1948 Proceedings - Grand Lodge of Missouri by Missouri Freemasons

GRAND LODGE Ancient, Free and Aeapted

Masons 0/ the State 0/ Missouri

Official Proceedings One Hundred Twenty..Seventh Annual Communication

â&#x20AC;˘ SAINT LOUIS Sept. 28, 29, 30, A. D. 1948, A. L. 5948

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II MORRIS EDWARD EWING Grand Master 1947-1948

Morris Edward Ewing is a farmer, but an unusual one; he is today operating a farm one mile from the farm first settled by his grandfather in 1835. He was born at Morrisville, Mo., March 1, 1895, the son of the Rev. Morris Ashby and Rebecca Jane (Hall) Ewing. The father was born on a site near where the present town of Morrisville is situated; the grandfather was a Virginian, who, as a young man, came West, met and married Miss Sallie Mitchell, of Tennessee, and it was to Polk County in 1835 that they came, and in 1837 erected a log house on the above farm. Rev. Morris Ashby Ewing was in the first class which was graduated from the old Morrisville College, established by the Methodist Church in that community; he was a fine student, and honesty and thoroughness characterized his work. He became a forcible speaker and, in 1878, was licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. It is interesting to note that the Rev. Corona H. Briggs was present at the conference when young Ewing applied for his license to preach. The Rev. Mr. Ewing became the father of eight children-five girls and three boys-our Grand Master being the youngest bOjT and next to the youngest child; he was a member of the Masonic Fraternity and lived to see his three sons affiliated with that organization which he loved next to his church and his family. He died April 26, 1922, and his wife followed him January 30, 1930. In the fall of 1906 our Grand Master entered grade school, having received his preliminary training at home. He attended the ScarrittMorrisville Academy and spent one term in Scan-itt-Morrisville College. His older brothers being away from home attending college, it was necessary for him to drop out of school for a time to take charge of the farm work, but in the fall of 1915 he entered the University of Missouri, where he remained until the spring of 1917, when the United States entered the World War. He was the first man drafted from Polk County in June, 1917, and entered the service September 17, 1917. He assisted in the organization of Battery A, 342nd Field Artillery, 89th Division of the American Expeditionary Forces. He attended the third Reserve Officers' Training Camp at

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Camp Funston, Kansas; was transferred to the Field Artillery Replacement Depot in Camp Jackson, South Carolina, and became a member of Battery A, 8th Battalion, first Brigade. Next he was transferred to the 29th class for School of Fire for Heavy Artillery at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, finishing near the head of his class at both Funston and Fort Sill. He was retained in the school at Fort Sill as an instructor, received his commission as second lieutenant in the summer of 1918, advanced to the rank of first lieutenant in early fall, and was recommended for a captain's commission when the armistice was signed in November, 1918. He holds an honorable discharge from the army, dated December 17, 1918. After the conclusion of the war he returned to the University of Missouri in the fall of 1920, completed his work in June, 1921, and received the degree of B. S. in agriculture with the class of 1923. While in the University he was a member of Alpha Zeta, honorary agricultural fraternity. In March, 1931, he was elected for a threeyear term to represent Missouri on the Midwest Wool Cooperative of Kansas City, Mo., which handles more than seven million pounds of wool annually, and represents twenty thousand farmers in the states of Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas. In 1942-3-4 he was vice-president of the National 'Vool Marketing Corporation of Boston, Massachusetts, which is the marketing agency for twenty-three associations throughout the United States, composed of more than 80,000 wool growers. During this same period he was Agricultural Deputy on the War Savings Staff of Missouri, engaged in the promotion and sale of war bonds. From January, 1924, to July, 1926, he served his government in the Agricultural Extension Department of the State as field instructor for the rehabilitation of service men. He is at this time holding a similar position, instructing G.I.'s in institutional-on-farm training, this being a part of the work carried on by Bolivar High School. He assisted in the organization of the Ozark Production Credit Association in the fall of 1933, and served as its first president; he was also a member of the first board of directors and was elected secretarytreasurer January 1, 1935. He resigned as president of the O. P. C. A. in December, 1934, when the Association was consolidated with three others, and thereupon took up the duties of secretary-treasurer of the consolidated organization. Surrounded by strong religious influences, we are not surprised to know that our Grand Master was duly affected thereby, for early in life he affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; has served as district trustee for that church in the Springfield district, trustee of the local church, president and secretary-treasurer of the board of stewards, and Sunday School superintendent. He was married, March 1, 1925, to Miss Ida Ruth Hines, of Walnut

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Grove, Missouri, the youngest child of a family of ten children, one of the older established families of Polk County. There is one son, Joseph Edward Ewing, born at Morrisville, Missouri, August 21,1927. The son served in the Army Engineers from November, 1945, to March, 1947, a good part of his service being spent in Germany and France with the Army of Occupation. Only those who have visited the Ewing family home can appreciate that family atmosphere so reminiscent of former days when a home was a home. If we were to analyze the character of Morris Ewing we should find that it consists of honor, integrity and fair dealing, interspersed with religious sentiment and a large smattering of friendship and affability. Noone ever doubts the stand of Morris Ewing on any problem involving right or wrong. What Freemasonry meant to the father, it has meant to the son, and it is such qualities that have commended him to the Masonic Fraternity of Missouri and resulted in placing him in the fraternity's most important and official executive positions. Brother Ewing was initiated in Pleasant Lodge No. 160, A. F. & A. M., Morrisville, Missouri, June 27, 1921; passed, July 15, 1921; raised, August 26, 1921; and served as Master in 1926. In the Grand Lodge he was District Deputy Grand Master and District Deputy Grand Lecturer in 1928; Grand Junior Steward in 1941, and Grand Master in 1947-48, having been elected at the annual communication in St. Louis, October 1, 1947. He was exalted in Bolivar Chapter No.5, Royal Arch Masons, at Bolivar, Missouri, July 17, 1924, and served as High Priest in 1930. He received the Order of High Priesthood April 22, 1930. He was greeted in Fidelity Council No. 35, Royal and Select Masters, Mountain Grove, Missouri, February 19, 1925, but on October 15, 1929, affiliated with Zabud Council No. 25 at Springfield Missouri, serving the latter Council as Master in 1939. He was knighted in St. Elmo Commandery No. 43, Knights Templar, Bolivar, Missouri, January 30, 1925, and was Commander in 1929. He was Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery, Knights Templar of Missouri, in 1941-42. He was elected to memhership, May 14, 1929, in the Past Commanders' Association in Missouri. Brother Ewing is a member of St. Christopher Conclave No. 56, Red Cross of Constantine, Springfield, Missouri, installed 1931, and Sovereign in 1936. He also holds membership in the Fort Leonard Wood Chapter of the National Sojourners. He was a member of Knights York Cross of Honor, Indiana Priory No.8, but in 1942 became a charter member of Missouri Priory No. 17, serving as the third Prior of that organization. He is a member of Kilwinning Council No. 18, Allied Masonic Degrees, and of the Missouri Lodge of Research. He has been created a Fellow of the College of Rites. By virtue of his services in W orId War I he became a member of

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Roscoe Enloe Post No. 5 of the American Legion at Jefferson City; he also holds membership in the American War Dads, Springfield, Missouri, Chapter No.6. It is hard to evaluate the administration of a Grand Master until several years have passed and the results of his administration are shown in the years to follow. His year has been marked by an unusually large number of cornerstones laid by the Grand Lodge, and which he personally attended. In at least two instances the Governor of the State has been present; Grand Master Ewing attended the unveiling of the Simon Bolivar monument in Bolivar, Missouri, and sat upon the platform with the President, a Past Grand Master of Missouri. He made the long and tedious journey to the West Coast in June and there paid tribute to two former Missouri lodges which were largely responsible for the establishment of Freemasonry on the Pacific Coast. He has visited, in an official capacity, the various bodies allied with the parent body and thus strengthened the ties which exist between them. His travels have taken him from coast to coast; he has be.come acquainted with the leaders of Freemasonry throughout the continent, and his opening of a special communication of the Grand Lodge, honoring a great Italian Freemason, has given him an insight into the value of a great International Freemasonry. As Grand Master of Masons in Missouri, our distinguished brother brought with him all of those traits for which he is best known. Because of his Masonic connections, and his travel throughout Missouri in his business and fraternal work, he has shown that wisdom in the selection of his associates which resulted in strengthening the institution throughout the State during a period in which the great moral values have shown a decadence. He has slighted no part of his work; he is unafraid to make decisions when decisions have to be made, and in all instances these decisions have been made in accordance with the facts and as he sees the right. The institution of Freemasonry will be better because of Morris Ewing's having been identified with it. R. V. D.

GRAND LODGE Ancient, Free and Accepted

Masons 01 the State 01 Missouri

• Official Proceedings One Hundred Twenty...Seventh Annual Communication

• SAINT LOUIS Sept. 28, 29, 30, A. D. 1948, A. L. 5948

ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION

FIRST DAY The One Hundred Twenty-Seventh Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri convened at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, 3637 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, at 10 :00 a. m., on Tuesday, September 28, 1948. PRESENT Morris E. Ewing, M. W. Grand Master. Harry F. Sunderland, R. W. Deputy Grand Master. James M. Bradford, R. W. Senior Grand Warden. Ray Bond, R. W. Junior Grand Warden. Edmund E. Morris, It. W. Grand Treasurer. Harold L. Reader, R. W. Grand Secretary. Anthony F. Ittner, R. W. Grand Lecturer. Emmett L. Robison, W. Grand Chaplain. Samuel Thurman, W. Grand Chaplain. Edward Potts, W. Grand Chaplain. Homer L. Ferguson, Grand Senior Deacon. Richard O. Rumer, Grand Junior Deacon. J ames McBrayer Sellers, Grand Senior Steward. Orestes Mitchell, Jr., Grand Junior Steward. William J. Craig, Grand Marshal. Harold M. Jayne, Grand Marshal. F. Ernest Carter, Grand Sword Bearer. Frank P. Briggs, Grand Pursuivant. R~bert R. Wright, Grand Tiler.

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At 10 :00 o'clock a. m., Most Worshipful Grand Master Morris E. Ewing opened the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri in Ample Form assisted by the Grand Officers and supported by a large attendance of representatives. Led by a male quartette the brethren united in singing the National Anthem after which Grand Chaplain Samuel Thurman offered the invocation. INVOOATION

o Heavenly Father, may we as Craftsmen take pride in addressing you as the Supreme Architect of the universe. Supreme indeed are Thy words, Thy purposes are beyond our fathoming; we are hum-

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hIe and yet we take pride in the knowledge that Thou wouldst have us approach Thine altar as children seeking guidance and protection at the hand of their Father. rrhou knowest our needs before we utter them; Thou knowest our thoughts, before we conceive them, and yet Thou wouldst have us test ourselves that we may find truly that you are not wanting in trial and temptation: That we stand faced by the law, the Holy Law, the law of our Order, the order of our Law. Thou wouldst have us conscious of our needs before Thee; Thou wouldst have us think our thoughts out though Thou knowest them before we conceive them. Thou wouldst have us refine and distil the sentiments of our hearts and the course of our minds that they may find favor in your sight, that they may work to the welfare of our fraternity. It is not in the sense of informing Thee that we see the world, 0 Lord, is too much with ourselves and though alas for all time and though all about us seems to be too little with us, we shut out Thy law; we have forsaken Thy path; we have not turned to Thy truth and we have ourselves been outcast and forsaken and deceived, and the nations stand armed again, ready to throw themselves in stupid and cruel quarrel and contest against one another. And 0 Lord, here in this sanctuary, in this cathedral of our work, at this altar of our sacrifice, at this throne of our hopes, we kneel before Thee in our hearts and minds beseeching Thy guidance, that we may return to Thee; that we may become the torch bearers of Thy truth; that we may become the beacon light of Thy love; that we may become the servants of Thy sacrifice; teach us to pray in our deliberations that we may find the true from the false; that we may remove the gold from the dross; that we may clasp hands with one another, recognizing and realizing that our greatest bond is our childhood and Thee: That Thou art our Father and we are Thy children; Thou art our King and we are Thy subjects; Thou art our Saviour and we are Thy servants; and, 0 Lord, we ask Thy blessing upon him who stands as a symbol of our Craft, the sun that rises in the East, and give us the hope of a better tomorrow, and warm the air that were icicles of suspicion, unfriendliness and foresooth hate among our brethren; give him the strength, the courage and the certainty of wisdom, that he might guide us in our deliberations with a firm and steady hand and also with a kindly and gentle heart for he is Thy servant, he is Thy follower even as we are his followers in this, Thy sanctuary. Thus, through our deliberations, 0 Lord, may our country benefit, may be find our blessings that we may render to Thee a blessed land, and we pray, 0 Lord, to save and preserve our government, our great Democratic principles, the rule of the people, by the people and for the people, that our banner may fly high to Thee true, and that all the nations of the world may know that we love Thy peace. Amen.

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GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI OREDENTIALS OOMMITTEE-INTERIM REPORT

To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Your Committee on Credentials begs to report a constitutional number of subordinate lodges are represented. Respectfully submitted, ELVIN

LUFF,

Chairman. MESSAGES

Messages of greeting were received from M. Wor. Brother Harry S. Truman, President of the United States from the White House, and M. Wor. Brother Henry C. Chiles now in Europe. APPROVAL OF 1947 PROCEEDINGS

On motion, duly made and carried, the published 1947 Proceedings were approved. APPROVAL OF THE 1944 AND 1945 PROCEEDINGS

On motion duly made, seconded and carried, the 1944 and 1945 Proceedings as published were approved. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

The following amendments were then proposed and referred to the Jurisprudence Committee:

To the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri: The undersigned, being members of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, respectfully present for its consideration the following amendments to its by-laws, to-wit: In Section 142, at the end of the last sentence therein, delete the period and add the words "except as provided in Section 192," so that said section when thus amended shall read as follows: Sec. 142. -Affiliation of Master Mason. A non.-affiliated Master Mason may apply for affiliation to any Lodge in this Jurisdiction, and is not confined to the jurisdiction of the Lodge nearest his place of residence. A non-resident cannot affiliate with any Lodge in this State except as provided in Section 192. In Section 192, after the word "initiation" which is the seventeenth word therein, delete the comma and insert the words "or affiliation," so that said section when thus amended shall read as follows: Sec. 192. Wawer of Jurisdiction from Another Grand Lodg~. Any resident of another Jurisdiction, otherwise qualified, who desires to petition a Lodge in Missouri for initiation or affiliation may be permitted to do so, first having secured a waiver of jurisdiction from the Lodge or Lodges within whose jurisdiction he may reside, and also securing the consent of the Grand Master of

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that Jurisdiction and the consent of the Grand Master of Missouri. HERBERT S. JONES A. H. GAULT HENRY M. WETHY PERCY A. BUDD PERRY W. SEATON CHARLES W. CHANEY J. HARRY GREER FRED H. KNIGHT ROBERT Y. GOGGIN H. B. BLANCHARD EDWARD E. WOLF CI.!.R.ENCE O. ELLSWORTH EDWIN W. ERNST VERNIE G. FISHER Ross E. GIFFIN.

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

Rt. Wor. Edmund E. Morris, Grand Treasurer, introduced the following distinguished visitors: Fred 1. Mills, Grand Master of Illinois. Richard Davenport, Past Grand Master Illinois, present Grand Secretary. Elmer E. McGee, Grand Master of Nebraska. Walter R. Raecke, Past Grand Master of Nebraska. Glen Robison, Grand Master of Kansas. J. Guy Swartslander, Grand Master of Iowa. Earl Delzell, Grand Secretary of Iowa. Frank Oglebie, Senior Grand Warden, Grand Lodge of Iowa. Dorsey Andrews, Senior Grand Deacon, Grand Lodge of Iowa. William B. Massey, Sovereign Grand Inspector General, Scottish Rite of Missouri. Henry C. Thompson, Grand Master of the Council, R. & S. Masters. Lloyd B. Johnson, Past Grand Junior 'Varden of New Mexico. John D. Cunningham, Repr., Masonic Service Association, Washington' D. C. Harold Jayne, Gr~nd King, Grand R. A. C. of Missouri. Roy Dickie, Generalissimo, Grand Commandery of Missouri. DEPUTIES PRESENTED

The District Deputy Grand Masters were presented at the altar and commended for their work by Grand Master Ewing. GRAND MASTER: Brethren, the Grim Reaper is always making inroads into our rank. My first visit to the Grand Lodge was twenty years ago this fall. I was glad to become acquainted with a brother I have seen every session until the present time, and that is Brother Nat D. Jackson, District Deputy Grand Master of the Eighth District, of Independence, Missouri, who passed away last spring.

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Brethren, I will ask you to stand a moment in silent prayer, and I will ask the Grand Chaplain to close with prayer. GRAND CHAPLAIN THURMAN: Keep, 0 Lord, these, Thy children, our brethren, departed from us, but in Thy safe keeping, and bless their memory for our knowing that memory is peace. Grant them peace, 0 Lord. Amen. ADDRESS OF THE GRAND MASTER

To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Missouri: BRETHREN: Having passed another milepost in the history of the Masonic Fraternity in the State of Missouri, it becomes necessary to pause briefly to take stock and inventory of the organization and report on our labors for the past year. There is nothing new under the sun. Your Grand Master would not be so bold as to presume to think that he could say anything that had not been said many times before and perhaps more effectively. It has been said that all truly wise thoughts have been thought thousands .of times, but, to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, until they take root and grow into a vital part of our personal experience. We cannot live in the past; but we can glean many valuable lessons from those sturdy pioneers of the past that could be a beacon light to our paths for the present and the future. Freemasonry is sometimes wrongly referred to as an Order, and its solemn rites as a Ritual. But perhaps these terms do not convey the proper meaning. Our Fraternity is a Craft and its ceremonies are Work. We must remember that work is ennobling. An Order is an association. A craft is something more than an Order, because it inculcates and teaches a mystery. The word craft means skill and power, or the unexplained ability by long practice, to produce a desired result. Therefore, a Craftsman is one skilled in the mysteries. The petitioner is the rough ashlar in its rude and unfinished state. The Lodge, by its Craftsmanship, should work upon him until hecomes, through the practice of our virtues, a perfect ashlar. Sir Christopher \Vren, one of the most distinguished architects of England, who also was distinguished for his mathematical knowledge, lived from 1632 to 1723. He was the builder of Saint Paul's Cathedral in London, 1675-1710. The fruits of genius never grow old-never become outmoded. They are eternal, timeless, infinite. Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg, for instance, bears this stamp of the eternal: its simple truthS are as profoundly significant today as they were almost a hundred years ago. Those who have the interests of Freemasonry at heart, have thought it was possible to say something to persuade society at large that its well-being and progress are, to some extent, involved in the advancement and prosperity of Freemasonry.

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The well-being of every nation, like that of every individual, is three-fold-physical, moral and intellectual. Neither physically, morally nor intellectually is a people ever stationary. Always it either advances or retrogrades; and as one climbs a hill of ice, to advance demands continual effort and exertion, while to slide downward one needs but to halt. You have heard the statement that our civilization is passing. If our civilization is passing, it is because it has broken down into economic, racial and international conflicts-strikes, riots, divorces, hatreds, jealousies and wars. Civilization may be passing because it is founded on material greed. A study of history reveals that the United States, as no other nation in history, was built upon the two lasting foundations of religion and democracy. These make possible an interaction called cooperation. It seeks first the values that grow by being shared. The more gold one gives away, the less gold one has. But the more we share Love, Truth and Beauty, the more we have ourselves. Our American fathers called it democracy. Jesus called it the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. But unless the unorganized public awakens to the destructive influences of organized pressure groups and political machines in this great land, we may lose our democracy, even though we have so gloriously won the last two great wars. Organizations are permitted to defy constitutional right and liberty, by governments of political machines in power, which seek to perpetuate themselves through the votes of the organizations who are given assistance. The ballot, once the instrument of democracy and liberty, has become a medium of barter; and under such conditions, will destroy the institution it created. Organization and centralization of power are the fundamentals of nazism and fascism. Like conditions produce like results, whether in the United States or in Europe. That institution deserves the title of "public benefactor," which, by a system of judicious charities and mutual assistance, diminishes the sum total of haggard want and destitution, and relieves the public of a portion of the burden which the necessities of the poor and shelterless impose upon it; for it thus aids the physical advancement of the people. But when the State starts to feed part of the people, it prepares all to be slaves. Of late, we talk much of social security. Security is about all the slave has. An institution still more deserves the title, if, in addition, it imperatively requires of its members the strict and faithful performance of all those duties towards their fellow-men as individuals, which the loftiest and purest morality enjoins; and so it is the potent auxiliary of the law, and the enforcer of the moral precepts of the Great Teacher who preached the Sermon on the Mount: for it labors for the moral elevation of the people.

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And still more, if its initiates arc also, and of necessity, devoted to the true interest of the people; if they are soldiery of Liberty, Equality and Brotherhood, and at the same time of government, of good order, and of the lav路:-that law made by the representatives of all, for the general good of all, must be implicitly obeyed by all; for thus again it aids in elevating, still higher, the moral character of the people. Few democracies have survived more than 200 years! The process is always the same-a simple, vigorous people fighting for existence, acquiring luxury, becoming enervate and decadent; learning to live without labor, bartering its liberties for governmental largess, and finally passing from the grip of domestic tyrants into that of foreign tyrants. As tribute brought ease to Rome, and the contributions of the Ionic league, luxury to Athens, so the end of the last two wars have brought lush years to us here in America. Public and private morality tend to go into total eclipse. Our American supremacy in crime is due, largely, to the fact that we can not abhor the criminal who sins to satisfy desires so nearly our own. A population that, for 150 years, had execrated Benedict Arnold became willing to sell its birthright for a honus, an easy job, or a dole. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, and eternal vigilance can not be the quality of a people more interested in golf than in government. We need to get away from easy thinking, easy money, easy living, unreasoning prejudice and meaningless shibboleths. The supports of a Lodge are termed "Wisdom, Strength and Beauty; but it is necessary for them to be near equal strength to give proper support. Let us awake and prove Thomas Jefferson wrong when he wrote that our people "will forget themselves, but in the sole faculty of making money," and Abraham Lincoln, prophetic, when he spoke of high resolve" that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." Just remember the free country where intellect and genius rule, will endure. 'Vhere they serve, and other influences govern, its life is very short. And most of all, if in addition to all this, the Lodge strives to elevate the people intellectually, by teaehing those who enter its portals, the profoundest truths of philosophy, and the wisdom of the sages of every age; a rational conception of the Deity; of the universe he has made, and of the laws that govern it; a true estimate of man himself, of his freedom to act, of his dignity and his destiny. We must learn to use democratic right so intelligently that we will know how to select and follow good leadership. It matters not whether or not men are free if, when free, they know not how to choose a

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master. This may be due in large part to our system of education. We have perhaps lost sight of the fact that character influences education with a spiritual conception of life and furnishes the norm by which values are recognized. The only true education is that which enables a man to do what he ought to do, regardless of the consequences. Remember that no man has ever raised his voice against the evils of an established order without paying the price of his temerity. Bear in mind that each one owes a personal accountability to Almighty God. How loved, how honored, awaits thee not; to whom related or by whom begot. We should strive to justify the sacrifices that have been made in our behalf. Strive to achieve. To learn and to do. This is the soul's work here below. The soul grows, as truly as an oak grows. As the tree takes the air and the particles that float in the air, the dew and the rain, and the food that in the earth lies piled around its roots; and by its mysterious chemistry transmutes them into sap and fiber, into wood and leaf, and flower and fruit, and taste, and color, and perfume; so the soul drinks in knowledge, and by a divine alchemy changes what it learns into its own substance and develops itself from within, outwardly, and grows, with an inherent force and power like those which lie hid in the small germ of the acorn. To sleep little and to study much; to say little and to hear and think much; that we may be able to do, earnestly and vigorously whatever is required by duty, by the interest of our fellows, our country and mankind-these are the duties which the Lodge should prescribe to its members. Duty is the moral magnetism that controls and guides the Freemason's course over the tumultous seas of life. \\7'hether the stars of honor, reputation, and reward do, or do not shine; in the light of day, or in the darkness of the night of trouble and adversity; in calm or storm, that unerring magnet still shows him the true course, and indicates with certainty where lies the port, which not to reach, involves shipwreck and dishonor. He follows implicitly its silent bidding, as the mariner, when land is for many days not in sight, and the ocean, without path or landmark, howls angrily around him, follows the silent bidding of the needle, as though it were God's finger, pointing unerringly to the north. To perform that duty, whether the performance be rewarded or unrewarded, is his sole care; nor does it matter to him, though of this performance there may be no witnesses; and, though what he has done will be forever unknown to all mankind. Life's length is not measured by its hours and days; but by that which we have done, therein, for our country and our kind. A useless life is short, if it last a century; but that of Alexander was long as the life of oaks, though he died at 35. If we but eat, and drink, and

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sleep, and let everything go on around us as it pleases; or if we live but to amass wealth, or gain office, or wear titles, we might as well not have lived at all. We think, at the age of twenty, that life is much too long for that which we have to learn and do; and that there is an almost fabulous distance between our age and that of our grandfather. But when, at the age of sixty, if we are fortunate enough to reach it, and according as we have used or wasted our time, we halt and look back along the way we have come, and cast up and try to balance our accounts with time, we find that we have made life much too short, and thrown away a large portion of our days. We then in our mind deduct from the sum total of our years, the hours that we unnecessarily have spent in sleep; the waking hours each day, during which the surface of the mind's pool has not been stirred or ruffled by a single thought; the days that we have got rid of as best we could, to attain some real or fancied object that lay beyond, in the way between which and us stood irksomely the intervening days; and the hours misspent and worse than 'wasted, in folly and dissipation; and we acknowledge with many a sigh, that we could have learned and done, in half a score of years well spent, more than we have in our forty years of manhood. Just as Freedom is only for the free, and Power for the powerful, so with living; life begins at forty for those who have something to live for, and in, and by. For the empty, it is a void. For the stupid, it is a stupidity. For the weak, it is a conscious death. But for the vigorous and the strong, it is the end of an overture and the beginning of still greater music. Our present generation is prone to overlook the important part played in human affairs today by the foundation of character laid for us by our ancestors of pioneer days. Today we would let memory lead us back to the days when the Lodge, lacking in material equipment, struggled to make itself felt in the life of the people; and when home and community builders faced hardships with pioneer vigor. To these patriots of home, church, school, Lodge, and country, words are feeble tribute. Lessons of strength, taught by their living, call for courage in us that matches theirs in spirit. May the souls of these departed be with us today, as I firmly believe they are, to inspire us to purer and higher thoughts, nobler and greater ideals, and stronger and more worthwhile action. It may come somewhat as a shock to the mind and may be hard for some of us to understand for the time being, but it may be none the less true, that the world is coming into a new era. At any rate this is a condition which Freemasonry must consider. It has always been contrary to our laws for the Lodge to enter into political or economic debates. It is not in our province to advise or instruct other organizations as to what their course of procedure should be. Such things are not within the purposes or functions of the Masonic fraternity. Yet, we must be aware of the fact that we are a

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definite part of any established order, and, whatever that may be will no doubt have a definite effect upon our fraternity. Therefore, we must take notice of these things and gear our thinking to what the future is likely to be. It is not our lot to seek to set the pattern for that future, nor to dominate or direct, but we must know what it is so that we shall better be able to apply the truths we have. You are all aware that violent and revolutionary events are taking place in the world. Almost unbelievable things are happening to social orders that have existed for centuries. Perhaps driven by the extraordinary and urgent demands of the past few years, scientific development has been speeded up to an astonishing degree. The manner of life to which we were born, and in which we grew up, alters so rapidly that we hardly can keep up with the tempo. This, in a word, presents the picture, and poses the problem as to what we as Freemasons shall do about it. Frankly, as an organized body, we shall do only what we have always done-with a constant effort to do it better. And more of it. The lessons for Freemasons to remember, or to relearn, are that changes in the physical life of nations have been going on since the beginning of man's ordered experience, will continue to go on, but not one or all of them ever has, nor ever can, alter the foundations upon which our fraternity is built. Freemasonry has nothing in it which needs changing. Some of our practices might well be improved, but all of these refer merely to the machinery of application and are matters always under consideration. When we speak of Freemasonry in the new age, and what may happen to it, there we are thinking of the principle that brought it into being, that is the justification for its perpetuation. But the whole question is very simple. W"hat difference does it make what the world does with its affairs' It will still need in it what Freemasonry teaches. Let us be frank about it. New age, era, or whatnot, men will still need love, friendship, loyalty, brotherhood, generosity and kindliness. They will all need understanding, patience and good will. All these are fundamental principles. No society can be properly established or endure without them. These are what Freemasonry teaches and there will never be any reason to change or forsake them. I think it was '\Villiam Jennings Bryan who once said, "men may live, act and die, but principles never change or die." Therefore we should be most concerned with these unchanging and enduring principles. 'Ve are becoming so involved in the organization and machinery of the Fraternity that these most vital things are being pushed into the baekground. The danger is more apparent now when all of us are so much concerned over the future. Therefore, we must remember that what was actually true a thousand years ago with reference to the great virtues is just as true today ana ,,,ill be equally

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true in the ages to come, because truth never changes. We should rest assured that Freemasonry in the years to come will be unchanged though we hope a deeper appreciation of its moral and spiritual values will be reached by all of us. Brethren, these are the principles which your Grand Master has attempted to emphasize to the Craft during the past year. They are also the basis for his report on the condition of the Fraternity and suggestions in connection therewith. NECROLOGY ((Death is but a path that must be trod if ever man would see God." The passing from this earthly life of a Master Mason is merely entering the open portals to his eternal home. But due to human selfishness we think not of his eternal gain, but our temporary loss and thus are prone to mourn his passing. During the past year only one member of the official family passed from this earthly life. At one-thirty in the afternoon of April 6, 1948, Right Worshipful Brother Nat D. Jackson, District Deputy Grand Master for the 8th Administrative District, died at his home in Independence, Missouri. Brother Jackson had served many of the Masonic bodies over a long period of years. In his passing we have lost a Brother whose place cannot be taken by another. The Committee on Necrology will pay proper tribute to this Brother Master Mason. THE ABUSE OF FREEMASONRY Some members of the fratemity fail to appreciate fully the nature of our organization, and the high principles for which the organization stands. Grand Masters have, for several years past, deplored any attempt on the part of the individual to bring politics into the lodge, or to use Masonic membership as a qualification for political office. A few instances have been reported where members have brazenly used their membership to promote their election to political office; in some instances, friends, who are Freemasons, have done so on their behalf. Such practice must not be tolerated in this jurisdiction otherwise Freemasonry would be made a hotbed of politics and its usefulness destroyed. Designing politicians are not interested in Freemasonry, or its ideals; we must not permit them to use the institution as a means of herding members to the polls, much as sheep are herded to the market by the farmer. At my request, several of my Deputy Grand Masters have investigated a number of these cases, and have preferred charges where it l1as been shown that our laws have been utterly disregarded.

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Candidates for office should not be elected to office because of their Masonic affiliations, but because of their ability to render a greater service to their country than their competitor. SUNDAY OBSERVANCE Our law and traditions recognize the value of Sunday observance; in recent years there has been a tendency to get away from observing the day in the traditional way. Freemasonry has never recognized these so-called "modern trends." We hope they never will. Some attempts have been made to avoid our law by organizing socalled clubs, made up of Freemasons and engaging in Masonic picnics. Vve have endeavored to show such clubs, and the lodges of which they may be members, that this violates the spirit of the law. A notice, clipped from a Masonic newspaper, has been handed to me, telling of the calling off of one of the picnics, and placing the blame )n an order of the Distriet Deputy of that District. This is absolutely unfair to that Deputy who was only carrying out a law with which the members of this club should have been familiar. Nor are we in thorough accord with those lodges which desire to attend Sunday church services as a lodge. Freemasons should attend their church without resort to this practice. Such practice is usually done to advertise either the church or the lodge. Neither need advertisement. Where a lodge attends church service as a lodge, it detracts from other church services in the same city. Freemasonry does not wish to interfere in the work of the church; it wants to be of service to the church. THE EVER PRESENT QUESTION The present Grand Master, his predecessors, and those Grand Masters to come, have been plagued with the liquor laws adopted from time to time by the Grand Lodge. Our present laws although recently adopted are inconsistent and unsatisfactory. It does not seem right that one who operates a place of business and profits from the sale of liquor should be eligible to petition, while the man who works for him dispensing the liquor is ineligible. In our own Masonic Temples we have banished all forms of liquor; as Freemasons, during hours of labor and refreshment, we preach and insist upon Temperance. It is classed as the first of the four cardinal virtues of Freemasonry. It means Temperance in all things and is not inserted in the Masonic lectures for the purpose of adding words, but because experience has proved the wisdom of that virtue. One hundred thousand Missouri Masons supporting the idea of Temperance in all things could work miracles among our citizenship. Freemasons should be leaders in all matters pertaining to moral and spiritual uplift. Has the spirit of such great moral leaders as Corona H. Briggs"

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William F. Kuhn, Charles C. \Voods and others departed from us, Have our leaders of today deserted those ideals on which Freemasonry in Missouri has built its foundation' Has the material superseded the spiritual' May I suggest a study of our laws with a view to improving the present inconsistent laws. THE ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT In your last revision of our laws you set up the Administrative District, dividing the state into approximately thirty such districts with a District Deputy Grand Master over each District. While the Committee on Revision had some definite ideas as to the work to be carried on in each district, the matter was never planned out in order to attain maximum benefits. In the first year of its operation, each D. D. G. M. was literally "on his own" as no time had been devoted to study of administrative problems. 'When I came into office I was equally as unfamiliar with what should be done. And yet, my experience in a:ttending the district meetings has been such that I think the Administrative idea is well founded, but probably not in every instance carried out as it should be in order td accomplish its original purpose. What is needed at this time is some sort of a planning board charged with working out the various problems which are to be presented to the lodges; ideas for the improvement of the technique of handling lodge business, and familiarizing officers with the requirements of their office; and particularly calling attention of lodge to acts of omission and commission, so that they may function satisfactorily and create a better impression among the membership. At many of these district meetings many lodges have not been represented; as a rule the lodges which most need instruction are among the missing. \Ve have no means of enforcing attendance, but where it is found that a lodge is not attending to its Masonic duties, does not hold meetings, or show interest we can arrest a charter. I would hesitate in taking up the charters of all Missouri lodges which could not confer in a satisfactory way the three degrees of Freemasonry-we would lose too many lodges. In connection with the Administrative District, I would recommend the appointment of a committee charged with planning an annual program to be carried out in each district under the direction or each D. D. G. M., and so arranged that the Grand Master could be present. An interesting program well carried out is the best method of increasing the attendance and interest in these district meetings. They can be made the most valuable feature of Grand Lodge activity. LARGE AND SMALL LODGES Missouri is a jurisdiction in which the size of lodges varies from

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15 members to 3,000 members. This brings with it the problem of the large lodge vs. the small lodge. In my estimation a lodge may be too large or it may be too small. Most of us can see the objections to having a lodge so small that it cannot ('arry on its proper Masonic ritual and activities. Money is required to carryon the business of any lodge. It so happens that I myself am a member of a small lodge and am fully acquainted with these problems, and they are many. It requires the best leadership to maintain interest in a lodge of 50 members. We have many small lodges in Missouri which are going to have to be consolidated within the years to come. They will not be able to weather another depression. We have hundreds of lodges that are not able to properly confer the degrees of Freemasonry. It seems foolish, in my mind, to accept petitions of men for the degrees and give them these degrees in a slip-shod manner, in a way that will never impress them, and certainly not make them appreciative Freemasons. The question of the large lodge is entirely different. Our Mother Grand Lodge of England has solved this problem by breaking up what might have been large lodges into small lodges. A lodge should not be so large, but that every individual Freemason who wished to take a part in the actual work in the lodge might have an opportunity to do so. It is impossible in a lodge of 3,000 members for more than seven or eight individuals to carryon the ritualistic work, so that the great bulk of the membership have no chance for advancement. Large lodges necessarily have large classes of candidates, and busy men are unable to spare time from their work to meet night after night and day after day conferring degrees, with the consequent result of loss of active and virile leadership. The only advantage set forth in having a large lodge is that such organizations are enabled to have substantial and attractive Masonic Temples, but this advantage must be disregarded in view of the usual mortgage which hangs over such properties and which destroys the charity of any lodge, for the money which should go to helpless and indigent brethren is heing used to payoff mortgages on temple properties. I would recommend that some thought be given to these large lodges so that all Freemasons may have a chance to take part in the conferring of degrees and bringing to the organization such leadership as will enable us to go forward llnd to l'l('('omplish the great purpose for which we exist. It would seem that we might well frame a law providing for the limitation of membership and follow out the custom of our English Brethren, where, whenever a lodge becomes too large, a new lodge is organized and the average lodge membership kept at a minimum figure. It has also occurred to me that there would be some value in a

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waiting list of petitioners, that when a lodge had reached its full quota of membership, no further petitions would be received until such a time as there happened to be a vacancy. Let us make the organization something that men actually want to join, and an organization in which they will desire to retain membership. Freemasonry in Missouri would be better with 50,000 conscientious, working Freemasons than with 100,000 members whose only contribution to the lodge was the paJ'ment of dues. USE OF MASONIC HALLS A lodge writes asking whether permission of the Grand Lodge is necessary for the Rainbow Girls to occupy their Masonic Temple. This brings up the question of the occupancy of Masonic Temples by allied and extraneous organizations. So far the Grand Lodge has never written a restrictive law specifying as to what groups may be included or excluded from Masonic Temples. A Masonic Lodge Room should be a place of peace and harmony, and primarily for the use of the lodge which may own, rent or occupy it. Anything which might create friction, or where there is any appreciable objection to a joint occupancy is not a proper question to inject into a lodge. As to the occupancy of Masonic halls by boys and girls organizations, there has always been much difference of opinion and in some instances considerable friction. The great danger has been that the sponsoring body has failed to provide proper supervision, in which instance such occupancy proves to be a liability, not only to that organization but also to the sponsoring body. It would seem that some statement should be made as to the Grand Lodge attitude on this whole matter of occupancy. So far as I am aware there has never been any complaint as to the occupancy of :Masonic halls by those groups generally regarded as Masonic, and which include Chapters of Royal Arch Masons, Councils of Royal and Select Masters, and Commanderies of Knights Templar, and in most instances it has been found that these bodies pay a proportionate part" of the upkeep and maintenance of buildings, and very often arc owners of considerable stock in Masonic Temple associations. It would be my decision that no group may occupy a Masonic Lodge hall, owned and operated by a lodge of Freemasons if there is any appreciable objection to a joint occupancy, or in any instance where such occupancy would disturb the peace and harmony of the lodge. I have purposely examined the reports of several Temple Associations, from which it would appear that many of our lodges are paying a disproportionate part of Temple expense, and in many instances, some of these associated groups arc paying less for rental than the bodies which actually own and operate the building. There

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is considerable danger in these Temple Associations where the rights of the lodge are not fully protected. In one instance, friction was barely averted when a political organization of questionable patriotic standing desired to rent an auditorium in one of our temples. The Grand Lodge should set up some restrictions on such associations. My reason for insisting on prompt action is to prevent these associations from laying the whole lodge building liable for taxes, in renting out their halls and auditoriums for commercial purposes. The Grand Lodge will not intervene where it is shown that a Masonic Lodge is endeavoring to evade taxes. SOLICITATION OF CANDIDATES Every candidate for Freemasonry is required to answer in the affirmative a question which asks "whether he has freely and voluntarily offered himself as a candidate~" Under these circumstances, it is inconceivable that any Freemason of integrity would be guilty of soliciting anyone to become a member of our Fraternity. Yet that is happening frequently in this jurisdiction; most of this solicitation seems to be confined to the larger cities where an inordinate desire for candidates is being shown for reasons not apparent on the surface. In one city, a man who had been rejected for Masonic honors, was sent a letter of invitation to join a certain Masonic group. Numerous instances have been reported where Entered Apprentices, Fellowcrafts and even petitioners, have received such invitations. Such procedure leads those who are thinking of receiving Masonic degrees or advancement in our mysteries, to believe that Freemasonry is interested most in one's pocketbook, or of engaging in a race to see who could receive the most degrees or attach the largest number of titles to his name. There is nothing higher in Freemasonry than a Freemason of the 3 0 â&#x20AC;˘ There are other degrees which may be educational, but they are not essential to making a man any more than he is when he receives the degree of Master Mason. We do not know what these solicitors for petition receive as a result of their activity but if the rites, or rite, which awards honors or prizes for those who secure petitions will cease to make such awards, it is our opinion that solicitation will cease at oncc. This leads us to the question of Masonic Degree Teams. \Ve have always enjoyed seeing fraternal visits between Lodges, where officers of a certain lodge visit another lodge, and confer the degrees as a courtesy to another lodge. In recent years this has developed into a system where groups of individuals organize themselves into Trowel Clubs, Square Clubs, and the like, journeying in many instances into other states and conferring their degrees, many times without any Masonic supervision, and in many instances bringing the reputation

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of the fraternity into question. Reports from many of these visitations leads me to believe that these are the occasions when unnecessary roughness has been reported. Unauthorized groups should be forbidden to confer Masonic degrees; no group should be permitted to confer degrees whenever they have :l.cquired a reputation for roughness or unMasonic actions. It is my recommendation that no group of individuals be permitted to engage in the conferring of degrees by whatsoever name they may be known. Investigation of several instances proved the contention that most of these groups are not so much interested in promoting the "ork of the lodge as they are in securing petitions for some Maso:1ic or associated group. A MASONIC MAGAZINE At your last annual communication I was authorized to appoint a comrr.ittee to go further into the question of printing a magazine for distribution among our membership. I I.ave not done so, not because of any desire to avoid the instructions of the Grand Lodge, but because I doubted the wisdom of such proc(:dure. And especially, in view of the increased cost of running the Grand Lodge, the Masonic Home, and our other activities. A magazine is an expensive thing. It requires payment of salaries. It requires the service of skilled employees. It requires an editor. Then are few competent Masonic editors. I am sure the Grand Lodge does not desire to go into the publishing business for the sole purpose of p:~oviding jobs, and especially when it would mean an increase of $1 in per capita tax. Commercialism has no place in Freemasonry; to p:~int a magazine without advertising would mean additional expense. Whenever the Grand Lodge engages in solicitation of advertisements we are on the road to commercialism. We have a source of information for Masonic matters. I refer to the "Masonic \Vorld" which is written for the Grand Lodge by Past Grand Master Ray V. Denslow. It covers every conceivable subject in which a Freemason could be interested. I have just concluded the reading of the 1948 report and marvel at the information it imparts. No ,me can read this report year after year without becoming fully informed on things Masonic. The unfortunate thing about the report is that it is available to so few. For that reason I have asked that an add.tional supply be printed for distribution at Grand Lodge. IB it not possible that those brethren, or Lodges, desiring Masonic infe,rmation might arrange with our printer to supply their membership with copies of this report' We are aware that at least one lodge in Missouri has carried out such a program. This, we think, should be lY.fissouri's approach to the Masonic publication problem. Brother Dellslow spends much time, effort, and money in the preparation of

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this annual report and his work is read throughout the Masonic world with general approval and most favorable comment. AS THE PUBLIC SEES US Our Grand Lodge does not have a committee on Public Relations; probably because each individual, in a measure, serves as such a committee. The failure of Freemasonry to impress many individuals may be due to our failure to properly present the fraternity in a dignified way. The advertising columns of the Metropolitan press displays several examples of the things we should not do as Freemasons. I refer to the lodge notices appearing day by day in the Metropolitan press. Many of these notices contain high sounding titles which mean nothing to the outside world. While it may be perfectly proper to use the name of the "Most \VoTshipful Grand Master of Freemasons in the State of Missouri" when introducing your chief executive officer, nevertheless the same appearing in the newspaper, read by those who are not members of the fraternity, may produce an entirely opposite effect. For this reason, I would recommend that all lodges, in issuing notices of meetings, refrain from the use of the usual and accustomed titles as found in Masonic Lodge rooms. If it is neeessary to refer to the Grand Master, the simple abbreviation G. M. should be sufficient. Nor is it necessary that those of our membership who serve as Masters of Lodges need add their entire title when placing these notices in newspapers. It detracts from the dignity of the fraternity, as well as costing the lodge additional money. The misuse of titles is also found in much of the correspondence carried on with the Grand Master and officials of other bodies. In my file of correspondence I have one envelope which contains seven lines, which the writer thought necessary in order to reach me at my permanent residence. The town in which I live is not so large that the name of Morris E. Ewing, Morrisville, Mo., would not have been entirely sufficient. The indiscriminate use of titles and references to Grand Lodge is out of place on any envelope, and I would recommend that the Grand Lodge itself be the first to set an example by restricting the use of Masonic Titles to the sealed communication itself, and not to the envelope which conveys it. MISSOURI LODGE OF RESEARCH A few years ago the Missouri Lodge of Research was organized under a by-law enacted by the Grand Lodge and after fully complying with the by-law was issued a charter by the Grand Lodge. Thus far they have done well in searching out and putting in book form much of our early Missouri Masonic history which otherwise would have remained buried in obscurity.

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This has been accomplished through the tireless efforts of our leadirlg Masonic students and scholars without any remuneration whauver. Every Lodge in the state should be lending assistance to this great work in assembling many invaluable items before it is forev~r too late to secure them. Thl~ Lodge has made a splendid increase in membership during the past year, with concsiderably more than 400 members at present. This is due mainly to the long hours of labor and unselfish devotion to tho cause of Freemasonry by the secretary, Brother F. M. McKinney (If Trenton, Missouri. His is truly a labor of love because there has ~)een no monetary compensation. The membership fee is five dollars either for a Lodge or a Master Mason. The annual dues are five -lollars. Every Lodge in the State should be a member of the Miss-)uri Lodge of Research. THE MASONIC HOME Weare all interested in our Masonic Home but the influx of communications which constantly come to the desk of the Grand Master having reference to that institution would lead me to believe that few of our membership understand the relationship between the Grand Lodge and the Home. B )th the Grand Lodge and the Masonic Home are separate legal entUes; the Grand Lodge was incorporated by the General Assembly of Missouri, February 17, 1843, and again February 13, 1864. The Mlli:onic Home was not incorporated until June 28, 1886, and then by the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Mo., the official certificate being issued by the Secretary of State, July 12, 1886. The only connection, legally had, with the Home is that the Grand Lodge annually elects Directors to the Home Board; and, the Grand Locge pays over annually to the Home a certain per capita tax, which with the interest from endowment funds and gifts made by the membership and friends, enables us to carryon the work of the Hone. But as to the Grand Master, and his connection with the Home, he is but an ex-officio member, with right to counsel and advise the Board of the Home. Consequently, all letters written by the membership to the Grand Ma ster expressing criticism of the Home and the Board, do not come wi1hin his province; anonymous letters should not be considered, but I have been in receipt of several such communications. If a brother is unwilling to sign his name to such a communication, then he should refuse to make such complaint. You are to have before you at this annual communication a report from the Masonic Home Board. There are certain members who ho nestly feel that the Home is receiving insufficient income for its aC1;ual needs. There are others who feel that our per capita tax, as

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at present set up, is ample for immediate needs. May it not be that we are following the general trend of the times in extending our needs beyond the financial limits of our lodges to pay' We are, I believe, attempting to follow the trends which leads towards an institutionalism of our charities. It is not altogether charity for all of our Lodges to pay in so much a year for the support of an institution, which, in turn, pays out the money for institutional care. The giver and the receiver are too far apart. Personally, I am heartily in favor of looking after all of our indigent brethren and orphans, but I think this can be accomplished through an outside relief system in which the local lodge, and the local lodge officers may be in constant contact with our indigent brethren. It is stated that the present cost of upkeep per guest of the Home is approximaely $1,000 per capita; and this does not take into consideration the endowment fund of $2,000,000 or our investment in Home grounds of approximately the same amount. \Vhat we would suggest is a general survey of Masonic Home conditions and the adjustment of our expenses to meet our income, without in any way disturbing the present financial structure of our Lodges. THE EASTERN STAR AND THE HOME Mention of the Masonic Home and its financial troubles leads me to believe that you, members of the Grand Lodge, should be informed as to the status of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Masonic Home. Many years ago, an attempt was made by influential members of the O. E. S. to secure representation on the Masonic Home Board. Much opposition was engendered. The Grand Lodge believed that the Home was a Masonic project and that it should control all its policies. They consented to accept what is generally referred to as an "Advisory Board" made up of representatives of the Star, and this Board has been of considerable service in fixing up rooms and otherwise adding to the comfort of the Home. The beautiful Chapel at the home was the work of the O. E. S. Figures quoted at a recent meeting of the Board showed that there were 70 or more resident members of the Home who had been admitted on the basis of their Star membership. On the basis of estimates supplied by the President of the Home, the cost of maintaining these seventy members would amount to $70,000 or more. The Star contributes on a per capita tax basis of 25c per member, from which we annually receive approximately $16,000. It would seem that the per capita tax of the Star should either be increased or their resident population reduced. At any rate, may I suggest a study of this problem, and some recommendations as to how the question of admission may be adjusted on a more equitable basis.

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MASONIC UNITY I have always been a strong believer in the advantages of Masonic unity, but there is no advantage in preaching a doctrine unless we put that doctrine into practice. As your Grand Master I have :mdeavored to cooperate with other Masonic groups, believing that ';he advancement of one is the advancement of all. I firmly , belie\e that membership in the so-called higher degrees of Freemasonry should be for the purpose of making one a more efficient work,~r in the Lodge. The'first duty of every Freemason should be to the Grand Lodge, which, after all, is the great mother of Freemasonry. Or.e of the finest evidences of Masonic unity in Missouri is the fine l:pirit which prevails between the executive officers of our various Masc,nic Groups. I was the guest at the meetings of the following bodil~s on the dates given: SEcond Royal Arch Forum, Boonville, October 27, 1947; Grand Commandery District Conelave, Kansas City, December 13, 1947; K. Y. C. H. and Grand Council, Kansas City, April 26, 1948; Missouri Lodge of Research and Grand Chapter, Kansas City, April 27, 19M,; Grand Commandery, Jefferson City, May 10, 11, 1948. T'lese courtesies were extended to me as Grand Master of the Grand Lod~e of Missouri and I hereby express to these groups my appreciation of all courtesies shown on these occasions. DISPENSATIONS C'n October 20, 1947, to Washington Lodge No. 87 to hold their centenrial celebration in the High School on October 28th. (In November 4, 1947, to Osage Lodge No. 307 to meet in hall of She~don Lodg-e No. 371 until repairs on Lodge room are completed. On December 2, 1947, to R. W. Bro. Robert Fowlkes, to dedicate the new hall of Clarkton Lodge U. D. on December 3. On February 28, 1948, to Meridian Lodge No.2 to hold a special communication at Pomegranate Temple to allow the members of Meridian Locge to inspect the Temple and work in the Lodge Hall. On April 15, 1948, to R. W. Bro. Cornelius D. Struble, to dedicate the ne,,' hall of Cleveland Lodge No. 651 on April 29. ')n May 4, 1948, to R. W. Bro. W. B. Harris, to dedicate the new hall of Greenville Lodge No. 107 on May 6. On July 28, 1948, to Grove Spring Lodge No. 589 to meet in the gymnasium of the High School till their new hall can be built. On August 12, 1948, to Livingston Lodge No. 51 to hold special meetinf in the High School Auditorium at Glasgow, Mo., on August 21, 1948.

TO INSTALL OFFICERS On December 12, 1947, to Olive Branch Lodge No. 576 to hold instdlation of officers in the Masonic Temple in McKinney Hall on January 10, 1948. On December 15, 1947, to Wentzville Lodge No. 46 to hold joint installation with the Eastern Star in the Community Club Hall of Wentzville, on December 27.

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On Det'3mber 15, 1947, to Freedom Lodge No. 636 to hold public installation of officers at the Gardenville Temple on January 10. On December 16, 1947, to Acacia Lodge No. 602 to hold joint installation of officers with Twilight Lodge on December 30. On February 4, 1948, to Beacon Lodge No. 3 to hold installation of officers in Commandery Hall, Masonic Temple, 3681 Lindell Blvd., on Wednesday, March 31, 1948.

ELECTIONS On December 19, 1947, to Washington Lodge No. 87 to hold their election on December 16th instead of December 23rd. On December 22, 1947, to Philadelphia Lodge No. 502 to hold their election on December 26. On December 22, 1947, to Clarence Lodge No. 662 to elect officers at special communication on December 30.

WAIVERS Approved the action of Hume Lodge No. 130 in granting a waiver ('f jurisdiction on Charles Courtor to enable him to petition Eureka Lodge No. 88 of Pleasonton, Kansas. Approved the action of Northwest Lodge No. 358 in granting waiver of jurisdiction on Clarence Lester Richards to Tri-Centum Lodge No. 300 at Shenandoah, Iowa. Approved the action of Memphis Lodge No. 16 waving jurisdiction on Charles Morris in favor of Appollo Lodge No. 461. Approved the action of Cainsville Lodge No. 328 waving jurisdiction on Charles Everett Hagen of Pleasanton. Iowa. Approved the action of Samaritan Lodge No. 424 waving jurisdiction on Lt. Fred David Chapman in order that he may petition Parkend Lodge No. 638 in Louisville, Kentucky.

TO REBALLOT On February 8, 1948, to Country Club Lodge No. 656 to reballot on the petition of Herbert Lavon Calkins. On March 23, 1948, to Erwin Lodge No. 121 to reballot on the petition of William T. Ermert. On March 30, 1948, to Hiram Lodge No. 362 to again ballot on the petitions of Walter Emmet Evans and Eugene Starr. On April 22, 1948, to Portageville Lodge No. 166 to reballot on the petition of Fritz Starmer. On June 2, 1948, to reballot on the petition to Rockhill Lodge No. 663 of Robert Bitner. On June 29, 1948, to Shekinah I~odge No. 256 to reballot on the petition of Robert Griffith Madison. On June 29, 1948, to Zeredatha Lodge No. 189 to reballot on the petition of Joseph Herrington.

CONCURRENT JURISDICTION I confirmed the decision as set out in 1942, which decision stated there was concurrent jurisdiction between the 33d and 57th Districts.

VISITS OF DEGREE TEAMS On October 30, 1947, to East Gate Lodge No. 630 to visit Ottawa Lodge No. 18 of Kansas. On January 20, 1948, to Sheffield Lodge No. 625 to confer the Third Degree in Covenant Lodge No. 453 of New Market, Iowa.

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On February 4, 1948, to Cache Lodge No. 416 to invite the Western Grand Lecturers Club of Illinois to confer the Third Degree. On ~arch 1, 1948, to Osage Lodge No. 303 to visit Rising Sun Lodge No. 8 3f Fort Scott, Kansas. On March 16, 1948, to permit Whiting Lodge No. 613 of Whiting, Indiana, to confer the Third Degree in Kansas City Lodge No. 220. On March 17, 1948, to Meridian Lodge No. 2 to visit and confer the Mastel Mason Degree on their own candidate in Lafayette Lodge No. 81 of Cm ~innati, Ohio. On April 13, 1948, to a group of Master Masons from Granite City, Ill., to confer the Third Degree on a fellow worker in Tower Grove Lodge No. 6::1. On April 13, 1948, to Leachville, Arkansas, Lodge to confer the Third Degre.) in Senath Lodge No. 513. On June 2, 1948, to Keystone Lodge No. 243 to entertain Columbia Lodge No. 474 from Illinois. On August 4, 1948, to Hiram Lodge No. 362 to visit IIancock Lodge No.2) of Carthage, Illinois.

COURTESY DEGREES On March 17, 1948, requested St. John's Lodge No. 1 of Newport, Rhod(: Island, to confer the Third Degree on John Parks Morris for Higb(,e Lodge No. 527. On April 13, 1948, requested Bartlesville Lodge No. 284 of Bartlesville, Oklahoma to confer the Second and Third Degrees on Ernest Albrigh ~ for Gallatin Lodge No. 106. On June 29, 1948, requested Glenwood Lodge No. 65 of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, to confer the Third Degree on George Marion Watson f)r our Bethany Lodge No. 97. Or. July 12, 1948, requested Chamberlain Lodge No. 913 of Kingsville, Texas, to confer the work on 'Walter Junior West for our Vincil Lodg 3 No. 62.

HEALING 01. August 2, 1948, healed Brother Frederick Cord Dittmer for Gran-

ite Lodge No. 272 according to our by-laws, to take care of a mistake or rather an oversight by the lodge.

THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE M .ssouri, as usual, was well represented at the Conferences in Washington, D. C., in February, 1948. In the party of Missourians who attended were; Bert S. Lee, A. F. Ittner, W. W. Martin, Harold L. Ii~eader, Ray V. Denslow (past Grand Masters) and Morris E. Ewi:1g, Harry F. Sunderland (representing the Grand Lodge). Other brothers in attendance were; John F. Reinhardt, William R. Denslow, Frank S. Land, and Alex Dawson. On the morning of February 23, busses took the representatives from the Hotel Statler to Alexandria and the George VV' ashington Masonic National Memorial. A luncheon was served in the newly com pleted dining room of the l\Iemorial. A second effort was made to get the control of the Association out of t he hands of Grand Lodges and place it under the control of some of the so-called "higher bodies" but this was defeated.

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The conference of Grand Masters was held on February 24, 25: we attended all of these sessions and received much information helpful in our work. The outstanding event of this meeting was the presence of a distinguished Italian Freemason, Bro. Publio Corlini; his sincerity and high character were the distinguishing characteristics of a very informative address. Weare happy to have added Italy to those jurisdictions recognized by Missouri. If other jurisdictions could add their support it would advance the cause of Universal Freemasonry. Already twenty-three jurisdictions have recognized the Grand Orient of Italy. The dinner for the Grand Masters was held on the evening of the 24th and for the first time in history was attended by ladies. The dinner given by the Grand Secretaries was held on the evening of the 25th; the principal speaker was Dr. Cloyd H. Marvin, President of George Washington University. I was present at the invitation of our Grand Secretary. The last, and one of the most interesting of the meetings was the Masonic Service Association meeting on the 26th. This Association is doing a wonderful service, and if supported in the proper spirit by all of the Grand Lodges, would do more. It is the only national organization attempting to carryon a real program for Masonic relief in case of disaster, war, or pestilence. Your Grand Master was named on the Committee on Masonic Relief. GRAND MASTER'S CONFERENCES \VITH DISTRICT DEPUTIES AND DISTRICT LECTURERS Following the custom of past years the Grand Master and the Grand Lecturer held two Conferences and two schools of instruction, one at St. Louis and one at Kansas City. The meeting at St. Louis was held on Monday, January 5, in the Masonic Temple, 3681 Lindell Blvd. Briefly outlined a tentative program for the year and the remainder of the day was spent on the ritual under the direction of the Grand Lecturer. There were present 12 of the 15 District Deputies from the east side of the state. Also seven Past Grand Masters, three of the line officers and members of different committees. All were helpful in their advice and admonition. The meeting at Kansas City was held in the Masonic Temple at Ninth and Harrison streets on Monday, January 12. The attendance was practically the same and my talk to the Deputies was along the same lines as that at St. Louis and the same general routine was followed for the day. I gained much from my contacts in the two meetings and sincerely hope that I contributed something of value. The theme for the year was not more members but better Masons.

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YISITATIONS TO OTHER GRAND JURISDICTIONS Onn of the outstanding pleasures derived from holding the office of Gmnd Master is the opportunity afforded one to visit the FreemaSOllS in other Jurisdictions and learn how their problems are handled. It '.vas my privilege to attend the annual meetings of the Grand Lodgl~s of Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Washington, British Colunbia and Oregon. In all instances I was extended every courtesy possible and carried to them the fraternal greetings of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. CENTENNIAL LODGES Th~re are eight Lodges operating today that were chartered by the Gran 1 Lodge of Missouri in 1847 and 1848. They are as follows:

Multnomah No. 84, Oregon City, Oregon Territory Washington No. 87, Greenfield, Mo. Friendship No. 89, Chillicothe, Mo. Madison No. 91, Madison, Missouri. Perseverance No. 92, Louisiana, Mo. St. Mark's No. 93, Cape Girardeau, Mo. St. Andrews No. 96, Shelbyville, Mo. Western Star No. 98, Benton City, California. Mllltnomah is now No.1 at Oregon City, Oregon, and Western Star is No.2 at Shasta, California. Duing the year I visited all except Madison No.9!. Drove to Louisiana, Missouri, on October 11 where I took a small part in a wonderful celebration by Perseverance Lodge No. 92. On October 28, 1947, I attended the meeting of Washington No. 87 at Greenfield. Dinner was served to an overflow crowd of Masons and their wives, better than 350. There were four 50 year members present. About 250 Masons for the Third Degree after dinner. This is the only Lodga in Southwest Missouri that did not surrender its charter during the Civil War. For a considerable time the Master carried the charter in hi!: pocket. Meetings were held at irregular intervals in various places. Brother Allan McDowell, a Past Grand Lecturer was a member of this Lodge. N,)vember 26, 1947, I visited St. Mark's Lodge No. 93 at Cape Girardeau where they had arranged a wonderful dinner and program and Lodge meeting after which I made a short talk. V:sited Friendship Lodge No. 89 at Chillicothe on April 16, 1948. They had t fine dinner and Lodge after dinner where I had the pleasure of presEnting four 50 year buttons. Three other 50 year members present. V:.sited St. Andrews No. 96 at Shelbyville on May 11, 1948. Open meet mg. Fine dinner and program. Installed R. W. Brother Frank P. Brig;5s as Grand Pursuivant.

WESTERN TRIP II. June I had the extreme pleasure of journeying with my wife and son 1;0 the West Coast where it was my privilege to have a part in the Cent,mnial celebration of the first two Lodges chartered on the West Coas;.

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We left home on June 7. Attended the Grand Lodge of Nebraska and Iowa. Our through the Yellowstone National Park and on to Bellingham, Washington. Here I attended the 91st Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Washington on June 15. 'rhat afternoon a monument was unveiled to Brother Pierre Barlow Cornwall who carried the first Masonic Charter to the West Coast and some years later founded the city of Bellingham. The monument was placed at the entrance to the city park which is a tract of land donated to the city by his daughter. His son, Brother Bruce Cornwall, was present to take part in the ceremony. Your Grand Master was asked to speak on this occasion. This was followed by a wonderful barbecued salmon dinner out in the park underneath the giant pines. That evening in the beautiful ball park was presented a most wonderful pageant, The Coming of the Charter, commemorating the bringing of the first Mason Lodge Charter to the Northwest in 1848. June 16, we drove to Vancouver, British Columbia, where I had pleasure of meeting with brethren north of the border. Was most courteously received and asked to speak. Was greatly impressed by the very dignified and sincere manner in which they regard their Masonry. I find that they have much we could well imitate. On June 17 we drove to Portland, Oregon, where I attended the Grand Lodge of Oregon on the 17th and 18th. On the evening of the 17th the Grand Lodge set aside a law and permitted a local Lodge to meet during Grand Lodge. Brother Frank Knoll, the Grand Historian of Oregon, drove me over to Oregon City to their Centennial meeting. The small hall was crowded with more than 300 Masons. At the close of my talk I presented the Lodge with a beautiful bronze plaque from the Grand Lodge of Missouri. This was a real surprise and well received by all. Then followed a fine program by the Rainbow girls. There were present 47 Masters of Lodges in Oregon. On the evening of June 19, I attended a meeting and banquet in Western Star Lodge No.2 at Shasta, about six miles out of Redding, California. They have the original charter issued by the Grand Lodge of Missouri 100 years ago. Their han was erected 95 years ago and is in fine state of preservation. The heavy steel plate shutters are still on every door and window. The finishing lumber was all sawed and planed by hand. They had to turn away many who were not able to get in the hall. Here I presented them with a plaque similar to the one at Oregon City. It was also well received. They also presented me with an engraved gavel. On the 21st I visited a Lodge at Selma, California, where an old cousin of mine is the senior member and past master. He was made a Master Mason in my little Lodge 62 years ago. He has since celebrated his 82nd birthday and also has been back to Missouri on a visit and attended a meeting of my Lodge. On the morning of June 22 I was invited to the Lodge Han in Hanford, California, where I was asked to sign a famous old Bible under the signature of the President of the United States, M. W. Brother Harry S. Truman. We journeyed on to Los Angeles and home through Texas to visit my sister, arriving home on the 27th. This was a wonderful educational and inspirational journey. As we study the character of these sturdy pioneers of a century ago we are impressed with the steadfastness and the regularity that characterized their every step. Although far removed from centers of population, and with access to but few publications, yet these Masons were well informed as to Masonic law. Paraphrasing the words of Kipling: "But they'knew the Ancient Landmarks, An' they Rep' 'em to a hair."

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DISTRICT MEETINGS Distance, time and lack of physical strength prevented my visiting all the Districts. In every District I visited the Deputy had a good meeting. Froblems of the Lodges were discussed informally and feel that much good resulted from these meetings. Most of these meetings were well attended by Past Grand and Grand Lodge Officers. It appears that instrudion is desired in administrative affairs as well as in the ritual. I Lttended District meetings at the following places on the date listed. K o'-ember 4. District No. 25 at Stockton. One hundred eighty-two Maste' Masons present for a fine chicken dinner. One 50 year button and a Third Degree. Ma['ch 8. District No. 26 at Appleton City. Two 50 year buttons. Banquet and informal discussion. March 25. District No. 27, Warrensburg. Informal meeting following a cornerstone laying in the afternoon. Banquet, program and talks. Lodges in the district well represented. March 30. District No. 24, Carthage. Dinner and fine round table discus3ion. Ap'il 16. District No.9, Chillicothe. Dinner and open meetings. Also four toO year buttons. April 30. District No. 29, Eldon. Dinner and round table discussion. May 1. District No. 20, Alton. Fine attendance from a thinly settled and e:~tensive area. Refreshments later. May 11. District No. 11, Shelbyville. Open forum. Dinner and fine program. Installed R. W. Bro. Frank P. Briggs as Grand Pursuivant. Ma;r 24. Districts 15a and 15b, St. Louis. Spoke to a gathering of better than ,300 Freemasons. Fine reception and wonderful introduction. This was the last meeting for the Lodge of Instruction for this District. There were present six Past Grand Masters and many active Grand Lodge Officers. May 27. District No.1, Memphis. Open forum with a large representative group from the entire district. May 28. District No.5, St. Joseph. Fine meeting of 300 Freemasons. Round. table discussion followed by program and refreshments and a 50-year button presentation. May 31. District No. 12, Canton. Open forum following a cornerstone laying- in the afternoon. Dinner and work in the evening. My deputy, R. W. Bro. Harry Gershenson, drive me up from St. Louis and back for a late train that night. JU:IC 4. District No. 28, Columbia. Informal meeting in the afternoon. Dinner and program for a mixed crowd at the Christian Church where I spoke. Presented 50-year button to W. Bro. Harley L. Wilson, who years ago conferred the work and instructed four brothers who have since become Grand Masters; John Pickard, Ray V. Denslow, Forrest C. Donndl and Elwood Anderson. June 30. District No. 10, Linneus. Large gathering for a fine dinner and hformal meeting and discussion. July 3. District No.6, Liberty. Open forum following a cornerstone layin~~ in the afternoon. July 28. District No. 18. Bonne Terre. Fine representation from the Disk ct for informal discussion. July 29. District No. 16, Wellston. Large gathering for a round table discUllsion. July 30. District No. 44, Warrenton. Informal meeting for a good repre:,entation from over the entire district. At;gust 12. District No. 23, Springfield. A fine attendance from the

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Lodges for an informal discussion and an inspiring address by Rabbi Latz. Refreshments later. August 16. District No.7, Kansas City. Formal discussion and talk by the Grand Master. Thirty Lodges had been requested to attend this meeting and only one absent. Total attendance of 300. August 17. District No.8, Harrisonville. Informal meeting and discussion followed by refreshments. Nine of the ten Lodges represented with a total of 90. August 25. District No.3, Albany. Good attendance for an open forum meeting. August 26. District No.2, Trenton. An informal meeting with lively discussions. The evening closed with refreshments and a very fine spirit of fellowship. The deputy presented the Grand Master with a beautiful engraved Shaeffer's pen and pencil set on behalf of the District.

CORNERSTONE November n. Laid the cornerstone of the new Temple for Webb City Lodge No. 512. Also dedicated the Lodge. Temple was paid for as they built. R. W. Bro. Ray Bond spoke at the cornerstone laying and Rabbi Latz at the dedication. Meetings followed by refreshments in the basement. March 25. Cornerstone laying of the new dormitory for men on the campus of Central Missouri State College, Warrensburg. The Grand Lodge Officers and their ladies were served luncheon in the dining room of the women's dormitory. Our Grand Orator, Governor Philip M. Donnelly was the principal speaker at the program preceding the cornerstone laying. He made an inspiring address and his presence added much dignity to the occasion. There were better than 250 Master Masons in the parade. May 15. Laid the cornerstone for the new Paseo Methodist Church in Kansas City. May 27. Double cornerstone laying for the new dormitories for men and women on the campus of Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, Kirksville, Missouri. There was a large attendance at this meeting. Again the address was given by the Grand Orator, the Honorable Philip M. Donnelly, Governor of the State of Missouri. May 31. Laid cornerstone for new Albert Johann Memorial library in Canton, Missouri. June 10. R. W. Bro. Harry F. Sunderland laid the cornerstone of the Memorial Library at Rich Hill for Rich Hill Lodge No. 479. I was on my way to the west at that time. June 26. R. W. Bro. James Bradford laid the cornerstone for the new Masonic Temple of Ionic Lodge No. 154, Desloge, Mo. July 3. Laid cornerstone for American Legion Memorial Hall at Liberty, Missouri. August 21. R. W. Bro. Harry F. Sunderland laid the cornerstone for new hospital at Fairfax, Missouri. This was for Fairfax Lodge No. 483. September 11. Laid cornerstone for new Methodist Church in Van Buren.

FUNERALS October 29. Dr. A. J. Stufflebaum of Humansville for Modern Lodge No. 144. November 9. Bro. Frank Sterling for Bolivar Lodge No. 195. January 25. Brother Sidney B. Hutcheson for Bolivar IJodge No. 195. March 31. Bro. Mose Anderson, the oldest member of my lodge. April 8. Attended the funeral of R. W. Bro. Nat D. Jackson, District Deputy Grand Master for the 8th Administrative District.

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5. Brother Glenn Thomas of Buffalo for Riddick Lodge No. 361.

OTHER MASONIC VISITS OC1;ober 8. Meeting with Anchor Lodge No. 443 in the fine Temple at University City. The other Lodges that meet in the Temple were well repre~ented, namely: University Lodge No. 649, Roosevelt Lodge No. 661, Progress Lodge No. 657 and Shaveh Lodge No. 646. October 10. Met R. W. Bro. Jasper Smith at Lebanon and he drove to Steelville where a meeting was called by Lebanon Lodge No. 77 for the sole purpose of presenting our distinguished Brother, Federal Judge Alber: L. Reeves with his 50-year button. There were some five or six other 50-year brothers present. The judge was very appreciative of the honor and it was a joy to see him visit with his boyhood friends. November 5. Visit to Prairie Horne Lodge No. 503. Large crowd to enjoy a good dinner and program. The meeting was mainly due to the effort:l of good old Brother, Dr. Ira G. Barton. November 7. My Lodge and the bodies in Bolivar gave a very outstanding dinner and social gathering for Mrs. Ewing and me in the local Methc路dist church and dining room of the grade school building. A delightful chicken dinner was nicely served to 180 people. Had a nice program and I spoke briefly at the close. Some 23 Lodges represented. We r(:ceived many lovely gifts and presents. November 15. Attended the anniversary dinner of Jefferson Lodge No. 4:l where I made an address. A 50-year button was also presented at this meeting. November 25. Attended the annual roll call dinner of Clifton Lodge No. 463 at Thayer. Bounteous dinner and delightful program followed by the presentation of two 50-year buttons. De'~ember 3. Accompanied by Mrs. Ewing we attended the Masters and Wardens Study Club Rabbit Dinner in Kansas City. De(~ember 10. Attended the annual homecoming of Solomon Lodge No. 271. De(~ember 27. Attended a turkey dinner and installed the officers of Trilunina Lodge No. 205, Marshall, Missouri. De(~ember 29. JoiJlt installation of Lodge and Commandery at Neosho, Missolui. R. W. Bro. Ray Bond, Grand Commander installed the Command(,ry officers and made the principal address. De(~ember 30. Joint installation of Gate of the Temple Lodge and Vinci] Chapter in Springfield. M. W. Bro. Bert S. Lee installed the Chapter officers. I had the pleasure of presenting Brother Lee with a life memb3rship card in the Chapter. January 2. Joint installation of officers of the Lodge Chapter, Council and Commandery in the hall of United Lodge No.5. January 6. Joint installation of Bolivar Lodge No. 195 and Mizpah Chapter No. 230, Order of the Eastern Star. January 11. Attended a public installation of Chapter officers at Mt. Washington. M. W. Bro. Harold L. Reader was the speaker of the evening. January 13. Supper and public installation of our local Lodge Officers. January 14. Installation of the officers for the Social Order of the Beauceant. January 21. Installed the officers for the Chapter and Commandery at Boliva. J"alLUary 22. Drove to Mt. Vernon and took a part in the conferring of the C:lapter work op a class of ten. March 2. Open meeting and supper in Aldrich Lodge No. 664.

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April 9. Attended meeting of Solomon Lodge No. 271 where they had eight members eligible for the 50-year button. April 14. Attended meeting of the Masonic Home Board and in the evening a meeting in honor of R. W. Bro. Samuel Thurman. May 4. Dinner and meeting of Ingomar Lodge No. 536 and presented a 50-year button. June 2. Meeting at Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422 with the ladies present. Made a short talk. The lodge presented me with a genuine leather bound Schofield reference Bible. July 3. Attended dinner and Third Degree work in Rising Sun Lodge No. 13. Here I observed the second section of the Third Degree given in almost perfect form and the four principal officers were all more than 75 years of age. July 5. Attended the Simon Bolivar celebration in Bolivar. Visited a short time with the President. M. W. Bro. Harry S. rrruman. July 14. Meeting of the Masonic Home Board in the forenoon and meeting of the Grand Lodge Officers in the afternoon. July 26. Visited United Lodge No.5 and took part in conferring a First Degree. August 9. Visited Modern Lodge No. 144 at Humansville. August 13. Some of the Springfield brethren took me to visit Mount Olive Lodge No. 439 at Rogersville. The Lodge is over a country church built many years ago when Dr. Corona H. Briggs was active in the church there. He would preach on Sunday and teach the ritual to the brethren during the week. August 27. Accompanied by Springfield brethren we visited Robert Burns Lodge No. 496 at Gainesville, Missouri. Very interested meeting and found there a member entitled to his 50-year button. During the year I have attended some 25 meetings of the different local bodies to assist them in their work.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATION On February 28, 1D48, I opened a Speeial Communication of the Grand Lodge, at four o'clock p. m. in the Sanctum Sanctorum of Ivanhoe Masonic Temple in Kansas City, Missouri. Here I had the privilege and honor of receiving and welcoming a great Italian Freemason, Dottore Publio Cortini, Grand Treasurer of the Grand Orient of Italy. The Lodge room was filled to capacity and likewise the banquet room at 6 :00 p. m. There was a fine representation of interested Freemasons as evidenced by the Lodge register. About :350 Master Masons from ten states and representing seventy Lodges. The entire program was well planned and executed by the various Masonic workers in Kansas City, and my sincere thanks to all rcsponsible for the fine mecting. One cannot associate with Brother Cortini without being' impressed by his sincerity and high regard for Masonic principlcs. His life and character are ample evidence that Freemasonry cannot be driven from the heart of man. He left ,vith the good wishes of all true Freemasons, fo~ the splendid effort he is making to put the Masonic Fraternity back in its rightful place in Italy.

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CONCLUSION Tle time is rapidly approaching when I shall turn over this gavel to my successor; it will not be turned over without some regret, becaus(~ the past year has been one of the most interesting years of my life. I cannot turn over this emblem of authority without first expressing my sincere thanks to hundreds of kind and faithful friends who have cooperated with me in every effort to advance the interests of Free'llasonry and its ideals. No attempt shall be made to enumerate these friends. They know to whom this paragraph refers. \Vhatever of g(,od that has been accomplished during my administration could not have been done without this aid. Such friends shall ever be in my memory. In conclusion, may I express the hope that the blessing of Almighty God, as expressed by our Grand Chaplain, may abide with us throughout this annual communiration, and aid us in our deliberations. ALd as we engage in these deliberations, may we constantly keep in our minds the quotation from that eminent writer, Henry VanDykE, when he said: Four things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true;

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think without confusion clearly; lO1Je his fellow-man sincerely; act from honest motives purely; trust in God and Heaven securely. Fraternally submitted, MORRIS E. EWING, Grand Master.

Th,~ address was referred to the Committee on Grand Master's Address.

NOMINATIONS FOR MASONIC HOME BOARD

Th'3 following brethren were nominated for Directors of the Masonic Home of Missouri for term ending 1951: Henry C. Chiles Martin B. Dickinson Arthur D. Nordberg James \V. Skelly REPORT OF GRAND SECRETARY

M. \Vor. Bro. Harold L. Reader, Grand Secretary, presented his report for the period September 11, 1947, to September 10, 1948, whicl was adopted and ordered printed in the Proceedings. The report lS as follows: SUMMARY OF LODGE WORK

Total Membership, June 30, 1948

109,167

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Net Gain Initiated Passed Raised

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4,253 6,263 5,921 5,913

DUPLICATE CHARTER

Essex Lodge No. 278, original badly worn; duplicate Charter issued September 11, 1947. COMMISSIONS TO DEPUTIES

Commissions were issued to all the District Deputy Grand Masters. COURTESIES

Two hundred and thirty-nine requests have been made to Sister Grand Jurisdictions to confer degrees for Missouri lodges, and 106 requests have been made to Missouri lodges by Sister Grand Jurisdictions. COMMISSIONS ISSUED

Grand Master Ewing appointed the following Grand Representatives: Victoria The Netherlands Sao Paulo Western Australia New York

Curtis Frederick Bartlett, Newtown W. B. T. Hoffman, Amsterdam Jules Glinternick, Sao Paulo F. A. Gregory, Perth Milton W. Huebsch, Bronx, New York

The Grand Master also nominated the following brethren as Grand Representatives of the following Grand Lodges near the Grand Lodge of Missouri: Rio de Janeiro The Netherlands Sao Paulo

Russel E. Murray, St. Louis Roy B. Merriweather, Monroe City Sam Gililand, Kansas City FIFTY-YEAR BUTTONS

The following brethren whose names have been certified by their respective lodges and confirmed by the records of the Grand Lodge as eligible, have received buttons in recognition of their long years of Masonic standing: No. 189 267 481 40 40 1 460 526 20

and Name of Lodge Zeredatha Aurora Marceline Mt. Moriah Mt. Moriah Missouri Lambskin Wayne St. Louis

Name of Brother Morris Hirsch Walter B. Wells George W. Bailey John Thomas Hall Charles Alfred Beadle Henry Frederick Krenning Fred Lero Csrow C. Lucy Isidore Landau

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NQ. and Na;m,e of Lodge

79 2 121 426 426 43 463 9 177 133 255 491 299 299 299 299 299 1 179 13 537 2 48 48 522 266 189 189 189 189 344 84 282 360 376 340 38 209 507 246 124 124 30 5 5 28 50 433 197 197 360 89 89 89 89

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Polar Star Meridian Brwin Hothville Hothville J路efferson Clifton Geo. Washington 'J'exas ~;tar of the West. Alton Vandalia 'J'emple 'J'emple 'J'emple 'J'emple 'J~emple

Hissouri. l'ride of the West. Hising Sun BetheL Meridian l'ulton l'ulton Gate City E,ocial. 2eredatha 2eredatha 2eredatha 2eredatna Moberly Webster Cosmos 'I'uscan Kirig Hill Westport Callao F oplar Bluff Clearmont :Montgomery rnion Star rnion Star Huntsville rnited rnited St. John's Xenia :Mack's Creek Carthage Carthage 'Iuscan Friendship Friendship Friendship Friendship

Name of Brother

Charles J. Briner , .Theo. R. AppeL " Edward H. Schildmann Thomas J. Mauzey Oscar Wolf Theo. G. Burkhard J. Ed. Old Charles C. Maupin James R. Womack Robert Bruce Lindsay Robert F. Thomas .Redmond Lee Alford Alvah W. Abshier H. T. Abernathy John H. Bledsoe C. M. Boynton Samuel M. Hocker Roscoe Thomas Newman Rudolph Hencke Mahlon H. Berry William Henry Todd Henry C. Koenig W. C. Harris John P. Harrison Frank A. Gooch Charles D. Williams Wm. D. Bennett Walter R. Cohb John P. Falk David T. Aitchison Charles P. Doehring Geo. A. Shepardson Wm. C. Essmueller Olney A. Ambrose Charles Hansen " Sam A. Gilliland Arthur T. Sullivan Alfred R. Rowe R. E. Ferguson Wylie W. Wells M. D. Barton W. T. Whitsell Sam C. Skirvin Eugene McAuliffe Samuel N. Crowder Samuel T. Blackshaw Jacob Haaf G. T. Myers Stephen B. Campbell Morris Goldstein Walter B. Yost. Frederick A. Meinershagen Henry Miller Wm. A. Morris Wm. E. Walsh

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No. and Name of Lodge 170 494 446 307 443 271 271 271 271 271 271 271 426 39 272 470 522 528 271 377 98 376 48 397 69 221 121 536 262 122 272 210 345 188 494 345 445 46 360 360 360 360 440 625 46 188 241 89 269 469 132 132 221 537 287

Benevolence Lewistown Ivanhoe New London Anchor Solomon Solomon Solomon Solomon Solomon Solomon Solomon Rothville DeWitt. Granite Nodaway Gate City Conway Solomon Ancient Craft. Webster King Hill Fulton Gower Sullivan Mystic Tie Erwin Ingomar Holden Triplett Granite Unionville Fellowship Hannibal Lewistown Fellowship West Gate Wentzville Tuscan Tuscan Tuscan Tuscan Trowel Sheffield Wentzville HannibaL Palestine Friendship Brotherhood Plato Farmington Farmington Mystic Tic Bethel Craft

Name of Brother Ira G. Hedrick D. W. Bagby Lee Morrison John S. Wood Harry A. Baker Robert Oscar Cravens Charles W. Hall William G. Swinney James W. Fuson W. Robert Keller Henry L. Schneider Thomas J. W 01ÂŁ " ..Wm. Frank Hamilton John Archee Thomas A. W. Rennicks James Frazer J. V. McNamara W. W. Hayes Louis Nathan Clem D. o 'Neale James A. McKeeL Harry Korf Robert N. Crews John C. Starks John Taylor Williams D. F. Sadler Charles Herman Beckmann C. F. Marden Albert E. Mayhew W. Preston Gaines John David Murphy Albeon Steene Frank G. Ade Thomas J. Dugmore Elmore C. Glaves Theodore W. Osterloh Geo. Henry August Moeller A. N. Callison George Harkness Charles' Burnett. Andrew Roblee , George T. Wolff Lyman T. Kinder Leonidas B. Ashurst Warren R. Dalton Albert S. Holmes Fred W. Hammer John R. Tull .victor T. Cummings J. M. Gladdens Wm. M. Harlan Edward Henderson John R. Jenkins Samuel Todd Charles H. Dillon

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No. aad Name of Lodge 35 35 602 445 221 327 10 218 45 625 188 470 48 169 93 93 190 190 324' 52 52 504 302 319 20 126 93 310 520 40 9 368 3S5 226 28 335 335 262

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No. of Years

l\![ercer S. H. Allen Mercer Arch M. Lindsey Acacia Harley L. Wilson West Gate Martin Robert Windhorst. l\!~ystic Tie D. M. Wills N:t. Zion Robert P. Dixon Agency Perry C. Miller Good Hope Richard Scheid Bonhomme Henry F. Woerther Sheffield Thomas B. Clark HannibaL Ben E. Hulse J\odaway Benoni S. Cox Fulton ,William L. Meng Camden Point W. K. Bywaters St. Marks John Walter Berry St. Marks Joseph F. Ellis Putnam ...............•J ohn Horatia Clark Putnam William Henry Taylor :McDonald W illiam Southern, J r Wakenda Lynn Samuels Wakenda Frank Robinson Platte City James L. Miller Lick Creek Travis S. Clay Paulville Herbert T. Wilson S~. Louis Phil. B. Isaacson S,~aman Wm. C. Thompson St. Marks J. Fred Davis S [keston Charles F. Brannon Clifton Heights Charles Howard Miller M t. Moriah Louis E. Dehlendorf G ~orge Washington Andrew Carver Barnett, Jr C-escent Hill ,H. H. Harper Richland Marshall J. Groom Saline Elliott Tucker St. Johns Wm. H. Meriwether Joplin Herbert R. Wheeler Jo£lin George Lurwick Holden G. L. Duncan

50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 52 52 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 52 51 50

HONOR ROLL

Ele"en secretaries have sen'ed their lodges continuously for more than thirty-five years. Their names are inscribed on the Honor Roll on page 117 of the Proceedings. STATISTICAL, YEAR 1947-1948 601 Numb,~r of C4artered Lodges, September 10, 1947 . Lodge U. D , .. , , , , . 1 Numb~r of Chartered Lodges, September 10, 1948 . 601 Lodge U. D . 1 SepteI1ber 10, 1948, Total Membership . 109,167 SepteI1ber 10, 1947, Total Membership in 602 Lodges 104,850 Plus: Adjustments by audit of individual Lodges. . . . . . 64 104,914 Total number Raised

5,913

1948

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Affiliated Reinstated

916 949 7,778

Less: Total number Dimitted Deaths Susp. N. P. D Susp. U. M. C. . Expelled

990 . . 1,853 673 . 1 . . 8

3,525

NET GAIN, September 10, 1948 1948

4,253

109,167

PER CAPITA TAX

1948 PER CAPITA TAX DUE on 594 Reporting Lodges .. $268,362.30 Totd Amount Paid to September 10, 1948, $268,836.65 Less over-payments of 592.60 $268,244.05

Balance Due on 594 Reporting Lodges, September 10, 1948 .. $ September 10, 1948, 8 Lodges Unreported.

