for the great tasks of caring for the soldiers in camp and field, take over the tasks involved, and without any labels of race or creed to divide their efforts. Thus the recriminations that followed the last war, with tales of favoritism and undue efforts to gain credit not earned, could not arise to humiliate all concerned. The patriotism of Masons needs no advertising; it has been made manifest in peace and war since establishment of the republic."
It was the opinion of the Grand Master of California that lodges should provide friendly advice and assistance to widows of Master Masons. He recommended the appointment of such a committee in each lodge, but the Grand Lodge believed that while every courtesy should be extended dependents, that the giving of advice on financial matters involved serious responsibilities. Those competent to assume the responsibility were few in number and such a policy might end disastrously. Proceedings yearly account incidents of the burial of Masons in other jurisdictions than their own, resulting usually in disputes over funeral expenses. This year, it is a member of a lodge at Eldorado, Kansas, who died in Idaho. The Kansas lodge was wired for' authorization for funeral expense, but no reply being received in four days, the brother was buried, the Idaho lodge paying the expenses. Later the Kansas lodge notified the Idaho group that it could not pay any of the expenses. Finally the Grand Master of Kansas prevailed upon the lodge to reimburse the Idaho lodge to the extent of $60.00 toward the total expense of $92.50. Two requests went out during the year from the Masonic Service Association-the first being for aid of Austrian Masons; the second for Masons stricken in the Chilean earthquake. Most Grand Lodges contributed to these calls. Iowa has a Grand Masters' emergency fund, from which contributions to both causes were made. Many Grand Lodges maintain boards of relief, and no doubt they are fulfilling a real need in many instances. However, when the secretary's salary exceeds the amount actually expended for relief it becomes somewhat questionable whether the service is filling that need. One instance is before us, and we are not naming the Grand Lodge, in which of the $566.00 expended, $200.00 was for actual relief and of the remainder, $200.00 was paid the secretary and in addition $113.75, which included his expenses to an annual meeting. Montana's relief fund had twelve applications. One applicant was denied because the money was to be used to pay debts; the applicant had the necessaries of life but "wanted the money to repay money he had borrowed from a member 'of his family."
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A brother appeared before the Grand Lodge of New Mexico outlining a plan of organizing a widows' and orphans' club. He estimated that dues of $11.00 per year would take care of payments and provide for a surplus. The problem seems to be to get over the first twenty-five years, at which time the cost could be reduced to $7.00 per year. In his opinion the Grand Lodge had no business entering such a project unless they did it on business principles. He would limit the membership to fifty years of age. By reason of its geographic location, New York probably handles more refugee cases than any other Grand Lodge, and our hats are off to this jurisdiction for the fine manner in which they have handled the problem and for the consideration they have given foreign brethren. They placed $25,000.00 in the hands of a special committee on Masonic refugees and from all we can learn it is the outstanding relief project in the United States. This jurisdiction, last year, expended for its organized charities $533,396.00. The old age pension law is troubling Oklahoma, where a welfare board insists on obeying the law to the letter. The law happens to be that if a beneficiary receives any pay from any source the State may cut off the pension. Oregon reports having handled six Missouri cases for relief, expending $3.00, for which they were reimbursed. Pennsylvania gave $1,000.00 from its relief fund to the Chilean relief fund. In its local relief it has adopted a home assistance plan which appeals to the applicants, but frequently not to the lodges since it appears to be on the fifty-fifty basis. It is hoped in this way to bring the lodges to a realization of the fact that relief is not entirely a proposition for the Masonic Home. Lodges in South Dakota are advised not to make application for assistance until the ease is first thoroughly investigated and it is found that the lodge itself cannot give the required assistance, and reinvestigation of all eases is to be made. The Grand Master of Tennessee was impressed by the number of beneficiaries they were able to look after on such a limited amount of money. Of the 479 eases cared for, only 13 are in the Home; the others are in their own homes with their own people. They are taken care of at a total cost of $71,000.00. The outside relief is handled at a cost of $115.00 per person per year, compared to a cost of $300.00 per person when the Home was filled to capacity. This statement is significant: "A comparison of our costs with those of other jurisdictions which still follow the institutional plan shows that the per capita cost under our plan is not quite half that incurred under the other plan." In Verm.ont the Grand Master told the Grand Lodge: , 'With the development of federal, state and local agencies for the assistance of the aged and needy, the attitude of the public toward the acceptance of financial assistance has undergone a decided change. Almost universal custom has taken away what was once considered a disgrace in
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receIvmg public funds. * * * Wisdom rather than hysteria should be used in the distribution of Masonic funds. * * * The duty remains upon every lodge to take care of its needy brothers and their dependents. That is not a Grand Lodge duty. If any lodge finds that it must deny its plain duty, it is high time that that lodge woke up to the fact that it is no credit to the fraternity and set about the accumulation of a charity fund, even though a few members are lost through the raising of the dues."
Every lodge in the Philippines and Guam made contributions to a China Masonic relief committee. Practically all the amount was used in actual refugee work. A small lodge, with a membership of 45, in an outlying Province contributed more than any other lodge in the jurisdiction with the exception of Manila Lodge No.1. The Grand Master of the Philippine Islands, commenting on charity and relief, said: "Masonry is not a mutual benefit society. It leaves each one free to control his own contribution. Masonry is a school of instruction, a mode of life, a brotherhood whose purpose is to make good men better and not to make them dependent."
Many Freemasons of Roumania, Austria and Czechoslovakia have made inquiry of South Australian Grand Officers regarding emigration to Australia. The Grand Lodge, believing that the handling of such applications would involve serious responsibility, would not undertake the responsibilty of supervising them. â&#x20AC;˘ Relief expense has mounted in Western Australia, for they are contributing to the support of ninety children, twenty aged Freemasons and sixty-seven widows at an expense of $25,000.00 per year. . Speaking of the refugee problem before the conference of Grand Masters, Grand Secretary Johnson of New York tola instances of brethren from foreign countries calling at his office unable to produce any evidence of their membership because the evidence had been destroyed, and we heartily commend this sympathetic and fraternal statement: . "Of course one might have taken the attitude that it is none of our business. You have nothing to show the truth of his story, but that did not seem to .be exactly a fraternal thing to do. There was no question that these brethren seeking refuge in our country had been members, and as members of this brotherhood they had a certain claim on the members of the brotherhood in this country. The difficult question to answer was how can we arrange that these brothers shall be received by us and given such recognition as Masons should give to each other without any documentary evidence on their part. The result of the discussion was a procedure which might be termed extra-legal. Some legal minds here might say it was illegal. There was no doubt that these men had been members of lodges in jurisdictions which we recognize, so a device was agreed upon as a temporary measure. * * * If this committee are satisfied, after an exhaustive examination, that a brother actually had been a member, the committee would write a letter to the Grand Secretary's office stating that they had made such an examination and were convinced that the bearer of the letter was a brother Mason and, on that basis, the Grand Secretary issued a certificate which authorized visitation or affiliation for a period of six months."
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In actual practice there was no distinction in the handling of members, whether the Grand Lodge under which the refugee held his membership was regarded as regular or not. England raises its subscription for charitable purposes through annual festivals. Presiding this year was Lord Cornwallis, Provincial Grand Master for Kent. There was collected at these festivals for the Royal Masonic Institutions a total aggregating almost one and a half million dollars. OLANDESTINE MASONRY
California again offers us the best report on Clandestine Masonry. The truth of the matter is that California seems to be more troubled with this brand of Freemasonry than any other jurisdiction. It is reported that an organization in New York State chartered a lodge in Los Angeles, while certain Mexican organizations have invaded the California jurisdiction by organizing subordinate lodges. The negro organization has demonstrated a fine spirit by changing its name to the M.W. Prince Hall Grand Lodge instead of the former Most Worshipful Sovereign Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. M. Their newly elected Grand Master, a resident of Santa Monica, is said to be well known and highly respected. There is another Grand Lodge in California, negro in name and nature, known as the M.\V. Hiram of T~Te Grand Lodge. A movement is on foot to harmonize the difference~ which for years have divided these two negro Grand Lodges. Filipino organizations, known as Grand Lodge Caballieros de Dimas-Alang, Legionarios del Trabajo, Gran Oriente Filipino, and Gran Logia Soberana del Archipelago Filipino, are still carrying on in California territory. The California proceedings give the names of 24 lodges under the jurisdiction of the first named. Most Filipinos seem to belong to the second organization, organized in 1925, which has 10 lodges in California and 7 in the Hawaiian Islands. The other named has more the character of a Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite and the membership appears to be limited to Filipinos. Three ne'" lodges have recently been organized under the jurisdiction of the latter of the four named organizations. As to Mexican Grand Lodges, the Lodge Helios of Santa Ana returned its charter to the Rito Nacional, and accepted a charter under the Mexican Grand Lodge of the State of Texas. Eight lodges work in California under this jurisdiction. Other Grand Lodges which have invaded the territory are the Gran Logia de Lengua Espanola de Nueva (Scottish Rite) with headquarters in New York City; the Grand Logia del Distrito Federal de Mexico (Scottish Rite) with three lodges in California; the Gran Logia Independiente del Territorio Norte da la Baja, California, with one lodge in California. The Chinese Supreme Grand Lodge of the 路W路orld, with headquarters in San Francisco, and the Academia Ma-
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sonica, which is a lodge of research, composed of members of Mexican and Filipino lodges. And again there are two Mexican Masonic Clubs -one Club Masonica, the other Chib Fenix. Texas proceedings record that the Grand Master of Tamaulipas addressed a letter to the Texas Grand Lodge concerning Spanishspeaking clandestine Masons located along the border. The inquiry apparently concerned an appeal of Mexicans who resided along the Texas border who, although not speaking the Texas language, desired to receive Masonic degrees. The committee passing on the matter, presented an amendment which would permit Mexicans residing in Texas to apply for membership in Mexican lodges after a waiver had been secured from the lodge in the territory in which they were resident. In the Philippine Islands, membership in the Legionarios del Trabajo is a sufficient cause for expulsion from regular lodges. It is our understanding that the edict against this organization has recently been withdrawn and that several members who were expelled have applied for reinstatement. South Australia has discovered two irregular associations. Nothing is said in the proceedings as to what they are, but only one of them has attempted to establish itself in South Australia. OONDITION OF THE ORAFT
Alabama reports a net gain of 263 members for the year 1939. The Grand Master of Arizona believes that fewer meetings might induce better attendance, believing that routine business will not bring out the membership. The Grand Master of California finds "a number of young men applying for the mysteries of Masonry as highly gratifying," a situation which apparently prevails in many sections of the United States. We read in the proceedings of Florida that the degrees were conferred on four brethren, the eldest of whom was thirty-two years of age, the others being in their twenties. The largest Indiana lodge has 1,686 members; three lodges have . more than one thousand members. Pioneer Lodge No. 22, of Des Moines, Iowa, with 1,205 members, is Iowa's largest lodge; it is closely followed by Capitol Lodge No. 110, with 1,106 members. Three hundred twenty-nine lodges charge what is presumed to be the minimum fee of $30.00; six lodges have a $75.00 fee; 333 lodges charge $5.00 dues; the smallest amount of dues is $4.25, and that charged by only two lodges. The Grand Master of Maine has had ill luck in securing consolidation of lodges. The stumbling block seems to be "some member's great great grandfather was a charter member of the lodge and the present descendant does not want to see any change." The average age of candidates in Massachusetts is presumed to be路
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thirty-four years, and the average age of the membership fifty-four years. A table prepared for the Grand Lodge shows that 18 per cent of the candidates were under twenty-five years of age; 48 per cent under thirty-one years of age; 65 per cent under thirty-five years of age. Mississippi is another jurisdiction to show a gain for the year, one of the largest gains shown in the United States, 755 members. Montana showed a net gain of 2 members for the year. New Mexico shows a splendid gain of 105, which constitutes a 15 per cent increase. An investigation by the Grand Master of New York showed that "less than 20 per cent of our sons are becoming Masons. I make no claims that the figures are comprehensive or accurate, but they are suggestive." Oregon's net loss of 117 members is the smallest for that jurisdiction in many years. The Grand Lodge of Alberta permitted lodges to reduce their initiation fee to $25.00. Only a few lodges took advantage of the reduced fee, but membership statistics improved so that the gain had to be explained on some other basis. An increasing number of younger men are being initiated. The Grand Master says that they now have in effect "what amounts to a graduated scale of initiation fees, according to age, presumed earning ability, and financial standing of candidates." The number of initiations, passings and raisings in Filipino lodges is increasing, the years 1936, 1937 and 1938 showing raisings 211, 269, 346, respectively. With this has come a gradual increase in membership during each of these years. The latest report showed members of 2,784 Filipinos, 2,006 Americans, 524 Chinese, and 134 not specified. CORNERSTONES
On the whole there appears to be a general improvement throughout the United States in the number of cornerstones laid by the Masonic Fraternity. There are some sections of the country in which we never read of the laying of a cornerstone of other than Masonic buildings. It is our opinion that Missouri's record last year constituted the highwater mark in cornerstone laying. Alabama laid the cornerstone of an Old Ladies' Home. Arizona laid a community club and a lodge cornerstone. At the laying of the cornerstone of a Jewish synagogue, the pastor of a Christian Church delivered the address. The Grand Lodge also laid the cornerstone of a building for the Arkansas school for the blind. Delaware laid a Methodist Church cornerstone and that of the administration building of the University of Delaware. In the District of Columbia, where more cornerstones are laid than in any other section of the world, we note only one ceremony this year and that the cornerstone of a new Scottish Rite Temple.
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Florida laid the cornerstone of the Temple Israel in Tallahassee; a public school building in Williston, and a post office building at Cocoa. Georgia reports laying the cornerstone of a high school building in Fulton, a municipal building at Thomasville, a courthouse for Troup County, and a cornerstone at College Park, the building not being specified. The principal cornerstone, however, was for a new State Office Building in Atlanta. Illinois laid cornerstones for a gymnasium at Hillsboro, the Presbyterian Church at Woodson, a Masonic Temple at Pinckneyville, and a courthouse at Shawneetown. Indiana laid cornerstones for a school building at Crown Point, gymnasiums at Carlisle and Dupont, and a lodge hall at Indianapolis. In Iowa, cornerstones were laid for a lodge building at Marengo, a high school building at Moulton, and a school building in Council Bluffs. Kansas had cornerstone layings as follows: courthouse at Kearny , County, school building near Bunker Hill, high school at Hoisington, Baptist Church at Pittsburg, and a post office at Russell. In Kentucky we find cornerstones laid at a State Teachers' College, a school building at Paris, school building at Greenup, high school building at Alexandria, the Lewis County Courthouse, a new chapel at the Old Masons Home, and the administration building of the State prison farm. At the latter ceremony, Brother A. B. Chandler, Governor of Kentucky, was present. The Grand Lodge of Louisiana laid a Masonic Temple cornerstone in Gretna, but refused to participate in the ceremony for a school building at Lake Charles because of the advanced progress of the building. Maine reports laying the cornerstone of a new post office building at Dover-Foxcroft, and a post office building at Dexter. At the latter ceremony, Brother Ralph Brewster, a member of Congress, delivered an appropriate address, while he and Mrs. Brewster entertained the officers of the Grand Lodge at a luncheon in their home. A special communication of the Grand Lodge of Maryland was called to lay the cornerstone of a new city hall in Hagerstown, the Governor of the State spoke, and the benediction was given by the Rev. Father Leary. Michigan laid cornerstones for the post office building at Alma, a memorial library at Mason, and a post office building at Traverse City. In Minnesota, the cornerstone of a new city hall and a library community building was laid at International Falls, a post office building at Chisholm, and a new infirmary building at the Masonic Home grounds. Montana reports cornerstone laying of a high school building at Dillon. Nevada laid the cornerstone of a public school building at Sparks. A Masonic Temple cornerstone was laid at Secaucus, N. J., as also was one at Atlantic Highlands. The Roosevelt County courthouse cornerstone was laid by the Grand Lodge of New Mexico. Ohio laid
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cornerstones for post office building at Paulding, municipal building at Xenia, a Federal building in Cincinnati, post office at Dennison, and a Federal building at Mason. At the Cincinnati ceremony over one thousand Masons were in line. Oklahoma laid the cornerstone of a school building at Pauls Valley, a high school building at Kellyville, a women's club' at Tahlequah, a high school building at 'Muskogee, a courthouse at Lawton, an obelisk on the state highway at Pryor, and a high school at Claremore. At the highway ceremony W. Bro. Leon C. Phillips, Governor of the State, acted as orator. Oregon laid cornerstones for the city hall at Estacada, a school building for Multnomah County, and a Masonic Temple cornerstone at Ontario. In the cornerstone at Estacada was a history of St. Aloysius Catholic Church. South Carolina laid the cornerstone of a lodge temple at Darlington, a library building on the University campus at Columbia, and a few others, the character of which is not indicated. The ceremony at the University was attended py the Governor and a large number of State officials. In Tennessee, cornerstones were laid for a normal school in Chattanooga, a Methodist Church at Tellico, and a Masonic Temple at Bristol. The Grand Master declined the laying of a cornerstone of a church at Hixson because the date had been fixed for a Sunday, a time prohibited by the code. Te~as laid fourteen cornerstones consisting of school buildings at McAllen, Snyder, Galveston, Azle, Waco, Arlington and Lufkin, a church building at Dallas, a Federal building at Anson, and courthouses at Dimmitt, Marlin and Brennan. Dispensation was refused for cornerstones at Fort 'Vorth and LaGrange because of the character of construction. Texas has recently ruled that the Grand Master has full power to determine whether a cornerstone shall be laid with Masonic ceremonies. Utah accepted an invitation to lay the cornerstone of a new county building at Ogden; the Secretary of State delivered an oration. Virginia reports cornerstones for a high school building at Marion, county office building at Buckingham, high schools at Glen Echo, Varina) Atlee and Sandston, Masonic Temple for Fitzgerald Lodge, Baptist Church at Suffolk, and a community building at Lancaster. In Washington, the Grand Lodge laid post office building cornerstone at Shelton, courthouse at Colville, and a Shrine Temple for crippled children at Spokane. Special communications of the Grand Lodge were called in West Virginia for the laying of high school building cornerstones at Athens, Berkeley Springs and Parsons, a dormitory at the State Teachers' College at Athens, and a Presbyterian Church at Williamson. At Thermopolis, Wyo., the Grand Lodge laid the cornerstone of a new courthouse, Bro. Paul Greever, Congressman, delivered the address. As far as we can see no active officer of the Grand Lodge par. ticipated in the. ceremony. A cornerstone was laid at the University
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of Wyoming, city hall at Cody, Shrine Temple at Sheridan, school buildings at Lingle and Powell, post office at Greybull, a courthouse at Rawlins. The Grand Master refused to lay the cornerstone of an Episcopal Church at Eden because the services were to be held on Sunday. DEOLARATION OF PRINOIPLES
Joseph Morcombe, in the Masonic World, says that many Grand Masters returned home from the conference of Grand Masters , 'neither impressed nor convinced, and refused to lead their Grand Lodges along a dangerous path. At least half the jurisdictions refused to follow the example of the trained bellwethers by refusing to endorse a document that stultified Masonry as a social and moral agency of worth. Thus was the American Craft saved from a certain humiliation by action that would have repudiated the counsels of common sense."
Mention was made in our review last year as to what many Grand Lodges did with the proposal. Since that time other Grand Lodges have taken action. Arizona refused to approve the recommendation of a Grand Master approving the declaration, stating: "Masonry carries a different appeal to different men and we feel it is not advisable for this body to formally adopt any brief statement of the aims and accomplishment of this grand institution."
The Grand Master of Colorado said that jurisdiction in 1921 had adopted a statement of principles and that it fully covered the subject. The reviewer of that jurisdiction sees nothing new in the declaration, calling attention to the Boston manifesto of 1831. In 1904 the Grand Lodge of New York enunciated a similar creed; in 1923 the A.A.S.R., Northern Jurisdiction, issued a statement of principles and the reviewer is of the opinion that the present constitution was based very largely on the last Northern Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite pronouncement, "as on examination more than half of it proves to be a verbatim copy of that document." In the District of Columbia the declaration was adopted with changes. In Florida the jurisprudence committee did not agree with the Grand Master, adding that it was the policy of the Grand Lodge to teach the Craft the nature and quality of the landmarks and that more good could be accomplished by instructing the newly initiated than by any pronouncement. Idaho and Illinois adopted the declaration in toto. The Grand Master of Indiana proposed a declaration of principles. The jurisprudence committee did not believe Freemasonry could be reduced to a single declaration, but the Grand Lodge reversed their action and adopted the declaration. Grand Master Ottesen, of Iowa, declared there was nothing new in the declaration, that it was a compilation of many similar declara-
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tions made at various times in the past. The reference committee thought it should be thoroughly discussed before being acted upon. Grand Master Perry, of Massachusetts, appeared before the Grand Lodge of Louisiana where he stated the declaration had been adopted by sixty per cent of all English-speaking Freemasonry. It was his opinion "that the greatest service that could be rendered at this time would be the adoption of the remaining jurisdictions of the United States." However, the Louisiana committee believed nothing should be done at this time-and there wasn't. The Grand Master presented the declaration to the Grand Lodge of Maryland, but at the conclusion of the statement are the words, "This was not adopted." Grand Master Perry, of Massachusetts, broadcast the declaration as part of a George Washington address from Station WMAS. The Grand Master of Michigan recommended the declaration to his Grand Lodge and the jurisprudence committee approved. The Grand Master of Minnesota, who is a Federal Judge, presented the declaration to his Grand Lodge, but added: "I deem it proper to include this declaration so the Grand Lodge may take whatever action it may desire. Personally, I can see no necessity whatever for its adoption. To the profane, if they think ill of the fraternity; they will not be convinced by a promulgation of these principles. To the members of the Craft, no such reassurance of Masonic purposes or principles is necessary. Every Mason knows, or should know, the basic principles and idealism of this fraternity. I do not know of any instance in this jurisdiction where Masonry has attempted to influence legislation, nor has it been engaged in attemptin~ to procure the election of officials, or to influence them."
