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II FORREST C. DONNELL Grand Master, 1942-1943
Our ninety-ninth Grand Mastel', Most Worshipful Brother Forrest C. Donnell, the son of John Cary and Barbara Lee (Waggoner) Donnell, was born in Quitman, Missouri, on August 20, 1884. He is of Scotch and English ancestry, his father coming to Missouri at the age of twenty-one, from North Carolina, where the Donnell family had lived for many generations, and where many of the family still live. The grandfather of Brother Donnell was a plantation owner at Oak Ridge, ncar Greensboro, where the family homstead still stands. His father located first in St. Joseph, where the name Donnell had already become well known though the interests there of Robert Donnell, a banker and' railroad promoter, later going into the mercantile ,business in Quitman, where our Grand Master was born, and afterwards moving to Maryville, where he became Mayor, and where our GI'and Master received his preparatory education. . In 1900, at the age of sixteen, he entered the University of Missouri, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts ill 1904, and receivcd the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1907. He was valedictorian of his class in the High School, the College of Arts, and in the Law School. In his senior year ill Law, he won the Thompson PI1.Ze, a valuable set of law books, for the best thesis. He became a mcmber of Kappa Sigma, Phi Bcta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, and the Order of the Coif. The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was c3.nferred on him in 1941 by''''''estministcr Collcge. He was admitted to the baT in 1907, and practiced law in the 'office of the late Senator Seldcn P. Spcncer in St. Louis from 1907 to 1911; and was a member, in the city of St. Louis, of the law firms of Spencer & Donncll, 1911 to 1925; Spencer, Donnell & McDonald, 1925 to 1928, Holland, Lashly & Donnell, 1928 ~o 1933; and Donnell & McDonald, 1933 to 1941. His Masonic history began in Twilight Lodge No. 114, where he was. raised on December 31, 1907, and later, oil February,4,
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1908, he affiliated with Tuscan Lodge No. 360. He first appeared in the Grand Lodge in 1915, as Master of Tuscan Lodge. Beginning in 1926, he was a member of a Grand Lodge committee almost continually, and he was appointed Grand Orator in 1931. He has been chairman of the following committees: Jurisprudence, 1926 to 1932; . . Supervisory Board of Masonic Home, 1932; Special Committee on Trials of other Jurisdictions, 1935 to 1937; Special Committee on Intoxicating Liquors, Lotteries, Gambling, etc., 1938 and 1939. He was appointed Grand Pursuivant by M. W. Brother Thad B. Landon, in September, 1932, has regularly advanced, and he reached the Grand East at the One Hundred and Twenty-second Annual Communication, in St. Louis, September 29, 1942. He received the degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, fourth to thirty-second in May, 1916, and immediately became active in the Chapter of Rose Croix in that organization, which he served as Wise Master in 1927 and 1928. He is a member of Moolah Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He received from the Supreme Council the investiture of Knight Commander of the Court of Honour, October 18, 1921, and was coroneted Thirty-third Degree, Inspector General HonOl'ary, October 20, 1925. He was Deputy¡ of the Supreme Council in Missouri from November, 1927 to November, 1929. Our Grand Master has a deeply religious background. He and his family are members of Grace Methodist Church in St. Louis, and he -may with propriety be termed the First Methodist Layman in Missouri. He has been Chairman of the St. Louis Advisory Board of the Salvation Army, and Chairman of the Board of Downtown Y.M.C.A., as well as chairman or a member of numerous other important boards or committees relating to reli! gious or public welfare matters. Prior to 1940 our Grand Master had never sought elective public office. In that year he was elected Governor of Missouri on the Republican 0 ticket, although the Democratic party elected all other State officials. This is the first instance in the history of our ~rand Lodge when the Grand Master is also Governor of the Commonwealth. His administration of the arduous duties as the head of this great State, in a time of war, has been distinguished by purity of motives and an exalted sincerity and straightforwardness in all his dealings. In his inaugural address Governor Donnell took a firm stand for improvements in civil court and criminal code procedure, for
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the creation of a State merit system, economy in administration of State offices, proper assistance to the needy and other meritorious causes, concluding with these words: . Upon the Great Seal of Missouri are the words, t t United We Stand, Divided We Fall." May we derive from these words an inspiration for co~operation, harmony and steadfastness. The Great Seal of our State does not, however, contain alone the sentence above quoted. Upon it also is the motto of the State. It is the Latin sentence, "Salus populi suprema lex est()." Let us, in our work together, be guided by the wholesome admonition of that motto which commands, "Let the Welfare of the People be the Supreme Law."
For more than a third of a century Brother Donnell has traveled over the State, and he has spoken to audiences in every one of its one hundred and fourteen counties. He has brought to the Grand East an acquaintance with our State and our people scarcely equaled by any other Grand Master. During the session of the Grand Lodge, his tact, his thorough knowledge of its business, and his careful respect and consideration for the feelings and opinions of others evoked most favorable comment. Our Grand Master is not only well versed in the law, but deeply imbued with a respect for law, from which he permits no considerations of expediency to cause him to deviate in his administration of the affairs of the Grand Lodge as well as of the State. Add to this a winning personality, a sincerity at once evident, an alert mind, all given expression through a resonant voice which has become famous far beyond the confines of our State, and we have one of the greatest standard bearers ever to preside over the destinies of this Grand Jurisdiction. He married Miss Hilda Hays and has two children, Mrs. Boyd Rogers, and John Lanier. Prior to his removal to the Executive Mansion in J effer~on City, he resided at 55 Joy A venue, Webster Groves. J. 'V. S.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS of the
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL COMMUNICATION of the
GRAND LODGE ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS of the
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On Monday night, September 27, a great Masonic patriotic meeting was held in the Scottish Rite Cathedral under the auspices of the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Missouri, at which addresses were delivered by the Grand Master M. W. Forrest C. Donnell, the principal speaker, however, being Rear Admiral George D. Murray, U. S. N., who was introduced by Senator Harry S. Truman, Past Grand Master _ of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. The subject of. the Admiral's ad...; dress was "Naval Aviation in the Present War." The auditorium was crowded to capacity-the audience listening intently to the proceedings. Appropriate music was rendered by the children of the Masonic Home of Missouri, the Moolah Temple Shrine Band, and Shipmates of Rhythm-an orchestra from the Naval Air Station, Lambert Field, St. Louis, Mo., with soloist b~ing George J. Mechalson, U. S. N.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
The One,Hundred and Twenty-Third 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 8 :30 a. m., on Tuesday, September 28, 1943. PRESENT
Forrest C. Donnell, Jefferson City, M. W. Grand Master. R. W. Deputy Grand Master. W. F. Woodruff, Kansas City, R. W. Senior Grand Warden. R. W. Junior Grand Warden. Edmund E. Morris, Kansas City, R. W. Grand Treasurer. Arthur Mather, St. Louis, R. W. Grand Secretary. Anthony F. Ittner, St. Louis, R. W. Grand Lecturer. Thomas B. Mather, Kansas City, W. Grand Chaplain. T. Earl Starke, Cameron, W. Grand Chaplain. Willis J. Bray, Kirksville, Grand Senior Deacon. Solon Cameron, St. Louis, Grand Junior Deacon. Morris E. Ewing, Morrisville, Grand Senior Steward. Harry F. Sunderland, Kansas City, Grand Junior Steward. •James M. Bradford, St. Louis, Grand Marshal. Ray Bond, Joplin, Grand Marshal. Homer L. Ferguson, Jefferson City; Grand Sword Bearer. H. C. Brashear, Mexico, Grand Pursuivant. Sam Wilcox, St. Joseph, Grand Orator. Thornton Jennings, Clinton, Grand Tiler. PRIOR TO OPENING
Most Worshipful Harold L. Reader, Past Grand Master, addressing the Grand Master, Most Worshipful Forrest C. Donnell, and the Brethren present, said: "Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren: Right Worshipful Brother Bernal L. Tatman, who is very much interested in all historical matters, with the assistance of your very good wife, Mrs. Donnell, secured some wood from your birthplace in this State and then asked Worshipfur Brother Florian Wolz, of Gardenville Lodge, to take that wood and turn it into this beautiful ga:vel, so on behalf. of Right Worshipful Brother Tatman, I present you with this gavel, and I know it will be used with pleasure by you." THE GRAND MASTER: Most Worshipful Brother Reader and Brethren: This is a surprise entirely. I had ilO idea whatsoever of the fact that this beautiful gift was to be presented to me until a few moments ago when I was informed that a ceremony
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was to take place before the opening of the Grand Lodge. I want to pay tribute at this moment~ both to Brother Tatman and to my wife, both of whom have been so loyal to me. I may tell you, Brethren, that upon my desk is a constant reminder of Brother Tatman in a beautiful desk set which he gave me. My wife's loyalty, of course, is ever present and constant. For this beautiful gavel I am deeply grateful and shall always treaSU1~e it.
.OPENING Promptly at 8 :30 o'clock a. m., the Most Worshipful Grand Master Forrest C. Donnell, opened the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri in AMPLE FORM in its One Hundred and Twenty-Third Anuual Communication assisted' by the Grand Officers and supported by a large attendance of representatives. Brother T. Earl Starke, Grand Chaplain, offered the following:
INVOCATION Almighty God, Supreme Architect of the Universe, we havc come into Thy presence this morning to invoke Thy blessings as we proceed . with the business of this Grand Lodge. We pray, 0 Father, that the spirit of harmony may prevail among us; that as we proceed with these doings, that it may be in keeping and in accordance with Thine own plan and way of life. We pray Thy blessing, 0 Father, upon the Lodges that are representcd today. If we feel that as Masons we are a part of the building of a greater and better State and community' and world, we do pray, our Father, that the ideals of Freemasonry may be practiced in our lives and hearts as we go about our daily tasks, as well as it is practiccd in our Lodges and in this Grand Lodge in which we mcet today. We feel the need, our Father, of the ideals that run through the tcachings of our Craft as we strive to build for a better world tomorrow. May we truly, our Father, build with plumb line and square and compass and may these corners, these abrupt corners, our Father, be broken off and may we fit ourselves as more perfect stones for that building that we are striving to erect. May Thy blessings rest and abide upon these sessions today. May we so work and so live that Thou wilt give unto us victories in Thy namc. Amen.
THE GRAND MASTER: There vms a very beautiful presentation _ made by Most Worshipful Brother Reader immediately preceding the opening of the Grand Lodge. Yom" Grand Master was takell so greatly by surprise that he overlooked expressing appreciation to Brother Florian W olz, Secretary and Past Master of Gardenville Lodge No. 655, who fashioned the beautiful gavel which was just presented a few moments ago to me. This gavel has already been used in the deliberations of the Grand Lodge.
CREDENTIALS CO~TTEE-INTER~ REPORT BROTHER WALTER A. WEBB: Most Worshipful Grand Master. Your Committee on Credentials begs to report that a constitu- ,
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tional number of subordinate lodges are represented, and the Grand Lodge is now ready for the dispatch of business. TELEGRAMS, ETC.
THE GRAND MASTER: Brothel' Secretal')', any letters 01' telegrams? THE GRAND SECRETARY: Most 'Vorshipful Grand Master, I have no telegrams, but I have a couple of letters of greeting to the Grand Lodge, really just greetings to yourself and to the Grand Lodge, one from the Grand Master of Texas and the other from the Grand Master of Maryland, neither of whom could come nor accept your invitation. I move you that suitable reply be made to th(:m. THE GRAND MASTER: Thank you, Brother Mather. Before I put that motion, may I add one letter which has come to me from the Grand Master of Illinois, who delighted us last year and is unable to'" be here this year. Motion has been made that appropriate letters be sent to these Brethren with regret of their inability to attend. Is there a second ~ (Seconded and passed.) APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The Proceedings of the 1942 Annual Communication havi!1g been duly printed and distributed were approved. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
THE GRAND MASTER: I should like the rec01'd to show that the Grand Master at this moment expresses deep regret at the inability of Most Worshipful Brother Thad B. Landon to be present at this meeting. The occasion for this special announcement is that your present Grand Master was honored by being plac~d in the Grand Lodge Masonic Line of this State by Most Worshipful Brother Landon. I am sure I have the unanimous consent to send the greetings and best wishes of this Grand Lodge to our distinguished and beloved Brother Landon.路 THE GRAND MASTER: Brethren,路 there has been handed to me but a moment or two ago a telegram from Carl H. Claudy of the Masonic Service Association of the United States, which I take pleasure at this time in reading to the Grand Lodge? (Reads same.) The telegram win be duly filed and appropriate response will. be made, Dr. Mather, - by yourself, please, sir, as Grand Secretary. A PLEASING STATEMENT
THE GRAND MASTER: Brethren, I would like for the Tecord to show at this time that the gavel now being used by the Worshipful Master has been very kindly loaned to ~him by Brother A. Loyd Collins. It has been路 used on many historic MasOl.lic occasions
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and by many Masonic bodies. It contains wood from fifteen historic places in Missouri which are of Masonic significance. It contains also wood from leading historical places in the United States and England which are of Masonic interest. I am sure the Grand Lodge, Brother Collins, is grateful to you for your courtesy, and I now announce that this distinct rap of the gavel is given with this gavel which you kindly loaned to us. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
The Committee on Credentials reported the presence of several distinguished visitors. The following were conducted to the altar, . and introduced to the Grand Lodge by R. W. Edmund E. Morris. Appropriate honors were accorded to them ~nd they were assigned seats in the Grand East. Dr. G. O. Hanna, M. W. Grand Master' of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming. C. D. Jory, M. W. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Iowa. C. C. Hunt, M. W. Past Grand Master and Grand Secretary of Iowa. W. S. Turnpaugh, M. W. Past Grand Master of the York Grand Lodge of Mexico. Wm. Wanner, M. 'V. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska. Henry C. Chiles, M. E. Grand High PI'iest, R. A. M. of Missouri and P. G. M. Earle B. Potter, M. E. Grand Commander, Knights Templar of Missouri. Bruce J. Carl, M. W. Grand Master, Royal & Select Masters. 'Vm. B. Massey, Ill. Sovereign Grand Inspector General A. A. S. R. for Missouri. . Ray V. Denslow, M. E. General Grand High Priest of the General Grand Chapter, R. A. M. of America. Bert S. Lee, M. Ill. Past General Master of the General Grand Council R. & S. M. of America. Edmund E. Morris, Grand Treasurer of the General Grand Chapter R. A. M. of America. . ADDRESS OF THE GRAND MASTER
To the M. TV. Grand Lodge, A. F. dJ; A. M., of Missouri: For another year this Grand Lodge has received the bounteous blessings of an All Wise Providence. In these days of war and armed attack against the continued existence of liberty in the world, we are grateful that our nation with its ideals and with its priceless freedom gives cheer and hope to the downtrodden peoples of the earth. Millions of American citizens, among whom are numbered many of our members and their families, anxiously await, day by day, the
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news from dear ones who are in the service of our country and pray for their welfare and safe return. May the teachings of the Masonic Order be a mighty influence upon human hearts and minds toward the future preservation of peace! To the brethren, both the officers and others, I express rp.y appreciation of their kindness to me. I shall always be grateful for your generous cooperation and assistance. NECROLOGY
On Monday, .December 28, 1942, ~ccurred, most unexpectedly, the death of the Right VV'orshipful Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, Grover Cleveland Sparks. It was in the Masonic Temple at a meeting of the Eastern Star in Savannah, Missouri, that the final summons came to our Brother. He had, but a few moments before, uttered a tribute to the American flag. His departure occurred when thoughts of his nation were freshly in his mind. Today our thoughts are of him and of his loyal and devoted service for many years to this Grand Lodge. . Early in the morning of Saturday, May 8, 1943, our Right Worshipful Junior Grand Warden James A. Kinder was summoned, at his home in Cape Girardeau, by the Angel of Death. It was appropriate that with Brother Kinder and Mrs. Kinder at the time of his death was his friend of many years, namely our Pa~t Grand Master George W. Walker. Like the death of Brother Sparks, that of Brother Kinder was unexpected. His absence will be the subject of .sorrow on the part of the members of this Grand Lodge. On January 18, 1943, Grand Chaplain Z. M. Williams was called to his eternal home. Brother \Villiams had rendered loyal and faithful service to the Grand Lodge. At the Communication of last year it was he who pronounced the benediction near the close of our session. He will be greatly missed. On January 27, 1943, Brother Andrew J. O'Reilly, Past District Deputy Grand Master of the 33rd Masonic District and for many years a member of the St. Louis Masonic Board of Relief, passed away. His brethren have for him a tender memory because of his devotion to the Order and his steadfastness in the performance of his duties. On April15, 1943, Brother Albert Linxwiler, District Deputy Grand Master for the 31st Masonic District, departed this life. He had rendered long and distinguished service to the Order and we are grateful to him for his labors. On August 19, 1943, Brother Eugene J. Williams, formerly Eugene Altheimer, Past District Deputy Grand Master of the 33rd Masonic District "A," passed to the Great Beyond. His enthusiasm, ability and loyalty to the Masonic Order caused him to be an extremely valuable member within our ranks. It was with sorrow that his departure was learned by his brethren in Missouri.
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Brother Thomas H. Reynolds, long active in the Masonic Grand Lodge, and for many years a member of the Masonic Home Board, died at Denver, Colorado, on the evening of September 18, 1943. His services to the Order of Freemasonry in numerous responsible capacities were of great value and he will long be remembered. Brother Reynolds was at his death the representative of the Grand Lodge of Texas near the Grand Lodge of MissoUli and a member of tho Welfare Committee of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. GRAND REPRESENTATIVES
There have been appointed the following brethren, each as Grand Representative of this Grand Lodge near the Grand Lodge of the respective jurisdiction below named, to wit: British Columbia-Lawrence Healey, 1138 Nelson St., Vancouver, British Columbia. Nicaragua-Raymond C. Jarnet, Box 14, Granada, Nicaragua. Vermont-No Dean Rowe, Johnson, Vermont.
By reason of the death of Brother Andrew J. O'Reilly, who was the representative of the Grand Lodge of Scotland near the Grand Lodge of Missouri, I have caused the Grand Secretary to suggest to the Grand Lodge of Scotland that it appoint, as the representative of the Grand Lodge of Scotland near the Grand Lodge of Missouri, Most Worshipful Brother Harry S. Truman, Past Grand Master of the GOrand Lodge of Missouri. . At my request the Grand Secretary also has entered into negotiations with the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia suggesting the name of Brother Guy Walrod of Jefferson City for representative of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia near the Grand Lodge of Missouri, to succeed Right 'Vorshipful Brother Albert Linxwiler, deceased. At my request the Grand Secretary has also entered into negotiations with the Grand Lodge of Maine suggesting the name of Brother Frank P. Briggs of Macon for representative of the Grand Lodge of Maine ncar the Grand Lodge of Missouri, to succeed the Right 'V01'shipful Brother James_A. Kinder, deceased. At my request the Grand Secretary has also entered into negotiations with the Grand Lodge of New Jersey suggesting the name of Brother E. L. Robison of St. Joseph, Missouri, for representative of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey near the Grand Lodge of Missouri, to succeed Right Worshipful Brother Grover C. Sparks, deceased. At my request the Grand Secretary has also entered into negotiations with the Grand Lodge of South Carolina suggesting the name of Brother D. V. Morris of Nevada, Missouri, for representative of the Grand Lodge of South Carolina near the Grand Lodge of Missouri, to succeed Most Worshipful Brother Harry S. Truman.
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BONDS
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, FB146355, in the sum of $55,000.00. Bond of Grand Secretary, FB146356, in the sum of $25,000.00.
These bonds will be duly delivered to my successor, in office. FINANCIAL
Of the appropriations made by the Grand Lodge at the Communication held last year there remained unexpended on September 10, 1943, the sum of $14,384.17. From this amount should be deducted $11,250.00 paid to the National Masonic Service Association'by check of September 20, 1942. The net unexpended balance of the appropriations made at said last above mentioned Communication is cono: sequently $3,134.17. The total amount paid to the Masonic Home on Per Capita Tax during the year was $128,964.35. The amount paid the Masonic Home on Special Initiation Fund was $30,500.00. MEMBERSHIP
After adjustments for errors, the membership (reported in last year's Proceedings as 85,422) was found to be 85,298. On September 20, 1943, the membership was 86,691. In the period from September 10, 1942, to and including September 20, 1943, there was shown on the records of bIe Grand Secretary a gain of 1,393. DISPENSATIONS
Dispensations were issued as follows: Dedications, 3; .election of officers, 17; installation of Grand Lodge officer, 1; laying of cornerstone, 1; reballot on petition, 1. Dispensation declined: to reballot on two petitions. COURTESIES RECEIVED AND GRAN'rED
Two hundred twenty-two requests have been made to other Grand Jurisdictions to confer degrees for Missouri lodges and 206 requests have been received from other Grand Jurisdictions to confer degrees. APPOINTMENTS
Brother 'Villiam J. Craig of Springfield as a member of the Committee of Ritual, to succeed Right 'Yorshipful Brother James A. Kinder for a term expiring at the Grand Lodge session of 1946. Most "Torshipful Brother James 'V. Skelly of St. Louis to membership on, and chairmanship of, the Committee on Masonic Boards of Relief, for the unexpired term of the late Bl'other Andrew J. O'Reilly. Brother Leon Embry of California as District Deputy Grand Mas-
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tel' for the 31st Masonic District to succeed Right Worshipful Brother Albert Linxwiler. Brother Walter Webb of St. Louis as chairman of the Credentials Committee to succeed Brother A. Loy Jones, resigned. Brother Robert L. Dixon of St. Louis as a member of the Mileage and Per Diem Committee to succeed Brother Walter Webb, resigned. Brother Ray Bond of Joplin as Chairman of the Committee on Social Service at Training Camps, to succeed Brother Samuel Thurman, resigned. Brother Harris C. Johnston of Boonville as a member of the Committee on Social Service at Training Camps. DUPLICATE CHARTER
On or about January 18, 1943, Uni~nville Lodge No. 210, Unionville, Missouri, lost by fire its lodge building together with its entire contents, including its charter. The issuance of a duplicate charter having been requested, I caused such duplicate charter to be issued to Unionville Lodge No. 210. LEMAY JJODGE UNDER DISPENSATION
A petition, dated April 17, 1943, was prcsented, on behalf of fortysix members of Lemay Lodge Under Dispensation, to the Grand Master requesting that the dispensation under which said lodge had functioned be withdrawn and forthwith surrendered. It was the information of the Grand Mastcr that the brethren whose-names were appended to said petition represented 85 per cent of the total membrship of said lodge. Right \Vorshipful Brother Ralph H. Davis, District peputy Grand Master of the 57th Masonic District, examined the plea of said petitioners and recommended that their request for the withdrawal and surrender of the dispensation be granted. The Grand Master having considered the conditions in said lodge determined to and, by instrument executed on the 7th day of June, 1943, did rescind and withdraw the dispensation under which said Lemay Lodge had functioned. Jurisdiction was by said instrument retained in this Grand Lodge and the Grand Master to make all further orders and take all further action proper in the premises. There was presented to the Grand Master a request dated April 19, 1943, for grant of privilege to form a new Masonic lodge which request was signed by fortysix names, to wit the names of the brethren who had signed the petition for withdrawal and surrender of the dispensation under which I~emay Lodge Under Dispensation had functioned; The Grand Master concluded not to g:r:ant said request for the grant of privilege to form said new Masonic lodge. VE'.rERANS BUTTONS
One hundred twenty-five brethren have since the last preceding Communication received buttons in recognition of their long years of
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Masonic standing. The full list of names of the recipients appears in the Grand Secretary's report. The total of such buttons awarded is 1,093. CHILDREN'S BUILDING AT MASONIC HOME
At the 1937 Communication of the Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, there was adopted a resolution authorizing the Masonic Home Board to proceed with a building program in which at least two buildings were contemplated to be necessary, together with the reconditioning of some of the then present buildings. One building of the two, nam~ly the Women's Building, has been constructed; the other building of the two, which it is intended shall be a Children's¡ Building, has not yet been begun. Although, even if funds were presently available, construction of the Children's Building would be delayed by the war, nevertheless it is important that the moneys for the erection of the building be obtained as soon as possible so that the Board may be able to start construction as soon as such construction can begin. Past Grand Master Harris C. Johnston was active in behalf of the Children's Building project and, as a result of his activity, many of the lodges have made excelleI!t progress toward contribution of funds. By letter of February 20, 1943, to the Worshipful Master and Secretary of each lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri, I urged that, in the very near future, each lodge raise and transmit as much money as possible for use in the construction of the Children's Building. My information is that the sum of $8,662.45 has been received by the Masonic Home for the Children's Building fund since , February 20, 1943. The aggregate amount received for said fund is $22,274.32. I earnestly urge the lodges of the state to give liberally and promptly to this fund. It is of highest importance that we be ready to enter upon the construction of the Children's Building promptly after international conditions shall permit a resumption of general building activities. CONVEN'I.'ION OF THE GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC N A'rION AL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION AND CONFERENCE OF GRAND MASTERS OF MASONS IN THE UNITED STATES
On February 22, 1943, occurred at Alexandria, Virginia, the Thirtythird Annual Convention of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association. Missouri was represented by Most Worshipful Brothers Bert S. Lee, Anthony F. Ittner and Ray V. Denslow and by Grand Secretary Arthur Mather. At the convention among the amounts presented to the Memorial Association was $2,300.00, being the amount collected from the brethren in Missouri in the last preceding year. It was reported by the president of the Memorial Association that a substantial addition to the completed portion of
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the Memorial is presented for inspection, namely the handsome Blue Lodge Room and the beautiful Replica Room. On February 23 and 24, 1943, there occurred in Washington, D. C., the annual Conference of Grand Masters of Masons in the United States. Missouri was represented by the Most Worshipful Brothers Anthony F. Ittner, Bert S. Lee and Ray V. Denslow, by Grand Secretary Arthur Mather and by Brother B. N. Edmondson. Most W 01'shipful Brother Ittner, at the request of your Grand Master, delivered an interesting address on the subject, "To 'What Extent, If at All, Should the Normal Activities of Freemasonry Be Curtailed by the Effort?" Your Grand Master was, -witl~ reg-ret, absent from the previously mentioned eonvention of February 22 and conference of February 23 and 24.
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In October, 1942, Most \Vorshipful Brother Anthony :F. Ittner, as the representative of the Grand Master, attended the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Illinois. Most Worshipful Brother James 'V. Skelly attended, by virtue of appointment by the Grand Master, the Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Iowa, in June, 1943. In June, 1944, the centennial of the Iowa Grand Lodge will be observed at a session to be held in Iowa City, at which city occurred in 1844 the first Iowa Grand Lodge session. In June, 1943, Right 'Vorshipful Grand Treasurer E. E. Morris, acting under appointment from the Grand Master, visited the Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and, Accepted Masons of Nebraska. CONFERENCE 01<' DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS .AND DISTRICT LECTURERS
On April 12,"1943, there occuned in Jefferson City a conference of District Deputy Grand Masters and District Lecturers of the State. The conference was well attended and was, in my' opinion, a success. VISITATIONS
For the many acts of courtesy extended to me during- visits, and the invitations, which it has not been possible to accept, to make other visits, I am very grateful. The following is a list of visits made during the year: o
1942 October 6-Tuscan Lodge No. 360 at St. Louis. October 10-Arrow Rock Lodge No. 55 at Arrow Rock to observe the Centennial of said lodge. October l2-Richmond Lodge No. 57 at Richmond to observe the Centennial of said lodge. October 13-0rdel' of Eastern Star, annual meeting, in Scottish Rite Temple at St. I,ouis.
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October 17-Weston Lodge No. 53 at Weston to observe the Centennial of said lodge. _ October 20-Fulton Lodge No. 48 at Pulton to observe the Charter Centennial of said lodge. November 16-Jeffersoll Lodge No. -43, at Jefferson City to observe the 101st Anniversary of the Charter Day. December 22-Twilight I..odge No. 114 and Acacia Lodge No. 602, joint installation at' Columbia. 1943 March 10-Dinner meeting at Kansas Cit), of Lodges of 22nd Masonic District and guests. . March 24-Lodges of 57th Masonic District at Maplewood. April 19-Presentation of Fifty-Year Buttons to Brothers R.ichard L. Gwinn and Caesar Wollman, at Jefferson Lodge No. 43 at Jefferson City. April 27-Grund Chapter of Royal Arch Masons cif the State of Missouri at St. Louis. May 5-Meeting under auspices of Lodge of Instruction of the 33rd Masonic District at St. Louis.' . June 12-Meeting of 14th Masonic District at Macon. June 24-SemiannuaI St. John's Day observance at Jefferson Lodge No. 43 at .leffel'son City. September 25-Potosi Lodge No. 40 at Potosi, to install Brothel' Wilson Bell as Grand Orator.
The Masonic Home board meetings of July 7, 1943, and September 27, 1943, were also attended by me. Aniong the centennial celebrations ,vhich have occurred since the last preceding Communication of the Grand Lodge is that of Wakanda Lodge No. 52, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, Carrollton, Missouri, which occurred on Friday, October 16,1042. The Grand Master did not attend but is pleased to report that an address was, by Brother 'William F. Woodruff, Right \Vorshipful Senior Grand Warden of the' Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri, delivered upon this notable occasion. The eommunity devoted much favorable. attention to the celebration and among the interesting events was a parade in the afternoon of the day of the celebration. VISI'l' '1.'0 BROTHER AMBROSE MARIAN WOODSON
Due to the fact that Independence Lodge No. 76 and Right 'Vorshipful Brother N. D. Jackson, D. D. G. M. for the 59th Masonic District, desired to honor Worshipful Brother Ambrose Marian W oodson during April, 1943, the month in which occurred the seventy-fifth anniversary of Brother "T oodson's being made a Mastel' Mason, the Grand Master was afforded the privilege of a visit to Brother 'Voou. son on SUllday, April 18, 1043, in company with Right "Vorshipful Brother Jackson, the officers of Independence Lodge No. 76 and a number of the members of both of the Masonic lodges of Independence, Missouri. The visit occurred at the home of Brother "Voodson in Independence. At the visit there were present also Brother W oodson's three daughters and/ James 'Voodson Latimer, who is a great
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grandson of Brother Woodson and at the time of the visit was two and one-half years of age. Near the conclusion o{ the visit the. Reverend Harold M. Hunt, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Independence, offered a prayer. Brother Woodson had served six times as 짜lorshipful Master, namely; three times as Worshipful Master of Raytown Lodge No. 391 and three times as Worshipful Master of Independence Lodge No. 76. The visit to Brother Woodson was a notable event in the experience of the present Grand Master. It is fortunate that the visit could be made when it occurred, for on August 9, less than four months after the visit, Brother Woodson departed this life at the home in which the visit occurred. CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL MASONIC CONVENTION OF 1843 On May 17, 1943, there occurred at Baltimore, Maryland, the celebration of the Centennial Anriiversary of the National Masonic Convention of 1843. Most Worshipful Brother Anothony F. Ittner attended the celebration as the representative of the Grand Master of Masons of Missouri. In the course of the centennial occurred the presentation of a pageant in which it was sought to portray the various individuals who participated in the convention of one hundred years ago. It was, to quote Brother Ittner, "made clear that the purpose of the convention was to promote the solidarity of Freemasonry in the United States and to revive a ritual which through wars and persecution and the disbandment of many lodges had largely gotten away from the members of the Craft." On the evening of Monday, May 17, 1943, there was opened a called communication of the Grand Lodge of Maryland in the Grand Lodge Hall of its Masonic Temple and the representatives from twenty-four Grand Jurisdictions of the United States were introduced, following which occurred an excellent and impressive exemplification of the Third Degree. The occasion was notable and will long be remembered. MASONIC CERTIFICATES OR DIPLOMAS TO MEN IN SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES
In the address of Most Worshipful Brother Harris C. Johnston, Grand Master, to the Grand Lodge at its One Hundred Twenty-Second Annual Communication, he informed the Grand Lodge of the completion of plans to present every Master Mason serving in the Armed Forces a certificate or diploma, which he can carry with him. It was stated by Most Worshipful Brother Johnston that the recognition will come from and bear the seal of the Grand Lodge, and that certificates for those members whose names and addresses had been filed at the 1942 session of the Grand Lodge would be sent to the home lodge for distribution early in October. These certificates or diplomas have not been sent out except in one instance in which a specific request was made for one of them.
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Letter of November 13, 1942, from the Executive Secretary of the Masonic Service Association of the United States gave information from the Grand Secretary in Saskatchewan of an unofficial advice, through high-ranking officers in His Majesty's Canadian Forces, indicating that every possible precaution should be taken to prevent any members of the Masonic Order serving in His Majesty's Forces carrying anything on their persons that would identify them as Masons. A letter, quoted by the above mentioned executiv.e secretary, from a high official who requests that his name be not given in connection with the information states that it is highly undesirable that Masonic identification be carried by soldiers overseas. The above mentioned executive secretary also quoted a letter from the Military Attache of the British Embassy, Washington, D. C., to the effect that said attache had received advice in England as follows: U (a) The wearing of a Masonic badge is to be avoided because men who wore such a badge as prisoners of war would be less liable to sus- . pect and more ready to talk to imposters also wearing such badges planted among prisoners of war for the purpose of 'getting information. " (b) Whereas in the last war Masons carried certificates which would show if they were Masons, in this war such certificates have not been issued.' ,
. The attache followed the above quotation of advice by the statement. "I imagine the reason for this is that neither Hitler nor Mussolini look upon Masons with any love!"
The executive secretary of the Masonic Service Association of the United States, in the letter containing the paragraphs from the above mentioned Grand Secretary in Saskatchewan, the high official and the Military Attache, said: , 'The paragraphs above quoted seem to indicate that any Masonic identification carried into battle on any front may be dangerous. It is for this reason that the matter is brought to your attention."
I suggest that-the incoming Grand Master be authorized to use his discretion as to the issuance of the above mentioned certificates or diplomas. MASONIC WAR SAVINGS BOND CAMPAIGN
It was the desire of the Treasury Department of the United States Government that every Masonic lodge in Missouri sponsor a War Savings Bond Drive for the period from November 15, 1942, through December 31, 1942. This was a part of a nationwide War Savings Bond program. I designated, as a Grand Lodge committee to work with me in this matter, Brothers Ernest Claus and Robert L. Aronson, both of St. Louis, and Brother Homer L. Ferguson, of Jefferson City, and recommended by letter of November 16,1942, that each Worshipful Master appoint a committee in his lodge to work with him in this drive. Subsequently, the committee, with my approval, extended the
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vVar Bond Drive through the month of January, 1943. It is difficult to procure accurate information of the total sales which were produced through the efforts of the Masonic Fraternity in Missouri but it is believed that very substantial results were properly attributable to the work of our order in the War Savings Bond program. To all those who contributed their time and effort in the campaign there are due the thanks of the Grand Lodge. :M:ASONIC REIIABILI'l'A'!'ION IN EUROPE
Freemasonry has had distressing experience in various European countries during the war. It is recommended that this Grand Lodge express itself as being favorably inclined toward early and thorough 路study, by its officers, of the problems of rehabilitation of Freemasonry in Europe and of the practicability of assistance from Grand Lodges of the various jurisdictions of the United States in connection with such rehabilitation. IN RE: VICTOR
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- In the Proceedings of tIle Grand Lodge at its One Hundred TwentySecond Annual Communication there was referred to the present Grand Master, with full power to act in the premises with the advice and consent of the Jurisprudence Committee, the matter of the adjustment of the claim of Victor S. Holm and Florence French Holm against the Masonic Service Association of 路Saint Louis for the George Viashington statue now in the main lobby of the Masonic Temple of St. Louis. On June 19, 1943, a settlement, approved by the present Grand Master, was made with Florence l!'rench Holm, who is the sole residuary legatee of Victor S. Holm, by which settlement the sum of $3,000.00 was paid to her by Arthur Mather, Custodian. A release was executed and delivered by Florence French Holm ill the course of which she releases and forever discharges the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis, its trustees, and each and every member of said Association, and the said Arthur Mather, Custodian, of and from "the said indebtedness." The indebtedness referred to was the balance due on said statue from the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis. In the course of said release she admits that she has no claim of any kind on account of said statue, against the Gr3nd路 Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, or any of the lodges of the 33rd and 57th Masonic Districts, or any other Masonic body, or per~on. The sum of $3,000.00 which was paid to her was constituted of (a) the aggregate sum of $2,769.00 raised and contributed and paid to Brother Arthur Mather, as Custodian, by a number of the lodges of the 33rd and 57th Masonic districts and (h) the sum of $231.00 paid to said Custodian by the Masonic Service Association of St. Louis. The form of release which was to be executed by Florence French Holm had, prior to the settlement of June 19, 1943, been submitted to and approved by each member of the Jurisprudence Com-
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mittee. Subsequent to such approval, however, two changes were made in the release ,vhich changes, in my opinion, were advisable to make and were agreed to by me. The release, as executed, differed by said two changes from the form which had been approved by each member of the Jurisprudence Committee. Masonic Service Association of St. Louis, Missouri, delivered to me a signed written instrument, executed in triplicate (the original or one copy of which Brother Arthur Mather also has) whereby said Association promises and agrees to provide such money as may be required to fabricate and place a suitable marker upon the pedestal of said statue as and when conditions will permit such to be done, and to hold Arthur Mather, Custodian, free and harmless from any expenses in connection therewith. By document of July 21, 194, duly delivered to me and executed by Albert Krause, trustee, and Charles Barth, trustee (-they. being trustees of the District Council of the Masonic Service Association, 33rd and 57th Masonic Districts of Missouri) they did sell, assign, set over and deliver unto the Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, said statue and the wood and marble pedestal upon which the same rests. The conveyance so made was upon the express condition and with the express limitation. that the said statue shall, and the Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted MaSOIlS of the State of Missouri, by the acceptance of the document whereby said conveyance is made, agrees that said statue will be permitted to remain in the Masonic Temple at 3681 Lindell Boule-. vard, St. Louis, Missouri, so long as said premises continue to be used as a Masonic Temple. By document, the signature and sealing whereof were authorized on September 20,1943, and which document, if this Grand Lodge shall accept it, will be subsequently delivered to the representative of this Grand Lodge, the Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis (below termed the Temple Association) does, on behalf of the Temple Association, its successors and assigns, grant, bargain, sell, convey and confirm unto the Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, its successors and assigns, the easement to leave, keep and maintain in good repair in said M;asonic Temple at 3681 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri, at the present location of the aforementioned statue of George Washington, said statue so long as said premises continue to be used as a Masonic Temple; it being understood that, by the acceptance of said last mentioned document, the "Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State o~ Missouri, does, on behalf of itself, its successors and assigns, obligate itself and said successors and assigns to maintain, at the expense of the Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, its successors and assigns, said statue in good repair throughout the term of the aforesaid easement in its present 10-
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cation. The authorization of the signature and sealing of said last mentioned document on behalf of the Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis is' upon the understanding that the Grand Lodge will not be obligated by its provisions until and unless the Grand Lodge shall have approved said document, the signature and sealing wh~reof were authorized on September 20, 1943, at the Annual Communication to occur on September 28, 1943. I recommend that the Grand Lodge (a) approve the foregoing settlement with Florence French Holm and the acceptance of said release by her executed and of the said instrument hithel'to delivered by Masonic Service Association of St. Louis, Missouri, to me and (b) approve and accept said document hitherto delivered to me and executed by the aforesaid Albert Krause, trustee, and Charles Barth, trustee, and said document the signature and sealing of which were so authorized on September 20, 1943, by which the Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis grants, bargains, sells, conveys and confirms as aforesaid the said easement. MERIDIAN LODGE NO.
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In Meridian Lodge No.2, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, facts' have arisen which have necessitated various rulings by the Grand Master. At an election of secretary'for said lodge one brother (below termed Brother "A") received 76 votes, another brother received 路69 votes and there were 3 other votes-the total being 148. There were included, among the voters at the election, nine brethren' whose right to vote has subsequently been challenged on the ground that they had not stood the examination the standing of which is, under Section 12H of the Grand Lodge By-laws, prerequisite to the right to vote. Four of said nine brethren were, however, raised to the degree of Master Mason prior to the time at which there became effective the present provision, set forth in said Section 129, that no newly made Master Mason who fails or refuses to stand a satisfactory examination in open lodge in the profiQiency lecture of the first section of the degree of Master Mason shall be permitted to vote. Three others of the nine brethren passed said examination although the facts did not appear in the historical register of the lodge. Another of said nine brethren seems not to have stood said examination. The remaining one (later herein sometimes termed the Maryland initiate) of said nine brethren, he having been elected to receive the degrees in Meridian Lodge No.2, was by reason of service in the Army or war work required, before receiving his first degree, to go to Baltimore, Maryland, where, suitable arrangements having been made, the three degrees were conferred on him by courtesy to Meridian Lodge No. 2 or to the Grand Lodge of Missouri, the date on which he received the third degree being June 18, 1918. In Maryland there was no provision by which one who shall not have stood such an examination in said proficiency lecture shall
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not be permitted to vote. The Maryland initiate was informed that he need not pass a proficiency examination; and, although he returned to St. Louis, Missouri, years ago, the Maryland initiate had not taken such examination on or prior to the date of the above mentioned election of secretary for Meridian Lodge No.2. There arises the question: Did the participation of said riine brethren in the election invalidate said election ~ . The four brethren and the three brethren previously mentioned were clearly entitled to vote. It follows that the validity of the ballots of, at most, only two brethren can be successfully challenged. Moreover, even if it be assumed that the ballots of both of said brethren were among those which were cast for BrotJIer "A," he would yet have a majority of the legally cast ballots. In view of the facts the claim that, by reason of the provisions of said Section 129, Brother "A" was not elected was overruled by the Grand Master. In so far as his action in so doing was based on the fact that even路 if it be assumed that the ballots of said two brethren were among those which were cast for Brother "A" the latter would yet have a majority of the legally cast ballots, said action was in harmony with the ruling of Most Worshipful Brother Harold L. Reader, duly approved by the Jurisprudence Committee and the Grand Lodge appearing at page 16 of the Proceedings of 1938. Notwithstanding that, in order to answer the question which, as above stated, arose in Meridian Lodge No.2, it was unnecessary to rule on the question whether the Maryland initiate was entitled to vote, I did, however, for future guidance of himself and the lodge, rule on that question. My ruling was that, although initiated in Maryland, he was, when he received his degrees in the latter state, subject to the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Missouri and to the requirements of its By-laws and that therefore, until he shall have stood such satisfactory examination as its required by Section 129 of those By-laws, he is not permitted to vote, hold office in the lodge, or dimit. In view of the allegation that the nine brethren above mentioned were not entitled to vote and yet had voted, and the fact. that it therefore appeared that investigation was desirable, the District Deputy Grand Master ordered that the installation of the secretary be postponed pending investigation of the questions involved. In the course of my correspondence relative to the foregoing Meridian Lodge matters, there was brought to my attention a complaint that there had been electioneering in connection with a special election for secretary. In view of the charge of electioneering I agreed that the order postponing the installation of the secretary should "remain in effect until the question cOJlcerning electioneering fs investigated and a conclusion thereon reached. District Deputy Grand Master Robert L. Aronson obtained evidence on the subject of the charges of electioneering and furnished me with a summation of
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the statements made before him. After study of the information furnished me by the District Deputy Grand Master I arrived at findings and conclusions as follows: 1. The conduct of the above mentioned Brother "A" may have constituted electioneering for the reason that his conduct may have been an implied request for support, but the testimony is not conclusive as to whether said conduct did constitute electioneering. 2. Certain conduct of another brother, which is admitted by the latter, constituted electioneering. 3. There is conflict as to whether a third brother electioneered. 4. There was electioneering by unnamed persons. I therefore rendered a decision in substance as follows: (1) The Grand Lodge By-laws do not, because electioneering for an office in a lodge be had in connection with an election, invalidate such election; consequently said Brother "A" should be installed as secretary. (2) Under Sections 215 and 229, charges should be preferred against the brother the conduct of whom, which is a'dmitted by him, is found by me to have constituted electioneering. Said charges should be 101' electioneering for office in a lodge. I recommended that, if no brother other than the Junior Warden of the lodge shall prefer said charges within ten days from the time that the contents of the letter which contained my decision shall be communicated by the District Deputy Grand Master to said Junior Warden, the Junior Warden promptly thereupon prefer said charges. (3) In view of the doubt as to whether the conduct of said Brother "A" constituted electioneering, I suggested that the Junior 'Varden confer with the District Deputy Grand Master, examine the account, set forth in a letter from the District Deputy Grand Master to myself, of the testimony, arrive at his (the Junior vVarden's) own conclusion, make to the Worshipful Master announcement, as to whether charges should be preferred against said Brother "A." I recommended that if the Junior Warden should arrive at the conclusion, and make to the' 'Vorshipful Master announcement that charges should be preferred against said Brother "A" and if no brother, other than the Junior 'Varden, shall prefer said charges within ten days from the day on which the Junior Warden shall make to the W 01'shipful Master said announ~ement, the Junior Vvarden promptly thereupon prefer said charges. A ruling as to the brother who is above referred to as a third brother, which ruling is substantially the same as the ruling with respect to Brother"A," was also made. I later learned that annotation to Section 106 of the By-laws of th~ Grand Lodge, appearing on page 52 of the book wherein contained, reads: -
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, 'When charges路 were preferred against the Secretary of a Lodge after his election and prior to the date of his installation, the general welfare of the Lodge required that an officer should not be installed against whom charges of un-Masonic conduct were pending." Proc. 1912, p 15.
I have expressed agreement with the view that, if charges should be filed against said Brother "A" prior to his contemplated installation in office, the installation should not take place. In addition to the above matters, a chm'ge, dated March 10, 1943, was brought by a Past Master of Meridian Lodge No. 2 against the present Worshipful Master of said Lodge. After investigation, I believe the charge made by the Past Mastcr to be without sufficient foundation and I did by letter of September 22, 1943, accordingly dismiss the charge and do, putsuant to Section 278 of the Grand Lodge By-laws, report accordingly to this Grand Lodge. MASONIC SERVICE CENTERS AND APPROPRIATION TO THE :MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF 'PRE UNITED STATES
At the One Hundred Twenty-Second 路Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge there was appropriated for "National Masonic Service Association for Military Camp Activities" the sum of $15,000.00. The levy and collection from each member of the Fraternity under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge, as of June 30, 1943, except those whose dues have been remitted for inability to pay, of a special assessment of 25 cents for Masonic Vvar Vvork and Servi<;e centers, was directed by action of the Grand Lodge at said Communication. Prior to July 1, 1943, there had been received at the office of the Grand Secretary the sum of $70.00 receipts from said special assessment. Between July 1, 1943, and September 8, 1943, both inclusive, there had been received the further sum of $19,921.93. The aggregate amount thus received from said special assessment up to and including September 8, 1943, ,',ras $19,991.93. A report will be rendered to you by the Committee on Social Service at Training Camp-s, which report will, in greater detail than contained in this address, refer to the social service activities at those camps. The committee is of the opinion that the Service centers maintained by the Masonic Service Association of the United States are very worthwhile and that Freemasonry is making a distinct and valuable contribution to the war effort in maintaining them. It is my understanding that the total annual cost of maintaining the present three centers, namely at St. Louis, Rolla and Neosho, is approximately $24,500.00. Pursuant to .requests which have been made by Freemasons at Newburg and Jefferson City, for the establishment of Masonic Service centers at those two places, and bearing in mind the results of investigation made on behalf of the above mentioned committee, the Grand Master did, on September 16, 1943, send to the Masonic Service Association of the United States
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a request that it establish a Masonic center in Newberg, Missouri, and a request that said Association establish a Masonic center in Jefferson City, Missouri. Whether or not said requests will be granted cannot yet be stated. It is believed by me that the cost of maintaining the centers at Newberg and Jefferson City need not exceed $7,200.00 per year. If such cost be not in excess of that amount and if the cost of operation of the St. Louis, R.olla and Neosho centers . for the coming year shall not exceed ,approximately the amount of $24,500.00, the total cost for the year between this Communication and the next Communication of the Grand Lodge for the five centers (i f the request for establishment of the Newberg center and the request for the establishment of the Jefferson City center be granted and the establishment of said centers occur on December 1, 1943)' need not, in my opinion, exceed approximately $30,500.00. I recommend that (1) the Grand Lodge make at this Communication an appropriation to the Masonic Service Association of the United States for military'camp activities of the sum of $30,000.00, and (2) said appropriation shall be paid in four equal installments on December 1, 1943, March 1, June 1 and September 1, 1944. I recommend' further that the Grand Lodge adopt at this Communication a resolution in words, figures and punctuation as follows: "Resolved that a Special Assessment of forty cents be and is levied and shall. be collected from each member of the Fraternity under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge, as of June 30, 1944, except those whose dues have been remitted for inability to pay, and that the same be collected' by the Secretaries of the respective Lodges and remitted to the Grand Secretary at the same time and in the same manner as the regular dues in June, 1944, and that a separate statement of the same be made in the Annual Report of the Lodges setting out the amount collected and remitted and the amount delinquent, if any. The proceeds of said Special Assessment shall be applied to (a) reimbursement of the general funds of the Grand Lodge for any amounts paid from said general funds upon the appropriation made at this Communication to the Masonic Service Association of the United States for military camp activities, (b) payment of that part of said appropriation which shall not have been paid from said general funds of the Grand Lodge until said part of said appropriation shall have been paid in full and (c) deposit of any of said proceeds not disposed of under (a) and (b) of this sentence into a special fund set apart for Masonic War Work to await future appropriation b;r the Grand IJodge."
Inasmuch as the special assessment of 25 cents which was levied at the Communication of this Grand Lodge held in 1942 has produced approximately $20,000.00 it is reasonable to expect that the above recommended special assessment of 40 cents will produce approximately $32,000.00. I recommend that action on the proposal to .strike out the existing Section 74 of the By-laws and to substitute another section in lieu thereof (see page 85 of printed Proceedings of the One Hundred
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1'wenty-Second Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge) be postponed until the next Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. PETI'.rION FOR CERTIFICATE OF GOOD STANDING
Brother James Bascom Tippit was raised a Master Mason March 14, 1917, in Reeds Springs Lodge No. 280 and was suspended for nonpayment of dues on June 25, 1923. Said lodge surrendered its charter on April 8, 1931. I know of no way, from any available lodge records, in which to ascertain the amount of dues owing by Brother Tippit to said lodge when he was suspended. Brother Tippit desires a Certificate of Good Standing. As well as he remembers, he was indebted to the lodge for $5.00. He has enclosed to me this amount; together with a letter from each of two members of Fordoche Lodge No. 292, F. and A. M., Maringouin, Louisiana, with reference to the standing of Brother Tippit in the community in which he resides, whic.h community is in the State of Louisiana. I recommend that the Grand Lodge grant Brother 1'ippit a Certificate of Good Standing. ESTATE OF HARRY PEET BROWN
By the will of Harry Peet Brown, deceased, there was given, devised and bequeathed to the Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri, for the benefit of the Masonic Home 50 per cent of the residue and remainder of his estate. It is desired by the Masonic Home of Missouri that certain real estate embraced in said residue and remainder be conveyed. Signature on behalf of the Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, a corporation, to the general warranty deeds by which an undivided one-half interest in and to said real estate is to be so conveyed is desired in order to complete the transactions by which said real estate is to be conveyed. I recommend that you grant to the incoming Grand Master and his successor in office, eadh, authority (a) in behalf of the Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, a corporation of Missouri, in its fiduciary capacity under said will, to sign, cause to be sealed and delivered any and all deeds or other instruments by which a one-half interest in any part or all of the residue and remainder of the estate of Harry Peet Brown, deceased may be conveyed or otherwise transferred and '(b) in behalf of the Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, a corporation of Missouri, in its fiduciary capacity under said will, to enter into and consummate any and all transactions relating to any part or all of the interest in said residue and remainder which is by the will of the said Harry Peet Brown give}1, devised and bequeathed to the Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri, for the benefit of the Masonic Home and in behalf of the Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, a corporation of Mis-
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souri, in its fiduciary capacity under said will, to sign, cause to be sealed and delivered any and all instruments and take all other action necessary, convenient or proper to carry in~o effect each of said transactions. NOTIFICATION BY SECRE'fARY, IN EACH CITY OR l'OWN WHERE TWO
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My attention was directed, by a striking illustration, to the importance of Section 64 of the Grand Lodge By-laws which reads: "In any city or town where two or more Lodges are situated, the Secretary of each Lodge shall notify every Lodge in said city or town of all petitions for initiations or membership, and of all rejections, suspensions, expulsions and reinstatements, which shall be read to the Lodge to which sent at the next'stated communication, and placed on file, provided that in cities where there are ten or more Lodges, the reading of such notices may be dispensed with at the discretion of the Master."
In Northeast Lodge No. 643, Kansas City, Missouri, there was on December 18, 1941, presented a petition of a petitioner for the degrcoes. Five days latcr a petition of the same ptitioner was presented to Heroine Lodge No. 104, Kansas City, Missouri. The petitioner was rejected by the former lodge on January 15, 1942, and elected by Heroine Lodge No. 104"on January 27, 1942. It is my understanding that neithcr the secretary of Northeast Lodge No. 643 nor the secretary of Heroine Lodge No. 104 sent out to other lodges in Kansas City any communication informing' such other lodges of the receipt of a petition from said petitioner. In June, 1943, I ruled that (a) it is mandatory that, in any city or to,vn where two or more lodges are situated, the secretary of each lodge shall notify every lodge in said city or town of all petitions for initiations or membership, and of all rejections, suspensions, expulsions and reinstatcmcnts and (b) failur~ by a secretary so to notify any lodg'e in said city or town will subject such secretary to Masonic discipline. DECISIONS
Hereinafter are set forth certain decisions which have been made during the year. 1.
Question: Will a dispensation be issued for the conferring of a degree in less than four weeks from the time the preceding degree was conferred ~ Answer: Section 118 of the By-laws prohibits a candidate being advanced in less than four weeks from the time the preceding degree was conferred. There is no power in any officer of the Grand Lodge to waive any provision of the By-laws-consequently the question is answered in the negative. 2.
Question: A man resided in Wisconsin until the time he became stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, in November, 1942. Would it be in order, in Februar~r, 1943, for a St. Louis lodge to receive his petition ~ Answer: In view of the contents of Section 121 of the Grand Lodge
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By-laws (which is the section which provides that a petition for the degrees shall not be entertained in any lodge in this jurisdiction, unless the petitioner shall have I'esided twelve months in the State, the last six of which shall have been within the jurisdiction of the lodge) the petition of the man can not be legally entertained by the lodge. 3. If:l man received the third degree of Freemasonry in a Missouri lodge in 1905, took a dimit in 1920, moved to Texas, has not petitioned any other lodge since he took the dimit, is still in 'rexas and says he sometimes plans on mo,'ing back to a town in which he received said degree in Missouri, can the lodge in said Missouri town now legally receive his petition ~ .Answer: From the date of the dimit the Brother ceased to be a Freemason in good standing and was a nonaffiliate. (Sections 174 and 195 of the By-laws.) In order that the Brother might after said date become eligible to petition a Missouri lodge for affiliation he must become a bona nde resident of Missouri (Section 145 of the By路laws; Proceedings of 1931, pages 23 and 132, and the Proceedings of 1932, pages 66 and 181). From the information embodied in what I understand to be the inquiry, I do 110t find that the Brother, has, since moving to Texas, become a resi路 dent of Missouri. Consequently, it is my opinion that the Missouri lodge cannot now legally receive his petition. Q~testion.:
4. Question: A man had resided in "A" County, Missouri, f01' years. About one year ago he became employed at a war industries plant in "B" County, Missouri, has moved part of his furniture and some other belongings to a city in "B" County and is now living there for the duration of the war. He inte.nds to return, at the conclusion of the war, to the city in "A" County in which he resided before coming to "B" County. He considers said city in " A " County to be his residence and he has not voted in the city in "B" County in which he is now living. May his petition for the degrees be received by the lodge in the city in "A" County~ , .Answer: Inasmuch as the question of residence is onc of fact in which the intention largely controls, the man is ruled to be ~Tet a resident of said city in "A" County, has continued to be such during the period he has been in "B" County. and consequently his petition for the degrees may be received by the lodge in said city in "A" Count~T.
5. A petitioner who is an officer in the United States Arnl~r was ordered to a station in the South Pacific before receiving his ]"il'st Degree. Is he required to receive his First Degree within a year after being elected or can he be initiated as soon as possible after he returns to a Grand Lodge Jurisdiction recognized by thc Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of Missouri, whether his l'eturn comes with a year after his election . or lated . .Answer: By Section 114 of the By-laws of the By-laws of the Grand Lodge if he fails to present himself for initiation within one year after the date of his election, said election shall be void. No Masonic 'official has power to waive the provisions of said Section. Accordingly, the petioner mentioned by you cannot receive his _First Degree if the time elapses, at the time he presents himself for initiation, shall exceed one year after the date of his election. He may, however, regularly petition again without repayment of the fee provided he malw satisfactory excuse to the lodge. Que8ti01~:
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Question: A man petitioned "A" Lodge in Missouri for the degrees
and was elected to receive them. He did not pay any fee to "A" Lodge with his petition and has not presented himself for initiation. He now desires to petition "B" Lodge. Is it necessary to have a waiver of jurisdiction from "A" Lodge~ Answer: If and when more than one year has elapsed since said election, the election is void (see Section 114 of the By-laws), and consequently after the lapse of said year "B" Lodge may receive his petition, "A" Lodge has no further interest in the matter and it is not necessary to have a waiver from said last mentioned lodge. "B" Lodge cannot, however, receive his petition until after the lapse of one year from such election. 7. Question: Can a lodge make a waiver of jurisdiction granted by it to be conditional upon the lodge which receives the waiver collecting the same. fees as the lodge which granted the waiver' Answer: Section 194 of the By-laws of the Grand Lodge states that a lodge shall not receive a petition from an applicant for the mysteries of Freemasonry who lives nearer another lodge, Without the unanimous consent of the latter lodge, except in places where there is more than one lodge and 'concurrent jurisdiction. No provision is made for the affixation of any condition to the grant of the consent mentioned in said Section 194. It is my ruling that the lodge is not entitled to affix a condition to its waiver but that such waiver must, if granted, be unconditional. 8.
Question: Is a man one knee of whom is so stiffened by an injury that he cannot kneel upon it eligible to become a }'reemason in Missouri' Answer : No. See decision of Grand Lodge at page 170 in Proceedings of 1914. . 9. Question: Is a petitioner who about 10 or 11 years ago, when driving while intoxicated, was arrested, pleaded guilty and was fined for violation of a state statute required to answer in the affirmative the question on the petition, "Has an indictment or information ever been returned or issued against you or have you ever been convicted of a crime"" Answer: In my opinion, the term "crime," as used in the question which appears on a petition for the degrees, should be interpreted to include the offense of which the man was convicted, even though it 'was only a misdemeanor. You will note, from Section 4867 Revised Statutes of Missouri of 1939, that the term" crime," when used in any statute, shall be construed to mean any offense, as well misdemeanor as felony, for which any punishment by imprisonment or fine, or both, may by law be inflicted. In 16 Corpus Juris 51 appears the following quotation: , 'Although the word 'crime' has sometimes been used to designate a gross violation of law as distinguished from a mere misdemeanor, in its broadest sense it applies to any violation of law which is punished by the state in a criminal prosecution, and therefore, it has been repeatedly held, includes misdemeanors." See also two Missouri deCisions cited in note 37 at page 52 of 16 Corpus Juris.
I am not ruling on whether a violation of a municipal ordinance con-
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stitutes a "crime" within the meaning of said quoted term as said term appears on said petition. Your attention is, however, called to the language on page 53 of 16 Corpus Juris relative to violation of municipal ordinance, the dissenting .opinion of Judge Hough, concurred in by Judge Napton, in City of Kansas v. Clark, 68 Mo. 588, 590, and the other Missouri decisions mentioned in note 42 on page 53 of 16 Corpus Juris. 10. Question: Do the rules of the MaSonic Lodge say that we should not take anyone in convicted of a crime' If the rules do not mentio~ it, do you think it advisable for us to take them in ~ Do you think it will hurt the standing of our lodge with non-Masons if we admit them' The man whose petition is in question attached to it a parole paper showing that he had been sentenced to Leavenworth Prison for selling whiskey illegally. Answer: I do not find any By-law which prohibits the admission路 to Freemasonry ill Missouri of a man who has been convicted of a felony but in my opinion the acceptance by the lodge. of the man who has been sentenced to Leavenworth Prison should not occur unless the lodge is, after full investigation, of the opinion that he is a good man and that the Fraternity would not suffer in public estimation by such acceptance. I am strongly inclined to the view that it is very likely that the Fraternity would suffer in public estimation by receiving him into membership. Furthermore, I strongly favor not receiving his petition while he is (if be yet is) under parole. The purpose of parole laws is not only "to place the individual criminal under the supervision of the appropriate authorities" but is also "to keep him in lega! custody while living beyond the prison enclosure." (Quotations are from 46 Corpus Juris 1204.) Selection for membership ill Freemasonry of a man who is in legal custody for a felony seems to me to be almost always, and perhaps in every. instance, highly unwise. There may be some extreme case in which such selection would be wise but none such case occurs to me.
11. Question: A man was initiated in a Missouri lodge and later went to an Army camp in Mississippi. He needs instruction in the Entered Apprentice Degree. He sugg<*lts the use of a code. Is there any help which can be given him to enable him to receive the instruction' Answer: It is not proper to place in the possession of the Brother, or anyone other than him, a code copy of all or any portion of the work in any degree. By reference to page 123 of the book published under date of 1925 in which are contained the Constitution and By-laws, you will observe the comment, "It is not right for any lodge in this state to. use a code." . I do not think of any way to enable the Brother to receive instruction in the First Degree unless there can be communicated, to someone who is located near to him, lawful information of the fact that he is an Entered Apprentice. You will observe from Section 213 of tIle By-laws what is in said section declared t'o be lawful information. 12. Question: In the event a Certificate of Good Standing laps over i.nto a succeeding year, is the issuing lodge supposed to collect the dues路 tor the new year and remit the unearned portion to the receiving lodge, or is the receiving lodge to collect the路 dues of the transferring brother and remit to the issuing lodge that portion due them up to the date of the dimit'
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AnsWC1': Inasmuch as the holder of the certificate remains, during the life of such certificate, a member of the lodge which issues the certificate, and inasmuch as dues shall (under Section 155 of the Grand Lodge By-laws) be paid annually in advance, the dues to which you l'efer in your inquiry should be collected by the issuing lodge. The issuing lodge should, if the holder of the certificate transfer to another lodge, remit to the latter lodge the pro rata part of the dues from the date of the dim it issued to the member. (See Section 173 of the Grand IJodge By-laws.) 13. Question: A Brother receives a dimit from a lodge in 1937 and there路 after loses the dimit. He now petitions another lodge. Would it be proper for a duplicate dimit to be issued 1 Answer: It will be proper for the lodge to issue to the Brother a duplicate dimit upon his delivering to the Worshipful Master of the lodge an affidavit that the original dimit was lost or destroyed and that he is unable to furnish said original. The -duplicate dimit should then be filed with the petition and will thereafter belong to the lodge. (Note to Grand Lodge: I mean the lodge to which the petition is presented.) The date of the affiliation of the Brother must be endorsed on the duplicate dimit. 14.
Question: Is a resolution of a lodge to the effect that any Brother suspended for nonpayment of dues can be l'einstated by paying one-half'of the dues owed at the time of suspension legal ~ Answer: Such resolution is illegal because it does not require inability to pay as a condition precedent to reinstatement. 15. Question: A Brother who had been suspended for nonpayment of dues is reinstated on payment of one-half of the amount of dues owed by him at the time of his suspension plus his dues for the current year. It is claimed by another Brother that the reinstated Brother was able to pay all his delinquent dues. What should be done~ Answer: Unless his petition did, in substance, state that he is unable to pay more than one-half of said delinquent dues, his reinstatement was improper. Inasmuch, however, as the lodge has reinstated him, it is my opinion that reconsideration of the action so taken by the lodge is not permissible. (See note, pages 85-86 of book containing Grand Lodge By-laws to 1925.) If, however, any Brother is of the opinion that im路 position has been practiced by the reinstated Brother in obtaining the remission of the reinstated Brother '8 dues, it would be proper for charges to be filed against the reinstated Brother and, if he be found guilty of such imposition, appropriate discipline should be administered to him. '16. Question: The members of a lodge desire to remit the dues of all its members who are in the Armed Forces of our country. Can this be doneg Answer: Dues of a member of a lodge may be I'emitted only for inability to pay. (See Section 156 of By-laws.) It thus follows that the mere fact that a member is in the Army or Navy does not entitle the lodge to remit his dues. 17. Question: Is it mandatory that per capita tax be collected on each member who is in the Army and Navy~
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Answer: The Grand Lodge By-laws make it mandatory that each chartered lodge pay annually to the Grand Lodge the sum of $2.10 for each Master Mason reported in the annual returns except those whose dues have been remitted. (See Section 74 of By-laws.) 18. Question: In 1920 a man petitioned a lodge. He was elected to receive his first degree and passed his proficiency in the first degree but failed to present himself for advancement. He now desires to finish the work. If he be permitted to do so is he liable for the $10.00 Masonic Home fee and the $1.00 Washington Memorial feei The questioner states that if he is not mistaken these fees were not added at that time. Answer: In my opinion if the man mentioned by you petitioned the lodge prior to the date on which became effective the By-law enacted in September, 1920, by which a Masonic Home fee was assessed, he does not now have to pay the Masonic Home fee of $10.00 as a condition precedent to receiving the second and third degrees. (See Proceedings of 1922, page 15.) Inasmuch as the George Washington Memorial fee was not assessed until after the date on which the man petitioned the lodge, it is my opinion that he does not have to pay said George Washington Memorial fee as a condition precedent to receiving the second and third degrees. 19.
Question: A man petitioned the lodge and paid the fees in full in advance. The secretary latcr made the annual report to Grand Lodge and included the $10.00 for the Masonic Home and $1.00 for the Washington Memorial from the payment made with this petition. The petitioner was elected in due time, but did not present himself for initiation, and still later decided he did not want to take the degrees and asked for his money back. . What is the Grand Lodge ruling, and supposing the money is returned to petitioner, how is the lodge reimbursed by Grand Lodge for $11.00 paid in annual report' Answer: Section 47 of the By-laws provides that each petition for the degrees in addition to the fee required by the By-laws of the lodge, shall 1)e accompanied by the sum of $10.90 for the use and benefit of the Masonic Home. (My italics.) Said section, then states that in the event of the election of the petitioner, the secretary of the lodge shall immediately remit such sum to the Grand Secretary, who in turn shall immediately pay the same over to the secretary of the Masonic Home. The section makes provision that if the petitioner be rejected such amount shall be returned to him. Section 48 provides that the money so obtained by virtue of Section 47 shall be set asid,e and used for the purchase of additional grounds and buildings for the Home and for the erection of buildings on the grounds so purchased, and for the maintenance of the Home. Said Section 48 then provides that the balance of such moneys shall be set aside by the Home Board to the Endowment Fund. No provision for the return of the sum of $10.00 is made except the above mentioned provision that if the pctitioner be rejected such amount shall be returned to him. _ In my opinion said sum of $10.00 is, in the event of the election of the petitioner, impressed with an obligation in favor of the Masonic Home and I do not think that after such election of the petitioner anyone has the right to return said sum. If the plan of the lodge reimbursing the
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petitioner who, although elected, did not present himself for initiation were followed and if the lodge reimbursed itself by the secreta.ry not remitting to the Grand Secretary a subsequent $10.00 which for the use and benefit of the Masonie Home accompanies a later petition, the secretary of the lodge would, in my opinion, fail to pay over to the Grand Secretary an amount which had become impressed with an obligation in favor of the Masonic Home. My view as to the $1.00 Washington Memorial fee is that said fee when paid should not be refunded to the petitioner who was elected or to the lodge which may have reimbursed him unless the Grand Lodge should rescind the resolution set forth in the Proceedings of 1927, page 236, or the George Washington Masonic Memorial Temple authorities should consent to such refund. 20. Question: Our Master and Senior Warden were elected and installed for the current year. The Junior Warden-eled has been out of town on defense work, and has not as yet been installed. All three have been ordered for examination a.nd will almost certainly be路 inducted into the Army. We do not want to create a vacancy by resignation or otherwise. They are good officer material and h~ve earned their promotions. The date of induction has not been fixed, but think it will be about March 1. When this happens it will leave us without anyone legally authorized to open the lodge. 1. Would ~ it be possible to appoint or elect an a.cting Worshipful Master or 'Vardens with power to open lodge and perform such other duties as may be necessary to carryon the work of the lodge~ 2. If this is not possible, could the law requiring the presence of one of the three principal officers of the lodge at each meeting be relaxed, so as to' allow a Past Master to open the lodge during this wartime emergency~
3. If neither of these solutions can be permitted, can you point out a way by which we can carryon the work ~ . Answer: So long as- the Senior Warden is available, he may act as Master of the lodge. In the absence of the Worshipful Master and the Senior Warden, the Junior Warden (after he shall have been installed) may perform the duties of Worshipful Master. If all three of the above mentioned officers shall be absent, the lodge may be opened, for the transaction of business or conferring degrees, by any Past Master of the Lodge. (See Section 92 of the By-laws.) 21. Question: Would a special dispensation be granted to have a Kansas lodge confer the third degree in Kansas work in a Missouri lodge~ Is it permissible for a group of Missouri Freemasons to confer a degree, according to the Missouri ritual, upon a candidate, entitled to receive such degree, of a Kansas lodge in the latter lodge~ , Answe1': I assume that the candidate is one who hns been elected by the Missouri lodge. In my opinion it is permissible for the degree to be conferred by a Kansas lodge in Missouri, under Kansas ritual. I do not regard a special dispensation to be necessary. I also think it would be permissible for a group of Missouri' Freemasons to confer a degree, according to the Missouri ritual, upon a candidate, entitled to receive such degree, of a Kansas lodge in the latter lodge.
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22.
Question: Is it permissible for a lodge to celebrate St. John '8 Day with a service on the evening of Sunday, June 27, 1943~ Answer: No. See Proceedings of 1933 at pages 20, 103 and 110. We have a By-law (Section 55) which provides that should either of the St. John's Days fall on Sunday, any lodge desiring to celebrate the same may select any other day for such celebration. Neither would it be permissible for the roster of the officers of the lodge to appear upon the program of the Sunday evening meeting. In my opinion to permit the printing of such roster on the program would indicate that the lodge was participating in the service. It is, of course, entirely proper for individual members of the lodge to attend the service if they desire to do so but it is not permissihle for them to do so as a lodge. 23.
Question: Can a lodge for the duration of the war have its regular meetings only once a month instead of twice a month C? . Answer: In my opinion your lodge has the right to alter its by-laws to such extent as will permit monthly meetings to be substituted for bimonthly meetings. Section 32 of the Grand Lodge By-laws states that a lodge shall, by its by-laws, fix the time of its stated meetings. 24.
Question: Can a lodge receive permission to mcet about twice a yeal' to attend to business that is necessary for the duration of the war? Answer: There is no Masonic law which makes it impossible for your lodge to adopt legally a by-law by the terms of which the number of stated meetings per year of your lodge shall be restricted to two for the duration of the war. It will, however, in order so to restrict the number of sta~ed meetings, be necessary that, if the lodge's by-laws at present specify more than two stated meetings per year, an amendment to said Jly-laws be adopted by the terms of which amendment the number of stated meetings per year shall be restricted to two for the duration of the war. I note, with concern, the fact that the lodge is so inactive. I do not know whether. the Grand Lodge would l'egard the restriction of the numof stated meetings per year to two as a reason for revocation of the charter. I hope that, instead of it being necessary for the number of meetings to be restricted to two per year, the lodge may find it possible to become much more active. 25. Questio'n: Adjaccnt to a lodge room is another room separated from the lodge room by a sliding door. During repairs on the lodge room would it be legal to move the three stations and the altar into the adjacent room and there hold a lodge meeting? Answel': In order f01' the lodge to be entitled to hold a meeting in the adjacent room it is necessary tllat said room shall have been dedicated. See Proceedings of 1930, pages 118 and 106. I accordingly rule that unless tllerc is evidence that tllC room was dedicated it is not proper for a meeting to be lleld iu said room. It is my understanding that lodge meeting has been held in said room. The mere fact, however, that lodge meeting has been held therein does not estahlish that the room was dedicated. 26. Q1tcstion: A committee of a lodge circulates blank forms of an agreement by which a member may agree to contribute a sum of money.ol1
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the understanding that all contributions are to be invested by the lodge in United States Savings Bonds to provide a building fund for a lodge building. Is it necessary that the permission of the Building Supervisory Board of the Grand Lodge be had before the blank forms can be circulated ~ .Answer: It is not necessary that the consent of the Building Supervisory Board be had to the circulation of the forms. Under the present Section 56, however, no lodge shall be permitted to erect or become interested in, use or occupy a building or 'remple until the plans for the purchase, construction and financing thereof shall first have been submitted to the Building Supervisory Board and its permission obtained. 27. Question: The Order of the Eastern Star desires to sponsor a card party and dinner to be given in the dining hall on the same floor on which is located the lodge hall. There is a permanent wall separating the two rooms. 'rhe dining hall was not dedicated. The purpose of the party and diriner would be the making of money. Can the dining hall of the lodge be legally used for such party and dinner ~ .Answer: In the Proceedings of 1924 the Grand Lodge approved a ruling to the effect that the members of the lodge and their families may, provided the lodge consents, have a social game of caras in rooms entirely separate and apart from the room used for the conferring of aegrees, "provided further that the card playing shall not be for profit . . . " (See Proceedings of 1924, pages 36, 37 and 158.) In the Proceedings of 1934 (sec pages 28 and 83) the Grand Master ruled that dining halls, which are not the Masonic Hall itself and not an anteroom of the Masonic Hall, within the meaning of the By-laws, sections 50 and 51, may be used for card parties and dances by the members and tlleir families. The Grand Master cited that certain decision of 1924 to .which reference is above made. lie then proceeded to say: "I am inclined to the opinion that the safe thing for a lodge to do is to avoid allowing outside interests the use of its dining room for any purpose which is not clearly beneficent, educational, religious, or charitable. I have doubts if a dancing class falls within that category." The Grand Lodge approved the Grand Master's deeiAion. In view of the rulings of the Grand Lodge thus made, it is my opinion that, inasmuch as the card party and dinner which the Order of the Eastern Star desires to sponsor would be for the purpose of making money, the dining hall of your lodge cannot be legally used for such party and dinner. 28. Question: Patriotic bodies and others plan a great procession and meeting in the interest of athletics for a Missouri city for the duration of the war. Is it permissible for a Masonic lodge in s路aid city to take part in this parade and carry its banner and the flag of our countryt Answer: It is my ruling that the lodge should not take part in the parade. It has been held (see Proceedings .of 1921, pages 16 and 132) that the section which is the present Section 54 of the Grand Lodge By-laws, by clear inference, permits a lodge to appear in public processions, acting under a dispensation from the_Grand Master, on other than Masonic occasions. Masonic occasions are the public installation of lodge officers,
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Masonic funerals, and celebrations of St. John's Days. J<.Jven, however, though there may be granted a dispensation permitting a lodge to appear in public processions on other than Masonic occasions, I am of the opinion that the power to grant such dispensation "should not be exercised except in cases where the occasion carries with it some peculiar Masonic significance." See Proceedings of 1913, pages 16 and 162.) . Indeed in the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of 1941, in which (see page 11) it appears that a lodge asked for a special dispensation to take part in an "I-Am-an-American Day" program as a Masonic body, the Grand Master, in the course of his ruling on the request, which ruling was approved by the Grand Lodge (see page 96) stated, "No subordinate lodge shall be permitted to appear in public procession except upon strictly Masonic occasions, when they may appear without any dispensation for that purpose." (See page 11.) I do not deem it advisable to grant dispensation in the case at hand. The ruling in this letter contained does not imply that the individual members of the lodge may not participate in the parade provided they do not do so as a lodge. 29. Question: Is it permissible for Freemasons to organize a Lodge of Memories for funerals. only, with no initiation fee, no degree work and no other purpose than that of attending funerals ~ Answer: I have examined the Constitution and By-laws of the Grand Lodge and fail to find any authorization for the organization of a Lodge of Memories for funerals only. 30.
Question: Is it proper for a lodge to sponsor a post of the Medical Auxiliary of the Office of Civilian Defense, the function of which post is the giving of a training course, primarily of First Aid under the direction of two physicians, whereby the members of the post receive instruction in what to do in the event of a bombing raid or other catastrophe~ Answer: In the Proceedings of 1929 (see pages 26, 181, 173) it was held that it would not be proper for a lodge to sponsor a troop of Boy Scouts. To similar effect is decision appearing in the Proceedings of 1935 (see pages 9, 97,路102.) In Proceedings of 1936 (sec pages 18, 113) it was ruled, in response to a question as to whether it is permissible for a lodge to sponsor a chapter of the Order of LeMolay for boys or other similar organizations, that a lodge should not thereafter engage to sponsor any non-Masonic or extraneous organization, nor should its funds be used for the support or maintenance of such organizations. To similar effect is the ruling in Proceedings of 1941 (see pages 9, 96) on a request received by a lodge to sponsor a chapter of the Order of Rainbow for girls. My ruling is that it is not proper for the lodge to sponsor the above mentioned post. 3l. Question: Is it legal for our lodge to make a donation of $25.00 for a memorial of our citizens from the city in which our lodge is located and trade territory who may be serving their country in the military forces in this warY This solicitation is presented and sponsored by the Business Men's Club of this city, who are soliciting the various lodges and organizations of this city. Answer: It is my ruling that it is not proper for the lodge to make the donation for a memorial of the citizens of your city and trade territory who may be serving their country in the military forces, in this war. I note tllat the solicitation is being sponsored by the Business Men'8 Club
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of your city. While the memorial is very commendable, indeed, I do not think the fuuds of the lodge can be used for that purpose. 32. Question: Can the Master of a lodge appoint a standing committee to act on petitions for membership, same acting for the current year ~ .Answer: According to Section 109 of the By-laws of the Grand Lodge, the lodge may, bJ' its by-laws, provide for a permanent Committee of Investigation. It is my opinion that unless the lodge has by its by-laws provided for such permanent committee, the Worshipful Master of said lodge cannot appoint a standing committee to Hct for the current year on petitions for membership. , 33. Question: When the Worshipful Master selected the lodge's Grievance Committee he placed on it only two Past Masters. The third member had served as secretary for several years. A case is now pending in which the Grievance Committee has reported. Will this have any bearings on the case not going to trial ~ Answer: It is my opinion that if youI' lodge did not, at the time you appointed the Grievance Committee, have as many as three Past Masters of the lodge who were then in good standing, the Grievance Committee is validly constituted and there need be no change now made in its membership. It is my opinion that, if your lodge did, at the time you appointed the Grievance Committee, have as many as three Past Masters of the lodge who were then in good standing, (1) the member, not a Past Master, should be removed from the Committee, (2) a Past Master in good standing of the lodge should be substituted for him, and (3) the entire proceedings under Sections 236 and 237 of the By-laws should be had anew. 34.
Question.: Where a member of a lodge has been sentenced in the Circuit Court to the penitentiary on a felony charge on a plea of guilty, is a lodge trial mandatory, or can the lodge, on the filing of a certified copy of the indictment, plea of guilty and judgment thereon, declare the member expelled ~ And if such summary proceedings are proper, who has such authority ~ Answer: It will be necessary, in order for the Brother to be expelled, that charges be preferred against him. The lodge canHot, on the filing of a certified copy of the indictment, plea of guilty and judgment thereon, declare the Brother expelled. (See Proceedillgs of 1928, pages 32 and 165.) If, following the preferring of charges, the Brother shall enter a plea of "guilty," no trial shall be necessary. (See Section 252 of the By-laws.) The plea should be entered in writing. If, in addition to his plea of "guilty," he shall in writing agree that the lodge may take the matter up at any meeting at which it sees fit, and without notice, in such event the lodge may, at a future meeting, take the matter up and without notice expel the Brother. (See Proceedings of 1922, pp. 13 and 163.) Moreover, if after charges are preferred against him, the Brother makes a request in writing for expulsion, the lodge may expel him at once. (See Proceedings of 1922, pp. 13 and 163.) If the Brother does not agree that the lodge may take the matter up at any meeting it sees fit, written notice mUMt he given as prescribed in Section 240 of the By-laws. Although Section 252 of the By-laws (referring to a case in which occurs the entry of a plea of "guilty") contains a provision requiring the trial jury to fix the punishment, the Grand Lodge, in my opinion, win not affirm a punishment of less than expulsion of a Brother who is serving a sentence in the penitentiary.
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35. Question: The latter part of last year charges of un-Masonic conduct were brought against -a member of the lodge. The date of trial had been set and then was postponed by, the Worshipful Master. No other date has thus far been set. Should the original charges be given to the present Grievance Committeef Answer: Inasmuch as the date of trial had already been set I assume that the prior procedure prescribed by the By-laws had occurred. Consequently, I do not think it necessary for the matter to be presented to the present Grievance Committee. My ruling is. that the Worshipful Master may reset the case and order it to be tried. 36. Question: At the election of trustees it is claimed that one of the tellers a.sked the other teller to count out one of the members of the board of the lodge if ,the vote was close. Is it proper that charges be brought against the brother who made this request of the teller and does such conduct or intention to do such a thing subject the member to expulsion if proved guilty ~ Answer: As I understand, one of the tellers asked the other teller" to count the present board member whose term was expiring out if the vote was close." I understand that the meaning of the teller who made the request was that the other teller should so count the votes as to defeat the present board member even though' the latter should receive such number of votes as would entitle him to serve. In my opinion the conduct above described comes clearly ,within subdvision (b) of Section 229 9f the By-laws, which reads: "Any 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 anywise contrary to its principles, obligations or teachings." I am of the opinion, therefore, that the Brother to whom the improper request was made would be entirely justified in bringing charges against the other. The punishment would be assessed, if conviction ensues, by the trial jury. (See Section 255 of By-laws.) Note to Grand Lodge. From the above quotation of subdivision the word "in" immediately in advance of the word "anywise" was inadvertently omitted. The subdivision which, however, should have been inserted in. the third sentence of the foregoing answer under 36 is subdivision b-I of Section 229. (See Proceedings of 1939, p. 137.) Also, the concluding sentence of said answer should have read, "The punishment would be assessed, if conviction ensues, by the trial jury or trial commission." (See Sections 255 and 261% of By-laws.) .37.
Question: It appears that by reason of some old ill feeling a lodge has had some good men blackballed. It is thought that one brother casts the blackballs. Do you have a. suggestion ~ Answer: I do not know of anything that can be done in the situation to which you refer except that, if you believe blackballs a.re being cast without good reason, you could confer with the brother who you think is casting them and discuss the subject in the attempt to remove from his mind any misunderstanding respecting the qualities of the petitioners. I think that if it can be established that the brother is, without good
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reason, casting the blackballs he would be subject to Masonic discipline for so doing. 38. Question: Can a lodge suspend its Worshipful Master for nonpayment of dues and, if so, what will be the procedure~ Answer : Yes.
Note: The procedure which is lengthy and covers various contingencies has been filed with the Grand Secretar'J' where it ,rill be available for inspection by any Brother. 39. Question: A petition is presented by an individual who states that he is in the tavern husiness. Can the petition be accepted ~ Answer: 1. If the petitioner personally 'sells intoxicating liquor at retail for consumption as a beverage on the premises where sold, he is not eligible to become a Freemason. II. If, however, the man does not personally sell intoxicating liquor at retail for consumption as a beverage on the premises where sold, his COllnection with the sale or handling of such liquor makes him ineligible to become a Freemason only if such sale or handling (a) is such as if 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 (b) occurs in a manner or under a surrounding which if such 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 (c) is in anywise contrary to the principles, obligations or teachings of Freemasonry. The lodge should not receive the petition of a man, who is connected with the sale or handling of intoxicating liquor but who does not personally sell intoxicating liquor at retail for consumption as a beverage on the premises where sola, unless' , No" is the proper answer to each of the following three questions: 1. Is that sale or handling of intoxicating liquor with which said man is connected such as if 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 ~ 2. Does such sale or handling of intoxicating liquor occur in a manner or under a surrounding which, if such 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 ~ 3. Is said sale or handling of intoxicating liquor in anywise contrary to the principles, obligations or teachings of Freemasonry ~ The term" intoxicating liquor" means and includes, under the present law of Missouri and, in my opinion, the Masonic law of Missouri, alcohol for beverage purposes, alcoholic, spirituous, vinous, fermented, malt, or other liquors, or combination of liquors, a part of which is spirituous, vinous, or fermented, and all preparations or mixtures for beverage purposes, containing in excess of three and two-tenths (3.2%) per cent of alcohol by weight. 40. Question: If a former member of a lodge, who was in 1934 suspended for nonpayment of dues, pays to the lodge his indebtedness owing to it at
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the time of his suspension, possesses character such as to meet the requirements of the membership of the lodge and for the past three years has been in the wine and liquor business, handling retail package goods only, is he eligible for reinstatement'
Answer:
r.
If the former member, to whom you refer, personally sells intoxicating liquor at retail for consumption as a beverage 011 the premises where sold, he is not eligible for reinstatement.
II. If, however, the man does not personally sell intoxicating liquor at retail for consumption as a beverage on the premises where sold, his connection with the sale or handling of such liquor makes him ineligible for reinstatement only if such sale or handling (a) is such as 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 (b) 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 (c) is in anywise contrary to the principles, obligations or teachings of Freemasonry, The lodge should not reinstate the above mentioned former member, if he is directly or indirectly connected with the sale or handling of intoxicating liquor but does not personally sell intoxicating liquor at retail for consumption as a beverage on the premises where sold, unless" No" is the proper answer to each of the following three questions: 1. Is that sale or handling of intoxicating liquor with which said former member is connected such 3S tends to impair the good name of the Masonic institution or its usefulness, or to cause scandal, or to degrade it in public estimation' 2. Does such sale or handling of intoxicating liquor occur 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 ~ , 3. Is said sale or handling of intoxicating liquor in anywise contrary to the principles, obligations or teachings of Freemasonry~ 41.
