GRAND LODGE Ancient, Free and Accepted
Masons 0/ the State of Missouri
Official Proceedings
One Hundred Thirty-Third Annual Communication
• SAINT LOUIS Sept. 28 and 29, A. D. 1954, A. L. 5954
• BIOGRAPHICAL
JAMES McBRAYER SELLERS
Grand Master 1953-1954
, Early in 1952, scant three years past; this biographer was complimented in being requested to prepare an abbreviated account of the life and accomplishments of James McBrayer Sellers. It developed into a brief history of one of Missouri's most notable families, judged by the high standard of moral example, unselfish service to country in war and peace, and three generations devoted to the education and training of youth. \Vithout apology, that sketch is here reproduced, with necessary changes to bring it up to the present time. Heritage of birth-ancestry of honor, integrity, culture andaccomplishment-is more to be desired than worldly wealth or popular acclaim. By this measure James McBrayer Sellers is rich beyond compare. It is well to know something of his parents in order to correctly appraise the son. Col. Sandford Sellers was born in Anderson County, Kentucky, July 24, 1854, the son of Dr. J ohn Newton and Marcia Jane (McBrayer) Sellers. One year later he was taken to Jackson County, Texas, where his father had settled. Dr. Sellers died in 1857, leaving to the widow the difficult task of rearing a family through the Civil War period and the Reconstruction days that followed. Young Sandford worked in the cotton and sugar cane fields to aid in family support and found little opportunity for schooling as a youth, but was not to be deterred in securing a well rounded and complete classical education. In 1872 he entered a private boarding school at Danville, Kentucky, where he remained two years. He then matriculated at Central University, Danville, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1877, and Master of Arts in 1880. In later years Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws. After graduation from Central University, he taught one year in the public schools of McAfee, Kentucky; one session in Waco, Texas, and in 1879-1880 was Professor of English in Austin College, Sherman, Texas. Benjamin Lewis Hobson, son of the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Lexington, Missouri, graduated from Central University, Danville, Kentucky, in 1877, in the class with Sandford Sellers.
ii
BIOGRAPHICAL
Young Hobson, then twenty years of age, soon returned to Lexington and on September 8, 1879, announced the opening of "A Select School for Boys and Young Men." During the year the school was endowed by Stephen G. Wentworth and became Wentworth Male Academy. Young Hobson remained with the school until the close of the 1880-1881 session, when he left to prepare for the ministry of the Presbyterian Church, in which he attained eminence. To his successor is due all credit for the great growth and beneficient influence of what is now 'Ventworth Military Academy. It was in 1880, at the request of Benjamin Lewis Hobson, that Sandford Sellers became Co-Principal of Wentworth Male Academy at' Lexington, Missouri, an association that continued until his death on March 11, 1938, a period of fifty-eight years. The institution has grown from a small preparatory school for boys into nationally known Wentworth Military Academy, with the highest rating awarded by the United States government to Military Schools, and of high scholastic standing among colleges and educational circles. Colonel Sellers served VVcntworth as President for fifty-two years. As Superintendent of Wentworth he was commissioned as Major and as Colonel in the Missouri National Guard. In 1882, Colonel Sellers brought to Lexington his Georgia bride, Lucia V. Rogers, "\"ho joined him in the task of building Wentworth Military Academy. Through nobility of character and devoted Christian life, through sixty-seven years of intimate association with its faculty and cadets, she endowed it with a priceless heritage-a conspicuous example of true womanly virtue and devoted motherhood. To this union were born five children, three sons and two daughters: Dr. Ovid R. Sellers, recently retired after many years as Dean of McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, and at this writing on one of his numerous journeys abroad, this being an around the world tour; Sandford Sellers, Jr., head of the Educational Department of the Fourth Army at San Antonio, Texas; Mrs. Marcia Sellers Davis, Lexington, Missouri, widow of Tilton Davis; Mrs. Pauline Sellers Richardson, now deceased; and James McBrayer Sellers, the youngest of the children. It is worthy of record to say that Col. Sandford Sellers was long deemed worthy of mention in Who's Who in America, that compendium of Americans of great accomplishments, and that each of the three sons have earned space in that same volume by reason of their individual contributions to education and the American way of life, as well as by the service each gave on the field of combat in time of war and strife. This is the heritage of "Mac" Sellers, Grand Master of Masons in Missouri. J ames McBrayer Sellers, youngest of the five children of Sandford
BIOGRAPHICAL
iii
and Lucia V. (Rogers) Sellers, was born at Lexington, Missouri, June 20, 1895, and reared in the environment of a military and educational institution, and under the watchful eyes of his parents. EDUCATION
"Mac" entered vVentworth as a student in 1907 and graduated in ] 912. In addition to winning first place in General Scholarship, he participated in all military and athletic activities, including football and basketball, exceeding in all, evidenced by these accomplishments: 1908-1909, Best Drilled Cadet; 1910-1911, Burnap Trophy for indoor rifle shooting; 1911-1912, Captain of the best drilled Company. In the fall of 1912 he entered the University of Chicago, from which he graduated in 1917 ,vith the degree of Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude; he majored in Greek and minored in Geology; while an undergraduate he was a University Marshal, and a member of Beta Theta Phi, social fraternity; in his junior year he "laS elected to Phi Beta Kappa, national honor scholastic fraternity, and to Sigma Xi, national scientific fraternity. Illness necessitated his withdrawal from the University of Chicago for one year, and he served as instructor at Wentworth a portion of that time. In 1925 he took graduate work at the University of Missouri. On December 28, 1925, James McBrayer Sellers was married to Miss Rebekah Hall Evans of Independence, Missouri. Mrs. Sellers is descended from pioneers of the City of Lexington. Her great grandfather was Stephen G. 'Ventworth, prominent citizen and banker, and the founder of 'Ventworth Military Academy. Her grandfather was Hon. Richard Field, distinguished lawyer and jurist. This writer retains a pleasant and vivid memory of the dignified Judge Field moving deliberately along Lexington streets. Her father was the late L. Fred Evans, ''lho, as a lad ,vas employed by Emery, Bird, Thayer and Company, founders of the first department store in Kansas City, and now one of the largest. During more than fifty years association with this great mercantile company, Fred Evans filled many executive places and became Vice President and Chairman of the Board. Mrs. Evans, surviving him, now resides in Kansas City. Mrs. Sellers is a graduate of Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, where, like her husband, she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary scholastic fraternity. This makes husband and wife fraternity brother and sister. Colonel "Mac" and Rebekah Sellers are the parents of three sons: Stephen vVentworth, born 1926, graduate of Washburn College, Topeka, Kansas, and of the Navigation Training School, Ellington Field, Texas; served in Japan as Second Lieutenant in the Air Corps, is now First Lieutenant and instructor in Navigation at Ellington Field. James M., Jr., born 1929, graduated from the Navy Electronics
iv
BIOGRAPHICAL
School and served in the latter part of W orld War II in the Pacific. He graduated from Yale University in 1952 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts; served as Second and First Lieutenant in Germany for two years, and is now enrolled in the Harvard Business School. Fred Evans, the third son, "Freddie" to his family and friends, born 1941, plans to emulate the scholastic and military achievements of his father and brothers. He is now a cadet at Wentworth Military Academy. MILITARY SERVICE
When the United States entered World War I, Mac Sellers volunteered and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. After training at Quantico, Virginia, he went overseas and was soon advanced to the rank of Captain, in command of the 78th Company, 6th Marines, Second Division. He participated in the battles of Chateau-Thierry and Mont Blanc, and through the MeuseArgonne offensive. For bravery in action he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, Silver Star, and the French Croix-de-guerre. Wounded in action, the marks of which he. still bears, he received the Purple Heart. It should be recorded that both of his brothers, Ovid R. and Sandford, Jr., were serving in France as volunteers at the same time. "Mac" retained his status as a reserve officer in the Marine Corps until his voluntary retirement as Lieutenant Colonel in 1944. Following the close of the war, Colonel Sellers ",ras on duty for a time with the Marine Corps in recruiting service at Spokane, Washington. In 1921 he returned to V路.,Tentworth as Assistant Commandant and instructor in Mathematics and Latin. He was Commandant from 192:3 to 1928, and in 1933 became Superintendent, the position he still occupies. In 1935 he was' made President and Director of 'Ventworth l\.filitary, Scientific and Literary Educational Company., the corporate body of vVentworth Military Academy. He is a Past President of the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States. MASONIC RECORD
Anc'ient Craft Masonry: Lexington Lodge No. 149, A. F. & A. M.: Initiated, Oct. 25, 19~0; Passed, Nov. 22, 1920; Raised, Oct. 18, 1921; Worshipful Master, 1938. Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Missouri: Grand Sword Bearer, 1943; Grand Master, 1953-1954. Missouri Lodge of Research, member. Capitular Mason-J路y: Lexington Chapter No. 10, R. A. M.: Mark and Past, Oct. 13, 1925; Most Excellent, Nov. 10, 1925; Royal Arch, Dec. 11, 1925; High Priest, 1940. Order of High Priesthood; Anointed and consecrated, April 23, 1940.
BIOGRAPHICAL,
v
Cryp#c Masonry: Shekinah Council No. 24, R. & S. M., Kansas City: All degrees, May 11, 1940. Chivalric Masonry: DeMolay Commandery No.3, K. T.: Red Cross, and Malta, Nov. 23, 1937; Order Of the Temple, Dec. 3, 1937; Commander, 1941. . Grand Commandery K. T. of Missouri: Grand 'tVarder, 1942; Grand Commander, 1951-1952. Grand Encampment K. T., U. S. A.: Committee on Drill Regulations, 1952-1955. Red Cross of Constantine: St. Chrysostom Conclave No. 36: installed a member, Nov. 1, 1941; Sovereign, 1953; Intendant General, 1954. Allied Masonic Degrees: Kilwinn,ing Council No. 18. Shrine: Ararat Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., Kansas City, 1945.
James McBrayer Sellers has made a deep and continuing contribution to FreemasonlJr, extending beyond the confines of Missouri or the nation. As Grand Commander of Knights 'l'emplar of Missouri his abilities and influence have been recognized by the Grand Encampment, the national organization of Ternplars, by enlisting his service as a member of one of its important committees. His deep interest and high regard for Royal Arch Masonry, and his proficiency in its ritual, is ,veIl known in Missouri and adjoining jurisdictioils. In 195], when the Grand Chapter of Missouri was invited to send a ritual team to Des Moines, Iowa, to confer the Royal Areh degree on a duss honoring Most Excellent Companion Earl E. Dusenbery, General Grand. High Priest, with all Iowa Chapters participating, and with many jurisdictions represented, including a delegation from the Philippines, to Col. Sellers was delegated the duty of acting as High Priest and conferring the degree. Again in June, 1954, when the Grand Chapter of Missouri was invited to exemplify the ROYill Arch degree before the Grand Chapter of Manitoba at \Vinnipeg, the duty of acting as High Priest was again assigned to Col. Sellers. The Grand Imperial Council, Red Cross of Constantine, met in annual assembly at .Jefferson City in 1953 as guests of the Missouri Conclave of which Col. Sellers was then the Sovereign. His grace and dignity endeared him to distinguished Freemasons from all eorners of the United States, Canada and Mexico. lIe is now Intendant General for the Division of Missouri. As Grand Master of Masons in Missouri, he has been an inspiration to his brethren to strive for better things. Especially is he devoted to the continual improvement of the Masonic Home, the one great organized charity of the Grand Lodge. Under his wise leadership a movement is now well under way to create needed additional facilities for the care of the needy. Much credit is due Col. Sellers for the establishment of a Grand Lodge publication for the enlightenment of the membership. The influence
vi
BIOGRAPHICAI~
and abilities of Col. Sellers is by no means confined to the limits of his state. In February of this year, he delivered the principal address before the annual meeting of Grand Masters in Washington, D. C., with representatives from all States and many foreign countries. It has been a privilege and an inspiration to have known the Sellers family as friends, and to have fraternized with the distinguished father and his three sons as members of the same Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. Although their lives have been devoted to education, and ,vithin ' . . alls of institutions dedicated to scholarship, they are citizens and neighbors in the highest sense of those terms, actively interested in the affairs of the community and the welfare of its people. Many years ago, before the day of the "Community Chest," the writer accompanied Colonel Sandford Sellers in a solicitation of funds for the relief of the needy of the town. That is but an illustration of the attitude of the entire family toward the every day problems of life. Members of the First Presbyterian Church at Lexington, they have for three generations been active and constant in devotion to its progress and in advancing the cause of Christianity generally. Mac is an Elder in that Church, as was his father before him. His wife says of him: "Mac has the disposition of an angel. He is completely and utterly without guile, and I have never known him to succumb to the temptation to 'throw his weight around.' " Honor and integrity are characteristic traits of the entire family. Deliberate in all things, even tempered, mild of speech and slow to anger, their conclusions are most often correct. All this applies especially to the subject of this sketch. In addition, Mac plays an excell~nt game of tennis, or did until the Doctor told him to quit; still plays a fair game of golf, and plays the piano charmingly by ear. He loves to sing and has a good bass voice in a quartet. Both Mac and his wife are lovers of good music, and Mac is serving at present as a director of the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra, and is toastmaster for the Philharmonic Board. A mutual friends says, "Mac has been called lazy, but he is not. He is simply a relaxed person who never gets mad, regardless of the provocation." This writer has never known Mac to "gripe" but once, and then because he was thoroughly disgusted with himself. The diminutive "Stubby" Day, Wentworth Band Director, who had never engaged in athletics, had bested him on the golf links. James McBrayer Sellers, most likable and congenial friend and companion, upright and dependable always, has established himself as one of the great leaders in education, in patriotism, in citizenship, and in Freemasonry. Long in demand as a speaker on all public and Masonic occasions, he is widely known in Missouri and over the nation. Long may he live! G. C. MARQUIS
GRAND LODGE Ancient, Free and Accepted
Masons of the State of Missouri
• Official Proceedings One Hundred Thirty-Third Annual Communication
• Sept. 28 and 29, A. D. 1954, A. L. 5954
OFFICERS
Grand Lodge of Missouri 1954-1955
ORESTES MITCHELL, JR M. W. Grand Master 717 Corby Building, St. Joseph WILLIAM J. CRAIG R. W. Deputy Grand Master 1035 S. Pickwick, Springfield HAROLD M. JAyNE R. W. Senior Grand Warden Memphis FRANK P. BRIGGS R. W. Junior Grand Warden Macon JAMES M. DEWITT R. W. Grand TreO!8Urer Kirksville HAROLD L. READER R. W. Grand Secretary 3681 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis 8 FREELON K. HADLEY R. W. Grand Lecturer 2005 Penn Street, St. Joseph ROBERT L. ARONSON R. W. Senior Grand Deacon Civil Courts Bldg., St. Louis 1 HAROLD O. GRAUEL R. W. Junior Grand Deacon State College, Cape Girardeau BRUCE H. HUNT R. W. Senior Grand Steward Box No. 721, Kirksville ROBERT H.' MANN R. W. Junior Grand Steward 101 W. 11th Street, Kansas City JOHN A. WITTHAUS R. W. Senior Grand Marshal Court House, Clayton J. RENICK JONES R. W. Junior Grand Marshal 724 N. Main Street, Independence R. JASPER SMITH R. W. Grand Sword Bearer 1005 Woodruff Bldg., Springfield MARTIN B. DICKINSON R. W. Grand Pursuivant 1002 Walnut Street, Kansas City EMMETT L. ROBISON R. W. Grand Chaplain St. Francis Hotel, St. Joseph SAMUEL THURMAN R. W. Grand Chaplain 225 S. Skinker Ave., St. Louis 5 HERBERT E. DUNCAN , R. W. Grand Chaplain 5825 Central Ave., Kansas City IRA T. GRAGG R.. W. Grand Chaplain 4015 Fair Ave., St. Louis ARNO FRANKE R. W. Grand Chaplain . Cape Girardeau H. ROE BARTLE R. W. Gra,nd Orator 1023 Grand Ave., Kansas City ALBERT H. NORTON R. W. Grarnil Tiler 801 Court, St. Joseph ' The 134th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge will be held in St. Louis, beginning Tuesday, September 27, 1955.
ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
The One Hundred Thirty-Third Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri convened at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, 3637 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, at 9 :00 a. m., on Tuesday, September 28, 1954. PRESENT James McBrayer Sellers, M. W. Grand Master Orestes Mitchell, Jr., R. W. Deputy Grand Master William J. Craig, R. W. Senior Grand Warden Harold M. Jayne, R. W. Junior Grand Warden James M. DeWitt, R. W. Grand Treasurer Harold L. Reader, R. W. Grand Secretary Freelon K. Hadley, R. W. Grand Lecturer Emmett L. Robison, W. Grand Chaplain Samuel Thurman, W. Grand Chaplain Frank P. Briggs, Grand Senior Deacon Robert L. Aronson, Grand Junior Deacon Harold O. Grauel, Grand Senior Steward Bruce H. Hunt, Grand Junior Steward Robert H. Mann, Grand Marshal John A. Witthaus, Grand Marshal J. Renick Jones, Grand Sword Bearer R. Jasper Smith, Grand Pursuivant Frederick J. Marston, Grand Orator John F. Baber, Grand Tiler
At 9 :00 a. m. Most Worshipful Grand Master James McBrayer Sellers 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. The brethren united in singing one verse of "America," after which Grand Chaplain Robison offered the invocation. CREDENTIALS OOMMITTEE-INTERIM BEPORT
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge,.A. F. and.A. M. of MÂŁssouri: Your Committee on Credentials begs to report a constitutional number of subordinate lodges are represented. From H. KNIGHT, Ohairman.
4
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
MESSAGES
Messages of greeting were received from Past Grand Master Chiles, R. W. Harry B. DePriest, P.D.D.G.M., Imperial Potentate Frank S. Land, Secretary Carl H. Claudy, Worthy Grand Matron O. E. S. Mrs. Fern Braig, 'Vqrthy Grand Patron O. E. S. Edward V. Long, P. M. Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Dr. Arthur F. Schopper. APFROVAL OF 1953 FROOEEDINGS
On motion, duly made, seconded and carried, the published 1953 Proceedings were approved. INTRODUCTIONS-DEFUTIES AND LEOTURERS
R. W. Brother John Witthaus introduced the District Deputy Grand Masters and the District Lecturers present. INTRODUOTIONS-FAST GRAND MASTERS
R. W. Brother Robert Mann introduced the Past Grand Masters present. DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
R. 'V. Brother Bruce Hunt introduced the following distinguished guests: J. A. Hearn, Grand Master of Canada E. G. Dixon, Grand Secretary of Canada Richard C. Davenport, P.G.M., Grand Secretary of Illinois Paul R. Stephens, Junior Grand Warden of Illinois Floyd S. Ecord, Grand Master of Kansas Charles F. Adams, Grand Master of Nebraska Bruce Newton, P.G.M., of Kansas W. F. Earhart, Grand Master of Iowa Earl B. Delzell, Grand Secretary of Iowa Steven L. Miller, Senior Grand Warden of Indiana S. Neal Johnson, Grand Master of Oklahoma J. Fred Latham, Grand Secretary of Oklahoma Edward L. Pine, Grand Steward of Nevada William C. Gordon, Grand Master Grand Encamp. K. T. Walter J. Eddlemon, Grand Commander K. T. of Missouri Wm. B. Massey, S.G.I.G., Scottish Rite in Missouri Marvin E. Boisseau, Grand High Priest, Grand Chapter, R.A.M. in Missouri Francis J. Bullivant, Grand Master Grand Council R.S.M. in Missouri Louis F. Heger, Dept. Com. Grand Encampment, K. T. W. H. Cramblet, M. Worthy Grand Patron of the General Grand Chapter,O.E.S. GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. F. <t A. M. of Missouri: BRETHREN: For the 133d time this meeting is convened. We are here as representatives of all the Masons in Missouri for our annual Communication. I sincerely hope that this will prove to be a memorable occasion in the history of our great Order because we have many important matters to discuss and, I hope, to decide. There
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
5
are several purposes for which we annually meet. It is a time when old friends can meet and enjoy exchanging reminiscences, ideas, renew our fraternal relations with each other. Our gatherings are always most enjoyable affairs, but we must remember that our primary purpose is to carry forward the great ideals and to transact the actual business affairs of our organization. You here assembled are the leaders in Missouri Freemasonry. It is your duty to return to your respective Lodges and make report to your brethren on what has transpired at our gathering. I hope that everyone of you will bear this in mind and pay close attention to our proposals and to the actions which will be taken at this Grand Communication. I shall, therefore, endeavor to make my report to you in as路 practical a way as possible, pinpointing those things which. have appeared to me in my year as Grand Master to be of importance. LODGE MEETINGS In my travels over the State when I have had the pleasure of talking with our active leaders, in nearly every instance there is the same refrain, "We need greater attendance at our meetings." In this connection we must all realize that with almost unbelievable rapidity times have changed. Whereas in periods which we all can remember, Masonry provided one of the main socia~ activities which were available to us, now there are many distractions. We now enjoy an ease of transportation which can take us to interesting events many miles distant from our homes; the radio and television provide immediate entertainment with regularly scheduled programs which we have been accustomed to tune in, thus making the best of national entertainment available right in our living rooms. These distractions, that constantly operate to pull us away from the traditional gatherings in our Lodge hall, pose a challenge to us who have accepted the responsibility of leadership in our Order. It is of paramount importance that our meetings, in order to compete with other activities, be thoughtfully and imaginatively organized so that they are interesting and so that they start promptly and close the same way. I have attended many meetings in our State during the past year and have found that there is a great variety in the manner in which they have been arranged. Where thoughtful, careful management has been in evidence these meetings have been inspiring and' interesting, so that the brethren have left with a feeling that they want to return for similar meetings. I shall try to be as specific as possible in recommending to you, who will have the responsibility for the coming year of carrying on our work, methods which apply to almost any kind of meeting. If the 'main purpose in a meeting is to confer Degrees, let me suggest that, befo:r:.e the candidate is received, the officer in charge should ask the cooperation of the brethren in attendance, first, to maintain absolute quiet while the officers are performing their duty.
6
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
Whispering, moving about, unnecessary prompting, and any other action which is distracting, will detract from the solemnity and attractiveness of the Degree. It should almost become routine that the officers should call attention to these facts beforehand. Remember that the conferring of a Degree is a most unusual and actually a theatrical performance in which the audience is just one individual, the actors are those who occupy the chairs, as well as those who are on the sidelines. The original impression made on a candidate is of tremendous importance in determining whether he will thereafter be a good Free Mason or simply a wearer of the emblem. There is another phase of our work to which I should particularly like to call the attention of the District Lecturers, as well as the officers in their respective lodges. Nothing detracts from any gathering 째more than speakers who cannot be heard and understood. In your many activities when you rehearse for the Degrees, let me emphasize the importance of teaching the officers to enunciate clearly and to throw their voices so that they feel that they are speaking to the men in the farthest corners. There are a few basic principles of elocution which apply here. See that your officers stand erect, speak slowly and from the diaphragm rather than just from the throat. Before you start rehearsing remind all of the officers in the chairs of the importance of simply being heard. You District Lecturers emphasize these principles. There is no need to shout as I have heard some officers do under the mistaken idea that mere sound adds to the effectiveness of their delivery. Particularly does this frequently happen in the second section of our Third Degree, the most impressive ritual in the world. After a Degree is conferred, the meeting should draw to a close as quickly as possible. The officer in charge can avoid hurting the feelings of the older members of the fraternity in attendance by stating that he does not plan to call on any of them for a "word." If some are to be designated to speak afterwards, they should be so informed beforehand. The matter of levity at a Lodge meeting has been mentioned and condemned by practically everyone of my predecessors in this office. I cannot too strongly emphasize that a word of admonition ((ahead of time)) should be given. In gatherings in which ritual has no part, such as at banquets followed by talks from selected speakers, the brethren who have charge of arrangements should aim carefully at a definite time for opening and closing and at making provisions so that there will be no distractions during the time that the main speaker has at his disposal. In many of our Lodges, the kitchen may be adjacent to the meeting hall. If the talks are to be given where the dinner is served, see to it beforehand that there is not the clatter 째of dishes and the general hubbub of cleaning up which can so easily ruin a fine talk. A recess can frequently take care of such unfortunate happenings.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
7
There nearly always is some main speaker at such events. His address should come last and the closing should follow immediately so as to leave a lasting impression in everyone's mind rather than to have the meeting trail off into boredom as so frequently happens when brethren who are unprepared are called on interminably after the principal talk has been given. These have been homely~ practical suggestions that may seem improper for me to include in my formal address to you. But I have made them deliberately because I believe they are of paramount importance in building up attendance at our gatherings and in providing the inspiration that men seek when they enter our. Order. I firmly believe that if they are conscientiously and carefully carried out, they will impress our young men who in years to come will carryon after we are gone. I hope that I have impressed you with this very commonplace advice and that you will follow my suggestions and in turn pass them on to your successors in office. MASONIC MEMBERSHIP I may be somewhat heretical in my next remarks. Numbers are important, but sheer size in any organization may be more of a handicap than an advantage. Just a few nights ago I sat at lunch with a very intelligent man who was not a Free Mason, although a member of one or two other fraternities. Preceding the lunch it had been my privilege to' lay a cornerstone which, with the assistance of several of my other Grand Lodge Line Officers, I believe was done with considerable dignity. My lunch partner mentioned that he had for some time wanted to become a Free Mason but his very busy schedule had caused him to neglect petitioning a lodge. He remarked that he felt Masons were very careful in selecting men of good character and reputation. His impression is one that has, I believe, . been built up not only in the United States but all over the world and is one we should be ever careful to guard and maintain. It is difficult in our far-flung organization to maintain exactly the same standards in every community, but we should ever strive toward the principle of scrutinizing our petitioners most carefully. There is a very real responsibility placed in the hands' of our investigating committees and for that reason men of 'probity and judgment should be carefully selected路 by the Master to serve when any petition is presented. This injunction is particularly important it). our larger city lodges where personal contacts of necessity cannot be as close as in smaller communities where men are well acquainted with each other. The investigating committee. should be painstaking in its effort to delve into the background of every petitioner and even to look into his family life and find out the attitude of the man's wife and of other members of his family. Now taking a position which may at first glance appear entirely opposite in its implications to the路 one I have just mentioned, there
8
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
is hardly any situation that can be more disturbing to a lodge than a series of rejections that are biased by personal antagonisms or by the setting up of standards which only a saint could meet. I have known of lodges which have been practically broken up by such situations. If an investigating committee composed of responsible men has carefully done its duty and unanimously recommended a petitioner, I can see no excuse for rejection unless a definite defect in the character of the applicant is discovered and reported. It is apparently impossible to prevent word getting out when some fine applicant is turned down by the Masonic Lodge. This news travels far and frequently results in the hesitance of good and true men to petition for our Degrees for fear that they too would be rejected. So let us try to maintain the balance which will prevent Freemasonry from being known as a catch-all which accepts any and all applicants on the one hand, and from being known as an organization of blue stockings in which the ordinary man who, although of good character may have some slight human failing, can never路 hope to enter. THE MASONIC HOME Four years ago when our Grand Lodge completely altered the Masonic Home Board, I was personally somewhat critical in that I did not believe the four top Grand Lodge officers should automatically be named as members, with the Grand Master as president. After serving for four years now, I. have changed my mind. It so happened that we were fortunate in having unusually able men in the three top positions in our Grand Lodge Line at that time. Most vVorshipful Brother Ray Bond, with his innate humanitarianism and outstanding tact, gave such a leadership as I believe could be matched by no other Mason in our State. He,路 with his completely disarming frankness and ability to meet every situation head-on and fearlessly, dispelled the misgivings that many apparently had acquired regarding the management of our Home. In passing, I might say that those doubts were entirely unjustified. 'Vith great business acumen he recommended changes in the handling of our funds which were wise and practical. Following Brother Bond, M. W. Homer Ferguson, with an awareness of the value of public relations, spearheaded a move to disseminate information to the craft which resulted in widely spreading information regarding our Home. Every Mason in the State who has any curiosity or interest regarding the operations of our Home has since Brother Ferguson's term been able to acquire full knowledge. Next on the list, M. W. Brother Richard Rumer carried forward the work of .the Home with his enthusiasm and bounding energy. Under him the Home was able to dispose of real estate holdings, which had come to the Home as endowments, in a most profitable
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
9
manner. He further organized the committee system under which our Home Board now operates most efficiently. The numberless hours he spent in untangling legal matters put us in debt to him. His was a task of love and duty. Another advantage that has accrued from the reorganization of our Home Board has been the building up of a team work among top four officers of our Grand Lodge Line which prior to the reorganization was unfortunately lacking. 'Vhen an officer now comes to the position of Grand M3ster, he has a much more comprehensive knowledge of the working of our Grand Lodge over the State and is, therefore, much better prepared to assume his duties. However, I think one change can with profit be made without losing the benefits that I have mentioned. There are calls without number on the time of the Grand Master. Add to these the duties of being President of the Home Board and we find a situation in which he has to restrict his activities in one capacity or the other. I路 shall recommend that the Deputy Grand Master be named as President of the Board; that the Grand Master be relieved of that duty; and that the Grand Senior Deacon be added in the place of the Grand Master. The Grand Master in this way will be able to give more time to his visitations and not have the tremendous responsibility of directing the affairs of the Home Board. A greater responsibilty will be placed on the Deputy Grand Master in this way. But he ordinarily has more time at his disposal. In two of the letters which I have sent to all lodges, I mentioned briefly in the first the need for a building program. In the second letter I furnished more details and I hope that everyone of you has become acquainted with the very real problem which we face in supplying proper physical facilities for the guests of our Home. As briefly as I may I should like to explain the need, even at the risk of repeating details with which you are already familiar. The population of our Home, though month by month the figures change slightly, is roughly 175 women, 60 men and 25 to 30 children. At one time, as you know, when we had well over a hundred children in the Home, it appeared that we should need more adequate housing for them. Apparently the social laws enacted by our Government have changed the picture permanently. During the four years in which I have attended our Board meetings, I do not believe we have re~ jected the application of any child who even remotely met the requirements for admission. Yet the numbers have dwindled. The administration building in which these children are presently housed is entirely adequate and no additional space is needed for them. The very beautiful women's building serves its purpose very well indeed; the rooms are attractive and almost luxuriously furnished; the atmosphere of the building is wholesome and pleasing in every way. But our women guests have now overflowed the structure that
10
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
.1954
we thought would serve for all time. The newly admitted women guests must now be housed on the third floor of the men's building in which there is no elevator. The men's building, once considered adequate, no longer meets the requirements of modern comfortable living. The rooms are entirely too small and no matter what furniture is installed, they are still unattractive. Furthermore, since the building is quite old, the maintenance is considerable and in the future will probably always be, if it should be retained as part of our installation. Very much the same statements can be made regarding our hospital. The improvements in medical attention available in the United States have caused a very considerable rise in the life expectancy of our people. Consequently, the age of those admitted to the Home has become quite advanced and approximately 40% of the incoming guests during the past year have been bed patients. In several instances our admissions committee has rejected the application of otherwise eligible people because of our conviction that they would be unhappy in the rather dismal surroundings that they would of necessity occupy should they be admitted. In view of the above facts, your Board is unanimously of. the opinion that there is a crying need of the building program which we have attempted to publicize in advance of this Grand Lodge Communication. A resolution will be presented at the proper路 time at this meeting and I sincerely hope that the action we take will be favorable. I hope everyone of you will exami'ne the plastic model of our proposed building. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM At every Grand Lodge session for a number of years, proposals have been suggested for the establishment of an educational program. This year I appointed a special committee of R. W. John A. Witthaus and M. W. Homer L. Ferguson, two men who have long been enthusiastic proponents of a Grand Lodge publication. I wish to commend these two men for their energetic and efficient work and in due time they will present to you a resolution that will be prac'ticable and will lead to the permanent establishment of such a publication. I hope that you will take favorable action after they have submitted their proposal. THE SHRINE TRESTLE BOARD Very recently I have received a copy of the Trestle Board issued by Imperial Potentate Noble Frank S. Land, mention of which I should like to make now. He has very wisely started a movement in the Shrine to bring closer relations between the Order of which he is head and Ancient Craft Masonry. I feel that if his ideas bear fruit, much good will accrue to both bodies路 and I urge all of you who wear the fez to give your Wholehearted backing to his worth-
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
11
I
while effort. We are first of all Masons and should ever bear that fact in mind. GRAND TREASURER During my term of office on December 14, 1953, I received the resignation of a man who has most efficiently and unselfishly given many years of his life to the Grand Lodge of Missouri. I refer to R. W. Edmund E. Morris, who for 29 years served as Grand Treasurer. One of the most inspiring meetings that I attended during the year was the one given by his own Lodge honoring Brother Morris. I want to add my personal and official tribute to the many that were paid to him on that occasion. He has been the type of man who has brought much honor to Freemasonry. His resignation presented a difficult problem to me as Grand Master. I feel that I was most fortunate and was able to render a distinct service to the Grand Lodge by securing a replacement for Brother Morris. I refer to R. W. James M. DeWitt. R. W. Brothel: DeWitt has had years of experience as a member of one of our most important committees, that of Ways and, Means. He has long been thoroughly conversant with the financial problems always facing us and his very wise counsel, his integrity, and his excellent business judgment equip him to serve in the very important position to which I had the opportunity of appointing him. During the months he has occupied the position, his services have been outstanding. BEQUEST FROM DOWNS ESTATE In January of this year our Grand Lodge received a bequest of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) from the estate of William Downs, formerly a member of our Craft Lodge No. 287, "for the purpose of aiding and educating children of Worthy Master Masons." I ordered that this bequest be paid to our Masonic Home. NECROLOGY The Grand Lodge official family again this year has suffered a loss in the passing of two of its loyal members. M. W. Brother Arch A. Johnson, who served as Grand Master in the year 1911-12, passed away at his home in Springfield, Missouri, on January 20, 1954. His death, while not unexpected at the advanced age which he had reached, came as a shock to his many friends and admirers. He was laid to rest in Springfield with full Masonic rites under the direction of R. W. Brother William A. Craig, our Senior Grand Warden. M. VV'. Brother Johnson had been honored with all of the distinctions that could be. showered on him by his Masonic brethren and he will always be remembered by those who knew him as an outstanding citizen and Freemason. R. W. Brother Percy M. Best, District Deputy Grand Master of the 11th District, passed away very suddenly from a heart attack at his home in Liberty, Missouri. His death came as a 'distinct snr-
12
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
prise and shock to those of us who had known and worked with him. He was an ardent worker for the Craft and we who knew him had counted on having his influence felt in his district for many years to come. He was a Past Master of Liberty Lodge No. 31. Two thousand one hundred and fifty-five brethren this year have passed to the Grand Lodge Above. The committee on Necrology will in due time pay tribute to the memory of these brethren. DECISIONS I have rendered official decisions as follows: DECISION
I
SEC. 198. The Grand Master and Grand Secretary cannot execute a deed of conveyance with respect to any interest of the Grand Lodge in any real estate until the Grand Lodge has authorized the execution of such deed. DECISION II SEC. 206. In reply to inquiry from Secretary of Mizpah Lodge No. 639, regarding路the request for the list of the lodge membership to be used by the Divan of Moolah Temple, in connection with the Shriners' Circus, it is my decision such a list should not be furnished. The purpose of the request,. while most commendable and worthwhile, would, in my opinion, violate Act XX, Sec. 206 of Grand Lodge By-laws. DISPENSATIONS I ordered dispensations issued this year as per list in the Report of the Grand Secretary. LINN CREEK LODGE NO. 152 A most notable example of Freemasonry in action occurred in Camdenton, Missouri, when on December 17, 1953, W. Brother Harry Cooper, who had been elected as Worshipful Master of his Lodge, passed away very suddenly, leaving a widow and six children. The situation of his bereft family was rather desperate. Almost immediately the members of his Lodge came to the rescue by donating both money and labor. They started the erection of a home for the family but being members of a small lodge without great financial resources, they asked the Relief and Charities Committee of the Grand Lodge for assistance. It so happened that the regulations governing the activities of this committee made it impossible for assistance to be granted. I mentioned the circumstances in my communication to all lodges, with the suggestion that donations voluntarily raised should be sent to the Secretary of the Linn Creek Lodge No. 152. In response to this very brief message, lodges and individual brethren all over the State contributed; and I am most happy to report that, as you will see from an illustration in the
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
13
Proceedings, a comfortable home was completed and adequately furnished for Mrs. Nettie Cooper and her six children. In passing, I might mention that the only non-Masonic publicity given this action was in the local Camdenton paper, which mentioned that a "group of friends" had banded together to help the
Home presented by Linn Creek Lodge No. 152 to the family of Wor. Master el60t Harry Cooper, who passed away before his installation.
bereaved family. This is the kind of good work that I believe Masonry should let the world know of! We do not wish to parade our virtues but I think that in this instance we are somewhat "hiding our light under a bushel" altogether too modestly. I am sure that you will all join me in extending a tribute to the members of Linn Creek L~dge for their fine and unselfish actions. GRAND MASTERS' CONFERENCE The Annual Conference of Grand Masters of Masons in North America was held at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D. C. on February 23-24. Missouri was well represented at this gathering with the following in attendance: M. W. Brothers Bert S. Lee, long a member of the George Washington Memorial Committee; M. W. Ray V. Denslow; R. W. Bruce H. Hunt; R. W. Freelon K. Hadley; W. Edwin Knudsen; W. William Denslow; and of course, M. W. Harold L. Reader; and myself. I was privileged to be called upon to give the first paper presented before the Conference of Grand Masters, a copy of which was printed in the proceedings published following the meeting. I felt that the opportunity given me to appear before such a distinguished group was a distinct tribute to the Missouri Grand Lodge and I did my best to uphold the reputation which Missourians have long built up in Masonic circles all over the country. The subject of my address was "Freemasonry in the Modern World," and I wish
14
PROC;EEDINGS OF THE
1954
to acknowledge my indebtedness to M. W. Brother Ray V. Denslow, whose writings furnished me with most of the contents of my address. In representing our Grand Lodge, I had the privilege of presenting Missouri's check in the sum of $5,000 at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association Meeting. At the Grand Masters' Conference there were present not only all of the Grand Masters of the 49 Grand jurisdictions in the United States, but, likewise, representatives from Argentina, Cuba, The Philippines, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, Germany, and a number from Canada. Many of these brethren from jurisdictions abroad were called upon to give the story of Masonry in their respective countries and I wish I might have the time to tell you of the difficulty under which Masonry is carried on in many parts of the world. I was privileged during the <:ourse of the meeting to be the guest at a breakfast given by M. W. Brother Ray V. Denslow, at which were present a number of the brethren from countries outside of our national boundaries. Such contacts are always most stimulating in that they bring an awareness of the far-flung ties that we have all over the world. . A most delightful banquet for all of the brethren and their ladies was held in the Presidential Room of the Statler Hotel, the only event to which our ladies were invited. The speaker for that occasion was the Honorable John W. Bricker, U. S. Senator from Ohio and a member of the Craft. His address was perhaps the high light of our two-day session. On the following evening, February 24, I was the guest of M. W. Brother Harold L. Reader, our own Grand Secretary, at a banquet given by the Grand Secretaries Association. I might say in passing that this particular group consists of the men who are responsible for the continuity of this most important session, perhaps the only instance in which Freemasonry in our entire country joins hands as one unit. Each of our Grand Jurisdictions is entirely autonomous, but at least once a year at our Grand Masters' Conference the heads of each body get together, discuss their problems, and cooperate in the furtherance of the ideals of our Craft. THE GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION Concurrently with the Grand Masters' Conference, the George V\T ashington Masonic National Memorial Association annually meets.
It was my privilege to visit the National Memorial, a most imposing building standing on the summit of Shooters Hill, commanding a view in all directions of the beautiful Virginia landscape. Annually Missouri has paid its share both in the building and in the continued efforts to complete the furnishing of thIS tremendous structure. I took pride in the fact that again we made our donation, which was more than our fair share in the total contribution.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
15
As I ,have briefly mentioned, M. W. Brother Bert S. Lee has long been a prominent member of the committee. The Masonic Service Association, likewise, has a meeting following the Conference of Grand Masters, and again Missouri was recognized in that M. W. Brother Ray V. Denslow was called upon to give a brief resume of Masonic conditions all over the world. With his vast knowledge and voluminous correspondence with Masons in faraway places, he was able to give a birdseye view of Masonry to those who were fortunate in attending the M.S.A. meeting. VISITATIONS TO OTHER JURISDIQTIONS .
On October 12, it was my pleasure to accept the invitation of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, meeting in its annual communication. Illinois always plays host to perhaps the largest number of visitors that are in attendance at any Grand Lodge session. Doctor and .Mrs. Reader accompanied me and my wife to Chicago, where we were sumptuously entertained at the Morrison Hotel. \Ve had the privilege of being guests and of being introduced at the annual banquet preceding the opening of the Grand Lodge Communication which we attended on the following day. Grand路 Lodge officers from as far away as Louisiana and both the East and West Coasts were in attendance, and the opportunity of meeting and fraternizing with such distinguished Masons was one which I shall long remember. When one has the opportunity of enjoying the hospitality of the Illinois Grand Lodge, it is easy to see why so many annually make a point of coming. ' The only other visitation it was my privilege to make was to the Grand Lodge of Kansas, meeting in Topeka. The Past Grand Masters' Association of Kansas holds a delightful banquet preceding the opening of'the Grand Lodge session, and I was most cordially received and welcomed at this' meeting of perhaps the most distinguished Masons of the State of Kansas. M. W. Brother Harry F. Sunderland, who some years ago was made an honorary member of the Past Grand Masters' Association of Kansas, was, likewise, a guest at this banquet. On the following morning after the Grand Lodge was opened, I was introduced and called on for a word of greeting from Missouri Masons to their brethren in our neighboring state of Kansas. I remained to listen to the most efficient handling of the business to be transacted by the Grand Lodge of our neighbors and I wish to express my appreciation for the warm hospitality that was extended to me. Missouri was represented at other Grand Lodge Communications as follows: M. W. Brother James W. Skelly attended the Grand Lodge Communication of Kentucky. n. W. Brother Orestes Mitchell, Jr., our Deputy Grand Master,
16
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
was my personal representative at the Grand Lodges both of Iowa and Nebraska. M. W. Brother Harold Reader and Mrs. Reader, on invitation, attended the Grand Lodge session of South Carolina, the first time that Missouri has been invited to this particular Grand Lodge. All of these brethren report that they were most hospitably and fraternally received and recognized. VISITATIONS October 14-It was my pleasure to accept an invitation extended to me by the Order of the Eastern Star to be received and to address their annual meeting at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis. I tried to express the deep appreciation of our Grand Lodge for the fine cooperation we have always enjoyed from the members of the Eastern Star. I particularly thanked the assembly for the generous and varied gifts, which for many years the members of the Star have made to our Masonic Home. October 15-1 was the invited guest and speaker at the Homecoming of Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 at Kansas City, Missouri. This is a traditional meeting which I had been privileged to attend on previous occasions. So I had the opportunity of renewing the ties of friendship with the many brethren of Ivanhoe whom I have known for a number of years. October 20-011e of the high lights of my year as Grand Master was the Homecoming in my own Lexip.gton Lodge No. 149. Following the banquet presided over by W. Brother James P. Hall, at which a number of undeserved tributes were paid to me by distinguished brethren in . attendance, we repaired to our Lodge Hall where I expressed my thanks to the members of my own IJodge. I suspect that, as is the case with all Grand Masters, coming home and being honored by those brethren with whom we have worked over the years brings unsurpassed joy. October 23-1 was invited to attend and address the brethren on a most unusual occasion when at Hebron Lodge No. 354 in Mexico, Missouri, four blood brothers were raised on the same afternoon and evening. Because of the unusual nature of this event, a large number of brethren were in attendance; and during a recess between the Degrees, we enjoyed a splendid banquet. The entire day's proceedings were very well organized. October 29-1 was invited to address a traditional anniversary meeting of Trenton Lodge No. 111. Annually at this meeting practically every Past Master of this very active and efficient Lodge is in attendance. November 2-At Jefferson City a meeting of the District Deputy Grand Masters was called. It was my privilege to preside at this meet路 ing. This is one of the most important gatherings held during the year and I was gratified to meet and discuss our problems with this loyal group of men who constitute the backbone of Freemasonry in our State. November 7-At the invitation of District Deputy Grand Master Earl Deardorff and the school board of Hale, Missouri, I laid the cornerstone of the new high school building in that community. November ll-Again I had a similar meeting under the auspices of Osage Lodge No. 303, Nevada, Missouri, when I had two pleasant duties to perform. I first installed R. W. Pliney H. Elliott, whom I had appointed as one of our Grand Chaplains. Following the opening of the specific Communication of the Grand Lodge, I presided at the laying of a cornerstone of the Bryan School. November 12-1 took part in a meeting to celebrate the 80th anni-
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MtSSOUR1
17
versary of Concordia Lodge No. 464. This is a small lodge but the carefully arranged program would have done credit to any big city organization. Preceded by a delicious dinner, an open meeting was held, at which there were varying entertainment and well organized talks. November 14-1 attended the annual business meeting of St. Chrysostom Conclave of the Red Cross of Constantine. November 28-0ne of the outstanding meetings of my year was at Sikeston when 1 had the privilege of laying the cornerstone of their beautiful new temple. The erection of this temple will mark a milestone in the progress of Freemasonry in Southeast Missouri. In the evening a banquet in honor of District Lecturer L. Marshall Hollenbeck ended a splendid Masonic day. December 4-1 was invited to pay tribute to the flag at the installation of the officers of the Eastern Star Chapter of Lexington. December 8-1 attended and gave a talk at a traditional dinner given by DeMolay Commandery No. 23 in my home at Lexington. December 11-1 presided at the first Grand Lodge Officers' meeting,in St. Louis. December 18-1 attended another traditional Homecoming of Solomon Lodge No. 271 in Springfield, and was called on to address the gathering. A large number of distinguished Masons were present. January 6-Friendship Lodge No. 89, Chillicothe, Missouri, held its annual dinner and installation of officers, after which I was invited to address the brethren in attendance. January 11-0ne of the high lights of my year was as guest of Cosmos Lodge No. 282. Twenty-four guests, including seven Past Grand Masters, were present at a magnificent banquet given by Brother Barney Schucart, a member of Cosmos but now residing in Lexington. 1 should like to pay tribute also to Brother Max Wittman, who spent hours arranging both for the banquet and my official reception at the Lodge Hall following the banquet. January 13-1 attended a dinner given at the Hall of Twilight Lodge No. 114 of Columbia, Missouri, by the Boone County Masonic Association, at which I was called upon to deliver a talk. January 21-1 attended a business meeting in the Hall of Lexington Lodge No. 149 of the 23d District. The meeting was presided over by R. E. James P. Hall, D.D.G.M. January 27-1 attended a most unusual meeting given by the Masters and Wardens Club of Kansas City, held at Hall of Gate City Lodge No. 522. Following the dinner, I presented a fifty year medal to Brother Winfield B. Wheaton, whose membership is in New York. M. W. Harold Reader gave one of his usual fine addresses. A Past ,Master of Brother Wheaton's Lodge in New York :flew to Kansas City for the meeting. February 11-1 stopped for a moment at Mt. Washington Lodge No. 614 to watch R. W. Brother Freelon K. Hadley hold a lodge of instruction. February 14-At a DeMolay Installation in Higginsville, I addressed a group of very fine young men and their parents. February 17-A Shrine meeting in Kansas City was held to receive the Grand Imperial Potentate. March 19-California Lodge No. 183 dedicated its new Temple. March 24-A band concert and reception was held at Moolah Temple in St. Louis. April 4-Avery remarkable testimonial dinner, non-Masonic, was . held honoring Rabbi Samuel Thurman. I was asked to represent the Grand Lodge at this most unusual meeting. Our Grand Secretary M. W. Doctor Reader spoke as the representative of the Protestant ministers
18
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
of St. Louis and M. W. Brother Harry S. Truman gave the principal address. April 5-MacDonald Lodge No. 324, Independence, featured a M. M. Degree by W. Brother Elvin K. Luff on his son. He had previously conferred this Degree on his brother, father, and brother-in-law. April 8-Point Pleasant Lodge No. 176 held a meeting for Masons in the Boot-heel section of our State, preceded by a small, informal dinner at Portageville. April 9-Herculaneum Lodge No. 338 held a 40th District meeting. April 9-Richmond Lodge No. 57 entertained at dinner and evening meeting. April 27-Grand Chapter meeting in St. Louis. April 30-Ninth District meeting in the Hall of Brotherho'od Lodge No. 269. May I-Senior Wardens' night at Mt. Moriah No. 40 in St. Louis. Three 50 year buttons were presented to George A. Brooks, F. E. Allison, and Otto G. Steiner. May 2-The very unusual and most inspiring second annual Grand Masters' breakfast at the Chase Hotel, preceded by three eight 0 'clock services at Union Ave. Christian Church, Second Presbyterian Church, and United Hebrew Temple. Some 700 Masons were in attendance at this fine gathering, which included music by the Scottish Rite Choir and a splendid address by Rabbi Samuel Thurman. This, the second such event, has proved one of the big Masonic days in St. Louis and it gives every evidence of continuing as an annual event. May B-9-10-Grand Commandery Conclave in Springfield, Missouri. May 12-A dinner and meeting at MacDonald Lodge No. 324 honoring Judge Allen C. Southern, who received his 50 year button. May 14-Liberty Lodge No. 31 held a dinner and open meeting to honor Brother Henry B. Early on the occasion of his 50 years in Freemasonry. May 21-Lexington Lodge No. 149 held a most unusual meeting to honor R. W. George C. Marquis on the occasion of his receiving his 50 year button. Some 40 distinguished guests were in attendance and the button was presented by the M. VI. Harry S. Truman. May 22-The Royal Arch Chapter of Macon, Missouri, celebrated its centennial. . May 25-A dinner and open meeting was held by Bethany Lodge No. 97 to celebrate 100 years of Freemasonry. June 11-12-A selected Royal Arch team from Missouri enjoyed the hospitality of the Grand Chapter of Manitoba at Winnipeg. June 18-Waynesville Lodge No. 375 held a dinner and tiled meeting for the 38th District. June 25-Holden Lodge No. 262 held a tiled meeting at which Brother Roy L. Whitsett was honored by receiving his 50 year button. June 26-Gate of Temple Lodge No. ,422 held a tiled meeting. July 24-The officers of the York Rite Bodies held a special meeting in Trenton, Missouri. July 29-Saline County Masonic Association dinner and open meeting at Arrow Rock. August 5-As part of the August Commencement Exercises, Northeast Missouri State Teachers College at Kirksville, R. W. Brothers James M. DeWitt, Frank P. Briggs, Bruce H. Hunt, Harold O. Grauel, Freelon K. Hadley, and M. W. Homer L. Ferguson assisted me in laying the cornerstone of a new science building. The orator was Brother Phil Donnelly, Governor of Missouri. August ll-The Wyandotte Lodge No.3 of the Grand Jurisdiction of Kansas celebrated its centennial.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
19
August 28-0rient Lodge No. 546, Kansas City, Missouri, held open meeting to honor Brother Albert P. F. Pico on the occasion of his 50 years as a Freemason.
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS' MEETINGS During the current year two Grand Lodge Officers' meetings were held at the Masonic Home in St. Louis, the first on December 11, 1953, and the second on July 16, 1954. During the past years when these mee.tings have been held, they have served a great purpose in bringing teamwork to the officers of the Grand Lodge Line. Volere it not for the fact that it is quite difficult to find a' time that is convenient for so many busy men to get together, these meetings might with benefit be held more frequently. Men always work better together when they become well acquainted with each other and since they are all Masons of great experience and since they come from widely scattered points in the State, they bring a wealth of knowledge to these conferences, as well as valuable information, which render the meetings of great service. I am sure that my successors in office, having experienced the advantages to be gained from such meetings, will continue to call them. RECOMMENDATIONS I have mentioned previously in this address the fact that I believe the Grand Master should be replaced on the Masonic Home Board by the Grand Senior Deacon, with the Deputy Grand Master automatically becoming President of the Board. This will serve the purpose of freeing the Grand Master for more visitations and will not disturb the continuity of the personnel on the Board. I recommend if the action of the Grand Lodge should be favorable on the building program which will at this Communication be presented, that the Ways and Means Committee be asked to authorize contributions to the building fund from the Grand Lodge in an amount which will in no way jeopardize the working balance in the Grand Lodge financial structure. ACKNOWLEDGEM~NTS
I wish to pay a tribute to the fine work done by a great many Masons in the varied and numerous activities that go to make up the operation of the Craft in our State. Some of our committees operate all during the year, some only at the time when the Grand Lodge Communication is approaching, but all have important work to be done which must be reported on annually to the Craft. The Building Supervisory Board, under t,he able leadership of R. W. Walter J. Bublitz as chairman, is constantly called upon to make important decisions which may prevent many lodges from getting into financial difficulties. Every proposed building program or remodeling
20
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
project must be approved from a financial standpoint by this Board and furthermore the responsibility rests upon the men constituting this important committee to see that when financial conditions have been met, the plans and specifications of the buildings meet the needs of a Masonic Lodge. Chairman Martin Dickinson and the able men who make up the Jurisprudence Committee have been most alert in examining legal problems which constantly are coming up before the Grand Lodge. This year we invited the ~hairman of this committee to meet with the Grand Lodge officers in July to acquaint him with new developments and to discuss previous recommendations which his committee must handle. I recommend to my successors that the custom of inviting the chairman of this most important committee to a Grand Lodge officers meeting be continued so that all the members of his co'mmittee ,may in turn be apprised of those problems which are to be reported on at the Grand Lodge session. I wish to pay particular tribute to those devoted men who have been selected by you to make up the Masonic Home Board. Once a month this group meets but the members of the different committees, into which the Board is divided, frequently have tasks which take up much of their time outside of the actual duration of the monthly meetings. In my experience, I have never known a more conscientious, hardworking group of men than these whom you have chosen. I should like to take more time to go into the manifold duties performed by these men but time does not permit. Constantly on the job is Brother Lewis C. Robertson, the superintendent of the Home, who year by year be~omes more efficient in the handling of his duties. Dr. Solon Cameron, the paternalistic medical director of the Home, who has for so many years served most efficiently in that capacity, is continuing his excellent work under increasingly trying conditions, as I have endeavored to point out when I mentioned the inadequacy of our hospital facilities. This year Doctor Cameron was for a time physically incapacitated but he is a man who can call on colleagues to step into the breach and take care of the guests in our Home when necessary. I shall also like to pay tribute to that great body of District Deputy Grand Masters, the men who are the backbone of Freemasonry in our State. They are the unsung heroes of our Masonic army; they keep the spirit of Freemasonry alive; they check the business affairs and the legality of all actions in the respective lodges in their districts; and they act as mediators when such action is called for. I shall here insert a list of the items to be noted by deputies on visitations so that they will have it as a convenient reference, and so that the respective officers of the individual lodges will know
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
21
some of the items that need to be checked during their term of duty. This list was prepared following the meeting of the D.D.G.M.'s in Jefferson City on November 2, and I should like to credit our Grand Secretary, Dr. Harold L. Reader, for his assistance in the preparation of this list. (See end of address for list). I also want to acknowledge my official indebtedness to the officers of the Grand Lodge who in every instance have individually accepted any duty they have been asked to perform. They constitute an extraordinary group of men who, as they progress through the Chairs, can be counted on to perform the tasks that confront them. Last, I wish to pay tribute to our Grand Secretary and Grand Lecturer. Doctor Reader, with his wise judgment, great experience, and untiring energy, is always available to assist the Grand Master in the performance of every duty. His services are practically indispensable. R. 'V. Brother Freelon K. Hadley covers the' State in his devoted attention to his many duties. He has become known and beloved in every corner of Missouri and his tactfulness and efficiency in teaching the ritual have done more to knit our fraternity together during the years that he has been in office than any other one man has ever accomplished. Along with him, I wish to include the district lecturers whom he has selected. There is no reason now why any lodge with the least effort cannot become skillful and proficient in ritualistic work which plays such an important part in our great Order. My acknowledgments are really due to hundreds of brethren throughout the State, many of whom I should like to mention but time does not permit. I feel that if my year as Grand Master has been at all effective, it is due to the wholehearted cooperation of hundreds, I might say thousands, of you my brothers. Fraternally submitted, JAMES M. SELLERS, Grand Master ITEMS TO BE NOTED BY DEPUTIES ON VISITATIONS 1. CHARTER OF THE LODGE: Is it damaged or becoming illegiblef If so the lodge should request a duplicate charter. 2. CONDITION OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES: Are the properties in good repair and neat and clean f 3. PAMPHLETS: Ten copies were sent to the secretary. Did he see that each officer received one f 4. LODGE RECORDS: Are they legible, well kept and in permanent form f Does the secretary have a historical record of each member'
22
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
5. PLACE WHERE RECORDS ARE KEPT: Are the records kept in a fire-proof safe or vault ~ Does the lodge carry adequate insurance' 6. THE OFFICIAL LAW BOOK: Is it kept up-to-date by pasting therein the approved decisions and amendments ~ 7. CONDITION OF FINANCES: Is income sufficient to pay expenses of the lodge, keep up the property, provide some entertainment and contribute to worthy cases needing relief and charity~ . 8. WAY THE OFFICERS DO THE WORK: Do the officers know how to open and close the lodge and confer degrees~ Is the work done in a proper manned 9. SPIRIT OF THE LODGE: Is a spirit of good will and brotherhood manifested by the members of the lodge ~ 10. INFLUENCE OF THE LODGE IN THE COMMUNITY: Is the lodge respected in the community and looked on with favod Is it a force for good among the citizens' Is the subject of Public Relations given proper consideration' 11. LEADERSHIP: Are the officers of the lodge brethren capable of leadership' Suggest that bulletin issued to membership re lp.eetings and items of interest is of value. 12. SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Does the lodge provide social affairs occasionally for the members' 13. KIND OF MEETINGS: Are the meetings interesting ~ Are they opened and closed on time' Do the meetings close at a reasonable houd Suggest that at least occasionally there should be business meetings when no degree work is done. 14. "KING SOLOMON" RITUAL: All so-called key rituals are forbidden. Do your lodges understand that members using such rituals are subject to Masonic discipline ~ 15. ROUGHNESS AND LEVITY IN DEGREES: Degrees should be conferred in a dignified manner without any levity or roughness whatever. Brethren persisting in violating this injunction should not be permitted to confer degrees. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS.
M. W. Brother Richard O. Rumer presented the report of the Committee on Grand Master's Address which was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee to whom, according to the requirements of our By-laws, the address of the ,Grand Master was referred, submits the following as its report: In his address our Grand Master has brought convincing evidence that Freemasonry is a progressive institution and that those charged with
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
23
the management of its affairs in our Grand Jurisdiction are seeking and are finding ways and means of maintaining its progress and its usefulness. Wise counsel is given by the Grand Master to those charged with the management of our chartered lodges in respect to the ever present problem of attendance at lodge meetings, the arrangement and management of lodge meetings, the conferring of degrees, the quality test which should be applied to membership, and the care and attention which should be given to processing of petitions for membership. We commend the sections of the address wherein these matters are found to the constant attention of every administrative officer of each chartered lodge. The Grand Master's recommendation that provision be made relieving Grand Masters, during their terms of office, of the responsibilities of the office of President of the Masonic Home and givin'g that responsibility to the Deputy Grand Master, and also that provision be made making the Grand Senior Deacon a member 'of the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home to replace the Grand Master is something which is entitled to thoughtful attention. Such a change would require an amendment to our By-laws. We recommend that the section of the Grand Master's address in which this recommendation is found be referred to the Jurisprudence Committee, which committee, if it considers it desirable so to do, should prepare and offer an appropriate amendment to our By-laws to be considered and acted upon at another Communication of this Grand Lodge. Your Grand Master's report of a need for a building program for our Masonic Home and the opportunity to engage in it which comes. under his leadership evidences a determination that the great charitable institution which Freemasons of this Grand Jurisdiction maintain shall be adequate for our requirements and shall reflect credit upon our Fraternity. Our Grand Master and the Board of Directors over which he has presided are to be complimented upon their courageous approach to the problem. The program is a challenge to the charitable inclinations of Freemasons and Freemasonry. Our Grand Master has advised that the special resolution would be offered to bring the subject before this Grand Lodge and has expressed the hope that the action will be favorable to it. No doubt the presentation of the resolution will bring a full explanation of the entire plan and program. We urge careful attention to the presentation and th.oughtful consideration of the proposition. The thorough and deliberate planning of the Grand Master and the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home and their endorsement preponderate strongly in favor of it. Our Grand Master is also to be complimented for bringing to the Grand Lodge an opportunity for that for which there has been a need for years, a Grand Lodge bulletin. The resolution which he advised would be presented on this subject will probably take the route of reference to the Jurisprudence Committee and be for your consideration when the report of that committee is made. Throughout, 路the address of the Grand Master reflects an administration of a three-dimensional characteristic, one in which he has added to the length and breadth of the influence of his great store of wisdom and knowledge upon those with whom he came in contact on his official appearances, of which there is a long list, and on the many other occasions on which his appearances were made, the depth of the soul of a man in whom there rests as if from the time of his birth the genuine principles of our Fraternity. So that action may be had on those sections of the address which require action of this Grand Lodge, we recommend that in addition to
24
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
references already recommended (1) all decisions of the Grand Master, all dispensations issued under his direction be referred to the J urisprudence Committee, and (2) that all recommendations of the Grand Master pertaining to finances be referred to the Ways and Means Committee. Our final comment, based on that which appears in his address and that which we know from information which has come to us from many sources, is that our Grand Master has done a splendid job. To the applause to which he is so richly entitled we add our very sincere personal compliments. RICHARD O. RUMER, Chairman, HAROLD L. READER, HARRY F. SUNDERLAND, â&#x20AC;˘ JAMES W. SKELLY, SOLON CAMERON, J. M. BRADFORD, }'ORREST C. DONNELL, FRANK C. BARNHILL, HOMER L. FERGUSON, W. F. WOODRUFF, M. E. EWING, WILLIS J. BRAY, Du VAL SMITH, WM. R. GENTRY, W. W. MARTIN, T. W. COTTON, BERT H. LEE, RAY V. DENSLOW.
VOTE OF THANKS TO M. W. BROTHER SELLERS
Following the adoption of the report of the Committee on Grand Master's Address a rising vote of thanks was accorded M. W. Brother Sellers. REPORT OF GRAND SECRETARY
M. W. Brother Harold L. Reader, Grand Secretary, presented his report for the period September 11, 1953 to September 10, 1954, which was received and ordered printed in the Proceedings. The report is as follows: SUMMARY OF WORK
Total Membership September 10, 1954 Net Gain '" Initiated Passed Raised BERKELEY LODGE NO.
. 121,914 1,577 . . 4,538 4,417 . . 4,511
667
Charter was granted to Berkeley Lodge No. 667 on September 29, 1953. DUPLICATE CHARTERS
To Brumley Lodge No. 203, on November 3, 1953, the original having become illegible; to Santa Fe Lodge No. 462 second duplicate
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
25
charter issued on November 13, 1953, the first duplicate having become illegible; to Eolia Lodge No. 14 third duplicate charter issued on March 22, 1954, second duplicate having become illegible; to Burlington Lodge No. 442 on March 23, 1954, original becoming illegible; to Clearmont Lodge No. 507 on April 29, 1954, original having become illegible; to Comfort Lodge No. 533 second duplicate issued April 29, 1953, first duplicate having become illegible; to Weston Lodge No. 53, second duplicate issued on June 21, 1954, first duplicate having become illegible. . LODGES CONSOLIDATED
Kingston Lodge No. 118 was consolidated with Hamilton Lodge No. 224 under the name and number of Hamilton Lodge No. 224 on December 15, 1953. GRAND REPHESENTATIVES
The Grand Master appointed the following Grand Representatives: W. J . Norman Leslie Dr. Leo Kandel
Alberta Austria
NOMINA'l.'IONS FOR GRAND REPRESENTATIVES
The Grand Master nominated brethren as Grand Representatives near the Grand Lodge of Missouri as follows: Harry C. Ploetze W. R. Usher D. Lear Tanner
Iceland Utah Austria BEE HIVE LODGE NO.
393
Bee Hive Lodge No. 393 was transferred from the 23rd District to the 11th District on December 4, 1953. BERLIN LODGE NO.
378
Berlin Lodge No. 378 was transferred from the 6th District to the 10th District on December 4, 1953. COURTESIES
Two hundred and thirty-seven requests have been made to Sister Grand Jurisdictions to confer degrees for Missouri Lodges; and ninety-one requests to confer degrees have been made to Missouri Lodges by Sister Grand Jurisdictions. DISPENSATIONS
By order of Gra'nd Master Sellers dispensations were issued as follows: October 6, 1953, to M. Wor. Bro. Richard O. Rumer, P.G.M., to lay
26
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
cornerstone of new public school building at Sullivan, Mo., on October 17,1953. October 8, 1953, to Rt. Wor. Bro. Geo. G. Winter, D.D.G.M., 57th District, to set Berkeley Lodge No. 667 to work under Charter on October 15, 1953. October ]5, 1953, to Wor. Master David A.' Wayne of Olive Branch Lodge No. 576 to hold Special Communication of the lodge at New Masonic Temple, St. 'Louis on October 29, 1953. October 19, 1953, to Wor. Master August Brewer of Overland Lodge No. 623, to hold public installation of officers in Anchor Temple, October 24, 1953. October 20, 1953, to Rt. Wor. Bro. Alfred Dunlap, D.D.G.M. 10th District, to dedicate High School building at Stewartsville, Mo., for Masonic purpose. October 20, 1953, to Wor. Master of Continental Lodge No. 454 to hold Special Communication of the lodge in High School building in Stewartsville on October 23, 1953. November 10, 1953, to Wor. Master of Stockton Lodge No. 283, Stockton, Mo., to hold joint installation of 1954 officers with Violet Chapter No. 180, O.E.S., on December 8, 1953. November 25, 1953, to Wor. Master Joseph T. Waters, Jr., Meridian Lodge No.2, to hold Special meeting for installation of officers at Alhambra Grotto Building on January 1, 1954. November 27, 1953, to Rt. Wor. E. Glenn Pearce, Sr., D.D.G.M., 9th District, to dedicate new building of Rushville Lodge No. 238 on December 7, 1953. December 1, 1953, to Wor. Master M. Looney, Robert Burns Lodge No. 496, to hold election of officers on December 11, 1953. December 4, 1953, to Wor. Master of Hayti Lodge No. 571, to hold meeting of lodge in gymnasium at Braggadocia, Mo., on December 10, 1953. December 4. 1953, to Rt. Wor. J. Richard Neeley, D.D.G.M., 51st District, to dedicate gymnasium at Braggadocia, Mo., for Masonic purposes prior to December 10, 1953. December 7, 1953, to Wor. Master of Acacia Lodge No. 602, to hold路 joint public installation of officers with Twilight Lodge No. 114 in hall of Twilight Lodge on December 17, 1953. December 7, 1953, to Wor. Master of Freedom Lodge No. 636 ,to hold installation of officers at Gardenville Temple on January 16, 1954. December 10, 1953, to Wor. Master of Magnolia Lodge No. 626 to hold installation of officers at Scottish Rite Cathedral,. St. Louis, on January 9, 1954. December 11, 1953, to Wor. Master of Quitman Lodge No. 196, to hold election of officers on December 21, 1953. December 17, 1953, to Wor. Master of Hogle's Creek Lodge No. 279 to hold public installation of officers on December 19, 1953, in the High School Auditorium in Wheatland. December 21, 1953, to Wor. Master of Olive Branch Lodge No. 576, to hold public installation of officers on December 29, 1953, at the New Masonic Temple, 3681 Lindell Blvd. December 28, 1953, to Wor. Master of Linn Creek Lodge No. 152 to hold election for 'Wor. Master on the 2nd Thursday in January, the installation to take place at any convenient time. January 4, 1954, to Wor. Master of Clifton Heights Lodge No. 520, to hold installation of officers at Alhambra Grotto Building on January 8,1954. February 24, 1954, to Wor. Master of California Lodge No. 183, to
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
27
hold meetings in Lodge Hall of Tipton Lodge No. 56, until Lodge Hall of California Lodge is ready for occupancy. March 22, 1954, to Wor. Master of Beacon Lodge No.3, to hold , public installation of officers in Commandery Hall, Masonic Temple, 3681 Lindell, St. Louis, on March 30, 1954. March 22, 1954, to Wor. Master of Herculaneum Lodge No. 338, to rebaUot on the petitions of }<jarl Max Raye, Irvin Roy Ferguson, and Mark Richard Moss, at regular communication of April 9, 1954. April 15, 1954, to M. Wor. Bro. Byrne E. Bigger, P.G.M., to lay cornerstone of Prince Avenue Baptist Church, Hannibal, Mo., on May 1, 1954. April 26, 1954, to Wor. Master of Herculaneum Lodge No. 338 to reballot on the petition of Ralph Emerson Stites at regular communication of May 14, 1954. April 29, 1954, to Rt. Wor. Bro. George G. Winter, D.D.G.M., 57th District, to dedicate New Temple of Overland Lodge No. 623, Overland, Mo., on May 8, 1954. May 6, 1954, to Rt. Wor. Bro. .I. Richard Neeley, D.D.G.M., 51st District, to lay the cornerstone of the New Masonic Temple at New Madrid on May 10, 1954. May 6, 1954, to Rt. Wor. Bro. Harold O. Grauel, Grand Senior Steward, to lay the cornerstone of the High School at Fredericktown on May 15, 1954. May 11, 1954, to Rt. Wor. Bro. E. Glenn Pearce, Sr., D.D.G.M., 9th District, to dedicate the new Lodge Hall of Saxton Lodge No. 508, on May 17, 1954. May 17, 1954, to Wor. Master of Greensburg Lodge No. 414 to reballot on petitions of John T. Dye and Clyde Waite at Stated Communication of June 14, 1954. May 17, 1954, to Wor. Master of New Madrid LodgeNo. 429 to meet in hall of Lilbourn Lodge No. 666 during the time that the new temple of New Madrid Lodge is under construction. June 10, 1954, to Wor. Master of Shekinah Lodge No. 256 to reballot on the petitions of Earl Alvin Toulouse and Robert Saunders at first Stated Communication in July. June 15, 1954, to Wor. Master of Farmington Lodge No. 132, to reballot on petition of Dale Cortor at Stated Communication of July 8, 1954. June 17, 1954, to Wor. Master of Phoenix Lodge No. 136 to reballot on petition of Leslie .I. Calvert at first Stated Communication in July. June 29, 1954, to Wor. Master of Charity Lodge No. 331 to meet as necessary in the next sixty days in the Scottish Rite Cathedral in St. Joseph. July 20, 1954, to Rt. Wor. .I. W. Nickle, D.D.G.M., District No. 46, to dedicate new Masonic Temple of Mountain Grove Lodge No. 158. August 4, 1954, to Wor. Master Alpha Lodge No. 659 to reballot on the petition for the degrees of Charles Martin Powers, at the first Stated Communication in September. August 12, 1954, to Wor. Master of Albert Pike Lodge No. 219 to hold a Special Communication on Saturday, September 18, 1954, in Rock Quarry at 54th and Brighton Streets, Kansas City, Missouri, for purpose of conferring both sections of the 3rd Degree. September 27, 1954, to Wor. Master of Olive Branch Lodge No. 576 to hold special meeting of lodge on October 12, 1954, at New Masonic Temple, 3681 Lindell Blvd., for the purpose of conferring the first and second degrees.
28
1954
PROCI<JEDINGS OF THE FIFTY-YEAR BUTTONS
Fifty-Ycar Buttons were awarded as follows: No. and Name of Lodge
NOime of Brother
44a Anchor ................• Henry P. Koenig 84 Webster Groves .......•••Wm. R. North .. '"
354 80 463 87 135 111 111 381 a60
615 163 324 68 68 434
1 536
132 111 608 12 207 550 550
298 575 445
445 267 363 363 446 446 446 381 243 446 344 92 416 416 205 25 111 483 460
79 79 79 63
Hebron .............•.•• Mason M. Creasey Bridgeton ............••• Homer Holden Black Clifton ............•..••Roy D. Spafford Washington ............• Benj. M. Neale Braymer ..........••..• Marvin Toomay 'rrenton ..........•.•••• Wm. B. Trow Trenton ........••....•• John H. Dipple Ionia .................•. Alonzo D. Spalding Tuscan .........••.••.•• Lewis M. Kallenbach G"haffee .............•..• Joseph E. Barclay Occidental ........•..••. Raymond G. Alexander McDonald .........•......J. C. Hickerson Kennett ..........•.•••• Paul Baldwin Kennett ..............•• Jno. H. Dunmire Wheeling ............••• Harry Spooner Missouri ..............•. Thomas C. lvroore Ingomar .........•....•• John E. Alsup Farmington ......•..•••• Parkhurst Sleeth Trenton ......••..•.••.• Homer Blackburn Strafford ......•..••••. ~Lemuel C. Ricketts Tyro .............•..••• M. Breckenridge Clay .............•.••.• Harry E. Christie Rose Hill Oreon Eo -Scott .. , Rose Hill Geo. A. Pauly Sampson ......•••••••••• E. J. Schofield Easter John Dierking West Gate .............•Wm. Edwin Kicker West Gate ..........••••William Fischer Aurora .........•••••••• Edward S. Murdock Fraternal ...•..•.. ~ ••••• Ben J. Watters Praternal .........•••••• !<'rank Rucker Ivanhoe ..........•.•••• Charles Henry Hitch born Ivanhoe ...............• Thomas W. Nelson Ivanhoe ..............•• Edward Lonsdale Ionia ............••••••• James M. Neville Keystone .....•..••••••• George Engelke Ivanhoe ......•....••..• Benjamin F. Hart Moberly ..........•..... C. W. Hardin Perseverance ......•.• ~ •• R. McElroy Cache ................•• Thomas H. Greenwood Cache .................• George A. G"lobes " Trilumina ...........••••Wilbur Hupp Naphtali .........•••••• Goo. H. Mathac Tronton ...............• Edw. J. Munsey. " Fairfax ...............• George Green Lambskin .........•....• Louis A. Wilson Polar Star .............• Chas. C. Littell Polar Star ........•.•.•• John Scars " Polar Star Walter S. Miller Cambridge James A. Jaycox
No. of Years 50 '" . :50 50 50 ~ 50 50 50, 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 51 52 50 50 50
55 50 50 50
50 50
51 "
50
50 50 50 ,
50
50 50 50
50 50 50
50 50 50
50 50 50
50 50 52 50 50 50
,
50 50 50
1954
29
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
.360 Tuscan .........•••••••• Jos. A. Osborn 344 Moberly '. ........•.• Arthur B. Chamier 344 Moberly ...............• j.'rank B. Harvey 544 Algabil Irwin H. Gamble 542 Ferguson Ernest A. Hulburd 139 Oregon ; .........•J ames A. William 601 Clayton Otto W. Koch 28 St. John's Joseph F. Winking 3 Beacon _•Louis W oestman 35 Mercer J. M. Perry 543 Mansfield ............••. James E. Koch 172 Censer ...............•. Daniel R. Hughes 172 Censer ~ ........• Geo. G. Brown 63 Cambridge S. T. Mead 260 Mechanicsville Thomas L. Hardin 126 Seaman ............•..• Walter R. Shrodes 344 Moberly .............••• Benj. F. Crawford 443 Anchor ................• Wm: W. Bradley 1 Missouri Dudley J. Pine 454 Continental ............• John C. Bynum 299 Temple ~ .......••.. Car I A. Beers 316 Rural Charles W. Stream 60 New Bloomfield C. M. Holt 60 New Bloomfield Joseph W. Finley 60 New Bloomfield Walter P. Holt 227 Cypress E. Goble Cole 548 Clinton Eugene N. Brandenburg 602 Acacia ................• Wm. H. Johnson 104 Heroine Max 1. l3lasbalg 376 King Hill Fred D. Clark 520 Clifton Heights Daniel F. Ruf 658 Purity ................• }'red M. Williams 64 Monroe Harvey E. Gray 76 Independence ..........• Bert E. Barrow 43 Jefferson Sam Vanderpool 184 Morley Wm. A. Scarbough 450 Belton W. J. Bradford 247 Neosho ................• Thomas B. Duemler 332 Excello ................• Isaac S. Gipson 448 Schell City : .. Thomas W.· Gray 646 Shaveh ................• John oJ. Rung 9 Geo. Washington Frederiek Elmer Richner 1 Missouri Frank W. Hagemeyer 172 Censer Jay. C. Wood 189 Zeredatha Brichen L. Penney 131 Potosi Otis L. Loomis 70 Armstrong C. V. Morrison 20 St. Louis Joseph M. Sklower : 179 Pride of the West Robert J. Richardson 520 Clifton Heights John C. Cox 308 Parrott ...............•• Clarence Eddy Snider 443 Anchor .............•..• Albert M. Miller 332 Excello Pomroy Lucas 445 West Gate ............•• Edgar Herbert Trump 121 Erwin .................• Herman L. Shaefer 113 Plattsburg Claude Cook 324 McDonald .....•.... Harry G. Henley 0
0
50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 , .51 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 51 50 50 50
fiO
•
•••
:
50 50 50 55 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50
30 197 9 323 153 65 283 602 602 183 183 113 422 128 324 3 3 256 447 595 3 183 443 626 345 29 31 121 174 345 345 40 40 40 93 218 345 102 66 76 76 76 76 9 77 241 104 44 104 466 542 272 179 424 630 3 149 457
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Carthage ...•.•••••••••••Geo. A. Gibson Geo. Washington }<'rancis Eugene Smith Cornerstone Hugo D. Schilling Bloomfield FrankA. Brannock Pattonsburg .......•.••• Wm. N. Gromer Stockton Edward A. Hartley Acacia James M. Dysart Acacia ...............•••T. W. Welch California .....•........ Richard C. Moore California ..........•..• Wm. C. Heck Plattsburg .............• Albert R. Alexander Gate of the Temple W. G. Beasley Lorraine Albert S. Harding McDonald ............•• Allen C. Southern Beacon ..............••• Charles G. Meyer Beacon ................• Harry Arthur Nichols Shekinah Wm. C. McNutt Jacoby Virgil M. Baldock Cole Camp R. O. Harris Beacon Robert F. Coulson California Wm. nichard Flynt Anchor J acob C. VonArx Magnolia Wm. L. Clucas Fellowship Jesse C. Fresh Windsor Ed Allen Liberty Henry B. Early Erwin Benj. F. Schaberg Sturgeon .............•• J. Henry Turner Fellowship George L. Seanor Fellowship .............• Sig. Klein Mt. Moriah Oto G. Steiner Mt. Moriah F. E. Allison Mt. Moriah Geo. A. Brooks St. Mark's .........•.... Curtis J. Neal Good Hope Pierre M. Webb Fellowship James Earl Harsh Bloomington Geo. F. Brewington Grant City Nieholas }<'. Costin Independence Frank .r. Small Independence Joseph A. Bonner Independence Geo. Edward Sherman Independence Allen P. Saunders Geo. Washington John W. Sidman Lebanon B. P. Norvell Palestine ..............• Albert R. Ringe Heroine Nelson M. Lynde Fair Play R. N. Linville Heroine ; Benj. B. Foster Southwest .............•John J. Nichols Ferguson Walter S. Lovell Granite Sherman G. Whiprecht Pride of the West Wm. L. Kaltwasser Samaritan Samuel O.•Jobe East Gate Chas. B. Killingworth Beacon John H. Dahman Lexington Geo. C. Marquis Jonesburg ............•• M. C. Snarr
1954 50 50 50 50 50 50 53 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 53 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 51 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 51 50 50 50 50 55 ~50
50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 52 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50
1954 377 366 349 1 1 412 546 463 121 612 612 189 114 187 179 506 272 237 1 561 301 31 262 48 561 290 61 417 445 197 331 131 33 660 626 413 413 119 187 237 237 241 273 77 92 323 57 57 345 20 460 3 152 152 43 152 323
31
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
Ancient Craft David E. Blacklock Harry Menaugh Maplewood Pollock David L. Saulsberry Missouri Charles B. Tilden Missouri Frank Meyer Appleton City Geo. E. Clark Orient Albert P. F. Pico Clifton Virgil G. Hackett Erwin Henry Stoll Mokane John F. Taylor Mokane F. J. Nichols Zeredatha Arthur L. Dailey Twilight Marvin E. Fawks Hermon Jase F. Mohler Pride of the West Wm. Maier Lathrop Arthur H. Wigle Granite Harold Tomlin LaPlata Everett O. Boone Missouri Harry J. Althage Cowgill Wm. A. Smith White Hill Sam Conlin, Jr Liberty Wm. R. Hardin Holden ................•Roy L. Whitsett Fulton W. P. Divers Richard Allen Thomson Cowgill Fairmont Horace E. Sherwood Waverly Geo. W. Hackley Whitewater Joseph L. Barks West Gate Arthur Cornelius Sears Carthage Charles Thomas Allen Charity Harry W. Bell Potosi Ellis Matlock '" R·alls Edw. Shulse Holliday Perry F. Lenhart Magnolia Joseph A. Poirier Valley Thos. Weir Cooper Valley Robert E. Hendry DeSoto Christian H. Seemel Hermon James P. Moore LaPlata Joseph M. McKim LaPlata Henry O. Newton Palestine Charles Nathan Shapiro St. Clair Charles E. Higgins Lebanon Max Norvell Perseverance Chas. Sizemore Cornerstone C. Fred Deyherle Richmond Eli H. Glasscock Richmond Luther D. Greene Fellowship Edward Dean James , St. Louis Milton D. Mendle Lambskin Wm. Trench Deare Beacon Christian F. W. Rieke Linn Creek John W. Palmer Linn Creek Leonidus King Jefferson John T. Debo Linn Creek Harry Churchill Cornerstone Otto J. Hippenmeyer
,
50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 51 50 50 50 50 50 50 53 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 51 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 51 59 50 53 50
32
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
323 Cornerstone Geo. Schmorleitz 177 Texas Frank G. Simmons 360 Tuscan ................• Clinton B. Abrams 1101farcus ................• Joshua C. Beard 139 ~egon John H. Peret 5 United John C. Stokes C. J. Creech 34 Troy 601 Clayton Christian D. Wolff 72 Gorin Charles W. Boyer 526 Wayne .................••r. R. Carnahan Ben A. Glaze 101 Bogard
'
50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50
s'rA'l'ISTICAL
Number of Chartered Lodges, September 10, 1953 . Lodges U.D . Number of Chartered Lodges, September 10, 1954 . Lodges U.D., . September 10, ]954, Total Membership . September 10, 1953, Total 1fembership in 595 Lodges .. 120,196 Adjustment by audit of individual Lodges 141
594 1 594
o
121,914
120,337 Total Number: Raised Affiliated Reinstated
4,511 730 1,283 6,524
Less: Total Number: Dimitted 810 Deaths 2,155 Suspended N.P.D 1,964 Suspended U.M.C. 6 Expelled .... ;................... 12 4,947 NET GAIN, September 10, 1954
1,577 121,914
1954
33
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
GRAND LODGE FINANCES SYNOPSIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT SEPTEMBER 10, 1954 - GRAND LODGE PORTION RECEIPTS: From Per Capita . $103,586.54 4,842.50 Interest on Securities . 2,180.58 Refund on Per Diem Account . 288.69 Refund on R. O. Rumer, G.M. Expense Acct . 2,501.40 Sale of Manuals . 535.20 Sale of 50 Year Buttons . 129.00 Sale of 1947 By-Laws ' . 1,888.68 Sale of Dues Receipt Cards ....................•... 5,000.00 Sale of Government Bonds . 10,000.00 Bequest from Wm. Down's Estate . 156.10 JYIiscellaneous . Total EXPENDITURES: Payroll Budget Social Security .. , ~ Dues R€ceipt Cards Fifty Year Veterans' Buttons Purchase of Government Bonds Down's Bequest paid to Masonic Home (O.G.M.) : Special Library Fund
. $131,108.69 $ 27,000.00
. . . . .
55,259.16 311.70 1,781.60 1,008.00 4,769.23
. .
10,000.00 8.86
Total Less credit for allowance on St. Louis Earnings 'l'ax
$100,138.55 2.35 $100,136.20 $ 30,972.49)
(Excess Income over Expense MASONIC HOME PORTION
RECEIPTS: Per Capita 1953-1954 EXPENDITURES: Paid to Home (This includes $2,509.57 due in 1953.)
$230,732.64 $230,809.57
HOSPITAL VISITATION FUND
Hospital Visitation Fund-Collected this year Paid this year
$ $
TOTAL RECEIPTS TOTAL EXPENDITURES
5,000.00
2,419.64
----$364,260.97 $335,945.77
Excess of Receipts over Expenditures Balance from last year
$ 28,315.20 $114,413.34 $142,728.54
Less: Balance due Masonic Home on Per Capita Special Library Fund Hospital Visitation Fund WORKING BALANCE AVAILABLE
$
. .
2,432.65 114.62 10,420.50 - - - - $ 12,967.77 $129,760.77
34
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954 PER CAPITA TAX 1954 Per Capita Tax due on 594 reporting Lodges $333,170.05 Total Amount paid to September 10, 1954 $333,526.58 Less over-payments of 474.60 - - - - $333,051.98 Balance Due on 594 reporting Lodges, September 10, 1954 September 10, 1954, no Lodges unreported.
$
118.07
MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI
Welfare Committee: Paid to Masonic Home, Checks 60, 127, 189, 214 and 259 $ 4,500.00 Per Capita Tax: Paid to Masonic Home: Check No. 21 $ 2,509.57 79,000.00 Check No. 248 . 60,000.00 Check No. 279 . 80,000.00 Check No. 282 . 9,300.00 Check No. 305 . $230,809.57 Balance Due Masonic Home, September 10, 1954: On 1954 Per Capita Tax $ 1,833.34 263.34 On 1953 Per Capita Tax . 120.08 On 1952 Per Capita Tax . 71.59 On 1951 Per Capita Tax . 30.40 On 1950 Per Capita Tax . On 1949 Per Capita Tax . 35.80 30.10 On 1948 Per Capita Tax . 10.50 On 1947 Per Capita Tax . 10.50 On 1946 Per Capita Tax . On 1945 Per Capita Tax . 7.50 On 1944 Per Capita Tax . 6.00 3.00 On 1943 Per Capita Tax . 3.00 On 1942 Per Capita Tax . On 1941 Per Capita Tax . 3.00 1.50 On 1940 Per Capita Tax . On 1939 Per Capita Tax . 3.00 - - - - $ 2,432.65 SPECIAL INITIATION FUND
Paid to Masonic Home, alc this Fund, September 11, 1953, to September 10, 1954 Balance Due Masonic Home, to September 10, 1954
. $ 46,950.00 . 1,000.00
GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL FUND
Paid to Frederick Schondau, Secretary, Check No. 44 Balance due September 10, 1954
. $ .
5,000.00 3,759.64
September 10, 1954-($481.56 Bond and $668.37 in Bank) $
1,149.93
DR. WM. F. KUHN LIBRARY FUND
JOSEPH S. MCINTYRE LIBRARY FUND
September 10, 1954-Bank Balance
,'
. $
923.16
GRAND LODGE FINANCES Cash in Grand Lodge Depositories, September 10, 1953 .... $114,413.34 Cash Balance, September 10, 1953, Union National Bank, Kansas City, Mo..... $114,413.34 --~- $114,413.34
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
RECEIPTS: Per Capita Tax, 1954 Back Per Capita Tax, Back Per Capita Tax, Back Per Capita Tax, Back Per Capita Tax, Back Per Capita Tax, Back Per Capita Tax, Back Per Capita Tax, Back Per Capita Tax, Back Per Capita Tax, Back Per Capita Tax, Back Per Capita Tax, Back Per Capita Tax, Back Per Capita Tax, Back Per Capita Tax, Back Per Capita Tax,
35
$333.,526.58 $346.50 158.00 94.20 40.00 47.10 39.60 14.70 14.70 10.50 8.40 4.20 4.20 4.20 2.10 4.20 -- $ 792.60 - - - - $334,319.18 Received from Defunct Lodges and members thereof 34.00 Sale of 1921 Constitutions and By-Laws 15.50 Sale of 1947 Constitutions and By-Laws 129.00 Sale of Dues Receipt Cards 1,888.68 Sale of Masonic Veterans' Buttons 535.20 Sale of Masonic Manuals 2,501.40 Sale of Trial Code Booklets 35.35 Sale of Pocket Encyclopedia 12.25 Refunds and Miscellaneous: 1.00 Sale of 1-1952 Proceedings $ 2.00 Sale of 2-1953 Proceedings . Sale of Book . 1.00 20.00 Charter Fee: Berkeley Lodge No. 667 . Duplicate Charters: Brumley Lodge No. 203 . 5.00 Santa Fe Lodge No. 462 . 5.00 Eolia Lodge No. 14 . 5.00 Burlington Lodge No. 442 . 5.00 Clearmont Lodge No. 507 . 5.00 Comfort Lodge No. 533 . 5.00 Weston Lodge No. 53 . 5.00 Bequest from Wm. Down's Estate . 10,000.00 10,059.00 Refund on Mileage and Per Diem Account . 2,180.58 Refund on R. O. Rumer's, G.M., Expense Acct. . . 288.69 Interest on Permanent Securities . 4,842.50 Hospital Visitation Service Fund . 2,419.64 Sale of Government Bonds . 5,000.00 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939
Total Income September 10, 1953, Cash in Grand Lodge Depository TOTAL RECEIPTS, September 10, 1954
$364,260.97 $114,413.34 $478,674.31
ANALYSIS OF DISBURSEMENTS
Total Expenses to September 10, 1954
$335,945.77
Payroll
$ 27,000.00
36
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Salaries and Allowances: Grand Master, Grand Secretary, Grand Lecturer, Grand Lecturer Emeritus, Grand Treasurer, and Grand Lodge Office Help ..... $ 28,367.68 Federal Withholding Tax: Paid $2,601.20 Withheld 2,601.20 Social Security-F. 1. C. A.: Paid Withheld
$ 623.40 311.70 311.70
St. Louis Earnings Tax: Withheld Paid
78.25 75.90
Grand Correspondent . Bonds, Gr. Sec. & Gr. Treas. and Insurance . Jewel for Grand Master . Expense Grand Lodge Officers (O.G.M.) . Grand Lodge Officers' Conferences . D.D.G.M. and Dist. Lecturers' Conferences . Washington Meetings . For Commission on recognition of other Grand Lodges . Grand Master's Contingent Fund . . Expenses, D.D.G.M.'s Ritual Committee Expense . Expenses: Grand Lodge Session . Reporter: Grand Lodge Session . Printed Proceedings . Audit Company . Relief and Charity . Masonic Service Association . Masonic Relief Association : . Contingent Fund: Grand Lodge Expense Ace. Maintenance-Grand Lodge Office . Printing, Postage & Stationery . Telephones & Telegrams-Grand Lodge Office Care of Portraits of P. G. Masters . Filing Equipment . . Office Equipment Missouri Lodge of Research-Publication of information . Total Budget App'n for 1953-1954 (Exclusive of Payroll) ..' Actual Disbursements
. .
Amount Unexpended . Total paid Masonic Home alc Back Per Capita Tax collected to September 10, 1954 . Total paid Masonic Home alc 1954 Per Capita Tax . M.S.A. Hospital Service Fund Dues Receipt Cards
. .
230,809.57 5,000.00 1,781.60
1954
37
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
Special Library Fund Purchase of Masonic Veterans' Buttons , Purchase of Government Bonds Masonic Home of Missouri-Down's Estate Bequest Total Disbursements to September 10, 1954
. . . .
8.86 1,008.00 4,769.23 10,000.00
. $335,945.77
RECAPITULATION
TOTAJ-I RECEIPTS to September 10, 1954 TOTAJ-I DISBURSEMENTS to September 10, 1954,
$478,674.31 $335,945.77
CASH BALANCE, September 10, 1954, in General Fund .. $142,728.54 Cash Balance, September 10, 1954, Union National Bank, Kansas City, Mo . $142,728.54 Less: Balance due Masonic Home, ale Per Capita 'fax to September 10, 1954 $ 2,432.65 Less: Special Library Fund 114.62 Less: Due to ~.S.A.-Hospital Visitation Fund 10,420.50 $ 12,967.77 September 10, 1954" TOTAL AMOUNT AVAILABLE IN GENERAL FUND $129,760.77
Fraternally submitted, HAROLD L. READER, Grand Secretary. REPORT OF GRAND TREASURER
R. W. Brother James M. De'Vitt, Grand Treasurer, presented his' report covering the period from September 10, 1953 to September 10, 1954 which was received as follows, and ordered printed in the proceedings: 1953 Sept. 10 Balance in Union National Bank, Kansas City, Mo. $114,560.44 1954 Sept. 10 Received from Grand Secretary 364,408.47 $478,968.91 Sept. 10 Disbursed during the year by Warrants No.1 to No. 305, not consecutive . Sept. 10 Balance in Union National Bank, Kansas City, Mo.
336,060.75 142,908.16 $478,968.91
As Grand Treasurer, I charge myself with the, custody of the following securities contained in Safe Deposit Box No. 6111 in the Union Safe Deposit Company of Kansas City, which said box is subject to the joint control of myself and the Grand Master, or his delegated representative: U. S. Savings Bonds-Series "G"-2%% Due 6/1/55-Cost Due 9/1/58-Cost Due 12/1/59-Cost '
. $ 10,000.00 , 18,700.00 . 10,000.00 .
38
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Due 4/1/60-Cost Due 4/1/61-Cost Due 9/1/62-Cost U. S. Treasury Bonds-2lf2%- 6/15/1964/69-Par U. S. Treasury Bonds-2lf2%-12/15/1964/69-Par U. S. Treasury Bonds-2lf2%- 3/15/1965/70-Par U. S. Treasury Bonds-2%%- 3/15/1966/71-Par U. S. Treasury Bonds-2lf2%- 6/15/1967/72-Par U. S. Treasury Bonds-2lf2%-12/15/1967/72-Par U. S. Treasury Bonds-2lf2%- 9/15/1967/72-Par
10,000.00 20,000.00 10,000.00 12,000.00 17,000.00 10,000.00 6,000.00 40,000.00 25,000.00 5,000.00
. . . Value Value Value Value Value Value Value
$193,700.00 I also hold for William F. Kuhn Library Association U. S. Treas. Bonds, 2lf2%, Series 1967/72, Par Value
$
500.00
Fraternally submitted, JAMES M. DEWITT, Grand Treasurer. REPORT
or
AUDITOR
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and ,A. M. of Missouri: Gentlemen: Pursuant to engagement, we have examined and checked the books and 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, 1953 to September 10, 1954, also the Masonic Home Initiation Fund, the George Washington 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, 1953 $114,413.34 Receipts Forwarded to Grand Treasurer Per Capita Tax 1954 $333,526.58 Back Per Capita Tax 1953 $ 346.50 Back Per Capita Tax 1952 158.00 Back Per Capita Tax 1951 94.20 Back Per Capita Tax 1950 40.00 Back Per Capita Tax 1949 47.10 Back Per Capita Tax 1948 39.60 Back Per Capita Tax 1947 14.70 Back Per Capita Tax 1946 14.70 Back Per Capita Tax 1945 .. . . . . . . 10.50 Back Per Capita Tax 1944 .. 8.40 Back Per Capita Tax 1943 4.20 Back Per Capita Tax 1942 4.20 Back Per Capita Tax 1941 ~ 4.20 Back Per Capita Tax 1940 2.10 Back Per Capita Tax 1939 .... 4.20 792.60 Bequest Wm. Downs Estate Charter Fee
. .
10,000.00 20.00
1954
39
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
Sale of Book Sale of 1953 Proceedings .. $ Sale of 1952 Proceedings . .
1.00
. $ 2.00 1.00
3.00
. Sale of Masonic Manuals Sale of Constitution and By-Laws: 1921 $ 15.50 1947 129.00
2,501.40
Sale Sale Sale Sale
535.20 1,888.68 35.35 12.25
of of of of
50 Year Veteran Buttons .. Dues Receipt Cards . Trial Code . Pocket Encyclopedia .
144.50
Duplicate Charter Fees . Interest on Permanent Fund Securities . Back Dues-Members of Defunct Lodges . Hospital Visitation Fund . Refunds: Milea.ge and Per Diem Account ., $2,180.58 R. O. Rumer Grand Master Expense Account 288.69 Total Income Receipts United States Series" G" Bond-Matured
5,;t.21.38 35.00 4,842.50 34.00 2,419.64
2,469.27
.
$359,260.97
.
5,000.00
364,260.97 $478,674.31
Disbursements Per Checks Issued for Expenses Per Check Issued for Purchase of Bond
. $331,176.54 . 4,769.23
335,945.77
Balance, September 10, 1954-Per Grand Secretary's Books $142,728.54 Balance, September 10, 1954-Per Grand Treasurer's Books $142,908.16 RECONCILINfION
Balance, September 10, 1954-Per Grand Treasurer's Books $142,908.16 Less Outstanding Check, No. 283-August 25, 1954 . $ 126.57 Outstanding Check, No. 291-August 25, 1954 . 53.05 179.62 Balance, September 10, 1954-Per Grand Secretary's Books $142,728.54 Consisting of Balance in Union National Bank, Kansas City, Missouri
$142,728.54
BONDS
On September 17, 1954 in company with Mr. James M. DeWitt, Grand Treasurer and a representative of the Grand Master, we examined the securities listed on the following page, which are kept for safekeeping in the Grand Lodge safe deposit box at the Union National Bank of Kansas City, Missouri:
40
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE PERMANENT FUND
Bond Number
Kind
Interest Rate
Interest Dates
Maturity
Par Value
Total
~%%
$ 1,000.00 1,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 $ 29,000.00
8564D 77195E
U. S. Treasury U. S. Treasury
1965/70 1965/70
3/15 & 3/15 &
9/15 9/15
2%% 2%%
$ 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
21/2% 2%%
$ 1,000.00 5,000.00
6,000.00
2%% 2%% 21/2% 2%% 2%% 2%% 2%% 2%% 2%%
$ 5,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00
211585E 211586F 23572B 2371A 4615E 21845E 21846F
8964D 49654D 41669K 41670L 41671A 28103C 26122B 315324D 9173C
U. S. U. S. U. S. U. S. U. S. U. S. U. S.
U. U. U. U. U. U. U. U. U.
S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S.
Treasury 1964/69 Treasury 1964/69 Treasury 1964/69 Treasury 路1964/69 Treasury 1964/69 Treasury 1964/69 Treasury 1964/69
Treasury Treasury Treasury Treasury Treasury Treasury Treasury Treasury Treasury
6/15 6/15 6/15 6/15 6/15 6/15 6/15
1967/72 1967/72 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 6/15 6/15
& & & & & & &
12/15 12/15 12/15 12/15 12/15 12/15 12/15
& & & & & & & & &
12/15 12/15 12/15 12/15 12/15 12/15 12/15 12/15 12/15
2%% 2%% 2%% 2%% 2%% 2%%
70,000.00 $115,000.00
Maturity Value
Redemption Value 9/10/54
Cost
1955
$10,000.00
$ 9,860.00
$10,000.00
Sept., Sept., Sept., Sept., Sept., Sept., Sept., Sept.,
1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958
$
$18,700.00
$18,082.90
$18,700.00
18,700.00
Dec.,
1959
$10,000.00
$ 9,580.00
$10,000.00
10,000.00
X807739G Series G
April,
1960
$10,000.00
$ 9,550.00
$10,000.00
10,000.00
X909237G Series G X909238G Series G
April, April,
1961 1961
$10,000.00 10,000.00
$ 9,490.00 9,490.00
$10,000.00 10,000.00
$20,000.00
$18,980.00
$20,000.00
20,000.00
$10,000.00
$ 9,470.00
$10,000.00
10,000.00
$78,700.00
$75,522.90
$78,700.00
$ 78,700.00
X253352G Series G June, C437033G Series C437034G Series D2320085G Series M4864090G Series M4864091G Series M4864092G Series V702346G 'Series X582056G Series
G G G G G G G G
X806975G Series G
X1146710GSeries G
Sept.,
1962
100.00 100.00 500.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00
$
96.70 96.70 483.50 967.00 967.00 967.00 4,835.00 9,670.00
$ 10,000.00
100.00 100.00 500.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 . 1,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00
$
$193,700.00
1954
41
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI WM. F. KUHN LIBRARY FUND
Bond Interest Interest Par Number Kind Maturity Dates Rate Value Cost 155643C U. S. Treasury 1967/72 6/15 & 12/15 2% % $500.00 $481.56 During the year under review, a $5,000.00 Series "G" bond mature,d and the proceeds were used to purchase a 2% % U. S. Treasury $5,000.00 bond at a cost of $4,760.94, plus accrued interest of $8.29. All interest income was accounted for. MASONIC HOME INITIATION FUND
Balance in Bank, September 11, 1953 Received from Masonic Lodges during the Period September 11, 1953 to September 10, 1954
1,950.00
$
46,000.00 $ 47,950.00
Transferred to Masonic Home during the, Period September 11, 1953 to September 10, 1954
46,950.00
Balance in First National Bank in Saint Louis September 10, 1954
$
1,000.00
$
4,161.50
GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL FUND
Balance in Bank, September 11, 1953 Received from Masonic Lodges during the Period September .11, 1953 to September 10, 1954
4,599.00 $
Transferred to George Washington Memorial Association February. 20, 1954 Bank Charges
$
8,760.50
5,000.00 .86
5,000.86
Balance in First National Bank in Saint Louis September 10, 1954
$
3,759.64
WM. F. KUIIN LIBRARY FUND
Balance, September 11, 1953 Receipts: Interest on Bond Interest on Savings Account
$ 1,127.69 $
Balance, September 10, 1954 Consisting of: Cash in Savings Account, First National Bank in Saint Louis $ U. S. Treasury Bond No. 155643G-2%% 1967/72---:Par Value-$500.00-COst........
12.50 9.74
22.24 $ 1,149.93
668.37 481.56 $ 1,149.93
JOSEPH S. MCINTYRE LIBRARY FUND
Balance, September 11, 1953 No Transactions during Year under Review
$
923.16
Balance in Mercantile Trust Company, Saint Louis, September 10, 1954 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $
923.16
.
42
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MILEAGE AND PER DIEM COMMITTEE
Deposit from General Fund , $27,000.00 Disbursements: Mileage and Per Diem Cheeks Issued and Paid. $24,819.42 Transferred to General Fund 2,180.58 27,000.00 Balance, September 10, 1954
:
.
D.D.G.M. AND D.L. CONFERENCE EXPENSES
Deposit from General Fund Disbursements: Mileage and Expense Checks Issued and Paid Balance, September 10, 1954
$ 1,910.87 1,910.87 .
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, A. F. & A. M. of Missouri from September 11, 1953 to September 10,1054. The Lodge returns were checked to the Grand Secretary's records. The recorded cash receipts of the Masonic Home Initiation Fund, and the George Washington Memorial Fund were compared with the stubs of receipts to the Lodges therefor. Cancelled checks were inspected in support of the disbursements and the bank balances shown in the report were confirmed directly to us by the depositaries. Respectfully submitted, C. K. BENSON & CO., Certified Public Accountants. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE
M. W. Brother Ray V. Denslow presented the report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence which was received and ordered printed in the proceedings. (See "The Masonic World.") REPORT OF THE MASONIC HOME
The report of the Masonic Home was received and ordered printed in the Proceedings. The report is as follows:
REPORT OF THE MASONIC HOME 1954
To the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri: BRETHREN: 'There are very few new details regarding the organization of the Masonic Home Board for this year. As was written in the report in 1953, the amendment of the By-Laws went into effect in December of 1952 and the organization of committees was effected by M. W. Brother Richard O. Rumer. Relatively the same organization was continued during the past year with the Committees of the Board organized as follows: \ L6gal Committee-Henry W. Fox, Chairman; Claude T. Wood; Eugene L. McGee. Finance Committee-Elmer W. Wagner; Chairman; Harold M. Jayne; William J. Craig; Lester M. Heckman; James M. Bradford. Hospital Committee-William J. Craig, Chairman; James M. Bradford; Claude T. Wood. Administration Committee-Lester M. Heckman, Chairman; Russell E. Murray; Eugene L. McGee; Francis Howard; James M. Bradford. Admissions and Discipl.ine Committee-Russell E. Murray, Chairman; Henry W. Fox; Francis Howard; Harold M. Jayne; James M. Bradford; Claude T. Wood; Eugene L. McGee. Fraternal Relations Committee-Francis Howard, Chairman; Elmer W. Wagner; William J. Craig. Trustees of the Endowment Fund--James M. Sellers; Orestes Mitchell, Jr.; Henry W. Fox.
Several of these committees meet on the evening preceding, or earlier in the mornipg each month, before the regular hour called for the entire Board to meet. The Admissions Committee, the Admistration Committee particularly, do considerable extra investigating and inspecting. Every month, for example, each application was thoroughly examined and recommendations were made regarding the acceptance or rejection of applicants. Some of the applications were continued, but for good reason. Never did a single application go over from one month to the next' without having been scrutinized carefully by this very conscientious Committee, whose Chairman was Brother Russell E. Murray. I should also like to pay particular tribute to the Administration Committee headed by Brother Lester M. Heckman. This Committee . kept constantly informed' by careful inspection of any work needing to be done on the Home and the present splendid condition of those
43
44
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
buildings that we desire to keep permanently is due to the fine work of this Committee. HOME PERSONNEL
No major changes were made in the personnel of the staff. We regretted the loss of Miss Helen Mae Haupt, who resigned and who has been replaced by Miss Dorothy Schmidt in the main office of the Home. We feel particularly fortunate in having retained the other members of this staff in the administrative offices and in the hospital and maintenance departments. MAJOR PROJECTS
The biggest one project that was carried through to completion this year was the remodeling of a building to make a home for our superintendent. This project was reported last year as being contemplated, but was carried through to completion this last year. The two other big projects that affect the finances of the Home were the sale of the two large pieces of property which were finally effected early this year. I refer to the Huthmaker Estate, which was sold at a price of $75,000. This was a piece of property that has long been in possession of the Home but little or no income could be obtained from it, and only recently was the Home authorized to put up the property for sale. . The tract of land ,bordering Enright Avenue immediately north of the Home, otherwise known as the Blossom property, was originally purchased with a view to building a children's home. There was a large residence, which formerly was used as a home for the superintendent, on the property but this building, although not of bad appearance, was almost beyond repair alid had to be abandoned in the interest of economy and comfort. Finally, a sale was made of this property in the amount of $150,000. FINANCES
I shall not discuss finances here beyond the mention of the two sales which have been effected during my term of office. A full explanation and statistical information will be given as part of this report. The members of the Board felt that we were exceedingly fortunate in being able to make the two sales which I have described. ENTERTAINMENT
I wish I could more adequately give a narrative account of the entertainment furnished our guests. I was fortunate enough to attend one picnic in which the Wardens' and Masters' Clubs of St. Louis and St. Louis County joined to give the members of the Home a fine entertainment, as well as serve them very excellent refreshments. In addition to this picnic, the Wardens' and Masters' Clubs pro-
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
45
vided, a Christmas party for the Home Family at which each member of the family was remembered with a gift from the clubs. The Christmas Committee, composed of a representative from each of the Lodges and other Masonic bodies in St. Louis and St. Louis County, faithfully discharged the duties of their function throughout the entire year. In addition to providing a very fine party on Christmas Eve, other parties and entertainments were provided monthly. The entertainments at these parties ranged from musical numbers to magicians, acrobatic dancing and many other forms of amusement, which were greatly appreciated by the Home Family. Refreshments were also provided at each of these parties, which added to the enjoyment of the occasion. An additional service which this committee rendered was to provide for and arrange the religious services held in the chapel on the Home grounds. 'Ve are grateful to these brethren for the service which they rendered to our guests. During the summer, band concerts on the .lawn were provided by the Moolah Temple Band, the Letter Carriers Band and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Band. ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR
The Advisory Board of the Order of the Eastern Star, along with the Grand Matron, Associate Grand Matron and Grand Secretary, were, when possible, in attendance at our regular meetings. By regular meetings I refer to the four quarterly meetings, the other eight being executive committee meetings. "vVe have always thoroughly enjoyed having these very charming women attend our meetings, and the fine spirit of cooperation they have 'shown and their willingness to tackle any job that needed to be done have been of inestimable value. I am sure that we can count on the Order to continue giving their fine support to the Home. By invitation of the Board of Directors, Mrs. Alta L. Tate, President of the Eastern Star Advisory Board, attended the meetings of the Admissions Committee held each month. We appreciate her faithfulness and counsel and welcome her attendance at these meetings, since she is thereby able to interpret to the Order of Eastern Star some of the problems which face the Board, especially as regards the problems of caring for our guests. During the year the Order of Eastern Star, through the agency of the Advisory Board, as well as through Chapters, ~lubs and individual members, have provided many valuable contributions to the Home. A partial li~t of these contributions follows: 100 Metal Folding Chairs 122 Pairs of draperies for Women's Building 2 Large rugs for Superintendent's Apartment 12 Mattresses for the Hospital Repairs to the Chapel Furniture 8 Quilts
46
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
8 Blankets 6 Sheets 203 Towels 242 Scarfs 150 Wash Cloths 117 Pillowcases 87 Napkins 96 Handkerchiefs 836 Jars fruit, vegetables and jellies 501 Pounds cookies 230 Pounds candy 20 Boxes fruit 2 Cases eggs 737 Individual gifts 2 Wheel chairs 4 Radios 1 Television 1 Set Encyclopedia 235 Miscellaneous articles Special individualized gifts of clothing to the children, from the 7th District Cash in the amount of $2,110.93 earmarked for special purposes, such as cash gifts, radios, electric fans, etc. A COLLEGE GRADUATE
We are very proud of one of our children who left the Home in June of this year. Dolores Hehmann, whose father was a member of Magnolia Lodge No. 626, A. F. & A. M., came to the Home at the age of six years in 1939. Dolores graduated from Soldan High School and having a desire for higher education, she enrolled in Harris Teachers College, which is a part of the public school system of the City of St. Louis. She was graduated from Harris Teachers College in January, 1954, with an A.B. degree. Upon her graduation she was appointed as a kindergarten teacher in the public schools of St. Louis and took up her duties in that honorable profession the week after her graduation. Dolores is a very lovely and capable young woman and I feel that the fraternity can be justly proud of her. CONCLUSION
It has never been my experience to work with a finer group of men than those whom j'ou have chosen as members of the Masonic Home Board. Unselfish, conscientious, able and diligent men, they have carried forward the ideals of charity as the foundation of Freemasonry. It is a pleasure to have associated with these men and I can assure you that the Home will continue as a fine example of Masonic charity as long as you elect these and similarly well qualified men. I urge all of you to familiarize yourself with the Home and its problems. Fraternally yours, JAMES M. SELLERS Grand Master.-
1954
47
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI APPLICATIONS
Carried over from previous year Received during the year
4 77 81
Admitted to the Home during the year Rejected because of ineligibility Died while application was being investigated. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . Withdrawn by the Lodge or Chapter Continued for further investigation
62 12 2 2 3 81
,MEMBER STATISTICS Men Members in the Home July 1, 1953 62 Arrived during the year 18 Died during the year Discharged during the year
Women 171 39
80 23 0
Boys 16 1
Girls 13 3
210 23
17
16
1
4
2
o
o
Members in the Home July 1, 1954 57 186 13 14 Total members in the Home July 1, 1954 .. : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 270 MASONIC HOME HOSPITAL Total number of patients in the Hospital July 1, 1953 Total number of patients admitted during the year Total number of patients discharged during the year Total number of deaths during the year Total number of patients in the Hospital July 1, 1954 Average number of patients in the Hospital per day during the year Total patients' days in the Hospital Total number of patients treated during the year *Total number of out-patients treated during the year Total number of operations performed
. . . . .