In Mississippi the Grand Master merely presented the declaration "as a matter of information requiring no action on your part." The Grand Master of Montana, after quoting the declaration in his address, said: "Ideas vary as to the real definition of Masonry and it is proven that eastern and western ideas are not always in accord. It is recommended that the declaration of principles be not adopted. "
New Jersey approved the declaration, and in New Mexico it was stated: "There is much to be said in favor of the adoption, but the need of hasty action is not apparent." Grand Master Allen recommended that the Grand Lodge of North Carolina adopt the declaration with amendments, but we find no reference as to the action of the Grand Lodge on his recommendation. In Oregon the Grand Master offered the declaration, but stated he had no recommendation to make. Pennsylvania, whose Grand Master assisted in drawing up the declaration, accepted the recommendation and adopted it. Rhode Island adopted the declaration with the statement: "Such a declaration was adopted by the Grand Lodge March 11, 1833,"
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In South Dakota, the Grand Master had doubts as to whether the same conditi9n existed in the Middle West as in the East. However, he submitted the declaration to his Grand Lodge, but the committee could "see no great purpose in taking affirmative action along these lines at this time. If we will study our .landmarks and ritual, master their principles, re-apply, re-dedicate and consecrate ourselves to the teachings and purposes of this great fraternity, we can promote and exemplify the spirit and contents of these declarations without enunciating them publicly."
The Grand Master of Texas, while quoting the declaration, , 'could see no necessity whatever of the adoption of the same. The purpose clause of our Grand Lodge is sufficient information to Masons, as well as to the profane, as to what are the purposes and policies of this Grand Lodge."
The Grand Master of Utah thought the declaration was the most important thing considered at the conference and told his Grand Lodge: "There is nothing new in this declaration, nor does it commit Freemasonry to any course. It is not new dealing." The jurisprudence committee thought it deserved more consideration than the Grand Lodge could give it in'the short time it had open before it, so action was postponed. The reviewer of the Grand Lodge of Washington has received a pamphlet containing objections to the proposed declaration. In effect the pamphlet states no charges have been laid against Freemasonry in this country and there is no reason for placing Freemasonry on the defensive. The adoption of the declaration would in no wise prevent the enemies of Freemasonry from attempting to hurt it. Again, conditions may change in succeeding years. The author of the pamphlet calls attention to the fact that the very conference which proposed the declaration appointed a committee to secure relief from social security taxation, violating the spirit of the last paragraph of the declaration. The author goes on to call attention to the situation in Switzerland, public school work of the Grand Lodge of California, the orphan school in North Carolina, the various Masonic employment bureaus, all of which, in effect, might be condemned under the proposed declaration. In Wyoming, the declaration of principles was laid over for a year while the landmarks were being studied. In Novia Scotia, the declaration came in for consideration, but a committee believed that its publication should not be made without giving it careful consideration, but Western Australia believed they should follow the policy of the Mother Grand Lodge of England by an adoption of the aims and purposes.
DEGREES There are a number of Grand Lodges in which the degree of Past Master is still being conferred. The proceedings of Connecticut,
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Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Nevada, Ohio and Washington make reference to this fact. Nevada and Ohio have recently considered the adoption of a ritual for the degree. The Grand Lodge of California refused to adopt an amendment providing that lodges should demand fees for degrees conferred as a courtesy. The committee report, which was adopted, specified: , 'The conferring of degrees by courtesy is intended to be and is a fraternal courtesy, extended without obligation and without price to any jurisdiction. When degrees are conferred at our request by other jurisdictions we expect the performance of such courtesy to be untainted by any demand for money or any other consideration. That abuses may not spring from a willingness to be kind, our law requires that requests for such courtesy shall be transmitted through the Grand Master or Grand Secretary. "
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The Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia is considering an amendment reducing the number of candidates raised at a single communication to 5 instead of 7, believing that it is not possible to confer the degree properly upon so many candidates and conclude within a reasonable time. . The Grand Master of Texas issued forty-seven dispensations for lodges to meet and confer degrees in other than their own temple. The list includes a gymnasium, a civic club, a church building, a city auditorium, a country court room, "a large sand hill bowl seven miles north of Sudan in the Halsell Ranch pasture, a hall adjacent to the town of Crane, and a thirty-eight hundred acre pasture controlled by Brother Sam Heard." Pennsylvania is the only juriSdiction which does not confer courtesy degrees. California, Colorado, Delaware, Indiana, Nevada,. South Dakota and Wyoming will not confer the first degree as a courtesy, all other jurisdictions make no restrictions. EDUCATIONAL
The following suggestions are made for the use of speakers in the educational program of the Grand Lodge of Arizona: (a) That speakers confine themselves to Masonry; (b) limited to thirty or forty minutes, with less detail and more facts; (c) avoid lengthy addresses; (d) speakers should be able to pass proficiency examinations; (e) addesses should be made at banquets. The Grand Lodge of Iowa each year has a "hall of Iow~ Masonry" in which the work of the Grand Lodge is portrayed by charts, exhibits and photographs. In this jurisdiction Masonic plays are proving the magnet which draws out many of the brethren. Massachusetts offers a "lodge officers' plan book" containing some excellent suggestions for officers of lodges in carrying on their activities. Forty-six of the forty-nine Grand Secretaries in the United States answered a questionnaire sent out by the Grand Lodge of Michigan,
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from which we discover 17 used the lodge system of education, 19 used service letters, 6 have lists of speakers, 8 have an official publication, 7 have Grand Lodge libraries, 14 have no plan. As to the Grand Lodge Library of Montana, we read: , 'A library that is not used is but a collection of books and of little value. In order that the library may be used to advantage there must be a complete catalog and thorough indexing by a trained librarian."
Montana has decided that the issuance of a Masonic publication by the Grand Lodge would require that the project be underwritten by Grand Lodge for a period of a year. New Mexico has a student loan fund. Almost half the loans are from ten to sixteen years old. ' Nevada has a student loan fund, which is in a similar position to that in New Mexico, although some of its loans go back twenty-five years. The present paid subscription list of the Grand Lodge of New York magazine-The Outlook-is 12,000, but it reaches less than 5 per cent of the membership. It is conducted without expense to the Grand Lodge and shows a profit for each year. It was recommended that the magazine be sent to every member in the jurisdiction. The cost would range from 16 cents to 30 cents per member, depending upon whether four or ten issues were put out. Grand Master HeIlings of New York instructed his officers as to their duties. The District Deputy Grand Masters were told they were representatives of the Grand Master and that they did not represent districts or lodges in the Grand Lodge. He. asked them to see that that the dignity of the office of Grand Master is maintained. He insistE~d that they refrain from taking part in local Masonic affairs of a partisan nature, and especially of political nature. For the past twenty years the Grand Lodge of North Dakota has issued a Grand Lodge Bulletin. It has grown from four to thirty-six pages and reflects the life and spirit of North Dakota Masonry. Oregon has its educational assistance fund amounting to $278,000.00, the income from which is used to assist orphan, children of Master Masons to obtain a high school education, and 118 children are being looked after. The Masonic H erald of Virginia is financed by the Grand Lodge but its lack of paid-up subscriptions is making it a proposition demanding much attention. The Grand Lodge of Canada (Ontario) outlines topics for study and discussion. They are grouped under history, jurisprudence, symbolism, philosophy and general subjects. ' For Masonic reading a number of volumes are recommended. The committee on research of the Grand Lodge of Manitoba called attention to the use made of propaganda in modern civilization. It says that half-truths or cleverly distorted information becomes a
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dangerous thing and that Masonry is not immune from such attacks, and thus Masonic education becomes of the utmost importance, for on it we build the loyalty of our membership. New South Wales has a list of official lecturers and their topics printed in the proceedings. One brother was listed as speaking on "George Washington, Patriot and Mason." The Philippine Islands supports a scholarship fund which, during the past year, was judiciously distributed to 11 applicants who showed exceptional ability. One of the applicants was Miss Enya Gonzales, whom many of us heard at a Masonic group meeting in Washington, D. C., a few months ago. She recently made her opera debut in New York, where she was loudly acclaimed. Past Grand Master Rafael Palma, of the Philippine Islands, recently received the highest literary honors with his two-volume entry in the Rizal Biography Contest. Brother Osias received the second prize in the same contest. . Six boxes of library books have been prepared by the Grand Lodge of South Australia to be loaned among country lodges on application. The time limit on the loan is three months. EXTRANEOUS ORDERS
Some of our neighbors continue to be chivalric in their treatment of the female organizations. Proceedings of the past year show visits and exchanges of courtesies between the Order of the Eastern Star and the Grand Lodges of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa and North Dakota. The epidemic does not appear to have extended to the Atlantic seaboard or the shores of the Pacific. In Arizona an attempt was made to separate the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter O.E.S. meetings which have been occurring at the same time in the same cities. The men's committee apparently did not want a separation and so reported. Florida gives permission to auxiliaries and the like to operate in that jurisdiction. The Supreme Council Order of the Amaranth were permitted to accept Florida Masons up to April 16, 1940; two "courts" are in operation and according to agreement no other "court" may be established. A committee disapproved this permission. It also disapproved the granting of permission to lodges of the National Federated Craft to operate in Miami area, but nothing was said as to the organization of a Conclave of the Red Cross of Constantine under Pennsylvania auspices, consituted January 13, 1940, and bearing the name of the Grand Master as a charter member. A committee passing on the above recommendations did not believe the Grand Master was justified in exercising any jurisdiction or supervision over outside organizations. In Oklahoma, when the distinguished visitors were admitted, there appeared Past Grand Master Derr, Grand Sentinel of the General
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Grand Chapter O.E.S., introducing Brother Frank W. Linn, Grand Patron of the General Grand Chapter. The National Sojourners, which for a time appea:r;ed to be having trouble in being acc~pted into Masonic circles, is now becoming rather generally recognized. Oregon approves their patriotic work and endorses their high ideals. Texas refers "to the ideals and purposes of this organization, which are high, clean and moral and the conduct of their chapters and members for a period of ten years is above reproach. On no occasion has the organization ever used the lodge room and there is no necessity therefdr." The Sojourners were, therefore, unmolested in their activities. In Virginia, officers of the National Association were presented to the Grand Lodge; one was the National President, R. S. Abernathy, retired General of the U. S. Army, the other was William Moseley Brown, Vice-President. The Grand Master of Utah was made an honorary member of the Salt Lake chapter. In Tennessee a drill was presented by the Order of Rainbow for girls. In Washington, the Order of the Amaranth desired to contribute to the maintenance of the Home and be allowed to have members of the Order not otherwise eligible received as members. The Grand Master believed that the more groups that participated in such a fraternal venture involved greater financial expenditure, with the possibility of some misunderstandings. A reviewer in Western Australia comments upon the Alabama proceedings as follows: "A number of jurisdictions in the United States begin their annual communications with a preliminary canter. Others do not. Alabama is amongst the do's. There it took the form of a 'visit of the ladies路 of theOrder of the Eastern Star' which reads like one of our juvenile French lessons. The deluge having arrived, headed by the Grand Matron, a program, we are'told, was carried out in a most charming and entertaining manner. Where it was put when it was carried out, is not stated. "
The Grand Master of the Philippine Islands proposed an organization to be known as a Ladies' Auxiliary in competition with a number of auxiliaries established by the ruling church. The Grand Master is uncertain as to whether it should be similar in character to the O. E. S. or some other society. He is also friendly to the establishment of some boys' auxiliary. FINANCES
There is nothing more important than lodge finances. Illinois has a special committee on this subject. Of 340 lodges with small dues, 245 operate at a loss. The use of measures for accounting and records was urged and later adopted. Indiana has an endowment fund of $660,874.00. A Supervisory Board in that jurisdiction found that the fraternity spirit was ma-
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terially dimmed by excessive indebtedness, usually accumulated by the launching of an untimely building project. Massachusetts devotes a number of pages of the proceedings to lodge finances, probably the best study of the situation yet reported. We regret we cannot publish it in full. The committee says that the average age of candidates is thirty-four years; the average age of the membership is fifty-four. Mississippi will increase its per capita for the George Washington Memorial by an extra assessment of 10 cents per member for the next five years. Only one Mississippi lodge got in financial trouble. With a bonded indebtedness of $4,400.00, its twenty-two members go down in their pockets every month and will soon wipe out the indebtedness. The Grand Lodge of Montana has another system, for it loaned $5,000.00 to a lodge at Lewistown, taking a first mortgage on a Masonic Temple; another $800.00 was loaned to a lodge at Joplin. Both loans bear 6 per cent interest. The Grand Lodge of New Mexico got mixed up in a Florida real estate boom. They beg:;"n by receiving 8 per cent interest, then 6 per cent, finally nothing, and now they have been offered $88.00 for a $500.00 bond. For the year 1938, 44 per cent of the New York lodges operated in the red, a deficit which had increased over the former year. They were told if the directors of a chain of 1,036 mercantile establishments were to find that 456 of them were operating at a loss there would be prompt action to bring about a change of policy and a new management. The Grand Lodge of North Dakota is borrowing from its relief fund to pay current expenses. They were disappointed in the raising of a Golden Jubilee endowment fund, although they did raise $4,552.00. The Grand Lodge of Ohio reports $365,000.00 in securities. The assets of the Grand Lodge of Oregon total $1,052,797.00. Pennsylvania has assets of almost $18,000,000.00. The Grand Master was given $1,500.00 to defray his expenses to the English Grand Lodge installation. Rhode Island finds many of its lodges not living within their income. Many are living through manipUlation of various funds, but we have no evidence as to how long they may continue doing so. The Emeritus Grand Secretary of Texas, who had been drawing $200,00 per month, had the amount reduced to $100.00 per month, and it would have been reduced to $50.00 if the resolution had carried. A Utah lodge repaid the Grand Lodge on a loan made at the time they rebuilt a building which cost them $6,500.00. The lodge had only eighteen active members.
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FEES AND DUES
Georgia rejected an amendment which would have relieved Masons over seventy years of age from contributing to Grand Lodge dues. The lowest fee charged in Maine is $30.00, a fee fixed by 154 of the 216 lodges. The highest fee is charged by three lodges. Dues in Maine range from $1.75 to $10.00, the majority charging from $3.00 to $5.00. . In New Jersey the fees range from $30.00 minimum up to $200.00. The Grand Master thinks the minimum should be $50.00. Economies effected by the Grand Lodge of New York enabled them to reduce the per capita tax from $2.25 to $2.00. Oregon Grand Lodge was of the opinion that the remission privilege had been abused and to such an extent that it may b~ome necessary to present legislation correcting the abuse. The minimum fee in the City of Philadelphia, Pa., is $75.00; in Pittsburgh, $50.00; and in the remainder of the jurisdiction, $40.00. Rhode Island lodges are in arrears for dues to the extent of $90,586.00. The average fee for the degrees in Tennessee is $31.90; the average dues $4.07, which causes the Grand Secretary to remark that it is not surprising that some of the lodges are financially unable to remit dues of needy members.
FUNERALS The Grand Lecturer in California calls attention to the failure of brethren to appear at Masonic funerals. He does not believe the present attendance is representative of Masonry and that we, as .Masons, must live up to our reputation. Such showing impresses relatives with the thought that Masonry must be either indifferent or fails to practice its fine spirit of brotherly love. Masonic funerals should not be distasteful duties imposed upon lodges, but should be sincere tributes paid to departed brethren. We should not create the thought that we are merely reciting a ritual because it is our duty to do so. Under the heading of "The End of the Trail," reviewer Whited says that practically all funeral rituals adopted have proved to be unsatisfactory. Our ceremonies have been influenced by the evolution performed in the last decade. The general criticism he thinks is the inability of a Master to produce a favQrable impression on the public. What used to be a public event has become a personal proposition. The Grand Master of the District of Columbia brings the sam~ matter to the attention of his Grand Lodge. He asks "how a membership of a lodge of three to five hundred members feel about conducting a funeral with only officers and four or five brethren present." He believes when a lodge conducts a funeral it goes before the public and is on trial.
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A lodge at Davenport, Iowa, appealed to the Grand Master for permission to conduct funeral services for a brother who was to be interred in an Illinois cemetery. The Grand Master very properly ruled that such a procedure was not an invasion of another jurisdiction. Louisiana's Grand Master believes that too little attention has been paid to this most valuable function and that the average Masonic burial is performed by officers who give every indication that the undertaking in which they are engaged is something with which they are unfamiliar, which, with the handful of brethren present, does not speak well for the esteem in which the deceased brother was held. He believes that in many instances it would have been better for all concerned had the ceremony been omitted. Then he adds this significant statement:
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"If we are to continue so, we are not conducting the burial of a deceased brother, but are in fact conducting the burial of the Masonic Fraternity in the eyes of the world."
This Grand Master ruled that the funeral services might be performed at the grave of a deceased ¡brother, after his burial, if the family requests and the lodge so desired, the time being given as seven months after decease and the deceased being suspended n.p.d. at the time of his death. Maine holds that under its laws a lodge must retain charge of the body of a deceased brother until it is buried, and no service may follow the Masonic service. A lodge which performed the funeral service at the home of the deceased and permitted another fraternal organization to perform a committal service was called to task. Past Grand Master David L. vVilson of that jurisdiction has recently completed a new funeral service which has the advantage of brevity, but we notice use of such terms as "saddened our hearts," "hearts heavy in sorrow," "burden of grief," "stricken relatives," etc. We call the wording to the attention of our friend Ashley Smith, the reviewer, who writes a splendid foreword to his review in which he very properly criticises the average Masonic burial service. The Grand Master of Montana, in his address, expresses the belief that the service is too long, resulting in discomfort to listeners and mourners, and since solace is our chief function on such an occasion it should be accomplished in fewer words. Our friend McAllister has prepared a report on burial service revision and a new form is to be submitted next year. In North Carolina, our friend Ed Allen quotes the entire funeral section of our last review and follows it up with what he terms "Experimental revision of Masonic burial service." Brother Allen's service refers to the "worms destroy this body," "this cold insensibility," but ends up with a very beautiful "Close and Benediction." In Pennsylvania the Grand Master notices brethren attending funerals in other than Masonic dress, for example Masters wearing
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brown clothing, tan shoes and a black silk hat. In his opinion they might better wear a black sack suit and a black derby than colored shoes and clothing with a silk hat. The enforcement of this rule is to be turned over to the District Deputies. In an account of the burial of a Past Grand Master of Texas, it is stated: "The ante-burial service was read in the lodge room." This Grand Lodge has two funeral services. The Grand Master believes that both should contain a section designed to extend the sympathy of the lodge to the family. The Grand Master of Canada (Ontario) was asked on three occasions whether pallbearers must be Masons. Another inquiry was as to whether there would be an objection to having a band leading a funeral procession. He decided that the presence of a band did not concern Masonry and that the matter of pallbearers was something for the family to select. HISTORIOAL
The seventy-fifth anniversary of the introduction of Freemasonry in Arizona was commemorated by the unveiling of a tablet on the Governor's mansion, where the first meeting of Masons was held in the then Territory of Arizona. The expense of the Arkansas centennial was $4,960.00, $1,363.00 of which was paid to delegates as mileage and per diem for one extra day.. The Grand Lodge paid $1,502.00 for a memorial to the late Fay Hempstead, Grand Secretary. The history of many路 interesting Masonic characters was printed in a pamphlet by the Grand Lodge of California under the heading "Years Past and Minutes Gone." California has a committee on Masonic history which annually reports many events of Masonic interest. Colorado has been ready for three years to go to press with a history, approximating 350 pages, of that jurisdiction. The finance committee decided that no urgent necessity existed for the publication and that finances did not justify it. Connecticut combined history with finances. Twelve thousand bronze medals were struck and sold at 25c, the result $1,500.00 for the George Washington Masonic National Memorial. The 1940 proceedings contain sixteen pages of historical address by Past Grand Master A. F. Lewis. A special communication of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia was called during the year in observance of the close of the commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the formation of the Constitution and the 150th anniversary of the inauguration of Brother George Washington. On June 24, 1939, Idaho Lodge No.1, accompanied by 130 Masons, made its annual pilgri~age to the birthplace of the Grand Lodge at Idaho City. It is said to be the only lodge room in the United States now standing in which a Grand Lodge was formed. The Grand
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Lodge appropriated $500.00 to rehabilitate the old building for it had been reported that "several times during the evening many members felt the building move when there was too much united movement." The Grand Lodge of Illinois will this year (1940) celebrate its centennial anniverasry. The committee on Masonic education in Indiana gave a complete list of the Masons of the period of the American Revolution. It concluded this report with this: "Approximately thirty years ago the trend away from the Constitution started. It began with the creation of boards, bureaus and commissions to carryon the functions of government. The trend, charaeterized by the rapid increase in the number of boards, bureaus and commissions continued through the World War days under the guise and upon the theory that they were necessary to meet and discharge the numerous emergencies thrust upon us by that conflict. After the war, these boards, instead of being dissolved and abolished, continued to increase in great numbers, until today, our government, instead of being a government operated and conducted by and through the three departments of government-legislative, executive and judicial-is rapidly becoming a government by boards, bureaus and commissions. Whenever a board, bureau or commission is established to carry out the functions of government which rightly belong to one of the three departments of government, another step is taken . away from Constitutional government. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.' ,
This year the Grand Lodge of Iowa convened in Burlington, the first Territorial Capital, home of the first school building and burial place of the first Grand Master of that jurisdiction. It is the home of Des Moines Lodge No. 41, the first Iowa lodge under dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Missouri. The committee on history of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana sets out the age of each of its lodges, with the suggestion that they observe their anniversary. Another committee has hunted out the burial places of its Past Grand Masters. The Grand Lodge of Maine is to repair the monument at the grave of Colonel William Tyng in the City of Portland. He was the founder of Masonry in that jurisdiction. The menu of the grand feast of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts bore a portrait of Past Grand Master Paul Dean, who was installed Grand Master for the third time December 27, 1839. He died in Framingham, Mass., October 1, 1860. Claude McAllister, serving as Grand Historian in Montana, says that the time necessary to write a history of the Grand Lodge would be from four to five years, at a cost of from $5,000.00 to $8,000.00. During the past year the history of the constituent lodges of Nevada has been completed, with the exception of some incidental lodge .history. Grand Historian McGregor read to the Grand Lodge of New Jersey the story of aNew Jersey lodge in California.