Question: Is it permissible for a Masonic lodge to rent a portion of the lower :floor of its lodge building to a wholesale liquor house~ AnswC1': No. See Proceedings of 1937, pages 13, 114 and 115. 42. Lodges "A" and "B" consolidate under the name of Lodge "B." What 1s necessary to grant to Lodge "B" title to the property of Lodge" A' 'f Answer: In view of the concluding sentence of Section 67 of the Grand Lodge By-laws, it is my opinion that upon the adoption of the proposition to consolidate, there occurs a transfer, which would be recognized by a court of equity, of the title to the property both real and personal of the lodge the charter of which is agreed to be surrendered. I advise, however, that, in order to effectuate a transfer of the legal title to the real estate and in order also that there may be evidence of record that the title 'to said real estate is transferred, there be executed, and delivered to the grantees therein, a deed to the real estate from the holder of the record title, in which deed the grat:J.tees shall be such trustees as may be designated by Lodge "B." I further advise that in order that there may be a Que8ti01~:
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document (additional to the record of the adoption of the consolidation resolution) showing transfer of the title to the personal property, and in order that there may be delivery of such document additional to said record of adoption of said resolution, a bill of sale to the personal property be executed and delivered. The transferrer in the bill of sale should be the holder of title to the personal property immediately preceding the adoption of said resolution. The transferee in the bill of sale should be either Lodge "B" or its trustees as said last mentioned lodge shall prefer. I think a lawyer should be the person who shall prepare the deed and bill of sale. CONCLUSION
In time of war and in time of peace may the sublime principles of our Order constantly influence our thoughts and deeds! May the tenets of brotherly love, relief and truth ever inspire us toward nobler and better lives! May our reverence for the Great Architect of the Universe be steadfast and never failing!
Gmnd Maste1" GRAND SECRETARY'S REPORT
R. W. Brother Arthur Mather, Grand Secretary, presented his report covering official action in the office of the Grand Secretary for the period September 11, 1942, to September 10, 1943, which was received and ordered printed in the Proceedings. DUPLICATE CHARTERS
Duplicate Charters were issued to the following Lodges: Unionville Lodge No. 210, destroyed by fire; duplicate issued January 28, 1943. Easter Lodge No. 575, destroyed by fire; duplicate issued March 1, 1943. PROCEEDINGS DISTRIBUTED
The 1942 Proceedings were printed and distributed as quickly as possible after the Grand Lodge Session. COMMISSIONS TO D. D. G.
1\1:.'s
By order of M. W. Forrest C. Donnell, Grand Master, commissions were issued to the路 sixty District Deputy Grand Masters by him appointed in the fifty-nine Masonic Districts; the Thirty-third District having two District Deputy Grand Masters. REPORTS OF D. D. G. Mo'S
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.
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COMMISSIONS 'fO GRAND REPRESENTA'l'IVES
M. W. Grand Master Donnell appointed the following as Grand Representatives of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, near their respective Grand Lodges: British Columbia-Lawrence Healey, 1138 Nelson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia. Nicaragua---Raymond C. Jarnet, Box 14, Granada, Nicaragua. Vermont-No Dean Rowe, Johnson, Vermont.
The Grand Master also n()minated the following Brethren as Grand Representatives of the following Grand Lodges near the Grand Lodge of Missouri: Scotland-Harry S. Truman, Independence, Missouri. District of Columbia-Guy Walrod, Jefferson City, Missouri. Maine-Frank P. Briggs, Macon, Missouri. New Jersey-Emmet L. Robison, St. Joseph, Missouri. South Carolina-D. V. Morris, Nevada, Missouri. BLANKS FOR ANNUAL RETURNS
Two copies were mailed June 15, 1943, with accompanying circular,路 giving full directions to secretaries. LODGES CONSOLIDATED
Pee Dee Lodge No. 498 consolidated with Westville Lodge No. 202 on January 16, 1943, Pee Dee Lodge losing its identity. Vernon Lodge No. 493 consolidated with Hermon Lodge No. 187 on January 26, 1943, Vernon Lodge losing its identity. Glensted Lodge No. 250 consolidated with Versailles Lodge No. 320路 on March 22, 1943, Glensted Lodge losing its identity. COURTESIES RECEIVED AND GRANTED
By direction of M. W. Grand Master Donnell. 222 requests have been made to Sister Grand Jurisdictions to confer Degrees for Missouri Lodges, and 206 requests have been received to confer Degrees for Sister Grand Jurisdictions. 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 Ralph H. Davis, New Hall of Valley Park Lodge No. 629-December 4, 1942. R. A. Breuer, New Hall of Easter Lodge No. 575-March 9, 1943. R. A. Breuer, New H~l1 of Fraternal Lodge No. 363-June 26, 1943.
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Election of Officers Winigan Lodge No. 540, December 2, 1942. Bonhomme Lodge No. 45, December 19, 1942. O'Sullivan Lodge No.7, December 28,1942. Koshkonong Lodge No. 582, January 13, 1943. Osborn Lodge No. 317, January 23, 1943. Olean Lodge No. 134, February 20, 1943. Alton Lodge No. 255, February 20, 1943. Springhill Lodge No. 155, April 3, 1943. Bethel Lodge No. 537, February 15, 1943.
Forsyth Lodge No.. 453, January 2, 1943. Fraternal Lodge No. 363, January 2, 1943. Conway Lodge No. 528, February 6, 1943. Cole Camp Lodge No. 595, March 15, 1943. Eolia Lodge No. 14, March 20, 1943. Concordia Lodge No. 464, March 22, 1943. Pattonsburg Lodge No. 65, May 18,1943. Hopewell Lodge No. 239, August 28, 1943.
1nstallation of Officers Beacon Lodge No.3 in Scottish Rite Cathedral, St. Louis, Mo., January 7, 1943. Missouri Lodge No. 1 in Royal Arch Chapter Room, Masonic Temple, St. Louis, Mo., December 12, 1942. Magnolia Lodge No. 626 in Alhambra Grotto, St. Louis, Mo., January 2, 1943.
Installation of Gmnd Officer Willis J. Bray was installed Grand Senior Deacon of the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Missouri in the hall of Cosmos Lodge No. 282, April 26, by James W. Skelly, P. G. M.
Mee"t in Other Halls Valley Park Lodge No. 629 to remove from their old hall into their new hall-December 4, 1942.
Laying of Cornerstone DuVal Smith, Congregational Church, St. Joseph, Mo.~November 21, 1942.
Reballot on Petition Senath Lodge No. 513-to reballot On a candidate May 20, 1943. RECOGNITION OF VE'l'ERAN MASONS
Fifty-Year Buttons The following Brethren, whose names have been certified by their respective Lodges, and confirmed by the records of the GI'and 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 548 Clinton :Walter E. Owen 71 Savannah Clarence E. Stevenson 33 Ralls ................• ,William F. Garnett 136 Phoenix ; ; ..Charles Edwin MayhalL 302 Lick Creek Ben. J. Coil ·
50 50 50 50 50
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No. and Lodge Name of Brother Number of Years 558 Moscow ..............•William Cottle 50 57 Richmond Rowland Williams ......•........ 52 542 Ferguson .............•William H. Tiffin 50 236 Sedalia Charles H. Bard 50 Frederick M. Fulkerson 51 236 Sedalia 256 Aurora William Schwehr, Jr 52 197 Carthage .............•Thomas Hackney 50. 197 Carthage Willis S. Johnson 51 241 St. Charles Miller White 50 57 Richmond Finley D. Hubbell 50 335 Joplin ; George H. Kelly 50 535 Blackwell ,William Moon 52 422 Gate of the Temple James F. VanHook 52 460 Lambskin William P. Pollmann 50 104 Heroine ..............•Abraham Denebeim 50 484 Kirkwood Thomas W. Mabrey 50 84 Webster Groves Arthur J. Watling ~ 50 93 St. Marks Charles Edward Kage. " 50 93 St. Marks William George L. Weber 50 93 St. Marks J. Maple Wilson 50 249 Carroll .Horace H. Hamilton 50 416 Cache .Morris J. Grossmann 50 416 Cache ...............••William Rebbing 50 262 Holden : ........• Edward Andruss 50 547 South Gate James 'A. White 51 547 South Gate J. W. Suttles 51 15 Western Star Thomas J. Hiley : 50 299 Temple Ira S. Beller : 52 299 Temple., ............• Andrew M. Bigler. ~ 52 299 Temple ..............• Robert L. Blakey 52 299 Temple Charles T. Daily 51 299 Temple ..............• Hal Foster 50 299 Temple ..............• William' E. Humphreys 51 299 Temple Frank B. J ahr 51 299 rfemple Henry Polk Lowenstein 51 299 Temple ..............• James H. Moore 50 299 Temple Wright Smith 51 299 Temple Richard T. Spence 51 · Ed. R. Scott 50 519 Crane 243 Keystone .•........... .Michael J. Klein 50 422 Gate of the Temple Charles Huntington young 50 324 McDonald J ohn W. Hinde 50 199 New Hope W. W. Watts 52 306 Ashlar ...............•Murray M. Campbell 50 3 Beacon Alfred J. Piatt 50 113 Plattsburg Emsley C. James: 52 246 Neosho ,Charles C. McNatt .. : 50 259 Lodge of Love .Fred C. French 50 259' Lodge of Love George M. Grist 50 343 Agricola Joseph R. Hampton : 52 385 Richland W. S. Lea 50 5 United Wm. C. Johnson ~ 50 609 Warrenton Frank E. Schowengerdt 50 591 Barnett. Richard A. Beard 50 121 Erwin ...............• Herman D. Seekamp 50 2 Meridian Herman Ruecking 50 548 Clinton Samuel Smith 52 0 ••••••••••••••••••
42 No. an(l Lodge
63 77 247 547 547 ;547 526 526 284 254 16 420
420 637 259 259 135 135 640 422 482
345 323 119 119 43 43 259 207
83 205 104 123 345 323 323 120
20 142 9 220 550
376 376
247 44:3 ] 4:39 9 133 209 2Q9
209 209 178 253 345
1943
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Nallw of Brotller
Nttmber of YearS"
Cambridge Brick P. Storts 50 Lebanon : Rhinehart Stephan 51 Neosho Daniel L. Buxton 5Q South Gate John C. Trumbull 50 South Gate George A. Mack 50 South Gate Wm. L. Brayton 50 Wayne ...............•James P. Bone 50 Wayne Lucian F. }':uris 50 Canopy G. M. Kirby 50 Butler Albert L. Fox 52 Memphis John D. Newman 50 Itaska Herman Mauch 50 Itaska George L. Heidbreder 50 Mountain View Ernest LeBaron 50 Lodge of Love ,J ohn E. Markey 50 Lodge of Love Carl C. Frederick '.' 50 Braymer Oswell B. Dorsey 51 Braymer S. Fred Farrar 50 Jennings }-'red George }'isher 50 Gate of the Temple Bert S. Lee 50 Clintonville ...........•S. M. Snodgrass 50 Joplin Newton Preston Stipp 50 Cornerstone Stephen K. Woods 50 DeSoto , Thomas F. C.adwallader 50 DeSoto Paul A. Kingston 50 Jefferson ...........•.•Richard L. Gwinn 50 Jefferson Caesar WoIlman 50 Lodge of Love George T. Crump 50 Clay .................•Excelsior Springs 50 Laclede ..............• Charles C. Dodd 50 Trilumina Charles G. Patterson 50 Heroine ..............•Edgar A. Harper 50 Hermann .............•Ransom' A. Breuer 50 Fellowship Walter Sayles Nickell '.. 50 Cornerstone Henry H. }-,urth 50 Cornerstone Max Haas 50 Compass , Henry C. Noland 50 St. Louis Wm. E. Churchill. ~ . c • • • • • • • • • • • • 50 Pleasaut Grove Wm. G. Streit 52 George Washington William Edward Clark 56 Kansas City Charles C. Champion 50 Rose Hill Alfred Matthews 53_ King Hill :rhomas Z. Mays 50 King Hill. George W. Arthur 50 Neosho ,Sidney E. Roberts 50 West Gate Wm. Henry Ferris 50 Missouri. ' George E. \Vilucki. 50 Hazelwood William N. Ware 51 George Washington George H. 1\1 artin 50 Star of the West Sam W. Andrews 50 Poplar Bluff \ Ernest Bacon 52 Poplar Bluff Wm. S. Bailey 50 Poplar Bluff Clarence O. }-,isher 58 Poplar Bluff Hugh J. Morrison 50 Griswold Hamlet C. Grigg 50 Laredo ...............•Emmett M. Wilson ; 51 Fellowship ...........•,John W. Rowland 51
1943 No. 247 526 314 213 446 291
mul Lodge Neosho Wayne Pine Rolla Ivanhoe Edina
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Na/nwof Brother Walter A. Phipps Thomas C. Piles .Francis M~ Cooper George Westley Horrom Hugh D. Muir .Frank A. Wilson
,
NU'l1~ber of
Years
50 50 51 50 51 50
S'.rATISTICATJ
Number of Ohartered Lodges, September 10, 1942...... . . . . . . . . 620 Number of Chartered Lodges, September 10, 1943.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 September 10, 1943, Total Membership 86,691 September 10, 1942, Total Membership- on 620 Chartered Lodges 85,422 Less: Adjustments by Audit of Individual Lodges 124 85,298 Total Number Raised Affiliated Reinstated
. . .
Less: Total Number Dimitted . ~ Deaths : SNPD SUMC : Expelled
. . . .
2,360 620 1,560 _4,540 .
642 1,530 969 4 '2
3,147
Net Gain, September 10, 1943
.
1,393
86,691
1943 Per Capita Tax due on 602 Reporting Lodges...... .. Total Amount Paid to Sept. 10, 1943, $175,323.77 (Less Overpayments $118.52) :................
$177,482.83
Balance Due on 602 Reporting Lodges, to Sept. 10, 1943. . .. Sept. 10, 1943, 14 Lodges Unreported.
$
2,277:58
$
3,000.00
1943
PER CAPITA TAX
MASONIC HOME
Q:b'
175,205.25
MISSOURI
Welfare Committee: Paid to Masonic Home, Checks No. 36, 66, 78, 119 for $500.00 each and Check No. 145 for $l,OOO.OO-Total. . Per Capita Ta.'{: Paid to Masonic Home Check No. 144......................... $ 4,559.58 Check No. 147......................... 40,000.00 Check No. 158......................... 50,000.00 Check No. 171......................... 34,404.77 Balance Due Masonic Home... .
128,964.35 1,722.92
SPECIAL INITIATION FUND
Paid to Masonic Home ale This Fund: Sept. 11, 1942, to Sept. 10, 1943...................................... Balance Due Masonic Home to Sept. 10, 1943. . . . . . . . . . . .
30,500.00 688.60
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. .
2,300.00 2,900.44
.
842.52
.
1,000.00
Sept. 10, 1942-Bank Balance . Check No.1, June 18, 1943, Paid to Mrs. Victor French Holm in full settlement of claim, thus closing the account .
3,000.00
Paid to J. Claude Keiper, Feb: 20, 1943 (Check No. 33) Balance Due to Sept. 10, 1943 DR. WM.
}<'.
KUHN LlBR.ARY FUND
Sept. 10, 1943-Bank Balance JOSEPH S. MCINTYRE T,lBRARY FUND
Sept. 10, 1943-Bank Balance GEORGE WASHINGTON STATUE FUND
3,000.00
ANALYSIS OF DISBURSEMENTS
Total Disbursements to September 10, 1943
.
$200,743.45
Pay Roll, 1942 , . $ 16,000.00 $ 1,300.11 Proceedings, 1942 Salaries and Allowances: Grand Master, Grand Secretary, Grand Treasurer, Grand Lecturer, Grand Lodge Office Account . 14,391.29 (Less: $524.00 withheld and paid U. S. Collector of Internal, Revenue, alc 5% Victory and 20% Withholding Taxes) 1,200.00 Grand Lecturer, Emeritus . 500.00 Grand Correspondent ' . 1,800.00 Maintenance, Grand Lodge Offic,e . Masonic Relief Association United States 284.74 and Canada . 175.00 Past Grand Master's Jewel. . 749.88 Expenses: Grand Lodge Session, 1942 . 75.00 Reporter: Grand Lodge Session, 1942 . 206.96 Telephone : Jefferson 4877 . 300.00 Bonds: Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer Contingent: Grand Lodge Expense Fund . 477.14 Perkins Audit Co . 150.00 Expenses: Grand Lodge Officers, Order Grand Master . 288.55 Printing, Postage, Stationery and Incidentals 2,226.90 District Lecturers' and District Deputies' Conferences . 750.00 Expenses: GeOl'ge Washington Masonic N ational Memorial and Grand Masters' Conferences ' . 100.00 National Masonic Service Association for Military Camp Activities . 3,750.00 28,725.57 ' Total Budget Appropriation for 1942-1943 (Exclusive of Pay Roll) . Actual Disbursements .
$ 43,109.74 28,725.57
Unexpended Balance . '. . . . . .. $ 14,384.17 Total Paid Masonic Home Account Back Per Capita Collected to June 30, 1943 '.' ..
4,559.58
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Total Paid Masonic Home Account 1943 Per Capita Tax .
124,404.77
Total Paid Masonic Home Account Welfare Committee . Dues Receipt Cards, 1943 . War Service Account . Social Security, Title VIII-Federal Old Age Pension . Purchase of Series "G" U. S. Bonds . Purchase of 2% % U. S. VictorY Bonds . Transfer of $238.94 from Fidelity Savings Trust Co., Kansas City, Mo., to Union National Bank, Kansas City, Mo .
45 -128,964.35 3,000.00 907.23 727.69 103.50 10,000.00 12,076.17 238.94 $200,743.45
Total Disbursements to September 10, 1943 RECAPITULA'l'~ON
$299,684.08 200,743.45
Total Receipts to September 10, 1943 . Total Disbursements to September 10, 1943 .. CASH BALANCE, September 10, 1943, in General Fund . Cash Balance, September 10, 1943, Fidelity Savings Trust Co., Kansas City, Mo. (Restricted) . Cash Balance, Sept. 10, 1943, Union National Bank, Kansas City, Mo. . . Cash Balance, Sept. 10, 1943, Wood & Huston Bank, Marshall, Mo. . . Cash Balance, September 10, 1943, Columbia Savings Bank, Columbia, Mo . Cash Balance, September 10, 1943, First Natio~al Bank, Cape Girardeau, Mo. . . LESS: Balance due Masonic Home, account 1943 Per Capita Tax, from from August 31, 1943, to Sept. 10, 1943 LESS: Balance due Masonic Home, account Back Per Capita, from July 1, 1943, to Sept. 10, 1943. . . .
$ 98,940.63 $
2,15,0.48 89,290.15 2,500.00 2,500.00 2,500.00
98,940.63
$826.49 896.43
1,722.92
LESS: $2,150.48 "Restricted" Fidelity Savings Trust Co., Kansas City, Mo .
2,150.48
SEPTEMBER 10, 1943, Total Amount Available Cash in General Fund .
3,873.40 $ 95,067.23
Fraternally submitted,
Grand Secretary.
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REPORT OF GRAND TREASURER
R. Vll. Brothcl' E. E. Morris, Grand Treasurer, presented his l'eport covering the period from September 10, 1942, to September 10, 1943, which was received as follows, together with rcport of Auditor, and both ordered printed in the Proceedings: 1942 Sept. 10
" "
10
"
10
"
10
10
Balance in Fidelity Savings 'l'rust Company, Kansas City, Missouri (restricted) : $ 2,389.42 Balance in Wood & Huston Bank, Marshall, Missouri 2,500.00 Balance in Columbia Savings Bank, Columbia, Missouri 2,500.00 Balance in First National Bank, Cape Girardeau, Missouri... . . . ... 2,500.00 Balance in Union National Bank, Kansas City, Missouri.......... 60,520.09 RECEIP'!'S
1942 Sept. 22 Oct. 1
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2 :17 22
Nov.
2 " 17 1 Dec. " 16 " 21
Receipt Number 1606 Arthur 1607 Arthur Bond 1608 Arthur 1609 " 1610 Arthur Bond 1611 Arthur 1612 " 1613 " 1614 " 1615 "
1943 4 Jan. 4 "
1616 1617
16 1 Feb. " 16 " 17
1618 1619 i620 1621
19
1622
2 " 161 Apr.
1623 1624 1625
" Mar.
" "
1 1626 16 1627 19 1628
"
22
1629
"
Mather, Mather, Interest Mather,
"
Grand Sec'y $ Grand Sec 'y, ............ Grand Sec'y
"
H
Mather, Grand Sec 'y, Interest ............ Mather, Grand Sec'y ,.,
"
" " " "
"
"
"
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"
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37.50
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"
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Arthur Mather, of Mileage and P. D. Balance Arthur Mather, Div. No.6, Fidelity Savings Trust Co... Arthur Mather, Grand Sec'y
"
"
"
"
"
491.24 2,378.55 432.75 1,706.90 493.20
"
238.94 73.00 63.75
"
62.50 114.50 99.35
Arthur Mather, Grand Sec 'y, Bond Interest ............ Arthur Mather, Grand Sec'y
"
62.50 169.25 280.53 576.77 53.25 157.28 78.00 90.75 55.80
Arthur Mather, Granu Sec 'y, Bond Interest ............ Arthur Mather, Grand Sec'y
" "
256.25
Arthur Mather, Grand Sec 'y, Bond Interest ............ Arthur Mather, Grand Sec'y
691.89 2.23
$ 70,409.51
1943
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Receipt 1943 Nwmber May 1 1630 72.75 " 'I 17 1631 126.25 " I' June 2 1632 116.25 " "I ' 'I 'I 16 1633 68.00 " " " 17 1634 Arthur Mather, U. S. Treasury 3% % Bonds Sold ........ 22,000.00 " 18 1635 Arthur Mather,_ Grand Sec 'y, Bond Interest ............ 491.26 July 1 1636 Arthur Mather,' Grand See'y 51.00 (1637-Void) II 7 1638 Arthur Mather, Grand See'y 6.00 II I' I' I' 7 1639 109.25 " 7 1640 917.70 " 7 1641 21.25 " " 'i I' -508.25 7 1642 ii 3 1643 4,275.60 II 'I 'I 3 1644 6,454.76 II 3 1645 776.40 " I' 7 1646 28.70 II Ii I ' 7 1647 33.75 I ' 7 1648 774.90 " i' 8 1649 6,835.50 II ." 8 1650 23.25 " 'I 8 1651 539.05路 " " I' 'I 4,935.50 9 1652 " 'I 36.65 9 1653 "I ' 'I 848.00 9 1654 " " II I' 7,532.95 " 10 1655 17.25 " " " " 10 1656 'I 381.00 " " 10 1657 I ' I' 3,139.25 " " 12 1658 I' 'I 36.50 12 1659 " " 918.75 " 12 1660 8,010.38 " " 13 1661 43.75 " 13 1662 938.95 13 1663 " 8,535.90 14 1664 26.65 14 1665 " I' 519.25 " " 14 1666 4,521.80 " 14 1667 25.60 15 1668 II 625.72 15 1669 " " "Ii 5,152.30 15 1670 'I 27.94 16 1671 588.50 16 1672 I' 4,978.10 16 1673 "' I 'I 20.22 19 1674 525.86 19 1675 " " "' I 4,174.90 19 1676 20.75 " 19 1677 451.10 19 1678 " 'I 'I 3,767.40 " " 19 1679 47.90 " "I ' 20 1680 II 'I 'i路 1,205.50 20 1681 " I' 10,614.66 20 1682 "
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No. 1 Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Missouri, ale Mileage and Per Diem $16,000.00 2 Masonic Temple Assn., maipte-. nance . 150.00 3 Arthur Mather-salary . 424.00 4 Anthony F. Ittner-salary . 350.00 5 J. R. McLachlan-Honorarium 100.00 150.00 6 F. Berger-salary . 100.00 7 M. Eimer-salary . 8 Anthony F. Ittner-ale expense Grand Lecturer . 73.50 9 Coronado Hotel- entertainment . 165.86 10 Herman Mauch - Jewel, Past 175.00 Grand Master . 11 Southwestern Bell Tel. Co.50.93 service . 12 Van Dyke Co.-Bonds, Grand Secy. and Grand Treas . 300.00 75.00 13 A. D. Niederluecke, Reporter .. 14 Perkins & Co., Audit 1942 .... 150.00 15 Arthur Mather, Grand Secy., expense Grand Lodge Session .. 374.07 16 Arthur Mather, Grand Seey.printing, stationery and sundries . 100.00 17 Lilley-Ames Co.-supplies . 27.82 18 Masonic Relief Assn. of U. S. 284.74 and Canada . 19 Menke Printing Co.-printing, postage and stationery . 30.35 20 Commercial Litho. Co. - diplo. mas, cards and index 71.25 21 Hudson Bindery Co.-diplomas, cards and index . 261.37 22 Arthur R. Sullard - diplomas, eards and index . 20.00 23 Johnson & Co.-printing, postage and stationery . 100.02 . 24 Arthur Mather, Grand Secy., expense Grand Lodge Session .. 209.95 25 Jos. H. Schweieh Printing Co. -stationery and supplies ... 15.71 26 Anthony F. Ittner-ale expense Illinois Grand Lodge . 30.44
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35.94 258.62 150.00 416.00 350.00 79.05 100.00 150.00 100.00 500.00 500.00 9.00 1,300.11 369.89 107.06 163.09 907.23 150.00 416.00 350.00 137.90 100.00 150.00 100.00 9.75 90.55 9.18 20.00 32.96 154.44 416.00 350.00 118.54
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60.00 100.00 5.00 16.83 150.00 397.80
335.10 114.19 100.00 145.10 97.60 173.74
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No. 93 -Spalding Stationery Co.-print65.38 ing, postage and supplies .... 94 Arthur Mather-printing, post100.00 â&#x20AC;˘ age and supplies . 95 Masonic Temple Assn.-lllaintc150.00 nance . 397.80 . 96 Arthur Mather-salary 335.10 97 Anthony F. Ittner-salary . 98 Anthony F. Ittner-ale expense 119.27 Grand Lecturer . 100.00 99 J. R. McLachlan-Honorarium 145.10 100 F. Berger-salary . 97.60 . 101 M. Eimer-salary 102 Arthur Mather, Grand Secy., alc 750.00 D. D. G. M. Conference . 103 DuVal Smith-a/c flowers, 19.58 Spark's funeral . (104 Void) 105 Nat'l Masonic Service Assn.3,750:00 one-fourth of appropriation .. 106 Arthur Mather, Grand Secy., 7.50 expo of 3 to G. M. Conference 107 Southwestern Bell Telephone 21.22 Co.-service . 108 Spalding Stationery Co.-print52.33 ing, postage and supplies ... 114.24 109 Ovid Bell Press, Inc., printing 110 Masonic Temple Assn.-mainte1;)0.00 nance . . 397.80 111 Arthur Mather-salary . 335.10 112 Anthony F. Ittner-salary 113 Anthony F. Ittner-ale expense 117.34 Grand Lectnrer . 114 J. R. McLachlan-Honorarium. 100.00 145.10 . 115 F. Berger-salary 97.60 . 116 M. Eimer-salary 117 Arthur Mather, Grand Secy., printing, postage and sta... 100.00 118 Collector Internal Revenue-5 per cent Victory Tax . 121.20 119 Masonic Home of Missouri'500.00 ale Welfare Relief Program 120 E. E. Morris-salary, Grand Treasurer . 500.00 121 Anthony F. Ittner - expense Baltimore Convention . 96.70 122 Ma,sonic Temple. Assn.-maintenance . 150.00 123 Arthur Mather-salary . 397.80 124 Anthony F. Ittner-salary . 335.10 125 Anthony F. Ittner-ale expense Grand Lecturer . 85.82 126 J. R. McLachlan-Honorarium 100.00 127 F. Berger-salary . 145.10 128 M. Eimer-salary¡ . 97.60
1943
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No. 129 Missourian Printing & Station203.22 ery Co.-1943 Return blanks 130 Southwestern Bell 'felephone Co.-service . 35.96 131 J. W. Skelly-expense to Iowa Grand Lodge . 26.03 132 E. E. Morris-expense to N ebraska Grand Lodge . 21.94 133 Union National Bank-Series ItG" 2%% Defense Bonds .. 10,000.00 134 Union National Bank-$12,000 Par Value, 2 1h % Victory Bonds . 12,076.17 135 Arthur Mather, Grand Secy.postagc . 55.29 136 Spalding Stationery Co.-printing, postage and stationery .. 124.86 137 Masonic Temple Assn.-maintenance . 150.00 138 Arthur Ma:ther~salary . 397.80 139 Anthony F. Ittner-salary . 335.10 140 Anthony F. Ittner - expense Grand Lecturer . 99.53 141 J. R. McLachlan-Honorarium 100.00 142 F. Berger-salary . 145.10 143 M. Eimcr-salary â&#x20AC;˘ 97.60 144 Masonic Home of MissouriBack Per Capita Tax . 4,559.58 145 Masonic Home of MissouriV'felfarc Relief Program .... 1,000.00 146 Case, Thomes & Marsh-Insur39.75 ancc . 147 Masonic Home of Missouri40,000.00 Per Capita Tax . 353.60 148 Arthur Mather-salary . 300.80 . 149 Anthony F. Ittner-salary 150 Anthony F. Ittner - cxpense 102.68 Grand Lecturer . 100.00 151 .T. R. McLachlan-Honorarium 130040 . 152 F. Berger-salary 90040 . 153 M. Eimer-salary 154 Masonic Temple Assn.-mainte150.00 nance . 155 Collector Internal Revenue121.20 Withholding 'fax . 156 First National Bank, -St. Louis 140.80 -a/c Withholding Tax ..... 157 Winterton Press - Sparks & 62.78 Kinder Memorials . 158 Masonic Home of MissouriPCI' Capita Tax . 50,000.00 159 Frank N. Carter-Grand Lodge Officers' Expense. 10.00 160 Spalding Stationery Co.-office 80.78 supplies .
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No. 161 Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.-service . . 162 Arthur Mather-salary . 163 Anthony F. Ittner-salary 164 Anthony F. Ittner - expense Grand Lecturer . 165 .T. R. McLachlan-Honorarium . 166 F. Berger-salary . 167 M. Eimer-salary 168 Masonic Temple Assn.-maintenance . 169 First National Bank, St. Louis -Withholding Tax . 170 Arthur Mather, Gr. Secy., Gr. Lodge'Social Security Tax .. 171 Masonic Home of Missouri-ale Per Capita Tax . Fidelity Savings Trust Co., Dividend No.6 .
Sept. 10, 1943 Sept. 10, 1943 Sept. 10, 1943 Sept. 10,
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Total Disbursements ..... Balance in Fidelity Savings Trust Co.-Restricted . Balance in Wood & Huston Bank, Marshall, Mo . Balance in Columbia Savings Barlk, Columbia, Mo. . . Balance in First National Bank, Cape Girardeau, Mo~ Balance in Union National Bank, Kansas City, Mo. . ...
36.50 353.60 300.80 70.97 100.00 130.40 90.10 150.00 140.80 103.50 34,404.77 238.94 $200,743.45 2,150.48 2,500.00 2,500.00 2,500.00 89,290.15
98,940.63 $299,684.08
Respectfully submitted, E. MORRIS, . Grand Treasurer.
EDMUND
REPORT OF AUDITOR
September 20, 1943. To the Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Missouri: Gentlem.en: Pursuant to engagement, we have examined and checked the book records of the Grand Secretary and the Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri for the period from September 11, 1942, to September 10, 1943, also the Masonic Home Initiation Fund, the George Washington Memorial Fund, the Wm. F. Kuhn Library Fund, the Joseph S. McIntyre Library Fund and the George Washington Statue Fund for the same period and respectfully present the following report: .
1943
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GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI GENERAL :PUND-PER GRAND SECRETARY'S BOOKS
Balance, September 11, 1942........................ . . .. $ 70,409.51 Receipts, Forwarded to Grand Treasurer: Per Capita Tax, 1943. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $175,323.77 Back Per Capita Tax, 1932. . . . . . .. $ 200.00 Back Per Capita Tax, 1935. . . . . . . . 1.60 Back Per Capita Tax, 1936. . . . . . . . 50.40 Back Per Capita Tax, 1937. . . . . . . . 35.56 Back Per Capita Tax, 1938. . . . . . . . 7.04 Back Per Capita Tax, 1940. . . . . . .. 2,992.90 Back Per Capita Tax, 1941. . . . . . .. 1,646.40 Back Per Capita Tax, 1942 , 1,029.60 5,963.50 . . Received from Members of Defunct Lodge Sale of Manuals................. $1,412.25 Sale of Proceedings.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50 Sale of By-Laws................ 47.00 Sale of Dues Receipts............ 976.~4 Sale of Masonic Veteran Buttons. . 183.00
19,991.93 8.00
Refund on Mileage and Per Diem Account. ... Refund on D. D. G. M. and D. L. Conference Expense . Interest on Permanent Fund Securities .
493.20
War Service Fund
2,620.59
2.23 2,632.41
Total Income $207,035.63 Amount Received from U. S. Treasury 3% Bonds Called June 15, 1943. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,000.00
229,035.63
Transfer to Union National Bank, Kansas City, Missouri (Per Contra) Dividend, 5 % of $4,778.82 (Original Amount), Fidelity Savings Bank, Kansas City, Missouri................
238.94 $299,684.08
Disbursements: Per Checks Issued for Expenses " $178,428.34 Pcr Checks Issued for Purchase of Securities as follows: "U. S. Treasury Bonds-2% % of 1964-69 $12,076.17 U. S. Series G Savings BondDue 12 years from June, 1943 10,000.00 22,076.17 $200,504.51 Bank Transfer: From Fidelity Savings Trust Company, Kansas City, Missouri (5% Dividend on 4,778.82) (Closed Bank) . Balance in Banks, September 10, 1943
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200,743.45 $ 98,940.63
Balance, September 10, 1943, Per. Grang 'freasurer's Books $ 98,940.63
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PROCEEDINGS O}' THE
Consisting of: Balance in Fidelity Savings Trust CompallYKansas City, Missouri, in LiquidationNot Subject to WithdrawaL............. Balance in Union National Bank-Kansas City, Missouri Balance in First National Bank-Cape Gira.rdeau, Missouri .... ;.................... Bal~nce ~n Co!umbia Savings Bank-ColumbIa, MISSOUrI • • • • . • • • . • . . • • • . • • • • • • • • . . Balance in Wood and Huston Bank-Marshall, Missouri
$ 2,150.48 89,290.15 2,500.00 2,500.00 2,500.00 $ 98,940.63
RONDS
On September 16, 1943, 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. Upon our examination, we noted an interest receipt of $13.02 in excess of the rate on securities held, that has been deposited with the regular coupons during the year, and found this to be an item not the property of the Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Missouri and thus a refund of this amount will be in order during the next year. PERMANENT FUND
Par Interest Interest Bond Value Total Date Rate Kind Number 17037H U. S. Treasury 3/15 & 9/15 2%,% $ 1,000.00 1,000.00 $ 2,000.00 17038J U. S. Treasury 3/15 & 9/15 2%, 60789K 60790L 4394D
U. S. Treasury 3/15 & 9/15 U. S. Treasury 3/15 & 9/15 U. S. Treasury 3/15 & 9/15
2% 2% 2%
$ 1,000.00 1,000.00 5,000.00
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U. S. Treasury 4/15 & 10/15 U. S. Treasury 4/15 & 10/15
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$ 1,000.00
1,000.00
2,000.00
COOO02873 COOOO0803
U. S. Treasury 6/15 & 12/15 U. S. Treasury 6/15 & 12/15
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$ 1,000.00 5,000.00
6,000.00
$ 1,000.00 1,000.00 10,000.00
12,000.00
$ 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00
25,000.00
211585E 211586F 23572B 00026327G 00026328H 00026329J 00038060K
U. S. Treasury 1964-9 6/15 & 12/15 2112 U. S. Treasury 6/15 & 12/15 . 2% U. S. Treasury 6/15 & 12/15 2% U. S. U. S. U. S. U. S.
Treasury Treasury Treasury Treasury
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1943
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Mar turity Date M1528995D M1528996D M1528997D M1528998D M1528999D M1529000D M1529001D M1529002D M1529003D M1529004D
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3/ '50 $1,000.00 $ 800.00 $ 750.00 3/ '50 1,000.00 800.00 750.00 3/ '50 1,000.00 800.00 750.00 3/ '50 1,000.00 800.00 750.00 3/ '50 1,000.00 800.00 750.00 30 '50 1,000.00 800.00 750.00 3/ '50 1,000.00 800.00 750.00 3/ '50 1,000.00 800.00 750.00 3/ '50 1,000.00 800.00 750.00 3/ '50 1,000.00 800.00 750.00 $8,000.00
7,500.00
U. S. DefellseV-29384G Series G 10/ '53 $5,000.00 $4,840.00 $5,000.00 X-247788G U. S. DefenseSeries G 6/ '55 10,000.00 9,880.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 $76,500.00 !
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United States Treasury 3% % Bonds, in the amount of $22,000.00, carried last year, were called on June 15, 1943, and proceeds used to purchase the following bonds, which appear below: United States Victory Bonds 1964-9 $12,000.00 Par Value
Cost $12,076.17
United States Defens~ BondsSeries G-Junc, 1955 10,000.00 Total
$22,000.00 MASONIC HOME INI'J'IA'fION FpND
Balance in Bank, September 11, 1942 $ 535.30 Received from Masonic Lodges During Period September 11, 1942, to September 10, 1943.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 30,660.00 ~31,195.30
Transferred to Masonic Home During Period September 11, 1942, to September 10, 1943 $30,500.00 Bank Exchange Charges....................... 6.70 Balance in First National Bank, St. Louis, Missouri-September 10, 1943 .
30,506.70 $
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PROCEEDINGS OF THl<.] GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL ]j'UND
Balance in Bank, September 11, 1942. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $ 2,149.32 Received from Masonic Lodges During Period September 11, 1942, to September 10, 1943 ;.... 3,061.00 $ 5,210.32 Transferred to George Washington Memorial Association-February 20, 1943.................. $ 2,300.00 Bank Exchange Charges .. , ,. 9.88 - 2,309.88
Balance in First National Bank, St. Louis, Missouri-September 10, 1943 ', .. , , ..
$ 2,900.44
WM. F. KUHN LIBRARY FUND
Balance, September 11, 1942 , .. $ Receipts: Interest on Bond,................ . . . . . . . . . . . .. $ 12.50 Interest on Savings Account .. , ,...... 3.30
826.72
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Consisting of: Cash in Savings Account-First National Bank, St. Louis, Missouri.......................... $342.52 United States Treasury Bond No. 2552B........ $500.00 $
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JOSEPH S. MCINTYRE LIBRARY FUND
Balance, September 11, 1942................... . . . . . . . . .. $ 1,000.00 No Change During the Year Balance in Savings Account, First National Bank, St. Louis, Missouri, September 10, 1943 , .. ,. $ 1,000.00 GEORGE WASHINGTON STATUE FUND
Balance in Bank, September 11, 1942 , $ 3,000.00 None Receipts ..... ,........................................ . $ 3,000.00
Disbursement: Check dated .Junc 18, 1943, to l<'lorenceF. Holm (Widow of Victor Holm) as settlement of claim in full ,..
3,000.00
Balance in Bunk, September 10, 1943 ..... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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MILEAGE AND PER DIEM COMMITTEE
Deposit from Gcncrn 1 Fund , . . .. $16,000.00 Disbursements: Mileage and Per Diem Checks Issued and Paid $15,506.80 Transferred to General Fund................ 493.20 16,000.00 Balance, September 10, 1943 .. , ,
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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 11, 1942, to September 10, 1943. The Lodge returns were checked to the Secretary's records, and the recorded cash receipts of the Masonic Home Initiation Fund, and the George Washington Memorial Fund were compared with the stubs of receipts 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. Respectfully submitted, PERKINS & COMPANY, Certified Public Accountants.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY
M. W. Bro. Harold L. Reader, chairman, read the report of the Committee on Necrology, which was adopted and is as follows: Our Grand Lodge has suffered unusual loss the past twelve months in the passing of a number of efficient and faithful officers and members, among whom were two senior officers of our Grand Lodge line. GROVER CLEVELAND SPARKS
The Right Worshipful Deputy, Grand Master, Grover Cleveland Sparks, was called suddenly to the Grand Lodge above on Monday, December 28, 1942, immediately after uttering a tribute to the American Flag in a meeting of the Eastern Star in Savannah, Missouri. Brother Sparks was born on a farm seven miles from Savannah, Missouri, on November 27, 1885. He was a student in the Hiawatha Academy of Kansas and later in the law office of Judge P. C. Breit of Savannah, after which he entered the University of Missouri School of Law from which he was graduated in 1911. He practiced law for a brief while in St. Joseph in partnership with Brother Sam Wilcox, returned to Savannah in 1912 where he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Andrew County. In 1913 Brother Sparks was united in marriage with Miss Lillian Danforth and to this union one child was born-William Danforth Sparks of Washington, D. C. Brother Sparks was active in many spheres of life. At the time of his death he was chairman of the Board of Managers of the Missouri School for the Deaf of Fulton, Missouri, and he had served with zeal in various educational, patriotic and church organizations. He was a Past Master of Savannah Lodge No .. 71, Past High Priest . of Savannah Royal Arch Chapter, a worker in the Scottish Rite and Past Potentato of Moila Shrine, St. Josep~. JAMES
A.
KINDER.
Right Worshipful .Junior路 Grand Warden James A. Kinder was called to his home above in the early hours of May 8, 1943, leaving
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to survive him his wife, his daughter, Mrs. Howard H. Flentge, his son, Lt. James A. Kinder, Jr., and a stepdaughter, Mrs. G. T. Miller. Brother Kinder was born in Bollinger County, Missouri, March 6, 1880. He was reared on his father's farm, attended public school and was graduated from the State Normal at Cape Girardeau in 1902. He became a registered pharmacist and continued as such until the end of his life, being the owner of Kinder's Drug Store at the time of his passing. Brother Kinder was active in many phases of life. He was presiding Judge of the County Court from 1927 to 1931 and County Collector from 1931 to 1935. He was past President of the Rotary Club and an active member of the Chamber of Commerce. He was for twenty years chairman of the Library Board of Cape Girardeau, for a term was on the Board of Education, was a Director of the First National Bank, was an Elder of the Presbyterian Church and recently Moderator of the Synod. Just previous to his death he had been named a member of the Price Panel of the Cape County War Price and Ration Board. Brother Kinder was active in all degrees of Masonry. He was Past Master, Past District Deputy, Past District Lecturer, Past High Priest, Past Master of the Council, Past Commander and K. C. C. H. of the Scottish Rite. James A. Kinder was a Christian gentleman of whom it was said in the press at his passing, "Men and women in all walks of life went to him for advice and always left feeling better. He was a sincere cheerful man who saw the bright side of life, and he had the faculty of imparting his cheerfulness to others. So all who knew him grieved over his sudden death." Brother Kinder was appointed in the Grand Lodge line as Grand Pursuivant by the writer of this record in September, 1937, and had he lived to 'be Grand Master he would have enjoyed the rare distinction of having been the presiding officer of three grand bodies of this State, as he was a Past Grand High Priest and a Past Grand Commander. At the time of his passing there was at his bedside, besides Mrs. Kinder, Dr. G. W. Walker his very intimate friend of many years. ZACHARIAH MITCHELL WILLIAMS
Dr. Zachariah Mitchell Williams, beloved Grand Chaplain of ,this Grand Lodge passed away suddenly January 19, 1943, at his home in Columbia, in his eighty-eighth year. For over forty years he had been an active Freemason and he will be greatly missed from our meetings. Dr. Williams was born in Pike County, Missouri, August 27, 1855. He was graduated from Central College in 1879, and from his Alma Mater holds both the Master's degree and the degree of Doctor of Divinity. Dr. Williams was for years a prominent minister of the Methodist ministry having been Presiding Elder of the Gallatin district, Presiding Elder of the Kansas City district, twice President of Central College for women at Lexington, Missouri, and President at one time of the Kidd-Key College at Sherman, Texas. Dr. Williams was a Past Master, Past High Priest, and Past Commander and enjoyed the rare distinction of having been Grand Chaplain of the four Grand Bodies in Missouri-Grand Lodge, Grand Chapter, Grand Council and Grand Commandery. At the time of his passing
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he was Grand Chaplain of this Body and Grand Prelate Emeritus of the Granq Commandery. Mrs. Williams, the former Ida Elnora Yates, survives, their only daughter, Margaret Lucille, having died in 1902 when three years of age. ANDREW J. 0 'REILLY Right Worshipful Brother Andrew John 0 'R.€illy passed away in St. Louis on January 27, 1943, at eighty years of age, having been born in Montgomery C<>unty, Missouri, on January 13, 1863. Brother 0 'Reilly was District Deputy Grand Master of the 33rd District in 1917-1918, and for over fifty years was a member of the St. Louis Board of Relief, serving as president of that board for the past forty years. He was internationally known as a great authority on Masonic Relief problems. He had been for many years a member of the Grand Lodge Committee on Boards of ReHef and M~o~c Employment Bureaus. He was a greatly beloved Brother and will be . missed from our Masonic· councils. EUGENE
J.
WILLIAMS
Right Worshipful Brother Eugene J. Williams, formerly Altheimer, passed away in Chappaqua, New York, on August 19, 1943. Brother Altheimer was District Deputy Grand Master of the 33rd Masonic District in 1932-33. lIe was an active and enthusiastic worker in this jurisdiction for a number of years, and will be remembered as an efficient deputy. COL.
ALBERT LINXWILER
Right Worshipful Brother Albert Linxwiler, for the past nine years Postlllaster . at Jefferson City, passed away suddenly in his home city on April 15, 1943, at the age of sixty-five years, having been born near Hillsboro, Illinois, January 30, 1878. ' On April 10; 1900, he was united in marriage to Rosella E. Sproule to which union two children were born: Ralph. Albert, who 'died in infancy, and a daughter, Ada Pauline, now Mrs. Elmer Ott, of Jefferson City, who, with Mrs. Linxwiler, survives. For many years Colonel Linxwiler was actively interested and engaged in military affairs, for a number of years being chief clerk in the office of the Adjutant General of Missouri. During the last war he was colonel of the 140th Infantry, later on the 5th Corps Staff and later commander of the 70th Infantry Brigade of the 35th Division. He participated in three major engagements in France, including the Argonne Offensive. Colonel Linxwiler was an active and enthusiastic mason. For the past ten years he had been District Deputy Grand Master of the 31st District, he was a Past. Commander,. of the Grand Commandery and had been for a number of years Grand Treasurer of the Grand Council. He was an active member of the Presbyterian Church and various other organizations. THOMAS
H. REYNOLDS
Right Worshipful Brother Thomas H. Reynolds passed away in the city of Denver, Colorado, on Saturday, September 18, 1943. He was born in McArthur, Ohio, on July 31, 1866, and thus was seventy-seven years of age at the time of his passing.
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Brother Reynolds was for many years an active member of this Grand Lodge serving on many committees and as a faithful member of the Masonic Home Board for fifteen yea.ra. He was District Deputy Grand Master of the 22nd District for four years (1924-1928), Past Commander of the Grand Commandery, Past Grand Master of the Grand Council, and Past Deputy of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite in Missouri. For many years he was a prominent lawyer in Kansas City, being a member of the law firm of Lathrop, Crane, Reynolds, Sawyer and 'Mersereau. He was an active member of the Congregational Church. OTHER
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Arizona: M. W. Brother Henry Gordon Glore, P. G. M., died May 24, 1943. Dew,wOJre: M. W. Brother William Highfield, P. G. M., died August 13, 1943. Georgia,: M. W. Brother William Bordley Clarke, P. G. M., died May 14, 1943. Iooho: M. W. Brother Edgar Meek, P. G. M., died February 21, 1943. Indiana: M. W. Brother James W. Dubar, P. G. M., died May 19, 1943; M. W. Brother Harry B. Tuthill, P. G. M., died December 2, 1942. - Iowa: M. W. Brother Earl Peters, P. G. M., died February 21, 1943. Kansas: M. W. Brother John W. Neilson, P. G. M., died June 9,1943; M. W. Brother Alexander A. Sharp, P. G. M., died December 6, 1942; M. W. Brother George Otis Foster, P. G. M., died October 3, 1942. Kentucky: M. W. Brother Lionel Phillips, P. G. M., died June 8, 1943; M. W. Brother Timothy William Pennington, P. G. M., died December 21, 1942; M. W. Brother Dr. Roland Herman' Clark Rhea, P. G. M., died May 22, 1943; M. W. Brother Sam Keene Veach, P. G. M., died October 1, 1942. Louisiana.: M. W. Brother Ernest E. Sykes, P. G. M., died March 23, 1942; M. W. Brother Ira W. Sylvester, P. G. M., died November 7, 1942. Maine: R. W. Brother James Blaine Morrison, P. S. G. W., died March 22, 1943; R. W. Brother Charles Edwin Tuttle, P. S. G. W., died July 6, 1943; Rev. A. Francis Walch, G. C., died January 25, 1943. Minnesota: M. W. Brother James D. Markham, P. G. M., died January 4,1943; M. W. Brother Joseph L. Mitchell, P. G. M., died February 8, 1943; R. W. Gustaf Widell, S. P. G. M., died March 5, 1943. Montana: M. W. Brother Morris O. Rowland, P. G. M., died February 19, 1943. Nebraska;: M. W. Brother John Jay Wemple, P. G. M., died May 28, 1943. Ohio: M. W. Brother Sam H. Squire, P. G. M., died April 18, 1943; Rev. Howard D. Borley, G. C., died April 2, 1943. Oregon: R. W. Brother Ralph Edward Pinney, G. T., died May 24, 1943. . South Carolina: M. W. Brother Enoch Silvis Caroll Baker, P. G. M., died February 2, 1943. Tennessee: M. W. Brother Andrew.Edward McCullock, P. G. M., died February 28, 1943. Texas: M. W. Brother Michael Huffman Thomas, P. G. M., died April 3, 1943; R. W. William Brown Pearson, Grand Secretary Emeritus, died February 21, 1943. Vermont: M. W. Brother William John Ballou, 33°, P. G. M., died March 4, 1943; M. W. Brother George Irwin Whitney, 33°, P. G. M., died December 5,1942; R. W. Brother Edward C. Woodworth, G. J. D., died December 31, 1942.
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Washington: M. W. Brother Thomas Edward Skaggs, P. G. M., died May 31, 1943; M. W. Robert C. McCroskey, P. G. M" died March 30, 1943; M. W. Jeremiah Neterer, P. G. M., died, February 2, 1943; M. W. Brother Edwin Hugh Van Patten, P. G. M., died November 25, 1942. West Virginia: M. W. Brother George Warwick,McClintic, P. G. M., died September 25, 1942; M. W. Brother John Witt deVebre, P. G. M., died October 28, 1942; M. W. James Albert Bryan, P. G. M., died February 21, 1943; M. W. Brother Dorsey Carlisle Peck, G. L. & P. G. M. died June 15, 1943; R. W. Thomas William Stobbs, G. T., died December 4, 1942. , Wisconsin: M. W. Brother George Bourne Wheeler, P. G. M., died January 22, 1943. Wyoming: M. W. Brother John Ira Kirby, P. G. M., died January 12, 1943; M. W. Brother Lew Miller Gay, P. G. M., died November 6, 1942; R. W. Joseph Moyses Lowndes, Grand Secretary Emeritus, died February 6, 1943. Alberta: M. W. Brother J. H. W. S. Kemmie, P. G. M., and Grand Secretary, died October 13, 1942. ELECTION OF OFFICERS
M. W. G\-and Master Donnell announced the appointment of the Tellers, and the following Officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year 1943-44: M.
R. R. R. R. R.
W. BROTHER WILLIAM FRANCIS WOODRUFF . . . . . • • . . . . • Grand Master BROTHER WILLIS J. BRAy . . • . • . . . . . . • . . . • . Deputy Grand Master SOLON CAMERON •. : .•••..•...••....•.. " . Senior Grand Warden MORRIS E. EwING .••••...•••••.••.••..... Junior Grand Warden W. EDMUND E. MORRIS . . • • . • • . • • . . • . • • . . . . • . . . . . . Grand Treasurer W. AR'l'HUR MATHER . . • . • . • . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . • . . • • . . Grand Secretary
W. W. W.
ELECTION OF BOARD OF nmECTORS FOR THE MASONIC HOME
The following brethren were nominated and elected to serve as directors for the next three years: J-Ierman Mauch, Frank H. Wielandy, Byrne E. Bigger, Ray V. Denslow and George W. Walker; their terms expiring in 1946. F. Ernest Carter was elected for term expiring 1945. REPORT OF MISSOURI LODGE OF RESEARCH
M. W. Brother Ray V. Denslow presented the report of the Missouri Lodge of Research which was adopted. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. ~ A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Under the regulations established by the Grand Lodge, authorizing the Missouri Lodge of Research, was the requirement that an annual report be made by the Lodge as to its activities and plans, and such other information as might be of interest to members of the Grand Lodge. The Missouri Lodge of Research has now concluded its second year of existence. For some unaccountable reason no report was made to Grand Lodge last year, and this report covers the activities of two years.
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Much of the first year was devoted to the securing of memberships from those who were interested in the study of Freemasonry or in historical research. The present year has been utilized in gathering up the minutes and records of the organization which preceded the Lodge of Research and putting them into printed form for perpetual record. The first volume of our proceedings is about ready for delivery to subscribing members. It consists of a volume containing not only the minutes of the Lodge from its inception as a Research Council, but also a chronology of Missouri Masonic history for the period up to and including 1835. In the volume will be found a complete story of Missouri's MMonie Governors and the paper delivered last year at the annual meeting by the newly elected Master on the subject of Governor William Clark. The Lodge is in excellent financial condition and has prospect for growth and improvement in the coming years. It is our belief that the Missouri Lodge of Research will be of material help to the Grand Lodge in gathering Masonic material and in supplying a long felt want to those of our membership who are interested in this phase of Freemasonry. RespectfUlly submitted, RAY V. DENSLOW, W. M., ANTHONY F. ITTNER, S. W., ELI STUART HAINES, J. W. RESOLUTION
To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. go A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: At the request of Missouri Lodge of Research the following resolution is submitted: That the incoming Grand Master be requested to appoint a Special Committee of three competent members whose duty it shall be to seek out all specific deeds of heroism or other outstanding service which may have been performed or which may be performed, by members of Missouri Lodges in the service of the Allied Nations at war, to record the details of such deeds in as full detail as is possible, and to report these at the next Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. (Adopted.) GEORGE W. WALKER, T. W. CoTTON, BERT S. LEE.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
M. W. Bro. Bert S. Lee, Chairman, read the report of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association, which was adopted, and 'is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F, go A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: The Thirty-third Annual Convention of the George Washington Masonic Memorial Association was held in the Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia, on Monday, February 22. There were present the largest attendance of Grand Masters and representative Freemasons we have ever had. All of the Grand Lodges with the exception of two were represented. There were present forty-three Grand Masters. On account of the sudden death of our Deputy Grand Master, Right Worshipful Brother Grover C. Sparks, and the fact that the Missouri Legislature was in session requiring the attendance of our Grand Master
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in Jefferson City, Missouri was represented by three Past Grand Masters, Denslow, Ittner and myself, together with our Grand Secretary, R. W. Brother Mather. The Blue Lodge room in the Memorial was dedicated by the Grand Lodge of Virginia, assisted by many distinguished Freemasons. It is now in use by the Washington-Alexandria Lodge. The famous Washington relics are all in the vaults of the Memorial and will be placed in the Replica Room when the war is over and then be ready for the visitation of all the Freemasons and friends without any cost whatever. There is money in the treasury to complete the work in the first and second floors which will be done when the government will allow us to proceed with the work. There was paid into the treasury at the meeting and previously during the year a total of $72,368.99. In the absence of our Grand Master I had the pleasure of presenting the Missouri contribution of $2,300.00 which had been paid into o'ur treasury by the newly made Master Masons during the year. We sincerely trust that our incoming Grand Master and the Deputy Grand Master will be able to attend the next Convention on February 22 of next year. Your committee wish to urge upon all the representatives of lodges present today that they arrange for their lodge to use the Travelogue of the visit to the Memorial in their lodge rooms at home. It will show to the brethren of our Grand Lodge what Missouri Freemasons have helped to do. Fraternally submitted, BERT S. LEE, ANTHONY F. ITTNER, GEORGE W. WALKER..
MASONIC HOME REPORT
M. 'V. BRO. W. W. MARTIN: M. W. Grand Master, I want to submit the Report of the Masonic Home Board, and move that it be received and printed in the proceedings.
Report of the Masonic Hpme FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 1942, to SEPTEMBER 1, 1943 MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI, LOCATED AT ST. LOUIS OFFICERS W. W. Martin, President St. Louis, Mo. Van Buren, Mo. T. W. Cotton, Vice-President. Herman Mauch, Treasurer St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. Clarence L. Alexander, Secretary Dr. Solon Cameron, Home Physician St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Wilmoth Waller, Matron of Children St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Emma Bettis, Matron of Old Folks St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Fannye Spence, Matron of Old Folks, resigned January, '1943. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Herman Mauch F. H. Wielandy Byrne E. Bigger Ray V. Denslow George W. Walker
St. Louis, St. Louis, Hannibal, Trenton, Cape Girardeau,
MO'l Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo.
Term expires 1943
T. W. Cotton W. W. Martin DuVal Smith Claude A. Ferguson
Van Buren, St. Louis, St. Joseph, Kansas City,
MO.} Mo. Mo. Mo.
Term expires 1944
Henry C. Chiles Thad B. Landon . James W. Skelly 路Thos. H. Reynolds
Lexington, Kansas City, St. Louis, Kansas City,
MO.} Mo. Mo. Mo.
. 9 Term expIres 1 45
,
,
F. Ernest Carter, Kansas City, Mo., elected to fill vacancy until next . communication of Grand Lodge. EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Forrest C. Donnell, Grand Master Jefferson City, Savannah, tGrover C. Sparks, Deputy Grand Master William F. Woodruff, Senior Grand Warden Kansas City, tJames A. Kinder, Junior Grand Warden Cape Girardeau,
Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo.
ADVISORY BOARD Mrs. Ella Jean Flanders Mrs. Alta L. Tate Mrs. Edith Ambrustcr *Resigned.
tDeceased.
Excelsior Springs, Mo. Kirkwood, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.
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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 29, 1942, in St. Louis, Missouri, the following brethren were elected directors for a term of three years:
Henry C. Chiles, Lexington, Mo. T. H. Reynolds, Kansas City, Mo. Thad B. Landon, Kansas City, Mo. James W. Skelly, St. Louis, Mo. At the Board Meeting held in St. Loui$ January 6, 1943, the following officers were elected: W. W. Martin, President, St. Louis, Mo. T. W. Cotton, Vice-President, Van Buren, 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. Fannye Spence, Matron of Old Folks, St. Louis, Mo. The standing committees for the year have been as follows: Trustees of Endowment Fund-W. W. Martin, Herman路 Mauch, F. H. Wielandy. ' Executive Committee-To W. Cotton, Chairman, Byrne E. Bigger, Ray V. Denslow, Herman Mauch, James W. Skelly, Frank H. Wielandy, Claude A. Ferguson. Finance Committee-Ray V. Denslow, Chairman, Byrne E. Bigger, T. W. Cotton. House Committee-Frank H. Wielandy, Chairman, Herman Mauch, James W. Skelly. Legal Committee-Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman, Thad B. Landon, DuVal路 Smith, Henry C. Chiles, Claude A. Ferguson. Administration Committee-Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman, Frank H. Wielandy, George W. Walker, DuVal Smith, Claude A. Ferguson. Hospital Committee-George W. Walker, Chairman, Henry C. Chiles, T. W. Cotton. . RESIGNATION OF THOMAS H. 'REYNOLDS
In November, 1942, because of ill health, Brother Reynolds found it necessary to resign. He had been a member of the Board of Direc-
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tors for many, many years, having been elected in April, 1927. He was one of the most useful members the Board ever had. He was a tower of strength. He expressed his opinions fearlessly and always had the good of the Home at heart. It is impossible in this brief space to record the many fine things that he did for the good of the Home. His closing act was a gift of $5,000.00 to be added to the Endowment Fund. RESIGNATION OF MRS. FANNYE SPENCE
In January, 1943, Mrs. Spence, who had been a faithful employee of the Home for more than fourteen years, resigned to become the wife of Past Grand Master Tolman W. Cotton. She had had charge of the old people of the Home for several years and'rendered faithful and conscientious service. We were fortunate in securing Mrs. Emma Lee Bettis to take her place. Mrs. Bettis is a highly educated, cultured woman of great ability and is giving splendid service as Matron of the Old People. DEATH OF EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
On December 28, 1942, the Home, as well as the Grand Lodge, was shocked by the death of Brother Grover C. Sparks and again on May 8, 1943, by the sudden death of Brother J aines A. Kinder. In the passing 'of these two illustrious Masons, the Home has lost two very warm, ardent friends, who, if they had lived, would have no doubt rendered a very outstanding service to the Home and the cause of Masonry in Missouri. MEDICAL STAFF
Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr" Dr.
Solon Cameron William R. Bohne James Barrett Brown C. E. Burford A. H. Conrad 路 Ralph Cook '.' Carl T. Eber James Forsen Joseph Glenn D. L. Harris R. K. Kimmel Roland M. Klemme Charles L. Klenk Otto W. Koch Phillip S. Luedde William Nelson Bert O. Owens
St. St. St. : St. St. St. St. St. St. St. St. St. St. St. St. St. St.
Louis, Louis, Louis, Louis, Louis, Louis, Louis, Louis, Louis, Louis, Louis, Louis, Louis, Louis, Louis, Louis, Louis,
Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo.
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R. J. Payne Hugo Reim Robert E. Schlueter Henry P. Thym R. S. Weiss Frederick A. Baldwin. '.' Hermon S. Major .. ~
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St. Louis, St. Louis, St. Louis, St. Louis, St. Louis, Kansas City, Kansas City,
Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo.
APPLICATIONS
During the past year 133 applications for admission to the Home were considered, and the following disposition was made of them: Admitted to the Home " 37 Died while application was being investigated.................... 4 Referred to the Welfare Committee of the Grand Lodge. . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Referred to the Welfare Committee of the Grand Chapter, O. E. S. . . .. 0 Rejected because of ineligibility...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Continued for further investigation........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 89 133
MEMBER STATISTICS Men
Members in the Home September 1, 1942.. 101 Admitted during the past year...... . . . . 19 120 Discharged during the year.. . . . .. . . . . . . Deaths during the year.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
0 23
Women 154 15
Boys 40 3
1
169 4 15
43
35 6
Girls
9
34
o
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Members in the Home September 1, 1943.. 97 150 34 Total membership September 1, 1943........................... Boys in the Armed Forces placed on the inactive list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Actual number in the Home September 1, 1943.............. . . .. Admitted during the year but who have not yet arrived. . . . . . . . . . Average number in the Home during the year ,
29 310 7 303 6 318
MASONIC INFmMARY
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 Total number of patients treated during the year Total number of deaths during the year Total number of patients in hospital at end of the year Total patients' days in hospital Average patients per day during the year , Total number of out-patients' treatment given during the year Total visits by out-patients during the year
. 65 . 264 . 239 . 329 . 38 . 52 . 21,539 . 59 . 21,793 . 20,958
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CONDITIONS IN THE HOME
Conditions in the Home are quite satisfactory and in spite of the placed on us by war, our people are still being well cared for. Weare having the usual problems of securing employees that all business institutions are facing. As shown in the statistics, we have a waiting list of eighty-nine but these are all old people. In many cases they have money or relatives who should support them. So far as we know, we have never turned down any old persons who were advanced in years, destitute and without relatives able to support them. We have stated repeatedly that we take applicants in the order of age and destitution and not in the order of application. limitation~
COST
The per capita cost of the Home for the year was $623.84. EDUCATION
All of the boys and girls of the Home are of school age and will be in some school during the coming year. The Army has called all of our boys in Washington University and all of our high school boys as rapidly as they became eighteen years of age. During the coming school year there will be three girls in Washington University, one in St. Louis Institute of Music, one in business college. There will be , twenty-three boys and girls in high school and the rest of the children of the Home will be in grade school. ,Again we repeat that we are trying to prepare every boy and girl to earn a living and keep them in the Home until they are self-supporting. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
The Home is deeply grateful for the scholarships granted by the Knights Templar Educational Foundation-one to a student in Washington University and the other to a student in the St. Louis Institute of Music. ' ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR
War conditions have made it almost impossible for the Advisory Board, O. E. S. to do very much refurnishing the past year. We have many needs and they have the money but it has been impossible to buy the merchandise. The Board members have been regular in their attenda~ce upon the Board meetings and have the interests of the Home at heart. As soon as conditions will permit, they no doubt will resume their program of refurnishing the hospital and the Masters' Lodge. Because of the permanent scholarship founded in Washington Uni-
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versity by the Grand Chapter, O. E. S., one Masonic Home girl will have the benefit of college education this coming year. ST. LOUIS CHRISTMAS COMMITTEE
This committee has been very active during the year in spite of limitations imposed iby war conditions. As we have repeatedly stated, it is composed of one representative of each Lodge in St. Louis and St. Louis County. They not only bring good cheer to the Home on Christmas Day but provide many other entertainments and pleasures during the year. Their fine help has added much to the enjoyment and ple.asures of the Home Family. A. P. FLETCHER
On May 15, 1943, Brother A. P. Fletcher, one of the organizers of the Christmas Committee, passed away. For more than fifty years he had been a warm friend and booster for the Masonic Home. He had given generously of his money and far more generously of his time. He will be greatly missed by the members of the Home Family. MASONIC HOME ENTERTAINMENT FUND
Weare pleased to report that during the year Lodges, other organizations and individuals' remembered 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 during the year. The following list represents the cash contributions that have been received durIng the year. Buckner Lodge No. 501, Buckner $ 5.00 Charity Lodge No. 331, St. Joseph . 10.00 Gray Summit Lodge No. 173, Gray Summit . 15.00 Hebron Lodge No. 354, Mexico " . 10.00 Heroine Lodge No. 104, Kansas City . 53.00 Independence Lodge No. 76, Independence '. . 5.00 Poplar Bluff Lodge No. 209, Poplar Bluff . 10.00 10.00 St. Joseph Lodge No. 78, St. Joseph . York Lodge No. 563, Kansas City . 20.00 Zeredatha Lodge No. 189, St. Joseph . 10.00 Poplar Bluff Commandery No. 67, K. T., Poplar Bluff . 5.00 Poplar Bluff Chapter No. 114, R. A. M., Poplar Blui! . 10.00 St. Graal Commandery No. 12, K. T., Columbia . 10.00 Masters and Wardens Club of St. Louis and St. Louis County . 52.74 William Birkenmeyer, St. Louis, Mo. . . 30.00 Freund Bread Company, St. Louis, Mo. . . 50.00 Dr. J. W. Jaeger, St. Louis, Mo ' . 20.00 H. Koopmann, Wright City,.l\fo............â&#x20AC;˘............... 5.00 Mrs. Julia Lewis, University City, Mo . 100.00 F. A.' Stiers, St. Louis, Mo., for Blue Star Chapter No. 387, O. E. S., St. Louis, Mo. . . 100.00
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1943
PROCEEDINGS· OF THE BUILDING FUND CAMPAIGN
On February 20, 1943, the Grand Master mailed to all the Lodges in Missouri a letter asking them to contribute to a fund to. be used for the building of a children's building. The contributions could either be made individually or through the Lodge with proper credit given to both the individual and the Lodge. The following list represents the contributions that have been sent to the Home up to the present time. Many more substantial contributions are expected. . CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BUILDING FUND
Advance Lodge No. 590, Advance . Albert Pike Lodge No. 219, Kansas City . Algabil Lodge No. 544, St. Louis . Alpha Lodge No. 659, North Kansas City . America Lodge No. 347, St. Louis ....•...... Archie Lodge No. 633, Archie .............• Arrow Rock Lodge No. 55, Arrow Rock ..... Ash Grove Lodge No. 100, Ash Grove .......• Ashlar Lodge No. 306, Commerce ...........• Aurora Lodge No. 267, St. Louis •............ Barnes Lodge No. 116, Cabool ..............• Beacon Lodge No.3, St. Louis ...•.......... Benjamin Franklin Lodge No. 642, St. Louis .. Bethel Lodge No. 537, Bethel . Blodgett Lodge No. 594, Blodgett •.......... Bonhomme Lodge No. 45, Ballwin . Bosworth Lodge No. 597, Bosworth . Bridgeton Lodge No. 80, St. John's Station . Buckner Lodge No. 501, Buckner . . Cache Lodge No. 416, St. Louis Cardwell Lodge No. 231, Cardwell . Cecile Daylight Lodge No. 305, Kansas City .. Censer Lodge No. 172, Macon . '.' Centralia. Lodge No. 59, Centralia . Chaffee Lodge No. 615, Chaffee . Chamois Lodge No. 185, Chamois Charity Lodge No. 331, St. Joseph . Charleston Lodge No. 407, Charleston . Christian Lodge No. 392, Oak Grove . Clarksville Lodge No. 17, Clarksville . Clayton Lodge No. 601, Clayton . . Colony Lodge No. 108, Colony Columbia Lodge No. 534, Pacific . Comfort Lodge No. 533, Wheaton . Commonwealth Lodge No. 654, St. Louis . . Composite Lodge No. 369, Doniphan . Cooper Lodge No. 36, Boonville Corinthian Lodge No. 265, Warrensburg . Cornerstone Lodge No. 323, St. Louis .
Amount Paid
Amount Paid
1941-1942
1942-1943 $ 12.50
$ 32.00
12.00 11.00 2.00 10.00· 101.00
21.00 18.50 274.00 2.00 15.00
85.00 2.00 10.00
. 785.00 12.00
5.00 6.00 250.00 70.00 21.50 25.00 10.00
10.00 5.00 10.00 7.00 266.75 25.00 15.00 12.50 .
130.25 150.00
87.00 125.00 94.00 25.00
1.00 10.00 14.50 25.00
155.00
239.00
65.00 33.00 437.50 500.00 . 89.00 28.00
10.00
1943
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
Amount Paid 1941-1942
Cosby Lodge No. 600, Cosby . 15.00 Country Club Lodge No. 656, Kansas City . DeWitt Lodge No. 39, DeWitt" . 10.00 East Gate Lodge No. 630, Kansas City ~.. Edina Lodge No. 291, Edina . Erwin Lodge No. 121, St. Louis â&#x20AC;˘............ Essex Lodge No. 278, Essex . 10.00 Euclid Lodge No. 505, St. Louis . 53.00 Eureka Lodge No. 73, Brunswick _ . 57.50 Ferguson Lodge No. 542, Ferguson . Fulton Lodge No. 48, Fulton . 113.22 Gate City Lodge No. 522, Kansas City . Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422, Springfield 11.00 . George Washington Lodge No.9, St. Louis 187.00 . Good Hope Lodge No. 218, St. Louis 1.00 Granby Lodge No. 514, Granby . Grandin Lodge No. 579, Grandin . 4.00 Grant City Lodge No. 66, Grant City . 10.00 Greensburg Lodge No. 414, Greensburg . 25.00 Havana Lodge No. 21, McFall . 10.00 Hayti Lodge No. 571, Hayti . Hebron Lodge No. 354, Mexico . Hermann Lodge No. 123, Hermann . Hermitage Lodge No. 288, Hermitage . 5.00 Higbee Lodge No. 527, Higbee . 10.00 Higginsville Lodge No. 364, Higginsville . Hiram Lodge No. 362, Kahoka . Hogle's Creek Lodge No. 279, Wheatland . Holliday Lodge No. 660, Holliday . Hornersville Lodge No. 215, Hornersville . Howard Lodge No.4, New Franklin . Hunnewell Lodge No. 415, Hunnewell Iberia Lodge No. 410, Iberia . 16.00 Independence Lodge No. 76, Independence . Ionic Lodge No. 154, Desloge . Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446, Kansas City . 5;00 ... .Jacksonville Lodge No. 541, .Jacksonville .Jacoby Lodge No. 447, Darlington . 10.00 . .Jefferson Lodge No. 43, .Jefferson City 50.00 . .Jennings Lodge No. 640, .Jennings 35.00 Keystone Lodge No. 243, St. Louis . 150.00 Kirksville Lodge No. 105, Kirksville . LaBelle Lodge No. 222, LaBelle . Laclede Lodge No. 83, Lebanon . Lakeville Lodge No. 489, Bell City . 5.00 LaPlata Lodge No. 237, LaPlata . Lexington Lodge No. 149, Lexington . - 100.00 Linn Lodge No. 326, Linn . 25.00 Livingston Lodge No. 51, Glasgow . Lock Spring Lodge No. 488, Lqck Spring . Malia Lodge No. 402, Malta Bend . 60.00 Maplewood Lodge No. 566, Maplewood . 159.00 McDonald Lodge No. 324, Independence . Mechanicsville Lodge No. 260, Defiance
73 Amount Paid 1942-1943
29.00 30.00 28.50 5.00 34.75 57.00 100.00 183.00 401.70 234.50 150.00
50.00 1.00 152.00 10.00 100.00 5.00 20.00 68.50 85.00 10.00 342.75 50.00 275.00 10.00 831.50 5.00 72.10 26;00 5.00 169.00 20.00 12.60 30.00 25.00 3.00 25.00
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Meramec Lodge No. 313, Eureka .........•.. Meridian Lodge No.2, St. Louis . Miller Lodge No. 567, Miller ....•.......... Missouri Lodge No.1, St. Louis .•........... Mizpah Lodge No. 639, St. Louis . Modern Lodge No. 144, Humansville . Monticello Lodge No. 58, Monticello : . . Moscow Lodge No. 558, Moscow Mills Mt. Hope Lodge No. 476, Odessa . Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40, St. Louis . Naphtali Lodge No. 25, St. Louis . . Neosho Lodge No. 247, Neosho . New Madrid Lodge No. 429, New Madrid New Salem Lodge No. 270, Winfield . Nineveh Lodge No. 473, Olney . Novinger Lodge No. 583, Novinger . Occidental Lodge No. 163, St. Louis . Oriental Lodge No. 518, Blackburn . Osage Lodge No. 303, Nevada •.............. Phoenix Lodge No. 136, Bowling Green . Pike Lodge No. 399, Curryville . Plato Lodge No. 469, Plato .. Plattsburg Lodge No. 113, Plattsburg . Pleasant Grove Lodge No. 142, Otterville . Point Pleasant Lodge No. 176, Conran . Polar Star Lodge No. 79, St. Louis . Pomegranate Lodge No. 95, St. Louis . Portageville Lodge No. 166, Portageville ...•. Purity Lodge No. 658, St. Louis , . Pyramid Lodge No. 180, St. Louis •........... Raytown Lodge No. 391, Raytown . Republic Lodge No. 570, Republic . Richland Lodge No. 385, Richland . Richmond Lodge No. 57, Richmond .........• Rising Sun Lodge No. 13, Barry . Robert Burns Lodge No. 496, Gainesville ...• Rolla Lodge No. 213, Rolla . Rose Hill Lodge No. 550, St. Louis •......... Rural Lodge No. 316, Kansas City . Russellville Lodge No. 90, Russellville . Samaritan Lodge No. 424, Bonne Terre •..... Sampson Lodge No. 298, Lutie . Savannah Lodge No. 71, Savannah . Shaveh Lodge No. 646, St. Louis ....•....... Sheffield Lodge No. 626, Kansas City . Shelbina Lodge No.. 228, Shelbina ..•........ ~ilex Lodge No. 75, Silex .. Solomon Lodge No. 271, Springfield . St. Francois Lodge No. 234, Libertyville . St. Louis Lodge No. 20, St. Louis ....•.....•. St. Mark's Lodge No. 93, Cape Girardeau . Star of the West Lodge No. 133, Ironton . Summit Lodge No. 263, Lee's Summit . Swope Park Lodge No. 617, Kansas City ..•.•
Amount
AmoullIt
Paid, 1941-1942
POIid 1942-1943
523.00 18.00 100.00 25.00
2.00 102.00 77.00 7.50 24.00 365.00
141.50 523.00 12.50 252.00 125.00 63.50. 10.00 34.00 2.00 5.00 22.00 11.00 84.00 135.75 25.00 60.00 50.00 102.25 11.00
9.00 27.50 11.00 24.00 30.00 100.00 38.00 20.00
283.00 93.00
25.00 40.00 32.00 121.00 123.00 10.00 4.00 20.00 125.75 100.00
6.00 115.00 50.00 42.50 10.00 5.25 194.00 110.00
18.00
87.00 15.00 121.00
24.00 41.50 63.00 20.00 350.00 750.50 71.00 15.00 .50
1943 .
75
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Tebbetts Lodge No. 565, Tebbetts . Temple Lodge No. 299, Kansas City : Theodore Roosevelt Lodge No. 661, St. Louis .. Tower Grove Lodge No. 631, St. Louis . Trenton Lodge No. 111, Trenton . Triangle Lodge No.· 638, St. Louis . Trilumina Lodge ·No.205, Marshall . Triplett Lodge No. 122, Triplett . Troy Lodge No. 34, Troy ....•.............. Tuscan Lodge No. 360, St. Louis . Union Lodge No. 593, Union . United Lodge No.5, Springfield . Unity Lodge No. 495, Richards . University Lodge No. 649, University City . Van Buren Lodge No. 509, Van Buren . Versailles Lodge No. 320, Versailles . Wayne Lodge No. 526, Piedmont . Wentzville Lodge No. 46, Wentzville . West Gate Lodge No. 445, St. Louis . Westport Lodge No. 340, Kansas City . Winona Lodge No. 430, Winona . LeMay Lodge, U. D . Fourteenth Masonic District Association . Sixth Masonic District Association . Fiftieth Masonic District Association . Mrs. Wilmoth Waller, St. Louis, Mo . Past Matrons Club, Centralia Chapter No. 195, O. E. S. Centralia, Missouri . Past Matrons Club, Olive Chapter No. 65, O. E. S. Milan, Missouri \ . Secretaries Club of St. Louis and St. Louis County . Kroger" G" .Club, St. Louis, Mo . C. R. Townsend, St. Louis, Mo. . . . Mrs. Anna Kroeker, St. Louis, Mo. . E. B. Herrington, Kirkwood, Mo . Miscellaneous donations . Anonymous Donor .
Amount
Amount
Paid 1941-1942 1.00 500.00 125.00 181.50 5.00 15.00 200.00 10.50 25.00 75.00
Paid 1942-1943
5.00
20.00 155.00 3.50 271.60 176.05 75.00 50.00 254.00 25.00 500.00 600.00
5.00 58.00 622.00 6.00 31.50
50.00 94.75 105.00
25.00 100.00 100.00. 100.00 18.75 2.50 100.00 20.75 5.00 10.00 5.00 65.50 18.50
ENDOWMENT FUND
The Endowment Fund has received gifts during the ycar amounting to $3,521.18. The income from this fund furnishes almost one-third of the operating expenses of the Home. It would be impossible to care for as many worthy people without this income. A list of the donors appears under a separate heading. . MRS. MARY HUTHMAKER MEMORIAL
This consists of an eighty-acre tract of land located in Kirkwood, Missouri, and St. L()Qi~ County? to be '\l!:icd eventually ~s a Children's Home,
7,6
PROCEEDINGS O:E' THE
1943
MRS. GUSSIE GRENNER ESTATE
This estate amounts to $146,526.00. It is not handled by the Masonic Home of Missouri but the will provides that the income from the estate shall go to the Masonic Home each year. During the past year, the income amounted to $6,389.73. CONCLUSION
This has been a good year. We have had our serious problems but we have prospered financially and our many friends have been most kind and helpful. Above all, we are profoundly grateful for the blessings of ,Almighty God. Fraternally submitted,
MASONIC HOME BOARD, By W. W. MARTIN, President.
1943
77
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ADDITIONS TO THE ENDOWMENT FUND MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI 1942-1943
-EDWARD KUHN ESTATE ALVA MOOG ESTATE
. $1,000.00 .
100.00
..
303.71
NICOLA ZIMMER MEMORIAL FUND
.
50.00
MARCUS A. LOEVY
.
5.00
A. S. HUDSON ESTATE
,EMMA H. DOELLNER ESTATE
.
500.00
CLARA SIEGEL ESTATE
.
827.01
ABRAHAM ROMANSKY
ESTAT~
JOHN CUNNINGHAM ESTA'l'E JAMES R. ANDERSON ESTATE
.
250.00
.
435.46
.
50.00
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1943
ENDOWMENT FUND MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI 1886-1942 Knights Templar Fund •.....•.....••.•.......... $ 35,114.00 .Tames L. Kirkendall •.............•............. 13,150.00 W. S.Smith Fund ....•...........••.•........... 11,730.00 T. W. Higgins Fund ...•........•................• 5,000.00 James W. Harris Fund ......•......•..•.........• 1,665.74 Masonic Home Certificate Fund •...•.•••••..•...• 1,117.60 . 500.00 Ferdinand Herold Fund .......................•• .Tohn B. Croshaw Fund •..•..•...•.•...•......... 1,000.00 .Tacob F. Gunlich Fund " ........•.•.......•..••.. 1,000.00 Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons Fund ..•.....•• 3,000.00 Grand Chapter Royal and Select Masters Fund . 2,500.00 T. W. Cotton Fund .....••.......•.............. 1,000.00 Orville A. and Maria Haynes Fund ............•.. 1,000.00 A. M. Hough Fund .................•..•..•....• 5,000.00 Jacob Lampert Fund ..........•................ 30,000.00 Mrs. E. Wurz •....•.....•..•........•.........•• 500.00 Adolph Gluck Fund ..........••.........•....... 500.00 Parralle Massengale .........•..........•......• 806.60 Mrs. Lillie L. Fletcher Fund ...•...............•. 1,000.00 Frederick A. Logan Fund ..•..............••..•• 500.00 Robert Elliot Black Fund . 1,000.00 Nathan Schloss Fund ..•..................' . 932.83 ·A. P. Christianson Fund ......................••. 2,067.91 Rice Estate ..........••......•.....•........•.• 51,096.35 2,327.75 Hugh Hartshorn Fund ...•..................•...• William Pamprin Fund .....•.•..••......•..•.•• 1,000.00 Morgena Peterson Fund •..•.................... 500.00 Otto E. and Mrs. Grand Howard Fund ...........• .1,000.00 General Fund .....••......•.....•.............• 128,740.03 .Tulius C. G'arrell Fund . 1,000.00 7,107.50 War Relief Loyal Service Fund . 500.00 .Tames W. Boyd Fund .........................•. 500.00 Ararat Temple, Kansas City Fund ...•.........•.. 3,000.00 Mrs. Willie A. Woods Fund . 17,056.95 Grotto and Shrine Fund . Morris and Ella Leftwich Fund ............•..... 1,800.00 Mrs. Mary Lynch Fund . 1,000.00 . A. P. Fletcher Fund 1,000.00 1,442.48 Frank Beecher Fund . A. M. Dockery Fund . 1,000.00 500.00 Edward H. Meier Fund .................•....... 13,305.50 William H. Potter Estate Fund .................• 19,122.61 J. C. Jacquith' Estate Fund ...........•.......... Initiation Fund . 246,700.00 500.00 Nicholas R. Wall Fund •..•.........• : ..........• 584.70 Abraham Palan Fund .......................•.... 52,218.75 Bonds from a friend of the Home sold for . Maggie Nicholson Fund . 550.36 500.00 Louisa Yott Fund .
