BIOGRAPHICAL J. MORGAN DONELSON Grand Master 1969-1970
J. Morgan Donelson was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri September 29, 1969, and was installed as its l24th Grand Master September 30, 1969.
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J. Morgan Donelson continues to reside in the locale of his birth. He was born July 26, 1924, at Princeton, Missouri, the son of Joseph Morgan and Hallie Donelson. He was educated in the public schools of Mercer County, and graduated from Princeton High School. He attended the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the University of Missouri at Columbia, where he attended the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the School of Law. He was awarded the degree of Juris Doctor in 1950. J. Morgan, as he is affectionately known to his friends, was admitted to the practice of law in the State of Missouri on December 9, 1950. Immediately thereafter he began the general practice of law, both trial and appellate work with criminal, equity, and domestic, juvenile and damage cases, until 1959. During a portion of this time, 1951-1957, he served as prosecuting attorney of Mercer County. This experience heightened his interest in public life and probably affected his decision to offer himself as a candidate for the State Legislature. He served as a Representative in the 69th General Assembly from 1957 to 1959. He then ran for Judge of the 3rd Judicial Circuit and was elected in 1958 to this honorable position, in which he continues to serve. He has been called on by the Supreme Court of Missouri and other courts to serve temporary assignments. Among the latest of his notable recognitions were service as faculty adviser, National College of State Trial Judges, Reno, Nevada, during the summer of 1968, and to The Federal Judicial Center, Washington, D.C., where he was appointed one of three state trial judges as Consultant to Advisory Committee on Federal-State Relations in February, 1969. A turning point in the life of Judge Donelson occurred November 15, 1950, when he was united in marriage with Jeanie Lorene Hyde. To this union was born Catherine Lorene (May 18, 1956-September 6, 1970) and Justine Brian. Brother Donelson's military service was in the Army Air Force from 1944 to 1946. He is a Republican in politics and the United Methodist Church expresses his religious adherence. He served this church as Trustee, Vice-President, Chairman of the Administrative Board, and as lay speaker. His other activities include Director and Past President of the Rotary Club, work with the Boy Scouts, Red Cross, American Legion, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In 1965 the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of Missouri
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elected J. Morgan Donelson to the highest office in its power to bestow upon a brother, by electing him to the office of Worthy Grand Patron. He is a Past Patron of Moella Chapter No. 225, at Princeton, and served on various committees in the Grand Chapter. In September, 1960, he was appointed at the foot of the progressive line of the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Missouri, through which he advanced regularly until his installation as Most Worsh!pful Grand Master on September 30, 1969. His background, capabilities and experience, eminently qualify him for the highest Masonic office attainable. MASONIC RECORD
Ancient Craft Masonry: Mercer Lodge No. 35, A.F. & A.M., Princeton; initiated May 28, 1953; passed, August 13, 1953; raised, September 16, 1953; Master, 19551956; Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, 1969-70. Capitular Masomy: Trenton Chapter No. 66, R.A.M., Trenton; Mark Master, March 21, 1955; Past Master, March 21, 1955; Most Excellent Master, March 24, 1955; Royal Arch Mason, March 31, 1955; High Priest, 1960; Order of High Priesthood, 1960. Cryptic Masonry: Trenton Council No. 37, R. & S.M., Trenton; Royal Master, October 31, 1957; Select Master, October 31, 1957; Super Excellent Master, November 8, 1957. Chivalric Masonry: Godfrey de Bouillon Commandery No. 24, K.T., Trenton; Order of Red Cross, November 4, 1963; Order of Malta, November 14, 1963; Order of Temple, November 16, 1963. Miscellaneous: Moila Temple A.A.O.N.M.S., St. Joseph; St. Joseph Conclave, Red Cross of Constantine; DeMolay Honorary Legion of Honor; District Deputy Grand Master, 4th Masonic District, 1958-60; Masonic Home Board, 1966-1970, President, 1968-69. B.H.H.
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Official Proceedings One Hundred Forty-Ninth Annual Communication •
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OFFICERS
Grand Lodge of Missouri 1970-1971 Grand Master WILLIAM H CHAPMAN 20 West Lockwood, Webster Groves 63119 THOMAS J. DAVIS, JR. . Deputy Grand Master Box 217, Piedmont 63957 W. HUGH McLAUGHLIN Senior Grand Warden 222 Bryant Bldg., 1102 Grand Ave., Kansas City 64106 WALTER L. WALKER " .Junior Grand Warden Walker Bldg., 215 East Main St., Neosho 64850 WILLIAM H. UTZ, Jr. " Grand Treasurer 1208 Corby Bldg., St. Joseph 64501 FRANK A. ARNOLD Grand Secretary 3681 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis 63108 FREELON K. HADLEY Grand Lecturer 3412 Duncan St., St. Joseph 64507 ROBERT L. McKINNEY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Grand Deacon Northeast Missouri State College, Kirksville 63501 HERMAN A. ORLICK. . Juni01' Grand Deacon 1678 Avignon Ct., St. Louis 63122 LEWIS C. WES COOK .......... Senior Grand Steward 3233 N.E. Chippewa, Kansas City 64116 FIELDING A. POE, JR. Junior Grand Steward 6616 Pepperidge Dr., St. Louis 63134 JAMES A. NOLAND, JR. Senior Grand Marshal Osage Beach 6506.1 J. C. MONTGOMERY, JR. .... Junior Grand Marshal 511 North Carleton, Farmington 63640 LOUIS F. HOWE .. Grand Sword Bearer 8806 Harrison Ave., Brentwood 63144 JOHN BLACK VROOMAN Gmnd Pursuivant Box 402, St. Louis 63166 HERBERT E. DUNCAN ..... Grand Chaplain 439 West 58th St., Kansas City 64133 Grand Chaplain JULIUS J. NODEL 560 Trinity Ave., St. Louis 63130 CECIL H. HURT. Grand Chaplain 2510 Clifton Ave., St. Louis 63139 CARL L. RADFORD .. Grand Chaplain 2201 West 'Walnut St., Springfield 65806 CLARENCE NEWBY Grand Chaplain The Christian Church, Cameron 64429 FRANK B. KELLOGG Grand Chaplain Missouri Baptist College, Hannibal-LaGrange Campus, Hannibal 63401 THOMAS S. MESSER .......... . ... Grand Chaplain 909 Normal St., Cape Girardeau 65~701 RAYMOND McCALLISTER ........... Grand Orator 1320 West Lockwood, Webster Groves 63119 JOHN W. ALVERSON .. Grand Orator 7335 Zephyr Pl., Maplewood 63143 WALTER C. CAMPBELL..... . . Grand Tiler 203 West First St., Rolla 65401
One Hundred Forty-Ninth Annual Communication The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri convened in the one hundred forty-ninth Annual Communication on Monday, September 28, 1970 at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, 3633 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis.
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Morgan Donelson, M.W. Grand Master William H Chapman, Deputy Grand Master Thomas J. Davis, Jr., Senior Grand Warden W. Hugh McLaughlin, Junior Grand Warden William H. Utz, Jr., Grand Treasurer Frank A. Arnold, Grand Secretary Elmer W. Wagner, Grand Secretary Emeritus Freelon K. Hadley, Grand Lecturer Walter L. Walker, Senior Grand Deacon Robert L. McKinney, Junior Grand Deacon Herman A. Orlick, Senior Grand Steward Lewis C. Wes Cook, Junior Grand Steward Fielding A. Poe, Jr., Senior Grand Marshal James A. Noland, Jr., Junior Grand Marshal Roy H. Sander, Grand Sword Bearer Eugene Stacy, Grand Pursuivant Herbert E. Duncan, Grand Chaplain J. C. Montgomery, Jr., Grand Chaplain Julius J. Nodel, Grand Chaplaint Carl L. Radford, Grand Chaplain Cecil H. Hurt, Grand Chaplain Clarence Newhy, Grand Chaplaint Reid M. Swindler, Grand Chaplain Monk Bryan, Grand Oratort Lucien E. May, Grand Orator¡ Loren R. Thompson, Grand Tiler
Most Worshipful Grand Master J. Morgan Donelson with the Officers of the Grand Lodge opened the Annual Communication appropriately in accordance with Missouri ritual. Brother Frank A. Lewis led the brethren in the opening ode. R.W. Bro. Cecil H. Hurt, Grand Chaplain, offered prayer. M.W. Grand Master Donelson expressed words of greeting to the members of the Grand Lodge.
• Deceased January 25,1970. t Not present.
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CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE-INTERIM REPORT
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A.F. &- A.M. of Missow'i: BRETHREN: Your Committee on Credentials begs to report that a constitutional number of subordinate lodges are represented. VERN H. SCHNEIDER, Chairman. INTRODUCTION OF PAST GRAND MASTERS
R.W. Bro. Walter L. Walker, Senior Grand Deacon, introduced the Past Grand Masters of Missouri who were present. Forrest C. Donnell (1942-43) Morris E. Ewing (1947路48) Orestes Mitchell, J r. (1954-55) Harold M. Jayne (1956-57) Frank P. Briggs (1957-58) Harold O. Grauel (1959.60) Bruce H. Hunt (1960路61) Martin B. Dickinson (1962-63) George F. Morrison (1964-65) A. Basey Vanlandingham (1965-66) Russell E. Murray (1966-67) William R. Denslow (1967-68) Elvis A. Mooney (1968-69) WELCOME OF GRAND MASTER DONELSON
My Brethren, it is a great privilege and a distinct honor for me personally and as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri to greet you this morning in the Grand Lodge in which each of you has contributed in your own distinctive way to the progress of Freemasonry these many years. I have worked with each of you as I progressed through the line. I have tried to emulate each of you in some manner this year. I hope that you find that Freemasonry continues to grow this year as it did in your respective years. As I view this group of men and recognize your talents and your contribution, not just to Freemasonry, but in your respective communities throughout the state, I cannot help but be impressed with the influence that you have had beyond the Grand Lodge in the fields of education, government, and in many others, including the legal profession. It is a great privilege and honor to have each of you here this morning. Later in the morning Past Grand Masters Richard O. Rumer (1952-53) and James M. Sellers (1953-54) were introduced and welcomed by the Grand Master. INTRODUCTION OF GRAND MASTERS OF OTHER GRAND LODGES
R.W. Bro. Robert L. McKinney, Junior Grand Deacon, introduced Grand Masters of other jurisdictions: M.W. M.W. M.W. M.W.
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Carroll M. Curtis, Kentucky Theodore G. Zacharias, Iowa John H. Brown, Nebraska H. Jackson Staton, Kansas
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INTRODUCTION OF DISTINGUISHED GUESTS FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS
R.W. Bro. Lewis C. Wes Cook, Junior Grand Steward, introduced the following distinguished members: M.W. Bro. W. Phelan Douglas, Past Grand Master and Grand Secretary, Tennessee R.W. Bro. Charles R. Brown, Deputy Grand Master, Indiana R.W. Bro. Robert D. Caplinger, Deputy Grand Master, Kansas R.W. Bro. Archie M. Rankin, Grand Treasurer, Colorado R.W. Bro. Charles T. Jackson, Grand Secretary, Iowa R.\V. Bro. Clarence Kelly, Past Senior Grand Warden and Grand Representative of Missouri, Victoria, Australia
INTRODUCTION OF PRESIDING OFFICERS OF YORK RITE BODIES OF MISSOURI
R.W. Bro. Fielding A. Poe, Jr., Senior Grand Marshal, introduced the following Representatives of appendant Masonic organizations. Most Excellent Companion Delno J. Spellman, Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Missouri Right Eminent Sir Knight W. Bush Walden, Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Missouri
INTRODUCTION OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS
R.W. Bro. James A. Noland, Jr., Junior Grand Marshal, presented the District Deputy Grand Masters. INTRODUCTION OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND LECTURERS
R.W. Bro. Freelon K. Hadley, Grand Lecturer, presented the District Deputy Grand Lecturers. INTRODUCTION OF MEMBERS OF THE MASONIC HOME BOARD
R.W. Bro. William H Chapman, Deputy Grand Master and President of the Masonic Home Board, presented the members of the Board of Directors and also the Superintendent of the Home and his assistant. INTRODUCTION OF WALTER C. PLOESER
R.W. Bro. Robert L. McKinney introduced Illustrious Bro. Walter C. Ploeser, Sovereign Grand Inspector General of Scottish Rite Bodies in Missouri. MESSAGES
The Grand Secretary read messages of greeting from the Grand Lodge of Sao Paulo, the Grand Lodge of Israel, and the Grand Chapter of Missouri, Order of the Eastern Star. ANNUAL ADDRESS OF GRAND MASTER
M.W. Bro.
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Morgan Donelson, Grand Master, read his address.
Address of the Grand Master To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri: BRETHREN: Day by day the significance and importance of the trust reposed in me one year ago when you elected me your Grand Master has been impressed upon mc. Often I recall the reply of Robin Hood to King John when the King commanded him to split the reed at fifty paces with his long bow-"Sir, a man can but do his best." This I have done. As to its efficiency, effectiveness and contribution to our great fraternity, you, my Brothers, must decide. With pride and much pleasure, I greet and welcome you to the 149th Annual Communication of our Grand Lodge. There is much important and interesting business to transact, but there will also be the invaluable gift of new-found friendships and the renewal of old acquaintances under the warm protection of our Fraternity. It is also a pleasure to extend a sincere welcome to the distinguished Brethren of other jurisdictions who pay us honor by their presence. We will make every effort to make your visit enjoyable as well as memorable for you and your ladies. STATE OF THE CRAFT Since 1958 the total membership of our Fraternity in Missouri has declined each year. This year is no exception. This condition is not unique to the Grand Lodge of Missouri, other Grand Jurisdictions, or to Freemasonry. It seems to be a universal complaint effecting all phases of modern society, both private and public sectors. Many reasons have been advanced for this condition of the Craft in Missouri. Examples are the size of the lodge, lack of fundamentals through Masonic education, unsatisfactory officer potential, shift from a rural to urban society, disapproval by others of a "secret" organization, indiscriminate suspension for non-payment of dues, the increasing number of deaths now occurring following increased membership after World War I, neighborhood conditions near temples in urban areas, competition for time and men by appendant bodies and civic clubs, television, a state called "illness of the time," a generation of doubt, detachment and defiance, and a lack of communication. I am convinced that each of these conditions contributes to the result, but just as there is no one cause for the condition, there is no one great magical cure which will have utopian results. Recommendations have been made to you in these areas by other Grand Masters. Some have been followed with varying degrees of success, but others have gathered dust from the passage of time and inaction. The time is now, not tomorrow, to re-examine what has been, is now, and will be done to meet each of these challenges, and conquer them in the interest of Freemasonry.
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As I have journeyed over this state, I have been encouraged and cheered by the interest, enthusiasm, cooperation, and brotherly love exhibited in many, many lodges. In spite of all that has been said, the future of the Craft in the state of Missouri is bright. A most encouraging indication of its bright future is the building and modernization of temples, large and small, throughout the state. The Building Supervisory Board under the leadership of Right Worshipful Brother Claude T. Wood has been extremely active and this committee has been very helpful to those who seek a "new face" to present to their members and the public. Where this is done the results have been most exceptional-new interest, increased activity, with new members. It is worthy of your consideration. Another indication is the spirit of cooperation between all appendant branches of Masonry. As Grand Master I have at all times endeavored to reciprocate this cooperation. They have a vital interest in our future success or failure, because their very existence depends upon an aggressive and effective Blue Lodge and Grand Lodge. My greatest encouragement comes, however, from the warm glow of pride and satisfaction I have experienced after many lodge and district visitations. My Brethren, there are thousands of dedicated Freemasons who live and practice every day the tenets of our fraternity. They are living examples of Freemasonry in Action and represent our present and future strength and hope. As you are aware, in April each lodge was asked to join me in re-dedication to those Ancient Craft Principles of brotherly love, relief and truth with emphasis upon faith, temperance, justice, and kindness. Your response was reward enough for any Grand Master. One District Deputy Grand Master reports: "... I endeavored to carry to each of the lodges your theme of re-dedication to the principle of Ancient Craft Masonry. I would report that your theme was enthusiastically received and, in the matter of cleanliness of heart and tongue, I was told on numerous occasions that this was something which needed to be said. Like you it is my hope and prayer that a re-dedication to the principles of the craft would touch and change the hearts and tongues of every Master Mason in, and beyond the jurisdiction of Missouri." Rededication alone will not stop our decline in membership, but as has been said, "I would rather see the membership drop to 50,000 dedicated Freemasons than expand to 150,000 card-carrying members." With this corps of dedicated Freemasons, Masonry is not dead in Missouri. Indeed its future is bright and promising. It is these brethren that I call "Living Freemasonry." NECROLOGY One of my earliest memories as a child was visits to the Mercer County Courthouse with my father to visit Judge Lucien E. May, the Probate Judge. He always had time to visit with you whether you were a small child, a teenager, or an adult. As the years passed I grew to respect him as a man, a public official, and also as a Brother. When I became a member of Mercer Lodge No. 35, he was at every communication ready to assist all in every way he could. Through his encouragement I advanced to Worshipful Master of my lodge, accepted appointments as a Grand Lodge Committee member,
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District Deputy Grand Master, and advancing Grand Lodge Line officer. On my first visit to a Grand Lodge Communication, held in this Cathedral, I was accompanied by Judge May. As my duties and responsibilities increased he traveled extensively with me and the trips seemed shorter and more enjoyable. His counsel and advice were given on request, but encouragement was always freely offered. Brotherly love, a tenet of our fraternity, was personified by this man to me and many others in hundreds of ways. Brother May had expressed the hope to be able to attend Grand Lodge last year to participate in and witness my election and installation as Grand Master, but the ravages of time, 89 years, had taken their toll. He was unable to attend, but he was aware of the honor you bestowed upon me, and of my tribute to him as a Master Mason, his appointment as Grand Orator. On January 25, 1970, Right Worshipful Brother Lucien E. May passed to the Grand Lodge Above. Masonic services were conducted by me as Grand Master and his close friend. He was survived by his wife, Cleo, and his only son, Bill. From among those who were the most dedicated and hardworking, I report the loss of three District Deputy Grand Masters. On March 28, 1970, Right Worshipful Brother Eugene E. Taylor, District Deputy Grand Master for the 29th Masonic District, Troy, died of a heart attack at age 57. Brother Taylor had served as a District Deputy Grand Master since 1965. By profession he was an excavating contractor with his brother, John Taylor. He is survived by his wife and one daughter. The 8th Masonic District was well known to Right Worshipful Brother Donald E. Beesley who was also stricken by a heart attack. He died April 13, 1970, at the age of 44 years. Brother Beesley was active and a guiding force in all phases of Freemasonry. He was active in politics and had been elected to the offices of County Assessor and County Collector, which latter office he held at the time of his unexpected death. Brother Beesley was appointed District Deputy Grand Master in 1968. He is survived by his wife and four small children. On May 7, 1970, Right Worshipful Brother Dowell Hays, District Deputy Grand Master for the 59th Masonic District, submitted his resignation for reasons of ill health, which was reluctantly accepted. Within a matter of a few weeks after a series of operations and continuing deteriorating health Brother Hays passed away at age 66. A retired Post Office Department employee he was appointed District Deputy Grand Master in 1966. He is survived by his wife. Freemasonry suffered from the loss of talent and Masonic effort of these three highly esteemed and respected men. They were men who believed in our Fraternity as exemplified by the highest and finest qualities of a Master Mason. All had entered into the work and tasks assigned to them by their Grand Master, but the Great Architect of the Universe has decreed that the "Light" now be carried forward by others. As Grand Master I extended sympathy to their families and expressed the appreciation of the Grand Lodge for their service and contribution to Freemasonry. Last year 2,987 brethren were called to the "house not made by hands," the Grand Lodge on High. This is an increase of 158 over the past year. The Committee on Necrology will make a complete report on the depart-
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ed members of our Fraternity but I ask that you join me in a moment of silent tribute to them in memory of their contribution to others. EVENTS The Grand Master's calendar is printed for your consideration, but several events should be mentioned. Mercer Lodge No. 35, my home lodge, gave a dinner and reception in my honor on October 11, which was attended by several hundred friends, Master Masons and their wives from throughout the state. It will always be a pleasurable and memorable event for my lodge and me. The Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, Session was held in Kansas City. On October 19, my wife and I were honored guests at the formal banquet, and on October 22, I was privileged to address the delegates. In 1965, as Worthy Grand Patron with Sister Marjorie DeMott, Worthy Grand Matron, I had addressed this same body in the same Municipal Auditorium. It was a unique privilege to again do so as Grand Master and be received with Grand Honors as a Past Grand Patron and with a standing ovation at the conclusion of my address. The Masonic Week, Washington, D.C., was a highlight. It is a wonderful experience as it attracts leaders and distinguished Master Masons throughout North America and many foreign countries. Like most meetings of this type you profit and gain from the experience only if your mind is open and receptive with a willingness to listen, but also participate. The Grand Master's Breakfast in St. Louis is always inspiring, but especially so for me this year. Dr. Wesley N. Haines, President of Franklin College, Franklin, Indiana, was the speaker. His thought-provoking, yet also humorous, message was enthusiastically received by more than 1,500 Masons on May 3. My special thanks seems inadequate for the success of the event arranged by Richard O. Rumer, Harry C. Ploetze, Alfred M. Frager, and those who worked so hard behind the scenes. The 96th Imperial Shrine session and parade in Indianapolis was an outstanding event by men who are Master Masons. Brother Ed Aldrin, the astronaut, was Marshal of the parade in which Missouri was specially recognized. This year I attended the state meetings of Job's Daughters at St. Louis, Rainbow Girls at Kansas City, and DeMolay at Columbia and was thrilled at their enthusiasm and energy for dedicated causes with direction. It restores your faith in our young people and the future. This was especially true of the fine young men, the leaders of tomorrow, who filled this very room with these qualities at the Grand Master's DeMolay Class held September 26, 1970. GRAND MASTER'S CALErwAR 1969 Oct. l-Spickardsville Lodge No. 524, Spickard 50 year pin presentation Oct. S-lOOth Anniversary of Jonathan Lodge No. 321, Denver Oct. II-Grand Lodge Officers' Conference, Princeton Oct. ll-Dinner and reception in my honor by Mercer Lodge No. 35, in Princeton Gymnasium, Princeton Oct. 17-100th Anniversary of PaulvilIe Lodge No. 319, Hurdland
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Oct. IS-Westport Lodge No. 340, host for dinner for me and Past Masters, Kansas City Oct. 19-Regional Conference for District Deputy Grand Masters and District Deputy Grand Lecturers, Kansas City Oct. 19-Honored Guest at Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star Banquet, Kansas City Oct. 22-Addressed Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star in Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City Oct. 24-100th Anniversary of Lodge of Love No. 239, Lancaster Oct. 25-Annual 4:00 A.M. breakfast of Perseverance Lodge No. 92, 16th District, Louisiana Oct. 25-30th District Officers Club Banquet at Faith Methodist Church, St. Charles Oct. 26-Regional Conference for District Deputy Grand Masters and District Deputy Grand Lecturers, St. Charles Oct. 29-100th Anniversary of McDonald Lodge No. 324, Independence Nov. I-Dinner and Reception for Brother Jack Royce, Worthy Grand Patron, Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, Sarcoxie Nov. 2-Dedication of Lodge Hall for Saxton Lodge No. 508, St. Joseph Nov. 6-120th Anniversary of Trenton Lodge No. Ill, Trenton Nov. 8-Honored Guest at Past Masters Dinner by Moberly Lodge No. 344, Moberly Nov. 9-Presided at Cornerstone Ceremony of Juvenile and Correctional Facility at Sedalia Nov. 13-0fficial Visit of Mercer Lodge No. 35, Princeton Nov. 14-Masonic Home Board, St. Louis Nov. 15-Masonic Home Board, St. Louis Nov. 15-Grand Lodge Officers' Conference, at Masonic Home, St. Louis Nov. 17-0fficial Visit of Seaman Lodge No. 126, Milan Nov. 20-Guest of Honor and Speaker at 128th Anniversary of Jefferson Lodge No. 43, Jefferson City Nov. 23-Presided at Cornerstone Ceremony for new elementary school, Ridgeview School R 6, Warrensburg Nov. 27-Visit of home lodge, Mercer Lodge No. 35, Princeton Nov. 29-Moolah Shrine Dinner, St. Louis Nov. 29-Clayton Lodge No. 601, Clayton, for Installation of Officers Dec. 5-Mary Conclave, Red Cross of Constantine, Annual Assembly, Kansas City Club, Kansas City Dec. 9-110th Anniversary and 50-year pin presentation at Zeredatha Lodge No. 189, St. Joseph Dec. IO-Dinner and Installation of Officers of Kirksville Lodge No. 105 and Adair Lodge No. 366, Kirksville Dec. ll-Annual dinner and Installation of Officers of Mercer Lodge No. 35, Princeton Dec. 18-100th Anniversary and Installation of Officers of King Hill Lodge No. 376, St. Joseph Dec. 22-Installation of Officers, Parsons Chapter No. 189, Order of the Eastern Star, Trenton Dec. 30-Dinner and Insta.llation of Officers of Unionville Lodge No. 210, Unionville 1970 Jan. 3-Visit to Nemine Chapter No. 362, Order of the Eastern Star, Laredo Jan. 6-Installation of Officers and 50-year presentation of New Hampton Lodge No. 510, New Hampton Jan. 8-Red Cross of Constantine Dinner, St. Joseph Jan. II-Presided at Cornerstone Ceremony for Westran High School R I, Huntsville
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Jan. 13-0fficial Visit and 50-year pin presentation to Friendship Lodge No. 89, Chillicothe Jan. 15-Installation of Officers of Cainsville Lodge No. 328, Cainsville Jan. 16-Masonic Home Board, St. Louis Jan. l7-Masonic Home Board, St. Louis Jan. 18-Conducted funeral for Wor. Bro. Ovid Seeley, a member of Mercer Lodge No. 35, Princeton Jan. 20-Installation of Officers of York Rite Bodies and Bethany Lodge No. 97, Bethany Jan. 27-Conducted Masonic funeral for Rt. Wor. Bro. Lucien E. May, Grand Orator, Princeton Jan. 28-Attended funeral service for Rt. Wor. Bro. Lucien E. May, Grand Orator, Princeton Jan. 28-0fficial Visit to 26th District at Acacia Lodge No. 602 with dinner at Columbia Jan. 31-Wardens' and Masters' Club of 33rd and 57th Districts, banquet speaker, St. Louis Jan. 31-Installation of Moolah Shrine Potentate Edward Garnholz, Scottish Rite Cathedral, St. Louis Jan. 31-0fficial visit and reception of the 33rd and 57th Districts, Order of the Eastern Star, Masonic Temple, St. Louis Feb. 5-Visit to Moella Chapter No. 225, Order of the Eastern Star, Princeton Feb. 13-Masonic Home Board, St. Louis Feb. 14-Masonic Home Board, St. Louis Feb. 14-Grand Lodge Officers' Conference, Masonic Home, St. Louis Feb. 17-Banquet Speaker at Cooper Lodge No. 36, and Boonville Chapter No. 419, Order of the Eastern Star, Boonville Feb. 20-0fficial Visit to Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422, homecoming banquet speaker, Springfield Feb. 21-Moila Shrine banquet and Garden of Allah Ball. guest of Potentate Dan Hale, St. Joseph Feb. 22-27-Conference of Grand Masters of North America: As Chairman led discussion and gave report of assigned topic. George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association: Presented Missouri Grand Lodge contribution to Memorial and member of Special Committee to lay wreath on tomb of George Washington. Masonic Service Association meeting: Chairman of Relief Committee. Feb. 27-March 14-Vacation in warm south land March 17-Dinner and Official Visit to Lexington Lodge No. 149, Lexington March 21-0fficial Visit and District meeting, and dinner of 21st Masonic District, Weston March 26-0fficial Visit to Laredo Lodge No. 253, Laredo March 29-Annual Eastern Sunrise Breakfast of York Rite as speaker, Trenton April 4-Wardens' and Masters' Association of 22nd District Banquet, Kansas City April 5-Attended Jurisprudence Committee meeting, Kansas City April II-Dinner and speaker on official visit to 38th Masonic District, Masonic Ritual Club, Host, Osage Beach April 18-Dinner and speaker on official visit of Richland Lodge No. 385, Richland April 19-Masonic Picnic and Barbeque, Marshall April 20-Grand Council, R. & S. M. annual assembly and banquet, Jefferson City April 21-Grand Chapter, R. A. M. annual convocation and banquet, Jefferson City April 22-Red Cross of Constantine Breakfast, Jefferson City April 29-Dinner, reception and speaker at Unionville Lodge No. 210, Unionville May I-Masonic Home Board Committee, St. Louis May 2-Masonic Home Board, St. Louis
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May 2-Grand Lodge Officers' Conference and dinner for Grand Lodge Officers, Grand Master's Breakfast Committee and guest speaker May 3-Grand Master's Breakfast at Chase-Park Plaza Hotel with address by Dr. Wesley N. Haines, President of Franklin College, Franklin, Indiana. Attended early church services at Independent Congregational Church May 4-0fficial visit to Galt Lodge No. 423, with 50-year pin presentations, Galt May 7-0fficial visit of 3rd Masonic District at Putnam Lodge No. 190, Newton May 9-Dinner and official visit to the 36th and 37th Districts, Windsor Lodge No. 29, at school auditorium, Windsor May II-Honored at dinne~ by Red Cross of Constantine (St. Joseph Conclave No.9), at Trenton Country Club, Trenton May IS-Official visit to Polar Star Lodge No. 79 on Harry Gershenson night May 16-Visitation to Jefferson Barracks, VA Hospital with reception by Brother Claude Parkhurst, Masonic Service Association representative, his volunteers and hospital staff. May 16-109th Annual Communication of Grand Commandery, K.T. of Missouri in Columbia. Past Commanders' Association Banquet May IS-Official visit and dinner by Vincil Lodge No. 62; 50-year pin presenta路 tions, Cameron May 19-Dinner and official visit with 50-year pin presentations on 100th Anniversary of Tuscan Lodge No. 360, St. Louis May 21-Scottish Rite Degrees at Moila Temple, St. Joseph May 22-Scottish Rite Degrees at Moila Temple, St. Joseph May 22-Grand Lodge officers outing at Kirksville May 23-Presided at Cornerstone Ceremony for Industrial Education Building on campus of Northeast Missouri State College, Kirksville May 24-Presided at Cornerstone Ceremony and dedicated new building and lodge hall of Edina Lodge No. 291, Edina May 26-0fficial visit to 12th District at Friendship Lodge No. 89; 50-year presentations, Chillicothe June 5-Shrine Club Dinner, Trenton June 5-Installation of officers of Trenton Lodge No. Ill, Trenton June 6-0fficial visit to Clifton Heights Lodge No. 520, St. Louis. Degree work by Edgefield Lodge No. 254, Nashville, Tennessee June 7-Past Masters Club Picnic of Kansas City and greater Jackson County, Independence June 12-Traveled to Springfield June 13-Abou Ben Adhem Shrine Ceremonial, guest of Potentate Edwin C. Rice, Springfield June 14-Attended Walnut Street Christian Church, Right Worshipful Brother Carl Radford, Grand Chaplain, Minister June 14-Picnic for DeMolay and Rainbow Girls by three Springfield Lodges, Springfield June 15-0fficial visit to lath District at Jamesport Lodge No. 564, Jamesport June IS-Grand Guardian Council, International Order of Job's Daughters, ChasePark Plaza Hotel, St. Louis June 20-Square Club picnic, St. Louis June 20-0fficial visit to Ferguson Lodge No. 542 and 57th Masonic District, with dinner in honor of Most Worshipful Brother Clinton H. Lang, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, Mrs. Lang, Mrs. Donelson and me June 22-Speaker at Grand Assembly, International Order of Rainbow for Girls, Banquet, Hotel Muehlebach, Kansas City June 23-Reception and honor night for Masons of Swope Park Lodge No. 617 by Swope Park Chapter No. 520, Order of the Eastern Star, Kansas City
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June 25-0fficial visit to 13th Masonic District at Marceline Lodge No. 481. Dinner and 50-year presentations, Marceline June 26-0fficial visit to Raytown Lodge No. 391, and reception for Right Worshipful Brother Henry Poertner, Raytown June 27-Speaker at Missouri DeMolay Conclave, Columbia June 27-Installation of Officers of Acacia Lodge No. 602, Columbia June 27-100th Anniversary of Arlington Lodge No. 346 and official visit to 39th Masonic District at Dixon June 30-Dinner in honor of Most Worshipful Brother Harold M. Jayne, Memphis Lodge No. 16, Memphis June 30-0fficial visit to Hartford Lodge No. 171; 50-year presentation, Hartford July I-Installation of Right Worshipful Brother Frank A. Arnold as Grand Secretary at a special communication of the Grand Lodge at Boonville. Reception followed. July 10-Visitation of Veterans Administration Hospital with Brother Phil Pollard, Masonic Service As.';ociation representative, other Grand Lodge officers and hospital staff, Kansas City July 10-Dedication of new lodge hall for Gower Lodge No. 397, Gower July 13-Travel to Indianapolis, Indiana July 14-96th Imperial Shrine Session. Missouri was specially recognized as the first of four Grand Masters to address the representatives by Imperial Potentate 'Vorth Baker, Indianapolis, Indiana. Participated in the parade led by Brother and Astronaut Ed Aldrin July l5-Imperial Shrine Session. Guest of Honor at Imperial Potentate Banquet and special race at Indianapolis 500 Speedway July 16-Imperial Shrine Session and travel back to Missouri July 17-Masonic Home Board, St. Louis July l8-Masonic Home Board, St. Louis July 23-0fficial visit and 50-year Presentation at Somerset Lodge No. 206, Powersville July 28-Participated with E. A. degree in Mercer Lodge No. 35, Princeton Aug. I-Grand Lodge Officers' Conference, Kansas City Aug. I-21st Masonic District Picnic in honor of all grand Lodge officers at Weatherby Lake with later entertainment Aug. 7-Conference with Grand Secretary in regard to Grand Lodge session, St. Louis Aug. 7-Conference and luncheon with Chairman of Entertainment of Distinguished Guests Committee in regard to session Aug. 9-Dinner with Grand Chapter. Order of the Eastern Star Officers of 1965, Arrow Rock Aug. 14-Masonic Home Board, St. Louis Aug. 15-Masonic Home Board, St. Louis Aug. 15-Grand Lodge Officers' Conference, St. Louis Aug. 15-125th Anniversary of Lebanon Lodge No. 77 and official visit to 39th Masonic District, with dinner and as speaker, Steelville Aug. 23-Presided at Cornerstone Ceremony for new Carroll County Historical Society Building, Carrollton Aug. 27-Mercer Lodge No. 35, Princeton Aug. 30-Presided at Cornerstone Ceremony for new Centerview Elementary School Building, Centerview Sept. I-Visit to New Hampton Lodge No. 510, with 50-year presentation, New Hampton Sept. 4-0fficial visit to 7th Masonic District, Nodaway Lodge No. 470, with third degree work, Maryville
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Sept. lO-Last visit to my home lodge as Grand Master, Mercer Lodge No. 35, Princeton Sept. ll-Official visit to Algabil Lodge No. 544, with 50, 40 and 25 year presentations, St. Louis Sept. I6-Dedication of new Scottish Rite Cathedral, principal speaker, St. Joseph Sept. I7-Visit to Cainsville Lodge No. 328, Cainsville Sept. IS-Central States Shrine Association Session and banquet, Kansas City Sept. I9-Central States Shrine Association Session including parade, Kansas City Sept. 19-Berry Study Club at Rising Sun Lodge No. 13, O. D. Hatfield Night, Kansas City Sept. 20-Dedication of New Hall for Wentzville Lodge No. 46, 30th Masonic District, Wen tzviIIe Sept. 25-Masonic Home Board, St. Louis Sept. 26-Masonic Home Board, St. Louis Sept. 26-DeMolay Class in honor of Grand Master, Scottish Rite Cathedral, St. Louis Sept. 27-29-Grand Lodge
MASONIC 'VEEK The last week in February of each year, which contains the birthday of the Father of our Country, George Washington, has become known as Masonic Week in Washington, D.C. At that time several national Masonic organizations hold their annual meetings. In addition to the Grand Masters' Conference, there are the Masonic Service Association of the United States, the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association, a Conference of Grand Secretaries and various other allied groups. This year Missouri was represented in all the activities held during Masonic Week. Missouri's delegation consisted of your Grand Master; Past Grand Masters: Most Worshipful Brother Bruce H. Hunt and Most Worshipful Brother William R. Denslow; the Deputy Grand Master, Right Worshipful Brother William H. Chapman; the Grand Secretary, Right Worshipful Brother Elmer W. Wagner; the Grand Lecturer, Right Worshipful Brother Freelon K. Hadley; Masonic Service Association representative, Worshipful Brother John Black Vrooman; DeMolay Brother Richard E. Harkins; and Brother Melvin L. Pfankuche. It was my pleasure to chairman one of four discussion groups as a part of the Grand Masters' Conference. The topic for discussion was, "Does Masonry Have Anything of Value to Offer to the Individual Who Is Dedicated to Roles of Civic, Political, Religious and Charitable Activism as Compared with Philosophical Study?" A report was given the following day before the entire Conference. Other topics were: "What Is the Proper Role of Masonry in Relation to Modern Civil, Political and Religious Problems?"; "What Is the Ultimate Purpose and End of Masonic Teaching, and Is It Being Achieved?"; "What Masonry Should Do to Celebrate 1976." The Conference is worthwhile also from the standpoint of discussion, both formal and informal, among the Grand Masters from all parts and sections of the country of our common problems and experiences. Those who came seeking the answer to their particular problem were disappointed that no one could solve their particular concern. On the whole I viewed the Conference as worthwhile, particularly if individual effort was given with an open and receptive mind.
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The George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association holds its meetings on Washington's Birthday, whenever possible, and in the me路 morial at Alexandria which bears his name. As Grand Master I presented Missouri's contribution, which is one dollar ($1.00 per initiate), toward the preservation and operation of this greatest memorial to Freemasonry in the United States. Again Missouri was recognized as I served on a committee to place a wreath at the George Washington Tomb at Mt. Vernon. The Masonic Service Association of the United States performs and offers many services to its member Grand Lodges, including information of the plight of our Brethren, hospital visitation representatives to Veterans Administration Hospitals, and many useful and valuable records for reference. As Chairman on Relief to report to the association, I was aware of the wonderful aid given by many Grand Lodges to their Brethren who suffered adversity, particularly those affected by Hurricane Camille in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and West Virginia. Last year Missouri contributed and it is my recommendation that any future contribution be made through the Masonic Service Association. At this Grand Lodge Communication I have invited one of our Masonic Service Association representatives in Missouri to make a special report to you. He and the other two (2) representatives will be specially recognized for the wonderful work they perform for our veterans and Brethren. DISPENSATIONS As Grand Master it was my duty to consider numerous requests for dispensations, as well as certain other requests for permission or approval. The Report of the Grand Secretary lists the dispensations granted. HEALING Orders of Healing have been made as follows: I
Brother Gary G. Smith, a proficient Fellow Craft and member of North Star Lodge No. 157, A.F. & A.M., was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason on September 8, 1969, by his lodge. Without any fault of Brother Smith, North Star Lodge No. 157 failed to give the lecture and charge, contrary to Article 15, Section 15.020, and previous decisions. It was requested and ordered that North Star Lodge No. 157 complete the third degree which was done at a special communication on June 1, 1970, and therefore I issued an Order of Healing as to this irregularity in the conferring of the third degree. II
Brother Edward W. Francis was a Master Mason in good standing in Fellowship Lodge No. 345 from September 4, 1919, until suspended for nonpayment of dues on June 1, 1965. He lived outside the state and notices mailed to his last known address were returned with a notation, "Gone-no address." Brother Francis was then 77 years of age and it was thought perhaps he had died without the knowledge of the lodge. In the early part of 1967, it was learned that Brother Francis was confined and quite ill in a din路
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ic in Arkansas. Through the efforts of his physician, who is a member of the fraternity, he petitioned and was reinstated on March 24, 1967. In September 1969, inquiry was made in regard to' the eligibility of Brother Francis for his 50-year Masonic Button and this state of the record was determined. On a thorough investigation it appeared that at least from early 1964 and during the period of his suspension, Brother Francis was quite unable mentally to take care of even the simplest matters and that a trust officer of a local bank transacted his business for him. Under previous decisions in which I concur, Brother Francis could not be suspended and such action by the Fellowship Lodge No. 345 was void. The records of said lodge and those of the Grand Lodge were ordered corrected and Brother Edward W. Francis was declared to be in good standing for the period of July 1, 1965 to March 24, 1967, the period of his suspension. Brother Francis was subsequently presented with his 50-year Button.
III A special communication of Beacon Lodge No.3, A.F. & A.M., was called and held on September 19, 1969, for the purpose of conferring the Master Mason degree. The first Section of the Master Mason degree was conferred on Brother Thomas E. O'Connor. It was then ascertained that the second section could not be conferred because of the inability to fill required stations. The second section was not conferred and the lodge closed. On September 25, 1969, the second section of the third degree was conferred. This was a clear violation of our By-laws but said violation was no fault of the candidate. I ordered the irregularity in the conferring of the third degree on Brother O'Connor healed with an admonition to Beacon Lodge No.3. IV Brother Charles Fredrick Gross received his first degree on October 29, 1964 in Raytown Lodge No. 391, A.F. & A.M. He did not advance; and on October IS, 1965, he requested and was granted an extension until October 21, 1966. Brother Gross again failed to advance and nothing further was heard from him. On June 21, 1969, by letter from Trilumina Lodge No. 205, it was learned that he now resided in Marshall and desired said lodge to teach and examine him on his first degree proficiency. He was also to receive his second and third degrees through courtesy of said lodge. Various misunderstandings then developed. In any event, Brother Gross's petition for advancement was received by Raytown Lodge No. 391 but not acted upon favorably until October 2, 1969. In the meantime, Trilumina Lodge No. 205 had found that Brother Gross had passed a satisfactory proficiency and the second degree was conferred on him. It was apparent from a complete report that the several irregularities were no fault of the candidate. The irregularities were ordered healed. A careful reading with subsequent application of the By-laws of the Grand Lodge would eliminate the necessity of such Orders of Healing. CHARGES The good name and reputation of a man requires years to build and attain but a short time to tarnish, dim or ruin. Freemasonry has enjoyed a
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prominent, influential and enviable position and reputation throughout the centuries of its growth and development. They, however, must be guarded and protected. Every Worshipful Master is charged to forcibly impress upon the brethren of his lodge the dignity and high importance of Masonry, and seriously admonish them never to disgrace it. Unfortunately, there arc those among us who by their actions and words, directly or indirectly, seek to diminish that position and thereby undermine its influence. I have been disturbed at some of the piques and quarrels which have developed in a very few lodges, but thankful that kindness and brotherly affection now distinguishes their conduct as men and as Masons. Unmasonic conduct has resulted in charges being filed in some lodges with disposition being made as provided by our Trial Code. There are many more than I had expected or would wish. It was my unhappy duty to suspend, in the interests of Freemasonry, a Worshipful Master from office pending a final disposition through the Committee on Appeals and Grievances, and action of this Grand Lodge. By a diligent observance of the By-laws of the lodge, the Constitution of Masonry, and, above all, the Holy Scriptures, which are given as a rule and guide to our faith, we each will be enabled to acquit ourselves with honor and reputation and protect the good name and reputation of Freemasonry. CORNERSTONES Since my appointment to the Grand Lodge Line, it has been my privilege to witness and participate in a number of cornerstone ceremonies. It is an occasion when Master Masons can perform in public in very favorable circumstances with service to the community. The dignity and beauty of our ceremony has been recognized and accepted by each community where it was performed. Our members throughout the state should encourage invitations to our lodge to participate in this ceremony for all appropriate buildings. As Grand Master I have presided at seven cornerstone ceremonies as follows: 1969 Nov. 9-Sedalia, new juvenile and correctional facility for Pettis County Nov. 23-Warrensburg, new Ridge View Elementary School R-VI 1970 Jan. II-Huntsville, new Westran High School, District R-I May 23-Kirksville, new Industrial Education Building on campus of Northeast Missouri State College May 24-Edina, New Masonic Temple Aug. 23-Carrollton, new Carroll County Historical Society building Aug. 3D-Centerview, new Centerview Elementary School
In addition, Right Worshipful Brother Walter L. Walker, Senior Grand Deacon, conducted the cornerstone ceremony for Wheaton Masonic Temple Association, Wheaton, on August 29, 1970. DEDICATIONS Many lodges are seeking to improve their halls or acquire new buildings. As Grand Master I have dedicated four (4) Lodge Halls and I have granted dispensations for three (3) others, as follows:
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1969 Nov. 2-5t. Joseph, Saxton Lodge No. 508 1970 May 24-Edina, Edina Lodge No. 291 July IO-Gower, Gower Lodge No. 397 Sept. 20-Wentzville, Wentzville Lodge No. 46
Physical limitation and conflicting commitments have necessitated me to call upon others to assist in dedication ceremonies. I am indebted to those who represented me as Grand Master on the following occasions: Right Worshipful Brother Thomas J. Davis, Jr., who dedicated the new hall of Harold O. Grauel Lodge No. 672, Cape Girardeau, in November; Most Worshipful Brother Harold O. Grauel, PGM, who dedicated the hall of Perryville Lodge No. 670, Perryville, in December; and Right Worshipful Brother Walter L. Walker, Senior Grand Deacon, who laid the cornerstone of the Wheaton Masonic Association hall and dedicated it for the use of Comfort Lodge No. 533, A.F. & A.M., on August 29, 1970. The members of each of these lodges are to be congratulated for their efforts to improve and modernize their halls. Many others could profit and promote Freemasonry by their example.
THE FREEMASON
The Freemason~ the official publication of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of the State of Missouri, has been a source of information and Masonic education of the Craft for more than fifteen years. It also has been a valuable instrument for the promotion of the general interest on Freemasonry. Prior to the December 1969 issue, it had been entirely supported and subsidized by the Grand Lodge. Since that issue The Freemason has been made available only to those who subscribed thereto. As Grand Master, I asked you to assist the magazine and the Committee on Masonic Education with news items, activities, articles, and your subscription. Your response was most gratifying and heartwarming to me and the committee, as will be detailed in the report of said committee. Those of you who have received The Freemason could only be impressed with the quality and "readability" of the magazine. Right Worshipful Brother Lewis C. "Wes" Cook, Chairman, and Most Worshipful Brother Frank P. Briggs, Most Worshipful Brother Harold O. Grauel, Right Worshipful Brother Robert H. Arnold, Right Worshipful Brother John T. Suesens, and Brother Pressley L. Crummy, members of the Committee on Masonic Education, deserve full credit for these qualities and each has my thanks for a job well done. It was you, however: who made it all possible. Special thanks is offered to artist Jack Abshier of the Kansas City Star for his contribution by "mastery of pen and ink." Abshier has sketched presidents, movie stars, thousands of other personalities and scenes. His work for The Freemason has won him a host of admirers. Brother Abshier is a member of Country Club Lodge No. 656. The Freemason is a valuable part of the Grand Lodge, and it will no doubt have a prominent role in the Sesquicentennial Celebration next year and for many years to follow.
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There is an old Chinese proverb that says: "If you are planning for one year-plant rice; If you are planning for ten years-plant trees; But if you are planning for one hundred years-educate men." The Freemason is "an instrument made use of" in the education of men -you and me. MASONIC HOME Service to others who cannot assist themselves has a special compensation. My four years of service on the Board of the Masonic Home has been a demanding responsibility, yet one which every Master Mason can share and contribute. The Home is the one great charity of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Each Master Mason should be proud of its路 service to others, its Administrator Right Worshipful Brother Lewis C. Robertson, and his fellow dedicated assistants and employees. The needs and importance of the Home should be made known to our brethren throughout the state. This is a constant task which must be improved. I had assumed that particularly in the 33rd Masonic District (St. Louis) this had been adequately done; however, apparently this is not true. One of my District Deputy Grand Masters in the 33rd District reports, "Many lodge members evidence an alarming lack of knowledge concerning our Masonic Home." If this condition exists in the St. Louis area, the locale of the Home, I can only surmise as to the balance of the state. He further recommends, "Provide more information to lodge members concerning the Masonic Home." In this I concur. Our membership is entitled to this information so that they can intelligently judge for themselves its need and responsibility. In the furtherance of this goal you are each invited to visit the Masonic Home, see what is provided in the way of physical plant and services to our aged guests and children. Judge for yourself the future of The Home on Delmar Boulevard. Make your views known to its Board of Directors, and carry this information back to your respective lodges and members. Transportation will be provided for you to The Home from this Cathedral at 4:00 P.M. on this date, and for your return in time for dinner in the Scottish Rite dining room. DISTRICT DEPUTIES Regional Conferences were held for District Deputies at Kansas City and St. Charles. As Grand Master, I felt my suggestions and program for the year would be best served where a good group of these dedicated men could meet, share common experiences, yet be small enough in number to be informal in nature. I feel this was accomplished by this forum. The District Deputy Grand Masters fulfilled their duties to me and the Grand Lodge in every instance consistent with our By-laws and published decisions. The District Deputy Grand Lecturers offered their right hands of assistance and brotherly cooperation, and it was warmly and gratefully returned to them by the District Deputy Grand Masters. In each district these men have worked in harmony and as a team for the good of their brethren. Right Worshipful Brother Freelon K. Hadley, Grand Lecturer, is responsible in no small measure for this condition. His success, and that of myself and many of my predecessors, is due in large part to his years of dedication
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and work for the fraternity, which was the inspiration for emulation. His contribution to Freemasonry is well known among the Craft from tiny village to great city. Thanks, Freelon, for what you have done and will continue to do for your brothers of the fraternity. During the year, as reported, three (3) District Deputy Grand Masters were lost and the following brethren have been appointed to replace them: Right Worshipful Brother K. Roger Pennell, Box 366, Fairfax, 8th Masonic District. Right Worshipful Brother Thomas Eugene Thurmon, 9 Fair Court, Troy, 29th Masonic District. Right Worshipful Brother Henry W. Poertner, Box 9391, Raytown, 59th Masonic District. Each of these men was highly recommended by others and has faithfully performed his duties with efficiency and understanding. My Brethren, words are inadequate to express what I now feel is my debt of graditude for your dedication and loyalty to me, as your Grand Master, your respective districts and each of your brothers. I am proud of you as a group and individually for your contribution to Freemasonry. GRAND SECRETARY The office of Grand Secretary is one of the most important in the Grand Lodge structure, and one which coordinates the activities of the Grand Lodge in an active, well motivated and continuing organization. The Grand Lodge of Missouri has been extremely fortunate to have had Grand Secretaries noted for their diligence to duty, efficiency and devotion to the Fraternity. Right WorshipfUl Brother Elmer W. Wagner, as Grand Secretary, has served our Fraternity in the highest and finest tradition of his predecessors. Brother Elmer, as he is affectionately known to thousands over the state, had served over ten years as Grand Secretary. He announced his retirement effective July 1, 1970, which was accepted by me as Grand Master. The impending retirement of Right Worshipful Brother Wagner was no secret nor unexpected, because he had so indicated quite sometime before to the Grand Lodge officers his intentions and also informed all in attendance at the last annual Grand Lodge Communication. A search was begun for a new Grand Secretary. Each Grand Lodge officer made this fact known in his respective part of the state. As Grand Master I solicited the assistance of all District Deputy Grand Masters and District Deputy Grand Lecturers at the Regional District Deputy Conferences in this endeavor. Through The Freemason} Winter 1969 issue, you each were urged to make your views known to me and assist in a search for a successor to Right Worshipful Brother Wagner. A number of very deserving, capable, and devoted Master Masons were recommended for this important position. After seeking the views of many Master Masons all over the state, including Past Grand Masters, Grand Lodge Officers, District Deputy Grand Masters, District Deputy Grand Lecturers, and many just interested Freemasons, as your Grand Master I exercised my responsibility and duty to you under the Constitution and By-laws of the Grand Lodge and appointed Right Worshipful Brother Frank Ames Arnold, Grand Secretary, and successor to Right Worshipful
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Brother Elmer W. Wagner whom I forthwith designated as "Grand Secretary Emeritus." Right Worshipful Brother Arnold was born February 15, 1921, and received his education in our public schools and universities. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1942 and a Master of Arts in English Literature from the University of Missouri in 1964. Since 1943 he has been a member of the faculty of Kemper Military School and College at Boonville. He became an English teacher in 1953 and had been Chairman of the English Department since 1962. Brother Arnold was Master of his lodge in 1954 and has served as presiding officer of Boonville Chapter No. 60, Royal Arch Masons; Olivet Commandery No. 53; and is now Principal Conductor of the Work in Centralia Council No. 34. Since 1960, he has served as Secretary-Recorder of all three York Rite bodies. Frank, as he is known among his many friends, was District Deputy Grand Lecturer of the 25th Masonic District from 1956-62; District Deputy Grand High Priest, 1968-69; Grand Sentinel of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Missouri, 1962-63, and is an active member of St. Chrysostum Conclave of Constantine at Columbia. Frank also has been a member of various Grand Lodge statewide committees, and he served as Worthy Grand Patron of the Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, in 1966. He has also won the esteem of his fellow townspeople for his contributions to civic activities. He was first elected to the Boonville City Council in 1962 and served through 1966. Since that time he has been a Commissioner and Chairman of the Housing Authority to the city of Boonville. Our new Grand Secretary is married to a. most charming, loyal and dedicated woman. Ruth is a real asset to Frank. On July I, 1970, at Boonville, Right Worshipful Brother Frank A. Arnold was installed as the 19th Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Missouri in a Special Communication of the Grand Lodge before some 300 Master Masons and their wives which included representatives from nearly every section of the state. Right Worshipful Brother Wagner has served with distinction this Grand Lodge in many capacities. A Past Master of Harmony Lodge No. 499, he also is a Past District Deputy Grand Master, and he served two four-year terms as tr~asurer of the Masonic Home Board. Brother Wagner also is a past presiding officer of Missouri Chapter No. I, Royal Arch Masons; Hiram Council No. I, Royal and Select Masters; and a member of St. Aldemar Commandery No. 18; and Moolah Shrine Temple. He is an honorary member of Acacia Fraternity and has received the DeMolay Legion of Honor. Brother Wagner shall be long remembered as a Grand Secretary in the finest tradition of his predecessors. He had devoted much time and energy, beyond the call of duty, to his office; not for personal satisfaction or glory but to make full and complete records of the activities and events of the Grand Lodge. Thousands of letters have gone to lodges over this state which requested information or with a request to comply with Grand Lodge law. This has all been done with kindness, courtesy and without fanfare. He has the ability to greet Grand Lodge office visitors with the ease
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and cordiality of a perfect host, usually addressing them by their first names. This alone is a tribute to the man as one who cared and took time to listen and assist. As a Grand Lodge officer and as Grand Master I have grown to appreciate Brother Elmer for all he has done for Freemasonry in Missouri, and more especially for the "little things" he has done for me, my family and others throughout his tenure which were beyond his responsibilities, but generously given. Who among us has not .felt better and enjoyed his hearty, rib-tickling laugh when we were at low ebb? Brother EImer, as Grand Master, I. express to you on behalf of your Grand Lodge and all Freemasons of Missouri, our great appreciation and grateful thanks for all that you have done and will continue to do for our Fraternity. May your future plans be as successful and rewarding for you personally as they have been in the past for our Fraternity. Our very best wishes go with you and Mrs. Wagner. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS An exceptionally large number of proposed amendments to our By-laws are to be considered and acted upon at this Grand Lodge Communication. Some are of a routine nature, but others drastically affect the Grand Lodge and the Fraternity. The Grand Lodge Officers have made their views known to the Chairman of the Jurisprudence Committee, and their approval, disapproval, or no recommendation will be reported to you by said committee for your information. The responsibility, however, is yours as representatives to this Grand Lodge Communication to know what each proposed amen'dment seeks to do and to judge each proposal on its merit or lack of merit. I am aware that some proposals are of great interest to many, many representatives and others, and some proposals are highly controversial. Each of you is urged to participate in the discussion, listen attentively and vote for the good of Freemasonry. You are also reminded that we are all Brothers with certain obligations to one another. I am sure these obligations will be honored and the dignity and high integrity of the members of our Fraternity here convened will be demonstrated. APPRECIATION My task as Grand Master is lightened and made easier by you, my Brothers, by your many acts of support, kindness and courtesy; your inspiring words, warm smiles and handclasps with sincere expressions of gratitude for my efforts to serve Masonry have been legion. To each of you I express my sincere and grateful thanks. My heartfelt expressions of appreciation extend further: To Mercer Lodge No. 35, my own lodge, and my north Missouri brethren for your loyalty beyond question and support unsurpassed. To Most Worshipful Brother Bruce H. Hunt, who first appointed me a Grand Lodge Officer with the opportunity to be of service to the Grand Lodge and you. To my wife, Jeania, who by her thoughtfulness, understanding and help has made this year more enjoyable and an easier task.
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Since this report was made I wish to express my sincere thanks to each of you who were so kind in so many ways: the cards of sympathy. the wann handshakes. and the contributions in memory of my daughter to the Scholarship Fund. When I selected "Kindness" as one of the emphases this year. little did I realize that I would be the recipient of that which you have demonstrated. Thank you. CONCLUSION At the conclusion of this Annual Communication a new Grand Master will be elected and installed. The Deputy Grand Master and I have worked together for many years in the promotion of our fraternity. His splendid personal qualities have endeared him. and will further endear him. to the members of the Craft. He has my best wishes with the hope and prayer that he shall receive from you the same splendid support and loyalty. motivated by genuine brotherly love. which you so generously bestowed upon me. My Brethren. high-minded men. men of ideals will continue to seek and enjoy the companionship of others of like principle and character. They will knock at the door of Freemasonry and the "Light of Truth" shall continue to shine brightly with undiminished luster. May the Good Lord bless and keep you until we meet again. Respectfully submitted. J. MORGAN DONELSON, Grand Master. R.W. BRO. WILLIAM H CHAPMAN: Most WorshipfUl Sir. we thank you for this clear and concise report and accounting of your stewardship of this Grand Lodge during your year as Grand Master. Brethren. I urge you to seek out the PROCEEDINGS and re-read this message. There is much in it that is of great value to this Fraternity and it deserves study. Most WorshipfUl Sir, as required by law, this report will be turned over to the Committee on Grand Master's Address and, of course. will be printed and appear in the PROCEEDINGS. NOMINATIONS FOR MASONIC HOME BOARD
The following were placed in nomination for four-year tenns as members of the Masonic Home Board: Leonard Langeneckert Max Oliver
There being no further nominations, it was regularly moved that the Grand Secretary cast the ballot of the Grand Lodge. The motion was seconded and carried. The Grand Master declared Leonard Langeneckert and Max Oliver elected. PARTIAL REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE
Wor. Bro. William J. Hill, Chairman of the Committee on Jurisprudence. presented a partial report as follows:
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To the Most WorshiPful Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of the State of Missouri: BRETHREN: })ROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION
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Due to a recommendation to be made by the Committee on Jurisprudence, it has prepared a partial report of its deliberations and has requested permission to present such partial report at the earliest possible time at this Annual Communication. At the 1969 Annual Communication an amendment was proposed to Section 1.080 of the By-Laws, which Section pertains to Mileage and Per Diem. The only changes which the amendment, as proposed at that time, would have, would be to increase the per diem from Ten Dollars ($10.00) to Fifteen Dollars ($15.00), and the travel allowance from Six Cents (6¢) to Ten Cents (10¢) per mile. Your committee recommends these two changes. However, as drawn, by reason of Section 35.040 of the By-Laws, this proposed amendment would not become effective until the close of the present Annual Communication. Since your committee deems it desirable to make this proposed amendment effective from the commencement of the 1970 Annual Communication, it recommends that the proposed amendment be further amended by adding the words "Effective from commencement of the 1970 Annual Communication" prior to and as a part of the first sentence. The proposed amendment, as thus further amended, would read as follows: Effective from commencement of the 1970 Annual Communication the officers of the Grand Lodge, the Past Grand Masters, the District Deputy Grand Masters, the District Deputy Grand Lecturers, the members of the Committees on Credentials, Appeals and Grievances, Jurisprudence, Ways and Means, Mileage and Per Diem, and Masonic Education, and of the Building Supervisory Board, the chairmen of all other standing committees, and one representative from each chartered lodge and each lodge U .D. are paid fifteen dollars for each day they are in actual attendance upon the annual communication of the Grand Lodge, and ten cents per mile for each mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning therefrom. No one may receive more than one payment for the same attendance or travel. The last recommendation dictates the need for the early presentation and an early decision to give maximum time to the Committee on Mileage and Per Diem for the preparation of checks consistent with your decision before the close of this Communication. Your committee moves the adoption of this partial repon.
The motion was duly seconded and the partial report was adopted by vote of the Grand Lodge. CALLED FROM LABOR
The Grand Lodge was called from labor at 12: 15 p.m. R.W. Bro. Reid Swindler, Grand Chaplain, offered prayer.
Monday Afternoon Called to Labor 1:30 p.rn. The Grand Lodge was called to labor at I: 30 p.m. R.\V. Bro. Herbert E. Duncan offered prayer. THE GRAND MASTER: There is a matter which I wish to announce: I have been presented with a request for votes by lodge; this is unusual. It is signed by 41 Worshipful Masters of lodges over the state. If R.W. Bro. William Hill is present, I would ask that he come forward, please-the Chairman of the Jurisprudence Committee. Apparently the chairman of this committee is not present. I anticipated this would be presented and had asked that he make some statement in that respect. He is out of the room, apparently temporarily, and I will call upon Brother Hill shortly. PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SECTION 15.060 OF BY-LAWS
R.W. Bro. Edwin Bennett, Jr. presented a substitute amendment for the amendment presented in 1969. Most Worshipful Grand Master: AMENDMENT OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SECTION
15.060-
PROFICIENCY OF MASTER MASON
Be It Resolved, That the Proposed and Pending Amendment of Section 15.060 of the By-Laws, 1958, of the Grand Lodge of Missouri be amended as follows: (a) Re-copy and retain, "Substitute for the present section the following:" Delete and eliminate all of the remaining portions of the proposed amendment. (b) Amend the proposed section to read as follows: Sub-section (I): Each candidate initiated in the Third Degree is hereby required to show a suitable proficiency in that degree within one (I) year from the date of such initiation. Sub-section (2): Until a Master Mason has shown a suitable proficiency in the Third Degree, he is not permitted to vote or hold office in the lodge. Sub-section (3): In the event a Master Mason shall not have passed a suitable proficiency within six (6) months after the date of his initiation in that degree, it shall be the duty of the lodge to notify him in writing to show a suitable proficiency in the Third Degree within one (I) year after the date of his initiation in that degree. It is the duty of the Master to inform the lodge of the Brother's failure to pass a suitable proficiency within six (6) months after the date of his initiation in that degree and it is the duty of the Secretary to record the same in the minutes of the lodge. Before the next regular meeting of the lodge, the Secretary shall mail a written notice to the Brother which shall contain the statement that the Brother is required to pass a suitable proficiency in the Third Degree within one year from the date of his initiation in that degree (which date must be stated) and that his failure or refusal to do so shall constitute a Masonic offense for which he may be tried and punished. The notice herein required may be delivered to him personally or by deposit in the United States mail, registered or certified, with return personal receipt re-
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quested, addressed to the Brother at his last known address according to the records of the lodge. Sub-section (4): In the event a Brother, after having received the notice as required in Sub-section (3) herein, fails or refuses to show a suitable proficiency within one year, the Master is required to infonn the lodge of the Brother's failure to comply to such notice and the Secretary is required to note the same in the minutes of the lodge. The Brother shall then be notified, as provided in Sub-section (3) herein, to appear at the next regular meeting of the lodge to show cause for his failure not to pass a suitable proficiency within one year. The vote of the lodge is not required for the authorization of the notices required in Sub-section (3) and Sub-section (4) herein. The lodge may consider the physical incapacity, illness, absence from the state, or any reasonable prohibiting limitation suffered by a Brother who has not shown a suitable proficiency in the Third Degree within one year and by a majority vote of the members present, may defer the provisions of this Section 15.060 and its Sub-sections until such time as such limitations shall have been removed. From the date of the removal of such limitations, as determined by the lodge, Section 15.060 and its Sub-sections become operative and from this date the Brother has an additional six (6) months in which to show suitable proficiency and failure or refusal to do so shall constitute a Masonic offense and such Masonic offense shall be processed by the lodge as provided in Sub-section (5) herein. Sub-section (5): In the event the Brother fails to appear after receiving the notice defined in Sub-section (4) herein or appearing fails to show reasonable cause for his failure to pass a suitable proficiency within one (1) year, such failure shall be regarded as a Masonic offense and the Master shall have the responsibility of seeing that proper charges are filed and that the charges are duly referred to the Grievance Committee of said lodge. The charges shall be processed and acted upon by the lodge in the same manner as other charges are handled consistent with the provisions of the Constitution and By-Laws (1958) of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, as amended. Sub-section (6): In the event the Brother, in response to the notice as reo quired in Sub-section (4) herein appears and shows reasonable cause for his failure to have passed a suitable proficiency within one year, the lodge, by a majority vote of the members present, may extend the time an additional six (6) months within which the Brother may pass a suitable proficiency. Sub-section (7): In the event a Brother fails or refuses to pass a suitable proficiency within the additional six (6) monthS, a's provided in Sub-section (6) herein, such failure or refusal shall constitute a Masonic offense and such Masonic offense shall be processed by the lodge as provided in Sub-section (5) herein. Respectfully submitted, EDWIN BENNEIT, JR., WILLIAM F. JACKSON, GERVIS H. THURMAN, GEORGE W. WHITWORTH.
The Grand Master referred the substitute amendment to the Jurisprudence Committee for its consideration. PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SECTION 9.020 OF BY-LAWS
R.W. Bro. Walter L. Walker presented a proposed amendment of Section 9.020 of the By-Laws and requested it be referred to the Jurisprudence Committee.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE BY-LAWS
Be It Resolved by the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.: That Section 9.020 of the By-Laws be amended by adding a comma after the word "and," on line 5 thereof, "with the prior approval of the Building Supervisory Board," so that the same, as amended, shall read as follows: "Section 9.020. Title and Powers of Trustees. Title to the property of the lodge is vested in the trustees for the use and benefit of the lodge, or of the Grand Lodge as provided in Section 7.260. Subject to the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge and of the lodge, the trustees shall manage and maintain all the property of the lodge, and, with the prior approval of the Building Supervisory Board, convey the property as the lodge (or the Grand Lodge, under Section 7.260) directs." WALTER L. WALKER, CLAUDE T. WOOD. RESOLUTION RELATING TO REVOLVING BUnDING FUND
The Grand Secretary read a resolution relating to the establishment of a revolving building fund and requested it be referred to the Jurisprudence Committee. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. Of the State of Missouri: The undersigned propose the following resolution as an amendment to the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge: Be It Resolved by the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri: Resolved, That a revolving building loan fund be established utilizing funds of the Grand Lodge to be administered as follows: 1. A commission of three Master Masons shall be appointed by the Grand Master to pass upon and approve or disapprove applications for loans from said fund and to administer those funds which are approved. 2. Only constituent lodges of the Grand Lodge of the State of Missouri shall be eligible to secure loans from said fund. 3. The purpose of the revolving fund is to use exclusively funds of the Grand Lodge to be loaned to the constituent lodge for the repair, refurbishing, alteration or addition to existing Masonic Temples, or for the conversion of an existing building into a Masonic Temple, or for the building of a new Masonic Temple; the terms, amount, method of repayment, method of financing, and all other matters relative thereto to be passed upon by such Commission subject to the approval of the Building Supervisory Board as hereinafter provided. 4. Prior approval of the Building Supervisory Board of the Grand Lodge for all building plans shall be required before an application for any loan from this fund may be acted upon by the Commission; and prior approval of said Building Supervisory Board of the Grand Lodge shall' be required before any loans of any kind or character are made from said revolving fund to any constituent lodge for any purpose whatsoever. 5. Loans from said fund shall be made at an annual interest rate to be fixed by said Commission and to mature and be secured in such form as said Commission shall approve. 6. Prepayment of loans from said fund shall be permitted and encouraged by
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a proper reduction in the interest rate in the discretion of said Commission, if it sees fit. Fraternally submitted, HAROLD W. SMITH,
'V ARREN
S. GODDARD,
G. HARVEY JOBE, BEN E. HOFFMAN, HARRY
J.
DRAPER.
REQUEST FOR VOTE BY LODGE LIMITED TO SECTIONS 15.060 AND 18.010
THE GRAND MASTER: Brethren, I would indicate to you that the request for vote by lodges is limited to the matters pertaining to the "proficiency" and "the card," Sections 15.060 and 18.010, and the report of the Jurisprudence Committee in that respect as filed with the Secretary. I will ask Brother Hill, when he appears, to make some comment in this respect. Brethren, I believe we should proceed to the election of officers of this Grand Lodge for the coming year. The Grand Secretary read the list of tellers. RESOLUTION RELATING TO R.W. BRO. ELMER W. WAGNER
M.W. Bro. Morris E. Ewing presented a resolution expressing appreciation and recognition of the loyal and devoted service of R.W. Bro. Elmer W. Wagner as Grand Secretary for the past ten years and electing him to the honor of "Grand Secretary Emeritus." M.W. Brother Ewing moved the adoption of the resolution; the motion was seconded and adopted by vote of the Grand Lodge. The Grand Master stated that this resolution need not be referred to the Jurisprudence Committee. RESOLUTION
Be It Resolved by the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Missouri, that in recognition and appreciation of the loyal and devoted service of Right Worshipful Brother Elmer W. Wagner, Grand Secretary, for the past ten years, he is hereby elected to the rank and honor of Grand Secretary Emeritus for life. W.
H.
MORRIS LEWIS
UTZ,
E. C.
JR., HERBERT E.
EWING, HERMAN WES
COOK,
A.
ROBERT
DUNCAN, BRUCE H.
HUNT,
ORLICK, WALTER WALKER,
L.
McKINNEY,
JAl\IES
A.
NOLAND, JR., FREELON K. HADLEY, W. HUGH McLAUGHLIN.
SILVER CARD PRESENTED TO R.W. BRO. ELMER W. WAGNER
THE GRAND MASTER: My Brethren, it is with a great degree of pride that I desire to present to R.W. Bro. Elmer W. Wagner, not a gold card, but a' silver card, to be used by W. Bro. Elmer Wagner as he may see fit in the interests of Freemasonry. It reads: "Grand Lodge of Missouri, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons. Elmer W. Wagner served this Grand Lodge as Grand Secretary 1960-1970 with honor to the Fraternity," signed "Frank A. Arnold, Grand Secretary," and attested with the seal. I present it to you. R.W. BROTHER WAGNER: Thank you. Most Worshipful Grand Master and
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Brethren: This is a surprise, and I want to thank each and everyone of the Grand Lodge officers, who were behind this thought, very much. If at any time I can be of any service in the future, please call on me. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. CONTRIBUTION TO ENDOWMENT FUND
The Grand Secretary announced that he had received a donation to the Masonic Home Endowment Fund in honor of Most Worshipful Grand Master J. Morgan Donelson by the Tree Toppers Club of the Seventh District, O.E.S. REPORT OF GRAND TREASURER
The Grand Secretary' presented the report of the Grand Treasurer and moved it be accepted and printed in the PROCEEDINGS. The motion was seconded and carried by vote of the Grand Lodge. $ 15,797.41 412,857.11 55,716.71
Cash balance on July 1, 1969 . Received from Grand Secretary Transfer from Agency Account
Disbursements as authorized
$484,371.23 466,120.92
.
$ 18,250.31
Excess of Receipts or Disbursements and Balance June 30, 1970 Consisting of: Commerce Bank of St. Joseph, Missouri . Mercantile Commerce Trust Co., St. Louis, Missouri Balance in First National Bank of Kansas City, Missouri Interest in Agency Account (Permanent) .
7,837.68 10,000.00 412.63
Total Balance
$ 18,250.31 SECURITIES--GENERAL FUND
United States Treasury Notes
Interest Rate Maturit)l 5/15/71 2/15/72
PER CENT
5~
4% ....
United States Treasury Bills 7/30/70
Par Value
Carrying Value
.$ 90,000.00 50,000.00
$ 90,140.50
48,000.00
$ 88,317.00 47,620.00
$140,000.00
$138,140.50
$135,937.00
$ 10,000.00
$150,000.00 Total Securities . Uninvested Cash in Principal Account First National Bank, Kansas City, Missouri . Total
.
Market Value June 30, 1970
9,831.67
$ 9,417.00
$147,972.17
.$
$145,354.00
.00 $147,972.17
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United States Treasury Bonds
Par Value
Carrying Value
Market Value June 30, 1970
..................
$ 40,000.00
..................
5,000.00 25,000.00 10,000.00 43,000.00 16,000.00 10,000.00 29,000.00
$ 40,000.00 5,000.00 25,000.00 10,025.00 42,590.00 15,915.00 10,000.00 29,000.00
$ 36,360.00 4,462.00 22,055.00 8,820.00 32,112.00 10,499.00 6,562.00 19,041.00
$178,000.00
$177,530.00
$139,911.00
.. $ 19,000.00 2,000.00 . 30,000.00 .
$ 19,171.00 2,000.00 29,850.00
$ 18,909.00 1,903.00 29,763.00
$ 51,000.00 Total Securities $229,000.00 Uninvested Cash in Principal Account Fi~st ~ational Bank, Kansas City, Missouri . Total .
$ 51,021.00 $228,551.00
$ 50,575.00 $190,486.00
Interest Rate Maturity 6/15/67/72 9/15/67/72 12/15/67/72 5/15/74 2/15/80 2/15/90 2/15/95 II/15/98
PER CENT
2~ 2~ 2~ 4~
.................. ..................
3~
.................. ..................
3
..................
3Y2
..................
4
United States Treasury Notes II/15/70 5 5/15/72 4~ 8/15/76 7~
722.46 $229,273.46
Respectfully submitted, W. H. UTZ, JR., Grand Treasurer. REPORT OF AUDITOR
The Grand Secretary presented the report of the Auditor Robert C. Wagener, C.P.A., Clayton, Missouri, and moved it be accepted and printed in the PROCEEDINGS. The motion was seconded and carried by vote of the Grand Lodge.
To the Grand Lodge, A.F. if A.M. of Missouri: GENTLEMEN: Pursuant to engagement, I have examined the books and records of the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri for the period from July 1, 1969 to June 30, 1970, also the Masonic Home Initiation Fund, the George Washington Memorial Fund, the Joseph S. McIntyre Library Fund, and The Freemason magazine for the same period and respectfully present the following report: GENERAL FUND--PER GRAND SECRETARY'S BOOKS STATEMENT OF CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS AND COMPARISON WITH BUDGET JULY
Cash Receipts Per Capita Tax Masonic Home Initiation Fees
1, 1969
TO JUNE
30, 1970
Actual
Budget
Actual Over or Under Budget
. $353,105.85 $353,047.35 $ 58.50 . 25,220.00 25,110.00 110.00
1970
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George Washington Memorial Association Fees Sale of Manuals . Dues Receipt Cards . Sale of Grand Lodge Forms and Books: $ 377.00 Constitution and By-laws . 442.20 Grand Lodge Forms Frccmason, Proceedings, etc. . .... 337.20
2,522.00 2,108.00 2,073.99
2,511.00 1,800.00 2,000.00
11.00 308.00 73.99
1,156.40
750.00
406.40
16,527.79 726.69
17,000.00 200.00
472.21 526.69
Interest on Investments: Permant Fund (Less Trustee Fee $400.75) $7,851.88 General Fund $490.18) Miscellaneous
(Less Trustee Fee 8,675.91 .
----
---
$403,440.72 $402,418.35 $1,022.37 Total Budgeted Items 1,411.39 Estatc-A. L. Snider . 5,505.00 Visits-D.D.G.M. and D.D.G.L. . 2,500.00 Sale of Cemetery Lots, Kansas City, Missouri ., Total Income Receipts Total Income Receipts Transfers from Agency Account Total Receipts Disburscments-Per Schedule Attached
.
Excess of Receipts over Disbursements Balance, July 1, 1969 .
. $412,857.11 . $412,857.11 55,716.71 $468,573.82 . 466,120.92 $
2,452.90 15,797.41
$ 18,250.31 Balance, June 30, 1970 ..... Consisting of Balance in Commerce Bank of St. Joseph, Missouri . $ 7,837.68 Balance in Mercantile-Commerce Trust Company, St. Louis, Missouri-Imprest Fund ., 10,000.00 Balance in First National Bank, Kansas City, Missouri-Intercst in Agency Permanent Fund Account . 412.63
Balance in Banks-General Fund, June 30, 1970 $ 18,250.31 GRAND LODGE A.F. & A.M. OF MISSOURI GENERAL FUND STATEMENT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS AND COMPARISON WITH BUDGET JULY
I, 1969
TO JUNE
30, 1970
Actual Over or Under
By Direct Appropriation of Grand Lodge
Actual
Budget
Salary-Grand Secretary . $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ Salary-Grand Lecturer . 8,400.00 8,400.00 Salary-Grand Treasurer 500.00 500.00 Masonic Service Association-Per Capita . 2,344.62 2,400.00 Contributions to Masonic Templc Association for Maintenancc-Grand Lodge Quarters . 3,600.00 3,600.00
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Italics denote red figure.
Budget
55.38
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Committee on Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges .
1970
100.00 100.00 $ 27,944.62 $ 28,000.00 $
5538 By Requisition Grand Master Expenses-Grand Master . $ 5,400.00 $ 5,400.00 $ 123.79 4,676.21 4,800.00 Expenses-Grand Lecturer . 582.68 1,617.32 2,200.00 Expenses-Grand Lodge Officers and Committees 852.52 2,500.00 1,647.48 . Conference of Grand Lodge Officers 240.JJ 2,759.87 3,000.00 . Conference of DoD.G.M. and DoD.G.Lo 200.00 1,800.00 2,000.00 Washington, D. C., Meeting . 200.00 200000 Auditing . 2,699.01 3,000.00 300.99 Grand Master's Contingent Fund . 4,868.01 8,000.00 3,131.99 . Expenses of Grand Lodge Session 359.38 10,000.00 9,604.62 . Sesquicentennial Committee
$ 25,232.32 $ 41,100.00 $15,867.68 By Requisition of Grand Secretary Salaries-Grand Lodge Office $ 16,725.00 $ 27,000.00 $10,275.00 Employees' Tax Expense-Social Security and 2,800.00 1,116.40 1,683.60 Federal Unemployment Insurance 21.00 600.00 Insurance . 579.00 Operation of Grand Lodge Office: 4,500.00 737.68 3,762.32 A-Printing, Postage and Stationery 156.99 1,500.00 1,656.99 B-Telephone and Telegrams . 434.25 500.00 65.75 C-Office Equipment . 405.74 905.74 500.00 D-Office Supplies . 1,000.00 E-Incidental Office Expenses . 858.77 141.23 ]49.00 8,149.00 8,000.00 F-Grand Lodge Office Improvement . Incidental Travel and Expense of Grand Secretary . 500.00 500.00 Grand Master's Regalia . 779.71 750.00 29.71 2,126.62 2,]00000 26.62 Dues Receipt Cards . 2,987.50 3,000.00 . 12.50 :Fifty Year Veterans Buttons Printing Proceedings . 5,278.74 5,000.00 278.74
$ 44,841.20 $ 57,750.00 $12,908.80 By Requisition Committee on Committee on Committee on Committee on Committee on Committee on
Correspondence Masonic Education Ritual .. . Relief and Charity By-laws-Pocket Part Mileage and Per Diem
. $ . . . .