118.25

MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI

Welfare Committee: Paid to Masonic Home, Checks 55, 83, 131, 192, 220 and 262, of $500.00 each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $ 3,000.00 Per Capita Tax: Paid to Masonic Home: Check No. 54 $ 6,020.35 Check No. 240 49,000.00 Check No. 261 74,000.00 - - - - $129,020.35 Balance Due Masonic Home, 'on September 10, 1948: On 1948 Per Capita Tax $ 80,865.48 On 1947 Back Per Capita. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683.00 On 1946 Back Per Capita. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.00 On 1945 Back Per Capita .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.29 On 1944 Back Per Capita. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.00 On 1943 Back Per Capita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.09 On 1942 Back Per Capita 1,818.66 On 1941 Back Per Capita 551.98 On 1940 Back Per Capita 176.50 On 1939 Back Per Capita 1.50 On 1938 Back Per Capita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.35 On 1933 Back Per Capita 72.00 - - - - $ 85,352.85 SPECIAL INITIATION FUND

Paid to Masonic Home, ale this Fund, September 11, 1947 to September 10, 1948 $ 48,092.86 Balance Due Masonic Home, Septeml!>er 10, 1948 18,825.93 GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL FUND

Paid to Frederick F. Schondau, Secretary, (Check No. 38) .. $ Balance Due to September 10, 1948

8,500.00 5,197.95

DR. WILLIAM F. KUHN LIBRARY FUND

September 10, 1948-$500.00 Bond and $540.27 in Bank .. $

1,040.27

1943

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI JOSEPH S. MCINTYRE LIBRARY FUND

September 10, 1947, Bank Balance Books purchased

$ .

September 10, 1948, Bank Balance

928.26 5.10

----$

923.16

GRAND LODGE FINANCES

Cast in Grand Lodge Depositories, September 10, 1947 .... $120,273.68 Casl Balance, September 10, 1947, Fidelity Savings Trust Co., Kansas City, Mo. (Restricted) $ 1,672.60 Casl Balance, September 10, 1947, Bank of Kirksville, Kirksville, Mo. 2,500.00 Cast Balance, September 10, 1947, Wood & Huston Bank, Marshall, Mo. 10,000.00 Cash Balance, September 10, 1947, Union National Bank, Kansas City, Mo. 106,101.08 $120,273.68 Recdpts: Per Capita Tax, Back Per Capita Back Per Capita Back Per Capita Back Per Capita Back Per CapIta Back Per Capita Back Per Capita Back Per Capita Back Per Capita Back Per Capita Back Per Capita

1948 Tax, Tax, Tax, Tax, Tax, Tax, Tax, Tax, Tax, Tax, Tax,

$268,836.65 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1933

$ 956.20 51.80 106.80 157.50 1,400.13 2,468.43 772.77 247.10 2.10

22.90 100.80 --- $

6,282.33 $275,118.98

Recdved from Defunct Lodges and members thereof . Sale of 1921 and 1925 Constitutions and By-Laws . Sale of 1947 By-Laws . . Sale of Dues ReceiptB . Sale of Masonic Veterans' Buttons . Sale of Masonic Manuals Refunds and Miscellaneous . Refund on Mileage and Per Diem Account . Interest on Permanent Fund Securities . Received for European and Philippine Masonic Relief Funds Received on Kennedy Lodge--Lodge and Building Accounts. Refund on St. Louis Earnings Tax .

65.30 9.50 725.35 1,485.71 345.75 3,430.04 18.64 2,521.10 3,542.50 7,031.37 273.02 13.25

Total Income $294,580.51 September 10, 1947, Cash in Grand Lodge Depositories. . . .. 120,273.68 Total Receipts, September 10, 1948

$414,854.19

ANALYSIS OF DISBD.RSEMENTS

Total Disbursements to September 10, 1948 Pay Roll

. . . . . . . .. $223,652.93 $ 22,000.00

1948

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Printed Proceedings $ 2,625.12* Salaries and Allowances, Grand Master, Grand Secretary, Grand Treasurer, Grand Lecturer, Grand Lodge Office Help 17,203.47 (Less: Fed. W. H. Tax withheld .. $1,490.30 Less ~~ed. Employes O.A.B. withheld 116.30 $1,606.60) Grand Correspondent . Maintenance, Grand Lodge Office . Expenses, Grand Lodge Officers (order of Grand Master) . Ritual Committee Expense . Printing, Postage and Stationery . District Lecturers and DDGM Conference . Masonic Relief Ass 'n., U. S. and Canada . Telephone and Telegrams, Grand Lodge Office .. Bonds: Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer .. Committee on Revision of By-Laws . Reporter: Grand Lodge Session . Expenses: Grand Lodge Session . Contingent: Grand Lodge Expense ~~und . C. K. Benson Audit Co . Expenses: To Geo. Washington Memorial and Grand Masters' Conferences . Membership Masonic Service Association . Grand Lodge Officers' Conference . Welfare Committee, Masonic Home Board . Expenses: D.D.G.M.'s (Order Grand Master) . Solon Cameron, Reimbursement . Missouri Lodge of Research, for historical publication . For care of portraits of Past Grand Masters as per resolution adopted .

750.00 1,800.00 121.47 443.09 3,313.69* 921.74 349.50 204.89 300.00 21.48 100.00 1,212.31 815.22 227.81 600.00 2,048.50 3,000.00* 8.85 265.00 1,500.00 143.00 - - - - $ 37,975.14

Total Budget Appropriation for 1947-1948 (Exclusive of Payroll) . Actual Disbursements .

$43,040.81 37,975.14

Amount Unexpended $ 5,065.67 Total paid Masonic Home alc Back Per Cap. Tax collected to Sept. 10, 1948 $ 6,020.35 Total paid Masonic Home alc 1948 Per Capita Tax . 123,000.00 $129,020.35 Dues Receipt Cards . Printing 1947 By-Laws . Soc. Sec. Title VIII, Fed. O.A.B. (Grand Lodge portion) Purchase of Masonic Manuals . Purchase of U. S. Government Bonds . European and Philippine Masonic Relief Funds (Masonic Relief Association of the United States) . Preliminary Revision Report . Refund due to Bank ale Kennedy Lodge Account error . Emergent Communication Meeting, Feb. 25, 1948 . Bronze Tablet, Wood Frames, Negatives and Prints of Placque .

1,531.15 2,970.16 115.90 2,142.15 20,000.00 7,031.37 376.39 36.44 258.47 168.30

19M;

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

St. Louis Earnings Tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27.11

Total Disbursements to September 10, 1948 $223,652.93 * ']'hese three items surpassed the Budget Appropriation for same, but were paid with the approval of the Ways and Means Committee. RECAPITULATION

Total Receipts to September 10, 1948 $414,854.19 Total Disbursements to September 10, 1948 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 223,652.93 Cash Balance, September 10, 1948, in General Fund . . . . . . .. $191,201.26 Cash Bal., September 10, 1948, Fidelity Savings Trust Co., Kansas City, Mo. (Restricted) .. $ 1,672.60 Cash Bal., September 10, 1948, Bank of Kirksville, Kirksville, Mo. 2,500.00 Cash Balance, September 10, 1948, Wood & Huston Bank, Marshall, Mo. 10,000.00 Cash Balance, Union National Bank, Kansas Ci 1:Y, Mo. 177,028.66 $191,201.26 Less: Balance Due Masonic Home ale Per Capita Tax to September 10, 1948 .... . . . . . . . . .. $ 85,352.85 Less: $1,672.60 "Restricted" Fidelity Savings Trust Co., Kansas City, Mo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,672.60 Less: General Library Fund 255.00 87,280.45 Sept ~mber 10, 1948, Total Amount available in General Fund $103,920.81 Fraternally Submitted,

/I~x.~

Grand Secretary.

REPORT OF GRAND TREASURER

To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri' R W. Brother Edmund E. Morris, Grand Treasurer, presented his repcrt covering the period from September 10, 1947, to September 10, 1948, which was adopted and is as follows: 1947 Sept. 10

Balance in Fidelity Savings Tr. Co., Restricted .. $ 1,672.60 Balance in Wood & Huston Bank, Marshall . 10,000.00 Balance in Bank of Kirksville . 2,500.00

Sept. 10

Blllance in Union National Bank, Kansas City Received from Grand Secretary .

Sept. 10

1948 Disbursed during the year by Warrants No. 277 (Old) and No.1 to

14,172.60 106,238.74 294,580.51 414,991.85

1948

PROCEEDINGS OF THE . $216,757.22 No. 283, not consecutive 1948 Balance in Union Nat'l. Bk . 184,062.03 10,000.00 Balance in Wood & Huston .... " . 2,500.00 Balance in Bank of Kirksville . 1,672.60 Balance in Fidelity Sav. Tr. Co . (Restricted)

414,991.85

SpecWl Nate: The unusually large bank balance is due to the fact that warrants to the Masonic Home in payment of per capita tax were not paid to the Home in time to get into this final report-the amount being approximately $85,000.00. As Grand Treasurer, I charge myself with the custody of the following securities contained in State Deposit Box No. 6111 in the Union Safe Deposit Company of Kansas CIty, Missouri, which said Box is subject to the joint control of myself and the Grand Master, or his delegated representatives: U. S. War Savings Bonds, Series "D," dated March 1, 1940, Cost U. S. Savings Bonds, Series "G"-21f20/0-Cost. U. S. Treasury Bonds, 21f2%, Series 1964-69, Par Value U. S. Treasury Bonds, 2lh%, Series 1965-70, Par Value U. S. Treasury Bonds, 21f2%, Series 1966-71, Par Value U. S. Treasury Bonds, 2112%, Series 1967-72, Par Value U. S. Treasury Bonds, 2 1h%, Series 1967-72, Par Value

$ . . . . . .

7,500.00 53,700.00 29,000.00 10,000.00 6,000.00 40,000.00 15,000.00

$161,200.00 I also hold for William F. Kuhn Library Association, U. S. Treasury Bond, 2%%, Series 1952-54, Par Value .... $ 500.00

Fraternally submitted, EDMUND

MORRIS,

Grand Treasurer. REPORT OF AUDITOR

To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of 'Missouri: Gentlemen: Pursuant to engagement, we have examined and checked the book records 'of the Grand Secretary and the Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri, for the period from September 11, 1947, to September 10, 1948, also the Masonic Home Initiation Fund, the George W' ashington Memorial Fund, the Wm. F. Kuhn Library Fund and the Joseph S. McIntyre Library Fund for the same period, and respectfully present the following report : General Fund, Per Grand Secretary's Books Balance, September 11, 1947 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $120,273.68 Receipts Forwarded to Grand Treasurer Per Capita Tax 1948 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $268,836.65 Back Per Capita Tax 1947 $ 956.20 Back Per Capita Tax 1946 51.80 Back Per Capita Tax 1945 106.80 Back Per Capita Tax 1944 157.50 Back Per Capita Tax 1943 1,400.13

1948 Ba,ck RiCk B:tck Ba.ck Back Back

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Per Per Per Per Per Pcr

Capita Capita Capita Capita Capita Capita

Tax Tax Tax Tax Tax Tax

1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1933

2,468.43 772.77 247.10 2.10

, 22.90 100.80

6,282.33

War Service Fund . llilceived from Defunct Lodges . lli~ceived from Kennedy Lodge . Sde of Manuals $3,430.04 Sde of 1947 Constitutions and By-Laws 725.35 Sde of 1921-1925 Constitutions and By-Laws 9.50 S~.le of Dues Receipt Cards 1,485.71 Sde of Masonic Veteran Buttons .. 345.75

5,996.35

Special Funds: Philippine Relief Fund European Relief Fund

7,031.37

1.00 7,030.37

Interest on Permanent Fund Securities . llilfunds: Mileage and Per Diem Account .. $2,521.10 Insurance Refund-Novelty Lodge No. 181 8.64 Saint Louis Earnings Tax . . . . . . . . 13.25

10.00 65.30 273.02

3,542.50

2,542.99

294,580.51 $414,854.19

Disbursements: Pf'r Checks Issued for Expenses ..... . . . . . .. $203,652.93 P(~r Checks Issued for Purchase of United State Treasury Bonds 20,000.00

223,652.93

Balance, September 10, 1948 (Per Grand Secretary's Books) $191,201.26 Balance, September 10, 1948 (Per Grand Treasurer's Books) $198,234.63 RECONCILIATION

Balance, September 10, 1948 (Per Grand Treasurer's Books) $198,234.63 Less Outstanding Check No. 271, Dated August 25, 1948 $ 2.00 Outstanding Check No. 273, Dated August 25, 1948 7,031.37 7,033.37 Balance, September 10, 1948 (Per Grand Secretary's Books) $191,201.26 Coneisting of Balance in Fidelity Savings Trust Company, Kansas City, Missouri, In Liquidation, Not Subject to Withdrawal $ 1,672.60 B~Jance in Union National Bank, Kansas City, Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 177,028.66

1948

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Balance in Wood and Huston Bank, Marshall, Missouri Balance in Bank of Kirksville, Kirksville, Missouri

10,000.00 2,500.00 $191,201.26

BONDS

On September 17, 1948, in company with Mr. E. E. Morris, Grand Treasurer, A. F. & A. M. of Missouri, and a representative of the Grand Master, we examined the securities listed hereinafter, in the Grand Lodge safe deposit box at the Union National Bank of Kansas City, Missouri. All interest from these bonds was accounted for. PERMANENT FUND

Bond Number 211585E 211586F 23572B 2371A 4615E 21845E 21846F

Kind U. S. Treasury U. S. Treasury U. S. Treasury U. S. Treasury U. S. Treasury U. S. Treasury U. S. Treasury

Par Interest Interest Maturity Dates Rate Value 1964/69 6/15 & 12/15 2%% $ 1,000.00 1,000.00 1964/69 6/15 & 12/15 2짜2% 10,000.00 1964/69 6/15 & 12/15 2%% 5,000.00 1964/69 6/15 & 12/15 2%% 10,000.00 1964/69 6/15 & 12/15 2%% 1,000.00 1964/69 6/15 & 12/15 2%% 1,000.00 1964/69 6/15 & 12/15 2%%

$29,000.00

8564D 77195E

U. S. Treasury U. S. Treasury

1965/70 1965/70

3/15 & 9/15 3/15 & 9/15

2112% 2112%

$ 5,000.00 5,000.00

10,000.00

5653C 5932B

U. S. Treasury U. S. Treasury

1966/71 1966/71

3/15 & 3/15 &

9/15 9/15

2%% 2%%

$ 1,000.00 5,000.00

6,000.00

Treasury Treasury Treasury Treasury Treasury Treasury Treasury

1967/72 1967/72 1967/72 1967/72 1967/72 1967/72 1967/72

6/15 6/15 6/15 6/15 6/15 6/15 6/15

12/15 12/15 12/15 12/15 12/15 12/15 12/15

2112% 2%% 2112% 2%% 2lh% 2%% 2lh%

$ 5,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00

55,000.00

Maturity Value $ 5,000.00 10,000.00 100.00 100.00 500.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00

Redemption Value 9/10/48 $ 4,790.00 9,490.00 96.20 96.20 481.00 962.00 962.00 962.00 4,810.00 9,620.00 9,880.00 9,880.00

Cost $ 5,000.00 10,000.00 100.00 100.00 500.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00

$53,700.00

$52,029.40

$53,700.00

8964D 49654D 41669K 41670L 41671A 28103C 26122B

V29384G X253352G C4377033G C4377034G D2320085G M4864090G M4864091G M4864092G V702346G X582056G X806975G X807739G

U. S. U. S. U. S. U. S. U. S. U. S. U. S.

Series Series Series Series Series Series Series Series Series Series Series Series

G G G G G G G G G G G G

October, '53 June, '55 September, '58 September, '58 September, '58 September, '58 September, '58 September, '58 September, '58 September, '58 December, '59 April, '60

& & & & & & &

M1528995D Series D Savings 3/ '50 $ 1,000.00

940.00

750.00

Total

53,700.00

1948 M1528996D M1528997D M1528998D M1528999D M1529000I> M1529001I> M1529002I> M1529003I> M1529004I>

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Series Series Series Series Series Series Series Series Series

D D D D D D D D D

Savings Savings Savings Savings Savings Savings Savings Savings Savings

3/'50 3/'50 3/'50 3/'50 3/'50 3/'50 3/'50 3/'50 3/'50

940.00 940.00 940.00 940.00 940.00 940.00 940.00 940.00 940.00

750.00 750.00 750.00 750.00 750.00 750.00 750.00 750.00 750.00

9,400.00

$ 7,500.00

1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 $10,000.00

7,500.00 $161,200.00

WM. F. KUHN LIBRARY FUND

Bond Number 2552B

Kind U. S. Treasury

Interest Date

Maturity 1952/54

Interest Rate Cost

3/15 & 9/15

2%%

$500.00

Dlring the year under review, the bond holdings were increased $20,1)00.00 by the purchase of United States Series G-2%% Bonds for a like amount. MASONIC HOME INITIATION FUND

Balance in Bank, September 15, 1947 $ 3,092.86 Received from Masonic Lodges During Period September 11, 1947 to September 10, 1948 63,830.00 $66,922.86 Trausferred to Masonic Home During Period September 11, 1947 to September 10, 1948 $ 48,092.86 Bank Charges ........â&#x20AC;˘.................... 4.07

48,096.93

Balance in First National Bank in Saint Louis, Missouri, September 10, 1948

$18,825.93

GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL FUND

Balance in Bank, September 11, 1947 Received from Masonic Lodges During Period September 11, 1947 to September 10, 1948

7,300.59 6,402.00 $13,702.59

Transferred to George Washington Memorial A~sociation, February 21, 1948 BanI: Charges

8,500.00 4.64

Balance in First National Bank in Saint Louis, Missouri, September 10, 1948

8,504.64 $

5,197.95

1,022.49

WM. F. KUHN LIBRARY FUND Bala~ce,

September 11, 1947

Recelpts: In';erest on Bond In';erest on Savings Account.... .. Balalce, September 10, 1948

$ 12.50 5.28

17.78

$1,040.27

1948

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Consisting of Cash in Savings Account, First National Bank of Saint Louis, Missouri United States Treasury Bond No. 2552B

$540.27 500.00

$1,040.27

JOSEPH S. MCINTYRE LIBRARY FUND

Balance, September 11, 1947 Disbursement: Book Purchased

....

$ 928.26

5.10

Balance in Mississippi Valley Trust Company, Saint Louis, Missouri, September 10, 1948

$ 923.16

MILEAGE AND PER DIEM COMMITTEE

Deposit from General Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Disbursements: Mileage and Per Diem Checks Issued and Paid .. $19,478.90 Transferred to General Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,521.10 Balance, September 10, 1948

$22,000.00 22,000.00 $

The various items in the foregoing report have been taken from the books and records of the Grand Secretary and the Grand Treasurer, and reflect the recorded cash transactions of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. & A. M. from September 11, 1947 to September 10, 1948. 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, C. K. BENSON, Certified Public Accountant. PAST GRAND MASTERS PRESENTED

The Most Worshipful Grand Master introduced all the Past Grand Masters who were present. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE

Most Worshipful Brother Denslow presented the report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence. The report was approved and is as follows: (See "Masonic World" page 3c). RECOMMENDATION AND RESOLUTION FROM THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

The following recommendation and resolution were presented by

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

the Committee on Ways and Means and were referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Acting under the law as revised and adopted at the last Annual Communication, the Grand Master summoned some twenty Lodges in Lrrears with the Grand Lodge, to appear before the Ways and Means Committee last April for the purpose of settling past due accounts. It devdoped that every Lodge in financial difficulty with the Grand Lodge became involved as a result of carrying members who were delinquent. Thh was done in a spirit of fraternal regard, and frequently on advice givun by Masonic leaders in public addresses and written communications, but finances became involved nevertheless. As a result of this experience we recommend to the Grand Lodge the adoption of an automatic suspen3ion law whereby the delinquent member stands suspended by law rather than by action of the Lodge. Such a rule has long passed the experimental stage in the Grand Lodge of Texas. That Grand Lodge adopted an automatic suspension law in 1934, in the midst of the depreBsion, and has since increased its membership from 92,000 to 155,000, with never a Lodge in arrears and no lists of delinquent members. It was during this period that most of our problems had their beginning. Believing that a similar law will be to the great advantage of the Grand Lodge of Uissouri and its subordinate Lodges, we offer the following resolution: Be it resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Missouri approve a law providing for the automatic suspension of members in arrears for dues, and that the Committee on Jurisprudence be requested to prepare and introduce the necessary resolutions to make such a law effective.

Fraternally submitted, \V AYS AND MEANS.

COMMITTEE ON

GRAND REPRESENTATIVE OF MAINE

E't. \Vor. Brother Edward H. Britton, Grand Representative of the Gra,nd Lodge of Missouri near the Grand Lodge of Maine was present and was presented to the brethren. C'ALLED FROM LABOR

The morning Session then closed with prayer by Grand Chaplain Thurman, and the Grand Lodge was called from labor. AFTERNOON SESSION-l:30 p. m. CALLED TO LABOR

'l'he Grand Lodge was called to labor at 1 :30 p. m., Grand Chaplain Edward Potts offering prayer. THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION

'I he Grand Secretary read the report of the Committee on Masonic Temple Assoeiation, which was adopted and is as follows:

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1948

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

To the Most 路Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Your members appointed by the Grand Master to represent the Grand Lodge in the Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis, Missouri, submit the following report: In our report of 1947 the bonded indebtedness was $ 37,000.00 Money deposited by member bodies on which the Association pays 3 per cent interest was 40,500.87 Total indebtedness . $ 77,500.87 On December 1, 1947, in addition to the interest due at that time, the Association paid off bonds amounting to . 7,000.00 On June 1, 1948, in addition to the interest due at that time 7,000.00 the Association paid off bonds amounting to . Total Bond Payments As of September 1, 1948, the indebtedness of the Association stands as follows: Bonds secured by a first mortgage Funds deposited by member bodies

. $ 14,000.00 . .

23,000.00 40,500.87

Total indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $ 63,500.87 Since September 1, 1947, there have been no payments on deposits made by tne member bodies nor have any member bodies made any further deposits tnan as shown. On account of the high cost of operation in the form of supplies and labor the Association has not been able to reduce its indebtedness as much as it has in previous years nor have the bodies been able to make contributions in the form of depos'its. We congratulate the officers and members of the Association upon the progress they are making and we look forward in the very near future to a complete payment of the bonded indebtedness. Fraternally submitted, BYRNE E. BIGGER, Chairman, GUY MILLION, MARVIN BOISSEAU.

THE REPORT OF MISSOURI LODGE OF RESEARCH

The Grand Secretary read the report of the Missouri Lodge of Research, which was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: It is my duty, as well as pleasure, to comply with the Laws of the Grand Lodge, under which the Missouri Lodgo of R~search is chartered, and make report of the Lodge's activities for the year 1947-48. The Lodge has enjoyed much more than healthy growth during the year, having as of September 27 a total of 412 members, fully paid and in good standing. This is an increase of 128 in the twelve-month period. This growth is due in part, I hope, to increasing interest on the part of Missouri Freemasons in their own history. More especially, however, it is due to the untiring efforts of our Secretary, Brother F. M. McKinney, to build up the membership. In this work he has had the assistance of a number of our members, and the active cooperation of Grand Master

1948

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

Morris E. Ewing, Grand Lecturer Anthony F. Ittner, some of the State's district deputies, and Past Grand Master Ray V. Denslow. As the result of an appropriation last year of $1,500 by the Grand Lodge to assist us in carrying on our work, we are in good condition financially. This money, added to that which has been received from membership dues, will pay for the current volume of our Transactions :md leave us :1 substantial balance in bank. For details concerning our finances I refer you to the reports of our Secretary and Treasurer. The volume of Transactions soon to be distributed to our membership is a very expensive book, due to the engravings of past Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge which appear in it. The book has extraordinary historical value and is something all of us can treasure. Within the year our Lodge has been given a complete set of the Proceedings of our Missouri Grand Lodge by the widow of our late brother, Major Nat D. Jackson, and also the Chapter button of the pioneer Missouri Mason, Colonel John Ralls. The latter gift was by Mrs. Lydia Mae Youngs, granddaughter of Colonel Ralls. Mrs. Youngs, a venerable woman of seventy-five years, has been accepted for admittance to the Masonic Home of Indiana, where she expects to spend the remainder of her life. The resting place for these fine gifts will be determined at the meeting of our Lodge this week. It is hoped that these gifts will prompt others to give us historical objects of importance. During the current year we have distributed to our membership the following books and publications: Transactions for 1946. Masonic World for 1947. Address of Grand Master, 1947. A Story of Early-Day Royal Arch Masonry. Studies in Royal Arch Masonry, Nos. I and II. Studies in Templar Masonry, No. 1. Missouri Lodge of Research Directory. The following publications are in print and will be distributed promptly after the meeting of this Grand Lodge: Transactions for 1947. Masonic World for 1948. Address of Grand Master, 1948. Semi-annual meetings of the Lodge of Research were resumed last April, at tho time of the meeting of the Grand Chapter of Missouri in Kansas City. Arrangements for the meeting, which took the form of a breakfast, were made by Brother George Claude Marquis, Senior Warden of this Lodge, who also worked out the details for the program and presided at the breakfast. The program included a history of the Royal Arch Chapter at Lexington by Brother James McBrayer Sellers, and a history of the Royal Arch Chapter at Independence by Brother J. Renick Jones. These gentlemen are past High Priests of their respective Chapters. Both Chapters are in their centennial year. Music for the occasion was under the direction of Brother Claude L. Fitchthorne. The breakfast was attended by 130 brethren, and besides being delightful was truly historic. I cannot close this report without again urging that every Blue Lodge in Missouri become a member of this organization. We deserve, I feel, that much support from the Lodges of the State, for we are striving constantly to record the history of Freemasonry in Missouri-a work that is important and will be enduring. I also must urge, as I have so many times in the past, that every Masonic body in Missouri see to it that its records are stored in vaults, where they will be safe from fire and vandalism. These records contain much important Missouri history. All need to be preserved. Without them good history-important history-will be lost forever.

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And now let me say again that the objects of the Missouri Lodge of Research will not be accomplished until the history of every Masonic body in the State has been carefully written and made available to any and all Freemasons who may be interested. For the cooperation of my fellow officers in the Lodge of Research, from the officers of the Grand Lodge, and all others, I wish formally to express my thanks. They-not I-have carried the Lodge to new heights, and I gladly give them the credit. Respectfully submitted. OVID BELL, Worshipful Master, Missouri Lodge of Research. Fulton, Missouri, September 27, 1948.

REPORT OF THE MASONIC HOME M. Wor. W. W. Martin presented the report of the Masonic Home, which was adopted and is as follows: FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 1947 TO SEPTEMBER 1, 1948 MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI, LOCATED AT ST. LOUIS OFFICERS W. W. Martin, President T. W. Cotton, Vice-President. Harry Theis, Treasurer Clarence L. Alexander, Secretary Lewis C. Robertson, Superintendent Dr. Solon Cameron, Home Physician Mrs. Wilmoth Waller, Matron of Children Mrs. Emma Bettis, Matron of Old Folks

St. Louis, Mo. Van Buren, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, 1\10. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Henry C. Chiles Martin B. Dickinson James \V. Skelly • Arthur D. Nordberg

Lexington, Kansas City, St. Louis, Kansas City,

MO.} Mo. Mo. Mo.

Term expires 1948

Harry Theis Harris C. Johnston Byrne E. Bigger Ray V. Denslow R. Jasper Smith

St. Louis, Boonville, Hannibal, Trenton, Springfield,

MO.) M.o. Mo. Mo. Mo.

Term expires 1949

T. W. Cotton W. W. Martin DuVal Smith Robert C. \Vinkelmaier

Van Buren, St. Louis, St. Joseph, St. Louis,

MO.} Mo. Mo. Mo.

Term expires 1950

• Elected until next communication of Grand Lodge to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of F. Ernest Carter.

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EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Morris E. Ewing, Grand Master Harry F. Sunderland, Deputy Grand Master James M. Bradford, Senior Grand Warden Ray Bond, Junior Grand Warden

Morrisville, Kansas City, St. Louis, .Joplin,

Mo. Mo. Mo. Mo.

ADVISORY BOARD -Mrs. Lorraine Hinn Mrs. Alta Tate Mrs. Marie Nottbusch

Excelsior Springs, Mo. Kirkwood, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.

At the Board meeting held in St. Louis, January 14, 1948, the following officers were elected: W. W. Martin, President, St. Louis, Mo. T. W. Cotton, Vice President, Van Buren, Mo. Harry Theis, Treasurer, St. Louis, Mo. C. L. Alexander, Secretary, St. Louis, Mo. Lewis C. Robertson, Superintendent, St. Louis, Mo.

The following were appointed: 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. COMMITTEES

Trustees of Endowment Fund-W. W. Martin, Harry Theis, Harry C. Johnston.

Executive Committee-To W. Cotton, Chairman; B. E. Bigger, Henry C. Chiles, Ray V. Denslow, Martin B. Dickinson, Harris C. Johnston, W. W. Martin, Arthur D. Nordberg, James W. Skelly, DuVal Smith, R. Jasper Smith, Robert Winkelmaier, Harry Theis. Finance Committee-Ray V. Denslow, Chairman; Byrne E. Bigger; T. W. Cotton. Admission and Discipline Committee-James W. Skelly, Chairman, Harry Theis, Robert C. Winkelmaier. Administration Committee-Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman; Martin B. Dickinson; Harris C. Johnston, Harry Theis, DuVal Smith. Legal Committee-Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman; Henry C. Chiles, Martin B. Dickinson; DuVal Smith, R. Jasper Smith. Hospital Committee-To W. Cotton, Chairman; Robert C. Winkelmaier, Harris C. Johnston. MEDICAL STAFF

Dr. Solon Cameron Dr. Leland B. Alford Dr. William R. Bohne Dr. Erich Brockelman Dr. James Barrett Brown

St. Louis, Mo. St~ Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.

â&#x20AC;˘ Mrs. Ella Jean Flanders resigned and the Grand Matron appointed Mrs. Lorraine Hinn to fill the vacancy.

52 Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr.

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C. E. Burford A. H. Conrad Ralph Cook Carl T. Eber James Forsen Joseph Glenn J. F. Hardesty D. L. Harris R. K. Kimmel Roland M. Klemme Charles L. Klenk Otto W. Koch Phillip S. Luedde 'Villiam Nelson Bert O. Owens R. J. Payne Hugo Reim Robert E. Schlueter Charles 'V. Thierry Henry P. Thym R. S. Weiss Frederick A. Baldwin Hermon S. Major

St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, 1\10. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, 1\10. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, 1'10. Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City, Mo.

To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. F. &- A. M. 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 'Vorshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, held on October 1, 1947, in St. Louis, Missouri, the following brethren were elected directors for a term of three years. T. W. Cotton, Van Buren, Missouri W. W. Martin, St. Louis, Missouri DuVal Smith, St. Joseph, Missouri Robert C. Winkelmaier, St. Louis, Missouri.

R. Jasper Smith, Springfield, Missouri was cleeted for a term of two years. RESIGNATION OF BROTHER F. ERNEST CARTER

On January 9, 1948, Brother F. Ernest Carter of Kansas City, Mo., resigned and the Board elected Brother Arthur D. Nordberg to fill the vacancy until the next annual communication of the Grand Lodge. INCREASE IN PER CAPITA

In these days of inflation, the increase of forty cents per capita

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voted by the last Grand Lodge was vital to the Home. Our living costs have soared. According to Government figures, compared with 1939, costs in August were 176.2 per cent. But the Home did not get any of this increase in per capita in the past Masonic year. It was collected by the Grand Lodge in July and August, 1948, and is available for the coming Masonic year. During the past year we were compelled to use over $18,000.00 of a surplus we had built up to be used for the new Children's Home. "Vith this forty cents per capita increase in income, we expeet to operate this next year \vithin our budget. SUPERINTENDENT

Brother Lewis C. Robertson was elected Superintendent of the Home on November 12, 1947, and began work December 16. He was born and reared in Missouri, educated in William Jewell College and the University of Missouri. During the war he was in Red Cross work, overseas, and came out with a very high rating. He is in middle age, well trained and educated and brings a life filled with rich experiences to his new job. NEW BOARD MEMBER

At the Board meeting held on February 11, 1948, Brother Arthur D. Nordberg, a Past Master and District Deputy of Kansas City, was elected to the Board to serve until the next annual communication of the Grand Lodge. APPLICATIONS

During the past year 185 applications for admission to the Home were considered, and the following disposition was made of them: Admitted to the Home........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Died while application was being investigated.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Referred to the Welfare Committee of the Grand Lodge........ Referred to the Welfare Committee of the Grand Chapter.......... Rejected because of ineligibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Continued for further investigation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

44 14 3 0 4 120

185

It is rather amazing to note the increase in applications, both of old folks and children. In the years 1943, 1944, 1945 and 1946 we admitted only twelve children or an average of three per year, but in the past two years we have admitted twenty-three. The demand for a Home for children is definitely on the increase. But in times when the national income is the highest that was ever known it is rather amazing to get so many applications for old people. \Ve must remember that in America the span of life is increasing and that there are three times as many people sixty-five and older as there were in 1900. 'Vc need also to remember that there are many thousands more Freemasons in Missouri than there were in 1935. The demand on

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the Home for both the old and the young is sure to increase and we shudder to think what will happen if a depression comes. MEMBER STATISTICS Girls 17 2

Men 70 12 82 1 17

198 0 21

26 5 0

Discharged during the year ................. Deaths during the year

Members in the Home September 1, 1948 ..

177

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Women 172 26

Boys 18 8

Members in the Home September 1, 1947 .. Admitted during the past year

Total members in the Home September 1, 1948 Average number in the Home during the year Admitted during the year but who have not yet arrived

277 277 1

CONDITIONS IN THE HOME

The Home is very badly crowded in the women's department. The nine-story Women's Building is filled, twenty-one women are living in the men's building and six are living in the hospital waiting for a room. In the past five years the demand for the admission of women to the Home has greatly increased. Our people are well-cared for and are a very appreciative family. The average age of our old people is seventy-eight. MASONIC INFmMARY

The following gives an account of the work done during the year: Total number of patients in the hospital at beginning of year ., . . 56 Total number of patients admitted during the year 261 Total number of patients discharged during the year 213 Total number of deaths during the year ........ 39* Total number of patients treated during the year 10,534 Total number of patients in the hospital at end of the year .. . . . . 65 Average number of patients per day during the year 65 Total patients' days in the hospital 23,726 Total number of out-patient treatments during the year 8,012

Figures do not tell the whole story. Dr. Cameron and his staff work diligently for our sick and infirm. The Doctor is a part-time employe but often visits the Home as many as three or four times a day when there are people critically ill. We have many bedfast patients who require every attention. PER CAPITA COSTS

The increase in the cost of living for the past year is approximately ten per cent and this is reflected in the increased costs in the Home. Our per capita is $1,002.59. We have checke<1 with other Masonic â&#x20AC;˘ One death was an employe of the Home.

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Homes and find that our costs are in line. \Ve are trying to run a good Home and give our children every educational advantage, and our old people the best possible care. OUR KITCHENS RATED "A"

When St. Louis passed their restaurant inspection law, our three kitchens were checked and all three given an "A" rating by the Health Department of the city. \Ve have been repeatedly rechecked and have always had the same top rating. The requirements of the law are very rigid but our equipment, cleanliness, and care of food, have met every requirement. CHILDREN IN THE HOME

Ten children were admitted during the year and there were nine discharges. Five of our boys and girls will be in University and College. As a rule, our children are excellent students and make splendid grades and the Home wins its share of scholastic honors. Our children are also noted for their good behavior at home and in public places. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

We are deeply grateful for the continued help given through the years by the Knights Templar. Again two of our young men will be helped by this grand organization. ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR SCHOLARSHIP

The Eastern Star Scholarship Board has again offered us a scholarship. We are unable to use it this year, but hope to use two next year. They have been most generous with their help. ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR

The Advisory Board of the Order of the Eastern Star has been most helpful in the past year. They have furnished the parlor in the Administration Building, <,ompletely furnished a large library room and one of their organizations has $3,500.00 for new reference books; a large sun parlor has been beautifully and tastefully furnished in the Hospital. They have finished the furnishing of the Men's Building, including the sun parlors, bought new office furniture for two of the offices, besides many smaller gifts. As usual, everything is in exquisite taste and a quality of furniture that will give wear and at small annual costs for repairs. ENTERTAINMENT FUND

The Grand Master's letter to the Lodges brought a response from the following Lodges. Other Masonic organizations and individuals also contributed; many without any solicitation. Following the list of donors is a list of the expenses. A detailed list of expenses is open to any Lodge who may wish more information on how this fund is spent.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

1948

A Committee of the Board plans how the money is to be spent and the Superintendent of the Home carries out th(lir wishes. This money is not only used at Christmas but through the entire year; for picture shows, entertainment, birthday presents, boat trips and in many other ways. Meridian Lodge No.2, St. Louis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. United Lodge No.5, Springfield . George Washington Lodge No.9, St. Louis . Rising Sun Lodge No. 13, Barry . Western Star Lodge No. 15, Winston " . Clarksville Lodge N'l. 17, Clarksville . Palmyra Lodge No. 18, Palmyra . St. Louis Lodge No. 20, St. Louis . Havana Lodge No. 21, McFall . Windsor Lodge No. 29, Windsor . Liberty Lodge No. 31, Liberty . Humphreys Lodge No. 32, Humpreys " , Mercer Lodge No. 35, Princeton . DeWitt Lodge No. 39, DeWitt . Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40, St. Louis . Jefferson Lodge No. 43, Jefferson City . Fair Play Lodge No. 44, Fair Play . Fulton Lodge No. 48, Fulton . Wakanda Lodge No. 52, Carrollton . Weston Lodge No. 53, Weston ," " , Richmond Lodge No. 57, Richmond '" . Monticello Lodge No. 58, Monticello . Vincel Lodge No. 62, Cameron . Monroe Lodge No. 64, Monroe City . Sullivan Lodge No. 69, Sullivan . Gorin Lodge No. 72, Gorin . Independence Lodge No. 76, Independence . St. Joseph Lodge No. 78, St. Joseph . Polar Star Lodge No. 79, St. Louis . Bridgeton Lodge No. 80, St. John's Station . Pomegranate Lodge No. 95, St. Louis . St. Andrews Lodge No. 96, Shelbyville . Webster Lodge No. 98, Marshfield . Heroine Lodge No. 104, Kansas City . Gallatin Lodge No. 106, Gallatin . Maitland Lodge No. 112, Maitland . Compass Lodge No. 120, Parkville . Triplett Lodge No. 122, Triplett . Hermann Lodge No. 123, Hermann , .. , ., , .. Potosi Lodge No. 131, Potosi . Farmington Lodge No. 132, Farmington . Pleasant Grove Lodge No. 142, Otterville . Cass Lodge No. 147, Harrisonville . Ionic Lodge No. 154, Desloge . North Star Lodge No. 157, Rockport . ~fountain Grove Lodge No. 158, Mountain Grove . Whitesville Lodge No. 162, Whitesville . Occidental Lodge No. 163, St. Louis . Portageville Lodge No. 166, Portageville . Gray Summit Lodge No. 172, Gray Summit " . . Griswold Lodge No. 178, Bellflower

$ 50.00

25.00 61.00 30.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 ]0.00 10.00 50.00 20.00 16.90 20.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 32.00 10.00 25.00 60.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 100.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 10.00 25.00 25.00 5.00 5.00

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Pyramid Lodge No. 180, St. Louis California Lodge No. 183, California Hannibal Lodge No. 188, Hannibal Zeredatha Lodge No. 189, St. Joseph Bolivar Lodge N Q. 195, Bolivar New Hope Lodge No. 199, Elsberry Ravenswood Lodge No. 201, Ravenwood Salisbury Lodge No. 208, Salisbury Poplar Bluff Lodge No. 209, Poplar Bluff Four Mile Lodge No. 212, Campbell Rolla Lodge No. 213, Rolla Forest City Lodge No. 214, Forest City Hale City Lodge No. 216, Hale Kansas City Lodge No. 220, Kansas City Saline Lodge No. 226, St. Marys flt. James Lodge No. 230, St.â&#x20AC;˘Tames St. Francois Lodge No. 234, Libertyville Rushville Lodge No. 238, Rushville Palestine Lodge No. 241, St. Charles Portland Lodge No. 242, Portland Montgomery Lodge No. 246, Montgomery City Neosho Lodge No. 247, Neosho Butler Lodge No. 254, Butler Shekinah Lodge No. 256, Festus Mechanicsville Lodge No. 260, Defiance Holden Lodge No. 262, Holden Corinthian Lodge No. 265, Warrensburg Aurora Lodge No. 267, St. Louis Brotherhood Lodge No. 269, St. Joseph New Salem Lodge No. 270, Winfield Granite Lodge No. 272, Sedalia St. Clair Lodge No. 273, Osceola Grand River Lodge No. 276, Freeman Essex Lodge No. 278, Essex Fenton Lodge No. 281, Fenton Moniteau Lodge No. 295, Jamestown Temple Lodge No. 299, Kansas City Osage Lodge No. 303, Nevada Cecile Daylight No. 305, Kansas City Sikeston Lodge No. 310, Sikeston Cuba Lodge No. 312, Cuba Hardin Lodge No. 322, Hardin Cornerstone Lodge No. 323, St. Louis McDonald Lodge No. 324, Independence Linn Lodge No. 326, Linn Cainsville Lodge No. 328, Cainsville Paul Revere Lodge No. 330, St. Louis Uharity Lodge No. 331, St. Joseph Joplin Lodge No. 335, Joplin America Lodge No. 347, St. Louis Pollock Lodge No. 349, Pollock Barnesville Lodge No. 353, Ellington Hebron Lodge No. 354, Mexico Garrett Lodge No. 359, Arcola Hiram Lodge No. 362, Kahoka Adair Lodge No. 366, Kirksville Crescent Lodge No. 368, Adrain

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5.00 25.00 10.00 15.00 10.00 14.00 5.00 5.00 25.00 25.00 33.00 10.00 3.00 25.00 5.00 15.00 5.00 15.00 50.00 5.00 25.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 2.50 10.00 25.00 5.00 42.00 25.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 50.00 20.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 5.00 7.85 25.00 15.00 10.00 25.00 10.00

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Composite Lodge No. 369, Doniphan Waynesville Lodge No. 375, Waynesville Queen City Lodge No. 380, Queen City Pythagoras Lodge No. 383, Cassville Richland Lodge No. 385, Richland Raytown Lodge No. 391, Raytown Malta Lodge No. 402, Malta Bend Rosendale Lodge No. 404, Rosendale Appleton City Lodge No. 412, Appleton City Cache Lodge No. 416, St. Louis Whitewater Lodge No. 417, Whitewater Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422, Springfield Anchor Lodge No. 443, St. Louis West Gate Lodge No. 445, St. Louis Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446, Kansas City Continental Lodge No. 454, Stewartsville Caruthersville Lodge No. 461, Caruthersville Mt. Hope Lodge No. 476, Odessa Jewel Lodge No. 480, Pleasant Hill Cairo Lodge No. 486, Cairo Unity Lodge No. 495, Richards Harmony Lodge No. 499, St. Louis Buckner Lodge No. 501, Buckner New Hampton Lodge No. 510, New Hampton Lockwood Lodge No. 521, Lockwood Gate City Lodge No. 522, Kansas City Wayne Lodge No. 526, Piedmont Higbee Lodge No. 527, Higbee Columbia Lodge No. 534, Pacific Zalma Lodge No. 545, Zalma Clinton Lodge No. 548, Clinton Rose Hill Lodge No. 550, St. Louis Clarksburg Lodge No. 553, Clarksburg Clarksdale Lodge No. 559, Clarksdale York Lodge No. 563, Kansas City " Miller Lodge No. 567, Miller Marlborough Lodge 569, Kansas City Hayti Lodge No. 571, Hayti Olive Branch Lodge No. 576, St. Louis Illmo Lodge No. 581, Illmo Criterion Lodge No. 586, Alba Union Lodge No. 593, Union Elvins Lodge No. 599, Flat River Clayton Lodge No. 601, Clayton Warrenton Lodge No. 609, Warrenton Chaffee Lodge No. 615, Chaffee Swope Park Lodge No. 617, Kansas City Owensville Lodge No. 624, Owensville Sheffield Lodge No. 625, Kansas City Tower Grove Lodge No. 631, St. Louis Trinity Lodge No. 641, St. Louis University Lodge No. 649, University City Country Club Lodge No. 656, Kansas City Rockhill Lodge No. 663, Kansas City

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25.00 25.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 100.00 5.00 25.00 25.00 10.00 25.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 25.00 5.00 5.00 25.00 5.00 8.25 5.00 20.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 22.50 15.00 5.00 10.00 50.00 5.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 20.00 20.00 50.00 30.00 10.00 12.50 10.00 20.00 25.00 25.00 10.00 15.00 17.10 10.00

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS Alhambra Grotto, St, Louis

$ 93.00

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Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite, Kansas City . Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite, St. Louis . Neosho Commandery No. 57, K. T., Neosho . Palestine Commandery No. 17, K. T. Independence . St. Graal Commandery No. 12, K. 'r. Columbia . Independence Chapter No. 12, R. A. M., Independence . Poplar Bluff Chapter No. 114, R. A. M., Poplar Bluff . Tyrian Chapter No. 52, R. A. M., Neosho . . Neosho Council No. 46, R. & S. M., Neosho Ltbanon Lodge No. 77 and Martha and Mary Chapter No. 364, O. E. S., Steelville Ransom A. Breuer Association of the 32nd Masonic District. . . Fred B. Adams, St. Louis, Missouri Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Burlingame, Sedalia, Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . William Birkenmeyer, St. Louis, Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Margaret Harborth, Albuquerque, New Mexico. . . . . . . . Herbert Haukenberry, Independence, Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Lander, Holden, Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Julia Lewis, University City, Missouri Charles ]'. Rott, Sappington, Missouri Mrs. Bertha Schaefer. St. Louis, Missouri Samuel 1. Sievers, St. Louis, Missouri

59 50.00 100.00 25.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 20.00 25.00 10.00 43.00 5.00 25.00 10.00 20.00 5.00 1.00 5.00 100.00 10.00 100.00 5.00

DISBURSEMENTS FROM THE ENTERTAINMENT FUND $ 351.10 14.00 85.00 48.60 106.25 486.00 60.00 343.20 9.46 18.00 83.97 717.00 132.00 51. 70 399.51 315.00 259.25 144.50 480.00 42.15 80.45

Birthday Gifts for old folks Special Treat for children ............................. Special Treat for old folks Doughnuts, Cider and Apples for Hallowe'en........ . . . . . . Special Treat for both children and old folks Cash for Thanksgiving (old folks) Cash for Thanksgiving (children) Turkeys for Thanksgiving ................ Symphony Tickets .............. Civic Music League Tickets Christmas Trees and Decorations Cash for Christmas gifts to old folks ($3.00 each) Christmas Gifts for children Fruit for Christmas 'l'urkeys for Christmas Candy for Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Candy for Easter Playground Equipment Cash to old folks-4th of July. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Watermelon Feast. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boat Excursion Special buses to Famous Barr Co. Christmas party and the Police circus . Picture Shows, (operator only) .

30.65 25.00 $4,282.79

BUILDING FUND CAMPAIGN

At the close of the year we had $99,638.79 in the Building Fund of the Home. There has been no solicitation but the following gifts have come in voluntarily from Masons who know the great need of the Home for new buildings.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Beacon Lodge No.3, St. Louis . Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40, St. Louis . Jefferson Lodge No. 43, Jefferson City . Bridgeton Lodge No. 80, St. John's Station . Pomegranate Lodge No. 95, St. Louis . Good Hope Lodge No. 95, St. Louis . Fenton Lodge No. 281, Fenton . Tuscan Lodge No. 360, St. Louis . West Gate Lodge No. 445, St. Louis . Euclid Lodge No. 505, St. Louis . Algabil Lodge No. 544, St. Louis . Rose Hill Lodge No. 550, St. Louis . Grandin Lodge No. 579, Grandin . Leadwood Lodge No. 598, Leadwood , Elvins Lodge No. 599, Flat River . East Gate Lodge No. 630, Kansas City . . Tower Grove Lodge No. 631, St. Louis Shaveh Lodge No. 646, St. Louis . Pilgrim Lodge No. 652, St. Louis . Country Club Lodge No. 656, Kansas City . Daniel Kerckhoff Foundation, St. Louis . Boaz B. Watkins, St. Louis, Mo., in memory of John E. Gaskill C. L. Alexander, St. Louis, Mo., in memory of George Wagner .. J. H. Brimmer, House Springs, Mo . Ralph D. Lowenstein, St. Louis, Mo . Fred Rick, St. Louis, Missouri . Will Docter, St. Louis, Mo. . . Walter Freund Bread Co., St. Louis, Mo. . . James W. Walker, Webster Groves, Mo . William L. Tamme, Fenton, Mo. . . Oscar R. Witte, St. Louis, Mo .

1948 $ 59.00

55.85 100.00 5.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 90.00 33.00 20.00 19.00 5.00 1.00 25.00 5.00 7.45 15.00 3.00 2.00 525.00 250.00 10.00 5.00 60.00 2.00 150.00 200.00 50.00 100.00 25.00 25.00

SALARIES

The salaries paid at the Home have never been secret and any inquiring Mason has been promptly answered who has requested information but it seems that there is some misinformation abroad about the salaries of some of the officers of the Home so we are giving the annual salary of the President and the Superintendent. The President's annual salary is $6,750.00 plus maintenance. The Superintendent's salary is $3,600.00 plus a home. ENDOWMENT FUND

During the past year additions to the Endowment Fund have amounted to $89,542.52. A list of the donors is given under a separate heading. Approximately sixty-five people have been maintained in the Home during the past year from the illeome of this fund. MRS. MARY HUTHMAKER MEMORIAL

This consists of an eighty-acre tract of land located in Kirkwood, Missouri, and St. Louis County, to be used eventually as a Children's Home.

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GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

MRS. GUSSIE GRENNER ESTATE

This estate has a market value of approximately $200,000.00. 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 $7,066.15. CONCLUSION

Weare profoundly grateful to Almighty God for His keeping power and blessings through another year. In many ways it has been difficult but by and large, it has been a good year. Fraternally submitted, MASONIC HOME BOARD, By \V. W. MARTIN, President.

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ADDITIONS TO THE ENDOWMENT FUND MASONIO HO:ME OF MISSOURI 1947-1948 MRS. EARL C. TUGGLE GIFT MRS. MARY HUTHMAKER ESTATE.............. MRS. KATHRYN LEHMAN ESTATE............ FRANKLIN V. KEMP ESTATE

25.00

1,116.72

50.94 117.07

H. STUART JAMISON ESTATE..................

1,000.00

CLARA SIEGEL ESTATE........................

203.06

A. M. FREUND ESTATE..........................

500.00

GEORGE C. PAULUS GIFT.......................

2,000.00

BERNARD J. KAPPEL ESTATE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

500.00

MARY E. KNECHT ESTATE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MRS. ANNA NIPPER ESTATE FORT LEONARD WOOD NATIONAL SOJOURNERS GIFT

250.00 83,679.73 100.00

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GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

ENDOWMENT FUND MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI 1886-1947

Knights Templar Fund James L. Kirkendall W. S. Smith Fund T. W. Higgins Fund James W. Harris Fund Masonic Home Certificate Fund Ferdinand Herold Fund John B. Croshaw Fund Jacob F. Gunlich Fund Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons Fund Grand Chapter Royal and Select Masters Fund T. W. Cotton Fund Orville A. and Maria Haynes Fund A. M. Hough Fund Jacob Lampert Fund Mrs. E. Wurz Adolph Gluck Fund Parralle Massengale Mrs. Lillie F. Fletcher Fund Frederick A. Logan Fund Robert Elliott Black Fund Nathan Schloss Fund A. P. Christianson Fund Rice Estate Hugh Hartshorn Fund William Pamprin Fund Morgena Peterson Fund Otto E. and Mrs. Grant Howard Fund General Fund Julius C. Garrell Fund War Relief Loyal Service Fund James W. Boyd Fund Ararat Temple, Kansas City Fund Mrs. Willie A. Woods Fund Grotto and Shrine Fund Morris and Ella Leftwich Fund Mrs. Mary Lynch Fund A. P. Fletcher Fund Frank Beecher Fund A. M. Dockery Fund Edward H. Meier Fund William H. Potter Estate Fund J. C. Jacquith Estate Fund Initiation Fund Nicholas R. Wall Fund Abraham Palan Fund Bonds from a friend of the Home sold for Maggie Nicholson Fund Louisa Yott Fund

. $35,114.00 . 13,150.00 . 11,730.00 5,000.00 . 1,665.74 . 1,117.60 . 500.00 . 1,000.00 . 1,000.00 . 3,000.00 . 2,500.00 . 1,000.00 . 1,000.00 . 5,000.00 . . 30,000.00 500.00 . 500.00 . 806.60 . 1,000.00 . 500.00 . 1,000.00 . 932.83 . 2,067.91 . . 51,096.35 2,327.75 . 1,000.00 . 500.00 . 1,000.00 . . 128,740.03 1,000.00 . 7,107.50 . 500.00 . 500.00 . 3,000.00 . . 17,056.95 1,800.00 . 1,000.00 . 1,000.00 . 1,442.48 . 1,000.00 . 500.00 . . 13,305.50 . 19,122.61 . 246,700.00 . 500.00 584.70 . . 52,218.75 550.36 . 500.00 .

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ENDOW:MENTFUND MASONIC HO:ME OF MISSOURI 1886-1947 Gustav Bischoff Fund W. L. Tamme Fund Erdhaus Estate secured and unsecured Henry T. Kilpatrick Fund William A. Hall Fund Henry Siegfried Edward Meyer Charles V. B. Slade Robert F. Stevenson Glen Marquis Frank L. Schofield D. M. Wilson ~iary C. Clapp Samuel Rife Estate Charles Reilly E. C. Robinson B. S. Schwartz Brockett A. Dickson George F. Bergfeld Sarah B. Coffman Samuel A. Gluck Wellston Lodge No. 613 Richard Sinclair Karl Backrow ,Robert Lungstrass June Lee Cotton St. Joseph Chapter No. 198, O. E. S. . Marcus A. Loevy Sam Plan W. J. Scherek Myrtle Lodge No. 338 Ludwig Kotany Charles E. Koken Philip Stremmel, Jr Boor Fletcher Alphonzo Whipple A. Bolin Fund M. A. Covey Fund William F. Kier Fund John T. Short Fund Paul Keiser Fund John Oliver Fund J. M. Darrow Fund T. W. Pritchett Fund Annie Martin Fund Comstock Estate Comstock Estate (doubtful value) Julia C. Norton Fund J. l\L Darrow Estate

. 500.00 550.00 . . 7,665.32 . 2,000.00 500.00 , . 1,000.00 500.00 . 9,548.75 . . 14,992.13 1,105.14 . 1,000.00 . 528.00 . 3,405.09 . . 7,548.50 100.00 . 2,500.00 . 692.83 . 1,000.00 . 500.00 . 465.89 . 200.00 . 100.00 . 200.00 . 100.00 . 286.00 . 250.00 . 450.00 . . 70.00 . 100.00 . 46.00 . 310.95 . 200.00 300.00 . . 137.40 400.00 . 100.00 . 400.00 . 25.00 . . 10,000.00 200.00 . 2,000.00 . 371.36 . 5,000.00 . 1,000.00 . 259.98 . . 115,760.97 . 2,500.00 1,000.00 . . 5,000.00

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GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

ENDOWMENT FUND MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI 1886-1947

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 . 933.24 James Vinyard Estate . . 11,600.00 George B. Mills Estate, Stock and Bonds 250.00 John R(;lhrs Estate . 1,901.39 William Russell Estate, Cash . 4,392.00 William Russell Estate, Bonds and Other Securities .. 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 2,780.00 Oscar H. Elbrecht Estate, Stock and Bonds . 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 . 1,000.00 Charles Geitner Estate . 5,085.00 William B. Archer Estate . 1,000.00 . J ames Ward Nixon Memorial Henry C. Grenner Estate, Stocks, Bonds and Cash . 261,502.94 200.00 Berthold Linder Estate . 365.67 . Charles H. Schureman Estate 1,000.00 . Charles A. Brown Estate 100.00 Ernest Bruneman . 942.84 . A. S. IIudson Estate .. , 707.16 Myrtle Kipp Estate . John Cunningham Estate . 16,875.25 5,500.00 Mrs. Pearl Kaiser Annuity . 6,362.19 Estate of William Modra . 500.00 George W. Leeak Gift . 1,500.00 Louis J. Brohammer Gift . 1,000.00 Fred D. Gardner Estate . 1,000.00 George H. W oltjen Estate . Mrs. Virginia Allen Church Estate 5,000.00 (in memory of Ethelbert Forrester Allen) . 25.00 Irin Levosier Page Estate . 50.00 Gift in memory of William T. Coombs . 100.00 Barbara Seaman Bequest . 1,000.00 Isador Mendle Legacy . 1,000.00 Estate of Joseph S. McIntyre . 2,053.03 Estate of James R. Anderson . 10.00 R. F. Stevenson Estate . George William James Estate . 1,000.00 Gerard B.. Lambert . 7.40 Mary Huthmaker Estate, Bond and Cash . 5,553.59 Estate of William Rothmeyer . 50.00

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ENDOW:MENT FUND MASONIC HO:ME OF MISSOURI 1886-1947

Louis Schmidt Estate William W. Alexander 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 Edward Kuhn Estate Alva Moog Estate Nicola Zimmer Memorial Fund Emma H. Doellner Estate Abraham Romansky Abraham Romansky Estate Albert Rabenneck Estate Agnes McAdoo Estate, Bond and Cash F. W. Struchen Estate Harry P. Brown Estate Mrs. Anna Kern Estate Mrs. Elizabeth Clark Estate Gift in Memory of Alexander Friedberg Emma Schumacher Estate Gift in Memory of Charles Hermann Charles Spraul Estate Theodore Mueller Estate Frank Ferguson Estate Kathryn Lehman Estate E. H. Lehnbetter Estate Logan Busby Estate Etta Mueller Estate Franklin V. Kemp Estate, Stocks, Bonds and Cash Louis Duestrow Estate Rosa Ruhland Estate Fannie A. McCarty Estate Sol Samuel Estate Fritz William Selleck Estate Eugene D. Ashbrook Estate Hugh S. Jamison Estate, Stocks Estate of Louis A. Geserich William J. Whiprecht Estate Hattie Fuller Estate Elzie Fulton Estate William Downs Gift Estate of G. I. Langenberg Estate of Virgil L. Muskopf

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

500.00 1,000.00 . 625.00 100.00 100.00 17,768.30 538.05 1,000.00 1,000.00 2,000.00 5,000.00 1,000.00 100.00 50.00 500.00 250.00 500.00 500.00 1,578.00 400.00 10,834.90 4,839.24 5,000.00 50.00 17.75 50.00 300.00 5,000.00 1,815.87 2,647.02 1,000.00 6,928.80 6,266.89 46,812.03 20,000.00 25,000.00 2,807.58 100.00 1,040.05 1,000.00 32,025.00 200.00 5.00 917.87 15,000.00 500.00 250.00 400.00

1948

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

REPORT OF SECRETARY

September 1, 1947 to August 31, 1948. GENERAL FUND

Income Grand Lodge Per Capita Tax $157,020.35 Grand Chapter, O.E.S. Per Capita Tax 17,547.75 Interest on General Fund Seeurities Miscellaneous Income

$174,568.10 1,770.40 1,409.80 $177,748.30

Expenses Wages . $ 82,707.22 21,640.00 Salaries . 84,009.33 Provisions . 4,046.92 Dry Goods and Clothing . 261.62 Dry Cleaning and Shoe Repair . 20,882.31 Laundry . 18,377.40 Fuel . 12,790.24 Repairs and Maintenance . 12,240.58 Supplies . 162.39 Ice . 5,351.35 Light . 2,096.86 Water . 3,132.59 Insurance . Directors, Grand Lodge Officers and Advisory 1,850.45 Board attending Board Meetings . 205.75 Carfare ..................•....•........... 648.25 Telephone . 375.00 Auditing .............•..................... 641.65 Printing, Stationery and Postage . 360.00 Stewards Car Allowance . Inspection Fees and Taxes . 83.44 973.00 Hauling Ashes, etc. . . Want Ads . 456.66 426.78 Petty Cash Expenses . Newspapers . 984.90 Dues and Subscriptions . 205.00 Safe Deposit Boxes . 150.00 Piano Tuning . 151.00 560.91 Masonic Home Convention Expense . Barber . 1,044.35 Education . 500.54 Children's Allowances . 370.09 Loss on sale of Securities . 31.45 Excess of Expenses over Income Transfers from Income Fund Net dcm-oose in General Fund Balance on Hand September 1, 1947 per books $159,992.82

$277,718.03 99,969.73 86,500.00 $ 13,469.73

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Inventories of Provisions and Supplies $23,773.41 Unexpired Insurance 4,820.29

28,593.70 $188,586.52

DEDUCT August, 1947 expenses paid in September, 1947 1947-1948 Per Capitu. Tax received in July and August, 1947

$11,136.09 151,000.00

162,136.09

Adjusted Balance September 1, 1947

Balance August 31, 1948

26,450.43 $ 12,980.70

INCOME FUND

Receipts Interest on Endowment Fund Bonds $ 21,018.98 49,633.66 Interest on Endowment Fund Real Estate Loans 6,602.29 Received from Members of the Home Family .. 3,711.45 Pensions . 40.00 Sale of Cemetery Lots . 650.73 Interest on Income Fund Securities . 671.13 Sale of Grease, Garbage, etc. . . $82,328.24

Disbursements Taxes and Expenses on Real Estate Loans Taxes and other expenses on Estates and Members of Home Family Bank Charges Securities written off

$ . . .

184.00 1,004.72 1.25 1.00 1,190.97

Excess of Reeeipts over Disbursements

$ 81,137.27

DEDUCT Transfers to General Fund Net ae(}1"ease in Income Fund

. .

ADD Balance on Hand September 1, 1947 Balance on Hand August 31, 1948 INITIATION FUND

86,500.00 5,362.73 $ 40,858.51 $ 35,495.78

Receipts Initiation Fees Interest on Initiation Fund Securities

$ 93,092.86 5,540.05 $98,632.91

Disbursements Expense on Boiler House Excess of Receipts over Disbursements

10,253.63 $ 88,379.28

1948

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI ADD

Balance on Hand September 1, 1947

203,762.01

Balance on Hand August 31, 1948

$292,141.29

BUILDING FUND

Receipts Contributions Interest on Building Fund Securities

. $ .

2,027.05 2,007.50

$ Balance on Hand September 1, 1947 Balance on Hand August 31, 1948

4,034.55 95,604.24

$ 99,638.79

CHRISTMAS AND ENTERTAINMENT FUND

Receipts Contributions

3,384.60

4,282.79

Disbursements Entertainment and Gifts Excess of Disbursements over Receipts Balance on Hand September 1, 1947 Balance on Hand August 31, 1948

898.19

. .

3,079.04 $

2,180.85

REPORT OF AUDITOR

C. K.

BENSON, C. P. A. 711 St. Charles Street St. Louis, Missouri

September 10, 1948 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 Diredors at a later date. We examined the books and records of your secretary, :Mr. Clarence L. Alexander, for the fiscal year ended August 31, 1948. Our examination covered the General Fund, Income Fund, Initiation Fund, Building Fund, Christmas and Entertainment Fund and Edowment Fund. As the Board of Directors, at a meeting held April 9,1947, authorized the preparation of a budget for the operations of the Home for the fiscal year starting September 1, 1947, it was necessary to change the records to an accrual basis, giving effect to inventories, and accounts payable, etc., 'which would adjust the balance in the General Fund at August 31, 1947, as follows:

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$159,992.82

Net Worth, General Fund, August 31, 1941, Per Books

ADD 28,593.10

Inventories, August 31, 1941

$188,586.52 DEDUCT Unpaid Expenses at August 31, 1941 Per Capita Tax received from Grand Lodge in July and August, 1947

$ 11,136.09 151,000.00

162,136.09 $ 26,450.43

We have prepared the following summaries of assets and liabilities of the various funds as at August 31, 1948. GENERAL FUND

Assets 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 BankPay Roll Account Cash in Mercantile-Commerce N atioIial BankSavings Account Cash in Mississippi Valley Trust Company Cash in Manufacturers' Bank & Trust Company Investments-United States Treasury Bonds-At Cost Accrued Interest on Above at Time of Purchase Cash in Matron's Petty Cash Fund Inventories-Provisions and Supplies Unexpired Insurance

. $ 11,515.52 . 54,080.36 213.00 . .

6,000.00

. . . . . . . .

1,028.02 250.00 500.00 50,487.80 150.00 200.00 20,710.02 4,192.87 $149,321.59

Liabilities Accrued Salaries and Wages Accounts Payable Deferred Income-Grand Lodge Per Capita Tax Received July, 1948

. $ . .

4,475.14 8,871.75 123,000.00

$136,346.89 $ 12,980.10

Balance-General Fund INCOME FUND

Cash in First National Bank •.......•................... • 400.00 Cash in Mississippi Valley Trust Company . 14,198.03 Securities-At Cost . 20,856.50 Accrued Interest on Securities at Time of Purchase . 41.25 Total Income Fund

$ 35,495.78

INITIATION FUND Cash in Mercantile-Commerce Bank and Trust Company .. $ 12,219.24

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GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

Securities-At Cost

"...................

Total Initiation Fund

279,862.05 $292,141.29

BUILDING FUND Cash in Boatmen's National Bank Securities-At Cost

7,768.79 91,870.00

Total Building Fund

$ 99,638.79

CHRISTMAS AND ENTERTAINMENT FUND Cash in Boatmen's National Bank Total Christmas and Entertainment Fund

$ $

2,180.85 2,18,,0.85

ENDOWMENT FUND Real Estate Loans $1,269,930.50 United States Treasury Bonds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,774.00 Other Bonds and Stocks 105,275.75 Rife Estate Securities 75.00 8,410.01 Comstock Estate Securities George B. Mills Estate Securities 10,000.00 Henry C. Grenner Estate Securities 21,387.50 Cash in First National Bank .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,490.12 Total Endowment Fund

$1,567,342.88

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. The inventories are stated as shown on inventory sheets prepared by the management. We have shown the securities listed in the General Fund, Income Fund, Initiation Fund and Building Fund at recorded cost. The investments in the Endowment Fund 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. If you desire any additional information relative to this report, we shall be pleased to have you call upon us. Respectfully submitted,

C. K. BENSON, Certified Public Accountant. REPORT OF WELFARE COMMITTEE

M. Wor. Brother T. W. Cotton presented the Report of the Welfare Committee, which was adopted and is as follows: Your Welfare Committee has convened at regular intervals throughout the Masonic year now closing and has carefully considered all requests presented, granting relief, usually in co-operation with requesting lodge, in such measure as deemed just and wise. The demands have been a bit larger than last year's requests and last year was considerably

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larger than the previous year; it would appear that needs for help are increasing. Assistance has been given to twenty-six Lodges, representing 4 couples, 14 women, 13 men and 3 children, a total of 38 persons. Total amount paid for relief $2,863.00. SUMMARY OF FUNDS RECEIVED AND DISBURSED DURING THE YEAR

Balance on Hand October 1, 1947 $ Received from Grand Lodge . Received from Parrott Lodge No. 308, refund on relief paid for Mrs. Mary Smith .

434.23 3,000.00

3,444.23 2,863.00

581.23

10.00

Paid for Relief Balance on Hand at close of year

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 appropriations. 20.00 Acacia Lodge No. 602, for Mrs. Cora Long $ Athens Lodge No. 127, for L. E. Thatcher . 15.00 40.00 Barnesville Lodge No. 353, for P. B. Smith . Carl Junction Lodge No. 549, for Jesse Oliver . 27.50 Censer Lodge No. 172, for James P. Thompson . 60.00 East Gate Lodge No. 630, for William L. Gordon . 300.00 Eldorado Lodge No. 318, for Mrs. Luella Buckley and children 60.00 Euclid Lodge No. 505, for Louis Henry Schmidt . 180.00 Fellowship Lodge No. 345, for J. Spencer Roberts and wife .. 60.00 Forest Park Lodge No. 578, for Arthur Lee Eastin . 200.00 120.00 Friend Lodge No. 352, for C. F. Krauss and wife . 60.00 Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422, for Mrs. George Ransdell ., 180.00 Itaska Lodge No. 420, for Mrs. William Ward . Itaska Lodge No. 420, for August Roettger and wife . 120.00 Itaska Lodge No. 420, for Mrs. Margaret Fath . 120.00 . I vanhoe Lodge No. 446, for Charles McAllister 50.00 Kirkwood Lodge No. 484, for Mrs. Ethel Harper . 75.00 Magnolia Lodge No. 626, for Mrs. Ella Mae Hollmann . 150.00 Osage Lodge No. 303, for George B. Ellis . 110.00 Pyramid Lodge No. 180, for Frederick W. Rueblinger . 90.00 Pyramid Lodge No. 180, for John G. Faudree . 90.00 Rose Hill Lodge No. 550, for Philip William Price . 90.00 Strafford Lodge No. 608, for Mrs. Emma Haines . 60.00 St. Louis Lodge No. 20, for Mrs. Josephine Baptiste . 90.00 Summersville Lodge No. 555, for Marion W. Pittmann . 60.00 Twilight Lodge No. 114, for George H. Long and wife . 125.00 Webster Groves Lodge No. 84, for Mrs. Gussie Harding . 22.50 West Gate Lodge No. 445, for Mrs. Louise Morris . 60.00 West Gate Lodge No. 445, for Mrs. Anna Cochran . 48.00 Zeredatha Lodge No. 189, for Mrs. William Polk, Sr . 60.00 Zeredatha Lodge No. 189, for Mrs. Joseph Daniels . 120.00 $2,863.00 T. W. B. E.

COTTON, Chairman, BIGGER.,

JAMES W. SKELLY, HAR.RY THEIS.

1948

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

RESOLUTIONS

The following resolutions were presented by M. 'VOl'. Brother T. W. Cotton and ,,,,ere adopted: The following resolutions have been passed by this Grand Lodge annually for several years and in the opinion of your Welfare Committee, they are still needful and in order:

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 to Section 74 of the By-Laws,for the relief of indigent Masonic 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 the relief of those not entitled to admission to the Home, to the Welfare Committee. T. W. COTTO~, Chairman, B. E. BIGGER., JAMES W. SKELLY, HARRY THEIS.

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 operations and maintenance of the Welfare Committee not exceeding however, the sum of $5,000.00. T. W. COTTON, Chairman, B. E. BIGGER, JAMES W. SKELLY, HARRY THEIS.

INVITATION

M. 'VOl'. Brothcr James 'V. Skelly, on behalf of the Scottish Ritc Cathedral Association, cxtended a cordial invitation to the Grand Lodge to meet next year in the Scottish Rite Cathedral in St. Louis. On motion of M. 'VOl'. Brother Lee the invitation was accepted. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION

M. Wor. Brother Bert S. Lee presented the report of the Committee on George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association, which was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, .d. F. and .d. M. of Missouri: Brethren,: Your committee on George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association beg leave to make the following report. The Thirty-eighth Annual Convention of the Association was held in the Auditorium of the Memorial at Alexandria, Virginia, on Monday, February 23 of this year (the 22nd being on Sunday). All of the Grand Lodges were represented by their Grand Masters, or other Grand Officers, including the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico. There were present five Grand Masters and two Grand Secretaries from Canada,

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1948

representatives from the General Grand Chapter, the General Grand Council, the Supreme Council of the Northern and the Southern Jurisdictions of the Thirty-third Degree, and other affiliated bodies, a registered attendance of 293. Missouri was represented by Morris E. Ewing, Grand Master, Harry F. Sunderland, Deputy Grand Master, Harold L. Reader, Grand Secretary, Bert S. Lee, Anthony F. Ittner, Ray V. Denslow and W. W. Martin, Past Grand Masters, and William R. Denslow, Alex S. Dawson and John Reinhardt. One of the most important matters considered by the Association was the four amendments presented by the Grand Lodge of California, an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, an amendment to the Bylaws, and two resolutions covering the appointment of State Chairmen and the handling of the funds of the Association. After careful consideration and discussion the first was defeated by a vote of 24 for and 49 against, the second was withdrawn and the other two were carried by a hand vote. A special committee on Ways and Means, headed by M. W. Brother Richard A. Kern, Past Grand Master of Pennsylvania, covering the setting up of a central committee of Ways and Means, outlining the work and purposes of the committee and establishing ten Regional Districts was, after full consideration and discussion unanimously adopted. One of the high lights of the annual meeting was the presentation to the Memorial Association by Brother Sarkis H. Nahigian, of Chicago, Illinois, of a beautiful Eastern Persian MESHED SHRINE rug. The rug was approximately fifty feet long and thirty feet wide. It contained fifty-four million hand tied knots of the finest spun wool yarn and to weave the rug, which was done in the city of Meshed, Persia, required years of careful and patient work by twelve artisans, sitting side by side along the width of a mammoth hand loom, tying knot aft~r knot on the warp threads with the various color yarns in the hands of the weavers under the direction of a master artisan, so that not a single knot was misplaced. It is certainly beautiful and can be seen at any time on the floor of the Blue Lodge room which it fully covers. There had been paid out to February 10 of this year a total of $4,700,007.41. There was contributed at this meeting from the Grand Lodges a total of $250,346.44, $208,907.54 for the building account and $41,438.90 for the endowment. At the close of the Annual Convention this year the total amount of the funds on hand was $570,424.96, $383,335.32 in the Building Fund and $187,089.64 in the Endowment Fund, consisting of $350,000.00 Government Bonds and $33,335.32 in cash. The outstanding bills for building work not completed was $7,366.91. Fraternally submitted, BERT S. LEE, Chairman, HARRY S. TRUMAN, ANTHONY F. ITTNER. PRESENTATION OF BROTHER GENTRY

At this point in the proceedings the Grand Master announced that this day was the 79th birthday of M. WOf. Brother 'William R. Gentry. Brother Gentry ,vas presented to the brethren who joined in singing "Happy Birthday," to which Brother Gentry cordially responded. REPORT OF BUILDING SUPERVISORY BOARD

Rt. 'Vor. Brother Cecil A. Tolin presented the report of the Building Supervisory Board. The report was adopted and is as follows:

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To the Most Worshipful Grand Loage, d. F. and d. M. of Missouri: Brethren: The Building Supervisory Board submits the following report for the years 1947-1948, viz: On Nov. 18, 1947, granted Masonic Temple Association of Sedalia, Missouri, permission to erect a room adjoining the building to be used as a storage space for equipment of the various Lodges meeting in this building. Plans and specmcations for the addition were submitted and it was the Board's opinion that it would be an asset to the building, and as the Association had funds on hand to pay the $2,000.00 cost of the addition, it was deemed advisable to grant the request for the erection of the additional room. On Nov. 26, 1947, granted Fidelity Lodge No. 339 at Farley, Missouri, authority to accept title to the second story of the building which they are occupying, and which they are using as their Lodge Hall, title to be taken in the name of the TrU3toos of the Lodge and the only obligation the Lodge is assuming is the responsibility of seeing that the roof of the building is kept in good repair. Nov. 26, 1947, granted Alpha Lodge No. 659, Kansas City, Mo., permission to purchase the building owned and occupied by Quayle Methodist Church for a consideration of $7,000.00 in addition to an expenditure of possibly $3,000.00 to remodel the building so that it can be used as a meeting place for Alpha Lodge. 'rhe Lodge had asKed that title be taken in the name of Masonic Building Association of North Kansas City, Mo., but in view of the fact this Association was to be made up entirely of members of Alpha Lodge No. 659, the Building Supervisory Board refused to consent to title being taken in the name of the Association, but insisted that the title be taken in the name of the Trustees of Alpha No. 659. March 10, 1948, granted Oriental Lodge No. 518 of Blackburn, Mo., permission to purchase the building which they have been occupying as a meeting place, at a cost of $2,000.00; $1,000.00 to be paid in cash and the balance of $1,000.00 to be borrowed on a note of the Trustees of the Lodge due in 5 years at 5 per cent interest, payable in installments of $100.00 each six months. The lower floor of the building is rented for commercial purposes and with the rent received the Lodge will be able to liquidate this loan over the five year period. March 26, 1948, granted Ionic Lodge No. 154, Desloge, Missouri, authority to erect a two story building at Desloge, Missouri, as a meeting place for the Lodge in accordance with plans and specifications submitted at an estimated cost of $13,000.00 with considerable of the work being donated by members of the Lodge. And as they had approximately $8,000.00 cash on hand the Lodge was permitted to borrow $5,000.00 for 5 years to be liquidated at the rate of $500.00 per year. On March 31, 1948, granted Lane's Prairie Lodge No. 531, Vichy, Missouri, authority to purchase the building in which they had been meeting at a cost of $3,300.00 as the owner of this building had offered it for sale at that price, and if it was purchased by another party interested the Lodge would be required to vacate the premises and there was no other building in town available, which would be suitable for their purpose. The lower part of this building is rented to the Post Office. As the Lodge had but $2,000.00 in cash the Board granted them permission to borrow $1,300.00 at 4 per eent interest to be paid at the rate of $300.00 annually, as the Board felt the rent from the building would enable them to make this payment without any difficulty. April 6, 1948, granted Puxico Lodge No. 596, Puxico, Mo., authority to erect a building to be used as a meeting place for the Lodge at a cost not to exceed $5,000.00. This Lodge had $3,000.00 cash and they were

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given authority to borrow $2,000.00 to be paid at the rate of $300.00 per year. This Lodge was notified to vacate their present Hall and there was no building in Puxico suitable as a meeting place. May 27, 1948, granted Hopewell Lodge No. 239, Lesterville, Missouri, authority to borrow $1,300.00 to be repaid in installments of $100.00 each six months. Their Lodge Hall being in such condition for lack of repairs that it was not a fit place in which to hold meetings. The cost of these repairs was $2,800.00 and the Lodge had 64 members and had $1,500.00 cash on hand. June 11, 1948, granted Delphian Lodge No. 137, Birch Tree, Mo., authority to wreck their present building which was no longer serviceable, and erect another building on the lot at a cost of approximately $1,200.00. The Lodge reported that the members donated at least two-thirds of the labor required to erect the new building. The Board granted the Lodge permission to borrow not to exceed $400.00 if it became necessary and they were unable to secure contributions to the extent of the full cost. July 9, 1948, refused to grant permission to Conway Lodge No. 528, Conway, Missouri, to purchase an undivided one-half interest in the property which they are occupying at this time. The first floor of this property is occupied by United States Post Office and the cost of the one-half interest was only $400.00 but the Board thought it best for the Lodge to hold off the purchase unless they could buy the entire interest. July 22, 1948, granted Saline Lodge No. 226, St. Mary's, Missouri, permission to borrow $600.00 for one year at 4 per cent interest to enable them to repair their present Lodge Hall at a cost of $1,600.00, as they had but $1,200.00 on hand and the building was in such state of repair that it was not,a suitable place for the Lodge to hold its meetings. Aug. 24, 1948, granted Clifton Lodge No. 463, Thayer, Mo., permission to erect a new building as a meeting place for the Lodge at a cost of between $20,000 and $25,000 the Finance Committee having raised through subscriptions in excess of $18,000.00 and having the assurance that voluntary contributions would enable them to pay for the building in full. This was a very substantial and adequate building and they were only able to erect it at this cost due to the fact the major portion of the material had been partially donated. Sept. 22, 1948, granted Bosworth Lodge No. 597, Bosworth, Missouri, authority to purchase the building in which they have been meeting, at a cost of $1,050.00 they having sufficient money on hand to make the payment of the purchase price in cash. Respectfully submitted, C. A. TOLIN, Chairman. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON BOARDS OF RELIEF

Brother Paul King presented the report of the Committee on Boards of Relief, which was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A.F. and A ..1f. of Missouri: Your Committee on Boards of Helief hUR rc('cin'd reportR of the Boards of Relief in 8t. Louis, Springfield, Kansns City, St ..Josrph, and the St. Louis ~Iasonic Employment Burruu. Aftrr a carrful reading of these reports we desire to submit the following: ST. LOUIS

Thh, Board has continued its splendid unselfish work throughout thQ year, meeting on Saturday nights eyery week with a commendable at路 tendance at each meeting.

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Last year the St. Louis Masonic Board of Relief looked into the merits of four hundred and fifty new cases and carried twenty-nine cases over from the previous years, making a total of four hundred and seventy-nine cases. This is an increase of seventy-one over the number handled last year. There are seven hundred and fifty visits recorded by the office, eighty visits recorded by the hospital committees, and in addition the Board has sent eighty blood donors to the various hospitals. The cases are catalogued as follows: Frauds and imposters-16; Patients in hospitals-78; Investigations for the St. Louis Lodges-98; Receipts reported 10st-45; Persons reported missing-7; Applicants residing outside the jurisdiction of this Hoard-16; Suspended-4; Unaffiliated-2; Persons with no recognized claim-18; Affiliation unknown-4; Applicants found unworthy-14; Applications withdrawn-4; Worthy-144. St. Louis Lodges were called upon to conduct Masonic funeral services for the following thirty-six out of town members: July 22, 1947-Arthur W. Kelly, Shekinah Lodge No. 241, Carbondale, Ill., by Mizpah Lodge No. 639. Aug. 19, 1947-Ed. Geo. Kolbry, Paul Revere Lodge No. 998, Chicago, Ill., by Pride of the West Lodge No. 179. Aug. 24, 1947-Joseph J. Wiseman, Piasa Lodge No. 27, Alton, Ill., by Euclid Lodge No. 505. Sept. 15, 1947-John B. Burch, Slater Lodge No. 63, Slater, Mo., by Progress Lodge No. 657. Sept. 22, 1947-S01 Stockner, Pecan Grove Lodge No. 222, Lake Providence, La., by Magnolia Lodge No. 626. Sept. 26, 1947-Bert Gratner, Gary Lodge No. 677, Gary, Ind., by Purity Lodge No. 658. Sept. 30, 1947-Walter Smith, Mt. Herman Lodge No. 263, Cedar Rapids, Ia., by George Washington Lodge No.9. Oct. 13, 1947-Jacob Meier, New Jerusalem Lodge No.9, Washington, D. C., by Westgate Lodge No. 445. (Services by Good Hope Lodge Xo. 218.) Oct. 20, 1947-A. C. Lovell, Edgefield Lodge No. 254, Nashville, Tenn., by Tower Grove Lodge No. 631. Oct. 23, 1947-Samuel L. Bloom, Heroine Lodge No. 104, Kansas City, Mo., by Pomegranate Lodge No. 95. Nov. 21, 1947-W. H. Bottom, Lane's Prairie Lodge No. 531, Vichy, Mo., by Corner Stone Lodge No. 323. (Services by Beacon Lodge No.3.) Nov. 30, 1947-Charles E. Frey, Floral Park Lodge No. 1016, Floral Park, N. Y., by Xaphtali Lodge No. 25. (Services by Magnolia Lodge No. 626.) Dec. 5, 1947-John W. Meador, ~H. Washington Lodge Xo. 642, Cincinnati, Ohio, by America Lodge No. 347. Dec. 22, 1947-George H. Kettmann, St. John's Lodge No.9, Seattle, Wash., by Uni\'ersity ('1.ty Lodge No. 649. Dec. 30, 1947-\Villiam J. Tolin, Atlantic Lodge No. 81, Portland, Me., by Occidental Lodge No. 163. Jan. 8, 1948-Ernest C. McBeath, North Star Lodge No. 157, Rockport, Mo., by Paul Revere Lodge No. 330. (Services by ::\Iagnolia Lodge No. 626.) Jan. 11, 1948-Harry D. Douglas, Davey Crockett Lodge Xo. 1225, San Antonio, Tex., by Anchor Lodge No. 44:~. Jan. 12, 1948-Erncst G. Dawson, Granite Lodge No. 272, Sedalia, Mo., by Pyramid Lodge No. 180. Jan. 14, 1948-Andrew Zettwock, Queen City Lodge No. 559, Cincinnati, Ohio, by Trinity Lodge No. 641.

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Jan. 21, 1948--George W. Foster, Revere Lodge, Boston, Mass., by Shaveh Lodge No. 646. Feb. 2, 1948-Everett W. Francis, Bodley Lodge No.1, Quincy, IlL, by Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40. Feb. 18, 1948-Con F. Flynn, Temple Lodge No. 46, Peoria, Ill., by Benjamin Franklin Lodge No. 642. Mar. 25, 1948-C. L. Brown, Ellington Lodge No. 357, Ellington, Mo., by Tuscan Lodge No. 360. April 10, 1948-Wm. O. McKeena, Red Bud Lodge No. 427, Red Bud, Ill., by Apollo Lodge No. 529. April 22, 1948-Charles McGregor, Gate City Lodge No. 522, Kansas City, Mo., by Polar Star Lodge No. 79. May 5, 1948-Arthur W. Vigdor, Emblem Lodge No. 984, Chicago, Ill., by Beacon Lodge No.3. (Services by Corner Stone Lodge No. 323.) May 5, 1948-James M. St. John, Hoxie Lodge No. 692, Hoxie, Ark., by Aurora Lodge No. 267. May 8, 1948-Wm. O. Monroe, Jeffersonville Lodge No. 340, Jeffersonville, Ind., by Lambskin Lodge No. 460. (Services by Paul Revere Lodge No. 330.) May 22, 1948-William H. Gehlert, Ionia Lodge No. 381, Eldon, Mo., by Meridian Lodge No.2. May 24, 1948-Eberhard O. Miller, Oklahoma City Lodge No. 36, Oklahoma City, Okla., by Theodore Roosevelt Lodge No. 661. (Services by Cache Lodge No. 416.) . May 29, 1948-Russell Smith, Avalon Lodge No. 657, Bellevue, Pa., by Itaska Lodge No. 420. (Services by West Gate Lodge No. 445.) May 29, 1948-Alexander Breikopf, Oliver Lodge No. 84, Alexandria, La., by Forest Park Lodge No. 578. June 1, 1948-William C. Strand, Wm. Warren Lodge No. 209, Chicago, IlL, by Olive Branch Lodge No. 576. June 5, 1948-Henry H. Savage, Virginia Lodge No. 544, Virginia, Ill., by Erwin Lodge No. 121. June 9, 1948-Preston A. Carter, Amarillo Lodge No. 731, Amarillo, Texas, by Missouri Lodge No.1. June 18, 1948-Charles F. Herr, Rural Lodge No. 316, Kansas City, Mo., by Cosmos Lodge No. 282. The St. Louis County Lodges were requested to conduct three funerals for the following: Dec. 7, 1947-John Wm. Haub, Evergreen Lodge No. 27, New Haven, Mo., by Bonhomme Lodge No. 45, Ballwin, Mo. May 12, 1948-Paul D. Herron, Magnolia Lodge No. 60, Little Rock, Ark., by Kirkwood Lodge No. 484. May 12, 1948-0liver L. Linck, Brotherhood Lodge No. 269, St. Joseph, Mo., by Bridgeton Lodge No. 80, St. John's Station, Mo. FINANCIAL STATEMENT

Cash on hand July 1, 1947, Working Capital. ...