1943
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
ENDOWMENT FUND MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI 1886-1942 500.00 Gusta v Bischoff Fund ....••..•..•.....•..•.....• 550.00 W. L. Tamme Fund ..••••...................•.. 7,665.32 Erdhaus Estate secured and unsecured ....•..•.... 2,000.00 Henry T: Kilpatrick Fund ..........•••.......... 500.00 William A. Hall Fund ...........•.......•....... Henry Siegfried ..........•....•................ - 1,000.00 500.00 Edward Meyer .......•..•.....••.....•.•.....•. 9,548.75 Charles V. B. Slade : •................• 14,992.13 Robert F. Stevenson ...........•....••.......... 1,105.14 Glen Marquis ................••..•............•• 1,000.00 Frank L. Schofield ........••.••.•........•..•••• 528.00 D. M. Wilson ...•.....•.......................•. 3,405.09 Mary C. Clapp ...........................•.•.••• 7,548.50 Samuel. Rife Estate ............................• 100.00 Charles Reilly ~ .• 2,500.00 E. C. Robinson . 692.83 B. S. Schwartz .•.............................•.• 1,000.00 Brockett A. Dickson ............•.......... . George F. Bergfeld . 500.00 465.89 Sarah B. Coffman •.............................. 200.00 Samuel A. Gluck .••..•.•..•••......... . . 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 .•..•..•.....•................. Sam Plan ................•...........•.•..••.•. 100.00 46.00 W. J. Scherck •..•............•..............••.. 310.95 Myrtle Lodge No. 338 .......•......•......••.... 200.00 Ludwig Kotany ....•.................••........• 300.00 Charles E. Koken •.....•..................•..... 137.40 Philip Stremmel, -Jr........•...................•• 400.00 Boor Fletcher ...............•.............•.... 100.00 Alphonzo Whipple ........•..................... 400.00 A. Bolin Fund . 25.00 . M. A. Covey Fund 10,000.00 William F. Kier Fund ......••.......... ',' . 200.00 John T. Short Fund ......................•.....• Paul Keiser Fund ........................••....• - 2,000.00 371.36 John Oliver Fund .•............................• 5,000.00 J. M. Darrow Fund ..••....••......•........•..•. 1,000.00 T. W. Prichett Fund ..•.........•..•.••......... 259.98 Annie Martin Fund .•.••.....•..................• Comstock Estate •...•........•.................. 115,760.97 2,500.00 COIrUltock Estate (doubtful value) . 1,000.00 Julia C. Norton Fund •.......•........••........ J. M. Darrow Estate ....•.....•.....•..•.••.•...• 5,000.00
79
80
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1943
ENDOWMENT FUND MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI 1886-1942
William Latham, Jr., Estate . 1,000.00 5,467.91 John M. Woodson Estate . . 1,000.00 Sol E. Waggoner Estate 500.00 Jacob C. C. Waldeck Estate . 211.08 Adam Herold Estate· . James Vinyard Estate ......•.................... 933.24 11,600.00 George B. Mills Estate, Stock and Bonds . John Rehrs Estate . 250.00 1,901.39 William Russell Estate, cash . William Russell Estate bonds and other securities .. 4,392.00 431.05 Joseph Kronacher Estate . 1,000.00 William A. Raming Estate ............•.......... 2,000.00 Fred Herket Estate . 405.86 Oscar H. Elbrecht Estate, Cash " . Oscar H. Elbrecht Estate, stocks and bonds . 2,780.00 Edward F. W. Kaiser ......................•.... 25,000.00 100.00 Henry W. Hunning Estate . 300.00 Dr. Louis F. Bode Estate . 214.47 Fred Segelke Estate . Charles Gietner Estate . 1,000.00 William B. Archer Estate . 5,085.00 James Ward Nixon Memorial . 1,000.00 Henry C. Grenner Estate, market value, stocks, bonds and cash . 261,502.94 Berthold Linder Estate . 200.00 Charles H. Schureman Estate .............•...... 365.67 Charles A~ Brown Estate . 1,000.00 Ernest Bruneman . 100.00 . A. S. Hudson Estate 942.84 Myrtle Kipp Estate . 707.16 John Cunningham Estate . 16,875.25 Mrs. Pearl Kaiser Annuity . 5,500.00 Estate of William Modra . 6,329.18 George W. Leeak Gift . 500.00 Louis J. Brohammer Gift .......•.•............... 1,500.00 Fred D. Gardner Estate . 1,000.00 George H. W oltjen Estate . 1,000.00 Mrs. Virginia Allen Church Estate (in memory of Ethelbert Forrester Allen) . 5,000.00 Irin Levosier Page Estate . 25.00 Gift in memory of William T. Coombs . 50.00 Barbara Seaman Bequest . 100.00 Isador Mendle Legacy . ~ . 1,000.00 Estate of Joseph S. McIntyre " .. , . 1,000.00 Estate of James R. Anderson .....•............... 1,635.00 R. F. Stevenson Estate . 10.00 George_ William James Estate . 1,000.00 Gerard B. Lambert . 7.40 Mary Huthmaker Estate, bond and cash . 5,553.59
1943
81
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ENDOWMENT FUND MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI i886-1942 Estate of William Rothmeyer Louis Schmidt Estate William W. Alexander Estate Mrs. Kate Fellers Estate Fred Mueller Estate Frank Gottlieb Estate Clara Siegel Estate Emma Winkler Estate Clara Ethel Downs Memorial Fund William F. Kuhn Memorial Fund Arthur Emil Koethe Estate Thos. H. Reynolds Gift
:
:
;
. . : . . . . . . . . .
50.00 500.00 1,000.00 625.00 100.00 100.00 17,525.95 538.05 1,000.00 1,000.00 2,000.00 5,000.00
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1943
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
REPORT OF SECRETARY September 1, 1942, to August 31, 1943 GENERAL FUND
Receipts Grand Lodge Per Capita Tax. . .. $128,964.35 Grand Chapter Per Capita Tax.. 14,626.00
$143,590.35 120.76
$143,711.11
Provisions . $ 68,628.95 4,216.09 Dry Goods and Clothing . 9,409.53 Laundry . 7,304.76 Ice, Light and Water . 13,275.68 Fuel .; .......................••...•..... 16,155.00 Salaries . 50,066.90 Wages . Directors, Grand Lodge Officers and Advisory 964.16 Board (attending Board Meetings) . 5,245.07 Hospital Supplies . 342.65 Carfare for Members of Home Family . 748.60 Telephone . 250.00 .Auditing . 3,658.42 Insurance . 7,856.05 Repairs and Maintenance . 6,020.60 Supplies . 661.25 Printing, Stationery and Postage . Miscellaneous Expense, allowance for stew3,510.22 ard's car, hauling ashes, newspapers, etc . 67.51 Building Campaign Expense .
$198,381.44
Interest on General Fund
Se~urities
.
Disbursements
Excess of Disbursements over Receipts
.
54,670.33
Transfer from Income Fund
.
60,000.00
Net increase ~ General Fund Balance on Hand September 1, 1942
. .
5,329.67 115,696.21
Balance on Hand August 31, 1943
.
$121,025.88
ADD
INCOME FUND
Receipts Interest on Endowment Fund Bonds . Interest on Endowment Fund Real Estate Loans . Received from Members of Home Family . Pensions . Rent of Farms, etc ' . Sale of Cemetery Lots . Interest pn Income Fund Securities . Sale of Grease, etc. . .
$ 13,586.10 43,515.23 5,815.95 360.00 4,227.53 100.00 1,418.12 756.20 $ 69,779.13
1943
~
83
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
Disbursements Annuities . Taxes and Other Expenses, Real Estate Owned Taxes and Expenses on Estates and Members of Home Family . Bank Charges .
2,282.42 2,397.16
$
Excess of Receipts over Disbursement
3,221.10 9.54
7,910.22
.
61,868.91
'. . . .
60,000.00
DEDUCT Transfers to General Fund Net Increase in Income Fund......
..
1,868.91
ADD Balance on Hand September 1, 1942.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45,742.15
Balance on Hand August 31; 1943. . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . ..
$ 47,611.06
INITIATION FUND
Receipts Initiation Fees Interest on Initiation Fund Securities......
$ 25,000.00
750.00
25,750.00
Balance on Hand September 1, 1942....................
51,999.93
Balance on Hand August 31, 1943......................
$ 77,749.93
IMPROVEMENT FUND Balance on Hand September 1, 1942 Transfer to Building Fund in December, 1942 Balance on Hand August 31, 1943
1,251.60 1,251.60
. . ~
.
.00
BUILDING FUND
Receipts Contributions
$ 13,803.55
Disbursements 3.01
Bank Charges Excess of Receipts over Disbursements
.
$ 13,800.54
Transfer from Improvement Fund
.
1,251.60
Net Increase in Buiiding Fund
.
$ 15,052.14
Balance on Hand September 1, 1942
.
7,222.18
Balance on Hand August 31, 1943
.
$ 22,274.32
ADD
ADD
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
REPORT OF AUDITOR
PERKINS & COMPANY Certified Public Accountants 711 St. Charles Street, St. Louis, Mo. September 16, 1943. To the Board of Directors, Masonic Home of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri. Gentlemen: Pursuant to engagement, we have prepared this report preliminary to our formal report of the Masonic Home 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, 1943. Our examination covered the General Fund, Income Fund, Initiation Fund, Improvement Fund, Building Fund and Endowment Fund. We have prepared the following summaries of assets comprising these funds as at August 31, 1943. GENERAL FUND Cash in United Bank and Trust Company $ Cash in Boatmen's National Bank . . Cash in Mercantile-Commerce Bank and Trust Company Cash in Mercantile-Commerce National Bank-Payroll Account ............••............................... Cash in Mercantile-Commerce National Bank-Savings' Account . Cash in Mississippi Valley Trust Company Cash in Matron'8 Petty Cash Fund . Securities-at Cost . t •••
Total General Fund
20,452.88 35,000.00 25,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 25,000.00 200.00 400.00
$ 121,025.88
INCOME FUND Cash in First National Bank : $ Cash in Mississippi Valley Trust Company . Securities-at Cost . . Accrued Interest on Securities at Time of Purchase Due from Endowment Fund ..............•..............
1,563.55 12,829.90 33,473.62 116.06 127.93
$
48,111.06
LESS Earnest Money Received on Farm Sale Contract. . . . . . . . . . Total Income Fund
500.00 $
47,611.06
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Cash in United Bank and Trust Company Cash in Mercantile-Commerce Bank and Trust Company Securities-at Cost
$
5,699.93 27,050.00 45,000.00
$
77,749.93
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Total Initiation Fund IMPROVEMENT FUND
(Transferred to Building Fund in December, 1942, $1,251.60) BUILDING FUND Cash in Boatmen's National Bank Securities-at Cost Total Building Fund
$
6,067.32 16,207.00
'. $
22,214.32
ENDOWMENT FUND Real Estate Loans $1,009,906.50 Real Estate Owned, Farm and Rental Property at Ap35,700.00 praised Value . 31,250.00 United States Treasury Bonds . 100.00 Joint Stock Land Bank Bonds in Default . 12,236.00 . Municipal and Other Bonds 81.00 Modra Estate Securities . 245.00 Rife Estate Securities . 3.00 Rife Estate Securities in Default . 26,686.51 Comstock Estate Securities . 540.00 . Comstock Estate Securities in Default 10,000.00 Geo. B. Mills Estate Securities . 530.00 . Oscar H. Elbrecht Estate Securities 46,458.50 Hy. C. Grenner Estate Securities . 3,080.00 Hy. C. Grenner Estate Securities in Default . 58,913.38 Cash in First National Bank . $1,235,729.89 LESS Due to Income Fund Total Endowment Fund
.
127.93 $1,235,601.96
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 Fund, Income Fund, Initiation Fund and Building Fund at the recorded cost. The securities in 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.
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Bonds in default are carried at market value or at an appraisal value believed by the Trustees of the Endowment Fund to be market value. If 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.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON WELFARE
M. W. Bro. T. W. Cotton, P. G. M., read the report of the Committee on welfare and also read two resolutions connected therewith, all of which were adopted. Our report one year ago showed relief furnished to thirty-five Lodges; the year just closed, relief has been furnished thirty-one Lodges; individuals last year sixty-four, this year sixty; paid for relief last year $3,244.00; this year $2,873.00. These comparative statements disclose that lodges over the state are still continuing "to make a more faithful effort to care for their own needy, before asking Grand Lodge assistance." In checking our record back, we note that we have four lodges that have been assisted continuously for a period of at least ten years, by your welfare committee, these are: Waynesville Lodge No. 375, for relief of Mrs. Bucher and children This lodge participated to the amount of $325.00 Cardwell Lodge No. 231, Bro. Harper & Wife, afforded -relief amounting to : . Jackson Lodge No. 82, for relief of Mrs. Luyster . Eldorado Lodge No. 318, for relief of Mrs. Buckley . Total relief to these four lodges in the ten-year period. .
$2,562.00 1,505.00 1,122.50 527.50 $5,717.00
Your committee has met regularly through the year and has given consideration to all applications presented. During the year one vacan~y occurred in the membership of this committee, our late lamented Brother Thos. H. Reynolds, who hM served faithfully and well in this capacity for many years, resigned, because of ill health. Report in detail is as follows: Assistance has been given to thirty-one lodges, representing 20 men, 22 women and 18 children, a total of 60. Total amount paid for relief, $2,873.00.
S'lJlTYVfnary of Funds Received and Disbursed During the Year Balance on hand October 1, 1942'............ $ 564.98 Received from Grand Lodge 3,000.00 Check No. 5452 charged back 10.00 Paid for
relief
Balance on hand at close of year
$3,574.98 2,873.00 $ 701.98
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 the appropriation. Aldrich Lodge No. 664, for J. W. Porter . Anderson Lodge No.. 621, for Fred S. Moss . Beacon Lodge No.3, for Mrs. Christine Couvion . Cardwell Lodge No. 231, for Mrs. Edgar Harper . Censer Lodge No. 172, for James P. Thompson . Eldorado Lodge No. 318, for Mrs. Luella Buckley and children Euclid Lodge No. 505, for Frank Smith and wife .
$ 60.00 60.00 90.00 120.00 60.00 60.00 120.00
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Fairfax Lodge No. 483, for James W. Douglas' . Fellowship Lodge No. 345, for J. Spencer Roberts and wife Forsyth Lodge No. 453, for Mrs. George B. Stiffler and' children . Four Mile Lodge No. 212, for J. F. La8well . Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422, for George Ransdale and family> . Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422, for James T. McLesky Gentryville Lodge No. 125, for Mrs. Cora Riggins and children Heroine Lodge No. 104, for Otho E. Seager . Hornersville Lodge No. 215, for George S. Brown and wife .. Itaska Lodge No. 420, for Mrs. William Ward , . Itaska Lodge No. 420, for August Roettger and wife . Jackson Lodge No. 82, for Mrs. Orilla J. Luyster . Kirkwood Lodge No. 484, for Mrs. MaBelle Powell . Magnolia Lodge No. 626, for Mrs. Ella Mae Hollmann . Missouri Lodge No.1, for Henry Henderson and wife . Mount Moriah Lodge No. 40, for Mrs. Ruth Henry . Pyramid Lodge No. 180, for Frederick W. Rueblinger . Rose Hill Lodge No. 550, for Phillip William Price . Rose Hill Lodge N.o. 550, for Mrs. William Clarke . South Gate Lodge No. 547, for A. P. Singer . St. John's Lodge No. 28, for C. H. Appler . Stockton Lodge No. 283, for Alfred Preston . Strafford Lodge No. 608, for Mrs. Emma Haines Summersville Lodge No. 555, for M. W. Pittman . West Gate Lodge No. 445, for Mrs. Otille Denny . West Gate Lodge No. 445, for Mrs. Louise Morris . West Gate Lodge No. 445, for Mrs. Anna Cochran . Waynesville Lodge No. 375, for Mrs. Myrtle Bucher and children . Zeredatha ~odge No. 189, for Mrs. William Polk, Sr . Zeredatha Lodge No. 189, for Frank Allen .
1943 30.00 60.00 70.00 120.00 60.00 15.00 20.00 120.00 180.00 180.00 120.00 120.00 90.00 150.00 67.50 60.00 52.50 90.00 120.00 30.00 25.00 82.50 60.00 60.00 7.50 60.00 48.00 135.00 60.00 10.00 $2,873.00
Fraternally submitted, COTTON, Chairman, IURMAN MAUCH, BYRNE E. BIGGER, JAMES W. SKELLY.
T. W.
RESOLUTION 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 pay>able to the Masonic Home in accordance with Section 74 of By-Laws for the relief of indigent Ma8ter 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. T. W. COTTON, HERMAN MAUCH, BYRNE E. BIGGER, JAMES W. SKELLY.
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RESOLUTION 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. T. W. 'COTTON, HERMAN MAUCH, BYRNE E. BIGGER, JAMES
W.
SKELLY.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN_CORRESPONDENCE
M. Vv. Bro. Ray V. Denslow presented the Report on Foreign Correspondence which was received and ordered printed in the proceedings. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS
M. W. BRO. DENSLOW: Brethren, we have heard the address of the Grand Master. If there is no objection, it will be referred to the' Committee on the Address of the Grand Master. (Referred.) REPORT ON GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS
This Report was read by M. 'V. Brother Harris C. Johnston, Chairman, and was, by vote, adopted. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, ..1. F. tf ..1. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on the Grand Master's Address submits the following report: You have listened with interest to the able address of the Grand Master which marks the end of his year uf service to the Grand Lodge. His task has been difficult and one that few men would undertake. We are grateful that his physical strength has permitted him to perform both his duties as Grand Master and chief executive of the state. We are pleased to note that he was able to visit a large number of our lodges despite the difficulties of transporta~ion and the many pressing demands made on his time. We congratulate and commend him for his untiring efforts and his loyalty to the craft. We commend especially his reference to the deaths of Worshipful Brother Z. M. Williams, Grand Chaplain, Right Worshipful Brother James A.'Kinder, Junior Grand Warden, and Right Worshipful Brother Grover C. Sparks, Deputy Grand Master. We recommend 'that the matter of Lemay Lodge .under Dispensation be referred to the Committee on Lodges U. D. We recommend: 1. That all matters pertaining to finance and expenditures be r~ferred to the committee on Ways and Means. That the matters of Lemay Lodge, Victor Holm Settlement, Controversy in Meridian Lodge No. 2, except the charge against the Wor'shipful Master, of Brother Tippit Petition for Certificate of Good Standing, Estate of Harry Peet Brown and notification by Secretaries to other Lodges and recommendation as to Resolution on Special Assessment and Change of By-Laws be referred to Jurisprudence Committee.
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2. That all decisions and dispensations be referred to Committee on ~T urisprudence. 3. That all matters pertaining to Masonic discipline be referred. to Committee on Appeals and Grievances. We congratulate the Grand Master on having lived within the budget and that there is on hand an unexpended balance of $3,134.17. We commend and call the special attention of the Craft to the following subjects in the Grand Master's Address: Membership Masonic Certificates to Men in the Armed Forces Masonic War Savings Bond Campaign Masonic Service Centers and Appropriations We recommend the approval of all other matters contained in the address. In the adoption of this report it is the路 desire of your committee that the Grand Lodge extend its official thanks to the Most Worshipful Grand Master for his outstanding accomplishments in upholding the dignity, reputation, and traditions of the fraternity in this Jurisdiction. We commend especially his idealism, great energy, and his sterling character as exemplified in his public and private life. His long and faithful service in the cause of Freemasonry will linger long in our memories. Fraternally submitted, HARRIS C. JOHNSTON, Chairma;n" HARRY S. TRUMAN, BERT S. LEE, T. W. COTTON, ANTHONY F. ITTNER, RAY V. DENSLOW, GEORGE W. WALKER, DUVAL SMITH,
W. W. MARTIN, HAROLD L. READER, KARL M. VETSBURG, JAMES W. SKELLY, BYRNE E. BIGGER, FRANK C. BARNHILL, HENRY C. CHILES, WM. R. GENTRY.
TUE GRAND MASTER: Brother Johnston has another matter he would like to present. I would like to say before he does so that I am extremely grateful for the kind and generous references made in the report. I thank the Committee and I thank the Grand Lodge collectively. BROTHER JOHNSTON: Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren:: There is a matter that I want to bring to the attention of this Grand Lodge, because it concerns me and an act of mine while as Grand Master last year. The Grand Master has referred to it in his report. It is the giving of Masonic certificates or diplomas to men in the Armed Services. Now, I feel in justice to this Grand Lodge and to its officers and to myself that a full statement should be made as to what has occurred. I am sure that the average Mason does not know all the facts in the case, and I should like to make it clear. Last summer, a year ago, the summer of 1942, it was agreed and at my suggestion a committee was appointed on which I served, to draw up these certificates, rather, a form for these certificates. A form was made up. Notices were sent to all the lodge secretaries with reference to the
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preparation of these cards. A call was made, as you know, that these car.ds were to be turned in at the last session of the Grand Lodge year ago, and a large number of cards were turned in. Following the Grand 'Lodge meeting it took some time to prepare the certificates and they were prepared and sent to my home for my signature. I signed a large number of them, which required considerable time. I think it was November, possibly, before all the certificates were ready and were signed, and they were sent back to the Grand Lodge office. I think there were signed some seventeen or eighteen hundred certificates. This matter has arisen here that has to do with an understanding of policy. The Grand Master has referred to it, with reference to the danger of giving certificates to men in the Armed Services wearing Masonic insignia. This information comes from the Masonic Service Association, it comes from British, largely British and Canadian sources; in other wo'rds, that if a man has a certificate or Masonic emblem and becomes a prisoner he might be in greater danger from imposters who would travel under the guise of Masons. Now, we personally feel that the men in the service are entitled to these certificates. We have prepared them, the expense has been taken care of, was taken care of in last year's budget. If I recall, in fact, I am advised definitely that certificates were given by this Grand Lodge in the last World War. I am also informed that possibly a dozen Grand Lodges today are awarding certificates. Now, as to the facts about the danger to a man in the service, if I understand correctly, men going into combat work usually remove any personal effects. Men that go overseas send back their personal effects to their home, and I have been told that even the unit of the outfit is removed from a man when he goes into action, so I cannot from my own personal viewpoint see why this matter cannot be taken care of by the individual, and I want you to know the facts, and I am here to give you any further information. In fact, I have one of the certificates that I think possibly I should read to you as a matter of information. (Reads same.) These certificates that were signed last fall were dated October 1, 1942. Therefore, in keeping with my suggestion, in order that the incoming Grand Master may' know the wishes of this Grand Lodge, the present Grand Master has recommended that the incoming Grand Master use his discretion in disposing of this matter. I propose, however, this resolution: (Reads same.) I move the adoption of this resolution. (Carried.)
a
RESOLUTION
Be It Resolved, That the Grand Lodge through its executive officers be directed to immediately mail out all certificates of membership which have been prepared by the Grand Secretary and that upon receipt of proper certificates from Secretaries of Missouri lodges such additional certificates, as may be prepared from time to time.
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That the Masonic brethren now in the service of our country may know of the interest the Grand Lodge of路 the Masonic Fraternity of Missouri has in their welfare. HARRIS C. JOHNSTON.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FORMS AND CEREMONIES To the M. W. Grand Lodge, .A. F.. 4" .A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Forms and Ceremonies have in contemplation several forms and ceremonies which it had hoped to present for adoption at this communication, but because of the shortness of the session we have deemed it best to pass the situation over until such a time as opportunity may be given for full discussion. Respectfully submitted, RAY V. DENSLOW, ChaJirman, HENRY C. CHILES, ANTHONY F. ITTNER. CALLED FROM LABOR
The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge was CALLED FROM LABOR to refreshment at 12 M. to reconvene at 1 :30 P. M. of the same day. AFTERNOON SESSION
Promptly at 1 :30 o'clock the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge was CALLED TO LABOR by Most Worshipful Brother Forrest C. Donnell, the Grand Officers being in their respective stations as of the morning session. Prayer was offered by Worshipful Brother Samuel Thurman, former Grand Chaplain. REPORT OF THE GRAND LEQTURER
M. W. Bro. A. F. Ittner, Grand Lecturer, read his report, which was adopted and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, .A. F.. 4" .A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: I beg leave to submit my ninth annual report as your Grand Lecturer. During the Grand Lodge year just closed, despite increasingly difficult travel conditions, it has been my pleasure and privilege to visit and impart ritualistic instruction in each of the fifty-nine Masonic districts of the State. Though conditions in the lodges are far from ideal and far from what we would have a right to expect in times of peace, yet most of the lodges are to be commended for their heroic and usually successful effol'ts to carryon in the absence of so many of their officers and membors in the service of their country. In addition to those brethren who have volunteered or have been called into the Armed l<'orces thousands of our members have entered upon essential war work without which there would be no hope of winning the war. In most of the districts my meetings have been very well attended and in two or three exceptionally large groups have been present. The small attendance at some of my meetings would not be a proper criterion by which to judge of their success or their value to our Fraternity. The brethren at such meetings have in almost every instance been key men and strong pillars of the lodges, who are anxious to improve and perfect them-
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selves in the work, and who will transmit their knowledge to those who arc equally anxious to improve themselves in Freemasonry but who are less fortunate in the matter of controlling their time. The Committee on Necrology will pay fitting and more extended tribut-r to the memory of two distinguished Freemasons and officers of this Grand Lodge whom the Grim Reaper claimed during the present year, namely, Right Worshipful Brother Grover C. Sparks, Deputy Grand Master, and Right Worshipful Brother James A. Kinder, Junior Grand Warden. Each .qf them passed away suddenly when he was rapidly approaching the zenith of his Masonic career and usefulness. I accounted them hoth my dear friends and am indebted to them for many fine courtesies and manifestations of friendship. Their loss is hard to bear but" we must bow reverently to the fiats of our Supreme Grand Master. - On Friday, May 28, 1943, Right Worshipful Brothel' John C. Senate, who was well known to and beloved by all of the older brethren of this Grand Lodge, passed away at his home near Milo in Vernon County and was buried with Masonic honors at Milan, Missouri, his former home, on Cl Monday, May 31. Right Worshipful Brother Senate served as District Deputy Grand Master and District Lecturer of the Third Masonic District for many years, and later, on his return to Missouri after a few years residence in another state, he served as my appointee in the office of District Lecturer for eight years. Brother Senate was a most lovable character, an indefatigable worker, and a great teacher of the Masonic ritual. His period of service to the Ancient Craft covered nearly half a century and the Grand Lodge of Missouri is deeply indebted to him for his untiring and fruitful efforts in its behalf. Right Worshipful Brother Herman D. Taggart, D. D. G. M. and D. L. of the Thirteenth District, has written me that owing to his acceptance of a government position at Springfield he will he unable to continue ill the office of District Lecturer. Brothel' Taggart had served in that capacity for a number of years prior to my appointment as Grand Lecturer and has continu~d to hold the position as my appointee up to the time of this Grand Lodge. I wish to express my thanks to him for his faithful service. Brother and Mrs. Taggart lost their only son in the recent North African campaign. The young man, Captain David B. Taggart, was posthumously awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart. Our hearts go out to Brother and Mrs. Taggart in deepest sympathy in their great bereavement. Right WOl'shipful Brother Taylol' H. Nicholas, of Savannah, District Lecturer of the Ninth District, who has held the position fol' four years, has informed me .of his inability to go on with the work because of the demands of his own business and his service in the furtherance of the war effort for several govel'l1ment agencies. I sincerely thank Right Worshipful Brother Nicholas for his untiring and faithful service. At Jefferson City, on Monday, April 12, there was held a conference of the Grand Master and his District Deputies, preceded and followed by a school of instruction for District Lecturers. The D. D. G. M. 's and D. L. 's of the entire State had been invited to attend this meeting, a departure from the custom which had prevailed for a number of years of having two such meetings, one at St. Louis and the other at Kansas City to serve respectively the eastern and western halves of the State. The Grand Master delivered a most inspiring address and conferred with his deputies on a number of important matters. He gave us as much of his time as he could spare from the engrossing business of the State and it was the concensus of opinion that we had pl'ofited greatly by his address and had thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated his fine fellowship. In the School of Instruction we were able to exemplify the entire work
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and to go over all of the lectures. I endeavored to give as many of the District Lecturers and District Deputies as possible an opportunity to participate in the work, though with more than sixty in attendance it was impossible to give them all a chance to take part. Our meetings of this character have always been a great success, but it was the opinion of many that the Jefferson City meeting was the best we had ever held. On April 29, in company with Most Worshipful Brother Karl M. Vetsburg and Right Worshipful Brothers Solon Cameron and James M. Bradford, I attended a meeting of Hermann Lodge No. 123, at Hermann, Missouri, called for the purpose of honoring our Right Worshipful Brother, Judge Ransom A. Breuer, D. D. G. M. and D. L., of the Thirty-second District. He had rounded out fifty years of service as a Master Mason under the Grand Lodge of Missouri, and it was my happy privilege to present the Fifty-Year Button on behalf of his Lodge and the Grand Lodge and to convey to Brother Breuer the felicitations and thanks of the Grand Lodge, his own Lodge and the entire Craft of Missouri for his long and distinguished service. A number of others spoke eloquently of Judge Breuer's fine qualities and his work, including Rt. W. Brother " W. Frank Houk, D. D. G. M. and D. L. of the adjoining Thirty-ninth District, and two of his own blood brothers. M. W. Brother Vetsburg and R. W. Brothers Cameron and Bradford also spoke and paid unusually beautiful but well deserved tributes to the distinguished guest of the evening. Judge Breuer's response was in his usual happy and eloquent vein but on this occasion he outdid himself and established a new high. I was particularly happy to join in honoring R. W. Brother Breuer because for nine years he has served me as one of my ablest District Lecturers. . On July 2, I made a pilgrimage to Springfield to attend a called communication of Gate of the T'emple Lodge No. 422. The purpose for which the meeting was called was to present Most Worshipful Brother Bert S. Lee with a Fifty-Year Button and to unveil a fine oil portrait of him which had been presented to the Lodge. Rt. W. Brother William J. Craig made the unveiling address. It was a beautiful and well-merited tribute to M. W. Brother Lee's fine qualities as a man and as a Freemason and an acknowledgment of his half century of devoted and unselfish service to Freemasonry in all its branches. Upon me was bestowed the honor of presenting M. W. Brother Lee with the Fifty-Year Button and though I felt unequal to the assignment I did my best to assure him of the high honor and esteem in which he was held by all his brethren. I assured him too that they fully appreciated the magnitude and importance of the 'work he had done for Freemasonry, a monument that would survive long after his mortal remains had been laid to rest. Few indeed have been the brethren of Missouri who have served Freemasonry as long and at the same time as loyally and ably as has Most Worshipful Brother Lee. During the year about to end, nine of our eighteen Past Grand Masters have evinced a continued interest in the work and have attended my meetings, in their several cities. I am persuaded to believe that the other nine would have been equally interested if they had had the opportunity to attend. Those who thus complimented me are: Most Worshipful Brothers Arch A. Johnson, Tolman W. Cotton, Bert S. Lee, Byrne E. Bigger, Ray V. Denslow, Frank C. Barnhill, DuVal Smith, George W. Walker and Harris C. Johnston. I sincerely thank these esteemed brethren for their support and encouragement. . At the last annual communication of the Grand Lodge a proposed new by-law was submitted which will come up for action at this communication. Its purpose is to create a corps of thoroughly proficient instructors
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in the 'Proficiency or Candidates' Lectures, who will afford candidates in every part of the state the opportunity to receive correct instruction from b:r:,ethren who, through examination under rigid rules, to be hereafter adopted, shall have been. appointed official instructors in these lectures and will hold Grand Lodge certificates to that effect. I heartily endorse this proposed. by-law and strongly favor its adoption. Our District Lecturers have done a splendid work in the past and will .continue their good work but they cannot reach all our candidates nor prevent in every instance the giving of incorrect instruction by incompetent instructors. It is hoped and believed that this by-law, if aaoptcd, will go a long way towards accomplishing the desired end. At the request of the Grand Master and under appointment as his personal representative, I attended the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Illinois held in the city of Chicago last October. I conveyed to the Grand Lodge of Illinois and its able Grand Master, Most Worshipful Brother Karl J. Mohr, the fraternal greetings of our Grand 'Lodge and of Most Worshipful Brother Forrest C. Donnell. Illinois Masonry is on a' high plane and if my observation is correct, no Grand Lodge excels. the Grand Lodge of Illinois in its understanding and practical application of the principles of Freemasonry. I trust that the strong bonds of brotherly love and aft'ection between our Grand Lodge and the Grand Lodge of Illinois may never be impaired or weakened. , On May 16, 17 and 18, as the personal represent"ative of the Grand Master, I attended the semiannual communication of the Grand Lodge of Maryland at the city of Baltimore and also a number of splendid meetings and functions which preceded the communication of the Grand Lodge, one of which was the centennial celebration of the Baltimore Masonic Convention held in May, 1843, at which the representatives of sixteen of the twenty-three states were represented. Missouri representatives took a prominent part路 in the deliberations of this Convention and brought back a ritual which was adopted by our Grand Lodge and which, with comparatively few modifications, is the work authorized by our Grand Lodge today. I am grateful to Grand Master Robinson of Maryland, and his fine corps of officers for their wonderful hospitality and congratulate them on the zeal and ability with which the affairs of the Ancient Craft are managed in Maryland. I have made a rather extended report to the Grand Master on this series of meetings but regret that I cannot enter into greater detail at this time. Repeating my experience of 'last year while in the Thirty-ninth and Fifty-sixth Districts, I visited the Masonic centers at Rolla and Neosho operated by the Masonic Service Association of the United States with the sanetion and assistance of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Through the courtesy of Brother Vrooman, field agent of the Masonic center at Rolla, I was enabled to. visit Camp Leonard Wood where we met Major and Brother Paul Byrum, Past Most Illustrious Grand Master of the Grand Council of Missouri, and were his guests at dinner. While at Neosho, through the courtesy of Brother Rundquist, field agent of the Masonic center 'there, I was enabled to visit Camp Crowder, which in conjunction with the center itself forms the field of operations for Masonic contact with the Armed Forces. From my own careful observations and from conversations with a number of soldiers who had been helped by these two Masonic centers, they are doing a wonderful work for Freemasonry and for our country and its defenders. They are faithfully discharging the trust reposed in them and in my humble opinion merit our路 continued support. The lodges all over the state are receiving more petitions, and some of
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them many more, and I am happy to learn from our Grand Secretary that this year the Grand Lodge will show a substantial increase in membership. The general result of this is that in most of the lodges the improvement in their work is vel')' noticeable and路would be remarkable were it not for the temporary loss of so many' officers to the Armed Forc~s and to war work. Our Master Masons are being sent in ever increasing numbers to every quarter of the globe a.s members of the Army, Navy, Air Corps, Marine Corps, and many other important services. These various services are working together in a wonderful co-ordinated effort in conjunction with our Allies, to restore peace and liberty to the oppressed nations and peoples of the earth and to destroy a group of dictators who have set out to exalt and enrich themselves at the expense of toiling millions. I am convinced that in the titanic war now raging literally thousands of our Missouri Master Masons have distinguished themselves and shed honor and glory upon the Grand Lodge and the Fraternity by deeds of 'exalted heroism and patriotic devotion. I shall cite only one illustration but would gladly give many more if time and space permitted. A little over a year ago I attended a special communication of Jefferson Lodge No. 43, at Jefferson City, called for the purpose of conferring the Third Degree on Lieutenant and Brother Paul A. Striegel, of the United States Air Forces, and one or two other candidates. I had the pleasure of participating in the conferring of the Degree on Brother Striegel, and later路 of presenting him with a copy of the Holy Bible at the request of one of his brethren. A few weeks ago I read an item in the public press reciting the fact that Captain Paul A. Striegel, of Jefferson City, now connected with the North African Ail' Force, had discovered and sunk an enemy cruiser. I shall not attempt to comment further on this fine achievement because it speaks more eloquently for itself than all the words and fine phrases I could possibly command. 'j'hough it is outside my jurisdiction I would humbly submit that a competent committee be appointed, to gather up and record the part played by Missouri Freemasons in World War II. I feel that lowe an expression of thanks to my able corps of District LectlJrers in our fifty-nine Masonic districts for the fine work they have done in their respective jurisdictions and for the many courtesies they have shown me during my visits to their districts. In closing, I wish to thank our esteemed Grand Master, Most Worshipful Brother Forrest C. Donnell, for numerous manifestations of his confidence and for the several importallt Masonic assignments he has given me. I have endeavored to fulfill them creditably and to the best of my ability. His fine cooperation with me in my work has been exceedingly helpful. In common with all our citizens he has been handicapped by the stern and rigorous exactions and inhibitions of the times, but .he has made a goodly number of visits notwithstanding and has transacted the business of his office with high ability and scrupulous care. He has been aetuated by the highest ideals of Freemasonry and will long be remembered as one of the ablest and best Grand Masters. Fraternally submitted, ANTHONY F. IT'I'NER,
Grand Lecturer. REPORT
or
THE COMMITTEE ON RITUAL
The report of the Committee on Ritual was presented by M. W. Bro. Anthony F. Ittner, Chairman, who read the same, which was adopted and is as follows:
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To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. go A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Ritual begs leave to submit the following report: On May 7, 1943, at his home in Cape Girardeau, Right Worshipful Brother James A. Kinder, Junior Grand Warden and a member of the Committee on Ritual, passed away. ) We deeply appreciate Brother Kinder's high character and his unswerving devotion and distinguished 路service to Freemasonry in all its branches but we' leave the recital of the details .of his life and his work to the Committee on Necrology. His work on this committee was of a very high order for which we are deeply grateful, and he will be sorely missed as one of our most valued members. During the year we have had but one request for a ruling on a matter connected with the ritual. It came from Worshipful Brother Samuel L. Gilliland, of Kansas City, and has to do with the proper use of the , 'Closing Charge" which is set out on page 6 of the latest edition of our Manual. W.e feel that it would not be proper to commit to writing either the exact nature of the requested ruling or the arguments advanced in favor of it. These will be explained orally to the Grand Lodge. The Committee unanimously favors the adoption of Worshipful Brother Gilliland's suggestion. At the annual communication of the Grand Lodge on September 29,. 1942, there was submitted a proposed by-law providing for the commissioning as official instructors in the Proficiency or Candidates' Lectures of such Missouri Master Masons in good standing as shall pass satisfactory examinations under rules and regulations to be hereafter adopted. The Jurisprudence Committee will have to pass upon this proposed by-law as it will on all others, but as the Committee on Ritual is vitally interested in the dissemination of a correct knowledge of our ritual and work we believe that a recommendation from us is also in order. We feel that the adoption of this proposed by-law will be of great value and assistance to the Grand Lecturer and the District Lecturers in eliminating the faulty instruction of candidates in the Proficiency or Candidates' Lecture. We' therefore strongly favor and recommend its adoption. Fraternally submitted, ANTHONY F. ITTNER, WM. J. CRAIG, W. D. ROGERS, THEODORE C. TEEL. REPOR'!' OF THE BUILDING SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE
The Grand Secretary read the report of the Building Supervisory Committee, the same was adopted, and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F,. go A. M. of Misso1~ri: Brethren: '1'he Building Supervisory Board has had a very limited number of lodge requests during the year due to the fact that Building Material was unobtainable for lodge buildings and alterations. The report is as follows: Valley Pa;rk; Lodge No. 629, A. F.
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October 29, 1942, granted Valley Park Lodge No. 6~9, authority to purchase an abandoned school building and grounds with funds on hand, and to borrow $2,650.00 from members to remodel a small dwelling on the grounds to be used.as a lodge hall until funds are available to erect a temple.
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Swope Pa;rk Lodge No. 617, A. F.
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August 13, 1943, granted Swope Park Lodge No. 617, authority to form an association to be known as Swope Park Masonic Building Association, to take title to the temple property at 60th and Swope Parkway which the former association known as Swope Park Masonic Building Company had lost thro~gh foreclosure in 1932 under a $50,000.00 first mortgage, they being able to reacquire the property for $10,000.00 to be paid for at the rate of $55.32 monthly in addition to $5,000.00 past due taxes accrued since the' foreclosure which they were able to compromise for $1,500.00 out of funds on hand. The lodge agreeing to assume payment of the $10,000.00 purchase price. This action had the approval of Right Worshipful Brother Geo. W. Paddock, D. D. G. M., 22nd District.
St. Nicholas Lodge No. 435, A.. F. ~ A. M. (now extinct), CO/Ve Springs, Missouri Mr. R. V. Brower of Walnut Grove, Missouri, acquired title to a lot of ground in Cave Springs, Mo., and found a lease dated November, 1887, of record to St. Nicholas Lodge No. 435 (now extinct) since 1897 for 99 years giving said lodge the right to erect a second story on the building and maintain same for lodge room. The building burned shortly . thereafter and was never rebuilt and the lodge is no longer in existence. The owner requested the lease be cancelled and released. Your committee recommends that the Grand Lodge officer be authorized to execute the necessary document to remove this lien from the property as it apparently has no value and there is no lodge that cares to take advantage of the situation if it had any value. The action is approved by Right Worshipful Brother Jewell E. Windle, D. D. G. M. of the 45th District in which the lot is located. Respectfully sUbmitted, C. A. TOLIN, Chairman. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LmRARY
This report was read by the Grand Secretary, was adopted, and is . as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. ~ A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Library begs to report that due to war conditions very few brethren have availed themselves of the lending department. Fraternally submitted, WM. B. MASSEY, Chairman. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS
The Grand Secretary read this report, which was adopted, and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. ~ A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Your members appointed by the Grand Master to represent the Grand Lodge in the Masonic Temple Asso~iation of St. Louis, Missouri, submit the following report: In our report last year the bonded indebt('dness was.... .. $132,000.00 Money deposited by member bodies on which the Association pays 3 per cent interest, was...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,384.68 $157,384.68
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On December 1, 1942, in addition to the interest due at that time, the Association paid off bonds amounting to $17,000.00 On June 1, 1943, in addition to the interest due at that time, the Association paid off bonds amounting to 10,000.00 27,000.00 During the year member bodies have deposited funds with the Association, amounting to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,175.54 Received from the following member bodies: Nov. 16, 1942-Naphtali Lodge No. 25.... $1,500.00 Apr. 20, 1943-Cornerstone Lodge No. 323. . . . 1,000.00 May 6, 1943-Polar Star Chapter No. 134Order Eastern Star...................... 675.54 There has been withdrawn from advancements by member bodies, the sum of $375.00. So that, as of September 1, 1943, the indebtedness stands as follows: Bonds secured by first mortgage '.' .. $105,000.00 Deposited by member bodies................. 28,185.22 Total indebtedness $133,185.22 This is a reduction of $24,199.46 over the outstanding indebtedness of one year ago. . It has been the policy of your committee not to anticipate payments on the principal of the bonded indebtedness, but we understand that the association contemplates paying off $5,000.00 on. December 1, 1943. We feel that the officers and members are to be commended upon the steady progress they are making to have the Temple free of debt. Fraternally submitted, BYRNE E. BIGGER, Chairma;n, JOHN WOHRADSKY, JR., HOPKINS.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN GRAND LODGES
The Grand Secretary read this report, which was adopted, and is as follows: To the Grand Lodge, .Lt. F. 9" A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges has moved rather slowly in the matter of recognition of Central and South American Grand Lodges. However, a situation has now developed which we believe may offer a solution to the situation existing in Mexico. We refer to the recent resolution of York Grand路 Lodge of Mexico extending tacit recognition to certain Grand Lodges of that territory, which it is claimed are attempting to uphold the landmarks of Freemasonry. Our brethren of York Grand Lodge are residents of Mexico; they know Mexican Masonry better than any of our brethren who live outside t.he Mexican borders and consequently we are inclined to accept their . judgment in the matter of things Masonic. Undoubtedly there are good Mexican Masons and good Mexican Grand Lodges. Our task has been to ferret them out, a job which has now been taken over by the brethren of York Grand Lodge. Missouri has long been interested in Mexican Masonry. It was Missouri which, in 1882, granted a dispensation to Toltec Lodge in the City of
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Mexico, a lodge which is still in existence. If the Grand Lodge of Missouri can, by its re<lognition of Mexican Grand Lodges, be of service to these members of Toltec Lodge and associated Lodges, then it is our duty to do so. We would, therefore, recommend that whenever a Mexican Grand Lodge may be recognized as legitimate by York Grand Lodge of Mexico, and upholding the ancient landmarks, then the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri is hereby authorized to extend recognition on the part of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, which said recognition shall continue so long as York Grand Lodge of Mexico may continue in amicable relations with said Mexican Grand Lodge. Respectfully submitted, AR.THUR. MATHER, Chairman, F. C. BARNHILL, DUVAL SMITH.
THE GRAND MASTER: We have with us today, as you will recall, among our very distinguished guests, Past Grand Master and present Grand Lecturer of the York Grand Lodge of Mexico. I take pleasure at this moment in introducing to you for such remarks as he may care to make, Most Worshipful Brother Walter S. ,!'urnpaugh, who occupies the official positions just mentioned. BROTHER TURN PAUGH : Most Worshipful Grand Master, Grand Lodge Officers, distinguished visitors and Past Grand Masters: It is a pleasure to appear before this Grand Lodge in Missouri and give you a little talk on Masonry in Mexico. I am going to make this short. Afterwards, if any of.you have any questions to ask I shall be pleased to answer them privately or as you may see fit, owing to the shortness of time. Our objective in adopting the resolution for intervisitation with sueh of those Mexican Grand Lodges as our constituent lodges can find almost regular, has been to extend to those lodges the glad hand of fellowship in a way of co-operation whereby we may bring their standards up to meet our requirement. To this date, to our knowledge, no Grand Lodge in Mexico meets our requirements as to Masonry the way we see it and practice it. Therefore, this resolution of intervisitation is for that purpose, to give us a chance to know them better, and by co-operation bring them up to the higher standard. Their big failing in the past has been politics and antireligious activity, and for the antireligious activity we can hardly blame them, when one knows as well as I do how definitely the Roman Catholic Church makes war on each of their members and even their little children. After a time when our constituent lodges report back to the Grand Lodge recommending this or that Mexican Lodge in a certain jurisdiction, the Grand National will then issue a permit allowing that Lodge to intervisit with the Mexican Lodges and the Mexican Lodges to visit with our Lodges. We hope in the future, if developments come out as we hope they will, that we can then grant them full recognition. More than sixty years ago, Toltec Lodge was chartered in Mexico by this Missouri Grand Lodge. It was like casting a loaf
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of bread upoll the waters. I would like to say a little thing concerning Past Grand Master Marcus Loevy of our Grand Lodge, who was raised in this city, I understand. I was raised in Monterrey in 1923. I hung around, visited lodge occasionally, didn't do much, never had the idea of becoming a worker until Marcus Loevy came along as Grand Master. One day the Brothers said to me, "W'alter, Marcus Loevy is coming in the morning, he is Grand Master." I said, "\Vhat is that?" I didn't know what that was; but I was down there the next evening for the address. He brought us a wonderful message. I was sufficiently enthused that I went to Tampico the next day where he paid his official visit and turned over his office to his successor. Coming home on the train with my wife I said, "That bunch of men appealed to me sufficiently that I am going to work and some day, if work and effort will put me through, I will be Grand Master," and I got that inspiration from Marcus Loevy, and he hailed from Missouri originally. I come to bring you greetings of Toltec Lodge No.1, in addition to the greetings of our Most "\Vorshipful Grand Master i'n Mexico. I thank you kindly. RESTORATIONS TO MASONIC GOOD STANDING
- Brother Hugh Grady Knox, who stood suspended fOT nonpayment of dues in Racine Lodge No. 478, Senaca, Mo., at the time of the revocation of its charter, having complied with Grand Lodge law, was this day, September 28, 1943, by vote of the Grand Lodge, restored to Masonic good standing, and certificate thereof forwarded to him by mail. Brother Logan Smith, who stood suspended for nonpayment of dues in Racine Lodge No. 478, Seneca, Mo., at the time of the revocation of its charter, having complied with Grand Lodge law, was this day, September 28, 1943, by vote of the Grand Lodge, restored to Ma.sonic good standing, and certificate thereof forwarded to him by mail. Brother Doty Douglas McCullah, who stood suspended for nonpayment of dues in Reeds Spri~g Lodge No. 280, Reeds Spring, Mo., at the time of the revocation of its charter, having complied with Grand Lodge law, was this day, September 28, 1943, by vote of the Grand Lodge, restored to Masonic good standing, and certificate thereof forwarded to him by mail. REPORTS OF COMMITTEE ON BOARDS OF RELIEF AND EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS
M. VV. Bro. James W. Skelly, chairman, read the report of the Committee on Boards of Relief and Employment Bureaus, which was adopted and is as follows:
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To the M.W. Grand Lodge, A.. F. <f A.. M. of Missouri: Your Committee on Boards of Relief has received reports of the boards of relief of Kansas City, St. Joseph, Springfield and St. Louis, and the St. Louis Masonic Employment Bureau. After a careful reading of these reports we desire to submit the following: Kansas City. The board reports a slight decrease in number of Masonic funerals conducted by Kansas City lodges for transient members, or those holding membership in lodges outside the city. Ten such funerals were conducted during the year. The financial statement is as follows: Balance, June 30, 1942.......................... $ 608.91 Receipts from fifteen lodges on initiates, and re: imbursements 1,715.77 $2,324.68 Disbursements
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Balance, June 30, 1943. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,167.92 The report states that several lodges are delinquent in payment of assessments made in accordance with Section 65, Grand Lodge By-laws, some of these lodges being several years in arrears. This not only causes dissatisfaction among lodges which make prompt payments, but should this delinquency become general, the board's revenue might be entirely cut off. We recommend that this unhealthy situation be brought to the attention of the incoming Grand Master. The board is confronted with a diffic'ijlt burial plot situation, which is in substance as follows: About 1903 the board purchased a plot in Forest Hill Cemetery, title being taken in the name of the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge, for the use of the Board of Relief. About sixty-seven burials were made in this plot. Years later the board accepted a proposition from Mount Moriah Cemetery to remove most of the remains to that cemetery from Forest Hill Cemetery, which was done. The board now wishes to sell ground in this vacated plot, at a reasonable price, to members of the Masonic order or their friends, but the Forest Hill Cemetery Association has refused permission to do this. The board submits a detailed synopsis. We recommend that this situation be brought to 路the attention of the incoming Grand Master. St. Joseph. The board serves five lodges in St. Joseph. An account of receipts and disbursements is not submitted, but the balance on August 31, 1943, was $165.23. . The board arranged for four Masonic funerals by St. Joseph lodges for transient members, and for one funeral by an outside lodge for a member of a St. Joseph lodge. The board rendered assistance to widows and families of members of six lodges located elsewhere. Springfield. The board serves three lodges in Springfield, and apparently manages its affairs quite well, as shown by its account of refundments on monies advanced, and interest on invested funds. The balance on June 30, 1943, was $852.38. During the year four funerals of transient members were conducted by the three lodges. St. Louis. The board at the present time derives its support from forty/:leven Lodges included within the city or Thirty-third District. The following paragraph from the report of the board gives an excellent idea of the broad scope of its work: , 'The St. Louis Masonic Board of Relief investigated two hundred and forty-nine new cases and carried forward twenty-one cases from previousyears. The new cases are classified as follows: one gave a clandestine lodge; thirteen w~re either expelled or suspended; two were frauds;
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seventeen reported their receipts lost or stolen-two receipts were found and returned to their rightful owners; five had no Masonic claim; 'six persons were reported missing-these were members who failed to answer communications from their lodges, and all were located with one exception. Nine applicants (women) did not know upon what lodges they based their claims; nine were found to be unworthy; seven applicants lived outside the jurisdiction of this board and were referred to the lodge or board of relief nearest them. The St. Louis lodges called on the board to cause investigation to be made of forty-two of their members who were reported in distress in other cities, the investigations requiring an average of three letters each. Our hospital committees visited twenty-one sick persons and made one hundred and twelve reports on the progress of the patients. One hundred and fifteen were found worthy and their needs were relieved. The board received four hundred and ninety-seven calls from applicants during the year." In addition to the foregoing, the board arranged for the conduct by St. Louis lodges of twenty funerals of transient members, and with the aid of the Eastern Star Board of Relief, furnished clothing to approximately seven hundred and thirty-six adults and three hundred and forty children. The boards have six pairs of crutches in use by persons suffering from leg injuries, and a wheel chair purchased by this board during the past year is being used by an old woman Who is totally paralyzed. The financial statement is as follows: Balance, July 1, 1942. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $2,131.65 Receipts 3,067.65 $5,199.30 Disbursements
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During the past year the board suffered the loss of two members with outstanding records of service to their fellowmen-R. W. Brother Andrew J. 0 'Reilly, who had been a member of the board for more than fifty years and its president for a third of a century, and W. Brother Alfred P. Fletcher, who had been a member more than forty years and was an ardent worker. As the board's report well states: , 'Brother 0 'Reilly gave his best to the fraternity. His quiet and unassuming manner, his sincere desire to help others unselfishly, and his vast store of experience gained by many years of contact with the frailties and misfortunes of his fellowmen, made his counsel and advice a dominating factor in the sensible and helpful manner of aiding all those who for many varied reasons, applied to the board for assistance. To say he is missed is a wholly inadequate expression. , 'For many years, the fraternity had been the recipient of many gratuities from our late president, and the members may have failed to realize how little they had been expending for the services rendered. Many services rendered by Brother 0 'Reilly gratis, must now come under the expense account. Since his death it has been necessary to reorganize the board. A new president, treasurer, and secretary have been elected, an assistant secretary on a monthly salaried basis was appointed, and the renting of an office was found to be advisable and necessary." The income of all boards of relief is derived from contributions from the supporting lodges of five dollars for each initiation, whenever the balance on hand falls below a certain minimum. This means that when times are good, when petitions are plentiful, boards have ample income, and at the same time calls for help are fewer and much less urgent. On the other hand, during depressions, petitions are few, and calls for relief are many
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and pressing. It is recommended that an amendment to the Grand Lodge By:laws should be made, to provide a better balanced plan of income. MASONIC EMPLOYMENT BURI<;AU OF ST. IA>UrS
The report announces the close of another successful year, with registrations the lowest in the history of the bureau, and with numerous requests for help, which were difficult or impossible to fill. Placements nevertheless are still a problem, due to the difficulty in finding qualified applicants.- Permanent placements during the year were 478, and temporary 87, a total of 565. Among other good things accomplished by the efficient office personnel, was the placing of some two hundred white collar workers on a split-shift basis in war plants. The financial statement shows: Balance, July 1, 1942 $1,049.67 Receipts, per capi.ta tax, interest, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,826.25 $6,875.92 5,896.71
Disbursements Balance, July 1, 1943 Securities
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The efforts of the bureau are being strongly directed toward building up goodwill and friendship with the employing public, in anticipation of the time, perhaps not far distant, when members and their dependents will be registering in larger numbers, and employment will be much more difficult. JAMES W. SKELLY, Cha.irman, EDWARD H. LOFFHAGl<~N, MORRIS E. EWING, CYRIL A. CARPENTER.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MASONIC PUBLICATIONS
M. W. Bro. James VY. Skelly read the report of the Committee on Masonic Publications, which was adopted and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. l.f A. M. of Missouri: Brethren路: Your committee which is charged among other things, with' investigating the practicability of establishing a Masonic journal or newspaper under the control of the Grand Lodge, has continued its labors throughout the year. We restate the conclusion heretofore reached namely, that there is a great need for such a journal or newspaper. Under present circumstances however, and with the urgent need for funds for war service, we believe that this is not the time for such an undertaking, but we hope that that time will not be long delayed. 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, Chairman, BYRNE E. BIGGER, RAY V~ DENSLOW, FREDERICK M. SMITH, HAROLD L. READER.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MASONIC SERVIGE ASSOCIATION
R. W. Bro. R. C. Winkelmaier read the report of his committee, which was adopted, and is as follows: To the M. W. Gra.nil Lodge., A. F. go A. M. of Missouri: Brethren:' Another year has passed and your committee has had no calls from the lodges of the state. As we said last year, this is surprising considering the number of degrees being conferred. This leads one to believe that the same pattern will be followed as during and immediately following the last war, many initiates but few members; that is, nothing was done to educate these men, with the result that many of them made no effort to hold their memberships when the depression came. To prevent a recurrence we recommend that a comprehensive system of Masonic education be adopted to the end that these new Brethren may know something about the institution. Fmthermore, we reconunend that a bulletin or paper be established by the Grand Lodge so that news of the craft in general and the home lodges in particular may reach the membership. W. Bro. A. Loyd Collins prepared papers on the history of Freemasonry in Missouri; these are in the hands of the St. Louis Masonic Service Association and, should permission be granted by the Committee on Masonic Publications, these papers can be printed in pamphlet form for distribution to the lodges of the state. The Masonic Service Association of St. Louis and St. Louis County has continued to grow after the unpleasantness of several years ago and is interesting more and more of the delegates ea.ch month. 'fhey ha.ve furnished speakers for lodges in the city and county, but, here too, the lodges have been too busy to give much time to education. Their report is filed herewith. We trust that the lodges will devote some time to programs during the coming year. Praternally, ROBER.T GEORGE
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WINKELnfAIER, Chai1'1nan, HOLLIS.
REPORT OF MASONIC HOME VISITING COMMITTEE
W. Bro. George F. Morrison, chairman, presented the report of this committee, read the same, which was adopted, and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Loage, A. F. go A. M. of Missouri: Greetings: It has been my pleasure to attend the regular quarterly meetings of the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home held during the past year and I am grateful to the Most Worshipful Grand Master for my appointment to this important committee. All of the directors realize the importance of their attendance and although many are required to travel long distances they are all on hand promptly at the appointed hour and the business affairs oJ the Home are given thorough and deliberate consideration. Wartime conditions present many and complex problems in an institution the size and nature of the Masonic Home. However M. W. Bro. VV. W. Martin continues to give careful attention and thought to the needs of tlle home and is constantly makirig decisions and solving the problems presented in the best interest of the craft and mem bel'S of the Masonic Home family. He is fortunate indeed in having capable assistants, such as Mrs, Waller, matron of children, who looks out after each one of her charges in
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a most efficient and helpful manner. Early in this year it was necessary to engage a new matron of the old people, and Mrs. Emma Lee Bettis was given this assignment and she is doing splendid service in her new work. The Masonic Fraternity is fortunate indeed in having competent people in c~arge during these troublesome times. Although it has been very difficult to keep a full staff of nurses and assistants in the Masonic infirmary, Dr. Solon Cameron has continued to give the patients the very best of care and attention. In addition to treating 329 patients in the hospital a total of 21,793 out-patients were treated during the year. During the past year the population of the Home has averaged 318 and as of September 1, 1943, the population was as follows: Men.:.................... 97 Women 150
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or a total of 310 The board has done a very splendid thing in looking out after the boys that have been inducted into the Armed Forces by protecting their interests in the following manner: . Boys that have been inducted have not been discharged from the Home but al'e carried on the inactive list and in this way are privileged to return to the Home after they are released from the Service to complete their edueation as originally planned. To date there are seven stars on the Service flag of the Home, not including former members of the Masonic Home family. Even in these times the children of the Home are given every religious opportunity and arc privileged to enjoy the very best educational advantage that any other child has to prepare for the struggle of life and become self-supporting. It would be well worth your while to visit the Home and learn more about its operation and what it is endeavoring to do, then I feel sure that you would give -the New Children's Building your generous and enthusiastic support~ It has been my pleasure to make this report and in closing I wish to state that although the management has been handicapped the same as the rest of us by rationing and civilian restrictions imposed by war, the Masonic Home Family is still well cared for and a spirit of cooperation and contentment continues to prevail throughout the entire organization. Respectfully and fraternally submitted, GEORGE F. MORRISON, Chairman.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS' REPORTS
R. W. Bro. N. D. Jackson read the report of his committee, which was adopted, and is as follows: To the M. W. Gmnd Lodge, A. F. go A. M. of MisS01tri: Brethren: Your Committee on District Deputy Grand Masters' R.eports makes the following report: There are sixty Masonic districts in this state, forty of which have made a report of some kind, the other twenty not reported in any way. This is the smallest number of reports to be sent in for several years. As in the past these reports are of various kinds, some, especially from the large citie~, making very complete records of their official visits to each
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lodge down to the ones in which the deputy has been unable to make his customary visits for various reasons. From a reading of the reports filed, all of the lodges, except a small per cent, are coming back into their own, receiving many petitions, renewed interest developing and the lodges all going forwa.rd with zeal and determination to put Masonry back to its old time standard. It is noted that the financial condition of the lodges as a whole is improving, they are paying off old obligations, buying War Bonds and increasing their reserves. The most noticeable feature in the reports as a whole, is that the lodges are doing good work while the deputies in the districts outside the cities are unable to make the visits as required on account of lack of gas and tires. Thirty-seven per cent of the deputies reporting, give that as the reason for not making all or a part of their official visits. The conclusion is apparent that the deputies as a whole are very conscientious and路 sincere in their interest in Masonry and are doing all in their power to promote the interest of our great Fraternity. Respectfully submitted, N. D. JACKSON, DAVID A. LESLIE, JOHN .W. ADAMS.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF BY-LAWS
M. W. RAY V~ DENSLOW: Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren: Most Worshipful Brpther Chiles is the chairman of the Committee on Revision, and we have carried it along for some years waiting until there should be more than a one-day session in :which to present it, becaus~ it would require at least a day to consider it, and it has been a matter of policy for Brother Chiles to move to have it . laid 'over, and I so move. (Report adopted.) REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CHARTERED LODGES
The Grand Secretary read the report of the committee which was adopted, and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. go A. M. of Missouri: . Brethren: The Committee'on Chartered Lodges'submits the following report after careful consideration of all the annual returns receiv:ed. CONSOLIDATIONS
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During the past year Pee Dee Lodge No. 498 consolidated with Westville Lodge No. 202 on January 16,1943, Pee Dee Lodge losing its identity. Vernon Lodge No. 493 consolidated with Herman Lodge No. 187 on January 26, 1943, Vernon Lodge losing its identity. Glensted ~odge No. 250 consolidated with Versailles Lodge No. 320 on March 22, 1943, Glensted Lodge losing its identity. STATISTICAL
There wei'e 616 Chartered Lodges as of September 10, 1943, and the actual net membership thereof is 86,691, which shows an increase of 1,393 over the preceding year, which is the first increase in fifteen years. During the year there were 2,360 raised; 620 affiliated and 1,560 reinstated.
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There were 642 lost by dimissions; 1,530 deaths; 969 suspended for nonpayment of dues; 4 suspended for un-Masonic conduct, and 2 expelled. / . These figures in comparison with last year's show a gain in those groups that were added to our membership and a definite decrease in those groups which decrease our membership. The reports from the lodges show a greatly renewed interest and a large majority of them have been working energetically during the year. The 57th District (comprising the lodges in St. Louis County) show a net increase of 132. One lodge, namely Valley Park Lodge No. 629, is just completing its new hall-funds for whi(~h are already in hand-due in large measure to the wonderful 路work donated by individual members as well as by donations from the men~bership. The future looks very bright. This year at the date of closing the books on September 10, fourteen lodges had not made a report. Again we must call the attention of the Grand Lodge to the dilatoriness of some secretaries who persist in sending in their reports after the time specified by our {}rand Longe law, and again we advise all secretaries to read Section 75 of the Constitution and By-IJaws so that these omissions may not occur in the future. . It is also a pleasure to note that the collectiol1s for the Masonic Home Initiation Fund and the George Washington Memorial Fund have been paid up 100 per eent. As a whole the reports of the year just closed show an all-around advance-eoming from the" red" to the "black' '-with evidences of further triumphs for the coming year. }'I'aternally submitted, RoBER.T C. DUFFIN, ChainnGln, R. L. BARGER., JEWELL E. WINDLE, CAESAR. WOLLMAN.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LODGES U. D.
The Grand Seeretary reported that the committee had no report to make. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOTELS
The Grand Secretary read the report of the committee, which was adopted and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, .L1.. F. go A. M. of Mi,ssouri: Brethren: The Committee on Transportation and Hotels report that their duties have been fully performed. Hespectfully submitted, WM. F. MILLER., Chairman. FINAL REPORT OF CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
The report of the Credentials. Committee was read by W. Bro. Walter A. \'Vebb, chairman, was adopted and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. go A. M. of Misso1(,ri: Your Committee on Credentials submits the following report: At thc prcsent session of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge there are represented 494 Subordinate Lodges and there are present:
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Grand Lodge Officers........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Past Grand Masters : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Grand Representatives District Deputy Grand Masters.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. District Lecturers Past 路Masters Worshipful Masters Senior Wardens Junior Wardens Chairmen of Committees Distinguished Visitors Actual attendance is: Past Masters W orsbipful Masters Senior Wardens Junior Wardens Total
109 18 15 8 49 18 375 463 95 60 26 6 375 463 95 60 993
Fraternally submitted, WALTER. A. WEBB, Chair1lUJ.,n, JACOB ABAECHERLI, FR.ED H. KuR.Z, JOliN F. BABER, GEO. A. McKEAN.
INVITATION TO KANSAS CITY
W. BR.o. VERNIE G. FISHER: M. W. Grand Master, in view of the fact that it is now ten years and will be eleven years by the time the Grand Lodge meets next year, since the Grand Lodge held an annual communicatio路n in Kansas City, and in view of the further fact that the 22nd Masonic District is anxious that the next session of the Grand Lodge be held in Kansas City, and particularly Ivanhoe Lodge in which the newly elected Most Worshipful Grand'Master was raised and is also a Past Master, desires, along with all the other Past Masters of that Lodge, that the Grand Lodge meet next year in Kansas City, I move that the Grand Lodge meet in Kansas City for its 1944 Annual Communication. The invitation was cordially accepted. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SERVICE AT TRAINING CAMPS ' To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. 4- A. M. of Missouri: Your Committee on Social Service at Training Camps submits the following report: . DUl'ing the past year the Masonic Service Association of the United States has maintained three Service centers in the state of Missouri, located at Rolla, Neosho and St. Louis. In addition, there has been made av.a.ilable, under the jurisdiction of the Service Association, and through the courtesy of Alhambra Grotto of St. Louis, recreational facilities for members of the Armed Forces and their families at the Alhambra Grotto Recreational Park, located near Newburg. We do not deem it necessary to describe in detail the character of
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scrvice rendered to men in the Armed Forces at these centers, since a detailed report of the nature and extent of such serviccs was made to the 1942 session of the Grand Lodge by a special committee on Social Service at Training Camps, appointed by Most Worshipful Brother Harris C. Johnston, Grand Master, which report appears in the 1942 proceedings beginning at page 66. For the purpose of this report, it is sufficient to state that recreational and rest facilities arc provided at each of these centers for members of the Armed Forces and their families, and that extensive personal services axe rendered by the field agents in charge of the centers to soldiers at nearby Army camps. Your committee finds that each of these centers is in charge of capable conscicntious and hardworking field agents, all of whom are Master Masons, that the services rendered to and contacts made with soldiers and sailors and their relatives, through the medium of these centers, meet a definite need, are performed in a most efficient manner, are appreciated by those served, and reflect great credit upon the Fraternity. Your committee feels that these centers are very much worth while and that Frcemasonry is making a distinct and valuable contribution to the war effort in maintaining them. The report of the Executive Commission of the Masonic Service Association of the United States for thc eleven months period from January 31 to December 31, 1942, reveals the following interesting information: During that period there were thirty-four Masonic Service centers .in operation in the United States, with a total cost of maintenance of $168,944.75. An attempt is made to keep a complete register of the names and addresses of all soldiers and sailors who visit the centers, but experience has shown that only about thirty-three per cent of those served at the centers actually register. During the eleven months' period above mentioned there was a registered attendance of 566,034 at the thirty-four Service centers; 54,934 registered as Master Masons; 9,362 of these did not register clearly enough to determine the state from which they came, and of those from whose registrations the addresses could be determined, 2,428 were from Missouri. Turning to the Service centers in Missouri: During the eleven-month period above referred to, there was an average weekly attendance of 480 at the Rolla center, and of 4,188 at the Neosho center, and 150 at St. Louis, which is strictly a contact center. Taking one month as an example of the extent to which the facilities at these centers are used by soldiers, during the month of March, 1943, 14,424 soldiers attended the Neosho center; 1,566 of these were Master Masons; 1,837 relatives of soldiers called at the center; there were 4,761 letters and 1,220 packages mailed, 84 rooms were secured for relatives of soldiers, 64 checks were cashed, and 163 hospital and路 field calls were made by the field agents. During the month of December, 1942 (Christmas month), 22,462 soldiers called at this center, 1,693 of them being Master Masons; 14,647 letters and 4,617 packages were mailed. The average monthly expense of maintaining the Rolla center is $811.32; the St. Louis center, $399.28, and the Neosho center, $824.72, making the total annual cost of maintaining all three centers approximately $24,500.00. The money used by the Masonic Service Association in establishing and maintaining these Service centers comes from contributions made by the various Grand Lodges of the United States. The money contributed by any particular Grand Lodge is not earmarked for use in that state, it being the policy of the Service Association to establish Service centers at places where there is a need for them and without regard to the amount of money contributed by the Grand Lodge of the state in which the centers are located. At the last meeting of this Grand Lodge there was appropriated $15,000.00 as our donation to this work
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for the past year, and a special assessment of 25 cents per member was levied for the purpose of meeting this appropriation. The Grand Lodges of some of the other jurisdictions have been more liberal in their' contributions. Your committee is advised that many of the Grand Lodges contribute to this fund on a basis of $1.00 per member, and that the Grand Lodge of Illinois makes a contribution of $2.00 per member. The number of Service centers which can be established and maintained by the Service Association is necessarily limited by tlie amount of funds which it receives from the various Grand Lodges. While your committee does not feel that the amount of our contribution should be measured by the amount of money which is spent in the maintenance of Service centers in our state, we do feel and recommend that the contribution of this Grand Lodge to the Masonic Service Association be substantially increased for the coming yea.r. The Grand Master referred to this committee requests which had been made by Masons at Newburg and Jefferson City for the establishment of Masonic Service centers at those two places, and directed your Committee to make an investigation as to the need of establishing such Service centers and report to him. The procedure followed by the Masonic Service Association in establishing new Service centers is as follows: The establishment of a Service center will not be considered unless requested by the Grand Master of the jurisdiction in which the proposed center is located. The Service Association then makes a survey for the purpose of determining if there is a need for such center; if the decision, based on the survey, is in favor of establishing the center, the Service Asso~iation must then secure the permission of the President 's War Relief Control Board before the Service center can be established. Investigation disclosed that, due to the fact that Newburg is the junction of the Government-owned railway branch .which services Fort Leonard Wood and the Frisco Railroad, and that" several hundred soldiers are in Newburg each day, and between 350 and 400 on week ends; that there are at present no recreational or servic~ facilities of any kind for soldiers at Newburg. Investigation also disclosed that there are between 400 and 500 soldiers and sailors in Jefferson City over each week end, the sailors coming from nearby Columbia, where they are attending Diescl engine school at the University, and the soldiers from Fort Leonard Wood. There is a civic Service center maintained by public subscription at Jefferson City, but practically all of the space in the building occupied .by same is utilized with cots to provide sleeping quarters for soldiers, and there is no service rendered which is comparable to that rendered at Masonic Service centers. There is space available in the Masonic Temple at Jefferson City, and a room can be rented at Newburg at a small monthly rental for use as Service centers. The cost of maintaining centers at these two points would be considerably less than at either Rolla or Neosho, since it would be nece~sary to have only one field agent on duty, and the Masons located at each place state that they are willing to cooperate fully in rendering voluntary service at such centers if they are established. Since your committee believes that there is a distinct need for Service centers at each of these points, we have recommended to the Grand Master that he request the Masonic Service Association to establish centers at those places. Respectfully submitted, HARRY S. TRUMAN, HARRIS C. JOHNSTON, JAMES W. SKELLY, CARL G. Ross, A. W. CULKIN, RAY BOND.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
W. Bro. George-W. Marquis read the report of the Vvays and Means Committee and the same was adopted, section by section and as a whole. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. go A. M. of Missouri: Your Committee on Ways and Means has given 'very careful consideration to that portion of the address of the Grand Master dealing with the welfare work being done by the National Masonic Service Association through its Service centers for the benefit of men in the Armed Forces and unanimously concur in his recommendation that this Grand Lodge appropriate the sum of $30,000.00 to that purpose which is to be 'paid in quarterly installments. Should this recommendation be adopted, we recommend that the Grand Secretary be directed to immediately notify the National Masonic Service Association of this action. We also concur in his recommendation that an assessment of 40 cents per capita be levied for the purpose of financing this program, and request the Committee on Jurisprudence to present the proper resolution. 'We recommend that the Grand Treasurer be instructed to invest for the permanent fund the sum of $15,000.00 in War Bonds of the Third Victory Loan, Series 1964-69 at 2% per cent and accrued interest. We recommend that resolutions one and two, as they appear on page 101 of the 1941 Proceedings affecting the Welfare Committee, be adopted.
RESOLUTIONS The following Resolutions were offered by Dr. T. W. Cotton, and were referred to the C<?mmittee on Ways and Means. 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 the 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. GEORGE W. WALKER, COTTON.
T. W. 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 five thousand dollars. . GEORGE W. WALKER, THOMAS H. REYNOLDS, T. W. COTTON.
Resolution I-Masonic Home to appropriate 3 per cent of dues for relief outside Home. Resolution 2-Ways and Means Committee, with consent of Grand Master, not to exceed $5,000.00 from General Fund to Welfare Committee.
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We recommend the following specific appropriations: Printing Proceedings $ 1,600.00 1,000.00 Salary, Grand Master . 1,500.00 Expenses, Grand 1I1;aster . 1,800.00 Maintenance, Grand Lodge Office . 300.00 Expenses, Grand Lodge Officers (Order Grand Master) : .. 5,000.00 Salary, Grand Secretary . 4,200.00 Salary, Grand IJecturer . 1,500.00 Expenses, Grand Lecturer . 100.00 Ritual Committee Expense . 3,120.00 Office Help (Grand Lodge Office) . 2,500.00 Printing, Postage and Stationery . 750.00 District Lecturers' and District Deputies' Conferences . 1,200.00 Grand Lecturer Emeritus . 500.00 Salary Grand 'l'reasurer . 500.00 Grand Correspondent . 288.97 Masonic Relief Assn. U. S. and Canada . 175.00 Past Grand Master 's Jewel . 225.00 Telephone, Jefferson 4877 . 300.00 Bonds, Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer . 75.00 Reporter, Grand Lodge Session . 750.00 Expenses: Grand Lodge Session . 750.00 Contingent: Grand Lodge Expense Fund ". 150.00 Perkins Audit Company . Expenses: George Washington Memorial and Grand Masters' 300.00 Conferences . Grand Lodge Officers' Conference . 300.00 National Masonic Service Assn. for Mili.tary Camp Activities 30,000.00 Pay Roll Masonic Home Board Per Capita
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$ 58,883.97 15,256.00 130,687.27
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $204,827.24 Fraternally submitted, GEORGE C. MARQUIS, Chairman, R. A. BREUER., C. A. TOLIN, EDMUND E. MoItRls. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE
M. W. Brother Byrne E. Bigger, chairman, read the report of the committee which was adopted section by section and finally as a whole. To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. f A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Jurisprudence submits the following report: The following matters have been referred to this Committee from the Grand Master's Address and we report thereon as follows: I DISPENSATIONS
The several dispensations issued and refused by the Grand Master we :find to be matters within the discretion of the Grand Master and all appear to be regular and they are hereby approved.
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II LEMAY LODGE
The Grand Master granted a dispensation to Lemay Lodge U. D., subsequently revoked the dispensation and declined the "'application of some of the members for another dispensation. These matters are in the province of the Grand Master and within his discretion and we approve the action of the Grand Master in revoking the dispensation and his refusal to grant another dispensation.
III VICTOR HOLM MATTER
We approve the action of the Grand Master in accepting a conveyance from the trustees of the District Council of the Masonic Service Associ- ' ation of the 33rd and 57th Masonic Districts to said statue with the express conditon that said statue be permitted to remain in the Masonic Temple at St. Louis, Missouri, so long as the same is used as a Masonic Temple. We also approve the action of the Grand Master in receiving from the Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis an easement to maintain said statue in said Masonic Temple, the Grand Lodge agreeing to keep said statue in good repair. We also recommend the acceptance of all of said documents and heartily approve all of the acts and recommendations of the Grand Master c<1nnected with this matter.
IV MERIDIAN
I . oDGF; No. 2
The several questions presented in the unfortunate experience in Meridian Lodge No.2 having been referred to this Committee (except the charge against the Worshipful Master), we approve the action and decision of the Grand Master in all matters reported by him concerning said controversy. V PETITION FOR CERTIFICATE OF GOOD STANDING
Brother James Bascom Tippit, formerly a member of Reeds Spring Lodge No. 280, now extinct, has petitioned for a Certificate of Good Standing. As the Brother was suspended for nonpayment of dues prior to the surrendering of the charter, there is no other body authorized to grant a Certificate of Good Standing except the Grand Lodge. And as there is no information available as to the amount of the indebtedness at the time of suspension, we recommend that the action of the Grand Master be approved, and that the Grand Secretary issue a Certificate of Good Standing.
VI
THE ESTATE OF HARRY PEET BROWN
By the will of Harry Peet Brown, one-half of the estate was bequeathed to the Grand Lodge for the use and benefit of the Masonic Home, onefourth to the Shriners Crippled Children's Hospital and one-fourth to the trustees of Mizpah Lodge. There is a piece of real estate in the city of St. Louis which all the beneficiaries desire to sell and have sold, but the deed from the Grand Lodge and the Masonic Home has not been executed. The title company insists on a warranty deed from the Grand Lodge andthe Masonic Home. As the Grand Lodge is only a trustee at the most, we recommend that the present Grand Master, or his successor in office, and such other Grand Lodge officers as may be necessary to execute a
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deed, join in a deed in its fiduciary capacity so as to convey to the purchaser all the right, title and interest of the- Grand Lodge in and to said real estate. And that said officers on behalf of said Grand Lodge in its fiduciary capacity under said will cause to be sealed and delivered any and all instruments and take all other action necessary, convenient or proper to carry into effect each of said transactions.
VII DECISIONS
The Grand Master's decisions have been carefully reviewed by the Committee and we recommend that each and all of said decisions, with the exception of numbers 15, 21 and 35, be and they are hereby-approved. Decision No. 15 is the case where a Brother was suspended for nonpayment of dues and is reinstated on payment of one-half of .the amount of dues owed by him at the time of his suspension. There are only two ways for him to be reinstated so far as his dues are concerned, either by payment or by remission of all or a part thereof. As he only paid one-half we may assume that the lodge remitted the other half, but unless the other half was remitted, under proper action, as required by the By-laws of the Grand Lodge, the lodge would have no right to receive his petition for reinstatement. No. 21. Is a decision on conferring degrees by interstate visitations. We approve the decision, but suggest that the words "Provided it does not violate the laws of the Grand Lodge of Kansas" should be added at the end of the Grand Master's decision. No. 35. This decision is on the question of settlng a case for trial, which had been previously continued. We approve the decision but suggest that the words' 'the accused must be notified of the resetting of said trial," should be added at the end of the decision. VIII AMENDMENTS
On page 97 of the 1942 Grand Lodge Proceedings shows an amendment to be known as Section 194a. This is an amendment that would permit residents of other states to join Missouri Lodges or Missouri residents to join lodges of other Grand Jurisdictions. This amendment was offered and considered in 1940, 1941 and 1942. The Committee is of the opinion that the adoption of the Amendment would cause more. difficulty than the benefits derived. We therefore recommend that the Amendment should not be adopted. As a companion section to the one referred to above was the Amendment to repeal Section 166a, adopted in 1931. In view of the rejection of the above Amendment, we recommend that the Amendment to repeal Section 166a be not adopted. -
IX Last year the Grand Master recommended certain procedure to raise funds for war work and pursuant to his recommendation, the committee proposed the -Amendment found on page 97 of the Proceedings of 1942 to amend Section 74 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws to raise the per capita from $2.10 to $2.35. At the same time a resolution assessing a Special Assessment of 25 cents per capita was offered and adopted. This year the Grand Master has recommended, in his address, that a
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Special Assessment of 40 cents per capita be levied and assessed and that the pending Amendment to Section 74 be continued to the next Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. This recommendation of the Grand Master has been considered by the Ways and Means Committee of the Grand Lodge and has been approved by the Ways and Means Committee. Therefore, your Committee recommends that the proposed Amendment to said Section 74 be and the same is hereby continued to the next Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. We also have considered the resolution as offered by the Grand Master and approved by the Ways and Means Committee in words and figures as follows to-wit: "Resolved that a Special Assessment of forty cents be and is levied and shall be collected from each member of the l"raternity under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge, as of June 30, 1944; except those whose dues have been remitted for inability to pay, and that the same be collected by the secretaries of the respective lodges and remitted to the Grand Secretary at the same time and in the same manner as the regular annual dues in June, 1944, and that a separate statement of the same be made in the Annual Report of the Lodges setting out the amount collected and remitted and the amount delinquent, if any. The pro(~eeds of said Special Assessment shall be applied to (a) reimbursement of the general funds of the Grand Lodge for any amounts paid from said general funds upon the apprqpriatiGn made at this Communication to The Masonic Service Association of the United Sta.tes for military camp activities, (h) payment of tha,t part of said appropriation which shall not have been paid from said general funds of the Grand Lodge until said part of said appropriation shall have been paid in full and (c) deposit of any of said proceeds not disposed of under (a) and (b) of this sentence into a special fund set apart for Masonic War Work to await future appropriation by the Grand Lodge." We recommend that the above resolution be adopted.
X On page 98 of the Proceedings of ]942 is an Amendment offered to provide for the issuance of certificates of proficiency in the proficiency or candidates lectures. Your Committee believes that this should be appended to Section 27N of the Grand Lodge By-laws as amended in 1933, and we have rewritten the Amendment and offer it as a substitute for the pending Amendment to be added to said section as follows: "The Committee on Ritual is authorized to provide for authorized instructors in proficiency or candidates lectures under such rules and regulations as it may promulgate. The Grand Secretary is directed to issue to such brethren as arc so designated by said committee appropriate certificates as to their proficiency, such certificates to be for a term of three years unless sooner revoked by the Committee on Ritual. A record of such certificates shall be kept in the office of the Grand Secretary." Respectfully submitted, , BYRNE E. BIGGER, ChairnWJn, RICHARD O. RUMER-, C. LEW GALLANT, HAROLD M. JAYNE, RALPH V. WILSON,
R.
JASPER SMITH,
SAM WILCOX.
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or THE COMMITTEE
ON APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES
Brother Orestes Mitchell, Jr., read this report, which was adopted section by section, and as a whole: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. if Lt. M; of Missouri: Brethren: In the matter of the ruling of the Grand Master with reference to charges preferred against the present Worshipful Master of Meridian Lodge No.2, A. F. & A. M. of St. Louis, Missouri. By rea"lon of the approval of this Grand Lodge of the report of the Committee on the Grand Master's Address, the above matter was referred to this committee. After due consideration the committee is of the opinion that the Grand Master in his action in this matter was exercising a discretion invested in him by this Grand Lodge and in our opinion the Grand Master did not abuse that discretion nor exceed his authority in any particular, and we therefore approve his action in dismissing the charges. HARRY BAUM, ORSON H. SWEARINGEN, JOHN C. ROBERTSON, IN THE MA'I'TER OF WESTVILLE LODGE
E. P. WALSH, Chairman, CHAS. W. GREEN, P. E. ECKARDT,. ORESTES MITCHELL, Ja.
No. 202
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R. C.
THOMPSON
On November 21, 1942, charges of un-Masonic and immoral conduct with a five-year-old granddaughter of a Master Mason in good standing of said lodge ":.as by the Junior Warden preferred against the accused. In due time, and after proper notice, a trial was had. The accused appeared in his own behalf and on the fourteenth day of December, 1942, the jury returned a verdict of guilty and assessed the penalty of expulsion from all the rights and privileges of Freemasonry. In due time the accused gave notice of appeal but failed to prepare and submit to the accuser a statement of the substantive facts as provided in Section 265 of the trial code. . Although duly notified by the chairman of this committee of the time and place of the hearing of the appeal, the accused failed to appear before this committee, neither was he represented by counsel. The lodge was represented by the Worshipful Master and by the Right Worshipful District Deputy Grand Master of the 19th Masonic District, who has jurisdiction of the Westville Lodge. The Worshipful Master of said Lodge filed in writing with this committee a motion to dIsmiss the appeal for the reason that the accused failed to prepare and submit to the accuser a statement of the substantive facts, as provided in the above referred to Section 265. The committee believes the charges agaiilllt the accused state a Masonic offense; that the trial committee and the lodge had jurisdiction over the accused and the subject matter; that we must assume that the evidence produced at the trial -was such as to sustain the verdict of guilty. We; thel'efore, recommend that the appeal be dismissed and that the judgment in the case remain undisturbed. JOHN C. ROBERTSON, ORESTES MITCHELL, JR., ORSON H. SWEARINGEN,
INTRODUCTION
or
EDWARD P. WALSH, HARRY BAUM, P. E. ECKARDT, CHAS. W. GREEN.
Chainnan,
HON. SAM WILCOX, GRAND ORATOR
'rITE GRAND MASTER: Gentlemen, I recognize at this time and ask two or three of the Brethren there, Brother Marquis and Brother
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Denslow, will you kindly escort Worshipful Brother Sam Wilcox to the microphone. Brethren, the Grand Lodge has two Grand Orators, one of them, Mr. Wilson Bell, of Potosi, who is now the State Treasurer of the state of Missouri. Brother Bell was unable to be here today because of the fact that duties relating to the National Conference of State Auditors and State Treasurers, to be held in our own state at Excelsior Springs, prevent him from attending here. We therefore shall not have the pleasure of an address from him. We do, however, have with us myoid friend and classmate of the University of Missouri, one upon whom I can with confidence rely, and he has promised to deliver to us a short address this afternoon. I take pleasure in presenting to you the Grand Qrator of the Grand Lodge of the State of Missouri, Honorable Sam Wilcox, of St. Joseph, Missouri. ADDRESS OF GRAND ORATOR In the stress and strife of today when all is tense and unsettled, one naturally centers his thoughts upon his country and is engrossed in patriotic fervor. The average American citizen is by nature emotional and when his country is involved, this emotion almost reaches the point of being sentimental. He loves to dwell upon his country's past, to consider its present and to ~peculate upon its future. He looks ba.ck upon the glorious history of his country and his heart throbs with emotion when he contemplates the heroic deeds and lives of many who have gone before. He loves to think that his ancestors came to America in the Mayflower and landed at Plymouth Rock, that shrine dear to the hearts of each of us. He visualizes the landing of these sturdy forefathers and repeats with the poet: . "The breaking waves dashed high on a stern and rockbound coast, And the woods against the stormy sky, their giant branches tossed; The heavy night hung dark the hills and waters 0 'er When a band of exiles moored their bark on the wild New ~ng颅 land Shore." How truly patriotic he is when he hears the strains of the Star Spangled BOInner or the notes of martial music. He likes to remember that memorable Fourth of July, 1776, when in the old State House in the City of Philadelphia were gathered half a hundred men to strike from their limbs the shackels of British despotism. He dwells upon the memory of those prese~t, many of whom were members of our Masonic Order-such names as John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Richard Henry Lee, and others of the fifty-six signers come vividly to his mind. While America makes no claim, as do some of the nations of the world, to being a superior race, yet its achievements and its great men have caused the eyes of the world to be focused upon it. Perhaps the reason路 for its phenomenal development has been its diversity of culture. Its citizens coming originally from many countries were brought together with their varied ideas and by a happy combination and utilization of the best of these, a united and highly efficient civilization was de-路 veloped.