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On April 30, 1939, the Grand Lodge ~f New York commemorated the 150th anniversary of the inauguration of President Washington by commemorative services and the laying of a wreath on the statue at Broadway and Wall Streets in the City of New York. The National Park Service attempted to get the Battle Flag borne by the American troops at the Battle of Guilford Court House for their museum in the National Military Park, but the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, whose property the flag is, after some discussion, decided to leave it at the State Museum in Raleigh. Grand Historian Ray Shute presented an abbreviated report this year and devotes a portion of the proceedings to the biographical sketches of Past Grand Masters, bringing the list down to 1903. Part two of the NorthDakota proceedings is devoted to the Golden Jubilee Communication of th.e Grand Lodge, held June 19-21, 1939. Many jurisdictions were represented, including Missouri (Henry C. Chiles). Surviving Grand Officers and members of the first Grand Lodge were officially presented. Brother John W. Carroll, one of the survivors of the Territorial Grand Lodge, is also one of the two surviving members of the Grand Army of the Republic in North Dakota. An elaborate program was carried out, including a brief history of the Grand Lodge prepared by Brother Orin Libby, who is professor of history at the University of North Dakota. Pictures of men prominently identified with North Dakota military lodges in the Philippine Islands and in France are shown, taken from the historical exhibit arranged for the centennial meeting. Because of historical value,' the Grand Master of Ohio urges the copying of the annual returns in the lodge minutes. A committee on history of this Grand Lodge submitted two valuable papers, one on John Barney, Grand Lecturer, the other on early Freemasonry of Portage and Summit counties. The material about John Barney is particularly valuable to students throughout the United States. Several lodges in Rhode Island were disturbed over an assessment voted in the closing minutes of the Grand Lodge to provide a centennial budget. A committee on sesquicentennial stated it was unwilling to proceed further unless there was a clear desire on the part of the membership for such a movement. Later, the Grand Lodge rescinded the $1.00 assessment. An appropriation of $250.00 for a committee on history was made in the Grand Lodge of Vermont. It is stated that: "It is of the greatest importance to us that photostatic copies of all original documents relating to our early history reposing in Grand Lodge archives' of other jurisdictions should be secured."
As a starter, the committee presents the history of Colonel Seth Warner, Revolutionary War hero and the first man to confer a Masonic degree in the territory which is now Vermorit. Historical work in Virginia appears to be in the custody of four
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interested members. This year Brother A. P. Anderson presents 24 pages of material, discussing Freemasonry at Yorktown, Va. Walter Meier is historian for Washington. He was once of the opinion that the history might be written with a chapter year by year,.but now believes that the intervals between chapters would interfere with the continuity of the text. This year he presents the story of the quest for uniform work. Brother Meier has died since this was written-a great loss to his jurisdiction. \Vyoming is in favor of the publication of a second volume of the history of Freemasonry in that jurisdiction. The first volume was issued seventeen years ago. We have wondered as to the origin of the name "Alberta," one of the Canadian Provinces. A special committee on a fifty-year jewel explains its origin. It seems that many years ago the GovernorGeneral of Canada gave the Province the name as a tribute to his wife, Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. Each year the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of British Columbia contains much material concerning lodges in that jurisdiction and so by constant additions it is expected eventually to have sufficient material for a complete history. New South Wales has recently issued a history of the United Grand Lodge, the first time an authentic history of Masonry in Australia has been compiled. A specially bound copy was given to the Grand Master. Masonry first appeared in that juri~diction in 1797, when a petition for a warrant was sent to the Grand Lodge of Ireland. In 1802 a Masonic function was held on a French man-of-war. In 1803 a lodge meeting was held in a private home, but the Governor of the Territory, thinking that the meeting might be something to subvert the King's peace, suppressed further action. In the Philippine Islands, the national hero was Dr. Jose Rizal. He was a Filipino liberator. After his death and burial and a certain expiration of time, the Catholic Church claimed he had renounced his Masonry before he died. In the opening remarks of the Grand Master to his Grand Lodge, he said: "I had occasion to speak on this matter before, but at the risk of repetition I want to d well on it once more. I have always thought that from the standard of Masonry, the question of whether he renounced Masonry or died like a good Catholic is immaterial. What matters is not how he died, but how he lived and worked during his lifetime. It is sufficient for us as Masons to know that he devoted his entire life to the cause of Masonry, that he sacrificed his freedom for our cause, and that he sacrificed his very life for the cause of Masonry. Dr. Rizal had to face a firing squad, not because he lived like a good Catholic, not because he renounced Masonry, but because he lived like a good Mason and served his country like a good Mason. And that for us is enough. We should not allow ourselves to be dragged into a useless discussion. We should tell those who seek to discredit his memory that we are not interested in how he died, and if they
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can find delight in the way they treated him during the last moments of his life, they are welcome to it."
Sixty per cent of the entire membership of the Grand Lodge of Prince Edward Island was present at the bicentenary celebration held July 15, 1939. At a special communication of the United Grand Lodge of Queensland, May 29, 1939, it was announced that it was the first time the Grand Lodge had been opened in a degree other than that of Master Mason, allowing those below that rank to participate. It was the first occasion that sanction had been given for address in Grand Lodge for the information of the brethren, and again it was the only Grand Lodge in the world which had held a meeting to commemorate the death of the celebrated Brother James Anderson in May, 1739. Anders'on established the third of Anderson's Constitutions in 1723. The proceedings contains a story of James Anderson and the Grand Lodge of England. HUMOR
The Grand Lodge of Maryland has been seriously disturbed by a statue in their Masonic Temple, referred to as "Daphne," but whose correct title the Grand Master believes to be "Titania and the Pipes." It is said to be a beautiful marble statue and that if you once see it you will probably be tempted back to see it again. The Grand Lodge was asked to give an expression of its views as to "whether it is proper to be shown and exhibited in the Temple-but it is a real work of art." We fipd no further reference to "Daphne" in the proceedings and are under the impression that our Maryland brethren must be art lovers. One of the most peculiar expressions found in any of the proceeding is a proposed amendment in Michigan referring to "dimitted brothers from sister jurisdictions." The Grand Master of Mississippi was asked as to whether a Mason who had been placed in the penitentiary for a violation of Federal law and who had had charges brought against him and a date set for his trial was amenable to trial in the event his death occurred preceding the date set for same. The inquiry asked whether the trial should be proceeded with after his death, and as to what record should be made in the minutes. The Grand Master decided that death ended the matter. He could not be tried after death for the simple reason that he could not be present at the trial to defend himself but that an entry of his death should be made in the minutes. Lodges of Great Falls, Mont., presented to the Grand Master a very large sack of Bull Durham smoking tobacco and a very large parcel of cigarette papers for use during his hours of refreshment. 'Ve are informed that there was applause and laughter. The Grand Master of Rhode Island reports:
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, 'One of the first things I did on becoming Grand Master was to purchase a desk and chair and install them in the Grand Secretary's office so that the Grand Master would have a place where he could pursue his duties to better advantage."
We wonder what the Grand Secretary thought of the invasion of jurisdiction by the Grand Master. The proceedings of South Carolina record the fact that Brother Carl Claudy, of the District of Columbia, cautioned the members of the Craft "to see that no innocations were introduced into the fraternity." The Grand Master of Texas rendered a decision to the effect that "it is not permissible for a candidate to keep his skull cap on while taking the degrees." Albert Pike Lodge in Utah, desired to add a section to its by-laws providing that no loans could be made by the lodge "to a member, or to a member's father, mother, wife, son, daughter, sister, brother, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, first cousin, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law." The Grand Master thought there was nothing objectionable to the amendment and if the lodge chose to do so they could, so long as they did not entirely exhaust a man's family tree. The Grand Master of Delaware told the Grand Lodge of Virginia that the headmaster in one of the Virginia schools asked one of the boys in his class to read the opening scripture lesson. The boy turned to St. Matthew parable of the ten virgins and read: "Behold, ten Virginians went out to meet the bridegroom; five of them were wise and five were foolish." The headmaster said, "Read that "again"; and he said, "Behold, there were ten Virginians went forth to meet the bridegroom; five of them were wise and five were foolish." The headmaster thought a few minutes, and said, "Well, if it's in the Bible it must be true, but I cannot conceive of five foolish Virginians." A well known brother and orator in British Columbia has the very symbolic and expressive initials G. A. B. LAWS
Oliver D. Street, well known Alabama Mason, has revised and codified the Masonic manual of that State. In' order to secure continuity of endeavor with definite objectives, the Grand Master of the District of Columbia recommended establishment of a Board of Purposes and Policies. The system of District Deputies was investigated by the Grand Lodge of Indiana and found to be "not in accordance with Freemasonry as organized in that State." Michigan adopted a provision in its law whereby the Grand Master will be enabled to try and, if found guilty, punish a member of a lodge of that State, the action to stand until the annual communica-
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Hon. This was done to prevent the flagrant and open violation of edicts against gambling and lottery issued by the Grand Master. Wisconsin adopted an amendment providing a year must elapse before one of its Grand Wardens shall be eligible to the station of Deputy Grand Master. In Wyoming the law relative to appointments in Grand Lodge line is that it is the duty of each incoming Grand Master "to meet in conference with the Deputy Grand Master, Grand Wardens and Past Grand Masters and make known to said conference the names of such proposed appointees, etc. In Nova Scotia the Grand Master decided that the fraternity should not be bound by court action in disciplining a member, because we have a different set of standards than civil or criminal law and must try our members according to our own standards, and that sometimes court decisions or acquittals result because of technicalities that would not be proper for us as Masons to consider. A Filipino brother was dropped for non-payment of dues, gave a check and was reinstated, the check was returned. The lodge then expelled the accused, but Grand Lodge reversed the action because there had been no trial. Later a trial was held and the brother was expelled. The Grand Lodge committee ruled "bad checks and Masonry do not go together." In South Australia. "if any member of a lodge shall be convicted . by a court of felony, misdemeanor offense punishable by imprisonment, or shall be sentenced to imprisonment by any court, or to have committed any matrimonial offense," the matter shall be reported to the Grand Secretary and charges would be brought accordingly. LOTTERIES, LIQUOR AND GAMBLING
Missouri has been criticized rather severely by several grand lodge reviewers in other states for the stand taken by the grand lodge on the liquor question. And there are several of our own grand lodge who feel that a distinctly backward step was taken in the adoption of our present liquor amendments. The bodies of such stalwarts as Dr. Wm. F. Kuhn, Corona H. Briggs, Chas. C. Woods, John D. Vinci! and others must have turned slightly in their graves when the amendment was adopted. The present so-called enforcement of the Missouri liquor law will soon bring the matter again to the attention of our fraternity-with probably more amendments. The Grand Master of California decided that the giving of an automobile as a door prize, or the operation of a paddle wheel was a violation of law since it was "for the purpose of paying the debts of a Masonic temple." Although bingo has been legalized in Connecticut, the Grand Master of that jurisdiction does not believe Grand Lodge should permit a lowering of its standards or cheapening of true Masonic ideals by a change in its rule.
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The Grand Master of Delaware said: "Neither gambling nor liquor has any place in a Masonic Fraternity. Masonry is an institution designed to enlighten the intellect and improve the moral nature, and these ideals cannot be accomplished by the indulgence in liquor or the participation in gambling, whether petty or otherwise. You cannot encourage a man on one occasion to look to the better things of life and then permit him to do the things which destroy moral fibre and lead to the baser things in life. ' ,
An attempt to repeal the law prohibiting Masons from engaging in the manufacture or sale of liquors was defeated by the Grand Lodge of Georgia. The committee stated: "While in the opinion of many, its strict enforcement may work a hardship, laws are made for general operation and we feel that the repeal of this section would be unfortunate and harmfuL"
The new law in Illinois is "no lodge shall receive the petition from any person who is engaged, has his principal business or occupation, in the manufacture, sale or distribution of liquors." A certain lodge in the State of Indiana was notified by the Grand Master that selling chances for the drawing of prizes was a violation of the law and must be stopped. Reviewer Moore of Iowa believes that due to the courageous opposition of Grand Masters and some dr.astic action the evil of gambling devices has been eliminated as a means of raising money for Masonic causes, but that the sale of liquor by members is a more difficult question because of the wide variance in State laws. Lodges in Maine were notified that Winners Blanket Clubs were nothing less than games of chance and that those who sponsored or participated in the operation violated the laws of the State of Maine and of the Grand Lodge. The Grand Master of Massachusetts finds there is a twilight zone in which many activities fall short of gambling and partake of entertainment, but that it is unfair to ask the Grand Master to constantly act as a censor on borderline cases. He thereupon asked the Grand Lodge to enact a law covering such cases, and here is what he says: , 'There are many who believe that the drift of the times is toward a desire to get something for nothing, to rely on others rather than on one's own efforts. This disintegrating influence reveals itself not only in a craving for collective forms of government to promote getting rather than giving, but in a myriad of other forms, even including religious and charitable organizations that are hypocritical enough to rely on the gambling spirit rather than on the giving spirit. There is probably no lodge in the country that could not be financially independent if its members wished to contribute only a portion of what they spend in personal indulgences.' ,
The resolution which was adopted at his suggestion covers all collateral Masonic bodies. In North Carolina, Grand Master Allen "was shown a certain
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scheme for raising money which was in use by a chapter of the Eastern Star." The scheme was equivalent to a raffle and he was asked to stop it. His reply was that if he attempted to regulate every organization composed in part only of Masons there would be no end to police jurisdiction of Grand Masters and that his authority could be used only in groups composed of Masons exclusively. The Grand Lodge of New Mexico has never taken any official attitude relative to the liquor question, leaving the matter to its lodges, but the Grand Master this year believes Grand Lodge should definitely state its position so there would be no doubt in the minds of lodges as to what attitude should be assumed. The jurisprudence committee decided the matter should be left untouched. The Grand Master of North Carolina noted that during each of the past four years it has been necessary to take action in cases where organizations composed of Masons proposed to sponsor an activity at which prizes were awarded. To remove all doubts as to the Grand Lodge position, a resolution was adopted and all collateral bodies were asked to respect the purpose of the resolution. The law in Ohio included employees of the State Liquor Department. Therefore the law was changed covering those engaged in the selling of liquor to be drunk upon the premises where sold. In Pennsylvania the Grand Master issued an edict, which is law in that jurisdiction, setting forth that any member of the fraternity who participated in any game of chance, wherein the money raised might go to the benefit of any Masonic lodge or similar society in Pennsylvania, was guilty of Masonic offense. The Masters of all lodges in Rhode Island were notified to permit no serving of liquor in Masonic temples since "we should be the last ones to lead into temptation the fine young men who apply to us for initiation into a fraternity whose ideals and teachings stand for all that is good and upright." In South Dakota the Grand Master said: "No matter to what extent the laws of our state or nation may be liberalized, we must not let ourselves be drawn into an un-Masonic position. We not only obligate ourselves to obey the laws, but to set an example for our fellowmen. Gambling will continue to be un-Masonic and the entire structure of our fraternity will become endangered when we attempt to consider it otherwise."
The Grand Master of Tennessee ruled that beer which intoxicated was not Masonic beer. And in New South Wales proceedings appears this: " A complaint has been received that at a recent banquet a few of the brethren having indUlged too frequently became boistrous, creating a disturbance which attracted the atttention of passersby. In the vast majority of our lodges, proceedings are conducted in an exemplary manner. Such conduct is calculated to have a damaging effect on the reputation of the Craft and I would remind the Masters of lodges that they are responsible for good order."
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SOME THOUGHTS BY THE WAY
The foreclosure of some Masonic properties in this state brings to our attention the serious damage done the fraternity locally as well as at large. Some of these buildings were owned by so-called Masonic Building associations, while others were erected by the Scottish Rite and Shrine groups. In the eyes of the public, the Shrine and the Scottish Rite are Masonic bodies in that they select their membership from Masons. The loss through foreclosure of any of their properties hurts the Masonic fraternity. If the controlling bodies of these organizations are to exert no supervision or control over such groups, then the grand lodge may have to assume such supervision or these organizations will have to give up their Masonic character. The building difficulties leads us to another thought-the attempt to collect Masonic dues, or assessments, or pledges, in a court of law. All of such collections, so far as we know, have been attempts to collect pledges for the construction of buildings. Many such pledges were made at a time when the donors of monies believed they would be able to make full and complete payment. They did not reckon with the depression or the recession, and many found themselves unable to pay. The placing of such claims in the hands of a collector or court of law, we regard as un-Masonic, and the publicity of the act is such as to damage the fraternity. In our opinion, no lodge should be permitted to take any such matters into court without permission of the Grand Master or the Grand Lodge. And if allied organizations wish to preserve their Masonic character we should add them to the list. MASONIC BUILDINGS
In the opinion of the Grand Master of California, lodges may now legally meet on the ground floor, since new methods in vogue have materially changed the construction of lodge temples and obviates the necessity of requiring ground floor lodge rooms. A lodge in California, which was utilizing the life insurance method of providing funds for the payment of a temple, was ordered to stop payment of such premiums. The lodge was given other definite suggestions as to how to improve its condition. The new Masonic temple in New Orleans, La., is being air conditioned in order to retain its tenants. For several years the Grand Lodge building in New Orleans has been a problem for the Grand Lodge, but last year it showed more receipts than at any time during the past five years, while operating expenses and taxes are apparently being reduced. To date the Grand Lodge has paid $863,200.00 government taxes and interest on bonds. In Maine the Grand Master protests the use of Masonic halls for other than Masonic purposes. In one instance the hall was used by members of a political party to map out a campaign program.