77 259 207 46 83
. . . . .
29,744 21,461 20,661 8
Howard Lodge No.4, New Franklin $ United L'odge No.5, Springfield O'Sullivan Lodge No.7, Walnut Grove..................... Agency Lodge No. 10, Agency..... Pauldingville Lodge No. 11, Wright City Tyro Lodge No. 12, Caledonia Rising Sun Lodge No. 13, Barry Eolia Lodge No. 14, Eolia. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Western Star Lodge No. 15, Winston Memphis Lodge No. 16, Memphis....... Palmyra Lodge No. 18, P~lmyra Paris Union Lodge No. 19, Paris " .. Havana Lodge No. 21, McFall Wellington Lodge No. 22, DeKalb
5.00 25.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 10.05 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.00
83
* Guests of the Home who are not hospitalized. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CHRISTMAS AND ENTERTAINMENT FUND-1953-1954
48
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Wyaconda Lodge No. 24, LaGrange , , . Evergreen Lodge No. 27, New Haven . St. John's Lodge No. 28, Hannibal . Windsor Lodge No. 29, Windsor . Huntsville Lodge No. 30, Huntsville . Liberty Lodge No. 31, Liberty . Humphreys Lodge No. 32, Humphreys . : . Ralls Lodge No. 33, Center Troy Lodge No. 34, Troy , , '" . Mercer Lodge No. 35, Princeton . Hemple Lodge No. 37, Hemple . Callao Lodge No. 38, Callao . DeWitt Lodge No. 39, DeWitt " . '" :. Jefferson Lodge No. 43, Jefferson City . Fair Play Lodge No. 44, Fair Play . . Wentzville Lodge No. 46, Wentzville Fayette Lodge No. 47, Fayette . Fulton Lodge No. 48, Fulton . Holt Lodge No. 49, Holt . Xenia Lodge No. 50, Hopkins . Livingston Lodge No. 51, Glasgow . Wakanda Lodge No. 52, Carrollton . Weston Lodge No. 53, Weston . Index Lodge No. 54, Garden City ' . Tipton Lodge No. 56, Tipton . . Richmond Lodge No. 57, Richmond . Monticello Lodge No. 58, Monticello Centralia Lodge No. 59, Centralia . . Vinci! Lodge No. 62, Cameron Cambridge Lodge No. 63, Slater . Pattonsburg Lodge No. 65, Pattonsburg . Grant City Lodge No. 66, Grant City . . Sullivan Lodge No. 69, Sullivan Armstrong Lodge No. 70, Armstrong . Savannah Lodge No. 71, Savannah . . Gorin Lodge No. 72, Gorin Eureka Lodge No. 73, Brunswick . Silex Lodge No. 75, Silex : . Independence Lodge No. 76, Independence . Lebanon Lodge No. 77, £teclville . St. Joseph Lodge No. 78, St. Joseph . Jackson Lodge No. 82, Linneus . . Laclede Lodge No. 83, Lebanon . Brookfield Lodge No. 86, Brookfield Washington Lodge No. 87, Greenfield . Friendship Lodge No. 89, Chillicothe . Madison Lodge No. 91, Madison '" Perseverance Lodge No. 92, Louisiana . St. Mark's Lodge No. 93, Cape Girardeau . Vienna Lodge No. 94, Vienna , . Bethany Lodge No. 97, Bethany . Webster Lodge No. 98, Marshfield . Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 99, Mt. Vernon . Ash Grove Lodge No. 100, Ash Grove . Bogard Lodge No. 101, Bogard . Bloomington Lodge No. 102, Bevier . West View Lodge No. 103, Millersville . Heroine Lodge No. 104, Kansas City ..........•.............
1954 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 12.30 10.00 2.50 50.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 50.00 10.00 5.00 25.00 15.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 25.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 50.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 25.00 25.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 25.00 5.00 10.00
19:~~
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
Kirksville Lodge No. 105, Kirksville Gallatin Lodge No. 106, Gallatin Greenville Lodge No. 107, Greenville Stanberry Lodge No. 109, Stanberry Marcus Lodge No. 1l0, Fredericktown Maitland Lodge No. 112, Maitland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plattsburg Lodge No. 113, Plattsburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Twilight Lodge No. 114, Columbia. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laddonia Lodge No. 115, Laddonia Barnes Lodge No. 116, Cabool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Helena Lodge No. 117, Rochester ;..... DeSoto Lodge No. 119, DeSoto Compass Lodge No. 120, Parkville Triplett Lodge No. 122, Triplett Hermann Lodge No. 123, Hermann '" . Gentryville Lodge No. 125, Gentryville Seaman Lodge No. 126, Milan.................. Athens Lodge No. 127, Albany. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lorraine Lodge No. 128, Ridgeway .................... Monett Lodge No. 129, Monett Hume Lodge No. 130, Hume Potosi Lodge No. 131, Potosi Farmington Lodge No. 132, Farmington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olean Lodge No. 134, Olean Lincoln Lodge No. 138, Fillmore Oregon Lodge No. 139, Oregon...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amsterdam Lodge No. 141, Amsterdam ...............•.... Irondale Lodge No. 143, Irondale ... ~. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modern Lodge No. 144, Humansville. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Latimer Lodge No. 145, Licking Cass Lodge No. 147, Harrisonville Lexington Lodge No. 149, Lexington Linn Creek Lodge No. 152, Camdenton ............ Bloomfield Lodge No. 153, Bloomfield Ionie Lodge No. 154, Desloge.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Star Lodge No. 157, Rockport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountain Grove Lodge No. 158, Mountain Grove. . . . . . . . . . . . Green City Lodge No. 159, Green City Pleasant Lodge No. 160, Morrisville. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clifton Hill Lodge No. 161, Clifton Hill Whitesville Lodge No. 162, Whitesville Portageville Lodge No. 166, Portageville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Camden Point Lodge No. 169, Camden Point Benevolence Lodge No. 170, Utica... . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Censer Lodge No. 172, :M:acon Gray Summit Lodge No. 173, Gray Summit.... Sturgeon Lodge No. 174, Sturgeon Point Pleasant Lodge No. 176, Conran. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas Lodge No. 177, Houston Griswold Lodge No. 178, Bellflower California Lodge No. 183, California Morley Lodge No. 184, Morley....... . .. Chamois Lodge No. 185, Chamois ..•........................ Hannibal Lodge No. 188, Hannibal Zeredatha Lodge No. 189, St. Joseph... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Putnam Lodge No. 190, Newtown......................... Frankford Lodge No. 192, Frankford Angerona Lodge No. 193, Missouri City... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .
49 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10:00 25.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 25.00 17.50 10.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 20.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 2.50 10.00
50
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Wellsville Lodge No. 194, Wellsville Bolivar Lodge No. 195, Bolivar Carthage Lodge No. 197, Carthage New Hope Lodge No. 199, Elsberry Ravenwood Lodge No. 201, Ravenwood " Rowley Lodge No. 204, Dearborn Trilumina Lodge No. 205, Marshall Somerset Lodge No. 206, Powersville Clay Lodge No. 207, Excelsior Springs .. , Poplar Bluff Lodge No. 209, Poplar Bluff Unionville Lodge No. 210, Unionville Four Mile Lodge No. 212, Campbell Rolla Lodge No. 213, Rolla Forest City Lodge No. 214, Forest City Hornersville Lodge No. 215, Hornersville Hale City Lodge No. 216, Hale Barbee Lodge No. 217, Sweet Springs Albert Pike Lodge No. 219, Kansas City Kansas City Lodge No. 220, Kansas City Mystic Tie Lodge No. 221, Oak Ridge LaBelle Lodge No. 222, LaBelle Ray Lodge No. 223, Camden Hamilton Lodge No. 224, Hamilton Salem Lodge No. 225, Salem Saline Lodge No. 226, St. Mary's Cypress Lodge No. 227, Laclede Shelbina Lodge No. 228, Shelbina St. James Lodge No. 230, St. James Cardwell Lodge No. 231, Cardwell Polo Lodge No. 232, Polo Bucklin Lodge No. 233, Bucklin St. Francois Lodge No. 234, Libertyville Sedalia Lodge No. 236, Sedalia LaPlata Lodge No. 237, LaPlata Rushville Lodge No. 238, Rushville Hopewell Lodge No. 239, Lesterville Palestine Lodge No. 241, St. Charles Middle Fabius Lodge No. 244, Downing Knobnoster Lodge No. 245, Knobnoster Montgomery Lodge No. 246, Montgomery City Neosho Lodge No. 247, Neosho Carroll Lodge No. 249, Norborne Hope Lodge No. 251, Washington Laredo Lodge No. 253, Laredo Alton Lodge No. 255, Alton Shekinah Lodge No. 256, Festus Mechanicsville Lodge No. 260, Defiance Holden Lodge No. 262, Holden Summit Lodge No. 263, Lee's Summit Corinthian Lodge No. 265, Warrensburg Brotherhood Lodge No. 269, St. Joseph New Salem Lodge No. 270, Winfield Solomon Lodge No. 271, Springfield Granite Lodge No. 272, Sedalia St. Clair Lodge No. 273, Osceola Cold Spring Lodge No. 274, Leeton Wm. D. Muir Lodge No. 277, Pilot Grove Essex Lodge No. 278, Essex
"
'
,
~
'"
'
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.00 5.00 10.00 . 10.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 15.00 25.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 18.25 25.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 5.00 100.00 2.50 5.00 50.00 25.00 25.00 20.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 15.00 10.00 5.00 10.00
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
Hogle's Creek Lodge No. 279, Wheatland . Stockton Lodge No. 283, Stockton . Canopy Lodge No. 284, Aurora . Earl Lodge No. 285, Coffey . Craft Lodge No. 287, Canton . Graham Lodge No. 289, Graham . Fairmont Lodge No. 290, Wyaconda . Edina Lodge No. 291, Edina . Lamar Lodge No. 292, Lamar . . Mound City Lodge No. 294, Mound City Moniteau Lodge No. 295, Jamestown . Sampson Lodge No. 298, Lutie . 'remple Lodge No. 299, Kansas City . Lick Creek Lodge No. 302, Perry . . Osage Lodge No. 303, Nevada Cecile Daylight Lodge No. 305, Kansas City . Ashlar Lodge No. 306, Commerce . . Sikeston Lodge No. 310, Sikeston Kearney Lodge No. 311, Kearney . Cuba Lodge No. 312, Cuba . Jerusalem Lodge No. 315, Jerico Springs . Rural Lodge No. 316, Kansas City . . Osborn Lodge No. 317, Osborn Eldorado Lodge No. 318, Luray . Paulville Lodge No. 319, Hurdland . . Versailles Lodge No. 320, Versailles Hardin Lodge No. 322, Hardin . . McDonald Lodge No. 324, Independence Linn Lodge No. 326, Linn . . Mt. Zion Lodge No. 327, West Plains . Cainsville Lodge No. 328, Cainsville Charity Lodge No. 331, St. Joseph . . Excello Lodge No. 332, Excello Joplin Lodge No. 335, Joplin . . Hallsville Lodge No. 336, Hallsville Herculaneum Lodge No. 338, Herculaneum . Fidelity Lodge No. 339, Farley .....................â&#x20AC;˘...... Westport Lodge No. 340, Kansas City . . Rockville Lodge No. 341, Rockville Circle Lodge No. 342, Roscoe . : . :F'ellowship Lodge No. 345, Joplin Pollock Lodge No. 349, Pollock . . Mosaic Lodge No. 351, Belleview . Barnesville Lodge No. 353, Ellington Hebron Lodge No. 354, Mexico . Adelphi Lodge No. 355, Edgerton . Ancient Landmark Lodge No. 356, Harrisburg . Northwest Lodge No. 358, Tarkio . Hiram Lodge No. 362, Kahoka . Fraternal Lodge No. 363, Robertsville . Adair Lodge No. 366, Kirksville . . Crescent Hill Lodge No. 368, Adrian . Composite Lodge No. 369, Doniphan Williamstown Lodge No. 270, Williamstown . Nonpareil Lodge No. 372, East Lynne ..' . Belle Lodge No. 373, Belle . Waynesville Lodge No. 375, Waynesville . King Hill Lodge No. 376, St. Joseph ..
51 10.00 10.00 10.00 2.50 25.00 5.00 5.00 15.00 25.00 5.00 5.00 25.00 25.00 5.00 15.00 10.00 5.00 25.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 25.00 5.00 25.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 25.00 10.00 5.00 25.00 6.00 5.00 10.00 50.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00
52
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Berlin Lodge No. 378, Fairport Billings Lodge No. 379, Billings Queen City Lodge No. 380, Queen City Ionia Lodge No. 381, Eldon Pythagoras Lodge No. 383, Cassville East Prairie Lodge No. 384, East Prairie Arcana Lodge No. 389, Harris Raytown Lodge No. 391, Raytown Christian Lodge No. 392, Oak Grove Beehive Lodge No. 393, Lawson Gower Lodge No. 397, Gower Jasper Lodge No. 398, Jasper Pike Lodge No. 399, Curryville Decatur Lodge No. 400, Pierce City Carterville Lodge No. 401, Carterville Malta Lodge No. 402, Malta Bend Malden Lodge No. 406, Malden " Charleston Lodge No. 407, Charleston Montrose Lodge No. 408, Montrose Louisville Lodge No. 409, Louisville Iberia Lodge No. 410, Iberia Hunnewell Lodge No. 415, Hunnewell Whitewater Lodge No. 417, Whitewater Star Lodge No. 419, Taberville Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422, Springfield Samaritan Lodge No. 424, Bonne Terre Green Ridge Lodge No. 425, Green Ridge Glenwood Lodge No. 427, Glenwood Winona Lodge No. 430, Winona Mt. Olive Lodge No. 439, Rogersville Trowel Lodge No. 440, Marble Hill Burlington Lodge No. 442, Burlington Junction Ada Lodge No. 444, Orrick Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446, Kansas City Jacoby Lodge No. 447, Darlington Schell City Lodge No. 448, Schell City Belton Lodge No. 450, Belton Forsyth Lodge No. 453, Forsyth Continental Lodge No. 454, Stewartsville Jonesburg, Lodge No. 457, Jonesburg Hazelwood Lodge No. 459, Seymour Caruthersville Lodge No. 461, Caruthersville Concordia Lodge No. 464, Concordia Southwest Lodge No. 466, Southwest City Nodaway Lodge No. 470, Maryville Mineral Lodge No. 471, Oronogo Pickering Lodge No. 472, Pickering Golden Lodge No. 475, Golden City Mt. Hope Lodge No. 476, Odessa Henderson Lodge No. 477, Rogersville Rich Hill Lodge No. 479, Rich Hill Jewel Lodge No. 480, Pleasant Hill Marceline Lodge No. 481, Marceline Coldwater Lodge No. 485, Drexel Cairo Lodge No. 486, Cairo Lock Springs Lodge No. 488, Lock Springs Lakeville Lodge No. 489, Bell City Vandalia Lodge No. 491, Vandalia
"
, ;
. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2:50 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 18.00 83.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 15.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 25.00 25.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 15.00 10.00 506.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 27.75 25.00 5.00 25.00 5.00 40.00 5.00 7.20 5.00 25.00
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
Daggett Lodge No. 492, McKittrick . . Lewistown Lodge No. 494, Lewistown Unity Lodge No. 495, Richards . Equality Lodge No. 497, Newburg . Jameson Lodge No. 500, Jameson . Buckner Lodge No. 501, Buckner . Philadelphia Lodge No. 502, Philadelphia . Prairie Home Lodge No. 503, Prairie Home . Lathrop Lodge No. 506, Lathrop .......•.................. Clearmont Lodge No. 507, Clearmont . Van Buren Lodge No. 509, Van Buren . New Hampton Lodge No. 510, New Hampton . . Skidmore Lodge No. 511, Skidmore Webb City Lodge No. 512, Webb City . Senath Lodge No. 513, Senath . Granby Lodge No. 514, Granby . Gate City Lodge No. 522, Kansas City . Wayne Lodge No. 526, Piedmont . Higbee Lodge No. 527, Higbee . . Conway Lodge No. 528, Conway Dexter Lodge No. 532, Dexter . Comfort Lodge No. 533, Wheaton . . Columbia Lodge No. 534, Pacific Blackwell Lodge No. 535, Blackwell ; ; . Bethel Lodge No. 537, Bethel . Stella Lodge No. 538, Stella . Dawn Lodge No. 539, Ludlow . . Jacksonville Lodge No. 541, Jacksonville Mansfield Lodge No. 543, Mansfield . Zalma Lodge No. 545, Zalma . Orient Lodge No. 546, Kansas City . South Gate Lodge No. 547, Kansas City . Clinton Lodge No. 548, Clinton . Carl Junction Lodge No. 549, Carl Junction . Pendleton Lodge No. 551, Doe Run . Dlarksburg Lodge No. 553,' Clarksburg .................•.... Foster Lodge No. 554, Foster ~ . . Moscow Lodge No. 558, Moscow Mills . Clarksdale Lodge No. 559, Clarksdale . Nelson Lodge No. 560, Nelson . Cowgill Lodge No. 561, Cowgill York Lodge No. 563, Kansas City . Jamesport Lodge No. 564, Jamesport . Tebbetts Lodge No. 565, Tebbetts . Naylor IJodge No. 568, Naylor . Marlborough Lodge No. 569, Kansas City . . Republic Lodge No. 570, Republic Hayti Lodge No. 571, Hayti " Rutledge Lodge No. 572, Rutledge . Bernie Lodge No. 573, Bernie . LaMonte Lodge No. 574, LaMonte . Easter Lodge No. 575, St. Clair . Illmo Lodge No. 581, Illmo . Koshkonong Lodge No. 582, Koshkonong . Criterion Lodge No. 586, Alba ~ . Branson Lodge No. 587, Branson . St. Francisville Lodge No. 588, Wayland . Advance Lodge No. 590,' Advance •........................
53 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 15.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 15.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 20.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 50.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 15.00 15.00 10.00 14.00 5.00 5.00 10.00
54
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
6.00 15.00 10.00 3.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 14.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 1.00 25.00 12.50 15.00 25.00 4.25 10.00 10.00 42.00 25.00 5.00 50.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 56.00 25.00 15.30 5.00 5.00 5.00 25.00 35.00 7.50 10.00 11.25 10.00
Barnett Lodge No. 591, Barnett . Union Lodge No. 593, Union ............................â&#x20AC;˘. Puxico Lodge No. 596, Puxico . Bosworth Lodge No. 597, Bosworth .. Leadwood Lodge No. 598, Leadwood . Elvins Lodge No. 599, Flat River . . Cosby Lodge No. 600, Cosby Acacia Lodge No. 602, Columbia . Morehouse Lodge No. 603, Morehouse . Craig Lodge No. 606, Craig . Eminence Lodge No. 607, Eminence . Strafford Lodge No. 608, Strafford . Warrenton Lodge No. 609, Warrenton . Clark Lodge No. 610, Clark . Centertown Lodge No. 611, Centertown . Mokane Lodge No. 612, Mokane . Wellston Lodge No. 613, Wellston . Mt. Washington Lodge No. 614, Mt. Washington . . Chaffee Lodge No. 615, Chaffee Swope Park Lodge No. 617, Kansas City . Grandview Lodge No. 618, Grandview . Willard Lodge No. 620, Willard . Anderson Lodge No. 621, Anderson . Norwood Lodge No. 622, Norwood . Owensville Lodge No. 624, Owensville . Sheffield Lodge No. 625, Kansas City . Mendon Lodge No. 628, Mendon . East Gate Lodge No. 630, Kansas City . Archie Lodge No. 633, Archie . . Steele Lodge No. 634, Steele Mountain View Lodge No. 637, Mountain View . Northeast Lodge No. 643, Kansas City . Grain Valley Lodge No. 644, Grain Valley . Clarkton Lodge No. 645, Clarkton . Noel Lodge No. 647, Noel . Elmer Lodge No. 648, Elmer . Shawnee Lodge No. 653, Warsaw . Country Club Lodge No. 656, Kansas City . Alpha Lodge No. 659, Kansas City . Clarence Lodge No. 662, Clarence . Wardell Lodge No. 665, Wardell . Lilbourn Lodge No. 666, Lilbourn . Berkeley Lodge No. 667, Berkeley .
$5,300.35 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS _St. Graal Commandery No. 12, K. T., Columbia $ St. John's Commandery No. 20, K. T., Springfield . Calvery Commandery No. 28, K. T., Fulton . Prince of Peace Commandery No. 29, K. T., Jefferson City . St. Elmo Commandery No. 43, K. T., Bolivar . West Plains Commandery No. 48, K. T., West Plains . Cape Girardeau Commandery No. 55, K. T., Cape Girardeau .. Albany Commandery No. 60, K. T., Albany . Mountain Grove Commandery No. 66, K. T., Mountain Grove .. Weston Chapter No.4, R. A. M., Weston .
10.00 25.00 10.00 50.00 5.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 5.00
1954
55
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
Bolivar Chapter No.5, R. A. M., Bolivar Independence Chapter No. 12, R. A. M., Independence Columbia Chapter No. 17, R. A. M., Columbia Orion Chapter No. 49, R. A. M., Fulton Owens Chapter No. 96, R. A. M., Maryville .. , McDonnell Square Club, St. Louis Ransom A. Breuer Masonic Association, Gray Summit Lead Belt Order No. 83, Sword of Bunker Hill, Farmington Arbela Chapter No. 12, O. E. S., Laddonia Elizabeth Chapter No. 142, O. E. S., Belton .. ; Olive Branch Chapter No. 157, O. E. S., Appleton City Belle Chapter No. 203, O. E. S., Belle Monroe City Chapter No. 390, O. E. S., Monroe City Pyramid Chapter No. 460, O. E. S., St. Louis Daffodil Chapter No. 574, O. E. S., Lathrop 1945 Past Matrons Club of 34th District, Grandview Past Matrons Club of Bonne Terre Past Matrons and Past Patrons Club of Pettis Chapter No. 279, O. E. S., Sedalia Bethel No.6, Job's Daughters, Webster Groves Capital City Assembly No. 16, Order of Rainbow Girls, J"efferson City Anonymous Gifts Charles P. Allen (Berkeley Lodge No. 667), St. Louis Earl Banning, Oregon F. C. Barnhill, Marshall William Birkenmeyer, St. Louis " J. F. Faulkenberry (Hopewell Lodge No. 239), Lesterville C. M. Fitzpatrick (Hopewell Lodge No. 239), Lesterville C. B. Hassler (Hopewell Lodge No. 239), Glover H. H. Haukenberry, Independence Frank Jones (Gallatin Lodge No. 106), Gallatin William S. Juergens, Sullivan Robert H. Mann, Kansas City Everitt Planalp, Oregon R. D. Polsgrove, Oregon Bert F. St. Clair, D.D.G.M., Noel Roy D. Scott (Hopewell Lodge No. 239), Lesterville William D. Turner, New york Grand Total All Contributions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 50.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 22.45 15.00 10;00 5.00 5.00
. .
15.00 5.00
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20.00 95.00
5.00 2.50 5.00 20.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 1.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 2.50 5.00 5.00 3.00 $5,901.80
EXPENDITURES FROM THE CHRISTMAS AND ENTERTAINMENT FUND-1953-1954 Cash gifts for July 4th $ 765.00 Watermelon feast on the lawn . 28.35 'freats for Hallowe 'en . 20.76 Cash gifts for Thanksgiving . 789.00 Turkeys for Thanksgiving dinner . 213.50 Recreational equipment for the old folks . 156.99 Radios . 168.16 Television repair service . 25.75路 Supplies for girls' cooking class . 7.84 Chair rental for outdoor affairs . 15.00 . 813.00 Cash gifts for Easter Bus to Police Circus . 20.20 Tickets to Police Circus . 40.40
56
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Treats for parties Prizes for children Birthday gifts Special envelopes for cash gifts and Birthday cards Shows Christmas: Cash gifts to the old folks Children's gifts Trees and decorations Candy, nuts, fruit and pastries Turkeys for Christmas dinner
. . . . .
30.42 18.00 237.00 43.20 215.30
. 1,180.00 . 156.82 . 143.55 . 854.21 . 204.50 $6,146.95
SPECIAL GIFTS Heroine Lodge No. 104, Twenty-second District Kansas City Lodge No. 220, Twenty-second District Temple Lodge No. 299, Twenty-second District Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446, Twenty-second District Orient Lodge No. 546, Twenty-second District South Gate Lodge No. 547, Twenty-second District East Gate Lodge No. 630, Twenty-second District Country Club Lodge No. 656, Twenty-second District U sed for room coolers in the Hospital 1953 Masters and Wardens Clubs of St. Louis and St. Louis County, Used for room coolers in the Hospital 1953 Associate Matrons Club of St. Louis and St. Louis County, O. E. S 1953 Associate Patrons Club of St. Louis and St. Louis County, O. E. S. . Electa Club of St. Louis and St. Louis County, O. E. S Rcema Club of Webster Groves Chapter No. 64, O. E. S Owensville Chapter No. 414, O. E. S. . Floral Society of Radiant Chapter No. 88, O. E. S Pomegranate Lodge No. 95, A. F. & A. M
$ . . . . . . .
5.50 16.33 75.00 38.00 38.00 28.00 50.00 25.00
----$
275.83
.
305.52
.
100.00
. . . . . .
100.00 25.00 25.00 12.00. 5.00 25.00
----Used for radios $ 292.00 Orient Chapter No. 491, O. E. S., for Hospital bed . 100.00 Gifts in honor of Julian Simon, St. Louis, Mo. Used for fans for the old folks . 45.00 Elbert A. Wilker, Swope Park Lodge No. 617, for the boys .. 15.00 Gift of the Second Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, Mo. Placed in the Building Fund .............â&#x20AC;˘............. 157.90 Bequest from the estate of William E. Downs, for aiding and educating children of worthy Master Masons . 10,000.00
1954
57
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
ADDITIONS TO THE ENDOWMENT FUND MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI 1953-1954 Jennie Albers Estate Minnie Allender Estate Angela Campbell Estate Max Philip Cohen Estate Mary Huthmaker Estate Harriet C. Johnson Estate Minnie .Miller Estate Oscar T. Nitzschmann Estate Albert Rabenneck Estate Paul Wielandy Estate Elbridge E. Widener Estate Louis H. Winkler Estate Gifts in memory of Mrs. Theo. R. Appel Gifts in memory of Jerry Bingaman Gifts in memory of Roy Collins Gifts in memory of Dr. A. F. Gaertner ' Gifts in memory of Shaw Goolsly Gifts in memory of Mrs. Mabel McCully Gifts in memory of Mrs. Adolph Roeper Gifts in memory of Mrs. Sallie Simon Gifts in memory of Karl M. Vetsburg Gifts in memory of Otto C. Steinbrecher Gifts in memory of Mrs. Frank Stumm 9ifts in memory of W. G. Wood Gifts of Members of.St. Mark's Lodge No. 93 Gifts of Members of Occidental Lodge No. 163 Gifts of Members of Rolla Lodge No. 213 Gifts of Members of Temple Lodge No. 299 Gifts of Members of Euclid Lodge No. 505 Gifts of Members of Ferguson Lodge No. 542 Gifts of Members of Clinton Lodge No. 548 Gifts of Members of Elvins Lodge No. 599 Gifts of Members of Wellston Lodge No. 613 Gifts of Members of Archie Lodge No. 633 Gifts of Members of Jennings Lodge No. 640 Gifts of Members of Gardenville Lodge No. 655 Gifts of Past Masters of Pyramid Lodge No: 180 Gifts of Loyal Chapter No. 511, O. E. S Gift of Frank B. Adams Gift of Frank C. Barnhill Gift of J. H. Brimmer Gift of G. A. Buder Gift of Richard J. W. Coopman Gift of Clarence N. Crites路 Gift of Will Docter Gift of Bernard Greensfelder Gift of Robert Jacobi Gift of George Mavrematis Gift of Fred Mollenauer Gift of Richard O. a;nd Margaret A. Rumer .'
$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,000.00 2,000.00 62,959.16 100.00 895.88 2,000.00 15,000.00 20,000.00 2,747.07 200.00 3,000.00 1,377.58 5.00 路25.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 30.00 15.00 10.00 55.00 3.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 5.00 2.25 149.00 60.00 2.50 7.00 5.00 5.00' 10.00 5.00 50.00 , 100.00 50.00 1,000.00 10.00 100.00 11.08 10.00 300.00 50.00 10.00 20.00 65.00 500.00
58
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
ADDITIONS TO THE ENDOWMENT FUND MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI 1953-1954
Gift Gift . Gift Gift Gift Gift Gift
of of of of of of of
Arthur C. Schuster Sam Silverman R. Jasper Smith Harry F. Sutherland Arthur H. Windmoeller John A. Witthaus Wm. B. Ittner, Inc
,.. . . . . . .
100.00 8.00 40.00 10.00 5.00 20.00 100.00 $114,312.52
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
ENDOWMENT :FUND MASONIC HOME O:F MISSOURI 1886-1953 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. Gurtlich 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 1\1rs. E. 'Vurz Adolph Gluck Fund Parralle Massengale Fund Mrs. Lillie F. Fletcher Fund Frederick A. Logan Fund Robert Elliott Black Fund Nathan Schloss }<'ulld A. P. Christianson Fund Agnes 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 Pund James W. Boyd }'und " 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 II. Potter Estate Fund J. C. Jacquith Estate Fund Initiation Fund Nicholas R. Wall Fund Abraham Palan Fund Bonds from a friend of the Home sold for Maggie Nicholson Fund Louisa Yott Fund Gustav Bischoff Fund
$ 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 . . ]28,740.03 1,000.00 . 7,107.50 . . 500.00 500.00 . . 3,000.00 . 17,056.95 . 1,800.00 . 1,000.00 1,000.00 . 1,442.48 . 1,000.00 . 500.00 . -. .. 13,305.50 . 19,122.61 . 246,700.00 500.00 . 584.70 . . 52,218.75 550.36 . 500.00 . 500.00 .
59
60
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
ENDOWMENT FUND MASONIO HOME OF MISSOURI 1886-1953 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 ; Mary C. Clapp Samuel Rife Estate Charles R.eilly 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 Pian 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. M. Darrow Estate William Latham, Jr. Estate John M. Woodson Estate
. 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 1,000.00 . . 5,467.91
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
ENDOWMENT FUND MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI 1886-1953 Sol E. Waggoner Estate . 1,000.00 Jacob C. C. Waldeck Estate . 500.00 Adam Herold Estate ' . 211.08 J ames Vinyard Estate . 933.24 George B. Mills Estate, Stock and Bonds . 11,600.00 John Rehrs Estate . 250.00 William Russell Estate, Cash . 1,901.39 William Russell Estate, Bonds and Other Securities . 4,392.00 Joseph Kronacher Estate . 431.05 William A. Raming Estate . 1,000.00 2,000.00 Fred Herket Estate . 405.86 Oscar H. Elbrecht Estate, Cash . 2,780.00 Oscar H. Elbrecht Estate, Stocks and Bonds . Edward F. W. Kaiser . 25,000.00 Henry W. Hunning Estate . 100.00 300.00 Dr. Louis F. Bode Estate . 214.47 Fred Segelke Estate . . 1,000.00 Charles Geitner Estate 5,085.00 William B. Archer Estate " .. James Ward Nixon Memorial' . 1,000.00 Henry C. Grenner Estate, Stocks, Bonds and Cash . 261,502.94 Berthold Linder Estate . 200.00 . Charles H. Schureman Estate 365.61 . Charles A. Brown Estate 1,000.00 Ernest Bruneman . 100.00 . A. S. Hudson Estate 942.84 Myrtle Kipp Estate . 707.16 John Cunningham Estate . 16,875.25 . Mrs. Pearl Kaiser Annuity 5,500.00 Estate of William Modra . 6,362.19 500.00, George W. Leeak Gift . . Louis J. Brohammer Gift 1,500.00 Fred D. Gardner Estate . 1,000.00 . George H. Woltjen Estate 1,000.00 Mrs. Virginia Allen Church Estate (in memory of Ethelbert Forrester Allen) . 5,000.00 Irvin Levosier Page Estate . 25.00 50.00 Gift in memory of William T. Coombs . Barbara Seaman Bequest . 100.00 Isador Mendle Legacy . 1,000.00 Estate of Joseph S. McIntyre . 1,000.00 Estate of James R. Anderson . 2,103.03 R. F. Stevenson Estate . 10.00 . George William James Estate 1,000.00 Gerard B. Lambert . 7.40 Mary Huthmaker Estate . 36,105.45 Estate of William Rothmeyer . 50.00 Louis Schmidt Estate . 500.00 William W. Alexander . 1,000.00 Mrs. Kate Fellers Estate . 625.00
61
62
1954
PROCJ<JEDINGS OF THE
ENDOWMENT FUND MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI 1886-1953 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 Thomas H. Reynolds Gift Edward Kuhn Estate Alva Moog Estate Nicola Zimmer Memorial Fund Emma H. Doellner Estate Abraham Romansky Gift Ahraham 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 ; }<~ranklin 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 and Cash Estate of Louis A. Geserich William J. Whiprecht Estate Hattie Fuller Estate Elzie Fulton Estate William Downs Gift Estate of G. 1. Langenberg Estate of Virgil L. Muskopf Mrs. Earl C. Tuggle Gift A. M. Freund Estate .. , George C. Paulus Gift Bernard J. Kappel Estate Mary E. Knecht Estate
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
100.00 100.00 17,971.36 538.05 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 6,311.77 5,000.00 50.00 17.75 50.00 300.00 5,000.00 1,815.87 2,697.96 1,000.00 6,928.80 6,266.89 46,929.10 20,000.00 25,000.00 2,807.58 100.00 1,040.05 1,000.00 33,420.08 200.00 5.00 917.87 16,189.95 500.00 250.00 400.00 25.00 500.00 2,000.00 500.00 250.00
1954
63
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
ENDOWMENT FUND MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI 1886-1953 Mrs. Anna Nipper Estate . Fort Leonard Wood National Sojourners Gift . Minnie K. Geller Estate . Mary B. Chandler Estate . Iva T. Burns and Lola B. Dickey, Memorial Fund . Albert G. Keller Estate, Bonds and Cash . William Kairns Estate . H. O. Hirsch Estate . . Mrs. Julia Weber Lewis Estate F. W. Weinheimer Estate, Bonds, Stock and Cash . Gift of 1949 Wardens and Masters' Club of St. Louis and St. Louis County . Gift of William R. Denslow and Wife . . Mrs. Rose M. Sizemore Estate, Bond and Cash Gift of G. A. Buder ' . Virginia Stroud Estate . Herman Mensendiek Estate, Stocks . John R. Goodall Trust . William M. Pinger Estate . Gift in memory of Frederick Quellmalz . August Anthony Nolte Estate . Gift of Mrs. Katherine Thomas, Queen City Chapter No. 226, O. }<j. S., in honor of Ray Bond, G.M . Gift of Robert Lewis Macy . Gifts in memory of Dillman F. E. Wagner . Gift in memory of T. T. Turley and H. 1. Turley . Edna Ceora Rogers Estate . John T. Mathis Estate . Frank Joseph Arth Estate . Aubrey B. Henton Estate . . Rudolph Buhman Estate Ernest J. Bunt Estate . John P. Briebel Estate . Mrs. Rose W. Lenore Estate . . Mrs. Barsha A. Langston Estate . Mrs. Henrietta Pearse Estate Morris L. Binowitz Estate . Edgar P. Schaefer Estate . Angela Campbell Estate . Mrs. Lulu Cammann Zamzow Estate . . Mrs. Luella M. Willette Estate Wm. Frederick Kuhn Memorial Association, in memory of Dr. William Frederick Kuhn . Anna L. Gentry Memorial Fund . Gift in memory of Val O. Decker and Frances Decker . Gift of Robert C. Winkelmaier, in memory of Bertha Winkelmaier . Gift of Leola P. Robertson, in memory of George W. Peters . Gifts in memory of Mrs. Sallie Simon .
84,726.34 100.00 250.00 5,743.10 200.00 3,239.97 100.00 5,248.76 5,000.00 57,618.75 100.00 100.00 2,295.62 393.99 1,000.00 165.00 1,000.00 555.20 10.00 25.00 100.00 10.00 20.00 100.00 6,600.00 4,858.52 1,000.00 3,726.55 53,586.08 500.00 1,000.00 500.00 12,333.26 9,783.05 1,000.00 601.60 64,748.64 10,604.86 1,299.12 787.71 2,099.13 2,000.00 150.00 25.06 120.00
64
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
ENDOWMENT FUND MASONIO HOME or MISSOURI 1886-1953 Gift Gift Gift Gift Gift Gift
in memory of John Weiss, Jr . in memory of Emma Krieger . of Calvary Commandery No. 28, K. T., Fulton . of St. Graal Commandery No. 12, K. T., Columbia of Crane Lodge No. 517, A. F. & A. M., Crane ... of Ferguson Lodge No. 542, A. F. & A. M., Ferguson . Gift of Senath Lodge No. 513, A. F. & A. M., Senath .. Gift of Frank B. Adam . Gift of H. H. Blackledge . Gift of J. H. Brimmer . Gift of R. B. Cessna . Gift of E. G. Corwine . Gift of Will Docter . Gift of C. R. Hinerman . Gift of Rudolph Egger . Gift of Edward F. Henri . Gift of Louis F. Heidorn . Gift of Robert Jacobi . Gift of George Mavrematis . Gift of Robert L. Macy . Gift of James P. Moore . Gift of Louis J. Ohler . Gift of L. M. Shrum . Gift of George E. Stowell . Gift of W. A. Walker . Gift of J. E. Weissenborn . Gift of Arthur Windmoeller . Adele H. Doellner Estate . George T. Mannion Estate . Helen Primavesi Estate . Gertrude French Rouse Estate . Reinhold Schenkmeyer Estate . Thomas Stayton Estate . Otto August Vogelsang Estate . Gift in memory of Mrs. C. L. Alexander . Gifts in memory of Mrs. Ella K. Falkenhainer . Gifts in memory of Harry Grimspan . Gifts in memory of Mrs. Katherina Hammermeister .. , Gifts in memory of Mrs. Olaf Murray . Gifts in memory of Truman Rose . Gifts in memory of Carl Schlapp, Sr . Gifts in memory of Cecil A. Tolin . Gifts in honor of Julian Simon . Gifts of Members of Erwin Lodge No. 121 . Gifts of Members of Occidental Lodge No. 163 . Gifts of Members of Pyramid Lodge No. 180 . Gifts of Members of Albert Pike Lodge No. 219 . Gifts of Members of Euclid Lodge No. 505 . Gifts of Members of Ferguson Lodge No. 542 .
26.00 5.50 11.50 10.00 25.00 15.00 10.00 100.00 150.00 10.00 2.00 1.00 200.00 50.00 5.00 5.00 3.00 20.00 40.00 5.00 5.00 3.00 10.00 5.00 50.00 25.00 10.00 200.00 9,160.44 29,152.50 250.00 500.00 2,683.54 24,545.74 2.00 6.00 10.00 7.50 15.00 15.00 15.00 50.00 74.00 5.00 25.00 56.00 13.00 86.00 7.00
1954
65
. GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
ENDOWMENT FUND MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI 1886-1953 Gifts of Members of Mansfield Lodge No. 543 Gifts of Members of Olive Branch Lodge No. 576 Gifts of Members of Elvins Lodge No. 599 Gifts of Members of Acacia Lodge No. 602 Gifts of Members of Swope Park Lodge No. 617 Gifts of Members of Jennings Lodge No. 640 Gifts of Members of Gardenville Lodge No. 655 Gift of Clarence W. Crites .' Gift of Dr. Solon Cameron Gift of M. L. Gross Gift of Albert E. Hamlin Gift of Ray McClanhan '" Gift of Fred Mollenaucr Gift of E. H. Penton Gift of Oscar Schmelig Gift of John A. Witthaus Gift of Blue Silver Lancers, Moolah Temple Gift of W. B. Distributors, Inc Gift of W m. B. Ittner, Inc. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.00 10.00 5.00 3.00 10.00 5.00 3.00 10.00 100.00 10.00 50.00 10.00 30.00 10.00 20.00 20.00 250.00 300.00 200.00
66
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY July 1, 1953'to June 30, 1954 GENERAL FUND Income Grand Lodge Per Capita Tax $229,009.57 Grand Chapter O.E.S. Per Capita Tax 21,443.50 Interest on General Fund Securities Miscellaneous Income . Gifts ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$250,453.07 1,072.28 22.42 51.56 - - - - - $251,599.33
Expenses Wages and Salaries $135,429.98 Provisions 109,508.60 Dry Goods and Clothing 3,911.77 Dry Cleaning and Shoe Repair 862.34 Laundry .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,613.01 Fuel 17,201.01 Repairs and Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 27,868.51 Supplies 19,554.59 Ice 299.26 Light 6,981.76 Water 2,288.09 Insurance 4,780.49 Barber 1,220.75 Outside Aid 500.00 Federal Social Security Employers Tax 2,806.35 Education 53.52 Directors, Grand Lodge Officers and Advisory Board Attending Board Meetings . 2,349.50 Children's Allowances . 191.20 Carfare . 308.15 Telephone . 1,009.14 Auditing . 350.00 Printing, Stationery and Postage . 914.35 Steward's Car Allowance . 720.00 Inspection Fees and Taxes . 57.20 Hauling Ashes, etc . 1,134.21 Want Ads . 643.03 Petty Cash Expense . 1,377.00 Newspapers . 909.89 . Dues and Subscriptions 69.60 Safe Deposit Boxes . 30.00 Piano Tuning . 82.50 Miscellaneous . 52.66 Masonic Homes Executives Ass 'no Convention Expense . 178.82 Public Relations . 13.47 Grand Lodge Entertainment . 133.44 Superintendent's Traveling Expense . 268.65 Credit Reports . 232.32 ----.-
346,958.22
Excess of Expenses over Income ., Transfers from Income Fund
. .
$ 95,358.89 95,000.00
Net Decrease in General Fund
.
358.89
1954
GRAND ,LODGE OF MISSOURI
67
Balance on Hand July 1, 1953 (add)
.
41,125.40
Balance on Hand June 30, 1954
.
$ 40,766.51
INCOME FUND
Receipts Dividends on Endowment Fund Stocks $ 50,581.21 Interest on Endowment Fund Bonds . 20,131.87 Interest on Endowment Fund Râ&#x201A;Źal Estate Loans 32,761.31 Received from Members of Home Family . 54,103.08 Pensions . 22,299.65 40.00 Sale of Cemetery Lots . Gift . 10,000.00 1,215.01 . Miscellaneous Income 3,753.02 Income on Income Fund Securities . - - - - $194,885.15
Disbursements Taxes and Expenses on Estates $ 894.61 Building Improvements . 36,509.56 Agent's Collection ExpenseCommission $2,815.28 Agent's Collection Expense-Interest. 28.34 2,843.62 50.00 Loss on Sales of Securities . - - - - $ 40,297.79 Excess of Receipts over Disbursements Deduct Transfers to General Fund
. .
$154,587.36 95,000.00
Net Increase in Income Fund Add Balance on Hand July 1, 1953
. .
$ 59,587.36 213,548.68
Balance on Hand June 30, 1954
.
$273,136.04
INITIA TION FUND
Reoeipts Initiation Fees $ 49,950.00 Interest on Initiation Fund Securities .. . . . . . . .. 10,413.70 - - - - $ 60,363.70
Disbursements Loss on Sale of Securities
899.70
Net Increase in Initiation Fund Add Balance on Hand July 1, 1953
. .
$ 59,464.00 450,279.50
Balance on Hand June 30, 1954
.
$509,743.50
BUILDING FUND
Receipts Contributions Interest on Building Fund Securities
$ .
2,012.90 2,731.84
$142,454.79 71,129.95
Sale of Blossom Property Sale of Huthmaker Property
213,584.74 - - - - $218,329.48
Disbursements Expenses on Contemplated Building
.
28.49
Net Increase in Building Fund
.
$218,300.99
68
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Add Balance on Hand July 1, 1953
.
124,113.78
Balance on Hand June 30, 1954
.
$342,414.77
CHRISTMAS AND ENTERTAINMENT FUND
Receipts Contributions
.
$
6,193.80
Disbursements 6,313.95
Entertainment and Gifts
.
Excess of Disbursements over Receipts Add Balance on Hand July 1, 1953
. .
$
120.15 5,103.22
Balance on Hand June 30, 1954
.
$
4,983.07
REPORT OF THE AUDITOR
To the Board of Directors, Masonic Home of Missouri, Saint Louis, Missouri. GENTLEMEN: Pursuant to engagement, we have prepared this report preliminary to our formal report of the Masonic Home of Missouri to be submitted to the Board of Directors at a later date. We examined the books and records of the secretary for the period July 1, 1953 to June 30, 1954. Our examination covered the General Fund, Income Fund, Initiation Fund, Building Fund, Christmas and Entertainment Fund and Endowment Fund. We have prepared the following summaries of assets and liabilities of the various funds as at June 30, 1954: GENERAL FUND
Assets Cash in United Bank and Trust Co Cash in Mercantile-Commerce National BankPayroll Account Cash in Petty Cash Fund
$ 17,663.05
. .
Inventories-Provisions and Supplies Unexpired Insurance
6,000.00 200.00 - - - - $ 23,863.05 28,563.30 5,801.78 $ 58,228.13
Liabilities Accounts Payable Accrued Social Security Taxes Accrued Withholding Taxes Balance--General Fund
$ 15,778.45 561.93 1,121.24
--=----
$ 17,461.62
$ 40,766.51 INCOME FUND
Cash in Mercantile Trust Company . Securities-at Cost . St. Louis Union Trust Company, AgentEndowment Fund .......••...............
$ 48,844.46
206,580.93 17,710.08
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
69
Accrued Interest on Securities at Time of Purchase
.
.57
Total-Income Fund
.
$273,136.04
INITIATION FUND Cash in Mercantile Trust Company . Securities-at Cost . Accrued Interest on Securities at Time of Purchase .
$ 16,664.70 492,581.56
Total-Initiation Fund
.
$509,743.50
BUILDING FUND Cash in Boatmen's National Bank Securities-at Cost
. .
$ 16,951.76 325,463.01
497.24
Total-Building Fund
. $342,414.77 CHRISTMAS AND ENTERTAINMENT FUND Cash in Boatmen's National Bank . $ 4,983.07 Total-Christmas and Bntertainmel1t Fund . $ .4,983.07 ENDOWMENT FUND Real Estate Loans $704,098.33 United States Bonds 69,920.88 Other Bonds 384,493.97 Corporation Stocks 854,818.25 Due from St. Louis Union Trust Co.-Agent. . . . 33,126.89 Total-Endowment Fund
$2,046,458.32
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 the inventory sheets prepared by the management. We have shown the securities listed in the Income Fund, Initiation Fund and Building Fund at recorded cost. The stocks in the Endowment Fund are stated at an adjusted carrying value, which was 15 per cent below market value on the stocks held at March 1, 1949, and market value on the date received on stocks acquired since that date. The bonds acquired prior to January 1, 1951 are stated at the value placed thereon by the Trustees of the Endowment Fund at the date of acquisition of the securities by the Home. Those acquired since J anuary 1, 1951 are carried at cost. The real estate loans are being carried at cost. 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 & COMPANY Certified Public Accountants.
70
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEDICAL STAFF
Dr. Solon Cameron, Medical Director Dr. J. Floyd Alcorn, Dental Consultant Dr. William R. Bohne, Orthopedics Dr. James Barrett Brown, Surgery Dr. C. E. Burford, Urology Dr. Stanley S. Burns, Otolaryngology Dr. A. H. Conrad, Dermatology Dr. Ralph Cook, Pediatrics " Dr. Carl T. Eber, Ophthalmology Dr. Edwin C. Ernst, Radiology Dr. James Forsen, Surgery Dr. Joseph Glenn, Urology Dr. D. L. Harris, Bacteriology Dr. Roland M. Klemme, Neuro-Surgery Dr. Charles L. Klenk, Bacteriology Dr. Otto W. Koch, Otolaryngology Dr. Philip S. Luedde, Ophthalmology Dr. Mary Elizabeth Morris, Gynecology Dr. William Nelson, Neurology Dr. R. J. Payne, Otolaryngology Dr. Robert E. Schlueter, Emeritus, Surgery Dr. J. Wm. Thompson, Surgery Dr. Henry P. Thym, Surgery Dr. R. S. Vi eiss, Dermatology
St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. '.' . St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.
PRESENTATION OF DIRECTORS OF MASONIC HOME
Following the Home report, the Directors of the Home were presented at the Altar and introduced. MASONIC HOME BUILDING PROPOSAL
W. Brother Lester Heckman presented the building proposal of the Directors of the Masonic Home and the resolution relative to same which, by order of the Grand Master, were referred to the Jurisprudence Committee and the Ways and Means Committee. The proposal and resolution are as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, .Lt. F. and.Lt. M. of Missouri: Your Board. of Directors of the Masonic Home is proposing a building program. I assure you they did not ask me to present this to you because of my eloquence. We engineers are not blessed with that ability. However, engineering deals entirely with facts and I believe sincerely that your Masonic Home Board wants you to have all the facts concerning the needs of the Home and the plans for this building. We feel that if you have all the facts with which to work, your final decision will be the right one. The Masonic Home of Missouri is an instrument of this Grand Lodge. You are the stockholders in a $350,000.00 per year business. This $350,-
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
71
000.00 is providing a home for 270 of our needy. This is an average cost per year, per resident guest of the Home, of a little under $1,300.00. This is a sizeable business anyway you look at it. Your Board of Directors of the Masonic Home, elected by you, operates the home for you within a framework of By-laws, rules and regulations, which you have provided. They do not propose to go outside those regulations. They do feel that you expect them to keep you informed concerning the Home, its operation, its needs, and after thorough study to bring to you, for your consideration, proposals for bettering the Home and for operating it more efficiently. Recognizing its obligation to the Masons of Missouri to fully acquaint them with the needs of the Home, The Home Board caused this brochure to be prepared and distributed to all Lodges well in advance of this communication-it contains the essential facts concerning the needs of the home and the proposed project. Likewise the Home Board caused a model of the proposed building to be constructed and placed in the lobby of this building for your inspection. Let us consider a few additional facts that have influenced our decision, to present to you this building program. In February, 1953, the population of the Masonic Home was 249, in July, 1953 it was 263, in January, 1954 it was 269, in April, 1954 it reached 276. As of yesterday it was 277. Five more were approved for admission yesterday. In February, 1953, we had 77 in the Hospital. In July, 1953, this was 79, in January, 1954, the hospital population had increased to 84. In August of this year, we had 92 in the hospital. Yesterday it was 99. Furthermore, 76 of the 99 in the hospital, according to our Medical Director, will never leave the hospital. Thirty-five per cent of our admissions to the Home are immediately hospital cases. Of the last seven arriving at the Home, six were permanent hospital cases. Our Superintendent, Lewis Robertson, is Secretary of the Masonic Homes Executive Association of the United States. Kentucky, Kansas, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma are now providing additional hospital facilities for their Homes. Our trend follows the national pattern. If we are to provide for our needy and do it efficiently, we must look into the future and be prepared for it. Our Women's building dedicated in 1938, is extremely efficient, but it is too small. It is designed to house 105 women-we have 192 women members of the Home family. Eighty-seven are being housed in the Men's building and Hospital. At present, we have no facilities for couples, except in the Men's building. The men's building and the hospital are the oldest residence bui~dings at the Home. They are inadequate and obsolete now, and will be more inadequate and more obsolete in the future. During the past two years, it has been necessary to spend $35,000 on these two buildings for repairs, which our regular maintenance men could not handle. This was only to keep them from being a hazard to life and limb. The normal maintenance has become very costly-for instance, when the old plumbing and :fixtures break down, which it does frequently, due to the ravages of age, the parts have to be made up for us. They cannot be purchased because they are obsolete. The cost of heating these old buildings is, of course, excessive. We on the Board, did not feel that we were sufficiently expert to know all the answers on institutional problems, so we employed expert help. The proposed building program is a result of months of study of our own particular problems. We believe it will solve our problems in the most efficient manner, in the foreseeable future. This new building program will eliminate two of our present three
72
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
kitchens. The savings in supervisory and maintenance in this one item alone is apparent. We will also have a separate place for couples on the second floor of the connecting wing to the present women's building. The proposed building is entirely flexible. Each of the nine floors above the ground floor can be a hospital floor, a women's floor, a men's floor or can be changed from one to the other, as future needs arise. Our Masonic Home population is growing. We are faced with it, and I believe you will agree with me, that we, the Masons of Missouri will meet this problem and take care of it. Annual operating costs must be held to a minimum. This proposed new building with its modern, up-to-date, efficiency will substantially reduce our annual per capita operating costs and at the same time provide better facilities for more people. N ow let us consider the funds to pay for this project. We have on hand an available $1,250,000.00. As you will recall back in 1941 a fund was started for building purposes. Between 1941 and 1947 approximately $88,000.00 was contributed to this fund. Since then, additional contributions, and returns from investing these funds, have built it up to about $125,000.000. Of course, this is included in the $1,250,000.00 now available. No part of the cost of this building project will be taken from the Endowment Fund. It is a sacred and inviolate trust. We need an additional $1,000,000.00. We have presented the problem. We have presented the solution. We need $1,000,000.00. We appeal to you the Masons of Missouri to raise it. Brethren in order to place this before you we have prepared a Resolution. This resolution I now submit: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the present men's building and hospital building at the Masonic Home of Missouri are entirely inadequate to afford proper housing, medical care and treatment for the guests of the Home, and to provide for changing conditions in the foreseeable future; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home of Missouri have submitted for the consideration of the Grand Lodge of Missouri a building program designed to provide at the Home a new and modern structure, with infirmary facilities, the better to accomplish appropriate medical care and treatment for the members of the Home family, as well as individual-room dormitory quarters sufficient in the opinion of the Directors to afford proper housing for all adults beyond the number accommodated by the present "Women's Building' '-the only really desirable housing quarters among the various facilities now available for our" old folks" at the Home, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved, That this Grand Lodge grants its approval to the proposed building project of the Masonic Home, and to proceeding. thereon in whole or in part as promptly and expeditiously as said Board of Directors deems practical, financially and otherwise, and sponsor the raising of the additional funds necessary not exceeding $1,000,000.00 to complete such building program; and Further, Be It Resolved, That solicitation of gifts for such purpose from the members of all the subordinate Lodges of this Grand Lodge, and from 路such Lodges, and from any and all other persons, firms, corporations" and organizations, be and are hereby authorized, both in the name 路of this Grand Lodge and in the name of the Masonic Home of Missouri; and
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
73
The above picture was taken during the ceremony for the cornerstone laying on Saturday, November 28, 1953, for the new Maso'nic Temple of Sikeston Lodge No. 310. Reading from left to right: Chris Frmwis, Grand Marshal; Dr. W. W. Parker, Grand Orator; Marshall Hollenbec1c, Grand Senior Deacon; Arno H. Franke, GraM Chaplain; Harold O. G-rauel, Deputy Grand Master; Aubrey W. French, Senior Grand Warden; Richard Neeley, Junior Grand Warden; and center front, Colonel James McBrayer Sellers, Grand Master.
Laying of Cornerstone Ceremony, New Madrid Lodge No. 429, on the 105th anniversary of the original charter, May 10, 1954, at New Madrid, Mo. Bert Femme-r, Chairman of Building Committee, is shown passing the square to Acting Grand Master Dick Neely of Caruthersm1le. Other brethren, from left to right: Leo Hedgepeth, Building Superintendent; Marshall Hollen-beck, Past Deputy Grand Master; and George Hartwell, Steward.
74
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
Further, Be It Resolved, That this Grand Lodge authorizes each of its subordinate Lodges to make contributions of Lodge funds to this cause; and Further, Be It Resolved, That in view of the urgent present need for an exemplification here and now of one of Freemasonry's most cherished virtues, charity, this Grand Lodge calls upon every Freemason within its jurisdiction to give unstinted and whole-hearted support and encouragement to this project, and to contribute thereto so far as his ability may permit. JAMES M. SELLERS, JAMES M. BRADFORD Grand Master HENRY W. Fox ORESTES -MITCHELL, JR., LESTER M. HECKMAN Deputy GrandMaster FRANaIS HOWARD WILLIAM J. CRAIG, EUGENE L. MCGEE Senior Gr. Warden RUSSELL E. MURRAY HAROLD M. JAYNE, ELMER W. WAGNER Junior Gr. Warden CLAUDE T. iV-OOD RESOLUTION RE IDENTll'ICATION CARDS FOR GRAND OFFICERS
R. W. Brother Russell E. Murray presented the following resolution which was adopted subject to the approval of the Jurisprudence Committee and the vVays and Means Committee (both Committees approved this first day) : RESOLUTION To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: We propose the following resolution: RESOLVED, That this Grand Lodge issue to each of its Past Grand Masters, and to each of its officers named in Article II of the By-Laws, durable identification cards, of suitable texts, indicating the office and period of service, under facirnile seal of the Grand Lodge and like signature of the Grand Secretary. FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Grand Secretary be authorized to expend such amounts as the Committee oli Ways and Means may approve as may be required to prepare and issue such cards, one to each Past Grand Master, and one annually to each of said officers. GEORGE C. MARQUIS, Lexington Lodge No. 149, RUSSELL E. M1:RRAY, Missouri Lodge No.1, HENRY W. Fox, Temple Lodge No. 299. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES
R. W. Brother Robert L. Hoy presented the report of the Committee on Appeals and Grievances which was adopted and IS as follows:
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: BRETHREN: Your Committee on Appeals and Grievances submits the following report: Your Committee notes with regret the death early in the Grand Lodge year of one of its members, Worshipful Brother J. V. Gaddy. Brother Gaddy had served the Grand Lodge for many years on this Committee and had given generously of his time and his wise counsel. His loss will be felt by the Grand Lodge of Missouri for many years to corne. Two items of business were referred to the Committee during thE) past year.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
75
I IN RE: WILLIAM MARVIN KENNEY,
William Marvin Kenney, at one time a member of Racine Lodge No. 478, petitioned for restoration of membership. When the Charter of Racine Lodge No. 478 was arrested in 1940, he had been suspended for non-payment of dues since June 11, 1934, and was at that time indebted to the Racine Lodge in the amount of $3.75. Frisco Lodge No. 24 of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, located at Fairland, Oklahoma, has investigated him and has recommended to the Grand Lodge of. Missouri that his petition be granted and that he be restored to membership in order that he might become affiliated with Frisco Lodge No. 24 of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma. Remittance in the amount of $3.75 accompanied the petition. After considering the petition and the supporting evidence, your Committee recommends that the application for restoration be approved and that William Marvin Kenney be restored to membership in the fraternity. II IN RE: ALBERT VINCENT WILSON
Albert Vincent Wilson, at one time member of Chula Lodge No. 388, petitioned for restoration of membership. At the time that the Charter of Chula Lodge No. 388 was arrested in 1949, he had been suspended for non-payment of dues in the amount of $9.00, said suspension having become effective in 1931. The application wa.s accompanied by remittance in the amount of $9.00. The petition was further accompanied by a recommendation from Westminster Lodge No. 176 of the Gra.nd Lodge of Colorado recommending that Albert Vincent Wilson be restored to membership for the purpose of becoming affiliated with said Westminster Lodge No. 176. After considering the petition and the evidence supporting it, your Committee recommends that the application for restoration be approved and that Albert Vincent Wilson be restored to membership in the fraternity. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT L. Hoy, Chairma.n, MARVIN E. BOISSEAU, RALPH V. WILSON, PERRY G. SEATON, E. L. REDMAN. M. W. BROTHER WILLIAM R. GENTRY
M. W. Brother William R. Gentry, Past Grand Master, 85 years of age this date, was introduced, and the brethren sang "Happy Birthday." On behalf of the Grand Lodge the Grand Secretary presented to Brother Gentry a Past Grand Master's apron, and Brother Gentry cordially responded. NOMINATIONS FOR MASONIC' HOME BOARD For four year period ending 1958: A. B. Vanlandingham Joseph A. Halley CALLED FROM LABOR
The Grand Lodge was called from labor at noon, the Grand Chaplain offering prayer.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON 1:30 p.
m.
The Grand Lodge was called to labor at 1 :30 p. m., the Grand Chaplain offering prayer. SENIOR GRAND CHAPLAIN ROBISON
Grand Master Sellers acknowledged the presence of our Senior Grand Chaplain, Dr. Emmett Robison, who has been ill during the year. R. W. Brother Robison has served the Craft long and faithfully and when absent is greatly missed. PRESENTATION OF GAVEL TO M. W. BROTHER TRUMAN
On behalf of the Grand Master of the newly formed Grand Lodge of Israel, M. W. Brother Shaoni, and the 8,000 Master Masons of Israel, M. W. Brother Bruce Newton, Past Grand Master of Kansas, presented a beautiful gavel, made from a stone taken from King Solomon's quarry, to M. W. Brother Truman. In the absence of Brother Truman, R. W. Brother George C. Marquis accepted the gavel on behalf of M. W. Brother Truman. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MASONIC EDUCATION
R. W. Brother John A. Witthaus, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Masonic Education which was referred to the Jurisprudence Committee. The report is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A.. F. (lind A. M. of Missouri: BRETHREN: In December, 1953, our Grand Master appointed the undersigned committee of two members to consider and report on the subject of a Grand Lodge publication. The importance of the assignment was fully understood, and while the limited number constituting the committee made possible ready and frequent exchanges of ideas, it also dictated the importance of receiving suggestions from interested Freemasons not on the committee.â&#x20AC;˘ To the extent that personal contact was possible, the committee availed itself of every such opportunity, and desires to express its appreciation of the interest shown, the ideas contributed, and the enthusiastic encouragement given. There appears to be no doubt or disagreement as to the desirability of a Grand Lodge publication. Our Grand Masters over a period of many years, in their addresses to the Grand Lodge, have called attention to the need; and various committees, particularly the Committee on Masonic Publications, have frequently urged such a publication. Obviously, a Grand Lodge publication should supply a means of Masonic education and inspiration, and of strengthening through infor-
76
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
77
mation, that unity of Masonic purpose and effort so greatly to be desired in all parts of our state. It would be presumptuous, if not impossible, to attempt to catalogue every avenue along which the welfare of our Fraternity could be promoted by a Grand Lodge publication, but a failure to mention, at least generally, some of the fields of information and interest which should be covered would be less than explicit. Certain it is that it should include a means of bringing to the Craft: 1. Information of interesting meetings held in all parts of our state, as well as outstanding accomplishments and Masonic contributions of, and honors or positions of distinction attained by our brethren. Not only will this information promote a spirit of closer unity, and pride in what all are doing, but it is Masonic history in the making, and may well be the means of suggesting to other lodges and groups methods of increasing their own interest and usefulness. 2. News of our Masonic Home; its activities, its problems, its accomplishments, its hopes, and the many human interest stories of its guests. All Missouri Freemasons feel a pride in our Masonic Home, but it can be stated with confidence that if more general information was made available to a greater number of our brethren concerning the home itself, its guests, and the many personal contributions made by individuals and groups to add to the happiness of the Home family, it would be a source of inspiration and increased devotion to that ontstanding work. 3. Any message from the Grand Master which he desires to send to the Craft. Such a message will have the effect of bringing our members into closer relationship with the Grand Master and the Grand Lodge, and should be given the most prominent place possible. 4. Articles prepared and submitted by our Past Grand Masters on subjects of Masonic interest. It is unfortunate that men who have devoted much of their lives to preparation which leads to their selection as Grand Master, should after a short year be placed in a position where their Masonic enthusiasm and information is stilled, except as it might occasionally find expression at a Grand Lodge communication or at some close by lodge. These men have a host of admirers and friends who would again appreciate a Masonic message from them. They are pillars of strength in our Fraternity and should be given greater opportunity to continue their contributions. 5. Information concerning matters of general interest to the Craft which have received consideration or upon which action has been taken by the Grand Lodge. Our printed annual Proceedings reach only a very limited number of our brethren, and an opportunity for wider dissemination of matters of such importance to Freemasons generally should be made available for that purpose. An informed Freemasonry will help to develop a more active and interested Freemasonry. 6. Articles and addresses on Masonic History, Symbolism, Philosophy and other subjects of Masonic interest. The importance and interest of these subjects to eager Freemasons need no comment. Study has indicated great interest by the Craft in Masonic history and personalities. In our country, for instance, it might be said that no Freemason should be without an understanding of the Masonic activities and contributions of Brother George Washington, and of the history, progress and importance of the impressive national memorial which his life and service inspired. Yet many of our brethren do not have such information. Ours should be the effort to make the Masonic experience of every interested brother even more vital and interesting and impressive by bringing to
78
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
him, as we can, those enriching studies of History, Symbolism and Philosophy. Such, in brief, is the thinking which impels one to feel the need and value of a Grand Lodge publication. This publication will not interfere in any respect with the work of independent groups devoting themselves to Masonic research and information. It is felt that the Missouri Lodge of Research in addition to such literature as it publishes from time to time, may wish to avail itself on occasions of the wider circulation which the Grand Lodge publication will afford, by contributing to it such items of interest as will be of benefit to our membership. The same opportunity will be afforded local bureaus and committees working toward the strengthening of our Pntternity. Such groups should, and no doubt will, welcome this greater field for effective work. But sh'ongly as is felt the need for a Grand Lodge publication, it is also felt that such publication should be a part, although an important part, of a larger effort toward Masonic education. Many sister jurisdictions already have Committees on Masonic Education. Their powers and their duties vary. Their progress has necessarily been slow but it has been of such a character as to encourage them in their work. Many of our lodges have felt the need, for example, of material concerning Freemasonry which could be supplied to the accepted applicant and to the initiate as he receives his several degrees. This type of educational material has been supplied by Masonic Education Committees in a number of states and is of great value in building Masonic interest. Other fields of Masonic education have been explored and as funds permitted have been added to the educational program in our sister states. Missouri has reason to be proud of the work it has done in the teaching and perfection of its ritual, but is entirely without means of providing a program of Masonic education outside of the ritual. Always heretofore when the need has been discussed our Grand Lodge has been without funds to finance such a program. With the enactment at the last Grand Lodge communication of an increased per capita payment to the Grand Lodge, it will be possible, without financial difficulty, to finance a program of education built around and including a Grand Lodge publication. According to the Grand Lodge Proceedings of 1953 our membership in 1953 was 120,196. It will be recalled that at the Grand Lodge session last year the Grand Lodge per capita tax was raised from $2.50 to $2.75. This was made necessary by the increased cost of operation of the Grand Lodge, particularly the increased allowance for per diem attendance of representatives to Grand Lodge. It was explained by the then Grand Master, however, that this increase in the per capita would provide a sum in excess of the amount needed to meet the increased Grand Lodge operating cost. In discussion of the proposal when presented, the hope was expressed that the unused portion of this increase might well be used to initiate and develop a Grand Lodge publication and educational program, and it can be stated with some confidence that many who voted to approve the full twenty-five cent increase did so with the hope that funds would be available to provide for this much needed Grand Lodge activity. It is obvious from the figures obtained that this Grand Lodge service can now be started and carried through without even using all the excess income. The Grand Lodge per capita is now $2.75. Of this sum $1.90, in accordance with Grand Lodge By-law, is used for the support of our Masonic Home. This leaves a balance per capita of $.85. With a membership in round numbers of 120,000 this $.85 per capita will produce an income of $102,000.00 The Ways and Means Committee budget pro-
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
79
vided appropriations for the year 1953 to 1954 of $90,436.40. It is not likely that all budget appropriations will be used, but for the purpose of this study it should be considered as money which will be spent for the purposes allotted. It will be noted that deducting the $90,436.40 from the income of $102,000.00 there will remain the unspent sum of $11,563.60. Approximate quotations from a reputable printing firm, which has done some Grand Lodge printing, indicate that if the circulation does not exceed 12,000, a 6 by 9 self cover booklet of 24 pages could be published and distributed quarterly for about $6,000.00 annually. This is the minimum sum which will be recommended to be provided for the use of the committee to be charged with its publication. It is likely, judging by experience of other jurisdictions, that circulation will not rise above 12,000 at least for a while, and if it docs, it will indicate such success and approval of the effort as to make an increased appropriation a matter of course. It is also expected that by transferring a part of the service included in the printer's estimated cost from the printer to the Grand Secretary's office, and other economies which experience will dictate, such savings may be accomplished as to provide funds for distribution of educational material to the lodges as such material is developed. It is apparent that it can now be done if our Grand Lodge really wants to do it. Much study and thought were given to the manner in which this work should be undertaken and accomplished. It is self evident that no publication or educational program will immediately be a perfect product. Time will be necessary to get interested Freemasons and lodges accustomed to contributing items of interest to the publication, and considerable time and effort will have to be given to the development of an educational program. It would therefore be a waste of money and effort to try to do anything that did not assure such permanency as to make possible, growth and increase in value. The proposal will therefore be for the adoption of a new by-law to create a Committtee on Masonic Education which will be charged with the duty and responsibility of formulating, developing and supervising the distribution of an educational program for the benefit of Freemasons, and of providing for the issuance of a Grand Lodge publication at least quarterly. So that the committee may be l'epreselltative of all parts of the state, and so that its personnel may carry into the lodges of the state the story of the work being undertaken, it is suggested that the committee shall consist of six members. It is hoped and confidently anticipated that in making committee selections the Grand Master will, among the many factors to be given consideration, also provide for a diversified territorial representation on the committee, to the extent such diversification is possible. To provide continuity of thought and action the term of committee appointments should be for three years. Of course, the first year it will be necessary to stagger the length of the terms. The suggestion was made that the four top elective line officers of the Grand Lodge be made ex-officio members of the committee. That suggestion had ready appeal and were it not for the multitudinous duties which these officers already have, would have been accepted without modifications. Since they do have so many other demands upon their time, however, and since if they were members of the committee their unavoidable absence might prevent the presence of a committee quorum at a meeting, it was felt that the strength of their official positions and individual abilities could be made available to the committee, without interfering with its ability to proceed, by providing in our by-law that such top four elective Grand Lodge officers should have the right ex-
80
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
officio to participate in all respects with the committee when present at a meeting, but that their presence should not be required. This therefore will be the proposal and the reason for the form in which it is presented. It is hoped and expected that these Grand Lodge officers will on every possible occasion give the committee the benefit of their presence. It will be provided that the Grand Secretary shall be the editor of the Grand Lodge publication. There are many reasons for this selection and for making it a matter of by-law determination. It is unquestioned that in our state there are many outstanding members whose talents might well indicate their qualifications for this task. But it should -not be left a matter of speculation, nor of individual aspiration. The Grand Secretary, whoever he may be, is in a position to have more information concerning all of our lodges and their members, and of their outstanding accomplishments and contributions, than any other individual. It is around his office that our lodges function, and with his office that they most frequently communicate. His is a storehouse of information which can add greatly to the value of the publication and its promise of success. Always our Grand Secretaries have been men of outstanding character and attainments. It is realized that the task of editing the Grand Lodge publication will impose additional duties upon the Grand Secretary. But the beloved brother who now holds that distinguished office, seeing only another opportunity for Masonic service, has indicated that he is willing to assume those duties, without thought of additional financial compensation. Of course, future Grand Secretaries will accept the office with knowledge that it carries with it the duties as well as the honor of editorship of the Grand Lodge publication. Provision, however, should be made for any eventuality, and if it becomes necessary, the committee should have and has been given authority to name an assistant editor, and if by reason of illness, incapacity or inability of the Grand Secretary to perform the editorial duties, and the continuance of the publication requires such action, the committee must have authority to name a temporary editor for a particular time. This provision has been given careful consideration and it is believed the plan proposed with the safeguards provided will meet with the approval of this Grand Lodge. The next section of the proposed by-law will provide for the financing of the plan. Again in connection with this phase of our undertaking there should be some certainty, so that the committee will know it will not be without funds. It may well be that our Grand Lodge may at some time wish to expand the program and education service, or increased costs may dictate the advisability of appropriating more than the minimum now contemplated. Always such action must be within the discretion of the Grand Lodge. But there still should be an assured minimum appropriation so that the program of publication and education shall not starve because of a failure of Grand Lodge to take necessary action at some communication. As the by-law is written it will provide that there shall be appropriated for the use of the committee such sums as the Grand Lodge may determine, but not less than six thousand dollars annually. The reason for the six thousand dollar minimum has already been mentioned in this report, and certainly there can be no objection to the specific proposal that the Grand Lodge may appropriate an increased sum for this purpose if it desires to do so. The Grand Lodge would probably have this authority in any event, but by making the by-law specific it removes it from the field of speculation, and together will assure the committee charged with these important duties of the financial support without which it could not function. The next provision of the by-law is merely precautionary and de-
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
81
signed to avoid any possibility of misunderstanding. It provides that the committee to be formed shall not have anything to do with ritual. Those who have had the patienee to listen to this report will understand that there is in this proposal no intention to interfere in any way with our provisions for the handling of matters relating to ritual. But in order that there may never be any question arise on this matter it was thought best to put it in. It probably is not necessary, but it can do DO harm. This section was copied almost verbatim from a by-law of a sister jurisdiction. It may be, that at the risk of being tedious, further expression should be given as to the reason for making the educational committee a committee of six members. It is hoped that members of the committee will find their way into lodges throughout the state to inform the brethren of the importance of transmitting news items concerning the successes and happenings of lodges and district meetings, and encouraging speakers and writers on Masonic subjects to give the brethren throughout the state the benefit of their thinking through our publication. It has also been found in other jurisdictions that members of the committee can be of invaluable assistance in not only themselves supplying an interesting evening of Masonic benefit, but in also suggesting the method and encouraging the use of such Masonic educational material as may be provided. This is expected to be a working committee.. not only in planning but in helping to carry the message to the Craft. For this purpose a committee of six is not too large, but a committee of greater numbers might become unwieldy and thereby ineffective. The reason for the term of three years has already been referred to and is obvious. After the first year, each succeeding Grand Master will have the privilege and duty of naming two members to the committee for that term. This with the requirement that the committee shall make a report at each annual communication with its recommendations gives the substance of the by-law to be presented. Many factors and problems not included and not referred to in the by-law were given consideration, but it was felt that the committee to be appointed should not be'so restricted by limitations as to make difficult the success of the work to be undertaken. Confidence in the character, ability, devotion and enthusiasm of the members to be appointed seems more likely to lead to the desired result. It is hoped, however, that the committee to be appointed will give consideration to certain ideas which are the result of months of work and study and have inspired the enthusiasm with which this report is submitted. While it would be unwise and financially impossible to send a copy of the publication to every Freemason in the state, it should be made available to every such Freemason who desires it and makes request for it. The Grand Lodge Bulletin of the Grand Lodge of Iowa has for many years successfully followed that plan and it is hoped that outstanding Masonic publication may be used as a pattern in many respects. Appreciation should be expressed to Right Worshipful Brother Earl B. Delzell, editor of the Iowa Bulletin and Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Iowa for his helpfulness in our study. Although it is felt that if possible our publication should be without cost to those brethren desiring it, yet no requirement should be put in the by-law concerning its gratuitous distribution. It may become necessary either through inadequacy of funds or through unanticipated increase in circulation to impose a small subscription price to insure adequate publication and distribution. It is likewise the hope of this committee that the publication may be
82
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
adequately financed without the need of paid advertising. Based on present costs and likely circulation it can be. But the committee should be left free to exercise its sound judgment in this regard also, should the needs of the time require it. So with other matters in regard to policy. Many questions will no doubt arise and have to be determined. But let us remember that the members of the committee will be Freemasons, inspired by the same desire to do the things that are best for our Fraternity as would motivate us. Weighed with that in mind, which itself is an expression of Freemasonry, the task can be assigned to them with full confidence. There remains only the presentation of the by-law which in this report has been so exhaustively referred to and explained. This being a new by-law it can be adopted at this Grand Lodge communication if desired, if read on hvo days. The members of this committee have been keenly aware of the importance of the task assigned to them and have approached the task with humility, but with deep interest and with enthusiasm. That enthusiasm has been increased by the ready and hearty approval received' from active and interested Masonic leaders with whom we have had an opportunity to confer. Only the limitations of time and travel have prevented consultation with many others. The ideas and the plan proposed have been discussed with and unanimously approved by the line Grand Lodge officers present at a meeting held in .Tuly. To all of these brethren and for the privilege of undertaking this service we express our sincere thanks. Our committee, however, consists of only two individuals, and since the proposal is one of such importance, we have felt that its introduction should be in a manner not limited solely to our committee. Indeed if adopted the proposal will mark a new step forward by our Grand Lodge, and may well be of such Masonic historic significance as to dictate that fairness as well as modesty require that others should be permitted to join in its introduction. This method has therefore been followed and the proposed by-law is being presented independently and as a supplement to this report. We urge its earnest consideration and hope it will meet with your acceptance and approval. Respectfully submitted, Special Committee on a Grand Lodge Publication, HOMER L. FERGUSON, JOHN A. WITTHAUS,
Ohairman.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT RELATIVE TO COMMITTEE ON MASONIC EDUCATION
R. W. Brother John A. Witthaus presented the following proposed amendment which was referred to the Jurisprudence Committee: It is proposed by the undersigned that a new By-law be adopted by this Grand Lodge in the following form. There shall be a Committee on Masonic Education, consisting of six members, which shall formulate and develop an. educational program, and superintend the dissemination of Masonic information to the Craft; and shall provide for and supervise the issuance of a Grand Lodge publication which shall be published at least quarterly. The Grand Master, the Deputy Grand Master, the Senior Grand Warden and the Junior Grand Warden shall have the right ex-officio to participate in all
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
83
respects with said committee at any of its meetings when present, but their presence shall not be required at any meeting. The Grand Secretary shall be the editor of the Grand Lodge publication, but if found necessary, the committee by a vote of a majority thereof, shall have authority to name an assistant editor, and in the event of disability or inability of the Grand Secretary to perform the duties of editor, to' name a temporary editor for a particular time. There shall be appropriated for the use of the committee such sums as the Grand Lodge may determine, but not less than six thousand dollars annually. The committee shall have no concern with the ritual or any matters which come within the duties of the Committee on Ritual. The committee shall be appointed by the Grand Master who shall designate its chairman. The appointments shall be made in the following manner: two members shall be appointed for a term of three years, two members shall be appointed for a term of two years, and two members shall be appointed for a term of one year. Thereafter two members of such committee shall be appointed each year for a term of three years. The committee shall submit a report to the Grand Lodge at each annual communication with its recommendations. W. F. WOODRUFF BYRNE E. BIGGER DuVAL SMITH RAY V. DENSLOW BERT S. LEE RICHARD O. RUMER HAROLD L. READER SOLON CAMERON WM. R. GENTRY JAMES M. BRADFORD JAMES W. SKELLY W. W. MARTIN FORREST C. DONNELL HARRY F. SUNDERLAND FRANK C. BARNHILL M. E. EWING HARRIS C. JOHNSTON J. M. SELLERS ORESTES MI'l'CHELL, JR. WM. J.CRAIG H. M. JAYNE FRANK P. BRIGGS RoBERT L. ARONSON H. O. GRAUEL BRUCE H. HUNT ROBERT H. MANN RENICK JONES R. JASPER SMITH JAMES M. DEWITT FREELON K. HADLEY CHARLES F. BALLAK MARVIN E. BOISSEAU HARRY C. PWETZE ELMER W. WAGNER HENRY G. DILLER
H. E. RICHARDSON RALPH O. FRITTS PAUL A. THOMAS E. GLENN PEARCE, SR. EVERETT W. TORREYSON O. J. HOLCHMAN Roy D. DRUM JOE L. MOORE RAYMOND H. PATTERSON A. W. GRIFFITH PHILIP D. 'rRAINER DONALD N. WOODS EDWIN B. HAWKINS JOSEPH B. PEYTON CHAS. W. WERDEIN GEO. FAGAN C. D. KELLEY GEORGE WINTER J. HAROLD BURTON ALFRED F. HERMELING JOHN H. BRYAN CRAS. SIEGEL JOHN R. WRIGHT JOSEPH SILVERSTEIN ALFRED M. FRAGER HENRY G. VOGTS WM. LOEFFELMAN FRANK S. S'WMM THOMAS H. HEAPE STANLEY HORN O. E. THIELE WALTER E. HAUSTEIN RAY E. TALLEY CHAS. A. HUEBNER J. L. WOOD
84
PROCEEDINGS OF THE WILLIS J. BRAY TOLMAN W. COTTON HARRY S. TRUMAN GEORGE C. MARQUIS ROBERT L. HOY ROBERT Y. GOGGIN FRED H. KNIGHT GEO. A. McKEAN URBAN B. JONES JOHN H. RICH JAMES P. HALL FRANCIS A. ELY GLENN T. BULLA EARL DEARDORFF J. W. MOORE BERT ST. CLAIR MELGE W. GOLTERMAN VIRGIL W. SLAUGHTER LAWRENCE R. FAWKS JOlIN V. HORN DAVID E. WEISS JOHN BLACK VROOMAN CHAS. W. McCLELLAN J. FRED PARK HENRY A. 'l'ANNER ADELBERT E. BLACKWOOD AMANDUS BRACKMAN ALEX S. DAWSON EDW. WM. WERNER JOHN E. ADAMS LEE O. CHESTNUT P. E. ECKARDT CHAMP C. STONEBRAKER KELI,Y F. WOODS WALTER H. KLASING JOSEPH M. CROSS EDWARD C. OMSE HENRY M. YORK J. LOUIS ELCHINGER NORMAN R. D. JONES NORVELL PLEGGS W. D. BRUCE FRED W. BELK JOHN F. STEFFENS GEO. B. BYRON JOHN G. HERGES DR. G. F. KLING A. BASEY VANLANDINGHAM TURNER A. BARNHART ' J. E. RICHARDSON GEO. M. McANINCH
1954
AUGUST H. DOELLING WM. C. OSTERLOH GEO. EICllENLAUB VOLA B. GRAGG HENRY C. S'£OLL WM. F. STOPPLEMAN HAROLD O. GROB CLARENCE J. SANDERS A. J. CAMMANN OTTO F. BIRK WM. J. HOLLOWAY LOUIS F. DAHN MORRISON W. RINKEL GUSTAV T. LEHMBERG JOHN E. SMITH FRED E. MUELLER ROBERT W. MCELHINNEY LENDALL M. ANDERSON ALBERT L. GLEIBER GEO. M. DEWOODY REX CORLEY W. W. JACKSON W. F. HOREK NELSON L. RUSSEI,L MILTON C. LAUENSTEIN FRED O. W.!.DE CLAUDE T. WOOD HARR Y E. BALL J. S. PRIMM A. A. MITCHELL VIRGIL P. CAULK WARREN W. DRAY IRWIN WILLIAMS JAMES T. CHILDRESS DORSEY P. BAIL A. W. FRENCH BENNETT KLINGNER RUSSELL J. ROWE JACK C. STEWART JOHN A. WEISS EDGAR F. SMITH W ALTER BUBLITZ MILTON N. BAER JOHN L. O'BRIEN EDWARD W. POTTS L. C. OWEN FRANK A. LEWIS JULIUS R. EDWARDS WM. B. MASSEY HOMER L. FERGUSON JOHN A. WITTHAUS
REPORT OF GRAND LECTURER
R. W. Brother Freelon K. Hadley, Grand Lecturer, presented his report which was adopted and is as follows:
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
85
To the JJ10st Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. JJ1. of JJ1issouri :
BRETHREN: As I become better acquainted with the brethren over the state, it seems that they do more and more to make my visits pleasant and my schools a success. The interest and enthusiasm of the brethren continues on the same high plane that it was a year ago. It has been my pleasure to visit each of the 59 districts in the state once, and many of them a second time, holding schools of instruction for the officers and members of the various lodges. These visits not only afford the opportunity to make corrections, answer questions and view the proficiency of the brethren, but also to observe the work being done by the District Lecturers. It is most encouraging to see what a number of them have accomplished the past year. In addition to the state-wide school which is held once each year, the keen interest of the District Lecturers and their earnest desire to become more proficient in the work has prompted them to set up zone meetings which they attend four times a year, at their own expense. The result of this additional schooling is that we have a very proficient corps of District Lecturers. From time to time, for various reasons, it becomes necessary to make changes in the personnel of the District Lecturers. Because of their advanced schooling and experience it is impossible to find a replacement equally proficient. The brethren appear to appreciate this and have cooperated wholeheartedly with the new District Lecturers. I wish to thank the brethren for their splendid support and cooperation and sincerely hope this spirit of fellowship and brotherly love continues to prevail. It has been the policy to hold schools of instruction in some central point in the district or where it would be easily accessible to the greatest number of brethren. The keen interest of the brethren in a number of districts has made it possible for the District Lecturer to change this system and have my schools in a different lodge each time I visit the district. This has helped to create new interest in the local lodges that have never had a visit from a Grand Lecturer. Many of these lodge halls are small and others are so situated that it is impossible to exemplify the work correctly. I feel that if the brethren of these lodges can work in such halls year after year that it will not be any inconvenience for me to work in them one day. The attendance, where this system has been practiced has always been above the average. I wish to thank the District Lecturers for their faithful service and hearty cooperation. W"ithout their tireless effort it would be impossible to maintain any degree of uniformity in our ritual. They not only give freely of their time and knowledge to the brethren of their districts, but are constantly striving to improve themselves. The Grand Lodge and the Craft are indebted to them for their fine work.
86
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
The District Deputy Grand Masters have done everything in their power to assist the District Lecturers in every way. In the 22, 33, 45, 57, and 59 districts, they officially open and close the Lodges of Instruction. Speaking for the District Lecturers, as well as myself, we appreciate their assistance and cooperation and will always be ready to lend a helping hand in, their behalf. There is much more to Masonry than the ritual, yet it is a very important part. It is the "Hub," so to speak, on which the activity of the fraternity revolves. Where the ritual is good the "Light of Freemasonry Burns Bright" and Masonry prospers and in those few places where there is a lack of interest in the ritual other Masonic activities are suffering. The District Deputy Grand Masters and District Lecturers are largely responsible for the activity, interest and enthu:;;iasm of the brethren in their districts. Masonry will continue to prosper so long as we keep good active men in these important offices. I greatly appreciate the many invitations I receive each year fr~m all parts of the state, to attend special meetings and Masonic functions of various kinds. I deeply regret that I have had to decline most of these invitations. I feel that my first duty to the Grand Lodge and the Craft is teaching of the ritual. In order to visit each district and fulfill the requests for schools it is necessary to conserve time and expense. My itinerary is made up tw~ to three months in advance and it would be unfair to ask the brethren of a district to cancel an engagement after they had made the necessary arrangements. Again I thank you for your thoughtfulness. The general condition of Freemasonry in Missouri is excellent. There are some lodges that have not had any work the past year but there will be a substantial gain in membership. The day of "Degree Mills" is about over and the members are enjoying the opportunity to take part in other Masonic activities. New lodge halls are being built, others are being remodeled and redecorated and air conditioning is on the way. To my knowledge, Poplar Bluff Lodge No. 209 is the first lodge in the state to have an air-conditioned hall. The interest of the brethren in the affairs of their own lodges as well as the Grand Lodge is increasing which should result in a better attendance at the Grand Lodge. . I wish to thank our Grand Master, Most vVorshipful Brother James McBrayer Sellers, for his loyal support and words of encouragement. Fraternally submitted, FREELON
K.
HADLEY,
Grand Lecturer. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RITUAL
R. W. Brother Freelon K. Hadley presented the report of the Committee on Ritual which was adopted and is as follows:
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
87
To the Most Wonihipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: BRETHREN: At the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge in September 1953, the Jurisprudence Committee referred to the Committee on Ritual, for their study and recommendation, the proposed amendment to repeal ,section 119 of the By-Laws. This proposed amendment requires the lecture in the third degree be given the meeting the degree is conferred. The Committee met in Jefferson City, November 2, 1953 and spent a greater part of the time discussing the proposed amendment. It is the unanimous opinion of this Committee that the proposed amendment should be adopted and we so advised the Jurisprudence Committee. There were no requests for rulings on disputed points and only one meeting of the Committee was necessary, however the members were busy during the entire year with the duties required in the promotion of the Certificate Plan. The efficient work of our Grand Secretary, M. W. Bro. Harold L. Reader, in connection with the Certificate Plan is a source of satisfaction to the brethren throughout the state. We sincerely thank him, for his support in our behalf. The names of the brethren who have received certificates during the past year will be included as a part of this report. Fraternally submitted, FREELON K. HADLEY, Chairman, BRACE E. KITCHELL, BENNETT KLINGNER, GEO. M. McANINCH, JOSEPH A. HALLEY, L. MARSHALL HOLLENBECK. SUBDIVISION I-oRIGINALS No. 2218 2219 2220 2221 2222 2223 2224 2225 2226 2227 2228 2229 2230 2231 2232 2233 2234 2235 2236 2237 2238 2239 2240 2241 2242 2243 2244
Name Gene Wilford Slinkard." .. , Zeno Ransom Keay Harry Leon Soffer Nathan Margulis Ray Eugene McClaran, Jr Eugene Arthur Divilbiss .. , Ronald Walfred Rudeen Robert F. Boyson Lemuel Blackburn Glenn Lyon Adolph Lee Seabaugh Glenn Duane Spencer Alvin Theodore Deloney John Thomas Steele Lewis Leo BushelL Melvin R. Wharton Milton William Deleke Tom Brown Prettyman Paul Hull George E. Shores Norris Alger' Smith Virgil Lee Shook Joseph Beal Peyton W. A. Sharp, Jr , Orville Duley Louis John Wallenbrock Donald L. Crawford
Lodge Senath Lodge No. 513 Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40 St. Louis Lodge No. 20 St. Louis Lodge No. 20 Independence Lodge No. 76 Westport Lodge No. 340 East Gate Lodge No. 630 :E'idelity Lodge No.路339 Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 99 Fair Play Lodge No. 44 St. Marks Lodge No. 93 Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 East Gate Lodge No. 630 Independence Lodge No; 76 Swope Park Lodge No. 617 Stanberry I.1odge No. 109 St. Marks Lodge No. 93 Cass Lodge No. 147 Livingston Lodge No. 51 Swope Park Lodge No. 617 Westport Lodge No. 340 Independence Lodge No. 76 Palestine Lodge No. 241 Craig Lodge No. 606 Poplar Bluff Lodge No. 209 Palestine Lodge No. 241 Trenton Lodge No. 111
88
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
2245 Howard Cline 2246 Roy Edward Robinson 2247 Richard Harry Giles 2248 Preston Blair Fleischmann 2249 Robert Milton Williams 2250 Walter W. Loyd 2251 Waldo Tally Summerskill 2252 Clifton L. Haas 2253 John Peirce Reiton 2254 John Louis Knipker 2255 Ralph Austin Rafiner 2256 Ralph O. Wofford 2257 Wayne Elliott Wilson, Jr 2258 George McKinley Whiteley 2259 Jesse James Tarton 2260 Howard Alford StahL 2261 Fred Lee Miller 2262 Claude Kenneth Johnson 2263 John Edward Harriman 2264 Virgil Carl Moore 2265 George L. Matthews 2266 Jewell Barnard Clark 2267 Robert Edward Ramsey 2268 Frank J. Ernst 2269 George Hubert StanciL 2270 Otto Christopher young 2271 Lawrence M. Montgomery 2272 C. A. Hendricks 2273 Fanzie Edward Jones, Jr 2274 Loren Linus Hopper 2275 Nelson Elwood Martin 2276 James E. Welton 2277 Ben C. Hamilton 2278 Russell A. Sackman 2279 Cyril Walter Davey 2280 Thomas Richard Willis 2281 Walter Ralph Woodard 2282 Thomas Ross Paul 2283 Ross Elbert Baldwin 2284 George Edward Grubb 2285 Arthur Norman Parker 2286 Max Elbom " 2287 Samuel M. Morris 2288 Clyde M. Roberts 2289 Arthur Berge Pratt, Jr 2290 Jack Weldon Herndon 2291 Bealor Ross Tharp 2292 Lee Melvin Cole 2293 Thurman Rudolph Nelson 2294 Theodore Truman Martin 2295 Roland Edward Miller 2296 Bernard Eugene Owens 2297 Taylor Hook 2298 Lester Hosford 2299 Donald Lewis Miller 2300 Fred McFarlane Gamble 2301 Ezra Moses Blevins
1954
Chaffee Lodge No. 615 Gate City Lodge No. 522 St. Marks Lodge No. 93 Aurora Lodge No. 267 Tuscan Lodge No. 360 Billings Lodge No. 379 Marlborough Lodge No. 569 Orient Lodge No. 546 Brentwood Lodge No. 616 Mt. Washington Lodge No. 614 Kansas City Lodge No. 220 Gate of the Temple Lodge 422 Jennings Lodge No. 640 Jefferson Lodge No. 43 Composite Lodge No. 369 Country Club Lodge No. 656 Raytown Lodge No. 391 Chaffee Lodge No. 615 Ferguson Lodge No. 542 Ferguson Lodge No. 542 Jennings Lodge No. 640 St. Marks Lodge No. 93 St. Marks Lodge No. 93 Golden Lodge No. 475 Branson Lodge No. 587 Union Lodge No. 593 Hope Lodge No. 251 Clintonville Lodge No. 482 Chaffee Lodge No. 615 St. Marks Lodge No. 93 St. Marks Lodge No. 93 Clintonville Lodge No. 482 Ferguson Lodge No. 542 Branson Lodge No. 587 Rising Sun Lodge No. 13 Raytown Lodge No. 391 Marlborough Lodge No. 569 Westport Lodge No. 340 Seaman Lodge No. 126 Hunnewell Lodge No. 415 Salem Lodge No. 225 Benjamin Franklin Lodge 642 Somerset Lodge No. 206 Nodaway Lodge No. 470 Westport Lodge No. 340 Twilight Lodge No. 114 Alton Lodge No. 255 Mt. Zion Lodge No. 327 Caruthersville Lodge No. 461 Caruthersville Lodge No. 461 Valley Park Lodge No. 629 Jennings Lodge No. 640 Barbee Lodge No. 217 Cooper Lodge No. 36 Hebron Lodge No. 354 Hebron Lodge No. 354 Union Lodge No. 593
1954 2302 2303 2304 2305 2306 2307 2308 2309 2310 2311 2312 2313 2314 2315 2316 2317 2318 2319 2320 2321 2322 2323 2324 2325 2326 2327 2328 2329 2330 2331 2332 2333 2334 2335 2336 2337 2338 2339 2340 2341 2342 2343 2344 2345 2346 2347 2348 2349 2350 2351 2352 2353 2354 . 2355 2356 2357 2358
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Glenn Eugene Moore Jarru Gist Marshall Sylvanus Boyd Rinehart Virgil E. Huber Wilbur C. Meyers John Franklin Dougherty George D. Abernathy, Sr Ralph Foster Bowman Max Lee Woolsey , Earl Noel DeIPorte Webster Penn Clark Richard R. Shaffer Hanson E. Ware Robert L. Leeper Kenneth B. Davis John Thomason Roy F. May Maurice Guy Nolte Ronald Arthur Henig James Dempsey Hurst Richard Francis Myers Charles Raymond Kisor Burnell Otto Lucas Frank Leroy Messmer Julius Loeffler Lloyd Gust '" Charles Lee Long Roy H. Rude Ora C. Misner Henry P. Savage Donald Austin Biggerstaff Fredrick J. Creason Joe Nelson Robinson Frank Anthony Tripodi. Robert Clarence Morgan Curtis B. Ritchhart Lester A. Sawyer Harris Maupin, Jr Henry Albert Rellstab Joseph Henry Kem Robert E. Wood Henry Miller Steele, Jr Edward Hubert Brown Brice Lee Brasel. Ralph Dale Rehm Ivan Ray Sumpter Elmer .Tames Chrisman Elmer Thlmas Walker Clay Henry King Ted Horowitz Robert Tillman Drage Marshall Monte Terrell, Jr Allison R. Haskins George Burnett Puckett Glenn Harter Boyles Earl Edward Tarwater Donald 1. Dunlap
路
89
Valley Park Lodge No. 629 Swope Park Lodge No. 617 Northeast Lodge No. 643 Northeast Lodge No. 643 Ferguson Lodge No. 542 Bernie Lodge No. 573 Bernie Lodge No. 573 Joplin Lodge No. 335 Joplin Lodge No. 335 Kirkwood Lodge No. 484 Maplewood Lodge No. 566 Joachim Lodge No. 164 North Star Lodge No. 157 Trilumina Lodge No. 205 Bernie Lodge No. 573 Gate of the Temple Lodge 422 Harmony Lodge No. 499 Northeast Lodge No. 643 Malden Lodge No. 406 Neosho Lodge No. 247, Dexter Lodge No. 532 Jennings Lodge No. 640 Herculaneum Lodge No. 338 Alpha Lodge No. 659 Rockhill Lodge No. 663 King Hill Lodge No. 376 King Hill Lodge No. 376 Howard Lodge No.4 Western Star Lodge No. 15 North Star Lodge No. 157 Wheeling Lodge No. 434 Wheeling Lodge No. 434 Swope Park Lodge No. 617 Kirkwood Lodge No. 484 Maplewood Lodge No. 566 Joplin Lodge No. 335 Joplin Lodge No. 335 Hebron Lodge No. 354 Harmony Lodge No. 499 Sikeston Lodge No. 310 Shelbina Lodge No. 22-8 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Mt. Hope Lodge No. 476 Wellington Lodge No. 22 Advance Lodge No. 590 King Hill Lodge No. 376 Livingston Lodge No. 51 Platte City Lodge No. 504 Mt. Zion Lodge No. 327 Cornerstone Lodge No. 323 Mt. Zion Lodge No. 327 Raytown Lodge No. 391 Jennings Lodge No. 640 Westport Lodge No. 340 Dockery Lodge No. 325 Zeredatha Lodge No. 189 Western Star Lodge No. 15
90 2359 2360 2361 2362 2363 2364 2365 2366 2367 2368 2369 2370 2371 2372 2373 2374 2375 2376 2377 2378 2379 2380 2381 2382 2383 2384 2385 2386 2387 2388 2389 2390 2391 2392 2393 2394 2395 2396 2397 2398 2399 2400 2401 2402 2403 2404 2405 2406 2407 2408 2409 2410 2411 2412 2413 2414 2415
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
J ames Lincoln Westbrook Harmony Lodge No. 499 Edwin Earl Wright Lebanon Lodge No. 77 Raymond L. Turner Grandview Lodge No. 618 William Edward Overstreet Independence Lodge No. 76 Nordan Augustus Rea Westport Lodge No. 340 Joe Thomas Parrish Putnam Lodge·No. 190 John S. Stillwell Putnam Lodge No. 190 John Saunders Bond Joplin Lodge No. 335 James Leland Holmes Barnes Lodge No. 116 Frank Raymond Elton Northwest Lodge No. 358 Hebert Martin Ramsey Rockhill Lodge No. 663 Orient Lodge No. 546 Rex John Nelson Chester McKelvey Turley Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Clarence Vernon Buchholz William Lynn O'Dell East Gate Lodge No. 630 Carl A. Osborn East Gate Lodge No. 630 Leo G. Whitaker Iberia Lodge No. 410 John Carder Oliver Carthage Lodge No. 197 Agency Lodge No. 10 Charles T. Ellington M. Dwight Dickerson Pollock Lodge No. 349 Glenn Ames DeSoto Lodge No. 119 Ernest Vincent Beauette, J r Progress Lodge No. 657 Peter Vukich Trinity Lodge No. 641 William Edward Jamieson Zeredatha Lodge No. 189 Harold Wayne Frantz Mount Hope Lodge No. 476 Herald Holdner Euclid Lodge No. 505 Lee F. Rowe Potosi Lodge No. 131 Christopher C. McLemore, III Washington Lodge No. 87 Harbor Adron Gladden East Gate Lodge No. 630 Robert Grant Brady St. Marks Lodge No. 93 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Charles Asbury Goulden Alfred W. Kuenzle Herculaneum Lodge No. 338 Harold Fredrick Krummel Monroe Lodge No. 64 Fellowship Lodge No. 345 Reymond Johnson Wadkins Clarence Glenn Beezley Fellowship Lodge No. 345 Leo Merlin Nigh Fellowship Lodge No. 345 Luther James Timberlake Fellowship Lodge No. 345 Loomis F. Mayfield, Jr '" . Sikeston Lodge No. 310 Clyde Melbourne Statler 'Fixcelsior Lodge No. 441 Unionville Lodge No. 210 Cerris Merton Hauck Carl D. Williams Summit Lodge No. 263 Richard Leonard Hansen South Gate Lodge No. 547 George B. Zucheide Shekinah Lodge No.2-56 John Irwin Williams Rising Sun Lodge No. 13 Elbert H. Coleman Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Robert Doyle Wrehe Zeredatha Lodge No. 189 Ralph Willard Schmitt Harmony Lodge No. 499 Cleveland Lodge No. 651 Charles Benjamin Holmes Melvin Leroy Fraley Cass Lodge No. 147 Ernest James Baughn Joplin Lodge No. 335 James Weldon Chrisman Hinton Lodge No. 455 Roscoe C. Weathers Bolivar Lodge No. 195 Myron Gail Welch Marcus Lodge No. 110 Elmer Daniel McDonough Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 Robert Burris Nickell Swope Park Lodge No. 617 Raymond Art Gardner Joplin Lodge No. 335 Raymond Billy Moore .•......... Swope Park Lodge No. 617
1954 2416 2417 2418 2419 2420 2421 2422 2423 2424 2425 2426 2427 2428 2429 2430 2431
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Robert Taylor Craig, Jr Charles H. Stickler Hershel Levin Jessie William Dodson Leo Wilford Belleville Charles Lee Dye Raymond Hall Sol Astrachan Raymond Roy Rider Kenneth Blackburn Floyd O. Calvert Arnold Jasper Weeks Amos Leroy Bright Sanford Therlough Adams Rolly Johnson, Jr Henry A. Boyer
91
Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Trenton Lodge No. III Zeredatha Lodge No. 189 Liberty Lodge No. 31 Shaveh Lodge No. 646 Shaveh Lodge No. 646 Higginsville Lodge No. 364 Kennett Lodge No. 68 Harmony Lodge No. 499 Shaveh Lodge No. 646 Rural Lodge No. 316 Crescent Hill Lodge No. 368 Crescent Hill Lodge No. 368 Brentwood Lodge No. 616 Liberty Lodge No. 31 Herculaneum Lodge No. 338
SUBDIVISION I-SERIES A-R.ENEWALS
No. A 661 A 662 A 663 A 664 A 665 A 666 A 667 A 668 A 669 A 670 A 671 A 672 A 673 A 674 A 675 A 676 A 677 A 678 A 679 A 680 A 681 A 682 A 683 A 684 A 685 A 686 A 687 A 688 A 689 A 690 A 691 A 692 A 693 A 694 A 695 A 696 A 697
N~
Jewell H. Tiller George Theodore Cain George Philip Blair Frank M. Shafer Junior L. Couch Hilrey Oden Hamilton George Warren Gregory Hobert E. Eaker Artemus Houston Harwell William Gilbert Spargo Steele Anderson Eugene F. Swope John Milton Cole Louis Hershel Large Mer1 Emery Gladden Grant G. Garbee Charles A. Wilkinson Rou Alfred Rusk Emmett Broombaugh, Jr Howard Livingston Martin Franklin Caldwell Kindred David Howard Davis Harrold Frank Anderson Fred Lee Main Richard Robert Johnson Julian Miller Lattimore Glenn Vincent Myrick .rohn Peter Romine Samuel Cedric Woodside Emmett Stephenson George E. Rector Farris Ellis Myers Ray Neff : Julius T. Hausgen Frank Marriott Ernest N. Armstrong Delbert R. Cones
Lo~e
St. Joseph Lodge No. 78 Marlborough Lodge No. 569 MarIborough Lodge No. 569 Carthage Lodge No. 197 Kirksville Lodge No. 105 Northeast Lodge No. 643 Livingston Lodge No. 51 Zalma Lodge No. 545 Poplar Bluff Lodge No. 209 Algabil Lodge No. 544 Mt. Washington Lodge No. 614 Rolla Lodge No. 213 Ionic Lodge No. 154 East Gate Lodge No. 630 East Gate Lodge No. 630 Billings Lodge No. 379 Xenia Lodge No. 50 Carthage Lodge No. 197 Brentwood Lodge No. 616 Caruthersville Lodge No. 461 Caruthersville Lodge No. 461 East Gate Lodge No. 630 Northeast Lodge No. 643 Independence Lodge No. 76 Jennings Lodge No. 640 Ferguson Lodge No. 542 Jennings Lodge No. 640 Winigan Lodge No. 540 Independence Lodge No. 76 Raytown Lodge No. 391 Ferguson Lodge No. 542 Ferguson Lodge No. 542 St. Joseph Lodge No. 78 Joachim Lodge No. 164 Ferguson Lodge No. 542 Cooper Lodge No. 36 Euclid Lodge No. 505
92
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
A A 730 A 731 A 732 A 733 A 734 A 735 A 736 A 737 A 738 A 739 A 740 A 741 A 742 A 743 A 744 A 745 A 746 A 747 A 748 'A 749 A 750 A 751
Henry Vinton Banta Northeast Lodge No. 643 Lenard James Garrett Marlborough Lodge No. 569 James Allen Capper Swope Park Lodge No. 617 George Aldeon Moody ;. Carutpersville Lodge No. 461 O. Rex Orr Vinci! Lodge No. 62 George K. Jackson King Hill Lodge No. 376 Charles Edwin McQuitty King Hill Lodge No. 376 Fred C. Schneider Harmony Lodge No. 499 Elmer R. Ridout East Gate Lodge No. 630 Roy Alvin Kurrelmeyer Brentwood Lodge No. 616 Russell F. Rose Kirkwood Lodge No. 484 Tuscan Boaz Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 Ralph Edward Boyer Sikeston Lodge No. 310 Elisha Harry Young Fenton Lodge No. 281 David L. Fear Ferguson Lodge No. 542 Clarence Anthony Hughes Brentwood Lodge No. 616 Earl Frank Watson Clifton Heights Lodge No. 520 Charles E. Sweet Friend Lodge No. 352 Robert E. Wright Camden Point Lodge No. 169 Vernon A. Evans DeSoto Lodge No. 119 James D. Elliott DeSoto Lodge No. 119 George Arnet Conway Grandview Lodge No. 618 Ernest Cottle Twilight Lodge No. 114 George S. Gardner Harmony Lodge No. 499 Midas Charles Cadwallader Harmony Lodge No. 499 Charles Dean Sharp Solomon Lodge No. 271 Richard Almon Fernald Westport Lodge No. 340 Arthur L. Hall Orient Lodge No. 546 Gayle S. Oller Hebron Lodge No. 354 Richard Carl Loehing Evergreen Lodge No. 27 William Walter Gray South Gate Lodge No. 547 Arthur U. Goodman, Jr Kennett Lodge No. 68 William Wesley 路Knibb Gardenville Lodge No. 655 Andrew H. Collier Valley Park Lodge No. 629 Walter John Hartmann Maplewood Lodge No. 566 Albert Lee Bohlen East Gate Lodge No. 630 George W. TerrilL Gallatin Lodge No. 106 William C. Ryan Canopy Lodge No. 284 Herbert A. Gast Gardenville Lodge No. 655 Christopher Leonidas Frances .. Sikeston Lodge No. 310 Albert Leroy Bougher York Lodge No. 563 Ernie Geo. Jennings Joplin Lodge No. 335 Leonel Elmo Melton Joplin Lodge No. 335 Leonard David Kennedy, Jr Vandalia Lodge No. 491 Edward John Milliman Liberty Lodge No. 31 George W. Barnicle Shaveh Lodge No. 646 John Paul Jones Hebron Lodge No. 354 Harley Scott Gibson Gate of the Temple Lodge 442 Charles Marvin Nelson Shaveh Lodge No. 646 Joseph Leslie McFadin United Lodge No.5 J ames Ellis Manning Gate City Lodge No. 522 David Siegelman St. Louis Lodge No. 20 Ernst Jonas Malpe St. Louis Lodge No. 20 Seymour Leventhal St. Louis Lodge No. 20
No. B 186
Name Lodge Cecil Franklin Montgomery .... Puxico Lodge No. 596
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
698 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729
SUBDIVISION I-SERIES B-RENEWALS
1954
â&#x20AC;˘
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B - B B B B B B B B B B B B
187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 191 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
Frank Estes Markillie ' Orient Lodge No. 546 Robert H. Gaunt East Gate Lodge No. 630 Sylvan Alton Barton Wellston Lodge No. 613, Earl Reynolds Livingston Lodge No. 51 Charles Goodman Beacon Lodge No.3 Oran Jerome Holdman Samaritan Lodge No. 424 Othal D. McFarland Ionic Lodge No. 154 L. Marshall Hollenbeck Sikeston Lodge No. 310 Arthur Cleveland Barrett Sikeston Lodge No. 310 Oren Simpson Richland Lodge No. 385 Florian M. McKinney Trenton Lodge No. 111 Sikeston Lodge No. 310 Gazawell Harold Cline Alfred F. Hermeling Algabil Lodge No. 544 R. A. Hemphill Algabil Lodge No. 544 Virgil David Allison Jefferson Lodge No. 43 Philip D. Trainer Clinton Lodge No. 548 Edwin Bruce Hawkins Higbee Lodge No. 527 Berkeley Lodge No. 667 George Watkins Whitworth Ernest R. Wilson Anchor Lodge No. 443 Kenneth R. Baker Ionic Lodge No. 154 Millard Neal Smythe Westport Lodge No. 340 Harry L. HalL Howard Lodge No.4 Basey Vanlandingham Howard Lodge No.4 Ransome R. Scott " Cooper Lodge No. 36 Howard Lodge NO.4 Willie R. Koelling Vern C. True Schell City Lodge No. 448 Rayford B. Thomas Schell City Lodge No. 448 Robert W. Hall Howard Lodge No.4 Rex Leland Brooks St. Joseph Lodge No. 78 Ralph Braden Trussell Bogard Lodge No. 101 Fay H. McKee , .. Nodaway Lodge No. 470 Ernest Byron McCormick Anchor Lodge No. 443 James A. Sivells Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 Francis Adelbert Ely Monroe Lodge No. 64 George S. Tompkins Monroe Lodge No. 64 Turner A. Barnhart Acacia Lodge No. 602 Dowell Hays Grandview Lodge No. 618 William Bush Walden Twilight Lodge No. 114 Western Star Lodge No. 15 Ulysses G. Nevitt Charles W. Roberts, Sr East Gate Lodge No. 630 Harry Morrison Noland Jackson Lodge No. 82 Glenn E. Swails Brotherhood Lodge No. 269 Tuscan Lodge No. 360 George H. Merrymon Augustin Louis Daumas Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Arthur Evans Excelsior Lodge No. 441 Hervey Ballentine Steele Lodge No. 634 SUBDIVlSION l-sERu~s e--REl>.TEWALS
No.