1,897.82

Receipts By initiations By interest By refunds

$ . .

3,275.00 37.50 893.56

4,206.06 $

Disbursements To card index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $

10.00

6,103.88

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Convention expense Funeral and flowers Office rent Office expense (printing, stationery, age, etc.) Payment on rejected check President's expense Relief Salaries-Secretary and Assistant Telegrams, telephone and tax Withholding tax

. . . post路 . . . . . . .

205.34 100.60 360.00 294.64 122.50 200.00 1,403.64 999.60 472.83 96.50

4,265.65 $

1,838.23

Moneys invested in War Bonds-value Jan. 24, 1948 $ Moncys on hand, property Grand Lodge Iowa Charity Fund .. Moneys on hand, property St. Louis Board of Relief .

8,599.50 50.00 1,788.23

Cash on hand July 1, 1948-Working CapitaL .. Reconciliation Report

$ 10,437.73 Springfield. The Board serves the three Lodges in Springfield: United

Lodge No.5, Solomon Lodge No. 271, and Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422. Receipts July 1, 1947 U. S. Govt. Bond No. 7598 J .... $ July 1,1947 Cash in checking account in Union National Bank . Sept. 15,1947 Interest on U. S. Govt. Bond No. 7598J . March 15, 1948 Interest on U. S. Govt. Bond No. 7598J .

500.00 381.07 5.00 5.00

Total receipts

891.07

Disbursements Aug. 11, 1947, to M. F. Smith who advanced cash for: June 20, 1947 telcgram to Kansas City Lodge No. 220, A. F. & A. M., Kansas City, Mo., account death of Bro. Ralph Leon Wheeler, 68 cents; Service Printing Co. for stationery supplies, $6.12; Frank L. Smith, Buffalo, N. Y., for Book of Regular Lodges, $1.00; Warrant No. 174, dated Aug. 11, 1947, total amount. $ Jan. 16, 1948 to Seville Hotel for two meals for George Lewis Dennis, 621 S. 52nd St., Omaha, N ebr. . . Total disbursements .

7.80 1.53 9.33

June 30, 1948, total amount in U. S. Govt. Bond and treasury .

Recapitulation June 30, 1948 invested in U. S. Govt. Bond No. 7598J $

500.00

881.74

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June 30, 1948 cash in checking account, Union National Bank .

381.74 $

881.74

Masonic funeral services have been conducted for the following transient Brethren: Nov. 3, 1947-Courtland V. High, member Pittsburg Lodge No. 187, A. F. & A. M., Pittsburg, Kan. Dec. 23, 1947-Ferris Fisk, member McLeMore Avenue Lodge No. 715, A. F. & A. M., Memphis, Tenn. Feb. 21, 1948-Louis E. Richardson, member Heroine Lodge No. 104, A. F. & A. M., Kansas City, Mo. April 4, 1948-Claude W. Adams, member Alexander C. Garrett Lodge No. 1216, A. F. & A. M., Dallas, Texas. Kansas City. This Board continues to carryon its splendid work in fraternal assistance, relief, housing shortage for the G.!., the old people of the order and their problems. Receipts Heroine Lodge No. 104 Albert Pike Lodge No. 219 Kansas City Lodge No. 220 Temple Lodge No. 299 Cecile Daylight Lodge No. 305 Rural Lodge No. 316 Westport Lodge No. 340 I vanhoe Lodge No. 446 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Orient Lodge No. 546 South Gate Lodge No. 547 York Lodge No. 563 Swope Park Lodge No. 617 Sheffield Lodge No. 625 East Gate Lodge No. 630 Northeast Lodge No. 643 Country Club Lodge No. 656 Rockhill Lodge No. 663

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

200.00 25.00 105.00 145.00 50.00 180.00 180.00 50.00 235.00 120.00 100.00 20.00

Total receipts on initiates . Refund on fraternal assistance $ Refund on flowers . Refund on telegrams . Refund on advanced to Ed. Gorsuch Exp . Refund on opening and closing grave . Cash received on W. E. Harrold Ins. policy .. Miscellaneous receipts .

292.00 72.00 21.61 63.00 30.00 339.45 15.35

Total receipts for year . Total receipts for year (brought forward) .. $ Balance on hand June 30, 1947 .

$ 2,243.41 5,435.60 $

Disbursements Fraternal assistance Telegrams Flowers

$ . .

377.00 42.23 76.00

1,410.00

833.41 2,243.41 7,679.01

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Stationery and postage . Premium on seery. and treas. bond . Secretary's salary . Convention expense to Ed. Gorsuch . Opening and closing graves . Refund to F. D. Glore on cemetery lot . Refund to Evening Shade Lodge, Spencer, Ia. W. E. Harrold funeral . Miscellaneous expense .

37.14 18.75 1,200.00 125.00 60.00 150.00 11.04 55.00 13.85

2,166.01

Balance in Union National Bank June 30, 1948

5,513.00

Total disbursements

W e have had the following sojourners' funerals, for Brothers: William A. Stream-late a member of Eureka Lodge No. 88, Pleasanton, Kan. PaulO. Miller-late a member of Wichita Lodge No. 99, Wichita, Kan. John C. Hausman-late a member of St. Joseph Lodge No. 78, St. Joseph, Mo. Arranged for Masonic Service in Los Angeles, James H. Broufhanlate a member of Rural Lodge No. 316, Kansas City, Mo. Pearl N. Branson-late a member of Wichita Lodge No. 99, Wichita, Kan. George W. Gee-late a member of Lafayette Lodge No. 16, Manhattan, Kan. Eldon T. Brown-late a member of Lakeside Lodge No. 739, Chicago, Ill. Earl Nicola-late a member of Adelphic Lodge No. 509, Des Moines, Ia. Jean D. Ervin-late a member of Alhambra Lodge No. 322, Alhambra, Calif. Charles L. Mills-late a mem bel' of Saqui Lodge No. 160,. Osborne, Kan. Joseph M. Wooley-late a member of Branson Lodge No. 587, Branson, Mo. Henry D. Anderson-late a member of Ottawa Lodge No. 18, Ottawa, Kan. Earl C. Mathis-late a member of Emporia Lodge No. ]2, Emporia, Kan. William L. Wright-late a member of Cambridge Lodge No. 63, Slater, Mo. Frank Stone-late a member of Cambridge Lodge No. 63, Slater, Mo. John R. Rawlings-late a member of Peter Williams Lodge No. 323, Scranton, Pa. Robert W. Gibbens-late a member of Kingston Lodge No. 16, Hillsboro, N. M. Horace Brady-late a member of Pittsburg Lodge No. 187, Pittsburg, Kan. Ben Moyer-late a member of Lambskin Lodge No. 460, St. Louis, Mo. Arranged for the Board of Relief in Dallas, Texas, to conduct services for Price Lee Winemiller-late a member of Albert Pike Lodge No. 219, Kansas City, Mo. Clarence White-late a member of Scotts Bluff Lodge No. 201, Gering, Nebr. William O. Hansen-late a member of Active Lodge No. 158, Atchison, Kan.

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Clarence M.路Johnson-late a member of Cedar Lodge No. 103, Chanute, Kan. Leslie Gordon Miller-late a member of Trimble Lodge No. 117, Camden, N. J. Percy J. Lofland-late a member of Compass Lodge No. 120, Parkville, Mo. Winfield E. Harrold-late a member of Monett Lodge No. 129, Monett, Mo. Thomas Cain-late a member of Greenville Lodge No. 335, Greenville, Texas. Richard L. Dryer-late a member of Albert Pike Lodge No. 303, Wichita, Kan. Hal Doxey-late a member of Samaritan Lodge No. 158, Chadron, Nebr. The Board has the same officers as last year: Edward 1. Gorsuch, President; J. Mark Bowman, Vice President; Edwin W. Ernst, Secretary-Treasurer. St. Joseph. The Annual Report of the St. Joseph Masonic Board of Relief for the year ending Aug. 31, 1948. Since our last report the Board has arranged for the following Masonic funerals, viz.: T. E. Garrison, Eastgate Lodge No. 630, A. F. & A. M., Kansas City, Mo., on Sept. 9, 1947, Brotherhood Lodge No. 269, St. Joseph, Mo., officiating. As in former years, the Board continues its membership in the Masonic Relief Association, United States and Canada. The Annual Meeting of the Board was held at the Masonic Temple on Jan. 12, 1948, at which time the following officers were eleeted: Paul Priestly (78), President; Waldo Byers (269), Vice President j Herbert H. Powell (331), Treasurer; Orestes Mitchell, Jr. (331), Secretary. The Board has had a number of requests for information as to the location of Lodges and requests for Masonic courtesies, all of which were complied with. There have been no calls for financial relief by any transient member of the Craft. The Board continues its efforts to publicize the loss of dues reeeipt cards. Our bank balance as of Aug. 31, 1948, is $405.39. Receipts-interest, $4.18. Disbursements-$33.66. MASONIC EMPLOYMENT BUREAU OF ST. LOUIS

The Masonic Employment Bureau has submitted the Annual Report of its labors for the period ending June 30, 1948. During the past year 376 placements were made of which 114 were Master Masons and the balance consisted of wives, widows, daughters, and minor sons of the Brethren. We were happy to report that job requests are continually coming in from our employer clientele. This is indeed gratifying to the officers of the Bureau, proving that the services of the Masonic Employment Bureau are constantly increasing and gradually becoming more appreciated by the employing public. FINANCIAL REPORT

Balance in bank, June 30, 1947 Receipts Per Capita Tax Interest on bonds

$ $

6,432.00 50.00

6,482.00

315.45

6,482.00 $

6,797.45

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Expenditures Salaries Miscellaneous Postage Rent Telephone Printing, stationery and supplies Auto

. . . . . . $

4,702.50 238.96 145.45 660.00 362.18 67.30 360.00 6,536.39 6,536.39 - - - 261.06 $

Balance in bank as of June 30, 1948 $1,500.00 U. S. Bond. Fraternally submitted, DR. PAUL A. KING, Chairman, JAMES W. SKELLY, WILLIAM H. UTZ.

CALLED FROM LABOR

At 3 :30 p. m. the Grand Lodge was called from labor for the purpose of visiting the Masonic Home, buses having been provided for the occasion. Prayer was offered by Grand Chaplain Edward Potts. TUESDAY EVENING CALLED TO LABOR

The Grand Lodge was called to labor at 7 :30 p. m., and the Grand Chaplain offered prayer. An organ recital by Bro. Oscar Jost, organist of the Scottish Rite and solos by Bro. John Rich of Jefferson City were greatly enjoyed by the brethren. THE GRAND MASTER: The committee supposed to have a report ready this evening has just sent word that they have not finished their labors; I know you brethren have no doubt enjoyed the music, as well as the singing by our good friend John Rich from Jefferson City, who has consented to sing for us. CALLED FROM LABOR

At 9 :00 p. m., after prayer by the Grand Chaplain, the Grand Lodge was called from labor until Wednesday morning, September 29, 1948, at 9 :00 a. m.

SECOND DAY WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1948

The Grand Lodge was called to labor at 9 :00 a. m., and Grand Chaplain Robison offered prayer. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RECOGNITION

The Grand Secretary presented the report of the Committee on

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Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges, which was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Foreign Recognition have before us a request for recognition of the Symbolic Grand Lodge of Hungary. We find it has been regularly organized, follows the ancient landmarks, and is truly carrying on its Masonic duties in a way deserving of the support of all Grand Lodges. Your Committee has had access to a most recent report made by Bro. Arthur H. Keil, of New York, who has only recently returned from Hungary and who vouches for the high character of those elected to serve the Craft. We therefore recommend the recognition of this Grand Lodge. We have not completed our study of several South American Grand Lodges and recommend that their applications be postponed without prejudice. Fraternally submitted, WILLIS J. BRAY, \V~L R. GENTRY, RAY V. DENSLOW.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS

M. \Vor. Brother Solon Cameron presented the Report of the Committee on Grand Master's Address, which was adopted and is as follows: The Grand Master in his introduction sets forth an admirable statement of the aims and purposes of ]<'reemasonry. He gives a great deal that is creditable and he is to be commended for the scope of his statements, as well as for his candor, and for the great amount of time that he has devoted to the Grand Lodge throughout the year. He interprets our beautiful system of morals in a clearly understandable manner. An observance of our principles would place Evil not on the Throne but on the Scaffold. We would come closer to a world where Goodness would be clothed in sweetness, dignity and power. \Ve recommend that the reference to deceased members be referred to the Committee on Necrology. VI/e heartily support his condemnation of using Freemasonry for political purposes. We note that charges have been preferred in several instances. An austere letter from the Grand Master to the offending Brethren would have the force of a reprimand and would call attention to the principles of Freemasonry which in many cases have not been well understood. Such transgressions occur from time to time and emphasize the general ignorance of Masonic ethics and law. We heartily agree with his reference to Sunday observance. We call attention to the fact that a picnic by a Lodge on Sunday, either directly by the Lodge or by another organization acting for the Lodge, not only violates the spirit but the letter of the law. The liquor question, as the Grand Master has pointed out, is a serious problem, particularly in the present age. We believe that the entire Grand Lodge would welcome a satisfactory solution. We rejoice that the Grand Master has so forcefully brought the Cardinal Virtue of Temperance to our attention. Let us ever rememher that Bigotry and Intolerance walk hand-in-hand with Intemperance. \Ve recommend that this portion of the Address be referred to the Committee on Revision of By-Laws. The matter of Administrative Districts is still in the experimental

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stage, as has heretofore been pointed out. Many Brethren favor a return to the old system of smaller Districts. We recommend that this question be referred to the Committee on Chartered Lodges. We also refer to the Committee on Chartered Lodges the recommendation of the Grand Master as to an annual program. We recommend that the section of the Grand Master's Address as to large and small lodges be referred to the Ways and Means Committee and to the Committee on Chartered Lodges. This question has been with us for several generations and there has been much talk about it, but as Mark Twain said about the weather: "Nobody seems to be doing anything about it." In the Proceedings of 1869, John W. Luke, District Deputy Grand Master of the 16th District, which included the City of St. Louis, then a part of St. Louis County, stated that a Lodge with 242 members had become so large that it was thinking of forming several small Lodges, which was done to some extent during the following year. Incidentally, this Lodge has never again reached that peak of membership. Any legislation requiring the division or splitting of a large Lodge could be unpopular, and might well be considered as an unwarranted interference with the rights of the individual Lodge. We do not approve of a closed membership or a waiting-list. We recommend that the reference to the use of Masonic Halls be referred to the Committee on Revision of By-Laws and the Building Supervisory Board. It is well known that Freemasonry does not solicit candidates and we believe that violations of this rule are rare and then generally through ignorance. Masonry will, of course, be cheapened by solicitation. As to Degree Teams, we heartily agree with the Grand Master that Degrees should be conferred without levity or roughness, and with the sole desire of inspiring Brethren to excellence in the work and of making the proper impression upon the candidate. We recommend that the reference to a Masonic Magazine be referred to the Committee on Chartered Lodges. We trust that all Brethren will avail themselves of the opportunity of securing Light and Instruction by a careful reading of "The Masonie World." , 'As the Public Sees Us" is a large factor in the growth of our Fraternity and we do not encourage the indiscriminate use of titles before the public, but we see no reason why full mention of rank and office should not be made on the occasion of an official visit by the Grand Master or his representative. We agree with the tribute of the Grand Master to the Missouri Lodge of Research. Should the finances of the Masonic Home be not adequately provided for by the action of this Grand Lodge, we recommend that the incoming Grand Master be empowered to appoint a special committee to survey the financial situation. As to the participation of the Order of the Eastern Star and its members in the benefits of the Masonic Home, a spirit of fairness impels us to inform you that since the last meeting of this Grand Lodge the Advisory Board of the Order of the Eastern Star has expended $51,000 for furnishings and improvements in various Departments of the Masonic Home. We are informed that at this time the Order of the Eastern Star and its Advisory Board has on hand the sum of $198,553.45 for the use of the Masonic Home. We are informed by the President of the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home that as the result of a campaign continuing since 1941 among the Masonic Lodges of this State, the amount of $95,000 has been raised and that this sum has earned $5,000 interest in that time. From these figures we can only conclude that the Sisters of the Order of the Eastern Star have not done

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badly. We recommend that the participation of members of the Order of the Eastern Star in the benefits of the Masonic Home and their present per capita tax of 25 cents per year be referred to the same Special Committee to be appointed by the incoming Grand Master, to survey the financial situation of the Masonic Home. We commend the Grand Master for the time which he has given, at great sacrifice to himself, in visiting other Masonic Bodies and promoting the general interest of Freemasonry. We recommend that the Dispensations to Lodges to meet in other halls, to install officers, to hold elections on dates other than those authorized in their By-Laws, his Waivers of Jurisdiction and Dispensations to reballot, be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence. His permission to Degree Teams to visit Lodges in other States, may also be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence, although in 1936 this Committee held that such permissions were unnecessary. The Grand Master's action in healing a Brother due to an oversight of his Lodge should be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence. We commend the attention that the Grand Master has given to conferences with District Deputy Grand Masters and District Lecturers and his attendance at District meetings as well as his visits to other Grand Jurisdictions. We are glad to note the activity in the laying of eleven cornerstones of which, however, we regret to note that only two were for new Lodge buildings. We commend Most Worshipful Brother Ewing for the time and attention he has given to other Masonic visits, and we are glad to note his satisfaction with the bounteous dinners served on several of these occasions. We wish for our Grand Master long and continued usefulness to the Masonic Fraternity. Fraternally submitted, (Signed) SOLON CAMERON, Chairman, and all Past Grand Masters.

REPORT OF GRAND LECTURER

M. Wor. Brother Anthony F. Ittner, Grand Lecturer, presented his report, which was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful, Grand Lodge, ..4.. F. and ..4.. M., of Missouri: Brethren: Your Grand Lecturer herewith submits his fourteenth annual report. Under the revised Grand Lodge By-laws, the Grand Lecturer was made Chairman of the Committee on Ritual, only the remaining four members being appointed by the Grand Master. The unusually large increase in the number of applicants for examination in the Proficiency Lecturers has imposed added duties on the Grand Lecturer so that his ability to visit the several Districts of the State has been materially cut down. This has been further complicated by the fact that the Thirty-third and Fiftyseventh Ritual Districts, which together have sixty-one lodges, now have no special representative, as they formerly had, to take care of the distribution of blanks and the appointment of examining commissions. That work now falls upon the Grand Lecturer in addition to his duties to act as a clearing house for the successful applications in the State. This unexpected increase in the work connected with the so-called "Certificate Plan" has brought about a mal-adjustment between the two important phases of the Grand Lecturer's work. Plans are being formulated to reconcile this situation so that in the coming year the Districts will not

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have to be neglected to the extent that they have been during the past year. However, the new extension of the Certificate Plan, which has just gone into effect and which covers the Lectures in the three Degrees and the Worshipful Master's part in the second section of the Second Degree, will, to an extent which cannot now be estimated, cut down his ability to cover the whole State. In reference to the duty of the District Lecturer to report his activities during the Masonic year, the provision made in the Grand Lodge By-laws is as follows: "On or before August 1 of each year he shall make a report to the Grand Lecturer of his activities and the condition of the lodges in reference to the work." The time limit in which to submit a report seems to me a little too far in advance of the annual communication to give the District Leeturer an opportunity to make a full report on his activities. However, if the District Lecturer anticipates any material addition to his work after August 1, the date set in the By-laws, I do not hold it against him to defer the report in order to include such additional work. I consider it substantial compliance with the provision of the Grand Lodge By-laws. All but five of the District Lecturers have made reports and I am still looking forward to receiving these reports notwithstanding the fact that they are delinquent. It seems that, with very few exceptions, the lodges of the State have been busy with work although there now seems to be a tendency for it to slacken up. I do not believe however that a moderate slowing down in the number of petitions received will work to the detriment of the Fraternity as a whole. Nearly all of the reports of the District Lecturers may be characterized as good reports. There are a few however, as has always been the case, which are inexcusably short and neglect the Grand Lodge provision that" he shall make a report to the Grand Lecturer of his activities and the condition of the lodges in reference to the work." Thirteen of the District Lecturers have submitted reports which I consider exceptionally good and complete. They were submitted by the following:

R. W. Brother Charles B. Whitchurch, Tenth District, R. W. Brother Warren W. Dray, Thirteenth District, R. W. Brother Carey A. Brock, Fifth District, R. W. Brother Luther E. Wilhoit, Fourteenth District, R. W. Brother William Robert Howell, Seventeenth District, R. W. Brother Thomas H. Heape, Thirty-third District, R. W. Brother Herbert W. Stark, Thirty-sixth District, R. W. Brother Philip D. Trainer, Thirty-seventh District, R. W. Brother Robert E. Kleinschmidt, Fortieth District, R. W. Brother Rayford B. Thomas, Forty-third District, R. W. Brother William J. Craig, Forty-fifth District, R. W. Brother John H. Hicks, Forty-sixth District, and R. W. Brother Fred O. Wade, Fifty-fourth District. By far the most outstanding and informative report submitted by any District Lecturer this year was that of R. W. Brother Thomas H. Heape, D. L. of the 33d Ritual District. He complies not only with the letter of the law but in a very able and informative way with the spirit of the law regarding a report "of his activities and the condition of the lodges in reference to the work." Along with his report Brother Heape has submitted tabulated sheets showing participation in the year's work of the Lodge of Instruction by each of the forty-seven lodges of the District and its several officers. Brother Heape reports a total of 1823 Past Masters who attended his meetings, 3896 officers and 3145 members, making a grand total of 8864, with an average for the thirty meetings during a

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period of seven months of 295. At the last meeting on May 24th, when the Grand Master paid the St. Louis Lodge of Instruction a fraternal visit and delivered an address, there was a registered attendance of 419. Brother Heape's fine work during his year as D. L. furnishes a shining mark for his successors in the office to equal. While the Kansas City Lodge of Instruction meets only on the Wednesday nights of January and February, yet it has an average attendance almost if not quite equal to that of the St. Louis Lodge of Instruction and accomplishes outstanding work. During the ten months when it is not in session its work is ably seconded by the activities of the Masters and Wardens Association of the District. They have organized what they call study clubs in different lodges covering each neighborhood of the city. At the last report received I was informed that there were six of these study clubs which are conducted under the auspices of the lodge and the instruction is imparted by brethren who have done outstanding work in the official Lodge of Instruction. There is no rivalry between these study clubs and the official Lodge of Instruction. The District Lecturer fully approves their work and passes upon all matters presented to him in connection with the Ritual. The St. Louis Lodge of Instruction probably fully matches the results of these extra-curricular meetings at Kansas City by the extra five months during which it holds its meetings. During the last year the Wardens and Masters Club of St. Louis has appointed a committee to provide instructors for all brethren who desire correct instruction in the Proficiency or Candidates' Lectures. No doubt this extension work will be further extended to include Subdivision 2 of the Certificate Plan. The Lodges of Instruction in the 57th, 45th and 9th Districts are holding a series of meetings each year which accomplish results, in proportion to their membership, comparable to those reached in the larger centers of population. In January the usual joint meetings at Kansas City and St. Louis, under the auspices of the Grand Master and the Grand Lecturer were held to enable the Grand Master to have a conference with his District Deputies, and the Grand Lecturer to hold a School of Instruction for both the District Lecturers and the D.D.G.Ms. Both of these meetings were unusually successful, and were wen attended by both D.D.G.Ms. and D.Ls. I cannot close this report without paying a high tribute to my fine corps of D.Ls. who have given freely of their time and energies to impart in the lodges of their several Districts a better and more accurate knowledge of our beautiful ritual. They work without the hope of fee or reward other than the satisfaction it gives them to sec their work bear fruit. I believe that the present state of ritualistic proficiency in the lodges throughout the Stae of Missouri is higher than it has ever been at any time in the history of our Grand Lodge, a result that could not have been attained without the high degree of zeal and devotion which they have manifested in their work. lowe them, and the Grand Lodge and the Craft owe them a debt of gratitude for their splendid work. Before closing I desire also to thank the Grand Secretary for his cooperation in numerous ways that have tended to facilitate my work. Fraternally submitted, A)J"THONY F. ITTNER, Grand Lecturer.

MOTION TO INCREASE NUMBER ON RITUAL COMMITTEE

,,:ror.

Brother Ray V. Denslow moved that the Jurisprudence

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Committee be instructed to prepare a law so that the Grand Lecturer would not be included in the group of five now constituting the Ritftal Committee. The motion was carried and referred to the Jurisprudence Committee. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RITUAL

M. 'Vor. Brother Ittner presented the report of the Ritual Committee, which was adopted and is as follows: 1'0 the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M,., of Missouri:

Brethren: Your Committee on Ritual begs leave to submit its report for the year 1947-48. The Joear now closing has been a busy and fruitful one for the Committee on Ritual and the ritualistic side of our Grand Lodge activities. The Certificate Plan which was launched five years ago under a new Bylaw enacted by the Grand Lodge has resulted in a wide-spread desire among the brethren of the State to perfect themselves in the knowledge of the Proficiency or Candidates' Lectures, and to receive certificates as authorized instructors therein. In almost every District in the State there are a goodly number of these certificate holders who路 stand ready to give correct instruction to all brethren who desire to avail themselves of their services. In a few Districts however the interest has not come up to the expectations of the Committee and vigorous efforts will be made to correct this backward situation during the coming year. At the writing of this report the number of those who have received their original certificates as authorized instructors has mounted to 1083 and the number is constantly growing. There have also been 201 renewal certificates issued and applications for re-examination are constantly coming in. We anticipate a very large increase in the number of proficient certificate holders during the coming Grand Lodge year. During tne year your Committee has held two meetings, one at Kansas City on May 28, 1948, and the second at St. Louis on September 26, 1948. At the meeting on }'iay 28 the first order of business was the transfer of Berlin Lodge, No. 378, which formerly met at Berlin, in Gentry County, . and now meets at Fairport, in DeKalb County, from the Sixth Ritual" District to the Tenth Ritual District. Some years ago Berlin Lodge, No. 378, lost its hall and was compelled to look for new quarters which it found at Fairport, in DeKalb County. As all the lodges in DeKalb County, prior to this removal, had been constituent parts of the Tenth Ritual District it seems to have been taken for granted that the removal from Berlin to Fairport automatically transferred the lodge from the Sixth to the Tenth Ritual District. This however was not the case under the Grand Lodge law. At the time of the removal it would have required action by the Grand Lodge to transfer Berlin Lodge from the Sixth to the Tenth District. Such action was not taken. As it seemed to be for the best interests of all concerned that Berlin Lodge, No. 378, should become a member of the路 Tenth District, and all parties in interest consented to the change, your Committee voted to make the transfer, under the power given it by the Revised By-laws of the Grand Lodge, and Berlin Lodge, No. 378, is now a constituent part of the Tenth Ritual District. The Grand Master and the Grand Secretary were duly notified of the change. At this meeting on May 28 your Committee next took up the matter of extending the certificate plan to include the lectures in the three Degrees and the Worshipful Master's part in the second section of the Second Degree. A tentative set of Rules and Regulations was adopted, with the

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understanding that each member of the Committee would be provided with a set thereof. It was also agreed that each member of the Committee would carefully study these tentative Rules and Regulations and make such suggestions for clarification or amendment as might seem to hi~ advisable, and that the final seal of approval would be put on these Hules as amended at a subsequent meeting of the Committee. This was done at the meeting on September 26, at which time also a form of application blank which each member of the Committee had approved was adopted. The subject matter embraced in this extension is to be known as Subdivision 2 of the Certificate Plan. Copies of these Rules and Regulations and of the application blank are in print and ready for distribution. Each member of the Committee on Ritual has been examined under the new Rules and Regulations and will be ready to assist in the extension of this important part of the work. No suggestions for changes in the Ritual have come to your Committee during the past year unless the funeral service be regarded as a part of the Ritual, which is a moot question. However, following the precedent set by M. W. Willis J. Bray in the second year of his administration, the Committee felt that it ought not to sidestep a request that came to it for a lengthening of the funeral service. A competent and prominent Brother from St. Louis, representing a group of his fellows, requested the Committee to add to the funeral service so that the time required for its delivery would be incfeased by about ten minutes. No text of the proposed addition was submitted. At the meeting of the Committee at Kansas City on May 28 your Chairman submitted this request without prejudice and without taking sides until he heard from the other members. They were unanimous in the view that the service should not be lengthened beyond its present limits. The Committee as a whole therefore decided unanimously against any changes or additions at that time. The Committee of its own motion would like to suggest a very slight change in the Ritual by eliminating one word. The elimination of this word would help to avoid confusion. The reason for suggesting this change will be fully explained off the record as it involves a discussion of esoteric work. In the latter part of August of this year, R. W. Brother Theodore C. Teel, who for a number of years was a valued member of the Committee . on Ritual and who assisted in the original launching of the Certificate Plan, passed away at St. Louis. Brother Teel had rendered exceedingly valuable service to the Committee and to the Fraternity as a whole for many years and we wish to express our gratitude to him for this service and our sense of personal sorrow at his passing. At the end of the last Grand Lodge year R. W. Brother William D. Rogers, of Jefferson City, who for a number of years had been a valued member, retired from the Committee. Brother Rogers had the reputation, and very justly so, of being one of the very best ritualists in the State, and his work for his lodge, his District, and for the Fraternity as a whole, extended over a period of approximately helf a century. For clear thinking, Masonic zeal and tireless energy in the cause of Freemasonry Brother Rogers had few equals in the entire State of Missouri. We trust he will be with us for many years to come. R. W. Brother Fred H. Johnson also retired from the Committee at the close of the last Grand Lodge. He had been a member for several years and handled the applications for examination in the Proficiency or Candidates' Lectures coming from the Thirty-third and Fifty-seventh Masonic Districts, which include the city of St. Louis and the whole of St. Louis County. There are sixty-one lodges in this territory and the work which Brother Johnson did in distributing examination blanks and ap-

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pointing examining commissions was a very heavy task indeed. The Committee desires to express its gratitude to him for the work he did during the years of his membership. In lieu of Brothers William D. Rogers and Fred H. Johnson, who re路tired from the Committee, the incoming Grand Master last year appointed R. W. Brother Bruce H. Hunt, of Kirksville, and R. W. Brother Freelon K. Hadley, of St. Joseph, who have given hearty and able support to the work of the Committee in all of its phases. A list of the names of those who have received certificates since the last annual communication of the Grand Lodge is herewith appended. It would serve no good purpose to read it at this time. CERTIFICATES OF PROFICIENCY

No. 859 860 861 862 863 864 865 866 867 868 869 870 871 872 873 874 875 876 877 878 879 880 881 882 883 884 885 886 887 888 889 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 897 898 899 900 901

Name Herman D. Taggart. Doyle C. Kime Oren W. Grimes Claud B. Stephenson Aldace R. Chinn James W. Bunten Benjamin H. Palmer Rayford B. Thomas George S. Tomkins E. G. Mount Bert W. Casselman Dennis A. Corbin William H. Dennis Othal D. McFarland Kenneth R. Baker Oran J. Holdman Leslie Bagley Charles Goodman Florian M. McKinney Harry J. Enochs Jacob H. Buffington Robert W. Morehead, Jr Fay H. McKee Jacob Joseph David Schuster Thomas P . Westcott Richard F. Moffatt Jesse E. Garland John A. Medlin Freeman D. Lutes Harry M. Noland Thomas H. Walton Edwin B. Hawkins Walter L. Schroeter Ellis L. McFarland Ernest R. Wilson Archie E. Wicklein AIry L. Chelf Philip D. Trainer , Edward W. Stewart William V. Larson Madison L. Martin Norvel K. Scarlett

Lodge Jackson Lodge No. 82 Jamesport Lodge No. 564 Lock Springs Lodge No. 488 Zeredatha Lodge No. 189 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Marlborough Lodge No. 569 Schell City Lodge No. 448 Monroe Lodge No. 64 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Ionic Lodge No. 154 Ionic Lodge No. 154 Samaritan Lodge No. 424 Adair Lodge No. 366 Beacon Lodge No.3 Trenton Lodge No. 111 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Erwin Lodge No. 121 Keyston Lodge No. 243 Nodaway Lodge No. 470 Paul Revere Lodge No. 330 Heroine Lodge No. 104 Adair Lodge No. 366 Sheldon Lodge No. 371 Sheldon Lodge No. 371 Sheldon Lodge No. 371 Sikeston Lodge No. 310 Jackson Lodge No. 82 Higbee Lodge No. 527 Higbee Lodge No. 527 Beacon Lodge No. 3 Ionic Lodge No. 154 Anchor Lodge No. 443 Erwin Lodge No. 121 Cuba Lodge No. 312 Clinton Lodge No. 548 East Gate Lodge No. 630 Swope Park Lodge No. 617 Olean Lodge No. 134 Itaska Lodge No. 420

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902 Martin H. Stiften 903 Vercil R. Hart 904 Redmond C. Moore 905 Newby L. Miller 906 Edward M. Reuter 907 Chalmer W. Self 908 Paul A. Thomas 909 Ralph M. Railey 910 Jabe C. Green 911 George M. Longwith 912 Charles D. Embree, Sr 913 Robert G. Kirkland 914 Roy F. Alldaffer 915 David H. Davis 916 William E. Thomas 917 Elmer A. Smith 918 Arthur O. Cobb 919 Vern C. True 920 William D. Kennedy 921 Millard N. Smythe 922 James L. Candler 923 William R. Denslow 924 Narvel W. Frazier, Sr 925 Aubrey A. Gentry 926 Morris W. Strong 927 Ulysses G. Nevitt. 928 Euless J. Cook 929 Albert R. Eschmann 930 Waiter C. Anthony 931 C. Earle Armstrong 932 James M. McMillin 933 Russell A. Brown 934 Augustin L. Daumas 935 Kent Estes 936 Lawrence Shipp 937 Donald W. Schasch 938 Leslie B. Tranbarger 939 Sheldon Weaver 940 Eugene J. Rodgers 941 Sam Goldstein 942 Ralph W. Louisda 943 Willis H. Dallam 944 Virgil S. Beavers 945 August E. Spaete 946 Emil L. Rossio 947 George H. Merrymon 948 Jesse M. Clayton 949 Martin O. Lorenz 950 Curtis C. Frost 951 Turner A. Barnhart. 952 Lloyd C. Kennon 953 Marshall L. Spahr 954 Rolland R. Pennington 955 Earl F. Watson 956 Earl F. Pentecost 957 Everett C. Kemp 958 Charles W. Smith 959 Emmis D. Sutherlin

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Olive Branch Lodge 1\0. 576 Bogard Lodge No. 101 Bogard Lodge No. 101 Grandview Lodge ~o. 618 Olive Branch Lodge X o. 576 Shekinah Lodge 1\0. 256 Montgomery Lodge No. 246 Sheffield Lodge No. 625 Composite Lodge 1\0. 369 Adair Lodge No. 366 Moberly Lodge No. 344 Liberty Lodge No. 31 Westport Lodge No. 340 East Gate Lodge No. 630 East Gate Lodge No. 630 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Schell City Lodge No. 448 Schell City Lodge No. 448 Westport Lodge No. 340 East Gate Lodge No. 630 Trenton Lodge No. 111 Kirkwood Lodge No. 484 Trenton Lodge No. 111 Western Star Lodge No. 15 Western Star Lodge No. 15 Mount Zion Lodge No. 327 Kirksville Lodge No. 105 Jackson Lodge No. 82 Mount Zion Lodge No. 327 Mount Zion Lodge No. 327 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Berlin Lodge No. 378 Berlin Lodge No. 378 Shaveh Lodge No. 646 Shaveh Lodge No. 646 Lincoln Lodge No. 138 Lambskin Lodge No. 460 Olive Branch Lodge No. 576 Erwin Lodge No. 121 Kirkwood Lodge No. 484 Fenton Lodge No. 281 ,. Clayton Lodge No. 601 West Gate Lodge No. 445 Tuscan Lodge No. 360 Ferguson Lodge No. 542 Keystone Lodge No. 243 Valley Park Lodge No. 629 Acacia Lodge No. 602 Granite Lodge No. 272 Wcbster Groves Lodge No. 84 Wellston Lodge No. 613 '" .. Clifton Heights Lodge No. 520 ClintonvilIe Lodge No. 482 Sedalia Lodge No. 236 Granite Lodge No. 272 Sedalia Lodge No. 236

1948 960 961 962 963 964 965 966 967 968 969 970 971 972 973 974 975 976 977 978 979 980 981 982 983 984 985 986 987 988 989 990 991 992 993 994 995 996 997 998 999 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI James A. Logan George R. Jeter Roy L. Johnston Roscoe A. Miller Eliphalet M. Brown Harley L. Wilson Alfred E. Reed Ralph E. Haskell Rabon B. McKnight, Jr Martin M. Ohlhausen Roscoe R. Davidson Herbert J. Crosby Glenn E. Swails Albert G. Chambers Edward J. Milliman Orville L. HalL J. Purd Hays Robert D. Turner Edwin L. Brown James A. Bruun Edward E. Wilson Manuel H. Buckey William C. Akers Clyde M. Reid George E. Houser Arthur N. Fugett George W. Conrad, Jr David V. Morris Frederick J. Rouveyrol. Glenn C. Hardin Walter E. Braswell Charles G. Wachtel. Eugene C. Johnson Earl yarnall Harry E. Stubblefield Marion S. Turrentine Dee W. Emerick Roy R. Jackson Albert E. Loehr Jack W. Hellman Henry L. Hillier Calvin C. Barber Fred H. Curtis Leslie J. Shirk Elam J. Nienstedt Elza L. Humes Roy C. Jones Guy A. Wood Sam Goldstein Jesse W. Glasgow, Sr O. E. Fullrich '" Calvin T. Lauda .. '" John D. Dolson Harold R. Toub George J. Cruzen Noble Parsons Julian W. Cox Harry Cohen

Shawnee Lodge No. 653 Belton Lodge No. 450 Belton Lodge No. 450 Acacia Lodge No. 602 Acacia Lodge No. 602 Acacia Lodge No. 602 Wakenda Lodge No. 52 Carroll Lodge No. 249 Weston Lodge No. 53 Weston Lodge No. 53 Parrott Lodge No. 308 New Salem Lodge No. 270 Brotherhood Lodge No. 269 Brotherhood Lodge No. 269 Liberty Lodge No. 31 Belton Lodge No. 450 Jackson Lodge No. 82 Orient Lodge No. 546 Trinity Lodge No. 641 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Charity Lodge No. 331 Rolla Lodge No. 213 Orient Lodge No. 546 Western Star Lodge No. 15 Orient Lodge No. 546 Orient Lodge No. 546 Orient Lodge No. 546 Osage Lodge No. 303 Osage Lodge No. 303 Osage Lodge No. 303 Osage Lodge No. 303 Fellowship Lodge No. 345 Osage Lodge No. 303 Sheffield Lodge No. 625 Freedom Lodge No. 636 McDonald Lodge No. 324 Mount Moriah Lodge No. 40 Bridgeton Lodge No. 80 Shaveh Lodge No. 646 Osage Lodge No. 303 Schell City Lodge No. 448 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Euclid Lodge No. 505 Cosmos Lodge No. 282 Sikeston Lodge No. 310 Sikeston Lodge No. 310 Theo. Roosevelt Lodge No. 661 Cosmos Lodge No. 282 Cosmos Lodge No. 282 Clayton Lodge No. 601 Moniteau Lodge No. 295 West Gate Lodge No. 445 Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 Heroine Lodge No. 104 Paul Revere Lodge No. 330 Paul Revere Lodge No. 330 Lambskin Lodge No. 460 Olive Branch Lodge No. 576

94 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 1035 1036 1037 1038 1039 1040 1041 1042 1043 1044 1045 1046 1047 1048 1049 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 1057 1058 1059 1060 1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 1066 1067 1068 1069 1070 1071 1072 1073 1074 1075

PROCEEDINGS OF THE Robert Hawksley Floyd H. Buckner Elmer F. Euart. Edmund L. Glascock Arthur C. Daily Ruben A. Markwell Ruben J. Tockman Louis Taylor Edgar R. Mann George H. Russell. " J. Harold Pond Kenneth C. Davis Claude F. Brown Eugene E. Andereck Thomas F. Herndon Harold E. Brown William R. Gray Edwin C. Hinkley Joseph A. Huffman James W. Ware Charles M. Prigeon Wilbert W. Burton .T. Ovid Crook " Winfield W. Smith Thomas W. Hollingsworth Glenn D. Railey Herman J. Fischer, Jr Theodore S. Besch Eugene F. Schaberg Andrew W. Jarman John T. Goodwin Wilbur R. Pilant Ernest J. Catley Earl C. Daughetee Charles A. Fitzgerald Robert H. Arnold Aubrey C. Long Okey J. Carder, Jr Homer B. Brown Albert R. Lebold Calvin J. Martin Laurence D. Estill John H. Craig Anton J. Tomasek Paul H. Mitchell Leslie G. Church Bernie Lay Morris J. Yeager, Jr Joseph R. Neeley Claude W. Dunnaway Charley G. Shearer Samuel H. Williams August F. Santschi. Roy L. Turley Monroe Propst Russell J. Rowe ele1l ~fcGinnis Roy G. Wert

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Olive Branch Lodge No. 576 Ionic Lodge No. 154 Acacia Lodge No. 602 Acacia Lodge No. 602 Wellston Lodge No. 613 Hebron Lodge No. 354 Cornerstone Lodge No. 323 Cosmos Lodge No. 282 Cornerstone Lodge No. 323 Kirkwood Lodge No. 484 Trenton Lodge No. 111 Trenton Lodge No. 111 Rolla Lodge No. 213 Trenton Lodge No. 111 Butler Lodge No. 254 Trenton Lodge No. 111 Swope Park Lodge No. 617 Sheffield Lodge No. 625 Rolla Lodge No. 213 Rolla Lodge No. 213 York Lodge No. 563 Rolla Lodge No. 213 Adair Lodge No. 366 Forsyth Lodge No. 453 Westport Lodge No. 340 Westport Lodge No. 340 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Apollo Lodge No. 529 Palestine Lodge No. 241 Bee Hive Lodge No. 393 Mt. Washington Lodge. No. 614 Clinton Lodge No. 548 Clinton Lodge No. 548 Joachim Lodge No. 164 Country Club Lodge No. 656 Country Club Lodge No. 656 Gate of the Temple Lodge 422 Liberty Lodge No. 31 Liberty Lodge No. 31 Bee Hive Lodge No. 393 Clay Lodge No. 207 Bee Hive Lodge No. 393 Lambskin Lodge No. 460 Lambskin Lodge No. 460 Rolla Lodge No. 213 Shekinah Lodge No. 256 Caruthersville Lodge No. 461 Caruthersville Lodge No. 461 Caruthersville Lodge No. 461 Versailles Lodge No. 320 Bee Hive Lodge No. 393 Clay Lodge No. 207 Shekinah Lodge No. 256 Shekinah Lodge No. 256 Shekinah Lodge No. 256 Perseverance Lodge No. 92 Friend Lodge No. 352 Galena Lodge No. 515

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1076 Charles R. Snidow 1077 Ransom A. Breuer 1078 Sterling F. Swearngin 1079 James F. Park 1080 Robert D. Ellington, Jr 1081 Hershel L. Kinkade 1082 George H. Playter 1083 Emmett W. Bankson 1084 Henry Edwards 1085 Bryan Johnson 1086 Richard S. Winn 1087 Francis E. Howard 1088 Ernest F. Mounts 1089 Oscar H. Rigsbee , 1090 John F. Baremore

Crane Lodge No. 519 Hermann Lodge No. 123 Granite Lodge No. 272 :Mount Zion Lodge No. 327 Portageville Lodge No. 166 Portageville Lodge No. 166 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Trenton Lodge No. 111 Bogard Lodge No. 101 Carroll Lodge No. 249 Wakenda Lodge No. 52 Star of the West Lodge No. 133 Hannibal Lodge No. 188 '" . Lambskin Lodge No. 460 '" . Blackwell Lodge No. 535

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Series A-Renewals

No. A 100 A 101 A 102 A 103 A 104 A 105 A 106 A 107 A 108 A 109 A 110 A 111 A 112 A 113 A 114 A 115 A 116 A 117 A 118 A 119 A 120 A 121 A 122 A 123 A 124 A 125 A 126 A 127 A 128 A 129 A 130 A 131 A 132 A 133 A 134 A 135 A 136

Name Ernest T. Scofield Andrew D. Wanner John M. Barnes James R. Mooney Charles W. Roy Francis S. Turner William R. Howell Charlie S. Hicks Ray V. Denslow Harry W. Janes Alfred A. Mitchell John R. Blackman James Chalmers Charles E. Jones Tolman W. Cotton William Z. Gossett , Edwin J. DeaL Ishem G. Lewis Claude W. Sansberry Seaton L. Pewitt Fred B. Kent Everett W. Torreysoll Oren Simpson Thornton Jennings Fred Lawson John G. h Dowgray Arthur G. Lynch John W. Adams Joseph W. Moore David A. Leslie Herbert W. Stark Loren J. Simpson Alfred E. McDanel George V. Baskett. Morris E. Ewing Cloin J. Penner L. B. Parrish

Lodge Adair Lodge No. 366 Lock Springs Lodge No. 488 Jamesport Lodge No. 564 Jamesport Lodge No. 564 Adair Lodge No. 366 Marlborough Lodge No. 569 Monroe Lodge No. 64 Monroe Lodge No. 64 Trenton Lodge No. 111 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Hebron Lodge No. 354 Friendship Lodge No. 89 Mt. Washington Lodge No. 614 Clifton Heights Lodge No. 520 Van Buren Lodge No. 509 Van Buren Lodge No. 509 Charleston Lodge No. 407 Sikeston Lodge No. 310 Fairmont Lodge No. 290 Van Buren Lodge No. 509 Hebron Lodge No. 354 Hebron Lodge No. 354 Richland Lodge K o. 385 Clinton Lodge No. 548 Fairmont Lodge No. 290 East Gate Lodge No. 630 Eureka Lodge Ko. 73 Trilumina Lodge No. 205 Putnam Lodge No. 190 Williamstown Lodge No. 370 Granite Lodge No. 272 Fellowship Lodge No. 345 Sheffield Lodge No. 625 Gorin Lodge No. 72 Pleasant Lodge No. 160 Friend Lodge No. 352 Bolivar Lodge No. 195

96 A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A

137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194

PROCEEDINGS OF THE Norvell Plegge John B. Klingner Lester Scott James A. Kennedy Dean D. Johnson Samuel M. Gutridge Cecil R. Bruce Kai Holst Frederick L. Catiller William B. Walden Hugh C. Jones Walter C. Cowan Fred ManeR Charles B. Myers Ernest W. Harris Hugh H. Barden Charles W. Pitts Everett L. Ogle Kleber C. Jones Gustav W. Knecht Carl A. Middaugh Robert A. Wilson Cecil T. Pilcher Roger V. Atkinson Arthur F. Crowder August L. Hunter Otto M. Gehrkl' Florian W olz Richard H. Kerr Glenn F. Gressley D. Reed Crawford Osa F. Godfrey John R. Wright Lloyd R. Johnson Robert M. Runyan John Edelstein Thomas L. Drennen William F. Harris Walter G. McCain Charles W. Schafer Louis V. Lohman William T. Ruff Jerome M. Levy Lester W. Taylor Arthur M. Headrick James E. Conell, Jr James C. Dillamon Ralph M. Briggs George J. Seil Clovis E. Collier Emerson O. Boggess William G. Mills Willard M. Van Horn George F. Prater Jacob L. Begley Henry E. Fink Niels A. Nissen Luther E. Wilhoit

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Maplewood Lodge No. 566 Gate of the Temple Lodge 422 Gate of the Temple Lodge 422 Light Lodge No. 257 Bethany Lodge No. 97 Bethany Lodge No. 97 Freedom Lodge No. 636 Mount Moriah Lodge No. 40 Pilgrim Lodge No. 652 Twilight Lodge No. 114 Twilight Lodge No. 114 Richland Lodge No. 385 Richland Lodge No. 385 Memphis Lodge No. 16 Ferguson Lodge No. 542 Ferguson Lodge No. 542 Clifton Heights Lodge No. 520 Richland Lodge No. 385 Versailles Lodge No. 320 Marlborough Lodge No. 569 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Hebron Lodge No. 354 Parrott Lodge No. 308 Brotherhood Lodge No. 269 Mizpah Lodge No. 639 Swope Park Lodge No. 617 Orient Lodge No. 546 Gardenville Lodge No. 655 Rolla Lodge No. 213 Savannah Lodge No. 71 Savannah Lodge No. 71 Gate of the Temple Lodge 422 Paul Revere Lodge No. 330 Joplin Lodge No. 335 Swope Park Lodge No. 617 Benjamin Franklin Lodge 642 Progress Lodge No. 657 Maplewood Lodge No. 566 St. Mark's Lodge No. 93 Jefferson Lodge No. 43 , .Jefferson Lodge No. 43 Excelsior Lodge No. 441 Rockhill Lodge No. 663 Windsor Lo<!ge No. 29 Maplewood Lodge No. 566 Neosho Lodge No. 247 St. Joseph Lodge No. 78 St. Joseph Lodge No. 78 Missouri Lodge No.1 Gate City Lodge No. 522 , Liberty Lodge No. 31 Orient Lodge No. 546 Versailles Lodge No. 320 Carthage Lodge No. 197 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Orient Lodge No. 546 Westport Lodge No. 340 Censer Lodge No. 172

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GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Marion C. Harris Edwin H. Barklage Lester Zacher

Moberly Lodge No. 344 Palestine Lodge No. 241 Shaveh Lodge No. 646

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Name Anthony F. Ittner William J. Craig F. Ernest Carter Freelon K. Hadley Bruce H. Hunt Ray V. Denslow Harold M. Jayne James C. Dillamon " Wayne A. Sharp Frederick E. Kiefer. Roger V. Atkinson .. Warren W. Dray Ernest T. Scofield Herbert W. Stark '" George M. McAninch Raymond R. Radford John B. Klingner Perry O. Sansberry William H. Cox Claude R. White '"

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ELECTION OF OFFICERS

The tellers appointed by M. Wor. Brother Ewing were announced, and the following officers were elected for 1948-1949: HARRY F. SUNDERLAND JAMES M. BRoADFORD . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RAY BOND HOMER L. FERGUSON . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . EDMUND E. MORRIS HAROLD L. READER 0

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ARTHUR D. NORDBERG JAMES W. SKELLY

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CHARTERED LODGES

Rt. Wor. Lee Barger presented the report of the Committee on Chartered Lodges, which was adopted and is as follows:

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To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Chartered Lodge: submits the following report after a careful consideration of the Annual Returns received: STATISTICAL

601 Number of Chartered Lodges, September 10, 1947 . 1 Lodges U. D . 601 Number of Chartered Lodges, September 10, 1948 . 1 Lodges U. D . September 10, 1948, Total Membership . 109,167 September 10, 1947, Total Membership in 602 Lodges .. 104,850 Plus: Adjustments 1\' audit of individual Lodges. . . . . . 64 104,914 Total Number Raised Affiliated Reinstated

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The net gain in membership this year is a very substantial one, but not quite so large as each of the two previous years. However, we think that a net increase of 4,253 indicates a healthy gain and does not necessarily mean a decrease in interest, but rather a sincere desire of those seeking admission with a real interest in advancing the ideals and purposes of Freemasonry in the world. We also believe this is an indication, which we sincerely hope is true, that there has been a more careful screening of the applicants for admission and a greater care being exercised by Committees of Investigation. We commend the Grand Master for his efforts in endeavoring to point out to the officers and members the necessity for extreme care in investigating all applicants for admission. RECOMMENDATIONS

The majority of the Secretaries perform their various duties with fidelity and punctuality. Their annual returns reach the Grand Secretary's office legibly and carefully written and many are models of neat路 ness. It is the minority, we regret to say, which is entirely too many,. through carelessness or negligence, or both, delay making the annual returns until after the date specified by our by-laws and some fail to respond even after extended correspondence and repeated demands by the Grand Secretary. We have examined the reports of this Committee for several previous years and we find in every report a recommendation that Section 75 of the Constitution and By-laws of Grand Lodge be strictly

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adhered to. In fact this has been mentioned so many times that it has merely become routine and your Committee thinks something definite should be done about it. The section referred to fixes the closing of the fiscal year at June 30 and requires the annual returns of lodges to be in the Grand Secretary's Office not later than August 1 and fixes penalties for non-compliance. While the delinquencies have declined somewhat through the years, still there were 111 lodges whose annual returns had not reached the Grand Secretary's Office by August 1. These delinquencies greatly hinder and complicate the work in the Grand Secretary's Office in preparing the necessary reports and statistical data he is required to furnish for the coming session of Grand Lodge. There can be no good reason for the officers of so many lodges failing in their duty of causing to have the returns made on time. We therefore recommend, with all the emphasis at our command, that the Grand Master order the delinquent lodges to appear before the Ways and Means Committee to explain the reason for the delinquency and assess such disciplinary action as the Committee may determine to be proper-and further, if our By-laws are not sufficiently strong to enforce compliance, we recommend that they be made so as soon as possible. IN CONCLUSION

Again, as have occurred many times down through history, Freemasonry faces the challenge of an uncertain future in all the existing confusion of today. It behooves all lodges to keep their houses in order-hold fast to the ancient landmarks of the Fraternity-observe the ideals of service, charity and benevolence, that each individual member may be inspired to do his part, however small it may be, in building a world of permanent peace, for the dignity and freedom of the individual and for the glory of God. Respectfully submitted, R. L. BARGER. SUPPLEMENTARY

The Committee on Grand Master's Address has referred several items of importance to this Committee for consideration-subjects that will require some research and careful study before an intelligent recommendation can be made. The time at our disposal is entirely too short for recommendation at this Session. Therefore this Committee recommends that these items be referred to the incoming Committee on Chartered Lodges to be reported upon at the next Communication of Grand Lodge. LEE BARGER, Chairman.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LODGES U.D.

Rt.- Wor. Brother Irvin J. Freiberger, presented the report of the Committee on Lodges U. D., which was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A.. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Your committee on Lodges U. D. begs leave to submit the following report: In June 1947 Most Worshipful Brother Solon Cameron, Grand Master, issued a dispensation for the organization of a Lodge in Clarkton, Missouri. Due to the late issuance of the dispensation and the limited number of meetings held, the Grand Lodge in 1947 deemed it advisable to continue the dispensation until the next session of the Grand Lodge.

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The records, books, returns, data, etc. of Clarkton Lodge U. D. have been carefully examined and found in order, but your committee noticed that an election of officers was held on December 10, 1947, which was not in accordance with regulations governing Lodges U. D. However, your committee feels that this infringement was caused by their not being aware of the law. Date of Dispensation, June 11, 1947 Set to work, June 16, 1947 Charter Members, 20 Number Initiated, 17 Number Passed, 12 Number Raised, 10 Number Affiliated, 9 Number Died, 1 Number Suspended N. P. D., 3 Net membership to date, 35 Cash on hand, $145.61. We desire to commend the officers of Clarkton Lodge U. D. for their interest in furthering Freemasonry in their community, and your committee recommends that a charter be granted to Clarkton Lodge, so that the interests of Freemasonry may best be served. IRVIN FREIBERGER, Chairman.. MOTION RELATIVE TO NEW TRIAL CODE

M. Wor. Brother Byrne E. Bigger moved that the consideration of the new Trial Code be continued and that the suggested new Trial Code be referred to the same Revision Committee and the incoming Jurisprudence Committee. The motion was carried. CALLED FROM LABOR

The Grand Lodge was called from labor at 11 :45 a. m. until 1:30 p. m. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

The Grand Lodge was called to labor at 1 :30 p. m. and Grand Chaplain Robison offered prayer. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES

Wor. Brother John Reinhardt presented the report of the Committee on Appeals and Grievances in four sections as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: The applications for reinstatement of the following brethren, all of whom were members of Missouri Lodges no longer in existence, having been duly considered by the committee, it is the decision and recommendation of the committee that they be restored to good Masonic standing: Name Address Lodge to which formerly belonged R. R. Willard, Fair Grove, Missouri, Ozark Lodge No. 608. Carl F. Burnett, 130 North Fourth St., Santa Paula, Calif., Seligman Lodge No. 517.

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This action is taken pursuant to authority by Section 275, of the Constitution and By-laws, 1925, as amended 1926, page 170. JOHN F. REINHAR.DT, Chairmam., MARVIN E. BOISSEAU, ROBERT W. HEDRICK, WM. R. GENTRY.

To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, .A. F. and .A. M. of Missouri: In the Matter of: Erwin Lodge No. 121, vs. Franz W. Klein Franz W. Klein has filed with the Grand Lodge of Missouri A. F. and A. M. his application for reinstatement. Worshipful Brother Richard O. Rumer, Erwin Lodge, appeared in opposition to the petition for reinstatement. Charges were filed against Franz W. Klein while Worshipful Master of Erwin Lodge No. 121 and he was tried before a commission appointed by the Grand Master. The trial was had on the 27th day of July, 1944. After hearing evidence in the case the Commission found the Accused guilty of the charges and assessed the penalty of Expulsion. After hearing the Accused in person and Brother Rumer and being fully informed concerning the matter, the Committee is of the opinion that the judgment of the trial commission be continued in full force and effect and the application for reinstatement be denied and the Committee so recommends to the Grand Lodge. Most Worshipful Brother William R. Gentry not sitting with the Committee. Worshipful Brother John M. Gallatin absent. JOHN F. REINHARDT, Chairman, MARVIN E. BOISSEAU, ROBERT W. HEDRICK.

To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge .A. F. and .A. M. of Missouri: Heroine Lodge No. 104 ) A. F. & A. M., ) Accuser,) vs. ) Paul Blotcky, ) Accused.) This case originated in Omaha, Nebraska. Charges were filed in said lodge in which. it was alleged that the accused was guilty of violating a certain section of the laws of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska relating to the sale of intoxicating liquor. After the accused had been served with notice, but before the time set for trial had arrived, the Grand Master of this State, M. W. Brother Solon Cameron, requested the Grand Master of Nebraska to have the case transferred to Heroine Lodge No. 104, at Kansas City, in which lodge the accused, though having resided in Nebraska for many years, still held his membership. As a matter of courtesy the Grand Master of Nebraska granted the request and the ease was duly transferred to Heroine Lodge for trial. Proper proceedings were had to secure the appointment of a commission to try the case in the lodge, and such a commission was appointed and tried and decided the case.

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The undisputed evidence, and in fact the admissions of the accused show that for some years immediately preceding the trial he had been engaged in the wholesale liquor business in the city of Omaha; that he sold only to taverns and other concerns buying at wholesale, and never sold at retail by the drink and never permitted the liquor to be consumed upon his premises. Under the present laws of the Missouri Grand Lodge, such sales would not constitute a Masonic offense. But the charge was not preferred under the Missouri Grand Lodge law, it was preferred under the Nebraska Grand Lodge Laws, and the accused had a right to have his case tried and determined acc( rding to the Grand Lodge of Nebraska's laws. The paragraph of the law under which the charges were framed was much broader than the Missouri law on the same subject. Under the Nebraska law, no matter how sales of liquor are made, whether wholesale or at retail or for consumption on or off of the premises where sold, such sale by a member of the Masonic Order is a violation of the Grand Lodge laws and subjects one who makes any such sales to Masonic discipline. In the trial in the lodge the commission who tried the case adopted the theory that notwithstanding the evidence and the admissions of the accused, he was not guilty of any offense under the Missouri Grand Lodge laws, and therefore could not be convicted in the case which the commission was trying. That commission accordingly acquitted the accused, and an appeal has been duly taken to our Grand Lodge. We have considered the by-laws of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska involved in this case as well as the Grand Lodge by-laws of the Missouri Grand Lodge, and various decisions to which we have been cited by counsel. We find that under our Grand Lodge by-laws and decisions, the accused was amenable to charges, trial and punishment in the State of Nebraska; that when the case was transferred to Missouri, no new charge being filed, the only charge that could be considered by the commission at the trial in Heroine Lodge was the charge of violating a certain section of the laws of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska. Since the Accused was charged with a violation of the by-laws of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska and the punishment, if any, for violation thereof should be assessed according to such by-laws, the Committee respectfully recommends that all of the proceedings in Heroine Lodge No. 104 A. F. & A. M., at Kansas City, Missouri, be vacated, set aside and for naught held, and that the entire matter be re-referred to N ebraska Lodge No. 1 of the Grand Jurisdiction of Nebraska for such further action as it may see fit to take. Worshipful Brother John M. Gallatin not present. JOHN F. REINHARDT, Chairman, MARVIN E. BOISSEAU, RoBERT W. HEDRICK, WM. R. GENTRY.

To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: In the Matter of: ) PILGRIM LODGE NO. 652 A. F. & A. M.) vs. ) Rodowe H. Abeken ) This is an appeal ordered by the Most Worshipful Grand Master from a verdict of a jury in Pilgrim Lodge No. 652. Each member of the Com-

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mittee on Appeals and Grievances has carefully examined the transcript and exhibits of the trial. Each member of the Committee has read a copy of the Transcript of the Arguments and other proceedings had before this Committee on September 9, 1948. Judge John M. Gallatin of Chillicothe, Missouri, a member of this Committee is absent by reason of the sickness of his wife. After due consideration by the four members of the Committee present it now appears that they are unable to arrive at a decision and respectfully recommends that this case be referred by the Most Worshipful Grand Master to the incoming Committee on Appeals and Grievances for its recommendations. JOHN F. REINHARDT, Chairman, MARVIN E. BOISSEAU, HENRY W. Fox.

The Grand Lodge approved section one, two and three. Section four dealing with the matter of Pilgrim Lodge No. 652, vs. Rodowe H. Abekin was not approved, but the Grand Lodge, by vote, ordered that the appeal be dismissed and the verdict of the jury of Pilgrim Lodge No. 652 of not guilty be affirmed. RESOLUTION

M. Wor. Brother Bigger presented the following resolution which was referred to the Jurisprudence Committee and Ways and Means Committee: Resolved that a special contribution for the improvement of the Masonic Home of two ($2.00) dollars per member per year, for the years 1950 to 1961, inclusive, is hereby levied from each member of the Fraternity under the Jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge, reported by the lodge to the Grand Lodge in its annual returns each year (except those whose dues have been remitted for inability to pay as provided by Section 153 of the Grand Lodge By-laws). Said sums to 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 annual dues; but that a separate statement of the same be made in the Annual Report to the Grand Lodge, in a column provided for the purpose, setting out the amount collected and remitted and the amount delinquent, if any. Provided, that the payment of the sum of $20.00 by June 1, 1950, by any member, shall fully satisfy his liability therefor. JAMES VY. SKELLY, HARRY THEIS, BYRNE E. BIGGER.

AMENDMENT RELATIVE TO MASONIC HOME ASSESSMENT

M. Wor. Brother Bigger presented the following amendment which was referred to the Jurisprudence Committee and Ways and Means Committee: Resolved, That a new section be added to the By-Laws, as follows: Sec. 74A. Masonic Home Assessment. A special contribution for the improvement of the Masonic Home of two ($2.00) dollars per year for the years 1950 to 1961, inclusive, shall be paid by and collected from each Master Mason reported in the annual returns, except those whose dues have been remitted. These contributions shall be accounted for and re-

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mitted by the Lodges in like manner as the annual dues. Provided, the payment of $20.00 by June 1, 1950, by any member, shall be received in full payment of his contributions under this section. Provided further, the Grand Lodge may at any annual communication by a two-thirds vote, suspend or repeal this section as to contributions not then due. JAMES W. SKELLY, HARRY THEIS, BYRNE E. BIGGER.

AMENDMENT RELATIVE TO GRAND MASTER

The following amendment was presented by the Ways and Means Committee and referred to the Jurisprudence Committee: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. (MI,d A. M. of Missouri: The undersigned hereby submit the following amendment to the Grand Lodge By-Laws by striking out subdivision M of Section 9 and inserting the following in lieu thereof, to-wit: (m) The Grand Master shall be paid his traveling, office, stenographic and clerical expenses, not to exceed the sum of $3,000.00 per year, and said expenses shall be paid monthly on his requisition therefor. Respectfully submitted, Committee on Ways and Means GEORGE C. MARQUIS, JAMES M. DEWITT, RoBERT H. MANN, HARRIS C. JOHNSTON, EDMUND E. MORRIS.

REPORT OF JURISPRUDENCE COMMITTEE

M. Wor. Byrne E. Bigger presented the report of the Jurisprudence Committee, which was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Your Jurisprudence Committee submits the following: I DISPENSATIONS

The several dispensations issued by the Grand Master have been referred to this Committee and we find them to be within the discretion of the Grand Master and are hereby approved. Between Sessions of Grand Lodge, the Grand Master referred to this Committee the following matter: In 1904 the Grand Lodge arrested the Charter of Ryland Lodge No. 332 at Berlin, Missouri. The Lodge at that time owned a lot No.7 and 13 feet off West side of lot 8 in block 1, Berlin, Gentry County, Missouri. The building on this property burned some time ago, leaving the lots vacant. Brother J. B. Owens, Jr., the Wor. Master of Berlin Lodge No. 378, located at Fairport, Missouri, which Lodge is a successor to Ryland Lodge and was chartered in 1906, has offered $15.00 for a quit claim deed to this property, as a gift from Brother Owens to the Baptist Church of Berlin, Missouri, which adjoins this property. We asked Brother H. H. :Manring, D.D.G.M. of the Third District to investigate and report.

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Brother Manring and Brother Owens appeared before your Committee on Monday, September 27, 1948. Brother Manring advised this Committee that $15.00 is a fair value of this property. The Committee feels that the interests of Freemasonry in that locality will be benefited by granting this request. Therefore, your Committee recommends that the incoming Grand Master and such other officers as may be necessary, be authorized to exeeute a quit claim deed, on behalf of this Grand Lodge, conveying all right, title and interests of this Grand Lodge in said property to the trustees or other managing body of or for said Baptist Church of Berlin, Missouri, on the payment of the $15.00. The Grand Lodge having referred to your Committee the report of the Ways and Means Committee on an automatic suspension law, with instructions for this Committee to prepare and present the necessary amendments to the laws of the Grand Lodge, your Committee offers the following amendments: Amend Section 158 of the Grand Lodge By-laws by striking out said Section and inserting the following in lieu thereof:路 Sec. 158. Non Payment of dues: When a member shall fail to pay his dues on or before the 1st day of April of any year, it shall be the duty of the secretary within 10 days after said April 1 to notify said member in writing, of his delinquency, and if said member shall fail to pay his dues on or before June 1 thereafter, he shall stand automatically suspended for non payment of dues, without action of the lodge, and such suspension shall be recorded by the secretary in the minutes of the meeting on that date or at the first meeting of the lodge thereafter. It shall be the duty of the secretary to notify by written notice, all members automatically suspended for non payment of dues said notice to be given 10 days after said suspension. Notification as above provided for shall be by mailing a written Notice to said member at his last known post office address by Unitpd States mail, in sealed envelope, with sufficient postage thereon. Failure of the secretary to give the above notices or to record the suspension shall not affect the automatic suspension of said member. Amend Section 159 of the Grand Lodge By-laws by striking out said Section and inserting the following in lieu thereof: Sec. 159, Dues, paid before suspension: Payment of dues before June 1 of each year shall avoid automatic suspension, and payment of said dues within one year after suspension, shall reinstate the brother. The secretary shall report the same to the Lodge, and the fact of su~h payment shall be noted in the records of the Lodge. Brother A. H. Gault, and other Brethren,- have proposed amendments to Section 142 and 192 of the Grand Lodge By-laws, as follows: In Section 142, at the end of the last sentence therein, delete the period and add the words" except as provided in Section 192. ", so that said Section when thus amended shall read as follows: Sec. 142. Affiliation of Master Mason. A non-affiliated Master Mason may apply for affiliation to any Lodge in this jurisdiction, and is not confined to the jurisdiction of the Lodge nearest his place of residence. A nonresident cannot affiliate with any Lodge in this State except as provided in Section 192. In Section 192, after the word" initiation" which is the seventeenth word therein, delete the comma and insert the words "or affiliation," so ~ha t said Section when thus amended shall read as follows: Sec. 192. Waiver of Jurisdiction from Another Grand Lodge. Any

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resident of another Jurisdiction, otherwise qualified, who desires to petition a Lodge in Missouri for initiation or affiliation may be permitted to do so, first having secured a waiver of Jurisdiction from the Lodge or Lodges within whose jurisdiction he may reside, and also securing the consent of the Grand Master of that Jurisdiction and the consent of the Grand Master of Missouri. These amendments were referred to your Committee by the Grand Lodge. As they will have to lie over until the next Grand Lodge Communication, we recommend that they be referred to the incoming Jurisprudence Committee. Amend subsection (K) of Section 30 of the Grand Lodge By-laws by striking out said subsection and inserting the following in lieu thereof: (k) Ritual: A Committee on Ritual, to which shall be referred all proposed changes in the ritual. The Committee shall constitute a Board of Custodians whose duty it shall be to conserve and preserve the work and lcctrtres of the Three Degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry and to act as final arbiter in the decision of all disputes arising in this jurisdiction concerning the Ritual. Said Committee shall consist of five members. The Grand Lecturer shall be ex-officio Chairman but shall not be counted as one of the five members. The Committee IDay provide for authorized instructors in the Ritual, dividing the ritualistic work into such sections as the Committee may deem best anu shall make such rules and regulations as may be necessary. The Grand Secretary shall issue to such brethren as may be 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. This amendment is submitted at the direction of the Grand Lodge on Wednesday, September 29, 1948. DECISIONS

The Grand Master stated in his address that he had disposed of the questions presented to him by reference to the laws covering the question involved. Consequently your Committee has only one decision of the Grand Master to consider. In 1936 the Grand Lodge passed an amendment to Section 192 (now Sec. 188, 1947 By-laws) as follows: The lodges in cities, towns or areas whose jurisdictional boundaries are contiguous, not already having concurrent jurisdiction, by affirmative vote of two-thirds of the lodges in each such city, town or area and the approval of the Grand Master, may create concurrent jurisdiction within the jurisdictional limits of such cities, towns or areas. Thereafter the question of creating concurrent jurisdiction between the lodges in the City of St. Louis and the lodges in the 57th District which is St. Louis County was taken up and on December 2, 1940 a letter was sent to all the lodges in the 33rd District (St. Louis) and the 57th District, calling attention to the above law and asking the lodges in the two Districts to vote on the question of concurrent jurisdiction. It is to be observed that, among other things in that letter, is the following language: i i Such jurisdiction to be limited to membership only and in no manner to interfere with, limit, or destroy any of the rights, prerogatives or land marks of either district." On December 18, 1941, Grand ::\Iastcr Harris C. Johnston, by a letter

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addressed to the lodges of the 33rd and 57th Districts, issued his proclamation and announced his finding that in the City of St. Louis 37 lodges voted in the affirmative, 5 lodges in the negative and 5 lodges did not report; that in the 57th District 10 lodges voted in the affirmative, 2 lodges voted in the negative and 1 lodge took no action; and also announced in approval of the proposition and proclaimed that the provision of Sec. 192 (now 188) had been met. Thereafter the lodges received petitions and made reports to the lodges in the area as required by law. This year the St. Louis Employment Bureau claimed that by reason of there being concurrent jurisdiction the County lodges should contribute to the Bureau on the same basis as the City lodges. The County lodges appealed to the Grand Master that the concurrent jurisdiction was limited to petitions only and that the County lodges were not liable to the Board of Relief or the Employment Bureau. Grand Master Johnston in his proclamation had not limited the jurisdiction and the present Grand Master made his decision that the former decision was affirmed. Your Committee on Monday heard arguments for both the County lodges and the Employment Bureau and both sides made very fair and considerate arguments and their spirit of candor and fairness is to be commended. Your Committee has given very careful consideration to this matter. It is our judgment that it is immaterial whether the vote of the lodges in these instances was in what has been called limited or unlimited concurrent jurisdiction of petitioners. The By-laws on the Employment Bureau and Board of Relief state that "in areas where thirty or more lodges have concurrent jurisdiction" said lodges shall elect representatives and pay a fee per member for the Employment Bureau and a fee for each candidate for initiation until a certain sum is reached. Under said By-law 192 (now 188) there can be only concurrent jurisdiction to receive petitions considered in this question. When that is established, the By-laws on the Employment Bureau and Board of Relief automatically take effect and make the lodges responsible under these other provisions. Your Committee recommends that the decision of the Grand Master be approved and that concurrent jurisdiction has been established between the lodges of the 33rd and 57th Districts. BYRNE E. BIGGER, Chairman,

LEW GALLANT, HENRY W. Fox, SA1r W"ILCOX, R. JASPER SMITH,

The Amendments suggested in the report were referred to the incoming Jurisprudence Committee, and the report was adopted.

CALLED FROM LABOR At 3 :30 p. m. the Grand Lodge was called from labor. WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1948

CALLED TO LABOR The Grand Lodge was called to labor at 7 :30 o'clock p. m., and the Grand Chaplain offered prayer. The M. M. degree was exemplified under the direction of M. \V. Bro. Anthony F. Ittner, Grand Lecturer.

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At 10 :00 p. m. the Grand Lodge was called from labor, the Grand Chaplain offering prayer.

THIRD DAY THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1948

The Grand Lodge was called to labor at 9 :00 a. m. and Grand Chaplain Robison offered prayer. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS

Wor. Bro. Elvin K. Luff presented the report of the Committee on Credentials which ,vas adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Your Committee on Credentials submits the following report: 439

Subordinate Lodges represented There are in attendance: Grand Lodge Officers 22 Past Grand Masters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 16 Grand Representatives of Other Jurisdictions to Missouri. . .. 10 Grand Representatives of the Grand Lodge of Missouri to Maine 1 District Deputy Grand Masters . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 24 District Lecturers 43 Total Past Masters, including those holding Master and Warden proxies 549 Worshipful Masters (including 110 proxies) 399 Senior Wardens (including 10 proxies) 133 Junior Wardens (including 13 proxies) 81 Committee Chairmen 21 Distinguished Visitors 11 ACTUAL ATTENDANCE

Past Masters, not holding proxies Worshipful Masters (including 110 proxies) Senior Wardens (including 10 proxies) Junior Wardens (including 13 proxies) Total

416 399 133 81 1029

Respectfully submitted, ELVIN K. LUFF, Chairman, JOHN B. VROOMAN, ROBERT D. ELLINGTON, JR. JERE DEAL, CARL P. WESTERHAUS.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY

'Vor. Brother Edward Potts presented the report of the Committee on Necrology which was adopted and is as follows:

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They died that you and I might live They suffered untold pain Shall we united stand Or have they died in vain' Our answer is that we will carryon where those more than 1,800 men of God have laid their burden down. We know that they believed in God; that they believed in Immortality; that they practiced charity during their lifetime; that they furthered the cause of brotherhood and peace and above all that they took the Holy Bible, that great light in Freemasonry, as the rule and guide for their faith and practice. They helped to advance the cause of righteousness. They were faithful to the end. They have won the Victory I Henceforth there is a crown of righteousness laid up for them in that land beyond the setting of the sun. Pass on the torch, pass on the flame, Remember whence the glory came All eyes are on you as you run, Beyond the setting of the sun, o Lord of life to Thee we kneel Maker of men our purpose seal; We will for honor of thy name Pass on the torch, pass on the flame. NATHANIEL DODD JACKSON, D.D.a.M.

Major Nat D. Jackson was born at Independence, Missouri, November 3, 1873, and made his home there during his entire life. His parents were John R. and Jemima D. Jackson, Missouri pioneers descended from Virginia and Kentucky forbears. Claiborne Jackson, Governor of Missouri at the beginning of the Civil War, was an uncle. Though an inveterate traveler, Nat Jackson was devoted to home, family and friends, and lived more than half a century in the home at North Pleasant Street and Van Horn Road, where he died April 6, 1948, after an illness of four months. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Annie Lane Jackson, descendant of another pioneer family of Jackson County, and two sons and a daughterLane P. Jackson of Webster Groves, John D. Jackson of Kirkwood, and Miss Natalie Jackson, an executive of the American Red Cross, now stationed in Europe. There are three grandchildren. Nat Jackson, as he was familiarly known, was active in all the business, civic and fraternal affairs of Independence and Jackson County. In early manhood he became associated with the Missouri National Guard. During World War I he attained the rank of Major in the United States infantry and was rated as an expert drill master. For many years he was secretary and executive manager of the Independence Savmgs and Loan Association. He was president of the old Home Deposit Trust Company, and later a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank of Independence, a position he held at the time of his death. Major Jackson served as a member of the Board of Aldermen of Independence for many years, and for twenty years was chairman of the Finance Committee. His influence was felt in all civic undertakings. He served as Treasurer of the Independence Chamber of Commerce from its organization in 1920; he was the founder and President of the Jackson County Historical Society, and rendered a monumental service in the collection of documents relating to the early history of Independence, and the Old Trails leading from this city to California, Oregon and Santa Fe. He assembled what was probably the most comprehensive library on these subjects to be found in this section. He was also active in Rotary and other movements of a public nature.

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His interest in and service to Freemasonry was extensive and covered all branches of the York Rite. He became a member of Independence Lodge No. 76 on June 18, 1910; served as Worshipful Master in 19141915; was Treasurer for twenty-four years, and a life member since 1925. He succeeded President Harry S. Truman as District Deputy Grand Master of the Fifty-ninth Masonic District, a position he filled well for a. period of eighteen years, and at the time of his death was District Deputy Grand Master of the Eighth Administrative District, composed of the Lodges in Jackson County, exclusive of Kansas City, and Cass County. In the Grand Lodge he was for many years chairman of the Committee on Reports of District Deputy Grand Masters. Right Worshipful Brother Jackson became a member of Independence Chapter No. 12, Royal Arch Masons, April 2, 1917, and served as Treasurer from 1929 to 1935, inclusive. He was a member and Past Illustrious Master of Shekinah Council No. 24, Royal and Select Masters. He was knighted in Palestine Commandery No. 17 on December 15, 1921; served as Eminent Commander in 1925, and was treasurer for a number of years. He was a Past President of the Past Commanders' Association of Missouri. Probably his greatest service to Templary was as chairman of the Drill Committee of the Grand Commandery of Missouri during a period of ten years. In that capacity he prepared a drill manual for competitive asylum drills still in use, and developed competitive drills from nothing until eighteen commanderies competed in the last year of his administration, when war-time restrictions temporarily ended competitions. Brother Jackson was a member and Past Sovereign of Mary Conclave No.5, Red Cross of Constantine, an invitational order honoring those having rendered outstanding Masonic service. He was also a member of Ararat Shrine and Treasurer of the Jackson County Shrine Club. He organized and directed the great street parade when the Imperial Shrine session was held in Kansas City in 1924, acting for Marshal of the parade. Brother Jackson was intensely interested in the history of Freemasonry, particularly that of Missouri and Jackson County, and acquired a very extensive Masonic library. He was given to research and possessed the faculty of knowing exactly where to find desired information. In his library was one of the few complete files of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Missouri which has been presented by Mrs. Jackson to Missouri Lodge of Research, of which he was a charter member. His passing is a distinct loss to the fraternity, but his influence for good will live and bear fruit. Funeral services were held at the First Christian Church, Independence, of which he was a life-long member, April 8, 1948. The religious service was conducted by Dr. J. L. Marshall, retired, a friend from days together as students at Missouri University, and the Masonic rites under the auspices of Independence Lodge No. 76. Many distinguished Freemasons were present to pay tribute to his memory, including the Grand Master and other officers of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. WOR.. BRO. WILSON BELL

Worshipful Brother Wilson Bell, one of Missouri's most able statesmen and faithful Freemasons, was called to his eternal rest on May 20, 1947. Admired and revered by all who knew him, Brother Bell's passing at the age of forty-nine came all too soon. His accomplishments in many fields of endeavor have left their mark for good upon a world of bereaved associates, friends and brethren. A sincere Christian, devoted citizen, honored statesman and true Freemason,

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Brother Bell gave much of his time and talent in the service of Church, Country and Fraternity. At the time of his passing he was serving the Great Commonwealth of ],fissouri as Secretary of State, having previously completed a successful four year term as State Treasurer. He was a Past Master of Potosi Lodge No. 131, a member of the Scottish Rite Bodies in St. Louis and served this Grand Lodge as Grand Orator in 1943 under M. Wor. Brother Forrest C. Donnell. He was an -active member and an Elder in the Presbyterian Church of Potosi and at Jefferson City; was a member of and actively participated in the affairs of the American Legion, the Boy Scout Council and the Missouri Press Association which he served for ten years as Treasurer. Before embarking on his political career he had been a prominent newspaper man, as owner and publisher of the Potosi Independent Journal. He was laid to rest with Christian Service and Masonic honors; first from the Presbyterian Church in Jefferson City, followed by the Rose Croix services of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite at the final resting place, his home town of Potosi. He is mourned by his widow and two children, numerous other relatives and a host of devoted friends and brethren. RT. WOR. BRO. THEODORE C. TEEL

Rt. Worshipful Brother Theodore C. Teel, Past Master of Pilgrim Lodge No. 652, died after much illness on Tuesday, August 31, 1948. Brother Teel, a distinguished ritualist served as District Lecturer and District Deputy Grand Master during the years 1927 and 1948 respectively. "Ted," as his many friends affectionately knew him, served his Lodge as secretary for twenty years and was secretary for the Lodge of Instruction, 33rd Ritual District, for twenty years until his death-he served as a member of the Ritual Committee for six years-he was a member of Missouri Chapter No.1, R. A. M., Past Patron of Meridian Chapter No. 442 O. E. S., and Past President of the Wardens Club. Masonic services were held Thursday night, September 2, 1948, with religious services, and burial the following day. His loving service to the Craft will be long remembered. CHARLES CLYDE

HU~T

Brother Hunt was born Xovember 9, 1866, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was presiding officer of practically every York Rite body in Iowa, and was Grand High Priest of Royal Arch Masons. He was Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Iowa from 1925 to 1945, and Grand Secretary Emeritus from 1945 until his death on July 24, 1948. He received the rank of Past Grand Master in 1937 and was coroneted 33째 Inspector General Honorary in 1941. He will be long remembered as a grand Masonic scholar, and as a writer on Masonic subjects. The gentle dignity and quiet humor of this well-known visitor at our Grand Lodge sessions will be keenly missed. JOHN JOSEPH PERSHING

John Joseph Pershing, Honorary Member, died July 15, 1948, in his 87th year. He was elected Honorary Member of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, September 30, 1941. In all the history of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, there have been but six Honorary Members, Brother Pershing being the last. He was born September 13, 1860, near Laclede, Missouri. After getting the foundation of an education in the common schools, which was followed by several years spent in teaching, he entered the U. S. Military

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Academy at West Point, from which he was graduated in 1886, as a second lieutenant of cavalry. After years spent in Indian :fighting in the West, and in the SpanishAmerican War, he was sent to the Philippines to quell the insurrection there. He was then a captain-two promotions were open-to major or to brigadier-general, and he received the latter. He led the punitive expedition into Mexico in 1915-16, following Pancho/Villa's raid into Texas, and on the outbreak of World War I, was chosen by President Wilson to lead the American Expeditionary Force, and he sailed for Franch, May 28, 1917. Following the close of the War, by special Act of Congress, he was made General of the Armies-a title held by only one other--George Washington. He was made a Freemason in December, 1888, in Lincoln Lodge No. 19, Lincoln, Nebraska, while stationed at Lincoln as Commandant of Cadets at Nebraska University. In the Scottish Rite, he was coroneted 33째 Inspector General Honorary, January 6, 1930. On May 2, 1936, he returned to Laclede, his old home town, and participated in laying the cornerstone of the Public School building. Following a severe illness in 1938, from which it was feared at the time he would not recover, he made his home in the Walter Reed Hospital at Washington. After elaborate ceremonies, scarcely equaled in this country, on July 19, he was laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery, in a spot which he had selected among the dead of World War 1. "A great soldier and patriot has passed from the American scene.' '-Eisenhower. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD POTTS, Chairman.

Following this report 'Vor. Brother George C. Marquis gave a beautiful eulogy of Rt. Wor. Brother Nat C. Jackson, and the Grand Chaplain offered prayer. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MILEAGE AND PER DIEM

Wor. Brother Walter Shrodes presented his forty-first report as Chairman of the Committee on Mileage and Per Diem. The report was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Mileage and Per Diem at this session of the Grand Lodge begs to report allowances paid for mileage and per diem as follows: Grand Officers Past Grand Masters District Deputy Grand Masters District Lecturers Chairmen of Committees Ways and Means Committee on Jurisprudence Committee on Appeals and Grievances Special Meeting Committee on Credentials Chartered Lodges Lodges U. D

$ 643.00 . 332.60 . 784.70 . 1,408.50 . 177.30 . 42.70 . 194.40 . 120.20 . 107.90 . 160.90 . 14,900.00 . 36.50

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$18,953.70 Respectfully submitted, WALTER SHRODES,

ChairflUlln.

The Grand Master spoke of the fact that Brother Shrodes had atiended 44 Communications of the Grand Lodge, had served on this 'Committee for 43 years and as Chairman for 41 years. The Grand Lodge accorded Brother Shrodes hearty applause. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

M. Wor. Bro. Harris C. Johnston presented the report of the Ways .and Means Committee which was adopted and is as follows: To the Most WorshipfUl (hand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee was authorized at the last Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge to develop a new gallery of pictures of Past Grand Masters. This was to be housed in a suitable cabinet which would be in keeping with the architecture and dignity of the Masonic Temple. The Committee is glad to report that the completion of this assign.ment is now in sight. The cabinet is already installed just in front of the Grand Secretary's office in the Masonic Temple. In order that the members of the Grand Lodge may see the character of this gallery a number of the portraits have already been mounted. We found, how.ever, tnat many of the oil paintings of Past Grand Masters had deterior.ated to such an extent that they could not be reproduced satisfactorily. It was, therefore, necessary that we make further search in order to find the best available picture of each Past Grand Master, and we are now well on the way toward completion of this work. Owing to the necessary delay caused by our search for pictures the .appropriation for this purpose has not yet been expended and has, therefore, been returned to the general fund. Nevertheless, the indebtedness for the cabinet and pictures has been incurred and must be paid out during the coming year and we, therefore, recommend the renewal of the original .appropriation in the sum of $3,000.00. In the matter of the litigation which arose in connection with the .attempt of the State of Missouri to levy a tax on an inheritance left to Hebron Lodge No. 354, at Mexico, Missouri, under the will of Daniel S. Burroughs, the Ways and Means Committee recommends that payment .of attorney's fee in the sum of $2,102.19 to William R. Gentry, who was retained by the Grand Master to intervene in this matter. At the time this litigation was commenced it was the opinion of the 'Chairman of the Jurisprudence Committee that the effect of this case would be beneficially far reaching to the Masonic Fraternity of the entire 路State, and inasmuch as the Grand Master acted upon this advice and .employed counsel we recommend payment of the attorney's fee. We move the adoption of this portion of our report. At the last Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Master referred to this Committee the investigation and settlement of all delinquent accounts of our member lodges. The Ways and Means Committee held hearings at which the representatives of all such delinquent :lodges appeared to present their cases.