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The Masonic temple in the City of Baltimore, Md., is listed as having a value of $910,459.00, a parking lot adjoining has a value of $282,272.00, securities amount to $149,942.00, and there is $79,000.00 cash on hand. It is proposed to air condition the Grand Lodge building. A law adopted in 1929 by the Grand Lodge of New Jersey requiring a sanction of the Grand Lodge before building Masonic temples has resulted "in the building of temples less ornate, yet just as serviceable and lasting." In every case the convenience and comfort of the Craft was considered more important than size and external appearance. We often wonder when Vermejo Lodge No. 36 finds time for its meetings. The proceedings of New Mexico record that the lodge was given permission to sublet its hall to the Knights of Pythias, Pythian Sisters, Foresters of America, Progressive Circle, Slavish Lodge S.N.P.J., Greek Orthodox organization, Alianza Hispana. However, the lodge at Clovis sublets their hall to the Ladies' Society of the Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen and Enginemen, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Order of Railway Conductors, Ladies' Auxiliary Order of Railway Conductors, and Women's Benefit Association. All this probably caused the adoption of an amendment on joint occupancy, requiring dispensation before a building can be occupied by other than Masonic or associated organizations. Ohio has before it a proposal to permit certain other organizations to occupy Masonic temples. The charter of Marshall Hall Lodge (Tenn.) was suspended because of conditions described by a brother as "the lodge hall had been for years a disgrace to Masonry. Many of the windows were out and had been for some time. Sparrows had made it a roosting place. Every door in the building was unlocked and one could enter the lodge hall at will." The lodge reported only 12 members for the year, one of whom has since died and two others are asking for dimits. The lodge had no hall, it was meeting irregularly and apparently no minutes were kept"and further the Masonic spirit and atmosphere was lacking." Harmony Lodge No.6 at Galveston, Texas, was permitted to borrow $34,000.00 to purchase an existing first mortgage on the Scottish Rite Temple at Galveston. Because of insufficient seating capacity, the â&#x20AC;˘ Grand Lodge accepted the invitation of Brother Pat Neff, President of Baylor University, to hold its sessions in Waco Hall on Baylor University campus. The Grand Lodge of Wisconsin holds some of the bonds o~ the Platteville Masonic Temple, but has specified that "non-Masons holding these bonds should be paid in full before any attempt is made to payoff individual Masons or Masonic bodies. If non-Masons are paid
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in full, the Grand Lodge will accept the same settlement that may be made with individual Masons or Masonic bodies." The Grand Lodge of Alberta fears that some lodges bring trouble on themselves, noting that in many instances lodges have built temples and rented them to non-Masonic bodies for absurd and ridiculously small rent. An officer of the Grand Lodge of New South Wales made an inspection of a lodge meeting place and found it to be a weatherboard church, set on wooden piles. There was no dais, the furniture was piled up in one corner, the floor was laid with roughly hewn timber, and it appeared that candidates were prepared in the vestry and came around the outside of the building to be admitted. In replying to this statement, one of the brethren stated that in other places meetings were held in churches and "the Presbyterians take good care of their churches when built, and if a building is good enough for them it is good enough for Masonry." Our brethren in the Philippine Islands have recenly remodeled their temple in Manila and it has been named the Plaridel Masonic Temple. A pipe organ was donated to the Grand Lodge by Past Grand Master Stevens. Twenty-one bodies meet in the building, one being the Lodge Perla del Oriente, under Scottish Constitution. The temple is selfsupporting. . Queensland owes £27,000 on its temple, being able to repay £5,000 during the year. Of the amount owed, £9,000 are due the Grand Lodge. Receipts from lodges for use of the temple aggregated £1,000 more than the outlay, causing several of the brethren to complain and ask for a reduction in rents-apparently not granted. Western Australian brethren are being urged to erect a new building. It is hoped by the erection of a new building to attract the members working under the Scottish Constitution, thereby consolidating Freemasonry in that territory. MASONIC HOME
All the girls, except three, in the Arkansas Masonic Home can swim; all the boys can swim, and all but five of them can swim a quarter of a mile or more. The Home has a fifteen-boy Masonic band. Fewer children are reported in the Home from year to year, the decrease ranging from 12 per cent to 14 per cent. Ninety-two pages of the California proceedings are devoted to reports of the trustees of the Masonic Homes. Masonic employees of Warner Bros. studio in Hollywood made a gift of the complete refurnishing of the living room of one of the buildings at the Home; it included twenty-eight pieces of furniture, besides the drapes. The 20th Century Fox Film Corporation Masons provided each child in the Home with a Christmas present. The latter group also keep the motion picture equipment in good working order. A resolution
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proposing that the Masonic Home fee for out-of-state affiliated be not charged was not adopted. In the Delaware proceedings is a short history of the Masonic Home of that jurisdiction. It dates from February 2, 1910. A graduate of the photography department of the Masonic Home of Georgia.is making his entire way through school by selling pictures to students. Through the generosity of the Christians family, the Grand Lodge of Illinois will some day be the sole owner of several hundred acres of valuable farm land. An appropriation of $2,500.00 is to be made by the Grand Lodge of Kentucky to give education to those of its children who reach the age of sixteen and have not graduated at junior high schools. The population in the Masonic Home for children at Alexandria, La., has dropped during the past year from 82 to 7l. Michigan reports a decrease in the number of visitors to the Home. In 1932, 1934 and 1936 more than five thousand visitors were reported; in the last year the number dropped to 3,233. Fifty-two residents of the Home receive $15.00 each month for old age assistance. Minnesota has a resident of its Home, Grandma Howland, who in February, 1940, was one hundred years of age. Brother William Wilson, a resident of the Home, will be one hundred years old in November, 1940, and seventy-one years a Mason. The Masonic Home fee has been increased by the Grand Lodge of Ohio from $8.00路 to $10.00. The total membership of the Home has dropped from 559 to 544. In 1922 the City of Guthrie, Okla., offered to furnish free water to the buildings provided the Masonic Home would be constructed in that city. Now the City of Guthrie has informed the Home that it had decided to discontinue the furnishing of free water. Pennsylvania is resorting more and more to its Home assistance plan, an aid which appeals to the applicants, although not to lodges. It is stated in the report, "Many demands to the Home can be avoided and the applicants are frequently happier in their home environment." Pennsylvania has 609 guests in its Home; their average age is seventyseven years. Through the generosity of Mayor E. Hodges, the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island has been given a large amount of property and securities with which to establish a Masonic Home or school. The Grand Lodge has decided to go easy, feeling that the problem is fraught with many difficulties. Applications of widows for admission to the Masonic Home of Texas has shown a decided increase the past three years, and apparently old age pensions and social security have had no effect in reducing the number of applicants. A Masonic hospital in New South Wales has asked for increased appropriation of $5,000.00 over previous years.
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MEMBERSHIP
California has a rule that a member must have six years' membership before petitioning for degrees in other Rites. An attempt to change this plan resulted in adoption of a resolution concluding with the opinion that "during the past seventeen years the wisdom of our present rule has been justified by its salutary effect in this jurisdiction." Colorado brethren will vote upon an amendment to law providing that when dues are not paid for a period of two years the brother is automatically dropped. Because of the rapid increase of population in the District of Columbia hundreds of government employees reside in Maryland and Virginia. Their social relations are in Washington, causing many of them to desire membership in District of Columbia lodges. Reciprocal agreement seems to prevail so far as Maryland is concerned, but Virginia has no such agreement. Secretaries of Illinois lodges will hereafter supply information as to the standing of their members to secretaries of other Masonic bodies predicating their membership on Masonry. In Iowa the Grand Master does not believe in the drive for reinstatements, finding that "the brethren reinstated did not remain and at the end of the year most of them had been once more suspended. There are some brethren who are still loyal to the Craft, who have been suspended because of absolute inability to keep up the payment and every effort should be made to restore these brethren." LIFE MEMBERSHIP
In California life membership must be approved by the Grand Master. The proceedings record several such approvals, ranging from $150.00 to $450.00. Kansas reports that several of its lodges had made adjustments in certain unsatisfactory and inequitable situations, while others have done nothing. All life memberships in that state were found to be directly in violation of their law and the Grand Lodge was compelled to restate the principle and declaration of its intent. The Grand Master of Maine found one lodge, with a total membership of 203, which carried on its books 62 honorary or life members. After reviewing the question of life membership and showing from statistics that it was impossible for lodges to exist on the small life membership fee, the Grand Master of Massachusetts asked: "Will Grand Lodge legislation be necessary or can our lodges themselves read and profit by an illustrated story?" In New Mexico it was reported that lodges were jeopardizing their existence by granting life memberships. One lodge granted life memberships to one-sixth of its members and a recommendation was made that the law be amended to include only those who hold continuous membership in a New Mexico lodge for thirty-five years.
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The Grand Lodge of New York advises that under existing conditions in the investment field, it would be much better for a lodge not to issue life memberships and that the Craft would benefit if all forms of the plan were abolished, that plans granting the membership solely because of length of membership were unsound and contained the seed of future trouble. J. Edward Allen of North Carolina comments on the Missouri proceedings, approving our jurisprudence committee report which specified that the Grand Lodge may not be precluded from assuming jurisdiction in life membership cases. He considers this important, knowing of many lodges that were wrecked by life memberships. Such a procedure sets up a privileged class and the matter of rewarding distinguished members for valuable service is overworked and abused. Mere membership in itself should not make a man a financial liability when he is quite able to pay his share of the expense. On the other hand, Oregon appears to have a satisfactory plan. The money for a life membership is turned over to the Grand Lodge and now amounts to $58,382.00. They have 349 life memberships, an increase of 81. One lodge alone has 24 life members. The purchase price of life membership ranges from $150.00 to $100.00, the higher amount being for the age twenty-one to thirty-five, and the smaller amount for those over fifty-one. Interest earned on the amount and paid to lodges was at the rate of 4 per cent. The Oregon brethren "feel quite pleased with the result of this year's operation in the face of adverse financial conditions." Rhode Island discovered that life membership is working a hardship in many lodges. It was a custom established when revenues were much larger than they are today. In Wisconsin the Grand Master reports many complaints from officers of lodges that their income has been shrinking alarmingly due to life memberships. He recommended that the present life members pay Grand Lodge路 per capita and special assessments and that no further automatic exemption from dues be permitted. The Grand Lodge did not entirely approve his recommendation, but recommended that the matter be studied and a plan reported which might prove satisfactory. DUAL MEMBERSHIP
Texas has rejected dual membership, finding no useful purpose can be served thereby and that there is no widespread demand for it. The vote of lodges in Wyoming showed that seventeen favored dual membership, twenty-four were against, eight did not vote. MISCELLANEOUS NOMENCLATURE
In presenting amendments to law, the Grand Lodge of Georgia officially refers to amendments as "Bill No. --."
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In listing the names of members suspended, the Grand Lodge of Iowa refers to them as "dropped from the roll." And from Ontario comes this fine thought: "We may belong to the old school of thought, but we deplore the modern tendency already creeping into some of our lodges of dispensing with proper Masonic titles and addressing each other as Bill, or Brother Bill, or Worshipful Brother Bill. We are not slaves to formality, but we admit such terms are not in keeping with the dignity of our institution."
In the Philippine Islands proceedings we read: "The Grand Master ascended the Grand East and after receiving the Grand Gavel from the Deputy Grand Master welcomed the brethren of the Grand Lodge. ' ,
In Queensland the term "expelled" is only used when a brother is removed by the Grand Lodge. Using lodge nomenclature, he is "excluded." PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS
The Grand Master of Florida issued a dispensation to a lodge to meet on the ground floor of a room to confer the third degree upon a Fellowcraft of considerable weight, who, since receiving his second degree, had suffered the loss of use of his legs to the extent he could not climb the stairs to a lodge room. The Grand Master of Iowa finds nothing in the physical perfection doctrine to favor it, except its antiquity. He does not believe a Grand Master should have, or care for, laws giving him discretion to grant dispensations. He does not approve the Iowa law which gives authority to the lodge to decide and yet permits the Grand Master to discipline the lodge for any of its actions. The jurisprudence committee thought the present law was extremely liberal and ample for any reasonable demand. A committee representing several Kansas lodges stated in a resolution that it was hard for them as lay members to understand why it should be necessary for Masonic material to establish residence in other states in order to petition for the degrees. Several men of high character had knocked at the Kansas doors with a finger or two gone and Grand Masters have declined to give any consideration because of the language of the constitution. A committee composed of Past Grand Masters referred to the ancient landmarks and recommended that no change be made and hereafter if any knocking is going to be done by applicants with missing fingers it will have to be done at the door of a neighboring jurisdiction. An interesting incident occurred in South Carolina where a naval recruiting officer in 1926 made application for the degrees. He appeared to receive the first degree, but there were insufficient members present to confer it; on the second attempt, with the assistance of two brothers ,vhom he had taken with him, he received the first degree. When he presented himself for the second degree, there was still no
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quorum; still another attempt was made to receive the second degree, with the same result. Some time later he lost his left leg in an automobile accident, spending several months in a naval hospital from which he was honorably discharged. He asked to have the remaining degrees conferred; many did not even know that he had an artificial limb. The Grand Master had to rule that under the circumstances he could not be advanced. The case was so glaring that the constitution will doubtless be changed so that one who can literally comply with the requirements as to initiation will be eligible. In the Philippine Islands the question of physical qualification was brought to the attention of Grand Lodge in the application of one who was wounded during the World War, losing one leg just above the ankle. The Filipino constitution provides that an applicant shall have no maim or defect in his body that shall render him incapable of learning the art, copying after the California constitution. The Filipino brethren believe they should follow the California Grand Lodge which is leaving the question of physical qualification to the discretion of the 10Qge balloting upon the candidate. POLITICAL
Election of an officer in a Maryland lodge was declared void because electioneering had taken place in behalf of each candidate. In the Philippine Islands resolutions were presented by one of the lodges which would have initiated disciplinary action against assemblyman Masons, because of their vote on a religious instruction bill; another resolution would have extended a vote of gratitude to Manuel Quezon for his veto act of the same bill; another resolution urged the teaching of morals, civics and patriotism in public schools; still another resolution protested against Jewish persecution in totalitarian states. A committee in passing on these resolutions decided that the treatment of Jews by any government dealt with the political action of a foreign government, that it was not the proper subject for action by a Grand Lodge which should confine itself to its own business. As to the vote of gratitude to Manuel Quezon the committee wished to have it known that his veto was not in any manner guided by any influence of the Grand Lodge. As to disciplinary action, because of a vote upon a political subject, the Grand Lodge stated it was not a tribunal to pass upon charges until they had been properly filed in lodges of the jurisdiction. When a Filipino lodge desired to change the date of the Rizal Holiday, the committee thought the argument given was reasonable, yet it was not within the precincts of a Grand Lodge to influence or attempt to influence lawmakers in enacting laws. RESEARCH LODGES
The Grand Master of California is greatly impressed with the usefulness and advantages of research lodges. He even went so far as to recommend the establishment of lodges in the state. A committee
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on policy and general purposes approved the appointment of a committee to study the matter. A committee in Minnesota is to investigate the question of organizing subordinate lodges to be known as lodges for study and research. In New York the American Lodge of Research makes an annual report. It has recently completed the publication of No.3, Volume II, of its transactions and these printed proceedings are valuable contributions to Masonic scholarship. J. Edward Allen of North Carolina refers to Missouri's attempt to secure a Research Lodge and adds: "It was apparently a harmless instrumentality that it was proposed to set up, but the Grand Lodge would have none of it and the amendment was rejected. We do not know why; they just voted it down." DISCIPLINE
The system of handling discipline has gotten out of bounds in Kansas, according to the Grand Master, and civil procedure has nearly superseded the former process of fact finding. Trials are not being presented because lodges fear red tape and expense. During the year the Grand Master received the transcript of a minor case in which three lawyers had built up 200 pages of manuscript when only 10 were needed. The Master of a Kentucky lodge was arrested on a charge of drunkenness l;lnd placed in jail; he entered a plea of guilty, paid a fine and was released. He was suspended and ordered to appear before the Grand Lodge, where a committee thought he had learned his lesson and should not be further penalized. DISPENSATIONS
The Grand Master of Iowa (a lawyer) gave a dispensation to a lodge to take its charter to another city and confer the degree upon one of its own brethren. Then he acknowledged the dispensation was wrongfully issued. He decided that one who had committed a murder and thereafter committed suicide was entitled to a Masonic funeral, the only test being as to whether he was in good standing at the time of his death. In Texas, dispensation was refused to a lodge to attend church services clothed as Masons, to present a Masonic play before the Eastern Star, to sponsor a boy scout trip, to grant life membership for thirty consecutive years' good standing, to open a lodge in a home to permit a brother to sit in lodge, as well as to refuse the use of Lightfoot's Masonic manual to a negro Masonic lodge. In New Brunswick, twenty-nine dispensations were given by the Grand Master "to inter with Masonic ceremony." ODDS AND ENDS
In Queensland most Grand Officers wear chains of gold or metal gilt. Those of the Grand Master, his Deputy and Past Grands have
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nine stars; District Grand Masters have seven stars; certain others have ,five stars. Present and Past Grand Officers have collars of 4-inch garter-blue ribbon, edged with gold braid. Entered Apprentices' aprons are plain lambskin without ornament; Fellowcrafts have two sky-blue rosettes at the bottom corners of the apron; Master Masons have the rosettes, the apron lined with sky-blue and edged with a 2-inch sky-blue ribbon. There is an additional rosette on the flap and two silver tassels are suspended with a 2-inch ribbon. Masters and Past Masters have the same, with the exception of three Tau Crosses instead of the rosettes. Present and Past District Officers have the emblems of their office in gold in the center within a 'double circle, with their district embroidered. Grand and Past Grand Officers have more elaborate designs. They are told that the apron should always be worn sothat no part thereof shall be hidden by clothing. California quotes a radio address of our Missouri Brother, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, wherein he says: "We must keep foreign propaganda from pushing our country blindly into another war. We must not permit our sentiment, our pity, or our personal feeling of sympathy to obscure the issue. Our safety does not lie in fighting European wars. It lies in our own internal strength, in the character of American people and American institutions." .
The Masonic personnel bureau of the District of Columbia" reports having secured 233 available positions, with 136 definite .placements. There were 43 positions available for which no qualified applicant had registered. The director of the bureau was praised "for this record of success in face of competition with the extravagantly supported government employment agencies." A committee has been investigating the district system in Connecticut. There seems to be a general agreement that the present system could be improved. A questionnaire elicited the information that the entire state did not require re-districting, but certain districts should be increased or reduced. Consolidation of lodges should be accomplished with great care and deliberation and only as an emergency, believes the Grand Master of West Virginia, and he adds: "For after all the strength of Masonry does not lie in large centralized lodges with magnificent temples, but rather in the small well organized, self-sustaining lodges. There is a closer fellowship in lodges where all are known to each other than is possible in larger lodges where even the Master may not be known to the members. Furthermore, the prestige and influence of Masonry in civil life is far greater in small communities than in large centers."
The Grand Master of Virginia looks with disfavor upon the attempt of the District of Columbia to acquire membership from those living in the Virginia jurisdiction and that the "fine spirit of peace and harmony which now exists between Virginia and the District will be guaranteed most securely by ruling that jurisdictional boundaries be
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observed." In reply to this statement, the Grand Master of the District of Columbia said that only one-third of the requests asking for waiver of jurisdiction had been transmitted. Pennsylvania is to have a Grand Lodge standard or banner to be used on public occasions. It is to be of government flag silk, purple, 412 ft wide by 512 ft long, with gold fringe and the seal of the Grand Lodge in the center of the purple field emblazoned in gold-colored silk, with the omission of the name of the Grand Lodge. Printing the answers to the questionnaire accompanying a petition for initiation, or the petition itself, is not handwriting, according to a decision of the Grand Master of New York "unless such printing is the usual and customary form or writing peculiar to the candidate." While the making of Masons at sight is a prerogative of the Grand Master of New York, it is the opinion of the Judge Advocate of that jurisdiction "that a man should not be made a Mason at sight except in the most extreme circumstances. It is a bad precedent." The Grand Master of Arizona attended the conference of Grand Secretaries. His only criticism was that insufficient time was given for the discussions. The Western Australia reviewer discusses our conference of Grand Masters. He refers to such criticism as that expressed by the Grand Master of Arizona and, in his opinion, the best results coming out of the conference is the interchange of ideas, and a respect for the others' different viewpoints, inasmuch as what most folks need is greater tolerance. The present gold-embroidered aprons in use by the Grand Lodge of South Carolina are to be recalled and hereafter the official apron will be white lambskin, bordered with dark purple. Grand Master Ottesen, of Iowa, told the Grand Lodge that the question of the extent of liability of Masonic Lodges for social security taxes continues to be aggravating. He found some lodges paying old age tax on tilers and organists, while others were not. A special committee in North Carolina found no uniformity of procedure in the various lodges as to payment of social security tax. They were notified that organizations are exempt from income tax law on payments that do not exceed $45.00 in any quarter, since the government figures that it costs more to keep such accounts than the amount of tax collected. California has a special taxation committee. A test case was prosecuted by a California lodge with the result that the Federal Department upheld the contention that the term "employee" did -not contemplate including unpaid ritualistic officers and the lodge was only liable if it had eight or more paid employees. No decision was made upon the issue that the lodges should have been exempted because they came within the basic explanation of charitable and fraternal institutions.
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Massachusetts is attempting to secure exemption from Federal and State social security action and City of Boston taxation. If exemption is received the Grand Lodge plans to take steps to correct its own retirement system. New York secures tax exemption on its New York City property, reversing a decision made by a Justice in a lower court. Many Grand Masters have from time to time criticized our lack of secrecy in the matter of Masonic business. The Grand Master of California says: , , There is an all too common practice to discuss too plainly and openly some of those things which should only be discussed behind tiled doors. In the olden days, the secrets of the fraternity, including what transpired at stated meetings, were scrupulously guarded from the ears and eyes of others. Let us in the presence of non-Masons set a guard over our thoughts, a watch at our lips, and post a sentinel over our actions."
In 1920 California instituted Public School Week because of a crisis in the American public school system. There was much opposition in the beginning, but developments seem to have proven the wisdom of their action. Many are protesting against the late hours of Masonic meetings. In the District of Columbia, the Grand Master believes that the family of the candidate would entertain a more favorable opinion of our institution if the candidate reached home at an earlier hour. At one communication of a District of Columbia lodge there were six Senators and eighteen Congressmen present. Idaho's Grand Master protests about late hours, referring to the fact that at a certain meeting in Idaho he was called on for his address at 2 :00 a. m. It is our opinion if the Grand Master gave his address at that ungodly hour he was just as guilty as the brethren who carried out the meeting. In the eyes of the law he was an accomplice. The Grand Master of Louisiana objects to District Lodge scheduling so many of their meetings on fifth Sundays, causing him to miss so many meetings that he might be able to attend. Dr. James Monroe Smith, President of the University of Louisiana, was found guilty and expelled for un-Masonic conduct. His case was a flagrant one and for several days occupied the front pages of our metropolitan press. The Grand Master of Maine criticizes a splendid banquet served by a Maine lodge for the reason that it was furnished free. He hopes all lodges supplying free meals will join the majority of lodges who are doing otherwise. The Grand Lodge of Maine has specified an exact procedure for the examination of visitors. The suggested procedure involves (a) appointment of a competent committee; (b) separate examination; (c) credentials; (d) Tyler's .oath; (e) checking name and number of lodge against directory; ~ f) good standing as shown by dues card; (g) matching signature on dues receipt; (h) ritual examination.