C C C C C C C C
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
93
N amte
Ernest T. Scofield " Cecil Warren Kirby Alonzo A. Harrison Walter Marvin Rayburn Fred Owen Wade ,. " Harry William Janes Alfred Arthur Mitchell Charlie Smith Hicks
Lodge
Adair Lodge No. 366 Northeast Lodge No. 643 Sikeston Lodge No. 310 Sikeston Lodge No. 310 Friend Lodge No. 352 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Hebron Lodge No. 354 Monroe Lodge No. 64
94 C C C C C C
27 28 29 30 31 32 o 33 o 34 o 35 o 36 o 37 C 38 o 39 o 40 C 41 C 42 o 43
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Joseph W. Moore Ray Vaughn Demilow Thornton Jennings John Bennett Klingner Everett W. Torreyson John G. L. Dowgray William Robert Howell Kai Holst. Robert A. Wilson Charles Wesley Ohaney Ralph II. Davis John LeVerne 0 'Brien Richard H. Kerr August Levi Hunter Hugh II. Barden James O. Dillamon George }<'ranklin Prater
1954
Putnam Lodge No. 190 Trenton Lodge No. 111 Clinton Lodge No. 548 Gate of the Temple Lodge 422 Hebron Lodge No. 354 East Gate Lodge No. 630 Monroe Lodge No. 64 Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40 Hebron Lodge No. 354 Temple Lodge No. 299 Kirkwood Lodge No. 484 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Rolla Lodge No. 213 Swope Park Lodge No. 617 Ferguson Lodge No. 542 St. Joseph Lodge No. 78 Carthage Lodge No. 197
,
SUBDIVISION 2-CARDS PART
No. N ante 75 Turner A. Barnhart 76 A. Basey Vanlandingham 77 James Woodrow Dougan 78 ' James Harold Burton 79 William Anthony Mudd 80 Fred H. Roam 81 James Ellis Manning 82 Russell A. Brown 83 Abe Press 84 Harrison Earl White 85 Herbert F. Woolsey 86 Dan W. Krumsiek 87 Delbert R. Oones 88 Walter Wesley Loyd 89 James Dempsey Hurst. 90 John E. Harriman 91 Farris Ellis Myers 92 John Edward Reece, Jr 93 Frank K. Roy, Jr 94 Hugh II. Barden 95 Taylor Hook 96 Otto A. Brunkhorst. 97 Delbert Ivan Scott. 98 Henry F. Barclay 99 George John Logeman 100 William Bush Walden 101 Philip D. Trainer 102 Ralph Oscar Fritts 103 Sam Kahn 104 Sam C. Bayless 105 Ernest Lee Baumgardner 106 Osa Farris Godfrey 107 Frank J. Novak 108 L. B. Parrish 109 Morris Edward Ewing 110 Harold Kenneth Oampbell
1
Lodge Acacia Lodge No. 602 Howard Lodge No.4 Rosendale Lodge No. 404 Valley Park Lodge No. 629 RisiI).g Sun Lodge No. 13 Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 99 Gate Oity Lodge No. 522 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Heroine Lodge No. 104 Westport Lodge No. 340 Breckenridge Lodge No. 334 Trilumina Lodge No. 205 Euclid Lodge No. 505 Billings Lodge No. 379 Neosho Lodge No. 247 Ferguson Lodge No. 542 ; Ferguson Lodge No. 542 Seaman Lodge No. 126 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Ferguson Lodge No. 542 Barbee Lodge No. 217 Pleasant Grove Lodge No. 142 Ferguson Lodge No. 542 Missouri Lodge No.1 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Twilight Lodge No. 114 Olinton Lodge No. 548 Amsterdam Lodge No. 141 North Star Lodge No. 157 Cuba Lodge No. 312 Modern Lodge No. 144 Gate of the Temple Lodge 422 Algabil Lodge No. 544 Bolivar Lodge No. 195 Pleasant Lodge No. 160 Hazelwood Lodge No. 459
o
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
95
111 Conrad M. Kraushaar Trinity Lodge No. 641 Monroe Lodge No. 64 112 Francis A. Ely Pomegranate Lodge No. 95 113 Evert Leroy Love Perseverance Lodge No. 92 114 Russell J. Rowe Anchor Lodge No. 443 115 Ernest Byron McCormick " Joachim Lodge No. 164 116 Vernon K. AbeL Gate of the Temple Lodge 422 117 Ralph D. Wofford Hazelwood Lodge No. 459 118 George Robert Clift Bernie Lodge No. 573 119 John Franklin Dougherty Somerset Lodge No. 206 120 Cla.rk Monroe Blackman Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 121 Hadley Tipton White Edina Lodge No. 291 122 Charles B. Myers Hinton Lodge No. 455 123 James Waldon Chrisman " Maplewood Lodge No. 566 124 Manley Charles Vanzant Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40 125 Jasper Hubert Anderson Advance Lodge No. 590 126 Ralph Dale Rehm Zeredatha Lodge No. 189 127 William Edward Jamieson Granite Lodge No. 272 128 Henry Edward Richardson Ferguson Lodge No. 542 129 Virgil C. Moore West Gate Lodge No. 445 130 Harry William Warrings : Adair Lodge No. 366 131 Bruce H. Hunt St. Joseph Lodge No. 78 132 Freelon K. Hadley 133 Ernest R. Wilson Anchor Lodge No. 443 Walker Lodge No. 605 134 John R. Walker Jennings Lodge No. 640 135 Alvin Dwight Neidhardt St. Marks Lodge No. 93 136 Trueman D. Boone St. Marks Lodge No. 93 137 Walter Glenn McCain Gate City Lodge No. 522 138 William H. Cox Trenton Lodge No. 111 139 Ray V. Denslow Trenton Lodge No. 111 140 Florian M. McKinney Maplewood Lodge No. 566 141 Avery Wilson Griffey 142 Robert T. Bryson Fidelity Lodge No. 339 Brotherhood Lodge No. 269 143 Roger V. Atkinson 144 Hervey Ballentine Steele Lodge No. 634 '" '" .. Northeast Lodge No. 643 145 Charles Price Woods 146 Henry Vinton Banta Northeast Lodge No. 643 Alton Lodge No. 255 147 Bealor Ross Tharp 148 Carl Homer Pyle ' Pickering Lodge No. 472 York Lodge No. 563 149 William Lewis Bear Hebron Lodge No. 354 150 Everett W. Torreyson SUBDIVISION 2-CARDS PART
No. 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78
Name Delbert Cones Robert Glen White George A. Ramey James Harold Burton Sherwood Schmill Russell A. Brown Trueman Daniel Boone Herbert F. Woolsey Frank Vernon Jones Chester Naylor Harry Stanley Hunter Walter Wesley Loyd Evert Leroy Love
,
2
Lodge Euclid Lodge No. 505 Monroe Lodge No. 64 Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 99 Valley Park Lodge No. 629 United Lodge No.5 Gate City Lodge No. 522 St. Marks Lodge No. 93 Breckenridge Lodge No. 334 California Lodge No. 183 Fidelity Lodge No. 339 Kirkwood Lodge No. 484 Billings Lodge No. 379 Pomegranate Lodge No. 95
96 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130
PROCEEDINGS OF THE William Wesley Knibb James Harrison Sivells James Woodrow Dougan Taylor Hook Otto A. Brunkhorst Dan W. Krumsiek Eugene Valentine Gore Hugh H. Barden James J. Dumit. Sam Kahn L. B. Parrish Ernest Lee Baumgardner Morris Edward Ewing William H. Chapman Conrad M. Kraushaar Francis A. Ely Russell J. Rowe Richard Almon Fernald Ernest Byron McCormick Vernon K. AbeL George Robert Clift William Bush Walden Clark Monroe Blackman Henry Vinton Banta Charles Price Woods Hadley Tipton White, Thurman R. Nelson Manley Charles Vanzant John Franklin Dougherty Ralph Oscar Fritts Henry Edward Richardson Harry William Warrings Elmer W. Pickles Bruce H. Hunt Freelon K. Hadley Ernest R. Wilson John R. Walker William H. Cox Frank Keller Roy, Jr Ray V. Denslow Florian M. McKinney Avery Wilson Griffey Charles E. Elston WaIter Glenn McCain Roger V. Atkinson William Edward Jamieson Ralph 1. Morgan James C. Dillamon Niels Anton Nissen George M. McAninch Brace Elder Kitchell William Lewis Bear
Gardenville Lodge No. 655 Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 Rosendale Lodge No. 404 . Barbee Lodge No. 217 Pleasant Grove Lodge No. 142 Trilumina Lodge No. 205 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Ferguson Lodge No. 542 Country Club Lodge No. 656 North Star Lodge No. 157 Bolivar Lodge No. 195 Modern Lodge No. 144 Pleasant Lodge No. 160 Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 Trinity Lodge No. 641 Monroe Lodge No. 64 Perseverance Lodge No. 92 Westport Lodge No. 340 Anchor Lodge No. 443 Joachim Lodge No. 164 Hazelwood Lodge No. 459 Twilight Lodge No. 114 Somerset Lodge No. 206 Northeast Lodge No. 643 Northeast Lodge No. 643 Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 Caruthersville Lodge No. 461 Maplewood Lodge No. 566 Bernie Lodge No. 573 Amsterdam Lodge No. 141 Granite Lodge No. 272 West Gate Lodge No. 445 Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 Adair Lodge No. 366 St. Joseph Lodge No. 78 Anchor Lodge No. 443 Walker Lodge No. 605 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Trenton Lodge No. 111 Trenton Lodge No. 111 Maplewood Lodge No. 566 Jennings Lodge No. 640 St. Marks Lodge No. 93 Brotherhood Lodge No. 269 Zeredatha Lodge No. 189 Sedalia Lodge No. 236 St. Joseph Lodge No. 78 Westport Lodge No. 340 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Maplewood Lodge No. 566 York Lodge No. 563
SUBDIVISION 2-CARDS PART
No. 70
N<lIme Howard Thomas Smith
1954
3
Lodge Dockery Lodge No. 325
1954 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 III 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
Frank V. Jones '" Fred H. Roam James Harold Burton Frank Keller Roy, Jr Russell A. Brown Olen Paul Erwin Harley Scott Gibson Delbert R. Cones Herbert F. Woolsey Claude W. Dunnaway John Daniel Naylor Russell August Grosch Walter Wesley Loyd Sherwood Schmill Carl Fredrick Barthley James Harrison Sivel1s John McGarvey Martin. ' Floyd Sutton James Woodrow Dougan Taylor Hook Otto A. Brunkhorst Dan W. Krumsiek Hugh H. Barden Mark E. Malchow William Bush Walden Sam Kahn Samuel Christopher Bayless L. B. Parrish Morris Edward Ewing Joy L. Ortloff Conrad M. Kraushaar Francis A. Ely Russell J. Rowe Ernest Byron McCormick Vernon K. AbeL " Roy Lester Waller Charles William Roberts, Sr Walter John Hartmann Charles B. Myers Manley Charles Vanzant Evert Leroy Love George D. Abernathy Ralph 1. Morgan Henry Edward Richardson Harry William Warrings George R.Qbert Clift Bruce H. Hunt Freelon K. Hadley Ernest R. Wilson John R. Walker Everett W. Torryson William Edward Jamieson John Franklin Dougherty Ray V. Denslow Florian M. McKinney Avery Wilson Griffey Walter Glenn McCain Roger V. Atkinson
97
California Lodge No. 183 Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 99 Valley Park Lodge No. 629 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Carthage Lodge No. 197 Gate of the Temple Lodge 422 Euclid Lodge No. 505 Breckenridge Lodge No. 334 Versailles Lodge No. 320 Rising Sun Lodge No. 13 Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40 Billings Lodge No. 379 United Lodge No.5 Country Club Lodge No. 656 Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 Keystone Lodge No. 243 Shekinah Lodge No. 256 Rosendale Lodge No. 404 Barbee Lodge No. 217 Pleasant Grove Lodge No. 142 Trilumina Lodge No. 205 Ferguson Lodge No. 542 Algabil Lodge No. 544 Twilight Lodge No. 114 North Sta.r Lodge No. 157 Cuba Lodge No. 312 Bolivar Lodge No. 195 Pleasant Lodge No. 160 Carthage Lodge No. 197 Trinity Lodge No. 641 Monroe Lodge No. 64 Perseverance Lodge No. 92 Anchor Lodge No. 443 Joachim Lodge No. 164 Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40 East Gate Lodge No. 630 Maplewood Lodge No. 566 Edina Lodge No. 291 Maplewood Lodge No. 566 Pomegranate Lodge No. 95 Bernie Lodge No. 573 Sedalia Lodge No. 236 Granite Lodge No. 272 West Gate Lodge No. 445 Hazelwood Lodge No. 459 Adair Lodge No. 366 St. Joseph Lodge No. 78 Anchor Lodge No. 443 Walker Lodge No. 605 Hebron Lodge No. 354 Zeredatha Lodge No. 189 Bernie Lodge No. 573 Trenton Lodge No. III Trenton Lodge No. III Maplewood Lodge No. 566 St. Marks Lodge No. 93 Brotherhood Lodge No. 269
98 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Trueman Daniel Boone William Lewis Bear William Arthur Bramble Bealor Ross Tharp James C. Dillamon Ralph Dale Rehm William H. Cox George M. McAninch Niels Anton Nissen John Beimett Klingner John L. 0 'Brien
St. Marks Lodge No. 93 York Lodge No. 563 Hebron Lodge No. 354 Alton Lodge No. ,255 "St. Joseph Lodge No. 78 Advance Lodge No. 590 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Westport Lodge No. 340 Gate of the Temple Lodge 422 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CHARTERED LODGES
W. B. Lee Barger presented the report of the Committee on Chartered Lodges which was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful GrOlnd Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: BRETHREN: After examination and consideration of the returns of Chartered Lodges, your Committee begs to submit the following report: STATISTICAL
1953-1954
594 Number of Chartered Lodges, September 10, 1953 . Lodges U.D . 1 594 Number of Chartered Lodges, September 10, 1954 . Lodges U.D . September 10, 1954, Total Membership . 121,914 September 10, 1953, Total Membership in 595 Lodges .. 120,196 Adjustment by audit of individual Lodges 141
째
120,337 Total Number: Raised Affiliated Reinstated
4,511 730 1,283 6,524
Less: Total Number: Dimitted Deaths Suspended, N.P.D Suspended, U.M.C. Expelled
810 2,155 1,964 6 12 - - - 4,947
Net Gain, September 10, 1954
1,577
Total
121,914 COMMENTS
It is a pleasure to note that all lodges h~ve made their annual returns to the Grand Secretary's Office in due time for which we extend congratulations. An analysis of the membership figures discloses that the net gain was 619 less than the net gain last year and 294 less than in 1952. However, we do not think this should be alarming, inasmuch as we are forbidden to solicit membership, and rightly so. Many different conditions contribute to a :fluctuation from year to year, possibly with economic conditions a chief contributor. While the great majority of our
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
99
lodges are active, reflecting the loyal, conscientious and able leadership of the officers, there are a small number, as is the case in nearly all organizations, that are more or less dormant. The returns indicate that out of our 594 lodges, 35 did no work last year and of these 35 lodges, eleven have done no work for two years. The average membership of these non-working lodges is 55, and the average dues per year is $5.07; seven of these lodges have less than 40 members and one lodge has less than 25 members. With this small amount of dues and the small membership, it is readily understandable, unless they have other sources of revenue, why they are so inactive. 'fhis condition surely warrants earnest consideration on the part of those concerned. We are sorry that it is necessary to report that about 20 per cent of the lodges are not conforming to Sections 48 and 49 of our 1947 By-Laws relative to the Masonic Home and George Washington Memorial fees. Attention has been called to this in previous reports. We recommend that the Secretaries make themselves familiar with the By-Laws and the Lodges see that they are observed. We are inclined to think that in many cases of non-compliance it is an oversight and not intentional. Continued non-compliance might lead to disciplinary action on the part of Grand Lodge. However, if an examination should disclose that there be good reasons for this delinquency, the method should be changed, otherwise this By-Law should be obeyed. IN CONCLUSION From reports examined and by personal observations of your Committee, we do not hesitate to say that Freemasonry in Missouri is in excellent condition. We think we are correct in saying, that with but few exceptions the officers are gaining, through earnest effort and efficient instruction, a greater unified ritualistic knowledge, making the degrees more dignified and impressive than ever before. This is truly commendable and argues well for the progress and soundness of our Institution. However, we think it timely to sound a general note of warning along a different line. We think with many of us there is a woeful attitude of indifference toward certain danger signals that are presently appearing in our own country to which if not checked and controlled, might lead to the eventual destruction of one of the cherished cornerstones of our freedoms-freedom of conscience. May we, as individual Freemasons be'ever alert to see that these freedoms, embedded in our Constitution as they are, may never suffer for want of major protection, so that these basic ideals may be bequeathed to future generations as pure and unspotted as they were when received by us. This is our solemn duty. Fraternally submitted, R. L. BARGER., Chairman, VER.NIE G. FISHER. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY
M. W. Brother James W. Skelly presented the report of the Committee on Necrology which was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: BRETHREN: Your Committee charged with the solemn duty of acquainting this Grand Lodge with its losses of faithful members during the year, I'eports that 2155 have passed to their reward. Among the many who have given outstanding service to Freemasonry, whom we here note,
100
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
were several who had passed the Biblical age of fourscore years, and one was even a centenarian. God keeps the aged. With hearts of gold, and silver-tinted hair, And earnestness, and greater faith in prayer; He keeps them as a shepherd guards his sheep, 'Til in His fold they gently fall asleep. -Charles W. H. Bancroft. M. W. Brother Archer Alexander Johnson, our senior Past Grand Master, died January 20, 1954, in St. Johns Hospital, Springfield, where he had been a patient for only four days. While he had been in failing health for some time, his condition was not considered serious until a heart ailment became more pronounced. M. W. Brother Johnson was born on a farm near Edinburgh, Kentucky, July 9, 1869. When he was eight years old, his parents moved to a farm in Laclede County, Missouri, where he remained until he was twenty-one years of age, attending the public schools and later studying law. In 1890 he came to Springfield, was admitted to the Bar, and practiced law there for sixty-four years. He was elected to a six-year term as circuit judge in 1912. As another judge said since his death, "he was considered a leader of the Bar, a fine gentleman and a great lawyer." On October 9, 1898, Brother Johnson was married to Miss Effie Carson Dixon, who died December 23, 1910. His second wife was Miss Lyda Robberson, who died September 30, 1953. He is survived by one son, three daughters and five grandchildren. M. W. Brother Johnson first saw the light in Freemasonry in Solomon Lodge No. 271, on November 16, 1894, and at the time of his death was intimately associated with all the Masonic Bodies of the York Rite. He served his Lodge as Worshipful Master in 1903 and 1904. In 1904 Brother Johnson was appointed one of the Orators of the Grand Lodge, and the following year was started in the line by appointment as Grand Sword Bearer. In 1911 he was elected Grand Master. His year was marked by great activity, no less than eighteen cornerstones being laid, dispensations issued for formation of six new Lodges, and fourteen decisions rendered, as well as the usual dispensations for holding elections and reballoting on petitions. He was a director of the Masonic Home from September, 1914, to September, 1940, and during this long incumbency he gave valuable assistance, particularly in legal matters. The funeral was held January 23, with the beautiful Masonic service, after which all that was mortal of our beloved Past Grand Master was laid to rest in the Maple Park Cemetery. On March 31, 1954, a tribute was paid to the memory of M. W. Brother Karl Max Vetsburg, Past Grand Master, who died September 20, 1953, of which due notice was given in our report for 1953. A Lodge room in the Masonic Temple in St. Louis was dedicated to his memory, with appropriate ceremonies by the Masonic Temple Association, of which he was President for twenty-seven years. M. W. Brother John Henry Cowles, 33 0 , a member of Louisville Lodge No. 400, Kentucky, died June 18, 1954. He was born August 22, 1863, and was senior Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, and seniol' past presiding officer of the other Grand York Rite Bodies of Kentucky. He was Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, Southern Masonic Jurisdiction, from October, 1921 to October, 1952. R. W. Brother Charles Lewis Woods, a member for 59 years of Rolla Lodge No. 213, Rolla, died February 22, 1954, having passed his 84th
ARCHER ALEXANDER JOHNSON,
Grand Master, 1911
101
1869-195,1
102
PROOEEDINGS OF THE
1954
birthday, December 2, 1953. He was past presiding officer of all York Rite Bodies, and Past District Deputy Grand Master of the 39th Masonic District. He was Editor of the Rolla Herald for 48 years, and was well known and honored in publie life. He was a eolonel on the staff of several Governors. Brother Lynn Samuels, a member for many years of Wakanda Lodge No. 52, Oarrollton, died March 10, 1954, having passed his 101st birthday on August 1, 1953. He was a veteran" country doctor," who visited his patients on horsebaek, later in a eart or buggy, but never used an automobile. Brother Joseph V. Gaddy, a member of Zeredatha Lodge No. 189, St. Joseph, died October 5, 1953. He was a member of the Appeals and Grievanees Oommittee of the Grand Lodge, and was Grand Master of the Grand Council of Royal and Seleet Masters in 1944 and 1945. R. W. Brother Perey M. Best, a member of Liberty Lodge No. 31, Liberty, and Distriet Deputy Grand Master of the 11th Masonie Distriet, died November 4, 1953. R. W. Brother Orson H. Swearingen, a member of Westport Lodge No. 340, Kansas City, died April 27, 1954. He was Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Areh Masons in 1925. Brother Fred Osear Wood, a member of South Gate Lodge No. 547, Kansas Oity, died July 14, 1954. He was Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Areh Masons in 1930. Lives of great men all remind us, We ean make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time. -Longfellow. JAMES W. SKELLY, Chairman, EMMETT L. ROBISON, SAMUEL THURMAN.
Alberta: M. W. Brother Arehibald West, Past Grand Master, died October 26, 1953; M. W. Brother John Thomas Maedonald, Past Grand Master, died August 23, 1954. Colorado: M. W. Brother J. Ernest Newsom, Past Grand Master, died January 6, 1954. Georgia: M. W. Brother William Griggs Mealor, Past Grand Master, died October 12, 1953. Illinois: M. W. Brother Hal Oarter MeLoud, Past Grand Master, died August 16, 1953. Kentucky: M. W. Brother John Henry Oowles, Past Grand Master, died June 18,1954; M. W. Brother Hugh Moore, Past Grand Master, died Mareh 1, 1954. Minnesota: M. W. Brother Herman Held, Past Grand Master, died Oetober 25, 1953. Mississippi: M. W. Brother Joshua Riee Williams, Past Grand Master, died November 26, 1953. Montana: R. W. Brother Ralph Nieholas Lodge, Grand Seeretary, died January 25, 1954. Nebraska: M. W. Brother John R. Tapster, Past Grand Master, died March 21, 1954; M. W. Brother Edwin D. Crites, Past Grand Master, died November 7,1953. Nevada: M. W. Brother Seott H. Jameson, Past Grand Master, died April 8, 1954. Ohio: M. W. Brother Alpheus A. Stephens, Past Grand Master, died November 4,1953.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI'
103
Oklahoma: M. W. Brother. Charles H. Everett, Past Grand Master, died February 16, 1954. Rhode Island: M. W. Brother Winfield Scott Solomon, Past Grand Master, died September 12, 1954; M. W. Brother Norris Greenleaf Abbott, Past Grand Master, died October 3, 1953; M. W. Brother Arthur Whitehead, Past Grand Master, died July 18, 1954. South Dakota: M. W. Brother Owen H. Williams, Past Grand Master, died July 10, 1954. Washington: M. W. Brother Loomis Baldrey, Past Grand Master, died August 8, 1954. West Virginia: M. W. Brother Ohas. Sydnor Angel, Past Grand Master, died October 5, 1954. Wyoming: M. W. Brother J. L. Sawyer, Past Grand Master, died January 7, 1954; M. W. Brother Wm. H. Pugh, Past Grand Master, died February 26, 1954; M. W. Brother J. Melvin Evans, Past Grand Master, died March 19, 1954. TRIBUTE TO OUR DEPARTED BRETHREN
As a tribute to our departed brethren, following the report of the Committee on Necrology the Grand Master called up the Grand Lodge for moments of prayerful silence. ADDRESS OF GRAND ORATOR
At 3 :00 p. m. the Grand Master introduced R. W. Brother Frederick J. Marston, Grand Orator, who delivered a very interesting address which was accorded hearty applause. RESOLUTION RE CONTRIBUTION TO HOME BUILDING PROGRAM
M. W. Brother Richard O. Rumer presented the following resolution which was adopted subject to approval of the VV'ays and Means Committee (the Ways and Means Committee approved) : To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: BRETHREN: We propose the following Resolution: RESOLVED, That this Grand Lodge contribute to the present building program of the Masonic Home of Missouri the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars. RICHARD O. RUMER, P.M., Tower Grove No. 631 RoBERT n. MANN, P.M., Ivanhoe: No. 446 J. M. BRADFORD, Keystone No. 243 ORESTES MITCHELL, JR., Charity No. 331 J. M. SELLERS, G.M., Lexington No. 149 JAMES M. DEWITT, Kirksville No. 105 WILLIAM J. CRAIG, Gate of the Temple No. 422, HAROLD L. READER, HAROLD M. JAYNE.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RELIEF AND CHARITY
R. 'V. Brother Russell E. Murray presented the report of the Committee on Relief and Charity which was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful (}rand Lodge, A. F. and ..4.. M. of Missouri: The Relief and Charity Committee have met each month throughout
104
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
the year and have considered each and every request for assistance very carefully. We tried to act fairly and with real Masonic Charity on each case and hope that we have. In addition to our regular meetings, your chairman has met with committees from a number of the Lodges so as to thoroughly understand their individual case. Assistance has been given to twenty-one Lodges representing twentyfive cases consisting of nine men, eleven women, one woman with two children and five couples, one couple with four children. The following is a list of Lodges assisted and the amount of approp~iations to each Lodge. Ashland Lodge No. 156, Ashland Aurora Lodge No. 267, St. Louis Cecile Daylight Lodge No. 305, Kansas City Chaffee Lodge No. 615, Chaffee . ~ Charleston Lodge No. 407, Charleston , Clinton Lodge No. 548, Clinton Compass Lodge No. 120, Parkville Dockery Lodge No. 325, Meadville Euclid Lodge No. 505, St. Louis Fellowship Lodge No. 345, Joplin Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422, Springfield Granite Lodge No. 272, Sedalia Jonesburg Lodge No. 457, Jonesburg Lock Springs Lodge No. 488, Lock Springs Meridian Lodge No.2, St. Louis Modern Lodge No. 144, Humansville Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40, St. Louis Salisbury Lodge No. 208, Salisbury St. Louis Lodge No. 20, St. Louis Strafford Lodge No. 608, Stra.fford Zeredatha Lodge No. 189, St. Joseph
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$ 100.00 212.05 270.00 220.00 240.00 100.00 500.00 150.00 285.00 90.00 40.00 50.00 45.00 600.00 120.00 130.00 140.00 120.00 300.00 20.00 330.00 $4,062.05
Expenses Standard Underwriters, Renewal of Bond Albrecht Printing Co.-Letterheads and stamped envelopes United Bank & Trust Co.-Printing checks
$ . .
7.50 51.73 3.00
$
62.23
SUMMARY OF }'UNDS RECEIVED AND DlSBURSl<;D DURING THE YEAR
Balance on Hand October 1, 1953 Received from Grand Lodge Anonymous Gift
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
$ 442.19 4,500.00 50.00
Paid for Relief Paid for stationery, printed checks and premium on bond
$4,992.19 $4,062.05 62.23 $4,124.28
Balance on Hand at Close of the Year
$ 867.91
Your committee last year stated that a few things are essentially necessary if your Lodge expects your Relief and Charity Committee to act promptly. The most important being:
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
i05
1. Specific information about the applicants and their needs as well as a statement of the lodge regarding their desire and ability to assist the needy is a must. 2. The desire on the part of the Lodge to assume responsibility for the relief of their own members. Your Relief and Charity Committee would like for the officers of the Lodges throughout the state to become better acquainted with the purpose and function of this committee, so that we can work closer with them and dispense relief and charity to the needy and worthy Brother Master Masons. Respectfully submitted, RUSSELL E. MUR&AY, Chairman, ORESTES MITCHELL, JR., WILLIAM CRAlG, JAMES BRADFORD, LESTER HECKMAN.
REPORT OF THE MISSOURI LODGE OF RESEARCH
R. 'V. Brother Harold M. Jayne presented the report of the Missouri Lodge of Research which ,vas adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: BRETHREN: The Missouri Lodge of Research working under a Charter issued by this Grand Lodge begs leave to report that we have continued to grow and have been able during the year to accumulate a considerable amount of Masonic information of interest to the Craft. At the close of our year we had 801 members, had many valuable contributions to our library and have proceeded with the indexing and assembling of much valuable information of interest to the Craft. Our transaction now in process of being printed is on the subject of Freemasonry in the Eastern Hemisphere and will be distributed to our members in the near future. We have also during the year purchased and distributed to our members such pamphlets and other material that has been available including copies of the Masonic World, The Grand Master's Address, The Conference of Grand Masters and Let There Be Light. It is our plan to include in our transactions next year the subjects of Masonic Order and Degrees in which will be a discussion of some two thousand Orders and Degrees which are now or have been connected with Masonry in some of our Jurisdictions. We are deeply grateful to this Grand Lodge who gave us our Charter and we assure you that all the information we are able to accumulate is at your disposal and we will be most happy to be of service to this Grand Lodge in any manner possible. Respectfully submitted, J. M. JAYNE, Worshipful- Master. CALLED FROM LABOR
At 4 :00 p. m. the Grand Lodge was called from labor, the Grand Chaplain offering prayer.
WEDNESDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 29, 1954, 9: 00 A. M.
The Grand Lodge was called to labor at 9 :00 a.m., Grand Chaplain Thurman offering prayer. REPORT OF JURISPRUDENCE COMMITTEE
R. W. Brother Martin B. Dickinson, Chairman, read the report of the Committee on Jurisprudence. With respect to each section, he moved the approval of the section, and the action recommended therein, and at the conclusion of the entire report moved its approval as a whole. Each such motion was seconded and carried. The report is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri:
Your Committee on Jurisprudence submits the following report: I. DECISIONS
We approve Decisions 1 and 2, reported in the Grand Master's Address. II. DISPENSATIONS
We have examined the dispensations granted as reported by the Grand Secretary. All of them appear to be within the discretion of the Grand Master. We therefore approve the acts of the Grand Master in granting these dispensations. III. SIG:NERS OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION
A standing resolution of this Grand Lodge, adopted in 1915, printed at Page 65 of the 1947 edition of the Constitution and By-laws, requires that all amendments, new By-laws, resolutions, motions, and similar matters demanding the action of the Grand Lodge be signed by two members of the Grand Lodge, who give their rank and number of the Lodge to which they belong. Our second Rule of Order, printed at Page 70 of said edition, is to the same general effect. In the past some such proposals have been presented with only one signature, or without showing the name and number of the Lodge to which the signer or signers belonged, and in many instances the rank of the signers was notindicated. We believe that there is good sense in requiring that all such matters bear the signatures of two members of this Grand Lodge, who indicate their rank and the name and number of their Lodge. We therefore recommend that this Grand Lodge reaffirm said standing resolution of 1915. IV. RESOLUTIONS AND AMENDMENTS
No.1 At this Communication a resolution was introduced and referred to this Committee approving the building program of the Masonic Home,
106
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
107
indicating but not implementing the intention of the Grand Lodge to sponsor the raising of the necessary funds for the program, authorizing solicitation for the program and contributions of Lodge funds, and calling upon all Master Masons of Missouri to support the program. The Committee on Ways and Means, to which said resolution was also referred, has informed us that it is reporting favorably thereon. We approve said resolution in both form and substance, including the authority given to solicit funds, and to donate Lodge funds. We therefore recommend the adoption of the resolution, including its preambles, as follows: WHEREAS, the present men's building and hospital building at the Masonic Home of Missouri are entirely inadequate to afford proper housing, medical care and treatment for the guests of the Home, and to provide for changing conditions in the foreseeable future; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home of Missouri have submitted for the consideration of the Grand Lodge of Missouri a building program designed to provide at the Home a new and modern structure, with infirmary facilities, the better to accomplish appropriate medical care and treatment for the members of the Home family, as well as individualroom dormitory quarters sufficient in the opinion of the Directors to afford proper housing for all adults beyond the number accommodated by the present" Women's Building "-the only really desirable housing quarters among the various facilities now available for our "old folks" at the Home, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved, That this Grand Lodge grants its approval to the proposed building project of the Masonic Home, and to proceeding thereon in whole or in part as promptly and expeditiously as said Board of Dir.ectors deems practical, financially and otherwise, and sponsors the raising of the additional funds necessary, not exceeding $1,000,000, to complete such building program; and Further, Be It Resolved That solicitations of gifts for such purpose from the members of all the subordinate Lodges of this Grand Lodge, and from such Lodges, and from any and all other persons, firms, corporations, and organizations, be and are hereby authorized, both in the name of this Grand Lodge and in the name of Masonic Home of Missouri; and Further, Be It Resolved That this Grand Lodge authorize each of its subordinate Lodges to make contributions of Lodge funds to this cause; and Further, Be It Resolved That in view of the urgent present need for an exemplification here and now of one of Freemasonry's most cherished virtues, charity, this Grand Lodge calls upon every Freemason within its jurisdiction to give unstinted and whole-hearted support and encouragement to this project,. and to contribute thereto so far as his ability may permit. No.2 At this Annual Communication, on September 28, 1954, there was proposed a By-law establishing a Committee on Masonic Education, and providing for issuance of a Grand Lodge publication under the supervision of such committee. We agree with the cogent reasons for the general proposal, as clearly presented in the report of the Special Committee which developed the proposal.
108
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
Said proposal contemplates an "additional section not conflicting with the provisions of" our present By-laws, and having been proposed in writing and referred to our committee, and read on the first day of this Communication, under Section 220 of the By-laws may be adopted by being read again on this second day, and concurred in by two-thirds of the votes present. After a thorough discussion of the text of the proposal with the Special Committee and other persons, we believe that the Section should be adopted without substantial change, but with two minor revisions, to which we understand the members of the Special Committee have no objection. We, therefore, recommend the adoption of said proposal, to be designated as Section 30A in the following form: Sec. 30A. Committee on Masonic Education. There shall be a Committee on Masonic Education, consisting of six members, which shall formulate and develop an educational program, and superintend the dissemination of Masonic information to the Craft; and shall provide for and supervise the issuance of a Grand Lodge publication which shall be published at least quarterly. The Grand Master, the Deputy Grand Master, the Senior Grand Warden and the Junior Grand Warden shall have the right ex-officio to participate in all respects with, and shall constitute additional members of, said committee at any of its meetings when present, but their presence shall not be required at any meeting. The Grand Secretary shall be the editor of the Grand Lodge publication, but if found necessary, the Committee by a vote of a majority thereof, shall have authority to name an assistant editor, and in the event of disability or inability of the Grand Secretary to perform the duties of editor, to name a temporary editor for a particular time. There is hereby appropriated for the use of the Committee Six Thousand Dollars per year, to which the Grand Lodge may add such additional sums as it may deem proper. The Committee shall have no concern with the ritual or any matters which come within the duties of the Committee on Ritual. The Committee shall be appointed by the Grand Master who shall designate its chairman. The appointments shall be made in the following manner: two members shall be appointed for a term of three years, two members shall be appointed for a term of two years, and two members shall be appointed for a term of one year. Thereafter two members of such committee shall be appointed each year for a term of three years. ' The Committee shall submit a report to the Grand Lodge at each annual communication with its recommendations. No.3 At Pages 164 and 165 of the 1953 Proceedings appears a proposed amendment to the Constitution, relating to the rank and title of the officers and certain members of this Grand Lodge. A related amendment, intended to be directed to Section 29 of the By-laws, appears at Page 165 of. said Proceedings. Said amendments were prepared and introduced after long study by an informal committee, with the laudable primary object of establishing uniformity of usage in stating the rank and title of the officers and past officers of the Grand Lodge. Common usage long since departed from that of our Constitution, which was
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
109
adopted in 1866, and even the order of precedence of certain junior officers differs from the order in which the offices are listed in the Constitution. Also, there were no District Lecturers when our Constitution was adopted. These circumstances have caused embarrassment to many brethren, whose earnest desire was to maintain and preserve the beauty, harmony, and dignity of our observances, but who found themselves hopelessly confused. We believe that the Craft is entitled to an explicit statement, with the authority of the Grand Lodge, on this matter. The process of amending our Constitution is properly complicated and cumbersome, and we feel that the labor of such amendment should not be undertaken unless absolutely necessary, to accomplish needed substantial changes. Since no substantive rights are intended to be affected by the proposal, believe its object can be accomplished by a resolution. Weare glad to report that the proponents of the amendment agree with that view. Therefore, we recommend that the proposed amendment to Section 1 of Article II of the Constitution be rejected, and that in lieu thereof the following resolution be adopted:
we
RESOLUTION
To the end that uniformity of usage may prevail, the Grand Lodge finds and orders that the ranks and titles of its officers shall be as follows: 1. Titles of Officers: Grand Master Deputy Grand Master Senior Grand Warden Junior Grand Warden Grand Treasurer Grand Secretary Grand Lecturer Senior Grand Deacon Junior Grand Deacon Senior Grand Steward Junior Grand Steward Senior Grand Marshal Junior Grand Marshal Grand Sword Bearer Grand Pursuivant Grand Chaplain Grand Orator Grand Tiler District Deputy Grand Master District Deputy Grand Lecturer 2. Ranks of Officers:
(a) The Grand Master and all Past Grand Masters shall have the rank of Most Worshipful. (b) All those who hold, and all members of the Grand Lodge who have held, any of the other offices listed above shall have the rank of Right Worshipful. (c) All other members of the Grand Lodge who have been duly elected and have actually presided as Wor-
110
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
shipful Masters of Lodges subordinate to this Grand Lodge shall have the rank of Worshipful. 3. Past 0 jJicers :
The proper form of address of those who have formerly held any of the offices above-mentioned shall be the rank of the office, as above provided, the designation "Past" and the title of the office formerly held, as above stated. No.4 At Page 165 of the 1953 ProcC€dings appears a proposal relating to the rank and title of the District Lecturers. By inadvertence, said proposal was designated as an amendment to the Constitution, but it is obvious that it was actually intended to apply to Section 29 of the By-laws, as enacted in 1950. A similar change would also be required in Section 28 (e) as adopted in 1950. We regard said proposal as properly applying to said sections. The purpose of the proposal is fully accomplished by the general resolution we have recommended with regard to the ranks and titles of Grand Lodge officers. On the assumption that it will have been adopted, we consider it unnecessary to amend Sections 28 (e) and 29 at this time, and believe it adequate to annotate said sections to show the rank and title established by said resolution. We therefore recommend that the proposed amendment be rejected. No.5 At this Communication a resolution was introduced and referred to this Committee and to the Committee on Ways and Means, providing for the issuance of identification cards to the Grand Lodge officers, and to the Past Grand Masters. We feel that the issuance of such credentials, in permanent form to our Past Grand Masters, and in suitable and durable, but probably less expensive, form to our officers for the time being, is a reasonable and dignified recognition, and one which will be appreciated by the recipients. We are informed that the Committee on Ways and Means has approved the resolution, the exact expenditure under which will remain subject to the approval of that Committee. We recommend the adoption of the resolution, as follows: RESOLVED, That this Grand Lodge issue to each of its Past Grand Masters, and to each of its officers named in Article II of the By-laws, durable identification cards, of suitable texts, indicating the office and period of service, under facsimile seal of the Grand Lodge and like signature of the Grand Secretary. FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Grand Secretary be authorized to expend such amounts as the Committee on Ways and Means may approve as may be required to prepare and issue such cards, one to each Past Grand Master, and one annually to each of said officers. No.6 At Page 169 of the 1953 Proceedings is a resolution that the Grand Secretary be authorized and requested to supply to all subordinate Lodges, at the expense of the Lodges, all forms of petitions and other documents required by Grand Lodge law. Such arrangement would obtain uniformity, which is desirable, and might reduce the expense to
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
111
most Lodges. The Grand Secretary informs us that putting the plan into operation will require some permanent expenditure, for storage cabinets, and some initial expense, which matters require the action of the Committee on Ways and Means. Any possible changes in any of these forms should be considered and adopted or rejected before the new uniform forms are printed. Also, the Lodges should be given notice , of a year in which to reduce their supplies of such forms. In another section of our report we are recommending the appointment of a Special Committee to revise these forms, to report in 1955. We therefore recommend that consideration of said resolution be postponed to the 1955 Communication of this Grand Lodge, and that said resolution be referred to both the incoming Com:mittee on Ways and Means and the incoming CO,mmittee on Jurisprudence. No.7 At Pages 168 and 169 of tlle 1953 Proceedings, report is made of a communication, which we take to contemplate a resolution, proposing that three additional copies of the annual Proceedings be furnished to each Lodge, for the Masters and Wardens. The signers of said communication have informed us that they now believe their request was ill-advised. Their object was to give the officers information of matters proposed for action at the following Grand Lodge. Weare informed that this desirable end will be achieved, either through the customary pamphlet distributed following the Communication, or the publication which may be authorized here. We therefore recommend that no action be taken with regard to said communication. No.8 At Page 131 of the 1952 Proceedings is an amendment of Section 119, to repeal the amendment adopted in 1952, providing for limited postponement of the lecture in the Third Degree. As shown at Pages 157 and 158 of the 1953 Proceedings, action on said amendment was postponed until this year, and it was referred to the Ritual Committee for report at this Communication. The Ritual Committee has advised us that it is reporting that said amendment should be adopted, and the provision for such postponement repealed. We therefore recommend that the amendment be adopted, and that Section 119 of the By-laws stand as originally enacted in the 1947 revision of the By-laws. No.9 At Page 78 of the 1953 Proceedings appears a proposal to amend Section 133 of the By-laws, relating to physical disqualifications. The amendment as. proposed would entirely eliminate physical disqualifications by reason of bodily impairment or deficiency, to receiving the degrees, and would provide for the conferring of the degrees on persons ineligible or disqualified under our present law for such reasons, under rules to be established by the Ritual Committee. There are two parts of this problem. The first is the question of eligibility or qualification. It involves what in some jurisdictions is considered a Landmark, sometimes known as the "doctrine of the perfect youth. " Our Missouri law has already departed from the stricter versions of the rule, and we do not think said doctrine, in any form, can be considered a Landmark in Missouri, but we believe it is in the nature of a rule or regulation, to be determined by the Grand Lodge.
112
PROOEEDINGS OF THE
1954
We have studied the By-laws, regulations, and reported practices of many other jurisdictions, and find that the present Missouri law, iJi practice, is certainly one of the more liberal. We further find no jurisdiction which appears entirely to have dispensed with physical qualifications. In several jurisdiction:;> the requirement is that the physical disability not be such as to render the candidate incapable of earning a living, or such as might cause him to become a charge against the Lodge. We believe that such a minimum requirement is proper, and we believe it consistent with路 the application in speculative Masonry of what was once an essential requirement of operative Masonry. The other part of the problem is that of the actual conferring of the degrees upon, and the examination of, a person who is not able to "conform to the necessary ceremonies" of "receiving and imparting the ceremonies of the several degrees." Obviously, this will involve departure from the Ritual, by way of explanation or otherwise. In many cases, adequate explanation could not be made without violation of one of our Obligations. Therefore, we consider it essential that there be proper supervision of these matters. The number and diversity of presently disqualifying physical deficiencies is such that it would be very nearly impossible for the Ritual Committee to devise general rules which could then be followed properly in the Lodges, without personal supervision. However, the GraJ?d Lecturer informs us that he believes our District Lecturers competent to handle any situation in an efficient and dignified manner, consistent with our practices and traditions. We therefore believe that the conferring of degrees on candidates disqualified under our present law should be permitted only under the personal direction of the Grand Lecturer, or someone specially authorized by him. We further believe, consistent with the practice of several of the more liberal jurisdictions, that there should be some review of the determination of the Lodge, both to assure that the candidate will not become a charge upon the Craft, and to determine that it will probably be possible to confer the degrees in a legal and proper manner. 'Ve therefore believe that in every instance a dispensation of the Grand Master should be required, to be granted or withheld in his absolute discretion. With these safeguards, we .believe the proposal is sound, and in the best interest of the Fraternity. We therefore recommend that the proposed amendment of Section 113 be rejected, and that in lieu thereof Section 113 be amended by inserting at the beginning of said Section the words: "Except as provided in Section 113A," and that a new section, to be designated as Section 113A, be enacted, as follows: Section 113A. PhysicaUy Disqualified Candidates. Should a candidate, duly elected or otherwise eligible to advance, be. found not qualified under Section 113, the Lodge by majority vote may apply to the Grand Master for a dispensation, to be granted or denied in his absolute discretion, to permit the conferring of any or all of the degrees on such candidate. Such application must include a determination by the Lodge that the candidate is able to understand and exemplify or explain the ceremonies of the degrees in question, and that his physical defects do not render him unable honestly to acquire the means of SUbsistence, and earn a living for himself and family, or render him likely to become a burden on the Lodge or this Grand Lodge, and shall include an explicit statement of the nature and extent of the physical defects of such candidate,
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
113
sufficient to enable the Grand Master to review such determination. If such dispensation is granted, the degrees shall be conferred only under the personal direction of the Grand Lecturer, or of a Master Mason specially deputed by the Grand Lecturer. Should the Grand Lecturer or his deputy :find that conferring the degrees is impractical, such conferral shall not proceed, and report shall be made to the Grand Master, who may then revoke such dispensation. If the Lodge does not apply for such dispensation, or if such dispensation is denied or revoked, the fee shall be returned to the candidate and no further action . shall be taken. No. 10 At Pages 76 and 77 of the 1953 Proceedings appears a proposal to amend Section 209 of the By-laws, relating to Sunday, by striking out the second sentence of said section, prohibiting Lodges from holding picnics on Sunday, either in the name of the Lodge or through any other organization acting for the Lodge. The sentence proposed to be stricken was adopted as part of the 1947 revision of the By-laws, but merely codified a decision approved by the Grand Lodge in 1936. It has therefore been the law of this Grand Lodge many years, and the proposed amendment should not be adopted without also reversing the action of the Grand Lodge in 1936. The wise policy of this Grand Lodge has always been hostile to any type of Lodge activity on Sunday, except funeral services, now uncommon on Sunday in many places. We believe that it is in the best interest of Freemasonry in Missouri that as Lodges we continue neither to play nor to work on Sunday. We therefore recommend that the proposed amendment be rejected. No.n
At Pages 77 and 78 of the 1953 Proceedings is a proposal to amend the form of the petition for degrees. This amendment was recommended in the Grand Master's Address at Pages 44 and 45 of said Proceedings. The principal purpose was to eliminate Question 12, as added in 1950, said question being the so-called "anti-Communist" question regarding membership in organizations which might support the overthrow of the United States Government. We find that this question is confusing to many, perhaps most, petitioners. A common report is that petitioners have to be instructed as to whether the correct answer is yes or no. Many persons agree with Grand Master Rumer that .the question serves no useful purpose, however praiseworthy were the motives of those who proposed it. Many of us are now convinced that Communist in:filtration cannot be prevented by any mechanical device, and that only sober, vigilant, and careful personal investigation will do the job. If Question 12 is not to be eliminated outright, an attempt should be made to reframe it, to reduce the confusion it is reported to cause. Furthermore, Section 219a, to the same effect as Question 12, must be repealed or amended to conform to Question 12, unless the entire matter is left as it is. A secondary object of the proposal is to simplify and clarify the form of the petition. We agree that such can and should be done, but we believe that further and careful study should be given the entire form. During recent years this form has been encumbered with much detail which is essentially for information only, and in some instances
114
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
seems to be intended to supply information the Committee of Investigation should ascertain for itself, rather than merely relying on these statements. We have recommended consideration in 1955 of the plan of supplying all forms required by Grand Lodge law, including petitions, through the office of the Grand Secretary, and have pointed out that consideration should be given any desirable changes in such forms before the plan goes into operation. It would be inadvisable to change the form of petition this year, and require the Lodges to prepare new forms, which might be rendered obsolete next year. Therefore, no final action on this proposal should be taken this year. We believe that the content and language of these various forms, including Question 12 in the petition, should be carefully studied by a Special Committee. A proposal to repeal Section 219a will be presented by two members of the Committee as individuals, so that said Section may be considered at the annual Communication in 1955. We recommend that a Special Committee of three be appointed to consider and recommend any desirable revisions of ally of the general forms referred to in the By-laws, and that the pending proposal to change the form of the petition for the degrees, and the proposal to repeal Section 219a, be referred to such Special Committee, as well as to the incoming Committee on Jurisprudence. No. 12 At Pages 75 and 76 of the 1953 Proceedings is a proposed amendment of Section 190 of the By-laws, as to territorial jurisdiction of subordinate Lodges. The effect of said amendment would be to abolish exclusive territorial jurisdiction in Missouri, and to give each subordinate Lodge concurrent jurisdiction throughout the county in which it is located and all adjoining counties. While the proposal might have little effect on the Lodges located in the larger cities, its effect on the small Lodges located in rural areas might be drastic. Extensive inquiry has failed to disclose any substantial support for the proposed change among the members of the Lodges most likely to be affected, either adversely or favorably. Our present law results in a number of instances of substantial inconvenience, and undoubtedly in some instances keeps good men from petitioning. There is a problem, efforts to solve which should be continued, but we do not believe this proposal is an acceptable solution. We wish to point out that any specific problem could be solved by the willingness of the subordinate Lodges concerned to forbear insistence on the strict letter of their rights, and to be guided by the fraternal spirit of Freemasonry. We recommend that the proposed amendment be rejected. No. 13 At Page 76 of the 1953 Proceedings appears a proposed amendment to Section 142 of the By-laws, regarding affiliation of Master Masons. Said proposed amendment was offered to avoid confusion in the event Section 190 was amended. On the assumption that the amendment of Section 190 will have been rejected, we recommend the rejection of the proposed amendment of Section 142. No. 14 A resolution appropriating $50,000 to the Building Program of the Masonic Home has been referred to this Committee for its approval.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
115
We have no jurisdiction of its substance, it being purely an appropriation measure, but we approve its form, and recommend its adoption if approved by the Committee on Ways and Means. No. 15 At Page 147 of the 1953 Proceedings is a proposal to repeal Section 77A of the By-laws, relating to Lodges of Instruction in districts having a city with ten or more Lodges. The substance of this section was first enacted in 1910, but was dropped from the Revision of 1947, and was replaced in the By-laws in 1949, with phrasing adapted to the then arrangement of the state in Ritualistic Districts. In 1950, when Article IV, consisting of Sections 27, 28 and 29, was completely rewritten, Section 77A was not changed. Section 77A provides the basis for the holding of the Lodge of Instruction in the 33rd District, where its plan has worked well for more than forty years. We believe that Section 77A should be rewritten to bring it into conformity with present Sections 27, 28 and 29, and that it should appear as Section 29A of the By-laws, corresponding to its position as Section 30 prior to the 1947 Revision. We further believe that its operation should be clearly limited to the district where it has been used. We therefore recommend that Section 77A as enacted in 1949 be repealed and that in lieu thereof Section 29A be adopted as follows: Sec. 29A. Lodges of Instruction. In any district entirely within a city which has forty or more Lodges, the District Deputy Grand Masters and District Deputy Grand Lecturer, together with three other members to be selected from three separate Lodges in such district by the District Deputy Grand Lecturer, shall constitute a Committee on Masonic Instruction. This Committee may adopt rules for its government, and shall for a period of at least four months in each year, hold a Lodge of Instruction once a week. The District Deputy Grand Lecturer, who shall be the authority in the work and have sole charge of teaching it, may appoint such assistant instructors as may be necessary. In support of such Lodge of Instruction, the Lodges voluntarily participating may contribute annually to the support thereof such sums as may be necessary to pay the actual expenses. No. 16 At Pages 131 and 132 of the 1953 Proceedings are three amendments, respectively to paragraph (b) of Section 28, and to Sections 33 and 198 of the By-laws, all of which were proposed in behalf of the Building Supervisory Board, in accordance with its report, at Pages 128 and 129 of the 1953 Proceedings. These three proposals must be acted on separately, but are part of one plan. Section 198, creating the Building Supervisory Board, provides that , (no Lodge shall be permitted to erect or become interested in, use or occupy a building or temple until the plans for the purchase, construetion and :financing thereof shall :first have been submitted to the Building Supervisory Board and its permission obtained." In practice, the Building Supervisory Board has concerned itself with the financial arrangements only, to, avoid excessive debt and other unsound :financial practices. As to the location, design and actual construction of the building, it has been forced to rely entirely on the District Deputy Grand Master of the District. In fact, it is impossible for the Build-
116
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
ing Supervisory Board to exercise independent judgment on such matters without personal investigation on the ground. On the other hand, it is the duty of the Grand Master, necessarily exercised through the District Deputy Grand Master, to ascertain that the building is suitable for Masonic purposes, before it is dedicated. We believe that consideration should be given this question before construction begins, or a contract for purchase is signed, rather than waiting until the Lodge has committed itself. The purpose of the proposed amendment is to limit the authority of the Building Supervisory Board to matters of finance and to require the District Deputy Grand Master to consult with the Lodge as to the location and design. Weare informed that the Building Supervisory Board feels that there should be some effective requirement to support its authority, especially if such authority is limited to financial plans. Such is the purpose of the third amendment proposed, prohibiting dedication of a hall until the Lodge has certified that it has complied with Section 198 of the By-laws. We believe that the positions taken are sound in principle, and will tend to protect the Lodges from excessive debt and from unwise location and design. We, therefore, are recommending the adoption of amendments to such effect, but in somewhat modified form, which we have discussed with the Chairman of the Building Supervisory Board. We recommend that the proposed amendment of Section 198 of the By-laws be rejected, and that in lieu thereof the first sentence of the fourth paragraph of said Section be amended to read as follows: No Lodge shall acquire, erect, or become interested in, use or occupy any land or building until the plans for financing the project shall first have been submitted to the Building Supervisory Board and its permission obtained. No. 17 We recommend that the proposed amendment of paragraph (b) of Section 28 of the By-laws, relating to the powers and duties of the District Deputy Grand Masters, be rejected, and that in lieu thereof a new subsection be added to Section 28 of the By-laws, as follows: (g) Promptly upon receiving information that any Lodge in his District is considering or planning the acquisition or erection of any land or building, he shall report that fact to the Building Supervisory Board, and shall call the provisions of Section 198 to the attention of such Lodge. He shall further consult and cooperate with such Lodge to the end that the project, when and if completed, will conform with Masonic custom and usage as to location and design, and be suitable for dedication if contemplated. No. 18 We recommend that the proposed amendment of Section 33 of the By-laws, requiring compliance with Section 198 of the By-laws before dedication of a hall, be rejected and in lieu thereof Section 56, relating to Lodge removals and to inspection, approval and dedication of halls be amended by adding to said Section the following: Whenever a Lodge asks a dispensation for the dedication of a permanent hall it shall certify to the Grand Master whether it has complied with the provisions of Section 198 so far as ap-
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
117
plicable. Lack of such compliance shall be ground for the Grand Master to refuse to permit such dedication. No. 19 At Page 154 of the 1953 Proceedings appears a proposed amendment to strike out Section 103 of the By-laws, relating to resignation of officers of Lodges, and rewrite it as Section 96a, relating to resignation or removal from office. , We believe that the existing law is adequate to meet the intended purpose of the proposed amendment. Further, the proposal would require considerable revision, to avoid inconsistency with existing law and practice. We therefore recommend that the proposed amendment be rejected. No. 20 The Address of the Grand Master contains a recommendation that the Grand Master should be replaced on the Masonic Home Board by the Senior Grand Deacon, with the Deputy Grand Master automatically becoming President of the Board. This recommendation was referred to this Committee, with a request that the Committee consider and submit the necessary amendment of the By-laws, for action in 1955. The present Committee considers that it should express no opinion as to the advisability of the proposed change, but should merely see to it that an amendment is presented in such form as to bring the proposal before the Grand Lodge in 1955. The incoming Jurisprudence Committee will then report in the usual way. To comply with the ordinary requirements for presenting amendments, two members of the Committee have signed a proposal to amend Section 199 of the By-laws, intended to accomplish the purpose stated by the Grand Master, which proposal will be presented and read in the usual way. This Committee expresses no opinion as to either the form or advisability of such proposal, but leaves those matters for consideration by the incoming Jurisprudence Committee, to which the proposal will be referred when presented. No. 21 California Lodge No. 183, at California, was chartered May 28, 1859. That charter was surrendered in June of 1898. A new charter, establishing a new Lodge, but of the same name and number, was issued October 19, 1898, and remains in effect. During the life of the original California Lodge, it acquired some title or interest in the following property in Moni,.teau County, Missouri: The North-half (Nlh) or side of the second story of a certain two story brick building erected by the California Hall Association of California, Missouri, a corporation, located on the Northeast corner of Lot Number 91 in Block 18 in the City of California, Missouri, formerly known as the Opera House together with the out rooms and stairway built and for use in connection with said hall. When the charter of said first California Lodge was surrendered, its interest in said property was deeded to the Grand Lodge. When the present California Lodge was' organized and chartered, it proceeded to maintain and use said hall, but, possibly by inadvertence, failed to obtain a reconveyance of said interest from the Grand Lodge. Recently it ceased to use said hall, which continued to be used by the Odd Fel-
118
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
lows. California Lodge desired to relieve itself of further expense and possible liability in connection with said property, and undertook to dispose of the property. On investigation of the title, the record interest of the Grand Lodge was disclosed. With the approval of the Building Supervisory Board, California Lodge has negotiated a sale, subject to approval of the Grand Lodge, of the interest of the Grand Lodge in said property to Moniteau Lodge No. 80 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for $100.00. The Grand I;odge is asked to execute a quitclaim deed of said property to said purchaser. The request was made through the Building Supervisory Board, which reported it favorably to the Grand Master, who has referred the matter to this Committee. It appearing that whatever interest the Grand Lodge may have in said property should be regarded as for the use and benefit of California Lodge No. 183, we recommend that the incoming Grand Master be authorized to execute a quit-claim deed of said property to said purchasers, the $100.00 consideration therefor to be paid to California Lodge No. 183. No. 22 In connection with the resolution adopted on the first day of the Communication, relating to identification cards for Past Grand Masters and other Grand Lodge Officers, request was made that this Committee report a form or text for such cards. We do not think the Grand Lodge should prescribe the exact form at this time but should merely outline the substance of the text. Therefore, we recommend the adoption of the following resolution: The text of the identification cards issued to Past Grand Masters under the resolution passed at this Communication provided therefor may be substantially as follows: GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI A. F. & A. M. (Name) Served this Grand Lodge as Grand Master . (Years) With honor to the Fraternity. (Grand Lodge Seal) (Signature) . Grand Secretary The text of the identification cards issued to the officers for the time being may be substantially as follows: GRAND L9DGE OF MISSOURI A. F. & A. M. (Name) Is serving this Grand Lodge as (Title of office and year) (Grand Lodge Seal) (Signature) Grand Secretary
.
Respectfully Submitted SAM WILCOX, HENRY W. Fox, HAltRY GERSHENSON, JOHN S. BOND, MARTIN B. DICKINSON,
Chairman.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
119
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN GRAND LODGES
R. W. Brother George C. Marquis, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on 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 has received several communications from jurisdictions asking for recognition, as well as correspondence in connection with the present situation in many countries. As a result of which we offer the following: Recognition of the newly formed Grand IJodge of 'Israel. Your Committee was not willing to recognize the former Grand Lodge of Israel, but the new Grand Lodge starts with the sponsorship of the Grand Lodge of Scotland and is regular in every way. It constitutes a happy solution to a national problem, Recent news dispatches report difficulties in Guatemala and the formation of a new Grand Lodge. Our information is to the effect that the new Grand Lodge should not be recognized; it is irregularly formed, not in accordance with Masonic principles, and the result of political rather than Masonic action. There has been some difficulty in Costa Rica, caused by an attempt to set up an illegal Grand Lodge, but, fortunately, it has been unable to acquire any standing. There has been an attempt to set up an irregular Grand IJodge in Berlin, Germany; it has been formed out of one lodge, which divided into three parts in order to establish a Grand Lodge. It is receiving no recognition, and should receive none. Our relationship with other Grand Lodges throughout the world has been pleasant and Masonic conditions are rapidly improving. Fraternally submitted, GEORGE C. MARQUIS, Chairman, WILLIAM R. DENSLOW, HAROLD L. READER, HARRIS C. JOHNSTON. REPORT OF THE BUILDING SUPERVISORY BOARD
路W. Brother Walter Bublitz presented the report of the Building Supervisory Board which was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: BRETHREN: The Building Supervisory Board submits herewith its decisions and permissions granted to the following lodges in connection with plans for remodeling, purchasing and financing their temples and temple sites for the year 1953-1954, to wit: California Lodge No. 183, A. F. & A.
M.~California
Last year permission was granted this lodge to proceed with the purchase and remodeling of a building. The former building, or portion thereof, occupied by them was found to have been deeded to the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Missouri in 1898. It was in a very bad condition and inadequate for present needs. It was suggested they obtain the
120
PROOEEDINGS OF THE
1954
best offer obtainable and on September 7, 1954, this Board received from Brother A. E. Wilson, Secretary of California Lodge, a quit claim deed to be authorized by this Grand Lodge and then duly signed by its proper Grand Officers in order to sell the property. This matter has been referred to the Grand Master and the Jurisprudence Committee who no doubt will make the necessary recommendations.
Bloomfield Lodge No. 153, A. F. & A. M.-Bloomfield Under date of October 20, 1953, a letter was received from Bro. K. W. Blomeyer, Secretary, advising that work had already been started on their new temple. There was not sufficient information in that letter and additional information was requested in a letter to him under date of October 23, 1953, before permission could or would be granted. Nothing further has been heard from Bloomfield Lodge, and while it may not be having any difficulties in its financial program, it is proceeding without formal permission to do so as required by the Grand Lodge By-Laws.
Pauldingville Lodge No. 11, A. F. & A. M.-\Vright City Under date of October 23, 1953, permission was granted to this lodge to erect a fire escape on their building as money was available to do the work.
Rising Sun Lodge No. 13, A. F. & A. M.-Barry Under date of November 24, 1953, a letter was received from Ernest E. Craig, Worshipful Master, that this lodge had purchased from the School Board the school rooms which are directly underneath the Lodge Hall. Inasmuch as the sum of $500.00 was available to purchase same, permission was granted to do so by this Board under date of November 27, 1953.
Platte City Lodge No. 504, A. F. & A. M.-Platte City Under date of January 11, 1954, permission was granted this lodge to move from their present hall to the one owned by the Odd Fellows on a rent-free basis. This decision was aJso based on a letter received from Harvey B. Hufford, D.D.G.M., of the 21st District approving of this change.
Twilight Lodge No. 114, A. F. & A. M.-Columbia Under date of February 3, 1954, a letter was received from Delbert E. Dunkin, Worshipful Master, advising this lodge was contemplating the purchase of the building which housed their lodge rooms. On March 13, 1954, a conference was held with several of its members but so far no word has been received advising of any action taken.
New Madrid Lodge No. 429, A. F. & A. M.-New Madrid Under date of February 19, 1954, permission was granted this lodge to proceed with the erection of a new building and to borrow $7,000.00 to be repaid in ten equal annual payments with interest at 5% per cent per annum. In answer to a letter received from P. M. Merrill Spitler, their attorney, under date of June 16 and one from Bert Femmer, Chairman of the Building Committee, permission was granted to change the rate of interest to 6 'per cent per annum instead of 5lh per cent.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
121
Tipton Lodge No. 56, A. F. & A. M.-Tipton Under date of March 15, 1954, permission was granted this lodge to borrow $4,000.00 to do necessary alteration work on their building to be repaid at the rate of $40.00 per month plus interest ,at the rate of 5 per cent per annum.
Fairmont Lodge No. 290, A. F. & A. M.-Wyaconda Under date of March 22, 1954, permission was granted this lodge to purchase the lodge room they now occupy from the Wyaconda Masonic Stock Company for the sum of $1,187.50, being the face value of the stock then outstanding, inasmuch as all the money was available to do so.
Fenton Lodge No. 281, A. F. & A. M.-Fenton Under date of June 11, 1954, a letter was received from the Worshipful Master and Secretary of this lodge, advising that they were contemplating purchase of ground adjacent to their temple and that they might need to borrow $2,000.00 to do so. So far no word has been received whether or not they proceeded.
Shelbina Lodge No. 228, A. F. & A. M.-Shclbina Under date of July 16, 1954, permission was granted this lodge to proceed with the erection of a new temple with the understanding they would borrow not to exceed the sum of $7,000.00 payable within six years.
Mountain Grove Lodge No. 158, A. F. & A. M.-Mountain Grove Under date of July 16, 1954, permission was granted this lodge to erect a new temple with the understanding that monies would be available to do so without any loans. .
Hebron Lodge No. 354, A. F. & A. M.-Mexico Under date of July 24, 1954, a letter was received from Brother Joseph M. Bone, Jr., attorney, advising that under the terms in the Last Will and Testament and Codicil of Daniel Smith Burroughs, deceased, a trust fund in the amount of $100,000.00 was provided to be used for the purpose of selecting a site and erecting a Masonic Temple thereon. By a Decree of Equity secured from the Circuit Court of Audrain County, Missouri, under date of February 20, 1954, the Trustee of the trust fund was authorized to expend the sum of $110,000.00 for the purpose of selecting a site and erecting a temple thereon. Inasmuch as the funds necessary for the erection of the temple would be available and loan would be unnecessary, under date of July 29, 1954, permission was granted Hebron Lodge No. 354, A. F. & A. M., to proceed with the erection of the temple.
Sikeston Lodge No. 310, A. F. & A. M.-Sikeston Under date of August 20, 1954, permission was granted this lodge to continue with the erection of their temple and to borrow not to exceed $15,000.00 to be repaid at the rate of $1,500.00 per year plus interest provided that the dues would be increased to $15.00 per year and the increase in dues would be used to amortize the loan.
Last year the Building Supervisory Board submitted several amendments to the By-Laws of this Grand Lodge detailing the func-
122
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
tioning process of this Board which we hope will receive your favorable consideration. Fraternally submitted, WALTER J. BUBLITZ, Chairman, FRED
C.
J. M.
BRADFORD.
HEUERMANN,
ADOPTION OF REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MASONIC EDUCATION
R. W. Brother Martin Dickinson reported that the Jurisprudence Committee and the Ways and Means Committee approved the amendment relative to a Committee on Masonic Education, then on motion of R. W. Brother John A. Witthaus, duly seconded and carried, the report of the Committee on Masonic Education was unanimously adopted. ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The Tellers appointed by Grand Master Sellers were announced, and the following officers were elected for 1954-1955; Orestes Mitchell, Jr William J. Craig Harold M. Jayne Frank P. Briggs James M. DeWitt. Harold L. Reader
M. W. Grand Master R. W. Deputy Grand Master R. W. Senior Grand Warden R. W. Junior Gmnd Warden R. W. Grand Treasurer R. W. Gmnd Secretary
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS OF THE MASONIC HOME
For Term Ending 1958-A. B. Vanlandingham, Joseph A. Halley. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PROGRAM FOR DISTRICT MEETINGS
R. W. Harold M. Jayne presented the report of the Committee on Program for District Meetings which was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: BRETHREN: Your Committee on Program for District Meetings begs leave to report that in compliance with their duties they contacted the District Deputy Grand Masters of the several Masonic Districts and are happy to report that they received excellent cooperation from the District Deputies, and that Administrative Meetings were held in most of the districts. From the report of these meetings the opinion of the Deputies has been that they were received most favorably, and considerable good has been accomplished. Meetings were held in all districts but five; two of which have set up in their Districts other meetings that appear to accomplish the same results and it has not been our desire to interfere with them. The Committee wishes to thank not only the District Deputy Grand Masters but also the District Lecturers who cooperated in every way
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
123
and worked so efficiently with the District Deputy Grand Masters- in making the meetings so successful. Fraternally submitted, HAROLD M. JAYNE, Chair-man, HAROLD O. GRAUEL, ROBERT L. ARONSON, FRANK P. BR.IGGS, HAROLD L. READER..
INVITATION TO USE SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE
W. Brother Harry H. Balsiger, Secretary of the Scottish Rite Bodies of the St. Louis area, was introduced and spoke words of welcome and greeting and extended ,the use of the Scottish Rite Temple for the Grand Lodge next year. Grand Master Sellers expressed to Brother Balsiger the thanks of the Grand Lodge. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC' NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
M. Vi. Brother Bert S. Lee presented the report of the Committee on the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association which was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, .4. F. and A.. M. of Missouri: BRETHREN: Your Committee on the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association begs leave to make the following report: The Forty-fourth Annual Convention was held in the Auditorium of the Memorial Association in Alexandria, Virginia on February 22, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-four, beginning at 10 0 'clock a. m. All of the Grand Lodges of the United States of America were represented by their Grand Masters, and other Grand Officers. Six Grand Lodges of Canada; the Grand Lodge of Argentina; Mexico; Peru; Philippine Islands and Venzuela by their Grand Masters and other Grand and Past Grand Officers; the Grand Encampment, Knight 'remplars, General Grand Chapter RA.M., the General Grand Council R & S. M.; the Supreme Council 33 A.A.S.R Southern Masonic Jurisdiction; the Supreme Council 33 A.A.S.R Northern Masonic Jurisdiction; Grand Imperial Council, Red Cross of Constantine; Imperial Council, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of Mystic Shrine; Supreme Council, Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm; Masonic Relief Association of the United States and Canada; Grand Council, Order of DeMolay, Masonic Service Association ; National League of Masonic Clubs. Missouri was represented by our Grand Master, M. W. Brother James McB. Sellers; Deputy Grand Master, R .W. Orestes Mitchell, Jr.; Grand Secretary and Past Grand Master, Dr. Harold L. Reader; Grand Junior Steward, Bruce H. Hunt; Grand Lecturer, Freelon K. Hadley; P.G.M. Bert S. Lee; Ray V. Denslow and Edwin Knudsen, P.G.M. Grand Council. There has been paid out for Building Construction during the past year $83,713.87; there is un-appropriated in the Building Fund $363,932.24. Total in the Endowment Fund $581,520.90. The total amount of the contributions at this annual meeting was $73,618.18 for the Building Fund and $89,695.85 for the Endowment Fund. '1'he total expenditures to February 10, 1954 was $5,837,987.53. Fraternally submitted, BERT S. LEE" Chairman, HARRY S. TRUMAN, ANTHONY F. ITTNER.
124
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MASONIC PUBLICATIONS
M. W. Brother VV. F. Woodruff presented the report of the Committee on Masonic Publications which was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: The Committee directs attention to its report of 1952, pages 120-123, Proceedings of 1952, and its report of 1953, pages 147-149, Proceedings of 1953. These reports, approved by Grand Lodge action each year, establish the policy of the ,Grand Lodge of Missouri disapproving the use of the word "Masonic," the Masonic Emblem, and the use of any word, sign or symbol of Freemasonry by private commercial publications except when expressly authorizGd by the Grand Lodge. Also this Committee has been assigned the duty of getting information on so-called Masonic Publications circulating in this jurisdiction and making report to the Grand Lodge for its action. In meeting this assignment it is necessary to report on two publications of Kansas, the owners of which have requested that Missouri authorize their activities in this jurisdiction. The two publications are: No. 1. Kansas Masonic Digest, published at Wichita, Kansas. Floran A. Rogers, Editor and Publisher. No.2. The Masonic News-Digest, published at Kansas City, Kansas. John T. Dormois, Editor and Publisher. Number 1 is a monthly magazine. It takes group pictures of officials of Masonic and associated organizations, carries news of activities of such bodies, and then furnishes a bundle of copies to the heads of the organizations for distribution. This is done without cost to the organizations. The source of income is from advertising and some subscriptions. Where a lodge or Masonic gathering is featured there is a volume of advertising from merchants of the locale. For example, the September, 1954 issue features Centennial of Wyandotte Lodge No.3 with several pages, news and advertising; some thirty-five advertisers are Missouri concerns. Some of the advertisements carry the statement, "Greeting to our Masonic Friends"; others, "Greetings on your 100th Anniversary." The Editor and Publisher of Kansas Masonic Digest wrote Grand Master }tumer in 1953 requesting official permission to feature some "neighboring Missouri Towns," accompanied with soliciting Missouri advertising. This permission was 110t given. Now it is asked that the Grand Lodge give permission. Number 2, The Masonic News-Digest, is a weekly publication, circulating in Wyandotte and neighboring Kansas Counties. It is supported by advertising, but advertisements do not use the word" Masonic." The Editor and Publisher of this publication, in a letter to Grand Master Sellers has complained that the other publication, Ka,nsas Masonic Digest, violates Section 208 of our By-Laws prohibiting the use of the word "Masonic" or any other term, sign or symbol of Freemasonry for commercial or other business enterprises. N either of these publications are "official" through any action of the Grand Lodge of Kansas, though both seem to be acquiesced in. Your Committee recommends that the requests of eaeh to extend their activities into Missouri with "official" approval of this Grand Lodge be denied for two reasons: 1. It would be an encroachment on the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Kansas to presume to make these publications "Official" by action of the Grand Lodge of Missouri.
1954
125
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
2. Publications, substantially similar to these, published and circulated in Missouri, have been disapproved by this Grand Lodge and the editors and publishers of these publications being of Kansas, the Grand Lodge of Missouri would have no effective means of control and regulation. It is recommended also that no Freemason of Missouri, Lodge Officers particularly, shall permit" featuring" of any Missouri Lodge, its officers or activities by these publications. The Committee does, by this report, record its satisfaction that through action of Grand Master Sellers and the Special Committee appointed by him, R. W. John A. Witthaus and M. W. Homer h Ferguson, the long recognized need of a Grand Lodge Publication has prospects of being met. We sincerely hope that this will become a permanent reality. Respectfully submitted, W. F. WOODRUFF, Chairman, MARTIN B. DICKINSON, L. O. WElGEL, HENRY G. DILLER.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BOARDS OF RELIEF
M. \V. Brother \V. F. \Voodruff presented the report of the Committee on Boards of Relief which was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipf1J,l Grand Lodge, A. F. and A.. M. of Missouri: Your Committee on Boards of Relief has received reports of the Boards of Relief in Kansas City, St. Joseph, Springfield, St. Louis and St. Louis County, and of the Masonic Employment Bureau of St. Louis. After a careful reading of these reports we desire to submit the following: Kansas City. The Board has continued to render assistance to transients, and during the year arranged funerals for twenty-seven members of Lodges outside of Kansas City. No assessment was made for the year 1954. A large number of requests for assistance or relief were received, most of which the Board was able to care for. The financial statement in substance is as follows: Balance, July 1, 1953 Receipts: Initiations, to June 30, 1954 From other Lodges, funerals, relief, etc.
$5,569.81 $2,140.00 155.51
2,295.51 $7,865.32
Disbursements: Fraternal assistance outside of Missouri Miscellaneous, including salaries Balance, June 30, 1954
. .
317.50 1,240.89
1,558.39 $6,306.93
All items of receipts and disbursements are listed and itemized in the cash book and general ledger of the Board, and have been audited by the Auditing Committee appointed by the President and were found to be correct. The Board gave financial assistance as required, with information and arrangements, which involved many duties and details. Eight major groups of cases are listed totaling 1161 services, of which we, note 970 telephone calls and 19 callers "with whiskey smell" who received no assistance.
126
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
These services have inspired the Board to put forth each day, a greater effort to make the Board, not only a Board of Relief, but a real Board of Masonic Service to all Lodges, Masons, and their families. Edward 1. Gorsuch is President, and Vernie G. Fisher is SecretaryTreasurer. St. Joseph. The Board serves the five Lodges in St. Joseph, and Saxton Lodge No. 508 in Buchanan County. During the year arrangements were made for six funerals for members of Lodges outside of St. Joseph, which were itemized. As in former years the Board continues its membership in the Masonic Relief Association of the United States and Canada. The financial statement in substance is as follows: Balance, August 31, 1953 Receipts: Interest and reimbursements Assessments received by Lodges, preceding year
$ 269.36 $
43.50 435.00
478.50 $ 747.86
Disbursements: Miscellaneous operating expenses Balance, August 31, 1954 ..
!
73.00 $ 674.86
The Board received a number of requests for information as to location of Lodges, and for Masonic courtesies, all of which were complied with, and continues its efforts to publicize the loss of dues receipt cards. No financial relief was extended to any transient member. Waldo Byers is President, and Paul Priestly is Secretary. Springfield. The Board serves the three Lodges in Springfield. During the year arrangements were made for eight funerals for members of Lodges outside of Springfield, which were itemized. Other Masonic courtesies were performed which were not mentioned in detail. The financial statement in substance is as follows: Balance, July 1, 1953, cash in checking account $ 409.83 Receipts: Interest, Government bonds 12.50 U. S. Government Bond No. 310 L, in custody of Treasurer. . Total assets of the Board none, no assessment made.
$ 422.33 500.00 $ 922.33
Disbursement~,
It seems that old age assistance, dependent children support, and social security have taken care of most of the calls or requests for financial assistance. For many years M. W. Brother Bert S. Lee has been President, Brother M. F. Smith, secretary, and Virgil F. Anderson, Treasurer. St. Louis 0IIU1 St. Louis County. The Board was called on to judge the merits of 323 new cases, and continues to administer to the needs of 32 cases carried over from previous years. The Blood Donors Committee with the aid of the Red Cross furnished blood for 116 Masons and their families, making a total of 439 cases. The new cases are classified as follows: 112 worthy, 23 hospital eases, 105 investigations made for Lodges of St. Louis and St. Louis County, 8 eases outside the jurisdiction of this Board were referred to the proper authorities, 17 were reports of lost receipts, 3 claimed clandestine Lodges,
1954
127
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
7 were frauds, 27 had no legal claim on the Masonic Fraternity, 1 was expelled, 10 were suspended, 1 was unaffiliated, 4 listed as unkn0W11 (persons who had or thought they had relatives belonging to the Masonic Fraternity, but did not know where they belonged), 3 were found to be unworthy, and 2 withdrew requests for Masonic funeral services. St. Louis and St. Louis County Lodges conducted Masonic funerals for 27 members of out-of-town Lodges. The office registered 1099 ca.lls-reports of committees, requests for blood, for general information, and appeals for aid. The financial statement in 'substance is as follows: Balance, cash on hand, June 30, 1953 $ 747.92 Receipts: Initiations $2,507.00 Refunds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1,236.97 Bond redemption, interest and donation. . . . . . . . . 963.05 4,707.02 $5,454.94 Disbursements: Convention expense Flowers and funerals Office rent and supplies President's expense " Relief Salaries Telegrams, telephone, taxes and miscellaneous
$ . . . . . .
118.43 156.87 516.57 400.00 1,223.05 , 1,616.22 926.58 4,868.72
Balance, June 30, 1954 Savings Bonds Grand Lodge of Iowa Charity Fund, Trustee Account
$ 586.22 7,790.00 452.50
Resources of Board, June 30, 1954
$7,828.72
This Grand Lodge Committee feels that more accurate information should have been furnished with respect to "Grand Lodge of Iowa Charity Fund, Trustee Account, $452.50." We understand that this arises from monies being advanced by the Grand Lodge of Iowa for aid of two elderly ladies, living in St. Louis, but of Iowa Masonic connections. It is also to crea.te a fund to meet burial expense. This being a special trust account, it should be kept in a separate bank account and not mingled with the general account of the St. Louis and St. Louis County Board of Relief. The Board reports with great regret that it is forced to abandon its blood bank program, not because of the failure of its Blood Donors Committee, ,but that the Masons in St. Louis and St. Louis County fail to respond to the ardent pleas from Brother George W. Weber, Chairman, who has given a great deal of time and efforts to the project. These Masons simply do not appreciate the necessity of a blood bank until they themselves are faced with the need. The St. Louis Board of Relief was organized in July and September, 1854, to lighten the burden of some Brother, his wife, widow or family, who had met with misfortune. Like any other organization composed of freemen, the members do not always agree, but with the aid of the Grand Lodge Committee on Boards of Relief, the rough places have been ironed out, and because of these differences the Board members have a deeper understanding of the shortcomings of man, and are bound together to make its work richer and more successful. With this under-
128
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
standing the Board has been able to stand and work together for one 'hundred years. Brother Herman Linck is President, and Harry Kantorwitz is Secretary. Mrs. Jeanette Johnson, daughter of our late Brother Andrew J. O'Reilly, is in charge of the office which is at her home, 3872 Hartford Street. Her interest never lags. The Masonia Employmen.t Bureau of St. Louis aM St. Louis County. Placements made by the Bureau during the year are as follows: 78 Master Masons, 22 widows, 24 wives, 35 daughters, 16 sons, 13 sisters, 4 Eastern Stars, 2 mothers, 1 father, and 65 non-affiliates which includes sons of Master Masons whq have reached their majority, and other relatives. ' The accomplishments of the Bureau cannot be measured in dollars and cents, as each year a number of the brethren, and in some cases their immediate survivors, are spared the humiliation of becoming a burden on the Fraternity. The financial statement in substance is as follows: Balance, June 30, 1953 Receipts: . Per Capita Tax Telephone refund and interest on bonds
$ 2,264.90 $9,339.90 18.45
9,358.35 $11,623.25
Disbursements: Salaries Telephones Rent, office , Automobile Social Security, postage, printing, etc Insurance, organizations, and miscellaneous
~
. . . . . .
6,983.08 619.04 744.00 402.50 227.71 489.00
9,465.33
Balance, June 30, 1954 U. S. Government bonds
$ 2,157.92
Total assets of the Bureau
$ 3,657.92
1,500.00
As stated in previous reports, the efforts of the Bureau are devoted primarily to securing positions for unemployed Master Masons, their wives, widows, sons, daughters, and dependent members of their immediate families. In order to maintain the Bureau's reputation with the employer as a dependable source of supply for honest and efficient help in all categories, positions are sometimes filled by non-affiliates when no qualified Mason or affiliate is available, but only in such cases. Elmer C. Goewert is President, and Chester W. Cook is Employment Manager. The Grand Lodge By-Laws, Sec. 30 (i) provides that the Committee on Masonic Boards of Relief "shall, and is authorized to receive detailed reports monthly from all Masonic Boards of Relief (and Masonic Employment Bureaus) and shall, from time to time, issue rules and regulations for the operation of said Boards of Relief (and Masonic Employment Bureaus)." This has not been literally complied with and this Committee believes it has discretion to vary the provision about" detailed monthly reports." However, it does believe that detailed reports should be made every six months,' and hereby directs the several Boards of Relief and. Masonic Employment Bureaus to make reports promptly after December 31 and June 30 of each year. Reports should be furnished the Grand Secretary's Office in six counter-part copies,
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
129
one copy to be kcpt in that office and one mailed promptly to each member of this Committee. Respectfully submitted, W. F. WOODRUFF, Chairman, JAMES W. SKELLY, JESSE MOORE" ELMER W. WAGNER, CHAS. W. McCLELLAN.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MASONIC' TEMPLE ASSOCIATION OF ST LOUIS
W. Brother Thomas H. Heape, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis which was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful (hand Lodge, Lt. F. and Lt. M. of Missouri: BRETHREN: The Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis co-operated in the dedication of the middle Lodge Hall as the Karl M. Vetsburg Memorial Hall, on March 31, 1954. Acting for a special committee at the dedication was Rt. \Vor. Brother Robert L. Aronson, and for the Temple Association, Rt. Wor. Brother Charles F. Ballak, President. The parking lot properties purchased last year have been operated successfully and with the general approval of our members. Of the amount borrowed last year for the purchase of these properties, $20,000 was paid off on May 13 of this year. Some unused portions of this money and some other operating revenue was used, leaving a balance of $80,000 unpaid. The heating plants are now being re-conditioned and modernized so that their operation may be more economical and extend the life of the present boilers up to an estimated 20 years of further service. The attcntion of this Grand Lodge is again called to the unsightly condition of its collection of Past Grand Officers' portraits hanging in the third :floor hall of the Temple. It is recommended that action be taken to restore this collection to its original beauty as soon as possible. Fraternally yours, THOMAS H. HEAPE, Chairman. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LODGES U.D.
R. W. Brother Harold O. Grauel, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Lodges D.D., which was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful (hand Lodge, A. F. and Lt. M. of Missouri: , BRE'l'HREN: No new Lodges having been formed during the year, your committee has had no matter referred to its attention. H. O. GRAUEL, Chairma,n, JAMES P. HALL. PROPOSED AMENDMENT RE SECTION 219a
The following proposed amendment was presented' and referred to the Jurisprudence Committee: We propose the following amendment to the By-laws: Repeal and strike out Section 219a. JOHN S. BOND, W.M., Joplin Lodge No. 335 MARTIN B. DICKINSON, P.M., Country Club Lodge No. 656
130
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
PROPOSED AMENDMENT RE 'MASONIO HOME BOARD
The following proposed amendment was presented and referred to the Jurisprudence Committee: We propose the following amendment to the By-laws: . Amend Section 199, relating to the Masonic Home Board, by striking out the first six lines and one 'word, to the first semicolon in this Section, and substituting the following: Effective with the amendment of the Agreement of Incorporation of the Masonic Home of Missouri to provide therefor, the members and the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home of Missouri shall consist of the following officers of the Grand Lodge: the Deputy Grand Master who shall be President, the Senior Grand Warden, the Junior Grand Warden, and the Senior Grand Deacon; ... JOHN S. BOND, W.M., Joplin Lodge No. 335, MARTIN B. DICKINSON, P.M., Country Club Lodge No. 656.
REPORT OF OOMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
W. Brother William Utz, ,Jr., Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Ways and Means which was adopted and is as follows: 1954-1955
BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS
Budget Appropriations Items Expenses, Grand Master $ 3,000.00 7,200.00 Salary, Grand Secretary . 500.00 Salary, Grand Treasurer . 5,500.00 Salary, Grand Lecturer . 2,400.00 Expenses, Grand Lecturer . 1,878.00 M. W. Bro. A. F. Ittner, Honorarium . 8,340.00 Grand Lodge Office Help . 750.00 Expense, Grand Correspondent . 550.00 Bonds, Grand Secretary & Grand Treasurer and Insurance .. 300.00 Jewel for Grand Master . 1,500.00 Expense Grand Lodge Officers (O.G.M.) . 1,000.00 Grand Lodge Officers' Conferences . 2,400.00 D.D.G.M. and Dist. Lect. Conferences . 750.00 Washington Meetings . 1,000.00 Grand Master's Contingent Fund . 300.00 Expenses, D.D.G.M.'s . Ritual Committee Expense . 350.00 Expenses: Grand Lodge Session . 4,000.00 125.00 Reporter: Grand Lodge Session . Printed Proceedings . 4,000.00 250.00 Audit Company . 6,000.00 Relief and Charity . . Masonic Service Association 2,219.14 Masonic Relief Association . 429.79 Contingent Fund: Grand Lodge Expense Account . 1,000.00 Maintenance: Grand Lodge Office . 1,800.00 Printing, Postage & Stationery . 5,500.00 Telephone & Telegrams-Grand Lodge Office . 500.00 Care of Portraits of Past Grand Masters . 50.00
1954
131
GRAND LODGE OJ<' MISSOURI
Filing Equipment . Office Equipment , , .. , .. , , .. ,." .. ,. Missouri Lodge of Research-Publication Transactions . Missouri Lodge of Research-Biuding Proceedings .. ' . Secretaries' Confercnr-es under supervision of Grand Secretary :ll1d Graud Master ($3,600). Pa.yable t.his year. Identification Cards for Pnst Grand Masters and Grand Lodge Line Officers ., , .. , , .. , . Committee on Masonir- Education .', , .. , . Mileage and Per Diem ' .. , , ,. :Masonic Home Bldg. Fund $50,000 (lh payable this year)
1,000.00 500.00 1,000.00 :150.00 1,800.00 1,000.00 6,000.00 26,933.22 25,000.00
$127,175.15 lV1.S.A. Hospital Visitation Fund-O'-'rom Special Pund) ... $ 5,000.00 Respectfully submitted, \VILLIAM H. UT7., JR., Chairman, HARRY THEIS, SOLON CAMERON, AR'l'HUR D. NORDBERG, S. L .â&#x20AC;˘TEWl<~T'r.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MILEAGE AND PER DIEM
'V. Brother 'Valtel' Shrodes, Chairman, for the 47th time presented the report of the Committee on Mileage and Per Diem. Brother Shrodes was greeted with applause by the brethren. The report was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipfur G1'and 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 fol' mileage and per diem as follows: Grand Officers ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $ 792.26 Past Grand Masters ,. 684.24 District Deputy Grand Masters . 2,016.12 District Lecturers . 2,011.72 343.16 Committee on Jurisprudence . Committee on Appeals & Grievances . 251.16 Committee on Ways and Means . 240.60 Committee on Credentials . 279.36 Committee on Mileage and Per Diem . 155.00 Building Supervisory Board . 73.24 Chairmen o'f Committees ,. 124.Hi Chartered Lodges ' . 19,827.40 Lodges U.D . Assistant Grand Tilers . 60.00 AdjustInents , .. , 74.80 $26,933.22 Respectfully submitted, W. R. SHRODES, Chairman, J. L. LUTES, 1. W. NICHOLS, JOHN W. ADAMS.
132
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS
W. Brother Fred Knight, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Credentials which was adopted and is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grana Lodge, A.. F. and A.. M. of Missouri: BRE'l'HREN: Your Committee on Credentials submits the following report. At the present Session of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge there are represented 495 subordinate lodges and there are present: Grand Lodge Officers Past Grand Masters Grand Representatives District Deputy Grand Masters District Lecturers Past Masters Worshipful Masters Senior Wardens Junior Wardens Chairmen Committees Distinguished Visitors
21 20 7 47 48
436 426 159 87
19 3
1,273 Actual attendance without duplication: Past Masters Worshipful Masters Senior Wardens Junior Wardens Assistant Tilers Distinguished Visitors
436 426 159 87
3 3
1,114 Lodges without Representation, 99. Fraternally submitted, FRED H. KNIGHT, Chairman, SEIBERT ETTER, GEORGE F. PRATER, GEO. A. McKEAN, LOWELL H. SCOTT.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOTELS
The report of the Committee on Transportation and Hotels was presented and adopted as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A.. F. and A.. M. of Missouri: BRETHREN: The duties assigned this committee have been performed. W. F. MILLER, Chairman. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ;ENTERTAINMENT OF DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
R. W. Brother Bruce Hunt, Chairman, reported that the duties assigned the Committee on Entertainment of Distinguished Guests had been performed. The report was adopted.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
133
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS
W. Brother Frank Lewis, Chairm~n, reported that there was no unfinished business to come before the Grand Lodge. The report was adopted. APPOINTMENTS Freelon K. Hadley, R. W. Grand Lecturer Emmett L. Robison, R. W. Grand Chaplain Samuel Thurman, R. W. Grand Chaplain James W. Clarke, R. W. Grand Chaplain HerbertE. Duncan, R. W. Grand Chaplain Ira T. Gragg, R. W. Grand Chaplain Arno Franke, R. W. Grand Chaplain R,obert L. Aronson, R. W. Senior Grand Deacon H'arold O. Grauel, R. W. Junior Grand Deacon Bruce H. Hunt, R. W. Senior Grand Steward Robert H. Mann, R. W. Junior Grand Steward John A. Witthaus, R W. Senior Grand Marshall J. Renick Jones, R. W. Junior Grand Marshall R. Jasper Smith, R. W. Grand Sword Bearer Martin B. Dickinson, R. \V. Grand Pursuivant H. Roe Bartle, R. W. Grand Orator Albert H. Norton, R W. Grand Tiler
INSTALLATION
The hour for installation. having arrived, M. W. Brother DuVal Smith, assisted by R. 'V. Brother Le\vis 'Veigel, as Grand Marshal, and R. 'V. Brother Emmett Robison as Grand Chaplain, installed the following officers: ORESTES MrfCHELL, JR......•.•..•• • M. WILLIAM J. CRAIG . . . . • . . . • . . • • • • . . • R. HAROLD FRANK
J\L JAYNE . . . . • . . . • . • • • . . . . . R. P. BRIGGS ..••••••...•...... • R.
JAMES M:DEWITT . . • • • . . . . . • . . . . . • .R.
L. READER ..•..•. . R. K. HADLEY . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . • R. ROBERT L. ARONSON ..•.•...••..•..• • R. HAROLD O. GRAUEL .•.•.•..•..•••.•. • R. BRUCE H. HUNT . . • • . . . . • . . • . . . . • • • • R. ROBERT H. MANN . .•••••••.••.•..•• • R. JOHN A. WITTHAUS •••.••.........• . R. J. RENICK JONES .••••••...•.•.••.• . R. R. JASPER SMITH .••••.•.••.... , .•• • R. MARTIN B. DICKINSON •.•.......•.•• • R. EMMETT L. ROBISON .. '" R. SAMUEL THURMAN . . . . . • . . . . . • . . • • • • R. ARNO FRANKE .•••.•.•••••....••••• • R. H. ROE BARTLE .••••........•.•.•.• R. ALBERT H. NORTON ••.•••••.•••..•. • R. HAROLD
FREELON
1•
••••••••
•
W. Grand Master W. Deputy Grand Master W. Senior Grand Warden W. Junio?' Grand Warden TV. Grand Treasurer TV. Grand Secretary W. Grand Lecturer IV. Senior Grand Deacon TV. Junl:or Grand Deacon W. Senior Grand Steward TV. Junior Grand Steward W. Senior Grand Marshal W. Junior Grand Ma·rshal lV. Grand Sword Bem'er W. Grand Pursuivant ' W. Grand Chaplain TV. Grand Chaplain IV. Grand Chaplain W. Grand Orator W. Grand Tiler
134
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
Following the installation M. 'V~ Brother Sellers presented Grand Master Mitchell with the Grand Master's Jewel, and M. W. Brother Harold L. Reader, Grand Secretary, presented Grand Master Mitchell with the Grand' Master's Apron. R. W. Brother George C. Marquis presented M. W. Brother Sellers with a Past Grand Master's Jewel. A large delegation of brethren from the 9th District was then presented at the altar and on behalf of the District Brother E. Glenn Pearce, Sr., presented Brother Mitchell with a beautiful apron case, and W. Brother LaVerne F. Carter, Master of Charity Lodge No. 331, Brother Mitchell's own lodge, presented the Grand Master with a silk hat. Then Brother Mitchell's brother, on behalf of Mrs. Mitchell and the children, presented M. W. Brother Mitchell with a beautiful gavel. BENEDICTION
The Grand Chaplain then pronounced the benediction. CLOSING
The Most 'Vorshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of the State of Missouri rested from its labors and was closed in Ample Form at 12 :30 p.m. this day, the twenty-ninth day of September, 1954, no further business appearing, to meet again in St. Louis, Missouri, the last Tuesday, viz.: the twenty-seventh day of September, 1955. HAROLD L. READER, Grand Secretary. STANDING COMMITTEES 1954-1955
Jurisprudence-Sam Wilcox, Chairman,. 206 N. Noyes Blvd., St. Joseph; Henry Fox, 1200 Land Bank Bldg., Kansas City; Harry Gershenson, 506 Olive St., St. Louis; John Bond, 709 Joplin National Bank Bldg., Joplin; C. Lew Gallant, 706 Chestnut St., St. Louis. Appeals and Grievances-Robert L. Hoy, Chairman, 605 W. 47th St., Kansas City 41; Marvin E. Boisseau, 706 Olive St., St. Louis; E. L. Redman, Patton Bldg., Albany; Ralph V; Wilson, 1008 Kuhs Pl., St. Louis; Herbert C. Hoffman, 1212 Dierks Bldg., Kansas City. Wa,ys and Mean.s-W. H. Utz, Jr., Chairman (3), Tootle Bldg., St. Joseph; S. L. Jewett (2), Booneville; Harry Theis (2),314 N. 4th St., St. Louis; Solon Ca~eron (1), 508 N. Grand, St. Louis; Frank Lewis (3), 3201 Park Ave., Kansas City. Credentials-Fred Knight, Chairman, 9th and Harrison, Kansas City; George Prater, 321 East Macon, Carthage; George McKean, Lexington; Lowell H. Scott, 1347 S. Jefferson, Springfield; Seibert Etter, 1349a McCausland, St. Louis. Mileage a,nd Per Diem-Walter Shrodes, Chairman, 1708 S. Main, Burlington, Iowa; J. L. Lutes, Flat River; John W. Adams, Marshall; L. W. Nichols, 106 West Dunklin, Jefferson City; George Miller, Excello. Ritual-Freelon K. Hadley, Chairman, 2005 Penn St., St. Joseph; Bennett Klingner, 436 East Pacific, Springfield; Brace E. Kitchell, 1618 Yale, Richmond Heights; L. Marshall Hollenbeck, Sikeston; Joseph A. Halley, 2410 Wismer Road, Overland; George M. McAninch, 3806
1954
\ GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
135
Euclid, Kansas City; Anthony F. Ittner, Emeritus, 2353 S. Compton, St. Louis. Correspondence-Ray V. Denslow, Trenton. Necrology-James W. Skelly, Chairman, 3637 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis 8; Emmett L. Robison, 2416 Doniphan, St. Joseph; Samuel Thurman, 255 S. Skinker Blvd., St. Louis. Auditing-C. K. Benson Company. Grand Master's Address-J. M. Sellers, Chairman, Lexington. All Past Grand Masters in Attendance. Unfinished Business-Frank A. Miller, Corby Bldg., St. Joseph. Entertain'rnent of Distinguished Gue.~ts-Robert L. Aronson, Chairman, Civil Courts Bldg., St. Louis 1; Robert C. Brinkman, 611 Olive St., St. Louis; OliverI.... Luft, 5434 Goethe Ave., St. Louis; George F. Morrison, 1250 Macklind, St. Louis. Transportation and Hotels-William F. Miller, 1600 Missouri Pacific Bldg., St. Ilouis. Chartered Lodges-Robert Lee Barger, Chairman, 317 East Dent, Ironton; W. R.Howell, Box 362, Shelbina; Vernie G. Fisher, 903 Harrison, Kansas City; Sam Kahn, Rock Port; O. Rex Orr, Cameron. Lodges U.D.-L. O. Weigel, Chairman, Box 331, St. Joseph; Harry C. Ploetze, 4636 Quincy, St. Louis 16; W. R. Usher, 1501 Paris, Hannibal; A. B. Vanlandingham, 3 N. Garth Ave., Columbia; Thomas D. Williamson, 4508 Paseo, Kansas City. Relief and Charity-Russell E. Murray, Chairman, 4870 Natural Bridge Ave., St. Louis; James M. Bradford, 4165a Shaw Ave., St. Louis; Frank P. Briggs, Macori; William J. Craig, 1035 S. Pickwick, Springfield; Joseph A. Halley, 2410 Wismer Rd., Overland 14. Masonic Boards of Relief-W. F. Woodruff, Chairman (1), 314 Temple Bldg., 903 Grand, Kansas City; James W. Skelly (2), 3637 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis 8 ; Jesse Moore (3), Box 342, Station D, St. Joseph; Chas. W. McClellan (1),4215 Athlone Ave., St. Louis; Elmer W. Wagner (1) ,750 Hawbrook Rd., Glendale. Building Supervisory Board-Walter J. Bublitz,Chairman (3), 6629 Overhill Rd., Kansas City 13; James M. Bradford (3), 4165a Shaw Ave., St. Louis; }'red Heuerman (2),4826 Penrose Ave., St. Louis. Masonic Education--:-John A. Witthaus, Chairman (3), Court House, Clayton 5; Homer L. Ferguson (3), Box 744, Kirksville; Harold O. Grauel (2), State College, Cape Girardeau; Byrne E. Bigger (2), Court House, Hannibal; George C. Marquis (1), 114 E. Ruby St., Independence. SPEOIAL OOMMITTEES 1954-1955
Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis-Alex S. Dawson, Chairman, 2626 Alhambra Court, St. Louis 18; Louis F. Dahn, 5968 DeGiverville, St. 'Louis; Elmer Wagner, 750 Hawbrook Rd., Glendale. George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association-Bert S. Lee, Chairman, 401 W. Commercial, Springfield; Anthony F. Ittner, 2353 S. Compton Ave., St. Louis; Harry S. Truman, Independence. Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges---George C. Marquis, Chairman, 114 East Ruby St., Independence; Harold L. Reader, 3681 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis 8; William Denslow, Trenton; Harris C. Johnston, Boonville; Ray Bond, 709 Joplin National Bank Bldg., Joplin. Masonic Publications-Arthur U. Goodman, Jr., Chairman, Kennett; Eugene Andereck, Trenton; Price Shoemaker, Corby Bldg., St. Joseph; Henry G. Diller, 450 California Ave., Webster Groves 19; J. P. Hall, Lexington. ProgrOl1n for District Meetings-Frank P. Briggs, Chairman, Macon;
136
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
Harold L. Reader, 3681 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis 8; Harold O. Grauel, State College, Cape Girardeau; Robert L. Aronson, Civil Court Bldg., St. Louis 1; Bruce H. Hunt, Box 721, Kirksville.
LIVING PAST GRAND MASTERS OF THIS JURISDICTION Name and Location Year of Service Tolman W. Cotton, Van Buren 1914-15 Bert S. Lee, 1324 Washington, Springfield 1922-23 William W. Martin, 5540 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis 1925-26 Anthony :E'. 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 H.ay V. Denslow, Trenton 1931-32 F. C. Barnhill, Marshall 1933-34 DuVal Smith, Courthouse, 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 Harry S. Truman, Independence 1940-41 Harris C. Johnston, Boonville 1941-42 Forrest C. Donnell, 4615 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis 8 1942-43 W. F. Woodruff, 314 Temple Bldg., 903 Grand, Kansas City .. 1943-44 Willis J. Bray, 4500 Birchman, Fort Worth, Texas 1944-46 Solon Cameron, Metropolitan Building, St. Louis 1946-47 Morris E. Ewing, Morrisville 1947-48 Harry F. Sunderland, 4302 Woodland Ave., Kansas City 4 1948-49 James M. Bradford, 4165A Shaw Ave., St. Louis 1949-50 Ray Bond, 709 Joplin Nat '1 Bank Building, Joplin 1950-51 Homer L. Ferguson, Box 744, Kirksville 1951-52 Richard O. Rumer, 1509 Washington Ave., St. Louis 1952-53 James M. Sellers, Lexington 1953-54 DISTRICT DEPUTY G. M.'s 1954-1955 1. Marshall Story, Kahoka 2. E. Lee Baker, Kirksville
1. 2.
3. Rex S. Cooley, Unionville 4. Clyde C. Evans, Box 483, Trenton 5. R. L. Grun, New Hampton
3. 4.
6. G. F. Kling, 109 N. Smith St., Albany 7. Lloyd E. Fine, R. R. No.2 Hopkins 8. Lawrence R. Fawks, Forest City 9. James P. Hull, Donnell Court Bldg., St. Joseph 10. Warren Gallinger, Union Star 11. C. D. Kelly, Plattsburg 12. Lester Baldwin, Chillicothe 13. Virgil Slaughter, Meadville
5. 6.
DISTRICT LECTURERS 1954-1955 Merle Graham, Kahoka Junior L. Couch, 511 N. Florence St., Kirksville Joseph W. Moore, Newtown Florian M. McKinney, Box 457, Trenton Wilbur Scott Christie, New Hampton Glenn V. Bulla, King City
7. Vernon V. Goslee, Skidmore 8. Wayne A. Sharp, Craig 9. William E. Jamieson, 2815 Faraon St., St. Joseph 10. Chas. B. Whitchurch, Winston 11. Joe L. Moore, 809 N. Lightburne, Liberty 12. Herbert F. Woolsey, Mooresville 13. Warren W. Dray, Linneus
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
14. W. A. Bagley, Shelbina 15. .T. S. Quinn, La Grange 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Nelson Russell, Louisiana Dallas C. Osterhout, Center Herman G. Kidd, .Tacksonville Milton.T. Dailey, Brunswick Earl Deardorff, Hale
21. Harvey B. Hufford, Gashland 22. William H. Cox,)325 Benton Blvd., Kansas City 27 23. .Tames P. Hall, Lexington 24. Dorsey Bail, 354 W. Summitt, Marshall 25. Reuben D. Hume, Armstrong 26. .T. Edward Richardson, Harrisburg 27. A. W. Griffith, Fulton 28. Harry E. Ball, Montgomery City 29. .Tack Vann, Elsberry 30. Melge W. Golterman, Wentzville 31. .Tohn Rich, 217 Pine, .Tefferson City 32. .Terry Cottrell, Pacific 33-a. .T. Floyd Alcorn, 3720 Washington Blvd., St. Louis 33-b. Richard H. Bennett, 1501 Locust, St. Louis 34. Grover C. Kimberlin, Garden City 35. D. O. Bradley, Butler 36. George B. Collins, Holden
37. .Toseph S. Kidwell, Windsor 38. Claude T. Wood, Richland 39. W. W . .Tackson, St. .Tames 40. Frank Wright, Caledonia 41. Samuel B. Brown III, Bolivar 42. Parks Bacon, Eldorado Springs 43. Urban B. .Tones, Box 232, Nevada 44. Ralph E. Brown, 923 S. Madison, Webb City 45. Paul A. King, 502 Holland Bldg., Springfield 46. .T. W. Nickle, Mountain Grove
137
14. Virgil Culier, Shelbyville 15. Virgil P. Caulk, 1319 Central Ave., Hannibal 16. Russell.T. Rowe, Louisiana 17. Francis A. Ely, Monroe City 18. Edwin B. Hawkins, Higbee 19. Irvin Williams, Sumner 20. Charles S. Rutt, 410 N . .Tefferson, Carrollton 21. Arthur C. Mothershead, Gashland 22. George M. McAninch, 3806 Euclid, Kansas City 3 23. .Tohn R. Bridges, 1700 Olive, Higginsville 24. Daniel W. Krumsiek, Shackleford 25. Basey Vanlandingham, 304 W. Broadway, Columbia 26. Turner A. Barnhart, Columbia 27. Everett W. Torreyson, 1208 E . .Tackson, Mexico 28. Paul A. Thomas, Montgomery City 29. Hollis R. Howerton, 406 W. Main, Bowling Green 30. .Toseph B. Peyton, 616 Wash., St. Charles 31. Frank V. .Tones, 304 Randolph, California 32. William S. .Tuergens, Sullivan 33. .Toscph M. Cross, 4016 Itaska Ave., St. Louis 34. Roy L . .Tohnston, Belton 35. Ralph O. Fritts, Amsterdam 36. Henry E. Richardson, 317 W. Fifth St., Sedalia 37. Philip D. Trainer, Clinton 38. .Tohn H. Hicks, Box 527, Lebanon 39. W. Frank Houk, St. .Tames 40. .T. Earl Landes, 309 Virginia Crystal City 41. L. B. Parrish, Bolivar 42. Albert E. Pray, Eldorado Springs 43 . .Tohn R. Walker, Box 357, Nevada 44. George F. Prater, 321 E. Macon, Carthage 45. .T. Bennett Klingner, 436 E. Pacific, Springfield 46. H. LeRoy Grassle, Cabool
J38
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
47. George DeWoody, Ellington 48. Jesse L. Holloway, Elvins 49. Roy D. Drum, Oak Ridge 50. Aubrey French; Charleston 51. Arthur U. Goodman, Jr., Kennett 52. -Henry A. Tanner, Doniphan
53. J. Fred Park, West Plains 54. Raymond H. Patterson, Galena 55. George Fagan, Wheaton 56. Bert St. Clair, Noel 57. Brace Kitchell, 1618 Yale Ave., Richmond Heights 17 58. A. Roscoe White, Eldon 59. Byron Auld, Buckner
1954
47. Friend B. Greene, Eminence 48. Oran J. Holdman, 401 Bell Ave., Bonne Terre 49. James T. Childress, 631 North, Cape Girardeau 50. L. M. Hollenbeck, Sikeston 51. J. John Shipman, 203 E. Wash., Kennett 52. A. H. Harwell, 315 Oak St., Poplar Bluff 53. Adelbert E. Blackwood, Willow Springs 54. Fred O. Wade, Ozark 55. Charles W. Werdein, Aurora 56. James D. Hurst, 611 Oak Ridge Drive, Neosho 57. J. Harold Burton, 1327 Drayton, Webster Groves 19 58. Claude W. Dunnaway, Versailles 59. Owen S. Taylor, 11201 E. 9th, Kansas City 3
LIST OF GRAND SECRETARIES AND THEIR ADDRESSES Alabama, C. H. Stubinger, Box 98, Montgomery. Arizona, Joseph A. E. Ivey, P. G. M., Box 1488, Tucson. Arkansas, W. A. Thomas, P. G. M., Little Rock. California, Lloyd E. Wilson, P. G. M., 25 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco 2. Colbrado, Harry W. Bundy, 300 Masonic Temple, Denver. Connecticut, Earle K. Haling, P .. G. M., 201 Ann St., Hartford 3. Delaware, Chester R. Jones, 818 Market St., Wilmington 24. District of Columbia, Raymond N. Babcock, Masonic Temple, Washington 5. Florida, George W. Huff, 512 Masonic Temple, Jacksonville 2. Georgia, Daniel W. Locklin, 811 Mulberry, Macon.-路 Idaho, Clyde 1. Rush, P. G. M., Box 1677, Boise. Illinois, Richard C. Davenport, P. G. M., Harrisburg. Indiana, Dwight L. Smith, P. G. M., Masonic Temple, Indianapolis. Iowa, Earl B. Delzell, Masonic Library, Cedar Rapids. Kansas, Arthur H. Strickland, P. G. M., Topeka.
Kentucky, Alpheus E. Orton, P. G. M., 200 Shubert Bldg., Louisville 2. Louisiana, D. Peter Laguens, Jr., 300 Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Maine, Convers E. Leach, Masonic Temple, Portland. Maryland, Claud Shaffer, Masonic Temple, Baltimore 1. Massachusetts, Frank H. Hilton, 51 Boylston St., Boston 16. Michigan, Charles T. Sherman, P. G. M., Masonic Temple, Grand Rapids 3. Minnesota, John B. Tomhave, P. G. M., Masonic .Temple, St. Paul. Mississippi, Sid F. Curtis, Meridian. Missouri, Harold L. Reader, P. G. M., 3681 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis 8. . Montana, Ralph N. Lodge, Box 896, Helena. Nebraska, Carl R. Greisen, 401 Masonic Temple, Omaha. Nevada, E. C. Peterson, P. G. M., Carson City. New Hampshire, J. Melvin Dresser, P. G. M., Concord. New Jersey, Isaac Cherry, Masonic Temple, Trenton.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
New Mexico, Chandler C. Thomas, Box 535, Albuquerque. New York, Edward R. Carman, 71 W. 23d St., New York City. North Carolina, Wilbur L. McIver, Box 3068, Raleigh. North Dakota, Harold S. Pond, P. G. M., Fargo. Ohio, H. S. Johnson, P. G. M., Masonic Temple, Cincinnati 2. Oklahoma, J. Fred Latham, P. G. M., Masonic Temple, Guthrie. Oregon, Harry D. Proudfoot, P. G. M., Masonic Temple, Portland. Pennsylvania, George S. Avery, Masonic Temple, Philadelphia. Rhode Island, N. Arthur Hyland, 127 Dorrance St., Providence 3. South Carolina, Henry F. Collins, P. G. M., 901 - Palmetto State Life Bldg., Columbia.