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Americans are noted for their individual initiative, that where necessity demands, ability will create. 'l'his is illustrated by the forty men stranded on an island whose only means of livelihood was catching fish, for which they had only the equipment for taking enough to feed thirty a day. They were met with the alternative of ten starving; eating less fish, or catching more food. Here their initiative entered and they devised means by which to catch more fish so that none of the forty would perish. Our countrymen as a group have measured well and progressed favorably and in many instances outstripped those of other nations. In the ann'als of history we find some who seemingly in the public eye tower above the great mass. We all love to think of our great statesman, farmer, engineer, general, president and Mason, George Washington, who typifies every attribute of the truly great American. Not only do we, but the people of other nations of the world, look upon him as a great, outstanding character. A citizen of another nation paid to Washington a tribute which voices the sentiment of each of us, and coming from. one not our own, it dispels the idea that we hold him in such reverence merely because he WM one of our American citizens. He expresses his opinion of Washington in these words: . "It matters very little what immediate place may have been the birthplace of such a man as Washington. No people can claim, no country can appropriate him: the boon of Providence to the human race, his fame is eternity, his residence creation. In the production of Washington it does really appear as if nature was endeavoring to improve upon herself, and that all the virtues of the ancient world were but so many studies preparatory to the patriot of the new. "Individual instances, no doubt, there were; splendid exem'plifications of some single qualification-Caesar was merciful, Scipio was continent, Hannibal was patient-but it was reserved for Washington to blend them all in one, and, like the lovely masterpiece of the Grecian artist, to exhibit in one glow of associated beauty. the pride of every model and, the perfection of every master. "As a general, he marshaled the peasant into a veteran and supplied by discipline the absence of experience. As a statesman, he enlarged the policy of the cabinet into the most comprehensive system of general advantage; and such was the wisdom of his views and the philosophy of his counsel that to the soldier and the statesman he almost added the character of the sage. "A conqueror, he was untainted with the crime of blood; a revolutionist, he was free from any stain of treason; for aggression commenced the contest and a country called him to the command; liberty unsheathed his sword, necessity stained, victory returned it. If he had paused here, history might doubt what station to assign him, whether to the head of her citizens or her soldiers, her heroes or her patriots. But the last glorious act crowned his career and banishes hesitation. Who like Washington, after having emancipated a hemisphere refused the crown and preferred the retirement of domestic life to the adoration of a land h~ might be almost said to have created. ' "Immortal man! He took from the battle its crime, and from the conquest its chains. To the victorious he left the glory of his self-denial, upon the vanquished he turned only the retribution of his mercy. The lightnings of Heaven yielded to his philosophy! The temptations of the earth could not seduce his patriotism!
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" 'How shall we rank thee upon Glory's page ~ Thou more than soldier and just less than sage. All thou hast been reflects less fame on thee Far less than all thou hast forborne to be.' " Our history is replete with names of other great men such as Chief Justice John Marshall, Patrick Henry, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, U. S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow 'Vilson and hundreds of others whose names will remain as long as the history of our country survives as representing those great ideals which have made our country great. . We love to dwell upon the memory of the Great Martyred Emancipator, quiet and unassuming almost to the point of reticence, yet with that great personality and tender sympathy which we all so truly admire. Among the many noble deeds performed by him, and compassionate words uttered by him, perhaps we see and hear him in his truest light as we think of him standing with bowed head upon the battlefield of Gettysburg uttering words fitting today and with low and solemn tones say: "Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now, we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and. so dedicated, can long endure. 'Ve are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in' a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can nev.er forget what they did here. It is for us, the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion j that we here highly resolve _that these dead shall not have died in vain j that this nation under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth." But the past has gone and now we are confronted with a different mode of life. Today, our attention is called from the plea..~ant paths of progress and peace to that of war and destruction. We are producing in order that we may destroy; we are devoting our energies, our utilities and our means to the sole purpose of wreaking death and destruetion upon those who would destroy us. In money alone, it has been estimated that this war will cost at least a trillion dollars. We can imagine a thousand dollars, but when we contemplate that it requires a thousa.nd thousand to make a million j a thousand million to make a billion and a thousand billion to make a trillion, then it is far beyond our power to comprehend the enormous amount of money that will be spent on this conflict. Oh! that it could be given and used for peaceful and educational pursuits among the nations of the world! Charles Sumner said: , 'Give me the money that has been spent in war and I w~ll clothe every man, woman and child in an attire of which kings and queens would be proud; I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth;. I
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will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to the Gospel of Peace." Already one hundred thousand of oui hravest and best have been lost to us in this conflict. Our men 'and women on the battlefront are sacrificing their homes, their safety and their lives; our workmen in the shops are toiling overtime producing war equipment and munitions; our farmers are spending long hours raising food for our armies and our n~vies, and for home consumption as well as to help relieve the starvation and suffering brought about by aggressor nations. We have in the present only one thought in mind, one life to live, one American Way to operate-and that is to devote every ounce of energy, every moment of time and every dollar of money which we possess to the successful prosecution of this war. We can now feel with some degree of assurance upon entering upon the fifth year of this conflict, that there is a ray of hope for Victory which we trust and pray will result in a permanent and just peace. Much more is to be done, greater sacrifices are yet ahead, but let us as true Americans follow the example of our forefathers, being not daunted by any obstacle which may arise, but going forth in confidence, willing to make whatever sacrifice is necessary to bring about this much desired, successful termination of the war. But what of the future f Our world can never be the same again. Homes will be broken up; countries all over the world will be ruined; property of' untold value destroyed, unnumbered men and women killed and wounded, so that we, as Americans, cannot hope, at least for generations to come, to resume normal, peaceful lives. Some tim'e-we hope it will not be long--our boys-some of them-will return to their homes, and, what kind of a country, what kind of a government, what kind of a home in our national life will they find awaiting them ~ No hard and fast plan for the future of the world can be written by any man on paper or drawn on blueprint. Whatever is to be the future, must be determined by the spirit and the determination of the people. We know that if an enduring peace is to be had, certain great fundamental principles must" be developed and encouraged. Each individua.1 and each group of individuals, must learn to understand the thoughts, the aspirations and the ideals of other individuals and groups. We_must determine what aims and objectives are common to us all, and wherever we find a common objective, a common purpose, a common interest, we must work together for the accomplishment of路 that objective. If America is to survive as a great leader of the nations of the world, she must also as a nation have certain understandings. One region or group of men must uilderstand and appreciate the conditions under which other regions live and operate and must have a just and proper consideration for their rights and their purposes. America must be one of a great group of nations joined together for the preservation of peace and justice. You may term it League of Nations or any other name you desire, but it must be a cooperative effort with sufficient military power to sec that no nation or group of nations shall ever again be permitted to so prepare themselves that they can bring threatened death a.nd destruction to all the other peoples of the world. It is not enough, at least at this time, to say that brotherly love ,yill prevail and that armies and navies will no longer be necessa.ry, because this requires cooperation from both parties and until that Utopia has arrived which may be generations far removed, it will be necessary to control a bandit nation the same as we control an individual law breaker. Ameriea must, therefore, shed her aloofness from foreign affairs, for with the experience we have had in the last few years, we know that America is no longer secure by virtue of its distance from other countries or by reason of its being surrounded by the mighty oceans. Distance is
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no longer measured in miles or thousands of miles; it is now measured in hours and minutes and that time will be shortened as future developments in aviation and transportation are made. There must be carried on within and without the United States, an educa.tional program, embodying the Democratic Way of Life. We must spread Democracy at home and abroad by example, by proving that it ca.n and will operate successfully and that it is the only real and satisfactory government for any nation. We must learn that we can no longer live for self alone j that while we secure certain rights and privileges, there goes with the~ certain duties and responsibilities to others. We cannot hope to live for the sole purpos.e of earning and gaining for ourselves but we must be willing to give and to share where duty and necessity require. But above all and beyond all, is the element which we must come more and more to recognize in our national as well as individual lives. We must recognize that beyond the state, lies humanity; and beyond humanity lies Divinity. The sooner we learn to appreciate and recognize the Divine and Guiding Hand of Providence, the sooner will come that peace and that happiness which we all so earnestly look forward to. If America will take its just place in this spirit, and be not led astray into paths of avarice and greed, it can certainly be looked upon in the future as in the past, as the leader of nations and the friend of mankind. When, in the course of time, this condition shall materialize, then we may hopefully look forward to a world with less strife, less war, less of hate and destruction than that of which we have yet dreamed. Perhaps in the distant future, we may have a new pledge of allegiance, a pledge of allegiance not only to the flag of our country but a pledge of allegiance to the peoples and nations of the entire world, so that we may be able to say, "One world indivisible with Liberty and J.ustice for all"; when the stripes of our own flag will-mean more than the original thirteen colonies and the stars will not be limited to our forty-eight states, but the principles embodied in that flag will be looked upon as the principles, the aiIllil, and the accomplishments of all of the peoples of the world. If, and when, that time shall come, methinks I can hear a new tribute given to our American flag which will portray the United States as ana路 tion which the peoples of the world can trust, respect and love, and that tribute will be this:, 'I give you today a tribute to the flag of our country-the flag that has set the whole world free. , 'I give you this flag with all its history. The flag of the first republic on earth to make the people superior to the state and to declare'that all men are free and equal under the law. The first flag to cleanse its folds from the dark stain of human slavery in the blood of its heroes. The first flag to sail the seas, free and unmolested. The first flag to go journeying . forth, across the broad prairies beyond the Mississippi; to ripple forth in all its glory from the lofty snow-clad peaks of the Rockies and to blazon in the sunshine of the great Northwest along the trail of Fremont and Clark. The first flag to float over enfranchised Cuba and Hawaii, redeemed. The first flag to greet the silent dawn in the vast, interminable wastes of the North Pole. "I give you this flag, with all its symbols. Its red, as of the blood of heroes, living and dead, who have loved it and defended it. Its blue, as of the sheen of the restless seas, that encompass and protect it. Its white, as of the clear day; the union of all of the colors of the spectrum j the peaks of her transcendent mountains and the- drifting snows of her prairie wastes-Aye I white clear through. The flag that reached into the heavens; plucked the field of azure and the stars for symbols and then set the American eagle above it, to watch, with tireless and searching eye, that not a star be dimmed or desecrated.
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"I givc you this flag, with all its hopes and prayers; its faith and purpose. The bright flag; the che路crful flag; the undying, the courageous and the merciful flag. The flag, that rose triumphant from the sea, where the' Lusitania' went down. The flag that flung its protecting folds over the widowed, the fatherless, and the homeless in stricken Belgium. The flag that would not yield a single foot on field of battle, but ever advanced. The flag that has limned the face of the pitying Christ, triumphant yet sorrowful in the work of mercy where the wounded 'and the dying lay in long rows amid the gathering shadows of the night. The flag that the little children of the world love and do not fear. The flag that spells a new-found liberty to the oppressed of all lands. The flag that has never touched the ground or been set beneath the feet of tyrant Hun or treacherous Jap. "I give, Americans, the world over-our flag: The flag of a free people. The flag of an undying union of sovereign states joined together in the yet greater s~vereignty of a nation. I give you this flag, with its history, its achievement, its ideals I THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." .
THE GRAND MASTER: Brother Wilcox, before you step aside, I believe it is of high importance that the record of this Grand Lodge record in words a mention of the rapt attention with which this remarkable and eloquent oration has been received by our Brethren. It has been the privilege of many of us to attend this Grand Lodge many years. To my mind the oration delivered by Brother Wilcox constitutes not only one of the highest inspirations, but one of the' greatest compliments which has ever been received within my memory by this .body, for it represents preparation, work, thought. I should like to have the record show, if you please, not only the mention of the rapt attention, but the interesting fact for future generations, that the speaker who has just left the platform, Judge Samuel Wilcox, delivered his entire oration without reference to one single, solitary note. Let's give him a fine hand. (Applause.) INTRODUCTION OF R. W. BROTHER WALTER A. PIDPPS
THE GRAND MASTER: Brethren, we have this afternoon a little while for the great privilege of hearing from some of our distinguished guests. There is one of them here who doesn't know he is going to be called upon; he has not been introduced here yet, he doesn't know at this instant to whom I am referring. I don't know how he is going to like it. He may not think I have given him fair warning, but I am going to ask the Right Worshipful Senior Grand Warden, please, to turn about and rise and turn around and step up two steps and bring the second gentleman who sits upon the right, my right, to the east.(Brother Phipps was escorted to the East.) Brethren, away back in 1909, thirty-four years ago, I walked into a little bit of a probate courtroom down in Neosho. They didn't have the beautiful courthouse they have there now, it was an old-fashioned little courthouse and there, delightfully courteous to myself, a young fellow, a stranger, was a middle-aged man. His courtesy and kind-
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.ness to me will never be forgotten, and he is here. I don't know the statistics of it, but he is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, in point of service-I believe he is oldest, isn't he, in point of service of the District Deputy Grand Masters of our state ~ And this meeting would not be at all complete to me if I did not have the pleasure of presenting here myoId, true and tried friend, Judge Phipps, of Neosho, Missouri. I want him to say just one or two words to us. . BROTHER PHIPPS: Brethren, one or two words are easily spoken if you know what they are, but this thing has taken me by surprise and has knocked the wind out of me, and I don't know which way to look and which way to turn or what to say. All I can say is that since 1902 I have been working for the Grand Lodge of the State of Missouri as District Deputy Lecturer and as District Deputy Grand Master. How well I have done my duty, that is for you to say. I have done just what I thought ought to be done and what was the right thing to do at the right time and in the right place, and in a crowd of great big fellows like your governor that is sitting around here, I have served all of them, I think about thirty-five of them, and they have never kicked me out, I am still here and glad of it. My feet are not as quick as they used to be, and I am just as lazy as I used to be and very much like I used to be when I first met our Worthy Governor, the best governor Missouri has had since I came into the state. INTRODUCTION OF M. W. BRO. C. C. HUNT
THE GRAND MASTER: Brethren, we have with us, I hope they are still here, two of our good friends from the state next north of us. Brother Skelly visited the Grand Lodge of Iowa recently and was entertained most courteously and cordially, and we have two representatives here this afternoon. One of them has been with us many years. I am going to present them both for a brief word of greeting from the State of Iowa. The first is Past Grand Master and present Grand Secretary, Brother Charles C. Hunt. BROTHER HUNT: Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren: You don't want any extended remarks, and the greetings from Iowa will be extended by our own Grand Master, who is here. There is one thought that has come to me in connection with the present crisis, the world crisis, the war, as we call it, and that is something that we have need as a nation to have realized, namely, the fact that it is a world war, it is an utter war. It is not simply the men on the battlefield, but everyone has a duty to perform. In this war it"isn't only men and resources to an extent that has never been the case before. And several路 times it has come to my'attention that brethren or men, I should say, some of them were brethren, who wanted to get into the war, were refused because of the fact that their skill was such that it was needed in some other capacity, and only recently a. case came to my attention in which the community called that man a slacker because he
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wasn't enlisting, although he had a widowed mother to support and a farm to manage, no one to take care of the farm, and he thought he would enlist; his older brother had already enlisted, and when the word came to them they were depressed, they couldn't do their -duty on the battlefield as they should, thinking 0'£ their aged mother, but that is not the only case. The point I want to make now is what you men can do to mold the sentiments in your own community. 1£ you find that conditions are such that some of those men with whom you associate are needed there at. home more than they are in the Army, don't make them feel that they are not doing their duty b~cause they don't enlist. One case came to my attention where the board absolutely refused to take a man because he was needed in another capacity, and he wanted to go. His associates didn't know that. Investigate the conditions. This is not only a world war, but it is an utter war in which every resource that we have should be enlisted in promoting it. It may be we do not know the circumstances under which some men have not enlisted. The men on the battlefield are doing their duty, and we are trying to do all we can for them, but don't forget the men that want to do that, the men that want to do something of that kind, and if they think they can't do it unless they are on the battlefield, unless they· are in the Army, encourage them to do the work they can do and the work that is needed in this war and which they only can do. THE GRAND MASTER: Thank you, Brother Hunt. Brethren, we have also with us the present Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the State of Iowa. He has complimented us by coming, and I take pleasure in presenting at this time Most Morshipful Brother Clifford D. J ory, Grand M'astcr of Iowa. THE GRAND MASTER OF IOWA
M. W. BRO. JORY: Most 'Worshipful Sir and Brethren: I have been sitting back here patiently because I caine to St. Louis today for one purpose and one purpose only. Two years ago I had the pleasure of visiting your Grand Lodge as a member of a special committee from the Grand Lodge of Iowa, investigating the matter of welfare work among the soldiers. There were two of us that were unfortunate in that committee, one was introduced as Past Grand Treasurer and I was introduced as the Senior Grand Warden, and we have talked the matter over ever since about the audible murmur that went around the Grand Lodge of Missouri, wondering what happened to us. The treasurer said everybody looked at him as though he had been an embezzler. Down here you don't have such a thing as a Past Grand Treasurer. As I understand, they are all dead. Up there we only elect them for a year. The people didn't know what happened to me that I had only gotten as far as the West and apparently had stopped. I wanted to be here to show you that I eventually made it. I am very happy to bring greetings to our mother Grand Lodge from sixty-seven
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thousand Masons of Iowa. We are one hundred years old this year. We 'expect to have a big party next June celebrating the fact that we have eventually finally reached our majority. We trust that the folks from home will be up to help us celebrate and they will approve and accept our labors.
DR. G. O. HANNA THE GRAND MASTER: Brethren, I hope that the next gentleman that I have in mind is with us; I do not see him, but I am sure that if he is here he will respond. That is the gentleman who is coming now, the Grand Master of Masons in the far off state of Wyoming. Will one or two of you Brethren kindly escort Most Worshipful Brother Dr. George O. Hanna, of Wyoming, who will now address us from his state. BRO'l'HER HANNA: 'Vorshipful Grand Master and Brethren: It is said that a group of people were inspecting the Carnegie Library. One of the brethren was speaking about this great philanthropist. He said he landed in this country as an immigrant with twenty-five ce~ts in his pocket. He had given hundreds of these libraries and when he p'assed away he left an estate valued at better than twenty-five million dollars. There was an old Connecticut Yankee in the bunch, who said, "He must have had a mighty saving woman." I am going to save you time and just talk a few minutes. A good many years ago when I was started in the line of the Grand Lodge in Wyoming I said if ever I got to be Grand Master I should visit the Grand Lodge of Missouri. The first thing I remember about Masonry before I started to school was when my father went in as Master of Clearmont Lodge No. 507. The first Grand Master I remember was one of your Past Grand Masters who has' been gone these many years, J. D. Thomas, Josh Thomas, with the long beard that I knew for many years. When I reached my majority, then I sent in a petition to that same Clearmont Lodge. THE GRAND MASTER: What year was that' BROTHER HANNA: 1906. THE GRAND MASTER: At Clearmont, Missouri ~ BROTHER HANNA: Yes, No. 507. Then in 1907 I demitted to Valley Lodge No. 413 and was elected 'Master in 1909, so you see I have quite a Masonic interest in the state of Missouri. Our annual meeting will be in Sheridan in August of next year. I expect I am the youngest Grand Master, I am only a month old. I would like to have you, and you, and you come out. Brethren, I have enjoyed it immensely. I thank you for all the courtesies, and to tell you how much I like it I will tell you one more story. A young farmer boy and his girl, who lived several miles from the county seat went down to a celebration. There was quite a tunnel and this boy was very backward, and they started through the tunnel. A youn:g commercial man across
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the aisle thought he would have some fun. When they got through the tunnel this boy said, "Mary, this tunnel cost two million dollars." She straightened her hair, fixed her hat and said, "John', I believe you bought it." THE GRAND MASTER: Brethren, I had a reason for asking Doctor Hanna the year in which he had reached a certain Masonic achievement in Clearmont. That reason was because of the fact that Clearmont happens to be in the same county in which I was born, so let's shake hands on it right here and now. Now, Brethren, we have also with us the Grand Master of the state of Nebraska. I am going to call upon him at this time. Most Worshipful Brother Wanner, Grand Master. THE GRAND MASTER OF
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M. W. BRO. WANNER: Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren: I hesitate very much to intrude any remarks that I might have to make into this busy session. You Missourians move at a pace that we Nebraskans can hardly keep up with, but first of all I want to bring to the Brethren of Missouri and particularly to you, Most Vi01'shipful Grand Master, the sincere regret of Most Worshipful Brother Lew E. Smith that he was unable to be with you today. Brother Smith is not feeling so well, and he felt that two nights on a Pullman were more than he could undertake at this time, but he does send his very best wishes to you all. In fact, I am a little bit amazed that you were able to open your Grand Lodge at all, because Brother Lew has sort of created the impression in Nebraska that there was a special by-law in Missouri that unless he were present tpe Grand Lodge of Missouri was unable to be opened, and so I am really surprised that you were able to get away with it. Brethren, I am indeed happy to pay this fraternal visit to the Grand Lodge of Missouri, one of the parents of our organization, except for one thing: I was looking forward very much to meeting and greeting myoId friend Tom Reynolds. .In fact, that is one of the chief reasons that I wanted to make this visit. -I have had some acquaintance with some of the Brethren in your Grand Lodge, Ed Morris, over there, and Dr. Mather, who have visited our Grand Lodge on numerous occasions, but with Brother Tom I felt a deep personal friendship' that has lasted for a number of years, and I know that you miss him as I do. Now, Brethren, I want to thank you for your kindness. I want to bring this thought, that in these days of difficulty in obtaining many things, there is no ceiling or rationing in the zeal in Master Masons for this great Fraternity of ours. M. E. HENRY C. CHILES
THE GRAND MASTER: Brethren, I was going to invite, if he is here I am inviting, but I fear he is not, Colonel Henry C. Chiles, former Grand Master, of Lexington, Missouri, who is now in the service of
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his country. Is Brother Chiles present or has he left' He was here earlier. Will you please let the record show that Brother Chiles was invited to speak but had already left; also show, please, that he has been here. ILL. W. B. MASSEY
THE GRAND MASTER: VIfe have also here this afternoon, a gentleman who is at the head of one of the great Masonic bodies of our state, Colonel Skelly, who has spoken this afternoon. He is the Secretary of our Scottish Rite bodies and has well represented those bodies. We have also Brother William B. Massey, Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of the State of Missouri. I now call upon Brother Massey for a brief message to us. BROTHER MASSEY: Most Worshipful Grand Master Donnell and Brethren: Most Worshipful Grand Master, it was a pleasure to receive your kind invitation to attend this meeting in my official capacity as head of the Scottish Rite of Missouri, and I wish to bring to you and through you to the members of this Grand Lodge the fraternal greetings from the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction, and also personal greetings from our Grand Commander, Brother John H. Cowles. Attending this meeting is a special privilege and pleasure, as in doing so I am acting in a triple capacity, as guest, as host and as a member. As guest I appreciate the courtesy extended to me. As a host I want to say that the Scottish Rite bodies of St. Louis are very, very happy to have the Grand Lodge meet with us here in our Temple, and we will be pleased to have you continue your meetings here as often "and whenever you meet in St. Louis. As a member of the Grand Lodge, I have been a member of the Grand Lodge of Missouri since 1909 when I served as Junior Warden of my lodge. I think I missed not to exceed four meetings of this Grand Lodge during these years. I have served on some one or more committe,.es alniost every year, served as District Deputy of my district eleven years, ten of which I also served as District Lecturer. It has been a great pleasure to me to serve in this Grand Lodge. Brethren, I don't want to take your time, but I know that you will be interested in knowing a few things that the Scottish Rite is accomplishing and is doing. I was very much interested in the report of the Masonic Service Association and the contribution of this Grand Lodge towards the Masonic Service Association, the different bodies served as they saw best. I want to say that the Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction, is doing all it can to promote the interest of Freemasonry generally, not , only in this country, but throughout the world, and they are doing all that they can to support the public schools and education. You might be interested in my reading a resolution which was passed at the last session of our Supreme Council: "Resolved, that the sum of one million dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of
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the funds of the Supreme Council for the aid, assistance and relief of the Institution of Freemasonry, its memb~rs, the members of the families of Masons and their friends wheresoever located who have been or may be objects of persecution in the war zones. or who have suffered or may suffer as a consequence of the actions of dictators and autocratic rulers, said funds to be expended by the Sovereign Grand Commander upon consultation with the Finance Committee, and through such agencies and at such times and in such amounts as they may deem expedient and wise." Brethren, a large part of this money has been expended, and without going into detail, I want to say that we feel that we have accomplished a great deal. We know of many lives that have been saved. ~rhis money has been distributed to different agencies in. different foreign countries without any expense whatever. We are supporting members of the Grand Lodge and of the Supreme Council who are now in exile. We have no doubt that this will be a great service in helping and being an inspiration to these good Freemasons to look back into their home countries after the war is over and help establish Freemasonry in those various nations. Incomplete statistics available now estimate that thirty-four Grand Lodges, composed of 2,713 lodges, with a membership of 285,356 members, have been exterminated by the dictators and autocratic rulers of the nations with which we are at war. In education, as the members of the Scottish Rite who are present who read the New Age Magazine know, we have expended as liberally as we have of our funds towards our public schools in support of our schools. The Supreme Council has gone on record and have reiterated this at their several Biannual Sessions, including the last session, in which they express this thought: The Supreme Councils favors an American路public school, non-partisan, nonsectarian, efficient, democratic, for all the children of all the people. Second, respect for law and order, undying loyalty to the Constitution of the United States of America. Third, compulsory use of English as the language of instruction in our grammar schools, in the grammar grades of our public schools. Fourth, adequate provision in our schools for education of alien population and principles of American institutions and ideals of citizenship. Fifth, entire separation of church and state,and opposition to every attempt to appropriate public money, federal, state or local, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of sectarian or private institutions. We try to promote this work through our different publications. The New Age Magazine goes to every member of the Scottish Rite throughout the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, and the Scottish Rite B~(,lletin, news bulletin, goes to about seven thousand of our magazines, periodicals, weekly newspapers, throughout the nation who have the privilege of copying any articles in this bulletin. This bi-monthly bulletin also goes to many ministers, school teachers and men who are in a position
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to promote the welfare of our country. In closing I think I can express nothing better to the Grand Lodge, the Ancient Craft of Freemasons, as well as that of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite~ than when I quote from Grand Commander Richardson when he said, "The cause of human progress is our cause, the enfranchisement of human thought our supreme wish, the freedom of human conscience our mission, and equal rights to all people everyv.'here, the end of our contention." ILL. BROTHER BRUCE J. C'ARL
THE GRAND MASTER: Brethren,' among the remaining official guests whom we have is Brother Bruce J. Carl, Most Illustrious路 Grand Master of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masons. I will call upon Brother Carl. BROTHER CARL: Most Worshipful Grand Master, guests and Brethren: I am very happy indeed to bring to this Grand Lodge the greetings of the Grand Council, and I would be most ungrateful if I did not express to you, Most Worshipful Grand Master, and to the Grand Loqge, my appreciation of the courtesies that have been extended to me as Grand Master of the Grand Council. This has been a wonderful session. You have listened to some very fine reports and to some very fine speeches. I have only one thing I would like to call your attention to. There are four institutions in our civilization with which you are all familiar. Those institutions are doing a wonderful job. I refer to the home, the school, the church and the Masonic Lodge. I want to tell you this story to illustrate what I have in mind. One of our great singers has been visiting the Army Camps, official United States Army and Navy camps, as well, of course, and she made this statement, she said, "Of course, in my visits to these camps I have been called on to sing many different songs, but the songs that predominate are such songs as 'The Old Rugged Cross' and the 'Battle Hymn of the Republic,''' and she said, "Those boys in every camp seem to know the words of everyone that they call for, and those two predominate." Brethren, I say the four institutions that I mentioned are doing a great job. Most Worshipful Grand Master, again I want路 to express my appreciation of- the courtesy extended, and that I am very happy indeed to bring the greetings of the Grand Council to this Grand Lodge.
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THE GRAND MASTER: We have also the Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar, Brother Earle B. Potter. BROTHER POT'fER : Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren: I bring the most friendly fraternal greetings of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of the State of Missouri to the Grand Lodge, and I want to thank the Most Worshipful Grand Master and the Grand Lodge, for the courtesies extended to me during this visit.
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Yesterday I received from Ivanhoe Commandery No.8, Knights Templar of St. Louis, Missouri, a check for $100.00 which they asked be delivered to the Grand Lodge to be used for the Masonic Service Association. I take pleasure in presenting it to you at this time. THE GRAND MASTER: Brother Potter, please accept on behalf of the Grand Lodge, our very sincere thanks and appreciation for this generous gift. Brethren, the man who it was most difficult to get into the line this morning to be introduced, I hope is still here. I am going to ask that he step forward. He is rather a stranger in our midst, although he has apparently some friends. M. E. RAY V. DENSLOW
THE GRAND MASTER: I am greatly pleased to introduce Brother Ray V. Denslow in the capacity of General Grand High Priest of the General Grand Chapter of the United States, who will now speak to us. BROTHER DENSLOW: I am all of that, Brethren. Thank you. R. E. EDMUND E. MORRIS
TilE GRAND MASTER : Well, we have two other men here that are not going to let that statement go unchallenged. I am going tQ present one of them, Brother Morris over here. I am going to tell you this, it is rather undignified, but sometime back at the centennial celebration of the lodge over at Weston a gentleman told this story on Brother Morris. Some of you recognize that he doesn't have any peculiarly large quantity of hair on his head. It seems that he was the recipient on one occasion recently of two tickets to Ringling BrotheTI? Circus, and the inquiry was promptly made by Brother Morris as to why they had been sent to him, and the Brother who is said to have sent them to him responded that it was because he understood that the circus gives a hair-raising exhibition. I know we are all honored to hear a word of greeting from Brother Morris, not in' his capacity as Grand Treasurer, but in his capacity as General Grand Treasurer of the General Grand. Chapter. It gives me great pleasure to present Brother Morris. BROTHER MORRIS: Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren: I am not going to let Ray Denslow outdo me in brevity. Well, I say I won't let him outdo me, that is, not very much, not more than ten or fifteen minutes. I somehow seem to have gotten the reputation as sort of a professional treasurer, and the main thing is that I have a lot of auditors who are so close on my trail that I have to be professional in so many different ways and particularly in honesty. Well, it is a fine thing to be recognized as. General Grand Treasurer, because it is a magnificent body and it is headed by a man who is making a very remarkable record during a current three years' term, and I mean Ray Denslow. He is so exceedingly modest that he embarrasses me, makes me mad. I think that the position of General Grand High
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Priest of the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the United States, and that goes for a lot of foreign chapters, deserves a tremendous amount of recognition, no matter who carries the honor, and Ray does it, and you will be interested in knowing that Ray traveled forty thousand miles in twelve months, that he has already long ago spent all of the expense money that the General. Grand Chapter has allowed and now has already spent two or three thousand dollars of his own money in the interest of Freemasonry and in his office. Modesty like that, we think, deserves a hand from you because of your gratitude. (Applause.) M. W. HARRY S. TRUMAN
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THE GRAND MASTER: Brethren, some of you last night had the pleasure of hearing briefly from the last of our speakers, at least I think it is the last, unless I have overlooked somebody that some of you think should be called upon, too. I think it would be very discourteous and not at all proper if I did not at this time call to, the microphone a gentleman who has come from Washington, D. C., leaving his official duties, which means simply that he has to take care of them when he returns, as they have piled up, and he has come here to pay us a fraternal visit. I take great pleasure in presenting at this time our distinguished junior United States Senator from Missouri, former Grand Master of Masons of Missouri, Honorable Harry S. Truman. BROTHER TRUMAN: Most Worshipful Grand Master, Your Excellency: It certainly is a very, very great courtesy for you to invite me to the microphone. I am just an ordinary member of this Grand Lodge, and it is the greatest place in the world to come, I think. I do want to take this opportunity, Governor, to again thank you for delegating me last night to introduce the principal speaker. I also want to say to the Brethren from St. Louis that we all felt that you displayed great ingenuity and showed us very great hospitality in that entertainment, and Governor, I think it would be proper at this point for me to make a motion that the Grand Lodge express its thanks to those Brethren and also express thanks and appreciation to the Scottish Rite for the use of its hall for,this meeting, and again, Governor, I appreciate most highly your courtesy, and while we differ politically, our friendship is just as strong as it ever was. (Motion put to the delegates and carrie~.) REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MILEAGE AND PER DIEM
The report of the committee was adopted, and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F.
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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:
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,.... $15,256.00 Respectfully submitted, WALTER R.
SHRODES,
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MOTION BY W. BRO. G. C. MARQUIS
\711. BRO. G. C. MARQUIS: I would like to move that it be the sense of this Grand Lodge, that the Grand Secretary include the Missouri State Historical Library on its mailing list, and any other public libraries who desire' our proceedings for their permanent files. (Adopted.) PROPOSED AMENDMENT LAID OVER UNTIL 1944 ANNUAL COMMUNICATION PROPOSED AMENDMENT Ol<~ SECTION
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That Section 65 of the By-laws be amended by striking out the words "equals, five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars, one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars, and two hundred ($200.00) dollars," and inserting the following words in lieu thereof: "exceeds ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars, five thousand ($5,000.00), and five hundred ($500.00) dollars," and by adding the words "of the Board of Relief" so that Section 65 will read: "Sec. 65. Board.~ of Relief. In cities and towns where there a1'e three or more lodges, and in areas where thirty or more lodges have concurrent jurisdiction, the Master of each lodge shall appoint two of its members, who shall constitute a General Board of Relief, to whom transient applicants for charity shall be referred, and if found worthy, relieved. And each lodge in such city or area shall contribute five ($5.00) dollars, ,or such part thereof from each initiation fee as th~ members of the Board of Relief shall deem necessary for the work of relief herein contemplated; provided further, that such contributions shall not be made when the amount on hand exceeds ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars, except in cities or areas with more th~n three and less than twenty-five lodges. In such cities, or areas, the assessment shall not be made when the amount on hand is equal to five thousand ($5,000.00)' dollars. Such Board of Relief may adopt rules for its government. "In cities where there are two lodges, except in cities and areas as hereinbefore provided, each lodge shall appoint not less than three nor more than five members, who shall compose a Board of Relief for that city. This board shall organize and adopt rules for its government. Each lodge in such city shall contribute the sum of five ($5.00) dollars from each initiation fee to the Board of Relief, provided, that such contribution shan not be made when the sum on hand exceeds five hundred ($500.00) dollars.
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"Each lodge in this jurisdiction, other than those above specified, shall appoint one or more of its members as a Board of Relief and shall provide sufficient funds for the relief of transient applicants, if found worthy." HARRY SCHULZ, GEO. W. PADDOCK,
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RESOLUTION ADOPTED-WAR ACTIVITIES Resolved, That a Special Assessment of forty cents be and is levied and
shall be collected from each member of the Fraternity under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge, as of June 30, 1944, except those whose dues have been remitted for inability to pay, and that the same be collected by the Secretaries of the respective Lodges and remitted tu the Grand .Secretary at the same time and in the same manner as the regular annual dues in June, 1944, and that a separate statement of the same be made in the Annual ~port of the Lodges setting out the amount collected and remitted and the amount delinquent, if any. The proceeds of said Special Assessment shall be applied to (a) reimbursement of the general funds of the Grand Lodge for any amounts paid from said general funds upon the appropriation made at this Communication to The Masonic Service Association of the United States for military camp activities, (b) payment of that part of said appropriation on which shall not have been paid from said general funds of the Grand Lodge until said part of said appropriation shall have been paid in full and (c) deposit of any of said proceeds not disposed of under (a) and (b) of this sentence into a special fund set apart for Masonic War Work to await future appropriation by the Grand Lodge. RESOLUTION REGARDING CERTIFIOATES OF PROFICIENCY
On page 98 ·of the Proceedings of 1942 is an Amendment offered to provide for the issuance of certificates of proficiency in the proficiency or candidates lectures. Your committee believes that this should be appended to Section 27N of the Grand Lodge By-Laws as amended in 1933, and we have rewritten the amendment and offer it as a substitute for the pending amendment to be added to said section as follows: "The Committee on Ritual is authorized to provide for authorized instructors in proficiency.or candidates lectures under such rules and regulations as it may promulgate. 'l'he Grand Secretary is directed to issue to such brethren as are so designated by said committee appropriate certificates as to their proficiency, s.uch certificates to be for a term of three years unless sooner revoked by the Committee on Ritual. A record of such certificates shall be kept in the office of the Grand Secretary." (Resolution adopted.) APPOINTMENTS
The Grand Secretary read the following list of appointments made by the Grand Master-elect: ANTHONY F. I'I'TNER . . . • . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • • . • . R. W. Grand Lecturer E. L. ROBISON • . • . . . . . . • . . . . . . . • . . . . . . • • . . . • . • • . . W. (}rand Chaplain THOMAS B. MATHER ....•.....•..••.••••..••.••• W. Grand Chaplai1~ JOHN F. CASKEY •.•..••...••• ; .••.•••••••....•.. W. Grand Chaplain
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FREDERICK M. SMITH ••••••••••..••••••••••.•••• W. Graru1 Chaplain T. EARL STARKE .•.••••...•.•••.•...•••.••.••.... W~ Grand Chaplain HERBERT E. DUNCAN •••.•....•.••...••••••.....• W. Graru1 Chaplain HARRY F. SUNDERLAND ••.••..•.•..•••••.•.••.. Graru1 Senior Deacon JAMES M. BRADFORD •.. -•••.•.•••....••.••....•. Grand Junior Deacon RAY BOND ••••••••..•.•••.......•.•.....••.... Grand Senwr Deacon HOWARD C. BRASHEAR • . . . • . . • . . . . • • . . . . . . . . • . Grand Junwr Steward HOMER L. FERGUSON .•..••••.••••••••......•••••••.•• Grand Marshal RICHARD O. ~UMER •••..•••••.•.••.••.•.••.•.•••••••• Grand Marshal J. McBRAYER SELLERS .....•.••••••••••.. : . . . . • . . Graru1 Sword Bearer ORESTES MITCHELL, JR. • •••...••••••.••.•••.....•. Grand Pursuivant JAY W. HUDSON ..••••.•..•.••••••••••••••••••••••••• Grand Orator THORNTON JENNINGS •.•••...••••••.••.•..••.•.•••.•••.. Grand Tiler
INSTALLATION
The hour for installation having arrived, M. W. Brother George W. Walker, P. G. M., was presented as the installing officer, and M. W. Brother Ray V. Denslow, P. G. M., as Grand Marshal. The following Grand Officers were then installed for the ensuing year; with the exception of E. L. Robison, John F. Caskey, Frederick M. Smith, Herbert E. Duncan, Howard C. Brashear and Jay W. Hudson. WILLIAM FRANCIS WOODRUFF •••••.•••••••..•••• • M. W. Graru1 Master WILLIS J. BRAY •••••••.•••••••••••••.•• . R. W. Deputy Grand Master SOLON CAMERON .•••••••..••.••.•.....•. . R. W. Senwr Grand Warden MORRIS E. EWING •••..•.••.••..•..•.•.• • R. W. Junior Grand Warden EDMUND E. MORRIS ••••.•..•••.•...••••.•••• • R. W. Grand Treasurer ARTHUR MATHER •.••••••••...•.•••.•••..•••• . R. W. Grand Secretal1'Y AN'l'HONY F. ITTNER .•••...•••••.....•••.••••• . R. W. Grand Leeturer E. L. RoBISON •.••..•...•.•..•....•..•..••••••.•. W. Grand Chaplain THOMAS B. MATHER .•••.•••••••.••••....•••••••. W. Grand Chaplain JOHN F. CASKEy ••.•..•.....•....•...•..•.••.•••• W. Grand Chaplain FREDERICK M. SMITH .••.•••..•....••••...•••..••. W. Grand Chaplain T. EARL STARKE . • . . • • • . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • W. Grand Chaplain HERBERT E. DUNCAN ••••••.••........••• ; •••..••. W. Grand Chaplain HARRY F. SUNDERLAND •.••••..•..•..••••••••••.. Grand Senwr Deacon JAMES M. BRADFORD ••••••.••.••.•.••.••..••.••• Grand Junior Deacon RAY BOND • • . • • • . . • • . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . Grand Senior Steward HOWARD C. BRASHEAR •••.•••.••.....•....••.•• Grand Junior Steward HOMER L. FERGUSON •••••.•..•.....•......•..••••••. Grand Marshal RICHARD O. RUMER ••••.•.••.......•••••.•••.....••.• Grand Marshal J. McBRAYER SELLERS •.•••••.•.......••..••.••.. Grand Sword Bearer ORESTES MITCHELL, JR. ... '...•..•..••••••••....•.. Grand Pursuivant JAY W. IIUDSON .••.••....••.•.•.•••••••••••••.•••.•.. Grand Orator THORNT9N JENNINGS .••.••••••..••••••••••••.•••.•••.••. Grand Tiler
PRESENTATIONS TO GRAND MASTER AND PAST GRAND MASTER
M. W. BRO. DONNELL: Most Worshipful Grand Master, the honor and privilege are confided to me .of presenting to you what I might term the easement in the use of a very beautiful jewel. It is a jewel which was presented to this Gran~ Lodge by the late Most Worshipful
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Brother William F. Kuhn, a Grand Master who resided in the city from which you come. The Master for the time he is Grand Master wears this jewel. At the conclusion of his term it is passed on to his successor. It gives me the greatest of pleasure personally to congratulate you, myoid friend of school days, and to congratulate the Grand Lodge upon your elevation to this high and important position. It gives me likewise pleasure to be permitted to place upon the lapel of . your coat this beautiful evidence of your official authority. I am ' confident that you will wear it with credit to yourself and great honor to the Fraternity. THE GRAND SECRETARY: M. W. Grand Master: It has been my pleasure and privilege for a number of years to present the newly elected Grand Master the apron which the Grand Lodge desires you to wear during the year of your service as Grand Master. I know that you will appreciate this apron which embodies the noblest tenets of our Masonic profession, and I hope that you will wear it with the greatest of pleasure to yourself and the honor of our Ancient Fraternity. GRAND MASTER WOODRUFF'S REPLY
M. W. BRO. WOODRUFF: I suppose it would be inappropriate for me to come to this station without saying one or two words of appreciation. It is a moment of ecstacy, in every life there are about four or five moments of ecstacy. To me this is the third. I will not tell you what the other two were. I enjoy this moment of ecstacy just at this second, because my mind turns immediately to the realization that the price of preparedness is responsibility, and there is an old adage from Aesop, at least it is worthy of Aesop-it is as bad as Aesop, that I must remember that water that has gone over the mill-wheel grinds no more corn, and so the task is ahead of me. How do I happen to be here, I wonder~ If it had happened fifteen year~ ago it wouldn't have been so surprising to me. I think I have a suspicion how I happen to be here. I started to come in here in 1915. Count it up if you want to, but when I got here I found some old buddies of mine, Bigger over there, Donnell, Ray Bond. Where are the rest of them' Some of them are here and gone-Wilcox. Well, we were all down at the University together in the first decade of the twentieth century, and here is Brother Skelly, he was down there in the last decade of the nineteenth century. You realize that we are centuries apart, a century apart. Well, I would come and I would think each time, "I have given too much time to Masonry, I must attend to business, I must support my family," but each time I come here I find the same old gang. Well, I think, "If they can get by with it maybe I can," and I kept coming, and here I am, and I recited this little background, because I want you to know that they are responsible for me. That is how I happen to be here. Now, if I do well they are deserving of the credit; if I do badly, they are the' ones who must take the blame.
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Just one other word: I think some fate has bcen shaping .me for this. About four generations-that is how long I have bccn in Missouri, and I love the State, I don't know of any othcr place, I am wholly Missouri, and Missouri is wholly me. Now, this is my opportunity to get bettcr acquainted with the state. It is an adventure, and I am going to take this adventure by the hand and go rollicking around all over the state of Missouri, me rollicking, in a little old car I have that will get twenty-five miles to the gallon of gasoline, and I am going to be searching myself as I go, I am going to be searching for harmony for myself. All my life I have been seeking for harmony, with the will of God. I am restless, I have never attained it, and maybe I can during this year in contemplation of the grandeur of Masonry and associatioll with my fellows, I can come near to harmony in my own .self. Now, I want to find harmony at the places I reach, I want to be in harmony,. I want to find harmony in a determination to strengthen and fortify the basis of our Fraternity. I want to find the harmony that will lead us from it world at war to a world at peace. I think the maintenance and the strengthening of the Masonic Fraternity is essential to the attainment of that end, so I believe I will be at the service of my country and in the service of humanity if I do well. I will be thankful, also, for it. PRESENTATION OF JEWEL TO PAST GRAND MASTER FORREST C. DONNELL
M. W. BIW. SKELLY: Most Worshipful Grand Master, I was glad for the opportunity of congratulating you in your new position at your installation, and to wish you a good year, so that at the end of that year you might retire with the plaudits of your Brethren, as the Brother was doing who preceded you. Now, we have witnessed the close of a splendid year, presided over by a Brother who has been a long time on the way. I remember years ago when he was working in the Blue Lodge, his studious work, his careful attention to details, his absolute sincerity, and as we have seen, he has passed through a difficult year. Now, I think, Most Worshipful Brother Donnellcome up a little closer so that I won't have to speak so loud-we have seen our retiring Grand Master through a year that has had many difficult problems, not only here, but in the work he has undertaken in our great state. We have seen the admirable way, the fearless way in which he has met them, and we have seen here in this busy day, his careful attention to details, his kindly courtesy and his careful rememJ:>rance of all the little things that some of us may have thought were too small to be mentioned, and throughout all of this here is a man who has given of his timcUdhe work of this Grand Lodge, and now he has reached, we will not say the end of his usefulness, because many things like the words that come out over his resonant voice, some people say they go on forever, some people think that even words spoken hundreds of years ago might still be picked up if we had ap-
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paratus sensitive enough to recognize them. Now, Most W路orshipful Brother Donnell, some years ago we had a Grand Master here who was a friend of yours and a friend of mine and he arranged for this beautiful jewel, of which this is a beautiful example and with which I am now to invest you, and I do that with a great deal of personal pleasure. (Applause.) \Vorshipful Brother ]}onnell, I refer to our Most Worshipful Brother McIntyre whom we both knew. I know when the real jewel eomes-as I say, I invest you with this beautiful example-that it will be the more dear to you because of our recollection of its origin. Now, your usefulness has by no means ended here, we may say it has just begun. We shall look to you in the years to come to be one of the pillars of this Grand Lodge, a.nd the Fraternity is to be congratulated in numbering you among its honored members. BROTHER DONNELL: Most Worshipful Brother Skelly and Brethren: The mention by my good friend Brother Skelly of the name Brother McIntyre carries me back many years. It was Brother McIntyre, as mentioned at the opening of this current Masonic year, who placed me in the Masonic line in my own lodge, Tuscan Lodge, 'of this city. His kindness and his courtesy will. always be affectionately remembered, not only by Brother Skelly, but by myself. Most Worshipful Brother Skelly has been a tried and true friend likewise of mine for many, many years. If I can be just one fraction, a very small fraction of the usefulness to the Grand Lodge that he has been, I shall feel that my work is not a failure. I thank you, Most Worshipful Brother Skelly, and express cordial best personal wishes to you and to the Grand Lodge itself. STANDING COMMITTEES 1943-1944
Jurisprudence-Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman; Harry P. Hovey;路C. Lew Gallant, Sam Wilcox, Ralph V. Wilson, Harold M. Jayne, Marvin E. Boisseau. Appeals and Grievances-Robert L. Aronson, Chairman; Harry Baum, O. H. Swearingen, Paul E. Eckhardt, Charles W. Green, A. B. Cleaveland, Eugene McGee. Ways and M eans-Geo. C. Marquis, Chairman, 2 years; E. E. Morris, 2 years; Ransom A. Breuer, 1 year; Harold H. Brummall, 1 year; Cecil A. Tolin, 3 years. Credentials-Walter Webb, Chairman; John.F. Baber, George A. McKean, Fred H. Knight, W. E. Townsend, Jacob Abaecherli, Thomas M. Pratt. Mileage and Pe'r Diem-Walter Shrodes, Chairman; Robert L. Dixon, David A. Leslie, Oren Simpson, W. Frank Houk, Geo. W. Paddock. Chartered Lodges-Robert C. Duffin, Chairman; Caeser Wollman, Robert Lee Barger, Jewell E. Windle, G. B. Christy. Lodges U. D.-J. Renick Jones, Chairman; Earl W. Armstrong, Albert Theis, Jr., Julius O. Christensen. Welfare-To W. Cotton, Chairman; J. W. Skelly, Herman Mauch, Geo. W. Walker, Byrne E. Bigger. Reports of D. D. G. M.'s-Nat. D. Jackson, Chairman; Cornelius D. Struble, John H. Hicks, John H. Hoopes.
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Masonic Board of Relief-John W. Skelly, Chairman, 1 year; John W. Adams, 2 years; Edward H. Loffhagen, 2 years; Cyril A. Carpenter, 3 years; Alfred H. Goult, 2 years. ' Ritual--Anthony F. Ittner, Chairman, 5 years; C. A. Waddell, 1 year; Theodore C. Teel, 2 years; William J. Craig, 3 years; William D. Rogers, 4 years. Masonic Home (Visiting Committee)-Leland N. Kuykendall, Chairman; Robert H. Groppe, Charles Kell. ' Correspondence-Ray V. Denslow, Chairman. Necrology-Harold L. Reader, Chairman; Julius R. Edwards. Auditing-Perkins Auditing Company. Grand Master's Address-l!'orrest C. Donnell and all Past Grand Masters. Unfinished Business and Entertainment of Distinguished Guests-Robt. H. Mann, Edward P. Walsh. Transportation and Hotels-Vernie G. Fisher, Wm. F. Miller. SPECIAL COMMITTEES 1943-1944
Masonic Service Assomatio1lr-Robert C. Winkelmaier, Chairman; Walter Simon, George F. Hollis. . RecognitiO'n of Foreigll, Grand Lodges-Arthur Mather, Chairman; James R. .McLachlan, Frank C. Barnhill, DuVal Smith. Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis-Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman; John Wohradsky, Jr., T. A. Hopkins. George Washington Masonio National Memorial Association-Bert S. Lee, Chairman; George W. Walker, Anthony F. Ittner. Library-Wm. B. Massey, Chairman; Wm. P. Mason, Wm. C. Rese, Gilbert W. Strode, Shelby Wilson. Printing of Proceedings-Arthur Mather, Chairman; James M. Bradford. MasO'nic Publiootions-James W. Skelly, Chairman; Byrne E. Bigger, Frederick M. Smith, Harold L. Reader, Ray V. Denslow.' Building Supervisory Board--Cecil A. Tolin, Chairman, 1 year; Julius C. Garrell, 1 year; Nat. D. Jackson, 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, Anthony F. Ittner. Social Service at Training Camps-Ray Bond, Chairman; Harry S. Truman, James W. Skelly, Carl G. Ross, Arthur Culkin, Harris C. Johnston. LIVING PAST GRAND MASTERS 9F THIS JURISDICTION
Name and Location year of Service Arch A. Johnson, Landers Building, Springfield â&#x20AC;˘............... 1911-12 Tolman W. Cotton, Van Buren 1914-15 Bert S. Lee, 1224 Washington, Springfield 1922-23 William W. Martin, 5351 Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis 1925-26 Anthony F. Ittner, 2353 S. Compton, St. Louis 1927-28 Byrne E. Bigger, Courthouse, Hannibal. 1928-29 William R. Gentry, 717 Louderman Building, St. Louis 1930-31 Ray V. Denslow, Trenton 1931-32 Thad B. Landon, 604 Land Bank Building, Kansas City 1932-33 F. C. Barnhill, Marshall 1933-34
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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 Harry S. Truman, 240 Senate Office Bldg., Washington, D. C Harris C. J obnston, Boonville Forrest C. Donnell, Jefferson City
1934-35 1935-36 1936-37 1937-38 1938-39 1939-40 1940-41 1941-42 1942-43
MINUTES APPROVED
On motion made by M. 'V. Brother James W. Skelly, the minutes as reported, were ordered printed in the P1'oceedings, and the Grand Secretary ,vas directed to print and distribute the necessary number of proceedings of this session of the Grand Lodge. BENEDICTION
R.ev. Dr. Arthur Mather, after invoking the divine blessing, pronounced the benediction. CLOSING
l'he 1\1. 'V. Grand Lodge, A. F. & A.M., of Missouri, rested from its labors and was closed in AMPLE ~'ORM at 6 :10 o'clock P. M., this day, the 28th day of September, 1943, no further business appearing, to meet again at Kansas City, Missouri, the last Tuesday, viz., the 26th day of September, 1944~
Grand Secretary. DISTRICT DEPUTY G. M.'S 1943-1944 1. Harold M. .Tayne, Memphis
2.•Tames M. DeWitt, Kirksville 3. J. Dolph Hayward, Unionville 4. Clyde C. Evans, Trenton 5. Carey A. Brock, Ridgeway 6. Curtis F. Smith, Darlington 7. Paul Ward, Maryville 8. H. P. Savage, Rockport 9. Sam Wilcox, Courthouse, St. Joseph 10. Andrew Wanner, Lock Springs 11. Emsley C. James, Plattsburg 12. A. B. Cleaveland, Kingston 13. E. W. Tayler, Marceline 14. Luther E. Wilhoit, Macon 15. David A. Leslie, Williamstown
DISTRICT LECTURERS 1943-1944
Perry O. Sa.nsberry, Wyaconda Bruce H. Hunt., Kirksville· Joseph W. Moore, NewtoWl\ Emmet M. Wilson, Laredo Carey A. Brock, Ridgeway Curtis F. Smith, Darlington James A. Elgaard, Maryville Fred H. Binder, Mound City Frec10n K. Hadley, 2005 Penn St., St. Joseph . Cecil 'r. Pilcher, Maysville Emerson O. Boggess, Liberty John R. Blackman, Chillicothe E. W. Tayler, Marceline Luther E. Wilhoit, Macon David A. Leslie, Williamstown
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REUNIO'N DINNER OF D. D. G. M. 's OF 57TH MASONW- DISTRICT (ST. -LOUIS COUNTY) GIVEN BY B. L. TATMAN, OLDEST LIVING MEMBEiR OF GROUP, NOVEMBER. 17, 1942. First Row, Left to Right (Nanne of Lodge IlI/ld Dq,ie Appointed): W. P. Mason, Kirkwood, 1924 and 1931; Rev. H. L. Reader, Wellston, 1920; A. S. Fuller, Maplewood, 191/).;B. L. Tatman, Kirkwood, 1916; E. J. Torrence, Fenton, 1918; I. H. Skin1l:er, Ferguson, 1922; G,'L. Walters, Jennings, 1925; H. F. Woerther, Ballwin, 1926. ' Seoond, Row, Left to Right: F. R. Wolz, Gardenville, 1940; C. L. Kell, Webster, 1932 j Stanley Horn, Bridgeton, 1935; R. H. Groppe, Ferguson, 1939; R. H. Davis, Kirkwood, 1942; L. W. Mottert, Meramec, 1941; 1. H. Rosenfelder, Clayton, 1938; M. Rinkel, Wellston, 1937; 1. Ross, Clayton, 1930. , Out of state, or ill: C. A. Fitzgerald, 1921. E. M. Rosevear, 1923. G. S. Land, 1927. F. G. Fulkerson, 1933-34. W. H. Stein, 1936. Deoealied: Homer N. Lloyd, Clayton, appointed when 57th District was created in 1909. Served continuously to 1915 inclusive. W. A. Meyers, Jennings, 1917. H. H. Strait, Bridgeton, 1928. G. D'Amato, Jennings, 1929. '
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16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28.
Warren H. May, Louisiana. W. R. Ho,!~ll, Monroe City H. Scott Welch, Higbee Arthur G. Lynch, Bl1lll81riek R. Emmet Parrish, Norborne Earl W. Foley, Weston Martin B. DiekinBon, 2501 Fidelity Bldg., Ka.nsas City Camillus B. Waddell, Lexington John W. Adq,ms, Marshall Samuel L. Jewett, Boonville Julius R. Edwards, centralia Richard N. Bloom, Fulton Ward Hardesty, Wel1&Ville
29. Herbert J. Crosby, Win1ield 30. Edwin H. Barklage, St. Charles 31. Leon P. Embry, CaliforDia 32. Ransom A. Breuer, Hermann 33a. Harry C. Woerheide,,~ Hilleman Ave., <>verJian<l 33b. George F. Morrison, ~ , ~oat,men's Bank Bldg." . '. Louis 34. Ernest W. Miller, Belton 35. 'Dudley O. Bradley, BjItler 36. Jolly P. Hurtt, Sedalia. 37. Thornton Jennings, Cllnton 38. Oren Simpson, RiehIand 39. R. ¥. ~ , Rolla 40. Charles W. Green, DeSoto ~1. L. B. Parrish, Bolivar 42. Clyde H. Tinsley, Eld,orado Springs 43. David V. Morris, Nevada 44. George Dillard, Joplin 45. R. ,Jasper Smith, Springfield 46. 47. .48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57.
John H. Hielts, Mount3.in Grove John N. Sparks, Ellsi.nore J. Clyde Akers, F ~ Wm. T. Ru1r, Jaekson Robert L. Fowlkes, ChaJ"leston Thomas R. Wilkins, Olinpbell Sidney Barr, PiedJnent C. E~l Armstrong, West Plains Fred O. Wade, Oz.ark, Charles' Werdein, AurOra Walter A. Phipps, Neosho Louis F. Dahn, 5968 DeGiverville, St. Louis 58. George Catron, Eldon 59. Nat D. fackson, Independence
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DISTRICT LEO'1"UREBS 1948-1944 Warren H. May, Louil!iana W. R. Howell, Monroe City H. Scott Welch, Higbee Arthur G. Lynch, Brnnswiek Ross E. Jones, Bnmswiek Henry C. Noland, Parkville F. Ernest Carter, 5711 Locust St., Ka.nsas City C. B. Waddell, Lexington John W. Adams, :Marshall Samuel L. Jewett,' Boonville Robert N. ~, Colu,mbia Cecil R. Shire, Mexieo Paul A.. Thomas, Montgomery City H~bert J. Crosby, Win1ield Edwin H. Barklage, St. Charles William D. Roge§, Jefferson City Ransom A.. Breuer, Hermann Frederiek H. Johnson, 936 Rutger St., St. Louis Frederiek H. Johnson, 936 Rutgar St., St. Louis Ernest W; ¥iller, Beltdil Dudley O. :Bradley, Butler Jolly P. lllUtt, Sedalia Thornton 'Jennings, Cllnton Oren Simpson, Riehland W. Frank Honk, St. James Charles W. Green, DeSoto L. B. Parrish, Bolivar _ Clyde H. Tinsley, Eldorado Springs David V. Morris, Nevada l-eland Roy Hoffman, Joplin William J. Cl-aig, 1027 S. Piekwick, Spriilg1ield , John H. -Hicks, Mountain Grove John N. Sparks, Ellsinore J. Clyde A.k~, F ~ ,William T. Buff, JaebOn , Robert L. Folllkes; Cbarleston Thomas R. WiltiDs, Campbell Sidney E. Barr, Piedmont C. Earl Armstrong, West Plains Fred O. Wade, Jr., Ozark Charles W. Werdein, Aurora James E. Conell, Jr., Neosho Irvin J. Freiberger, 3825 Oak Ridge, St. Louis George H.- Catron, Eldon Francis S. Turner, 8309 Highland Ave., Kansas City
1943
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
143
NUMERICAL LIST OF LODGE8-1943 I-Missouri 2-Meridian 3-Beacon 4-Howard 5-United 6-Ark 7-0 'Sullivan 8. 9-Geo. Wasbington 10-Agency 11-Pauldingville 12-Tyro 13-Rising Sun 14-Eolia 15-Western Star 16-Memphis 17-Clarksville l8-Palmyra 19-Paris Union 20-St. Louis 21-Havana 22-Wellington 23-Florida 24-Wyaconda 25-Napbtali 26-Ava 27-~vergreen
28-St. J obn 's 29-Windsor 30-Huntsville 3I-Liberty 32-Humpbreys 33-Ralls 34-Troy 35-Mercer 36-Cooper 37-Hemple 38-Callao 39-DeWitt 40-Mt. Moriah 41-Bismarck 42-Middle Grove 43-Jefferson 44-Fair Play 45-Bonbomme 46-Wentzville 47-Fayette 48-Fulton . 49-Holt
50-Xenia 51-Livingston 52-Wakanda 53-Weston 54-Index 55-Arrow Rock 56-Tipton 57-Richmond 58-Monticello 59-Centralia 60-New Bloomfield 61-Waverly 62-Vincil 63-Cambridge 64-Monroe 65--"':Pattonsburg 66-Grant City 67-Rocbeport 68-Kennett 69-Sullivan 70-Armstrong 7l-Savannab 72-Gorin 73:-Eq.reka 74-Warren 75-Silex 76-Independence 77-Lebanon 78-St. Joseph 79-Polar Star 80-l3ridgeton 81-Central 82-Jackson 83-Laclede 84-Webster Groves 85-Miami 86-Brookfield 87-Washington 88-Defiance 89-Friendship 90-Russellville 91-Madison 92-Perseverance 93-St. Mark's 94--Vienna 95-Pomegranate 96-St. Andrews 97-Bethany 98-Webster
99-Mt. Vernon 100-Ash Grove lOl-Bogard 102-Bloomington 103-West View 104-Heroine 105-Kirksville 106-GalIatin 107-Greenville 108-Altamont 109-Stanberry nO-Marcus Ill-Trenton 112-Maitland 113-Plattsburg 114-Twilight 1I5-Laddonia 116-Barnes 117-Helena U8-Kingston 119-DeSoto l20-Compass 121-Erwin 122-Triplett 123-Hermann l24--Union Star l25--Gentryville 126-Seaman . l27-Athens 128-Lorraine 129-Monett 130-IIume 131-Potosi 132-Farmington 133-Star of the West 134-Olean 135-Braymer l36-Phoenix 137-Delphian 13S-Lincoln 139-0regon 140. 141-Amsterdam 142-Pleasant Grove 143-Irondale 144-Modern 145-Latimer 146-..........â&#x20AC;˘. 147-Cass
144 148-Purdy 149-Lexington 150-Birming 151-Milton 152-Linn Creek 153-Bloomfield 154-Ionic 155-Spring Hill 156-Ashland 157-North Star 158~MountainGrove 159-Grcen City 160-Pleasant 161-Clifton Hill 162-Whitesville 163-0ccidental 164-Joachim 165. 166-Port:1geville 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 1S3-California 184-Morley 185-Chamois 186. 181-Hermon 188-Hannibal 189-Zeredatha 190-Putnam 191. 192-Frankford 193-Angerona 194-W ellaville 195-Bolivar 196-Quitman 191-Carthage 198-Allensville
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 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 221-Cypress 228-Shelbina 229. 230-St. James 231-Cardwell 232-Polo 233-Bucklin 234-St. Francois 235-Weatherby 2·36-Sedalia 237-La Plata 238-Rushville 239-Hopewell 240. 241-Palestine 242-Portland 243-~eystone 244-Middle Fabius 245-Knobnoster 246-Montgomery 247-Neosho 248-••...•...... 249-Carroll
1943
250. 251-Hope 252- .....•...... 253-Laredo 254-Butler 255-Alton. 256-Shekinah 257-Lodge of Light 258. 259-Lodge of Love 260-Mechanicsville 261. 262-Holden 263-Summit 264. 265-Corinthian 266-Social 267-Aurora 268-Lodge of Truth 269-Brotherhood 270-New Salem 27l-Solomon 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 298-Sampson 299-Temple 300-'-Dorie
1943
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
301-White Hall 302-Lick Creek 303-0sage 304-Signal 305-Cecile Daylight 30G-Ashlar 307-New London 308-Parrott 309. 310-Sikesto~
3ll-Kearney 312-Cuba 313-Meramec 314--,-Pine 315-Jerusalem 31G-Rur'al 317-0sborn 318-Eldorado 319-Paulville 320-Versailles 321-Jonathan 322-Hardin 323-Cornerstone 324-McDonald 325-Dockery 32G-Linn 327-Mt. Zion 328-Cainsville 329-Kennedy 330-Paul Revere 331-Charity 332-Excello 333. 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-Arlington 347-America 348-Wadesburg 349-Pollock 350-Tyrian 351-Mosaic
352-Friend 353-Barnesville 354--Hebron 355-Adelphi 356-Ancient Landmark 357. 358-Northwcst 359-Garrett 360-'ruscan 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 3S1-Ionia 382-............â&#x20AC;˘ 383-Pythagoras 384---:-East Prairie 385-Richland S86-Dayton 387-Woodside 388-Chula 389-Arcana 390-Marionville 391-Raytown 392-Christian 393-Beehive 394---:;. 395. 396-Western Light 397-Gower 398-Jasper 399-Pike 400-Decatur 401-Carterville
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402-Malta 403-Lowry City 404-Rosendale 405-Everton 406-Malden 407-Charleston 408-Montrose 409-Louisville 410-Iberia 411-Joppa 412-Appleton City 413-Valley 414-Greensburg 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's Creek 434-Wheeling 435-Rockbridge 436-.......â&#x20AC;˘.... 437. 438-Temperance 439-Mt. Olive 440-Trowel ' 441-Excelsior 442-Burlington 443-Anchor 444---:-Ada 445-West Gate 446-IvnnlJOe 447-Jacoby 448-Scllell City 449. 450-Belton 451.
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146 452- .... .: .. -. ...• 453-Forsyth 454-Continental 455-Hinton 456-Wallace 457-Jonesburg 458-Melville 459-Hazelwood 460-Lambskin 461-Caruthersville 462-Santa Fe 463-Clifton 464-Concordia 465-Gaynor City 466-Southwest 467-Pleasant Hope 468-RedOak 469-Plato 470-Nodaway . 471-Mineral 472-Pickering 473-Nineveh 474-Guilford 475-Golden 476-Mt. Hope 477-Henderson 478. 479-Rich Hill 480-Jewel 481-Marceline 482-Clintonville 483-Fairfax 484-Kirkwood 485-Coldwater 486--eairo 487-:-Chilhowee 488-Lock Springs 489-Lakeville 490-Montevallo 49I-Vandalia 492-Daggett 493. 494-Lewistown 495-Unity _ 496-Robert Burns 497-Equality 498. 499-Harmony 500--Jameson 50I-Buckner 502-Philadelphia
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 503-Prairie Home 504-Platte City 505-Euclid 506-Lathrop 507-Clearmont 508-Saxton 509-Van B-uren 510-New Hampton 511-Skidmore 512-Webb City 513-Senath 514-Granby 515-Galena 516-Milford 517- ...........• 51B-Oriental 519-Crane 520-Clifton Heights 521-Lockwood 522-Gate City 523-Stinson 524-Spickardsville 525-Cunningham 526-Wayne 527-Higbee 528-Conway 529-Apollo 530- ....•••..... 53 I-Lane 's Prairie 532-Dexter 533-Comfort 534-Columbia 535-Blackwell 536-Ingomar 537-Bethel 538-Stella 539-Dawn 540-Winigan 541-Jaeksonville 542-Ferguson 543-Mansfield 544-Algabil 545-Zalma 546-0rient 547-South Gate 548-Clinton 549-Carl Junction 550-Rose Hill 551-Pendleton 552-Dalhoun 553--elarksburg
1943 554-Foster 555-Summersville 556-Prairie 557-Blairstown 558-Moscow 559-Clarksdale 560-Nelson 561-Cowgill 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 581-Illmo 582-Koshkonong 583-Novinger 584. 585-Shamrock 586-Criterion 587-Branson 588-St. Francisville 589-Grovespring 590-Advance 591-Barnett 592-La Russell 593-Union 594-Blodgett 595-Cole Camp 596-Puxico 597-Bosworth 59S-:-Leadwood 599-Elvins 600-Cosby 601-Clayton 602-Acacia 603-Morehouse 604-.....•.....•
1943
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
605-Walker 606-Craig 607-Eminence 608-Strafford 609-Warrenton 610-Clark 611-Centertown 612-Mokane 613-Wellston 614--Mt. Washington 615-Chaffee 616. 617-Swope Park 618-Grandview 619:. 620-Willard 621-Anderson 622-Norwood 623. 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- ........•.••
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646-Shaveh 647-Noel 648-Elmer 649-University 650-Parma 651-Cleveland 652-Pilgrim 653-Shawnee 654-Commonwealth 655-Gardenville 656-Country Club 657-Progress 658-Purity 659-Alpha 66o-Holliday 661-Theodore Roosevelt 662-Clarence 663-Rockhill 664--Aldrich
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LODGES-LOCATIONS- DISTRICTS A No. - Name of Lodge
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
Location of Lodge
Acacia Columbia Ada Orrick Adair Kirksville Adelphi ' Edgerton Advance Advance Agency Agency Agricola .......•....Petersburg Albert Pike Kansas City Aldrich .Aldrich Algabil. St. Louis Allensville Allendale Alpha N. Kansas City Altamont Altamont Alton Alton America St. Louis Amsterdam ..•... , .• Amsterdam.', Anchor University City Ancient Craft King City Ancient Landmark Harrisburg Anderson Anderson Angerona Missouri City, Apollo, , .. St. Louis .. , Appleton City Appleton City Arcana ,.: Harris Archie ..••. , Archie
County
District
Boone 26 ,Ray 23 Adair 2 Platte 21 50 , .Stoddard Buchanan 9 Henry .........•... 31 .Jackson ',' .22 Polk , 41 33-B Worth .....•...••.. 6 Clay : 22 Daviess 10 Oregon ....•....... 53 33-B :Bates .....•... , •..• 35 ~ ,33-B ,Gentry ..........•• 6 Boone , ......•• 26 McDonald .......••• 56 Clay , 11 , ..........• , .....••. 33-B St. Clair 37 Sullivan ....•..••... 3 Cass 34
148 No.
6 346 70 55 100 156 306 127 267 26
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Name of Lodge
Ark Arlington Armstrong Arrow Rock Ash Grove Ashland Ashlar Athens Aurora Ava
Location of Lodge
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Newark .Dixon Armstrong Arrow Rock Ash Grove Ashland Commerce Albany: St. Louis Ava
County
Knox Pulaski .Howard Saline Greene Boone Scott Gentry Douglas
1943 District
2 39 25 24 45 26 50 6 33-A 46
B
217 Bar b~ Swoot Springs .. ' Saline 24 591 Barnett .Barnett Morgan 58 116 Barnes Cabool. Texas .46 353 Barnesville Ellington R<lynolds .47 367 Barry , Washburn Barry 55 365 Bayou .Bakersfield Ozark 53 3 Beacon · St. Louis ' 33-A 393 Beehive Lawson ,Ray .. : 23 632 Belgrade Belgrade Washington 40 373 Belle Belle Maries 39 450 Belton , Belton Cass 34 170 Benevolence Utica Livingston 12 642 Benjamin Franklin .. St. Louis 33-A 378 Berlin Berlin ,Gentry 6 ~ Bernie Stodda~d 51 573 Bernie 97 Bethany Bethany Harrison :. 5 537 BetheL .Bethel. Shelby 14 379 Billings Billings Christian 54 150 Birming Faucett. Buchanan .. ' 9 Bismarck St. Francois .48 41 Bismarck 535 Blackwell Blackwell St. Francois 40 557 Blairstown Blairstown ,Henry 37 594 Blodgett '.. .Blodgett Scott 50 153 Bloomfield Bloomfield Stoddard 50 102 Bloomington Bevier Macon 14 337 Blue Springs Blue Springs J ackson 59 101 Bogard Bogard Carroll 20 195 Bolivar :Bolivar Polk 41 45 Bonhomme Ballwin St. Louis 57 597 Bosworth Bosworth Carroll 20 587 Branson Branson Taney 54 135 Braymer .Braymer : Caldwell 12 334 Breckenridge Breckenridge· ,Caldwell 12 80 Bridgeton St. John's Station. St. Louis 57 86 Brookfield Brookfield Linn 13 269 Brotherhood St. Joseph. : Buchanan 9 203 Brumley Brumley ,Miller', •............ 38
1943 No.
233 501 442 254
149
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Name of Lodge
Bucklin Buckner Burlington Butler
Location of Lodge
.Bucklin Buckner Burlington J ct. ' .Butler
County
District
Linn Jackson Nodaway .Bates
13 59 7 35
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416 328 486 552 18;3 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
Cache St. Louis , Cainsville Cainsville .Harrison Cairo Cairo Randolph Calhoun Calhoun Henry California California Moniteau Callao Callao .Macon Cambridge Slater Saline Camden Point Camden Point Platte Canopy Aurora Lawrence Cardwell Cardwell Dunklin Carl Junction Carl Junction Jasper Carroll Norborne '" .Carroll Carterville Carterville J asper Carthage Carthage Jasper Caruthersville Caruthersville Pemiscot Cass Harrisonville ; Cass Cecile-Dayligh t Kansas City Jackson Censer Macon Macon Centertown Centertown Cole CentraL Molino Audrain Centralia Centralia Boone Chaffee Chaffee .scott Chamois Chamois Osage Charityâ&#x20AC;˘.............St. Joseph Buchanan Charleston Charleston Mississippi Johnson Chilhowee Chilhowee Christian Oak Grove J ackson Chula Chula Livingston Circle Roscoe St. Clair Clarence Clarence .shelby Clark Clark Randolph Clarksburg :Clarksburg Moniteau Clarksdale Clarksdale De Kalb Clarksville Clarksville Pike Clay Excelsior Springs ..Clay Clayton Clayton St. Louis Clearmont Clearmont Nodaway Cleveland Cleveland Cass Clifton Thayer Oregon Clifton Heights St. Louis Clifton Hill Clifton Hill Randolph Clinton Clinton lIenry El Dorado Springs .Cedar Clintonville
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150 No.
274 485 595 '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
Cold Spring ~ .Leeton DrexeL Cold Water Cole Camp Cole Camp Colony Colony Columbia Pacific Comfort Wheaton Commonwealth St. Louis Compass Parkville Competition Competition Composite Doniphan Concordia Concordia Continental .•....... Stewartsville Conway Conway Cooper Boonville Corinthian Warrensburg St. Louis Cornerstone Cosby Cosby Cosmos St. Louis Country Club Kansas City Cowgill Cowgill Craft Canton Craig Craig Crane : Crane Crescent HilL Adrian Criterion Alba Cuba Cuba Cunningham Sumner Cypress Laclede
County
1943 District
Johnson Cass Benton Knox Franklin Barry
36 34 36 2 32 55 33·A Platte 21 Laclede 38 Ripley 52 Lafayette ........•. 23 .De Kalb 10' Laclede 38 Cooper 25 J ohnson 36 '.' 33-B Andrew . . . . .. 9 33-B Jackson ' 22 Caldwell 12 Lewis 15 Holt 8 Stone 54 Bates 35 Jasper .44 Crawford 39 Chariton ..........• 19 Linn 13
D 492 539 400 88 137 119· 39 532 325 300
Daggett McKittrick Dawn ' Ludlow Decatur Pierce City Defiance Sheridan Delphian .....•..... Birch Tree ' De Soto De Soto DeWitt .DeWitt Dexter Dexter Dockery Meadville Doric Elkland
Montgomery Livingston Lawrence Worth Shannon Jefferson Carroll Stoddard Linn Webster
28 12 55 6 .47 40 20 50 13 .45
E 285 630 384 575 291 318
Earl .....•...•..... Coffey Daviess East Gate Kansas City Jackson East Prairie .East Prairie Mississippi Easter .st. Clair Franklin Edina Edina ....••.•••• Knox Eldorado Luray Clark
10 22 50 32 2 1
1943 No.
151
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Name of Lodge
Location of Lodge
County
District,
648 Ehper EI~er .Macon 14 599 Elvins .......•..... .Flat River St. Francois 48 607 Eminence ..........•Eminence .shannon 47 . 14 Eolia .Eolia .•.......... Pike .....•...•.••• 16 497 Equality .....•..... Newburg Phelps 39 121 Erwin ••............St. Louis 33-B 278 Essex ...•.......... Essex Stoddard ...•.•...• 50 -• ..... .st. Louis ..•...... , 33-A 505 Euclid : Brunswick Chariton ..•..••.•.. 19 73 Eureka 27 Evergreen Franklin 32 New Haven 405 Everton Everton Dade ...........••. 42 577 Ewing .Ewing ......•.••. Lewis ............•15 332 Excello Excello .•..••.... .Macon .......•..... 14 441 Excelsior Jackson ..•....... Cape Girardeau .•.. .49 o
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F 483 290 44 132 47 345 281 542 339 23 214 578 453 554 212 192 363 352 89 48
Fairfax Fairfax Atchison 8 Fairmont ....•.•.•.•Wyaconda Clark ...•.......... 1 Fair Play ..........•Fair Play .Polk 41 Farmington Farmington St. Francois •....... 48 Fayette .Fayette Howard ..........•. 25 Fellowship ....•..•..J oplin Jasper •..•......... 44 Fenton Fenton St. Louis 57 Ferguson Ferguson St. Louis 57 Fidelity Farley Platte 21 Florida Florida .Monroe .......•.... 17 Forest City Forest City Holt ........•...... 8 Forest Park St. Louis ...................•......... 33-B Forsyth Forsyth Taney 54 Foster .Foster Bates 35 Four Mile ......•....Campbell Dunklin 51 Frankford Frankford Pike ............•. 16 FraternaL R-obertsville .Franklin' 32 Friend Ozark Christian •...•..•.. 54 Friendship Chillicothe Livingston 12 Fulton ' ,Fulton Callaway 27
515 106 423 655 359 522 422 465 125 9
Galena ..•.......... Galena Gallatin Gallatin Galt Galt Gardenville Gardenville Garrett Arcola Gate City Kansas City Gate of the Temple Springfield Gaynor City .Parnell Gentryville Gentryville George Washington .. St. Louis
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Stone : 54 Daviess ••.•....•... 10 Grundy •........... 4 St. Louis 57 Dade 42 Jackson 22 Greene ..•.......... 45 .Nodaway'..•....... 7 Gentry ..•.•...•... 6 33-B
152 No.
427 475 218 72 397 289 644 514 579 276 618 272 66 173 159 425 414 635 107 178 589 4.74
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Name of Lodge
Glenwood Golden Good Hope Gorin Gower Graham Grain Valley Granby Grandin Grand River Grandview Granite Grant City Gray Summit Green City Green Ridge Greensburg Greentop Greenville Griswold Grovespring Guilford
Location of Lodge
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 .Be1l1l0wer Grovespring Guilford
County
Schuyler Barton Scotland ,Clinton Nodaway ,Jackson Newton Carter Cass ,Jackson Pettis Worth Franklin Sullivan Pettis Knox Schuyler Wayne Montgomery Wright Nodaway
1943 District
1 .43 33-A 1 11 7 59 56 47 ' 34 59 36 6 32 :. 3 36 2 1 52 28 .46 7
H
216 336 224 188 322 499 171 21 571 459 354 117 37 477 338 123 288 187 104 211 527 364 455 362 279
Hale City Hale Hallsville Hallsville Hamilton Hamilton Hannibal. Hannibal. Hardin Hardin Harmony St. Louis Hartford Hartford Havana McFall Hayti r •••••••• •• Hayti Hazelwood Seymour Hebron Mexico Helena Rochester Hemple Hemple Henderson Rogersville Herc\!laneum Herculaneum Hermann Hermann Hermitage Hermitage Hermon Liberal Her{)ine Kansas City Hickory Hill Eugene Higbee Higbee Higginsville Higginsville Hinton Hinton Hiram Kahoka Hogle's Creek Wheatland
: .Carroll Boone Caldwell , Marion Ray
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20 26 12 15 20 33-B Putnam 3 Gentry 6 Pemiscot 51 Webster .45 Audrain 27 Andrew 9 Clinton 11 Webster .45 ,,Jefferson 40 Gasconade 32 Hickory 41 Barton .43 ,Jackson 22 Cole 31 Randolph 18 Lafayette 23 Boone 26 Clark ............• 1 Hickory 41
1943 No.
262 660 49 251 239 215 580 4 130 32 415 30
153
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Name of Lodge
Holden - Holliday Holt Hope Hopewell Hornersville Houston Howard Hume Humphreys Hunnewell Huntsville
Location of Lodge
Holden , .Holliday Holt : .Washington Lesterville.' Hornersville Gant New Franklin Hume Humphreys Hunnewell Huntsville
County
District
.Jobnson ..........• 36 Monroe : 17 Clay .•............. 11 Franklin •......•..• 32 Reynolds ......••.• 47 Dunklin 51 Audrain ........•.. 27 Howard 25 Bates 35 Sullivan 3 Shelby •............ 14 Randolph 18
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410 581 76 54 536 381 154 143 420 446
Iberia Ill.mo Independence Index Ingomar Ionia Ionic Irondale Itaska Ivanhoe
Iberia lllmo .••......... Independence Garden City Willow Springs .Eldon Desloge Irondale St. Louis Kansas City
Miller Scott .Jackson Caas Howell Miller St. Francois Washington
38 50 59 34 53 58 48 .40 33-A 22
.Jackson
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 .Jewe!. : Joachim Jonathan .Jonesburg Joplin .Joppa
Linneus ..Jacksonville Darlington .Jameson .Jamesport .Jaaper .Jefferson City .Jennings ..rerico Springs Pleasant Hill Hillsboro Denver Jonesburg J oplin Hartville
Linn Randolph Gentry Daviess Daviess .Jasper Cole St. Louis Cedar , Cass .Jefferson Worth Montgomery .Jasper Wrigbt
13 18 6.