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The Grand Lecturer of Maryland told the Grand Lodge "the Masonic dress for Grand Lodge Officers was tails, black tie and black vest," for the reason that "the Grand Lodge of Maryland is and should be a dignified body and when we come dressed as Grand Lodge Officers and in our proper stations, properly clothed we add more to the dignity of its meetings." Grand Master Perry of Massachusetts stated to his Grand Lodge that the outstanding Grand Master at the conference in 'N ashington in 1937 was Grand Master Rose of West Virginia. That the social side of Freemasonry should be developed at our annual communications is the opinion of the Grand Master of Minnesota. He believes that one evening during Grand Lodge should be devoted to a get-together meeting, with probably an evening dinner and program. Brother Eugene Quarles, Senior Deacon of a lodge at Meridian, Miss., was introduced to the Grand Lodge as having within the past few months personally secured 153 reinstatements of members suspended n.p.d. Brother Quarles is seriously needed in a number of other jurisdictions. Because of the epidemic of infantile paralysis and the inability to hold public meetings during a considerable portion of the year, the s~rvice committee of the Grand Lodge of South Carolina was seriously handicapped. The Grand Lodge of Texas docs not recognize Past Masters of other jurisdictions when it comes to using them as installing officers. Twenty-seven Vermont lodges are reported as meeting according to the moon. The Grand Master of New Brunswick is another Grand Master who feels that some of the brethren talk too much outside the lodge room concerning happenings within it. He believes in the practice of those old-time Masonic virtues of silence and circumspection. The Grand Master of New South Wales terms the Board of General Purposes of that Grand Lodge as one of the Grand LOdge's most valuable assets. This Grand Lodge found it necessary to engage in the settlement of a dispute which had arisen among various brethren in that juriSdiction as to what should be the governing body of Royal Arch Masonry. By a unanimous vote of the bodies engaged in the dispute, articles of union were agreed to so that the United Supreme Royal Arch Grand Chapter of New South Wales has been formed. Provincial authorities asked the Grand Lodge of Prince Edward Island to assume the responsibility of lining part of the route to be covered by King George and Queen Elizabeth during their visit to Charlottetown. Over three hundred members came to their assistance. Brethren of Queensland, like many of their English brethren, drank toasts to the Royal Family. Prior to the accession of King George V, the toast was "The King and the Craft." Due to the fact that King George V was not a Mason, the toast was changed to "The King,"
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but since his death the toast will continue to be "The King and the Craft." A Grand Officer in South Australia believes that visiting is very much overdone. He refers to the visits of Masters of a lodge to another lodge. His criticism is: , 'Some Masters seem eager to put up records in the number of visits they have made. They fail to realize that some lodges have limitations in the hospitality they can offer." MISSOURIANS
Distinguished visitors listed at the Grand Lodge of Illinois were Grand Master Karl M. Vetsburg and Past Grand Master Ittner. Grand Master Lawrence of that jurisdiction reports having visited the Grand Lodge of Missouri in company with Brothers R.ichard C. Davenport and Dan DeBaugh. Brother Edward E. Lowe, Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, was born April 3, 1895, in St. Louis, Mo. Brothers Karl M. Vetsburg, Grand Master, and Arthur Mather, Grand Secretary, "delivered inspiring addresses, bringing fraternal greetings and felicitations from their grand jurisdiction," at the Grand Lodge of Kentucky. Dr. Frank L. Eversull, a former Missourian, delivered an address before the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. He is President of the . North Dakota Agricultural College. Thomas J. Harkins, Grand Master of North Carolina, married a Missouri lady, Miss R.oxie Seevers of Osceola. At a special communication of the Grand Lodge of New Mexico for the purpose of dedicating a new building at Hatch, there were present Brothers Cecil L. Tuttle of Cole Camp Lodge No. 595 and Kenneth Dorris of Tower Grove Lodge No. 631, both Missouri lodges. Grand Master Henry C. Chiles, visiting the semicentennial of the Grand Lodge of North Dakota, was one of the guests to be elected to honorary membership. During the year, Brother Arthur M. Hyde, former Governor of Missouri and Secretary of Agriculture, delivered an address to the Masons of Columbus, Ohio. Grand Master Thomas G. Cook of Oklahoma was at one time located at Thayer, Mo. Brother Leo H. Johnson of Missouri, represented the Grand Lodge of Missouri at the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma. Active in the affairs of the Grand Lodge of that State is the former Missourian, William Perry Freeman, Oklahoma's grand old Mason who never fails to bring the g路reetings of Missouri to his Oklahoma brethren. Past Grand Master M. F. Manville died November 30, 1939; he was born at Shelbyville, Mo., November 4, 1871. Franklin C. Howell, Grand Master of Oregon, was born at Ulman, Mo., July 4, 1877. He attended Iberia Academy at Iberia, Mo., and
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in 1907 and 1908 was assistant football coach at the University of Missouri. His father and grandfather were both Missouri Masons, his father, W. C. Howell, being a member of Brumley Lodge No. 203, and his grandfather a member of Linn Creek Lodge No. 152. Among those receiving fifty-year buttons from the Grand Lodge of Washington was Brother Alfred Reynolds, raised in Joplin Lodge No. 335, May 31, 1899, now a member of Ellensburg Lodge No. 39. Grand Treasurer Edmund E. Morris and Grand Pursuivant Harry F. Sunderland were Missouri's representatives at the Grand Lodge of Kansas. REVIEW
Missouri is not included in the Arizona review; Arkansas has no review of any state. Other states offering no review are Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and South Dakota. In California Jesse Whited offers his eighteenth review. It is fully up to his previous standard and he apparently pride himself on being included among the topical reviewers. Past Grand Master Winthrop Buck, P. G. M. of Connecticut, reviewing Missouri refers to the impressive Masonic and civic record of Grand Master Chiles. He is in accord with the Grand Master's ideas as to the old funeral service and agrees with our actions in many instances. Delaware devotes one-half page to Missouri for 1938. Reviewer Daniel of Georgia perceives the frontispiece of Missouri for 1938 to be a "smiling, learned Baptist clergyman. • • • Our father was a Baptist and a Freemason." He regrets finances prohibit making excerpts from the Missouri proceedings. The necessity for brevity compels Reviewer Jones, of Idaho, to limit his production to a dozen pages. Reviewer Beach of Illinois believes that the only legitimate manner of increasing Masonic membership "is by so living and conducting ourselves so that good men everywhere shall continue in greater numbers than heretofore to form a favorable opinion of Freemasonry." Missouri for 1938 was given four pages, in which he appears to have covered all our doings. Brother Moore, the Iowa reviewer, notes "the strong and handsome face of Grand Master Reader, followed by his extended and most interesting biography." The Grand Secretary's report he calls "well compiled and fully informative. The Craft should appreciate the clearness with which he submits pertinent information." Missouri gets half a page of Brother Otto Souder's report in the Kansas proceedings. He looks admiringly at Henry Chiles' twentyeight cornerstones and admits having spent an enjoyable afternoon reading the Missouri correspondence report. Brother Terhune reviews Missouri for the Kentucky proceedings,
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making quotation from the address of Grand Master Reader. The address of Grand Orator Street he terms most unusual and inspiring. Louisiana devotes not more than a dozen pages to its review, but the material selected by Reviewer Latzko is unusually good. Much of it consists of a discussion of Freemasonry in other countries. Reviewer Smith of Maine believes that Grand Master Chiles, in his decisions, made a rather fine decimal point of" the strength of beer when he said 3.2 per cent beer is not an intoxicating liquor. He believes Grand Master Chiles is rightly critical of the funeral service, and as to the Missouri review he believes "no brother can read these pages without being built up Masonically, for there is in every page something genuinely helpful." Thanks, Brother Smith. Reviewer Montgomery of Minnesota, in his eighteenth annual report, reviews Missouri for 1939. He lists in detail the cornerstones laid by Grand Master Chiles, whose address he terms "very excellent." And then adds, "He certainly put forth sincere and sacrificial effort in the interests of Freemasonry." Reviewer McCraine of Mississippi reviewed all jurisdictions with the exception of three, copies of which had not reached his desk, and' one of the three was Missouri for 1939. Our friend Claude McAllister, P. G. M., is the Montana reviewer. Here is one of his many thoughts: "As long as too many Masons rest satisfied with a superficial knowledge of Masonry, esteem themselves all sufficient to leadership by acquiring a certain perfunctory proficiency in our ritual, the institution cannot enjoy its great influence as a virile, militant, progressive force. * * * The ritual is but the scaffolding of the temple, the working tools with which the building is to be erected," Claude makes us feel good all over by quoting several pages of our review.
David McGregor of New Jersey reviews Missouri for 1938, as does a committee of the Grand Lodge of New York. Our friend, J. Edward Allen of North Carolina, has apparently come to the topical system of review. We like his new style. Ed was once on the North Carolina committee to revise the burial service. He is still working on the same objective. Reviewer Murfin, of North Dakota, noted that our Grand Lodge had finally decided to recognize the right of a lodge in another jurisdiction to try a Missouri Freemason and recognize the trial as valid, which he says "is the general accepted attitude, although it is by no means universal." Walter, who is head of an organization in North Dakota, known as the Monkey Wrench Gang, believes he has performed a great public service in inducting Ye Writer into his private organization. Past Grand Master Stewart, reviewer for Ohio, has adopted a semitopical review, and we appreciate his having seen fit to copy a section from our Missouri review. He is one of two reviewers to quote "The Twisted Tree," tribute to Brother Orestes Mitchell. Grand Secretary Sturgeon, now reviewer for Oklahoma, notes
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Grand Master Chiles is of English descent. As to our review, he says: "He covers' all branches of Masonry and is lengthy in his comments." Reviewer Hagmeier for Oregon, approves in general the address of Grand Master Reader. He devotes four pages to Missouri and necessarily covers most of our doings. Our friend, Henry Collins, reviews for South Carolina. He deplore~ our action relative to the liquor business, believing that we had a law which did not mince matters and was in keeping with the highest and finest Masonic tradition. He believes Freemasonry may take no halfway stand, and in this we are inclined to agree with our South Carolina friend. Reviewer Peeler reviews for Tennessee. Missouri for 1939 gets a page of comment. He has actually counted the number of references to Tennessee in our last review and found there were seven, which, as we figure it, is the same number he gave us in 1940. Judge W. M. Fly, P. G. M., continues to present the annual review' for Texas; it is his fourteenth and he always does a creditable job, overlooking few things of interest or importance and never failing to express his feelings upon any subject. Three pages路 of the Utah proceedings are devoted to Missouri by Reviewer Goodwin, the Grand Secretary. He says: "The Grand Master (Reader) reported eight decisions, none of which are of general interest; he did not introduce the entire correspondence on the subject. He, states the questions, for most part, two lines in length, and the decisions are marked by the same brevity, and three of them require' only a single word."
He quoted to some extent the report of the committee on trial by other jurisdictions and in apologizing for the fact, said: "We have given much space to this matter because we think the conclusion of the committee was not only correct, but Masonic."
Grand Secretary Harriman presents his seventeenth review in the Vermont proceedings for 1939. The review includes Missouri for 1938. He was uncertain as to the presence of their Grand Representative (J. R. McLachlan). Almost a page is devoted to excerpts from Grand Master Reader's address. Grand Secretary J. M. Clift is Virginia's reviewer and in his opening remarks he wonders whether their representative (0. H. Swearingen) had Virginia forebears, and we are reasonably positive that he was correct in his surmise. He takes several extracts from the address of Grand Master Reader and believes that we might well have extended our material on lotteries, gambling and liquor. We searched all through the VV'ashington proceedings before discovering that Brother Arthur Davis was the reviewer. As he states in his foreword, the reviews are submitted "without personal comment." Personally, we believe they would have been more interesting had there
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been a certain amount of comment. He devotes two and one~half pages to Missouri, quoting in full the new sections relating to the liquor problem. In his foreword he devotes considerable attention to argu~ ments pro and con about the declaration of principles, probably the best discussion of this problem appearing in any of the proceedings. Brother Tavenner reviews for West Virginia and devotes almost three pages to Missouri. He referred to the address of Grand Master Reader as "an extensive and informative address full of meat." He could not agree with the Grand Master in one of his decisions, which he thought was far-fetched-that a Master could not receive an objection to a petition after it had been referred to a committee-which he termed a landmark. Past Grand Master Jenks reviews for Wisconsin and quotes two excerpts from Grand Master Reader's address. He did not approve the decision of the Grand Master that a lodge could not entertain the petition of a man who had lost his right arm unless by artificial appliances he could conform to the ceremonies. His comment was "think of exchanging the grips with a man with an artificial right hand." Then he quoted the special report of the committee on liquor, lottery and gambling, and his comment was "now you tell me what it means." He refers to our differing with Wisconsin in the matter of Denmark recognition. We were under the impression that Wisconsin had recognized the wrong Grand Lodge, and Brother Jenks adds "we are in~ clined to think he is right." Missouri for 1938 is reviewed by Grand Secretary Lowndes, who quotes excerpts from the address of Grand Master Reader and Grand Orator Street. The Alberta reviewer is Past Grand Master Mitchell, who devotes two pages to Missouri, much of his quotation is from the address of Grand Master Chiles. Reviewer DeWolf Smith, of British Columbia, gives us a complete review and index, and an index is always desirable. He refers to many matters mentioned in Grand Master Reader's address and quotes the decisions in order to show the difference between Missouri and British Columbia. Some of our jurisprudence rulings he thinks are rather peculiar, especially the one relative to the trial of a Missouri Mason in another" jurisdiction, and says: "It has always been held, at least by most Grand Lodges, that an act of any regular lodge must be recognized everywhere." The last report from the pen of the venerable William Nisbet Ponton appears in the Canada proceedings for 1939. He concludes his review with the words: "God be with you till we meet again." Brother Kerr, reviewing for Manitoba, quotes the entire section of Grand Master Reader's address on Masonic leadership. The New South Wales review is topical and is the work of Brother A. J. Kaglund. Ten pages are devoted to the section on trials, a matter
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which occupied the attention of our jurisprudence committee for a number of years. Missouri proceedings for 1937 and 1938 are reviewed in the Philippine Islands proceedings for 1939. The reviewer is Brother A. E. Tatton. He tells his readers that Grand Master Reader is a Baptist preacher and that the Grand Lodge of Missouri has had more ministers as Grand Master than any other jurisdiction. Brother W. J. Host, of South Australia, reviews Missouri for 1938 and complains he finds no reference to South Australia in our proceedings. Speaking of our new women's building at the Masonic Home, he tells his readers "it is a large block-house, ten stories high." Reviewer Archdeacon, of Western Australia, says that many of our U. S. jurisdictions "still retain the old-fashioned custom which required the Grand Master, either personally or vicariously, to harangue the brethren at the annual assembly. '" '" '" The addresses of our American Grand Masters, as a rule, are almost as formidable in length as a Parliamentary budget speech, and characterized by almost excessive particularization of details." He goes on to say: "I have never envied my brother reviewers who write topical reviews, but I most strenuously avouch the Missouri review as something to be devoured with that relish generally known as gusto." RITUAL AND MONITOR
Alabama is engaged in the preparation of a new manmil. It will include all legislation. The Grand Master of Arizona thinks that time might better be consumed in making stated meetings more enjoyable than in learning ritual. He advocated the initial-letter key, although the Grand Lodge had voted adversely on the plan. The history of the ritual is given in full in six pages of the Arkansas proceedings, from which it appears that it dates from 1851, when Brother Samuel Reed exemplified his work before the Grand Lodge. While there are many differences of opinion as to what constitutes the ritual, it still remains the Reed work. The committee believes that changes creep in and we fail to realize that we have changed the work, for the teachers themselves, being human, are victims of this condition. Eighteen men recommended by the Grand Lecturer as being as nearly perfect as any in the State were called in to discuss the wording. Not one person but what was compelled to make a change in his work to secure uniformity. Certificates are being given for proficiency in work. The jurisdiction has 37 certified instructors and 180 certified lecturers. California is bothered with innovations. The Grand Master is importuned by degree teams to make various changes in the ritual in the hopes of creating more interest. This jurisdictio~ decided not to introduce a Flag ceremony into its ritual for the reason that many Freemasons owed allegiance to other lands and such a requirement would
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deny the universality of Freemasonry. Objection has been made to a manual issued by the committee on education. The committee passing on the matter thought the objection well founded, the objectionable portions "were taken verbatim from the New York manual and should not have appeared in the book." Colorado forbids the use of any other ritualistic work than her own, but consents that the work of other jurisdictions may be used "as an educational feature, or if they bring their own candidate with them." Grand Lodge regulations in Connecticut require the Flag to be displayed at the Grand Lodge opening, and the Grand Master recommended that a salute to the Flag be the first order of business after the opening of Grand Lodge. The Grand Master of the District of Columbia was impressed with a statement he heard at the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts which is included in the conferring of the Entered Apprentice degree: "Freemasonry's continued nse of the imprecations in all its ancient obligations is wholly figurative. The only penalties which Freemasonry imposes are reprimand, suspension and expulsion."
Five Indiana Lodges were refused dispensation to introduce innovations in the ritualistic work. The Grand Lecturer found one lodge postponing portions of the lecture, delivering them to a class at a later date. In another lodge lectures were entirely omitted because no one in the lodge could give them. Grand Master Ottesen thinks well of Iowa's system of teaching, for he says: , , Iowa's system of teaching and maintaining ritualistic proficiency continues to be the admiration of the Masonic world."
The report of the custodians of the work tell us : "Some lodges still use the printed cipher and have Masonic bootleggers who furnish them to unsuspecting brothers as soon as they have been raised, or even before."