750.00 $ 750.00 $ 3,390.38 7,500.00 4,109.62 210.07 600.00 389.93 2,000.00 2,000.00 908.82 800.00 108.82 23,410.56 27,500.00 4,089.44
$ 28,669.83 $ 39,150.00 $10,480.17 Total Budgeted Grand Lodge Operating Expenses $126,687.97 $166,000.00 $39)12.03 Masonic Home-Per Capita Tax $244,609.46 244,659.81 $ 50.35 . Masonic Home Initiation Fund 25,400.00 25,110.00 290.00 2,545.00 2,511.00 34.00 George Washington Memorial Association $272,554.46 $272,280.81 $ 273.65 Total Expenses . $399,242.43 $438,280.81 $39,038.38 5,510.00 Payments-DoD.G.M. and D.D.G.L. Visits . 60,000.00 Transfers to Agency Account . Payment-Relief Contribution-Grand Lodge of Italics denote red figure.
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1,500.00 123.44 .$466,128.99
Mississippi Payroll Tax Adjustment Deduct: Discount-Missouri Withholding Tax Discount-St. Louis Earnings Tax
$5.11 2.96
8.07 .... $466,120.92
Total Disbursements
SECURITIES-PERMANENT FUND
I did not examine the securities, which are held by the First National Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, as agent, but checked the statement dated June 30, 1970 as to charges and credits with the previous statement dated June 30, 1969. United States Treasury Bonds
Interest Rate
Market Value June 30,
Par Value
Carrying Value
$ 40,000.00 5,000.00 25,000.00 10,000.00 43,000.00 16,000.00 10,000.00 29,000.00
$ 40,000.00 5,000.00 25,000.00 10,025.00 42,590.00 15,9]5.00 10,000.00 29,000.00
$ 36,360.00 4,462.00 22,055.00 8,820.00 32,II2.00 10,499.00 6,562.00 19,041.00
$178,000.00
$177,530.00
$139,911.00
$ 19,000.00
$ 19,171.00
$ 18,909.00
2,000.00 30,000.00
2,000.00 29,850.00
1,903.00 29,763.00
$ 51,000.00
$ 51,021.00
$ 50,575.00
Total Securities $229,000.00 Uninvested Cash in Principal Account First National Bank, Kansas City, Missouri
$228,55 1.00
$190,486.00
Maturity 6/15/67/72 9fI5/67/72 12/15/67/72 5fJ5/74 2fI5/80 2fI5/90 2/15/95 II /15/98
PER CENT
2~ 2~ 21~
4 1A 4 3~
3 3~
United States Treasury Notes 5 II /]5/70 4'y,j 5fI5/72 8/15/76 7J~
Total
.............
1970
722.46 $229,273.46
SECURITIES-GENERAL FUND
United States Treasury Notes
Intaest Rate Maturity 5/15/71 2/15/72
PER CENT
5 1A 4o/.i
Italics denote red figure.
.
....... ... .
Par Value
Carrying Value
$ 90,000.00
$ 90,140.50
Market Value June 3O,
1970 ~
50,000.00
48,000.00
88,317.00 47,620.00
$140,000.00
$138,140.50
$135,937.00
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United States Treasury Bills 7/30/70
Total
9,831.67
$ 9,417.00
$147,972.17
$145,354.00
$
$ 10,000.00
$150,000.00 Total Securities . Uninvested Cash in Principal Account . First National Bank, Kansas City, Missouri
.00
.
$147,972.17
Following is a summary of the changes in the principal account of the Permanent Fund during the year under review: $
Uninvested Cash, July 1, 1969 . Receipts United States Treasury Bond Matured 10/1/69 Disbursements United States Treasury Note, 7~%, Due 8/15/76 Uninvested Cash, June 30, 1970 .
572.46 30,000.00 29,850.00
$
722.46
I also checked the statement of income and expenses and submit the following summary: Balance, July 1, 1969 Income Interest Income, July 1, 1969 to June 30, 1970: United States Treasury Bonds United States Treasury Notes
.
$
400.75
$
8,653.38
$
400.75 8,252.63
$
7,840.00 412.63
. $ 6,370.00 . 1,882.63
Expense Agent's Collection Fee Net Interest Income Transferred to General Fund Balance, June 30, 1970
. .
Following is a summary of the changes and credits in the Principal Account of the General Fund: Balance, July 1, 1969 '" Transferred from Grand Lodge General Fund ..... Receipts $ 5,000.00 U. S. Treasury Bills Matured 9/25/69 $25,000.00 U. S. Treasury Bills Matured 12/26/69 $41,000.00 U. S. Treasury Bills Matured 3/26/70 Total Disbursements $25,000.00 U. S. Treasury Bills, Due 12/26/69 .. $41,000.00 U. S. Treasury Bills, Due 3/26/70 $10,000.00 U. S. Treasury Bills, Due 7/30/70
$
. . .
Italics denote red figure.
68,933.91 $129,417.48
$ 24,542.22 39,473.98 9,831.67 $ 73,847.87 55,569.61
Transfers to General Bank Account Balance June 30, 1970
$ 4,917.71 24,542.22 39,473.98
483.57 60,000.00
.
129,417.48 .00
$
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$
Balance July I, 1969 Income Interest Received on U. S. Treasury Bills and Notes
609.16 9,166.09
$ 9,775.25 Expense Agent's Collection Fee $
Transfers to General Bank Account Balance June 30, 1970
. .
$
490.18 9,285.07 8,823.01 462.06
MASONIC HOME INITIATION FUND
Balance July 1, 1969 . Received from Lodges, July 1, 1969 to June 30, 1970
.
290.00 25,220.00 $ 25,510.00 25,400.00 110.00 $
$ .
Disbursements-Paid to Masonic Home . Balance June 30, 1970-Due to Masonic Home GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL FUND
Balance Due July I, 1969 Received from Lodges, July I, 1969 to June 30, 1970
. .
$
29.00 2,522.00
---
$ 2,551.00 Disbursement-Paid to George Washington Memorial Association, February 3, 1970 . Balance June 30, 1970-Due to George Washington Memorial Association .
2,545.00 $
6.00
$
1,170.67
JOSEPH S. MCINTYRE LIBRARY FUND
Balance July I, 1969 Receipt Interest on Savings Account
. .
Balance in Mercantile Trust Company-Savings Account, June 30, 1970 .
49.52 $
1,220.19
Receipts (New Account, Beginning October, 1969) ... Disbursements .
$
6,939.00 5,922.89
Balance June 30, 1970
$
1,016.11
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MILEAGE AND PER DIEM COMMITTEE
Deposit from General Fund, September 30, 1969 Mileage and Per Diem Checks Paid
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$ 23,541.64 23,410.56
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$ Refund to General Fund Balance June 30, 1970
.
$
131.08 131.08
--.00
The ]969 Mileage and Per Diem Committee repon and C<1.ncelled checks were examined during the course of the examination.
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The various. items in the foregoing report have been taken from the books and records of the Grand Secretary and reflect the recorded cash transactions of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Missouri from July I, 1969 to June 30, 1970. All checks issued were examined in support of the disbursements. In checking the per capita tax received and the per capita tax paid to the Masonic Home, I found a balance of $142.54 due to the Masonic Home at June 30, 1970. Approved invoices were examined for substantially all items. Payroll records and tax returns were also inspected. The bank balances shown in the report were confirmed directly by the depositaries. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT C. WAGENER, Certified Public Accountant. REPORT OF GRAND SECRETARY
R.W. Bro. Frank A. Arnold presented the report of the Grand Secretary and moved it be received and printed in full detail in the 1970 PROCEEDINGS. The motion was seconded and carried. SUMMARY OF LODGE WORK
Membership, July 1, 1969 Affiliated Raised Reinstated Suspended Deaths Dimitted Suspended Expelled
. 113,067 755 . 2,106 . 1,075 . 2,030 . 2,996 . 679 . . 1 . 2
Membership, June 30, 1970
. 111,295 SPECIAL ORDERS OF HEALING
Four. COMMISSIONS TO DEPUTIES
Commissions were issued to all the District Deputy Grand Masters. DUPLICATE CHARTERS
Wakanda Lodge No. 52 Naylor Lodge No. 568
Friendship Lodge No. 89 Mountain View Lodge No. 637 CHARTERS ARRESTED
None. CHARTERS GRANTED
None. LODGES CONSOLIDATED
DeWitt Lodge No. 39, DeWitt, Missouri, consolidated with Wakanda Lodge No. 52, Carrollton, Missouri, on October 9, 1969.
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Milford Lodge No. 516, Milford, Missouri, consolidated with Lamar Lodge No. 592, Lamar, Missouri, on January 1, 1970. Garrett Lodge No. 359, Arcola, Missouri, consolidated with Washington Lodge No. 87, Greenfield, Missouri, on January 27, 1970. COURTESIES
Seventy-six requests have been made to Sister Jurisdictions to confer degrees for Missouri lodges; and 43 requests have been made to Missouri lodges by Sister Jurisdictions. DISPENSATIONS
By order of Grand Master Donelson dispensations were issued as follows: October 30, 1969, to M.W. Bro. Harold O. Grauel, P.G.M., Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to dedicate new lodge hall for Perryville Lodge No. 670, Perryville, Missouri, on Sunday, December 7, 1969. October 30, 1969, to R.W. Bro. Thomas J. Davis, Jr., Senior Grand Warden, Piedmont, Missouri, to dedicate new Masonic Temple in behalf of the Cape Girardeau Masonic Temple Association, on Sunday, November 16, 1969, at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. November 18, 1969, to the Wor. Master of Leadwood Lodge No. 598, Leadwood, Missouri, to hold their election of officers for the ensuing year on Saturday, December 13, 1969, in lieu of Saturday, November 8, 1969. November 21, 1969, to the Wor. Master of Cache Lodge No. 416, St. Louis, Missouri, to hold public installation of officers at Pomegranate Temple, 3311 Pennsylvania Ave., St. Louis, Missouri, on Saturday, December 13, 1969, at 8:00 p.m. January 19, 1970, to the Wor. Master of Holliday Lodge No. 660, Holliday, Missouri, to hold election of officers for ensuing year on Tuesday, January 20, 1970; or, Tuesday, February 3, 1970. January 21, 1970, to the Wor. Master of Philadelphia Lodge No. 502, Philadelphia, Missouri, to hold election of officers for ensuing year on Thursday, February 5, 1970. January 21, 1970, to the Wor. Master of Wakanda Lodge No. 52, Carrollton, Missouri, for Wakanda Lodge No. 52, Wakanda, Missouri (whose lodge hall burned recently), to meet temporarily in the hall of Carroll Lodge No. 249, Norborne, Missouri, until such time as their hall can be restored. January 22, 1970, to the Wor. Master of Mountain View Lodge No. 637, Mountain View, Missouri, for Mountain View Lodge No. 637, Mountain View, Missouri (whose lodge hall recently burned), to meet temporarily in the hall of Ingomar Lodge No. 536, Willow Springs, Missouri, until such time as their hall can be restored. February 20, 1970, to the Wor. Master of Green Ridge Lodge No. 425, Green Ridge, Missouri, to hold election of officers of Green Ridge Lodge No. 425, Green Ridge, Missouri, on their next regular stated meeting night (March 19, 1970). February 20, 1970, to R.W. Bro. Travis A. Graham, D.D.G.M. (20th District), Bogard, Missouri, to dedicate for Masonic purposes, second floor of brick and concrete building owned by Bro. George Cockayne, located one block east of the Courthouse Square in Carrollton, Missouri, at northwest corner of intersection of East Benton and N. Virginia Streets, for Wakanda Lodge No. 52, Carrollton, Missouri, to meet in from time of dedication to March I, 1971. April 17, 1970, to the Wor. Master of Arcana Lodge No. 389, Harris, Missouri, to meet temporarily in the hall of Seaman Lodge No. 126 at Milan, Missouri, as their lodge hall was destroyed by fire recently. May 20, 1970, to the Wor. Master of Fair Play Lodge No. 44, Fair Play, Missouri, to meet temporily in hall of Bolivar Lodge No. 195, Bolivar, Missouri, for a period not to exceed one year. May 21, 1970, to the Wor. Master of Southwest Lodge No. 466, Southwest City,
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Missouri, to hold an "outdoor meeting" of their lodge for the conferral of a Third Degree on Saturday, August IS, 1970, on a dedicated area previously designated for Masonic purposes. August 24, 1970, to R.W. Bro. Walter L. Walker, Senior Grand Deacon, Neosho, Missouri, to lay the cornerstone of the Wheaton Masonic Temple Association building, Wheaton, Missouri, and dedicate lodge hall for use of Comfort Lodge No. 533 at Wheaton, on Saturday, August 29, 19.70, at 8:00 p.m. GRAND REPRESENTATIVES
The Grand Master appointed the following Grand Representatives: Clayton E. Dean A. C. Macnab Carl E. Gallop William Sinclair Julius B. Mandel
Texas Quebec (Canada) Mississippi British Columbia (Canada) New York
FIFTY-YEAR BUTTONS PRESENTED
June 30, 1969-June 30, 1970 Acacia No. 602-Roy Alexander Dickie, Erment Montgomery, Clate Cox, Victor G. Koch, Ernest M. Woods, Huber Ogilvie Croft, James E. Hathman, William Herbert Eddy Reid, George W. Hennerich Adair No. 366-Grover C. Stukey, Chellis E. White, Walter C. Beard, Sr., Karl E. Webb AdeljJhia No. 355-Clyde M. Newman Agency No. lO-Harry L. Cooke, John Herbert Albert Pike No. 219-Roscoe Emmett Maoulthrop, Charles Norman Tree, Johnson D. Hill, Jesse Kirkpatrick, Thomas A. Kyner, Maynard W. E. Park, Roscoe R. Savage, Raymond P. Stauffer, Leon E. Thomas, George O. Wilson Algabil No. 544-Adolph Richard Eckstrand, Russell S. McCutchen, Elmer Emil DeBrodt, Isaac Marion Turner, Frederick Robert Wettig, Adolph L. Fischer, Arthur S. Goetz, Thomas H. Rimes, Walter F. Meier, Herman A. Meyer, Edward McGrath, William B. Ockerhausen, Edgar J. Schmidt, Lewis John Turner Allensville No. 198-D. L. McCrary Alpha No. 659-George S. Robertson, John F. Jefferies, Homer Louis Lowe Alton No. 255-Gordon P. Dorris, Hosea A. Taylor America No. 34i-Walter B. Mueller, Albert R. Romer, John W. Herzlik, George L. Wolfsberger Amsterdam No. 141-William K. Henderson Anchor No. 443-Charles Eugene Milberg Ancient Craft No. 377-Leon Meyer, Delbert Snapp, Leland C. Yates, Hugh Askins Ancient Landmark No. 356-Ernest Watson Anderson No. 621-Paul Morgosian Appleton City No. 412-Herman A. Fischer Apollo No. 529-Willard E. Henges, Joseph Lowe, Fred C. Rose, William H. Dann, George M. Gladdings, Donald L. Schulze, John E. Percival Arcana No. 389-Tom D. Purdy , Archie No. 633-Bennett B. Limpus, L. Phillips Hodges Athens No. 127-William E. Campbell, Dolph Hornbuckle, William M. Todd Aurora No. 267-Abe H. Goodman, Louis C. Hoppe, Guy R. Moult, Oliver J. Belzer, David H. Bunn, Oscar Epstein, Henry M. Hoppe Barbee No. 217-George V. Bray, Philip W. Heisner Barnes No. 116-Andrew Fletcher Bugg, Scott F. Whittaker
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Barnesville No. 353-James Riley McIntosh Barnett No. 591-Roger J. Berry, John Robert Edmonson Bee Hive No. 393-Jennings George Sexton, Harley Edmon O'Day, John List Peppard Beacon No.3-John S. Ellis, Carl H. Bauer, Elmer L. Parker, Ralph W. Koehring, Charles Osthoff, Jr., Thornton W. Wissore, Jr., John S. Chapman, Arthur L. Rutchmann, Charles P. Hetzel, George H. Diederich, Edward H. Giessow, Jr., Harry C. Dodt, George W. Breckshage, Oscar W. Breckshage, Roy Breckshage, Irving Schmidt, William J. Kloppenberg, Charles W. Koch, Benjamin A. Brader, Otto Oventrop, Henry J. Bunke, Ernest L. Coates, Louis H. Schaffnit, Harley A. Strachan, William H. Blumenthal, Henry R. Eggers, Ernest Moxter, Charles A. Schmidt, Julius G. H. Math, Walter H. Noe, Richard E. Schlingwein, George G. Vollmer, Max Cohen, William O. Diefenbach, Lester L. Lueking, Edwin Walcher, Raymond H. Knickmeyer, Henry Levison, Oliver V. Martens, Eugene Meyer, Robert P. Hecker, Clarence E. Johnson, Oliver F. Peters, Earl V. Westlake, August L. Zimmerer, R. Emerson Green, V. Carl Ilgen, William A. Knight, Ben B. Bower, Walter R. Parker, Gustav H. Volmer, Leonard W. Grams, Harry B. Hansen, Elmer G. Hancock, Herman Spector, August A. Hartnagel, Edward I. Morris, Ralph H. Spilker, Clarence J. Elmendorf, Arthur R. Lockman Belgrade No. 632-Robert L. Coghill, Fendall Buckley Belle No. 373-Edwin A. Dahms Belton No. 450-Gilmore G. Bradford Benjamin Franklin No. 642-Gottlieb Neeser, Norris Spector, Benjamin Abrams, Samuel Kling, Albert J. Silver, Fred R. Weinert, Louis M. Gelber, Joseph O. Kaiser, Dewitt Underkofler, Louis Drill, Louis Singer Billings No. 379-Claude H. Yoachum Birming No. 150-William D. Cooper Bismarck No. 41-Harry F. Dace Bloomfield No. 153-Dolph Snider Bloomington No. 102-James D. Badgerow, Henry M. Cupp, Claude M. Dye, David Edwards, Henry G. Edwards, Benjamin Frame Blue Sp1'ings No. 337-Arthur D. Dealy Bolivar No. 195-Louis E. Embrey, George Engleman, Samuel Harper Boyer Bonhomme No. 45-John William MacKay, Milton E. Godair, Oliver R. Taylor Branson No. 587-1. M. Thompson, Carl B. Taylor Breckenridge No. 334-Arthur A. Glick, Donald W. Gray, O. S. Bennett, Oscar Spivey Bennett, Frank E. Roberts Bridgeton No. 80-Ralph Litteral, Oscar Kirckner, Walter J. Creely, Albert Cochran, E. R. Goddard, William W. Duckworth, William Hertwig, Fred L. Wuest, Jesse L. Posey, Linton D. Foersterling, John Collins, Benjamin L. Gregory, Jesse C. Mittler Brookfield No. 86-Ray D. Boyd, Floyd S. Scott, Ellis C. Brownlee, Earl R. Watson, Charles Clifton Enoch Brotherhood No. 269-Edgar L. Murphy Burlington No. 442-Charies V. McCalla Cache No. 416-Garnett R. Mills, Henry J. Heideman, O. Arthur Kreyling, Otto Peters, Fred W. Trogdon, Irwin M. Schmoll, Arthur H. Meyer, William A. Mueller, Henry J. Haas, Jr., Louis Haas, Peter F. Holtz, Claude Parkhurst, George Smith, William :F. Werner, Anton H. Huber, Walter F. Breyding, Albert T. Stengel, Walter A. Beck, William F. Conner, George A. Mueller, Henry Rosen, Webb L. Kammerer, Rogers T. Nonagan, Edward Peters, Charles E. Webb California No. 183-Clarence Dewey Heyssel, George W. Barker, Roy Monroe Dooley, Albert L. Hoback, T. J. Wood Callao No. 38-Andrew T. Jones Cambridge No. 63-Jack W. Jaques, Claude Oots
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Camden Point No. i69-Everett M. Settle, Thomas Tillery Jones, Jr. Canopy No. 284-Ballard Cox, Jerry Wiggins Fogle, Sr. Carl Junction No. 549-Charles B. Elliott, Karl August Meyer, Earl D. Jones Carroll No. 249-John W. Knight, Sein M.James Carthage No. i97-Carl Joseph Jones, Harry E. Deemer, John R. Key, Samuel P. Phillips, Olin Wilson Kinney, Walter Dewitt Frost Caruthersville No. 461-Benjamin J. Collier, Henry T. Simpson Cass No. 147-Jonathan E. Clatworthy, Nile Wilson Cecile Daylight No. 305-Sherman C. Hoyt Censer No. 172-Fred A. Robins, Harry H. Kern Centertown No. 61l-James M. Swearingen Centralia No. 59-Leslie C.Jennings, Harley J. Kuntz, John R. Whitman Chaffee No. 615-Luther J. King, Sr. Chamois No. 185-Emil J. Burnett, Boyd Dodds, Earl Morton, Emil C. Topel, Sr. Charleston No. 407-George A. Cox, George V. Stewart, Ervin R. Lash, James Lanier Byrd Charity No. .H i-Ray Emerson Binnicker, Clifford H. Gallup, Robert P. Jornayvaz, William W. Weitlich, Jesse M. Whaley, Reinhold F. Rifenbary, Clarence King, Ronnie E. Schuder, Elmer P. Sigrist, Fred V. Worden, Leonard P. Benner, Joseph N. Coker, Marion E. Cox, Byron L. Kilmer, Harry W. Rogers, Ray Otto Shriver, Basil L. Kaufman, Loren S. Case, Walter D. Hoover, Leland B. Shewmaker, Roy B. Wright, George A. Smith, Weldon W. Dillener Chilhowee No. 487-Harold R. Atkins Circle No. 342-Calvin Holloway Clarksburg No. 553-Hugh B. Sappington Clarksville No. 17-Paul E. Hamilton Clay No. 207-William A. Payne Clayton No. 601-Robert W. McElhinney, Harry Samuel Richards Clifton No. 463-Roy D. Smith Clifton Heights No. 520-Charles L. Hickman, Louis Molz, Albert Ruehmann, Max T. Safron, Lester A. Virga Clinton No. 548-Moad Davis, Edd Homer Johnson, Philip D. Trainor, Wil路 liam L. Stewart, Lawrence Maher, Dr. G. S. Walker, Henry Cecil Jones, H. C. Kytle, John C. Hobson, Joseph L. Lain, Lewis W. Beaty Clintonville No. 482-William D. McKinney, Odd C. Roe, John M. Atkinson, Donald E. Phillips, Charles H. Lucas, Ruel R. Stigall Cold Spring No. 274-J. C. Wolfe, Ernest Courtney, Floyd Fewell, Leonard Greer Colony No. i68-Harry N. Killen Columbia No. 534-George Adolph Roemer, George Erwin Gross Commonwealth No. 654-John Elliott Noon, Walter C. Williams, Oscar A. Menke Composite No. 369-Howard N. Ollar, Thomas C. Moore, Frederick W. Harris, Paul H. Glore, Lafranier Herbert Harris Concordia No. 464-Clarence H. Meyer, Lawrence D. Meyer Cooper No. 36-Richard N. Windsor, William J. Cochran, Jr. Corinthian No. 265-Horace Miller Cash, George B. Maune, Ray Quarter Phillips Cornerstone No. 32J-John P. Carroll, Alphonse A. Reichenstein, Leo Schoen, John H. Boch, Frederic J. Frank, I. Eugene Cox Cosby No. 600-0rie Castle Cosmos No. 282-Herbert Lester Abramhamson, Carl T. Eber, Charles P. Grosby, Jacob Gack) Bierman, Louis Rubin, Charles H. Kopley, Myron O. Frost, Abraham Goldstein, Frederick William Kuenstler, William J. Minier Country Club No. 656-Fred W. Hay, Reon F. Cessna, Ray Klein, John' W. Billings, Paul C. Koontz, Fred W. Lundgren, Ray F. Moseley, Charles Morris Watkins, Henry E. Widdell Craft No. 287-Neal B. Hamilton, Sr., John A. Leslie
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Crane No. 519-Cyrus S. Guinn Crescent Hill No. 368-L. D. Shelton, Clinton L. Cantrell, Alfred W. Moudy Cuba No. 312-Edward Winkelman Cunningham No. 525-lra W. Kaye Cypress No. 227-Lorenzo O. Dowell Dawn No. 5J9-Everett T. Anderson DeSoto No. 119-Guy A. Smith, Herbert E. Lorenz, Walter W. Wieman, Harry S. Crow, Robert Hearst, Jr., Davis Otis Jarvis, Harry Becker Dexter No. 532-Clarence A. Powell, William G. Kinney, Earl Glen Bailey, Sr., Thomas J. Ross, E. C. Wilson Earl No. 288-Cecil E. Bolar East Gate No. 6JO-Joseph T. Bailey, Charles J. Jordan, Ernest E. Taylor, William H. Moore, Harry W. Dawson, Charles T. Watts, George J. Sommers, Walter Harms, Eugene H. Kelley, Cecil E. Orten, Richard K. Pearson, William C. Simms, Arthur R. Sullard, George E. Sanders, Orla B. Wibke, Charlie M. Gearhart, Floyd C. Hicks, Fred H. Kupfer East Prairie No. 384-William Miller Elvins No. 599-0ra William Burns, Jerry M. Leach, Samuel Henry Miller Eolia No. 14-Johnny Q. Thurman Erwin No. 121-Arskav K. Nuslan, Adolph L. Schenker, Edward P. Gruendler, Fritz E. Hertha, Herbert A. Jehling, Albert P. Lindner, George V. Miller, Jr., Emil A. Kopp, Wendell B. Sellinger, Adolph C. Dueing, George Rehbogen, Frank H. Wahlig Eudid No. 505-Raymond C. Ruhl, Henry A. Beyer, Albert C. Schneider Eureka No. 7J-Les Staubus, William R. Knappenberger, Walter W. Yoder, Lester O. Montgomery, Tyson G. Nickols Excelsior No. 441-Joseph Brannecke, J. Marvin Poe, John Ryland Short, Thomas E. Wilson, Sherman C. Cracraft, Vane Snider, M. Earl Priest, J. Marvin Priest, John Robert Henderson Fairmont No. 290-Lee C. Smith Farmington No. 132-William C. Dillard, Robert William Greer Fayette No. 47-Lewis M. Means, Monte Smyzer Beamon Fellowship No. 345-Edward W. Francis, William A. Clark, Walter H. Dennison, William S. Faver, Robert C. Frith, Nova Russell Johnson, Leon H. Norman Ferguson No. 542-John J. Maisak, Roy Johnson, Carl Louis Schulz Fidelity No. 3J9-Joseph Stuckey Forest Park No. 578-Frederick Herman Canning Four Mile No. 212-Caleb L. Davis Frankford No. 192-Joe Ray Wright, Jr., F. N. Foutes Friend No. 352-Lynn Tunnell, Oliver L. Wilson, Hiram P. Anderson, Jr., John W. Bostic Friendship No. 89-Lewis Opal Girdner, Frank R. Maxey, Wm. A. Clark, W. H. Dennison, Wm. Faver Fulton No. 48-Earl S. Koontz, Jerry N. Koontz, R. C. Ferguson, Andrew William Anderson, Charles R. Powell, Wallace W. Payne, H. Lee Whitlow, Bert B. Wagener Galena No. 515-lcie E. Endsley, Dewey Short Gallatin No. 106-Earl W. Netherton, Clarence Stout, Charles D. Brandon, Dean H. Leopard, Roy E. Troxel, DuVane Wilson Galt No. 42J-George S. Jewitt, R. E. McCracken Gardenville No. 655-August L. Krah, Edward Stengel Gate of the Temple No. 422-Paul C. Brandon, Wade G. Allan, Paul L. Cheever, Otis N. Crocker, George V. Fitch, William Paul Harris, George. W. Hogeboom, Howard Leeroy James, Ewell C. Kelley, Talmadge G. Mason, Earl A. Pearce, Walter J. Platte, William Clyde Reed, Thomas W. Watkins, Harry T. Wells
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Gate City No. 522-Edward J. Rogers, Clarence S. Johnson, John A. Hill, John E. McRorey, Arthur F. Lindenman, A. B. Crites. Raymond C. Rogers, Clive A. Runyan, Charles R. Fulton, Roy E. Nelson, Wyatt Minshall, Virgil B. Russell, Tanner H. Freeman, Frank C. Crosby, Floyd E. White, William A. Maher, Joseph F. Van Hatton, Ralph E. Stephens, Daniel C. Sernes, Harry A. Schmidt, Claud F. Johnson, Eugene A. Callaway, William T. McAuley, Webb B. Morrow, George S. Coleman, Jacob H. Levin, Fred D. Wedge, Prentiss R. Rankin, Frederick O. Fats, Clarence N. Malone, Hugh H. Libby, Gustav A. Lundin, Otto F. Gray, Joseph T. Manfre, David Haitz, Isaac Price Gentryville No. i25-Gilbert W. Whitton George Washington No.9-Peter Hughes, Henry William Katz, Thomas Carlyle Grimm, Clifford Fielding Smith, Harry Otto Duetscher, Robert Francis Miller, Oliver Louis Bischoff, Bert Lee Bishop, George Charles Beaury, William Charles Bernard, Carl Gotzsche Nelson, Francis James Billivant, Floyd Kraemer, Leo Oscar Iselin, Marion Fremont McDaniel Good Hope No. 2I8-Edward Westman, Thomas C. Dunville, Simon Covinsky, Harry Fasterling, Walter Andres, Anton F. Boekenheide, Harvey J. Williams, William L. Bielstein, Harry C. Raab, Fred W. Hoelzer, Theodore R. Mayer, Elmer C. Schmidt, Walter C. Schmidt, William L. Ahrens, Frank A. Bleitz, Charles M. Dawson, Stewart D. Flanagan, Carl F. Hauck, Peter J. Koeln, Arthur M. Kaune, Walter B. Meyer, Walter E. Spindler, Edward Suschank, Henry Thamer, Joseph Lee Harsel Gower No. 397-Luther B. Chaney, John B. Hixon Grandin No. 579-James O. Kuhn Grandview No. 6I8-Maurice Henrie, Vernon V. Nicholson, Rex M. Whitton Grant City No. 66-Karl A. Bielman Granite No. 272-Samuel C. Bast, William C. Wheeler, Ernest H. Beger, Cromwell A. Evans, Herbert A. Berlin, Leo Stern Greensburg No. 414-Ernest W. Boley Griswold No. 178-Francis H. Edwards, Oscar A. Kamp, Thomas J. Dyke, Frank Spires Hallsville No. 336-Shell B. Toalson Hamilton No. 224-John D. Conrad, William N. Naugle, John G. Bousum, Don O. Wolfe Hannibal No. i88-Thomas Simpkin, III, Frederick O. Cole, Ernest D. Allen, George R. Clark, James V. Richards, Archibald K. Cameron, Virgil B. Hunt, George W. Storrs, William W. McMein Hardin No. 322-George W. EJliott, Charles T. Merrifield, Bertie R. Rankin Harmony No. 499-George B. Whissell, Earl J. Hoffman, Oscar Hassfurther, George J. Weber Hartford No. I7J-Joseph E. Clinkenbeard Hayti No. 57i-Sidney P. Oates, Joseph F. Kohn, Joseph Blair Buckley Hazelwood No. 459-Donal M. Brown Hebron No. 354-David L. Rodgers, Leslie Ray Marshall, Willis Raymond Gorrell, Champ C. Smith, Hobart L. Fosher, Richard L. Barth, Roy Creasey, Carl Anthony Safford, Everett R. Vaughn, William H. Rosenthal, Louis John Graue, Arthur H. Heberer Hermann No. I23-William C. Schlender, Benjamin H. Kraettly Hermon No. I87-Andrew L. Meier Heroine No. iDol-Jules H. Kraus, Isadore Ginsberg, Herman S. Rose, Martin Gilgus, Arthur N. Baker, Solomon Wall, Louis H. Wayne, Lester Schwimmer, Abe Harry Fogel, Louis Sandler, Maxwell Hoffman, Bernard Baumstein, Morris Hoffman, Jacob Arenson, Mike S. Eichenberg, Maurice Fogel, Nathan Goldberg, Jacob J. Greenstein, Morris O. Kanter, Samuel M. Levy, Jack J. Margolis, William Milder, Max G. Normand, Ben Swirk, Earl J. Tranin, M. M. Goodman, David Fleiderbaum, Frank Gicelone, Myer Tranin, Robert Barnes, Leo M. Kross
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Higginsville No. 3M-Robert Perdue Littlejohn Hiram No. 362-Ray J. Meyer, W. Ernest McHugh Hoagles Creek No. 279-Charles Hunter Almond, Joseph Richard Luckey Holden No. 262-Kalman R. PIessner, Frank R. Allgood, John H. Murray, Harry D. Raker, Robert E. Marshall Hope No. 251-Robert H. Lindauer, Ben F. Geisert, Malvin E. Frick, Henry J. Tibbe, George Waldram Hopewell No. 239-Henning F. Nelson, Edwin T. Huggins Hornersville No. 215-Earl Pope, Oscar L. Leathers Howard No.4-Robert L. Shepherd, G. L. Chamberlain Humphreys No. 32-Fred D. Moberly Huntsville No. 30-Jesse O. Kent Iberia No. 4l0-Virgil E. Wall Illmo No. 581-Charles Ivan Sauer, Earl Charles Younghouse Independence No. 76-0scar R. Westwood, Paul Francis Meyer, Frank F. Livesay, Joseph William Westwood, Martin Fayette Harris Index No. 54-Redmond H. Breed, Merl J. Houston, J. Richard Macrae, Elea S. Wilhite Ionia No. 38I-Henry Clay Scott Irondale No. 143-G. W. Dunlap, Louis R. Wentzel, Jonathan Wishon Ivanhoe No. 446-Chester E. Smiley, Rudolph E. Atschel, George A. Heist, Laverne Edgar Newell, Arthur J. Snedeker, Louis Kingsbaker Block, William Prettyman, Neil F. Cline, John C. Cooper, Herman Duderstadt, Albert J. Knerr, Richard Scott Righter, Milton E. Swarts, William R. Mortenson, Fenton Hume, Charles P. Leary, Jacob Almon Keeth, John S. Paynter, Samuel L. Fogel, Loren F. Freed, Josiah E. Gilfillen, Thomas S. Jewett, George W. King, Ellis W. Leritz, Frank E. Rothman, Thomas Lansden CraWford, Lawrence V. Riley, Ray E. Wells, Kenneth Cecil Keyes, Carl Clegg, Lewis Daniel Wiard, James M. McFerrin, Thomas McCarty, Roy S. Blair, Elmer Dewey Caulk, Benjamin H. Williams, Hardia E. Benefiel, John Allison Donaldson, Earl Elmer Erickson, Ara Gooding, William C. Jones, Otto Stanley Reynolds, Edgar F. Smith, Gerald T. Smothers, Franklin J. Packwood, George Ray Wells, David A. McManus, Thomas Bell, Walter S. Blue, Carroll Given Brown, Gustave T. Fats, Hubert L. Gay, William N. Mills, George L. Satterlee, Emil Anthony Saes, Francis C. Wilson, Harry L. Schoenlein, Edgar M. Snelling Jackson No. 82-Lee Gooch Jacksonville No. 541-Levi L. Brock Jameson No. 500Jasper No. 398-Howard Day Biggerstaff, William H. Knott Jefferson No. 4J-Leonard A. Salmons, Warren D. Fish Jennings No. 640-Leroy W. Dodge, Edward A. Cox, Hugh Allwell Jewel No. 480-Fred L. Oney, E. A. Barlow Joachim No. 1M-James W. Wilson, George Shelby Wilson Joplin No. 335-Sherman A. Smith, Clarence A. Zuvekas, William J. Board, Ray Bruce Smith, James W. Page, Frank P. Wilmarth, Wallace B. Kane, Milford R. Herron, Milton L. Wright Joppa No. 411-Howe Wynne Kansas City No. 220-Herman L. DeBelle, Ivan Alport, John B. Dewey, Noel E. Marshall, Leo R. Sam, John T. Siegel, William N. Windlow, Paul T. Basye, Berry P. Cunningham, August A. Gordon, Charles A. Lyon, Albert M. Mischlick, Milton Singer, Ferdinand Stern, Howard Forest Rapp, Emerson D. Shain, Frank R. Hodges, Samuel Rink, Saul SIegman, Edward W. Addison, Alexander C. Drinkard Keystone No. 243-William J. B. Bradley, Walter K. Richardson, Walter B. Shields, Louis F. Marienau, Jacob J. Fischer, William B. Phelps, Fred C. Jungbluth, Frank J. Bomlitz
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King Hill No. 376-Jamcs W. Boose, Edwin Glenn Six, George H. McComb, David Rex Bruce, Carl O. Schirmer, Willis M. Lockwood Kirksville No. i05-Roy P. Skaggs Kirkwood No. 484-Walter A. Crane, Fred H. Schott, George A. Schuster, John W. Wcnom, Harold E. Sneed, Harry E. Hawken, Melville F. Mitschrich, Andrew Ruf La Belle No. 222-E. Ray Benner Laclede No. 8J-Louis A. Jolley, Ian Joel Knight, Ewin H. Barnett, Orville D. Nelson, Kenneth R. Elliott Laddonia No. 115-William M. Ehrlich, Herbert B. Cawthorn Lakeville No. 489-W. E. Foster Lambskin No. 460-John B. Gury, Leonard L. Tolle, Edward G. Wetzel, Earl M. Boyer, Harry L. Hare, Arthur G. Wollmershauser, Edgar Y. Thornhill, George K. Brookshire, Aaron L. Gollub, Loomis Rosen, Carl Hirschhausen Latimer No. 145-Bulas D. Smith, Isaac Bishop Lebanon No. 77-J. Ross Chumbley, Ed J. Marsh, Fred Sanders, Andrew D. Schwieder, George Twenhoefel Lexington No. 149-Clayton B. Howe Liberty No. Ji-Fred B. Porter, Jesse Clyde Scrivner, William Jenning Banner, R. Earl Sevier Lick Creek No. 302-James D. Holly, James L. Montague, William A. Paul Lincoln No. V8-Samuel F. Russell, Robert E. Kneale Linn Lodge No. 326-Woody Zewicki, Paul Jones, Harry E. Griffith, Delbert Ferguson, Leonard H. Burchard, Raymond D. Curley, Clyde Morton Lockwood No. 521-Everett A. Carr, Francis Marian Steenrod, T. D. Combs Lodge of Light No. 257-0lin E. Pearson Lodge of Love No. 259-Edwin W. Grist, Dewey E. Turner, T. W. Sorrel, Edson A. Mitchell, Verner Merrick Lodge of Tr'uth No. 268-Delbert H. Carter Lowry City No. 403-John C. Brannon, Jr. McDonald No. 324-Lawrence J. Weaver, Walter D. Kelly, Franklin G. Cudworth, Warren E. Root, Walter R. Shimfessel Mt. Hope No. 476-Horace D. Coe, Herman W. Stoll, Caaius G. Stubblefield Mt. Moriah No. 40-Louis D. Haffner, Julius C. Kraemer, George W. Schulte, Carl Louis Wick, Edward A. Koelling, Jr., George E. Norvell, Richard S. Pierce, Hartwell P. Slayden, William F. Ahlert, Oliver William Dunbar, Harold Thomas Lentz, August F. Stone, Erwin A. Bussick, Oscar C. Detering, Louis Kuhlengel, Carl Westerhaus, Herbert J. Brammeier, Harold Chas. Burbach, Percy O. Greer, William Charles Klunk, Elmer Theodore Steger, Joseph Lewis Diedrich, Bertram M. Harmon, Edward C. Robinson, Carl Jag, Andrew A. High, Howard RaIl, Harry J. Stadin, Louis H. Straube, Harry A. Adam, Theodore M. Koerner, Arthur A. Krome, Arthur Harry Miller, Carl George Deubel, Clarence H. Hagensieker, Alden Charles Williams, Harry H. Stock, Carl Ernest Keisker, William Fred Kraemer, Charles O. Pietsch, Enoch G. Peterson, John Sylvan Bowers, Otto A. Fabian, Walter C. Mueller, Christian August Rohlfing, Roland Phil Reisel Mt. Washington No. 6J4-Joseph B. Davidson, Donald F. Wall, Lewis W. Perrigo, Leo N. Walker, Sidney O. Makinson, Harry Haynes, Irwin C. Staeubel Mt. Zion No. 327-Dee Stuart, Victor R. Ferguson Magnolia No. 626-Edgar F. Witt, Edward C. Francis, Otto S. Larche, Ernest L. DeWinter, Chas. E. Mueller, F. W. Koste, Gustav C. Obst, Frank E. Wildermuth, Wallace W. Warner, Fred G. Merkle, C. H. Andreas, Harold E. Sugder, A. L. Palmer, A. A. Price, Edmond Mielke, Arthur W. Altvater,. Arthur C. Schuchart, Joseph P. Petzold, Benjamin Heitzman, W. J. Schlenker, P. Bohlinger Maitland No. il2-Mark A. Weller Malden No. 406-Fred L. Penny Maplewood No. 566-George Boysen, Clifford Y. Lucas, Benson B. Hamilton, Nebbens N. Nunn
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Marceline No. 48I~Willard M. Hopper, George F. Porter, Sterling A. Hise, Ray W. Miller, Lloyd J. Colyer Marcus No. nO-William Floyd Womack, William Arthur Rhodes, Albert T. Lacey Melville No. 4.58-James N. Quarles Memphis No. 16-Harold M. Jayne Menden No. 628-Jefferson Marvin Garner Mercer No. J5-George W. Murdock, Chester Ralph West, Raymond M. Collings Meridian No.2-George A. Steinhans, August J. Gnau, Oliver G. Ellmers, William J. Schlafke, August W. Richter, Arnold H. Knippenberg, Edward F. Kercher, Walter L. Simmons, Walter H. Kammann, William C. Becker, Walter C. Kerr, William P. Keiser, Arthur C. Yehlen, Otto Lang, Maurice F. Nichols, Clarence George Saenger, Theodore M. Bierdeman, Otto F. Engert, Adolph H. Herzig, Herbert O. Meyer, Anton Roesch, Jr., Robert W. Wenzel, Valentine Zink, William J. Stroessner, Frank P. Flick Middle Fabius No. 244-Roy William Farris Milford No. 516-Norvel J. Waid Miller No. 567-William Clarence Parnell Missouri No. I-Albert G. Brown, Charles O. Hermann, Laurence E. W. Wollett, Chas. J. Engert, William Mayhew Mizpah No. 6J9-Victor Howard Kennedy, Arthur Hugo Hellmich, William Ernest Spindler, Oliver Henry Feldman, Fred Zimmerman, Elmer L. Niehaus, Paul Walter Hann, William Louis Domermuth, Ennis St. Cyr, Eugene H. Paulus, Waldo Henry Boehmer, Walter Henry Arcnsmeyer, Herman F. Bittner, William F. Godejohn, Emerson M. Kemper, Louis F. Klingler, Charles A. Seyforth, Edward K. Haley, Louis Frederick Hoell, Ralph W. Suedmeyer, Chester John Lassman, Bernhardt H. Wallis, Charles E. Wieser, William L. Murphy Moberly No. J44-Frank Switzer, Thomas E. Belcher, Chester Earl Porter, George A. Swetnam, William M. Kossman, Sr. Monett No. I29-Edward Wallace Russey, Sid Henry, Ralph S. Erickson, Fred Mitchell, Ralph S. Peters, Ross E. Shadel, Horace W. Gray, Ben M. Hensley, Morton L. Stuart, Ernest W. Schelin, John L. Taylor, Andy J. Hawkins Moniteau No. 295-Alonzo E. C. Heyssel, Frank A. Kratzer Monroe No. 64-Fred S. Burns Monticello No. 58-Benjamin J. Hayden Morehouse No. 60J-Forest C. Belden Mosaic No. 35I-R. B. Moore Moscow No. 558-James Stanley Pollard Mound City No. 294-Roy R. Carter, George F. Feil Mountain View No. 6J7-Leslie E. Dick Mystic Tie No. 22I-Elmer D. Kinder, Fred H. Bruihl, John R. Thompson, John H. Bowers, Verne D. Bowers, Guy H. Cotner Naphtali No. 25-Rubin Cohen, Raymond Howard Taylor, Eugene A. Gerber, Jordan H. Apperson, Irvin Elbert, Jessie O. Scism, Abe Wolff, Walter K. Mueller, Karl W. Rebscher, Nicholas Avourie, William H. Bremer, Harry L. Gladson, Otto Krahenmann, William G. Lay, Julius F. Holke New Bloomfield No. 60-Arnold E. Bedsworth, Churchill N. Pearre, Homer E. Young New London No. J07-Charles E. Conn New Madrid No. 429-Robert H. Bierschwall, Alfred E.Stepp Nodaway No. nO-Milton J. Hull, Ernest B. Alexander, Hugh Ellis, Herbert Dietrich, I. Earl Tulloch, Charles L. Wilson, Edward V. Condon Noel No. 647-Jonathan M. Boyd Northeast No. 64J-John C. Dods, Paul S. Goldsberry, John A. Hutchison, Raleigh Scovell, William C. Hurster, Forest M. Perkins, Lloyd W. Critchfield,
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Normal Seibert Hughes, John W. Lee, John A. Uden, Harry F. Holloway, Wil路 liam F. Hayes, Everett H. Robbins, Charles L. Nichols, Lee K. Smith North Star No. 157-Guy Noble, Henry P. Savage Northwest No. 358-Claude A. Templeton Odom No. 67I-Charles H. Scott, Ernest Tyson Olive Branch No. 576-Edmund Harry Blum, Morris Goldman, Jacob D. Grod.. Jacob Kessler, Guy S. Martin, Isadore Kessler Orient No. 546-Arlon King Ulrich, Edward Roy Boylan, George Van Fiest, Oscar Fletcher Kelley, Harry L. Boyer, Kenneth C. McConkey, Park Evin May, Armin C. Trefzer, Claude E. Oxley, Thomas Wilson Simpson, Alva F. Douglas, Fred Milton Burton Osage No. 303-Joe A. Goodnough, David V. Morris, Dean H. Phelps, Rockwell Clabbey Osborn No. 317-John C. Rausin O'Sullivan No.7-John C. Hamstead Palmyra No. I8-C. C. Lewellen Parma No. 650-Ray L. Buchanan, Floyd B. Gale, Everett B. Gee, David E. Hendrix, George W. Husted Paris Union No. 19-William A. Franke Parrott No. 308-Harley M. Smith, Earl Wilson PauldingviUe No. ll-Joseph Richard Davis Paulville No. 319-James Lovell Platz, Lloyd P. Sharp Perseverance No. 92-William H. Green, Harold A. Davenport Phoenix No. 136-Hayden T. Lawrence, Lewis E. Betts Pickering No. 472-Dorothy C. Carmichael Pilgrim No. 652-Adolph A. Bartsch, Robert L. J. Tschampers, Hugh D. Smith Platte City No. 504-Herman Klein, William T. Nash Plattsburg No. 113-William Crutchers Perkins Pleasant Hope No. 467-Roma Kerr Polar Star No. 79-Carl F. Roth, John A. McCormick, Charles J. Borghoff, Stephen L. Robertson, Louis C. Schellenberg, Abram B. Lansing, Julius Vietmeier, Robert Voightmann, Fred C. Winkler, William A. Bentlage, William A. Fielder, :Frank Werner, Perry C. Joyce, Anthony Saunders Pollock No. 349-Floyd West Polo No. 232-John B. Bannister, Ellis M. Linvill, Charles R. Bannister Pomegranate No. 95-John J. Buerger, Jr., Charles R. Sackmann, Elmer John Wohlgemuth, William E. Hacker, William John Lehr, Harry Clarence Petersen, Russell A. Izatt, Charles W. Struckmeyer, Fred H. Bickel, Harry J. Breen, Albert W. Gigi, Louis Horak, Ralph Sandler, Carl Jacob Bohliver, Albert J. Engel, Arthur Henry Oehler . Poplar Bluff No. 209-Edgar Polk, William LeRoy Dickens Prairie No. 556-Thomas Greenal Pride of the West No. 179-Oliver Hassemer, Milford G. Houghton, Floyd S. Green, Louis E. Straub, Frank H. Mentz Progress No. 657-James Thomas Dowley, Chauncey Ehrig, William Fred Wessel, Lyman Mosier Addison Purity No. 658-Herhert Heil, Frank Andrew Kilian, Kenneth M. Jackson, William II. Rosenthal, Henry Kourich, Isadore Holtzman Putnam No. I90-Walter V. Davis, Lloyd Klein, James R. Tucker Pyramid No. 180-Hamilton Adams, Henry Phillip Schulz, Sam Silverman, Frank Moran, Webster F. Meschter, Henry Paul Schulte Pythagoras No. 383-Grover McKinney Ralls No. 33-Bernie Earl Perkinson Ravenwood No. 201-Arthur L. Hunt, Clifford M. Brown Raytown No. 391-Lucien Kemper Rich Hill No. 479-Arch L. Harris, George V. Craig
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Richland No. 385-Leslie W. Oliver Richmond No. 57-George Floyd Thompson, Harry G. Lillard, Virgil C. Hendrix, Francis J. Greenstaff Riddick No. 361-V. A. Asbridge Rising Sun No. J3-Henry A. Miller Robert Burns No. 496-0tto Enloe, Frank W. Primas Rolla No. 213-Harry E. Williams, Oral Virgil Jackson, William Bailey Skyles, Albert Booth Needham, Joseph Novak, Jr., Harland Hobart Hoppock Rose Hill No. 550-William C. Greaves, Leonard Whitney Rosendale No. 404-Henry H. Sweigert Rowley No. 204-James M. Moss Rural No. 316-Jocl E. Schaffer, Howard Dale, Glenn Staats, Edward T. Peterson Rushville No. 238-James L. Turnbull, Russell Bunten Russellville No. 90-Norman G. Busch St. Andrews No. 96-S. Marvin Feely, Sr. St. Francois No. 234-John Howard Zolman St. Johns No. 28-Allen James Hogan, Everett G. Hicks, Thomas H. Evans, Edward C. Frank, Samuel M. Graves, Stanley R. Lavoo, Alfred B. McElroy, Lawrence Sebers, Lemuel D. Swearingen, Howard Davis St. Joseph No. 78-Lawrence H. McAdams, Sidney Joffe, Paul Cramer Love St. Louis No. 20-Abraham Friedman, Joseph Charles Friedman, Abraham H. Liebster, Julius R. Van Raalte, George Wilner, George Julian Zatlin, Gus Gillerman, Edward Pollock, Manuel Blitz, Harry Block, Karol A. Korngold, Joseph H. Lerner, Jay Zerman St. Marks No. 93-Louis A. Kassel, David Shalupsky, Lindsay W. Simmons, Robert Ellis Daugherty, Linius E. Hartle, Walter S. Hosea, James Harry Minton, John Lestor Penn, Joe L. Moseley Salem NO:225-Harry T. Carpenter Salisbury No. 208-Robert C. Sweeney Santa Fe No. 462-Chester Osgood Sarcoxie No. 293-Vt/. Hobart Hammar, Salem Almegoard Savannah No. 71-Herman C. Ordnung, Omar R. Hurst Schell City No. 448-Benjamin W. Hicks Sedalia No. 236-Lawrence S. Geiger, Herbert S. Cox, Robert J. Cunningham, John R. Dalby, Robert L. Davidson, Reinhold Fischer, Virgil Leroy Haase, Porter E. Henry, William E. Jackman, Allan A. Ferguson Senath No. 513-G. M. Wilson Shaveh No. 646-Theodore H. Nolte Sheffield No. 625-Glen E. Henderson, Frank P. Nicholson, Frank L. Thompson, Guy O. Thompson Shekinah No. 256-Harry Yoskit, Harry A. Vinyard, Joel Hensley Akins, Thomas M. Alexander, Raymond T. Erb Sheldon No. 371-Windsor V. Ferry Sikeston No. 310-John A. Martin, John J. Inman Skidmore No. 511-Floyd R. Barrett Solomon No. 271-W. Clifton Hayes, James M. Homer, William H. Pipkin, Thomas L. Jackson, Herbert G. Schlegel, Frank E. Adams, Harold M. Walker, Robert C. Ruxton, Clinton Turner Rogers, Herbert D. Estes, Joseph J. Johnson Somerset No. 206-Glen A. Bruner, Wayne L. Mills South Gate No. 547-Norman D. Twichell, George E. Glenn, Frederick W. Hager, DeForest Thayer Sparta No. 296-]. N. Chaffin, Joe M. Shipman Spickardville No. 524-Gaylord E. Shaw Stanberry No. 109-Basil B. Dcan, Alva B. Hughes, Ira J. Humphrey, Clyde York Star No. 419-Charles Chambers, Arthur M. Hoffman
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Strafford No. 608-John Alfred Bass, Arthur Potter Sturgeon No. 174-Dwight L. Wharton, James S. Webster, James W. Robinson, Glenn E. Barnes Sullivan No. 69-Arthur T. Gross, William E. Bandy, John N. Whitmore, George Adams, Bernard E. Hammer, George Hayes Summersville No. 555-W. R. Cook Swope Park No. 617-Hurlie Emmett Smith, D. Lear Tanner Tebbetts No. 565-Ray R. Farmer Temperance No. 438-Landis Barnard, Edwin K. Stroeter, S. A. McComas, John B. Rule Temple No. 299-Emmett E. Greene, James L. Sandusky, Leo A. Dietrich, Herbert A. Spokesfield, James D. Holly, James L. Montague, William A. Paul, David L. Ball, Earle J. Bernheimer, Stafford I. Capland, Kenneth C. Yale, Frederick W. Chockley, George A. C. Barth, Harry E. Jensen, Charles E. Ciesler, Floyd C. Rorick, Charles Arthur Averill, Louis A. Bellamy, Paul A. Buzard, Bryan J. Edwards, William R. Fisher, John D. Pace, Alphus N. Richey, James Rutherford, Tom L. Taylor, William D. Taylor, Charles Jasper Bell, Leonard N. Conyers, Charles C. Cosens, Paul S. Leighton, William I. Milburn, James E. Owings, William Sunderland, William E. Tann, George Wheatley, Clifton L. Williams Theodore Roosevelt No. 661-Frand Reve Nohl Tipton No. 56-Joseph Milburn Berkey Tower Grove No. 631-0tto B. Bass, Karl Spanholtz, Milton George Kossman, George Zepf, Lawrence A. Nelson, Hugo A. H. Schulze, Oscar J. Moberg, Raymond H. Fritz, William Stahl, Charles J. Zimpfer, Ivy Everett Irwin, Joseph J. Janca, Edwin Horn, Walter H. Finger, Raymond C. Ham, Frederick C. Miller, Charles M. Gabbert, Frederick W. Beck Trenton No. 111-Jo Clark Tomlinson, Murkle L. Mahaffie, Harold C. Boyer Triangle No. 638-Martin (Max) Landis, Arthur G. Versen, Louis D. Mauthe, Ben Basskin Trilumina No. 205-Herbert D. Mikels, H. I. Sailor, Sr., William Y. Lockridge Trinity No. 641-Charles Leiberman, Isadore Rothman, Arthur Stephens, Joseph A. Bosse, Glenn A. Burkart, Philip E. Grietzer, John Mavrakas, H. Ray Franklin Triplett No. 122-Arthur C. Hampton Troy No. 34-Derwood E. Williams Tuscan No. 360-Albert H. McGinness, Gary J. Ellis, Clarence B. Fall, John W. Farley, Chester W. Kotrean, Harry P. Hanley, Arthur M. Idler, William J. Kotsrean, Albert W. Roth, Robert S. King, Earl R. Britt, Walter L. Roos, Harold T. Hungersford, Leonard A. Maune, Marion C. Borders, John A. Love, Lawrence C. Sherrill, Adolph W. Schumann Twilight No. 1U-Emmett D. Wayland, Joel W. Wayland Union No. 59J-John R. Ellis, Fred H. PuIs Union Star No. 124-William Palmer Mayes Unionville No. 21O-John M. Coop, William Palmer Mays United No.5-Emmett R. Reed, Gilbert Howard Blankenship, Etsyl E. McMahan, Leonard B. Malone, Guy R. Haskett, John G. Thorpe, Walter J. Kent, Guy W. Barnes, Thomas J. Morgan, William E. Gillen, A. J. Rubenstein, Wm. H. Leonhardt, Everett D. McGuire Unity No. 495-Benjamin C. Armstrong University No. 649-George A. Clipner, Wallace E. Action, David L. Millar, John A. Konzelman Vandalia No. 491-John William Deering Versailles No. 320-S. J. Moore, Earle B. Patten, Wesley W. Moore, Jr. Vincil No. 62-Edgar Roy Ellis, George W. Johnson, Forest E. Moore, Eugene L.
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Hills, Virgil Wyckoff, Charles Eugene McCoy, Floyd Herbert Ames, Guy Carl Ellis, Charles Finis Frazier Wakanda No. 52-Pete Trotter, Joseph P. Dickson, John H. Hudson, Jack Vaughn Woodson, Joseph J. McKinny, John W. Cone, Leslie C. Hudson, Russell V. Cowherd, Louis J. Kolster, Charles H. Gelbach, Floyd Milton Heins, John P. Trotter, Charles E. Jenkins Walker No. 605-Earl E. Tuttle Waverly No. 61-Harry O. Zeysing, Raymond Burgess, Walter W. Hollis Wayne No. 526-James A. Blackwell Waynesville No. 375-Drura L. Pippin Webster No. 98-Edgar L. Shannon Webster Groves No. 84-0tto W. Brandhurst, Clarence E. Copeland, Chambers Reuben Culling, Roy V. Flesh, Robert Kenneth Gordon, Cecil F. Montague, Gerald P. Plaisance, Don O. Russell, Landon Custer Watling, Frank D. Hiller, Jr., Clarence M. Stewart, Fort B. Guerin, Harold A. Goodrich, Alva C. Trueblood, Oscar (C) L. Bauer, Sr., Benjamin C. Thomas, Clarence C. Cushing, Jr., Edward H. Arnott, George W. Diebel, Oscar G. Meyer, James O. Rosborough, Henry L. Watkins, John M. Wilson, Jr., Edgar J. Gerber Wellington No. 22-David F. Davis Wellston No. 613-Fayette D. Pendleton, Arthur Demling, Milton F. Wilmas, John Wewerka, Louis A. Schaap, Verne O. McWhorter, Carl J. Wilmas, Harry A. Knoll, John C. Vry, George N. Hartge, Edwin R. Fryer, George B. Stobie Wellsville No. 194-William D. Campbell Wentzville No. 46-Alfred H. Metz, William G. Boxdorfer Western Star No. 15-0rva Hulett, Floyd J. Hendricks, Homer Drake, George Dunlap West Gate No. 445-WiIson Ferguson Zunz, Jesse Wm. Haynes, Robert Phillip Disse, Jarvis Henry Sloan, Rexford Elver Dewhirst, William Freegard, Erwin Martin Woelfert, Carl Frank Davis, August Gordon Kammerzell, Emil J. Lehr, John Richards, Jack Joseph Stone, Percy Rowley Keller Weston No. 53-Andrew Jackson Lober, Jr., Orland Lee Page, Martin Monroe Oldhausen, Clarence R. Page West View No. 103-Everett Kuhlman, Rush Limbaugh Westport No. 340-William J. Glover, Luther Jones Truedell, Wagner LaBrandt, Jay Elder, Hugh E. Moore, Thomas G. Scott, William H. Simcox, Harry H. Hilfinger, Beuford J. George, William N. Hopkins, Carl J. Larson, William L. Leavy, William H. Knapp, Oliver S. Moss, Niels Anton Nissen, William H. Poindexter, Joseph Prinz, Brazier M. Tindle, Logan W. Wilson, Elmo A. Barry, Emil A. Buehler, Harry L. Johnson, Raymond M. Johnson, Louis F. Brown Whitesville No. 162-Clifford E. Clark Whitewater No. 417-Thomas Ozro Morgan Windsor No. 29-Clarence E. Carter Winigan No. 540-Henry Lambert Xenia No. 50-Jasper C. Robinson, Henry M. Morehouse York No. 563-Calvin Arthur Willis, David Boggs Townsend, Meade William McBride, Lisle Allen Decker, Charles Arthur Goings, Elmer Frank Pierson, Alex路 ander C. Rindskopf, Malvern Al Pepper, Clarence Paul Horstman,. James Burns Osgood, James Elmer Seals, John Harry Williamson, Roy M. Dafforn, Alwyn J. Doyle, A. Doe Elliott, Ralph Collins Drake, Claude J. Everest, John Rankin Greelee Zeredatha No. 189-Frank L. Hendrickson, Clarence B. Horton, Joseph E. Bell, Nelson McBride, Louis A. Fiquet, Sr., Elliott C. Spratt, Lisle E. Poirier, Charles A. Larson, James B. McGee, W. Hartley Kieffer, Edgar C. Jackson, Archibald Roscoe Miller, William T. Glick, Merrill M. Rainey, Emil W. Rothman, Fred Greenberg, Allen H. Dailey, Sr.
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The Grand Lodge of Missouri recognized and honored 1,676 Veteran Master Masons who earned the distinction of Fifty-Year Members during the year July I, 1969-June 30, 1970. Respectfully submitted, FRANK A. ARNOLD, Grand Secretary. REMARKS OF M.W. BRO. CARROLL CURTIS
The Grand Master called upon M.W. Bro. Carroll Curtis, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, who addressed the brethren, extended the greetings of the nearly one hundred thousand Master Masons of Kentucky, and expressed his personal appreciation and high honor in being able to attend this Communication. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS
M.W. Bro. Elvis A. Mooney presented the report of the Committee on Grand Master's Address, which was signed by all Past Grand Masters present, and moved its acceptance and approval. The motion was seconded and carried. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of the State of Missouri: BRETHREN: The Committee on the Grand Master's Address approves the content of the Grand Master's Address, in its several parts, and commends the Grand Master on his presentation of timely, pertinent and thought-provoking subject matter for the consideration of every member of the Fraternity. We wish to express our concern and sympathy to the Grand Master and to his family, and to express our admiration of his courage and dignity exemplified by him during periods of personal tragedy. We feel that he has successfully completed his administration in a most creditable manner, despite adversity and many difficulties. That part of the Grand Master's address dealing with Masonic Law or the interpretation of our Constitution and By-laws is referred to the Jurisprudence Committee; and that part of the address dealing with finance, income and expenditures is referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. We express for ourselves, and on behalf of the Fraternity generally, our appreciation of the Grand Master's administration during the past year and of our sincere hope for the health, prosperity and happiness of the Grand Master and his family, in the years to come. ELVIS A. MOONEY, Chairman, WILLIAM R. DENSLOW, RUSSELL F.
E.
MURRAY,
MORRISON,
A.
MARTIN
BASEY VANLANDINGHAM, GEORGE B.
HAROLD O. GRAUEL, FRANK
DICKINSON,
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BRUCE
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HUNT,
BRIGGS, HAROLD M. JAYNE,
ORESTES MITCHELL, JR., JAMES M. RUMER, MORRIS E. EWING, FORREST
SELLERS, RICHARD DONNELL.
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ANNOUNCEMENT RELATING TO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
R.W. Bro. William H Chapman announced that a fund designated as the "Cathy Donelson Memorial Scholarship Fund" had been established and that contributions may be sent to either the Farmers State Bank or the Princeton State Bank in Princeton, Missouri. REPORT OF MASONIC HOME BOARD
R.W. William H Chapman, President, presented the report of the Masonic Home Board and moved it be adopted and printed in the PROCEEDINGS. The motion was seconded and carried.
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OFFICERS William H. Chapman, President Roy A. Sander, Vice-President
D. Jeff Lance, Treasurer Lewis C. Robertson, Secretary
BOARD OF DIRECTORS J. Morgan Donelson, Grand Master, Princeton William H Chapman, President, Webster Groves Roy H. Sander, Vice-President, St. Louis D. Jeff Lance, Treasurer, St. Louis Thomas J. Davis, Jr., Sr. Grand Warden, Piedmont
W. Hugh McLaughlin, Jr., Grand Warden, Kansas City J. Dorr Ewing, Maryville David R. Hensley, Clayton Edward A. Lang, St. Louis James A. Noland, Jr., Osage Beach Charles C. Oliver, Jr., Kansas City Lloyd C. Seaman, St. Joseph
ADVISORY BOARD-ORDER OF EASTERN STAR Mrs. Marjorie De Mott, Maryville Mrs. Helena Fletcher, St. Louis Mrs. Mayme Sansom, Kansas City
Mrs. Juanita Mauss, Emeritus, Grapevine, Texas
STAFF OF HOME Lewis C. Robertson, Administrator Max E. Wood, Assistant Administrator Carl 1. Stein, Assistant to the Administrator Dr. Harold E. Walters, Medical Director
Dr. Louis F. Howe, Staff Physician Dr. Charles Kilo, Staff Physician Mrs. Dorothy Tweedy, R.N., Head Nurse Mrs. Hazel L. Tibbs, Matron of Old Folks Emil E. Corte, Steward
MEDICAL STAFF Harold E. Walters, M.D., Medical Director
Charles Kilo, M.D., Staff Physician Louis F. Howe, M.D., Staff Physician
J. P. Altheide, M.D., Genitourinary Surgery A. H. Conrad, Jr., M.D., Dermatology Ralph Cook, M.D., Pediatrics Carl T. Eber, M.D., Ophthalmology Lee A. Hall, M.D., Gynecology Oscar P. Hampton, M.D., Orthopedic Surgery Frank W. Jaeger, D.D.S., Dentistry Phillip S. Luedde, M.D., Ophthalmology Sidney B. Maughs, M.D., Neurology
Mary Elizabeth Morris, M.D., Gynecology E. H. Paulsmeyer, D.D.S., Dentistry Martyn Schattyn, M.D., Genitourinary Surgery Frederick O. Schwartz, M.D., Ophthalmology E. O. Shoulders, D.O., Optometry A. J. Steiner, M.D., Cardiology George R. Swartz, M.D., Neuropsychiatry Henry P. Thym, M.D., Surgery Roy A. Walther, Jr., M.D., Gynecology
Report of the Masonic Home To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri: BRETHREN: This year I would like to particularly call your attention to the statistics appended to this report. A careful study of the statistics themselves could tell you a great deal about the operation of the Home. For instance, the display of applications received and their disposition would show the work load carried out by the Admissions and Discipline Committee which is a committee of the whole Board of Directors of the Masonic Home. "Member statistics" show how many men, women, boys, and girls were admitted, died and discharged during the year. The figures under "Masonic Home Hospital" and "Out-Patient Department" indicate the tremendous volume of work done in these areas of the Home operation. "Contributions to the Christmas and Entertainment Fund" graphically demonstrate the magnitude of interest in this area of service by Lodges, other organizations and individuals from all over the State. "Gifts from the Order of the Eastern Star" show the considerable material gifts received from the Order of the Eastern Star in addition to their per capita tax. "Additions to the Endowment Fund," "Additions to the Building Fund," and "Additions to the Memorial Fund" emphasize the support and concern of some individuals and organizations for the Masonic Home without which support the activities of the Home would be greatly curtailed. "The Report of the Secretary" and "Report of Auditor" graphically point out that the Masonic Home of Missouri is "Big Business." But, of course, statistics cannot tell all of a story. It has been my privilege during the past year, as President of the Masonic Home of Missouri, to make many talks about the Masonic Home. I have tried to stress the fact that it is a home-not an institution. I have tried to point out some of the joys, heartaches, and concerns of not only the guests and the administration, but also of the Board of Directors. In his address to this body on September 29, 1969, Most Worshipful Brother J. Morgan Donelson, then President of the Masonic Home, made five recommendations, which, as he stated, were not original with him, but had been expressed by others. The first recommendation was that additional trained and qualified administrative staff should be employed to insure the stability and continuity of the administration of the Home. After soliciting and screening many applicants, the Administration Committee, under the direction of Right Worshipful Brother Roy H. Sander, narrowed down their consideration to four final applicants for the position of Assistant Administrator of the Masonic Home of Missouri. In October of 1969, Worshipful Brother Max E. Wood, currently Master of Berkeley Lodge No. 667, was hired as Assistant Administrator. We have expected, and expect, great things from Max and, to date, he has not disappointed us. I am happy to
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state that Right Worshipful Brother Carl I. Stein, Assistant to the Administrator, remains in that position. We rely heavily upon Carl's ability, dedication, and experience. Of course, all facets of the Administration of the Home continue to be under the very capable direction of Rt. Wor. Brother Lewis C. Robertson, the Administrator, who has served the Home and us for over 22 years. The second recommendation was to strengthen and enlarge the financial structure and support of the Masonic Home by a permanent and continuing organized vigorous program to solicit gifts, legacies, and bequests. One of the reasons for hiring Worshipful Brother Max Wood was to free Right Worshipful Brother Lewis C. Robertson, Administrator, so that he could make personal contact with individuals, Lodges, organizations or anybody or anything to whom the Masonic Home story could be told with resulting beneficial, financial or other improvement for the Home. To supplement and assist the effort to be made by Right Worshipful Brother Robertson, I appointed a Wills, Gifts, and Bequests Committee, chaired by Brother D. Jefferson Lance. This Committee has met, studied the problem and have been invaluable not only in advising Brother Robertson but also in helping to prepare material aids required in the solicitation effort. I must honestly say, that to date the results of this planning and effort have not shown any great material benefits but we are at a point where we can reasonably expect to see significant results in the near future. Brother Robertson is ready, willing and able to talk about the Home. We urge you to avail yourselves of his services. We are anxious to have the Home story told. Please contact him for a date. I might add at this time that last year a brochure was prepared and mailed to the Secretary of each subordinate Lodge in the State of Missouri, requesting him to mail it to each member of his Lodge. This was a well prepared, multicolor brochure with pictures of the Home and guests and included a request for consideration of the Home for gifts or inclusion in wills or bequests. Of course it is very hard to determine what the results of this effort may have been, as far as wills or bequests are concerned, but the gifts received as a direct result of this brochure much more than offset its cost and I am sure helped tell the story of the Masonic Home of Missouri to the Brethren. I believe it should be again emphasized that, because of the generosity of benefactors in the past, the Masonic Home now derives almost ~-48% to be exact-of its operating budget from the income received on endowment funds. By the way, funds given to or placed into the Endowment Fund cannot be touched as to principal. The income goes into the General Fund which is the operating fund of the Home. The third recommendation was the suggestion that a re-examination of policy be made to determine whether or not we might be interested in pursuing various State or Federal assistance programs or other related or similar benefits. The feeling of the Board has generally been that the red tape, loss of independence and other problems that go along with governmental hand-outs are not worth the money received. Item four was a recommendation that study be made as to whether or not relocation of some or all of the Home facilities should be made and
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the fifth recommendation was that any program for major capital improvements should be deferred pending a finding and recommendation as to desirability of relocation. At the October, 1969 Board meeting the Board of Directors went on record as recommending re-Iocation of the Masonic Home of Missouri and I appointed a Site Committee consisting of James A. Noland, Jr., Chairman, W. Hugh McLaughlin and Edward A. Lang to investigate any and all possible sites for a new location of the Home. This Committee has been kept busy all year checking on recommended sites all over the State of Missouri and at a recent Board meeting they made recommendation that the Board consider one of four sites for the location of the Home, two in the greater St. Louis area and two in the middle of the State. The Board recognizes the magnitude of various problems that would result from a re-Iocation of the Home and have tried to approach the matter in a calm, objective and deliberate manner. As of this date, no property has been purchased for the Home. Meanwhile, although we have been very fortunate in that we have had no serious incidents, the neighborhood in which the Home is situated has not improved. It is the judgement of the Board of Directors that the decision to relocate is sound and in the best interest of the Home. We have tried not to make any unnecessary capital improvements to our plant or property during the past year but the age of many of our buildings is such that normal repairs and maintenance are a significant item in our budget. I am convinced that the moving of the operation into modern quarters would save a significant amount of money now allocated to necessary repairs and replacement. Just to give you a few examples of what I mean, a routine job of scaling of the tubes of one of our two boilers last Fall which would normally have cost approximately $700.00, resulted, when the company doing the work found that the walls of the tubes had deteriorated, in a re-tubing operation which cost in excess of $16,000.00. During the past year we were required to install emergency lighting by the St. Louis Department of Public Safety and to extensively re-vamp our incinerator due to the passage of antipollution laws. Last December a broken water main required the carrying of water to the Hospital-even that required to flush the toilets, but repairs were made and operations returned to normal. Some exciting things have happened at the Home during the last year. At the original suggestion of Right Worshipful Bro. Roy H. Sander and under his careful and continuous urging and assistance, a volunteer program was started at the Home in July of 1970. It is expected that the operation of this program will have a great beneficial effect on the guests of our Home as well as involving more people, on a volunteer basis, in the operation of the Home and also in publicising the activities of our Home. It probably would be in order at this time to make special mention of the dedication and love expressed for the Home and its guests by the Order of the Eastern Star Advisory Board. The Advisory Board meets with the regular Board of the Masonic Home on a quarterly basis. The present officers of the Advisory Board are President, Mrs. Helena Fletcher; Treasurer, Mrs. Marjorie DeMott; and Secretary, Mrs. Mayme Sansom. Not only did the members of the Board seem better behaved, but the
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quarterly Board meetings which the ladies attended also seemed brighter and more cheerful by their presence. I bring the matter up at this time because, although I do not by any means intend to slight the efforts and dedication of Mrs. DeMott and Mrs. Sansom, I think special tribute should be made to Mrs. Helena Fletcher for not only is she concluding, at the end of this year, her service as a member and President of the Advisory Board but she was instrumental in originally finding someone to head up the volunteer program, with whom she worked closely, and when it became impossible for that person to continue in the job, Mrs. Fletcher took over herself and has indicated a desire to help and assist in the volunteer program in any way she can in the future. It was stated earlier that the Order of the Eastern Star, in addition to the per capita tax, provides many gifts and services for the Home. I feel that it would be appropriate to mention three items that stand out particularly. When it became necessary to replace the station wagon owned and used by the Home, the Eastern Star paid the additional amount required, with the trade-in of our own vehicle, to obtain a brand new station wagon. When it became necessary to arrange an extra office, because of the addition of a third Administrator to our staff, the Order of the Eastern Star paid the entire cost of furnishing the new office. They were also kind enough to fly all of the children of the Home, their Housemothers and members of the administrative staff to Kansas City for the Grand Chapter meeting in October of 1969. The Worthy Grand Matron, Mrs. Georgia Beason, the Worthy Grand Patron, Brother Jack Royce, the Associate Grand Matron, Mrs. Velma Mischon and the Associate Grand Patron, Brother Ed Mader have attended Board meetings as guests and have shown a great interest and firm support of the Masonic Home. Some other interesting things that have happened during the past year are: 1. The addition of Louis F. Howe, M.D., as a member of our Hospital Staff. Dr. Howe is a Past Master and is presently Treasurer of Brentwood Lodge No. 616. 2. The graduation of Douglas Sprouse from McCormick Theological Seminary with a Master of Social Work and Bachelor of Divinity degrees. Lew and Nadine Robertson went to Chicago to attend the graduation and at a later date he and Mrs. Robertson and Bro. and Mrs. Roy H. Sander went to the Ordination services for Douglas. Douglas came to us as a 10 year old boy, on application of Cache Lodge, after his father, a St. Louis policeman, had been killed in the line of duty. The Horne has taken care of him all of these years, he now has been officially discharged and has taken a position as Assistant Minister at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Topeka, Kansas. Douglas, his wife and child made a visit to one of the Board meetings to personally thank the Board and the Fraternity for all that has been done for them over these last many years. In his report recommending that Douglas be discharged, Lew Robertson said, "I feel that this has been a fine investment in the life of this young man." 3. Right Worshipful Brother Albert VanGels, President of the Square Club has agreed to undertake the formation of a Guides Committee for the
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Home. This Committee will be set up and available to take p,eople on tours through the Home and we expect it to be a valuable addition to the activities of the Home and the involvement of people in our operation. 4. A sub-committee of the Administration Committee headed by Right Worshipful Brother Lloyd C. Seaman has prepared in written form, a summary of the policies and procedures of this and previous Boards. We hope that when this project has been finally completed it will facilitate the deliberations of the Board. 5. A birthday party was held on July 25, 1970 for Mrs. Maude Cotten who celebrated her 102nd birthday. 6. Worshipful Brother Max Wood, an accomplished pianist and organist, found, after coming to work at the Home, that some of the children had an interest in music and at last report he was giving lessons to nine or ten of the children at the Home. 7. Somewhat unusual in recent years has been the application for ad. mission of children to the Home. Our children's population has been fairly stable but during the past year seven new little ones came to live at the Home. Shannon Adams, aged 5 and her brother Stacey, aged 3, were admitted in September of 1969. Then in May, 1970 we received the five Overton children whose ages ranged from 18 months to 8 years. The Adams children came to us through Rolla Lodge No. 213 and the Overtons through Hope Lodge No. 251. These bright, attractive youngsters have happily adjusted to life at the Home. Any report of the operation of the Masonic Home of Missouri would be incomplete without reference to the tremendous effort expended, on a volunteer basis, by the members of the Board of Directors. The terms of Most Worshipful Brother J. Morgan Donelson, Right Worshipful Brother Roy H. Sander and Right Worshipful Brother Lloyd C. Seaman expire this year. During this past year, Brother Seaman has served as Chairman of the Relief and Charity Committee and Chairman of the Sub-Committee of the Administration Committee on policies and procedures. Right Worshipful Brother Roy H. Sander, in addition to being Vice President of the -Board, has served in the demanding position of Chairman of the Administration Committee. Most Worshipful Brother J. Morgan Donelson has always demonstrated an intense interest in the Home and has been willing to do whatever he could for the benefit of the Home. Brother D. Jeff Lance, our Treasurer, has also served as Chairman of the Special Committee on Gifts, Wills and Bequests. Thomas J. Davis, Jr., Sr. Grand Warden, has been an invaluable member of the Administration and Finance Committees, as well as serving as Chairman of the Insurance Committee. W. Hugh McLaughlin, Jr. Grand Warden, has served as a member of the Legal and Special Site Committees. Brother David R. Hensley has done an exceptional job in the time consuming position as Chairman of the Legal Committee. Brother James A. Noland, Jr. has served, not only on the Administration and Insurance Committees, but also as Chairman of the Special Site Committee. Charles C. Oliver, Jr. has lent his talents to the proper management of our investments as Chairman of the Finance Committee and also as a member of the Special Committee on Gifts, Wills and Bequests. Our newest member, J. Dorr Ewing, has seen service on the Legal and Finance Com-
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mittees and as a member of the Grand Lodge Committee on Relief and Charity. As mentioned previously, all members of the Board serve on the Admission Committee with Edward A. Lang as its Chairman. People and organizations too numerous to mention have demonstrated loyal support for the Home. We thank them. I will mention only one by name-Right Worshipful Brother Harry Theis who serves as our Investment Advisor. His service has been long and faithful. In closing, I would like to make several recommendations. First, because of increased cost in practically every aspect of our operation, I would suggest that every effort be made to increase the number and size of the tax deductible gifts to the Home. This is something in which every Freemason in Missouri should be interested because, as previously stated, 48% of the operating budget of the Home comes from the income produced by invested funds that were received by gifts in some fonn or another. An increase in this category would be the painless way to increase our available funds. If increases in these categories are unrealized, the only other obvious source for increased money to operate the Home would be in an increase in the per capita tax. Although an increase is not needed, or suggested at this time, the Board would have no alternative, at a future date, but to request an increase if funds were not available elsewhere to maintain the Home on the high standard of operation it has enjoyed in the past. Secondly, I would like to suggest that a complete study of our Articles of Incorporation be undertaken. In Most Worshipful Brother Elvis A. Mooney's Grand Master's Address, a suggestion was made to change the make-up of the Board of Directors of the Home-not as far as the participation of elected members of the Fraternity is concerned-but only of the members of the Grand Lodge Line. In discussing this at a Board meeting, I was amazed to find that even such a simple change as this would require appearance before and approval of the Circuit Court. It would appear to me that this is entirely unwarranted and unnecessary and that our operation should be more flexible and responsive to the demands of the times. For this reason I suggest a review of the matter with the hopeful result being that we would be better able to determine our own course of action without going to the Courts. Finally, I recommend that the Board continue to study the problems involved with moving the Masonic Home from its present location and disposing of the present facilities. I am firmly convinced that moving to a new location will be extremely beneficial in the long run. I am equally as con路 vinced that the problems involved are considerable. I also know that with the interest and backing of the Masons of Missouri, practically anything can be accomplished. The opportunity to serve as President of the Masonic Home of Missouri has made this past year one of the most meaningful and pleasurable of my life. I am proud to have been a part of the operation of our great Masonic Charity-The Masonic Home of Missouri. Fraternally submitted, WILLIAM
H
CHAPMAN,
President.