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We are glad to report to the Grand Lodge that all of these delinquent accounts were adjusted to the mutual satisfaction of both the member lodges and the Ways and Means Committee of the Grand Lodge, and all of the accounts referred to us now stand clear on the books. The Ways and Means Committee authorized the payment of expenses incurred on the occasion of the visit of Brother Publio Cortini, Treasurer of the Grand Orient of Italy, who was the guest of the Grand Lodge of Missouri at an Emergent Communication held in Ivanhoe Temple, Kansas City, Missouri, on February 28, 1948. The total allowance for this purpose was $258.47. The Ways and Means Committee also authorized a purchase of two bronze plaques to be presented to Multnomah Lodge No.1 of the Grand Jurisdiction of Oregon and to Western Star Lodge No.2 of the Grand Jurisdiction of California, both of which were chartered by the Grand Lodge of Missouri one hundred years ago this year. The allowance for this purpose was $168.30. 1948-1949

BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS

Amount Appropriated Printed Proceedings $ 2,950.00 Salary, Grand Master 1,000.00 Expenses, Grand Master ............... 1,500.00 Supplement Expense Allowance, Grand Master. . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 Maintenance, Grand Lodge Office 1,800.00 Expenses, Grand Lodge Officers, on order of G.M. 300.00 Salary, Grand Secretary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000.00 Salary, Grand Lecturer 4,200.00 Expenses, Grand Lecturer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00 Ritual Committee Expense 1,150.00 4,620.00 Office, Help, Grand Lodge office ., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Temporary Help-eompletion biographical files 1,800.00 Additional :filing equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,050.00 Printing, Postage and Stationery .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,400.00 Lighting Equipment Grand Lodge Office ............ 900.00 District Lecturer and D.D.G.M. Conferences 1,000.00 Salary, Grand Treasurer................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 Expenses, Committee on Masonic Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750.00 Masonic Relief Association, U. S. and Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . 363.89 Telephone and Telegrams, Grand Lodge Office 250.00 Bonds: Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer 300.00 Committee on Revision of By-laws 500.00 Reporter: Grand Lodge Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 Expenses: Grand Lodge Session 1,800.00 Contingent: Grand Lodge Expense Fund 1,00.0.00 C. K. Benson Audit Company.. 231.51 Expenses: To Geo. Washington Memorial and G. M.s' Conference . 600.00 Membership: Masonic Service Association . 2,091.67 Grand Lodge Officers' Conference . 300.00 \Velfare Committee Masonic Home Board . 2,500.00 Expenses: DDGM's (at order of Grand Master) . 500.00 Missouri Lodge of Research (Binding Grand Lodge Proceedings) . 200.00 For care of Portraits of P.G.M. 's as per resolution . 3,000.00 Expense: Committee on survey of Masonic Home and charity in other jurisdictions ....................â&#x20AC;˘.... 300.0(} Item

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18,896.00 $ 66,853.13

TOTAL

Fraternally submitted, HARRIS C. JOHNSTON, RoBERT H. MANN, GEORGE C. MARQUIS, JAMES M. DEWITT, EDMUND E. MORRIS.

Chairman,

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOTELS

The report of the Committee on Transportation and Hotels was presented and was adopted as follows: With the able assistance of Brother William F. Miller the duties assigned to this Committee were performed. SAM GILLILAND, Chairman.

VOTE OF THANKS

On motion of Brother Robert Y. Goggin of Kansas City, a vote of thanks was extended to M. ''lor. Brother Ewing. APPOINTMENTS ANTHONY F. ITTNER ••••.•.•..•.••••...••••••• R. W. Gramd Lecturer EMMETT L. ROBISON . . • . . . • • • • . . • . . . . . . . . • . . • • Wor. Grand Chaplain, EDWARD POTTS • • • • . . • . . . . . . • . . . • . . . • . . • • . . • . Wor. Grand Chaplain, EARL STARK . . • . • . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . • . • • . . . . . Wor. Grand Chaplain, RICHARD O. RUMER . . . . . . . . • . • • . • • . . . . • . . • . . • . Grand Senior Deacon J AMES McBRAYER SELLERS ..••..••••.•.••••••• Grand Junior Deacon ORESTES MITCHELL, JR.••.•.•••...•.....•.•••• Grand Senior Steward WILLIAM J. CRAIG ..••..••••.••.••••..••••.•.. Grand Junior Steward HAROLD M. JAyNE . . . • • . . • . . • . . . • . • . . . . . . . . • . • Grand Marshal F. ERNEST CARTER •••....•.•.•...•••..••••.•.• Grand Marshal FRANK P. BRIGGS . . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . • . . . Grand Sword Bearer RoBERT L. ARONSON . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Grand Pursuivant REV. HER.BERT E. DUNCAN . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . • . . . Grand Orator ARCHIE L. Fox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . • Grand Tiler

INSTALLATION

The hour for installation having arrived, M. Vvor. Brother Karl Vetsburg, assisted by M. "'Nor. Brother Anthony F. Ittner as Grand Marshal, installed the following officers, with the exception of Grand Chaplain Stark, Grand Orator Duncan and Grand Tiler Fox: HARRY F. SUNDERLAND ••.•••••••••••••••• M. W. Grand Master JAMES M. BRADFORD ..••••••••••••••••••• R. W. Deputy Grand Master RAY BOND ..•....•..•.•.••••••••••••••• • R. W. Senior Gramd Warden HOMER L. FERGUSON •..•••••••••••••••••• R. W. Junior Grand Warden EDMUND E. MORRIS •.•.•••.•••••••••••••• R. W. Grand Treasurer HAROLD L. READER ••••••••••••••••••••••• R. W. Grand Secretary ANTHONY F. ITTNER . • . . • . . . . • • . . . . . • • . . . R. W. Grand Lecturer EMMETT L. ROBISON •.•.••••••••••••••••• W. Gramd Chaplain EDWARD POTTS •...••.•.•••.....•••...... W. Grand Chaplain EARL STARK ......••..•.••.••••..•.•••.• W. Grand Chaplain RICHARD O. RUMER .•••..•••••••••••••••• Grand Senior Deacon

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JAMES MCBRAYER SELLERS •••••••••.••••.• ORESTES MITCHELL, JR•••••••...••••••.•• WILLIAM J. CRAIG ..•..•..••••••..••••..•• HAROLD M. JAyNE .•.••.•.•.•...••.•.••.. F. ERNEST CARTER . . . • • . . . • • . . . . . . . • . . . . FRANK P. BRIOOS •.•..••.•••••••••••••••• ROBERT L. ARONSON . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . • . • . • . • REV. HERBERT E. DUNCAN ..••.•....••••.• ARCHIE L. Fox .•••..•••.•••.••••••••••••

Grand Junior Deacon Grand Senior StewOh'd Grand Junior Steward Grand Marshal Grand Marshal Grand Sword Bearer Grand Pursuivant Grand Orator Grand Tiler

Following the installation M. Wor. Brother Ewing presented to Grand Master Sunderland the Grand Master's jewel, and M. Wor. Brother Reader, Grand Secretary, presented to Grand Master Sunderland the Grand Master's apron. Brother Ed Wolf, Junior Warden of Rural Lodge No. 316, the Grand Master's Lodge, presented M. Wor. Brother Sunderland, on behalf of a group of friends, a beautiful silk hat; and Wor. Brother A. L. Fox, Past Master of Northeast Lodge No. 643, presented Grand Master Sunderland with a beautiful gavel. The officers and many members of Rural Lodge No. 316 were present to do honor to M. Wor. Brother Sunderland. Baskets of gorgeous flowers, one from Forsyth Lodge No. 453 and one from the Shrine Club of Rockaway Beach, were presented to M. Wor. Brother Sunderland. BENEDICTION

The Grand Chaplain, after invoking the divine blessing, pronounced the Benediction. CLOSING

The M. Wor. Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of the State of Missouri, rested from its labors and was closed in Ample Form at 11 :00 a. m., this day, the 30th day of September, 1948, no further business appearing, to meet again at St. Louis, Missouri, the last Tuesday, viz: the 27th day of

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Oregon City, Oregon, September 11, 1948. Morris E. Ewing, Grand Master, Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri. Morrisville, Missouri. Multnomah Lodge No.1 of Oregon, the oldest Masonic Lodge west

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of the Rocky Mountains and originally chartered as No. 84 by the Grand Lodge of Missouri, today celebrates with ceremonies its first hundred years of service to God and humanity and expresses to you as Grand Master our appreciation for your visit in June and to the Grand Lodge of Missouri, our eternal fraternal greetings on this occasion. Multnomah Lodge No.1, A. F. and A. :M:., R. W. STAYNER, Worshipful Master. HONOR ROLL-JUNE 30, 1948

The following secretaries have served their lodges continuously for more than thirty-five years: J. H. Sisson, Pike Lodge No. 399 J. T. Loyd, Winona Lodge No. 430 C. L. Alexander, Occidental Lodge No. 163 J. W. Tate, Moberly Lodge No. 344 George A. Shepardson, Webster Grove Lodge No. 81 M. F. Smith, United Lodge No.5 G. T. Breazeale, Friend Lodge No. 352 Jesse Moore, King Hill Lodge No. 376 J. J. Smith, Ravenwood Lodge No. 201 W. H. Blackshaw, Hannibal Lodge No. 28. Henry A. Steiner, St. Louis Lodge No. 20.

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EMERGENT COMMUNICATION

II Grand Lodge Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri. Saturday, February 28, 1948.

An Emergent Communication of the Grand Lodge Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri was held in the Sanctum Sanctorum of Ivanhoe Masonic Temple, Linwood Blvd. and Park Ave., Kansas City, Missouri, on Saturday, February 28, 1948, A. L. 5948. The Grand Lodge Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri was opened on the Third Degree of Freemasonry at 4 :00 p. m. with the following officers present: Morris E. Ewing M. W. (kand Master Harry F. Sunderland R. W. Deputy Grana Master Ray Bond Acting R. W. Senior Grand Warden Homer L. Ferguson Acting R. W. Juni01' GrOl1U1 Warden Edmund E. Morris R. W. Grand Treasurer Vernie G. Fisher AeJiing Secretary Bruce H. Hunt Acting Grand Chaplain Harold M. Jayne Acting (kand Senior Deaoon F. Ernest Carter Acting Grand Junior Deaoon George C. Marquis Acting Grand Senior Steward Frank M. Blair Acting Grand Junior Steward Robert R. Wright Grand Tiler and such other members and visitors as shown by the official register of this date.

The Grand Master, M. W. Brother Morris E. Ewing, announced that the purpose of the Emergent Communication was to receive and welcome an Honored Freemason, W. Bro. Publio Cortini, Past Grand Master and present Grand Treasurer of the Grand Orient of Italy, who came to pay the Grand Lodge of Missouri a fraternal visit. M. W. Brother Ray V. Denslow then introduced Wor. Bro. Publio Cortini and conducted him to the East where he was given the Grand Honors. The Grand Master, M. \Vor. Bro. Morris E. Ewing welcomed the Honored Visitor in words well befitting the occasion. \V. Bro. Publio Cortini responded with joy and gratitude and expressed Fraternal Greetings from the Grand Master and all Brethren of the Grand Orient of Italy. The Grand Master M. \V. Bro. Ewing announced that an address by \V. Bro. Cortini, ,,,ith interview by M. \V. Bro. Ray V. Denslow, Past Grand Master of Missouri, had been broadcast over radio station WDAF (The Kansas City Star) at 2 :00 p. m. preceding this meeting.

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The Grand Master introduced the following: The Grand Lodge officers, M. W. Bro. Arthur Strickland, P. G. M. of Kansas, and the following Past Grand Masters of Missouri: M. W. Bro. Ray V. Denslow, M. vV'. Bro. Frank C. Barnhill, M. W. Bro. \Villiam F. Woodruff. Brother Robert O. \Vhitaker, M. E. Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter R. A. M., Rt. Em. Sir Ray Bond, Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Missouri, and several District Deputy Grand Masters of Missouri. 'V. Bro. James M. Sellers, Grand Senior Steward, announced that he had attended the Masonic funeral services of the \Vorshipful Master of his Lodge this afternoon and that was the reason for his arriving late for this meeting. The Grand Master thanked Rt. \V. Bro. Cornelius D. Struble, District Deputy Grand Master of the seventh administrative district of Missouri, for his efforts and work in making preparation for this meeting. Rt. Wor. Bro. Harry F. Sunderland, Deputy Grand Master, introduced W. Bro. Mario Parretti, Past Master of Compass Lodge No. 120, and Brothers Oswald Griner and O. J. Griner of Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446, as members of Italian birth and active in local Masonic work. The Grand Master, M. \V. Bro. Ewing made the following announcements : That following this meeting, at 6 :00 p. m., a banquet would be served in the banquet room of Ivanhoe Temple, in honor of Dotorie Publio Cortini, with Rt. \Vor. Brother Edmund Elmer Morris, Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri, presiding, and that the music would be by members of the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Savino Rcndini, and Italian Folk Songs by Mary Guinka, soprano; That following the banquet at 8 :00 p. m., a joint convocation of the following Royal Arch Chapters of Missouri: Independence Chapter No. 12 R. A. M. Kansas City Chapter No. 28 R. A. 11. Orient Chapter No. 102 R. A. M. Westport Chapter No. 134 R. A. M. East Gate Chapter No. 136 R. A. M. Wm. F. Kuhn Chapter No. 139 R. A. M. and, Mt. Washington Chapter No. 142 R. A. M., would convene for the purpose of conferring the RoJ'al Arch Degree on W. Bro. Cortini and two other Most Excellent Masters; That following the meeting of the Special joint convocation of the above Royal Arch Chapters, M. Ex. Compo Robert O. \Vhitaker, Grand High Priest of Missouri, would call an Emergent Convocation of the 路Grand Chapter of R. A. M. of Missouri to officially receive Companion Publio Cortini. No further business appearing the Grand Lodge Ancient Free and

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Accepted Masons of Missouri was closed in due form, Peace and Harmony prevailing. Members and visitors present as shown by official register of this date, 374. VERNIE G. FISHER, Acting Secretary. STANDING COMMITTEES 1948-1949

Jurisprudence-Karl Vetsburg, Chairman, 818 Olive St., St. Louis; C. Lew Gallant, 818 Olive St., St. Louis; Samuel Wilcox, Court House, St. Joseph; Henry W. Fox, Fidelity Bldg., Kansas City; Chet A. Keyes, Dierks Bldg., Kansas City. Appeals and Grievances-John F. Reinhardt, Chairman, 1212 Dierks Bldg., Kansas City 6; Marvin E. Boisseau, 705 Olive St., St. Louis; William R. Gentry, Louderman Bldg., St. Louis; John M. Gallatin, Chillicothe; J. V. Gaddy, Corby Bldg., St. Joseph. Ways and M eaM-Harris C. Johnston, Chairman, (1) Boonville; George C. Marquis, (3) Independence; E. E. Morris, (3) Kansas City; Robert H. Mann (2) 800 Bryant Bldg., Kansas City; James M. DeWitt (2) Kirksville. Credentials-Fred Knight, Chairman, 9th and Harrison, Kansas City; Walter Webb, 4027 Fair Ave., St. Louis; George Prater, 321 E. Macon, Carthage; Barent Springsted, Jr., 2720 Francis St., St. Joseph; Robert D. Ellington, Jr., 222 Main St., Portageville. Mileage and Per Diem-Walter Shrodes, Chairman, Burlington, Iowa; Kermit D. Shelley, 6413 Page Ave., Wellston, St. Louis County; Carl Westerhaus, 4515 Adelaide St., St. Louis; Harry Heron, 50 Summit Ave., Webster Groves; Arthur W. Rauch, 4031 Oleatha Ave., St. Louis. Chartered Lodges-Robert Lee Barger, Chairman, Ironton; R<>bert E. Armstrong, Neosho; Vernie Fisher, 3401 Park, Kansas City. Lodges U.D.-George Paddock, Chairman, Pickwick Hotel, Kansas City; William H. Utz, Jr., 401 Tootle Bldg., St. Joseph. Welfa.re-Tolman W. Cotton, Chairman, Van Buren; DuVal Smith, Court House, St. Joseph; Byrne E. Bigger, Court House, Hannibal; Arthur D. Nordberg, 5717 Locust St., Kansas City; James W. Skelly, 3637 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis 8. Masonic Board of Relief-Edward W. Ernst, Chairman, 9th & Harrison, Kansas City; Jesse Moore, Box 342, Station D, St. Joseph; James W. Skelly, 3637 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis 8. Ritual-Anthony F. Ittner, Chairman, 2353 So. Compton, St. Louis 4; William J. Craig, 1035 So. Pickwick, Springfield; F. Ernest Carter, 5711 Locust St., Kansas City; Freelon K. Hadley, St. Joseph; Bruce H. Hunt, Kirksville; Fred Johnson, 936 Rutger St., St. Louis. Correspondence-Ray V. DenslOW, Chairman, Trenton. Necrology-James W. Skelly, Chairman, 3637 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis 8; Julius R. Edwards, Centralia. Auditing-C. K. Benson Company. Grand Master's Address-Morris E. Ewing, Chairman, Morrisville. Unfinished Business and Entertainment of Distinguished Guests-John C. Calhoun, 705 Olive St., St. Louis. Transportation and Hotels-Richard O. Rumer, 6600 Oleatha Ave., St. Louis. â&#x20AC;˘ Building Supervisory Board-Cecil A. Tolin, Chairman, 7334 Chamberlain Ave., St. Louis 5; Walter E. Gillham, Scarrit Arcade Bldg., Kansas City; Walter Bublitz, 14th & Howell, Kansas City.

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Masonic Temple AssocUttion of St. Louis-Byrne E. Bigger, Chair· man, Court House, Hannibal; John Witthaus, Court House, Clayton; W. Frank Houk, St. James. George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association-Bert S. Lee, Chairman, 401 W. Commercial, Springfield; Anthony F. Ittner, 2353 So. Compton, St. Louis 4; Harry S. Truman, White House. Revision of By-Lows-Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman, Court House, Hannibal ; DuVal Smith, Court House, St. Joseph; Ray V. Denslow, Trenton; James W. Skelly, 3637 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis 8; Harold L. Reader, 3681 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis 8. Reoognition of Foreign Grand Lodges-Ray V. Denslow, Chairman, Trenton; Forrest C. Donnell, 463 Senate Office Bldg., Washington, D. C.; Willis J. Bray, 702 E. Normal, Kirksville. Committee to Survey Methods of Relief and Welfare Work in Foreign Jurisdictions-Cornelius D. Struble, Chairman, 1009 W. Gregory Blvd., Kansas City 5. LIVING PAST GRAND MASTERS OF THIS JURISDIOTION N arne and Location Year of Service Arch A. Johnson, Landers Building, Springfield 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 South Compton Avenue, 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 F. C. Barnhill, Marshall ...........•........•............... 1933-34 DuVal Smith, Court House, St. Joseph 1934-35 James W. Skelly. 3637 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis 1935-36 Harold L. Reader, 3681 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis 1937-38 Henry C. Chiles, Lexington 1938-39 Karl M. Vetsburg, 818 Olive Street, St. Louis (Suite 322) 1939-40 Harry S. Truman, White House, Washington, D. C 1940-41 Harris C. Johnston, Boonville 1941-42 Forrest C. Donnell, 463 Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C 1942-43 W. F. Woodruff, 825 Lathrop Building, Kansas City 1943-44 1944-46 Willis J. Bray, 702 E •. Normal, Kirksville Solon Cameron, Metropolitan Building, St. Louis 1946-47 Morris E. Ewing, Morrisville 1947-48 DISTRICT DEPUTY G. M. 's 1948-1949 1. James M. DeWitt, Kirksville 2. Russell A. Hauck, 320 So. 16th St., Unionville 3. H. H. Manring, McFall 4. Paul L. Ward, Maryville 5. L. O. Weigle, St. Joseph 6. John J. Bowman, Liberty 7. Charles C. Raymond, 2406 Norton, Kansas City 8. Gustav W. Knecht, 1308 E. 81 Ter., Kansas City

DISTRICT LECTURERS 1948-1949 1. Perry O. Sansberry, Wyaconda 2. Ernest T. Scofield, Kirksville 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Joseph W. Moore, Newtown Florian M. McKinney, Trenton Carey A. Brock, Ridgeway Curtis F. Smith, Darlington Vernon V. Goslee, Skidmore

8. Wayne A. Sharp, Craig

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9. Don Chapman, Chillicothe 10. Earl Cheesman, Carrollton 11. W. R. Howell, Monroe City 12. Vaden T. Wood, Canton 13. John R. Baker, Fulton 14. Ransom Breuer, Hermann 15a. Russell E. Murray, 9016 Philo Ave., St. Louis . 15b. Elmer W. Wagner, 700 Ruprecht Ave., St. Louis 16. Cecil R. Bruce, 601 Landor Court, Lemay 23, Mo. 17. W. Frank Houk, St. James 18. J. L. Lutes, Flat River 19. J. C. Montgomery, Charleston 20. J. Fred Park, West Plains 21. L. B. Parrish, Bolivar 22. John H. Hicks, Mountain Grove 23. R. Jasper Smith, 821 Woodruff Bldg., Springfield 24. Charles A. Jobson, Joplin 25. Finis E. Wrenn, Stockton 26. Ernest Browning, Appleton City 27. Charles C. Czeschin, Warrensburg 28. Julius R. Edwards, Centralia 29. Virgil B. Saville, Jefferson City

9. 10. II. 12. 13. 14. 15.

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Freelon K. Hadley, St. Joseph Chas. B. Whitchurch, Winston Emerson O. Boggess, Liberty John R. Blackman, Chillicothe Warren W. Dray, Linneus Luther E. Wilhoit, Macon David A. Leslie, Williamstown

16. Russell J. Rowe, Louisiana 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.

W. Robt. Howell, Monroe City W. Robert Howell Arthur G. Lynch, Brunswick Charles Rutt, Carrollton Freelon K. Hadley, St. Joseph F. Ernest Carter, 5711 Locust, Kansas City 23. Camillus B. Waddell, Lexington

24. John W. Adams, Marshall 25. Ransome S. Scott, Boonville 26. Roscoe A. Miller, c/o Christian College, Columbia 27. Cecil R. Shire, Mexico 28. Paul A. Thomas, Montgomery City 29. Herbert J. Crosby, Winfield 30. Edwin H. Barklage, St. Charles 31. Wilbur P. Schnider, Jefferson City 32. Ransom A. Breuer, Hermann 33. Joseph A. Halley, 2410 Wismer Rd., Overland 34. Claude R. White, 1702 Appleton, Independence 35. Thomas F. Herndon, Butler 36. Herbert W. Stark, Sedalia 37. Philip D. Trainer, Clinton 38. Oren Simpson, Richland 39. W. Frank Hauk, St. James 40. Robert E. Kleinschmidt, Hillsboro 41. L. B. Parrish, Bolivar 42. Clyde H. Tinsley, Eldorado Springs 43. Rayford B. Thomas, Harwood 44. George F. Prater, 321 E. Macon, Carthage 45.â&#x20AC;˘John B. Klingner, 424 E. Commercial St., Springfield 46. John II. Hicks, Mountain Grove 47. Wm. Z. Gossett, Van Buren

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48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57.

Francis E. Howard, Ironton William T. Ruff, Jackson Robert L. Fowlkes, Charleston Robert L. Fowlkes, Charleston Russell C. McGhee, Piedmont C. Earl Armstrong, West Plains Fred O. Wade, Ozark Charles W. Werdein, Aurorn James E. Conell, Jr., Neosho Bruce E. Kitchell, 1618 Yale, Richmond Heights 58. Madison L. Martin, Olean 59. Francis S. Turner, 8309 Highland, K. C.

LIST OF GRAND SECRETARIES AND THEm ADDRESSES Alabama, Charles H. Stubinger, Box 98, Montgomery. Arizona, Harry A. Drachman, P. G. M., P. O. Box 229, Tucson. Arkansas, Woodlief A. Thomas P. G. M., Little Rock. California, Lloyd E. Wilson. P. G. M., San Francisco. Colorado, Harry W. Bundy, 319 Masonic Temple, Denver. Connecticut, Earle K. Haling, MaBonic Temple, Hartford. Delaware, Chester R. Jones, 818 Market Street, Wilmington. District of Columbia, Aubrey H. Clayton, Masonic Temple, Washington, D. C. Florida, George W. Huff, Jacksonville. Georgia, Daniel W. Locklin, 801 Mulberry, Macon. Idaho, Clyde 1. Rush, P. G. M., Box 1677, Boise. Illinois, Richard C. Davenport, P. G. M., Harrisburg. Indiana, Dwight L. Smith, Masonic Temple, P. G. M., Indianapolis. Iowa, Earl B. Delzell, Cedar Rapids. Kansas, Elmer F. Strain, P. G. M., Topeka. Kentucky, Alpheus E. Orton, 200 Shubert Building, Louisville 2. Louisiana, D. Peter Laguens, Jr., New Orleans 12. Maine, Convers E. Leach, Portland. Maryland, Claud Shaffer, Baltimore 1.

Massachusetts, Frank H. Hilton, 51 Boylston, Boston 16. Michigan, F. Homer Newton, P. G. M., Grand Rapids. Minnesota, John H. Anderson, St. Paul. Mississippi, Sid F. Curtis, Meridian. Missouri, Harold L. Reader, P. G. M., 3681 Lindell, St. Louis 8. Montana, Luther T. Hauberg, Box 896, Helena. Nebraska, Carl Greisen, Omaha. Nevada, E. C. Peterson, P. G. M., Carson City. New Hampshire, J. Melvin Dresser, P. G. M., Concord. New Jersey, Isaac Cherry, Trenton. New Mexico, La Moine Langston, Albuquerque. New York, George R. Irving, New York 10. North Carolina, Wilbur L. McIver, Raleigh. North Dakota, Walter L. Stockwell, P. G. M., Fargo. Ohio, Harry S. Johnson, P. G. M., Cincinnati. Oklahoma, C. A. Sturgeon, P. G. M., Guthrie. Oregon, Harry D. Proudfoot, P. G. M., 1119 S. W. Park Avenue, Portland 5. Pennsylvania, Matthew Galt, Jr., Philadelphia. Rhode Island, N. Arthur Hyland, 127 Dorrance St., Providence 3. South Carolina, O. Frank Hart, P. G. M., Columbia.

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South Dakota, Elvin F. Strain, Box 468, Sioux Falls. Tennessee, T. E. Doss, Box 216, Nashville 2. Texas, George H. Belew, Box 446, Waco. Utah, E. Roy Gibson, P. G. M., Salt Lake City. Vermont, Aaron H. Grout, P. G. M., Burlington.

Virginia, Dr. James N. Hillman, Richmond 20. Washington, John 1. Preissner, P. G. M., Tacoma 3. West Virginia, 1. Wade Coffman, P. G. M., P. O. Box 2346, Charleston 28. Wisconsin, William F. Weiler, P. G. M., 705 E. Wells Street, Milwaukee 2. Wyoming, Irving E. Clark, Casper.

Grand Lodge Alberta British Columbia

Grand Secretary George Moore, P.G.M. W. R. Simpson, P.G.M.

Austria

Karl Kraus

Canada

Ewart G. Dixon

Chile

Dr. Juan E. Pastene

Costa Rica Cuba

Enrique Chaves B. Dr. Constantino P. Gutierrez Dr. P. Korbel

National Grand Lodge of Czechoslovakia National Grand Lodge of Denmark England Finland National Grand Lodge of France

Alex Troedsson Sydney A. White M.V.O. Eino Kyllonen (Acting) M. Vivrel

Guatemala Hungary-Symbolic Grand Lodge

Oscar Paz Pinto

Ireland

Henry C. Shellard

Italy (Grand Orient) Grand Lodge of Jugoslavia Manitoba

Dr. Guido Francocci

Mexico-York Grand Lodge Tamaulipas

1948

Andor gero

Dr. Peter T. Pilkey, P.G. M. Carl E. Devries Severo Paredes

Address Calgary Masonic Temple 692 Seymour Street Vancouver, B. C. Vienna 1, Dorothergasse 12 P. O. Drawer 217 Hamilton, Ontario Casillo 2867 Santiago San Jose, Costa Rica Apartado 72 Le Habana V-ll Bubenska, Prague, Czechoslovakia Blegdamavej 23, Copenhagen Freemasons' Hall London, W. C. 2 Vyokatu 9-B-14 Helsinki, Finland 8 Square Du Roule N euilly, SurSeine France Apartado Postal 312 Guatemala Vi Podmaniczky Utca 45 Budapest Freemasons' Hall Dublin Rome Masonic Temple Winnipeg Apartado 1986 Mexico, D. F. Apartado 419 Tampico, Tamaulipas

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EI Potosi

lng. Jesus B. Hernandez

Occidental Mexicana

Joaquin Yanez Albarran

VaIle de Mexico

Hector Bourges Patino

Cosmos of Chihuahua

Rigoberto Trevine

Campeche

Carlos M. Escobedo

Netherlands

Dr. A. A. Galestin,

New Brunswick New South Wales New Zealand

R. D. Magee James S. Miller H. A. Lamb, P.G.M.

Nicaragua

Gregoria A. Tapia

Norway

Panama

O. BrinchmannHansen Reginald V. Harris, K. C., P. G. M. Jose Oller, P.G.M.

Philippine Islands

Antonio Gonzalez

Puerto Rico

Angel M. Torres

Rio De Janeiro (Brazil)

Jose Rodrigues

Sao Paulo (Brazil) Prince Edward Island Quebec

O. M. de Fleury

Nova Scotia

Queensland

L. A. McDougall W. W. Williamson, P.G.M. E. G. Radford

Rumania San Salvador

Humberto Acosta

Saskatchewan

Robert A. Tate

Scotland South Australia

W. King Gillies, M.A., LL.D. R. Owen Fox

Sweden

Eric Hallin

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Apartado 104 San Luis Potosi San Luis, Potosi Apartado No.9 Guadalajara JaI. Mexico Apartado Postal ] 0 Artes Num. 53 Mexico, D.F., Mexico Apartado 171 Chihuahua, Chih. Mexico Apartado 17 DeCampeche, Camp, Mex. 22 Fluweelen Burgwal The Hague Saint John Sydney P. O. Box 2001 Wellington Box 14, Granada Nicaragua Frimurerlogen N. Vollgate 19, Oslo Freemasons' Hall Halifax Panama, Rep. of Panama 138 Guano St. Manila, P. J.. P. O. Box 747 San Juan, P. R. Caixa Postal 2215 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Caixa Postal 2611 Sao Paulo, Brazil Charlottetown Masonic Temple Montreal Box 675, K.G.P.O. Brisbane Segunda Calle Arienta 27 San Salvador P. O. Box 246 Regina 96 George Street Edinburgh Freemasons' Hall North Terrace, Adelaide Frimurareorden Stockholm

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Swiss Alpina

Charles Serex

Tasmania Victoria

W. H. Strutt W. Stewart

Western Australia

A. E. Jensen

Bogenschutzenstrasse 8 Berne, Switzerland Hobart 25 Collins Street Melbourne Freemasons' Hall Perth

NUMERICAL LIST OF LODGES-1948 I-Missouri 2-Meridian 3-Beacon 4-Howard 5-United 6. 7-0 'Sullivan 8. 9-Geo. Washington 10-Agency 11-Pauldingville l2-Tyro l3-Rising Sun l4-Eolia 15-Western Star l6-Memphis l7-Clarksville l8-Palmyra 19-Paris Union 20-St. Louis 2I-Havana 22-Wellington 23-Florida 24-Wyaconda 25-Naphtali 26-Ava 27-Evergreen 28-St. John's 29-Windsor 30-Huntsville 3I-Liberty ~2-Humphreys

33-Ralls 34-Troy 35-Mercer 36-Cooper 37-Hemple 38-Callao 39-DeWitt 40-Mt. Moriah 4l-Bismarck 42.

43-Jefferson 44-Fair Play 45-Bonhomme 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 6I-Waverly 62-Vincil 63-Cambridge 64-Monroe 65-Pattonsburg 66-Grant City 67. 68-Kennett 69-Sullivan 70-Armstrong 71-Savannah 72-Gorin 73-Eureka 74-Warren 75-Silex 76-Independence 77-Lebanon 78-St. Joseph 79-Polar Star 80-Bridgeton 8l-Central 82-Jackson 83-Laclede 84-Webster Groves

85-Miami 86-Brookfield 87-Washington 88-Defiance 89-Friendship 90-RusselvilIe 9l-Madison 92-Perseverance 93-St. Mark's 94-Vienna 95-Pomegranate 96-St. Andrew's 97-Bethany 98-Webster 99-Mt. Vernon 100-Ash Grove 10 I-Bogard 102-Bloomington 103-West View 104-Heroine 105-Kirksville 106-Gallatin 107-GreenvilIe 108-Altamont 109-Stanberry 110-Marcus l1l-Trenton 112-Maitland 113-Plattsburg 114-Twilight 1I5-Laddonia 1I6-Barnes 117-Helena 1I8-Kingston 1I9-DeSoto l20-Compass 121-Erwin 122-Triplett 123-Hermann l24-Union Star l25-Gentryville 126-Seaman

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127-Athens 128-Lorraine 129-Monett 130-Hume 131-Potosi 132-Farmington 133-Star of the West 134-Olean 135-Braymer 136-Phoenix 137-Delphian 138-Lincoln 139-0regon 140. l41-Amsterdam 142-Pleasant Grove 143-Irondale 144-Modern 145-Latimer 146. 147-Ca8s 148. 149-Lexington 150-Birming 151-Milton 152-Linn Creek 153-Bloomfield 154-Ionic 155-Spring Hill 156-Ashland 157-North Star 158-Mountain Grove 159-Green City 160-Pleasant 16I-Clifton Hill 162-Whitesville 163-0ccidental 164-Joaehim 165. 166-Portageville 167. 168-Colony 169-Camden Point 170-Benevolence 171-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 l83-California 184-Morley 185-Chamois 186. 187-Hermon 188-Hannibal 189-Zeredatha 190-Putnam 191. 192-Frankford 193-Angerona 194-Wellsville 195-Bolivar 196-Quitman 197-Carthage 198-Allensville 199-New Hope 200-Sonora 201-Ravenwood 202-Westville 203-Brumley 204-Rowley 205-Trilumina 206-Somerset 207-Clay 208-Salisbury 209-Poplar Bluff 210-Unionville 21l-Hickory Hill 212-Four Mile 213-Rolla 214-Forest City 215-Hornersville 216-Hale City 217-Barbee 218-Good Hope 219-Albert Pike 220-Kansas City 221-Mystic Tie 222-La Belle 223-Ray 224-Hamilton 225-Salem 226-Saline 227-Cypress 228-Shelbina

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229. 230-St. James 23 I-Cardwell 232-Polo 233-Bucklin 234-St. Francois 235. 236-Sedalia 237-La Plata 238-Rushville 239-Hopewell 240. 241-Palestine 242-PortIand 243-Keystone 244-Middle Fabius 245-Knobnoster 246-Montgomery 247-Neosho 248- ........â&#x20AC;˘... 249-Carroll 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 271-Solomon 272-Granite 273-St. Clair 274-Cold Spring 275. 276-Grand River 277-Wm. D. Muir 278-Essex 279-Hogle's Creek

128 280. 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. 298-Sampson 299-Temple 300-Doric 301-White Hall 302-Lick Creek 303-osage 304. 305-Cecile Daylight 306-Ashlar 307-New London 308-Parrott 309. 310-Sikeston 3ll-Kearney 312-Cuba 313-Meramec 3l4-Pine 315-Jerusalem 316-Rural 317-0sborn 318-Eldorado 319-Paulville 320-Versailles 321-Jonathan 322-Hardin 323-Cornerstone 324-McDonald 325-Dockery 326-Linn 327-Mt. Zion 328-Cainsville 329. 330-Paul Revere

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 331-Charity 332-Excello 333. 334-Breckenridge 335-Joplin :l36-Hallsville 337-Blue Springs 338-Herculaneum 339-Fidelity 340-Westport 341-Rockville 342-Circle 343. 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-Northwest 359-Garrett 360-Tuscan 361-Riddick 362-Hiram 363-Fraternal 364-Higginsville 365-Bayou 366-Adair 367-Barry 368-Crescent Hill 369-Com posite 370-Williamstown 371-Sheldon 372-Nonpareil 373-Belle 374. 375-Waynesville 376-King Hill ~77-Anchmt Craft 378-Berlin 379-Billings 380-Queen C'ity

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381-Ionia 382. 383-Pythagoras 384-East Prairie 385-Richland 386387-Woodside 388-Chula 389-Arcana :l90. 391-Raytown 392-Christian 393-Beehive 394. 395. 396-Western Light 397-Gower 398-Jasper 399-Pike 400-Decatur 40 I-Cartersville 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~reensburg

415-Hunnewell 416-Cache 417-Whitewater 418. 419-Star 420-Itaska 421-Urbana 422-Gate of the Temple 423-Galt 424-Samaritan 425-Green Ridge 426-Rothville 427-GIenwood 428. 429-New Madrid 430-Winona

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431- ..•........• 432-Competition 433-Maek's Creek 434-Wheeling 435-Roekbridge 436-<. 437. 438-Temperanee 439-Mt. Olive 440-Trowel 441-Excelsior 442-Burlington 443-Anchor 444-Ada 445-West Gate 446-Ivanhoe 447-Jaeoby 448-Schell City 449. 450-Belton 451. 452. 453-Forsyth 454-Continental 455-Hinton 456-Wallace 457-Jonesburg 458-Melville 459-Hazelwood 460-Lambskin 461-Caruthersville 462-Santa Fe 463-CIifton 464-Concordia 465. 466-Southwest 467-Pleasant Hope 468-Red Oak 469-Plato 470-Nodaway 471-Mineral 472-Pickering 473-Nineveh 474. 475-Golden 476-Mt. Hope 477-Henderson 478-. 479-Rich Hill 480-Jewel 481-Marceline

482-Clintonville 483-Fairfax 484-Kirkwood 485-Coldwater 486-Cairo 487-Chilhowee 488-Lock Springs 489-Lakeville 490-Montevallo 491-Vandalia 492-Daggett 493. 494-Lewistown 495-Unity 496-Robert Burns 497-Equality 498- .....•....•• 499-Harmony 500-Jameson 50 I-Buckner 502-Philadelphia 503-Prairie Home 504-Platte City 505-Euclid 506-Lathrop 507-Clearmont 508-Saxton 509-Van Buren 510-New Hampton 511-Skidmore 512-Webb City 513-Senath 514-Granby 515-Galena 516-Milford 517. 518-0riental 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. 53l-Lane's Prairie 532-Dexter

533-Comfort 534-Columbia 535-Blackwell 536-Ingomar 537-Bethel 538--Stella 539-Dawn 540-Winigan 54l-JacksonviIIe 542-Ferguson 543-Mansfield 544-Algabil 545-Zalma 546-0rient 547-South Gate 548-Clinton 549-CarI Junction 550-Rose HilI S51-Pendleton 552-CaIhoun 553-elarksburg 554-Foster 555-Summersville 556-Prairie 557- ........•.•. 558-Moscow 559-Clarksdale 560-Nelson 56l-CowgiII 562. 563-York 564-Jamesport 565-Tebbetts 566-Maplewood 567-MilJer 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. 581-Illmo 582-Koshkonong 583-Novinger

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE

584. 585-Shamrock 586-Criterion 587-Branson 588-St. Francisville 589-Grovespring 590-Advance 591-Barnett 592-La Russell 593-Union 594. 595-Cole Camp 596-Puxico 597-Bosworth 598-Leadwood 599-Elvins 600-Cosby 601-Clayton 602-Acacia 603-Morehouse 604. 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-owensville 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-Freedom 637-Mountain View 638-Triangle 639-Mizpah

ALPHABETIOAL LIST

1948

640-Jennings 641-Trinity 642-Benj. Franklin 643-Northeast 644-Grain Valley 645. 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 660-Holliday 661-Theodore Roosevelt 662-Clarence 663-Rockhill 664-Aldrich

LODGES-LOOATIONS-DISTRIOTS

A No.

Name of Lodge

602 Acacia 444 Ada 366 Adair 355 Adelphi 590 Advance 10 Agency 219 Albert Pike 664 Aldrich 544 Algabil 198 Allensville 659 Alpha 108 Altamont 255 Alton 347 America 141 Amsterdam 443 Anchor 377 Ancient Craft

Location of Lodge

Columbia ,Orrick Kirksville Edgerton Advance Agency Kansas City .Aldrich St. Louis Allendale N. Kansas City Altamont Alton St. Louis Amsterdam University City King City

County

District

Boone 28 R.ay . . . . . . . . .. 6 Adair 1 Platte 5 Stoddard 19 Buchanan 5 Jackson 7 Polk 21 15-A Worth 6 Clay 7 .Daviess 9 Oregon 20 15-A Bates 26 15-B Gentry 3

1948 No.

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Name of Lodge

Location of Lodge

County

131 District

356 621 193 529 412 389 633 346 70 55 100 156 306 127 267 26

Ancient Landmark Harrisburg Boone 28 Anderson Anderson McDonald 24 Angerona Missouri City : Clay 6 St. Louis ...•......................... 15-B Apollo Appleton City Appleton City St. Clair 26 Arcana Harris Sullivan 2 Archie Archie Cass 8 Arlington ,Dixon .......•....Pulaski 17 Armstrong Armstrong Howard 28 Arrow Rock .......•.Arrow Rock Saline 27 Ash Grove Ash Grove Greene 23 Ashland Ashland Boone 28 Ashlar Commerce Scott 19 Athens Albany ,Gentry 3 Aurora St. Louis 15-A Ava Ava Douglas 22

217 591 116 353 367 365 3 393 632 373 450 170 642 378 573 97 537 379 150 41 535 153 102 337 101 195 45 597 587 135 334

Barbee Sweet Springs ,Saline 27 Barnett Barnett Morgan 29 Barnes Cabool Texas 22 Barnesville Ellington Reynolds 17 Barry Washburn ..•....• Barry 24 Bayou Bakersfield Ozark 20 Beacon St. Louis 15·B Beehive Lawson Ray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6 Belgrade Belgrade Washington 16 Belle Belle " Maries 17 Belton Belton Cass 8 Benevolence ,Utica Livingston 9 Benjamin Franklin .. St. Louis 15-A Berlin .•........... ,Fairport De Kalb '" 9 Bernie Bernie Stoddard 19 Bethany ....•....... Bethany Harrison 19 BetheL Bethel. Shelby 11 Billings Billings Christian 23 Birming ....•....... Faucett Buchanan 5 Bismarck Bismarck St. Francois 18 Blackwell Blackwell St. Francois 16 Bloomfield Bloomfield Stoddard 19 Bloomington Bevier Macon 11 Blue Springs Blue Springs J ackson 8 Bogard Bogard ,Carroll 10 Bolivar Bolivar Polk 21 Ballwin St. Louis 16 Bonhomme Bosworth Bosworth Carroll 10 Branson Branson Taney 23 Braymer ,Braymer Caldwell 9 Breckenridge Breckenridge Caldwell ..........• 9

132 No.

Name of Lodge

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

1948

Location of Lodge

District

County

80 86 269 203 233 501 442 254

Bridgeton 'St. John's Station. St. Louis Linn Brookfield Brookfield Brotherhood St. Joseph Buchanan Brumley Brumley Miller Bucklin ,Bucklin Linn Buckner •..•........ Buckner .Jackson Burlington Burlington Jet Nodaway Butler Butler Bates

16 10 5 21 10 8 4 26

416 328 486 552 183 38 63 169 284 231 549 249 401 197 461 147 305 172 611 81 59 615 185 331 407 487 392 388 342 662 610 553 559 17

Cache .........•.... St. Louis. . . . . . . .. . 15-B Cainsville Cainsville Harrison 3 Cairo Cairo Randolph .•........ 11 Calhoun Calhoun Henry .. .. . 26 California California Moniteau 29 Callao Callao ,Macon 11 Cambridge Slater Saline 27 Camden Point Camden Point Platte 5 Canopy Aurora Lawrence 24 Cardwell Cardwell Dunklin 19 CarI Junction Carl Junction Jasper 24 Carroll Norborne Carroll 10 Carterville Carterville J asper 24 Carthage Carthage Jasper 24 Caruthersville Caruthersville Pemiscot 19 Harrisonville Cass 8 Cass Cecile-Daylight Kansas City Jackson 7 Macon Macon 11 Censer Centertown Centertown Cole 29 Central Molino Audrain 13 Centralia Centralia Boone 28 Scott 19 Chaffee Chaffee Chamois Chamois Osage 29 Charity ,St. Joseph Buchanan 5 Charleston Charleston Mississippi 19 Chilhowee Chilhowee Johnson 27 Christian ..........• Oak Grove Jackson 8 Chula Chula Livingston 9 St. Clair 26 Circle Roscoe Clarence Clarence Shelby 11 Clark Clark Rando1ph 11 Clarksburg Clarksburg Moniteau 29 Clarksdale Clarksdale De Kalb , 9 Clarksville Clarksville Pike 13 Clarkton 19 Clay Excelsior Springs ..Clay 6 Clayton Clayton St. Louis 16 Clearmont Clearmont Nodaway 4 Cleveland Cleveland Cass 8

64:7

207 601 507 651

1948

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Location of Lodge

County

133

No.

Name of Lodp

463 520 161 548 482 274 485 595 168 534 533 654 120 432 369 464 454 528 36 265 323 600 282 656 561 287 606 519 368 586 312 525 227

Clifton Clifton Heights Clifton Hill Clinton Clintonville Cold Spring Cold-Water Cole Camp Colony Columbia Comfort Commonwealth Compass Competition Composite Concordia Continental Conway Cooper Corinthian Cornerstone Cosby Cosmos Country Club Cowgill Craft Craig Crane Crescent Hill Criterion Cuba Cunningham Cypress

Thayer Oregon 20 St. Louis 15-A Clifton Hill Randolph 11 Henry 26 Clinton EI Dorado Springs .Cedar 25 Leeton ..•........ Johnson 27 Drexel Cass 8 27 Cole Camp Benton Colony Knox 1 Franklin 14 Pacific Wheaton Barry 24 St. Louis 15-A Parkville Platte 5 21 Competition Laclede Doniphan .......• ,Ripley 20 Concordia .......• Lafayette 6 9 Stewartsville De Kalb 21 Conway Laclede Boonville Cooper 28 Warrensburg J ohnson 27 St. Louis 15-B Cosby Andrew 5 St. Louis 15-B Kansas City Jackson 7 Cowgill. Caldwell 9 Canton Lewis 12 Craig Holt 4 Crane ..........•.Stone 23 Adrian Bates 26 Alba J asper 24 CUba Crawford ........•.. 17 10 Sumner Chariton Laclede Linn 10

District

492 539 400 88 137 119 39 532 325 300

Daggett Dawn Decatur Defiance Delphian De Soto De Witt Dexter Dockery Doric

McKittrick Montgomery Ludlow Livingston Pierce City Lawrence Sheridan Worth Birch Tree Shannon De Soto Jefferson De Witt Carroll Stoddard Dexter Meadville ......•..Linn Elkland Webl'lter

11 9 24 . . . . . .. 3 17 16 10 19 10 23

285 630

Earl East Gate

Coffey Kansas City

Daviess ............ 9 7 Jackson

134 No.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE Name of Lodge

Location of Lodge

384 575 291 318 648 599 607 14 491 121 278 505 73 27 405 577 332 441

East Prairie Easter Edina Eldorado Elmer Elvins Eminence Eolia Equality Erwin Essex Euclid Eureka Evergreen Everton Ewing Excello Excelsior

East Prairie St. Clair Edina Luray Elmer Flat River Eminence Eolia Newburg St. Louis Essex St. Louis Brunswick New-Haven Everton Ewing Excello Jackson

483 290 44 132 47 345 281 542 339 23 214 578 453 554 212 192 363 636 352 89 48

Fairfax Fairmont Fair Play Farmington Fayette Fellowship Fenton Ferguson Fidelity Florida Forest City Forest Park Forsyth Foster Four Mile Frankford FraternaL Freedom Friend Friendship Fulton

Fairfax Wyaconda Fair-Play Farmington Fayette J oplin Fenton Ferguson Farley Florida Forest City St. Louis Forsyth Foster Campbell Frankford Robertsville Mehlville Ozark Chillicothe Fulton

515 106 423 655 359 522

Galena Gallatin Galt Gardenville Garrett Gate City

Galena Gallatin Galt Gardenville Arcola Kansas City

County

Mississippi Franklin Knox Clark ,Macon St. Francois Shannon Pipe Phelps Stoddard Chariton Franklin Dade Lewis Macon Cape Girardeau

1948 District

19 14 1 1 11 18 17 13 17 15-A 19 15-A 10 14 25 12 11 18

F Atchison ..........â&#x20AC;˘ 4 Clark 1 Polk . . . . . . . . . . . .. 21 St. Francois 18 Howard 28 Jasper 24 St. Louis 16 St. Louis 16 Platte 5 Monroe 11 Holt .. . . . . . . . . . . .. 4 15-B Taney 23 Bates 26 Dunklin 19 Pike 11 Franklin 14 St. Louis 16 Christian 23 Livingston 9 Callaway 13

Stone Daviess Grundy St. Louis Dade Jackson

23 9 2 16 25 7

1948 No.

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Name of Lodge

Location of Lodge

422 125 9 427 475 218 72 397 289 644 514 579 276 618 272 66 173 159 425 414 635 107 178 589

Gate of the Temple Springfield Gentryville Gentryville George Washington .. St. Louis Glenwood Glenwood Golden Golden City Good Hope St. Louis Gorin Gorin Gower Gower Graham Graham Grain Valley Grain Valley Granby Granby Grandin Grandin Grand River ,Freeman Grandview Grandview Granite Sedalia Grant City Grant City Gray Summit Gray Summit Green City Green City Green Ridge Green Ridge Greensburg Greensburg Greentop Greentop Greenville Greenville Griswold Bellflower Grovespring Grovespring

216 336 224 188 322 499 171 21 571 459 354 117 37 477 338 123 288 187 104 211 527 364 455

Hale City Hallsville Hamilton Hannibal Hardin Harmony Hartford Havana Hayti Hazelwood Hebron Helena Hemple Henderson Herculaneum Hermann Hermitage Hermon Heroine Hickory Hill Higbee Higginsville Hinton

County

135 District

Greene Gentry

23 3 15-B Schuyler 1 Barton 25 15-A Scotland . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 Clinton 6 Nodaway 4 J ackson 8 Newton 24 Carter 17 Cass 8 .Jackson 8 Pettis 27 Worth . . . . . . . . .. 3 Franklin 14 ,Sullivan 2 Pettis 27 Knox 1 Schuyler 1 Wayne 20 Montgomery 13 Wright 22

Hale Hallsville Hamilton Hannibal Hardin St. Louis Hartford McFall Hayti Seymour Mexico Rochester Hemple Rogersville Herculaneum Hermann Hermitage Liberal Kansas City Eugene Higbee Higginsville Hinton

Carroll Boone Caldwell Marion ,Ray Putnam ,Gentry Pemiscot Webster Audrain Andrew Clinton Webster Jefferson Gasconade Hickory Barton Jackson Cole Randolph Lafayette Boone

10 28 9 12 10 15-A 2 3 19 23 13 5 6 23 16 14 21 25 7 29 11 6 28

136 No.

Name of Lodge

362 Hiram 279 Hogle's Creek 262 Holden 660 Holliday 49 Holt 251 Hope 239 Hopewell 215 Hornersville 4 Howard 130 Hume 32 Humphreys 415 Hunnewell 30 Huntsville

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

1948

Location of Lodge

District

Kahoka Wheatland Holden Holliday Holt Washington Lesterville Hornersville New Franklin Hume ; Humphreys Hunnewell Huntsville

County

Clark 1 Hickory 21 J ohnson 27 Monroe 11 Clay 6 Franklin .........•. 14 Reynolds 17 Dunklin 19 Howard 28 Bates 26 Sullivan 2 Shelby 11 Randolph 11

410 581 76 54 536 381 154 143 420 446

Iberia Iberia Illmo Illmo Independence Independence Index Garden City Ingomar Willow Springs Ionia Eldon Ionic Desloge Irondale ....•.......Irondale Itaska St. Louis Ivanhoe ....•.••.... Kansas City

82 541 447 500 564 398 43 640 315 480 164 321 457 335 411

Jackson Linneus Jacksonville Jacksonville Jacoby Darlington Jameson Jameson ......•.. Jamesport Jamesport Jasper Jasper Jefferson .......•... Jefferson City Jennings Jennings Jerusalem ...•...... Jerico Springs Jewel Pleasant Hill Joachim Hillsboro Jonathan Denver Jonesburg .........• Jonesburg Joplin J oplin Joppa ...........•..Hartville

220 311 68 243 376

Kansas City Kearney Kennett Keystone King Hill

Miller Scott Jackson Cass Howell Miller St. Francois Washington Jackson

21 19 8 8 20 29 18 16 15-B 7

Linn Randolph Gentry Daviess Daviess Jasper Cole St. Louis Cedar Cass Jefferson Worth Montgomery Jasper Wright

10 11 3 9 9 24 29 16 25 8 16 6 11 24 22

Jackson Clay Dunklin

7 6 19 15-B 5

K Kansas City Kearney Kennett St. Louis St. Joseph

Buchanan

1948 No.

137

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Name of Lodge

118 Kingston 105 Kirksville 484 Kirkwood 245 Knobnoster 582 Koshkonong

Location of Lodge

Kingston Kirksville Kirkwood Knobnoster Koshkonong

County

Caldwell Adair '" St. Louis J ohnson Oregon

Distril't

9 1 16 27 20

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 Laclede Laddonia Lakeville Lamar Lambskin La Monte Lane's Prairie La Plata Laredo La Russell Lathrop Latimer Leadwood Lebanon Lewistown Lexington Liberty Lick Creek Lincoln Linn Linn-Creek Livingston Lockwood Lock Springs Lodge of Ligbt Lodge of Love Lodge of Truth Lorraine Louisville Lowry City

La Belle Lebanon Laddonia Bell City Lamar St. Louis La Monte Vichy La Plata Laredo La Russell Lathrop Licking Leadwood Steelville Lewistown Lexington Liberty Perry Fillmore Linn Camdenton Glasgow Lockwood Lock Springs Eagleville Lancaster Atlanta Ridgeway Louisville Lowry City

Lewis Laclede Audrain Stoddard Barton Pettis Maries Macon Grundy Jasper Clinton Texas St. Francois Crawiord Lewis Lafayette Clay Ralls Andrew Osage Camden Howard Dade Davies Harrison Schuyler Macon Harrison Lincoln St. Clair

12 21 13 19 25 15-B 27 17 11 2 24 6 17 18 17 12 6 6 12 5 29 21 28 25 9 3 1 11 3 14 26

433 Mack's Creek Mack's Creek 91 Madison ..•.........Madison 626 Magnolia S1. Louis Maitland 112 Maitland 406 Malden .Malden 402 Malta Malta Bend 543 Mansfield Mansfield 566 Maplewood Maplewood 481 Marceline .Marceline

Camden Monroe

21 11 15-A Holt 4 Dunklin 19 Saline 27 Wright 22 St. Louis 16 Linn ........•...... 10

138 No.

Name of Lodge

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

1948

Location of Lodge

District

County

110 569 324 260 458 16 628 313 35 2 85 244 516 567 151 471 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

Marcus Fredericktown Madison 18 Marlborough (Jackson Co.) J ackson 8 McDonald Independence Jackson 8 Mechanicsville Defiance St. Charles 14 Melville Dadeville Dade 25 Memphis Memphis Scotland . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 Mendon Mendon Chariton 10 Meramec Eureka St. Louis 16 Mercer Princeton Mercer 2 Meridian St. Louis 15-A Miami. Miami. Saline 27 Middle Fabius Downing Schuyler 1 Milford Milford Barton 25 Lawrence 24 Miller Miller Milton Milton Randolph 11 Mineral Oronogo J asper 24 St. Louis 15-A Missouri Mizpah St. Louis 15-B Moberly Moberly Randolph 11 Modern Humansville Polk 21 Mokane Mokane Callaway 11 Monett Monett Barry 24 Moniteau J amestown Moniteau 29 Monroe Monroe City Monroe 11 Montevallo Montevallo Vernon 25 Montgomery Montgomery City .. Montgomery 13 Monticello Monticello Lewis 12 Montrose Montrose Henry 26 Morehouse Morehouse N ew Madrid 19 Morley ..•.......... Morley Scott 19 Mosaic Belleview Iron 18 Moscow Moscow Mills Lincoln 14 Mound City Mound City Holt 4 Mount Washington .. ,Mt. Washington Jackson 8 Mountain Grove Mountain Grove Wright 22 Mountain View Mountain View Howell 20 Mt. Hope Odessa Lafayette 6 Mt. Olive Rogersville, R. 3 Webster 23 St. Louis 15-B Mt. Moriah Mt. Vernon Mt. Vernon Lawrence ........•.• 24 Mt. Zion West Plains Howell 20 Mystic Tie Oak Ridge , Cape Girardeau 18

25 568 560 247 60

Naphtali Naylor Nelson Neosho New Bloomfield

N St.Louis Naylor Nelson Neosho New Bloomfield

Ripley Saline Newton Callaway

15-A 20 27 24 13

1948 No.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE Name of Lodge

Location of Lodge

New Hampton Elsberry New London New Madrid ,Winfield Olney Maryville Noel East Lynne Kansas City Rockport Tarkio Norwood Novinger

County

Harrison Lincoln Ralla New Madrid ,Lincoln Lincoln ,Nodaway McDonald Cass Jackson Atchison Atchison Wright Adair

139 District

510 199 301 429 270 473 470 647 372 643 157 358 622 583

New Hampton New Hope New London New Madrid New Salem Nineveh Nodaway Noel NonpareiL Northeast North Star Northwest Norwood Novinger

3 14 12 19 14 14 4 24 8 7 4 4 22 1

163 134 576 139 546 518 303 317 7 624

Occidental St. Louis Olean Olean Miller Olive Branch St. Louis Oregon Oregon Holt Orient ,Kansas City Jackson Oriental Blackburn Saline Osage Nevada Vernon Osborn Osborn De Kalb O'Sullivan ..•.......Walnut Grove Greene Owensville Owensville ....•...Gasconade

241 18 19 650 308 65 11 330 319 551 92 502 136 472 399 652 182 314 469 504 113 160

Palel'ltine St. Charles St. Charles 14 Palmyra Palmyra Marion 12 Paris Union Paris Monroe 11 Parma Parma New Madrid 19 Parrott Maysville '. ,De Kalb 9 Pattonsburg Pattonsburg Daviess 9 Pauldingville Wright City Warren 14 Paul Revere St. Louis 15-B Paulville Hurdland ,Adair I Pendleton ,Doe Run ,St. Francois 18 Perseverance Louisiana Pike 13 Philadelphia Philadelphia ..•... Marion .......••..• 12 Phoenix Bowling Green Pike 13 Pickering Pickering Nodaway 4 Pike Curryville Pike 11 Pilgrim St. Louis I5-A Pilot Knob Richville Douglas 22 Pine Bardley Ripley 20 Plato Plato Texas 22 Platte City ....•.....Platte City Platte 5 Plattsburg Plattsburg Clinton 6 Pleasant Morrisville Polk 21

o 15-A. 29 15-A 4 7 27 25 9 23 14

140 No.

142 467 176 79 349 232 95 209 166 242 131 556 503 179 657 658 190 596 180 383

PROCEEDINGS OF THE Name of Lodge

Pleasant Grove Pleasant Hope Point Pleasant Polar Star Pollock Polo Pomegranate Poplar Bluff Portageville Portland Potosi. Prairie Prairie Home Pride of the West Progress Purity Putnam Puxico Pyramid Pythagoras

Location of Lodge

Otterville Pleasant Hope Conran St. Louis Pollock Polo St. Louis Poplar Bluff Portageville Portland Potosi. Gilman City Prairie Home St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis Newtown Puxico St. Louis Cassville

County

1948 District

Cooper Polk New Madrid

28 21 19 15-A Sullivan 2 Caldwell. . . . . . . . . . .. 9 15-A Butler 20 New Madrid 19 Callaway 11 Washington 16 Harrison 3 Cooper 28 15-B 15-B 15-A Sullivan 2 Stoddard 19 15-A Barry 24

Q 380 196

Queen City Quitman

Schuyler ........... 1 4 Nodaway

33 201 223 391 468 570 479 385 57 361 13 496 435 663 341 213 550 404 426 204 316 238

Ralls Ravenwood Ray Raytown Red Oak Republic Rich Hill Richland Richmond Riddick Rising Sun Robert Burns Rockbridge Rockhill Rockville Rolla Rose Hill Rosendale Rothville Rowley Rural Rushville

Center Ravenwood Camden Raytown Red Oak Republic Rich Hill Richland Richmond Buffalo Barry Gainesville Rockbridge Kansas City Rockville Rolla St. Louis Rosendale Rothville Dearborn Kansas City Rushville

Ralls Nodaway Ray Jackson Lawrence Greene Bates Pulaski Ray Dallas Platte Ozark Ozark Jackson Bates Phelps Andrew Chariton Platte Jackson Buchanan

12 4 6 8 24 23 26 21 6 21 5 20 22 7 26 17 15-A 5 10 5 7 5

1948 No.

90 572

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Name of Lodge

Russellville Rutledge

Location of Lodge

Russellville Rutledge

County

Cole Scotland

141 District

29 1

S 225 Salem 226 Saline 208 Salisbury 424 Samaritan 298 Sampson 462 Santa Fe 293 Sarcoxie 71 Savannah 508 Saxton 448 Schell City 126 Seaman 236 Sedalia 513 Senath 585 Shamrock 646 Shaveh 653 Shawnee 625 Sheffield 256 Shekinah 228 Shelbina 371 Sheldon 310 Sikeston 75 Silex 511 Skidmore 266 SociaL 271 Solomon 206 Somerset 200 Sonora 547 South Gate 466 Southwest 296 Sparta 524 Spickardsville 155 Spring Hill 96 St. Andrews 273 St. Clair 588 St. Francisville 234 St. Francois 230 St. James 28 St. John's 78 St. Joseph 20 St. Louis 93 St. Mark's 109 Stanberry 419 Star 133 Star of the West 634 Steele

Salem St. Mary's Salisbury Bonne Terre Lutie Santa-Fe Sarcoxie Savannah Saxton Schell City Milan Sedalia Senath ,Shamrock St. Louis Warsaw Kansas City Festus ,Shelbina Sheldon Sikeston Silex Skidmore Martinsburg Springfield Powersville Watson ,Kansas City Southwest City Sparta Spickard Spring Hill Shelbyville Osceola Wayland Libertyville St. James Hannibal St. Joseph St. Louis Cape Girardeau Stanberry Taberville Ironton Steele

,Dent Ste. Genevieve Chariton St. Francois Ozark Monroe Jasper ,Andrew Buchanan Vernon Sullivan Pettis Dunklin Callaway

17 18 10 18 20 11 24 5 5 25 2 27 19 11 15-B Benton 27 Jackson . . . . . . .. 7 Jefferson 16 Shelby 11 Vernon 25 ,Scott 19 ,Lincoln 14 Nodaway 4 Audrain 11 Greene 23 Putnam 2 Atchison 4 Jackson 7 McDonald 24 Christian 23 Grundy 2 Livingston 9 Shelby 11 St. Clair 26 Clark 1 St. Francois 18 ,Phelps 17 Marion 12 Buchanan 5 15-A Cape Girardeau 18 Gentry 3 St. Clair 26 Iron 18 Pemiscot .......•••• 19

142 No.

538 523 283 608 174 69 555 263 617

Name of Lodge

Stella Stinson Stockton Strafford Sturgeon Sullivan Summersville Summit Swope Park

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

1948

Location of Lodge

District

Stella Stinson Stockton Strafford Sturgeon Sullivan ,Summersville Lee's Summit Kansas City

County

Newton 24 Lawrence 24 Cedar 25 Greene 23 Boone 28 Franklin 14 Texas 22 Jackson 8 Jackson ...•.....•. 7

T 565 438 299 177 661 56 631 111 638 205 641 122 440 34 360 114 350 12

Tebbetts.......... . Tebbetts Temperance Smithville Temple Kansas City Texas Houston Theodore Roosevelt .. University City Tipton Tipton Tower Grove St. Louis Trenton Trenton Triangle St. Louis Trilumina Marshall Trinity St. Louis Triplett Triplett TroweL Marble Hill Troy Troy Tuscan St. Louis Twilight ,Columbia Tyrian Johnstown Tyro Caledonia

Callaway .......•... 11 Clay .............• 6 Jackson 7 ,Texas .....•....... 22 ,St. Louis 15-A Moniteau 29 15-B Grundy 2 15-A Saline 27 15-A Chariton 10 Bollinger 18 ,Lincoln 14 15-B Boone 28 Bates 26 Washington 16

593 124 210 5 495 649 421 286

Union .•..•.....••..Union Union Star Union-Star Unionville .....•.... Unionville United ........•.... Springfield Unity Richards University University City Urbana Urbana Urich Urich

413 629 509 491 320 94 62

Valley Valley Park Van Buren Vandalia Versailles Vienna Vinci!

Franklin ...•..•.... 14 De Kalb 9 Putnam 2 Greene 23 Vernon 25 ,St. Louis 15-A Dallas 21 Henry 26

Bolckow Valley Park Van Buren Vandalia Versailles Vienna Cameron

Andrew . . . . . .. :5 ,St. Louis 1i Carter 17 Audrain .......•... 11 Morgan 29 Maries .........•.•. 17 Clinton '" . . . . . . • • •• 6

1948 No.

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Narne of Lodge

Location of Lodge

County

143 District

w 348 52 605 456 74 609 87 61 526 375 512 98 84 22 613 194 46 445 103 396 15 53 340 202 434 301 417 162 620 370 29 540 430 277 387 24

Wadesburg Creighton Cass 8 Wakanda Carrollton Carroll 10 Walker Walker Vernon 25 Wallace Bunceton Cooper 28 Warren Keytesville Chariton 10 Warrenton Warrenton Warren 14 Washington Greenfield Dade 25 Waverly ,Lafayette 6 Waverly Wayne Piedmont Wayne 20 Waynesville Waynesville Pulaski 21 Webb City Webb City Jasper 24 Webster Marshfield Webster 23 Webster Groves Webster Groves St. Louis 16 Buchanan 5 Wellington ....•.....De Kalb Wellston Wellston St. Louis 16 Montgomery 13 Wellsville ••.........Wellsville Wentzville .•...•.... Wentzville St. Charles 14 West Gate St. Louis 15-B West View ..•....... Millersville Cape Girardeau 18 Western Light Louisburg Dallas 21 Western Star ..••....Winston Daviess 9 Weston ...•.......•.Weston Platte 5 Westport Kansas City Jackson 7 Westville.....•..... Westville Chariton •.......... 10 Livingston •.••••••• 9 Wheeling Wheeling White Hall Barnard ,Nodaway 4 Whitewater ........• Whitewater Cape Girardeau 18 Whitesville Whitesville Andrew 5 Willard Willard ........•• Greene 23 Williamstown Williamstown Lewis 12 Windsor Windsor ,Henry 26 Winigan Winigan Sullivan 2 Winona Winona Shannon 17 Pilot Grove Cooper 28 Wm. D. Muir Woodside Thomasville Oregon 20 Wyaconda La Grange Lewis 12

x 50

Xenia

Hopkins

,Nodaway

563

york

Kansas City

.......• .. 4

Jackson ...........• 7

z 545 189

Zalma Zeredatha

Zalma St. Joseph

Bollinger .......•.. 18 Buchanan 5

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Ritual District No.1 County

LodKe INo.1 Location . Fairmont ..•..•.. 290jWyaconda •.•••.• Eldorado .•....•.. 318ILura,. . Hiram .....•..•.. 362iKahoka ..•••••••. St. Francisville 688\Wayland . Scotland . Memphis .....•.. , 16IMemphis ••.•••.. Gorin............ 72IGorin .. Rutledge ...•.••.. 672 IRutledge ...•••••. Sch',l,yler ...•.. Middle Fabius •••. 2""IDowning .••..•.. Lodge of Love •••. 269ILancaster ..•..•• ' Queen City 380lQueen City .. Glenwood ..•..•.. 427IGlenwood ..••••.. Greentop. . . • • . .. 631') IGreentop , Cl~rk

Master Howard C. Skinner .. Ward Calvert . LeRoy Tippin . George W. Sowers , John H. Marlowe . H. W. Tennant . Wm. H. McManama .. D. R. Rife . Robt. H. Atteberry . Eugene Slaughter, Jr. Clinton McGoldrick .. , Frank L. Cooper .....

Secretary J. C. Bowman , Orville Worrell . Elmer C. Dinger ' Dale Hagerman . W. C. Fender . R. E. Shacklett ..•.. James A. Bailey . R. W. Farris . H. C. Burkland . . G. L. Lauer Nelson Hopper . B. F. Arnold .

Time of MeetinK 2nd and "th Mondays .. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays ..••••••.. 1st and 3rd Fridays . 1st and 3rd Thursdays .•••••..•••. 1st Friday ................•...••. 1st and 3rd Thursdays ....••...... 1st and 8rd Fridays ...••...•..••.. 2nd and "th Thursdays ...••••.... 2nd and "th Fridays . 2nd and "th Tuesdays . 1st and 3rd Thursdays .••••..••... 2nd and 4th Mondays ......•......

Charter Date Oct. 16, 1868 Oct. 12, 1869 Oct. 17, 1870 Sept. 26, 1907 May 6,1852 Oct. 13, 1892 Sept. 28, 1905 May 26,1865 Oct. 16, 1868 Oct. 10, 1871 Oct. 17, 1873 Oct. 27,192"

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Ritual District No.2 . Kirksville Adair........... Novinger Knox ..•...•.. Colony.......... Edina ...•.•..••. Paulville Gr('('n"hur!r Adair

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luo,Kirksville , 366IKirksville 583INovinger 168lColony ..•••••••• ' 291IEdina .•••••••••• 319IHurdland 414IGreensburg

Leonard D. Gardner .. Lloyd P. Sharp...... W. Floyd Daniels , Bruce S. McReynolds. Ray S. Mason James Helton Fred Snyder

Grover C. Chambers Ernest T. Scofield .. F. A. Steele C. E. McReynolds Edw. C. Hickman.. John R. Botts Geo. Wm. Farris

l"t and ard Tuesdays ...•••.•...•. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays 2nd and 4th Wednesdays 2nd & 4th Thursdays............. 1st and 3rd Thursdays •••••••••••• 1st Tuesday 2nrl and "th Mondays ......•......

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SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-RUS SELL A. HAUCK, D. D. G. M., Unionville, Mo. (Ritual Districts 3, 4) Q ~

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Putnam .•••••. Hartford .•••••.. Somerset. • • • • • . .. Unionville •..•••. ' Sullivan ••••••. Humphreys...... Seaman ..••.••.. Green City. .• •••. Putnam •.•••••••. Pollock.......... Arcana ..•.•••••• Winigan ..•...... o

17lIHartford ...••••. 2061 Powersville . 210IUnionville ••••••. S2IHumphreys .••••• 126IMilan .....•••••• 1591Green City .•••••. 190INewtown •••••••. 349IPollock ..•••••••• 389IHarris ..••.•••••. 540IWinigan .

Chester Latimer . G. W. Stark . Wayne Norman . John F. Boehner . John W. Payne . Fred E. Koeing . L. M. Johnson . Bernard R. Beabout .. A. W. Harris, Jr . O. L. Romine .

Homer L. Dickerson C. R. Ethington .... John N. Comstock .. Wm. E. Alexander. Chas. E. Smith ... " Walter E. Singley .. Joseph W. Moore ... Otis Reinhard..... Cecil M. Clem J. W. Milhoan

1st Friday. . • • • . • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • •. 1st and 3rd MondayS............. 2nd and 4th Mondays ••••••••••••. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays. . . . . . . . • . • . 1st and 3rd Mondays. . • • • • • • • • • • •. 1st and 3rd Thursdays .•...•.•.... 1st Thursday ........•••••••••.•• 'I 1st and Srd Tuesdays .•••••••••••• 1st Wednesday 1st Wednesday ..•...•......•.....

May May May Oct. May Oct. May Oct. Oct. Oct.

30, 1857 29,1861 30,1861 18, 1887 28, 1858 16.1894 28,1859 16,1884 13,1871 17,1889

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Ritual District No.4 Grun<b' ••••• "j .. • •••••. .. .. •• .. Mercer .•.•....

Trenton ..•.••.. '1 Laredo •••••••••. Galt Spickardsville •.•. Mercer...........

111 ITrenton •••••••• '1 253ILaredo •.•••••••. 423IGalt 524ISpickard S6IPrinceton .•....•.

Kenneth Thomas Frank Clodfelter Hadley Chenoweth Gaylord E. Shaw W. H. Neill

"1 Alvin Stanley McKemy .. 'IIst and 3rd Thursdays ...••.•••.. '1 D. Peterie 2nd and 4th Mondays ....•.•......

1849 Oct. 15,1868 K. R. McWaid 2nd and 4th Fridays Oct. 16,1890 R. B. Kennedy 1st and Srd WednesdayS Oct. 16.1886 C. S. King ........• 2nd and 4th Thursdays........... June 9.1858 0

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LODGE DmECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-H. H. MANRING, D. D. G. 14., McFall, Mo. (Ritual Districts 5, 6) Ritual District No.5 County Lodge No.' Location Harrison ....•. Bethany .•....•.. 971 Bethany ..•..•••. Lorraine .••.•..•. 128 IRicbreway .••••••. Lodlte of Liltht... 257lEagleville •..••.•. Cainsville ..••..•. 3281 Cainsville .••..••. N e~ ~ampton ..• 510lNew Hampton .•. PraU'le •••.•.•••• 5561Gilman City .

Master Lester M. Maple Paul R. Gillespie W. A. Little Chas.L. Phillips C. C. Cox Floyd DeWitt

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Secretary Chas. T. Bridges C. A. Brock Cleve Reece Rex A. Taylor Dr. R. L. Grun W. E. Richter

Time of Meeting . . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays . 1st and 3rd Mondays .•.•..•.••••. . 2nd & 4th Mondays . . 1st and 3rd Thursdays ....••...•.. . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ....•...•.••. . 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ......••..

Charter Date May 25,1854 Oct. 7,1878 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 1926 Oct. 19, 1892

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Ritual District No. 6 Gentl7 ..•..... 1 Havana ..•..•..•. '0 • • • • • • • • Stanberry .....•.. •••••••• Gentryville .. Athens ....•.••.•. Ancient Craft ...•. Jacoby ...•....... Worth .•..•••• 1 Grant City .....•.. .0 Defiance .....••... Allensville . Jonathan .

21IMcFall .......••. 109lStanberry ...•... 125 IGentryville ..•••. , 127IAlbany ..•..••.•. 3771Kinlt City ..••••• 4471 Darlington ..••••. 661Grant City •••..•. 88 iSheridan ••••.•••, 1981 Allendale •••.•••• 321IDenver...••••••.

Leslie Gray......... Truman Wagers. . . .. John M. Patton ..... Joseph B. Grace..... Rufus P. Limpp ..•.. Fred Minkner. . . . . .. Harold Mathews Dale R. Hennegin. . .. James Hendrickson.. Ganum Findley

H. Hovey Manring. S. A. Goodding. . . .. Geo. W. Crawford .. L. Frank Smith T. H. McElroy Marvin C. Miller. .. J. Harry Kibbe Roger McAlister. .. Zene Hammer ..••. Clyde Pryor.......

1-3 1st Friday .....•••••••••••••••••• 1st and 3rd Thursdays .••••••••••• 2nd and 4th Saturdays ••..••.••••. 2nd and 4th Thursdays •.•••.•.•••. 1st and 3rd Thursdays .....•...... 1st and 3rd FridayS ••••••••••••••. 1st and 3rd Mondays .. 2nd and 4th :MondayS •••.•.•...... 2nd and 4th Thursdays .•••......• 2nd and 4th Wednesdays .

Oct. Oct. May May Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. May Oct.

6,1879 17. 1879 10,1850 8,1861 13, 1871 17,1901 10, 1894 17, 1878 30,1860 12, 1869

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FOURTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-PAUL L. WARD, D. D. G. M., Maryville, Mo. (Ritual Districts 7, 8)

Ritual District No.7 Nod~way..•••

Xenia .••...•..•. Quitman ....•••.. Ravenwood . Graham .••••••.. ' WhiteHall .•••... Burlington .•••... NodawBJ' .••••••. Pickering .•.•.••. Clearmont ••••... Skidmore .

60IHopkins ....•..•. 196IQuitman ......•. , 201 IRavenwood . 289lGraham. " .•.... 3011 Barnard ......••. 442 IBurlington Jet... 470,Maryville .•••.•.. 4721 Pickering .••••••. 607lClearmont ..•.... 5111 Skidmore ...•....

George B. Cobb Ivan V. McPike , Gleason Womack V. F. Miller......... C. L. Phillips James H. Baldozier .. , Edgar Williamson ... , Morris Garten. . . . . .. R. O. Porterfield. . . .. John Noel Johnson ...

. Glade Traster Fred Wright . J. J. Smith . Frank E. McNeal.. P. D. Stalling . Omar L. Brown . Walter E. Smith . William H. Sumy . Elden Huls . Glenn J. Stevens .

1st and 3rd Thursdays . 1st and 3rd Mondan .. 2nd and 4th Thursdays ...•••..... 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 2nd and 4th Thursdays •..••.•.... 1st & 3rd Tuesdays . 2nd and 4th Thursdays .•.••••.... 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ..••.••..... 1st & 3rd Thursdays . 2nd and 4th Mondan ......•......

June May Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

2,1866 30.1860 13, 1892 18, 1900 16, 1886 13, 1881 17, 1877 11, 1878 1871 Oct. 12. 1888

North Star ..••••. Sonora ..•••••••. Northwest ••••.•• Fairfax ..•.•••... H::lt •••••••••. Maitland ••••••••. Oregon ..•.•.•••. Forest City....... Mound City .•••.. Craig .....•......

Iii 71 Rockport ••.•.... 200/Watson ••••••..•. 85B/Tarkio ..•••••.•. 488 IFairfax .. 112IMaitland .••••..• 18910re~on..•..•..•. 2141Forest City .••..• 2941Mound City ••...• 606ICraig .

LeRoy S. Howell Chas. Garst O. F. Schoonover E. C. Whitford Elva W. Chriatian Eli Franklin Caton .. Joseph Boring Joe A. O'NeaL Frank M. Ward

Virgil E. Walter ... , Luther W. Hudson. , Rankin Sheets . W. A. Groesbeck . J. E. Weller . , Everett Planalp . Lavere North . , F. J. Bridgmon . C. M. Randall .

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May 9,1866 Oct. 19, 1876 Oct. 17, 1884 Oct. 15, 1874 Oct. 19, 1867 May 81,1866 May 30,1861 Oct. 14, 1868 Sept. 29. 1909

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FIFTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-L. O. WEIGEL, D. D. G. M., St. Joseph, Mo. (Ritual Districts 9, 21) Ritual District No.9 County Lodge INo.1 Location Andrew ••.••.. Savannah........ 7lISavannah .••.••.. Helena ..•..•..•. 117 IRochester ••••••.. Lineoln •..•..••.. lS8IFillmore ..•..•••• Whitesville .•••••. 162IWhitesville ..••... Rosendale. • • . . • •. 4041 Rosendale .••••••. Valley ....•...... 413IBolekow .. Cosby •.......••• 6001 Cosby ..•..•..... Buehanan ..... Ageney. • • . • • . • . . 10 IAgeney .••••••... Wellington. . . • • . . 221 DeKalb ..••••••.. St. Joseph....... 781St. Joseph . Binning .....•... 160IFaucett•••..•.... Zeredatha •••..... 1891St. Joseph •••••.. Rushville.. .•. .•. 2381 Rushville .••.•••• Brotherhood ..••.. 2691St. Joseph ..••••. Charity 3S11St. Joseph . King Hill .••.•••. 3761St. Joseph •••..•. Saxton , 5081 Saxton .

Master J. W. Stanton James T. Evans Glen Walters Ledru Smith Lester Fothergill Ressie Wade L. Bodenhausen Milton M. Krumme Samuel V. Stone Leslie Van Stites Chas. F. Brown C. Leonard Gasper S. J. Branson Ernest G. Elford Harold Niedorp Leo A. Jenkins Franklin Whitson

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Secretary W. W.Hall . H. E. Shanks . J. T. Westeott . Fisher Potts . C. J. Watts .. Glenn Neely . Willis B. Durant . Robert H. Adams . Hallie V. Redmon .. W. L. Mulvania . Chas. S. Mays . M. W. Taylor ..•... Elmer Moore . V. T. Cummings . Lewis O. Weigel. . J esse Moore . J. S. DeVall. .

Time of Meeting 1st and 3rd Thursdays .••••••.•.•. 2nd & 4th Mondays . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays . 1st Saturday and Srd Wednesday .. 2nd and 4th Thursdays ••••..••.•. 1st and 3rd Thursdays ••.•..•••... 1st and 3rd Saturdays ..••••..••.. 1st and Srd Saturdays ••••.•••••.. 1st Saturday ....•.•••••.•••••..•. 1st and 3rd Tuesdaya . 4th Saturday ..•••••.•••••.••••.. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .. 2nd and 4th Mondays . 2nd and 4th Fridays ......••...... 2nd and 4th Mondays . 1st and Srd Thursdays .•.......... 3rd Saturday .

Charter Date Oct. 24. 1844 Oct. 22. 1924 June 2,1866 May 28.1856 Oct. 2,1896 Oct. 17. 1878 Sept. 30. 1908 June 1.1866 May 6.1852 Oct. 14. 1848 May 22.1858 May 28.1859 May 26.1886 Oct. 19. 1921 Oct. IS. 1870 Oct. 13. 1870 Oct. 12. 1882

1st Saturday ...•.•.••••....••..•. 1st and 8rd Thursdays . 1st Monday •.••.•.•••.••••••••••. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays . 2nd Wednesday ••••.••••.••..•... 2nd Wednesday ••....••••.•..•••. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .. 2nd and 4th Mondays ....•....•...

May 8,1852 Oct. 11.1842 May 10. 1850 1868 Oct. 19.1867 Oct. 13.1870 Oct. 18. 1888 Oct. 13. 1881

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Platte •••••.•• ' Rising Sun ....... Platte ..•.....•.. Comp888 .•••••••• Camden Point ..•. Rowley ..•.•..••. Fidelity •.•••.•• ,. Adelphi. .. Platte City .•.•...

13IBarry ....•••.•.. 53IWeston •••..••••. 120 IParkville •••••••• 1691 Camden Point •••• 204IDearborn •••••••. 339 IFarley . 366IEdgerton .••••••• 604 1Platte City ..••.•.

Trigg Robb . Buford R. Randolph .. Leon A. Robbins . Geo. P. Skinner . Forest L. Dean . Barold Babcock . Elliott Foster . Robert Bills ..

F. R. Williams ..•.. Earl W. Foley • ••••. Richard R. Field . W. K. Bywaters . G. R. Manville . GUY Kamphefner . Clyde M. Newman .. Herman Klein .....

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SIXTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-JOHN J. BOWMAN, D. D. G. M., Liberty, Mo. (RitUal Districts 11, 23) Ritual District No. 11

Liberty. • • • • • • • • . ~ Holt............. Angerona. • .. .. .. Clay •••••••••••.. Kearney Temperance ••••• ' CIi':.t~~: :::::: Hemple. .•••• .••. Vincil........... Plattsburg. • • • • •• Gower •.•..••.•.. Lathrop •••..•••• Ray .••••..... Bee Hive •.•••••..

all Liberty .•...•.•. , 49IHolt ..••.....•.. , 1931Missouri City ...• 2071Excelsior Springs, 311IKearney . 488 ISmithville .•••.•. , 87IHemple ...•..•... 62ICameron ...•..•. , 1131 Plattsburg ..••••. 397IGower ....•••••.• 606ILathrop ..•..•... 898ILawson .••..•.•• '

Percy M. Best Harold H. Brown James B. Hicklin Virgil Hope J. P. Craig B. N. Coons James S. Freeman Roy G. Newsom Robert W. Cox O. C. Hinderks J ames Lee Smith

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John J. Bowman. .. Lawrence W. BarteE Robert E. Hicklin.. H. H. Woods. . . . . .. Edgar Ferril Alfred O. Lowman. James R. Vaughn .. O. Rex Orr. . . . . . .. R. W. Hayward. . .. J. C. Cummings .... , J. L. Taylor......• . Laurence D. Estill..

2nd and 4th Mondays ••..••••••••. 2nd and 4th Mondaya ...••.•.•••. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ....••••••••• 1st and 3rd Mondays •••.••••••.••. lat and ard Thursdays •••••••••••• 1st and 3rd Wednesdays .. 1st and 3rd Thursdays ......••..•. 1st and Srd Mondaya .. 1st Thursday ...•..•••..•..••••.• 1st and 3rd Wednesdays •••••.•••. Srd Monday......•.•...•...•.•.•. lat & 3rd Fridays . o

Oct. 9,1840 Sept. 1854 May 28,1869 May SO, 1861 Oct. 12, 1869 Oct. 16, 1872 Oct. 18, 1900 Oct. 19, 1867 May 9,1860 Oct. 16, 1872 Oct. 12, 1882 Oct. 18. 1871

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Lafayette •.••. Waverly ••••••••• Lexinsrton •••••••. Hhrginsville ••••.. Concordia..•••••. MountHope ••••.. Richmond •••••••. Ray ............. Ada .•..•••••••••

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E. Ray Zey .......... Clayton B. Howe ..... Oral R. Hopkins ..... Brice Bailey ......... D. E. Mack .......... Roy Lee Clark ....... Robert N. Waller.... Eunice Roe ..........