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220 Kansas City 311 Kearney 329 Kennedy 68 Kennett 243 Keystone
.Kansas City .Jackson Kearney ...•......Clay ,Elmo ••.......... Nodaway Kennett Dunklin St. Louis
22 : 11 ......•... 7 51 33-A
154 No.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Name of J..odge
Location of Lodge
County
1943 District
376 King Hill ; St. Joseph Buchanan 9 118 Kingston .........•. Kingston Caldwell .•..•.•.... 12 Adair ...•......... 2 105 Kirksville .......•.. Kirksville 484 Kirkwood Kirkwood ..•...•. St. Louis .•.•....... 57 Knobnoster J obnson ••••.•••.•• 36 245 Knobnoster 582 Koshkonong ......•. Koshkonong Oregon ..••...•••.. 53 L 222 83 115 489 292 460 574 531 237 253 592 506 145 598 77 494 149 31 302 138 326 152 51 521 488 257 259 268 128 409 403
La: Belle ......••.•••La Belle •....•..• Lewis 15 Laclede Lebanon Laclede •......••... 38, Laddonia ..•........Laddonia .Audrain .....••..••. 27 50 Lakeville Bell City .....•... Stoddard Lamar ...•......... Lamar ••......... Barton .....••..••. 43 Lambskin .......•...St. Louis ................•........•.•. 33-B La Monte La Monte Pettis ...•......... 36 Lane's Prairie Vichy Maries •.••...•••.. 39 La Plata ......•.•.. La Plata Macon 14 Laredo .........•... Laredo Grundy ...........• 4 La Russell ........•. La Russell .....•..J asper .........••.• 44 Lathrop .........••. Lathrop Clinton ........•..• 11 Latimer Licking Texas •..........••. 39 Leadwood Leadwood ..•..... St. Francois ......•. 48 Lebanon Steelville .....•...Crawford .........• 39 Lewistown Lewistown .•.•... Lewis .•...•......•. 15 Lexington Lexington Lafayette ....••.... 23 Liberty ......•..... Liberty Clay .............•. 11 Lick Creek Perry ........••.. Ralls ~ 15 Lincoln .Fillmore Andrew 9 Linn ..............•Linn .•........•.. Osage 31 Linn Creek Camdenton Camden 38 Livingston Glasgow Howard 25 Lockwood Lockwood Dade •............. 42 Lock Springs Lock Springs Davies! •....•...•.• 10 Lodge of Light Eagleville.....•.. Harrison 5 Lodge of Love Lancaster Schuyler .........•• 1 Lodge of Truth Atlanta Macon 14 Lorraine .Ridgeway Harrison '" . . • . . .. 5 Louisville Louisville Lincoln .....•...... 29 Lowry City Lowry City St. Clair 37 M
Mack '8 Creek 433 Mack's Creek 91 Madison .. : Madison 626 Magnolia St. Louis 112 Maitland ; ..•. Maitland 406 Malden ............•Malden 402 Malta Malta Bend 543 Mansfield Mansfield 566 Maplewood Maplewood
Camden ..........•• 38 .Monroe 17 33-B Holt •• 8 .Dunklin 51 Saline .......•..... 24 Wright 46 St. Lows .........•• 57
1943 No.
481 110 390 . 569 324 260 458 16 628 313 35 2 85 ~44
42 516 567 151 471 1 639 344 144 612 129 295 64 490 246 58 408 603 184 351 558 294 614 158 637 >'476 439 40 99 327 221
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Name of Lodge
Location of Lodge
County
155 District
Marceline .Marceline Linn 13 Marcus Fredericktown Madison .48 Marionville Marionville Lawrence ........•. 55 (Jackson Co.) .Jackson ..........•. 59 Marlborough McDonald Independence Jackson 59 Mechanicsville ..••.•.Defiance St. Charles ..•....•. 30 Melville Dadeville Dade 42 Memphis .Memphis Scotland ..•........ 1 Mendon Mendon Chariton 19 Eureka .st. Louis 57 Meramec Mercer Princeton •....... Mercer . . . . . . . . . . .. 4 Meridian St. Louis ............•................ 33-B Miami ...........•. .Miami .•......... Saline ...........•. 24 Middle Fabius .Downing Schuyler 1 Middle Grove ••.•... .Middle Grove Monroe 17 "...•.. 43 Milford ......•..•.. Milford .••....... Barton Miller .........•....Miller Lawrence .•.......• 55 Milton ........•.... .Milton Randolph 18 MineraL Oronogo Jasper .•........... 44 Missouri ..•.........St. Louis 33-A Mizpah ...........•.St. Louis 33-B Moberly Moberly Randolph ........•. 18 Modern 1Iumansville Polk 41 Mokane Mokane Callaway 27 Monett Monett Barry 55 Moniteau Jamestown Moniteau 31 Monroe ..•......... .Monroe City ....•. Monroe ..........•. 17 Montevallo .Montevallo Vernon 43 Montgomery ...•.... Montgomery City ..Montgomery 28 Monticello Monticello Lewis ............• 15 Montrose Montrose Henry 37 Morehouse Morehouse N ew Madrid 50 Morley ........•.... Morley ....•......Scott ••............ 50 Mosaic ; •.... Belleview Iron 48 Moscow Moscow Mills ..•.. Lincoln 29 Mound City Mound City Holt 8 Mount Washington .. .Mt. Washington Jackson 59 Mountain Grove Mountain Grove Wright· .46 Mountain View Mountain View ..•.Howell ........•... 53 Mt. Hope Odessa .........•. Lafayette 23 Mt. Olive .........•. Rogersville, R. 3 Webster .45 Mt. Moriah St. Louis : 33-A Mt. Vernon Mt. Vernon Lawrence 55 Mt. Zion ...•......•.West Plains Howell •..•........ 53 Mystic Tie Oak Ridge Cape Girardeau ..••. 49 N
25 568
Naphtali Naylor
.st. Louis Naylor
33-A Ripley .•........... 52
156 No.
1943
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Name of Lodge
Location of Lodge
560 Nelson Nelson 247 Neosho N eosho 60 New Bloomfield New Bloomfield New Hampton 510 New Hampton 199 New Hope Elsberry 307 New London New London 429 New Madrid ,New Madrid 270 New Salem Winfield 473 Nineveh Olney 470 Nodaway Maryville 647 Noel Noel 372 Nonpareil.......... East Lynne 643 Northeast Kansas City 157 North Star .Rockport 358 Northwest. Tarkio 622 Norwood Norwood 583 Novinger Novinger
County
District
Saline ............• 24 N ewton ...........• 56 Callaway 27 Harrison 5 Lincoln '.' 29 Ralls 15 New Madrid 51 Lincoln 29 Lincoln 29 Nodaway 7 McDonald 56 ~ Cass 34 .Jackson 22 Atchison 8 Atchison 8 Wright .46 Adair 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
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33-A 58 33-B 8 22 24 .43 10 .45 32 45
Miller ' Holt .Jackson Saline Vernon ..· De Kalb Greene Gasconade Greene
P 241 Palestine 18 Palmyra 19 Paris Union 650 Parma 308 Parrott 65 Pattonsburg 11 Pauldingville 330 Paul Revere 319 Paulville 551 Pendleton 92 Perseverance 502 Philadelphia 136 Phoenix 472 Pickering 399 Pike 652 Pilgrim
St. Charles Palmyra .Paris Parma .Maysville Pattonsburg Wright City St. Louis Hurdland Doe Run Louisiana Philadelphia Bowling Green .Pickering Curryville St. Louis
St. Cllarles Marion Monroe New Madrid De Kalb Daviess Warren Adair St. Francois Pike Marion Pike Nodaway Pike
;
30 15 17 51 10 10 30 " .33-A 2 .48 16 15 16 7 16 33-A
1943 No.
GRAND LODGE OF. MISSOURI Name of Lodge
Location of Lodge
County
157 District
182 314 469 504 113 160 142 467 176 79 349 232 95 209 166 242 131 556, 503 179 657 148 658 190 596 180 383
Pilot Knob .Richville Douglas .46 Pine ..........•.... Bardley .•........ Ripley .•........... 52 Plato Plato Texas 46 Platte City .Platte City Platte ..........•... 21 Plattsburg Plattsburg Clinton 11 Pleasant ...•....... .Morrisville Polk .41 Pleasant Grove Otterville Cooper 25 Pleasant Hope .Pleasant Hope Polk 41 Point Pleasant. ~ .•.. Conran .•........ .New Madrid .•...... 51 Polar Star St. Louis 33-B Pollock Pollock 'sullivan .........•.. 3 Polo ..............• Polo •............ Caldwell ..•........ 12 Pomegranate .....•..St. Louis ...........•..•.............• 33-A Poplar Bluff Poplar Bluff Butler 52 51 Portageville .Portageville New Madrid Portland Readsville Callaway 27 Potosi .Potosi ...........•Washington t • • 40 Prairie ....•........ Gilman City Harrison 5 Prairie Home ...•....Prairie Home Cooper 25 Pride of the West St. Louis 33-B Progress 'st. Louis ...........•....... ',' 33-B Purdy Purdy Barry 55 Purity St. Louis 33-A Putnam Newtown Sullivan 3 50 Puxico Puxico ....•...... Stoddard Pyramid ' .st. Louis ~ 33-A Pythagoras Cassville ,Barry 55
380 196
Queen City ••••••••..Queen City Quitman: ...•... ~, .••Quitman
Q Schuyler ........... 1 Nodaway 7
R 33 201 223 391 468 570 479 385 57 361 13 496 67 435 663
Ralls ...•...........Center Ralls 15 Ravenwood Ravenwood Nodaway 7 Ray ...•.....•......Camden Ray 23 Raytown .Raytown. ; J a.ckson •........... 59 Red Oak ....•.......Red Oak Lawrence ........•. 55 Republic .Republic Greene ...........• .45 Rich Hill ........••. Rich Hill Bates 35 Richland ...•........Richland Pulaski .......•. : •. 38 Richmond .Richmond Ray 23 Riddick ....•••.•... Buffalo .Dallas ...........•. 41 Rising Sun ....••.•..Barry Platte ........•..•. 21 Robert Burns Gainesville Ozark ..•.......... 53 Rocheport Rocheport Boone 26 53 Rockbridge Rockbridge •...... Ozark Rockhill Kansas City Jackson ....••.•.... 22
158 No.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Name of Lodge
341 Rockville 213 Rolla 550 Rose Hill 404 Rosendale 426 Rothville .' 204 Rowley 316 Rural 238 Rushville 90 Russellville 572 Rutledge
Loeation of Lodge
Rockville .Rolla St. Louis .Rosendale Rothville Dearborn Kansas City Rushville .Russellville ,Rutledge
County
1943 District
Bates Phelps
35 39 33-A Andrew 9 Chariton 19 Platte 21 Jackson 22 Buchanan 9 Cole 31 Scotland ..........• 1
S 225 226 208 424 298 462 293 71 508 448 126 236 513 585 646 653 625 256 228 371 304 310 75 511 266 271 206 200 547 466 296 524 155 96 273 588 234
Salem Salem ' Dent •............. 39 Saline : .St. Mary's Ste. Genevieve 48 Salisbury Salisbury Chariton 19 Samaritan Bonne Terre St. Francois 48 Lutie Ozark 53 Sampson Santa Fe Santa Fe Monroe 17 .Jasper 44 Sarcoxie '..Sarcoxie Savannah Savannah .Andrew ..........•• 9 Saxton Saxton Buchanan 9 43 Schell City Schell City Vernon Seaman Milan " Sullivan 3 Sedalia Sedalia Pettis 36 Senath Senath Dunklin 51 27 " Shamrock .shamrock Callaway St. Louis 33-B Shaveh Benton 36 Shawnee Warsaw Kansas City Jackson 22 Sheffield Festus J e:fIerson .40 Shekinah Shelbina Shelbina Shelby 14 .43 Sheldon Sheldon Vernon Signal .Mindenmines .Barton 43 Scott 50 Sikeston Sikeston Silex Silex ..•......... Lincoln 29 Skidmore Skidmore Nodaway 7 Audrain .. " 27 SociaL ............•Martinsburg Solomon Springfield Greene 45 Putnam ...........• 3 Somerset Powersville Sonora Watson Atchison 8 South Gate .Kansas City .Jackson 22 Southwest. Southwest City McDonald 56 Sparta Sparta Christian 54 Spickard Grundy 4 Spickardsville Spring Hill Spring Hill Livingston 12 St. Andrews Shelbyville Shelby 14 St. Clair ••••........Osceola St. Clair 37 St.Francisville Wayland Clark •............. 1 St. Francois Libertyville St. Francois 48
1943 No.
230 28 78 20 93 109 419 133 634 538 523 283 608 174 69 555 263 617
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Name of
Lod~e
Location of Lodge
County
159 District
St. James St. James .Phelps 39 St. John's Hannibal Marion 15 St. Joseph St. Joseph Buchanan 9 St. Louis St. Louis .. " " 33-A St. Mark's ' Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau 49 Stanberry Stanberry Gentry 6 Star ,Taoorville St. Clair 37 Star of the West Ironton Iron 48 Steele Steele Pemiscot' 51 Stella , ,., Stella , , .. Newton 56 Stinson, " , .Stinson. , , Lawrence , , .. 55 Stockton., ,., .stockton .. , , , . Cedar , .. , ,.42 Strafford .. ,.,., ... , Strafford, , , .. , ... Greene ,., ,., .. 45 Sturgeon ,." Sturgeon , .. ,Boone " ,26 Sullivan., , , .. Sullivan , Franklin ,.".. ., .. 32 Summersville Texas " .. , , , .. , .. .46 Summersville .. , Summit ..... , .. "., .Lee 's Summit J ackson ,., .. ,.,. ..59 Swope Park .. ' " ..Kansas City ,. Jackson : , .22 T
565 438 299 177 661 56 631 111 638 205 641 122 440 34 360 114 350 12
Tebbetts Tebbetts Callaway .. ,.,." 27 Temperance ,., ..â&#x20AC;˘Smithville , .. ,Clay , 11 "., ,.Kansas City Jackson , 22 Temple ,., 46 ,Texas Houston , ,Texas Th'eodore Roosevelt .. University City St. Louis ,' , .. 33-A Tipton Tipton Moniteau 31 Tower Grove St. Louis , 33-B Trenton Trenton Grundy 4 Triangle.,., St. Louis 33-A Trilumina, , .. Marshall Saline 24 Trinity , St. Louis , . , .. , , . , .. ,33-B Triplett. .. , .. , Triplett ,, Chariton , , 19 TroweL , ". Marble Hill. , , Bollinger ., , .49 Troy ,.,." .. Troy Lincoln ,.,., 29 Tuscan , ,. St. Louis , \, .. , , .. ,33-B Twilight. ,.,., .Columbia Boone " ;26 Tyrian , , Johnstown. , , . , .. .Bates ., .. " 35 Tyro ", , .. Caledonia , .Washington ., 40 U
593 Union, , Union ,., Franklin " .. 32 ,Union Star., De Kalb ,., .. , ,10 124 Union Star. , .. , , 210 Unionville ,. Unionville .. , .. , ..Putnam .. ".,...... 3 , Springfield ,Greene .. " .. , 45 5 United , ". Richards, : .. Vernon ., , .. ".43 495 Unity 649 University .. , , University City .. , .St. Louis , 33-A , .. , , .Urbana. , ,Dallas ., .41 421 Urbana 286 Urich , .. Urich ', Henry 37
160
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1~43
v No.
413 629 509 491 320 94 62
Name of Lodge
Location of Lodge
County
District
Valley .Bolckow Andrew'. . . . . . . . . . .. 9 Valley Park Valley Park St. Louis .••........ 57 Van Buren Van Buren Carter 47 Vandalia Vandalia Audrain 27 Versailles ..••..•....Versailles ..•.•••• Morgan ..••.•..•.•. 58_ Vienna Vienna Maries ...•....•...• 39 Vinci!. Cameron Clinton ...•........ 11 W
348 52 605 456 74 609 87 61 526 375 235 512 98 84 22 613 ] 94 46 445 103 396 15 53 340 202 434 301 417 ]62 620 370 29 540 430 277 387 24
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 Wlleeling White Hall Whitewater Whitesville Willard Williamstown Windsor Winigan Winona Wm. D. Muir Woodside Wyaconda
Creighton Cass 34 Carrollton Carroll 20 Walker Vernon 43 Bunceton : Cooper 25 .Keytesville Chariton •....• : 19 Warrenton Warren 30 Greenfield Dade 42 Waverly Lafayette 23 Piedmont Wayne 52 Waynesville Pulaski 38 Weatherby De Kalb 10 Webb City Jasper 44 Marshfield Webster .•........ .45 Webster Groves St. Louis : .. 57 .De Kalb Buchanan 9 Wellston St. Louis 57 Wellsville Montgomery 28 Wentzville St. Charles 30 St. Louis 33-B Millersville Cape Girardeau •... .49 -. . Louisburg Dallas .41 Winston Daviess 10 W eston Platte ...........•. 21 Kansas City Jackson 22 Westville Chariton ........•.. 19 WIlCeling Livingston ......•.• 12 .Barnard Nodaway 7 Whitewater Cape Girardeau 49 Whitesville Andrew •..•....•.. ~ 9 Willard Greene -.....•.. 45 Williamstown Lewis 15 Windsor Henry 37 Winigan ...•......Sullivan ...•.....•. 3 Winona Shannon .47 Pilot Grove Cooper 25 Thomasville Oregon 53 La Grange Lewis ......•....... 15
1943
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
161
x No.
50
Name of Lodge
Xenia
Location of Lodge
Hopkins
County
District
Nodaway ....•....• 7 y
563
york ......•.•.....•Kansas City
.Jackson •........•.• 22
Z
545 189
Zalma Zeredatha
Zalma .st. Joseph
Bollinger ....•..... 49 Buchanan 9
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SECOND DISTRIOT-J. M. DeWITT, D. D. G. M., Kirksville, Mo. Kirksville, 105 51 51 61 2/15[· 6 3 51 31 .. ·1 .. · Paulville. 319... 5\ 5 2...... 4 ... 1 11 I... Adair, 366. 12 12 12 1 9 22 10 1 81 1... Novinger, 583. . . . . . 11 31 3 1 3 3 '" '" .1 1. •• Ark, 6 1 1 1 \ /. . .. '" .1 .. ·1. .. Colony. 168 1 1.. ·1 .. ·1.· '/ 2 1 1... Edina, 291. . . . . . . . . 6\ 51 51 \... 5 .. . 1 41 \. . . Greensburg, 414.... 3 11 11. 1 7 I....... TOTAL ........ 321 31/ 29! 2: 271 491 13/ 8i 16/ ... I.. '.
2741$ 70\ 3351 541
594.301$ 138.60\ 676.20 113.401
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594.301$ .. ~ 1$ 1$ 142.80 ·····1 4.201 678.30 1 2.101 113.40 .. , 1 ..•...
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201 37.80 37.80 721 142.801 142.80 871 168.00 168.00 9121$ 1,871.101$ 1,877.40
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Hartford;I7l...... 11 1 1. . . 1. . . 1 4 1 ••• / ••• Somerset. 206. . . . . . . 1 f 1 1 ... I. . . 41' . . 1 .... \. " . Unionville, 210. . . . .. 101 5 9 1 4 13.. . 5 6 1 . Humphreys. 32 2/ 3 3...... 21 ... 1 / 1 .. Seaman, 126. 41 4 9 2 6 3'\... 11 ! Green City, 159. 21 2 2... 1 12 2 1 3 •..... Putnam, 19Q \ 11. .. 1 1. . 1t 41 I . Pollock. 349........ 11 1 1... .... 11'" 11 .... / 1 .. At:c~na, 389. .. .. ... '" I I... /". 2........ .. I.. WInIgan, 540....... 11 1; 11·00... 61 ...... 1 3; .. TOTAL ........ 221 181 261 41 121 431 21 111 201 1 ..
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1$ 1 1 1 1
11.76 10.25 32.00 9.26 39.00 16.50 .. 30.75 12.50 6.00, 30.00/ 3.00 11.25 80.50\ 10.00 1.00 13.75 45.00 10.001 1.00 442.601$ 250.001$ 25.001$ 186.00
1$ 60.00$ 10.001$ 1.00\$ 1... 00 . .. • 10.00 1.00 1. . . . . . . . . 100.00 10.00 1 96.00 20.00 2.00 1 131.00 40.001 4.00 1 · •••.• 1 24.00 20.001 2.00
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2971$ 567.00 $ ....... 1$ ..... 1$ 524.001$ 10.001$ 1.001$ 74.25 '67.0'1' 94.50 94.50 481 20.001" ...... I •.. •.. 1 7.50 · .. · .. ' ...... 1 134.40 134.40 .. ........ 1 ...... 781 396.00 10.001 1.001 ........ 86,10 ........ 1 ...... 86.10 421 180.00 ..•.•. "1 ...... / 10.50 302.40 ........ 1· .... ·1 1591 302.401 345.001 10.00 1.00 36.00 6241$ 1,184.401$ 1,184.40 $ .....•. 1$ ..... 1$ 1,465.001$ 30.001$ 3.001$ 128.25
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203.70 $ 84.00 48.30 84.00 94.60 88.201 602.701$
203.70 86.10 50.40 86.10 98.70 88.20 613.20
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LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS rmST DISTRICT-HAROLD M. JAYNE, D. D. G. M., Memphis, Mo. County Lodge INo., Location I Master I Secretary 290IWyaconda ..••... Richard J. Carder W. H. Pulliam . Clark .•••••••. Fairmont Eldorado .•.•..... 318ILuray .....•..•.. Wm. Carter......... A. L. Stevens .•...• Hiram .....•..•.. 362IKahoka ..•....••. Perry S. Borton Elmer C. Dinger ••.. St. Franaisville 688IWayland O. L. Inlow Dale Hagerman . Ralph I. Ladd . Seotland . Memphis......... 16IMemphis .•...•.. Marion E. Daggs Gorin............ 72IGorin Price Miller Richard Shacklett •• Rutledge ...•..... 572IRutledge ••...•••. Geo. C. McDonald James A. Bailey ..•. . Schl,l,yler . Middle Fabius •.•. 244IDowning .••..•.. R. W. Farris .......•. E. E. Hale Lodge of Love 259ILanc82ter .....•.. H. E. Shepherd H. C. Burkland .••.. Queen City 3801 Queen City F. W. Lauer G. L. Lauer . Glenwood ..•..... 427IGlenwood ..••.••. Nelson M. Hopper Nat. L. Johnson . Greentop 635IGreentop ...••... Eldred E. Palmer W. Lee young ..•...
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Time of Meeting 2nd and 4th Mondays ..•.•. '.' ..•.. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays •.....••.. 1st and 3rd Fridays .•............ 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 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 6,1862 Oct. 13, 1892 Sept.28, 1906 May 26,1866 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 10,1871 Oct. 17, 1873 Oct. 22, 1924
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105IKirksville 319IHurdland 866IKirksvilIe .•...••. 583jNovinger 6INewark .•••.••.. 168 IColony •.•••.•••.. 291IEdina •••...•.••• 414IGreensburg ..•...
James H. Vail Lyle Erwin Joe P. Smith Wm. R. Mosley Carl Martin Clarence McReynolds. Edward Hickman Eddie L. Priebe
Grover C. Chambers M. J. Crawford C. V. Music .•...... C. E. Smith C. R. Kendall B. S. McReynolds F. G. Seyforth W. L. Francis
1st and 8rd 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 ......•......
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1711Hartford ..•..... 2061 Powersville ..•... 210IUnionville .•.•••. 32jHumphreys .•••.• 126IMilan .. 1591Green City ..•..•. 190INewtown •••..•.. 349IPollock ..•..••.•. 3891 Harris ..•.....•.. 540 IWinigan .
Forrest Smith Paul Brown Russell A. Hauck W. R. Allen R. M. Wilson Harley C. Higgins Merill Bowers Forrest T. Page Geo. C. Foster John W. Milhoan,
. H. L. Dickerson •... . J. O. Pauley ..••... . C. D. Pittman ..•... . D. H. Humphreys .. . Chas. E. Smith, . , Bernie L. Stutler . . J. W. Moore ....••. . Otis Reinhard ..•••. . Roy C. Fanning .... . Odgen L. Romine
1st Tuesday ......•.... , ........• 1st and 3rd Mondays . 2nd Thursday ,, 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ' 1st and 3rd Mondays ' 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 1st Thursday, , . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ...•......•.. 1st Wednesday ..••..•.......•... ' 1st Wednesday ..•..........•.....
May May May Oct. May Oct. May Oct. Oct. Oct.
30,1857 29,1861 30,1861 13, 1887 9,1867 16, 1884 28; 1869 16, 1884 13, 1871 14. 1889
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Murkle L.Pence, Mahaffie"'1 J. Ragan , Walter W. Liebhart .. Gaylord Shaw John H. Mercer
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97IBethany 128IRidgeway 267IEagleville 328ICainsville .....•.. 510\New Hampton 5561Gilman City
E. B. Thompson O. P. Bennett D. H. McLain Alvin Wood W. B. King , H. O. Dowell ,
, Chas. T. Bridges .. , J. A. Dale . E. O. Martin ••..•.. , James T. Barratt . George E. Scott. . W. E. Richter .
2nd and 4th Tuesdays ...•.•....... 1st and 3rd MondayS ... : . : ..•.... ' 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ..•.•........ 1st and 3rd Thursdays .. , . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays . 2nd and 4th Wednesdays .
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LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued SIXTH DISTRICT-CURTIS F. SMITH, D. D. G. M., Darlington, Mo. County Lodge No.1 Location Gentry .....••. Havana .....•.... 21IMcFaIl . Stanberry .....•.. 1091 Stanberry . Gentryville .. 125lGentryville , .. Athens ....••.•... 127lAlbany ........•. Ancient Craft ..... 3771King City ...•••• Berlin ...••....... 3781 Berlin . Jacoby ...•....... 4471 Darlington . Worth ....•••• Grant City . 661Grant City ..•.... Defiance . 88ISheridan .. Allensville .....•.. 1981Allendale..•..•.. Jonathan . 321 \Denver ...•••..•.
Master I Secretary H. H. Manring. . . . . .. Wm. R. Willis ...••. 1. J. Humphreys S. A. Goodding . Curtis Crawford John M. Patton . Wm. Ross Ebersole L. Frank Smith . M. V. Snyder •....... T. H. McElroy ..•.. Walter Miller J. B. Owens, Jr . F. C. Rigney .....•... Marvin C. Miller ' Charles L. Motsinger. Geo. Hunt .....•... J. W. Evans Roger McAlister , Zene Hammer .....•. Wade Dawson . Henry Stanton .•..... Lawrence Ruckman
Time of Meetin~ 1st Friday .•.....•...........•..• 1st and 3rd Thursdays ....•...•... 2nd and 4th Saturdays ....•...•••. 2nd and 4th Thursdays ..........• , 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 2nd and 4th Fridays ...•.......... 1st and 3rd Fridays .. 1st and 3rd Mondays ..........•.•. 2nd and 4th Mondays . 2nd and 4th Thursdays . 2nd and 4th Wednesdays .........•
Charter Date Oct. 6,1879 Oct. 17,1879 Mar. 10, 1860 May 8,1851 Oct. 13, 1871 Sept.24, 1906 Oct. 17,1901 Oct. 10,1894 Oct. 17, 1878 May 30,1860 Oct. 12, 1869
50IHopkins .•..•.... W. Edward Turner 196IQuitman Glenn Palmer .......• 201IRavenwood Clyde Adcock 289IGraham W. B. Gex 301IBarnard ..•...•.. Wm. Hartman 329IElmo .....•....•..................... ' 442jBurlington Jet•.. Geo. T. Bennett 465IParneIl ' 470IMaryville ..•..... M. E. Cole 472IPickering .....••. C. E. Hull 474IGuilford C. C. Bledsoe 507jClearmont •.•..•. F. H. Billingsley. 511 \Skidmore . . . . . . .. Frank H. Tarpley .. "
Glade Traster 1st and 3rd Thursdays . Fred Wright 1st and 3rd Saturdays . J. J. Smith 2nd and 4th Thursdays ...• : . Frank McNeal..... 1st and 3rd Thursdays . Paul D. Stalling 2nd and 4th Thursdays ....••..... L. R. Pruitt ..........•..••..•.....•••••....••..•.•. Clarence Miller ••... 1st and 3rd Fridays , J. S. Matteson..... . .••.•....••....•••......•..•... F. R. Marcell 2nd and 4th Thursdays . C. G. McMillen 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .....•....•. Alex H. Wilson 2nd and 4th Thursdays . A. B. Stokes 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..••...•.••• E. D. French ..•••• ' 2nd and 4th Mondays ......•......
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157IRockport•.•..... 200IWatson 358ITarkio 483IFairfax 112IMaitland ..••.... 13910regon ..•....... 2141 Forest City ..•... 2941Mound City••.... 606ICraig...........
Herbert E. Melvin Henry O. Hudson Loyd E. Hills Marvin H. Schooler .. , Mark A. WeIler ...•.. E. E. Richards, Jr ' RusseIl Gordon John R. Wilson ....•. David L. Browl!
Virgil E. Walter... Warren Morgan Alvin E. Andersen., W; A. Groesbeck... Hiram L. Leeper .•. Everett Planalp .... L. R. Fawkes...... F. J. Bridgmon ; 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 Tuesdays . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays '" .
May 29,1856 Oct. 19, 1876 Oct. 17, 1884 Oct. 15,1874 Oct. 19, 1867 May 31,1855 May 30,1861 Oct. 14, 1868 Sept.29, 1909
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NINTH DISTRICT-SAM WILCOX, D. D. G. M., St. Joseph, Mo. Andrew ••.. , .. Savannah .••..•.. ....... Helena ...•.•...• " " ....... Lincoln ...•...... ....... Whitesville •••.... " " ....... Rosendale •••...•. ....... Valley ........... " " ....... Cosby ..••.•.••.• ' Buchanan ..... Agency ..•....•.. ..... WelIington .••.... " ..... St. Joseph ....•.. " ..... Birming .••...•.. " ..... Zeredatha .•..••.. " ..... Rushville ...•.... " ..... Brotherhood ..••. , "Of Charity ...••..•.. ..... King Hill •••...•• " ..... Saxton ........•. "
7l\Savannah ........ 1171 Roches ter .••••••. 138iFillmore ......... 162lWhitesville ..... " 404lRosendale ..••.•.. 413\Bolckow ..••.•..• 600jCosby .••........ 10IAgency ......•... 22IDeKalb ..••••.•.. 781St. Joseph ....... 150\Faucett••••.•.... 1891St. Joseph ••••... 238lRushville ..••..•• 2691St. Joseph .•••••. 3311St. Joseph .•••.•• 376\St. Joseph .••..•. 5081 Saxton ..•.......
F. H. Fritchman ..... J. A. Hampton ..... ;, M. L. Holliday ....... Donald Gay .......... E. W. Todd .......... J. Harold Bolin ...... A. H. Veraguth ...... Vannie D. Lynch .... , Wm. G. Crumpacker. Truman F. Hadley ... Dean Dunlap ........ Warren Adams ...... Dalton Jones ........ Robert J. Blackburn .. J. Henry Scrivner .... Joseph A. Sherman .. Orville L. Duckworth.
W. W. HalL ....... H. E. Shanks •••... Fred N. Foster ..... Fisher Potts .•..... C. J. Watts ........ J. Edwin Middleton. 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 ... J esse Moore •••...•. J. S. DeVall .•..••• '
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Oct. 24, 184~ Dec. 21, 1925 Jan. 2, 186S May 28.18513 Oct. 22, 1898 Oct. 17, 1878 Sept. ;JO, 19013 June 1, 186S May 6,1852 Oct. 14, 1848 May 22.1858 May 28.1859 May 26.1866 Oct. 19, 1922 Oct. 18, 1870 Oct. 18, 1870 Oct. 12, 1882
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LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued TENTH DISTRIOT-ANDREW WANNER, D. D. G. M., Lock Springs, Mo. County Lodge No.1 Location DeKalb .•..•.. Union Star .•..... 1241Union Star ...... Weatherby ..•.... 2351 Weatherby •••.... Parrott•..•..•..• 308lMaysville ..•..••. Osborn .. 31710sborn .•..•..... Continental ....•. 4541 Stewartsville ..... Clarksdale ..•.... ' 559IClarksdale .•..... Daviess . Western Star . 15IWinston ..•...•.. Pattonsburg , 651 Pattonsburg ..•.. " Gallatin ; . 106/Gallatin ..•...... Altamont . 108lAltamont.•...... EarL .•.......... 285'Coffey . Lock Spring .•.••. 4881Lock Spring •••.. Jameson ...•..•.. 500IJameson ..•.•••.. Jamesport ....•.. 564lJamesport .
Master Alvin Price . Floyd Bromley . Geo. Wyatt . Lewis E. Doak . Harvey H. Fluhart . Clarence Thornton . Chas. B. Whitchurch. C. A. Pugh . Frank T. Nichols . E. W. Prouty . W. S. Underwood . . J eff Walker J. B. Gray . Leslie O. Langford .
Secretary W. G. Ralph . C. R. McClure . L. L. Hofstatter . Herbert F. Martin .. Clarence G. Waller. Donald Barrow . Alfred Dunlap . Wade D. Moody . W. O. Tague ..•.•.. Elmer Kirkendall . W. GUY Welden . John Bills . James E. Jenkins .. Byron Maharg .....
Time of Meeting 2nd and 4th Wednesdays . 2nd and 4th Saturdays .•....••.... 1st and 2nd 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 Wednesday . 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 1st and 3rd Mondays .
Charter Date Oct. 15, 1885 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. 15. 1868 Oct. 15. 1874 Oct. 11. 1877 Oct. 9.1898
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John L. Riggs W. T. Shadden Temple D. Shaw Frank D! Baird J. F. McGhee Ralph C. Lowman Wayne Coffey , Fay F. Skinner Hugh O. Marshall Lawrence Bowlin F. O. Sanders
. Edgar Archer . A. B. Odor. . . . . . • •. . Robert E. Hicklin.. . Chas. D. Wysong. .. . C. W. Hessel. . . . . .. . Alfred O. Lowman. . Loren V. Koch. . . .. . Fred E. ~uce. . . . . .. . R. 'vi. Hayward. . •. . J. C. Cummings .••. . James L. Taylor. . ..
2nd and 4th Mondays . 3rd Friday ....•.••............... 1st and 3rd Tuesdays .....•....... 1st and 3rd Mondays ......•.•..••. 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 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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Oct. 19, 1867 Oct. 17. 1889 Oct. 10. 1869 Oct. 16. 1878 Oct. 30. 1870 Oct. 12. 1893 Oct. 12. 1847 June 2.1855 May 30.1857 Oct. 3.1871 Oct. 17.1873 Oct. 17. 1889
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82ILinneus.. . . . • . .. 86IBrookfield .....•. ' 227/Laclede 233/Bucklin ..•....••. 325IMeadville ..••.... 481IMarceline
Clarence L. Grice. . .. John E. Kimber , Thomas H. Wade , E. L. Nickerson E. J. Coates , F. H. Schutte
Harold W. Thorne.. H. L. Jaquiss Chester T. Hoover .. J. H. Pettit. ....•.. F. E. Deem E. W. Tayler
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38ICallao .••........ 102IBevier 172IMacon ..•....•... 2371La Plata.•••..••. 268/Atlanta .•••.•.... 332IExcello ....•..... 648IElmer ..•••..••.. 96IShelbyville ..•••.. 228IShelbina 415IHunnewell ...•••. 537IBetheI. ••..•.•••. 662 IClarence ...•.....
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Ralph T. Bennett David L. Jones , Elmer Evans Hollis Saffell L. H. Newman , Clinton Dennis , W. H. McCollum .. , ., W. C. Hewitt : F. Wayne Hart Basil Wyatt. .. .. LeRoy D. Quinley Howard A. Thompson
Ransom D. Wood C. F. Larsen Buryl B. Stock Pearl R. Drum C. G. Sagaser Ross King C. I. Murry E. Glenn Parsons.. Ellis Y. Hack Hugh Carr.....•... Sam Ziegler Wm. B. Brewington
1st and 3rd Thursdays ..••••...... 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ••..' . 1st and 3rd Fridays ; •...•.... 2nd and 4th Thursdays . 1st and 3rd Mondays •••..•..•..... 1st and 3rd Wednesdays ..•.....•.. 2nd and 4th Mondays .. : ...•....•. 2nd and 4th Fridays ...•..•.•..... 1st and 3rd Fridays . 1st and 3rd Fridays .•......•.•.... 1st and 3rd Mondays ......•...•••. 1st and 3rd 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
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No.1 Location 241La Grange .•••.•. 58IMonticello ...•••• 222ILaBelle .•••.•••.. 287/Canton •••.•.•••. 370 IWilliamstown .••. 494 1Lewistown ...••. 577IEwing .. 18lPalmyra.•••.•••. 28IHannibal •••••••• 188lHannibal.••••••. 5021 Philadelphia..••• 33ICenter . 3021 Perry .•.....•.•• 3071New London ..••.
Master 1 Secretary ,. Leslie Edwards ...• Geo. E. Brose Alex Stephenson. . • .• Barkley D. Million .. E. M. Brightwell. . . .. D. S. Bagby ..•..... P. E. Benning. . . . . .. Jere Bradshaw ..•.. Walter Lasswell John S. Smith ....• J. Richard Huse E. F. Arnold . Virgil O. Graves Frank Bugh .••..•• E. T. Sprague R. L. Haydon . Albert L. Leggett. W. H. Blackshaw . James C. Hart. . . . . .. Harry C. Smith ..•. Marvin R. Ragar T. J. Bleigh •••..... Harold E. Walkup G. C. Layne .••..••. Jesse L. Ornburn C. W. Deekerd . Harrel Hayden Geo. F. Watson .
Time of Meeting 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..•...•..... 2nd and 4th Thursdays ' 2nd and 4th Fridays . 1st and 3rd Mondays ..•...•....... 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..••..••.... 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ..•••••••. 1st and 3rd Thursdays .•••...••... 2nd and 4th Thursdays .. 1st and 3rd Mondays ...•..••..... 2nd and 4th Mondays . 1st Thursday ...•...•...•.••..... 2nd and 4th WednesdayS ..•.•••••. 2nd Tuesday •..••.....•..•..••••. 1st and 3rd Fridays ......•••. '.....
Charter Date Oct. 11, 1877 Oct. 12, 1887 Oct. 11, 1888 Oct. 15. 1868 Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 12. 1876 Sept. 7. 1906 Apr. 25, 1831 May 30,1861 May 30.1860 Oct. 11. 1877 May 27,1868 Oct. 15. 1868 Oct. 12.1869
. Eolia ...•.••.•.•• 14/Eolia .•.......•.. Clarksville ..• , .•• 171 Clarksville .•...•. . Perseverance •.•• ' 92lLouisiana Phoenix •...•..•. 1361Bowling Green ••. Frankford .•.•.. , 192 /Frankford ..•.... Pike .......•.•... 399 iCurryville ..••.•..
Thomas J. Brown .... O. H. McLeod .....•.. Russell J. Rowe . Alfred L. Betts .. , . Rex Galloway . Floyd Hearn .
Wharton Schooler .. Harry C. Carroll . Wm. H. yager . Edward V. Long . R. J. Parham . J. H. Sisson .
Saturday on or before full moon ... 1st and 3rd Thursdays ••..•.•••.•. 1st and 8rd Tuesdays ..••..••..••. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ..••....•.••. 2nd and 4th Mondays .. 1st Thursday ..•.••••••••..••••..
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E. L. Davis Albert Rouse .......• J. W. Mallory W. E. McGlasson T. R. Turner W. B. Godbey R. G. Crain
J. L. Gwyn A. W. Bousman Jesse Fisher.••.••• C. A. Gentry .•••••. C. O. Farris P. H. Stuart ....••• T. E. Sparks .•.....
2nd and 4th Fridays . 4th Wednesday .. 1st Saturday .. 2nd and 4th Mondays •••••••.•••.. 2nd Tuesday ...•...•••.....•••... Friday before 8rd Saturday .••••.. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ...•.........
Mar. 1. 1835 May 6,1852 June 2,1866 June 2,1866 Oct. 12, 1847 Oct. 17, 1873 Oct. 17,1923
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Huntsville ••.•... Milton ..•.....•.. Clifton Hill •••... Moberly . Cairo ..•.•..•••••. Higbee .••••....•, J acksonville ~ ••... Clark .....••••..•
30IHuntsville ..•..•. 151IMilton ..•.••..•.. 1611Clifton HilL ••.•• 344/Moberly ..•..•••• 486ICairo •.•.....••.. 627IHigbee .......••. 641lJacksonville 610IClark •.•...•.....
Lewis M. Brockman .. E. L. Fleming E. A. Eubank Ward D. Hayden H. H. Wright Otto March ......•... Cas. Stryjewski. W. E. Rice..........
M. D. Evans ••.•..• Arthur Haak ..•••• J. W. Richeson . J. W. Tate .....•••. Vel L. Dameron . E. B. Hawkins ••... Gay Creed . F. L. Ornburn .••..
1st and 3rd Tuesdays .••..•..•..•. 1st and 3rd Saturdays ••••••••••••. 1st and 3rd Thursdays .....•••...• 2nd and 4th Mondays . 2nd and 4th Thursdays .. 1st and Srd Wednesdays ••..•.••••• 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ......•... 1st and 3rd Thursdays ......•.••.•
Oct. 8,1840 May 26. 1865 May 28,1869 Oct. 18, 1870 Oct. 14,1874 Oct. 15, 1885 Sept. 24. 1902 Sept. 28, 1910
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73IBrunswick •••..•. 74IKeytesville ..•.... 122ITriplett•••.••••. 202IWestville 208ISalisbury 4261 Rothville ••••••... 525!Sumner •••.••..•. 628IMendon
O. Council Stroemer .. Roy Harper......... Walter Griswold RichardHainds Hubert N. Bruns Arthur H. Wilson E. H. Burton Claude Saling
Arthur G. Lynch O. L. Davis W. P. Gaines .••.... WalterHainds H. H. Brummall Lee Clair ..••.•..•. L. O. Allen C. G. Shull
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391De Witt....•.••. 521 Carrollton . 101IBogard.••••••••• 216IHale .•...••••••• 249lNorborne .••••••• 597 IB08WOrth •••••••• 322IHardin .
R. L. LaBonta Joe F. Tasler. . . .. . .. R. M. Bartlett .....•. C. B. Rearden. . . . . . .. Leonard Steel. B. H. Wilhelm , Robert Eslinger
Carl H. Boelsen ..•. Harry E. Schanz. .. R. B. Trussell ••..•• Dennis E. Parish. .• R. E. Parrish •••••• Henry Galbrecht ..• S. L. Lockridge
1st and 3rd Thursdays ..•••••••••. 2nd and 4th Thursdays .•..••••.••. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .••••..•.•••. 1st and 3rd Mondays ...••.•••.... 2nd and 4th Mondays ....••.•••.•. 2nd and 4th Thursdays ...••••••••. 2nd Saturday .
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LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued TWENTY-FmST DISTRICT-EARL W'. FOLEY, D. D. G. M., Weston, Mo. County I Lodge No. I Location I Master Platte ........ Rising Sun ....... 13jBarry .....•..... S. R. Pancake " Weston •.••••.... 5SIWeston .••....... Lauren C. Cox Compass ...••.••• 120IParkville .••••••• Allan Ireland Camden Point ..•. 1691Camden Point •.•• Jas. C. Bailey Rowley .•..•..••. 204lDearborn •••.•••. John W. Tays Fidelity ••••.••... 3391 Farley Lester Naylor .........\ Adelphi ..••.••... 366IEdgerton .••.••.. Edgar Gaines '.. . . . . . . . .. Platte City .•.•... 604jPlatte City ..•.••. H. Hammond
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Time of Meeting 1st Saturday ..••..•••••....•••.•. lst andSrd Thursdays ..••.•••.... 1st Monday ......•.•....•........ lst and Srd Tuesdays .....•...•..• 2nd Wedn~day . 2nd Wednesday .•.....•...•...... 1st and 3rd Saturdays . 2nd and 4th Mondays .
Charter Date May 8.1862 Oct. II, 1842 May 10,1850 Oct. 18, 1867 Oct. 19, 1867 Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 18, 1888 Oct. 13. 1881
'''1 Heroine ....... ....... ••..... ....... •..... , ...... , ....... •..... ' ....... ••..... •..... ' ••.... ....... .......
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Albert Pike Kansas City .••... Temple Cecile-Daylight Rural •.•..•...... Westport .....•.. Ivanhoe Gate City. . . . . . .. Orient ........•.. SouthGate york .•.•...••... Swope Park Sheffield ....••... East Gate ..•..••. Northeast , Country Club., RockhilL Alpha
1041Kansas City 2191Kansas City 220lKansas City ..•••. 2991Kansas City ...••. 3061Kansas City ...... 3161Kansas City ..•••. 340lKansas City ..••.. 4461Kansas City 5ZZIKansas City .• , .. , 5461Kansas City 5471 Kansas City 6631Kansas City ..•••. 6171Kansas City , 6251Kansas City ..••.. 630lKansas City 6431Kansas City ..•... 6561Kansas City 66SIKansas City 6591N. Kansas City
Leebert,Glass Claude N. Perry Carl P. Hall., S. L. Middleton Wm. P. McKinstry Samuel U. Mollet , Scott W. Rone Claude E. McCormick Thomas G. Downey .. ' Arthur F. Clough AlbertC.Oetting Lester M. Johnson L. Verne Hisoc Marion E. John Dwight G. Wiard Edwin V. Cartmell. .. Martin B. Dickinson .. Julius H. Blender ' B. J. Vandrutt
J. S. Epstein ...••.. Carl L. Soderstrom. J. W. Schlaegel. .•• Alfred D. Ludlow .. , Loren Hargus .... :. Geo. W. Paddock ..• W. F. Lacatt ..•...• J. O. Christensen F. H. Knight ....••. Vernie G. Fisher .•. T.M.Pratt .....•.. Irvin F. Strycker J. E. Witt Leonard F. Owens .. Ernest W. Berry Gee. R. Hodge .••.•. Robt. E. Robertson. Joseph Weinsaft Merrill Burnidge
2nd and 4th Tuesdays ......•....•. 1st and 3rd Fridays ' , 2nd and 4th Mondays ..••......... 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ............• 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ....••.... 1st and Srd Mondays .. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .. 2nd and 4th Thursdays .. lst and 8rd Saturdays ....•....... 2nd and 4th Fridays . 1stand3rdThursdays . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ......•...... 2nd and 4th Thursdays .. 2nd and 4th Thursdays ....•••..... 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ......•..•..• 1st and 3rd Thursdays ....•••...•. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays . 1st and 3rd Wednesdays .. 2nd and 4th Mondays ..
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61IWaverly 149ILexington 864/Higginsville , 464lConeordia. •• • ••. 47610dessa. . . .•. . ..• 57IRiehmond .••..•.. 223 ICamden . .• • . •• .. 393ILaw-son ..•.....•. 44410rrick
C. S. Wills W. A. Petit H. E. Moek Geo. Klingenber E. F. Harlow Albert Jones V. L. Huffman L. D. Estill R. E. Ralph
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Walton H. Webb •.. W. R. Eckle ..• , .. A. W. Fuhr . Everett Pape ...•.• C. D. Newhard ..•.. R. B. Hughes ...••• F. P. Kirkland ..... T. E. Manso ..••••• A. W. Burnham ..•.
2nd Thursday ••.•••••....•....•.. 3rd Tuesday ...........•.....•... 2nd 'and 4th Mondays ...•......... 2nd and 4th Mondays ....•.•...•.. 2nd and 4th Fridays ....•..•...... 4th Monday ••.•••..••...•......•. 1st Thursday . 1st and 3rd Fridays .•.......•..... 2nd Thursday ..............•...•.
June 2.1866 June 4.1855 Oct. 14. 1884 Oct. 17.1873 Oet. 15. 1874 Oet. 12. 1842 Sept. 1. 1921 Oet. 13. 1871 Oct; 16. 1872
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B. C. Bradshaw .... 2nd Tuesday . 1st Tuesday . 4th Tuesday ..•..............•... George H. Fuller . 1st Thursday ....•...••...•••.... Paul Wylie " Last Friday ....••••...•...•••..•. Elmer H. Wilson . 1st Tuesday ..•..•..••••..•.••... W. C. Borehers ..•.. 3rd Tuesday .........•...•..•.••• R. B. Finley ...•... 2nd Tuesday ..•..•..•.......... ~ .
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36IBoonville ..•..•.. 1421 Otterville 2771 Pilot Grove •....• 456IBunceton .....••. 50SlPrairie Home .••. 41New Franklin 47IFayette ...•...••. 51lGlasgow ..•••.••. 70IArmstrong
Joe T. Hickam Charles A. Repp Karl Bergman C. T. Nelson Robert T. Howard R. W. Hall Thomas P. Bedford Glen R. McGary
'. C. L. Hurt .•.••.•.. J. H. Gunn . P. E. Hays . F. E. Filler . F. L. Sehilb . Emil O. Bethke .•••. Sam P. Ayres. Jr... R. W. Raines ...••• P. W. Deem .
2nd and 4th Tuesdays . 2nd and 4th Wednesdays .•.•..••.. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays .....•....... 1st and 3rd Fridays . 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ••..••......• 1st and 2nd Thursdays .
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Master I Secretary Art L. Kalips Jas. C. Hunt . Geo. C. Harper. . . . . .. Geo. Flaugher ..•••. John W. Adams Robert N. Hall . Morris Crane O. T. Scott ..•..•••. Marshall W. Esteppe. A. E. Boothe . L. S. Neese F. L. Faucett . R. V. Wood T. Ray Long . Jas. E. Potter Tilford Goslin ....•. Walter H. Baird E. Roy Boothe .
Time of Meeting 1st and 2nd Thursdays . Thursday on or before full moon . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .•......••... 1st and 3rd Fridays .......•....... 1st Friday .•....•••...•••.....•.. 1st Friday ......•....•.••....•... 1st and 3rd Saturdays ......••.... 1st Saturday .............•....... 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ..•.....•.•.•
Charter Datf> 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
TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRIOT-RICHARD N. BLOOM, D. D. G. M., FUlton, Mo.
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Audrain ..••.. Central. ......... Laddonia ..•..•.. SociaL .•••••••••. Hebron •.•.....•. Vandalia ......... , Houston ....•..•. Callaway ..•••. Fulton •••••••..•. New Bloomfield ... Portland .•••••... Tebbetts .••.••••. Shamrock .•••.•.. Mokane ..........
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Harry E. Roland ..... G. W. Watkins ....... F. E. Meloy .......... E. W. Torreyson ..... M. L. Motley ......... H. W. Groves ........ A. F. Larson ......... Wade F. Enloe ....... Richard Holzhauser .. Henry Hazlett ....... John Wells .......... Wm. Meyer ..........
C. W. Ellis ......... H. Christopher.'.... F: W. Riutcel. ..... B. C. Denton ....... R. W. Asbury ...... Theophilus Dunn ... Charles R. Powell .• C. M. Holt ......... J. C. Garrett ....... W. W.Griffin ...... W. S. Armstrong ..• Clifford D. Winter ..
2nd Saturday ...•••••..•...••••••• 2nd Thursday ...••••....•.•••...• 2nd Friday ................•••.•• 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ....••...••.. 2nd Friday .••.............••.... 3rd Friday ...•.•..•.....••••..•.. 1st and 3rd Fridays .............. 2nd and 4th Mondays ............. 1st and 8rd Fridays ............... 2nd and 4th SaturdayS ..•••....... Thursday before full moon ••.•..•• 1st and 3rd Thursdays ............
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TWENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT-WARD HARDESTY, D. D. G. M., Wellsville, Mo. Montgomery .. 1 Griswold .••..•... . •• •• Wellsville .. Montgomery •.•.• Jonesburg .....•. Daggett
178IBellfiower 1 0 . A. Jones··········1 194IWellsviIle I. W. Hardesty 246 1Montgomery City E. J. T. Andersen 457lJonesburg..•..•..................... ' 492IMcKittrick ..•.... D. T. Brashear
W. H. Aydelott '18rd Monday.·.······ •..........• 1 May 28,1858 G. R. Barton 2nd and 4th Tuesdays May 30,1860 H. N. Cason 2nd and 4th MondayS ..........•.. Sept. 22, 1920 Marvin.Shelton .........•...............••.•..•••.•.. Oct. 12,1893 W. F. Huenefeld 1st and 3rd Saturdays Oct. 12.1876
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34lTroy -•••.•..• 75ISilex ..........•. 199IElsberry ..•.....• 270IWinfield ..•..•..• 409ILouisville 473iOlney ........•.. 5581Moscow Mills ....
Charles R. LaRue R. C. Barker Otis Hammack O. E. Gabbert. Stanley Bufford Wayne Porter F. L. Dreyzehner
Andy J. Blair E. C. Teague ..••... H. K. Cunningham. H. H. Arnhold ..••. John L. Kleisner W. C. Pennington .. F. L. Robinson .....
2nd and 4th Mondays 1 Oct. Friday on or before full moon •.... ' Oct. 2nd Thursday .....•.••••..•••.... May 1st and 3rd Saturdays ..•••........ Oct. 3rd Thursday Oct. 1st Saturday ...............•..... Oct. 2nd and 4th Saturdays ..•......... Oct.
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Wentzville ...••• '1 Palestine•••..••. · Mechanicsville ..•. Pauldingville..... Warrenton .•...•.
46iWentzvme ..•..•.. 1Fred E. McGhee 2411St. Charles ..•.... L. E. Dudeck 260IDefiance ..•.....• O. H. Dieckmann l1/Wright City Edw. Gross 609IWarrenton J. W. DelventhaI.
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1st and 3rd FridayS ..•.•.•..•..... j 1st and 3rd Tuesdays •......••••.. 2nd and 4th Saturdays ........•... 1st Saturday ....•...•............ 2nd and 4th Fridays ..•...........
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THIRTY-FmST DISTRICT-LEON P. EMBRY, D. D. G. M., California, Mo.
) . Cole .....•.... Jefferson Russellville .•••••. Hickory Hill ..•... .......... Centertown ••...• Moniteau ..... ' Tipton ...•.•..••• California ..••.••. Moniteau . Clarksburg ..•.... Os~ge ......•. , Chamois .......•. Linn .•••.•.•..•.
431Jefferson City ..•. R. B. St. George 90IRusselIville Loyd Musick 211IEugene .•...••... W. C. Steenburgen 611ICentertown ••......................... 56ITipton .•....•..• L. W. Billingsley 183ICalifornia ..••••. John T. Peters , 295IJamestown C. P. Johnson , " 553 IClarksburg .....•. Hilton Douglas 185IChamois •..•..•.. Oscar L. Bockting 326ILinn ..•.....•... Roy L. Jones ,
R. L. Gwinn .....•• 1st and 3rd Mondays .•....•..••... Nov. 15, 1841
W. B. Thompson . J. E. Dooley ..••••. W. G. Painter . Jay A. Conn ..••.•. R. L. Fulks ..•••... A. L. Howard . Earl Donley . E. H. Schowengerdt Clyde Morton .
2nd Friday ..•..•.•••............ Oct. 11, 1888 2nd Thursday . Oct. 19, 1867 June 18, 1910 2~d' ~~d'4ih Th~~d~~~:::::::::::. June 2, 1866 2nd and 4th Fridays ............•. Oct. 19, 1898 1st Saturday . Oct. 15, 1868 1st and 3rd Mondays . Oct. 15, 1891 4th Friday ..•..•..•...••..••.•••. May 28,1857 1st and 3rd Saturdays . Oct. 19, 1892
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Secretary H. C. Wilkinson . N. W. Cole .. Aug. J. Holthaus •.. Walter A. Pfautsch. Louis H. Bruns .•.. E. A. Roemer •..' .•. R. C. Murphy . Wm. S. Toelke . 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 10,1860 Sept.25,1912
.' St. Louis Co .. •. St. Louis City •. •• " St. Louis Co
MiSSouri~...•. -.-. .--iISt. LouiS ..•~ Robert P. Tait
Beaeon.......... St. Louis ...•.... , Naphtali......... Mt. Moriah....... Pomegranate ..••. Occidental Pyramid Good Hope Keystone ..••••.. , Aurora ..•••...•• Paul Revere ..•... Caehe Itaska Euclid. . . . • . . . . .. Clifton Heights Rose Hill........ Triangle ..••.••. , Ben Franklin ..•. , University Pilgrim Commonwealth .. , Purity ..........• Theo. Rooeevelt
31St. Louis .•...•.• , 201St. Louis ..••.••.• 251St. Louis , 4GISt. Louis ..•...... 951St. Louis •.•..•.. 1631St. Louis •.••..•• 1801St. Louis 2181St. Louis ...•.... ' 2431St. Louis .....•.. ' 2671St. Louis ••...... , 3301St. Louis .•••.... 4161St. Louis 4201St. Louis 505/St. Louis .•...... , 5201St. Louis 5501St. Louis .•.....• 6381St. Louis .....••• , 6421St. Louis 649IUniversity City ••. 652jSt. Louis 654jSt. Louis 6681St. Louis 6611University City
Floyd M. Welsch E. M. Radloff , .. Fred W. Queensen, Jr, Carl P. Westerhaus .. , Lyman J. Briesacher. J. H. Diekroeger Fred A. Teply John Grieser., , George J. Tischler Harold C. Wedig Louis E. Hellmann Charles F. Kincaid Henry E. Bloss , .. , Cecil Purtle. . . . . . . . .. Erwin J. Pingel. , Jos. J. Howard ' Geo. W. Willson., , Albert M. Yampolsky. Fred young Henry Fitschen Robt. P. Mees, Jr J. H. Wemhoener S. K. Bradley, Jr
John Wohradsky, Jr. Harvey E. Waldt H. A. Steiner Paul E. Eekardt Walter A. Webb Emile E. Vetter C. L. Alexander ..•. Ralph S. Lorimier .. Robt. L. Dixon G. H. Suelthaus. Chas. V. Ehrmann. E. F. Brueggemann. Gustav Heinichen .. G. E. Black Merle E. Campbell. J. E. Winterton, Jr. E. H. Pleitsch ..•... Henry G. Diller J. G. Schreiner James W. King Theo. C. Tee!...... Duval O'Neal John Heines .••.. ,. R. W. MacDonald
1st and 3rd Thursdays 2nd and 4th Thursdays........... 2nd and 4th Wednesdays 2nd and 4th Thursdays 1st and 3rd Saturdays............ 1st and 3rd Saturdays ..........•. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ••.••.....•. , 2nd and 4th Fridays ..•......•.... 1st and 3rd Saturdays............ 1st and 3rd Wednesdays ......•... , 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ....•....•... 2nd and 4th Fridays ...•......... , 2nd and 4th Saturdays 1st and 3rd Mondays 1st and 3rd Mondays. . • . . . . . . . . . .. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ..........•.. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .••.•..•..... 1st and 3rd Saturdays ..•....•.... 1st and 3rd Thursdays ......•..... 1st and 3rd Mondays 1st and 3rd Wednesdays.......... 1st and 3rd Thursdays 1st and 3rd Mondays .•.......••... 2nd and 4th Mondays
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Meridian ......... Geo. Washington . Polar Star ....••. Erwin .....•.•.•. Pride of the West . Cosmos .....••... Cornerstone ...... America •..•..... Tuscan .......... Anchor ..•..••.•. West Gate •...... ' Lambskin ... , .... Harmony ..•••... Apollo ........... AlgabiI. ......... Olive Branch ..... Forest Park ...... Magnolia ..•.... Tower Grove ..... Mizpah .......... Trinity ..••.•.... Progress ......... .. Shaveh •..•......
21St. Louis. " ...... W. F. Phillips ....... , 91St. Louis ..••.••• J. E. Shannon ... , ... 791 St. Louis ........ ' Lawrence E. Garrison 1211St. Louis ....••.. _ Franz W. Klein ...... 1791St. Louis ......... Russell E. Meredith .. 282!St. Louis ...•..•. Christie J. Rail ...... ' 3231St. Louis ••••.••• , Harry E. Albert ..... , 347JSt. Louis. " .•••.. Erwin A. Hamann ... 3601St. Louis ...•.... Paul A. Roth ........ 4431University City ... Elmer L. Schreiber ... 4451St. Louis ......... Clarence A. Kenyon .. 460iSt. Louis ..•..••.. Julius J. Unruh ...... 4991St. Louis ..•••.••. Wm. J. Fey, Jr...... 5291St. Louis ........ Ben B. Smith ........ 5441St. Louis ..•..••• Will. M. Stanton ..... 5761St. Louis ..•••••• Virgil M. Furry ..... ; 5781St. Louis •....•.. Thomas F. Reed, Jr.. 626jSt. Louis ......... Alfred H. Z~idler .... , 631!St. Louis ..•...•. C. Paul Tankersley ... 639jSt. Louis ......•• Herbert L. Stein ..... 6411St. Louis ......... Fred R. Snoddy ...... 6571St. Louis ......... Wim. F. Rath ........ 6461St. Louis .•••.... ' John T. Swee~ey.....
Fred W. Fenor ..... Robert C. Duffin ... Val Krapp ......... A. Blankenmeister. Norman H. Behrend Sam Broadbent ..•• W. R. Schmitt ..... G. H. Holdsworth ... Wm. C. Hilmer •.•.. A. W. Reiter .•..... E. B. Partenheimer. Ben C. Burroughs .. Wm.E.Punt .••••. George Ruths ...... F. Wm. Kolkhorst .. Fred L. Oatman .... Wm. C. Rese~ ...... James H. Leathers. John V. Horn .•.... Walter H. Voss .... E. H. Bockhorst .... Fred J. Mahner .•.. Thos. O'Rourke ...•
2nd and 4th Thursdays •.•••...••.. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ...... ; ..... , 1st and 3rd Fridays ..•............ 2nd and 4th Fridays .............. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays .......•.. 2nd and 4th Mondays ......•...... 1st and 3rd Mondays .•••.•..•..... 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ............. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ............. 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 Tuesdays ............. 2nd and 4th Mondays ......•...... 2nd and 4th Wedne.<;days .......... 2nd and 4th Thursdays ........... 1st and 3rd Tuesdays .....•.•••... 2nd and 4th Thursdays ............ 1st and 3rd Thursdays ........•... 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ......•.....
May 6, 1852 May 10,1849 Oct. 14, 1846 May 9,1861 May 28,1858 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 12, 1869 Sept.17,1919 Oct. 18, 1870 Oct. 16,1872 Oct. 11, 1888 Oct. 16, 1872 Sept. 19, 1917 Sept. 18, 1918 Sept.19,1917 Sept. 26, 1906 Sept. 26, 1906 Oct. 15, 1918 Oct. 2, 1918 Sept. 29, 1915 Sept.21, 1916 .Oct. 5, 1921 Sept. 22, 1920
541Garden City G. C. Kimberlin 147IHarrisonviIle ..•. Orville L. Parrish 276JFreeman John E. Parker 848ICreighton .••...• C. W. Eggers 372 lEast Lynne •.•... Hial H. Miller 450IBelton .•..•..•... Russell Turk 480lPleasant Hill ..•... Fred R. Snyder 485IDrexel. •..•.••• :. Wm. S. Frazier 638IArchie ••••••••••. E. A. Cullison 651ICleveland ••.••.•• Andrew Shaw
A. L. Burch P. F. Krueger ••.... E. F. Draper F. C. Blossom r. A. Stone J. W. Kennemer Geo. W. Smith H. F. Elliott E. M. Goodrich ..•.. , Geo. E. Myers ..•...
1st and 3rd Tuesdays .....••...•.. 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 3rd Saturday . Friday on or before full moon . Saturday on or before full moon . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays .......••.... 2nd Friday .......•..•.....•••... 1st and 3rd Mondays .. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ...•••.... 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .
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Secretary C. F. Porter .....•. Ed. Smiser ......•. H. C. Nicolay E. L. Midkiff ....•.. Walter McComb C. A. Moudy C. F. Krieger ..•••• O. D. Jennings
Time of Meeting 1st and 3rd Thursdays ........•..• 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .. 1st and 3rd Fridays . 1st Thursday ...........•..••••. Saturday 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
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595jCole Camp 6531 Warsaw ....••.•• 2451 Knobn06ter •••••• 262IHolden ..•.•...•• 265IWarrensburg 274ILeeton ...•..•••• 487IChilhowee •...•.• 2361 Sedalia. . • • • • . • •• 272ISedalia 4251 Green Ridge. . • ••
Charles J. Schwensen. Emmett Cunningham. A. S. Adcock Oscar T. Miller .•..... Robert E. Smith , G. P. Laughman.; Burke Murry Edw. W. Kettlesen. .. Everett H. White , S. M. Dowdy... . . . . . ..
E. H. Intelmann ••• James A. Logan ..•. H. A. Wimer J. A. Zion ..•.•...• H. M. Cash .....•.. C. J. Ford ..•...... L. W. young...... W. J. Kennedy. . . .. J. R. Smetana G~ D. Rayburn '
1st and 8rd Mondays 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ..•..•••••••. 2nd and 4th Thursdays 1st and 3rd Thursdays .......••••. 1st and 8rd Mondays ' 8rd Thursday......•.........•••• 1st and 8rd Fridays •••.........•. , 1st Friday. • . • • • . . . . • . . . . . • • . . • •. 3rd Friday 1st and 3rd Thursdays. . . . . . • . . • •.
Oct. 28,1926 Sept. 21, 1921 May 26,1866 Oct. 15,1868 Oct. 16,1868 Oct. 16,1877 Sept. 27, 1906 May 29, 186( Oct. 15,1868 Sept. 29, 1904
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. Windsor .....•... Urich .....•...... Agricola . Montrose •.•••.•• Clinton .••..•.... Calhoun ....•.•.. Blairstown ...••.. St. 9.lai~:::::: St. Clair .. Circle •..•..•..... Lowry City .•..... Appleton City . Star .
29IWindsor •..••••.. 286IUrich •••••.••.•. 343IPetersburg: 408IMontrose .••••••. 548IClinton 552ICalhoun 557IBlairstown 27310sceola 3421 Roscoe ..••.•..•. 4031Lowry City. . • • •• 4121Appleton City .••. 419lTaberville ....•.•.
Ira M. Mounts Fred H. Hillebrand J. A. Ross. .. . . . . • . .. Arthur E. Irvin ...•.. Noel Bush C. P. Short J. W. Stansberry Carl L. Metz James W. Porter E. D. Hoover. . . . . . .. Geo. Schlichtmari ..•.. Roy E. Colson
O. F. Weiss ..•..•.. R. E. McDonald Paul Beaty , G. S. Elliston J. W. Miller .•..... M. R. Munday Edgar Atkins .•...• G. W. Davies C. A. Weinlig ..•... E. H. Disney. . . . . .. D. D. Scroggs ..•... J. H. Aldridge.. .•.
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Ralph L. Morgan Ray Fowler O. M. Reser .......•.. Homer V. Jones ..... · Jesse F. Terry. . . .. •. Joe R. Warden Earl Cruts C. R. Hawkins Leslie Jones
D. B. Claiborn Eldon Clemmons ..• Ervin Engsberg .... Orr Van Stavein .•• E. H. Harris. .. .. .. Roy C. Wilson Ross Dodd J. B. WalL .....•.. Chas. L. Brown
2nd Thursday .....•..•••••••..•.. 1st Saturday ....•••••..••••••..•. 1st Wednesday .•••.•••...•.••.... Saturday on or after full moon .... 1st Saturday •••..•••••••••••••••• 2nd Tuesday .. 2nd Wednesday . 2nd Wednesday •...•••••••••••.•. 1st Thursday ..
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77lSteelville •••..• : .. 312ICuba ..••.•..•••• 225lSalem. . • • • . . • . •• 373IBelle ..•.••.•••.. 531IVichy ....•.••••. 94IVienna ....•..••. 213IRolla •••.••••.••• 230\8t. James ..•••••. 497INewburg .....••. 346IDixon 145ILicking•.........
T. C. Mager I T. H. Roberts .....• AIry Chelf. .........• C. F. Wilmesherr .•. Max J. Blackwell. . . .. L. L. McSpadden ... Ferd Lahmeyer ....•. Geo. Slinkman •.... Walter Daniels .....•. R. M. Copeland .•.. Leonard J. Bassett L. O. Nichols . Chas. P. Tucker W. C. CampbelL . Herman O. Gibson W. W. Jackson .•... Donald W. Brown O. C. Fordyce ..•••. Paul S. Lindsey C. W. Schillinger •.. Austin Miller A. N. Marr .
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o0') LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued FORTIETH DISTRICT-C'HARLES W. GREEN, D. D. G. M., DeSoto, Mo. County Lodge INo.1 Location Jefferson ..•.•./ De Soto 1191De Sooo .. • .•... Joachim 164IHillsboro Shekinah 256IFestus ..•...•.•.. .... "j Herculaneum ..•.. 338IHerculaneum •... Washington Tyro............. 12ICaledonia .. Potosi. ..••....•. 131)Potosi. •••••..••. Irondale.. .•••. .• 143IIrondale Belgrade 632IBelgrade St. Francois 1 Blackwell 535IBlaekwell
Master James S. Vaughn Richard King Wm. B. Gwinn Thomas F. Carter Homer Kinder Percy C. Walton L. F. Hutchings H. C. Akers Harry R. Politte
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Secretary D. L. Rouggly •••••. E. M. Williams ...•. Byrl DeGeare , G. W. HegeL ...•.. Iva Queen . Geo. Carr .....•..•. E. E. Sutterfield .... Lewis Buckley ..••• H. E. Brown .
Time of Meeting 2nd and 4th Thursdays •..•• '" .•.. 1st Saturday ....•.•..••.•.•••..•. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays . 4th Wednesday .. , . 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 31,1866 Oct. 17, 1868 Oct. 19, 1922 Apr. 7,1825 May 10,1861 May 6,1864 Oct. 1,1914 Oct. 13, 1887
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361IBuffalo .......... 3961 Louisburg ......• 421lUrbana ..•.•....• 2791 Wheatland ...•... 288lHermitage •••.... 441 Fair Play ........ 144IHumansville ... " 160IMorrisville ..... " 195 IBolivar ••......•. 4671Pleasant Hope ..• 664JAldrich ..........
Charles M. Christy ... R. L. Rush .......... O. J. Reser .......... L. F. Stevens ........ J. O. Ferrell ......... J. B. Jackson ........ Albert S. Hill ........ W. M. Marsh ........ Claude E. Hill ....... Wayne P. Potter ..... E. H. Graham .......
J. B. Potter ........ R. S. Lindsay ...... M. T. Clymore ..... , Walter O. Pitts ..... Earl Jenkins ....... L. E. Jackson ...... Monroe A. Fields .•. ,B. L. Cunnyngham. 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 ..................... ,
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Stockton .•..••••• Jerusalem ...••••. Clintonville ..••.. Dade ••••••.•• Washington...... Garrett •...•..••. " Everton .••...•.. Melville. . • . • • • • •.
283 IStockton ..•.••.. , 3151Jerico Springs 4821Eldorado Springs. 87IGreenfield .....•. 359IArcola .....••••.. 405IEverton ......••. 458 IDadeville . . . • . . ..
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1st Thursday , 1st and 3rd Wea.nesdays . 2nd and 4th Thursdays ••.•....... 4th Tuesday .......••.......•.... 2nd Thursday ..•...••••.•........ 2nd and 4th Tuesdays . Thursday on or before full moon and two weeks after . . . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays
A. C. Montgomery. .. O. P. Mitchell , J. H. Cassidy '" Francis E. young Charles L. yates Lewis Newkirk J. J. Baldwin. . . . . . ..
C. C. Gill ...•...... J. F. Thornton . E. F. Pentecost . Robt. S. Small . T. R. Owens . D. W. Thomason . A. C. Blakemore .
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303INevada 371ISheldon ...••••.. 4481Schell City ••.•••. 490IMontevallo .• , ••.. 495IRichards ...•••.. 605IWalker 187ILiberaI. 292ILamar ...••.••.• 304IMindenmines 4751Golden City ..•... 516IMilford ......•.•.
Eugene C. Johnson T. F. Dowell R. B. Thomas Oral E. Fait~ Oran W. Harris Albert W. Phillips Joe Hedges ;: .. Homer Beall John Brown A. E. Ellis Roy D. Bass
D. V. Morris W. G. Jones ..•.••. C. P. Fink W. S. Kokendoffer .. C. H. Newland S. R. Harvey E. H. Roselle W.,A. Heydenberk. Roy Goff H. F. Pugh J. C. Thomas ...•..
2nd Friday . 1st and 3rd ThursdayS ....•....•.. 2nd Wednesday . 1st and 3rd SaturdayS ....•.••..•. ' 1st and 3rd Wednesdays ..••..•.•.. 1st Wednesday .. 1st and 3rd Thursdays .........•.. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays .......•.. 2nd Tuesday . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays . 3rd Saturday ..••.....•..........
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197ICarthage ...•.••. 293ISarcoxie ......... 3351Joplin ••••••...•• 345IJoplin ........... 398IJasper .•....•... 401lCartetville ••••... 47110ronogo ...•••••. 512\Webb City •.•.... 5491Carl Junction ••.. 5861Alba ............ 5921La Russell .......
Lawrence M. Ray .. ,. Neel C. Barkley ...... Harry K. McClintick. Foster H. Pryor ...... J cseph L. Frerer ..... Eddie Root ........ , . Fred M. Sears. '....... E. J. Blanton ........ Lee Roy Wright ...... Hobart S. Berry ..... J. G. Meador .........
Ernest Davis .....•. Nelson Brown ..... S. A. Smith ........ D. Ray GraySton ... R. E. Greenlee ..... , C. E. Ault ......... Joe B. Gillard .....• J. C. Bailey ...•.... Jas. F. Baugh ..•..• J. W. Hart ....•••. Otis Vickroy .. , ....
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 8rd Thursdays .•..•....•.. 2nd and 4th Thursdays ...•••••••• 2nd and 4th WednesdayS ..••...... 1st and 8rd MondayS •••..••••••••. 1st and 3rd Fridays ..•..•..•.....•
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LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued FORTY-FIFTH DISTRICT-R. JASPER SMITH, D. D. G. M., Springfield, Mo. County Lodge INo.1 Location I Master 5ISpringfield •...... Henry A. Haas . Greene ,. .••..... United........... O·Sullivan ... "" 7jWainut Grove ..•. T. Leonard Osborne .. Ash Grove., •.•.. 100lAsh Grove .•.••.• Orlis Farmer . Solomon •..•..... 271ISpringfield ..••••. Herbert W. Masters .. Ozark. . . . . . • . . .. 2971 Fair Grove. . . . . .. Darl Wiseman . Gate of Temple ... 422ISpringfield ..••••. Chas. B. Hembree . Republic •..•..... 570IRepublic .••..•... W. T. Barron . Strafford ..•..... 608IStrafford........ Lawrence J. Ghan . Willard ..•....... 620IWiIlard ", •• W. A. McGuire . . Webster ..•... Webster......... 98IMarshfield ..•..•. Benj. W. Johnson Doric 300IElkland Lee Price. " . Mount Olive 439IRogersvilIe,R.R.3 W. F. Atkinson . Hazelwood ...•... 459ISeymour .•....... Robert R. Sell. . Henderson 477IRogersville E. F. Bracken .
Secretary I Time of Meeting M. F. Smith 3rd Monday •••••••..••••.....•... J. G. Page .......•• 2nd Tuesday ..••...••••••••••.... E. E. Watson 2nd and 4th Thursdays ....•... ' . V. F. Anderson 2nd Monday .....•...•..••••..... V. M. Hood. . . . . . .. 2nd Thursday ...•••...•.•........ Frank W. Clark. . .. 8rd Thursday..........••.......• I. R. Britain. . . . . .. 2nd and 4th Thursdays ....•...... H. E. Grier. . . . . • .. 1st Thursday .•.•.....•••••••..•.' Phonso Fortner. . .. 1st Thursday ..••••.•.••••••..... P. V. Rathbun ..•.. 2nd Friday ..........•.....••.... D. W. Haymes. . . .. Saturday on or before full moon ... Otto Brooks , Friday before full moon ....•.... : . E. R. Mayfield. . . .. 2nd and 4th Mondays ......•....•. A. P. Martin 8rd 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
FORTY-SIXTH DISTRICT-JOHN H. HICKS, D. D. G. M., Mountain Grove, Mo.
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R. R. Thompson ..... Wilson A. Nance ..... S. F. Whittaker ...... Elmer Murfin ........ L. D. Brady ......... R. S. McConnell ...... James R. Chevalier ... Ralph C. Max ........ Ralph E. Parker ..... Glen Smittle ......... S. R. Hammock ......
L. E. Reynolds ..... GUY Sweeton ....... B. F. Fielden ..•... , C. C. Tuttle .....•.. R. E. Daniels ...... Roy W. Wall. ...... John H. Hicks ..... Robert F. Adams ... Virgil F. Loney .... A. J. Webb ........ R. L. Ferguson .....
1st and 8rd Wednesdays ........... Saturday on or before full moon ... 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ............. 2nd Wednesday .......... , ....... 1st Monday .....•.............•.. 2nd Saturday .................... 2nd Thursday ......•.......... 1st and 8rd Fridays ............... 2nd Wednesday .....•............ 3rd Saturday ..•.... " .......... ,. 1st and 3rd Thursdays ............
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6091Van Buren 579IGrandin ....•..•. 239ILesterville 363IEllington ...••.•. 1371 Birch Tree. . • . . •. 430IWinona 607!Eminence
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H. D. Condroy W. E. McKinney C. R. Burroughs ..•. R. L. Daniels .....•. C. O. Lemons. . • . .. J. T. Loyd ......••• J. H. Robinson
Saturday on or after full moon . 2nd Saturday .....•.....•...••... 4th Saturday .•.........•........ 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ..•....••..•. 3rd Monday .............••.••..•• Thursday on or before full moon . 1st Saturday, .
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133jIronton ..•....... Geo. V. Allers 351IBelleview : W. B. Sutton 1l0IFredericktown Jesse Pritchett 41!Bismarck A. L. Pilliard ......•. 1321 Farmington ' D. C. Coley. . . . . . . . .. 164jDesloge J. L. Blunt, Jr 234ILibertyville Karl Cleve 4241Bonne Terre Nicholas A. Karthans. 5511Doe Run John Burch 598lLeadwood ..•••.. Lloyd Bartlow 6991Flat River .•.••.• \ C. R. Archer .......•. 2261St. Mary's VictorD. Brown
Frank H. Comfort .. J. W. Boring . W. Thompson, Sr•. ' M. W. Baker •...... J. C. Akers .....•.. R. E. Green . P. A. Cashion ...•.. J. D. Heifner . John W. Winer . J. M. Link . J. E. LaBruyere . J. F. Bartels .
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545IZalma.......•.•. 931Cape Girardeau .. 103IMillersville .•..... 221/0ak Ridge 4171 Whitewater ..•... 441IJackson
Wm. M. Francis D. H. Stilts Oscar C. Kaiser Dale S. Miller J. K. Henry......... H. W. Bohnstedt Earl C. Workes
R. A. DeWitt W. E. Loyd L. G. Stovall Geo. W. Howard W. A. Bowers Daniel F. Jones D. G. Seibert
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No.1 Location 384 lEast Prairie ..••• 407ICharleston ••...•. 184iMorley 306ICommerce ..•..•• 310ISikeston .....•.•• 581IIllmo•..........• 594IBlodgett ......••• 615IChaffee .......••. 153IBloomfield ....•.. 278/Essex ..•........ 4891Bell City ..••..... 5321 Dexter. . . • . . . . •• 590IAdvance 5961Puxico ........•. 603IMorehouse
Master Charles Hill , J. C. Montgomery .. ,. R. G. Maddox, , W. O. Lasley Otis Champion , J. L. Humphreys Lyman F. Evans Sam T. Lippard , Albert Martin Carroll Hooks D. C. Wilson E. E. Estes. . . . . . . . .. J. E. Dunn, C. M. BelL., Jas. D. Kochel
Secretary L. B. Cook '" Dee Jennings...... W. L. Limbaugh, A. H. Anderson A. A. Harrison Ben Hill ...•.•..... O. L. Spencer M. H. Stubblefield .. J. A. Poe L. E. Estes C. O. Goodman B. S. McQuar·y. . . .. E. H. Zimmer., E. E. Merett J05. M. Barnett
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 and 4th Tuesdays 1st and 3rd Tuesdays. . . • . . . . . . . .. 1st and 3rd Thursdays 1st and 3rd Mondays 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. 30, 1908 Sept. 29, 1909
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A. U. Goodman. Jr... Harold M. White .... , Henry A. young ..... Mark Jameson ....... J. B. Steinmetz .. , ... A. B. Utley .......... R. D. Ellington. Jr... Ben. F. Chambers, ... Owen J. Taul. ....... C. Adolph Miller. , ... E. E. Sampson ....... Andrew Olree, ....... Troy O. Googe .... , .. J. D. Rutland ....... ,
W. S. Jones ........ R. D. Whiteaker ... Pat Burlison ....... H. O. Tillman ...... L. O. Wicecarver ... F. O. Sullivan ...... A. L. Carnahan .... W. M. Greene ...... C. M. Barnes .....•. H. R. Woodside .... F. H. Blomeyer .... H. B. Bryant ....... H. Ballentine ....... 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 3rd Tuesdays ...•........• 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ...•.•....... 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..•...••..•. 2nd and 4th Thursdays ..•.•.•.... 1st and 8rd Fridays ..•............
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2091Poplar Bluff ....• 314 IBardley 369IDoniphan 568INaylor 107IGreenville ...••.. 526IPiedmont
Walter C. Thomas W. Earl Hilton J. C. Green J. L. Walker Paul Steward Isaac W. Henson
Art H. Harwell ...• Clyde Turner . Aubrey C. Jones .•• M. E. Webb . C. L. Ellinghouse . Sidney E. Barr .
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3271 West Plains 5361 Willow Springs .. 637\Mountain View .. 255IAlton .....•...•• 387IThomasville 463IThayer ..•....•.. 582IKoshkonong 298ILutie 365IBakersfield 435IRockbridge 496IGainesville
Archie L. Glinn M. D. Martin Fl'ank Todd S. W. Hilton Cecil A. Elliott C. E. Pepmiller E. Mittlestedter Earl Friend C. R. Price C. E. Hicks Claude E. Gaulding
Eugene N. Laird .•. George W. Yarnell .. Frank N. LeBaron. Geo. C. Martin ...•. C. P. Perkins...... J. W. Mitchell. Earle E. Swain C. J. Hogan ...•.... E. T. Sparks Clyde Hicks .....••. E. W. Ebrite
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 Tuesdays ..••....••..• 2nd Wednesday Saturday before third Sunday Saturday on or before full moon... 2nd Saturday ..............•..... 4th Saturday each month
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29&ISparta ..•....... 35210zark .....••...• 379IBillings ....•.... 463IForsyth ..••••••• 687IBranson .•••••... 615IGalena 619ICrane .....•.....
James Rathbun James Jenkins: . Joe Howard G. T. Breazeale .••.. Henry W. Garbee.... A. G. Garbee . James B. Hicks Henry M. Blunk . Frank Cavner S. P. Winch ..•.... Thomas J. Walker R. H. Patterson . Lee DeWitt. H. D. Wilson; .
Friday on or before full moon . Saturday on or before full moon . 2nd Thursday ...•••.•.....•••••.. 1st Saturday ...•..•...••••.•..... 1st and 3rd Fridays .. 1st and 3rd Thursdays ....•.•••••. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ,
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Lodge Monett .•...•.... Purdy ........... ' Barry ..••....... ......... Pythagoras ....•. Comfort ..•...•.. Lawre·~~~::::. Mount Vernon ... Canopy .......... . Marionville ..•••. Decatur.:....... ... Red Oak •...•.... Stinson ••........ ..... Miller ........... Ba,~Y ..•...••.
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Location No.1 129IMonett .•••...... 148IPurdy.\...•...... 367lWashburn ...•.•. 383ICassville ••.•..•. ' 533 IWheaton ...•••.. 991Mount Vernon ... 284JAurora ....•..... 390lMarionville ...... 400lPierce City ...... 4681Red Oak ......... 5231 Stinson ..•....... 567IMiller ...........
Master F. B. Lake ........... Floyd McIntosh ...... N. E. Edens ......... Woolford Nicoll ...... B. D. McQueen ....... Homer Goodman ..... Chas. Suddarth ...... Ballard Cox ......... Ray Stapp ........... Sylvester Inks ....... Bert West. .......... P. W. Stockton .......
Secretary Roy C. Allen ....... C. E. Williams ..... R. R. Black ..•..... W. T. Priest •••.... Joe A. Frazie\- ..... Leon Pugh •••..•.. W. H. Lloyd .....•. V. W. Anderson .... E. T. Ecroyd ..•..•. W. A. Clyman .•... A. R. Richesin ..•.. C. W. Nkholson ....
Time of Meeting 1st and 3rd Fridays .............. ' 1st and 3rd Thursdays ............ 1st and 2nd Saturdays ............ 2nd and 4th Fridays ............•• 2nd Thursday ..••..•.........•.•. 1st and 3rd Fridays .............. 2nd and 4th TuesdayS ............ ' 1st and 3rd Fridays .............. 1st and 8rd Thursdays ..•..•••.... 1st and 3rd Thursdays ............ 211d and 4th SaturdayS ........••.. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays ..........
Charter Date Oct. 15, 1890 Oct. 7,1884 Oct. IS, 1858 Oct. 16, 1872 Oct. 19, 1898 Oct. 19, 1868 Oct. 17, 1889 Oct. 17, 1871 Oct. 13, 1871 Oct. 17,1878 Oct. 22, 1902 Sept. 29, 1904
.•... Southwest .....•. Anderson ...•••.. NoeL Newton ..•..•. Neosho •.......•. Granby .......•.. Stella ,
466 ISouthwest City ... 621IAnderson ..•..... 647INoel. 247INeosho ..•....... 514IGranby ....•.•... 538IStella
Ernest L. Shields.... W. F.Stevenson Earl W. Brown Henry Eppard Samuel A. Reagan B. F. St. Clair Harry R. Bridges.... F. H. Gulick Fred Shewmake Will W. Scholes H. H. Mustain Noble C. Jessee
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45IBallwin ......• , . 80 ISt. John's Station. 841Webster Groves •. 281lFenton ......•.•• 313iEureka .......... 484lKirkwood ....•... 542lFerguson ........ 566lMaplewood ..•••. 601IClayton ....•.... , 613lWellston ..•..•••. 6291Valley Park •....• 640lJennings .•.•••.. 6551 Gardenville ......
John H. Pollard ...... John W. Hudspeth ... J ef. W. Sappington .. L. E. Schmitt ........ Charles Bechler ...... Jack S. Eiseman ..... James T. Wilson. ~ .•. Harry F. Heron ...... John D. Rippey .....• Walter H. McClellan .. John H. Brown ...... Chas. H. Helterbrand. Leroy Hambley ......
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 ...•.• Elmer T. Hiscox ... , Alfred C. Linck .... Florian Wolz ......
1st and 3rd Saturdays .•..••.•..•• 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..•..•••••.. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ............. 2nd and 4th Saturdays .....•..•... 1st Tuesday ..........•........... 2nd and 4th Mondays ............. 1st and 3rd Fridays .....••....•... 1st and 3rd Fridays ............... 1st and Srd 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
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76IIndependence .•.. 2631Lee's Summit ..•. 324!Independence 3371Blue Springs ..•.• 391IRaytown •.•..... 39210ak Grove ..•.... 601lBuckner •.••••••• 66918634 Woodl'd,K.C. 6141Mt. Washington .. 618 1Grandview ..•.••. 6441Grain Valley
John H. Pate V. C. Oster Vernon E. Ritchey W. N. Bowman E. Enright L. T. Owings George S. Rogers. . . .. B. W. Bradley Claude R. Davis. . . Fred G. Montfort , Harold Frantz
M. W. Sudbrock •.•• Mark Mathes .....•. W. Lee Whitmire E. A. Ford Virgil Dryer ..•...• G. E. Church John Ahrens ..••••. G. W. Knecht. .. G. B. Christy Gilbert Strode ..•... Cecil M. Poage
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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
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Grand Master Thos. F. Riddick ... Nath'l B. Tucker ..• Nath'l B. Tucker .. • Nath'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 .... -
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Senior G. Warden Junior G. Warden Grand Treasurer Grand Secretary J ames Kennerly •.• William Bates .•..•• - Archibald Gamble ••• • William Renshaw-
Tho~~~~;;'D~~~i~ '. Edward Bates •.•• - William Bates ••.•..• Archibald Gamble ••. - William RenshawThompson Douglass • Geo. H. C. Melody .•. Geo. H. C. Melody .•• Geo. H. C. Melody .•• • Hardage Lane •.... Hardage Lane •.... Geo. H. C. Melody •.• Fred L. Billon ..•... 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 .. -
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 dsborn • Joseph Megguire .. P. Draper • S. F. Currie .•..... J. H. Turner ...•• • J. W. Chenoweth .•• James H. Britton .. -
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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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 •.•••. • J 08eph FOGter -
William RenshawT. Douglas. T. DouglasJohn D. Daggett· John D. Daggett· John D. Daggett· John D. Daggett· John D. Daggett· Fred L. Billon· Fred L. Billon· Fred L. Billon· John Garnett. Th08. W. ConyersThos. W. Conyers· Richard B. Dallam· Richard B. DaIlam· Richard B. DaIlamRichard B. DaIlam· Richard B. DaIlam· Richard B. DaIlam· Richard B. DaIlamRichard B. DaIlam· Richard B. DaIlam· Fred L. Billon· Fred L. BillonJ. W. S. Mitchell· J. W. S. Mitchell· C. D. W. Johnson· C. D. W. Johnson· C. D. W. Johnson· A. O'Sullivan. A. O'Sullivan. A. O'Sullivan.