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MASONIC HOME CHEER COMMITTEE 1969路1970 July 31, 1970 Mr. William Chapman, President Masonic Home of Missouri Dear Rt. Wor. Bro. Chapman: Attached is a report of the actIvItIes of the Masonic Home Cheer Committee and a complete listing of its receipts and disbursements of the past year. It is always a joy to be able to bring pleasure and entertainment to our Masonic Home Family. The unsolicited "thank you" and the cheery smiles on the faces of the Home folks are sufficient reward for the time spent in this endeavor. We hope that our programs this past year have added to their comfort and have met with the approval of the officers and directors of the Home. The attendance at the six religious services, including the annual St. John'S Day service, was 1,196 for an average of 200 at each service. We are grateful to the various bodies that volunteer to sponsor these services and to the ministers, organists, and choirs for their participation. To those who provided entertainment during this past year, without remuneration, we offer our sincere thanks. Finally, the success of the Committee is due in a large measure to the splendid cooperation received from the representatives who have assisted me and from R.W. Bros. Robertson and Stein and their staff. I wish for my successor the same spirit of cooperation. Fraternally, HARRY B. SMITH, President, Masonic Home Cheer Committee. Following is our financial and activities report for the fiscal year Aug. 1, 1969 thru July 31, 1970: Balance in Bank July 31, 1969 Cash on Hand Petty Cash
$1,555.86 74.00 50.00
124.00
Total Cash on Hand and in the Bank Receipts 1969-1970 (per list attached)
1,679.86 3,074.66
Disbursements 1969-1970 (per list attached)
4,754.52 3,912.73
Balance on Hand July 31, 1970
841.79
RECAPITULATION: Balance in Mercantile Trust Co. Balance in Petty Cash Fund
791.79 50.00
Balance in all Funds
841.79
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RECEIPTS AND DEPOSITS Missouri Lodge No.1 . Meridian Lodge No.2 . . Geo. Washington Lodge No.9 St. Louis Lodge No. 20 . Naphtali Lodge No. 25 . Polar Star Lodge No. 79 . Bridgeton Lodge No. 80 . Pomegranate Lodge No. 95 . Occidental Lodge No. 163 . Pride of the West Lodge No. 179 . Pyramid Lodge No. 180 ....•..•.. Good Hope Lodge No. 218 . Keystone Lodge No. 243 . Fenton Lodge No. 281 . Cornerstone Lodge No. 323 . America Lodge No. 347 . Tuscan Lodge No. 360 . Cache Lodge No. 416 . Anchor Lodge No. 443 . Westgate Lodge No. 445 . Lambskin Lodge No. 460 . Kirkwood Lodge No. 484 . Harmony Lodge No. 499 . Euclid Lodge No. 505 . Clifton Heights Lodge No. 520 . Ferguson Lodge No. 542 . Algabil Lodge No. 544 . Maplewood Lodge No. 566 . Forest Park Lodge No. 578 . Wellston Lodge No. 613 . Tower Grove Lodge No. 631 . Freedom Lodge No. 636 . Mizpah Lodge No. 639 . Jennings Lodge No. 640 . Benjamin Franklin Lodge No. 642 Shaveh Lodge No. 646 . Pilgrim Lodge No. 652 : . Gardenville Lodge No. 655 . Purity Lodge No. 656 . Progress Lodge No. 657 . Theodore Roosevelt Lodge No. 661 Berkeley Lodge No. 667 . Crestwood Lodge No. 669 . Scottish Rite Bodies ............• Moolah Temple .
25.00 50.00 75.00 25.00 25.00 60.00 100.00 25.00 25.00 10.00 50.00 100.00 50.00 25.00 50.00 25.00 75.00 100.00 60.00 50.00 50.00 25.00 50.00 25.00 100.00 25.00 50.00 50.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 15.00 20.00 50.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 40.00 25.00 150.00 500.00
25.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 25.00 25.00 20.00
Square Club . Missouri Chapter No. I, R.A.M . St. Louis Chapter No.8, R.A.M . Bellefontaine Chapter No. 25 . St. Charles Chapter No. 111, R.A.M. Wellston Chapter No. 138. R.A.M. Cabany Chapter No. 140, R.A.M . Hiram Council No. I, R&SM . St. Aldemar Commandery No. 18, K.T . St. Charles Commandery No. 73, K.T . Crestwood Chapter No. 83, O.E.S. Fenton Chapter No. 152, O.E.S. .. Alexander Chapter No. 160, O.E.S. Bridgeton Chapter No. 266, O.E.S. Clayton Chapter No. 304, O.E.S. . . Meramec Chapter No. 317, D.E.S. . Guynell Chapter No. 326, O.E.S. . . South Hampton Chapter No. 459, O.E.S . Meridian Chapter No. 442, O.E.S. Pyramid Chapter No. 460. O.E.S. . Poinsetta Chapter No. 472, O.E.S. Pilgrim Chapter No. 473, O.E.S. . . Berkeley Chapter No. 503, O.E.S. . Progress Chapter No. 522, O.E.S. . Crown Chapter No. 535, O.E.S. . . Tuscan Chapter No. 680. O.E.S. .. Occidental Chapter No. 185, O.E.S. Ed Borgard, Refund Xmas Party Cache Lodge No. 416, Family Relations Comm.-Memory of Mrs. Lula Hughes . John Certa, Member Naphtali No. 25 . Past Masters, Berkeley No. 667 .. Memory of Wor. Bro. R. Keeling's Mother Wm. Krenning, Member Westgate No. 445 . Chester Cook, Member Wellston No. 613 .
100.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 20.00 100.00 15.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 35.66 5.00 2.00 12.00
50.00 5.00 $3,074.00
ACTIVITIES AND DISBURSEMENTS OF THE MASONIC HOME CHEER COMMITTEE August I. 1969 to July 31. 1970 Aug. 6, 1969
Excursion on Steamer Admiral (Wor. Bro. Geo. Whitworth, Chairman) . $ 278.50 Sept. 28, 1969 Religious Services Clifton Heights Lodge No. 520 Oct. 26, 1969 Religious Services International Order of Job's Daughters Thanksgiving Cash Distribution .... Nov. 22, 1969 642.00 Nov. 23, 1969 Rcligious Services Knights Templars Commanderies Nos. 1,8, 16, 18, & 73 Blls Transportation to Fox Theatcr . Dec. 5, 1969 31.00 Dec. 20, 1969 Christmas Cash Distribution . 668.00 Dec. 23, 1969 Christmas Party, Bro. Edward Borgard, Chairman, Entertainment-Refreshments-Gifts for Children, Santa Claus -Music (Provided by Bro. Ben St. Onge and his Orchestra) ......... . . 357.02 March 22, 1970 Religious Services-Greater St. Louis DeMolay Chapters April 26, 1970 Religious Services-Masonic Service Bureau May 9, 1970 Mother's Day Cash Distribution . 676.00
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE Religious Service~quare Club Moolah Temple Band Concert Father's Day Cash Distribution Letter Carriers Band Concert . Outing to Bridgeton Fish Fry-Dinner for Senior Citizens, Children, Nurses and Matrons. Transportation furnished free by Representatives and Lodge Members . Printing, Postage, and Cards for the Year .
111.05 662.00 126.79
147.00 213.37 $3,912.73
The above is in balance with the check book and bank statement as of
July 31, 1970. HARRY
B.
SMITH,
President
Attest: GEORGE W. WHITWORTH,
Secretary
APPENDIX APPLICATIONS Carried over from previous year Received during year Application approved fiscal year 1969
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8 89 2 99 56 30 4 3 1 3 0
Admitted to the Home during the year . Rejected because of ineligibility . Died before application passed on by Board . Died after application passed by Board . Withdrawn by Lodge/Chapter before action of Board Withdrawn by Lodge/Chapter after action of Board . Approval rescinded after action of the Board . Pending 6/30/70 .
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MEMBER STATISTICS Boys
Girls
285 41
55 12
15
2
12 5
326
67
17
17
47
12
0
0
279
55
17
17
3
0
14
17
Women Men
Members in Home July 1, 1969 Arrived during year
. .
Died during year
Discharged during year Total number in Home 6/30/70
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MASONIC HOME' HOSPITAL Total Total Total Total Total Total Total
number number number number number number number
of of of of of of of
patients in the Hospital July I, 1969 patients admitted during the year patients discharged during the year patients in the Hospital per day during year deaths during year operations performed in other Hospitals patients in the Hospital July I, 1970
173 319 254 171 59 23 174
OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT Number of patients seen by Dr. Hall . 805 Number of patients treated in Clinic . 25,902 Total patients treated (including shots, etc. given to patients in rooms) .. 32,295 Average number of feet treated per month . 125 Average number of baths given per month . 85 Average number of shampoos per month (haircuts, permanents, treatments) 20 Dental treatments by Dr. Harry F. C. Meyer (includes extractions, fillings, gum treatments, denture repairs and adjustments and new dentures) 70
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CHRISTMAS AND ENTERTAINMENT FUND 1969·1970 Howard Lodge No.4, New Franklin $ 20.00 United Lodge No.6, Springfield • 25.00 Agency Lodge No. 10, Agency .... 5.00 Pauldingville Lodge No. 11, Wright City .•••.•••••.•..•..•..•.•••• 10.00 Tyro Lodge No. 12, Caledonia .•.. 20.00 Rising Sun Lodge No. 13, Barry •• 25.00 Eolia Lodge No. 14, Eolia . 6.00 Western Star Lodge No. 15, Winston 6.00 Memphis Lodge No. 16, Memphis . 25.00 Clarksville Lodge No. 17, Clarksville 100.00 Palmyra Lodge No. 18, Palmyra .. 15.00 Paris Union Lodge No. 19, Paris . 10.00 Havanna Lodge No. 21, McFall ..• 5.00 Florida Lodge No. 23, Florida ..... 10.00 Wyaconda Lodge No. 24, LaGrange 5.00 Evergreen Lodge No. 27, New Haven 5.00 St. Johns Lodge No. 28, Hannibal 25.00 Huntsville Lodge No. 30, Huntsville 5.00 Liberty Lodge No. 31, Liberty •.•. 50.00 Ralls Lodge No. 33, Center •..... 5.00 Troy Lodge No. 34, Troy ••...... 25.00 Mercer Lodge No. 35, Princeton • 35.00 Cooper Lodge No. 36, Boonville ..• 10.00 Hemple Lodge No. 37, Hemple •• 15.00 Callao Lodge No. 38, Callao •..... 10.00 Bismarck Lodge No. 41, Bismarck. 10.00 Jefferson Lodge No. 43, Jefferson City .....•..•.....•..•...•..... 75.00 Fair Play Lodge No. 44, Fair Play 5.00 Fayette Lodge No. 47, Fayette ... 10.00 Fulton Lodge No. 48, Fulton .....• 50.00 Holt Lodge No. 49, Holt ......•. 10.00 Xenia Lodge No. 60, Hopkins ••.. 5.00 Livingston Lodge No. 51, Glasgow 5.00 Wakonda Lodge No. 52, Carrollton 25.00 Tipton Lodge No. 66, Tipton ..... 25.00 Richmond Lodge No. 57, Richmond 60.00 Monticello Lodge No. 68, Monticello 5.00 Centralia Lodge No. 69, Centralia 25.00 New Bloomfield Lodge No. 60, New Bloomfield ...............• , .•.. 5.00 Waverly Lodge No. 61, Waverly .. 10.00 Vincel Lodge No. 62, Cameron .... 10.00 Cambridge Lodge No. 63, Slater .. 10.00 Monroe Lodge No. 64, Monroe City 10.00
Pattonsburg Lodge No. 65, Pattonsburg .••..•.....•..••....•....• Grant City Lodge No. 66, Grant City Sullivan Lodge No. 69, Sullivan .• 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, Steelville. St. Joseph Lodge No. 78, St. Joseph Jackson Lodge No. 82, Linneus •• Laclede Lodge No. 83, Lebanon •• Miami Lodge No. 85, Miami ..... Brookfield Lodge No. 86, Brookfield Washington Lodge No. 87, Greenfield Defiance Lodge No. 88, Sheridan • Friendship Lodge No. 89, Chillicothe Russellville Lodge No. 90, Russellville ...........•..•.........•. Madison Lodge No. 91, Madison .. Perseverance Lodge No. 92, Louisiana ..•........•••.•........•.. St. Marks 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 ...•.......•...........•..• Bloomington Lodge No. 102, Bevier West View Lodge No. 108, Millersville .........•..•..•••.•.....• Heroine Lodge No. 104, Kansas City Kirksville Lodge No. lOS, Kirksville Gallatin Lodge No. 106, Gallatin . Stanberry Lodge No. 109, Stanberry Marcus Lodge No. 110, Fredericktown .........•.•......•.•..•.• Trenton Lodge No. Ill, Trenton • Maitland Lodge No. 112, Maitland Plattsburg Lodge No. 113, Plattsburg ..•..•..•.••........•..... Twilight Lodge No. 114, Columbia Laddonia Lodge No. 115, Laddonia
10.00 5.00 75.00 10.00 6.00 5.00 10.00 100.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 6.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 6.00 470.50 50.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 25.00 10.00 26.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 50.00 10.00 10.00 50.00 10.00
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Barnes Lodge No. 116, Cabool ... Helena Lodge No. 117, Rochester DeSoto Lodge No. 119, DeSoto Compass Lodge No. 120, Parkville 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 Farmington Lodge No. 132, Farmington .....•.........•........ Phoenix Lodge No. 136, Bowling Green .....................•... Lincoln Lodge No. 138, Fillmore .. Oregon Lodge No. 139, Oregon Pleasant Grove Lodge No. 142, Otterville . Irondale Lodge No. 143, Irondale Modern Lodge No. 144, Humansville . Cass Lodge No. 147 SiKnet Chapter No. 68, R.A.M. ) Bayard Commandery No. 26, K.T.) Lexington Lodge No. 149, Lexington Milton Lodge No. 161, Milton Linn Creek Lodge No. 152, Camdenton . Bloomfield Lodge No. 163, Bloomfield . Ionic Lodge No. 164, Desloge North Star Lodge No. 167, Rockport . Green City Lodge No. 159, Green City . Whitesville Lodge No. 162, Whitesville . Joachim Lodge No. 164, Hillsboro Hartford Lodge No. 171, Hartford Gray Summit Lodge No. 173, Gray Summit . Sturgeon Lodge No. 174, Sturgeon Pt. Pleasant Lodge No. 176, Conran . Griswold Lodge No. 178, Bellflower California Lodge No. 183, California . Morley Lodge No. 184, Morley Chamois Lodge No. 185, Chamois Hermon Lodge No. 187, Liberal .. Hannibal Lodge No. 188, Hannibal Zeredatha Lodge No. 189, St. Joseph . Putnam Lodge No. 190, Newton Wellsville Lodge No. 194, Wellsville New Hope LodKe No. 199, Elsberry Sonora Lodge No. 200, Watson ... Ravenwood Lodge No. 201, Ravenwood . Somerset Lodge No. 206, Powersville . Clay Lodge No. 207, Excelsior Springs . Salisbury Lodge No. 208, Salisbury Poplar Bluff Lodge No. 209, Poplar Bluff . Hickory Hill Lodge No. 211, Eugene 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 .
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Mystic Tie Lodge No. 221, Oak Ridge . La Belle Lodge No. 222, La Belle 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 . St. Francois Lodge No. 234, Libertyville . Sedalia Lodge No. 236, Sedalia Rushville Lodge No. 238, Rushville Hopewell Lodge No. 239, Lesterville 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 .. Butler Lodge No. 254, Butler ..... Alton Lodge No. 255, Alton Shekinah Lodge No. 256, Festus Lodge of Light No. 257, Eagleville 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 Grand River Lodge No. 276, Freeman . Wm. D. Muir Lodge No. 277, Pilot Grove . Essex Lodge No. 278, Essex Stockton Lodge No. 283, Stockton Canopy Lodge No. 284, Aurora .. Craft Lodge No. 287, Canton Hermitage Lodge No. 288, Hermitage .......................• Graham Lodge No. 289, Graham . Fairmont Lodge No. 290, Wyaconda Edina Lodge No. 291, Edina Lamar Lodge No. 292, Lamar Sarcoxie Lodge No. 293, Sarcoxie Mound City Lodge No. 294, Mound City . Moniteau Lodge No. 295, Jamestown . Sampson Lodge No. 298, Lutie Temple Lodge No. 299, Kansas City . Lick Creek Lodge No. 302, Perry Osage Lodge No. 303, Nevada Cecile Daylight Lodge No. 305, Kansas City . New London Lodge No. 307, New London . Parrott Lodge No. 308, Maysville Sikeston Lodge No. 310, Sikeston Kearney Lodge No. 311. Kearney Cuba Lodge No. 312, Cuba . Rural Lodge No. 316, Kansas City Eldorado Lodge No. 318, Luray Paulville Lodge No. 319, Hurdland Versailles Lodge No. 320, Versailles McDonald Lodge No. 324, Independence . Dockery Lodge No. 325, Meadville Linn Lodll:e No. 326, Linn . Cainsville Lodge No. 328, Cainsville Charity Lodge No. 331, St. Joseph
1970 10.00 10.00 10.00 33.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 25.00 50.00 26.00 25.00 10.00 5.00 6.00 6.00 25.00 2.60 10.00 10.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 5.00 25.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 15.00 15.00 16.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 30.00 10.00 15.00 15.00 21.00 6.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 5.00 5.00 6.00 26.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 100.00
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Excello Lodge No. 332, Excello ..• Joplin Lodge No. 335, Joplin .... Hallsville Lodge No. 336, Hallsville Blue Springs Lodge No. 337, Blue Springs •.•.................... Herculaneum Lodge No. 338, Herculaneum •.••.•..•..•..•.••..• Fidelity Lodge No. 339, Farley ..• Circle Lodge No. 342, Roscoe .... Moberly Lodge No. 344, Moberly •. Fellowship Lodge No. 345, Joplin Arlington Lodge No. 346, Dixon .• Pollock Lodge No. 349, Pollock .. Mosaic Lodge No. 351, Bellview ., Friend Lodge No. 352, Ozark .... 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 ... Higginsville Lodge No. 364, Higginsville •..................... Bayou Lodge No. 365, Bakersfield Adair Lodge No. 366, Kirksville .. Barry Lodge No. 367, Washburn . Crescent Hill Lodge No. 368, Adrian Composite Lodge No. 369, Doniphan Williamstown Lodge No. 370, Williamstown .....•............... Sheldon Lodge No. 371, Sheldon .. Nonpariel Lodge No. 372, East Lynne ..................•...... Belle Lodge No. 373, Belle . Waynesville Lodge No. 375, Waynesville . King Hill Lodge No. 376, St. Joseph ..•..•.....•.............. Ancient Craft Lodge No. 377, King City ...•.•..................... Billings Lodge No. 379, Billings .. Ionia Lodge No. 381, Eldon . Pythagoras Lodge No. 383, Cassville Richland Lodge No. 385, Richland . Raytown Lodge No. 391, Raytown Christian Lodge No. 392, Oak Grove Beehive Lodge No. 393, Lawson .. Gower Lodge No. 397, Gower ... Pike Lodge No. 399, Curryville .. Decatur Lodge No. 400, Pierce City Carterville Lodge No. 401, Carterville ..•.....•.................. Rosendale Lodge No. 404, Rosendale Everton Lodge No. 405, Everton .. Charleston Lodge No. 407, Charleston . Montrose Lodge No. 408, Montrose Louisville Lodge No. 409, Louisville Appleton City Lodge No. 412, Appleton City . Valley Lodge No. 413, Bolckow ..• Greensburg Lodge No. 414, Greensburg ...•.•..................... Whitewater Lodge No. 417, Whitewater .....••.................. Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422, Springfield " •..•..•..•........ Samaritan Lodge No. 424, Bonne Terre ...........•......•..•... Green Ridge No. 425, Green Ridge Rothville Lodge No. 426, Rothville New Madrid Lodge No. 429, New Madrid .........•..•.......... Winona Lodge No. 430, Competition Mt. Olive Lodge No. 439, Rogersville ..........•..•............. Excelsior Lodge No. 441, Jackson Burlington Lodge No. 442, Burlington Jet........••.•...•..••.••• Ada Lodge No. 444, Orrick ..•.••
5.00 25.00 35.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 50.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 100.00 6.00 10.00 6.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 26.00 5.00 16.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 6.00 15.00 60.00 25.00 6.00 16.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 35.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 6.00 5.00 6.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 20.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 20.00 60.00 25.00 5.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 6.00 10.00 10.00 10.00
Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446, Kansas City Jacoby Lodge No. 447, Darlington Schell City Lodge No. 448, Schell City .........•..........•..••• Belton Lodge No. 450, Belton .... Forsythe Lodge No. 453, Forsythe Continental Lodge No. 454, Stewartsville ....................•. Jonesburg Lodge No. 457, Jonesburg ........•..••............. Hazelwood Lodge No. 459, Seymour Caruthersville Lodge No. 461, Caruthersville . Clifton Lodge No. 463, Thayer . Concordia Lodge No. 464, Concordia Southwest Lodge No. 466, Southwest City ...........•.....•... Pleasant Hope Lodge No. 467, Pleasant Hope . Plato Lodge No. 469, Plato ....• Mineral Lodge No. 471, Oronogo .. Pickering Lodge No. 472, Pickering Mt. Hope Lodge No. 476, Odessa . Henderson Lodge No. 477, Rogersville . Rich Hill Lodge No. 479, Rich Hill Marceline Lodge No. 481, Marceline Fairfax Lodge No. 483, Fairfax .. Coldwater Lodge No. 485, Drexel .. Cairo Lodge No. 486, Cairo . Chilhowee Lodge No. 487, Chilhowee Lock Springs Lodge No. 488, Lock Springs •....................•. Lakeville Lodge No. 489, Bell City Vandalia Lodge No. 491, Vandalia Daggett Lodge No. 492, McKittrick Lewistown Lodge No. 494, Lewistown ..................•......• Unity Lodge No. 495, Richards '" Robert Burns Lodge No. 496, Gainesville .....................•.... Buckner Lodge No. 501, Buckner Prairie Home Lodge No. 503, Prairie Home ..............•....... Platte City Lodge No. 604, Platte City ..................•..•..•. Saxton Lodge No. 508, Saxotn ..• New Hampton Lodge No. 510, New Hampton .....................• Skidmore Lodge No. 511, Skidmore Senath Lodge No. 513, Senath Gate City Lodge No. 522, Kansas City . Cunningham Lodge No. 625, Sumner .......................•...• Wayne Lodge No. 526, Piedmont • Conway Lodge No. 528, Conway ... Lane's Prairie Lodge No. 531, Vichy Dexter Lodge No. 532, Dexter Comfort Lodge No. 533, Wheaton Columbia Lodge No. 534, Pacific • Blackwell Lodge No. 535, Blackwell Ingomar Lodge No. 536, Willow Springs ..•............•....... Bethel Lodge No. 537, Bethel •.• Dawn Lodge No. 539, Ludlow Mansfield Lodge No. 543, Mansfield Orient Lodge No. 546, Kansas City South Gate Lodge No. 547, Kansas City ...............•....••..•• Clinton Lodge No. 548, Clinton Carl Junction Lodge No. 649, Carl Junction ..................•...• Pendleton Lodge No. 661, Doe Run Summerville Lodge No. 555, Summerville ......................• Prairie Lodge No. 666, Gilman City Moscow Lodge No. 568, Moscow Mills •..•.•........•••....•..••
63 300.00 5.00 5.00 25.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 20.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 50.00 6.00 5.00 26.00 10.00 6.00 6.00 10.00 20.00 10.00 5.00 6.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 6.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 25.00 25.00 5.00 10.00 20.00 10.00 20.00 5.00 20.00 10.00 16.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 15.00
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Clarksdale Lodge No. 559, Clarks. dale . Nelson Lodge No. 560, Nelson . Cowgill Lodge No. 561, Cowgill . York Lodge No. 563, Kansas City. Jamesport Lodge No. 564, Jamesport . Republic Lodge No. 570, Republic . Hayti Lodge No. 571, Hayti . Bernie Lodge No. 573, Bernie . LaMonte Lodge No. 574, LaMonte Easter Lodge No. 575, St. Clair . Ewing Lodge No. 577, Ewing ... Illmo Lodge No. 581, Illmo ..•..• Shamrock Lodge No. 585, Shamrock Criterion Lodge No. 586, Alba ... Branson Lodge No. 587, Branson . Advance Lodge No. 590, Advance. Union Lodge No. 593, Union ..... 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 . Walker Lodge No. 605, Walker . Strafford Lodge No. 608, Strafford Clark Lodge No. 610, Clark ..... Centertown Lodge No. 611, Centertown '" . Mokane Lodge No. 612, Mokane.
15.00 10.00 5.00 40.00 5.00 25.00 27.00 5.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 15.00 5.00 10.00 25.00 15.00 25.00 15.00 5.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 5.00 10.00 2.50 5.00 10.00
Mt. Washington Lodge No. 614, Independence . 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 Owensville Lodge No. 624, Owensville . Sheffield Lodge No. 625, Kansas City . Mendon Lodge No. 628, Mendon East Gate Lodge No. 630, Kansas City . Mt. View Lodge No. 637, Mt. View Northeast Lodge No. 643, Kansas City .........................• Grain Valley Lodge No. 644, Grain Valley . Shawnee Lodge No. 653, Warsaw Country Club Lodge No. 656, Kansas City . Alpha Lodge No. 659, Kansas City Clarence Lodge No. 662, Clarence. Rockhill Lodge No. 663, Kansas City ........•.................. Wardell Lodge No. 665, Wardell Harold O. Grauel Lodge No. 672, Cape Girardeau ..•............
1970 50.00 15.00 25.00 50.00 10.00 5.00 150.00 25.00 10.00 50.00 5.00 35.00 10.00 50.00 25.00 50.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 150.00 $6,800.50
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS The Square Club (in memory of Wor. Bro. George A. Ramsey) • $ 10.00 140.40 Masonic Home Advisory Board .•. 10.00 Elda Chapter No. 384 ..........• 100.00 Bro. George Kaestner .......•.... 2.00 Anonymous •.•............•....• 5.00 Anonymous .......•.............. Mt. Washington Chapter, R.A.M. 25.00 No. 142 . 21.25 Hesperia Ladies Sewing Circle ..• 100.00 Defiance Chapter No. 225, O.E.S. . Dee Jennings, Charleston Lodge No. 10.00 407 .......•................... 5.00 Zalma Chapter No. 509, O.E.S. " 10.00 49th District Masonic Association Audrain-Callaway Masonic Associa50.00 tion ........•.................. 22.25 Anchor Chapter No. 54, O.E.S . 5.00 Robert L. McKinney . Past Matrons Club of Vincel Chap. 10.00 tel' No. 43, O.E.S. . . Dowell Hays (in memory of 5.00 Mother) ..........•..•.......• 50.00 Lloyd M. Dixon . 15.00 Calvary Commandery, No. 28, K.T. 10.00 Chester Venard •................ 2.00 Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Penrod . Prince of Peace Commandery, No. 25.00 29, K.T•.......•..•............ 20.00 Ishmael Payne ........•..•...... 10.00 Frank George .......•..........• 20.00 John Boats •.............•...... 10.00 Gene Catron . 15.00 Janet & Milton W. Sondker . 20.00 Louis P. Davis . 5.00 Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. Manlove .. 25.00 S. C. Hamilton .......•.......... M. M. Edwards ..........•....... 20.00 Past District Deputy Club of 6th 10.00 District . Maurice L. Hayes . 17.00 Ernest Locker ..•................ 5.00
Independence Chapter No. 12, R.A.M........•.......•...•.... Orion Chapter No. 49, R.A.M•.... Kurt F. Schoewe ..•.............. Tom & Wanda Davis .......•.... James J ewell Crockett ...•..••...• Floral Society of Radiant Chapter No. 88, O.E.S...........•...... Ralph L. Schoonover .....•..•.... St. Johns Commandery No. 20, K.T. Charles J. Schuster •.......... , .. William T. Christy .....•......... Wallace J. Farley ....•.......... Strafford Chapter No. 471, O.E.S. John Vanwinkle .....•........... Walter J. Robinson . William Demko, M.D. . ••....•.... Alco Square Club . Columbia Chapter No. 17, R.A.M. . St. Graal Commandery No. 12, K.T. Mr. & Mrs. L. T. Haberstroh . Roy E. Clark, Jr. . . Mrs. Herbert H. Haukenberry . J ames Michael Megown . Seth P. Abel' . Mr. & Mrs. Levy Williams . Mr. & Mrs. Carroll Moorman . Golden Rule Court No. 12, Order of Amarath .....•.....•.......... Frank Tamborella . Julian G. Walters . L. E. Kraus . Mrs. G. Boerger . Fred J. Schrieiver . Defiance Chapter No. 224, O.E.S. . E. F. Hundhausen . Lynn Owings ..................• Jimmie J. Godwin .. Jobs Daughter-Bethel No.6 . J ames Ross Vermillion .
20.00 15.00 15.00 25.00 2.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 25.00 5.00 25.00 5.00 12.00 20.00 15.00 20.00 50.00 50.00 10.00 5.00 2.00 25.00 5.00 50.00 5.00 22.00 5.00 12.00 20.00 5.00 5.00 11.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 2.00 $1,372.90
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GIFTS FROM THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR Auqust I. 1969-July 31. 1970 49.00 for Guests of Home 1,196.06 for Adults 36.00 for Beauty Parlor 26.00 for Building Fund 1,766.90 for Christmas & Entertainment Fund 352.96 for Camp Fund 515.25 Children 50.00 Endowment 25.00 Fern Weber Camp Fund 804.46 Snack Parlor 2,740.05 for New Station Wagon 2 Air Conditioners 12 Gallons of Apple Butter 1 Pair Arch Supports 16 Bottles Bath Oil 1 Bible 15 Birthday Gifts 1 Bracelet 56 Individual Cakes 72 Candy Apples 25 Lbs. Candy 8 Boxes Greeting Cards 4 Boxes Christmas Cards 8 Center Pieces 3 Pkgs. Christmas Seals 35 Christmas Gifts 2 Coats 16 Lbs. Cookies 1 Corset 2 Cases & 50 Boxes-Cracker Jacks 4 Dresses for girls
$
Air Freshener Apples Cookies Garment Bags
11 12 1 4 2 6 45 3 70 2 2 81 4 7 8 3 5 22 2 1 11 5 2 143 8 36 1 1 4 4
Sets Earrings Pro Footwear Fan for Snack Parlor Doz. Glasses Hams Doz. Men's Handkerchiefs Hospital Gowns Hospital Utility Carts Gals. Ice Cream Boxes Ice Cream Bars Cases & 85 Jars J eIIies Lap Robes Pkgs. Nut Cups Necklaces Pkgs. Paper Napkins Pro Pillow Cases Pkgs. Place Mats Quilts Sheets Pro Men's Slippers Pro Men's Socks Boxes Stationery Cases Syrup Tissue Holders Towels Tote Bags Turkey Pro Men's Underwear Wash Cloths Lbs. Wieners
MISCELLANEOUS Hangers Handkerchiefs Note Paper Oranges
Playing Cards Talc Powder Toys
ADDITIONS TO ENDOWMENT FUND Memory of J. Farrell Ames $ 10.00 Anonymous gift . 10,000.00 Anonymous gift of 600 Shares Ralston Purina . 13,562.50 Memory of Meyer Aronoff . 10.00 Gift of Charles W. Arpe . 6.25 Memory of Dr. James S. Austin 5.00 Gift of Argo Products . 500.00 Gift of Effie Ball Estate . 2,000.00 Memory of Mary C. Barnes . 5.00 Gift of Beacon Lodge No.3 . 215.25 Gift of Marie 1. Beeman Estate . 3,494.15 Gift of Mrs. Blanche Blagg . 500.00 Memory of Roy K. Bragg . 10.00 Gift of Max E. Bretschneider .. 100.00 Memory of Meyer Brick . 25.00 Gift of Martin E. Brummond .. 100.00 Memory of Manuel H. Buckey .. 55.00 Gift of Louis Burkhardt Estate . 4,401.24 Memory of Carl A. Burnham . 40.00 Gift of A. J. Cammann . 20.00 Memory of Fred E. Carr . 5.00 Gift of Edgar Carson . 25.00 Gift of John T. Cassens . 50.00 Sale of Cemetery Lots . 250.00 Gift of Mr. & Mrs. J. A. Chapman .............•.......... 100.00 Gift of John DahImann Estate . 135.72 Gift of Myrtle E. Davis Estate 9,268.74 Memory of A. Stuart Dawson, Jr. 25.00 Gift of William O. DeWitt . 100.00 1,000.00 Gift of Mrs. Edith Diller . Gift of AIda B. Dixon Estate . 63,714.04 Memory of David M. Donnan . 45.00 Memory of Ida Mae Dueringer .. 300.00
Memory of Edward Extein ..... Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Elston Gift of Lulu Engle Estate . Gift of F. J. Fahrenkamp . Gift of Dr. Leon A. Feinstein .• Gift of Mrs. Helene Fletcher .. Gift of Milton Freund Estate ..• Gift of Hudson Fulkerson ..... Gift of Eleanor L. Garvin Estate Gift of Pansy Gibson Estate ..• Memory of Gus GiIlerman .....• Memory of Silas P. Gray . Memory of Albert C. Hammer Gift of Harris Foundation ..... Memory of Samuel Honigberg .. Memory of Rev. O. V. Jackson. Gift of Clarence Jones Estate ... Gift of Mrs. Harold Kauffman .. Gift of Russell Kansturner ....• Memory of David Kessler . Gift of Prof. A. Vern Kilpatrick Gift of William T. Kircheis .... Memory of Max L. Land .....• Gift of John Jacob Leuenberger Estate . Memory of Hymen Levy . Memory of Ben P. Manheimer Memory of Sam Burt Margulis • Gift of Mary K. Melton Estate .. Memory of Edward C. Meyer .. Gift of Cleveland R. Miller .... Gift of Dr. & Mrs. A. C. Mogler Memory of Martin WiIliam Mosher ....................• Honor of Virgil Moss .
5.00 10.00 12,346.24 100.00 50.00 100.00 500.00 10.00 12,310.58 38,506.77 5.00 15.00 1,200.00 100.00 5.00 15.00 2,077.04 550.00 800.00 5.00 14.00 117.05 15.00 100.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 2,977.58 10.00 15,738.38 500.00 500.00 10.00
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200.00 Gift of A. H. McGinness . 100.00 Gift of O.E.S. Treasurer's Club • 5.00 Memory of Charles P. Orchard. 14,375.97 Gift of Mabel Wind Pettit Estate Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Harry C. 1,000.00 Ploetze .....•.•••.......•...• 40.00 Memory of Jesse T. Poore .... Gift of Pride of the West Lodge 543.12 No. 179 ..........••......... Gift of Marie E. Reichman 500.00 Estate .......••..........•... 15.00 Memory of Leslie Rinck ..•.... Memory of Wilfred Roderick .. 10.00 Gift of Rolla Lodge No. 213 ... 75.00 Gift of Mr. & Mrs. A. S. Ryan • 200.00 Memory of Theodore Samuels .. 5.00 Memory of Jack Schneider . 10.00 Gift of Vern H. Schneider . 100.00 Memory of Arthur W. Schisler • 10.00 49,950.31 Gift of Ben Schmidt Estate . Gift of C. W. Schwabe . 100.00 Gift of Charles Schreiber Estate 1,000.00 Memory of Abe Schudmak ..... 5.00 Memory of Clyde Shipley .....• 5.00 Gift of 1969 Shrine Circus ..... 500.00 Memory of Ben J. Siegel .....• 10.00
100.00 26.00 1,000.00 5.00 15.00 5,000.00 10.00 41.00 15.00 5.00 19.30 15.00 500.00 15.00 15.00 12.50 40.00
Gift of M. G. Shugart .....•... Memory of Mrs. Jessie Stahlhuth Gift of Merel H. Snodgrass Trust Memory of Nathan E. Spilker. Memory of Robert K. Stroup ..• Gift of Marie S. Siebman Estate Memory of Joseph Silverman •. Gift of Frank T. Tessmer ..•.• Memory of George L. Thompson Memory of Fishel Tolchinsky " Gift of Robert Trimble Estates . Memory of Edward J. Ueltzen Gift of Dr. Victoria B. Vas he .. Memory of Edward Veltzen .... Memory of Stuart T. Vickers .. Gift of Westport Lodge No. 340 Memory of J. Nean White .... Gift of Marquardt F. Wills Estate ......................• Memory of Hubert L. Williamson Gift of H. C. Wilmore .......• Gift of Arthur Windmoeller ... Gift of Marion S. Wurdack Estate .....................•
200.00 25.00 14.50 5.00 3,468.21 $278,095.44
ADDITIONS TO BUILDING FUND Memory of Alex Alberg ....•..... $ 10.00 Gift of Alexander Chapter No. 242 25.00 Memory of Charles Allen . 18.00 10.00 Memory of Edward Altrup . 190.00 Gift of American Lodge No. 347 . Anonymous Gift ..........•..... 5.00 Memory of Judge Robert Aronson. 70.00 Gift of Joseph Ashcroft Estate .. 1,000.00 Honor of Emily A ustin's Birthday 10.00 Memory of Emily T. Austin . 15.00 10.00 Gift of Delno Baker . Memory of Katherine M. Baker .. 25.00 Memory of Theodore Behr . 10.00 Memory of Burnett Benner . 6.00 Gift of Berkeley Lodge No. 667 . 25.00 Memory of Frank E. Blasser . 10.00 Memory of Harold Bliss ......•.. 50.00 Memory of Willard BoeHner . 10.00 Memory of Mrs. Dolly Brown . 5.00 Memory of Harold Brown . 5.00 Memory of Ralph Brundrett . 10.00 Memory of Ollie Burk . 5.00 Gift of A. J. Cammann . 20.00 Memory of Fred E. Carr . 5.00 Memory of Charles Carswell, Sr . 10.00 Memory of Mrs. George N. Chapman . 10.00 Gift of Charleston Chapter No. 122 50.00 Memory of Roy 1. Chrysler . 10.00 Memory of Andy F. Clements, Jr. . 10.00 Gift of Composite Lod~e No. 369 .. 10.00 Memory of William Cooper . 10.00 Gift of R. E. Cosby . 25.00 Honor of Frieda C. Cox . 10.00 Gift of Mrs. Ruth Cox . 15.00 Gift of Craftman's Club of Transit Emp. Greater Kansas City . 10.00 Memory of Edward DaB . 12.50 Memory of Helen Louise Dawson. 9.50 Memory of Harrell Cyd Davis . 35.69 Memory of Evalyn Davis . 5.00 Memory of Marigold Davis . 10.00 Memory of Chester Day . 6.00 Memory of Arthur H. DeVan, Sr. 10.00 Memory of Walter J. Deyherle . 10.00 Gift of J. Mor~an Donelson . 30.00 Memory of Harrison Duncan . 20.00 Memory of Marvin C. Edson . 10.00 Memory of William Eichhoff's mother . 10.00 Memory of Erich Essen . 32.00 Gift of Mary Lou Farley . 6.00
Memory of Harry M. Fiebig . Gift of 49th Masonic Dist. Ass'nLewis C. Robertson, Speaker .. , Memory of Mary K. Gant . Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Gasper ..............•......•.• Memory of Russell Gilster ..•.... Memory of Gerald Grayson .....• Memory of Mrs. Paul Greenlow, Sr. Memory of Amanda E. Greifelts .. Gift of F. J. Grindler . Gift of Alhambra Grotto . Gift of S. L. Hampton . Memory of A. Hammer . Gift of W. J. Hanpeter .........• Memory of Frank Harmacek . Memory of Terry E. Harris . Gift of Charles W. Haynes . Memory of Mrs. Lillian Hess . Memory of Mrs. Melba Heyne . Gift of Harry W. Hortter . Memory of Julian Reed Hulett, Sr. Gift of Everett Jackson . Gift of Col. William F. Jackson .. Memory of Emerson Jacobs . Memory of J ames Monroe Johnson Memory of Mrs. Adolph Kahan ... Gift of Kansas City Terminal Trowel Club . Memory of Fred Kaysing . Memory of Richard T. Klages . Memory of Lester W. Knickmeyer Gift of Arthur Koch . Memory of Edna Koehler . Memory of Herman Kost . Memory of Mrs. Laura Kuemerle . Memory of Frank S. Land . Gift of Lead Belt Order No. 83Sword of Bunker Hill ....•.... Memory of Andrew E. Leslie . Memory of Seymour Levanthal . Memory of George M. Levich Gift of Alberic G. Lightbourn .... Gift of Loyal Chapter No. 511 ...• Memory of Fred W. Luebbert . Memory of Oliver Luft . Memory of Frank Luly . Gift of Maplewood Lodge No. 566 . Memory of Claude Madison . Memory of Emil Ma.,>ehmeier . Memory of John H. Meyer . Memory of Marvin A. Meyer, Jr. .
10.00 25.00 5.00 100.00 5.00 5.00 6.00 50.00 50.00 75.00 25.00 5.00 15.00 30.25 10.00 15.00 220.00 10.00 30.00 10.00 25.00 10.00 20.00 20.00 10.00 39.00 25.00 30.00 10.00 1.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 25.00 25.00 12.50 5.00 10.00 2.00 26.00 25.00 100.00 15.00 20.00 10.00 10.00 440.50 3.00
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Memory of Walter Meyer .......• Memory of John Mill •...•....... Memory of Mrs. I. H. Miller ....• Memory of Cornelia Moeller . Memory of Bernard E. Mohr •.... Memory of Minnie Molson . Gift of E. T. McGraw . Memory of Allen McLaughlin . Memory of Emily Neibert . Memory of Orvel Nichols .......• Memory of Lee Nolte •.•........ Memory of Charles Norman ..... Memory of Joseph M. Ostmeyer .. Memory of Gene Overturf . Memory of Lillie Ploetze . Memory of Harvey Powell . Gift of R. E. Price •....•........ Gift of W. B. Pryor ...••........ Memory of Earl S. Radley . Memory of H. Joe Raymer . Memory of Hilda Reuter . Gift of Fred S. Rogerson . Memory of Georgia Riordan . Memory of Frank Robermon . Memory of Beatrice Rose . Memory of Clarence RoBe . Memory of Edward W. Schaefer Memory of Mrs. Edna Schaefer ..• Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Alan Schroeder Memory of Leona Sehrt . Memory of Roy W. Sheldon . Gift of Max & Lillian Slein . Memory of Ranald H. Smith . Memory of H. H. Smoot .
15.00 10.00 87.00 6.00 35.00 10.00 10.00 2.00 122.60 5.00 6.00 16.00 12.00 5.00 278.00 10.00 6.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 6.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 6.00 5.00 50.00 15.00 13.63 25.00 10.00 10.00
Memory of Sarah Snively . Memory of Ivan Strand . Memory of Henry Schaub . Memory of Henry Striker . Memory of Frank H. Swan . Memory of George Tannahill . Memory of Gunnar Taube ..•.•.. Gift of Frank Tessmer .........• Memory of Albert Theis III .....• Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Trautwein ..•.....•...•.•........... Memory of Wilson Trublood . Memory of Wilson Underwood . Memory of Harry R. Vogel •.•... Memory of Henry G. VOgt . Memory of Josephine Vollman •... Gift of Dr. C. C. von Gremp . Gift of ZelIa von Gremp . Memory of Bessie Wall ..........• Memory of Charles A. Watters . Memory of I<'rank Weissman . Memory of Harry White . Memory of Ludwig Wildhagen . Memory of J. G. Wilson .•....... Memory of Ralph Wilson . Gift of A. W. Willert ...•....... Memory of Wilson P. Wilson, Sr. Memory of William E. Wood, Sr•• Memory of Roger M. Wright •.... Memory of Jerome Yawitz ......• Memory of Anna C. Zollmann ....
67 16.00 6.00 7.00 5.00 20.00 5.00 20.00 114~00
25.00
26.00 12.50 12.60 10.00 5.00 50.00 16.00 100.00 20.00 6.00 10.00 12.60 10.00 15.00 10.00 30.00 12.50 76.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 $5,070.97
MEMORIALS Memory of Walter R. Alberts .... 2.00 Memory of Emily T. Austin ..•... 10.00 Memory of Lulu Batchelder . 12.50 Memory of Frank Bauer . 17.50 Memory of Mrs. Louise Benson .. 100.00 Memory of Don Bell ........•.... 25.00 Memory of Mrs. Alfred Blum . 10.00 Memory of Fred Blum . 10.50 Memory of Robert C. Brinkman .. 45.00 Gift of Clyde M. Brown . 5.00 Memory of Frank L. Byam, Jr . 104.00 Memory of Mrs. Marll:aret Cameron 20.00 Memory of Emery Camfield . 5.00 Memory of Henry Carroll . 15.00 Memory of George Cassis .......• 25.00 Memory of James A. Crouch, Sr.• 25.00 Memory of Dr. William Demko .• 122.50 Memory of Mary Janet Dyer .... 10.00 Memory of Clyde C. Evan .......• 76.00 Memory of Charles E. Finegan ..• 10.00 Memory of Hines Ford . 22.50 Memory of Mrs. Lyndon Garner .. 10.00 Memory of Edward A. Gault ....• 10.00 Gift of Mrs. Clara George . 1,000.00 Memory of Otto H. Gibbs .......• 10.00 Memory of William Goebel . 10.00 Memory of Eberhardt U. Goehring 12.50 Memory of William P. Glaus ....• 25.00 Memory of John A. Guhl .....•.. 10.00 Memory of Samuel E. Groves . 10.00 Memory of LeRoy Hambley . 15.00 Memory of George R. Haering . 12.50 Memory of Dowell Hays . 129.50 Memory of Harry Heimburger . 100.00 Memory of Henry Held . 17.00 Memory of Albert Helmholt . 10.00 Memory of Ferd E. Herr .......• 10.00 Memory of Harry Hoffman ......• 12.50 Memory of Sue Hogl/:att . 10.00 Memory of Wilbur Hunter . 10.00 Memory of William Kunat . 5.00 Memory of Albert W. Lanl/:e .••.. 10.00 Memory of Charles Marske . 5.00 Memory of Stratford L. Martin . 10.00 Memory of W. R. Martin •.••..•.. 16.00
Memory of Mrs. Mary C. Melton .. Memory of Mrs. 1. H. Miller •.•.. Memory of I. H. Miller, Jr•..•... Gift of R. G. B. Miner •........• Memory of Albert E. Morrison ..• Memory of Pauline Mueller .....• Memory of Charles Oliver's mother Memory of Julius Edward Persky. Memory of Millard N. Potts ..•..• Memory of Albert Pretz, Sr. • ...• Memory of Laudie Ptnacik's mother Memory of Henry Raines •.•.•... Memory of Arthur L. Rebienne •• Memory of William Reller . Memory of Mrs. Ella Robertson •. Memory of Pete Rodgers, Sr•..... Memory of Louis J. Ross ....•.... Memory of Walter B. Rothenburg . Memory of Phillip Schilling ...•.•. Memory of Irving Schwartz . Memory of Mrs. Mildred Schwarz . Memory of Jewell Shanks •....•.• Memory of Norman Sherwood . Memory of Katherine Souris . Memory of Mrs. Jessie Stahlhuth • Memory of A. W. Stevens . Memory of Eagler Summers . Memory of Mrs. Bessie M. Tannahill .......•.••.....••......... Memory of George L. Thompson ., Gift of K. E. Vance . Memory of Charles Van Mierlo •.. Memory of Roscoe V. Vaughn .... Memory of Mrs. Annie von Gremp Memory of Jesse T. Wagner ....• Memory of Lester E. Warnky . Memory of Oscar Wetzel . Memory of Roy J. White ....•..• Memory of Edward Wiethop ..... Gift of Miss Flora Wildermuth '" Memory of Mrs. Myrtle Williams Memory of Arthur H. Wogtech ...
5.00 5.00 20.00 8.00 85.00 6.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 22.00 5.00 46.00 3.00 10.00 20.00 6.00 5.00 25.00 5.00 10.00 19.00 12.50 5.00 3.00 10.00 64.60 10.00 20.00 35.00 215.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 30.00 600.00 5.00 10.00 $8,478.50
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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY July 1, 1969 to June 30, 1970 GENERAL FUND
Income Grand Lodge Per Capita Tax Grand Chapter, O.E.S. Per Capita Tax
.
$ 244,609.46
.
Interest Income-General Fund Securities Dividends on Endowment Fund Stocks Interest on Endowment Fund Bonds Interest on Real Estate Notes-Endowment Fund
.
Members of Home Family ' Pensions Miscellaneous Income Income from Special Fund Income from Gussie L. Grenner Estate Income from Reserve Fund Income Rental Property-5335-37 Delmar
. . . . . .
20,563.25 $ 265,172.71 12,923.20 $ 199,277.24 206,268.76 993.70 $ 406,539.70 140,588.37 343,775.59 1,489.75 54,440.32 18,041.64 147,055.59 557.58
.
$1,390,584.45
GENERAL FUND-INCOME
Expenses Wages and Salaries Food Service Dry Goods and Clothing Dry Cleaning and Shoe Repair l.aundry Fuel Repairs and Maintenance Supplies Electricity Water and Sewer Tax Insurance : Barber and Beauty Shop Snack Bar Outside Medical Service Medical Supplies Directors' Meetings Social Security Taxes Education Children's Allowances ' Carfare Telephone Legal and Auditing Printing, Postage and Stationery Inspection Fees and Taxes Hauling Want Ads
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
; ;
.
'
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$ 643,292.02 225,914.91 9,552.45 1,844.19 7.757.12 29,005.00 56,716.82 17,872.60 23,449.39 4,424.16 14,983.85 1,670.27 343.50 15,079.99 58,179.56 5,802.46 31,282.52 21,797.36 429.30 31.85 1,709.91 723.00 6,998.60 565.00 2,588.56 1,129.02
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Newspapers Dues and Subscriptions Safe Deposit Box Piano Tuning Miscellaneous Administrative Travel Expenses Credit Reports Burial Expenses Security Pension Plan Convention Expense
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TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES
2,893.70 7]7.00 ]8.00 171.00 4,954.26 1,597.52 740.38 12,144.80 13,071.60 9,351.00 503.28 $1,229,305.95
Other Expenses Taxes and Expenses on Estates Trustee's Collection Fees . Payroll Charges Equipment Purchases-Net . Non-Budget Expenditures
$
. .
Excess of Income Over Expenditures Balance in General Fund, July 1, 1969 Transfer-Reserve Fund '"
.
Balance, June 30, 1970
.
738.34 13,146.14 719.55 3,796.64 58,751.70
BUILDING FUND
Income Bequests and Donations Interest on Bonds Gain on Sale of Bonds
.
$
.
5,094.47 1,60i.91
.
975.00 $
7.,677.38
Expenses 44.49
Collection Fees on Agency Account Excess of Income Over Expense .. Add-Balance, July 1, 1969 Balance, June 30, 1970
$
7,632.89 37,645.95
$
45,278.84
$
55,025.28
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SPECIAL FUND
Income Interest on Securities
.
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Expenses Collection Fees on Agency Account . Income Transferred to General Fund
$ .
584.96 54,440.32 55,025.28
Excess of Income Over Expenses Add-Balance July I, 1969 Less-Loss on Sale of Securities
$
. . .
$ 922,115.29
Balance, June 30, 1970
Dividends on Stocks Interest on Bonds Grand Lodge Initiation Fees Bequests and Donations
.00 923,673.34 1,558.05
RESERVE FUND Income .
80,456.82 69,176.76 25,400.00 10,624.85
$ . . .
$ 185,658.43
Expenses Agency Collection Fees Income Transferred to General Fund
. .
., $
4,032.97 147,055.59 151,088.56
Excess of Income Over Expenses Add-Balance, July I, 1969 Transfer from General Fund
34,569.87
. $ . $3,536,064.38 50,000.00
.
3,586,064.38 $3,620,634.25
Balance, June 30, 1970 ENDOWMENT FUND
Income
$ 276,377.05
Bequests and Gifts . Income for Twelve Months Ended June 30, 1970 Add-Balance, July 1, 1969 Balance, June 30, 1970
. .
$ 276,377 .05 6,232,963.16
.
$6,509,340.21
CHRISTMAS AND ENTERTAINMENT FUND
Income Contributions
.
$
8,436.20
Expenses 9,489.45
Entertainment and Gifts Excess of Expenses Over Income Balance, July I, 1969 Balance, June 30, 1970
.
$ .
1,053.25
6,420.69
.
$
5,367.44
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REPORT OF AUDITOR August 6, 1970 To the Board of Directors Masonic Home of Missouri Saint Louis, Missouri GENTLEMEN: Pursuant to engagement, I have prepared this report preliminary to my formal report of the Masonic Home of Missouri, to be submitted to the Board of Directors at a later date. I examined the books and records of the secretary for the period July I, 1969 to June 30, 1970. The examination covered the General Fund, Building Fund, Special Fund, Reserve Fund, Endowment Fund and Christmas and Entertainment Fund. Following are summaries of the assets and liabilities of the various funds at June 30, 1970. GENERAL FUND Assets Cash in Mercantile Trust Company $176,340.06 6,000.00 Cash in Mercantile路Commerce Trust Co.-Payroll Account Cash in Petty Cash Fund 200.00 Inventories-Supplies . Investments . Due from Tower Grove Bank and Trust Co., AgentEndowment Fund . Due from Endowment Fund . Unexpired Insurance . Inventory-Cemetery Lots .
$182,540.06 33,346.10 54,746.07 1,112.64 269.15 11,196.50 411.00 $283,621.52
Liabilities Accounts Payable Accrued Real Estate and Personal Property Taxes Accrued Payroll Suspense Account-Donations Not Allocated
. $ 31,771.84 . 750.00 . 17,819.36 . 3,236.62 53,577.82
Balance in General Fund
$230,043.70
BUILDING FUND Cash in Mercantile Trust Company Securities-At Cost Due from Mercantile Trust Company, Agent
. . .
$
Balance in Building Fund
.
$ 45,278.84
SPECIAL FUND Due from Mercantile Trust Company, Agent Securities
. .
$ 1,329.56 920,785.73
Balance in Special Account
.
$922,115.29
153.52 42,484.45 2,640.87
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Due from Mercantile Trust Company, Agent Securities
$
.
17,960.79 3,669,201.51
Reserve for Loss on Investments
$3,687,162.30 66,528.05
Balance in Reserve Fund
$3,620,634.25
ENDOWMENT FUND Assets Due from Tower Grove Bank & Trust Company, Agent United States Bonds . . Other Bonds . Real Estate Loans . Stocks . Inventory-Cemetery Lots .
13,700.10 352,041.98 3,643,626.31 21,914.41 3,182,644.75 37.00 $7,213,964.55
Liabilities Reserve for Loss on Investments Wm. F. Kuhn Library Fund . Due to General Fund .
$702,395.20 1,959.99 269.15 704,624.34
Balance in Endowment Fund
.
$6,509,340.21
CHRISTMAS AND ENTERTAINMENT FUND
Cash in Boatmen's National Bank
.
$
5,367.44
The bank balances appearing in these funds were confirmed by re~on颅 ciling certificates, received directly from the depositaries, with the stated book balances. The securities in the General Fund were. examined. On the other funds, statements were examined as of June 30, 1970 from the Mercantile Trust Company and the Tower Grove Bank and Trust Company, Agents. The inventories of provisions and supplies are stated as shown on the inventory sheets prepared by the management. Securities acquired prior to June 30, 1969 are stated at values listed in the report for June 30, 1969. Securities acquired during the current fiscal year are listed at cost on purchases and market value at date ofacquisition by bequests, etc. The cemetery lots were listed at $1.00 per grave. If you desire any additional information relative to this report, I shall be pleased to have you call upon me. Respectfully submitted,路 ROBERT C. WAGENER, Certified Public Accountant.
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RESULT OF ELECTION OF GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
R.W. Bro. Harry Gershenson announced the following Grand Lodge Officers had been elected by the ballots cast by members of the Grand Lodge:. William H Chapman Thomas J. Davis, Jr W. Hugh McLanghlin Walter L. Walker William H. Utz, Jr Frank A. Arnold
Grand Master Deputy Grand Master Senior Grand Warden Junior Grand Warden Grand Treasurer Grand Secretary
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
W. Bro. Frank K. Roy, Jr., Chairman, presented the report of the Ways and Means Committee and moved its adoption. The motion was seconded and carried by vote of the Grand Lodge. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of the State of Missouri: BRETHREN: The Ways and Means Committee submits a tentative budget to cover the period from July I, 1970 to the close of the Annual Communication of 1971 to be for the same items and in the same amounts proportionately as' the budget for the fiscal year of 1970-1971. The' disbursements for the past fiscal year were reviewed and the budget items that were exceeded are as follows: Acct. No.
43 (b) 43 (d) 43 (f) 45 47 49 54
Telephone and Telegraph Office Supplies Grand Lodge Office Improvement Grand Master's Regalia Dues Cards-Receipt Printing Proceedings Committee on By-Laws (Pocket Part)
. $156.99 . 405.74 . 149.00 . 29.71 . 26.62 . 278.74 . 108.82
The following budget is presented for your consideration. GRAND LODGE BUDGET
1970-1971
RECEIPTS
1969-1970 Actual
Per Capita Tax (Gross) Masonic Home-Initiation Fees Geo. Washington Masonic Nat'} Freemason Magazine-Masonic Education Committee
$353,105.85 $451,583.75 25,220.00 22,850.00 2,522.00 2,285.00 7,600.00 $380,847.85
Less Transferred to: Masonic Home-Per Capita Tax Masonic Home-Initiation Fees George WaShington Masonic Nat'l
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1970-1971 Budget
$484,318.75
. $244,609.46 $239,073.75 , 路25,400.00 22,850.00 . 2,545.00 2,285.00 $108,293.39 $220,110.00 16,527.79 16,100.00
Plus Interest Permanent and General Fund
.
Total Current Revenue
. $124,821.18 $236,210.00
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Plus: Refunds and Miscellaneous Sale of Manuals Dues Receipt Cards Sale of Grand Lodge Forms &: Books
1970-1971
BY DIREGr APPROPRIATION OF GRAND LODGE
Acct. No.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Salary-Grand Secretary Salary-Grand Lecturer Salary-Grand Treasurer Retirement Expense Masonic Service Assn. Per Capita Masonic Service Assn. Hospital Vist. Funds Masonic Temple Assn. of St. Louis Missouri Lodge of Research Committee on Recog. of Foreign Lodges
. . . . . . . . .
BY REQUISITION OF GRAND MASTER
20. Expenses-Grand Master 21. Expenses-Grand Lecturer 22. Expenses G.L.O. and Comm.'s (OGM) 22-A. Specific Expenses of Deputy Grand Master 23. Conference of G.L. Officers 24. Conferences of DDGM and DDGL 25. Washington Meetings 26. Auditing 27. Grand Master's Contingent Fund 28. Expenses of Grand Lodge Session 29. Sesquicentennial Committee
. . . . . . . . . . .
BY REQUISITION OF GRAND SECRETARY
40. 41. 42. 43.
44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49.
Salaries-Grand Lodge Office Employees Tax Expense Insurance Operation of Grand Lodge Office (a) Printing, Postage, Stationery (b) Telephone &: Telegraph (c) Office Equipment (d) Office Supplies (e) Incidental Office Expenses (f) Grand Lodge Office Improvement Incidental Travel and Expenses-Grand Secretary Grand Master's Regalia Masonic Manuals Dues Receipt Cards 50-Year Veterans Buttons Printing Proceedings
180.00 1,800.00 1,800.00 750.00
$130,886.26 $240,740.00
Gross Receipts Available for Operation of Grand Lodge DISBURSEMENTS
726.69 2,108.00 2,073.99 1,156.40
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50. Committee 51. Committee 52. Committee 53. Committee 54. Committee 55. Committee
on on on on on on
REQUISITION
OF
Correspondence Masonic Education Ritual Relief and Charity By-Laws (Pocket Part) Mileage and Pcr Diem
. . . . . .
750.00 3,390.38 210.07 908.82 23,410.56 $126,745.59
750.00 14,500.00 600.00 2,000.00 1,000.00 39,000.00 $220,900.00
We, again, suggest an actuarially sound system of retirement for the new Grand Secretary and the new Grand Lecturcr when appointed, to be funded by them and the Grand Lodge as their term of service goes along. We strongly recommend a revolving fund be created by the Grand Lodge for the requisition of Masonic Manuals. Respectfully submitted, FLOYD
H.
BUCKNER,
WALTER H. LLOYD FRANK
BAIRD,
S. MORGAN, K. RoY, JR., Chairman.
STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN OF JURISPRUDENCE COMMlTl'EE ON VOTING BY LODGES
THE GRAND MASTER: My Brethren, I recognize R.W. Bro. William Hill, Chairman of the Jurisprudence Committee, for the purpose of giving you some information relative to the request for vote by lodges in connection with one portion of the Jurisprudence Committee's report and certain amendments. I hope you will give this your attention so that perhaps some questions in your mind will be answered. R.W. BROTHER HILL: Most WorshipfUl Grand Master and Brethren: There are two pertinent provisions in our laws with respect to procedure to vote by lodges. Section 1.050 of the By-Laws treats the subject generally with respect to voting, and for your information and to refresh your memory, it provides this: That there shall be a ballot for the election of officers of the Grand Lodge. Of course, the term "ballot," as we have used it in the past, means and is defined to be a written ballot. That section goes on to provide that other voting shall be by a show of hands, unless the representatives of ten lodges demand that there be a vote by lodges. That same section provides that when this occurs that Grand Master shall determine the method of voting. Article 11, Section 3, of the Constitution then prescribes the procedure that is to be followed when such a demand has been made. It provides that each lodge shall be entitled to cast five votes on such decision to which that demand is directed. Secondly, it provides that all five of these votes must be cast on the same side of the issue. The side on which these five votes shall be cast is determined by a majority of the representatives of the lodge. Our law does not specify or define specifically who is a "representative" of a lodge for that purpose. Your Committee has very carefully considered this and has reached unanimous agreement on the inter-
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pretation that a "representative" for this purpose is the worshipful master, senior and junior wardens who are the present elected officers who are serving and representing that lodge. This would be to the exclusion of any other member of the lodge or a specific lodge which is present and who is franchised in his own right. With respect to the procedure for caucusing perhaps it would be well to explain that those three representatives present would meet and if two of the three decide on which side the five votes should be cast, that would be controlling. If there were only two of those three officers present and they could not reach an agreement, there would be no votes cast by that lodge. If there were one officer present and he elected to cast the five votes on a particular side, he would be so authorized. One other thing that should be made clear is that the committee also considered the question of whether or not the procedure to vote by lodges is an alternative or a substitute for the right of franchise that would be exercised by members of the Grand Lodge as defined in Section 2 of Article II of the Constitution. It is the committee's opinion that the vote by lodges, these five votes which the lodge would cast, are supplemental to or in addition to those votes to which any individual member of the Grand Lodge is entitled to cast. It is not, in other words, an alternative voting procedure. To make sure there is no misunderstanding: After the lodges have cast their votes, each member who is presently franchised or eligible to vote in this assembly would still be entitled to cast his one vote in his own right. THE GRAND MASTER: Thank you, RoW. Brother Hill. Perhaps this will give you some understanding of the procedures that will be required. This also, I think, points out that you need to have registered with the Credentials Committee and that you should have evidence of your authority as a representative either as a master or a delegate. I would ask each of you, at the appropriate time, to have this evidence available on your person. Now, Brethren, I am going to close the lodge. GRAND LODGE CALLED FROM LABOR
The Grand Lodge was called from labor at 4:00 p.m. R.W. Bro. Carl L. Radford, Grand Chaplain, offered prayer. MISSOURI LODGE OF RESEARCH
Missouri Lodge of Research held the annual Communication in McKinney Hall of the Masonic Temple, 3681 Lindell Boulevard, after the close of the session of Grand Lodge. MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1970
6:30 P.M. Grand Lodge Dinner for all Master Masons and their ladies . Scottish Rite Cathedral Dining Room Organ Selections in Auditorium, Emil E. Corte 7:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. o
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Open Meeting-Scottish Rite Cathedral. All Master Masons, Families, and Friends are invited, M.W. Bro. J. Morgan Donelson, Grand Master, presiding.
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The NEMO Singers Northeast Missouri State College Kirksville, Missouri Clay Dawson-Conductor The program of the NEMO Singers for the entertainment of the Grand Lodge is strong evidence of the attitude of friendly interdependence between the Grand Lodge of Missouri and Northeast Missouri State College, Kirksville. The occasions have been many when the Grand Lodge served the College with ceremonies to lay the cornerstones of campus buildings. Now, how good and how pleasant it is that students should come to the Grand Lodge and cement the amiable relationship with songs.
Tuesday Morning SEPTEMBER 29, 1970
CALLED TO LABOR
The Grand Lodge was called to labor by the M.W. Grand Master at 9:00 a.m. Bro. Frank Lewis led the singing of the opening ode; R.W. Bro. Herbert Duncan offered prayer. CONTRIBUTION TO CHILDREN OF MASONIC HOME
The Grand Secretary, on behalf of the Tree Toppers Club of the 44th District, O.E.S., presented a check as a contribution to the children of the Masonic Home in honor of M.W. Grand Master J. Morgan Donelson. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION 15.060 IN SUBSTITUTION FOR EXISTING PROPOSED AMENDMENT
W. Bro. Dale A. Ludwig, Master of Algabil Lodge No. 544, presented an amendment to the Proposed Amendment for Section 15.060 and requested it be referred to the Jurisprudence Committee. We the undersigned, submit the following amendment to the Proposed Amendment to Missouri Grand Lodge By-Laws for Section 15.060. The amended proposal would read as follows: Section 15.060. Proficiency of Master Mason. Substitute for the present section the following: Until a Master Mason has shown suitable proficiency in that degree, he is not permitted to vote, to hold office in the lodge or obtain a dues card. A Master Mason who has not passed a suitable proficiency within one year after receiving the degree of Master Mason is automatically suspended and must regularly petition for reinstatement. The petition takes the usual course except that a twothirds vote by paper ballot is required for reinstatement. Prior to the expiration of the one year after conferring the Master Mason Degree, the lodge by majority vote may extend the time an additional one year at the written request of the candidate. Failure to pass a suitable proficiency within one year after reinstatement or extension voids the reinstatement or extension. One month prior to suspension under this section, the secretary of the lodge shall notify the candidate in writing of the forthcoming suspension under this section. If a Master Mason has been issued a dues card prior to the date of adoption of this section, the only penalty for failure to show suitable proficiency will be his inability to vote or to hold office in the lodge. DALE A. LUDWIG,
J.
ERNEST THACKER, ELMER L. FOWLER.
REPORT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
M.W. Bro. Bruce H. Hunt, Chairman, presented the report of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association and moved the report
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To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A.F. Co A.M. 0/ Missouri: BRETHREN: At the last meeting of the Association held at the Memorial in Alexandria, on February 22, 1970, there were present from Missouri: J. Morgan Donelson, Grand Master; W. H Chapman, Deputy Grand Master; Elmer W. Wagner, Grand Secretary; Fredon K. Hadley, Grand Lecturer; Bruce H. Hunt, P.G.M., Director of Association; John Black Vrooman; Melvin L. Pfankuchc. A deep interest in the physical plant continues to manifest itself in the contributions to the endowment fund. Each year an additional Grand Lodge or two subscribes to the now well-established "Pennsylvania Plan." During the year ended December 31, 1969, the endowment fund portfolio showed a market value of $2,548,850, or a decrease of $104,303. The decrease was occasioned by the fact that the Association had a by-law which required the entire investment to be in government bonds. Anyone who has worked with a portfolio of this kind will immediately realize that the Association is fortunate in having a deficit of only $104,000. With the present diversified portfolio, we will look forward to a more stabilized income for the Association. To appreciate the international importance of this great Masonic Association is to attend one of its annual meetings and see the various Masonic organizations participating in its affairs. Representatives of all of the established Masonic bodies including those of the York Rite, Scottish Rite and Shrine add to the effective work of the member Grand Lodges. For the benefit of those who may not be familiar with the aims and purposes of the Freemasons who support the Memorial, we quote the following which has stood for the last 60 years: "We could not hope to increase the fame of Washington nor add to the enduring luster of his name. Our purpose was, and is, to hand down to coming generations a testament of the love of our Fraternity for him who was the glory of his country and an ornament to Freemasonry. We could not fulfill our wishes by the creation of a new planet to shed its splendor among the stars. We could not set to music the ceaseless surgings of the sea to carry the message of our appreciation to every shore throughout the coming years. So, turning from the domain of the impossible, we opened the granite hills of New Hampshire to take their strength and make it attest our everlasting admiration for him to whom it is dedicated. Erected of enduring materials, our temple will stand throughout the ages. It will carry to generations yet unborn, and to those to whom we may seem an ancient race, the message of human brotherhood. It will perpetuate the attributes of selfdenial, patriotism, love of country and fellowman, which were typified in the life and work of the great Mason, the master-builder of our nation." This year, Grand Master Donelson presented a check in the amount of $2,545 to the Association. This amount brought the total contributions from Missouri to $287,206.99. Missouri can be proud of the part it has played in supporting this great Masonic Memorial Association. The Association is continually finding ways to improve the facilities in Alexandria. During the past year numerous gifts have made possible a much needed work of landscaping the grounds. A new color brochure will be mailed to some 11,000 lodges in the United States. Masonic Christmas cards will go on sale this fall and the Grand Lodge of New York has contributed $15,000 to provide lighting for the exterior of the Memorial. As a director of the Association, I am happy to report that while much remains to be done, the general condition of the Memorial is excellent. Continued progress will be made toward the establishment of the Endowment Fund. Every pre-
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CORRESPONDENCE
M.W. Bro. Bruce H. Hunt presented the report of the Committee on Correspondence and moved the report be received and printed in the PROCEEDINGS (see page Ic) . The motion was seconded and carried. MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION
THE GRAND MASTER: My Brethren, I would like to present to you Bro. Phillip Pollard and R.W. Bro. John Black Vrooman, two of the Masonic Service Association officers who visit the hospitals--John here in St. Louis and Phil in Kansas City. Yesterday Bro. Claude Parkhurst was present. I hoped to have all three of these men present to be recognized and a tribute paid to them for the many, many hours they have contributed to our Masonic brothers and others. Bro. Phillip Pollard read the report of the Masonic Service Association, which was received by the Grand Master without objection. M.W. Grand Master Bro. J. Morgan Donelson, Brethren of this Grand Masonic Body and Masonic Brethren of all areas present at this 149th Annual Communication, it is with pleasure and appreciation that my distinguished and beloved coworkers, Brothers John Black Vrooman, Field Agent at the Cochran General Veterans Administration Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, and Claude Parkhurst, Field Agent at the Jefferson Barracks Veterans Administration Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, appear with yours truly, "Phil" Pollard, Field Agent at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. This presentation is a joint report, and is to be considered as rendered by the three field agents represented here today. WHAT ARE FIELD AGENTS?
A brief description of your Missouri Masonic Field Agents will be rendered for the benefit and information of any of you brethren that might not be entirely familiar with our activities, duties and services: 1. Field agents are Masonic men selected and appointed by the Masonic Service Association of the United States with offices located in Washington, D.C. We would state that all of you brethren should be somewhat familiar with the structure, functioning and activities of the Masonic Service Association. 'Ve field agents believe that it is one of the finest organizations in the world, and we arc very pleased to state that this Most Worshipful Grand Lodge contributes financial support, advice and governing powers to the Masonic Service Association of the United States. We bring glad tidings and all good wishes for a very successful 149th Annual Communication to all of your brethren from the Masonic Service Association. 2. We selected field agents must be a devout and dedicated group. Yes, it is of paramount importance that we be dedicated to God, to our country and be endowed with a distinct concern, regard, and possess a sincere characteristic consisting of built-in brotherly love toward all mankind, not only involving brother
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Masons, but to all individuals, regardless of race, creed, color, religion or affiliation. 3. We three field agents believe most honestly that success in our assignments at Veterans and/or Service Hospitals will be realized only if we teach and actually practice the art of being generous, prompt, perseverant, dependable and poised. We must have initiative, be cheerful, polite, tactful, natural, enthusiastic, quick of wit, emotionally mature, adaptable, even tempered, and have few or no mannerisms. It is most important that we lack resentment of criticism, insubordination, laziness or tardiness. We are very much aware of the fact that we should never carry a chip on our shoulders because we cannot be successful if we are concerned with our own troubles or if we are uncooperative. It must be emphasized that only the meticulously honest in mind as well as in morals can succeed in the field agent undertaking. STATISTICS
It is our desire to outline some brief statistics to you brethren in order that you may be assured that we field agents do not believe in operating with words only for they are not enough. Our words must be supported by deeds and positive action, and we are sure that our records will verify the fact that we operate in this manner. So that we may present a full year's operation, we will present figures for the past year: 1. During the year being reported, the three field agents present made a total of 218,107 contacts with patients in the hospitals in which we are assigned. A. In breaking down this total figure of 218,107, it means that we visited newly admitted patients 13,684 times. B. We visited "old patients" or what we term as repeat visits, a total of 185,675 times. C. We three made a total of 18,748 visits to the bedside of Masonic patients. D. We field agents along with patients were visited by representatives of some 97 Masonic lodges. E. We were honored, enthused and our activities were enriched by visits from our M.W. Grand Master, Bro. J. Morgan Donelson and other Grand Lodge officials. }'. We have made approximately 69 talks during the year at Masonic lodges, church and civic groups and other organizations, telling them of the love and fellowship activities similar to those outlined in our Masonic Service Publication, Your Masonic Hospital Visitor, and the Veterans Administration Hospital Voluntary Service Program. G. Countless consultations have been had with patients, non-patients and their families within the confines of our offices at the hospitals. HOW ARE THESE AcTIVITIES ACCOMPLISHED?
1. The best possible working relationship is establ.ished between field agents and the Hospital Director, Chief of Staff, operating officials and all hospital personnel. 2. Field agents are representatives of the Veterans Administration Voluntary Service Advisory Committee. In this capacity, we employ volunteer workers, serve on various committees and determine policies and procedures that pertain to the operation of the Hospital Volunteer Program. 3. We attempt to be at our post of duty every day and we are subject, and are available for call on a 24.hour-a-day basis. 4. Assuredly, the most important activity that we perform is the act of greeting the patient at his bedside with a cheery smile and handshake of fellowship and brotherly love in the name of Freemasonry. Many times tears will roll down his cheeks when we infrom him that we are Masonic representatives. However, when we leave him with a big smile on his face, well, we feel that we have been richly rewarded for all of our efforts.
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We could literally talk through the remainder of the day about this great program of visitation, greeting and brotherly love with our patients and fellowmen. However, we realize that a tight schedule is at hand in this great grand lodge activity. PHILIP POLLARD, Field Agent The Masonic Service Association of the U.S. Vets. Admin. Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri CLAUDE PARKHURST, Field Agent The Masonic Service Association of U.S. Vets. Admin. Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri JOHN BLACK VROOMAN, Field Agent The Masonic Service Association of U.S. Vets. Admin. Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES
W. Bro. Lloyd A. Cleaveland, Chairman, presented the report of the Appeals and Grievances Committee and moved its adoption. The motion was seconded and carried. To the Grand Lodge of A.F. b AM., of the State of Missouri: BRETHREN: Your Committee on Appeals and Grievances reports the following matters presented and considered with recommendations by your Committee as follows: 1. Petitions for restoration to good standing have been presented by Melvin Gerald Robinson of 1374 Aster Lane, Livermore, California 94550, and by Herbert Lee Tanner of Cherokee Village, Arkansas 72542. Both stood suspended for nonpayment of dues at the date Portageville Lodge No. 166, A.F. & A.M., surrendered its charter on March 5, 1964, and each has tendered payment of the appropriate amount of dues and now petition this Grand Lodge for reinstatement. Your Committee recommends that each of these petitioners be restored to good standing and that the Grand Secretary be authorized to issue a Certificate of Good Standing as provided by Section 7.250 of the 1958 Constitution and By-Laws. 2. Reported irregularities by the officers of Joppa Lodge No. 411 at Hartville, Missouri, relating to procedures practiced by the lodge in securing and receiving petitions, waivers and conferring of degrees at various stated and special meetings were thoroughly investigated by your Committee. A number of unintentional irregularities have been noted including the improper receipt of two petitions and the improper initiation of two candidates into the mysteries of Freemasonry, said candidates being Ronald Tracy Fincher and Jack Dale Fincher. It is the recommendation of this Committee that the Grand Master should admonish the Worshipful Master and Wardens of Joppa Lodge No. 411 for accepting petitions and voting on petitions that are not lawful, accepting petitions from applicants living outside the jurisdiction of the lodge without securing waivers on the same, and for conducting improper business at special meetings. It is further recommended that the Grand Master issue a Healing Order relating to the initiation of Ronald Tracy Fincher and Jack Dale Fincher into the mysteries of Freemasonry. 3. Angerona Lodge No. 193 filed formal charges against its Worshipful Master, Eldon J. Wyckoff, who entered a plea of guilty to a charge of embezzlement in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, and the Grand Master suspended Brother Wyckoff from office pending disposition of the charge by the Grand Lodge. Eldon J. Wyckoff has acknowledged receipt of a copy of the charge in writing, and he entered a plea of guilty to the charge and requested expulsion.