South Dakota, Elvin F. Strain, Box 468, Sioux Falls. Tennessee, T. E. Doss, P. G. M., Box 216, Nashville. Texas, Harvey C. Byrd, Box 446, Waco. . Utah, E. Roy Gibson, P. G.. M., Masonic Temple, Salt Lake City. Vermont, Aaron H. Grout, P. G. M., Burlington. Virginia, Dr. James N.- Hillman, P. G. M., Masonic Temple, Richmond. Washington, John 1. Preissner,路 Masonic Temple, Tacoma 3. West Virginia, Frank F. Flaig, P. G. M., Box 2346, Charleston 28. Wisconsin, Paul W. Grossenbach, 705 East Wells St., Milwaukee 2. Wyoming, Irving E. Clark, Masonic Temple, Casper.
Grand Lodge Grand Secretary Alberta Edward H. Rivers Argentina A. Lappas Austria Rudolph Rappos Brazil J acy Garnier de (Rio De Janeiro) Baccellar Brazil J oad Yorge Ribi (Rio Grands do SuI) "., Brazil Sergio A. Ivanenko (Minas Gerais) British Columbia W. R. Simpson, P.G.M. Canada
Ewart G. Dixon
Chile
Zacarias Gomez M.
China Costa Rica Cuba
David W. K. Au, P.G.M., Acting Enrique Chaves B. Dr. Jose F. Castellanos
Denmark
H. E. Iversen
England
Sydney A. White, M.O. Bruno Kivikoski
Finland France (Nat 'I Grand Lodge) Guatemala Greece
139
L. F. Poirson
Address Calgary Buenos Aires Vienna Caixo Postal No. 2215 Caixo Postal 683, Porta Alegra Caixo Postal 5, Belo Horizonte 692 Seymour St., Vancouver P. O. Drawer 217, Hamilton,Ont. Casillo 2867, Santiago 11a Hart Ave., Kowloon, Hong Kong San Jose Carlos ITI, No. 508, Havana Blegdamsvej 23, Copenhagen . Freemasons' Hall London W.C. 2 P. Esplanadik 35, East Helsinki 65 Boulevard Bineau, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Manuel A. Triboullier . Apartado Postel 312, Guatemala City 19 Acharnon St., Dr. Antonios RammoB Athens
140
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Israel Italy (Grand Orient) Iceland Manitoba Mexico (York) Mexico (Campeche) M~xico
Freemasons' Hall, Dublin Tel Aviv Eliezer Dubinsky Rome Enzo Munitillo Freemasons' Hall, Olafer Gislason Borgartun 4, Reykjavik Masonic Temple, Harry Coddington, Winnipeg Apartado 1986 Cantwell C. Brown Mexico, D. F. Apartado 17, Omar C. Livera G. Campeche, Camp. Apartado 171, Rigoberto Trevino Chihuahua, Chili. Apartado 104, Abel E. Elizondo San Luis Potosi Apartado 309, Ernesto de Villarreal Monterrey Cantu Jc;>aquin Yanez Albarron Apartado 9, Guadalajara Apartado 419, Ruben Marquez Romo Tampico Apartado 10, Pablo C. Gonzales Mexico City Dr. A. A. Galestin 22 Fluweelen Burgwal, The Hague Saint John R. D. Magee Sydney James S. Miller Box 1193, Wellington H. A. Lamb Box 102, Managua Victor M. Delgoddillo Odd Lie-Davidson N. Volgate 19, Oslo Reginald V. Harris, Freemasons' Hall, Halifax K.C., P.G.M. Eduardo E. De Diego O. Panama City 520 San Marcelino, Antonio Gonzales, P.G.M. Manila L. A. McDougall Box 112, Charlottetown Box 747, San Juan Jose J. Vicens Masonic Temple, R. W. Louthood Montreal E. G. Radford, Box 675, K.G.P.O., Brisbane P.D.G.M. Jose Lacayo Tillez Segunda Calle, Ariente 27 Robert A. Tate P. O. Box 246, Regina Alexander F. Buchan, 96 George St., M.RE., RS.C., Ph.D. Edinburgh F. J. Ellen, P.G.W. Freemasons' Hall, Adelaide Dr. G. E. A. Bottiger Frimurareorden, Blasieholmsgatan 6, Stockholm F. Mueller-Ruegg Bogenschutzenstrasse 8, Berne Henry S. ShelIard
Ireland
(Cosmos)
Mexico (EI Potosi) Mexico (Nueva Leon) Mexico (Occidental) Mexico (Tamaulipas) , Mexico (Valle de Mexico) Netherlands New Brunswick New South Wales New Zealand Nicaragua Norway 'Nova Scotia Panama Philippine Islands Prince Edward Island Puerto Rico Quebec Queensland San Salvador Saskatchewan Scotland South Australia Sweden Swiss Alpina
1954
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
Tasmania United Grand Lodge in Berlin
H. A. Wilkinson, P.G.W. , W. E. Weinmann
United Grand Lodge of Germany
Dr. Karl Manecke
Venezuela
Jesus M. Chango G.
Victoria
Wm. Stewart, P.D.G.M. N. J. Munro, P.S.G.W.
Western Austrialia
141
Hobart Friedenau, Hackenstrasse 2, Berlin Friedrich·Ebert Str. 37 Frankfurt-on-Main Apartado 927, Caracas 25 Collins St., Melbourne Freemasons' Hall Perth
NUMERICAL LIST OF LODGES WITH CHARTER DATES 1. 2.
3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32.
33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
Missouri Meridian Beacon Howard United
. . . . .
33 33 33 25 45
Oct. 8, 1816 May 6, 1852 May 10, 1849 May 6, 1852 May 20, 1857
O'Sullivan
.
45
Oct. 19, 1867
. Geo. Washington Agency . Pauldingville . Tyro . Rising Sun . Eolia . Western Star . Memphis ' . Clarksville . l>almyra . Paris Union . St. Louis . Havana . Wellington . Florida . Wyaconda . Naphtali . Ava . Evergreen . St. John's .............•••. Windsor . Huntsville . Liberty . Humphreys . Ralls .
33
May 10, 1849 June 1, 1866 May 8,1852 Apr. 7, 1825 May 6, 1852 Oct. 16, 1884 June 1, 1866 May 6, 1852 Oct. 8, 1830 Apr. 25, 1831 Mar. 1, 1835 Oct. 24, 1836 Oct. 16, 1879 May 6, 1852 May 6, 1852 Oct. 11, 1877 Oct. 14, 1839 Oct. 13, 1887 May 26, 1864 Oct. 14, 1839 June 2, 1866 Oct. 8, 1840 Oct. 9, 1840 Oct. 13, 1887 June 9, 1853 Oct. 7, 1841 June 9, 1853 Oct. 9, 1841 Oct. 18, 1900 June 2, 1866 Oct. 17,1878 Oct. 14, 1841
~e%e;-' : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
Cooper Hemple Callao De Witt Mt. Moriah
. . . . .
9 30 40 21 16 10 1 16 15 17
33 6
9 17 15
33 46 32
15 37 18
11 3 17 29 4
25 11 14 20
33
142 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97.
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Bismarck 48 . . Jefferson 31 Fair Play 41 Bonhomme................. 57 Wentzville 30 Fayette 25 Fulton 27 Holt 11 Xenia..................... 7 Livingston................. 25 Wakanda.................. 20 Weston.................... 21 Index 34 Arrow Rock 24 Tipton 31 Richmond 23 Monticello 15 Centralia 26 New Bloomfield 27 Waverly................... 23 Vinci!..................... 11 Cambridge................. 24 Monroe 17 Pattonsburg 10 Grant City 6 . . Kennett 51 Sullivan 32 Armstrong................. 25 Savannah.................. 9 Gorin 1 Eureka.................... 19 Warren 19 Silex...................... 29 Independence 59 Lebanon................... 39 St. Joseph 9 Polar Star 33 Bridgeton 57 . . Jackson 13 Laclede 38 Webster Groves 57 Miami..................... 24 Brookfield 13 Washington................ 42 Defiance................... 6 Friendship................. 12 Russellville 31 Madison '\17 Perseverance 16 St. Mark's 49 Vienna 39 Pomegranate............... 33 St. Andrew's 14 Bethany................... 5
Oct. 6, 1891 Nov. 15, 1841 Oct. 18, 1900 Oct. 9, 1846 June 2, 1866 Oct. 17, 1842 Oct. 17, 1842 May 25,1854 June 2, 1866 Oct. 12, 1876 Oct. 17, 1842 Oct. 14, 1842 Oct. 16, 1884 Oct. 17, 1842 June 2, 1866 Oct. 13, 1842 Oct. 12, 1842 Oct. 19, 1867 May 25,1854 May 2, 1866 Oct. 19, 1867 June 2, 1866 June 2, 1866 May 29, 1854 Oct. 10, 1894 Oct. 17, 1889 June 2, 1866 May 25, 1854 Oct. 28, 1844 Oct. 13, 1892 Oct. 16, 1845 Oct. 20, 1845 Oct. 21, 1897 Oct. 14, 1846 Oct. 14, 1847 Oct. 14, 1846 Oct. 14, 1846 Oct. 14,1846
.... ,
.
Oct. 15, 1846 May 25, 1854 Oct. 21, 1897 June 2, 1866 June 2,1866 Oct. 12, 1847 ( Oct. 17, 1878 Oct. 12, 1847 Oct. 11, 1888 Oct. 12, 1847 Oct. 25, 1847 Oct. 14, 1847 Oct. 17, 1878 Sept. 21, 1916 May 10, 1848 May 25, 1854
1954 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150. 151. 152. 153. 154.
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Webster Mt. Vernon Ash Grove Bogard Bloomington West View Heroine Kirksville Gallatin Greenville Stanberry Marcus Trenton Maitland Plattsburg Twilight Laddonia Barnes Helena
\
. . . . . . . . . .
45 55 45 20 14 49 22 2 10
. . . . . . . . .
6 48 4
52
8
11 26 27 46 9
143 May 28, 1858 Oct. 19, 1867 Oct. 17, 1899 Oct. 14, 1886 May 10, 1849 Jan. 2, 1866 May 10, 1849 May 26,1864 Oct. 16, 1879 Oct. 14, 1886 Oct. 17, 1878 May 10, 1849 May 9, 1850 Oct. 19, 1867 May 9, 1850 Oct. 19, 1867 Oct. 28, 1882 Oct. 17, 1879 Nov. 8, 1924
De Soto . Compass . Erwin . Triplett . Hermann . Union Star . Gentryville . Seaman . Athens . Lorraine , . Monett . Hume . Potosi . Farmington . Star of the West . Olean . Braymer . Phoenix . Delphian . Lincoln . Oregon .•..................
5 55 35 40 48 48 58 12 16 47 9 8
Oct. 19, 1867 May 10, 1850 May 9, 1851 Oct. 12, 1893 May 10, 1850 Oct. 15, 1885 May 10, 1850 May 28, 1858 May 8,1851 Oct. 17, 1878 Oct. 16, 1890 Oct. 14, 1886 May 8, 1851 May 10, 1851 May 5,1851 May 30, 1860 Oct. 17, 1889 May 9,1851 Oct. 17, 1895 June 2, 1866 May 31,1855
Amsterdam . Pleasant Grove . Irondale . Modern •.................. Latimer .
35 25 40 41 39
Sept. 27, 1906 May 31, 1855 May 26,1864 Oct. 19, 1867 Oct. 19, 1899
Cass
.
34
Oct. 17, 1867
L~xi~gton
. . . . . .
23
June 4, 1855 May 28, 1858 June 11, 1865 Oct. 12, 1869 May 28,1859 Oct. 17, 1901
Blrmlng Milton Linn Creek Bloomfield Ionic
40 21 33 19 32 10 6
3 6
9
18 38 50 48
144 155. 156. 157. 158. 159. 160. 16l. 162. 163. 164. 165. 166. 167. 168. 169. 170. 17l. 172. 173. 174. 175. 176. 177. 178. 179. 180. 181. 182. 183. 184. 185. 186. 187. 188. 189. 190. 191. 192. 193. 194. 195. 196. 197. 198. 199. 200. 20l. 202. 203. 204. 205. 206. 207. 208. 209. 210. 211.
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ~ay ~ay
Ashland North Star ~ountain Grove Green City Plea.sant Clifton Hill' Whitesville Occidenta.l Joachim
. . . . . . . . .
26 8 46
40
28, 1859 29, 1856 Oct. 15, 1885 Oct. 16, 1884 Oct. 27, 1867 Oct. 15, 1858 ~ay 28, 1856 ~ay 29, 1856 ~ay 31, 1856
Portageville
.
51
Oct. 16, 1890
Colony Camden Point Benevolence Hartford Censer Gray Summit Sturgeon
. . . . . . .
2 21 12
~ay
Point Pleasant Texas Griswold Pride of the West Pyramid
. . . . .
51 46 28
33 33
May 30, 1857 Oct. 19, 1867 May 28, 1858 May 28, 1858 Sept. 21, 1916
Pilot Knob California Chamois
. . . .
46 31 50 31
Oct. 17, 1895 Oct. 19, 1898 Oct. 19, 1899 May 28, 1857
Hermon Hannibal Zeredatha Putnam
. . . .
43 15 9
Oct. 17, 1889 May 30,1859 May 28, 1859 May 28, 1859
Frankford Angerona Wellsville Bolivar Quitman Carthage Allensville New Hope Sonora Ravenwood Westville Brumley Rowley Trilumina Somerset Clay Salisbury Poplar Bluff Unionville Hickory Hill
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16 11 28 41 7 44
~orley
3 41 18 9
33
3 14 32 26
3
6
29 8 7 19 38 21 24 3
11 19 52 3
31
22, 1864 Oct. 19, 1867 ~ay 30,1857 ~ay 30,1857 Oct. 14, 1875 Oct. 23, 1903 May 30,1857
May 26,1859 May 28, 1859 May 30,1860 Oct. 19, 1867 May 30,1860 Oct. 19, 1867 May 30, 1860 May 30, 1880 Oct. 19, 1867 Oct. 13, 1892 June 2, 1866 Oct. 17, 1878 Oct. '19, 1867 Dec. 9, 1867 May 29, 1861 May 30, 1861 Oct. 19, 1867 May 30, 1861 May 30, 1861 Oct. 19, 1867
1954 212. 213. 214. 215. 216. 217. 218. 219. 220. 22l. 222. 223. 224. 225. 226. 227. 228. 229. 230. 23l. 232. 233. 234. 235. 236. 237. 238. 239. 240. 24l. 242. 243. 244. 245. 246. 247. 248. 249. 250. 25l. 252. 253. 254. 255. 256. 257. 258. 259. 260. 26l. 262. 263. 264. 265. 266. 267. 268.
145
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Four Mile Rolla Forest City Hornersville Hale City ............. Barbee Good Hope Albert Pike Kansas City Mystic Tie La Belle....... Ray....................... Hamilton Salem..................... Saline..... .. Cypress Shelbina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
51 39 8 51 20 24 33 22 22 49 15 23 12 39 48 13 14
Oct. 19, 1867 May 30,1861 May 30, 1861 May 30, 1861 Oct. 12, 1893 Oct. 19, 1867 May 30, 1861 Oct. 17, 1895 May 30, 1861 May 30, 1861 Oct. 11, 1888 Sept. 21, 1921 Oct. 19, 1867 May 29,1862 May 19, 1861 May 29, 1862 May 29, 1862
St. James Cardwell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Polo Bucklin St. Francois
39 51 12 13 48
May 28, 1863 Oct. 19, 1899 Oct. 17, 1878 May 26, 1864 May 26, 1864
Sedalia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . La Plata.................. Rushville Hopewell
36 14 47
May 26, 1864 June 22, 1866 May 26,1865 Oct. 13, 1881
Palestine
30
May 26,1865
Keystone Middle Fabius Knobnoster Montgomery Neosho
33 36 28 56
May May May Jan. May
Carroll
20
Oct. 19, 1887
Hope......................
32
Oct. 16, 1868
Laredo Butler..... Alton Shekinah Lodg~ of Light
35 53 40 5
Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
Lodge of Love Mechanicsville
1 30
Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 30, 1868
Holden.................... Summit
36 59路
Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 15, 1868
Corinthian
36
Oct. 15, 1868
Aurora Lodge of Truth
33 14
Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 15, 1868
9
1
4
26, 1865 26, 1865 26, 1865 12, 1920 28,1856
15, 15, 15, 15, 15,
1868 1868 1863 1868 1868
146 269. 270. 271. 272. 273. 274. 275. 276. 277. 278. 279. 280. 281. 282. 283. 284. 285. 286. 287. 288. 289. 290. 291. 292. 293. 294. 295. 296. 297. 298. 299. 300. 301. 302. 303. 304. 305. 306. 307. 308.. 309. 310. 311. 312. 313. 314. 315. 316. 317. 318. 319. 320. 321. 322. 323. 324. 325.
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Brotherhood New Salem . . . . . . . . . . . .. Solomon................... Granite St. Clair Cold Spring
9 29 45 36 37 36
Oct. 19, 1922 May 29, 1862 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 16, 1879
Grand River Wm. D. Muir Essex Hogle's Creek
34 25 50 41
Oct. 15, 1868 Oct. 11, 1878 Sept. 29, 1904 Oct. 15, 1868
Fenton.................... Cosmos.................... Stockton Canopy Earl
57 33 42 55 10
Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
15, 15, 15, 17, 15,
1868 1869 1868 1889 1868
Craft Hermitage Graham Fairmont.................. Edina..................... Lamar Sarcoxie '" Mound City Moniteau Sparta
15 41 7 2 43 44 8 31 54
Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
15, 15, 18, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 11,
1868 1868 1900 1868 1868 1868 1868 1868 1868 1888
Doric White Hall................ Lick Creek Osage.....................
53 22 45 7 17 43
Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
18, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15,
1900 1868 1868 1868 1868 1868
Cecile Daylight Ashlar New London............... Parrott....................
22 50 17 10
Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
17, 12, 12, 12,
1923 1869 1869 1869
Sikeston Kearney................... Cuba...................... Meramec Pine Jerusalem Rural Osborn.................... Eldorado Paulville Versailles Jonathan.................. Hardin.................... Cornerstone McDonald Dockery
50
Oct. 12, 1869 Oct. 12, 1869 Oct. 13, 1887 Oct. 19, 1923 Oct. 11, 1888 Oct. 22, 1896 Oct. 12, 1869 Oct. 12, 1869 Oct. 12, 1869 Oct. 12, 1869 Sept. 19, 1917 Oct. 12, 1869 Oct. 12, 1869 Oct. 12, 1869 Dec. 12, 1869 Oct. 12, 1869
Sampson
\...
Templ~
1
11
39 57 52 42 22 10 1 2. 58 6 20 33 59 13
1954 326. 327. 328. 329. 330. 33l. 332. 333. 334. 335. 336. 337. 338. 339. 340. 34l. 342. 343. 344. 345. 346. 347. 348. 349. 350. 35l. 352. 353. 354. 355. 356. 357. 358. 359. 360. 36l. 362. 363. 364. 365. 3p6.
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
147
Linn...................... Mt. Zion Cainsville
31 53 5
Oct. 19, 1898 Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 13, 1870
Paul Revere. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charity.... Excello....................
33 9 14
Oct. 26, 1923 Oct. 13, 1870 Sept. 29, 1904
Breckenridge .... . . . . . . . . . .. Joplin............. Hallsville Blue Springs Herculaneum Fidelity Westport Rockville Circle
12 44 26 59 40 21 22 35 37
Oct. 15, 1870 Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 17, 1878 Oct. 13, 1887 Oct. 19, 1922 Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 11, 1894 May 10, 1900 Oct. 15, 1870
Moberly Fellowship Arlington America..............
18 44 39 33
Oct. 31, 1870 Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 13, 1870 Sept. 17, 1919
Pollock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Oct. 16, '1884
Mosaic Friend Barnesville Hebron.................... Adelphi Ancient Landmark . . . . . ..
48 54 47 27 21 26
Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 15, 1871 Sept. 27, 1906 Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 17, 1873
Northwest Garrett Tuscan Riddick Hiram Fraternal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Higginsville Bayou Adair Barry..................... Crescent Hill Composite Williamstown Sheldon NonpareH Belle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
8 42 33 41 1 32 23 53 2 55 35 52 15 43 34 39
Oct. 16, 1884 Oct. 13, 1871 Oct. 15, 1870 Oct. 13, 1871 Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 15, 1870 Oct. 14, 1880 Oct. 11, 1888 Oct. 13, 1881 Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 13, 1871 May 7, 1870 Oct. 15, 1870 Oct. 11, 1883 Oct. 17, 1873 Sept. 27, 1906
38
Oct. 19, 1888 Oct. 13, 1870 Oct. 13, 1872 Mar. 19, 1906 Oct. 13, 1881 Oct. 13, 1871 Oct. 13, 1871
367. 368. 369. 370. 37l. 372. 373. 374. 375. Waynesville 376. King Hill 377. Ancient Craft 378. Berlin 379. Billings 380. 'Queen City 38l. Ionia 382.
\
9 6
10 54 1 58
148 383. 384. 385. 386. 387. 388. 389. 390. 391. 392. 393. 394. 395. 396. 397. 398. 399. 400. 401. 402. 403. 404. 405. 406. 407. 408. 409. 410. 411. 412. 413. 414. 415. 416. 417. 418. 419. 420. 421. 422. 423. 424. 425. 426. 427. 428. 429. 430. 431. 432. 433. 434. 435. 436. 437. 438. 439.
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Pythagoras East Prairie Richland
55 50 38
Oct. 16, 1872 Sept. 29, 1904 Oct. 18, 1901
Woodsid~
53
Oct. 13, 1871
Arcana....................
3
Oct. 13, 1871
Raytown Christian Bee Hive..................
59 59 11
Oct. 13, 1871 Oct. 13, 1871 Oct. 13, 1871
VVestern Light Gower..................... Jasper Pike Decatur Carterville Malta..................... Lowry City Rosendale Everton Malden.................... Charleston Montrose Louisville Iberia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Joppa..................... Appleton City Valley Greensburg Hunnewell Cache VVhitewater
41 11 44 16 55 44 24 37 9 42 51 50 37 29 38 46 37
Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
Star Itaska. Urbana Gate of the Temple Galt Samaritan Green Ridge Rothville Glenwood..................
37 33 41 45 48 36 19 1
Oct. 16, 1872 Oct. 16, 1872 Oct. 15, 1886 Oct. 16, 1872 Oct. 15, 1890 Oct. 16, 1872 Sept. 29, 1904 Oct. 21, 1897 Oct. 17, 1873
New Madrid........ VVinona
51 47
Oct. 17, 1873 Oct. 10, 1894
Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Mack's Creek Wheeling Rockbridge
38 38 12 53
Oct. 15, 1891 Nov. 1, 1878 Oct. 17, 1873 Oct. 21, 1897
Temperance Mt. Olive
11 45
Oct. 16, 1872 Oct. 16, 1872
9
2 14 33 49
4
13, 1871 16, 1872 17, 1873 13, 1871 13, 1871 12, 1893 17,1901 17, 1873 22, 1896 15, 1885 13, 1881 12, 1893 13, 1871 17, 1902 13, 1871 16, 1872 13, 1872 17, 1873 27, 1871 18, 1871 14, 1871 13, 1881
1954 440. 441. 442. 443. 444. 445. 446. 447. 448. 449. 450. 451. 452. 453. 454. 455. 456. 457. 458. 459. 460. 461. 462. 463. 464. 465. 466. 467. 468. 469. 470. 471. 472. 473. 474. 475. 476. 477. 478. 479. 480. 481. 482. 483. 484. 485. 486. 487. 488. 489. 490. 491. 492. 493. 494. 495. 496.
149
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Trowel Excelsior Burlington Anchor Ada West Gate Ivanhoe Jacoby Schell City
. . . . . . . . .
43
Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
Belton
.
34
Oct. 16, 1872
Forsyth Continental Hinton Wallace Jonesburg Melville Hazelwood Lambskin Caruthersville Santa Fe Clifton Concordia
. . . . . . . . . . . ~
54 10 26 25 28 42 45 33 51 17 53 23
Oct. 16, 1872 Oct. 21, 1903 Sept. 29, 1904 Oct. 16, 1872 Oct. ] 2, 1893 Oct. 17, 1873 Oct. 16, 1872 Oct. 16, 1872 Oct. 16, 1872 Oct. 17, 1873 Oct. 13, 1881 Oct. 17, 1873
Southwest Pleasant Hope
. .
56 41
Oct. 15, 1890 Oct. 17, 1873
Plato Nodaway Mineral Pickering Nineveh
. . . . .
46 7
44 7 29
Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
Golden Mt. Hope Henderson
. . .
43 23 45
Oct. 15, 1874 Oct. 1G, 1874 Oct. 15, 1874
Rich Hill Jewel Marceline Clintonville Fairfax Kirkwood Coldwater Cairo Chilhowee Lock Springs Lakeville Montevallo Vandalia Daggett
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35
Oct. 29, 1881 Oct. 17, 1878 Oct. 17, 1889 Oct. 15, 1874' Oct. 15, 1874 Oct. 15, 1874 Oct. 13, 1881 Oct. 20, 1874 Sept. 27, 1906 Oct. 15, 1874 Oct. 15, 1874 Oct. 15, 1874 Oct. 25, 1876 Oct. 12, 1876
Lewistown Unity Robert Burns
. . .
49 49 7
33 23 33 22 6
34 13 42 8 57
34 18 36
10 50
43 27 28
15
43 53
16, 16, 13, 16, 16, 16, 17, 17, 17,
17, 16, 17, 17, 15,
1872 1872 1881 1872 1872 1872 1901 1901 1873
1887 1872 1873 1873 1874
Oct. 15, 1876 Feb. 2; 1895 Oct. H, 1877
150
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
497. Equality 498. 499. Harmony.................. 500. Jameson 50l. Buckner 502. Philadelphia 503. Prairie Home 504. Platte City 505. Euclid 506. Lathrop 507. Clearmont 508. Saxton 509. Van Buren 510. New Hampton............. 51l. Skidmore 512. Webb City 513. Senath 514. Granby.................... 515. Galena 516. Milford 517. 518. Oriental 519. Crane 520. Clifton Heights 521. Lockwood 522. Gate路 City 523. 524. Spickardsville 525. ' Cunningham 526. Wayne.................... 527. Higbee 528. Conway 529. Apollo . 530. 531. Lane's Prairie 532. Dexter 533. Comfort 534. Columbia 535. Blackwell 536. Ingomar .-...... 537. Bethel 538. Stella 539. Dawn . . .. . 540. Winigan.. . .. 541. Jacksonville 542. Ferguson 543. Mansfield 544. Algabil 545. Zalma..................... 546. Orient 547. South Gate 548. Clinton 549. Carl Junction 550. Rose Hill 55l. ~endleton 552. tJalhoun 553. Clarksburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
39
Sept. 27, 1906
33 10 59 15 25 21 33 11 7 9 47 5 7 44 51 56 54 43
Sept. 19, 1917 Oct. 11, 1877 Oct. 11, 1877 Oct. 11, 1878 Oct. 13, 1881 Oct. 13, 1881 Sept. 20, 1917 Oct. 12, 1882 Oct. 12, 1882 Oct. 12, 1882 Sept. 12, 1882 Oct. 28, 1925 Oct. 12, 1882 Oct. 12, 1882 Oct. 22, 1902 Oct. 22, 1912 Oct. 12, 1882 Oct. 12, 1883
24 54 33 42 22
Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
4 19 52 18 38 33
Oct. 16, 1884 Oct. 16, 1884 Oct. 15, 1885 Oct. 15, 1885 Oct. 18, 1885 Sept. 18, 1918
39 50 55 32 40 53 14 56 12 3 18 57 46 33 49 22 22 37 44 33 48 37 31
Oct. 15, 1885 Oct. 12, 1887 Oct. 19, 1898 Oct. 13, 1887 Oct. 13, 1887 Oct. 13, 1887 Oct. 11, 1888 Oct. 17, 1889 Oct. 17, 1889 Oct. 17, 1889 Sept. 29, 1904 Oct. 16, 1889 Oct. 15, 1891 Sept. 19, 1917 Oct. 15, 1890 Sept. 22, 1920 Oct. 15, 1890 Oct. 15, 1890 Oct. 15, 1891 Oct. 15, 1891 Nov. 27, 1891 Oct. 15, 1891 Oct. 15, 1891
11, 22, 10, 11, 11,
1883 1896 1894 1883 1883
1954 554. 555. 556. 557. 558. 559. 560. 561. 562. 563. 564. 565. 566. 567. 568. 569. 570. 571. 572. 573. 574. 575. 576. 577. 578. 579. 580. 581. 582. 583. 584. 585. 586. 587. 588. 589. 590. 591. 592. 593. 594. 595. 596. 597. 598. 599. 600. 601. 602. 603. 604. 605. 606. 607. 608. 609. 610.
151
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Foster Summersville Prairie
. . .
35 46 5
Oct. 15, 1891 Oct. 17, 1891 Oct. 13, 1892
Moscow Clarksdale Nelson Cowgill
. . . .
29 10 24 12
Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
york Jamesport Tebbetts Maplewood Miller Naylor Marlborough Republic Hayti Rutledge Bernie La Monte Easter Olive Branch Ewing Forest Park Grandin
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
22 10 27 57 55 52 22 45 51 1 51 36 32 ' 33 15 33 47
Oct. 17, 1895 Oct. 19, 1898 Oct. 21, 1902 Sept. 29, 1904 Sept. 29, 1904 Sept. 29, 1904 Oct. 26, 1927 Sept. 28, 1905 Sept. 28, 1905 Sept. 28, 1905 Sept. 28, 1905 Sept. 28, 1905 Sept. 28, 1905 Sept. 27, 1906 Sept. 27, 1906 Sept. 27, 1906 Oct. 1, 1906
IHmo Koshkonong Novinger
. . .
50 53 2
Sept. 27, 1906 Sept. 27, 1906 Sept. 27, 1906
Shamrock Criterion Branson St. Francisville
. . . .
27 44 54 1
Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept.
27, 26, 26, 26,
1906 1907 1907 1907
Advance Barnett La Russell Union
. . . .
50 58 44 32
Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept.
26, 26, 21, 26,
1907 1907 1921 1907
Cole Camp Puxico Bosworth Leadwood Elvins Cosby Clayton Acacia Morehouse
. . . . . . . . .
36 50 20 48 48 57 26 50
Oct. 19, 1898 Sept. 30, 1908 Sept. 30, 1908 Sept. 30, 1908 Sept. 30, 1908 Sept. 3, 1908 Sept. 30, 1908 Sept. 29, 1909 Sept. 29, 1909
Walker Craig Eminence Strafford Warrenton Clark
. . . . . .
43 8 47 45 30 18
Sept. Sept. June Sept. Sept. Sept.
'"
9
20, 12, 12, 12,
1892 1893 1893 1893
29, 1909 29, 1909 17, 1909 28, 1910 19, 1917 28, 1910
152 61l. 612. 613. 614. 615. 616. 617. 618. 619. 620. 62l. 622. 623. 624. 625. 626. 627• 628. 629. 630. 63l. 632. 633. 634. 635. 636. 637. 638. 639. 640. 641. 642. 643. 644. 645 646. 647. 648. 649. 650. 651. 652. 653. 654. 655. 656. 657. 658. 659. 660. . 66l. 662. 663. 664. 665. 666. 667.
1954
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Centertown ................ Mokane Wellston Mt. Washington Chaffee Brentwood Swope Park 1 , . , 1 . " • • • • • • • Grandview •
••••••••
II
II
•••
II.
•
••
II
•
II
II
II
II
•••••
I"
II
II'
II
••
•
II
••••
II
II
II
•••
II
,.,
II
II
••
II
II
•••
II • • • •
••
II
II
II
••••
••
••
I"
II
••
1,.,1
II
••••••••••••••
•••••••••••
••••
••••••••
,
••••
0
••••
Mendon Valley Park East Gate Tower Grove .............. Belgrade Archie Steele Greentop Freedom Mountain View Triangle Mizpah ................... Jennings .................. Trinity Benj. Franklin . ........... Northeast . ................ Grain Valley ................ Clarkton ................... Shaveh . ................... Noel ...................... Elmer . .................... University ................. Parma '" ................. Cleveland .................. Pilgrim ................... Shawnee ................... Commonwealth ............. Gardenville ................ Country Club .............. Progress .................. Purity .................... Alpha ..................... Holliday .................. Theo. Roosevelt ............ Clarence · ...... ............ Rockhill · .................. Aldrich · .................. Wardell ........ '" ........ Lilbourn .................. Berkeley .................. •
•••••
•
•
•
•••
0
•••••
••••••••••
••••••
..0
••
0
••
0.0.
•••.•••••••••
00
•••••••••
0
0
0···
•••••
•
•••••••••••
0
'
0.
••••••••••
••••••
•••••••
••••••
•••••••••
•
•
•
0
••••••••••
••••
•
0
0
•••
0
••••••••••
0
••
0
•••••••
0
31 27 57 59 50 57 22 59
•••
•••••••
II
••
•••••••
•••••
II
•••
•••
• • • • II •• 1,."
••
••••••
II
••••••
I"
•••••
••• '"
••••••••
Willard Anderson Norwood Overland Owensville Sheffield 1 , . " Magnolia •
••
"
II
II'
•••••
1,."
••
II'
•••••
•••••••••••
45 56 46 57 32 22 33 19 57 22 33 40 34 51 1 57 53 33 33 57 33 33 22 59 51 33 56 14 33 51 34 33 36 33 57 22 33 33 22 17 33 14 22 41 51 51 57
II
••••••••••
• 11.,1."
•• '
............
. ........... •
••••••
II
•
II
•••••
•
••••••
'"
•••
II
••
•
•••••
•
••
,
_
•
II'
II
•••
II
•••
II
••
•••••
•••••••
•••
II
11."
II
II'
•••
•••
. ........... I" ••
••• II
••
11.,1. 11.".
. ........... 0.0000.
o
•
••
•••••
•
••••••
0
••••
•
••
0
••
0.
00
••
0.
.00
0
0
••
•••
•••
•
••••
•
•••••
•
0
•••
.00
•
••
..0.0
0.
••
••••
•••
•••
0
0
••
0
••
. ........... ..0
•••••••••
. ........... •
••••••••
0
••
. ........... · ...........
. ........... . ........... . .. .......... . ........... . ........... . ........... . ........... . ........... . ........... . ......... " . ...........
. ........... . ............
. ........... . ........... . ........... . ........... . ........... •
••
0
••••••••
. ...........
. ...........
· ........... •
••••
'"
0
•••
. ........... •
•••••
·0
Sept. 25, 1912 Sept. 25, 1912 Sept. 25, 1912 Sept. 28, 1949 Sept. 25, 1912 Sept. 25, 1912 Oct. 2, 1913
,
000
·.00
000
0
•••
o.
Sept. 28, 1910 Sept. 28, 1911 Sept. 28, 1911 Oct. 19, 1911 Sept. 28, 1911 Sept. 28, 1949 Sept. 28, 1911 Sept. 28, 1911
••••
Oct. 15, 1913 Oct. 2, 1913 Oct. 2, 1913 Oct. 2, 1914 Oct. 15, 1914 Oct. 1, 1914 Oct. 1, 1914 Oct. 22, 1924 Sept. 25, 1946 Sept. 29, 1915 Sept. 29, 1915 Sept. 30, 1915 Sept. 21, 1916 Sept. 21, 1916 Sept. 21, 1916 Sept. 21, 1916 Sept. 21, 1916 Dec. 15, 1948 Sept. 22, 1920 Sept. 22, 1920 Sept. 22, 1920 Oct. 18, 1920 Sept. 22, 1920 Sept. 22, 1920 Sept. 21, 1921 Sept. 21, 1921 Sept. 21, 1926 Sept. 21, 1921 Oct. 4, 1921 Oct. 5, 1921 Sept. 21, 1921 Sept. 21, 1921 Oct. 17, 1923 Oct. 17, 1923 Oct. 22, 1924 Mar. 5, 1925 Oct. 26, 1927 Sept. 27, 1951 Sept. 30, 1952 Sept. 29, 1953
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
153
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LODGES-LOCATIONS-DISTRICTS A Columbia 602 Acacia 444 Ada Orrick 366 Adair Kirksville 355 Adelphi Edgerton 590 Advance Advance 10 Agency .Agency 219 Albert Pike .......••Kansas City 664 Aldrich .Aldrich 544 Algabil. St. Louis 198 Allensville Allendale 659 Alpha N. Kansas City 255 Alton Alton 347 America St. Louis 141 Amsterdam Amsterdam 443 Anchor University City 377 Ancient Craft King City 356 Ancient Landmark Harrisburg 621 Anderson Anderson 193 Angerona .Missouri City 529 Apollo St. Louis 412 Appleton City Appleton City 389 Arcana Harris 633 Archie Archie 346 Arlington Dixon 70 Armstrong .Armstrong 55 Arrow Rock .Arrow Rock 100 Ash Grove Ash Grove 156 Ashland Ashland 306 Ashlar Commerce Albany 127 Athens 267 Aurora St. Louis 26 Ava Ava
Boone Ray Adair Platte Stoddard Buchanan Jackson Polk Worth Clay Oregon Bates Gentry Boone McDonald Clay St. Clair Sullivan Cass Pulaski Howard Saline Green Boone Scott Gentry Douglas
26 23 2 21 50 9 22 41 33-B 6 22 53 33-A 35 33-A 6 26 56 11 33-B 37 3 34 39 25 24 .45 26 50 6 33-A 46
B 217 591 116 353 367 365 3 393 632 373 450 170
Barbee Sweet Springs Barnett Barnett Barnes Cabool. Barnesville Ellington Barry Washburn Bayou Bakersfield St. Louis Beacon ' Beehive Lawson Belgrade' Belgrade Belle ..............•Belle Belton Belton Benevolence 1 •••Utica
Saline Morgan Texas Reynolds Barry Ozark Ray Washington Maries Cass Livingston
24 58 .46 .47 55 53 33-A' 11 .40 39 34 12
154 642 666 378 573 97 537 379 150 41 535 153 102 3"37 101 195 45 597 587 135 334 616 80 86 269 203 233 501 442 254
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Benjamin Franklin .. St. Louis Berkeley ,St. Louis St. Louis Berlin :" Fairport De Kalb Bernie Bernie Stoddard Bethany Bethany Harrison Bethel .Bethel ~ . Shelby Billings Billings Christian Birming Faucett Buchanan 'Bismarck Bismarck ,St. Francois Blackwell Blackwell St. Francois Bloomfield Bloomfield Stoddard Bloomington Bevier Macon Blue Springs Blue Springs Jackson Bogard ............•Bogard Carroll Bolivar .Bolivar Polk Bonhomme Ballwin St. Louis Bosworth Bosworth Carroll Branson Branson Taney Braymer Braymer Caldwell Breckenridge .Breckenridge ,Caldwell Brentwood Brentwood St. Louis Bridgeton St. John's Station. St. Louis Brookfield Brookfield. Linn Brotherhood St. Joseph Buchanan Brumley .Brumley .Miller Bucklin Bucklin _. Linn Buckner Buckner J ackson Burlington .Burlington Jct.. .. .Nodaway Butler .Butler Bates
1954 33-A 33-A 10 51 5 14 54 9 .48 40 50 14 59· 20 41 57 20 54 12 12 57 57 13 9 38 13 59 1 35
C
416 328 486 552 183 38 63 169 284 231 549 249 401 197 461 147 305 172 - 611 59
Cache Cainsville Cairo Calhoun California Callao Cambridge Camden Point Canopy CardwelL Carl Junction Carroll Carterville Carthage Caruthersville Cags Cecile-Daylight Censer Centertown Centralia
St. Louis 33-A ,Cainsville Harrison 5 Cairo Randolph 18 Henry 31 Calhoun California Moniteau 31 Callao .Macon 14 Slater '.' ..Saline 24 Camden Point .Platte 21· Aurora Lawrence 55 Cardwell. Dunklin 51 Carl Junction Jasper .44 Norborne Carroll 20 Carterville J asper .44 Carthage Jasper .44 Caruthersville Pemiscot 51 Harrisonville Cass 34 Kansas City Jackson 22 Macon Macon 14 Centertown Cole •.•............ 31 Centralia Boone 26
1954 615 185 331 407 487 392 342 662 610 553 559 17 645 207 601 507 651 463 520 161 548 482 274 485 595 168 534 533 654 120 432 369 464 454 528 36 265 323 600 282 656 561 287 606
519 368 586 312 525 227
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
155
Chaffee Chaffee .scott .......•...... 50 Chamois Chamois Osage •............. 31 Charity .........••..St. Joseph Buchanan 9 Charleston Charleston Mississippi 50 Chilhowee Chilhowee .Johnson 36 Christian Oak Grove J ackson 59 Roscoe St. Clair 37 Circle Clarence Clarence Shelby 14 Clark Clark Randolph 18 Clarksburg .clarksburg Moniteau 31 Clarksdale Clarksdale De Kalb 10 Clarksville Clarksville Pike 16 Clarkton Clarkton Dunklin ' 51 Clay Excelsior Springs ..Clay 11 Clayton Clayton St. Louis 57 Clearmont. Clearmont Nodaway 7 Cleveland : Cleveland Cass 34 Clifton Thayer Oregon 53 Clifton Heights St. Louis 33-A Clifton Hill Clifton Hill Randolph 18 Clinton Clinton Henry 37 Clintonville El Dorado Springs .Cedar 42 Leeton Johnson 36 Cold Spring Cold-Water Drexel Cass 34 Cole Camp Cole Camp Benton 36 Colony Colony Knox 2 Columbia Pacific Franklin 32 Comfort Wheaton Barry 55 Commonwealth St. Louis 33-A Parkville Platte 21 Compass Competition Competition Laclede 38 Composite Doniphan .Ripley 52 Concordia Concordia Lafayette 23 Continental Stewartsville De Kalb 10 Conway Conway Laclede 38 Cooper Boonville Cooper 25 Corinthian Warrensburg ..T ohnson 36 Cornerstone St. Louis ..' 33-B Andrew 9 Cosby Cosby Cosmos St. Louis 33-B Country Club Kansas City Jackson 22 Cowgill Cowgill Caldwell 12 Craft Canton Lewis 15 Craig Craig Holt 8 Crane Crane Stone 54 Crescent Hill Adrian Bates 35 Criterion Alba J asper ,44 Cuba CUba Crawford 39 Cunningham ..•..... Sumner Chariton 19 Cypress Laclede Linn 13
156
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
D
492 539 400 88 137 119 39 532 325 300
Daggett Dawn Decatur Defiance Delphian De Soto De Witt Dexter Dockery Doric
McKittrick Dawn , Pierce City Sheridan Birch Tree De Soto De Witt Dexter Meadville Elkland
Montgomery Livingston Lawrence Worth .shannon Jefferson Carroll Stoddard Linn Webster
28 12 55 6 47 40 20 50 13 45 .
E
285 630 384 575 291 318 648 599 607 14 497 121 278 505 73 27. 405 577 332 441
EarL East Gate East Prairie Easter Edina Eldorado Elmer Elvins Eminence Eolia' Equality Erwin Essex Euclid Eureka Evergreen Everton Ewing Excello Excelsior
Coffey Daviess 10 Kansas City Jackson 22 East Prairie Mississippi 50 .8t. Clair .Franklin 32 Edina , Knox 2 Luray Clark 1 Elmer Macon 14 .Flat River St. Francois .48 Eminence .shannon 47 Eolia Pike 16 .Newburg Phelps ' 39 St. Louis .........••.................. 33-B Essex Stoddard 50 .8t. Louis 33-B Brunswick Chariton 19 New Haven Franklin 32 Everton Dade 42 ,Ewing Lewis 15 Excello Macon , 14 Jackson Cape Girardeau 18 F
483 Fairfax 290 Fahmont 44 Fair Play 132 Farmington 47 Fayette 345 Fellowship 281 Fenton 542 Ferguson 339 Fidelity 23 Florida 214 ,Forest City 578 Forest Park 453 Forsyth 554 Foster
Fairfax Atchison Wyaconda Clark Fair-Play Polk Farmington ,St. Francois Fayette Howard J oplin .Jasper Fenton St. Louis ,. Ferguson St. Louis Farley Platte Florida Monroe Forest City , Holt ,St. Louis Forsyth Taney Foster ..........• Bates
8 1 41 48 25 44 57 57 21 17 8 33·B 54 35
1954 212 192 _ 363 636 352 89 48
GRAND LODGE OP MISSOURI Four Mile Frankford FraternaL Freedom Friend Friendship Fulton
Campbell Frankford Robertsville Mehlville Ozark Chillicothe Fulton
157
Dunklin Pike Franklin St. Louis Christian Livingston Callaway
51 16 32 57 54 12 27
Stone Daviess Grundy St. Louis Dade Jackson Greene Gentry
54 10 4 57 42 22 45 6 33-B 1 43 33-A 1 11 7 59 56 47 34 59 36 6 32 3 36 2 1 52 28
G 515 106 423 655 359 522 422 125 9 427 475 218 72 397 289 644 514 579 276 618 272 66 173 159 425 414 635 107 178
Galena Galena Gallatin Gallatin Galt Galt Gardenville Gardenville Garrett .Arcola Gate City ' Kansas City 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
216 336 224 188 322 499 171 21 571 459
Hale City Hallsville Hamilton HannibaL Hardin Harmony Hartford Havana Hayti. Hazelwood
Schuyler Barton ' Scotland Clinton Nodaway Jackson Newton Carter Cass J ackson .Pettis Wortli Franklin Sullivan Pettis : Knox Schuyler Wayne Montgomery
H
Hale Hallsville Hamilton Hannibal. Hardin St. Louis Hartford McFall Hayti. Seymour
Carroll ......•...•.. 20 .Boone ..•.......•... 26 Caldwell 12 Marion 15 .Ray 20 33-A Putnam 3 Gentry 6 Pemiscot 51 Webster 45
158 354 117 37 477 338 123 288 187 104 211 527 364 455 362 279 262 660 49 251 239 215 4 130 32 415 30
PROCEEDINGS OF THE Hebron Helena Hemple Henderson Herculaneum Hermann Hermitage Hermon Heroine Hickory Hill Higbee Higginsville Hinton Hiram Hogle's Creek Holden Holliday Holt Hope Hopewell Hornersville Howard Hume Humphreys . Hunnewell Huntsville
1954
Mexico Audrain 27 Rochester .Andrew 9 .Hemple ..•....... Clinton 11 Rogersville Webster .45 Herculaneum J efferson 40 Hermann Gasconade 32 Hermitage Hickory .41 Liberal .Barton 43 Kansas City Jackson 22 Eugene Cole 31 Higbee Randolph 18 Higginsville Lafayette 23 Hinton Boone 26 Kahoka Clark 1 Wheatland Hickory .41 Holden J ohnson ' 36 .Holliday Monroe 17 Holt Clay 11 Washington .Franklin 32 Reynolds .47 Lesterville Hornersville Dunklin 51 New Franklin Howard 25 Hume Bates 35 Humphreys Sullivan ..........•. 3 Hunnewell Shelby 14 Huntsville Randolph 18 I
410 Iberia 581 lllmo 7.6 Independence 54 Index 536 Ingomar 381 Ionia 154 Ionic 143 Irondale 420 Itaska 446 Ivanhoe
.Iberia Illmo Independenee Garden City Willow Springs Eldon Desloge Irondale St. Louis Kansas City
82 541 447 500 564 398 43 640 315 480
Linneus Jacksonville Darlington ..Tameson J amesport. Jasper Jefferson Ci ty Jennings Jerico Springs Pleasant Hill.
.Miller Scott Jackson Cass Howell Miller St. Francois ,Washington Jackson
38 50 59 34 53 58 .48 .40 33-B 22
J
Jackson Jacksonville J aeoby Jameson .........•. Jamesport. Jasper Jefferson Jennings Jerusalem Jewel.
Linn 13 Randolph 18 Gentry 6 Daviess 10 Daviess 10 Jasper ...........• .44 Cole 31 St. Louis 57 Cedar .42 Cass 34
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
164 321 457 335 411
Joachim ..........•.Hillsboro Jonathan Denver Jonesburg Jonesburg Joplin .Joplin Joppa Hartville
220 311 68 243 376 105 484 245 582
Kansas City Kearney Kennett Keystone King Hill Kirksville Kirkwood Knobnoster Koshkonong
159
.Jefferson ' .40 Worth ...........•. 6 ]{ontgomery 28 .Jasper •............ 44 Wright .46
K Kansas City Kearney Kennett St. Louis St. Joseph Kirksville Kirkwood Knobnoster Koshkonong
Jackson 22 Clay .............•• 11 Dunklin 51 33-B Buchanan 9 Adair 2 St. Louis ~ 57 Johnson 36 Oregon 53
L
222 83 115 489 . 292 460 574 531 237 253 592 506 145 598 77 494 149 31 302 666 138 326 152 51 521 488 257 259 268 128 409 403
La Belle La Belle Lewis 15 Laclede Lebanon Laclede .•.......... 38 Laddonia Laddonia Audrain 27 Lakeville .Bell City Stoddard 50 Lamar Lamar Barton 43 Lambskin St. Louis 33-B La ]{onte La Monte Pettis 36 Lane's Prairie Vichy ]{aries 39 La Plata La Plata ]{acon 14 Laredo Laredo Grundy 4 La Russell , La Russell .Jasper .44 Lathrop Lathrop Clinton 11 Latimer Licking " Texas 39 Leadwood Leadwood St. Francois .48 Lebanon Steelville Crawford 39 Lewistown Lewistown Lewis 15 Lexington Lexington Lafayette 23 Liberty Liberty Clay 11 Lick Creek Perry Ralls 17 Lilbourn Lilbourn New Madrid 51 Fillmore .Andrew 9 Lincoln Linn Linn Osage 31 Linn-Creek Camdenton Camden 38 Livingston Glasgow .Howard 25 Lockwood ...•...... Lockwood Dade 42 Lock Springs Lock Springs Daviess 10 Lodge of Light Eagleville Harrison 5 Lodge of Love Lancaster Schuyler 1 Lodge of Truth ....• Atlanta ]{acon -.. 14 Lorraine Ridgeway .......• Harrison 5 Louisville Louisville Lincoln •........... 29 Lowry City Lowry City ; .St. Clair 37
160
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
M
433 91 626 112 406 402 543 566 481 110 569 324 260 458 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
Mack's Creek .....• Mack's Creek Camden 38 Madison Madison Monroe ......•...•. 17 Magnolia .........• , St. Louis " , 33-A Maitland ........••. Maitland .....•.. Holt ............•.. 8 Malden ...........• Malden Dunklin 51 Malta ..•........... Malta Bend Saline 24 Mansfield .........• Mansfield Wright .46 Maplewood Maplewood St. Louis 57 Marceline Marceline Linn 13 Marcus Fredericktown Madison .48 Marlborough....... (Jackson Co.) Jackson 22 McDonald .........• Independence Jackson 59 Mechanicsville Defiance St. Charles 30 Mel ville ' Dadeville Dade .42 Memphis Memphis Scotland 1 Mendon Mendon Chariton 19 Mcramec Eureka St. Louis 57 Mercer Princeton Mercer 4 Meridian St. Louis 33-B Miami Miami Saline 24 Middle Fabius Downing Schuyler 1 Milford ...........• Milford Barton 43 Miller Miller Lawrence 55 Milton Milton Randolph 18 MineraL Oronogo Jasper 44 1\fissouri St. Louis 33-A Mizpah St. Louis 33-B Moberly Moberly •........ Randolph 18 Modern Humansville Polk 41 Mokane Mokane Callaway 27 Monett ' Monett Barry 55 Moniteau Jamestown Moniteau 31 Monroe Monroe City Monroe 17 Montevallo Montevallo Vernon •.......... .43 Montgomery Montgomery City.Montgomery 28 .Monticello Monticello ..•.... Lewis 15 Montrose Montrose ..•..... Henry 37 Morehouse......... Morehouse New Madrid 50 Morley Morley Scott 50 Mosaic Belleview Iron 48 Moscow Moscow Mills Lincoln 29 Mound City Mound City Holt 8 Mount Washington .. Mt. Washington .. Jackson 59 Mountain Grove Mountain Grove .. Wright .46 Mountain View Mountain View Howell 53 Mt. Hope Odessa Lafayette 23 Mt. Olive Rogersville, R. 3 ..Webster .45 Mt. Moriah St. Louis 33-B
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
99 327 221
Mt. Vernon Mt. Zion Mystic Tie
,Mt. Vernon West Plains Oak Ridge
25 568 560 247 60 510 199 307 429 270 473 470 647 372 643 157 358 622 583
N aphtali St. Louis Naylor Naylor Nelson Nelson Neosho Neosho New Bloomfield New Bloomfield New Hampton New Hampton New Hope ,Elsberry New London New London New Madrid ,New Madrid New Salem ........• Winlleld Nineveh Olney Nodaway ,Maryville Noel. Noel. Nonpareil. East Lynne Northeast Kansas City North Star Rockport. Northwest Tarkio Norwood Norwood Novinger ' ,Novinger
Lawrence Howell Cape Girardeau
161 55 53 .49
N Ripley : Saline Newton Callaway Harrison Lincoln Ralls ,New Madrid Lincoln ,Lincoln Nodaway McDonald Cass Jackson . ~ ,Atchison Atchison Wright Adair
33-A 52 24 56 27 5 29 17 51 29 29 '. 7 56 34 22 8 8 .46 2
o 163 134 576 139 546 518 303 317 7 623 624
OccidentaL ,St. Louis " Olean Olean •... 1• • • • • • • • Miller Olive Branch St. Louis Oregon .........•...Oregon .Holt Orient Kansas City Jackson OrientaL Blackburn .saline Osage Nevada Vernon Osborn ·..Osborn ne Kalb 0 'Sullivan Walnut Grove Greene Overland Overland St. Louis Owensville Owensville Gasconade
33-A 58 33-B 8 22 : .. 24 .43 10 .45 57 32
P 241 18 19 650 308 65 11 330 319 551
Palestine St. Charles Palmyra Palmyra Paris Union Paris Parma Parma Parrott. •.......... Maysville Pattonsburg Pattonsburg Pauldingville W right City Paul Revere., St. Louis Paulville Hurdland Pendleton Doe Run
St. Charles Marion Monroe New Madrid .. , De Kalb Daviess Warren Adair St. Francois
30 15 17 51 10 10 30 33-B 2 .48
162
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1954
92 502 136 472 399 652 182 314 469 504 113 160 142 461 176 19 349 232 95 209 166 131 556 503 119 651 658 190 596 180 383
Perseverance .....•. Louisiana Pike 16 Philadelphia Philadelphia Marion ...........• 15 Phoenix Bowling Green Pike 16 Pickering .•.......• Pickering•....... Nodaway ....••...• 7 Pike .•.•.....••.••• Curryville Pike 16 Pilgrim ..........•• St. Louis 33-A Pilot Knob .......•• Richville Douglas ........•.. .46 Pine .••............ Bardley Ripley •...........• 52 Plato ............•• Plato ..........•. Texas 46 Platte City .....•..•Platte City Platte •............ 21 Plattsburg .......•• Plattsburg Clinton 11 Pleasant Morrisville Polk 41 Pleasant Grove Otterville Cooper 25 Pleasant Hope ...•..Pleasant Hope Polk .41 Point Pleasant Conran .New Madrid 51 Polar Star St. Louis " ...........•....... 33-B Pollock Pollock Sullivan ..........• 3 Polo ...•.•......... Polo Caldwell 12 Pomegranate St. Louis 33-A Poplar Bluff Poplar Bluff .....•Butler 52 Portageville Portageville N ew Madrid 51 Potosi. ..•......... Potosi. ..•....... Washington .40 Prairie •............Gilman City Harrison 5 Prairie Home Prairie Home Cooper 25 Pride of the West St. Louis 33-B Progress St. Louis' 33-B Purity............• St. Louis 33-B Putnam Newton Sullivan 3 Puxico Puxico Stoddard 50 Pyramid St. Louis 33-A Pythagoras Cassville ...•..... Barry 55
380 196
Queen City Quitman
33 201 223 391 570 479 385 51 361 13 496 435 663
Ralls ..•............Center Ralls 17 Ravenwood Ravenwood Nodaway ........•. 7 Ray Camden Ray •.•............ 23 Raytown Raytown Jackson 59 Republic Republic Greene 45 Rich Hill .........•.Rich Hill .Bates 35 Richland .........•• Richland Pulaski 38 Richmond ........•• Ri'chmond Ray •.............. 23 Riddick ...........•Buffalo Dallas .41 Rising Sun ........• Barry. . . . . . . .. . .Platte .......•..... 21 Robert Burns •...... Gainesville Ozark 53 Rockbridge Almartha .ozark ............•. 53 RockhilL .•..' Kansas City Jackson ...•........ 22 .
Q Queen City Quitman
Schuyler ........••. 1 Nodaway 1
R
1954 "341 213 550 404 426 204 316 238 90 572
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
Rockville ,Rockville Rolla Rolla St. Louis Rose Hill Rosendale Rosendale Rothville Rothville Rowley Dearborn RuraL .....••.•...• Kansas City Rushville Rushville Russellville .......• ,Russellville Rutledge Rutledge
163
Bates ............•. 35 Phelps ...........•• 39 33-A Andrew ..........•. 9 Chariton 19 Platte 21 Jackson 22 Buchanan 9 ,Cole •••............ 31 Scotland .•......... 1
S 225 226 208 424 298 462 293 71 508 448 126 236 513 585 646 653 625 256 228 371 310 75 511 271 206 200 547 466 296 524 96 273 588 234 230 28 78 20
Salem Salem Dent •............. 39 Saline •.............St. Mary's Ste. Genevieve 48 Salisbury 'salisbury Chariton •.......... 19 Samaritan Bonne Terre St. Francois 48 Sampson Lutie Ozark ........•.... 53 Santa Fe Santa-Fe Monroe ..........•. 17 Sarcoxie Sarcoxie Jasper 44 Savannah Savannah Andrew ...........• 9 Saxton Saxton .Buchanan ..•....... 9 Schell City Vcrnon ....••...... 43 Schell City Seaman Milan .•......... .8ullivan 3 Sedalia ..•......... Sedalia Pettis 36 Senath Senath Dunklin ...........• 51 Shamrock Shamrock Callaway 27 Shaveh St. Louis ............•................ 33-B Shawnee Warsaw .Benton •.....•..... 36 Jackson ..•.......•. 22 Sheffield .Kansas City Shekinah .Festus ........•.. J efl'erson .........•. 40 Shelbina Shelbina Shelby .........•..• 14 Sheldon Vernon 43 Sheldon Sikeston .......•... Sikeston Scott 50 Silex ,Silex Lincoln 29 Skidmore ,Skidmore Nodaway 7 Solomon ,Springfield Greene .....•....... 45 Somerset Powersville Putnam ••.......... 3 Sonora .•...........Watson Atchison ••......... 8 South Gate Kansas City Jackson •........... 22 Southwest Southwest City McDonald 56 Sparta Sparta Christian 54 Spickardsville Spickard ..•......G"rundy 4 St. Andrews Shelbyville Shelby 14 St. Clair......•...•.Osceola ..•....... St. Clair •.......... 37 St. Francisville Wayland Clark 1 St. Francois Libertyville St. Francois 48 St. James St. James .•.•.... Phelps •.••......... 39 St. John's Hannibal. .Marion 15 St. Joseph ...•......St. Joseph Buchanan •......... 9 St. Louis •.......... St. Louis ..........•.••••••........... 33.A
164
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
93 St. Mark's Cape Girardeau Stanberry 109 Stanberry Taberville 419 Star Ironton 133 Star of the West Steele 634 Steele 538 Stella Stella 283 Stockton Stockton Strafford 608 Strafford Sturgeon 174 Sturgeon 69 Sullivan •...........Sullivan Summersville 555 Summersville 263 Summit Lee's Summit Kansas City 617 Swope Park
Cape Girardeau Gentry St. Clair Iron Pemiscot N ewton Cedar Greene Boone Franklin Texas Jackson J ackson
1954 49 6 37 48 51 56 42 45 26 32 .46 59 22
T
565 438 299 177 661 56 631 111 638 205 641 122 440 34 360 114 12
Tebbetts Tebbetts Temperance Smithville .Kansas City Temple 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 St Louis Tuscan Twilight Columbia Tyro Caledonia
Callaway 27 Clay •.............. 11 Jackson 22 Texas 46 St. Louis 33-A Moniteau 31 33-A Grundy 4 33-A Saline 24 33-A Chariton 19 Bollinger .49 Lincoln 29 33-B .Boone 26 Washington .40
U
593 Union Union Franklin De Kalb 124 Union Star .......•• Union-Star 210 Unionville Unionville Putnam Springfield Greene 5 United 495 Unity ..•......•..•.Richards Vernon 649 University ........• University City ••.St. Louis Urbana Dallas 421 Urbana
32 10 3 .45 43 33-A 41
V
413 629 509 491 320 94
Valley Bolckow Valley Park Valley Park Van Buren ........• Van Buren Vandalia .....•....•Vandalia Versailles .........• Versailles Vienna Vienna
Andrew •........... 9 St. Louis 57 Carter •............ 47 Audrain 27 Morgan 58 Maries 39
1954 62. Vinci!
.
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI , Cameron
165
Clinton ...........• 11
W
52 605 456 665 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
Wakanda .........• Carrollton Carroll .........•... 20 Walker Walker Vernon ..........•. 43 Wallace Bunceton Cooper 25 Wardell Wardell Pemiscot 51 Warren Keytesville Chariton 19 Warrenton Warrenton Warren 30 Washington Greenfield Dade .............• 42 Waverly Waverly Lafayette 23 Wayne Piedmont Wayne 52 W ayn esville Waynesville Pulaski : 38 Webb City Webb City Jasper .44 Webster Marshfield Webster .45 Webster Groves Webster Groves St. Louis 57 Wellington De Kalb Bnchanan 9 Wellston Wellston St. Louis ~ .. 57 Wellsville Wellsville Montgomery 28 Wentzville Wentzville St. Charles 30 West Gate St. Louis .....................•....... 33-B West View Millersville Cape Girardeau .49 Western Light. Louisburg Dallas •..........• .41 Western Star Winston Daviess 10 Weston Weston .......•.. Platte 21 Westport. •.........Kansas City J ackson 22 Westville W estville .chariton 19 / Wheeling Wheeling •....... l.Jivingston 12 White Hall Barnard .•.•..... Nodaway 7 Whitewater Whitewater Cape Girardeau 49 Whitesville Whitesville .Andrew •........... 9 Willard Willard Greene 45 Williamstown Williamstown Lewis 15 Windsor Windsor Henry 37 Winigan Winigan Sullivan 3 Winona Winona Shannon 47 Wm. D. Muir Pilot Grove '.- ..Cooper 25 Woodside Thomasville Oregon •........... 53 Wyaconda La Gran~e Lewis .. r• • • • • • • • • • • • 15 X
50
Xenia
Hopkins ........• Nodaway .......•.. 7
y 563
york
:Kansas City
Jackson .........••. 22
Z 545 '189
Zalma ..........•.• Zalma .......•... Bollinger •.....•..•. 49 Zeredatha ~St. Joseph .Buchanan •......... 9
GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT
NAME AND NUMBER OF LODGE
I] III
+'
:5 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 82 33 34
~ ~
CII
~
Po.
~ QI
$
III
~
6 6 10 Missouri. ...••......•.•. Meridian ................ 11 18 19 34 36 36 Beacon ................. 2 2 1 Howard..............•.. United.................. 31 35 34 2 2 2 O'Sullivan ............... 9 5 8 Geo. Washingt;on .••.•.•.. 18 17 15 Agency ................. Pauldingville ............ 1 1 1 Tyro ................•... .... .... .... Rising Sun .............. 16 16 16 1 1 1 Eolia........•.....•.... 1 Western Star ............ 3 4 6 Memphis ................ Clarksville .............. 4 5 4 Palmyra................ Paris Union ............. 4 1 3 St. Louis ............•... 30 25 29 Havana ......•.......... Wellington .....•........ Florida ................. Wyaconda ....•.......... 3 3 3 Naphtali .••••.......•... 6 6 7 Ava .................... 2 2 2 Evergreen ............... 2 1 1 St. John's ............•.. 13 17 16 Windsor ..........•..... ) 3 3 8 Huntsville ............... 6 5 6 Liberty..........•...... 11 13 12 Humphreys ....•.••..••. ..... 1 1 Ralls .•..•............... 3 6 5 Troy .................... 1 8 3\
~
~
III
~
:§ -5
~
ii3
<
~
Z
CII
+' +'
Po ~
III
'(ji ~
d
~
~
~
QI
A
A
~ ~ Po ~
rJ.l
rJ.l
Co ~
.c
><
CII
e
~
~
.,. ... .,. .,. .,. . . .,. .,.
···t···
....I....
............ I.... 1 .. .. I
1
4
2
:::J::il· .. ~I· .. ~
... ~I· ~. ~
1 .... .•.. 2 .... 1 2 2 2 5 31 .... .... .... .... I....
.. ..I
::::1::::1 I
CII
P-
...
~I"'i ....I
~
..!!: al
.... 2 13 5 .... 21 1 8 10 1 .... 2 15 42 15 .... .... 1 .... 1 .... 8 121 3 18 11 .... .... •••• 1.... 2 8 .... .... 9 24' 3 .... ., 31 .... .,. 21 .... 21 .... .... .... I.... 2 .... .... ., 1 4 2 .... 4 1 10 .... .... 2 .••• 1 10 •... .,. ..... 2 2 3 .... 2 9 5 1 .... ·2 .... ........ 2 2, .... 11 1 41 1 .... .... 4 1 2 91 ....
...~l
Co
III
3 4 .... I.... 2 2 .... ! . . . . 8 .... .... . ... 1 4 .... .... 1 3 .... .... 4 11 .... .... 2 1 .... . ...
2 .... .... . ... 10 1 .... ....
433 652 1888 147 1079 80 539 120 59 117 164 56 97 194 70 130 82 632 1 42 56 1 32 68 387 1 168; 85 487 134 141 241 46 98 126
III
o~
OCII
~
'"' ::l
~Po.
'"' III
CII
:b.~
~.~
III
~A ~
~
1 $1170.851 1775.25\ 5143.45 404.25\ 2956.15 220.00 1462.501 324.00: 154.501 331.351 464.101 159.001 260.951 525.251 202.501 357.251 222. 75 1732.50 100.251 151.501 88.001 184.501 1043.251 463. 95 1 231.00 1333.601 368.501 371.251 666.601 115.861 261.251 335.601 1
I
$1170.85 1775.25 5143.45 404.25 2961.75 220.00 1462.50 329.00 154.50 332.75 446.50 156.25 260.95 525.25 205.25 357.25 222.75 1732.75 100.25 151.50 88.00
t)
l=:
'i ~
CII
:lrJ.l~
~
~ QI
'"'
0
. ..... ......
......
. ..... . ..... 6.60 ...... . .....
. .....
. ..... 5.00 . ..... ......
Z-g
bOt,::l
OP-::l
. ..... ......
~.=~ CII.l=: •
~S.;
~gj~
~=]
.;;i:: :s
Po.
Po.
$60.00 110.00 340.00 20.00 310.00 60.00 140.00 30.00
10·°°1
$6.00 11.00 34.00 2.00 31.00 1.00 6.00 14.00 3.00
1.40 ••. 200:0'0\' ... 20:00 7.60 2.75 . .....
....6O:0.l ....,..00 ................
2.75 . ............... 50.001 5.00 10.001 1.00 810.001 31.00
...... ...... . ..... ...... .25
......
187.00 ...... .... ..
1043.25 466.25 231.00 1333.60 368.50 371.25
'a ~-g
CII
::l
A
0) 0)
•••• ~~:~O .••.• ~'.~O
"'d
.P:1 0 a t.%J t.%J
t::1 H
Z
Q
w 0
t'%j
8
~ t.%J
........ I........
2'' 1 20.001
2.00
...... 50.00 5.00 .... 2.30 . . . . . . .. . ...•... 20.00 2.00 . . . . .. ...... . . . . .. ..........••........ j ........ 90.00 9.00 . . . . .. ...... 6
m:~: :::::: 261.25 . . . . ..
·····.1
110.00 00 00
1.1: '1...
...... 335.50 . . • . .. .....•
11.00
: 1' ... .'4.00 :00
40.00 10.00
1.00
I
~ ~
Ot ~
36 36 87 38 39 40 41 43 44 45 46 47 .48 49 50 51 52 53 64
Mercer... 4 8 Cooper.................. 4 4 Hemple......... 1 2 Callao.................. 3 3 DeWitt ............•.••......... Mt. Moriah.............. 24 25 Bismarck............... 8 7 Jefferson................ 18 24 Fair Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... .... Bonhomme.............. 13 5 Wentzville Fayette................. 3 3 Fulton.................. 3 4 Holt.................... 3 2 Xenia................... 4 6 Livingston.............. 6 7 Wakanda............... 9 6 Weston................. 2 2 Index................... 5 5
~~ ~r;~o~~~~~: ::::::::::::
57 58 69 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
... ~ '"
~
Richmond ..·............. 15 20 Monticello................... 1 Centralia................ 7 9 New Bloomfield.......... .... 1 Waverly................ 5 3 Vincil.................. 3 3 Cambridge.............. 1 2 Monroe................. 2 1 Pattonsburg............. 11 9 Grant City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Kennett................. 11 11 Sullivan................. 4 3 Armstrong............ 2 2 Savannah............... 10 11 Gorin....................... 1 Eureka................. 1 3 Warren 1 1 Silex Independence............ 113 111 Lebanon................ 3 3 St. Joseph............... 20 19 Polar Star.............. 7 8
I
1
8 1 91.... 6j 5 3 5 .... I • • • • 41 2 1.... 11 . 1 1 .... 1 1 1 . 2 .... 11 .... 1 3 19\ 1 2[ 6 38 1 8 1. 11 1 1 1 25 8 71 3 13 5 1 .... 11 2. . . . 1 5 4 1/ 1 1 4 1.... 1 2 3 3 1. . . . 3 .... 3 3 31 2 4 3 1 .... 21 . 5 2 1. . . . 7 . 6 I.... 4 1 6 2 11 1 10 1 1 .... 11 1 3 9 8 1 .... 1. . . . 2 ....
~ ::::
:::: I::::I: : :: ::::
I
.... I....
... ·1.... ~.~~I· .... .... .... .... ....
69 201 60 1 128
::::I:::: 2~b ........ I 117 . ... .... 1.... ....
.... . . .. .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
21 2 7/ 2 5 8 1 ........ I 1.... 1 7 21 11 2 6 1 1 '.... .... 1 3 3 21........ 2 4 3 I 1 3 1 3 1 3 7 2 2 .. .. 31 4 .... 4 1. .. . 2 1 .... .... 2 . \ 2.. .. 2 •... ..•. 12 3 1 11 2 13 .... 4 3 31.... 6 6 2 1.... 3 13 1 31. . . . 3 11. . .. . ... I. . . . 1 1 .... 11 2 2 . 1 1 1 1 1 .. 1. . . . 1 . 98 15 61 4 16 9 3 3 31.... 9 1 22.... 11 4 16 6 10.... 21 4 17 7
:: :: ... '1' ...
I
168 261 60 105 63 1313
81 398 123 82 31 69 328 67 168 76 82 150
~t~li
116
145
168 218 58/ 255 69 131 63 43 1264 207 789" 694
I
459.751 684.751 134.501 286.001 173.001 3554.85 345.851 1763. 35 1 164.75 552.501 162.251 349.251 598.751 145. 20 1 315.85 222.751 1066.751 337. 75 1 225.50 85.251 189.751 902.85/ 154.001 417.361 200.751 228.001 412.501 396.351 280.501 291.65[ 398.751 450.351 599.501 154.001 702.451 189.751 359.60[ 170.501 115.751 3469.001 571.251 2163.601 1613.001
462.00 684.75 134.50 286.00 173.00 3555.25 • 351.25 1765.50 164.75 552.50 162.25 349.26 598.75 145.70 315.85 222.75 1067.00 338.00 225.50 85.25 189.75 902.85 154.00 417.35 209.00 228.00 412.50 396.35 280.50 291.65 398.75 443.75 599.50 154.00 703.25 189.75 359.60 170.50 116.75 3478.00 577.50 2163.60 1633.50
2.2511
70.001 40.001 10.001 20.001 20.001 260.001 80.001 160.001
7.00 4.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 26.00 8.00 15.00
.25 .25 ......
120.001 30.001 30.001 30.00/ 30.00 40.001 60.001 70.00 70.001 70.00
12.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 6.00 7.00 7.00 7.00
......
10.00 140.00/
1.00 14.00
70.001 " 50.001 30.00 20.00 40.001 100.001 20.00
7.00 . 5.00 3.00 2.00 4.00 10.00 2.00
40.001 30.00j 120.001
4.00 3.00 12.00
...... . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. .. ...... . . . . .. . .. ... ... . . . ......
.40 5.40 2.15
I·
\
.50
I
I.••••••••......••...•. . . . . ..
I...... \...... . . . . .. ...... I...... .6.60 ' . . . . .. 1 ...... .. .. ...... ...... . . . . .. ......
I
·.·
.80
I
I 20.001 ·.. ·
I
;
.
2.00 1.00
9.0011050.001 6.25 50.001 220.001 20.50 150.001
105.00 6.00 22.00 15.00
I
Q ~ ~
Z
t1
t"
o
t1
Q
trj
o
bj
~
H
[J) [J)
oq
~
.
10.001
I
~
..
I•.••••••••.••. I.•••.••• I...... I 1...... \' 8.25
I-' <:.0
01
..
I-' 0')
-1
GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT-Continued
~ ~
00
NAME AND NUMBER OF LODGE
'tl
~ ~ :§
'tl $
'tl'tl
~
gj Po<
I .~~ I 15~
<
~
I]
~
'tl ~$
r1l
~ .5;t:: ~~
'iii
~AA
I
~ ~
83 ~
M
86 87 ~
89 00 91
"
93 N 95
~
97 98 99 100 101
ro2 1~
104 105 106
ro7
109 110 111 112 113
d
~ ~ Z;:l Po ~
~
~
I
'1' ..
Bridgeton . 13 18 18 5 21 21 6 2 2 1 11 2.... 1 . 3 6 Jackson . 6 1 41 5 6 .. 6 11 Laclede . 31 91 19 6 \ . Webster Groves ....•..... 28 30 26 15 S 1 1 1 3 . 5 5 Miami . 9 Brookfield . 10 9 2 11 .... 1 31·· I.. · Washington... .. .. .. .. .. 31 41 4 1 11.. .. 3 I . Defiance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... .... .... .... . ... 1 ••• 1 2 I .. Friendship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 12 11 1 51 8 9 4 Russellville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 4 . . .. 1 1 2 . 1 3 1 •••• 1 . Ma.dison Perseverance............ 5 8 9 1 1 1 •••• 1 6 .. St. Mark's............... 23 25 26 1221 4 9 . Vienna................. 7 3 4. ... 11.... 1 1 , . Pomegranate............ 9 12 13 1 1 1 10 . St. Andrew·s. ...• .. . . 1 1•••• 1 1,. . .. . . Bethany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2 11 11.. .. 1 1 .. Webster................. 3 2 2 1 31 3.... 2 . Mt. Vernon............. 2 4 4 2 11 3 1 I .. Ash Grove.. .. .. .. 19 18 151 2 51.. .. 2 41' . Bogard.. 4 3 21.... 5 2 3 1 . Bloomington............ 21 21.... 1 . West View.............. 3 5 5 .... 11........ 4 I .. . Heroine. .... .. .. . . .. . . .. 51 52 51 2 61 7 19 8 / 1 Kirks~lle............... 10 10 12 1. 91 8 2 7 . Gallatm................. 7 10 131 1 21 1 3 I Greenville. .. .. .. . . .. . . .. 2 4 4 . . .. 11 2 1 . . Stanberry............... 4 4 4'.... 21 4 1 3 . Marcus. .•.. . .. •. . 12 13 13 2 2 1 2 3 . Trenton..... . . . .. . ... 8 7 12 3 2 1 7 3 . Maitland. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 11 2 2 2 . Plattsburg.............. 5 8 31 2 3
'1
'1' .
21
"I' .
2 21....
1\....
1
o'tl
'"' ;:l
"'A Il<:-:l
s ~
Qi
rIl
I
~
l'tl ~
!!lPo
rIl
A 01
A :-:l
0..,
..
........ >0 ...
~
1'
143~
385 1 140 118 180 304 346 75 84
I:
~.~
I 537 107 212 752 46 264 1481 69 310 71 48 215 517 69 660 67 155 108 1381 166/ 155 72 6-
~Il<
..,.sl:'tlI:
.~ ~-g
;:l
A
.... (\1
~
..,
~.;
1:.ob';;:l
§l:l.;:l
..,..,
cJlrllr.,.
'"'l:r.,.
~§i ~~~
~ ~ ~
al:c .
(\I..,
.2l
(\I
:a
~
o
~
"iii
I......
I
~~~
Il<
Il<
I.
I
1473.751 1473.75 ...... 130.•001 13.00 299.25 299.25 .. , . .. 50.00 5.00 580.25 580.25 . . . . .. 110.001 11.00 290.001 29.00 2044.85\ 2044.85...... 121.00 121.00 . . . . .. 50.00\ 5.00 712.00 712.00 ...... I ' 100.001 10.00 393.651 390.50 3.15'. . . . . . 30.001 3.00 181.501 181.50. . . . .. ..•... . I••••••• · 853.60 853.90 .... " .30 130.001 13.00 195.251 195.25. . . . .. 60.00 I 6.00 129.501 129..50 . . . . .. . ..•.... I · 595.25 596.50 . . . . . . 1.25 50.00 5.00 1404.75 1404.76. . . . .. 200.00 I 20.00 186.10 186.35 . .• . . . .25 40.00\ 4.00 1801.251 1801.25. .. ... 90.00 9.00 172.75 172.75 . . . . .. . I . 426.75\ 427.00...... .251 20.001 2.00 295.251 290.25 5.00 . . . . . . 30.001 3.00 379.251 379.50. . . .. . .25 20.00 2.00 465.601 466.25. . . .. . .65 180.001 18.00 438.101 438.10............ 60.00 ' 6.00 196.701 197.20...... . .50 20.00 2.00 180.851 181.10. . . . . . .25 30.00 1 3.00 3826.701 3826.70...... 510.001 51.00 1089.701 1089.70...... 100.001 10.00 70.001 7.00 386.85/ • 386.85...... 326.20 326.60 . . . . . . .40 I ···· 481.901 482.90. . . . . . 1.00 190.001 19.00 833.251 833.65. . . . . . .40 100.00\ 10.00 912.351 915.35. . . . . . 3.00 80.001 8.00 208.351 208.35.. ....... .. 233.101 233.75 I .65 I· .. · ..
I
..
"d
~
o o
t'j t'j
~
H
Z
Q
if.)
o
~
8
~
t'j
~ ~
01 ~
114 Twiltght....•...•••••••. 11 10 13 115 Laddonia ......•..•••.•• , 5 5 4 116 Barnes ....•••...•...•... 2 2 3 117 Helena ......•...•••••... 1 2 2 13 16 19 119 De Soto ..............••. 120 Compass ....•.•.•••••••. 13 9 16 121 Erwin ........•••••...•. 2 5 8 1 1 1 122 I Triplett ...••.••.••••••.. 4 , 123 Hermann •...•.......... 4 4 124 Union Star....••..••.... 2 2 3 125 Gentryville ..•...••..•... .... .... .... 126 Seaman ........•.•...... 8 4 6 127 Athens ......•.......•... 4 4 3 128 Lorraine ....•.....•.•... 3 3 3 129 Monett .........••.•••.. , 8 7 6 130 Hume ............•...••. 2 2 2 131 Potosi. ..•...•..•....... 7 6 5 132 Farmington .......•..... 12 12 12 138 Star of the West.••...•.. 6 4 3 4 2 134 Olean ............•...••. 2 9 11 6 136 Braymer................ 4 8 136 Phoenix ..•.••..••.••... , 7 137 Delphian ....•.•••••••.•. 1 138 Lincoln ..........•••.•.. 1 1 139 Oregon .•..•.•.••••.••.. 7 7 7 141 AUlSterdam .•......•.... 1 3 2 142 Pleasant Grove •.•..••... 2 2 2 2 143 Irondale....•...•.•••••.. 2 2 2 144 Modern ....•••••••.•.•.• 2 3 145 Latimer ....•....••.••... 2 3 2 12 10 147 Cass ..................•. 7 149 Lexington ..•.•••.•••••.. 18 13 13 150 Birming•••.••..•.•••••• 1 .... 2 .... 1 161 Milton ......••..•....... 9 152 Linn Creek ....•...•.•.•. 10 11 5 5 5 153 Bloomfield....••.••...... 164 Ionic ........•.......•.. 7 9 10 166 Ashland ..•..••••..•••••. 5 4 3 157 North Star•..••••...•... 9 9 10 158 Mt. Grove ....•.......... 5 5 8 159 Green City ..........•.• '. 2 5 6 160 Pleasant ..•........•..•• 2 1 ....
4 4 8 4 .... .... .... 1 2 .... 1 2 16 .... 2 .... 9 13 2 3 ••.. 1 18 .... 2 1 1 4 2 .... 1 . . . . .... .••. 1 .... 3 .••. .... .... . ... . ... 1 .... 1 .... . ... .... 3 2 3 1 .... .... .... 1 .... 2 .... .... 3 .... .... 1 3 .... . ... .... 2 1 10 3 3 .... .... .... 1 10 ..•. .... 41 .... , 1 .... .... .... .... .... 2 5 .... .... 2 2' .... 1 •••• 1 1 .... 3 .... .... .... 1 1 6 .... .... 51 1 2 .... .... 3 .... 1 1 .... 4 5 2 .... .... 81 2 4 1 .... .... 1 .... .... .... 1 .... .... .... .... 1 .... .... .... .... 1 1 .... .... .... 1 .... 1 2 1 2 3 1 6 .... .... 4 6 7 8 .... .... 6 .... 2 2 .... .... 8 1 2 .... .... .... .... 1.... 1 6 .... 1.... 1 2 1 21 .... 8 .... 1. . . . 1 .... .... 1 1 1 2 ........ 1 4 12 .... .... 1/ .... 1 ' ,2 .... .... 3 1 4 2 2 1 1 4 2 1 .... 1
...'1 ...
:J) ....
... ~r.oo~
l ... ~I
loo,
'I '
... ~ ... ~
:::r'j
329 45 90 47 253 146 441 68 1501 87 46 214 163 61 429 84 147 229 131 39 123 159 531 62 115 86 108 84 88 124 187 180 72 231 146\ 177 181 105 178 197 104 37
907.25 118.25 239.25 126.10 699.85 411.50 1204.50 187.00 407.251
907.55 118.25 239.25 126.10 705.35 411.50 1204.50 187.00 407.50 241.15 123.75 121.00 592.60 588.25 447.60 447.60 167.75 167.75 1145.45 1148.20 238.25 238.25 404.25 404.25 623.70 623.70 352.25 352.25 117.00 117.00 313.50 313.50\ 467.25 457.25 145.50 145.75 160.00 160.00 322.70 323.50 236.50 236.50 299.10 299.10 230.35 230.25 236.60 237.00 340.75 341.00 526.10 654.75 494.75 494.75 189.75 189.76 63.26 63.251 885.50 385.001 490.35 490.35 476. 35 1 476.60 288.50 288.50 479.60 480.001 538.60 538.60 286.00 286.00/ 101.75 101.75
241'' 1
I
I
I 270.00 27.00 90.00 9.00 30.00 3.00 10.00 1.00 120.00 12.00 130.00 13.00 20.00 2.00 30.00 3.00 .25 40.00 4.00 ........ 1........
. ..... .30 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 5.50 ...... ...... ...... ......
......
. .....
:::::: I"T{, 4.36 •••.••
........ I........
I-l ~
CJl ~
Q
130.00 50.00 110.00 110.00 30.00
13.00 5.00 11.00 11.00 3.00
180.00 90.00 40.00 150.00 60.001
18.00 9.00 4.00 15.00 6.00
§
10.001 1.0' : : : : :: .... :80 .... 60:001" ... 6:00 ...... •..... 20.00 2.00 30.00 3.00 .10 . . . . . . 20.QO 2.00 ...... .40 80.00 8.00 .25 30.00 3.00 ...... 120.QO 28.65 12.00 . ..... ...... 180.00 18.00 . ..... ...... 10.00 1.00 ...... 20.00 2.00 ...... .50 100.00 10.00 ...... 70.00 7.00 ...... .25 9.00 90.001 . ..... 20.00 2.00 .40 ...... 70.001 7.0' ...••. ..•... 80.00 8.00 ...... ..•.•. 50.00 6.00
;.:g
. ........... . ..... ...... 2.75 . ..... ...... . ..... ...... . ..... ...... ...... . ..... ...... . ..... ...... ......
...... ' '1 ..... '1' .....
...... /...... , ........ ,........
~
Z
t:; ~
Q t<j
o
~ H
Ul Ul
oq
~
I-l O':l
~
. NAME AND NUMBER OF LODGE
GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT-Continued
ClI
III
171
172 173 174 176 177 178 179 180 182 183 184 185 187 188 189 190 192 193 194 196 196 197 198
Clifton Hill .............. Whitesville •.••••......•. Occidental. ............. Joachim ................ Portageville •............ Colony ....•.....•.•••... Camden Point ........... Benevolence ............. Hartford .•.........•.... Censer ..•...•••...•..... Gray Summit ............ Sturgeon ..•.....•...•... Point Pleasant ........... Texas ....•.••••......... Griswold ................ Pride of the West ....•... Pyramid ..•...•......... Pilot Knob •••••••.•.•.•. California .......••••.... Morley..•....••••••••••• Chamois ................ Hermon •.....•.••••••... Hannibal. .....•........ Zeredatha ............... Putnam ................. Frankford ......••.••.•. Angerona ............... Wellsville ...........•••• Bolivar ..........•...... Quitman ....•.•...•..... Carthage ......•......... Allensville ...............
't:l
't:l
ClI
ClI
~
.l!I III ~
~
4 1 15 5 20
2 1 14 2 12
4 2 8 4 3 2 7 4 5 6 17 2 6 5 6 11 5 26 1 1 8 6 2 3 19 2
2 5 7 2 3 3 4 6 7 15 1 4 2 4 14 6 26 3 1 7 6 6 6 14 3
.... ....
4
2 1 15 3 13 1 3 4 4 7 4 3 4 2 6 8 9 2 4 2 4 13 8 20 1 1 8 6 5 7 17 3
]
~
't:l
....ClI
.... .... 2 3 4 2 .... 2 .... 1 1 .... .... 3 1 2 .... .•.. 2 2 3 1 1 2 •.' .. .... .... 3 3 .... 3 ....
~
]
is .~ < ~
l=l
11. ...
..
~1 ·5
101
1 7
.... I.... 1[ .... 11 .... 4 ....
l'"
.... 1 6 .... 2 2 .... j 2 3 41 2 11 2 1 8 11 ....
...~l
. ·~r 7 101
0
Z
~
25
.. ~~ ... ~
11 .... 2 71
l'"
1 ..•.
1~1 ... :
1 1 2 3 1 3 1 4 3 1 1 7 1 11 9 .... 6 3 6 3 7 18 3
~
o
P. ~
't:l ~
;g
Po
;g
'i p.
rJ)
rJ)
~
Po
ClI
is
.... 1
~
~
't:l 't:l
] +> '....a
161 162 163 164 166 168 169 170
~
-.:l
1 4
1 12 1 3 1 8 15 3 .... 1 6 .... 6 6 1 2 3 1 2 13 4 2
><
···1····1
........
::::1::::\
.... / ....
........ .... .... .... .... .... . ... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... , .... .... .... .... .... ....
I ....
1 .... .... 3 9 .... 4 2 ....
.... .... .... .... ....
9
.... .... .... .... .... ....
6 .... 6 ....
OCll
~
"'::S
~l=l
ClI
'S
"'t'~ It) ...
ClI
~
)1
55 69 216 139 254 38 81 41 86 232 102 104 75 147 67 390 468 58 147 118 138 157 407 966 130 67 49 163 151 63 421 63
26 151. 1 192.25 593.60 382.251 707.001 99.25 224.851 111.30/ 244.15 618.50 280.50 282.00 208.75 404.25 184.25 1056.26 50 1267. 153.75 1 385.50 344.10 382.001 458.10\ 1112.651 60 2696. 362.50 1 156.75 137.25 430.00 403.60 173.00 1156.35 177.86
P.
~:g
::s l=l
~~
u
:~
III
$I ~
~
0
",Ill
~.
ClI
s::
~
S::'t:l
.~ ~'g
ClI
op.::s
t~§
)1S..;
~gj~
gj~~
ClI
'"
~.5~
ClIA
~~]
•
.;~)1 ~
~
~~,.0.01
~'.O.O
150.25 1. 001...... ....• .25 . ... 192.50 ...... . 593.60 ...... , 18.00 180.001 382.25 ............ 11.00 110.001 32.00 709.50 ...... 2.50 320.00 89.25 10.001····· . 60.00 6.00 6.00 .66 50.00 225.50 ...... 2.00 111.30 ...... 20.001 246.15 . ..... 9.00 1.00 90.001 618.00 100.00 10.00 .50 ...... 3.00 280.50 ...... ...... 30.001 282.00 ...... 20.00 2.00 60.00 209.00 ...... .26 6.00 404.25 . ..... ...... 40.00 4.00 184.25 ...... 30.00 3.00 .10 1066.35 ...... 60.001 6.00 1267.75 ...... .26 16.00 150.001 154.00 . ..... .25 2.00 20.001 385.60 ...... 50.00 5.00 346.50 ...... 2.40 40.00 4.00 40.00 4.00 382.00 458.10 ...... 120.001 12.00 1112.65 50.00 5.00 2696.50 250.00 25.00 362.50 • ••• ~~'.O.O ••••• ~'.O.O 156.75 137.50 . ..... .25 8.00 80.001 434.60 ...... 4.50 40.00 4.00 100.00 10.00 403.60 2.50 170.60 160.00 15.00 .40 1166.76 ...... 17.00 170.00/ . 20.00 2.00 177.86 ......
......
'"0
~
o
otr:.j tr:.j tj
H
Z o
rn
o
~
1-3
III tr:.j
...... ......
...... ...... ......
I
~
1:..0
c.n ~
199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 226 226 227 228 230 231 232 283 284 236 237 238 239 241 248 244 246
NewHope ....•••••••••.. Sonora•......•.......... Ravenwood .•...•........ Westville ......•••.•..... Brumley .......•..•.•... Rowley ................. Trilumina ..•.•.•.....•.. Somerset .......••...•... Clay ............•....... Salisbury ............... Poplar Bluff.••••.•...... Unionville ......•........ Hickory Hill ..••....•.... Four Mile ..•.•.....•.... Rolla ....•.........•.••• Forest City .............. Hornersville.•........••. Hale City ................ Barbee ..•...........••.. Good Hope .............. Albert Pike ....•......... Kansas City...•.....•.•. Mystic Tie.....•........ La Belle ................. Ray ...•••..•..••••..... Hamilton ..•...••••••••• Salem ....•....••........ Saline .................. Cypress .........•.•..... Shelbina ................ St. James ............... Cardwell ....•........... Polo ............•....... Bucklin ......•.......... St. Francois ••..•........ Sedalia........••........ La Plata................ Rushville ................ Hopewell .••...•......... Palestine ......•.•....... Keystone .••.•.•.•.•.•... Middle Fabius .•....•.... Knobnoster ..........•...
5 3 1 1 1 9 2 10 3 2Q 7 3 8 18 2 5 4 5 12 21 18 8 2 8 2 8 8 4 8 6 6 8
2
2 21 2 3 6 14 14
2 2 2 2 1. 2 1 -1 1 3 2 13 2 14 3 4 4 17 2 8 4 1 10 16 17 3 2 8 4 3 10 4 6 7 6 5 4 2 22 8 4 4 15 14
1 9 3 12 2 14 2 4 4 12 2 5 4 1 9 11 19 3 4 11 4 4 1~
4 6 8 7 2 4 1 24 4 8 4 17 18
1
I
31
1
2
•••• 1••••
.... 1
1 1
1
...l .. ~
21 .... 1 .. •. 1 3 1 1 1 1 .... .... 6 .... .... .... 2 1 6 .... .... 2 .... 28 2 1 .... 4 .... 1 2 .... .... 2 1 1 .... 2 2
' '41 ~
2 3 6 11 1 4/ 21 .... 1 1
~I
7 6
2
1 10 1 5
I ... ,.... ........
:::r::1
........ 1 3 2 1 6 2 3 7 .... .... .... 4 5 .... .... 4 .... .... 13 .... .... .... 6 ·7 .... ....
....
. ... .... .... .... 1 8 .... .... ....
• ... 1....
... ~I
11
1~1
...:I... ~ 41 11 11
1 5 2 2 14 1 2 1 1 4 7 4 3 6 1 .... 2 1 2 4 24 2 24 1 1 .... 6 • 8 1 .... 1 1 2 .... 1 .... 13 1 11 ....
1 .... 1 18 12 1 6 17 2 2 2
~I' "3
4 1 2
.... / ....
.... 1 . . . . 4 21 191 .... .... 1 4 61 ....
···f·j 3 .... 1\ .••. .... 1 4 5
... a]' .. al,... all' .. il:.. . . 1,. :'. '.
.... ....
1 ....I....
.... .... .... \.... ........ ........ .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
....
....
.... .... .... .... .... .... . ... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
.... .... .... .... ....
I
277.001 187.00
I
50.00/
6.00
274.25 2.75 ...... 187.00 ............ 60.00 6.00 277.75 277.50 .25 ...... 228.25 ............ 228.25 84 88.00 ............ 88.001 108 10.001 1.00 299. 25 1 299.25 ............ 283 756.25 756.25 ............ 90.00 9.00 761 202.55 202.55 20.001 2.00 524.50 ............ 193 90.00 9.00 173 464.50 ...... 463.70 .80 ........ I........ 365 965.85 1 965.85 . ..... ...... 15.00 182 511.50 511.50 ...... 110.00 11.00 53 151.35 151.85 ..... .50 50.00 5.00 185 496.55 100.00 10.00 .40 516 1413.60 1413.60 ...... . 170.00 17.00 74 195.10 195.10 20.00 2.00 106 288.50 288.75 ...... .25 50.00 5.00 76 209.00 209.00 ...... . 5.00 50.00 384.10 ...... ...... 384.101 50.00 5.00 140\ 1061 12.00 120.00 2885. 50 1 2885.50 ...... 405 1083.10 1085.60 ...... 210.00 2.50 21.00 740 2001.10 2003.60 ...... 2.50 180.00 18.00 115 318.35 318.35 40.00 4.00 3.00 143 30.00 392.35 392.35 ...... ...... 44 80.00 8.00 121.00 121.00 ...... 17.20 158 444.10 461.30 ...... 10.00 1.00 7.00 232 70.00 634.20 634.20 ...... ...... 90.00 9.00 178 486.50 ...... ...... 486.60 84 ...... 50.001 5.00 230.60 230.60 6.00 157 ...... 431.75 431.751 60.001 • 162 60.00 6.00 417.75 417.75\ 114 6.00 845.26 345.25 ...... 60.001 89 247.50 ...... 60.00 6.00 247.501 1.25 10.00 1.00 64 187.00 ...... 185.75 2.00 47 126.50 126.50 20.00\ 1.35 220.00 22.00 646 1500.40 1501.75 5.40 7.00 148 395.36 400.75 ...... 70.001 4.00 40.00 111 306.60 ...... 306.50 109 299.75 299.75 ...... 140.00 14.00 268 709.50 709.501 570 1551.00 ~~~:o.o ~~'.~O 60 159.50 159.60 20.00 2.00 36 96.50 96.60 98
68 104 81 1
::::~~:~o ::::-: ~:~o
50
01
H::.-
...... I......
""
.
496'''1
J-o-l
~
......
160.001
...... ..... .....
...... ......
...... ...... ......
......
o
~ Z
tj
t"l
otj otrj ofo:l;:j ~
H
Ul Ul
o
q
~
...... ......
.......
1661.001
...
...001
I
....
6.00
J-o-l
-:]
J-o-l
GRAND SECRETARY'S TAB'ULAB STATEMENT-Continued d
l:i NAME AND NUMBER OF LODGE
1'a ....
246 247 249 251 253 254 255 256 257 259 260 262 263 265 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 276 277 278 279 281 282 283 284 285 287
1 Montgomery .•••••••••••. 11 Neosho ..•. : .••••••••••• 2 Carroll. ••••.•.•••••.•... 11 Hope ••..•.•.•.••••••.•. 5 Laredo ..•.•••••••••••••. 4 Butler •.•.•.•••..••..•.. Alton ...•....•..•..••... 4 Shekinah •••...•••••.... , 24 Lodge of Light ••..•..... 1 Lodge of Love ........... 7 Mechanicsville ••••••••••. 2 Holden ....•...•••.•.... ' 9 Summit.·...•••••••••..•. 12 10 Corinthian •.•••••••••••. Aurora •..•.•...••.•.•.• 12 Lodge of Truth ..••.••... 2 Brotherhood••••••••••••. 16 NewSalem •••••••.•••••. 5 Solomon .....•.......... 44 Granite ..........•...•.. 8 St. Clair.•..•...•...•... .... Cold Spring.••.....••... 2 Grand River ..•..••••••.. 9 Wm.D.Muir •.•.•.•..... 2 Essex .••..•••.•..••.•••.. 1 Hogle's Creek .......•..• 3 Fenton .••....•..•••••.. ' 19 Cosmos .....••...•.•••.. 20 Stockton ......•...•...•. 2 Canopy.....••..••...•.. 11 EarL .....••..•.....•... .... Craft•••.•••••...••••••. 3
1II
'tl <II
m
~
'tl
1II
.!5
~
~
~ ~ ~
oS
~
~
&! -< ~
.§
'" ClI
2 2 2 2 3 2 9 2 2 3 7 9 1 1 .... 3 1 .... 2 1 1 .... 12 12 1 1 .... .... .... 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 1 1 5 •••. .... 6 4 1 2 22 20 .... 1 1 3 .... .... 2 1 .... 7 8 .... 3 '2 3 2 .... .... 2 1 1 2 2 6 8 4 .... 1 1 11 13 6 3 13 3 7 8 1 13 3 12 10 •••. 2 .... .... .... .... 2 6 21 24 8 4 .... 2 2 .... .... .... 6 8 7 5 13 50 41 4 4 2 6 9 8 2 2 1 1 3 6 1 .... 1 .... 2 .... 1 7 .... 9 1 3 2 .... .... 4 4 3 .... 3 2 .... 2 4 8 18 20 4 11 4 3 11 15 9 .... 2 2 2 2 5 2 4 8 3 1 11 13 1 .... 1 1 1 4 3 2
l"
... : ... ~
P.
'tl
Z ::5 ~
~
rI1
rI1
!§
ClI
:=: CII
~
!!j
5 1 3 2 1 6 2 4 .... .... .... .... 3 14 8
ril
.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... . ... .... 1.... 1 .... . ... .... ....
. ... .... .... .... . ... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
.... .... .... 7 1 12 6 4
P.ol
oj
~
~
'tl 'tl
.... .... .... . ... ...• .... .... .... .... ....
. ... .... ....
8 .... ....
3 3 6 .... .... 4 7 ........ "1 ' ........ 7 .. 2
I
IS1II
Olll
o:g
~~
"''''
",::l
,.Q
~~
~'1Il 1O~
l31II
~
150 290 92 231 59 158 140 318 54 145 86 158 213 201 384 68 494 96 862 432 129 64 70 41 121 86 245 428 131 362 42 153
~~
0>
....
....
417.50 802.50 262.36 632.50 154.00 434.001 360.25 873.35 143.00 401.25 236.50 435.95 580.25 582.10 890.55 187.00 1862.20 258.50 2372.65 1189.35 350.35 170.50 178.85 112.75 347.35 233.75 668.00 1178.351 5 990.95 115.50 "" 418.00
418.00 802.50 266.50 632.50 154.00 434.00 360.25 876.10 143.00 401.25 236.50 437.25 580.25 585.75 890.55 187.00 1368.60 258.50 2374.25 1190.05 363.60 170.50 179.50 112.75 348.60 233.25 668.00 1178.35 364.50 992.16 115.50 418.00
0)
°1
I--l ()
1II
::l ~ ClI
'; ~
'tl CII
'"
0
. ..... . ..... . ..... . ..... . ..... ...... . ..... . ..... . ..... ...... . ..... . ..... . ..... . ..... . ..... . ..... ...... . ..... . ..... . .....
......
. ..... . ..... ...... ...... .50
. ..... ...... . .....
. .....
~'tl
'aoA::s ~'8
~~§
~13';
1II.l::
.50 3.16
...... ...... ......
2.75
...... ......
1.30
3.65
......
6.40
...... ...... ...... ......
'iii~::a
~
. 1.60 .70 3.25 . ....... 20.00 20.QO .65 20.00 1.25 10.00 ...... 80.00 ...... 180.00 ...... 200.00 20.00 1.20 80.00
•
~gj ~
~~~ 10.00 100.00 20.00 90.00 40.-00 40.-00 40.00 230.00 50.00 70.00 40.00 100.00 120.00 90.00 90.00 20.00 120.00 50.00 400.00 80.00
~ ~
~.S~
~~~
~
()
;
.
~
1.00 10.00 2.00 9.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 23.00 5.00 7.00 4.00 10.00 12.00 9.00 9.00 2.00 12.00 5.00 40.00 8.00
t'tl ~
o a
t:;j t:;j
t1
1-1
Z
~
rJJ
oI:I:j 1-3
1Il t:;j
. .......
30.00 1
2.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 8.00 18.00 20.0Q 2.00 3.00
I--l
3.00
c:J1
to ~
288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 298 299 300 301 302 303 305 306 807 308 810 811 312 313 814 815 816 817 318 819 820 321 322 823 824 825 826 327 828 830 331 832 884 835
I!
3 1 1 5 8 1 6
Sampson ,.. Temple ; Doric , White Hall ,......... Lick Creek. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Osage. .. . .. Cecile-Daylight, . . . . . . . . . Ashlar. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. New London. . • . . . . . . . . . Parrott ....•.• , . . • . • . . . . Sikeston................ Kearney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cuba. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . Meramec ..•.......... , . .
2 37
37
2 2 11 4 7 7 11 34 5 4 7
2 2 4 4 1. 11 8 2 5 9 1 6 4 1 8 12. . . . 5 3 4 23 26 18 1 .... 2 3 .... 6 3. . . .
r;::::~~:::::.;:::::::::. ~
'
3 . .• . 2\ 1 2 b . 2 1 .31 •••.••• ·•••··•·••·•· 1 .... 11.... 2 1 .. '4 1 51 3 2 2 .. 3 21 1 3 2. . .. . . 1 . I 3. . .. . . 4 . .. . 11 1 3 1 .. 00/ ....
Hermitage " . Graham ,. ...•. , Fairmont............... Edina. . .. .. . .. . .. .. .. .. . Lamar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarcoxie , .., . . . . . . . Mound City.. .. .. .. . .. ..
3 3 2 4 3 1 6
L ::: ::::61I: :: 1: 1
~
35
5
18 7 , .1....
1. . ..
'" 2 :::: ::::
~
1 30 1
11 17.00
11. • . . 1 11 3 6 11 1 4 11. . .. .... 11 2 1 1 .... 2 4 2 3
1.... ....
. .. . 1 . 3. . .. . . 4 .. 3 . . ... ........ .... 1 5 00.. . 4 .... I . 1 .... \ 6 ........
····1····
11
1 1 2 61 . . .. ....
r~~~~ie~: :::::::::::::: ... ~ .. j ... ~ :::: ... 31".i
I
L ::: :::: ::::
Rural. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. 14 10 10 1 71 1 12. . .. . . Osborn.................. .... .... .... .... .... 2 .. Elaorado. . • . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3 3 3 1 2 3. . .. . . Paulville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 3 .... 1 4 4 3 . Versailles. . . . . . . . • • . . . . . 6 9 10 2 ... 2 2.. .. .. .. Jonathan... .. .. .. .. .. . . 4 4 4 . 3 . 7 . Hardin................. 5 2 1 2 1/ 1 1 .... Cornerstone............. 11 17 17.... 2 2 12 3 ,.... McDonald............... 32 35 38 2 51 3 7 13 . Dockery. • . . • • • . . • . . . . • . . 2 3 3 1 \ 1 3 2 I •••• Linn .•.................. 1 212/1 1223 ' . Mt. Zion................ 5 8 8 .... 101 4 4 6 .. Cainsville ..... , . . . . . . . .. 9 7 5 1 11. .. . 1 .... . . Paul Revere............. 26 17 11 3 31.... 6 6 .. Charity................. 41 411 38 3 101 4 21 17 .. Excello •...........••.. , .... .... .... · ... 1 2 2 4 I I Breckenridge.. • . • . .. • . . . 1 ..•. 1 1 1 2 .•.. .., Joplin... .• .•. 28 27 35 2 11 4 27. '" .
'1" ..
'j' .. '1
I
I
I
I
86 58 84 147 185 98 130 60 69 77 1188 60 22 119 324 194 45 76 162 414 64 197 112 47i 57 404 37 54 80 155 85 96 565 553 63 202 . 269 78 446 1206 65/ 90 743 1
I
I
233.00 . . . . .. 233.00\ 161.50 . . . . .. 161.50 2.50 233. 10 1 235.60 . . . . . . 414.00 .. 414.00 594.70 594.701 267. 10 1 267.10 .. 359.00 . . . . .. 359.00 165.00 I...... 165.00 189.751 189.75 . .40 226. 35 1 226.75 . . . . . . 3253.05 3253.05 . . . . .. 162.25 ....•. .•.... 60.50 ... ... 321.50 2.75 324.25 877.00 .. .... 877.00 535.20 535.20 . . . . .. 118.00 ... . . . .40 117.60 206.25 2.10 . . . . . . 208.351 439. 75 1 439.75 . . . . .. 1148.50 1148.50 178.75 . . . . . . 8.25 170.50 536.00 . . . . .. 536.001 305.45 ..... , .65 304.801 115.10 . . . . .. 115.101 157.15 .40 ... 157.55[ 1110.651 1110.65 . . . 101.75 . . . ..•... 101.751 148.50 7.50 . . . .•. -156.00 196.75 196.75 . .. 420.75 420.75 242.90 . . . . .. 242.90 251.55 . .. 55 251. 1 1547.75 .. 1547.75 .60 1530.10 1529.50 173.25\ 173.25 555.50 , . 555. 50 1 749.25 749.25 208.75 .. 208.751 .75 .. 1225.751 1226.50 , ...... 3315.951 3315.95 176.00 1......•••... 176.001 253.80 253. 80 1 1999.00 1999.00, ..... ' I • • • • • •
l~~::gll
I
..
I ..
I
50.00 5.00 80.00 8.00 .••..... . . 70.00 7.00 70.00 7.00 40.001 4.00 150.00\ 15.00 10.001 1.00 20.001 2.00 20.001 2.00 370.00 37.00 . I ·. 20.001 2.00 30.00\ 3.00 110.00 11.00 70.001 7.00 20.00 2.00 20.001 2.00 80.001 8.00 380.00 38.00 40.00 4.00 40.00 4.00 70.00 7.00 . I..•••.•. 10.00/ 1.00 140.001 14;00 . .•..... I.· · . \ . 30.001 3.00 70.00 7.00 60.001 6.00 50.00 6.00 340.00 20.00 10.00 80.001 50.00 260.00 410.001 10.001 30.00. 280.001
34.00 2.00 1.00 8.00 5.00 26.00 41.00 1.00 3.00 28.00
~
c.o
<:J1 ~
Q
~
Z
t;j ~
o
t;j Q tr.j
o
~
~
H
W
W
oq
~
H
~
~ ~
GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT-Continued
~
-.:J
NAME AND NUMBER OF LODGE
"d
$
"d
~ I·~
~
:9 336 837 338 339 340 341 342 344 345 346 347 349 351 352 353 354 355 356 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 871
Hallsville ....•.......... Blue Springs............
H.erc~J1aneum............
FIdelIty................. Westport................ Rockville Circle Moberly................. FeIlowship.. .... .. .... .. Arlington............... America................ Pollock..... Mosaic. . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . Friend.:................ Barnesville.............. Hebron..... . .. . Adelphi. Anc. Landmark......... Northwest... Garrett................. Tuscan................. Reddick. . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . Hiram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . Fraternal. Higginsville............. Bayou.................. Adair...................
"d
~
<V
~
Po<
~I] ~ ~
I
.~
IE <
~ "d
$ ~
~
d
~ P~
'Qj ~
.5(:l
"d
0:5
Z s:i
cit
~ ~
Q
rJ2
rJ2
ril
~ ~ ~ ·J.. .I.· ..
~
Po (1l
Q,
><
1 3 2i .. ··/ .. I........ '.... 14 1 12111; 41 2 1 7........ 111 6 1 .... !.... 1 2............ 3 3 1 1:.................... 23 31 5 191 5 29 19.... 1 1•••• i.. ·· 3; 11. 1 1 \ 2 I j 11 1/ 1 1 1 25 24 28 3 61 2 8 6........ 30 30 33 5 11 3: 11 '6 .... /1. . . . 1 1 2.... 51.... 4 2........ 16 12 191 1 1 3 9 1 '1' 4 4 6: 1.... 1 2........ 2 2 4 i. ... . I. . . . 1 4. . .. .... 8[ 7, 61 1.... 6 5 3' 3' 31 21 11 2 1.· .. 1 15 1 13 1 161 61 21 3 12 5 I· i I.... 4 1 11 1 4 , / 5 4 11.... 1 .... 8 11 15 2 1 1.... 5........ 1 1 1 1 2 1.... 44 43 41 8 101 3 15 20 ·1···· 3 2 21' . . . 7 2 4 15 I. . . . 8 6 5. . . .. . \ 1 2 . . .. . .. 2 2 21 1 1 2. 71 5 71.... 31.... .... 11 I· .. · 4 4 41 .... ' 11··.· 1 14 '.... 27 26, 27 2 51 10 5 14 3\ 16 13! 3, 32'
1....
41....
'1' ...
1
6 3 5
7 3 5
5 3 8 .... 3 ....
2 2 2. . .. .... 11........ 2........ 11' ... 1. . .• .... ....
~.~
~::s
IS <I)
<lI(:l
~~
Po<te ~~ ~
361
1
170 105 83 1179 571 45 630 778 91, 386; 61' 69 1521 781 3601 42 1 81 126 461 966 115 156 89 96 67 585 1'
1
I. "'j ~;:~:e·~tHi'li:::::::::::: ~I 1 :1;'" ~I" j'" 1;~1 11 il'"il ~::: :1::::1 I 1
Composite.. . .. .. .. . . .. . . Williamstown........... Sheldon. . . . . . • • . . . . . . . . .
Po (1l O"d
0(1)
115 68 117
~p..