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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,..•. 1888 ..•• 1884 .••• 1885 .••• 1886 •••• 1887 .••• 1888 .••• 1889 .••• 1890 •••• 1891 •••• 1892 •••• 1898 •••• 1894 .••• 1895
L. S. Cornwell .... • ............•.....•• Benjamin Sharp ••• W. A. Cunningham.. S. H. Saunders • P. Draper S. H. Saunders • Marcus Boyd • Marcus Boyd ..•.• * M. H. McFarland .•• • M. H. McFarland.· W. R. Penick ...... • Wm. R. Penick .•• • John Decker ....•.. * Geo. Whitcomb ..•. • John H. Turner .•..• John H. Turner ... • Wm:'N. Loker .•...•• John F. Houston .. • John D. Vinci!. • John F. Houston .•• John D. Vincil ..•••• • John D. Vinci] .... '" W. E. Dunscomb .••. • W. E. Dunscomb .. • C. A. Rowley ......• • John D. Vincil ...•• R. E. Anderson ..... • William D. Muir .. * T. E. Garrett ......•• Thos. E. Garrett .. • R. E. Anderson .•... • Thos. E. Garrett R. E. Anderson • Samuel H. Owens.· J. E. Ryland ••.•••. • R. E. Anderson .•. • John W. Luke • John W. Luke ...•. • Xenophon Ryland .. :'" James E. Cadle • Xenophon Ryland • Xen. Ryland •..... • Thos. C. Ready .•... '" T. C. Ready ....... • Noah M. Givan ..... • Noah M. Givan; .• • Joseph S. Browne ..• J08. S. Browne .... • W. R. Stubblefield W. R. Stubblefield •• Alex. M. Dockery '" Alex. M. Dockery •. • Chas. C. Woods •.••• '" Chas. C. Woods ••• • Lee A. Hall ••.•....• • Lee A. Hall .•...•• • Robt. F. Stevenson .. • Robt. F. Stevenson. James W. Boyd ...•• • James W. Boyd ..• • George R. Hunt..... • Geo. R. Hunt ....•• • W. M.' Williams •.... • Wm. M. Williams •. • James P. Wood ..... • James P. Wood ..•• n Theodore Brace ..•.. • Theodore Brace ••• • Geo. E. Walker ..... • Geo. E. Walker •... • B. H. Ingram ••...•. • B. H. Ingram ..••• • John R. Parson ..... • John R. Parson •.•• Harry Keene ...•••• • Harry Keene .•••.•• J. B. Thomas .....•. • J. B. Thomas ..••• • A. M. Hough ....•.• • 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 .... U. 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 .....• \1 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 JohnD. Vincil· John D. Vincil· John D. Vincil· John D. Vincil· John D. Vincil· John D. Vincil· John D. Vincil'" John D. Vincil· John D. Vincil· John D. VinciI· JohnD.·Vincil· John D. Vincil· John D. Vincil· John D. Vincil* John D. Vincil· John D. Vincil· John D. Vincil. John D. Vincil· John D. Vincil·
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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. Garrel..Wm. F. Johnson .. • O. A. Lucas .••••••• Bert S. Lee . J 06eph S. McIntyre· Orestes Mitchell. .. • W. W. Martin . John Pickard • Anthony F. Ittner .. Byrne E. Bigger ..•. S. R. Freet • Wm. R. Gentry .
D. Grand Master I Senior G. Warden I Junior G. Warden F. J. Tygard E. F. Allen • C. H. Briggs • E. F. Allen C. H. Briggs Campbell Wells . C. H. Briggs ....•.•. • Campbell Wells • Joseph C. Finagin .. • Campbell Wells .•...• Joseph C. Finagin • John C. yocum • Joseph C. Finagin .. • John C. yocum • Wm. F. Kuhn • John C. yocum •••.. • Wm. F. Kuhn • Leroy B. Valliant ..• • Wm. F. Kuhn • Leroy B. Valliant.· A. S. Houston ....... Leroy B. Valliant • A. S. Houston ..... • D. M. Wilson ••..•.•• A. S. Houston ....•. • D. M. Wilson ••.... • Howard Watson •...• D. M. Wilson ....... • John T. Short ..... - R. R. Kreeger ...... John T. Short ....••• • R. Kreeger •••• - William A. Hall .....• R. R. Kreeger....... William A. Hall . . .• Clay C. Bigger•••.•• William A. Hall ..•. • Clay C. Bigger • Arch A. Johnson .••.. Clay C. Bigger ....• • Arch A. Johnson Jacob Lampert ....•• Arch A. Johnson. • • .. Jacob Lampert • Van Fremont Boor .• Jacob Lampert Van Fremont Boor. Chesley A. Mosman.· Van Fremont Boor .• Chesley A. Mosman· Tolman W. Cotton . Chesley A. Mosman.· Tolman W. Cotton .. Frank R. Jesse Frank R. Jesse ..... * Edward Higbee ••• • Wm. A. Clark ....•.. Edward Higbee .•... • Wm. A. Clark ..... - John W. Bingham ...• Wm. A. Clark ...•..• John W. Bingham· Julius C. Garrell ..•• John W. Bingham .. • Julius C. Garrell .• - Wm. F. Johnson .•.. • Julius C. Garrell ••• - Wm. F. Johnson ..• • O. A. Lucas .••.•....• Wm. F. Johnson.... • O. A. Lucas ..••... - Bert S. Lee ......••.. O. A. Lucas ........• Bert S. Lee. . . . . • • .. Joseph S. McIntyre .• Bert S. Lee. . . . • • . . .. Joseph S. McIntyre· Orestes Mitchell .....• Joseph S. McIntyre.· Orestes Mitchell •. W. W. Martin .••••.. Orestes Mitchell W. W. Martin John Pickard . W. W. Martin John Pickard • A. F. Ittner .. John Pickard A. F. Ittner B. E. Bigger .. A. F. Ittner B. E. Bigger S. R. Freet . B. E. Bigger .•....... S. R. Freet ....•... • Wm. R. Gentry, Sr . S. R. Freet........•• Wm. R. Gentry, Sr.. Ray V. Denslow . Wm. R. Gentry ••.... Ray V. Denslow .••. Thad B. Landon . Ray V. Denslow . . . •. Thad B. Landon. . .. Frank C. Barnhill .
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·Deceaoed. IWae not Installed. tReeigned. ·IDied August 11, 1866, while in office. • Appointed August 18, 1866, by John D.' Vincil, Grand Master. ••IIDled April 11, 1877. while In office. ·UDled October 12. 1904, while In office. ··.Died April 22. 1916, while in office.
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THE MASONIC WORLD By RAY V. DENSLOW, P. G. M.
PEARL OF THE PACIFIC
A Story of Freemasonry in the Hawaiian Islands Pearl Harbor, December 7, 19411 The name and date are indelibly fixed in the mind of the civilized world, marking the attack of the Japanese on the great American na~al base in the Hawaiian Islands. What Americans do not know is that a fine Masonic lodge exists at Pearl Harbor, established primarily for the benefit of members of our Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Before going intQ the history of this particular lodge let us go into the history of Freemasonry in this outpost of the Pacific, for its Frcem'asonry came, many years before the islands were acquired by the United States. The islands are now known as "The Territory of Hawaii," and certain facts should be known at the outset which should give a higher appreciation of what Freemasonry is and what it has meant to our citizens of that territory. The territory includes the following islands, thei.r area being shown in square miles: Hawaii, 4,016 Lanai, 140 Oahu, 598 Maui, 728 Kauai, 547 Molokai, 261
Nihau, 97 Kahoolawe, 69 Molokini, 2.7
Population of the territory has increased remarkably in recent years; there is a large foreign population consisting of Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese and others, making some unusual conditions not found in our mainland. The capital city is Honolulu with a population of 154,476 (1939). There are in all twenty islands, only those named above being inhabited; the group extends in a chain, from northwest to southeast, for almost 400 miles. They are 2,100 miles from San Francisco, 126 miles nearer than Los Angeles. Most of the Islands are mountainous and of volcanic origin. One of thesQ craters is the largest in the world. Mauna Loa, another, is still active. Sixteen miles away from Mauna Loa is Kilauea, the largest active volcano in the world. The climate of the Islands is that of perpetual summer.
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At Schofield Barracks is one of our largest Army posts, while at Pearl Harbor the Navy maintains a large base and dry dock. Here also are aviation fields and a radio station. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The Islands were discovered by Captain Cook in 1778; here he met his death during a second visit in 1779. To King Kamehameha goes the credit for having brought the Islands under one rule in 1791. His rule became a constitutional monarchy in 1840 and ended when a revolution drove Queen Liliuokalani from the throne in 1893. Attempts were then made to secure annexation to the United States, but these failing, a republic was proclaimed July 4, 1894. The Spanish-American War brought the Islands again into the limelight, and an agreement to annex was voted by the Hawaiian Senate which was later ratified by Con"gress July 7, 1898. Hawaii then became a territory of the U. S. A. It is ruled by a governor appointed by the President for four years, approved by the Senate; the appointee must have been a resident of the territory four years. It has its own legislature and elects a delegate to our Congress. HAWAIIAN MASONIC CEN'fENNIAL
In the Hawaiian Advertiser of April 11, 1942, appeared the following news item: Masons Celebrate One Hundredth Anniversary: An important ceremony will mark the one hundredth anniversary of Lodge Ie Progres de L 'Oceania at 2: 00 p. m. Saturday in the Masonic TernpIe. . . . Past Masters are to occupy all the chairs. At this ceremony a Master Mason degree will be exemplified. . . . Masonry at the present time includes many members from all branches of the Armed Forces and leaders in all walks of life. Most of the officers of Lodge Ie Progresde L 'Oceanie this year are serving with the Armed Forces. . . . In Hawaii the history of Masonry reveals that Captain Cook was a member of the fraternity. The earliest account of Masonry published in a Honolulu newspaper appeared in the Pacific Commercial Advertiser by H. G. Davis in 1857. It refers to the 'institution' of the Lodge Ie Progres in March, 1843."
The attitude of the people of Hawaii is shown in an editorial which appeared in the above newspaper on April 13, 1942: "Lodge le Progres' Celebration: A century of Masonry in Hawaii was celebrated Saturday in an impressive ceremonial commemorating the institution of Lodge Ie Progres de L 'Oceanic on board a whaling ship in Honolulu Harbor, April 10, 1842. A hundred years is but a day in the story of the Masonic brotherhood reaching back into the beginnings of civilization when men first conceived the moral laws and bent their own habit of life in conformity. A mystic fraternity, this, uniting men in all ranks of society by the bond of an ideal, the humble and the great standing shoulder to shoul~er on one common plane. For a hundred years, Masonry has been a moving force for all
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that is good in the building of sound morality in the social order in Hawaii as throughout all lands." SOME
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It was a Mason, Captain James Cook, who discovered the Islands, January 20, 1778, and to them he gave the name "Sandwich Islands," honoring the Earl of Sandwich. But so far as can be ascertained, Cook did nothing in the way of organizing a Masonic group. In 1~09, Captain John Meek, another Freemason, sailed into the harbor; he later decided to make his home in the Islands and was the last of the charter members of the first lodge to die, his death occurring in 1875. He became Scribe of the Royal Arch Chapter there December 8, 1870. The records do not show where he received his degrees but do show his death January 29, 1875. Walter R. Coombs, one of the Islands' leading Freemasons, tells of this first lodge: Masonry as an organization first came to Hawaii in 1841, when Captain Le Tellier of the bark "Ajax" from Havre, l"rancc, came with legate power to establish lodges in the Pacific, and Lodge Ie Pi-ogres de L'Oceanie No. 124 was chartered by the Suprcme Council of France in 1842 and is the oldest Masonic lodge in the United Statcs west of the Missouri River. [This statement is hardly in accord with the record.-EDITOR.] This lodge, located in Honolulu, was transferred to the Grand Lodge of California in the year 1905 and is the largcst blue lodge in the territory, with a membership of 362.
Le Tellier's authority specified that he should "set up lodges in the Paeific Oeean and elsewhere in his voyages; to issue warrants; to call upon the Supreme Council for charters; to make , Masons at sight; to be forever given the Grand Honors upon his appearance in any lodge of his creation." He was restricted to the three degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry, and so far as is known his labors consisted in the establishment of the one lodge, Le Progres de L'Oceanie. Let us, therefore, take up the story of this famous lodge. LODGE LE PROGRES DE L'OCEANIE
This is the most famous lodge on the Islands; during the time it worked under French charter. it numbered among its members two kings, the prince consort, one governor, and some of the most prominent and influential men of the community. Le Tellier, the sea captain who organized the lodge, was a man of wealth and pretension and was well known in his native country for his business dealings. In the harbor at Honolulu he found men of every nationality, and to them he disclosed his credentials. The lodge was first organized under dispensation at an unfixed date in 1841; it began its labors and later received its charter (No. 124). In 1905 it attached
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itself to the Grand Lodge of California under the name "Oceanie" and took the number "371," but later the lodge was permitted to return to its original and full name, under which it was chartered by France. It is unfortunate that the first路 papers of this interesting lodge should be lost. The first minutes are those of January 17, 1846. Even the original charter appears to have been lost; a duplicate was issued from France, dated April 8, 1842. In 1916, California gave the lodge permission to retain a part of the old French ritual of the 3掳. Records show that S. Reynolds served as Master from 1842-1847. Captain John Meek, referred to above, was Master in 1856. King Kamehameha was Master in 1859 and again in 1861 and 1862; he was succeeded by the consort of the Queen Liliuokulani, John O. Dominis, in 1863, 1864; he served also in 1868. The records contain some very interesting matter: 1857: "Bro. Kamehameha (King Kamehameha IV) was examilled by Bros. Vincent and Rooke as to his proficiency in the first and second degrees, in which he showed much knowledge and refleeted credit upon himself as well as his instructors." Dec. 31, 1879: This was a called meeting "in response to the invitation of His Majesty, Brother Kalakaua I, Past Master of the Lodge, for the purpose of laying the cornerstone of his new Iolani Palace. The members of Hawaiian Lodge No. 21 and visiting brethren having been invited to participate in the ceremonies, the brethren assembled at the hall of Lodge Ie Progres de L 'Oceanie No. 124 at 10: 00 a. m. The Lodge was opened in due and ancient form, after which the brethren were called to proceed to the palace grounds, where the ceremonies of the laying of the cornerstone of the palace were performed under the direction of Brother Past Master David Dayton, acting as Grand Master. Afterwards the cornerstone was laid according to the ancient usage of the Craft. His Majesty, .Past Master Kalakaua, presented the Lodge Ie Progres a silver set of the working tools of the Craft which had been honored by service in the work just completed. A fitting acknowledgement for the valuable and noble gift was made to Brother Past Master, Ilis Majesty the King, by the Worshipful Master. After the work of the occasion was completed the members of the Lodge and their guests returned to the Temple, where the Lodge was closed in due and ancient form." .
The Lodge still preserves these beautiful working tools among its most prized possessions. 'Ve are intrigued by another of these minutes of the lodge: Oct. 27, 1882: The jewel 'of Past Master was received by Brother Higgins. "A communication from His Majesty, David Kalakana, a Past Master of this lodge, inviting the members and visitors in good standing to a banquet at Iolani Palace in honor of the day (St. John's Day), having been accepted by the Worshipful Master, was approved by the Lodge. Hawaiian Lodge N 0.21, having also been invited, assembled in our Lodge room to form in procession."
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On August 5, 1898, the Lodge conferred the 3째 on Brother Benjamin F. Dillingham, whose genius is said "to have fashioned the Island of Oahu into an industrial empire." On August 3, 1900, Governor Wallace R. Farrington was made a Master Mason.. He was thcn editor of the Advertiser, general manager of the StarBulletin Publishing Company, had served as a member of the tcrritory's Commission of Public Instruction and was a regent of the College of Hawaii. Alexander Cartwright, father of American baseball, was a member of one of the Hawaiian lodges. These few entries furnish ample evidence of the type of men who compose Freemasonry on the Islands. Before concluding the story of this remarkable lodge we shall again refer to the royal family and its connection with the fraternity. King Kamehameha IV was made a Mason during the months of January and February, 1857; he was made Master in 1858 and again in 1860 and 1861; his death occurred November 30, 1863. He served as Master when David Kalakaua was made a Freemason in 1859. Kalakaua became Master, November 11, 1875. Brother Kalahaua held many' Masonic honors; he was Master and Secretary of his lodge, High Priest of his Royal Arch Chapter, Commander of Knights of Templar, 33째 of the Scottish Rite and honored by his selection as a Grand Cross of Honor. He was crowned king on February 12, 1883, and his Masonic brethren were his special guests at the coronation. His death occurred in 1891. John O. Dominis, Prince Consort, was made a Mason in 1858 and was Master in 1862, 1863, 1867. Dominis was Master of his lodge, Commander of the commandery of Knights Templar, 33째 of the Scottish Rite and knighted Grand Cross of Honor. Prince David Kawanakakoa of the Kalakana Dynasty was made a Mason in 19~0. HAWAIIAN LODGE NO.
21
The first American Lodge-or at least the first chartered by an American jurisdiction-'Yas Hawaiian Lodge No. 21, for which dis. pensation was issued by the Grand Lodge of California, January 12, 1852. The charter was later granted, dated May 5, 1852, the first to be granted by California in territory outside Continental U. S. A. The name of Captain John Meek, associated in business with John Jacob Astor, was not unknown to Freemasons of the Islands. It was in his home, December 8, 1851, that thirteen Master Masons met and decided to petition for a new lodge in Honolulu. The dispensation, dated January 12, 1852, was received February 10, 1852, on which latter date the first communication of the lodge was held. Meetings were held in a two-story frame house belonging to Captain Meek, located. on the lower side of King Street near Smith Street, until October 6, 1856, when the lodge moved to a three-story brick
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building, Queen and Kaahumanu Streets, where they occupied the third floor until September 30, 1879. This was the first threcstory hrick building ,ever erected in Honolulu, and the bricks and much of the material for its building were brought around Cape Horn from Boston, no small voyage in those days. The cornerstone of a new Temple was laid Saturday, January 4, 1879, at the corner of Fort and Queen Streets, the hall being dedicated September 30 of that year. This building was used for the next thirteen years; the cornerstone of a new building was laid December 27, 1892, at Hotel and Alakea Streets, dedicated November 27, 1893. Here the lodge remained forty-five years, occupying a new building at Makiki and Kinau Streets, July 31, 1937, also occupied by the bodies of the Scottish Rite.â&#x20AC;˘ At the cornerstone laying January 4, 1889, the occasion was graced by the presence of King Kalakaua, Queen Kapiolani, the heir apparent LiIiuokalani, and, all the officers of the Cabinet. MAUl LODGE NO.
472
The Island of Maui lies one hundred miles southeast of the Island of Oahu. Here July 10, 1872 (~), California established its second Hawaiian Lodge. It was chartered as Maui Lodge No.:. 233 The whaling industry and sandalwood industry~ declined to such an extent that supporting a Masonic lodge became a real problem. November 17, 1877, the lodge voted to surrender its charter. The books of the lodge were returned to Grand Lodge; $417.00 in the treasury was contributed to the benevolent fund of Hawaiian Lodge No. 21. Later, conditions on the Island changed, and the brethren again sought to establish the lodge. In 1904 a sufficient number of petitioners was secured, and application was made of the Grand Lodge of Scotland for a charter; each member contributed $75.00 to establish the lodge an<l shortly thereafter "Lodge Maui No. 984" was chartered, its first meeting being held at Wailuku, Maui, September 24, 1904. Later, by dispensation, it c.hanged its meeting place to Kahului, Maui, and in 1918, in order to work more closely with other lodges working in the Islands, it was thought best to transfer its jurisdiction to the Grand Lodge of California. The Grand Lodge of Scotland graciously relinquished jurisdiction December 7, 1918, . endorsed its charter to Lodge Maui and returned it as a memento uf their former relationship with the Grand Lodge. It thereupon took a charter under California"but with the specific understanding that the lodge continue as 'Lodge Maui' with whatever number might be .assigned,. that its officers become the officers of the new lodge, and that its Past Masters be considered' M PMt Masters as though it had always been under California jurisdiction."
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California consented to these provisos, and the first meeting of Lodge Maui No. 472 ,vas: held at Kahului, Maui, December 14, 1918. HONOLULU LODGE NO.
409
Honolulu Lodge No. 405 was organized June 10, 1895, by a dozen or more members living in and near Honolulu. It was first known as Pacific Lodge No. 822, receiving its dispensation from the District Lodge of Queensland, then working under jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. It was chartered August 1, 1895. At its first meeting on June 10, 1895, seven petitions for the degrees were received. Many of the active members of the lodge had been active in Haw.aiian Lodge No. 21. In the year 1910, in line with action taken by other Masonic groups in the Islands, jurisdiction was transferred to the Grand Lodge of California, and while the name remained the same, it received a new number-Honolulu Lodge No. 409. The lodge has had a fine membership list. James S. McCandless, one of Hawaii's pioneer builders, became Imperial Potentate of the Shrine. Walter R. Coombs is one of the best-known Masons in the Islands. George F. Wright served the city of Honolulu as its mayor eight years. Robert W. Shingle was president of the Territorial Senate for several terms. Curtis Piehu Iaukea, one of the few members of Hawaiian blood, was appointed Secretary of Hawaii in 1917 by President Wilson and served as acting governor on several occasions. KILAUEA LODGE NO.
330
Kilauea Lodge No. 330 is located路 at Hilo; from February 22, 1879, until October 10, 187~, it worked under a dispensation issued by the Grand Lodge of California, at which latter date it was constituted and set to work under charter. While its membership was smaller than that of many other lodges, it carried the standards of Freemasonry high in Hilo. . SCHOFIELD
J,ODGE NO.
443
Schofield Lodge No. 443 was given a dispensation by the Grand Lodge of California, December 8, 1913; its charter is dated October 15, 1914. Its first meetings were held in the old village of Leilehua, but later moved into 1he government post in a building constructed for lodge use. In the beginning the membership was limited to men in the Armed Services; afterwards, because of changing conditions, civilians were admitted. The building having become too small for lodge usc, a new Masonic Temple was erected at the edge of the reservation in 1932. Because of the military character of the lodge surroundings, the membership ~s made up of military and naval men, many of whom are on the five seas and scattered into many
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nations. During the war periods, it has been very hard to mairitain a permanent membership, but the lodge is carrying on a fine work and supplies the needs of those who arc stationed at Schofield Barracks, one of the largest posts of the U. S. Army. KAUAr LODGE NO.
589
The Island of Kauai is the most northerly and westerly of the eight larger and inhabited islands; it is twenty-five miles in length and twenty-two miles in breadth; the population of the island (1930 census) was less than 35,000. It is known as the "Garden Island." The Island has an annual rainfall of 500 inches. Fortunately, a committee has printed a history of Freemasonry on the Island of Kauai. It shows that a meeting of members was held at the residence of Postmaster Strehx, Koloa, December 27, 1886. Other sueh gatherings were held December 27, 1891, and December 30, 1893. No other meeting was held until June 25, 1902. Twelve meetings in all were held, the last December 17, 1921. A Masonic Club was formed June 10, 1921, and as a result of this meeting, it was decided to organize a lodge. It was estimated that the initial cost of a lodge would be $1,000.00 and current expenses would amount to $110.00 per month. A petition was drawn up March 20, 1924, headed by William Richard Hobby, who had been a member of Sojourners Lodge, working on the Canal Zone. Grand Master Crites, of California, visited the Island' May 16, 1924, at which time the new lodge was officially launched. William R. Hobby was the first Master U. D. The lodge is empowered to meet at Lihue, acco~ding to the charter dated October 16, 1924. Grand -Masters of California have visited the Islands on many occasions. PEARL HARBOR LODGE NO.
598
May 1, 1924, a meeting was held by a number of Freemasons, resulting in the organization of the Naval Masonic Association; its object was the eventual establishment of a Naval Lodge in the Hawaiian Islands. After months of effort on the part of interested Masons, 'twenty-five petitions were secured and a petition duly forwarded to the Grand Lodge of California. September 25, 1924, the petitioners were assembled and formed into a lodge U. D. While, originally established as Naval Lodge,' it was chartered October 16, 1924, as Pearl Harbor Lodge No. 598. This lodge was established to serve the Armed Forces of the U. S. A. and numbers a large membership, most of whom wear the uJliform of some of the military or naval forces. Like the lodge at Schofield Barracks, it has to contend with an unstable membership by reason of their present occupation.
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The latest statistics available (1941) show the following: Lodge Nwmber and Name 371 Ie Progres de L 'Oceanie ' 21 Hawaiian· 472 Maui .409 Honolulu 330 Kilauea 346 Schofield 589 Kauai 598 Pearl Harbor
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1905 $80.00 1852 $80.00 1918 $50.00 1910 $80.00 1897 $50.00
$12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00
364 331 130 222 182
1914 1924 1924
198 $80.00 $ 9.00 96 $75.00 $12.00 226 $80.00 $12.00 Total ..... 1,755
When it is known that the population is made up of so many diverse elements, the number of Freemasons on the Islands does not appear small. Last census showed the following population. Japanese 155,042 Filipino 52,430 Portuguese 30,708 Chinese 28,601 Asiatic-Hawaiian 21,638 Hawaiian 21,165 ROYAL
CaucasianHawaiian Puerto Rican Korean Spanish
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ARCH MASONRY
Royal Arch Masonry has been !epresented in the Islands since 1857, when a dispensation was issued by General Grand High Priest Charles Gilman authorizing the formation of Honolulu Chapter No.1. In his address he referred to the issuance of the dispensation to "Honolulu Chapter, at Honolulu, one of the Sandwich Islands, June 10, 1857."
All papers of the chapter having been submitted and examined by the committee, a charter was granted September 14, 1859. According to Secretary John S. Walker, the chapter continued work under the charter until July, 1861. • "at which ·time we received notice from your Grand Secretary requesting us to cease communication with your Grand Body during the existing troubles in the United States (War of 1861-65). And therefore in accordance with such request we remained dormant till the 20th May, 1870, when at a meeting held by the members here, it was resolved 'that an application be forwarded to the General Grand High Priest for a revival of the charter. And in accordance with such requeRt duly forwarded, we received from the G.G.H.P. under date 22 July, 1870, a dispensation under the private seal of J. M. Austin, G.G.H.P., authorizing us to resume work under the same.'" .
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The chapter petitioned the General Grand Chapter for a revival of its warrant, and the matter was presented to the triennial meeting in Baltimore, September, 1871. The parent body, during the excitement of war, had lost touch with Honolulu companions, for the G.G.H.P. wrote asking "when the chapter was organized, whether it had ever received a warrant, and other facts relative thereto." The roll of members, as of 1870, showed the following: His Majesty, Kamehameha V Captain John Meek R. Davis A. McDuff E: P. Adams C. P. Ward H. S. Swinton W. Babcock
cr. C. McLean John S. Walker J. O. Dominis (Prince Consort) J. H. Brown C. N. Spencer F. Spencer L. Lamb
Sixteen companions had been exalted between the period December 8, 1870, and July 29, 1871. King Kamehameha died December 11, 1872. John Meek died January 29, 1875. In reviving the chapter the General Grand Chapter ordered the issuance of a duplicate charter, but it was reported in 1874 that the companions had "elected to reorganize under the warrant granted in 1859." Cognizance of the chapter was taken in 1874, the G. G. H. P. stating: "Our fair and dutiful daughter, Honolulu, seated upon an island of Hawaiian group, far away in the Pacific Ocean, keeps her lamp trimmed and burning and is co.ntributing to the rapidly advancing civilization of a people who, not many years ago, were destitute of light. May God, whom they now worship, preserve them from earthquakes and tidal' waves."
Since that date the chapter has carried on, ofttimes under adverse circumstances, yet showing a substantial growth, the last report showing 164 members. Since Pearl Harbor, we understand, there has been more interest than usual shown in the work of the Capitular Rite. Incidentally, Honolulu Chapter No. 1 is the oldest of the subordinate chapters, working under the jurisdiction of the General Grand Chapter. THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
Honolulu Commandery No.1, Knights Templar, is one of the oldest of the Masonic groups on the Island. December 10, 1870, a dispensation was issued to R. S. Hollister, Joseph F. Smith, Joseph Ellis, George Green, M. Dutro, 1. E. Hardy, R. Graham, W. C. Duigley, and H. W. Brickmaster to open and hold a commandery of Knights Templar in the' Sandwich Islands, specific?-lly "The Kingdom of Hawaii, in the Island of Oahu, and the City of Honolulu," with Hollister, Smith and Ellis the first three officers.
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The Grand Encampment" proceedings states: "The petition for the dispensation to establish a Commandery . in the Sa.ndwich Islands was carefully considered before it was - gran!ed.' , .
The reason for this was a question in the minds of many as. to whether the Grand Encampment should go outside thejurlSdiction of'the. United States, even though it was intOnonOecupied territoryâ&#x20AC;˘ . In bririging the" matter to the attention of the Grand Encampment the Grand Mast~r cited an experience in Mexieo which turned ou~ disastrously, yet¡ he recommended the dispensation:
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And then he added .these significant words: "It the Grand Encampment approves of thitl aetion, I am informed that an-application for a Gommandery: will be presented at an early date to be 'located in China;" .
Grand MllSter Fellows reported in' i874 that he' had, on April 1, 1872, asked "Sir John O. Doministo ~nStitiite;Honolulu Commandery No.!, .Sandwicb Islands; wlncli-dtl:Jlrhe' performed May 7th" (1872). A list of Past Command,el,'Sof~eCommandery shows JohnO; Doministo have been the first eominander, and ~ng David Kalakaua the fifth. . The membership at the present timeis lesStban two hundi-ed. CRYPTIC M4S0NRY.
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The latest of the Masonic, organizations to. be establiShed in the Islands is Honolulu Council No.1, RQya1 anit select ~ for which dispensation was issued May 1, 1940, by Gener8l Grand Master Charles H. Johnson. Walter 'Randolph: Coombs, distinguished Hawaiian Freemason, was honored by' being named as first Master of the new council. The councq started with fifteen members and, their returns showing but two members greeted during the period in which their dispensation was in force, decided to continue the dispensation until the next triennial meeting in 1945, at which time it is hoped war conditions will cease to prevent an expansion of this part of the American Rite of Freemasonry. THE SCOTTISH RITE
~ "charter was granted October 20,1874, by the Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction of the ~cottish Rite, 0 a Lodge of Perfection,s. vhapter of Rose Croix, a Council of Kadosh and a Consistory. The' Hawaiian names of these bodies was changed in October, 1917, to "Honolulu." . A Loage of Perfection, a Chapter of Rose Croix, ands. Council
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of Kadosh were located at Hilo, on the island of Hawaii, in 1901. In 1907 similar bodies were established at Kahnlni, on the Island of Mani. The Rite has a very beantifnl home in Honolnlu. Combined membership in the Hilo, H-onolnlu and Kahnlni bodies is 145, 775 . and 81-a total of 1,001. Pitkin C. Wright, a native of Iowa, was responsible for the establishment of the Rite.. Albert Pike, then Sovereign Grand Commander of the Southern Jurisdiction commissioned lrim his Special
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Deputy for the Sandwich Islands, and he spent three months on the Islands communicating the degrees to the first group of members. RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE
A conclave of this Order was established in the Islands, at Honolulu, June 7, 1927; it bears the name Honolulu Conclave No. 61. Walter R. Coombs is serving as Intendant General for the Islands. While the membership of-this Order is always small, recent statistics show that it is active. MISCELLANEOUS GROUPS
Aloha Temple of the. Mystic .Shrine serves the Shriners; they . have a country home at Waimanalo which has proved exceedingly
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popular. It has Aloha Court of the Royal Order of Jesters attached to it. The National Sojourners, made up of men in the Armed Services, maintains two chapters, one at Honolulu, the other at' Schofield Barracks; both are active. To satisfy the demand for other groups, there have been established at various times, seven chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star, the Daughters of the Nile, an Order of the Rainbow and Honolulu Chapter Order of DeMolay. With the regular Masonic groups and these auxiliaries, there would appear' to be plenty of fraternal life existent on the Islands. Recent activities in the Islands and the quartering of many troops in that vicinity have kept our brethren there so busy that it was recently announced that requests for conferring degrees would have to wait a regular time, because so many of the Hawaiian membership are busily engaged in various types of war work and,their time is limited in the lodge hall. May Peace come again soon to these beautiful Islands of the Pacific and may the Freemasonry of that territory continue to exert a beneficent influence in solidifying the peoples of the various races, creeds, and nationalities into one force working for the betterment of all. BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Masonic Trestle Board, Vol. LIV, 'No.4. Lodge Handbook of the Islands, 1938. California, Grand Lodge Proceedings, 1941. History of Freemasonry in Kauai. The Builder, Vols. IX, X (Hawaii). World Almanac, 1943. Hawaiian' Advertiser, April 11, 13, 1942. Gould's H wtory of Freemasonry (Scribner Edition). General Grand Chapter Proceedings. General Grand Council Proceedings, 1942. Grand Encampment Proceedings. Supreme Council A.A.S.R., S.J., Proceedings. Records of General Grand .Chapter. . Ray Baker Harris, Librarian, A.A.S.R., S.J. New Age Magazine (Hawaii). THE GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL MASONIC MEMORIAL
The thirty-third annual convention of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association was held in the Memorial Building in Arlington, Virginia, February 22, 1943, and was widely attended. Registered from Missouri were Past Grand Masters Lee, Ittner, Denslow, and Grand Secretary Mather. The first named was Vice-President of the Association, and the second named a
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Director; both were re-elected. Other national organizations represented were: General Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, U. S. A., General Grand Council, R. & S. Masters, U. S. A., Supreme Council Scottish Rite, Northern Jurisdiction, Grotto, National League of Masonic Clubs, and Order of DeMolay. During the year the new Lodge room was opened and AlexandriaWashington Lodge has moved in; the 'Vashington relics, for safety, are being stored in a vault in the Memorial Building. New concrete steps have been built at the approach; the replica room has been finished. Assets al'e listed at $160,216.30. At the meeting $68,663.99 was collected, $2,300 being Missouri's contribution. Dr. Elmer Arn of Ohio, who was re-elected President of the Association, gave $1,000. Missouri ranks twenty-second in the list of contributors on a per capita basis, having contributed $166,568.01, or 88.1 of its quota, on the $1.70 per capita basis, or 49.8 in excess of the original $1 quota. Largest contributor has been New York with $626,717; largest in percentage of membership is New Hampshire, which has contributed 215.2 per cent on the $1.70 basis.
THE CONFERENCE OF路 GRAND MASTERS The annual conference of Grand Masters was held in the Willard Hotel, Washington, D. C., February 23, 1943. J. W. J. Stedman of Washington presided. All American Masonic jurisdictions were represented for the first time in the history of the conference. Missouri was represented by Past Grand Masters Ittner, Lee and Denslow, and by Grand Secretary Mather, official business preventing our own Grand Master (Donnell) from attending. Contrary to past procedure, only present Grand Masters were assigned subjects for conference discussion. On the whole, the subject matter of the various addresses appeared to have been as well handled as in former years. It is probably best that Grand Masters do take the lead in these matters; yet we fear that not all of the criticism of p.ast performance has been exactly sincere. One or two of the addresses may have been termed outstanding, although in a few instances they were too long for the brief time allotted to a conference discussion. The paper of Major Clarence R. Martin, Grand Master of Indiana, was a masterpiece of research work; it covered the question of Traveling Military Lodges, a subject much in the news today. It constitutes the best' story of American Military Lodges in print. The other paper to which we must pay special mention was that of Grand Master Clarence 路D. Phillips (Washington) on the Status of Territories, such as Alaska, Hawaii, and the Canal Zone, in which Grand Lodges have chartered subordinate lodges. Grand Master Donnell (Missouri) was on the program but was compelied to ask Past Grand Master Ittner to substitute
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for him; his subject was the Curtailment of Masonic Activities as the Result of the l-Var. In our review of last year's confercnce we insertcd a portion of the address of one who is generally regarded as one of the world's outstanding Frecmasons; our comment was written in 'June of last year with no thought in our mind that in August we should bc selected to head America's oldest and largest Masonic group. As a matter of fact, the article was printed and in pamphlet form by August 1. To those who did not know the facts 路it may have appeared that the writer, as the head of one Masonic rite, was criticizing another rite, which vms certainly not thc casco We hold no personal animosity towards a soul on earth, and we certainly have nothing to gain pcrsonally by reason o~ our comment. Vve are anything else but mercenary; we spend more money in getting this report together than we get out of it. Our influence is not for sale, even to our own Grand Lodge, and be it said to their credit, that no officer of the 'Grand Lodge, nor any Missouri Grand Lodge has yet restricted that greatest of all freedoms-the freedom of free speech. The fact that our review is adopted doe's not necessarily mean that all men agree with our ideas-in fact, they do not, but it docs mean that Missouri Grand Lodge bclieves that one who may be assigned to the 'writing of a report may always feel free to express his opinions whcnever he is sincere and honest in that opinion! ' THE MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION
The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the association was held in Washington, D. C., February 24, 1943. While actively supporting the war center work. of the organization, Missouri has never seen fit to rejoin the association since its withdrawal in 1924. So far as we know, the writer was the only Missourian present at the meeting. Louisiana and Michigan rejoined thc association during the year. Grand Lodges, members of the association, are: Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, District of' Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rh~de Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Grand Lodges not members, but cooperating are: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Virginia./" Other national organizations cooperating for service with Armed Forces are: Northern Supreme Council, Ancient and Acccpted Scottish Rite, Grand Encampment Knights Templar, U. S. A., Grand
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Chapters Royal Arch Masons, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Grotto, National League Masonic Clubs, Order of Rainbow, Grand Chapters of O.E.S. Not members of the association and carrying on their own programs are: Mississippi, Colorado, California, Tennessee, West Virginia, Kentucky, Oregon, Washington, Nebraska, and Kansas. During the past year several digests of interest have been printed and circulated among the membership; these comprise: (1) Masonic Shrines, (2) War Against Freemasonry, (3) Comparison Statistics of Membership, (4) Lest We Forget, and another of the Claudy plays, (5) A Gift in Secret. These may be secured at 60 cents per single copy. Short-talk bulletins, a part of the association program, covered such subjects as: (1) Flag in the Lodge, (2) Freemasonry's Monument, (3) Right Hand of Fellowship, (4) Dignity of Freemasonry, (5) Windlass and Rope, (6) Shekinah, (7) Stars of Glory, (8) Seven Great Masons, (9) Your Unknown Soldier, (10) Mystery, (11) Bill of Rights of Freemasonry, (12) Twenty Years. ,Many of these appear from time to time in the Masonic press. An excellent booklet in color on Masonry in the Armed Forces proved to be an appealing bit of advertising. We have visited several of these centers, and in our opinion they are doing a great work' for the fraternity, in some instances in spite of some severe opposition from sources which should applaud, "or at least remain silent." It may be true that there are flaws in the structure of the association which need correction, but in our estimation, without in any way minimizing the work of other jurisdictions, the largest flaw is in the failure of American Masons to unite. We can't have a government or a Tumulty to lay it onto this time. MASONS IN THE NEWS
General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff of the U. S. Army, made a Mason under unusual circumstances by the Grand Master 'of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, will undoubtedly emerge as one of the outstanding military leaders of the World War. He was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, December 31, 1880; he was a student at the Virginia Military Institute from 1897-1901. In 1903 and from 1913-1916 he served in the Philippines. He was with the A.E.F. in 1917-1919, serving in the famed First Division as a member of the General Staff. In 1919 he became aide to General Pershing and served him in that capacity until 1924, when he went to China. He holds many military decorations of this and other countries. Above all, he is a gentleman, and Americans may well feel proud of his success.
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Charles H. Johnson, distinguished New York Mason, continues to hold the position of Master of American Lodge of Research, it being his tenth year. Costas Cotzias, former mayor of Athens and great friend of John Metaxas, Greek pre'mier, is a Greek refugee now making his home in New York City. Theodore Roosevelt, son of the former president, has been ma~e a Brigadier General in the American Army; he was made a Mason July 7, 1920, in Matinecock (N. Y.) Lodge No. 806. Admiral Ernest J. King, 'Commander of the U. S. Fleet, was born in Lorain, Ohio, in 1878; he is a member of George C. Whiting Lodge of the District' of Columbia, San Diego Chapter, R.A.M., and a Commandery of Knights Templar in Cleveland, Ohio. Lt. General Henry 'II. Arnold, Chief of the Ariny Air Force, was born June 26, 1886, and graduated at West Point in 1907. He holds the Distinguished Flying Cross and many other decorations. He became attached to air units as early as 1916. He is a member of Union Lodge No.7, Junction City, Kansas. Donald M. Nelson, Vvar Production Chief, was made a Mason in Garfield Lodge No. 686 in Chicago, IlL, August 8, 1913. He is said to have been a most apt candidate, learning the catechism in one night. ' . Brigadier General Clinton A. Pierce, one of the first to be wounded on Bataan, is a member of Oriental Lodge No. 158, Baltimore, Md. He was once a student at the University of Illinois. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia is a member of Garibaldi Lodge No. 542 in New York City. William S. Knudsen, now a Lieutenant-General and production wizard, is a member of Palestine Lodge No. 367, Detroit, Michigan, and is thereby a fellow member of Henry Ford and Edgar Guest. Harvey Wiley Corbett, distinguished American architect, has been presented the Grand Lodge of .New York's medal for Distinguished Achievement. The' Bush Terminal, the George Washington Masonic Memorial, Rockefeller Center, and many other buildings are evidence of his ability. Jan lIfasaryk was the guest of a Masonic group meeting in New York recently; he was a member of jan Amos Kemensky Lodge No. 1 in Prague. Bro. Karel Hudec, consul-general, was also a guest. Czechoslovakian ritual was used. Dr. Monroe McKenzie Mathis, of Fairview, Okla., is said to be the oldest Freemason in the world. He was born in Paris, Tenn., July 3, 1840, and received his degrees in Paris Lodge No. 108 in 1862. He later affiliated with Mountain Grove Lodge ('Mo.) No. 158 and in 1913 moved to the lodge at Fairview. Missouri gave to the
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Masonic world Dr. Joseph S. Halstead, who, had he lived twenty days longer, would have carried off the world's record to date. Governor Tkos. E. Dewey, widely mentioned governor of New York, is a member of Kane Lodge No. 454, New York. Branch Rickey, former St. Louisan, has been .elected president a.nd general manager of the Brooklyn Baseball Club. He is a member of Missouri's Tuscan Lodge No. 360 and fellow member of our present Grand Master, Governor Donnell. Jan Sibeliu.s, famous Finnish composer, is a member of Suomi Lodge No.1 at Helsinki, Finland; he was born Dec. 8, 1865. General James Wilkinson, Revolutionary War officer and territorial governor of Missouri, is stated to have been a member of "Bristol Lodge No. 25," having been made a Mason Dec. 5, 1780. We are anxious to know where this lodge was stationed. Charles E. lVilson, head of the War Production Board and former president of General Electric, is a member of Mariners Lodge No. 67 (N. Y.) and a life member. l?aul Lockwood, secretary to Gov. Thos. E. Dewey, of New York, is a Mason, member of Bedford Lodge No. 574. Among the newly elected governors last fall are the following Freemasons: Earl "Warren (Calif.); Earl Snell (Oregon) ; John Moses (North Dakota); Walter lV. Bacon (Penn.). All are Grand Masters or Past Grand Masters. And of course Missourians have Governor Donnell. Lt. General Mark lV. Clark, of the African campaign, at forty-six is one of the army's youngest "high-up" officers. He is a member of Mystic Tie Lodge No. 398, Indianapolis, Ind. Henry lIforgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury, is a member of Poughkeepsie (N. Y.) Lodge No. 984, raised April 3, 1922. Gen,eral Robert L. Eichelberger, former Missourian and now commanding American forces in New Guinea, is a member of the Craft. Frederic Watson, who arranged the music for George Cohan's "Over 1'here," is a member of Charter Oak (N. Y.) Lodge No. 249. The press announces the death of Bishop James E. Freeman, for many years dean of the National Cathedral in Washington, D. C., and a most ardent Freemason. Wiley Blount Rutledge, Jr., recently appointed Supreme Court Judge, is a member of Boulder (Colo.) Lodge No. 45, raised Oct. 19, 1921. He has four other Masonic associates: Judges Black, Douglas, Jackson and Reed. Captai,!" Morton J. O'Brien, of the U. S. Marine Corps, reports that a Masonic Square Club was formed by members in the Marine Corps while .in Samoa and that while on Guadalcanal he received his Masonic magazines.
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A large Masonic gathering honored former U. S. Senator, William S. Calder, of New York. He is a member and senior past master of Greenwood (N. Y.) Lodge No. 569. Congratulatory letters were read from former president Hoover, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and others, while Mayor LaGuardia, Grand Master Turner, and many others were there to witness his receipt of a fifty-year medal. And now we learn that Major General Patrick J. Hurley, Secretary of War in 路the Hoover cabinet, was made a Mason in Olive Branch (Va.) Lodge No. 114, Leesburg, Va., July 11, 1941. Captain Frank Coops reports the establishment of a Masonic Club only a short distance from Jap-held Kiska, February 16, 1943. Irving Bacheller, author of "Eben Holden" and one of the country's distinguished novelists, addressed a letter to the Master of his lodge (Kane No. 454 (N. Y.) referring to his having been made a Mason Dec. 5, 1899; he is now eighty-路four years of age and a resident of Winter Peak, Fla. He said, -"I never felt so highly honored as when I got a medal for Distinguished Achievement some years ago from the Grand Lodge (N. Y.)." Lt. General John A. LaJeune died in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 21, 1942. He was made a Mason in Overseas Lodge at Coblenz, Germany, following the American occupation of that city. After his return to America, a lodge was 9rganized at Quantico, Va., which bears his name. He was a brilliant officer and commanded the 2nd Division of the American Expeditionary Forces. He was born in Pointe Coupe Parish, Louisiana, Jan. 10, 1867. He received the degrees May 3, May 7, May 17, 1919. Senator Homer Ferguson, of Michigan, newly elected senator from that state, is a member of lodge, chapter, ~ouncil, and commandery. He is a member of Rule Lodge No. 159 of Ann Arbor. He has made quite a reputation for his work as prosecutor in ;' Wayne County, which includes the city of Detroit. _ Life magazine, Feb. 15, 1943, contained a photograph of Edward Bates, member of Lincoln's cabinet and a past Grand Master of Missouri; it carried the caption: "Edward Bates, Attorney General and father of seventeen children, wrote in a diary that Lincoln lacked 'nerve' to be drastic." It might also be remarked that Edward himself lacked some "nerve" during the anti-Masonic period of 1830! President McKissick of the University of South Carolina, speaking at a religious service conducted by the Grand Lodge of that state, said: Nothing else that the members of our brotherhood have lately taken out of the lodge halls and carried to their communities has done greater, more lasting service to these communities, our state, our country, and our God, than their aid to public education in decreasing illiteracy, by increasing attendance in the public schools, and
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in providing clothing, books, and the necessities for pupils whose parents were too poor to provide these themselves.
General Walter Krueger, commanding the Third U. S. Army, is a Mason. He has served in three wars: Spanish-American and World Wars I and II. The Revere Copper and Brass Co. founded by Paul Revere, recently received the Navy "E" award. Revere was Grand Master of Massachusetts in 1794-97. Brig. General James H. Doolittle, a Freemason, received his Congressional Medal of Honor in the presence of at least two other distinguished Masons, President Roosevelt and Gen. H. H. Arnold. Joseph E. Morcombe, Masonic writer, died Oct. 21, 1942, at the age of eighty-three. Joseph Bentonelli, grand opera singer, is a Freemason. Bishop Adna Wright Leonard, killed in an airplane accident in . Iceland, was a member of Bethlehem Lodge No. 453, San Francisco, Calif. Viscount Galway, sixty-one, Governor General of New Zealand from 1935 to 1941, died March 28, 1943, in England. He was an active Mason and held high official position in the Grand Lodge. John G. F. Tower, Secretary General of the A.A.S.R. in England, died September 5, 1942. Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, pastor of the Foundry Methodist Church in Washington, D. C., and member of Pentalpha Lodge No. 23 of that jurisdiction, has succeeded the late Brother ZeBarney Philips as Chaplain of the U. S. Senate. H on. Chase A. Clark, governor of Idaho, recently addressed the Grand Lodge on the subject "The Faithful Mason." He was also present at the dedication of the new Masonic Temple路 in Kamiah. Gov. Dwight H. Green, of Illinois, is the Grand Orator of the Grand Lodge. He made a Masonic address at the Grand Lodge meeting in October, 1942, in which he made the following questionable statement: "Hundreds of years before Columbus came to these shores, the Masonic lodges had become real melting pots of the world. . . . Almost six hundred years after the first Masons became Freemasons, America was discovered." Bm. Walter Myers, Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, delivered the address at the laying of the cornerstone of a new post office building at Marion, Ind. Former Gov. George H. Hodges, of Kansas, received a fifty-year button at his home in Olathe on September 10, 1942. Gov. Sam C. Ford, of Montana, gave the address of welcome at the opening of the Grand Lodge in Helena in August, 1942. John G. Wemple, Senior Past Grand Master of Masons in the United States, having been elected in Nebraska in 1884, is reported as deceased. Henry
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H. Wilson, also Past Grand Master of Nebraska, died June 28, 1941. To him had been accorded the privilege of conferring the degrees of Freemasonry upon Gen. John J. Pershing, and on January 5,1939, he presented a fifty-year button to this distinguished brother. Another outstanding Nebraska Freemason is Francis E. White, Grand Secretary Emeritus, who was made a Master Mason May 10, 1869; he was born January 20, 1848, and is the Senior Past Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons and Senior Past Grand Commander in the United States. Louis B. Hanna, charter member and first Grand Tiler of the Grand Lodge of North Dakota, former governor and honorary Past Grand Master, was received in Grand Lodge. He has been a Freemason fifty-seven years. Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, of New York City, represents Arizona near the Grand Lodge of New York. He was present at Grand Lodge meeting in May, 1942, and addressed the Grand Lodge, stating: "I am sure you have all noticed that in all the autocratic states and all the dictator states the Order has been oppressed and suppressed, because Masons cannot and will not endure the hardship of oppression, because we stand for fraternity, because we recognize Almighty God, because we have taken an obligation of a clean, decent and just life. That is the reason why Masons are exiled in dictator countries; that is the reason why our country is at war; and that is the reason why we. must win."
The Grand Lodge quartet then sang "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow." The Grand Lodge of New York medal for distinguished achievement has been awarded to Harvey lViley Corbett, a member of Sagamore Lodge No. 371. He is the architect of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial at Alexandria. Bro. Floyd F. Green, mayor of Columbus, Ohio, welcomed the Grand Lodge to路 that city. Another guest was James M. Davidson, who has passed his ninetysixth birthday and has been a member for more than seventy-four years~ American Union Lodge of Ohio, located at Marietta, has had three distinguished members: Gen. Rufus Putnam, first Grand Master of Ohio; Lewis Cass, first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Michigan; an'd the present Grand Master, Harry C. Schramm. A seventynine-year button, specially made, was presented by the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma to Bro. M. M. Mathis, a member of Fairview Lodge No. 377. Wilson O. Bruton, Grand Master of Oklahoma in 1904-05, died February 21, 1941; his mother was the oldest daughter of the last head chief of the Cherokees, and his father served as a surgeon on the staff of a Cherokee chief in the Confederate Army. Wm. S. Snyder, Past Grand Master of Pennsylvania, who presided during
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the bicentennial of Freemasonry in 1931, died March 4, 1942. He was a national authority on the subject of corporate taxation. James Willison Smith, Past Grand Master of Pennsylvania and a director in many national corporations, died March 10, 1942; during the World 'Val', he became Manager of the Transportation Division of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. One of the visitors at the Grand Lodge of Wyoming was Gov. Nels H. Smith, a member of a 'Vyoming lodge. THE AFRICAN WAR ZONE
Masonic publications have given scant attention to Masonic conditions in Northwest Africa, a country brought very much into the news during the past year, when General Eisenhower and the American troops occupied that territory; and there are three countries involved-Morocco (including Spanish-Morocco), Algeria and Tunisia. There are thirty-eight Masonic lodges in this immediate territory-or were until the Vichy government ordered the lodges out of existence, for the Vichy government is very much anti-Masonic, and, immediately after Marshal Petain took over, all Freemasons holding public office were forced to resign. Under the direction of Hitler many discriminatory laws were imposed against the Jews and Freemasons. Drew Middleton, writing from Allied Headquarters in North Africa, Jan. 29, 1943, tells his readers: Political persecution .extends through the French armed forces, now allied with armies fighting for the Four Freedoms. This corres.pondent saw a document signed by Vice-Admiral Ronach, an aide of Admiral Micheliers (a member of the German-French armistice commission), which ordered all officers who are Freemasons put at the disposal of special tribunals. This order was dated January 8, two months after the Allied landing.
General Nogues and his associates seem to have been responsible for this action, aided and abetted by his superiors in the yichy government. One of the first acts of General Henri Giraud upon assuming charge was to issue from his headquarters at Algiers, on March 17, 1943, decrees formally lifting the Vichy restrictions against the Jews and the Freemasons. That section relating to the Freemasons reads: "Holders of elective offices, civil servants or agents relieved of their office or of their employment by reason of membership in secret associations shall be reinstated or reintegrated in accordance with conditions to be determined by governors-general and presidents-general in accordance with legislative status applicable to each territory.' ,
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C. L. Sulzberger, news correspondent, writing from Algiers on April 1, 1943, told of a 'tour of North Africa and conversations with American, British and French military officials. He found that German anti-Semitism was strongly inoculated in the French population, that hatred for non-Moslems was being preached, and that the Vichy veterans' legion, which had been definitely lined up with the anti-Allied, anti-Freemason, and pro-Axis forces, still maintained considerable influence, although not so much as formerly. It is hardly probable that American Masonic jurisdictions will feel very much concerned as to the conditions of their brethren in North Africa, and yet it occurs to us that here is a place where American Freemasonry could be of some service to brethren of another race and another religion. It is true that most of these lodges work under the Grand Orient of France, five under the Grand Lodge of Fra,nce, two under the Grand Orient of Spain, but the Grand Orient of Spain was long ago dissolved, and the Grand Orient of France and the Grand Lodge of France have been dissolved by governmental edict. Undoubtedly, something could be done to restore Freemasonry and probably bring it under legitimate leadership. A map of that section shows that Masonry extends from Casablanca on the west coast to Bizerte, Tunis, Sousse aI1d Sfax on ,the Tunisian coast. There are three lodges in Spanish Morocco at Tangier; Algiers has four lodges; Tunis has three. To aid those of our Masonic friends who have an interest in a study of Northwest African lodges, we give a list as last reported to us, together with the Grand Lodges under which they work: Algeria (Grand Orient of France): Ain Temouchant; Algier (2); Batna; Blida; Bone; Boufarik; Bougie; Constantine (2); Guelma; Mascara; Medea; Miliana; Mostaganem; Oran. . Morocco (Grand Orient of France): Casablanca; Tangier, Tunis (Grand Orient of France): Philippeville; Relezaine; Setif; Sidi Bel Abbes; Souk Ahras; Tlemcen; Tizi Ongon; Bizerte; Sfax j Sousse ; Tunis (2) . Algeria (Grand Lodge of France): Algiers (2); "Biskra; Oran; Orleansville. Morocco (Grand Lodge of Spain): Tangier (2). Tun~ (Grand Lodge of Franco): Tunis.
At one time there is said to have been a Grand 01'ient of Tunis which governed many lodges in the Tunisian area. The United Grand Lodge of England, in 1877, issued a warrant to the Lodge of Ancient Carthage No. 1717, ahd in three years it had added 135 members, consisting of 75 Catholics, 35 Jews, 18 Protestants, 5 Moslems and 2 Greek Orthodox, a living example of tolerance as exemplified in Freemasonry. -There was also an English Royal Arch Chapter with 49 members.
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HUMOR
An Australian officer 'writing to friends in Victoria, Australia, gives a' word picture of the Italians with whom they came into combat while running them out of Africa. We quote from his letter: It was proved in the Abyssinian War of 1936 that the Italian was
ruthless, as he attacked with gas and flame throwers carried by air, inflicting awful burns and leaving ignorant natives lingering in agony and coughing gas from their lungs. Of course the "Itis" (Italians) say they were exacting vengeance for their defeat at Adowa in 1896 when the "Abos" made such a pretty mess of them that someone was prompted to write a bit of poetry, a portion of which I can remember. . This is the bit, and I know the other part was clever: The hordes of Haille Selassie returned to hearth and home, With knickknacks for the mantelpiece imported strajght from Rome, While the Pope is inundated with requests to join the choir From men whose normal voices are now an octaYc higher. I would not for all the world want to be an "Iti" captured by an Abyssinian, as there will not be enough British there to stop a wholesale maiming.
It is not within our prerogatives to expose the ritual of another organization, but a friend of ours offers us this fine specimen from the ritual (~) of another society: Q: Where is the worthy matron's husband's station and explain his A:
badge of office' His station is wherever there is manual, labor to perform; ann his duties are to perform the will and pleasure of almost everybody from the second assistant janitor to the worthy patron; to act as doorkeeper, furniture mover, chief electrician, and information bureau. He must arbitrate all disputes between the worthy patron and all other officers and perform any and all duties which he may find unattended to. His badge is the yoke within the triangle, an emblcm of bondage and submission, and should remind him that, like an ox, he should labor patiently and ,uncomplainingly, looking forward路 to the reward which will be the contemplation of a virtuous a.nd well-spent year.
Our apologies to the Grand Lodge of Arkansas; last year in referring to their war work, we mentioned the "lounge-room" which they were opening for soldiers; the stenographer's notes made it appear "lunch-room" and made it appear as if the Grand Lodge were entering the restaurant business. However, soldiers are usually interested in both lounges and lunches. In the metropolitan press this recently appeared: You don't have to be old to remember: Real fresh eggs at 8 cents a dozen. And country-churned butter at 12 cents a pound (and don't you dare bring home any of that creamery stuff). The sack of candy \ given you when pa paid the monthly grocery bill.
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And marching in the torchlight parade when Bryan ran against McKinley. And the political cigar that made pa sick and mother disgusted. The mysteriou~ room above the fire station where the Masons held their meetings. And the time when the Masons came down those iron' stairs wearing little white aprons to march off to the cemetery to bury the town's banker. And next day you and the other kids tucked handkerchiefs into the tops of your pants and marched off to bury the pug dog. And all those other happy days. ~From
the Kansas City Star of February, 1942, this:
Titles: In Masonic circles the title is Right Worshipful Brother Harrison M. Minnich, district deputy grand master, District 16, of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Kansas. This honor came to Mr. Minnich at the 1942 session of the Grand Lodge recently held in Topeka.
From the same newspaper comes the account of the death of a Kansas City, Kansas, resiuent. The secondary headline reads: Railroad man was a member of Masonic Babies.
The "Babies" proved to be the following Masonic bodies: Shrine, lodge, etc. . In a popular column headed "My Day" the writer evidently intended to refer to a conference with members of .the Knights Templar concerning their Sunrise Service at Arlington National Cemetery, but here is what she actually said: After my talk, I met a committee which is already organizing a sunrise service for Easter Sunday-a service which will take place at 6: 17 a. m. The Knights of Pythias have a morning service in the Arlington Memorial amphitheater, which I always try to attend, so this would simply mean starting earlier.
The Rev. Alexander Holt was a resident of Nodaway County, Missouri, for eighty-five years and the religious leader of the Christian Church at Quitman, Mo. In the minutes of the church, left in his care, dated March 23, 1875, we learn: Whereas J - - - N - - - and G - - - W--- 0----, members of the Christian Church at Quitman, Mo., have joined their fences, thereby stopping and -closing a short lane of 80 rods in length . . . and I have proffered to furnish timber for half the line of one fence; therefore in consideration of such unworthy, un-Christian, and ungrateful act, I solemnly aver I never can consistently associate nor fellowship with them as Christians, Freemasons, or Grangers without proper acknowledgement and fair restitution.
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page appear the words "To be read in the lodges." We anticipate a large attendance. Grand Master Frank Smith, of California, in addressing the Grand Lodge of Washington, said: "Looking' out of the window to see just what is happening, I see clouds going by in the sky. And I often wonder. You know a good many of these clouds arc empties returning to :B'lorida and going somewhere else. And as we know, they go back to Florida. And I could not help but try to find out just where those clouds load again to go back to Florida. Now I know. Unusual weather. At times these clouds going down to Florida drop a little bit of snow on California, and then our weather becomes unusual, and the oranges freeze, and you do not have the orange juice that you are accustomed to, and neither do you have the lemon juice that you are accustomed to."
The committee on appeals and grievances' in Wisconsin "had before it the case of two brethren against whom charges had been filed," and the report of the committee was short and specific. It said: , 'As to the two brethren, it was ascertained that such brethren were deceased, and the charges against them were dismissed, the eommiss路ion having nQ jurisdiction."
A subtle bit of humor appears in the Wisconsin review which would not be apparent to a Wisconsin reader. It refers to the fact that Our Grand Master was the United States Senator from Missouri, and then adds: "We also note the fact that the Grand Chaplain's last name is the same as that of the Grand Master, which led us to the question as to whether or not the two were brothers."
Senator Truman and Rabbi Th1trman will have a great laugh over this. Brothers ~ Y.es, but only Masonic brothers! MASONIC BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS
A.Q.C.: The war has not caused this research lodge to discontinue the issuance of its proceedings. We are in receipt of Parts 1 and 2 of Vol. LII, printed in the year 1942 and covering meetings held during 1940. This volume has articles on "Pure Antient Masonry," "Introduction to History of Carbonari," "The Aitchison's Haven Minutes and Early Scottish Free Masonry," "Subordinate Lodges Constituted by the York Grand Lodge," "Society of African Builders," "Gentlemen's Society at Spalding," "Use of Atholl Regalia after the Union," and notes on Cole's Constitutions. A.Q.C. proceedings is well printed, but poorly bound, and by the time they reach America are ready for the repair shop. New Zealand Lodge of Research No. 130: Through the courtesy of Dr. H,oss Hepburn, Provincial G. R. Master, we have been supplied with the current proceedings of this research lodge made
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up of Masters and Past Masters. The May, 1942, meeting was made up of questions and answers. The July, 1942, meeting contained an excellent article on "Why I am a Mason," while the editor, Dr. Hepburn, offered an interpretation of symbols with special reference to Masonic research. _ . Rufus Putnam and the Bunch of Grapes Tavern: Another of those fine historical pamphlets by our friend, Dr.路James J. Tyler, historian of the Grand Lodge of" Ohio. The pamphlet has but four pages of material, but it makes a fine short story to be read at a lodge meeting. It contains a letter written by General Putnam to the Grand Lodge in 1808. Wakanda Lodge No. 52, A. F. & A. M. Centennial: The high opinion entertained of a lodge is demonstrated by the material appearing in the October 16, 1942, issue of the Carrollton (Mo.) Democrat. Several pages are devoted to a history of this old lodge, and it is made even more interesting by a large number of pictures showing old lodge rooms and former members. A full-page advertisement paid for by the businessmen of that city reads: Congratulations to members of Wakanda Lodge No. 52 on the occasion of their centennial celebration. In the course of human events it becomes necessary at times to' halt momentarily to do honor to the works of the pioneers. Such was the plan of our people on the occasion of the centennial observation of this county in 1933; the one hundredth anniversary of the Baptist Church in 1939, and the century mark of the Methodist church last year. Now in this steady march of historical events comes Wakanda Lodge No. 52, A. F. & A. M., on this date, Oct. 16, 1942, to observe a similar attainment. We the businessmen and professional people of the community extend our congratulations to the members of this staid old fraternal institution on the occasion of reaching the century mark . . . it ~s with high hopes that we join you in looking toward the future.
A fine tribute to a great fraternity 'and to the brethren of a local community! Entertainment Programs for Masonic Lodges: a mimeographed, paper-bound edition of thirty-six pages prepared by Bros. James C. Ford and George H. Slater for lodges in Vermont and issued at direction of Grand Master Cady Earle. An excellent lot of suggestions for those who wish to make their lodges active. Former Missouri Lodges: a forty-six-page pamphlet by Bro. F. P. Strickland, Jr., giving brief account of lodges established by Missouri in states outside the territorial jurisdiction of the present state of Missouri.' Former Kansas Lodges: a twenty-page pamphlet along the lines of the Missouri pamphlet,by the same brother. Both pamphlets are educational and interesting for short reading by the membership of Missouri and Kansas lodges. .
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Lieut. Colonel Joseph Wait: a twenty-four-page brochure by John Spargo, historian of the Grand Lodge of Vermont; the story of a New England patriot and Freemason of Revolutionary War d3.3's. The author is a well-known writer and president of the State Historical Society. Manchester Lodge of Research: The proceedings for the year 1941, printed in 1942, are in our hands. In it are interesting articles on "The Vital and Immortal Principle," "Additional Degrees of Freemasonry," "Two Hundred Years of Freemasonry in Bolton," and "The Chapter of Confidence." American Lodge of Research: Vol III, No.3, has just reached us. It contains several interesting articles, "Early Masonry in Champlain Valley," "Beginnings of Freemasonry in Oklahoma," "A Diminishing Jurisdiction (Kansas)," "Mozart and Freemasonry," "Origins of the Grand Lodge of New York," and many other articles, shorter in length but fully as interesting. The volume is well illustrated and has an indispensable complete index. The Royal Arch Mason: a new quarterly magazine sponsored by the General Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, U. S. A. Its subscription price of $1 for three years and articles of genuine Masonic interest give it promise of becoming one of our foremost American Masonic magazines. Masonic Club Rossia: a well-arranged forty-eight-page pamphlet issued in April, 1943, by what appears to be a group of Russian emigres. The office of publication is given as Dr. Michael J. Imchanitzky, 20 Exchange Place, New York City. It bears a foreword written by Grand Secretary (N. Y.) Johnson, whose labors in behalf of the European refugees is. well known. An interestlng historical article written by M. Aldanov reveals much of the early Masonry in Russia, dealing with Emperor Paul I, last of the Masonic rulers in that country. There is an interesting item about Bartholdi, whose masterpiece is the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Bartholdi was a member of Lodge Alsace-Lorraine, and it is said that the members of his lodge were the first to view the masterpiece. Marshal Joffre of France was a member of this same lodge. M. S. A. Digests: These have been mentioned under the Masonic Service Association. EXTRANEOUS SOCIETIES
The Loyal Order of the Moose: The Mother Grand Lodge (England) has had little conflict with extraneous societies; in fact, such societies have never found very fertile soil in the English jurisdiction-which may account for the success of their bodies of Ancient Craft Masonry. About the only Masonic groups given Grand Lodge recognition are the bodies of Grand Lodge of Mark Masters and,
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in a way, the Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons. The Knights Templar and Scottish Rite do not cut a very large swath in England. The Shrine is not tolerated, and the Eastern Star and other auxiliaries are unknown. We are, therefore, interested in an attempt upon the part of an American institution to establish lodges in England. All evidence seems to point towards this particular discussion as being a sort of test case, for, as we understand it, the two defendants were rather high up in English Moose Councils. Coupled with this was what we should interpret as a threat, and those who know the British reputa-, tion for "John Bullheadedness" know that this did not set well with our English brethren. There were 1, 959 brethren present when the matter was disposed of, and the record shows: "The motion (to dismiss appeal) was carried with one dissentient."
The Board of General Purposes brought the matter to the attention of Grand Lodge in the following way: "The Board has had its attention forcibly drawn from various quarters within the past few weeks to the increasing activities of a newly established body, which terms itself' a fraternal society.' This organization, having made a very considerable beginning in the United States (The World Almanac shows a little more than 300,000), is now engaged in forming a number of lodges in our own country under the jurisdiction of a 'Grand Lodge of Great Britain,' which owes its origin to an American organization termed 'The Supreme Grand Lodge of the World.' As the Board is informed that a number of Masons have been induced to found or become members of the new body, it desires to call attention to certain statements made in its report to Grand Lodge June 1, 1921, and then unanimously accepted by that body. "There was reiterated in that report the necessity for the greatest caution being exercised by .brethren in dealing with bodies which, from a Masonic point of view, are irregular; and a special warning was given against accepting invitations to join an 'Order' the objects of which were stated. to be 'good fellowship, harmony, and benevolence.' Though this body was not called Masonic, it was organized into consecrated lodges, and it had a ceremony of initiation which was claimed to be 'simple but impressive,' while it was asserted that, in the lodges already formed, there were to be found 'many Freemasons who take a great interest in the Society:' The Board then asked serious consideration from the Craft for the claim thus made,' and enjoined brethren to exercise extreme care when invited to belong to such bodies. "The necessity for repeating this caution has now arisen, as, although the organization of American origin now rapidly spreading without Masonic sanction does not allude to Freemasonry, it makes claims which cannot be regarded as otherwise than Masonic. It is ruled by a Grand Lodge; and though it has not a Grand Master, it possesses a Grand Dictator and a Grand Vice-Dictator, as well as a Grand Prelate, a Grand Secretary, a Grand Treasurer, and a Grand Registrar, while each lodge is governed, not by a Master, but, as an apparent equivalent, a. Dictator. The claim is officially made that 'no fraternal Order in . existence possesses a more beautiful or ennobling ritualistic ceremony,'
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and a.pparently no one can be present without taking vows. The Grand Lodge of England has always held that quasi-Masonic bodies which claim to be fraternal, and the membership of which is restricted to those who take certain vows, and thereby are admitted to participation in a secret ceremony, are irregular within the meaning of the Antient . Charges of the Craft. "The Board earnestly trusts that any brethren who have joined, or are contemplating joining, this new organization will seriously consider the position from the purely Masonic point of view, and will pause until Grand Lodge has been invited to deal with the subject in accordance with Masonic rule and precedent."
The President of the Board, speaking on the adoption of the report, made it clear that the Board had not been directly concerned with the merits of the appeal of the two defendants, for they were instructed to inquire only into the question as to whether the Lqyal Order of Moose was an organization contemplated by their Rule 176. It could find no material change in the information upon which Grand Lodge based its 1929 report. During his remarks, he said: , 'Between the issue of the circular, which is reproduced in the report, and the quarterly communication of Grand Lodge in June, 1929, a high official of the Loyal Order of Moose was fully informed at an interview as to the position which would be adopted. The head of the Order in Great Britain at that time was one. of our Provincial Grand Officers. Though he, at the' annual convention of the Order in the same month, is stated to have criticised what he termed an attack upon the Moose mov.ement, he did not appear in Grand Lodge to protest. Neither did another very high official of the Order who was also one of our Grand Officers, but he loyally withdrew from it after . the Grand Lodge caution, as did the vast majority of our members who had become associated with it. "In the following year, another interview was granted. An assurance was then given that we should be prepared to give full answers if the Order would state in speeific terms what light and guidance, as it was termed, were required, and also if any statement of fact which had been made in Grand Lodge was challenged by them. Advantage was not taken of this further opportunity to state their case. "In 1939, when it was proposed to alter Rule 204, now 176, the Order was informed that, if the motion were adopted, brethren could not continue to belong to both bodies. In reply, a letter was received, signed by eight Masons, who, it was stated, were also members of the Governing Body of the Loyal Order of Moose, asking to appear before the Board or some other committee. Three of the signatories were eligible to attend Grand Lodge. A reply was sent stating that any representations could be made in writing, or that any brother who was eligible to attend Grand Lodge could make a statement when the matter was under discussion. That is the last communication on the matter. '" I should like to add that at no time has the Loyal Order of Moose submitted any document whatever or given any information in writing in an endeavor to obtain a reversal of the decision of Grand Lodge, nor, as I have pointed" out, have any of the members taken advantage of
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the two specific occasions afforded to them to test the matter in a constitutional manner in Grand Lodge. , 'Bearing this in mind, the Board has acted on the direction of Grand Lodge with the utmost seriousness, and has again come to the unanimous conclusion that the Loyal Order of Moose is a body which comes within the provisions of Rule 176, and it recommends that Grand Lodge again declare accordingly."
The two defendants were members of Horsa Lodge No. 2208 in the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of VVight. The founder of the Loyal Order of Moose is U. S. Senator James J. Davis, who was born in South Wales. but who has been a resident of the United States since 1881. Who's Who reports him as "Mason, Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias, Elk, etc." The late President Warren G. Harding found it necessary to restrict Davis' organization activities in connection with the Moose while he was serving as a member of Harding's Cabinet. Both of the defendants were given an opportunity to address Grand Lodge; they were informed of the report of the Board and were asked whether they cared to withdraw from membership in the Moose or to withdraw their appeal. They did not care to, whereupon the Grand Secretary read Rule 176. One of the defendants was initiated in 1934, th~ other in 1937; the fact of their membership in the Moose was not known to the Provincial Grand Master until 1941, at which time he directed the Master of Horsa Lodge to sever connection with the Order. Several opportunities were given the appellants to resign from the Moose; in all instances they refused to comply. One defendant stated he had volunteered the information to' the lodge that he was a member of the Moose, and this would lead us to believe he was doing so with the idea of making this a test case. The other defendant was a little more bellicose, and some of his remarks appeared as a threat. He said: "It has become necessary, in view of the position between the Moose and Freemasonry-because that is the point now, whatever the wish was before-for us to inform bur American brethren of the Loyal Order of the Moose of the position." ~he
speaker ended his remarks with the following diatribe:
, 'Do not forget when you make your decision that there are years after this, and that it does not redound to the credit of Freemasonry to treat such a subject in such a way-there are years after this war, many years, when Freemasonry, if it is going to be bound by archaic decisions, and, if the present is not taken into account in any way whatever, will find that Grand Lodge-that Freemasonry~will be not in the position in which it is today."
The argument was closed by one of the representative's expressing h,is opinion of the whole case: "Since I heard the statemwt read by the Grand Secretary, I have come to the opinion that this is more a test case. It seems strange to
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me that these two brethren should volunteer the information to their lodge that they were members of the Loyal Order of Moose. The report of the Board of General Purposes, which is .not a part of the appeal, is briefly put, but I sho,!ld ask the brethren of this Grand Lodge to judge carefully. I feel convinced that this case has been put up by a higher authority than these two appellants. I belong to many secret societies; I love Freemasonry to such an extent that I shall unreservedly withdraw my association with tne others. I have spent many years in it, and I hope to spend many more years in it. These brethren have the opportunity to be healed by the Provincial Grand Master. If they love Freemasonry, I say let them be healed. If they have a great attraction for the Loyal Order of Moose, why waste all this time of Grand Lodge'"
The other appellant made what me might regard as a threat when he said: "If my suspension does not operate as a criticism of the Moose, then what is the effect' I am suspended from Freemasonry because I am a member of the Loyal Order of Moose. Yet it is no criticism of the Loyal Order of Moose. Is that to be the view of the 1,200,000 members in Canada' Are they going to say that it is no reflection on this Order in Canada and America, and on those members of ours who are coming across in the Forces' What are they going to say' ' ,
We congratulate the United Grand Lodge of England upon its stand. It attempted in every way possible to avoid mention of the Loyal Order of Moose until the two defendants brought it to the floor of Grand Lodge. There was no attempt to criticize the Order as such, for they realized they had no right to do so, but they based their argument on the fact that they were entitled to make rules for their own members, and the Grand Lodge of England has never tolerated any sort of dual allegiance, a policy which probably accounts for its strength today. The introduction of the political threat was' regrettable, and any experienced member should have known that such reference was entirely contrary to Masonic principles. That such a threat should have been introduced at a time when our two countries were allied together in a common purpose is regrettable, but it had all the appearances of a carefully arranged plan.. That the two brethren concerned held high positions in Moose ranks seemed to afford additional evidence of an attempt to let down the bars of the English constitution. The reference to the more than a million Moose is an apparent exaggeration, unless the speaker was taking into consideration the vast hordes of (animal) Moose. In Arizona a special committee on General Policy, dealing with the DeMolay program, sai~: "It is realized that without hand-picked, capable leadership a successful DeMolay program can never be brought about. Experiences of the past in DcMolay promotion have forced Masonic differences and
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agitations. To our sorrow it is known that many DeMolay Chapters, started but failed to carryon, have left a depressing effect upon its youth, upon the community, and upon the fraternity, and it would perhaps be better had they never been organized."
Disciplinary action was taken by the Grand Lodge of the District of -Columbia on a complaint that "certain objectionable features which were alleged to have occurred on October 20, 1940, when one of our local organizations, whose membership is' predicated on Masonic membership, held an oyster festival in the Mayflower Hotel." It was ail open affair, and many were present who did not belong to the fraternity. The Grand Master placed the entire matter before the head of the national organization for disciplinary action; through appropriate channels the organization offered a suitable apology and promised not to repeat. Michigan finds there is in the state "a definite lack of cooperation between the lodges of the state and the Grand Council Order of DeMolay of Kansas City." It, therefore, suggests the appointment of an Advisory Board for the state of Michigan. The DeMolay did not meet with success in the state of Nebraska, where the Grand Lodge declared it was unlawful for a subordinate lodge to sponsor or assume financial responsibility for or to expend money in behalf of the chapter. Oregon was a little more favorable. There the Grand Master insisted that whenever a lodge sponsored a chapter of DeMolay active supervision should be maintained, and the District Deputy Grand Master was charged with the responsibility of making a regular inquiry. . Col. E. C. Rarey, of the U. S. Army, addressed the Grand Lodge of New Mexico on the subject of the National Sojourners. From his address we learn that the organization was started in 1919; it has chapters in forty-one states and brings together commissioned officers, past and present, of the uniformed forces of the United States who are Master Masons. There are. over 115 chapters, with 10,000 members. It will not permit a chapter in a state without the consent of the Grand Lodge of that jurisdiction. Oregon is the only jurisdiction in the United States which refused to permit a National Sojourners organization. EXTRANEOUS AND CLANDESTINE SOCIETIES
No editors in the world are more gullible than Masonic editors; and very often we accept at face value certain statements without proper verification. For example, a few months ago we read in several Masonic publications the striking news that: since 1926 there were a number of \ blue lodges working in California under the jurisdiction of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Philippine Archipelago. Now there are twelve lodges in that state. In view of
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the severance of relations with their homeland, due to the occupation of these islands by Japan, the California Filipinos have united as an independent Grand Lodge in exile under the name of Philippine Grand Lodge of the United States. Grand Master is Bro. Segundo Dayrit, 33째; Bro. Nicholas Buenaventura, 33째, is Grand Secretary.
The article goes on to tell of its organization: The Sovereig~ Grand Lodge was first established in the Philippines in 1887 as the Regional Grand Lodge of the Philippine Archipelago by the Spanish Grand Orient after the U. S. took over the control of the Philippines, and declared itself independent of the Grant Orient of Spain. . . . It has relations with nearly all (') European and Latin American Grand Lodges. The Grand ~odge is also a member of the International Masonic Association of Geneva, Switzerland.
Of the lodge at San Pedro, Calif., named "Neptune" we learn: the members of this lodge are all in the service of the Navy. . . . The lodge works whenever there a.re enough brethren present in San Pedro and sometimes conducts its meetings at Honolulu when ships are in that vicinity. . . . At a recent meeting of Lodge Luzon No. 42, held in the Masonic Temple of West Los Angeles, there were 107 brethren from fifteen lodges of many jurisdictions . . . California, Mexico, Chile Colombia, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Philippine Islands, Hawaii, Texas, Washington, Kansas, and many other jurisdictions.
There is only one recognized Masonic Grand Lodge in the Philippines, and John McFie was recorded as the last Grand Master; Antonio Gonzales is Grand Secretary. As for California, whose jurisdiction has been invaded by these "exiles," Grand Secretary Wilson writes: We also claim and have exclusive jurisdiction in the state of California, arid there can, therefore, obviously be no other regular Masonic body . in this jurisdiction. ~eware
of the "Exiles."
Australia is being troubled with the group known as "Co-Masons," if we may judge from an article appearing in the Victorian Craftsman: The Grand Secretary has caused to be sent to each lodge in this territory a letter against the idea of what is described as spurious Freemasonry. It is regrettable that the Board has reason to call attention to the matter again, and the letter must" be read at three meetings. We have been asked for more explicit information and have no hesitancy of confirming the reproach. Antient, Free and Accepted Freemasonry is the only genuine body, but many years ago Co-Masonry came into existence in America at the instance of some disgruntled member of the genuine Craft, and has spread to many parts of the world. It admits women, and with consummate impUdence copies much of the routi~e and even ritual of the legitimate body. Our editor has even received invitations from Sydney and Melbourne to attend its functions, which indicates the measure of the arrogance of Co-Masonry. Other bodies are
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the Eastern Star and the Order of the Eastern Star, which are lodges for females. These latter do not practice on stolen ritualism. The first is recognized by several Grand Lodges in the United States of America, whilst the latter is partially or wholly recognized by the Grand Lodge of Scotland. The two latter organizations are not recognized by the Grand Lodge of England or any of the Australian Grand Lodges, and, we believe, by many other territories, and they are therefore not spurious, but rather improper bodies to be recognized by real Freemasonry. Co-Masonry is certainly spurious, and its methods of copying the substance is nothing short of piracy. There is yet another order, with its headquarters in India. A Victorian branch was exposed by our Grand Secretary some years ago because of its methods of imparting all degrees for a few pounds, and a promise that the initiated dupe could gain admission to any lodge of Freemasonry. Such is the story of spurious imitations which our brethren are warned of. A regrettable feature is the knowledge that some brethren are patronizing and visiting these fake Masonry lodges, not knowing that it may mean expulsion from the real Craft. We have been told that even Past Grand Officers in the regalia of their rank are consorting with these spurious concerns. They must know that these so-called lodges are spurious from the fact that none of them appear on the Grand Lodge Register and that their names and the presence of women is sufficient ptoof. Some years ago a P.S.G.W. defied the Board on this matter and was expelled from the Craft, so that brethren doing so today are warned. If they prefer the substitute for the genuine, let them resign the Craft, for it will be . the better without them in such a two-faced role.
The only Grand Lodge in the country having a Committee on Clandestine Masonry is California, and we always watch with interest their investigations and reports. Last year the committee set out a policy of not bringing the names of lodges into its report. While this may have been satisfying to California, it does not give the rest of the country as much information as we require. It refers to the article printed all over the country by Masonic magazines referring to Filipino Masons in California. The organization mentioned was entirely clandestine, and almost any Masonic newspaper should have verified the facts if they were not already apparent. In past years, twenty-one so-called Grand Lodges of clandestine Masonry have been reported as being in existence in California at one time or another. Many of them have now passed out of existence. Among the list were three Filipino Grand Lodges with fifty-one subordinates; four Mexican or Spanish-speaking Grand Lodges with fifty-two subordinates; and two are Negro Grand Lodges with forty-six subordinate lodges. The colored lodges are of no concern to regular .Masonry, for they do not operate outside their own race and "appear to be doing a good work within their own numbers. The real problem is with the four active Grand Lodges operating in the Spanish language; one of these has its headquarters in Laredo, Texas, and this Grand Lodge appears to have transferred its headquarters to New York State. Lack of acquaintance with the
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English language has induced many to affiliate with clandestine lodges. ANTI-MASONRY
News Week, June 28, 1943, carries a review of Gustavus Myers' History of Bigotry in the United States, from which we glean: "The history begins properly with religious intolerance in the colonies, but he shows in a chapter or two that the evil was no invention of the colonists, but a reflection of conditions in Europe of the time. . . . In the early years of the nineteenth century, the Masons, among whose mem bel's had been such great AmericuJlS as Washington and Franklin, felt the full blast of. bigotry. This campaign, founded on a superstitious fear of the secret nature of the order and a rumored plot to seize control of the world, blazed for several years before the bigot turned to bigger game. In 1834, long smoldering feeling against the Church of Rome burst literally into flame in Massachusetts. . . . The conclusion one reaches at tIle end of this melancholy chronicle is that men of good will must maintain ceaseless vigilance and be ready at all times to counter intolerance with demoCl'atic action."
News Week, September 11, 1942, has an article by Ernest K. Lindley - on Latin-American Diplomacy," a paragraph of which is interesting to Freemasons: "The propaganda of the Falange is directly antagonistic to the United States. It depicts our culture as a crass rival to the higher Spanish cultural tradition-a rival which will blight Latin America with mercenary godlessness unless energetically opposed. To fuel religious pl'ejudices, it enumerates the presidents of the United States who have been Freemasons, ignoring the distinction between American Masonry's nonpolitical Scottish Rite and its continental European forms."
Charles H. Johnson, Grand Secretary of New York and a wellknown authority on Freemasonry, says of Continental Freemasonry: , 'In Italy it was the general opinion that Freemasonry was essentially a secret, anti-Clerical, political organization. The membership which was representative of the intelligent and best citizens in Italy had not adhered to the original design of the Craft. Proclamations announcing the position of the Grant Orient concerning legislative policies had been posted in public places. Whenever an important political move was under way, these posters and the unmistakable signs of anti-Clericalism had stamped a definite impress on the minds of Italian readers and observers. Moreover, many of the most important offices in the various state departments were held by men knqwn to be Masons, and this was ascribed to the political power of the Craft. Whatever was wrong was blamed on the Masons. When Young Italy marched into Rome and took possession of the government, its first object was to make a clean sweep. and eliminate everyone responsible for the old order. Grand Master Torrigini had sought to change this public opinion, but he had come into power too late and the time was not sufficient for him to undo the damage. "In France while the Grand Orient had repeatedly declared that it does not engage in politics, it was essentially an anti-Clerical, politi.
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cal, debating soci.ety and did not hesitate to issue election appeals on occasion, telling the voters of the' Left' for whom not to vote. Members of the French Parliament have been expelled from membership in the Grand Orient for purely political reasons. Pending legislation was approved or disapproved accordingly as it pleased or displeased the Grand Orient. Criticism of public officials and their acts was constantly voted and brought to the attention of the French government. In Germany,_ for several years before Adolf Schickelgruber made his appearance, there had been an anti-Masonic movement. The movement elaimed that Germ3ln Freemasonry during the war entertained disloyal relations with Grand Lodges in enemy countries, that the Masons caused the downfall of the German people, and that all Masonry is controlled by Jews, an 'anti-National group' which seeks to undermine the government."