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It is the recommendation of this Committee that Eldon J. Wyckoff's request for explusion be granted and that he be expelled from the Masonic Fraternity. 4. The Grand Master and the Grand Secretary directed Billy Johnson. Worshipful Master of Olive Branch Lodge No. 576, to make available to the District Deputy Grand Master the last auditor's report, the current budget for said lodge and other records of said lodge for inspection. Billy Johnson ignored the letter of the Grand Master issued in August and was thereafter directed by the Grand Secretary, at the request of the Grand Master, to appear before our Committee at its meeting in St. Louis on September 21, 1970, which directive was apparently not received by the Worshipful Master of Olive Branch Lodge No. 576 in time to appear before said Committee. Since this meeting, the books and records of said lodge have been submitted for an audit and are this date in the hands of a C.P.A. It is the recommendation of this Committee that this matter be tabled and again considered by said Committee at a later date to see that all proper action has been taken and that said books and records are in proper form. Respectfully submitted, LLOYD A. CLEAVELAND, Chairman, LLOYD A. SCHAINKER, ARTHUR H. PLOETZE, JAMES E. BROWN, LAURANCE M. HYDE.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY
M.W. Bro. Harold O. Grauel, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Necrology and moved it be accepted and printed in the PROCEEDINGS. The motion was seconded and carried. . To the Grand Lodge, A.F. and A.M. of the State of Missouri: Brethren: NOW SLEEP THESE MEN
They knew how quickly light is snuffed, Yet planted sparks of learning, Nourished them, And waited. When single fires went out, Their glittering eyes were dimmed; But others grew to brightening flames And then, in humble joy, their hearts were filled And glittering eyes were gay. Now sleep these men who lived their lives That others, long after, might better live. Now sleep these men whose end is our awakening. Your Committee, speaking as the voice of the Grand Lodge for that purpose, desires to pay tribute of respect to our members who have ceased their labors during the past Grand Lodge year. Some that have laid aside "their working tools" have never been heard before this audience, but their work was faithful and Freemasonry is better for their having lived. No fewer than 2,993 have answered the final call of life according to the reports from subordinate lodges. R. W. Bro. Oliver L. Luft, Past Deputy Grand Master of the 33rd District (A) and Worshipful Master of Pilgrim Lodge No. 652, died October 12, 1969. For several years; he was a member of the Ways and Means Committee of this Grand Lodge.
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R.W. Lucien- E. May, appointed the Grand Orator last September for the 19691970 year, died on January 25, 1970. R.W. Robert C. Brinkman, Past District Deputy Grand Master, 1950·1951, of the 33rd District (B) and Master of George Washington Lodge No.9, died February 20, 1970. He once served on the Committee of By·Laws of this Grand Lodge. R.W. Eugene E. Taylor, of the 29th Masonic District and Worshipful Master of Troy Lodge No. 34, died March 28, 1970. He was serving the Grand Lodge as District Deputy Grand Master at the time of his death, having been appointed in 1966. He was 57 years of age. He lived a good life patterned after his Masonic teachings. R. W. Donald E. Beesley, of the 8th Masonic District, died unexpectedly April 14, 1970 at his home in Oregon, Missouri, at the early age of 44. He was the Holt County collector and a musician. He was serving this Grand Lodge as District Deputy Grand Master at the time of his death, having been Worshipful Master of Forest City Lodge No. 214. R.W. John G. Herye, Past District Deputy Grand Master of the 33rd Masonic District No. 33 (B), 1956·1957, died May 28, 1970. He served as Master of Good Hope Lodge No. 218. R. W. Leroy Hambley, of the 57th Masonic District, who was the District Deputy Grand Lecturer during the year 1945·1946, died on May 28, 1970. R.W. Alfred L. Gates, who was the District Deputy Grand Lecturer appointed in 1964 and still working in that capacity in the 31st Masonic District, died on June 20, 1970. R.W. Dowell Hays, of the 59th Masonic District serving his brethren as District Deputy Grand Master, having been appointed in 1966, died while active in that office on July 8, 1970. He was a member and Past Master of Grandview Lodge No. 618. R.W. John T. Heard, Sr., who in 1962-1963 was the District Deputy Grand Master for the 33rd Masonic District (B), departed this life on September 3, 1970. We conclude this report with the suggestion that the Most Worshipful Grand Master raise the Lodge, that all stand in silence in memory of our departed brethren and that a Grand Chaplain be called upon to lead us in a memorial prayer. HAROLD O. GRAUEL, Chairman, FORREST C. DONNELL, FRANK P. BRIGGS, RUSSELL E. MURRAY. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RELIEF AND CHARITY
R.W. Bro. James A. Noland, Jr., presented the report of the Committee on Relief and Charity and moved its adoption. The motion was seconded and carried.
To the Most Worshipful Gmnd Lodge, A.F & A.M. of Missouri: BRETHR£N: Your Committee on Relief and Charity submits the following report of its activities. T~e Committee meets regularly each month at the Masonic Home of Missouri on the evening preceding the meeting of the Board of Directors. Section 5.090 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws sets up the Committee and provides that it be composed of not 'more than five members of the Masonic Home Board. By meeting at ,the above mentioned time; the need of extra travel expense is tllereby eHmiIlated for the members. . , Section 5.090 further states that, "The Committee· provides for care and relief, outside the Home, of distressed worthy cases of Masonic Charity, who in the
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OpIniOn of the Masonic Home Board can be cared for more advantageously outside the Home. It makes rules and regulations consistent with the policies estab路 lished by the Grand Lodge for the administration of its duties:' Each year it has been the practice of the Committee to help as much as possible in each individual case and assist as many cases as possible, keeping in mind a budget figure set up by the Ways and Means Committee. The Ways and Means Committee consults the Chairman of the Relief and Charity Committee and reo views previous budgets for guidelines on setting up the allotment. This year an allotment of $2,000 was set up. The Committee's bank balance, as of June 30, 1969, was $3,131.12. Expenditures for the year amounted to $2,257.25 which includes $30.25 for printing of new application forms. Without requisitioning any of the money budgeted for the Committee we have ended the fiscal year with a balance of $873.87 and have helped nine individuals throughout the state. In some cases the Committee is the sole contributor but wherever possible, the lodge is asked to share 50/50 if it is able to do so. This, we feel, allows us to assist more worthy cases than we could if the lodge were not called upon at all. It also brings home to the lodges the great Masonic virtue of charity which each successive Grand Master has asked us all to practice to a large degree. All inquiries and applications to the Relief and Charity Committee should be addressed to the Committee's Secretary, Brother Carl Stein who has served faithfully in this capacity for the past several years. Attached, herewith, is a copy of the detailed statistics of the Committee's work for publication in the Grand Lodge proceedings and we ask all Masons to read and study this report when it is received by your lodge. FraternaIly submitted, LLOYD C. SEAMAN, Chairman, EDWARD A. LANG, JAMES A. NOLAND, JR., J. DORR EWING, CHARLES C. OLIVER, JR. CASES CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS YEAR Erwin Lodge No. 121 . Modern Lodge No. 144 Paul Revere Lodge No. 330
$ 300.00 300.00 120.00 $ 720.00
NEW CASES STARTED-1969-1970 East Gate Lodge No. 630 Fenton Lodge No. 281 Saline Lodge No. 226 Sedalia Lodge No. 236 . DeSoto Lodge No. 119 Pendleton Lodge No. 551
$ 630.00 100.00 .400.00 100.00 77.00 200.00 $1,507.00 30.25 $1,537.25
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REPORT OF BUILDING SUPERVISORY BOARD
W. Bro. Claude T. Wood, Chairman, presented the report of the Building Supervisory Board and moved that it be received and printed in the PROCEEDINGS. The motion was seconded and carried.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of A.F. if A.M. of the State of Missouri: Your Building Supervisory Board herewith submits its report of all activities and decisions in the Masonic year just ending. Many subordinate lodges have bought existing buildings, remodeled, repaired, enlarged and otherwise improved buildings used for lodge purposes. Some of the cases were held over from other boards, but most were new cases. We have tried to handle to the best of our ability all problems submitted to us and feel that Masonry is on the move in Missouri, as all the new temples constructed and improved have increased interest in Masonry in the communities where these improvements were made. There are only a few cases pending and some of them date back to other boards. Several of the cases were where the lodges wished to transfer the title of their property from the lodge to a temple association, particularly where a building program was being considered. Your Board does not know of any financial difficulty in any of the subordinate lodges in the sta teo It has been a pleasure to serve the Grand Lodge in this capacity. Fraternally, CLAUDE T. WOOD, Chairman, EARL EBBE, WAYNE W. WALDO.
Listed below are all the cases received and considered by your Building Supervisory Board. (Not necessarily in the order they were received.)
Arcana Lodge No. 389 Lost lodge hall and all furnishings on 3-11-70 by fire. Application was made and approved by Building Supervisory Board to purchase property-land with building and improvements thereon. Application was made to remodel the building and remodeling approval granted September 24, 1970 by the Board. Bismarck Lodge No. 41 Application submitted to Board to sell property acquired by bequest, in order to make needed repairs on lodge hall. On june 22, 1970, this application was approved by the Board. Crescent Hill Lodge No. 368 Found that this lodge set up temple association without Board approval; application was received on 12-2-69 to purchase a building for lodge hall. Application
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was approved on 2-26-70 to purchase. Suggestions and corrections made to floor plans. Found conflicting information as to lodge number. On September 24, 1970, Board approved application to remodel building on condition that they amend their By-Laws and Articles of Incorporation.
Jefferson Lodge No. 43 Part of the property belonging to this lodge acquired by the Housing Authority of the City of Jefferson City. Decided Board had no jurisdiction over the matter. Jennings Lodge No. 640 Approval was given by Board to make improvements to building, including installation of triple track storm sash, install aluminum screens on all windows, install new entrance lights, install new aluminum baked enamel louver on rear of building. Lockwood Lodge No. 521 Letter to Stout (Secretary) 3-12-70 from Board, "transactions. of Lockwood Lodge out of hand." Board gave authority to sell 100F Building in order to clear up the matter. June 23, 1970, letter from John R. Miller, Lamar, Attorney, confirms sale. Summersville Lodge No. 555 Entered into 99-year lease with Farmers Exchange March 8, 1904. Attempt to void lease and regain possession of building. Boal-d has referred to Grand Master. Warrenton Lodge No. 609-Warrenton Temple Association Application to form temple association approved retroactively by Board. Application approved to purchase building. Found lodge still using 1947 edition of By-Laws. Building purchased was on tract of land 140 ft. by 160 ft. Board approval given to remodel building. Wheaton Temple Association and Comfort Lodge No. 533 On 5-1-70, Board gave permission to acquire building known as Schrader Building, to be occupied by Comfort Lodge No. 533 and Wheaton Chapter No. 40 O.E.S., at a cost of $5,000, permission to incur debt of $1,000 at 6 percent interest. No permission given to make improvements. Lodge disregarded fact they had no approval from Board and incurred further debt and made improvements. On 8-21-70, Board approved, retroactively, the $500 additional debt incurred by the temple association prior to Board approval, approved retroactively the improvements made on the temple and authorized Comfort Lodge to spend $200 for a carpet for the temple. Mineral Lodge No. 471 Approved plans to remodel and rent space to the Post Office Department. Permission granted to enter into rental agreement with United States of America and to make improvements on building as set out in application. Requested letter when lease executed and improvements completed and also a copy of the executed lease. Springfield Masonic Temple Association Letter from L. Doyle Treece, DDGM, 45th District, stating need for new temple and suggesting meeting with Board and members of Springfield Temple Association. Board suggested to Chairman of Committee on Jurisprudence that they also participate in such meeting. Wakanda Lodge No. 52 Approved application to acquire from George Cockayne, Carrollton, Missouri, the use and possession (or one year from and after 2-23-70 of the second floor of the brick and concrete building owned by Cockayne, for temporary use as a temple,
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while a new temple being constructed. Inquiry made as to certificate of incorporation issued to Carrollton Masonic Temple Association and if approval of the Board was obtained prior to formation of the corporation.
Richland Lodge No. 385-Richland Masonic Temple Association Approved application to form Not-for-Profit Temple Association and for the temple association to acquire title to real estate; granted permission to proceed with formation of a temple association; granted permission to accept pledges, donations or gifts and to thereby accumulate funds for the future construction of a Masonic temple on said real estate. Permission not granted for either the lodge or the temple association to take any steps toward construction of temple, other than to accept title to real estate, and for fund-raising activities, until submission of supplementary application with detailed plans and specifications and detailed plans for financing. Blackwell Lodge No. 535 Advised lodge concerning application to build new temple. Bridgeton Lodge No. 80 Approved application to purchase property for possible future temple site. No permission granted to make any improvements. Hunnewell Lodge No. 415 Advised lodge of necessity of submitting written report, recommendation of DDGM, current financial statement, estimated cost of maintaining church property, amount of premiums on insurance, floor plans for alterations and tentative plans for permanent temple site. Fraternal Lodge No. 363 Information concerning purchase of land and building program furnished. Paul Revere Lodge No. 330 Approved application to purchase six acres of vacant land; permission not granted to make any improvements on said land; advised lodge concerning submission of application for construction of building. ÂŁ1"iend Lodge No. 352 Approved application to purchase Assembly of God Church property, to he used for future temple site and for use and occupancy by Friend Lodge No. 352 and by Chapter No. 98 of the Order of Eastern Star at Ozark, Missouri, title to be conveyed to the Trustees of said lodge; and advised to procure title insurance or approving opinion of an attorney. Permission not granted to make alterations and improvements on said building without prior approval of Board. Mountain View Lodge No. 635 Advised lodge concerning approval of Board for renting IOOF Hall and advised lodge to submit request for approval of Board, floor plan of the proposed new temporary lodge hall and the legal description of ground upon which the building situated. Arlington Lodge No. 346 Correspondence as to compliance by lodge with Section 9.110. Hazelwood Lodge No. 459 Approved application to acquire title to the portion of the building which said lodge has for many years shared with Odd Fellows Lodge and owned by the Rebeccas. Permission granted to purchase aforesaid portion of the building and to pay $500 as the purchase price therefor. Upon completion of purchase, requested copy of deed to said lodge and of approving opinion on the title thereto.
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Lamar Lodge No. 292 Approved acquisition of Lot 5, Block 17 in Original Town of Lamar for proposed building site for lodge. Approval limited to acquisition of title to land; advised to submit detailed plans for construction and financing proposed new temple. Clintonville Lodge No. 482 On October 21, 1969, lodge asked for instructions. On October 25, 1969, the District Deputy advised to submit plans for construction and financing with his approval. On August 13, 1970, District Deputy advised that the building was substantially completed and they wanted to dedicate the temple. Brother Ebbe declined to approve the construction retroactively. No decision from Brother Waldo. Wentzville Lodge No. 16-Wentzville Temple Association On September 18, 1970, Board gave permission to proceed with third phase of temple on condition that the Board be furnished with budget; financial statement and statement of receipts and expenditures. Higginsville Lodge No. 364 Application for approval of construction of new building submitted September 22. Now pending. Meramec Lodge and Eureka Masonic Temple Association Board, on September 24, 1970, granted permission to accept offer of $10,000 together with a plot of ground, in exchange for property on which their present Masonic temple is located. Twenty-seven cases handled. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON SESQUICENTENNIAL
R.W. Bro. William H Chapman, Chairman, presented the report of the Sesquicentennial Committee and moved its adoption. The motion was seconded and carried. To the Most Worshipful Gmnd Lodge of A.F. b A.M. of the State of Missouri: BRETHREN: The Sesquicentennial Year is at hand! Over the past several years this Committee has made suggestions and received your approval of the various details of the Sesquicentennial Celebration which will be carried out during this coming year. In this report I will remind you of those decisions which have been made and are to be implemented as the Committee has not enlarged on the approved plans as a result of the possibility of increased funds being available. We are proceeding with plans to place a copy of The Freemason magazine in the hands of every Missouri Freemason. Although the mechanics and expense of this project are formidable, we are still trying to work out the details of implementation. A commemorative dues card has been designed, approved and is being printed for the year 1971. A special Masonic commemorative lapel pin has been designed, is on hand and available for purchase at $1.00 per pin in the building. It is also planned to have pins available to District Deputy Grand Masters for distribution in their areas and to make them available, by mail, from the Grand Secretary's office. As mentioned last year, a banner has been designed for distribution to each of the subordinate lodges in the State of Missouri, as well as to each York Rite Body, Scottish Rite Body and Shrine. Those of you who are here as the official representative of your lodge will be asked to hand-carry the banner back to your lodge. Enclosed with each banner is a complimentary lapel pin for the presiding
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Worshipful Master. Banners will be mailed to those lodges not having representation at this Grand Lodge session. I would like to Personally thank W. Brother Max Wood and the members of the Wardens and Masters Club of St. Louis and St. Louis County who have not only assembled, packaged and will supervise the distribution of the banners, but who also have charge of the sale of lapel pins. Plans continue for the reading of a message from the Grand Lodge in the various churches and synagogues of the state. We also plan to have a special program at next year's annual communication celebrating the Sesquicentennial Celebration. We have determined to hold the Grand Lodge session to two days but will probably run well into the second day in order to have time for the additional Sesquicentennial Program. Finally, we suggested that various areas throughout the state endeavor to sponsor some special event in their area in celebration of the Sesquicentennial. Under the direct supervision of R.W. Bro. Thomas J. Davis, Jr., the state has been divided into nine areas, committee chairmen have been appointed, Grand Lodge Officers have been designated as advisors in each area, and a meeting of all of the key people was held in Jefferson City, at which time preliminary plans and procedures were discussed. I am happy to report that the various area people are hard at work on their specific events. I urge you to lend whatever support you can to the preparation and execution of these plans. Brethren, as I said in the beginning of this report, the Sesquicentennial Year is upon us. I hope that the plans made for the Sesquicentennial, and their execution, will meet with your favor. I would hope that during the course of the Sesquicentennial Year each of us, as Masons, will thank God for the privilege we have of being Masons and living in a country in which a Masonic organization can operate freely and openly. My prayer is that 150 years from this date Freemasonry will remain a strong, active organization continuing to do that which is our purpose today-to take a good man and help make of him a better man. Respectfully submitted, W. HUGH McLAUGHLIN, W. H CHAPMAN, Chairman, HERMAN A. ORLICK, THOMAS J. DAVIS, JR., FIELDING A. POE, JR., ROBERT L. McKINNEY, WALTER L. WALKER. REPORT OF GRAND LECTURER
R.W. Bro. Freelon K. Hadley, Grand Lecturer, presented his report as Grand Lecturer and moved its acceptance. The motion was seconded and carried. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A.F. b A.M. Of Missouri: BRETHREN: I submit herewith my 19th annual report as your Grand Lecturer. It is my good fortune to be able to report to you that I have visited each of the 60 districts in the state at least once and a number a second time during the past year. The purpose of these visits is to hold schools of instruction for the officers of all the lodges in the district and all other brethren who are interested in ritual. The purpose of these schools is not only to correct what mistakes there may be in the ritual, but more important to instill confidence iri the brethren of the ability and knowledge of the District Deputy Grand Lecturer. The work of the Grand Lecturer is substantially the same year after year. The only change is in the brethren with whom he works. In addition to the regular duties connected with my office, I hold at least 20 meetings each year with my deputies. These are sectional meetings held four times a year in each of the five sections of the state. This is a program I started when I was appointed Grand Lecturer in 1951. If it were not for this program it would be next to impossible for the Grand Lecturer to train new men and keep proficient deputies in all the districts. Proficient deputies keep our ritual uniform.
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These meetings are not compulsory nor are the deputies reimbursed for any of their expenses and yet their attendance record is very high. These meetin~ are open to all Master Masons and we solicit their attendance. We have had our ritual for 127 years. It is in excellent condition at the present time and we should strive to keep it that way. It is a sad duty for me to report the death of R.W. Bro. Alfred L. Gates, California, Missouri, District Deputy Grand Lecturer of the 31st District. R.W. Brother Gates held a school of instruction in his own lodge Friday evening June 19, apparently in the best of health. He went home from the school and two or three hours later died of a heart attack. He was a conscientious, hard-working deputy, devoted to his work and well thought of by every Mason who knew him. He not only taught Masonry, he lived it! The reports of the District Deputy Grand Lecturers show that they have held over 800 schools during the past year. When you consider that these men are all good ritualists, there is no reason for any officer of any lodge not knowing his part of the work. There are still some lodges that feel they do not need instruction and refuse the offer of the district deputy to help them. It has been necessary a number of times to appoint a Past District Deputy Grand Lecturer, who has been out of office for a time, to fill a vacancy until a new man could be trained. I have four such appointees who have done outstanding jobs in their respective districts during their second stretch of duty. They are R.W. Bro. Charles S. Rutt of the 20th District, R.W. Bro. O. D. Hatfield of the 21st District, R.W. Bro. Herbert J. Crosby of the 29th District and R.W. Bro. Duane Eiserman of the 54th District. R.W. Brother Eiserman has also done the best job of promoting the "Certificate Plan" of anyone in the state the past year. I wish to express my appreciation to one of the finest groups of men it has ever been my pleasure to know and work with. They are one of the most dedicated, hardest working and enthusiastic groups of District Deputy Grand Lecturers that have ever served this Grand Lodge. Theirs is a "labor of love" without hope of fee or reward. When you work closely with them, you soon realize the important role they play in, their districts. I wish to thank each one of them for their loyal support and untiring effort for the service they have rendered this Grand Lodge. The District Deputy Grand Masters have been ready and willing to lend a helping hand at any time they were called. I thank them for their assistance and fine cooperation. To the Grand Lodge Officers lowe a vote of thanks. In closing I wish to thank our Grand Master, M.W. Bro. J. Morgan Donelson for his many courtesies, kindly interest and loyal support. Fraternally submitted, FREELON K. HADLEY, Grand Lecturer. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RITUAL
R.W. Bro. Freelon K. Hadley presented the report of the Committee on Ritual and moved its acceptance. The motion was seconded and carried. To the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. 0/ Missouri: BRETIIREN: Your Committee on Ritual met in Kansas City at the Plaza Inn, October 18, 1969. The Committee expressed its appreciation for the services rendered by the two members who retired from the Committee. R.W. Bro. L. Marshall Hollenbeck, the oldest member in years of service, and R.W. John T. Heard. The Committee was requested to consider the advisability of deleting the "opening and closing odes" from the ritual. We are fully aware that many lodge meetings are opened and closed without any singing. The common excuse being "We
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Can't Sing." The omiSSiOn of these odes was discussed at a number of meetings in various parts of the state previous to the meeting of this Committee. After a lengthy discussion in which we tried to evaluate the effect of making a change, your Committee agrees that to make one change in our ritual would be an inducement for others to try to make other changes. No two brethren seem to have the same idea as to what should he changed. No change should ever be made in the ritual until it has been proven worthy and has the approval of all the brethren. It is the unanimous opinion of this Committee that no change should be made in the opening and closing ceremonies. Problems of the certificate plan were discussed and methods to encourage more officers of the lodges in original certificates were brought forth. We feel that the lapse of time between the examination and the issuing of the certificate has been corrected. A list of the names of the brethren who have received certificates in sub-division I and sub-division II will be in the proceedings as a part of this report. In closing, this Committee wishes to thank R.W. Bro. Elmer W. Wagner, Grand Secretary Emeritus, for his cooperation the past ten years. Fraternally submitted, FREELON K. HADLEY, Chairman, RONNIE L. HOUSE, WILLIAM W. FORRESTER, 'WILLIAM E. JACKSON, lVILLIAM V MCCOLLUM, MERLE B. GRAHAI\L SUBDIVISION I--{)RIGINALS
4397 Robert G. Sellards, Marcus Lodge No. 110 4398 Wyatt Statler, Marcus Lodge No. 110 4399 Harold Norman Napier, Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422 4400 Michael J. McCann, Belton Lodge No. 450 4401 Michael William Robinett, Belton Lodge No. 450 4402 James Nathaniel Allison, Mt. Washington Lodge No. 614 4403 Donald L. Flora, Twilight Lodge No. 114 4404 George Daniel Noel, Jewel Lodge No. 480 4405 Wilbur Glen Jay, Fellowship Lodge No. 345 4406 Edward Ray Windle, Cuba Lodge No. 312 4407 Larry Alan Walker, Acacia Lodge No. 602 4408 Ernest Lester Weir, Grandview Lodge No. 618 4409 John Haril Davidson, Compass Lodge No. 120 4410 Pierre Joseph Vanhoye. Grandview Lodge No. 618 4411 Lloyd P. Shriver, Raytown Lodge No. 391 4412 Joe Maurice Fisher, Raytown Lodge No. 391 4413 Raymond C. Wofford, Shaveh Lodge No. 646 4414 Jerrold Kent Clemons, Bismarck Lodge No. 41 4415 Victor Loren Ford, Raytown Lodge No. 391 4416 Phillip Wayne Irion, Raytown Lodge No. 391 4417 Charles Bonnie Stewart. Raytown Lodge No. 391 4418 Joseph George Wehner. Grandview Lodge No. 618 4419 Donald R. Brown, East Gate Lodge No. 630 4420 Charles W. CroIley, Rolla Lodge No. 213 4421 John Sanford McMullin, Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422
4422 John Gilbert Rogers, Compass Lodge No. 120 4423 George Hutmacher, Jr., Grandview Lodge No. 618 4424 Wayne Sullivan Miller, Independence Lodge No. 76 4425 Damon Smith, Adelphi Lodge No. 355 4426 Roy Lavern Gilkey, RoIla Lodge No. 213 4427 William Homer Laws, Lambskin Lodge No. 460 4428 Sherman Wayne Gibson, Samaritan Lodge No. 424 4429 William Jewell Hollingsworth, Saxton Lodge No. 508 4430 Merwyn Gordon Kalina, Trinity Lodge No. 641 4431 Mark Emerson Whitaker, Fellowship Lodge No. 345 4432 Harold G. Eagan, Friend Lodge No. 352 4433 Dwayne N. Hook, Friend Lodge No. 352 4434 Floyd Hardman, Galena Lodge No. 515 4435 Wilferd Atchison, Galena Lodge No. 515 4436 Patrick H. Bosley, Belton Lodge No. 450 4437 Elvis Winchester, Union Lodge No. 593 4438 Bruce Franklin Donaldson, Overland Lodge No. 623 4439 Danny Glossip, Crane Lodge No. 519 4440 Joe S. Hagler, Crane Lodge No. 519 4441 Royal Lamar Witcher, Gray Summit Lodge No. 173 4442 Edwin Lee Smith, Marceline Lodge No. 481 4443 David Leon Roath, Rising Sun Lodge No. 13 4444 Max E. Klinger, Neosho Lodge No. 247 4445 William M. Clark, Jr., Gray Summit Lodge No. 173 4446 James Clio Hudson, Sr., King Hill Lodge No. 376 4447 Danny Roland Howard, Sr., Troy Lodge No. 34 4448 James Estel IsbeIl, Paul Revere Lodge No. 330 4449 Gene Edward Luke, Grandview Lodge No. 618 4450 Carl Franklin Prewett, Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422 4451 Glen McHolland. Crane Lodge No. 519
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4452 Roy Trevellyn Head, Joachim Lodge No. 164 4453 Jerome Lee Seymour, Cache Lodge No. 416 4454 Dennis Lee Watson, Alpha Lodge No. 659 4455 Carol A. Rice, Adelphi Lodge No. 355 4456 Harold Louis Helsher, Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 4457 Gerald Wayne Dowler, Wentzville Lodge No. 46 4458 Jimmie B. Russell, Forsyth Lodge No. 453 4459 Samuel J. Short, Sparta Lodge No. 296 4460 Samuel Lee Coen, Alpha Lodge No. 659 4461 Herman Ronald Gilkey, Alpha Lodge No. 659 4462 Norvin Jack Wehner, Alpha Lodge No. 659 4463 Boyce Glen Woodral, Alpha Lodge No. 659 4464 Bobby Carl Hopper, Northeast Lodge No. 643 4465 Harry Dane Fox, Richland Lodge No. 385 4466 Norman D. Coleman, Brighton Lodge No. 80 4467 Lyndall Lee Johnson, Holt Lodge No. 49 4468 Wilfred George Soutiea, Jr., Freedom Lodge No. 636 4469 Roy Elton Pigg, Composite Lodge No. 369 4470 Robert Allen Greer, Crestwood Lodge No. 669 4471 James Paul Binnebose, Branson Lodge No. 587 4472 Willard DeArnold Rutledge, Occidental Lodge No. 163 4473 William A. Rutledge, Occidental Lodge No. 163 4474 Thomas L. Hammett, Compass Lodge No. 120 4475 Robert Earl Linn, Compass Lodge No. 120 4476 Clarence Wm. Eastabrooks, Jr., LexinK路 ton Lodge No. 149 4477 Richard Ferris Martin, Lexington Lodge No. 149 4478 Leo Edwin Short, Lexington Lodge No. 149 4479 Walter S. Carr, Eminence Lodge No. 607 4480 Clifford Leo Feltinberger, Mt. Washing. ton Lodge No. 614 4481 John S. Hume, Hiram Lodge No. 362 4482 Merrill J. Warner, Bridgeton Lodge No. 80 4483 Lester C. Gamblin, Sr., Bridgeton Lodge No. 80 4484 Jack Errol Troupe, York Lodge No. 563
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4485 Melvin Cecil Harrington, East Gate Lodge No. 630 4486 Tony E. Kaiser, Cooper Lodge No. 36 4487 William Henry Young, Birming Lodge No. 150 4488 Gary Vincent Berns, Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422 4489 Stanley H. Bremer, Lambskin Lodge No. 460 4490 John }<'. Garrett, Lambskin Lodge No. 460 4491 Merle Leland Cochran, Bridgeton Lodge No. 80 4492 Donald Roy Wagner, Bridgeton Lodge No. 80 4493 Beach E. Wells, Sparta Lodge No. 296 4494 Philip Alden Smith, Crestwood Lodge No. 669 4495 Orval LeRoy Brown, Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 4496 Lawrence Scott Cameron, Swope Park Lodge No. 617 4497 Larry L. Ross, Berlin Lodge No. 378 4498 Bernard M. W. Sciarone, Cache Lodge No. 416 4499 Albert Louis Cleve, St. Francois Lodge No. 234 4500 Ray Adams, Meridian Lodge No.2 4501 Fredric O. W. Beckmann, Meridian Lodge No.2 4502 John Quincy Stuart, Salem Lodge No. 225 4503 Michael Glenn Lee, Sikeston Lodge No. 310 4504 Clifford L. Hill, Galena Lodge No. 615 4505 Kenneth Lee Cushman, East Gate Lodge No. 630 4506 John Evans Drake, Linn Creek Lodge Np. 152 4507 George Ralph Patton, Grandview Lodge No. 618 4508 Richard Giles Thornton, Charity Lodge No. 331 4509 Carl M. Holcomb, Troy Lodge No. 34 4510 Robert Lee Crawford, Jewel Lodge No. 480 4511 James Wesley Waldeier, New Hampton Lodge No. 510 4512 Thomas Samuel Orwick, Liberty Lodge No. 81 4513 Kenneth F. Scott, Jr., Twilight Lodge No. 114 4514 Charles M. Abel, Raytown Lodge No. 391 4515 Glenn Ervin Means, Raytown Lodge No. 391 4516 Louis Vernon Elliott, Kennett Lodge No. 68 4517 Gene Douglas Williams, Grandview Lodge No. 618
SUBDIVISION 1-n:RST RENEWALS
A1938 Henry C. Patrick, Grandview Lodge No. 618 A1939 Eugene Erie Jaeger, Warren Lodge No. 74 A1940 Kenneth D. Snell, Belton Lodge No. 450 A1941 William D. Vest, Grandview Lodge No. 618 A1942 Thomas Gordon Stuart, Alpha Lodge No. 659 A1943 Roy Lee Jackson, Bismarck Lodge No. 41 A1944 Robert Charles Jarrett, Brotherhood Lodge No. 269 A1945 VOID A1946 J. Edward Blinn, Webster Lodge No. 98
A1947 Plezent M. Payton, East Gate Lodge No. 630 A1948 Norman K. James, Herculaneum Lodge No. 338 A1949 Bruce T. Mann, Linn Creek Lodge No. 152 A1950 Leslie Fullerton Denney, Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 A1951 Karl A. Megert, Linn Creek Lodge No. 152 A1962 Cyril E. Meredith, Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 A1953 Darrell R. Shortt, Sparta Lodge No. 296 A1954 Johny W. Sconce, Mountain View Lodge No. 637
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A1955 Walter Raymond Philpott, Rising Sun Lodge No. 13 A1956 Vernon Raymond Rogers, Rising Sun Lodge No. 13 A1957 Richard G. Wallace, Samaritan Lodge No. 424 A1958 Ralph Lowell Rosenhoover, Linn Creek Lodge No. 152 A1959 Marvin Gene Shull, Rising Sun Lodge No. 13 A1960 Patrick Edwin Schooling, Brentwood Lodge No. 616 A1961 Charles Martin Jurgens, Temperance Lodge No. 438 A1962 Buell A. Alexander, Arlington Lodge No. 346 A1963 Gerald L. Broyles, Linn Creek Lodge No. 152 A1964 Harry Dayton McPherson, Independence Lodge No. 76 A1965 John T. Masterson, Kennett Lodge No. 68 A1966 George Simmons, East Gate Lodge No. 630 A1967 Archie L. Wells, East Gate Lodge No. 630 A1968 Paul Turner, Solomon Lodge No. 271 A1969 Dennis C. McGuire, Fannington Lodge No. 132 A1970 Leo Harold Pitts, Hermitage Lodge No. 288 A1971 Melvin Loyd Girardier, Easter Lodge No. 675 A1972 Charles Keith Wilkinson, Sr., Mt. Washington Lodge No. 614 A1973 Fred J. Statler, Jr., Florissant Lodge No. 668
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A1974 Thomas W. Stout, Anchor Lodge No. 443 A1975 Ronald B. Jarvis, Irondale Lodge No. 143 A1976 Iolyn Jewel Hinkle, Eminence Lodge No. 607 A1977 James Daniel Fink, Lambskin Lodge No. 460 A1978 Billy Edward Dunn, Tyro Lodge No. 12 A1979 Rolland W. Caldwell, Hope Lodge No. 251 A1980 Elliott S. Cohen, Benjamin FrankHn Lodge No. 642 A1981 Donald Lee Prall, Buckner Lodge No. 601 A1982 Charles Lee Foreman, Clarence Lodge No. 662 A1983 VOID A1984 John L. Schafer, Salem Lodge No. 225 A1985 Harry George Snow, Buckner Lodge No. 501 A1986 Edmund Roberts, Jr., Charity Lodge No. 331 A1987 Edwin Lloyd Cole, Mt. Washington Lodge No. 614 A1988 James Dallas Lollar, Western Star Lodge No. 15 A1989 William S. Strothman, Shaveh Lodge No. 646 A1990 Glen Corbin Gibbons, Lambskin Lodge No. 460 A199l Elgin Wayne Milam, Clifton Hill Lodge No. 161 A1992 Ronnie J. Sharp, McDonald Lodge No. 324
SUBDIVISION I-SECOND RENEWALS
BlOlO Robert T. Chappell, Sheffield Lodge No. 625 BI011 George Dale Sheppard, Alpha Lodge No. 659 Bl012 J. C. Taylor, Mansfield Lodge No. 543 Bl013 James E. Brown. Fellowship Lodge No. 345 Bl014 Burette B. Shannon, Elvins Lodge No. 699 BI016 Ralph William DeVaul, Northeast Lodge No. 643 Bl016 Jospeh Thomas Wathen, Northeast Lodge No. 643 BI017 Danzel Lloyd Kaiser, Alpha Lodge No. 659 Bl018 Otto A. Brunkhorst, Pleasant Grove Lodge No. 142 B1019 Samuel Allen Crookshanks, Rising Sun Lodge No. 13 BI020 Rex Martin Williams, Sparta Lodge No. 296 BI021 Cletus Raymond Estes, Maplewood Lodge No. 566 B1022 Harold Fulton Cooper, Maplewood Lodge No. 566 Bl023 James S. Cunningham, Twilight Lodge No. 114 Bl024 Charles Wesley Miller, Marlborough Lodge No. 569 Bl025 William Roosevelt Douglas, Jr., Wayne Lodge No. 526 Bl026 William L. House, Maplewood Lodge No. 666
Bl027 Rex Marvin Fisher, York Lodge No. No. 563 Bl028 Henry L. McDaniel, East Gate Lodge No. 630 Bl029 James Harold Hartman, Raytown Lodge No. 391 Bl030 Guster R. Madle, Kennett Lodge No. 68 B1031 William H Chapman, Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 Bl032 W. Hugh McLaughlin, East Gate Lodge No. 630 Bl033 William Max Johnson, East Gate Lodge No. 630 Bl034 John Ruben Sharp, Liberty Lodge No. 31 BI036 Wallace Ray Stonger, Marceline Lodge No. 481 BI036 Frederick Preston Womack, St. Francois Lodge No. 234 B1037 Arthur F. Pristel, Jr., Anchor Lodge No. 443 B1038 Theodore Wayne Garrison, Jr., Linn Creek Lodge No. 152 Bl039 Carson D. Jean, Kennett Lodge No. 68 B1040 Ronald Ferrel Moon, Wentzville Lodge No. 46 Bl041 Nikola M. Jakovac, Trinity Lodge No. 641 B1042 Joseph T. Miner, Ferguson Lodge No. 542 BI043 Lawrence Richard Johns, King Hill Lodge No. 376
SUBDIVISION I-THIRD RENEWALS
C555 Wilfrid A. Hedrick, Maplewood Lodge No. 566 C556 Denton Ray Snipes, New Hampton Lodge No. 510
C557 Ernest Clyde Richardson, Lodge of Light No. 257 C558 Charles Melvin Bates, Grandview Lodge No. 618
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C559 Everette V. Belt, New Hampton Lodge No. 610 C560 Thomas E. Frink, Forsyth Lodge No. 463 C661 Bernard K. Swingle, Bolivar Lodge No. 195 C562 William D. Long, Rolla Lodge No. 213 C563 Alvin Ernest Tisch, Grandview Lodge No. 618 C564 Jack E. Toothaker, Neosho Lodge No. 247 C565 Paul Isaiah Wall, Easter Lodge No. 575 C566 William A. Gamblian, Vandalia Lodge No. 491 C667 Marion Porter, Neosho Lodge No. 247 C568 Thomas J. Lehmann, Paul Revere Lodge No. 330 C569 Harry W. Shapiro, Bridgeton Lodge No. 80 C570 Olin F. Barnett, Rising Sun Lodge No. 13 C571 William F. Jackson, Shaveh Lodge No. 646 . C572 Harold E. Mustecn, Rising Sun Lodge No. 13
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C573 Julius W. Lindauer, Hope Lodge No. 251 C574 Richard George Keeling, Berkeley Lodge No. 667 C575 Joseph Dudley Sappington, Jewel Lodge No. 480 Henry Carter, Maplewood C576 Charles Lodge No. 566 C577 Martin E. Brummond, Lambskin Lodge No. 460 C578 Sherman Elvis Adkins, Richland Lodge No. 385 C579 Floyd C. Kuhn, Waynesville Lodge No. 375 C580 Aron O. Smith, Joplin Lodge No. 335 C581 Maurice Mayberry, Anchor Lodge No. 443 C582 Elmer M. Kaegel, Paul Revere Lodge No. 330 C583 Earnest Lee Baumgardner, Modern Lodge No. 144 C584 Carroll Moorman, Easter Lodge No. 575 C585 Chester West Ball, Poplar Bluff Lodge No. 209 C586 Cecil Edward Penland, Waynesville Lodge No. 375
SUBDIVISION I-FOURTH RENEWALS
D301 Roswell T. Hampton, Fenton Lodge No. 281 D302 Floyd Sutton, Shekinah Lodge No. 256 D303 Harold Raymer Watson, Alpha Lodge No. 659 D304 Joseph W. Nickle, Mountain Grove Lodge No. 158 D305 Harold E. Thornton, Grandview Lodge No. 618 D306 A. L. (Bill) Tuck, Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422 D307 Lonnie Kelley, Joplin No. 335 D308 Harold W. Baker, Swope Park Lodge No. 617 D309 Clifford Irvin Carter, Swope Park Lodge No. 617 D310 Ira L. Taylor, Sikeston Lodge No. 310 D311 Loral C. Link, Anderson Lodge No. 621 D312 Buron M. Keathley, Fenton Lodge No. 281 D313 William Ernest Fielder, Solomon Lodge No. 271
D314 Herbert Robert Kuhn, Pleasant Grove Lodge No. 142 D315 Ralph Otto Kolb, Anchor Lodge No. 443 D316 Gilbert Ray Rose, Mokane Lodge No. 612 D317 Erwin Henry Witthaus, Mokane Lodge No. 612 D318 Ray Vernon Carpenter, Friendship Lodge No. 89 D319 Buel Raymond Babb, Friendship Lodge No. 89 D320 Leonard Virgil Bowers, United Lodge No.5 D321 John N. Snyder, Mt. Washington Lodge No. 614 D322 Tom J. Collier, Brotherhood Lodge No. 269 D323 Rufus H. Lane, Fellowship Lodge No. 345 D324 Logan E. Wing, Jr., St. Joseph Lodge No. 78 D325 Hadley Tipton White, Webster Groves Lodge No. 84
SUBDIVISION I-FIFTH REN~;WALS
E160 Buell Edwund Skouby, Salem Lodge No. 225 E161 Herbert J. Crosby, New Salem Lodge No. 270 E162 John 1. Williams, Rising Sun Lodge No. 13 E163 James Woodrow Dougan, Rosendale Lodge No. 404 E164 George M. Longwith, Adair Lodge No. 366 E165 Lee B. Turner, Hannibal Lodge No. 188 E166 Glenn Ames, DeSoto Lodge No. 119 E167 Emmett Broombaugh, Jr., Brentwood Lodge No. 616 E168 Olen Paul Erwin, Carthage Lodge No. 197 E169 Raymond E. Lee, Acacia Lodge No. 602 E170 Stanton Thayer Brown, Buckner Lodge No. 501
El71 Chester Raymond Carpenter, Wayne Lodge No. 526 E172 Leonard K. Horne, Wayne Lodge No. 526 E173 Nathan W. Glazer, Benjamin Franklin Lodge No. 642 E174 Vernon K. Abel, Joachim Lodge No. 164 E175 Ralph Dale Hall, Composite Lodge No. 369 E176 Sylvanus Boyd Rinehart, Northeast Lodge No. 643 E177 Kenneth Monroe Kerby, Bogard Lodge No. 101 E178 J. Harold Burton, Valley Park Lodge No. 629 E 179 Walter Lee Shelton, Friend Lodge No. 352 E180 Virgil Carl Moore, Ferguson Lodge No. 542 E181 Walter Ercil White, Moberly Lodge No. 344
SUBDIVISION I-SIXTH RENEWALS
F85 George W. Terrill, Gallatin Lodge No. 106
1"86 James Monroe Hall, Composite Lodge No. 369
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F87 Charles Price Woods. Northeast Lodge No. 643 F88 James D. Shepard, Union Lodge No. 693 F89 Opie D. Hatfield, Rising Sun Lodge No. 13 F90 William W. Forrester, East Gate Lodge No. 630
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F91 Charles G. Kuhn, Bosworth Lodge No. 697 F92 Russell Vandelicht, Hope Lodge No. 261 F93 Buford D. Chetwood, Grandview Lodge No. 618 F94 Melvin Boone Goe, Sr., Centralia Lodge No. 69
SUBDMSION I-SEVENTH RENEWALS
G88 Philip D. Trainer, Clinton Lodge No. 648 G89 Edwin B. Hawkins, Higbee Lodge No. 527 G40 Russell J. Rowe, Perseverance Lodge No. 92 G41 Dowell Hays, Grandview Lodge No. 618 G42 William NaIl, .United Lodge No.5 G43 Glenn E. Swails, Brotherhood Lodge No. 269
G44 Gervis Hammond Thurman, Maplewood Lodge No. 666 G45 Henry Lee Sharp, Platte City Lodge No. 604 G46 Joy L. Ortloff, Carthage Lodge No. 197 G47 Fred O. Wade, Friend Lodge No. 362 G48 Ronald E. Bradley, Jackson Lodge No. 82
SUBI)IVISION I-EIGHTH RENEWALS
H14 John Henry Hicks, Laclede Lodge No. 83 H16 John Black Vrooman. Equality Lodge No. 497 H16 Arthur W. Rauch, Cache Lodge No. 416
H17 J. Earl Landes, Shekinah Lodge No. 266 H18 Thomas Franklin Wright, Tyro Lodge No. 12 H19 Robert Cecil Hoefer, Composite Lodge No. 369
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128 James Richard Sober, Rolla Lodge No. 218 129 Carl Martin Holcomb, Troy Lodge No. 34 130 George W. Fitzgerald, Pendleton Lodge No. 561 131 Leslie Fullerton Denney, Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 132 Joseph D. Rayfield, Hopewell Lodge No. 239 188 Robert T. Randel, Lebanon Lodge No. 77 134 Harold Norman Napier, Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422 186 Russell Dean Hamilton, Brentwood Lodge No. 616 136 Peter Rodgers, .Jr., Maplewood Lodge No. 666 137 Carl L. Miller, Independence Lodge No. 76 138 Edward Wilson Whitehead, Algabil Lodge No. 544 139 Damon Smith, Adelphi Lodge No. 366 140 Jessie Carl Thompson, Clifton Heights Lodge No. 620 141 Richard Earl Ross, Temple Lodge No.
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142 James Sydney West, Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422 143 Irvin Carl Fletcher, Florissant Lodge No. 668 144 Joseph George Wehner, Grandview Lodge No. 618 146 Melvin LeRoy Campbell, Compass Lodge No. 120 146 Philip J. Brazer, Shaveh Lodge No. 646 147 Michael William Robinett, Belton Lodge No. 460 148 William Calvin Hotze, Mizpah Lodge No. 689 149 Robert J. Crede, Hickory Hill Lodge No. 211 160 Lester C. Gamblin, Sr., Bridgeton Lodge No. 80 161 Frederick Preston Womack, St. Francois Lodge No. 284 152 James Nathaniel Allison, Mt. Washing. ton Lodge No. 614 163 Bernard M. W. Sciarone, Cache Lodge No. 416 164 Eugene Ray Miner, Aurora Lodge No. 267 155 Ralph W. Cooper, Vlncil Lodge No. 62
SUBDIVISION 2-FmST RENEWALS PART 1
A 92 Robert Eugene Mason, Alpha Lodge No. 669 A 93 Floyd Sutton, Shekinah Lodge No. 266 A 94 Ronald Eugene Smith, Hartford Lodge No. 171 A 95 William W. Martin, Kirksville Lodge No. 105 A 96 Robert H. Stewart, Cuba Lodge No. 312 A 97 Harold Louis Helsher, Webster Groves Lodge No. 84
A 98 Robert N. Kinkead, St. Francois No. 234 A 99 Billy J. Crawford, Grain Valley No. 644 A100 Marvin Gene Shull, Rising Sun No. 18 A10I Stanley E. Massey, Competition No. 432
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B68 Eugene E. McFarland, Hermon Lodge No. 187
B64 Robert L. Meredith, Solomon Lodge No. 271
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B65 E. Wayne Milam, Clifton Hill Lodge No. 161 B66 Robert Eugene Bragg, Keystone Lodge No. 243 B67 Louis F. Howe, Brentwood Lodge No. 616 B68 Cletus Raymond Estes, Maplewood Lodge No. 566
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B69 Charles Henry Carter, Maplewood Lodge No. 566 B70 Leo Harold Pitts, Hermitage Lodge No. 288 B71 Arthur S. Wehmeyer, Paul Revere Lodge No. 330
SUBDIVISION 2-THIRD RENEWALS PART 1
C60 Wilfrid A. Hedrick, Maplewood Lodge No. 566
C61 Claud T. Foster, Four Mile Lodge No. 212
SUBDIVISION 2-FOURTH RENEWALS PART 1
D40 Leonard Virgil Bowers, United Lodge No.5 D41 Alfred W. Kuenzle, Herculaneum Lodge No. 338 D42 Dale C. Motter, Adair Lodge No. 366 D43 Morris S. Sheeks, Triangle Lodge No. 638
D44 Otto Albert Brunkhorst, Pleasant Grove Lodge No. 142 D45 William V McCollum, Solomon Lodge No. 271 D46 Ralph B. Trussell, Bogard Lodge No. 101
SUBDIVISION 2-FIFTH RENEWALS PART 1
E24 Ernest B. McCormick, Anchor Lodge No. 443 E25 Jewel Walter Pike, King Hill Lodge No. 376 E26 James Woodrow Dougan, Rosendale Lodge No. 404 E27 Edwin B. Hawkins, Higbee Lodge No. 527 E28 John E. Adams, Ferguson Lodge No. 542 E29 Everett W. Torreyson, Hebron Lodge No. 354
E30 J. Harold Burton, Valley Park Lodge No. 629 E31 George r. Downing, Wakanda Lodge No. 52 E32 Ralph Oscar Fritts, Amsterdam Lodge No. 141 E33 JOY L. Ortloff, Carthage Lodge No. 197 E34 John I. Williams, Rising Sun Lodge No. 13
SUBDIVISION 2-()RIGINALS PART 2
129 Floyd Sutton, Shekinah Lodge No. 256 130 George W. Fitzgerald, Pendleton Lodge No. 551 131 John T. Beavers, Fraternal Lodge No. 363 132 Robert T. Randel, Lebanon Lodge No. 77 133 Paul!. Wall, Easter Lodge No. 575 134 Carl Martin Holcomb, Troy Lodge No. 34 135 Carl E. Herbert, Lambskin Lodge No. 460 136 Frederic O. W. Beckmann, Meridian Lodge No.2 137 Cyril E. Meredith, Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 138 Harold Norman Napier, Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422 139 Dale A. Ludwig, Algabil Lodge No. 544 140 Terry O. Thuet, Algabil Lodge No. 544
141 Edward Ray Windle, Cuba Lodge No. 312 142 Frederick Preston Womack, St. Francois Lodge No. 234 143 Charles Keith Wilkinson, Sr., Mount Washington Lodge No. 614 144 Henry W. Busch, Jennings Lodge No. 640 145 Norman D. Coleman, Bridgeton Lodge No. 80 146 Damon Smith, Adelphi Lodge No. 355 147 Charles Martin Jurgens, Temperance Lodge No. 438 148 James N. Allison, Mount Washington Lodge No. 614 149 Edward Wilson Whitehead, Algabil Lodge No. 544 150 Harley Ellsworth Thomas, Rising Sun Lodge No. 13
SUBDIVISION 2-FIRST RENEWALB PART 2
A74 Harold Fulton Cooper, Maplewood No. 566 A75 Orville M. Mash, Webster Groves No. 84 A76 Andrew Angus McCory, Marcus No. 110 A77 Charles Marvin Benedict, Wellston No. 613 A78 Ronald Eugene Smith, Hartford No. 171
Lodge Lodge Lodge Lodge Lodge
A79 Robert H. Stewart, Cuba Lodge No. 312 A80 Ralph William DeVaul, Northeast Lodge No. 643 A81 Robert N. Kinkead, St. Francois Lodge No. 234 A82 Edward A. Hays, Belton Lodge No. 450 A83 Stanley E. Massey, Competition Lodge No. 432 A84 Robert Eugene Mason, Alpha Lodge No. 659
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B7l Wilfrid A. Hedrick, Maplewood Lodge No. 566 B72 Merle B. Graham, Hiram Lodge No. 362 B73 Robert Eugene Bragg, Keystone Lodge No. 243
B74 Arnold John Millner, Ferguson Lodge No. 542 B75 James Derrel Buzzard, Neosho Lodge No. 247
SUBDIVISION 2-THIRD R~;NEWALS PART 2
C60 James R. Chalfant, Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422
C61 Claud T. Foster, Four Mile Lodge No. 212
SUBDIVISION 2-FOURTll RENEWALS PART 2
D39 Alfred W. Kuenzle, Herculaneum Lodge No. 338 D40 William V McCollum, Solomon Lodge No. 271 D41 James Woodrow DO'Ugan, Rosendale Lodge No. 404
D42 Dale C. Motter, Adair Lodge No. 366 D43 Otto Albert Brunkhorst, Pleasant Grove Lodge No. 142 D44 Ralph B. Trussell, Bogard Lodge No. 101
SUBDIVISION 2-FIFTH RENEWALS PART 2
E23 Ernest B. McCormick, Anchor Lodge 443 E24 Jewel Walter Pike, King Hill Lod~e 376 E26 Edwin B. Hawkins, Higbee Lodge 527 E26 John E. Adams, Fer~uson Lodge 542
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E27 J. Harold Burton, Valley Park Lodge No. 629 E28 George I. Downing, Wakanda Lodge No. 52 E29 JOY L. Ortloff, Carthage Lodge No. 197 E30 John I. Williams, Rising Sun Lod~e No. 13
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FlO Lloyd C. Kennon, Granite Lodge No. 272 SUBDIVISION 2-oRIGINALS PART 8
124 Eugene E. McFarland, Hermon Lodge No. 187 125 George W. Fitzgerald, Pendleton Lodge No. 551 126 Paul Isaiah Wall, Easter Lodge No. 575 127 Robert T. Randel, Lebanon Lodge No. 77 128 Elvis Winchester, Union Lod~e No. 593 129 Ray Adams, Meridian Lodge No. 2 130 Harold Norman Napier, Gate of the Temple LodR'e No. 422 131 Carl M. Holcomb, Troy Lodge No. 84 Florissant 132 Edgar Franklin Coonrod, Lodge No. 668 133 David Leroy Hyde, Naylor Lodge No. 668 134 Edward Wilson Whitehead, Algabil Lodge No. 544 135 Glenn A. Kirk, Swope Park Lodge No. 617
136 Edward R. Vester, Bismarck Lodge No. 41 137 Frederick P. Womack, St. Francois Lodge No. 234 138 Damon Smith, Adelphi Lodge No. 355 139 Clarence L. Alumbaugh, Buckner Lodge No. 501 140 Carl E. Herbert, Lambskin Lodge No. 460 141 Charles K. Wilkinson, Sr., Mount Washington Lodge No. 614 142 .James N. Allison, Mount Washington Lods:te No. 614 143 Richard H. Gearhart, Shaveh Lodge No. 646 144 Harley Ellsworth Thomas, Rising Sun Lodge No. 13 145 Bernard Sciarone, Cache Lodge No. 416
SUBDIVISION 2-FIRST RENEWALS PART 3
A83 Raymond R. Sanders, Jr., Solomon Lod~e No. 271 A84 Marvin Eu~ene Moore, Bonhomme Lod~e No. 45 A85 Dominik L. Seeler, Meridian Lodge No. 2 A86 John Douglas Atkins, Anchor Lodge No. 443 A87 Ronald Eu~ene Smith, Hartford Lodge No. 171
A88 John L. Lorenz, Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422 A89 Robert H. Stewart, Cuba Lodge No. 312 A90 Leslie Fullerton Denney, Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 A91 Robert N. Kinkead, St. Francois Lodge No. 234 A92 George Danas Kinsman, Theodore Roosevelt Lod~e No. 661
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BG3 Floyd Sutton, Shekinah Lodge No. 256 B64 Merle B. Graham, Hiram Lodge No. 362 BG5 E. Wayne Milam, Clifton Hill Lodge No. 161 B66 Orville M. Mash, Webster Groves Lodge No. 84
B67 Raymond E. Lee, Acacia Lodge No. 602 B68 Maurice Mayberry, Anchor Lod~e No.
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B69 JamQS Derrel Buzzard, Neosho Lodge No. 247
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SUBDIVISION 2-TIIIRD RENEWALS PART 3
C57 Robert W. Caldwell, Cache Lodge No. 416
C58 Opie D. Hatfield, Rising Sun Lodge No. 13
SUBDIVISION 2-FOURTH RENEWALS PART 3
D40 Alfred W. Kuenzle, Herculaneum Lodge No. 338 D41 Otto Albert Brunkhorst, Pleasant Grove Lodge No. 142
D42 Richard L. Kieffer, Maplewood Lodge No. 566
SUBDIVISION 2-HFTH RENEWALS PART 3
E26 Jewel Walter Pike, King Hill Lodge No. 376 E27 Edwin B. Hawkins, Higbee Lodge No. E28
t~~nard
'Virgil Bowers, United Lodge
E29 J. Harold Burton, Valley Park Lodge No. 629 E30 George 1. Downing, Wakanda Lodge No. 52 E31 Joy L. Ortloff, Carthage Lodge No. 197
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SUBDIVISION 2-SIXTH RENEWALS PART 3
FlO Lloyd C. Kennon, Granite Lodge No. 272
REPORT ON MISSOURI LODGE路 OF RESEARCH
M.W. Bro. A. Bascy Vanlandingham, Mastcr, prcscnted the rcport of the Missouri Lodge of Research and moved its acceptance. The .motion was second and carried. To the Most WorshiPful Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of the State of Missouri: BRETHREN: At the insistence and prodding of our very able editor, R.W. Bro. Wes Cook, who has provided me with most of the information contained herein, I bring to you the report of the Missouri Lodge of Research. The present membership has reached 1,650. This is a slight increase but not as much as I had hoped for the past year. Seriously, Brethren, we need to reach the 2,000 mark in order to provide you with the publications that are possible. The Missouri Lodge of Research hreakfast held in Jefferson City at the time of the Convocation of the Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons was well attended. The speaker, Staff Sergeant Stewart M. L. Pollard, was well received and brought an excellent message. His book, Tied to Masonic Apron Strings, has been well received and had a number of good reviews in national Masonic publications. The book also has been reprinted in paperback by M.W. Bro. William Denslow for the Royal Arch Mason Educational Bureau and its sales are outstanding. A honus book and the regular transactions are at Ovid Bell's now, and will be mailed together to the memhership around mid-Novemher. The bonus volume is a biography of Frank Land by our own Reverend Herbert Duncan. The title of the book is Hi . . . Dad! Brother Duncan is a natural storyteller and he has related the life story of Land in a most enjoyable fashion. It naturally covers the development of DeMolay. The Missouri Lodge of Research enjoyed the opportunity of editing and printing the book for DeMolay which plans to offer it for international sale. The regular transaction was written by another minister, the Reverend. Forrest Haggard of the Overland Park, Kansas, Christian Church, and Grand Senior Deacon in Kansas. Its title is The Craft and the Clergy. I believe it will rank as one of the most significant contributions ever made to the Fraternity. It includes comments on Freemasonry from more than 200 ministers throughout the United States and Canada. Brother Haggard examines points of conflict that have developed over the years and takes the position they do not involve Organized Religion versus Freemasonry, but man versus the Fraternity. He takes the position
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that the minister needs the Fraternity as an outlet wherein he can be led instead of having to lead and where he can find a unique communion with God difficult for him to enjoy as he should within his own formal religion. The Missouri Lodge of Research is sending copies of The Craft and the Clergy to 118 schools of religion and seminaries as designated by Brother Haggard. Also, there is a good probability that Brother Denslow will reprint the book through the Royal Arch Mason. At the suggestion of Brother Cook, I am to remind you that We have six videotapes available for lodge use. We are averaging about one call every six weeks for the use of these tapes. These tapes provide interviews and talks made by Henry Wilson Coil, author of Freemasonry Through Six Centuries for Missouri Lodge of Research; Al Cerza as he addressed the Missouri Lodge of Research in St. Louis in 1968; the Philippine Past Grand Master who spoke in 1968; Honorable H. Roe Bartle and two panel discussions on Freemasonry. In addition, five tape recorders will be presented to five Missouri Lodge of Research officers at the annual meeting together with at least six pre-recorded 20 to 25 minute talks about the work of the Missouri Lodge of Research and unusual Masonic events and personalities. The officers are expected to make these tapes available for lodge programs in their home areas, and then exchange them for new programs with each other when they have played them for all possible to reach. The recorders may also be used by these various officers to do interviews with Masonic personalities and leaders. These can be later transcribed and copies placed in the Missouri Lodge of Research library at the Truman Library for use by anyone upon request. For your information, we have three manuscripts on the shelf waiting for publication and three others in the near-completion stage. We hope to be able to issue two more volumes in 1971, a bonus work and our regular transactions. Brother Cook has done an excellent job in taking care of those things that your Worshipful Master has been unable to do and, to him, I am extremely grateful. It has been a pleasure to serve as Worshipful Master of the Missouri Lodge of Research and to my successors in office I wish every success. Fraternally submitted, A.
BASEY VANLANDINGHAM,
Worshipful Master. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
M.W. Bro. A. Basey Vanlandingham presented the report of the Committee on Public Schools and moved its acceptance. The motion was seconded and carried. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of the State of Missouri: It is again the pleasure of your Public School Committee to report an extremely active year of their individual members. Public schools are under increased and intensified attack from the Committee on Educational Freedom and from parochial school supporters who are not interested in the preservation of the Constitution-Missouri or the United States, so far as the separation of church and state are concerned and who are determined that there will be tax support for parochial institutions. Public officials are under intense pressure to divert public tax funds. While the state public school authorities have had the courage to stand with what they intelligently consider constitutional provisions, the Attorney General's Office has looked aside from these provisions-apparently in a desire to meet a demand of a segment of the public. The Legislature continues to re~eive bills which would
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degrade the public school system and bring parochial and private schools under public tax support. This drive will be intensified and is well financed. The Missouri Friends of the Public Schools, an organization which is seeking to maintain the constitutional provisions against the legislative onslaught, is to be commended for its stubborn defense of our public school and constitutional systems. Many of the churches are aggressive in this same defense-while we find in some churches division and weakness on this particular subject. It is noteworthy that in Greene County, in this very season, one of the most able leaders of the onslaught against the public schools was overwhelmingly defeated in the primary election-for this very specific reason. This is indicative of our belief that "taking the issue squarely to the people will bring a strong demonstration of constitutional support:' We reiterate your Committee's statement in the report of 1969:, "The American Free Public School is the bulwark of oUr nation's freedom. These schools must not be weakened or destroyed-instead, strengthened. We emphasize the fact that these schools are open to all children of whatever race or re.ligion-without any type of discrimination or segregation. To segregate the schools for any reason is legally and morally wrong. "The attempts being made on behalf of parochial schools to obtain tax funds would bring about a school segregation system according to religion supported by general taxation. "We reiterate the position of The Grand Lodge regarding the free public school system in accordance with the Standing Resolution-'The Free Public School System' Resolution adopted 1920 (Page 106, Constitution and By-Laws, 1958) Grand Lodge of Missouri. "We urge every member of this Fraternity to recognize the threat to our system of government and our way of life and to refuse to support men of every political faith who do not support our public school system and defend it . . . on the other hand, to vigorously give our support only to those who do:' Your Committee believes that it is the individual responsibility of every Master Mason to acquaint himself with these issues; to acquaint himself with his member of the Legislature-both House and Senate; to discuss our viewpoint with these legislators and to be persistent in our position. We believe that it is the part of Masonic obligation to furnish activity and leadership in every community on vital subjects such as this. We again urge such action. Respectfully submitted, A. BASEY VANLANDINGHAM, CLARENCE L. SHAON, HARRY C. AVERY, JOHN M. DALTON, WALTER C. PLOESER, Chairman.
THE GRAND MASTER: My Brethren, this is not a partisan issue, but a matter which is of concern to all Freemasons and I know in at least one house of the Legislature we have friends-two Senators of opposite political affiliation. I think they deserve our recognition for their efforts: M.W. Bro. A. Basey Vanlandingham and R.W. Bro. James A. Noland, Jr., Senators in our Legislature. REMARKS OF MoW. BRO. H. JACKSON STATON
M.W. Bro. H. Jackson Staton, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kansas, addressed the brethren. He stated that he originated in Springfield, Missouri and that his first impression of Masonry in action was when the
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Grand Lodge of Missouri laid the cornerstone of the public school he attended in Birch Tree. Brother Staton expressed his thanks for the hospitality and kindness to him and his wife. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF CONSTITUTION
M.W. Bro. Elvis A. Mooney, Chairman, reported that the Committee on Revision of the Constitution had not done any work on the revision of the Constitution beca路use nothing had been presented to require the Committee to function. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON BY路LAWS
M.W. Bro. Martin B. Dickinson, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on By-Laws and moved its acceptance. The motion was seconded and carried. The Committee on By-Laws prepared the annual Pocket Part to the 1958 Edition of thc Constitution and By-Laws, including photographs and biographical sketches of both the Grand Master and the Deputy Grand Master in addition to the material usually supplied, consisting of all amendments, all proposed amendments, and all approved decisions not in the bound volume. ORESTES MITCHELL, JR., MARTIN B. DICKINSON, Chairman.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MASONIC EDUCATION
R.W. Bro. Lewis C. Wes Cook, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Masonic Education and moved it be accepted. The motion was seconded and carried. After reading the report, Brother Cook stated that the Committee would like to present copies of the booklet entitled "Looking Towards the East" to elected Senior Wardens in attendance at this Communication. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of A.F. if A.M. of the State Of Missouri: BRETHREN: The Freemason magazine was placed on a paid subscription basis with the December or Winter issue of 1969 in an effort to reduce costs and to provide that those receiving the magazinc would share in the expense of its publication. We are indebted to many for promoting subscriptions, including individual lodge officers, District Deputy Grand Masters and Grand Lecturers, Grand Lodge officers, and, in particular, M.\V. Grand Master J. Morgan Donelson. Your efforts have been rewarding. The subscription list climbed to nearly 7,500 in less than 12 months. HO'wever, one year does not guarantee success for future years. It does make it a little easier because we know we have a saleable product. But 7,500 subscriptions do not even represent 10 per cent of the membership in Missouri. We humbly beg you to redouble your efforts. \Ve are convinced the subscription list can climb to 15,000 or 20,000, or even more over a very short time if each one of us will diligently apply a sales talk on every Mason we have contact with ovcr the next few months. This Committee, in turn, promises that it will redouble its efforts to produce an even more attractivc, interesting, informative and entertaining F"eemason for everyone's reading pleasure! Undcr thc cooperative direction and assistance of the entire Committee on Masonic Education, The. Freemason magazine has introduced us to many new and old personalities active in our Fraternity throughout the state. We have become a little better acquainted with our Grand Lodge officers and District Deputy Grand Masters and Grand Lecturers through the use of thumbnail sketches; we
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have discovered that a number of ministers of various churches have served the Fraternity in numerous capacities other than as chaplains. 'Ve have been introduced to the Grand Lodge office staff and experienced a word picture of the building in which the Grand Lodge offices are housed; we have had an opportunity to recount the background and service of the 20 men who have been elected and appointed to discharge the duties of Grand Secretary since the beginni~g of Grand Lodge; we have discovered a college campus almost completely dommated by Masonic cornerstones, and been reminded that members of our Fraternity not only support the public school system as members of boards of education and as taxpayers but that they also serve as teachers, professors, presidents of our colleges and universities, and memhers of Boards of Regents and Curators. Their example helps to insure that Freemasonry is a living, vital force in the daily activities of thousands of children and young adults. There are hundreds of other examples of Masonry in action in Missouri and we pledge you that no stone wiII be left unturned in order to bring the story to you. While undertaking direct supervision of The Freemason, the Committee also prepared a special booklet for Senior Wardens, entitled, "Looking Toward the East." It contains an outline of some of the very basic duties the Senior 'Warden may expect to face if he ascends to the Master's station in the East. It also contains helpful suggestions on how to fulfill these duties, discusses our Grand Lodge Constitution and By-Laws; how to preside with regularity and justice; how to select and charge committees and what to expect of them; courtesies to extend to the brethren of the lodge, to visitors and distinguished guests; discusses the importance of public relations and publicity and how to work with news media; contains nearly 100 suggestions for lodge programs and entertainment, and lists materials that are available from the Grand Lodge office to assist you and the brethren of your lodge in your work. These booklets will be presented at no charge to each elected Senior Warden over the next few years. Any other interested parties may purchase the booklet from the Grand Secretary at $1 per copy. One of the greatest sources for innovations in Masonic Education continues to be the Midwest Conference on Masonic Education and Missouri remains one of the most active of the 12 jurisdictions that make up the conference. The 21st annual meeting of this conference was held in May in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with three members of the committee-Frank P. Briggs, Pressley L. Crummy and Wes Cook-in attendance. In addition, two Missouri brothers were there as interested observers, John Black Vrooman and Dr. Richard W. Calvert. A Committee on Masonic Education, whether in the local lodge or at the Grand Lodge level, is good and effective only if the brethren utilize the programs and materials it generates. This Committee, since its beginning in 1954, has produced a considerable amount of program material for the various lodges and has ever been ready and willing to assist any lodge in the development of Masonic Education programs. A number of information or program suggestion pamphlets and booklets have been developed and published through the years. Many of these items are still in print and available, including 101 suggested lodge programs; Candidate booklets to be presented to the petitioner, "On the Threshold," and as the candidate progresses through the degrees, the comprehensive Lodge System of Masonic Education booklet; and pamphlets outlining the duties of Committees on Investigation. Copies of these and many other materials have been displayed in the lobby and made available for each of you so interested to take back to your lodge. Many of the items are provided at no charge, others are available for a small fee. Now, on behalf of the Committee on Masonic Education, I again express our most sincere appreciation to every member of this Grand Lodge,but especially to M.W. Brother Donelson who has shown us every courtesy and consideration and traveled that extra mile in cooperation and support. We also wish to again recognize the many" contributions of Grand Secretary
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Emeritus Elmer W. Wagner, Grand Secretary Frank A. Arnold, and the Grand Lodge office staff. It has been a great honor for me to serve as chairman of this Committee. I have enjoyed and benefitted from the wise counsel and unstinting attention to detail that each member has devoted to our work. Words cannot express the profound appreciation I feel for each as a man and as a Mason. Fraternally, PRESSLEY L. CRUMMY, ROBERT H. ARNOLD, FRANK P. BRIGGS, JOHN T. SUESENS, LEWIS C. WES COOK, Chairman. HAROLD O. GRAUEL, REPORT OF COMMInEE ON CHARTERED LODGES
W. Bro. Randall Williams, Chairman, reported that the Committee on Chartered Lodges did not meet during the year and, therefore, had nothing to report. REPRESENTATIVES TO MASONIC TEMPLE ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS
R.W. Bro. Alfred M. Frager, Chairman, presented the report of the Representatives to the Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis and moved it be accepted. The motion was seconded and carried.
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of the State of Missouri: BRETHREN: Your Grand Lodge Committee for the New Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis respectfully offers the following report: In the heart of St. Louis---at its celebrated mid-town area-a short distance from the famous Gateway to the West Arch on a boulevard that is destined to become the main thoroughfare of St. Louis, stands the majestic edifice of the New Masonic Temple. Conceived and built by Freemasons with great vision almost fifty (50) years ago The Temple, a half century later-beautiful and magnificent though it is-is not without its problems. Great Master Masons have governed and administered this Masonic Temple in its first five decades. Serving it and serving it well in the office of President of The Temple during this half-century were great stalwart and pragmatic Freemasons like M.W. Bro. Dorsey A. Jamison who was its first President and M.W. Bro. Karl M. Vetsburg who held this distinguished office of President for twentyseven (27) years. Then followed in the office of President outstanding Master Masons such as R.W. Bro. Charles F. Ballak, M.W. Bro. Robert L. Aronson and Bro. Robert D. Kerr. Currently filling the office of President of the New Masonic Temple is R.W. Bro. Alfred M. Frager. In May of this year a lodge hall on the third floor of the New Masonic Temple was dedicated as the Robert L. Aronson Memorial Hall in honor and respect to the memory of this distinguished jurist and Past Grand Master of Masons of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. The Temple has a great history but time has worn its electrical and mechanical equipment, its elevators, its heating and roofing facilities and in general is on the brink of requiring major overhaul, repair and refurbishing-all of which costs considerable money. With a declining membership and increased expenses occasioned by our inflationary economy only staunchest and most careful and scrutinized administration enables The Temple to "just get by:' Distasteful as it may be an increase in the per capita contribution towards the maintenance of The Temple may have to be adopted. This beautiful Masonic edifice is not just another Masonic building. It rises majestically in the skies, the equivalent of fourteen (14) stories in height, and stands as a great Masonic landmark in the state of Missouri. There are a number
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of Freemasons who make regular contributions to many causes. May this committee suggest to such generous Freemasons the thought of remembering and contributing-both in large as well as small measure-to the New Masonic Temple of St. Louis. Its appellation includes the word "new" but The Temple is a halfcentury old. Make it a point to visit this fine Temple while you are in St. Louis. It is just two to three minutes walk westerly from the auditorium in which you are presently situated in this Scottish Rite Cathedral. You will enjoy seeing its glorious Masonic halls, its stately Royal Arch and Commandery rooms as well as its library and museum. Your Committee closes this report with a cordial invitation to visit the New Masonic Temple at 3681 Lindell Boulevard. Respectfully submitted, ALFRFD M. FRAGER, Chairman, JOHN W. ALVERSON, GEORGE F. MORRISON. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FORMS AND CEREMONIES
The Grand Secretary stated that the Committee on Forms and Ceremonies had no activities during the year 1969-1970 and that there was no report. REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION
Bro. Louis H. Garrison, Chairman, submitted the report of the Committee of Lodges U .D. and moved it be accepted. The motion was seconded and carried. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge ot A.F. & A.M. of the State Of Missouri: BRETHREN: No new lodges having been formed during the year 19.70, your Committee has had no matter referred to its attention. L. H. GARRISON, Chairman, BILLY G. PRIVIIT, HOMER L. DICKERSON, W. RANSOM HOOK, STANLEY SCHLESING.
REPORT OF COMMITTEES ON MASONIC BOARDS OF RELIEF
W. Bro. Elvin K. Luff, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Masonic Boards of Relief and moved its acceptance. The motion was seconded and carried. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of A.F. &- A.M. of the State Of Missouri: BRETHREN: At the present time there are six General Boards of Relief in the communities of Missouri having two or more lodges, and in St. Louis and St. Louis County there is an Employment Bureau in operation. Last year it was reported that the Board of Relief in Springfield would discontinue operation at the end of 1969. However, before the end of the year, the lodges there decided to continue the operation of their Board of Relief. The Boards of Hannibal and Independence report that they have had no activity at all during the past year. . The reports of the Boards of Springfield, St. Joseph, and Joplin indicate that there has been some activity but less than in previous years. The service rendered by the Board of S1. Louis and S1. Louis County has been outstanding. The operating expenses have been held to a minimum and there was no assessment. The members of that Board are to be commended for their fine management. The report of the Masonic Employment Bureau of St. Louis and St. Louis
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County is self-explanatory. Prior to the 1969 Grand Lodge Communication, a strong majority of the lodges in that area voted in favor of continuing the operation of the Bureau. The report received this year states that a greater success might have resulted if the member from each lodge which had been appointed to the Board of the Bureau had taken an active interest in its operation. This same sentiment has been expressed by the Grand Lodge Committee on Boards of Relief on previous occasions. Since the lOdges in that area are paying a good price for that service, certainly their members who have been appointed to the Board of the Bureau should be admonished to participate in its activities and management. The complete reports received from the several Boards are attached hereto and are considered a part of this report. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE R. SPINDLER, CHESTER L. LIEDER, ELVIS
R.
POFF,
"VILLIAM NALL, ELVIN
K.
LUFF,
Chairman.
Hannibal The Hannibal Board of Masonic Relief had no cases during the fiscal year. Bro. Marley Franklin who held this office for a number of years passed away this spring and I was named by the local lodges in his place. I am holding your letter in my file as a reminder to send this information to you the first of September next year. Fraternally yours, CHARLES R. MUNSON,
Secretary. Independence Independence Masonic Board of Relief since our last report in September ]969 has had no meetings, received no money, had no applications for assistance or relief. M. W. SUDBROCK, Secretary.
Springfield We provided five rites of Masonic burial to date. We had one. request for financial assistance in the amount of $50.00 which was repaid. Our operating balance is $410.43. One $500.00 bond. Fraternally yours, W. E. FIELDER,
Secretary.
Joplin Again I am sorry that I have overlooked my report to you. FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Bank Balance as of September ]3, 1969 Receipts Expenditures nank Balance as of September 16, 1970
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. $49.82 .00 . .00 $49.82
SOJOURNER FUNERALS
October II, ]9.69, Funeral Rites by Joplin Lodge No. 335 for Frank Waggoner, member of Stella Lodge No. 538, Stella, Missouri.
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April 10, 1970, Funeral Rites for a Mr. Chambers, we did not get his home lodge, by Fellowship Lodge No. 345. April II, 1970, Funeral Rites by Joplin Lodge No. 335 for Fred S. Shute, member of Wichita Lodge No. 99, Wichita, Kansas. August 20, 1970,Funeral Rites hy Fellowship Lodge No. 345 for Ralph D. Kring, P.M., of Myrtle Lodge No. 78, Myrtle Point, Oregon. Very truly yours, W ALTER R. PICKERING, Secretary. St. Joseph To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of A.F. 6' A.M. of the State of Missouri: Herewith is the Annual Report of the St. Joseph, Missouri Masonic Board of Relief for the year ending August 31, 1970. The St. Joseph Masonic Board of Relief serves as the clearing house for all Masonic matters relating to Memorial Services, questions of membership, and arranging for financial assistance to worthy persons. It is becoming increasingly evident that the activity of our local Board is diminishing each year. During the past year we arranged for eight Masonic funeral services. As our funds for charity are somewhat limited, we have acted as an intermediary in cases which have been referred to the Almoner of the Scottish Rite Bodies in St. Joseph and the Moila Shrine. The degree of cooperation has been excellent. All funds of the St. Joseph Masonic Board of Relief are received by assessment on the participating lodges. We purposely do not build a large fund knowing that an assessment can be levied if and when the need arises. The annual meeting of the Board was held on February 3, 1970. The following officers were elected: Glenn Swails (269), President; Frank Gerber (78), Vice President; L. C. Seaman (189), Treasurer; and Kenneth L. McNeal (189), Secretary. The members of the Board for 1970 arc: St. Joseph Lodge No. 78, J. Frank Gerber, Paul Priestley, Alternate; Zeredatha Lodge No. 189, L. C. Seaman, Kenneth L. McNeal, Hershel Levin, Alternate; Brotherhood Lodge No. 269, Glenn Swails, William Cole, Alternate; Charity Lodge No. 331, Orestes Mitchell, A. J. Sevy, Alternate; King Hill Lodge No. 376, Clyde Miles, Lawrence Albright, Alternate; Saxton Lodge No. 508, L. A. Donaldson, Virgil Donaldson, Alternate. The Board has had a number of requests for information as to the location of lodges and for Masonic courtesies. The Board publicizes lost membership cards through the Bulletin Of the Masonic Relief Association of United States and Canada. Our bank balance as of August 31, 1970 was as follows: Balance, August 31, 1969 $573.30 Receipts: Interest 25.40 Disbursements: Operating Expense Balance, August 31, 1970
$598.70 104.28 $494.42 Respectfully submitted, KENNETH L. McNEAL, Secretary.