"1'''' ~~
I
99.001 502. 60 1 277.75 230.351 3231.201 161.501 123.501 1724.10i 2094.85 ~ 260.25; 1053.251 165.001 187. 25 1 415.25 193.901 970.251 115. 10 1 217.00 343.751 126.251 2640.401 298.551 418.00j 244.751 263.251 189. 25 1 1585.25 115.751 349.25\ 311.00 186.351 321.501
I
.~
~
~
O"d
§"d
§~§
~ ~ ~
gj~~ ~ §d ~:::.s
.~
]
P=I
~t§
~:Er: t.:l gj ffi
~~~
Po<
0
I
Po<
I
99.00 .. ...... 60.001 6.00 ..•... 160.001 16.00 502.60 277.75 140.001 14.00 230.35 30.001 3.00 330.001 33.00 3231.20 . 162.25 . .75 I•••••••. 123.50 I...... 20.001 2.00 1727.85 I 3.75. . . . . . .. . . 280.00\ 28.00 2094.85 20.001 2.00 252.75 7.50 . . . . . . 1053.25 " 1 210.001 21.00 ,...... 40.001 4.00 165.00 187.2~ , I .. 415.2;; . .. • I . 194.15 .25 30.001 3.00 975.25 i 5.00 140.00 14.00 115.10 ." .. .... 1 10.001 1.00 217.25 . . . . . . .25 50.00 5.00
I
I......
~~~:~~ : : : : ::
2656.9-0 298.55 418.00 244.75 264.00 189.25 1585.25 115.75 349.25 311.00 187.00 321.50
:::::: ... ~~~..O.\ ... ~~,.O.O
...... 16.50 . . . . .. ....•. . . . . .. . . . . .. ...... .75 . . . . .. ,...... 1...... 1 ...•••
,. . . . . . ...... .65 .. .... ......
I
1
440.001 120.00i 80.001 20.001 70.00 40.00 210.00 40.001 10.001 50.001 20.001 50.001
\
44.00 12.00 8.00 2.00 7.00 4.00 21.00 4.00 1.00 5.00 2.00 5.00
'ij ~
o o
tt.:l tt.:l
tj H
Z
Q
ro
o
~
1-3 ~
t:;j
~ ~
01 ~
372 Nonpareil............... 3 3 3 ..•..... 1 1................ 373 B~lle.................... 11 13 12 1 91 1 1 13..... . . . 375 WayIeville............. 5 6 6 2 3 .... 6 1..... .. . 376 King Hill............... 30 82 32 6 61 2 10 9........ 377 Anc. Craft.............. 2 31 2.... 7........ . .. 1 1 1 1· .. ·1 378 379 Blllmgs................. 1 2 6 1 1. . . . 3 , '1 380 Queen City.............. 2 2 4 I.... 1 1........ 4 6 7. 61 1 9 1 381 Ionia................... 8 5 4 3 21 1 5 6 '1' . . . . 383 Pythagoras. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384 East Prairie............. 6 7 5 1 11 21 3 4........ 385 Richland.......... . .. . .. 3 3 3 1 14 1 4 1 387 Woodside............... 5 5 4 1 1 6........ 389 Arcana................. . ' 1 1.. .. .... . ... 1. .. . 391 Raytown................ 41 39 37 6 7; 2'1 6 9 392 Christian............... 4 4 4 .... _41.... 3 .... 393 Beehive................. 7 5 6 2 21 1 1 3 396 Western Light........... 3 4 4 1 61 \.... 7........ 397 Gower. 2 2 3 I.... 1 2........ 398 Jasper.................. 1 1 1 1 1[ 1 1 1........ 399 Pike.................... 1 1.... 400 Decatur................. 1 2............ 401 Carterville.............. 8 8 7 2 51 1 7 5. ' " 1 402 Malta 5 6 4 1 1 1 I 403 Lowry City 1 1 .1 11 ·1.... 404 Rosendale............... 1 1 2 1 1 1 .... .. .. / 405 Everton................. 5 3 2 11 2.... 1 .... : 406 Malden................. 3 3 3 2 .... 1 1 2 6 407 Charleston.;............ 15 10 11.... 41.... 1 7 408 Montrose................ 6 6 6 I.... 11............ 409 Louisville............... 1 1 :.... 410 Iberia................... 3 5 5 .. .. 11... . 1 1 I. .. . 411 Joppa 1 1 2 11 3 2 1 1 412 Appleton City. . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 2 1 2j 1 5 2. 413 Valley.................. 4 1 .... .... .... 1 .... 414 Greensburg............. 7 7 7 3 71. .. . 1 4 415 Hunnewell.............. 5 5 61 I.... 1 1 1[ 3 12 3 !. .. . 416 Cache................... 18/ 141 20.... 417 Whitewater............. 6 61 6.... 11.... 1 7 I. ... 419 Star .......••............... 1 1 1.... 1 /.... 420 Itaska.................. 8/' 7 4 1 1 4 11 1. '" .... 421 Urbana........ .. .. . .. .. 2 2 2 I. .. . 1 1 I. .. . 422 Gate of the Temple. " .. . . 511 56 51 12 81 4 15 14 / 1
B~r!in..................
·1
I
1
1
I
1
I
I
5011' 157 159 607 114 361 78 1 68 292 195 103 154 29 46 384 110 108 50 71 78 331' 103 152 63 66 67 88 126 264 77 43 121 72 110 55 99 47 755 155 50 308 64 1216
I
134.751 448.351 436.101 1670.76\ 310.75 96.261 211. 75 1 187.00 796.10 540.851 283.00 456.00 77.001 121.001 1070.761 302.50 299.501 149.001 189.751 216.501 90. 75 283.25 410.10: 172.001 181.101 162.501 218.601 338.751 720.25; 206.251 112.75 327.101 191. 85 1 294.00 151.25 289.75 129.251 2051.101 425.451 137.50 792.001 176.00 3319.00 1
140.25 ' 5.50 30.001 3.00 451.00 \ 2.65 210.001 21.00 436.10 140.00 14.00 1670.75...... 310.00 31.00 311.50...... .75 30.00 3.00 96.50 .25 . . . . . . .. . . 211.75. . . . .. . I' 20.001 2.00 184.25 2.75 20.001 2.00 796.60 I .40 50.00\ 5.00 541.35 '1 .50 . . . . . . .. . . 283.25 '" .,. .25 20.001 2.00 456.00 . .. 90.00 9.00 77.00 .. [ .. 121.00 I .. 1073.00...... 2.25 410.001 41.00 302.50 ...... ...... 100.00 10.00 299.50............ 80.00 8.00 154.20 I 5.20 . 189.75 i...... 60.001 6.00 219.00 I 2.50 10.001 1.00 , . 90.75 1 283.25............ 10.001 1.00 404.60 5.50.. . ... .. ...... I . . . . . . . . 1 173.25 1.251 50.001 5.00 181.10...... 10.001 1.00 160.00 2.50 20.001 2.00 218.60...... 50.001 5.00 346.25...... 7.60 110.00 11.00 720125............ 140.00! 14.00 206.25...... 20.001 2.00 112.75 10.001 1.00 327.35. .. .. . .25 30.001 3.00 192.25...... .40 10.001 1.00 293.25 .75 ...... 30.00 3.00 151.25 ...... 40.00 4.00 297.00 . .. .. . 7.25 80.001 8.00 129.25 i...... 50.001 5.00 2051.10 /...... 180.001 18.00 425.45 "...... 60.001 6.00 137.50 \ .. 792.00 . . 80.001 8.00 176.00 20.001 2.00 3319.60. . . . . . .60 600.00 60.00
I......
~
<:c ~
~
I
1 \
'1" ..
I......
I
I
Q ~
> Z
t1 ~
o
t1
Q t."'.:l
o
~
~
H
Ul U1
oq
~
H
~ -.::) ~
GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT-Continued
~
-1
~
&:l NAME AND NUMBER OF LODQE
~
] 423 424 425 426 427 429 430 432 433 434 435 438
439 440 441 442 443 444
445 446 447
448 450 453 454 455
456 457 458 459 460 461
p.;
'1:1
~ ~~
'0
'1:1 '1:1 Q)
'1:1 Q)
~
.~
Po.
is <
~
'1:1
·s~
'Qi
1l ~ Q)
E
~
~
51. ...
d
P-
~
ell
Z ::i ~
~
U)
~ ,.Q
'1:1 Q)
~Il
S Q) ~
ril
U)
121' .
Galt. . . . • • . •• . • . . . . . . . . . 3 3 3 .... / 1 ',.1 , . . . Samaritan. .... . ... . . .. . 6 8 8 2 41 2 4 3 ..•....• Green Ridge............. 2 3 3 .... 11.... 2 .. 1 Rothville .••.•.••..••••...................... 1. .• . 1 ! •••• Glenwood '... 4 4 5 j.... 11 .. •.. ·1 .. New Madrid... . 1411 7 I 11 2 3 Winona....•...•••.......................... 1.... . ... 1 Competition. . .. . . 6 4 3 3 1. . •. •... 1 .... \ .. Mack's Creek .. ; . . . . . . . . . 2 6 6 .... 71 2 1 ••.. Wheeling , 2 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 / . Rockbridge.............. 2 1 2 11.... 1 . Temperance.. .. . .. .. .. .. 6 4 4 1 21 .... / 1 1 I .. Mt.Olive 2 31 1 2 j . Trowel. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. 2 3 6 2 11 2.. .. .. .. Excelsior. . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7 11 1 I 2 1 . . .. .... . . Burlington. . . . . . . . . . . . • . 3 2 2 2 1.... /.. . . 1 .. " . I .. Anchor................. 19 20 29 2 11 1 17 4 I .. Ada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 8 7 1 .... 1. . •. ..•. ••.• . \..•. West Gate.. .. .. .. .. .. . .. 8 7 6 1 41 7 9 11 . Ivanhoe................. 82 77 82 17 221 22 66 33 . Jacoby.................. 3 3 3 2 10.... 1 1 i .. Schell City. . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... .... 1 1 ... '- I. . .. .... 1 [ . Belton. . . . . . • . . . • . . . . . • . 7 4 1 2 7..... .. Forsyth.. 21 1 21 3 4........ 3 Continental. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 1 1 1 . . Hinton'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 2 2 2 ••.. . 1. . •. 3 . . .. . . Wallace................. 1 1.... 1 2 Jonesburg............... 21 21 11 ••••.••. 11 •• ••1....1 3 Melville.•..................... ; ..•.. .. Hazelwood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 10 8 2 11..... ... ' 6 ' Lambskin............... 46 38 37 '2 1 3 22 4 / Caruthersville. 8 7 6 3 7 2 2 9 .
....I ..
21 2
3....
31
I
J·1····\.
21........
1'
I
86 163 60 38 70 163 80 83 97 58 54 1321 64 131 192 1 74 702 1 67 623 3067 66 67 181 103 68 21 35 63 62 71 929 238
0Q) ~::s Q)!=l Po.
III
'"" .... '0 ...
~
.~
Q) 0'1:l::S ..!=l "'..,
~Po. ~
.,
~~
~
-
222.001 449. 60 1 163.76 99.001 189.751 439.601 82.601 214.601 281.501 151.761 151.00 357.601 151.761 367. 26 1 626.26 203. 50 1 1922.00 178. 85 1 1421.75 8401.35 192. 75 1 181.60 26 494. 1 290.10 161.60 55.00 96.25 60 170. 1 170.60 196.95 2509.45 660. 60 1
216.60 451.00 163.76 96.26 189.76 439.60 82.50 214.60 281.60 161.76 161.00 371.26 151.76 367.26 626.26 203.60 1922.26 179.86 1421.75 8401.35 198.00 181.50 600.00 291.50 161.75 55.00 96.25 170.50 170.60 195.25 2509.45 661.00
p,§
bObO::S
0 <1lU)~ ell Q)
Q)
~ s::~
5l'. t'1a Q)
~S..;
.l9
()
Q)2'8
g'1:l
o'a
;
:a
'1:1
l=l
~~~
~~~
0
Po.
Po.
~
f
6.60\. .• •. . ... 1.40
'1:1!>
30.00\ 70.001 60.00
I......
I
2.75i ..... . . . . .. . . • . .. .....• . . . . ..
'1' ... ..
30.001 140.00 10.00 60.001 60.00
I......
3.00 7.00 6.00
.
3.00 14.00 1.00 6.00 6.00
1• • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1••••••••
:...... I 13.75 ......
'1' .....
. . . . .. . . . . ..
!
.25 .. 1.00 ..•... . . . . .. . .. .. . 6.25 . .. . .. ...... 6.75 .. . . . . 1.40 .15
'1' .....
. . . . •. ,
I·
1.701
I i
I
I
I
1
.40
20.001 2.00 100.00 10.00 30.00' 3.00 40.001 4.00 70.001 7.00 30.00 3.00 190.001 19.00 70.00 7.00 100.00 10.00 860.00 85.00 ........ I........ 30.001 3.00 50.00/ 5.00 50.00 5.00 20.001 2.00 50.001' 5.00 30.00 3.00 I•....... .
I
I·.· ~
20.001 450.001 110.00
I
I-d ~
o a
t;rj t?:j
t1
I-t
Z
o00 o
~
8
~
t?:j
.
2.00 45.00 11.00
~ ~
<:J1 ~
462 463 464 466 467 469 470
471 472 473 475 476 477 47. 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490
491 492 494 495 496 497 499 500 501 502 503 504 506 506 507 608 609 510
.1....
Santa Fe....... 1 ••• I ••.. 1•• "1 41 Clifton.................. 4 1 1 2 3 2.. .. 155 Concordia............... 1 1 1 3 1 1 64 Southwest............... 3 2 2 1 ..•. 1. .. . 1 2 80 Pleasant Hope. .... ... ... 5 6 6 1 51 2. ... 7 , \ 69 Plato................... 1 1 . 1 . . .. 103 Nodaway , 17 14 15 4 1 8 8 381 MineraL................ 3 3 2 51. .. . 1 5 56 Pickering............... 7 6 3 .... 1 1 . . .. .... 51 Nineveh................ 1 1 1 .. . . 61.... . .. 44 Golden.................. 1 .. .. I.... 4 73 Mt. Hope............... 5 11 11 1 1 3 173 Henderson.............. 6 6 6 10 2 2 7 114 Rich Hill................ 1 •• 1 2 127 JeweL.................. 9 10 9 2 2 6 1 1 1961 Marceline............... 13 16 14 1 21.... 4 6 I.... 229 Clintonville............. 5 8 7 1 5 1 6 '1" .. 197 Fairfax................. 3 2 1 2 31 1 5 .. .. 149 Kirkwood............... 32 29 36 4 .21 11 4 14 579 Coldwater .........••.. " 1 2 1 2. . . . 80 Cairo '; '" . . .. 2 1 1. . .. 21. '" 1 /. .. . 78 Chilhowee............... 2 2 2 .... 11 1 801 Lock ~prings. . . 1 2 'j' .. 84 LakevIlle................ 2 2 2 2 21 2 3 2........ 123 Montevallo.............. 2 3 3 41.... 1 34 Vandalia................ 5 5 5 11.... 1 128 Daggett................. 4 5 4 1. .. . . .. 70 Lewistown.............. 2 2 2 11 1 2 .... 69 Unity................... 1 2 2.... 11.... 2 7 .76 Robert Burns............ 1 1 .... 1 21 1.... 1........ 97 Equality................ 9 9 10 ........ 1.... 3 4........ 121 Harmony............... 18 17 16 3 21 5 9 2........ 387 Jameson................ 1 1 2 •... '" .1.... 1 .... .... .... 531 Buckner...... .. .. . . .. .. 13 13 17 1 3 4 1...... ", 136 Philadelphia................. 1 1 '" .1.... .... .. 26 Prairie Home............ 1 1 1 I 2 1 .... 53 PlatteCity.............. 4 3 41.... 21 .... 1.... 116 Euclid.................. 16 18 12.... 41 7 12 10........ 519 Lathrop , 1 .. ,. 1 47 Clearmont............... 4 1 3 . ... 1 69 Saxton.................. 2 5 5 4 1 6 84 Van Buren... 1 2 2 2 3 125 New Hampton.. . . . .. 6 2 2 .... 1 2 1.. .. .... 82 1
1. ...
'1' ...
1....
'j
'j' ....
I...
"I
II
II...... .
1 101.75 101.75 II .. 407.50 407.50 . . . . .. 30.00j 3.0 177.75 177.75 10.00 1.0 219.60 219.60 .. . . .. 30.00 3.0 199.50 199.60 '" . .. . I 60.00 6.0 o 283.00 283.00 20.001 2.0 o 1030.00 1031.26..... . 1.25 270.00 27.0 o 161.00! 162.25. . . . . . 1.25 30.00 3.0 140.25/ 141.25. . . . . . 1.00 70.00 7.0 133.25 133.26 . . . . .. ...... 10.00\ 1.0 o 192.50 192.50 10.00! 1.0 475.75 475.75 70.001 7.0 332.60 336.60 '" . . . 2.90 70.00 7.0 .4..0.1 .41.00 . 539.001 539.00 40.00 4.0 634.75 634.76 I...... 140.00 14.0 o 535.86 5,35.86 . " 80.001 8.0o 388.95 388.95 . .. 30.00 3.0 o 1597.25 1697.25 280.00 28.0 o 220.00 220.00 . . . . .. . . 219.501 219.50 . . . . .. . I...•.... 1 222.25 222.25 .. 40.00/ 4.0 o 231.001 231.00 ,. 70.00 7.0 332.26 332.75 .. ;... .50 30.001 3.0 98.00 99.00 ...... 1.00 ........ I........ 354.501 354.75...... .25 40.001 4.0 187.001 187.00 . . . . .. 40.001 4.0 189.50 189.50 20.00 2.0 211.60 211.75... .25 40.00 1 4.0 269.00 271.75 2.75 30.001 3.0 o 321.75 319.00 2.75 ...... 1066.75 1066.75............ 190.00 19.0 145.75 145.76 . 10.00 1.0 373.20 373.20 ,. . . . . . 150.00 15.0 o 71.50 71.50 10.00 1.0 145.76 145.75 10.00 1.0 307.10 309.15...... 2.061 40.001 4.0 1421.6011421.50. . . . .. 140.001 14.0 128.45 128.45 •. .. .. 10.00 1.0 162.25 162.25 , 40.00 4.0 227.26 230.00 2.75 .. 339.00 339.00 .. .. I .. 222.10/ 222.50 I .40 50.00, 5.0 o
1...... I······
'1' .....
I
f-l (.,0
01 ~
Q
~ Z
t:1 t"l
o
t::I
Q tI:j
oIo:rj ~
H
00
00
o q
~
H
f-l
-.:l -.:l
GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT-Continued
NAME AND NUMBER OF LODGE
.£l
511 512 513 514 515 516 518 519 520 521 522 524 525 526 527 628 529 631 532 633 534 635 636 537 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 546
I I.r; Iis
~'O'1:I <II <II :E ~ '1:1 14
Skidmore............. .• .... Webb City •••••.•..••... , 4 Senath. • • . • . .•• •• • • .• • . . 6 Granby. . . . . • • • . . • . . . . . . 2 Galena. .. .• . •.•.••••• .. . 3
~
p.,
1 6 6 3 1
~
I]
~.:i al l!
<
~z
~.! ... .§ ~
'1:1 ;!::
'Qj
~
A
3 1 11 2 4 4 10 2 6, . . . . 1 1 3 .. •. 71 2 1 .... .... ....
J:i.
A
4 9 3 6 3
o ::a ~
~
] Qi
:§
J:i.
:§
00
00
ril
l:lo
><
1 3 3 12 1
~:~;~~i: :::::::::::::::
... 3::::
Crane................... Clifton Heights......... . Lockwood............... Gate City.. .. • • .. .. . .. • • Spickardsville..... .• ... . Cunningham............ Wayne. . . .• . • .• . . . . . . . . . Higbee.................. Conway................. Apollo.................. Lane's Prairie. .•........ Dexter........ ..... .. .. . Comfort. .• . • . . • • •• • . .•. Columbia............... Blackwell.. .. . .. .. .. .... Ingomar.. .. . . .. .. .. • .. . Bethel. • . . . . . . . • • • . . . . . . Stella. • . . . . • • . . . . . . . . . . . Dawn ..•.•.•• , . . . . • . .• . . Winigan. . . . . . . . • . • • • . . . Jacksonville............. Ferguson............... Mansfield. . . . . .• . . •• • • ... Algabil. .. .. .. • • • .. . .. .. Zalma..... ••.•••.• .•.••
1 .... .... 41.... 51 4 22 23 20 1 21 4 12 5 2 1 1 .... .... •... 1 ••.. 66 55 64. . .. 7 10 28 14 1 . ... .... 3 ... . 2 .•.. 6 2 1 .... 1 .... 1 9 8 8 1 ..•. j 1 1 6 .... 1 .•.. .... 2 .... 3 . 5 4 6 1 6 1 1 . 111 8 11 1 4 1 2 2 2 •... ••.. 2 .... 16 14 16 3 101 1 3 27 .... .... 1 1 1 •.•• 3 10 7 7 7 .••. 1 .••. 4 .... .... .... 1 .... . ... 6 6 6 .... 1 4 1 6 5 5 1 .•• 1 .... 5 2 3 . ••. 3 •• •• •••• • ••. 9 7 7 •.. . 21. • •. •.•. 2 3 3 3 . . .. ...• 1 1 1 .... 2 2 .... .... .... 1 .... 20 24 82 4 ••.. 4 2 1 3 3 6 2 1 •... 1 .... 6 8 7 3 • .... 6 4 8 12 12 2 .
i :::: :::: :::: ... i ... 2
I....
'1" .. j
::::/1:::: ........
····1····
........
::::/::::
~
<II
~~ 96 265 118 116 112 48 78 148 682 68 1332 40 65 159 104 68 267 70 184 81 145 51 148 76 79 55 79 76 415 92 443 126
~
1-4 -l 00
0'1:1
A
A
~p.,
8
"l' ...
"l'co
~;j
<II
p.,co
10·..
~
75 263. 731.76 1 318.35 317.25 305.251 115.55 214.50 408.75 1838.85 184.26 3577.15 116.70 175.75 448.25 274.35 191.25 733.85 192.50 528.25 214.26 390.25 140.26 406.75 209.00 222.00 153.50 212.00 198.75 1119.25 255.10 1209.75 343.75
",'os
~~
266.50 732.15 318.35 335.50 310.75 115.55 214.60 408.23 1838.85 184.25 3577.15 116.70 175.75 448.25 274.35 191.25 733.85 198.00 528.25 214.50 390.50 140.25 406.75 209.00 222.00 154.00 212.00 198.85 1119.25 255.50 1209.75 343.75
1:'1:1
.;1 ~'1:1
gj
041
G1~l:l
I: l:lol:
:a
~
o'"
I
I I
...
'" . .. . .. . ...... . . . . .. . .. . . . ......
' 50.001 110.001 40.001 170.001 , 70.00
5.50 .26 .25 .
'" . .. .. .... . . . . .. .
'1
. . . . .. ,. . .. .....
.
40.001 50.00 30.00 50.001 10.00 30.001 30.00 220.00 70.001 560.001 10.00 50.00 60.00
18.25 5.50
" .52 .. . . .. . .. '"
~~~
p.,
2.75 .40
'. . . . . . . . . . .. ...... ......
O~~
~~.£l
<II
~
~r=' ~:.d •
~~, ~~~
.5
.50 ...... .10 .40 ....
I
4.00 5.00 3.00 5.00 1.00 3.00 3.00 22.00 7.00 56.00 1.00 6.00 6.00 . 5.00 11.00 4.00 17.00 . 7.00 . 5.00 6.00 5.00 8.00 1.00
50.00\ 60.001 50.00 80.001 10.00 ..•..... I•••••••. 200.001 20.00 70.00 7.00 70.00 7.00 80.00 8.00
I
f,j
~
Q
tzj tzj tj H
~
W
ot:.j 1-3
l:Il
tzj
I-' ~
01
~
546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 558 559 560 561 563 564 565 566 567
568 569 570 571 672
573 574
575 576 577
578 579
581 582
583 585 586
587 588 590
591 592
593
Orient. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . . . . South Gate.............. Clinton................. Carl Junction........... Rose Hill....... Pendleton...............
Calhoun.................
46 18 10 1 10 1
1
23 23 7I
2 8 1
23 5 2011 11 23.... 41 2 9 .... 6 5 2 2 .... 1 2 10 1 41.... 1 .... 61....
.1 •........
1••••
I
17 I 27 .... II. . . . 141............ 81 2........ 2 3........ 10 11........ 2 8........
1....
1241 I 6681 372 1211 466 47
1........
·1····1
Clarksburg 21 111 11 2 · .. Foster.................. 1 1 1 81........ 5........ Summersville...... ...... 1 1 1 21...... .. 4........ Prairie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. 1 . ... I. . .. .... . .. ·1 .... I Moscow. . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 21 2. .. .. I.. .. 1 .. Clarksdale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 5 1 ... , I 1 1 .'.. .... Nelson..... 41 4 4.... 11 1 2 ,.... Cowgill................. 3 3 3 1 .... I 1 2 .... York.. .... .... .. .. .. .. . 25 18 19 1 41 5 13 2...... .. Jamesport.............. 4 5 5 I 1 2 I.... Tebbetts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... .... .... . I.... I 3 2 I. . . . Maplewood.. .. .. .. .. 20 14 22 2 51 21 15 14 1. . . . Miller 1 1 1 11 3 6 1 1 Naylor.................. 7 6 5 1 .... 1.... ' 1 4 I \ Marlborough. .•.. . ... . .. 16 13 15 1 21. . . . 5 2. . .. Republic................ 3 2 3 1 21 1 1 2 Hayti. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6 7 .•. , 31 1 2 3 , .... Rutledge... 2 2 1 2 2 1 Bernie. . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. . 6 7 7 1 21 1. . . . 6. . .. .... La Monte.......... 5 6 3 1 ••••.•..•.••.•• ' ..•. Easter 6 7 7 1 Olive Branch............ 15 20 21 1 .... 1 17 1.... 1 Ewing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 1. . .. . / 1. . .. . I. . . . Forest Park 11 6 6 2 11 3i 1 1 1 Grandin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 1. . .. . ... I 1 11 3. . .. IIlmo... 4 5 4 1 41.... 4,. . Koshkonong. . . . . . . . . . . .. .... 4 31. . . . 1 Novinger............... 1 .... 41 1.... 4........ Shamrock............... 1 2 1 I Criterion. . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 3 .... 3 /.. .. 6.. .. .. .. \
'1' ...
"I' ...
I....
1....
II
~[a~~~~~is·~iil~·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.
Advance. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Barnett. . . . . .. . . .. . . .. .. La Russell , Union
~I3 . 4
:1 :1".21 6
2 2
6 1 3 4
1
1
2
I".
:1: :::1
111
'1' ...
2
~
1> ... :::: ID. . ..
2 1. . .. 1 11 2
. ..
,
45;
1
31 75 76 591 84 67 53 49 482 107 46 660 1081 761 318 151 123 53 106 62 186 515 32 224 94 235 50 42 17 49
1 ~~~
I: :::
·1· ... /....
115 42 53 177
I
I
I
I
3391.401 3391.80 ... ,.. .40 490.001 49.00 1823.2011823.20 ..•. . .. 180.001 18.00 .80 90.00 9.00 1009.70 1010.50. .. . . . 10.001 1.00 327.25 327.25 . . . . .. 160.001 16.00 1279.90 1279.90. . . . .. 144.25. . . • .. .....• . I •••••••• 144.251 121.001 121.00. . . 10.001 1.00 3.751 ........ I . . . . . . . . 90.001 93.75 226.251 226.25. . . . ..... , 10.001 1.00 209.00. . . ....•. 20.001 2.00 209.001 159.501 156.75 2.75 20.001 2.00 231.00. . . ~ '1' 50.001 20.00i 2.00 231.001 184.25 184.25 5.00 137.50. . • . .. 60.001 6.00 137.501 134.75............ 30.001 3.00 134.751 1.401 210.001 21.00 1317.60 1319.00...... 30.001 3.00 260.50 260.50 . . . . .. \........ I........ 126.50 126.50 . . . . .. . 1806.25 1806.75. . . . . . .50 250.001 25.00 299.35...... .25, 20.001 2.00 299.101 209.00. .. ... .. .... I 60.001 6.00 209.001 280.001 28.00 862.95 862.95 .. '.' .. 400.801 400.80. . . . .. 20.00 2.00 343.00 343.00 . . . . .. 20.00 2.00 145.75 145.75 I .. 10 274. 1 275.00. . . . . . .90 80.001 8.00 I...... 100.00 I 10.00 170.50 170.50 30.00 3.00 513.60 513.60 . . • . .. 1 150.00 I 15.00 1350.25 1350.25 82.50 82.50 . . . 10.001 1.00 613.25. . . . . . 6.15 120.001 12.00 607.101 .10 50.001 5.00 255.751 255.85 70.001 7.00 646.25 646.25 . . . .•. . ..... I 144.201 144.20'1' .. ... .. .. I........ 122.75 127.75 . . . . . . 5.00 30.00 I 3.0 46.751 46.75 I•••.•••. 134.50 132.501 2.001' . . . • . 10.001 1.00 475.001 475.00 . . . . .. 50.00 5.00 .101 120.001 12.00 280.501 280.60 ..... 100.00 10.00 319.85 319.85 . . . . .. ..•... 10.00 1.00 115.50 115.50 . . . . .. I........ 143.001 143.001 · 489.00 489.50 . . . . . . .50 30.001 3.00
I...... 1.. ..
"I
1
"I"......
~ ~
01 ~
o
~
Z
tj ~
g o
t::J
o
~
~
H U1 U1
o
q
~
'j
"'1'" .....
I
1'1
I
~
-.::J
~
GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT-Continued
NAME AND NUMBER OF LODGE
I] ~ I·~ liS
'1:l
~
:§ 596 596 597 598 699 600 601 602 603 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 620 621 622 623
624
625 626 628
629
'1:l
'1:l
<Il
<Il
III
~
'1
'i~ ...
<
~ ~
'Gj ~
c:i '1:l
~
~
.5~
] ...
gJ
~
d
~Z ~~ s:i.
l§
00
Po l§
00
'1:l
~
G:i
~
~
1\····1 j....
'1" ..
11 1
*
I;)CII
1 COle·Camp ....•...•........ 1 ........ 1 \ 1 ........ Puxico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 8 1 ..•. 1 1 1. . .. . . Bosworth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 9 7 ..•. . ... I. . . • 1 2 1 ·1 Leadwood............... 3 2 2.... 21 •... 4 1 1 Elvins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 11 12 1 21 4 4 2. . .. . . Cosby................... 21 2 4 ........ I 2.... 1 . Clayton. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. . . 6 9 9 1 101 2 6 18 . Acacia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 14 13 2 1 5 6 6 . Morehouse.. . . .. . . . . . . .. 8 7 9 1 2.. . . 8 . Walker. .. . .. .. .. . .. . . . . 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1. .. .. Craig. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 8 .... . .. 1 .... .. .. Eminence. . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 9 .... 6 1 2 1. . .. . . Strafford. • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 2 . . .. . ... I. . .. .... 1 I \. Warrenton. . . . .. . . ... . . . 3 3 3 .... 31 2 1 4 I .. Clark. . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 4 . . .. 1 .•.. . 1 •••• Centertown....... 5 I Mokane................. 2 .. Wellston................ 40 381 88 9 6 3 8 9 . Mt. Washington. .. . . . . . . 37 371 46.... 4 5 9 11 . Chaffee.. .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. 8 9 10 3 2.. .. 8 1 .. Brentwood.... .. .. .. . .. . 21 19 26 7 21 1.... 1 .. Swope Park............. 41 86 2 61 1 5 9 .. Grandview.............. 29 28 30 8 1 6 1 . Willard................. 2 1 1 2 6 . Anderson. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1 1 2 . 31 4 2 12 . Norwood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .... .... . ... I. . . . 3 1. . .. . . Overland................ 27 26 27/ 6 21 1 1 4 .. Owensville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 6 .... 1 1 3 3. . .. . . 151 4 10 8 . Sheffield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 39 39. . . . Magnolia. . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 15 16 15. . . . 2 2 20 6 . Mendon................. 6 4 6/............ 2 2 .. Valley Park ... '. . .. .. . .. . 15 9 11...... .. J 1. .. . 2 ..
4 41
~
00
·1····1
421
'T" .
~
""CII~='
~
Ill",
"'l'..,
\0 ...
CII
e
;:;: 881 108 1021 113 349 104 1 394 422 126 51 57 180 82 183 58 70 108 956 762 150 160 649 344 121 112 63 167 203
697 864 69 203
82. 50 1 291.50 280.501 313. 25 1 909.75 280.50 1085.25 1146.80 346.50 142.10 156.75 371.80 220.00i 373. 25 1 154.00 187.00/ 299.50 2607.701 2086. 25 1 417.50 442.50 1785.60 948.10 322.00 310.10 162.85 449.001 558.00 1869.65 2364.10 186.75 555.50
*
O'1:l
~
"'l'al
~ CII ..... '"
~Ill
~~
82.60 291.50 280.60 313.25 920.26 280.60 1086.75 1147.46 346.50 142.10 166.75 871.80 220.00 374.00 154.00 187.00 299.76 2619.60 2086.25 417.50 442.50 1786.60
.~
~
",,'~
""
t14
I
I.I .... I
.
10.60 . 1.60 .65
I ••••••
I
c ~~ ~~~
~:tl':;
CII '1:l
I;)
,
al;a •
~~~
!l
I
~s::&
~~~
I ...
'"
. . . . .. . . . . .. ....•.
S::'1:l
GI~S::
S::p,=,
~
......
g-g
.
.75 . . . . .. . .. ... ......
.25 11.90 . . . . .. .....•
. . . . .. .....•
o
10.00 50.00 100.00 50.00 120.00 20.00 90.00 120.{)Oi 80.00
1.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 12.00 2.00 9.00 12.00 8.00
20.00 60.00 20.00 20.00 60.00 40.00 10.00 400.00 260.00 120.00 210.001 420.001
2.00 5.00 2.00 2.00 6.00 4.00 1.00 40.00 26.00 12.00 21.00 42.00
10.00 10.00 280.00 40.00 410.00 150.00 40.00 150.00
1.00 1.00 28.00 4.00 41.00 15.00 4.00 15.00
"'0
pj
o
Q
t'=J t'=J
tj H
Z
~
w
o
I:zj
1-3
III t'j
:~~:~~ :::::: .... :~o ... ~~~. ~o .... ~~. ~o
310.50 166.60 432.75 568.26 1869.65 2364.10 186.75 565.60
. .. . •.
.40 I 2.761 16.25. . . . . . ...... .26 . . . . .. ..•... •..... . . . . .. ..•...
I
I--' ~
01 ~
~
630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667
East Gate ............... 116 112 119 4 6 8 Tower Grove ............ 1 2 2 Belgrade ................ 2 4 3 Archie .................. 10 3 7 Steele ..•................ Greentop ................ 4 Freedom ................ 15 1 Mt. View ............... Triangle ................ 3 Mizpah ................. 21 16 15 Jennings ................ 22 17 21 Trinity ................. 16 11 14 19 32 26 Benj. Franklin .......... 57 50 49 Northeast ............... 6 Grain Valley ............ 22 10 6 9 10 Clarkton ................ 13 13 15 Shaveh ................. 4 4 2 NoeL ................... 1 1 1 Elmer .................. 2 2 2 University .............. 2 2 Parma .................. 3 Cleveland ............... 13 10 11 Pilgrim ................. 13 10 19 2 2 2 Shawnee................ 13 9 11 Commonwealth ..... : .... Gardenville.............. 16 13 9 Country Club ............ 22 25 22 Progress ................ 8 10 15 7 11 13 Purity •.•.•.•••.•....... 31 39 34 Alpha ................... Holliday..•............. .... .... .... 7 4 8 Theo. Roosevelt .......... - 4 Clarence ................ Rockhill ................. 34 Aldrich ................. 9 Wardell ................. 10 7 Lilbourn •............... 3 2 2 Berkeley ................ 6 6/ 6
.2:1· ·::1
. ,ll··,;
~
9
241. 16
... ~I f .... I
28 12
1 1 1 1 .... 1.... 1 1 4 3 .... 1 .... 1~ '''2 3 .... 4 15 1 21 2 8 4 21 12 .... 6 2 4 12 4 2 2 .... 1 61 3 5 .... 1 .... .... .... I 1 3 .... .... I.... 5 1 1 2 •••• 1 1 3 .... 3 1 2 3 .... 1 3 3 31 12 4 121 5 .... 4 11 .... 5 1 11 .... 3 5 6 .... 1 .... .... 2 1 3 1 • ... 1.... 1 3 2 1 1 .... 1 .... 2
l'
~l. .. ~ ~I ~ ...
:
...il'" 'I
... ~I
~
11
...,I'" 51" is ....I
.. ··j.... I....
5~
I
:::
:I... ~
'''2 ::::/:::: .... .... 5 .... 3 1 4 .... 4 .... 21o 27 2 4 1 2 1 3 .... .... 1 3 .... .... 15 5 2 5
... ...
... ... ... ...
'1".
.... .. . .. .... . .. ........ ........ .... ........ .... I.... ........ .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... 28 .... .... 1 .... ....
I....
1 3
.... 1· .. ·1
2309 375 44 58 129 65 195 85 240 691 371 384 528 768 114 73 352 65 62 256 117 68 306 83 211 281 543 364 321 440 24 204 64 409 1 45 48 53 56
6309.30 1031.25 115.50 159.50 349.25 178.501 538.501 258.751 653.251 1889.101 1009.651 1042.001 1449.251 2120.451 323.501 215.751 957.001 183. 75 1 170.50 695.75 339.001 166. 05 1 844.00 230.50 572.001 777. 10 1 1511.55 995.251 879.751 1215. 50 1 65.75 573.50
170.001
1134.75 121.00 132.00 145. 75 1 164.00
6313.10 1053.00 115.50 159.50 348.35 178.50 538.50 263.75 653.25 1889.10 1009.65 1039.25 1452.00 2122.00 324.50 217.25 957.25 190.75 170.50 695.75 339.00 166.05 844.25 230.50 572.00 778.25 1513.30 995.25 880.00 1232.00 65.75 573.50 176.00 1134.75 121.00 134.75 146.75 154.00
......
I
t:O 01
I
1240.00 124.00 40.00 4.00 10.00 1.00 30.00 3.00 ...... ...... 30.00 .90 3.00 3.00 ...... ...... 30.001 200.00 20.00 ...... 50.00 ...... 5.00 5.00 2.00 20.001 . ........... 21.00 210.001 240.00 24.00 ............ 2.75 ....... 110.00 11.00 ...... 2.75 180.001 18.00 1.66 660.00 66.00 1.00 30.00 3.00 1.50 60.001 6.00 .25 1 130.00 13.00 ... ::0.01 .... .. :'.0.0 . .. . . . 10.001 1.00 ...... 80.001 8.00 130.001 13.00 10.00 .25 100,001 20.00 2.00 12.00 . ..... 120.001 ...... 1.15 150.00 15.00 250.00 25.00 ...... 1.75 60.00 6.00 . ..... .25 90.00 9.00 ...... 320.00 32.00 ...... 16.50 . ..... ...... ........ . ....... ...... ...... . ... 60:001 6.00 ...... ............ . .. ... • ..... . .. ,,0:001' ... 100.00 10.00 ...... 2.75 40.00 4.00 ..•......... ..•... . ..... 70.00 7.00 3.80
~
...... 21.75 ...... . .....
.. ·.. ·1......
~~ ~Ol .....
······1
Q
~
Z
t:t
t-t
o
t:t
Q t.%J
ofo;;j ~
H
rn rn o q
~
~~:OO
I
I
~
00 ~
f-4
00
,
I:\:)
LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS FIRST DISTRICT-MARSHALL STORY, D. D. G. M., Kahoka, Mo.
I
County Lodge Clark .....•..• Fairmont •• Eldorado..•...•. Hiram St. Francisville Scotland . Memphis........ Gorin........... Rutledge - Schuyler·.:·.·.:·. Middle Fabius. . .. Lodge of Love Queen City Glenwood Greentop
..
NO.1
290 318 362 588 16 72 572 244 259 380 427 635
Location Wyaconda Luray Kahoka Wayland........ Memphis........ Gorin........... Rutledge Downing. . . . . . .. Lancaster....... Queen City. . . . .. Glenwood Greentop
Master I Secretary I Time of Meeting Harold Gorham A. G. Dieterich, Wyaconda, Mo 2nd & 4th Mon. John H. Dochterman. Henry Calvert, Luray, Mo 1st & 3rd Mon. Robert C. Zinnert Elmer C. Dinger, Kahoka. Mo 1st & 3rd Fri. Thomas W. Daw Glenn C. Stubbs, Wayland, Mo 1st & 3rd Thurs. W. L. McMichaeL E. F. Bertram, 414 E. Jackson, Memphis, Mo 1st Fri ea. mo. Lloyd Muckey....... Richard E. Shacklett, Gorin, Mo 1st & 3rd Thurs. Geo. E. Hayward , James A. Bailey, Rutledge, Mo 1st & 3rd Mon. Gale Lancaster. . . . .. R. W. Farris, Box 26, Downing, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . .. 2nd & 4th Thurs. James D. Houston... Herbert C. Burkland, Lancaster, Mo 2nd & 4th Fri. Carl E. Brenizer. . . .. Grover L. Lauer, Queen City, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2nd & 4th Tues. Walter Welsh Donald R. Griffith, Glenwood, Mo................ 1st & 3rd Thurs. John O. Kollor B. F. Arnold, Greentop, Mo 2nd & 4th Mon.
"'0
~
o Q
trj t;rj
t:t Z
I-t
Q
w
o
hj
8
~
SECOND DISTRICT-E. LEE BAKER, D. D. G. M., Kirksville, Mo. Adair ........
Kirksville Adair Novinger Knox ......•.. Colony Edina Paulville Greensburg
..
. ' . . . . .
1051 Kirksville . 366iKirksville....•... 583jNovin g er . 168 Colony . 291IEdina., . 319 Hurdland . . 414 Greensburg
I
Loren E. Bailey Burl W. Clarkson Francis Gashwiler J. B. See Launce B. Mustoe L. J. McGlothlin Geo. Wm. Farris
. . . . . . .
Grover C. Chambers, Box 153, Kirksville, Mo.. . . .. Ernest T. Scofield, Box 331, Kirksville, Mo D. E. Daniels, Novinger, Mo C. F. McKay, Rutledge, Mo Edward C. Hickman, Edina, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. John R. Botts, Hurdland, Moo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Eddie L. Priebe, RR. 1, Baring, Mo
trj
1st & 3rd Tues. 2nd & 4th Tues. 2nd & 4th Wed. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st Tues. ea. mo. 2nd & 4th Mon.
f-4
~
O'l
H:>-
I--' l:.O Ol
t+:>-
THmD DISTRICT-REX S. COOLEY, D. D. G. M., Unionville, Mo. Putnam Sullivan
. Hartford . Somerset . Unionville . . Humphreys . Seaman . Green City . Putnam . Pollock ..•....... Arcana . Winigan .
171IHartford 206lPowersville 210IUnionville 32 Humphreys 126IMilan 1591Green City 190INewtown 349IPollock 389lHarris 540IWinigan
. . . . . . . . . .
. Rollie McKinley James D. Wilcox . Max Robinson . John R. Allen . Ellis P. Boyd . Ernest Higgens . Roscoe B. Hunt . Ervin M. Baldridge .. James Triplett . . Glen Mason
Buford Morgan, Unionville, Mo C. R. Ethington, Powersville, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. John F. Jones, Unionville, Mo W. E. Alexander, Humphreys, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . .. Chas. E. Smith, Milan, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Wayne Bennett, Green City, Mo................. Earl Duley, Newton, Mo Otis Reinhard, Pollock, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Cecil M. Clem, Box 681, Harris, Mo Chester W. Hill, Novinger, Mo
1st Fri. ea. mo. 1st & 3rd Mon. 2nd & 4th Mon. 2nd & 4th Tues. 1st & 3rd Mon. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st Thurs. ea. mo. 1st & 3rd Tues. 1st Wed. ea. mo. 1st & 3rd Wed.
o
~
;J>
Z
t:j ~
o
t:j
FOURTH DISTRICT-CLYDE C. EVANS, D. D. G. M., Box 483, Trenton, Mo. Gr~~dY"""'1 Trenton
•...... .. . .. . . .. Mercer.......
'1
········1 Eric sonnich········1 Stanley McKemy, Box 285, Trenton, Mo Adam Branham Wayne Freeman, Box 154, Laredo, Mo
ll1lTrenton. Laredo.......... 253ILaredo Galt 423jGalt ....•........ Spickardsville 524lSpickard. . . . . . .. Mercer.......... 35LPrinceton.......
Hal Clark Pollock A. E. Hall Harvey L. Bickell
'I
Ronald E. McCracken, Box 107, Galt, Mo G. E. Shaw. Spickard, Mo Glen D. Shipley, Princeton, Mo
ot'j l s t Thurs. ea. mo. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 2nd & 4th Frio 1st Wed. ea. mo. 2nd & 4th Thurs.
. Bethany . Lorraine . Lodge of Light . Cainsville . New Hampton ••. Prairie .
97IBethany 128iRidgeway ..•..... .. 257 IEagleville. . 328jCainsville 510 New Hampton. .. 556iGilman City.....
Wm. A. Stark Lloyd Elifrits Gordon Shaw W. W. Noah Leston Hill Ed Noble
. D. D. Johnson, Box 268, Bethany, Mo•..... : , . Paul Gillespie, Ridgeway, Mo . Cleve Reece, Eagleville, Mo . R. A. Chambers, Cainsville, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Dr. R. L. Grun, New Hampton, Mo.. · . F. E. Eberhart, Gilman City, Mo
fo:I:j
~
H
m m o q
FIFTH DISTRICT-R. L. GRUN, D. D. G. M., New Hampton, Mo. Harrison
o
pj H
2nd & 4th Tues. 1st & 3rd Mon. 2nd & 4th Wed. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Tues. 2nd & 4th Wed. I--'
00
~.
~
00 )oj::.
LODGE DmECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued SIXTH DISTRICT~. :F. KLING, D. D. G. Mo, 109 No. Smith St., Albany, Mo. County Ge~try
Wc:;th
Lodge No.1 Location . Havana••••.... " 21IMCFalI. ...•..... Stanberry..•..... 109 Stanberry . Gentryville . 125 Gentryville . Athens . 127 Albany ..•....... Ancient Craft . 3771King City . Jacoby . 447 Darlington . . 661Grant City . . Grant City Defiance ...•••.... 88\Sheridan . Allensville ......•. 198 Allendale . Jonathan . 321IDenver .
Master W. D. Palmer . Herbert Benton . Bobbie Allenbrand . Martin L. Shawhan .. Rex Hopple . Gilman Constant . Hurley Hall . Cleo Seckman . Zene Hammer . O. H.Newman .
Secretary H. H. Manring. McFall. Mo Walter E. Tarwater, Box 96, Stanberry, Mo George Crawford, McFall, Mo L. Frank Smith, 102 Stapleton, Albany, Mo Earl Martin, Darlington, Mo J. Harry Kibbe, Grant City, Mo Roger McAlister, Box 655, Sheridan, Mo T. C. Wilkinson, Grant City, Mo Clyde J. Pryor, Denver, Mo
Time of Meeting . 1st & 3rd Fri. . 1st & 3rd Thurs. . 2nd & 4th Sat. . 2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & 3rd Thurs. . 1st & 3rd Fri. . 1st & 3rd Mon. . 2nd & 4th Mon. . 2nd & 4th Thurs. . 2nd & 4th Wed.
l-d
l;d
o a
t.%J t;j
ti
H
Z
G)
Ul
o
~
SEVENTH DISTRICT-LLOYD E. FINE, D. D. G. M., RR. No.2, Hopkins, Mo.
8
Nod~way ..•.. 1 Xe~ia
..
Quitman . Ravenwood . Graham . ..•.. .,·White Hall . Burlington . Nodaway . Pickering ......•. Clearmont . Skidmore .
50IHopkins 196/Quitman 201 IRavenwood 289IGraham 301IBarnard 4421Burlington Jet... 470 Maryville 472IPickering 507IClearmont 511ISkidmore
Harley Whaley Wm. E. Everhart, Sr.. Roy Moore.......... Paul R. Warner A. Lloyd Strader Harlan Plummer Frederick L. Foster .. Raymond Vinzant... Ray Bilby Chas. McDaniel.
Lloyd E. Fine, Rt. No.2, Hopkins, Mo . Joseph E. McDonald, Quitman, Mo . Clyde Adcock, 'Ravenwood, Mo . Raymond E. Geyer, Graham, Mo . P. D. Stalling, Bernard, Mo.........•........... Ralph G. Williams, Burlington Junction, Mo...... Walter A. Smith, Box 217, Maryville, Mo•........ James C. Ware, Pickering, Mo . Louis Skud, Clearmont, Mo . Wm. T. McIntosh, Skidmore, Mo .
1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Mon. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & 3rd Tues. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 2nd & 4th Tues. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Mon.
l:Q
t:;j
~
<:.0
01 )oj::.
1-4 ~
01 ~
EIGHTH DISTRICT-LAURENOE R. FAWKS, D., D. G.. M., Forest CitY', Mo. Atchison
. North Star Sonora Northwest Fairfax 'H~lt ......" ... Maitland Oregon Forest City Mound City Craig
157IRockport 200iWatson 358ITarkio.......... 483IFairfax 112iMaitland 139!Oregon ' 2141Forest City.. . . .. 2941Mound City , .. 606!Craig
Loraine Heckel. Donald V. Bacon Arthur Geist..... Ben W. Umbarger Earl L. Limpp Kenneth Kneale George Cotten Russell C. McKee Thos. Kite
Virgil E. Walter, RFD. No.1, Rockport, Mo W. L. Moore, Watson, Mo Ralph Dragoo, Tarkio, Mo N. F. Dragoo, Fairfax, Mo Ernest Rowlett, Maitland, Mo , Everett Planalp, Box 65, Oregon, Mo Lavere North, Forest City, Mo D. B. Burnett, Mound City, Mo C. M. Randall, Craig, Mo
. . . . . . . . .
2nd & 4th Mon. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 2nd & 4th Tues. 2nd & 4th Tues. 2nd & 4th Wed. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Tues. 1st & 3rd Tues.
Q ~
> Z l;j
~
NINTH Andrew ..•.... Savannah Helena " Lincoln Whitesville' Rosendale Valley Cosby Buchan~~: : : : : Agency Wellington " St. Joseph Birming Zeredatha Rushville Brotherhood Charity KingHiIl Saxton
DISTRICT-J~SP.
. . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . .
71ISavannah
1171 Rochester 138 Fillmore
162 IWhitesviIle 404lRosendale 413lBolckow 600ICosby 10IAgency 22IDeKalb 78 St. Joseph 150lFaucett 1891St. Joseph 238 Rushville 2691St. Joseph 3311St. Joseph 3761St. Joseph 508ISaxton
o
HULL, D. D. G. M., Donnell Court Bldg., St. Joseph, Mo.
. Russell M. Elder . Byron Sample . Stanford M. Burge . Winferd Goforth . T. J. Hall . William Gressly . Elmer Schneider . Artie Lyons . George Colburn . Chris P. Marolis ' Fred Carr . W. E. Jamieson . Oral C. Hays . Milton C. Smith . LaVerne F. Carter . Sylvan B. Bales . Wilbert N. Boyer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . .
Lloyd L. Schmitt, Box 202, Savannah, Mo Norman Maughner, Savannah, Mo Bruce F. Wilkes, Savannah, Mo Marion O. Barton, RFD., Union Star, Mo C. J. Watts, Rosendale, Mo Glenn Neely, Bolckow, Mo W. B. Durant, RR. No.1, Cosby, Mo Alex H. Cooke, Agency, Mo J. T. Morris, DeKalb, Mo Henry Raines, 1101 Corby Bldg., St. Joseph, Mo. Ellis C. Nash, Rt. 6, St. Joseph, Mo Donald Lindsay, 641 N. 8th St., St. Joseph, Mo Elmer Moore, Rushville, Mo V. T. Cummings, 1015 Logan, St. Joseph 44, Mo Lewis O. Weigel, Box 331, St. Joseph, Mo Elvis R. Poff, 5601 S. 4th St., St. Joseph, Mo Joseph S. Lang, 3210 Seneca, St. Joseph 39, Mo
, . . . . . , , , . . . . . , .
1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Mon. 1st & 3rd Mon. 1st & 3rd Wed. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st Sat. 3rd Tues. 1st & 3rd Sat. 1st Sat. ea. mo. 1st & 8rd Tues. 4th Sat. ea. mo. 2nd & 4th Tues. 2nd & 4th Mon. 2nd & 4th Fri. 2nd & 4th Mon•. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Wed.
l;j Q t?:j
o"'j ~
H
00 00
o q
~
H
1-4 00 01
1--£ 00 ~
LODGE DmECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued TENTH DISTRICT-WARREN GALLINGER, D. D. G. M., Union Star, Mo. Lodge .. Union Star Parrott. Osborn Continental. Clarksdale Daviess . Western Star Pattonsburg Gallatin EarL Lock Springs Jameson ....... Jamesport Gentry . Berlin County
De~alb
.
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
NO.1 Location 1241union Star 308 Maysville 31710sborn 4541 Stewartsville 5591 Clarksdale 15IWinston 651 Pattonsburg 106IGallatin 285lCotrey 4881 Lock Springs 500lJameson 5641 J ames port 378IBerlin
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Master Keith Lewis Neal R. Dawson Charles S. Cowell Leslie W. Everett Harold E. Wigger Melvin Drummond Donald V. Graham Geo. W. Terrill George W. Flint Carl W. Minnick Cleo T. Richards J. W. Saunders Ivan Welsh
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Secretary G. F. Pierce, Union Star, Mo C. T. Pilcher, DeKalb County, Maysville, Mo S. O. Borland, Osborn, Mo Clarence G. Waller, Stewartsville, Mo Donald M. Barrow, Clarksdale, Mo Alfred Dunlap, Winston Mo Howard M. Wilson, Pattonsburg, Mo Bruce Holbrook, Gallatin, Mo W. S. Underwood, Coffey, Mo Robert L. Wickizer, Lock Springs, Mo Sam Pugh, Jameson, Mo Doyle C. Kime, Jamesport, Mo L. F. Shipp, Maysville, Mo
Time of Meeting . 1st & 3rd Mon. . 1st & 3rd Mon. . 2nd & 4th Wed. . 1st & 3rd Tues. . 1st & 3rd Thurs. . 1st & 3rd Tues. . 1st & 3rd Tues. . 2nd & 4th Tues. . 1st & 3rd Wed. . 1st & 3rd Thurs. . 1st & 3rd Thurs. . 1st & 3rd Mon. . 2nd & 4th Thurs.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT-C. D. KELLY, D. D. G. M., Plattsburg, Mo. Liberty . Holt . Angerona . Clay . Kearney . Temperance . . . Hemple Vincil . Plattsburg . Gower ....•...••. Lathrop . . . Bee Hive
C~~y .••..•....
Clinton
.Ray
31ILiberty 49IHolt............ 193jMissouri City 2071Excelsior Springs 311 Kearney 438ISmithville 37lHemple , 62ICameron 113IPlattsburg 397 Gower 506ILathrop 393ILawson
Joseph H. Walker Kenneth O'Dell ....•. Thomas R. Turner Harry W. Berry. . . .. Albert Henson John C. Bradley..... Golmer L. Coffey O. E. Downing Fred Bodenhausen... Forrest Waters Paul McWilliam..... J. A. Denton
H. B. Early, 40 S. Jewel, Liberty, Mo . 2nd & 4th Mon. Lawrence W. Bartee, Holt, Mo . 2nd & 4th Mon. Edward M. Rea, Missouri City, Mo . 1st & 3rd Tues. A. L. Forsythe. Box 443, Excelsior Springs, Mo•.. 1st & 3rd Mon. Ezra Decker, Kearney, Mo . 1st & 3rd Thurs. E. V. Wolfe, Smithville, Mo . 1st & 3rd Wed. Norman W. Conner, Easton, Mo . 1st & 3rd Fri. O. Rex Orr, Rt. 3, Cameron, Mo . 1st & 3rd Mon. H. O. Marshall, Plattsburg, Mo . 1st Thurs. Jewell W. Singleton, Gower, Mo . 1st & 3rd Wed. J. L. Taylor, Box 262, Lathrop, Mo . 3rd Mon. ea. mo. L .. D. Estill, Lawson, Mo . 1st & 3rd Fri.
I-d
~
o
a
trj trj t:j
H
~ Q 00
of'%j 8
~
trj
1--£
<:D 01 ~
~
(,0
<:Jl ~
TWELFTH DISTRICT-LESTER BALDWIN, D. D. G. M., Chillicothe, Mo.
..
Caldwell. ..... Braymer Hamilton Polo Breckenridge Cowgill LiVi~~t~~: '. : : Friendship Benevolence Wheeling Dawn
. 135lBraymer . 224lHamilton . 232IPolo . 334lBreckenridge . 561 Cowgill . 891 Chillicothe . 170 Utica . 434IWheeling . 539IDawn
. . .. . . . . . .
Jacob A. Pence Virgil H. Alborn Harold Michael. Francis Reed Thomas H. Stoner B. R. Babb Wm. Stamper Ray Carpenter Olin McCully
. . . . . . . . .
D. Irving Farrar, Braymer, Mo . 2nd & 4th Tues. . 1st & 3rd Tues. 1. C. Wilson, Hamilton, Mo Claud Craven, Polo, Mo . 2nd & 4th Wed. Herbert Woolsey, Breckenridge, Mo . 2nd & 4th Thurs. T. M. Parker, Cowgill, Mo . 2nd & 4th Fri. F. W. Cornue, 611~ Locust St., Chillicothe, Mo . 2nd & 4th Tues. Harry D. Rice, Utica, Mo . 1st & 3rd Fri. S. B. Bigerstaff, Wheeling, Mo . 2nd & 4thThurs. M. F. Pollard, Ludlow, Mo . 2nd & 4th Fri.
Q ~ ~
Z
t:;
THmTEENTH DISTRICT-VIRGIL SLAUGHTER, _D. D. G. M., Meadville, _Mo. Linn
.
. 821 Linneus . 861 Brookfield . 227 Laclede. " . 233IBucklin . 325lMeadviIIe . 481IMarceline
Jackson Brookfield Cypress Bucklin Dockery Marceline
. . . . . .
Earl M. Cornett . A. H. DeCanniere . Thomas H. Wade . Harry F. Heaton . Walter G. Barnette . Richard W. Stauffer ..
Ronald E. Bradley, Linneus, Mo . A. P. Boyles, 1105 Brookfield, Brookfield, Mo . H. D. Hall, Laclede, Mo . . D. R. Owen, Bucklin, Mo Jack E. Friesner, Meadville, Mo . Arthur M. Willian, 420 W. Walker, Marceline, Mo.
2nd & 4th Mon. 2nd & 4th Tues. 1st & 3rd Wed. 1st & 3rd Tues. ea. Tues. night 1st & 3rd Thurs.
t+ o t:; Q ~
o
~
~
H
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT-W. A. BAGLEY, D. D. G. M., Shelbina, Mo. Macon ..â&#x20AC;˘..... Callao Bloomington Censer La Plata Lodge of Truth Excello Elmer Shelby . St. Andrews Shelbina Hunnewell BetheL Clarence
. . . . . . . . . . . .
38ICallao 102IBevier 172lMacon 237!La Plata 268 Atlanta 332lExcello 648IElmer 96lShelbyville 228lShelbina 415IHunnewell 537IBethel. 662IClarence
. Bert B. Bledsoe, Box 771, Callao, Mo . Raymond Skinner . Allen T. Jones . C. F. Larsen, Box 126, Bevier, Mo . W. A. Roemer, 302 Jefferson, Macon, Mo.. . . . . . .. . Lawson Romdue . Leon Easley, LaPlata, Mo . Kenneth Spencer . Glen Thurman, Atlanta, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . C. G. Sagaser, Jr . Harold Mabry, 620 N. Rubey, Macon, Mo......... . Everett Andrews . 1. H. Grubbs, Elmer, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . James B. Bailey . W. S. Parrish, Shelbyville, Mo . Kenneth Turner . Francis W. Kimbel . A. L. Jones, Shelbina, Mo . J. Albert Howe, Hunnewell, Mo . Homer Shride . Wm. A. Looney, Bethel, Mo . Carol D. Claggett . F. L. Foreman . Claude Oylear, Clarence, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
1st & 3rd Fri. 2nd & 4th Tues. 2nd & 4th Mon. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & Srd Mon. 1st & 3rd Wed. 2nd & 4th Mon. 2nd & 4th Wed. 1st & 3rd Wed. 2nd & 4th Fri. 2nd & 4th Mon. 1st & 3rd Thurs.
ro ro o q ~
H
~
00 -l
~
00 00
LODGE DmECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued FIFTEENTH DISTRICT-J. S. QUINN, D. D. G. M., LaGrange, Mo. Lodge NO.1 Location Wyaconda . 241La Grange Monticello ..•...• 58 Monticello LaBelle . 222 LaBelle Craft . 287[Canton Williamstown . 370iWilliamstown Lewistown . 494[ Lewistown Ewing..•........ 577!Ewing Maf,io~::·.:::: Palmyra ....•.... 18[Palmyra St. John's . 28[HannibaI. HannibaL ...•••• 188IHannibaI. Philadelphia ....• 502[Philadelphia
County Lewis •.••••.•
. . , . . , . . . . .
Master J. Kenneth Bailey . Marvin G. Marks , Shelton Wilson, ,., Kenneth L. Hinkle . Richard R. Welker . Thomas F. Bailey . J. P. Wallace . Charles R. Haydon. , . Dan M. Humphrey, .. Robert M. Laswell . Wm. E. Dunn .. , ,
Secretary W. R. Lake, LaGrange, Mo•..................... R. Lance West, Monticello, Mo . Frank L. Young, LaBelle, Mo . Jere Bradshaw, Canton, Mo , . John S. Smith, Williamstown, Mo , . Archie E. Graves, Lewistown, Mo.. , . John W. Terpening, Ewing, Mo . Rufus L. Haydon, 306 S. Main, Palmyra, Mo . W. H. Blackshaw, 1214 Paris Ave., Hannibal, Mo.. Frederick E. Herrin, Box 401, Hannibal, Mo . T. J. Bleigh, Philadelphia, Mo•..................
Time of Meeting 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 2nd & 4th Fri. 1st & 3rd Mon. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & 3rd Mon. 2nd & 4th Mon. 1st Thurs. ea mo.
"'d ~
o
o
t;<j t;<j
t:l
H
Z
Q 00
o"%j t-3
~
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT-NELSON RUSSELL, D. D. G. M., Louisiana, Mo. Pike ........•. Eolia Clarksville " Perseverance Phoenix Frankford Pike
. J. H. McDannold, Jr.. . 14IEolia . 17[ Clarksville . Chas. L. Bankhead , 92[ Louisiana . L. C. Biggerstaff. . . .. . 1361Bowling Green . Clarence L. Shaon... , . 192 Frankford . Eugene Noah . 399!Curryville . Robt. V. Oberman
Theo. L. Graue, Eolia, Mo M. F. Duvall, Jr., Clarksville, Mo Russell J. Rowe, Louisiana, Mo Vernon E. Vogel, Bowling Green, Mo John S. Brown, Frankford, Mo Carl D. Harris, Curryville, Mo ,
tr:l
. . . . ,. .
2nd & 4th Thurs. lst & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Tues. 2nd & 3rd Tues. 2nd & 4th Mon. ard Fri. ea. mo.
~ ~
c.n ~
~
\.0
C)l
SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT-DALLAS C. OSTERHOUT, D. D. G. M., Center. Mo. . Mo~roe . Paris Union Florida . Monroe . Madison .. Santa Fe....•.... ....... Holliday ..•...... Ralls . Ralls . Lick Creek . " New London .
19IParis 231 Florida 641Monroe City 91IMadison •.. " 4621Santa Fe 6601 Holliday 33ICenter 302I perry 307 New London
. . . . . . . . .
Dan King . Calvin Utterback . Dee Beatty Creech . Wesley Houchins . John H. Rudasill . Henry L. Hudelson . Henry Eugene Harris Howard Shirley . John E. Bogue .
Wayne C. Miller, Paris, Mo Gillam Street, Perry Mo C. E. Hedges, Monroe City, Mo Johnnie Summers, RR. No.2, Madison, Mo Charles G. Wilson, Molino, Mo Paul K. Callison, Holliday, Mo Grover C. Layne, Center, Mo Glenn Johnson, Perry, Mo J. Porter Fisher, New London. Mo.. " ,
~
. 2nd & 4th Mon. . 3rd Wed. ea mo. . 2nd & 4th Mon. . 2nd & 4th Thurs. . Fri. nt. bef. 3d Sun. . 1st & 3d Tues. . 2nd & 4th Wed. ' 2nd & 4th Tues. . 1st & 3rd Fri.
Q
~
Z
t1
EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT-HERMAN G. KIDD, D. D. G. M., Jacksonvllle, Mo. Ran~olph .....
Huntsville . Milton ....••..... Clifton Hill . Moberly ..•...... Cairo ......•..... Higbee ..•.•.•.•. Jacksonville ' Clark ,
30IHuntsville 151IMilton ....•...... 161 IClifton Hill 344IMoberly•••...... 486ICairo 527IHigbee 541 Jacksonville..... 610 Clark...........
John S. Medcalf... .. Lewis E. Patton J. L. Schupback..... Charles H. Hartig , ,. A. R. Kribbs H. C. Blanchard..... Jean Edwards Ralph Miller .. , "
Leonard Bradley, 415 N. Main, Huntsville, Mo Arthur Haak, RR. 3, Moberly, Mo George K. Hill, Clifton Hill, Mo J. W. Tate, 518 W. Coates, Moberly, Mo U. L. Dameron, RR. I, Cairo, Mo Edwin B. Hawkins, Higbee, Mo A. J. Wedding, Cairo, Mo Frank L. Ornburn, Clark, Mo ,
t-t
o . 1st & 3rd Tues. . 2nd & 4th Fri. . 1st & 3rd Thurs. . 2nd & 4th Mon. . 2nd & 4th Thurs. . 1st & 3rd Wed. . 2nd & 4th Wed. . 1st & 3rd Thurs.
t1
Q t;rj
o
f%j
~
H
U1 U1
o
c:l
~
NINETEENTH DISTRICT-MILTON J. DAILEY, D. D. G. M., Brunswick, Mo. Chariton'
. Eureka.......... Warren.......... Triplett......... Westville........ Salisbury Rothville Cunningham Mendon.........
73\Brunswick 74 Keytesville 122 Triplett .•....... 202 IWestville •....... 208ISalisbury 426IRothville 525ISumner•........ 628IMendon
Eule Magruder...... Roy Cox , .. , John T. Stouffer William Couch B. J. Mott •.......... Francis Kepner Everett E. Welsh Nelson Brassfield....
Milton J. Daily, Brunswick, Mo Marvin G. Wilson, Keytesville, Mo H. L. TwYman, Triplett, Mo F. E. Porter, Bynumville, Mo E. J. Kirby, Salisbury, Mo Nat J. Venable, Rothville, Mo L. O. Allen, Sumner, Mo Carroll Shull, Box 75, Mendon, Mo
1st & 3rd Tues. 2nd & 4th Tues. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 3rd Sat. ea. mo. , 2nd Fri. 2nd & 4th Wed. 2nd & 4th Wed. 2nd & 4th Mon. ~
00
\.0
I-' (,0
o
LODGE DmECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued TWENTIETH DISTRICT-EARL DEARDORFF, D. D. G. M., Hale, Mo. County Carroll. "
Ray
I
Lodge _ De Witt.......... Wakanda........ Bogard.......... Hale City CarrolL......... ....... Bosworth . Hardin...
Location 39JDe Witt ....•.... 52ICarrollton 10IiBogard 216IHale 249INorborne 597;Bosworth 322IHardin
NO.1
Master Harvey Lybarger Phillip Huff Harold Dodds Ralph Callaway Harry H. Mattox. Chas. Kuhn......... John L. Wright.
I
Secretary George Hollister, DeWitt, Mo Harry Schanz, RR. 2, Carrollton, Mo Frank Brunscher, Bogard, Mo Robert Baker, Rt. No.2, Hale, Mo R. H. Robinson, 611 S. Elm, Norborne, Mo C. F. McPherson, Bosworth, Mo S. L. Lockridge, Box 67, Hardin, Mo
Time of Meeting . 1st & 3rd Thurs. . 2nd & 4th Thurs. . 2nd & 4th Tues. . 1st & 3rd Mon. . 2nd & 4th Mon. . 2nd & 4th Thurs. . 2nd Sat., 4th Tues.
!-oj pj
o
~ txj t:l
H
Z
Q
m o
TWENTY-FmST DISTRICT-HARVEY B. HUFFORD, D. D. G. M., Gashland, Mo. Platte
"
. Rising Sun . Weston ..•.....•. Compass ....•.... Camden Point•... Rowley ..•.•.•... Fidelity.••.•.•... Adelphi . Platte City .
. Geo. C. Harrington, Gashland, Mo 13IBarry . O. M. VanCleave . J. A. Offutt, Box 116. Weston, Mo 53IWeston _ Raymond D. Frey . L. A. Robbins, 504 East St., Parkville, Mo 120lParkviJIe . Paul V. Preston _ C. W. Chandler, Box 13, Camden Point, Mo 169/Camden Point . James D. McClain _ Ben F. Duncan, Dearborn, Mo 204\Dearborn ....•... Jack D. Hudson . Lee Fox, Box 70, Rt. No. I, Parkville, Mo 339 Farley . Ray Noland 3551 Edgerton . Raymond Keefhaver. Clyde M. Newman, Edgerton, Mo , . Leonard Turner ..... Herman Klein, Platte City, Mo 5041Platte City
~
. . . . . . . .
1st Sat. ea. mo. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st Mon. ea. mo. 1st & 3rd Tue:;l. 2nd Wed. ea. mo. 2nd Wed. ea. mo. 2nd & 4th Tues. 2nd & 4th Mon.
l-3
::q txj
~
(,0
c.n ~
~ (',0
TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT-WILLIAM H. COX, D. D. G. Mo, 1325 Benton Blvd., Kansas City 27, Mo.
..
Jackson
.
...... 1
Clay
Heroine Albert Pike Kansas City Temple Cecile-Daylight Rural. Westport Ivanhoe Gate City Orient South Gate york Marlborough SwopePark Sheffield East Gate Northeast Country Club
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Rockhill Alpha.
.
0
••
0
0
. . . . o.
••••••
1041Kansas City . . 219 IKansas City 220lKansas City . 2991 Kansas City . 305 1Kansas City . 316!Kansas City . 340iKansas City . . 4461Kansas City 522; Kansas City . . 5461Kansas City 5471Kansas City . . 563 Kansas City . 5691Kansas City 617iKansas City . 6251 Kansas City ..•.. 630 IKansas City . . 6431Kansas City 656\Kansas City
J. S. Epstein, 3301 Woodland, Kansas City 9. Mo.. 2nd & 4th Tues. C. L. Soderstrom, 6716 Locust, Kansas Cty, Mo . 1st & 3rd Fri. R. 1. Newton, 540 S. Jackson, Kansas City, Mo . 2nd & 4th Mon. G. M. McClelland, 2905 E. 52nd, Kansas City, Mo.. 1st & 3rd Tues. M. C. Morgan, 4407 Campbell, Kansas City, Mo . 2nd & 4th Wed. H. B. Blanchard, 3339 Tracy, Kansas City 9, Mo . 1st & 3rd Mon. . 2nd & 4th Tues. G. R. Seay, 3845 Broadway, Kansas City 2, Mo Frank A. Lewis, 3201 Park, Kansas City, Mo . 2nd & 4th Thurs. Fred H. Knight, 903 Harrison, Kansas City 6, Mo. 1st & 3rd Sat: Vernie G. Fisher, 903 Harrison, Kansas City, Mo.. 2nd & 4th Fri. H. B. Hurd, 3937 Genesee St., Kansas City, Mo . 1st & 3rd Thurs. L. E. Reedy, 3912 Michigan, Kansas City 4, Mo . 1st & 3rd Tues. Roy E. Case, 4543 Chestnut, Kansas City, Mo . 1st & 3rd Mon. L. Verne Hosie, 3828 E. 59th St., Kansas City, Mo. 2nd & 4th Thurs. Robt. O. Fulton, 5421 Ralston, Kansas City, Mo... 2nd & 4th Thurs. L. T. Gillham, 2547 Jackson, Kansas City 27, Mo.. 1st & 3rd Tues. Ed. N. Haynes, 5520 Tracy, Kansas City 10, Mo... 'lst & 3rd Thurs. R. T. Swearingen,_ 5940 Rockhill Road, Kansas City 4, Mo . 1st & 3rd Mon. 663 Kansas City . Ernest T. Montauk . Jos. Weinsaft, 4222 S. Benton, Kansas City, Mo . 1st & 3rd Wed. . W. J. Waers, 2103 Gentry, 6591N. Kansas City . B. J. Seymour North Kansas City 16, Mo . 2nd & 4th Mon. 0
Frank T. McLean . Paul B. Bryant . Guy H. Jones . John E. Pearse . Don Gil Torres . . C. E. Ellerbrook Millard N.Smythe . Russell E. Smith . James E. Manning . Earl M. Landrum . Hayward A. Barlow .. Roland E. Vandall . George T. Cain . Harry D. Brown . . Russell Coonrod Chas. W. Roberts, Sr. Harry E. Sympson . Jack S. Fate .
1
.~
Q
l;O
>
Z
t:1
t-!
o
t:1
ot<j o
':!:j
~
H
00 00
oq
TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT-JAMES P. HALL, D. D. G. M., Lexington, Mo.
Lafa;rette .....
Waverly . Lexington ..•.... Higginsville . Concordia . Mount Hope . Richmond . .. R,~Y .......... Ray Ada .
611 Waverly 149/Lexington 364IHigginsville..... 464 1Concordia 476iOdessa 57IRichmond... 223:Camden 44410rrick
F. H. Schreiman Carl L. Payne..... .. John R. Bridges..... Arthur Walkenhorst. John W. Kite Wilbert Cox Wm. Britt. Claude Brown
W. C. Rowe, Waverly. Mo E. S. Holman, 1315 Franklin, Lexington, Mo Gene T. Whitener, Higginsville, Mo Everett Pape, Concordia, Mo Rufus H. Kelly, Odessa. Mo.............. Forrest B. Thompson, Richmond, Mo F. P. Kirkland, 503 N. Thornton, Richmond, Mo Eunice Roe, RFD. No.1, Orrick, Mo
~ 2nd Thurs. ea. mo. 3rd Tues. 2nd & 4th Mon. 1st & 3rd Mon. 2nd & 4th Fri. 3rd Mon. ea. mo. 1st Thurs. 2nd Thurs. ea. mo. ~
(',0 ~
~ ~
~
LODGE DmECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT-DORSEY BAIL, D. D. G. M., 354 W. Summit, Marshall, Mo. Coun ty Saline
1
Lodge Arrow Rock C~mb:idge
MiamI Trilumina Barbee Malta OrientaL •••••••• 1 Nelson
. . . . . . . .
No. I Location 551Arrow Rock 63ISlater 85IMiami. 205lMarshall 2171Sweet Springs 4021Malta Bend 518; Blackburn 560'Nelson
. . . . . . . .
Master Rolla Humburg Wm. H.Giles Ralph W. Malan J. Challis Young J. W. Jones Fred Malter W. W. Kirchhoff D. E. Caton
. . . . . . . .
Secretary John Emmerson. Gen. Del.. Arrow Rock, Mo . F. G. Schmidt. 201 E. Lincoln, Slater, Mo . George W. Wilson, Miami, Mo . . G. Howard Fuller, Marshall, Mo Paul Wylie, Sweet Springs, Mo .. ••.............. Elmer H. Wilson. Malta Bend, Mo . Walter C. Borchers, Backburn, Mo . Harry H. Coburn. Nelson. Mo .
Time of Meeting 2nd Thurs. ea. mo. 1st Tues. ea. mo. 4th Tues. ea. mo. 1st Thurs. ea. mo. Last Fri. ea. rna 1st Tues. ea. mo. 4th Thurs. 2nd & 4th Tues..
"d
pj
o o
t?::l t?::l
t::1
H
Z 4:)
00
o":;j
TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT-REUBEN D. HUME, D. D. G. M., Armstrong, Mo. Cooper . Pleasant Grove . Wm.D.Muir . Wallace . Prairie Home.' . Howard::::: :: Howard . Fayette .•........ " Livingston . Armstrong . Co~per .......
36IBoonviIle 142:0ttervilIe 277.:Pilot Grove 456IBunceton 503 IPrairie Home 41New Franklin 47.Fayette 51IGlasgow 701 Armstrong.
Frank A. Arnold Lester N. Dittmer Albert A. Eichhorn L. N. Gerhardt Edgar Don Carlos Wm. E. Rudloff, Jr A. Wayne Hickam... W. W. yancey Earle L. Hill.....
Clarence L. Hurt. Boonville, Mo . J. H. Gunn, Ottervile, Mo . Peyton E. Hays, Pilot Grove, Mo . Donald J. McKnight, Bunceton, Mo . Fred L. Schilb. Prairie Home, Mo . W. R. Koelling, New Franklin, Mo . Samuel P. Ayres, Jr., Fayette, Mo ' . James E. Borders, 611 Howard St., Glasgow, Mo.. Robert R. Walker, Box 323. Armstrong, Mo .
2nd & 4th Tues. 2nd & 4th Wed. 2nd & 4th Tues. 2nd & 4th Fri. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Tues. 1st & 3rd Mon. 1st & 3rd Thurs.
8
~
t?::l
~ ~
Cl ~
I-'
'-0 01 ~
TWENTY-SIXTH DISTRICT-J. E. RICHARDSON, D. D. G. Mo, Harrisburg, Mo. Bo~ne
.
Centralia . Twilight. Ashland . Sturgeon . Hallsville . Ancient Landm'k. Hinton ......•... Acacia ........•.. 0
•••••••
69lCentralia 114 Columbia 156IAshland 1741 Sturgeon 336 1Hallsville 356 IHarrisburg 455IHinton 602lColumbia
. . . . . . . .
Robert P. Potts Delbert E. Dunklin Wayne E. Gilpin W. G. Lawrence..... W. H. Roberts Jesse Carey W. E. Throckmorton. J. E. Blackmore
James C. Hunt, 421 S. Collier, Centralia, Mo Morris F. Walker, Box 565, Columbia, Mo Ross N. Glascock, Hartsburg, Mo Marshall W. Esteppe, Sturgeon, Mo Geo. W. Wright, Hallsville, Mo J. E. Richardson, Harrisburg, Mo Tilford Goslin, Browns Station, Mo Walter H. Baird, 1619 Bass, Columbia, Mo
. . . . . . . .
1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Tues. 1st & 3rd Mon. 1st Fri. ea. mo. 1st Wed. 1st & 3rd Sat. 2nd & 4th Wed. 1st & 3rd Tues.
Q ~
> Z
tj ~
TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT-A. W. GRIFFITH, D. D. G. M., Fulton, Mo. Au~ain CalI~way
. Laddonia . Hebron . Vandalia ••.....• ' . . Fulton New Bloomfield .. Tebbetts .•..•.... Shamrock ......•.
115ILaddonia " 354 Mexico 491 Vandalia . . 48 Fulton 60lNew Bloomfield .. 565 ITebbetts . 5851 Shamrock •...... 0
Mokane ..•.....•. 612\Mokane
••••
Jesse B. Beshears Donald N. Woods.... Eugene R. Keithley. .. Geo. D. Meinhardt L. E. Bailey Carl Richards. . . . . . .. Harry J. Robison. . . ..
. John L. Krebs. . . . . ..
Howard Christopher, Laddonia, Mo B. C. Denton, Box 120, Mexico, Mo John E. Byram, Vandalia, Mo T. Gordon Niedergerke, Fulton, Mo C. M. Holt, New Bloomfield, Mo Henry Hazlett, Tebbetts, Mo W. S. Armstrong, Bachelor, Mo John L. Pierce, Mokane, Mo
otj . 2nd Thurs. ea. mo. . 1st & 3rd Tues. . 2nd Fri. ea. mo. . 1st & 3rd Fri. . 1st & 3rd Mon. . 1st & 3rd Mon. . Fri. eve. or or bef. full moon . 1st & 3rd Thurs.
Q t:r:j
o
~
~
H
00 00
o
q
~
H
TWENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT-HARRY E. BALL, D. D. G. M., Montgomery City, Mo. Montgomery .. 1 Griswold .••..... '1 .. .• Wellsville .•...... .. •• Montgomery .. o. Jonesburg .. .. Daggett
178lBellflower. ······1 1941 Wellsville 2461Montgomery City 457IJonesburg 492IMcKittrick
Clarence clark·······1 Kenneth Lemasters Calvin Schroff W. Lee Brewster Eldon Smith
Paul Rodgers, Bellflower, Mo Cortes O. Gooch, Wellsville, Mo Price M. Rhoads, Montgomery City, Mo Luther Watkins, Jonesburg, Mo D. T. Brashear, McKittrick, Mo
'13rd Thurs. ea. mo. 2nd & 4th Tues. 2nd & 4th Mon. 3rd Mon. 1st & 3rd Sat. I-'
'-0 Ci.:l
~
CO
LODGE DmECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued
~
TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT-JACK VANN, D. D. G. M., Elsberry, Mo. County
.
rN 0.1
Lodge
Lincoln ..•.... Troy. . . . . . . . . . . . Silex... .. .. . . . . . New Hope. . . . . .. New Salem Louisville Nineveh. .. . . . . .. Moscow.........
Location
341 Troy 75lsilex 199 Elsberry 270IWinfield 409 Louisville 47310Iney 5581Moscow Mills
Master
I
I Time of Meeting
Secretary
. A. C.Shields Wm. F. Martin, Troy, Mo 2nd & 4th Mon. . C. J. Horton. . . . . . . .. R. E. Williams, Silex, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Fri. on or bef. full moon ea. mo. . F. E. Brooksher Wayne B. Leftwich, Elsberry, Mo 2nd Thurs. ea. mo. H. H. Arnhold, Winfied, Mo.. 1st & 3rd Fri. . Earl Snarr... . Price Harvey. . . . . . .. H. R. Howerton, 406 W. Main, Bowling Green, Mo. 1st & 3rd Thurs. Charles T. StrokeI', Olney, Mo 1st Frio ea. mo. . C. R. Stroker . D. D. Humphrey A. C. Langford, Moscow Mills, Mo 2nd & 4th Sat.
I-Ij ~
o o
t:rJ
t?=.j tj
THffiTIETH DISTRICT-MELGE W. GOLTERMAN, D. D. G. M., Wentzville, Mo.
H
St. Charles ..•. , Wentzville .. Palestine Mechanicsville Warren , PauldingviIIe .. Warrenton
. 46/Wentzville . 241 St. Charles . 260IDefiance . 11 Wright City . 609IWarrenton
John Holzhauser Carroll S. Howell Arlie Reinwald , O. D. Tiedemann. . . .. Raymond Vogt
J. M. Carter, Box 318, Wentzville, Mo '1 E. R. Engholm, Box 172. St. Charles, Mo.. . . . . . . .. King Pugh, Defiance, Mo G. C. Schmitt, Wright City, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Frank Ehrmann, Warrenton, Mo.. ..
1st & 3rd·Fri. 1st & 3rd Tues. 2nd & 4th Wed. 1st Thurs. ea. mo. 2nd & 4th Fri.
Z
a
00
o
f'%j
1-3
lJ:l
THffiTY-FffiST DISTRICT-JOHN RICH, D. D. G. M., 217 Pine St., Jefferson City, Mo. Cole ..•.....•. 1 Jefferson
.
Russellville Hickory Hill .......... Centertown Moniteau ..... Tipton California Moniteau Clarksburg Os~ge . Chamois Linn
. . . . . . . . .
43!J efferson City 90 Russellville. . . . .. 211IEugene 611ICentertown 56ITipton 183ICalifornia 295IJamestown 553lClarksburg. . . . .. 1851 Chamois. . . . . . . .. 326!Linn
George A. Dyer Harold W. Jones Parker Norfleet. E. E. Powell James W. Briscoe Paul A. Bolinger Roy L. Steiner LeRoy Howe William Kapell O. Ray Thompson
. N. F. Steenberger, 2216 Oakview Dr., Jefferson City, Mo . George Wilson, Russellville, Mo J. M. Logrbrinck, Eugene, Mo . . James M. Swearingen, Centertown, Mo . W. H. Helt, Tipton, Mo . A. E. Wilson, California, Mo . H. C. Harkins, Lupus, Mo . Leslie J. Stephens, Clarksburg, Mo . Ernst H. Schowengerdt, Chamois, Mo , . F. Edward Busch, Linn, Mo
. . . . . . . . . .
t?=.j
1st & 3rd Mon. 2nd Fri. ea. mo. 1st Thurs. ea. mo. 1st Tues. ea. mo. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 2nd & 4th Fri. 1st Sat. ea. mo. 1st & 3rd Sat. 4th Fri. ea. mo. 1st & 3rd Frio
l--l
CO
Cl ~
THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT-JERRY COTTRELL, D. D. G. M., Pacific, Mo.
~
c.o
C,)l
Franklin ..•... Evergreen ••••••• Sullivan . Gray Summit . Hope ......•..... Fraternal. . Columbia....•... Easter .••........ Union ...••.••.•. G8Sc,~nade.... Hermann ..•••.•. Owensville .
271New Haven 69ISullivan 1731Gray Summit 251 Washington 363IRobertsville ••.... 534IPacific ......•... 5751St. Clair 593IUnion ....•...... 123 Hermann 624 IOwensville
Richard K. Loehnig .. Chas. F. Alexander . Albert G. Cowan . George R. Shockley . Donald A. Ingram . Rabt. Wunderlich . Daniel R. Phillips . E. C. Wiesendanger .. LeRoy Mockel. . J. A. Patterson .
Adriel L. Langendoerfer, New Haven, Mo...... : .. Harry E. Vieten, 4 W. Euclid, Sullivan, Mo....... Wm. E. Arnold, Gray Summit, Mo W. A. Pfautsch, 316 Cedar St., Washington, Mo O. D. Prichard, Robertsville, Mo Robert Cottrell, Pacific, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Bernard R. Gratzer, St. Clair, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Wm. S. Toelke, Union, Mo W. D. Stoenner, 218 W. 6th St., Hermann, Mo Charles L. J ett, Owensville, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st &.3rd Fri. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Fri. 1st & 3rd Sat. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Tues. 2nd & 4th Fri. 2nd & 4th Fri. 1st & 3rd Thurs.
THIRTY-THIRD DISTRICT (A)-J. FLOYD ALCORN, D. D. G. M., 3720 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. St.
Lo~,is City.
Missouri. . Beacon . St. Louis . Naphtali . Pomegranate . Occidental . Pyramid ..•...... Good Hope . Aurora ..•....... America .
Cache .••••...••• Harmony . Clifton Heights . . Rose Hill. Magnolia . Tower Grove . Triangle . Trinity . Benj. Franklin . Pilgrim .......•.. Commonwealth •.. St. Louis Co... Anchor ..•..•.... St. Louis Co•.. University ..•.... Theo. Roosevelt ..
liSt. 31St. 20 St. 25 St. 951St. 163 St. 180 St. 2181St. 2671St. 3471St.
Louis ..•..... Louis •....... Louis . Louis . Louis . Louis . Louis •••.•... Louis •....... Louis . Louis .
4161St. Louis . . 4991St. Louis . 520 St. Louis . 5501St. Louis . 6261St. Louis 6311St. Louis . 638 St. Louis •....... 641 St. Louis . 6421St. Louis . 652 St. Louis •.••.... 654 St. Louis . 4431University City .. 6491Univel'sity City .. 661 University City ..
Weaver F. Conlin 1 John Wohradsky. Jr., 2108 Ann.St. Louis 4, Mo . W. Sylvester Topp H. E. Waldt, 8609 Tara Lane, St. Louis 21, Mo . Russell S. Guion 1 Harry Schwartz, 975 Kirkham, Kirkwood 22, Mo.. Henry S. Schulte Rudy Brock, 2719 Ashby Rd., St. Ann's 14, Mo.... Geo. J. Frangoulis R. C. Winkelmaier, 6015 Pernod, St. Louis 9, Mo.. Terry E. Harris W. C. Smith, 7361 Chamberlain, St. Louis 5, Mo . Fred C. Buchrucker.. A. F. Neiger, (Act.) 6065 Wanda, St. Louis 16. Mo Arnold W. Schoene. .. Elmer M. Ruffin, 6407 January, St. Louis 9, Mo . Kimble L. Bennett C. V. Ehrmann, 3735 S. Spring, St. Louis, Mo . G. H. Holdsworth, 4943 Schollmeyer, L. M. Lauridsen St. Louis 9, Mo . Wm. P. Margedant G. Heinichen, 3227 Ringer Rd., St. Louis 23, Mo . Fred C. Schneider W. E. Punt, 5610 Nottingham, St. Louis 9, Mo . Chas. W. Pitts J. E. Winterton, Jr., 2911 Tamm, St. Louis 9, Mo. Wm. F. Voos E. H. Pleitsch, 1130 Wilshire, St. Louis 24, Mo . Fred F. Zinzel. . . . . .. Henry C. Mayer, 6638 Bancroft, St. Louis 9, Mo . Edward II. Sellman A. H. Liebmann, 5508 Rhodes, St. Louis 9, Mo . Wm. H. Altmiller H.G.Diller, 450 California. Webster Groves 19, Mo. L. Freebersyser.. : H. E. Treece, 2103 Lilly, St. Louis 10, Mo . Alvin L. Ludwig..... Albert Krause, 6625 Delmar, St. Louis, Mo . Hugh D. Smith A. E. Turley, 9 Holly Dr., Webster Groves 19, Mo.. Wilbur Perkins DuVal O'Neal, 5905 Julian, St. Louis 12, Mo . Frank X. Leary A. W. Reiter, 6623 Hoffman Ave., St. Louis 9, Mo.. Elmer J. Rohr..... .. Alfred A. NaIl, 6921 Waterman, St. Louis 6, Mo... August J. Kempf ..... J. G. Mahalak, 1009 Gabriel Dr., St. Louis 15, Mo..
1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 2nd & 4th Wed. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & 3rd Sat. 2nd & 4th Tues. 2nd & 4th Fri. 1st & 3rd Sat. 1st & 3rd Tues. 2nd & 4th Tues. 2nd & 4th Sat. 1st & 3rd Mon. 2nd & 4th Tues. 2nd & 4th 'fues. 2nd & 4th Wed. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 2nd & 4th Fri. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Wed. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Wed. 1st & 3rd Mon. 2nd & 4th Mon.
~
Q ~ ~
Z
tj
t4
o
tj Q l%j
ofo:zj
:s: H
Ul Ul
oq
~
~
c.o
C,)l
~
c.o m LODGE DmEOTORY BY DISTRIOT8-Continued THIRTY-THmD DISTRICT (B)-RICHARD H. BENNETT, D. D. G. M., 1501 Locust St., St. Louis, Mo.
I
Location Master Secretary NO.1 Lodge Meridian ..•....• 2 St. Louis ....... Lester R. Harriss .... Harry C. Ploetze, 4636 Quincy, St. Louis 16, Mo... Geo. Washington. 9 St. Louis ....... Russell O. Nash ...... R. C. Brinkman, 2061 Rwy. Exchg. Bldg., St. Louis 1, Mo............................... Mt. Moriah ••..•• 40 St. Louis ....... Russell A. Grosch ..... E. F. Schilling, 1070 Fontaine PI., St. Louis 15, Mo.............................. Polar Star....... 79 St. Louis ....... Joseph H. Kirkbride .. Val Krapp, 3948 Meramec, St. Louis 16, Mo....... Erwin ..•........ 121 St. Louis ....... Edward C. Dueing .... A. A. Blankenmeister, 6535 Devonshire, St. Louis 9, Mo............................... Pride of the West. 179 St. Louis ....... Norris W. King ...... E. C. Deuser, 24 S. Dellwood, St. Louis 21, Mo..... Wm. J. Meyer ........ 243[St. Louis ....... Keystone ........ Geo. J. Tischler, Box 831, St. Louis I, Mo•........ Cosmos ..•..~ .... 282\St. Louis •...... Jerry W. Turner ..... C. J. Rail, 1522 Jonquil Dr., Webster Groves 19, M. Cornerstone ...... 323 St. Louis ....... C. J. Kekeris ......... A. S. Dawson, 2626 Alhambra Ct., St. Louis 18, Mo Paul Revere ...... 330!St. Louis ....... Sherman Jennings ... J. B. Dryer, 962 Canan Ave., St. Louis 16, Mo..... Tuscan .••....... 360jSt. Louis ....... Chas. G. Schott, Jr.... W. C. Hilmer, 4 Beverly PI., St. Louis 12, Mo..... Itaska .•..•...•.. 420 St. Louis ....... Troy N. PauL ....... W. E. Haustein, 9411 Westchester Dr., St. Louis 21, Mo............................. West Gate ......• 4451St. Louis ....... J. A. Stumbaugh ..... E. B. Partenheimer, 8757 Oriole, St. Louis 16, Mo.. Lambskin ...... " 4601St. Louis ....... Anton J. Tomasek .... Arthur E. Bush, 6701 Bartmer, St. Louis 14, Mo... Euclid ........... 506jSt. Louis ....... F. G. Bietsch ........ Merle E. Campbell, 5808 Delor, St. Louis 9, Mo.... Apollo ........... 529 St. Louis ....... J. Carle Smith ...... George Ruths, 7280 Mackenzie, Affton 23, Mo..... Algabil ......•... 544 St. Louis ....... Rolla Hemphill ...... W. E. Bridegroom, 5022 Gerritt, St. Louis 16, Mo.. Olive Branch ..... 6761St. Louis ....... Philip Martin ........ F. L. Oatman, 3939 Minnesota, St. Louis 18, Mo... Forest Park ...... 678 St. Louis ....... Emmett R. Conant. .. W. O. Seibt, 2723 Ivanhoe, St. Louis 9, Mo........ Mizpah ....•.•... 639 St. Louis ....... Cecil M. Francies ..... H. L. Stein, 7432 Augusta, St. Louis 21, Mo....... Purity ........... 6581St. Louis .•..... Henry F. Boehm ..... John Heines, 6224 Nagle Ave., St. Louis 9, Mo.... St. Louis Co... 1 Shaveh ••........ 646JUniversity City. John W. Martin ...... Albert E. Loehr (Acting), 3946 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, Mo................................ Progress ......... 667 IUniversity City. Howard Davenport ... Robt. F. Mohr, 7738 Circle Dr., Normandy 21, Mo.
County St. Louis City. ..
Time of Meeting 2nd & 4th Thurs. 2nd & 4th Tues.
'"d
1st & 3rd Sat. 1st & 3rd Fri.
0
2nd & 4th Fri. 2nd & 4th Wed. 1st & 3rd Wed. 2nd & 4th Mon. 1st & 3rd Mon. 2nd & 4thFri. 1st & 3rd Tues.
!;d 0 t?=j
M t::j
H
Z
Q
W
0
t-:z:j
1st & 3rd Mon. 1st & 3rd Tues. 2nd & 4th Wed. 1st & 3rd Mon. 2nd & 4th Wed. 2nd & 4th Fri. 2nd & 4th Tues. 2nd & 4th Mon. 1st & 3rd Tues. 1st & 3rd Mon.
1-3
I:I1
t;j
1st & 3rd Tues. 1st & 3rd Thurs. ~
c.o
01
H:>-
f-4
THmTY-FOURTH DISTRICT-GROVER C. KIMBERLIN, D. D. G. M., Garden City, Mo. Cass ..•..•••.. Index
. Cass . Grand River . NonpareiL . Belton •.•........ JeweL . Coldwater . Archie . Cleveland .
541Garden City 147jHarrisonville 276 Freeman 372 East Lynne 450IBelton 480lPleasant HilL 485 IDrexel. ••........ 633/Archie 651 Cleveland
F. W. Winter Wm. M. Kimberlin Joe H. Adams Ivan L. Oesch D. G. Haggadone Wallace Walker H. W. Kohlenberg Jack Duncan E. S. Craycraft
E. Lyle Knight, Garden City, Mo Jesse L. Van Meter, Harrisonville, Mo John C. Waldron, Box 514, Freeman, Mo C. H. Bradley, East Lynne, Mo L. D. Laffoon, Peculiar, Mo John Wm. Parker, Pleasant Hill, Mo Clarence H. Bundy, Drexel, Mo Martin Hackler, Archie, Mo Earl L. Young, Box 124, Cleveland, Mo
. 1st & 3rd Tues. . 1st & 3rd Thurs. . 3rd Frio ea. mo. . 2nd Tues. ea. mo. . 1st & 3rd Tues. . 2nd Frio ea. mo. . 1st & 3rd Mon. . 2nd & 4th Tues. . 2nd Tues. ea. mo.
~
<:.n H::..
Q
~
Z
t! t"i
THIRTY-FIFTH DISTRICT-D. O. BRADLEY, D. D. G. M., Butler, Mo. Bates
. Hume Amsterdam Butler Rockville Crescent Hill RichHill Foster
. . . . . . .
130IHume 141 Amsterdam 2541 Butler 841.Rockville 3681 Adrian 479jRich Hill 5541 Foster
. . . . . . .
Marion Phelps. . . . . .. Boyd C. Gunnels. . . .. Robert L. Spurier. . .. R. H. Hirni. . . . . . . . .. Willis D. Sexson. . . . .. Wayne G. Freeland T. S. Grimsley, Jr
John D. Hess, Hume, Mo Edgar A. Smiser, Amsterdam, Mo S. L. Rook, Butler, Mo H. L. Alexander, Rockville, Mo A. L. Bright, Jr., Adrian, Mo Marion Moreland, Rich Hill, Mo Otis D. Jennings, Box 143, Foster, Mo
. . . . . . .
1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Tues. 1st & 3rd Fri. 1st Thurs. ea. mo. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 2nd & 4th Mon. 1st & 3rd Mon.
o
t!
Q t;::j
o
fo:lj
~
·H
00 00
oq
THmTY-SIXTH DISTRICT-GEORGE B. COLLINS, D. D. G. M., Holden, Mo. Benton
" Johnson " Pettis
"
. Cole Camp . Shawnee . . Knobnoster . Holden . Corinthian . Cold Spring . Chilhowee . . Sedalia ..•.•..... Granite . Green Ridge . LaMonte .
5951Cole Camp 653 Warsaw 2451 Knobnoster 262 Holden 265 Warrensburg 274 Leeton 4871 Chilhowee 236lSedalia 272/Sedalia 425 Green Ridge 574lLaMonte
. . . . . . . . . . .
Vaughn Lumpee C. G. Scott Geo. L. Lewis Bryce McFarland Wm. C. Baker, Jr J. Russel Way. . . . . .. Roy R. Graham Howard J. Gwinn J. A. Waterfield Russell H. Miller O. G. Agee
E. H. Intelmann, Box 117, Warsaw, Mo . J. H. Cooper, Warsaw, Mo . C. L. Saults, Knob Noster, Mo . C. O. Landes, Holden, Mo . C. H. Malone, 115 E. South St., Warrensburg, Mo. D. E. Bailey, 209a S. Maguire, Warrensburg, Mo.. M. A. Wallace, Chilhowee, Mo . R. F. Boies, 510 W. 16th St., Sedalia, Mo . J. R. Smetana, 1108 E. 10th St., Sedalia, Mo . S. M. Dowdy, Green Ridge, Mo . Robert B. Burke, RR. No.2, LaMonte, Mo .
1st & 3rd Fri. 2nd & 4th Tues. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Mon. 3rd Thurs. ea. mo. 1st & 3rd Fri. 1st Frio ea. mo. 3rd Frio ea. mo 3rd Thurs. 2nd Fri. ea. mo.
~
H
f-4
~
-:J
I-l <0 00
LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS--Continued THIRTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT-JOSEPH S. KIDWELL, D. D. G. M., Windsor, Mo. County Lodge Henry ..•..... Windsor . Montrose . Clinton . Calhoun . St. Clair ..•... St. Clair . Circle......•.... " Lowry City ....•. Appleton City . Star .
Location 29IWindsor . 408lMontrose.•...... 548lCIinton . 552 Calhoun . 27310sceola .•........ 342jRoscoe .... , . 4031 Lowry City . 412 Appleton City . 419lTaberviIIe .
il/ O. I
Master Clifford Oechsli. A. V. Bunch R. L. Dunning James A. young Lauren C. Runnels Carl D. Roberts Clark Foster R. L. Meredith L. W. Gower
. . " . . . . . .
Secretary W. B. Johnson, 409 N. Commercial, Windsor, Mo.. George F. Towler, Box Ill, Montrose, Mo . J. B. Holcomb, 216 E. Lincoln, Clinton, Mo . Harry L. Redford, Calhoun, Mo . Roger P. Frank, Osceola, Mo.................•.. C. A. Weinlig, Roscoe, Mo . Martin Tally, Lowry City, Mo . Lloyd Lewellen, Appleton City, Mo . . K. L. Ingalls, TabervilIe, Mo
Time of Meeting 1st & 3rd Tues. 2nd & 4th Mon. 2nd & 4th Tues. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 3rd Tues. ea. mo. 2nd Wed. ea. mo. 1st FrLea.mo. 3rd Mon. ea. mo. 4th FrL ea. mo.
..... "I
Miller. • • • . . .•
. . 152jCamdenton . 433/Mack's Creek . . 83 Lebanon ..•...•.. . 432!Competition . . 528 IConway . . 3751 Waynesville .
o o
M M
t1
H
Z
Q 00
o
THIRTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT-CLAUDE T. WOOD, D. D. G. M., Richland, Mo. Camden ..•... ' Linn Creek Mack's Creek Laclede . Laclede Competition Conway Pulaski. ••.... Waynesville
~
!;l:j
Henry Bobbitt Hoyt young C. V. Keller Robt. Humphreys David H. McShane Paul Landers
. Fred A. Smith Richland . 385 Richland Brumley•.•...... 203 Brumley••..••... Wade Hensley . William H. Clark Iberia ..•........ 410lIberia
. Joseph Jaeger, Jr., Camdenton, Mo . Roy A. True, Urbana, Mo . E. H. Draper, Lebanon, Mo . D. E. Cook, Competition, Mo . E. Herschel Harris, Box 56, Conway, Mo . D. L. Pippin, 204 Wilson-Long Bldg., Waynesville, Mo . J. H. Trippe, Richland, Mo . Donald Williams, Tuscumbia, Mo . Raymond Gardner, Iberia, Mo
~
. . . . .
2nd Thurs. ea. mo. 1st Sat. ea. mo. 1st Wed. ea. mo. 1st Sat. ea. mo. 1st Sat. ea. mo.
. . . .
2nd Tues. ea. mo. 2nd Wed. ea. mo. 2nd Wed. ea. mo. 1st Thurs. ea. mo.
8
IJ::
M
I-l <0
c.n t+>-
~
e.o
01 ~
THIRTY-NINTH DISTRICT-W. W. JACKSON, D. D. G. M., St. James, Mo. Cra~ord ..•.. Lebanon •........ Cuba..•••....... Dent ..••••... Salem ••••....... Maries ...•.... Belle . Lane's Prairie . Vienna..•.•..... Ph~lps ........ Rolla . St. James . Equality .•....... Pulaski.·.·:.·.·:. Arlington . Texas . Latimer .
77 ISteelville•. , ...•. 312 Cuba •••••....... 225 Salem . 373 Belle . . 531 Vichy 94 Vienna . . 213 Rolla 230~St. James . 497INeWbUrg . 346 Dixon . 145 Licking .
Robert T. Randel W. L. Smith Lloyd W. Shelton Clarence Shockley Everett Ragan Ralph Branson Eugene F. Swope Wm. A. Morrison Louie DeShurley R. C. Veasman Enos S. Siak
' W. 1. Carr. Steelville, Mo Chas. F. Wilmesheer, Cuba, Mo , Max J. Blackwell, Salem, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. N. B. Stockton, Bland, Mo Wm. W. Nangle, Vichy, Mo , Carl Baldwin, Vienna, Mo , W. C. Campbell, 203 W. 1st St., Rolla, Mo W. W. Jackson, St. James, Mo Howard R. Pinto; Newburg, Mo , Ralph W. Goforth, Dixon, Mo W. D. Rodgers, Box 174, Licking, Mo ,
1st Sat. ea. mo. 2nd Sat. ea. mo. 1st & 3rd Frio 2nd & 4th Fri. 2nd Sat. ea. mo. 1st Sat. ea. mo. 1st & 3rd Wed. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Fri. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Thurs.
o
~ ~
Z
t1 ~
o
t1
Q
t?:i
o
FORTIETH DISTRICT-FRANK WRIGHT, D. D. G. M., Caledonia, Mo. Jefferson ..•.. 1 De Soto '1 1l9 1De Soto··,······1 .. •.•.. Joachim ..•...... 164 Hillsboro...•.... .. • •••.. Herculane1,lm 338 Herculaneum ..•. Washington Tyro ........•. ,. 12Icaledonia., ,
'1 131/Potosi.
Potosi. Irondale ... Belgrade St. Francois .. 1 ..•. , Jefferson. . ... Shekmah........
Blac~well
,. 143 Irondale ••....••. 632 Belgrade........ 535IBlackwell 256IFestus..........
Corba S. woods· Harold W. Hurd W. E. Jones Jesse Riggins
·1
A. L. Schwaegerle, Box 572, DeSoto, Mo E. M. Williams, Hilsboro, Mo George W. Hegel, Rt. I, Imperial, Mo , Frank Wallis, Caledonia, Mo
Hugh Richards Frank Nepper Lewis Pierce Clarence 1. Brown Alden W. Lashley. . ..
'I George Carr, Potosi, Mo
"".1
. . . .
'" Guy D. Maxwell, Irondale, Mo H. C. Akers, Belgrade, Mo , Geo. V. Welch, 201 S: 4th St., DeSoto, Mo Byrl Degeare, 730 MIll St. Dr., Festus, Mo.. . . . . ..
2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & 3rd Fri. 2nd & 4th Fri. Sat. on or bef. full moon & 2d Sat. thereafter 1st Fri. ea. mo. 1st & 3rd Sat• 3rd Sat. 1st Sat. ea. mo. 2nd & 4th Tues.
~ H
W W
o q
~
H
J.o-4
c:.o
c:.o
d)~
C/ /
A/'/
b
.-1.....-/~C1.-.
~~.-
/ I-~/. ~ .- -'t.-- '1. /
•,
//,/ //J ,.,-t-L-,., I
~ ~'F114~~
CUr//t,f,t$-v/ _/;7t--I'~71-,,~~?t!~
~~ -7~::F~"/~ ?~ /-?Y/ ff~~
~
o o
LODGE DmEOTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued
FORTY-FmST DISTRICT-SAMUEL B. BROWN III, D. D. G. M., Bolivar, Mo. County Dallas
Lodge INo.1 Location . Riddick 361 Buffalo . Western Light... 396 Louisburg . Urbana 421 Urbana ••.••.... Hickory••..•. Hogle's Creek 279 Wheatland , \... " Hermitage 288 Hermitage•...... '.Polk .••..•..•. Fair Play. . . . . . . . 44 Fair Play . Modern 144IHumansville . Pleasant. .. . . . . .. 160 Morrisville.•..... Bolivar 195IBolivar . Pleasant Hope... 467/Pleasant Hope . Aldrich 664 Aldrich .
.
Master Leonard Perryman James W. Inglis Willard Noland John Endley, Jr Donald Shull. Howard C. West Robt. B. Skidmore J. V. Anderson J. M. Pursley Roy J. Cochran James L. Cowen
. , . . . . . , . . .
Secretary I Time of Meeting Byron Rea, Buffalo, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4th Fri. ea. mo. Roscoe Lindsey, Louisburg, Mo 1st Thurs. James R. Fowler, Urbana, Mo 4th Sat. L. Fred Jenkins. Wheatland, Mo ')0' • •• 1st Thurs. ea. mo. E. R. Crouch, Hermitage, MolJ.#- . Wi~~ P. 3rd Sat. ea. mo. Howard Price. Fair Play, Mo 1st Mon. ea. mo. Monroe A. Fields, Humansville, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . .. 2nd Mon. ea. mo. M. E. Ewing, Morrisville, Mo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3rd Mon. ea. mo. S. B. Brown III, Box 307, Bolivar, Mo 2nd Wed. ea. mo. F. P. Slagle, Pleasant Hope, Mo................. 1st Thurs. ea. mo. Marion Mitchell, Aldrich, Mo , ,. 1st Tues. ea. mo.
"d l;O
o Q
t?;j t?;j
t::::!
H
Z
Q
rn
o
~
FORTY-SECOND DISTRICT-PARKS BACON, D. D. G. M., Eldorado Springs, Mo. . 1st & 3rd Thurs. . 1st & 3rd Mon. . 2nd & 4th Thurs. 4th Tues. ea. mo. . 2nd Thurs. ea. mo. . . 2nd & 4th Tues. . 1st & 3rd Thurs. . 2nd & 4th Thurs.
cedar ..•..... 1 Stockton ......•.. 283IStockton........ Robert Carver....... Chas. L. Schnedler, Box 116, Stockton. Mo Jerusalem 315 Jerico Springs ..• W. P. Long F. O. Potts, Jerico Springs, Mo " " •....•.. Clintonville 482 Eldorado Springs Donald V. McPeak... Earl F. Pentecost, El Dorado Springs, Mo Dade......... Washington , 87 Greenfield Melvin Murphy James VanDam, coo Greenfield Lbr.Co., Greenfield, Mo Garrett•......... 859 Areola.......... Carl Glenn James E. Gillen, Rt. 2, Lockwood, Mo Everton......... 405 Everton•.•.....• S. A. Wisehart W. E. Cantrell, Everton, Mo Melville 468 Dadeville T. J. Asbell R. P. Myers, Dadeville, Mo Lockwood....... 521 Lockwood L. M. Pyle Thos. M. Mooris, Lockwood, Mo
~;-p;?~
~~ aJ--~~~~.
".
.. ,
l
/,..
.
'f -
..
~Jr--
//"-
./~~~
1-3
;
./' ,j.... ,/."
I.' ~~~..
::>~~ •r .•//.:-<......",.
.~~.~
~-
-- ~/~~,
~~
ft~· -C:;~~I/
.- --
,.
.---.
- ...-..., .
~
t?;j
1-£ <:0 CJl ~
~
1:.0 C1
~
FORTY-THIRD DISTRICT-URBAN B. JONES, D. D. G. M., Box 232, Nevada, Mo.
..
Vernon •.••.•• Osage ..•........ Sheldon ..•.....•. Schell City. . . . . .. Montevallo••..... Unity........... Walker ..•.•..... Barton •••.... Hermon......... Lamar.•••••••••. Golden ......•..•. Milford
.