And yet practically all Grand Lodges in the United States, at one time or another, have recognized Grand Lodges of Italy and France, well knowing their anti-Clerical character and political activities. We have thereby contributed to their delinquency, and the entire fraternity is reaping the consequences. Dr. Frederick M. Smith, of Independence, Mo., calls our attention to an article appearing in the March 5, 1943, issue of the London Spectator, its author bearing the un-Masonic name of D. W. Brogan. The article is a discussion of French Masonry and may prove enlightening to some jurisdictions which have been rather generous in their recognition of almost anything in France labeled Masonic. We have a friend who has an acquaintance with authorities in the Vatican who has given us a rather complete picture of the Roman Church's objection to Freemasonry. As related by this Masonic brother, the Church has never felt the antagonism towards the American and English Masonic groups that it did towards the Latin-American groups, many of which were bitterly anti-Clerical. Many of these American groups recognize these anti-Clerical groups as regular Masons, and therefore to recognize American or English Fl~eemasonry is a tacit recognition of Latin or Continental Freemasonry. Until some sort of International Masonic group is set up, we may continue to have this hodgepodge of recognition and its consequent misunderstandings. The task of deciding what is legitimate Freemasonry should be the wo.rk of Grand Lodges and not those bodies of higher degree. hen Grand Lodge legitimacy has been determined, then let the other Masonic groups build upon the foundation thus established, illegitimacy will disappear, and true Masonry come into its own. The article is headed "The Ruined Temple."
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It is one of the oldest and most successful methods of revolutionary propaganda to destroy or, better still, to make ridiculous the sacred mysteries of the old order. So Henry VIII treated the great shrine of Walsingham; so the Bo~sheviks treated the monasteries and shrines of Kiev. So did the. feeble parodists of revolution in Paris in the
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autumn of 1940 treat the arcana of the fallen republic. They seized the Masonic temples in Paris, in Rouen, in other cities; they profaned the shrines; they exposed to inspection and ridicule 路the rituals, the emblems, the archives of the Grand Orient, just as the spiritual ancestors of the French Freemasons had profaned Notre Dame and destroyed the sacred ampoule of Rhiems, which was the visible sign of the divine favor shown the kings of. France since the conversion of Clovis. Tourists were conducted round the premisflS once occupied by the lodges; the articles of the cult were exposed to irreverent eyes, and many a French Catholic must have enjoyed the ambiguous pleasures of Schadenfreude as he saw the tables thus turned. What was done in France had already been done in Germany, in Italy, in Russia. At the present moment Masonry is banned and persecuted in every country of Continental Europe except Sweden and Switzerland. In enmity to the Craft, Moscow and Berlin are united, and the brethren, so powerful, so prosperous, so confident in 1914, are now the most friendless victims . of the revolutionary storm. Whatever survives the flood, the old political organization of Freemasonry hardly can survive. Its day is over, whether that day goes back to the age of Solomon or to the Middle Ages, or to the nrst stirrings of the fairy-tale romanticism of the eighteenth century or to the age of Cagliostro and Casanova. .But whatever the historical validity of the Masons' own view of their history-a nice questionthe Masons have played a very important role in European history. We all know that )<Jnglish Masons are not in communion with the most important European Masonic organization, the Grand Orient. But English Masonry is not very secretive, not very importa.nt, not very interesting. Across the Channel we are in a different world. And we' always have been. One of the few hard facts about Masonic history is that the Craft was an export from Britain in the eighteenth century, that it survived among the competing organizations of the same type, the Illuminati and the rest, and that in the nineteenth century it became, above all in Catholic countries, the Jesuit Order of the CounterCounter-Reformation. Ecrasez l'infMne was its motto, and its methods were often not much more straightforward than those employed by M. de Voltaire to forward his cause and his interests. No doubt in its early days Continental Masonry was more positive' than that. It seemed to offer to generous, if not to critical, souls a religious sanction for well-doing that orthodox Christianity had ceased to provide. We should not forget that Tolstoy thought the role of the Craft worthy of a central theme in War and Peace and that Mozart composed The Magic Flute to a Masonic text as he composed masses to the texts of the Liturgy. The Magic Flute as music is not notably路 or at all inferior to the religious music of Mozart, but the absurdity .of the plot and the banality of Shickaneder's libretto should not keep us from appreciating that, in 1791, there was something moving, faithcreating even in the libretto. In dicscn heilgen Mauern Wo Menseh den Menschen liebt, Kann kein Verrater lauern, Weil man dem Feind vergibt. These were warming sentiments in the caste-ridden Europe that was being shaken by the French Revolution. In a few years' time the dream of a band of brothers, united by philanthropy or by theophilan-
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thropy, died. "Since I have seen the results of calling everybody 'Brother,' I should call my brother 'Cousin,' " said Metternich. More amiable and more credulous characters felt the same. It is from the time of the Revolution that Continental Masonry took its fixed character. The great schism found the Masons definitely on one side of the gulf. Despite condemnations by popes, Catholics had not uniformly felt themselves debarred from being Masons. Freethinkers and moderately zealous Catholics could meet in the Lodges as they met in the Academie Francaise. But that mutual tolerance ceased. Long before the French Grand Orient had expunged all references to "the Grand Architect 路of the Universe" and given English Masonry an occasion, or an excuse, for breaking off fraternal relations, French Masonry and Italian Masonry were vigorous and unscrupulous enemies of "spiritualism." They might have in their ranks orthodox Protestants and orthodox Jews, but that did not matter. There is something particularly unjust in Vichy's condemnation of Masonry, for the Craft was decidedly attentiste in its policy. The most romantic conspiratorial hero of the century, Garibaldi, was a Mason, but few Masons. were Garibaldis. In France it was not even dogmatically Republican. It made terms with the Second Empire (the Empire of Prince Napoleon and Sainte-Beuve, not the Empire of the Empress and Monseigneur Dupanloup). But the Third Republic (and the parliamentary monarchy in Italy) were deeply marked by Masonry. Of course, the role of the Masons was exaggerated by their enemies. The gens bien in France have always been puzzled and angered by the fact that the mass of the French people do not trust them as leaders. Faced with the problem of their unpopularity, the French Right look for causes or excuses; Masonry was one of them, and Masonry was, they insisted, an English invention. It was in vain that the British Craft washed its hands of the Grand Orient or pointed with pride to the more respectable Scottish Rite. Masonry embodied the Revolution and was the characteristically British contribution to the ruin of France that began in 1789. This superstition was-a.nd is-a fact of importance in Anglo-French relations. In France the widespread national view that all politics was a racket was fostered by the activities of the Masons. It was notoriously profitable to be a member of the Craft if one were an official. After the Dreyfus case it was for a while profitable to be a Mason if one were an officer. No doubt the influence of the Masons was路 exaggerated. When accident revealed the workings of the system to the public eye, they were not much liked. The system of espionage organized by the Grand Orient against army officers who were practicing Catholics was one of the ugliest scandals of the Republican era. And the role of Grand Master Laferre路 in the Chamber was another. For it was believed that Laferre owed his political importance solely to the fact that he was Grand Master and that some important votes in the Chamber had already been decided on in the couvent of the Grand Orient. But even before 1914 political Masonry was declining in France and Italy. In Italy, Nathan was defeated in his Roman bailiwick, and General Cadorna, although the son of the former priest who had taken Rome from the pope, was regarded as an anti-Masonic general. In France, it was harder and harder to represent le clerwalisme, voila l'ennemi, as an adequate political program. New social 'problems, new philosophical ideas ~ere dissolving the old cadres: I can give an in-
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stance from my own knowledge. The son of one of Laferre's most important predecessors is a friend of mine. He is OJ'oyant et pratiquant and, in politics, mildly centre gauche. His son is also croyant et pratiquant, and was not only a member of the Action Francaise, but was sufficiently trusted by his leaders to be made one of the bodyguards of M. Maurras after tho murderous assault on M. Blum. The same drift of the haute bourgeoisie from Masonry could be illustrated by other instances. The typical Masonic politician in France was the embodiment of that republique des camarades which nobody but its beneficiaries likes. Much of the harm done by the Stavisky affair was due to the belief that M. Camille Chautemps, the most exalted Mason in the Chamber, was protecting the interests of his Masonic brethren as well as those of his brother-in-law. This view may have been groundless, but there was nothing in M. Chautemps' career before or since to make it implausible. 'I'o many sincere patriots of the Right the affair Malvy in 1917 seemed to show that Republicanism of the pure Masonic variety was near-treason. And M. Malvy, as everybody in France knows, is the father-in-law and patron of M. Peyrouton. The Masons did not in'.:ent the French taste for imputing motives or seeing treason everywhere, but their conduct did nothing to weaken that taste. In the French provinces Masonry kept some of its old power. In the academic world it was wiser for leading "Republican" professor or administrator to belong to the less belligerent Scottish rite. But the Republican instituteur (unless he was a Communist) was often a Mason and a zealous guardian of the spirit of the Craft. So I have known a group of schoolmasters to organize a Masonic censure of a mayor who had permitted, after twenty-five years, the revival of a famous religious procession. The mayor died shortly afterwards, unabsolved by his brethren, but not, I am sure, poisoned by them. Such activities made many enemies for the Craft and did not win much respect from open fighters for la Republique. That Mussolini, and then Hitler, had banned Masonry was one of their claims to respect on some French Catholics. That Communism also banned Masonry was one of its claims on the respect of another group of French Catholics. So Vichy banned the Masons (though it had its pet Masons as Goering had his pet Jews). Every week or so Vichy announces that ( l M. Untel" has been dismissed for concealing the fact that he once belonged to the Craft. And the writing of a history of France for schools, free from Jewish and Masonic -influence, has been entrusted to that hammer of the Masons, M. Bernard Fay, keeper, since July 1940, of the Bibliotheque Nationale and sometime professor of American history and institutions at the College de' FrOince by the grace of M. Tardieu. Plus ca change; there are more ways of being a Mason than by being initiated. Only Vichy could make the fall of the Grand Orient dignified. There is possibly even some danger that the Masons may appear as the "Men of Good Will" that M. Romains' hero took them to be. They were neither black nor white angels, but an interesting political machine now as out of date as the Newcomen engine.
In the January, 1943, issue of Coronet is an article by Edith M. Stern on "The QUCZOr1S Go Rolling," the story of the Manuel Quezon family. Manuel was once Grand Master of the Philippine Islands, and this section of the story will be of interest to Freemasons:
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"Dona Aurora [Mrs. Quezon] plaeidl~r takes the president in her stride. Temperamentally she's his perfect complement-slow, easy-going, calin. Her tempo, in anyone else, would infuriate him; in her, he loves it. She has great influence over Quezon in two spheres, home and religion. A devout Catholic herself, she got him back to the church after he had abandoned it for Masonry. During the whole long flight from Manila to Washington, Father Ortiz, Philippine Army Chaplain, was a member of the party."
No, the church is not in politics! Are you interested in Freedom of the Press O? Well, read Drew Pearson's story of "Unofficial Censor of the :Mail," which plainly sets forth that a certain religious organization maintains an agency in Washington, D. C., '(which acts as a volunteer advisor to Frank 'Valker's postoffice department. Through the powerful weapon of removing magazines from the second-class mailing list, a most effective censorship is being used daily." Undoubtedly some censorship may be necessary but certainly not by some particulm' religious group. William Mosely Brown, distinguished Freemason of many states (Texas, Virginia, New York, and New Jersey, that we know of) has been highly honored by having his name listed on the official Vichy government list of 1,500 Freemasons banned by the government of France. ' Speaking a few years ago before a St. Louis religious group, the pastor of the Grace Evangelical Church outlined those groups antagonistic to Freemasonry; he said in part: Why is the Lutheran Church of the Missouri Synod the only denomination opposed to secret orders ~ It is not. The following take precisely the same stand we take: Swedish Lutheran, N owegian Lutheran, Ohio Synod Lutheran, Danish Lutheran, Iowa Synod Lutheran, United Presbyterian, United Brethren, Seven Day Adventist, Christian Reformed, Primitive Baptist, Seven Day Baptist, Scandinavian Baptist, German Baptist or Dunkards, Friends or Quakers, Moravian, Mennonites, Plymouth Brethren, Associate Presbyterians, Reformed Presbyterians, Free Methodists, Wesleyan Methodists.
We never before realized we had so much opposition! Some kind (~) friend has made us the recipjent of a cheaply printed pamphlet labeled Ten Reasons Why I Would Not Join a Secret Society. The author's opening statement informs his readers: Secret societies have grown so numerous that one receives about as many invitations to join a lodge as join a church. . . . I would not join a secret society because I am a Christian.
Then follow other reasons, such as: I I I I
would not join a secret society because I prize my manhood. would rather obtain honor upon merit. have no路 desire to be selfish. am satisfied with the religion of Jesus Christ.
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I cannot be a good lodge man and a good churchman. I do not wish to be bound by oath to unbelievers. I believe in the brotherhood of man as Christ taught it. I prefer to practice Christian charity. All my wants are supplied in Christ and his church.
As for ourselves, we prefer to take our advice from those who have full knowledge of that which they discuss. We doubt whether the Reverend Doctor who wrote the pamphlet is practicing that Christian charity which he "prefers" in using the intemperate language he docs in reference to a fraternity of which he apparently knows little. Some unpleasant publicity was given the fraternity by one of Baltimore's (Md.) well-known citizens in connection with the hearing before the state Parole Commissioner for the release of a former member of a subordinate lodge, who had been convicted of larceny. Within two months of the date of his conviction he had been in- . definitely suspended by action of his lodge, yet in the Baltimore Sun appeared the statement: "Members of the Masonic fraternity have made an appeal in this man's case, and when I learn of pressure groups, be they Jewish, Catholic, or Protestant, I will raise my voice against them. . . . The time is at hand when someone . . . should be placed on record so far as trying to stop the attempts made through pressure groups, like fraternal organizations, to influence men in public office."
The first impulse of the Grand Master was to answer the charge; he investigated and found there was no basis for the statement~ that those who had intervened were actuated solely by a desire to befriend one who had become a victim of his own misdoings, and that there was no pressure brought to bear in the name of the fraternity. THIS THING CALLED RECOGNITION , 'OrdQ
ab chaos.' ,
Thus reads the motto of one of our rites of Masonry. But judging from reports on foreign recognition by American Grand Lodges, we must concede that instead of bringing order out of chaos, we are each year adding to that chaos. Grand Lodges of the United States, Canada and the British Isles, constituting the bulk of Freemasonry, might well be in position to set up Masonic standards for the rest of the world, but government policy, competition, selfishness, together 'with a certain amount of ignorance, have stepped in, resulting in a hodgepodge which makes the question of recognition the largest Masonic joke of the century. The trouble lies in the Masonic juriSdictions of the United States; it is in our failure to unite and act as a united states. When shall we ever learn that lesson of "in union there is strength" ~
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Today we stand confronted with the problem of protecting ourselves from the assaults of the Old World, and we have failed to unite ourselves with other brethren on the same continent, and in the same hemisphere, whose help we need, and whose help they need, in protecting Freemasonry from powers unfriendly and even antagonistic to our ideals. Friendships and Masonic contacts are not made at路 long distance nor through correspondence. Neither are they made without a study of the background and ideals of the country. We have known a great many Grand Lodges. 'Ve have also had some acquaintance with committees on foreign correspondence. Good Grand Lodges, and splendid brethren with fine ideals, but what did they know about foreign Freemasonry or Grand Lodges~ Doubtless they were unable to read the proceedings of the Grand Lodge under discussion ~ Or mayhaps their minds were prepared for them by reading proceedings of some other jurisdiction, or the propaganda put out by some Masonic group ~ Instead of wasting our time in much useless agenda, it is our belief that groups of interested Freemasons might have taken up a detailed study of Masonic Grand. Lodges and associations throughout the world and presented to some of our national group the results of these studies, that the Freemasonry of our country might have had something on which to base their judgment as to the legitimacy or illegitimacy of Grand Lodges. As it is, each Grand Lodge committee makes its own investigation, and many of these are no doubt somewhat limited in scope and in conclusions. If a Grand Lodge is deserving of recognition by Alabama, it is deserving of recognition by 'Vyoming. If there are apparent errors in the regularity of some Grand Lodge, American Grand Loqges should unite to see that such irregularity is corrected. Our opinion is that most of these Grand Lodges have a sincere desire to conform to the universal rules or landmarks of Freemasonry, when they fully understand their import. ALA~KA
In our story last year we overlooked a chapter of Royal Arch Masons existing in the Yukon District for the reason that we never suspected such a chapter to exist that far from its "home base." But there is a chapter-Klondike No. 154, located at Dawson, Yukon Territory, working under the jurisdiction of the Grand Chapter of Canada (Ontario). It was hit rather hard by seven deaths, yet it rep.orts eighty-six men;tbcrs, and the Grand Superintendent for the district in which t~e chapel' is located says: "I can record the initiation of two members, which under the circumstances is not bad. The large mining company here which is the largest employer of labor operates only during the summer months, which makes for seasonal employment; we have a highly fluctuating population."
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Private advices from friends in the war zone and the Aleutians tell of Masonic clubs being formed at such places as Dutch Harbor, where no lodge exists. Being informed of the situation there, the M.S.A. volunteered to supply cash and equipment for the carry-' ing on of Masonic Service activities, it appearing that no other Masonic group路 was looking after our soldiers and sailors in that locality-and there are plenty there! The development of the new Alcan Highway will create new interest in Alaska; it will also cause new interest in our fraternity. Masonic lodges in these far-off spots have something definite to offer their membership-Masonic fellowship! There are eleven lodges working in Alaska under charter from the Grand Lodge of vYashington. The total membership as reported last year was 1,476, a gain of thirteen members over the previo~s year; this gain was shown in the work of three lodges, the largest being that at Fairbanks (farthest north), which reported a membership of 224 and a gain of twenty members. The largest lodge is at Juneau, which has 252 members. Lodges reporting gains were at Fairbanks, Valdez and Anchorage. With all this increased interest, ten lodges alid 1,476 members, we shall not be surprised at an early attempt to set up a Grand Lodge of Alaska. AUSTRALASIA
World Vvar II has brought Australia into the eye of the American reading public, and the same circumstances have directed our Masonic attention to this great continent and its islands at the south end of-the hemisphere, for there are now thousands of American soldiers located in all parts of Australia, New Zealand and the islands of the Pacific. Their Masonry, therefore, becomes of peculiar interest to the American Freemason. Most Grand Lodges in Australia were established as a result of traveling military lodges, sent there in an early day and from which Grand Lodges were later established. In many sections of the country, England, Ireland and Scotlaild still maintain some of their lodges working under these various constitutions, but there are now independent Grand Lodges in each of the various provinces or -states, New Zealand and Tasmania. In the i,slands belonging to the Netherlands East Indies there were, b'efore the Japanese occupation, Provincial Grand Lodges working under the Netherlands constitution. New Zealand : New Zealand is one of the largest islands off the Australian coast, far enough south to be away from the zone of actual combat, and our troops are apparently using this as a live area. The Grand Lodge of New Zealand is establishing a special war benevolent fund. In discussing the fund, one brother appeared to
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be anxious lest, when the present crisis is over, the government would be searching for means of financing the country and would take advantage of the funds of the Craft. He was assured there was no evidence that charitable funds would be interfered with. The Grand Lodge. is now paying annuities amounting to approximately $35,000.00; it has also given a loan of $50,000.00, free of interest, to the New Zealand government for the duration of the war; the lodge has donated $10,000.00 to .the National Patriotic Fund and $10,000.00 to funds for the sick, wounded and distressed. Speaking on the subject of social security, one brother stated: "The social security act will never relieve the brethren of the necessity of fulfilling their Masonic obligation."
The Grand Lodge operated a home for children and also one for boys. In 1928 the late Brother Frederick .S. Potter gave to the Grand Lodge six acres of land near Auckland for the boys' home. Later he erected two cottages on the land and endowed trust fund with a su~stantial sum of money to proviae for the erection and maintenance of their homes. During the year one lodge room was so damaged by an earthquake that it was beyond repair, -and it has been replaced by a new building, toward which the Grand Lodge gav.e $500.00. The war has changed the usual routine, and apparently all lodges are carrying on as usual but under much more pressure than in peacetimes. Many members have given their lives in the defense of their country. In recent months a large contingent of New Zealand air men was sent to Canada to complete their training. Canadian Grand Lodges proye路 very thoughtful in extending Masonic courtesies to all who are ;members of the fraternity. Soon after the arrival of New Zealand troops in Egypt, a New Zealand Expeditionary Force Masonic Association was formed on lines similar to one established during the last war. The association attempts to make contacts ~ith all members of ihe fraternity in the second New Zealand expeditionary forces, holds meetings from time to time for social and instruction purposes, maintains a record of all members serving in the forces, controls relationship of all armed forces with any recognized Grand Lodge or District Grand Lodge in the territory in which the forces are located, guards the membership against inadvertent association with lodges or Grand lodges not generally recognized. Members of lodges who join the forces for service overseas are informed by their lodge secretary as to the existence of the association and are advised to refrain from accepting invitations to Masonic gatherings without first contacting some responsible officer. Considerable difficulty was experienced in Egypt, where we learn:
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rank, also from the District Grand Lodge of Egypt and the Sudan, E. C., that the affairs of the National Grand Lodge of Egypt are not now conducted on the high standard which is required in Grand Lodges recognized by the Grand Lodge,- of New Zealand. The ;Soard therefore recommends that official recognition of the National Grand Lodge of Egypt be suspended. The National Grand Lodge of Egypt is not recognized by the United Grand Lodge of England."
The report shows 26,810 members, a gain of 319. Any Grand Lodge with assets of three-quarters of a million dollars, such as this Grand Lodge has, is a going concern. New South Wales: The Grand Master of New South Wales is His Excellency Lord Gowrie. Because of his official position in the government we expect to find much mention of war activities. He was gratified to discover a large percentage of the fraternity among the defense forces. He called attention to the death of a former pupil in the Masonic school, who gave his life to save others. The' first Victoria Cross earned by an Australian in the present war was awarded to Brother John H. Edmondson, of Lodge Liverpool No. 197. While at Port Darwin on military business, Lord Gowrie found time to visit the lodge there, finding thirty-three members and 114 visitors, the visitors being made up of men in the navy, army and air force. The Grand Master shook hands with members as they departed from the lodge room. lIe visited a lodge at Alice Springs, one thousand miles distant from any other lodge. The Grand Lodge voted $5,000.00 for the support of several hospitals, homes and institutions. The Ma~ter of Lodge Livingstone died of wounds received at Tobruk. A donation of $2,500.00 was made to the fund for building a new warship to be known as the "Sydney," replacing a cruiser of the same name. An Australian brother wrote the Grand Lodge that he had visited a lodge at Beirut, in Syria, which worked in the Arabic language, and found th~t because of the number of visitors the lodge had decided to change its ritual to English. The lodge had been suppressed for a time, but since the allied forces occupied the country it was again operating freely. The Pro-Grand Master, who was a military official, was present at Rabaul, New Bri'tain, and Port Moresby. Speaking to the Grand Lodge in March, 1942, he painted a rather dark picture of operations, in the course of which he said: "Remember that we have woefully underrated our adversary. We have made a grave mistake in considering Japan a third-rate or secondrate fighting power. The Japanese have been organizing for years and building a gr~at fleet and air force. The next three months are going to be vital to this continent. . . . I rage inwardly when I see the slackness, the ordinary government routine that goes Oll, the red tape and the tying up of everything, how" it takes days to get matters through where it should take minutes. . . . Wherever you are, raise your voices make your porsonality felt, wipe away everything that is in the way,
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get rid of the shackles .and the red tape and get into a red-blooded man's job, and hold' this country for the British flag, for Australia and for Masonry."
The Masonic school and grounds of the Grand Lodge have been turned over to the Commonwealth as a general hospital, free of any compensation, for the duration of the war. The grounds occupy 268 acres and are an ideal spot for military hospitals; they were formerly used by three hundred children. The Grand Lodge spent $1,000.00 in blackout preparations; four tons of sand were used in constructing an air raid shelter. One lodge has 50 per cent of its members in active service. The Pro-Grand Master warmly welcomed Brother Snijdevint, who was a member of the crew of the hospital ship, "Oranje," presented to Australia by the people of Holland. The Pro-Grand Master, who was a Major General in the army, has lately retired. He was Director General of the Medical Service for the Australian army and has ,done a great work for which he has been highly commended. Lodge Rabaul No. 4468, working under the Grand Lodge of England, was reported to have suffered the loss of the lodge and the total destruction of the temple; the same thing happened to Lodge Melanesian No. 5516, Tulagi, Solomon Islands. The Senior Warden of this latter lodge recently arrived in Sydney, after a most perilous experience, and delivered the charter of the lodge to the Grand Lodge for safekeeping. A similar fate came to several lodges in New Guinea, which works under the constitution of Queensland. United Defence Lodge No. 606 reports many visitors from the naval forces of the United States. Among those granted relief were brethren from Canada, Illinois, Nebraska and New York. A member of the hospital staff at the Masonic Home has been awarded the Royal Red Cross First Class for her work with the army in Greece and Crete. Queensland: His Excelle~cy Si~ Leslie Orme Wilson is Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Queensland and has held the position since July, 1934. In a recent address he mentioned that the Grand Lodge had donated to various patriotic funds, had loaned the Commonwealth Government $10,000.00, free of interest, and had invested $35,000.00 in war loans. Traveling cards were issued to members of lodges who were leaving Australia for active service in the navy, military or air forces. A Masonic service was held in the MaSonic Memorial Temple in Brisbane in November, 1941, attended by five hundred brethren, joining with churches throughout Australia in a national day of prayer, the Grand Master presiding. The Grand Master noted receipt of a letter from a doctor who was a member of the hospital staff at Darwin, in which the following statement was made:
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"I am writing to you to tell you that at the present time we are not getting the seriously needed help from the "Red Cross because it has been lost directly or indirectly by recent enemy action. Will you tell the Red Cross people that we need and appreciate what they can do for usf Will you tell Grand Lodge that we want all they can give~ Transport is the trouble. Can anything be done in the way of getting Red Cross supplies by aid We need soap, cleansing material, bandages, etc." .
South Australia: His Excellency Sir Charles Malcolm BarclayHarvey is Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of South Australia and has held the position since 1941. The jurisdiction has 13,485 members. The Grand Lodge has a war relief fund of $7,000.00. Amity exists toward other orders, as is shown by the voluntary contribution of $125.00 each from the Royal Arch and Mark Mason bodies. A generous invitation was extended to members to visit lodges in Singapore, Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Taiping, Seremban, Ipoh, Klang, Teluk, Anson, Malacca, Sungei Patani, and Johore. Lodges under the Scotch constitution work at Parit Buntar, Sourabaya, Batavia, Medan Singapore, Penang, and Kuala Lumpur. But it is doubtful since Japanese occupation whether any of these lodges are now working. The Grand Lodge has invested $55,000.00 in war bonds, and $10,000.00 has been given to various war funds. Following the air raid at Darwin, the Gra'nd Lodge voted its sympathy to the brethren of the lodge located at Darwin and assured them of their admiration of the calm courage shown when bombs first fell on Australian soil. Lodges were advised to continue their meetings as usual, observing Commonwealth war regulations; lodges are permitted to meet at any time or place as may be provided by the Grand Master. During the emergency, the wearing of street clothes is recommended for ordinary lodge meetings. Lodges are to be opened not later than 7 :30 p. m. and closed not later than 10 :30 p. m. Dinners are to be reduced to a minimum; public conveyances are to be employed. 'Vhen air raid warnings are sounded the Master shall immediately declare the lodge called off; blackout regulations are to be kept scrupulously. An echo of the situation in the Grand Lodge of England is seen in the action of the Grand Lodge in passing a new section to the constitution providing: "No lodge shall, except by express leave of the Grand Master, initiate into Freemasonry any person who has in any way been connected with any organization which is quasi-Masonic, imitative of Freemasonry, or regarded by the Grand Lodge as irregular or incompatible with the Craft. A brother who at any time after his initiation shall in any way be connected or associated with or visit any such organization shall, when required by the Board of General Purposes so to do, forthwith, in such manner as ma.y be prescribed, renounce such organization, and finally sever his connection therewith, and in default ofbis so doing shall be liable to be expelled."
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The propose!, announced that this change "was in conformitywith the English constitution." The Grand Master,in his address, said: "The arrival of American troops suggested the probability that there must be among them some brethren who are members of one of the forty-nine jurisdictions in the United States with whom we are in fraternal relationship. Although there were no means of conveying to those who were already here the welcome we should have desired to give them, a letter was sent to every Grand Lodge in the States, extending a welcome to any who may not yet have left America and assuring the Grand Lodges of our wish to meet and entertain them. We learned from one of the personnel of an American warship, who w~ a brother of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee, that on his ship there were seventy-five Freemasons. As the vessel was 'in port for a matter of only a few hours and was leaving the morning after we learned this intelligence, it was too late to make any arrangements. Innumerable calls have been made by members of Australian Grand Lodges, and intrOductions have been arranged for their visits to our lodges, where they received a real Masonic welcome. In this direction, the provision made by Australian Grand Lodges to .issue to' brethren going overseas and interstate certificates of introduction giving evidence of good standing has proved its worth in expediting the admission of visitors. It has been a source of pride to A.I.F. brethren to produce this evidence which they have carried, in some cases for nearly two years, and which has been the means of identification, admitting them into any regular meeting."
Tasman-ia: The fifty-second annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Tasmania was held in Campbell Town, February 27, 1943. Five thousand dollars has been collected for the Freemasons Patriotic Fund, and lodges of that jurisdiction donated $2,500.00 for charitable purposes apart from direct Masonic contributions. The fra-ternity is suffering the effects war, most of the younger members being in the service and the majority of the older members -busy assisting on the home front. The Grand Lodge sent a message of sympathy to Lord Gowrie, Grand Master of New South Wales, who recently suffered the loss of his son, presumably in war activities. Because of unusual circumstances continually arising owing to the war, a concern which the constitution did not fully provide, the Grand Master has been empowered, on the recommendation路 of the Board of General Purposes, to suspend the operation of any, regulation for the duration of the war and for a period not exceeding twelve months thereafter. There has been a gain in membership, and in December, 1942, there were 4,225 members. Among the honored dead is noted Rt. Rev. R. S. Hay, Bishop of Tasmania. Victoria: The Grand Lodge of Victoria reports a gain of 462 for the year, the present membership being 52,525, the largest in the history of the Grand Lodge. There are 541 lodges. Assets of the Grand Lodge appear to amount to more than two million dollars. A letter received- from Major R. M. Webster, written in Malaya,
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February 26, 1941, states that in his Victorian Unit there are two ambulances marked by presentation plates reading "From Freemasons of the Grand Lodge of Victoria." The Grand Lodge was confronted with the proposition of a conscientious objector. He wrote a rather nasty letter to the Grand Lodge protesting and expressing his disgust at the attitude of the fraternity. The matter has not yet been settled. The Grand Lodge donated $5,000.00 toward the replacement of the cruiser "Sydney." Western A~tstralia: Grand Master Battye, in opening his address, referred to the 'Vorld \Var: "We will have to recognize that the world cannot continue to exist on a policy of hate and aggression. Some means must be found to restore good will amongst the nations and to give the people of every land a permanent sense of liberty and the opportunity to be happy and content. All these things, you may say, are matters to be considered after the war. Victory is the first essential and the end towards which we must direct all our energies. Noone will dispute that for one moment, for the victory of democracy is the only way by which tyranny, oppression, and enslavement can be destroyed and the souls of people restored to them. . . . What form shall peace take' Shall we approach the period of reconstruction, which will at least be just as difficult as actual warfare' Shall we perpetuate old animosities and regard peace as merely a breathing space to prepare for another struggle' Shall the world continue to be governed by hatred, vindictiveness and revenge, or shall we be prepared to base international and even national relationships upon the principles of friendship, harmony, and brotherly love'"
For the duration of the war brethren will not have to wear their regalia. Wearing of evening dress is to be optional, and the Grand Lodge has taken possession of all charters for safekeeping, the lodges working under a photographic duplicate. In discussing the question of air-raid emergencies, a brother told the Grand Lodge: "My son returned from Singapore last Friday, and he has informed me, from the information he 'has gained and from what he has seen, that the Japanese are using what are called flame bombs and that they can be handled only by the fire brigade or some major fire service. Under these circumstances, the question of a spotter on a roof should be reconsidered."
The Grand Master informed the speaker that the matter had been taken under consideration, that it was known that bombs were being used to scatter flames and that "one would need a shovel with a handle seventy-five feet long to get the bomb." The Grand Lodge has 159 lodges, with a membership of 9,953, which is an increase of 109. BRAZIL
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(or Orient) for that country was much like establishing a Grand Lodge for the entire United States. Considerable dissatisfaction was manifest at this situation, and without going into the details of the situation or the reasons therefor, we may add that in about 1927 there was a general breaking away from the old Grand Orient when a number of the states organized their own Grand Lodges. As a result, we now have Grand Lodges in the states of Amazonas and Acre, Bahia, Geanl, Para, Parahybi, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Rio Grande do SuI, Minas Geraes and Pernambuco, while the Grand Orient continues to carry on. The situation in Brazil is much the same as that in Mexico, various rites, Grand Orients, Grand Lodges, Grand Chapters and confederations in many instances engaging in competition to the discredit of the fraternity. Shortly after the breakup in 1927, various Grand Lodges of that , country began to seek recognition from American Grand Lodges. Most jurisdictions were loath to exchange representatives with Grand Lodges which appeared on the surface to be schismatic and mayhap short-lived. And so recognition was slow. THE GRANDE LavA DE PARAIBA
(The Grande Lodge of Paraiba, Brazil) Stationery of the Grand Lodge of Paraiba states that it was founded August 24, '1927, al).d that it is a "sovereign body of the symbolic Masonry." Stationery of the Grand Lodge issued in 1929 referred to this Grand Lodge as ((Grande Loja Symbolica Escoceza Soberana, para 0 estado de Parahyba, Federcwion Maconica Escoceza Parahyba." .On the above date (Oct. 8, 1929) only four lodges were organized, and one of these (Fraternidade Palmarense No.4) was located at Palmares in the state of Pernambuco. In 1937 it was not listed as a subordinate lodge of Paraiba, probably having joined up with Grande' Loja de Pernambuco. The list of lodges supplied June 24, 1937, showed the following member lodges of Paraiba: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Branca Dias, chartered January 10, 1918, Joao Pessoa. Regeneracao Campinense, founded August 19,1923, Campina Grande. Padre Azevedo, chartered July 24,1927, Joao Pessoa. Presidcnte Joao Pessoa, chartered January 26, 1934, Joao Pessoa. Potyguar, chartered April 4, 1931, Natal, Natal Rio Grande de Norte. Regeneracao do Norte, chartered October 16, 1898, Joao Pessoa. Sete de Setembro, chartered September 7, 1911, Joao Pessoa.
It will be seen that five of these lodges are in the city of J 03.0 Pessoa, and all but one in the state of Paraiba. From the addresses given, it also appears that four of the lodges in J 03.0 Pessoa meet in the same hall.
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On May 30, 1936, a list issued by the Grand Lodge showed recognition by California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Texas (22). A statement issued at about the same date showed that the Grand Lodge apparently subscribed to all of the landmarks established by American Grand Lodges. Listed as an Honorary Grand Master is Augusto Simoes, who is said to be "an active member of the Supreme Council of Brazil represented in the Congress at Paris April 29 and May 5." The Grand Lodge issues a very pretentious book of proce~dings. It is in harmonious relations with all Brazilian Grand Lodges with the exception of the Grand Orient, which appears to have the recognition of none of the ten state Grand Lodges. It appears to be the only Grand Lodge laying any claim to jurisdiction in the state of Paraiba. The original charters of all lodges in Paraiba were from the Grand Orient of Brazil and were continued after all of the various states broke away from the old Grand Orient. In 1929, Brother Nobrega addressed a request to Grand Master Freet of Missouri seeking recognition. Knowing that there had .been a schism in Brazil, our committee on recognition was cautious in extending recognition, and so the matter has stood until the present time. In,1930, we took up the matter with Brother Nobrega, who was still Grand Secretary, and from him received the following information concerning the Grande Loja de Paraiba (Brazil): The Grand Lodge was formed August 24, 1927, from regular and legally constituted lodges, originally chartered by the Grand Orient of Brazil; the withdrawal was according to the statement because "the Grand Orient respected not the laws, usages, and customs, adopting also atheistic and nonrecognized rites." From the statement, we understand that these state Grand Lodges have never recognized the Mother Grand Lodge of BraZil, nor do they extend recognition of any sort. England has still maintained its recognition of Grand Orient, but it is charged by the seceding Grand Lodges that "England made an humbling agreement with Grand Orient, permitting the establish: ment of an English Provincial Grand Lodge in Rio de Janeiro."
Paraiba does nof have the territory of other states, but it does have seven lodges under its jurisdiction; the Grand Lodge is supreme in this state, it has no competition, and it confers only the three Craft degrees; it observes the landmarks as expressed by Dr. Mackey, permits neither religious nor political discussions in lodges, and is sincerely desirous of adding to the chain of friendship throughout the world-according to its statement. We have before us a copy of their proceedings, dated 1938, and
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showing Dr. Abelardo de Oliveira Lobo to be Grand Master and Augusto de Almeida Simoes; Honorary P. G. M., Secretary of Foreign Relations. It has been recognized by Connecticut, Costa Rica, District of Columbia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Porto Rico, Rhode Island, Texas, Arizona, California, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota and many Canadian and Central American Grand Lodges. CANADA
The geographical condition of Canada does not lend itself to frequent conferences by Grand Lodg'es, but in the proceedings of Alberta we no"tice a record of a western conference held in Banff, Saskatchewan, September 26-27, 1941. It was attended by representatives from British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta. The conference was voted a success, and it was decided to make it an annual event. We have no, report of the 1942 conference, but we presume that it was held. Among the subjects discussed were路 Masonic education, service to youth, war effort, postwar rehabilitation and benevolence. . Alberta: The thirty-seventh annual communication of this Grand Lodge was held in the city of Edmonton. The mayor, John W. Fry, a Master Mason, warmly welcomed the Grand Lodge. There was also present His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor, R. ,V. Brother J. C. Bowen, who had left the hospital only that morning in order to attend Grand Lodge. The Duke of Kent visited the jurisdiction, and the Grand Master was one of two civilians honored with an invitation to meet the distinguished guest. The Duke made profuse apologies that he could not spend more tir:qe with them, since his plane was ready to le'ave. The Grand Master reported receipt of a request from the United Grand Lodge of Queensland, through the High Commissioner for Australia in Canada, to confer the second and third degrees on a brother who was in Alberta training with the R.A.A.F. The brother, who was compelled to leave within forty-eight hours, was given the two degrees, and his diploma 'was forwarded to him at an address in England. Canada: The Grand Lodge of Canada, in the Province of Ontario, was greeted in Toronto by His Honor the Mayor, Past Master of a lodge. An appeal for war relief funds, made March 1, 1941, resulted. in the contribution of $115,000.00 in a little more than four months. This 'Yas followed a few months later by an additional $115,000.00, enabling the Grand Lodge to send substantial sums regularly to the Grand Lodges of England and Scotland. This, in our opinion, is the outstanding war relief contribution made by Masonic bodies
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on the American continent. ,England received $157,000.00, and $34,000.00 was sent to Scotland; the actual total received was $234,085.00. It is emphasized that the entire amount was a free-will offering and that all administration expenses were borne from the general funds of Grand Lodge. ' 'Manitoba: Manitoba brethren met in sixty-seventh annual communication at Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg, June 3, 1942. One of the first items of business was to read a letter from England's Queen conveying Her Majesty's thanks to the Freemasons of Manitoba for a donation of $5,000.00 for bombed-ont children; the lord mayor also acknowledged receipt of the fund. Prime Minister MacKenzie King acknowledged receipt of $35,000.00 as a contribution from the Freemasons of Manitoba to the Empire war effort, and the minister of finance acknowledged receipt of an additional $5,000.00 to the same fund given by Ionic Lodge of Winnipeg. Brethren from the Grand Lodge of North Dakota, headed by Governor and Grand Master John -Moses, entered the Grand Lodge room and presented an American flag; carrying the flag was Mark Forkner, P. G. M., head of the first North Dakota regiment which left that state to take part in the Spanish-American War. The high light of the Grand Master's career was when he was presented to the Duke of Kent, then making a tour of Commonwealth Air Training Plans in Canada; it was here that the Grand Master presented the check for $5,000.00 for work among Empire troops and $5,000.00 for the Queen's bombed-out children fund. He said: , , We were welcomed by a very quiet-spoken gracious young man who talked with us alone on the balcony of Government House about the problems of Freemasonry within the United Grand Lodge of England."
Under Manitoba constitution only a Master or Past Master may confer an actual 'degree, but this does not prohibit the exemplification of a degree by the 'Varden. The Grand Chaplain told the Grand Lodge: "How can we have any more treaties of vengeance without destroying the whole world f You cannot kill, mutilate, and destroy iR a passion of hate for years, not only material things but the finer cultural values of life, and then expect, in passion and vindictiveness, to make a lasting or a fair peace. Hate always fails in the end."
The Grand Historian devotes six pages to an interesting story of Freemasonry in Manitoba. Only one application for recognition was received and that 路from the Grand Lodge Unida Mexicana. It was "not considered under present unsettled conditions." As to the Grand Lodge war effort, funds are to be raised to carryon the work of a club. A mobile kitchen, fully equipped, is to be provided, and
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monies raised for such purposes will be distributed to relieve Masonic needs in other jurisdictions, the committee believing that donations to other purposes serve only to lose the identity of the Grand Lodge in the various pools of contributions. An effort is to be made to raise at least $10,000.00 for war relief activities. Governor Moses, of North Dakota, speaking to Grand Lodge, s3:id: "We are proud of the splendid Masonic tradition of our country. We are proud of the part Masons have had in guiding the destinies of our country; the part they have had in upholding the fundamental principles of free government, by free men, for free men. But now, my brethren, we have come to the day when we cannot rest upon tradition. We have come to the day when we cann9t, as Masons, any more than we can as men, rest on our oars and point with pride and complacency to the splendid record of our forefathers. This is our day, and the problems which face us are very definitely our problems. These problems constitute a challenge to the highest and the finest traditions of â&#x20AC;˘ Masonry."
New Brunswick: The seventy-fifth annual communication was held at St. John, August 27, 1942. Because so many officers of lodges were engaged in war activities it was found impossible to have a degree conferred in the presence of the Grand Lodge. The question of petitions from members in the armed forces came up for discussion. Nova Scotia: The seventy-seventh annual communication was held in Halifax, June 10, 1942. Response to the appeal on behalf of the Queen's Canadian fund was gratifying; lodges raised $12,600.00. Grand Historian Harris presented a rather complete layout of his proposed history of the Maritime Provinces; it has sixty-seven proposed chapters at the present time. Brother Harris also reports for the committee on fraternal relations, referring to the Masonic lists in possession of the Vichy government. He expressed. the belief that they were produced as a result of research by Bernard Fay, librarian of the French National Library, who was in charge of Craft documents seized when the Nazis invaded France. He reports the closing of two Provincial Grand Lodges under the English constitution on the islands in the English Channel (Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney). These islands were divided into two provinces in . 1849, and four of the lodges in the islands were over one hundred years old. One worked in the French language. Request for recognition by Unida Mexicana was held up for the time being. No action was taken on the invitation of the Pan-American Congress at Montevideo. . Prince Edward Island: The sixty-seventh annual communication was held at Charlottetown, June 24, 1942. As in other seaport provinces, the Craft there is feeling the impact of the war. It has been found necessary to speed the conferring of the degrees that candidates. might be raised before being sent away with their units.
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Many sailors, soldiers and airmen have been the guests of lodges; some have resided there long enough to receive the degrees. The Grand Lecturer reports "tedious forms and monotonous repetition make a very wearisome meeting for those sitting on the sidelines." Quebec: The Grand Lodge of Quebec met in seventy-second annual communication in Montreal, October 14, 1942. The Quebec Masons' War Relief Fund was reported to have reached $40,000.00, all of which had been forwarded to the Grand Lodge of England. The Grand Lodge itself has made donations to recognized war agencies, and the relief fund appeared to have been a voluntary contribution on the part of individual Masons. In addressing the Grand Lodge, the Grand Chaplain ,suggested that Freemasons begin to refashion their lives and their minds and to create and foster the spirit out of which the new world will come, believing that it is not too early to think, to plan, and to make a beginning,. for, said he: , 'When the war ends, weariness is apt to set in. The end of the war will provide an opportunity, that is all. It will not provide any guarantee of a new world. There will probably be a terrible orgy of revenge in Europe. The breakdown of a regime based on the concentration camp and the Gestapo may be the signal for a bloody revolt throughout Europe, too horrible to imagine. Who can say what the world will be like when the war is over Y, ,
The jurisdiction is seriously considering the problem of financial embarrassment caused by lodges giving too many life memberships and where inadequate provision has been made for fi'nances. The Grand Lodge has half a million dollars in its benevolent fund. Saskatchewan: This Grand Lodge met in thirty-sixth annual communication in the Hotel Saskatchewan, in the city of Regina, June 17, 1942. They were welcomed by the premier of Saskatchewan, Hon. W. J. Patterson,. a member of the fraternity. The Grand Master reported that $19,618.00 had been raised -and forwarded to the Grand Lodges of England and Scotland for war relief work. This, in brief, is the story of Canadian Freemasonry for the year 1942 and includes a review of all proceedings with the exception of British Columbia. Statistics for the year, using British Columbia . for 1941, show that there are 165,218 Freemasons in the nine Canadian provinces, the largest being the Province of Ontario with 91,398 members, and the smallest, Prince Edward Island, with 1,043 members. The other jurisdictions average from 5,000 to 13,000 members. GmRALTAR â&#x20AC;˘
An item in a Scottish newspaper tells of an English seaman visiting a lodge at Gibraltar which worked in the Spanish language. The District of Gibraltar, which works under England, has nine lodge's; the district was created in 1752 and covers an area only two
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square miles. The District Grand Master is usually a man of military and official r~nk by reason of the naval and military charactei' of Gibraltar. Ireland and Scotland have lodges there but no District Grand Lodge. Masonry is very much alive on the "Big Rock."
ENGLAND Chapters attached to English lodges usually bear the number of the lodge to which they are attached, but not always the name. An English brother observed his fiftieth anniversary as a Master Mason by presenting his lodge with $250 for its charities. There are five "Anglo" lodges in London: Anglo-Dutch, AngloAmerican, Anglo-Argentine, Anglo-Brazilian, and Anglo-Overseas. There are also lodges related to the British Dominions, such as Canada, New Zealand, Malaya, Motherland, Royal Colonial, United Empire; and in Madeira is Britannic Lodge. These lodges act as rallying points for the nationals and former residents of the countries named in the lodge title and have proved very successful. "Lodge Israel No. 205," oldest and most orthodox of the English Jewish lodges, was established in 1793 and this year celebrates its one hundred fiftieth anniversary. It was originally an "Atholl" or "Afitient" lodge. "Anglo-Dutch Lodge No. 5862" has, been consecrated in London; It consists of refugees and former residents of the Netherlands and provides them with a common meeting place under Masonic auspices. Among the deaths noted in England recently were: Viscount Galway. Provo G. M. of Nottinghamshire; His Grace the Duke of 路Portland, Past Provo G. M. of the same province; Admiral Studholme Brownrigg, and Sir Algernon Tudor-Craig, Librarian of the Grand Lodge and brother of a former Grand Master of York Grand Lodge in Mexico. Grand Lodge of England was attended by 1780 members at its meeting April 28; although this number is about 500 less than normal, it is regarded as remarkable in view of the situation in London. The one hundred fifty-fifth Anniversary Festival for the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls netted voluntary contribution:s of almost half a million dollars, more than half of which was raised in London alone. The first recorded instance of the laying of a Masonic cornerstone was in 1722 at the building of the Church of St. Martin of the Fields. It was stated "at the same corner above ground, being twelve feet above the first (cornerstone) was laid with a great deal of ceremony by the Society of Freemasons, who on that occasion were very generous with the workmen." The first ceremony of consecration is that in the first edition of William Preston's Illustrations of Masonry (1772).
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Grand .Lodge met in London, June 2, 1943, at 12 :30 p. m. The Board of General Purposes referred to "unauthorized publication in the lay press of reports of lodge meetings and other information on Masonic matters" and asked the membership to remember their obligations in such" matters. Ten new lodges were reported to have been warranted since the last quarterly communication. The Earl of Harewood presided over the March and April communications, the latter being the "Annual Investiture." In March $25,000 was given to the Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross Fund and $2,500 for relief in the Bengal (India) cyclone, "over 1,000 miles of territory being affected." It was reported that "owing to prevailing conditions it is not possible, nor would it be proper, to hold a meeting of Grand L9dge befitting the importance of the occasion (the installation of the Earl-of Harewood as Grand Master). Lord Harewood has therefore decided that only a limited number of brethren can be invited to attend the installation . . . he realizes no other course can be followed. He hopes at the earliest possible date after the conclusion of hostilities to order the holding of an Especial Grand Lodge for the celebration of Peace when he will look forward to greeting the Craft in general." The largest number of lodges ever on the Grand Lodge register is reported for 1942, the number being 5,156, new lodges being added each year since the war began. Grand Lodge certificates were issued in 1942 to 11,855 new members, a gain of almost 200 over 1941. The amount paid in to Grand Lodge treasury as a result of the sale of Masonic jewels by individuals amounted to more than $100,000. Officers of the Grand Lodge as of April 28, 1943, were: Grand Master: The Earl of Harewood. Deputy Grand Master: General Sir Francis Davies. Assistant Grand Master: General W. H. V. Darell. Senior Grand Warden: Lord Hemingford. Junior Grand Warden: The Earl of Ronaldshay. Grand Chaplain: The Lord Bishop of Reading.
Attendance at Grand Lodge was reported as 1,780, divided about equally between the London and out-state, or provincial, membership., mELAND
The Grand Lodge of Ireland is in a measure handicapped by reason of its Grand Master's living near London and being unable to cross the Channel for frequent meetings with his brethren. And yet to have such a man as the head of the fraternity makes up for all his failures to be present at annual meetings, for he is one of the most
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kindly and courteous gentlemen we have ever met in a Masonic capacity. His present civil title is the Earl of Donoughmore. He was born March 2, 1875, and 'was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He was an undersecretary of state for war in the period 1903-05; chairman of committees, House of Lords, 1911-31; and has been chair.man of the National Radium Commission since 1933. In addition to his title of Grand Master of Ireland he also holds rank of Senior Grand Warden in the United Grand Lodge of England. His son, and heir to the title, Viscount Suirdale, is also an enthusiastic Freemason, holding the title of Junior Grand Warden (1936); he is forty years of age and is serving as a major in His Majesty's Forces. Officers of the Grand Lodge are elected annually, with the exception of Grand Chaplains, who are elected for a "term of three years. The Deputy Grand Master and Provincial Grand Masters are appointed by the Grand Master. In actual practice the Wardens of the Grand Lodge retain their stations and are re-elected annually. According to a London Masonic newspaper: While Ireland is mainly a Catholic country and is now divided politically and constitutionally, Freemasonry embraces the whole of the fair green isle and is said to compose 20 per cent of the population. Little more than a century ago, more than half the Irish Masons were Catholic, and Catholic and Protestant, parson and priest, sat side-by-side in the lodges, for tho papal bulls were not then held to apply to Irish Masonry. With the introduction of the great liberal measure of Catholic Emancipation, which was due to the first Earl of Donoughmore, then Grand Master of Ireland, and ancestor of the present leader of Irish Freemasonry, it was decreed in 1838 that the papal condemnation should be held to apply, and Catholics were ordered to secede from the Order. The edict was obeyed unanimously, and Irish Freemasonry was depleted by at least half its strength and nearly 50 per cent of its lodges closed and returned their warrants. Yet, in due time, a fresh stimulus was given to the Order, and the lost ground was almost fully made up.
It may be recorded that the passage of the Catholic Disabilities Bill in England in 1926 was the work of Lord Hemingway, Senior Grand Warden of the United Grand Lodge of England. Under former laws priests were not permitted to appear publicly in clerical garb, nor were church bells to be rung. Lord Hemingway was the son of an English minister, a staunch churchman, and a believer iiI the Masonic ideal of square dealing; for his services he received a gold medal from the pope, the only non-Catholic in all England to hold such an honor, although Lloyd George holds some papal distinction. SCOTLAND
The Grand Lodge of Scotland meets in quarterly communication, at 3 :00 p. m. on Thursdays. We have a record of their 1942 meet-
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ings on February 5, May 7, August 6, November 5. Their annual meeting for the installation of Grand Office Bearers and the celebration of. the Festival of St. Andrew was held November 30, 1942. The Grand Master is Rt. Hon. Viscount Traprain, whose title is Most Worshipful Grand Master Mason. Among the list of Past Grand Masters of this jurisdiction, all of them distinguished in civic, as well as in fraternal affairs, are the Earl of Eglinton and Winton, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Earl of Stair, A. A. Hagart Speirs, Lord Belhaven and Stenton, Lord Saltoun, Sir lain Colquhoun, His Majesty King George VI, Sir Norman A. Orr Ewing. While His Majesty is listed as a Past Grand Master, his term of service was short, being installed November 30, 1936, and resigning a few days thereafter on the occasion of his accession to the English throne. Even the list of honorary members is impressive, including the Earl of Donoughmore, Duke of Windsor, King Gustav V of Sweden, Earl of Harewood, Duke of Kent (deceased). Of interest to American Masons is the death of the late Marquess of Ailsa, Past Grand Warden and Past Provincial Grand Master of Ayrshire, whose death occurred in February, 1943. For many years he had presided over the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland and in that capacity had visited all over the world. Due recognition was made by the Grand Lodge of the generous contributions received from Grand Lodges in Canada. The fund is being used to alleviate distress among brethren and their dependents occasioned by enemy action. The Grand Lodge arose to pay tribute to the late Duke of Atholl, a former Grand Master, who died during the year. He served the Craft from 1908 to 1912 and took a personal and close interest in the affairs of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. In the capacity of Grand Master he laid the foundation stone of the present Masonic Temple. A request for recognition by the National Grand Lodge of Palestine "after consideration was continued for further inquiry." MEXICO
We once asked a Mexican friend about Masonic groups in Mexico and their jurisdiction; his reply was: As to the rivalry of various bodies ~laiming jurisdiction or controlif it is difficult for us to decide what is legal or correct, how much more difficult it must be for those who do not live here and who must depend upon information supplied them.
We think our informant is right. In discussing with Mexican Masons the question of rival or other Grand Lodges existing in their territory, we were struck with the fact that very little was known of other than their own group. Many of these Grand Lodges
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issue no printed constitution or proceedings, and we cannot judge their legitimacy from their acts or expressed opinions. A '"'few years ago, probably with the best motives, it was thought â&#x20AC;˘ the establishment of a Confederation of Mexican Grand Lodges might bring about a solution of Mexican Masonic troubles. Seventeen Grand Lodges were listed as members, but it is very doubtful if all gave their support to the confederation. We have heard nothing of the confederation since its organization, and we therefore wonder if it is not a paper organization. , Best news coming out of Mexico is the recent action of York Grand Lodge in passing a resolution which it is hoped will produee more harmonious feelings all around. The Grand Lodge met in the Mexico City, April 22, 1943, twelve lodges being represented by sixty-four voting members. Francis G. Fumpston was elected Grand Master; he is a member of Toltec Lodge No.1, at one time working under Missouri charter. By the terms of the resolution, which was unanimously approved, there is to be accorded a right of visitation between members of York and certain other Mexican Grand Lodges which are carrying on certain standards of Masonry. We quote a few pertinent sections from the resolution: Your committee on foreign relations, being of the opinion that everything in our power should be used at this time to promote peace, harmony and neighborly good feeling among all the peoples of this continent, beg leave to offer the following . . . That on and after this date fraternal visitation be and is permitted among the members of our constituent lodges and members in good standing of the respective constituent lodges under the jurisdiction of the regular state Grand Lodges of the Republic of Mexico, all such lodges conferring exclusively the three degrees of Ancient Craft Freemasonry: That all members of said constituent lodges under the various !!tate Grand Lodges requesting the privilege of visitation at any regular or called communication of the York Grand Lodges of Mexico must be members in good standing in their respective lodges. . . .
Other sections provide that members 0 f York Grand Lodge shall comply with the same provisions as to visitation; that all visitors shall take the test oath and be prepared to stand an examination on the ritualistic work as may be required; the privilege to be in force until April 6, 1944, at which time the annual communication of York Grand Lodge will be held and at which time the question of a continuation will depend upon how well the privilege is satisfying members of both jurisdictions. CHINA
Little information comes out of China as to the progress of Masonic lodges in that country. Lodges working under the Grand
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Lodge of the Philippines are working, if at all, tinder difficulties, since they have no correspondence with the Mother Grand Lodge. Most of the lodges working under other constitutions we'te in the larger cities which were taken over by the Japanese military authorities. However, recent news dispatches state that a new lodge was organized since the first of the year in Chungking, the Chinese capital; it works under dispensation from the Grand Lodge of California and is to be known as Fortitude Lodge-certainly a good name for a lodge working in China under present conditions. , It appears that brethren resident of China made application for the lodge in 1941 for a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of the Philippines, but before action could be taken thereon we experienced our Pearl Harbor catastrophe. Then, in 1942, a cabled request was made of the California brethren. The master-elect of the proposed lodge visited the U. S. A. in January, 1943, and as a result of conferences the dispensation was issued and taken to China by Bro. John Stewart Service, a charter member of the new lodge and a secretary of the U. S. Embassy in Chunking. Col. M. H. DePass, Jr., a military attache at the Embassy, was given authority to oversee the new lodge. It is the intention of our California brethren to permit the lodge to work under its jurisdiction until the sovereignty of the Philippine group may be restored. . MISCELLANEOUS
Military Jurisdiction: In our 1941 review we referred to an amendment in Arkansas, which in our mind might have caused some dissatisfaction among Grand Lodges. Under date of June 21, 1943, the Grand Master has issued an interpretation of their Sec. 279, ..which sets forth that their law does not apply to men who are in the Army as selectees or who have joined voluntarily for the purposes of the present war. This clarifies the matter, and while our brethren of Arkansas probably never had any other idea in mind than the interpretation given, yet the fact that the law needed clarification is evidence that many did not properly understand its import, written at a time when there was no such thing as selective service. Rickenbacker Rescue: Freemasons the world over will rejoice at the rescue of Edward V. Rickenbacker, who was engaged in making an Army inspection flight over the Pacific and who crashed somewhere in that great body of water. For many days the entire crew were thought to have been lost, but fortunately they were rescued, and the world applauded. Rickenbacker has lived a charmed life, having several times gone through accidents and trials which would have wrecked many a man.
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He began his flying exploits during \Vorld 'Var I; he participated in the Indianapolis races, acted as chauffeur for General Pershing, was wrecked in Georgia a few years ago in an airline flight and at last reports was in Russia on a government mission. He is a member of Kilwinning Lodge No. 297, Detroit, Michigan; Palestine Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; and Detroit Commandery No.1, Knights Templar, all of Detroit. He was made a Mason February 27, 1922. "THE GOLDEN FLEECE AND ROMAN EAGLE" "more ancient than the Golden Fleece or Roman Eagle, more honorable than the Star and Garter, or any other Order."
Just what was the Golden Fleece or Roman Eagle~ And what are the Star and Garter' Thousands of the members of the Craft repeat the words of the ritual with little thought of what they mean except that the former were ancient and the latter most honorable. And the supposition i's doubtless true with probably some exceptions and explanations. There is some argument among our historians as to whether the Fleece referred to the Argonautic expedition in search of the Golden Fleece, in which the mythical Jason played an important part, or whether the reference was to a decoration of honor which appeared at a much later date. Coming, as it does, in its relationship with the Roman Eagle, we are inclined to the belief that the reference is to traditions connected with ancient Greece and Rome rather than to the later Order of the Fleece, which was established during the fourteenth century. The Golden Fleece was the skin of a magical ram that had saved two children from death; it was said to be located in a faraway land, overseas, and protected by a fiery dragon. Its capture was supposed to have been the most difficult and dangerous task that one could undertake. But Jason did the job, secured the Fleece and married Medea, daughter of King Pelias. As for the Eagle-it has always been the symbol of antiquity; in most countries of the ancient world it was a sacred emblem, symbolic of the sun, therefore a symbol of majesty and power. The Eagle is one of those emblems found in many Masonic degrees. We have the double-headed eagle, Knight of the Eagle, Knight of the Golden Eagle, the Red Eagle, the Red and Black Eagle, and even Knight of the American Eagle. The Holy Roman Empire empolyed the double-headed eagle, later copied by Germany, Poland, and probably other nations as a part of their heraldic design. Roman armies carried at their head various standards, including long poles upon which were placed this hearldic device, and in this way the Roman Eagles were known to the then civilized world.
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So much for the Grecian-Roman theories of origin. Now let us turn to the modern interpretation. There is an Order of the Golden Fleece. It is an Austro-Hugarian Order, but there also exists a similar order in Spain. It was founded by Philip Ie Bon, Duke of Burgundy and Count of Holland, J anuary 10, 1429-30, the day of his marriage to Princess Isabella of Portugal. Then it was called "Order of the Fleece" and consisted of thirty-one members and the Grand Master, who was always the sovereign. Requisite was that the recipient of the honor should be a gentleman-at-arms and without reproach. The Pope always seemed to preserve, a beneficent control over the order-and probably still does. As early as 1516 Pope Leo X consented to an increase in the number of members, including the sovereign, to fifty-two. The Spanish-Dutch line of the House of Austria exercised control after Charles V came to the throne in 1556, but in 1700 Emperor Charles VI,and Philip V of Anjou, king of Spain, both made claims to it. Charles had once lived in Spain, and when he went to Austria he took the archives of the Order with him. But Philip declared, himself as Grand Master and on one occasion made formal protest at the manner in which Emperor Charles had taken over. The dispute became so strong that England, France and Holland' intervened to preserve harmony between the sovereigns. Finally, it became tacitly recognized as the property of both nations and is now recognized as either the Austrian Order or the Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece. The sovereign, under their regulations, has the right to name any number of knights not exceeding the prescribed number; they are selected from the Catholic nobility; there are a ,few instances in which a Protestant has been so honored, but this requires a papal sanction, which is not always forthcoming. Members are required to go to the aid of their sovereign when he is in danger, a requin\. ment that at the present day may be honored more in the breach than in the observance. A well-known writer says of its traditional origin: The Greek fable served Philip Ie Bon as a subject for the institution of this Order; and that the prince chose the Golden Fleece of the Argonauts, because it typically commemorated the great revenue which he raised by traffic and merchandising of wools. Another supposition , attributes the Order to the prince's attachment to a Lady of Bruges; while the writer is in favor of the religious origin, or that the duke instituted the Order in honor of Gideon. But the letters patent make it clear that it was founded in honor of Isabella of Portugal and dedicated to the Virgin Mary and the Apostle St. Andrew.
The first chapter of the Order was held in Flanders in 1430, we are told, at which time s~veral nobles were admitted. The badge
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is of gold, a ram's fleece being suspended by the middle from a firestone emitting lateral flames, and again dependent from a steel enameled azure, bearing the legend , 'Pretium laborum路 non vile." There is a collar which is also worn by the knight; it is composed of alternate firestones, enfiamme, and double steels connected so as to form the letters "BB" for Bourgoyne. They were enjoined to wear the collar constantly, but Charles V permitted a red ribbon except on official occasions. Worn also was a surcoat of deep red velvet lined with white taffeta, and a purple velvet mantle, with a white border and lined with white satin, embroidered in gold with steels and firestones or flints. On the narrow white border the legend was continuously repeated, UJ e l'ay empris." The cap was of purple velvet embroidered in gold with a small hood attached, and the stockings were deep red, as were the shoes. The knight was certainly dressed to go places in this garb! Unquestionably the most distinguished of the Orders of Chivalry is that of The Most Noble Order of the Garter, conferred only in England and upon men who have merited the highest distinction of the Empire. It ranks first among the English Orders of Nobility for its antiquity and the splendor of its trappings and ceremonies. It was founded by King Edward III, and the events which gave rise to its institution have been debatable ones. Its distinguishing badge is not a badge or a medal, a collar or a sash, but a Garter. Ashmole, an English authority, says the design was conceived in 1344 in imitation of the Round Table with the idea of adorning martial prowess. The actual date of origin is January 19, 1334, when the Order was said to have been placed under the special protection of "God, the Virgin Mary, St. George of Cappadocia and St. Edward the Confessor." With such protection the Order was bound to grow, and it did. There is perfect equality in the Order, for it has but one class of membership; however, the king or sovereign of the empire is always the sovereign or head of the Order. As in the case of the Golden Fleece, to be admitted, one must be "a gentleman of the blood and a knight without reproach." Knights companions are twenty-six in number, exclusive of the sovereign, and wear the Mantle and Garter. Annually, on the eve of St. George's Day, they assemble in the Chapel at Windsor Castle, where each has a stall: A chapter of the Order consists of the sovereign and six knights. The original list of charter members was a distinguished one. The Constitution has been altered on at least one occasion, when George III in 1805 fixed the membership at twenty-five and the sovereign, exclusive of foreigners, and lineal descendants of George II. Later on, provision was made for the admission of sovereigns and extra knights.
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The badge is the Garter of dark blue, edged with gold, bearing the motto in golden letters ((Honi soit qui mal y pense," with buckle and pendant of chased gold. It is worn on the left leg below the knee. The George is an equestrian effigy of St. George encountering the dragon; it is in gold and is worn attached to the collar, while a lesser "George". is pendent from a dark blue ribbon over the left shoulder at the left side. The collar is of gold, of twenty-six pieces, altemately a double golden knot and a red and white enameled heraldic rose, each within a garter, lettered gold, and enameled azure. A knight also wears a Star of eight principal silvered rays, charged in the center with the Cross of St. George, encircled by the Garter. Clothing consists ofa dark blue velvet mantle lined with white taffeta. The hood is of crimson vdvet, lined with white taffeta. The doublet and the trunk hose are of white satin, and there are white stockings and shoes. The hat is black velvet lined with white taffeta; a plume of white ostrich feathers with a tuft of black heron's feathers is in the center, attached to the hat by a band of diamonds. And this is the Order referred to in our Masonic ritual as "More honorable than the Star and Garter." HISTORICAL
An interesting report is that of the California committee on Masonic history. They have discovered the names of some old-time Masons: Leland Stanford was war governor of California and a member of Michigan City' Lodge No. 47; John \lIf. Geary was the last Alcalde and the first mayor of San Francisco, and he was a member of California Lodge No.1; Governor John Bigler was a member of Washington Lodge No. 20, SacramentO. Considerable space is devoted to Lansford vVarren Hastings, a member of Tehama Lodge No.3; he was one of a party of ten men who left Independence, Mo., August 15, 1845. James H. Doolittle is a member of Hollenbeck lodge No. 319; Homer Lee, the crippled dwarf, whose history is tied up with that of the revolution in China, was a member of . Pentalpha Lodge No. 202. Western Star Lodge No.2 had a member with a significant name-B. A. Mason. Byron Defenbach presents an interesting story on mountain Masonry printed as an appendix to the Grand Lodge of Idaho proceedings. The lodge at Lewiston, organized December 23, 1862, was the first legally organized lodge between vValla Walla and the . western line of Nebraska, and from Colorado to the British Dominions. Among the distinguished men who have held office of Grand Master are Territorial Governor Edward A. Stevenson, George L. Shoup, first governor and first U. S. senator; Ezra Burrell, former lieu-
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tenant governor; Captain F. A. Jeter, former sccretary of state; W. H. Gibson, also a former secretary of state. Iowa will obÂŁerve its centennial during the Grand Lodge communication in 1944; the meeting will be held in Iowa City. The Grand Lodge of Maine was organized by the voluntary action of lodges operating within the borders of the state at the beginning of its statehood, June 1, 1820. One of the first acts of the Grand Lodge was to present a petition to the newly organized legislature asking for a civil charter. The petition was granted, a charter enacted and signed by the first governor, who was also the first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. In Baltimore, Md., in May, 1943, was held a centennial meeting commemorating the Baltimore convention of May, 1843. This _original convention was composed of representatives of seventeen jurisdictions and was called in the hopes of making uniform the ritual work of the Craft degrees. A full report of the anniversary will be contained in the 1943 proceedings of Maryland, which has not yet been received. A fine addition to our Masonic literature are the fifty pages of material compiled by Charles W. Skipper, containing an account of many public COTIICrstones laid by our fraternity. Michigan had a committee to formulate plans for the celebration in 1944 of the one hundredth anniversary of Michigan Masonry, but because of the war they will temporarily abandon all arrangements for such celebration. The Grand Lodge of New Hampshire has erected on the Earl of Halifax Tavern, in Portsmouth, a bronze tablet bearing the inscription : "This tablet is erected by the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New- Hampshire to mark the site of its founding on July 8, 1789." And in the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, we find a continuation of those splendid historical articles written by Dr. James J. Tyler, "historian of that Grand Lodge. Rhode Island celebrated its sesquicentennial in a great way. A special communication of the Grand Lodge was convened in the Masonic Temple in Newport on June 22, 1941. The brethren formed in procession and proceeded to the Old Colony House, which was the building in which the Grand Lodge was formed in 1791. The Grand Masters of ten neighboring jurisdictions were in attendance; President Roosevelt sent his greetings. George Washington visited King David's Lodge in Ncwport in 1790, and it was in a letter to the brethren-Qf this lodge that he said: "I shall always be happy to advance the interest of the society and to be considered by them as a deserving brother."
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Utah's flrst lodge would have been named King Solomon's Lodge No. 1 but for the fact that Grand Secretary Sanders, of Montana, "took the liberty of perpetuating your beautiful mountains (Wasatch) in the name of the lodge, as we deem it far preferable to the one suggested which smacked a little of polygamy, a most uncivilized and un-Masonic institution, notwithstanding the peccadilloes of King Solomon."
In 1944 Vermont will observe its sesquicentennial, and the Grand Master has recommended that a c~lebration be arranged, provided that the economic condition of the Grand Lodge at that time is such as to make it advisable. During the Civil War, the District of Columbia organiz~d a lodge in Alexandria, Va. Protest was made, and after the war was over the chart~r of Union Lodge was withdrawn by the Grand Master of the District, and all dues and fees that had been paid during that period were returned to the Grand Lodge of Virginia; this amounted to $550.00. Reviewer Clift refers to Past Grand Master J. Worthington Smith, once the president of Missouri's Masonic College; he returned to Virginia during the panic of 1847, and, according to Brother Clift, his ashes lie in an unmarked grave in Old Chapel Cemetery, a few miles from Berryville and some thirty or forty yards from the grave of the celebrated Edmund Randolph, which the Grand Lodge of Virginia marked in 1929. Grand Historian Van Patten, of Washington, presents a seven-page report dealing with a brief history of the Masonic lodges south of Snake River in the former Washington Territory. Mineral Point Lodge No.1, in Wisconsin, commemorated its one hundredth anniversary July 25, 1941. It was unfortunate that Missouri was not represented on this occasion, for the lodge once carried a Missouri charter. In 1944 the Grand Lodge of -Wisconsin will observe its one hundredth anniversary, and a committee has been appointed. Grand Historian Mokler makes his twentieth annual report; he is the author of a book on the history of Freemasonry in Wyoming, 1874-1924. Six lodges have been chartered since the history was published; one lodge has !Surrendered its charter. Brother Mokler expresses disappointment at the failure of the membership to attend the Independence Rock celebration on July 4, 1940. OF GENERAL MASONIC INTEREST
A California brother was suspended because he was serving as a bartender in a place which was not serving meals or food. , He wrote a letter to the Master of his lodge in which he confessed his guilt but stated that the work had provided him with an honest livelihood and gave promise of profitable income for months to come.
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He wondered why the bartender should be selected as alone responsible for the present liquor conditions, asking why the man who owned a flock of trucks engaged in transporting liquor, or the man who advertised the product in his newspaper, or the man who worked for the government in supervising the industry, was not also guilty in supporting the business. He further asked why he should be suspended when the serving of liquor is a legal matter in the state of California. The committee considering the matter was under some pressure from brethren who believed there was a distinction being made and expressed willingness to amend the law, but their report failed of adoption. The question of a right of Past Masters to vote in Grand路 Lodge was before the Grand Lodge of Connecticut. Sentiment 路of a Masters and Wardens Association was against the proposal -to permit representation, and the committee came to the conclusion that sentiment was unanimously against such procedure. Iowa has been seeking information as to Grand Lodge incorporation. A summary of the report shows there are forty-nine Grand Lodges in the United States and nine in Canada. In the United States, thirty-four are incorporated. Of the fifteen not incorporated, eleven incorporate one or more agencies and four do not; the latter four are Arizona, Idaho, Kansas and Pennsylvania. One of nine Canadian bodies, five are incorporated and four are not, and out of the four not incorporated, three incorporate agencies and one does not. A Kentucky lodge asked whether a special meeting could be called at 12 :01 a. m. The Grand Master ruled that the lodge was subject to call at the will and pleasure of the Master any time during the twenty-four hours of the day. In other words, lodges render twenty-' four-hour service. A Mississippi reviewer finds the duty of路 a reviewer is "to give the Masons of Mississippi some idea of the activities of our brethren of other jurisdictions; to present thought-provoking excerpts from remarks made by speakers in other jurisdictions; and to comment on activities, decisions and laws which we think may be good or should be avoided."
North Carolina has had several Masonic Temples sold by trustees under mortgage. The Grand Master believes these sales do not reflect credit to the fraternity, but they prove brethren have permitted enthusiasm to run away with their businesii judgment. He, therefore, recommended that the amendment to law be prepared which would provide that no building operation or venture using the title Masonic would thereafter be permitted except by express consent. The Ohio proceedings is our authority for the following: "Investigation discloses that out of fifty jurisdictions in North America, all but twelve provide for election to all three degrees on
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one ballot. While numerical superiority does not necessarily mean the minority is wrong, a perusal of the list of the thirty-eight jurisdictions referred to brings little reason to fear adopting a practice which has been successful with so many."
During the year 1942 the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania received from various estates and by gift the sum of $389,644.00. A committee on lodge reports advised Rhode Island lodges: "We think the salaries paid to those officers who are reimbursed for their efforts are in many cases too high for the income of the lodge. Printing, postage and stationery is another item that is very high; in many cases this is caused by the secretaries themselves. Originally the secretary's duties consisted largely in seeing that members received notice of the various activities of their lodge. He did this himself as well as addressing ,the envelopes for that purpose. Then the printers got busy, and, by showing that it was easier to print than to write the large number of notices and also by the use of an addressograph machine to print the envelopes, they won over the secretaries."
The Grand Secretary of North Dakota made a request of his neighbor on the South to waive jurisdiction over a candidate. The , request did not disclose the name of the party for whom the waiver was requested. Nevertheless, the waiver was granted. A committee passing 011 the matter approved the waiver, probably since it had already been granted, but added that hereafter the name of the party should be disclosed.' , The question of the average Masonic age was brought to the attention Qf the Grand Lodge of Texas, and an investigation was made. The average age of Master Masons raised during the year, from lodges reporting, was thirty-two years, eight months, fourteen days. Three-fourths of the lodges showed 4,694 members in the Armed Forces. Five hundred twenty-eight, lodges had no visitors who were members of the Armed Forces; 117 lodges failed to answer the question. Grand Master Voter, of Vermont, offers the following definition of Freemasonry: "Freemasonry is more than just a group of individuals' with rituals and degrees. It is a philosophy of life and a vital force with a mission to fulfill. In many ways it represents the struggle of the human race toward the goal of enlightenment, justice and liberty. Its philosophy is broad and comprehensive, yet so simple as to appeal at ,once to the natural instincts of every free-thinking person, regardless of race or creed. This philosophy of Masonry rests squarely on the foundation of the natural rights of man to be free, to think for himself, to worship according to the dic~tes of his own conscience, and to know equality among his fellow beings."
It was announced in the Grand Lodge of Virginia that a woman who was not the wife of a Mason and apparently had no Masonic connections had made a will which provided that the residue of
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her estate should be converted into an endowment fund for the benefit of the Masonic Home. The amount proved to be $18,000.00. Five common weaknesses discovered by the Grand Master of Washington are lack of leadership in lodges, lack of lodge management, lack of well-planned programs, lack of fellowship, and lack of interlodge visitations. It was found that Masters and officers lack either the ability or the inspiration to plan and work, that meetings were poorly conducted, uninteresting, slow and draggy, held too late at night, and many lodge rooms were poorly ventilated and had no acoustics. The Grand Master gave an excellent explanation of voting procedure in Grand Lodge. It concerned constitutional law: "Our code is divided into two large sections. Those portions of the code which are numbered from one to ninety-nine are known as the Constitution. Those numbered from 101 onward are known as the By-Laws. "There is, perhaps, in your mind some confusion as to what constitutes a constitutional provision and as to what constitutes a By-Law. I might say that a Constitution is made up of those fundamental principles which are supposed to be the groundwork of the organization. They specify its particular powers and its particular responsibilities. "The路 By-Laws, on the other hand, are generally the legislative acts of the organization and are supposed to be in consonance with the provisions of the Constitution. , , Now, it is assumed that if you wish t~ change one of the fundamental principles on which an organization works, change a cornerstone, so to speak, of an organization, you will find it more difficult than if you change merely a piece of legislation. In other words, if you are going to change one of the principles upon which the Grand Lodge operates, then it should be done with a greater deliberateness. And in this particular case we gain our deliberateness by providing for a larger majority. You can readily see when an amendment to the Constitution is proposed in a given year, we guard against precipitous action by requiring that the vote should be unanimous. We guard against further precipitous action the following year by providing that there should be a twothirds' majority in favor of it, rather than a mere majority of one or two votes. "With the By-Laws we are dealing with those regulations, which, from time to time, may necessarily be changed and amended because of new situations. From time to time it becomes necessary that we should change certain of our regulations to meet new conditions, and, as a consequence, we want to change as rapidly and as quickly as possible, still guarding, however, against precipitous decision." , 'That is the reason we provide that there should be at least a twothirds' majority in favor of amending sections of the By-Laws."
Wisconsin finds that all delinquent members are not treated in the same manner, for in some instances: . , 'when the dues delinquency becomes too great, one of the good brethren intercedes on behalf of one delinquent toward whom he feels friendly or charitable and prevails upon the lodge to have the dues of that one brother remitted or extended, while other delinquents are left to shift
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for themselves. Quito naturally, one member who has been favored becomes the object of displeasure of another member wllo has not been so favored."
Wisconsin discovers two types of secretaries-some efficient, some not quite so efficient; some are aggressive and others are somewhat apathetic; some get into a rut and stay there, others are constantly alert for an opportunity to advance the interest of the lodge. "There are secretaries who want to stay in office only for the financial compensation or the prestige of the <}ffice and others who serve the Craft in the spirit of loyal devotion and an aptitude for secretarial functions, without any regard to personal considerations." ,
As to the individual member, a committee on Masonic Advancement discovers that we should face facts and find our own weakness: "Every idle Mason is a liability. Unless he can be converted into an asset, he will become a loss and must some da.y be written off the books. Every Craftsman can be set to work at something. This challenge is aimed directly at you, Masonic leaders. Every vacant seat in the lodge provides you with an opportunity to fill it."
Awards: The District of Columbia is awarding a distinguished service medal which requires a three-fourths' vote of Grand Lodge by secret ballot. One of the requirements is service to Freemasonry over a period of years, not necessarily in an official capacity, it being understood that the mere attainment of high office does not constitute a sufficient basis to warrant this award. No more than one medal is given in anyone year, but for the year 1942, three were awarded, and in 1943 two are to be awarded. Last year the award went to Claude Keiper, Grand Secretary since 1924, and ",vas given him because of his service to the George Washington National Memorial, his work as Secretary of the Grand Masters Conferences sinc~ 1927, his History of Washington Co,mmandery, and his performance as compiler and editor of their Masonic Code. The second medal went to Wm. T. Ballard for his work in connection with the Masonic Board of Relief, having served since 1905. The third medal went to Vernon G. Owen, who has been serving as chairman of the committee on t4e sale of Temple Heights. New Hampshire's Jeremy Cross medal went to Carl H. Claudy and Allen M. 'Vilson. North Carolina gave their Joseph Montfort meritorious service medal to William Moseley Brown of Virginia, Alexander B. Andrews of North Carolina, and Wm. Richie Smith of the same state. The service medal of the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island was given to six brethren: Albert A. Schaefer, Grand" Master of Massachusetts; Ara W. Daniels, Grand Master of the District of Columbia; William Moseley Brown, Past Grand Master of Virginia, and to three Rhode Island members whose Masonic services were not specifically mentioned. The Albert Gallatin Mackey medal of South Carolina was
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presented to Cloyd Heck Marvin, distinguished head of George Washington University. Commercialism: A protest was filed by the Grand Master of Indiana against lodges addicted to the practice of printing names of candidates in the newspapers previous to the conferring of degrees. One lodge permitted the names of all petitioners to be given to a local jeweler, who happened to be a Past Master of the lodge, which aforesaid Past Master "was circularizing petitions, even before their petitions had been voted on, soliciting them to buy Masonic jewelry." Another lodge had a printed form which it sent out to â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ various persons, Masons and non-Masons alike, stating that Mr. - - - had petitioned for the degrees of Masonry and asking for a reference as to his character. A new amendment to the code of the Grand Lodge of Ohio recently adopted provides for the appointment of a committee on Masonic Publications to investigate all Masonic or alleged Masonic publications. No publication may be printed in that state which involves the name or title of any organization limited to Masons until approved by the Grand Lodge. In Tennessee the Grand Master found it necessary to send out a geJ;leral letter relative to salesmen and solicitors. In one instance the brethren had been approached by high-pressure salesmen of so-called Masonic Bibles, who procured notes from the brethren, discounted them at a local bank and vanished; another group solicited for a proposed Masonic directory or yearbook, imposing on merchants and businessmen. Secretaries of lodges were cautioned against furnishing the names of members for commercial purposes. F.inances: The Grand Master of Connecticut discovered that some of the brethren, particularly secretaries, were dissatisfied with the Grand Lodge's new form of budget and had even suggested that the Grand Lodge was too "nosy." His comment was short but well to the point: "Well, who are the Grand Lodge' You 1 "\Vhy sl10uld you have a budget' To know where you stand I" He told these secretaries that the Grand Lodge had a budget and lived within it, that it accepted and believed in it. Many lodges were trying to live beyond their means with the resuft that many are badly in debt. The Grand -Lodge of Louisiana is about to see its way out of its financial difficulties. Seven thousand Louisiana Masons recently demonstrated their loyalty and devotion by subscribing more than $800,000.00 to funds necessary te pay for an indebtedness; $600,000.00 of the amount was cash. The unfortunate thing is that 14,000 Louisiana Masons had no part in the effort. A special assessment of the Grand Lodge is now in force to complete the payment. Masonry in New York is big business. The receipts of lodges for the year 1942 totaled almost $3,000,000.00; all but $100,000.00 was paid out in expenditures; the average surplus of a New York lodge is ap-
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proximately $190.00. The Grand Lodge is attempting to exercise budget control, but many lodges are not cooperating. Steps have been taken by the Grand Lodge of Vermont to place charity funds of the Grand Lodge in a separate corporation so as to prevent any misunderstanding with Federal or state tax authorities. Relief: A case of tiue charity and real Masonry is recorded in the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Nevada. It appears that at Boulder City a member became ill, his funds were soon exhausted, extra medical care proved essential if the brother's life was to be saved. The brethren of Boulder City lodge assessed themselves $1.00 a month for more than two years to meet the emergency. The brother has since recovered, and the membership is rejoicing in the knowledge that he is holding a man's job and receiving a man's pay. There was still another instance. Fire burned the lodge building at Genoa, Nev.; there was nothing left standing but four brick walls. It appears it would never be restored, for the forty-three members of the lodge were widely separated. Before the ashes were cold, members were at work, under the leadership of the Master, the building was restored and the lodge room made more beautiful than ever; another brother contributed paraphenlalia and light fixtures. A lodge at Yerington, Nev., with a total membership of eighty-nine, bought a frame structure, moved it to a building site, placed it on a concrete foundation in the center of the choice lot. Every evening for months members came to the building with their working tools and in due time completed the building. The celebration was made complete by the buying of a thousand-dollar War Bond, and as a final example we call attention to Winnemucca Lodge, who sent out a circular letter to its membership on the work of the M. S. A. With a membership of 148, they raised $645.00, or $4.25 per member. It would appear that our brethren in Nevada have discovered what constitutes real Masonry. Address: The Grand Orator of Nevada was Paui L.. Maloney. in our opinion he has presented the greatest challenge to Freemasons we have read in any Grand Lodge proceedings. We would like to quote the entire address but shall content ourselves with making excerpts: "It seems. to me that this liberal organization to which we have dedicated ourselves depends upon the education and tolerance of Masons and non-Masons alike for its successful survival. The reason that Masonry did not survive in 'certain countries waS due to the narrow, ignorant, intolerant attitude of those in power in those countries. The people of the world cannot and will not live in peaceful harmony in such an atmosphere of intolerance to the rights of others. If we are to strengthen the broad liberal principles of Masonry throughout the world we must devote ourselves and our organization to education. The history of Masonry has been one of unselfish service to men of all creeds and beliefs. If we are to continue to function efficiently and be a strong
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force for good throughout the world, we must continue to put our destiny and faith in the education of the masses. . . . The question arises, What axe we as Masons going to do about it, We are going to do everything we can to keep people thinking for themselves; we are not going to allow someone else or some organization to do our thinking for us. . . . And 'at the opportune time reestablish Masonry throughout the countries where it has so ruthlessly been destroyed. I tell you, friends and brothers, there is a real challenge awaiting us after the reconstruction period begins."