St. Louis and St. Louis County To the Most WorshipfulGrand Lodge of A.F. &- A.M. of the State Of Missouri: The Board held ten meetings, on the first Saturday of each month, July and
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August excepted, during the fiscal year. There was no increase in the number of delegates attending. Three meetings for officers only were also held during the year. The elected officers with the help of some of the delegates handled all the activities quickly and efficiently. This past year the Board was called on for services by several lodges in the South-East Missouri, Springfield, Kansas City, Columbia and Hannibal regions; there being no Boards of Relief, or if any, they did not seem to function. Again no assessments are forthcoming from July 1, 1970 to June 30, 1971. Our free-of-charge loan of sickroom equipment, up to six months in each case, is generally much appreciated by the members of our lodges. The activities and financial report follow this report. Since no compensation was paid to any member of the Board, a hardy "Thank You" is due the ones who have given continued free service to our brethren and to the Fraternity. Fraternally yours, WILLI W. WAHNUNG,
President. MASONIC BOARD OF RELIEF, ACTIVITIES FROM JULY
I, 1969
TO JUNE
No. Relief: Monetary . Non-monetary . Not granted . Hospital visits, made by members of this board, to brothers outside of St. Louis jurisdiction. . . Sickroom equipment: Loaned . Returned . Unable to comply . Funerals: Arranged with St. Louis lodges . Arranged with State of Missouri lodges . Arranged with lodges of other states . Flowers only-no funeral service . Requested but not complied with . Application to Masonic Home: State of Missouri . Other states . Inquiries: Re: Masonic Home " . Of various nature . Investiga tions: For St. Louis lodges . For out of town lodges . Pallbearers: Request received . Masonic services attended by Board Members . Total
30, 1970
of Cases Sub-total 1
3 1 3
8
23 20 49
6
17 6
9
37
5 3 1
4
20
20
8
8
1 13
14
.
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MASONIC BOARD OF RELIEF, STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FROM JULY 1, 1969 TO JUNE 30, 1970
Balance July 1, 1969
$12,388.36
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Receipts: Lodge Assessments 1969-70 Two V.S. "E" Bonds redeemed (cost) Interest on two U.S. "E" Bonds Interest on V.S. Bonds Interest on Certificate of Deposit Gift Refund, flowers
. . . . . .
.00 $ 1,500.00 500.00 176.10 407.46 5.00 20.60
2,609.16 $14,997.52
Disbursements: Relief Sickroom equipment and repairs Telephone and telegrams Postage Printing Office supplies Advertising Flowers Safe deposit box, rent Surety Bond, Treasurer (3 years) President's expenses " Salaries Two U.S. Bonds redeemed (cost)
$ . . . . . . . . . . . .
100.00 133.00 201.13 24.46 32.43 12.02 5.82 10.30 6.00 27.00 16.97 .00 1,500.00
569.13 1,500.00 $12,928.39.
Recapitulation: Balance Checking Acct. June 30, 1970 V.S. Bonds (5) Certificate of Deposit (1)
. . .
1,428.39 2,500.00 9,000.00 $12,928.39.
JUNE
30, 1970
V.S. Bonds Series H D6756647H D6756648H D6756649H D8882044H D8882045H
Issued Oct. 1961 Oct. 1961 Oct. 1961 Sept. 1968 Sept. 1968
Due Oct. 1971 Oct. 1971 Oct. 1971 Sept. 1978 Sept. 19.78
Cost $ 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00
6% Certificate 949200 Comm. Fed. S.&L.A.
April 6, 1970
April 5, 1972
$9,000.00
Burial Lots Bellefontaine Valhalla
35 125
Masonic Employment Bureau To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of A.F. 6' A.M. of the State Of Missouri: The Masonic Employment Bureau, of St. Louis, Missouri, presents the following report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970. This being the 75th year of continual operation of the Employment Bureau, the officers and representatives had hoped and planned to make every effort to have an outstanding increase in employment placements as part of the celebration of our 75th Anniversary. But fate would have its way and employment opportunities dropped down to almost nothing. Due mostly, we were told, to govern-
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ment cutback in the Space program and other curtailment of defense contracts. From December 15, 1969 to June 15, 1970 area unemployment, according to Missouri Division of Employment Security, was estimated to be 67,000 workers, an average of 6.3 per cent of the civilian labor force. In this same time period, there were several labor disputes which caused complete shutdowns in many production plants, businesses and food service stores and warehouses. However, with the help of those faithful representatives, who are dedicated to the task to help aid and assist our Masonic employers, the Bureau was able to place 151 of our people, men, women, boys and g-irls in positions paying up to as much as $850 per month. We feel this report could have been better had every lodge representative taken his place and done his part. I say this with kindness, no offense to anyone. This entire employment service is a TEAM work and requires the interest and attention of every lodg-e officer and representative of all 65 lodges in the 33rd and 57th Masonic Districts. My hope for the coming year is that each appointed representative will take an active part in this great institution of Freemasonry, The Masonic Employment Bureau, Freemasonry's most practical agency. Faithfully submitted, CHARLES L. SUlTER,
President. MASONIC EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, FINANCIAL STATEMENT, JUNE
Balance in bank July 1, 1969 Money transferred from investment to regular fund Receipts (per capita tax) Disbursements: . . Office rent .. Telephone Salaries . Printing, postage and supplies Directors expense Equipment repair Insurance Organizations Miscellaneous Social Security Refreshments .
30, 1970
.
$ 1,801.29 4,000.00 10,407.52 $16,208.81
.
912.00 662.80 7,531.13 321.86 . 298.20 . 14.55 . 367.30 . 90.00 . 109.97 . 360.36 . 45.74 $10,713.9J . 4,000.00 $
.
.
. .
Investment purchased
$14,713.91 14,713.91 Balance in bank June 30, 1970 Investments: Three $500 Time Certificates at 5 per cent Roosevelt Federal Savings & Loan ... Washington Federal Savings & Loan Total cash and investments, June 30, 1970
$ 1,494.94 $ 1,626.16
.
1,679.44 4,716.74 $ 8,022.34 -8=-,-=-02=-2=-.-=-3....,.4 " $ 9,517.24
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ENTERTAINMENT OF DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
R.W. Bro. Herman A. Orlick, Chairman, presented the report of the Distinguished Guests Committee and moved it be accepted. The motion was seconded and carried.
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To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of A.F. &- A.M. of the State of Missouri: The Committee on Entertainment of Distinguished Guests is delighted to report that we are pleased to have in attendance guests from our various sister jurisdictions surrounding our state. In addition, the dignitaries of York Rite Masonry, Scottish Rite and the Potentates of our Shrine Temples in Missouri have favored us by their presence. Added to this group are our own loyal Past Grand Masters to add to the importance of this our l49th Annual Communication. We sincererly hope that each of you has been received and accommodated to reflect the warmth that this Grand Lodge has for you and that you will one day return again. We are thankful and grateful for the presence of the First Lady of Masonry, Mrs. J. Morgan (Jeania) Donelson. The ladies of the Grand Lodge officers have made every effort to host the ladies' functions with the same determination which has brought Mrs. Donelson to us today. Thanks to all who gave their assistance: Robert L. McKinney, Carl Holland, Harry Ploetze, Lewis C. Robertson, and Mrs. Lewis C. Robertson. Fraternally submitted, HERMAN A. ORLICK, Chairman, :FIELDING A. POE, JR., WALTER L. WALKER, JAMES A. NOI.AND, JR" ROBERT L. McKINNEY, LEWIS C.
WES
COOK,
HARRY GERSHENSON, LEWIS C. ROBERTSON.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN GRAND LODGES
M.W. Bro. William R. Denslow, Chairman, submitted the report of the Committee on Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges: that no action be taken this year to recognize new Grand Lodges or to withdraw recognition from any Grand Lodge. He moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded and carried. RECOGNITION OF M. W. SUDBROCK The Grand Master requested Bro. M. W. Sudbrock, Secretary of Independence Lodge No. 76, to come to the platform. THE GRAND MASTER: Brethren, you may not have recognized this gentleman as the Secretary of Independence Lodge No. 76. He has devotedly served Freemasonry, his brethren and this Grand Lodge in that capacity for 30 years and is now retiring. (Standing ovation) I hope this recognition by your brethren will be a most memorable token of appreciation for you and other secretaries who perform so gallantly and diligently for their lodges and the Grand Lodge. INVITATION OF SCOTTISH RITE
Bro. John Adams, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Scottish Rite Valley of St. Louis, extended the invitation to the Grand Lodge to hold the next Annual Communication in the Scottish Rite Cathedral. R.W. William H Chapman, Deputy Grand Master, accepted the invitation on behalf of the Grand Lodge. RESOLUTION TO AMEND SECTION 17.020 OF BY路LAWS AND RESOLUTION TO AMEND STANDING RESOLUTION RELATING TO MASONIC EMBLEM
THE GRAND MASTER: Now, Brethren, we have something of an unusual situation. I will ask the Grand Secretary to read two resolutions which apparently were presented, but not read yesterday. After this is done you can
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determine whether or not you will desire to suspend the rules and proceed in connection with these two matters only. I am informed by a member of the Jurisprudence Committee that in order to accomplish this fact it will be necessary that a two-thirds vote be received. Now, I am limiting it to these two matters only, because of the inadvertence of your Grand Master, who was unaware they had not been presented yesterday-otherwise they should be read one day and acted on the next. The Grand Secretary read the following resolution: RESOLUTION To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of the State of Missouri: The undersigned respectfully move that Section 17.020 of the Constitution and By-Laws 1958 of the Grand Lodge now reading as follows: 17.020. Objection to Receipt of Petitions. An objection to the receipt of a petition for the degrees or for affiliation rejects the petition. be amended by striking therefrom the words "or for affiliation." So that said section, as amended, shall read as follows: 17.020. Objection to Receipt of Petitions. An objection to the receipt of a petition for the degrees rejects the petition. Fraternally submitted,
MORRIS
E. EWING,
O. ]. SPAULDING.
THE GRAND MASTER: Would you explain this, Brother Gershenson? R.W. BROTHER GERSHENSON: As I remember this, Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren, it is merely to make the section uniform, because the section, as it formerly read, 17.020, stated: "Objection to the receipt of a petition for the degrees or for affiliation rejects the petition" and there is a different number of votes required for the degrees than for affiliation. As I remember, affiliation was a majority or two-thirds; I don't remember which it is. But "degrees" requires a complete, clear ballot. The purpose of this section is to make it clear it applies only to petition for the degrees. There is no provision for objection to petition for affiliation. We are merely making the section uniform. M.W. BROTHER DICKINSON: I was under the impression, subject to correction, that a unanimous ballot was required for affiliation. Isn't that correct? W. BROTHER GERSHENSON: I don't think so. M.W. BROTHER DICKINSON: Isn't that the recent amendment? W. BROTHER GERSHENSON: It isn't required for affiliation. That is the reason we cut out the "objection" part. Have I explained this so that you understand the purpose of it? I suppose you need a motion. THE GRAND MASTER: The next motion will be presented to suspend the rules and it will require a unanimous vote. THE GRAND SECRETARY: Most Worshipful Grand Master, I move the rules be suspended to take care of this resolution. Motion seconded. THE GRAND MASTER: Is there a discussion on the advisability of suspending the rules? (There was no discussion.)
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THE GRAND MASTER: All those in favor of suspending the rules to consider this resolution will do so by raising your right hand. Hands down. Those opposed. It appears to be unanimous. The rules are suspended. THE GRAND SECRETARY: I move the adoption of the resolution relative to Section 17.020. R.W. BROTHER GERSHENSON: Seconded. THE GRAND MASTER: It has now been moved that the resolution on its merits be accepted. Is there any discussion on the merits of the particular resolution? There being none, then I would ask we vote in the usual voting manner of the Fraternity. Hands down. Those opposed. It is unanimously carried. The Grand Secretary read the following resolution: RESOLUTION
To the Most WorshiPful Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of the State of Missouri: The undersigned herewith present resolution to add to the section contained on page 103 of the Standing Resolutions of the Grand Lodge of the 1958 Constitution and By-Laws, which said section reads as follows, to wit: SQUARE AND COMPASSES: EMBLEM OF FREEMASONRY
The Square and Compasses is the emblem of Freemasonry, and may be worn only by a Master Mason in good standing, his wife, widow, mother, sister or daughter. Res. 1922-162. The undersigned desire to add to said section the following: "That in addition to the foregoing, the said Square and Compasses shall contain in the center of the Square and Compasses the letter 'G.' " So that as amended, the said section shall read as follows: The Square and Compasses is the emblem of Freemasonry, and may be worn only by a Master Mason in good standing, his wife, widow, mother, sister or daughter. That in addition to the foregoing, the said Square and Compasses shall contain in the center of the Square and Compasses the letter "G." Fraternally submitted, WILLIAM H CHAPMAN, ELMER W. WAGNER, FRANK A. ARNOLD, ARTHUR W. RAUCH,
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FIELDING A. POE, C. H. HURT HERMAN A. ORLICK, ALBERT VAN GELS.
THE GRAND MASTER: If I listened correctly, is the letter <lG" in the emblem the difference? R.W. BROTHER GERSHENSON: That is correct, Most Worshipful Sir. M.W. BROTHER DICKINSON: Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren: I have no finn conclusions with regard to this proposition. I want to tell you why the 1922 Resolution, as we found when the revision was prepared, was prepared as it was, leaving out the letter <lG" and using only the Square and Compasses. This was related to, essentially, the trademark law. If the letter <lG" is required to be part of the emblem of Freemasonry, the Square and Compasses could be used by anyone who wants to use them, because they are no longer the emblem of Freemasonry without the letter fiG."
The object of the Grand Lodge, as we found by research, in 1922, was to see that no one went around using the Square and Compasses except us.
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This mayor may not be important at this time, but this was the reason. we found definitely was behind the resolution. These resolutions are printed in the bound volume here. THE GRAND MASTER: Perhaps we should have a motion and then we can have further discussion on this matter of the advisability of suspending the rules. THE GRAND SECRETARY; Most Worshipful Grand Master, I move the rules be dispensed with in order to treat this resolution on the letter "G." THE GRAND MASTER: Before we proceed on that are there others who want to be heard on the advisability of considering this matter. Would the brother come down, please, to the microphone? W. BRO. FRANK LEWIS: I would like to suggest this word change: That the word "shall" be changed to "may." R.W. BROTHER GERSHENSON: Most Worshipful Grand Master, I respect the judgment and ability of M.W. Brother Dickinson, but I didn't know that the Square and Compasses had ever been patented. Therefore, I don't know what the patent law or federal rules have to do with the emblem as established by the Grand Lodge. I merely raise the point I am doubtful it is one of the issues here as to whether it is patented or has been patented, registered in the Patent Office, unless it has been. I will be very glad to be enlightened on that point. M.W. BROTHER DICKINSON: Let me say this to the brethren: There are certain provisions in the laws of Missouri with respect to the emblems of fraternal organizations. Most especially, of course, we are interested in whether our emblem is used for commercial or business purposes and that sort of thing. Back in 1922 it was intended that the emblem set up as our emblem, the Square and Compasses, was something we could claim as Masonic and therefore we have some jurisdiction over it. We may not be able to enforce it as well as we would like, but we can try. That is the thinking of the Grand Lodge. I don't say this is correct. I merely say that is the explanation. . R.W. BROTHER CHAPMAN: Brethren, when this resolution was presented we really didn't expect there to be a controversy. We would like to ask M.W. Brother Dickinson this question: I know that I don't understand the law. I would question whether or not, if the wording was changed as recommended by W. Brother Lewis to "may" instead of "shall," if that would do violence to the spirit of the Resolution that was adopted in 1922. Let me tell you that, basically, the reason for the Resolution is that we are simply trying to amend our law to comply and coincide with our practice. We use the letter "G" in the Square and Compasses in almost everything we do. Our law says the emblem is the Square and Compasses. We think perhaps we should bring them both together. If the wording were changed to "may," it would still leave the Square and Compasses, and you could still put the letter "G" in it. M.W. BROTHER DICKINSON: R.W. Brother 'Chapman,路 I assume every one of us has a dues card. The dues card just has a Square and Compasses on it; doesn't have the letter "G" on it. R.W. BROTHER CHAPMAN: I have a 1971 card, having paid my dues in the Missouri Lodge of Research, and it has a "G" on it. M.W. BROTHER DICKINSON: I would say, then, Brethren, that the amend-
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ment presented by W. Brother Lewis, in my opinion, would not do violence to what we are talking about here. I don't regard the point as terribly important, but I do and did feel that inasmuch as this was carefully researched a dozen years ago, that the line of reasoning of that Grand Lodge of nearly 50 years ago should be reported to this Grand Lodge for whatever action they should take. THE GRAND MASTER: The motion is to suspend the rules. As I indicated to you earlier on this particular legislation, so that it may be received, it will require a two-thirds vote and if it is carried by that margin, then the matter will be up for discussion again on the merits and possible amendment. Is there any question as to what motion is before you? If not, those in favor of suspending the rules to receive this resolution will indicate by our usual voting sign. Hands down. Those opposed. The motion has passed. THE GRAND MASTER: Now, you may present the motion and then we will proceed in the usual manner. THE GRAND SECRETARY: Most Worshipful Grand Master, I move that the resolution to amend the section on page 103 of Standing Resolutions of the Grand Lodge of the 1958 Constitution and By-laws to read as follows be adopted: "The Square and Compasses is the emblem of Freemasonry and may be worn only by a Master Mason in good standing, his wife, widow, mother, sister or daughter. That in addition to the foregoing said square and compasses shall contain in the center of the Square and Compasses the letter 'C: "
Motion seconded. THE GRAND MASTER: The resolution and the motion have been presented and seconded. Now W. Bro. Frank Lewis desires to present his amendment. M.W. BRO. HAROLD JAYNE: Most Worshipful Master and Brethren: My memory may not be too good, but I attended back in 1922 and if I remember correctly-I was young and wasn't very active in Grand Lodge affairs, but if I recall correctly, the reason for that Resolution that we are talking about and argument before the Grand Lodge at that time was that by adopting the simple Square and Compasses--they seemed to have had trouble back in that day with the commercial use of the Square and Compasses, and firms used the Square and Compasses in their advertisements. There was quite a bit of discussion about it. If I recall correctly, they decided that by adopting the simple Square and Compasses as the emblem of our Fraternity, and under state law we would be protected and that would eliminate the use of the Square and Compasses for commercial purposes. I think there was some suggestion at that time that, incidentally, we could informally attach anything to it that we decided we wanted and still have the Square and Compasses protected. If I remember correctly, there was a lot of discussion about it. That has been a long time ago. I don't know whether Bro. Forrest Donnell was there or not. At that time, as I recall it, that is what the discussion was all about. W. BRO. FRANK LEWIS: Most Worshipful Grand Master, I would like to amend the resolution to read "may" rather than "shall." THE GRAND MASTER: It has been moved that the resolution be amended by substituting the word "may" rather than "shall." M.W. BRO. HAROLD GRAUEL: Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren:
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I would like to speak again to the question of "may." The only experience I had as Grand Master with this Square and Compasses was a cornerstone on a building. Some of the brethren wanted a cornerstone with the letter "G" and the rest of them said the Grand Lodge emblem is the Square and Compasses. I think the word "may" is a bad word to use. M.W. BROTHER BRIGGS: Most Worshipful Grand Master, as just a plain newspaper man I would like to ask the distinguished attorneys the result if we pass this resolution saying that "G" must be in the Square and Compasses. Arc we saying by that passage that anyone else may use the Square and Compasses without the "G"? THE GRAND MASTER: I am the Grand Master; not a judge. I always pass things down to another lawyer. I am going to recognize R.W. Brother Gershenson at this time. R.W. BROTHER GERSHENSON: Most Worshipful Grand Master, we didn't come in here to discuss this particular subject. I find myself now in the middle of it. M.W. Brother Briggs' comment is very pertinent. If we change the Square and Compasses by adding something to it, we are not voiding those things which have heretofore been used, any more than you void a form that has been used ten years ago by the Grand Lodge because you now use a different form. When we make a careful change in something we do not vitiate everything that happened prior to that time. You, as a member of our Craft, know you do not void a law if you merely change it and say from hcre on out it is so and so. The emblem on our pins, we would not find ourselves to be not members in good standing of the Craft because our pins were bought before and didn't have the letter "G" on them. I would say it does not void in anywise the effect or strength or usefulness of the prior emblem. Now, answering you specifically: There is a statute or law which .M.W. Brother Dickinson has covered. I may be incorrect-and of course I will be glad to be corrected. This law provides that no one in Missouri may use a fraternal emblem of any organization fraudulently. There is nothing in there about commercial purposes or anything else. I think that is the law. Perhaps Brother Dickinson may not agree with me. That is as far as it goes. It is a criminal statute. As I remember, it is a misdemeanor to go around and say, "I am a Mason. Won't you lend me five bucks?" If they catch you they can fine you. That is as far as the Missouri statute goes. R.W. BRO. FIELDING A. POE, JR.: Most Worshipful Sir, for a school teacher to understand the intricacies of law is quite a difficult thing. The question in my mind is that if by using or putting in the letter "G," as I understand, the opponcnts of this are saying that the Square and Compasses would more or less become more or less free for use on the open market, would it not be a fact that the Square by itself would be usable for advertising. We all know that when we say "Squarc" or "on the Square" it is a Masonic term. I think they are still using the Masonic emblem in various pursuits which we don't approve. THE GRAND MASTER: Is there further discussion on this amendment? (There was no further discussion.) THE GRAND MASTER: The question before us is substitution of that one word in amendment of the resolution. Passage of this particular motion will not result in the acceptance of the resolution, but a new motion will be presented where you will be given an opportunity to decide on that issue.
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All those in favor of amending the resolution as suggested by the substitution of the word will signify by the usual voting sign. Hands down. Those opposed. The amendment fails. Now the original motion is before you. WORSHIPFUL MASTER OF GOOD HOPE LODGE No. 218: With this change what happens to the Square and Compasses on our Bible? Will that require the letter "G" on it? BRO. HOWARD KIZER: Worshipful Master and Brethren, I come forward to raise a question relative to this new resolution. I am not going to take very much time, but I want all those who wear the Square and Compass on their breast who don't wear the letter "G" in their heart to please stand. THE GRAND MASTER: Let's don't have a demonstration. BROTHER KIZER: The question I raise here is the fact the letter G is always in everyone's heart. Why change the Square and Compasses? THE GRAND MASTER: All those in favor of adopting the resolution as presented will indicate by the usual voting sign. Hands down. Those opposed. The resolution fails. REMARKS BY GRAND MASTER OF NEBRASKA
M.W. Bro. John H. Brown, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska, spoke to the brethren, expressing his pleasure and appreciation for the opportunity to attend the Communication and to enjoy the fraternal attentions extended. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS
W. Bro. Vern Schneider, Chairman, presented the report of the Credentials Committee and moved it be received. The motion was seconded and carried. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of the State of Missouri: BRETHREN: Your Committee on Credentials submits the following report: At the present session of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, there are represented 469 Subordinate Lodges and there are present: Grand Lodge Officers Past Grand Masters District Deputy Grand Masters District Deputy- Grand Lecturers Past Masters Worshipful Masters Senior Wardens Junior Wardens Chairmen of Committees Distinguished Visitors Total . Actual attendance without duplication Assistant Tilers . Lodges without representation
22 15 52 53 493 424 177 108 22 II
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Fraternally submitted, VERN H. SCHNEIDER, WILLIAM W. GRAY, ARTHUR W. RAUCH, EMERY H. WELSH.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE
W. Bro. William J. Hill, Chairman, presented the report of the Jurisprudence Committee. HEALINGS
The Address of the Grand Master contains a detailed account of four Orders of Healing which he granted. Your Committee has reviewed each order carefully. In each instance the action is approved as being within the discretion of the Grand Master, as provided by Section 13.140 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws. YourCommittee moves the adoption of this part of its report.
The motion was seconded and carried. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS
A large numbel of amendments to the By-Laws were proposed at the 1969 Annual Communication for action at the 1970 Annual Communication. These were referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence pursuant to Section 5.070 of the ByLaws, and your Committee has given careful consideration to each. I. SECTION
3.070.
INVESTMENTS
Repeal and reenact section to read as follows: Assets received by gift or bequest may be retained in kind. Not less than onehalf of all other invesments must be obligations of the United States Or in securities or accounts fully insured or guaranteed by the United States or an agency of the United States. The remainder may be invested in common stock or equity securities in nationally known corporations traded on the New York Stock Exchange, and rated "A" or better by Standard & Poor's, or Moody's, or by some equally well recognized investment rating service. Your Committee approves this action and moves its adoption.
The motion was seconded and carried. II. SECTION
3.095.
FISCAL YEAR AND SECTION
3.1 00.
BUDGET
Section 3.095. Fiscal Year Amend section to read as follows: The fiscal year of the Grand Lodge begins July 1 and ends June 30. The budget year begins October 15 and ends October 14. Preceding the close of the annual communication a budget is prepared under Section 3.100 for the budget year next thereafter. Section 3.100. Budget Repeal and reenact section to read as follows: Before the close of each annual communication the Committee on Ways and Means, with the advice of the Deputy Grand Master, the Grand Treasurer, and the Grand Secretary, prepares a bud~et of the funds anticipated to be available for the operation of the Grand Lodge for the next budget year. The budget shall itemize the balance, if any, of the General Fund and the source and amount of income received in the preceding fiscal year, available for the operation of the Grand Lodge. The appropriations and anticipated expenditures required for the operation of the Grand Lodge for the budget year shall be itemized and shall not exceed the funds available. The budget may be revised by the Committee on Ways and Means by increasing any appropriation by not more than 10 per cent, but only if the
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total appropriated, including any increase, is within the total available funds. Any other appropriation or increase is made only with the approval of the Committee, and any three of the Grand Master, Deputy Grand Ma~ter, and the Grand Wardens. The Committee and the officers may vote by mail. It reports all changes made in the budget. Your Committee recommends and moves that these two proposals layover for further study and consideration at the 1971 Annual Communication.
The motion was seconded and carried. III. SECflON
5.010.
APPOINTMENT AND SECTION
Section 5.010. Appointment. Repeal and reenact section to read
a~
5.0RO. WAYS AND MEANS
follows:
The standing committees are (a) Credcntials, (b) Grand Master's Address, (c) Lodges Under Dispensation, (d) Chartered Lodges, (e) Appeals and Grievances, (f) Jurisprudence, (g) Ways and Means, (h) Relief and Charity, (i) Masonic Boards of Relief, (j) Necrology, (k) Ritual, (I) Forms and Ceremonies, (m) Mileage and Pcr Diem, (n) Correspondence, (0) Masonic Education, (p) Building Supervisory Board, (q) Entertainment of Distinguishcd Guests, and (r) By-Laws. Special committees may bc appointed by the Grand Master when he or the Grand Lodge considers it necessary. Each committee consists of not more than five members, except the '\lays and Means Committee, which is composed of six members, with a chairman and members designated by the Grand Master, unless otherwise authorized by law or by order of the Grand Lodge. The committees consider all matters referred to them and report promptly. Section 5.080. Ways and Means. Repeal and reenact section to read as follows: The Committee on Ways and Means examines all matters affecting the finances of the Grand Lodge. No appropriation may be made without reference to the Committee. It consists of six members, five members each holding office for three years, two with terms expiring in one year, two with terms expiring in anothar, and one with term expiring in another, and the Grand Treasurer. As each term of the five members appointed expires the Grand Master appoints a successor, and he fills any vacancies occurring on the Committee. The Committee budgets the entire expense of the Grand Lodge in accordance with Article 3 of the By-Laws. Upon the request of the Grand Master or of a lodge, the Committee examines into the financial condition of the lodge and makes adjustment of all disputes between the lodge and building a'isociations. It may defer or waive in whole or in part sums due the Grand Lodge from the lodge on proof of its inability to pay, or extend the time of payment in any sums owing to the Grand Lodge. It may impose such conditions as it considers advisable and for the best interests of the Grand Lodge and the lodge. It may with the consent of the Grand Master consolidate lodges on such terms and conditions as it considers advisable and for the best interest~ of Freemasonry; and it may adjust all financial problems affecting the Grand Lodge and the lodges, necessary to effect a consolidation. When consolidation is effected, it must report fully to [he Grand Secretary, and further proceedings must be followed as required when lodges consolidate by agreement of their members. Your Committee approves this action, and moves the adoption of this part of its report.
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The motion was seconded and carried. IV. SECTION
2.170.
RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS
At the 1969 Annual Communication a substitute was proposed for Subsection (c) of Section 2.170, pertaining to Retirement and Pensions. This would have the effect of changing only the monetary basis for the retirement and pension benefits payable to any Grand Secretary or Grand Lecturer who might qualify therefor by reason of service and age. The present By-Law provides that the annual pension shall be equivalent to the number of years of service multiplied by 2~ per cent of his last annual salary. but not more than 50 per cent of the annual salary of such officer at the time of his retirement. The substitute, as proposed, would base the pension on the average salary for the five years preceding retirement, rather than on the salary for the single last year. It is the opinion of your Committee that this proposed substitution needs clarification with respect to vested rights already granted to the immediate Past Grand Secretary who retired under the present By-Law, and the present long-serving Grand Lecturer who might hereafter qualify for retirement benefits. Therefore, your Committee recommends that the proposed Subsection (c) of Section 2.170 be amended by changing the period at the end thereof to a semi-colon and by adding the following words thereto: "provided, however, that this repeal of this Section shall not be construed to change any benefits now being received by the immediate Past Grand Secretary whose retirement became effective in the year 1970; and provided further, that should the present Grand Lecturer meet the qualifications for retirement and pension benefits as set forth in this Section prior to this repeal, his benefits shall not be less than those to which he would theretofore have become entitled. The proposed substitute, as thus amended, would read as follows: (c) Any Grand Secretary or Grand Lecturer who retires under this section shall receive an annual pension, payable monthly, equivalent to the number of years of his service multiplied by 2~ per cent of his average annual salary for the five complete fiscal years immediately preceding his retirement, but not more than 50 per cent of the annual salary of such officer at the time of his retirement; provided, however, that this repeal of this Section shall not be construed to change any benefits now being received by the immediate Past Grand Secretary whose retirement became effective in the year 1970; and provided further, that should the present Grand Lecturer meet the qualifications for retirement and pension benefits as set forth in this Section prior to this repeal, his benefits shall not be less than those to which he would theretofore have become entitled. Your Committee moves the adoption of the foregoing.
The motion was seconded. W. BRO. CHARLES ZYKOWSKI (Past Master Bonhomme Lodge No. 45): I have no argument with most of this new resolution, with this exception: I think that 98 per cent of all retirement committees and organizations have now found it feasible to reduce it from five to three years-in words, reading "the last three years" or the "high three," however you may care to phrase it. This is the only objection I have. THE GRAND MASTER: Is this an amendment or just discussion? W. BROTHER ZYKOWSKI: I should like to make a motion, put it in the form of a motion, if I may. I should like to make a motion to substitute for the words "five complete fiscal years immediately preceding his retirement"
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the words "three complete fiscal years immediately preceding his retirement," (Motion seconded.) THE GRAND MASTER: Is there any discussion on this proposed amendment? (There was no discussion.) THE GRAND MASTER: Affirmative votes will be for the proposed amend路 ment and non-affirmative will be rejecting. All those in favor will raise their right hand. Hands down. Those opposed. The proposed amendment is rejected. Is there discussion on the original motion for the adoption of the report? UNIDENTIFIED BROTHER: Does the Grand Lodge pay Social Security on these Grand officers? THE GRAND MASTER: I believe that I can speak for these officers. We do; they are employees. Those in favor of the adoption of this portion of the report will signify by the usual voting sign. Hands down. Those opposed. This portion of the report is adopted. v.
SECTION
5.210.
COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION AND RELATED AMENDMENTS
At the 1969 Annual Communication it was proposed that a new section be added to Article 5 of the By-Laws. Article 5 is entitled "Committees." The proposal for this new section reads as follows: Section 5.210. Committee on Administration. Add a new section: The Grand Master, who is Chairman, and the other uncompensated elective officers of the Grand Lodge constitute the Committee on Administration. It exercises general supervision of the activities of all the compensated officers and employees of the Grand Lodge, not including the expense allowances of the Grand Master. If the Grand Secretary is compensated, subordinate employees in his office shall be chosen and may be discharged by him, but their number, duties and compensation are determined by the Committee on Administration. If either or both the Grand Treasurer and the Grand Secretary receive no compensation from the Grand Lodge, the Committee may employ a suitable person or persons to perform any or all the duties of such respective uncompensated officers, except that the Grand Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Grand Lodge. Section 2.010. Grand Master. Substitute for Subsection (m) the following: (m) He receives traveling, office, stenographic, clerical and other expenses, in equal monthly installments of the total amount determined by the Committee on Administration, and approved by the Grand Lodge in the annual budget. At the option of the Grand Master, the allowance is paid to him on his submission of monthly itemized accounts of his expenses, cumulatively not in excess of }12th of the annual total for the portion of the year which has elapsed. Section 2.030. Grand Treasurer. Substitute for the last sentence the following: He receives for his services such amount as may be determined by the Committee on Administration and approved by the Grand Lodge in the annual budget. Section 2.040. Grand Secretary. Substitute for Subsection (p) the following:
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(p) Receives for his services such amount as may be determined by the Committee on Administration and approved by the Grand Lodge in the annual budget, payable monthly. Section 2.040. Grand Secretary. Add a new subsection, as follows: (q) If compensated, devotes his full time to the duties of his office, and receives no compensation for any other activity, except jury duty and similar temporary public service. Section 2.050. Grand Lecturer. Substitute for Subsection (d) the following: (d) Receives for his services such amount as may he determined by the Committee on Administration and approved by the Grand Lodge in the annual budget, payable monthly, and traveling expenses not exceeding the amount likewise determined and approved. He submits an itemized statement of his expenses monthly, to be paid on approval of the Grand Master. Section 2.180. Compensation. Add a new section: No elective officer of the Grand Lodge receives any salary or other compensation for his services. It is the recommendation of your Committee, after careful consideration, that Section 5.210, and all related amendments proposed at the 1969 Annual Communication BE NOT ADOPTED.
In substitute thereof, it is the recommendation of your Committee that a new section be added to Article 2 of the By-Laws. This Article is entitled "Grand Lodge Organization." The recommended substitute section, as proposed, reads as follows: Section 2.055. Salaries and F,xpense Allowances of Grand Secretary, Grand Lecturer and Grand Treasurer, and Expense Allowance of Most Worshipful Grand Master. Add a new section as follows: (a) The salaries and expense allowances of the Grand Secretary, Grand Lecturer and Grand Treasurer, and the expense allowance of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, after notice to the Committee on Ways and Means, may hereafter be set, from time to time, by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Senior Grand Warden and Junior Grand Warden or, if not by unanimous agreement, by the concurrence of the Most Worshipful Grand Master and any two of the said other Grand Lodge Officers. (b) Until such time as said officers or the Grand Lodge shall otherwise determine, the salaries and expense allowances of the above designated officers in existence at the close of this Grand Lodge Session shall路 remain in force and effect. (c) All changes made in salaries and allowances for said officers shall be included in the Annual Report of the Committee on Ways and Means. (d) Provided, further, that the Grand Lodge may, at any Annual Communication, by motion or resolution, modify any such salaries or allowances then existing or set by the said Grand Lodge Officers, except that no action of the Grand Lodge in so doing shall be retroactive in effect. (e) All provisions of the By-Laws of this Grand Lodge which are or appear ..to be inconsistent herewith arc herehy amended to conform to this section. In connection with the adoption of this new substituted section, it is also the recommendation of your Committee that two related amendments to other sections of the same Article be adopted.
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The first is a new Section 2.040 (q) substituted for the one, bearing the same reference, offered at the 1969 Annual Communication. The recommended substitute reads as follows: Section 2.040 (q) . Grand Secretary. Add a new subsection to read as follows: (q) Devotes full time to the duties of the office; receives no compensation for and shall not engage in any other activity, except jury duty and similar temporary public service; employs and supervises such clerical and secretarial assistance as required to discharge efficiently all the duties of the Grand Secretary's office; and, semi-annually reviews, together with the Most \Vorshipful Grand Master and other elective Grand Lodge Officers, the operation and budget of the office, including compensation fixed for clerical and secretarial assistance. The second related action recommended by your Committee is to amend Section 2.050 (d). As proposed at the 1969 Annual Communication, the effect of which proposed amendment would be to raise the salary of the Grand Lecturer from $8,400 to $9,300. The proposed amendment reads as follows: Section 2.050. Grand Lecturer. Amend Subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) Receives for his services $9,300 a year payable monthly, and traveling expenses not exceeding $4,800 a year. He submits an itemized statement of his expenses monthly to be paid on approval of the Grand Master. Your Committee recommends the following action: First, that the proposed new Section 5.210 and all related amendments BE NOT ADOPTED. Second, that new Section 2.055 and the new Subsection 2.040 amended Subsection 2.050 (d) BE ADOPTED.
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The motion was regularly made and seconded to adopt this portion of the report of the Committee on Jurisprudence. A motion duly made and seconded that the various items of this portion of the Report of the Jurisprudence Committee be taken individually, each section and subsection considered separately, was defeated. The motion to adopt this portion of the report was carried. VI.
SECTION
15.060.
PROFICIENCY OF MASTER MASON AND SECTION
18.010.
DUES
At the 1969 Annual Communication it was proposed that a section be substituted for Section 15.060, pertaining to Proficiency of Master Mason, and, to implement such change, it would be necessary to amend Section 18.010, pertaining to Dues. The proposed substitute section pertaining to proficiency reads as follows: Section 15.060. Proficiency of Master Mason. Substitue for the present section the following: Until a Master Mason has shown suitable proficiency in that degree, he is not permitted to VOle, to hold office in the lodge or to obtain a regular dues card. A Master Mason who has not passed a suitable proficiency within six months after receiving the degree of Master Mason is automatically suspended and must regularly petition for reinstatement and after favorable election,must pass a suitable proficiency in open lodge within six months after the date of reinstatement. Failure to give the proficiency voids the reinstatement. The peti-
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tion takes the usual course except that a two-thirds vote by paper ballot is required for reinstatement. Prior to the expiration of six months, the lodge by majority vote may extend the time six additional months. IE a Master Mason has been issued a dues card prior to the date of adoption of this Section, the only penalty for failure to show suitable proficiency will be his inability to vote or to hold office in the lodge. The proposed amendment section pertaining to dues, reads as follows: Section 18.010. Dues. Amend section to read as follows: Dues are payable annually and in advance, on January 1 of each year. A temporary dues card good for six months beginning with the date of receiving the degree of Master Mason will be issued on payment of a sum equal to onehalf the annual dues. If an extension of time to return a suitable proficiency is granted by vote of the lodge or by reinstatement, a temporary dues card good for six months beginning with the date of extension or reinstatement will be issued on payment of a sum equal to one-half the annual dues. When a suitable proficiency is passed, and with the payment of dues, a regular dues card will be issued. Dues are charged from the date of the proficiency, prorated by months, a fraction of a month being taken as a whole month. Full credit shall be given for any unused time remaining on the temporary card. No dues are charged for any full year commencing after suspension unless good standing is regained during the year. The provision for a temporary dues card shall apply only to candidates receiving their degree of Master Mason after the date of adoption of this section. With respect to the manner in which the latter proposed amendment is reo ported on Page 26 of the 1969 printed Pocket Part, it is noted that there was an inadvertent omission of appropriate words denoting the nature of the proposed action. Your Committee concluded that the intention, as to the appropriate legal action, is clear. Therefore, it would be proper, for the purpose of the record, to reflect an editorial correction in the Pocket Part by inserting, as we have above, a paragraph immediately following the section number and heading containing the following words, "Amend section to read as follows": After careful consideration, and much deliberation, your Committee recommends and moves that the proposed action BE NOT ADOPTED. A second proposal was referred to your Committee regarding the amendment of Section 15.060. This proposed amendment reads as follows: Section 15.060. Proficiency of Master Mason. Amend Section as follows: Until a Master Mason has shown suitable proficiency in that degree, he is not permitted to vote, hold office, or petition any other organization which limits membership to Master Masons. It is a Masonic offense for a Master Mason to fail or refuse to show suitable proficiency in that degree within six months after being notified by the lodge to do so. Your Committee recommends and moves that this proposed action BE NOT ADOPTED. A third proposal was referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence concerning Section 15.060. This proposed amendment, reads as follows: Section 15.060. Proficiency of Master Mason. Amend section as follows: Until a Master Mason has shown suitable proficiency in that degree, he is not permitted to vote, to hold office in the lodge or obtain a dues card. A
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Master Mason who has not passed a suitable proficiency within one year after receiving the degree of Master Mason is automatically suspended and must regularly petition for reinstatement. The petition takes the usual course except that a two-thirds vote by paper ballot is required for reinstatement. Prior to the expiration of the one year after conferring the Master Mason degree, the lodge by majority vote may extend the time an additional one year at the written request of the candidate. Failure to pass a suitable proficiency within one year after reinstatement or extension voids the reinstatement or extension. One month prior to suspension under this Section, the Secretary of the lodge shall notify the candidate in writing of the forthcoming suspension under this Section. If a Master Mason has been issued a dues card prior to the date of I adoption of this Section, the only penalty for failure to show suitable proficiency will be his inability to vote or to hold office in the lodge. Your Committee recommends and moves that this proposed action BE NOT ADOPTED. In substitute thereof, your Committee on Jurisprudence recommends the adoption of the following: Section 15.060. Proficiency of Master Mason. Substitute for the present section the following: (1) Each candidate initiated in the Third Degree is hereby required to show a suitable proficiency in that Degree within one (1) year from the date of such initiation. (2) Until a Master Mason has shown a suitable proficiency in the Third Degree, he is not permitted to vote or hold office in the lodge. (3) In the event a Master Mason shall not have passed a suitable proficiency within six (6) months after the date of having been raised in that Degree, it shall be the duty of the lodge to notify him in writing to show a suitable proficiency in the Third Degree within one (1) year after the date of his initiation in that Degree. It is the duty of the Master to inform the lodge of the brother's failure to pass the suitable proficiency within six (6) months after the date of his initiation in that Degree and it is the duty of the Secretary to record the same in the minutes of the lodge. Before the next regular meeting of the lodge, the Secretary shall mail a written notice to the brother which shall contain the statement that the brother is required to pass suitable proficiency in the Third Degree within one (1) year from the date of his initiation in that Degree (which date must be stated) , and failing he could be suspended. The notice herein required may be delivered to him personally or by deposit in the United States Mail, Registered or Certified, with Return Personal Receipt Requested, addressed to the brother at his last known address according to the records of the lodge. (4) In the event a brother, after having received the notice as required in Section (3) herein, fails or refuses to show a suitable proficiency within one (1) year, the Master shall inform the Lodge of the Brother's failure to comply with such notice and the Secretary is required to note the same in the minutes of the lodge. The Brother shall then be notified, as provided in Section (3) herein, to appear at the next regular meeting of the lodge to show cause for his failure to pass a suitable proficiency within one (1) year. The vote of the lodge is not required for the authorization of the notices required in Section (3) and Section (4) herein. The lodge may consider the physical incapacity, illness, absence from the state, or other reasonable cause suffered by a brother who has not shown a suitable proficiency in the Third Degree within one (1) year and by a majority vote of the members present, may defer the provisions of this Section 15.060 until such time as such limitations shall have been removed. From the date of removal of such limitations, as determined by the lodge,
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Section 15.060 becomes operative and from this date the brother shall have written notice by the Secretary of the lodge that he has an additional six (6) months in which to show suitable proficiency, and failure or refusal to do so shall cause the brother to be suspended without further action of the lodge. (5) In the event the brother fails to appear after receiving the notice defined in Section (4) herein or appearing fails to show reasonable cause for his failure to pass a suitable proficiency within one (I) year, such failure shall cause the brother to be suspended without further action of the lodge. (6) In the event that the brother, in response to the notice as required in Section (4) herein appears and shows reasonable cause for his failure to have passed a suitable proficiency within one (I) year, the lodge, by a majority vote of the members present, may extend the time an additional six (6) months within which the brother may pass a suitable proficiency. (7) In the event a brother fails or refuses to pass a suitable proficiency within the additional six (6) months, as provided in Section (6) herein, this shall cause the brother to be suspended without further action of the lodge. (8) The lodge, at its first regular communication in June of each year, shall review all cases of suspension under this Section. (9) A member who has been suspended under the provisions of this Section may be reinstated on written petition filed with the lodge, which shall require a two-third vote of the qualified members present at the time of action on his petition. The vote is by paper ballot and must be recorded. (10) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any Master Mason who received that Degree prior to the adoption hereof.
Brother Hill then suggested to the Grand Master that in view of the late hour in this Communication his Committee concluded to recommend to the Chair that perhaps a recess of this communication for 15 minutes, or some other appropriate time, may well give the brethren some time to consider whether or not they may prefer to vote on this recommended substitute without a laborious, time-consuming vote by lodges. Chairman Hill stated that he had about 50 copies of the proposed amendment available for those most vitally interested. At this point the Grand Master declared a recess from 12:55 p.m. to 1: 10 p.m., and at 1: 10 p.m. the lodge was called back into session. THE GRAND MASTER: Brethren, I think there is one comment by the Chairman and then I desire to call upon two men-one who seeks recognition and the other one I am requesting to speak on this matter before any motion is made. W. BROTHER HILL: Brethren, directing your attention to subsection 3 of the proposal, the Committee on Jurisprudence has concluded that there should be an editorial change for clarification purposes. It says "In the event a Master Mason shall not have passed a suitable proficiency within six months after the date of his initiation in that degree." We propose to correct that with the words "having been raised." So that it will now read. "In the event that a Master Mason shall not have passed a suitable proficiency within six months after the date of having been raised in that degree, it shall be" and so forth. THE GRAND MASTER: I now recognize R.W. Bro. Walter L. Walker, Senior Grand Deacon. R.W. BROTHER WALKER: Brethren, as most of you know, the original motion regarding proficiency originated in my office. Some of us were concerned that we were losing leadership in our local lodges, in that by not
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having passed proficiency those who were called upon for service were not available. During the intermission I have gone through this proposed substitute. No two of us could agree upon the time limit or the procedure. In preparing the original one it appears we overlooked or neglected to provide notice. I agree with the Jurisprudence Committee in providing for notice before suspension. Brethren, I have looked this matter over closely, and to those of you who, through the district deputies or lecturers who have talked to me about this matter, I say we are satisfied with this amendment; it is a step in the right direction. We must remember that we all need to pull together. This accomplishes the basic proposals of the original one that 489 men signed. Now, Most Worshipful Sir, I would not presume to infringe upon your authority, but I think that if it does appear to be agreeable, if we can avoid opposition on this matter we might save the time of voting by lodges. If due to my influence or wmething emanating from my office, you are affected by this, please bc advised that those who originally put the mattcr together are now satisfied with this substitute and urge your support of it. THE GRAND MASTER: I think our Grand Lecturer, R.W. Bro. Freelon K. Hadley, should speak on this matter. R.W. BROTHER HADLEY: Most WorshipfUl Grand Master and Brethren: I don't believe that for the last 19 years I have left any doubt that I am interested in the ritual. I think we need this. I think this amendment the Jurisprudence Committee has come in with is a lot better than the one that was originally considered. I believe it will work. I believe it will do us all good. If there is any chance we can get away from a lodge vote, I would like to have it done. THE GRAND MASTER: Brethren, I am aware of those lodges that signed the request, but)n view of the accord we seem to have at this time, unless some one who signed it raises an objection, I will consider that the request is withdrawn and I declare that the request for vote by lodges is withdrawn with permission of the chair. I now recognize R.W. Brother Hill, Chairman of the Jurisprudence Committee. R.W. BROTHER HILL: Most WorshipfUl Master, it is a pleasure to move the adoption of this proposal. Motion seconded. W. Bro. W. W. FORRESTER: I question the last few words of the resolution which refers to a brother being reinstated. That has no reference to whether he should pass a suitable proficiency before he is reinstated or after he is reinstated. Shouldn't there be some reference to that? R.W. BROTHER HILL: Brother Bill, I can say the Committee considered this. It was felt the provision for reinstatement would be a condition precedent to any consideration that might be given to a brother, for the reason we, of course, cannot hold communication with a suspended brother. The procedure for reinstatement would have to occur in that way. THE GRAND MASTER: All in favor of adopting the substitute amendment and this portion of the report will signify by the usual voting sign of our Fraternity. UNIDENTIFIED BROTHER: Most Worshipful Grand Master, this is the substitute one recommended by the Jurisprudence Committee? THE GRAND MASTER: Yes, sir. The one recommended by the Jurisprudence
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Committee and the one which you heard spoken upon by the Senior Grand Deacon and R.W. Brother Hadley. Now, hands down. Those contrary minded. The Chair declares that portion of the report adopted. Fraternally submitted, HARRY GERSHENSON, Roy W. MCGHEE, LERoy SNODGRASS, JAMES P. HULL, WILLIAM HILL,
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Chairman.
R.W. BROTHER HILL: Most Worshipful Grand Master, that concludes the report of the Committee on Jurisprudence and I will move the adoption of the report in its entirety. Motion seconded and carried. REMARK OF GRAND MASTER DONELSON
THE GRAND MASTER: Now, Brethren, I have a statement to make. Master Masons are of high principle and ideals. We seek one thing: Light and Truth. Through the efforts of these fine men of the Jurisprudence Committee and those who have taken divergent views upon these important issues we have come to a final decision. This is what is expected of Master Masons. I congratulate you on your open minds until you were given a full opportunity to express yourselves. There are some, I am sure, who are not fully in favor of what has been done. There are those that perhaps are indifferen t. Others were undecided. I feel, however, that even though your action here was not easy the end result will be for the good of Freemasonry. Thank you, my Brethren. PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SUBPARAGRAPH (E) OF SECTION 2.170. PENSIONS
The Committee on Jurisprudence had referred to it a proposal to the effect that Subparagraph (e) of Section 2.170 of the By-Laws, pertaining to Retirement and Pensions, be deleted. Such action would constitute an amendment within the meaning of Section 35.020 of the By-Laws, which requires that an amendment or repeal of any section of the By-Laws must be proposed in writing at an Annual Communication, read, referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence, published in the Proceedings, lie over until the next Annual Communication, then reported on by the Committee on Jurisprudence, and adopted by a majority vote. Since this proposal was not made in writing at the 1969 Annual Communication, it cannot be acted upon at this Communication. However, your Committee hereby proposes such amendment for action at the 1971 Annual Communication. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MILEAGE AND PER DIEM
R.W. BRO. JOHN W. ADAMS, Chainnan, presented the report of the Committee on Mileage and Per Diem and moved its adoption subject to necessary corrections. The motion was seconded and carried. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of A.F. <& A.M. of the State of Missouri: BRETHRÂŁN: Your Committee on Mileage and Per Diem reports amounts paid for attendance at this, the One Hundred Forty-ninth Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge held in the city of St. Louis, Missouri on September 28 and 29, 1970 as follows:
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Grand Officers Past Grand Masters District Deputy Grand Masters District Deputy Grand Lecturers Committee on Credentials Committee on Appeals and Grievances Committee on Jurisprudence Committee on Ways and Means Committee on Mileage and Per Diem Committee on Masonic Education Building Supervisory Board ' Chairmen of Other Standing Committees .. , Assistant Grand Tilers Representatives of Lodges U.D Representatives of Chartered Lodges , Total
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. $ 1,381.00 903.40 . 3,373.80 . 3,485.60 . 280.00 . 302.80 . 396.20 . 278.90 . 240.00 . 243.00 . 60.60 , 171.00 . 225.00 . . . 30,383.10 . $41,724.40
Fraternally submitted, CHARLES S. HICKS, EDWARD ALFRED
JOHN JOHN
A. LANG, H. ZEIDLER,
S. SMARR, W. ADAMS, Chairman.
APPOINTMENTS
The Grand Secretary read the appointments made by Grand Master-Elect William H Chapman for the year 1970-1971: Appointive Grand Officers District Deputy Grand Masters Members of Standing Committees and Special Committees
The Grand Secretary also read the appointed District Deputy Grand Lecturers for the year 1970-1971. INSTALLATION
Installing Installing Installing Installing Installing
Officer, Marshal, Chaplain Deacon Deacon
M.W. Bro. George F. Morrison M.W. Bro. Forrest C. Donnell ,R.W. Bro. Cecil H. Hurt M.W. Bro. Harold O. Grauel M.W. Bro. William R. Denslow
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M.W. Grand Master Deputy Grand Master, Senior Grand Warden, Junior Grand Warden '. , Grand Treasurer, , , Grand Secretary. , Grand Lect路urer ' Senior Grand Deacon, Junior Grand Deacon Senior Grand Steward , Junior Grand Steward Senior Grand Marshal,
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William H Chapman Thomas J. Davis, Jr. W. Hugh McLaughlin Walter L. Walker William H. Utz, Jr. , . , . . . . . . .. Frank A. Arnold Free10n K. Hadley Robert L. McKinney Herman A. Orlick ' Lewis C. Wes Cook Fielding A. Poe, Jr. ., James A. Noland, Jr.
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Junior Grand Marshal. . . . . J. C. Montgomery, Jr. Sword Bearer Louis F. Howe Grand Pursuivant John Black Vrooman Grand Chaplain Herbert E. Duncan Grand Chaplain Julius J. NodcI Grand Chaplain Cecil H. Hurt Grand Chaplain Carl L. Radford Grand Chaplain.................................. . Clarence Newby Grand Chaplain Frank B. Kellogg Grand Chaplain..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. Thomas S. Messer Grand Orator. . Raymond McCallister Grand Orator................................... . .. John W. Alverson Grand Tiler............. .. .. .......... . .. Walter C. Campbell PRESENTATIONS TO M.W. GRAND MASTER WILLIAM H CHAPMAN
M.W. Bro. George F. Morrison presented the Grand Master's Apron on behalf of the Grand Lodge. M.W. Bro. Elvis A. Mooney presented the Grand Master's Jewel. R.W. Bro. Frank A. Arnold presented the Grand Master's gold identification card. W. Bro. Donald B. Gerber and brethren of Webster Groves Lodge No. 84, the lodge of the Grand Master, presented the Grand Master's lapel pin. Members of Missouri Association of High Twelve Clubs presented a plaque of recognition. REMARKS OF M.W. GRAND MASTER WILLIAM H CHAPMAN
M.W. Bro. vVilliam H Chapman addressed the Grand Lodge and expressed his appreciation for the opportunity to serve as Grand Master, his gratitude to the Installing Officers, and his thanks for the special courtesies and attentions extended him. CLOSING
The One Hundred Forty-ninth Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri was closed until the next Annual Communication-The One Hundred Fiftiethon Monday, September 27, ]971. R.',y. Bro. Carl L. Radford, Grand Chaplain, pronounced the benediction.
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STANDING COMMITTEES Credentials-Vern H. Schneider, Chairman, 16 Lindworth La., St. Louis, Mo. 63124; William W. Gray, 5511 Lydia Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 64110; Gerald W. Burnworth, 700 Karlsruhe Pl., Lemay, Mo. 63125; Arthur W. Rauch, 7 Girard Dr., Webster Groves, Mo. 63119; Emery H. Welsh, Unionville, Mo. 63565. Grand Master's Address-J. Morgan Donelson, Chairman, Box 211, Princeton, Mo. 64673, and all Past Grand Masters in attendance. Lodges Under Dispensation-Edwin Bennett, Jr., Chairman, 3520 Birchbark Dr., Florissant, Mo. 63033; Louis Garrison, Pierce City, Mo. 65723; Chester R. Carpenter, R1. 2, Box 182, Piedmont, Mo. 63957; Onest J. Spaulding, P.O. Box 1-166, Hermitage, Mo. 65668; Gerald A. Cotner, 625 Parker Dr., Ballwin, Mo. 63011. Chartered Lodges-Carl M. Holland, Chairman, 7916 Underhill Dr., St. Louis, Mo. 63133; John E. Adams, 219 S. Clark, S1. Louis, Mo. 63135; L. Wayne Hill, 1305 Kingsway Dr., Cape Girardeau, Mo. 63701; Harold C. Smith, 6432 Colver Ave., Affton, Mo. 63123; William J. Tobler, 3847 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo. 6411 1. Appeals and Grievances-Lloyd L. Schainker, Chairman, 722 Chestnut St., Suite 1000, St. Louis, Mo. 63101; Lloyd A. Cleaveland, 385 Citizens Natl. Bank Bldg., Chillicothe, Mo. 64601; Arthur H. Ploetze, 4507 DuBorg La., St. Louis, Mo. 63128; James D. Sutton, Box 217, Piedmont, Mo. 63957; Edward Allen Kohler, 424 Oak St., Huntsville, Mo. 65259. Jurisprudence-Harry Gershenson, Chairman, Rm. 2055, 611 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. 63101; William J. Hill, Home Savings Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. 64106; Roy W. McGhee, Sr., 122 S. Main St., Piedmont, Mo. 63957; LeRoy Snodgrass, Courthouse, Tuscumbia, Mo. 65082; Robert Lee Campbell, 417 Summit Ave., Webster Groves, Mo. 63119. Ways and MeanSL-Walter H. Baird, Chairman (I), 234 E. Parkway Dr., Columbia, Mo. 65201; Frank K. Roy, Jr. (2), 2202 Middlecoff Dr., Mesa, Arizona 85205; Lloyd S. Morgan, Jr. (I), Box 93, Advance, Mo. 63730; John W. Mayo (2), 802 Normal St., Trenton, Mo. 64683; Edward McMurry (3), 550 S. Rock Hill Rd., Webster Groves, Mo. 63119. Relief and Charity-J. Dorr Ewing, Chairman, Courthouse, Maryville, Mo. 64468; Edward A. Lang, 10258 Driver Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63114; James A. Noland, Jr., Osage Beach, Mo. 65065; Walter L. Walker, Walker Bldg., 215 E. Main St., Neosho, Mo. 64850; Max Oliver (Deceased); Carl I. Stein, Secretary to the Committee, 5351 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63112. Masonic Boards of Relief-Elvin K. Luff, Chairman (Deceased); Elvis R. Poff, 5601 S. Fourth St., St. Joseph, Mo. 64504; William Nall, 833 South Ave., Springfield, Mo. 65806; Willi W. Wahnung, 4124 Utah St., St. Louis, Mo. 63116; George R. Spindler, 5531 Eichelberger Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63109. Necrology-George F. Morrison, Chairman, 7436 Cromwell Dr., Clayton, Mo. 63105; Frank P. Briggs, 1132 N. Jackson St., Macon, Mo. 63552; Forrest C. Donnell, 245 Union Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63108; James M. Bradford, 4165a Shaw Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63110; Russell E. Murray, 171 7 June Dr., St. Louis, Mo. 63138. Ritual-Freelon K. Hadley, Chairman, 3412 Duncan St., St. Joseph, Mo. 64507; William V McCollum, 800 West Pershing St., Springfield, Mo. 65806; Merle B. Graham, 358 W. Maple Ave., Kahoka, Mo. 63445; Ronnie L. House, Box 335, Mansfield, Mo. 65704; William F. Jackson, 8033 Audrain Dr., St. Louis, Mo. 63121; William W. Forrester, Rt. 2, Box 193, Blue Springs, Mo. 64015. Forms and Ceremonies-Frank A. Arnold, Chainnan, 3681 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63108; Cletis Henson, Bell City, Mo. 63735; Charles H. Stickler, 8 Town & Country, Trenton, Mo. 64683; Hollan Fann, Puxico, Mo. 63960; W. Raymond Usher, Box 627, Hannibal, Mo. 63401; Freelon K. Hadley (ex-officio), 3412 Duncan St., S1. Joseph, Mo. 64507. Mileage and Per Diem-John W. Adams, Chairman, 253 Farmers Sav. Bank
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Bldg.â&#x20AC;˘ Marshall, Mo. 65340; Alfred H. Zeidler, 4064 Fairview Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 631I6; Edward A. Lang, 10258 Driver Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63114; Charles Hicks, Monroe City, Mo. 63456; John S. Smarr, 1115 S. Ellis St., Cape Girardeau, Mo. 63701. Correspondence-Bruce H. Hunt, Box 188, Kirksville, Mo. 63501. Masonic Education-J. C. Montgomery, Jr., Chairman (3), 511 N. Carleton, Farmington, Mo. 63640; Lewis C. Wes Cook (2), 3233 N.E. Chippewa Dr., Kansas City, Mo. 64116; Robert H. Arnold (1), 15 W. Tenth St., Kansas City, Mo. 64105; John T. Suesens (I), 121OY2 Ashland Ave., St. Joseph, Mo. 64506; Pressley L. Crummy (2),910 E. Harrison St., Kirksville, Mo. 63501; Frank P. Briggs (3), 1132 N. Jackson St., Macon, Mo. 63552; William H Chapman (ex-officio), 20 W. Lockwood, Webster Groves, Mo. 63119; Thomas J. Davis, Jr. (ex-officio), Box 217, Piedmont, Mo. 63957; W. Hugh McLaughlin (ex-officio), 222 Bryant Bldg., 1102 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 64106; Walter L. Walker (ex-officio), Walker Bldg., 215 E. Main St., Neosho, Mo. 64850. Building Supervisory Board-Claude T. Wood, Chairman (2), 116 W. McClurg Ave., Richland, Mo. 65556; Harry Gershenson, Jr. (3), 61I Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. 63101; Wayne W. Waldo (1),6000 Central, Kansas City, Mo. 64113. Entertainment of Distinguished Guests-Herman A. Orlick, Chairman, 1678 Avignon Ct., 51. Louis, Mo. 63122; Robert 1,. McKinney, Northeast Missouri State College, Kirksville, Mo. 63501; Lewis C. Wes Cook, 3233 N.E. Chippewa Dr., Kansas City, Mo. 64116; Fielding A. Poe, Jr., 6616 Pepperidge Dr., St. Louis, Mo. 63134; James A. Noland, Jr., Osage Beach, Mo. 65065; J. C. Montgomery, Jr., 511 N. Carleton, Farmington, Mo. 63640; Lewis C. Robertson, 5351 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63112. By-Laws-Martin B. Dickinson, Chairman, 15 W. Tenth St., Kansas City, Mo. 64105; Orestes Mitchell, Jr., 81I-815 Corby Bldg., 51. Joseph, Mo. 64501; Dewey Routh, 214 Ramsey Bldg., Rolla, Mo. 65401; Harry C. Avery, 705 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. 63101; Ronald M. Belt, Macon, Mo. 63552. SPECIAL COMMITTEES
George Washington Masonic Nation'al Memorial Association-Bruce H. Hunt, Chairman, Box 188, Kirksville, Mo. 63501; Morris E. Ewing, Morrisville, Mo. 65701; Harry S Truman, Independence, Mo. 64050; James M. Sellers, Lexington, Mo. 64067; Homer L. Ferguson, 1927 N. Circle Dr., Jefferson City, Mo. 65101; Harold M. Jayne, Memphis, Mo. 63555. Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges-William R. Denslow, Chairman, Box 529, Trenton, Mo. 64683; Frank A. Arnold, 3681 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63108; John Black Vrooman, Box 402, St. Louis, Mo. 63166. Sesquicentennial Celebration-Thomas J. Davis, Jr., Co-Chairman, Box 217, Piedmont, Mo. 63957; Herman A. Orlick, Co-Chairman, 1678 Avignon Ct., St. Louis, Mo. 63122; W. Hugh McLaughlin, 222 Bryant Bldg., 1102 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 64106; Walter L. Walker, Walker Bldg., 215 E. Main St., Neosho, Mo. 64850; Robert L. McKinney, Northeast Missouri State College, Kirksville, Mo. 63501; Fielding A. Poe, Jr., 6616 Pcpperidge Dr., St. Louis, Mo. 63134; James A. Noland, Jr., Osage Beach, Mo. 65065; J. C. Montgomery, Jr., 511 N. Carleton, Farmington, Mo. 63640. Public Schools-Walter C. Ploeser, Chairman, Rt. 1, Box 251, Manchester, Mo. 63011; John M. Dalton, 235 E. High St., Jefferson City, Mo. 65101; Harry C. Avery, 705 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. 63101; Clarence L. Shaon, Box 394, Bowling Green, Mo. 63334; A. Basey Vanlandingham, Box 711, Columbia, Mo. 65201. Youth Committee-Ronald M. Compton, Chairman, 3633 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63108; Joe Hubbard, 3201 Minnesota Ave., Joplin, Mo. 64801; Guye C. Blaine, 18306 R.D. Mize Rd., Independence, Mo. 64050; Paul Adkisson, Rt. 3, Charleston, Mo. 63834; Noah P. Key, 3829 Sunrise Way Dr., S1. Louis, Mo. 63125.
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Awards and Recognition Committee-Elvis A. Mooney, Chairman, 117 N. Prairie St., Bloomfield, Mo. 63825; William R. Denslow, Box 529, Trenton, Mo. 64683; Richard O. Rumer, 6600 Oleatha Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63139. Review and Evaluation Committee-Harold O. Grauel, Chairman, Box 389, Cape Girardeau, Mo. 63701; Martin B. Dickinson, 15 W. Tenth St., Kansas City, Mo. 64105; William R. Denslow, Box 529, Trenton, Mo. 64683; Roy H. Sander, 5091 Clayridge Dr., Bldg. 6, Apt. 314, St. Louis, Mo. 63129. Grand Master's Breakfast Committee (St. Loui~}-Richard O. Rumer, Chairman, 6600 Oleatha, St. Louis, Mo. 63139; Harry C. Ploetze, 8751 Villa Crest Dr., St. Louis, Mo. 63126; Alfred M. Frager, 12620 Woodygrove Ct., St. Louis, Mo. 63141. OTHER APPODnMENTS
Audit-Robert C. Wagener, C.P.A., 7810 Forsyth Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63105. Representatives to Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis-Elmer W. Wagner, Chairman, 506 Redondo Dr., Ballwin, Mo. 63011; J. Edward McIlvaine, 7474 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63130; Walter J. Simon, 100 Heatherwood Dr., St. Louis, Mo. 63123. MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI OFFICERS
President, Thomas J. Davis, Jr., Box 217, Piedmont, Mo. 63957; Vice-President, Edward A. Lang, 10258 Driver Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63114; Treasurer, David R. Hensley, 7912 Bonhomme Ave., Clayton, Mo. 63105; Executive Secretary, Lewis C. Robertson, 5351 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63112; Assistant Secretary, Max E. Wood, 5351 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63112. DIRECTORS
William H Chapman, 20 W. Lockwood, Webster Groves, Mo. 63119.; Thomas J. Davis, Jr., Box 217, Piedmont, Mo. 63957; W. Hugh McLaughlin, 222 Bryant Bldg., 1102 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 64106; Walter L. Walker, Walker Bldg., 215 E. Main St., Neosho, Mo. 64850; D. Jeff Lance-l 97 I, Room 2106, 611 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. 63101; Edward A. Lang-1971, 10258 Driver Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63114; James A. Noland, Jr.-1972, Osage Beach, Mo. 65065; Charles C. Oliver, Jr.-1972, Traders National Bank, Trust Department, 1125 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 64106; J. Dorr Ewing-1973, Courthouse, Maryville, Mo. 64468; David R. Hensley-1973, 7912 Bonhomme Ave., Clayton, Mo. 63105; Leonard Langeneckert -1974, 6670 Cottingham La., Florissant, Mo. 63033; Max Oliver (elected for a term expiring 1974; deceased); Eo Allen Kohler (elected by Board to fiB vacancy resulting from death of Max Oliver, until September 27, 1971), Farmer's and Merchant's Bank, Huntsville, Mo. 65259. ADMINISTRATOR
Max E. Wood, 5351 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63112. ASSISTANT TO THE ADMINISTRATOR
Carl I. Stein, 5351 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63112. MISSOURI LODGE OF RESEARCH
Worshipful Master, Frank K. Roy, Jr., 2202 MiddlecofI Dr., Mesa, Arizona 85205; Secretary-Treasurer, Alfred W. Griffith, P.O. Box 480, Fulton, Mo. 65251.
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Name and Location Harry S Truman, Independence 64050 Forrest C. Donnell, 245 Union Blvd., Apt. 320, St. Louis 63108 Morris E. Ewing, Morrisville 65701 james M. Bradford, 4165a Shaw Avenue, St. Louis 63110 Homer L. Ferguson, 1927 N. Circle Drive, jefferson City 65101 Richard O. Rumer, 6600 Oleatha Avenue, St. Louis 63139 james M. Sellers, Lexington 64067 Orestes Mitchell, Jr., 811-815 Corby Building, 5th and Felix joseph 64501 Harold M. Jayne, Memphis 63555 Frank P. Briggs, 1132 N. Jackson Street, Macon 63552 . Harold O. Grauel, Box 389, Cape Girardeau 63701 Bruce H. Hunt, Box 188, Kirksville 63501 Martin B. Dickinson, 15 West Tenth St., Kansas City 64105 George F. Morrison, 7436 Cromwell Drive, Clayton 63105 A. Basey Vanlandingham, Box 711, Columbia 65201 .. Russell E. Murray, 1717 June Drive, St. Louis 63138 William R. Denslow, Box 529, Trenton 64683 Elvis A. Mooney, 117 N. Prairie Street, Bloomfield 63825 J. Morgan Donelson, Box 211, Princeton 64673 DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS 1970-1971 I. George Davidson, 437 E. Jackson,
2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Memphis, Mo. 63555 Roy L. Fortney, 108 N. Franklin St., Kirksville, Mo. 63501 Eugene D. Mallette, Newtown, Mo. 64667 John W. Mayo, 802 Normal St., Trenton, Mo. 64683 Ned McLain, Rt. I, Hatfield, Mo. 64458 Dale Heath, King City, Mo. 64463
7. Walter E. Smith, 136 S. Vine St., Maryville, Mo. 64468 8. K. Roger Pennel, Box 366, Fairfax, Mo. 64446 9. Lawrence R. Albright, 802 Court St., St. Joseph, Mo. 64504 10. Kenneth C. Kordes, 502 W. Richerdson, Gallatin, Mo. 64640 11. Garnett, L. Clevenger, Route 2, Lawson, Mo. 64062 12. B. Raymond Babb, 1421 Cooper, Chillicothe. Mo. 64601 13. Aubrey M. Gooch, Box 235, Meadville, Mo. 61659 14. Charles Green, 317 Vine St., Macon, Mo. 63552
Year of Service 1940-41 1942-43 . 1947-48 1949-50 1951-52 . 1952-53 1953-54 Streets, St. 1954-55 1956-57 1957-58 1959路60 1960-61 1962-63 1964-65 . 1965-66 . 1966-67 1967-68 1968-69 19.69-70
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND LECTURERS 1970-1971 l. Harold
M. Jayne. Memphis, Mo. 63555 2. Leo B. Kennedy, Edina, Mo. 63537 3. John S. Stillwell, Lucerne, Mo. 64655 4. Charles H. Stickler, 8 Town & Country Lane, Trenton, Mo. 64683 5. Wilburn Scott Christie, New Hampton, Mo. 64471 6. Glenn V. Bulla, 112 Martin St., King City, Mo. 64463 7. Clyde M. Roberts, 703 S. Main St., Maryville, Mo. 64468 8. Thurlow E. Herrick, Box 182, Westboro, Mo. 64498 9. F. Powell Rodecker, 2602 Buchler Ave., St. Joseph, Mo. 64506 10. Warren P. Gallinger, Union Star. Mo. 64494 11. Charles M. Jurgens, 17 N. E. II4th St., Kansas City, Mo. 64155 12. Ray Carpenter, Route 1, Chillicothe, Mo. 64601 13. Edwin L. Smith, 444 Hyatt, Brookfield, Mo. 64628 14. George E. Grubb, 201 Third St., Monroe City, Mo. 63456
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15. O. Richard Sanders, 3108 Greenway Rd., Hannibal, Mo. 63401 16. Francis L. Johnson, 1217 Kentucky St., Louisiana, Mo. 63353 17. John E. Bogue, Rt. I, New London, Mo. 63459 18. Albert R. Martin, Route 3, Moberiy, Mo. 65270 19. Francis Kepner, Rothville, Mo. 64676 20. Travis A. Graham, Bogard, Mo. 64622 21. Dr. Richard W. Calvert, 6822 N.W. Kearns Dr., Parkville, Mo. 64152 22A. Edward A. Landingham, 9721 E. 35th St., Independence, Mo. 64052 22B. Emil O. Bayerl, 500 Knickerbocker Pl., Kansas City, Mo. 64111 23. John J. Pollard, 1809 Forest Ave., Lexington, MQ. 64067 24. Raymond R. Hartman, 104 S. Elm St., Sweet Springs, Mo. 65351 25. Robert R. Bradshaw, 1020 Taylor Dr., Boonville, Mo. 65233 26. Ernest C. Cottle, 1005a Hardin St., Columbia, Mo. 65201 27. Frank W. Hazelrigg, Jr., 505 Highway Z, Fulton, Mo. 65251 28. W. Lee Brewster, Box 183, High Hill, Mo. 63350 29. Thomas E. (Gene) Thurmon, 9 Fair Ct., Troy, Mo. 63379 30. Robert U. Tripp, 540 Derinda Ave., Ferguson, Mo. 63135 31. Robert J. Crede, Rt. 2, Jefferson City, Mo. 65101 32. Kenneth W. Hackman, 211 E. Jefferson, Owensville, Mo. 65066 33A. Chester L. Lieder, 4918a Tholozan Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63109 33B. Martin E. Brummond, 1301 Liggett Dr., St. Louis, Mo. 63126
34. Wm. M. Kimberlin, 201 Stella, Harrisonville, Mo. 64701 35. James N. Bradley, Route 4, Rich Hill, Mo. 64779 36. Jack L. Chambers, 2227 W. 1st St. Ter., Sedalia, Mo. 65301 37. Marion De LaPorte, Box 174, Osceola, Mo. 64776 38. M. Dale Summerford, Box 251, Crocker, Mo. 65452
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15. Lee B. Turner, 4907 Prospect Ave., Hannibal, Mo. 63401 16. Russell J. Rowe, Route 2, Louisiana, Mo. 63353 17. Francis A. Ely, Monroe City, Mo. 63456 18. Edwin B. Hawkins, Box 125, Higbee, Mo. 65257 19. Herbert D. DeWeese, Route 2, Box 60, Brunswick, Mo. 65236 20. Charles S. Rutt, 701 N. Locust St., Carrollton, Mo. 64633 21. Opie D. Hatfield, Rt. 1, Box 87, Winston, Mo. 64689 22A. James W. Brewer, 1006 E. 22nd Ave., North Kansas City, Mo. 64116 22B. Henry L. McDaniel, 3510 Kingshighway, Independence, Mo. 64055 23. H. Eugene Parker, Box J 91, Richmond, Mo. 64085 24. Wilbur L. Hains, Route 2, Miami, Mo. 65344 25. Arthur L. Collins, 109 East Broadway, New Franklin, Mo. 65274 26. Charles E. Scheurich, 124 Meadow Lane, Columbia, Mo. 65201 27. William A. Gamblian, 615 E. Park St., Vandalia, Mo. 63382 28. George H. Strother, 705 S. Main St., Vandalia, Mo. 63382 29. Herbert J. Crosby, Box 53, Winfield, Mo. 63389 30. Albert H. Miller, 313 Viewpoint Lane, Route 2, O'Fallon, Mo. 63366 31. Arbera B. Van Sandt, 404 Russell St., California, Mo. 65018 32. Carroll R. Moorman, Rt. I, Box 48, St. Clair, Mo. 63077 33A. G. Dana Kinsman, 422 Mission Ct., St. Louis, Mo. 63130 33B. Arthur S. Wehmeyer, 9228 Catalina Drive, St. Louis, Mo. 63136 33C. Edward P. Hutson, 9562 Lodge Pole La., St. Louis, Mo. 63126 34. Basil E. Lewis, 1501 Butler Dr., Harrisonville, Mo. 64701 35. Stephen R. Haile, 205 E. Oak St., Rich Hill, Mo. 64779 36. Lloyd C. Kennon, 1523 -So Harrison Ave., Sedalia, Mo. 65301 37. Philip D. Trainer, 106 E. Tebo St., Clinton, Mo. 64735 38. Hoyt Young, Macks Creek, Mo. 65786
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39. Robert H. Stewart, 612 Oak St., Cuba, Mo. 65453 40. J. Earl Landes, 307 Virginia St., Crystal City, Mo. 63019 41. Bernard K. Swingle, 519 N. Springfield St., Bolivar, Mo. 65613 42. Lacey Stapp, Box 12, Greenfield, Mo. 65661 43. Eugene "Pat" McFarland, Box 146, Liberal, Mo. 64762 44. James E. Brown, 401 First National Bldg., Joplin, Mo. 64801 45. William V McCollum, 800 W. Pershing St., Springfield, Mo. 65806 46. Ronnie L. House, Box 335, Mansfield, Mo. 65704 47. Elmer G. Miner, Lesterville, Mo. 636.:>4 48. Burette B. Shannon, 600 Fifth St., Flat River, Mo. 63603
39. Clyde E. Headrick, 303 W. First St., Salem, Mo. 65560 40. Floyd Sutton, 517 Sunshine Dr., Festus, Mo. 63028 41. OrIey R. Smith, Rt. 2, Box 92, Elkland, Mo. 65644 42. Christopher C. McLemore, South Greenfield, Mo. 65752 43. James A. Phillips, Rt. 1, Walker, Mo. 64790 44. Otis A. Larimore, 1104 E. Highland, Carthage, Mo. 64836 45. L. Doyle Treece, 1853 S. Weller Ave., Springfield, Mo. 65804 46. George A. Collins, 1465 W. Fifth, West Plains, Mo. 65775 47. Bailey Dawson, 3625 Marceline Ter., St. Louis, Mo. 63116 48. J. Clyde Currington, 501-B W. Main St. (Box 45), Flat River, Mo. 63601 49. Laymon A. Allgood, 1735 Ridgeway Dr., Cape Girardeau, Mo. 63701 50. Ervan E. Estes, 907 W. Bain St., Dexter, Mo. 63841 51. George A. Moody, Route 1, Box 453, Caruthersville, Mo. 63830 52. W. Marion Luna, c/o Bank of Piedmont, Piedmont, Mo. 63957 53. Hubert P. Bruner, Box 246, Willow Springs, Mo. 65587 54. G. Russell Grubaugh, Rt. 2, Ozark, Mo. 65721 55. Paul C. Pitts, 210 8th St., Monett, Mo. 65708 56. Kenneth W. Greninger, Rt. 1, Sarcoxie, Mo. 64862 57A. Carl E. Etz, Jr., 4 Treewood Ct., Ballwin, Mo. 63011
49. Robert Goza, Jr., 215 E. Monroe 'St., Jackson, Mo. 63755 50. Claude F. Stephens, Box 42, Advance, Mo. 63730 51. J. John Shipman, 402 Carleton Ave., Caruthersville, Mo. 63830 52. Charles E. Divine, Box 475, Poplar Bluff, Mo. 63901 53. Adelbert E. Blackwood, 711 Park St., Willow Springs, Mo. 65587 54. Duane Eiserman, 418 N. Sycamore St., Branson, Mo. 65616 55. Charles W. Werdein, 428 E. Church St., Aurora, Mo. 65605 56. Jack C. Link, Box 188, Goodman, Mo. 64843 57A. Emmett Broombaugh, Jr., 14805 Woodfordway, Bridgeton, Mo. 63042 57B. Wilfrid A. Hedrick, 47 Summit Ave., Webster Groves, Mo. 63119 58. Claude W. Dunnaway, 511 S. Oak Street, Versailles, Mo. 65084 59. Stanton T. Brown, Route 1, Box 106, Buckner, Mo. 64016 60. Glen Patton, 207 Barry Dr., Kennett, Mo. 63857
57B. Gus O. Nations, Jr., 525 Mason Ave., Webster Groves, Mo. 63119 58. J. Dwight McDonald, Barnett, Mo. 65011 59. Henry W. Poertner, Box 9391, Raytown, Mo. 64133 60. John A. Bishop, 525 West Martin Ave., Campbell, Mo. 63933
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LODGES WITH DISTRICT NUMBERS
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No. Name 602 Acacia 444 Ada 366 Adair
Location Columbia Orrick Kirksville
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Adelphi Advance Agency Albert Pike Algabil Allensville Alpha Alton America Amsterdam Anchor Ancient Craft Ancient Landmark Anderson......... . Angerona Apollo Appleton City Arcana Archie Arlington Armstrong Arrow Rock Ash Grove Ashland Ashlar Athens Aurora Ava
Edgerton Advance Agency Kansas City St. Louis Allendale N. Kansas City AIton St. Louis .. , Amsterdam St. Louis King City Harrisburg Anderson Missouri City Creve Coeur Appleton City Harris Archie Dixon Armstrong Arrow Rock Ash Grove Ashland Commerce Albany St. Louis Ava
Platte Stoddard Buchanan Jackson Worth Clay Oregon Bates Gentry Boone McDonald Clay St. Louis St. Clair Sullivan Cass Pulaski Howard Saline Greene Boone Scott Gentry Douglas
137 21 50 9 22-B 33-A 6 22-A 53 33-A 35 33-B 6 26 56 II 57-A 37 3 34 39 25 24 45 26 49 6 33-B .46
B 217 353 591 116 367 365 3 393 632 373 450 170 642 拢67 378 573 97 537 379 150 41 535 153 102 337 10I 195 45 597 587 135路 334 .