303 Nevada .••••..... 371 Sheldon 448 Schell City. . . . . .. 490 Montevallo 495 Richards........ 605 Walker 187 Liberal. 292ILamar 475 Golden City 516 Milford
Paul A. Hargrove J. F. Lutes L. C. Barbour. . . . . . .. J. L. Kennedy Alfred Keith Gene Kennedy Emmet L. Bunton F. Arnold Stahl. R. C. Stansberry Ira C. Elswick "
David V. Morris, Nevada, Mo H. L. Burney, Sheldon, Mo Robert L. Blakey, Schell City, Mo , Oral Faith, Montevallo, Mo•..•................ " Robert J. Minor, Richards, Mo John R. Walker, Box 357, Nevada, Mo L. C. Link, Liberal, Mo '" W. A. HeYdenberk, Rt. 3, Lamar, Mo Ross L. Stansberry, Golden City, Mo Elmer L. Thomas. Milford, Mo
2nd Fri. ea. mo. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd Wed. ea. mo. 1st & 3rd Sat. 1st & 3rd Wed. 1st & 3rd Wed. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Wed. 2nd & 4th Tues. 1st & 3rd Fri.
Q ~
po.
Z
t1 ~
o
t1
Q t;xj
FORTY-FOURTH DISTRICT-RALPH E. BROWN, D. D. G. M., 923 S. Madison, Webb City, Mo. J~per
. Carthage........ Sarcoxie•••...... Joplin ..•........ Fellowship •...•.. Jasper. . • • • . • . . .. Carterville. . • . • .. MineraI. .•••..... Webb City. . . . . •. Carl Junction ..•. Criterion. .. •• ••. La Russell. . . . . ..
197ICarthage..•..... 293 Sarcoxie .. '" .... 335 Joplin ....•...... 345\JoPlin .••...•.... 398 Jasper •..••..... 4011 Carterville ..•.... 471 Oronogo . 6121 Webb City . 649 Carl Junction ..•. 586 Alba..•...•...•. 692 La Russell .....•.
ehas. A. Grimes Gene Taylor......... John S. Bond " Wm. J. Thurman Bryan Willis Howard Dillon Rex M. Keys. . . . . . . .. W. W. Waggoner Stanley Amos L. Craig Byler " C. A. Brunner
George F. Prater, Box 274, Carthage, Mo Nelson Brown, Sarcoxie, Mo Sherman A. Smith, Box 97, Joplin, Mo.. . . . . . . . .. Mark E. Whitaker, Box 35, Jopin, Mo Walter Carter, Rt. 2, Carthage, Mo.............. Paul D. Terry, Cartersville, Mo Joe B. Gillard, Oronogo, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . .. R. Lee Sullens, 717 W. IstSt., Webb City, Mo Herbert D. Sandy, Carl Junction, Mo , " Leo C. Clarke, 2320 N. Florida, Joplin, Mo J. V. Patton, La Russell, Mo... : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & 3rd Tues. 1st & 3rd Friday 2nd & 4th Fri. 1st & 3rd Tues. 1st & 3rd Fri. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 2nd & 4th Wed. 1st & 3rd Mon. 1st & 3rd Fri.
o
~
~
H
r.n 00
oq
~ H
I).:)
o
~
/
I\:)
oI\:) LODGE DIREOTORY BY DISTRIOTS-oontinued FORTY-FIFTH DISTRIOT-PAUL A. KING, D. D. G. M., 502 Holland Bldg., Springfield, Mo. County Greene
Lod!!.'€' United . O'Sullivan . Ash Grove . Solomon . Gate of Temple . Republic ..•.•.... Strafford ' . Willard . We~~ter •.•... Webster . Doric . Mount Olive . Hazelwood .•..... Henderson . .
NO.1 Location 5 Springfield . 7 Walnut Grove . . 100 Ash Grove 271 Springfield . 422 Springfield . , . 570 Republic . 608 Strafford 620 Willard •......... 98 Marshfield . 300 Elkland . 439lRogersville, RR.3 459/SeymOur , . 477 Rogersville
Master L. Doyle Treece ..'.... Felton Adams ..•..... Orlis L. Farmer . Harry F. Poole . Sherman Salvog , Billy G. O'Neal. . Thos. E. Comstock . Carl Waterman , George R. Barnes . Chas. J. Brangan . Dan Brooks . Harry Jennings . J. Harlan Hacker .
Secretary M. F. Smith, 3050 E. Walnut, Springfield, Mo M. E. Hagerman, Walnut Grove, Mo Robert S. Hosman, Ash Grove, Mo M. W. Kinloch, 528 E. Normal, Springfield, Mo Wm. G. Clark, 1515 Boonville, Springfield, Mo Frank J. Comisky, Box 225, Republic, Mo Harry E. Crier, Box 38, Strafford, Mo Gay Perryman. Willard, Mo Paul V. Rathbun, Marshfield, Mo D. W. Haymes, RR. 2, Box 57, Conway, Mo M. J. Faulkner, Fordland, Mo Gordon Heckendorn, Seymour, Mo E. F. Bracken, Rogersville, Mo
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Time of Meeting 3rd Mon. ea. mo. 2nd Tues. ea. mo. 2nd Thurs. ea. mo 2nd Mon. ea. mo. 3rd Thurs. ea. mo. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st Thurs. ea. mo. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd Fri. ea. mo. 2nd Sat. ea. mo. 3rd Friday ea. mo. 2nd & 4th Mon. 3rd Thurs. ea. mo.
'"'d
~
o
ot?=j t?=j
t:l
H
Z
Q 00
o
~
FORTY-SIXTH DISTRIOT-J. W. NIOKLE, D. D. G. M., Mountain Grove, Mo. Do~las
.
Texas ••••••.•
Ava Pilot Knob
. 26IAva . Carl Henley . 182 Richville ....•..•. Lyle Dickinson
Barnes •......... Texas .••...•.••. Plato ..•......... Summersville .... ' W~.ght ••••••. Mountain Grove .. Joppa ••••....... Mansfield . Norwood .
"
116/CabOOl. ...••••••. 177lHouston . 469IPlato .•......•... 555 Summersville.... 1581Mountain Grove .. 4111 Hartville . 543lMansfield . 622lNorwood .
Garland Keeter ' Garth Gladden Luther Helton Donald Riley Afton Stillwell Jerry M. Broyles. . . .. Fred Russell. . . . . . . .. L. T. Hopper
E. L. Yeoman, Ava, Mo C. M. Cearley, Dora, Mo Willard Knight, Cabool, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. E. E. Scott, Houston, Mo•....................... W. L. Tilley, Plato, Mo...•...................... C. M. Baker, Summersville, Mo Yale Myers, Box,367, Mountain Grove, Mo E. B. Garner, Hartville, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Donald Livingston, Mansfield. Mo Forrest N. Freeman, Macomb, Mo..........
t-3 1st & 3rd Wed. Sat. on or bef. full moon 1st & 3rd Tues. 2nd Wed. ea. mo. 1st Mon. ea. mo. 2nd Sat. ea. mo. 2nd & 4th Fri. 1st & 3rd Fri. 2nd & 4th Tues. 1st & 3rd Thurs.
~
t?=j
I--l
1:.0
c.n ~
~
\.0 CJl
FORTY-SEVENTH. DISTRICT-GEORGE DEWOODY, D. D. G. M., Ellington, Mo. Carter..•...•. , Van Buren •.•.... 5091van Buren •.•... Grandin ....••... HopewelL . Barnesville ..•.... Shannon •.••.. Delphian ..•...•.. It Winona..•....... Eminence .
Re~Olds: : :: : :
579 Grandin ......... 2391 Lesterville •...•.. 353 Ellington. " . 137 Birch Tree . 430lWinona ..•...•.. 6071 Eminence .
C. D. McKinney. Jr
~
H. D. Condray, Van Buren. Mo
On or after full moon of ea. mo. Clinton Hilterbrand .. H. F. Gaines, Ellsinore, Mo 2nd Sat. ea. mo. Roy D. Scott .......•. J. F. Faulkenberry, Box 14. Lesterville. Mo 2nd & 4th Sat. R. L. Daniels. . . . . . .. Earl L. Brown, Ellington, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2nd Sat. ea. mo. L. E. Rutledge Harold Walton, Birch Tree, Mo 1st & 3rd Mon. Frank Smith ..•...... W. A. Rucker, Winona, Mo 2nd Tues. ea. mo. Fred D. Deatherage.. W. A. Despain. Eminence. Mo 1st Sat. & 3d Wd.
Q
l:O
:>
FORTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT-JESSE L. HOLLOWAY, D. D. G. M., Elvins, Mo.
Z
ti Iron .••....•.. Star of the West .. .......... Mosaic ....•.•.... Madison •••••• Marcus ..•....... St. Francois ... Bismarck ..•..... Farmington . Ionic . St. Francois . Samaritan •...... Pendleton ••...... Leadwood Ste.
133lIronton . 351 IBelleview . 1l0lFredericktown•.. 41lBismarck ...•..•. 132 Farmington .•... 154lDesloge . 2341 Libertyville..•.•. 424lBonne Terre . .. 551 Doe Run
G. M. Jobe
. 59SILeadwood.•..••. Marvin L. Poston 5991Flat River . R. B. Shannon 2261St. Mary's . Milo H. Cherry
Genevie;~.1 ~~li~n::::::::::::
Walter E. Manning. Ironton. Mo V. O. Sutton. Belleview. Mo Gus Winter, Box 325, Fredericktown. Mo H. L. Strader. Bismarck. Mo Hezzie Graham, 414 W. 6th. Fannington, Mo J. C. Patterson. 301 N. School St., Desloge. Mo Sam Foley, Rt. No.1, Knob Lick, Mo J. T. Brenon. 209 N. Division. Bonne Terre, Mo M. J. Schnebelen, 919 S. Jefferson, Farmington, Mo . Clyde E. Mayberry, Leadwood, Mo . J. E. LaBruyere. Rt. 1, Box 191, Elvins, Mo . Dwight Smith, 439 N. West St., Perryville. Mo
. Edw. Townsend, Jr . Myron G. Welch . Carl Linville . H. Pratt . Othal D. McFarland .. Fred Kinneman . Wm. E. Robinson . Shelby Hunt .
. . . . . . . .
2nd & 4th Fri. 1st Sat. ea. mo. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Sat. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & 3rd Mon. 1st Thurs. ea mo. 1st & 3rd Thurs.
Q t':j
. . . .
2nd & 4th Wed. 2nd & 4th Sat. 1st & 3rd Tues. 4th Sat. ea. mo.
W W
~
o
ti
o
~
~
1-4
o q l:O
1-4
FORTY-NINTH DISTRICT-ROY D. DRUM, D. D. G. M., Oak Ridge, Mo. Boll!~ger..•..
TroweL •........ Zalma.••........ CapeGi;,a~d~~~ St. Mark's ..•.... West View . Mystic Tie .•..... Whitewater •..... Excelsior .
440lMarbie Hill . 545IZalma . 931Cape Girardeau .. 103IMillersville ••.... 221 1Oak Ridge . 417\Whitewater . . 441 Jackson
Fred L. Thomas Lee Stilts. . . . . . . . . . .. Floyd L. Statler. . . . .. Everett Linebarger. .. Glen S. Kinder. . . . . .. Louis Perkins Troy E. Hartle
J. Virgil Thompson, Marble Hill. Mo H. D. Nichols, Zalma, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. A. C. Stein, 1615 Themis, Cape Girardeau, Mo..... Lloyd E. James, Jackson, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Roy D. Drum. Oak Ridge, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Daniel F. Jones, Whitewater, Mo D. G. Seibert, Jackson, Mo
2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & 3rd Sat 2nd & 4th Tues. lst & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Sat. 2nd & 4th Fri. 2nd & 4th Thurs.
~
o
00
l'>:)
o
~
LODGE DffiECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued "'d
FIFTIETH DISTRICT-AUBREY FRENCH, D. D. G. M., Charleston, Mo. County
I
Lodge
Mississippi. "'1 " •... Scott. . • . . • . .. "
East Prairie ••... Charleston ••..... Morley •••••...... Ashlar . Sikeston . Illmo .••••....... Chaffee ......•... Stoddard ..•...1 Bloomfield . Essex ..••....... " Lakeville . Dexter ..•....... Advance ••....... New
Mad~id:: J ~~~~h~~~·.·.·.·.·.·.·.
Location 3841East Prairie . 4071 Charleston . 1841 Morley . 306 Commerce . 310lsikeston •........ 581 IIImo . . 615 Chaffee 1531 Bloomfield . 278 Essex . . 4891Bell City 532lDexter..•....... 590 Advance . 596 Puxico •......... 603 Morehouse .
.." O. I
Master Carl N. Miller E. Ralph Williams C. E. Brashears Carol Anderson Clell M. Gilbert M. D. Craig Howard Cline Robt. L. Brannock Walter Tillman John R. Cowan O. C. Stuart Otis Shell Ira Tucker Baker Reynolds
Secretary . . Billie L. Givens, East Prairie, Mo . . Dee Jennings, Charleston, Mo . . John D. Uptain, Oran, Mo . Albion Anderson, Commerce, Mo.......•........ . . A. A. Harrison, Box 375. Sikeston, Mo . . O. C. Amick, Box 354, IIImo, Mo . . Otis Snyder, 115 Gray Ave., Chaffee, Mo . . K. W. Blomeyer, Bloomfield, Mo . E. Y. Launius, Essex, Mo . . . H. A. Parker, Box 116, Bell City, Mo . T. L. Johnson, Dexter, Mo . . . Lloyd E. Revelle, Advance, Mo . Hollan Fann, Puxico, Mo . . Don Taylor, Morehouse, Mo .
pj
Time of Meeting 2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Mon. 2nd & 4th Tues. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Wed. 2nd & 4th Tues. 2nd & 4th Tues. 1st & 3rd Tues. 1st & 3rd '1'hurs. 1st & 3rd Mon. 2nd & 4th Tues.
o ~
t.:rJ
t:j H
Z
Q
Ul
o
~
1-:3 ~
t."J
J--l ~
<:Jl ~
~
co
~
~
Q ~
FIFTY-FIRST DISTRICT-ARTHUR U. GOODMAN, JR., D. D. G. M., Kennett, Mo. Du~!tlin ..••..
Kennett . Four Mile . Hornersville . Cardwell . Malden ..•....... Senath ......•... . New ¥.adrid .. Portageville Point Pleasant . New Madrid . Parma ....•...... Pemiscot ..•... Caruthersville . Hayti . Steele ..........• . Stoddard . Bernie . Dunklin ..•..• Clarkton . Pemiscot..•... Wardell . New Madrid .. Lilbourn
..
68lKennett . 212 Campbell. . 215IHornersville . 231 ICardwell . 406IMalden ....•..... 513ISenath . 166lportageVille . . 176 Conran 429 New Madrid . 650IParma . 4611 Caruthersville . 571IHayti . 634lSteele . 573lBernie . 646lClarkton . 665lWardell. " . 666 iLilbourn .
Marvin Clanton . Clay P. Bixler, Box 164, Kennett, Mo . Robert H. White . John P. Slankard, Campbell, Mo . . Thomas B. Wilkins . Archie Young, Hornersville, Mo L. Walker Rose . Howard Tillman, Box 88, Arbyrd, Mo•........... . J. L. Brodhacker . R. C. Patterson, 603 Madison, Malden, Mo A. D. Felker . R. K. Swindle, Senath, Mo . Clarence Spoor . R. D. Ellington, Jr., Box 167, Portageville, Mo . Ollie B. Williams . U. G. Totty, Conran, Mo . . Kermit D. Bird . Charles M. Barnes, Box 178, Marston, Mo Cecil Melton . Orville Coffey, Parma, Mo . F. C. Kindred . Donald V. Magee, Box 137, Caruthersville, Mo . Willard A. Frye . Floyd M. Carlock, Box 46, Hayti, Mo . Howard L. Yeager . Beaumont Smith, Mi<;souri St., Steele, Mo . Kenneth Davis . Carl Thurston, Bernie. Mo ~ . Charles Wilder . Lavern Downing, Box 826, Gideon, Mo . Garland Skaggs . D. L. Potts, Box 626, Wardell, Mo . . Albert Davis . Harold D. J ones, Box 166, Lilbourn, Mo
2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Mon. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 2nd & 4th Mon. 1st & 3rd Tues. 1st & 3rd Tues. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 2nd & 4th Mon. 1st & 3rd Tues. 1st & 3rd Mon.
> Z
tl ~
o
tl
Q
trJ
o
~
~
H
U1 Ul
o
q
~
~
o
~
t-:>
o
~
LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued FIFTY-SECOND DISTRICT-HENRY A. TANNER, D. D. G. M., Doniphan, Mo. County Lodge No., Location Butler ..•••••. Poplar Bluff . 2091PoPlar Bluff . Ri~ley . Pine . 314 Bardley . Composite ..•.... 369lDoniPhan . Naylor . 568 Naylor . W~rne ....... Greenville •...•.. 107lGreenville•.•.•.. Wayne ......•... 5261 Piedmont .
Master Thomas S. Finney James P. Simpson L. W. Pulliam Charles D. Mabry Ted White Calvin L. Bird
Secretary . A. W. Morse, 315 Oak St., Poplar Bluff, Mo . Fred Ollar, Bennett, Mo . E. H. Rongey, Doniphan, Mo . Ralph Chedister, Naylor, Mo . Cleo W. Mabrey, Greenville, Mo . E. G. Eastman, Piedmont, Mo
Time of Meeting . 2nd & 4th Tues. . 3rd Sat. ea. mo. . 2nd & 4th Tues. . 1st & 3rd Thurs. . 1st & 3rd Thurs. . 2nd & 4th Sat.
~
pj
oo
t:r:l t:r:l t!
H
FIFTY-THIRD DISTRICT-.T. FRED PARK, D. D. G. M., West Plains, Mo.
Z
Q
00
Howell ..•.••. ·1 :: ....... ..•..•.. Oregon.......
Mt. Zion ....•.... Ingoma~... : ..... Mountam View •.. Alton .
. 3271West Plains 536 Willow Springs .. 6371Mountain View .. 255/Alton .
Woodside .••.•.•. 387 Thomasville
... . I
Ozark........ "
Clifton ........•. Koshkonong . Sampson .••...... Bayou . Rockbridge Robert Burns
.
I
463jThayer . 5821 Koshkonong . 298ILutie •...•••.•... 365 Bakersfield .
. 435 Almartha . 496 Gainesville
. .
Lee Cole Elvin F. Lovan Chas. L. Freeman E. P. Wheeler
Archie L. Glinn, Box 465, West Plains, Mo 1st Thurs. ea. mo. C. C. Brinsmaid, 722 Center, Willow Springs, Mo.. 2nd Tues. ea. mo. Frank N. LeBaron, Mountain View, Mo 2nd & 4th Tues. D. H. Gohn, Alton, Mo Sat. night on or before full moon Ben Reeves. . . . . . . . .. Arthur Franks, Thomasville, Mo Sat. on or bef. full moon Wilson Childers J. W. Mitchell, Box 183, Thayer, Mo _ 2nd & 4th Tues. Wm. W. Perkins W. B. Hodge, 120 Grove St., West Plains, Mo 2nd Wed. ea. mo. K. V. Heriford. . • . . .. C. J. Hogan, Isabella, Mo , Sat. bef. 3rd Sun. D. R. Soms.......... Virgil Wiles, Bakersfield, Mo Sat. on or bef. full moon Eukel Gardner C. E. Hicks, Wasola, Mo 2nd Sat. ea. mo. Hayden Carter Everett Herd, Gainesville, Mo 4th Fri. ea. mo.
o
~
1-3
l:Il
t:r:l
I-l
c:.o
<:J1 ~
I-l
'0
C1 ~
FIFTY-FOURTH DISTRICT-RAYMOND H. PATTERSON, D. D. G. M., Galena, Mo. Christian
1
Sparta
. 296lSparta
. James Todd
James Jenkins, Sparta, Mo
Friend
.
352Iozark
. Chas. E. Sweet......
Wilhur Wilson, Ozark, Mo
379\Billings 453lForsyth. " 587lBranson 515lGalena 519 Crane
. . . . .
Billings . Ta,r;e y \ Forsyth ..•...... ........ Branson . Stone ~ Galena . Crane .
Glenn Rauch J. L. Matthews Geo. H. Stancil. Clifford L. Hill Raymonc E. Parks. ..
~
Eldon L. Hale, Billings, Mo Clayton P. Cooper, Forsyth, Mo S. G. Prather, Branson, Mo Raymond H. Patterson, Galena, Mo David A. Holderman, Crane, Mo
. Fri. night on or hef. full moon . Sat. on or hef. full moon ~. 1st Thurs. ea. mo. . 2nd & 4th Wed. . 1st & 3rd Fri. . 1st & 3rd Thurs. . 2nd & 4th 'rues.
Q ~
> ~
t:l t"
o
t:l
Q
tr:1
o
b:j
FIFTY-FIFTH DISTRICT--GEORGE FAGAN, D. D. G. M., Box 72, Wheaton, Mo. Ba,~ry
. Monett Barry Pythagoras Comfort Lawrence..... Mount Vernon Canopy Decatur Miller
. . . . . . . .
129lMonett . . 367 Washburn 383 ICassville . 533IWheaton . 99/Mount Vernon . 2841 Aurora . 400lPierce City •...•. 567IMiller .
Paul C. Pitts H. J. Carpenter Orville Abernathy Thomas M. Post Walter Pendleton Wm. C. Ryan Harry Chapman Joe M. Glasscock
. . . . . . . .
F. E. Williams, Box 184, Monett, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . .. N. E. Edens, Washburn, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. W. T. Priest, Cassville, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Chester P. Boyer, RFD, Purdy, Mo Leon Pugh, Mt. Vernon, Mo W. H. Lloyd, Aurora, Mo Edwin Wilks, Pierce City, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Thomas F. Webb, Miller, Mo....................
1st & 3rd Fri. 1st & 3rd Sat. 2nd & 4th Fri. 2nd Thurs. ea. mo. 1st & 3rd Tues. 2nd & 4th Tues. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Wed.
~
H
W W
o q
~
~
o
-.;)
I\:)
o
00
LODGE DmECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued FIFTY-SIXTH DISTRICT-BERT ST. CLAIR, D. D. G. M., Noel, Mo. County
Lodge Southwest Anderson NoeL Newton ..•.... Neosho Granby " Stella
McD,~nald..•..
Location 4661Southwest City .. 621IAnderson . . 647 Noel. . 247 Neosho 514 Granby . 538\Stella .
No. I
. . . . . .
Master James B. Cantrell Neil B. Hudson Richard Easter James D. Hurst Charles J. Pierson Floyd Wolfe
. . . . . .
Secretary George Kramp, Jr., Southwest City, Mo Henry Eppard, Anderson, Mo Claude S. Eskridge, Noel, Mo Henry C. Bacon, Neosho, Mo Clarence Bucklew, Box 143, Granby, Mo Earle D. Young, Box K, Stella, Mo
. . . . . .
Time of Meeting 1st & 3rd Tues. 2nd & 4th Wed. 1st & 3rd Wed. 1st Thurs. ea. mo. 1st & 3rd Fri. 1st Tues.
'"d
~
o
ol;!:j
FIFTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT-BRACE KITCHELL, D. D. G. M., 1618 Yale Ave., Richmond Heights 17, Mo.
l;!:j
t::t
H
St. Louis If
1 Bonhomme
. Bridgeton . Webster Groves ..
45jBallwin . W. G. Peterson 80 I St. John's Station. A. J. LeBegue 84jWebster Groves .. Tuscan Boaz
Fenton Meramec Kirkwood Ferguson Maplewood Clayton Wellston Valley-Park Jennings Gardenville Freedom
. . . . . . . . . . .
281 Fenton 313lEureka 484lKirkwood 542lFerguson 566lMaplewood 601IClayton 613jWellston 6291 Valley Park 640IJennings 655 Gardenville 636IMehlville
Brentwood Overland Berkeley
. 616lBrentwood . 623/0verland . 667 Berkeley
I
. . . . . . . . . . .
Edw. F. Sappington .. Kermit G. Reed Russell F. Rose Wm. C. Underwood Robert M. Pirrie Lawrence F. Nelson .. William E. Reany. . .. Charles P. Curd Charles E. Elston.. .. Harry E. Hanna A. P. Konzelman
. Gerald N. Grace . Clarence GuilL . W. David Pinkston. ..
Henry F. Woerther, Ballwin, Mo W. Reinemer, 2716 Lyndhurst, St. Louis 21, Mo Fay G. Fulkerson, 525 Sunnyside, Webster Groves 19, Mo H. E. Reynolds, Rt. 1, Box 94, House Springs, Mo. J. W. Thee, Eureka, Mo L. L. Keevil, 408 W. Rose Hill, Kirkwood 22, Mo J. E. Adams, 219 S. Clark, Ferguson 21, Mo W. F. Harris, 7572 Wise, Richmond Heights 17, Me R. W. McElhinney, 3 Daniel Rd., St. Louis 17, Mo. Lee 0. Chestnut, 1564 Valle, St. Louis 20, Mo.. . .. Elmer T. Hiscox, 10 Boyd Ave., Valley Park, Mo.. John 'r. Cassens. 2507 Ada, St. Louis 21, Mo.. . . .. H. A. Gast, 9743 Tesson Ferry Rd., Affton 23, Mo.. H. A. Kolb, 4322 Mattis School Rd., St. Louis 23, Mo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. P. D. Bragg, 548 Oakwood, Webster Groves 19, Mo S. J. Hoffman, 2428 Wallis, St. Louis 14, Mo Virgil E. Kolb, 8911 Guthrie, St. Louis 21, Mo.. . ..
1st & 3rd Tues. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Tues. 2nd & 4th Fri. 1st & 3rd Fri. 2nd & 4th Mon. 1st & 3rd Fri. 1st & 3rd Fri. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & 3rd Tues. 1st & 3rd Tues. 2nd & 4th Thurs.
Z
Q
ro
ob:j 1-3 p:j l;!:j
1st & 3rd Tues. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & 3rd Thurs. ~
l:.O 01 ~
1--6 '0
C1
~
FIFTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT-A. ROSCOE WHITE, D. D. G. M., Eldon, Mo. Morgan •...•.. 1 Versailles .. • •• : ••. Barnett Miller........ Olean .. Ionia
'1 32olversailles
j Glenn L. Stokes.····.1 591 Barnett......... S. R. Kidwell 134/0Iean ....•••.... Heaton N. Haynes ' 381 Eldon ......•..... Howard Scott
W. B. Todd, Versailles. Mo Robert E. Edmondson, Barnett, Mo Clarence E. Herfurth, Olean, Mo Ford Vaughan, Eldon, Mo
'1 2nd & 4th Mon.
2nd Wed. ea. mo. 3rd Thurs. ea. mo. ,. 2nd & 4th Mon.
Q
PO
> Z
tj ~
ot;
FITTY-NINTH DISTRICT-BYRON AULD, D. D. G. M., Buckner, Mo.
Q txj
....
Jackson ...... Independence.... ....... Summit......... McDonald ....... , Blue Springs ..... Raytown ....•... ...... Christian ........ Buckner ......... ....... Mt. Washington .. Grandview ....... " Grain Valley .•...
... . .... ..
76/Independence.•.. 2631Lee's Summit .... 324lIndependence .... 3371Blue Springs ..... 391 Raytown ..••.... 39210ak Grove ....... 5011 Buckner ......... 614jMt. Washington .. 618:Grandview ....... 6441Grain Valley .....
Fred L. Main ........ Howard Wright. ..... Riley W. Wheaton .... Joseph H. Haus ...... Don L. Gregory ...... Warren Grayum..... B. W. Reser .......... Odell Cooley ........ L. M. Koirtyohann .... F. H. Kindred ........
'1
M. W. Sudbrock. 1309 N. Spring, Independence. M W. A. Harvey, Rt. 4, Box 424, Lee's Summit, Mo.. P. R. Hall, 120 S. Pleasant St.,Independence, Mo.. George M. Hale, Sr., Blue Springs, Mo........... Henry W. Poertner, Box 434, Raytown, Mo....... Jack E. Perry, Box 304, Oak Grove, Mo........... H. W. Bergschneider. Box 53, Levasy, Mo......... G. B. Chd,ty, 10008 Truman Rd., Independenee, ~ Herbert L. Bratton, Grandview, Mo.............. Charles U. Kitley, C-89, Lake Lotawanna, Lee's Summit, Mo............................
2nd & 4th Mon. 1st & 3rd Tues. 1st & 3rd Mon. 1st & 3rd Fri. 1st & 8rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Fri. 1st & 3rd Tues. 2nd & 4th Fri. 1st & 3rd Thurs.
o
"::l ~
H
W W
o
q
PO
H
2nd & 4th Tues.
~
o
'0
LIST OF ELECTED OFFICERS OF THE GRAND LODGE A. F. & A. M. MISSOURI FROM ITS ORGANIZATION, APRIL 23, Date Election
Grand Master
D. Grand Master
April, 1821. Thos. F. Riddick .. * ........•........... Oct., 1821. Nath'l B. Tucker .. * Thompson Douglas.* Oct., 1822 Nath'l B. Tucker .. * Thompson Douglas.· Oct., 1823 Nath'l B. Tucker .. * Geo. H. C. Melody .. • Oct., 182.4 Nath'l B. Tucker Geo. H. C. Melody .. • Oct., 1825 Edward Bates * Geo. H. C. Melody .. • Oct., 1826 Edward Bates * Hardage Lane * Oct., 1827 Edward Bates * Hardage Lane * Oct., 1828 Hardage Lane • Geo. H. C. MelodY .. * Oct., 1829 Hardage Lane * Fred L. Billon * Oct., 1830 Hardage Lane ....• Geo. H. C. Melody ..• Edward Bates * Geo. H. C. Melody ..• Dec., 1831 Oct., 1832 H. R. Gamble * Geo. H. C. Melody .. * Dec., 1833 Sinclair Kirtley * A. B. Chambers * Nov., 1834 § A. B. Chambers * Sinclair Kirtley • Oct., 1835 .. tt A. B. Chambers ...• Sinclair Kirtley • Oct., 1836 S. W. B. Carnegy.* John D. Daggett * Oct., 1837 S. W. B. Carnegy.* John D. Daggett * Oct., 1838 S. W. B. Carnegy.* John D. Daggett * Oct., 1839 P. H. McBride .... * A. B. Chambers * Oct., 1840 P. H. McBride ....• Joseph Foster • Oct., 1841 P. H. McBride * Joab Bernard * Oct., 1842 P. H. McBride • Joab Bernard * Oct., 1843.. ,. P. H. McBride * Joseph Foster * Oct., 1844 J. W. S. Mitchel!.* Fred L. Billon * Oct., 1845 J. W. S. Mitchel!.* John D. Taylor * Oct., 1846 John Ralls * John D. Taylor * Oct., 1847 Joseph Foster * E. S. Ruggles * May, 1848 Joseph Foster * E. S. Ruggles May. 1849 John F. Ryland • E. S. Ruggles May. 1850 John F. Ryland * B. W. Grover * May 1851. B. W. Grover * E. S. Ruggles * May, 1852 B. W. Grover • S. F. Currie * June, 1853 Wilson Brown * L. S. Cornwell * . May, 1854.:-:-: L. S. Cornwell .. ;.* D. P. Wallingford .. '"
Senior G. Warden
t>:l
I--'
o
1821
Junior G. Warden
James Kennerly .. • William Bates * Edward Bates * William Bates * Edward Bates • Wm. G. Pettus * Edward Bates * Wm. G. Pettus * Wm. G. Pettus * Thornt. Grimsley * Wm. G. Pettus * Thornt. Grimsley * Martin Ruggles * John F. Ryland * Martin Ruggles * H. R. Gamble * H. R. Gamble • Adam L. Mills H. R. Gamble .....• Adam L. Mills • Sinclair Kirtley .. '" Adam L. Mills • Oliver Parker * Augustus Jones • M. J. Noyes * Augustus Jones • John Wilson * G. A. Tuttle • Oliver Parker * S. W. B. Carnegy • Oliver Parker • S. W. B. Carnegy * Edward Searcey .. * Granville Snell * A. B. Chambers • Thomas Andrews • A. B. Chambers * Aex. T. Douglass ..• * Alex T. Douglass.· Wm. C. Vance * Alex T. Douglass .• John Orrick • Joseph Foster * C. H. Bowers Joseph Foster * C. H. Bowers J. W. S. Mitchel!. * E. S. Ruggles * E. S. Ruggles * J. L. F. Jacoby • E. S. Ruggles * J. L. F. Jacoby * E. S. Ruggles * J. L. F. Jacoby * J. L. F. Jacoby * Cyrus Osborn * Cyrus Osborn '" Joseph Megguire * Joseph Megguire.* .P. Draper * P. Draper * S. F. Currie * S. F. Currie * J. H. Turner * J. H. Turner * S. H. Saunders * J. W. Chenoweth.* R. C. Hill .....•.... * James H. Britton .•................. *.
Grand Treasurer Archibald Gamble .. * Archibald Gamble ..• Archibald Gamble .. * Archibald Gamble .. * Archibald Gamble ... Archibald Gamble .. * Rich. T. McKinney.* Thornton Grimsley.* Thornton Grimsley.* Bernard Pratte..... Thomas Andrews ... * Thomas Andrews ...• Thomas Andrews ... * Geo. H. C. Melody .. * Geo. H. C. MelodY .. * Geo. H. C. Melody ..• Geo. H. C. Melody ... Geo. H. C. MelodY .. * Geo. H. C. Melody ..• Geo. H. C. Melody .. * Geo. H. C. Melody .. * Geo. H. C. Melody John Simonds * Fred L. Billon * John S. Watson '" John S. Watson John S. Watson '" John S. Watson * John S. Watson * John M. Reed * J. T. Johnson * J. T. Johnson * J. T. Johnson * Joseph Foster * Joseph-Foster *
Grand Secretary William Renshaw. William Renshaw. William Renshaw. T. Douglas* T. Douglas· John D. Daggett* John D. Daggett* John D. Daggett* John D. Daggett* John D. Daggett. Fred L. BiIIon* Fred L. Billon* Fred L. BilIon· John Garnett* Thos. W. Conyers· Thos. W. Conyers* Richard B. Dallam* Richard B. DalIam. Richard B. Dallam* Richard B. Dallam· Richard B. Dallam· Richard B. DaIlam* Richard B. DaIlam* Richard B. Dallam* Richard B. Dallam'" Fred L. Billon'" Fred L. BiIlon* J. W. S. Mitchell. J. W. S. Mitchell* C. D. W. Johnson* C. D. W. Johnson· C. D. W. Johnson. A.O'SulIivan* A.O'Sullivan* A.O'Sullivan*
I-Ij
!;O
o o
t1:J t1:J t::1
H
Z m o Q
"'.i 8 ~ t1:J
I--'
~
01 ~
"
~
M~y, 1855
May, May, May, May. May, May, May. May, May, May. May, Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct•• Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct., Oct.,
1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861. 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 ..•. 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871. 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881. 1882 1883 .•.. 1884 •... 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891. 1892 ..•. 1893 1894 1895
'0
L. S. Cornwell * Benjamin Sharp .. " W. A. Cunningham .. S. H. Saunders •.. * P. Draper * S. H. Saunders • Marcus Boyd * Marcus Boyd * M. H. McFarland .. * M. H. McFarland.* W. R. Penick * Wm. R. Penick • John Decker * Geo. Whitcomb * John H. Turner * John H. Turner .. * Wm. N. Loker * John F. Houston.* John D. VinciI. John F. Houston.* John D. VinciI. * John D. Vincil ..• * W. E. Dunscomb * W. E. Dunscomb.* C. A. Rowley * John D. Vincil ... * R. E. Anderson * William D. Muir.* T. E. Garrett * Thos. E. Garrett.* R. E. Anderson * Thos. E. Garrett.'" R. E. Anderson * Samuel H. Owens.* J. E. Ryland * R. E. Anderson .. * John W. Luke * John W. Luke * Xenophon Ryland .. * James E. Cadle * Xenophon Ryland .. * Xen. Ryland * Thos. C. Ready * T. C. Ready * Noah M. Givan * Noah M. Givan * Joseph S. Browne .. * Jos. S. Browne * W. R. Stubblefield .. * W. R. Stubblefield * Alex. M. Dockery * Alex. M. Dockery.* Chas. C. Woods * Chas. C. Woods * Lee A. Hall. * Lee A. Hall * Robt. F. Stevenson.* Robt. F. Stevenson* James W. Boyd * James W. Boyd .. * George R. Hunt * Geo. R. Hunt * W. M. Williams * Wm. M. Williams.'" James P. Wood * James P. Wood R Theodore Brace * Theodore Brace .. * Geo. E. Walker * Geo. E. Walker ... * B. H. Ingram * B. H. Ingram ....• John R. Parson * John R. Parson * Harry Keene * Harry Keene * J. B. Thumas * J. B. Thomas * A. M. Hough ..•.... * A. M. Hough .....• D. A. Jamison ..... *
J. W. Chenoweth.* H. E. Van Orsdell.* S. H. Saunders * Marcus Boyd " Marcus Boyd * John F. Houston * John F. Houston .. * John Decker * W. R. Penick * John Decker * John Decker * Samuel M. Hayes * Geo. Whitcomb * A. L. McGregor * Wm. N. Loker * Samuel Russell * John D.VinciI. .. * A. L. McGregor * A. L. McGregor .. * Martin Collins * Martin Collins '~ R. E. Anderson * R. E. Anderson * A. L. McGregor * T. E. Garrett * Wm. D. Muir * Wm. D. Muir * Alex ::\1. Dockery " A. M. Dockery * Sam H. Owens * Sam H. Owens * John E. Ryland * Sam H. Owens * John E. Ryland " John W. Luke ..•. * Jas. E. Cadle * Jas. E. Cadle * Xenophon Ryland .. * Jas. E. Cadle * Thos. C. Ready * Thos. C. Ready * Noah M. Givan * Noah M. Givan * M. G. Hubble Jos. S. Browne * W. R. Stubblefield.* W. R. Stubblefield* Jas. E. Carter * Jas. E. Carter R* Alex. l'vl. Dockery * Chas. C. Woods * Lee A. Hall. * Lee A. Hall * Robt. F. Stevenson.* Robt. F. Stevenson* James W. Boyd * James W. BoYd * Geo. R. Hunt '" George R. Hunt .. * Wm. M. Williams * Wm. M. Williams.* James P. Wood * James P. Wood *· ** Theodore Brace * Geo. E. Walker * Geo. E. Walker * B. H. Ingram * B. H. Ingram * John R. Parson * John R. Parson * Harry Keene * Harry Keene • J. B. Thomas * J. B. Thomas * A. M. Hough * A. M. Hough * D. A. Jamison ..•... * D. A. Jamison * F. J. Tygard * F. J. Tygard • E. F. Allen .....•.. •
John D. Daggett * John D. Daggett • John D. Daggett * John D. Daggett • John D. Daggett * John D. Daggett * John D. Daggett * John D. Daggett 'It John D. Daggett * Wm. N. Loker * Wm. N. Loker * Wm. N. Loker * Wm. N. Loker * Wm. N. Loker ....• * Wm. N. Loker .•..• • Wm. N. Loker ....• * Wm. N. Loker ....• * Wm. N. Loker ....• * Wm. N. Loker ....• * Wm. N. Loker ..... * Wm. N. Loker ....• * Wm. N. Loker ...•. * Wm. N. Loker ..... * John W. Luke ..••• * John W. Luke * John W. Luke *11 John W. Luke * Samuel M. Kennard * Samuel M. Kennard * Samuel M. Kennard * Samuel M. Kennard * Samuel M. Kennard * Samuel M. Kennard * Samuel M. Kennard * Samuel M. Kennard * Samuel M. Kennard * Samuel M. Kennard· Samuel M. Kennard· Samuel M. Kennard * Samuel M. Kennard. Samuel M. Kennard·
A.O'Sullivan* A. O'Sullivan* A.O'Sullivan* A. O'Sullivan· A. O'Sullivan· A. O'Sullivan· A.O'Sullivan* A.O'Sullivan* A.O'Sullivan* A.O'Sullivan* A. O'Sullivan* A. O'Sullivan*t G. Frank Gouley*t G. Frank Gouley* G. Frank Gouley* G. Frank Gouley· G. Frank Gouley* G. Frank Gouley* G. Frank Gouley* G. Frank Gouley* G. Frank Gouley· G. Frank GouleY**1I John D. Vincil* John D. Vinci!· John D. Vincil· John D. Vinci!· John D. Vincil* John D. Vincil* 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 D. Vinci!* John D. Vincil· John D. Vincil· John D. Vinci!·
~
~
Q ~
> Z t:t
t'l
o t:t
Q
t:tj
o
t':lj
~
H
W W
o
q
~ H
t-.:l ~ ~
t..:l
I-'
LIST OF ELECTED OFFICERS OF THE GRAND LODGE A. F. & A. M. MISSOURI
t..:l
FROM ITS ORGANIZATION, APRIL 23, 1821 Date Election
Grand Master
D. Grand Master
Senior G. Warden
Junior G. Warden
Grand Treasurer
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
D. A. Jamison * F. J. Tygard * E. F. Allen ..•..... * C. H. Briggs * Campbell Wells * Joseph C. Finagin.* John C. Yocum * Wm. F. Kuhn * Leroy R. Valliant .. * A. S. Houston * D. M. Wilson * John T. Short * R. R. Kreeger * Wm. A. Hall * Clay C. Bigger '" Arch A. Johnson Jacob Lampert * Van Fremont Boor* Tolman W. Cotton .. Frank R. Jesse * Edward Higbee * Wm. A. Clark * John W. Bingham.* Julius C. Garrell * Wm. F. Johnson * O. A. Lucas * Bert S. Lee Joseph S. McIntyre * Orestes Mitchell • W. W. Martin John Pickard * Anthony F. Ittner .. Byrne E. Bigger.... S. R. Freet * Wm. R. Gentry
F. J. Tygard ~ E. F. Allen * C. H. Briggs * Campbell Wells '" Joseph C. Finagin .. * John C. Yocum * Wm. F. Kuhn * Leroy B. Valliant .. * A. S. Houston * D. M. Wilson • John T. Short • R. R. Kreeger William A. Hall * Clay C. Bigger * Arch A. Johnson ..•. Jacob Lampert ...... Van Fremont Boor .• Chesley A. Mosman.· Frank R. Jesse .... * Edward Higbee .•.. • Wm. A. Clark ..... * John W. Bingham .. * Julius C. Garrell Wm. F. Johnson * O. A. Lucas * Bert S. Lee Joseph S. McIntyre. * Orestes Mitchell * W. W. Martin John Pickard * A. F. Ittner B. E. Bigger ......•. S. R. Freet * Wm. R. Gentry Ray V. Denslow
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 *
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 ..
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
Oct.-,-1930~
Grand Secretary John D. Vincil* John D. Vincil* John D. Vincil* John D. Vincil* John D. Vincil* John D. Vincil* John D. Vincil* John D. Vincil* John D. Vincil*flfl 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. Parsontt. Frank R. Jesse* Frank R. Jesse* Frank R. Jesse* Frank R. Jesse* Frank R. Jesse· Frank R. Jesseutt Arthur Matherttt Arthur Mather* Arthur Mather. Arthur Mather·
t,j
P:l
o0ttJ t?j
t:t H Z
Q Ul
o
~
8
~
t?j
I-'
<:.0 01 ~
~
...
<:.0
Sept., 1931. . .. Sept., 1932 Sept., 1933 Sept., 1934 Sept., 1935 Sept., 1936 Sept., 1937 Sept., 1938 Sept., 1939 Sept., 1940 Sept., 1941 Sept., 1942 Sept., 1943 Sept.,1944 Sept., 1945 Sept., 1946 Sept., 1947 Sept., 1948 Sept., 1949 ..•. Sept., 1950 Sept., 1951. Oct., 1952 Sept., 1953 Sept. 1954
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. James M. Bradford .. Ray Bond Homer L. Ferguson .. Richard O. Rumer James McB. Sellers.. Orestes Mitchell, Jr..
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 .. Ray Bond ........•. Homer L. Ferguson •. Richard O. Rumer James McB. Sellers.. Orestes Mitchell, Jr William J. Craig
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 .......•.. Homer L. Ferguson. Richard O. Rumer ..• James McB. Sellers .. Orestes Mitchell, Jr William J. Craig Harold M. Jayne
Du Val Smith.... . .. Jas. W. Skelly ..•... Geo. W. Walker H. L. Reader Henry C. Chiles Elwyn S. Woods f 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. Ferguson. Richard O. Rumer James McB. Sellers .. Orestes Mitchell, Jr.. William J. Craig Harold M. Jayne Frank P. Briggs
E. E. Morris........ E. E. Morris E. E. Morris E. E. Morris E. E. Morris E. E. Morris E. E. Morris '" E. E. Morris E. E. Morris E. E. Morris E. E. Morris E. E. Morris E. E. Morris E. E. Morris E. E. Morris E. E. Morris E. E. Morris E. E. Morris .....•.. E. E. Morris E. E. Morris E. E. Morris E. E. Morris E. E. Morris James M. DeWitt
Arthur MatherArthur MatherArthur MatherArthur MatherArthur MatherArthur MatherArthur MatherArthur MatherArthur Mather* Arthur Mather* Arthur Mather* Arthur MatherArthur Mather§§§§ Harold L. Reader-§ Harold L. Reader Harold L. Reader Harold L. Reader Harold L. Reader Harold L. Reader Harold L. Reader Harold L. Reader Harold L. Reader Harold L. Reader Harold L. Reader
<:.n
o
~ ~
~
t::l t'l
o
t::l
o
t'::l
o
I'%j
~
H
*Deceased. §Was not installed. tResigned. • tDied August 11, 1866, while in office. .:t:Appointed August 13, 1866, by John D. Vincil, Grand Master. *.'IDied April 11, 1877, while in office. *nnDied 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. nDied 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. ttt Appointed September 1, 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.
m m o q
~
OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATION, FEBRUARY 22, 1821 EDWARD BATES, Worshipful Master JOSEPH V. GARNIER, Treasurer
JAMES KENNERLY, Senior Warden
WILLIAM BATES, Junior Warden ABRAM BECK, Secretary
t>:>
~
CJ,j
~
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES TO AND FROM THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
1--1
H:>o
FROM MISSOURI
TO MISSOURI GRAND LODGE Grand Representative
Post Office
Robert L. Aronson. . . . . . . . . .. Wm. C. Rese ..•............. John Horn Byrne E. Bigger John W. Adams D. Lear Tanner Russell E. Murray. . . . . . . . . ..
St. Louis. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. St. Louis St. Louis............... Hannibal. Marshall Kansas City St. Louis
. .
Alabama Alberta Argentina Arizona Arkansas Austria Brazil-Rio de Janeiro
Grand Representative . Blake W. Harper. . . . . . . . . . .. . Archibald West . Ernesto F. J. Plaut......... . Lee Garrett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Theo. Friedman " . Dr. Leo Kandel. . . . . . . . . . . .. . 1. Bert Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
:::::::. Ki;k~~~d·.·.·.·.·".·.·.·""""".··""":".·:"ri;~~i·I':"":'D~ S;;l:::::::::. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Brazil-Minas Gerais
Post Office Montgomery Edmonton Buenos Aires Tucson Little Rock Wien,1. Dorotheergasse 12 Rio de Janeiro
Frank G. Ade Joplin British Columbia John A. Witthaus. St. Louis Canada ..............••.......•......................................... Chile Henry W. Fox Kansas City China James M. DeWitt. Kirksville Colorado Thomas B. Mather. . . . . . . . . .. Kansas City Connecticut Thornton Jennings Clinton Costa Rica Harold M. Jayne Memphis Cuba Robert L. Hoy Kansas City Delaware Wm. C. Gordon Marshall Denmark J. M. Sellers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Lexington.............. . District of Columbia Ray V. Denslow. . . . . . . . . . . .. Trenton................ . England Eli S. Haynes Columbia Florida HaroldO. Grauel. . . . . .. . . . .. Cape Girardeau. . . . . . . .. . France W. W. Martin St. Louis Georgia Vernie G. Fisher, Sr Kansas City Greece Walter A. Higbee Lancaster Guatemala •.............................•................................. Iceland WalterJ. Simon St. Louis Idaho DuVal Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. St. Joseph. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Illinois Elmer W. Wagner '" '" St. Louis Indiana Forrest C. Donnell. . . . . . . . . .. St. Louis. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Ireland Arthur O. Hodges. . . . . . . . . .. Independence Italy (Grand Orient)
~~~·k~r~hW~......:....::::.. :·:.· ~~~~h~il·.·"",·"""""""",·
:::::.::::: :K~~~~~Y:::::::::::
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"'C pj
W~~~~~'D~~~~h~~: j~::
o
'L~~v'r~~'c"e'H~~l~;;.
:.... '... :: .... '.'
'V~'n'c'o'~';~~""""
o ..... trj tr1
Geo. D. Kleinhaus. . . . . . . . . .. Kitchener, Ontario
y ~ "vVh~ 'Ch~~: ::::::::::'. '. :. J os. M. Neal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Albert M. Gesler. . . . . . . . . . .. Rudolph Sasso Calixto Fajardo Bertram H. Blum. . . . . . . . . .. Alex Troedsson. . . . . . . . . . . .. Kenneth J. Fernald Hon. Wykeham Stanley. . . . .. Hal W. Adams. . • . . . . . . . . . .. B. F. Howell .....•.......... Robert A. Collins. . . . . . . . . . .. Dr. Antonios Rammos. . . . . .. Tomas V. Contreras Olafur Gislason Clarence D.-Parkhiser Robert J. Mitchell. . . . . . . . . ..
.....
'chi~~"""""'" Meeker Orange, Conn. P. O. Box 186, San Jose Havana Dover Copenhagen Washington Kent Mayo Paris Unadilla Athens Guatemala City Reykjavik Caldwell 5427 Thomas St., Chicago
H~~t~; C.'6: D~~.~~: ::::::::: l'I~~i~~d' Fabio Luzzatto............. Milan D. A. Meredith Kansas City 'Sam K. Veach : Carlisle
tj H
'Z m
Q
o':!:j 1-3 ~ trj
. 1--1 ~
C1
H:>o
)--l
CO 01
Robert Brinkman , St. Louis Louisiana Robert W. Smith ..•...•..... R. Jasper Smith ..•.......... Springfield Mexico-York William Webber ...........• Arthur Nordberg Kansas City ' Mexico-Cosmos Antonio Hernandez R. M. Rankin .....•.......... Rolla Mexico-EI Potosi. Mauricio Lopez Rives , Archie L. Fox Kansas City............ , Mexico-Nueva Leon Benito M. Flores ..•..•...... Claude A. Ferguson , Los Angeles Mexico-Occidental Mexicana .. Jose Carlos Flores ......•... , William J. Craig. . . . . . . . . . .. Springfield , Mexico-Tamaulipas. . . . .. Amado Abrego V. . . . . . . . . .. ..•...........•...............•••••.•............... , Mexico-Valle de Mexico Lie. Valentino Rincon Frank P. Briggs Macon Maine Edward H. Britton ..•...... , Harris C. Johnston Boonville Manitoba .......•... Thomas C. Jackson... James W. Skelly St. Louis Maryland. . . . . . . . . .. G. A. Rasch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Harold L. Reader ..•......... St. Louis " Massachusetts ..•.••••. C. Weston Ringer Orestes Mitchell, Jr St. Joseph., , Michigan Neil W. Murray , ........................... , , Minnesota Harry E. Orr Ralph Wilson St. Louis Mississippi. ' James P. White ........•.... Curtis J. Neal. ' Cape Girardeau Montana ' Stephen C. Arnold E. E. Morris Kansas City , Nebraska Edward E. Carr Morris E. Ewing Morrisville " .. , Nevada Fred H. Callihan Guy C. Million ........•...... Boonville ; , New Brunswick , Byard Stilwell Henry C. Chiles Lexington , New Hampshire Oscar Earle Jewell E. L. Robison ..•............ St. Joseph , New Jersey H. E. Hutchinson A. B. Vanlandingham , Columbia ' , .New Mexico Henry M. Rowley Richard O. Rumer , St. Louis New South Wales E. A. Peisley Anthony F. Ittner St. Louis New york George C. Walters J. Fred Park , West Plains ..•......... , New Zealand ....•..... Adam Smith , .....•.................•....•••...................... , ,Nicaragua ........•.. Raymond C. Jarnet .................•.................................. , North Carolina , Lambert R. Morris Ray Bond ...........•....... Joplin North Dakota Max M. Moore William R. Gentry St. Louis .........................• Nova Scotia J. Wm. McLellan ..•........ Fred O. Wood ..•............ Kansas City , Ohio .••••...•..... James W. Morgan , Sam Wilcox , St. Joseph Oklahoma ..•........ Ernest C. Morris ....•.•...•. Martin Dickinson Kansas City , Oregon Bryant A. Luzader Bert S. Lee .....•..•......... Springfield Panama ....•....... Julio Icaza ..•........•..... Freelon K. Hadley St. Joseph..•.................. Philippine Islands Primo 1. Guzman ....••..••• Don Chapman Chillicothe ..•......... , Porto Rico ......•.... Juan Olmo .....•........... W. B. Massey Bonne Terre Prince Edward Island F. Sidney Fielding George C. Marquis. . • . . . . . . .. Independence , ......•••... Quebec ...••........ A. J. B. Milborne........... W. F. Woodruff..•.......... Kansas City , Queensland ..•.•..... , W. H. Boyd ..••.•.......... , T. W. Cotton Van Buren ,' Rhode Island Harry A. Reed
~ New Orleans Mexico, D. F. Chihuahua, Mexico San Luis Potosi, Mexico Monterrey Guadalajara Jal., Mexico Peynosa Tamaulipas Artes Num. 53,Mexico,D.F. Waterville' Winnipeg Q Baltimore Needham Detroit Z St. Paul tj Bailey t:-l Culbertson otj North Platte Box 469, Las Vegas Q St. John t.xJ St. John Princeton o Springer 't-:rj Sydney New York 66, N. Y. ~ Wellington H m Box 14, Granada m Beaufort Valley City q New Glasgow Jackson ~ Drumright Portland Panama City Manila Barceloneta Charlottstown Montreal Brisbane Providence
~
o
t>:l
)--l
01
t>:J
f-l
0')
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES TO AND FROM THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI-(Continued) TO MISSOURI Grand Representative James M. Bradford .......•.. Harry S. Truman , John F. Reinhardt . David V. Morris .....•....... Robert C. Winkelmaier . John N. Blomquist . Robert Lee Barger . Solon Cameron ..•........... Leo H. Johnson . Willis J. Bray . Roy B. Meriweather ..•...... Ernest Dunford . W. R. Usher . Homer L. Ferguson . Julius R. Edwards .
FROM MISSOURI Post Office
GRAND LODGE
Grand Representative
St. Louis , Saskatchewan J. Orville Clark . Independence........... . Scotland John B. Peden ..•.....•..... Menlo Park, Cal , South Australia , William James Host ..•..•... Nevada .....•................... South Carolina Gen. Chas. P. Summerall .. St. Louis South Dakota George W. Toft ..•.......... Kansas City Sweden T. C. Bergent . Ironton ..•....................... Swiss Alpina Emil Glaser ...•............ St. Louis ..•............ ' Tasmania Herbert Hays . Neosho Tennessee .........................•............. Kirksville Texas " G. R. Montgomery . Monroe City The Netherlands W. B. T. Hoffman . St. Louis .....•....... " .United Grand Lodge of Germany. Theo Vogel. ..........•..... Hannibal. Utah. . .. . . . . .. Edwin Charles Randall . Kirksville ........................•. Vermont N. Dean Rowe .....•........ Centralia Victoria Alfred Melbourne Derham . ................................•.. Virginia ..•.•....•.. Vernon G. Hardin ..•....... R~'n's~~ ~A: B;e~;e~·. '. '. :::::::: Hermann Washington John I. Preissner . Western Australia " F. A. Gregory .. Harry F. Sunderland . Kansas City , West Virginia......... Wm. C. Wharton ......•.... C. Lew Gallant ..•..•........ St. Louis ' Wisconsin Claude J. Hendricks . John M. Gallatin . Chillicothe
Post Office Govan Edinburgh Adelaide Charleston Mitchell Stockholm Switzerland Hobart Fort Worth Amsterdam Frankfurt on Main Ogden Johnson Newtown Harrisonburg Yakima Perth Parkersburg Milwaukee
hj ~
o o
tx.J tx.J
t1
H
Z w
Q
o
~
1-3
::q
tx.J
......
~
01 Ij::..
THE MASONIC WORLD
MEMORIAL TEMPLE, LONDON, ENGLAND
An unusual view of the entrance-tvay to the Grand Lodge of England Grand Lodge Room. Note the magnificent bronze doors with sculptured figures, and the two brazen pillars on either side.
THE MASONIC WORLD By
RAY
V.
DENSLOW,
P. G. M.
FREEMASONRY IN IRELAND
The brethren in Ireland deplore the fact they have no ancient traditions such as "York" and King"Athelstan" of the Grand Lodge of England, or a "St. Clair" or "Mary's Chapel Lodge," as does the Grand Lodge of Scotland. There is no document in Ireland comparable to the Regius Manuscript of England. Even the English Rolls, so many of which were found in England, are strangely missing from the Craft archives in Ireland. Brother J. Heron Lepper says: When the matter is considered, one fails to see what traditional advantage or glory would be supposed to accrue to a body of Irish Masons from a Charter said to be granted at York centuries before an English King bore any authority in Ireland. Thus, there seems a logical reason for the Irish Craft never to have heard of, or, at any rate, never to have heeded the name of King Athelstan. Lepper seems to think that Freemasonry in Ireland came out of the old gilds, and was a logical development from the operative to the speculative Freemasonry. He quotes the terms of an oath taken by one of these ancient gilds sometime during the period 1469-1483 : Syr, ye shall swer by thys booke that ye schaU be trew to 0 (u)r sou(ver)rent lorde the kyng that now ys hys heyrys and success ors, feythfull and trew to the master and wardens and brethyr of the fraternitie and yeld (gild) that now ys and to their successors; ye shall kepe your quarter days and all other swymnys (summons) * * ye schall be obedyent to the master and wardens that now ys and to their successors, ther cwynsayll ye schall kepe* * * soo God ye helpe and hallydom, and by thys booke ye wyll. The discovery of certain objects of Masonic character give support to the Irish claim of antiquity; (a) the Freemason's Stone in Dublin which may go back as far as 1602, (b) the Baal's Bridge Square, preserved by the Lodge at Limerick, with its inscriptions: I will strive to live with love and care Upon the Lvel by the Square. 1507 There appears to have been a very close relationship between the Freemasons of Bristol, England, and Dublin, Ireland, running back to the operative days. Of this Brother A. E. Philpott says:
3c
4c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
A diary compiled by the first Earl of Cork, who apparently arrived in Ireland in the year 1588, contains references to Bristol operative Masons who prepared special stones in that city and shipped them over to Ireland* * * thus the close association between Bristol and Irish working (ritual) which exists in speculative Masonry more than three centuries ago. * *the ritual of Freemasonry as practiced in Bristol approximates more closely to the Irish ritual than anywhere else in England. But if Ireland lacked the Regius Manuscript, it had a novelty to replace it-the first-and only-Lady Freemason. While there is much tradition involved, the story is apparently well authenticated. This event occurred about the year 1710, and before the existence of any Grand Lodge. The Lady in question was Elizabeth St. Leger, daughter of the 1st Viscount Doneraile; she was married to Richard Aldsworth of Newmarket, Cork County, Ireland in 1713, which fixes the date of her initiation ('/). The story goes that a Masonic Lodge held its meetings in the Doneraile Home; Elizabeth was a girl of some 17 years, and possessed with the traditional curiosity of her sex; she "peeked" sufficiently to see what was going on, and thus became the first Ahishar in modern Masonic history. Her father, who was presiding, saw no way out of the difficulty except to initiate her in a regular ('/) manner. This was done---Elizabeth (shall we say "sister"'/) lived to the ripe old age of 80, and died, presumably mourned by her brethren. (1773). Much of the early history of the Craft in Ireland is taken from local newspapers, particularly those in Dublin where the Craft flourished. The first of these references appeared in the Dublin News of July 10, 1721: London, .Tune 27. There was a meeting on Saturday last at Stationer's Hall, of between two and three hundred of the ancient Fraternity of Freemasons who had a splendid Dinner and Musick. A second reference, in August of the same year, said: London, Aug. 8. On Friday last the Lord Hinchinbroke, Sir George Ozenden, Sir Robert Rich, and --Rushall, Esq; were admitted into the Ancient Fraternity of Accepted Masons, at the King's Arms Tavern in St. Paul's Churchyard, where they had a very handsome entertainment. They afterwards wore their Leather Aprons Home. The Irish papers reported, July 3, 1722, the election of the Duke of Wharton as "Governor of the Fraternity" in England. The meeting was referred to as "the Grand Meeting of the most noble and ancient Fraternity of Free-Masons." England had its expose "Masonry Dissected" by Prichard; Ireland had its expose "A Letter from the Grand Mistress of the Female Free-Masons." The latter was published in 1724 and was popular as a second edition had to be issued to supply the Irish demand.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
5c
Irish Freemasons owe much to the late Dr. Chetwode Crawley for his research into Irish Masonic records which are reproduced in his "Caementaria Hibernica." He found the records from 1760-1780 missing. We have virtually no record of the formation of the Grand Lodge of Ireland; that it was in existence before June 26, 1725 is proven by a news notice in the Dublin Weekly Journal of that date: Thursday last, being St. John's Day, Patron of the Most Antient and Rt Worshipful Society of FREE-MASONS; they met about Eleven
Grand Lodge Hall, Dublin, Ireland (Looking East) 0' the Clock at the Yellow Lion in Warbrough's-street,. where there appear'd above 100 Gentlemen. After some time spent, in putting on their Aprons, White Gloves and other parts of the Distinguishing Dress of that Worshipful Order, they proceeded over Essex-Bridge to the Strand, and, from thence to the King's Inns, in the following order.
The Officers of the Order in Hackney-Coaches (it being a very Rainey Day) the 12 Stewards in 3 Coaches having a Mistical White Wand in his Hand, the Grand Master in a fine Chariot. The Grand Wardens; the Masters and Wardens of the Six Lodges of Gentlemen FREEMASONS, who are under the Jurisdiction of the Grand Master, the Private Brothers, all in Coaches And we are told: they made a very fine Appearance, most of them having new Cloaths
6c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
proper for the Occasion: when they came to the Inns, they marched up to the Great Hall, marsheled in the following Order. The Officers of the Order, two and two the twelve Stewards two and two, all uncovered; - - R--, Esq; who officiated as Mason King at Arms; the Grand Master alone, cover'd. the Grand Wardens, the Masters and Wardens of the several Lodges, each Master walking alone, and followed by his two Wardens; the Private Brothers two and two, all uncovered: After marching round the Walls of the Great Hall, with many important Ceremonies, the Grand Lodge, composed of the Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master (who was absent), Grand Wardens, and the Masters and Wardens of all the Lodges, retired to the Room prepared for them, where after performing the Mystical Ceremonies of the Grand Ladge which are held so sacred, that they must not be discover'd to a Private Brother; they proceeded to the Election of a new Grand Master, &c. As soon as it was known that the Grand Lodge was ready to appear, the Officers of the Order, the Stewards, and Mason King at Arms, dress'd in a proper Manner, carrying upon a Velvet Cushion, a little Gold Trowel with a Black Ribbon, attended at the Door * * to the Mystical Table, made of a form to represent two Masons Squares joined, and the Proxy of the Senior Grand Warden acquainted the Society, that the Grand Lodge had chosen the Rt Hon. Earl of ROSS, Grand Master for the Year ensuing, and Sir Thomas Pendergrass, and Mark Morgan, Esq., Grand Wardens * * at the naming of each of these, the Society gave their Approbation by three Hzzas, then the Officers of the Order, &c went to their Grand Lodge Room, and conducted this new Grand Master in great State to the Head of the Mystical Table, and Mason King at Arms hung the Gold Trowel by the Black Ribbon about his Neck.
Then the article tells how they partook of a dinner with "120 dishes of Meat." And then: After the Entertainment they aU went to the Play, with their Aprons, &c the Private Brothers sat in the Pit, but the Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, and Grand Wardens, in the Government Box.
Then a Brother, who was an actor, sang the Freemason's Apprentice Song, the whole Brotherhood joyning in the Chorus. The Brothers on one Lodge wore fine Badges painted full of Crosses and Squares, with this Motto, Spes mea in Deo est. Which was no doubt very significant, for the Master of it wore a Yellow Jacket, and Blue Britches.
The article proves conclusively that by 1725 there was an active Grand Lodge in Ireland; that it had a Grand Master, Grand Wardens and other officials; that there were at least six subordinate Lodges in existence in that jurisdiction; that Grand Officers were elected by the Grand Lodge; that there were certain significant ceremonies before the actual installation; that the Grand Master was covered when presiding; that his Jewel of Office was a Golden Trowel.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
7c
As in England, there was competition by another Grand Lodge--the Grand Lodge of Munster; its headquarters were in Cork; its only records appear in the minutes of a subordinate Lodge (No.1), showing that it elected the Hon. James O'Brien, Esq. as Grand Master in 1726. But by 1731, the Grand Lodge of Munster was merged with the regular Grand Lodge of Ireland. England had her Anderson's Constitutions, and in imitation, an Irish Brother, John Pennell, Bookseller, prepared similar Constitutions for use by the Grand Lodge of Ireland (1728-29). The Grand Lodge of Ireland was the first Grand Lodge ever to issue "ambulatory" warrants. This was done in many cases to brethren in the British Army; its effect was happy and far-reaching, for through this medium, Freemasonry has been carried to all parts of the known and civilized world. The Irish make strong claims as to the antiquity of their ritual; of it, the late Brother Lepper said: Our original ritual as practiced in Ireland, may, indeed must have been, much shorter and simpler than we know it now: but by the year 1760, at the very latest, it had assumed the form still performed in our Lodges. There is no other Constitution in the world possessing such a venerable rite, or one so uniformly accepted by the subordinate Lodges. Let Irish Masons bear this fact in mind if ever the voice of the innovator should be heard in the land! And he adds a word as to the "Chair Degree" (Past Master) : Another thing worth remembering is that the Chair Degree with its esoteric ceremony has existed in Ireland from time immemorial. It was kept alive in this island after having been officially discarded by the Mother of Grand Lodges in England. When the Grand Lodge of the Antients was formed in England in 1751, in respect of this landmark as of so many others, it re-introduced the Irish practice. And he gives us this as to the charge to the apprentice: The charge to the candidate after the ceremony of initiation, which in one form or another is now delivered in nearly every Masonic Constitution in the world, is of Irish birth. Its original draft appears for the first time in Smith's "Pocket Companion," Dublin, 1735, with the approbation of the Grand Master and his officers specially appended to it. Since then it has gone all round the world, not the least part of a beautiful ceremony. Surely enough has now been told to make us take a proper pl'ide in our old unrivalled Irish rite. And Ireland makes a claim as to the first reference to the Royal Arch: At this Lodge Bro. Thos. Blair proposed Sampson Moore, a Master & Royal Arch Mason to be admitted a member of our Lodge. (Vernon
Masonic Lodge No. 123, Coleraine, County Derry.) The above date is April 16, 1752; England has a reference dated September 2, 1752, but the Lodge of Fredericksburg, Virginia, has
8c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
the first record of the actual conferring of the degree (December 22, 1753). That the degree was being conferred in Ireland is proved by a list of 18 members and the dates on which their degrees were received, the earliest being March 11, 1745, (Vernon Lodge No. 123). It will be remembered that D'Assigny referred to the Royal Arch in his "Serious Inquiry" of 1744. The paucity of Lodge records is explained by the custom which prevailed in the early days of issuing Warrants for Lodges but never requiring a report of their work or activities; in such cases only the original Lodge record could supply the information sought. When it is known that from February 1731/32 to 1789 a total number of 707 Lodges had been warranted, it will be seen how chaotic the Irish records are. While we shall later refer to the Irish Masonic Charities, it should be noted here that Charity was uppermost in the minds of our Irish brethren from the very beginning. Credit goes to the Earl of Blesinton (1738) who drew up the first "Regulations of the Committee for Charity." News accounts mention "Several Acts of Charity being performed by the Grand Lodge before it adjourned to dine with the Grand Master." We have stated that the Grand Lodge of Ireland, unlike its sister Grand Lodge of England, had no competitors. This is true, yet there were at least two schisms (or near schisms) which threatened for a time the harmony of Freemasonry in Ireland. The first was the so-called Schism of 1740; it occurred May 7, 1740 on the day set apart for the annual election of Grand Officers. News accounts tell of two Grand Masters elected; the contesting candidates were Viscount Doneraile and the Earl of Anglesey. Lord Doneraile was the popular candidate and represented the regular group, and by 1743 the rupture was healed. Fortunately so, because of the unmasonic record left by the Earl of Anglesey. As to the Seton Affair, we should probably say little; it was one of those unfortunate things which, fortunately, is uncommon in Masonic affairs. It began with a contest between two factions (there are always two) in Grand Lodge, and ended with a secession of one group. It was brought about by one Alexander Seton, Grand Secretary, who destroyed all of the records so that the true and accurate story may never be written. Seton attempted to commercialize his position as Grand Secretary; he accused his adversaries of embezzlement, when the records showed Seton himself guilty of the same charges. Lodges throughout Ireland took up the fight and passed resolutions; Lodges in Northern Ireland threatened to set up their own Provincial Grand Lodge. The Grand Lodge of England took a hand, informing their Irish brethren they would have nothing to do with the Seton faction (1807).
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
9c
Largely through the efforts of Lord Donoughmore, harmony came with the meeting of Grand Lodge, April 7, 1808; the Grand Master himself took over all the books and papers to prevent further squabbling. The expulsion of Seton was revoked to appease Seton's friends. But Seton failed to return all the Grand Lodge books alleging them to be his personal property (they would have exposed his
Masonic Boys' School, Ireland (Rear View)
defalcations). The Grand Master reported conditions to Grand Lodge; Seton filed a damage suit and was defeated. But all was not well in Ulster where a hostile group set up the Grand East of Ulster (June 6, 1808). But support from the Grand Lodges of England and Scotland was not forthcoming, the Earl of Moira, Grand Master, stating to the Grand Lodge of Ireland: I can answer for the cordial co-operation of the Grand Lodges of England & Scotland in maintaining the due authority (as far as their influence may operate) of the Grand Lodge of Ireland. For these bodies are deeply impress'd with the mischief which must arise to the Craft, as well as danger to the State, if Masonic Lodges can be permitted to assume an independence of the Grand Lodge.
The two rival Grand Lodges in England were even then contemplating Union and viewed with alarm the conditions prevailing in Ireland which threatened disunity. Lord Blayney, elected Grand Master by the dissidents wrote the Grand Lodge of Ireland that he
10e
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
had been elected under a "misrepresentation" and was withdrawing his name. ffister's Grand East ceased to exist about 1814; Seton was left with no army to lead. He died "unwept, unhonored, and unsung" in 1844. The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ireland holds stated communications on the first Thursday in the months of March, June, October and December; a special communication is held on St. John's Day, December 27. There are thirteen Provincial Grand Lodges: 1. Provincial Grand Lodge of Antrim, which includes the County of Antrim. Meetings are held in Belfast in February, May and November and at various other cities at other times. 2. Provincial Grand Lodge of Armagh, which includes the Counties of Armagh, Monaghan, and Louth. It has several places of meeting, but the dates are the third Thursday in January, April, July, and October. 3. Provincial Grand Lodge of North Connaught, comprising the County Mayo, the County of Sligo, the County of Leitrim, and that part of the County of Roscommon north of a line drawn from Castelreagh to Termonbarry (not including those towns). It meets at various towns on Wednesdays in March, June, September and December. 4. Provincial Grand Lodge of South Connaught, comprising the County of Galway, that part of the County of Roscommon, lying south of a line drawn to Castelreagh to Termonbarry (including those towns) and the town of Athlone. Grand Lodge meets on fourth Thursday in February and November at Athlone, and in May and September at Galway. 5. Provincial Grand Lodge of Down, includes only County of Down; it meets on the first Saturday in February; second Saturday in May; third Saturday in September, and fourth Saturday in November; meetings alternate between Belfast and other towns. 6. Provincial Grand Lodge of Londonderry and Donegal, comprises the City and County of Londonderry and the County of Donegal; it meets at Londonderry on the third Thursday in February and the first Thursday in November; at Coleraine on the third Thursday in September and in June at a time fixed by the Provincial Grand Master. 7. Provincial Grand Lodge of Meath, comprises Counties of Meath, Cavan, Westmeath (except Town of Athlone), and Longford. It meets on the last Wednesday in March, June, September and November, in Longford, Kells, Mullingar and Cavan. 8. Provincial Grand Lodge of the Midland Counties, comprises King's County, Queen's County, Kildare County, and the town of Roscrea. It meets in various cities in the months of February, May, August and November. 9. Provincial Grand Lodge of Munster, comprises the City of Cork, the County of Cork, and the portion of County Kerry south of a lhle drawn from the head of Tralee Bay to Clydagh Bridge including Milltown and Tralee. It meets in the City of Cork, on the first Wednesday in January, April, June and October. . 10. Provincial Grand Lodge of North Munster comprises the City of Limerick, the County of Clare, County of Tipperary (excepting towns of Clonmel, Carrick-on-Suir, and Roscrea) and that portion of the County of Kerry north of a line drawn from the head of Tralee Bay to Clydagh Bridge, not including Milltown and Tralee. It meets in the City
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
lIe
of Limerick on the second T.hursdays in January, April, Se.ptember and November. 11. Provincial Grand Lodge South-Eastern comprises the City of Waterford, County of Waterford, County of Kilkenny, County of Carlow, and Towns of Clonmel, and New Ross. It meets at Waterford on the last Thursdays in January and July, and in Clonmel, Carlow, Kilkenny or New Ross in April and October as ordered by the Provincial Grand Master. 12. Provincial Grand Lodge of Tyrone and Formanagh comprises the County of Tyrone and County of Fermanagh. It meets in rotation at Dungannon, Enniskillen, and Omagh, in February, April, September and November on the fourth Mondays.
Masonic Girls' School, Ireland 13. Provincial Grand Lodge of Wicklow and Wexford, includes the Counties of Wicklow and Wexford; it meets on the second Mondays in February, May, August, and November.
Irish Lodges outside Ireland are placed under Provincial Grand Lodges, of which there are five: 1. Provincial Grand Lodge of New Zealand, established in 1859, meets quarterly at Auckland, Thames, New Plymouth, and Dunedin. 2. Provincial Grand Lodge of South Africa (Northern) includes BritiSh Commonwealth territories in South Africa with the exception of territory in Southern Cape Province, Rhodesia, and Natal. It meets at Freemason's Temple, Johannesburg, on last Saturdays in March, June, September, and first Saturday in December. 3. Provincial Grand Lodge of Southern Cape Province meets in any hall in the Province in February, May, August and November.
12c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
4. Provincial Grand Lodge of Rhodesia has jurisdiction over Southern and Northern Rhodesia. It meets at various cities in January, April, July, and October. 5. Provincial Grand Lodge of Natal meets at each Lodge in Natal in rotation in months of March, J路une, September, and December.
There are at least five lodges located with military units of the army; there are several lodges in South Africa not under Provincial Grand Lodges; there are four such lodges in New Zealand, and others in India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Malta, Gibraltar, Bermuda, Jamaica, Asia, East and West Africa and South Australia. GRAND MASTERS OF IRELAND GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND
GRAND LODGE OF MUNSTER
1725 1730
Richard, 1st Earl of Rosse. Richard, 1st Earl of Rosse.
1726 1730
Hon. James O'Brien, M.P. Colonel Wm. Maynard.
1731 1732 1733 1735 1736 1738 1740 1741 1743 1744 1745 1747 1749 1751 1753 1757 1758 1760 1761 1763 1767 1769 1770 1772 1774 1776 1777 1778 1782 1783 1785 1787 1789 1813 1874 1886 1913 1948
James, 4th Baron Kingston (see A.D. 1735 and 1745). Nicholas, 5th Viscount Netterville. Henry, 4th Viscount Kingsland. James, 4th Baron Kingston (see A.D. 1731). Marcus, 1st Viscount Tyrone (Earl of Tyrone). William, 3rd Viscount Mountjoy (Earl of Blesinton). Arthur, 3rd Viscount Doneraile. Charles, 2nd Baron Tullamore (El. of Charleville, see A.D. 1760). Thomas, 2nd Baron Southwell. John, 3rd Viscount Allen. James, 4th Baron Kingston (see A.D. 1731 and 1735). Sir Marmaduke Wyville, 6th Bart. Robert, 1st Baron Kingsborough. Lord George Sackville (Viscount Sackville). Hon. Thomas George Southwell (Viscount Southwell). Brinsley, Lord Newtownbutler (2nd Earl of Lanesborough). Charles, Visct. Moore (6th Earl and 1st Marq. of Drogheda). Charles, 1st Earl of Charleville (see A.D. 1741). Sir Edward King, 5th Bart. (1st El. of Kingston, see A.D. 1769). Thomas, 6th Earl of Westmeath, K.P. Ford, 5th Earl of Cavan. Edward, 1st Earl of Kingston (see A.D. 1761). William, Marq. of Kildare (2nd Dk. of Leinster, see A.D. 1777). Randal, Visct. Dunluce (6th Earl and 1st Marq. of Antrim). George, Viscount Bellfield (2nd Earl of Belvedere). Garrett, 1st Earl of Mornington. William, 2nd Duke of Leinster (see A.D. 1770). Randal, 6th Earl of Antrim (Marq. of Antrim, see A.D. 1772). Richard, 2nd Earl of Mornington (Marquess of Wellesley). Robert, 1st Baron Muskerry. Arthur, Viscount Kilwarlin (2nd Marquess of Downshire). Francis, 2nd Viscount Glerawley (1st Earl of Annesley). Richard, 2nd Baron Donoughmore (1st El. of Donoughmore). Augustus Frederick, 3rd Duke of Leinster. James, 1st Duke of Abercorn, K.G. James, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, K.G. Richard, 6th Earl of Donoughmore. Raymond F. Brooke.
1954
13c
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI DEGREES IN ffiELAND
The various ruling' bodies recognize one another as Masonic, there being no such thing as parallel systems. The degrees are arranged in the following sequence: SEQUENC'E OF DEGREES IN mISH RITE Degree
Subordinate Body
Ruling Body
1. Entered Apprentice ... , .. Craft Lodge ........ Grand Lodge. 2. Fellow Craft ........... Craft Lodge . ....... Grand Lodge. 3. Master Mason ... , ...... Craft Lodge Grand Lodge.
4. Mark Master Mason .. , .. Royal Arch Chapter 5. Royal Arch Companion .. Royal Arch Chapter
Grand Chapter. Grand Chapter.
6. Knight of the Sword.... Council of the Allied Grand Council of Degrees of Kt. of the the same* 7. Knight of the East. . . . .. Sword, Kt. of the East do. and Kt. of the East 8. Knight of the East and West & West do. (Members of these three degrees are sometimes called, Knights of the Red Cross of Babylon.) 9. Knight Templar 10. Knight 6£ Malta
Preceptory of Knights Templars do.
Great Priory. Great Priory
11. Excellent and Perfect Prince or Sovereign Prince Rose Croix, Chapter of Rose Supreme Council, A.A.S.R. 18 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Croix 12. Knight of the Sun, 28 0 • • Council of Knights of the Sun...... .... do. 13. Knight K. H., 30 o' • • • • • • College of Philosophical Masons do. Tribunal of Grand In14. Grand Inspector spector Inquisitor Inquisitor Commander, do. 31 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Oommanders Consistory of Princes 15. Prince of the Royal do. Secret, 32 0 • • • • • • • • • • • of the Royal Secret. . 16. Sovereign Grand Inspec- Supreme Council 0 tor General, 33 0 • • • • • • 33 • • • , • • • • , • • " . , *The three Council Degrees correspond to Companion of the Red Cross conferred in Canadian Preceptories. Up until about ten years ago they were conferred in a few Irish Preceptories.
Reporting on a visit to Bermuda and Jamaica lodges, the Deputy Grand Master said he had been impressed with the ceremonies as conferred in those places, especially when it was so "difficult to maintain the purity of the ritual when the more numerous lodges of other constitutions are meeting in the same area."
14c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
Warrants were issued to two lodges in South Africa-one in Natal and one in Rhodesia. This is almost "virgin" territory; the first lodge is at Gingindhlovu, No. 758, in Zululand; the other is at Chingola in Northern Rhodesia; and, appropriately, the latter lodge is named "Pioneer No. 764." Representatives of the Grand Lodge of Ireland met in September with those of England, and Scotland in an "unofficial conference." It was said "the purpose of these ... which we hold at intervals is, mainly, to review our relations with other grand lodges . . . is of considerable importance as relating to European Grand Lodges, where sometimes two rival bodies seeking recognition and claims of rival bodies are reviewed." Ireland has now recognized both Austria and Greece. Reference was made in the proceedings to the death of Philip Crossle, a very distinguished Masonic historian, and also J. Heron Lepper; both were authors of a History of Freemasonry in Ireland and both died during the same year. Lepper was librarian of the Grand Lodge of England. The Masonic world will miss both of these distinguished Freemasons. The second volume of the history is being completed by Bro. Richard E. Parkinson. In the Province of Antrim a new Masonic Temple is to be erected for the use of the 20,000 members in that area. The building will cost almost half a million dollars. Military lodges are becoming a thing of the past but Ireland has three such. When the 4th Dragoon Guards returned from the Middle East and Tripoli, it enabled Lodge No. 295 to resume its meetings interrupted in 1946. Lodge No. 570, with the Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards has been in Germany; in June, 1951, a number of the members flew from England to Germany to visit the regiment; two meetings were held in the regimental chapel and six candidates initiated. Then the regiment was sent to Korea in 1952. Now it has returned and work is being resumed. Glittering Star Lodge No. 322 is attached to the 1st Worcestershire Regiment. At a recent meeting and installation, more than 66 visitors were present. The lodge was founded 194 years ago. There are 234 lodges and 20,500 brethren in the Province of Antrim. A new hall is being erected in Belfast; it will cost over $300,000 to build; already some $100,000 has been expended in purchasing site and erecting foundations. Lord Donoughmore, son of the late Lord Donoughmore, for many years Grand Master of Ireland, was installed Master of Lodge of Erin No. 2895 (E.C.) on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the lodge; his father was one of the founders. Lodge Erin No. 463 has been moved from Hong Kong to Shanghai, China (1952) and has increased its membership from 7 to 23; Lodge Shamrock No. 712 which started in Hong Kong in 1947 with
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
15c
18 founder members, has now a resident membership of 48, the combined absent membership of the lodges is 107. BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, ETC.
Rocky Mountain Masonic Conference: The Proceedings of this Conference, held in Salt Lake City, Utah, July 10-11, 1953, has reached us; the Rocky Mountain group includes the states of Colorado, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming. The material is the equal, if not better, than some' which has appeared in the Washington Conferences. Subject matter discussed was: "To What Extent Should Masonic Ceremonies Be Open to the Public~," "How Can Freemasonry Engage in Recruitment vVithout Violating Traditions and Landmarks~," "Freemasonry's Place in Church, Community, and Nation," "Would a National Masonic Organization, Combining All Grand Lodges, Effect a Wholesome and Salutary Purpose~," "Mormonism and Freemasonry," "Is Freemasonry Too Self-Centered'," and "Colored Freemasonry." Pocket History of Freemasonry: This is an English volume and gives in condensed form all that one needs to know about the beginnings of Freemasonry, its legends, customs, and associated degrees. It has almost 300 pages and is neatly bound in black cloth and priced at 10 shilling 6 pence (approximately $2.00). It is the work of two well known Masonic students, Fred L. Pick and G. Norman Knight, both members of Quatuor Coronati Lodge. It was highly unfortunate that the authors depended upon the Poole Revision of Gould History when it came to the United States portion of the history, for Poole's facts and figures are pretty much inaccurate. One Hundred Years of Capitular Masonry: This is the title of the 108 page pamphlet issued by Delaware Chapter No. 54 of Delaware, Ohio, to commemorate their 100th anniversary; biographical sketches and photographs of high priests of the chapter add to the interest of the publication. Fahrt zur Bruderschaft in der Neuen Welt: (A trip of Brotherhood to the New World). This is the 56 page report made by Dr. Theo Vogel, Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Germany to his Grand Lodge, 路upon his return to his homeland after a visit to the United States. Several pictures taken on his trip are included. Dr. Vogel has very graciously autographed our copy. He includes in the publication the two addresses made in Washington in February, 1953. Marshall (Va.) Lodge No. 39: One of the most complete lodge histories to reach our desk is this history of a Virginia lodge, written by Past Grand Master William Moseley Brown, scholar, author, and soldier. The Lodge began March 30, 1793, by virtue of a Dispensation issued by John Marshall, then Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Virginia; the lodge was known at that time as
16c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
Hiram Lodge, later ('hanged to Marshall Lodge, honoring the great and distinguished jurist who was also Grand Master. Dr. Brown has done a fine job for his Lynchburg brethren, and a very copious index of thirty pages makes the infonnation readily accessible to the researcher. The history is sold by the lodge for $10.00 per copy. Regius Manuscript: The Oregon Lodge of Research has issued (1952) the Regius Manuscript in photostat and in translation. The volume is handsomely bound in red leather; it contains Chapters on Anglo-Saxon Freemasonry and the Boston Tea Party; we paid $1.00 for our copy. Year Book, G. L. Mark Master Masons of England: This paper bound volume of 460 pages is the official work of this English Grand Lodge and is full of information, names and addresses, and a roster of all Mark Lodges; it is also a directory of preceptories (commanderies of Templars). The Mark Grand Lodge is independent of the Supreme Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch. We paid $1.00 for our copy. Let There be Light: This is an 82 page pamphlet issued by the Masonic Service Association, which should bear the name "Study of Anti-Masonry," for that is just what it is. It is written by Bro. Alphonse Cerza and contains just about all we need to know about our antagonists-past and present. Members of Missouri Lodge of Research are receiving this pamphlet as a part of their membership offerings. The Circle of Masonry: A chart issued by M.S.A. which pretends to show the various rites and degrees of Freemasonry (which the chart terms Masonry). Several of the organizations' status as Masonic organizations might well be questioned. The symbolic degrees occupy but small space on the chart, but the Red Cross of Constantine and 33째 emblems are most conspicuous, inferring. that those degrees are summit of sublime Masonic knowledge. The Super Excellent degree of the council is listed as honorary when in most grand councils it is a required degree. The shrine emblem at the apex of the circle would make one think that the "nobles" constituted the epitome of the system. To insert the Order of Jesters, the Grotto and female organizations and leave out the Order of the Silver Trowel is "lese majeste." If we are to have a Masonic chart-let's make it Masonic. Masonic Education Today: A reprint of 139 pages of the proceedings of the Fourth Midwest Conference in Masonic Education, held in Chicago, Ill., in November, 1953. The pamphlet is of interest only to those state committees which attempt to carryon educational programs. Miscellanea: Part 4, of Volume V has just come from the press of the Grand Council of Allied Masonic Degrees. It contains more
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
17c
than 75 pages and goes to all members of the organization. It contains Francis J. Scully's biographies of some famous Freemasons, Light in Freemasonry (Caldwell), Incidents of Masonic Brotherhood During Civil 'Var, The Horse in' Freemasonry, a Masonic Lighthouse, the First Master Craftsman, and other articles. This number completes the current volume. Landmarks of Freemasonry: We are learning much about the Landmarks of Freemasonry in recent years. First came Roscoe Pound with his volume, and now Elbert Bede has written a smaller volume (56 pages) on the same subject. Bede finds that confusion as to landmarks is more evident "among those who have given the most time to a study of the Landmarks." Bede's conclusion is. that the usages and ancient customs of the fraternity, developed over . the centuries, are the ancient landmarks, and in this we may well agree. Published by Macoy, 1954. The Eastern Star, the Evolution from a Rite to an Order: This is a reprint of 140 pages of a volume issued in 1938 under the same name by Harold V. B. Voorhis, and is undoubtedly one of the best volumes appearing under the Voorhis name. There are many interesting chapters and it will appeal to those who are members of the Eastern Star. There are chapters on historical beginnings, Rob Morris (the founder), French Adoptive Masonry, Early American Androgynous Bodies, Female degrees received by Morris, the "Constellation" Period, the "Family" Period, Supreme Grand Chapter, First Chapter, Star in Michigan, First Grand Chapter, General Grand Chapter, Eastern Star in Scotland, Orders Allied with Freemasonry, Personal Records and Statistics. The volume corrects slight errors in a previous volume and adds much of historical interest, all of which is more valuable because of the many illustrations appearing in it. It is a Macoy volume. We have always thought that the word '''rite'' distinguished the society more than the term "order," and while the O.E.S. have a right to name their society whatever they will, we do not feel that they have yet reached the place where they are an "order." However this does not militate against the value of the publication. Canadian Masonic Research Association: A publication of the Association (Part 1), tells the story of a Masonic Lodge in the 78th Regiment known as "Fraser's Highlanders." Simon Fraser was the eldest son of the 12th Lord Lovat who was executed in the Tower of London in 1747. The son became the first colonel of the Highlanders. In 1771 he was made a Major General. Chronicles of Potomac Lodge No.5 (D.C.): This is one of the historical publications issued from time to time by this most interesting lodge, located in Georgetown. Some of the most interesting events in the history of this lodge are given space.
18c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
Scottish Year Book: One of the most valuable publications reaching our desk is the annual Year Book of the Grand Lodge of Scotland (the third). As a frontispiece it has the coat of arms in color of the Grand Lodge. Then follows list of officers, committees, biographical sketches, list of lodges with their location (many are located in various parts of the world), book reviews, Freemasonry in Newfoundland, Lodge of Edinburgh, Roof of the World (Peru), the Grand Lodge of Israel, and-the Mark Degree, an article by Grand Librarian, George S. Draffen. The Grand Lodge specifies that "the Mark Degree shall be reckoned as the Fourth Degree in Masonry," which gives it excellent grand lodge standing; in fact the degree in Scotland may be conferred upon a Fellowcraft. Irish Freemasons' Calendar and Directory: This is the annual volume issued by the Grand Lodge of Ireland and corresponds to the Year Books issued by the Grand Lodges of England and Scotland. It is very essential to those who would keep informed as to present day conditions in Ireland. It may be purchased through the Grand Secretary at Freemasons' Hall, Molesworth Street, Dublin. It has the list of all Lodges and Chapters, as well as officers of associated Masonic groups. History of Euclid Lodge No. 505: Through the courtesy of the author, Bro. James Floyd Alcorn, we have received a copy of this interesting 44 page pamphlet which tells the story of this St. Louis Lodge. The Lodge was chartered September 21, 1917, and has had a remarkable growth, now numbering 529 members. It is hoped that other Missouri lodges will publish similar pamphlets and make available interesting events in the Masonic life of our state. A Lodge Begins: The story of Erie Lodge No.3, F. & A.M., one of the five- Lodges which organized the Grand Lodge of Ohio. In a thirty-two page pamphlet, Grand Historian James J. Tyler has told the interesting story of this 150-year-old Lodge. The Lodge was chartered originally as Erie Lodge No. 47 by the Grand Lodge of Connecticut. The Lodge passed out during the Morgan incident and it was not until a quarter of a century later that it was revived. Rays of Masonry: (Price $2.75) From the Macoy Press comes this little volume of 97 editorials written by Dewey W oIlstein, P.G.M. of Georgia; we rather suspect that these have appeared in Georgia's Masonic Messenger from time to time, 'since Brother W ollstein is editor of that publication. As a. sample of what is contained in the 150 pages, we quote from his conclusion: I am member of an institution which throughout the ages has taught and followed the ways of peace, yet never for a moment has capitulated to the demand for dictatorship. I am a member of an institution which has forever inspired men to engage vigorously in the struggle for the preservation of God-given rights-Freedom of Worship and Freedom of Thought. My Masonic membership offers the greatest blessing that is
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
19c
路given to man-the opportunity to be serviceable to my fellow creatures. Great are my privileges. Great are my responsibilities.
The Lost Word, Its H idden Meaning: This is the third of the "Hidden Meaning" Volumes written by our friend George H. Steinmetz of California, and published by the Macoy Press: the volume sells for $3.50; it has 275 pages and 17 illustrations. The book is a correlation of the allegory and symbolism of the Bible with that of Freemasonry and an exposition of the "Secret Doctrine." It includes a review of the World Saviors, the Hiramic Legend, and the Messiah Concept. From These Beginnings: Dr. William Moseley Brown of Virginia has written a biography of Imperial Potentate Remmie L. Arnold of Petersburg, Va., under the above title. It has 634 pages of biographical material and is bound in a red cloth cover. The value of the volume is expressed in the prologue and shows "our system of free enterprise, untrammeled by socialistic sophistry and unhindered by false economic doctrines makes possible for any other American the same sort of a career which Remmie Arnold has experienced." The Missouri Blue Book: Through the courtesy of Bro. Earl S. Cook, representative from G~ndy County, we have received a copy of this valuable publication; it is a storehouse of Missouri information and seemingly grows larger each year. Freemasons will be interested in the biographical sketches, showing fraternal and church membership. Some of those fail to show Masonic membership and are known to be members. Starting with the first, we note: Governor: Phil M. Donnelly Lt. Governor: James T. Blair, Jr. State Auditor: Haskell Holman State Treasurer: Geo. Hubert Bates Attorney General: James M. Dalton Neither of the U. S. Senators are Freemasons; there are, however, in Congress: Jeffrey Hilleson, Wm. C. Cole, Dewey Short, Clarence Cannon (he does not list his membership). Among the state senators are: Allen Bowsher, Hartwell Crain, Chas. Dickson, W. E. Walker, Clayton Allen, Wm. Quinn, Robert H. Linneman, Edward V. Long, Wm. H. Robinett, Albert Spradling, Jr., R. Jasper Smith, Arkley W. Frieze, C. R. Hawkins, and Wm. O. Sawyers, fourteen in thirty-four districts. There are eight Catholics. Among the state representatives are: Luther Arnold, Dwight Beals, John S. Blackwell, W. T. Bollinger, Jr., Paul Brackley, Joseph N. Brown, Orville Burnett, Earl S. Cook, J. Ellis Dodds, Claude Duckett, L. M. Eek, Loyd Estep, George Fisher (died) , Edward Garnholz, Austin Hill, Horton Holland, Richard Ichord,
20c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
Virgil R. Johnston, Devere Joslin, A. B. Kammerer, John E. Kimber, Lyman T. Kinder, Clyde M. Kirk, Walter V. Lay, Fred R. MacMahon, Arch V. McRoberts, J. Riley McVey, Ben Meeks, Frank L. Mickelson, Forest Mittendorf, James M. Neal, Oliver W. Nolen, Ben Oliver, T. A. Penman, Mrs. Icie Mae Pope (O.E.S.), Harry Raiffie, Omar Schnatmeier, William Siefert, Harry VV. Smith, Floyd L. Snyder, Sr., Christian Stipp, Joseph M. Tanner, Mrs. Jennie Walsh (O.E.S.), Carl T. Webber, and Richard M. Webster. Eighteen representatives are listed as Catholic. Baxter Waters, representative from Clay County, died Dec. 17, 1952. Among the justices of the Supreme Court are: Roscoe P. Conkling, Laurance M. Hyde (he does not list his membership), and S. P. Dalton. Twenty-nine circuit judges are reported as Freemasons. MASONS IN NEWS
Daniel Thomas McCarty, Governor of Florida, was buried September 30, 1953 with Masonic ceremonies; the services were held at Indian River where the Governor was born and raised; two thousand of his friends, white and black, were present at the burial services. General Jonathan M. Wainwright, Texas Freemason, was buried September 8, 1953 with Masonic services in Arlington National Cemetery. He will ever be remembered for his services at Bataan and Corregidor. Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, U. S. A., died in September, 1953. On September 5, 1953, he was replaced by the appointment of Governor Earl Warren of California, a Past Grand Master of that state. Judge Frankfurter is now the only member of the Supreme Court who is not a Freemason. W. Sterling Cole of the Atomic Energy Commission is a member of Steuben Lodge No. 112, N. Y. He appeared last October in "Meet the Press." Ward Arbury, Grand Master of New York, was recently appointed by Governor Dewey of New York as Chairman of the New York Committee on "anti-discrimination." He is a resident of Buffalo, N. Y. Harvey V. Higley, a Wisconsin-made-Freemason, has been named to the Administration of Veteran's Affairs. John Taber, St. Paul's Lodge No. 124 (N. Y.) is a member of the Byrd Economy Committee in the National House of Representatives. Ambassador Selim Sarper of Turkey, and representative to the United Nations, is a member of Charity Lodge No. 727 (N. Y.) The Founder of Cornell University and its first President were both Freemasons; they were Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White.:
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
21c
The Empire State Freemason lists the following football coaches as Freemasons: J. B. Sutherland (deceased), Lloyd Jordan (Harvard), ((Stu" Holcomb (Purdue), Bernie Bierman (Minnesota), Clarence Munn (Michigan State), Dr. Armond McLaughry (Dartmouth), Dana T. Bible (Texas), Dick Harlow (Harvard), Bob Higgins (Penn State), Arrin Hollingbery (Washington), Percy Lacey (Oregon), Henry Fruka (Tulane), Wallace Wade (Duke), Carl Snavely (North Carolina), Henry Sanders (U.C.L.A.), Bill Amos (Washington and Jefferson), Len Macaluso (Colgate All American), Dr. Huber Wagner (Pitt All American). And there were the famous Amos Alonzo Stagg, Andrew Kerr and Glen Warner. Harry G. Leslie, who coached Purdue in 1902, became Governor of Indiana, and a member of Lafayette (Ind.) Lodge No. 123. . Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce and Labor, is a member of a Massachusetts Lodge. Robert Greenlease, father of Bobby Greenlease, kidnapped in Kansas City, in September, 1953, is a member of the Kansas City, Mo., bodies. No more shocking crime has ever been committed in Missouri and the family have the sympathy of the fraternity. Monnett B. Davis, U. S. Ambassador to Israel, died in Tel Aviv, December 26, 1953. He was one time Minister to Denmark, Panama and other countries. He was a member of Ben Hur Lodge, Kansas City, Kansas; his wife was a Missourian. Will H. Hays, 74, one time postmaster-general, and later "czar of the movie industry," died at his home in Sullivan, Indiana, March 7, 1954. Truman L. Ingle, head of the School for the Deaf at Fulton, Mo., died in May, 1954. Jan Sibelius, internationally known composer, won the $21,250 Wihuri Foundation prize "for constructive work promoting the spiritual and economic development of humanity." Jackson N. Krill, well known to Missouri Freemasons, and head of the U. S. Secret Service in Kansas City, has been transferred to a higher post in Philadelphia. He is a native of Joplin, Mo. W. Mark Sexson, founder of the girls' Order of Rainbow died at his home in McAlester, Okla., Dec. 20, 1953. He was born in 1877 at Arnica Springs, Mo. Frank Noel: some of the most interesting accounts that came out of the prison camps in Korea were those written by Frank Noel. Letters of inquiry addressed to him were unanswered. That he was a Freemason is shown in an article published August 13, 1953, where he said "Several of us in the (prison) camp were Masons. Now and then we'd hold a brief meeting." Wm. Hutchison, one time head of the Carpenter's Union, died October 20, 1953.
22c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
J esse Barrett, former attorney general of Missouri and commander of the American Legion, died Nov. 12, 1953. He was a member of the board of Culver Stockton College, and one time head of the Missouri Bar Association. Walter W. IIead, president of the American Life Insurance Co., and active in the business affairs of St. Louis and Boy Scout work, died May, 1954. He lived at one time in St. Joseph, Mo., and Omaha, Nebr. Harvey W. Corbett, architect of the Rockefeller Centre and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial died in April, 1954, in New York. Garibaldi: papers recently discovered in the manuscript collection of the University of Missouri, show that General Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian patriot, attempted to escape arrest in 1867 by claiming American citizenship. John H. Cowles, Sov. Grand Commander of the Southern Jurisdiction of the Ancient & Accepted Rite, until his resignation a year ago. His death occurred in Washington, D.C., June 18, 1954. The Courier-Post of Hannibal, Mo., December 4, 1953, contained a story of the Ralls Family. While the story is largely that of Daniel Ralls, yet a large part is devoted to Col. John Ralls who served as Grand Master of Missouri during the Mexican War period. The article states that there are five living grandchildren of John Ralls. General Mark Clark has been selected to head the Citadel, a Military Academy at Charleston, South Carolina, succeeding General C. P. Summerall. Coronet, November, 1953, carries a fine article about Brother Oscar B. Nugent; it is headed "Sight Saver, M.D." This is a great story about a poor boy who rose from poverty, through his own efforts, to become one of the greatest eye surgeons in the world. It is said that he twice failed in teacher examinations. Freemasonry is proud of such an individual. The Connecticut Square and Compasses tells of the conferring of a third degree in Meridian Lodge No. 77 in which twelve ministers took parts. Governor John S. Battle of Virginia is a Past Master of the Lodge at Charlottesville, Va. Brethren of the Lodges in Norfolk, Virginia, recently portrayed in pageant, the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Former Governor Colgate W. Duden, Jr., of Corinthian Lodge No. 266, and President of the University of Virginia, told the audience that this was the greatest period in American history; four episodes of the convention were portrayed. Brother James N. Hillman, Grand Secretary of Virginia, offers this paraphrase of Hattie Vose Hall's poem:
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
23c
Gone is the builder's Temple Crumbled into the dust; Low lies each stately pillar, Food for consuming rust. But the Temple Masonry builded Will last while the ages roll, For that beautiful unseen Temple Was a member's immortal soul.
From the Princeton, Mo., items in St. Joseph News-Press: H. L. Bickel was installed as worshipful master of Moella Chapter of the Masonic lodge this week.
And this from a lodge notice in the Kansas City Star of May 24, 1954: Companions and Freighters of East Gate Chapter No. 136, R.A.M. and East Gate Commandery No. 70, K.T. attend the funeral of our late companion and freighter, ... May 25, 2 p.m. at D. W. Newcomer's Sons.
Only those who are "in the know" will recognize the Latin word "Frater." The Missouri Historical Society Bulletin of July, 1953, contains a story by the late Ovid Bell on "Silver Dick" (R. P.) Bland. Bro. Bell was well qualified for writing the article, having served for several years as Bland's private secretary. There is nothing Masonic in the article; except for the fact that Bland was a Freemason, the article would not appeal to our membership. Bell says of Bland: "He did not play poker, drink whiskey, or swear, or tell risque stories." And we always thought a congressman had to have at least one of these habits. Bland was once mentioned as a candidate for President, but refused to be considered because of ill health; he died July 15, 1899. Macon Chapter Centennial: The Grand Master of the Grand Lodge (Sellers), the Grand' High Priest of the Grand Chapter (Boisseau), the Grand Master of the Grand Council (Bullivant) and the Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery (Eddlemon) were all in attendance at the exercises held in Macon, Mo., May 22, 1954, commemorating the establishment of the first chapter of Royal Arch Masons in Macon County; the chapter was originally chartered at Bloomington in that county, which was the first county seat. The Royal Arch Chapter is the oldest Masonic body in Macon. Former Senator Frank P. Briggs (PGHP) presided at the dinner. Ex-President Harry S. Truman (PGM) presented the grand lodge 50-year button at a dinner meeting held in Lexington, Mo., May 21, 1954. The recipient was George Claude Marquis (PGHP) who has been a laborer in the Masonic vineyard for 10 these many years. Almost 300 were in attendance.
24c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
NORTHWEST MISSOURI LODGES
To the St. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press goes the thanks of the fraternity for short news stories of lodges in Northwest Missouri; all of these appeared in a recent special edition of that paper. Included are the Masonic bodies of St. Joseph, Trenton, Unionville, Albany, Gentryville, Graham, Darlington, Bethany, Wheeling, Oregon, Sheridan, McFall, Burlington Junction, Hopkins, King City, Hamilton, Kingston, Kidder, and many smaller cities. There are several minor errors appearing in the article, but none of consequence. For example "Kabzeet" Lodge is spelled "Katzeel." It is hoped that such articles will prompt other lodges to "go and do likewise." History has a habit of disappearing unless put into manuscript form.
•
•
•
The Masonic Home of Missouri and the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children have shared in the estate of Mrs. Louise S. Shafer who died December 10, 1953 in St. Louis. Almost $200,000 will be divided between the two institutions, the Shriners getting threefourths-the Freemasons, one-fourth.
•
•
•
A Masonic Grand Master's Breakfast (Sellers) was reported in the May 3, 1954 Globe Democrat. Over 750 persons attended; the speaker was Dr. Samuel Thurman. Col. J. M. Sellers presided over the breakfast at the Hotel Chase; six past grand masters were in attendance. The breakfast followed church services at the Second Presbyterian Church, the Union Avenue Christian Church, and Dr. Thurman's (Jewish) synagogue. Believing that past grand masters should have credit for church attendance, we give their names as taken from a caption under their picture which appeared in the paper: Skelly, Cameron, Reader, Rumer, Donnell, and Bradford.
•
•
•
For the past several years, Masonic bodies, officers, and others have been besieged with circular letters signed by one Mrs. May Melville of Springfield, Ohio, complaining about the non-payment of bonds issued by a building corporation formed by Halifax Lodge No. 81, of Daytona, Florida. Now, letters are being mailed to judges of county courts; we have seen several samples. Mrs. Melville claims to be a Lutheran. It is the aftermath of a "before-the-war" situation when lodges were permitted to go wild in their financing. We wonder who is supplying the funds for the mail campaign which is being carried on; it costs money.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
路25c
CONFERENCE OF GRAND MASTERS
The annual conference of Grand Masters of Masons "in North America" was held at the Hotel Statler, Washington, D.C., February 23-24, 1954, and was one of the best attended of the meetings yet held. Joseph A. Hearn, Grand Master of Canada (Ontario) was selected to preside, the first time a Canadian brother has been so honored. The program disclosed the following subjects: Freemasonry in the Modern World, J. M. Sellers (Mo.). Freemasonry in Peru, Dr. Gilbeto Morey Sotomayor (Peru). Legends of Freemasonry, Newell Lamb (Indiana). Freemasonry, Instrument for Social Action, Carlos M.Pineiro (Cuba). Kipling, the Mason, Chas. Hayes (Iowa). Clandestine Masonry in the Middle East, Ward Arbury (N. Y.). Freemasonry in France, Oliver Dabezies (La.). Volume of the Sacred Law, Thos. Roy (Mass.). Freemasonry in Argentina, Arthur M. Warren (Calif.). Freemasonry in Peru, Robert Gollmar (Wise.). Freemasonry in Germany, Einar Johnson (Minn.).
The papers, as a rule, were well prepared; one Peruvian story would have been sufficient. Some complaint is voiced that too much attention is devoted to foreign material; six addresses dwelt upon foreign material. Yet those who complain, lack knowledge of what is today happening in the world, and little realize that it is most highly essential that we create international Masonic unity at the earliest possible moment. Most of the friends America has today are to be found in the Masonic circles of Latin-American and European countries. Is it not worth while to cultivate such friends O? Freemasonry unites men of every country, race and' opinion, and conciliates true friendship among those who might otherwise have rema.ined at a distance.
Have the complainants overlooked their teaching' Missouri was represeented by Grand Master Sellers, Past Grand Masters Lee, Reader, Denslow; Bruce Hunt, Freelon Hadley, Edwin Knudsen, Frank S. Land and Wm. R. Denslow. In the absence of Senator Homer Ferguson of Michigan, Senator John W. Bricker of Ohio substituted at the banquet. The next conference is to be held in Washington, D.C., February 23-24, 1955. The Conference has a Committee on Foreign Recognition, but apparently accomplished little during the year. Dr. Roy, a member of the committee, had visited several lodges in South America, but fails to supply us with any details about some regular and irregular groups; after being banqueted in many spots he would probably find it difficult to report unfavorably upon his hosts. Twenty-six states donated to the "recognition fund"; the disbursements. show
26c
1954
THE MASONIC WORLD Secretary, traveling expense Stenographer Secretarial office expense Bank exchange Balance on hand, Feb. 19, 1954
$ 456.71
30.00 1,500.00 .50 4,930.48
It would appear that the office expense was a little high, and that with a large amount on hand, someone is due for a fine junket. Hereafter, those who attend the banquet will pay-which is what should have been done long ago. We have been attending, for 35 years and, as we recall, we received one free ticket (when we were Grand Master). A California brother presented the story of their fight to secure taxation of church property (specifically religious schools). The attorney-general is a member of the sect most favored. From one of the books used in the church schools, we read: In a Catholic country, when a dispute arises and a settlement is unattainable, the rights of the church shall prevail, since it possesses the higher authority. In this country the church has flourished ... and we may be inclined to think that separation is a satisfactory and workable plan. The church holds that this is still a compromise and that the condition is the lesser of two evils.
The book names the Salvation Army, the Friends, and the Y.M.C.A. as "false religions." And as to 'Freemasonry: Catholics are opposed to Masonry for the same reasons they oppose Buddhism. It is a false religion.
The prize bit of instruction is this: Statement in Court: A witness in court is called upon to tell the truth, and nothing but the truth.
The "whole truth" is omitted. There is added: He may not tell a lie, but if he has a very good reason, he may with路 hold the truth.
Sounds much like a communist dodging cover under the "fifth amendment." A writer in the Saturday Evening Post boasted that "the clerical powers of the church were used to put across a law." No, the church is definitely not in politics! HOW NOT TO ACQUIRE UNITY
Those of us who are interested and who have been striving for International Unity are much disturbed at the trends shown in the recent Washington Conference of Grand Masters. Our readers may
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
27c
recall that more than a year ago a Commission was appointed by the Conference to secure information concerning foreign grand lodges. The Commission began their labors by taking up the question of Mexican Grand Lodges. Your reviewer and Past Grand Master Walter S. Turnpaugh were named by the Committee to go to the Inter-American Conference of Latin-Americans in Mexico City in March, 1952. We went. We made a full and complete report to the Committee which report was never published, but in our review of last year we took occasion to publish information which was much like that given the Committee. In our review we said: At the last Conference of Grand Masters of Masons in the U. S. A. and Canada, a committee was appointed to secure information. . . . The first work of the Committee was to designate two brethren to attend the II Inter-American Congress.... The Committee was distinctly aware of the fact that they were not clothed with any power by the Conference of Grand Masters other than to investigate and report facts.
Notwithstanding this statement a Grand Master from a Western State said: I might mention that at the Conference in Mexico ... representatives were there, and they did not appear too happy in that someone seemed to appear to be representing the group (Conference of Grand Masters) as such.
During a recent Conference of Grand Masters (February 1953) the Chairman of the Information Committee, Past Grand Master Yeager of Pennsylvania, took a very lenient and sympathetic attitude. It was his, and the Committee's opinion, as expressed in their report, that an interchange of visits should be made between the Conference of Grand Masters in U. S. A. and the Inter-American Congress. A Grand Master from one of our largest jurisdictions thought differently; it was his idea that the Conference of the U. S. A. should not be represented at any outside Conference. But he could see nothing wrong with having "observers" from the "Committee on Information" of the Conference of Grand Masters go, and "observe" what-other jurisdictions were doing. We should regard such an attitude as a distinct slap in the face of Latin-American grand lodges and our Latin-American friends should know that this does not represent the attitude of the majority of American Grand Lodges. It is like giving a big party. You do not extend an invitation for one to be your guest, but you say to someone else, that while he is not invited, he may sit around on the outside without sharing your hospitality. Latin American cooperation and Masonic Unity will never be attained by such tactics.