We do not understand that the latter feature comprises any essential part of the Iowa ritualistic system. Kansas is to give certificates to qualified brethren following examination upon ritualistic matters. Maine's present ritual was adopted May 3, 1894, and, as far as the Grand Lecturer knows, not a single change has been made during that period, although many suggestions have been proposed. This Grand Lodge reports that the Grand Master has been received during the year with private Grand Honors, public Grand Honors, and Grand Honors without any thought as to their appropriateness. This is not nearly so bad as a few years ago when a Missouri Grand Master was received with the funeral Grand Honors. A committee on Grand Honors set out to determine the number of kinds of Grand Honors and to define each, and on what occasion each should be used. It was
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decided that public Grand Honors were crossing the arms upon the breast, the left uppermost, the tips of the fingers touching the shoulders and bowing three times with arms thus crossed, that these public Grand Honors be used at all public ceremonies which require the use, that the form may be used as a token of esteem in receiving all Grand Officers. As to the private Grand Honors these shall consist of due guards and signs that they may be given in procession or any place. Private Grand Honors are restricted to Masonic hall dedications, constitutions, installation of Master, visit of the Grand Master or his representative, and Past Grand Masters of other jurisdictions. The use of the words "ancient form" is to be discontinued to prevent ambiguity. The Grand Lodge has a cipher ritual written in longhand, but there is no official action authorizing it. The Grand Master proposed legalizing the method, referring to the action of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in 1939 as a precedent. Massachusetts regards itself as among the conservative Grand Lodges in this respect. It has a standard ritual in manuscript form in the custody of the Grand Secretary. District lodges have authorized ciphers. England and Scotland freely permit publication of almost the entire ritual, although they have never been officially adopted or published. Massachusetts was not prepared to go so far "because it is not in accord with ~he prevailing sentiment of the fraternity in this country. In this respect we ought to consider and not do violence to the feelings of our other American Grand Lodges." Whereupon, the Grand Master was authorized and requested to secure a suitable cipher ritual to be made available to the Craft. There was considerable discussion over the insertion of the proposed section explaining the obligations, but it was later adopted. On the other hand the Grand Master of Michigan would not change one jot or tittle by attempting to modernize or dilute the ritual: "It is our duty to protect the ritual of Masonry from adulteration and protest against its emasculation. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ '" Should we once permit the use of new words, or add to here and there, these new words and ideas should be entirely inconsistent." Minnesota proposes to adopt the Illinois lecture system. The matter will be studied by a special committee. Notwithstanding the law prohibited, the Grand Master gave dispensation for a California lodge to confer its degrees in the New Mexico jurisdiction. A study of the lecture systems of other jurisdictions leads the Grand Lecturer of New Mexico to believe that the Iowa system is best. He proposes certificates of three types to lecturers and instructors. Type "A" would be given to those who pass satisfactory examination on the entire ritual; type "B" to those who are perfect in anyone degree; type "c" to those who are proficient in any complete section in anyone of the degrees. The ritual committee opposed the use of a cipher ritual since there were few that
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could not be read by anyone having experience with ritualistic work. They said "if we wish our ritualistic work to deteriorate into a reading class this seems to be the most effective manner in which to accomplish the result." In Texas Grand Lodge authorities call in all irregular ciphers and they are destroyed. The Grand Master of Virginia believes the ritual is only the beginning of a Masonic education and especially true if one learns the ritual by rote only. The ritual is but the skeleton, while ideals, principles and philosophy of the ritual are the flesh and blood. Washington would instruct its Grand Lecturer to prepare a ritual retiring the Flag at the conclusion of a lodge. They already have a ritual for introducing it. After witnessing an exemplification of the three degrees, a committee on work in West Virginia were pleased to report "that the custodians of the ritual are able to preserve the work in its ancient and original form." .Alberta had a special committee on revision of ancient York Rite work. The Grand Lodge once worked under two rituals known as the Canadian and York work. In 1911, a Canadian Rite ritual was adopted. Now the brethren are clamoring for revision, although not desiring innovation. Investigating the ritual matter it was discovered that Alberta requires three and one-half hours to put on the Master Mason degree. The new ritual, as revised, was adopted. The Grand Lecturer of Nova Scotia introduced in his report a complete study of the ritual in that jurisdiction. Most of the lodges were originally of Scottish allegiance. The first Grand Lecturer came from the United States. Later the English brethren united with the Nova Scotians and, with a sprinkling of Irish, all agreed to adopt the ritual of the Ancient York Rite, later specified as "the original Webb York Rite. The Philippine Islands have an authorized ritual in Spanish and English. They are kept in proper custody and cipher rituals are a violation of Filipino Masonic law~ A lodge in Queensland voluntarily relinquished the old ritual used by them and as a means of celebrating the event a special meeting was called and the third degree was conferred in the customary manner f~r the last time. In South Australia it was ruled that no form of ritual could be used at the festive board unless previously sanctioned by the Grand Master. The use of "adventitious aids" for which there is no authority, was frowned upon. UNUSUAL
The Grand Lodge of Alabama is not to be bothered with drunken members. It is provided hereafter any brother, delegate or visitor, who appears in a state of intoxication at Grand Lodge, or in public
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in the city where the communication is being held, shall be brought before the Grand Lodge, reprimanded, and later tried in his own lodge. The Grand Master of Alabama, elected in December 1938, died within a week following his installation. California has trouble seating its representatives-too many representatives for too few seats. The Grand Lodge thought restrictions of the voting strength might interfere with interest in Grand Lodge matters and decided it was better to do nothing than to adopt an expedient which might prove harmful. From their report we learn that New York has 1,037 lodges, membership 269,000, Grand Lodge hall seating capacity 1,500; only one representative from a lodge is admitted. Ohio has 623 lodges, membership 176,000, attendance 1,200, Past Masters are not members of Grand Lodge. Illinois has 998 lodges, membership 210,000, attendance usually 1,400, Past Masters admitted when there is room, but are not entitled to vote. Texas has 900 lodges, membership 9,500, auditorium seats 1,500, and at the 1938 communication 300 were denied admission because of lack of room. California observed Masonic Day at Treasure Island, on the World's Fair grounds, at which time the Mayor of San Francisco and the Grand Master made addresses; the City of San Francisco served refreshments, while the Municipal Orchestra played. It is estimated that 20,000 Masons and their families- attended. Judge Wm. H. Waste, well known Californian was unanimously elected Grand Master, but announced that because impaired health it would be impossible for him to perform the duties of his office. He later died. At a special communication of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut, held at Simbury, Grand Master Desmond conferred the third degree upon his son, Thomas C. Connecticut is the jurisdiction which has created much comment relative to their finger-printing of members. The Grand Master believes that in so doing his Grand Lodge has taken a forward step toward the full protection of its members through positive identification. He urged all older members to avail themselves of the protection afforded by recording their finger-prints. The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows and the Grand Lodge of Masons both met in the City of Jacksonville, Fla., at the same time. Each organization passed resolutions extending fraternal greetings to the other. The Grand Lodge of Masons, however, refused to join the Odd Fellows in a resolution addressed to the President which might infringe some of our landmarks. A Georgia Mason directed that his stamp collection be sold and the proceeds used by his lodge for the care of old Masons. One of the resolutions endorsed at this Grand Lodge was to accord Grand Master Wm. M. Sapp the honorary title of Poet Laureate of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, and his address was plentifully sprinkled with suitable specimens of his skill. The Grand Master of Idaho experienced an exciting year. After
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attending the conference of路 Grand Masters in 'Vashington, he journeyed to New York where, in company with Idaho's Grand Representative in that jurisdiction, he proceeded to take in the sights; he spent a half hour with Mayor LaGuardia. The Grand Secretary of Indiana received a request for the use of the Masonic Auditorium for a memorial service by the Young Communist League~ It is not necessary for us to tell what our Indiana brethren did with the request. The Grand Master granted dispensation to a lodge to meet "at the farm home of Brother Jack Kendall," with the provision that the place could and would be properly tiled. However, dispensation was refused to another lodge to hold its !3tated meeting at the summer cottage of the Junior Warden. When the new Grand Master was elected, the Grand Chaplain read a congratulatory telegram to the Grand Master from the Priest of the Roman Catholic Church in Terre Haute. We were of the opinion that the Eastern Star had a copyright on their methods, but apparently not so. Read this list of presentations at the Grand Lodge of Kentucky: Past Grand Master's apron and apron case; Past Grand Master's button; Past Grand Master's jewel; four baskets of flowers; Hamilton watch; silver service; watch chain and charm; four silver goblets; traveling case with. suit of clothes; telegrams and more baskets of flowers. Augusta, Me., hold Legislative Nights during the time the Legislature is in session. They have now become the largest Masonic gathering in Central Maine. All chairs are filled by legislators, all present being Past Masters. One of the members of the LegiSlature received the third degree. A small lodge at Greenville, Me., was having a period of inactivity; members of the Craft in another city, in order to stir up activity, chartered a special train and carried 385 Masons, including the train crew, from Banger to Greenville, where, before an audience of 500 brethren, the third degree was conferred. A lodge at Presque Isle annually observes International Night; this year 335 Masons attended, including the Grand Master of New Brunswick, the Grand Master of Maine, and Governor Lewis Barrows of Maine. A thousand persons attended a special religious service on St. John's Day in the Masonic Temple at Baltimore, Md. Grand Master Wirt Savery, of Michigan, served but little more than six months when his death occurred and his activities were carried on by acting Grand Master Lambie. Michigan's well-known Mason, Brother Edgar Guest, dedicated a memorial poem to Grand Master Savery, whereupon the Grand Lodge tendered its thanks to Brother Guest for the tribute. "Although not entirely sold on the open air meeting," the Grand Master of Montana granted permission to a lodge at Glasgow "to hold an open air or outdoor meeting in the Pines along the Missouri River at some point near Glasgow."
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Nor were open air lodge rooms confined to Montana, for in Nevada we learn that the lodge at Ely dedicated an open air lodge room on Point路 Mount Lebanon, fourteen miles from Ely, where the Forest Service had built a road to within one hundred yards of the lodge room. Weare informed "the lodge room is very unique, on the top of a very beautiful mountain; a rock and concrete altar was built in the center, with a bronze inscription giving the date." The meeting was probably inspired by the fact that the Grand Master of Nevada had only a few months previous received an invitation to attend a similar communication on Prisoner's Rock in the Modoc lava beds of Northern California. The Grand Master reports having relaid the cornerstone of a school building at Sparks, the original cornerstone having been laid by his brother in 1905, who was Grand Master in that year. During the World W ar New York established sea and field lodges, five in number. In 1939 there were 276 members who were still retained on the rolls of these lodges, although 787 dimits had been issued in the past. The Grand Master of Ohio refused to give a Masonic talk over the radio when requested by the manager of a Masonic publication, believing that Masonry in this country is not on the defense and that it has nothing to fear from its enemies so long as we are true to the principles which constitute Freemasonry's foundation. He added: "Class hatred, intolerance, bigotry, suspicion, and enmity should be and are banished from our lodge rooms, brotherly love, fellowship, harmony, and unity prevail. I know of no other organization that can equal it in promoting good will and peace among all men. ' ,
The Grand Master called a conference of secretaries and to his surprise 412 attended the meeting. Not to be outdone by jurisdictions meeting on high hills and in low valleys, the Grand Master of Oregon gave a dispensation to a lodge to convene in a cave fifty miles southeast of Burns, Ore., and there confer the Master Mason degree. Pennsylvania has a rule against applause in Grand Lodge, but the Grand Master abrogated the rule when receiving gifts from their Brother Jacob Frey King who had made a number of liberal donations to the Masonic Homes of that jurisdiction. At one time there was a Grand Lodge of Dakota Territory. When the territory was divided, North Dakota appeared to salvage the jewels, but this year they permitted the Grand Lodge of South Dakota their use. At an opening of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee there is read an edict which sets forth that no representative of Grand Lodge may furnish information concerning the proceedings to newspapers, and condemning as illegal and un-Masonic, electioneering. A welcome was extended Texas Masons by the Mayor of Waco,
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who, in the past twenty months, has begun to realize what Masonry really stands for. He told the Grand Lodge on the night he was inducted into office as Mayor more than a hundred malcontents, led by two or three Reds, came before the City Commission demanding certain things, one of which was that the city should step in and say to the landlords of the city that if people could not pay rent they could not be put out. Other similar demands were made. And now listen to this statement: "The man who led that mob, if you would call it a mob, was a man whose club-footed child had been treated in a Masonic hospital; his feet had been restored to normal usefulness and yet, that man shortly after â&#x20AC;˘ his child returned from that hospital was so derogatory in his statements concerning Masonry, was so vile in his expressions concerning Masons, that one good brother caned him outside and came. pretty near' beating him to death, which was a good thing. ' ,
Brethren of the Texas Grand Lodge were taken to the Cotton Palace Coliseum where 2,400 brethren were served a delightful banquet. Virginia has a special committee on art. Just whether paintings of Past Grand Masters could properly be termed art is a matter of opinion, but at any rate Virginia has some paintings that are very valuable; one is by the celebrated American artist Rembrandt Peele. The committee is attempting to secure paintings of James Blair, James Mercer, Edmund Randol ph and John Marshall, all Past Grand Masters, together with a copy of the Williams portrait of George Washington and that in the Alexandria Washington lodge room. The Grand Lodge of Wyoming assembled at Independence Rock in that State on July 4, 1940, commemorating the first Masonic meeting in that State on July 4, 1862. One of the farthest north meetings was that of Ivanhoe Lodge No. 142 of Alberta which, under dispensation, was held at the Anglican Mission Hall, located at Coppermine, otherwise known as Fort Hearne, at the mouth of the Coppermine River on Coronation Gulf, N. W. Territory, 1200 miles directly north of Edmonton, actually on the Arctic Ocean and within 150 miles of the Arctic Circle. The lodge members were flown to the ceremony and back by the Junior Deacon, Captain May, General Superintendent of the Canadian Airways. The candidate was Emil J. Walli, General Superintendent of the Eldorado Gold Mines. Present on this occasion was the famous geologist, mining engineer and explorer, Dr. J. B. Tyrell. An interesting occasion was the visit of the Pro Grand Master of New South Wales to a lodge in which the Chaplain of the lodge initiated his seventh son as a Lewis, the chairs being filled by his other sons (under English law, sons of a Master Mason may be initiated at the age of eighteen, and such initiates are known as a Lewis). An unusual method of selecting a Grand Secretary is that of New South Wales; their Grand Secretary having resigned "applications for the
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position were invited by advertisement in the New South \Vales Freemason, in accordance with the regulation." Only one application was received. Because the King and Queen of England were in the Maritime Province and would reach Nova Scotia during the day fixed for the Grand Lodge, the Grand Master of Nova Scotia postponed the meeting for two days. He refused to grant a dispensation to lodges to line the route of the procession while wearing their regalia. The jurisprudence committee, passing on the refusal, stated that it was a situation not likely to recur in a lifetime, but pointed out that in 1860 Baron Renfrew (after Edward VII), then eighteen years of age, visited Nova Scotia as a representative of Her Majesty Queen Victoria and the route was lined in part by Masons headed by the Provincial Grand Master. One of the Philippine Islands lodges decided to pass resolutions protesting against Jewish persecution in totalitarian states. A committee in passing on the matter did not deem it a proper subject for action by lodges or Grand Lodges because it dealt with political action of foreign governments, and foreign governments with which they had nothing to do. The Grand Lodge of Queensland annually observes Anzac Day on April 25. The meeting is held about a memorial urn in the Andrews Hall of the Masonic Temple. Our brethren of South Australia do matters in a big way. At a banquet celebrating" the installation of Grand Master Andrew Douglass Young there was quite a Scottish atmosphere. The Grand Master was piped to his seat by a piper in Scottish dress, the name cards were embellished with ribbon of the Grand Master's tartan and the usual toasts were participated in. VETERAN MASONS
The granting of medals and certificates to Masons who have been members for more than fifty years is increasing; practically all states contain reference to the custom. Limitations and requirements are being set up and uniformity will undoubtedly follow. In Arizona the Grand Master held that a brother who had been a Mason over fifty years was entitled to a button, even though he was not continuously a member of some lodge during that period. Arkansas granted 75 fifty-year buttons, one of them going back to 1870. Colorado granted 37 buttons. Two and a half pages of the California proceedings are taken up with a list of fifty-year Masons. The Grand Secretary of that jurisdiction has been a Mason sixty years. The Grand Secretary of Delaware, having reached the age of eighty-eight, was created Grand Secretary Emeritus.
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Eighteen District of Columbia brethren were presented fifty-year medals by the Grand Master. The Grand Lodge has a Fidelity Medal, temporarily placed in the custody of the brother of each lodge who has the longest period of membership. Indiana has entered the fifty-year Mason list by appointing a commi.ttee to select a design. â&#x20AC;˘ Iowa publishes annually the 10 Iowa members with the longest Masonic record. Heading the list this year was Brother A. Van Patton who was raised May 11, 1864, in a Wisconsin lodge. Kansas offers its members a twenty-five-year button, believing many might not live to receive the fifty-year decoration. Six thousand of these emblems were presented. To date the Grand Lodge of Kentucky has presented 476 fifty-year buttons. Dean of the list is Charles L. Dudley, who was raised in 187l. In 1935, Maine decided to present a Veteran Medal, but nothing was done about it. Their law has a loophole in that it requires candidates for the button to have been members of Maine lodges the entire fifty years. Almost three pages of the 1940 proceedings are taken up with the names of members entitled to the button, and one was presented to the Grand Treasurer. Masons of fifty-year membership were invited to the Grand Lodge" meeting in Montana to receive their awards. New York presented Past Grand Master Scudder with a fifty-year service medal, and in all 260 such medals were awarded during the year as against 224 for the preceding year. One member is entitled to the Service Palm signifying seventy-five years of Masonry; only one other such award has been made. North Carolina enters the list with a proposal to pres~nt a veteran emblem not only for fifty years but for twenty-five years membership. North Dakota received its fifty-year Masons at Grand Lodge. One brother had been a member sixty-eight years, and some had been officers in the Grand Lodge of Dakota Territory. South Dakota has selected a design for the fifty-year medal and a ceremony to be used in presenting it. Brother W. Madden Fly, P. G. M. of Texas, has a record of having attended fifty-four consecutive Grand Lodge meetings. He was Grand Master in 1902. The Grand Tiler of the Grand Lodge of Utah is the oldest Mason in point of years in that jurisdiction; he has b"een a Mason sixty-five years. Twenty-nine Virginia brethren were presented the Grand Lodge veteran emblem. The Grand Mlister of West Virginia thinks the presentation of the fifty-year button is the finest gesture the Grand Lodge has ever made. Several pages of the proceedings are used giving" a list of veterans. The procedure required is for a lodge, by regular motion, to nominate
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for the award a member who has been in good standing for fifty years; a certificate of such nomination is forwarded to the Grand Secretary's office, who verifies the facts to the committee on awards. Then "the committee will of necessity use its brotherly judgment to determine, in any case, if temporary non-affiliation is of such character as to disqualify the nominee." IN OONOLUSION
Eve'nts move rapidly in 1940. Since this review has been written, Masonry has been proscribed in Holland, NOTway, Belgium, France, Rumania, and many of the smaller continental European countries. Mail from these countries appears to be routed through Berlin where it is amply covered with swastikas. It is then opened by British censors-after which we are permitted to read whatever may be left. Verily, when dictators march in, Freemasonry walks out. "God save America."