Barbee Barnesville Barnett. Barnes Barry Bayou Beacon Bee Hive Belgrade Belle Belton Benevolence Benjamin Franklin Berkeley Berlin Bernie Bethany Bethel Billings Birming Bismarck Blackwell Bloomfield............. Bloomington Blue Springs Bogard Bolivar Bonhomme Bosworth Branson Braymer Breckenridge
Sweet Springs .. " Saline Ellington Reynolds Barnett Morgan Cabool. Texas Washburn Barry Bakersfield Ozark St. Louis Lawson Ray Belgrade Washington Belle Maries Belton Cass Utica Livingston .st. Louis Berkeley St. Louis Fairport. De Kalb Bernie Stoddard Bethany Harrison Bethel Shelby Billings Christian Faucett Buchanan Bismarck St. Francois Blackwell St. Francois Bloomfield Stoddard Bevier Macon Blue Springs Jackson Bogard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carroll Bolivar. Polk Ballwin St. Louis Bosworth Carroll Branson Taney Braymer Caldwell Breckenridge Caldwell
24 .47 58 .46 55 53 33-B 11 .40 39 34 12 33-B 57-A 10 60 5 14 54 9 48 .40 50 14 59 20 .41 57-B 20 54 12 12
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616 Brentwood 80 Bridgeton 86 Brookfield 269 Brotherhood 203 Brumley 233 Bucklin 501 Buckner 442 Burlington 254 Butler
Brentwood . St.John.. Brookfield S1. Joseph Brumley Bucklin Buckner Burlington Jet. Butler. . . . . . . .
416 328 486 552 183 38 63 169 284 231 549 249 40I 197 461 147 305 172 611 59 615 185 331 407 487 392 342 662 610 553 559 17 645 207 601 507 651 463 520 161 548 482 274 485 595 168 534 533 654 120 432
C $1. Louis........... . Cainsville Harrison Cairo " Randolph Calhoun Henry California Moniteau Callao Macon Slater Saline Camden Point Platte Aurora. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lawrence Cardwell Dunklin . Carl Junction Jasper Norborne Carroll Carterville Jasper Carthage Jasper Caruthersville Pemiscot Harrisonville Cass Kansas City Jackson Macon Macon Centertown Cole Centralia Boone Chaffee Scott Chamois Osage St. Joseph Buchanan Clarence Shelby Clark Randolph .clarksburg Moniteau Clarksdale De Kalb Clarksville Pike Roscoe St. Clair Charleston Mississippi Oak Grove Jackson Chilhowee Johnson Clarkton. . Dunklin Excelsior Springs Clay Clayton. . . . . . S1. Louis Clearmont Nodaway Cleveland. . . . . . . .. Cass . Thayer. . . . Oregon St. Louis. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clifton Hill Randolph Clinton Henry . Eldorado Springs Cedar Leeton Johnson Drexel Cass Cole Camp Benton Knox City Knox Pacific Franklin Wheaton Barry St. Louis Parkville .. , Platte .competition Laclede
Cache Cainsville Cairo Calhoun California Callao Cambridge Camden Point Canopy Cardwell Carl Junction Carroll.. .. . Carterville Carthage Caruthersville Cass Cecile Daylight Censer Centertown Centralia Chaffee Chamois Charity Charleston Chilhowee Christian Circle Clarence Clark Clarksburg Clarksdale Clarksville Clarkton Clay Clayton Clearmont. Cleveland Clifton Clifton Heights Clifton Hill Clinton... . Clintonville Cold Spring Coldwater Cole Camp Colony Columbia Comfort Commonwealth Compass Competition
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St. Louis . .S1. Louis Linn Buchanan Miller Linn Jackson . Nodaway . Bates
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139
369 464 454 528 36 265 323 600 282 656 561 287 606 519 368 669 586 312 525 227
Composite. . Doniphan. . Ripley. .. . . 52 Concordia. . Concordia Lafayette... . 23 ContinentaL Stewartsville De Kalb J0 Conway., ",." .. ,Conway .. , .. , ,. . Laclede ,.38 Cooper ,." Boonville , Cooper 25 Corinthian Warrensburg. , .. , . Johnson , .. , , , , .. , .M Cornerstone " .. St. Louis. . ,, , 33-A Cosby , "" Cosby .. , , , . , , .. Andrew 9 Cosmos,... . , , , . , .. St. Louis , . , .. , , , 33-A Country Club Kansas City Jackson ,., , .22-B Cowgill , ". Cowgill .. , , , . , , , Caldwell 12 Craft Canton. .. . Lewis ,.""", .. ,., .. , .15 Craig.,., .. , , .Craig. . . . . . . . Holt ,.", .. , " 8 Crane ..... " "., .. , Crane. . . Stone , ... ,.".,.... 54 Crescent Hill , Adrian. . . . .Bates .. , .. , , 35 Crestwood , Kirkwood . St. Louis , 57-B Criterion.""", .. ,.", Alba. , . , . .Jasper " .. , 44 Cuba Cuba.... . " .. Crawford ' , 39 Cunningham .. , .. , .. , Sumner. . .. , , , . , Chariton 19 Cypress. . Laclede ..... Linn ... .. .. . ..13
492 539 400 88 137 I 19 532 325 300
Daggett... .., .. , , .. McKittrick , Montgomery "." .. 28 Dawn , Dawn Livingston . .12 Decatur Pierce City. . Lawrence . . .55 Defiance .. ",., ,., .. Sheridan Worth 6 Delphian " .. , .. , Birch Tree , .. , .. Shannon. , " 47 De Soto De Soto. , Jefferson . .40 Dexter , Dexter Stoddard .. ,. . .50 Dockery .. , .. ", " .. , Meadville ,Linn , , 13 Doric ", .. ' ,. '.' Elkland. ., Webster .' 45
285 630 384 575 291 318 648 599 607 14 497 121 278 505 73 27 405 577 332 441
E Earl , , ,Coffey. . . . . Daviess . , . , ,10 Kansas ~i~y .. ' , ,. Ja~k~o~ ',' .. 22-B East Gat~., MISSISSIppI 50 East PraIrIe. , , , . East PraIrIe .. , .. , Easter , St. Clair , , , , ,.Franklin 32 Edina , , Edina , . , .Knox , ,.", 2 Eldorado ", Luray Clark , , 1 Elmer Elmer , , . , , .. " , Macon 14 Elvins .. , .. , .. "., Flat River , .' .. , ,St. Francois , 48 Eminence , ,Eminence , , , , . , ,Shannon ., .. ,'." " .47 Eolia Eolia Pike , , 16 Equality,., Newburg , Phelps , ".39 Erwin "."", St. Louis. , , , .. , . 33-B Essex., , ,.,., Essex. , . , , . , , . , . , , . , ,.Stoddard .. , 50 Euclid.", ,." , .. Overland , .. , . , , ,.St. Louis ." "., 57-A Eureka." .. , Brunswick Chariton ,., , ,19 Evergreen."".,."., New Haven Franklin "." , 32 Everton " Everton .. , , Dade ",." .. , .. 42 Ewing ".,., .. ,." Ewing ,Lewis ,.,.'".'. ,15 ", Excello. , , . , , , , ,.Macon , 14 Excello " Excelsior ,.,.,.,. Jackson. . . ,Cape Girardeau .49
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140 281 542 339 23 668 214 578 453 554 212 192 363 636 352 89 48
1970
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Fenton Ferguson Fidelity Florida Florissant. Forest City Forest Park Forsyth Foster . Four Mile Frankford Fraternal Freedom Friend Friendship Fulton.......
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Fenton Ferguson Farley Florida Berkeley Forest City Mehlville Forsyth Foster Campbell Frankford Robertsville MehlviIIe Ozark Chillicothe Fulton
St. Louis St. Louis Platte Monroe ooSt. Louis Holt St. Louis Taney Bates Dunklin Pike Franklin St. Louis Christian Livingston Callaway
57·B 57·A 21 17 57-A 8 57-B 54 35 60 16 32 57-B 54 12 27
Stone Daviess Grundy St. Louis Jackson Greene Gentry
54 10 4 57-B 22-A 45 6 33-A 1 33-A 1 11 7 59 56 47 34 59 36 6 32 3 36 2 1 52 28
G
515 106 423 655 522 422 125 9 427 218 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 Gate City Kansas City. . . . . .. Gate of the Temple Springfield Gentryville Gentryville. . . . . . . . .. St. Louis George Washington Glenwood... . Glenwood . St. Louis Good Hope. . . . 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 Baring Greentop Greentop Greenville Greenville Griswold Bellflower
Schuyler Scotland Clinton Nodaway Jackson .Newton Carter Cass Jackson Pettis Worth Franklin Sullivan Pettis Knox Schuyler Wayne Montgomery
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216 336 224 188 322 499 672 171 21 571 459 354
Hale City Hallsville Hamilton Hannibal
Hale Hallsville Hamilton Hannibal
Carroll Boone Caldwell Marion
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Hazelwood Hebron 117 Helena 37 Hemple
Seymour Mexico Rochester Hemple
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45 27 9 Il
1970
141
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
477 338 123 288 187 104 211 527 364 362 279 262 660 49 251 239 215 4 130 32 415 30
Henderson ; Herculaneum Hermann Hermitage Hermon Heroine Hickory Hill : Higbee Higginsville Hiram Hogles Creek Holden Holliday Holt Hope Hopewell Hornersville Howard Hume Humphreys Hunnewell... . Huntsville
Rogersville Herculaneum Hermann Hermitage Liberal Kansas City Eugene Higbee Higginsville Kahoka Wheatland Holden Holliday Holt Washington Lesterville Hornersville New Franklin Hume Humphreys Hunnewell Huntsville
Webster Jefferson Gasconade Hickory Barton Jackson Cole Randolph Lafayette Clark Hickory Johnson Monroe Clay Franklin Reynolds Dunklin Howard Bates Sullivan Shelby Randolph
.45 40 32 41 43 22-B 31 18 23 1 .41 36 17 II 32 47 60 25 35 3 14 18
4I0 581 76 54 536 381 154 143 446
Iberia Illmo Independence Index Ingomar Ionia Ionic Irondale Ivanhoe
Iberia Illmo Independence Garden City Willow Springs Eldon Desloge Irondale Kansas City
Miller Scott Jackson Cass Howell Miller St. Francois Washington Jackson
38 49 59 34 53 58 .48 .40 22-B
82 541 447 500 564 398 43 640 315 480 164 321 457 335 411
Jackson Jacksonville Jacoby Jameson Jamesport Jasper Jefferson Jennings Jerusalem JeweL Joachim Jonathan Jonesburg ; Joplin Joppa
Linneus. . Jacksonville Darlington Jameson Jamesport Jasper Jefferson City Jennings .Jerico Springs Pleasant Hill Hillsboro Denver Jonesburg Joplin Hartville. .
Linn Randolph Gentry Daviess Daviess Jasper Cole St. Louis Cedar Cass .Jefferson Worth Montgomery Jasper Wright
13 18 6 10 10 44 31 57-A .42 34 40 6 28 44 .46
220 31 I 68 243 376 105 484 245 582
Kansas City Kearney Kennett Keystone King Hill Kirksville Kirkwood Knob Noster Koshkonong
K Kansas City. . .. . Jackson Kearney. . . . .Clay Kennett. . . . . . . . .. . .. Dunklin . . St. Louis _ St. Joseph Buchanan Adair Kirksville Kirkwood St. Louis Knob Noster Johnson Oregon Koshkonong
22-A .II 60 33-B 9 2 57-B 36 53
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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 Laclede .. Lebanon. . . . Laclede Laddonia. . Laddonia. Audrain Lakeville..... . .Bell City. . . . . .. . Stoddard Lamar Lamar Barton Lambskin..... . St. Louis. . La Monte. . . . . . . .La Monte. Pettis Lanes Prairie.... .. Vichy.... . Maries La Plata .. La Plata. . Macon Laredo.. . Laredo Grundy La Russell La Russell Jasper Lathrop Lathrop Clinton Latimer Licking Texas Leadwood Leadwood St. Francois Lebanon Steelville . . . . . Crawford Lewistown... . Lewistown . . Lewis Lexington....... . Lexington. . . . Lafayette Liberty... . Liberty , Clay Lick Creek Perry Ralls Lilbourn. . Lilbourn New Madrid Lincoln FiIlmore Andrew Linn Linn Osage Linn Creek Camdenton Camden Livingston.... . Glasgow. . Howard Lockwood.... Lockwood Dade .. , Lock Springs. . . . .Lock Springs Daviess Lodge of Ligh t. . . .Eagleville Harrison Lodge of Love. . . . . Lancaster. . Schuyler Lodge of Truth Atlanta Macon Lorraine.... . . Ridgeway . . Harrison Louisville.. Louisville Lincoln Lowry City Lowry City St. Clair
433 91 626 112 406 543 566 481 110 569 324 260 458 16 628 313 35 2 85 244 567 151 471
Macks Creek Madison Magnolia... Maitland Malden Mansfield Maplewood. . Marceline Marcus Marlborough. McDonald.. Mechanicsville Melville.... Memphis Mendon Meramec. Mercer.... Meridian... Miami....... Middle Fabius. Miller. Milton Mineral
Macks Creek Camden Madison Monroe . St. Louis Maitland Holt Malden Dunklin . Mansfield Wrigh t Maplewood St. Louis .. Marceline Linn .. , Frederick town Madison . . Kansas City Jackson . Independence Jackson .. Defiance St. Charles . Dadeville. . . . . Dade Memphis. . . . .. Scotland Mendon. . . . ..Chariton . .. Eureka . St. Louis . ..Princeton Mercer . St. Louis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . Miami. Saline . . Downing. . Schuyler . .. Miller .. ,. . . Lawrence Milton. . . . . Randolph . Oronogo Jasper
15 38 27 50 43 33-B 36 39 14 4 44 Il 39 48 39 15 23 11 17 51 9 31 .38 25 .42 10 5 I 14 5 29 37
38 17 33-A 8 60 46 57-B 13 48 . 22-B .59 30 42 . . . . . .. 1 19 " .57-B , 4 33-A 24 I
55 18 44
1970
143
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
I 639 344 144 612 129 295 64 490 246 58 408 603 184 351 558 294 476 40 439 99 614 327 158 637 221
Missouri. Mizpah...... . Moberly Modern Mokane Monett Moniteau Monroe Montevallo Montgomery Monticello Montrose Morehouse Morley Mosaic : Moscow Mound City Mount Hope .. , Mount Moriah. . Mt. Olive Mt. Vernon Mount Washington Mt. Zion Mountain Grove Mountain View. Mystic Tie. . . . .
St. Louis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-B Florissant. . St. Louis 57-A Moberly Randolph 18 Humansville. .. . . . .Polk .41 Mokane Callaway 27 Monett Barry 55 Jamestown Moniteau 31 Monroe City Monroe 17 .Montevallo Vernon .43 Montgomery City Montgomery 28 Monticello Lewis 15 Montrose " Henry 37 Morehouse New Madrid 50 Morley. . . . . Scott 50 .Belleview .Iron. . . . . 48 Moscow Mills Lincoln 29 Mound City Holt . . . . . . . .. 8 Odessa Lafayette 23 St. Louis. . . . . . . . . . 33-B Rogersville, R. 3 Webster 45 Mt. Vernon. . .Lawrence 55 Independence Jackson . . 59 West Plains Howell 53 Mountain Grove Wright . .. .46 Mountain View Howell 53 . .Oak Ridge Cape Girardeau 49
25 568 560 247 60 510 199 307 429 270 473 470 647 372 643 157 358 622
Naphtali St. Louis . . Naylor Naylor Ripley Nelson 路 Nelson Saline Neosho Neosho Newton New Bloomfield New Bloomfield Callaway New Hampton.... .. New Hampton Harrison New Hope Elsberry Lincoln New London. .. . Ralls New London New Madrid New Madrid , .New Madrid New Salem , Winfield Lincoln Nineveh Olney Lincoln Nodaway Maryville. . . . . . . . . Nodaway NoeL Noel. McDonald Non Pareil East Lynne. . . Cass Northeast Kansas City Jackson North Star Rock Port Atchison Northwest. : Tarkio Atchison Norwood Norwood. . Wright
163 671 576 139 546 518 303 317 7 623 624
Occidental. Odom Olive Branch Oregon Orient. Oriental. Osage Osborn O'Sullivan Overland Owensville
N 33-A 52 24 56 27 5 29 17 51 29 29 7 56 34 22-A 8 8 .46
o St. Louis. Portageville. . . St. Louis. . . . . . . . . Oregon Kansas City Blackburn Nevada Osborn Walnut Grove Overland. . Owensville
. . . New Madrid . Holt Jackson Saline Vernon De Kalb Greene St. Louis Gasconade
33-B 51 33-B 8 22-A 24 .43 10 .45 57-B 32
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
P 241 18 19 650 308 65 II 330 319 551 670 92 502 136 472 399 652 182 469 504 113 142 467 ;176 79 349 232 95 209 131 556 503 179 657 658 190 596 180 383
Palestine Palmyra Paris Union Parma Parrott Pattonsburg Pauldingville Paul Revere Paulville Pendleton Perryville Perseverance Philadelphia Phoenix Pickering Pike Pilgrim Pilot Knob Plato Platte City Plattsburg Pleasant Grove Pleasant Hope Point Pleasant Polar Star ~ Pollock Polo Pomegranate Poplar Bluff Potosi. Prairie Prairie Home Pride of the West. Progress Purity Putnam Puxico Pyramid Pythagoras
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'st. Charles St. Charles 30 Palmyra Marion 15 Paris Monroe 17 Parma New Madrid 51 Maysville De Kalb 10 Pattonsburg Daviess 10 Wright City Warren 30 St. Louis 33-B .Hurdland Knox 2 Doe Run St. Francois 48 Perryville. . . . . . . . . . . . Perry 49 Louisiana Pike 16 Philadelphia Marion 15 Bowling Green Pike 16 Pickering Nodaway 7 Curryville Pike 16 St. Louis 33-B '.Richville Douglas .46 Plato Texas 46 Platte City Platte 21 Plattsburg Clinton ..............•. II Otterville Cooper 25 Pleasant Hope Polk .41 Conran New Madrid 51 St. Louis 33- B Pollock Sullivan 3 Polo Caldwell 12 St. Louis 33-A Poplar Bluff Butler , 52 Potosi. Washington .40 Gilman City Harrison 5 Prairie Home Cooper 25 St. Louis 33-A Florissant St. Louis 57-A Creve Coeur St. Louis 57-B .Newtown Sullivan 8 Puxico Stoddard 50 St. Louis , 33-A Cassville Barry 55 Q
380 Queen City 196 Quitman
Queen City Quitman.
Schuyler . Nodaway
1 7
Ralls Nodaway Ray Jackson Greene Bates Pulaski Ray Dallas Platte Ozark Ozark
17 7 23 59 .45 35 38 23 41 21 53 53
R
33 201 223 391 570 479 385 57 361 13 496 435
Ralls Ravenwood Ray Raytown Republic Rich Hill Richland Richmond Riddick Rising Sun.; Robert Burns Rockbridge
Center Ravenwood Camden Raytown RepUblic Rich Hill Richland Richmond Buffalo Kansas City Gainesville Almartha
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1970
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
663 213 550 404 426 204 316 238 90 572
Rockhill Rolla Rose Hill Rosendale Rothville Rowley RuraL Rushville Russellville Rutledge
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 93 109 419 133 634 538 283 608 174 69
Salem Saline Salisbury Samaritan Sampson Santa Fe Sarcoxie Savannah Saxton Schell City Seaman Sedalia Senath Shamrock Shaveh Shawnee Sheffield Shekinah Shelbina Sheldon Sikeston Silex Skidmore Solomon Somerset. Sonora South Gate Southwest Sparta SpickardsvilIe St. Andrews St. Clair St. Francisville St. Francois St. James St. John's St. Joseph St. Louis , St. Mark's Stanberry Star Star of the West Steele Stella Stockton ~ Strafford Sturgeon Sullivan
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Kansas City Rolla Creve Coeur Rosendale ·. Rothville Dearborn Kansas City Rushville Russellville Rutledge
.Jackson Phelps St. Louis Andrew Chariton Platte Jackson Buchanan Cole Scotland
145 22-B 39 57-A 9 19 21 22-A 9 31 1
S Salem St. Marys Salisbury Bonne Terre Theodosia Santa Fe '" Sarcoxie Savannah St. Joseph Schell City Milan Sedalia Senath Auxvasse Creve Coeur Warsaw Kansas City Crystal City Shelbina Sheldon Sikeston .silex Skidmore Springfield Powersville Watson Kansas City Southwest City Sparta Spickard Shel byville Osceola Wayland Libertyville St. James Hannibal ,St. Joseph St. Louis Cape Girardeau Stanberry Taberville Ironton Steele Stella Stockton Strafford Sturgeon Sullivan
Dent 39 Ste. Genevieve 48 Chariton 19 St. Francois 48 Ozark 53 Monroe 17 Jasper .44 Andrew 9 Buchanan 9 Vernon 43 Sullivan 3 Pettis 36 Dunklin 60 Callaway 27 St. Louis 57-A Benton 36 Jackson 22-A .jefferson '..' .40 Shelby 14 Vernon .43 Scott 50 Lincoln 29 Nodaway 7 Greene .45 Putnam 3 Atchison 8 Jackson 22-A McDonald 56 ,Christian 54 Grundy . . . . . . . . . . .. 4 Shelby 14 St. Clair 37 Clark . . . . . . . . .. . 1 St. Francois 48 Phelps 39 Marion 15 Buchanan 9 33-B Cape Girardeau .49 Gentry 6 St. Clair 37 Iron 48 Pemiscot 51·· ' Newton 56 ,Cedar .............•..... 42 Greene 45 Boone 26 Franklin ; ...•... 32
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Texas Summersville Lee's Summit. jackson Kansas Ci ty. . . . . . . . . . Jackson
. .46 ................ 59 ................ 22-B
565 438 299 177 661 56 631 III 638 205 641 122 440 34 360 114 12
Tebbetts Temperance Temple Texas Theodore Roosevelt Tipton Tower Grove Trenton Triangle Trilumina Trinity Triplett Trowel Troy , Tuscan Twilight Tyro
Tebbetts Callaway Smithville Clay Kansas City Jackson Houston Texas St. Louis Tipton Moniteau St. Louis Trenton Grundy St. Louis Marshall Saline St. Louis Triplett Chariton Marble Hill Bollinger Troy Lincoln St. Louis............ Columbia Boone Caledonia. . . . Washington
593 124 210 5 495 649 421
Union Union Star Unionville United Unity University Urbana
Union. . . . . . . . . Union Star Unionville " Springfield Richards Clayton Urbana. . . . . . . . . .
413 629 509 491 320 94 62
Valley Valley Park Van Buren Vandalia Versailles Vienna Vincil. .
Bolckow Valley Park Van Buren Vandalia Versailles Vienna Cameron.
52 605 456 665 74 609 87 61 526 375 512 98 84 22 613 194 46
Wakanda Walker Wallace Wardell Warren Warrenton Washington Waverly Wayne Waynesville Webb City Webster Webster Groves Wellington Wellston Wellsville Wentzville
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20 .43 25 51 19 30 42 23 52 38 44 45 57-B 9 57-A 28 30
1970 445 103 396 15 53 340 162 417 620 370 29 540 430 387 24
West Gate West View Western Light. Western Star Weston Westport. . Whitesville Whitewater Willard Williamstown Windsor Winigan Winona Woodside Wyaconda
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
Brentwood St. Louis Millersville. . . . . . .. .. Cape Girardeau Louisburg Dallas Winston Daviess Weston Platte Kansas City Jackson Whitesville Andrew Whitewater Cape Girardeau Willard Greene Williamstown Lewis Windsor Henry Winigan Sullivan Winona Shannon Thomasville Oregon La Grange Lewis
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GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT
Name and Number of Lodge and Date of Charter 1 2 3 4 5 7 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 86 37 38
Missouri (10-8-1816) •••••••• Meridian (5-6-1852) ••..•.•• Beacon (5-10-1849) .. Howard (5-6-1852) •••••••••• United (5-30-1857) .....•.••• O'Sullivan (10-19-1867) ....• Goo. Washington (5-10-1849) Agency (6-1-1866) ....•.•.•• Pauldingville (5-8-1852) .. Tyro (4-7-1826) . Rising Sun (5-6-1852) •.•••.• Eolia (10-16-1884) .•........ Western Star (6-1-1866) •.•. Memphis (5-6-1852) ..•...... Clarksville (10-8-1830) ...... Palmyra (4-25-1831) •.•....• Paris Union (8-1-1835) •••.•• St. Louis (10-24-1886) •..••• Havana (10-16-1879) •.•...•• Wellington (5-6-1852) .....• Florida (5-6-1852) .•••..•... Wyaconda (10-11-1887) ..•.•• Naphtali (10-14-1839) .....•• Ava (10-13-1887) .. Evergreen (6-26-1864) ...•... St. John's (10-14-1839) ••••• Windsor (6-2-1866) ......••• Huntsville (10-8-1840) •..... Liberty (10-9-1840) •..•.•.•• Humphreys (10-18-1887) ..... Ralls (6-9-1853) •.....••.••. Troy (10-7-1841) •...••.••.• Mercer (6-9-1853) . Cooper (10-9-1841) •...•...• Hemple (10-18-1900) ...•..•• Callao (6-2-1866) .•.......••
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14 6
15 6
4
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17 3
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Mt. Moriah (10-14-1841) •.•. Bismarck (10-15-1891) .••.•. Jefferson (11-15-1841) •••••• Fair Play 00-18-1900) •.•••• Bonhomme (10-9-1841) •..••. Wentzville (6-2-1866) ....... Fayette (10-17-1842) Fulton (10-17-1842) •.....•. Holt (5-25-1854) •••••.•.•••• Xenia (6-2-1866) ••....•...•. Livingston (10-12-1876) •...• Wakanda (10-17-1842) ...... Weston 00-11-1842) •.....•. Index (10-16-1884) •••.•...•. Arrow Rock (10-17-1842) ..•. Tipton (6-2-1866) " . " ...... Richmond (10-13-1842) •...•• Monticello (10-12-1842) ••.... Centralia (10-19-1867) . New Bloomfield (6-25-1864) •. Waverly (6-2-1866) " " " ... Vincil 00-19-1867) •••....•• Cambridge (6-2-1866) ••••••• Monroe (6-2-1866) ......•..• Pattonsburg (6-29-1854) ..•. Grant City 00-10-1894) •...• Kennett (10-16-1889) ... " •• Sullivan (6-2-1866) ..•..••.•• Annstrong (5-26-1854) •••••• Savannah (10-28-1844) •....• Gorin (10-13-1892) ••••.•..• Eureka (10-17-1845) •••.•••• Warren 00-20-18(9) ." ... " Silex (10-21-1897) ••......•. Independence (10-14-1846) •. Lebanon (10-14-1846) ....••• St. Joseph 00-14-1846) ,.-•• , Polar Star 00-14-1846) ..••• Bridgeton (10-14-1846) •...•• Jackson (10-15-1846) .. " ... Laelede (5-25-1854) .••...••• Webster Groves (10-21-1897) • Miami (6-2-1866) .. " •. " ... Brookfield (6-2-1866) . " . " " Washington 00-12-1847) •.•• Defiance 00-17-1878) .•••••• Friendship (10-12-1847) ••••• Russellville (10-11-1888) •.••
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Name and Number of Lodge and Date of Charter 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 109 110 III 112 113 114 115 116 117 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129
Madison (10-12-1847) ...•... Perseverance (10-12-1847) •. , St. Mark's (10-14-1847) ....• Vienna (10-17-1887) .......• Pomegranate (9-21.1916) ••• St. Andrews (5-10-1848) ..•• Bethany (5-25-1854) . Webster (6-28-1858) . Mt. Vernon 00-19-1867) •.•. Ash Grove (10-17-1899) .. Bogard (10-14-1886) . Bloomington (5-10-1849) . West View (6-2-1866) •.•... Heroine (6-10~1849) ......•. Kirksville (5-26-1864) ••..... Gallatin (10-16-1879) •••..... Greenville (10-4-1886) . Stanberry 00-17-1878) •..... Marcus (5-10~1849) •••....•. Trenton (5-9-1850) ..••••..•. Maitland 00-19-1867) . Plattsburg (5-9.1850) •...... Twilight 00-19-1867) ••....• Laddonia 00-28-1892) •.•.•. Barnes (10-17-1879) •....... Helena (11-8-1924) ........•. De Soto 00-19-1867) . Compass (5-10-1850) .. Erwin (6-9-1851) . Triplett (10-12-1893) •••...•. Hermann (5-10-1850) •.•.•.• Union Star (10-15-1885) •... Gentryville (6-10-1860) •..... Seaman (5-28-1858) .. Athens (6-8-1851) . Lorraine 00-17-1878) . Monett 00-15-1890) .
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157.25 756.50 1,946.50 242.25 1,933.76 195.00 556.75 471.75 535.50 578.00 514.25 140.26 238.00 4,969.50 1,564.00 539.75 463.25 484.50 1,160.25 1,117.75 246.50 416.50 2,239.75 242.25 348.50 161.50 1,109.75 960.50 935.00 153.00 582.25 238.00 165.75 522.75 705.50 165.75 1,462.00
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130 Hume 00-14-1886) 131 Potosi (5-28-1851)· . 132 Fannington (5-10-1851) . 133 Star of the West (5-6-1851) .. 135 Braymer (10-17~1889) •..••.. 136 Phoenix (6-9-1869) .•.••••..• 137 Delphian 00-17-1896) . 138 Lincpln (6-2-1866) . 139 Oregon (6-31-1866) 141 Amsterdam (9-27-1906) . 142 Pleasant Grove (6-31-1866) .. 143 Irondale (6-26-1864) . 144 Modern (10-19-1867) •...•.•• 145 Latimer 00-19-1899) •.•.•••. 147 Cass(10-17-1867) . 149 Lexington (6-4-1866) . 150 Binning (5-28-1858) . 151 Milton (6-11-1855) . 152 Linn Creek 00-12-1869) . 153 Bloomfield (5-28-1859) . 154 Ionic (10-17-1901) .. 156 Ashland (5-28-1859) .. 157 North Star (5-29-1856) •..... 158 Mountain Grove (10-16-1886) 159 Green City (10-16-1884) ..•. 161 Clifton Hill (10-15-1858) •••• 162 Whitesville (5-28-1856) ...••• 163 Occidental (5-29-1856) ....•. 164 Joachim (5-81-1856) •.....•• 168 Colony (6-26-1864) .........•. 169 Camden Point 00-19-1867) •. 170 Benevolence (5-30-1857) ••.•. 171 Hartford (6-30-1867) •.•.•.•• 172 Censer 00-14-1876) 173 Gray Summit (10-23-1903) •.• 174 Sturgeon (6-30-1867) ......•. 176 Point Pleasant (6-30-1867) .. 177 Texas 00-19-1867) •.•••••••• 178 Griswold (6-28-1868) ......•• 179 Pride of the West (6-28-1868) 180 Pyramid (9-21-1916) ..•.•.•• 182 Pilot Knob 00-17-1896) •.•• 183 California (10-19-1898) •.••• 184 Morley 00-19-1899) •••••••• 185 Chamois (6-28-1869) •..••••• 187 Hermon (10-17-1889) .....•..
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GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT-eontiDued
Nameand Number of LOdge and Date of Charter 188 189 190 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225
Hannibal (5-30-1859) •.••... Zeredatha (5-28-1859) Putnam (5-28-1859) ••...•••• Frankford (5-26-1859) ...... Angerona (5-28-1859) •...••• Wellsville (6·80-1860) ....... Bolivar 00-19-1867) •......• Quitman(6-30-1860) ••..•..• Carthage (10-19':lS67) ....... Allensville (5-80.;.1860) •..... New Hope (5-81-1860) ...... Sonora (10-19-1867) •.•...•. Ravenwood 00-18-1892) ....• Brumley 00-17-1878)' •.....• Rowley (10-19-1867) .......• Trilumina 00-19-1867) ....• Somerset (5-29-1861) •••...•• Clay (5-80-1861) •.........• Salisbury 00-19-1867) Poplar Bluff (5-30-1861) ...• Unionville (5-80-1861) Hickory Hill 00-19-1867) ... Four Mile (10-19-1867) .....• Rolla (5-30-1861) .....•..•.. Forest City (5-30-1861) •..•• Hornersville' (5-30-1861) •... Hale City 00-12-1898) •...•• Barbee (10-19-1867) ..•..... Good Hope (6-30-1861) •..... Albert Pike 00-17-1895) . Kansas City (5-80-1861) . Mystic Tie (6-30-1861) •..... La Belle 00-11-1888) ....... Ray (9.21-1921) ..........•• Hamilton 00-19-1867) . Salem (5-29-1862) .
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1,024.25 3,497.75 374.00 114.75 293.25 459.00 667.25 204.00 1,819.00 226.26 395.26 246.50 259.26 165.75 382.50 1,178.00 284.76 803.25 552.50 1,687.26 624.75 136.00 807.60 1,899.75 263.50 454.75 306.00 429.25 2,766.76 1,105.00 1,704.26 323.00 514.26 229.60 488.75 1,241.00
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226 Saline (5-29-1862) . 227 Cypress (6-29-1862) . 228 Shelbina (6-29-1862) . 230 St. James (6-29-1863) . 231 Cardwell (10-19-1899) ...•... 232 Polo (10-17-1876) . 233 Bucklin (5-26-1864) . 234 St. Francois (5-26-1864) . 236 Sedalia (6-26-1864) •........ 237 La Plata (6-22.1866) •..•... 238 Rushville (5-26-1866) . 239 Hopewell (10-13.1881) .....• 241 Palestine (6-26-1865) . 243 Keystone (5-26-1865) 244 Middle Fabius (5-26-1866) . 245 Knob Noster (5-26-1865) . 246 Montgomery (1-12-1920) . 247 Neosho (5-28-1866) . 249 Carroll (10-19-1867) . 261 Hope (10-16-1867) . 253 Laredo (10-15-1868) •.....•. 254 Butler (10-15-1868) . 255 Alton (10-15-1868) . 266 Shekinah (10-15-1868) .....• 257 Lodge of Light (10-15-1868) • 259 Lodge of Love (10-15-1868) .. 260 Mechanicsville (10-15.1868) •. 262 Holden (10-15.1868) •....... 263 Sumniit (10-15-1868) . 265 Corinthian (10-15-1868) . 267 Aurora (10.15-1868) . 268 Lodge of Truth (10-15-1868) 269 Brotherhood (10-19-1922) . 270 New Salem (10-18-1868) . 271 Solomon (10-15-1868) . 272 Granite (10-15-1868) . 273 St. Clair (10-15-1868) . 274 COld Spring (10-16-1879) . 276 Grand River (10-15-1868) . 277 Wm. D. Muir (2-5-1878) . 278 Essex (9-29-1904) •.••.....•. 279 Hogles Creek (10-15-1868) ..• 281 Fenton' (10-15-1868) •....... 282 Cosmos (10-15-1868) . 283 Stockton (10-15-1868) . 284 Canopy (10-17-1889) . 285 Earl ( 10-15-1868) ........•. 287 Craft (l0-15-1868) .
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GRAND SECBE'rARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT---eontinued
Name and Number of Lodge and Date of Charter 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 298 299 300 302 303 305 306 307 308 310 311 312 313 315 316 817 318 319
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Charity (10-13-1870) •••••••. Excello (9-29-1904) Breckenridge (10-13-1870) ..• Joplin (10-13-1871) ••••••••• Hallsville 00.17-1878) Blue Springs (10.13-1887) ., Herculaneum (10-19-1922) •.• Fidelity 00-13-1870) •.....• Westport (10-11-1894) ..•••• Circle 00-13-1870) •.......• Moberly 00-13-1870) ....•.•. Fellowship (10.13-1870) ....• Arlington (10-13-1870) ....• America (9-17-1919) ......•. Pollock 00-16-1884) •....•.. Mosaic (10-13-1870) •.•••••• Friend (10-13-1870) ••••••••• Barnesville (9-27-1906) •••••• Hebron (10-13-1870) . Adelphi 00-13-1870) ....••• Anc. Landmark (10-17-1873) • Northwest 00-16-1884) ....• Tuscan (10-13-1870) ......•. Riddick 00-13-1871) .••..•.. Hiram 00-13-1870) ........• Fraternal (l0-15~1870) . Higginsville (10-14-1880) . Bayou (l0-1l~1888) .. Adair (10-13-1881) •......•.• Barry (10-13-1870) .......••. CreScent Hill (10-13-1871) .•• Composite 00-13-1871) .....• Williamstown (10-13-1870) .. Sheldon 00-11-1883) . Non Pareil 00-17-1873) .. Belle (9-27-1906) . Waynesville 00-19-1888) . King Hill (10.13-1870) . Ancient Craft 00-13-1871) .. Berlin (8-19-1906) ........•. Billings (10-13-188U ........ Queen City (10-13-1871) ....• Ionia 00-13-1871) .........• Pythagoras (10-16-1872) .••.• East Prairie (9-29-1904) ••..
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Name and Number of Lodge and Date of Charter 386 Richland (10-18-1901) •.....• 387 Woodside (10-13·1871) •.•••• 389 Arcana (10-13.1871) •••••••• . 391 Raytown (10-13-1871) . 392 Christian (10.13-1871) 393 Bee Hive (10-13·1871) ......• 396 Western Light (10-13-1871) .• 397 Gower (10-16-1872) •........ 398 Jasper 00-17-1873) . 399 Pike (10-13-1871) ..•....... 400 Decatur (10-13-1871) . 401 Carterville (10-12-1893) . 403 Lowry City (10-17·1873) 404 Rosendale- (10-22-1896) . . 405 Everton 00-15-1885) . 406 Malden (10-13-1881) 407 Charleston (10-12-1893) •.•.• 408 Montrose (10-13-1871) •..... 409 Louisville 00-17-1902) . 410 Iberia (10-13-1871) . 411 Joppa (10-16.1872) ........• 412 Appleton City 00-13-1871) .. 413 Valley (10-17-1873) ........• 414 Greensburg (10-13-1871) ....• . 415 Hunnewell (10-13-1871) 416 Cache ( 10-13-1871) . . 417 Whitewater (10-13-1881) 419 Star (10-16-1872) . . 421 Urbana (10-15-1886) 422 Gate of Temple (10.16-1872) .. 423 Galt (10·15-1890) 424 Samaritan (10-16-1872) •.•.• 425 Green Ridge (9-29.1904) .... 426 Rothville (10-21-1897) ......• 427 Glenwood 00·17-1873) . 429 New Madrid 00-17-1873) 430 Winona (10·10-1894) .
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Competition (10-16-1891) •.•• Macks Creek (11-1-1878) •••• Rockbridge (10-21-1897) ••••• Temperance (10-16-1872) •.•• Mt. Olive (10-16-1872) .••••• Trowel (10·16-1872) .••••••.• Excelsior (10-16-1872) ..•.•. Burlington (10-13-1881) ••••• Anchor (10·16-1872) ••.••••• Ada (10-16-1872) ..••..••..• West Gate (10-11-1888) •.•.• Ivanhoe (10-17-1901) •••••.•• Jacoby (10-17.1901) •.••••••• Schell City (10-17-1873) .... Belton (10·16-1872) ••••••..• Forsyth (10-16-1872) ...••.•. Continental (10·21-1903) •••. Wallace (10-16-1872) •••••••• Jonesburg (10-12-1893) •••••• Melville (10-17-1873) ••••••• Hazelwood (10-16-1872) ••••• Lambskin (10-16-1872) ..• '••• Caruthersville (10-16-1872) •• Santa Fe 00-17-1873) •••••• Clifton (10-13-1881) ••••••.•• Concordia (10-17-1873) ...... Southwest (10-16-1890) ..••• Pleasant Hope (10·17-1878) •• Plato 00-16-1874) ..•••••••• Nodaway 00-16.1872) •••.•• Mineral (10-17-1878) .. Pickering 00-17-1873) .. Nineveh (10.15.1874) . Mt. Hope (10-16-1874) •••••• Henderson (10-15-1874) •.••• Rich Hill (10-29-1881) •••••• Jewel (10-17-1878) . Marceline 00-17-1889) •••••• Clintonville 00-16.1874) •.•• Fairfax 00-15-1874) •••••.•• Kirkwood 00-15-1874) •••.•• Coldwater (10-18-1881) •••••• Cairo (10-15-1874) ••••••••• Chilhowee (9-27-1906) •.•••• Lock Springs (10-15-1874) •• Lakeville 00-15-1874) .
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Name and Number of Lodge and Date of Charter 490 Montevallo (10-15-1874) ....• 491 .Vandalia (10-12-1876) •••••.. 492 Daggett (10-12-1876) ...•.... 494 Lewistown (10-12-1876) ..... 495 Unity (10-17-1895) 496 Robert Burns (10-11-1877) .. 497 Equality (9-27-1906) . . 499 Harmony (9-19-1917) 600 Jameson (10-11-1877) •...... 501 Buckner (10-11-1877) ......• 602 Philadelphia (10-11-1877) ... 603 Prairie Home 00-13-1881) .. 604 Platte City (10-13-1881) . . 605 Euclid (9-21-1917) 606 Lathrop (10-12·1882) •...... 607 Clearmont (10-12-1882) . 608 Saxton (10-12-1882) . 609 Van Buren (10-12-1882) 610 New Hampton (10-28~1926) 611 Skidmore (10-12.1882) . 512 Webb City (10-12-1882) . . 513 Senath (10-22-1902) 614 Granby (10-22-1902) . 616 Galena (10-12.1882) •....... 518 Oriental (10-11-1883) . 519 Crane 00-22-1896) •......... 520 Clifton Heights (10-10-1894) . 621 Lockwood (10.11-1883) •..... 522 Gate City (10-11-1883) ...•.. 524 Spickardsville (10-16-1886) .. 526 Cunningham (10-16-1886) ... 526 Wayne (10-16.1885) •....... 627 Higbee (10-15·1885) •....... 528 Conway (10-16-1885) •.•.•... 529 Apollo (9-18-1918) . 581 Lanes Prairie 00-15-1885) ..
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Name and Number of Lodge and Date of Charter 585 686 687 588 590 591 592 593 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 606 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 620 621 622 623 624 625
Shamrock (9-27-1906) . Criterion (9-26-1907) •...... Branson (9-26-1907) St. Francisville (9-26-1907) .. Advance (9-26-1907) •....... Barnett (9-26-1907) ..•...... La Russell (9-21-1921) . Union (9-26-1907) . Cole Camp (10-28-1926) . Puxico (9-30-1908) . Bosworth (9-30-1908) . Leadwood (9-30-1908) . ElviI18 (9-30-1908) ..•...•... Cosby (9-30-1908) . Clayton (9-30-1908) . Acacia (9-29-1909) . Morehouse (9-29-1909) ..•... Walker (9-29-1909) . Craig (9-29-1909) . Eminence (9-29-1909) . Strafford (9-28-1910) . Warrenton (9-19-1917) . Clark (9-28-1910) ••.•.•...•. Centertown (9-28-1910) •.... Mokane (9-28-1911) . Wellston (9-28-1911) Mt. Washington 00-17-1911) Chaffee (9-28-1911) . Brentwood (9-28-1949) . Swope Park (9-28-1911) . Grandview (9-28-1911) •..•.• Willard (9·25-1912) •........ Anderson (9-25-1912) ......• Norwood (9-25-1912) ......• Overland (9-28-1949) •.....• OwenSville (9-25-1912) .....• Sheffield (9-25-1912) •.......
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LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS FIRST DISTRICT-GEORGE DAVIDSON. D.D.G.M.. 437 E. Jackson, Memphis, Mo. 63555 Count» Cl~rk
Lodges . Fairmont•••••••. Eldorado •.•••••.. Hiram •...•...... St. Francisville ... Memphis ..•.•••. Gorin ....•••••.. Rutledge •........ Middle Fabius . Lodge of Love . Queen City .••.•..
No. I Location 2901 Wyaconda . 318 Luray ..•...•••. 362 Kahoka ....••... 688 Wayland ..•..... 16IMemphis ..•..... 72IGorin ..•........ 672lRutledge ....•... 244 Downing ..•..... 269 Lancaster ...••.. 380 Queen City .
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Master Charles P. Kapfer Joe Mendenhall Ernest F. Schaaf Arthur E. Barry Dale B. Trask Clark B. Ewing Robert L. Adams Forrest Harris Robert W. Sharp William A. Johns
. Leslie Fowler . Robert E. Erwin
Secretary-Name and Address A. M. Armstrong, Box 124, Wyaconda, Mo. 63474. David Folk, Route 1, Arbela, Mo. 63432 . E. C. Dinger, 362 N. Morgan, Kahoka, Mo. 63445 .. Norman S. Brammer, Alexandria, Mo. 63430 ..•.•. Pearl L. Stivers, Memphis, Mo. 63556 •.••...•.•••. Archie S. Baltzell, Gorin, Mo. 63543 ..........••. Arthur Lowe, Rt. 1, Rutledge, Mo. 63563 .....••. Roy W. Farris, Box 26, Downing, Mo. 63536 •.•... Perry M. Stacy, Lancaster, Mo. 63548 ..•.•••••••. Eugene Slaughter, Jr., Box 73, Queen City, Mo. 63561 .•..•••.....•.•••••••••. . . Walter H. Croskey, Glenwood, Mo. 63541. . Bryan F. Arnold, Box 146, Greentop, Mo. 63546 .
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SECOND DISTRICT-ROY L. FORTNEY. D.D.G.M•• 108 Franklin St.. Kirksville. Mo. 63501 A~:"ir ....•....
Kirksville ..•..... Adair ••••.••.... K'!,ox: : : : : : : : : Colony ..•.....•. Edina . Paulville.....•... Greensburg .
105 IKirksville. .. 366IKirksville 1681Knox City ..•..•. 291IEdina ....•...... 319IHurdland •...... 414IBaring ........•.
John W. Winslow Claude Gail Cody Gilvie Bertram John Harlow James L. Myers Edwin F. Mallett
Kenneth L. Gross, Route 4, Kirksville, Mo. 63501. . G. M. Longwith, Box 762, Kirksville, Mo. 63501. Leland E. McReynolds, Knox City, Mo. 63446 . James L. Cornelius, Edina, Mo. 63537 ...••..•.•.. Glenn Scott, Rt. 1, Brashear, Mo. 63533 ..••.••... J. J. Pearce, Baring, Mo. 63581. .............•...
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THIRD DISTRICT-EUGENE D. MALLETTE. D.D.G.M•• Newtown, Mo. 64667 Put,J,lam ..•••.. Hartford Somerset
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. Robert Olen Brown .. Edward L. Tietsort, Worthington, Mo. 63567 ..... . Virgil W. Carter, Route 2, . Milo Snider Powersville, Mo. 64672 ....•.••..•.••••••.•... Charles L. O'Reilly .. Emery H. Welsh, Unionville, Mo. 63565 ....•..... 210lUnionviJIe ..•.... . John F. Boehner, Humphreys, Mo. 64646 . 32IHumphreys . Gerald Rineheart . J. O. Harris, Box 96, Milan, Mo. 63556 ....•..••.. 126iMilan .. James E. Fulks . Wayne Bennett, Green City, Mo. 63545 . 159jGreen City ..•... Charles Clevenger . Eugene D. Mallette, Newtown, Mo. 64667 ..•..•..• 190iNewtown.••.... Bob M. Robinson . John H. Dennis, Route 4, Milan, Mo. 63666 ....••. 349Ipollock . Orville D. Riley . . William Haskell Lee. Cecil M. Clem, Box 68, Harris, Mo. 64645 389 Harris 5401Winigan . Richard T. Ware .... O~den L. Romine. Winigan, Mo. 63666 .
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FOURTH DISTRICT-JOHN W. MAYO. D.D.G.M., 802 Normal SI., Trenton, Mo. 64683 Grundy·······1 .. • " •.•••.. .. • .•..•. Mercer
Trenton ·lll1ITrenton······ •• ·1 Laredo.......... 253ILaredo ..•.•..... Galt ......•...... 423 Galt............ Spickardsville 524ISpickard ..•..... Mercer.......... 35IPrinceton
James R. Moore 1 Delbert Gentry, 721 Emma St., Trenton, Mo. 646831 Mark L. Kelso Carl C. Rains, Laredo, Mo. 64652 ...•...•••.•••••. Estel Rhoades....... Paul Porter, Galt, Mo. 64641................... Gordon Brown Gaylord E. Shaw, Box 276, Spickard, Mo. 64679 M. H. Arnote William F. Prichard, Princeton, Mo. 64673
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FIFTH DISTRICT-NED MCLAIN, D.D.G.M., Route 1, Hatfield. Mo. 64458
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97IBethany 128 Ridgeway. . . . . .. 257 Eagleville 328 ICainsville 510lNew Hampton 5561Gilman City. . . ..
Roy A. Broyles•••••• Kenneth D. Elliott... Rodger Gibson Clell Bennett Vernis Westlake Hubert H. Carter
Leland G. Magee, Box 9, Bethany, Mo. 64424 .•.... Lloyd A. Elifrits, Ridgeway, Mo. 64481 ..•...•.... Beryl Arkle, Eagleville, Mo. 64442 ..•.....••.•... Loren R. Thompson, Cainsville, Mo. 64632 . Steven D. Lundy, New Hampton. Mo. 64471 .....• Everett J. Lawrence, Gilman City, Mo. 64642 .....
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SIXTH DISTRICT-DALE E. HEATH, D.D.G.M.. Kinq Cily, Mo. 64463 Ge~try •.•••••.
Havana ......•.. 21 IMcFall 1 Donald W. Beer . Stanberry ...•.... 109 1Stanberry . . . . . .. Herb Benton . 1 George W. Crawford. Gentryville . 125IGentryville Athens ..•...•... 127IAlbany •......... Otis H. Steinman ....
Ancient Craft ..•. Jacoby . Grant City ..•.... W~;th:::::::: Defiance ..•••.... Allensville ..•.... Jonathan .
I 377IKing City . . 447 Darlington 66 Grant City . 88 Sheridan •.•..... 1981 Allendale . 321lDenver .
Richard Piper . W. E. McMillen . Dallas Richards . Paul F. Beezley . Harold J. Richardson Pearl Wilson .
H. Hovey Manring, McFall, Mo. 64657 . Beverly P. McClure, 218 W. First, Stanberry, Mo. 64489 ....................•... Billie E. Crawford, Rt. 2, Albany, Mo. 64402 .••••.. L. Frank Smith, 806 N. College Ave., Albany, Mo. 64402 ..•..•...........•.......... W. Edgar Bacon, Box 214, King City, Mo. 64463 Marvin C. Miller, Darlington, Mo. 64438 .......•.. David S. Kerns, Box 189, Grant City, Mo. 64456 ... Cleo A. Seckman, Sheridan, Mo. 64486 ..••.•.... Ortis C. Hammer, Allendale, Mo. 64420 •.....•.... Robert E. Rineman, Rt. 1, Denver, Mo. 64441. ..
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SEVENTH DISTRICT-WALTER E. SMITH, D.D.G.M., 136 S. Vine St., Maryville, Mo. 64468 Nodaway .....
Clive E. Dixon...... Harley I. Whaley, Rt. 2, Hopkins, Mo. 64461. ..... Robert Everhart Elmer Day, Quitman, Mo. 64478 ••••••••..•••..•• Harley F. Antrim Glen B. Goodson, Box 185, Ravenwood, Mo. 64479 Homer S. Medsker Wayne Warner, Rt. I, Graham, Mo. 64455 . Robert Black Richard F. Meek, Burlington Junction, Mo. 64428. Richard C. NeaL Walter E. Smith, 136 South Vine St., Maryville, Mo. 64468 ...•..•••..•..•..•..•.... Pickering •.•.••.. 4721 Pickering ....•.. Lowell Dean West ... J. Ervin Neal. Pickering, Mo. 64476 ..•.....•..• . John D. Hamilton... Raymond O. Porterfield, Clearmont, Mo. 64431. . Clearmont •••.•.. 5071 Clearmont . Kenneth Peter....... William A. Johnston, Skidmore, Mo. 64487 . Skidmore . 5111 Skidmore
Xenia ..•........ Quitman . Ravenwood . Graham . Burlington .••.... Nodaway ....••..
5°IHoPkins . . 196 Quitman 201 Ravenwood . 289 Graham . 442 Burlington J ct•.. 470IMaryville ....•...
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LODGE DIBECTORY BY DISTRICTS-CoDtiDued EIGHTH DISTRICT-X. ROGER PENNEL, D.D.G.M.. Box 366, Fairfax, Mo. 64446 Secretary-Name and Address Lodges Location Maste!' NO.1 Count7 Atchison •.••.. North Star ...••.. 1571Rock Port ••••••. Stanley Stubblefield .. Emil J. Bratrud, 310 West Cass St., Rock Port, Mo. 64482 ..•..•...... ,.......... I Sonora ..•...•••• 200 Watson .• , ...... Elbert Hudson ....... Willis L. Barnhart, Watson, Mo. 64496. . . . . . . . . .. Northwest ..•.••. 358 Tarkio .••....... David Peterson ...... Richard A. Halliday, Box 294. Tarkio, Mo. 64491.. Fairfax ....•.... , 483 Fairfax .••..... , Harvey L. Williams .. Newell D. Green, Box 127, Fairfax, Mo. 64446 ... " H~lt ..•. :::::: Maitland.....•... 112 Maitland ........ Forrest E. Christian. Fred H. Davidson, Maitland, Mo. 64466. . . . . . . .. Oregon ....•.••.. 139 Oregon ......... Max W. Kurtz ....... Willard r. Kurtz, Oregon, Mo. 64473 Forest City ...•.. 214 Forest City...... Lee Slusher, Jr•..... Allen E. Buetzer, Forest City, Mo. 64451 Mound City ...... 294 Mound City ..•.. James E. Steele, Jr.. Silas P. Allen, 408 Nebraska St., Mound City, Mo. 64470 .....••.•.. , ..•..•..... .......... Craig ........... 606ICraig ........... Everette F. Kerns ... James R. Burge, Craig, Mo. 64437
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NINTH DISTRICT-LAWHENCE R. ALBRIGHT, D.D.G.M., 802 Court St.. St. Joseph, Mo. 64504 Andrew ....... Savannah ........
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7liSavannah ..•..•. Fred Maughmer, Jr.. Mac Hogue, 402 Hickory Dr., Savannah, Mo. 64485 ........................ J. D. Huffman ...... , LeRoy L. Hobbs. King City, Mo. 64463 ........... Carol Turner ........ Carl W. Peterson, Jr., Rt. I, Fillmore, Mo. 64449 .. Dwaine Guest ......• A. Frank Gray, Rea, Mo. 64480 ................. Harry Hewitt .. , .... Karl H. Miller, Rosendale, Mo. 64483 ...•.....•... Alfred Hagg ........ Ressie Wade, Bolckow, Mo. 64427 .......•..•..... James D. Schottel. .. Joe C. Schneider, 1509 Safari Drive, St. Joseph, Mo. 64506 ...•.............. '. ..•.. , l°IAgenCy ......... Jesse H. Watkins .... Charles G. Kline,_.Route I, Agency, Mo. 64401 ..... 22 DeKalb ......... Jerry F. Shortie ..... Robert E. Miller, Box 138, De Kalb, Mo. 64440 ... 78 St. Joseph .. , .... B. L. Fleshman ...... J. Frank Gerber, 3012 N. 9th St., St. Joseph, Mo. 64505 ........................ I 160lFaucett......... Clifton Brown ....... C. E. "Gene" Babcock, Faucett, Mo. 64448 ........ 1891St. Joseph .. , ... , Otis C. Moore ....... C. Leonard Gasper, 2722 S. 20th St., St. J 06eph, Mo. 64503, .......... , ............ , I 238lRushville..•..... R. L. Merritt ........ D. R. Stanton, Rt. 2, Box 177, Rushville, Mo. 64484 269 St. Joseph ....... Clarence M. Wilson .. Orrin L. Mark, 623 Highland Ave., St. Joseph, Mo. 64505, ........................ I 331\St. Joseph ...... , Leland McKee, Jr.... D. L. Bledsoe, Box 631, St. Joseph, Mo. 64502 ... 376 St. Joseph ....... Kenneth B. Kaiser ... Elvis R. Poff, 5601 S. 4th St., St. Joseph, Mo. 64504 ............... , ... , ...•. 608\St. Joseph ..••• " Jerry D. Arnold ..... Virgil E. Donaldson, 3223 Jackson St., St. Joseph, Mo. 64507 .•..••.•........•..•..... 1171 Rochester ••..... 138 Fillmore ...•..•. 162lWhitesville...... 404 IRosendale ...••.. 4131 Bolckow ..•...... 600 Cosby ...........
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TENTH DISTRICT-KENNETH C. KORDES. D.D.G.M.. 502 W. Richerdson, Gallatin. Mo. 64640 Union Star ..•... Parrott .••.....•. Osborn •.••••.... Berlin ......•.... Continental. ••.•. Clarksdale ....... Da~:ess::::::: Western Star .... Pattonsburg ..... Gallatin ••••••.•. Earl. ...•...•.••. Lock Springs .... Jameson ......... ....... Jamesport ....... De~alb •••..•.
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Jerry R. Baker...... Coy E. Reedy ........ Leo Mix ............. James Burks ........ Martin B. Winger ... Guy Ketchem ........ Davey L. Fisher ..... Wilbur D. Roloson ... Vincent Runnels ..... Cecil E. Bolar ....... Ross Lee ............ H. J. Wheeler, Jr.... William D. Dixon ....
William H. Wheeler, Union Star, Mo. 64494 ..... Ralph M. Lawry, Maysville. Mo. 64469 ..•........ Harry W. Witt. Osborn, Mo. 64474 ...•........... Walter E. Miller, Route I, King City, Mo. 64463 ... Clarence G. Waller, Stewartsville, Mo. 64490 ...... John E. Cobb. Box 134, Clarksdale, Mo. 64430 ... Alfred Dunlap, Rt. I, Winston. Mo. 64689 ....... E. D. Cameron, Box 87, Pattonsburg, Mo. 64670. Kenneth C. Kordes. Gallatin, Mo. 64640 .....•... Hugh F. Brown, Box 111, Coffey, Mo. 64636 ..... Clayton Grimes, Gallatin. Mo. 64640 ............. John R. Smith, Jameson, Mo. 64647 ............ Doyle C. Kime, Jamesport. Mo. 64648 ............
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ELEVENTH D1STWCT-GARNETT L. CLEVENGER. D.D.G.M., Route 2, Lawson, Mo. 64062 Clay .......... Liberty ....•..... Holt ......••••... .......... .......... Angerona ...•....
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311 Liberty ....•.... Daniel E. Dodson .... Merritt G. Damrell, Rt. I, Box 15, Liberty, Mo. 64068 ......•.................•.. I 49IHolt..•.•••.•... Alton Bailey ......... Gordon Carter, Box 7, Holt, Mo. 64048 193 Missouri City .... Robert E. Hicklin, William M. Froman, Rt. I, Acting W.M....... Excelsior Springs, Mo. 64024. • . • . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I 207 IExcelsior Springs Kenneth R. O'Dell ... Christian Overman, 228 Waller, Excelsior Springs, Mo. 64024 I 311 Kearney ........ Arthur W. Haney ... James W. Munkirs, Kearney, Mo. 64060 438, Smithville....... James Brokenicky ... Charles V. Brokenicky, Box 237, Smithville, Mo. 64089................... ..... I 37IHemPle..•...... Harry Euler ......... Glenn H. Cook, Rt. 1, Hemple, Mo. 64460. . . . . . . .. 62 Cameron ........ James D. Baker ..... O. Rex Orr. Rt. 3. Cameron, Mo. 64429 113[Plattsburg...... Morgan Harris .••... Rex V. Cook, 307 Broadway, Plattsburg, Mo. 64477 I 397\Gower ...••.•••. Rollie A. Musser ..... E. Keith Harris, Gower, Mo. 64454 606 Lathrop ..•..... H. R. Chenoweth .... James L. Taylor, Box 441, Lathrop, Mo. 64465.. 393lLawson ......... Harvey A. Ballinger. R. Wayne Briant, Rt. 2, Lawson, Mo. 64062
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TWELFTH DISTRICT-B. RAYMOND BABB, D.D.G.M., 1421 Cooper Street, Chillicothe, Mo. 64601 Cal~~ell
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Billy Lee Clevenger .. George P. Jewell .... A. H. Evans ........ Francis F. Reed ..... Floyd L. Smith ...... Kenneth L. Roath ... Richard Sidden ...... L. M. Johnson .......
John W. O'Dell, Box 265, Braymer, Mo. 64624 ..... Harry L. Goff, Hamilton, Mo. 64644 ...........•. Forrest R. Leamer, Polo, Mo. 64671 .............. Herbert Woolsey, Breckenridge, Mo. 64625 ........ David K. Hatfield, Rt. I, Cowgill, Mo. 64637 ....... Robert P. Babb, Box 89, Chillicothe, Mo. 64601.. Edgar L. Kohl, Box 16, Utica, Mo. 64686 ......... Hobart H. Hudson, Dawn, Mo. 64638 .............
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FOURTEENTH DISTRICT-eHARLES GREEN, D.D.G.M., 317 Vme Street, Macon, Mo, 63552 M~~on ........ Callao ...........
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William E. Tarbet, Shelbyville, Mo. 63469 .•.•..••. Horace H. Rice, Shelbina, Mo. 63468 .....•....... John A. Lyell, Hunnewell, Mo. 68448 ...•••.•..••. Harold Hubbard, Route 2, Shelbyville, Mo. 63469 .. T. Earl Starke, 202 W. Liberty St., Clarence, Mo. 63437 ..........................
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FIFTEENTH DISTRICT-O. RICHARD SANDERS, D.D.G.M., 3108 Greenway Rd., Hannibal, Mo. 63401 G. J. Rohs, 307 Jackson St., La Grange, Mo. 63448 William B. Smith, Monticello, Mo. 63457 ..••.•.... David S. Bagby, La Belle, Mo. 63447 ..•..•......• A. Clyde Stork, 709 Lewis St., Canton, Mo. 63435 .. Norman Tucker, Williamstown, Mo. 63473 ..•••••. James A. Coder, Lewistown, Mo. 63452 .....•..... Junior Doscher, Ewing, Mo. 63440 .....••.••.••. Howard J. Gardhouse, 220 W. Ross St., Palmyra, Mo. 63461 ...............•....••.••. I St. John's ..••.... 28 IHannibal. .•.... R. C. Pollard, Jr..... Clifford A. Robbearts, 708 Pine St., Hannibal, Mo. 63401 •....•..............•..•.. I HannibaL .•••.•. 188lHannibal. ..•••• Albert C. Beezley.... J. T. Kretzer, 602 Flora Ave., Hannibal, Mo. 63402 Philadelphia ..... 502lPhiladelphia ..... Lyman M. McPike ... Thomas J. Bleigh. Philadelphia, Mo. 63463 ........
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SIXTEENTH DISTRICT-FRANCIS L. JOHNSON, D.D.G.M., 1217 Kentucky St.. Louisiana, Mo. 63353 P~~e
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Charles E. Mendonsa, Eolia, Mo. 63344 ..••.. , ..•. L. O. Pope, 303 S. 2nd St., Clarksville, Mo. 63336 .. Russell J. Rowe, Rt. 2, Louisiana, Mo. 63353 ..•... Terrace E. Boudinier, 206 S. Main Cross, Bowling Green, Mo. 63334 . Frankford....... 1921 Frankford•••••. ' E. P. Hansen ......• , John S. Brown, Frankford, Mo. 63441. .. , .•...... Pike 399 ICurryville J. R. McCune James W. Stevens, Curryville, Mo. 68839 ..
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SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT-JOHN E. BOGUE. D.D.G.M.• R. 1, New London, Mo. 63459 Mo~.roe..•....
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19 Paris Albro Ball ...••...... Henry Sladek, 317 N. Main St., Paris, Mo. 65275 .. 23 Florida......... Gillam Street Alva R. Gibbs, Paris. Mo. 65275 ..•..•..••....... 64 Monroe City ..•.. Billy B. Porter ....•.. Robert M. Ely, 208 E. Dover St., Monroe City, Mo. 63456 . 91 Madison .•••..•. Eugene A. Woods , Johnnie A. Summers, Rt. 2, Madison, Mo. 65263 •• , 462 Santa Fe Jerry Crigler Joe B. Kerr, Rt. 4, Mexico, Mo. 65265 , 660 Holliday •••.•... R. G. Crain Paul K. Callison, Box 7097, Holliday, Mo. 65258. 33 Center •••••••... J. R. Brown Douglas W. Lieurance, Box 212, Center, Mo. 63436 , Lecil Ulry, Route 1, Perry, Mo. 63462 .......••.•. 302 Perry .......•... Gordon Levings 307 New London , James W. Stephens .. Harold G. Cooper, New London, Mo. 63459 .
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EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT-ALBERT R. MARTIN, D.D.G.M., Route 3. Moberly. Mo. 65270 Randolph. .• .. Huntsville ..•.•.. Milton ....•.•.•.. Clifton Hill ...•.. Moberly •••...... Cairo .••.•••..... Higbee ....•..... Jacksonville . Clark , .
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151IMilton . . 161 Clifton Hill 3441 Moberly ..•...... 486 Cairo . 527lHigbee ......••• , . 541 Jacksonville ,, 610;Clark .. ,.,
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NINETEENTH DISTRICT-FRANCIS KEPNER, D.D.G.M.. RothvUle. Mo. 64676 Chariton •.••• , Eureka •••.•.•...
73jBrunswick ... , .. Charles H. Newsom .. Sidney C. Newsom, 624 W. Broadway, I Brunswick, Mo. 65236 ..•..•. , 741 Keytesville Joe E. Manson,..... Joe P. Stiles, Keytesville, Mo. 65261. 122 Triplett ..•...... R. L. Sanders....... Wm. O. Gaines, Rt. 1, Triplett, Mo. 65286 ....•... 208 Salisbury Denns L. Kraber Everett J. Kirby, 708 S. Walnut St., I Salisbury, Mo. 65281 ..................•.•••... Rothville........ 426IRothville , Floyd E. Vaughn Jess R. Smith, Rt. 1, Brookfield, Mo. 64628 ..••.•• , Cunningham ..... 526jSumner•••••.... Everett E. Welsh Leslie O. Allen, Route 1, Sumner, Mo. 64681. ..•... _ _ _ _...;......;...~M_e_n.;.:d;..o_n_._ ....;... ;.,._._ . ._._.....;..;,6_2_8_I_M..;.,e_n_d_o_n...;.._._'_.._._._,_._J_._M_i_lt_o_n_T_a..:..y_lo_r_._...;.,...;.".:. :.'_C_I_e_o_V_.K_in_c_a_i_d,,-,_4_07_W_oo_d_S_t., Mendon, Mo. 64660 Warren......... Triplett......... Salisbury .••... "
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TWENTIETH DISTRICT-TRAVIS A. GRAHAM. D.D.G.Moo Box 22. Boqard. Mo. 64622 Lodges No.1 Location Master Secretary-Name and Address Wakanda..•••••. 02 ICarrollton .•..... Eugene Pattie ....... Jack McKinney, 909 Park St, Carrollton, Mo. 64633 .....••••..••.••...••..• I Bogard•.•••••... 10IIBogard•••...... Gene E. Dotson ...... Travis A. Graham. Box 22, Bogard, Mo. 64622 ... HaleCity ........ 216 Hale •....••.•... A. M. Ballew ........ Robert B. Baker, Rt. 2. Box 90, Hale, Mo. 64643. Carroll..•.•.•.•• 249 Norborne ••.••.. Thomas C. White .... R. Hugh Robinson, 611 S. Elm St., " Norborne. Mo. 64668 ..•...................... I Bosworth ......•. 097/Bosworth ..•.... Johnny Bruce....... Ralph W. Parker. R.R.. Bosworth, Mo. 64623 .... Ray ... ::::::: Hardin .......... 322 Hardin .......... Ivan Hogan ......... R. T. Lampton. Box 300. Hardin, Mo. 64035 .....
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TWENTY-FmST DISTRICT-RICHARD W. CALVERT. D.D.G.M.. 6822 N.W. Keams Drive. Parkville. Mo. 64152 13/Kansas City ••••• Eldon J. Cusic ....... Edgar Lederer, 6200 N. Oak Trafficway, Kansas City. Mo. 64118 ...................... I Weston •••....... 63/Weston .•..•.•.. Dean Lintner ........ J. A. Offutt. 213 Walnut St., Weston, Mo. 64098. Lester Elifrits. 6120 N. E. 50th St., Compass •...•.... 120 Parkville •.••..•. James Nathan ....•.. Kansas City, Mo. 64119 ................•...•. I Camden Point..•. 169\Camden Point ••• Richard Thompson ... Russell J. Rickel. Camden Point. Mo. 64018 ..•.... Rowley ....•..... 204 Dearborn ••••••. James Lee Paden .... Delbert E. Branstetter, Dearborn, Mo. 64439...... Fidelity ..•••••••. 339 IFarley ..•..•..•. L. L. Northington .•. O. R. McCoy, 17 W. 7th St., Parkville, Mo. 64152 .. Adelphi ...••.••.. 3651 Edgerton ..•.•... O. L. Livingston ..... Marion Shafer, Rt. 1. Edgerton, Mo. 64444 .••••. Platte City ....... 504 Platte City ...... Chas. S. Umphreys .. Herman Klein. Platte City. Mo. 64079 ............
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TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT (a}-EDWARD A. LANDINGHAM. DoD.G.M., 9721 E. 35th SL. Independence. Mo. 64052 Jackson ..•.••• Kansas City••....
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TWENTY·SECOND DISTRICT Jackson .•.... Heroine .••••••.. Albert Pike..•... Westport •.•.•••• Ivanhoe ..•••.... york ..•.•.••.... Marlborough ..•.. Swope Park •...•. East Gate .•..•... Country Club ..•.. Rockhill .........
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1041Kansas City ..... Louis A. Gauert..... Joseph S. Epstein, P.O. Box 7183, Kansas City, Mo. 64113 ........•..•....••.•.. I 2191Kansas City ..... William M. Skelton .. U. S. Smith, 8828 Rainbow Lane, Kansas City, Mo. 64114 ........•............. I 340lKansas City •••.. Edward R. Oman .... Clarence V. Buchholz, 48 West 53rd Terrace. Kansas City, Mo. 64112 ...•.••.•..•..•........ '4461 Kansas City ..... Chester M. Turley ... Frank A. Lewis, 3201 Park Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 64109 ....................... i 5631Kansas City ..... Rex M. Fisher....... George H. Bowen, 608 West 86th Terr., Kansas City, Mo. 64114 .•........••...•....... 5691 Kansas City ..... Harold E. Holliger ... Gustav W. Knecht, 1308 E. 81st Ter., Kansas City, Mo. 64131. ...................... 617/Kansas City .••.. R. M. Hamilton, Sr.. L. Verne Hosie, 4621 Mersington Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 64130 ...•.•..••............. I 630lKansas City ..... Henry L. McDaniel.. Ralph Berry, 4314 Moats Dr., Kansas City, Mo. 64133 ......•.•............. I 6561Kansas City•••.. Laurence E. Hamley. R. Rex Sandusky, 2017 West 83rd Terrace, Leawood, Kan. 66206 ••.•..•....••..•.••••••.. I 6631Kansas City ..... Harry Riseman ...... Hugh Leeb, P.O. Box 5943, Kansas City, Mo. 64111
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TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT-JOHN J. POLLARD. D.D.G.M•• 1809 Forest Ave.. Lexington. Mo. 64067 . Waverly . 61 \Waverly . D. G. Windmeyer.••. William C. Rowe, Waverly, Mo. 64096 Lexington ..•.... 149 Lexington •••.... Newton R. Bradley•. George W. Stewart, 336 S. 13th St., Lexington, Mo. 64067 .................•....... Higginsville.•.... 364lHigginsville .••.. Clark W. Tyler.... .. Howard I. Tobin, Rt. 2, Higginsville, Mo. 64037. Florus Elling, Rt. 2, Concordia, Mo. 64020 ..•..... Concordia ..•.... 464 Concordia.•••••. Richard Alvis . William V. Cobb J. J. Johnston, 402 S. 5th St., Odessa, Mo. 64076 .. Mount Hope ....• 476 Odessa Eugene Parkes, Box 316, Richmond, Mo. 64085 .. Richmond ..•••••. 57 Richmond ••••••• Robert H. Dingus . Ray ••.••••••.•.. 223ICamden •.•••••.. N orman Smithey.... Billy L. O'Dell, Route 2, Orrick, Mo. 64077 ..•... Ada . 44410rrick ....•..... Elmer L. Pigg, Jr.... C. A. Gooch, Rt. 2, Box 106, Orrick, Mo. 64077 ....
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TWENTY·FOURTH DISTRICT-RAYMOND R. HARTMAN. D.D.G.M•• 104 S. Elm St.. Sweet Sprinqs. Mo. 65351 Sal,~ne ..•••••.
Arrow Rock •..... 50IArrow Rock •.... C~mb!,idge . 63 Slater ..•.••••... MIamI .....••.... 8oIMiami. ..•••••.. Trilumina.•..... 205IMarshall ..•••••. Barbee•.•••••••. 2171 Sweet Springs Oriental ••••..... 5181 Blackburn Nelson .....••... 660 Nelson
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William H. Miller, Arrow Rock, Mo. 65320 ..•... GUY F. Hays, Sr., Box 36, Gilliam, Mo. 65330 Wilbur L. Hains, Rt. 2, Miami, Mo. 65344 Harry Quinley, 472 S. Lafayette, Marshall, Mo. 65340. . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . .. . Cameron Smith . P. Wylie, 110 Patrick, Sweet Springs, Mo. 65351.. . D. DuAyne Borchers. George W. Borchers, Blackburn, Mo. 65231 •.•••. , . Donald E. Caton ..... Everett J. Steed, Rt. 2, Nelson, Mo. 66347
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TWENTY·FIFTH DISTRICT-ROBERT R. BRADSHAW. D.D.G.M.. 1020 Taylor Dr.. Boonville. Mo. 65233 Secretary-Name and Address Lodges Master Location Count,NO.1 36!Boonville..•...•. Horace L. Smith ..... Leslie L. Williamson, 202 West Spring St., Cooper •••••... Cooper •.•••.•••. Boonville, :Mo. 65233 ...•..••.•.•..•..•.....•. I Pleasant Grove .•. 14210tterviIIe..••••. Daniel T. Glenn ..... August L. Bottom, Otterville, Mo. 65348 ....•..... Wm.D.Muir .••.. 277 1Pilot Grove ...... A. E. Schlotzhauer ... Albert A. Eichhorn, Pilot Grove, Mo. 65276 ..•.... Wallace ..•..•••.. 456IBunceton •....... George E. Gander .... John H. Scott, Bunceton, Mo. 65237 ....•••....... Prairie Home .•.• 603 Prairie Home.... Donald R. Coffman .. Roy C. Smith, Prairie Home, Mo. 65068 .....•.... Ho~arci::::::: Howard ••••••••• 4 New Franklin ... Robert Lee Snoddy ... Tom D. Markland, New Franklin, Mo. 65274 ...... Fayette•••••••••. 47iFayette ...•••••. Dan Schaaf ......... Samuel P. Ayres, Jr., 100 S. Main St., Fayette, Mo. 65248 ....................•...... I Livingston ..•.... 51/Glasg oW •••••••.. Raymond Jones ...... James E. Borders, 611 Howard St., Glasgow, Mo. 65254 ........•..••.•.........•. Armstrong....... 70 IArmstrong •..... Ted B. Hinton ....... Doyle L. Scott, Box 169. Armstrong, Mo. 65230 ..
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TWENTY·SIXTH DISTRICT-ERNEST C. COTTLE. D.D.G.M.. 100Sa Harkin St•• Columbia. Mo. 65201 Boone ...•.... Centralia
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Russell E. Mansfield, 807 So. Rollins St., Centralia, Mo. 65240 ......•................•• A. T. Dorsey, 1411 Pratt, Columbia, Mo. 65201. ... James L. Brashear, Rt. 1, Hartsburg, Mo. 65039. W. Casey Haux, Box 96, Sturgeon, Mo. 65284 . Russell D. Cook, Box 74, Hallsville, Mo. 65255 . Ralph G. Murray, Star Rt., Sturgeon, Mo. 65284 . Walter H. Baird, Box 457, Columbia, Mo. 65201. ..
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TWENTY·SEVENTH DISTRICT-FRANK W. HAZELRIGG. JR.. D.D.G.M•• 505 Hiqhway Z. Fulton. Mo. 65251 Audrain ..
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TWENTY·EIGHTH DlSTRICT-W. LEE BREWSTER. D.D.G.M.. Box 183. Hiqh Hill. Mo. 63350 Griswold •••...... 178 IBellfiower.•••... Bill J. Adams....... Paul Rodgers, Bellflower, Mo. 63333 ..•.....•..•.. Wellsville ...••... 194iWellsville ..••... James W. Gilbert .... R. R. Peveler, Box 47, Wellsville, Mo. 63384 .....•. Montgomery .•... 246 I Montgomery City Leo Hadfield .•.•..... David O. Morrow, 314 N. Harper St., Montgomery City, Mo. 63361. ..........•..•••• I Emil L. Meyer, Jr., High Hill, Mo. 63350 ..••.••. • .. Jonesburg ••••••. 457IJonesburg ••••... Phillip W. EngeL , Sidney Muehl, Rhineland, Mo. 65069 ........•••• . Kenneth Boehm ... Daggett . 492 McKittrick
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TWENTY·NlNTH DISTRICT-THOMAS E. THURMON, D.D.G.M., 9 Fair Court, Troy, No. 63379 Lincoln ••••••. Troy •.••...••..•
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THIRTIETH DISTRICT-ROBERT U. TRIPP, D.D.G.M., 540 Derinda Avenue, Ferguson. Mo. 63135 St. Charles .••. Wentzville.•••.•.