28c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
CORNERSTONES
There was a time in the history of the Masonic Fraternity when the laying of cornerstones was one of the outstanding ceremonies, but in recent years the ceremony is becoming almost obsolete. Since it furnishes one of the very few occasions in which the fraternity can appear publicly, it is a matter of regret. History shows that in years past, most public buildings have been erected upon cornerstones laid by our fraternity. In reviewing 1953 Grand Lodge proceedings, we find public cornerstones laid in California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming. Oregon showed the largest number, with five. CONFERENCE OF GRAND SECRETARIES
The twenty-sixth annual conference of grand secretaries was held in Washington, D.C., February 24, 1954, in the Statler Hotel, Thomas Earl Doss of Tennessee presiding. The next annual meeting will be held at the same place, Wednesday, February 23, 1955, with the banquet in the evening on February 22. New officers are Isaac Cherry (dean of the grand secretaries), president; Earl Delzell, vice-president; and Dwight Smith of Indiana, secretary. The subjects discussed were: Uniformity of Procedures Among Grand Lodge Secretaries; Increased Responsibility of Investigating Committees; Lodge Attendance; Annual Returns, Make-up, Requirements and Penalties. The speaker at the banquet was Hon. Robert F. Patterson, dean of the school of business at the University of North Dakota, and an officer of the grand commandery of that state. DECISIONS, DISCIPLINE, DISPENSATIONS
The Grand Master of California thought a lodge should remit the dues of a past master who was confined in a mental institution and whose son asked for a dimit to prevent the accrual of dues since the father was unable to pay. He also decided that one who had been convicted by general court martial in 1930 for desertion and was dishonorably discharged was not eligible to receive the degrees of Masonry. He also ruled that conviction of a felony for which a penitentiary sentence was served made one ineligible for membership. He went further and declared that membership in the communist party constituted unmasonic conduct and that a member might be tried on such charge, even though his membership in the communist party had ceased. The Grand Master of Iowa decided that a Jewish Rabbi was a minister of the gospel, according to the laws of that jurisdiction.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
29c
In Kentucky a member asked for a dimit because he believed his membership in the Church of Christ conflicted with his Masonic membership. The Grand Master said: t t Any man who finds Masonry to conflict with his religion, and honestly believes that it does, would be better to dimit and get the conflict off his mind, and maybe he would be happier in his religious activities. "
North Dakota Grand Master decided that an American-born Chinese could petition a North Dakota lodge, irrespective of race, color or creed. The Grand Master of Wisconsin ruled that an O.E.S. chapter could not hold their annual Christmas party in the Masonic temple on Sunday. One O.E.S. chapter wanted to hold a reception and program on the Sabbath Day; still another wanted to hold 'a tea on Sunday to receive Grand Chapter officers. He also decided that an applicant of Chinese descent was not disqualified for petitioning. Illinois seems to be bothered with a number of expulsion cases; six instances are noted, ranging from rape to grand larceny, causing the Grand Master to point "to the desirability for greater investigation of candidates, particularly in our larger cities." He very properly suspended two members who had joined Chicago lodges when in fact they were residents of Des Moines, Iowa. The Grand Lecturer in Indiana called attention to a situation existing at Birdseye, Ind. It appeared there had been no meeting of the lodge in more than a year; members were behind in their dues, the Master was employed in Indianapolis but when he returned home for stated meetings he found no one to assist him. The Grand Master arrested the charter, resulting in a general change in the atmosphere of the lodge. In Washington, the Grand Master reprimanded a brother for telling improper stories while delivering an address of welcome at a district meeting. The Grand Master of Kansas issued 210 dispensations, 150 of which were to abridge the time for degrees for men to be called into military service. And in Nebraska the Grand Master properly refused a dispensation to a lodge to move its charter to the city auditorium for the purpose of having a Shrine Temple confer the Master Mason degree in full Shrine regalia. EXTRANEOUS SOCIETIES
The Order of Amaranth desired to use lodge halls in Indiana. Crowded conditions already exist in. that jurisdiction, but irrespective of that a special committee doubted the advisability of accepting this additional group.
30c
THE M4-S0NIC WORLD
1954
The Grand Master of Maryland was forced to arrest activities of certain groups which were conducting games of chance. The Grand Lodge went on record as stating that Freemasonry does not sanction violation of laws of God or man. For sometime there has been an epidemic of lotteries in Maryland, violating the civil and Masonic laws, whether the results are for charitable or laudable purposes does not justify illegitimate measures. The Grand Master said there can be no compromise on this question; there is no place in Masonry for any Masonic group to promote, to participate in or profit through a lottery. Nebraska decided that members of High Twelve and similar groups were not subject to Masonic discipline. New Mexico disapproves the organization known as the National Federated Craft. The Order of Amaranth asked authority to enter North Carolina. The Grand Master informed them that should anyone proceed with such an organization they would be doing so at their own risk. It was reported to the Grand Master of Texas that one of路 the units of Moslah Temple had conducted a dance act which developed into a strip-tease. He issued an edict that "no Mason in Texas shall hereafter apply for membership in or affiliate with Moslah Temple." The officers of the Shrine got busy, assured the Grand Master that they would hereafter conduct their affairs in proper and Masonic manner. But another Texas Temple, Arabia Temple, had a similar situation. In this instance pictures of the members appearing in a Shrine publication showed placards with indecent inscriptions. The Potentate of this Temple got a similar letter; again the officers got busy and promised to be good boys. Shrine Clubs are definitely frowned upon, complaints were so common that an investigation was made and it was found that "activities conducted by these organizations were of such nature that they were unbecoming to Masons." This inspired another edict "that no Mason in Texas shall hereafter apply for membership in any Shrine Club." A general meeting was called to discuss the conduct of Shrine Clubs and many of the Potentates attended the meeting. It was thought "no lodge room should be used by any Shrine Club organization except where they held service of a religious nature." (The organization is not known for its religious observances!) The whole matter of extraneous organizations was again gone into, with the result that certain generally accepted organizations were permitted to operate, one of which is rather unknown to us-The Royal Order of Ducks. The Order of the Amaranth was not accepted, nor was that of the Order of Sciots j a Methodist Craftsman Club was disapproved, also the Order of Jobs Daughters. By resolution, Wisconsin said, "There are no higher orders of Masonry."
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
31e
THE LADIES AND FREEMASONRY
Western Australia is following the policy of the British Isles in forbidding membership in "female freemasonry." At a meeting of the Grand Lodge, November 26, 1953, the president of the board of general purposes offered a resolution, together with an explanation for so doing: . 1'1'1 A.: No lodge shall, except by express leave of the Grand Master, initiate into Freemasonry any person who has in any way been connected with an organization which is quasi-masonic, imitative of Freemasonry, or regarded by the grand lodge as irregular or incompatible with the craft. A brother, who at any time after his initiation, shall in any way be associated with or visit any such organization, shall, when required by the Board of General Purposes so to do, forthwith, in such manner as may be required by the Board, renounce such organization, and tinally sever his connection therewith, and in default of his so doing, shall be liable to be expelled.
The mover explained the resolution: The regulation in this item was adopted at the last communication ... before becoming effective it requires the confirmation of this meeting ... as pointed out by the Grand Master to the brethren ... this does not show any new policy in Freemasonry; it is only carrying on something always in existence. . . . In 1928, at the Australian Conference (of grand lodges), recommendations were made that each grand lodge should take up the attitude that no brother be permitted to attend any meeting of the Eastern Star; the recommendation was adopted in 1929 by this grand lodge. Since that time warnings have been given by Grand Masters. . . . At the present time there is an OES in Western Australia. In addition, there is established a body known as Co-Freemasonry, and each admits women as well as men in the ranks.
The resolution was confirmed and apparently carried without discussion! AN AMERICAN OPINION
It ill behooves an American to comment upon Masonic systems in other countries unless he is thoroughly familiar with their Masonic processes. This is particularly true as regards our mother grand lodge, whose policies towards extraneous societies have been more pronounced than elsewhere in the Masonic world. That the English policy has been rather successful is iihown in the number of lodges working under that grand lodge, and the extent of its Masonic jurisdiction. We do know that there are English elements that' dislike the management of their grand lodgebut they are the "outs" and not the "ins." If the English like their system, let them keep it; if we don't like it, we may at least, as our ritual says, "remain silent."
32c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
Consequently, we disapprove comment made in a recent issue of a Shrine magazine concerning the English system: Freemasonry for women is a startling fact in itself, and doubly startling when you realize that it ~as started in England.
We question the
st~tement
of origin.
,
I was surprised with what nonchalance the English have accepted the women Masons ..â&#x20AC;˘ I heard not one word of objection.
Probably our friend did not go to the right place to hear. There is no ethical reason why a woman cannot be a Mason as well as a man ... but our law forbids a woman to be a member . . . so the women have had to organize their own.
There is no reason why a man cannot be a member of a sewing club, but we fear he would feel awfully out of place-as we know a woman would in a man's fraternity. That's why we have rooms labeled "Men" and "Women." ((Haint our fraternity to have no segregation?" FUNERAL SERVICE
In most jurisdictions there is general dissatisfaction with the present funeral service. It is mentioned in the proceedings of Arkansas, Colorado, District of Columbia, New Jersey, North Dakota, and Utah. In reading the proceedings of grand lodges we are struck with the many references to dissatisfaction with the Masonic funeral ceremonies. And we are not surprised, for this dissatisfaction has shown up in many ways in our own state. But no one appears to offer a better one, so we are content (' )to continue with what we have. Our brethren sometimes wonder why so many of our leading Freemasons, in civil and military, as well as in Masonic life, are not buried with the present ceremonies. We think we know why. The reason is quite simple. Our ceremonies do not follow the lines of present day thought. From our ceremonies we. take these cheerful (') references: (, dark portals of the tomb." , 'farewell, brother .' , "all must pass through the shadow of death and each must make thE:' dark journey alone."
Our ceremonies were formed three quarters of a century ago when "hell-fire and damnation" were the principal weapons used by religion to scare people into accepting certain doctrines; so far as we know, only one or two denominations now resort to the "sulphur and brimstone" methods. Education and scientific knowledge have
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
33c
convinced most of us that hell is with us constantly in this life, and that a good and just God who created us will also protect us in whatever life he may have prepared for us hereafter. And as for ourselves, unless the grand lodge prepares a "happier" service, we beg to pass when it comes our time to pass to the great hereafter. HISTORICAL
Arizona utilized six pages of the proceedings in discussing a proposed history of Freemasonry in Arizona. It will not be printed by the Grand Lodge; lodges are asked to write their own histories at. their own expense, all of which means it will never be done. California has a history committee which is doing constructive work. It has an honor roll of Freemasons, among whom we note Gen. Nelson A. Miles, member of Southern California Lodge No. 278; Rear Admiral Joseph Bullock Coghlan, hero of the Battle of Manila, member of Solano Lodge No. 229; Admiral George W. Baird, member of Lodge No. 87; Commodore John Mills Browne, Civil War surgeon in the Battle of the Merrimac and Monitor, member of Naval Lodge No. 87; Col. Jonathon Drake Stevenson, Commander of the 1st Regiment, New York Volunteers, CaliforniaMexican War, member of California Lodge No.1; Gen. Homer Lea, distinguished military authority who rendered great service to the Chinese Republic, and was military adviser to Pres. Sun Yat Sen of the Chinese Republic, member of Pentalpha Lodge No. 202; Luther Burbank, the plant wizard, member of Santa Rosa Lodge No. 57; Judge Stephen J. Fields, distinguished jurist, member of Corinthian Lodge No.9; John Hayes Hammond, international mining engineer, member of Oriental Lodge No. 144; Thomas Starr King, distinguished minister and orator, member of Oriental Lodge No. 144; Leland Stanford, President of the Central Pacific Railroad, Governor of California, U. S. Senator, and founder of Stanford University, member of Michigan City Lodge No. 47. The Grand Lodge of Colorado held a special communication in Central City, it being an annual pilgrimage to the site of the first Masonic Temple erected in Colorado, near Black Hawk in Gregory Gulch. Colorado once anticipated publishing a history of that jurisdiction, but a prospectus sent out to the lodges brought in only 97 orders, so few that the Grand Lodge returned the money to the subscribers. Florida proceedings contain the story of John Gorrie, a pioneerday physician; he was the inventor of the ice machine and mechanical refrigerator. His statue appears in the Hall of Fame at Washington, D.C. A bridge, a high school, an elementary school, an Order of the Eastern Star, and a Liberty ship were named in his honor.
34c
THE MASONIC WORI"D
1954
Grand Historian Herndon, in Idaho, read an address upon the influence. of Masonry for law and order in Idaho, which is a fine tribute to the fraternity in that jurisdiction. Kansas proposes to celebrate its centennial in 1956. The history 'of the Grand Lodge, which has never been published, has been turned over to Elmer F. Strain, Past Grand Master, to complete. An elaborate program has been laid out for the centennial, including a pilgrimage to the grave of the first Grand Master, Richard R. Rees. Minnesota has written a story of its Masonic history, under the direction of the Centennial Committee. The 100th anniversary was observed in a number of ways; they had a musical program with over 150 voices, a pageant showing the formation of the first three lodges, and an address by Past Grand Master Roy of Massachusetts. Nebraska is to publish a volume on the history of the Grand Lodge, to be issued in 1957 when the 'centennial of the Grand Lodge is to be observed. Grand Historian Grimson made an interesting report to the Grand Lodge of North Dakota on Masonic Governors in that State; ten Governors are listed, with their biographical sketches. Old Erie Lodge No.3, at Warren, Ohio, observed its 150th anniversary on June 7, 1953. The Grand Lodge of Ohio was opened in emergent communication in celebration of that event. One of the features of the celebration was the history of Erie Lodge, written by Dr. James J. Tyler, Grand Historian. Texas is planning on issuing a history of Freemasonry in Texas. Lodge records are being microfilmed or transcribed and effort is being made to secure all information possible; it was hoped that some publication could be issued during 1954. Circulation of the Grand Lodge magazine has reached 41,200. Grand Historian Moore gives some interesting historical material in his report to the Grand Lodge of Washington in 1953. He reports an incident in which a brother who later became Grand Master was twice rejected for admission. During the Civil War a member was expelled for defrauding another by paying a debt in U. S. legal tender notes, at par, for money that had been loaned in coin. The story of Freemasonry in the Philippines is to be found in an address made by Cenon S. Cervantes, Past Grand Master of the Philippines, before the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin in 1953. The same proceedings report the erection of a plaque by the Grand Lodge commemorating the erection of the first Masonic temple in Wisconsin; the building was erected in 1845 by members of Olive Branch Lodge No.6, which was chartered by Missouri and it was located at New Diggings. MISSOURIANA
A recently published history of Freemasonry in California, issued by the Grand Lodge, contains many references to former Missou-
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
35c
rians. In the hope that some of our readers may be able to amplify the information we are giving some of the information we have been given permission to use. Albert Gallatin Toomes, native of Missouri, (can our readers tell us where in Missouri ~), was the founder of the town of Tehama; he was with the Workman-Rowland Party in 1841, coming to California from New Mexico. It is our belief that these men were at one time living near Old Franklin. In 1844, Toomes married a Mexican lady, Maria Isabel Lorenzana; he lived the life of a landed gentleman on his Rancho de los Molinos in Tehama County. He was one of the wealthiest and most respected citizens of the county. It is not known where he joined the Freemasons, but he appeared as the charter junior warden of Tehama's lodge, Molino No. 150. John Bidwell organized the first American immigrant outfit to reach California; he was a native of New York, born in 1819; in .June, 1839, he taught school not far from Weston, Platte County, Missouri; he listened to the stories brought back from the Far West by Louis Robidoux; Bidwell organized the Emigration Society and attempted to assemble a group of 500 at Westport (Sapling Grove). Weston people, becoming alarm~d at losing so much of their population, launched a counter-move which resulted in Bidwell being the only "Weston-er" to join the party. The party numbered 34 members when it reached California. The story of this party is one of hunger, hardship, and disappointment. During the Mexican War he served as a Captain in Fremont's California Battalion. He became the state's greatest agriculturist, owning an immense estate of several thousand acres; Governor Leland Stanford commissioned him a Brigadier General in the California Militia, and later he was made a Regent of the University of California. He received Masonic degrees in SQIll, Jose Lodge No. 10 in 1851; later he affiliated with Chico Lodge No. 111; he died in 1900, "Prince of the Pioneers. ' , George C. Yount, while born in North Carolina (1794), lived for a time in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He served in the War of 1812 at the age of 18; he settled in Howard County about 1818, marrying Miss Eliza Cambridge Wilds. He went over the Santa Fe Trail in 1826 with the teams of Hickman and Lamb of Franklin, Mo. At Santa Fe, he became a wandering trapper; his wife, believing him to be dead, remarried. He was baptized in a Catholic Mission at San Rafael and given the name Concepcion; gradually he acquired twenty square miles of territory; he was a most generous and charitable individual, greatly beloved by all who knew him. When he died, a Protestant minister officiated. He was at the time of initiation a member of Benicia Lodge No.5, but assisted in organizing Yount Lodge No. 12 of Napa, named after himself; he also organized Ca;ymrus Lodge No. 93 of Yountsville. The historian said of him "His name symbolized the finest ideals of Freemasonry. ' , Jonathan Trumbull (JUQIll, J o,f?e) Warner: there are no California records showing where this brother received his Freemasonry, but it is thought he was a member of some Missouri Lodge; he was路 born in 1807 and migrated to Missouri and on to New Mexico about 1830. His ranch in California, whither he went in 1831, was a well known spot; Kearny's Battalion, the Mormon Battalion and the Butterfield Overland Mail, occupied (for a time) his land. His Masonic record depends on one signature--December 27, 1854-he signed the tiler's register of San Diego Lodge No. 35 as a visitor. William Wor7cman was a native of England, born 1800; he was a
36c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
leader of the Workman-Roland Party, second immigrant party to arrive in California; he was for a time a trader in Taos, New Mexico; he had a 40,000 acre rancho east of Los Angeles; immensely rich at one time, he lost all but a seventy-five acre homestead; it was more than he could endure-he committed suicide. He was a member of Los Angeles Lodge No. 42 in 1859; in 1865 he affiliated with Lexington Lodge No. 104;. he withdrew in 1872. It is thought he received Masonic degrees in England. He was no doubt a resident of Old Franklin at one time. Dr. John Townsend was an organizer of the Murphy-TownsendStevens Party of 1844 which brought the first wagons through the Sierra Nevada; he was first junior warden of San Jose Lodge No. 10, and the first graduate of a medical school to settle in California; for a time, after graduation in Philadelphia, he lived on a farm on Little Platte River in Buchanan County, Missouri; he left there in 1844 with his wi.fe, brother-in-law, and several other members of his family, via Omaha, Fort Hall, Idaho and the Sierra N evadas for California. Townsend Street in San Francisco is named for Dr. Townsend; he succumbed to the cholera epidemic of 1850, but before this time had organized San Jose Lodge No. 10. Major Samuel J. lJensley was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1843, and came to Missouri (Platte County) as a small boy. On his arrival in California, he worked for J obn Sutter; he was a witness,in the Fremont trial, having served as a Major in Fremont's California Battalion. He achieved fame as one of the organizers of the California Steam Navigation Company which controlled all traffic on San Francisco Bay. He was a member of San Jose Lodge No. 10 (1851), a member of California Chapter No.5, Royal Arch Masons, later affiliating with Howard Chapter No. 14 of San Jose; he died in 1866. John Wilson Laird was born in Pennsylvania (1806); he came to Missouri as a boy, and in 1846, he and his family came overland to California with the Pyle-Whiteman Party, organized by his father-in-law, Edward Gant Pyle, and William Whiteman of St. Joseph; in California he joined Fremont's Battalion. He was a charter member of Columbia Lodge No. 28; later he affiliated with LaGrange Lodge No. 99, and finally a charter member of Modesto Lodge No. 206. Peter Lassen was by far the most distinguished of the early California Freemasons; one of his party brought the first Masonic charter to California. Actually the charter was brought by the well known Saschel Woods, a Cumberland Presbyterian minister and member of Wa1canda Lodge No. 52 of Carrollton, Missouri, who became the first Master of Western Star Lodge No. 98 (now No.1), whose charter he had brought with him. Lassen was a native of Denmark (1800). In 1830 he came to the United States, moving westward to St. Louis, and up the Missouri River to Keytesville, Chariton County, Missouri. In 1839 he started for Oregon City. Fremont stayed at his home in the spring of 1846; in June, 1847, Lassen came overland to St.â&#x20AC;˘Toseph, Missouri, passing the winter in Missouri. When he returned in 1848, he took with him the Rev. Saschel Woods and the charter for Western Star Lodge at Benton City. Lassen Lodge No. 149 bears his name. He was shot by Indians while prospecting for a silver mine in 1859. Saschel Woods is not a new name to Missourians; his sword used during the Mormon Wars in Missouri is now the property of Wa1canda Lodge No. 52, Carrollton, Mo. He was instrumental in the formation of the first Lodge in California-Western Star. On April 5, 1850, the~e appeared in the Sacramento Placer Times, the following notice: After a meeting of the Worshipful Masters of the following Ancient York Masons, held at the Masonic Hall in Sacramento City,
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
37c
on April 5, A.D. 1850, viz: Brother John A. Tutt, Connecticut Lodge No. 75; Saschel Woods, Western Star Lodge No. 98; Wm. N. Doughty, New Jersey Lodge No. U.D.; B. D. Hyam, Benecia Lodge U.D.; on motion it was Resolved, that it is deemed expedient to form a Grand Lodge in this State, and that a convention be held for that purpose on April 17, 1850, at the city of Sacramento. Also that all regular Lodges of Ancient York Masons of the State of California and all present and Past Grand officers be invited to attend said convention. Resolved, that the above proceedings be published in the different newspapers of San Francisco and Sacramento City. It was further resolved, that Brother William M. Doughty be empowered to forward a copy of the above resolutions to every and all legally constituted Lodges throughout the State who are not here represented to meet with us in said convention. Saschel Woods, Chairman. But Woods did not become the :first Grand Master; he had to be satisfied with the station of Junior Grand Warden; he was not present to be installed. The amazing thing to Missourians was that Western Star Lodge No. 98, organized October 30, 1849, was given the California Number 2, while California Lodge No. 13 of the District of Columbia, organized November 15, 1849, was given the Number 1. The inference was that the Grand Lodge had been misinformed as to the date of opening of the California Lodge No. 13. Woods, :first Master of Western Star Lodge, went to Mexico in 1851 on business; he contracted an intestinal ailment (still being contracted) that invalidated him and left him destitute; not being able to communicate with his lodge, and they not knowing his condition, he was suspended. He returned to California in 1853, settling near Crescent City; the brethren there, not knowing of his suspension, gave him material aid. The lodge supported him, paid doctor bills, and when he died, buried him, paying the expenses of $600.00. The Lodge had twenty members at the time! Then the Lodge erected a tombstone, with the assistance of the Grand Lodge. It is located at Crescent City, and reads: In memory of Saschel Woods, Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of the State of California, a native of Kentucky. Died April 26, 1854. Erected by the Grand Lodge. The history of Freemasonry in California contains the story of how Woods' life was saved while traveling the Santa Fe Trail, when he gave a Masonic sign. Robert Wilkinson Bollen; this brother served as Grand Master of Nevada in 1874-5. Later removing to California, he affiliated with Elsinore Lodge at Elsinore; he died at Santa Monica in 1905. He came west from Clark County, Missouri, where he had been a member of Kenner Lodge No. 180. (The California history gives the number as 187.) Louis Cohn; made a Freemason in St. Loms Lodge No. 20 (California History says No. 86, which was Missouri Military Lodge), dimitted in 1866 and became Grand Master of Utah in 1874. Aquilla Glover came across the plains from Missouri to California by ox-team in 1846, spending the winter of 1846-7 at Sutter's Fort; he was one who went to the relief of the Read Party in Donner Lake; he assisted in organizing the first Methodist Church in San Francisco; he died at Coloma in 1849. It is said that he belonged to a Lodge "near Warsaw, Benton County, Missouri." William H. Bussell is a name well known to the early d~y Freemasons
38c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
of Missouri. He was a warm friend of Henry Clay of Kentucky, and had been a member of Lexington Lodge No. 149, Lexington, Missouri. He left Independence, Missouri, with the first emigrant train in 1849 and was present at the going-away party, the long procession, and the still longer speeches made on that occasion. He served in the California War of 1847 with the rank of Major. He was principal witness at the trial of General John C. Fremont in 1848. He attained the rank of Colonel. MISSOURI LODGES IN WISCONSIN
Mineral Point Lodge, located at Mineral Point, Wisconsin, and Melody Lodge No.2, at Platteville, Wisconsin, were both Lodges originally chartered by the Grand Lodge of Missouri. In the volume to which we have referred, "The First One Hundred Years" is a story of these two Lodges. We quote from that volume: Mineral Point Lodge No.1: The influx of settlers coming up from Illinois, attracted by the rich mines of zinc in the southwestern part of the State, brought a number of influential men whose names we find on the roster of the Lodge now known as Mineral Point No. 1. Under Dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Missouri, dated October 8, 1840, the Lodge began its labors with the following charter members: Wmiam R. Smith, who was its first Master, and who later served as Grand Master of Masons; Charles Dunn, Moses Meeker, Thomas P. Burnett, Daniel Moore, Ebenezer Brigham, John D. Ansley, Stephen Taylor and Ormond H. Paddock. It should be mentioned that Brother Smith was a man of exceptional talents, and, when he died, his Lodge passed resolutions of respect and ordered the members to wear crepe for 30 days as a badge of mourning for their brother and friend. It was not until October, 1842, that a Charter was granted and it was not until February 15, 1843, that the Lodge was duly organized under its Charter. The officers were: Wm. R. Smith, W.M.; Charles Dunn, S.W.; Moses Meeker, J.W. Brother Dunn was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the Territory of Wisconsin. Moses Meeker was one of the earliest settlers at Galena, Illinois, and was the builder of the first smelter in that region. He was educated to be a physician, but did not practice until the latter part of his life. Melody Lodge No.2: Melody Lodge No.2, at Platteville, was granted a Dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Missouri under date of January 10, 1843, and on the 31st of October of the same year was granted a Charter. Here we encounter for the first time the name of our first Grand Master, Benjamin T. Kavanaugh. He was named as the :first Master of Melody Lodge, with H. R. Coulter as Senior Warden, and Wm. C. Fellerbrown as Junior Warden. . . . While Kavanaugh was still Master of Melody Lodge, he prepared a resolution looking to the formation of a committee to confer with Mineral Point Lodge and Milwaukee Lodge (now Kilbourn), with a view to forming the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin. Melody Lodge was a flourishing body with 35 Charter members, and gave evidence of splendid leadership in those early days. The Lodge was named for George Henry Curzon Melody, who, as Grand Lecturer of Missouri, had much to do with properly launching this new Lodge in the Territory of Wisconsin. (It is here recorded that the Grand Chapter of Missouri, in 1942, I
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
39c
issued a pamphlet dealing with the life of Melody). Missouri had a Melody Lodge and a Melody Chapter. ANTI-MASONIC DAYS IN MISSOURI
From an old history of Macon County, Missouri (1883, page 794) we quote an incident of the period following the anti-Masonic period; it shows that although the period had passed, yet the mem- , ory of that time had not disappeared from the minds of the people. In divinity-the Rev. James Ratliff and Rev. William Sears were the acknowledged leaders of the church of Old School Baptists. Mr. Ratliff was a man of strong, but rather uncultivated intellect; positive in his religious views and not wanting in self-assertion, he was looked up to by a large sect of Christians. About three years after Bloomington Lodge (No. 102) A.F. & A.M. was chartered (1849), Mr. Ratliff made himself known to the members as a Mason of 25 years standing, stating that he had been waiting to see of what material the lodge was composed, and that, now, being satisfied with the standing of the members, he wished to be affiliated. Perhaps this declaration, though a great shock to the church, might have passed over, but unfortunately, some too zealous members, after considerable difficulty, induced him to become orator at a public installation. This brought things to a crisis. The church labored hard with him to renounce Masonry and withdraw from the lodge. He replied to them that he was a Mason before he became a member of the church, and路 that he knew nothing in Masonry that could not meet his conscientious approval. Finding him immovable, he was excluded from the township. The writer chronicles this as exemplifying the stern Puritan-like enforcement of the rules of their church, in parting with their ablest member, and the路 firm integrity of an honest man, ready to make any sacrifice rather than violate his conviction of right.
Records of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Missouri show that the Rev. James Ratliff, afterwards was exalted a Royal Arch Mason, Dec. 27, 1853 and remained steadfast to the fraternity until his death in 1859. FROM CALIFOl{,NIA HISTORY
From the recently published history of Freemasonry in California, we take the following brief biographies of former Missourians who have made good: Benjamin Tully Williams, a member of Los Angeles Lodge No. 42 was elected to membership by affiliation in San Buenventura Lodge No. 214, December 15, 1888; on that same evening he was elected Master of the Lodge; he served in 1890, and again in 1895 and 1896. He was for 18 years a Judge of the Superior Court of Ventura; he was born at Mt. Vernon, Mo., Christmas Day, 1850; he came to California with his parents in 1853; he died March 19, 1910. Frank X. Pfaffinger was born in Bavaria, November 9, 1853, coming
40c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
to America when 28 years of age. He secured a position in Kansas City, Mo.; he entered business college, worked as cashier in a dry-goods store, and in a harness shop; in 188ยง he visited Los Angeles and met with the late Harrison Gray Otis, owner and publisher of the Times; he began work for Otis in 1887, remaining with that paper until his death in 1940, at which time he had become Treasurer of the newspaper corporation, and director in many banks and business corporations. He was a member of Southern California Lodge No. 218. Sloan Pitzer was Master of Alhambm Lodge No. 322, but was made a Freemason in Keystone (St. Louis, Mo.) Lodge No. 243; he removed to California in 1906 while serving as Senior Deacon of his Lodge; he affiliated and became Master of Alhambra Lodge in 1911. He became City Attorney of Alhambra and held many influential positions. He served as secretary of the Lodge for 31 years, and until his failing eyesight necessitated his retirement. Arthur MacDonald Ellis was Master of University Lodge No. 394 (Los Angeles) in 1912; he took great interest in historical matters and especially Masonic history. He was born at Linn Creek, Mo., September 13, 1874. He was a well known attorney and an authority on printing and printing equipment. Nathan Jarm(}s Ashby was born October 5, 1857; he was raised in Ark Lodge No.6, Newark, Mo., July 21, 1883. He served as Master of POIUlville Lodge No. 319, Brashear, Mo., in 1897, and in 1898. He was (1951) tiler of Hermosa Lodge No. 557 (Hermosa Beach, Calif.), having been a Freemason for 66 of his 92 years, and tiler of the Lodge since 1934. MORE ABOUT NATHANIEL BEVERLEY TUCKER
Through the courtesy of Frank C. Barnhill, PGM, we have received copies of notes made by P. 'V. Turrentine and filed with Harvard University in 1952. The notes had been copied by Mr. Willard McDermott of Kansas City. While there are twenty closely written typewritten pages, we quote from but one section. Tucker had settled in Central Missouri and had married the daughter of General Thomas A. Smith; he entered into the social activities of the new country in a big way. . . . To certain churchmen, however, his conduct seemed unbecoming. The Rev. Wm. P. Cochran wrote Tucker from near Columbia, December 28, 1830, that he addressed him with unfeigned regret and heaviness of heart. "Rumor," said he, "states that you have been attending balls. That you were at one on the 4th of July, and again recently at Shackleford's. We are mortified to excess." He added that Tucker was reported in the habit of playing cards, and it was said that he had just left the card table at Dr. Sappington's when Cochran and his father entered the house. Every person who had any knowledge of Tucker was talking about it, he declared, and all his true friends were sorely pained. Tucker ignored all this and was cited to appear at the school house in Boonville, Saturday, October 22, 1831 at 10 0 'clock a.m. to answer to the charge of Unchristian conduct in the following acts: lstly-That at a party in the house of Mr. Shackleford of Saline County, on or about Dee. 25, 1830, you partook of the amusement of dancing.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
41c
2dIy-that at a party at the house of Dr. Sappington soon afterwards you again danced. 3rdly-That at the wedding of C. F. Jackson and Miss Sappington, at the house of Dr. Sappington, on the 17th of February, 1831, a time when you were aprised that such conduct was disapproved by the officers of the church, you again danced. Witnesses to the charges were C. F. Jackson (Confederate Governor of Missouri), Dr. Sappington, Dr. Penn and the Rev. Justinian Williams (one time Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Missouri). Tucker had served as Grand Master in 1822, 1823, 1824, and 1825. We do not know what the action of the Presbyterian Church was in the above case, nor do we know whether Tucker ever appeared at Boonville or not. But we do know that路 when Tucker removed to Virginia-he became an Episcopalian I BENJAMIN KAVANAUGH
The Grand Lodge of vVisconsin in 1944, issued a book, "The First One Hundred Years," being a history of their Grand Lodge and those men who had served it during its one hundred years of existence. Missourians will be interested in what the book has to say about their first Grand Master, Benjamin T. Kavanaugh; Kavanaugh became Grand Master of Wisconsin Freemasons within three years after his initiation into the fraternity. While he was initiated at Winchester, Kentucky, in 1840, he affiliated in 1841 with Naphtali Lodge No. 25, St. Louis, Mo. 'Vhen brethren at Platteville, in 'Visconsin Territory decided to form a Lodge, they appealed to the Grand Lodge of Missouri, and received a Dispensation, January 10, 1843, which was followed by a Charter, October 31, 1843; the Charter named Benjamin T. Kavanaugh as Master; H. R. Coulter as Senior Warden; and William C. Fellerbrown, Junior Warden. You ask-who was Kavanaugh ~ Well he was an ordained ministel'; in a letter to a personal friend, he said that he became a Freemason at the insistence of his mother; he was then 35 years of age. He was fascinated with the teachings of the fraternity. He removed to St. Louis, Mo. about 1841, dimitting from his Kentucky Lodge to become a member of Naphtali Lodge. While in St. Louis, he established a mission to the Sioux and Chippewa Indians under the Illinois Conference of the Methodist Church. In a letter he said he had read everything he could find to read about Freemasonry, including "twenty-two volumes of the Monthly Magazine, published by C. W. Moore, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts." He was generally regarded as a well informed Freemason. In 1842, he was appointed by the Rock River Conference of his church, to the Platteville District; he settled there with his fam-
42c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
ily, 'and while he remained there only three years, during that time he had formed Melody Lodge, secured a Charter, and had been elected Grand Master of the newly formed Grand Lodge of Wisconsin-and the first one! He was re-elected but removed from the State before completing his term of office. His death occurred in his native State, at Boonesboro, July 3, 1888; he was then 83 years of age. His burial was at Mt. Sterling, where, in 1936, the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin erected a monument to his memory-a belated tribute to the memory of so sterling a character. The Wisconsin story says of him: That Brother Kavanaugh was a many-sided man, versatile and brilliant, is evident from his many achievements. In young manhood he was by turn a bookbinder, a tanner, a Flat-boat man, a preacher, editor, author of books on astronomy and geology, and finally a physician. He served as chaplain and surgeon in the Confederate Army, he being a resident of Texas at the outbreak of the war between the States. While he was a resident of Wisconsin only three short years, he left his impress upon the fraternity and upon the community by his many and varied talents. PARIS SWAZY PFOUTS
The name of Paris Swazy Pfouts is not unknown to Missouri Freemasons, for he was once a resident of St. Joseph, Mo., and belonged to some of our Missouri Masonic bodies. He spent the greater part of his life in Montana where he achieved a name for himself in many ways, particularly because of his connection with the Vigilantes. The late Judge Lew L. Callaway, Montana historian, in his pamphlet Early Montana Masons, writes of Pfouts: Paris Swazy Pfouts was a native of New Philadelphia, Ohio; born January 9, 1829. The family moved to Missouri and young Pfouts spent most of his boyhood and youth in that s.tate. He was cast in the mould of the Pioneers, having been in California in the fifties when the Vigilantes were operating. Returning to Missouri, he settled in St. Joseph. In 1855 he married a Miss Cundiff. Several children were born to them. Pfouts, a man of intense convictions, sympathized with the South in the disturbance of-the fifties and early sixties. A Confederate, evidently he left Missouri to avoid the Civil War. He went to Denver in 1861 and his family joined him in 1862. He had become enamored of Freemasonry as early as 1854, in that year becoming a Master Mason in St. Joseph Lodge No. 78. In December, 1856, he became Junior Warden; the next year, Senior Warden; and, in 1859, Master of that Lodge. He was re-elected Master in 1860. He joined the Royal Arch Masons and the Knights Templar. In 1880, he. attended the Masonic Grand Bodies in St. Louis, and assisted in the formation of the Grand Commandery of Missouri, having the honor of being elected Grand Senior Warden. At Denver, Brother Pfouts attended the first meeting of the Masonic Lodge after his arrival in the city. According to Brother Pfouts' own story, Denver City U.D. had invited him to preside, and because of the' absence of the Master, who had gone to war, Bro. Pfouts continued to
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
43c
to do so. "In the autumn of the year 1861, the Grand Lodge of Colorado was organized, and I was invited to participate in its labors. Denver City received a Charter from the new Grand Lodge." Bro. Pfouts was elected its Master. "Thus I was regularly installed Master of two char- . tered Lodges at the same time, for my term of office did not expire in St. Joseph Lodge until the last of December following." He was reelected Master of Denver City Lodge in December, 1862. During the summer of 1862 the Royal Arch Masons of Denver were granted a Dispensation to organize a Chapter. Companion Pfouts was named High Priest and continued to be such until he left Denver for Idaho. It appears that the real cause of his leaving Denver arose out of trouble between him and the Grand Master of Colorado. However that may be, an impelling cause arose. During the summer of 1863, news of amazing gold discoveries in Idaho, of which, what became Montana, was then a part. Brother Pfouts and his partner in business in Denver, Col. Russell, agreed that Pfouts should go to Idaho with such merchandise as they might be able to secure, while Russell should return to Missouri, temporarily taking Pfouts' family with him. Accordingly, they purchased goods sufficient to load five wagons which were started on their way to Alder Gulch. It was agreed that if Pfouts reported favorably, Russell, in the spring, would purchase more goods and join Pfouts. Incidentally, this Russell was something of a Masonic worker himself. From a History of Buchanan County, Missouri, we learn that the "late Col. Russell was one of the most zealous and efficient workers in Symbolic, Capitular and Cryptic Masonry and Knight Templarism, having been two score years an active worker in the States of Mississippi, Illinois, Montana, and Missouri.' , Not very accurate, but comprehensive. In 1859, he was the first Master of Zeredetha Lodge No. 189, A.F. & A.M., and High Priest of Mitchell Chapter No.4. In 1862, he was Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, and was Grand High Priest in 1866. This indicates that he occupied that office at the time he joined Sir Knights Hosmer, Pfouts, Pinney, and Martin in requesting Grand Master Palmer to issue a Warrant for our first (Montana) Commandery. Col. Russell was a member of the Fifth Legislative Assembly of the Territory (1869), representing Madison County in the Council, of which body he was elected President. He must have been a forceful character to have achieved such distinction in so short a time; this is especially remarkable when one considers the strong body of men who then were dominant in Montana affairs.
A rather extraordinary Masonic career, one might say! To return to Brother Pfouts. When he reached Virginia City, the settlement embraced forty to fifty log cabins with the addition of tents and brush "wickiups." The population was around 500, constantly increasing. But Virginia City was only one of the settlements springing up in Alder Gulch; they commenced at the mouth of Granite Creek, "Junction," and dotted the stream almost to its head, "Summit," the location of Montana's Masonic Lodge No. 10, in after years. Brother Pfouts' report of his first day in Virginia City gives us some of the local color of the day.
44c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
Early in the day, the miners and others began to assemble in the streets and drinking houses, and before the sun had attained its meridian, several fights had occurred, in some of which pistols were resorted to. No one was killed this day, but several persons narrowly escaped with their lives. There was no law in foree, save such as miners had adopted in public meetings for their own government, and which were ,changed or annulled as suited the exigencies of a case as it arose. It is impossible for me to describe society there as I found it on my arrival. There were very many honest, sober, and industrious men to be found in the city and its surroundings, but the greater number were in the reverse of this. The class known as "Roughs" far outnumbered all others, both in Nevada and Virginia City. Many of them resided on ranches, but few of them ever exercised their muscles in the mines. They comprised the most depraved and abandoned characters from California, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, Salt Lake Valley, and not a few from all the Western States. They openly defied the laws enacted by themselves, and openly avowed their determination to settle all difficulties with the knife and pistol. They affected to believe that cowards only resorted to law for redress of a grievance. Murders were of frequent occurrence, while thieving and highway robberies were perpetrated almost daily, and in truth became so common as barely to attract attention and remark.
Nevertheless, he determined to remain at Virginia City, perceiving it a good place to make money. He purchased a log cabin fronting . sixteen feet on Main Street, for which he paid $1,600 in gold dust. Late in November merchandise-groceries and other provisionsarrived from Denver and Pfouts opened his store. The fame of Paris S. Pfouts was known to Masons in Virginia City when that distinguished gentleman arrived. Almost immediately he was importuned by the Masons to establish a Masonic Lodge. Accordingly, a petition was dispatched to the Grand Master of Kansas for a Dispensation. This, as we have seen, was granted December 7, 1863, under the name of Virginia City D.D. Never was there greater need for a Masonic Lodge. Because of the lawless activities of those Brother Pfouts described as the "Roughs," among whom Plummer's Road Agents were paramount, the better elements in the Alder Gulch community coalesced. The Masons led the movement which created the Vigilantes. The movement ran true to the American tradition; the better elements put up with a mischievous, even an outrageous, situation for a time, but eventually they got together and acted-in the slang of this day-"and how~" Brother Pfouts, recently named Master of the new Masonic Lodge in Virginia City, was elected President, and he made a good one, although personally he took no part in the physical operations of the organization. He remained the titular leader until about September 1, 1865. He had been away from Virginia City a considerable part of the year, 1865. Congress created the Territory of Montana, May 26, 1864, and its
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
45e
First Legislative Assembly convened December 12, 1864. On December 30, 1864, the Assembly granted a charter to the citizens of Virginia City to form and organize a municipal government. That being accomplished, Brother Pfouts' political friends nominated him for Mayor. The opposition named John J. Hull, "a gentleman whose popularity with all classes of the city was unequalled by any other person" wrote Brother Pfouts, who continued "this was probably the most exciting race for office that ever came off in Virginia City. The political friends of Mr. Hull, as well as myself were lavish in the expenditure of money for the success of their respective candidates." Mr. Hull was on the wrong side politically, and Pfouts was elected. Undoubtedly, Pfouts, with his executive ability, gave the city a good start. But he did not finish his term. In the summer of 1865, he determined to spend the following winter in the Atlantic States. He was "going back to the States," in the parlance employed by the then inhabitants of Montana Territory. He went as far east as Boston, with the idea of selling interests in Montana mines ; thence to Washington. He probably returned to Montana as early as February, 1866, for on March 1, he joined with H. L. Hosmer, George M. Pinney, W m. Martin, and Samuel Russell in applying for a Warrant to the Grand Master of the Grand Encampment to form the first Commandery in Montana; he was named Prelate. This Commandery was chartered as Virginia City No.1, in 1868, but Pfouts had left Montana by that time. In June, 1867, he disposed of his Virginia City interests to his brother, Wm. G. Pfouts and Russell; he proceeded by coach to Fort Benton, then with his family down the river to St. Joseph. Later, he located at Dallas, Texas, where he died at the age of 81. HISTORICAL
In the History of Randolph County, Missouri (1883) we are told The first courthouse was built .June 13, 1831; it was brick, two-story, square; below was the court rooms. One of the rooms upstairs was "for a number of years used as a Masonic Hall, and it was there the first Masonic meeting in Huntsville was held."
In a History of Macon County, Missouri (1883) a biographer writing the biographical sketch of John H. Brownfield, says: Mr. Brownfield belongs to no secret order and never will.
We should say that Mr. Brownfield was antagonistic to the nth degree. Another article in the Macon County History says
46c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
Kaseyville was built in 1867; its postoffice and lodge room were built in 1874. Lodge No. 498 was chartered in 1877. The lodge room is over the church.
The records show that Kaseyville Lodge No. 498 was organized UD, October 12, 1876; chartered October 11, 1877; charter surrendered, January, 1898. And this from the Randolph County History: (describing a fire) The third story was occupied as a Masonic Hall, a.nd the Huntsville Lodge and Chapter of Royal Arch Masons each had their regalia and other fixtures there, which were a total loss, as nothing was saved from this part of the building. The records of both lodge and chapter were probably lost in the building, but the charters of each of ~he institutions were saved. LIQUOR .AND GAMBLING
SO long as liquor is sold it will continue to be a problem for Masonic bodies. There is a wide diversity of opinion as to how the local situation should be handled; there is a still wider opinion as to the eligibility of the sellers and handlers of liquor, but little upon the drinkers. In Arkansas a Mason who possesses a license or permit for the sale of beverages containing more than 3.2% alcohol is thereby subject to trial under the laws of the jurisdiction. The law was not clear in Arkansas, so the Grand Master called in what he thought were qualified lawyers and, as it might be expected, there was no unity of opinion. The Grand Master did not think any law should be so confused that the average man could not read and understand . what it meant. In California, two Past Masters introduced a resolution which would have repealed the ban against saloon keepers. The proceedings state "withdrawn by the sponsors, with the consent of the Grand Master." The Grand Master of Georgia says "liquor law continues to give the greatest trouble by its continued disregard." The Master of a lodge in Ohio, who sold liquor across the bar, was reprimanded; later arrested and again reprimanded; still later, he was charged with assault and battery, all of which resulted in the Grand Master suspending him as Master of the lodge. In South Dakota, the Grand Master ruled that the membership list of a lodge was its private property. The action was taken upon the request for a ruling by the secretary of a lodge and the Board of Directors of the LeBon Club in Sioux Falls; liquor was sold in the club and it was supposed to solicit membership based upon Masonic lodge membership. Because of conflicting laws in regard to handling liquor, the com-
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
47c
mittee on. jurisprudence in Washington suggested that a study be mad.e. Gambling: In Illinois, many attempts to evade Masonic law were reported,. by the excuse that gambling was under路 the auspices of other organizations which predicated their membership on Masonic _ membership. Hardly had the Grand Master of Indiana assumed office until he began receiving letters on the subject of gambling. His answer was that sections of their law prohibited any sort of business which reflected discredit on the fraternity; another section covered violation of the laws of the State and anything which was a breach of good morals. The Grand Master found it necessary. to issue a press release defining the status of Indiana Freemasonry. Nevada, which is the home of large gambling interests, reported an instance of a Master Mason who was suspended for non-payment of dues and desired to be reinstated. He is now a professional gambler, operating gambling games. The question was as to whether the law covered the reinstatement of gamblers, although it did refer to reception of petitions. MISSOURIANS
Leonard Gross, trustee of the Masonic Homes in California, died February 25, 1953; he was born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1893. Visitors at the Grand Lodge of Illinois in 1953 were Grand Master James M. Sellers and Grand Secretary Harold L. Reader. Visitors-at the Grand Lodge of Kentucky were Col. J. W. Skelly, Bruce H. Hunt and Elpin K. Luff. The daughter of Grand Master Franta, of North Dakota, graduated in 1953 at Cottey College, Nevada, Mo. Daniel W. Swaffar, an officer of the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, died August 18, 1952; he was born in Dexter, Mo., in 1871. Through the courtesy of that well-known Masonic student,路 Dr. William Moseley Brown of Virginia, we have secured a copy of the photo of Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, second Grand Master of Masons in Missouri. To understand how Dr. Brown obtained possession of the photogi'liph, we append a letter which is explanatory: . My Dear Miss Willis: Your letter of March 26th is of great interest to me and to my brother, St. George路 Tucker. He attended William and Mary in the '90 's and _is very keen about everything connected with the College especially as our direct forebears, even prior to the American Revolution, received their education there and became Professors of Law at . their Alma Mater. My brother owns the portrait of our Grandfather Nathaniel Beverley Tucker and concurs with pleasure in every suggestion you make for the Marshall-Wythe School of Law, the Libraries, the
48c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
Nathaniel Beverley Tucker College itself, and the Masons. He is a Mason himself, and any courtesy extended to that body meets with his unqualified approval. Our Grandfather was second Grand Master of Mas()ns in Missouri, serving four years in succession, 1821-22-23-24. I think the date 1845 for the portrait is approximately correct, but it was painted in Williamsburg not Missouri, as Grandfather left Missouri in 1833 and spent his remaining years in Virginia. He died in 1851, aged only 67 and I would judge the portrait to be that of a man
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
49c
in the _early 60 's. The artist according to the quotation on the back of the portrait's frame was one Brown at Williamsburg. Further information is obliterated though the canvas itself may have something enlightening upon it, which is not likely. The final disposition of this portrait is up in the air. Several members of the family are clamoring for it, but I hope that its final resting place will be William and Mary. If the College should not want it I think it should go to the Supreme Court of Missouri, at Jefferson City, where our Grandfather was one of their original Federal Court Justices, serving from the admission
The St. George Tucker Home in Williamsburg, Va. St. George was the father of Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, Missou1oi's second Grand Master. of Missouri to statehood until 1823. However, I am just a spectator on the issue-just hoping. This is a long letter in answer to a simple request. I hope you are not too bored by it. I am an old lady and love to delve into the past, which I believe is a privilege granted to all octogenarians. I am particularly sentimental about Williamsburg. I trust you will gather from all this that every proposal submitted by you meets with my brother's enthusiastic cooperation. Thanking you for your courtesy in consulting us on this matter. Very sincerely yours, Lillie Tucker Nichols (Mrs. Edward E. Nichols 1723 Wood Ave., Colorado Springs, Colo.) April 3, 1954
50c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
Missourians should not require any information as to Tucker, but presuming that some do, we quote from Dr. Brown: Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, son of St. George Tucker, of Williamsburg, and his first wife, Frances Bland Randolph Tucker, was born September 6, 1784. Left College of William and Mary in 1801, and studied law. Moved to Missouri in 1815; appointed judge of northern district of Missouri; served on board of directors of bank of St. Louis; and one of the organizers and the second Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri from 1821 to 1824. Returned to Virginia in 1833, became professor of law at College of Wm. & Mary. Secretary of Williamsburg Lodge No.6, 1848. He was listed as a past master at the revival of Williamsburg Lodge No.6, April 1848; also signed the report to the GM of Va., Sidney S. Baxter. Resolution was past in the lodge September 8, 1851, on hearing of his death. WHEN KING EDWARD VII VISITED MISSOURI
Few there be who know that a Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England was once a visitor to Missouri. True, he was not at the time a Grand Master, for he was but 19 years of age, but he . became such, and ruled for many years as Grand Master before becoming King, at which time he assumed the title of Grand Patron. An article of news released by the State Historical Society of Missouri, October 1, 1953, tells of the event: A genuine royal prince visited Missouri in 1860. He went to a fair, bought a fast trotting horse, and was serenaded by bands and cheered by the populace. . Missourians adored the 19-year-old Prince of WaIes, son of Queen Victoria, later crowned King Edward VII of England. Edward dropped his royal rank while traveling in this country, going under the name of Lord Renfrew. He came to St. Louis by steamer from AIton, after a trip through Canada, Detroit, and Chicago. The :firing of a cannon announced his arrival about 6 p.m. on September 26, 1860. Missourians crowded to the levee to see the handsome young prince, described in the paper the next day as "a young man of :fine address, intelligent, modest, and retiring in his manner." As the royal party arrived, a military band on board the steamer Florence played路" God Save the Queen" and the American national anthem. No public reception was held, but along the route from the levee to Barnum's Hotel, where the party was to stay in St. Louis, the crowd "thrust their heads into the carriage and hung upon it like bees.""In the evening there were rival serenades by local bands and performances on drums and fifes. . The next day the Prince of Wales was driven in a carriage about the city and then to the fairgrounds, where the ltnnual St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Fair was in progress. His promised presence at the fair boosted attendance to a record of 100,000 for the day, and pressing crowds had formed at the gates since early in the morning in hope of. seeing him. The royal carriage was driven into the amphitheater at the fair and then around the arena several times while the crowds cheered lustily,
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
'51c
ladies waved their handkerchiefs, and thrilling strains of music filled the air. City dignitaries were presented to the prince. Later, some of the finest cattle and horses were paraded in the ring, and Edward examined them carefully, showing himself a connoisseur in the qualities of livestock. He and the Duke of Newcastle each purchased a trotting horse. The party dined at the fair on a repast of buffalo tongues, quail, prairie chickens, and the best Missouri wines. Early the next morning the royal party left for Cincinnati. Those Missourians who had basked in the aura of glamour that surrounded the royal visit were provided with a fund of conversation to last for many years to come. MISSOURI'S HONORARY MEMBERS
In a recent issue of the Trowel, organ of the St. Louis Masonic Service group, our historical brother, Robert R. Wright, lists the names of the honorary members of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Two were distinguished soldiers-Lafayette and Pershing; three were distinguished for their Masonic activities-and one because of his relationship to Lafayette. Only six men have been so honored, and of these but one was a native son (Pershing). Six in 133 years! General Marquis Gilbert Motier de Lafayette (1825) George Washington Lafayette (his son) (1825) (The above honorary memberships were conferred during their visit to St. Louis in 1825.) Rev. Jonathan Nye (1842) (If an honorary membership was ever deserved, this one was; as a minister, he weathered the anti-masonic storm of 1826-40.) Charles W. Moore (1847) (We could never see a valid reason for conferring membership on Moore; he was a commercial publisher who lived in Boston.) Sir Alfred Robbins (1924) (One of the great journalists of his day and president of the board of general purposes of the grand lodge of England; conferred on his visit to U.S.A.) General John J. Pershing (1941) (A name which will go down in history as the leader of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War I; he was born near Laclede, Mo.; once taught a Negro school; could have been a candidate for president.)
Several attempts have been made to create additional honorary memberships but most of them have proven abortive; it is well understood that no such memberships will be conferred upon memhers of Missouri lodges. MISCELLANEOUS
We路 have reviewed the proceedings of all American Grand路 Lodges with the exception of Alabama, Massachusetts, Michigan and New Hampshire, which were not received in this office. Several jurisdictions have committe'es, known as committees on segregation.N0, this has nothing to do with the FEPC; it is what
52c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
is usually known as the committee on administration or division, passing upon the Grand Master's address. Clandestine Organizations: The Grand Lodge of Colorado is engaged in altercation involving the incorporation of a clandestine organization calling itself Ivanhoe Grand Lodge. It took out articles of incorporation, causing the Grand Master to institute a suit to restrain the corporation from operation in Colorado. The suit was won in the district court, but lost on a technicality in the Supreme Court; the suit has been refiled. The irregular lodges in Indiana have been capitalizing upon legitimate lodges through ignorance of the petitioner as to whether he was petitioning a regular lodge. This resulted in a paid advertisement appearing in the South Bend and surrounding newspapers listing the legitimate Masonic lodges, without direct reference to any irregular .lodge. This has had an adverse effect on the irregular lodges. Kansas reports requests for recognition from a Grand Lodge of France A. & A.S.R., and also the Gran Logia de la Republica Filipinaj this latter organization attempts to function in the Philippines, Hawaii and California. They had a request from Grosse Loge von Berlin, of which Fritz Weinmann is Grand Master; it is understood that this Grand Lodge was organized out of a local lodge, which was divided into three parts in order to create a Grand Lodge. The generally recognized Grand Lodge in Berlin is the Grand Lodge Alten Pfiichten. Dual Me,mbership: Those who are interested in dual membership will note with interest dual membership in New York, which is the largest reported. There were 1,716 dual memberships reported in 1953 proceedings. Jurisdiction: Rhode Island has been wrestling with the idea of setting up jurisdictional lines. The committee which investigated the matter reported that the establishment of geographical areas within which lodges should maintain jurisdicton is a logical, simple and effective method of preserving control. The inconvenience and' delay suffered under this system is less harmful than any speed-up procedure which might result from the abolition of boundaries. The importance of the question has been magnified beyond reason in the minds of a small number of brethren who are bothered by the necessity for obtaining releases of jurisdiction. The machinery for obtaining relief in specific cases is already at hand. Insurance: A western insurance company has been circularizing various Masonic bodies relative to liability insurance. Several Grand Lodges -have taken action, while others have rejected the matter. Incorporation: Many brethren wonder why lodges' may not be incorporated. From a nation-wide survey made by the M.S.A. we quote:
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
53c
"Few lodges have excuse for assuming the corporate form. Few maintain sufficient business affairs to justify a corporate organization and fewer still will have the necessary skill to keep such corporation functioning legally. Most subordinate lodges have solved their problems by having a separate corporation formed for handling their real estate, the lodge owning all or most of the stock in the corporation. . . . "When a lodge calls upon the state for aid in its work and operation, such body has, at least in some degree, departed from the original conception of Masonic independence and privacy. . . . "When aid is accepted from the state in the form of a charter, a reciprocal concession must be made to the state. A corporation created by the state must be, in some degree, controlled and regulated by the state, and is subject to inspection. . . . Suits and court proceedings involving property may drag the whole corporate records into evidence; an expelled member, if the lodge is incorporated, has certain corporate or property rights which the laws of the state and court will protect."
Landmarks: Fortunately for the fraternity, a discussion of landmarks is becoming an obsolete affair. Florida devotes a number of pages to a listing of the landmarks and ends with a proposal for the adoption of Mackey's twenty-five, which will be voted on next year. Life Membership: The Grand Master of New York discussed the financial burden imposed upon lodges which issued life memberships. By-laws of some lodges were so worded that life members could claim exemption from payment of Grand Lodge dues, placing the moral responsibility of paying per capita tax on life members, on the lodges; the per capita tax having been increased to $3.25 created a terrific strain on lodges. He says of life membership: "It is rather surprising to find that here and there life memberships are not prohibited and lodges unwisely continue to issue life membership for one reason or another. The trouble is the lodge is left with the problem of paying per capita tax on such life members."
Oregon seems to have a satisfactory plan. It provides for the payment of a certain amount which is turned into a life membership fund and handled by the Grand Lodge. At this time, 5,424 life members have contributed to the fund. Oversize Lodges: California had a committee to investigate this problem; questionnaires were sent to all Grand Lodges. Number five question was: "'Vhat, if anything, do you do to\vard sponsoring or fostering the formation of new lodges~" In reply, "all Grand Lodges advised that they encouraged the formation of new lodgeswith a single exception of Missouri." Some Grand Lodges limited the number of candidates at one time, or within a specified period. The committee recommended that "a limitation of the annual net gain of all lodges of 500 members is desirable, that the formation of new lodges was essential." It therefore set up a limitation as to . membership and the number of degrees to be conferred. The committee which passed upon the report believed that the most effective
54c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
way to control the degree mill was through the officers and members themselves by encouraging the formation of new lodges. In Montana, the Grand Master recommended that lodges of more than 400 members promote the formation of new lodges, finding that attendance decreased seriously because so many members are unacquainted with each other. Masonic Service: An Iowa Past Grand Master, giving an address of welcome, referred to the beautiful Davenport Masonic Temple: , 'You are not in this room today by the sufferance of any Masonic body. You are rightfully here in this magnificent room devoted as is every other part of this temple to the service of the Ancient Craft of Masonry. That is not all the story because this temple houses all the activities of the community. This is the home of the Tri-City Symphony Orchestra; here our Catholic schools and colleges hold their great gettogethers; here our public schools hold their concerts; here our civic organizations meet when they want to entertain out-of-town visitors of more than usual number. This temple represents a common binding together of a Masonic community, serving this community and preserving all its ancient institutions."
Military Lodges: After discussing matters with Grand Master Vogel, in Washington, the Grand Master of Oregon was impressed with the service being done by Oregon Military Lodge in Frankfurt, Germany. Rhode Island reports two military lodges, one which is a hangover from World 'Var I, the other established in Berlin during World War II. Overseas Lodge No. 40 was organized in 1919; it now has a membership of 1309; Berlin Lodge No. 45 was organized in 1947, and today has a membership of 253. The Grand Master of Texas issued a dispensation May 15, 1953, for a lodge in Munich, Germany, to be known as Ort Bavarian Lodge U.D. Outdoor Communications: The Grand Lodge of Oregon authorized three communications, which were termed "outdoor communications," one was to a lodge in Salem to meet on Bald Mountain, another to Crater Lake Lodge to meet in Crater Lake National Park, the third was to Burns Lodge to meet in Malheur Cave. South Carolina held its 13th annual meeting of the 14th Masonic District in Wing's Quarry near Travelers Rest on July 25, 1952; there was a capacity crowd. Masters Lodge No. 244, of Knoxville, Tenn., held its 3d annual Quarry meeting in a large marble quarry; there were 1278 members present. Past Master Degree: The great mass of Freemasons in the United States are unaware of the conferring of the Past Master degree under lodge supervision. There are two or three states which carry on'this policy. Florida is one of these jurisdictions and the proceedings contain a list of some 150 brethren who have received the degree, which is referred to as "Actual Past Master's Degree." New York maintains this policy; the Grand Lecturer says it ;is disturbing
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
55c
to find among the brethren the idea "that the investiture of the Master-elect is a degree." He says there is no such thing in Symbolic Masonry as a Lodge of Past Masters; there is no such thing as a Degree of Past Master; all this belongs to the Royal Arch. On the other hand, the Grand Lodge of Virginia confers the Past Master degree, and the Grand Lecturer is the one who teaches the ritual and gives the necessary instruction. Qualifications for Membership: The question of physical qualifications was presented to the Grand Lodge of New Jersey. A committee said: , , We are living too long, thereby filling beyond capacity Masonic homes. Too many men are joiners, not builders. Masonic illiteracy is widespread. The doctrine of physical perfection in man is endangering Masonic growth. A wooden leg disturbs acceptance of a candidate but a wooden head may shed no slivers. We are worried lest the lower end of man, not the upper, is made of ash or maple, if not cork, but unmindful of an ivory pate."
The Grand Master of North Carolina reported that he had received 204 requests for waiver of physical disability; he granted 169. The Grand Master of Oregon proved to be a liberal in granting dispensations in certain cases. He did not believe anyone should be denied the privilege of petitioning if he was the proper material morally and would not become a charge on the lodge and is able to receive and impart Masonic knowledge. One dispensation was to confer the Master Mason degree upon a brother who was bedfast in the veteran's hospital; he had received the first two degrees; he was conveyed by ambulance to the Masonic temple, where a Past Grand Master conferred the degree; a few days later he died. Another \ dispensation was to receive and act upon the petition of a man blind since early youth; he was an outstanding attorney, the head of several thriving corporations, at one time Mayor of his city; the Code provides that if a man has received the E. A. degree and becomes in any manner incapacitated, he is entitled to receive the remaining two degrees, causing the Grand Master to say: , 'I cannot Bee the logic of refusing a blind man before the E.A. degree and granting him that privilege afterward. I therefore granted the dispensation."
South Dakota decided that Freemasonry was a universal fraternity and that citizenship in the United States was not a prerequisite for membership. One American jurisdiction refused to receive a petition because of foreign citizenship. A lodge in Texas had a member who had suffered the loss of both arms. The Grand Master was asked if it were proper for him to attend lodge since he could not give the signs. The Grand Master decided the member was eligible to come and that he could have the Master cast his vote.
56c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
Publications: California is working under a law which restricts publications carrying Masonic title. It appears that the law was so stringent that it even affected lodge bulletins and notices, so much so that some of the sections may be abolished. Illinois Grand Lodge has its own publication, "The Enlightener." Disbursements were $17,905.00. New York has had considerable trouble in issuing an official publication. The Masonic Family magazine has been discontinued and the Masonic Outlook was merged into the Empire State Mason. The circulation of the Masonic Outlook had declined from 133,000 to 12,617. The new publication will be sent to the entire membership. It is expected that a sufficient volume of advertising will reduce the cost of publication to the Grand Lodge. Virginia issued the Virginia Masonic Herald. It asked for an appropriation of $17,976.00 for the year. Washington has a dispute with the publisher over the use of the word "Masonic" and the Square and Compasses in connection with the publication of a purported magazine. Protestations were so common against the Masonic Review Digest, it was decided to secure the services of an attorney to determine what action should be taken. Research Lodges: Only three jurisdictions have taken up research lodge work within the last year; they are Iowa, Rhode Island, South Dakota. Scholarships: In Oregon a scholarship program is not functioning as intended. While students had made satisfactory progress academically, there is no evidence that they have been outstanding, that they have shown qualities of leadership, or that they have approximated the ideals in the original purpose of the program; there is no evidence that they could not have gone on to school by their own devising, or that they would have suffered in any important way by having had no assistance from the Grand Lodge; there is evidence that little effort has been made by scholarship students on their own behalf, by their own labor to help themselves by gainful employment. The result was no scholarship will be granted during the ensuing year. The committee will continue to investigate as to future practice. Sunday Meetings: The idea of holding meetings on the seventh day of the week, known to most Protestant people as Sunday, is not current throughout the country. Most Grand Lodges路 frown upon holding any type of Masonic meeting on Sunday. This :causes us to wonder how our ministerial friend, Rev. David Graham of South Dakota, endures the holding of meetings in his jurisdiction. We have recently received a magazine from that section of the country showing that a large crowd of people were attending a' Masonic reunion held on the seventh day of the week. Probably David may enlighten usY
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
57c
In Arkansas, the Grand Master finds that other organizations are using the halls of lodges, insisting on their use for the purpose of rehearsal, and in one case to hold a district meeting on the Sabbath Day. Since the law prohibited the use of the lodge hall on the Sabbath Day for such purposes, he suggested that the law be amended to prohibit other organizations the use of the hall. The Grand Master of Illinois found it necessary to remind his lodges that Sunday picnics were not permitted. Maryland's Grand Master reaffirmed the decision of a former Grand Master as to the sovereignty of his Grand Lodge: "Whatever superstructure is erected basing membership therein on Freemasonry, is built upon the foundation laid by the Grand Lodge and under these principles no such entity will be permitted to conduct any activities on Sunday not countenanced by the moral code of the Grand Lodge."
On the other hand, the Grand Master of New Jersey urged his members to attend church. In that jurisdiction they have a "go to church Sunday" for all lodges. Reports from various districts showed that more than 20,000 attended on two Sundays set aside for that purpose. Rhode Island had a similar service, which was equally successful, although the attendance was not so large. The Grand Master of Texas called attention to the law covering the use of lodge rooms on Sunday, a ruling which applied to everyone, regardless of whether it is a Masonic or other organization. Taxes: 'Yhen a tax appraiser reported a bequest to the Endowment Fund of the Grand Lodge of California as taxable, it caused an investigation of the situation. A resolution was proposed by which the Grand Lodge waived, released, abandoned all claims to the Masonic Homes of California, a corporation. It was found that the Treasury Department would not authorize exemption of contributions made for the building of temples; exemption can only be given by an act of Congress. To petition Congress for special exemption would be unwise, and any general exemption would probably be effective in allowing many organizations of doubtful status and purpose to also claim exemption. Under recent court decision in Iowa, individual trustees of a charitable institution are held personally financially liable for accident, negligence or omission on the part of any employee of such institution. This resulted in the Grand Lodge adopting a resolution indemnifying any member of the Board from any financial loss which might be brought about. Miscellaneous: Carl Claudy's "Rose Upon the Altar" was presented before the Grand Lodge of Colorado. Over one hundred brethren participated in the play during its run; the cast traveled 12,000 miles. The Grand Master took part in all but one of the pre-
58c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
sentations; he combined his official visitations with the presentation of the play. It has now been presented for the fifty-fourth time. Information received from the Federal Bureau of Investigation by the Grand Lodge of Idaho states that Jehovah's Witnesses are not listed as a subversive organization. Alpha Lodge No. 116, of New Jersey (the colored lodge) reports a membership of 135; it has been a constant contributor to Masonic Home funds. The brethren in New Jersey collected 1181 electric razors for the use of patients in veteran hospitals; only 390 of them were repaired for distribution. The committee asks "what shall we do with 444 odd makes which cannot be repaired." The Grand Master of New York was asked as to the use of the revised edition of the Bible. He said it was not the function of the Grand Lodge to select any particular Bible to the exclusion of others, and any translation which had received the approval of responsible ecclesiastical authority of the Christian world would satisfy the requirements of our frater~ity. A resolution to do away with the system of Grand Representatives was defeated in the Grand Lodge of Oregon. Rhode Island has a Youth Foundation Committee which is setting up an elaborate program of activities, physical, social and educational. . A year or so ago the Grand Lodge of Tennessee arrested the charter of Oak Ridge Lodge No. 744; the proceedings report that in the assets of the lodge was a total of $20,677.00, it is being held in a special trust fund. It was very unfortunate that the charter of this lodge had to be arrested. Utah has a committee on Masonic Education, which is doing a splendid work. Their bulletins are extremely valuable, the work of Mervin B. Hogan. Vermont is establishing a special medal for distinguished service; it will be known as the Philip Tucker Medal, and will commemorate one of their great Grand Masters. The Grand Lodge is ~lso troubled over the proper hat to be used by the Master; it was decided that the appropriate head covering should be of black velveteen with satin top, upon which the square and compasses and the letter "G" should be embroidered in silver thread. Reviewer Grout calls attention to the financial future of the fraternity; he finds increasing sentiment for Grand Lodges to step in and do what local lodges should do for themselves, such as minimum lodge dues, lodge charity funds, building reserves, social activities; his conclusion is that Freemasonry in the U.S.A. at the grass roots should stop living from day to day and begin to plan for the future, but it can never be accomplished except through Grand Lodge action. He finds nothing done about the big lodges and says:
1954
59c
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
"The bigger the lodge, the smaller the dues required to operate (f), but what about ~he poor guy who pays his money and gets so little in return, by way of opportunity to work which exists in smaller bodies."
It is not generally known that lodges in Alaska work under the Grand Lodge of Washington. The Grand Master of that jurisdiction reports a visit to Alaska where he constituted lodges at Anchorage and Kodiak. There are now fifteen lodges in Alaska, with a membership of 2494. It would seem only a matter of time until the Grand Lodge of Alaska is formed. From the proceedings it would appear that Washington is to cease conferring courtesy degrees. A 'committee report suggested that those lodges which complained about conferring courtesy degrees need only to notify the Grand Secretary that they did not desire to do so. Wisconsin finds a trend of population toward the urban areas. This results in lodges with very large memberships and a corps of officers heavily burdened, requiring them to spend several nights a week at the temple. Many members of excellent officer material have to decline appointments because of demands on their time, candidates are rushed through, educational and social activities are limited. Since 1930, only three new lodges have been chartered; the population has increased almost a million. UNIVERSAL LEAGUE OF FREEMASONS
",Ve are in receipt of a copy of La Heroldo, o.fficial organ of the Universal League of Freemasons; it concerns the holding of an International Conference in Copenhagen in August, 1952; the 1953 conference was to have been held in Stuttgart, Germany, but of this . we have no recent word. The League is now in its XIXth year. It is headed by Dr. J. S. Solkema of the Hague, Netherlands. On its general committee are representatives from Denmark, Greece, Luxembourg, Switzerland, ,Brazil, Indonesia, Israel, Egypt, Belgium, France-and the United States. ' Harvey N. Brown of Falls Church, Virginia, is on the general committee; Walter E. Lord of Cranford, N. J., is also a member; his name appears in the magazine signed to a letter of greeting and introduction of Valere G. Savage; Savage also has a letter signed as "personal representative of National President of Masonic Clubs to Universal League of Freemasons." Lord in his letter says: We, of the National League of Masonic Clubs Inc. to cooperate with you etc."
U.S.A~
are happy
In another place, the United States is shown to have 74 dues paying members in the League.
60c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
We cannot question the intentions of the League, but we question the advisability of any of our brethren holding Masonic intercourse with brethren of jurisdictions whose Masonic genealogy is questionable. For example-Solkema, the president, is a member of a grand lodge in Denmark which has the recognition of no grand lodge in the United States; it is there over the objection of a grand lodge which has been there for two centuries and which carries on its rolls the names of leading men of the country. Most of us are acquainted with the grand orients of Belgium and France and we wonder how any American brother may lawfully be connected with such a league. We fear the League of Masonic Clubs, U.S.A., is getting itself into' hot water. "DODGING THE LAW"
Among the lodge notices that come to our desk is the Masonic News, edited by our friend C. T. Laschinger of Wenatchee, Wash. The front page usually carries an editorial. The June 1954 issue carried this editorial which we think worthy of space here. There is too much of a tendency in Freemasonry to "change." The old methods are not good enough for us; we "must be modernistic in our approach," according to a certain element of the membership. The great beauty in the Masonic institution is that its customs do not change; a trial of two hundred years has proven the value of these customs. In our own grand lodge in recent years there has grown up a desire to "change." Certain individuals, who have to refer to the Wardens and Deacons, dislike to use "Senior Grand Warden" and "Grand Junior Deacon." They wish to call it Grand Senior Warden, etc. Well, there is a reason for our so doing. We but follow the mother grand lodge; the reason-in the early constitutions of Freemasonry we learn that a grand lodge had a grand master and two grand wardens j naturally, when referred to, one would become the Senior Grand Warden; the other the Junior grand warden. To be consistent it is necessary that our grand deacons be referred to as Senior grand deacon, and Junior grand deacon. But this will involve a change in our law. Some of these days, when we have more time, we shall refer to changes which have been made in the placing of the three lesser lights. But now for the editorial: With "mass production" there follows a natural tendency to "cut the corners" and disregard the letter of the law. This is revealed in the type of requests received for information on how to "detour" certain legal requirements of the code. These reflect a mercenary motive which gives rise to the accusation of "Commercialism." This is just what genuine Masonry can not be. Let us never be guilty of glossing over the violations of the established principles of Masonry. The excuse, "times are different," applies to many phases of life today, but truth
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
61c
is eternal. The winking at violations becomes a boomerang that will invariably hit, and hit hard. Indulging in practices that are in direct violation of the Code is sure to lessen the respect and regard for the Institution. The candidate comes to Masonry with little or no background of its rules, regulations, legends, or customs. He surrenders his own action during the conferring of the degrees to the pattern suggested to him by those in whom he has confidence. Meditate, then, and reflect what his actions will be when he later discovers that a jurisdiction has one sct of rules and the Lodges follow another set, even under the guise of "times are different." Consider how any man would react to discover that a fraternity based on the highest type of morality, deliberately violated its own regulations. Nothing but a lowering pride in the institution could or would result. Look well to fraternal consistency. SUNDAY OBSERVANCE
We do not profess to be a saint, and some of our friends question our attitude on the subject of religion-denominational religionbut we are just old fashioned enough to recall the lessons received at our mother's knee, to "remember the sabbath day to keep it holy." There is today a trend towards holding Masonic gatherings, picnics, schools of instruction, pot-luck dinners, and other gatherings, which in some instances do not make the sabbath entirely holy. Our attention 'was called to this trend when reading the notices of certain Masonic groups up in Elvin Strain's state of South Dakota. And we know of at least one other state where such is the policy. But in South Dakota, at Mitchell a chapter and a commandery meeting was held on Sunday, while up at Yankton, where there exists a consistory of the Scottish Rite, it is their policy to hold their reunions on Sundays-a thing which has caused resentment among the members of the Yankton Ministerial Association. Freemasons should be the first to observe the command to keep the sabbath day holy; if so-called Masonic groups want to keep their Masonic connections, the holding of Sunday meetings is a poor way of maintaining them. Certainly the Grand Lodge of South Dakota does not permit such gatherings. And South Dakota has a seven day week just like the rest of the country. ENGLISH SPEAKING LODGES IN LATIN AMERICA
The problem of English speaking lodges in Latin America is, and always has been-and we might add-always will be, a problem. Here is the opinion of an English writer which has worked out . well in Chile: The Grand Orients of Uruguay, Chile, Peru, and Paraguay, have all statcd at one time or another, that no further extension of English lodgcs will be permitted, except under their jurisdiction. An attempt was made in Paraguay a few J'cars ago but did not succeed. A more recent attempt by the Prince of Wales Lodge in Santiago, Chile, had no better success although the Grand Master of the Chilean Orient was
62c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
quite sympathetic. He was willing for an old dormant .number to be resuscitated if one could be found, but beyond that he would not go. No such number could be found and the Santiago brethren finally constituted their lodge under the Chilean Grand Orient, an example which I believe has been followed by English brethren in other parts of that country. They work in the English Rite, in their own language, and I am told that their condition under the Chilean Orient is quite happy.
And Masonic conditions will never be harmonious unless it is done that way. PERSONALITIES
California Grand Lodge sent a telegram to Past Grand Master Earl Warren, Chief Justice, congratulating him upon his appointment. J. Caleb Boggs, Governor of Delaware, and August F. Walz, Mayor of Wilmington, were visitors at the Grand Lodge of Delaware. Ex-Gov. John M. Slaton, of Georgia, was presented a fifty-year button at a meeting in Convention Hall in Atlanta. Gov. Wm. S. Beardsley, of Iowa, sent his greetings to the 109th annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Iowa. He said: "In the one hundred nine years of Freemasonry in Iowa our Order has been a constructive factor in the growth and development of this State." In November, 1952, Andrew F. Schoeppel, senior Senator from Kansas, addressed a Masonic group meeting in Fort Scott. Harold R. Fatzer, Attorney General of Kansas, was a visitor at the Grand Lodge of Kansas in 1954. Gen. Wayne C. Smith, a charter member of Fort Campbell Lodge No. 946, was a visitor at the Grand Lodge of Kentucky and spoke on his experiences in Korea. The Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana was Episcopal Bishop Girault M. Jones. An address of welcome was delivered to the Gra'nd Lodge of Louisiana by Gov. Robert F. Kennon, a Past Grand Master of that jurisdiction. Gov. Theodore R. McKeldin was officially received in the Grand Lodge of Maryland, along with Wm. H. Kirkwood, Jr., Bank Commissioner for the State. . In 1954, Gen. John R. Hodge, U.S.A. (retired) was created an honorary member of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi. The death of Dr. Wm. J. Marshall, Past Grand Master of Montana, is noted; he was one of the founders of Acacia Fraternity in American universities. We had a personal friendship ,~ith Dr. Marshall and regret his passing. Frank H. Norcross, Past Grand Master of Nevada, a Federal Dis-
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
63c
trict Judge for that State, who had served under four Presidents, died November 4, 1952. Wm. J. D~tnlop, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada, serving as Minister of Education, was a guest of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey in 1953. Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin, received the New York Grand Lodge distinguished service aw~rd at their meeting in 1953. New York proceedings report that Col. Bernt Balchen conceived , and helped in the staggering achievement of establishing the new air base at Thule, Greenland, 900 miles from the North Pole; he was one of the organizers in forming "Top of the World" Masonic Square Club, and 500 airmen and construction workers joined the club; he is a member of Norseman Lodge No. 878, Brooklyn, and recently stated: "Men need the fellowship and warmth of Masonry at 20 degrees below zero." Judge Emery Byrd Denny, Grand Marshal of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, advised his Grand Lodge that because of the increase in his work as a member of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, he found it an impossibility to carryon his work at the same time. The Grand Lodge of Ohio was extended an official greeting by Carl W. Rich, Mayor of Cincinnati. Gov. Theodore R. McKeldin addressed the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania on December 28, 1953. Gov.. Frank G. Clement, member of Lodge No. 468 in Tennessee, officially welcomed the Grand Lodge to the Capital City on March 4, 1954. The Grand Orator of the Grand Lodge of Texas in 1953, was Senator Price Daniel. The Grand Lodge was also addressed by Gov. Allan Shivers. Henry Paul Kipp, Past Master of Mt. Moriah Lodge No.2, Salt Lake City, Utah, was honored by the Great Salt Lake Council as the Scout Master of the year 1952, having completed twenty-five years of scout leadership. Ex-Gov. Harold J. A rthur, representing Gov. Lee E. Emerson, was officially received in the Grand Lodge of Vermont. Gov. John S. Battle addressed the Grand Lodge of Virginia at some length at its 53d annual communication. CHARITY AND RELIEF
Arkansas has a policy of assisting widows of Master Masons in their own homes and caring for their own children. They feel "this is the better plan and is by far cheaper than to maintain an insti~ution." The Grand Lodge has contributed to the Arkansas Tubercu-
64c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
losis Sanatorium; there are 91 children in the Masonic building; 236 children were hospitalized during one year. Since the building was constructed 4,016 patients have been treated. Connecticut reports an endowment fund of $1,574,342.00; there are other trusts held by banks as trustees. The income from endowments is $89,560.00. Brethren of Maywood Lodge, in Illinois, assist the Hines Hospital by providing from twelve to twenty brethren each Sunday to push wheel chair and litter patients to the chapel. Another lodge is providing a similar service. During the year, lodges in Illinois contributed for the support of widows and orphans $42,803.00; $28,000.00 was contributed by lodges to 'non-members. In Iowa, where Frank T. Gates, of Cedar Rapids, made voluntary visits at his own expense for twenty-two years, to the State Sanatorium, a memorial was raised to provide a room in memory of Brother Gates. The room was furnished by voluntary gifts of grateful friends and patients. In 1922, Mississippi raised a fund for the erection of a unit for the treatment of tuberculosis patients in connection with a State project. The building is known as the Masonic Pavilion. The Omaha Home for Boys, in Nebraska, which is not an official project of the Grand Lodge and which has been having difficulties in the use of the name, has amended its articles of incorporation and will be known as the Omaha Home for Boys. The New York Masonic Foundation has expended $76,141.00 in grants to medical foundations at Columbia University, Irvington House, New York University, State University of New York, University of Buffalo, and University of Rochester. In North Carolina, a lodge desired to make an appropriation to purchase uniforms for a school band. They were informed that such an expenditure "was not a proper Masonic objective, was no part of Masonic work, not a necessity, not a charity, not a relief of poverty, distress or human need." Redwood Lodge No. 35, in Rhode Island, which w3:s celebrating its 75th anniversary, commemorated the event by climaxing its annual communication with a gift to two local hospitals of $3,000.00 each to endow a room at each institution. MASONIO HOMES
Operation of the Masonic Home in the District of Columbia amounted to $211,962.00; $117.60 per guest per month. This was increased $90.00 per month in the case of infirmary patients. According to Nebraska proceedings, New York ranks highest in expenditures for Masonic Home support; it is followed by Pennsylvania, Ohio, California and Texas; Mississippi is the lowest.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
65c
Expenditures for Masonic Homes amounted to $7,845,392.00; the average expense for jurisdictions operating homes is $3.73; those not operating homes, $3.22. Kentucky has an endowment fund of four million dollars. The net worth of the Masonic Charity Fund in New Jersey is $6,595,000.00. In a campaign for endowment, the Grand Lodge of New York raised $250,000.00 from fifty thousand voluntary subscribers. The building of their infirmary has been slowed down by a strike of the plumbers union; the date of its completion is in the distant future "due to the uncertainty of the temperament of union officials." The necessity of replacing power service at $400,000.00 is one of their problems. The brethren in Ohio engaged in quite an argument over the eOI1duct of the Masonic Home, so much so that the Grand Master felt "continued controversy and argument will inevitably do harm to the -Home." Some of the brethren grew unduly warm in the discussion. Since 1941 the endowment fund has been increased by more than two million dollars. To pay the expense of reconditioning and modernizing the Grand Lodge Home, the capacity of the power plant and other facilities in Pennsylvania, required an appropriation of almost two million dollars. On November 15, 1953, there were 626 guests in the Home; 349 of these were women, and this did not include married couples. There were only 46 children. Tennessee finds that their wards are being cared for in a splendid manner in their own homes and communities: , 'The system now practiced in Tennessee far excels the practice of bringing the old people and children into a Home; it is much cheaper in unit cost." ,
The number of guests in the Home has decreased from 376 in 1943 to 193 in 1954; almost one-half of this number were aged widows. The Health Department of the State of Virginia is going to require the Masonic Home to pasteurize its milk, necessitating an expenditure of $14,000.00. The Masonic Home printing department showed a net profit of $968.00 for the year. Robert S. Barrett, who has built and administered more than sixty institutions for dependents, in discussing the investment for additional buildings for the Home, said: "The care of children in a Home is not the best answer to the proposition. You will never hear, in these days and times, of a children's home being built again. The modern method is to have the children kept in the communities in which they were born and raised, surrounded by friends, properly supervised by representatives of the Grand Lodge.
66c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
There is no greater mistake than mixing old people and children, both of them dependent, both of them requiring entirely different treatment in the same building; it is bad enough to have them on the same grounds. " RECOGNITION
The formation of a committee to investigate foreign Grand Lodges by the conference of Grand Masters has not been accomplished without criticism from several American Grand Lodges. Such criticism is voiced by Colorado in the report of" its reviewer: "Whether or not the several jurisdictions be required to follow the conclusions or recommendations of such a committee is not of itself too important. What is contended to be important is that by placing responsibility upon others, we will soon lose the desire to act for ourselves. , 'Again, by establishing such a committee we would be advancing the idea of a unified national supreme body to govern at least by suggestion and opinion the whole fraternity. . "There are those jurisdictions which feel that fraternal recognition should be given to any foreign jurisdiction which can offer regularity' in its conception, and there are other jurisdictions which feel that much more should be considered than mere regularity, that the type and character of the individual Masons, their concept of the fraternity, their opportunity or lack of opportunity to act free from outside restriction and other general characteristics are of importance in the determination. "Every Mason within his jurisdiction has not only the right but the duty and responsibility to determine with his brothers within that jurisdiction all and every act of his own Grand Lodge. So long as we leave that responsibility upon the individual Masons, so long will our fraternity be what it ever has been throughout the long years, a fraternity of Masons which draws its strength and vision from the many through individual responsibility. "But other Masons strongly contend that individual jurisdictions have not the contacts and cannot obtain except with much difficulty_ the knowledge necessary to make a proper and considered decision in respect to each request for recognition and that the efforts of such a committee made available to all jurisdictions will in the end resolve in greater fairness and justice. "It is also contended by some that the uniformity obtained by all jurisdictions acting upon such a committee's report will work for benefit of our fraternity throughout the world."
At least two jurisdictions have called attention to the situation in which the Grand Lodge of Ireland refuses to reappoint representatives in jurisdictions where irregular Grand Lodges (according to their idea) have been recognized; Utah recognized the Grand Lodge of France and the proceedings state: ' "Ireland has refused Utah recognition because it recognizes this Grand Lodge. It has refused to approve selection of a Colorado brother as a representative because Colorado recognizes two Grand Lodges which Ireland does not."
Washington proceedings list a number of Grand Lodges of foreign
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
67c
orIgm which are recognized by American Grand Lodges, and adds this pertinent inquiry: , 'Are these latter named Grand Lodges to be proscribed by the Grand Lodges of the British Isles, and if so are the other American lodges in amicable relations with them to be ostracized Masonically' Carried to a logical conclusion it would seem that the Grand Lodges of the British Isles may find themselves in a condition of splendid isolation because it is greatly to be doubted if the Grand Lodges of America win model themselves within the limits fixed by the three mentioned. It is much more likely that the three mentioned will recede from their position, and admit the other Grand Lodges have a right to choose their own associates, even though these associations may not be the choice of the British lodges. We have managed to get along for many years without such a distinction being made, and it does not seem that such a standard can be maintained."
We note recognition of the following countries as taken from the most rec~nt proceedings: Argentina: Recognized by Idaho, Iowa, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island. ' Austria: Recognized by Delaware, District of Columbia, Indiana, New York, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia. Brazil: Piaui recognized by California, Maryland, North Carolina, Vermont. Ceara and Rio Grande do SuI were recognized by North Carolina. Several jurisdictions either postponed recognition, or denied it, in the case of Sao Paulo where the schism continues. Chile: Recognized by 0 hio. China: Recognized by California, Wyoming. Action postponed by Arkansas and Delaware. Costa Rica: Eventually recognized by Kentucky, the last of the American jurisdictions to do so, closing a very unfortunate incident. Denmark: National Grand Lodge recognized by Washington. Egypt: South Carolina postponed recognition, while Nebraska accused the Grand Lodge of Egypt of being in politics. Finland: Recognized by Utah. France: The National Grand Lodge recognized by Arkansas, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island. The Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia continued its recognition of the Grand Lodge of France, as did Rhode Island. Utah stated it would be incompatible to recognize an additional Grand Lodge and turned down the National Grand Lodge; Texas deferred action on National Grand Lodge, and Louisiana postponed action. Germany: The United Grand Lodge was recognized by Arizona, District of Columbia, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia. The Grand Lodge in Berlin had a little tougher going
68c
TIrE MAsoNIC WORLD
for Arkansas, Delaware, Maine and Maryland postponed action; Kansas refused recognition. Delaware cancelled its recognition of Alten Pflichten; the District of Columbia cancelled its recognition of the Three Globes. Greece: Recognized by New York, Rhode Island. Iceland: Recognized by New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma. Israel: In our review last year we advised holding up recognition of the Grand Lodge of Israel until the Grand Lodge of Scotland could establish a regular and legitimate organization. This has been done, and recognition is noted in the proceedings of Arizona, Delaware, Kentucky, Wyoming. It was postponed in Arkansas, District of Columbia, Kansas, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington. Italy: The Grand Orient of Italy was recognized by Washington. Recognition was postponed by Arkansas. The Serenissima Grand Lodge was rejected in Connecticut and Louisiana. Mexico: EI Potosi was recognized by Rhode Island; Chiapas and EI Potosi were postponed by Arkansas; Cosmos was postponed by Utah. Netherlands: Recognized by Tennessee. Peru: Recognized by Indiana, New Mexico; deferred by Texas; postponed by Delaware. Spain in Exile: Fraternal relations were established with Kansas. Trieste: Action postponed by Delaware, but in the meantime it was reported that Trieste has joined the Grand Orient of Italy. Venezuela: Recognized by Wyoming. TAXATION AND PARKING PROBLEMS
Freemasonry has its problems other than administrative and ritualistic. One is the subject of taxation. In Missouri, Freemasonry has been generally accepted as the charitable institution which it is, and, as such, entitled to favorable consideration at the hands of the tax gatherer. It is only necessary for one to examine the expense accounts of our Masonic Homes to know of the vast amount of relief extended to the unfortunate, who, but for the fraternity would be a tax upon the government. 'Vhat is not known is the amount expended by each local lodge in its local charitable work. For example, our own little lodge in a town of 7,000 people expends approximately $1,000 annually for charities (including Masonic Home assessment). And, in Missouri, $10.00 of each petition is forwarded for Home purposes. In the Kansas City Star of July 18, 1953, we learn: A $172,600 real estate assessment against the Ivanhoe Masonic Tem路 ]lIe building (Linwood and Park), was removed from the county tax rolls yesterday by the county board of equalization. Three members of the board, Judge Henry Fox, Judge William J. Randall, and Harvey A.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
69c
Jones, highway engineer, sustained the appeal on ground that the propjerty is exempt from taxation. Under statutes and Supreme Court decisions, all property used exclusively for religious and charitable purposes, and not for private or corporate profit is exempt. The assessment was the first against the building since its completion in 1923, at a cost of $700,000. . . . Joseph T. Lenge (assessor) and Judge Harry M. Fleming did not vote on the appeal matter.
Anyone familiar with Masonic conditions knows that the operation of a Masonic organization, or the ownership of a building used for Masonic purposes, is not a profitable venture. But buildings are another headache; many of our larger temples have been erected in business areas where the parking situation is such as to prevent attendance at regular meetings. One such case has been the Masonic Temple in St. Louis, where parking has been almost prohibitive-and always expensive. The Temple Association was practically forced, last year (1953), to acquire parking facili- . ties, purchasing a lot at 3672 Olive (in the rear of the Temple), for $48,000; it has a frontage on Olive of 80 feet and extends back to an alley which adjoins the Temple. The Association has also acquired the southeast corner of Olive and Spring Ave., and will raze the building, providing an additional 72 feet on Olive,. and extending along Spring Ave. to the alley. UNUSUAL
Arkansas' has amended its articles of incorporation so that it is now known as the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Arkansas, as well as Ancient York Masons. A joint institution ceremony was performed in California J anuary 16, 1953, 1140 Master Masons assembled in a tiled lodge to participate in the ceremony. It was the first time in California history that more than one lodge was instituted at the same meeting. The Grand Lodge believes in assisting its subordinate lodges when they are in trouble. The lodges at Tehachapi and Maricopa were damaged by an earthquake; the Grand Lodg-e committee on finance gave a grant of $10,000.00 to each lodge. The lodges in Hawaii have been under the jurisdiction of California since 1852, when Hawaiian Lodge No. 21 was chartered; the last lodge chartered was in 1924. From the proceedings we learn: I I The majority of our brethren are perhaps not aware of the fact that on several occasions the brethren of Hawaii have considered forming their own Grand Lodge. The last of these meetings to consider the matter was held November 20, 1952."
Apparently California does not want to lose the Hawaiian membership, for the report says: I I If we value our ties to Hawaii we should do something to demonstrate in a concrete manner our affection for them."
70c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
The Grand Master suggested the appointment of a District Deputy Grand Master "who would accomplish such a purpose." The recommendation of the Grand Master failed of adoption. On August 21, 1953, an American, of Japanese ancestry, was made a Master Mason in a California lodge; the Grand Master was present. California amended its laws, changing the form of its petition to show that"N 0 petitioner will apply for or receive any degree, or be initiated in any lodge, order or organization, the prerequisite of IDeI;nbership wherein is that a person be a Master Mason . . . until you are entirely proficient and well qualified in the candidate's lecture of the degree of Master Mason, and in no event within twelve months after you have received the degree of Master Mason."
The work of the Grand Lodge of Colorado was suspended for the reception of the U. S. Flag, which was escorted to its place of honor by 22 Knights Templar in uniform, members of Denver Commanderies. The Grand Master of Colorado investigated rumors that there were many Master Masons who 'were patients in the State Hospital for the insane, who might be eligible for care elsewhere. The Committee found that there were 66 patients who claimed to be Master Masons, but only 12 whose condition was such that they might be able to get along elsewhere if released; 4' were happy where they were and did not want to be released; 3 thought they would be unable to adjust themselves on the outside; only 3 asked for help in securing release. The District of Columbia has a blood bank. Donations during the year totaled 3402 pints; Samuel Gompers Lodge donated the largest amount, 398 pints. The Grand Master of Florida found one of the brethren permanently located in the State penitentiary, having been sentenced for a life term for murder. He thought the lodge should do something about it, and an edict accomplished the job; the brother is not now a member. Florida is holding occasional meetings in the great outdoors. The first was held in 1936 at Geiger Garden, when a hundred Master Masons were present. Later Cedar Key was selected, which appears to be located in the center of a dense scrub. Attendance has grown to approximately 2700. Swamp cabbage and fried fish are served the guests. ' The Grand Master of Georgia wears a Grand Lodge jewel appraised at $2400.00. James Green, retiring Grand Master of Illinois, ;was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1901. ~ Last year ((214 Square Club," stationed at Port Ly~utey, French Morocco, Africa, forwarded money orders for $320.00' to the Grand Lodge of Iowa for charitable purposes. Mrs. Emma Liddle deeded her residence property, adjacent to the Iowa Masoni,c Library, as
1954
o
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
71c
a memorial to her husband. This makes a valuable addition to the Library property. Albert Pike Lodge No. 303, at 'Vichita, Kansas, is the largest lodge in the world, having over 5,000 members. The Grand Master happens to be the Secretary of this lodge. Kentucky reports eight lodges with a memberhip of more than 1000 each; the lodge at Paducah conferred 558 degrees during the year. The Grand Master of Kentucky utilized fifty-three pages of the proceedings to list his visitations. In Louisiana, just before the obligation was given, "a visiting brother recognized the candidate as one who had been convicted of a crime and served time in a penal institution." The Master very properly halted the ceremony, escorted the candidate to the outside and questioned him thoroughly. He admitted a violation of the prohibition act, and since he had given a false answer in his application his name was stricken from the roll and his fees were returned. Apparently the investigating committee was not on the job. Louisiana will hereafter require finger prints of the petitioner. The form of petition has been changed to show that applicants are not members of the communist party, belong to no organization advocating the overthrow of the government, father's name and occupation, pledges to pay annual dues, and lists membership in religious and fraternal' organizations. One of the largest Masonic events in many years was the sesquicentennial of Rising Virtue Lodge No. 10, Bangor, Maine, October 5, 1952. Participation of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police gave color to the occasion. A special communication of the Grand Lodge of Maryland was called July 2, 1953, to attend the ceremonies of the 125th anniversary of the laying of the first stone of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 'Ve note the presence of the Executive Vice-President of the Road, who presided; an invocation by the Catholic Bishop of Maryland, and greetings from heads of civic, military and fraternal societies. The re-enactment of the laying of the first stone was a feature of the occasion. Baltimore has a blood donor service, with 3011 donors on file. The Masonic temple at Vicksburg, Miss., was severely damaged by a tornado on December 5, 1953. Many Masonic bodies of the jurisdiction, including the Grand Lodge, came to their aid and assisted in the restoration of their building. Nebraska's gold Jordan Medal is being worn at the present time by- Edward Cronau, who was made a Master Mason August 4, 1882, and has been a member continuously for more than seventy years. The Grand Lodge of New York maintains a blood bank; it averages donations of 300 pints per month; over 2455 pints were donated within three months. The head of the blood donor center in Manhat-
72c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
tan, who is a Catholic, was so impressed that she requested "a personal interview with the head of tlie Knights of Columbus and asked them to pattern their bank after the Masonic system." The Grand Master of North Carolina ordered a lodge to return the full fee to a petitioner who refused to "swear" in taking an obligation. He reprimanded a lodge who had initiated a candidate "at the time under a judgment of civil court for insanity," and also reprimanded another lodge "for conferring the first degree upon a candidate who was at the time intoxicated." These investigating committees! . Grand Master Jared W. Summerhays of Oregon died the evening preceding the opening of Grand Lodge, necessitating the Deputy Grand Master to preside. The lodges in Portland held an area meeting in the civic auditorium celebrating the Washington Bi-centennial Observance; the All City High School Band, and the A Cappella Choruses of two high schools furnished the music; the remainder of the program was made up with a patriotic five act drama, which was attended by some 8,000 people; 2,000 were compelled to view the performance by television in the basement of the building; 150 players in colonial costume were in the cast, and 84 members of the DeMolay acted as color escort; other groups made up of Masonic bodies participated in the choruses and processions. The cost of the production was $2,613.00. The late Fred Morgan Nye, Past Grand Master of Utah, was knighted as a Templar in 1934; engaged in the ceremony were ten Past Grand Masters and ten 33째 Masons. The photograph of Rev. George L. Fox appears in the Vermont proceedings for 1953. He was one of the four Chaplains who gave up their lives on the U.S.S. Dorchester February 3, 1943. A plaque commemorating this event has been erected in the Masonic Temple of Moose River Lodge No. 82, of which Brother Fox was a member; he was a Methodist minister, and at the time of his enlistment he was serving a church in Gilman, Vermont. The Virginia proceedings contain an account of the special communication of the Grand Lodge held at Fredericksburg on November 4, 1952, in observance of Washington's Masonic birthday. Virginia is one jurisdiction having an Art Committee, but it develops that the committee's work is to secure portraits of Past Grand Masters! The Grand Masters in that jurisdiction have a heyday at the time of installation; the 1953 proceedings record gifts of hat, gloves, gavel, Packard sedan, honorary membership, two suiter luggage, apron and jewel. Wisconsin maintains a blood bank, the work being done by Milwaukee lodges; their fifth year showed donation of 626 pints. There is only one other such blood bank in Wisconsin. A lodge at Eagle,
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
73c
Wis., reports the case of an unmarried daughter of a prominent deceased Freemason, now living in Jacksonville, Fla.; she .was compelled to receive financial assistance during 1950 and 1951 from the lodge. Then she inherited a small interest and the lodge was greatly thrilled when she wrote inquiring as to the amounts advanced. so that she might repay the $425.00 relief extended her. We suggest that Ripley be paged! PERSECUTION
It is noteworthy that those who preach toleration are the last to practice it. Hence we are not surprised to hear of the persecution of Freemasons in France, Portugal, Italy, Germany, the Philippines, and Spain. With the death of Hitler and Mussolini, persecution ceased in Germany and Italy; the retaking of the Philippines solved their problem. Franco and the official church still carryon their persecution. Latest to commit outrages against Freemasons and Protestants are Colombia and some other South American countries. A friend in one of these Latin-American countries is losing hope of conditions improving. You will be surprised at the tone of his letter, but we are confident that it expresses the true situation: I am writing this under the definite impression that Freemasonry as a whole, in the world, is a dead body which is being kept artificially alive by half-a-dozen tradition like fellows . . . after eighteen years of constant efforts in joining what I thought to be some sort of a psychic chain of understanding and action which I imagined covered the earth ... what have I found ~ Prejudices, high-browed attitudes, lack of understanding . . . and no interest whatever in local problems which fardistant jurisdictions have to tackle themselves without any moral support from those who should know better and who could really do something to strengthen Freemasonry where it is the victim of hostile powers engaged in the task of destroying it. I still believe that Freemasonry can only survive and go on with its secular work of relieving mankind from the burden of superstition and tyranny if it is internationally united, internally dynamic, and disciplined. Take Latin-American Freemasonry as an example: there you :find some thirty or forty Grand Lodges,路 all of them with a glorious history but with no definite action program, doing their best to survive by keeping as quiet as possible without arousing the active hate of the Roman Church, and trying to explain by all means that Freemasons can be Catholics . . . that Freemasonry is an orderly and well-to-do society in which everybody meets "ad Majorem Dei Gloriam," opens the Gospel on its altars, and sings pious hymns to the Saints, calling attention to some priest or bishop who is-or was-a Freemason. With few exceptions humanitarian enterprises are unknown to the Latin-American Grand Lodges and this can be explained as follows: the upper classesand thus the prosperous ones-do their best to be approved by the clergy and will never join the "excommunicated damn Masons' '-thus, the lodges are maintained by the middle-classes, and since the wages of this class are very low, there is little money available to spend in lodges after having paid the monthly expenses. Here, especially in the small towns,
74c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
no gathering in a restaurant for a banquet or any other commemoration can be held without calling attention of the ever-present-roman-crows. We have in this town two Protestant colleges, one administered by the Methodist Church, and managed by Miss , a Methodist missionary, aided by half a dozen American teachers. The other day I had a talk with her and she told me the story of terrible persecution which she and the colle.ge had to face during their forty-six years here. It is an incredible story but nothing in comparison with what the Protestant proselytes have to undergo in the interior districts. The other day a group of Baptists went to a small town and, with the help of several local Baptists, proceeded to open their newly-built church. The Catholic parish was mobilized by the priests and the Baptists left town under a rain of stones! In other places we have a sufficient number of Masons to form a lodge, and when it happens that they are asked why they do not establish a lodge, they frankly confess that they are in fear of violence which always follow the threats of the "padres." The other day a Protestant couple applied for a marriage license in a small city in the western part of the state. The local judge refused to issue the license, saying the marriage of Protestants in a traditionally Catholic city would be an offense to the Church! The public attorney was asked to see that the Judge complied; he summoned the Judge under threat of arrest ... the answer~ He, the Judge could be arrested as many times as wished, but so long as he was alive, no Protestant heretics would be married in his town.
And down in Colombia the situation has been even worse. Grand lodges and their subordinates were closed by official order. The Church was in control. The Constitution was changed to do away with all secret societies. Although Freemasonry claims that it is not a secret society, yet they were included in this class. Antagonism was not altogether confined to Freemasons, it was leveled against all Protestants; we have page after page of mimeographed material being sent out of Colombia giving case after case of outrages against members of Protestant churches. Apparently, the government took no notice of the matter. Recently, a revolution took place in Colombia; whether it bodes permanent good or evil for Protestants we do not know. Certainly, it could grow no worse. We dislike in a Masonic review to devote space to Freemasonry's age-old enemy, but we cannot stand by and see this twentieth century Inquisition carried on without at least informing our readers that certain sections of the world have not gotten away from the terrors which characterized the Middle Ages. There is nothing worse than a religious fanatic. A religion which teaches fanaticism is not a true religion. Through the ages, Freemasonry has fought autocracy, whether political, fraternal, or religious. From all reports, true religion in parts of South America is a century away. In the meantime, all we can say to our brethren of the Latin-Americas is to fight on and on. And may the Great Architect of the Universe protect and support you in your service for God and Humanity!
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
75c
ANTH.rASONRY IN THE PHILIPPINES
'V
Readers of our 1953 Masonic orld may recall the attempt on the part of certain religious elements in the Philippines to discredit the Grand Lodge of that country over their attitude on the public school system. It seems that the three top officials in the Department of Education were active Freemasons, and as such, interested in the school system. On September 29, 1953, headlines in the Manila Times said: "Exonerates Putong." Putong was Secretary of Education; associated with him were Benito Pangilianan and Venencio Trinidad. The row concerned principally religious instruction in public schools -always an argument in whatever country it occurs. An investigation was made by the government and all of the above officials were exonerated of the charges filed by the Catholic Action of the Philippines. President Quirino thereupon issued an executive order. Some of the charges were: That the respondents were members of a special committee of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines for the elimination of religious instruction in the public schools. That their membership in said special committee was in violation of their sacred oath of office to uphold the Constitution. . . . That the G. L. of the Philippines is opposed to any religious instruction in the public schools. . . . That the neglect of, and obstruction to, optional religious instruction in the public schools have contributed greatly to the moral decadence of our country.
Judge Imperial, before whom the hearing was held, said: In the light of the preceding discussion, the claim that the G. L. of F. & A.M. of the Philippines is opposed to any religious instruction in the public schools is without any basis of fact. . . . The fact that enrollment in religious instruction in public schools shows a consistent upward trend from 4% in 1947 to 12% in 1952 would seem to belie the charge they were obstructing the teaching of religion.
The Manila Times (Oct. 17, 1953) said: Archbishop Jose Ma. Cuenco enjoined today the faithful and Catholic priests to work for Catholic candidates. . . . The archbishop led Catholic elements here in criticizing President Quirino's exoneration of three top education officials on the religious instruction issue. He asked Catholics to vote for Catholic candidates . . . (to defend) 16,000,000 Filipinos, which he said had had their rights trampled upon by a handful of Masons, and other' anti-Catholic elements.
We can hardly imagine some 7,000 Freemasons trampling upon the rights of 16,000,000! PRESIDENT MAGSAYSAY AND FREEMASONRY
We have had several inquiries as to the result of the elections in the Philippines and as to the character of the new president; a let-
76c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
ter from a friend, not connected with the official line of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines says: We are most gratified with the result of the elections in the PhiliP: pines; the time had come for a change in administration, and the people, by their suffrage, have shown that desire in a most convincing manner. We have always considered the president-elect, Magsaysay, as friendly to the fraternity. In .January, 1952, he addressed a Masonic group in Manila and departed from his address to make the statement that were it not for the last World War, he might by then have been a Freemason. . . . Magsaysay has shown by word and deed his love for America. This does not mean subserviency, for he is a man well known for his inde.pendent thoughts and views-and what is more his uncompromising attitude towards communism ... do not forget that it was Magsaysay who cleaned out the Huks by going into the field in person while still Secretary of National Defense. With him at the helm of our government, we have every reason to expect much from him in the way of good clean government. FREEMASONRY IN PRACTICE
On June 5, 1954, the children of the Masonic Home of St. Louis were taken to Hannibal, Mo., as the guests of the Hannibal lodges. They 'arrived at 9 :00 a.m. and were taken on a sight seeing trip over the city; later, to Mark Twain Cave, where they had lunch, and, finally, to the Masonic Temple, where they were served a dinner by the two lodges. Members of the local Shrine Club acted as guides on the sight-seeing tour. ENGLAND HAS ITS ANTIS
Our readers may refer to last year's Masonic World if they wish to discover the beginnings of a controversy which has been raging in England. Well, the controversy is still raging, if we are to judge from newspaper articles appearing in the metropolitan press. The article says that the Archbishop of Canterbury is a past grand master-which is all wrong; he is a grand chaplain, and may have some other titles, but that is immaterial. This article was taken from the Kansas City Star of January 7, 1954, although we have a similar clipping from the Chicago Tribune, which, incidentally was "slightly altered." STERN STEP BY A VICAR; FREEMASON CLERGYMEN BANNED FROM HIS PULPIT:
London, Jan. 6.(AP)-An Anglican vicar today stirred up a 3-yearold controversy simmering in the church of England councils by banning from his pUlpit all Freemason clergymen-including the archbishop of Canterbury. The Rev. Thornton Thrapp, former R. A. F. Chaplain and vicar of St. Mary Magdalene in London's Paddington district, singled out Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, the archbishop primate of England and a past grand master of British Freemasonry, for attack in his parish magazine.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
77c
"B~cause the archbishop is a mason," wrote Mr. Thrapp, "we may fairly assume his opinions are unorthodox, and far more dangerou8 because they are kept secret from the non-Masonic rank and file." He urged Dr. Fisher to "state in public the case for Christian Masonry" and added: "Until he does, can he really expect our trust, our confidence, and our loyalty ~ I cannot give him mine." , 'Many people are deeply concerned over Freemasonry'8 grip on the church of England," the vicar continued. "It seems that the Christians' God and the Masons' God are not one and the same." The church of England assembly-parliament for clergy and laity throughout the country-spent several days wrangling over Freemasonry three years ago. Many leading churchmen are Masons. The assembly held that the movement is not antagonistic to the church. "Mr. Thrapp is flogging a dead horse," commented a church spokesman today. "He is entitled to his attitude, of course, and it shows how the church allows free expression of opinion within its ranks. , 'But in any case I'm not sure if a vicar has the right to ban anyone from his pulpit. The last word would probably rest With his bishop."
No, the English Grand Lodge will not disband. And the Archbishop will continue to serve as such. VATICAN BANS MASONIC BOOK
It would seem that Catholics are to be deprived of the pleasure of reading a recent book, authored by Bernhard Scheichelbauer, grand master of Austria, if a recent press dispatch is true: BAN ON A MASONIC BOOK; VATICAN FORBIDS ROMAN CATHOLICS TO READ ESSAY ON INITIATION-
Vatican City, Jan. 16, 1954. (AP)-The Roman Catholic church has forbidden Catholics to read a book about Masonry entitled "The J ohnian Free Masonry; Essay on an Initiation" by Bernhard Scheichelbauer of Vienna. L'Osservatore Romano, Vatican City newspaper, commenting on the ban by the supreme congregation of the holy office, one of the administrative departments of the Vatican, said the proscription served as a warning to Catholics who might think the church's decrees against Free Masonry did not apply to the "Johnian " lodge. (In Vienna, O. Kerry, owner of the small publishing :firm which put out the book, said that "Johnian " masonry follows the ideas of the apostle John, especially on tolerance. And most of the approximately 10 million Free Masons in the United States, he said, are followers of the "Johnian" order.)
Actually, the title of the book should have been translated "St. John's Freemasonry," which refers only to the symbolic degrees. MORE FROM MANILA
In a full page advertisement in the Manila Times, paid for by the Knights of Columbus, and written by Marcus Malupa, we find a glaring headline:
78c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
AN APPEAL TO ALL FILIPINO CATHOLICS
The article starts out by attacking Masons and Protestants: all (not Catholics) are highly placed persons in the hierarchy of Protestantism and Masonry in the Philippines. They are all non~Catholics, if not all anti-Catholics. . . . . . . the first and greatest of Protestants were Satan ... and the Sadducees and Pharisees.