L. M. James ....... R. J. Tarlton .••.... A. W. Fuhr ........ Everett Pape...... W. F. Baker....... F. B. Thompson .... F. P. Kirkland ..... J. A. Hughes ......

2nd Thursday •.••••....•.••••••.. 8rd Tuesday ..•.....•...••••••... 2nd and 4th Mondaya •..•.•••..... 1st and 8rd Mondaya ••..•........ 2nd and 4th Fridaya ..•.•..•..••.. 3rd Monday. • • • . . . • • • • • • • • . . • . .. lat Thursday. •. .. .•• • •• •• .• •• .•• 2nd Thursday. .. . .. . ... • . . ... ....

June 2.1866 June 4,1886 Oct. 14, 1884 Nov. 1872 Oct. 15, 1874 Oct. 12. 1842 Sept. 19. 1921 Oct. 16, 1872

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LODGE DmECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued SEVENTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-eHAS. C. RAYMOND, D. D. G. M., Kansas City, Mo. (Ritual District 22) CountS' I Lodge INo.1 Location I Master .lacbon .....•., Heroine ..••.•.•. 1041Kansas City ..•••. Eugene J. Cohen . H Albert Pike ...... 2191Kansas Cit,. ..••.. Robert M. Clark . Kansas Cit,. ••••.• 220lKansas Cit,. .••••• Loren W. Samples . Temple ..•••••••. 2991Kansas City ..••• Karl D. Patnott . Cecile-Da,.light .•. 8051Kansas City John M. Herd , Rural 3161Kansas City F. B. Dennis ....•.... Westport ..••••.. 840lKansas Cit,. James R. Irons , Ivanhoe •••..•..•. 4461Kansas City ..•••. Milton N. Baer , Gate Cit,. ••..•.•• 5221Kansas City .••.•. William H. Cox . Orient ....••.••.. 5461Kansas Cit,.••••.. Wm. H. Clements . South Gate ..•.... 5471Kansas City ..•••. William B. Betty . ••.... york .•••.••..••. 5631Kansas City .••••. Melva Jay Horney . ....... Swope Park ...... 6171Kansas City ...... Laurence W. Jones . ••..... Sheffield ..•.••..• 6251Kansas Cit,. •••••. Alfred E. McDaneL .. ••.... , East Gate •••..••. 630lKansas City. '" ., Russell D. Hilliard . ••.••. Northeast .....•.. 6431Kansas City •••••. Ballard M. Collins . ....... Country Club 6561Kansas Cit,. ...... Monte A. Gillespie , ....... Rockhill 66SIKansas Cit,. •..••. Isador I. Tenenbaum. CIa,. Alpha 6591N. Kansas City Ion Fortune .

:Secretary I Time of Meeting J os. S. Epstein. . . .. 2nd and 4th TuesdayS .....••••.•. , C. L. Soderstrom. .. 1st and Srd Fridays ' E. W. Ernst, Acting 2nd and 4th MondayS ..••••••..... Henry M. Wethy 1st and 3rd TuesdayS .•....•...... Edgar D. Doane 2nd and 4th WednesdayS ..•••••... H. B. Blanchard. .. 1st and 3rd Mondays ..•.•••..•.... Wm. F. Lacaft 2nd and 4th Tuesda,.s ....•••...... F. A. Lewis 2nd and 4th Thursdays .. Fred H. Knight 1st and Srd SaturdayS ..•.•.....•. Vernie G. Fisher. .. 2nd and 4th Fridays ........•..... Thos. M. Pratt, Sr.. 1st and Srd Thursdays . I. F. Strycker ....•. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays .•....•..•..• J. E. Witt. . . . . . . .. 2nd and 4th ThursdayS ....•...... , Leonard F. Owens .. 2nd and 4th ThursdayS .. Leonard T. Gillham 1st and 3rd Tuesdays . Edward N. Haynes. 1st and Srd ThursdayS .....•...•.. R. T. Swearingen .. 1st and 3rd Mondays ...••..••••.. , Joseph Weinsaft ... 1st and 3rd Wednesdays .....•.... Chas. Norris .•..... 2nd and 4th MondayS .

Charter Date May 10, lUg Oct. 17, 1896 Ma,. 3,1861 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 17, 1923 Oct. 12, 1869 Oct. 11, 1894 Oct. 17, 1901 Oct. 11, 1888 Sept. 22, 1920 Oct. 16, 1890 Oct. 17,1896 Sept. 28, 1911 Sept.:l6,1912 Oct. 21, 1911 Sept. 2, 1916 Sept. 21, 1921 Oct. 28, 1925 Sept.21, 1921

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Cass Grand River Wadesburg •••••.. Nonpareil Belton .••...•.•.. Jewel ..•..••••... Coldwater ..•••••. Archie Cleveland

54 IGarden City 147IHarrisonville 276IFreeman S48ICreighton....... 8721 East Lynne 460IBelton ..••...••.. 480/Pleasant Hill ..•.. 486IDrexel ....••.•••. 633IArehie 661ICleveland

G. C. Kimberlin Harold P. Dyar Arthur L. Bybee Jesse L. Van Meter. George B. Majors E. F. Draper C. W. Eggers Harold L. Brown M. E. Kelly I. A. Stone Jeon E. Chandler.... J. W. Kennemer... Herbert W. Fields George W. Smith... Elmer E. Smith Clarence H. Bundy. Frank O. Barrett Edw. M. Wesemann C. R. Caldwell

Independenee ..•• Summit ..•..••••. MeDonald .••••••. Blue Sprinp .••.. Raytown ..•..•••. Christian •••••••. Buekner .•••••••• Marlborough ..... Mt. Washincton .. Grandview ....•.. Grain Valley •....

76IIndependenee •••• 2631Lee's Summit ..•. 8241 Independenee ..•. 3371Blue Sprinp ..••. 391IRaytown •••..••. 392/0ak Grove ..•.•.. 601IBuekner••••••••• 56918009 Wood1'd,K.C. 6141Mt. Washincton .. 618 IGrandview ...•••• 6441Grain Valley •...•

Rolly Johnson ....... Robert Thompson .... Reg. A. Smith ....... A. N. Bienert........ Gus Johnson ......... James W. Ford ...... Everett H. Bostwiek .. James Perry Wise .... Jos. H. Anway, Sr.... T. L. Bird ........... Frank Sowder .......

1st and Srd TuesdayS 1st and 3rd ThursdayS Third Thursday Friday on or before full moon..... 2nd Tuesday ....•••.•............ 1st and 3rd TuesdayS ..•.......... 2nd Friday ....••••.•••....•••... 1st and Srd MondayS .....•........ 2nd and 4th WednesdayS .•••••..•• 2nd Tuesday

Oct. 16.1884 Oct. 17.1867 Oct. H>.1868 Oct. 2,1882 Oct. 17.1873 Oct. 16.1872 Dec. 20.1878 Oct. 13,1881 Oct. I, 1914 Sept. 20. 1920

2nd and 4th Mondays •.•.•••.•.... 1st and 8rd TuesdayS ............. 1st and 3rd MondayS ............. ' 1st and 8rd FridayS ..•.•.•.•••••. 1st and 8rd Thursdays ...•.•••.... 1st and 8rd FridayS .............. lat and 8rd TuesdaYll ............. 1st and 3rd MondaYll .............. 2nd and 4th FridayS .............. 1st and 8rd ThursdaYll ..••..••.... 2nd and 4th TuesdaYll ••••..•••••..

Oet. 14,1846 Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 12, 1869 Oct. 13, 1887 Oct. 13, 1871 Oct. 13, 1871 Oct. 11. 1877 Oet. 26, 1927 Oct. 17, 1911 Sept.28, 1911 Sept. 21. 1916

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M. W. Sudbroek .... Wm. A. Harvey .... W. Lee Whitmire ... G. L. Morrison ..... Virgil O. Dryer .... G. W. Robinson .... H. Bergsehneider..• Gustav W. Knecht .. Gregg B. Christy ... Gilbert Strode ...... Ferol Harrison .....

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NINTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRIOT-DO N OHAPMAN, D. D. G. M., OhUlicothe, Mo. (Ritual Districts 10, 12) Ritual District No. 10 Lodge County DeKalb .••.... Berlin ........... Union Star .•.•••. Parrott••.••••••• Osborn ...•••••.•. Continental .••••. Clarksdale ..•...• ' Daviess .•..•.. Western Star •.... Pattonsbur~ ••••• Gallatin .......... Altamont..•.•••. EarL .•..••••.•.. Lock Springs .... , Jameson •.•••.••. Jamesport ..••••.

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Location Master NO.1 3781 Fairport......... J. B. Owens. Jr...... 1241Union Star .•.••. C. F. Daily .......... 308\Maysville .•••.••• Mervin Gall ......... 31710sborn •••••••.•. S. O. Borland ........ .f641Stewartsville ..••. W. E. Cornelius ...... 669lClarksdale ...•.• , David Heriford ...... 16IWinaton ••••••••• Forrest R. Setzer .... 66IPattonabur~.••.• Clyde M. Young ...... 106lGallatin ..••••••• Frank Jones ......... 1081Altamont ••...... Ray Johnston ........ 286 iCoffey ••••••••••. • W. H. Fu!lington .... 488JLock Springs .... . Joseph HIcks ........ 600jJameson ..••••••. Harry J. Wheeler, Jr. 664lJamesport ...•••. Doyle C. Kime .......

Secretary Lawrence F. Shipp. Ben U. Clark ..... , L. L. Hofstatter... Robert K.Stewart .. Clarence G. Waller . Donald M. Barrow .. Alfred Dunlap ..... Harvey F. Nalle .... Roy C. Cox ........ E. D. Prouty ...... W. S. Underwood .. Oren W. Grimes .... John Smith ........ Rollan E. Fisher ...

Time of Meeting 2nd & 4th Mondoys ............. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ..••..•• 1st and 3rd Mondays ............ 2nd and 4th Thursdays •.••••••.. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays .•..••..•.. 1st and 3rd Thursdays .•••..•••. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays .••.••.••.. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays .••••••••.. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ..•.•••.•.. 2nd and 4th Fridays ............ 1st and 3rd Wednesday.......... 1st and 8rd Thursdays .••••.•••. 1st and 8rd Thursdays ..•...••.. 1st and Srd MondaY8 ............

Charter Date Oct. 15, 1886 Oct. 12.1869 Oct. 12, 1864 Dec. 21, 1908 Oct. S,189S June 1,1866 May 29.1864 Oct. 16, 1879 Sept. 18. 1919 Oct. 16. 1888 Oct. 15. 1874 Oct. 11. 1877 Oct. 19, 1898

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Kingston ..•.•.... Braymer ..••.••.. Hamilton •..••.•• Polo .•.••......•. Breckenri~e ..••. CowgilL .••••.••. : Friendship ..••••. Spring Hill ..•••.. Benevolenee ..•... Chula ..•.•••••.•. Wheeling ........ •••• 1 Dawn ............

.... ....... ..... .... ...... ...... Livi~~~~::: .... .... .... .... ,. .... ..

118IKingston .••••••. 136IBraymer .••••.••. 224IHamUton •••••••• 2821Polo ............. 384IBreckenri~e..... 661ICowgi1} ..•••••••• 891 Chillieothe •.••••• 166 1Spring Hill .••••• 170IUtica••••••••••. , 388IChula••.. oo . . . . . 434lWheeling •••••••. 539ILudlow ..•••..•..

Chester A. Lemery ... Virgil Loomis ....... Glenn Rogers ........ Vaughn Smith ....... Francis Reed ........ Ruby Hatfield ....... Lester C. Baldwin .... William M.' Black .... W. T. Stone......... Joe Thorne .......... Louis Hoerr ......... James Baxter ........

R. G. Geilker ....•.. D. Irving Farrar ... Ira C. Wilson ...... Lincoln Dana...... Herbert Woolsey ... Homer Buster ...... F. W. Cornue ...... Thomas E. Stith ... Harry B. Stone.... Ross D. Adkins ..... P. B. Myers ........ M. F. Pollard ......

1st and 8rd Thursday ............. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ..•.•••••.•.. 1st and Srd Tuesdays ....... oo • • • • 2nd and 4th Wednesdays .••.•.••.. 2nd and 4th ThU1'8daya .••••••••.• 2nd and 4th Fridays .............. 2nd and 4th Fridays .....•••••.•.. 1st and 3rd Saturdays ••••..••••••. 1st Saturday ....••.•...••••••..•. 1st and 8rd Thursdays ..•••••••.•. 2nd and 4th Thursdays ..•.•.•••••. 2nd and 4th Fridays .....•..•.....

Oct. 19, 1867 Oct. 17, 1889 July 16, 1867 Oct. 16, 1878 Oct. 80, 1870 Oct. 12, 1898 Oct. 12. 1847 June 2.1866 May 30,1857 Oct. S,1871 Oct. 17, 1873 Oct. 17. 1889

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Ritual District No. 13 Linn. . • • . • • • •. .. •••••• • • •. •••..••••. ••••.••••. :: ••••.••••. ••••.•••..

Jackson •........ Brookfield....•.. Cypress .•••••.••. Bucklin ••••.•••.. Doekerr·········· Marcehne.••.•••.

82ILinneus . 86lBrookfleld . 227ILaclede ••••••••.. 233IBucklin ..•••••••. 325 IMeadville ..••••.. 481IMarceline .•.... , .

Ronald Bradley, \ N. G. Couch '12nd and 4th Mondays ....•.•...... Harold R. James , John E. Kimber ..•. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ....••.....•. W. G. Savage....... Thomas H. Wade... 1st and 3rd WednesdayS ..•..•..••. William A. Stevens. .. D. R. Owen. . . . . . .. 1st and Srd TuesdayS ......•••••.. Howard A. Collis ,I E. E. Sidebottom. .. Each Tuesday evening ..•.•••••••• Arthur M. Willian John L. McNeece...1 1st and 3rd ThursdaYS ....•.•••...

Oct. 6.1!l4ti June 2,1866 May 29,1862 May 26,1864 Oct. 12, 1869 Oct. 17. 1889

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Eureka .•••••..•. Warren •••••••••. Triplett ••••••••.. Westville ..•••••• Salisbury •••••••• Rothville •••.••..• Cunningham ••••. Mendon .•..•••...

73lBrunswick .•..... 74lKeytesville •••..•. 122lTriplett•.••••••. 202lWestville ..•••••. 2081 Salisbury •••••••• 426lRothville .•••••.. 5251Sumner•••••••••. 628IMendon ..........

L. Lloyd Cameron .... W. R. Cox ........... Harold E. Koch ...... Harry Keller ......... L. H. Wilson ......... Charles M. Waugh ... Russell E. Smart ..... Frank Fox ..........

Arthur G. Lynch ... Marvin G. Wilson .. H. L. Twyman ..... W. L. Ray ......... H. H. Brummall. ... Lee Clair .......... Leslie O. Allen ....• Carroll G. Shull. ...

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Oct. 16,1846 Oct. 20. 1846 Oct. 12, 1896 June 2,1866 Oct. 19. 1867 Oct. 21. 1897 Oct. 16, 11:184 Oct. 28, 1924

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.. De Witt..••..••.. Wakanda .•••..•• Bogard •••••.•..• Hale City ••••••.. Carroll •.•••••••.. Boeworth••••..•• . Hardin ..•.•••.•.

391De Witt.•..••••• 521 Carrollton .•••••• 101IBogard ••.••••••• 216IHale .. 249lNorborne •••••••. 597lBosworth .••••••. 322IHardin .•...•...•

Otto Boelsen Clair Whittekind Frank Brunscher Ralph T. Haynes J. E. Wade Ralph Dooley Basil Gibson

. Ward Carson ' . Harry E. Schanz. .. R. E. Dickerson. . .. . Robert L. Bartlett.. . R. Emmett Parrish. . Henry Galbrecht.. , . S. L. Lockridge. . •.

'""' 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..•••••••••. 2nd and 4th Thursdan ••.••••..•.. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ••••••••••••. 1st and 8rd Mondays ..••.••••.... 2nd and 4th Mondan .••.....•.... 2nd and 4th Thursdan •..•••..•.•. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .

Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

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ELEVENTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRIO'1'-W. R. HOWELL, D. D. G. Mo, Monroe City, Mo. (Ritual Districts 14, 17, 18) Ritual District No. 14 County Lodge Macon ....•... Callao ..•.•••••.. Bloomington ..•.. " Censer..••••..•.. La Plata . Lodge of Truth . Excello •.••..•••• Elmer•..•...... , Sh~,lb7 •••.••.. St. Andrews .•.... Shelbina .. Hunnewell •....•. BetheL .•.•..••.. Clarence .

No.1 Location 38 ICallao •••••••••.. 102IBevier •••••.••••. 172IMaeon .. 2371La Plata••••...•. 268lAtlanta •.••••.... 332lExcello ..•••••••. 648IElmer•••..••••.. 961 Shelbyville ..••••. 228lShelbina .•• , ••••. 415IHunnewell ..••••. 537IBethel •••..••••.. 6621 Clarence ..••••..•

Secretary I Time of Meeting Ma.ster Lindley Dunham . Bert B. Bledsoe. . 1st & 3rd Fridays . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays •••.••....... George R. Means . C. F. Larsen George Armstrong . Romet Bradshaw. .. 2nd and 4th Monday ...••...•.••.. 2nd and 4th Thursdays .•••••••.••. Leon Ea.sley . E. H. Hawkins Gilbert M. Elsea . C. G. Saga.ser 1st Monday ..•.•.•••..•••..•••••. Everett Brown . Ross King ....•.... 1st and 8rd Wednesdan ..••••••••. Clyde I. Murry . I. H. Grubbs 2nd and 4th Mondan .. 2nd and 4th Fridays ..••..•.•••••• Donley M. Fox . James J. Pflum Arthur E. Carlson . Fred R. White..... 1st and 8rd Fridays •••.•.....•.... George E. Grubb . J. Albert Howe 2nd & 4th Fridays . C. E. Swisher . Sam Ziegler. . . . . . .. 1st and 8rd Mondays •••••••.•••••. Louis E. Hopper . Frank K. Roy. . . . .. 1st and 8rd Tuesdays .........•...

Charter Date June 2,1866 May 10,1849 JuneU,1876 June 22, 1866 Oct. 15, 1868 Sept.29, 1904 Sept. 20, 1920 May 10,1848 May 29.1862 Oct. 13, 1871 Feb. 22, 1888 Oct. 22,1924

Ba.sil Wyatt......... Wallace W. Levings .. P. J. Butler......... Richard F. Sullins... Sidney McIllhaney. .. Lewis L. Curtright ...

Henry Sladek . Edward M. Adams. Geo. S. Tompkins ... Estell T. Broaddus .. Philander H. Stuart Thoma.s E. Sparks ..

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Mar. 1, 1836 May 6.1852 June 2,1866 Oct. 12,1847 Oct. 17, 1873 Oct. 17. 1923

1st and 8rd Tuesdays .•••.••.••••. 1st and 8rd Saturdan •••••••••••• 1st and 8rd Thursdays .••••••••••• 2nd and 4th Mondan .. 2nd and 4th Thursdan •••.•••••••. 1st and 8rd Wednesdaya ••••••••••. 2nd and 4th Wednesdan .••.•.•••. 1st & 3rd Thursdays .

Oct. 8,1840 May 26, 1866 May 1859 Oct. 6,1870 Oct. a, 1874 Oct. 15, 1886 Sept. 24. 1902 Sept. 24, 1940

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Ritual District No. 18 lW.ndolph •••.. Huntsville ••••... 00 Milton •.•..••••.. Clifton Hill .••... Moberly ••••••.•. Cairo•.••..•..... Higbee .••••.•.•. Jacksonville ..•... Clark .

80lHuntsville ..••.•. 151IMilton ..•••••.•. 1611Clifton Hill ••••.. 8441 Moberly .••..•••. 4861 Cairo ••••••.•••.. 5271Higbee•••..••••. 541IJackaonville ...•. 6101Clark .••....•....

Stanley E. Green Emmett Fleming G.K.Hill Kenneth Shumate Lawson Evans Chas. H. Tucker Waldo Creed R. M. Fountain

. Warren A. Dennis .. . Arthur Haak...... . J. L. Schupbaek. . .. . J. W. Tate . U. L. Dameron . Edwin B. Hawkins. . Oresta C. Gr088. . .. . Frank L. Ornburn..

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Monticello ...•••. LaBelle•.•..••••. Craft ••...••••••. Williamstown •••. Lewistown .•••••. Ewinlr •••..•••••. , Palmyra.••..••.. St. John's ..•.••.. Hannibal .. Philadelphia .••.. Ralls .••••••••••• Lick Creek . New London .

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241La Grange .•••••. \ W. R. Lake . . 58IMonticello ..••••• ' David E. Shanks . 222ILaBelle .••••.•••. Cecil W. Morgan 287ICanton ••••.••••• Robert M. Gorrell . 870IWilliamatown ..•. James B. JenkiJ18 . 494ILewiBtown T. L. Henry . 577IEwinlr .••.•••••..•................... 18IPalmna..••••••. Samuel J. Feaster . 281Hannibal. ••••••. Jack S. Hathaway ' 188IHannibal •••••••. Edwin S. Brown . 502/Philadelphia Paul M. Bailey . 83ICenter Richard J. Woods . . 302 IPerry ....•..•..• Harold T. Moore 307tNew London ..•.. Lester Dilbeck .

Leslie Edwards. . . .. 1st and llrd Thursdays ..••.....•.. R. Lance West ..••• 2nd and 4th ThursdaJ'S ••..••••••• Frank L. Young 2nd and 4th Fridays .. Jere Bradshaw 1st and 8rd Mondays ..••..•....... John S. Smith " 1st and 8rd ThursdaJ'S ..••••••••.. Archie E. Graves 1st and 3rd Thursdays •••••••••••• . . • . • . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1st and 8rtl Thursdays .••••••••... Rufus L. Haydon .•. 2nd and 4th ThursdaJ'S .. W. H. Blackshaw ... 1st and 8rd Mondays ..•••••••.•••. Frederick E. Herrin 2nd and 4th MondaJ'S ••••••••••... T. J. Bleigh. . . . . . .. 1st Thursday .•.••••••••••••••••• Grover C. Layne .... 2nd and 4th Wednesdan •••••••••• C. W. Deckerd. . . .. 2nd Tuesday ••.•••.•••••••••••••• Geo. F. Watson ... ",1st and 8rd Frida78 .•••••••••••••

Oct. 11, 1887 1842 Oct. 11, 18&8 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 18, 1870 Oct. 12, 1876 Sept. 7, 1906 Apr. 25, 1881 MaJ' 30,1861 MaJ' 80,1860 Oct. 11, 1877 May 27.1861 Oct. 15. 1888 Oct. 12. 188e

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THIRTEENTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-JOHN R. BAKER, D. D. G. M., Fulton, Mo. (Ritual Districts 16, 2:1, 28) Ritual District No. 16 County Lodge Pike .••.•.•••. Eolia ....•.•••••• Clarksville•••..•• Perseverance .••.. Phoenix ..••••.•. Frankford ••••.•• Pike ...•.•.•••••.

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Location Master I 14IEolia••....•••••. Russell P. Martin .... 17IClarksviUe••••. ,. Eugene Townsell. ... , 921 Louisiana ........ Charles W. Pfieffer ... 1361Bowline Green ••. H. J. Bunde ......... 1921 Frankford ..•.•.. Coburn B. Jackson ... 399 ICurryville ....... ' Carl Day Harris .....

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Secretary Wharton Schooler .. Harry C. Carroll ..• Irvin Wagner ...... V. E. VogeL ....... RobertJ. Parham .. J. Henry Sisson ....

Time of Meeting 2nd and 4th Thursday ..••••....•. 1st and 3rd Thursdays ...••••..••. 1st and 8rd Tuesdays ..••......•.. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ............. 2nd and 4th Mondays ............. 1st Wednesday ...................

Charter Date Oct. 16. 1886 Dec. 1.1830 Oct. 12, 1847 May 1851 May 26,1859 Jan. 24, 1871

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IHIMolino .....•••.. 115ILaddonia.•.•.••. 266 IMartinsburg .•••• 854IMexico ..••.••••. 491IVandalia ..•..•.. 48IFulton ........... 60lNew Bloomfield .. ' 242IPortland••••••••. 566ITebbetts ..••.•••• 5851 Shamrock •••••••. 612IMokane ..........

John A. Cawthorn ... Alfred Herman ...... John Ross ........... Henry R. Turner .... , Raymond W. Asbury . Preston B. McCall ... , Leslie O. Fleming .... Royal T. Tate ....... Walter G. Burre ..... John Wells .......... Robert Sullins .......

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Oct. 12, 1898 Oct. 28, 1882 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 13, 1870 Dec. 12, 1876 Oct. 17,1841 May 25,1864 May 26,1865 Oct. 22, 1902 Sept. 27, 1906 Sept. 11, 1911

Oland A. Jones "Isrd Monday·····················1 G. R. Barton 2nd and 4th Tuesdays James F. Hassler 2nd and 4th Mondays Luther Watkins Srd Monday Evening Donald T. Brashear. 1st and 3rd Saturdays............

May 28,1868 May 30,1860 Sept. 22, 1920 Oct. 12,1898 Oct. 12.1876

Clyde W. Ellis ...... H. Christopher ..... F. W. Riutcel. ... Benj. C. Denton .... Malcolm L. Motley. , C. R. Powell. ...... Churchill M. Holt ... M. A. Gibson ....... R. J. Huffmaster ... Wm. S. Armstrong. C. D. Winter....... 0

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178IBellftower ••.••• "1 194IWellsville 246 IMontgomery City 457IJonesburg 492IMcKittrick

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84ITroy . 75ISilex ...•..•..•.. 1991Elsberry ..•..•... 270IWinfield ..••••..• 4091 Louisville ..••••.. 47310Iney ..•.....•.. 668\Moscow Mills ....

H. A. Heimburger. .. R. E. Williams E. Palmer Cox Clayton Callaway GUY Haley Arley C. Kerns " Arthur C. Langford ..

Andy J. Blair " Leon F. Gooch James H. Powell H. H. Arnhold John Kleisner Raymond Lewallen. D. D. Humphrey ...

2nd and 4th Mondays. . . . . . • . • • • •• Friday on or before full moon..... 2nd Thursday ..•..••••••.•••••... 1st and 3rd SaturdayS •••••••••••• 3rd Thursday 1st Friday ......•...........•.. " 2nd and 4th Saturdays ..•.........

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St. Charles .•.. Wentzville ..••••. 46lWentzville ..•.•.. Palestine •••..••. 2411St. Charles .••.... Mechanicsville ..•. 260IDefiance ••••••••• Pauldingville•••.. lllWright City •••.. , Wa~n::::::: Warrenton ....••• 6091 Warrenton ..•....

J ames Roy Jackson .. Eugene F. Schaberg .. Armin Meyer ........ M. F. Saatman ...... , Leo Waters ..........

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Franklin •••... Evergreen ..•.••. Sullivan .•••••••• , Gray Summit ..... Hope ...•.••..••• Fraternal ..•••.•. Columbia .••••••. Easter •...•.•••.. Union ..••••••••• Guconade ..•. Hermann ..•••••. Owensville ..••...

271New Haven .••.•• 691 Sullivan ..•..•••. 1731Gray Summit . 261IWashington .. 3631 Robertsville ..•••• 634 IPacific ..•..••••. 6751St. Clair••••••••• 59SIUnion ..•..•••••. 123IHermann ..••..•. 62410wensville .••.... 0

George W. Held Robert O. Danson Ursa T. Maddox Nero A. Wilson Frank Ingram " Jerry CottrelL William Doyle M. C. Copeland Edmund A. BohI. . . .. Frank T. Alred

A. C. Goodrich Charles S. Betz Aug. J. Holthaus Walter A. Pfautsch. Louis H. Bruns. . E. A. Roemer R. C. Murphy Herbert F. Miller A. B. SuenkeI. " Edmund Knehans ..

2nd and 4th Thursdays ...•....... , 1st and 3rd Saturdays 1st and 3rd ThursdayS 1st and 3rd Fridays 1st Saturday. . . . • • • . . • • • • • • . • • . •. 2nd and 4th ThursdayS •.••••••••• , 2nd and 4th TuesdayS 2nd and 4th Fridays ..•••.•••••.•• 2nd and 4th Fridays. . . • . • . . . . . . .. 1st and 3rd ThursdayS

May 26,lS1f4 June 2,1866 Sept.23,1903 Oct. 16.1867 Oct. 12. 1870 Oct. 13,1887 Sept. 28. 1906 June 18,1907 May 30, 1860 Sept.25.1912

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LODGE DmECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued FIFTEENTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT (A)-RUSSELL E. MURRAY, D. D. G. M., St. Louis, Mo. (Ritual District 33a) Ritual District No. 33a County I Lodge INo.1 Location St. Louis City. " Missouri. .. • • • • . . liSt. Louis ' .. Meridian......... 21St. Louis .. St. Louis......... 20iSt. Louis . Pomegranate. .••. 961St. Louis •••••••. Oceidental •••.•.. 1631St. Louis ..••.••• Pyramid l801St. Louis , Good Hope •••..•. 2181St. Louis ..••..•• Aurora ...•...••• 2671St. Louis .. America .•.•.•... 3471St. Louis .•••..•. , Harmony ...••... 4991St. Louis , Clifton Heights .. , 6201St. Louis .. Algabil. ••...•... 6441St. Louis ..•..••• .. Rose Hill , 5501St. Louis . .. Magnolia 6261St. Louis .. . Trinity.......... 6411St. Louis .. St. Louis Co... University....... 649IUniversity City •• , St. Louis City.. Pilgrim.......... 6521 St. Louis .. .. . Commonwealth .•. 6541St. Louis .. St. Louis Co. .. Theo. Roosevelt .. ' 661 IUniversity City .. , St. Louis City. Polar Star....... 791St. Louis .••...•. .. Erwin .......•••• 121 St. Louis . Olive Branch •••.. 676 St. Louis . Ben Franklin ..•. ' 642 St. Louis .

Master George J. Seil. , Adolph G. Webers . Alfred M. Frager . L. W. RobiJlBon . Roy E. Bage . Austin L. Turnbull . Raymond A. Kuehn .. Sugden S. Harris . Walter B. Mueller . George J. King . Charles O. Smith , O. G. Hoffmeister . Ernest L. Keathley . Lyle S. Woodcock . H. O. Tempelmeyer .. Russell C. Ga.rber . Vincent A. Zoff . Russell E. Rudolph .. Clinton L. Skinner . Wm. D. Meloy . G. Eichenlaub, Sr . Roy H. Smith , Louis Kanter .

Secretary I Time of Meeting ICharter Date John Wohradsky, Jr.. 1st and 3rd Thursdays .••.....•• Sept. 4,1821 Harry C. Ploetze 2nd and 4th Thursdays .••••...•. May 6. 1852 Harry Schwartz 2nd and 4th WednesdayS ..••.... Oct. 24. 1886 R. C. Winkelmaier •.. 1st and 8rd SaturdayS Sept. 21. 1916 C. L. Alexander ..... , 2nd and 4th Tuesdays •••••...•.. May 29,1866 R. S. Lorimier. . . . . .. 2nd and 4th Fridays. . • . . • • . . • .. Sept. 21, 1916 Elmer M. Ruffin , 1st and Ird SaturdayS. • . . . • . • .. May SO, 11l6l Chas. V. Ehrmann 1st and 3rd TuesdayS........... Oct. 19,1868 Geo. H. Holdsworth .. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays •••.••••••. Sept. 17. 1919 William E. Punt 1st and 8rd Mondays ..••.•..•... Sept. 19. 1917 J. E. Winterton, Jr 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .•••••.•••• Oct. 10,1894 Wm. E. Bridegroom .. 2nd and 4th Fridays .••••••••.•• Sept. 19. 1917 Earl H. Pleitsch 2nd and 4th TuesdayS •.•••..•••• Oct. 15.1891 Henry C. Mayer , 2nd and 4th Wednesdays Oct. 16. 1918 Edward H. Bockhorst 2nd and 4th Thursdays .••.••... ' ~ept. 21. 1916 Alfred A. Nail 1st and 3rd MondayS .........•.. Sept. 22, 1920 Barney L. Arterbury. 1st and Ird WednesdayS ;:;ept.21. 1921 Duval O'Neal. , 1st and Ird ThursdayS .•..•...•. Sept.21,1921 S. K. Bradley, Jr 2nd and 4th MondayS Oct. 17.1923 Val Krapp.......... 1st and 3rd FridayS ..•..••.•.... Oct. 14. 1846 A. A. Blankenmeister. 2nd and 4th FridayS. •......•.. Apr. 26, 1850 Fred L. Oatman... .. 2nd and 4th TuesdayS •.••..•••.• Sept. 26, 1906 Harold M. Goodman.. 1st and 3rd ThursdayS ...•...••. ' Sept.21. 1916

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Ritual District No. 33-B Bt. Louis City.. .. " •. " •. tt •. .. " •• " •.

Beacon .......••• Geo. Washinlrton. Mt. Moriah ....... Pride of the West. Kentone ••••••... Cosmos ..•..••••. Cornerstone •••... Paul Revere .••••. Tuscan •••••..••.

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•. Apollo .•••..•••.. Forest Park•••... Tower Grove ••.•. Mizpah .••••••... Shaveh •••••...•. •. ProJrre&8 ..••••... •• Trianlrle .••••••.. •• Naphtali ..•.••••. .. Cache ........... •. Itaska....•..•.•• •• Purity ..•.•••••••

31St. Louis ••..••. 91St. Louis .•••••. 401St. Louis ....... 1791St. Louis ....... 2431St. Louis •••.••. 282!St. Louis •••••.. 3231St. Louis ••••••. 3301St. Louis •••••.. 3601St. Louis ..••... 443!University City. 4451St. Louis ••••••. 460JSt. Louis ••••••. 50li/St. Louis ••••••. 5~9ISt. Louis ••••••. 5781St. Louis ••••••. 631!St. Louis .•••••. 6391St. Louis •..•.•. 6461St. Louis .•••••. 6571St. Louis .•••.•. 6381St. Louis ••••••. 251St. Louis ....... 4161St. Louis ..•.••. 4201St. Louis ••••••. 6581St. Louis ••••.•.

Louis F. Schmidt Thomas H. Grob William F. Ahlert Robert R. Reuter Kenneth E. Thein Nat Malt Edgar R. Mann Herbert W. Turnbull. Carl F. Gast Joseph Pavelka, Jr Preston E. Pitts. . . . . George B. Byron Odus O. Newman Theodore S. Besch Robert R. Corneau Wlliam G. Saal...... Otto E. Thiele Harry M. Fiebig Th08. L. Drennen William E. McMahan. Herman H. Otto ..... Carl W. Brown...... Henry E. Bloss...... Leo O. Cowee. . . . . . ..

Harvey E. Waldt.: Robt. C. Brinkman Walter A. Webb ..•.... Norman H. Behrend G. J. Tisehler Sam Broadbent W. R. Schmitt E. W. F. Brueggemann. Wm. C. Hilmer....••.. A. W. Reiter....•..... E. B. Partenheimer. . .. Ben C. Burroughs M. E. Campbell .....•.. George Ruths Wm. C. Rese ....•..... A. H. Liebmann Walter H. Voss Th08. O·Rourke .•....•. Fred J. Mahner Henry G. Diller. • • • • • •• Rudy G. Brock ..•...... Gustav Heinichen D. W. Eschenbrenner .. John Heines ,

2nd and 4th Thursdays .••...... 2nd and 4th Tuesda}'B .•••....... 1st and 3rd Saturdays .••••..••.. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ...•.... 1st and 3rd Wednesdan ....•••. · 2nd and 4th Mondays . 1st and 3rd Mondan ••••.•..••. · 2nd and 4th Fridan •••••.....•. 1st and 3rd Tuesdan ..•...•..•. 2nd and 4th Wednesdan ..••...• 1st and 3rd Tuesdan ..•...•••.. 2nd and 4th Wednesdan ..••.... 1st and 3rd Mondan ..•..•••••.. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ..••...• 2nd and 4th Mondays ......•••.. 2nd and 4th Thursda}'B •••...••.. 1st and Srd 'l'uesdan .••••••••••. 1st and 3rd Tuesdan ••••.••••••. 1st and 3rd Thursdaya ••••••••••. 2nd and 4th Fridan .•........•. 2nd and 4th Thursdan ..•..••.•. 2nd and 4th Saturdan .••••••... 1st and Srd Mondaya ••••••••••.• 1st and 3rd Mondan .

May 10, 1849

May 10.1841 Oct. 14, 1841 May 28,1868 May 26,1866 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 12, 1869 Oct. 26,1921 Oct. IS, 1870 Oct. 16, 1872 Oct. 11, 1888 Oet. 16, 1872 Rept.21. 1917 Sept. 12. 1918 Sept. 26. 1908 Oet. 2,lIUI ~ept. 29,1916 Sept. 20. 1920 Sept. 21, 1921 Sept. 29, 1916 Oct. 14. 1839 Oct. 14, 1871 Oct. 16, 1872 Sept. 21, 1921

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LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued SIXTEENTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRIOT-OEOIL R. BRUOE, D. D. G. M., Lemay 23, Mo. (Ritual Districts 40, 57) Ritual District No. 40 Lodge County Location NO.1 Jefferson .••.•. De Soto ..••.••••. 1191De Soto •••..•••.. Joachim ••••••... 164lHillsboro.•••••.. Shekinah •....•••. 2661 Festus ..•..•••••. " Herculaneum ..•.. 338 1Herculaneum ••.. Washinitton ... Tyro .••••....••.. 121 Caledonia •..••... Potosi •...•.•.••. 131IPot08i. .•••••.•.. Irondale •....•.•• 143lIrondale.•••.••.• Belgrade .••••.... 632lBelgrade ..••.•••. St. Francois ... Blackwell .....•.. 636IBlaekwell .....•..

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Master W. Harold Thompson, J as. Allie Johnston .. , O. R. Manners ....... Ernest R. Kopp ...... Harold Ruth ......... Arnold D. True ...... R. H. Bergmann ..... Earl Martin ......... John F. Baremore ... '

Secretary A. L. Schwaegerle .. Edw. M. Williams .. Byrl Degeare ....... Geo. W. HegeL .... Iva Queen ......... George Carr ....... Guy D. Maxwell .... Lewis Pierce ....... Georl/:e V. Welch ...

Time of Meeting 2nd and 4th Tbursdan •..•••••••.. 1st Saturday ....••••••••••••••••. 2nd and 4th Tuesdan ............. 2nd and 4th Fridays .............. Saturday on or before full moon ... 1st Friday ............•..••.•.••. 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 26,1864 Oct. 1,1914 Oct. 13. 1887

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St. Louis .••... Bonhomme ....... Bridgeton .•.•.•. ' Webster Groves •. Fenton .....•..•. Meramec ..••..•. Kirkwood •.•.•.. , Ferguson ..•..•.. " Maplewood ..•.... Clayton .••••.•••. Wellston ....•••.. Valley Park ..•... Jennings ..•••.•. Gardenville ...... Freedom •.••••••.

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461 Ballwin ......... 80 ISt. John's Station. 841Webster Groves .. 281IFenton••.•..•..• 313lEureka....•..... 4841 Kirkwood .•..••.. 5421 Ferguson •...•... 5661 Maplewood ...••. 601IClayton ••••••.•. ' 613 1Wellston ......... 6291Valley Park ...... 640IJennings ........ 666!Gardenville •..••. 636IMehlville ..•.•.••

William G. Beck ..... Carl E. Etz .......... Ernest H. Dagger .... Geo. G. Winter, Sr.... August W. Rose ..... ' Clarence W. Crow .... Lester A. Trotter .... Arthur C. Klick ...... William H. Preiss .... Vola B. Gragg ....... Ralph E. McIlvaney .. Gustave Sexauer ..... A. A. Gokenbach ..... Herbert J. Fiss ......

Henry F. Woerther. Walter Reinemer ... G. A. Shepardson ... Henry E. Reynolds. John W. Thee...... Leonard L. Keevil .. F. G. Williamson ... William F. Harris .. 1. F. R08enfelder ... Cecil A. Tolin ...... Elmer T. Hiscox ... John T. Cassens .... Florian Wolz ....... Harry A. Kolb .....

1st and 3rd Saturdays ....••...... 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..•..•.••... 2nd and 4th Tuesdan ............ 2nd & 4th Fridays ................ 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ............. 2nd and 4th Mondays ............. 1st and 3rd Fridays .............. ' 1st and Srd Fridays .............. 1st and 3rd Thursdays .••..••••••. 2nd and 4th Thursdays ..••••••••. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ..••••.•••.•. 1st and 3rd Tuesdan ....•••.••... 1st and 3rd Saturdays •••.••....•• 1st and Srd Tuesdan .............

Oct. 9,1841 Oct. 14,1846 Oct. 21, 1897 Oct. 16, 186f Oct. 19. 1923 Oct. 16,1874 Oct. 16, 1889 Sept. 9. 1904 Sept. S, 1908 Sept. 2M, 1911 Oct. 2, 1913 Oct. 14,1916 Sept.21. 1921 Sept. 26, 1946

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Crawford. .••. Lebanon......... 77ISteelville •••••••• Eddie Arvil May .. , .. .. • •••. Cuba............ 312ICuba ..•••••••••• Walter Bush .. , ,., Dent .••••••••. Salem .•••••••••. ' 225/Salem ........•.• Ernest P. Owen Maries ....••.• Belle 373IBelle ..•••••••••. N. B. Stockton " ••••••••• , Lane's Prairie •••. 581IVichy ...•••••••. O. E. Bailey,., .. • Vienna.......... 94lVienna . Theodore Feeler. , , . .. Phelps Rolla............ 2I3IRolla . Manuel H. Buckey.,. .. .. St. James 2801St. James .. Albert Wycoff .. " ... .. .. Equality 497INewburK .. Alton DeLashmit.,.,. Pulaski. Arlington 3461Dixon . W. A. Murphy .. , , Texas •........ Latimer 145ILickinK .. Leonard Pulley."

Coleman O. Garrett. C. F. Wilmesherr ... Louis L. McSpadden Edw. Wilbur Cox David F. Miller Carl A. Baldwin. . .. Jas. M. Hatchett W. W. Jackson , Wm. M. Atchison.. Chas. C. Smith W. D. Rodgers

1st Saturday ..•.••..••.•••••••... 2nd Saturday ..•..•••••••.••••••. 1st and 8rd Fridays ..•••••••.•••.. 2nd and 4th Fridays •.•••••••••••• 2nd Saturday .. 1st Saturday .•••••••••••••••••.•• 1st and Srd Wednesdays . 1st and 3rd Thursdays ........•... 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .•..•••••.••. 1st and 3rd Thursdays . 2nd and 4th Thursdays .

Oct. 14, 1846 Oct. 13. 1887 May 29,1862 Sept.27,1906 Oct. 15, 1885 Oct. 17, 1878 May 30,1861 May 27,1863 Sept. 27, 1906 Oct. 18, 1870 Oct. 19. 1899

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5091Van Buren ••••. " 579IGrandin . 239jLesterville ..•..• , 358 IEllinKton ...••••. 1371Birch Tree ..••.•. 430jWinona . 607IEminence .••.•.. ,

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C. P. McClintock, W. R. McDowell , .. C. M. Fitzpatrick Earl L. Brown. . . . . .. C. E. Sullivan ,... Fred W. Burrell Francis E. Copeland.

No. 47 Glenn McDowell., .. W. E. McKinney.,. Loren A. Hill R. L. Daniels ' C. O. Lemons J. T. Loyd ......•.. E. J. Ward." ,

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Saturday on or after full moon ..•. 2nd Saturday ..•.••..••.•••••••.• 4th Saturday ..••.••.•..•..•••... 2nd Saturday .....•....•••••..... 1st & 3rd Mondays . Tuesday on or before full moon . 1st Saturday .

Aug. 12, 1882 Sept.27, 1900 Oct. 13, 1881 Sept.27, 1908 Oct. 7,1895 Oct. 10, 18\!4 July 1938

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EIGHTEENTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-J. L. LUTES, D. D. G. M., Flat River, Mo. (Ritual Districts 48, 49) Ritual District No. 48 County Lodge INo., Location Iron ••••••.••. Star of the West .. 188IIronton •.•••.•••. ' 3511 Belleview . .......... Mosaic Madison .....• Marcus. . . . • . . • .. 110IFredericktown . St. Francois •• , Bismarck........ 41IBismarck ...••••. Fannington .••.. , 132IFarmington .••.. , Ionic....... .••.. 154IDesloge •.••..•.• , St. Francois ...... 234ILibertyville..••.• Samaritan ..•.... 424/Bonne Terre ..•.. Pendleton ..••... , 5511Doe Run ..•..•.•. Leadwood .•...... 598ILeadwood ..••••. Elvins .......•••. 599 IFlat River ••••••• 2261St. Mary's . Ste. Genevie;~. Saline

Master John H. Burhey Ronald Hixson Harold B. Combs F. F. Johnson Ward Overall. K. R. Baker Carl R. Shannon Olin S. McDaniel George Burch Carl Miller W. C. Johnson Dwight R. Smith

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Secretary Frank H. Comfort .. V. O. Sutton . Gus Winter . M. W. Baker . Hezzie Graham .. D. R. McCoy . P. A. Cashion . A. J. Rosborough . B. L. Haynes . J. M. Link . J. E. LaBruyere , Henry Schroeder .

Time of Meeting 2nd an~ 4th Fridays ..•••••.••.•.. 1st Saturday ..•..••.•..•••••••••. 1st and 8rd ThursdaYB ••..•••..... 1st and 3rd Saturdays .••..•..•... 2nd and 4th ThursdaYB ••••.••.... 1st and 3rd MondaYB •••..•••.••.•. 1st Thursday ..•..•••••••••••••.. 1st and 3rd ThursdaYB ••..•.•••••. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ..•.•••.•. 2nd and 4th Saturdays . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays •.•••••.•.... Fourth Saturday ...............•.

Charter Date May 6,1861 Oct. 13, 1870 May 24,1862 Dec. 15, 1891 May 10,1851 Oct. 17.1901 M"y 26,1864 Oct. 16, 1872 Oct. 15, 1891 Sept. 13, 1908 Sept. 30, 1908 Nov. 29, 1862

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TroweL .....•••. 440lMarble Hill . Zalma ..•..•..... 545IZalma.•••••••••. 981Cape Girardeau .. West View .•.••.. 108IMillersville••..•. ' Mystic Tie ..••... 22110ak Ridge ..••••. Whitewater . 4171 Whitewater ..•... . Excelsior . 441IJackson

CapeGi;:,~ci~~~ St. Mark's ...•...

N onnan H. Phelps . Hennan Payne . Ernest T. Niswonger. W.L. Hahs . L. L. Moneyhun . Herbert B. Dennis . William K. Sander .

J. V. Thompson H. D. Nichols Arthur C. Stein Geo. W. Howard F. M. Shell Daniel F. Jones D. G. Seibert

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2nd and 4th ThursdaYB ••••••••••..1 Oct. 16, 187l! 1st and 3rd Saturdays. . • . . . . . • . . . Oct. 15, 1890 2nd and 4th Tuesdays. . • . . . . . . . • . Oct. 14, 1847 1st ThursdaYB. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . .. June 2, 1866 1st and 8rd SaturdaYB............ May 3,1861 2nd and 4th Fridays \ Oct. 13.1881 2nd and 4th Thursdays.. Oct. 16.1872 I-' ~

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8841East Prairie ..••• 407 ICharleston .•••••. 184 IMorley .......... 306 ICommerce ••••••• 310ISikeston ••••••••• 681II1lmo ............ 616lChaffee .••••••••. 15S/Bloomfield ..••••. 278IEssex ..••••••••. 4891Bell City ••••••••. 5S2IDexter .•••••.••• 690IAdvance ..••.•••. 696JPuxico •.•••.•••• 603lMorehouse ..••••.

E. N. Oliver ......... B. K. Reasor ....... Byron B. Guthrie .... Oscar I. Oliver ..... Paul Foster ....•..... E. Otis Bryeans .... Dorman L. Buck ..... Albion H. Anderson Marvin L. Carroll .... Alonzo A. Harrison. H. E. Chism ......... BenHill .....•..... Alvin A. Klages. . . . •. L. L. Chronister .... Richard S. Davis ..... Alvin M. Corbin .... Herbert A. Crites .... Loyd E. Estes ...... Morgan M. English ... W. Max Bollinger .. Loren Coffey. . . . . . .. Homer Smith ...... Donel Fowler. . . . . . .. Evan Croy ......... S. L. Binford ........ , Ira Meadows ....... Don Taylor. . . . . . . . .. C. B. Reynolds .....

8 :00 p. In. each Thursday •...••..• 1st and llrd Thursdays ..••..••.... 2nd and 4th Mondays ..••••••••••• 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ............ 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..••..••.... 2nd and 4th Thursdays ..•••.••.•• 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..•••.••.... 1st and Srd Wednesdays ••••••••••. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ............. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ............. 1st and Srd Tuesdays ..•••••••..•• 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..••..•...•. 1st and 3rd Mondays •••••••••••••. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .............

July 1904 Oct. 13. 1898 Oct. 19, 1899 Oct. 14, 186lJ Oct. 12, 1869 Sept. 27, 1906 Sept. 28, 1911 July 29,1859 Sept. 29, 1904 Oct. 12, 1874 Oct. 13, 1887 Sept. 26, 1907 Sept. 13, 1908 Sept. 29, 1909

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68\Kennett ..••••••• 212lCampbell ..•••••• 215lHornersville ..... 2s1lCardwell •.••.••• 406lMalden ..•••••.•. 613lSenath •••••••••• 166IPortageville ••••.. 176 IConran .......... 4291New Madrid •••.. 660/Parma ..••.••••• 461 ICaruthersville .... 571IHayti ........... 6s4ISteele .•••••••••• 578lBernie .....•••••. 645/Clarkton ........

John Shipman ....... Cecil H. Pitts ........ W. J. Bryan Lomax .. Shelton Thomason ... W.T.Well.s ......... Mack Sherrod ........ A. B. Merritt ........ Sam Avery .......... Leo Hedgepeth ...... Robert Aycock ....... H. G. Sprague....... M.E. Gibbs .......... Loyd Gifford ......... WenzilCrow ......... Elmer Walker .......

Clay P. Bixler...... R. D. Whiteaker, Sr. D. P. Jackson ...... Clark DaVault ..... D. L. Cochran ...... A. J. Crawford, Act R. D. Ellington, Jr.. Myron Latimer ..... C. M. Barnes ..••... Orville Coffey ...... F. C. Kindred ...... H. B. Bryant ....•• Troy Googe ........ I. L. Winer ........ C. B. James ........

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2nd and 4th Thursdays .••••••..•. 1st and Srd Thursdays ..•••.••.... 1st and 3rd Mondays .............. 1st and srd Wednesdays .•.••••••. 2nd and 4th Thursdays •.••••••.•• 1st and 8rd Thursdays ..•••••••.•. lst and 8rd Thursdays ••••..•••••. 2nd and 4th ThursdaYB .••••••...• ' 2nd and 4th Mondays ............. 1st and 8rd Tuesdays ............. 1st and 8rd TuesdaYB ..•••••.••••• lst and 8rd Thursdays ..•••.•••.•. 2nd and 4th ThursdaYB ••••••••••. 2nd and 4th Thursdays •••.••..•.• 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ..•••...••

Oct. 17,1887 Oct. 19, 1867 May 80,1861 Oct. 19, 1899 Oct. 18, 1881 Oct. 27,1902 Oct. 16, 1890 May 80,1857 Oct. 17, 1878 Sept. 22, 1920 Oct. 16, 1872 Sept. 6,1905 Oct. 1,1914 Sept. 8,1905 ••••••••••• f

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INo., Location 209 IPoplar Bluff ..•.. 314IBardley .. 3691 Doniphan ..•..••. 568INaylor . 107IGreenville..•••.. 526IPiedmont .....•..

Master Wade C. Brogdon John W. Pigg Roy T. Venable Mark A. Ferrell Ed. S. Graham John W. Daniel.

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Secretary Arthur W. Morse . Clyde Turner . Aubrey C. Jones .. Charles A. Bruner .. C. L. Ellinghouse . Boyd O. Pyles .

Time of Meeting 2nd and 4th Tuesdays . 3rd Saturday .....•..•••••••..•.. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays . Ist and Srd ThursdaYB ..•...••.... 1st and 8rd ThursdaYB ••••••.••••. 2nd and 4th Saturdays ..•.•.......

Charter Date May 31.1861 Oct. 11. 1888 Oct. 13. 1871 Sept. 29. 1904 Oct. 14. 1886 Oct. 16. 1886

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Howell ...•...

Mt. Zion ..•...... Ingomar ..•...... Mountain View ... O";~on ....... Alton ..••••••••.. Woodside ...••.. , Clifton.......... K06hkonong .... , O~k ••••.••• Sampson........ Bayou.. . .. .•.••. Robert Burns....

3271 West Plains ..••.. 5361Willow Sprinp .. 6371Mountain View .. 255IAlton .•..•••.••• 387IThomasville ....•. 463IThayer . 5821 K06hkononlr ..••• 298ILutie ...•....••.. 365IBakersfield . 4!l6IGainesville ..•..•.

E. J.Cook, Jr........ F. H. Pennington J. L. Beason. . . . . . . .. E. Newman Whitten. Fred French W. T. Morgan Earle E. Swain Elmer P. Martin Earnest Grisham Benton Breeding

W. A. Krumholz C. C. Brinsmaid Frank Todd. . . . . . .. Dwight H. Gohn... C. P. Perkins J. W. MitchelL R. T. Meek C. J. Hogan....... Virgil Wiles Everett Herd. . . . ..

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Oct. 13. 1870 Oct. 13, 1887 Sept. 29. 1916 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 18. 1871 Oct. 13. 1881 Sept. 27. 1906 Oct. 18. 1900 Oct. 11. 1888 Oct. 11. 1877

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152ICamdenton ..•..• 433/Mack's Creek ..•.. 83ILebanon ..•..•••. 4321 Competition ••••. 528ICOnway ..•.••..• 375IWaynesville 385IRichland 203IBrumley 410IIberia

Ted D. Willard C. R. Williams Clarence Clemmons .. Eldon Clemmons ..• E.B. Amos.......... Stanley Brooks ..... Olin Light.......... Oris Hamilton..... Edgar E. Boyd E. Herschel Harris. Lawrence E. Dodds Roy C. Wilson ...•. F. A. Jones, Jr Ross Dodd W. F. Clark A. M. Phillips Isaac C. Smith Charles L. Brown ..

361lBuffalo .. , ••..... 396ILouisburg .••.... 421lUrbana. • • • • • . • .. 279IWheatland •..•... 288IHermitage •••••.. 441Fair Play ....•••. 144IHumansville ....• 160IMorrisville 19aIBolivar 467 IPleasant Hope ..• 664IAldrich

Porter Price '1 Floyd Martin E. E. Bruner. . . . . . .. Cecil S. Reno M. Ney Smith....... Cortis B. Hutchins Percy W. Hays...... Otis C. Mackey E. P. Hendershot Roy J. Cochran George Cooper

2nd Thursday •••.••••••••..•.••.. 1st Saturday ....•••••••••.•••..•. 1st Wednesday ••••••••••.••.••••. Saturday on or after full moon ••.. 1st Saturday .. 2nd Tuesday .. 2nd Wednesday . 2nd Wednesday . 1st Thursday ..................••

Oct. Oct. May Feb. Oct. Oct. Oct.

12. 1869 17, 1876 25,1854 21, 1908 15, 1886 11, 1888 17,1901 1877 Oct. 18, 1871

4th Friday ..•..•...•.• ' ..•••...•. First Thursday •••.•....•.••••••• 4th Saturday ...•.•.....••..•..•.. First Thursday .••...•••..••••••• 3rd Saturday ..•.••.••••.•••••.•. 1st Monday . 2nd Monday night ......•...•..... 2nd Tuesday ••.••••••••..•••••••• 2nd Wednesday . 1st Thursday . 1st Tuesday ..

Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.

Ritual District No. 41

Dallas .••...•. Riddick . Western Light ••• Urbana ..•..••••. Hic.~ory .....•. Hogle's Creek .••. Hermitage ••.•.•. Polk •.•••••.•. FairPlay .. Modern .•••..•... Pleasant••••••.•• Bolivar.•.••••••. Pleasant Hope ••• , Aldrich .

Clyde Morrow Lawrence Rice James R. Fowler. .. Jesse O. Gist Alva L. Davis Robt. A. Downing .. Ray Martin, Jr Morris E. Ewing S. B. Brown F. P. Slagle J. S. Toalson

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mcRS, D. D. G. M., Mountain

Grove, Mo.

Ritual District No. 46 County

Lodge Ava .••..•..•..•. Pilot Knob .•.•.•. Texas •..•••... Barnes ..•••.•••. , Texas ..••.•••••• Plato ..•......••. Summersville ..... W~~ht....... Mountain Grove .. Joppa .•••...•... Mansfield . Grovespring ••.... Norwood ...•••••. . Ozark:.':..:::: Rockbridge

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NO.1 Location 26IAva...•..•...... 182IRiehville ...••••.. 116 I CabooI. . 177IHouston ..••..... 469IPlato..••........ 5551 Summersville .... 158 1Mountain Grove .. 411lHartville .. 543lMansfield ....•••. 589iGrovespring ..•.. 6221 Norwood ....••... 4815IRoekbrid~e..•...

Master O. M. Sevick . L. O. Dickison . Carrol Snider . Wm. Duke Hiett . L. D. Brady . Dr. Lavere Hampton. J ames Earl Shelby . Howe A. Wynne . A. M. McQuay . Roy McNeley . Roy L. Williams . Joe Murphy .

Secretary I Time of Meeting Lloyd E. Reynolds.. 1st and 3rd WednesdayS . C. M. Thompson. .. Friday on or before full moon .•.•• George L. Arms. . .. 1st and Srd TuesdayS .••........•. L. R. Birkhead 2nd Wednesday . W. L. Tilley. . . . . .. 1st Monday ....•••••..•••.•...•.. Roy W. Wall 2nd Saturday .....•••••.••••••••• Yale Myers " 2nd and 4th FridayS .. Edward B. Garner.. 1st and 3rd FridayS .....•.•....... 1. F. Bledsoe 2nd Wednesday .....•..••••••••.. A. J. Webb ....••.. lst and Srd SaturdayS . R. L. Ferguson. . • .. 1st and 8rd Thursdays .•.......... W. B. Morris ..... " 2nd Saturday ......••.•....••••..

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TWENTY-THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRIOT-R. JASPEB SMITH, D. D. G. M., Springtleld, Mo. (Ritual Districts 45, 54) Ritual District No. 45 . Greene ••.••••. United O·Sullivan .•...•• " ABh Grove .•..••• Solomon •..•..•.. Gate of Temple ... Republic ...•..•.. Strafford ..•..... Willard . Webster .•••.• Webster ••••••..• Doric ..•..••••... Mount Olive . Hazelwood ...•... Henderson ...•.. '

6ISprini'field ...•.. , 7/Walnut Grove .... 100lABh Grove ••••••. 271 ISpringfteld •••••. , 422ISpringfteld ••••.•. 570IRepublic .••..•... 608lStrafford . 620IWillard .....••••. 98IMarshfteld ..••••. 300IElkland ..••..••.. 4391 Rogersville, R. R. 3 459 ISeymour ••....... 477/Rogersville .

Russell L. Wilcox Roy H. Baker. . . . . . .. Richard Buckner .... , George G. Harrison.. Edward Merritt L. Fred Jackson..... John C. Ricketts. . . .. Gay Perryman Harold S. McNealy. .. John E. Price A. R. Schultz " Fred W. Clift W. T. Willis. . . . . . . ..

M. F. Smith Robert M. Fagan. " Orlis Farmer. . . . . .. Zack M. Dunbar Frank W. Clark .••. Samuel C. Hock .•.. Harry E. Grier. . . .. Oran C. HalL Paul V. Rathbun. " D. W. Haymes Otto Brooks " W. A. Williams A. H. Farmer "

3rd Monday . 2nd Tuesday ...••.••••••••••••••. 2nd and 4th Thursda)'B .•..•••••.• 2nd Monday . 3rd Thursday .••.•••.••...••.•.•. 2nd and 4th Thursda)'B ••.••••••.. 1st Thursday ••••.••.•••••••••••• 1st and 3rd Tbursda)'B ••••••.••.•. 2nd Friday ..........•.....••..•. Saturday on or before full moon . Friday before full moon ••.•••..... 2nd and 4th Monda)'B ••••••••••••• 3rd Thursday ..••••••••••••••••••

May SO, 1857 Oct. 19, 1867 Oct. 20, 1899 Oct. 16, 1868 Oct. 16, 1872 Sept. 28, 1906 Sept. 28, 1910 Sept. 25, 1912 May 28,1858 Oct. 15, 1868 Oet. 16, 1872 1870 May 8,1874

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Christian ..••. Sparta .••..••••• , Friend ..•...••••. Billings .••....... Taney . Forsyth ..•....••. Branson .•..••••. S~ne ..••••... Galena •....•.... Crane .

2961Sparta .... " ..•. 35210zark ..•.•••.••• 379IBillings .•..•..•. 45SIForsyth ••••••••• 587IBranson ..••••... 515JGalena .••••.•••• 619ICrane ..•....•...

Keller Bradley. . . .. Myron J. White Eldon L. Hale Harry Eddings John E. Trout Lowell Moore Richard H. Stratton

James Jenkins. . . . . .. G. T. Breazeale C. N. Thomas .•...... W. E. yates H. R. Melton , R. H. Patterson ....•. David A. Holderman .•

g Friday on or before full moon ••••. Saturday on or before full moon •.. 2nd Thursday •••••••••••••••••••. 1st Saturday ••.•..••••••••••••.•. 1st and 3rd Fridaya ••••••..•••.•• , 1st and Srd Thursda)'B •••••••••••• 2nd and 4th Tuesda)'B ..

Oet. 21, 1888 Oet. 18, 1870 Oet. IS. 1881 Oet. 16, 1872 Sept.26, 1907 Oet. 12, 1882 Oct. 26, 1896

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TWENTY-FOURTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-eHAS. A. JOBSON, D. D. G. M., Joplin, Mo. (Ritual Districts 44, 55, 56)

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Ritual District No. 44 Lodge County Jasper ••..•... Carthaife •••••.•. ' Sarcoxie ••••••••• Joplin ...••••••.. Fellowship •••••.. Jasper •.••••.••.. Carterville ..••••. MineraL .•.•..•.. Webb City ..•.••. Carl Junction .•.. Criterion ......... La RusselL ......

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Location 1971Carthage •••••••. 293ISarcoxie .•••••... SS5IJoplin ........... 345IJoplin ••.••.••••. 398IJasper•••.••••.. 4011 Carterville .•••••• 4711 Oronogo ..••••••. 512 1Webb City •.••••. 5491Carl Junction •••. 686\Alba ..•.•••••••• 5921La Russell ....•..

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Master Orville D. Knight .... W. D. Sabert ........ Lloyd R. Johnson .... Howard T. Cartright. Thomas F. Ball ...... Elmer P. Pfifer ...... Ted W. Breeden ..... ' Carroll R. Byrd ...... T. Don Roney ........ Keith T. Rider ....... R. N. Patton ........

Secretary H. S. Christman. '" Nelson Brown ...... Sherman A. Smith. Mark E. Whitaker .. J 08eph L. Frerer ... C. E. Ault ......... Paul Ritter ........ R. L. Sullens ....... W. G. Appleman ... John William Hart. Lee L. Simmons ....

Time of Meeting 2nd and 4th Thursda7a •••••••••••. 1st and Srd Tuesdays ••..••....••. 1st and Srd FridaYB ............... 2nd and 4th FridaYB ..••••...••••. 1st and Srd TuesdaYB ••••••••••••• 1st and Srd FridaYB ............... 1st and 3rd ThursdayS .•..•....•.. 2nd and 4th ThursdaYB .•••••••••• 2nd and 4th WednesdaYB ..••....•. 1st and 3rd MondayS .•••••••••.•.. 1st and 3rd FridaYB ...............

Date 1876 Oct. 15. 1868 Oct. IS. 1871 Oct. 13. 1870 Oct. 17,1873 Oct. 12. 1893 Oct. 17. 1873 Oct. 12. 1882 Oct. 15, 1891 Sept. 26. 1907 Sept.21. 1921

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129IMonett •••••.•.•. 367 1Washburn ..••••. 383iCassville , 5331 Wheaton •..•..•• 99/Mount Yernon 284 IAurora 400/Pierce City •.•... 468/Red Oak ...•••... 523IStinson ..••.•..•. 567IMiIler .......•.•.

R. F. Hull Woodroe Mason J. Frank Snyder E. L. Thomas F. R. Howell , G. A. Welch James A. Crane C. D. Easson........ Ross Parnell Robert H. Meier.....

McDonald ..... Southwest ...•.•. Anderson .•..•... NoeL Newton ..•..•. Neosho ..•..•.•.. Granby .•....••.. Stella .....•......

4661 Southwest City ... 621 IAnderson ..•.•••. 647INoel. 247INeosho ..•..•.••• 514IGranby 638/Stella...........

Jerome L. Gibbons. E. L. Clark . Bert F. St. Clair . Henry C. Bacon . C. H. Buckley . Mart E. Weems .

Frank E. Williams. N. E. Edens....... W. T. Priest Chester B. Royer Leon Pugh W. H. Lloyd E. T. Ecroyd M. H. Kemp Arch Richesin C. W. Nichol-Ion

I 1st 1st and 3rd Fridays and 2nd Saturdays

, . 2nd and 4th FridaYB . 2nd and 4th ThursdaYB •••••.•••.. , 1st and 3rd TuesdayS . 2nd and 4th TuesdayS .. 1st and 3rd Thursdays •.•...•..... 1st and 3rd FridaYB .. 2nd and 4th SaturdaYB ....••..••.. 1st and 3rd WednesdayS .

Oct. 15. 1890 Oct. 3.1858 Oct. 16. 1872 Oct. 19. 1898 Oct. 19. 1857 Oct. 17. 1889 Oct. 13. 1871 Oct. 17. 1873 Oct. 22. 1902 Sept. 29, 1904

1st and 3rd TuesdaYB ..•••.••••.•. 2nd and -4th WednesdayS ..•.••.... 1st and Srd WednesdaYB ••.•...•.. 1st and 3rd Thursdays , ..••.... 1st and Srd FridaYB .. 1st and 3rd TuesdaYB ...•....••...

Jan. 22. 1892 Sept. 25. 1912 Sept. 22. 1920 Oct. 21. 1876 Oct. 22. 1902 Oct. 17. 1889

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Wm. F. Stevenson... Henry Eppard Martin S. Stauber Wallace H. Swanson. Will W. Scholes. . . . •. G. L. Sappington. . ..

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2'3'Stoekton ..••....• 3151Jerico Springs ... 482 IEldorado Springs. 87IGreenfteld....... 359IArcola .....••••.. 405 IEverton ..••.•••. 458IDadeville ..•••.•• I Lockwood ........ 5211 Loekwood .•..... '

Ch.,l~ E. Fox ....•.. J. C. G.,rett ....... 1st and 3rd Thursdays .......•.•.. Oct. 16,1869

1st and 3rd Mondays. . . . . • . . . . • . .. 2nd and 4th Thursdays........... 4th Tuesday. . . . • . • . . . . . . . . . . . • .• 2nd Thursday. . • . . . . • • • • . . . . • • • •. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ............. Thursday on or before full moon and two weeks after ......•.••.••. William M. Snadon .. , Lester M. Pyle ..... 2nd and 4th Thursdays .•••........

Tom Hickerson...... Paul Gilpin .......... Sam Senseney, Jr.... W. D. yates ......... John L. Lockwood ... Virgil H. VanhOO8er.

Lester NeaL ....... Earl F. Pentecost .. W. R. Allison ...... John F. Baker ..... D. W. Thomason ... A. C. Blakemore ...'

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303INevada .•..•••••. 371ISheldon 4481Schell City 490IMontevallo •••••• , 495IRichards 605 IWalker •••••.•••. 187ILiberal••••••..•• 292\Lamar •.•••••••• 4751Golden City 516IMilford

Walter E. Braswell G. Bernard Beeny Derrill Costley Basil Mark Robert J. Pratz Harold A. Walker John Reed Lawson Sharp Ross L. Stansberry Elmer L. Thomas

David V. Morris , H. L. Burney C. P. Finks Oral Faith C. H. Newland J. W. Marquis , E. H. Roselle , W. A. Heydenberk .. H. F. Pugh J. C. Thomas o

2nd Friday...................... 1st and 3rd Thursdays 2nd Wednesday 1st and 3rd Saturdays............ 1st and 3rd Wednesdays 1st and3rd Wednesdays .•...••••.. 1st and 8rd Thursdays 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ..•••..•.. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays 3rd Saturday....................

Oct. 15,1868 May 23,1895 Oct. 17,1873 Oct. 16.1878 Oct. 17,1895 Sept. 29, 1909 Oct. 1,1889 Oct. 15.1868 Oct. 15,1874 Oct. 12,1882

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Ritual District No. 35

County Lodge Bates~~ Hume .....••.... ' .. Amsterdam ..•••. Butler Rockville Tyrian Creseent Hill .•.•. Rieh Hill Foster ........•..

NO.1 Location lSOIHume •••.•••••.. 14lIAmsterdam •••••• 254IButler .....•..•.. S41IRockville S50IJohnstown ••••.•. 368IAdrian ..••..•••• 4791Rieh Hill........ 554IF08ter •.•........

Master J. A. Caskey , Carroll Steiner Pete Thorpe R. H. Hirni. W. P. Hoover C. T. Patterson H. F. Kienberger George L. Swarens

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Time of Meeting 1st and Srd ThursdayS ..•.•••.•••• 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .. 1st and 3rd Fridays .....•.•••..••. 1st Thursday .....•..•••...••••• 2nd Saturday night " 2nd and 4th Thursday ..••..•••.•• 2nd and 4th MondayS ..•...••.•... Every Friday ..•..•........•..•..

Charter Date Oet. 14, 1886 Sept. 27, 1906 Oet. 15, 1868 Nov. 18, 1900 Oet. 12, 1870 Oet. IS, 1871 Oet. 13, 1881 Oet. 15, 1891

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. Windsor..•..•... Urieh ..•..•.•.•.. Montrose •••••••. Clinton .••..•••.. Calhoun .••••.•.. .. St. 9,lair •.•..• St. Clair Cairo ,, Lowry City .••... , Appleton City .... Star .....•...... ,

291 Windsor •..•••••. 286IUrieh . 408IMontrose •••••••• 548lClinton ..•••••••• 552ICalhoun ••••••••• 27810scoola •••••.•••• 3421Roseoe..••.••.•• 4081Lowry City •••••• 4121Appleton City •••. 419lTaberville '

Gilbert N. Allen , F. H. Hillebrand Chas. T. Campbell... Aron Smith. , . . . . . .. Harry L. Redford Th08. J. Follin, Jr G. B. Mllrquis....... Martin R. Tally ". David Seroggs, Jr.... Roy E. Colson. . . . . ..

Otto F. Weiss . F. N. Erwin . Chas. P. Gardner . J 08eph B. Holcomb. E. W. Masters ..... George W. Davies .. C. A. Weinlig . U. L. Davis . D. D. Seroggs . John H. Aldridge .. ,

t-3 1st and 8rd TuesdayS ..•••••••..•. First Friday ..•..••.•.••••••••••• 1st and Srd MondayS ..•••••..•••. , 2nd & 4th Tuesdays .. 1st and 3rei ThursdayS ••••••..•.•. 3rd Tuesday ....••••••....•...••. 'I Wednesday on or before full moon. 1st Friday. . . . • • • . . • • • . • • • • • • . . •. 3rd Monday. . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • .. 4th Saturday. . .. . • . .. • .. .. . . .. ...

June 2,1866 Oct. 19, 1889 Oet. 18, 1871 Oet. 15, 1890 1890 Oet. 15,1869 Oct. 13,1870 Oct. 18,1878 Oet. 18,1871 Oct. 16,1872

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. Arrow Rock ••.••• C~mb~id.n.•••.•. Miami ••••.••••.. Trilumina ..••... Barbee . Malta ...•.••.•... Oriental ••••••••. Nelson ••......••.

5olArrow Rock ..••• ' 63ISlater .. 85IMiami. .••••...•. 205lMarshall ....••.. , 2171Sweet Sprinp .•• 4021 Malta Bend ...••• 518IBlackburn ..•.••. 5601Nelson. '" '" ...

Paul Burge Wm. F. Hauber Frank P. Smith Robert Hoy. . . . . . . . .. J. E. White Elmer H. Wilson. . . .. J. F. Martin, Jr William Leffler

Benton •.••••• Cole Camp ..••••. Shawnee ..••..•.. Johnson •.•••• Knobnoeter •••••• Holden ..•••••••• Corinthian .•••••• Cold Sprinsr•••••• Chilhowee ••••.••. Pe~is .. Sedalia •.•••.•••. Granite ..•.•••••• Green Ridsre ...... LaMonte •••••.••.

595 1Cole Camp ..••••. 658IWarsaw ••..••••• 245IKnobnoeter•••••• 2621 Holden ..•.•.••.. 265 1Warrensburg .••. 2741Leeton ..•••.•••• 487/Chilhowee •...•.• 286ISedalia ..•.•••••. 2721 Sedalia ••.••.•••• 4251Green Ridge .•••• 574lLaMonte•••.•••.

Raymond Smith Lester R. Blake A. S. Adcock , Wheeler H. Lewis Emmett Ellis Donald E. Bailey. . . .. John E. Bancroft Everett C. Kemp , Albert I. Walz. . . . . .. Roy W. Ragar Norman Hall. . . . . . ..

Bingham Turley Frank G. Schmidt .. Geo. W. Wilson G. Howard Fuller.. Paul Wylie .......• Robert Miller. . . . .. Walter C. Borchers. W. W. Walker

2nd Thursday •.•••••••••••••••••. 1st Tuesday., •• , •.•..••••.•.••.• 4th Tuesday ••••.•..••••••••••••. 1st Thursday ..•.•..•••••••••..•. Last Friday .••••••••.••••••••••• ' 1st Tuesday ..•..•••••••••••••••• 3rd Tuesday .....•..•••••...••.•• 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ...••••••••• ,

Oct. 8,1845 June 6,1866 June 2.1866 Dec. 9.1867 Oct. 19. 1867 Oct. 17. 1901 Oct. 11. 1888 Oct. 12. 1898

1st and 8rd Wednesdays ........•. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .•••.•••••••. 2nd and 4th Thursdays ••••••••••• ' 1st and 8rd Thursdays ..••..•••••. 1st and 8rd Mondan •.•••..•••••• ' 3rd Thursday •..••••••••••••••••• 1st and 8rd Fridays .. 1st Friday . 8rd Friday .. 1st and 8rd Thursdan •••••••••••• 2nd Friday.••.•••••.••••••••••••

Oct. 28. 1926 Sept. 21, 1921 May 26,1865 Oct. 16, 1868 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 16, 1879 Sept. 27, 1906 May 29,1864 Oct. 15, 1868 Sept. 29, 1904 Sept. 28, 1905

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County Lodge Cooper:-::::~ Cooper.......... .. Pleasant Grove Wm. D. Muir Wallace ...•...••. Prairie Home , Howard: : : : : : : Howard.......... Fayette.......... Livingston....... Armstrong.......

Ritual District No. 25 '"0 No.1 Location 36IBoonville ....••.. 14210tterville 2771Pilot Grove .••••• 456IBunceton ..•.•••• 6031Prairie Home .••. 41New Franklin .... 47\Fayette .....••.•. 61IGlasgow 70IArmstrong

Master Paul H. Darby Harry L. Pace Charles T. Babbitt... Chas. E. Vilhauer Floyd C. Kuhn F. E. Biesemeyer William L. Meyer John D. Jenkins Douglas M. Bolton

Secretary Clarence L. Hurt J. H. Gunn Peyton E. Hays Walter F. Gerhardt. Fred L. Schilb A. Vanlandingham. Samuel P. Ayres, Jl Robt. W. Raines , Aubra M. Green

Time of Meeting 2nd and 4th Tuesday8 •..••••.•••. , 2nd and 4th Wednesdays 1st and 3rd Tuesdays....... 1st & 3rd Tuesday 1st and 3rd Thursdays 1st and 8rd Thursday8 ......••.... 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ....•.....••. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays 1st and 3rd Thursdays

Charter Date Oct. 9,1841 May 31,1856 Feb. 5,1878 Oct. 16.1872 Oct. 13,1881 May 6,1862 Oct. 12, 1842 Oct. 12,1876 May 24,1854

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Boone ••••••.. Centralia .•...•.. Twilight ..••.•••. Ashland .••••••.. Sturgeon .••..•.. Hallsville ..•..... Ancient Landm'k. Hinton ..•••••••• Acacia ........•..

591 Centralia ..•...•. 1141 Columbia ..••.... 156lAshland ..•..•••. 174ISturgeon . 336lHallsville.....•.. 356 1Harrisburg ..•••• 456IHinton .•.•...... 602IColumbia .•......

Clyile A. Ward . Paul R. Pruett . J. Watt Cheavens . Walter Reed . Chester B. Sapp . Ross N. Glascock . Harold V. Philippe . A. E. Boothe . Shell B. Toalson , William H. Roberts. J. E. Richardson . T. Ray Long . J. E. Potter . Tilford Goslin ..•... E. Marion Brown . N. N. McGlasson ...

1st and 3rd Thursdays . 2nd and 4th Tuesday ' 1st and 3rd Friday ........•...... 1st Friday ..•...•••..•.•......... First Friday ..•.................. 1st and 3rd Saturdays .••.•.•••••• 1st & 3rd Saturdays . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ........•.•..

Oct. Oct. May Apr. Oct.

19, 1867 19, 1867 28,1859 30, 1857 17, 1878 1871 June 8,1904 Sept. 29. 1909

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431J efferson City , .. 90lRussellville 211IEugene .....•.... 6111 Centertown . 56ITipton ......•... 1831 California .....•. 2951 Jamestown . 553IClarksburg .. 185IChamois •......•. 326ILinn .

Hadley K. Irwin . Roy H. Eberhart . Montie Willcoxon. , Earl E. Powell . Clay C. Howard . R. A. Sterling , N. L. Schoenthal. .. John O. Sappington John H. Rau . L. L. Davis, Sr .

C. D. Sifford .. Edgar L. Lindley . J. H. Bruce . James M. Swearingen Clifton W. Thomas . A. E. Wilson . G. G. Pennington . Hilton Douglas . E. H. Schowengerdt .. F. Edward Busch ....

1st and 3rd Mondays .•....•...... , 2nd Friday . 1st Thursday . First Tuesday , 2nd and 4th Thursdays .....•..... , 2nd and 4th Fridays ..•........... 1st Saturday .................•••. 1st and 3rd Mondays . 4th Friday ..•.............•••.... 1st and 3rd Saturdays ........•.•..

Nov. 15, 1841 Oct. 11, 1888 Oct. 19, 1867 June18,1910 June 2, 1866 Oct. 19, 1899 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 15, 1891 May 28,1857 Oct. 19, 1898

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Versailles '1 Barnett Olean Ionia •.•.........

320lVersailles 591IBarnett 13410Iean 381IEldon

Hugh A. Meyer······1 Frank S. Kelsey Matt L. Martin Ira Wilson..........

W. B. Todd '1 Robt. Edmondson .. C. E. Herfurth Ford Vaughan

2nd and 4th Mondays·············1 2nd Wednesday.................. 3rd Thursday 2nd and 4th Mondays

Oct. 28,1920 Sept. 6, 1917 May 30,1860 Oct. 13,1871

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FROM ITS ORGANIZATION, APRIL 28, 1821 Date Election April,1821 •••. Oct., 1821. ••. Oct., 1822 .••. Oct., 1828 .••. Oct., 1824.••. Oct., 1826 .••. Oct., 1826 .••. Oct., 1827 ..•. Oct., 1828 .•• , Oct., 1829 •.•. Oct., 1880 ••.. Dec., 1881 .•.. Oct., 1882 . Dec., 1888 . Nov., 1884 ..•• Oct., 1886 .. tt Oct., 1886 . Oct., 188T . Oct., 1888 .••• Oct., 1889•••. Oct., 1840•••• Oct., 1841 •••• Oct., 1842 .... Oct., 1848 .•.. Oct., 1844 .... Oct., 1846 .••. Oct., 1846 ..•. Oct., 1847 ..•. 14..,., 1848••.. May, 1849 .... May, 1860 ••.. May, 1861 .••. 14..,., 18152 ..•. June, 1868 .••. 14..,., 1864 ....

Grand Master I D. Grand Muter Thos. F. Riddick .. . Nath'l B. Tucker .. - Thompson Do~lus • N ath'l B. Tucker .. - Thompson DOUJrI8811 • N ath'l B. Tucker .. * Ceo. H. C. Melody ••. * Nath'l B. Tucker .. - Goo. H. C. Melody ••• • Edward Bates •.•.• Goo. H. C. Melody ••• • Edward Bates ....• Hardage Lane •••••• Edward Bates •.•.• Hardage Lane •••••• Hardasre Lane ••.•• Goo. H. C. Melody ••.• Hardage Lane ••..• Fred L. Billon .••••• Hardage Lane ••.. * Ceo. H. C. Melody ...• Edward Bates ....• Ceo. H. C. Melody ... • H. R. Gamble. . • • .• Goo. H. C. Melody ...• Sinclair Kirtley • • .• A. B. Chambers •..•• A. B. Chambers .•• • Sinclair Kirtley •••• A. B. Chambers ... • Sinclair Kirtley •... S. W. B. Carnegy.· John D. Daggett S. W. B. Carnegy.- John D. Daggett • * S. W. B. Carnegy.· John D. Daggett P. H. McBride •.•.• A. B. Chambers ..•. P. H. McBride ..•. - Joseph Foster ••••• P. H. McBride ..•. - Joab Bernard •••.•. • P. H. McBride ..•. - Joab Bernard . P. H. McBride .... - Joseph Foster • J. W. S. MiteheD •• - Fred L. Billon •••••• J. W. S. Mitehell •• - John D. Taylor..... John Ralla John D. Taylor ••••. Joseph Foster • E. S. Rugsrles ......• Joseph Foster E. S. Ruggles •••••. John F. Ryland .•• • E. S. Ruggles •••••. • John F. Ryland ..• • B. W. Grover.•••.•• B. W. Grover •••••• E. S. Ruggles ..•••.• B. W. Grover •••••• S. F. Currie ........ Wilson Brown ••.•• L. S. COrnwell ....•. L. S. Cornwell .... • D. P. Wallingford .. •

Senior G. Warden I Junior G. Warden I Grand Treaaurer James Kennerl,. ••• William Bates ••..•• - Archibald Gamble ••• • Edward Bates ..... William Bates ....... Archibald Gamble ... Edward Bates •.••• Wm. G. Pettus .••••• Archibald Gamble ••• Edward Bates ..•• • Wm. G. Pettus ••••• • Archibald Gamble •.. • Wm. G. Pettus .•.. - Thornt. Grimsley •••. - Archibald Gamble .•. • Wm. G. Pettus .••. - Thornt. Grimsley. . . •• Archibald Gamble ... Martin Ruggles •.• John F. Ryland .•••.• Rich. T. McKinney .. • Martin Rugsrles •.• H. R. Gamble .••.•.. - Thornton Grimsley •. H. R. Gamble ...••• Adam L. Mills .••.••• Thornton Grimsley .. H. R. Gamble.. . • .• Adam L. Mills ••..•• - Bernard Pratte ..•••• Sinclair Kirtley •. - Adam L. Mills....... Thomas Andrews •.. Oliver Parker •..• • Augustus Jones .••.. - Thomas Andrews ..• M. J. Noyes ..••.. - Auirustus Jones •••.. - Thomas Andrews .•• • John Wilson • G. A. Tuttle Goo. H. C. Melody • Oliver Parker ..•. - S. W. B. Carnegy .•.• Ceo. H. C. Melody .•.• Oliver Parker ..••• S. W. B. Carnegy ... • Ceo. H. C. Melody ..• Edward Searcey •.• Granville Snell....... Goo. H. C. Melody .•• A. B. Chambers •.. - Thomas Andrews ..• - Ceo. H. C. Melody • A. B. Chambers .... Alex. T. DougI88ll - Ceo. H. C. Melody • Alex. T. DougI88ll .• Wm. C. Vance * Ceo. H. C. Melody • Alex. T. DougI88ll .• John Orrick ..••••.. - Goo. H. C. Melody * Joseph Foster ..... C. H. Bowers........ Goo. H. C. Melody * Joseph Foster ..•.• C. H. Bowers........ John Simonds .••..•. J. W. S. Mitehell .. * E. S. Rugsrles Fred L. Billon • E. S. Ruggles - J. L. F. Jacoby • John S. Watson * E. S. Ruggles J. L. F. Jacoby John S. Watson • E. S. Ruggles * J. L. F. Jacoby • John S. Watson J. L. F. Jacob,. Cyrus Osborn John S. Watson Cyrus Osborn Joseph Megguire * John S. Watson * Joseph Megguire .. • P. Draper John M. Reed • P. Draper........• S. F. Currie ••...... - J. T. Johnson ••.... S. F. Currie J. H. Turner J. T. Johnson J. H. Turner - S. H. Saunders • J. T. Johnson J. W. Chenoweth ..• R. C. Hill • Joseph Foster * James H. Britton Joseph Foster •

Grand Secreta17 William Rensbaw· William RensbawWilliam RensbawT. DouglasT. Douglas. John D. Daggett. J obn D. DaggettJohn D. Dalrlrett. Jobn D. DagsrettJohn D. Dalrlrett* Fred L. Billon * Fred L. Billon * Fred L. BillonJ obn Garnett* Thos. W. ConyersThos. W. Conyers * Richard B. Dallam· Ricbard B. Dallam· Richard B. DallamRichard B. DallamRichard B. Dallam· Richard B. Dallam· Richard B. DallamRichard B. Dallam· Richard B. Dallam· Fred L. Billon * Fred L. Billon * J. W. S. Mitchell* J. W. S. Mitchell* C. D. W. Johnson· C. D. W. JohnsonC. D. W. JohnsonA. O'Sullivan. A. O'Sullivan * A. O'Sullivan.