Then our distinguished brother goes ahead to present a plan which would require the raising of a small sum each year to reestablish lodges throughout the world and to assist Masons in various areas. He would go to the extent of furnishing paraphernalia and lodge supplies, and thereby bring order out of chaos, and in so doing he believes that we would not permit the liberal principles of Masonry to perish from the earth in those sections outside America, and says: l ' While we may never sign another Declaration of Independence, we can develop leadership for universal peace. We may not experience another Boston Tea Party, but we can prepare ourselves for the reconstruction period."
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California had a dark report from its lodges in the Hawaiian Islands. Brother Alexander D. Potts, Grand Standard Bearer of the Grand Lodge, accompanied by Col. Walter Dunham, who has served as executive secretary to four governors in the Islands, flew to San Francisco. The representative was under promise to the government that he would not reveal anything concerning the military sifuation in the Islands. We quote from his remarks: " No one realizes the horrors of war until he has witnessed the devastating effects such as we in Honolulu did on the morning of December 7, 1941. At that time we went under the control of the military authorities, and virtually all institutions, including the eight Masonic lodges in the Islands, were ordered closed. Our first official act in conformity with the request of the military governor (Poindexter) was to publish a notice to the effect that all Masonic lodges would be closed until further notice. This situation could not continue, a.nd shortly afterwards we contacted the military governor and explained the situation. He received .us very courteously and explained that, under martial law and for the protection of the people路, he had asked that no meetings of any description be held, and while he was in favor of having Masonic lodges function in their usual manner, he felt that it was his duty to restrict the number of members in attendance at such meetings and then such meetings should be held only after permission had been obtained from him, which he would grant provided the military situation permitted. . . . We could not hold meetings in the evenings, and it became necessary for us to secure dispensation from our Grand Master for a change in the hour. All lodges changed so that they now meet at 4: 30 p. m. instead of 7: 30. This change was necessary due to the fac~ that we were subjected not only to total blackout, but also
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to the ruling that civiIia.na had to be off the streets by 7 :00 p. m. As time went on, we found it very difficult to hold scheduled meetings, for many of, the lodge officers were called into service, or employed on defense projects necessitating their securing permission to be absent from their jobs on days that meetings were called•••• 'Applications became very numerous. .'. • Pearl Harbor Lodge has on 'hand at the present time applications enough to keep the lodge working continually one day a week for the next two years."
He stated that several Grand Lodges had written requesting that the membership contact certain brethren situated somewhere in the
GOVERNOR DONNELL, IN HIS CAPACITY AS GRAND MASTtR VISITS BRO. AMBROSE WOODSON
Hawaiian Islands and advise the lodge. He called attention to _the uselessness of such requests, for it was a physical impossibility. Tribute was paid to the National Sojourners organization, which was helping out in every possible way. .AN UNUSUAL EVEN,T
Freemasonry honors age. Weare taught early in our Masonic lives "that in age, as Master Masons, we may enjoy the reflections upon a well-spent life." Such proved the case in the life of our Bro. Ambrose M. Woodson, of Independence, Mo., made a Mason in
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Lincoln Lodge No. 60, Stanford, Kentucky, in April, 1868, and路 a Freemason for more than seventy-five years, whell he was honored by a viSit from the Grand Master, now our Governor, Hon. Forrest C. Donnell, who on the morning of Sunday, April 18, 1943, visited the Woodson home in Independence, Mo., and there in the presence .of many of his brethren and family preSented the greetings of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. The Grand Master and his party were clothed in their official regalia. Bro. Woodson has a fine Masonic record; he has not only been a member, but he has been a laborer in Freemasonry; since moving -to Missouri in 1869 he served six times as Master of his lodge, tmee years in Raytown Lodge of which he was a charter member, and three times as Master of Independence Lodge No. 76. He was born in Kentucky, February 28, 1847, and served as a . soldier in the Civil War; fighting on the side of the Union. Brother Woodson has a chapter record equally as good; he affiliated with the chapter at Independence April 16, 1870, and served as High Priest in 1894. The chapter which he joined in Kentucky is defunct, and the records are not available but he was undoubtedly made a Royal Arch Mason. in the year 1868, so that he has a chapter record of seventy-five years. There were no formal services or ceremonies. attendant upon the visitation; the Grand Master .was accompanied by D.D.G.M. Nat D. Jackson (to whom we- are indebted for the photograph), the 'Master, Senior and Junior Warden and Secretary of Lodge 76, and that veteran publisher, William Southern, together with Rev. Harold M. Hunt, who closed the visitation with路 a benediction. (Note.-Bro. Woodson has died since this article was written.) FOQIGN RECOGNITION
The Grand Master of Alabama received an increased number 'Of applications for recognition from Grand Lodges of the Americas and appointed a committee, headed by the distinguished Oliver D. Street, to consider the matter and make recommendations. Later the matter of recognition was referred to a special committee made up 'of an entirely different personnel, and this special committee, in reporting, found "it does not have sufficient information at tlrlstime to make a report." So the matter will- be deferred until the 1943 cOmmunication. Arkansas had requests from Grand Lodge Tamaulipas and路 Unida Mexicana; also from Grand Lodge Paraiba in Brazil. The committee on recognition made no recommendations to the <hand Lodge, and apparently no action was taken. Colorado received requests from Cosmos of Chihuahua, Valle de Mexico and Tamanlipas in Mexico, and Symbolic of Nicaragua. All these Grand Lodges were recognized. Connecticut recognized .
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the Grand Lodge of Nicaragua. Uruguay had written that they were' not interested in seeking new alliances at the present time. Delaware has reversed its policy so that it "shall more nearly coincide with that of other jurisdictions in America. In this period of war and conflict, and the desire to foster a good neighbor policy, language should not be bar to Masonic brotherhood." Paraiba of Brazil is being investigated; Unida Mexicana did not appear to adhere to all the requirements deemed necessary for recognition, and their request was denied. Nicaragua, once rejected, is now recognized. Idaho, having decided that "in view of the need in these days of doing everything reasonable to help the cause of Pan-American Masonic solidarity, recommends that frate~nal relations be immediately established" with the Grand Lodge of Tamaulipas and the Grand Lodge of Unida Mexicana. Illinois decided that "at the present time, when there is so much chaos"in the world about us, there should be no haste in considering applications for recognition." Thereupon applications of Tamaulipas and Nicaragua were duly filed. The most radical resolution relative to recognition was presented by a Past Grand Master in the Grand Lodge of Indiana. It seems to be a case' of where patriotism and the good neighbor policy got out of bounds. The resolution provided that "any member of a lodge under the jurisdiction of Indiana is hereby permitted to visit and hold Masonic intercourse with any lodge or member of a lodge operating tinder the Grand Lodge of the country in which said lodge is located. Conversely all members of foreign lodges are accorded the 'same privilege of visiting and holding Masonic intercourse. . . . To be in force during the duration of the war, or until such time as the Grand Lodge may be officially recognized." The Grand Lodge very properly entered objection, Deputy Grand Master Martin leading the opposition, and fortunately the Grand Lodge voted against the adoption. Such action would have thrown recognition open to clandestine, regular and irregular Grand Lodges alike. Since Indiana recognizes ninety jurisdictions at tne present time, it is in the position of recognizing .all the generally accepted Grand Lodges of the world. The Grand Orient .and Grand Lodge of France are not included, nor are Egypt, Italy, Norway, Finland and certain others of the occupied countries. A blanket, ,policy of recognition would have produced a world of troubles. The question of recognition of an individual member of a Brazilian lodge came before the Grand Lodge of Iowa. A former member of Silencia Lodge No. 81, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, held membership at the time it became defunct and was unable to secure a dimit. . His certificate of membership, written in both English and Portuguese, was dated August 2, 1926; it bore lodge signatures and those
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of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite for Brazil. It was properly decided that a certificate of membership was no evidence of dimission from a lodge as required by Iowa law. Kansas found "the desire to extend fraternal recognition to our neighbors in North, Central and South America is resulting in the recognition of many more Grand Lodges of the various states by the Grand Lodges U. S. A." Tamaulipas and Paraiba were accepted for recognition. Having received complaint from the Grand Lodge Cosmos of Chihuahua that the Grand Lodge of Nuevo Leon "is not complying with the standards of recognition for recognition among the Grand Lodges," Louisiana rescinded their act of recognition. The complaint was based upon" (1) because they refused to accept the Bible as one of the great lights of Masonry and (2) because of its relationship with the Grand Lodge Mexicana of Texas, which exists in occupied territory." The report implied that other Grand Lodges in MeJQ.co had severed relationship with the Grand Lodge Nuevo Leon. Be it said, in justice to the Grand Lodge of Nuevo Leon, that since the complaint was made the two rival Grand Lodges have consolidated, and we are uncertain as to whether the nonrecognition extends to both of the former Grand Lodges or the consolidated Grand Lodge. Montana had many applications from South American,Mexican, and Far Eastern Grand Lodges, but "due to the unsettled conditions throughout the world" has continued its investigation and will, in due time, make necessary recommendations. New Hampshire has exchanged representatives with Unida Mexicana, Norte de la Baja, Symbolic of Nicaragua and Oc.cidental Mexicana. No replies were received from Del Pacifico and Oaxaca. Oklahoma had many requests; it recognized Symbolic of Nicaragua, Del Pacifico and Nuevo Leon. The committee makes the following statement: "The National Grand Lodge of Egypt satisfied the committee of its regularity, and we recommend exchange of representatives and the establishment of fraternal relations. La Soberana Logia Madre de Colombia Hospitalidad Granadina is regular, and we recommend exchange of representatives." The question of New Jersey's Negro lodge, which resulted in the breaking off of relations by Oklahoma with New Jersey, brought' forth the following: "As all differences with regard to severance of relations is reconciled we recommend entering into fraternal relations with the Grand Lodge of New Jersey." But the color question is apparently still uppermost, for the com~ittee continues: "The suggestion of Brother Agostini of Panama brings up the question of race and color, and "\ve believe that we would not care to enter into this matter as it is always fraught with danger. . . . I believe that in proper time the problem will solve itself in a
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satisfactory way." New Jersey reported the following as to its relationship with Oklahoma: "Two years ago the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, by reason of. an unfortunate factual misunderstanding, discontinued fraternal relationship. New Jersey took no action whatever, relying solely upon complete understanding ultimately to bring about a reconciliation of our differences. I am glaa to report that the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma rescinded its previous action and most graciously requested a renewal of our fraternal relationship." Pennsylvania has received request from Rio Grande do SuI of Brazil, Tamaulipas, and Chile. The requests were referred to a committee. Tennessee postponed recognition of Tamaulipas, and accepted Chile. Texas recognized Symbolic of Nicaragua, the Brazilian Grand Lodges Sao Paulo, Amazonas and Acre, and Pernambuco, Peru, Switzerland, Rumania and EI Potosi of Mexico have seemingly made not attempt to perfect their applications, and therefore Texas postponed consideration. Utah has received request of Tamaulipas, but apparently no action was taken. The Grand Master suggested that the question of recognition of many Grand Lodges be discussed so that "in conformity with good judgment we may help to bring about, among Mason)3 of the world, a better understanding." Wyoming received request from Unida Mexicana, but the committee believed it had insufficient data upon which to base a recommendation at the present time. The sole argument for recognition appeared to consist of the statement that "they are recognizeil by nine jurisdictions, who are also recognized by Wyoming.'" The list included Arizona, Cuba, Costa Rica, Louisiana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Panama and Texas. GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL' MASONIC MEMORIAL
Oregon adopted a resolution petitioning the Grand Lodge of Virginia "to declare the George Vvashington National Masonic Memorial building and the site it occupies on Shooters Hill at Alexandria, Va., as United States Universal Masonic Territory." RITUAL
Arizona, in 1941, provided for the publication and issuance of a key ritual. The Grand Master has expressed the hope that no improper dissemination of the work will result therefrom. His statement should be read by those who contemplate printing rituals. "It seems well established that little can be gained by placing in our hands a written work of any kind. That part of our ritual that is most firmly fixed in our memories is that we learn from mouth to ear
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and not otherwise. Moreover, the secrets of Freemasonry do not belong to anyone jurisdiction, but to the Masons of the entire world, and no jurisdiction has the right to place those secrets in jeopardy without the consent of all others concerned. Why have such a ritual anyway' If one knows the work, one does not need it, and if one does not, then one cannot read a key. We have a Grand Lecturer and Deputies under him, whose specific duty is to disseminate the work. Why all the labor of setting up such a system, and then junking iU It is the good of the organization we should look to and not our own personal conveniences. Without any written work of any kind Masonry has withstood the storms and stresses of the ages."
While the Grand Lecturer路 was personally opposed to the printing and distribution of a key, he did so because it was his duty. The Grand Master of Kentucky decided that a candidate might "vow" or "affirm" fnstead of "swear," since Noah Webster has explained that "swear" in the courts means to vow or affirm. Maine adopted its present ritual in 1894. The Grand Lecturer has followed it to the letter, although it appeared to be full of inconsistencies which he feels should be corrected. Maryland is. one of the jurisdictions struggling with the penalties of the obligations, an agitation which started a few years ago in Massachusetts. Such 'penalties were the basis of a tremendous wave of anti-Masonic setiment a century ago, and some Grand Lodges are still fearful they might be used again, even though no one today accepts them in their literal meaning. The matter was referred back to the committee for further consideration, and during the intervening six months the Grand Master became persuaded that "it would at least be a controversial matter, and I think many of my brethren need to be educated. . . . I have decided I would withdraw the recommendation for the present." . Minnesota has been i1!vestigating the lecturer system, particularly the system in use in Iowa which has been in use since 1898. It involves Masonic instructors, district lecturers, and a Board of Custodians; no cipher is permitted; only portions of the work are specified and fixed by Grand. Lodge. Other portions are optional. Many changes have been made in times past in the specified portions. Minnesota found that the Iowa system was desirable so far as examination and certification of proficiency was concerned and was rather inexpensive, but the cost of the system in Iowa was ten times the cost of the present work in Minnesota. New Hampshire has been bitten by the penalty bug, unanimously adopting a statement to the effect that "our use of the imprecations were wholly figurative." The Grand Master of Ohio journeyed to the District of Columbia to witness the making of a Mason at sight. He has changed his opinion:
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"My opposition was greatly tempered after witnessing this ceremony, for, far from being a simple hand-waving gesture, not a single essential of either of the three degrees was omitted. I am inclined to the belief that Freemasonry is benefited by that action as largely as the individuals who were honored."
It is unfortunate that the use of the words "at sight" have become descriptive for the making of a Mason. Many brethren have the impression that the Grand Master merely says, "Tag, you're it," and the party tagged thereby becomes invested with all the secrets of Freemasonry. Such is not the case. It means that the Grand Master, by the authority in him vested, has waived the formalities of petition and ballot, and the required examinations leading toward advancement. Our study of the situation causes us to believe that no great harm has been done the fraternity by such action, and while the process is not one to be generally approved, yet no great damage has resulted therefrom. We would hesitate to recommend its adoption as a general policy among Grand Lodges, for it is not every Grand Master who is capable of rendering judgment and who is entirely above favoritism. Ohio, bit by the penalty bug, adopted the reconmendation of its Grand Master inserting a paragraph relating to the obligation imprecations in the M.M. degree. The Grand Master of Pennsylvania qu~tes Past Grand Master Heiligman in an address made in 1933, the subject being "Let us not 'touch'the Ark of our Covennt, lest we perish Masonically." In Tennessee, the Grand Master suggested that when a brother has been raised, he be given the charge, and later the lecture and the second and third sections. He compares the situation to a lover of Shakespearian plays, who would tire if he were compelled to listen month after month to the rendition of these plays. He finds the funeral service entirely too long when given with other exercises. Texas is also having trouble with the burial service, the Grand Master finding that there was strong sentiment against lodges being allowed to conduct burial services. He believes that the poor and improper manner in which these services may have been conducted and the small attendance have merited this just criticism. His conclus~on is: ' "If Masonic funerals are to be abolished unless we do something, your committee is strongly in favor of doing something. We can see that it is difficult for. the average Mason to preside with dignity and effectiveness on these occasions. Few average men and Masons have the poise and ability to become leaders. They are born, rather than made, but in every community men can be found who will make fair Masonic servants in putting away our dead."
The Grand Master of Vermont advised his Grand Lodge that it would be no departure from the ritual to explain to the candidate the figurative' nature of the imprecations of the obligations and "that.
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similar steps have been taken in other jurisdictions of the United States." As to the question of funerals, it is proposed to establish a form of Masonic representation which would not require the opening of a lodge, nor a general call for the brethren. The Master would appoint certain members to attend a funeral wearing an appropriate badge; three would be the minimum, with approximately two for each additional hundred of the membership. It is not thought such procedure would interfere with the funeral rites or religious service. UNUSUAL
It is an annual custom for Colorado Freemasons to gather' during the month of August for a visit to Corinthian Lodge No. 42 at Kokomo. The lodge meets in a little log building that houses the highest lodge in North America, its elevation being 10,618 feet above sea level. While a mining camp, it has trebled its membership during recent years from twelve to thirty-nine members. tn 1942 the Grand Master visited the lodge and presented one of its Past Masters with a fifty-year medal. During the fifty years, this Past Master served as Master twenty-four years. Ministers are held in high esteem in Georgia. At the opening of Grand Lodge, all ministers were invited to seats on the platform. One minister was made an honorary member of the Grand Lodge for the purpose of serving as Grand Chaplain, "said membership to continue only for and during his term of service as such." Truly the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. . The Grand Master of Illinois held a Masonic executives conference, attended by official families of the Grand Chapter, Grand Commandery, Grand Council, Consistory and others. His conclusion was that the meeting was eminently路 profitable and laid the foundation for future prOductive disc~ssions. The Grand Master of Iowa tells us that twenty-five American jurisdictions require from four weeks to a month between the conferring of the degrees; seven others require from two weeks to twenty days; others require one day, or have no limit whatever. Most jurisdictions require a candidate to pass a proficiency examination; in some jurisdictions the examination must be held only at a stated communication. Iowa lists its ten oldest Masons. Heading the list, January 1, 1942, was A. Van Patton, raised May 11, 1864, in a lodge at Waucoma, Wis. During the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, it was announced that a member had fallen and broken his hip and that an ambulance was necessary to remove him to his home; a free-will offering was taken and $136.00 collected. Among the list of withdrawals from the Masonic Home in, Michigan is the name of a brother, aged eighty-four, who -"withdrew to
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accept employment in Detroit." (Page Dr. Osler!) A committee on audits found only eight instances in lodges where there was apparent negligence evidenced in the handling of lodge funds, and i~ every instance the full amount of the apparent discrepancy was adjusted before the audit was completed. One of the finest bits of relief work done by Masonic bodies is that or the Grand Lodge of Minnesota in its welfare work at the Mayo Hospital at Rochester. The committee contacted 4,804 people of Masonic affiliation, made 10,262 calls, wrote letters, sent telegrams, ex~cuted legal papers, cashed checks, purchased flowers, and rendered many other services. Ninety-seven Missourians were contacted during the year. The Grand Lodge of Montana dislikes the present method of each incoming Grand Master filling the vacancies in appointive offices and these officers being more or less automatically advanced until they reach the elective office. The committee will study the matter. Nebraska has a committee studying the question of uniform bookkeeping. They find there is a definite trend to\vard uniform accounting. The following are listed as desirable: Minute book, books of account, cash receipt journal, cash disbuTSement journal, members ledger sheet, monthly report, receipt form, checks and vouchers, treasurer's record, and petition record. Nevada has several lodges which "meet on the mountain." The Grand Master was constrained to express his disapproval of any but informal meetings outside of regular meeting places, the reason being obvious. While approving novel ideas that stimulate attendance, he believed that lodge work should be confined to lodge rooms. This Grand Lodge has a form of petition for the degrees which states that the petitioner will not within twelve months after receiving the degree of Master Mason petition for or receive any degree in any organization the prerequisite of which is to be a Master Mason. The jurisprudence committee approved an amendment abolishing the restriction, but when it reached the floor of the Grand Lodge the amendment was disapproved, and our Nevada brethren will have to suffer the punishment of being Master Masons for an additional year before grazing in the Elysian fields of higher Masonry. The Grand Master of New Hampshire has made the following important ruling: , 'During the present emergency the examination for proficiency in the lectures of the Master Mason degree need not be in open lodge, but may be by the Master of the lodge privately, -who shall pass on the proficiency of the candidate for membership."
In recent years we have heard much about Alpha Lodge, of New Jersey. It was this lodge that stirred up the hornets' nest between Oklahoma and New Jersey, for it is the only lodge of Colored Masons working under a regular jurisdiciton in the United
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States. The last report showed that it had 70 members, 17 of whom were Past Masters; 4 candidates were raised during the year, but there was a net loss of 5. The lodge was established January 19, 1871, and meets in Newark. From the estate of Ambrose E. Vanderpoel, the Masonic Home of New Jersey received a sum slightly in excess of two million dollars; the gift was without restriction. A New Jersey lodge adopted the practice of granting to its retiring Master "a gratuity which varies as to its amount, but which, by rather queer coincidence, is always just sufficient to purchase a'life membership for a Brother Master's age in accordance with the provisions and by-laws of the lodge." The Grand Master believed the action wholly contrary to Masonic ethics and practice, believing that no service should carry with it the thought of any personal gain. Many Grand Lodges prohibit the use of their ,Masonic halls for other than Masonic purposes. Not so in New Mexico, where a lodge was permitted subletting to the Knights of Pythias, Pythian Sisters, Foresters, Progressive Circle, Slavish Lodge, Greek Orthodox organiz'ations, and Alianza Americano Lodge. J. Edward Allen, in the North Carolina review, finds an imperceptible change in the Masonic attitude "toward our Negro friends." Years ago Grand Lodges withdrew recognition because of a little color being mixed in the membership, while today Grand Lodges of the white race give their good wishes to their colored neighbors who have organized into separate Masonic groups, believing. that if Masonry can do good for society existing among the whites, it can do as well for the organization of men regardless of color. Many of these Grand Lodges who fulminate against the Negro, remain quiet concerning the English or Scottish brethren, who have no color line. The Negro status has undergone a change, whether we like it or not, and Freemasonry should set up some sort of policy which will maintain the dignity and ideals of the fraternity. North Dakota takes its Grand Master's address in installments. Governor Moses, the Grand Master, "began the reading of his address at 11 :30 a. m. and continued until 12 :35, when it seemed advisable to recess until 2 :00 p. m. It was concluded at 2 :30 p. m." Our friend, Walter Stockwell, has proposed a resolution which is bound to stir up some argument. It involves the modification of some traditional Masonic practices relative to membership, but suggests the appointment of a committee , 'to prepare a carefully worded and dignified statement to be used by the constituent lodges in bringing to the attention of eligible men, particularly men under thirty years of age, the desirability of Masonic membership. "
Dayton, Ohio, did itself proud in a reception given its Grand Master. Eight lodges joined, giving a banquet attended by 734 Master
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Masons. The Grand Master was escorted to the banquet room by 75 Knights Templar, the escort being led by the Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery. Further cooperation among Ohio bodies is shown by the appointment of committees from each of the Grand Bodies to work together in the present emergency. The question of public appearance of lodges in patriotic processions has always been a disturbing one. The Grand Master of Ohio takes a conservativ,e attitude. While recognizing that the rule prohibiting public appearances has caused embarrassment and should be modified during times of war, yet he believes it is not wise to capitulate to pressure, even though it is hard to explain and often results in misunderstanding, for he says: , 'Our record is an open book, our patriotism and loyalty to government are in evidence for those who care to know them. No waving of flags or¡ ostentatious display in public can in any manner increase that devotion. On the other hand, to change this rule will sooner or later lead to a misunderstanding of motives which could only result in harm to our institu~ion."
Ohio has weathered four wars without necessitating a change, and the Grand Master quotes from the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of New York relative to the War of 1812, the concIusion being: "So I take it that the lesson of the War of 1812 is to keep Masonry strictly out of politics-maintain it in a different realm of its own from that in which we discuss and weigh the passing topics of the time."
With the permission of the Grand Master of Texas, the Grand Master of Indiana issued a dispensation authorizing an Indiana Mason to open an Indiana Lodg~ in a Texas lodge hall and to install an Indiana brother as Master of the Indiana lodge. The .Grand Master of Oregon suggests the establishment of a Masonic Foundation for general charity work. We thoroughly approve the following statement made by' him: "For many years it has seemed to me that Masonry is too parochial in its charitable work, I know that many of the brethren' share in this idea with me. We prate to some extent about having charity toward all mankind and about regarding the whole human species as one family, and yet we seem to do very little toward giving effect to these lofty sentiments. "I admit freely that we do a good deal toward taking care of our own orphans, old _people and indigents, and of course individual Masons do a great deal in individual acts of charity, but the fraternity as a whole does practically nothing for humanity. "It would bea great pity if our fraternity should be permitted to deteriorate into a mere 'lodge.' It would seem that something should be done with a view to encouraging it to undertake some constructive work which would tend to benefit society in general:"
Oregon is one jurisdiction in which the life membership fund has been very successful, now amounting to almost a hundred thou-
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sand dollars. There has been an increase of 139 memberships, the largest increase in its nine years of history; 4 per cent interest is being paid from earnings. This jurisdiction is considering a resolution which provides that upon request of friends or relatives, a lodge may conduct a funeral service over a Mason who has been dropped for n.p.d. A committee has also been appointed to study the advisability of establishing honorary Past Grand rank on deserving brethren. The Grand Lodge laid the cornerstone of a Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon. The attitude of examining committees toward persons seeking admission to Masonic lodges for purpose of visitation was brought to the attention of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. The following excellent advice is offered: "The duty of these committees is to ascertain whether the person presenting himself is a Master Mason and, if so, to admit him to the lodge. The Master of every subordinate lodge should see that the examining committee is competent to perform that work and that they are brethren who will receive those seeking admission courteously and in. a true fraternal spirit."
Under Pennsylvania law, petitioners for the degrees need not be twenty-one years of age at the time of signing the petition, but it is necessary that a dispensation be secured in aU such instances. Several dispensations are noted permitting lodges to receive petitions from petitioners who are twenty years, eleven months and eighteen days old. The Grand Master of Rhode Island does not approve the plan of advancing appointive Grand Officers to elective station, saying, "This is neither democratic nor productive to the best that the fraternity affords. The condition is detrimental to the best interests and progress of the Craft."
The Grand Master of Tennessee relates an interesting experience. He put up at a tourist court; after his associates had retired, he went" over to the filling station and talked to the proprietor. The man had received his degrees in a western lodge, had become a charter member of a new lodge; he had paid $75.00 for his degrees, was assessed a $25.00 building fee, and paid $15.00 current dues. He was asked why he didn't move his membership to Tennessee, where he expected to reside the rest of his life, where dues were so much cheaper. He replied that he loved his lodge so much that he was retaining his membership there. Here was a brother whose first year in Freemasonry had cost him $115.00, but he valued the membership so much that he preferred to pay much higher dues than to affiliate with another lodge where his dues would be $5.00 or less. "Is Masonry too cheap 1" asked the Grand Master. A Tennessee lodge, ignorant of the law, conferred the third degree on
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a brother on a Sunday afternoon. The candidate was later healed, but the lodge was placed on probation. The Grand Master of Virginia "was very highly honored by being created a Prophet at sight by the Grand Monarch (Grotto) and elected to honorary membership." When the Grand Master of Virginia refused dispensation to lay a Baptist Church cornerstone on Sunday, the date was changed to Tuesday. In West Virginia, two lodges got out of their jurisdiction in receiving petitions. The Grand Master issued an edict forbidding them to initiate, pass or raise any candidates in the territory involved until the dispute was settled. Thirty-seven Master Masons were declared irregularly made; later many of them were regularly healed. West Virginia will not permit a salute to the flag or pledge of allegiance in the opening or closing of a lodge, believing it inadvisable to add a non-Masonic ceremony to the established l·itual. There is no objection to the display of the flag. It was decided that the Grand Master had no authority to empower a lodge to initiate, pass and raise at the same Gommunication. MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION
We have previously given the names of the various Grand Lodges cooperating in the M. S. A. program. VV' e shall now turn to the group of Grand Lodges that are not cooperating, with a view to showing their attitude toward M. S. A. work. Gl'and Master White of Arizona finds a multiplicity of efforts at welfare work in the Armed Forces of our country, which he regards as. unwise and undesirable, believing that the U. S. O. should be ample to take care of this work. He doubts the wisdom of injecting the Craft into this field. He proposes contacting representatives near other Grand Lodges who can reach Arizona members now in the Service and believes Arizona lodges will contact their members by letter each month. Arizona's representative in Missouri lives from three t~ four hundred miles from either of our camps, which ought to show the impracticability of such a program. Arkansas went to no little trouble to prepare a room in the Masonic· Temple at Little Rock for Camp Robinson soldiers. We are informed "very • few of the brethren took advantage of the facilities which were offered, and it was a hard matter to establish contact with the men and let them know that the facilities were available." This necessitated a revamping of the program, and results under the new method, in their. own language, "proved rather disappointing." Th.ere are several problems involved, and the Grand Master confesses, "I don't believe ,any of those who have been working on the question have a recommendation that'would be worthy of your consideration at this time."
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California believes that the M. S. A. duplicates work of existing facilities. They believe that lodges near Army camps were fully alert as to the necessity of extending their lodge meetings, and, in the case of small lodges unable to bear the expense, the Grand Lodge will reimburse these lodges when the bills have been approved by the Grand Master. Their program is to be commended, but it lacks coordination with the work done in other jurisdictions. Colorado finds a difference of opinion regarding the feasibility of the form of Masonic service. They quote from reports of the Grand Lodge of Iowa and the Grand Master of California. The District of Columbia is making no attempt to establish a Masonic Qenter in Washington at the present time. Monies being collected on the basis of $1.00 per capita are being turned over to the M. S. A. to be used in "out service" to Masons in nearby camps. The M. S. A. established service centers in路 Jacksonville and Starke, Fla. At the dedication there were present the governors of Florida and Connecticut, the former a Master Mason, the latter a Knight of Columbus. The matter of support came before the finance committee, who offered a resolution withdrawing from the M. S. A., but a Past Grand Master moved as a substitute that the Grand Lodge continue its membership until the end of the year, which motion was adopted. Georgia has a service center located at Columbus. The Grand Master believes that every brother should be proud to have a part in the work. He regarded the voluntary 10c per capita as a mere pittance and recommended that the amount be increased to 50 cents, and the increase was made. While Indiana is not a member of the M. S. A., the Grand Master expressed the hope that they might be in due time. At their meeting in May, 1942, he recommended a donation of $1,000.00. The Grand Master of Iowa compares the work of the U. S. 0., with its six hundred units, to that of the M. S. A. He was under the impression that the M. S. A. should have joined with the U. S. o. and makes the statement: "The principal objects of Masonry are not along welfare lines, but more along fraternal, educational and charitable lines." The Grand Master of Louisiana says of the work: "It is one of the major contributions of a militant Masonry at work. We must continue our active membership iij. the association; we must have an increasingly large part in an effort so far-reaching. The M. S. A. Centers near Army camps all over the nation such as the one maintained at Alexandria are serving countless thousands of our boys."
A year ago the Grand Lodge of Maryland gave $3,000.00 to the M. S. A., which represented 10c per capita. They found that the
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association is doing a magnificent piece of work, but that requirements were now heavier. The Grand Master saw a large field of service which should be cared for by the Grand Lodge itself. A resolution was adopted providing for the raising of a fund by voluntary contributions, which should amount to at least $1.00 per member. The Grand Master of Michigan recommended a contribution of 50 cents per member to support the program of the M. S. A. This jurisdiction had previously been a member of the association, and the Grand Master recommended that it rejoin. Grand Master Luther A. Smith, of Mississippi, criticizes ~he M.. S. A. because it requires a full-time representative: "To give attention to those who visit the Center or who may seek information or advice. These centers are open not only to the Masons, but to non-Masons as well. . . . I do not think the Masonic fraternity is fitted for so-called welfare work. . . . Upon discussing these matters with the Commanding General and - other high officers and members of our Craft, I found that the unanimously approved the program we had set up, saying it was Masonic and satisfying."
He refers to having visited Grand Master HarkiJ?s of North Carolina, where he found that Grand Lodge, "with one dissenting vote, adopted a plan of work among our Masonic soldiers similar to ours." Montana recommended the raising of 75c per capita by voluntary subscription and gave authority to the Grand Master to pay the money over to the M. S. A. if he deemed it advisable. Grand Master Russell of Nevada believed that the , 'M. S. A. is performing a highly commendable service for our country and our Order. I therefore earnestly recommend liberal financial support of the association for the duration of the war."
Grand Secretary J. Melvin Dresser of New Hampshire believes we have an agency during this war with proper machinery for proving to the world that we are one in this great and vital necessary service. , 'Can it be that some of us feel that in pooling our resources and oUr endeavors we may be surrendering just a little bit of our precious sovereignity ~ Or do we think that we can do more effective work alone ~ In all the reasons given for noncooperation, we have heard none, that to our mind, are truly valid."
The Grand Master of New Mexico appealed to his membership for 50c per capita and met with immediate and generous response. The sum was $3,010.00. He sees no competition between the M. S. A. and the U. S. O. New York is not a member of M. S. A., but their committee on military and naval service-fund felt "that cooperation with the M. S. A. is of the utmost importance. . . . It represents a national effort on the part of the fraternity to fulfill its duty toward our brethren and sons, and supplies a definite need if such
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service is to be rendered adequately." He recommended an appropriation of $25,000.00. The Grand Master of Ohio believed that the M. S.A. expended its service beyond the point considered Masonic, resulting in a higher cost for the small number of our members served, but gladly "acknowledges an outstanding accomplishment in that type of work by those in charge. They were the first in operation; their services are given entirely without charge, and many Masons and relatives of Masons have found real pleasure and satisfaction in their contacts with these Masonic Service Centers. In tribute to such service and because in the beginning they reached many of our members at an opportune time . . . and above all, because I felt they were entitled to the encouragement and appreciation of this Grand Lodge, I sent them a check for $5,000.00. If the future indicates a further obligation to them, I am sure the War Board will recommend additional contributions."
The Ohio program hinges largely upon the efforts of the service committees appointed by the Master of each lodge. The Grand Master of Oregon, in discussing M. S. A., believed that lodges iOn the vicinity of encampments can do a great deal toward serving the members of the Craft. He quotes from the Scottish Rite News Service the following statement: "The Masonic bodies in Mississippi, Kentucky, Colorado, North Carolina and other states, in which there are large encampments, have worked out suitable programs in their respective districts, unhampered by the red tape of a national organization, and the Craft has been able to adjust itself to the peculiarities existing in each locality, and thus they bring a maximum service at a minimum cost."
Reviewer Hagmeier, of Oregon, says he has "no quarrel with the M. S. A. or路 its supporting Masonic juriSdictions over their desire to be of service, for that is putting into practice the teachings of the Craft," but he does take issue with them over the manner and form in which the service is being rendered. His objection seems to be that in serving all comers they will introduce competition, and if efforts are confined to Masons only then religious distinction is being introduced. .Pennsylvania, through its Grand Master, has asked each Mason to contribute $1.00 for the duration in the support of the M. S. A. work. In addition to this there is to be a lodge contact, each lodge having a committee to carryon correspondence with its soldier members. South Carolina tells us that the M. S. A. Center at Columbia "has made a good record the past year. Its services at the Columbia Center and at Fort Jackson, the attention which was paid to the comfort and entertainment of the brethren, and the frequent calls on those confined to hospitals, made its usefulness appreciated by those concerned."
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The Grand Master of South Dakota recommended a renewal of' me.mbership in the M. S. A. and the raising of $1.00 per capita to assist in carrying on their war program. The recommendation was unanimously adopted. Grand Master Herron, of Tennessee, objected to the conference of Grand Masters, which he thoughf was more influenced by Past Grand Masters than by present ones, and that its main theme "seemed to be that of emphasizing the welfare work of the M. S. A., seemingly is an effort to put on the defensive those of us who believe in rendering our brothers in the Armed Forces service in what we consider' a more truly Masonic manner.
Utah is supporting the M. S. A., although at last report there was no service center in Utah. The Grand Lodge is also carrying on welfare work under the direction of a special committee. Vermont's attitude is expressed by Reviewer Grout: , 'In American Masonry we find a growing trend toward unity in great crises, but regretfully note that a few Grand jurisdictions still prefer to go it alone, confine the influence of their Masonry to their own bailiwicks, and contribute but little to the power for good which Masonry could and should be as a world influence."
Grand Master Emigh, of Washington, agreed with the Grand Lodge committee that it should not join the M. S. A., but warned his brethren that they must adequately carry out the program they had outlined for themselves. It may be said in passing that Alaska comes under the jurisdiction of Washington. We have been unable to secure any reports of welfare work in Alaska, but from private correspondence we do know that a government official is carrying on welfare work for Masons at Dutch Harbor and that financial assistance has been offered him by officials of the M. S. A. who know of the circumstances. Wisc~nsin is raising a voluntary assessment of 5Dc per capita for welfare work, the fund to be transmitted to the M. S. A. Wyoming began by raising IDc per capita; the amount proved inadequate, and now each member is contributing $1.00. The Grand Master finds the M. S. A. doing a splendid work in behalf of our brethren. Grand Secretary Clark, correspondent for \Vyoming, finds a lack of uniformity in our program: , 'Each jurisdiction is doing something, and such seems to agree that something must be done, but there are a great many different plans used by jurisdictions who do not favor the M. S. A. plan. There may be a better plan, or a very excellent reason for not supporting this one, but we haven't heard of it."
WAR RELIEF
American jurisdictions are having trouble in selecting war objectives; even more trouble is being encountered in the method of ren-
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. dering war service to soldiers who are overseas. Many jurisdictions appear to be assisting in the work of the Masonic Service Association; most Grand Lodges cooperating with the Association are to be found in the Southern and Western states. In many instances these Grand Lodges have sufficient excuse for carrying on their own activities; other states which are not actively supporting the M. S. A. are at least assisting it by the donation of substaritial sums of money. Undoubtedly all groups are rendering a uniform service. States like Texas and California have a large number of military camps, and it would plainly be impossible for the M. S. A. to establish ' a -center in the vicinity of each camp. These states are therefore justified in setting up a center and carrying on in their own way. There is another group who believe that Masonic service can best be rendered by donating to such services as U. S. 0., Red Cross, etc. Many Grand Lodges have donated to these funds, even though carrying on other activities. While the U. S. O. may be doing a good service, it does not, nor can it, supply the Masonic contacts which our members need. Some Grand Lodges have an organization which writes letters to members in the Armed Forces. In one or more instances the Grand Master writes the letter; in other instances the job is assigned to local committees. We cannot imagine the average local committee being always on the job. Some Grand Lodges would organize military lodges for the benefit of our brethren; others have taken the lead in the sale of 'Var Bonds. Many Grand Lodges are issuing certificates to soldiers. It is unfortunate that a bulletin was sent out suggesting that soldiers in the Armed Forces refrain from carrying with them evidence of their Masonic membership. Several Grand Lodges have thought this referred to all forms of certificates, which it certainly does not. Our brethren in England, Ireland and Scotland, where we have many soldiers, could certainly not be expected to admit visitors without some evidence of membership. In Egypt there is a Provincial Grand Lodge, established by Australia, which confers degrees upon candidates elected in any jurisdiction; they surely could' not be expected to confer degrees without some evidence of Masonic standing. Let our brethren be wary of an overdose of propaganda. There are undoubtedly countries in which Masonic membership would be no recommendation to the government in power, referring particularly to Spain and Portugal, but we have it from very excellent authority that no ~ction is being taken by the general government against Masons in occupied countries purely because of their Masonic membership. California is one of those states issuing military certificates; 3,602 have been issued thus far, and the names of these brethren occupy sixty-six pages of the proceedings. The Grand Master ac-
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companied each certificate with a personal letter, and many letters of appreciation have been received in reply. The Grand Master of Colorado issued thirty-nine dispensations to receive petitions and confer degrees at irregul ar times contrary to the constitution, giving as his. reason "military necessity." The jurisprudence com. mittee approved the dispensations on that basis only but called attention to the fact that many months had elpsed since the declaration of war, and every prospective candidate has had ample notice of the contingency. The policy will not be continued, we are assured by the committee. During World War I, Conn'ecticut Past Grand Master held a dis- . pensation to conduct an occasional lodge in France. This Past Grand Master is Commander of the 43rd Division and recently made request of his Grand Lodge for a similar dispensation to be used during the present war. Since the group. was stationed in Florida, the problem was made a little more complex, constituting ¡an invasion of jurisdiction. The Grand Master of Florida declined permission to establish a military lodge U. D. at Camp Blanding, as requested by the Grand Master of Connecticut. It was suggested that a degree team be formed to confer the degrees upon candidates regularly elected in Connecticut lodges. All this correspondence prompted Florida's Grand Historian to supply a history of Florida Military Lodges: "The first military lodge was established May 13; 1861, in the first regiment of volunteers at Warrington, Va.; the seeond in July, 1861, as a regular traveling lodge to work in a Florida regiment. At the 1867 Grand Lodge mention is made of Regimental Lodge No.2. â&#x20AC;˘ . . At the 1862 communication a committee was appointed to inquire into the Grand Ma,ster's right to establish field lodges."
The committee reported "that it was Masonically right for the Grand Master to establish military lodges and that such practice was supported by ancient usage." And as a final precedent, the committee said: "Tradition informs us that Augustus Caesar, Grand Master'of Rome, authorized military lodges in his army." Great is tradition and mighty above all things. North Carolina sent a letter to each Grand Secretary in the United States. It reads in part:' "The plan of the M. S. A. was presented to Grand Lodge in a very able and forceful manner, but after a very careful consideration of both plans, that which was advised by Grand Master Harkins was adopted. I am requesting Grand Master Harkins to mail you a printed copy of his report. . . â&#x20AC;˘ I urge you to circularize the secretaries of subordinate lodges in your jurisdiction, requesting them to place in th~ hands of any of their members in the Armed Forces statione-d in North Carolina, the invitation, giving the names and locations, as well as other information concerning subordinate lodges in ~ur jurisdiction
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accessible to concentration centers. . . . The plan outlmed will afford the finest opportunity possible for genuine Masonic fellowship."
The Grand Secretary of an Australian Grand Lodge, writing from Adelaide, has sent the following letter to a number of Grand Lodges: "The arrival of a number of troops in Australia from the United States is a concrete manifestation of the ties linking the two great democracies of the British Empire and America.' . . . As a Grand Lodge we appreciate the opportunity of welcoming your fellow countrymen and inviting them, if they are in good standing, to attend lodge meetings in the town in or near which they may be located."
Note the Grand Secretary has specified "if they are in good standing." Such a statement would require a receipt for dues or a certificate of membership. A Past Master of Charleston' Lodge No. 44, located on the Island of Guam, and now a member of the United States Navy, finds himself owing two years' dues. He was three hundred miles from Midway Island, on his way to Guam, when the Island was attacked. He made inquiry of the District of Columbia as to the payment of his dues and evidence of good standing sufficient to enable him to visit a lodge. The Grand Secretary very properly received the money, gave him a receipt for the purpose of examination and placed the money in trust for the Grand Lodge of the Philippine Islands. Similiar action is being taken in California. The District of Columbia has a blackout ritual, and here is how they do it: "In the event of an air raid, or in case of an alert or blackout not pleviously announced, Masters of lodges are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to close their lodges according to the following short form: , 'W. M. (calls up the lodge) 'Brother Senior Deacon, displace the Great Lights.' (Done.) "W. M. 'By authority of the Grand Master, I declare this lodge closed.' "
The question has arisen as to the' c~mferring of courtesy degrees by the United Grand Lodge of England on American soldiers. There were two problems involved:, (1) Request for initiation on behalf of American lodges where a candidate has been elected but had gone' overseas before initiation; (2) where a candidate made application for the degrees in an English lodge. Under former regulations only the second and third degrees could be conferred by courtesy, the English rules providing that a candidate becomes a member of the lodge in which he is initiated. As to the second phase, England confessed that it did not know, and could not know, as to the candidate's suitability unless there was some form of recommendation from lodges in the United States. Action was taken on these prob-
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lems at the annual meeting of the United Grand Lodge of England, December 2, 1942, at which time it was decided that "during the continuance of the war, courtesy should be extended to all three degrees . . . on receipt of an application certificate on behalf of any of your lodges. The ceremony will, of course, be performed according to the English ritual, but a suitable explanation will be made to the candidate."
While attending a meeting of the National Sojourners in Seattle, the Grand Master of Idaho had occasion to meet two officers from the British Battleship "Warspite," who gave an interesting story of some of their engagements and their final action off the Island of Crete. Illinois has set up Masonic Service Centers in its Masonic Temples at Waukegan, Highland Park, Rockford, Rantoul and Belleville. The Grand Master made an appeal for war 'funds, and all of the 986 lodges promptly mailed checks, oversubscribing the amount asked for by 25 per cent. Nine hundred eighty-six Masters responded to a request for information, and it was found 2,500 Illinois Masons were then in the Service. The Grand Master of Illinois wrote a personal letter to each Mason in the Service, while a committee addressed a similar note to each relative of a Mason in the Service, and each Illinois soldier who is now a Freemason carries an identification card showing his Masonic membership. Many Illinois lodges asked the Grand Master to set aside the law which provided that one week should elapse between the election and initiation of a candidate. The jurisprudence committee did not let down the bars; they decided the regulations should be respected and obeyed, for they were tried and tested by the experiences of the fraternity in another war and represented the deliberate and sober action of lodge and candidate and permits an enduring and wellgrounded fellowship. Maryland changed its regulations to cover blackouts, providing for the interruption of work at the sounding of the alarm, the manner of caring for the candidate, the evacuation of the lodge room and the designation of another place of assembly. Practice blackouts were held for a period of two weeks. The Masonic Temple has been made available for use as a bomb shelter. On Saturday evenings the U. S. O. are using the banquet halI ,of the Temple for dances. Masons of 'that jurisdiction bought almost two and a half million dollars' worth of War Bonds. War damage insurance has been taken out on all property of the Grand Lodge. Four pages of the Montana proceedings are taken up largely with dispensations for candidates "called to defense duty" and who desired to be initiated before leaving. During World War I, Montana provided 550 medals for members of the Craft who were serving in the Armed Forces; they were high~y prized at that time by the
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recipients. The Grand Master recommended that a suitable number be procured for the present war. When the matter came up for discussion, it proved to be a continuous discussion, ending with the recommendation that each lodge be provided with a scroll which should be hung in the lodge room. Masonic bodies in Nevada report the purchase of $174,732.00 in War Bonds. New York uses a blackout ritual, similar in wording to that of the District of Columbia. North Carolina declined to let down the bars requiring twelve months' residence in the state of North Carolina before petitioning a lodge, believing that the best interests of Masonry would be served by so doing. Oregon encountered a Philippine brother who had documentary evidence but who had no current receipt for dues, due to the Japanese occupation. The Grand Master believed that Masonry owed a duty to the brother and permitted the Grand Secretary to receive the dues and issue him a Grand Lodge receipt, the money to be held in trust for the Philippine lodge. In 1918 the Grand Lodge of Colorado set up a Colorado Soldier Masons War Relief Fund. The need for the fund having passed, the amount remaining proved to be a white elephant, and it was necessary that a friendly suit be brought in the district court to transfer the funds to a similar benevolent association. All Illinois lodges made contribution to the war service fund of the Grand Lodge; it amounted to more than $26,000.00. Investigation proved to the Grand Master of Kentucky that Camp Knox Lodge had conferred several degrees in a shorter period than permitted by law. The candidates who received these degrees are now overseas, and it was impossible to heal them. The Grand Master believes it unwise to circularize lodges for funds for a moving picture machine because of the expense and the salary required for an operator. Kentucky has a Masonic Service Club, of which they are very proud, in Louisville. The Grand Lodge donated $500.00 to this club and $1,000.00 to the U. S. O. Work among the soldiers is successful, ,largely due to the efforts of Col. Frank E. Noyes, of Fort Knox, member of an Ohio lodge. Michigan has a Masonic War Council. A donation of $10,000.00 was made from Grand Lodge funds, in addition to the money raised by lodges. The committee has ample powers, including the right to make' a donation to the M. S. A., and the fund is for the benefit of Masons, their relatives and their dependents. "We cannot confine Masonic war work to Masons, nor to their sons. It may be under the auspices of Masonry, but no Mason can turn away a boy in the uniform of our country.~' The above statement was the language of the late Judge Louis H. Fead. An Alberta, Canada, brother addressing the Grand Lodge of
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Montana, referred to the fine work done by 路Masons in the prosecution of the war: , 'I would like to give you a little experience which happened before you folks entered the war. There was a brother that I knew personally, also a Companion of the Royal Arch. He visited a chapter in one of the Eastern states; there were 179 companions there. He was the only stranger. That was a time when there was a movement on for the evacuation of British children.. He explained the whole situation and asked those there to give a showing of hands-those who would take care of British children for the duration of the war. One hundred seventy-eight hands rose, the only one down was that of the friend from Alberta, who happened to be a visitor."
New York Grand Master. called upon every Mason in the state to contribute at least $1.00 a year for the duration Qf the emergency to the Masonic War Chest, and brethren are responding in a fine way. One of the first acts of the War Chest Committee was to present fourteen mobile Red Cro'ss Units to the American Red Cross. This was done June 27, 1942, in the City Hall Plaza, New York. Mecca Temple Band acted as an escort, the Grand Master presided over the ceremonies, the chairman of the American National Red Cross accepted the units, and Mayor and Brother Fiorello LaGuardia gave an address. Their committee on Masonic Refugees reported fifty-one applicants for relief, running an average amount of $100.00 per person. In some instances substantial repayments have already been made. The assistance has been largely temporary, and most of the refugees have become self-supporting. This is one of the finest services rendered by any Grand Lodge. Oklahoma accepted the offer of the M. S. A. to locate a service center at Fort Sill. The Masonic Temple at Lawton was used for the purpose of housing the center and the Grand Master requested a donation of twenty-five cents from each Oklahoma member. He stated: "It is being well patronized and from all accounts has become the most popular recreation center adjacent to the Fort." Oregon has established a hospitality house at Seaside, located near a small fort. The locality was too small for U. S. O. establishment; only the Masonic Temple was available for a service center. It was necessary to do some repair work. A wrecking organization wanted $200.00 to tear a floor out: "Carpenters were to start work laying the new floor. Out of thirty-eight carpenters five put in their appearance and put in six and a half hours' work the first day. Other than that there were only nine hours of labor by the carpenters' union. Members were summoned to help out, and the result was that 80 per cent of the work was done by Masons who didn't know which end of the hammer you drove a nail with." The center opened on Armistice Day with eight hundred people as guests. During the Pearl .Harbor period the center went on a twenty-four hour basis.
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One of the Masonic Home buildings in Pennsylvania, which had excellent shop facilities, is .being used for defense training by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction. Rhode Island has an assessment of $1.00 per capita for the Masonic War Service Fund. They are cooperating with the M. S. A., who have established centers at Newport and Jamestown. The Grand Lodge has a letter from Major-Gen. Dawley of the U. S. Army thanking the fraternity for their property which is being used for his headquarters. In the proceedings is a letter from a Rhode Island boy who is at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Texas presented Ambassador Halifax a check for $5,000.00 for the use of the Grand Lodge of England. The check was officially presented in vVashington in the presence of Senators Connolly and O'Daniel, and officers of the Grand Lodge of Texas. A lodge in Vermont joined - with the Eastern Star chapters in giving a. Christmas party to the officers and men of the 366th Infantry, a company composed entirely of Negroes. It is said the troopers furnished their share of the entertainment. Vermont contributed $500.00 to the Grand Lodge of England as an expression of their moral support; $200.00 was given to the Red Cross. Virginia has set aside the sum of $5,000.00 for service in the Armed Forces, which will be expended by a special committee of five. MISSOURIANS
William Wallace Jer,mane, Past Grand Master of the District of Columbia, died August 13, 1942. He had retired from active work in 1934. He was president of the Gridiron Club in 1920, and. the author of a number of works on political and economic subjects. In 1884 he was on the staff of the St. Joseph, Mo., Herald. He was initiated in Charity Lodge No. 331, St. Joseph, October 18, 1886, was made a Royal Arch Mason in Mitchell Chapter No. 89, at St. Joseph, and knighted in St. Joseph Commandery No.4, all in 1887. Among the distinguished visitors accorded Grand Honors at the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Iowa was ((Harris C. Johnston, Grand Master of Masons in Missouri." Oklahoma proceedings record that on June 26, 1941, at a district meeting in Shawnee "banquet at 6 :30 p. m., after which a special team from the Grand Jurisdiction of Missouri conferred the Master Mason degree according to the Missouri ritual. This degree was well conferred and we appreciate the brethren coming from the jurisdiction of Missouri and fellowship with us." In the Oregon proceedings we note that lodges in Portland have conducted funerals for Missouri lodges. Among the names noted are Wm. A. Wood, member of Huntersville Lodge No. 30; Wm. P.
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Maples, Ash Grove Lodge No. 100; and Wm. Wells, Lodge of Truth No. 268, Atlanta. " In Rhode Island, we learn that our Past Grand Master, Senator Harry S. Truman, delivered the speech of the evening on the occasion of the dedication of the Masonic WeHare center in Newport. Senator Truman also delivered the principal address of the evening at a patriotic meeting held in Nashville, Tenn., January 27, 1943, speaking on world conditions. ' From the South Dakota proceedings we learn that St. John's Lodge No.1 conferred "the Fellow Craft and Master Mason degrees out of time on Brother Herbert Donaldson. The candidate was leaving South Dakota before he would have had time to receive the degrees in the ordinary manner as he was a member of the faculty of a college in Missouri and subject to draft." J. Melvin Evans, Grand Master of Masons in Wyoming, is a native of Kansas, but his wife is the former Leta Maurine Scott, of Lamar, Mo. He was an aviator in World War 1. MASONIC STATISTICS
To the Iowa Grand Lodge Bulletin _( June issue, 1943) we arc indebted for the most recent statistics on Masonic membership. The tabulation shows 2,477,351 members in the United States and 165,236 in Canada. This constitutes a gain for the United States for the past year of 24,176 members and marks the first increase in several years. States showing gain are: Alabama (1,931), Arizona (75), Arkansas (1,226) California (470), Colorado (45), Connecticut (;)51), Florida (722), Georgia (1,121), Indiana (4,916), Iowa (724), Kansas (1,124), Kentucky (1,816), Louisiana (730), Maine (211), Maryland (175), Michigan (800), Mississippi (1,179), Nebraska (510), Nevada (80) , New Hampshire (23) , New Mexico (140) , North Carolina (396), Ohio (2,780),Oregon (395), South Carolina (1,679), Tennessee (1,059) , Texas (2,674) , Virginia (472) , Washington (878), West Virginia (373), Wisconsin (167), Wyoming (22). Oklahoma showed neither gain nor loss, and Deleware showed a loss of one. â&#x20AC;˘ Losses were: Illinois 1,416 Massachusetts 1,158 Miimesota 444 New Jersey '" 318 New York.. 998 " Missouri.................. 226 Utah " 112 Vermont ','" " 112
Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . District of Columbia North Dakota. . . . . . . . . . . . . Pennsylvania.... . . . . . . . . . . South Dakota.... . . . . . . . . . Montana.................. Idaho.. Delaware.................
88 62 51 50 37 8
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. Jurisdictions ra~k numerically: New York Illinois Ohio Pennsylvania
240,193* 187,768* 176,592 170,196*
California Michigan Indiana
126,313 112,208 112,158
â&#x20AC;˘ Loss.
These figures show,that there were no losses in the territory roughly below the Mason and Dixon line, in the Southern or Pacific Coast states; this is the section in which the large training camps are located, and yet this does not fully explain all the losses or gains. IN ARGENTINE
Little can be learned of conditions in Argentine since the ousting of the president. In a news dispatch dated at Montevideo, Uruguay, we read: Montevideo, Uruguay, June 26. (UP.). The Argentine Freemason Lodge at Buenos Aires was closed by police yesterday, it was reported here today. No reason was given for the closure which so far has not affected the suburba.n Qr provincial lodges. The central lodge has around 3,000 members, the report said.
Reads much like a lot of press dispatches dealing with Freemasonry in foreign countries. The truth of the matter is that Buenos Aires is an immense city and has many Masonic lodges. Just what the reporter means by "central lodge" cannot be gleaned from the news dispatch. And probably the reporter didn't intend for it to. Press dispatches from foreign countries must be watched; they are colored at the source by writers unfriendly to the fraternity. It is surprising that a great national news agency will permit the continuous underhanded attacks on the fraternity. The Gran'Logia of Argentine has for the past year been attempting to secure recognition from American Grand Lodges. Some Grand Lodges being inclined to be "good neighbors" have fallen for the recognition. It may be regular and legitimate-BUT with the situation in Argentine as it is, and their attitude toward our government in the war-well, we are inclined to "postpone without prejudice." A CHALLENGE TO FREEMASONRY
Today the Italy of Mussolini has collapsed, marking the fall of Fascism. By spring we should see the fall of his copartner in Germany. Then the Allies may devote their attention to the third of the three assassins. ' But where is Freemasonry in all of this picture' What have
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we as organized groups, done to prepare the way for our return to these dictator-ruled countries where Freemasonry once flourished' Have we an organization that has made any plans or is in any position to assist our distressed brethren in those countries? No, we are not in the picture. We have done nothing, and if we don't work quickly and rapidly, we may "miss the bus" as we did in the last war. When our American forces took over Tunisia we should have been in position to follow up and offer our help to. establish legitimate Freemasonry. The time is not far distant when we shall occupy Italy; in fact, even before this is printed, this may have been accomplished. Once there were 160,000 Freemasons in Italy, but that was twenty-one years ago. May it not have been that this group constituted a large part of the "unrest" which we have heard of' Their property was taken over by the Fascist government. What an opportunity for this property to be restored while Italy is in "the protective custody" of the United States. Two Grand Lodges existed in Italy at one time. They were rivals. This made it easy for Mussolini to effect a breech among the Masons of Italy.. We have a notion that both groups were anti-Clerical. But being anti-Clerical does not mean that the groups should have been political. It is probably true, and we have some excellent authority for the statement, that one reason for Catholic antagonism to the fraternity is due in a large measure to the character of Italian Freemasonry, for our Italian members were militant Masons. It was Garibaldi who once led them to victory, and he was never on the Vatican's favored list. A high official of the church in Rome once told a friend of the writer that the Vatican did not oppose British and American Freemasonry, but that recognition of these two groups路 would react unfavorably in Italy where the fraternity was anti-Clerical and sometimes almost anarchistic. Many of the American Grand Lodges recognized either the Grand Orient or the National Grand Lodge, and the Vatican was placed in an unfavorable light by reason of this fact. And thus have American Grand Lodges encouraged the antagonism of the Roman Catholic Church by our failure to investigate the merits of Italian Freemasonry. And again, we have a class of publications which class themselves as Masonic, whose columns are filled with attacks on the Catholic Church. While we as an order realize the antagonism of the church to Freemasonry, yet the one thing we Masons pride ourselves for is that we admit men of every race, religion, or country. How can we maintain such a claim unless we put into practice the principles which we profess? Like. all organizations vested with power, the Catholic Church has become dictatorial. But the Baptist Church, the Democratic p'arty, or the Townsend party might become equally so if vested with similar
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authority. And we can take our readers to certain spots on the earth's surface where some Masonic groups might be regarded as autocratic, .and even dictatorial. So let us clean our own skirts first-and then criticize. Here then in Italy, is Freemasonry's first great opportunity. Let Freemasonry be restored, but let us restore a good legitimate brand -neither political nor anti-Clerical Masonry. Let us see that one -and not two-Grand Lodges are restored. Let us see that their stolen property is returned to their legitimate successor. Then let the American Grand Lodges start from scratch and recognize only one Grand Lodge, and let us insist that when the Grand Lodge fails to maintain the generally accepted Masonic standards, then American Grand Lodges will drop them from our list of recognized . Masonic bodies. Let this new Grand Lodge be dominated by no group of "higher degree" Masons. Much of the troubles of Italian Masonry was due to fights between the brethren of so-called higher degrees. Many contended that Italian Masonry had no legitimate birth certificate. Now is .the time to legitimatize them. Some路 of these days we shall enter the occupied countries. 'Vhat shall we do for our brethren of Denmark, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Austria, Rumania, the Philippines, China, .and a host of others' For several years our brethren there are going to be too busy rebuilding their own fortunes to spend time and thought on rebuilding Freemasonry. We talk about permanent peace. The reestablishment of Freemasonry in Europe, Asia and Africa will do as much towards permanent peace as anyone thing we can think of. There are no organized Masonic groups in the Axis countries. Why' Because Freemasonry encourages men of different races, countries and religions to live amicably together. Freemasons do not believe in war as a means of accomplishing any purpose. They resort to it only in self-defense. How necessary, then, for us to have large groups of such brethren in every country so as to avoid future wars and bloodshed. In the absence of a General Grand Lodge-which is a bogeyman to so many of our Grand Lodges-let some of our larger jurisdictions take the lead and do something. Such states as New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and other of the larger jurisdictions are the states路 to whom most of us look for advice and leadership. They are the older Masonic jurisdictions. If they will only lead, they will find many followers. We have howled over the years as to recognition of foreign Grand Lodges, over cLandestinism, over irregular Grand Lodges, and the lack of universality in Freemasonry. Now cornea the time when
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we can do something about it. Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito have given us the chance, let us to the task. Hasten the day when Freemasonry shall be universal, when brotherhood shall be eternal, and the nations of the earth shall be joined in a Federation of the World. Such is the 'dream of Freemasonry. What shall we do to hasten it'
INDEX African War Zone: Masonry in, 24c Alaska: Masonry in, 45c Alberta: Masonry in, 55e Algeria: Masonry in, 25e American Lodge of Research, 30c Anti-Masonry, 38c Argentine: Masonry in, 104c Arnold, Lt. Gen. Henry H., 1ge At Sight: use of method, 85c Australasia: Masonry in, 46c Awards: medals, 75c Bacheller, Irving: author,21c Bacon, Walter W.: Governor of Pennsylvania, 20c Bates, Edward: mentioned, 21c Bentonelli, Joseph: Grand Opera singer, 22c Brazil: see "Grand Lodge of Paraiba' '; Masonry in, 52e Bruton, Wilson 0.: death noted, 23c Calder, Wm. S.: honored, 21c Canada: reviews of Alberta, Canada, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Ed ward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, 55c Cartwright, Alexander: Hawaiian Mason, 7c Cass, Lewis: first Grand Master of Michigan, 23c Challenge to Freemasonry, 104c China: Masonry in, 63c Clandestine Societies, 35c Clark, Chase A.: Governor of Idaho, 22c Clark, Lt. Gen. Mark W., 20c Co-Masonry: in Australia, 36c Commercialism: in Masonry, 76c Conference of Grand Masters: annua] meeting, 16c Constitution and By-Laws: explanation of, ,74c .Coops, Capt. Frank: reports establishment of Masonic Club near Kiska, 21c Corbett, Harvey Wiley: receives medal, 19c, 23c Cotzias, Costas: Greek refugee, 19c Cryptic Masonry: in Hawaiian Islands, 13c
Dewey, Thos. E.: Governor of New York,20c Davidson, James M.: a Mason more than seventy-four Tears, 23c Dominis, John 0.: a Mason, 7c; Commander of Knights Templar, l3c Donnell, Forrest C.: Governor of Missouri, 20c; visits aged Mason,7ge Doolittle, James H.: a Mason, 6ge; received Congressional Medal of Honor, 22c Eichelberger, Gen. Robert L.: commanding American forces in New Guinea, 20c England: degrees on American" 98c; Ma~onry in, 59c Evans, J. Melvin: marries Missourian, 103c , Extraneous Societies: review, 30c, 35e Ferguson, Homer: Michigan Senator,2le Finances: of lodges, 76c Ford, Gov. Sam C.: welcomes Montana Grand Lodge, 22c Foreign Recognition: see "Recognition "; revie:w, 80e France: Masonry in, 38c Freeman, Bishop James E.: death noted, 20c Galway, Viscount: death noted, 22c Goo. Washington National Masonic Memorial: annual meeting, 15c Germany: Masonry in, 39c Gibraltar: Masonry at, 58c Golden Fleece and Roman Eagle: history of, 65c . Grand Masters, Conference of: annual meeting, 16c Green, Gov. Dwight H.: Grand Orator of Illinois Grand Lodge, 22c Green, Mayor Floyd F.: welcomes Ohio Grand Lodge, 23c Hanna, Louis B'. : a Freemason fifty-seven years, 23c
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Harris, Dr. Frederick Brown: Chaplain of U. S. Senate, 22c Hawaiian Islands: character of population, Hc; condition of lodges in, 78c; Cryptic Masonry in, 13c; early Masonry in, 13c; historical background, 4c; Knights Templar in, Hc;. Masonic centennial, 4c; Red Cross of Constantine in, 14c; Royal Arch Masonry in, Hc; Scottish Rite in, l3c Hawaiian Lodge No. 21: first American lodge, 7c Hawaiian" Lodges: statistics, lIc Historical: review, 69c Hodges, Geo. H.: received fiftyyear button, 22c Honolulu: photo Masonic 'I.'emple, 2c; population, 3c Honolulu Lodge No. 409: history of, 9c Humor, 26c Hurley, Major-Gen. Patrick J.: Secretary of War in Hoover Cabinet, 21c Ireland: Masonry in, 60c Italy: Masonry in, 38c, 105c Jermanc, Wm. W.: a Missourian, 102c Johnson, Charles H.: Master of American Lodge of Research, 19c Kalakaua, David: Masonic membership, 6c, 7c Kamehameha, King: initiation of, 6c,7c Kansas Lodges: former, 29c Kauai Lodge No. 589: history of, 10c Kilauea Lodge No. 330: history of, 9c King, Adm. Ernest J., 19c Knights Templar: in Hawaiian Islands, 12c Knudsen, Lt. Gen. Wm. S., 19c Krueger, Gen. Walter: commanding the Third U. S. Army, 22c LaGuardia, FiOl:ello H.: Mayor of New York, 19c, 23c LaJeune, Lt. Gen. John A.: death noted, 21c Lee, Homer: a Mason, 69c
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Leonard, Bishop Adna Wright: killed in airplane accident, 22c Life Members: in Oregon, 89c ~iquor: interesting decision, 71c Lockwood, Paul: secretary to Gov. Dewey of ,New York, 20c Loyal Order of Moose: in J<Jngland, 30c McKissick, President: from speech of, 21c
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Manchester Lodge of Research, 30c Manitoba: Masonry in, 56c Marshall, Gen. George C.: Chief of Staff U. S. Army, l8c Masaryk, Jan: attends Masonic meeting in New York, 19c Masonic Age: averagc, 73c Masonic Books and Pamphlets, 28c Masonic Club: established near J ap-held Kiska, 21c Masonic Club Rossia: pamphlet, 30c Masonic Lodges: entertainment programs for, 29c Masonic Service Association U. S. A.: annual meeting, 17c; digests, 30c; war work, 9lc Masonic Square Club: formed in Samoa, 20c Masonry: weakness of, 74c Masons in the News, 18c Mathis, Dr. Monroe McKenzie: oldest Freemason in the world, 19c; receives seventy-nine year'button, 23c Maui Lodge No. 472: history of, 8e Meek, Capt. John: early Hawaiian Mason, 7c . Mexico: Masonry in, 62c Military Jurisdiction, 64c Military Lodges, 96c Missouri Lodges: former, 29c Missourians: review, I02e Morcombe, Joseph E.: death note~, 22c Morgenthau, Henry: Secretary of the Treasury, 20c Morocco: Masonry in, 25c Moses, John: Governor of North Dakota, 20c Myers, Walter: Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, 22c Negro Lodge: end of dispute, 82c, 87c
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o 'Brien, Capt. Morton
J., 20c
Paraiba, Grand Lodge of: history, 53c Past Masters: right to vote, 72c Pearl Harbor: lodge, 3c Pearl Harbor Lodge No. 598: history of, 10c Penalties: use of, 84c Pershing, Gen. John J.: mentioned, 23c Philippine Freemasonry: clandestine, 36c Pierce, Brig. Gen. Clinton A., 19c Prince Edward Island: Masonry. in, 57c Progres de L 'Oceanie : chartered, 5c; lodge centennial, 4c Putnam and the Bunch of Grapes Tavern: a pamphlet, 29c Putnam, Gen. Rufus: first Grand Master in Ohio, 23c Quebec: Masonry in, 58e Queensland: Masonry in, 49c Quezon, Manuel: former Mason, 42c Recognition: see "Foreign Recognition"; discussion of, 44c Red Cross of Constantine: in Hawaiian Islands, 14c Relief: examples of, 77c R.evere, Paul: mentioned, 22c Rickenbacker, Edward V.: rescue of,.64c . Rickey, Branch, 20c Ritual: review, 83c Roosevelt, Brig. Gen. Theodore, 19c Royal Arch Mason, The: a new magazine, 30c
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Royal Arch Masonry: in Hawaiian Islands, 11c Rutledge, Wiley Blount, Jr.: Supreme Court Judge, 20c Saskatchewan: Masonry in, 58c Schofield Barracks: Army post, 4c Schofield Lodge No. 443: history of, 9c Scotland: Masonry in, 61c Scottish Rite Masonry: in Hawaiian Islands, 13c Sibelius, Jan: Finnish composer, 20c \ Smith, James Willison: death noted, 24c Smith, Nels H.: visits Wyoming Grand Lodge, 24c Snell, Earl: Governor of Oregon, 20c Snyder, Wm. S.: death noted, 23c South Australia: Masonry in, 50c Statistics: Masonic, 103e Stanford, Leland: a Mason, 69c Tasmania: Masonry in, 510 Tower, John C. F.: 'death noted, 220 Truman, Harry S.: makes address in Rhode Island, 103c Tunis: Masonry in, 25c Victoria: Masonry in, 51c Wait, Lt. Col. Joseph: New England patriot, 30c Wakanda Lodge No. 52: centennial, 29c War Relief :by M. S. A., 91c; review, 95c Warren, Earl: Governor of California, 20c Watson, Frederic: composer, 200 Wemple, .Tohn C.: death noted, 22c Western Australia: Masonry in, 52c White, Francis E.: Grand Secretary Emeritus, Nebraska, 23c Wilkinson, Gen. James: Territorial Governor of Missouri, 20e Wilson, Charles E., 20c Wilson, Henry H.: death noted, 23c Woodson, Ambrose M.: aged Mason, 79c
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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 drci 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; Nicaragua; Norway; Nova Scotia; Panama; PhilippiI!e 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, Lloyd E. Wilson, San Francisco. Colorado, Harry W. Bundy, 319 Masonic Temple, Denver. Connecticut, Winthrop Buck, Kartford. Delaware, Chester R. Jones, Wi!mington. District of Columbia, J. Claude Keiper, WaShington. Florida, George W. Huff, Jacksonville. Georgia, Daniel W. Locklin, Macon. Idaho, Clyde I. Rush, Boise. Illinois, R. C. Davenport, Hanisburg. Indiana, William H. Swintz, Indianapolis. Iowa, C. C. Hunt, Cedar Rapids. Kansas, Elmer F. Strain, Topeka. Kentucky, A. E. Orton, Louisvil1e. Louisiana, D. Peter Laguens, Jr., New Orleans. Maine, Convers E. Leach, Portland. 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, C. 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, Elvin F. Strain, Sioux }'alls. Tennessee, T. E. Doss, Nashville. Texas, Geo. H. Belew, Waco. Utah, S~ H. Goodwin, SaU Lake City.Vermont, Aaron H. Grout, Bur. lington.
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Virginia, James M. Clift, Richmond. Washington, Horace W. Tyler, Tacoma. West Virginia, Ira W. Coffman, P. O. Box 346, Charleston. Wisconsin, William F. Weiler, Milwaukee. Wyoming, Irving E. Clark, Casper. Alberta, David Patterson, 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, Onto Chile, Enrique A. Saldias,. Santiago. Costa Rica, Rafael 0., Loria, San Jose. Cuba, Constantino P. Gutierrez, E. Havana. Czechoslovakia, National Grand Lodge of, L. Schwary, Vinollradska 24, Prague-Smichon. Czechoslovakia, Prof. Dr. V. Lesny, G. M. (NaIl. G. L.) 2 Dienzenhofferovy Sady, Prague XVI. Czechoslovakia, Felix路 Lenhart, G. M. (Lessing), Trojanova 7, Prague XI. Czechoslovakia, Grand Lodge Lessing zu den dNi 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. Guatemala, M. A.Castillo, L. Guatemala. Ireland, Henry C. Shellard, Dublin. Jugoslavia, Dr. V. Novak, Cika Ljubina 20, 3, Belgrade. Manitoba, J. H. G. Russell, Winnipeg.
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GRAND REPRESENTATIVES TO AND FROM THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI TO MISSOURI Grand Representative I ' Post Office GRAND LODGE GeorgeW. Paddock .••••••••• : Kansas City Alabama •.••••....• Wm.C. Rese ..•.....•..•..•• ' St. Louis ..•..•..•.•.•....••..•.•••• Alberta ••.•..••.... Byrne E. Bigger ..••....•.•.. HannibaL .••.•.....•..• 1, Arizona....•••.•... John W. Adams .•••.••••.•.• Marshall .••.•••••••••.•••,•....•••...• Arkansas .....••.•.. Frank G. Ade .......•.....•. Joplin ...••.•......•.••. British Columbia•••...•.
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6 Address of Grand Master, Forr.est C. Donnell . 9 Appointments . Brown, Harry Peet-Estate of . 23 Centennial Anniversary of National Masonic Convention of 1843 14 11 Children's Building at Masonic Home . Conclusion ...................â&#x20AC;˘.............................. 38' Conference of D. D. G. M. and D. L . ~2 Convention of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association and Conference of Grand Masters . 11 9 Courtesies Received and Granted . 24 Decisions . Dispensations . 9 10 Duplicate Charter ' . 9 Financial . Grand Representatives ; ~ . 8 Holm, Victor--!.Matter-In Re: . 16 10 Lemay Lodge Under Dispensation . Masonic Certificates or Diplomas to Men in Service in the Armed Forces . 14 16 Masonic Rehabilitation in Europe ~ ,' : .. Masonic Service Centers and Appropriation to the Masonic Service Association of the U. S , . 21 Masonic War Savings Bond Campaign: . 15 Membership . 9 Meridian Lodge No.2 . 18 Necrology . 7 Notification by Secretary, in Each City or. Town Where Two or More Lodges Are Situated, of Petitions, etc . 24 Official Bonds . 9 Petition for Certificate of Good Standing: . 23 Veterans Buttons . 10 Visitations .........................â&#x20AC;˘...................... 12 Visit to Brother Ambrose Marian Woodson . 13 Visits to Other Jurisdictions . 12 Address of Hon. Sam Wilcox, Grand Orator . 118 Afternoon Session ' . 92 Amendment Laid Over Until 1944 Annual Communieation . 133 A PI~asing S!atement . 5 Appomtments . 134 Approval of Minutes : . 5
B Benediction Biographical Sketch of G. M. Forrest C. Donnell
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C Called From Labor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Closing '. . . . . . . . . . .. Credentials Committee, Interim Report.........................
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Election of Board of Directors for the Masonic Home. . . . . . . . . . . . Election of Officers of the Grand Lodge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Installation 135 Introduction of Distinguished Guests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Introduction of Ill. Brother Bruce .T. Carl. " 130 Introduction of M. E. Henry C. Chiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 127 Introduction of M. E. Ray V. Denslow , . . . . . . . 131 Introduction of M. W. Dr. G. O. Hanna '" .•........... 126 Introduction of M. W. Bro. C. C. Hunt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 124 Introduction of M. W. C. D. J ory , " 125 Introduction of Ill. W. B. Massey " . 128 Introduction of R. E.,Edmund E. Morris........ 131 Introduction of R. W. Bro. Walter A. Phipps,................... 123 Introduction of R. E. Earle B. Potter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 130 Introduction of M. W. Harry S. 'rruman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 132 Introduction of M. W. Walter S. Turnpaugh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Introduction of M. W. Wm. Wanner.. .. 127 Introduction of Hon. Sam Wilcox, Grand Orator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Invitation to Kansas City " 109 Invocation 4
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of Committees, Standing' and Spe~ial, 1943-1944 '. . . . . . . . . . of District Deputy Grand Masters, 1943-1944 " of District Lecturers, 1943-1944........................... of Elected Officers of G. L. Since Organization " of Grand Representatives to and from Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . of Grand Secretaries and Their Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of Living Past Grand Masters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of Lodges, Alphabetical '0' • • • • • • • of Lodges, Numerical " of Lodge Directory <• • • • • • • • • • • • •
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M Masonic World, The.......................................... Minutes Approved :............................. Motion by W. Bro. G. C. Marquis. .
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o One Hundred Twenty-Third Annual Communication... . . . . . . . . . . Opening .. "
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leI Recognition of Grand Lodges . RRport of Grand Secretary . 38 46 Report of Grand Treasurer ....................•............... 54 Report of Auditor . 65 Report of Masonic Home of Missouri . 89 Report of Committee on Foreign Correspondence . 92 Report of Grand Lecturer ',' .. Report of Committee on: Appeals and Grievances . 117 Building Supervisory : . 97 Chartered Lodges . 107 Credentials Committee (Final Report) . 108 District Deputy Grand Masters' Reports . 106 Forms and Ceremonies . 92 George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association . 64 89 Grand Master's Address . Jurisprudence . ·113 Library . 98 Lodges U. D . 108 Masonic Boards of Relief and Employment Bureau . 101 Masonic Home, Visiting Committee . 105 Masonic Publications . 104 Masonic Service Association ' . 105 Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis . 98 Mileage and Per Diem . 133 Missouri Lodge of Research . 63. Necrology . 59 Recognition of, Foreign Grand Lodges . 99 RRvision of By-La\vs . 107 Ritual , '" , . 96 Social Service at Training Camps . 109 Transportation and Hotels . 108 Ways and Means . 112 Welfare . 87 Resolution Adopted-War Activities . 134 Resolution Adopted-Certificates of Proficiency . 134 Restoration to Masonic Good Standing . 101 S Special Anno.uncement Special Committees-1943-1944 'Standing Cornmittees-J943-1944
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DECISIONS APPROVED, 1942SEC. 95, Decision (p. 48). In a case where the Master and Senior Warden had moved to another town, and had not been installed, and the Junior Warden lixed in the country and attended Lodge infrequently, the Grand Master advised the Lodge to elect two men to fill the vacancies. (Proc; 1942, pp. 15, 16, 84.)
SEC. 106,路 Decision (p. 52). In a case where the Master and Senior Warden had moved to another town, and had not been installed, and the Junior Warden lived in the country and attended Lodge infrequently, the Grand Master advised the Lodge to elect two men to fill the vacancies. (Proc. 1942, pp. 15, 16, 84.)
SEC. 112, Decision (p. 56). A person whose right arm has been removed above the elbow is not eligible to receive the degrees, unless by . the aid of artificial appliances he can conform to the necessary ceremonies. (The Committee on Jurisprudence, Proc. 1940, p. 149, makes comment, "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.") (Proc. 1942, p. 15.)
SEC. 121, Decision (p. 64). A Lodge can receive a petition from a person formerly residing within its jurisdiction, but who because of a political appointment resides temporarily outside its jurisdiction, provided he has not changed his voting residence. (The Committee on Jurisprudence states, "As the residence is temporary, it is not the fixed place of abode, and consequently the community in which the petitioner has always resided has jurisdiction to receive his petition. To that extent we approved the Grand Master's decision. The question of residence is largely a matter of intention coupled with acts that are consistent with that intention. Voting is only one of the elements of determining residence. For a detailed statement of qualifications, see Proc. 1939, page 124). (Proc. 1942, pp. 14,83.)
*In order to understand the circumstances surrounding each decision, the record in the Grand Lodge Proceedings, as indicated by the reference, should be read.
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SEC. 121, Decision (p. 64). A Lodge can not receive the petition of a soldier stationed for a year in an army post near the Lodge. (Proc. 1942, pp. 14, 83.)
SEC. 121, Decision (p. 64). A soldie-r who has been in the army fourteen months and has been stationed during that time at a camp near a city in which he intends to make his future home, is not eligible to petition a Lodge in that city. (Proc. 1942, p. 14.)
SEC. 121, Decision (p. 64). A missionary who has returned to his old community which he has always regarded as his home, after spending several years abroad, is eligible to petition his home Lodge. (Proc. 1942, p. 14.) .
SEC. 124, Decision (p. 67). Decision rests with a Lodge as to whether it should accept a petition from a man who has served a term in a penitentiary, and whether conferring the degrees on such an applicant would be detrimental to the reputation of Freemasonry in the community. (Proc. 1942, p. 13.)
SEC. 160, Decision (p. 86). The purpose of SECTION 160, as amended 1941, is to stop Lodges from paying the Per Capita Tax from general funds. Dues can be remitted for inability to pay, by action of the Lodge, and only from year to year. In case dues are remitted for inability to pay, this would include the Grand Lodge Per Capita Tax. Each member of the Lodge is liable for the Per Capita Tax regardless of the by-laws set up by the local Lodge.. (Proc. 1942, p. 16.)
SEC. 161, Decision (p. 89). A member suspended for nonpayment of dues in a Lodge which meanwhile consolidated with another Lodge must petition the latter Lodge for reinstatement. (Proc. 1942, pp. 15, 84.)
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SEC. 161, Decision (p. 89). A member suspended for nonfjayment of dues in 1940 and 1941, in Lodge A, and who wishes to be reinstated in November, 1941, and then dimit to Lodge B, is not required to prepay 1942 dues to Lodge A as a condition of reinstatement. (Proc. 1942, pp. 15, 84.)
SEC. 173, Decision (p. 98). A member suspended for nonpayment of dues in 1940 and 1941, in Lodge A, and who wishes to be reinstated in November, 1941, and then dimit to Lodge B, is not required to prepay 1942 dues to Lodge A as a condition of reinstatement. (Proc. 1942, pp. 15, 84.)
SEC. 180, Decision (p. 101). A Lodge can confer the remaining degrees on an Entered Apprentice who has moved from another State into Missouri, either by courtesy on request of his home Lodge, or he may secure a Certificate of Dimission or Waiver of Jurisdiction from his home Lodge and petition the Missouri Lodge for affiliation as an Entered Ap.prentice. Compliance must be had with SECTIONS 181 and 182. See Proceedings 1940, p. 24. (Proc. 1942, pp. 14, 84.)
SEC. 181, Decision (p. 103). A Lodge can confer the remaining degrees on an Entered Apprentice who has moved from another State into Missouri, either by courtesy on request of his home Lodge, or he may secure a Certificate of Dimission or Waiver of Jurisdiction from his home Lodge and petition the Missouri Lodge for affiliation as an Entered Apprentice.. Compliance must be had with SECTIONS 181 and 182. See Proceedings 1940, page 24. (Proc. 1942, pp. 14, 84.)
SEC. 181, Decision (p. 103). A candidate elected in one Lodge may request that Lodge to have the degrees conferred by another Lodge. (Proc. 1942, pp. 15, 84.)
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SEC. 181, Decision (p. 102). A Lodge may receive a petition from a man soon to be called to the army, and with some exceptions, may request a Lodge in another Grand Jurisdiction to confer the degrees by courtesy. (Proc. 1942, p. 15.)
SEC, 182, Decision (p. 103). A Lodge may receive a petition from a man soon to be called to the army, and with some exceptions, may request a Lodge in another Grand Jurisdiction to confer the degrees by courtesy. (Proc. 1942, p. 15.)
SEC. 183, Decision (p. i03). A candidate elected in one Lodge may request that Lodge to have the degrees conferred by another Lod,ge. (Proc. 1942, pp. 1.5, 84.)
SEC. 183, Decision (p. 103). A Lodge requesting another Lodge to confer degrees will expect to pay $5.00 for each degree conferred unless the same is waived. (P.roc. 1942, pp. 15, 84.)
SEC. 194, Decision (p. 107). A petition can be received from a person who does not reside within the jur,isdiction of the Lodge (but within the State) if it is accompanied by a waiver of jurisdiction from the Lodge within whose jurisdiction he resides. (Proc. 1942, pp. 'IS, 84.)
SEC. 204, Decision (p. 114). Formation of a Credit Union under Missouri laws, t<;> serve a particular Lodge, is prohibited. (Proc. 1942, p. 15.)
Misc. Decision (p. 121). A Lodge should not sponsor a public dance . to raise funds for the Red Cross. (Proc. 1942, p. 13.)
1943
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
17d
Misc. Decision (p. 121). A Lodge should not sponsor a benefit play by a high school drum and bugle corps, the proceeds to be divided between the bugle corps and the Red Cross. (Proc. 1942, p. 13.)
Misc. Decision (p. 121). A Lodge should not sponsor a Chapter of the Order of DeMolay, nor any non-Masonic organization that has no direct connection with the Fraternity. (Proc. 1942, p. 13.)
Misc. Decision (p. 122). It is not wise to change the regular procedure and hold a special prayer service at regular meetings' for men in the armed forces. The Grand Master recommends that a suitable brother address the Lodge on its obligations to members in the service. (The Committee on Jurisprudence comments, "We agree with the Grand Maste-r that it is not wise to change the regular procedure in our ritualistic work, but we see no reason why, at some convenient time during the Lodge meeting, a brief prayer or a brief talk could not and should not be made, if the members so desire. Care should be exercised in the handling of this, and it should be very solemn and dignified, but should have no place in the ritualistic work. Freemasonry believes in prayer, and thought and consider~tion for our brethren wherever they may be, and each Lodge should be permitted to determine these matters as their brethren desire.") (Proc. 1942, pp. 14, 84.)
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