The author lists These Protestants and Masons and atheists . . . true of the form of their devilish masters . . . and those Protestants and Masons, who, to all intents and purposes, are fellow-travelers, if not actual card-carrying members of the Politburo of International Communism.
In U.S.A. such charges would constitute a basis for criminal charges. SCHOOL BUS RULING
Very little publicity has been given a situation which exists in our own state which has to do with secular education. It was a ruling by the attorney general (Dalton) that school busses could not be used for the transport of pupils to parochial schools. Almost immediately the archbishop in St. Louis issued a statement to the effect that the Missouri Constitution should be changed to permit such practice, terming it an injustice. Reply was made by a protestant group of ministers; it was asserted that it was the religious element which was seeking inequality rather than equality; that while parents had the right to send their children to any school they might see fit, they had no right to expect the public路to help them finance the matter. The Masonic fraternity believes in equality; it believes in the education of all children, black and white, and red-and Catholic, Protestant, and Jew; it believes that since these children will have to work together later on in life, they should learn to live together. Private and parochial schools build up social walls and destroy that equality which we seek as a nation. DISGUISED PROPAGANDA
A rece:pt issue of the Chicago Tribune, reviewing the book "The Bold 'Vomen," whose author is Helen Beal Woodward, said in its issue of August 30, 1953: According to Miss Woodward, Lafayette started it all on his visit to America in 1824-25, and from him the women somehow got an idea that the American Revolution had been fought for the women as well as men.
Miss Woodward should know the war was fought with the idea of creating eligibles for the Daughters of Revolution!
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
79c
Ann Royall was one of the first to break loose, editing two newspapers, LOBBYING FOR THE MASONS, (Capitals are ours) terrorizing presidents from Adams to Lincoln, etc.
We wrote the publishers of the book and received a reply from the author stating: My book, The Bold Women deals with 19th century America, and the reference to the Masons is a brief account of the period when Masonry was injected as an issue into New York State politics by the Whig politician, Thurlow Weed in the years 1828-32. The facts in this old story are available in almost any American history covering those years in detail. . . . I have a one-sentence allusion to the involvement of French, Italian, and Russian Masons in politics of that area and earlier. My authority was the article on Masons in the current Encyclopedia Britannica.
Miss vVoodward still does not answer our inquiry as to how Anne Royall "lobbied for the Masons." We fear Miss Woodward "spoofed" us; in the first place there is nothing about our fraternity under the head of "Masons" in -the Britannica; it is covered under the head "Freemasonry," and if Miss Woodward can find anything in that extensive article dealing with Anne Royall, Masonic lobbying, or any American grand lodge engaging in politics, we will buy her a nice new dress. Under the circumstances we can only regard her book (at least the part referred to) as "disguised propaganda." . FREEMASONRY AND THE SALVATION ARMY
We have knowledge of the Masonic membership of many of those attached to the Salvation Army. Attempts to elicit information from the heads of the Army in England have produced no direct answer. So we have to revert to an article appearing in a Catholic pamphlet, issued by the Catholic Truth (1) Society, 1951, titled Oatholics and Freemasonry, which tells us (page 12) : But if the Anglican Church hesitates, other religious bodies have not hesitated to take the same stand as the Catholic Church in this matter. In 1925, General Booth addressed a letter to every officer in the Salvation Army, in which he said: No language of mine could be too strong in condemning any officer's affiliation with any society which shuts Him (Christ) outside its Temples; and which in its religious ceremonies gives neither Him nor His Name any place. . . . The place where Jesus Christ is not allowed is no place for any Salvation Army officer. As for the future, the Army's views upon the matter will be made known to all who wish to become officers.
The question might arise as to whether General Booth had in mind the Freemasons, for Jesus Christ is not "kept out of the Temples" of Freemasonry; neither is Moses the Jewish law-giver; nor Allah, God of the Mohammedan. Freemasonry recognizes the right
80c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
of any free man to bring with him into its temples whatever God he serves and worships under whatever name he may be known. As a matter of personal interest and curiosity, we would like to know "the Army's views upon the matter," but our inquiries to heads of the institution in England bring no definite response. AUSTRALASIA
In this area we have received proceedings from the Grand Lodges of New Zealand, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. New Zealand: Membership in New Zealand now stands at 39,794, but there are many dual members in this list. The Grand Lodge voted $1,000.00 for the use of research lodges; they granted 13 Masonic scholarships to Masonic orphans; they discussed the Order of the Eastern Star and discovered: "Some members of lodges have attended meetings of this organization. The Craft is not concerned with bodies which do not claim to be Masonic and do not make Freemasonry a test of participation in their meetings. The Board is satisfied that this organization touches Free路 masonry at two points: ... The Board has no grounds for questioning the good intentions and useful service of this organization; these are beside the point. What is material is that the organization is one which admits women, and one which, in the way explained, is quasi-Masonic. The Board recommends that our attitude should be that of the Grand Lodges of England and New South Wales, and that any brother of the Craft who associates himself with this, or any similar organization, is guilty of Masonic irregularity."
Queensland: The Board of General Purposes has impressed upon the membership the serious responsibility and duty of sponsors of candidates in proposing candidates for membership; they must have an intimate knowledge of the, private, business and home life, and the character of the candidate before- proposing him. The Grand Lodge assisted two lodges with cash advances to enable them to complete and furnish their temples. A Past Grand Master attended Grand Lodge and reported that he had visited Papua and New Guinea. This territory is in the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Queensland. vVe are informed that the brethren in those areas have carried on in a remarkable manner though their country was ravaged in the world war; temples were damaged and destroyed and members of lodges were scattered. The lodge at Lae compares favorably with Masonic temples in Australia. Dues in this lodge are $35.00 per annum; initiation fee approximately $100.00. The temple at Madang is primitive, for the original building was completely destroyed. Membership at last report was 30,385; there appears to be over 400 lodges. South Australia: South Australia has a membership of 22,715;
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
81c
the lodge at Port Darwin, with 125 members, has been in enforced recess due to enemy action. Masonic scholarships are being granted to children between the ages of ten and eighteen. In granting these scholarships due regard is given to the character of the student, rather than to the brilliant pupil. The Grand Master attended the installation of the Grand Master of Western Australia and found there the Governor of Western Australia, Lt. Gen. Sir Charles Gairdner. He attended a similar installation in New South Wales, at which time the Governor of the State, Lt. Gen. Sir John Northcott was installed. Every Grand Master in Australia was present on this occasion. It was planned to erect a memorial organ in the Grand Lodge headquarters, but the price had doubled since it was first proposed. The Grand Master finds that conditions are changing; man is beginning to feel that the world's grief is of economic origin, and when the spirit of man craves a friendly God they give him economics; he asks for immortality, and they offer him social security. The Grand Lodge received as a visitor His Excellency Air ViceMarshal Sir Robert Allingham George, Governor of South Australia. The trumpets heralded his approach by a fanfare, and the Grand Organist played the National Anthem. Tasmania: The Grand Lodge discussed how best to secure a greater representation of members from country lodges. The present membership is 7,473. An event of great moment to the Craft was the initiation of Governor the Right Honorable Sir Ronald Cross; he was initiated in Fidelity Lodge No. 63. At a banquet which followed, 250 members attended; during this period the Governor received the members of the visiting lodges at Government House. Victoria: This Grand Lodge is very proud of a Freemasons Hospital which it conducts; it is now in its fifteenth year. Last year it treated 1,286 patients; 84 of them were not of Masonic connection; there were 1,147 operations. On December 31, 1951, the membership in this jurisdiction was 96,236, in 715 lodges. Gen. Sir Dallas Brooks was proclaimed as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria; he is Governor of Victoria. The Grand Lodge held a memorial service in honor of the late King George VI. WHAT ABOUT BRAZIL?
We have no great hopes of liv.ing to see Masonic unity in Brazil; there are too many elements with too wide opinions to be harmonized. First, there is the old Grand Orient, which appears to be neither fish nor fowl so far as Freemasonry is concerned. The grand lodges of the Brit~sh Isles many years ago recognized
82c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
the Grand Orient, which at that time was the only authority pretending to be Masonic; they entered into certain treaties with England. In 1927 came the schism, whereby grand lodges were set up in most of the Brazilian states. Naturally, England could not well recognize the schismatic groups, even thougp they may have been regular. Most American grand lodges have been free to do as they pleased in the matter of extending recognition; we are tied down by no treaties or agreements. Here is what one of our Brazilian brethren has to say about matters in his country: On March 11, 1954, the Grand Orient of Brazil lodges in the State of Bahia, having tired of waiting for a decision on the part of Admiral Sodre in regard to the unification of Brazilian lodges along the line of the plan proposed by the fourteen grand lodges, at the Second Round Table of Regular Freemasonry, held in Salvador, Bahia, July, 1953, have united themselves with the 31 lodges of the regular grand lodge of that state, plus one lodge belonging to the so-called "United Grand Orient of BraziL" From that time on, Bahia is the sole state in Brazil where there is no secession, and the grand lodge has added the word "United" to its title, as a token of good will toward the new brethren. Unfortunately, this will remain restricted to Bahia only, because there the Grand Lodge was in the majority, which is not at all the case in the other states where there exist grand lodges. For example, in Minas Gerais there are 116 lodges; 66 belong to the Grand Orient, 30 to the United Grand Orient, and 20 to the State Grand Lodge of Minas Gerais. How can the latter face argument presented by the Grand Orient when it states that it is 132 years old; that it is recognized by Great Britain and its Nordic satellites, and they have a 3 to 1 majority. Admiral Sodre recently stated that the proposed "Confederation of Grand Lodges" into which the Grand Orient would have to transform itself in accordance with the Grand Lodge plan, would be impossible without the recognitions presently held by the grand lodges. This of course destroys at once whatever prospects we had with respect to Bome sort of unification, because it is not at all sure that the Grand Lodges which now recognize the 14 grand lodges will extend their recognition to a newly formed confederation. One can only admit that unity in Brazil, as matters now stand, is absolutely impracticable.
IN THE BRITISH ISLES
The United Grand Lodge of England found it necessary to "erase" from its rolls, Lodges No. 6251, 3001, and 2673, located in the Punjab, Northern China (Tongshan) and Tsingtao, Northern China for the reason "no prospect of them being revived owing to changed conditions." Henry C. Shellard, veteran Grand Secretary of Ireland, has retired from active duty as Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Ireland; he has been in Grand Lodge service fifty years. Ireland has recognized the Grand Lodge of Iceland, and renewed relations with the Grand Lodge of Finland. That the Grand Lodge
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
S3e
works in conjunction with its neighbors is shown in the statement of the Grand Master: "in agreement with the Grand Lodges of England and Scotland, we decided to grant this (recognition) at this communication of grand lodge. "
And as to Iceland: , 'Again, in agreement with the Grand Lodges of E'ngland and Scotland we granted recognition to the Grand Lodge of Iceland."
A friend of ours in the British Isles writes: We do not have to go as far afield as Italy to find a country under the thumb of the Roman Church; a plane to Dublin is all that you need. Southern Ireland is very definitely under the very strong influence of the hierarchy. Did you know that divorce is forbidden in Southern Ireland' WAS DR. ROY MISQUOTED?
The Grand Lodge of Peru (\Vashington Street) quoted from the Conference of Grand Masters (1954) : It was then agreed by the Committee on Recognition to affect due recognition of our Grand Lodge of Peru.
Dr. Roy, when he read this, immediately sent out notices to all Grand Lodges that this statement is due to a total misunderstanding on the part of the Grand Master of Peru; his inability to speak or understand English made it difficult for him to understand our setup. . . . . in the :first place we are not a "committee on recognition" but a "committee on information for recognition." In the second place, we made no recommendations whatever, as the proceedings will show when they appear.
At any rate, Dr. Roy did everything possible to secure recognition for Peru by securing the Grand Master an invitation to address the conference which our Peruvian friends might well have taken as a recommendation for recognition. THE BRITISH-SCANDINAVIAN BLOC
Those who may wonder as to Masonic politics in Europe may not understand that there is a "Masonic bloc" in Europe. This group consists of the Grand Lodges of England, Ireland, Scotland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (with possibly Iceland in the background). Conferences are held whenever found necessary and certain policies decided upon. Undoubtedly there must have been unity in the setting up of the new Grand Lodge of Israel. There is also little doubt that some understanding was had as to what should be done
84c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
with the United Grand Lodge of Germany. For a time it was stated that recognition could not be given because the UGL had recognized the French Grand Lodge. Then Germany withdrew their recognition of France-yet no recognition as yet by the "bloc." But we feel that it will be done. But Sweden apparently "jumped the gun," for it recognized a grand lodge which works in Berlin using the Swedish Rite. Now if Sweden should recognize UGL it will be in a position of recognizing two grand lodges in the same country, neither of which recognize the other! What a mess! But UGL will not recognize the Berlin Swedish Rite group for the simple reason that the Berlin group will not admit non-Christians. And this is ahvays a source of trouble. It should not be much of a task to open symbolic Freemasonry to all creeds, permitting the "higher" groups to attach any limitations they might see fit, Christian, Mohammedan, Catholic, or what-not. The plan has proved successful here in the U.S.A. as well as in Britain. Brotherhood of man will never come with any other procedure. And just what will the "bloc" do about France 짜 Now that the Grande Loge de France has "restored" the Book to the altar, there can be nothing objectionable (on the surface) to extending recognition, except perhaps the French National Grand Lodge has carried the recognition for several years. It is known that several of the G.LF lodges have come over to National, being dissatisfied with- the VSL action of its mother grand lodge. There is a hope in the minds of the "bloc" that there might be an eventual consolidation of National with the G.L.France lodges which work with the VSL-and that of course would relieve the situation. Back in their minds, the English have a feeling that the action of the G.L.France was had with the sole idea of securing world recognition. This attitude may be unfair, for there are undoubtedly hundreds of the G.L.France members who are sincere in their attitude. Should there be a consolidation, it is highly probable that the Grand Orient of France would absorb the "non-VSL" groups. (. VSL is an abbreviation of "Volume of The Sacred Law.") CANADA
We have received proceedings of the Grand Lodges of Canada in Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Saskatchewan. Canada in Ontario: Joseph A. Hearn, newly elected Grand Master, is well known to American Freemasons having presided over our conference of Grand Masters. In his address, Grand Master Hart called attention to the case of a brother who had written out the obligation of an Entered Apprentice and had dictated certain questions and answers to his wife, who recorded them in writing. The defendant was suspended for a limited period and given a
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
85c
severe reprimand. Another instance was where a complaint was made that a brother had been refused admission to a lodge, the reason for not admitting him was he had made a misstatement on his petition. It appeared to be a case of where the investigating committee failed to do its duty. The brother in question was suspended, as was another brother who had knowledge of the misrepresentation. The Grand Master was compelled to deny a dispensation to act on the petition of a deaf man, although he was a competent lipreader. In March, 1953, Dr. Hewlett Johnson, the so-called "Red Dean of Canterbury," visited Ontario and was scheduled to speak in the Masonic Temple in London. Many complaints were received against the use of the hall for such purpose, but it developed that the renting of the hall is not a lodge business. "There were organized groups of opponents at the meeting and Dr. Johnson was not permitted to deliver his address." The Grand Master concluded: "If Masonic properties are used by individuals or associations which are anti-religious, anti-delllocratic, or otherwise opposed to our accepted and preferred way of life, there is grave danger that Masonry may be criticized. ' ,
It was decided that it was within the prerogative of the ,Grand Master to order the cancellation of undesirable assemblies and to censure organizations which permit such meetings. The Grand Lodge in Ontario will celebrate its centennial July 17, 1955. Reviewer Copus refers to the conservatism of Canadian bodies. He thinks some of the American jurisdictions are too generous with their recognition; he refers to Missouri in particular. We might inform our Canadian brother that if all jurisdictions in the world were as conservative as Canada it would never be possible "to unite men of all countries and opinions," which is the great objective of Freemasonry. The membership, December 31, 1952, was 125,596 in 588 lodges. New Brunswick: This jurisdiction is permitting three of its lodges, to use a gold-trim on their officers' regalia, because of the number of years of service.' Attention was called to the type of cut being used in printing; one had a square and compasses, without the letter "G"; another had one with the letter "G," the latter not being constitutional. The membership, December 31, 1952, was 8,652 in 46 lodges. Lotus Lodge No. 625 visited Keith Lodge No. 23 at Moncton. A parade was formed at the temple and marched to the stadium, where 450 Masons were served a banquet. A later part of the proceedings was witnessed by over 600 Freemasons. Nova Scotia: The Grand Lodge held its annual communication in
86c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
the historic town of Lunenburg, which, at the time, was celebrating its 200th anniversary. Canon Walker, the Grand Chaplain, said: , 'The friends of Masonry hardly need to have it said to them that Freemasonry is essentially religious-or at least members of the Craft have a due respect for religion and all for which it stands. And why should I be here as Grand Chaplain, if I had any doubts of the religious fundamentals of the principles of the Craft~ . . . To the accusation that Masonry is not Christian, it has to be admitted that in the Masonic ritual of the earliest degrees, all prayers are addressed to God as the Great Architect of the Universe. By these names is meant God, the Father and Creator of us all, the First Person of the Holy and Undivided Trinity. It is true that in the first three degrees and in the Royal Arch, prayers are not concluded with reference to Our Lord Christ, because the legend of these degrees belongs to the earlier dispensation and covenant, and because these degrees are open to men of any Faith, so that Christians, Jews and Moslems, if need be, can meet upon the common ground of an elementary belief in God, as the Creator and Father of us all."
The membership in Nova Scotia is 13,868 in 108 lodges. Nova Scotia has been having its troubles with a lodge working under English Constitution. In 1907, an agreement was made whereby the lodge bound itself not to take civilians, resident in Halifax, but in the past thirty-five years the agreement had been ignored by the English lodge. Quite recently a chapter was organized under the English Constitution, which Nova Scotia has regarded as an invasion of jurisdiction. The Grand Lodge of England and its lodge in Nova Scotia have declined to discuss matters in controversy. The Grand Master ruled that one who could not read or write was not a fit subject for Freemasonry. Many lodge secretaries in that jurisdiction received circular letters soliciting donations to enable a brother in Australia to go to Scotland to visit his old home. It was also reported that "an organization popularly associated with Freemasonry circulated letters inviting members to buy tickets on a lottery." Such enterprises violate Canadian laws. About twenty years ago a lottery was conducted by this same organization (presumably the Shrine) and the Grand Lodge refused to accept any portion of the money offered it. Recognition was extended to Austria and Greece; Germany recognition was postponed. Saskatchewan: On February 28, 1953, this jurisdiction had a membership of 17,201 in 204 lodges. The Grand Lodge expects to observe its 50th anniversary in 1956. Speaking of the matter of recognition and the action of the Grand Lodges of the British Isles, Reviewer Fraser said: "To us this appears to be an arbitrary stand. We believe still essential to exercise a judicious tolerance."
Argentina and Panama were recognized.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
87c
QUIET IN COLOMBIA
Good news comes out of Colombia where Protestants and Freemasons were being persecuted by government with the backing of the church. Under date of May 27, 1954, our informant in Colombia writes: I take this opportunity to inform you that the situation, and the free atmosphere of Liberty, has changed completely, and that li'reemasons have gone back to work in their Temples. There is no trouble with the Colombian goverenment authority, as we had before under Presidents Dr. Laureano Gomez and Dr. Roberto Urdaneta Arbelaez, up to June 13, 1953. Lieut. General Gustavo Rojas Pini1la assumed the presidency on that date, and from that time on things have changed for the better, day by day, and for Freemasonry and Freemasons, everything is now normal. Everyone in Colombia can now breathe freely, and can travel through the country without danger to person or property; before there was no security or protection from the government. -Mail may now be sent by ordinary or air mail; if important, by registered mail. For security sake, do not use envelopes bearing Masonic emblems, Masonic titles, or names.
As for "using envelopes without Masonic markings," that is good advice even here in the United States, for there are certain cities in which such mail gets pretty rough treatment-and sometimes no delivery. After all, what does the printing of a Masonic title on an envelope mean to a postal employee; it does not aid in delivery of mail and is a source of laughter in those instances in which the entire Masonic history of the addressee is frequently placed on the address. We appreciate the honors which have been given us, but we cannot appreciate the advertising of our titles to the profane world -and most of the world is profane (one way or the other). HISTORY OF THE GRAND LODGE OF FRANCE
We believe in letting each grand lodge tell its own story, not in anyway vouching for the truth of their statements. Here is the story of the Grande Loge de France as told by one of its members. Note the possibility expressed of a later union with French National Grand Lodge which it is hoped may be accomplished: The beginning and first growth of Masonry in France, from 1721, are, like the beginning and primary progress of Masonry in England. extremely vague. In any case, the first Lodges created in France were founded thanks to licenses issued by the then English Grand Master, the Duke of Montagu. The first one was founded in 1721 at Dunkirk, in northern France, under the distinctive title of "Friendship and Brotherhood. " That Lodge belongs today to the Grand Lodge of France (A.A.S.R.) under number 313. Toward the end of 1736, French Lodges under English Obedience conducted for the first time an election for a Grand Master and desig-
88e
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
nated Charles Radcliff, Earl of Derwenwater, who resided in France. When the latter had to leave France, he convened on June 24, 1738 an Assembly to name his successor. The Duc d'Antin, a Peer of France, was then proclaimed "Grand Master General and permanent of Masons in the Kingdom of France." He died on December 9, 1743, having 'given a vigorous impulse to French Masonry. The Assembly convened on December 11, 1743 gave him as a successor the Comte de Clermont who never managed to maintain the authority of his predecessor. That same Assembly of December 11th evolvea a Masonic code. That code, with the title of "General Regulations," reproduced the main provisions of the "Book of Constitutions" of Bro.'. Anderson, adapted' to the particular circumstances. In 1755, that Grand Lodge renounced its English ties and chose the title of "Grand Lodge of France." However, because of the lack of authority of the Grand Master, Comte de Clermont, Masonic life proved rather difficult and troubled. Now, at the time of the birth of a Scottish Rite from the address delivered by Knight Ramsey on May 21, 1737, the "Scottish Masters" who had applied themselves to the reformation of Masonry were acknowledged and accepted in 1755. They continued their efforts until the death on June 16, 1771 of the Comte de Clermont. The Grand Lodge of France returned to succeed him Louis Philippe d 'Orleans, Due de Chartres (later best known, during the Revolution, as Philippe-Egalite). But, since the Duc de Chartres was only called upon to fulfil honorary functions, a post of general administrator was created and given to the Duc de Luxembourg. The latter proved very active and enterprising. He framed a plan of reorganization of Masonry and, at his instigation, a meeting of Lodge deputies of Paris and the Provinces took place at the beginning of March 1773. It gave to the Grand Lodge the title of National Grand Lodge and created, within that Grand Lodge, a central authority, strictly administrative, called Grand Orient of France. That operation, which tended to put the Grand Orient in the place of the Grand Lodge, was regarded by some of the French Masons as a coup d'etat; so much so that the old Grand Lodge continued with the title of "Grand Lodge of Clermont." That Grand Lodge and the new Grand Orient were simultaneously headed by the same Due de Chartres. French Masonry experienced a rather great evolution up to the time of the French Revolution. When it broke out, the craft subsided. It resumed only in 1793, when a few Lodges of the Grand Orient as well as of the Grand Lodge of Clermont were revived. However those of the Grand Lodge of Clermont, too weak to form an independent authority, agreed in 1799 to join the Grand Orient. In 1801, the old "Philosophical Scottish Rite" was reorganized by Bro.'. Claude-Antoine Thory and, on September 22, 1804, Bro.'. de Grasse-Tilly appointed the Supreme Scottish Council' for France and its dependencies. The Grand Orient of France created on the other hand, on July 21, 1805, the Direction of Rites, which has since become the Grand College of Rites, dispensing and administering the superior degrees of the Grand Orient, created to the same likeness as the Scottish Sublime Degrees. The final organization of the Scottish Rite in France dates back to 1821. Since that time, The Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite for France and its dependencies created Symbolic Lodges (three first Degrees) as well as Sublime Lodges.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
8ge
In 1880, some Brethren and Lodges of the three first Degrees parted from the Supreme Council and formed an independent Masonic Authority with the title of Symbolic Scottish Grand Lodge. In 1894, the Symbolic Lodges still under the Obedience of the Supreme Council demanded in turn their independence. At the same time, they began negotiations with the Symbolic Scottish Grand Lodge for the purpose of merging. Faced with such a situation, the Supreme Council convened a Congress of the Delegates of Lodges within its jurisdiction on November 7, 1894. The Congress approved the self-government of the Symbolic Lodges. The Supreme Council, referring' to Art. 6 of the Grand Constitutions, decreed on November 7, 1894, that independence' was granted, with the title of Grand .Lodge of France, to the Lodges of the first to third Degrees which had remained under its authority. , The terms of that decree and a. complementary declaration made the following day, November 8, '1894, entitled the Grand Lodge of France to 'manage itself, to order the creation, the temporary suspension, the restoration or ,dismemberment of Lodges from the first to third Degree. , The Lodges belonging to the Symbolic Scottish Grand IJodge acknowledged with favour the merger proposed by those Lodges just constituted as Grand Lodge of France. A Congress was therefore convened for the Delegates of all the Lodges. The Congress laid the foundation of a common organization. It appointed a Commission of fifteen members to administer provisionally the Grand Lodge of France, to write its Constitution and its General Regulations, and to summon it afterwards. A disagreement divided the Delegates to the Commission representing Lodges of the Symbolic Scottish Grand Lodge and those representing the Lodges previously under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Council. The latter, left to themselves, declared on February 23, 1895 that they constituted the Grand Lodge of France. They immediately proceeded to elect members of a Federal Council, executive authority of the new Grand Lodge, in sole charge of its administration. The Grand Lodge of France convened on May 10, 11, and 12, 1895. A budget and a Constitution were voted. The Federal Council was elected definitively. A commission was appointed to operate a merger between the Grand Lodge of France and the Symbolic Scottish Grand Lodge. The difficulties having been solved, the merger took place in 1896-1897. From that date, the Grand Lodge of France actively attended to its internal organization. The successive Federal Councils worked at it with ardour. Its material and moral situation became more successful. Its existence, at first' precarious, was soon assured. The Federal Council then thought of opening negotiations with foreign Masonic Authorities to obtain recognition of the Grand Lodge of France and the exchange of warrants of friendship. Some Masonic Authorities greeted with favour the appeal of the Federal Council. But a number of others retorted with a refusal, alleging that the decree of the Supreme Council of November 7, 1894 had not created the Grand Lodge of France as an independent Masonic Authority; that it had only set up an administrative authority for Lodges of the first to third degrees and that, in any case, the Grand Lodge worked "under the auspices of the Supreme Council of France." Negotiations were then initiated between the Federal Council of the Grand Lodge of France and the Supreme Council to end that heterogeneous situation which could not be allowed to last. Those negotiations succeeded in 1904 with a decree, dated July 26, by the Supreme Coun-
90c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
cil which modified the decree of November 7, 1894 and proclaimed the Grand Lodge of France an "autonomous, independent and sovereign -Masonic Authority." From that day, The Grand Lodge of France and the Lodges within its jurisdiction have ceased to work in the name and under the auspices of the Supreme Council. By relinquishing the issuance of warrants to Symbolic Lodges, by banning decrees of interest to these Lodges and the delivery of passports to Brethren, their members, the Supreme Council sanctioned the absolute sovereignty of the Grand Lodge of France over }'reemasons and the Lodges of the three first Degrees. On the bases of fundamentals, the Grand Lodge of France wrote, as a preface to its Constitution, the Declaration of Principles of the Convention of Lausanne in September 1875, the first paragraph thus reading: "Freemasonry proclaims, as it has done since its origins, the exis'tence of a creative principle, with the name of Grand Architect of the Universe.' , Though Governments of the French Republic have never attempted anything against the Grand Lodge of France, it has been under constant attack by the Clergy and partisans of the Catholic Church of France, despite the undeniable spiritualism which dominates the conduct of the business of our Obedience. Its members have had in many instances to suffer from the hostile enterprises of the Roman Catholics. It has only answered by urging its members to tolerance and the serene pursuit of their work. Twice since its birth, the activities of the Grand Lodge of France had to submit to outside events and their consequences. The first time was when, during the 1914-1918 war, the building of its seat, where convened many Parisian Lodges, were requisitioned by the military authorities as a military hospital. Our activity, though reduced and cramped, did not cease because of that, and, at the immediate close of the war, business was resumed with accrued strength. The number of Lodges rose sensibly between the two wars. The second World War struck the Grand Lodge of France much greater blows. Its Lodges were closed and its members sustained proceedings, search of their houses, considerable damages by spoilation as well as loss of professional positions. Despite all the persecutions Masons had then to face, their ideal and their路 faith have, for the most part, remained undying within themselves. From the outset of the liberation of the national tenitory, the Temples were re-opened. A very thorough expurgation took place and the Masons whose attitude during the storm did not own up to their Masonic quality were not permitted to resume their activities in their Lodges. However, as of June 30, 1953, the Grand Lodge of France has 7,717 members, belonging to 195 Lodges in metropolitan France as well as in the overseas territories. The anti-Masonic services of occupation had conducted a methodical destruction of the furniture and ornaments of the Temples. The Grand Lodge of France had, since 1945, to devote a great part of its activities to the reconstruction of its heritage. At the same time, on the plane of principles, it strove to return to the Masonic Traditions and universally admitted rules. Some of these rules were lost from sight by some Lodges. The Federal Council on the one hand and the yearly Conventions on the other did not cease to remind those Lodges of the strict observation of those rules. It was so, particularly, with regards to the rule that the Volume of Sacred Laws should be placed on the altar of Oaths, together with the Square and the Compass, and that the Masons should swear their
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
91c
Obligations on those three Landmarks. At no time ever, has the Grand Lodge of France made the decision to withdraw the Volume of Sacred Laws. But negligence, at some time, allowed that Book to be omitted at meetings of some Lodge at first, of a greater number later. It should be borne in mind however that many Lodges (more than 80) had two years ago resumed the Tradition. To obviate such negligence, the Convention of 1953 has made a categorical decision, reminding the Lodges of their obligation to place the Volume of Sacred Laws on the Altar of Oaths. Henceforth, no deviation to that rule will be countenanced from any Lodge. The Grand Lodge of France has never stopped proclaiming the rule forbidding the discussion among Masons, in Lodge meetings, of political or religious subjects. It has always carefully avoided being involved in political affairs of the country or taking position on the occurrence of events of that order. It refused to recognize the International Mixed Obedience "Droit Humain " whose seat is in France, because it remains absolutely faithful to the principle that women cannot be admitted in Masonry. It has no official intercourse with the Independent and regular National Grand Lodge, whose seat is in N euilly, near Paris. But close and frequent contacts take place between its members and the leaders of that Grand Lodge, and the Grand Lodge of France would not refuse to consider a merger with that Grand Lodge should the question be raised. Some Obediences blame the Grand Lodge of France for its contacts with the Grand Orient of France. Our respect for the truth forbids us to deny it. However, to judge the case justly, it is important to consider the conditions of Masonry in France, as well as in almost all Latin countries, where the supporters of the Roman Church have and still play the part that we know. First-of-all, it should be considered that the Grand Orient of France is an ancient Obedience with truly established origins. Up to the time when Masonry had to defend itself against the undertakings inspired by a Roman Catholic spirit, it has been undeniably regular and cannot therefore be compared with pseudo-masonic organizations of recent formation, such as that which admits women members. Those, as soon as created, placed themselves in irregularity. If the Grand Orient de France has abandoned, for the last three quarters of a century, certain rules which are a condition to strict regularity, such as the invocation of the Grand Architect of the Universe, the Volume of Sacred Laws and the respect of the canons of the Ritual, it is only to counteract the hostility towards Masonry that the supporters of the Roman Church have ceaselessly demonstrated; if it gave way to angry attitudes against the church, it is to retaliate for the vexatious interference ceaselessly aimed at Masons in France, and for the neverending applications through which the Church and those acting in its name tried and still try to monopolize the privilege of dominating consciences in this country and obtain from the public authorities oppressive and comminatory measures against Masons. Can we forget the Papal Bulls which brought anathema on the Freemasons and excommunicated them. Can we overlook the fact that, in Latin countries, particularly in France, such Bulls have not remained dead letters. That state of facts justifies some omissions blamed on Masons of the strict observance of the essential principles and rules of Masonry. The Masons of the Grand Lodge of France did not benefit, at the hands of the adversaries of Masonry, of a better treatment than the Grand Orient de France. Therefore, a certain solidarity between Masons was born out of the identical attacks aimed at them and menaces they had to fight. Let us be allowed to recall, once more, that, during the occupation of
92c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
France of the last wa.r, public authorities, inspired by the traditional persecution of the Roman Catholic Church, were more rabid than Occupation authorities against Masons who were deprived of their positions, despoiled, arrested, incarcerated and even deported. However tolerant in spirit the Masons should be expected to be, can we, in all justice, blame them for their reaction against so active adversaries' There is therefore nothing surprising that the fellowship, born from such circumstances, between all the French Masons should have led those of the Grand Lodge of France only to see, in those of the Grand Orient of France, friends suffering the same persecutions. However, we believe that the Grand Orient of France tries to return to the traditional rules passed into disuse. We' are convinced, in the Grand Lodge of France, that our example may be determinative in that respect. Our purpose is therefore to help the members of the Grand Orient to recover the use of sound masonic practices. Weare sure that such an aim can be reached and that, when it will be, in a recovered regularity of the Grand Orient, it may be possible to merge with it to unify French Masonry. Circumstances which have forced French Masons to take positions such as they have in the past are characteristic of France. Masons did not bring them about, they sustained them. It is to show a fraternal spirit towards them to understand -them, and to make of them a special matter, to which could not be applied judgments valid for Masons who would have deliberately and without outside necessity transgressed the principles of the established regularity. The most ardent wish of the Grand Lodge of France is for each of its members to live in communion with the thousands of Masons all over the globe, in the same aspiration towards a common ideal of brotherhood, loyalty and tolerance. For itself it hopes to occupy its place in the universal congregation of re~ular Masonic Obediences, and to work in agreement with them, with due respect of the tutelar rules of the Order, to the unity of men and peoples and to their moral and material perfectibility.
On December 7, 1953, there went out from the Grande Loge de France, a letter addressed to many of the American grand lodges. We shall not attempt to quote the letter in full, but it contains these paragraphs: The Grand Lodge of France has, since the liberation of its national territory, devoted itself to the restoration of strength and vigor to the lodges under its jurisdiction which were gravely affected by the outrages of an occupation intent upon the destruction of Freemasonry. However, its efforts could not be limited to the sphere of material recovery only. Therefore, the G. L. France has adhered to a reversion, in the strictest manner, to Masonic traditions as expressed by the "Landmarks. " Though unanimously working to the Glory of the G. A. of the U., some lodges of its obedience, discontinued the traditions which required the presence of the VSL among the three G. Lights of Masonry. Such conditions called for an explicit decision intended to restore an indispensible standard of regularity. Thus the Convention, held in Paris, September 17-20, 1953, reminded and decreed that the obligations of Freemasons must be sworn路 on the S & C, and VSL. The latter (Bible) will be considered as the symbol of the highest spiritual authority which inspires the Freemason who
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
93c
undertakes to strive endlessly for the redemption of the order from chaos. The Convention of 1953 has given authority to the Grand Master and to the Federal Council for a drawing up of the declaration of those principles thus reinstated. That declaration will precede the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of France. . . . All lodges of the G. L. France are ordered to place on the altar of obligation, the VSL, together with the S & C.
Another statement in the letter explains the reason for action at this time: In the face of disunity and disorder which grieves the world in our day, the Convention of the G. L. France appeals to all the regular Masonic G. Lodges to strengthen the brotherly bond, that Freemasonry may work harmoniously on a universal level to the fulfilment of its mission. That mission consists in bringing together peoples and individuals, and in furthering the maintenance of order and peace among all nations and men of good will devoted to liberty, justice, a.nd spiritual and moral improvement.
And thus has another step been taken towards the world unity of Freemasonry. True Freemasonry unites men; it never separates them. SITUATION IMPROVES IN GERMANY
That the situation has definitely improved in Germany is shown in a report received from responsible German sources: Four new lodges have affiliated with the United Grand Lodge of Germany; many new members are being received, and particularly those who are :fleeing out of the Eastern Zones. Conditions in Berlin are quite acute, due to the political picture; a solution of conditions there might effect a union of eastern and western elements of Freemasons. Conditions are definitely improved in the relationship of German and European grand lodges; this is noticeable in Switzerland, Vienna, and the Netherlands. Only time will effect the relationship in England, Ireland, and Scotland, which is becoming more favorable day by day. Only the French situation remains unsolved. United G. L. Germany continues to receive recognition; recently there have been added: Arizona, Georgia, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania. A conference of Grand Masters of continental Europe is in the offing; several grand lodges have signified their approval. Such a conference had been planned for Austria in February, 1954. Three grand lodges are involved in the French situation: Grande Loge Nationale, Grande Loge de France, and Grand Orient de France. The first named seems to be entirely regular although small. The Grande Loge de France has recently restored the Bible to the altar; this should have a positive effect; a similar move is possible in the Grande Orient de France. Quasi-masonic organizations (Eastern Star and Demolay) have not rooted themselves very deeply in Germany. Only progress is being made in Royal Arch Masonry, a chapter having been formed in Frankfurt; two other chapters are being planned and may be in existence by this time, held up only by a translation into German of the rituals.
- 94c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
LODGE IN MUNICH, GERMANY
One of our exchanges is authority for the statement that a new lodge has been instituted in Munich, Germany, as of July 2, 1953. The old Masonic Club which existed there has been discontinued and a new lodge, Ort Bavarian Lodge U.D. has been instituted in lieu thereof. The lodge bears the name of Lt. Col. Ort, who was killed in a plane accident in the Mediterranean. The Master of the new lodge is Thos. H. Taylor (CWO, USA); the senior warden, Capt. James P. Mullins; Capt. W m. H. Craig, junior warden. The lodge works under the Grand Lodge of Texas. AMERICANS IN ICELAND
It is said that wherever three Americans gather together, a club is formed; this was almost true in Iceland where the Northern Lights Masonic Club was formed October 6, 1949, and which will soon celebrate their fifth anniversary. The club is located at Keflavik, 175 miles from the Arctic Circle, and at the extreme southwestern tip of Iceland. The club was originally founded by employees of Lockheed Aircraft, but with the arrival of American troops in 1951, it has civilians, Army, Air, and Naval personnel. There was recently organized a Grand Lodge of Iceland, whose lodges once worked under the National Grand Lodge of Denmark; three of the club members are members of one of the Danish lodges (Edda). NEW GRAND LODGE FORMED IN ISRAEL
It is news when a ne'v Grand Lodge is formed, so well organized is the Masonic 'Vorld at the present time. And news that a Grand Lodge of Israel has been formed is extremely good news, for an attempt had been made some time ago to set up a grand lodge in that area under the same name; but its antecedents were poor, and while some jurisdictions rushed out to extend recognition, others waited to see what was to happen-and it was well. A new grand lodge has been formed in Israel-to be known as the Grand Lodge of Israel)' it will include the better elements of the old grand lodge of that name which was composed of miscellaneous groups of Egyptian origin; at least they were originally chartered by a grand lodge in Egypt, a grand lodge which has little standing in the Masonic world. The formation of the new grand lodge had been foreseen for many months; it was sponsored by the Grand Lodge of Scotland which had lodges in the eastern Mediterranean. Lodg-cs which had been established there in recent years were plainly an invasion of jurisdiction.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
95c
Through Brother George A. Ashkar, a district superintendent for -the Grand Lodge of Scotland, we have been supplied with many details concerning Freemasonry in that part of the ,vorld. Freemasonry found no place in the area known today as Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and Jordan until 1861; this territory was then a part of the old Turkish Empire. But May 6, 1861, the Grand Lodge of Scotland issued a charter to Palestine Lodge No. 415 j its members were engaged in commerce, and it depended for its life on this type of membership; apparently it accepted few of the natives, and, consequently,. its life was short. Again, it worked in the English language, and those that knew English, with the exception of British nationals, were few. The institution was never popular during the Turkish regime; Bro. Ashkar writes: The charge to always conceal and never reveal was strictly kept by Freemasons of that period, even in announcing their relationship to the craft-for once known to be a Freemason, meant "atheism" and "antiregime." This situation necessarily limited the membership to such calibre of men as were free in thought, courageous, and intellectuals. Thus it was selective, exclusive, and limited to men of determination.
There are few records of the original lodge-Palestine. But J anuary 4, 1869, another lodge was instituted-Loge le Liban-holding charter from the Grand Orient de France. Though it was of French descent, the Arabic was quite often used; on the other hand it opened its doors to citizens of the country, and thus struggled on for fifteen or more years. Into its lodge hall came men prominent in the intellectual and political life of the country, and undoubtedly as a result of this friendship, many plans were worked out for a later union of the Arabs-results which showed up in vVorld Vvar T. Most of the revolutionary poems of the day were composed by the brother who served as secretary of the lodge. He probably received no extra salary for this patriotic service! At any rate, the Turkish government was never able to locate the author. Turkey had sent as Governor to Damascus, a brother by the name of Madhat Pasho, a Freemason of high standing; our readers need not be surprised to know that he was later sent into exile-and later, death. Lodges were few between 1869 and 1900, and those which were formed had short life; Italy had a few lodges there, and there were some clandestine groups. Yet, not all of the officials in Turkey were opposed to Freemasonry; many had traveled in Europe and America, where they had become acquainted with the fraternity and its ideals; through this medium, many lodges enjoyed official protection. The beginning of the 20th century gave rise to another lodgePeace Lodge No. 908 chartered by the Grand Lodge of Scotland;
96c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
and in spite of the fact that Turkey suspended the workings of all societies during the war (1914), the lodge carried on its activities and many Turkish officials joined. It is still an active lodge. This lodge found a fertile field for its work; the French Grand Lodge路 had deviated from the principles of international Freemasonry by its action in regard to the Holy Bible; the people were extremely religious by nature; the lodge attracted the attention of anglo-saxon-minded youth, who found in the American College and similar institutions those things which they sought. The lodge leaders were men of sound faith and held prominent positions in civil life; the country reaped from such activities a bountiful harvest. Peace Lodge was the mother lodge of many other lodges; scarcely a lodge erected after 1900, which did not have members of Peace Lodge among its founders; there were eleven such lodges in fourteen years scattered throughout Lebanon, Syria and Palestine. But W orId War I caused a discontinuance of activities, with the exception of Peace Lodge. The close of the V:rar created two spheres of influence-Lebanon and Syria, working under French Mandate; Palestine, under British influence. This, in itself, effected a change in the trend of Freemasonry in both areas~ne to the better; the other to the worse. Into Lebanon and Syria came many grand lodges-the Grand Lodge of Egypt, the Grand Loge de France, Grand Orient of Egypt, Grand Lodge of New York, and others. As Bro. Ashker has well said: The Mastership mania gave rise to a new lodge every three or four months.
We may assure our Beirut brother that this mania is not altogether confined to the Far East. But to resume-standards were lowered in Syria and Lebanon-instead of men of determination and character, many joined whose sole aim was to benefit by membership-and it outnumbered the former class. French influences made many lodges political in character; many new lodges appeared under charters from the Gran Loge of France. And now we shall quote directly from Brother Ashkar's letter: The case did not stop with an increase in lodges, but there arose another blend of thought which created what they held to be grand lodges, and within a few years there arose a Grand Lodge of Syria and Lebanon, a Grand Lodge of Syria, a Grand Lodge of Lebanon, etc., created for no other reason than self-interest. In Palestine there arose a Grand Lodge of Palestine; most of these bodies were sponsored by the Grand Lodge of Egypt. In none of these groups were there any of the lodges sponsored by the Grand Lodges of Scotland, England, or New York. These groups struggled for several years without attaining very much recognition.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
97c
The Palestine question had its effect on Freemasonry; three or four of the lodges working under Scotland closed, their membership having left the country; one lodge moved to Lebanon; another took steps to remove to Amman, capital of the Hashinite Kingdom. Again, the State of Israel emerged as a sovereign state, causing lodges in that area to form a Grand Lodge of Israel, and in October, 1953, this Grand Lodge took final shape, being supported by the leading Freemasons in English, Scottish and American lodges. And today there are no lodges in Israel which worked under Scotland or Palestine, a very happy solution to a vexing problem.
At the present time there are eight lodges working in the eastern area under the Grand Lodge of Scotland; seven work under New York, both groups cooperating with each other. Two work in English; Arabic is the official language of the other groups. Lodges meeting in Beirut, Horns, and Mina, working under Scotland, have their own buildings. ANew York lodge meets in the building. Each of these lodges has a definite charity program; there is no social Masonic activity, yet the Freemasons are at the head of many of the welfare programs carried on in that country. Of course there are clandestine bodies existing in the Far East and those who expect to visit there should be circumspect. In the regular lodges there must be some 6,000 or more members. There are several Royal Arch Chapters; one of these chapters uses Arabic, and rituals of both lodge and chapter have been translated into that language. Royal Arch Masonry was introduced in the early 1920's, all holding charters from the Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland; there is a Mark Master Lodge which works under English charter; this lodge once met in the quarries underneath King Solomon's Temple. Bro. Ashkar says: It would be unfair to many to mention outstanding Freemasons and their civic connections; but it would not be out of place to state that Freemasonry has created a large civic conscience; it has done much to abolish certain barriers between communities, replacing those "barriers with a sense of social and civic responsibility, and a cooperation between individuals who were brought up in narrow spheres.
Thus does Freemasonry "conciliate" true friendship among those who might otherwise have remained at a perpetual distance." LORD ELGIN OF SCOTLAND VISITS ISRAEL
It was a very happy solution to a troublesome situation when the Grand Lodge of Scotland determined to set up a regular and legitimate Grand Lodge in" Israel. Upon the return of the delegation from Grand Lodge, Lord Elgin, who had served as chairman of the group, made a complete report to his Grand Lodge, and we have been favored with a typed copy. He was accompanied by the Grand Secretary:
98c
THE MASONIC WORLD
Our original plan, which provided that we arrive in Jerusalem two days before the ceremony in order that we should get to know our brethren there intimately and also to enable us to have op.e or two rehearsals, was rudely disturbed. When Grand Secretary, Brother Cohen, and I arrived in London on the evening of Friday, 16th October, we were informed that our aircraft, due to leave the following afternoon, would be twelve hours late in departing. This soon became twenty-four hours, and indeed we made inquiries about alternative routes. I may say incidentally that Brother Cohen was rather happy about this delay because it meant that we should not have to leave before sundown on Saturday. Finally we became airborne on Sunday night at 10 :30 p.m., and just as the lights of London were fading away to the north, the pilot intimated that we should have to return to base to have some mechanical defect on the aircraft attended to. We returned, and we were told that the delay might be one, two, three, or four hours, and that we should be given a meal in the meantime. We set off f9r a second time about 3: 30 a.m. on the Monday morning to arrive at Lydda, in Israel, at 5: 30 in the evening. It was a real pleasure to be greeted there by Brother Dr. Colenso-Jones, Brother Max Silverstone and other Brethren of the Israeli lodges. A journey through the hills of Judea brought us to Jerusalem about 7:30 p.m. After a much-needed bath and shave-I may put a parenthesis in there that Grand Secretary did not need it because he had taken the opportunity of a shave in Athens and he was so delighted with that shave that he left his razor there(Laughter.). We had a meal and at 10 o'clock repaired to the Y.M.C.A. Hall to carry out a rehearsal. I may say that the Y.M.C.A. building is perhaps the most imposing in new Jerusalem. From its high tower you look east over the Old City of Jerusalem, and to the south you can see Bethlehem, both in the Kingdom of Jordan, and to the west the mountains of Israel leading down to the plain. The following morning we were invited to meet his Excellency the President, Mr. Ben Zvi, who extended to us a warm welcome to Israel. I was privileged to express on your behalf the purpose of our journey and our pleasure at being so graciously received. Preceded by an official lunch, the ceremonial in the afternoon began at 3 p.m. With Brother Dr. Colenso-Jones supporting me as (Acting) Senior Warden, Brother Cohen as (Acting) Junior Warden, and Grand Secretary in a new role as Grand Director of Ceremonies, I opened the Grand Lodge of Scotland. I can truthfully say that no installing master could have wished for a better team. Brother Dr. Colenso-Jones was an absolute tower of strength in both ritual and ceremonial and it was obvious that he had secured the love and respect of all the brethren in Israel: Brother Cohen gave me personal support of a most tender and even fatherly character, while Grand Secretary showed himself to the manner born in the office of Director of Ceremonies and won the complete obedience of all concerned by his charming manner. Some three or four hundred brethren had assembled for the occasion. We had many distinguished brethren from sister constitutions, including Brother Cornelius Davidson, Grand Master of the Grand East of the Netherlands, to whom I extended a cordial welcome. We had hoped to have with us His Excellency Brother Sir Francis Evans, K.C.M.G., the British Ambassador to Israel, but his duties at the time prevented him attending. However, the Deputation from Scotland and several of our Israeli brethren had the pleasure of dining with Sir Francis two days later. My first pleasant duty after opening Grand Lodge and welcoming our visitors, was to read out the message of goodwill which had been cabled to me by the Grand Master Mason. Thereafter, the Masters of the
195*
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
99c
five Scottish Ludges-Lodge of the Holy Oity, N-o. 1972; Rubin, No. 1376; Miiilpah, No. 1383; Shar01/" No. 1387; and Aviv, No. 1397, sur/ rendered their Charters which I received on your behalf. As the Grand Chaplain was not with us, I undertook the responsibility of addressing the brethren on the Nature and Obje(J/;s of Freemasonry, the title of my address 'being the beautiful Hebrew greeting word '.' Shalom," which means "Peace." I understand, Most Worshipful Grand Master Mason, that it is your wish that a copy of this Oration be incorporated in the printed report. (Applause.) Several things impressed me deeply on this occasion- the solemnity and dignity of the work we were doing, the thought that we had opened the Grand Lodge of Scotland so near tile spot where fliram built the Temple of King Solomon, the, beautiful chanting in Hebrew of the old Psalms of David as we perambulated
-Lord Elgin constitutes new Grand Lodge of Israel. \
the lodge bearing with us the vessels of Corn, Wine and Oil, the prayers and readings from the Volume of the Sacred Law in Hebrew, and' finally, after the Benediction, the long blast sounded on the ram's horn, the ancient symbol in the presence of The Most High, of the ending on one era and the co=encement of a new. We had erected and consecrated The Grand Lodge of the State of Israel, and the Grand Lodge of Scotland was closed. After an interval we returned to the hall. I opened The Grand Lodge of the State of Israel for the first time in the First Degree, and thereafter installed Brother Shabetai Levi, C.B.E., into the Chair as Grand Master and handed him the gavel. Following upon this the Grand Lodge transacted its business-in Hebrew. 4 I should mention here that there existed previously in Israel a Grand Lodge which was not recognized by the Grand Lodge of Scotland, and when it became known that a new Grand Lodge was being erected in Israel, this body entered into negotiations with our Organizing Committee, as all felt that it was desirable, and indeed, essential, to have
lOOc
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
Masonic unification in Israel, if at all possible. Happily these negotiations were successful. After the Constitution had been adopted and Charters issued to our Founder Lodges, a touching and momentous incident occurred. A resolution was adopted whereby the Grand Lodge of the State of Israel could issue Charters to the Lodges of the other group, provided an assrnance be given, and an Obligation taken, that the Brethren of these Lodges would adhere to the ancient landmarks of the Order, and would maintain and support the Constitution and Laws of the Grand Lodge of the State of Israel. Immediately after the passing of that resolution, the Masters of all these Lodges were admitted to Grand Lodge, took the Obligation, and received their new Charters. Finally, the brethren being upstanding, Brother Dr. Shaoni and the other Most Worshipful Brethren who accompanied him were ushered into Grand Lodge and invited to the East, and as a token of the good will which had been established, Brother Dr. Shaoni was placed on the left of the Most Worshipful Grand Master and invested as Immediate Past Grand Master. (Applause.) I was deeply moved by this incident and feel that it is a happy augury for the peace ·and prosperity of Freemasonry in the State of Israel. With your good wishes, I presented to the Grand Lodge of the State of Israel a framed photograph of His Late Majesty, and I should like to place on record that I was made the first Honorary Member of their Grand Lodge, while Brother Dr., Colenso-Jones and Grand Secretary received the Honorary Rank of Senior Grand Warden. (Applause.) I do not know if Grand Secretary is wearing his jewel, but I am. During our few remaining days in Israel we saw much of the brethren and had many opportu:nities of informal discussion which I am sure will prove helpful to our brethren in Israel. WHAT THE SCOTS ARE DOING
Alexandria Lodge No. 4184, Alexandria, Egypt, and the Sudan, and the Lodge of Four Hills No. 5185, Jerusalem, having ceased to meet, "owing to changed conditions," and therefore no prospect of being revived, have been erased from the roll of England's lodges. Speaking before the Grand Lodge of Scotland, Bro. J. W. Burness said: Greece is a beautiful country and the Greeks are charming people, and it has been a source of great happiness to me to live there (Athens), and to find that by living there I am able not only to look on with inte-rest at Greek Freemasonry, but to take an active part in it. I am the reigning Master of an English-speaking lodge under the Grand Lodge of Greece. We work a most peculiar mixture of rituals, for in the first degree we work an English translation of a modified Greek translation of a French ritual of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. For the second degree and third degree, we use the little green book which you all know, is the standard of Scotland's Freemasonry.
•Among the annuitants receiving money from Scottish Benevolence Fund are widows from Hong-Kong, India, Abadan, Jerusalem, Penang, and Teheran. Joint meetings of the Grand Lodges of England, Ireland, and Scotland were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, September 18, 1953.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
10Ic
A new lodge has been instituted (Scotland) in Nigeria, to be located at Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria and known as Lodge Obanta. A duplicate charter was ordered for Lodge Jordan, Amman No. 1339, the "original having been destroyed or lost in the upheaval in Palestine in 1948; the lodge which once met in Jaffa, Palestine, has re-formed in Amman. It was reported that a conference of South African Grand Masters was held in the Masonic Temple, at Durban, South Africa, June 26, 1953. The universality of Scottish benevolences is seen in the award of scholarships to Suzanne Minas Kre7corian, age 21, daughter of late brother of Lodge Taurus, Alexandretta, Syria, to continue studies in music at Beirut. Khalid Masal7chy, age 17, son of late 'brother, member of Lodge Peace No. 908, Beirut, to assist in studies at Moslem High School in Beirut.
A lodge working in the Afrikaans language has been chartered by Scotland; it is located at Brakpan, Transvaal, and will be known as Lodge Eenheid. And a lodge has been instituted at Chroma, Rhodesia, known as Lodge Chroma No. 1480. THE ITALIAN SITUATION
A bulletin issued by the Grand Orient of Italy, under date of October 8, 1953, announces the election of that well known Italian brother, Dr. Publio Cortini, to be Grand Master. Bro. Cortini was the logical man for the job; his sincerity and understanding, his wide acquaintance, and a fine personality, made him the logical candidate. The new Grand Secretary is Enzo Minutillo; the address of the Grand Orient is Palazzo Giustiniani, an old Roman Palace which fronts the celebrated Pantheon of Rome. Dr. Cortini succeeds the late Ugo Lenzi, who was born August 9, 1875, in Bologna, and died April 21, 1953. Dr. Cortini has visited Missouri and has many friends in this jurisdiction who extend their congratulations upon this well deserved honor. The irregular Serenissima Gran Loggia d'Italia still disturbs the Masonic waters; a recent circular issued by it says: It is my pleasure to bring to your knowledge the nomination of Br. Sydney Ermete Orefice to the rank of Deputy Grand Master in charge of affairs in the United States. He is assigned to conduct all negotiations for the recognition of this Grand Lodge by all the Grand Lodges in the United States of America. The offices of this representative of ours in New York will be: Br. Sydney Ermete Orefice, 8-10 Bridge St., N. Y. Sincerely, (and fraternally) II Gran Segretario G. L. Marzorati.
102c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
American Freemasonry should be quite interested in any irregular group which sets itself up in a state which already recognizes a perfectly legitimate grand lodge; and one wonders who supplies the funds for this propaganda center ~ Another circular from this grand lodge states that on November 15, Goffredo Sollazzo was elected their Grand Master, the Grand Lodge meeting in Milan. The Grand Orient of Italy would come in for general American recognition but for a situation which exists between the two Supreme Councils of the Scottish Rite in this country; one (Northern) recogni7.es the Supreme Council formed on the Grand Orient; the other (Southern) recognizes the Supreme Council formed on Serenissima Grand Lodge. Just why should American grand lodges permit Supreme Councils dictate as to what grand lodge should, or should not, be recognized? Let's decide what is the regular grand lodge, recognize it, and let the other bodies build on that. Any other action will breed disunity. Personal prejudice is not Masonic. RITO NACIONAL MEXICANO
Officers of this discredited Rite have issued (October 1953) a broadside PROCLAMA, directed to all lodges and Freemasons in Mexico, to unite under one banner and present a united front to the enemies of lib,erty, equality and fraternity, adding that the invitation does not have the character of an amnesty, but inspired by a fervent desire to give to the Mexican National Rite the merited strength and belligerence to actuate it in this historic moment in the national life, presenting a front to all the enemies of progress and of human liberty, its mercenaries, and auxiliaries.
The Proclama concludes with an appeal for all Freema.sons to unite, presumably under the banners of Rito Mexicano! CHARITY IN MEXICO
The (Old Mexico) York Rite Trestle-Board, official organ of York Grand Lodge of Mexico, gives a story of a practical charity: A boy reported to his headmaster that his mother had died and the father was desperately ill without means. The headmaster was the Master of Toltec Lodge, and he found that the father in question had been a member of Anahuac lodge. They enlisted the help of a brother, placed the man in the hospital, and the wife of the Master took the boy to her home. At a meeting of Anahuac lodge, the Masters of both Anahuac and Toltec lodges pleaded the case. It needed only a few minutes, and without asking, money was piled on the secretary's desk, and delivered to the Master with which to pay the hospital bill and the service of a specialist. The patient smiled for the first time in months and prayed that God might bless the brethren who had not forgotten him. The spe-
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
103c
cialist refused to present a bill. The man is out of the hospital and the committee will secure him a job.
Truly, Charity is not confined to anyone country! SCOTLAND FREEMASONS ' 'WALK"
One of our facetious friends, observing a clipping in a Scottish newspaper which referred to "Melrose Masons' Annual Walk," said that, being Scotch, no wonder they walked, reminding us of the story of the man who telephoned down to a lodge hall in Scotland, asking them to send him up "two or three of their Freemasons," in the belief that they worked without charge. But to return to our real story; the clipping reads: Melrose Masons' Walk took place at Melrose on Saturday evening when members of the Melrose lodge and many from other lodges marched in a torchlight procession to Melrose Abbey. The processions were led by a band, and in the Abbey, at the reputed resting place of the heart of King Robert the Bruce, the band led the singing of "Scots Wha Hae" and "Flowers of the Forest." A short address was given by Rev. G. E. Crowe, Yarrow. The procession then re-formed and marched round the town.
Our South Dakota friend, Rev. David Graham, whose nationality would not be hard to ferret out, tells us: " "Talks" were common among the fraternal and other groups in Scotland, although it has not been too common in Freemasonry. In my youth the Oddfellows had their "walks" and so did the "Freegardeners," a fraternal order (they went back to Adam as the first gardener). The most common walk was the Orangemen. Actually, the "walk" is a parade, but that word seems to be reserved for official parades in which military units play a part. An exception is the Church Parade of fraternal orders, boy scouts, boy's brigade, etc. One early memory is that of seeing Dumbarton Kilwinning Lodge No. 18 on its Church Parade; they were led by a uniformed pipe (bagpipe) band, and I can still see the proud old Bible Bearer with the Great Lights.
Our reverend brother' tells of another instance where an old Orangeman had died and left a request for the Orangemen to participate in the funeral. He lived just outside the cemetery gates at Dumbarton, and the lodge was expected to escort his body to the cemetery, but by custom they were required to march past their own hall on such occasions. The hall was located more than two miles from the cemetery, but the lodge made the round trip, and the local newspaper commented on the nice long wai7c they had.
All of which reminds us of a small town in which we once lived where there existed quite a colony of Negroes. The colored church was in the southern part of the town, as was the cemetery. A funeral was an event in the life of the colored population and all of the old cabs and surreys available were requisitioned in such cases. If the deceased happened to be a "fraternal" he rated a band (also col-
104c
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
ored), and since there was such a large investment, it was necessary that the entire proceession parade through the business district and return past the church to the cemetery where the final obsequies were carried out. WHAT OF TRIESTE?
Masonic groups in Trieste have, for some time, been attempting to secure recognition from American grand lodges. Most of our grand lodges are of the opinion that conditions in Trieste are too uncertain to extend recognition at this time; and again, it is believed they should continue to be associated with the Grand Orient of Italy. A laic view of the situation appears in a Daily Press Review of April 24, 1954, issued by the public information officer of the Allied Military Government in the Free Territory of Trieste. It quotes an excerpt from the newspaper Il Corriere di Trieste, a left wing publication: "Vita Nuova's" last edition contains a bold article against Freemasonry, occasioned, of all things, by "Giornale di Trieste's" comments on Triestine history, the pompous word "history" being applied to petty grandmother's tales. . . . " . . . The article in 'Vita Nuova' recalls that prior to the First World War relations between Catholics and Freemasons were far from idyllic and such as to harm the compactness of the Italian nationalist front, whose leadership was in Freemasonic hands . . . , '. . . It furthermore preaches brotherly love and the need of forgetting the past, but in advocating this need it obviously overlooks the fact that the anathemas launched by the Church against the Freemasons have driven the latter out of the Catholic community for so long, at least, as these anathemas will remain in force. "However, 'Vita Nuova's' apprehensions are of a very different nature; they have a definitely historical significance, with one eye cocked at present-day politics. It is obvious that anyone afflicted with Irredentism views all and everything from that angle. For the Triestine Catholic journal, and a good many other people as well, the Freemasons are just one constituent of the Irredentist front, Le., allies with whom one may without misgivings or after-thought enter into a friendly dispute designed to clear an episode of the historical past or elucidate some specific fact. "It would indeed be highly prejudicial to the unity of the superItalia.ns if the Pope's opinion about Freemasonry were in any way mentioned in a polemic. "Thus 'patriotism,' or what goes under this name, has achieved the baffling miracle of bringing into unison, 'even apparently irreconcilable elements. Naturally this indulgent attitude of certain Catholic circles in Trieste, and also of the Church (the Bishop of Trieste having taken good care to avoid in his pastorals any reference to the delicate subject) has in the course of a few years led to the reflourishing of local Freemasonry, which has reconquered in full its one time bureaucratic, political and cultural positions, and was by Demochristian-Catholic acquiescence enabled to become again the secret power that guides important sectors of our communal life. "Everything is as it was, or even better than that, and nevertheless
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
lOSe
there are people who still believe in the 'Social momentum' inherent in Christian Democracy! This momentum, oh naive friends and fellowcitizens, has already come into play and has given back to Freemasonry the key-positions in our social organization. Not anti-religious hatred has achieved this, but 'patriotic loyalty' which, as one sees, is Borne,times at variance with loyalty to God. "But we live in Trieste where capers of all kinds are permissible if done in the glorious sign of the Tricolour." BY WAY OF A CONCLUSION
The lights burn low; the hour of midnight is at hand; our 100 pages have been completed. We have labored through some 65 proceedings o~ grand lodges in order to produce the bulk of what we have reported. There is much sameness in these proceedings: Maso'nic Home reports, dispensations by the hundreds, Carl Claudy presenting White House cornerstones, and Dr. Thos. Roy making Masonic addresses. We think we have the latter two committed to memory by this time. And there are grand lodges wrestling with liability insurance, physical qualifications (no mental included, although it should be considered), introduction of VIP's (which require too much time of grand lodges), extraneous societies (many of the drunken variety), lotteries, chain letters, foreign recognition, and many other problems which make a regular menagerie. And one or two of our "modernistic" brethren would do away with the use of the word "foreign" in connection with the listing of grand lodges. One D. vVebster describing the word, refers to it as: "outside one's own country," "not pertaining to one's homeland," "not native or domestic," "related to or dealing with other countries." If grand lodges in other countries are "not outside our own country," just how should we describe them? Did not our ancient brethren "travel in foreign countries?" As for us, we see no object in making such a change. About twenty-five years ago, a grand master of our own jurisdiction got it into his cranium that the word "Charity" smacked too much of "public relief," and so our committee on Charity emerged as a committee on Welfare. To have been consistent, the ritual should have been changed to "but the greatest of these is WELFARE." Our distinguished brother did not realize that Charity is nothing more than LOVE-and why be ashamed of Love ~ The Great Exemplar commanded us to Love one another; he did not tell us to extend Welfare to our suffering brethren. The average brother does not care to have his welfare looked after by another, yet at the same time craves fraternal fellowship and the love of fellowman. We cannot close our review of the Masonic World, now in its 22d year, without again impressing on the minds of our readers the great objective-international unity. 'Ve don't like to criticize any
106e
THE MASONIC WORLD
1954
particular grand lodge, yet they are made up of individuals who have their prejudices, and these prejudices are reflected in the attitude of their grand lodges. Weare too much like some religious denominations in that we are broken up into groups by different creeds and groupings; there is said to be more than 250 protestant religious denominations. We must not reach that place, although we do know of several generally recognized grand lodges which could not pass the test imposed by some of our grand lodges. And yet some of our grand lodges continue to quote Mackey's "twentyfive landmarks," as if they were Blackstone. No one yet has ever seen an Ancient Landmark; it is a dodo-bird, a sort of an ogre with which to impress ignorant brethren. When the United Grand Lodge of England stated that' a Grand Lodge could change its policies, it caused the death of any such thing as a "Landmark." If all of the pages of proceedings, and writings concerning Landmarks, were placed end to end-well that would be a good place to put them. Landmarks, some 75 in variety, prevent Masonic Unity; prejudiced brethren prevent International Unity; some grand lodges may appear to want Unity, but they put forth no effort to obtain it. International, or even internal unity, will never be obtained unless it is wanted. Fraternally, RAY V. DENSLOW. Trenton, Mo. July 1, 1954.
INDEX Africa: see ' , South A.frica' , ; Scotland constitutes lodges in, 10lc Alaska: status of lodges in, 5ge 'Albert Pike Lodge No. 303 (Kans.): largest lodge in the world, 7lc Alcorn, James F.: writes history of Euclid Lodge, 18e Allied Masonic Degrees: publishes Miscellanea, 16c Alpha Lodge No. 116 (N.J.): colored lodge, 58c Amaranth, Order of: listed as extraneous society, 29c, 30c Amos, Bill: Freemason, 21c Anti-Masonry: conditions in California, 26c; in England, 76c; in Manila, 77c; in Randolph County, Mo., 45c; Vatican disapproves Masonic book, 77e Antiquity: Irish claims to, 3c; of Irish ritual, 7c Arbury, Ward: in the news, 20c Argentina: recognized by Idaho, Iowa, N ew Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, 67c Arnold, Remmie L.: biographical, 19c Arthur, Harold J.: in the news, 63c Ashby, Nathan James: biographical, 40c Australasia: see" New Zealand"; , , Queensland"; "South Australia ' , ; , , Tasmania' , ; " Victoria " Australia: Co-Masonry in, 31c Austria: recognized by Delaware, District of Columbia, Indiana, New York, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, 67c Baird, Admiral George W.: Freemason, 33c Balchen, Col. Bernt: in the news, 63c Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: commemorative service, 7lc Barrett, Jesse: a Freemason, 22c Battle, John S.: a Freemason, 22c, 63c Beardsley, Wm. S.: in the news, 62c
Bede, Elbel't: volume on Landmarks, 17c Bequests: to Masonic Home and Shrine Hospital, 24c Berlin Lodge No. 40: Rhode Island lodge in Berlin, 54c Bible: use of revised edition, 58c Bible, Dana T.: a Freemason, 21c Bidwell, John: biographical, 35c Bierman, Bernie: a Freemason, 21c Bland, Richard P,: biographical, 23c Blood Banks, 70c, 71c, 72c Boggs, J. Caleb: in the news, 62c Bold Women, The: disguised propaganda, 78c Bollen, Robert Wilkinson: biographical, 37c Books and Pamphlets: 15c-19c Brazil: conditions in, 81c; Piaui recognized by California, Maryland, North Carolina, Vermont; Ceara and Rio Grande do SuI recognized by North Carolina, 67c Bricker, Sen. John W.: speaks at Grand Masters dinner, 25c British-Scandinavian Bloc, 83c Brooks, Gen. Sir Dallas: Governor and Grand Master of Victoria, 81c Brown, Wm. Moseley: author lodge history, 15c;' supplies Tucker photo, 47c; writes story of Imperial Potentate, 19c Browne, Commodore John M.: a Freemason, 33c Burbank, Luther: a Freemason, 33c California: Missouri Freemasons in, 39c Canada: Ontario, 84c; New Brunswick, N ova Scotia, 85e; Saskatchewan, 86c Canadian Masonic Research Association: publishes story of a Masonic lodge, 17c Catholic Church: school bus ruling, 78c Cerza, Alphonse: author of "Let There Be Light," 16c Charity: in Ireland, 8c; review, 63c
l07c
lOBe
THE- MASONIC WORLD
Chile: recognized by Ohio, 67c China: recognized by California, Wyoming, 67c Chinese: may petition lodge, 29c Circle of Masonry, The: chart issued by MSA, 16c Clandestine Organizations, 52c Clement, Frank G.: in the news, 63c Coghlan, Rear Admiral Joseph B.: a Freemason, 33c Cohn, Louis: biographical, 37c Cole, W. Sterling: in the news, 20c Colombia: Masonic situation in, 74c; quiet in, 87c Colorado: clandestine lodges in, 52c; pilgrimage to Masonic Temple, 33c Co-Masonry: in Australia, 31c Conference of Grand Masters: 1954 meeting, 25c Conference of Grand Secretaries: 1954 meeting, 28c Corbett, Harvey W.: death noted, 22c Cornell, Ezra: a Freemason, 20c Cornerstones: is ceremony obsolete, 28c Costa Rica: recognized by Kentucky, 67c Courtesy Degrees: Washington does not welcome, 59c Cowles, John H.: death noted, 22c Cross, Gov. Sir Ronald: initiation, 81c Crossle, Philip: death noted, 14c Daniel, Sen. Price: in the news, 63c Davis, Monnett B.: death noted, 21c Decisions, Discipline, Dispensations, 28c Denmark: NGL recognized by Washington, 67c Denny, Judge Emery Byrd: in the news, 63c Deserter: not eligible for Masonic degrees, 28c Donoughmore, Lord: installs Master, l4c路 Draffen, George S. : article on Mark Degree, l8c Dual Membership: in New York, 52c
1954
Duden, Colgate W., Jr.: a Freemason, 22c Dunlop, Wm. J.: in the news, 63c Eastern Star: forbidden in Australia, 3lc, 80c; forbidden in New Zealand, 80c Eastern Star, the Evolution from a Rite to an Order: volume by Voorhis, 17c Edward VII: visit to Missouri, 50c Egypt: Grand Lodge accused of being in politics, 67c Elgin, Lord: photo, constituting GL of Israel, 99c Ellis, Arthur MacDonald: biographical, 40c England: anti-Masonry in, 76c; agreements. with Ireland and Scotland, 83c; extinct lodges in, 82c; photo, Masonic Temple London, frontispiece; Year Book, 16c Eric Lodge No. 3 (Ohio): story of,18c Euclid Lodge No. 505 (Mo.): story of, l8c Exposures: in Ireland, 4c Extraneous Societies, 29c Fahrt zur Bruderschaft in del' Neuen Welt: GM Vogel's report to UGL Germany, 15c Fields, Judge Stephen J.: a Freemason, 33c Finger Prints: required in Louisiana, 71c Finland: recognized by Utah, 67c Fisher, Dr. Geoffrey: attacked by anti-Masons, 76c Fleming, Sir Alexander: received New York distinguished service award, 68c Foreign: use of word, 105c Four Chaplains: death of Rev. Geo. L. Fox, 72c Fox, Rev. George L.: one of the Four Chaplains, 72c France: history of Grand Lodge, 87c; Masonic conditions in, 84c; NGL recognized by Arkansas, Dist. of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, 67c Fraser, Simon: early Canadian Freemason, 17c
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
Freemasons ' 'Walk" : annual Scottish observance, I03c }~rom 'l'hese Beginnings: biography of Imperial Potentate, 19c Fruka, Henry: a Freemason, 2lc Gairdner, Lt. Gen. Sir Charles: Governor of Western Australia, SIc Gambling: see "Liquor and Gambling" Garibaldi, Gen. Giuseppe: Italian patriot, 22c Gates, Frank T.: renders Masonic service, 64c George, Sir Robert A.: Governor of South Australia, 8lc Germany: irregular Gross Loge von Berlin, 52c; Masonic situation in,. 93c; lodge in Munich, 94c; military lodges in, 54c; UGL recognized by Arizona, Dist. of Columbia, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, 67c Glover, Aquilla: biographical, 37c Gorrie, John: a Freem.ason, 33c Grand Lodge of Ireland: antiquity of ritual, 7c; chair degree, 7c; charge to candidate, 7c; charity, 8c; control over R. Arch, 7c; criticism for refusal to appoint representative, 66c; early history of, 6c; formation of, 5c; GM list, 12c; lodges outside Ireland, llc; military lodges, 14c; Provincial GL in, IOc; schism, 8c; sequence of degrees, 13c; Seton affair, 8c Grand Lodge of Missouri: honorary members of, 5lc Grand Masters: list of Irish, 12c; Missouri breakfast, 24c Gran Logis de la Republica l!~ili足 pina: irregular Grand IJodge, 52c Greece: English-speaking lodge in, IOOc; recognized by New York, Rhode Island, 68c Greenlease, Robert: a Freemason, 2lc Gross, Leonard: death noted, 47c
10ge
Hammond, John Hayes: a Freemason, 33c Harlow, Dick: a Freemason, 2lc Hawaii: California action, 69c Hays, Will H.: death noted, 2lc Head, Walter W.: death noted, 22c Hensley, Major Samuel J.: biographical, 36c Higgins, Bob: a Freemason, 2lc Higley, Harvey V.: in the news, 20c Hillman, James N.: Virginia's Grand Secretary, 22c Historical, 33c, 34c Hodge, Gen. John R.: honorary member Mississippi, 62c Holcomb, "Stu": a Freemason, 21c Hollingbery, An-in: a Freemason, 21c HonQr-ary Members: list of Missouri, 5lc Hutchison, Wm.: death noted, 2lc Iceland: American Masonic Club, 94c; recognized by New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, 68c Idaho: article on influence of Freemasonry, 34c Improper Stories: in lodge rooms, 29c Incorporation: reasons for non-, 52c Indiana: clandestine lodges, 52c Ingle, Truman L.: death noted, 2lc Insurance: Grand Lodge liability, 52c Ireland: see "Grand Lodge of Ireland"; annual communications of GL, IOc; antiquity of Irish ritual, 7c; chair degree in, 7c; disunity in, 9c; exposures, 4c; first reference to Royal Arch, 7c; formation of Grand Lodge, 5c; freemasonry in, 3c; GL of Munster, 7c; lady Freemason, 4c; list of GMs, 12c; lodges outside of, Hc; Lord Donoughmore's influence, 9c; Masonic c~arities, 8c; military lodges, 14c; Pennell's Constitutions, 7c; photo, boys school, 9c; photo, girls school, Hc; photo, Grand Lodge hall, 5c; Provin-
110e
THE MASONIC WORLD
cial lodges in, lOc; Roman Church in, 83c; schism in GL, 8c; sequence of degrees, l3c; Seton affair, 8c; Year. Book, l8c Irish Freemasons' Calendar and Directory: annual volume, l8c Israel: early lodges in, 96c, 97e; formation of new GL, 94c; Lord Elgin visits, 97c; photo, Lord Elgin constituting GL, 99c; recognized by Arizona, Delaware, Kentucky, Wyoming, 68c Italy: Dr. Publio Cortini elected Grand Master G. Orient, lOlc; Grand Orient recognized by Washington, 68c Ivanhoe Grand Lodge: Colorado clandestine group, 52c Jehovah's Witnesses: not listed as subversive, 58c J ones, Bishop Girault M.: in the news,62c Jordan, Lloyd: a Freemason, 21c Jurisdiction: in Rhode Island, 52c Kansas: to celebrate centennial, 34c Kaseyville Lodge No. 498: historical, 46c Kavanaugh, Benjamin: biographical, 41c Kennon, Robert F.: in the news, 62c Kerr, Andrew: a Freemason, 2lc King, Thomas Starr: a Freemason, 33c .Kipp, Henry Paul: in the news, 63c Kirkwood, Wm. H., Jr.: in the news, 62c Krill, Jackson N.: a Freemason, 21c Lacey, Percy: a Freemason, 21c Lafayette, George Washington: Missouri honorary member, 51c Lafayette, Gen. Marquis: honorary member of Missouri GL, 51c Laird, John Wilson: biographical, 36c Landmarks: Florida to pass on, 53c; value of, 106c Landmarks of Freemasonry: volume by Elbert Bede, 17c Lassen, Peter: biographical, 36c
1954
Latin-America: English-speaking lodges in, 61c; persecution of Freemasons in, 73c Law: violations of, 60c Lea, Gen. Homer: a Freemason, 33c Lenzi, Ugo: death noted, 10lc Lepper, J. Heron: death noted, 14c Leslie, Harry G.: a Freemason, 21c Let There Be Light: pamphlet issued by MSA, 16c Liability: Masonic charitable institutions, 57c Life Membership: in New York, 53c; in Oregon, 53c Liquor and Gambling: review, 46~ Lodge Begins, A: story of Erie Lodge No.3, Ohio, 18c Lodges: California to investigate oversized, 53c; English-speaking in Latin America, 6lc; large,
7lc Lost Word, Its Hidden Meaning: volume by Geo. H. Steinmetz, 19c McCarty, Daniel Thomas: death noted, 20c McKeldin, Theodore R.: in the news, 62c, 63c McLaughry, Dr. Armond: a Freemason,21c Macaluso, Len: a Freemason, 21c Macon Chapter No. 22 R.A.M. : centennial, 23c Magsaysay, President: attitude toward Freemasonry, 75c Mark, Gen. Mark: a Freemason, 22c Marquis, Geo. C.: receives fiftyyear button, 23c Marshall Lodge No. 39 (Va.): history issued, 15c Marshall, Dr. Wm. J.: death noted, 62c Masonic Education Today: a pamphlet, 16c Masonic Home: bequests, 24c; children visit Hannibal, Mo., 76c; comment on, 64c Masonic Service: example of community service, 54c Masons in the News, 20c-22c
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
Melody, Geo. H. C.: lodge named for, 38c Melville, Mrs. May: issues circular letter,. 24c Methodist Craftsman Club: in Texas, 30c Mexico: charity in, 102; EI Potosi recognized by Rhode Island, 68c; Rito National Mexicano circular, 102c Miles, Gen. Nelson A.: a Freemason, 33c Military Lodges: Berlin Lodge No. 45, Berlin, 54c; in Ireland, 14c; Oregon Military Lodge in Germany, 54c; Ort Bavarian Lodge, Munich, 54c; Overseas Lodge No. 40, Coblenz, 54c Mineral Point Lodge No.1: Missouri lodge inWiscollsin, 38c Minnesota: GL history, 34c Miscellanea: Allied Masonic Degrees publication, 16c Missouri: Blue Book, 19c; list of distinguished Freemasons in Blue Book, 19c; newspaper stories of lodges in northwest, 24c; represented at GM conference, 25c Missouri Blue Book, 19c Missouriana: anti-Mason, 45c' anti-Masonic days in Maco~ County, 39c; Nathan James Ashby, 40c; John Bidwell, 35c; Robert Bollen, 37c; Louis Cohn, 37c ; Arthur MacDonald Ellis, 40c; Aquilla Glover, 37c; Samuel J. Hensley, 36c; Huntsville Lodge fire, 46c; Kaseyville Lodge No. 498, 46c; Benjamin Kavanaugh, 41c ; John Wilson Laird, 36c; Peter Lassen, 36c; Melody Lodge No.2, 38c; Mineral Point Lodge No.1, 38c; Frank 1. Pfaffinger, 39c; Paris Swazy Pfouts, 42c; Slaon Pitzer, 40c; Randolph County courthouse, 45c; Wm. H. Russell, 37c; Albert Gallatin Toomes, .35c; John Townsend, 36c; Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, 40c; Jonathan T. Warner, 35c; Benj. Tulley Williams, 39c; Saschel Woods, 36c; Wm. Workman, 35c; George C. Youn t, S5c
111c
Montana: story of Paris Pfouts, 44c Moore, Charles W.: honorary member Missouri GL, 51c Munn, Clarence: a Freemason, 21c National League of Masonic Clubs: supports Universal League, 59c Nebraska: to observe centennial, 34c Netherlands: recognized by Tennessee, 68c New York Masonic Foundation: gives grants to medical. foundation, 64c New Zealand: Freemasonry in, 80c; Irish lodges in, Hc Noel, Frank: a Freemason, 21c Nomenclature: desire to change, 60c; public use of, 87c Norcross, Frank H.: death noted, 62c Northcott, Lt. Gen. Sir John: installed GM New South Wales, 81c North Dakota: biographies of Masonic Governors, 34c Northwest Missouri Lodges: newspaper stories, 24c Nova Scotia: dispute with England, 86c; review, 85e Nugent, Oscar B.: a Freemason, 22c Nye, Rev. Jonathan: honorary member Missouri GL, 51c Old Erie Lodge No.3: observes 105th anniversary, 34c Omaha Home for Boys: incorporated, 64c One Hundred Years of Capitular Masonry: issued by Delaware, Ohio, chapter, 15c Operative Guilds: in Ireland, 3c Order of Amaranth: listed as extraneous society, 29c, 30c Order of Jobs Daughters: in Texas, 30c Order of Sciots: in Texas, 30c Oregon Lodge of Research: publishes Regius history, 16c Oregon Military Lodge: in Germany, 54c Ort Bavarian Lodge: Texas lodge in Germany, 54c, 94c
112c
THE MASONIC WORLD
Outdoor Communications, 54c Overseas Lodge No. 40: Rhode Island lodge in Germany, 54c Parking Problems: 69c Past Master Degree: in Grand Lodges, 54c; in Ireland, 7c Patterson, Robert F.: addresses Grand Secretaries, 28c Persecution: Masonic, 73c Pershing, Gen. John J.: honorary member Missouri GL, 5Ic Personalities, 62c-63c Peru: GL misquotes (~), 83c; recnized by Indiana, New Mexico, 68c Pfaffinger, Frank Z.: biographical, 39c Pfouts, Paris Swazy: biographical, 42c Philippines: anti-Masonry in, 75c, 77c; irregular GI. of, 52c; story of Freemasonry in, 34c Photographs: Masonic Temple, London, frontispiece; GL Hall, Ireland, 5c; boys school, Ireland, 9c; girls school, Ireland, Hc路 Nathaniel B. Tucker, 48c; Tudker home in Williamsburg, Va., 49c; Lord Elgin constitutes GL Israel, 99c Physical Disability: 55c Pick, Fred L.: author Pocket History of Freemasonry, 15c Pitzer, Sloan: biographical, 40c Pocket History of Freemasonry: an English volume, 15c Potomac Lodge No. 5 (D.C.), Chronicles of: historical publication, 17c Provincial Grand Lodges: in Ireland, 10c; outside Ireland, Hc Publications: by Grand Lodges, 56c Qualifications: for membership, 55c Queensland: Freemasonry in, 80c Ralls, Col. John: a Freemason, 22c Randolph County (Mo.) : first courthouse, 45c Ratliff, Rev. James: anti-Masonic story, 39c Rays of Masonry: written by Dewey W ollstein, 18c
1954
Recognition: criticism of conference committee, 66c; Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, National GL France, GL France, UGL Germany, 67c; Greece, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Spain in Exile, Venezuela, 68c Redwood Lodge No. 35 (R.I.): endows hospital, 64c Regius Manuscript: issued by Ore路 gon Research Lodge, 16c Relief: see "Charity , , Research Lodges: see ' , Oregon Lodge of Research"; newly organized, 56c R.ich, Carl W.: in the news, 63c Robbins, Sir Alfred: honorary member Missouri GL, 5lc Rocky Mountain Masonic Conference: proceedings Salt I.1ake City conference, 15c R.oy, Dr. Thomas:' misquoted (n, . 83c R.oyal Arch Degree: fi1'l:lt reference in Ireland, 7c R.oyal Order of Ducks: in Texas, 30c Russell, Wm. H.: biographical, 37c St. Leger, Elizabeth: lady Freemason,4c Salvation Army: and Freemasonry, 79c Sanders, Henry: a Freemason, 2lc Sal'per , Ambassador SeUm: representative to United Nations, 20c Schoeppel, Andrew P. : in the news, 62c Scholarships: in Oregon, 56c Scotland: Masonic events in, 100c; Year Book, 18c Sears, Rev. Wm.: anti-Masonic story, 39c Seton Affair: Irish schism, 8c Sexson, W. Mark: death noted, 2lc Shivers, Gov. Allan: in the news, 63c Shrine Clubs: status in Texas, 30c Shrine Hospitals: bequests, 24c Sibelius, Jan: won Wihuri Foundation prize, 2lc Slaton, John M.: receives fiftyyear button, 62c
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
Smith, Gen. Wayne C. : in the news, 62c Snavely, Carl: a Freemason, 21c South Africa: Irish lodges in, llc, 12c South Australia: Freemasonry in,
SOc Spain in Exile: recognized by Kansas, 68c Square Club 214: African Lodge makes charitable donation to, 70c Stagg, Amos Alonzo: a Freemason, 2lc Stanford, Leland: a Freemason, 33c Steinmetz, Geo. H. : writes The Lost Word, Its Hidden Meaning, 19c Stevenson, Col. Jonathon Drake: a Freemason, 33c Summerall, Gen. C. P.: a Freemason, 22c Sunday Meetings: in South Dakota, 56c, 61c Sutherland, J. B.: a Freemason, 2lc Swaffar, Daniel W.: death noted, 47c Sweden: recognizes Swedish Rite in Berlin, 84c Taber, John: in the news, 20c Tasmania: Freemasonry in, 8Ic 'I.'axes: California investigates, 57c; discussion of, 68c Tennessee: arrests lodge charter, 58c Texas: to issue history, 34c Thurman, Dr. Samuel: speaks at GM breakfast, 24c Toomes, Albert Gallatin: biographical, 35c Townsend, Dr. John: biographical, 36c Trieste: attempt to secure recognition, I04c; may have joined Grand Orient of Italy, 68c Truman, Harry S.: presents fiftyyear button, 23c Tucker, Nathaniel Beverley: biographical, 40c, 47c; photo, 48c; photo, home in Williamsburg, Va., 49c
l13e
Tyler, James J.: writes story of Erie Lodge, 18c Unity: how not to acquire, 26c Universal League of Freemasons: danger in, 59c Utah: proceedings Salt Lake City conference, 15c; valuable educational bulletins, 58c Venezuela: recognized by Wyoming, 68c Vermont: established distinguished service medal, 58c Victoria: Freemasonry in, 8Ic Vinson, Fred M.: death noted, 20c Vogel, Dr. Theodor: trip to the new world, 15c Voorhis, Harold V. B.: publishes volume on Eastern Star, 17c Wade, Wallace: a Freemason, 2Ic Wagner, Dr. Huber: a Freemason, 21c Wainwright, Gen. Jonathan M.: death noted, 20c Walz, August F.: in the news, 62c Warner, Glen: a Freemason, 21c Warner, Jonathan Trumbull (Juan Jose): biographical, 35c Warren, Earl: California GL congratulates, 62c; Chief Justice Supreme Court, 20c Weeks, Sinclair: a Freemason, 21c Western Australia: women in Freemasonry, 3lc White, Andrew Dickson: a Freemason, 20c Williams, Benjamin Tully: biographical, 39c Wisconsin: commemoration ceremony, 34c; Missouri lodges in, 38c Wollstein, Dewey: writes Rays of Masonry, 18c Women in Freemasonry: an American opinion, 3lc; in Western Australia, 3lc Woods, Saschel: biographical, 36c Workman, Wm.: biographical, 35c Year Book: English, 16c; Scottish, ] 8c Yount, George C.: ,biographical, 35c
INDEX 1954 PROCEEDINGS PAGE
A
Adams, Charles F., Introduced Address of Grand Master Acknowledgments Beq~~st From Downs Estate DecIsIons Dispensations Educational Program George Washington Masonic Nat '1 Memorial Ass 'n Grand Lodge Officers' Meetings Grand Masters' Conference Grand Treasurer Items to Be Noted by Deputies on Visitations Linn Creek Lodge No. 152 Lodge Meetings nfasollic Home Masonic Membership Necrology Recommendations Visitations Visitations to Other Jurisdictions Address of Grand Orator Alphabetical List of Lodges Amendments Adopted Section 30A-Committee on Masonic Education Section 119-Degrees Section 28 (g)-District Deputy Grand Master Section 56-Dispensation for Dedication of Hall Section 113-Exception Section 29A-Lodges of Instruction Section 198-Permission of Building Supervisory Board Section 113A-Physically Disqualified Candidates Amendments Proposed Re Masonic Home Board Re Repeal of Section 219A Amendment Repealed Section 77A : Appeals and Grievances, Report of Committee Appointments Approval of 1953 Proceedings Auditor, Report of
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 4 19 11 12 12 10 14 19 13 11 21 12 5 8 7 11 19 16 15 103 153
. . . . . . . .
108
. .
130 129
. . . . .
115 74 133 4 38
. . . . . . . .
134 i 125
III 116 116 112 115 116 112
B
Benediction Biographical Sketch of Grand Master Sellers Boards of Relief, Report of Committee Boisseau, Marvin K, Introduced Braig, Mrs. Fern, Message From Building Supervisory Board, Report of Bullivant, Francis J., Introduced Buttons, Veterans'
4
4 119 4 28
"
2d
1954
INDEX C
Called Prom Labor Certificates of Proficiency . Chartered Lodges, Report of Committee . Chiles, Henry C., Message From . Claudy, Carl Ho, Message From Closing .... Committees, Special (1954-1955) .. Committees, Standing (1954-1955) o. Cramhlet, W. H., Introduced Credentials, Report of Committee (Interim) . Credentials, Report of Committee .. 0
0
0
0
0
••••••••
•••
0
•••
0
0
00'
000000
0
•••••••
0
•
0
•••
0
• • • • • •'
•
0
0
0
••
0
•
0
••
0
0
•
0
0
0
•••••••••
0
0
•••••
••••
••
0
•••
•••••••••••
0
0
0
•
0
••
0
•
0
••
0
0
0
00000
75·105 87 98 A 4 134 135 134 4 3 132
0
0
0
0
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•••••
0
•
•
•
••••
0
••
0
0
•
0
•
0
0
•
0
0
••••
0
000
0
•••
•••••
0
••
•
0
0
••
0
0
0
0
•
00
00'
0
0
•
0
0
••••
0
•
0
•
0
0
•
0
•
0
•••••
0
0
•
0
•••
o'
0
•••••
•••
0
•
0
00'
•••
0
•••
••
0
•
•••
0
0
0
0
0
•
•••••••
0
0
0
••••••••••••••
0
0
0
••
0
00
•••••
0
•
0
0
00'
••
0
00
•
0
••••
0
••
••••
0
0
0
•
D
Davenport, Hichard C., Introduced . Delzell, Earl, Introduced .... DePriest, Harry Bo, Message From Distinguished Guests, Introduced District Deputy Gra.nd Lecturers Presented '" District Deputy Grand Masters Presented. .. District Deputy Grand Lecturers, List of .. District Deputy Grand Masters, List of District Meetings, Heport of Committee Dixon, E. G., Introduced : 0
0000
0
0
0
•••••••
0
••
0
••
0
••••
0
0
0
••
•
0
•••
0
•••
0
0
••••••••••
0
•
0
•
0
0
0
0
••••••••••
•
0
0
0
•
0
••
•
0
••
0
••
0
0
0
•••••
0
0
•••••
0
•
0
0
•••
0
•
0
••••
0
•••
0
•••••
0
0
•••
0
0
0
••
0
0
0
0
•
•
•
•
•
0
0
0
•
•
•
0
0
•
0
••
•
•••••
0
0
0
••
0
0
••••
0
0
••
0
0
•••••••
••••••••
0
000.
0
•
•
•
0
•
•
••
•
0
0
0
•••••••
•
•
••••
0
0
0
•
o. o.
0
•
•
•
4 4 4 4 4 4 136 136 122 4
E
Earhart, W. F., Introduced Ecord, Floyd So, Introduced . Eddlemon, vVaIter Jo, Introduced Election of Directors of Masonic Home . Election of Officers ... Elected Officers of Grand Lodge, List of Entertainment of Distinguished Guests, Heport of Committee .0.
0
0
•
0
0
0
0
••
••
0
•
••••
0
0
••
••
0
0
•
0
0
•••••
•
0
0
0
•••
0
0
•••••••
0
••
••
00
0
•••
0
0
••••••
0
•••
0
0
••
0
0
•
0
0
0
•
0
•
•
•
••
0'
0
0
0
0
0
••••••
•
•
••••
•••
••••••••••
0
0
•
•
0
00
0
0
0
•
0
•••••
0
0
•••••
••
00.0
0
••••
0
•
0
••••••
o.
•••
0
0
•
0
0
4 4 4 122 122 210 132
F
Fifty Year Veterans' Buttons .. , First Day, Afternoon First Day, Morning . Foreign Correspondence, Report of Oommittee .. Foreign Hecognition, Heport of Committee .... 0
0
0
0
••
0
0
••
0
0
••••••
0
0
0
0
••
••
0
•••
0
0
•••
••
0
•••
0
0
••
0
•
0
0
••
0
••
0
••
0
•••
0
•
0
0
••••
0
0
00
0
.00
000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
•
0
••
0
0
0
0
0
0
••••
0
••••••••
0
0
••••
0
0
•
••
0
0
•
•
•
0
0
28 76 3 42 119
G
Gentry, M. Wor. Bro. Wm. R., Presented 75 George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association, Heport of Committee 123 Gordon, William C., Introduced . 4 Grand Correspondent, Report of . 42 Grand Lecturer, Report of .... 84 Grand Lodges Hecognized by Missouri 138 Grand Master Sellers Address of .. 4 Biography i Photograph Frontispiece \T ote of Thanks to o. 22 o.
0
0
•••••••
0
•••
0
0
•
0
•
0
•
0
0
•
••
•••••
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
•
0
••
0
"0
••••••••••
0
•
•
o'
0
o
0
•
0
••••••••
0
•
0
0
••
0
•
0
••
•••
0
0
0
0
0
0
•
0
••••
0
0
0
•
0
•••
0
0
•••••••
0
••
0
0
0
0
0
•
•
•
0
••
0
0
0
•••••
0
0
•
••••••
0
0
0
•••
••••
••••
0
0
0
0
••
0
0
•••••••••••
0
••
0
0
0
••••••
0
•••
0
0
0
•
•••••••••••••
0
•
0
0
0
0
••••••••
•••••••••
0
••
•••
••
0
•
0
0
0
0
0
0
••
•
•
0
••
0
•
0
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•••
0
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
0
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
0
0
••
••
0
1954
INDEX
Grand Grand Grand Grand Grand Grand Grand
Master's Address, Report of Committee .. Orator, Address of Representatives to and From Missouri '. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Secretaries and Their Addresses Secretary, Report of Secreta.ry's Tabular Statement Treasurer, Report of ...
3d 0
0
00
'0'
••••••••••••••••••
••••••••••••
0
•••
0
0
•
0
•
0
•
0
0
0
•••
0
•••••••••••••
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
••
••••••••••••••••••••••
0
22 103 214 138 24 166 37
H
Hearn, J. A., Introduced Heger, Louis F., Introduced
0
0
•••••
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
0
•••••••
•
•
•
•
•
0
••••••
•
•
•
•
•
0
•
0
•
0
•
•
4 4
I
Installation Introduction of Deputies and Lecturers Introduction of Distinguished Guests Introduction of Past Grand Masters Invitation to Scottish Rite Temple Invocation 0
0
••••
0
0
0
0
••••••
0
••
0
••
0
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
••
0
0
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
0
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•••••••••
•
J Johnson, So Neal, Introduced Jurisprudence, Report of Committee
4 106
L Land, Frank So, Message From Lathan, J. Pred, Introduced . List of District Deputy Grand Masters (1954-1955) List of District Deputy Grand Lecturers (1954-1955) List of Elected Officers of Grand Lodge List of Grand Representatives List of Grand Secretaries and Their Addresses List of Living Past Grand Masters . List of Lodges, Alphabetical .. List of Lodges, Numerical Lodge Directory, by Districts . Lodges U. D., Report of Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Long, Edward V., Message From ... " . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
0
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
0
0
•
•
•
•
0
•
••
133 4 4 4 123 3
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•••••••••••
•
0
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
0
•
•
•
•
•
•
••
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
••
0
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
••
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
••
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
••
4 4 136 136 210 214 138 136 153 141 182 129 4
M
Marquis, George C., accepts Gavel on Behalf of M. Wor. Brother Truman Masonic Education, Report of Committee Masonic Home, Report of Masonic Publications, Report of Committee Masonic Temple Association, Report of Committee "Masonic World" Massey, William B., Introduced :ll1essages Mileage and Per Diem, Report of Committee Miller, Steven Lo, Introduced ... Missouri Lodge of Research, Report of 0
0
••••••
0
0
••
000
0
0
•
•
0
•
•
•
0
0
•
•
76 76-122 43 124 129 3c 4 4 131 4 105
0
0
0
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
N
Necrology, Report of Committee
99
4d
1954
INDEX
Newton, Bruce, Introduced Presents Gavel .................................... Nomination for Masonic Home Board Numerical List of Lodges
4 76 75 141
o Officers, Election of Opening
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. '" , , .. . .
122 3
P Past Grand Masters, Living 136 Past Grand Masters, Presented .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Photograph of Archer A. .Johnson, P. G. M. 10l Photograph of Grand Master Sellers Frontispiece Pine, Edward L., Introduced 4 Presentation of Gavel to M. Wor. Bro. Truman 76 Proficiency Certificates 87
R Helief and Charity, Heport of Committee 103 Report of Auditor 38 Report of Committee on: Appeals and Grievances 74 Boards of Helief 125 Building Supervisory Board 119 Chartered Lodges 98 Credentials (Interim) 3 Credentials 132 District Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 122 Entertainment of Distinguished Guests 132 Foreign Correspondence 42 George Washington Masonic Nat '1 Memorial Association ] 23 Grand Master's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 .Jurisprudence 106 Lodges U. D. 129 Masonic Education 76-122 Masonic Publications 124 Masonic Temple Association 129 Mileage and Per Diem 131 Necrology 99 Program for District Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 122 Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 119 Helief and Charity 103 Ritual 86 Transportation and Hotels 122 Unfinished Business 133 Ways and Means 130 Report of Grand Correspondent 42 Report of Grand Lecturer 84 Heport of Grand Secretary 24 Report of Grand Treasurer '" 37 Report of Masonic Home 42 Report of Missouri Lodge of Hesearch 105 Resolution Approving Masonic Home Building Program . . . . . . . . .. 107 Resolution He Contribution to Home Building Program 103
1954
5d
INDEX
Resolution Re Identification Cards for Grand Officers . Resolution Re Titles Ritual, Report of Committee Robison, Emmett R., Senior Grand Chaplain ... 0
•••••
0
0
••
0
•
0
0
00'
0
••
0
0
•••
0
••••••
0
•
••••••
0
•••
0
•
0
••
0
0
•
•
•
••
•
•
0
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
0
0
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
110 108 86 76
S SchoppeI', Arthur Fo, Message From Second Day, Morning Stephens, Paul R, Introduced .,. 00
••
0
0
•••••
0
0
••
0
•
•
•
•
•
0
•••••••••
0
••
0
•••••••••••••
•
•
•
•
•
0
•••
0
••••••••••
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
0
•
•
•
•
•
0
0
0
•
•
•
••
0
•
••
4 106 4
T Tabular Statement of Grand Secretary Transportation and Hotels, Report of Committee Tribute to Our Departed Brethren .. Truman, MoWor. Brother Harry So, Presepted With Gavel 0
0
0
••••••••
0
••••••••
•
0
0
•
•••••••
0
0
•
••••••••
166 132 103 76
U
Unfinished Business, Report of Committee
133
V
Veterans' Buttons o' .... Vote of Thanks to M. Wor. Brother Sellers o' 0
0
••••
0
0
•••••••
0
0
•••••
0
0
0
••
0
00'
•
0
••
0
0
0
•
0
0
0
••
0
0
0
0
••
0
0
0
0
•
•
•
•
•
0
••
•
28 24
W
Ways and Means, Report of Committee .. o' . 0
0
••
•••••••
~130
DECISIONS APPROVED, 1953* SEC. 93. Decision (p. 34) . No one person in a Lodge may hold more than one office, elective or appointive, at one and the same time. (Proc. 1953, p. 21.) SEC. 118. Decisions (p. 38). The Grand Master issued healing orders in five cases as follows, where degrees had been irregularly or illegally conferred, being convinced that the candidate in each case was without fault, and that there was 110 intent on part of the Lodge to violate the law: (1) A Fellow Craft who permitted twelve months to pass without petitioning for advancement, was raised in a Lodge in a foreign jurisdiction and the degree had been declared illegally conferred (Proc. 19~2, p. 17). Favorable action was taken on his petition for advancement. (2) An Entered Apprentice who permitted twelve months to pass without petitioning for advancement, was passed and raised by courtesy in a sister Lodge. (3) An elected candidate was initiated and passed by a Lodge in a foreign jurisdiction, without permitting 28 days to intervene between degrees. (4) An elected candidate was initiated, passed and raised by a Lodge in a foreign jurisdiction without permitting 28 days to intervene between degrees. (5) Two candidates, one a courtesy candidate from a foreign jurisdiction, received the third degree within 28 days from the preceding degree. The healing order was accepted by the Grand Master of the foreign jurisdiction. (6) When a Lodge wilfully and deliberately conferred the three degrees within 28 days between degrees, the Grand Master declared the conferring of the second and third degrees null and void, and ordered the return to the candidate of the dues collected, and the fees of the second and third degrees if separately collected. (Proe. 1953, pp. 29, 30). SEC. 121. Decision (p. 39). In a case wherein a candidate received all the degrees before it was discovered that he had been elected through error, not having resided in Missouri twelve months, the Grand Master's decision was that all proceedings were a nullity, and ordered that all fees and dues received from the petitioner should be returned to him. 'When a second petition was received, twelve months having fully elapsed, and favorable action taken thereon, the Grand Master held, being convinced that the petitioner had acted in good faith throughout, that the Lodge should not be required to go through the process of conferring all the degrees again, that the candidate's status thereupon should be that of a Master Mason and a member of the Lodge. The report of the Jurisprudence Committee, which was adopted, held that "When the Grand Master ruled t.hat all of the earlier proceedings 'were a nullity' was in the position of being a profane without any Masonic connection. His subsequent petition to the Lodge should proceed in the same manner as that of any other petitioner to the Fraternity; the proclamation or ruling of the Grand Master that when he presented himself for initiation he should be declared to be a Master Mason, was tantamount' to the conferring of the degrees 'at sight' which is prohibited by Grand Lodge resolution." The Committee held that the candidate should be regularly initiated,
* In order to understand the circumstances surrounding each decision, the record of the Grand Lodge Proceedings, as indicated by the reference, should be read.
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
9d
passed and raised, the required interval between degrees being strictly observed, but without the right of anyone to object to his initiation. The Committee further held that whether the candidate might have been , , healed" was wi thin the discretion of the Grand Master prior to the order of nullification, but not subsequent thereto. (Proe. 1953, pp. 30-32, 155, 156.) SEC. 152. Decision (p. 44). Before a dimit can properly be issued the entire dues for that year must be paid. (Proc. 1953, pp. 22, 23.) SEC. 176. Decision (p. 48). An Entered Apprentice who has removed from the jurisdiction of the Lodge to which he belongs, is entitled to a Certificate of Good Standing (sometimes called a Certificate of Dimission) on his written request. If he resides within the jurisdiction of his Lodge, the Lodge by a majority vote may grant a Certificate of Good Standing. When objection is made to the issuance to an Entered Apprentice of a Certificate of Good Standing, such objection shall be a bar to the issuance of the Certificate for the reasonable period of 60 days, unless sooner withdrawn by the objector. Masonic usage, custom and the policy of our Grand Lodge forbids the evasion of the duty to prefer charges, by the issuance of dimits, certificates of good standing, or other actions, when circumstances justify the filing of charges. (Proc. 1953, p. 23.) SEC. 190. Decision (p. 50). (1) In measuring the distance between Lodges in different towns for the purpose路 of determining jurisdiction, when there is only one Lodge in a town, whether incorporated or unincorporated, distance is determined by airline measurement from the Lodge hall in that town, not from the corporate limits. (2) The jurisdiction between Lodges in incorporated towns having two or more Lodges extends in all the territory lying equidistant between the corporate limits of these towns, but neither Lodge has jurisdiction within the corporate limits of another city or town where there is a Lodge. (Proc. 1953, pp. 22, 154.) MISC. Decision (p. 55). A will devised money to a trustee with directions that he erect a Masonic temple. It was contended that the money was not subject to inheritance taxes on the ground that it was a devise to charity. The court held that the devise was for a charitable usc. (Re Burroughs, 357 Mo. 10 (1947).) MISC. Decision (p. 55). The Grand Master learned that a corporation, in the development of a cemetery, and for the purpose of promoting the sale of lots, had set apart a certain section designated "Masonic Garden." Within an area, approximately 420 by 500 feet, there had been set up a representation in stone of the chairs and altar of a Masonic Lodge hall. A square was carved on the representation of the Master's chair, a level on that of the Senior Warden's chair, a plumb on that of the Junior Warden's chair, and on the altar in stone was a representation of an open Bible with the Square and Compasses resting thereon. Since it appeared that the activity was an obvious use of the word , 'Masonic" and of Masonic emblems for commercial purposes, the Grand Master called on the corporation to forthwith cease and desist from the use of Masonic representations in this project, and also to forthwith remove the installations patterned after Masonic furniture, furnishings and jewels. After considerable delay and correspondence the Grand Master was assured that all advertising and other representations of the cemetery section as a "Masonic" section had been discontinued, and the square and compasses and all jewels had been removed from the Bible and Chairs. (Pt路oc. 1953, pp. 32-34.)
1954
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
lId
SEC. 230. Decision (p. 7). A member of Heroine Lodge No. 104 (Missouri) residing in Omaha, Nebraska (1947) was charged with unMasonic conduct by Nebraska Lodge No.1 (Nebraska). He had been and was engaged in the wholesale liquor business in Omaha, which business in Nebraska is subject to disciplinary action under the laws of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska. The Grand Master of Missouri (1947) requested that the case be transferred for trial to Heroine Lodge No. 104, which was done. Trial was had by commission, which found that the accused, who admittedly was engaged in the wholesale liquor business in Omaha, was not guilty of offense under the laws of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, and aecordingly l'endered a verdict of acquittal. Appeal was taken to the Grand Lodge of Missouri at its 1948 Communication, and the report of the Appeals and Grievances Committee was adopted in substance as follows: "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 th~t 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 rereferred to Nebraska Lodge No.1 of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska, for such further action as it may see :fit to take." Nebraska thereupon caused the case to be tried in Nebraska Lodge No.1, the accused was found guilty of un-Masonic conduct and the penalty was :fixed as expulsion. Heroine Lodge No. 104 was notified of the result and requested the then Grand Master to issue a decision defining the sta tus of the accused. The Grand Master did not issue a decision but made a ,fun report in his Address (P'roc. 1950, pp. 35-38) with a view to consideration and action by this Grand Lodge, which was not given at that Communication, nor in 1951 and 1952. The matter now eoming to the Grand Master in an inquiry as to the status of the accused, his decision is as follows: " having been found guilty of un-Masonic conduct on charges filed against him in Nebraska Lodge No.1, Omaha, Nebraska, and a penalty of expulsion having been imposed upon him in such proceedings, Heroine Lodge No. 104 and the Grand Lodge of Missouri having been duly notified, the status thus imposed upon him, must, under the circumstances in this case, be recognized by the Grand Lodge of Missouri as his status in Missouri, Le., he stands in Missouri expelled from all the rights and privileges of a Freemason." (Proc. 1953, pp. 23-28.)
Masonic Manual of Missouri Containing all the Missouri Monitorial work and funeral service. Pocket edition sold at 75 cents per copy.
Book of Constitutions The Grand Lodge Book of Constitutions, 1921 revision, bound in cloth, price 50 cents per copy. Grand Lodge Book of Constitutions, 1947, price $1.00 per copy.
Any of the foregoing books may be obtained from the office of the Grand Lodge by application to the Grand Secretary. HAROLD L. READER, Grand Secretary, Masonic Temple, 3681 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri.
OFFICERS
Grand Lodge of Missouri 1954-1955 ORESTES MITCHELL, JR••.....•.•..... M. W. Grand Master 717 Corby Building, St. Joseph WILLIAM J. CRAIG Il. W. Deputy Grand Maater 1035 S. Pickwick, Springfield Il. W. Senior Grand Warden HAROLD M. JAyNE Memphis FRANK P. BRIGGS R. W. Junior Grand Warden Macon JAMES M. DEWITT Il. W. Grand Trea;rurer Kirksville RABOLD L. READER R. W. Grand Secreta.ry 3681 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis 8 FREELON K. HADLEy R. W. Grand Lecturer 2005 Penn Street, St. Joseph ROBERT L. ARONSON R. W. Senior Grand Deacon Civil Couxta Bldg., St. Louis 1 HAROLD O. GRAUEL R. W. Junior Grand Deacon State College, Cape Girardeau BRUCE H. HUNT , Il. W. Sen40r Grand Steward Box No. 721, Kirksville R. W. Junior Grand Steward ROBERT H. MANN 101 W. 11th Street, Kansas City JOHN A. WITTHAUS R. W. Senior Grand M/W,Bhal Court House, Clayton J. RENICK JONES ... '" ........• . R. W. Junior Grand MMshal 724 N. Main Street, Independence R. JASPER SMITH Il. W. Grand Sword Bearer 1005 Woodruff Bldg., Springfield MARTIN B. DICKINSON............• . Il. W. Grand Pur8'Uivant 1002 Walnut Street, Kansas City EMMETT L. ROBISON Il. W. Grand Chaplain St. Francis Hotel, St. Joseph SAMUEL THURMAN R. W. Grand Chaplain 225 S. Skinker Ave., St. Louis 5 HERBERT E. DUNCAN Il. W. Grand ChapZaiin 5825 Central Ave., Kansas City IRA T. GRAGG Il. W. Grand Chaplain 4015 Fair Ave., St. Louis ARNO FRANKE Il. W. Grand Chaplain Cape Girardeau H. ROE BARTLE R. W. Grand Orator 1023 Grand Ave., Kansas City ALBERT H. NORTON ......•..... , Il. W. Grand Tiler 801 Court, St. Joseph The 134th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge will be held in St. Louis, beginning Tuesday, September 27, 1955.
. '
I.