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1855 •••• 1856 .... 1857 •••• 1868 1859 1860 •••. 1861. ••• 1862 1868 18U 1866 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 S. H. Saunders ••••• S. H. Saunders Marcus Boyd M. H. McFarland •• Wm. R. Penick ••• • Geo. Whitcomb John H. Turner • John F. Houston .. * John F. Houston John D. Vincil • W. E. Dunscomb .. • John D. Vincil William D. Muir.• * Th08. E. Garrett ..• Th08. E. Garrett •.• Samuel H. Owens.* R. E. Anderson John W. Luke * James E. Cadle • Xen. Ryland T. C. Ready .•••••• • Noah M. Givan • JOB. S. Browne • W. R. Stubblefield.· Alex. M. Dockery •• • Chas. C. Woods • Lee A. Hall Robt. F. Stevenson· James W. Boyd • Geo. R. Hunt Wm. M. Williams •• • James P. Wood ~ Theodore Buce Geo. E. Walker .••• • B. H. Ingum ...•• • John R. Parson .••• Harry Keene •••••• * J. B. Thomas • A. M. Hough •

W. A. Cunninlrham •. P. Duper •.••••••• • Marcus Boyd • M. H. McFarland • W. R. Penick •••••• • John Decker •..•••• • John H. Turner • Wm. N. Loker • John D. Vincil • John D. Vincil • W. E. Dunscomb • C. A. Rowley • R. E. Anderson * T. E. Garrett • R. E. Anderson • R. E. Anderson • J. E. Ryland ••••••• * John W. Luke • Xenophon Ryland * Xenophon Ryland • Th08. C. Ready * Noah M. Givan ....• • Joseph S. Browne ... W. R. Stubblefield .. • Alex. M. Dockery ... • Chas. C. Woods .•••• • Lee A. Hall • Robt. F. Stevenson James W. Boyd .•.••• George R. Hunt • W. M. Williams * James P. Wood .•••• • Theodore Brace Geo. E. Walker * B. H. Ingram •••..•• • John R. Parson .•... • Harry Keene •.••••• * J. B. Thomas ..••••• • A. M. Hough • D. A. Jamison •

J. W. Chenoweth.~. S. H. Saunders .... Marcus Boyd .•••••• John F. Houston W. R. Penick John Decker ..••••• Geo. Whitcomb Wm. N. Loker John D. Vincil. A. L. McGrelror 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 Th08. C. Ready Noah M. Givan J08. S. Browne ....• W. R. Stubblefield • Jas. E. Carter ,. Chas. C. Woods Lee A. Hall. .••••• • Robt. F. Stevenson. James W. Boyd.... George R. Hunt .••• Wm. M. Williams ... James P. Wood.... Theodore Brace ...• Geo. E. Walker * B. H. Ingram John R. Parson ••. • Harry Keene .••••. • J. B. Thomas .••.. • A. M. Hough •••••.• D. A. Jamison F. J. Tygard •

H. E. Van- Orsdell ..• Marcus Boyd ....... • John F. Houston •.•• • John Decker • John Decker • Samuel M. Hayes ••• • A. L. McGregor ••..• • Samuel RUS8ell 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 • Th08. 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. AIlen *

John D. Daglrt!tt • John D. Daggett • John D. Daggett .••• * John D. Daggett .••. • John D. Daggett .... * John D. Daggett ..•. * John D. Daggett * John D. Daggett • John D. Daggett • Wm. N. Loker Wm. N. Loker • Wm. N. Loker • Wm. N. Loker Wm. N. Loker Wm. N. Loker • Wm. N. Loker Wm. N. Loker Wm. N. Loker ...••. * Wm. N. Loker * Wm. N. Loker Wm. N. Loker * Wm. N. Loker Wm. N. Loker ....•. • John W. Luke • John W. Luke * John W. Luke 11 John W. Luke * Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard.* Samuel M. Kennard.* Samuel M. Kennard.* Samuel M. Kennard .• Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard •• Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard.* Samuel M. Kennard.* Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard.* Samuel M. Kennard.*

A.O·Sullivan. A. O'Sullivan. A. O'Sullivan. A. O'Sullivan. A. O'Sullivan. A. O'Sullivan. A. O'Sullivan· A. O'Sullivan. A. O'Sullivan. A. O'Sullivan. A. O'Sullivan· A.O'Sullivan.t G.FrankGouley·t G. Funk Gouley. G. Frank Gouley· G. Frank Gouley. G. Frank Gouley* G. Funk Gouley* G. Frank Gouley* G. Frank Gouley. G. Frank Gouley· G. Frank Gouleyull John D. Vincil· John D. Vincil· John D. Vincil· John D. Vincil· John D. VincU· John D. Vincil· John D. VincU· John D. Vincil. John D. Vincil. John D. VincU. John D. VincU. 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 I D. Grand Master D. A. Jamison ...... F. J. Tygard........ F. J. Tygard ......• E. F. Allen ..•.....• E. F. Allen ......... C. H. Briggs ....... C. H. Briggs ......• Campbell Wells ....• Campbell Wells ....• Joseph C. Finagin ..• Joseph C. Finagin .• John C. yocum ....• John C. yocum ....• Wm. F. Kuhn .....• Wm. F. Kuhn .....• Leroy B. Valliant ..• Leroy B. Valliant... A. S. Houston .•... * A. S. Houston * D. M. Wilson * D. M. Wilson * John T. Short • John T. Short * R. R. Kreeger.....• R. R. Kreeger * William A. Hall ....• Wm. A. Hall ......• Clay C. Bigger ....•• Clay C. Bigger ..... • Arch A. Johnson .•.. Arch A. Johnson. . .. Jacob Lampert ....• Jacob Lampert ....• Van Fremont Boor .• Van Fremont Boor. Chesley A. Mosman .• Tolman W. Cotton .. Frank R. Jesse ....• Frank R. Jesse .... • Edward Higbee ....• Edward Higbee ..•.• Wm. A. Clark .••..• Wm. A. Clark ..... • John W. Bingham .•• John W. Bingham • Julius C. GarrelL .•• Julius C. Garrell ••• * Wm. F. Johnson ... • Wm. F. Johnson ... • O. A. Lucas •..••.• * O. A. Lucas ....•..• Bert S. Lee ......•.. Bert S. Lee......... Joseph S. McIntyre •• Joseph S. McIntyre· Orestes Mitchell ....• Orestes Mitchell. .. • W. W. Martin ....•. W. W. Martin John Pickard ...•..• John Pickard • A. F. Ittner..•.•.••• Anthony F. Ittner .. B. E. Bigger . Byrne E. Bigger.... S. R. Freet ......•. * S. R. Freet......... Wm. R. Gentry . Wm. R. Gentry ....• Ray V. Denslow .

Senior G. Warden E. F. Allen •••••••• • C. H. Briggs • Campbell Wells • Joseph C. Finagin.· John C. yocum .... • Wm. F. Kuhn .....• Leroy B. Valliant.· A. S. Houston * D. M. Wilson * John T. Short • R. R. Kreeger • William A. Hall • Clay C. Bigger • Arch A. Johnson . Jacob Lampert • Van Fremont Boor.· Chesley A. Mosman • Tolman W. Cotton .. Edward Higbee • Wm. A. Clark • John W. Bingham· Julius C. Garrell • Wm. F. Johnson • O. A. Lucas • Bert S. Lee ....•.•.• Joseph S. McIntyre· Orestes Mitchell • W. W. Martin . John Pickard • A. F. Ittner .. B. E. Bigger . S. R. Freet ........• Wm. R. Gentry, Sr . Ray V. Denslow . Thad B. Landon *

Junior G. Warden C. H. Briggs • Campbell Wells • Joseph C. Finagin ..• John C. yocum • Wm. F. Kuhn • Leroy B. Valliant * A. S. Houston * D. M. Wilson * Howard Watson * R. R. Kreeger • William A. Hall • • Clay C. Bigger Arch A. Johnson . Jacob Lampert * Van Fremont Boor. * Chesley A. Mosman.· Tolman W. Cotton . Frank R. Jesse * Wm. A. Clark * John W. Bingham. * Julius C. Garrell .. * Wm. F. Johnson ..• • O. A. Lucas ••....• • Bert S. Lee........• Joseph S. McIntyre.· Orestes Mitchell., .. • W. W. Martin . John Pickard • . A. F. Ittner B. E. Bigger . S. R. Freet Wm. R. Gentry. Sr•.. Ray V. Denslow . Thad B. Landon • Frank C. Barnhill..

Grand Treasurer Samuel M. Kennard.Samuel M. Kennard .• Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard.Samuel M. Kennard.· Samuel M. Kennard.· John R. Parson ..• • John R. Parson ..• • Alphonso C. Stewart· Alphonso C. Stewart· Alphonso C. Stewart· Alphonso C. Stewart· Alphonso C. Stewart· Alphonso C. Stewart· Alphonso C. Stewart· Alphonso C. Stewart· Alphonso C. Stewart· Alphonso C. Stewart· Alph. C. Stewart Wm. A. Hall • Wm. A. Hall ......• Wm. A. Hall ......• Wm. A. Hall • Wm. A. Hall ......• Wm. A. Hall • Wm. A. Hall ......• Wm. A. Hall • Wm. A. Hall ·ttt E. E. Morris . E. E. Morris . E. E. Morris . E. E. Morris . E. E. Morris . E. E. Morris .

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Grand Secretary John D. Vincil· John D. Vinci! * John D. Vinci! * John D. Vinci!· John D. Vinci!· John D. Vinci! * John D. Vinci!· John D. Vinci! * John D. Vinci! .~~ John R. ParsonU. John R. Parson. John R. Parson· John R. Parson. John R. Parson. John R. Parson. John R. Parson. John R. Parson. John R. Parson. John R. Parson. John R. Parson. John R. Parson * John R. Parson * John R. Parson * John R. Parson * John R. Parson tt. Frank R. Jesse * Frank R. Jesse * Frank R. Jesse. Frank R. Jesse. Frank R. Jesse Frank R. Jesse •• tt Arthur Mather ttt Arthur Mather. Arthur Mather * Arthur Mather.

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Ray V.-Denslow--=-:-:. Thad B. Landon ..• * F. C. Barnhill Du Val Smith James W. Skelly Geo. W. Walker ....• H. L. Reader Henry C. Chiles Karl M. Vetsburg Harry S. Truman Harris C. Johnston .. Forrest C. Donnell .. W. F. Woodruff Willis J. Bray Willis J. Bray Solon Cameron Morris E. Ewing Harry F. Sunderland.

Thad B. Landon ...• * Frank C. Barnhill Du Val Smith Jas. W. Skelly Geo. W. Walker •.... H. L. Reader ..•.•... Henry C. Chiles Elwyn S. Woods Harry S. Truman Harris C. Johnston .. Forrest C. Donnell .. Grover C. Sparks.§§ Willis J. Bray Solon Cameron Solon Cameron Morris E. Ewing Harry F. Sunderland. James M. Bradford

Frank C. Barnhill .. Du Val Smith Jas. W. Skelly Geo. W. Walker H. L. Reader .•••..• Henry C. Chiles Elwyn S. Woods t Karl M. Vetsburg Harris C. Johnston .. Forrest C. Donnell .. Grover C. Sparks §§ W. F. Woodruff .••.• Solon Cameron Morris E. Ewing Morris E. Ewing Harry F. Sunderland. James M. Bradford Ray Bond...........

Du Val Smith .••... Jas. W. Skelly Geo. W. Walker H. L. Reader Henry C. Chiles Elwyn S. Woods ..• t Karl M. Vetsburg Harry S. Truman ..• Forrest C. Donnell .. Grover C. Sparks §§ Wm. F. Woodruff James A. Kinder §§§ Morris E. Ewing .•.. Harry F. Sunderland Harry F. Sunderland James M. Bradford .•. Ray Bond ..•........ Homer L. Ferl~uson..

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Arthur Mather * Arthur Mather * Arthur Mather * Arthur Mather * Arthur Mather * Arthur Mather * Arthur Mather * Arthur Mather * Arthur Mather * Arthur Mather * Arthur Mather * Arthur Mather * Arthur Mather U§§ Harold L. Reader *§ Harold L. Reader Harold L. Reader Harold L. Reader Harold L. Reader

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*Deceased. §Was not installed. tResigned. *tDied August 11, 1866, while in office. -:Appointed August 18, 1866, by John D. Vincll, Grand Master. --IIDied April 11, 1877, while in office. -UUDied October 12, 1904, while in office. "-Died April 22, 1916, while in office.

·IIJohn W. Luke served, by appointment, as Grand Secretary, from April 11. 1877 to October 11. 1877, and died October, 1888. UDied within week after his installation. ttThere was no Communication in 1835, owing to the anti-Masonic excitement. *·Withdrawn from Masonry. tt-Resigned May 20, 1921, account ill health. ••*Appointed October 22, 1904, by Leroy B. Valliant, Grand Master.

·tttDied November 7, 1924, while in office. **ttDied August 29, 1927, while in office. tttAppointed September I, 1927, by John Pickard, Grand Master. §§Died December 28, 1942, while in office. §§§Died May 8, 1943, while in office. §§§§Died April 22, 1944, while in office. ·§Appointed May 1, 1944 by W. F. Woodruff, Grand Master.

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J AMES KENNERLY, Senior Warden

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GRAND REPRESENTATIVES TO AND FROM THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

c:.o TO MISSOURI Grand Representative Poet Office George W. Paddock ' . Kansas City Wm. C. &ese .•••••....•.•... St. Louis , Byrne E. Bigger. . . . . . . .. '" Hannibal. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . John W. Adams .........•... Marshall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Frank G. Ade.••..•.•... oo .. , Joplin

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St. Louis Canada . Kirksville , Colorado•........... Kansas City Connecticut . Clinton Costa Rica . Trenton •............................ Cuba•••.....•...• ' Sedalia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Delaware . Marshall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Denmark ' Lexington. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . District of Columbia . Trenton , England .

FROM MISSOURI Post Office Grand Representative Blake W. Harper , Montgomery Edmonton Archibald West . Lee Garrett •••••............ Tucson M. W. Greeson . Prescott Lawrenee Healey . 1138Nelson St., Vancouver Geo. D. Kleinhaus . Kitchener, Ontario Jos. M. Neal ••.............. Meeker

Eli S. Haynes ..•............ W. W. Martin ..•............ Walter A. Higbee '" Walter J. Simon . DuVal Smith . Nat D. Jackson •............ Forrest C. Donnell. . . . . .. . .. Chas. L. Woods . F. C. Barnhill •.....•........ Ovid Bell .

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Frank P. Briggs............ Harris C. Johnston James W. Skelly Harold L. Reader. . . . . . •. Orestes Mitchell, Jr.......... Areh A. Johnson Ralph Wilson. . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. Curtis J. NeaL E. E. Morris Morris E. Ewing Guy C. Million. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Henry C. Chiles , E. L. Robison. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Washington, D. Coo Maine .•........... Boonville Manitoba......•.... St. Louis Maryland . St. Louis. • • . . . . . . . . . . .. . Massachusetts . St. Joseph Michigan .. Springfield.....................•.. Minnesota . St. Louis. . . . . . . . . . . . .. Mississippi. .. Cape Girardeau Montana ' Kansas City Nebraska . Morrisville .........................• Nevada . Boonville............... . New Brunswick , Lexington New Hampshire . St. Joseph. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . New Jersey .

Edward H. Britton Maris H. Garton. . . . . . . . . . .. G. A. Rasch Robt. D. Webster Neil W. Murray Harry E. Orr. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. James P. White. • • . . . . . . . . .. Knute L. Brujord. . . . . . . . . .. Edward E. Carr •.•......... , Fred H. Callihan. . . . . . . . . . ..

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FROM MISSOURI Grand Representative Poet Office Herbert S. Murdock . Springer W. G. Lackersteen . Sydney Milton W. Huebsch . 4140 Carpenter Ave., New York 66, N. Y. William Waring De Castro ... Wellington Raymond C. J arnet ........• Box 14, Granada Lambert R. Morris ..•....... Beaufort Max M. Moore . Valley City John Angus MacAskill .. Glace Bay James W. Morgan .. Jackson W. W.Groom . McAlester Bryant A. Luzader . Portland Julio Icaza . Panama City . Manila Melicio Fabroe C. C. Carlton . Souris A. J. B. Milborne ' Montreal Samuel James Cossart . Brisbane Harry A. Reed .••••...•.•... Providence Juan Olmo . Barceloneta J. Orville Clark . Govan John B. Peden . Edinburgh William James Hoet . Adelaide .. Charleston Gen. Chas. P. Summerall George W. Toft . Mitchell Emil Glaser .. Switzerland Herbert Hays . Hobart

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THE MASONIC WORLD

Domirio Tomgiani, Grana Master, Grana Orie1lt of Italy "FaithfUl until Death"

THE MASONIC WORLD By RAY V. DENSLOW, P. G. M.

TWO CENTURIES OF PERSECUTION

Freemasonry in Italy Domizio Torrigiani died toda,y at his villa in Tuscany, at the age of '/0, where he had retired after a five year confinement as a political prisoner on the Island Of Lipari. -News Dispatch, August, 1932.

Four lines could tell the story of his death, but volumes will be necessary to record his valor and his defense of humanitarian principles. An American Freemason (Ossian Lang), who knew Torrigiani, has written a brief sketch of this great Italian patriot: "He was a genuine Mason and a gentleman, cultured, genial, ringing true. Under his inspiring leadership the Italian craft approached nearer an ideal type than it ever did before or since. Until he became Grand Master, the Grand Orient over which he presided had been predominantly political and took an active part in affairs expressly excluded from the lodges by the fundamental laws of the craft. With him entered a new spirit, but before it could permeate the organization, the government closed the lodges. Then followed a period of extreme trial for him. He was assailed by partisans of a rival Italian Grand Lodge, the Grand Master of which (Palermi) published attacks at home and abroad. Among the inner circle of the Grand Orient also were some who deserted him because he would not resort to political action to deter the government from action against the lodges."

We have inserted the photograph of Grand Master Torrigiani as the frontispiece to this Review. May the virtues of this splendid Freemason be on perpetual record, not only in the pages of Masonic History, but in the hearts of all his brethren. IN SUNNY ITALY

Sunny Italy! The Land of Masonic Persecution, a persecution which began with its first establishment more than two centuries ago, and which in this year 1948 still goes on unabated. And to crown this persecution and oppression, we have the spectacle of grand lodges here and there, and of individuals, seemingly doing everything to hinder and impede the work of their Italian brethren who have suffered beyona measure, and who have, for a quarter of a century, placed their lives in constant jeopardy-for

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what ~ Well, just for the sake of preserving the Masonic ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity. For only men can be Freemasons in Italy. Men who are unafraid of religious and political persecution-because these Italian Freemasons suffer from constant persecution. Beginning with the papal fulmination of Pope Clement XII, in 1738, our Italian brethren have been bombarded with periodical bulls of all sorts and sizes, accusing the Freemasons of almost everything. Freemasons not being Roman Catholic are dubbed "atheistic," and not being for the Christian Democratic party are "political." Without going into the origin or source of these accusations, many of our own brethren have accepted these epithets applied by the church as being true, repeating and repeating them, until they almost believe them. It is unfortunate that some of our brethren of high title and "Masonic Grand Powers" do not have to live under the conditions under which our persecuted brethren have lived for a quarter of a century; then they might have some small bit of sympathy for those who have carried the Masonic banners in the face of bigotry, intolerance" and fanatical oppression. We confess that we are unacquainted with each of the 20,000 members of lodges working under the Grand Orient of Italy, so we cannot say that all of them are believers in the Holy Trinity, Baptism, the Virgin Birth, and other requirements of the Roman Church. We do not know what the ideas of each may be as to God, nor do we know the ideas of 3,000,000 American Freemasons on the same subject. It is a smart man who can go into details about the nature of God. Our guess is that the idea of the average Italian Freemason is about the same as that of his American brother. We know as many Italian Freemasons as do some of these critics. We do not know a single Italian atheist. We have visited an Italian lodge in recent years and examined the volume on the altar; it was the Bible and not the French "White Book." We have read the Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand Orient and nowhere is there any evidence of atheism, but on the contrary, there is every evidence that our Italian brethren have more respect for the Deity than many of those who talk about the Deity-but just talk. EARLY HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY IN ITALY

The early history of Freemasonry in Italy is traditional. There is no direct evidence as to when or where the first lodge was established. Lord Sackville is given credit for the establishment of the first lodge, in 1733. It was located at Florence in "Via Maggio," and its first Master is thought to have been Lord Henry Fox Holland. Soon, lodges were established in nearby cities, Leghorn, Pisa, Siena, Perngia and Rome. Becoming a Freemason was the fad, so much so that the Pope began to look with suspicion upon a fraternity which might develop into a rival and endanger his temporal power.

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It was not long before the Pope issued the first of the famous Bulls; it was the first of a long line of those papal animals. The date was 1738; the Pope was Clement XII, and the edict is generally referred to as "In Eminenti," the first words of the Bull. The Edict was not put into full force and effect in all parts of Italy. In Tuscany, for example, Emperor Francis of Austria had been informed of the Edict, but he was a Freemason; he did not care to anger the Pope, so he directed that the Edict be accepted, but not put into execution. Whereupon several new lodges were established in such cities as Milan, Verona, Turin, Padua and Venice. The lodge established in Rome in 1735 was closed in 1737. In Leghorn, Catholics, Protestants and Jews worked together in such harmony as to arouse papal rage. Threats of excommunication were heard. THE FIRST PERSECUTION

Lennhoff, in his "Freemasons" tells of an incident: , , A member of the Lodge in Florence, the Abbott Octaviano Bonarccorsi, was in the habit of relating to his friend Bernardino Puppiliani, with great enthusiasm, interesting things about the work in the Lodge; how they discussed theological and philosophical questions, the movement of the earth, the immortality of the soul. But Puppiliani repaid him very badly for this confidence. When he went to confessional during the Easter of 1739 he confessed to Father Guadagna, his confessor, that he knew something of the Masonic secrets. They had been waiting a long time for such a "material witness." Puppiliani was forced to make another confession; this time to the Inquisitor's Vicar, the Jesuit Benoffi. Amongst the names mentioned to him by Puppiliani was that of Crudelli, who was already under suspicion of not taking his religion too seriously, and who had been accused of heresy by another informer. The agonies of torture which Crudelli was made to suffer undermined his health, and, although he was soon released through the influential intervention of Duke Francis Stephen, he died of hemorrhage of the lungs in 1745, at the early age of forty-three.' ,

About 1776 we have the incident of St. Januarius. At the Festival of St. Januarius held annually, the so-called blood of the Saint is brought out; each year it was said to "liquefy" on that occasion. In this particular year the blood refused to do its usual duty, whereupon the failure was attributed to the "Masons." People ran about the streets defaming the fraternity; many of the brethren were thrown into jail. Then, Queen Caroline, daughter of Emperor Francis I, came to the rescue and ordered the edict of Count Tanucci rescinded. She was anxious to have her husband, the King, join the fraternity, but he was fearful of the ceremony of initiation. THE FRATERNITY EXTENDS ITS BOUNDS

Freemasonry was established early in the two Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily, and in 1764 (Feb. 27) a National Grand Lodge del Zelo was formed. Half a century after the first Papal Bull, another lodge

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was formed in Rome (1787) ; it lasted only two years, being suppressed in 1789. In the meantime, lodges were being established in Tuscany, first at Leghorn, in 1763; another in 1765; two more appeared in 1771, but by 1800 all were closed. There is a record of an English lodge in Venice in 1762, according to Rebold. In 1775, Stuart partisans established the Rite of Strict Observance at Turin. Shortly after the turn of the century, lodges emerged from their lethargy. In 1801, a lodge was organized at Milan; another at Mantua,

GUIDO LAJ, G. M. Grand Orient of Italy

DR. PUBLIO CORTINI, G. T. Grand Orient of Italy

etc. In 1805, the Ancient and Accepted Rite was introduced into Milan from Paris; out of this group came the Rite of Misraim. In 1807, a Grand Orient was erected at Naples; in 1809, it united as a Grand Orient under Joachim Murat. This was the Napoleonic period and we find two Grand Orients-first, the Grand Orient of Italy, which included the "Italic Kingdom," with Eugene Beauharnais as Grand Master; the other was at Naples, with jurisdiction over the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, its Grand Master being Giacchino Murat. Lodges in Piedmont, Tuscany and Rome fell under the Grand Orient of France, for Italy was at that time a divided nation.

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"United Italy" was the dream of the Italian people. Dr. Cortini has told us of this period of Italian history: "How many heroes, some of them obscure; others well-known to history, came from the Italian lodges f Mazzini, a man of great talent and altruistic spirit, who suffered prison and banishment because of his dream of a free and sovereign Italy; who foresaw a United States of Europe, whereby all people would be bound together by the common ideals of Peace and Universal Love. With the help of 'Young Italy' he showed the path of duty for the attainment of the common ideal. He infused into Italian hearts a love for that Republic which was realized only some seventy years after his death. "Confalonieri, Garbiglia, Paravicini, Maroncelli, Silvio Pellico, Domenico Romagnosi, Melchiore Gioia, Santorre de Santaros-all were martyrs for the Masonic Ideal-the Liberty of Italy. Brothers Emilio Bandiera and Nicola Ricciotti were the victims of 1844; Pisacane and Giovanni Nicotera of 1857. It was in this period that the activity of that great hero-Garibaldi-burst forth, leading and encouraging the patriot bands."

Italy at that time was divided into seven states, each of which had its own ruler. With the unification of the country, it became necessary to unify the Masonic family. There were three Masonic groups existent in Italy in 1861: The Grand Orient of Naples. Grand Orient of Palermo; Garibaldi, Grand Master. Grand Orient of Turin; Constantine Negra, Grand Master. UNIFICATION OF ITALIAN FREEMASONRY

Finally, May 21-24, 1864, a meeting was held in Florence, at which time all these groups were united under one banner-The Grand Orient of Italy, headed by the great Italian patriot, General Giuseppe Garibaldi. Garibaldi reigned as Grand Master but a year; he resigned and was created an Honorary Grand Master for life. Ludovico Frapolli, a member of Parliament, succeeded him; then came Giuseppe Mazzoni, in June 1870. That was the year in which the Papal States were occupied and Italian troops entered Rome. Modern Italy had arrived. Rome was its capital. Then the Grand Orient removed from Florence to Rome, where, in 1872, the first General Meeting of Lodges was held. The constitution adopted at that time was in use until 1920. Here we shall give the line of Grand Masters:

1864-Giuseppe Garibaldi 1865-Ludovico Frapolli 1870-Giuseppe Mazzoni 1880-Giuseppe Petroni 1882-Andriano Lemmi 1896-Ernesto Nathan 1904-Ettore Ferrari .... -Schism of 1908 1917-Ernesto Nathan

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1919-Domizio Torrigiani .... -MussoIini period 1945-Guido Laj

Petroni was a papal prisoner from 1853 until September 20, 1870; Lemmi came from Florence, a man of exceptional attainments, who, with other Italian patriots, had worked with Joseph Mazzini for the emancipation and unity of Italy; energetic, intelligent and wealthy, through a large and profitable trade in tobacco, he became a master man among his fellows and was able to bring within the field of influence the various important Masonic centers and hold them together under the sway of a sole Grand Master, among whom was Garibaldi. Lemmi died in 1906. Ernesto Nathan was, at one time, Mayor .of Rome. Ferrari was a noted Italian sculptor. Torrigiani was a distinguished lawyer of Florence, who volunteered for active service in World War I, and who was decorated for bravery by the government. He was fearless in defending the fraternity and paid for it with his life. The present Grand Master, Guido Laj, was selected by the Allied Forces as Vice-Mayor of Rome. Just to show the lack of unity in Italian Freemasonry before the unification, the various groups then existent were: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Sicilies (Naples and Sicily) Tuscany-Florence Genoa Lombardy-Milan Venetia Cisalpine Republic Sardinia-Piedmont-Savoy

He who united his Country and the Masonic Fraternity was truly the Great Liberator-Giuseppe Garibaldi. May his memory ever be green wherever Freemasony exists! THE SCHISM OF

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The whole fraternity suffers whenever there is a division of its forces. This is especially true in a country where the fraternity is weak in numbers and where there are violent antagonists. The schism of 1908 created a discord in Italian Freemasonry which weakened it to such an extent that when the time arrived for Freemasonry to present a united front it just could not be done. There are many stories about how the schism was brought about; we do know that it occurred. We also know that the majority consisted of the Grand Orient and they retained the name, while the insurgent group, ten years later, organized under the name of the National Grand Lodge. Our sympathy has never been for insurgent Masonic groups; we believe in democratic processes. We believe the majority opinion should rule. Consequently we favor the Grand Orient of Italy. Frank-

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ly, we never approved the attacks made by Palermi, of the National Grand Lodge, on the mother Grand Lodge (the Grand Orient). We always liked the quiet dignity and the way the Grand Orient went the even tenor of its way and without the bitter vituperations of the

GARIBALDI (From an old print)

Palermi group. The result is, the Grand Orient has nothing to apologize for; another result is that when the time came for a consolidation, members of the National Grand Lodge had little to complain of. Here again the Grand Orient showed its attitude, which was not one of bitterness, but of sacrifice, if necessary, to preserve Masonic Unity. American Grand Lodges, instead of investigating the situation and refraining from extending further recognition until the schism had been healed, proceeded to recognize each of the groups according to the information passed out to them by representatives of "higher bodies" in their attempt to establish their own particular groups. Accordingly, we found after the schism, that to a regular Grand Lodge there had been attached an illegitimate Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite; and to what was an irregular Grand Lodge was

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attached a regular Supreme Council. With this exception, however, it appears that the regular Supreme Council established the irregular Grand Lodge. Oliver Day Street, writing in 1922, quotes Grand Secretary Raimondi as saying: "In 1908, a schism began in the bosom of the Supreme Council, 33Â°, then presided over by the late accomplished Brother, Achille Ballori, of the City of Rome. At the head of the secessionists was the late Rev. Saverio Fera, Evangelical pastor. From this schism, condemned by the great majority of Italian Masons, originated the National Grand Lodge at Piazza del Gesu, 47. Negotiations are in progress (1920) for a union and we hope that they may be successfully concluded. If not, the cause shall not lie in our unwillingness, but in the perversity of the schismatics. "

The London Freemason of January 15, 1910, says of the revolt: "Until June 1908, Italian Masonry consisted of two Rites-the A. A. S. R., and what was called the Italian Symbolic Rite. These two systems worked in a certain amount of harmony, and united in forming a governing body called the Grand Orient. This consisted of a number of brethren under a Grand Master elected by the various lodges throughout the Kingdom of Italy. Its authority was, however, limited to the issuing of certain general regulations, each of the Rites being governed by its own Council and Constitutions. By slow degrees the Grand Orient had usurped a certain control over the government of the A. A. S. R., which had invariably been worsted in any matters of discussion.... "A Supreme Council of 33rds was called for February 23, 1908, and loyal brethren were surprised to find upon the agenda, amongst other matters, a motion 'for the unification of the rite.' This, plainly interpreted, meant the abolition of the A. A. S. R. and the final degradation of Masonry in Italy into a political body. This motion had originated with the Sovereign Grand Commander, who had called together various members of his Council in private meeting, and had resolved on the tactics they should adopt to bring about their scheme."

The Supreme Council met and the motion was defeated. The Sovereign .Grand Commander resigned. More disputes. More charges. The Lieutenant Grand Commander suspended various lodges. The Grand Orient said it could not be done, stating that only Grand Orient could suspend lodges and exert discipline over Freemasons. There is some evidence tending to prove that the Grand Orient planned to set up legislative policies for its members, especially in relation to the Italian school question. Out of these discussions came two Supreme Councils. â&#x20AC;˘ THE IRREGULARITY OF PALERMI'S GRAND LODGE

Palermi, who occupied the dual positions of Grand Master of the irregular Grand Lodge and Grand Commander of the Supreme Council, said: "In Italy there has existed since the beginning of the year 1875 a Supreme Council A. A. S. R. This Supreme Council was legally recognized

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at the Congress of Washington (Supreme Council Congress) in the year 1912 by all the other Supreme Councils. Our Supreme Council was presided over at that time by Bro. Saverio Fera. Bro. Fera died at the end of 1916. He was succeeded by Bro. Leonardo Ricciardi of Naples. Bro. Ricciardi resigned in May of 1918, forced by age and sickness. After election his place was taken by Rev. William Burgess of Rome. "Up to this time all the degrees, the three blue degrees included, were given in the name of the Supreme Council to which all the Lodges had sworn obedience. To conform to the old Landmarks the Supreme Council decided to create a Grand Lodge and to give the institution the exclusive and independent administration of the blue degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Masonry. The Grand Lodge had its first meeting in March 1919."

He-read this last paragreph, where it states: The Supreme Council decided to create a Grand Lodge. A plain admission that the National Grand Lodge of Italy was created by a Supreme Council. This does not at all agree with what Palermi said in answer to an inquiry from the Grand Lodge Missouri. He was asked: "Q: Where did the lodges that founded the National Grand Lodge of Italy obtain their original charters' , , A: The. Grand Lodge of Italy was formed by the various Lodges chartered in several parts of Italy by English Masons at the beginning of the 19th century."

Dr. Cortini, addressing a Washington, D. C., audience, dwelt very briefly on the schism, saying: , 'In 1908 a crisis in the form of a schism struck Italian Masonry. History has already established its judgment of this event, both as regarding reasons caudng this separation of a part of the family of the Grand Orient, and also concerning those persons responsible for it. The Grand Orient was forced to denounce the separation from its bosom of certain Zodge8 which hail decided to accept the jurisdiction of a Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite. "

Thus, it appears that from 1908, the date of the schism, until 1919, when the National Grand Lodge was formed, the seceding lodges were not a part or parcel of any Grand Lodge, but were functioning under the direction of a Supreme Council. And this is the group that was recognized by several of our unsuspecting American Grand Lodges. HECTIC DAYS

Mussolini's celebrated "March on Rome" occurred October 22, 1922. Torrigiani, the far-sighted Grand Master of the Grand Orient, knew that the March foreboded evil for Freemasonry. And the Grand Orient was unafraid, for in December, previous to the "March," the Grand Orient, in discussing the dictatorial trend of the government, confirmed its faith in the tradition of the Italian "Resorgimento" inspired by the teaching of Mazzini, and sustained by the noble deeds of Garibaldi.

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In its report, we read: "Freemasonry can never become a political party, and in the interest of national thought, it must be above all parties. Also, at this hour, which shows, quite plainly, the fraternity of Freemasons cannot and must not depart from its traditions, which are based on the conviction of the sovereign power of the people as the unshakable foundation of our civil life. "

This declaration far from pleased the Fascist Grand Council, which, on February 13, 1923, with Mussolini presiding, discussed the subject "Fascism and Masonry" and resolved: "In consideration of the fact that r.nt political events and the attitude and certain resolutions of Freemasonry have given cause for the assumption that Freemasons pursue a program and employ methods contrary to those which inspire the whole activity of Fascism, the Council calls upon those Fascists who are Freemasons to choose between membership in the National Fascist Party and Freemasonry."

This threw the Grand Orient into hurried council. Their reply was: , 'Fascist brethren have full liberty of breaking off their connection with Freemasonry in order to give loyal service to the Fascist Party. Those who do so will thereby demonstrate by their action that Love of Country is the supreme commandment taught by their Lodge."

As a result of this statement, many did resign their Freemasonry and became active Fascists. Most of this group were the younger Italians who were fired with enthusiasm for action and who did not foresee the outcome of such action. Grand Master Torrigiani issued in this year (1923) a book dealing with "Freemasonry and Fascism." In this volume, Torrigiani quoted from several circular letters which he had issued officially, explaining the Masonic attitude towards the new movement. Even in 1921, he had anticipated the movement, declaring that forcible procedure could never be approved by our fraternity and that it should never be permitted to become a political method. The following year he said: "A man can only be a Freemason when he is really devoted to the principle of Fatherland and Liberty. No political creed is thereby involved. Our endeavour is towards removing the venom from political feuds and combatting violence." -

Then followed months of excesses against Freemasonry and Freemasons, inspired and abetted, no doubt, by members of the Fascist Party. Lodge buildings were broken into; Masonic libraries were destroyed; individual Freemasons were assaulted. TORRIGIANI APPEALS TO :MlJSSOLINI

Torrigiani could restrain himself no longer; he applied to the Minister of Justice, who had once been a Freemason, without avail. Then he wrote to Mussolini: , 'I am turning to Your Excellency in the name of the many Italiana

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belonging to our fraternity, amongst whom there is not a single one who does not regard love of country as his first duty. "I applied to the Minister of Justice at the first of the year about this same matter. I wrote him: " 'Our lodges have been subjected to sudden attacks for several months past. This is something new in our country where the national and cultural merits of Freemasonry and the service which it has rendered to the re-birth of Italy for more than a century are well known.' ." I have reported to the Minister the acts of violence which have been made against lodges in Turin, San Severo, Foggia, Monteleone, Termoli, Lucca, Pistoja, etc., within the course of a few weeks, and have requested him to issue strict orders to the guilty parties in order that such acts may not be repeated. "The Minister replied to me on February 3, to the effect that he had requested competent judicial authorities to report to him without delay. Since that time these attacks and acts of terrorism have occurred with even greater frequency, and I now find myself obliged to apply to the head of the government itself, for the reason, Your Excellency, that immunity from punishment in respect to these acts of violence has naturally acted as an incentive to further excesses. In the past few days it has become worse: Milan, Bologna, Venice, Leghorn, Perugia, Foligno, Spoleto, Forti, Bari, Tarent, Andria, etc., have to the horror of the population witnessed deeds that scorn all the beautiful traditions of Italy, scenes more reminiscent of the Middle Ages, scenes that are foreign to our na路 tional character."

The letter, so far as we know, elicited no response from "Benito." But the Grand Council must have discussed it, for in August, 1924, a member of Parliament (Caprino) demanded that Fascism should come out openly in its attitude against Freemasonry. The Grand Council acted. No Fascist could join the fraternity; Freemasons who were Fascists should withdraw pronto; Fascists must supply the government, or party, with the names of any Freemason who was not in full sympathy with the Fascist Government. Persecution continued. The Masonic Revista ceased its publication. The Fascist Party circulated anti-Masonic tracts. Committees were appointed to collect "Masonic information." Fascist officials were not permitted to become members of the fraternity, and later it was provided that no public official of any sort should be a Freemason. And then, January 10, 1925, came the greatest blow of all-the AntiMasonic Law, introduced at the request of the Minister of the Interior Luigi Federzori, a law aimed at all secret societies, but actually aimed at the Freemasons. The newspapers took up the howl against Freemasonry. To satisfy the foreign readers, Mussolini arranged to be "interviewed" by a well known correspondent, Karl H. von Wiegand; Wiegand is quoting Mussolini: , 'The bill is not solely directed against the Freemasons, but against all secret societies that constitute a danger to the peace and quietude of the State. In England, America, and Germany, Freemasonry is a charitable and philanthropic institution. In Italy, however, it is a secret,

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political organization, but what is worse, it is completely dependent on the Grand Orient of France. I should be glad if Italian Freemasons were what the English and the Americans are-a non-political fraternal association for mutual benefit." MUSSOLINI MAKES ({BIG TALK"

But to return to the Anti-Masonic Law. Mussolini appeared before the Chamber in behalf of the bill and made the celebrated anti-Masonic talk: , 'First of all I break the bones of the enemy, and then I take him prisoner ... my principle is: All that is good for my friends, and all that is bad for my enemies. I shall, therefore, oppose Freemasonry to the uttermost. , , The bill illustrates the essential consistency of my whole life. Fifteen years ago I belonged to the Socialist Party and even then I could follow the trend of Masonic activity. Then, as now, I set little value on democracy, liberalism, and the so-called immortal principles.â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘. I have found that the Freemasons have planted their followers in all spheres of Italian life. Without a doubt the most important institutions of the State: Justice, Education, and the Army have been under the influence of Freemasonry. This is intolerable and must cease. The Bill will demonstrate that Freemasonry is out of date and no longer has the right to exist in the present century ... whatever harm this Bill can do us has already been done. Moreover, the Freemasons on the other side of the Alps and &Cross the seas will not sacrifiee their own interests."

The Bill did not carry without considerable pressure upon all the Parliamentary factions. Most of the lodges, sensing immediate danger, ceased their activities. The Grand Orient continued to meet. September 6, 1925, 400 representatives assembled at the Palazzo Giustianini, headquarters of the Grand Orient; Torrigiani was elected Grand Master for six years and his special powers were confirmed. In a speech made at that time, Torrigiani said that Italian Freemasonry would never consent to any law which would prevent them from protesting against any illegal dictatorship which might corrupt the I talian people, adding: , 'Freemasonry must defend the moral treasure of the Order with utmost vigor as long as it is possible to do so."

Mussolini accused Freemasonry of being an international organization which worked in Italy according to orders received from abroad; he hit particularly at France and England. He charged that Italian Freemasonry had opposed Italian action in Abyssinia, Lybia, Dodecanese, Dalmatia, and Albania. The stage was set. Riots began. Known members of the fraternity were attacked in their very homes; many were killed. One of the most cruel episodes was the assassination of the secretary of a Florence Lodge, Giovanni Becciolini, who came to defend his \Vorshipful Master who had been assaulted in his home by a band of fascists. He was captured, dragged through the streets and finally put with his back to the gate of the New Market (Mercato Nuovo), and was

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killed by revolver shots that disfigured his corpse. To add to the confusion, a highly respected Italian General and Freemason (Capello) was arrested for a so-called conspiracy based on charges of an agentprovocateur. Though Masonry had been destroyed, officially at least, Mussolini continued to refer to the institution even to the last. As late as 1941, in a speech addressed to his Black Shirts at Rome, he said: "We have been at war, not since 1935, but since 1922, when we first raised our revolutionary flag against the Masonic, democratic, and capitalistic world."

Reference has been made in certain quarters to Torrigiani's authority to dissolve lodges. This was one of the special powers given him by the last meeting of the Grand Orient attended by an unusually large number of representatives. Those were unusual times! Ordinary methods of procedure could not be employed. He published in Rome newspapers the following notice: "Article 1: All Masonic Lodges and all Masonic groups of any character, under the jurisdiction of the Grand Orient of Italy are hereby dissolved and cease to exist." " Article 2: The Grand Orient of Italy continues to exist in order that it may continue the life of the Masonic fraternity." GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER PROPERTY

The Grand Orient was the possessor of a beautiful piece of property which it had used for many years as its headquarters in Rome, the Palazzo Giustianini. Fascist soldiers had attacked the place, plundered its beautiful rooms, and otherwise despoiled the place, but the government was in somewhat of a quandary as to how they might obtain possession. It was decided to ask the Ministry of Public Education to issue a decree reviving a law, which had expired many years ago, and by which the State could take over buildings of historical character, and which rendered the purchase of the building by the Freemasons to be null and void. This was done on January 9, 1926. Freemasonry was without a home! This property has never been restored to its rightful owners, despite representations made by officials of the Grand Orient as well as by prominent members of the fraternity in other countries. It is true, that due to some of these representations, some two or more small rooms have been assigned them in their former temple. It does seem that the Italian Government should have some respect for the three million American Freemasons who are interested in their Italian brethren, who, though of another race and another country, are still brethren. We are being asked to feed Italian people; we have contributed on all hands, with never a thought of receiving any recompense. This alone should cause officialdom in that country to recognize the Justice of the situation and at least restore property

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which was taken from its rightful owners without law or reason. Respect for old General Garibaldi should bring no less than this! THE HEVIVAL OF ITALIAN FREEMASONRY

Italy has long been the home of miracles! The revival of Freemasonry in that country may be added to the list. Just how an organization that was persecuted, its members mistreated, its buildings pillaged and burned, attacked by church and by government, coulil continue to exist under such circumstances, is beyond our imagination. Yet that is what has happened. From 1925 until 1945 little was heard in America of what has happening to our Italian brethren. When the Allied armies reached Sicily, we began receiving letters from American Freemasons in the military service, telling of having visited with Italian Masonic groups. As the armies advanced from Sicily to Naples, and from Naples to Rome, we began to learn more. And then in September, 1945, we unexpectedly visited Rome and there made contact with Masonic groups. 'Ve learned at first hand what our brethren had suffered. We have asked one of these brethren to write out for us in his own way, an account of this period. Here is what he says: "Only after the indescribable tortures of the oppression and the infinite heroism of thousands of unnamed patriots, who, despising life, tried to hinder the looting invaders, only then has it been possible to have a clear understanding of the tragedy of which our people have been both actor and spectator. Families became united; friends met again; brothers embraced. Brother Masons, who had been made Masons twenty years or more, after the interminable darkness of a polar night, during which time all hope seemed to have disappeared, saw at last the rising of a radiant sun. They brought forth from hiding places the standards, the Constitutions, the Masonic histories, and the names of old lodges and of former Chiefs. , 'In this way the first lodges were reconstituted and contacts were established between towns. As the Allied Armies marched northward, the Italian Masonic family was gradually reorganized. When these armies arrived in Rome in June, 1944, they found the brethren of the Grand Orient of Italy gathered together in a meeting. Colonel Alfred Jenny, Director of Public Works for these armies, was there and took part in the meetings. "Now, let us recall that the late Grand Master, Domizio Torrigiani, had been compelled in 1925, in order to save Italian Freemasons from imprisonment, to issue a decree dissolving the lodges, but at the same time continuing the Grand Orient itself in order to preserve the institution. This government was composed of the following: Grand Master . . . . . . . . .. Torrigiani Deputy Grand Master Meoni Grand Senior Warden Guastalla Grand Junior Warden Mori Grand Orator Tursia Grand Secretary Feder Grand Treasurer DeAndreis "To this group were added fifteen other brethren, district deputies,

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twenty-two brethren in all, all regularly and democratically elected at the General Assembly of 1922. "Of these twenty-two, Torrigiani, Meoni, Tarsia, Feder, DeAndreis and Squarzini had passed to the Eternal Orient. The remaining sixteen were all living, and to the glory of Freemasonry it may be said that not a single one of them had been a member of the Fascist Party. On the contrary, most of them had undergone imprisonment, banishment, and other forms of Fascist persecution. , 'The Grand Master having died, the Deputy Grand Master also dead, it fell to the Senior Warden, Giuseppe Guastalla, to assume the gavel and to summon to Rome all of those brethren who resided in liberated Italy. The number of those were ten. During this meeting, Brother Guastalla proposed the formation of a committee to guide the organization and to form a sort of Central Committee until the situation should become normal. The Committee consisted of Bro. Guastalla, Bro. Cipollone, and Bro. Varcasia. They were charged with calling a regular meeting of the Grand Orient when the proper moment arrived, all in accordance with the Constitution. , 'During the period between the fall of Fascism, July 25, 1943, and the Armistice, September 8, 1943, Bro. Guastalla kept all members of the order residing in the Provinces informed as to the reconstitution of the Masonic family. As late as March 8, 1944, two of our brethren were arrested and butchered during the Nazi-Fascist occupation. Several hundred of our brethren received the honor of receiving the Partisan Certificate from the Allied Armies under General Alexander. "As a result of this preliminary work, when the complete liberation of Italy came on April 25, 1945, our Italian Masonic family had more than 200 lodges regularly reconstituted. This was not done without much work, because we had to investigate each and every member, many of whom had to be rejected. We had no temples, no paraphernalia, no aprons, no gavels, no means of travel or communication, little food-an immense cemetery in which those who had escaped death wandered in search of their own dead, for a roof to shelter them, or a crust of bread. But we met; met sometimes in places unsuitable for human habitation. Our faith never faltered. VISIT OF AMERICAN MISSION

"We rejoiced when our country was visited by the American Masonic Mission, which arrived in Rome, September 13, 1945, and composed of Brothers Ray V. Denslow, Charles H. Johnson, George E. Bushnell and Claude J. McAllister; they were able on the very day of their arrival to attend a meeting of 'Cola di Rienzo' lodge. "We began discussions with many good brethren who were members of the former National Grand Lodge and on November 18, 1945, the two families were united by an official act under the name of Grand Orient of Italy-Grand National Lodge. At this General Assembly, Dott. Guido Laj was unanimously elected to be Grand Master. Other officers were elected at the same time. The Constitutions of the Grand Orient in force in 1925 were adopted and for more than two years we have been working quietly and harmoniously. The number of lodges has now reached 400 and the number of brethren is in excess of 15,000." AS TO GOD AND RELIGION

The fraternity will not be led astray by critics of the Grand Orient, who, without knowledge of Italian Masonic conditions, attempt to accuse them of atheistic tendencies. So far as we know there is not one spark of evidence to prove the truth of the assertion.

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We visited an Italian lodge; they were uninformed as to our attendance. We saw the Great Light in its accustomed place. We are not Italian, nor Italian scholar, but we do know a Bible when we see it. We saw other evidence of their acknowledgment of a belief in Deity; we have a copy of the latest Constitutions. It could very well be used in the State of Missouri. But we have the evidence of an Italian Freemason, Dr. Publio Cortini, Treasurer of the Grand Orient. Those who know Brother Cortini will not question his honesty or sincerity. He said of these charges, in an address in Washington, D. C.: , 'It has been often said in the past, and it is still being repeated, that the Grand Orient is composed of atheists and politicians. If this were true in the past, or even in the present, I should not hesitate to declare my inability to speak before this assembly. "Masonic thought, originating in England, was developed in Italian Lodges and has always been the basis of the initiatory form (the Old Charges). The Holy Bible has always been placed upon the altar; the three lights have always been present ..• belief in God has always been compulsory• • . . If Atheism is seeking after Truth, then we are all atheists. But if Atheism is negation of God, as the Greek root of the word signifies, then I must reject the charge of Atheism leveled against Italian brethren. Thu, is a>n aoousatwn leveled agaimt Freema801t8 by enem.ies of O'Ur Craft. AS TO POLITICAL ACTIVITY

During this same talk, Dr. Cortini touched upon charges made originally by the Roman Church, and repeated by others ignorant of the situation, dealing with so-called political activities of Freemasonry in Italy. He said: "Masonry has always been obliged, since its foundation, to fight against the temporal power of the Church of Rome. The Popes used their power of excommunication as a weapon against the Masons; this was done to frighten Catholic Italians away from Freemasonry. The potency of this weapon can be realized when it is remembered how deep is the Catholic spirit of the Italian people, the inlluence of the temporal power of the church has penetrated. Now, we can ignore the appellation of 'atheist' bestowed upon us by our secular enemies, but we cannot accept such a term from brethren who know perfectly well the historical reasons why the Church of Rome and its fervent supporters, accuse Masons of being men without religion. It has been said in the past, and it is being repeated today, that the Grand Orient of Italy is a political organization. Here a short review is necessary. If the propaganda of the lodges, conducted during the Italian Renaissance of the 19th century, can be called political, not forgetting that of those intensely Italian brethren who directed it taking an active part against the foreign tyrants; if the fiery voice of Garibaldi, who called all brethren to arms to fight for Liberty, or the voice of Cavour, who worked with all the Chancelleries of Europe to create alliances which made possible the union of the various Italian States, can be called political-then the same charge can be leveled against the American Lodges, who gave to the cause of Liberty, Brothers Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Warren, Jackson, Clay, and many others. , 'The inspiration and character of all these Masons was offered in the lodges and on the battlefield, in the profane world, at home and abroad,

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and they made war and politics, followers and proselytes, for the sake of Liberty, always guided by the square and compass which they saw in the Stars and Stripes as a symbol of their actions. Twenty-two of the thirtynine signers of your Declaration of Independence were Freemasons. Fifteen Presidents of the United States have been Freemasons. . . . May glory crown these heroes, born in all the various countries of the world, educated in the lodges of the whole world, who used politics in order to attain Liberty I "When Liberty has been attained, don't you think, dear brethren, that it must be defended' Don't you think that after the attainment of democratic laws, it is our duty to protect them from all possible assaults' Who could charge with political action a Lodge which discusses a way to protect the liberty of conscience which the Roman Church infringes by imposing in our State schools obligatory Catholic instruction' , , And you, would you not be willing to expel from your lodge a brother who had voted in favour of a law limiting the liberty of the parents to bring up their children in their father's religion' , 'If these are political acts, then we are politicians. But in the lodges we must not practice politics, but we must teach the brethren to defend democratic liberties. We, in Italy, have at our doors of lodges many who spy on us. Our real Masonic character develops in us the spirit of constant and continuous defense against any violation of our conscience, against any infringement with our liberty of thought, and it makes us defenders of all religions and other liberties. "I read recently in an American Masonic publication that you were obliged to oppose the use of public buses in taking Catholic children to their schools because you considered it a violation of the equality of all citizens.' ,

It ill behooves people who live in glass houses to throw stones. We see little difference between Italian Freemasons who have to defend themselves from persecution by the church and government and some of our American Freemasons who perform some similar acts. The only difference being that the Italians do not criticize the Americans! A CHRONOLOGY OF

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First traces of Freemasonry in Italy at Florence. England establishes Provincial Grand Lodge at Tuscany. Lord SackvilIe introduces Freemasonry. Lodge at Rome; closed in 1737. Gaston interdicts Freemasonry. Lodge at Rome closed. Clement XII issues papal bull against Freemasonry. "In Eminenti. ' , Puppiliani confession reveals. Cardinal Ferras interdicts Freemasonry. Attack on Cordelli (Scribner 241). England names P.G.M. for Savoy, Piedmont. Bull of Pope Benedict XIV. Grand Lodge of Holland institutes a Provincial Grand Lodge at Naples. Lodge instituted at Leghorn. Freemasonry introduced into Venice from England. Organization of N.G.L. del Delo. Second lodge organized at Leghorn. P.G.L. at Naples declares independence. Provo G.M. appointed for Naples, Sicily, by England (Scribner 243) Two more lodges established at Leghorn.

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English lodges at Venice, Verona. Strict Observance established at Turin. Lodge closed by Ferdinand IV (Scribner 243), removal. 1776 Blood of Januarius failing to liquefy blamed on Freemasons. 1781 Ferdinand IV interdicts (Scribner 244). 1782 English lodge at Genoa. 1783 Removed. 1787 Lodge establil'hed at Rome. 1789 Lodge in Rome suppressed. 1790 Italian Freemasonry dissolved by French Revolution. 1800 Lodges closed. 1801 Lodges organized at Milan, Mantua, etc. 1803 Masons at Genoa imprisoned. 1804 G. O. established Supreme Council, Murat. 1805 A.A.S.R. introduced into Milan from Paris; two lodges, French. 1806 Rite of Misraim forms out of A.A.S.R. 1807 Grand Orient erected at Naples. 1809 This G.O. united with Grand Orient of Naples, under Joachim Murat. 1814 Pope returns. Freemasonry ceases in Genoa. 1815 Murat driven out. 1816 Freemasonry prohibited. 1821 G.O. of two Sicilies dissolved. 1859 Freemasonry revived. Lodges at Turin work pure English Rite. 1861 G.O. of Italy proclaimed at Turin. A three degree system. 1863-4 G. O. formed from Naples, Palermo and Turin, with Garibaldi, G.M. 1865 Ludovic Frapolli, G.M. 1867 G.O. adopts statute. Only three degrees acknowledged. Third degree lecture closed with: "This closes the lectures of legitimate Masonry. All else is the invention of her adversaries in order to bring bad repute upon the institution." 1870 Giuseppe Mazzinni, G.M. July 26, G.O. approves establishment of Revista della Masoneria Italiana as official magazine. September 17, announces removal of G.O. to Rome. 1873 Struggle with Scottish Rite. Union of Grand Lodges into G.O. of Italy. 1874 May 23-26: Grand Orient adopts new Constitution; a reVISIOn of the 1872 Constitutions. Lodges permitted to practice any Rite. The Lodge is the base of Symbolic Masonry. Giuseppe Mazzoni elected Grand Master. Dec. 28: Frappoli announced insane. 1875 March 5: New Masonic Temple in Rome, Via della Valle, dedicated, with Garibaldi as Honorary Grand Master. The law did not permit a public procession. Opera singers donated their services on this occasion. First lodge at Rome, "Roma Constituente," dissolved, and" Univero" and "Tito Vezia" established. "Uguaglianza" established. The Grand Orient has 186 lodges and 9,000 members, 1,000 being in Rome. 1880 Giuseppe Petroni, G.M. 1882 Andriano Lemmi, G.M. 1896 Ernesto Nathan, G.M. 1904 Ettore Ferrari, G.M. 1905 Ferrari heads Grand Orient; Andrew Lemmi heads A.A.S.H.; Engel heads the Symbolic Rite. 1906 Italian Freemasons assist in the unveiling, August 26, of a memo-

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rial to Don Giovanni Venta, the humble priest of Modighani, who saved the life of Garibaldi in 1849 when he had to flee Rome. Schism-organization of N.G.L. (Saverior Fera, GM). Birth of a Supreme Council (Fera-Burgess group). Ernesto Nathan elected G.M. Domizio Torrigiani elected G.M. N.G.L. claims its surrender of 3째 to lodges. Circular letters attacking fascism. Grand Orient revises Constitution along Anglo-Saxon lines and discusses Fascism. Fascist Council discusses Freemasonry, Mussolini presiding. lksolutions of Fascism and Masonic replies. Rossi, Balbo, and Acerbo resign from Freemasonry. Force urged against Freemasonry; attacks on lodges. Lodges in Turin broken into. Torrigiani applies for redress. Fascist Council discusses Freemasonry and issues Edict against it. Lodge in Florence plundered. Palazzo Giustianini broken into (Masonic offices of Grand Orient). Torrigiani addresses brethren in Milan attacking Fascism. Private home of a member broken into and searched. Anti-Masonic bill passed. Karl Weigand, newspaper man, interviews Mussolini about Freemasonry. Torrigiani given wide powers by Grand Orient. Mussolini's attitude aganst Freemasonry shown in speech. Grand Orient meets. Attacks on lodges in Florence. Fascists attack Brandinelli. Mussolini denounces Freemasonry. Arrest of Zaniboni for conspiracy against Mussolini. Torrigiani makes statement. Palazzo Giustianini searched. Veneral Capello brought to trial after seven continuances. Two hours after trial, Torrigiani banished for five years. He is placed on Island of Lipari, where he became blind and later dies. Freemasonry disappears from public notice. Freemasonry is revived and Guido Laj is elected Grand Master. Visit of American Freemasons. Palermi would reorganize National Grand Lodge. Publio Cortini, Grand Treasurer, Grand Orient, visits Conference of American Grand Masters. At this date, September 1948, the following American Grand Lodges have extended recognition: Alabama, Arkansas (f), Indiana, Iowa, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Michigan, New York, New Hampshire, North. Dakota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont and Wyoming. MASONS IN THE NEWS

H. R. H., Princess Elizabeth of England was the recipient of a gift from the United Grand Lodge of England, on the occasion of her marriage to Lord Mountbatten. The gift cost $2,500.00 and was in appreciation of the services of her father to Craft Masonry, and the loyalty of the craft to the reigning family.

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Fiorella H. LaGuardia, ex-mayor of New York City died September 20, 1947, after a lingering illness. His funeral was held in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Walter C. Goodson, former State Senator, and Governor of Missouri for one month, died at his home in Macon, Mo., September 26, 1947. He was a Past Master of Censer Lodge No. 172. Harry S. Truman, President of the United States, and a past grand master of Missouri was made an emeritus 33 0 member of the Northern Supreme Council of the AASR in September, 1947. Ararat Shrine of Kansas City sponsored a drive for clothing to be sent to Masons in England to be distributed through the Grand Lodge of England. Charles lV. Froessel, past grand master of New York, has been honored by the Grand Lodge of Connecticut, receiving the Pierpont Edwards Medal for "service beyond the call of duty." Faris Bey El-Khoury, Chief Delegate to the United Nations, representing the Republic of Syria, visited Damascus Lodge No. 867 in Brooklyn, N. Y., which was quite an event for the 350 Master Masons of Syrian extraction who attended. Bro. EI Khoury was graduated from the American University at Beirut in 1897 and has served as Minister of Finance in the Arab government, Member of the Syrian Delegation to Paris in 1936, Speaker of the Syrian House of Parliament, President of the Syrian Bar Association and author of a work on Finance and Legal Procedure. He is a member and Master of Noor Damask (Light of Damascus) Lodge in Syria, closed by the Turks in 1908. Early Hurt Johnson, distinguished Georgia Mason, and who, because of ill health, declined the station of General Grand High Priest, died at his home in Columbus, Georgia, September 6, 1947. George H. Hodges, former Governor of Kansas, died in October, 1947; he had been a Freemason for fifty-five years and only a few years ago had received the fifty-year button given by the Grand Lodge of Kansas. Arthur M. Hyde, a former Governor of Missouri, and Secretary of Agriculture under President Hoover, died October 17, 1947. He was buried at Trenton, Mo., Masonic services being conducted at the grave. Governor Donnelly and Senator Kern attended the services. The family requested that no flowers be sent; friends contributed in lieu of flowers the sum of $8,500 which was given to cancer research. Ex-Governor Dwight Grislfold of Nebraska is in charge of the USA relief program in Greece. Grand Master Philotas Papageorgiou of Greece died October, 1947,

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at his home in Greece. He was a very devoted Mason. He was succeeded by Dr. Perakis. Senator Forrest C. Donnell was a member of a Congressional party which toured Europe last fall. News dispatches report that he was received in audience by the Pope. The Senator is a past grand master of Missouri. Governor Earl Snell of Oregon, killed in an airplane accident October, 1947, was a member of the fraternity and at one time an officer of the Grand Lodge of that state. William R. Gentry, past grand master of Missouri was the recipient of a special award given by the Grand Commandery, Knights Templar of Missouri, at a special conclave held in St. Louis, September, 1947, the occasion being attended by the Grand Master of Templars, U.S.A. Dr. 路W. Frank Wells, active Georgia Freemason, and Past General Grand Master of the General Grand Council, R. & S. M. of the United States, died November 7, 1947, at his home near Atlanta, Ga. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan presides over the Senate of the United States. Monett B. Davis, American consul-general in China, former minister to Denmark, is a member of Ben Hur Lodge, Kansas City, Kansas. Col. King D. Colson, formerly commanding G23 Camp in Cambridge, England, is now an instructor at the Army Command School in Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. General Omar C. Bradley has been appointed as chief-of-staff of the army; he is the third Missourian to hold the position. The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons and the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Missouri sent two tons of food to Freemasons and their families in continental Europe as a Christmas token. William Bertrand Stevens, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, died August 22, 1947. He was originally a member of Jonkheer Lodge No. 865, Yonkers, N. Y., but at the time of death was a member of Garfield Lodge No. 565, in Los Angeles, and belonged to both the York and Scottish Rites. He was twice Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of California. Dr. H. Eugen.e Stafford, first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the Philippine Islands, was in attendance at the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota in 1947, and gave an interesting talk on conditions in the Philippines and his experiences and treatment while confined in a concentration camp. Branch Rickey, manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, had his airplane

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grounded and was unable to reach New York in time to appear before the Grand Lodge with reserved seats for the Cardinal-Dodger baseball game, but he sent his Vice-President, Brother George A. Barnewall. The only problem was how to divide 750 tickets among 1200 men. Emilio Virata, Grand :Master of the Philippine Islands, addressed the Grand Lodge of Ohio at its October, 1947, communication. He referred to the fact that twenty years ago he was in this country as a member of a parliamentary mission pleading for Philippine independence. He stated he was in the country at this time for the purpose of pleading with the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite for authority to set up a Supreme Council in the Philippines. The Grand Lodge of Oregon paid tribute to their late Past Grand Master, lIon. Earl W. Snell, Governor of Oregon, whose untimely death in an airplane accident cast a pall over the entire State. Bishop Fred P. Corson, of the Methodist Church and Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, addressed the quarterly communication of his Grand Lodge in 1947, recounting a number of instances concerning his visit to Europe as a member of a mission appointed by the Secretary of 'Var to investigate religious conditions in the occupied zones. Anderson L. Price, Grand Master of Tennessee, was made a Brigadier General on August 20, 1943, commanding the First Infantry Brigade, all State troops in Vvest Tennessee. He also served in \Vorld War I, spending ten months overseas. James Cash Penney, of New York, a member of Wasatch Lodge No.1, Salt Lake City, Utah, presented $3,000.00 of Masonic Temple Notes to the Foundation, making a total of $6,000.00 he has contributed during the past two years. United States Senator E. V. Robertson, Past Master of Shoshone Lodge No. 21, at Cody, \Vyo., addressed the Grand Lodge of \Vyoming at its forty-seventh communication. He urged Masons to become vitally interested in the affairs of government and stated if unfit persons are placed in office it is the fault of the individual citizen. MASONRY IN THE PUBLIC PRESS

Perseverance Lodge Centennial: The Louisiana (Mo.) papers of October 10,1947, give considerable space to the centennial observance of Perseverance Lodge No. 92; in fact, the entire issue may be said to be a Perseverance Edition. Many advertisers devote columns of well wishes to the lodge and its membership. The program consisted of a reception and parade, a barbecue, conferring of the third degree, a Sunday observance, and as a climax the lodge sent a large group to 'Vashington, D. C., where, in the lodge

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hall of the Washington Memorial building at Alexandria, they held a special communication. '\Tarren H. May, well known Louisianan, has written a brief history of the lodge for distribution among the membership. Louisiana, Mo., is one of our oldest cities; a lodge existed there in the early days, a dispensation having been issued by Hardage Lane, D.G.M. November 28, 1827; this charter was arrested October 3, 1838 (Perseverance Lodge No. 15). The Dispensation for No. 92 was issued by John Ralls, May 11, 1847, and the Charter, October 12,1847.

Missouri's Past Master: under the above heading, Newsweek, Nov. 1947, says: By a companion's count, not one in twenty strollers recognized the blackhatted figure walking briskly up Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington last Thursday evening, November 6. As his secret service guard trailed him discreetly, President Truman walked the three blocks from the White House to the Masonic Temple and, once inside, donned the traditional white apron. Reason: Capt. Thomas .T. Burns, assistant White House physician, was taking the lodge's third degree. Though some of the officiating Masons flubbed their lines during the initiation ceremonies, all noticed that former Grand Master Truman of the Missouri Grand Lodge recited his, after a twelve year lapse, without missing a syllable. Later, the President chuckled: "I thought Burn's eyes would pop out. Wish I could get out this way more often."

Top Republican Helps Top Democrat Get Masonic Degrees: Such a heading appeared in a St. Louis newspaper November 19, 1947; it told of Barak T. Mattingly, Republican National Committeeman from Missouri, assisting in the conferring of Scottish Rite degrees upon Missouri Governor Phil M. Donnelly. Gov. Donnelly received the American Rite degrees several years ago, once serving as Commander of his commandery; now he has both rites. To Aid Masons in England: This heading appeared in the Kansas City Star, September 7, 1947, and told of Ararat Shrine of Kansas City collecting clothing for use of their English brethren. The work was being done under the direction of Recorder Saunders; the clothes are being sent to Grand Secretary \Vhite of England for distribution. .New Stamp: Brazil recently issued a stamp commemorating the

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visit of American President Truman to that country. It is a blue stamp showing the picture of President Truman, a map of South America, Liberty enlightening the world, the date "1947," and "Visita do Presidente Truman." It is an air mail stamp and bears the words "Brasil Correio." We are indebted to Bert S. Lee, P. G. M., for our copy. In Civil TVar Days: In the Kansas City Times, February 7, 1948, is a reference to the Dehoney family of Raytown, Mo., and some of their experiences during the vVar of 1861-65: Parson Robinson told father that his house hadn't been burned either. They had reason to believe it was because they and the eaptain of the , 'Redlegs" were all members of the Masonic order. Soon the two horses, Sam and Jim, came home, dragging their hopes, having been freed and returned for whatever reason the houses had been spared. Great smoke clouds :filled the air, both that day and for days afterward, as farm houses were burned east and west of the old place. Near Round Grove, the Redlegs started to hang my uncle, Shelby West, in an effort to force him to tell where some of his guerrilla friends were hiding. Uncle Shel' refused, although the noose was around his neck. Then the captain relented, saying: Boys, we shouldn't hang a man so brave that he'd rather die than tell where his comrades are. This kindness, too, seemed to result from the fact that both men were Masons.

The President and Freemasonry: Public opinion of Freemasonry is very high, except from its direct antagonists. Proof of this is contained in the article written in the April U. S. News and World Report by the very eminent news editor, David Lawrence. Speaking of President Truman, he says: Xo more congenial, companionable or kindly person than Harry S. Truman ever sat in the White House. Here is a man of integrity and honesty-for he could never have been chosen by his neighbors and fellow-citizens to be Grand Master of the Masons for the State of Missouri if he had not possessed those characteristics. Here is a man with experience in the United States Senate, where he had an opportunity to familiarize himself with the basic trends in legislation. Here is a man of deep patriotism and love of his fellow human beings-a man with an impulse to service that transcends self interest or false ambition. And yet, as a President, he has failed.

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They contain many references to the Freemasons; evidently Hitler and his friends were fearful of what these liberty-loving men might do. No one will ever know all that was done! Here is what he records as of July 27, 1943: Undoubtedly the Duce was no longer a free man, nor could he make any decisions. That means that fascism was in mortal danger. Italian Freemasonry undoubtedly stood in the background of the whole development; though dissolved, it still exists clandestinely. The Masons wanted to wreak vengeance on Mussolini. The King was too foolish and short sighted to understand this important development.

And certainly Mussolini had it coming to him. The names of Italian Masonic martyrs will remain long after the infamy of Mussolini is forgotten. Mussolini's brief reign was filled with persecution, murders, and hoodlumism. Yet, there are those who think the Freemasonry of Italy, which has preserved the nation on two occasions, is political because it desires freedom?

Today 1948: It would be interesting to know how many Jews and Protestants received food and clothing from the so-called "Freedom Train," as to who handled the distribution in Italy, and how the supplies were parceled out. At the same time we might be informed as to how the Italian government induced the U. S. A. to throw support to the ChristianDemocrats (the church party). And why Masonic properties have never been returned to their rightful owners 1 Aid to England: In the Kansas City Star, April 1948, we learn of aid to the British by Ararat Shrine of Kansas City: Thirty-six hundred forty pounds of wearable clothing has arrived in Bngland for :\Iasons there, George Saunders, recorder of Ararat Shrine, has been informed by Sydney A. White, secretary of the United Grand Lodge of England. The clothing was provided by members of Ararat Shrine and Masons of several Kansas City Lodges. Secretary White said the clothing was received gratefully as many men with large families had only enough coupons for their children. Another collection will be held for shipment this fall.

The August issue of Look, a national magazine, contains an article on Freemasonry which is somewhat of an exception in national publications which usually contain some slur on the fraternity. Three pages are devoted to the article and accompanying pictures. On the whole the article is favorable. It introduces photographs of the Eastern Star, DeMoIay, the Shrine, Knights Templar, and the Triangle Club, which are definitely not a part of the picture. The writer of the article, whose name is not mentioned, gets a little jumbled when he gets to the "higher orders," but what writer doesn't'

Prince Hall Cornerstone: In an account appearing in the St. Louis Globe Democrat, April 19, 1948, is noted the laying of a corner-

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stone of a negro Baptist Church to replace one destroyed by fire. The article says: G. B. Key, Grand Master of Prince Hall Masonic Lodge will lay the cornerstone, and several prominent clergymen, including Dr. C. Oscar Johnson, pastor of the Third Baptist Church, will speak at the services. The church has the largest negro congregation in the city.

Honor President of General Electric: The Kansas City Star May 4, 1948, carries a news dispatch from New York City: The Masonic order of New York State today selected Charles E. Wilson, president of the General Electric Company, as the outstanding Mason in tne U. S. Wilson was chosen for general public service to his country. He has served on various governmental committees and other groups handling federal programs. It is the first time the award has gone to a business man. Last year's recipient was Admiral Richard E. Byrd, explorer.

Russian describes Truman: In an article written by Boris Gorbatov, appearing in the St. Louis Post Dispatch October 2, 1947, President Truman comes in for a panning by this Soviet writer. In the first place he makes the statement It is known on trustworthy authority that he was a Mason.

To which we would like to ask whether there was ever any doubt about it' Masonic newspapers have been preaching it from the housetops for years, and the President himself, by his frequent attendance at meetings leaves no donbt of it. But H. S. T.'s friends will revel in this description: A man who loves bow ties, wears his pants two inches shorter than ordinary, and who has other external marks of distinction, arrived in Rio de Janeiro on September 1 of this year. He has a colorless Baptist face that causes so much trouble to retouchers of Life, and it was known that he is most average of all Americans and most provincial of all Missourians.

Rather hard on Missourians-not to mention the "colorless Baptists."

Grand Master, Dr. L. J. J. Caron of Holland, recently visited Anglo-Dutch Lodge No. 5862 in London; this lodge was consecrated during the midst of the great war, January, 1943, and following a night of heavy aerial bombardment. The Warrant of the Lodge was signed by the late Earl of Harewood, December 2, 1942. England has recognized the Grand Lodge of the Netherlands since April 1770. MASONIC' LITERATURE

The Masonic Temple (Philadelphia): The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, always out in front in the printing of historical matters, has issued a new volume describing the most beautiful Masonic Temple in this country, although it is no\y over 75 years since it was

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dedicated. The building is of granite and houses the most interesting lodge rooms we have ever seen. There are other buildings which are larger or more modern, but none that meet the needs of the fraternity more than this building of our Pennsylvania brethren. Bro. Paterson, the author, who is the Grand Lodge Librarian, has done a fine job in making the information available. The volume has sixty pages and is bound in blue cloth.

Arkansas Lodge of Research: The most recent among the lodges of Research is the Arkansas Lodge of Research No. 739, chartered November 20, 1946, whose Transactions have just reached our desk (January 24, 1948). Grand Secretary Woodlief A. Thomas is Master of the new Lodge. The first volume contains stories of the Formation of Arkansas Lodge of Research, Ancestry of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, Freemasonry in Arkansas, and Highlights of the Early Days of Western Star Lodge No.2. The story of Andrew Scott is included; Scott lived in Missouri Territory in 1809, receiving his degrees in our first Lodge, Louisiana No. 109, at St. Genevieve; he was secretary of the Lodge in 1813. In 1816 he married and settled at Potosi where he organized Potosi Lodge No. 39, under the Grand Lodge of Kentucky. He was clerk of the first territorial assembly in Missouri in 1812. Transactions, Missouri Lodge of Research, 1947: This is the largest volume issued by Missouri Research Lodge. Because of its unusual size, its publication was beyond the financial ability of the Lodge; Grand Lodge came to the rescue and gave $1,500 for the 1947 publication. It contains valuable historical material, heretofore unaccessible. This includes biographical sketches of the 102 Past Grand Masters who have served the Grand Lodge of Missouri. A copy is to be sent to each Missouri Lodge. Temples in Jerusalem: That well known Ohio Freemason, Dr. Harry K. Eversull has compiled an excellent lot of material dealing with the Temples at Jerusalem and some of the historical characters connected with their election. The seven pages of material are bound in blue cloth, well illustrated, and should prove popular with the reading Mason. Dr. Eversull is pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio. The Catholic Church and the Secret Societies in the United States: A two hundred page volume written by Father MacDonald, C. P. (Passion Father), and published by the Catholic Historical Society. A discussion of the material contained in it will be found elsewhere in this review. Readers will be surprised at the small amount of space devoted to the Masonic Fraternity, probably because the attitude of the Church is so well known. The largest space is given to the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Grand Army of the Republic, the

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Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. Supporting evidence has been taken from the Ezra Cook anti-Masonic pamphlets, Graebner's Lutheran publieations and one from Noel Gist's attack on Secret Societies. Arthur Preuss' is also quoted. Magnificent and authentic references!

Enesto Y Falk: This is a Spanish translation of a German volume written by Gotthold Lessing in 1778. A translation of the article appeared in The Builder (1915). It consists of a question and answer series in which Ernest is the inquirer and Falk a Freemason, who gives the answer. It is a fine explanation of the aims of Freemasonry. Our copy was received from Brother Plaut of Argentine who has written an introduction to the Spanish translation. It should be of great value to Freemasons living in Spanish speaking countries. Freemasonry} Its Hidden Meaning: A former resident of Missouri, Bro. George H. Steinmetz, has written the above named volume, printed by Macoy; it contains 216 pages. It has chapters on the degrees, the leetures, the great moral lesson, Masonry and religion, mental science, evolution, the Secret Doctrines and is a rather philosophic treatment of the subject. His conclusion appears to be that Freemasonry is a reincarnation of the Ancient :Mysteries. Influencia Revolucionaria de la Masoneria en Europe Y America: Should you happen to read Spanish, the above named volume of 288 pages will prove of interest. Its author is Julio Hoenigsberg, Bogota, Colombia. Much of the material concerns the activities of the Supreme Council. It would appear from the appendix that a great majority of the presidents of Colombia were members of the Craft. History and Roster of Rhode Island Masonry in World War II: The Grand Lodge of Rhode Island has commemorated the service of Rhode Island Masons who participated in World War II by the issuance of a 168 page volume, bound in blue cloth and suitably illustrated. The volume was compiled and edited by Col. \Vinfield Scott Solomon, known for his Masonic services in Wodd 'Val' I. Congratulations to Bro. Solomon and his Grand Lodge. Special Events in Lodge: One of the most valuable of the MSA digests, featuring suggested programs for Masonic lodges; it consists of 92 pages of mimeographed material, which if used, will add to the work of any lodge. (September 29, 1947.) Manchester Lodge of Research: Volume XXXVI has been issued by this well known English Lodge; it has 156 pages of material consisting of articles on "The York Grand Lodge," "Freemasonry and the Sea," "Old Masonic Meeting Places," and the usual statistics. The Lodge has 1,200 members, 38 of whom are active members.

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Prestonian Lecture: Fred Pick, P. M. of Quatuor Coronati Lodge of London, has written the 1948 Lecture; it is entitled "The Deluge" and its 28 pages describe the connection of the Deluge, Noah's Ark, the Rainbow, and other legends with Craft Masonry. Those who have received the Royal Ark Mariner degree, or the Royal Arch, will find valuable ideas in their search for historical background to those degrees. Eternal Vigilance: A reprint of a portion of the 1947 Masonic World dealing with persecution of Masonic groups throughout the world and showing the necessity for eternal vigilance in order to preserve our liberties. History of St. Louis Commandery No.1, Knights Te.mplar: This is the story of the first one hundred years of Templary in Missouri all done into a two hundred page book and distributed to members of St. Louis Commandery No. 1 of St. Louis, the first commandery of the order to be organized (1847) west of the Mississippi River. Most of the names mentioned in the biographical sketches, of which there are one hundred and fifty, are names of those active in the fraternity during the period covered. Missouri Lodge of Research Transaction, 1946: The story of the chivalric orders mentioned above, has been incorporated in the proceedings of the Transactions for 1946 and issued to the membership which now numbers more than four hundred members, making the Missouri Lodge by far the largest of its kind in the United States or Canada. Ovid Bell is the present Master of the Lodge. Tom's Town: Not a Masonic volume or one suggested for reading by Freemasons, but largely backyard gossip about conditions in Kansas City, Mo., under the Pendergast regime. The Masonic fraternity is mentioned but once (page 267) and this in connection with the selection of a candidate for U. S. Senator: To meet that threat (KKK), the organization needed a man who was a Protestant, a high Mason, and a war veteran. Harry Truman, captain of Battery D, Baptist, Mason, and a member of a pioneer family, met the qualifications almost to a unique degree.

There is a picture in the volume showing the late Nat D. Jackson of Independence, a DDGM, although his initials are given as "N. T." It infers that the late Governor Hyde was a Grundy county product and that Trenton was the center of "Poosey" both of which matters are subject to question. The names of many Freemasons appears throughout the volume; Judge A. L. Reeves, Judge Merrill E. Otis, Alex S. Rankin and others are given credit for their fight against machine policies.

Messages and Procla.mations of the Governor: Volume XII has

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been issued by the Missouri Historical Society under the direction of its secretary, Bro. Floyd Shoemaker. The volume contains bvo biographical sketches. of interest to Freemasons, Governors Caulfield and Park, both Freemasons. The Missouri Society has the largest membership of any historical society in the country. M. S. A. Digests: Two Digests have been issued in 1948 by the Masonic Service Association, both of which are interesting and valuable. One is a comparison of statistics for all the American Grand Lodges for a ten year period. The other Digest is a "Masonic Stamp Collection" with photographic reproductions of all stamps having to do with Masonry or Freemasons. Copies sell for $1.00 and will be an excellent addition to any stamp collector's library. THE GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC MEMORIAL

The 1948 meeting of the Association was its thirty-eighth and one of its most interesting. Ohio's Dr. Elmer Arn presided; he was re-elected. Officers and directors remain substantially the same as last year. Bert S. Lee of Missouri remains a second vice-president and Anthony F. Ittner a director. From Missouri the register shows: Morris E. Ewing, Harry F. Sunderland, Bert S. Lee, Anthony F. Ittner, 'V. W. Martin, Ray V. Denslow, Alex S. Dawson, John F. Reinhardt, Harold L. Reader, William R. Denslow, and Frank S. Land. Morris Ewing, our Grand Master, was named a member of the Nominating Committee. Increased donations have enabled the Association to do many things which have been left undone. Landscaping, grading and planting are being done which adds beauty to the grounds. A contract has been awarded for the immense statue of George Washington which will stand at the head of Memorial Hall. The elevator is going to be completed, making the tower accessible. The dining room and kitchen have been completed and furnished; the Cryptic Lodge is completed. The architect stated that it would take a million dollars to complete the structure as planned. Then there must be an endowment fund to look after the building when it is done. An outstanding event was the presentation by Brother Sarkis H. Nahigian of Chicago, Ill., of a magnificent oriental rug for the Alexandria-Washington Lodge room in the temple. It was a magnificent gift by a brother who came to this country penniless, and who took this method of showing his appreciation of Freemasonry and of America. The Association now has the following assets (at the closing of books in February) : Building fund Endowment fund Total

$383,335.32 187,089.64 $570,424.96

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The Association has two films which are supplied free of charge, other than parcel post charges; they are: "A Journey to Washington" and "Unfinished Business." They may be had by addressing "Film Associates, 440 East Schantz Avenue, Dayton 9, Ohio. Running time of the first film is 28 minutes; the latter is 20 minutes. A Ways and Means Committee presented several plans of promotion; ten regional districts were suggested; under this arrangement, Missouri would be in the VIIth or Central District and this would include Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Colorado, a block of states which would look almost like a "gerrymander." rhe roll call showed 36 for and eleven against. Then the march of Grand Masters began, Missouri's Grand Master Ewing presenting a check for $8,500. Next came the question of amending the laws of the association, proposed by California. The substance of the amendment was to include, in addition to each of the grand lodges, the General Grand Chapter, the General Grand Council, the Grand Encampment, the two Supreme Councils, A.A.S.R., and the Imperial Council of the Shrine. Just why all of these organizations should be saddled onto a grand lodge association has not been thoroughly explained to us; speaking as the head, at one time, of one of these national organizations we can say there is no desire on the part of this organization for representation; and we know this is true of some of the others. The amendment would also set up districts, so divided that twelve of the jurisdictions would be from what is generally called the Southern jurisdiction and nine from the Northern. During the discussion a letter was read but the name of the author was not read; it proposed the amendment of the Articles of Incorporation in accordance with the California proposal. The proceedings read: Brother Warlow: Who signed the letter; the amendment to the amendmenU The Secretary: It is signed by Brother John H. Cowles, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Southern Jurisdiction.

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Brother Melvin M. Johnson, P.G.M. of Massachusetts: I do not believe in the dilution of our membership. I believe that this organization should be controlled by the Grand Lodges of the various jurisdictions, the Grand Lodges who are entitled to vote as active members ... the Grand Lodges represent every Mason, everyone of them.

Then came the roll call: For: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South â&#x20AC;˘Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming-24. Against: Connecticut, Deleware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, and Wisconsin-25.

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A two-third vote was required to pass the amendment, so that it lost by a large margin. It does not take a wooden Indian to understand influences at work in the organization. It will be noted that all of those votes favoring the amendment came from southern and western states. Plainly speaking, we think the higher (so-called) bodies and "Masonic Grand Powers" have no business bringing their disputes into the body of Freemasonry and thereby destroy its harmony and break down its cooperation. The G.'V.N.M. Memorial would be better off to give all of the disturbing groups back their money if we are to continue to have these disputes year after year. CONFERENCE OF GRAND MASTERS

The Conference met in Washington, D. C., February 24-25, 1948, in the Hotel Statler. All the States were represented and the Canadian Provinces of Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Nova Scotia, and our American possession, Puerto Rico. The registration from Missouri showed the presence of Morris E. Ewing, Grand Master, and Brothers Harry Sunderland, Harold L. Reader, Anthony F. Ittner, Bert S. Lee, \V. W. Martin, Ray V. Denslow, Frank S. Land, \Villiam R. Denslow, and John F. Reinhardt. The program included the story of the Conference and its beginnings, Freemasonry and Communism, Adaptation of Craft Masonry to Modern Requirements, Freemasonry in Italy and the Obligation of Freemasonry to Youth. The first paper by Grand Master Mills of Illinois was very comprehensive and worthwhile, to which Judge Townsend Scudder added some personal reminiscences. Dr. Publio Cortini gave a clear picture of Freemasonry in Italy and made a very lasting impression on his hearers. Harold Stacey of Vermont presided; the next conference will be held in Washington, Wednesday and Thursday, February 23, and 24, 1949. The attendance at these 'Vashington meetings is growing from year to year and the expenses are also growing. A continuation of these excessive prices will eventually result in moving these meetings westward where prices have not reached the Washington peak. Announcement was made that the proceedings of the Conference would be sold at $2.00 per copy. For an 84 page, paper bound volume, this appears somewhat high. Many of the representatives were disappointed at the absence from the city of President Truman. He did send a letter to the Conference which said: THE WHITE HOUSE

The Grand Masters of Masonry, both those who have held the office in its past and those who currently discharge the duties, have a high responsibility in these difficult days.

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We live in a world torn by jealousy, hatred, greed and avarice, in which, alas, the true spirit of brotherhood is sadly missing. In sending hearty greetings to my brothers of the Conference of Grand Masters of Masons in North America, may I urge all to work anew to bring back in the world the spirit of charity, kindness and brotherly love. Fraternally yours, February 19, 1948. HARRY S. TRUMAN.