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THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT-KENNETH W. HACKMAN, D.D.G.M., 211 E. Jefferson, Owensville, Mo. 65066 Fra?,klin ...... Evergreen .....•. Sullivan ......... II Gray Summit .••.
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LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-ConUnued THIRTY-THIRD DISTRICT (a}-CHESTER L. LIEDER. D.D.G.M.. 4918a Tholozan Ave.. SL Louis. Mo. 63109 County Lodges Master Secretary-Name and Address Location No. I City of St. Louis .. Meridian ........ 21St. Louis •....... E. M. McReaken ..... Harry C. Ploetze, 8751 Villa Crest Dr., St. Louis, Mo. 63126 ......................... .. Geo. Washington. 9 St. Louis ........ Robert R. Grubbs .... Russell O. Nash, 7342 Carleton Ave., " St. Louis. Mo. 63130 ....... '" .......•....... I Naphtali. ••••.... 251St. Louis •....... Ivan G. Abrahams ... Charles L. Proctor, 1721 McLaran Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63147 .......................... I Pomegranate .... 951St. Louis ........ C. W. Corey, Jr...... Arnold E. Juergens, 9243 Lurline Dr., St. Louis, Mo. 63126 ......................... .. Pride of the West . 179/St. Louis ........ Floyd Chase, Jr...... Harold F. Simmons, 7304 Sutherland Ave., I Webster Groves, Mo. 63119. '" ................ Pyramid ......... 1801St. Louis ........ Jack M. Carroll ...... Ray B. Alexander, 8609 Litzinger Rd., St. Louis, Mo. 63143 ......................... .. Good Hope ....... 2181St. Louis ........ W. H. Whitlock ...... Elmer M. Ruffin, 6866 Robert Ave., " I St. Louis, Mo. 63109 ........•................ Cosmos •.•....... 2821St. Louis ........ David F. Pinkley .... Christie J. RaIl, 1622 Jonquil Dr., I Webster Groves, Mo. 63119 .................... .. Cornerstone ..... 323iSt. Louis ........ Edward J. Lawson ... Harold W. Kuhlenbeck, 365 Novara Dr., I Manchester, Mo. 63011. ...................... .. America •.•...... 3471St. Louis ..•..... Robert E. Pfeiffer ... George H. Holdsworth, 4943 Schollmeyer Ave., I St. Louis, Mo. 63109 .......................... .. Cache ..•........ 4161St. Louis ........ Thomas F. Boyer .... Arthur W. Rauch, 7 Girard Dr., I Webster Groves, Mo. 63119 .................... .. Harmony •.•..... 4991St. Louis ........ William F. Schmidt .. George J. Giessow, 6649 Tholozan Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63109 ......................•... .. Clifton Heights .. 520/St. Louis .•...... Joseph M. Hughes ... James E. Winterton, Jr., 6003 Mardel Ave., I St. Louis, Mo. 63109 ...............•.......... .. Algabil. .•••..... 6441St. Louis ........ Dale A. Ludwig ...... Elmer L. Fowler, 5208 Alabama Ave., I St. Louis, Mo. 63111. ......................... .. Magnolia........ 6261St. Louis ........ O. W. Rathbone, Jr.. Harvey F. Zingsheim, Jr., 2 East View Dr., I Fenton, Mo. 63026 ........................... ., .. Tower Grove ..... 6311St. Louis ........ Alfred F. Ulrich ..... Adam H. Liebmann, 6508 Rhodes Ave., I St. Louis. Mo. 63109 ..•..•.................... to .. Triangle•••.•.... 6881St. Louis •....... Harry T. Brown, Jr.. Raymond C. Scott, 6309 Lucille Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63136 •.......••.•..•.......... I .. Commonwealth ... 6541St. Louis .••..... Arlen M. Eickhoff ... Carl F. Adler, 3969 Botanical Avenue. I St. Louis. Mo. 63110 ......, ...................
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LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICT8--Conlinued THIRTY·FOURTH DISTRICT-WM. M. KIMBERLIN. D.D.G.M•• 201 Stella. Harrisonville. Mo. 64701 County C~s ..•...•...
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THIRTY.FIFTH DISTRICT-JAMES N. BRADLEY. D.D.G.M.. Route 4, Rich HUl. Mo. 64779 B~~es. .
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THIRTY·SIXTH DISTRICT-JACK L. CHAMBERS. D.D.G.M•• 2227 W. 1st Street Ten.. Sedalia. Mo. 65301 Cole Camp •••••.. 595 Cole Camp •.•... Howard Lehigh ...... Pete J. Otten, Cole Camp, Mo. 65325 •.••••••••• Shawnee ....••... 653 Warsaw •.••••... Robert N. Breshears. John Owen, Box 275, Warsaw, Mo. 65355 ••.•••••. Johnsoti::::: : Knob Noster •.••. 245 Knob Noster •••• John Cecilia ..•.•.•.. John A. Ewalt, 109a N. State St., Knob Noster, Mo. 65336 ...........•..••.•.... Holden •••••••••. 262 Holden •••.•••... James Allgood ....... George B. Collins, Box 86, Holden, Mo. 64040 ..••.. Corinthian •••.••. 265 Warrensburg .... Kenneth R. Martin ... Emmett Ellis, 103 E. Market St., Warrensburg, Mo. 64093 .........•.••....•••• Cold Spring.••.•. 274 Leeton ..•.•••••. James G. Sexson ..... Clyde D. Hayhurst, Rt. 1, Leeton, Mo. 64761. •... 487 Chilhowee•••••.. Rodney D. Higgins, Rt. 2. Chilhowee, Mo. 64733. Paul Hutchins ....... Chilhowee•.•.•.. P~~tis •.••.••••••••••. Sedalia •••••••••. 236 Sedalia .......... Robert Chambers ... , H.J. Gwinn, 667 E. lOth St., Sedalia, Mo. 65301 ••. Lloyd C. Kennon, 1523 S. Harrison, 272 Sedalia•••••••••. F. E. Richardson .... Granite.••••••••. Sedalia, Mo. 65301 ..••.•..••.••.•.•••.•.••.••. 425 Green Ridge ...•. Leroy Ryan, Rt. 2, Green Ridge, Mo. 65332 ..•..•• Russell H. Miller .•.•. Green Ridge ••••• LaMonte ......... 574 LaMo?te ........ Claude M. Nutt ...... R. B. Burke, Rt. 2, Box 12, La Monte, Mo. 65337 ... Be~~on ..•....
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THIRTY·NINTH DISTRICT-eLYDE E. HEADRICK. D.D.G.M.. 303 W. First Street. Salem. Mo. 65560 Cra~ford ••••. Lebanon......... 77 Steelville•••••••• Edward E. Clinton .. , Robert T. Randel, Route 4, Salem, Mo. 65560 •••••. Cuba............ 812 Cuba ••••••••.... John W. Bayless Edwin W. Hardesty. 404 Cox Dr., Cuba, Mo. 65453 Dent......... Salem........... 226 Salem •••••••.... C. M. Adams, Jr Harold Harston. 704 N. Pershing, Salem. Mo. 65560. . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • •. M~~ies Belle: ....•.• :.... 373 Belle Louis J. Enloe ..•.... Roy D. Huse, Belle, Mo. 65013 Lanes Pralne 581 Viehy Lester Workman , Wm. H. Nolte. Vichy, Mo. 65580 •• •. Vienna.......... 94 Vienna •••••.••. Wayne Terry J. Willard Terry, Vienna, Mo. 65582 ...••••....• Ph:;lps .• : :': ••. Rolla............ 213 Rolla........... James R. Sober W. C. Campbell, 203 W. 1st St., Rolla, Mo. 65401.. St. James .•.••••. 230 St. James •...... S. W. Kraweieki. Thos. T. Bohon, 116 W. Hardy St., St. James, Mo. 65559 ; •. . .. . .. .•••••.. Equality 497INewburg •••.•••. B. J. Pendergrast Leonard E. Myers, Box 95, Newburg. Mo. 65550. Pulaski. ••.•.• Arlington •••••••. 846 Dixon ..••••••• ~. William Perry Edwin E. Baur, Box 305. Dixon, Mo. 65459 Texas Latimer......... 145 Lieking Roscoe C. Maricle 'L.'G. Miller, Rt.'4, Box 48, Licking, Mo. 65542 ..
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LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTBIC1'S--Coatl!lued FORnETH DISTRICT-nom SUTTON. D.D.G.M.. 517 Sunshine Dr.. Festus. Mo. 63028 Lodges De Sooo ....•..... Joachim ......... Shekinah ..•...•. Herculaneum .••.
Secretary-Name and Address Glenn Ames, 1003 Rock Road, De Soto, Mo. 63020. Vernon K. Abel, Box 64, Hillsboro, Mo. 63050 ..... A. W. Lashley, 400 9th St., Crystal City, Mo. 68019 Henry A. Hartoebben, 4319 Sinnwell Drive, St. Louis, Mo. 63123 ........•.... , ........ , ... St. Francois .•. Blackwell ..•..... 535lBlackwell•••.••• Norman L. Henry ... Wintha L. Henry, Rt. 3, De Soto, Mo. 63020 ..... Washington ... Tyro ............ 12 Caledonia••••••• Billy Elwood Dunn ... Frank Wright, Box 115, Caledonia, Mo. 63631. ... Count7
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Harold E. Morgan ... H. G. Wooldridge .... Oral D. Bigler ....... Howard Street ....... Jesse W. Kauffman .. Marion A. Mitchell ... Gary D. Allison ...... Claud B. Krtek ...... Leland Lipscomb ....
Harold B. Patterson, Rt. I, Buffalo, Mo. 65622 ...• Forrest M. Dorman, Louisburg, Mo. 65685 ........ James R. Fowler,Urbana, Mo. 65767 ............. Jim Chaney, Wheatland. Mo. 65779 ...•.......... Garrett Bartshe, Rt. I, Hermitage, Mo. 65668 ..... J. Howard Price, Fair Play, Mo. 65649 ........•.. Fred V. Hogan. Flemington, Mo. 65650 .....•..... S. B. Brown, III, Box 317, Bolivar, Mo. 65613 ...•. C. G. Hill, 2848 E. Blaine, Springfield, Mo. 65802 ..
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FORTY-SECOND DISTBICT-eHRISTOPHEB C. MCLEMORE. D.D.G.M.. South Greenfield. Mo. 65752 C~ar ••.•••••.
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FORTY·THIRD DISTRICT-JAMES A. PHILLIPS. D.D.G.M.. Route 1. Walker. Mo. 64790 Barton ..•.•.•. Hermon •••. ; .•. , Lamar ••••••.... " Cedar••••••••. Clintonville•••••• Vernon •.•.•.. Osage•••.•...•.. Sheldon •.•••••••. Sehell City••••••. Montevallo..••... Unity •••••.•.... Walker ..........
1871Liberal.••...... Joseph D. Marlow ... Archie Wimmer, Box 217, Liberal, Mo. 64762 .... 292 Lamar.......... Nuel T. Holman, Sr.. Kenneth M. Williams, 600 Poplar St., Lamar, Mo. 64769 ............•.............• I 4821Eldorado Sprin~ Paul A. Hargrove.... John F. Conway, 117 Winner Rd., EI Dorado Springs, Mo. 64744 ...........•..... 80slNevada ..•.•••.. M. F. Westerhold .... David V. Morris, 612 S. Main St., Nevada, Mo. 64772 ..•...........•............ 37l/Sheldon .••.•••.. Herbert Pyeatte..... E. L. Wiseley, Rt. I, Box 17, Sheldon, Mo. 64784 .•. 448 ISchell City •••••• Victor W. Thomas ... Harold R. Mosher, Schell City, Mo. 64783 ..••..... 490IMontevallo ....•. Walter Truitt ....... Lewis Kennedy, Rt. I, Milo, Mo. 64767 ........... 496 Riehards ........ Jim Bob Handly ..... C. H. Newland, Box 16S, Riehards, Mo. 64778 ..... 6051 Walker ..•...... Gene Bobbett ........ John R. Walker, Box 307, Nevada, Mo. 64772 .....
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LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued FORTY·FIFTH DISTRICT-L. DOYLE TREECE, D.D.G.M., 1853 S. Weller Ave., Springfield, Mo. 65804 Lodges Secretary-Name and Address County Master NO.1 Location L. Beazley, 2410 E. Seminole, Greene ..•••••. United.•.•.•.••. • /"p,;ngfieJd •••••. Larry Bill Kapp ..•.• Paul Springfield, Mo. 65804 ..•••••..••••.•••..••••• O'Sullivan ••••••• 7 Walnut Grove... William King .•...••. R. J. King, Box 151, Walnut Grove, Mo. 65770 .• Ash Grove •....•. 100 Ash Grove ...•... Harry W. Johnson ••. Earl M. Gardner, Ash Grove, Mo. 66604 ••••••••• Solomon ......•.• 271 ISpringfield ..•... R.R. Sanders, Jr.... Paul Turner, 1100 W. Division St., Gate of The Springfield, Mo. 65803 .....•...........••.•••. I Temple •••••.•. 422\S p rin g field ..•... John L. Lorenz ..•... Floyd A. Yates, Box 2784, Commercial Station, Springfield, Mo. 65803 ..•••...••••••••••••••• Republic ......... 570IRepublic•••.•••. John A. Harrington. Frank J. Comisky, 410 W. Anderson Ave., " Republic, Mo. 65738 .................•..••.•.. I Strafford .•••••••. 6081 Strafford ..••••.. L. Joe Essary ....•.. Charles M. Edmondson, 920 Sayer St., " Springfield, Mo. 65803 ..........•...•••••••.• I Willard •••••••••. 620!Willard ....•.••. Lowell Lamy ........ Earl C. Rea, Box 95, Willard, Mo. 65781 .......... We~t~;.·:.·.·:: Webster •.••••••. 98!Marshfield ••••••. James S. Pope ....... J. E. Blinn, 558 N. Pine, Marshfield, Mo. 65706 •. Doric .•..•••••••• SOOIElkland ..••.•... William Ellis Young. Joe D. Huffman, Rt. I, Elkland, Mo. 66644 •••••• Mount Olive.••••. 4391 Rogersville, RR. 8 James E. Jones •...•. Bradley Budd, Rt. 2, Fordland, Mo. 65652 ••••••• Hazelwood ..•••.. 469jSe)lmour .••.•.•. Glen E. Daugherty ... Louis R. Miller, Route 4, Seymour, Mo. 65746 .••. " ....... Henderson ..•.... 477lRogersville ...... Winfred B. Rayliff .•. L. F. Housman, Box 184, Rogersville, Mo. 65742 ...
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FORTY·SIXTH DISTRICT-GEORGE A. COLLINS, D.D.G.M.. 1465 W. Fifth St.. West Plains, Mo. 65775 Do,:~las .......
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FORTY·SEVENTH DISTRICT-BAILEY DAWSON, D.D.G.M., 3625 Marceline Terr., St. Louis, Mo. 63116 Carter ..•••••. Van Buren ....... 609/Van Buren .•••.. Charles Orear ..••••• Bruce F. Elliott, Box 68, Van Buren, Mo. 68966. Sat. on or after full moon Grandin ..•..••.. Billie M. Beardsley••• Tony E. Cates, Ellsinore, Mo. 68987 ...••••••••. 2nd Sat. Reynoicis·:.·.·.·.'. Hopewell ..•••••. 289 Lesterville.••.... Harold Jordan .•••••. Kenneth D. Pinkley, 10049 Duke Dr•• St. Louis. Mo. 68186 .•.••••...•••.•.•••••••• 4th Sat. Barnesville ..••••. 353IEllington •••••... J. D. Hackworth ••••. Louis Morrison, Rt. 3, Ellington, Mo. 63638 .... " . 2nd Sat. Shannon::::: : Delphian•.••.•••. 137\Birch Tree •••••• Forrest C. Myers ...• Robert C. Moger. Box 98, Birch Tree. Mo. 65438. 1st & 8rd Mon. ...... Winona •••••••••. 430 Winona ••••••••. Edward D. Elmore .•. Kenneth E. Lovins, Winona, Mo. 65588 ..•..•..•. 2nd & 4th Tu. Eminence ........ 607lEminence•.•.... Robert E. Fry ....••. W. W. Mooney, Box 221. Eminence. Mo. 65466 ••. 1st & 3rd Sat.
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FORTY·NINTH DISTRICT-LAYMON A. ALLGOOD, D.D.G.M.. 1735 Ridqeway Dr., Cape Girardeau, Mo. 63701 Trowel •••••••••. 440lMarble Hill .•.... Lee Roy Minson ..... Claude 1. Stone. Box 82, Marble Hill, Mo. 68764. Zalma........... 545 Zalma ......•... Mitchell Wills .•..... Milton E. Kerr, Box 98, Zalma. Mo. 63787 ••••..••. CapeGi~d~~~' Harold O. Grauel. 6721Cape Girardeau .. Hugh V. Ashley. Jr.. L. Wayne Hill, 1305 Kingsway Drive. Cape Girardeau. Mo. 63701. ......•............ I St. Mark·s ••••••• 931Cape Girardeau .. Paul W. Anderson ... Robert W. Harper, 1421 N. Henderson Ave.• Cape Girardeau. Mo. 63701. ....•........•..... I West View ••••••. 103 Millersville•.••.. Dean Cook ....•..•.. W. Russell Nelson, Millersville, Mo. 63766 •.•..••. Mystic Tie •••••.• 221 Oak Ridge •.. ; ••. Alfred Meyer ..•...•. Delos Sebaugh. Box 24. Daisy. Mo. 68743 ......... Whitewater.••••• 417 Whitewater .•••• Russell H. Penrod ..• Lloyd J. Proffer, Whitewater, Mo. 63785 •••••••••• Excelsior•••••••• 441 Jackson ••••••••. George R. Neilson ... John A. Savers, 610 N. Georgia St.• J aekson, Mo. 68756 .••..•..•..••.••.•...•••••. Perry..•••••• Perryville•••••••. 670 Perryville••••••• Wayne H. Pitman .•. Fred R. Corse. Box 40, Menfro, Mo. 63766 ••••••. Scott••••••••• Ashlar........... 306 Commerce ••••••. Wayne Diamond ...•. Harry H. Wilkinson, Route 1, Box 230-A, Illmo, Mo. 68754 ....•......•.....•.....•....• ......... Illmo •••••••••••• 581IIllmo ••••••••••• C. H. Rogers .•••...• Joseph L. Humphreys. 100 Country Club Dr., Scott City. Mo. 63780 ......................•. ......... Chaffee .•....•.•• 615 IChaffee•.•••••.• J. R. Mills ..•......• L. B. Crites, 116 Wright Ave., Chaffee, Mo. 63740 .. Bol~pger •••••.
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FIFTY·FIRST DISTmCT-GEORGE A. MOODY, DoD.G.M.. Route #1, Box 453, Caruthersville, Mo. 63830 176IConran ••••••••. J. K. Swilley ..•..... Robert J. McAlister, Box 393, Portageville, Mo. 63873 ....................... I New Madrid ••••• 429/New Madrid •.•.. Junior Unsel. ....... Virgil H. Baldwin, Box 272, Marston, Mo. 63866 .. Parma.•••.••... 650 Parma .. , ••••••. Amos Gregg ......... Julian Miller, Box 92, Risco, Mo. 63874 ......... Lilbourn ••••••••• 666 Lilbourn ...••••. George N. Stilwell ... Roy B. Schoffer, Box 389, Lilbourn, Mo. 63862 .... Odom .••••••••••. 6711 Portageville•••.. Louis C. Keith ....... William E. Foster, 421 West 9th St., Portageville, Mo. 63873 ....................... I . Pemiscot ..•.•. Caruthersville ..•. 4611 Caruthersvdle .•. George W. Brown .... Terrence M. Swinger, 1111 Ward Ave., Caruthersville, Mo. 63830 ..................... I Hayti. •••..•.•.• 671\Hay ti. •••••••... Forrest Everett ...... Theodore T. Martin, 102 E. Washington St., Hayti, Mo. 63851 .....•.....•.....•........... Steele........... 6341Steele........... Howard Smith ....... Phillip Koury, 300 Missouri St., Steele, Mo. 63877 .. Wardell ......... 6651 Wardell ......... John Dalton Gott .... D. L. Potts, Box 178, Wardell, Mo. 63879 ..........
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FIFTY·SECOND DISTRICT-W. MARION LUNA, D.D.G.M.. c/o Bank of Piedmont, Piedmont, Mo. 63957 Butler •••••••• Poplar Bluff•.•..
209\Poplar Bluff ..•.. M. Gene Shain ....... Orville Duley. 204 S. 9th St., Poplar Bluff, Mo. 63901 .....•................ John Pennington .... Met R. Frye, Rt. 7. Doniphan, Mo. 63935 ........• Sterling Hill ......... Wendell Shands, Rt. I, Harviell, Mo. 63945 ...... John Edgar Crites ... Paul S. Mince, Greenville, Mo. 63944 ...•........• Davis T. Eaton ...... Wm. N. Burch, 414 N. Main St., Piedmont, Mo. 63957 ........•........•.....•.. I
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FIFTY.THIRD DISTRICT-HUBERT P. BRUNER, DoD.G.M., Box 246, Willow Sprinqs, Mo. 65587 Howell ..•••... Mt. Zion •.••••... 3271 West Plains .••.• T. J. Reasons ....... Frank Reavis, 1012 W. Second St., West Plains, Mo. 65775 .....••.••.••.•••.•••• I Ingomar •••.•.•.. 536 Willow SPP..... Paul Abbey ....•..•.. D. E. Lovan, Box 274, Willow Springs, Mo. 66793 •. Mountain View ... 637 Mountain View .. Clyde L. Moore, Sr... Frank LeBaron, Mountain View, Mo. 65548 ..•.... Or~!f0n·.·.·.·.·.·.·.· Alton .••.•••••••. 266 Alton •...••.•. " M. N. Allen ......... Hardin D. Franks. Box 37, Alton, Mo. 66606 ..... Woodside.••••••. 387 Thomasville ..•.. Ben Reeves .......... John R. Walton, Thomasville, Mo. 65578 .......... Clifton •...•••.•. 463 Thayer ..•...•... Francis Sandage..•.. J. W. Mitchell, 604 Vine St., Thayer, Mo. 65791.. Koshkonong ...•. 582 Koshkonong •.... Edward Davis •.••.•. Robert T. Meek, Koshkonong, Mo. 65531. ....••.. O~rk.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.· Sampson •.•...•. 298lTheodosia ..•.... Arlie J. Wallace ..... Alva G. Roberts, Protem, Mo. 65733 ...........•. Bayou ...•....... 3651 Bakersfield ...... C. E. Fitzmorris ..... J. Russell Holmes, Caulfield, Mo. 66626 •.....•.••• I Rockbridge ..•.•. 435lAlmartha ....... Woodrow Enloe ...•.. Cage B. Hogan, Nottinghill, Mo. 65718 .....•..... Robert Burns; ... 4961 Gainesville ...... Barney Douglas ...... Maynard J. Hoerman, Gainesville. Mo. 65665 .....
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FIFTY·FOURTH DISTRICT-G. RUSSELL GRUBAUGH. D.D.G.M., R. 2, Ozark, Mo. 65721 Christian..... Sparta
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296lSparta.•........ Herman E. Shortt... Keller Bradley. Box 8, Sparta, Mo. 65753 ......•. Fri. on or bef. full moon . Sat. on or bef. full moon 379 Billings ......... Harold E. Hargrove .. Virgil H. Garbee, Rt. 2, Billings, Mo. 66610 ..••••• 1st Th. 515 Galena.•••••••.. Reginald E. Day ..... Frank D. Whiting, Ponce de Leon, Mo. 65728 . lst &: 3rd Th. 519 Crane ..••.•..... Morris Henderson. . .. David A. Holderman, Rt. I, Crane, Mo. 65633 . 2nd &: 4th Tu. 453IForsyth . Robert E. Housman .. Cletys R. Ackerman, Box 191, Forsyth, Mo. 65653. 2nd & 4th Wed. 587 Branson •••.•••• Allen L. Kirkpatrick. Kermit A. Bonewitz, 810 Mockingbird La., Branson, Mo. 65616 ...•.•...•••..•..•....••.•. 1st & 3rd Mon. 1
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FIFTY·FIFTH DISTRICT-PAUL PITTS, D,D.G.M., 210·8th Street, Monett. Mo. 65708 B~r)' .........
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129IMonett ..•••••••. William E. Jackson .. Paul C. Pitts, 210 Eighth St., Monett, Mo. 65708 ... 367lWashburn..•.•.. Leroy Rose ....•.••.. C. S. Miles, Rt. 1, Washburn, Mo. 66772 ••••••••• 383 Cassville.••.•.•. Alfred D. Smithers .. William T. Priest, 304 W. 8th St., I Cassville, Mo. 65625 ...•.•.....••••••••••.••.•. Comfort..•...... 5331 Wheaton •••.•••. Amza Harris ........ Chester B. Royer, Rt. 1, Purdy, Mo. 65734 ..•.•••• Law~~~~::::: Mount Vernon ... 99 Mount Vernon ... James C. Powell ..... Leon Pugh, 534 Kirby Avenue, Mt. Vernon, Mo. 65712 ....................... I ," Canopy •••••.••.. 2841Aurora••••••••. Robert Mullins ... , .. W. H. Lloyd, 310 Madison Ave., Aurora, Mo.65606. Decatur•••..•••• 400 Pierce City•••... Claude A. Edwards .. M. V. Morris, Rt. 2, Pierce City, Mo. 65723 ....•.• Miller......•.... 567IMiller, .......... E. W. Carrington .... Thomas F. Webb, Rt. 2, Miller, Mo. 65707 .......
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FIFTY·SIXTH DISTRICT-KENNETH W. GRENINGER. D.D.G.M.• R. I. Sarcoxie, Mo. 64862 McDonald.•••• Southwest.••••.•
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Euclid •••••••••.. 505 Overland ••••••.. Charles C. Muskopf .. Frederich H. Boerner, 4326 Gladwyn Dr., Bridgeton, Mo. 63042 ..•.••..•.......••.•..•• Apollo •••••••••.. 529 Creve Coeur ••••• Robert E. Graham ..• James M. Jones, 35 N. Gore Ave., Webster Groves, Mo. 68119 .................... Ferguson •••••••. 542!Ferguson•••••... Dewey Ray Coffelt ... Vincent J. Reagan, 130 Sackett Dr., Florissant, Mo. 63033 .......•.....•.•.••.••.. ROBe Hill ..•.•.•• 550lCreve Coeur•••.. John W. Burd..•.•.. Harry H. Hildebrand, R. I, Box 606, Glencoe, Mo. 63038 ....••.•..•..•.•..•••••.••. I Robert V. McClure ... Robert W. McElhinney, No.3 Daniel Rd., Clayton •••••••••. St. Louis, Mo. 63124 .....•..•..•.. " .. , .•..... Wellston ••••••... 613 Wellston ..•••.•. Rama Eugene Love.. Lee O. Chestnut, 1664 Valle Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63133 ..••.•.....••.••.•....••.. Brentwood•••.•.. 616IBrentwood .•••.. Henry C. Huitt ...... Albert L. Howe, 8622 Rosalie Ave., Brentwood, Mo. 63144 ..••.............••.•... Mizpah .••....••. • 39 Flo';",••' •••••.. Nelson W. Mamer... J. Oliver Alge, 8924 Riverview Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63147 •.•.....•.....••.•..•..•.. Jennings ••• 640 Jennings .•.•.... Carl S. Sutphin .•..•. John T. Cassens, 8440 Santiago Dr., Florissant, Mo. 63033 ..•.•..••.•.•••••••.•.•• Shaveh •••••••••. 6461university City .. Robert C. Krick ..... Albert B. Koons, Rt. I, Box 71, House Springs, Mo. 63051. ................... University ...•... 649!Clayton .••••.•.. Oscar Ryffel. .••••••. C. Ballard Cone, 1013 Orchard Lakes, St. Louis, Mo. 63141. .•...•.•...•.....•...... Progress ..•...... 657/FloriSSant••..•.. Martin F. Thomure .. C. L. Sutter, 4725 Seattle St., St. Louis, Mo. 63121. Berkeley .•.••.•.. 667 \Berkeley •••••••. Max E. Wood ....... Virgil E. Kolb, 8241 January Ave., Berkeley, Mo. 63134 .....••................... Florissant ••.•.•• 6681 Berkeley •••••••. David B. Rite ....... Edward E. Springrnann, 1655 Fernbrook Lane, Florissant, Mo. 63081 •........................ I
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FIFTY·SEVENTH DISTRICT (b)-GUS O. NATIONS. JR.. DeD.G.M.. 525 Mason Ave., Webster Groves, Mo. 63119 St. Louis •••.•. Bonhomme..•.... Webster Groves .. Fenton •••••.•••. Meramec •.•••••• West Gate..•..•. Kirkwood .••••.•. Maplewood .•..•.. Forest Park .••••. Overland .••••••. Valley Park•••••. Freedom .••.•••.. Gardenville •••••. Purity•••••••.... Crestwood ..••.•.
45IBallwin •.•••.••. Gerald A. Cotner ..•• Thomas C. McRaven, Rt. I, Box 649, Glencoe, Mo. 63038 ..•............•.•..•...... I 841Webster Groves .. Donald B. Gerber .... Orville M. Mash, 608 Ashbury Court, Webster Groves, Mo. 63119 .........•.......... I 281 IFenton•••••••••. Harold O. Foens .••.. Louis I. Brayfield, 315 Old Sugar Creek Rd., I Fenton, Mo. 63026 ...•.•..••.••.••.•.••..••.•. 313lEureka ••.•••••• Ernest Cravens ..•.•. Arvil Nunnally, 645 Orchard, Eureka, Mo. 63205 .. 446lBrentwood•••••• Leonard A. Nord .... H. C. Smith, 6432 Colver Ave., Affton, Mo. 63123 .. 484 Kirkwood .•...•. Robert L. Harder .... Leonard L. Keevil, 408 W. ROBe Hill Ave., Kirkwood, Mo. 63122 ........••••••••....•.•.. 566!MaPlewood .•.... Cletus R. Estes ....•. Wm. F. Harris, 7672 Wise Ave., Richmond Heights, Mo. 63117 ..•..•........•.. 678 Mehlville ..•..... Edmond H. Conley ... Oliver Diers, 8427 Mathilda Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63123 .......................•.. I 623\OVerland .•••••.. G. W. Bergmann .... Earl M. Crabtree, 8816 Clifton Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63136 .............. " .......... 629 \Valley Park .•... Fred E. Richter.•... John D. DeClue, Rt. 2, Box 486, Lewis Rd., Eureka, Mo. 63025 .......••....... 636\Mehlville ..•..... Willor Kleine ..•••... Gerald W. Burnworth, 700 Karlsruhe Pl., St. Louis, Mo.63126 .....•..•..•.••..•..•...... 655\Gardenville •...•. Edward E. Anderson. Fred A. Gokenbach, 226 West Ripa Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63126 ..••.•..•..•••••••.••••.•. 658!Creve Coeur ••••• Robert F. Buri'an .... Ben R. Winchell, 7452 Marillac Dr., St. Louis, Mo. 63133 ..•..•..•.....•.•••.•..•.. I 6691 Kirkwood ...••.. Harry J. Draper ..... W~rr~n S: G.9~da:~! _~61 Briarton Drive,
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FIFTY·NINTH DISTRICT-HENRY W. POERTNER. D.D.G.M.. Box 9391. Raytown. Mo. 64133 76 \Independence .... J. E. VanNatta, Sr.. Guye C. Blaine, 18306 R.D. Mize Rd., Independence, Mo. 64050 .••.•.••.••.••••••••• Summit ..•••••... 263\Lee'S Summit•... George W. Turner.•• J. Harvey Wilson, 104 O'Brien Rd., Lee's Summit, Mo. 64063 .•......•...........•. McDonald .....•.. 3241Independence•... William K. Harris .•. P. R. Hall, 808 S. Park, Independence, Mo. 64052 •. Blue Springs .••.. 337 Blue Springs •.•. Riley L. Burrus ..... George M. Hale, Sr., Rt. 1, Box 26, Blue Springs, Mo. 64015 ..•..........••..•..•• Raytown ..•.•.•. 891IRaytown •••••.•. John Rittermeyer .... Donald L. Gregory, 9309 East 64th Terr., Raytown, Mo. 64133 ....•...••...•.•••..••••• I Christian ....•••. 39210ak Grove•.•••.. Lee E. Bozarth ...... Jack E. Perry, 401 E. 16th St., Oak Grove, Mo. 64075 ..•.••.••.•.....•...••.. I Buckner.......•• 'OTUcl<n~••.••••. J. F. Fitzpatrick •••• H. W. Bergschneider, Box 53, Levasy, Mo. 64066 .. Mt. Washington •. 614 Independence•... Harold A. co"'on ••••[ J. N. Johnaon.111 N. Sterling. Independence, Mo. 64054 .....•...•............ Grandview ••••••• 618 Grandview •.•.•. Dalhart R. Foster •••• Herbert L. Bratton, 12918 Bristol Court, Grandview, Mo. 64030 ••.•..•..•.....•.•••.••. Grain Valley ..... 6441Grain Valley..... Carroll Hutchings .••. Harold R. Johnson, Rt. I, Grain Valley, Mo. 64029.
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A MASONIC REVIEW By BRUCE He HUNT, P.G.M. The proceedings of the many Grand Lodges reviewed, particularly those from within the continental limits of the United States, reflect a growing concern for the now well established decline in membership. No one has come forward with a panacea for this highly undesirable condition. Many theories have been advanced for both the cause and the cure, but to date none has worked 100 per cent effectively. A few jurisdictions continue to report a healthy and substantial gain in membership. Chief among these is the Grand Lodge of Tennessee, which has enjoyed a gain in its membership for the past 29 years, and has shown losses for only 12 years out of the last 65 (1929-1940). If we knew how, we could do well to take a page from the Book of Tennessee, and practice the brand of Freemasonry known there. The Grand Orator of Washington speaks of change: Blind faith in change. Most of those who have a complaint or a displeasure seem to agree on one thing-they want a change. They all start with the thesis that change is inevitable, change is overdue, change will make everything all righ t. It may be a matter of semantics, but Humpty-Dumpty had a change and you know what all the King's horses and all the King's men couldn't do-they couldn't put him back together again, ever. Progress is what we really want and if we can't wait for it, we ought not to mess around with change. We just might block the progress of progress.
Then he considers disillusionment: Disillusionment is a frequent complaint. People are naturally ambitious and from this has come much of the power behind our nation's broad spread of accomplishments. Our young people particularly fecI the disappointment of deferred or frustrated ambition and, with the exuberance and impatience of youth, propose to abandon what exists today and start anew. Sort of like burning down the barn to kill the rat. We certainly need their curiosity, their inquiry, their challenge. We also need the barn.
Next, he believes we are "Fuzzy and Loose" as well as afflicted with a number of other shortcomings: Fuzzy-and Loose-thinking have led us into many blind alleys. The premise that we can have privilege without assuming responsibility is prevalent. "Big ideas," too complicatcd for common people to understand, have been sponsored by people who should know bettcr and the resulting snafu has too often been compounded by an overlay of "big ideas," too complicated for common people to understand. A new executive technique holds that dedsions should be based on the situation at the moment, without regard for the past. Rural people have known of his theory for some time. They say it is like the barnyard goose getting up in a new world each morning. Materialism has been extensively misunderstood. Instead of being a reward for unified and coordinated efforts by and for the good of all, it has often heen made the basis for a rationalization of self.indulgence and the excuse for the
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abandonment of marc la~ting values. This is illustrated by the widespread acts of thievery but no less by such things as the subtle practice of less-than-truthful commercial advertising. The devil takes a bow. The eternal struggle between good and evil goes on. It seems that evil may have won a round in what has been called the triumph of vulgarity. The efforts of our courts to protect our rights to be bad are admirable but the timing has been most unfortunate. Man's intellectual inclination to select good over evil is being severely tested. Moral arrogance is an example of the baser motives which are always present, like thistles in the alfalfa. Sadly we note the emergence of a code which defines the burning of university buildings as "creative destruction:' which asserts its pride in going to jail for hreaking laws which it regards as unjust, which proclaims that a better rule of life is to live only for today and tells us that God is Dead.
All of this may be true. Yet, if we are to preserve a strong and healthy fraternity of leaders 'who are God-fearing in their approach to life and business, we cannot be as concerned with numbers as we must be with quality. A small nucleus of determined men, with truth and justice on their side can accomplish far more than a hoard of individuals acting unilaterally for personal if not selfish reasons. We admit that it is the nature of man to console himself with a type of rationalization for whatever condition in which he finds himself. This is true with the decline of membership. However, it cannot continue indefinitely or there will be no Fraternity of Freemasons. It is all right to say we are more concerned with quality than quantity, but let each of us be honest with himself, secretly we would be more content with even a slight increase in membership. We have now geared our lodges to a larger membership and a more opulent way of life. If losses continue most lodges will be faced with a review of their conditions, an adjustment upward in revenue, or the same income and a restricted way of life. The choice is ours. We cannot continue to live as we have done in the past. This is first noticeable in lodges that support large Masonic Temples. It costs more to maintain them all the time, and income is decreasing. This is only one phase of the growing problems which Freemasonry faces. We have every confidence a solution will be found, but let us be aware of the problems: Many of the problems of today are occasioned by the ever-changing world in which we find ourselves. M.W. Bro., The Most Reverend W. L. Wright, past grand master of the Grand Lodge of Canada in. Ontario, said in an address before the Grand Lodge of Quebec: "I am constrained to present to you the subject, Masonry in the Age of Change. It is appropriate that on an occasion such as this there would be the backward look from 1869 to 1900, and visualize the context in which Masonry found itself." The centre of gravity for Upper Canada during those years was the home. Homesteading personified the ultimate purpose of those faithful souls who sought to make a living and to seek a future worthy of the welfare of the family. Life was simple. May I be permitted to depict in detail the nature of the average homestead. Three ilems were commonly seen in each primitive home-the Holy Bible; Eaton's catalogue and a Singer sewing machine. Some of you older people will recall, from hearing tales of your family, the structure that was common to
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the home of that era. The main section was the kitchen. The old-fashioned wood range brought memories of the days when maple syrup was boiled and bread wa~ baked and placed in the oven and the warmest overcoat was used to cover the rising dough in the family dishpan. This range had the traditional hot-water copper tank in the end and the traditional dipper suspended from it. It was put to usc every Saturday night when the portable tub was hrought into the kitchen, filled with water with a formidable cake of lifebuoy soap attached thereto. Let no one deride this pre-Sabbath ceremonial because even then deanliness was closely associated with Godliness. In the kitchen was the traditional mantle on which was located the clock and two coal oil lamps. These lamps were cleaned regularly and personified the diligence in which members of the family went about their duties in this domestic context of 1869-1900. Over the clock was suspended at each end a deadly weapon-the shotgun. Woe betide any young person, particularly of the female sex and indeed the male sex, who were not compatible with the parents of that home. In the far part of the downstairs was the traditional guest bedroom. Even since the beginning of this century I have had occasion to taste the austerity of this room, especially in winter. I well recall being ushered into such a 'room and seeing before me a feather tick on the elevated bed, and was informed that I had better wait because they had put the pig on the bed in the room because it was the coldest spot (I must remind you, of course, that the pig had departed this life), and underneath the bed, it isn't what you think, but that ,vas the sacred place where the 25- or 50-pound cheese was kept because of similar frigidity! I dwell on all of these details because it will hring before all of you something of the simple austere domestic background symholized by the home. It was there that family prayer was said and the children were taught to apply themselves to those qualities which are not inconsistent with Freemasonry. It was in this period that the second Bishop of Algoma left this city of Montreal and indeed the Church where we held the service this afternoon. Bishop Sullivan came to Algoma Diocese in 1896, this Diocese of which I have the distinct privilege of presiding over. When he returned to address his congregation, which represented fashionable Montreal of those days, he said-I have just visited "a land of Christmas trees and the rock of ages." It was in this environment that Ma~onry came to Upper Canada. Quebec represented an area where life was simple and morality high. The typical lodge room was to be found over a modest shop in a village or town. The outside stairway represented that anticipated mystery which the candidate would experience once he was fortunate enough to reach the anteroom. In this room could be seen on most i\fasonic evenings a large table decorated with pies, Seal-skipt oysters in large cans with huge containers on the stove holding buckets of tea which were strong enough to float a battleship. In the sanctum sanctorum of the lodge room those who assembled were presented with a philosophy that was changeless and enduring. When the present century came into being Robert Louis Stevenson articulated the mood of the day when he wrote "the world is so full of a number of things; I'm sure we shall all he as happy as kings." But alas for all the grandeur of the dream, there was a fatal flaw, the central character in the drama-man! Progress is not measured in bathtubs and Cadillacs, or in man's conquest of nature: it is measured in man's conquest of himself. \Ve have found that we are wise enough to build the atom homb, hut not good enough to be entrtlsted with it. Give us television to provide information and recreation and we discolour it with crime. \Ve seem to have found all the answers but the important one, viz: How to Live With God, With Others and With Ourselves. Freemasonry portrays the Truth A bout Man. It teaches the eternal truth that despite all the differences that exist in race, colour,
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tradition, language, culture, all men in the deepest sense are brothers. A few weeks ago I had a most interesting interview in Taiwan with Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. She impressed me by her deep spiritual perception and her versatile gifLS of writing, painting and appreciation of other people's opinions which differ from her own and those of her husband. I was deeply moved by the fact that she bears no malice towards mainland China because of past inconsistencies, in other words-she possesses the truth of Freemasonry about the dignity of man. One of her sons is the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of China, and I was the recipient of many favours while I was in Taipei.
These are but excerpts from M.W. Brother Wright's Centennial Address before the Grand Lodge of Quebec. He is not only a church leader, but a Masonic leader of men. From the Grand Lodge of New Brunswick we came across the following in the last proceedings: Do you know O'Reilly's little poem, The Lost Words? What is the real good? 1 asked in musing mood. Order, said the law court; Knowledge, said the school; Truth, said the wise man; Pleasure, said the fool; Love, said the maiden; Beauty, said the page; Freedom~ said the dreamer; Home, said the sage,' Fame~ said the soldier; Equity, the seer. Spake my heart full sadly; The answer is not here. Then within my bosom Softly this I heard: "Each heart holds the secret; Kindness is the word."
ADMIRAL ARLEIGH A. BURKE MADE MASON AT SIGHT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The Grand Master of the District recounted making Admiral Arleigh A. Burke a Mason at sight: MASON AT SIGHT
On yesterday, I convened an Occasional Lodge and made a Mason at Sight of Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, U.S.N., Ret. Admiral Burke had petitioned Warren G. Harding Lodge No. 39 for the degrees of Masonry, being acquainted with Admiral Burke and knowing of his excellent character, his great service to America, and his many contributions to civic enterprises, I concluded to make him a Mason at Sight, which is a prerogative of the Grand Master. I believe that he merited the honor and that the presence of prominent persons in government and in the military at the Occasional Lodge meeting and at the dinner last evening was healthful for the Fraternity and a justifiable exercise of the prerogative. According to our records, this ceremony had not been performed for 28 years and I am quite proud of having taken this action. While Admiral Burke's office and daily activities are in Washington, his resi-
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dence IS In nearby Maryland. Accordingly, a waiver of jurisdiction was necessary before he could be made a Mason in the District of Columbia. I am grateful to M.W. Bro. WiIIiam B. Stanbury, Grand Master of Masons in Maryland, and to the Worshipful Master and brethren of Bethesda Lodge No. 204 of that juriSdiction for having graciously and with expedition granted us a waiver.
ALLIED MASONIC DEGREES NOT APPROVED IN KENTUCKY KENTUCKY: The Committee on Fraternal Recognition recommended to the Grand Lodge of Kentucky that it take no action on recognition of the Allied Masonic Degrees: A letter was received from Bro. Wylie B. Wendt, Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Council, Allied Masonic Degrees of the U.S.A., under the date of April II, 1969, together with a number of printed booklets. Brother Wendt is asking that this Grand Lodge fraternally recognize his Grand Body, so that Councils of the Allied Masonic Degrees may be chartered upon the petition of interested brethren. After much deliberation and consultation with qualified members of the Craft, it is the opinion of the committee that, since the said Councils are limited in membership and composed of a select group, therefore they would not now fill a void in this Grand Body. Further, it is also thought that, if certain zealous brethren wish to enhance the interest of Masonry, there is abundant opportunity to do so in the various branches of the Order, especiaIIy in the subordinate lodges, with their multifarious functions, and the Order of DeMolay, which may prove to be the very lifeblood of our organization in the years ahead. For what we need is greater so-called grassroot activities by a larger percentage of the Craft, that wiII prove directly beneficial and influence all Masons to build a better and greater Fraternity, thereby showing a natural or real love for the institution. For there is so much to be done in the bodies now in existence and so little time in which to do it. The other bodies of Masonry afford many opportunities for action and to display our intellectual prowess. In view of this, it is not deemed wise to take any action on this matter at the present time.
APPENDANT ORDERS FLORIDA: The Grand Lodge of Florida heard a report from its Committee on "Appendant and Allied Orders," with reference to a newly established Masonic Club, styled, "Masonic War Veterans of Florida, Inc., Miami Beach Post No. 1 of Florida." After commenting on the club the committee recommended: We recommend that the Masonic, War Veterans of Florida, nized by the M.W. Grand Lodge of Florida. It is further recommended that no Florida Mason can be organization and then withdraw from the same immediately tion furnish proof to the Grand Secretary of Florida of their
Inc., not be recoga member of this and upon resignawithdrawaL
The committee then offered the following guidelines for this and all future groups of this type, which were adopted: It is recommended Regulation 4.07 be amended to prevent the creation or operation of any club or society whose membership is predicated exclusively upon
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membership of Masons and/or Masons and persons related to them by blood or marriage which: A. Has or uses a ritual for opening, closing or initiation. B. Purports to seek preferential treatment or consideration for its members over and above that accorded over other members of the Fraternity. C. Holds its meetings at a time which conflicts with the regularly scheduled meetings of any regular lodge within a reasonable distance (this committee recommends 25 miles) . D. Attempt to compete with or lessen the influence or activities of any regular lodge of Masons. E. It is further recommended that a Uniform Code of By-Laws be adopted for such clubs or societies and that aU such clubs and/or societies be required to adopt said Uniform Code of By-Laws. MICHIGAN: The Grand Master of Michigan discussed appendant bodies of Masonry: There are many organizations which require Masonic affiliation as a prerequisite for membership, many of which are recognized by this Grand Lodge. For many years, it has been the practice of some of these organizations to refer to themselves as co-ordinate bodies with the Grand Lodge. It has been suggested to these bodies that there is no other organization which is on an equal basis with the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. While there has been some improvement in concurrence with this statement in recent years, much improvement is still desirable. A full recognition of this fact by other organizations would be of much benefit to all concerned. NEVADA: The Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Nevada said of appendant orders: There are areas of weakness it is true, but the solution to these problems is an active Educational Program at all levels. I am sure such a program can give us more respect and greater poise, for which we should all strive. There are areas where Concordant and Appendant Bodies are interfering with the activities of the Blue Lodge, from which flow their strength and being. It would seem desirable that guide lines be drawn, that each should know what is desirable, before that bridge of misunderstanding is reached.
ASTRONAUTS COMMENDED CONNECTICUT: The following resolution commending the astronauts of Apollo 8 was unanimously adopted by the Grand Lodge of Connecticut: Therefore, be it here resolved: That the Grand Lodge of Connecticut, A.F. & A.M. communicate, respectfully, to the Director, National Space Agency, and to each of the Congressional Legislators of the State of Connecticut, our understanding and grateful admiration of the three Astronauts of Apollo 8 for their readings on Christmas Eve, while far out in space approaching the lunar horizon, from that greatest of all books, the Holy Bible, Genesis, Chapter 1, as being a natural act of God-fearing men engaged in hazardous enterprise in the interests of their Country and ours. MARYLAND: The Grand Master of Maryland told the following tale about a visit to Delaware, where he heard the following from the Grand Master of Texas:
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I want to tell you this: We were at the Grand Lodge of Delaware and the Grand Master of Texas, Guy Smith, was present, and he told about the three astronauts who made the first moon drop, and he told the story that one of them was a Master Mason of Texas, and they asked him to deposit something of Masonic character on the moon, and he did. I think you will find, if you ever go there, a small Masonic pin. Of course, the Grand Master of Texas carried it one step further and he said that makes the moon the territory of Texas Masons, and if you want to become a member there you will have to get a waiver from Texas.
TEXAS: The Grand Master of Texas reported the following about Brother Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin: The biggest story of the year, of course, was the American feat of landing men on the moon. One of the astronauts, Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, is a路 Mason. He carried a Special Deputation from your Grand Master which has been placed in The Grand Lodge Memorial Library and Museum. It authorized him to claim Masonic Territorial Jurisdiction on the moon for the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Texas. Brother Aldrin is a member of Clear Lake Lodge No. 1417 in Seabrook. Masons are extremely proud of Brother Aldrin and the other seven astronauts who have been Masons. We are equally proud to have so many Masons in responsible support positions to make these historic flights successful. Now, we had an experience. We traveled down on the Coast to Seabrook, where our astronauts are. We visited the lodges there. We dedicated a lodge, Seabrook Lodge. And in the dedication of this, and with the assistance of our District Deputy Grand Master in that area, we found there an astronaut, a Master Mason, who is an active member in that lodge, whose family is active in all of the things in the community. And we found that all of the astronauts' families are involved in making that area a better community for them to live. We met and visited with them. We met with one Brother, Edwin Aldrin, who is a member of that lodge, who is going to the moon; and we knew that. And we asked him if he would carry something to the moon for the Masons of Texas. He said that nothing would please him better, but it would have to be very light and very small. So we came home and here is what I wrote. "Special Deputation: In the name and by the authority of The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Texas, A.F. & A.M., to whom these presents shall come; Greetings: "WHEREAS, it is impossible for me to be a member of the Apollo 1 Lunar Landing Flight; and, WHEREAS, the lunar landing will be accomplished in the near future, now, therefore, to the end and the rules and regulations of said Grand Lodge may be complied with, the ancient customs of the craft in such manner observed, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested and imposing full confidence in the skill and ability of Colonel of the United States Air Force, Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr., NASA Astronaut, and a member of our Clear Lake Lodge No. 1417, A.F. & A.M., Seabrook, Texas, I do hereby constitute and appoint him my special deputy, granting unto him full power in the premise and purpose of representing me as such as authorizing him to claim Masonic territorial jurisdiction for The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Texas, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons on the moon, and direct that he shall make due return of his acts hereunto as required by the Laws of said Grand Lodge. "Given under my hand and seal of office at Waco, this the 2nd day of May, A. D. 1969, A. L 5969. And signed J. Guy Smith, Grand Master. We received this back from Brother Aldrin with this on it. "This Special Deputa-
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tion was carried to the moon by me on Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969, and signed by Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Colonel, United States Air Force, NASA Astronaut." Now, then, we had it fixed so at this moment in my address Brother Buzz Aldrin would walk in this door. He called and I was busy here. He talked to Miss Phoebe yesterday and told her that he-that the Government had called him. He was sorry that he wouldn't be able to be here with us on this occasion, but that his prayers and thoughts were with us here and that in five minutes he had to board an airplane for Washington. And at this time we were to present him a plaque. And this was to be presented from the Masons of Texas. And I have that plaque and want to show it to you now. We will present it to Brother Aldrin a little later. We have a very beautiful plaque here made by a brother, a member of our Grand Lodge. It has a picture of the astronauts there on the moon. Buzz Aldrin who has set the flag on the moon and stepped back and is saluting that flag. "To Edwin Aldrin, Jr., Colonel, U.S.A.F., in sincere appreciation for your acclamation of imminent domain of Masonry of all Masons of all Masonic Bodies of the Universe on the moon, through The Grand Lodge in the year of our Lord, 1969." Now, then, we are going to display this in the museum for the time being for this Grand Lodge Session. We would ask you to go by and look at it. This is what you have given Brother Aldrin. What he has given us is the greatest bit of Masonic history in the whole world. We visitcd the Grand Lodge in the State of Washington where they have in their grand jurisdiction the area of Alaska, which makes them have more territory than the Grand Lodge of Texas. I visited the Grand Lodge in California, and in California they have Hawaii in their grand jurisdiction. They have a lot more area than Texas. And in all of the time they were talking about this when I was there I never did mention this to them. (Laughter) For the Brethren in Texas, this great Texan and this great Texas Mason has fixed it to where you have the greatest amount of jurisdiction of anybody you ever will hear of, I think. (Applause) I wanted very much for him to be here and visit with you. He is a great man. And sometime you will have the opportunity to visit with him, but let me urge you and tell you that he has done some great things for you. Would you be sure that at sometime in your busy life that you would have time just to takc a postal card or a letter and write to Buzz and tell him that you appreciate what he did for Masonry in Texas. I don't know whether you-and I do not care-who you voted for. I do want you to vote. But for the President of the United States, if he .does something that you like, would you let him hear about it. If the Vice-President does something you like, a letter of encouragement to him would mean more than anything else in the world that could come forth to him. Or any of your public officials anywhere, whethcr they are elected or appointees, just a little bit of encouragement from you will get so many things done for you there that you never dreamed of because you noticed it. And I appreciatc you helping me to do this for our Brother Buzz Aldrin. Thank you. (Rising Applause)
ATTENDANCE MICHIGAN: The Grand Master of Michigan called attention to attendance at Grand Lodge: The failure of constitutent lodges to be present at the Annual Communication of Grand Lodge is becoming more and morc serious. In 1960, Grand Master Kent
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advised that 23 lodges were not represented that the number was seriously increasing. In 1968,56 lodges were not represented. It would appear this situation is not being corrected and that Grand Lodge should adopt a strong penal provision in regard to the failure of a lodge to be represented at the Annual Communication of Grand Lodge. As recommended in 1961, this could be in the nature of a fine or in some cases a suspension of the charter. This number seems small to us, but we should never be content until the goal of all lodges in the jurisdiction are represented. We are advised that some Grand Lodges do impose a fine for failure to attend. This has had beneficial results. ONTARIO: The Grand Lodge of Canada in Ontario has problems with attendance, also. We are particularly struck with the comments of the Grand Master on this subject: We are taught as Masons that one of the chief purposes of our whole system is to inculcate the spirit of brotherly love that can only be developed by close association and constant meetings with one another. The steadily increasing urbanization of our population naturally causes problems for many of our lodges as it is difficult to create and maintain that fellowship and friendship that comes so easily in smaller communities. This is particularly true in Metropolitan Toronto and, of course, in other large centres as well. The growing tendency of many people to live in high-rise apartments, a prominent factor in present-day living, where people hardly know their neighbours, not only creates problems for us as Masons but for other organizations such as religious denominations as well. From the many city lodge summons that I receive each month, it is evident that many Worshipful Masters are keenly aware of this situation and are making valiant efforts to encourage lodge attendance by arranging interesting meetings with well planned programs, by offering to provide transportation for any brother requiring it, and by urgent appeals for information regarding any brother who is ill or has suffered a bereavement in his family. In addition, our new members are constantly urged to let the Worshipful Master know if they wish to learn some parts of our ritual and every opportunity will be given them to do so and take part in conferring degrees. Great credit is due such Worshipful Masters, and I would appeal to our city brethren to support them in their praiseworthy efforts.
AWARDS MAINE: Masonry has always provided awards of one kind or another. There are always problems connected therewith. Much of it stems from not making sure everyone entitled to the particular award is recognized. The Grand Master of Maine sums it up pretty well in his comments: This Grand Lodge is very proud of our Masonic Elders. To this end we present 25-year pins, 40-year pins, 50-year Veterans' medals and Bronze Stars for each succeeding five-year period. Our Constitution is very specific as to the time necessary for such awards. Our Grand Secretary constantly receives requests to alter the rule to give these out either before the specific time or even posthumously. Several such requests have reached my desk giving all kinds of excuses or petty problems over which our Grand Lodge has no control. If a change is made for one medal the whole structure crumbles as there then
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becomes no logical place to stop. Therefore the awards will be given exactly. as the Constitution reads with no alterations. One serious problem does exist and that is that the local lodge secretary should have an accurate record of the members of his lodge. Many older members are reluctant to suggest they are eligible. I therefore urge all secretaries to study their records carefully and notify the Master and eligible member of such a memorable event and plan ahead to present these as promptly as possible after members become eligible.
NEW HAMPSHIRE: The Grand Lodge of New Hampshire presented its Major General John Sullivan Distinguished Service Medal to a brother who had distinguished himself in Thailand: The Grand Lodge was called from Lahor to Refreshment at II: 15 for the purpose of receiving a non-Mason together with Bro. Robert Clayton Cope, a member of Saint Andrew's Lodge. and accompanied by another member of that lodge. Brother Cope, a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army formerly stationed in Thailand, had rendered considerable humanitarian service to children in Thailand, and the Grand Master, M.'V. Bro. Carl A. Buswell, was pleased to present to Brother Cope the Major General John Sullivan Distinguished Service Medal in recognition of this outstanding service. Brother Cope responded with his thanks and related some of the details of experiences and happenings during his service.
VERMONT: The Grand Lodge of Vermont made the following awards: Following the reception of the above report, read by Past Grand Master Lawton, Chairman of the Committee on Honors Awards, the Grand Master directed the Grand Marshal to present Brothers Garcia, Harwood, Cobb, and Edmunds at the East. With appropriate remarks, Grand Master Laite and Past Grand Master Lawton presented the following medals and citations: The John Barney Medal and Citation to Bro. Oscar Donato Garcia and Bro. Harold Smith Harwood. The Philip C. Tucker Medal and Citation to Bro. Neal Louis Cobb and Bro. William C. Edmunds. The Grand Master then spoke of the presentation of the Medal of Honor Award and Citation to Bro. Everett McKinley Dirksen, arrangements for which will be attempted for next February when our Grand Master attends the annual Conference of Grand Masters of North America.
BICENTENNIAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Many people are concerned with the observance of the bicentennial of our country in 1976. It has been mentioned in a number of Masonic circles. PENNSYLVANIA: The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania received a rather lengthy report from its 1976 Committee. We quote parts of it: It was decided to recommend to Grand Lodge an appropriation of $25,000 per year in establishment of a fund to assist in financing the celebration in 1976. In our judgment, the funding by advance installments would assist materially in meeting the necessary costs in 1976. This recommendation was approved by the Finance Committee upon recommendation of the Grand Master and is being implemented. We considered the matter of assessments upon subordinate lodges, but a recommendation on this subject was deferred for committee action at a much later date, since such a possible assessment should be considered as part
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of a publicity program. (Nothing makes a person more aware of an activity than being asked to contribute to it.) On December 19, 1969 the Philadelphia papers reported that the National Bicentennial Commission "refused to promise that the site of the nation's 200th birthday party will be announced by April." A delay beyond that date will prevent the host city, if there is one, from making a presentation seeking world fair status to the Bureau of International Expositions in Paris at its April meeting and will defer such presentation until November. While Philadelphia seems to be leading Washington, Boston and Miami in logic and in political influence as the site for the national celebration, there are many who think that President Nixon will call upon the entire country to celebrate its part in the nation's history. IN THE PHILADELPHIA AREA
Independence Hall is under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Interior and is part of Independence National Historical Park. Columbia Lodge No. 91 (which was constituted in Independence Hall, met there until 1802, and held special meetings there in 1926 and 1951) requested permission to meet there on September 7, 1976. The Superintendent replied that it was too early to give permission. The important point is that the request did not receive an automatic denial. The committee has no practical suggestion for the use of Independence Hall because of the limited space and our uncertainty as to the ability of the structure to stand an overload. On the other hand, activities in that general area are possible. Tun Tavern reconstruction appears to be a real possibility. This matter and our participation in it will be discussed with the representatives of the Marine Corps in January. It is possible that particular lodges having associations with very old buildings, such as Hope Lodge may attempt to hold some activity in them. The Scottish Rite of Philadelphia has presented "Architects of Freedom," an historical play written by Catherine Drinker Bowen, based, I believe, upon the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. An interesting suggestion is a live or filmed play by Masons about Masons in 1976. ("Prelude to Victory" will be presented January 16, 1970.) At present the committee does not favor a Masonic parade lest it require the National Guard to protect the marchers. III. STATUE OF BEN FRANKLIN
It seems to the committee that Philadelphia and Philadelphia Masons have overlooked the contribution of Ben Franklin to the existence and to the survival of our new nation. Even his grave is forgotten. We favor the dedication of a statue of Ben Franklin by our Fraternity on Reyburn Plaza across from the Temple. The cost could be borne by contributions. The chairmen of the various committees which handled the 'George \\Tashington statue should be consulted for advice and guidance. Transportation is a mammoth problem, and then parking! While the Convention Center might be better for dinner, Town Hall would be within walking distance. Frankly, we feel that the statue proposal should not be publicized at this time -we may need a fresh group of volunteers; and if there is to be a collection, it should be announced as it is inaugurated. IV. GRAND MASTER MEETING
The committee members are under the impression that the traditional conclave of the Grand Masters' Conference of North America is held annually in Washing-
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ton on and around February 22. We believe the question should be explored whether those meetings could be held in Philadelphia in 1976. Appropriate honors, ceremonies and entertainment should be provided if Philadelphia becomes the host of the Grand Masters. V. SUBORDINATE LODGE MEETINGS
Ten short interesting lodge programs should be prepared for each of the ten meetings in 1976. These programs should be detailed in order not to require special ingenuity by the recipients and should be written in language which can be understood without effort. Perhaps slides and other visual material could be made available. In our opinion, this is a difficult task and requires a subcommittee whose membership is composed of men with different specialized talents. Every Grand Lodge in the United States probably should have some type of bicentennial observance. Freemasonry is at a point where observances of this nature are not only in keeping with its heritage, but necessary for its continued success as the foremost fraternal order in the world.
BOARDS OF RELIEF Masonic Boards of Relief across the nation have contributed greatly to the image of the Fraternity. However, some have been in existence so long and under the same supervision for a long period of time that they tend to be self oriented. After certain individuals have served faithfully and well for many years, without the slightest attention from the Grand Lodge, these servants of the Craft sometimes attain a possessive attitude toward their board. CALIFORNIA: The Board of Control of the Grand Lodge of California had some experiences with the several Boards of Relief in that jurisdiction. The statistics provided by the 20 Boards of Relief for the year ending June 30, 1969 were: Sojourners funerals Service calls on sick sojourners Investigations to locate brother Investigations to report status of brother Assisting in processing applications for Homes of California Assisting in processing applications for Homes of Other Jurisdictions Requests for relief Cases of relief provided
1,032 8,017 174 207 25 38 293 236
We should note that of the 236 cases of relief reported, 87 or 37 percent were reported by the San Gabriel Board with a resulting expenditure .of only $710.10 or $8.16 per ca'ie, while 41 or 17 percent were reported by the Los Angeles Board with an expenditure of $2,953.15 or $72.00 per case, and 34 or 14 percent were reported by the San Francisco 130ard with an expenditure of $1,403.14 or $41.20 per case. The remaining 74 or B2 percent were reported by the other 17 boards. The financial picture was reported as follows: Total advanced for relief $ 10,541.43 Total amount recovered $ 9,968.73 Cases of relief where continuing payments are made on behalf of Home Lodge or Jurisdiction 15
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Pints of blood donated Pints of blood released Cash donations for blood received Cash paid out for purchase of blood Total cost of all Board of Relief operation Total cases for all boards
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2,908 2,529 . $ 5,790.41 . $ 2,744.00 . $100,809.90 9,744
Of these 9,744 cases, 6,405 or 65 percent were sick calls reported by the Long Beach Board. This is an average of 17 calls per day for each of the 365 days per year. Number of cases conducted by secretary Cost per case for year 1969
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1,145 10.34
Surplus funds in Boards of Relief as of June 30, 1969, amount to $266,129.67 or $1.82 for each of the 146,911 members of the 358 lodges belonging to the Board of Relief system. This does not take into consideration the Bush Estate of Los Angeles which we are told amounts to approximately $750,000.
The conclusions of the California Board of Control included the following: Some boards have encouraged donations to, and maintain funds for, purposes inconsistent with their responsibilities under the law. Some boards have actively solicited or encouraged endowments and bequests for like purposes. This affluence has made possible some of the non-permissive activity. When questioned, some boards have pointedly stated that their funds and actions are of no concern to your Board of Control. The Secretary of the San Gabriel Board on one occasion made a public statement to the effect that "It was none of the Board of Control's business how their money was spent." Other boards have on occasion, in private, made similar statements to the same effect. This accumulation of endowments, estates, and other surplus funds derived from per capita, has apparently tended to make some Boards of Relief feel independent from control of the member Lodges, and above supervision of Grand Lodge through your Board of Control. Your Board of Control has accordingly issued a written directive that surplus funds of a Board of Relief may not exceed one year's operating expense. To implement this directive, moratoriums have been directed to reduce surplus. The co-operation by many of the boards has been immediate and complete. However, some of the problems found in the San Francisco East Bay and San Gabriel boards have required much correspondence, necessitated action by the Grand Master, and to this date, all problems have not been fully resolved. Others, too, have refused to heed the "Good Counsel" given them, choosing to continue to circumvent or totally ignore the law. It is our opinion that since many agencies exist for the financial relief of the distressed, and because the administration of sojourner funerals under our present system is costly, that Boards of Relief no longer fill the need which once existed. The contention by some Boards of Relief that operations be expanded in order to justify their existence and to enhance the public image is not in our opinion a valid one, but clearly indicates no further need for the Boani of Relief. Boards of Relief, in our opinion, should not be operated as a public relations bureau. Over one-half of the lodges in this Jurisdiction do not belong to Boards of Relief. We have yet to find one case where such non-membership has caused the sojourner to receive less than proper attention.
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In view of the contents of this report, and ollr experience and study this year, it is our opinion that Boards of Relief should be discontinued.
KENTUCKY: The report of the Board of Relief of Louisville to the Grand Lodge of Kentucky contained the following interesting account of its endeavor to assist a brother: The duties of the Masonic Board of Relief are many and varied and not confined to the sojourning Masons in this area, or in Kentucky. Our scope of activities takes in the entire United States and Canada. We have sought the help of Senators and Congressmen in our endeavors to aid a distressed brother of his. A few years back we had a soldier's family who lived in the Shively area while the father was stationed in Germany. The mother was on a verge of being mentally despondent and her doctor did not seem to have any luck in getting the Army to transfer her husband back to the States. When路 we were asked if we could do anything to expedite things, "Uncle George" bypassed the Army, and wrote to the Commander路in-Chief's wife "Ladybird Johnson." He got a very nice reply from the First-Lady's secretary and soon afterwards the soldier was transferred home. Did the Board of Relief do any good? We really do not know, but we felt good about it anyway.
SOUTH CAROLINA: The following is a portion of the report of the Board of Relief to the Grand Lodge of South Carolina: Under present conditions Masonic relief to worthy distressed Masons, their widows and orphans, amounts to a maximum of $27.00 per month and a minimum of $15.00 depending on whether or not the lodge contributes $4.00 per month from local lodge funds. This money is derived from an annual assessment of one dollar per member. When we realize how little such help means under present conditions, we must have hesitancy in professing to belong to a charitable institution. As members of the Fraternity, we should not be content to allow such conditions to continue. Grand Lodge wiII be asked to increase the annual dues in the amount of $1.00 per year. Half of this wiII go to Masonic Relief, if passed. This wiII enable us to increase the maximum to $45.00 and the minimum to $25.00 per month. Your committee heartily recommends the passage of this piece of legislation.
BUILDINGS NEW JERSEY: While some jurisdictions, including Missouri, believe that Grand Lodge should not own its office building, the Grand Lodge of New Jersey is going forward with plans to erect a Grand Lodge Masonic Building. The building is described by the committee as follows. The proposed building is a one story building, with a complete basement. The building would be of non-combustible masonry, faced with metal, brick and/or stone-epoxy masonry, and will conform aesthetically to our present Masonic Home buildings. The building would be complete with air conditioning and oil fired hot water heat. The Library-Meeting Room would be of a size suitable for seating approximately 125, and would he complete with preparation and storage room, large lobby and vestibule. The outside steps would be equipped with a side ramp for wheel chair guests of our home, so they could be brought to any meeting any lodge would care to hold in this building. The Grand Lodge Office would be 28' x 43', plus a 12' x 14' mail room, plus a 15' x 20' Conference Room
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for use by the Grand Master, the Grand Secretary or any Grand Lodge Committees, plus a 14' x 14' fireproof vault, not only on the first floor, but the same size fireproof vault in the hasement. These vaults would contain our Grand Lodge Records that should never he lost or destroyed. The basement would be divided into a large section under the Library-Meeting Room and would be used for storage. The area under the Office Section would be suitable for dining area, and would have a small kitchen. The Library-Meeting Room would be used by not only some of our lodges, but would be used by our District Deputy Grand Masters for their monthly meetings.
The financing of the new structure was described as follows. lVe would further advise that our Masonic Home and Charity Foundation has agreed to advance up to 75 per cent of the total cost of land and building, not exceeding $150,000, toward a total cost of not exceeding $200,000. The said monies advanced by our Masonic Home and Charity Foundation to be repaid monthly against a 20-year mortgage, bearing 6 per cent interest, or a monthly payment of $1,074.70. The monies necessary for the initial payment of 25 per cent and the future monthly mortgage payments would come from interest that our Grand Lodge Trustees are receiving on our General Fund of $415,000 and from our Budget Reserve Fund of approximately $200,000, thus we would not have to use any of our present Grand Lodge Funds or alter the present financial structure of our Grand Lodge, nor would we have to ask for any special assessment from the members of our lodges. The present amount of interest received by our Grand Lodge Trustees on these two funds is approximatly $19,000 per year, and our yearly payment against our mortgage would he $12,896.40, which would still leave a portion of the interest for reinvestment by Our Grand Lodge Trustees. This venture is only possible hy virtue of the fact that our present Grand Lodge Trustees are carefully investing and reinvesting our monies, and are gradually increasing the return on these investments; and also by virtue of the fact that over the past several years our Budget Committee has done a very fine and outstanding job and has gradually increased our Budget Reserve Fund.
CANDIDATES FOR GRAND LODGE OFFICE MICHIGAN: The Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Michigan feels that there can be too much electioneering for office of Grand Marshal, the first elective office that will lead to the station of Grand Master. In view of the situation which prevailed at the last Annual Communication of Grand Lodge where matches, pencils, and other such material were disbursed freely in an effort to persuade representatives of the constituent lodges to vote for one or another candidate for Grand Marshal, I have found it necessary to advise each of the candidates for Grand Lodge preference that no such material will be permitted during this Annual Communication. The possibility of being elected into the Grand Lodge Line is a matter which requires deep thought not only on the part of the candidates but also on the part of each of the constituent lodges. A man who is elected as Grand Marshal may reasonably anticipate that in due course of time he will be elected and preside as Grand Master of Ma~ons in Michigan; Under such circumstances I do not feel that it would be befitting the dignity of the office which the candidate ultimately hopes to hold to use the devices of a partisan political convention in an effort to obtain votes. . This matter has been previously discussed with the officers of Grand Lodge and (am privileged to state that each of the other officers is in accord with the
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statements made in this regard. I sincerely hope that it will not be necessary to remind the craft of this ruling at future Annual Communications.
It is noted that each candidate for the office of Grand Marshal may select two tellers to serve during the election. We find this a bit interesting.
CHARITY ALABAMA: Alabama lodges responded very well to a call for assistance as a result of the Mississippi Hurricane 1969, as reported by the Grand Master: At the time of going to press with this report Alabama Lodges have contributed approximately $15,000 to the Mississippi Hurricane Relief. You have responded nobly to your Grand Master's appeal in general letter of September 2, and to your instinctive quality of going to the relief of those in distress.
IDAHO: The Grand Lodge of Idaho contributed $1,000 to the Mississippi hurricane relief of 1969: Following the reading of this letter (from the Masonic Service Association), the discussion resulted in a motion, duly made and seconded, that the Grand Lodge of Idaho send $1,000 for the relief of our Masonic Brethren in Mississippi. \Vhen put to vote, this motion was adopted unanimously.
MASSACHUSETTS: To better provide charitable services for the Grand Lodge the following amendments to the Grand Constitutions were adopted in Massachusetts: The proposed Amendments to Sec. 332A and Sec. 332B of the Grand Constitutions were with slight change adopted as follows: Sec. 332A. Each lodge shall pay, annually, to the Grand Lodge for its charitable uses and support the sum of five dollars for each of its members, such payments to be made at such times, in such manner, and with such appropriate credits for dual memberships, remissions of dues, or other causes, as the Board of Directors of the Grand Lodge may from time to time prescribe. The per capita payments hereby established shall be assessed by the lodge upon its members in addition to any lodge dues. Sec. 332B. Any member may prepay all future Grand Lodge dues by remitting direct to the Grand Lodge the sum of $167.50, less $2.50 for each year of attained age in excess of age 21, and thereafter no further assessment shall be made by the Grand Lodge upon said member or upon any Lodge on account of said member. All monies so paid to the Grand Lodge shall be used by it exclusively for charitable purposes and no refund shall be made on account of the death or dimit of the member or for any other purpose. The investment and expenditure of all funds received for such prepayment of all future Grand Lodge dues shall be under the direction of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise voted by the Grand Lodge, expenditures from the principal of the funds shall not in anyone year exceed a sum equal to five dollars for each prepaid member.
OREGON: The Grand Lodge of Oregon summarized its charitable activities: Expenditures by the Grand Lodge for charity during the fiscal year amounted to $339,625.52, or $8.62 per capita on the entire membership of the jurisdiction
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as compared with an expenditure of $7.29 per capita during the previous year. The items comprising this amount are as follows: Operation of the Home Deduct: Per Capita Tax from OES Canned Food Fund Other income Relief Ass'n Dues Educational Assistance TOTAL
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. $34,010.00 1,567.68 . 3,040.33 .
$351,482.16
38,618.01 $312,864.15
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WEST VIRGINIA: The Grand Lodge of West Virginia reported the following among its charitable activities: On the au thority granted to the Grand Master to expend such sums as he may deem proper of the funds of the Grand Lodge in cases of charity and urgent necessity, not to exceed stated maximums, I authorized a charity award of $100 to Bro. Pleasant C. Craft, a member of Laurel Lodge No. 104, who was reported to be in destitute circumstances in Kingsport, Tennessee, and being assisted by the brethren of Kingsport Lodge No. 688, to provide emergent relief until outside assistance could be arranged for him from the Masonic Home budget through the customary procedures. In answer to the appeal of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, through the Masonic Service Association, for fraternal aid and assistance from the Grand Lodges of the United States, I authorized a contribution of $100 to help alleviate the distress of Masons and their families in the State of Mississippi who had been stricken by Hurricane Camille. Although total disbursements from the General Fund were $1,688.51 less than the total budget approved by Grand Lodge at the 1968 Annual Communication, seven items exceeded the amounts set opposite them in the budget, and it became necessary to authorize, with the approval of the Chairman of the Finance Committee, the increases in expenditure for payroll taxes; refreshments at Grand Lodge; printing and mailing Proceedings; presentation apron and jewel; printing and office supplies; telephone, telegraph, postage and box rent; and Grand Lodge charity payments; a total of $2,019.25 in these items. Similarly, although total disbursements for the Masonic Home were $16,450.71 less than the total budget approved by Grand Lodge, it was necessary to authorize increases in individual items totaling $2,036.08. JAPAN: The Grand Lodge of Japan has a good charitable program in its Sight Assistance Program: To list a few of these accomplishments: 1. One child suffering from severely crossed eyes was located by Brother Williams of Far East Lodge No. 1. The child was admitted to Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital where successful corrective surgery was performed. 2. Two children (brother and sister, ages 14 and 20 respectively) afflicted with cataracts from birth, were located by Brother Stine of Kokusai Lodge No. 15. In conjunction with Tokyo Commandery No. I, Knights Templar, that organization sponsoring the girl because she was too old to qualify under our By-Laws, and the M.S.A.P. sponsoring the boy, surgery was perfonned at Juntendo Hospital, Tokyo,
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with excellent results, with further improvement effected upon the fitting of con tact lenses after the incisions had healed. 3. Two children (brother and sister), both in need of cornea transplants were located by Brother Hanada of Aomori Lodge No. 10. All arrangements have been made with the doctor and hospital at Hachinohe and operations will be performed as soon as cornea donors are located. 4. Eight were located by Wor. Brother Leak of Cherry Blossom Lodge No. 14. Disposition of these cases is as follows: a. Four of the children are in sight-restorable category and are presently being scheduled for treatment at the Kyushu University Hospital at Fukuoka. b. One child, being confined to bed with influenza, could not be examined with the other children. She will be re-scheduled for examination when she recovers from her illness. The above is only a partial list of the work of this committee. VICTORIA: The Grand Lodge of Victoria has a good charitable program administered under its Board of Benevolences. The following was taken from路 the report of this board for one quarter: Grants totalling $6,515.90 were approved to assist needy Freemasons and their dependents. Interest free loans totalling $3,000 were recommended. A total of $780 was granted during the period to assist in meeting funeral expenses of former residents of the Royal Freemasons' Homes. Once again children were frequently the indirect beneficiaries and a number of promising students wiII be able to continue a scholastic career because of assistance granted by the Board. One petition disclosed the plight of a widow whose total income was a pension of $14.50 per week, more than half of which was expended in rent. From the balance she supported herself and three young grandchildren. Facing eviction from a home about to be demolished, the need for help was urgent. Her late husband's lodge assisted materially, and the Board granted the maximum of $400 in aid. TASMANIA: The Board of Benevolence included the following in its report to the Grand Lodge of Tasmania. We think this is significant because it is a Grand Lodge of slightly less than 8,500 members. Grants totalling $1,989 have been made to brethren, and widows and dependents of deceased brethren during the half year. This amount compares with $2,062 during the corresponding period last year. In all, 19 widows and dependents and 4 brethren have received assistance. The Board was pleased to be able to grant the sum of $1,949 to the Peace Memorial Homes in the North and the same amount to the Masonic Homes of Sou thern Tasmania. Donations of $100 each were also made to the Grand Lodges of N.S.W. and W.A. to provide relief for Masons who had suffered as a result of bush fires and earthquakes. WESTERN AUSTRALIA: The Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Western Australia reported in part about some of the charitable activities there. This did not include their very generous contributions to earthquakes, etc.
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THE WIDOWS', ORPHANS' AND AGED FREEMASONS' FUND
This fund discloses a surplus of $30,437 which is an appreciable increase over that of the previous year. This is due to an increase of donations from lodges and others of $3,673; an increase of interest on investments of $5,283 and a reduction of annuities by $4,293. FREEMASONS' COrrAGE HOMES FOR THE AGED
The rents of the Mt. Lawley Cottage Homes exceed the expenses (including depreciation) by $2,876. This is less than last year due to a necessary provision of $3,582 for maintenance. To the working surplus is added a legacy from the estate of the late Edith Snow of $10,050, and sundry donations and investment income of $3,750-showing a total surplus of $16,676. The legacy from the estate of the late Edith Snow is to be applied towards the cost of the CoolbeIIup Homes which are in the course of construction.