IN"DEX A. A. S. R.: history in District of Columbia, lIc Addresses, 51c; of Grand Masters, 53c Africa: district Grand Lodge of South, 44c Alabama: 53c, 65c, 66c, 84c, 102c, 106c, 109c Alaska: Masonry in, 19c Alberta: Ven'ezuela recognition, 47c, 50c, 66c, 82c, 90c, 105, 109c, 1I3c Alpina: see" Switzerland" Anti-Masonry: 57c ; propaganda, lc,3c Argentina: Masonry in, 19c Arizona: 22c, 48c, 54c, 60c, 65c, 66c, 69c, 74c, 72c, 79c, 98c, 102c, l06c, 1I4c Au, David W. K.: report on Ohinese Freemasonry, 22c Australia: fifth Masonic conference, l7c Austria: present status of Masonry in, 20c Awards,59c Belgium: Masonry in, 21c Bolivia: Masonry in, 21c Brazil: establishes lodges in Argentina, 19c; status of Grand Orient, 2lc British Columbia: character of P. G. M.'s, 50c; historical, 82c; humor, 84c; review, l05c Buildings: see ' 'Masonic Buildings" Bulgaria: Masonry in, 22c California: 17c, 33c, 48c, 51c, 54c, 60c, 64c, 65c, 72c, 77c, 79c, 85c, 88c, 90c, 92c, 95c, 91c, 98c, 99c, 102c, 106c, lIOc, 1I4c Canada: Grand Master's address, 56c Canal Zone: photo Cristobal Temple, frontispiece; photo, Ancon Temple, 7c; photo, Gatun Temple, 8c; photo, Balboa Temple, 9c; photo, Pedro Miguel Temple, 10c; story of Masonry in, 6c; York and Scottish Rite bodies,8e
Catholic Ohurch: attitude, 4c, 58c; and Dr. Rizal, 82c Charity and Relief, 60e Chile: earthquake relief, l6c; establishes lodges in Bolivia, 21c; Masonry in, 24c Chiles, Henry C.: author of pamphlet, lIc; made honorary P. G. M., 59c; visitation, lOlc China: Masonry in, 22c; incident to Irish Mason, 34c; clandestine organizations, 64c; Scottish Lodges in, 44c Clandestine Masonry, 64c Clark, Sir Ernest: Governor and P. G. C., 46c Collins, Martin: first President M. R. S., 17c Colombia: Masonry in, 24c Colorado: 16c, 18c, 19c, 27c, 36c, 40c, 45c, 51c, 69c, 79c, l02c, l07c, 114c Condition of the Craft, 65c Conference of Grand Masters, l4c Conference of Grand Secretaries, 16c Connecticut: l8c, 30c, 59c, 71c, 19c, 85c, 97c, 102c, 107c, lIOe Cornerstones, 66c Cowles, John Henry: commemorative volume, l3c Cuba: Masonry in, 25c Cummings, Homer S., 48c Cechoslovakia: Masonry in, 26c Declaration of Principles, 69c Degrees, 71c Delaware: 27c, 40c, 45c, 66c, 72c, 84c, 86c, 91c, 102c, 1I4c Denmark: Masonry in, 27c Dewey, Thos. E., 48c Discipline, 96c District of Columbia: 48c, 66c, 69c, 72c, 77c, 79c, 84c, 92c, 97c, 98c, 99c, 107c, 1I5c Dominican Republic: Masonry in, 29c Donoughmore, Lord: absent at Grand Lodge, 33c Dual Membership, 93c Duke of Kent: made honorary member,43c
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Iowa: 11c, 16c, 18c, 22e, 25c, 49c, 59c, 61c, 65c, 67c, 69c, 72c, 78c, 80c, 86c, 92c, 94c, 96e, 98c, 101c, 102c, 107c, 115c Ireland: Dublin lodge CO, 12c; Masonry in, 32c Ittner, Anthony F.: director of G. W. M. N. Association, 14c; visitations, 101e J ackling, Daniel C.: organizes lodge in Utah, 11e Jackson, Robert H.: 48c Japan: Masonry in, 340 Johnson, Leo H.: Visitation, 101c Johnson., Louis A.: 49c Jugoslavia: Masonry in, 34c Kansas: 14c, 27c, 40c, 45c, 54c, 61c, 67c, 92c, 94c, 96c, 102c, 107c, 115c Kentucky: 29c, 67c, 91c, 96c, 102c, l11c, 115c Laws: 84c Lee, Bert S.: Vice-President G. W. M. N. Association, 14c Lexington, Mo.: one hundred years of Freemasonry in, 11c Life Membership, 920 Liquor, 85c Lotteries: 85c Louisiana: 28c, 37c, 59c, 67c, 70c,' 78c, 80c, 88c, 91c, 99c, 103c Lutheran Church: antagonism, 3c
McArthur, Genl. Douglas: 500 MeNary, Chas. L.: 480 McNutt, Paul V.: 50c Maine: 15c, 49c, 59c, 65c, 67c, 77c, Haiti: Masonry in, 32c 78c, 80c, 86c, 88c, 92c, 99c, 103e, 107c, 111c, 115c Hawaii: Masonry in, 33c Historical: 79c Manitoba: 19c, 25c, 28c, 73c, 105c Honduras: consolidation of Scot- Markham, Edwin: death, 48c tish lodges, 43c Maryland: 25c, 42c, 45c, 67c, 70c, Hjmor, 830 83c, 89c, 95c, 100c, 102c, 111c Hyde, Arthur M.: Grand Lodge. of Masonic Books: review llc Ohio publishes address of, 50c Masonic Buildings: 88c . Masonic Home: 90c Idaho: 27c, 40e, 45c, 49c, 61c, 6ge, Masonic Pamphlets: review, llc Masonic Personages: 47c 79c, 99c, 102c, 110c Illinois: 49c, 54c, 67c, 69c, 75c, 80c, Masonic Relief Association: bien86c, 91c, 92c, 101c, 102c nial meeting, 17c Indiana: 49c, 65c, 67c, 69c, 75c, 80c, Masonic Service Association: annual meeting, 15c 84e, 86c, 102c, 107c, 111c, 115c International Masonic Association: Massachusetts: 6e, 7c, 10c, 41c, 15c, West Virginia attitude, 19c 18c, 23c, 24c, 25c, 47e, 49c, 51c,
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55c, 57c, 65c, 70c, 72c, 76c, 80c, 86c, 92c, 99c, IOOc, I02c, I08c Mather, Arthur: addresses路 Grand Secretaries conference, 16c Mei, Rua Chuen: addresses California Grand Lodge, 48c; addresses New York Grand Lodge, 49c; report on Chinese lodges, 23c Membership, 92c Mexico: clandestine organizations, 64c; Masonry in, 34c; Spanish Masons in, 45c Michigan: 17c, 28c, 36c, 40c, 45c, 67c, 70c, 72c, 83, 84c, 91c, I02c, I08c, 111c Minnesota: 14c, 49c, 52c, 55c, 67c, 70e, 91e, 96e, IOOe, I03e, I08e Mississippi: 66c, 70c, 76e, 83c, IOOc, I03c Missouri: enforcement of liquor laws, 85c; rank as Memorial contributor, 14c Missourians: IOlc Montana: 22c, 25c, 27c, 61c, 66c, 67~ 70~ 73~ 76~ 78~ 80~ 83~
I03c, Hlc, 115e Music: of Masonic ritual, 12c National Sojourners: 75c Nebraska: represented at M. R. A., 17e Negro Masonry: in California, 64c; new volume by Voorhis, 13e; Oklahoma vs. New Jersey, 18e Netherlands: Masonry in, 35e Nevada: 17e, 19c, 25c, 67e, 72e, 73e, 80e, 112e New, Dr. Way Sung: death of famous surgeon, 23e New Brunswick: dispensations~ 96e; secrecy, IOOe New Jersey: 18e, 25e, 67e, 70e, 77e, 80e, 89c, I03e New Mexieo: 28e, 72e, 66e, 67e, 70e, 73c, 76c, 87c, 8ge, 92c, IOle, I08e, New South Wales: 25e, 74e, 82e, 87e, 90e, 91e, lOOe, I05e, 113e New York: 12c, 14c, 30e, 31e, 46e, 49c, 55c, 5ge, 62e, 63e, 66e, 73e, 76e, 77c, 81e, 93e, 96e, 98e, 9ge, 112e,115e New Zealand: history of Grand Lodge, 13e; Masonry in, 36e Niearagua: Masonry in, 37e N omenelature: 93c North Carolina: 12e, 30c, 32c, 4ge,
119c
58c, 60c, 70c, 78c, 81c, 86c, 87c, 93c, 96c, 98c, I03e, 115c North Dakota: 25e, 41c, 49c, 50c, 59c, 73c, 76e, 81c, I03c, 112c, 115c Norway: Masonry in, 40c Nova Scotia: 56e, 71c, 85e, I09c, 114c Ohio: 14c, 27c, 50c, 55c, 67c, 72c, 76c, 81c, 87c, 89c, 91e, I03e, H2e Oklahoma: 18c, 30c, 50c, 62e, 68e, 74e, 91c, IOlc, I03c Ontario: 50e, 73c, 7ge, 94c, 96c, I05c Oregon: Hc, 28c, 29c, 62c, 66c, 75c, 68c, 70c, 73c, 76c,路 77c, 93c, IOlc, I04c, 112e Palestine: Masonry in, 40c; Scotland establishes lodge at TelAviv,42c Panama: 6c, 9c, IOc, 4lc Pennsylvania: 1ge, 25c, 60c, 62c, 70c, 72c, 76c, 77c, 78c, 87c, 91c, 98c, I02c, 112e Peru: Masonry in, 4lc Philippine Islands: 20c, 22c, 30c, 33c, 50c, 51c, 53c, 57c, 58c, 63c, 64c, 66c, 74c, 75c, 82c, 85, 90c, 64c, 66c, 74c, 75c, 82c, 85c, 90c, Photographs: Ancon Temple, 7c ; Balboa Temple, 9c; Cristobal Temple, frontispiece; Gatun Temple, 8c; Nicaragua Temple, 39c; Pedro Miguel Temple, IOc Physical Qualifications: 94c Poland: newspaper propaganda, lc Political: 95c; candidates for President,2c Prinee Edward Island: 28c, 40c, 45c, 83c, IOOc Propaganda: in newspapers, lc Puerto Rieo: Masonry in, 42c Queensland: 83c, 90c, 94e, lOOc, I09c, 114c Reeognition: attitude of Grand Lodges, l8c Research Lodges: 95c; publications, 12e Review: I02c Rhode Island: 19c, 31c, 60c, 70e, 76c, 77e, 81c, 83e, 87e, 91e, 93e, I02c
.120c
THE MASONIC WORLD
Rhodesia: Scotland establishes new lodge, 42c Ritual and Monitor: l06c Rocky Mountain Lodge No. 11: history of, llc Roosevelt, Franklin D.: 48c Royal Arch Degree: early history, l2c San Salvador: history, 42c Saskatchewan: address, 52c Scotland: lodge in Canal Zone, 6c; Masonry in, 42c Shriners Hospitals: story of, l3c Sibelius, Jan: Masonic ritual music, l2c Somoza, President Anastasio: visits LTnited States,37c South Australia: 19c, 42c, 63c, 74c, 65c, 85c, lOlc, l06c, l09c, 1I4c South Carolina: 27c, 40c, 45c, 60c, 68c, 84c, 94c, 98c, lOOc, l04c South Dakota: l4c, 62c, 71c, 87c, l02c, 1I5c Spain: conditions in, 45e; newspaper propaganda, lc Suspended Member: attitude of, 4c Sweden: Masonry in, 45c Switzerland: Masonry in, 1ge; origin in England, 19c Syria-Lebanon: Masonry in, 46e Tasmania: Masonry in, 46c Templar History: official report, 13e Tennessee: 16c, 27e, 22c, 55e, 62c, 68e, 75e, 77e, 87e, 8ge, I04e, 112e Texas: 25e, 31c, 52e, 60c, 65c, 68e,
1940
71e, 72e, 75c, 76c, 79c, 84c, 89c, 9lc, 93e, 96c, lOOc, l04c, l0ge, 112e,' 1I5e Turkey: Masonry in, 46e Unusual: l0ge Utah: see" Rocky Mountain Lodge No. 11": 68e, 71e, 75e, 76e, 84e, l04e, 1I5e Vance, Genl. M.D.: 48c Venezuela: Masonry in, 46c Vermont: 26e, 27e, 40e, 45e, 56e, 62e, 81e, lOOe, l04e Veteran Masons: 1I4e; one of the six oldest, 4ge Vetsburg, Karl M.: presents Missouri check to Memorial Association, He; visitations, IOle Victoria: Masonry in, 47e Virginia: 40e, 56e, 68e, 73e, 75e, 8lc, 97e, l04e, l0ge, 1I3e, 1I5c Wallace, Henry: 48c Washington: l3e, 22e, 25e, 28c, 60c, 68e, 71e, 72e, 75e, 82e, l02e, l04e, l09c Western Australia: 42e, 57c, 63e, 75e,90c, 98c,I06e West Virginia: 1ge, 25e, 27c, 45e, 68e, 97e, I05e, l0ge, 1I5e Wien, Grand Lodge of: see" Austria " Willkie, Wendell: 48e Wisconsin: l5e, 50c, 85e, 89c, 93, l05c Wyoming: 19c, 27c, 50e, 68c, 71c, 82e, 85e, 93c, l05e, 1I3e
1940
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
1d
RECOGNITION OF GRAND LODGES
The following Foreign Grand Lodges are recognized as regular by the Grand Lodge of Missouri: Alberta; British Columbia; Austria; Grossloge Von Wien; Canada; Chili (at Santiago); Costa Rica; Cuba (Island of); National Grand Lodge of Czechoslovakia; Grand Lodge Lessing zu den drei Ringen; Denmark; Finland; Grand Lodge of Finland; England; France; Guatemala (Nat. and Ind. G. L. of); Ireland; Jugoslavia: Grand Lodge of Jugoslavia; Manitoba; Mexico (York G. L. of); Netherlands; New Brunswick; New South Wales; New Zealand; Norway; Nova Scotia; Panama; Philippine Islands; Porto Rico; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Queensland; Rumania; San Salvador; Saskatchewan; Scotland; South Australia; Sweden; Swiss Alpina; Tasmania; Victoria; Western Australia. LIST OF GRAND SECRETARIES AND THEm ADDRESSES Alabama, Guy T. Smith, Montgomery. Arizona, Harry A. Drachman, Tucson. Arkansas, Woodlief A. Thomas, Little Rock. California, John Whicher, San Francisco. Colorado, Chas. A. Patton, 319 Masonic Temple, Denver. Connecticut, Winthrop Buck, Hartford. Delaware, John F. Robinson, Wilmington. District of Columbia, J. Claude Keiper, Washington. Florida, George W. Huff, Jacksonville. Georgia, Frank F. Baker, Macon. Idaho, Curtis F. Pike, Boise. Illinois, R. C. Davenport, Harrisburg. Indiana, William H. Swintz, Indianapolis. Iowa, C. C. Hunt, Cedar Rapids. Kansas, Elmer F. Strain, Topeka. Kentucky, A. O. Orton, Louisville. Louisiana, D. Peter LaGuens, Jr., New Orleans. Maine, Convers E. Leach, Port路 land. Maryland, Claud Shaffer, Baltimore. Massachusetts, Frank H. Hilton, Boston. Michigan, F. Homer Newton, Grand Rapids. Minnesota, John H. Anderson, St. Paul. Mississippi, Sid F. Curtis, Meridian.
Missouri, Arthur Mather, St. Louis. Montana, Luther T. Hauberg, Helena. Nebraska, Lewis E. Smith, Omaha. Nevada, E. C. Peterson, Carson City. New Hampshire, J. Melvin Dresser, Concord. New Jersey, Isaac Cherry, Trenton. New Mexico, Alpheus A. Keen, . Albuquerque. New York, Charles H. Johnson, New York City. North Carolina, J. H. Anderson, Raleigh. North Dakota, W. L. Stockwell, Fargo. Ohio, Harry S. Johnson, Cincinnati. Oklahoma, D. A. Sturgeon, Guthrie. Oregon, D. R. Cheney, Portland. Pennsylvania, Mathew Galt, Jr., Philadelphia Rhode Island, H. L. McAuslan, Providence. South Carolina, O. Frank Hart, Columbia. South Dakota, W. D. Swain, Sioux Falls. Tennessee, T. E. Doss, Nashville. Texas, Geo. H. Belew, Waco. Utah, Sam H. Goodwin, Salt Lake City. Vermont, Archie S. Harriman, Burlington. Virginia, James M. Clift, Richmond. Washington, Horace W. Tyler, Tacoma.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
West Virginia, Ira W. Coffman, P. O. Box 346, Charleston. Wisconsin, William F. Weiler, Milwaukee. Wyoming, J. M. Lowndes, Casper. Alberta, J. H. W. S. Kemmis, Calgary. Austria, Grossloge Von Wien, Dr. Wladimir Misar.. Starhemberggasse 47, Wien IV 12, Vienna. British Columbia, Frank S. McKee, Masonic Temple, 692 Seymour St., Vancouver, B. C. Canada, Ewart G. Dixon, Hamilton,Ont. Chile, Enrique A. Saldias, Santiago. Costa Rica, Edward Sasso, Apartado Y, San Jose, Costa Rica. Cuba, Luis Martinez Reyes, Apartado 2, Havana. Czechoslovakia, National Grand Lodge of, L. Schwary, Vinohradska 24, Prague-Smichon. Czechoslovakia, Prof. Dr. V. Lesny, G. M. (Nall. G. L.) 2 Dienzenhofferovy Sady, Prague XVI. Czechoslovakia, Felix Lenhart, G. M. (Lessing), Trojanova 7, Prague XI. Czechoslovakia, Grand Lodge Lessing zu den drei Ringen, E. Klatscher-Lessingham, Trojanova 7, Prague XI. Denmark, Alex Troeddson, Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 23. England, Sidney A. White, London. Finland, Masonic Hall No. 13, Unioninkatu, Helsinki. France (Nat. and Ind. G. L. of), G. H. Hargreaves, 42 Rue de Rochechouart, Paris. Ireland, Henry C. Shellard, Dublin. Jugoslavia, Dr. V. Novak, Cika Ljubina 20, 3, Belgrade. Manitoba, J. H. G. Russell, Winnipeg. Mexico (York G. L. of), Fred T.
1940
Berger, Apartado 1986, Mexico D.F. Netherlands, A. F. L. Faubel, The Hague. New Brunswick, R. D. Magee, St. John. New South Wales, David Cunningham, Masonic Hall, Sydney. New Zealand, H. A. Lamb, 1293 Christ Church-C. I. New Zealand. Norway, J. P. Graff-Wang, Col. Nedro Voldgate 19, Oslo. Nova Scotia, James C. Jones, Freemason's Hall, Halifax. Panama, Andres Mojica, Apartado 84, Panama, Rep. Panama. Philippine Islands, Teodoro M. Kalaw, Manila. Porto Rico, Rodolfo R. Pabon, P. O.Box 747, San Juan. Prince Edward Island, Chas. M. Williams, Charlottetown. Quebec, W. W. Williamson, Montreal. Queensland, Leslie P. Marks, Box 675, Brisbane. Rumania; Corneliu Mihalesco, Bukarest. San Salvador, Tomas Soley, San Salvador, C. A. Saskatchewan, W. B. Tate, Regina. Scotland, Thomas G. Winning, Freemason's Hall, Edinburgh. South Australia, R. Owen Fox (Acting),' Freemason's Hall, Adelaide. Sweden, Yngve G. Wisen, Narvunagen 32, Stockholm. Switzerland, Swiss Grand Lodge Alpina, Charles Serex, Berne, Switzerland. Tasmania, W. H. Strutt, 117 Macquarie, Hobart. Victoria, William Stewart, Freemason's Hall, Melbourne. Western Australia, A. E. Jenson, Freemason's Hall, Perth.
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES TO AND FROM THE GRAND LODGE OF :MISSOURI TO MISSOURI GRAND LODGE Grand Representative Post Office ......••..•..•.•.•......... '" ...•...•.•....................••• Alabama . Wm. C. Rese ..••....•...... ; St. Louis .•...................•..•.• Alberta .•.......... Byrne E. Bigger. . • • . . . . . . . .. Hannibal............... . .....•...•• Arizona ••.......... James A. Boone .•.......... , Charleston ..............•........... Arkansas . Frank G. Ade ...•........... Joplin ..••.••................... British Columbia . Robert C. Duffin ••........... St. Louis ...............•.....•...•.• Canada . E. L. Robison St. Joseph Colorado •.•........ Willis J. Bray. . • . . . . . . . . . . .. Kirksville ...............•.......... Connecticut .••....... Thornton Jennings .•........ Clinton ...•........................ Costa Rica . James H. Scarborough ...•... Warrensburg .....................••.. Cuba . Jolly P. Hurtt ..••........... Sedalia ..•..............•........... Delaware . Wm. C. Gordon •.•........... Marshall ....•...................... Denmark . Albert Linxwiler. . . . . . . . . . .. Jefferson City ...........•...... District of Columbia . Ray V. Denslow. . . . . . . . . . . .. Trenton................ . England . Eli S. Haynes •••............ W. W. Martin .. , . Walter A. Higbee . Walter J. Simon . DuVal Smith . Nat D. Jackson . Forrest C. Donnell . Chas. L. Woods ..•........... F. C. Barnhill . Ovid Bell ••................. James A. Kinder . Harris C. Johnston . James W. Skelly . Arthur Mather . Orestes Mitchell, Jr•......... Arch A. Johnson . Harold L. Reader . Curtis J. Neal. . E. E. Morris •............... Morris E. Ewing .••......... GUY C. Million . Henry C. Chiles . Grover C. Sparks .
FROM MISSOURI Grand Representative Post Office Blake W. Harper Montgomery Archibald West Edmonton Lee Garrett. . • • . . . . . . . . . . . .. Tuscon M. W. Greeson , Prescott William Astley ••............ Vancouver Donald Sutherland. . . . . . . . .. Princeton Carl J. Bradfield. . . . . . . . . . .. Grand Junction
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Rudolph Sasso Calixto Fajardo Weldon C. Waples ..•......•. Wm. MaIling. . • . . . . . . . . . . .. Goo. S. Foreman. . . . . . . . . . .. Hon. Wykeham Stanley Cornwallis. . . . . • . . . . . . . .. Columbia .•.•......................•. Florida Richard B. Lovett ..•........ St. Louis Georgia .•.......... William Bordley Clarke Lancaster Guatemala ............•••••••••••••••..•......... St. Louis .•...........•.............. Idaho Clarence D. Purkhiser . St. Joseph .•......................•.. Illinois............ Carl W. Mulfinger . Independence.. . . . . • . . .. . Indiana. . . . . . . . . . .. Herbert A. Graham . St. Louis .•...•..................•..• Ireland .•.......... Herbert Malcolm •........... Rolla ..•.•••••••....•..............•• Kansas. . • . . . . . . . .. D. A. Meredith .•.•.......... Marshall ..•..•••......•............. Kentucky. . . . . . . . . .. Sam K. Veach •••..•..•..... Fulton ..•...•..•................... Louisiana•.......... J. H. Rowland . Cape Girardeau Maine Edward H. Britton ..•....... Boonville ...............•........... Manitoba Maris H. Garton . St. Louis Maryland.••....•••• G. A. Rasch·...•............ St. Louis .•...................... Massachusetts •••••••• Robt. D. Webster ...•....... St. Joseph ..............•........... Michigan ..•....•... Neil W. Murray . Springfield. • .• . . . . . . . .. . ........•. Minnesota ..•........ Albert T. Pray ..•.•...•..... Webster Groves Mississippi, John Foggo Dixon . Cape Girardeau .....•.............•. Montana Knute L. Brujord . Kansas City Nebraska .••........ Edward E. Carr . MO:l\risville .....•..................... Nevada •••••..•...• Nealy H. Chapin ..•......•.. Boonville ...............•........ New Brunswick. . • • . . .. . ..•.••.•.••••....•........ Lexington New Hampshire .•...... Oscar Earle Jewell Savannah New Jersey .•••...... H. E. Hutchison .........•..