Grand Master John R. Moore, of California, attended the 1947 conference of Grand Masters, found the report stimulating and impressive, but said: , 'The discussions introduced on the floor of the conference when the participants were Grand Masters were most enlightening and varied, but I was not impressed by the Past Grand Masters who too frequently sought, too often gained, and too long kept the floor."

We don't know what particular Past Grand Masters he referred to, but we have always been impressed by the democracy of the conference and can't conceive that all wisdom is tied up in participating Grand Masters. Maybe we are wrong. Grand Master Coleman, of Virginia, on the other hand expressed approval of the"Many splendid papers on vital :Masonic subjects, prepared by some of the Nation's most brilliant minds, and discussed in open forum by excellent speakers, provide a liberal education without any effort toward adoption by the Association."

Grand Master Carrigan, of \Vest Virginia, speaking of the conference, said: "All these topics were ably presented and must be read in full in the proceedings to be understood and appreciated. Personally, I have no criticism of the conference." OONFERENOE OF GRAND SEORETARIES

As a part of the Masonic \Veek in \Vashington, D. C., the Grand Secretaries held forth, February 25, 1948. The meeting next year (1949) is scheduled for Monday, February 21, 1949, in the PanAmerican Room of the Hotel Statler, \Vashington, D. C. Secretary T. E. Doss of Tennessee has issued a 100-page report of the meeting showing the matters discussed, interesting only to those who have to handle the detailed problems of lodge work. 1nchIded in the discussions were: (1) Value of zone conferences of lodge secretaries; (2) Retirement plans for Masonic employes; (3) Territorial jurisdiction of lodges; (4) Courtesy degrees, limitations, uniformity, identification of candidates, etc. A special committee reported as to the use of dimit and transfer forms. Speaker at the dinner was Dr. Cloyd Marvin of George \Vashington University. The report carries some valuable condensed information as to

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fees, dues, practices in various jurisdictions, times of annual communications, handling of requests for courtesy, etc. The officers for 1948-49 are: R. C. Davenport (IlL), President; Lloyd E. Wilson, (Calif.), Secretary; Thomas E. Doss (Tenn) Secretary-Treasurer. Clyde Rush (Idaho), John Preissner (Washington) and Harry D. Proudfit (Oregon) have charge of next year's program. ANTI-MASONRY, CLANDESTINE MASONRY, EXTRANEOUS SOCIETIES

Anti-Masonry: The Grand Master of Ohio called attention"To an offensive item on eighteenth-century ~'rench, so-called Freemasonry which appeared in the September 15, 1947, issue of Life magazine. The manner in which the published item was presented, without explanation, seemed to carry an indictment to our society which could not be silently ignored, whereupon I prepared a letter of protest to the editor of the magazine. Copies of the letter were sent to the Grand Master and Grand Secretary of each American Grand Lodge."

So far as we can ascertain, the Grand Master had not received reply to his complaint. His conclusion was: , , Life has abused the privileges of a free press."

Clandestine Masonry: It was reported to the Grand Lodge of California that the committee on Clandestine Masonry does not assist but disturbs this Grand Lodge: "Grand Masters of other jurisdictions have said that California has the question of Clandestine Masonry solved because it has a committee which maintains contact with the clandestine organizations. This is not, or at least should not be, true. The clandestine Masons themselves treat this committee as an avenue through which they can contact this Grand Lodge for coalition purposes and seek dispensations for new lodges. "At Los Angeles, in 1921, the representatives of a clandestine body songht contact with the Grand Master to discuss union of their organization with this Grand Lodge. The Grand Master refused to see them, but sent word that there was absolutely nothing about which they could confer."

Apparently, the committee is being abolished. Later, the committee presented a complete report-their nineteenth, one paragraph of which deserves to be quoted: "Every man, be he white, black, yellow or red, and whatever his belief in God, is eligible to be a Mason, provided he is qualified and found worthy. No organization of clandestine or irregular origin can ever, as such become Masonic. The only way to be healed Masonically is for the individual or individuals comprising any clandestine organization to repudiate it, and to petition in the regular way. It is inadvisable to legislate against clandestine Masonry."

The Grand Master of Pennsylvania called attention to a recent decision of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania in an appeal taken

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by the Prince Hall Grand Lodge (negro) over a lower court decision, which had given a clandestine grand lodge (negro) authority to set up its Grand Lodge in the State of Pennsylvania, a decision which reversed the decision of the lower court, in that the clandestine organization was without authority to use the name, or any part thereof, of any legitimate Grand Lodge now in existence. He impressed upon his Grand Lodge the importance of the decision in that it would serve to curb activities of other clandestine Masonic organizations throughout the United States.

Extraneous Societies: No communication of the Grand Lodge of Alabama would be complete without the usual and accustomed visit of the ladies of the Order of Eastern Star, and the year 1947 was no exception. Grand Officers were introduced and the Worthy Grand Matron, Worthy Grand Patron, Associate Worthy Grand Matron, Associate Worthy Grand Patron all made addresses, whereupon the visitors retired and Grand Lodge was opened. The Grand Master of Alabama says some of the finest Masonic leaders have given their time and effort to build the DeMolay into something worth while, but"For some reason or other the boys do not seem to appreciate what is being done and the discouragement met with, by the brethren trying to lead them, has caused several chapters to fade out of the picture. It might be that proper care has not been exercised in the selection of the boys that come into the organization. It would be a fine thing if some brethren, who know how to work with boys and have the time, could give this subject serious consideration."

Certain members of the Shrine in Pine Bluff, Ark., conducted a lottery in violation of Grand Lodge law. The Grand Master ordered charges preferred against members of two lodges; all pleaded guilty and promised not to do it again. In California a trial committee heard evidence given by a wife to the effect that her husband stayed out nights until eleven or twelve o'clock, and on one occasion to 4 :30 a. m.; on this latter occasion, the husband said he was attending a celebration given by a Shrine patrol! The wife intimated that the celebration had to do with another woman. It proved to be a case of incompatibility, and the committee was unable to agree as to the expulsion of the member. The Grand Lodge of Florida refused to approve endorsement of the International Order of Jobs' Daughters, so that Jobs' Daughters will apparently be orphans in that jurisdiction. Otto Souders, in his report to the Grand Lodge of Kansas, found that the greatest trouble experienced by Grand Masters involved gambling, liquor and violation of Sunday rules, and that one organization, which predicated its membership upon some other bodies, seemed to be the cause of most of the trouble. Violations, he said, run from operating games of chance or actual gambling to operating cir路

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cuses on Sunday and making the dub rooms an open saloon. He found most Grand Masters unanimous in requiring some form of decency and proper observance of Masonic rules, and believes the matter is going to require more and more attention. The Grand Master of Louisiana gave a dispensation to a lodge to permit the O. E. S. to use their banquet room for the purpose of conducting a bingo party, the proceeds of which were to be donated to the O. E. S. fund for the establishment of a home for the aged. The jurisprudence committee disapproved the dispensation, considering bingo gambling and prohibited by State law, therefore prohibited by Masonic law. Gambling for the purpose of raising funds was prohibited by Louisiana law, whether it be for Masonic or other charitable purposes, but in the meantime the bingo party was probably held and the funds raised. The Grand Master of Michigan discovers in some lodges"A hilarious degree called the Tall Cedars of Lebanon. This degree, many years ago, was performed in a very minor manner, but today electric mats and other paraphernalia intended to make the candidate unhappy and to furnish amusement to the onlookers are being employed."

The Grand Master issued an order that this be stopped in Masonic lodge rooms which were built and dedicated for serious work. The jurisprudence committee says it has never been opposed to certain organizations, but it is reluctant to permit the use of lodge rooms except under stringent restrictions. While organizations should be encouraged, yet the fact must be recognized that Freemasonry is an organization for men. Past Grand Master Bonisteel explained the report of his committee by stating that he had four daughters and one son, and that, 'Masonic lodges are composed of men. I believe there is no place that you are going to stop, pretty soon, if you do not stop the use of your lodge rooms by other organizations who try to hang themselves onto the Masonic institution. There is nothing to prevent some other group from coming up here two years from now and saying because of thus and so, this organization should be permitted also to take part in this Masonic work, or work in the lodge room."

An organizer for the Order of Amaranth requested permission to appear before the Grand Lodge of Nevada and explain the objects of his Order, which he was seeking to establish in that State. After hearing- the organizer the Grand Lodge decided to table the request. In Ohio, the Grand Master receiv(~d advance notice of some contemplated Sunday affairs in time to warn the participants. One willful violation ,vas by an organization daiming membership of some 10,000 Masons. A member of an Ohio lodge was reprimanded because he served as chairman of a committee in charge of a Sunday circus operated by a Cleveland Grotto. A Shrine club in Ohio which wished to hold a picnic, the funds from which were to be donated to the

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building fund of a Masonic Temple, was informed that its methods were hardly ethical. The Grand Master was informed that it was to be strictly a Shrine affair, but the committee was informed that this in no way removed the participants from the jurisdiction of the Ohio Masonic code. The club went ahead with their picnic, and although they promised to conduct it in a manner in which no Masonic law would be violated, it was found that they had definitely violated the by-Ia\vs of the Grand Lodge. The officers of the club were, therefore, ordered to appear before the grievance committee of the Grand Lodge. A proposed amendment to by-laws was offered which will hereafter prevent the holding of certain forms of entertainment, and especially on Sunday, but the grievance committee, in order to handle the present situation, while recognizing the legitimacy of the use of the funds to be raised, denied that any praiseworthy purpose can ever justify unMasonic conduct. The Grand Master was directed to instruct the members of the Shrine club to withdraw from membership therein under penalty of disciplinary action, and the committee expressed its opinion that any lodge accepting funds so produced would make it a participant in an illegal activity. The Grand Master of Texas discusses "appendages to Masonry," in which he refers to requests being made for approval of certain Master Mason clubs in various places throughout the State. One particular request was for the institution of a Master Masons Club at the Texas Chiropractic College. The Grand Lodge decided that organized Masonry could properly work and function only through duly and regularly constituted lodges, and not otherwise, and the sooner this decision became more widely known the better Freemasonry in Texas would be. "\Vhereupon any further activity by the Master Masons Club of the Texas Chiropractic College was forbidden. "\Visconsin has difficulties in connection with its Home Board Directors, for they have a stipulation in their Masonic Home by-laws providing that one Home Board Director must be a trustee of the O. E. S. One of their troubles is brought out in the following statement: "A further point in this connection revolves about the qualification of chapter members of O. E. S. without any Wisconsin Masonic affiliation for Home occupancy while Wisconsin Masons or their wives, widows, mothers, and sisters may be forced to wait, or even be deprived of the chance for Home occupancy. The important factor here is that our law permits this to occur and up to date there has been no trouble because the Home has always had vacancies. Under present conditio~s it becomes serious and it becomes difficult to believe that the lawmakers intended to prejudice against Wisconsin people with Wisconsin Masonic affiliations in favor of outsiders whose real dependency should be on other jurisdictions. ' ,

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ANTI-MASONRY IN MISSOURI (1948)

One of our Masonic friends who prefers to remain anonymous sends us a copy of a handbill advertising a Revival Meeting at "Prosperity Baptist Church, Rocky Comfort, Mo." at which meeting antiMasonic pamphlets and magazines are being distributed. We hesitate to dignify the situation by replying, except that some of our brethren may unconsciously adopt this heresy. We have been supplied with a copy of one of the publications, "Lodges examined by the Bible" written by one John R. Rice, D.D.; it bears an Illinois imprint at a town which for years has supplied anti-Masonic pamphlets-at a price. Another Baptist minister in the territory of Rocky Comfort informed a group of Masons that "there is nothing to Masonry." To their suggestion that he might not know much about the subject, he replied that "he knew ALL about it." SOME MAN! Here we have been reading and writing on the subject for almost half a century and we freely confess that we know entirely too little about it. There are said to be some 50,000 Masonic books of which we have record. Our Baptist friend must have done a large amount of reading! The author (~) objects to Christians, Jews, Mohammedans, and Hindus meeting "on the same plane." What a narrow attitude! Certainly not a Christian attitude, for Christ taught the doctrine of love, not the doctrine of love for our own small group, but love for our brethren-wherever God may have placed them on the earth. The writer further averred that he had petitioned a Masonic Lodge "influenced by many friends." We wonder what answer the reverend gave when asked if he came voluntarily and unsolicited? He refers to his father, who he says was a Mason, and he remembered how startled he was: when his father told him he thought Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher, was just as truly saved as Christians are, though he knew nothing of Christ. He said that he believed heathen people who were sincere and had a religion, and earnestly tried to live up to their light were saved and did not need to be born again.

The Reverend has quite a different attitude than that of the scriptures: And what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God ~-Micah vi, 8.

He finds fault with our benevolences, stating that Masonic Homes and hospitals are open only to members, and that our charity is limited; this is not what we are taught, when one of our first lessons in Freemasonry is to "befriend every worthy human being who shall need our assistance." "'\Ve shall only recount one instance of Masonic (路harity-the gift two years ago-of $20,000 by the Grand Lodge of Missouri for relief in Europe, and the gift by other Masonic bodies in Missouri of $3,000 to assist a Greek orphanage, none of whose

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children are known to be children of Freemasons. But why argue against ignorance ~ Or human prejudice ~

• • • In the September 15, 1947, issue of Life magazine appears an article on The Age of Enlightenment dealing presumably with the history of western culture. One of the well known Clavel engravings of a mediaeval lodge is reproduced and occupies a large part of two pages. Beneath the picture is the following: AnticZericalism, or antichurch sentiment, was spread by the society of Freemasons, shown here as they are about to initiate a blindfolded new member into the inner sanctum of the Masonk Lodge, where a symbolic banner is stretched on the floor. Freemasonry, though of earlier origin, became very important and widespread in the 18th century and counted among its members such notables as Voltaire, Mozart, and Frederick the Great of Prussia. Though its ideals were humanitarian, stressing charity and fidelity to each other and to mankind in general, it was primarily a society for men without definite religious affiliations. Its members discussed the new political ideas and later took energetic part in the Revolutionary activities.

We should tenn it cleverly concealed propaganda against the fraternity. It may be recalled that Life's Editor-in-Chief is the husband of Clair Booth Luce who was recently converted to the Catholic faith.

• • • Newsweek, September 15, 1947, is another magazine which takes a shot at Freemasonry, the allusion being veiled but bitter nonetheless: Southport, a lower-middle-class summer resort, consists of vast darkbrown sand flats stretching to the distant sea, overpowering ugly red-brick Venetian hotels, and a collection of Ferris wheels, merry-go-rounds, and roller coasters. It also has a convention hall, a white stucco beach pavilion called Floral Hall, built as a British WPA project in the early 30 's. Its interior decor, done in sea blue, peach and silver, makes it resemble a cross between a Chinese bingo palace and a Masonic Temple.

We can't exactly see why the comparison of a "Chinese bingo palace" and a Masonic Temple, having never visited the former. Nor have we ever seen a Masonic Temple done in "sea blue, peach and silver," all of which leads us to believe that the statement is a bit veiled propaganda and it would not be hard to detect the forces back of it.

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The National Catholic Almanac: This is a publication of 832 pages, published by St. Anthony's Guild, Paterson, N. J., and selling for $1.50. It is more of a propaganda booklet than it is an almanac and some of the references will be revealing to our readers. On the subject of Freemasonry, page 235 : A religious sect diametrically opposed to Christianity. It has its own

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altars, temples, priesthood, worship, ritual, ceremonies, festivals; its own creed; its own morality. The chief reason why Freemasonry was first condemned by Pope Clement XII was that it professed to represent a primitive religion in which all men agree. This is marked contrast to the Catholic idea of revelation.... In the United States, Masonry, especially the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, 33 0 , through its official organ, " The New Age," has shown itself as hostile and bent upon the destruction of Catholicism. . . . Many of the leaders 0f Freemasonry, PiKe, Richardson, Buck and Stewart have shown open and unmistakable antagonism to the church.

Most of our readers have heard of Albert Pike-but only as the head of the Scottish Rite and not for his connection with Craft Masonry; we happen to know who Richardson, Buck and Stewart were -but to label them as leaders is an injustice to the fraternity. Under Secret Societies: (Page 253). Freemasonry is forbidden under pain of excommunication. Membership in the following is forbidden under pain of grievous sin: Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, etc.

Under Knights of Columbus: (Page 474). It was" chartered by the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, March 29, 1882. The headquarters are in New Haven, Conn. The membership June 1947, was 662,310, in 2,617 councils in the U. S., Newfoundland, Alaska, Cuba, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.

The organization publishes a magazine Columbia and sponsors a youth organization, "The Columbian Squires." Catholic converts are listed on page 186 ; we learn of the following: Barrymore, Georgianna (Drew) Broun, Heywood Chandler, Joseph R. (1792-1880) Said to have been once a Grand Master of Masons (Penn. 18411842.) Harris, Joel Chandler Longstreet, Gen. James Rockne, Knute (Convert)

Admiral W. S. Benson Artemus Ward Douglas, Stephen A., said to have been converted in last illness of which we have doubts Kilmer, Joyce Mitchell, John (mine-worker) Stoddard, John L. (lecturer)

Why: There has come to our desk a circular with the above caption; apparently it is a regular publication issued at Benet Lake, 'Vis. "with the approbation by the Benedictine Fathers," the present number being Vol. IV, No.5, February, 1948. Under the heading "Tell me something about Freemasonry" it describes the present day institution, occasionally "getting off the beam" so far as accuracy is concerned. The writer refers to the York Rite "with its seven degrees" and then branches off onto the Scottish Rite: With the exception of the Southern Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite, most Masons in this country, especially those in the lower degrees, are kindly disposed toward their Catholic neighbors and toward the Catholic Church itself.

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To prove his great tolerance (') the writer adds: In opposing Freemasonry it is well to remember that the Catholic Church has no hostile attitude toward individual Masons. The Church is opposed to the false principles of Freemasonry and not to the fine people who belong to the organization.

The objections to our fraternity are thus expressed: First, because of the theological tenets of that organization which make it a religious sect ... it by implication rejects the divine claims of Christianity. Secondly, because of the secrecy of the aims and methods of Freemasonry which puts its lower members in an unjustifiable position of supporting a cause which is concealed from their knowledge and which may possibly be evil.

This is news to most of us! Thirdly, because of the confirmation of this unjustifiable position by oath, which in itself is wrong for the same reason. Lastly, because the open anti-Christian policy of Continental Freemasonry in Europe and some groups of Freemasonry in this country.

• • • \Ve dislike to devote much space to attacks on the fraternity and only do so that our readers may know that we are still under fire. In our review of books we have referred to the volume on the Catholic Church and Secret Societies. The author, who is a Passionist Father says: The purpose of this study is to trace the rise and the eventual solution of the difficulty that faced the church in the U. S. in the growth of secret societies.... a similar situation had existed in Europe long before it became acute on this .side of the Atlantic. The heart of the problem lay in the years 1880-1895 when the phenomenal growth of all American secret societies made it a matter of major concern for the leaders of American Catholicism.

The writer says that man has always been intrigued by the mysterious and the esoteric and "his vanity has been flattered by admission to the circle of the initiated"

He believes the rejection of religious ceremonial and symbolism by many forms of Protestantism created a psychological void which these societies were able to fill and the acknowledged matriz of virtually all secret groups in modern times has been that of the Freemasons.

The two main objections cited by the Pope were: the tendency of the new Masonry to undermine belief in Christianity by setting up another religion based on deistic principles, and the solemn oath of secrecy.

But the church was having difficulty in knowing just what societies were forbidden by the church. Some bishops had held the Odd Fellows not to be included; many conferences of the bishops and others were

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held. The Knights of Pythias, the Odd Fellows and the Hibernians all had their advocates. General Rosencranz, a Catholic, spoke on behalf of the Grand Army of the Republic. Archbishop Kenrick of Missouri could see nothing objectionable to the K. P. or Odd Fellows. The action of the "Molly Maguires" and the Cronin murder in Chicago placed the Hibernians in a bad light with the public. One advocated the organization of the Catholic Knights of Pythias, which might have been followed by the Catholic Masons. Finally, after considering the matter for years, the hierarchy finally made a decision-that the chief American secret societies were forbidden for Catholics; The decision came in 1894 after "troubling the American bishops for a century." Support was thrown behind the Knights of Columbus, organized about that time, and while it was a secret society, yet it did not have those terrible (~) oaths which seemed to distinguish the Masonic fraternity. ATTITUDE OF ASSEMBLY OF GOD

Missouri is the home of a publication called the Pentecostal Evangel. It is published at Springfield, Mo., the "Queen City of the Ozarks." The August, 1947, edition has three articles which are definitely antiMasonic. One is headed Masonic Blasphemy, a second, The Masonic Apron, while the third and longer article is May Christians Join Lodges 1 The latter article pretends to expose the Masonic secrets. Here are some of the statements: According to its highest authorities the avowed purpose of Masonry is to establish a world brotherhood-a world brotherhood that is not Christian. A man to be a Mason must profess to believe in God but nothing is said to him about Christ. Thus it is that the Jews, Mohammedans, Buddhists, Parsees, and every other believer in the existence of God, though he be a hater of Christ, can be a Mason. Masonry does teach the necessity of the New Birth, but in utterly un-Biblical language.... The Master of the lodge represents the sun in the west ('). This is, in modern form, the heathenish Baal worship of which we read in the Bible. Salvation, according to Masonry, comes by being faithful as a Mason; the religion of Masonry studiously leaves Christ out.

\Ve should like evidence to prove the following statement: A minister who was a Mason and insisted on praying in the name of Jesus, was prosecuted for so doing and convicted of conduct unbecoming a Mason. He appealed his case to the Grand Lodge of Ohio where the lower court (') was upheld.

Other statements are equally unauthentic, proving nothing except that the bodies of the Assembly of God, through their hierarchy, are anti-Masonic. The Grand Lodge of Ohio officially denies the statement made above. Most denominations desire world brotherhood-but they want one

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of their own particular creed! Masonry wants world brotherhoodand worries not about what their creed may be. There will never be a uniform creed in the world. Men are not created to believe alike. But men can be taught to believe the golden rule and the brotherhood of man. Let's have the brotherhood and Golden Rule first and let the â&#x20AC;˘ creed follow as a secondary matter. The writer of these attacks does not know that Freemasonry has its groups, such as the Knights Templar and Knights Rose Croix who do teach the Gospel of the Nazarene; but they do not teach a narrow gospel, and they do respect the feelings and rights of those who are not Christians. Their doctrine is a gospel of Love, and if our friends in the Assembly of God would teach more of the same gospel, the world brotherhood might become a little nearer. Later: A letter from the publishers of The Evangel states that the article was run without due consideration and will not be repeated. The author of the article was an 81-year-old minister. We are happy to know that the article does not represent the Church attitude. A letter of apology has been published, la'rgely through the efforts of our P. G. M. Lee who is a resident of the city in which the Evangel is published. IN GERMANY

All is not well with the Masonic lodges in Germany, and especially where Russian forces control. We can therefore conclude that there will be no Masonic lodges where Russian iniluence prevails. This is evident from an article which recently appeared in a German newspaper, under the heading: OPPOSED TO MASONIC LODGES A SOVIET PROTEST IN BERLIN

Berlin: The Soviet delegation in the Allied Kommandantur has registered a protest against the authorization of Masonic Lodges in the British and American sectors of Berlin. The newspaper of the Russian Military Government, the Daily Review, writes in this connection: "Freemasons are to be found up to the highest levels of the political parties and the city administration in Berlin. One can easily imagine that a Masonic brother has no trouble in obtaining his objective before any leading official of the courts, merely by making himself known as a brother by giving the designated grip. There are more than 2,000 members of the Masonic fraternity (in Berlin) who thus play hand in glove with each other. Business, politics, and power are all concentrated in the key positions of the City of Berlin. To gain control of these offices is the. ultimate goal of the Freemasons. It is not difficult to realize what role is intended for this non-political organization under the skilled guidance of certain circles. The harmless appearing ritualistic show cannot deceive anyone so far as the organization's political purposes are concerned. The members of Frederick William-of-the-Aurora Lodge are said to be almost all officers.

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Freemasons did was to run around giving Masonic grips and trying to secure office. Most of us know this is not permitted but it makes good Russian propaganda against the United States and England. CARRIE NATION AND THE FREEMASONS

The Cosmopolitan Magazine for January, 1948, carries an article very unfriendly to the fraternity. It would not be so bad except that it is inaccurate. \Ve are quoting that section which deals with the Freemasons. As to Dr. Gloyd's Masonic activities, we might set up a serious doubt. Some of our readers may have seen Holden. We don't know what its population was in 1872; its population today is 1,800. We can only guess what its Masonic Temple looked like in 1872. From our knowledge of those buildings, a Masonic Temple (Hall) in a town of 1,800 was never "a thing of beauty nor a joy forever," nor a place where one would desire to spend his surplus time. vVe also kno,v what the attitude of the Grand Lodge of Missouri was during that time. The Lodge at Holden was not established until 1867; Dr. Gloyd died in 1869; he could not have hung around the Masonic Hall very much from 1867-68. There is no evidence to prove much of the charges alleged. It is unfortunate that a nationally known publication should permit its columns to be used for such anti-Masonic propaganda-for after all that is what it is. (Extracts from "The Lady from Medicine Lodge" by Alan Hynd. A story of Carrie Nation in the Cosmopolitan magazine, January, 1948:) (p. 128) In 1865, when she was nineteen, Carrie-big, bony and un路 gainly-was living in Belton, Missouri. A handsome young physician, Dr. Charles Gloyd, fresh from a captaincy in the Civil War with the 118th Volunteers, came to town to hang up a shingle. He set up his office in an abandoned schoolhouse and boarded with Carrie's parents. "I liked him, and stood in awe of him because of his superior education," she says in her autobiography, "The Use and Need of the Life of Carrie A. Nation," "never thinking that he loved me until he astonished me by kissing me." Immediately following the kiss, according to her autobiography, Carrie ran from the parlor screaming, "I am ruined! I am ruined! I am ruined! " Dr. Gloyd explained to Carrie's parents that his intentions were strictly honorable. Carrie and the doctor thereupon became informally engaged, and the young lady was saved from disgrace. Then the awful truth came out. Dr. Gloyd turned out to be an earlyday ringer for Ray Milland in "The Lost Week End." He was just as charming and just as adept at hiding bottles, before and after emptying them. He had, it developed, contracted the drink habit. Carrie's father broke the news to her. Stunned, she asked, "What will happen now, Papa ~" , 'You cannot marry a drunkard." , , You told Charlie he can't marry me f ' , The father nodded. "He's going away." Carrie was a one-man girl, and she found herself carrying a torch.

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No matter what Dr. Gloyd was, she loved him. She learned that he was practicing in Holden, Missouri, and began a correspondence with him. Her love, she stubbornly insisted, was a therapy that would cure his affliction. And so, over thunderous paternal opposition, Carrie went to Holden and married Dr. Gloyd. For a time Dr. Gloyd, who was a leader in local Masonic circles, eschewed alcohol. Then he began to come home from night meetings in the Masonic hall, chewing cloves. Thereafter Carrie began to find bottles all over the house. She discovered that she was pregnant. Desperate in her desire to hold her marriage together, she began to use force on Dr. Gloyd, calling for him at his office at night, walking him home and keeping an eye on him until he went to sleep. Dr. Gloyd's reaction was to seck asylum in the lodge hall, where women were forbidden. Sometimes he would shut himself up in the hall for days. Carrie appealed to her husband's brother Masons to send Dr. Gloyd llome to her. They refused to interfere. That was the beginning of Carrie's lifelong hatred for Masons in particular and fraternal orders in general. A Masonic emblem in a coat lapel came to have approximately the same effect on her as the bouquet from a bottle, the aroma of a cigar, or the sight of a lady's calf. Once, in later years, she was walking along Michigan Boulevard in Chicago, when a passing tobacco addict accidentally blew some hell fumes her way. Carrie stopped the man and noticed an emblem in his lapel. "Oh," she remarked, "a Mason, too! " Whereupon she punched the man right in the mouth. (p. 130) After her appearance in Rochester, where she started a riot, Carrie lectured throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She had come to believe that the end justified the means, and so, when she checked into a town that seemed apathetic toward her, she whipped up interest in herself by smashing a saloon, picking street fights with Masons, or throwing water at lighted cigarettes in the mouths of pedestrians. She was arrested so many times that she began to look upon incarceration as an occupational hazard. THE LAW AND MASONRY IN MISSOURI

There are two cases which have reached the Supreme Court of Missouri, involving Masonic properties and bequests which we think should be recorded. One is the Langston Will Case, and the other the Burroughs Bequest. The first involved monies given to the Masonic Home of Missouri, the latter a bequest of a Mexico (Mo.) Freemason to the Masonic bodies of his home city. The Burroughs case is found in the South 'Vestern Reporter, second series, January 13, 1948, pp. 34-345. The question involved was as to whether property devised under will was to be subject to inheritance tax where the property was to be used for Masonic purposes, involving charities in the state. The appeal was taken from the Circuit Court of Audrain County, Mo. The case was heard, not before a Freemason, as a Commissioner for the Court, but by a Judge who was a Roman Catholic, so prejudice can not be alleged. The tax which the state wished assessed amounted to $16,330.82. Under the will, the Commissioner found that all of the money

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given in the will was to be used in the City of Mexico and this did not destroy the exemption provided in Sections 576 and 602. As to whether the properties to be erected would be commercialthere was no evidence of such intent; an endowment fund created by the will cared for the upkeep. The court then found that the bequest was entitled to exemption from inheritance tax. The following quotation from another case was cited: That the Masonic order is a beneficient and charitable organization has been held 80 many times by this and other courts of this country as to put the question beyond the realm of debate. . . . Charity, in a legal sense, is not confined to mere almsgiving or relief of poverty and distress, but embraces the improvement and happiness of man.

What a fine definition of Charity-which after all is nothing other than Love. All the Judges of the Court concurred in the opinion. THE LANGSTON CASE

Our legal brethren, by which we mean those engaged in the interpretation of the law, will be interested in a law suit in which the Masonic Home of Missouri was the defendant. It is known as the Langston will case and D. D. G. Master Harry Gershenson has supplied us with a copy of the S. W. Reporter in which it is listed as Odom et al v. Langston et al, (pp.518-521). Judges: The fact that some of the judges were Masons did not disqualify them from passing on construction of trust naming Masonic Home as one of the beneficiaries.

The plaintiffs had alleged that the judges of the State courts were biased and prejudiced against plaintiffs and unduly influenced by defendants; that the judges of both the trial and appellate courts who have heretofore passed upon the matters involved are members of the Masonic order, and bound to contribute to the Masonic Home (one of the beneficiaries named in the trust) and by reason of their obligations as Masons are disqualified from participating in the case.

To which the Court said: Plaintiffs question the propriety of the judges of this court and the various trial judges heretofore mentioned participating in litigation involving the Langston trust because, it is alleged, all those judges are members of the Masonic Order. Some, but not all, of the judges of this court are dues paying members of that Order. As to whether any or all the trial judges and the jury which sustained the Langston will are such members, we are not advised. However, no judge has any financial interest in this litigation. His dues to the Order and his right to seek haven in the Masonic Home, in the event that becomes necessary, will not be affected by the outcome of this litigation. It might as well be argued that a judge should be disqualified to sit in eases involving the collection of taxes because of the possibility that the future might make it necessary for him to accept an old age pension.

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The Court did not like the attitude of the plaintiffs counsel, who in his pleadings and briefs has impugned the motives and integrity of the members of this court ... by reckless statements without foundation in fact or reason. Surely, not all of them are wholly bad and virtue and wisdom possessed only by plaintiff's counsel ... criticism should be fair and tempered with respect for the courts.

The decision and statement of the court were correct. Freemasonry asks nothing from the courts of the land except equity and justice. It wants no monies or properties which belong to another. Should a brother leave funds for Masonic charities, then it will fight to the finish to see that the brother's wish is fully carried out-but no further. Should the plaintiffs have won the suit on this ground, then no Baptist could sit on a case where a Baptist was interested; no Jew could judge his Jewish brethren; no Catholic could pass on his Catholic fellows. We might inform the plaintiff's counsel and the Court, however, that Freemasonry is not an order. It is a fraternity. HISTORIC' TEMPLE

One of the most, if not the most, historic Masonic Temples in Missouri is the Temple at Hannibal, Missouri, it being an old theater erected in 1882, bought by the Masons of Hannibal in 1916, used by them exclusively since 1922, and, in 1939, remodeled for Masonic use. It was once the old Park Theater which stood fronting a public park in the main section of the city; it had a stage 65 x 45 which was large enough for any of the traveling theater companies. The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Missouri and the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar have used the auditorium of the theater for their annual meetings. On the walls of the old dressing rooms were the names of such stars as John Drew, Ethel Barrymore, ::\farie Dressler, Robert Mantell, Minnie Maddern Fiske and De\Volf Hopper. Minnie Maddern Fiske played there November 29, 1906, in "Lea Kleschna," and in the cast were Guy Bates Post and George Arliss. Wallace Beery was a member of the cast in "The Balkan Princess" which showed there in 1912. Lillian Russell appeared in 1911 in "In Search of a Sinner"; Wallace Huston played at the Park in 1903 in a "mellerdrammer," "Convict Stripes." In 1909, Lew Fields and Vernon Castle (famous dancer) appeared in "The Girl Behind the Counter," and Mrs. Leslie Carter starred in "Vasta Hearne." And there was the "Black Crook" a burlesque in which young women actually appeared in black tights and silk stockings-the date, January 25, 1896. It is said that some of the old timers there still talk about it. The Temple has on its front the bronze plaque erected to the memory of Mark T",rain, (Samuel L. Clemens) and while Clemens did not

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receive his degrees in Hannibal, a good part of his earlier life was spent there. THEY WANT OFFICE

'Ve listened in on the Republican National Convention and several of the participants are known to us as members of the Masonic fraternity, proving that our membership are interested in the nation's affairs. Dewey and Warren. Both are members of the fraternity. Dewey comes from a Masonic family, both his father and grandfather having been members. Gov. Earl 'Varren has an excellent record as a Freemason, having been Grand Master of California in 1935. Dewey has shown himself interested in the affairs of the New York Grand Lodge by addressing them and its subordinate lodges on many occasions. Other Masonic names mentioned during the convention were Harold Stassen (Past Master of a Minnesota Lodge), Governor Baldwin of Connecticut, Gov. Saltonstall (now Senator) of Massachusetts, Douglas MacArthur, Arthur Vandenberg, John W. Bricker and many lesser luminaries. On the other hand, there were Cardinal Daugherty and Clare Booth Luce. The keynote speech was made by Governor Dwight Green of Illinois, well known Illinois Mason.

• • • OnlY a few days later, the Democrats held forth in the same hall in the same city (Philadelphia). Most of us are familiar with the presidential nominee; if not, and for benefit of our readers a century hence, we shall add that it is our own Past Grand Master Harry S. Truman; his running mate is not a Freemason. Senator Russell of Georgia, candidate who received votes from several of the Southern States is a Freemason. Others prominently mentioned, and who were Freemasons were Senators Donnelly and Byrd-and our own Missouri Governor, Phil M. Donnelly-who placed Mr. Truman in nomination.

• • • By the time this review has been distributed outside the state the results of the 1948 election will be known. It is very probable, that whichever party may be elected, the country will continue to runto the satisfaction of whichever party may be in power-and to the consternation of the other party. That is the American way.

• • • And then there was the 'Vallace Convention, this day (July 24, 1948) in full swing. HUMOR

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In a recent notice of a Kansas City Lodge we find an account of a visit of Rite Worshipful Brother Ernest Carter, Grand Persuviant. \Ve do have some brothers that worship certain rites but are not Rite ',v orshipfuls. \Ve don't know the meaning of the word "persuviant" but we imagine it is "one who persuves."

• • • The \Visconsin proceedings record the fact that a brother desired authority to have a group of Jobs' Daughters use the following statement on printed cards: , 'Baby Sitters Bureau for Masonic families"

It was ruled that the word "Masonic" was being used for commercial gain by individuals or outside organizations. HISTORICAL

The Grand Lodge of California has appropriated $10,737.00 to be used to defray necessary expenses incident to writing and preparing a manuscript of the history of Freemasonry in California. 'j'his Grand Lodge is considering the question of rebuilding the old Masonic Lodge hall of Columbia Lodge No. 28, which was erected in 1855 and used continuously until 1891. It seems that the State is setting aside part of the old mining town as a State Park and the Original bricks of the Masonic Temple being available, it is thought possible to reproduce the building and make it a historical shrine. 1.'he Grand Master of Colorado recommended the publication of the history of the Grand Lodge; it is now in manuscript form. The 1947 proceedings contain photographs of markers erected by the Grand Lodge. The centennial committee of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska expects to observe the 100th communication of the Grand Lodge, which is to be held in Omaha, in the year 1957. Proceedings of North Dakota in 1947 carry the story of their Masonic Island. Ohio proceedings have a very interesting story concerning General John C. Bennett, an educator and physician of distinction, and at one time a member of the Mormon faith at Nauvoo, Ill. In the Oklahoma proceedings we learn that the historic Ft. Gibson is located a short distance from Muskogee. The stockade built there by the government, before Oklahoma was a State, has been rebuilt; nearby is the only Federal Cemetery in the State of Oklahoma, and here is buried the Indian wife of Sam Houston, who was Governor of two States, Senator from two States, and a President of the Republic. Oregon observed the centennial of the establishment of the first lodge on the Pacific Coast. The Grand Master of Missouri and your re-

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viewer were present on that occasion; mention will be made elsewhere of the program. Oregon has a military lodge located at Frankfurt, Germany; it was instituted July 11, 1946. The dispensation of this lodge has been continued for another year. Rhode Island issued a dispensation for the organization of a lodge in Berlin, Germany. A cable received May 17, 1947, announced the arrival of Colonel W. S. Solomon, a Past Grand Master, who had sailed on the Mauretania to organize this lodge. Paraphernalia was donated by Rhode Island lodges. The warrant terminates at the pleasure of the Grand Master, or of the Grand Lodge, and automatically when the occupying forces of the United States Zone of occupied Germany are recalled. The Grand Lodge of Utah observed its 75th anniversary on January 27, 1947. West Virginia observed its 150th anniversary, on which occasion Dr. Roy B. Cook delivered an interesting historical address.

DEGREES Missouri is not the only jurisdiction where groups are going about over the State spreading propaganda for their various organizations and degrees, and wearing distinctive garb and uniform in order to exemplify their affiliation with the foreign order. In Montana, the Grand Master recommended that legislation be enacted to prohibit the wearing of any garb or uniform distinctive of any other organization during the conferring of degrees. He believes attention should be centered on the candidate; the candidate should be allowed to concentrate on the work of the degree, and he thinks it especially improper for any organization to advertise itself during the conferring of degrees. It resulted in a standing resolution being adopted prohibiting the wearing by any group of a uniform during the conferring of Masonic degrees. N ew Jersey is another jurisdiction being bothered by roughness in the conferring of degrees. Such action was ordered to cease immediately and Masters were held responsible for disregard of these instructions. New York had before it the question of obligating a Mohammedan candidate on the Koran. It was decided that such procedure was permissible. This is not intended to replace old or new testament on the altar, as this is dominantly a Christian country. However, in deference to the Mohammedan faith, the use of the Koran is permissible. A committee in North Dakota recommended a by-law (and this has now become the law in the jurisdiction) requiring a Mason to pass a satisfactory examination on the third degree within six months before he could petition for the so-called higher degrees. The discussion was led by the late Sovereign Inspector General Forkner. In Ohio, a resolution was proposed forbidding groups from con-

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ferring degrees unless strictly qualified and approved by the D.D.G.M. The Grand Master of Oregon recommended that no petition for the degrees should be acted upon until three months had elapsed after the petition had been referred to an investigating committee. He also thought that thirteen weeks should intervene before conferring of degrees, that lodges should see that candidates were given literature in regard to the work other than that which he receives in the lecture. A committee on instruction discovered that there are 45,755 words in the Oregon ritual. Vermont lists the names of Masters of Lodges who have not received the Past Master Degree, and only three names are included. The Grand Master of Washington did not approve the idea of lodges meeting several times a week, with as high as fifteen candidates each meeting, since it afforded nothing except to recite the ritual, with no opportunity to get acquainted, and no time for fellowship. He deplored the idea of having nothing but Masons with lapel buttons. A resolution which provided it was a Masonic offense for a Master Mason to petition for or to receive the degrees in any order which has Masonic degrees as a prerequisite until he has been a Mason at least twelve months, was postponed. FOREIGN RECOGNITION

The thing most needed in the Masonic World today is International Masonic Unity. The question is how this may be secured. Certainly not by spasmodic efforts here and there to recognize Grand Lodges, regular and irregular, legitimate and clandestine; not by engaging in controversies, but by sincere study of international conditions, backgrounds and ideal. The situation is decidedly a matter of Grand Lodge action, and action not enforced by organizations or individuals with politieal chestnuts to be pulled out of the fire. A Grand Lodge is either legitimate or illegal. It should be no task on the part of interested Masons to receive evidence both pro and con, weigh the evidence and deeide accordingly. It has been stated in several publications that no action should be taken toward recognition until the political unrest in many countries has been permitted to settle and harmony again restored. This may or may not be the proper course to take; in cases of legitimate Grand Lodges, it certainly would not be the policy. In certain sections of the world it might prove satisfactory. We have in mind, however, such instances as the Grand Orient of Italy, the National Grand Lodge of Czechoslovakia, and the Grand Lodge of Austria. No one, not on the ground, can realize the satisfaction the brethren of these Grand Lodges have in knowing that their efforts in preserving Freemasonry on the frontiers is being appreciated as shown in their recognition. What our brethren in these countires need is not criticism, but assistance, and the assistance is needed now-not a century hence! The proceedings of Alabama show recognition of the National

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Grand Lodge of Italy} Belgium and Grand Orient of Brazil. Through Charles A. Moffett, Sovereign Grand Inspector General, the greetings of the Grand Lodge of France were extended. In Arizona, the committee considered the petitions of the Grand Lodge of Bolivia and the National of Colombia,. both were recognized. Arkansas had up for consideration the Grand Orient of Spain} and from South America the Grand Lodges of Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo. Connecticut has received request from a Syrian Libanese group in Beirut. It is in correspondence with five Brazilian Grand Lodges. They decided to recognize the Grand Lodge of Ceara} but no action was taken on the Syrian recognition. Delaware had request from Uruguay} the Netherlands} Syria and Lebanon} Spain in Exile} and Campeche} Mexico. Recognition was denied Spain; held in abeyance the request of Uruguay} Syria and Lebanon} Campeche} Sao Paulo} and Ceara; they recognized Venezuela} Denmark} Norway and Sweden. The District of Columbia had request from Oriental de Colombia and Francisco de Paula Santander of Colombia} both of which were recognized. Apparently request for recognition from Minas Gerais} Uruguay} Syria} and the Grand Orient of Italy were turned down. Florida recognized National Grand Lodge of Colombia} Venez~tela} and Sao Paulo. Idaho recognized the Grand Orient of Italy} Paraiba} Rio de Janeiro} Sao Paulo} Colombia at Bogota} Colombia at Cartagena} Guatemala} El Potosi} Netherlands} and Switzerland. Indiana recognized the Grand Lodge of Ceara. Iowa has recognized the Grand Lodge of Tamaulipas} and N etherlands. Campeche} Ceara} Syria and Lebanon} and Palestine were held up for further investigation. Kansas has a favorable attitude toward the Grand Lodge of Spain in Exile. They recognize Campeche} Minas Gerais} Uruguay} Rio de Janeiro. They postponed action on Syria Lebanon and Ceara. Recognition of Italy was postponed "until these countries have a more stable government." Louisiana received communications from two Grand Lodges in Italy, one irregular-Serenissima Gran Logia D}Italia} at Bari (the Granone group), which claim origin March 21, 1947; the other from the Grand Orient of Italy} headed by Dr. Guido Laj. The records of Louisiana show that it was in relationship with a former Grand Lodge in Italy and accordingly friendly relations were resumed with the Grand Oriente D}Italia. The Grand Lodge of Hungary was recognized; action on Syria was postponed; Yugoslavia was rejected; Minas Gerais was recognized. Maine received applications from Syria} Yugoslavia} Hungary} Grand Orient of Italy} Grand Lodge of Italy at Bari} Uruguay, Minas

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Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Campeche. Recognition was withheld in each instance pending receipt of more guidance and information. Michigan has recently recognized the Grand Lodge of Tamaulipas. Minnesota has recognized the Grand Lodges of Bolivia and Tamaulipas. Mississippi recognized the National Grand Lodge of Syria, because the lodges were under the supremacy of the former Grand Lodge of Egypt. The petition from Belgium was turned down, as was that of the Grand Orient of Spain in Exile. The Grand Lodge of Denmark was recognized. The Grand Orient of Italy was recognized by Montana, as was that of the Grand Lodge of Holland. In New Jersey, request of the Grand Orient of Italy was held up because of "the very uncertain condition prevailing in that territory, which will make it necessary for us to make a very thorough investigation." New Mexico has recognized the Grand Lodge of Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia and Panama. New York recognized the Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico. Ohio recognized the Grand Lodge of the Netherlands. Pennsylvania has declined to recognize the Syria Lebanon Grand Lodge; they recognized Grand Lodge Alpina, Switzerland, the Grand Lodge of the Netherlands, and the Grand Orient of Italy. MEDALS

Among those receiving the Pierpont Edwards Medal at the Grand Lodge of Connecticut were H on. John Q. Tilson, former Congressman from that State; 路William lValsh, Past Master of a Connecticut lodge; and Secretary-emeritus John lV. Ferris. Others receiving the Edwards Medal were Past Grand Master Ansel A. Packard, Past Grand Master Howard A. Middleton, and Charles W. Froessel, Grand Master of New York. In the District of Columbia, the Fidelity Medal was presented to the member in each lodge who had the longest period of Masonic membership; it is limited to residents of the District of Columbia. The 1947 award was made to John C. Proctor. The Distinguished Service Medal was awarded in that jurisdiction to Brother Clark C. Griffith, a member of Harmony Lodge No. 17 since October 12, 1921; he was made an honorary member of the Grand Lodge in 1940. For many years he has afforded the use of the athletic park in Washington for a Masonic Field Day, which has resulted in the raising of considerable money for charitable purposes. His was the ninth Distinguished Service Medal to be awarded in the jurisdiction. The Josiah Hayden Drummond Medal for distinguished service was, in May 1948, presented to John Temple Rice, distinguished Texas Mason, and to Frank C. Allen, of Maine. Michigan has appointed a committee to formulate plans for the

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awarding of a distingunished service medal in that jurisdiction. This Grand Lodge has a life membershp button for those brethren who have been members forty years. The Nebraska Gold Jordan Medal remains in possession of Hiram A. Harter, born :March 12,1853, now a resident of the Masonic Home. Former Grand Secretary Lewis E. Smith was given a Jordan Bronze Medal, being the senior Master Mason of his lodge. On a visit to the Grand Lodge of New Jersey, Grand Master TVragg, of Massachusetts, presented to Grand Master John Schneider the Henry Price Medal. On his visit to the Grand Lodge of New York, the Henry Price Medal was presented to Grand Master Gay H. Brown. The committee on Grand Lodge Awards in New York honored Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. There are two other medals granted by this Grand Lodge which have not yet been delivered, one to General George C. Marshall, because of his absence from the country, the other to General Jonathan M. lVainwright. News dispatches of recent date announce that the General has since received this award. During the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Ohio in 1947, Grand Master A. J. M. 'Wannamaker, of South Carolina, presented the Albert Gallatin Mackey Medal of his Grand Lodge to Dr. Elmer R. Arn, the distinguished President of the George \Vashington National Masonic Memorial. Only ten of these medals have been awarded and they have been distributed over seven jurisdictions. Several years ago, Rhode Island established medals for Distinguished, Exemplary, and Meritorious Service, but the number to be given was limited to two in each class, all of which presented a problem in courtesy. To meet the situation, the Christopher Champlin Medal has been adopted to be given to deserving brethren for out-路 standing Masonic achievement. Champlin was the first Grand Master, serving from 1791 to 1793. During the annual communication, Herbert A. Crowell was presented with the Distinguished Service Medal for his services in straightening out conditions in the Grand Lodge offices. The Grand Master of South Carolina reports that on July 17, 1946, while visiting the Grand Lodge of Canada, in Ontario, he bestowed the Albert Gallatin Mackey Medal on Grand Secretary Ewart G. Dixon, and that on December 27, the same year, in Pennsylvania, the medal was given to Grand Master Richard A. Kern. HERE AND THERE

Address of Grand Matron: The Grand Lodge of Georgia, being called to refreshment, the Grand Matron of the O. E. S. delivered a two-page address which appears in the proceedings. Board of General Purposes: The Grand Lodge of Michigan, after considerable discussion adopted a new section which provides for a Board of General Purposes. In our estimation this is a distinct step

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forward and should result in increased activity for the Grand Lodge. Byrd Expedition: A letter was read to the Grand Lodge of Florida; it was written March 1, 1947, and signed by seven brethren who were members of the Byrd Expedition to the Antarctic. The letter stated that on February 6, 1947, at 2 :00 p. m., an informal gathering of Masons was held on the Antarctic Continent, presided over by Lieutenant Commander F. G. Dustin, of Vermont. It is believed to have been the first meeting of a body of Masons on the Antarctic Continent. It was held in a flimsy canvas tent; it was snowing, and a blizzard was raging without. A Chinese Master: Confidence Lodge No. 203 in California, has as its Master Brother Fong Q. Jing, who is the first native Chinese ever to serve as Master of a Masonic lodge in that jurisdiction. Degree Teams: According to the Grand Master, degree teams have been a source of friction and annoyance to every Grand Lecturer in California from time immemorial. He says: , 'The growth and tremendous intcrest in Masonry today has increased by leaps and bounds the number of so-called degree teams operating in our jurisdiction. Many companies havc developed teams, most of them are doing a fairly creditable job, othcrs are interested only in providing entertainment for lodges, their interest in the candidate being secondary. Some teams are of a semi-permanent nature, who appear only now and then and have no particular standing.... During the course of the year it was necessary for the Grand Lecturer to reprimand several groups and warn them of flagrant violation of good taste. In many cases the ritual is far below the standard required for the qualification of officers. The use of theatrical novelties, and their efforts to improvise upon the adopted work, has caused considerable consternation among those who are charged with maintaining the dignity of our degrees."

The Grand Master thought that the answer was to place the matter in the hands of the Masters of iodges, holding them responsible for the enforcement of the law. The committee further found: "The primary purpose of these degree teams is to obtain publicity and to attract new members."

All of which resulted in a resolution providing that no lodge shall permit any degree" to be conferred by a degree team under the name of, or dressed in the regalia, or any part thereof, of any organization, the prerequisite of membership in which is that he be a Master Mason." Election of Grand Secretary: The Grand Secretary in Alabama died. The Grand Master had no political irons in the fire and consequently he appointed the Superintendent of the Masonic Home to serve as Grand Secretary, with the understanding that he would step aside when the Grand Lodge should have elected a successor. This worked out in a fine way, and Brother C. H. Stubinger became the new Grand Secretary. Eligibility of Indian: The Grand Master of Mississippi was asked whether an Indian was eligible to be raised a Master Mason. The inquiry was decided affirmatively and it was re'called that a former

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Past Grand Master, John R. Tally, was always proud of the fact that he was of Choctaw lineage. Grand Master Needs Avouchment: The Grand Master of California visited Kilauea Lodge in Hilo, on the Island of Hawaii, but unfortunately no one could vouch for him. It was necessary that he be examined and he passed a successful examination. Loan to Lodge: A New Mexico lodge asked for and was granted a $6,000.00 loan. It was made in order to complete a lodge hall. The Grand Lodge believed its security is ample on its investment. Additional loans are not being recommended. Long Tenure: In Kentucky, it was recommended that the charter of a lodge be arrested beeause of its failure to hold meetings and perform its functions as a lodge. Records showed that a certain brother had been Master twenty-three years, during which period the membership had declined from 141 to 47. The Master was cited to appear before the committee to show cause why he should not be removed as Master of the lodge. The committee was unable to explain how, if the lodge had not had meetings, the brother could have been elected Master so many times and reports made to the Grand Secretary (The G. M. does not know some secretaries.) Membership: The Grand Master of New York calls attention to the dangers resulting from the purchasing and giving of life memberships. He finds many lodges in a serious financial situation due to this practice and believes that no one can honestly contend that the purchase of a life membership should be other than on a sound actuarial basis, and only after a long period of membership. This jurisdiction has 781 dual members. Some of the time of Grand Lodge was taken up in the posthumous reaffiliation of an unaffiliated Mason, in which a non-Mason attempted to establish t}lC status of his sister, who was a prospective widow of an unaffiliated Mason, as a recipient of Masonic charity after her husband's death. The husband, it appears, had been unaffiliated a number 'of years and had apparently lost all interest in the fraternity. A few hours before his death, his brother-in-law, who is not a member of the fraternity, was advised that the wife would not be eligible for admission to the Home if her husband was an unaffiliate when he died. Without the knowledge of the unaffiliate, the brother-ni-law ascertained from the secretary of the lodge, the amount necessary to clear past indebtedness to the lodge and paid it. That was in the middle of the summer. In the fall, the lodg-e seemingly voted to restore the dead man to good standing. The Grand Lodge decided that the whole action ,vas nugatory and abortive. North Dakota places emphasis upon the words distinguished and meritorious in granting life membership. A lodge may make a member an honorary life member, providing he has been a member in good standing thirty years and has reached the age of seventy. Life memberships are not granted simply as a means of exempting the lodge from payment of Grand Lodge dues; it is to recognize Masonic service, coupled with continuous membership and age.

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The Grand Master of Ohio had two requests for dual membership. The Grand Lodge has no provision for dual membership, nor is there any provision prohibiting a member of an Ohio lodge from accepting membership in another jurisdiction. Oregon appears to have a very good solution for the life membership problem; it has been tried out now for several years. During the past year 461 life memberships were issued, bringing the total number to 3,711. The trust fund for life memberships now amounts to $477,521.00. They are accepting monies from chapters and commanderies who wish to cooperate in the life membership fund. The Grand Master of South Carolina has discouraged all requests for dual membership, and issued dispensation only in cases where he believed it would be to the interest of Masonry. No Harmony in Harmony: Delaware has a Harmony Lodge No. 13, but while its name is "Harmony," there is no evidence that this virtue exists in the lodge. It is suffering from factionalism, which is shown by the fact that no new member has been admitted since 1944. Past Master Degree: The degree of Past Master is conferred, either by the Grand Lecturer or Past Masters of their respective lodges, or on all Masters-elect in Delaware. This degree is also being conferred by the Grand Lodge of Florida, the records showing that almost 150 bretnren had received it during the year. Secrecy and So~emnity of Meetings: The Grand Master of Alabama believes that too much information as to what goes on in lodge meetings is getting out to the general public and profane. He suggests that the membership keep their affairs from the outside world. The Grand Lecturer in Indiana reported that complaint had been made that some members, in public places and in the presence of nonMasons,. discussed matters and affairs that never were intended to get beyond Masonic walls. He expressed his belief that with secrecy gone, that Masonic mystery which has always been so attractive to mankind is gone also. He disliked the idea of Freemasons joking unseemingly in the presence of candidates, intimating that they would be ridiculed or tortured during the process of the ceremony. He suggested that charges be preferred against any offenders and penalty inflicted commensurate with the offense. Visitation: Hapeville, Ga., Lodge visited Warren Lodge No. 15, of Indiana. The Georgia delegation was accompanied by its Grand Master and fifty members of Hapeville Lodge. It was a fine Masonic meeting, bringing together North and South in good fellowship. Wailing Wall: The Grand Lodge of Connecticut has been presented with a fragment of the Wailing Wall, the only remaining part of the work done at the building of King Solomon's Temple. MISCELLANEOUS

Alaska: Lodges in this territory work under the jurisdiction of the

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Grand Lodge of Washington. Their most recent report shows 11 lodges with 1,976 members. These lodges are located at Nome, Fairbanks, Valdez, Cordova, Seward, Anchorage, Skagway, Douglas, Juneau, Ketchikan and Petersburg.

Buildings: The 'Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia has gone into the operation of a Masonic Home. The Grand Master reports that all charitable institutions in the District of Columbia have made definite decisions to defer all new construction alterations and equipment work for the remainder of the year. He addressed a word of caution to all representatives on the Board of Directors of the Home with respect to embarking on a project of the magnitude contemplated, saying: , 'If it were your own money and you actually had cash on hand, would you undertake to spend, at present prices, approximately $285,000.00 as a minimum, plus the costs of extras for alterations to the main building and for furnishing and equipment."

Centennial Celebration: A special committee on Centennial, in California, has recommended the holding of a special program in 1950 to commemorate the first hundred years of the Grand Lodge. The committee recommended: (1) That the centennial be held in San Francisco; (2) that the centennial celebration be, held contemporaneously with the 101st annual communication of the Grand Lodge of California; (3) that the incoming Grand Master appoint a special committee on centennial arrangements; (4) that a 25c per capita tax be levied for the next three years to provide for necessary expenses of the celebration. Charity: Last year we made mention of the bequest of Mrs. Emma Bodge, widow of Past Grand Master Thomas H. Bodge, of Maine. During the year the necessary legal papers have been perfected and $24,901.00 has been turned over to the Grand Treasurer to be known as the "Thomas H. Bodge Memorial Fund." Charters: In the District of Columbia, lodges were asked to have photo duplications and microfilms made of charters. The committee now reports that all these have been secured and filed with the Grand Lodge. Commercialism: In New York it was found that many lodges, in their search for methods of increasing the income of the lodge, had become enamored of the plans which carried them into the commercial field. A recent example arose in which a high-pressure salesman convinced the officers of a lodge of the desirability of embarking the lodge upon a group insurance scheme. The Grand Master thought it definitely objectionable and alien to the aims and purposes of the fraternity. Communism: In Alabama, the Grand Master issued an edict de-

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elaring "a communist is not qualified to receive the degrees of Masonry. It is unmasonic to embrace, espouse or encourage communistic teachings of philosophy." Condition of the Rite: Indiana has twenty-four lodges with more than 1,000 members each; the largest lodge, Centre No. 23, has 2,015. The average membership of a lodge in that jurisdiction is 100 to 199. The 478 lodges in Kentucky have an average membership of 146. One lodge initiated 146 candidates. In Pennsylvania, the Grand Master believes the time is ripe for the Grand Lodge "to study ways and means to keep lodges from getting too large." He would limit the number of petitions that large lodges would be permitted to receive at any stated meeting. He believes limitation would make the larger lodges scan their new material with greater care, and by placing would-be petitioners on a waiting list would encourage them to seek membership in the smaller lodges. Dispensations: The Grand Master of Idaho refused dispensation to a lodge "to confer the Entered Apprentice degree on a petitioner bebefore he had been elected to receive the degrees, this procedure being contrary to all Masonic laws." Finances: The Grand Master of Michigan called attention to some defalcations by secretaries of Michigan lodges. They have a special lodge auditor. In one instance it appeared that a lodge was short $100.00, the chapter $600.00, and the commandery $1,200.00. The lodge auditor was sent in and found that the lodge was actually short $3,000.00. He says the object of a special lodge auditor is that "he knows lodge procedure, the C. P. A. does not" and it appears that while the certified public accountant failed to find the shortage, the special lodge auditor found a shortage of a large sum. In Pennsylvania, the Grand Master called attention to the question of lodge financing and wonders why a lodge keeps on collecting the same amount of dues charged twenty-five years ago, when every item of expense has increased over the years. George Washington Memorial: In California, a special committee on the George Washington Memorial, headed by Grand Master Chester H. Warlow, made an eleven page report. We learned nothing new from the report, but reading between the lines we gather the committee is not satisfied with its representation on the Association. The committee said: , 'We found the meeting so framed and organized that little or no discussion or opportunity for discussion was open to the representatives. What discussion there was, was by the officers of the Association. The only part we observed taken by the Grand Masters of Masons in this country was their appearance on the stage to present and announce their contributions. "

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Grand Master coming to the meeting but once during his lifetime, and knowing little of the Association, could be sufficiently informed to engage in any general discussion as to the policies to be pursued by the Association.

Jurisdiction: The Illinois proceedings record the fact that a Brother X, of an East St. Louis Lodge, caused a Mr. A. to sign a petition for the degrees in the East St. Louis Lodge, when the petitioner's legal residence was St. Louis, Mo. The Grand Master had the action investigated and suspended Brother X from all rights and privileges; five brethren were reprimanded, two of whom signed the petition and three of whom were the investigating committee. A few more instances like this and this pernicious custom would cease. The Grand Master of Indiana ruled that an Indiana lodge was right in accepting the petition of one who had lived in the jurisdiction the required time, even though he had been denied membership in a Pennsylvania lodge a number of years previous, believing that Indiana Freemasonry was not bound by Pennsylvania ruling or perpetual jurisdiction over rejected timber. Jurisprudence: The District of Columbia is confronted with the question of revising its laws in the matter of representation; it is all over the right of Past Masters to vote in Grand Lodge. It was stated that, if certain proposed legislation should pass, the total possible voted in Grand Lodge would b~ 1,302, of which 1,126 would be Past Masters and would control 86 per cent of the total vote. The Grand Lodge would then be in a position in which no legislation proposed by Masters, Wardens or Lodges, and no recommendations of a Grand Master, could be enacted into law without the approval of Past Masters of lodges. The committee expressed its belief that Freemasonry in that jurisdiction had always been a democratic, representative organization, in which the oldest and the youngest, the largest and the smallest lodge, stood on an exact equality with equal rights in the Grand Lodge. Under the proposed amendment the control of Grand Lodge would be in the older lodges at the expense of the younger. In Michigan, the Grand Master informed the Grand Lodge that lodges could be sued. In one instance in which a building was jointly owned by two Masonic bodies, the Crafts were being sued because a child playing on the fire escape was injured. The Grand Master said lodges had more legal liability than was generally known. In the New York proceedings appears an interesting case of a brother who was tried Masonically on charges of having made application to join a "higher body" without being a member of one of the "lower" bodies. The petitioner was found guilty and expelled from the lodge. The Grand Lodge restored the brother to membership, being convinced that the offense was <'ommitted more through ignorance than intent. A committee from this same Grand Lodge called

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attention to the edict of former Grand Master Charles H. Johnson, in which attention had been called to the growing tendency through the medium of lodge notices to depart from a fundamental principle of the fraternity and to disseminate information as to the nature of the participation of individuals in the ritual of the degrees. In Tennessee, attention ,vas called to the character of the committee on Masonic Jurisprudence, which, under the law, consisted of the Past Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge. There was some objection to this from those '\Tho thought it would take away from the Grand Master the power of appointment vested in him by the constitution. The Grand Master thought the committee, which consisted of nineteen members, was too unwieldy. The question of the status of Past Masters is a matter of discussion in Utah, where the Grand Master expressed his belief that Ul(' voting status of Past Masters in Grand Lodge should be given further study.

Liquor: The Grand Master of Kentucky rendered a very interesting decision in a liquor case. It is not so much his decision that is of interest as it is the statement of one of the interested parties, who wrote: "I have studied over the case of Brother he probably has done wrong, but you remember we have men in our lodge who do not get along with his own born brother; also as to him drinking, there is the biggest part in there that drinks. If you cull out the ones that drink there won't be enough left to put on a degree. I have been in the lodge quite a while, now if this ain't dropped at once then there won't be any more degrees put on in this lodge any more. . . . This is fair warning and also the one who brought the charge up has been seen standing talking to some of the street walkers, also seen having them in the car with him. Stop this at once."

\Visconsin, home of one of the largest breweries, also has trouble with the liquor problem, causing the Grand Master to remark: "Surely the chemist of a brewery or distillery has more to do with the effectiveness of his company's product for beverage purposes than a mere truck driver, who in no way is responsible for the quality or alcoholic content, and yet the latter cannot petition a lodge while a chemist can."

Masonic Clubs: Masonic clubs will always be a problem to jurisdictions in which they exist. This is true in California, where "in numerous instances Masonic dubs have proved irksome and a source of trouble to lodges and to Grand Lodge." Some of the objections are listed: (1) They draw the attention of Masons from their lodges and interfere with lodge attendance; (2) liberties are indulged in at their meetings not in accord with the dignity of Masonry; (3) fees and dues are collected and expended for purposes not authorized by rules of the Grand Lodge; (4) some of the clubs are chartered by national organizations with headquarters outside the jurisdiction, to which a part of the funds of the club are sent; (5) many sojourning

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Masons become members of clubs and fail to interest themselves in legitimate Masonic bodies. The matter will be investigated. Masonic Education: California has a committee on Masonic information; they presented a six page report. The committee doubts whether Masonic education is yet on the right road. It wants to know what the Grand Lodge expects of the committee; Grand Lodge had not said. Few Masons have the same concept of Freemasonry and many differ widely in their views. They believe the only time in which Masonic education can be easily absorbed is when the candidate is passing through the degrees, and that the job should not be left to coaching committees. Masonic Home: For several years the Arkansas Board of Charities has reported that no applications have been received for admission of children into the Masonic Home. Last year only 6 children were left to be cared for; no applications are in sight. Commencing June 1, 1947, the children in the Home were sent to the John Brown School at Siloam Springs, Ark. Like a number of other jurisdictions, the Grand Lodge of vVashington has felt it unfair from the point of view of the Masonic Home that the applicant, upon admission, should relinquish to the State his right to social security or old age pension. These rights are property rights and the State or Federal Government is profiting at the expense of Masonic charity. A study of the situation is now being made with the Department of Social Security of the State of \Vashington, and it is believed it will result in the cooperation of the State so that members of the Home may receive a portion of these benefits, thereby reducing the net cost of operation of the Home. Masonic Newspapers: The question of Masonic newspapers is troublesome in many juriSdictions. There are arguments pro and con, but the majority seem to be con. In the first place, these Masonic newspapers are outside the primary functions of Freemasonry and the tendency is to commercialism. In many instances these promptings are by individuals who see the possibility of a job. The question of editing a Masonic newspaper is a highly specialized bit of work, and competent editors are hard to secure. Unless the paper is competently edited, it can never prove a success educationally or commercially. The committee in California reported unanimously opposed to the publication of any magazine unless it was worth while, well edited and representative of the fraternity. Because of the heavy expense, it was unanimously opposed to a free distribution of such a paper. In Connecticut, the Grand Master was asked to give his approval of local publications. He refrained from doing so, believing that there might be a Grand Lodge responsibility for what was published and that without superivision by the Grand Lodge he was unwilling to assume the responsibility. Masonic Relief Association: Texas reports that a circular letter was sent out by the Grand Master to constituent lodges, suggesting

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donations to Masonic Relief Association for the purpose of building up a reserve fund Jor future use. The committee which handled the matter was of the opinion that the Grand Master was without authority to circularize lodges for funds be the purpose ever so laudable. Mexico: In Arizona the Grand Master granted permission to an Arizona lodge to receive members and officers of a Sonora, Mexico, lodge for the purpose of conferring the first degree of Freemasonry upon their candidate. This was not an invasion of jurisdiction, as it was a courtesy degree to a candidate elected in the Mexican lodge. The visitors were invited to fill the chairs and confer the degree in the presence of the Master of the Arizona Lodge. The rules in Arizona are that members or officers of a foreign jurisdiction may participate in the work of an Arizona lodge upon invitation, and, as individuals, may fill the chairs, confer the degrees in the presence of the Master of such lodge. A resolution, signed by a group of Mexican Masons (apparently irregular), was read in the Grand Lodge of Arizona. They asked to be admitted as regular Masons to work in the Spanish language under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Arizona, but the committee on General Policy recommended that there be no change in the present decisions and ruling, which required all petitioners for the degrees to be able to read and write in the English language. The committee did not recognize the existing need of a Spanish-American lodge in that vicinity, but did recommend that the petitioners consider the establishment of an English-speaking lodge among Spanish Americans. Missourians: Arkansas proceedings report the death of Mark Olney. He was President of the 1894 junior law class at the University of Missouri and was a frequent visitor at meetings of Masonic bodies in this jurisdiction. Grand Master John Randle Moore, of California, a lawyer by profession and a resident of Glendale, was made a Freemason in Four Mile Lodge No. 212, Campbell, Mo., August 29, 1918. During 'Vorld War I he was a Second Lieutenant in the Second Infantry. He is a former student of the University of Missouri. Among visitors at the Grand Lodge of Illinois is listed Grand Master Morris E. Ewing and Grand Secretary Harold L. Reader, of Missouri. Visitors at the Grand Lodge of Iowa, at Davenport in 1947, included Harry R. Sunderland, Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. At the February, 1947, communication of the Grand Lodge of Kansas, Senior Grand Warden Harry R. Sunderland, of Missouri, was officially received. At the 1948 communication, Grand Master Morris E. Ewing was received and responded on behalf of Missouri. He was also invited to be a guest of the Association of Past Grand Masters.

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Attending the June, 1947, communication of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska was James M. Bradford, Junior Grand ;Varden, who represented Grand Master Cameron. In the Texas proceedings we read an article of interest concerning Stephen F. Austin, who was made a member of Louisiana Lodge No. 109, Ste. Genevieve, Mo., July 1821, at the age of twenty-two years. He went to Texas in 1821, and on the occasion of his return from Saltillo, Mexico, he brought with him a blank form of a petition for the establishment of a Masonic lodge. Monday, February 11, 1828, he summoned together seven York Rite Masons to meet in the town of San Felipe, for the purpose of considering applying for a charter to the Yorkino Grand Lodge of Mexico. He was elected to be Master, Ira Ingram and Major Hosea League, Senior and Junior Wardens. The petition was prepared and sent in, but was lost, and the first lodge which might have been never was. As far as is known, Brother Austin, the father of Texas, was denied the happiness of ever sitting in a Texas lodge. Rev. Littleton Fowler, the first Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of the Republic of Texas, laid the cornerstone of the first Protestant Church west of the Sabine River, January 17, 1838. It was the first time that a cornerstone of a Protestant Church had been laid between Texas and the Isthmus of Panama the Pacific Ocean and the southern extremity of the Coast of South America. Misspelled Words: One of the most common misspelled words in Freemasonry is one most frequently used. It is the plural of "brother" -"brethren" and is misspelled "brethern." And occasionally we have a few "brothern." Another 'word which we find quite frequently misspelled is "Marshal." Is there any way ,ve may educate our brethren -or should we educate the printer~ N onr-Affiliates: The Grand Master of Connecticut calls attention to the problem of the non-affiliated. The year 1930 was the high mark in Connecticut in point of membership. Taking into account the estimated mortality, it was believed that the year 1941 marked the high year in number of non-affiliates, which was estimated at 10,592. Many lodges, instead of encouraging renewal of membership by making it easy, place obstacles in the way. He felt the only requirement for reinstatement should be the payment of indebtedness to the lodge and the passing of the ballot, and believed that fees for affiliation, if made at all, should be reasonable. Outdoor Meetings: In Texas, a committee looks careful over the dispensations granted by the Grand Master for outdoor appearances, or so-called open-air meetings. It found that there had been such meetings held which did not appear to have been carefully and adequately tiled, .but much of the same laxity occurred in meetings held inside buildings. It was the committee's opinion that care must be used in granting permission for holding any meeting outdoors. Petitions: The form and content of the application for degrees gave much concern to the Grand Master of the District of Columbia.

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He found that too frequently the answers to printed questions were incomplete and the questions awkwardly framed to elicit the information that lodges should have. He believes the lodge should have fuller and more definite infonnation than they now have. The Grand Master of Kansas called attention to the negligence on the part of committees on investigation. He believes no more important assignment could be given a Mason than appointment on such a committee. .

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Philippine Islands: California reported that the Grand Lodge of Michigan paid the sum of $12,304.00, through Grand Master Strawhecker, for use in the restoration or rebuilding of the Masonic Temple in Manila. Grand Master Emilio Virata, of the Philippine Islands, addressed the Grand Lodge of Ohio. He said that while he was 10,000 miles from home, yet he had been made to feel at home in Ohio. Twenty years ago he was in this country as a part of the parliamentary mission seeking Philippine independence; he said he was on his way to Washington, where he expected to plead with the Scottish Rite Supreme Council for Masonic sovereignty in the Philippines. Political: Several Nevada brethren who were candidates for political office, publicly announced their Masonic affiliations, sometimes in advertisements for general distribution, causing the Grand Master to express his belief that this was contrary to the fundamental precepts of the fraternity; Masonry is not a political organization and something should be done to stop it. Questionnaire: ANew York committee made a survey of conditions in that jurisdiction covering ritual, improvement of lodges, integration of committees, closer relations with other Grand Lodges, and the foundation. The result of the questionnaire, as shown by the approximately four hundred fifty replies, expressed the belief that the lodge line should not be reduced to five or less officers. About half of the brethren believe that classes up to ten should be allowed without dispensation. Two-thirds believe that every second or third meeting should be educational, inspirational or social; two-thirds opposed the public installation of officers; sixty per cent thought the practice of escorting and receiving various delegations should be greatly curtailed; half of the group were opposed to life membership; twothirds believe that only one blackball should be required for the rejection of a candidate; ninety per cent were opposed to business being conducted in the first degree. The committee believes that a foundation should be established for the purpose of rendering service to mankind, without restriction to Masonic membership. Relief: In October, 1947, a terrible forest fire broke out in sections of Maine and many Masonic families lost their homes and were made destitute. The Grand Lodge of Maine authorized payment of $22,150.00 for relief of cases which had been presented to them.

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One of the fine services provided by the Grand Lodge of Minnesota is the work done at the Mayo Hospital, Rochester, Minn. It has been our pleasure to work in conjunction with Brother Frank G. Warner, representative of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota at Rochester, and we can heartily recommend the type of service he is giving. The matter was first brought to the attention of the Grand Lodge in 1920. The Grand Master of New York believes that much can be done for brethren and their widows, who, for one reason or another, cannot be admitted to the Masonic Home. He recommended necessary steps to inaugurate outside relief. Research Lodge: The Grand Lodge of Arkansas constituted A rkansas Research Lodge No. 739, as of December 9, 1946, and paid the expenses of printing the first transactions involving more than a hundred pages of very interesting historical matter. The volume includes the ancestry of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, Freemasonry in Arkansas from 1819-1838, and high-lights of the early days of Western Star Lodge No.2. A committee, known as the Lodge of Research Committee, not having functioned in California for several years, the Grand Master recommended that the committee be abolished. On the contrary, the Grand Master of Texas found that there was a need for a Lodge of Research in that jurisdiction and suggested that a committee be appointed to study the matter and make recommendations at the next annual communication. In the State of Washington where a Research Lodge has been organized for several years, authority was given to change the name to Walter F. Meier Lodge of Research No. 281, in order to honor a distinguished Washington Freemason, who was, in many ways, responsible for the establishment of the lodge. Review: Judge Scudder, speaking for the committee on correspondence of the Grand Lodge of New York, said one of the disadvantages of the topical system was that sometimes it was misconstrued and that reviewers sometimes thought their Grand Lodges were slighted by failure to make extensive reference to their proceedings. He assured them that this was a long way from the old days when each separate Grand Lodge had its own page, or pages, in the review, but he thought the primary purpose of the topical review was to place chief emphasis on the topic, and second emphasis on the Grand Lodges which discuss it. Then adds: , 'If there could be such a thing as a perfect Grand Lodge which had already given perfect answers to every pertinent question, it is conceivable that this preeminent body might never be mentioned in a topical review-for the simple reason that it had seen no occasion to enter into fresh discussion of any topic therein mentioned. In such a case, omission would be no slight, but, inferentially, the highest compliment that OO'Uld be paid."

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at sight. Grand Master Kern, of Pennsylvania, reports that during his tenn he availed himself once of the privilege, which, he admitted, was "fraught with equally serious responsibilities." He believes it should not be used to circumvent an unfavorable ballot, except in the case where obvious injustice was done to a man of outstanding merit, and the injustice alone was insufficient to warrant its use. Such a man, he believed to be Brother Merle Middleton Odgers, President of Girard College, a scholar, educator and leader in that jurisdiction. An occasional lodge was held at Buffalo, Wyo., December 26, 1946, for the purpose of receiving and acting on the petition for degrees of Ralph Meyers, the eldest son of Grand Master Frank J. Meyers. The reason for this procedure was that the petitioner had wanted to become a Mason for several years; although he was not accepted in the anned forces, he was engaged in important war work and transferred too frequently to establish residence. He finally established his home and law practice in Buffalo, Wyo., after his release from war work and planned to petition for the degrees soon after the first of the year, but he was stricken with an illness from which the best medical authorities said he could not recover. The Master and sixteen members of the lodge in Buffalo made written request of the Grand Master to exercise his authority and make his son, and their neighbor, a Mason at sight. Which was accordingly done, the work being communicated at the Community Hospital; and eleven days later the newly made Mason was called to the Great Beyond! Solicitation: Many jurisdictions are being bothered with the solicitation of candidates. Our neighbor, Illinois, was no exception, causing the Grand Master to send out a letter to all lodges in that jurisdiction calling attention to the fact that Masons were being solicited: "Masons are being solicited in and around lodge meetings to petition for the so-called higher degrees. This has gone so far and the abuse has become so flagrant that even Entered Apprentices and Fellowcrafts are thus solicited to join' higher bodies of Masonry.' Even persons who have been elected to take the degrees in Masonry and have not been initiated have been urged to sign petitions to unite with these organizations. "Such practices are most reprehensible. The impression on the candidate is that a Masonic Lodge is nothing more than a vestibule through which he can become a 'higher Mason.' There are no higher degrees in Masonry."

Spanish-Speaking Lodges: A California committee found it was not feasible "at this time" to establish lodges for Spanish-speaking Masons, since there were few Spanish-speaking members in their lodges and few who would dimit from their present lodge to join in asking for a dispensation for a Spanish-speaking lodge. The committee thought most of the demand came from "clandestine Masons who wished to be healed instead of becoming regular Masons." Trials : New York has trial by commission, and it has proven very

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popular in that jurisdiction. Since the adoption of the present code, the Grand Master alone may entertain or dismiss a complaint of Masonic misconduct, and he alone appointed the trial commissioners. The success of the plan is proven by the record, for in five years 82 cases have been prosecuted to final decision, with a total of 74 convictions, in 66 of which the accused was expelled. In only one case was there an appeal! Unusual: The Grand Master of :i>ennsylvania prides himself on America's religious tolerance, but calls attention to the fact that in the very month in which he spoke, on American soil he had encountered this piece of gross intolerance:

"In Puerto Rico the Catholic Church, when it sells certain properties, binds the purchaser by a clause in the dced to prevent-the erection on that ground of a church of any other denomination or of a Masonic building.' , KING CHRISTIAN'S SUCCESSOR

Freemasonry of Denmark was saddened by the death of King Christian X of Denmark, who for many years had served as Grand Master of that jurisdiction. For the first time in many years a King is not serving as Grand Master or Protector of the Craft. Fortunately, for Danish Freemasonry, his successor is Prince Harald, a brother of the late king, and held in equally as high esteem as was his predecessor. His installation as Grand Master took place at the Masonic Temple in Denmark, September 18, 1947, in the presence of almost 800 members of the fraternity. The auditorium of the Temple was wholly inadequate for hundreds who desired admission. His Royal Highness, Prince Harald, was born October 8, 1876, in Copenhagen, Denmark, the third son of the late Frederick VIII. Frederick VIII was a very interested Mason and served as Grand Master for many years. His three sons were all initiated by their father, one being the late King Christian X, the second King Haakon of Norway, and Prince Harald. King Christian X and Prince Harald attained to the position of Grand Master of Denmark; King Haakon, having removed to Norway where he became King, never advanced for reasons quite generally accepted; the government of Norway at that time preferred a King who had no connection with Freemasonry. King Haakoll accepted this with good grace for he was a Dane trying to make good as King of Norway. Prince Harald, the new Grand Master was initiated April 4, 1896, in'the Lodge "Nordstjernen" in Copenhagen, and for many years has been serving as the Pro Grand Master (Deputy Grand Master). He was married April 28, 1909 to Princess Helena, and has always shown his interest in things Masonic by regular attendance, participation in the work, and friendliness to the brethren. As a Danish brother writes:

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Prince HOirald of Dervmar7c, G. M.

The Danish brethren love him for his kindness and interest in the work and hope he will be able to be our Grand Master for many years.

The photograph which accompanies this sketch is taken from a painting which hangs in Freemason's Hall, and is autographed by His Highness. One of the most lovable characters in Danish Freemasonry is their

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Grand Secretary of the National Grand Lodge of Dewmark is Alex Troedsson, one of the finest Masonic charaoters to be f(YU,nd in Scandinavian Freerrwsonry; he writes in excellent English, which probably accounts for the general recognition extended his grand lodge.

Grand Secretary, Alex Troedsson. He is a fitting successor to the late William Malling, who for many years looked after the English correspondence of that Grand Lodge. But Bro. Malling died during World War II. Fortunately, Bro. Troedsson has proved to be a good English correspondent and as such has done much to place the Freemasonry of Denmark in the forefront of the Scandinavian jurisdictions. COST TO RESEARCH LODGE

In our 1948 World we referred to the condition in which copies of AQC (English Research Lodge) reports were being received. The new secretary, Bro. H. Poole writes that difficulty is being encountered in securing paper for printing. The cost per volume is 12/6 ($2.50), and if bound the expense would be 21/ $4.20). The subscription price is $4.20. The delay in publication is now three years. As to shipping, he admits that some of the books have been returned torn to tatters, but that the Lodge is helpless, not being able to get any stronger envelopes. He asks his correspondent to "help

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stem the tide 路of criticism" which he says "is coming in in rather too large a quantity." GRAND LODGES MERGE

The Grand Orient of Uruguay has merged with the Grand Lodge of Uruguay under the name of "Gran Logia de la Masoneria del Uruguay." The Grand Lodge of the Island of Cuba and the Gran Logia Oriental de Cuba have also merged; their new name is "Grand Logia de Cuba." FREEMASONRY FLOURISHES IN FINLAND After a period of several years in which Masonic activity was practically banned, the Grand Lodge of Finland is again active and is making application for recognition. Material used below is verbatim from the report of the Committee on Foreign Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.

The first Masonic lodge in Finland was founded in 1755 under the Grand Lodge of Sweden. In 1809, this Lodge was dissolved by order of the Russian Emperor. This Lodge, under the name of St. Augustin, was "revived" under the Grand Lodge of Sweden, on April 3, 1923. In the meantime, in 1919, some of the Finns living in Helsinki, who had been made Masons in lodges mostly under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of New York, while residents of the United States, applied to the Grand Lodge of New York for a warrant to establish a lodge in Helsinki. This was granted, and Arthur S. Tompkins, Grand Master of Masons in New York, accompanied by Grand Secretary Kensworth, and Grand Historian, Ossian Lang, constituted and consecrated Lodge Suoni No.1, in the Old Parliament House at Helsinki, in August, 1922. Its first Master was Axel Solitander, who had been Consul General of Finland in New York, and who at the time was a government officer in Helsinki. In August 1923, Brothers Kenworthy and Lang, by authority of the Grand Lodge of New York, consecrated Tammer Lodge No.2, at Tampere, and on the following day, Lodge Phoenix No.3 at Turku. This same year, the ritual of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York was translated into Swedish. That ritual has been used by the Lodge Phoenix, but the work hereafter will be bilingual. The work of Tammer Lodge is done in the Finnish language. In the spring of 1924, the three lodges theretofore constituted by the Grand Lodge of New York, petitioned that Grand Lodge for a charter authorizing them to form an independent Grand Lodge for Finland. While this was not Masonically necessary, since there were at least three legal lodges in Finland, yet the petition was granted at the 1924 annual communication of the Grand Lodge, and under its warrant. Representatives of the said three Finnish Lodges met on August 9, 1924, and duly organized the Grand Lodge of Finland. That organization was recognized by the Grand Lodge of New York,

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September 9, 1924, when Past Grand Master Tompkins arrived at Helsinki and delivered a charter for the Grand Lodge of Finland, which today is in its possession. Brother Solitander was installed as the first Grand Master. By 1941, there were about 220 members in the five lodges then existing under the Grand Lodge of Finland. (There also exists in Finland one Mark Lodge, and one Symbolic Lodge, working under authority of the Grand Lodge and Mark Grand Lodge of England). All Masonry in Finland suspended activities early in 1941, .due to war conditions. The Grand Lodge resumed activities in 1945, and at the present time there are approximately 250 members of the five lodges under Finnish Constitutions. There would be many more applications favorably acted upon by these lodges, if it were not for the fact that during the war their Temples were taken over by the government. Housing conditions, as well as offices for the government and business establishments, are very seriously crippled. Building materials are not available, and even if they were, any new buildings would probably be taken over by the authorities for gene:ral purposes or housing. The brethren are working as best they can in temporary quarters which they can readily furnish because all their furniture and regalia has been preserved. Grand Master Solitander suffered a severe shock during the war which was so serious as to prevent him from communicating many matters to the Grand Lodge which were solely within his knowledge, and the affairs of the Grand Lodge were carried on for some time under the direction of Brother Arvo A. Aalto, pro Grand Master. Brother Aalto continues to be the pro Grand Master and has conferred with the chairman of your committee. Weare informed by him that the Grand Lodge of Finlahd is now recognized by Kentucky, New York and North Carolina, in the United States (Missouri also-Ed.); and that elsewhere they have fraternal relations with Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Switzerland, Norway, and a few others. Negotiations about reopening the Masonic relations with England, broken off on account of the war, are going on. Negotiations concerning a formal recognition are also going on with the Grand Lodge of Sweden (Sweden has bodies existing in that territory-Ed.). They have now applied to Iowa, Montana, California, Minnesota, Oregon, and Michigan, in addition to Massachusetts. In each of these states there are a substantial number of people of Finnish descent. While the number of brethren is small, yet their field of operation is extensive because more than 97 per cent of the inhabitants of the country are Protestant Christians, almost all of them being of the Lutheran faith.

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The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts recogl'lized the Grand Lodge of Finland. For those who are interested we give the names of the

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Gunnar J aatinen, Grand Master, Suomen Punnvienti Oy Aleksanterin Katu, Helsinki, Finland. Eino Kyllonen, Grand Secretary, Vyokatu 9, Helsinki, Finland. WHAT ABOUT GREECE?