P. O. Box 186, San Jose Havana Newark Copenhagen 5622 1st St. N. E. Kent Tampa Savannah Caldwell 33 N. La Salle, Chicago Indianapolis Ireland Kansas City Carlisle Shreveport Waterville Boissevain Baltimore Belmont Detroit Minneapolis Natchez Culbertson North Platte Lincoln St. John Trenton
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES TO AND FROM THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI-(Continued) TO MISSOURI GRAND LODGE Grand Representative Post Office . Cecil A. Tolin . St. Louis ......................•.. New Mexico . B. C. Hunt . Columbia .•..................... New South Wales New york . Athol J. Mitchener . St. Louis New Zealand . , Louis J. Graue . Mexico North Carolina . George W. Walker . Cape Girardeau North Dakota . F. L. Magoon . St. Louis Nova Scotia . William R. Gentry . St. Louis Ohio ' Fred O. Wood , . Hartville. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Oklahoma . Walter A. Phipps .. : . Neosho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Oregon . Thad B. Landon . Kansas City. . . . . . . . . . . .. . Panama . Bert S. Lee , Springfield Philippine Islands . Anthony F. Ittner . St. Louis. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Prince Edward Island . W. B. Massey . Bonne Terre Quebec . George C. Marquis . Independence Queensland ' William F. Woodruff . Kansas City " Rhode Island .. T. W. Cotton . Van Buren Porto Rico . John W. Calhoun . St. Louis Rumania . Eugene J. Williams . ........................ , Maj. W. S. MacAaron . Boonville Saskatchewan . " Andrew J. O'Reilly , St. Louis ........................•.•. Scotland ........•••• South Australia .. Theodore C. Teel. . St. Louis Harry S. Truman . Independence. . . . . . . . . .. . South Carolina . South Dakota . Robert C. Winkelmaier . St. Louis Swiss Alpina . Robert Lee Barger . Ironton , Tasmania . Solon Cameron . St. Louis Tennessee . Leo H. Johnson . Neosho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . Thomas H. Reynolds . Kansas City. . . . . . . . . . . .. . ..........•• Texas , ., Utah . Karl M. Vetsburg . St. Louis , J. R. McLachlan .. Kahoka ...........................•. Vermont Victoria ••.......... R. R. Kreeger . Kansas City . Kansas City ........................• Virginia ••••........ O. H. Swearingen Van F. Boor . Kansas City. . . . . . . . . . . .. '" Washington . Chas. T. Kornhrodt . .............. .. , Western Australia ..•.... . St. Louis....... .. . West Virginia . C. Lew Gallant John M. Gallatin . Chillicothe. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Wisconsin . Edward P. Walsh
St. Louis
FROM MISSOURI Grand Representative Post Office Herbert S. Murdock Springer James T •. Smiles. . .. . .• . . . .. Sydney Wm. W. Bush Belmont William Waring De Castro. .. Wellington David McH. Williford....... Greenville Harry Lord. . . . . • . . • . . • . . .. Cando Israel Edward Sanford. . . . .. Halifax James W. Morgan ..•....... Jackson William P. Freeman. . . . . . ... McAlester H. Beckwith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Portland Julio Icaza ...........•.•... Panama City C. C. Carlton . . A. J. B. Milborne Samuel James Cossart . Henry S. See . Charles O. Lord . Dr. Leo Salzman. . . • • . . .. .. J. Orville Clark ..•..••...... John B. Peden . William J ames Host ..•...... Gen. Summerall .
Souris Montreal Brisbane Providence San Juan Bucharest Govan Edinburgh Adelaide Charleston
Emil Glaser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Switzerland Herbert Hays. . . . . . . . . . . . . .• Hobart G. R. Montgomery. . . . . . . . .. Sidney Watson Badcon Seymour C. Hard. . . . . . . . . .. Baron Marks. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Vernon G. Harlin. . . . . . . . . .. John I. Preissner. . . . . . . . . .. A. C. Munro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. P. P. Lester ..•............. Claude J. Hendricks........
York Grand Lodge of Mexico, F. &. A. M , Marcus A. Loevy
Fort Worth Ogden Arlington Melbourne Harrisonburg Yakima Perth Wayne 2321 E. Belleview Place, Milwaukee Mexico City
INDEX 1940 PROOEEDINGS
A
P~E
Address of the Grand Master Annual Communications, Sister Grand ;Lodges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anonymity Border Legislation Centennial Celebrations Charges Against a Worshipful Master Conclusion Cornerstone Layings
5 51 33 61 42 34 62 18
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Dedication of Halls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Dispensations Dramatization of Fellow Craft Degree George Washington Masonic Nat!. Memorial Association Meeting George Washington Statue Grand Masters' Oonferences Interstate Visits and Degrees Lewis and Clark Memorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . List of Visitations Masonic Home of Missouri Masonic Service Association of St. Louis Necrology Official Bonds Other Unusual Occasions Politics and Freemasonry Proposed Amendments Refugee Children Residential Qualification of District Deputies and District Lecturers Social Security and Income Tax Matters Social Service at Training Camps. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. St. Louis Masonic Temple Campaign State and Condition of Freemasonry in Missouri Swiss Grand Lodge Alpina Thanks.................................................... Trial Commissions Voting in Grand Lodge Address of Thomas P. Bedford Address of George H. Belew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Address of Thomas E. Doss.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Address of Earl J. Lee Address of Thomas B. Mather, Grand Orator Address of Wm. B. Massey , " , . Address of Dr. Hans Schlessinger Address of I.Jewis E. Smith Alphabetical List of Lodges Amendments to By-Laws Adopted, 1940 Amendments Adopted and Decisions Approved, 1939 Amendments to By-Laws Laid Over for Action in 1941. . . . . . . . . . . .. Amendment Proposed Amendments Referred to 1941 Jurisprudence Committee " Amendments to By-Laws Rejected ..................â&#x20AC;˘...........
18 18 56 50 28 50 51 56 35 55 30 6 6 48 32 59 57
60 6 56 52 54 58 62 19 35 156 118 117 118 124 121 158 119 175 166 9-d 168 122 169 166
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Appointment of Committees Appointments Approval of Minutes
102 159 4 B
Bedford, Thomas P., Address of 156 Belew, George H., Address of ."................................. 118 Benediction 164 Biographical Sketch of Grand Master Vetsburg .
C Closing Committees for 1940-1941, Standing and Special Credentials, Interim Report
164 162 2
D
Dedication Ceremony Dedication of Lewis and Clark Marker Dedication and Unveiling of Masonic Markers District Deputy Grand Masters, 1940-1941, List of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. District Lecturers, 1940-1941, List of Directory of Lodges by Districts Doss, Thomas E., Address of Dramatization of Fellow Craft Degree, Presentation
115 122 114 164 164 220 117 131
E
Election of Board of Directors of Masonic Home Election of Officers
141 141
F
Final Report of Credentials Committee
153
G Garrell, Julius C., Regret of .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Grand Master's Address 5 Grand Master's Biographical Sketch 1 Grand Representatives to and from Missouri 3-d Grand Secretaries and Their Addresses, List of 1-d Grand Secretary's Tabular Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 190 Guests, Introduction of 4 I
Installation Introduction of Distinguished Guests Invitation to St. Louis Invocation by Rabbi Samuel Thurman
159 4 116 1
L
Landon, Thad. B., Regret of Lee, Earl J., Address of Lewis and Clark Marker, Dedication of List of District Deputy Grand Masters and Lecturers, 1940-1941 List of Elected Officers Since Organization , List of Lodges, Alphabetical List of Lodges, Numerical
3 118 122 164 244 174 171
1940
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List of Living Past Grand Masters List of Standing and Special Committees, 1940-1941 List of Grand Representatives to and from Missouri List of Grand Secretaries and Addresses Lodge Directory by Districts
163 162 3-d 1-d 220
M
Massey, Wm. B., Address of Mather, Thomas B., Address of, Grand Orator Minutes Approved Mural Proposed for Masonic Temple in St. Louis
121 124 164 131
N
171
Numerical List of Lodges
o Officers, Election of Offic~rs, ~lected, Since Organization Openmg Organ Recital by E. Prang Stamm
141 244 1 124
P Past Grand Masters, List of Living 163 Picture, Centennial Certificates, 43 N aphtali Lodge No. 25 Lexington Lodge No. 149 44 Picture, First Baptist Church Cornerstone Laying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Picture of Lewis and Clark Marker 123 Picture, 100-Year Certificate to Wm. Cash Ladd .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Picture of Wm. C. Ladd and Karl M. Vetsburg ..................â&#x20AC;˘ 47 Preliminary 1 Present 1 Presentation of Dramatization of Fellow Craft Degree 131 Presentation to Grand Master and Past Grand Master 160 Proposed Amendment, V. Boor 122 Proposed Amendments 155 Proposed Mural for Masonic Temple in St. Louis l. 131 R Recognition of Grand Lodges Report of Building Supervisory Board Report of Grand Auditor Report. of Grand Lecturer Report of Grand Secretary ................................. Report of Grand Treasurer Report of Treasurer of Geo. Washington Statue Fund : Report of the Masonic Home .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Report of Masonic Home Visiting Committee ' Report of Committee on Appeals and Grievances '" Boards of Relief and Masonic Employment Bureau Chartered Lodges D. D. G. M.'s Reports Emblems Foreign Recognition
1-d 147 84 108 63 75 143 90 117 134 145 153 154 133 132
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INDEX
1940 PAGE
Forms and Ceremonies Geo. Washington Masonic Natl. Memorial Assoc Grand Master's Address Jurisprudence Library , Lodges U. D. Masonic Publications Masonic Service Association Masonic Temple Association Mileage and Per Diem Necrology Refugee Children "........................ Revision of By-Laws Ritual Social Service at Training Camps Transportation and lIotels Ways and Means '" Welfare Robison, E. L., Regret of Resolutions Adopted Resolutions Read by Arch A. Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Resolution, Jefferson Centennial Marker Resolution Rejected
113 134 88 149 133 117 140 141 132 154 106 143 132 108 113 156 157 103 2 170 105 142 170
S Schlessinger, Dr. lIans, Address of Smith, Lewis E., Address of Stamm, E. Prang, Organ Recital by
158 119 124
T Tabular Statement of Grand Secretary Telegrams, Letters and Regrets Thurman, Rabbi Samuel, Invocation by
190 2 1
V
Vetsburg, K. M., Grand Master, Biographical Sketch of Address of
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AMENDMENTS ADOPTED AND DECISIONS APPROVED-1939.
SEC. 161 (p. 88). Non-payment of Dues, Addition. "The form of application shall be substantially as follows: APPLICATION FOR RESTORATION To the Worshipful Master, Wardens, and Members of . , A. F. & A. M.: Lodge No The Subscriber represents that he was suspended by said Lodge, on the day of , 19 , for non-payment of dues, that he has liquidated his indebtedness to the said Lodge, and now desires to be restored to membership and promises, if restored, to comply with the Laws and Regulations of the Fraternity. Yours respectfully, Signature Address ........................, 19 " (Proc. 1939, p. 137.)
SEC. 198 (p. 110). Un-Masonic Conduct. All Lodges shall enforce the Masonic law which is hereby declared to prohibit habitual drunkenness, gambling, blasphemy, profanity, and practices of a kindred character, and all other Masonic offenses. (Proc. 1939, p. 137.)
SEC. 199 (p. 110). Same. No Lodge in this jurisdiction shall receive a petition for the Degrees or for affiliation from any individual who is connected directly or indirectly with any such manufacture, sale (whether retail or wholesale) or handling of intoxicating liquor as if performed by a Freemason would tend, or which occurs in a manner or under a surrounding which if such manufacture, sale or handling respectively were performed by a Freemason would tend, to impair the good name of the Masonic institution or its usefulness, or to cause scandal, or to degrade it in public estimation, or which is in anywise contrary to its principles, obligations or teachings; and the sale by any individual personally of intoxicating liquor at retail for consumption as a beverage on the premises where sold is hereby declared to be such conduct as, if such sale were made by a Freemason, would impair the good name of the Masonic institution or its usefulness or degrade it in the public estimation. (Proc. 1939, p. 137.)
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SEC. 199 (p. 111). (b) Any direct or indirect connection with such manufacture, sale (whether retail or wholesale) or handling of intoxicating liquor as tends, or which occurs in a manner or under a surrounding which tends, to impair the good name of the Masonic institution or its usefulness, or to cause scandal, or to degrade it in public estimation, or which is in anywise contrary to its principles, obligations or teachings; and the sale by any Freemason personally of intoxicating liquor at retail for consumption as a beverage on the premises where sold is hereby declared to be such conduct as impairs the good name of the Masonic institution or its usefulness or degrades it in public estimation. (b-l). Any other act, conduct or neglect of duty tending to impair the good name of the Masonic institution or its usefulness, or to cause scandal, or to degrade it in public estimation, or which is in anywise contrary to its principles, obligations or teachings. (Proc. 1939), pp. 137-8).
Decisions
SEC. 50, Decision (p. 29). It is not lawful to play cards for any purpose whatsoever either in the Lodge room or in the anteroom used by the Tiler. (Proc. 1939, p. 10.)
SEC. 51, Decision (p. 30). It is not lawful to play cards for any purpose whatsoever either in the Lodge room or in the anteroom used by the Tiler. (Proc. 1939, p. 10.)
SEC. 57, Decision (p. 33). The responsibility of inspecting and approving (or disapproving) Lodge halls rests upon the District Deputy Grand Master.. (Proc. 1939, p. 8.)
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SEC. 75, Decision (p. 41). Where the officials of a "higher body" are given official notice of a brother's suspension N. P. D., and no attention is paid to the fact that he is no longer a Master Mason in good standing (although that is a prerequisite to maintaining his standing in the "higher body"), there is nothing which we, as Master Masons, can do about it. (The Jurisprudence Committee approved with this comment: "We presume the decision goes to the fact that we have no control over the so-called 'higher bodies' which is correct. However, we still retain control over the individual members of these other bodies and can prevent their having Masonic communion with a suspended Freemason and can try the suspended Freemason for posing as a Freemason in good standing when he is not, and we do not want to be understood as waiving any of the rights or prerogatives of the Grand Master or of this Grand Lodge.") (Proc. 1939, pp. 11, 124.)
SEC. 93, Decision (p. 47). Whether an office in a Lodge has become ipso facto vacant is a question of fact to be determined by the Lodge. (Proc'. 1939, p. 10).
SEC. 97, Decision (p. 49). A brother who has served as Warden of his Lodge, who resides in Missouri, but not in the town or city where the Lodge is located and not in the Masonic District where the Lodge is located is eligible for the office of Worshipful Master. Whether he should he elected to that office is a question of policy which the members of the Lodge will decide; it is not a question of law. (Proc. 1939, p. 15.)
SEC. 98, Decision (p. 50). Where the records of the suspension of a Worshipful Master by the Grand Lodge show that the Grand Lodge did not by its action at that communication deprive him of his rank, his name should be listed among the Past Masters of the Lodge. (The Jurisprudence Committee approved with this comment: "We call attention to the provisions of Section 98 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws, which require the Grand Lodge at the time of promulgating its decision to determine whether the accused shall or shall not be entitled to the rank of Past Master." (Proc. 1939, pp. 12, 124.)
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SEC. 112, Decision (p. 56). a. If the petitioner for the degrees, by aid of artificial appliances, can conform to the necessary ceremonies, his petition may be received. b. If there are metallic substances in such artificial appliances, their presence is to be ignored in the ceremonies and responses in the E. A. degree. c. Where a petitioner for the degrees is disabled, but can, without assistance from others and without the aid of artificial appliances, conform to the necessary ceremonies, his petition may be received. d. A petition for the degrees from one who has an artificial right hand but who can with its aid conform to the necessary ceremonies, may be received. e. A petition for the degrees from one who has lost his left hand at the wrist may not be received unless he has an artificial appliance enabling him to conform to the necessary ceremonies. (Proc. 1939, p. 10.)
SEC. 115, Decision (p. 59). When the application for advancement of an E. A., who has permitted a year to pass without advancing, is rejected, and after sixty days have passed the rejection is not followed by filing of charges, the petitioner is entitled to advancement. (Proc. 1939, pp. 12, 13.)
SEC. 121, Decision (p. 64). a. When a petitioner for degrees states that he has resided in the State and within the jurisdiction of the Lodge the required time, the petition may be received, but the Committee to which it is referred should investigate all statements carefully. (The Jurisprudence Committee approved with this qualification: "The Grand Lodge has always considered the question of a petitioner voting as a very important factor to determine residence, and in passing upon this decision we do not want to minimize or diminish the importance of where a man votes as an important fact in determining his residence.") (Proc. 1939, pp. 8, 124.) b. When a petitioner for the degrees answers "N 0" to each of the questions relating to residence in the State and within the jurisdiction of the Lodge, he is ineligible, and the petition cannot be received. c. The question of residence is a mixed question, of fact and intention, which requires careful consideration where invasion' of jurisdiction is claimed. (Proc. 1939, p. 8.)
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SEC. 129, Decision (p. 70). a. One who has regularly received the three degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry is a Master Mason. Until he has passed the proficiency examination of the M. M. degree, however, he is denied the privileges of voting, holding office and dimitting. b. A Lodge may properly grant a Missouri Master Mason who was employed temporarily in a jurisdiction where no proficiency examination for the M. W. degree is provided or required and it was consequently impossible for him to attain proficiency while so absent from Missouri, an extension of time within which to become proficient and stand the necessary examination. c. A dimit issued to a Master Mason who had not passed the proficiency examination in that degree, and who was raised since the provision ' in our law was enacted (in 1908) is wholly void. d. A Master Mason who has not passed the proficiency examination of the M. M. degree, is not entitled to ballot on a petition for the degrees. If he has information prej udicial to a petitioner he should inform the Committee of Investigation. (Proc. 1939, pp. 10, 11.)
SEC. 159, Decision (p. 86). A Lodge has power to remit the dues of a suspended brother, either wholly or in part. The Lodge alone has power to grant the remission. (Proc. 1939, p. 12.)
SEC. 161, Decision (p. 87). a. An attempted suspension for non-payment of dues, not based upon notice to appear and show cause required by the Grand Lodge by-laws, is null, void and of no effect. b. Courtesy dictates that a suspended member be notified of his suspension, and informed that if he pays the delinquent dues within twelve months from the date of his suspension, he will be automatically reinstated. (Comment of the Jurisprudence Committee: "The Grand Master's recommendation as to the courtesy to be extended to the Brother has no force in law, but is merely a suggested courtesy and not a declaration of Law.") (Proc. 1939, pp. 9, 124.)
SEC. 161, Decision (p. 88). When there are conflicting opinions concerning the sanity of a brother who has committed homicide and who is confined in the penitentiary and later removed to the psychiatric ward, the Lodge should authorize a committee to investigate and report the actual facts, upon which the policy of the Lodge toward action against the brother can be definitely determined. (Proc. 1939, p. IS.)
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SEC. 180, Decision (p. 101). a. An Entered Apprentice holding a certificate of dimission from a Missouri Lodge but now residing in another State is not entitled to petition the Lodge which issued the certificate, for affiliation. b. Before issuing a certificate of dimission to an Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft who has removed to another jurisdiction, a Lodge should be careful to ascertain whether the certificate will be recognized. In the case of a j l1risdiction where the certificate is not recognized, the proper procedure is for the Lodge to request (through proper channels) the Lodge in whose jurisdiction the Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft now resides, to confer the remaining degree or degrees. (Proc. 1939, p. 9.)
SEC. 194, Decision (p. 108). When a Lodge declines to waive jurisdiction over a petitioner, the Grand Master does not have power to interfere. (Proc. 1939, p. 12).
SEC. 199, Decision (p. 110). a. (Under the old law.) The petition for the degrees of the proprietor of, or of a person employed as a clerk in, a drug store where intoxicating liquors are sold by the package, may not be received. b. A petition for the degrees of one who sells 3.2 per cent beer in his restaurant may be received; if the beer sold is stronger than 3.2 per cent the petition may not be received. (The Jurisprudence Committee states: "We approve this decision but call attention to the fact that by the adoption of the amendments in our Partial Report (p. 94) on Tuesday, this decision will not form a precedent for future decisions based on the law by the new amendments~" (Proc. 1939, pp. 9, 124.)
SEC. 214, Decision (p. 119). It is lawful for a Lodge to limit its guests at Lodge banquets, dinners or other social functions held outside the Lodge hall, to those brethren, members of other Lodges, who exhibit dues receipts for the current year. (Proc. 1939, p. 11.)
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Misc. Decision (p. 123). Where a brother has effected a change of name by proper process in and decree of the Circuit Court, in Missouri, having jurisdiction, and requests the Lodge to enter the change on its records, accompanying the request with a certified copy of the decree of the Circuit Court, the request should be granted and when the change is entered, the Grand Secretary should be informed so the records in his office may conform with the Lodge records. (Proc. 1939, p. 15.)
SEC. 217, Decision (p. 124). a. Masonic burial may not be accorded the remains of a deceased E. A. or a deceased F. C I While it is true that our burial service is not appropriate to the burial of an E. A. or F. C, it seems to me, and I so recommend, that in those rare instances where brethren of lesser degree depart this life, that our Lodges should be permitted by dispensation to appear in funeral procession on such occasions, if desired. (The Jurisprudence Committee approved the decision, but stated: "However, we do not concur in the recommendation of the Grand Master in said Paragraph A, and believe it is the better policy to contipue to adhere to the present policies of the Grand Lodge as announced in a long line of decisions heretofore made." (Proc. 1939, pp. 12, 125.) b. In a situation where, because of extremely inclement weather, a Masonic burial was not held, the Grand Master has no power to issue a dispensation to hold memorial services on Sunday, but at a stated communication, in tiled Lodge, as a part of the order of business, eulogies and appropriate prayers in memory of a departed brother may be heard. (Proc. 1939, p. 12.)
SEC. 241, Decision ~p. 141). Sentence of expulsion was reversed in the case of a member confined in aNew York penitentiary who did not receive the charges and notice of trial until two days after the trial was held. The home of the accused was located more than two miles from the hall of the Lodge. The case was remanded for retrial to be held after obtaining proper service on the accused. (Proc. 1939, p. 117.)
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SEC. 242, Decision (p. 142). Sentence of expulsion was reversed in the case of a member confined in aNew York penitentiary who did not receive the charges and notice of trial until two days after the trial was held. The home of the accused was located more than two miles from the ha,l1 of the Lodge. The case was remanded for retrial to be held after obtaining proper service on the accused. (Proc. 1939, p. 117.)
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS
Decision (p. 168). The responsibility of inspecting and approving (or disapproving) Lodge halls rests upon the District Deputy Grand Master. (Proc. 1939, p. 8.)