In past reviews we have devoted considerable space to the Grand Lodge of Greece; we have purposely refrained from going into detail about the regularity of this Grand Lodge until we could be assured of certain treaties and arrangements had by that Grand Lodge with the Supreme Council of Greece. On our visit to Greece three years ago we were told that there was no domination by the Supreme Council except in the matters of ritual authority, the exact powers not being made known to us. Recently, we have been supplied with a copy of the Treaty between the Grand Lodge and the Supreme Council which gives an entirely new picture of the Greek Masonic scene, and which renders it doubtful whether any jurisdiction which has respect for the ancient landmarks could legitimately recognize the Grand Lodge of Greece as an autonomous body. It would seem that prior to 1927 the Grand Lodge of Greece and the Supreme Council of Greece were, on paper at least, separate bodies, much the same as exists here in the United States. In practice however the relationship became the source of constant bickering. The Supreme Council insisted that its ritual authority, under the Treaty, gave it the right to dictate as to all degrees from 1°-33°, and that it was Supreme Council duty to protect symbolic Freemasonry from any unwanted change or influence. As the stronger individuals usually gravitated to the Supreme Council, the position of the Grand Lodge was weakened. At any rate discord was produced and something was needed to settle the situation and produce harmony. So, in January, 1927, a Treaty was drawn up and signed. This Treaty has been the basis of the relationship between the Grand Lodge and Supreme Council since that date. Grand Lodge authorities believe this to be as reasonable a document as can be secured under the present situation. And here is the Treaty: Agreement of the Supreme Council of the 33° of Greece and The Grand Lodge of Greece of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. Minutes of the Signature of the Agreement between the Supreme Council of the 33° of Greece and the Grand Lodge of Greece. Today, the 6th day of January, 1927, on a Thursday, and at 11:30 a. ,m., in Athens, the members of the S. C. of the 33° of Greece of the A. A. S. R., and the Grand Lodge of Greece, were present in the Masonic Temple during the official signature of the agreement reached between these two bodies, of which the text after it had been read by the

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Grand Secretary, was unanimously agreed upon as being in accord with their decision. The present minutes were prepared and signed by all the members present in order to certify the agreement: Kalageropoulos, Vafiopoulos, Alexandropoulos, Stoupis, Aravantinous, Gigantes, Vryzakia, Theocharis, Rossis, Karakatsanis, Matsis, Pouris, Margaritis, Hadjipanos, Noe, Adrioanopoulos, N agos, Ioannou, Vellis, Ladas. Articl~ I: The Supreme Council of the 33° and last degree of the A. A. S. R., which has been legally established in Greece, recognizes the M. W. Grand Lodge of Greece founded in 1868, and which follows the A. A. S. R., as the only Supreme and Administrative Authority, for the granting of the three first symbolic degrees of the Rite, and the foundation, supervision, and administration of the symbolic lodges both in Greece as well as in the countries in which there exist Greek symbolic lodges under its aegis. Article II: The M. W. Grand Lodge of Greece, on the other hand, recognizes the Supreme Council of the 33° of Greece, which was founded on July 12, 1872, as the sole Supreme Ritual authority for the granting of the higher degrees, from the fourth to thirty-third inclusive, of the rite, and the foundation, supervision, and administration of these higher "philosophical" lodges in these above-mentioned countries. It also recognizes the Supreme Grand Commander as Chief of the A. A. S. R. in Greece, who has the further priviJege to grant directly the three Symbolic Degrees to three uninitiated persons yeOll'ly. Weare informed that while this section is in the Treaty, yet it has never been taken advantage of by any Grand Commander as yet. Article III: The Ritual work of the Symbolic Lodges, under the aegis of the Grand Lodge of Greece is carried out under the ritual of the first three symbolic degrees of the A. A. S. R., as well as under the ritual of different other Masonic ceremonies of the Symbolic Freemasonry, without the Grand Lodge of Ureece having the right to bring about any change in these. A Freemason may publish a Masonic publication after he gets permission of the Supreme Authority, that is the Supreme Council, in case the book deals with the doctrinal side of Freemasonry, and of the Grand Lodge if it deals with any other subject.... The official publications of the Grand Lodge are excepted from this rule. Article IV: All the members of the Lodges of the Philosophical Degrees, except for th~ active members of th~ Supreme Council of the 33° must obligatorily belong, as active members, to symbolic lodges. Article V: The misdemeanors of the Freemasons who bear a degree lower than the 18° are tried by their respective symbolic lodges. . . . the misdemeanos of Freemasons who bear the 18° or above, are tried according to the general by-laws of the Supreme Council of the 33° of Greece, except for those misdemeanors which are committed in symbolic lodges, which are tried by the Masonic rules included in the by-laws of the Grand Lodge. An exception is made for misdemeanors attributed to members of the Supreme Council of the 33°, which are always tried according to its by-laws. Article VII: Freemasons who hold high degrees, 4-33, can wear the badges of their degrees in symbolic lodges whether they be members or visitors. Similarly, members of Grand Lodge may wear their badges when visiting "philosophic" lodges. Artiole VIII: When the two authorities visit lodges, they are simultaneously introduced and are received with the same honors. The G. M. of the. G. L. and after him the Supreme Grand Commander are introduced after everyone else. Article XI: provides that the treaty shall be in force and effect for a

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period of three years and shall continue to be valid thereafter until renounced by either party. Article XII: provides that the Treaty will bb in force as long as the Grand Lodge continues to follow the AASR and the basic constitutions of the latter rite. Article XIII: provides that in case of disagreement regarding th.e interpretation of the Treaty, then it shall be submitted to a council of arbitration composed of either a Supreme Council of the 33° or of a recognized Grand Lodge out of those who follow the A.A.S.B. .•. and in case of a disagreement over the arbiters, the case shall be submitted to the Grand Cowmander of the Supreme Council of Belgium.

The Treaty was signed by M. D. Pouris, 33° Grand Master of the Grand Lodge and his Grand Secretary, P. Hadjipanos (present Grand Commander). On the part of the Supreme Council, P. D. Kalageropoulos signs as Grand Commander and D. Gigantis, Secretary, 33°. And now let us examine the Treaty in detail: Note that the Supreme Council in setting up the legality of the two groups, refers, first to itself as being "legally established in Greece" in 1872; and it "recognizes" the Grand Lodge which was established in 1868, but it does not refer to "regularly established." The Grand Lodge violates its own sovereignty in permitting the Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite to select three members a year whom he can initiate without interference by the Grand Lodge. It is immaterial whether the Grand Commander exercises this authority or not-he does have the authority! Under Article III it would appear that the Grand Lodge cannot even control its own ritual although it entered the Masonic field in Greece in 1868, four years before the Supreme Council showed up on the scene. And what a country our own would be should it be found necessary for a Masonic writer to be compelled to go to the Supreme Council to get the permission. Many a Masonic Review would go unprinted! Under Article IV it would seem that the Active members of the Supreme Council are exalted beings, not being required to belong to symbolic lodges. And Article V adds to this idea when we learn that Active members of the Supreme Council may not be tried according to laws of symbolic lodges. Those of us who have always had the idea that Symbolic Masonry was the mother of all other kinds and that the Grand Master of a Grand Lodge was the ranking officer in his jurisdiction would have to bow our heads when we learn that he had to share the distinction with a Grand Commander of another Rite. Under Article XIII we think the Grand Lodge virtually signed away its rights in submitting to arbitration; the cards are stacked at the very beginning. The A.A.S.R. is to settle disputes-or a Grand Lodge under A.A.S.R. domination-or in case of further disagreement the case is to be referred to the Grand Council of Belgium, a jurisdiction recognized by very few Symbolic Grand Lodges because the Holy Bible no longer is required upon its Lodge altars.

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What a Treaty. Do you think your Grand Lodge should recognize Greece as a Sovereign Grand Lodge? IN HUNGARY

A letter from Hungary, dated January 29, 1948, tells of Masonic conditions there, adding: We highly appreciate your article about Hungarian Freemasonry, which gives detailed and accurate information about our history and present situation. Please do not fear that circumstances may hinder us in our future work. The democratic Hungarian government has not only permitted our free and independent working, but shows much sympathy and interest towards us. Near relatives of our President, many prominent members of the government, of both the civil and labor parties, of the scientific, literary and artistic, and economical life, have been taken into our brotherly chain this year. In strict adherence to the Old Charges, political questions and religious disputes are banned from our lodges, and we faithfully keep to the Freemason's Landmarks. Our General Assembly (Annual Communication) will be held in March, and we shall send our plan of building in due course. LODGES REVIVED IN KOREA

Freemasonry has emerged in Korea according to recent dispatches from 路that country. Col. W. C. Steiger, member of Tompkins (Ga.) Lodge No. 466 at Ft. Ogelthorpe, Georgia, writing from Seoul in Korea (his letter appearing in the Georgia Masonic Messenger), says:

There is a lodge here in Seoul with a history of considerable interest. Hang Yang Lodge No. 1048, A. F. & A. M., received its charter from the Grand Lodge of Scotland in 1908. Its members were largely missionaries and representatives of American and British business concerns operating in Korea. In 1939, the Japs raided the lodge rooms and carried everything away with them. Last year, a former Master, a Mr. Gulick, returned to Korea, and then wrote Scotland to find out how the lodge could be re-establis.hed. He was informed that Hang Yang No. 1048 could reopen if three members could be assembled. The missionaries were beginning to return by that time, and among them were two, and only two, former members. As the lodge had never had a membership in excess of thirty-five, the return of three was considered unusual and fortunate. Some weeks later, a Korean who had been a servant of one of the former lodge officers, brought out the aprons, which are quite ornate, and most of the working tools. He had come into possession of them somehow and kept them in hiding all through the war years. Hang Yang Lodge now has more than one hundred members and so many applicants that they are meeting three times a month and putting them through in groups of five.

Sounds like "good old U. S. A. methods."

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WHAT IS A PROVINCIAL GRAND LOl>GE? Provincial Grand Lodges are unknown in the United States, but are standard practice with the Grand Lodges of the British Isles. With the growth of Grand Lodges, the Provincial Grand Lodge offers an opportunity for more service by more people.

Since the days of the American Revolution, we in this section of the world, rarely hear of Provincial or District Grand Lodges. These appear to be creatures of Grand Lodges of the British Isles.

Lord Elgin Officiates at Cornerstone Ceremony of Provincial Grand Lodge

These organizations have a definite place in our sister jurisdictions, England, Scotland and Ireland whose Masonic jurisdiction extends to all sections of the civilized world. Our attention was drawn to these groups by George S. Draffen of Scotland. Now we have never seen Bro. Draffen, but we have, for many years, carried on a correspondence with him over Scotland and Masonic things thereunto appertaining. Bro. Draffen reads what we have termed our "Masonic World" which he very courteously refers to as "the best review of American Masonry that reaches Scotland." However that may be, he explains to us in a recent letter what constitutes a Provincial and a District Grand Lodge. This caused us to read further, and the result is-this article. In referring to the use of the words "Provincial" and "District"

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we find that the two are almost interchangeable, the main difference being one of location. The whole system is brought about by reason of the widespread character of the British Grand Lodges preventing the close contact such as we have in American jurisdictions. A Provincial Grand Lodge is the name given to a body, working under a Grand Lodge, located in England, Scotland or Ireland; while the title "District Grand Lodge" is the name given a similar body when located outside Great Britain, as for example: India, South Africa, Argentine, etc. The administrative arrangements for the proper government of the Craft in the United Kingdom are broadly divided into three levels: (1) the Lodge, (2) the Provincial Grand Lodge, and (3) the Grand Lodge. It will be seen that the Provincial Grand Lodge constitutes a sort of a buffer between Lodge and Grand Lodge. The Lodge is known as a Private Lodge, in England and Ireland, while in Scotland, these lodges are known as Daughter Lodges. The sole object of a Provincial Grand Lodge is to deal with matters of a nature too important to be dealt with by a Lodge, and of insufficient importance to demand the attention of the Grand Lodge. An example of such a matter is where a new Lodge is to be organized; before a warrant or charter may be granted the Provincial Grand Lodge of the geographical area in which the new Lodge is to be organized must give its approval; this prevents the establishment of too many Lodges in a given area. Another instance of Provincial Grand Lodge activity is the handling of Benevolences. Before Grand Lodge will consider an application for benevolence, both the Lodge and the Grand Lodge must have had the application, found it worthy, and made a grant of money. And there is the question of discipline, which occupies so much time of American Grand Lodges. In the British Isles the "dirty linen" as we often call it, is first washed in the Provincial Grand Lodge by an appeal from the Lodge. However, if the parties feel dissatisfied the Grand Lodge still acts as the final court and arbiter. HOW COMPOSED

A Provincial Grand Lodge is composed of all the Past Masters of the Lodges within its jurisdiction, the actual Masters and Wardens of Lodges in the same area, and a Provincial Grand Master. The latter need not reside within the Province, although in fact he usually does. His appointment is made by Grand Lodge and his term of office is usually five years. The Grand Lodge may appoint any competent brother it sees fit. Lodges in a jurisdiction are often asked for suggestions and are consulted as to the appointment but they have no right to insist on any particular brother for the appointment. When appointed, and installed, the Provincial Grand Master may appoint a Depute Provincial Grand Master; all other officers are elected by the members of the Provincial Grand Lodge, and from

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among their own numbers. The Officers are the same as those in the ordinary Private Lodge, and hold office for one year. They are, at the end of that time, either promoted, or dropped. It is the duty of the Provincial Grand Master to visit officially each Lodge in his Province at least once in the Calendar year. The Provincial Grand Treasurer has authority to examine the books and records of each Lodge, and it is his duty to report to the Provincial Grand Master an accurate statement of the financial transactions of each Private Lodge. The Provincial Grand Secretary inspects the Minute Books, the Petition Book, and all other documents in the possession of the Lodge. Then, once a year, the Provincial Grand Master, after receiving these reports, makes a report to the Grand Lodge on the state of the Lodges in his Province. BOUNDS AND FINANCES

The bounds of a Provincial Grand Lodge generally follow those of the local government, usually by counties, or by a grouping of counties. The number of Lodges in a Province varies considerably; the smallest in Scotland has five Lodges, the largest over sixty. Normally, four Meetings are held during the year, in addition to a meeting at which Lodges are inspected. Funds for carrying on these activities are raised through a tax levied on each Lodge. DISTRICT GRAND LODGES

The District Grand Lodges follow the same general principles as do the Provincial Grand Lodges, except as was stated, they exist outside the British Isles, and in many instances cover a wider expanse of territory. To be a Provincial, or District Grand Officer, is an honor widely sought and greatly appreciated. Many distinguished Masons have held these honors. In 1852, it is recorded, in Lowrie's History of Freemasonry and the Grand Lodge of Scotland, a resolution had been offered which would interfere with the "internal arrangements of the Grand Lodge," , the resolution having come up from the Provincial Grand Lodge. The matter was turned over to a Committee which made a full report and took occasion to set out the powers and duties of the Provincial Grand Master and his Grand Lodge. The report goes on to say: Provincial Grand Lodges appear, from the terms of the Commission to the Provincial Grand Master by the Grand Master, to have been established for the purpose of visiting the several Lodges which lie at too great a distance from the seat of the Grand Lodge to be visited by the Grand Master in person; to inquire into the condition of such Lodges; receive from them such proposals and requests as they shall desire to be offered to the Grand Master for the welfare and prosperity of Masonry; and in particular, that the Provincial Grand Master shall not allow any other Degrees of Masonry to be practised within his jurisdiction. The Commission also bears, "requiring our said provincial Grand Master to

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obey all such instructions as he shall receive from us, and to report to Grand Lodge, from time to time, his whole actings and proceedings, in virtue of this Commission." The appointment of Provincial Grand Master is recalled at pleasure. The Provincial Grand Lodge is composed of the Master and Wardens of the several Lodges in the Province, which shall have complied with the Regulations of the Grand Lodge by producing Annual Certificates and Receipts for Registration of Intrants, to shew that they are not in Arrear or under suspension. The Provincial Grand Lodge has no status whatever other than that delegated to it by the Grand Lodge. The only power a Provincial Grand Lodge has to adopt Resolutions, even for its own internal economy and management, is that of calling upon the members for an annual payment for defraying the expenses of regalia, meetings, and other necessary purposes. Your sub-committee consider that the interference of a body, so constituted, with the internal economy and management of the affairs of the Grand Lodge, upon whom it depends for its very existence, is ultra virus j for it must be kept in view that the Grand Lodge of Scotland is a body representing all the Subordinate Lodges, and that they have the power of selecting such representatives as will carry out their views. ENGLISH FREEMASONRY IN SOUTH AMERICA

Freemasonry in South America has been a problem for the Masonic student ever since Freemasonry was established in that section of the world. From Panama on the North to Chile on the South there is Freemasonry, but of different types and origins. Some of the Grand Lodges trace legitimate origin from the Mother Grand Lodge; others trace through Supreme Councils. Just where the Supreme Councils derived their authority for setting up lodges or Grand Lodges we do not know-eertainly not from the legitimate source of Craft Masonry. Yet there is Freemasonry in South America whose authority has never been questioned, for it is now, and always has been, under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodge of England. We refer to the District Grand Lodges of South America. For the present we shall discuss the District Grand Lodge of South America (Southern Division). A District Grand Lodge is a miniature Grand Lodge and a Masonic writer in describing it says: A District Grand Lodge emanates from a District Grand Master by virtue of his authority from the Grand Master. In effect, the D. G. M. is the representative of the G. M., appointed by him as a sort of a superintendent of local Masonic affairs with the duty of reporting to him of the state of the craft in his jurisdiction. It is to assist him that the D. G. M. summons the Distric1J Grand Lodge. He is given power to appoint annually certain officers and the D. G. L. consists of these officers, both present and past, together with the D. G. Stewards, and the Masters, Past Masters, and Wardens of all lodges in his jurisdiction. . . . Grand Lodge delegates to a District Grand Lodge ... the power of investigating, regulating and deciding on all matters relating to lodges ... subject to appeal to Grand Lodge.

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title of The Provincial Grand Lodge for the Argentine Republic,its history goes back to 1859 when certain correspondence was carried on with the Mother Grand Lodge looking toward a mutual agreement as to things Masonic in Argentine. A letter tells of conditions previous to that time: After the fall of Rosas the French Orient established the Lodge Amie des Naufrages in 1852 and Grand Lodge of England chartered the Excelsior Lodge No. 900 in 1853 there being no other Masonic bodies in this country. In 1858 after several failures, some Masons obtaining a Charter from Montivideo and established the Argentine Orient.

The Warrant of Excelsior Lodge was dated June 10,1853, and until October 1859, when Teutonia Lodge No. 1092 was consecrated, it was the only lodge working under English constitution in the Argentine Republic. In that year there were the following lodges working under the Grand Orient, all of which were in Buenos Aires or that vicinity: Union de la Plata 110, Buenos Aires Confraternidad Argentina 96, Buenos Aires Consuelo del Infortunio 90, Buenos Aires Tolerancia 82, Buenos Aires Regeneracion 56, Buenos Aires Lealtad 96, Buenos Aires Constancia 24, Buenos Aires Sol de Mayo 56, Buenos Aires Fraternidad y Beneficencia 41, San Nicolas de los Arroyos Dios y Libertad 41, Ranchos Union Italiana, Buenos Aires Obediencia a la Ley, Buenos Aires Verdad, Mercedes.

The Grand Orient of the Argentine was very anxious to effect an agreement with the United Grand Lodge; the correspondence was bypassed for a time. Eventually a treaty was drawn up and signed February 15, 1860, all barriers having been removed. The District â&#x20AC;˘ Grand Lodge was inaugurated July 8, 1862. This placed the Grand Lodge of England on a firmly established basis, one which they have ever since maintained. Let us examine this Treaty: Article 1. The United Grand Lodge of Antient, Free and Accepted Masons of England, notwithstanding the declaration of its Constitution, that pure and antient Masonry consists of three degrees and no more, namely, those of the Entered Apprentice, the Fellow Craft and the Master Mason, including the Supreme Order of the Holy Royal Arch, yet in view of the mutual conveniences resulting to the Order, manifested and made apparent to the two M. W. Grand Masters of one and the other Power, namely, to the M. W. and Rt. Hon. Thomas Dundas, Earl of Zetland, ÂˇBaron Dundas, of Aske, in the County of York, Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire, etc., etc. Grand Master of Antient, Free and Accepted Masons of England on the one part, and to M. W. Bro. Doctor Jose Roque Perez, acting member of the Argentine Forum, etc., Grand Master of the Masonic Order, on the other part (acknowledg-

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ing the sovereignty of the Argentine Grand Orient over craft degrees including the Royal Arch). Article III. The agreement embraces "all the subordinate Masonic bodies and associations within their respective jurisdictions. Any such organizations formed without consent of both parties under penalty of being illegal. Article IV. The Grand Orient recognizes the English Provincial Grand Master in Argentine. Article V. The contracting parties will only acknowledge as regular Masons those who prove by regular certificates "within the three degrees of E. A., F. C., and M. M., including the Supreme Order of the Holy Royal Arch. Article XI. Provides that if there is doubt as to the interpretation of the Treaty, the English version shall be adhered to.

The Grand Master of the Argentine Grand Orient attended the first meeting of the new Provincial Grand Lodge; he was accompanied by many of his associate officers and the President of the Argentine Republic, General Bartolome Mitre. December 1, 1864, Star of the South Lodge No. 1025 was consecrated; but in 1871. Teutonia Lodge returned its charter. In 1868 the name of "Province" was altered to "District," the official name becoming "District Grand Lodge of the Argentine Republic." A Lodge, Light of the South No. 1553 was consecrated at Rosario December 9, 1876, In the meantime the Grand Orient was having its troubles, being split into three different groups; one of these groups had issued an edict declaring the Lodge, Light of the South, to be spurious; it threatened to open up the Treaty with England with the idea of abrogating it. Fortunately for Freemasonry, the matter was dropped. In 1881 the first Chapter of Royal Arch Masons was established in Buenos Aires, the District Grand Lodge appropriating money for that purpose. When the United Grand Lodge of England broke off its relationship with the Grand Orient of France it had repercussion in the Argentine for A,mie des N aufrages was a French Lodge and the oldest in the Argentine. For a time things were harmonious but in 1882 the lodge "declared its allegiance to the Grand Orient of France, and in addition stated its perfect willingness to admit atheists. And at about the same time the D. G. M. reported that the new Grand Master of the Argentine (General Sarmiento) had not yet been able to put a stop to the admission of women to Masonic meetings

Yet, it was learned later that the admission of women was only to funeral ceremonies of lodges at which no secrets were communicated. It is recorded that on July 29, 1876, by special dispensation of the Grand Master of England, the Baroness Burdett Coutts was present during a session of Lodge No. 1278 although no Mason's work was done on this occasion. The lodge was named after her husband.

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In 1887 there was a decided movement on the part of the Grand Orient to induce the English lodges to secede from England. The matter being communicated to the Mother Grand Lodge, the District Grand Lodge was informed that the Mother would stand back of its District Grand Lodge. By this time there were four lodges, Excelsior No. 617, Star of the South No. 1025, Light of the South No. 1553, and Southern Cross No. 1740, numbering 211 members, including 36 Installed (Past) Masters. By 1896 three additional lodges had been No. 2459 and St. John's No. 2517,added: Victoria No. 2329, Quilmes having 455 members and 65 Installed Masters. In 1903 Dr. Pablo Barrenechea, newly elected Grand Master of the Grand Orient confirmed the Treaty of 1859. William Cowlishaw, in a history of his District Grand Lodge said of conditions in the Argentine: Relations between the two grand lodges were always reported to be cordial, but the English brethren often found themselves perplexed by the numerous schisms which had constantly arisen in the body of the Orient. Visiting Argentine lodges was always a business of some danger, as no one could ever be certain whether a lodge was regular or not. During one of these troubled times they had excluded the President of the Republic, Domingo Sarmiento, from the craft.

By 1907, two additional lodges were reported: Alexandra No. 2960 and Albion No. 3196; membership had increased to 658 members with 120 Installed Masters. In 1908 two more lodges were added: Trevor Mold No. 3293 and White Bay Lodgc No. 3319, the latter returning its warrant in 1923. On May 17, 1910, one of the largest gatherings of Freemasons ever to be held in the Argentine is reported, when 517 brethren assembled in Prince George's Hall to pay tribute to the memory of the late King Edward VII, long time Protector of the Craft and Patron of the Order. The Argentine Grand Orient was represented on this occaSIOn. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary celebration of the District Grand Lodge in July 1912, it was reported that there were 17 lodges with a total membership of 1146. In this year, the AngloArgentine Lodge was established in London. With the addition of a new lodge in Valparaiso, Chile, the name of the District Grand Lodge was changed to District Grand Lodge of South America, Southern Division. Two lodges in Montivideo, Uruguay, did not wish to be included and have still maintained their direct allegiance to the Mother Grand Lodge. The Grand Orients of Uruguay, Chile, Peru, and Paraguay have all intimated from time to time that they do not welcome a further extension of English lodges in their jurisdictions. There are instances of English brethren working the degrees in English under the jurisdiction of some of these Grand Lodges. Massachusetts has a District Grand Master in Chile, established in 1915.

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In 1927 when Sir Alfred Robbins visited South America, he visited the various Grand Orients, the District Grand Lodge making the various arrangements for his entertainment. At this time several new lodges had been added: Acacia No. 3314 Campana No. 3364 Belgrano No. 3466 Aconagua No. 3489 King Edward VII No. 3504 S. Rosa No. 3579 St. George's No. 3641 St. Andrew's No. 3706

Harmony No. 1411 Victory No. 3926 St. David No. 3952 Pampa No. 4075 St. Patrick's No. 4210 United Guages No. 4472 Columbia No. 4682 Old Georgian No. 5104 (1928)

There are now 26 Lodges in the District; the District Grand Master is Horace John Hale, who was installed April 19, 1933. There is a District Grand Chapter of the Argentine working under the Supreme Order of Royal Arch Masons of England, Alfred Martin being Grand Superintendent and having seven chapters under his jurisdiction: Masefield No. 617 Founded Connaught No. 1025 Founded Rosario No. 1553 Founded Silver River No. 2329 Founded Lomas No. 2517 Founded Santa Rosa No. 3579 Founded Patron Saints No. 3641 Founded St. Andrews No. 3706 Founded

1881 Buenos Aires 1905 Buenos Aires 1893 Rosario 1898 Buenos Aires 1918 Lomas 1918 Buenos Aires 1924 Buenos Aires 1923 Buenos Aires

Again there is a District Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons, Keystone District, working under the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England. Gibson R. Mawson is the District Grand Master. There are five Mark Lodges, and in addition, a Royal Ark Mariner Lodge which is very popular with our English and Scotch brethren. The Templars are represented by a Provincial Priory of South America, working under the United Religious and Military Orders of the Temple of England, James W. Sharpless being the Provincial Prior. There are two priories, San Martin, established in 1912, and Santa Rosa in 1913. ENGLAND'S NEW GRAND MASTER

The death of the Earl of Harewood, May 24, 1947, created a vacancy in the station of Grand Master. The Duke of Devonshire, a very distinguished English Freemason was elected September 3, 1947, and has been installed at a meeting widely attended. His Grace has had considerable experience with Masonic groups, serving as Senior Grand Warden in 1929, 1930; Provincial Grand Master of Derbyshire in 1938, and Deputy Grand Master in 1947. By virtue of his position as Grand Master he also serves as First Grand Principal of the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch

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Masons of England, in which position he was installed even before he was installed as Grand Master.

DUke of Devonshire GRAND MASTER OF IRELAND

Lord Don.oughmeJre, though a present resident of England, has been Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ireland since 1913. He was born March 2, 1875, and was initiated in United Lodge No. 1629 in March, 1896; he is a member of several Masonic lodges

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and holds the title of Grand Senior Warden of England (1902). He was exalted a Royal Arch Mason in United Chapter No. 1629 in 1898 and holds the honorary title of Grand Scribe N. in the Supreme Grand Chapter of England. He has also held official position in the

Lord DonoughJmore, G. M. Ireland

Mark Grand Lodge of England, as well as in the Sovereign Great Priory and the A. A. S. R. He has been Sov. Grand Commander since 1912. He was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford, receiving the degree of M. A. He was Under Secretary of State for War, 1903-5; and Chairman of several committees in the House of Lords since 1911.

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IN CENTRAL AMERICA

One of our Central American friends in whom we have great confidence writes us about our quotation from the late Oliver D. Street about the Guatemala lodges. Street had said that the first lodge organized in Guatemala was Constancia, organized in 1881 by the Grand Orient of New Granada. This could hardly be since the Grand Orient of New Granada surrendered jurisdiction over Central America to the Supreme Council of Central America, established in San Jose, Costa Rica, in 1871, and therefore without authority to establish lodges in Central America after that date. The record shows that the Supreme Council of Central America charted Hiram Lodge No. 10 in the City of Guatemala in the early part of the year 1874, the preliminary meeting (U.D.) being held June 17, 1873, presided over by Bro. Jose Quirce, 33째. It is possible that a lodge by the name of Constancia was chartered by the same body in Guatemala later in the year, or between that year and 1881, but there appears to be no record of it. Scribner's statement appears to have overlooked Union Lodge No. 20 (1886), which with several others organized the Grand Lodge of Guatemala in 1903. Lodges numbered 20, 21, 22, and 23, were so numbered by the Grand Orient of Central America who chartered them in 1886 and 1887 just before moving its headquarters to Guatemala. These lodges were named respectively, Union, Igualdad, Libertad and Fraternidad. The new officers of the Supreme Council in Guatemala evidently thought it better to start with a fresh roll of names or lodges, setting aside extinct ones of which they knew little. Certain names were used repeatedly, the favorites being Libertad, Igualdad and Fraternidad (Liberty, Equality and Fraternity"). The proper and legal name of the G. L. Cuscatlan is, according to Art. 9, Chapter IV of the 1942 Constitution "Gran Logia Cuscatlan de Ill. Republica de EI Salvador." While the Grand Lodge of Nicaragua has been incorporated, it does not imply any special distinction. The Grand Orient of Central America was incorporated in San Jose, Costa Rica August 16, 1884. The Grand Lodge of Costa Rica was incorporated October 25, 1933, not because of any distinction but because of business reasons-the Grand Lodge having acquired property. IN GERMANY

If the Allied governments are unable to effect peace and harmony in Germany, how much could be expected of Freemasonry' Russia has shown no approval of Masonic meetings, lodges or members; United States alone seems to be trying to extend Masonic courtesies to the German brethren. We have some very pitiful letters from German brethren complaining of the treatment rendered them by other nations.

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On the other hand we hear of many Masonic clubs, and even a few lodges being organized in the American Zone. Oregon and Rhode Island have given Dispensations for lodges. Some doubt the wisdom of doing this, yet we must admit that our own brethren who are comTHE GERIJ.A}l SYSTEM

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pelled to live in Germany are entitled to some sort of Masonic fellowship. With nine legitimate Grand Lodges once functioning in Germany, and two questionable ones, it would appear that conditions might be ripe for a rejuvenation of one or more of these groups; just which one, we are not in position to say. You may recall that there are two systems or rites in Germany, and that the higher degrees are quite distinct from any conferred in this country. German Freemasonry of the higher branches is simply different. We have drawn a chart showing the two systems-Christian and Humanitarian. Only Christians are permitted to take the former route. All Freemasons have to take the symbolic degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft and Master Mason, conferred in St. John's

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Lodges; the German names of the degrees are: Lehl-ling, Geselle and Meiste1路. A Freemason of the third degree may choose one route for advancement, but no more. Jews, Mohammedans and some others necessarily have to go the Humanitarian route. Should one choose this route, he will first take one degree in the "Schotten Loge" and another degree in what is termed the "Inner Oriente," a total of five degrees. But the Christian Freemason may take the Christian Route; first, he takes the three degrees in the "Andreas" Lodge (St. Andrew's Lodge), followed by the three degrees conferred in the "Kapitel" or Chapter. Whether a nine degree Freemason is any better than a five degree Freemason we do not know. There is a little-thought-of Grand Lodge-Symbolische Gross e Loge von Deutschland (Symbolic Grand Lodge of Germany) established about 1924 which came out of France with several "high" degrees, and another, Aufgehen de Sonne (Rising Sun), in which a man's belief in a higher being is not taken into account, and a "white book" is used as a part of the furniture of a lodge. FREEMASONRY IN CANADA

British Colu.mbia: This Grand Lodge met in 76th annual communication at New Westminster, June 19,1947. The Yukon jurisdiction is included in the territory of British Columbia, and their Deputy in that District makes an annual report. In his District are Yukon Lodge No. 45, Whitehorse Lodge No. 46 and Atlinto Lodge No. 42. Most of the lodges in British Columbia seem to show activity and increase in membership. Nova Scotia: The 82nd annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia was held June 11, 1947. The Grand Master is A. Herman MacMillan. This Grand Lodge presented to Grand Master Richard A. Kern, of Pennsylvania, the Erasmus James Philipps Bronze Medallion, Philipps being the founder of Freemasonry in Nova Scotia in 1738. Membership, at last report, was 11,287. The honorary title of Past Deputy Grand Master was conferred upon Viscount Alexander, K. G. An echo of Prince Hall Grand Lodge is contained in the report of a special committee headed by Reginald V. Hanis, from which it appears that in August, 1946, the Grand Master of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the State of New York visited Halifax and instituted a lodge there; more than thirty were raised in one day. Nova Scotia Grand Lodge immediately issued an edict prohibiting Prince Hall members from visiting Nova Scotia lodges, not because of any racial discrimination but because of the unwananted invasion of the exclusive rights of the Grand Lodge. It is stated: "We have no desire to make it difficult or impossible for members of the negro race to become Masons. For sixty years there was in this Prov-

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ince, Union Lodge No. 18, Halifax, under our jurisdiction, composed of colored brethren, and a number of colored brethren have belonged to several of our lodges at various times since our Grand Lodge was formed in 1866. All over the British Commonwealth of Nations, colored brethren hold membership in lodges particularly those on English, Scottish and Irish registers; in the West Indies, brethren of the white and colored races participate in Masonic work; and hold office and the color bar has never been raised. , 'This is not Prince Hall Masonry, but of the same regularity and legitimacy as ourselves."

Following the invasion of the jurisdiction by the Prince Hall group, a number of members of the colored community in Halifax declined to have anything whatever to do with the invaders, and expressed a desire for a lodge under the regular Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia. At this time the Grand Master of the Prince Hall group of New York arrived in an attempt to deal with a bad situation. He agreed to withdraw the dispensation issued by him, provided the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia would take over his lodge and its members. He was told frankly that this could not be done. That same evening he met with his lodge, deposed the Master and made some very desirable changes for the improvement of the lodge, but he left the city without again conferring and they have not since heard from him. The conclusion of the committee is told in the following: "If the present Prince Hall group continues to carryon its work as in the past it will bring discredit on our own organization. Many of the better class colored men will have nothing to do with it. The only way to improve the situation is to establish a lodge of our own, to which the colored man will be welcomed and where he may hold office. Unless something along these lines can be done, we shall always be charged with racial discrimination and at the same time will have to put up with the existence within our borders of a group of Prince Hall Masons which will always be confused with us. If we give them Freemasonry under our own auspices and under proper guidance, we are convinced that in course of time the Prince Hall group will be obliged to fold up."

Ontario: The Grand Lodge of (Ontario) Canada held its 92nd annual commumcation in Toronto, July 16, 1947. The Grand Master noted the death, April 9, 1947, of Archbishop of Toronto and Primate of all Canada, Most Rev. Derwyn Trevor Owen. Also noted was the death of Morley E. MacKenzie, who brought distinction to Canada by reason of his service as Imperial Potentate in 1943, the first Canadian-born member to be elected to that office. Ontario is making a strenuous effort to increase the usefulness of the conference of the Eastern Canadian jurisdictions and New Foundland. A conference is scheduled for 1949; each Grand Lodge and District Grand Lodge will have three voting representatives. Six hundred boxes of food per month were distributed to brethren in the British Isles in the period September 1, 1947, to August 31, 1948; the cost per box is $8.00. His Excellency Field Marshal Viscount Alexander was elected an honorary Past Grand Senior Warden of the Grand Lodge. At a dinner given in

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Ottawa, April 20, 1947, for Grand Master Hamilton, the GovernorGeneral Viscount Alexander was present, as were some 625 other Freemasons. In establishing a standard for Masonic aprons, it was provided that a lodge which had attained its one hundredth year was entitled to a special marking, if so desired; the jewels of its officers made of gold or gold plating and the aprons to have ornamentations and edgings in gold, while the trimmings of a Master Mason may also be finished in gold. Fringe is not permitted on any apron worn in a Craft Lodge. Prince Edward Island: Prince Edward Island Grand Lodge met in 72nd annual communication June 25, 1947. The membership, as of April 30, 1947, was 1,145. Saskatchewan: The 41st annual communication of this Grand Lodge was held June 18, 1947. Both the American Flag and the Union Jack were presented at the altar and given appropriate recognition. The Grand Master ruled that the donation of funds to the work of the Shrine in its care of crippled children was not a proper use for lodge funds, and that while he personally had every sympathy with the objective, yet it is not a matter in which lodge funds may be used. A similar ruling was made in the matter of a hospital ward. An interesting decision is quoted: "On a request as to the conduct of the Master where, in a small community, a fire alarm sounds and a number of members were members of the fire brigade, I directed that at least the Volume of the Sacred Law be closed, and the brethren directed to reassemble after the emergency has passed, for the completion of the business. "

Attendance was had on the Western Canadian Conference of Grand Lodges at Banff, Alberta, which was the 6th conference. There were five representatives from Manitoba, seven from British Columbia, seven from Alberta, and visitors from Ontario, Illinois, Oregon, Washington, and North Dakota. AUSTRALASIA

South Australia: This Grand Lodge had, June 30, 1946, 17,186 members, not including one lodge of 125 members which is "in enforced recess due to enemy action." There are 162 lodges in the jurisdiction. The matter of a new building is occupying considerable attention, because accommodation in Freemasons Hall is taxed to the utmost. The fact was deplored that the hall had to be used for dancing classes. The Grand Lodge refused to endorse the matter of life membership, since the practice had been adjudged illegal by the United Grand Lodge of England. The Grand Master referred to two matters which had to do with the reception of visitors at lodge meetings. One question was raised by the Masters and Wardens Association, and related to the practice adopted by a few lodges of their Wardens receiving the visiting Wardens of other lodges; it was believed that

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the practice was undesirable and should be discontinued, for it detracts from the dignity of the Master. The other matter was the reception of visiting Masters with their accompanying brethren, a practice which consumes a great deal of time and delays the work of the lodge. In a review of their proceedings we note that in Scotland the Royal Order agreed to accept the custody of a plaster cast of Robert the Bruce. Tasmania: In the 52 lodges in Tasmania, there are 5,484 members, as of December 1, 1946. The Grand Master was H. V. Biggins, who served for the period 1945-47. The fifty-sixth annual co=unication was held at Devonport, February 2,1947. Brother W. H. Strutt has relinquished his position as Grand Secretary, after twenty-six years service to the Craft. Lodges are making up a subscription to provide a suitable presentation to him for long and faithful service. The 6th Australian Conference was scheduled for March 8, 1947, in Melbourne. A substantial donation has been made to the Lord Mayor's Food for Britain fund. At the same time a drive for funds was organized which resulted in 8,000 pounds of fat being sent to the Lord Mayor. Victoria: The latest statistics received from this Grand Lodge were of December 31, 1945, and show 67,727 members, a gain of 5,241 for the year. This Grand Lodge has a large number of special funds, totaling more than two million dollars, such as Freemasons Hospital, Freemasons Hospital Anniversary League, General Fund, Benevolent Fund, War Relief Fund, Hospital Fund, Rosebank Property, Grey Street Property, Freemasons Hall Property, Flinders Lane Property, Masonic Scholarship Fund, Freemasons Patriotic Fund, Food for Britain Fund, Memorial Scholarship Fund. A $60,000.00 contribution has been made to the Food for Britain fund. Western Australia: The membership of this Grand Lodge, December 31, 1946, was 14,288, a net gain of 1,270 for the year. This Grand Lodge appears to work harmoniously with the District Grand Lodge of Eastern Goldfields, the proceedings recording the visit of the District Grand Master of Scotland to their annual co=unication. Because of the size of the Grand Lodge, members of Grand Lodge have been permitted to vote by mail, however only 29 per cent took advantage of this opportunity. The system does not appear to be functioning perfectly and the privilege will undoubtedly be taken away. Members are required to wear a white tie with dinner jacket, and to place their aprons outside, and not inside, the dinner jacket. The present rule is that if the coat is buttoned, the apron must be outside; if unbuttoned, the wearer has the option. The death, September 9, 1946, of the Archbishop of Perth is noted; he once served as Senior Grand Warden. The death of A. E. Jensen was noted; he was Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge from August, 1931, and was a native of Denmark. He died during a lodge dinner. Representatives attended the 6th Australian Masonic Conference, which was held at Melbourne.

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GRAND MASTER ATTENDS MANY CEREMONIES

Grand Master Ewing has been one of our busiest Grand Masters, his activities carrying him from coast to coast and into every section of Missouri. In February, 1948, he attended the meetings held annually in Washington, D. C., and accompanied Dr. Publio Corlini from Wash-

Grand Master Ewing (Mo.) and Dr. Cortini

ington to Kansas City, Mo., where he convened Grand Lodge in special communication for the purpose of receiving this distinguished representative of Italian Freemasonry. He officiated at many cornerstone ceremonies throughout the State, more than we have been having; his address will carry a complete report of these ceremonies. He found it possible to go to the State of Washington and to attend the Grand Lodge held at Bellingham to commemorate the bringing of the Charter of Multnomah Lodge to the Pacific Coast. He was present at the unveiling of the historical marker in Cornwall Park in the City of Bellingham, and the photograph which we use here shows the son of Pierre Cornwall, the marker, Grand Master Perry, and Grand Master Ewing (G.M.) Younger (Ohio).

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Grand Master Ewing and Governor Donnelly (At Warrensburg Cornerstone Ceremony)

Going on down the coast, Grand Master Ewing stopped off at Oregon City, Oregon, where he visited the first Lodge ever established on the coast, Multnomah Lodge No. 84 under Missouri Charter in 1848.

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Here he found a great outpouring of Freemasons in witness the presentation of a bronze plaque presented by the Grand Lodge of Missouri to its daughter lodge, now working under the Grand Lodge of Oregon. And then, in order to show no favoritism, he journeyed on down the coast to Shasta City, California, where he found our former Western Star Lodge waiting to receive him. Here too, he presented a similar plaque to our California brethren. . WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL

It was fortunate ~hat our Grand Master found it possible to attend the Centennial of Freemasonry on the Pacific Coast; since he will devote a portion of his address to that meeting, we shall not here report on it. Bro. Frank Knoll has written a very good account of the early history of our Multnomah Lodge No. 84 (now Oregon No.1). The first Masonic notice appeared in the Oregon Spectator, February 5, 1846, and read: MASONIC NOTICE

The members of the Masonic Fraternity, in Oregon Territory, are respectfully requested to meet at the City Hotel, in Oregon City, on the 21st inst., to adopt some measures to obtain a charter for a lodge. JOSEPH HULL,

P. G. STEWART, P. DOUGHRTY.

WM.

February 5, 1846.

The Grand Lodge of Missouri having issued a charter it was entrusted to James A. Spratt of Platte City, Mo. The application for the charter had borne the endorsement of the Platte City Lodge. It was signed by John Ralls, Grand Master; J. D. Taylor, Deputy Grand Master; E. S. Ruggles, Senior Grand Warden, T. F. Jacoby, Junior Grand Warden; F. L. Billon, Grand Secretary. It was 1847 before Bro. Daugherty of Platte City could find someone by whom the charter might be transmitted. In December, 1847, this Brother was found; he was Pierre Barlow Cornwall, a young man of twentysix years, who appeared in St. Joseph, Mo., organizing a party for the great trek. They left St. Joseph April 1, 1847, passed north through Council Bluffs, Iowa. At Fort Hall, Cornwall left the party and turned southward, turning the charter over to two Masonic and actual brothers, Orrin and Joseph Kellogg. September 11, 1848, they reached Oregon City and delivered the precious document to the waiting Freemasons. At noon of the same day, the brethren assembled on the second floor of a log store building and the Lodge was opened, Bro. Berryman Jennings, who later became the first Grand Master of Oregon, presiding. Joseph Hull became the first Master. Multnomah Lodge today has 450 members and is justly proud of their kinship with the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Missouri is equally proud.

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KEEPING HISTORY STRAIGHT

In a recent issue of the Masonic Tribune, Seattle, Washington, we find an article on "vVhy the Scottish and York Rite ~", written by John L. Travis, P. G. M. (Ga.), 33째: Many years ago, and I do not remember the date, the Scottish Rite ceded to the York Rite the right to confer the first three degrees of Masonry in the United States. . . . Up to the time of that ceding, the Scottish Rite was given the first three degrees in this country, as it still does in other than English speaking countries.

This will be enlightening to most of us who have an entirely different idea of how Masonry reached the United States. As a matter of fact, Freemasonry was implanted on American soil years before the Scottish Rite was ever heard of. We have Grand Lodges which have celebrated their bi-centenary and they will be surprised to know that the symbolic degrees were ever "ceded" by anyone. Even Prince Hall bodies were conferring degrees before the Scottish Rite was established. The information has been passed around in Masonic journals since 1925, when Sov. Gr. Insp. General E. C. Day; addressing the Grand Lodge of Montana, said: The Supreme Council of the S. J., as also the N. J. of the U. S. A. has entrusted to your keeping the teachings of the first three degrees of Masonry; . . . we have never had occasion to even suggest that the original agreement should be set aside ... in all of the Latin countries of the world, and in all of the countries except those ruled by the English speaking peoples, the only Craft Masonry is the Craft Masonry of the Scottish Rite.

This was also the opinion of Albert Pike, who said: The first class (of degrees) is composed of the three symbolic degrees, which the Supreme Council, for the sake of peace and harmony, has for the present relinquished to Grand Lodges of the York Rite, reserving always the right to retake them at pleasure.

In the interest of harmony we think it well for the two Supreme Councils to issue some statement denying any claims to ownership of the three symbolic degrees which they have never legally used in this country where the doctrine of exclusive jurisdiction holds forth. If their ownership is legitimate, then we have no contention with Prince Hall grand lodges. But our M. \V. Brother from Georgia goes ahead to explain why the Supreme Council makes the claims: The G. L. of Georgia is a York Rite body and all Master Masons in Georgia are York Rite Masons (as they are in aU other states). The quorum, or smallest number of lodges that can work in G. L. Georgia is twenty-five, and if at any session of our grand lodge less than twentyfive are represented, there could be no work . . . nothing done. If all our

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blue lodges were destroyed, so that no G. L. of Masters could lawfully be held in this country for lack of a quorum, the Grand Commander, and he being killed, the next in rank of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite could start up Masonry again. The only way to exterminate Masonry here would be to kill all the members of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite so that they might not exercise their lawful powers to reconstitute Masonry.

Quite a romantic story; we could very easily attribute authorship

to Hans Andersen. Fortunately, for Freemasonry, there are 49 Grand Lodges in the United States and all 49 would have to be put out of business, and by the time that was accomplished there would probably be no Grand Commander-no Supreme Council-no nothing. The Supreme Council of Italy failed to save the Symbolic Freemasonry of that country; it failed to save even itself. And as to Bro. Day's statement that there is no Freemasonry of other than Scottish Rite in other than English speaking countries, we might call attention to the Freemasonry of Scandinavia, of Holland, of Germany, the National Grand Lodge of France, or of the hundreds of Lodges working under English, Irish, or Scottish constitution in the countries round about the world. Let's try and keep our history straight! MASONIC CONFUSION

Our brethren in Europe get very much confused in trying to understand some of the things done by Masonic bodies in U. S. A. And we must confess that we, too, get confused at some of the things done. As an example, we quote from a recent letter just received from a brother who stands high in the Masonic bodies of one of the continental grand lodges, and a member of the Philalethes Society: There is something very mysterious for me in the American Masonic situation. In USA there is a certain opposition on the part of grand lodges to have contact with the grand lodges of France and other countries. I am a member of the Philalethes Society, and now I see the name of one or more French brethren as members of this society. How is this possible' And the Supreme Councils of the French (Scottish Rite) maintain friendly relations with those in England and the U. S. A.' The French brethren, members of the Supreme Council, have been initiated in Lodges (Blue), which are not recognized as regular I My head swims when I see all this, and I come to the conclusion that it is highly necessary that we come to a clearing. It is difficult for grand lodges to negotiate on points of regularity; it takes too much time, just as the U. N. O. on international subjects of policy.

To some of these inquiries we cannot give a consistent answer because our Masonic system itself is not consistent. The French Grand Lodges do not require the Bible on the altar-which removes them from the list of generally recognized grand lodges-and yet-there

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are some few American grand lodges which continue to recognize these two grand lodges. The statement that England's Supreme Council recognizes the Supreme Council of France is, we think, untrue. Nor does the English Supreme Council recognize certain other Supreme Councils; they are certainly consistent. As to what the Philalethes Society does, we do not know; apparently names are not proposed and elected, but apparently selected by a group of three or four of its members. It is another of those groups which is not Masonic, yet restricts its membership to those who have Masonic membership, whether regular or irregular. "On this principle, Freemasonry unites men of every country, sect, and opinion, and conciliates true friendship among those who might otherwise have remained at a perpetual distance."

What a fine ideal! But how poorly carried out in actual practice. It is to the shame of Masonic bodies throughout the world that unity does not and cannot exist until we have a few first class funerals. Have we ever had unity ~ We can easily answer that. No! Shall we ever have unity' Well, that depends on whether our fraternity shall employ democratic processes and demand such unity. It is not the fault of the average Freemason that we have no Masonic unity; the average Freemason sincerely believes that with his particular brand of Freemasonry he can girdle the earth and be recognized by the sign, word and grip of the Master Mason. He cannot. If he be located in some states, however, he can go farther than he can in others. Freemasons in U. S. A. first learned of this lack of unity, when the great Henry Clay and others attempted to hold a Masonic convention in the Capitol Building in 'Vashington, D. C. in 1822, with the idea of forming a National Grand Lodge, or at least some type of an organization which would bind Freemasons together so that they might defend themselves when attacked. It could not be done. And so Freemasonry went into the bitter antiMasonic period of 1826-40, split up into many jurisdictions, some of whom were unable to maintain the vestige of an organization during that unfortunate period. One would have thought that Freemasonry had learned its lesson. But no. Attempts to hold conventions in 1842, and later, accomplished little. The Baltimore Convention did add much to the uniformity of the ritual-but not in all states. The bugaboo of a National Grand Lodge was too much for the big-wigs! Then came World War 1. Freemasonry wished to extend some of that relief which it had been preaching for more than a century. No, it could not be done; officialdom said that 49 Masonic jurisdictions would not be tolerated, and so Freemasons sat at home and twiddled their thumbs. Their monies went to the Salvation Army, the Red Cross-and the Knights of Columbus-all because Freemasonry could

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not get together. Too many small minds hindered and impeded the work. Comes then the Masonic Service Association, formed not to become a National Grand Lodge, but to render service whenever, and wherever, aid was needed. Too much was expected of the organization. Too many personal prejudices entered in. Members acted much as a group of small children; if they did not get what they wanted, they withdrew-or threatened to do so. Missouri once withdrew because a member of the Missouri committee happened to smell liquor on the breath of one of the officers of the association. In other instances, individuals found they could not control the organization, so they began fighting it. The George Washington Masonic National Memorial has always had its ups and downs; it looked a few years ago as if the Association was out of the wilderness, but no, jealousy and prejudice again enter the picture and we are confronted with a fight over whether Grand Lodges are to run their own business or whether they have to drag in all of the allied, associated, and auxiliary groups. Be it said to the credit of most of these groups, few cared whether they were recognized or not. The fight against unity is not confined to the United States; it carries to all parts of the world. It should be a fairly easy matter to discover whether a grand lodge was legitimate] irregular, or clandestine. Facts establish this. Yet we are appalled at the propaganda being sent out from sources, not so much interested in strengthening Symbolic Freemasonry as in building up higher systems or Rites. Let Freemasonry of the Symbolic Rite establish itself firmly in all the lands of the earth; then if other bodies and other rites wish to accept its members let them be free to go. \Ve must no longer suffer from group antagonisms and personal prejudices. Let Freemasonry continue to struggle for international unity without interference from outside sources. Hoping that you have spent a pleasant evening, Ye Reviewer.

Trenton, Mo. July 25, 1948.

INDEX California: Grand Lodge centennial, 60c; to publish Masonic history,51c Canada: Freemasonry in, 91c Candidates: too many, 53c Capello, Gen.: arrested for conspiracy, 15c Caron, L. J. J.: visits lodge in England, 28c Carrie Nation: and the Freemasons, 46c Catholic Church: action in Puerto Rico, 70c; and clericalism, 41c; converts, 42c Catholic Church and Secret Societies in U. S. A.: a book, 29c Centennial: Perseverance Lodge No. 92 (Mo.), 24c Central America: first Guatemala lodge, 89c; official name of EI Salvador, 89c; value of incorporation, 89c Charity: Bodge bequest, 60c Charters: duplicates, 60c Chinese: becomes Master of U. S. lodge, 57c Chiropractic College: Texas disapproves club, 39c Civil War: news story, 26c Clandestine Masonry, 36c Colorado: to publish Masonic history, 51c Colson, Col. King D.: in the news, 23c Commercialism, 60c Baldwin, Gov.: a Mason, 50c Baptists: Russian refers as "colorCommunism, 60c Condition of the Rite, 61c less," 28c Becciolini, Giovanni: assassination Cornwall, Pierre: Marker dedication, 95c of, 14c Bennett, Gen. John C. : history, 51c Corson, Bishop Fred P.: in the news,24c Board of General Purposes: established in Michigan, 56c Cortini, Publio: addresses Grand Bradford, J. M.: in the news, 66c Masters' conference, 18c; photo, Bradley, Gen. Omar C.: in the 6c, 95c; special communication for, 95c; visits America in 1948, news, 23c 21c Brazil: stamp honors Truman, 25c British Columbia: review, 91c Cuba: merger of Grand Lodges, Buildings: delay in construction of 73c Masonic, 60c Burroughs Bequest: decision, 47c Davis, Monett B.: in the news, 23c Bushnell, George E.: visits Rome, Day, E. C.: ownership of Masonic degrees, 98c 17c Byrd, Adm. Richard E.: New York Degrees: ownership of symbolic, 98c; review, 52c; roughness, 52c award, 56c

A. Q. C.: cost of transactions, 72c Alaska: lodges in, 59c Albert Gallatin Mackey Medal: award, 56c Alexander, Field Marshal: honorary Canadian office, 92c Anglo Dutch Lodge No. 5862: Grand Master of Holland visits, 28c Anti-Masonic Law, 13c, 14c Anti-Masonry: Assembly of God, 44c; Catholic Church and Secret Soeieties, 43c; Cosmopolitan magazine, 46c; in Germany, 45c; in Missouri, 40c; Life magazine, 36c, 41c ; National Catholic Almanac, 41c; News Week magazine, 41c; Why, publication, 42c Ararat Shrine: aids English Masons, 22c, 25c, 27c Argentine: District Grand Chapter, 86c; English Freemasonry in, 83c; Provincial Priory Templars, 86c Arkansas Lodge of Research: first proceedings, 29c; reference, 68c Assembly of God: attitude toward Masons, 42c Atheism: charges, 4c; no evidence of, 17c Austin, Stephen F.: in the news, 66c Australasia: review, 93c

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Degree Teams: objection to, 57c Denslow, Ray V.: visits Rome, 17c Dewey, Thomas E.: a Mason, 50c Digest: lodge statistics, 32c j Masonic stamp, 32c; special events in lodge, 30c Dispensation: unusual, 61c District Grand Lodge: different from Provincial, 79c, 81c; of South America, Southern Division, 85c; Massachusetts established, 85c Donnell, Forrest C.: in the news, 23c Donnelly, Phil M.: nominates Harry S. Truman, 50c; photo, cornerstone ceremony, 96c; reeeives Masonic degrees, 25c Dual Membership, 59c Duke of Devonshire: installed as Grand Master, 86c; photo, 87c Earl of Harewood: death noted, 86c Eastern Star: conducts bingo parties, 38c EI-Khoury, Faris Bey: in the news, 22c England: relief to, 25c, 27c English Freemasonry: in Argentine, 83c; in South America, 82c Ernesto Y. Faulk: book review, 30c Eternal Vigilance, 31c Ewing, Morris E.: in the news, 65c; photo with Italian Freemason, 95c; photo at Cornwall marker, 96c; photo at Warrensburg, 96c; visits Pacific Coast, 95c Extraneous Societies, 36c, 37c, 38c, 39c Fascism: see" Mussolini"; no Masonic supporters, 17c Fera, Rev. Saverio: leads schism,

IOc Ferrari, Ettore : elected Grand Master, 7c j sculptor, 8c Fidelity (D.C.) Medal: award,55c Finances: review, 61c Finland: revival of Freemasonry in, 73c Foreign Recognition: by American jurisdictions, 53c Frapolli, Ludovico: elected Grand Master, 7c Freedom Train: failure of, 27c Freemasonry: Catholic description

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of, 41c; unification of Italian, 7c Freemasonry and Fascism: book by Torrigiani, 12c Freemasonry, Its Hidden Meaning: a book, 30c Froessel, Charles W.: received Pierpont Edwards medal, 22c Garibaldi: first of Grand Masters in Italy, 7c; Grand Master of Palermo, 7c; influence of, 8c; photo, 9c; reference to, 20c General Electric Company: president of is a Freemason, 28c Gentry, Wm. R.: in the news, 23c Geo. Washington Masonic Memorial: California criticises, 61c; fight over representation, 32c; receives rug, 32c; report of 1948 meeting, 32c Germany: Masonic situation in, 45c; Oregon established military lodge in, 52c; Rhode Island established lodge in, 52c; system of Freemasonry, 89c Goebbels: Masonic reference in diary of, 26c Goodson, Walter C.: death noted, 22c Governors, Messages and Proclamations of, 31c Grand Chapter R. A. Masons of Mo. : food to Freemasons in Europe, 23c Grand Commandery K. T. of Mo.: food to Freemasons in Europe, 23c Grand Masters: 1948 conference, 34c Grand Orient of Italy: established, 6c; Palermi attacks, 9c j special powers to Torrigiani, 15c Grand Orient of Italy-Grand National Lodge: organized, 17c Grand Orient of Naples: in 1861, 7c Grand Orient of Palermo: in 1861, 7c Grand Orient of Turin: in 1861, 7c Grand Secretaries: 1948 conference, 35c Greece: discussion of treaty, 75c Griswold, Dwight: in the news, 22c Guastalla, Giuseppe: revives Grand Orient, 17c Guatemala: correction as to early lodges, 89c

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Hannibal, Mo.: historic temple, 49c Henry Price Medal: award, 56c Historical, 5lc Hodges, Geo. H.: in the news, 22c Humor, 50c Hungary: Masonic conditions in, 78c Hyde, Arthur M.: death noted, 22c Indian: eligibility of, 57c Infiuencia Revolucionaria de la Masoneria en Europe Y America: a book, 30c Italian Freemasonry: chronology, 19c; English in origin, 18c; lodges dissolved, 16c; recognition in U. S. A., 21c; revival of, 16c, 17c; unification, 7c Italian Symbolic Rite: status of, 10c Jenny, Col. Alfred: visits Italian lodges, 16c Jerusalem, Temples in: a book, 29c Job's Daughters: refused endorsement, 37c Johnson, Chas. H.: visits Rome, 17c Johnson, Early Hurt: death noted, 22c Jordan (Gold) Medal: award, 56c Josiah Hayden Drummond Medal: award, 55c Jurisdiction: invasion by Illinois, 62c Jurisprudence: review, 62c King Christian X: death noted, 70c Knights of Columbus: statistics, 42c Knights Templar: European relief, 23c; history of St. Louis Commandery No.1, 31c; Provincial Priory in Argentine, 86c Koran: use of in U. S. A., 52c Korea: Masonic conditions in, 78c LaGuardia, Fiorella H.: death noted, 22c Laj, Guido: elected Grand Master, 8c; Grand Master, 21c; photo, 6c; Vice-Mayor of Rome, 8c Lang, Ossian: tribute to Torrigiani, 3c Langston Will Case, 47c, 48c Law and Masonry in Missouri: decisions, 47c

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Lawrence, David: tribute to Freemasonry, 26c Leghorn: first lodge, 6c Lemmi, Andriano: elected Grand Master, 7c 8c Life Membership: objection to, 58e Liquor: review, 63c Lodges: loans to, 58c; traveling, 52c London Freemason: quotation, 10c Look Magazine: Masonic article, 27c Lord Donoughmore: biography, 87c; photo, 88c Lord Elgin: photo at Cornerstone laying, 79c McAllister, Claude J.: visits Rome, 17c Manchester Lodge of Research: proceedings, 30c Mark Twain: plaque Hannibal Masonic Temple, 49c Marshall, Gen. George C. : New York award, 56c Masonic Clubs: create problems, 63c Masonic Education: California committee, 64c Masonic Home: review, 64c Masonic Newspapers: review, 64c Masonic Relief Association: review, 64c ~fasonic Revista: ceases publication, 13c Masonic Service Association: see "Digest' , Masonic Temple: Philadelphia, 28c; Hannibal, 49c Massachusetts: establishes District Grand Lodges, 85c Mazzini: imprisoned, 7c; reference, 8c Mazzoni, Giuseppe: elected Grand Master, 7c Medals: in Grand Lodges, 55c Mexico: lodge visits U. S. A., 65c; petition from Masons, 65c Milan: A. A. S. R. introduced, 6c; first lodge in, 6c Military Lodges: in Germany, 52c Missourians in the News: Stephen F. Austin, 66c; J. M. Bradford, 66c; Morris E. Ewing, 65c; John R. Moore, 65c; Harold L. Reader, 65c; Harry Sunderland, 65c Missouri Lodge of Research: 1946

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transactions, 3lc; 1947 transactions, 29c Moore, John Randle: in the news, 65c Mussolini, Benito: attacks Freemasonry, Hc; l5c; discusses Freemasonry, l2c; interviewed, l3c; makes threats, 14c; march on Rome, Hc; reference, 2lc; Torrigiani appeals to, l2c Nathan, Ernesto: elected Grand Master, 7c; Mayor of Rome, 8c National Grand Lodge of Italy: created by Supreme Council, Hc; evades reply to inquiry, Hc; irregularity of, 10c; origin of, lOc; schismatic, 8c National Grand Lodge del Zelo: formation, 5c Nebraska: to observe Grand Lodge centennial, 5lc . New York: Grand Lodge awards, 56c Non-Affiliates: a problem, 66c Nova Scotia: review, 9lc Office: long tenure, 58c Ontario: review, 92c Order of Amaranth: not approved, 38c Oregon: centennial of first lodge, 5Ic; established military lodge in Germany, 52c Outdoor Meetings: laxity in holding,66c Palazzo Giustianini: headquarters of Grand Orient, 14c, 15c Palermi, Raoul V.: attacks Grand Orient of Italy, 9c Papageorgiou, Philotas: death noted,22c Past Master Degree: in Delaware lodge, 59c; in Florida lodge, 59c; in lodges, 53c Penney, James Cash: in the news, 24c Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Masonic Temple, 28c Persecution: first in Italy, 5c; Italian martyrs, 7c Perseverance Lodge No. 92: centennial, 24c Petitions: incomplete forms, 67c Petroni, Giuseppe: elected Grand Master, 7c, 8c; Papal prisoner, 8c

1948

Philippine Islands: review, 67c Pierpont Edwards Medal: award, 55c Pike, Albert: attitude toward Symbolic Degrees, 98c Political: Masonry not, 67c Political Activity: false charges, I8c Pope Clement XII: papal bull, 4c, 5c Prestonian Lecture, 3lc Price, Anderson L.: in the news 24c Prince Edward Island: review, 93c Prince Hall Grand Lodge: in court, 36c; invades Nova Scotia, 9lc; lays Missouri cornerstone, 27c Prince Harald (Denmark): elected Grand Master, 70c; photo, 71c Princess Elizabeth of England: receives gift from United Grand Lodge, 2lc Proficiency: before advancement, 52c Provincial Grand Lodge: described, 79c Puerto Rico: Catholic attitude toward Freemasonry, 70c Questionnaire: in New York, 67c Reader, Harold L.: in the news, 65c Relief: to Continental Europe, 23c, 25c; in Maine, 67c; in Minnesota, 68c; in New York, 68c Research Lodge: see "Arkansas Lodge"; sec "Manchester Lodge' '; see Missouri Lodge; change of name, 68c; committee in California, 68c; need for in Texas,68c Review: value of, 68c Rhode Island: distinguished service award, 56c Rhode Island Masonry in World War II: a book, 30c Rickey, Branch: in the news, 23c Robertson, E. V.: in the news, 24c Rome: Grand Orient moves to, 7c Royal Arch Masonry: District Grand Chapter in Argentine 86c; European relief, 23c Russell, Senator: a Mason, 50c Russia: Masonic attitude, 45c; writer attacks President Truman, 28c

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St. Januarius: liquification of blood,5c St. Louis Commandery No.1, K.T.: history of, 31c Sackville, Lord: establishes first lodge, 4c Saltonstall, Gov.: a Mason, 50c Salvador: Grand Lodge official name,89c Saskatchewan: review, 93c Schism: of 1908, 8c Secrecy: insufficient, 5ge Shrine: see "Ararat Shrine"; lottery, 37c; Sunday picnics, 38e Sight Masons: in Pennsylvania, 68c; in Wyoming, 69c Snell, Gov. Earl: death noted, 23e; tribute to, 24c Solicitation: for higher degrees, 69c South America: District Grand Lodge, Southern Division, S5e; English Freemasonry in, 82c South Australia: review, 93e Spanish-Speaking Lodges: in California,69c Stafford, Dr. H. Eugene: in the news, 23c Stassen, Harold: a Mason, 50c Stevens, Wm. Bertrand: death noted, 23c Street, Oliver Day: quotation, 10c Sunderland, Harry F.: in the news, 65c Supreme Council of Italy: controls lodge degrees, Hc; creates a Grand Lodge, Hc; disputes, lOc; schism begins in, 10c; status, 9c Symbolic Degrees: ownership, 98c Tall Cedars of Lebanon: use of lodge rooms, 38c Tasmania: review, 94c Tom's Town: a book, 31c Torrigiani: appeal to Mussolini, 12c; elected Grand Master, l4c;

his powers, 15c, 21c; patriot, Be; photo, frontispiece; tribute to, 3e Trial: by commission, 69c Troedsson, Alex: photo, 72c Truman, Harry S.: 33 Northern Supreme Council, 22c; letter to Grand Masters, 34c ; News Week comment, 25c; President and Freemasonry, 26c; Russian description, 28c; stamp honors, 25e Turin: first lodge, 6e Tuscany: first lodge, 6e 0

Unification: Masonic groups before, 8c Unity: lack of Masonic, 99c Uruguay: merger of Grand Lodges, 73c Utah: 75th anniversary of Grand Lodge, 52c Vandenberg, Arthur H.: in the news,23c Venice: first lodge, 6e Victoria: review, 94c Virata, Emilio: addresses Ohio Grand Lodge, 24e von Wiegand, Karl H.: interviews Mussolini, 13e Wainwright, Gen. Jonathan M.: New York award, 56e Warren, Gov. Earl: a Mason, 50c Washington: Cornwall marker dedication photo, 96c; first Masonic notice, 97c; Pacific Coast centennial, 97c Wells, Dr. W. Frank: death noted, 23c Western Australia: review, 94e West Virginia: sesquicentennial of Grand Lodge, 52c Wilson, Charles E.: outstanding Freemason, 28c Words: misspelled, 66c

INDEX 1948 PROCEEDINGS

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Address of Grand Master Ewing .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abuse of Freemasonry, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Administrative District, The As the Public Sees Us Conclusion Dispensations Ever Present Question, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Master's Conference with Deputies and Lecturers Introduction Large and Small Lodges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Masonic Home, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Masonic Magazine, A .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Masonic Unity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missouri Lodge of Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Necrology Solicitation of Candidates Special Communication ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunday Observance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Eastern Star and The Home Use of Masonic Halls .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Visitations Washington Conferences, The .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment Proposed (Affiliation) Amendment Proposed (Automatic Suspension) Amendment Proposed (Masonic Home Assessment) Amendment Proposed (Relative to Grand Master) Andrews, Dorsey, Introduced Appointments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auditor, Report of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Benediction Biographical Sketch of Grand Master Bwing ................ Britton, Edward H., Introduced Building Supervisory Board, Report of Ruttons, Veterans' C Certificates of Proficiency Chartered Lodges, Report of Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chiles, Henry C., Message Closing Committees, Special 1948-1949 Committees, Standing 1948-1949 Credentials, Report of Committee (Interim) Credentials, Report of Committee Cunningham, John Do, Introduced .. D 0

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5d 6 6 6 6 121

Election, Directors of Masonic Home Election of Officers Elected Officers of Grand Lodge, List of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emergent Communication F Fifty Year Veterans' Buttons Foreign Recognition, Report of Committee

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97 97 190 118 34 83

Gentry, Wm. R., Introduced 74 George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association, Report of Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Grand Correspondent, Report of ........................... 46 Grand Lecturer, Report of 86 Grand Lodges Recognized by Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 123 Grand Master Address of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Biography ii Photograph Frontispiece Grand Master's Address, Report of Committee .............. 84 Grand Representative of Maine, Introduced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Grand Representatives To and From Missouri 194 Grand Secretary, Report of ......... 33 Grand Secretaries and Their Addresses 123 Granl.i Secretary's Tabular Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Grand Treasurer, Report of 41 H Honor Roll, Secretaries

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Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Introduction of Distinguished Guests Invitation Invocation ..........................................

115 6 73 3

Jayne, Harold, Introduced Johnson, Lloyd B., Introduced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jurisprudence, Report of Committee

6 6 104

L List of District Deputy Grand Masters, 1948-1949 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. List of District Lecturers, 1948-1949 List of Elected Officers of Grand Lodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

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List of Grand Secretaries and Their Addresses . . . . . . . . . . .. List of Lodges, Alphabetical List of Lodges, Numerical List of Past Grand Masters, Living. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Lodge Directory, By Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Lodges U. D., Report of Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

123 130 126 121 160 99

Maine, Grand Representative of, Introduced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Masonic Boards of Relief and Employment Bureau, Report of Committee Masonic Home, Report of Masonic Temple Association, Report of Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Masonic World" Massey, William B., Introduced McGee, Elmer E., Introduced Messages Mileage and Per Diem, Report of Committee Mills, Fred 1., Introduced Missouri Lodge of Research, Report of Committee Motion To Defer Action on New Trial Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Motion To Increase Kumber on Ritual Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Masonic Temple Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mileage and Per Diem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Necrology Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ritual Transportation and Hotels Ways and Means Welfare. .. .. .. . . . .. . .. . .. . . .. . Report of Grand Secretary Report of Grand Treasurer Report of Masonic Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Report of Missouri Lodge of Research ...................... Resolutions (Welfare) Resolution (Masonic Home Assessment) Robinson, Glen, Introduced

47 112 108 83 89 115 113 71 33 41 50 48 73 103 6

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DEOISIONS APPROVED, 1945-1947* CoNS. ART. V, SEC. 1, Decision (p. 4). The constitution of the Grand Lodge adopted many years ago declares the absolute sovereignty of the Grand Lodge. (Proc. 1946, p. 131.)

SEC. 27(c), Decision (p. 14). Extending the corporate limits of a city to include a Lodge does not change a ritual or administrative district; it does however bring that Lodge under concurrent jurisdiction with other Lodges in that city, with membership in the Board of Relief, and the Lodge must furnish information as required by SEO. 62 (ProD. 1947, pp. 19, 20.)

SEC. 28 (b), Decision (p. 15). It is proper for the District Deputy Grand Master to ask that the books of a Lodge in his district be taken for his examination to a place of joint meeting, the books to remain in the possession of the Secretary of that Lodge. (Proc. 1947, p. 21.)

SEC. 34, Decision (p. 20). Lodge By-laws do not require approval of the Grand Lodge. Amendments or revisions of By-laws take effect on the date of adoption unless a different date is specified therein. This date can only be changed by further amendment. (Proc. 1947, pp. 23, 24.)

SEO. 34, Decision (p. 21). An annual election held after midnight on the date specified in the By-laws, is void. (Proc. 1946, p. 28.)

SEC. 45, Decision (p. 22). This Section expressly provides that blank ballots shall not be counted. (Proc. 1947, p. 23.)

SEC. 51, Decision (p. 24). A White Shrine of Jerusalem, or a Rebecca Lodge may arrange for joint occupancy of a hall with a Masonic Lodge. (Proc. 1947, p. 26.)

SEC. 51, Decision (p. 24). A Lodge which as tenant occupies the second :floor of a building, over a recently installed drug store which sells package liquor, but not for consumption on the premises, may continue to occupy the second :floor. However, the poliey of the Grand Lodge seems to be against such continued occupancy. (Proc. 1947, p. 27.)

â&#x20AC;˘ 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. 78, Decision (p. 31). When among twenty signers of an approved request for a dispensation for a new Lodge, some are found to be disqualified within ninety days before the next Annual Communication; when this disqualification was immediately corrected, the Lodge was permitted to continue. (Proo. 1947, p. 20.)

SEC. 93, Decision (p. 34). When a Lodge amends its By-laws, changing the time of election of officers from December to September, it shall provide that officers elected at the December meeting shall serve until the following September, and shall thereafter be elected annually in September. (Proc. 1947, p. 22.)

SEC. 98, Decision (p. 35). When a vacancy in an elective office occurs, an election to fill such vacancy should be held within a reasonable time. The Worshipful Master does not have the power to "appoint" any elective officer. (Proc. 1947, pp. 22, 139.)

SEC. 110, Decision (p. 37). An illiterate man who can not read or sign his petition is not eligible. (Proc. 1945, p. 38.)

SEC. 111, Decision (p. 37). It is improper to solicit petitions for socalled higher bodies of Freemasonry from Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts. (Proc. 1945, p. 37.)

SEC. 113, Decision (p. 37). A man who is paralyzed from the waist down is not eligible to petition for the degrees. (Proc. 1945, p. 38.)

SEC. 115, Decision (p. 38). An Entered Apprentice who received the degree in Lodge A, failed to advance within one year, and then moved into the jurisdiction of Lodge B, must secure permission to advance from Lodge A, before he can receive the remaining degrees in Lodge B. (He is entitled to a certificate of dimission from Lodge A,-see SEC. 176). (Proo. 1945, p. 38.)

SEC. 117, Decision (p. 38). A Fellow Craft from another State, now residing in Missouri, is eligible to petition a Missouri Lodge for affiliation. (Proc. 1946, p. 28.)

SEa. 117, Decision (p. 38). When an Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft affiliates with another Lodge, that Lodge is entitled to fees in the amount fixed by its By-laws for conferring the remaining degrees. (Proc. 1947, pp. 27, 28.)

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SEC. 118, Decision (p. 38). There is no authority to shorten the time between degrees, even in war time. (Proc. 1945, p. 37.)

SEC. 118, Demsion (p. 38). An Entered Apprentice may serve as a member of a team conferring that degree. (Proc. 1945, p. 38.)

SEC. 120, Decision (p. 39). When degrees have been irregularly or illegally conferred on a candidate, without fault on his part, he may be healed not only by a Lodge in this Jurisdiction, but by a Lodge in any other recognized Jurisdiction, when officially requested to do so. (Proc. 1947, p. 28.)

SEC. 121, Decision (p. 39). A Government inspector for the Army who has no home, but has resided in the State one year, is not eligible to petition for the degrees. (Whether his intention is to make this State his home is not stated.) (Proc. 1945, p. 37.)

SEC. 121, Demsion (p. 39). A man who is in the armed services outside the State, may petition his home Lodge for the degrees; he neither gains nor loses residence by being in the services. (Proc. 1945, p. 37.)

SEC. 121, Decision (p. 39). Degrees conferred on a candidate whose residence is in another State, but who has falsely stated that his residence is in Missouri, are null and void; if he wishes to join the fraternity he must submit a new petition which shall take the usual course. (The Committee on Jurisprudence reports-"Decision is approved, but we do not overrule action of the Grand Lodge in approving the report of the Committee on Jurisprudence in 1929.") (Proc. 1947, pp. 14, 139.)

SEC. 121, Decision (p. 39). When a candidate elected to receive the degrees, but who has received no degrees, removes to a state which does not confer degrees by courtesy, after one year he may petition for degres in the state to which he has removed. The Missouri Lodge retains jurisdiction for one year, and may extend the time of initiation, but can not issue a waiver of jurisdiction. (Proc. 1947, pp. 25, 26.)

SEC. 124, Deoision (p. 40). A petitioner in a Missouri Lodge may advance in that Lodge, even though he may remove to another State, or he may as an Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft transfer his membership by certificate of dimission. (Proo. 1946, p. 28.)

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SEC. 127, Decision (p. 40). Balloting on candidates must be held at stated communications and at the time specified in the Lodge By-laws. When balloting is held after midnight on the date specified, such balloting and results are null and void, and reballoting must be held for which due notice must be given as provided by law. (Proc. 1947, p. 25.)

SEC. 130, Decision (p. 41). When an election on a petition for offiliation accompanied by a certificate of good standing is held within four weeks from the date of receipt of such petition, the election is null and void, and a dimit issued thereunder is also void.

When a petitioner for affiliation is rejected, whose petition was accompanied by a certificate of good standing, neither petition nor certificate can again be used. (Proc. 1947. pp. 24, 25.)

SEC. 132, Decision (p. 41). When one blackball appears in a collective ballot a separate ballot must be taken. When only one blackball appears in a separate ballot, a second ballot must immediately be taken which will be final. (Proc. 1947, p. 27.)

SEC. 139, Decision (p. 42). A Lodge can not charge an affiliation fee. (Proo. 1945, p. 38.)

SEC. 142, Deoision (p. 42). A non-affiliate, who has received a dimit, is eligible to petition any Lodge in this Jurisdiction. (Proc. 1946, p. 28.)

SEC. 149, Decision (p. 43). A member raised since the adoption of Section 149, who has not passed the third degree examination, may object to the passing or raising of a brother, but can not object to the initiation of a candidate. (ProG. 1947, p. 22.)

SEC. 150, Decision (p. 43). A member raised since the adoption of Section 149, who has not passed the third degree examination, may object to the passing or raising of a brother, but can not object to the initiation of a candidate. (Proc. 1947, p. 22.)

SEC. 153, De.~ion (p. 44). A Lodge can not remit the dues of a member serving in 'the armed forces, except for inability to pay. (Proc. 1945, p. 38.)

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SEC. 157, Decision (p. 44). A Lodge which has sold life memberships, can, by amendment of its By-laws, discontinue such sale. (Proc. 1945, p. 36.)

SEC. 157, Deci.<;ion (p. 44). A Lodge must collect the Grand Lodgc per capita from life members. (Except from those whose dues are remitted.) (Proc. 1945, p. 37.)

SEC. 170, Decision (p. 47). When a dimit is requested under circumstances which indicate that a certificate of good standing is really desired, the certificate should be issued. (Proc. 1947, p. 24.)

SEC. 174, Decision (p. 47). When a Brother transfers his membership by a certificate of good standing, the dimitting Lodge must remit to the receiving Lodge the pro-rata part of unearned dues from the date of the dimit. When dues in the receiving Lodge are higher or lower, the petitioner must if higher, pay the difference, or if lower is entitld to credit from the date of dimit to the end of the year. (Proc. 1947, p. 26.)

SEC. 184, Decision (p. 49). When I.. odge A invades the jurisdiction of Lodge B, and Lodge B accepts the penalty of double the fee received, Lodge A is entitled to have the petitioner become a member of that Lodge; acceptanee of the double fee constitutes a waiver of jurisdiction, even though a waiver had previously been refused. (Proc. 1946, p. 29.)

SEC. 184, Decision (p. 49). Sec. 184 is not intended to permit or cure a deliberate invasion of jurisdiction merely hy the payment of a cash penalty and suffering possible discipline. (Proc. 1947, p. 17.)

SEC. 188, Decision (p. 49). A small rural Lodge situated near a city which has more than two Lodges of concurrent jurisdiction, can not receive petitions from applicants whosc residence is nearer thc city titan the half-way point betwecn the rural Lodge and the city. (Proc. 1945, p. 36.)

SEC. 188, Decision (p. 49). Extending the corporate limits of a city to include a Lodge does not change a ritual or administrativc district; it does however bring that Lodge under concurrent jurisdiction with other Lodges in that city, with membership in the Board of Relief, and the Lodge must furnish information as required by SEC. 62. (Proc. 1947, pp. 19, 20.)

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SEC. 190, Deci.~ion (p. 50). Sec. 184 is not intended to permit or cure a deliberate invasion of jurisdiction merely by the payment of a cash penalty and suffering possible discipline. (Proc. 1947, p. 17.)

SEC. 190, Decision (p. 50), Territorial jurisdiction of a Lodge is not limited by boundary lines of a county. Where the home of a petitioner is equidistant by air line from the lodge halls in several different towns, and no other Lodges are involved, the I.Jodges in all said towns have concurrent jurisdiction over the petitioner, and any of said Lodges has the right to receive the petition of such petitioner for the degrees, even though the mailing address of the petitioner is in one of the other said towns and he considers himself a member of that community. (Proc. 1947, p. 21.)

SEC. 196, Decision (p. 51). Extending the corporate limits of a city to include a Lodge does not change a ritual or administrative district; it does however bring that Lodge under concurrent jurisdiction with other Lodges in that city, with membership in the Board of Relief, and the Lodge must furnish information as required by SEC. 62. (Proc. 1947, pp. 19, 20.)

SEC. 198, Decision (p. 52). Where one Lodge is the sole owner of real or personal property, ownership thereof shall be vested in Trustees of the Lodge. (The Committee on Jurisprudence reports, "The Building Supervisory Board does not have any inherent powers as set out in the third paragraph of the Grand MaRter's decision, but derives its authority from the Grand Lodge By-laws alone." (Proo. 1947, pp. 12, 139.)

SEC. 206, Decision (p. 55). It is not proper for a Lodge or a Lodge officer to issue a list of its members to be used for any commercial purpose, even though that purpose may be for the sale of Masonic literature. (Proc. 1946, p. 29.)

SEC. 206, Decision (p. 55) . No radio announcement of Lodge activities is permitted to be made by a Lodge. (Proo. 1947, pp. 20, 21, 139.) MISC., Decision (p. 55). It is not proper for Lodge funds to be contributed to anon-Masonic agency or purpose (the Red Cross). (Proc. 1945, p. 36.)

MISC., Decision (p. 55). It is not proper to permit discussion, in open Lodge, of matters of a political nature; anything having to do with government is political within the meaning of Masonic law. (Proe-. 1945, p. 37.)

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MISC., Decision (p. 55). It is not proper for a Lodge to be officially represented in a meeting sponsored by a voters league or other similar type of civic group; or to engage in any political activity. (Proc. 1945, p.38.)

MISC" Decision (p. 55). A eandidate who refuses to "swear" in the obligation, may" affirm" whieh is just as binding. (Proo. 1947, p. 23.)

MISC., Decision (p. 55). A Lodge haR no right to contribute Lodge funds to the building fund for an American Legion hall. (Proc. 1947, p. 27.)

MISC., Decision (p. 55). A Lodge can not use its funds for payment of a cornerstone of a church. (Proc. 1947, p. 28.)

SEC., 209, Decision (p. 56). It is not permissible for a Lodge to have Memorial or Flag Day Services as a Lodge on Sunday. (Proc. 1947, p. 26.)

SEC. 219, Decision (p. 57). A man selling 5 per cent beer to be consumed on the premises, is not eligible to petition for the degrees or for affiliation. (Proc. 1945, p. 36.)

RES. Decision (p. 67). A Lodge is not permitted to organize a bowling team under the name of the Lodge, or using the title" Masonic. " (Proc. 1945, p. 38.)

RES. Decision (p. 67). A club organized by members of a Lodge for eommercial purposes may not use the square and compasses for its bowling team or any other of the club's activities. It is strongly suggested that the square and compasses be not used on uniforms under any circumstances. (Proc. 1947, p. 23.)

DECISIONS, TRIAL CODE By-laws, 1925 edition

SEC. 237, Decision (p. 139). The only duty of a Grievance Committee is to investigate the complaint, and ascertain whether there is probably cause to believe that an offense has been committed and of the probable guilt of the accused. The Committee has no right to pass on the degree of gravity of the offense. (Proc. 1947, p. 26.)

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SEC. 246, Demsion (p. 143). When the Grand Master orders charges preferred against a member, in this case when the Grievance Committee returns a finding of no probable cause, the Grand Master has the authority not only to order the Junior Warden to choose counsel to assist him in the conduct of the trial but also to select the counsel to be chosen. (Proc. 1947, p. 28).

SEC. 272, Demsion (p. 161). In voting on a petition for restoration after expulsion for un-Masonic conduct, the Lodge may decide by majority vote whether it shall be by ballot box or paper ballot. (Proc. 1947, pp. 23, 139).

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Grand Lodge of Missouri 1948-1949 HARRY F. SUNDERLAND M. W. Grand Master 3519 The Paseo, Kansas City JAMES M. BRADFORD R. W. Dep11ty Grand Master 4165 Shaw Ave., St. Louis RAY BOND R. W. Senior Grand Warden J oplin Nat 'I. Bank Bldg., Joplin HOMER L. FERGUSON R. W. Junior Grand Warden Jefferson City EDMUND E. MORRIS R. W. Grand Treasurer Care Union National Bank, Kansas City HAROLD L. READER R. W. Grand Secretaty 3681 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis ANTHONY F. ITTNER R. W. Grand Lecturer 2353 South Compton, St. Louis EMMETT L. ROBISON W. Grand Chaplain St. Joseph EDWARD POTTS W. Grand Chaplain Kansas City EARL STARK W. Grand Chaplain Cameron RICHARD O. RUMER Grand Senior Deacon St. Louis JAMES McBRAYER SELLERS Grand Junior Deacon Lexington ORESTES MITCHELL, JR. Grand Senior Steward St. Joseph WILLIAM J. CRAIG Grand Junior Steward Springfield HAROLD M. JAyNE Grand Marshal Trenton F. ERNEST CARTER Grand Marshal Kansas City FRANK P. BRIGGS Grand Sword Bearer Macon ROBERT L. ARONSON Grand Pursuivant St. Louis HERBERT E. DUNCAN Grand Orator Kansas City ARCHIE L. FOX ................•............... Grand Tiler Kansas City The 128th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge will be held in St. Louis, beginning Tuesday, September 27, 1949.