CLANDESTINE MASONIC HALL CALIFORNIA: The Grand Master of California answered a most unusual question concerning the joint occupancies of a Masonic Hall by a regular lodge and a clandestine lodge: I was asked if it would be proper for a lodge to rent its facilities to a clandestine lodge and also if it would be permissible for a lodge to rent a lodge facility from a clandestine lodge. The answer to both questions is NO. It is not permissible for a lodge to rent its hall to or rent a hall from a clandestine lodge or organization which purports to be Masonic in character. To permit the use of the same Masonic hall by both a regular lodge and a clandestine lodge might well be interpreted by those both in and out of the Craft as recognition or Masonic intercourse, clearly proscribed by Section 319 of the California Masonic Code.
CONDITION OF THE CRAFT IOWA: The Committee on Fraternal Review of the Grand Lodge of Iowa said of the general condition of Freemasonry: Masonry is an ancient society; from its very nature it tends to be conservative. In a day of revolution, it changes very slowly. Our teachings are clear; the aim of the Fraternity is to build a fine, staunch, stable character which will not be swayed by the shifting moral winds of the world. We find pressure to relax our time-honoured adherence to the custom of banning solicitation for membership; in some areas, gradually, almost imperceptible, it is felt that lodges with large temples should be allowed, for financial reasons, to rent their social facilities to groups that serve liquor; among some of the overseas jurisdictions which stress formal attire for meetings there is a call to permit more casual dress; every year we hear of those who would like to omit the penalties in our obligations, or give some explanation to the candidate concerning their antiquity. We see further evidence of the slowly changing Masonic scene in the frequent mention of joint meetings with the Knights of Columbus; of examination into the need for Masonic manors; in efforts to upgrade our meeting places, either by extensive repairs or the building of new temples; in the observance of Public Schools Weeks, Saints John Days, Constitution Days, attendance at religious ser-
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vices, of a better handling of Masonic funerals, and in the increased support of DeMolay, with attention to Rainbow and Job's Daughters.
MARYLAND: The Grand Master of Maryland offered some interesting thoughts on the subject of the condition of the Craft: Almost uniformly among the other Grand Jurisdictions, we find there is a trend where the number of applicants applying for the degrees of Masonry is falling off in the urban centers and increasing in the counties or in the rural areas, as the population moves away from the city. Maryland is no exception. The reasons given for the falling off in attendance in city lodges are varied, such as difficulty in parking, transportation, competition from television, sporting events, etc. Some of this is true, but I sincerely believe that much can be done to alleviate the situation by the lodges in the form of extra effort and in striving to make the meetings more interesting, by starting on time, by keeping them moving, with an early closing time. I am convinced that moving outside the Masonic temple is not the answer, if such a move is made believing that such will serve as a panacea for the ills brought on many times by poor ritual, poor administration, and lack of thoughtful planning by the Worshipful Master. Any of the lodges which have moved away, or any of those outside the temple now, are certainly welcome to return if moving away or being outside the Temple has not provided the answer to their problem. They need only make the request and it will be given every consideration.
OHIO: An Ohio committee said of losses: The thought stated in the first part of this report expresses a feeling that the committee does not feel that because we have suffered loss in membership we should change all practices and traditions, but we should make diligent effort to strengthen our present tenets and practices. A wheel can run down hill without force, but it takes force to project the wheel uphill. We are facing an uphill task and each and every Mason in Ohio must assist in producing the necessary force to move uphill. History has proven that strength lies not in numbers alone, but the smaller number must put forth an inspired effort.
CONFERENCES IOWA: The Grand Master commented on conferences for secretaries held in the jurisdiction of Iowa. This seems like an excellent plan to keep the secretaries abreast of all that is new and required of them for the betterment of their lodges and their Grand Lodge. However, as may be expected only about 40 per cent of the secretaries attended any of the several meetings. As provided for in our law, conferences for lodge secretaries were planned and held at the site of 10 of the 15 Regional Schools. These 10 conferences were arbitrarily set, having in mind convenience for the secretaries and all the secre路 taries of the state were invited. These conferences were publicized in the Grand Lodge Bulletin (a copy of which goes to each Secretary), the District Lecturer Circular, and near the time for the conference, each secretary in that area received a reminder card. Charles T. Jackson, Deputy Grand Secretary, conducted seven of the conferences, he and I teamed on one, and I conducted two.
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The conferences with the number attending are here listed: DeWitt II Ottumwa Vinton 13 Des Moines 11 Cherokee . . . . . . . . . .. Osceola 12 Hampton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Griswold Wapello 18 West Union
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CONVICTED FOR FAILURE TO ATTEND MASONIC FUNERAL SERVICES DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: A brother was suspended for unmasonic conduct for failure to attend Masonic Funeral Services in his lodge, and the verdict of the trial commission was upheld by the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia: To the Grand Lodge: Through the office of the Grand Sccretary there was transmitted to the Committee on Grievances for review and report the complete file of . , who is Lodge No. . , covering the trial of Brother charged with unmasonic conduct in two specifications. Thc first specification alleged that he has on 13 occasions in 1967 and on five occasions in 1968 failed to answer summonses sent to him and received by him to attend special com路 munications of the lodge called for the purpose of conducting Masonic burial services for brethren of the Masonic Fraternity. The second specification alleged that he failed to make answer to a summons sent to him and received by him to be present at a stated communication of the lodge on March 7, 1968 to give his reason for not answering the several summonses set forth in the first specification. After the filing of charges by the Junior Warden of the Lodge, a Trial Com路 mission was appointed pursuant to Section 211路 of the Code of Trials. Unfor路 tu~ately the letter addressed to Brother enclosing a copy of the charges and spccification failed to advise him of all his rights as provided in Section 213 of the Code of Trials. "The notice to the accused concerning the trial of the charges and specifications shall advise him of the time, the place and the date thereof, and of the following rights, as provided for in this Code (1) to have counsel, (2) to call witnesses, both Masonic and profane, (3) to take depositions, and (4) to request reasonable but limited extension of time for the trial of the Charges." The lettcr from the Trial Commission after giving the requisite notice of the time and place of trial stated: "You are directcd and required to be present at that time to make answer to said complaint and specie fications." Although the Trial Commission erred in this regard it is evident that the error resulted from use of the Code of Trials as it existed prior to the a.mendment in 1954. There was obviously no intention to deny to the accused any rights set forth in the Code. Upon receipt of the notice from the Trial Commission, the accused mailed a letter addressed to the Master, Wardens and Brethren of the Lodge seven days prior to the time set for the Trial Commission hearing on the charges. In his letter, the accused acknowledged receipt of the formal charges which he found to be "ludicrous" and further stated "I will be unable to attend." On the date set for the trial Brother neither requested an extension, appeared at the trial, nor sent a representative. The Trial Commission proceeded to consider the charges and after hearing eyidence unanimously found the accused to be guilty of the charges of unmasonic conduct as set forth in both specifications and recommended to the lodge that Brother . be suspended indefinitely.
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At a special communication called for that purpose, the lodge, acting strictly in accordance with the Code of Trials, found the accused guilty of the charge and of each specification in support thereof, and by a vote of 27 to 1, voted that Brother be suspended indefinitely from membership in the lodge. Notification of the action of the lodge was sent to the accused. The accused did not note an appeal from the action of the lodge. It is the opinion of the committee that the proceedings of . Lodge No in the case of Brother were in order and that, from the record, its action in suspending him indefinitely appears to be completely justified. It is, accordingly, recommended 'that the action of the lodge be approved.
CORNERSTONES CALIFORNIA: The Grand Lodge of California adopted the following resolution making it possible for the Grand Lodge to help defray the cost of cornerstones, the box, contents, etc.: Resolution No. 25 calls for the participation of the Grand Lodge in the financial obligations attendant to cornerstone-laying ceremonies. Your Committee on Policy and General Purposes believes that the purpose of the resolution is proper and that undue financial burden should not be placed upon any constituent lodge due to the occasion of a cornerstone laying ceremony. Such ceremonies are under the auspices of the Grand Lodge and they are conducted entirely by the officers of the Grand Lodge. A host constituent lodge may necessarily be very much a participant in the planning and preparation for a cornerstone-laying ceremony, and it may desire to share in the costs involved with the ceremony, but no lodge should be obligated beyond that which it can afford due to its part in supporting a Grand Lodge ceremony. The proposed resolution calls for a per capita tax for this purpose. Your committee feels that the funds needed are not in an amount to justify a specific per capita tax, but rather the funds should come from the general funds of the Grand Lodge. I, therefore, move the adoption of a substitute resolution to read as follows: Resolved, That the Grand Lodge may assist in defraying the basic costs of cornerstone laying events with funds of the Grand Lodge. Said basic costs may include the cost of the stone, the sealed container and printing materials, programs and invitations necessary to successfully conduct the cornerstone laying ceremony. NEVADA: We have read and heard many cornerstone orations. This one was delivered by the Rev. Brother W. E. Clawson, Jr., pastor of St. John's Presbyterian Church at Reno, Nevada, on July 22, 1969. He ties the church and Freemasonry together in this ceremony, and gives his oration accordingly. We believe it is worth reading again and again: We have ga~hered here today to lay the cornerstone for a Sanctuary. As a Christian congregation we have invited a Masonic body to conduct this Ceremony. The laying of this cornerstone therefore exemplifies the proper link between the purposes of Masonry and our Christian faith. Some of you wonder why the Masonic Order is involved in the laying of cornerstones for public buildings, including many churches. It does so because Masonry is concerned with the structures of our social and moral order and would emphasize the fact that any public building must not only be solidly constructed but must be built to serve a purpose. The placing of certain doc-
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uments within the cornerstone is a matter of historical importance to link together the past (for our actions today will immediately become a part of that past) with the future so that people in. some age to come wiII understand a little bit at least of the structure and purpose of society today and in particular of S1. John's Presbyterian Church on the 22nd day of June, in the year ]969. There was a time in the history of Masonry when its members were an operative craft, involved in the actual construction of the building, and as such the laying of the cornerstone was one of the most important aspects of the entire structure. In due time Masonry became speculative, and much of what it docs now is symbolic. For example, the three columns of Masonry represent Wisdom, Strength and Beauty; in a certain sense we can say that these are the Cornerstone of Masonry. Similar]y, one of the great writers of Masonry has said that it is "the duty of Masonry to assist in elevating the moral and intellectual level of society; in coining knowledge, bringing ideas into circulation, and causing the mind of youth to grow; and in putting, gradually, by the teaching of axioms and the promulgation of positive laws, the human race in harmony with its destinies." This is the cornerstone of Masonry and it is these ideals that we would inculcate today and would recognize in the laying of this cornerstone for a church sanctuary. Cornerstones are also important to our Christian faith. They are involved in the Biblical record from before the time of Solomon who erected the first great temple, on through to the teachings of St. Paul, who repeatedly referred to foundations and cornerstones in the establishment of the Christian faith. I should like to mention quite briefly three of these Biblical references. The first is in Job, the 38th chapter, the 6th verse, which says, "Who laid its (earth's) cornerstone?" This is part of a great passage about the mysteries of God, especially in the creation of the world. We live today in an age that abolishes mystery; we are impatient with what we cannot understand or manage; and we have been able to explain many of the mysteries which puzzled Job. But this passage says to me that when all attempts to explain the mysteries are completed, there stiII remains a great mystery-the mystery of God. He it was who laid the cornerstone of creation. The second passage is from the Prophet Isaiah, the 28th chapter, the 16th verse, which says, "Thus says God, Behold I am laying in Zion for a foundation a tested Stone, a precious Cornerstone: 'He who believes will not be in haste'; and I wiII make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet," What Isaiah is saying is that faith in God is the cornerstone of life and he who has it will not be flustered or hurried or harried or alarmed. He will live under tension, yes, but in peace. This kind of faith is the cornerstone of religion. The third passage is from Paul's letter to the Ephesians, the 2nd chapter, the 20th verse, where Paul writes, "The household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles, Christ Jesus Himself being the Chief Gornerstone, in Whom the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in Whom you also are built into it for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit," It is interesting and important that groups of Christians have always gathered for worship; first in their homes, but quite soon in structures that they built for this particular purpose. Through the ages they have built beautiful temples as an expression of their love for God, for communal worship deserves outward and visible signs that are the best and the most beautiful which man can erect. So this particular Sanctuary, the cornerstone of which we are laying today, is a testimony of the dedication to God of the congregation of 5t. Johns路 Presbyterian Church. But Paul also says that God is not contained in a building, but the church
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is people-a habitation of God through the Spirit; and only the Holy Spirit can truly build a church within you. This is the miracle which we acknowledge today, and this cornerstone is but a symbol of what we strive and pray for in our individual and corporate lives. Finally, let me suggest ways in which this cornerstone is a symbol of what this Sanctuary stands for. First, and most important, it stands for the fact that Christ is the Foundation of the Church. This is the first and most important thing which we are acknowledging today. But in addition to that, certain other cornerstones are recognized as we contemplate the use of this Sanctuary. One of these is worship-preaching, music, drama, beauty. Another is the ohservance of the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's Supper. Still another is the expression of our love for God and for our neighbor. This results in service to our community and to our world, for as we are gathered for worship, we go out to serve. This cornerstone, then, and this ceremony, represent the link in the life of our church and of our community between the past with its heritage and the future which we pass on to the next generations. It is our prayer and our purpose that this cornerstone may symholize all that the Christian faith can bring to us as individuals and to the world in which we live.
CRIMINAL RECORDS TEXAS: The Grand Master of Texas, whose life work deals with public safety, reported on a phase of the Grand Masters' Conference in Washington dealing with investigating committees. We like his approach to it: Investigating committees of the lodges. Should we train those who do the investigations of candidates, or of those who have petitioned the lodge? We find that in many jurisdictions, and in Masonry as a whole throughout these United States, we have permitted persons with criminal records to become Masons. We have a case where a man was killed in a gangland murder, after he had heen compiling a record for 21 years. When he was killed, his family requested that he have a Masonic funeral. He had a tremendous record. The lodge refused to conduct a Masonic funeral and it was presented to the Grand Master, who also refused a Masonic funeral. The widow of the deceased presented his apron, ring and a Shrine fez to the undertaker and demanded that the corpse be dressed and buried with these articles, and that was done. With our modern means of communication and transportation, we believe that it is possible to obtain criminal records of individuals within a few minutes using computers and other data processing devices.
CUBAN RELIEF FLORIDA: The report of the Cuban Relief and Avouchment Committee to the Grand Lodge of Florida shows a slow down in its activity. During this past Masonic year, there were 76 identification cards issued to Cuban brothers in our Grand Jurisdiction, some for the first time and some were renewals. We also had requested and issued 63 Special Grand Lodge certificates for the purpose of affiliating with a Florida Lodge. During the year there were approximately 60 Cuban brethren that placed these certificates in a Florida Lodge. We were called upon to give assistance financially to our Cuban brethren and where found worthy, it was- done.
The renewal of avouchment cards is coming to an end, and more Cuban brethren are affiliating with lodges:
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That all present Cuban brothers holding current avouchment cards and all future applications be issued for the present calendar year and one renewal only, and that they be informed that they must request a Grand Lodge certificate for the purpose of affiliation, and should they not make this request during this period of time they will not be entitled to any future avouchment.
GEORGIA: Under the heading of "Inter-American Masonic Confederation," the Grand Lodge of Georgia discusses in the report of the Foreign Correspondent certain aspects of the Cuban situation: INTER-AMERICAN MASONIC CONFEDERATION
This organization is composed of a group of Latin-American Grand Lodges in Mexico, Central America and South America, and is somewhat similar to our Conference of Grand Masters of North America. The Grand Lodge of Georgia is in receipt of a letter, datcd January 6, 1969, from Bro. Eduardo R. Gallardo, P.G.M., Executivc Secretary of the above named Confederation, in which are set out certain agreements madc prcviously at the meeting of the Confederation in 1967. Part Three of the "Agreement" providcs an appeal to all rcgular Grand Lodges, in the name of "Continental Masonic Unity" to exhort the Grand Lodges of Florida and New Jersey to reconsider their withdrawal of rccognition to the Grand Lodge of Cuba in Havana; the letter further urged that the Grand Lodge of Florida bc cxhorted to return the official seal of the Grand Lodge of Cuba to Havana. This scal had previously been turned over to the Grand Lodge of Florida for safekeeping by the last recognized Grand Master of Cuba, Dr. Tarajano. This Cuban Grand Master, for a season, while a political refugee in Miami, governed what was then callcd the Grand Lodge of Cuba-in-Exile and was by cooperation Or permission by the Grand Lodge of Florida. Grand Master Tarajano, finally despairing of the chances of returning to a free Cuba, declared Cuban Freemasonry in darkness and turned the Grand Seal over to the Grand Lodge of Florida and he, himself, is said to have affiliated with a Miami lodge. There are now 12 Grand Lodges in the United States, Georgia included, which do not recognize the present Grand Lodge of Cuba in Havana.
NORTH CAROLINA: The Grand Lodge of North Carolina quotes Dr. Carlos M. Pineiro, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Cuba and now living- in Puerto Rico. It will be recalled that Dr. Pineiro was Grand Master in 1955 when many of us were privileged to attend the dedication of the Grand Masonic Temple in Havana. A leader who was able to accomplish this great feat under the conditions that existed in his country certainly should know something about Freemasonry in that country. The following is that portion of the report of the Committee on Fraternal Correspondence dealing with Cuba: CUBA
The Commission has again received from M.'V. Carlos M. Pineiro Y. Del Cueto, Past Grand Master of Cuha and Representative in Exile of the Grand Lodge of Cuba, a comprehensive report of the activities of that Grand Lodge during 1968. With his report, Brother Pineiro furnished a total of 39 original documents received by him from the Grand Lodge of Cuba and its constituent lodges, covering many Masonic activities in Cuba for 1968. In spite of severe hardships and oppressive actions by the government of Cuba, according to Brother Pineiro th,c Grand Lodge and its 332 constituent lodges, which had a membership in March of 1968 of 25,824 Masons, continue to carry
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on regular Masonic work. The report of the Grand Secretary, R.W. Dr. Jose Alvarez路Rivera Maldonado, shows 1,369 additions to membcrship: 1,051 by initiation, 263 by affiliation, and 55 by reinstatement. During 1968, 2,441 were dropped from the rolls: 1,054 leaving Cuba (and by government decree required to be dropped), 29 by imprisonment (and also required by the government to be dropped), five by expulsion, 946 for nonpayment of dues, and 407 by death. As Brother Pineiro points out, the Grand Lodge of Cuba remains, in terms of numbers of lodges and numbers of Masons, the equal or superior of any Grand Lodge in Latin America. The Grand Lodge held three Communications in 1968: the regular Annual Communication on March 24, a special called Communication on May 19, and its regular semiannual Communication on September 22. In addition, the Grand Lodge sponsored public activities commemorating the birthdays of Joe Marti, Master Mason and Father of Cuba, and Ignacio Agramonte, Master Mason and military hero of Cuba, and thc carrying by runners of the Mystic Fratcrnity Torch throughout Cuba. Various original documents, programs and notices in connection with the Communications and celebrations of the Grand Lodge were supplied to this Commission by Brother Pineiro. The documents relating to the Annual Communication included notice to the constituent lodges, the annual address of the Grand Master, :M.W. Esteban Valdes-Castillo, the report of the Grand Sccretary, acts adopted by the Grand Lodge, and thc Proceedings. Annual Communication (more than 60 percent of the lodges). The documents relating to the Special Communication held on May 19, 1968, included notice to the lodges, acts adopted and the Proceedings of the Special Communication. This Special Communication was called by the Grabd Master to consider an appeal to the Cuban Government to rescind the resolution which limited the activities of Masonry in extending help to Masons who had been imprisoned for political activities and their families. This appeal is appropriately characterizcd by Brother Pineiro as being very important and very courageous. The Grand Lodge, as a result of this Communication, notified the Government that if this resolu tion was enforced the Grand Master was authorized to completely recess the Grand Lodge and all of the constituent lodges in Cuba. Brother Pineiro's comment is "due to this firm attitude of the Grand Lodge, Fidel Castro's Government did not apply this resolution. . . . Masonry in Cuba continues their fraternal work." The Grand Master, M.W Esteban Valdes-Castillo was elected for a two-year term in 1967, but became ill in early summer, and on the advice of his doctors submitted his resignation as Grand Master on July 10. Brother Pineiro reports that he is now living in Atlanta, Georgia, recuperating from his illness. Pursuant to the provisions of the Grand Lodge Constitution and Laws, he was suc路 ceeded in the office of Grand Master by Bro. Roberto L. Ferrer Rodriquez, the Deputy Grand Master, whom Brother Pineiro characterizes as a young man of great courage and democratic spirit. Among the many documents furnished by Brother Pineiro are announcements of the deaths of the Grand Treasurer, R.W. Nicasio Rodriquez-Vasquez, Past Grand Master Jose C. Palomino, and Past Grand Treasurer and Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the Scottish Rite, Ill. Bro. Waldo Bacallao Amill. He has also furnished some tcn items relating to activities of various constituent Lodges: The Cuban Veteran Masons Association, Masonic Builders Order, and National Masonic Home. It is difficult to read of all of the various activities of the Grand Lodge of Cuba and its constituent lodge and not be impressed with the courage and devotion of thc Masons in Cuba, and particularly their leaders. (Note: The Grand Lodge of North Carolina (one of twelve Grand Lodges in
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the United States who do not) does not now recognize as regular the Grand Lodge of Cuba in Cuba or the Grand Lodge of Cuba in Exile (Florida). Nor is it the purpose of your committee to recommend recognition at this annual communication.For further information regarding the Grand Lodge of Cuba, please see the Report of the Fraternal Correspondent printed in the Proceedings of the 1967 Annual Communication.)
DEATHS ARKANSAS: The Grand Lodge of Arkansas was hit hard by deaths. Hoth the Grand Master and the Grand Secretary were taken by death during the same Grand Lodge year, as noted in the following report: Looking back on the night of August 2, 1969, the great column of Freemasonry in our Grand Jurisdiction lies prostrate. Our much beloved Grand Master, M.W. Bro. Robert Bruce Spencer, Jr., whose sun went down while it was yet day, whose lamp was extinguished quickly in the prime of life, yet peacefully he bowed to the inexorable laws of nature and a divine Master, who doeth all things well, and we say, at his passing, "Thy will, 0 Lord, not ours, be done!" confident that He who watches the sparrow's fall, will provide for our loved ones in a brighter and better world. M.\V. Brother Spencer's administration was eminently harmonious and. successful, fraught with much good and replete with a zealous intellectual brilliancy that distinguished him as a student and lover of the lore of our Fraternity. He was gentle, kind, courteous in his preceptions, and rather strong in his convictions as right and justice. He was loved and admired and was affable to the degree that drew men to him and we feel that in his passing it is a personal loss in addition to a fraternal one. GRAND SECRETARY APPOINTED
Due to the death of M.W. Bro. L. Leland McDaniel, P.G.M. and Grand Secretary, Thursday, November 21, 1968, the following morning, Friday, November 22, 1969, M.W. Bro. Jack B. Donham, P.G.M. and Assistant to the Grand Secretary was, with the approval of the Committee on ''''ork, appointed Grand Secretary.
DEMOLAY FLORIDA: The Order of DeMolay has for many years been strong in Florida. This year Florida claims the title of, "First in the World." The following is a reflection of the activity in that jurisdiction: During the year just ended, we authorized a contribution of $3,000 to the Masonic Youth Association of Florida, to assist that organization in carrying out its fine coordinated youth program. We have also requested that the same amount be provided in the 1969-1970 budget for this purpose. We take great pride in reporting that more than 1,200 young men, a new record for Florida DeMolay, attended the annual conclave in Miami and an even greater number is anticipated in Miami next August. During 1968, 2,244 young men were initiated into the Order of DeMolay in Florida. This contributed in putting Florida "First in the World" in DeMolay progress. Six hundred of this number came in during a special emphasis program during November and December.
The committee made the following recommendations: We note that among the fastest growing lodges are those which enthusiaStically support youth activity. We also note and consider it deplorable that many lodges sponsor no type of youth activity.
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Inasmuch as every Mason has an obligation to support the best interest of our Fraternity and since it is a proven fact that these youth organizations do contribute to the future security and growth of Masonry, we recommend that all elected lodge officers be admonished at time of their installation of their obligation to: 1. Sponsor a DeMolay Chapter 2. Sponsor a Rainbow Assembly 3. Maintain close and continuing contact with local school activities so that all students will be aware that a Masonic lodge is in the community. 4. Support Boy Scouts, Little Leagues, etc. We recommend that each D.D.G.M. and elected officers of the various lodges be instructed to attend the major functions of both DeMolay and Rainbow in their respective districts and/or lodges, and to maintain contact with the Grand Lodge Committee member on Masonic Youth Activity. OREGON: The thoughts uttered and expressed in the following address to the Grand Lodge of Oregon by State Master Councilor Ralph White, probably sum up the whole story that every active DeMolay would like to tell each Master Mason-if he could do so: Shakespeare said something to the effect that, "the world is but a stage, and we are all merely players in it." Every individual tries to put forth his best effort, whatever his goal may be, if it appears that he has an audience. The younger generation is no different. Whether they will admit it to themselves or not, they each and everyone, hold a lot of respect for the so-called older generation. In this fast and everchanging world of ours it is becoming more and more evident as we go forth that so very much of the knowledge we are to receive is gained through the process of EX路 CHANGE. Both groups have their own ideas of which all are important and need to be expressed. The younger generation sees things in a different light or perspective than the older generation does. This older generation, however, has a very unique quality from the younger generation. You see they have experienced things which the younger generation has not. They have been through the route so to speak. For this reason the younger generation respects the older generation. They respect them for the knowledge that they possess. Every individual likes to feel that he is recognized by persons who have established themselves in the field of endeavor in which they are participating. In our world of specialization this fact becomes true no matter what we are participating in whether it be school, athletics, on the job, or in an organization such as ours. DeMolay is in urgent need of the older generation. We need your help and support. The need is not of monetary value. This you have given Willingly and freely so many times, by your support in our chapters. Many chapters need advisors and even more important we need an audience. I have heard many Masons say, when asked to work with DeMolay, "I wouldn't know what to do." Believe me you have the knowledge needed by the younger generation. We need an audience. I think that those of you who have worked in DeMolay will agree with me in saying that the amount of good done for a chapter by the visit of a Mason to a regular meeting is fantastic. It makes the members feel as though someone cares what they are doing, also it makes them want to do their work better and this instills in their minds the purpose of the order. I would like to invite each and everyone of you to visit a DeMolay chapter near you. If you do go I am sure that you will not feel as though you have wasted
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your time and if the work of the chapter leaves something to be desired, come back in a short time and believe me you find a change. You created us and we hold you as our dads. As a son would to his father we to you want you to be proud of us. We thank you for your wonderful and everlasting support in the pa'lt and I thank you for allowing me this opportunity to speak to you on behalf of the DeMolays of Oregon. We sincerely hope that we'll see you in the near future. Later the Grand Master's Committee on Youth activities stated the following: To stimulate the lodges to recognize adult participation on their efforts to its youth groups. To stimulate the lodges to give the moral and advisory support that each youth group needs. Also, never to lose sight of the fact that the Youth of Today will be the leaders of tomorrow. We sent out a revised questionnaire to those 119 lodges that did not return the questionnaire that we sent to them last year. At the writing of this report, 58 of the 119 have returned their questionnaires. This compiled with last year's reo turns totals 127 out of the 191 lodges, giving this committee a well-rounded idea of the degree of participation by the lodges in the support of your activities. In this year's returns, we find the following youth groups supported. 26-DeMolay Chapters 30-Job's Daughters IS-Rainbow Assemblies IO-Other Youth Groups This coupled with last year's information totals the following number of youth groups sponsored or supported by lodges in this Grand Jurisdiction: 61-DeMolay Chapters 53-Job's Daughters 58-Rainbow Assemblies 30-0ther Youth Groups
DISTRICT OFFICERS Nearly every Grand Lodge has some form of representatives of the Grand Master. Most often it is called "District Deputy Grand Master." Some of these officers function very well and others appear to be rather weak. SOUTH DAKOTA: The Grand Master included the following in his comments about the District Masters in that jurisdiction: Many District Masters have in the past been re-appointed by the new Grand Master from one to several years. While there are advantages in re-appointing ex路 perienced District Masters for another term, there is a disadvantage in that the honor and experience of being a District Master should be rotated among the lodges in the District. It has occurred to me that perhaps the District Masters, instead of being appointed by the Grand Master, could be elected by the lodges of the Districts at the Annual District Meetings, to be installed路 at the next Communication of the Grand Lodge. Instead of having all of the District Masters elected each year for a term of one year perhaps it would he better to have them elected for a term of two or three years, in which case one-half or one-third would be elected each year.
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DUES AND FEES CALIFORNIA: A study of the dues structure and fees charged by the 704 lodges in California in 1969, revealed some interesting facts. The lowest dues collected by any lodge was $12.00, and the highest $50.00, with an average of $18.50. The most popular rate was $15.00, with 316 lodges supporting it. The lowest fee charged was $50.00 and the highest $215. The average came to $94.52, with $75.00 and $100 being the most popular amounts charged. Of the 704 lodges 186 charged $75.00 and 208 the $100 amount. Apparently, the amount of dues and fees has little to do with the quality and number of our membership. Like the luxury brands of automobiles, Masonry was once a status symbol sought by every upstanding man in the community. However, in this day of installment buying, anyone can own any automobile made, if he chooses to buy it. Therefore, the amount of dues and fees has become relatively unimportant路 to the candidate and member. Only the ballot box can make the difference and keep the Fraternity on a high plane. How it is used depends largely upon the membership in any particular lodge.
DUAL MEMBERSHIP VERMONT: The 175-year-old Grand Lodge of Vermont adopted dual membership: During the 175th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Vermont a resolution was presented as follows: "'VHEREAS, There are many brothers living within our own Grand Jurisdiction who, because of the nature of their vocation, live in a different place than where their Masonic membership is held; and WHEREAS, These brothers attend the local lodge more frequently than they visit their home lodge, and they would like to share in the activity more personally; and 'VHEREAS, We now permit dual membership between Grand Jurisdictions, under most circumstances; Therefore, be it resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Vermont establish an enabling act which would permit dual membership within our own Grand Jurisdiction." On motion, second and vote the above resolution was received and referred to the committee on Masonic Jurisprudence. (See Proc. 1968, page 35.) Your committee is in full agreement with the above resolution. A considerable amount of thought has been given to it. We feel that little or no harm could arise and that some real good can and will ensue. It should allow a goodly number of members to take a more active part with increased interest in the Fraternity. Also, we find that a large number of Grand Jurisdictions allow dual membership within their own jurisdictions. A few Grand Jurisdictions even allow plural memberships. However, hecause Vermont is not a large state geographically, we feel that dual membership should be sufficient.
EDUCATION CONNECTICUT: The Masonic Culture and Public Relations Committee of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut engages in a wide scope of Masonic
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actIVIties. These include seminars for several elected and appointed officers of subordinate lodges. Some of these are quite well attended, and the information imparted is valuable to the promotion of better lodges. District Deputy Grand Master conferences have been under the supervision of this committee, but it is recommended that this be placed under the direct charge of the Grand Master. Programs and statistics on each meeting is reported to Grand Lodge. Correspondence is maintained with similar groups and committees in other jurisdictions. The audiovisual section of the committee has been of considerable service to the lodges. Certificates and plaques are awarded lodges considered to be doing outstanding work in various fields of endeavor. The report of the committee is so much in detail that it occupies some ten pages in the proceedings. The committee is among the most active in the nation. NEW MEXICO: The Grand Lodge of New Mexico has a very active Committee on Educational Services. The committee reported on the Mentor System: The Mentor System is in a Pilot Plan trial in the Twelfth Masonic District, all lodges having agreed to help work this out after one meeting with the Masters and Wardens Association and two round-table meetings. The first phase, or planning has been completed and the second phase or Expositor portion is to begin at a meeting at the Hiram-Alhuquerque Lodge Building on March 31, 1969 at 7:30 p.m. Two other meetings are to follow to complete training of expositors. They will then be assigned by their respective Masters in the training of IncejJI01路s. This training may begin to a minimal extent as soon as the candidate is elected to receive the degrees and will really concentrate itself to that period when the third degree proficiency examination has been completed and the Coach and Lodge System of Masonic Education have released the newly made I\faster Mason. In individual cases, if the expositorinceptor relationship can be improved without infringing on these two other systems of education, the time of contact can be altered at the will of the expositor with the agreement of others concerned.
EMBLEM OF MASONRY GEORGIA: The Grand Master of Georgia ruled favorably on the use of the Masonic Emblem on Little League Baseball Teams: Fairburn Lodge No. 180 requested a ruling on whether or not it could use the words "Fairburn Lodge No. 180" On the uniform of a Little League team it sponsors. After studying the code and prior rulings by Grand Masters, I ruled that this use of these words would not be improper. I determined that advertising is divided into two categories. The use of a Masonic emblem, words or quotation for advertising purposes by an individual for pecuniary gain is strictly prohibited. The act of advertising Masonry as such for the benefit of Masonry is called public relations and is not prohibited, hut rather encouraged, the only restriction being that of decorum and propriety. Marshall A. Weir Lodge No. 448 requested a ruling on use of an emblem on Little League uniforms. The lodge requested the ruling because it, with seven other lodges in Bibb County were sponsoring a Little League team. These lodges desired to use a round emblem with "Masonic Lodges of Bibb County, F. & A.M." on the shirt. For the reasons stated in the above ruling, I approved the use of the emblem requested.
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EMERGING PROBLEMS MICHIGAN: Michigan's Committee on Emerging Problems presented the following list of recommendations, which were considered various District Meetings. These are followed by a summary of the answers given: The following supplemental report of 19 recommendations represents an exer路 cise of judgment in that direction. It is presented for review and criticism in the hope that it may lead toward a more definitive direction of concern by the Grand Lodge (and subordinate lodges) consistent with an advance in the cause of Masonry in Michigan. I. Permit solicition of members on a controllcd basis by means of appropriatc listing of qualification for mcmbership. 2. Establish two classes of membership a. Active b. Inactive as a substitute for "suspension" for nonpayment of dues; and simultaneously establish a strong committee at cach lodgc level to follow-up on nonpayment of dues to prevent inactive status whenever and wherever possible. 3. Appoint a committee to study the values and legal possibilities of lowering the age limit to 18 years of age. 4. Appoint a committee to study the possibilities of shortening both Grand Lodge and Blue Lodge "lines." 5. Reduce thc number of meetings per month, and make them more attractive socially. 6. Improve ritual as follows: a. Shorten and modcrnize lectures b. Use of modern audio-visual equipment -slide films --sound films -taped material (where possible). 7. Revise the funeral ceremony and offcr it to the bereaved family on every occasion without waiting to be asked so they wiII know it is. available and without embarrassment. 8. Provide awards for championship dcgree teams and make possible interchanges of degree teams throughout the state (financial and booking assistance). 9. Conduct (outside of its annual convocation) at least one statewide event of significance and inspiration, annually, for the inspiration and encouragement of lodges and mcmbers. 10. Establish an annual program of awards for lodges and members encouraging them to take initiative and leadership in interpreting to the community the meaning and purpose of masonry in the following manner: -the most vital speech of the year -the most effective promotion of the American Way of Life -the most effective program (ritual or other) of the year -the "Mason" of the year, who has contributed most to the meaning of Masonry in his life and work. II. Appoint a committee to study the possibility of merging small lodges into one lodge where transportation (expressways etc.) now make possible easy access of members and officers of two or more smallcr lodges to the formation and operation of a single larger and stronger unit. 12. Establish a Michigan Masonic Library museum, and administration building at a central location.
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13. Establish a statewide Masonic Spcakers Bureau with easy access to all lodges. 14. Plan more family cvents and suggest ways of strengthcning family life. 15. Plan a more effective puhlic relations program on a state-wide basis by establishing a permanent office of "Public Relations Director." 16. Permit the establishment of appropriate service projects for individual lodges and for state-wide participation in single projects such as: a. More effective scholarship programs for children of Masons b. Sponsored youth activilies -scout troups -athletic teams -youth centers c. Development of a Masonic Retirement "Villa" where Masons and their wives may live in retirement years, as distinct from the Masonic "Homc" concept, including: -Apartment living (with cooking facilities) -Single residence living -Dormitory living -Central eating facilities -Church facilities -Recreational facilities. 17. Up-date social rooms and club rooms within our lodge buildings for pleasant social surroundings including the serving of all types of food and beverages under fully controlled and restricted conditions. 18. Offer usc of Masonic facilities for community uses on a wider scalc. 19. Appoint a planning committee to develop and report at least quarterly on plans to move the Masonic Order forward in these two directions: -Opening all lodges to qualified members of all raccs -Removing any barriers bctween Catholic, protestant and Jew as respecting Masonic membership. SUMMARY OF QUESTIONS
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Answer Yes. Yes. No. No. No. A local problcm except number stated by Masonic law (10 communications per year). Yes--modernize lectures. No-sound or tape. Offcr family memorial service in the evening at the funeral homc. DO NOT INSIST. No-not on state level. Yes-local or district levcl. Yes--Mason of year on local lodge level. No. No to question as stated. Recommendation. Location must first be presentcd and approved at Annual Communication; then only on Masonic property. Established. Local problem; not of Grand Lodge significance except Grand Lodge may advise what may be successful in other jurisdictions.
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No public relations director within Grand Lodge. However, public relations promotional program is needed by a private promotional firm, as recommended by this conference. No. No. Yes only if self supporting. No emphatically. Yes, provided they are proper community groups and well investigated. No.
EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION KENTUCKY: The Masonic Employment Association reported to the Grand Lodge of Kentucky on its activities and its methods of earning money. What is a "dunking machine"? The annual cost for maintaining our office is $12,000 per year. The Office Secretary and General Manager are the only salaried employees. Our financial support is derived from the Masonic Lodges, Eastern Star Chapters, Amaranth Courts and the Downtown International High Twelve Club. The dues for membership in the Masonic Employment Association are 18 cents per year per member for the Blue Lodges and six cents per year for all bodies affiliated with the Masonic Fraternity. It may be noted that our expenses amount to $12,000 per year and our income from the lodges and other affiliated bodies amount to only $3,548.77. The additional money is raised by promoting a variety show, and our dunking machine at the Kentucky State Fair.
ENDOWMENT MEMORIAL DENIED NEVADA: The Grand Lodge of Nevada denied the application of a group to establish memorial endowment fund, on the grounds that it did not conform to the Constitution or By-Laws of the Grand Lodge of Nevada, or to the exemption provisions of the Internal Revenue Code: The questions are as follows: Can the Grand Lodge consent to the formation of a group using the Masonic name, the property of which, upon dissolution, would go to an organization other than the Grand Lodge? The Constitution and By-Laws provide that the property acquired by any group created through the authority of the Grand Lodge immediately becomes the property of the Grand Lodge upon dissolution of that group. The proposed Masonic Charitable and Endowment Memorial of Southern Nevada provides that upon dissolution the property would automatically be distributed to a trust for a home for Nevada Masons, their widows and children. Such provision for such transfer is contrary to the By-Laws and Constitution of the Grand Lodge. It is anticipated that the Foundation would receive beneficial tax treatment which would be in the form of two different types of exemptions: I. Exemption from income tax under present federal income tax law to the extent that the income is received from fraternal organizations and that there is no unrelated business income used to amortize a debt which would of course be to the benefit of all members of the Masonic Fraternity as it would reduce the amount of their contributive share by way of dues, assessments, etc., towards repayment of any such debt. 2. The prime motive in another type of exemption provided by Internal Rev-
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enue Code, Section 501 (c) (3) which in substance permits deductions from income for contributions to charitable and religious organizations and also exempts from gift tax the federal estate tax gifts without limitation for such religious or charitable purposes. In order to qualify for the second type of exemption the foundation anticipated to be a charity must be committed entirely to charitable purposes and in the event of dissolution of the charity, any assets remaining must be turned over to a similar charity and cannot revert to the Grand Lodge, which is contrary to the provisions of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand Lodge. In the draft of the proposed Articles of Incorporation in Article Third, Paragraph 5, provides for the construction of a temple to more effectively carry out the purposes of the corporation and provide facilities for Masonic Bodies in Southern Nevada that they may assist in and implement the purposes of the corporation. This paragraph disqualifies completely the second type of exemption for construction of building improvements for the purpose to provide a meeting place for fraternal bodies is not under the definition of the Internal Revenue Code a charitable, religious, or other type of organization exempt from taxation. At the present time the United States House of Representatives has passed a highly controversial Revenue Act which if adopted by the Senate would place strict limitation on charities and effect the income of fraternal orders from investments. For the foregoing reasons, I must advise that the proposal be denied as not being in conformity with either the Constitution, By-Laws of the Grand Code, or the exemption provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. (Adopted)
EXPO 70 JAPAN: The following is taken from the report of the Expo 70 Committee of the Grand Lodge of Japan. Participation in any great measure seems to have been unwise at the time of the annual communication: Your committee appointed to consider ways in which this Grand Lodge could participate in the "Expo 70" activities have investigated these possibilities and do hereby report as follows: 1. We believe any direct participation would be impractical, in that any space under whatsoever heading, with the "Expo" Exhibition area can only be obtained on payment of the regular stipulated fees. These for even a modest booth or small meeting or grecting room is likely to involve an investment of the equivalent of $25,000-$35,000. 2. Notices, advertisements or announcements made in any official publications of "Expo" will have to be paid for. The charges for any such action would require an allotment of a substantial budget. 3. The feasibility of advertisements placed in hotels or billets where "Expo" visitors may be accommodated would be a matter for negotiation with the management of the various facilities involved. The initial investigation made in this respect by the committee inferred that for practical purposes, any such announcements would probably be accomplished by placing notices indicating the dates of lodge meetings or the facilities of Kyoto Lodge on the hotel bulletin boards. The committee believes however that there is a possibility this coming year to路 negotiate with the transport and touric;t companies, sympathetic to our Fraternity, to use the good offices of those organizations to distribute or have distributed printcd mattcr pertaining to Masonry in Japan during the "Expo" exhibition.
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FINANCIAL KENTUCKY: The Grand Lodge of Kentucky increased its mileage and per diem, and at the same time raised the amount of per capita on its membership: Section 61 of the Constitution (giving an increase in mileage and per diem) be amended to read as follows: Sec. 61 GRAND OFFICERS, PAST GRAND MASTERS, REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEES. The pay of all Grand Officers and Past Grand Masters, who are affiliated with some lodge in this jurisdiction, a representative from each lodge and each member of a Committee, shall be $10.00 per day and .08 per mile going from and returning to the location of their respective lodges, the distance to be measured by the nearest traveled route. Provided, that no representative shall receive in mileage and per diem more money than his lodge pays in as ducs for the same year. To cover the cost of this increase in mileage and per diem and othcr necessary operations of the Grand Lodge that Sec. 138 he amended to read: Sec. 138, DUES AND ASSESSMENTS TO GRAND LODGE: Evely lodge shall annually pay to the Grand Secretary as dues to the Grand Lodge, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents for everyone who may be a member of the lodge at low twelve, June 30, except as provided in Section 142, 143 and I43-A. And at the same time it shall also pay such other asscssments as may be ordered by the Grand Lodge.
TENNESSEE: The Grand Lodge of Tennessee hear the recommendation of its Ways and Means Committee to increase the mileage and per diem to Grand Lodge Annual Communication from the old rate to $14.00 per diem and 15 cents per mile, one way, and then, raised the amounts by adopting 20 cents per mile one way and $18.00 per diem.
FREEMASONRY AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH Much has been said in recent years about the relaxing of rules on the part of the Roman Catholic Church so that its communicants may petition Freemasonry. Many thinking brethren have had their tongues in their cheeks, but have said little on this subject. M.W. Bro. Ralph J. Pollard, past grand master and fraternal correspondent for the Grand Lodge of Maine, used the following as his Foreword for the 1969 Review. We deem it particularly enlightening on the subject of the Church and Freemasonry: Considerable confusion has rcsulted from an inaccurate and misleading article which appeared last year in many American newspapers, often under rather impressive headlines. When closely read, this article really said very little-if anything! It was vague, indcfinite and contradictory. It was anonymous. It made no definite and positive statements, named no names, and cited no authority for the thoughts which it expressed. But it certainly did convey the idea, and it was means to convey the idea, that the Roman Catholic Church either had rclaxed or was about to relax its traditional ban on Masonic membership by its communicants, and that there had heen a general softening in the Church's attitude towards Freemasonry. or course, we have no way of knowing who was really responsible for this misleading article, or what motives inspired its publication. But it certainly did confuse the thinking of many people, including both American Roman Catholics and American Freemasons.
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Vatican reaction was prompt. Only six days after the misleading article appeared, the Holy See issued a formal statement, which officially certified that no change in the Canon Law concerning Freemasonry had been made, and that n'o such change was contemplated. This is definite and final. However individual Roman Catholics may feel on this question, the official position of their Church remains unchanged. Masonic membership by Roman Catholics is still prohibited, under penalty of automatic ipso facto excommunication, a denial of the Church's sacraments while living, and a denial of the Church's funeral rites when dead. Unfortunately, the official Vatican statement did not receive in the American press the pUblicity that had been given to the more sensational but inaccurate article. When mentioned at all, it was usually tucked away in some obscure corner of the paper. Accordingly, many people who had read and believed the original article never saw its official denial by the Church. Confusion resulted. Even today, there are still some people, including members of our own Fraternity, who mistakenly believe that Roman Catholics are now free to become Freemasons! This, of course, is utterly incorrect, and it is to correct this erroneous thinking that this Foreword has been written. We must not deceive ourselves, but must face the cold hard fact that there has been no change whatever in the official attitude of the Roman Catholic Church towards our Fraternity. All Papal Bulls against Freemasonry-issued by Pope Clement XII in 1738, Pope Benedict XIV in 1751, Pope Pius VII in 1821, Pope Leo XII in 1825, Pope Pius VIII in 1829, Pope Gregory XVI in 1832, Pope Pius IX in 1846 and 1865, and Pope Leo XIII in 1884-are still in full force and effect, the latest confirming and ratifying everything contained in those of an earlier date. In the language of these Bulls, Freemasonry is still "the Synagogue of Satan." All we can do is to accept this fact, take due notice thereof, and govern ourselves accordingly. While we can neither forget nor forgive the false and malicious charges which the Roman Catholic Church has made against our Fraternity or the cruel and ruthless persecution which Freemasonry has suffered at its hands, we must always remember that this Church has a perfect right to prohibit Masonic membership by its communicants if it so desires, and must also, in fairness, admit that there are certain valid reasons for such a prohibition. Modern speculative Freemasonry developed in Scotland and England-two strongly Protestant countries, Protestant clergymen played a leading part in its development, and its moral and spiritual teachings naturally reflect this Protestant background. In Freemasonry, a Roman Catholic member would inevitably come in contact with ideas which are not those of his own Faith, would be taught to tolerate and to respect the religious beliefs of others, would find himself in fraternal association with members and even with clergymen of religious denominations regarded by his own Church as heretical, would discover that Freemasons often hold views on many public issues which are not the views held by Rome, and would be required to assume an obligation of secrecy which would be in conflict with the disciplines of his Church. This being so, it is easy to understand why this prohibition was originally imposed, and why the Roman Church, to protect its members from contact with heretics and heresy, feels that this prohibition must be continued. We do not question or resent this decision. Freemasonry does not exclude Roman Catholics, as such, from membership, but neither does it attempt to recruit members from that denomination nor to turn any man away from the teachings of his own hereditary Church. If any Roman Catholic does come to us he must do so of his own free will and accord, without the slightest solicitation on our part, with a full knowledge that such membership is prohibited by his Church, and with his eyes fully open as to the inevitable consequences of his action.
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PHILIPPINES: The Grand Master of the Philippines said the following on the subject of Ecumenism: The Masonic and Catholic panels in dialogue have met on a tight schedule all during this year and to the best of my knowledge have ironed out the last remaining obstacles to the goals of amity, one with the other. I hope that I am correct when I tell you that the remaining work to be done is mostly a matter of mechanics, but though we could still be disappointed, I have strong feeling of optimism that this great goal will be reached before much more time shall pass.
FREEMASONRY AND THE CHURCH ONTARIO: The Grand Chaplain reported to the Grand Lodge of Canada in Ontario on the work of his office. In the report we find a suggestion that might be of interest to all jurisdictions: One final observation. We sometimes use the Church as the locale of our Divine Service, often at a time other than the time of their regular worship. In so doing, we may be failing to share our witness with the local congregation or its minister. I find myself asking if it would not be better for us to join the local congregation at their regular worship service, and thus, we might more effectively demonstrate that Masonry and the Church and the Synagogue have common cause in holy obedience and the worship of Almighty God. In addition, each would gain strength and enrichment from the other.
FRIENDLY CHALICE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Many Bibles, Gavels, Cups and many other symbols of Brotherly Love have been used in various jurisdictions. The FRIENDLY CHALICE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE also served this purpose and was well received: This beautiful silver Cup of Friendship was presented to the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Freemasons of the State of New Hampshire, by Bro. Herbert E. Kimball, Past Grand Master, on the occasion of his retirement as Grand Master, on May 20, 1967, with the hope that it would travel to each and every Masonic lodge within this Grand Jurisdiction and thus promote and spread Masonic Friendship and Good Fellowship throughout the Granite State. The Friendly Chalice was presented to Altemont Lodge No. 26, in Peterboro, at a Special Ceremony, by Most Worshipful Carl A. Buswell, on May 27, 1967, and immediately thereafter the speaker was delegated to assume the duties of Schedule Coordinator for The Chalice during its journey to all the 81 Constituent Lodges within our Grand Jurisdiction. After giving careful consideration and study to the problems involved in setting up a schedule for The Chalice, that would not conflict with Stated Meetings; Visitations, Installations, etc., of all the York Rite and Scottish Rite bodies; the Order of the Eastern Star; Rainbow for Girls, and DeMolay for Boys, a tentative schedule was finally arrived at, and published in the Grand Lodge Bulletin after all lodges involved had been contacted. It seemed advisable to declare a recess in the schedule during mid-summer and mid-winter, when most lodges did not meet or traveling conditions were haz路 ardous, and as a result the entire program was spread over a two-year period. I am pleased to say, that The Friendly Chalice of New Hampshire has now completed its journey to all the Constituent Lodges within this Grand Jurisdic-
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tion, and in a few short minutes, will enter this lodge room, and be presented to this Grand Lodge to be laid up in the Archives, along with The Traveling Bible, as a Memorial to be viewed by all future ages. As Schedule Coordinator for The Friendly Chalice, I would like to take this opportunity to express my most sincere appreciation to all the lodges, and more particularly to the Worshipful Masters and Secretaries of those lodges, for their personal efforts, and hearty cooperation in making the Friendship and Good Fellowship which has been created by the Friendly Chalice, enduring and ever路 lasting.
The Friendly Chalice was followed by an Hour Glass: HOUR GLASS
Bro. Carl A. Buswell, the new M.W. Past Grand Master, asked to approach the East and presented the newly installed Grand Master a large Brass Hourglass for the purpose of continuing the visits of fellowship among the lodges. The method of making the round of the lodges to be determined by Brother Sloan.
FUNERAL SERVICE CALIFORNIA: Again the Grand Lecturer comments on the Masonic Funeral Service: In last year's report the Grand Lecturer pointed out the mounting wave of criticism that had developed in recent years because of the manner our Masonic Funeral Service was being rendered in various parts of our jurisdiction. Subsequently, in January of this year, a directive was addressed to the Inspectors reiterating the policy submitted to this Grand Lodge by the then Grand Lecturer, Chester H. WarIow, and adopted at that time, requiring Masters-elect, as a part of their qualifying examinations, to be proficient in the Masonic Funeral Service. This policy, incidentally, was again referred to in the 1950 Proceedings Of the Annwal Communication. The directive also stipulated that the Inspector would ascertain that at least two or more qualified brothers were not only qualified but available to perform the Funeral Service in a proficient manner and that he would ascertain the proficiency of the Master, or any other brother designated by the Master, who reg路 ularly or occasionally performs the ceremony in each lodge of the district. The Inspector was also charged with the responsibility of keeping a continuing record of those brothers who are qualified and capable of performing the service in each lodge. During the year several complaints were received that Masters, officers, and brethren were not fulfilling their Masonic duties in regard to funerals. First, Masters were not contacting and visiting the widow or family of the departed brother and, secondly, that the lodge members were negligent in their duty to attend the final rites for the brother. These points require careful consideration on the part of Masters and officers who have been negligent in the past.
GEORGIA: The Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Georgia ruled in favor to the use of taps following a Masonic Funeral Service: M. B. Council Lodge No. 95 requested a ruling on whether or not it would be a violation of the Masonic Code for taps to he blown after completion of Masonic funeral services, where no 'military funeral services were conducted. I ruled that the blowing of taps did not constitute a military service and that such being performed after services would not be a violation of the code or improper.
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The Public Relations Committee of the Grand Lodge of Georgia also commented on Masonic funerals: It is noted that some improvement could be made in the area of "Masonic Funerals," such as increased attendance, the use of clean pressed aprons, etc. Our public image is on trial at all times and especially at Masonic funerals. Your committee suggests: A lodge should keep a supply of clean pressed aprons for funeral use only. Many times we are called on to conduct a funeral and time does not permit having the aprons cleaned. If the officers lodge aprons are soiled, then by all means use the clean white pressed ones. \Ve wouldn't think of attending a public function wearing a dirty soiled white shirt.
FURNITURE OF THE LODGE BRITISH COLUMBIA: The Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge of British Columbia describes the furniture used by the Grand Lodge in its ninety-eighth annual communication. He gave the background "The Haida," and then described the furniture itself: "THE FURNITURE OF THE LODGE"
Brother Gilbert first carved and donated (anonymously-later he was discovered) the beautiful Ballot Box, which represents the Haida "Eagle." Next he produced the Lesser Lights, carved as different Haida Totems-one, the "Thunderbird" with the "Killer Whale" in its talons; two, a design of the "Whale"; and three, the "Beaver" with a "Chewing-Stick" and the "Frog" at the bottom. The figures are surmounted by "skills" or ringed poles. The rings represent the number of "potlachs" given by the owner and meant great honour to the proud possessor. The figures on top of the "skills" represent the "Raven," which always played a prominent part in nearly all the Haida Legends and was supposedly endowed with the magical powers of changing at will to any form of human, or of animal, or of fish. The "Raven" was credited with bringing light to a world which he had created from eternal darkness by the beating of his wings, which in the Masonic Ritual is likened to by "the Spirit which moved on the face of the waters." So the "Raven" flew away and by great trickery he obtained the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars and he placed them in the Heavens-the proof being that they are still there for all to observe. Next came a Gavel for the Worshipful Master in the Ruling of the Lodge and a smaller one to be used during the Hour of Refreshment-the Worshipful Master's Gavel represents the "Killer Whale," while the smaller one represents the "Bear." This brings one to the beautiful Haida Lodge Altar, which was donated by W. Bro. E. A. Bleathman, a Charter Member and the first Worshipful Master of Haida Lodge. Likewise the work of Brother Gilbert, it is carved in the style of a Haida Storage Chest or Coffin. In the old days it took the Haida many hours of painstaking work with their primitive tools to fashion. When used as a Coffin for high-ranking persons, or Chiefs, it was usually placed on top of a Mortuary Pole, which was erected to the memory of the departed. Often though it was simply placed high up in a tree. The figure on the east side of the Altar represents "Wasgo," a mythical sea monster, according to the Haida Legend. The Masonic Emblcms were incorporated at the request of W. Brother Bleathman. On the north and south sides of the Altar are carved the design of the "NorthWind," while facing the west is one form of the Haida "Frog," with the large eyes and mouth prominent. Haida Lodge is indeed most fortunate in having such lovely furniture to grace
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its Masonic Communications, particularly as it is carved in the historic tradition of the native people of British Columbia, who gave to it their name.
MICHIGAN: The Grand Lodge of Michigan adopted the use of an optional Memorial Service, in lieu of the traditional "service at the grave." WHEREAS, More and more Constituent Lodges in this Grand Jurisdiction are using a Memorial Service in lieu of, or as an adjunct to, the Graveside Service for a departed Brother; and, WHEREAS, The Michigan Monitor does not provide a specific Service designed to be so used, now, therefore, Be It Resolved, That the Memorial Service as presented at the 1969 Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Michigan, shall be adopted as to fonnat, and that the aforesaid Service, with such minor changes as may be necessary to make it applicable to the individual being memorialized, shall be adopted as an optional Memorial Service proper to be used by any Constituent Lodge of this Grand Jurisdiction from this date until the Grand Lodge Annual Communication in 1970, at which time final vote shall be made.
GAVEL MAKER NEW MEXICO: Probably the leading gavel maker in Freemasonry, or so believe our brethren in New Mexico, is Bro. Mindon M. McGee, Sr., who recently completed 140 gavels for his lodge: A member of Jornada Lodge No. 70, A.F. & A.M., Mesilla Park, New Mexico has accomplished what is believed to be a "first" in Blue Lodge Masonry. He is Bro. Mindon M. McGee, Sr., Past Master, Past District Deputy Lecturer, Past District Deputy Grand Master, and Past Grand Chaplain, who has presented Jornada Lodge with some 140 beautifully hand-crafted gavels. Brother McGee's stated purpose is to provide a gavel to each Worshipful Master of the lodge during its first hundred years of existence. Each gavel is an original design, and is constructed from such woods as walnut, birch, oak, pecan, teak, ebony, and myrtle and is finished in the motif most suited to the particular wood. New Mexico Masons will also recall Brother McGee's creation of the big Traveling Gavel, which "travels" throughout New Mexico, and the smaller traveling gavels which circulate in the northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast and central areas of the state. These various McGee-made gavels have resulted in greatly increased visitation and good fellowship between all New Mexico Blue Lodges.
QUEBEC: The Grand Lodge of Quebec has many travelling gavels: The use of District Travelling Gavels has increased and now are operating in all districts. We hope that their use will further stimulate visits and interest. It might be interesting to attempt to get a travelling gavel for inter-district or inter-jurisdiction use. This could be on an occasional basis, or be captured by the visit of the Master, Wardens and several brethren from a lodge outside the district or jurisdiction, and held by the lodge until captured from them by another lodge.
GOVERNOR'S CORNER ALABAMA: The museum of the Grand Lodge of Alabama is richer because of a number of mementoes added the past year pertaining to recent governors of that state:
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Governor and Bro. Albert P. Brewer, in commemoration of his being Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason, presented to the Grand Secretary, for the museum, Matched Set No. 45, Alabama Sesquicentennial Sterling Silver Coins, on February 25. This set has been given a prominent display position in the Archives of the Grand Lodge and we here again expres.~ to Governor Brother Brewer our appreciation for his thoughtfulness. GOVERNOR WALLACE
On August 15, Grand Master Blackwell joined me in expressing for ourselves and all the Masons of Alabama our appreciation to former Governor George Wallace for presenting the Grand Lodge Museum several items from the desk of the late Governor Lurleen B. Wallace, including name plate, book ends, paper weight, lighters and ash trays. As soon as a suitable case may he designed or obtained, a special exhibit will he arranged. GOVERNOR MADDOX
Our appreciation is extended to Right Eminent Brother James E. Moseley, Grand York Recorder of Georgia, for securing a souvenir from Georgia Governor Brother Maddox for OUr museum. Some of you have already seen the Pick Rick Drum Stick, representative of the golden fried chicken, pre-Mansion days of Governor Maddox. MICHIGAN: Of the great Masonic leaders of our time, few approached the capacity for understanding the basic problems of the Fraternity, or entertained the sincere compassion for his fellowman as did Wilber Marion Brucker, Past Master of Masons and Past Grand Master of Templars. The sincere dignity he gave to everything he touched will be long remembered by those of us who were privileged to serve with him in one capacity or another. Another Great has fallen. WILBER M. BRUCKER
"We are partners in supporting the greatest cause in the world-the Christian Religion and the practice of the Christian virtues." Many memorials have been written; many eulogies phrased; and countless stories told in connection with the life and the sudden and untimely death of Past Grand Master of the Grand Encampment, Knights Templar, of the United States; our brother, the Honorable Wilber M. Brucker, but were we to attempt to capture-in a few simple words-his philosophy, his dedication, and his ferver in promoting always the Faith and Belief by which he lived, we could do no better than to quote his own statement, with which this portion of our Obituary Report begins. For herein is expre~scd the quiet strength, the dignity and the virtue which we who knew him well found so evident in the career of our beloved and Illustrious Brother and Companion. Wilber Marion Brucker was born in Saginaw, Michigan on June 23, 1894, and died in Detroit, Michigan, October 28, 1968. He was a graduate of Saginaw High School, 1912, and of the University of Michigan with a degree in law, in 1916. The years from 1916 to 1919 were spent in the Army, and he was in the Pancho Villa campaign in Mexico and in the Rainbow Division overseas during World War I. In the course of his Army career he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant, and was decorated for bravery.
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He served his state in several capacities: from assistant prosecuting attorney, and, later, prosecuting attorney in Saginaw, to Attorney General of Michigan, and, finally, when only 36, he was elected as the "Boy Governor" of our state. From 1934 to 1954 he maintained his own private law practice. In 1954-55 he was appointed as general counsel for the United States Department of Defense, and, in 1955, he accepted an appointment from then President Eisenhower as Secretary of the Army, which position he held for seven years; the longest term as Secretary in the history of our country. On January 8, 1969 the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan adopted, on behalf of the entire membership, House Concurrent Resolution No.4, as a Memorial for the Hon. Wilber M. Brucker, and, on January 9, the Senate took like action. Their Concurrent Resolution closes with these words: expressing, in summary, the gratitude of Michigan's citizenry:
"Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That by these presents tribute is accorded as a memorial for the Hon. Wilber M. Brucker, one of the notable sons of Michigan, who returned to his country and state in far greater portion than life's abundant gifts to him; and be it further "Resolved, That copies of this memorial be presented to the Brucker family in testimony of the enduring esteem of the Michigan Legislature." The gratitude and esteem of Michigan Masonry goes, too, to his widow, Clara (Hantel), whom he married in 1923, and to his son, Wilber Jr., born in 1926. We, with you, shall sorely miss this champion of our Fraternity, whose brilliant career in the Craft was marked by service rendered and honors bestowed in both the York and Scottish Rites. Wilber petitioned Saline Lodge No. 155, of Saginaw on his 21st birthday, and served as its Worshipful Master after World War I. He was a member of Joppa Chapter No. 63, R.A.M., Saginaw Council No. 20, R. & S.M., and of St. Bernard Commandery No. 16, from which he transferred to Detroit Commandery No.1, where he served as Eminent Commander in 1943. He was elected to the Grand Commandery line in 1943, and was Grand Commander in 1951. His service to Commandery next found him appointed as Grand Captain General of the Grand Encampment in 1957, and he was installed as Most Eminent Grand Master in 1964. Wilber rounded out his contribution to York Rite Masonry as one of the founders of the York Rite Sovereign College of North America, which he fondly hoped might serve as a unifying force in York Rite, as does the Supreme Council, 33rd Degree, in Scottish Rite, which recognized him by election to the Honorary 33rd Degree in 1952. As we say "farewell" to Most Eminent Sir Knight and Illustrious Brother Wilber, may our prayers be that we may each find inspiration in his accomplishments and dreams, that we may press ever forward to the goals which he so gallantly sought to attain.
OHIO: Governor James A. Rhodes addresses the Grand Lodge of Ohio: Hon. James A. Rhodes: M.W. Grand Master, and brethren of the Grand Lodge: I appreciate the enthusiasm by rising at my introduction. I want to assure all the Ohio residents that the Governor of Ohio cannot serve for a third term, and secondly Mrs. Rhodes will not be a candidate for Governor in 1970. I have traveled this state, I have been in every township. I have been to Red Lion, Blue Ball and Stuffy Stop, but I have yet to be in Cadoo, Ohio. I have visited Imperial Glass on two or three different occasions and I want to say it is one of the finest institutions in glassware that we have in America. I want to tell Brother Boyd that I too have heard of the remarkable stories about his
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brothers in West Virginia told by a West Virginian. He asked me-he said-"Goveroor, do you know the greatest thing to come into Ohio from West Virginia?" I said,"No:' He said, "An empty bus." Then he said to me, "Do you know what a seven-course dinner is in West Virginia?" I played the straight man and said "No." He said, "A possum and a six-pack."
GRAND PHYSICIAN The following resolution was presented to the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia for consideration at the next annual communication: THE GRAND LODGE PHYSICIAN
The Grand Lodge Physician shall attend all meetings of Grand Lodge and shall administer emergency medical or first-aid attention to any member present at meetings of the Grand Lodge who shall require such attention.
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES NEVADA: The following was reported to the Grand Lodge of Nevada on the subject of Grand Representatives. We consider it well worth the attention of any Grand Lodge officer or Grand Representative: In April of this year the Grand Secretary's office addressed a letter to all Grand Representatives who had not been in attendance for the past three years, calling attention to General Regulation No. 63 and asking if he wished to continue as a Grand Representative and if so would he be present at our 105th Communication. In July of 1968 the Grand Secretary's office sent out to all Grand Representatives a copy of a letter which one of our Grand Representatives used to advise his counterpart of the activities of the latest Grand Communication, with the suggestion that it be used as a pattern in corresponding with their counterparts. This is a fine approach and should be pursued further. We would like to recommend the following: a. A review should be made to ascertain if the Grand Representatives in Nevada have the addresses of their counterparts. b. That a set of guide lines be formulated as to the duties of a Grand Representative and be furnished to each Grand Representative in office now and in the future. c. That a yearly report and questionnaire be required of each of the Grand Representatives to be filed with Grand Lodge 30 days before the Annual Session, setting forth names, addresses, jurisdiction represented, name of counterpart, whether or not contact has been made with this counterpart, if so, with what results, and if not, why not, recommendations for the improvement of the Grand Representative system, etc. General Regulation No. 63 requires a Grand Representative to be in attendance at Grand Lodge and, if absent for three consecutive years, that he be replaced. This requirement has been loosely enforced in the past as a request to be excused has been accepted in lieu of attendance. This Regulation should be clarified. The suggested report above would well serve instead of personal attendance. Your committee believes that there has been a lack of communication on the part of Grand Lodge, as well as our representatives. It is realized that all counterparts will not respond the same as some of our men will not take active interest in communicating with their counterparts. Where this condition exists over a period of three years, then our Grand Lodge should request the sister jurisdiction
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to recommend a replacement. Likewise, if we had an inactive Grand Representative here, Grand Lodge should recommend another brother to take his place.
OHIO: The Grand Master of Ohio included the following to all Grand Representatives residing in his jurisdiction: "During the past year I have become increasingly aware, first, that there is a real service to be rendered a Grand Lodge by those upon whom has been can路 ferred the honor of appointment as Grand Representative of another Grand Jurisdiction and, second, that in many instances no such service at all is being rendered by our Grand Representatives, who arc contented simply to have their names appear in the list of Grand Representatives of other Grand Jurisdictions near the Grand Lodge of Ohio. "Unless some real service is rendered by Grand Representatives, there appears to be little reason for their appointment."
GRAND SECRETARY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The following is contained in the report of the Grand Secretary, which we considered expressive of the work done by the officer: The office of Grand Secretary has been a beehive of activity all year and the Grand Secretary has been stung a time or two, but it has, for the most part, been a satisfying and rewarding experience, with some very unusual experiences. Early in the year the daughter of a District Deputy Grand Master in the Philippines came in to ask for help in being allowed to remain in this country past the date she should have returned to her own country. She was here on the student exchange program, limited by law to two years. I telephoned the wife of one of our Past Masters who works in the Department of Labor, dealing with foreigners working in this country. We got the poor girl deported! However, some weeks ago she came into the office with her father and mother who were visiting in the United States. They had somehow made arrangements in their own country for the young lady to return here and she is employed at a local hospital as a much needed medical technician. Her father presented me with a beautifully carved desk ornament-an ox-or maybe he was expressing an opinion and it's a bull! Just last week we received a request from the Grand Secretary of one of the Grand Lodges in Brazil. He wanted medicine for the daughter of one of his members-medicine unobtainable in Brazil. We were able to get it here-phoned the Brazilian Embassy and arranged to get the medicine flown to the patient.
HEALING ALABAMA: The Grand Lodge of Alabama experienced an unusual situation when one of its candidates was passed and raised without being initiated. The circumstances surrounding this unusual procedure are set forth in the following account by the Grand Master, who also described the healing process and how it was accomplished: Early in March it was determined that Bro. Henry J. Chandler, a member of Jones Lodge 731, in the military, was advanced through the degrees as a courtesy to his lodge by Hiram Lodge 819, Ludwigsburg, Germany; American-Canadian Provincial Grand Lodge, with the resulting mix-up in that he did not get the
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Initiatory Degree but was coached and examined thereon and advanced from that point without benefit of the preceding degree and eventually on incoming information as to his Raising the Secretary of Jones Lodge issued a card and he was at large as a Master Mason. It was ascertained from his family that he was not expected to return to Alabama for some months but his service post currently was Ft. Eustis, Virginia. Apologies were made by the American-Canadian Provincial Grand Lodge for the inadvertence and it appeared in order that a healing process go forward. On March 14, 1969 we fraternally requested the Grand Master of Virginia, himself or through deputization, to proceed to a healing by taking him to the altar of a convenient lodge, obligating him in the Entered Apprentice Degree and reobligating him in the other two degrees, explaining the necessity for the procedure. R.W. Bro. William A. Vann, District Deputy Grand Master, Fourteenth Masonic District of Virginia, accomplished the healing as the Grand Master's representative, on April 3, 1969, in Transportation Lodge 337, A.F. & A.M., Ft. Eustis, Va., in its stated communication of that date.
HIGH GOALS VERMONT: The Grand Lecturer of Vermont closed his report with: Certainly Masonry is a most worthwhile cause, and we receive from Masonry in direct proportion with that which we give to it. Any job worth doing is worth doing well, and if we all do our best Masonry wiIIprosper. I will close with some lines from a little-known poem that urges us to set our goals high. "I bargained with Life for a penny And Life would pay me no more. However I begged at evening, As I counted my scanty store. For Life is a just employer, He will pay you what you ask, But once you have set the wages Then you must bear the task. I worked for a menial's hire. Only to find, dismayed, Whatever I had asked of Life, Life would have paid."
HIGH HONOR TO A DEVOTED FREEMASON Seldom do we give space to recognition given a member of the Craft. However, when it comes to the illustrious secretary of the Grand Secretaries Conference, M.W. Bro. Dwight L. Smith of Indiana, who serves his jurisdiction with distinction as Grand Secretary, Fraternal Correspondent and Historian, and in any other capacity he may be from time to time called upon to perform, we do not hesitate to bow to the occasion. While we could say much in praise of his accomplishments, we shall content ourselves with the printed word in his proceedings from his Grand Master: DWIGHT L. SMITH HONORED IN NEW JERSEY
One of the great moments of the year was at the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey on April 23, 1969, at Atlantic City, when the highest award
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of that Grand Lodge, the Daniel Coxe Medal, was presented to our distinguished Grand Secretary, Dwight L. Smith. Daniel Coxe was the first Provincial Grand Master in America. The award is rarely given, and then only to renowned Masonic leaders. This is a high honor given to Brother Smith and by it the Indiana Craft as a whole is recognized. The Rev. Loral W. Pancake, Grand Master of New Jersey, in presenting the medal, described Brother Smith as one of the outstanding Masons of our time. Our Grand Secretary is so consistently efficient and capable that we are prone to take it all for granted. It is when others at a distance pay him tribute that we realize what a great service he is giving to the Indiana Craft and the Fraternity as a whole. I am most appreciative and thankful for the good counsel and assistance that he has given me, not only as Grand Master, but throughout my Masonic career.
HISTORICAL LOUISIANA: There is much "so-called history" on the market, but much of it stems from the imagination of the writer and is pure fiction. Sometimes there is an element of truth for a foundation, and this is amplified into a beautiful piece of fiction. It makes interesting reading, if the reader keeps in mind that it is not altogether fact. The History Committee of Louisiana sums up its position very well: Like any other history, Masonic history must deal with what has actually happened if it is to be accepted as credible. This is in sharp contrast to fiction or propaganda. To determine what has actually happened is not always an easy task and requires a measure of discrimination. Objectivity and critical judgment are essential. Any study of history is limited by the sources-the materials relating to the subject that are available for study. Such sources require critical analysis in order to sift out the apparent truth from probable fiction or falsification, either deliberate or accidental. One who tells the story must beware of his own bias. That is one reason why the preservation of the facts, insofar as they can be determined, is so important at the time events occur. MICHIGAN: Michigan Masons have a wonderful opportunity to have their valuable archives, or some of them, displayed professionally by the University of Michigan. The real worth of the venture, costing a mere $5,000 a year is explained by M.W. Bro. W. Wallace Kent: Most Worshipful Grand Master, and my brother, there is not any lease. This building is what you term the Michigan Historical Building. It would include a collection. If you have been at the University of Michigan, there in the basement of the Rackham Building, and they utilize a large building, out at Willow Run, which, of course, is the property of the University. The object of this is to make available to us, space into which we could put that material which we now have. It would be properly displayed-I do not have one of the architect's drawings, but the room in question wiH be immediately inside the front door on the right, which we consider-and all of the officers are in accord-to be the choice room in all the Michigan Historical building. In that space will be display cases and book cases. What will actually be displayed on anyone day will be the determination of the curator; and, of course, the librarian will have charge of the books. That costs us nothing except the $5,000 a year. And if you stop to think, we
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could not even begin to hire a competent librarian for $5,000 a year, let alone maintain a building, and have a curator and a librarian and people to sort it. As the material goes in, they take material from all of these people. The Brucker papers are going there; all of Governor Williams' papers are already in, and he keeps putting more in volumes and volumes. The Groesbeck papers are there. They go back even to Stevens T. Mason. Those papers and books are already there. What will be on display in this room will all be related to Masonry. The curator will determine on any given day what will be there, and you will not have the same display every day. Do we own any part. of it? I mean, do we have a deed? Do we retain a bill of sale? No, we do not. But what we are doing is this. We are participating in a statewide project with this portion of the building assigned to Masonic purposes, for Masonic artifacts and Masonic library. No, we don't own it. And when we turn it over; let's say if I should haveor my family should decide to turn over to this organization, this Michigan Historical Collection, any fraternal papers or artifacts that I may have, they have disposed of the ownership of it, I don't own it any more than in fact I own the University of Michigan or any individual owns the purchase rights in one of the world's historical collections of material; they do not own it, but it is there, available to the people. And that's what this will be. It will be available to all people in Michigan, not just us, but to anybody who wants to go into this Michigan Historical Collection Building. The collection will be there. They may work on master's papers, a doctor's thesis, or they may go in out of curiosity. And it will be indexed and collected and made available for display by the University of Michigan. You are from Ann Arbor and I think possibly from the University of Michigan; I think they have done a beautiful job with the'limited space they have now. They have a wealth of material and a limited space, and this building is supposed to solve one of those problems.
NEVADA: The Grand Lodge of Nevada has updated its historical file by obtaining all the biographies of its past grand masters: Having received numerous requests this year for biographical information and photos of several of our Past Grand Masters of from 50 to 100 years ago has pointed out .the scarcity or even complete lack of this information on many of these illustrious. brethren of so long ago. The pictures we have. The information we were not so fortunate to have. On discussing this with M.W. Silas E. Ross, P.G.M., he stated he was aware of this condition and at my request offered to do some research. This has. been a monumental task, and is now complete on the 96 Grand Masters who have guided this Grand Lodge through 105 years of Masonic Service. This work thus completes a resolution adopted by this Grand Lodge: "That duplicate copies of all photographs be procured and filed in a secure, fireproof vault by the Grand Secretary, and that there be filed therewith the name and a short Masonic and civic history of each Past Grand Master, whenever same can be procured" as shown on page 67 of the Proceedings of 1924. Forty-five years later the histories are completed. I feel this is a splendid addition to the historical records of this Grand Lodge, and express my appreciation to M.W. Brother Ross.
OHIO: The Grand Lodge of Ohio voted to replace the headstone at the grave of one of its past grand masters. More interest should be taken in this sort of undertaking. The Ohio Committee on History is to be congratulated.
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The annual Proceedings for the year 1960, on pages 118-119-120 contain<; a report of the grave of one of our Past Grand Masters, M.W. Bro. Samuel Wheeler, who served in 1826-143 years ago. His death occurred in 1831 and his remains are buried in the Township Cemetery at Unionville, Ohio, on the county line road between Lake and Ashtahula Counties. The headstone of this distinguished Mason and citizen is very worn and his name and dates of birth and death almost obliterated. This stone should be replaced. A special路 committee appointed to act in the matter recommended in 1960 that the stone be replaced but no action was had thereon. The Chairman of the History Committee has visited this grave on several occasions and is of the opinion that the original committee should be empowered to carry through its recommendation and have the existing stone replaced with a new one. This can be done at a cost of less than $200. The existing stone could be removed and placed in care of Lake Shore Lodge No. 307. the nearest lodge to the location of the grave, to be kept by them with their other Masonic memorabilia. There are no known heirs of Past Grand Master Samuel Wheeler so the consent of none of them to such disposition can be obtained. It is therefore moved, M.W. Grand Master, that the foregoing report be adopted; that the sum of $200 be appropriated for a new headstone and that the old stone he placed in the custody of Lake Shore Lodge No. 307.
WYOMING: Brother and U.S. Senator Clifford P. Hansen served as Grand Orator at the dedication of a new hall at South Pass, and not only made a fine address, but included an interesting historical sketch of Free. masonry in Wyoming: BY U.s. SENATOR CLIH'ORD P. HANSEN (R), WYOMING
It is a real pleasure and privilege to be with you on the occasion of this memorial dedication at historic South Pass, and I deem it a high honor to have the opportunity to take part in such a colorful and historic moment in the continuing contribution that Freemasonry in Wyoming is making. Our Masonic brothers have played a meaningful role in the development of Wyoming since territorial days, and I know they will continue to have a significant part in the formulation of public policy throughout Wyoming. It has always been so. As a matter of record, in the 1870's-a full 20 years before Wyoming statehood-a number of business, professional and political leaders were active members of the Masonic fraternity. Dr. T. A. Larson, in his definitive History of Wyoming, tells us that Governors Campbell, Thayer, and Hoyt, Secretaries Lee and Gafcke, lawyers M. C. Brown, Joseph M. Carey, W. W. Corlett, and S. W. Downey were all members of Masonic lodges, as well as editors Nathan A. Baker, J. H. Hayford, and Edward A. Slack. Also included in this select group were Francis E. Warren and at least one-half of the territorial legislators. After lodges had been organized in Cheyenne in 1868, Dr. Larson notes, South Pass City was the next lodge to be organized in Wyoming, in 1869. Laramie's Masonic lodge was organized a year later, in 1870. Other Masonic lodges were soon organized in Evanston and Rawlins. In those early days of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming, several members of the South Pass Lodge were active as elective Grand Lodge officers. Two names stand out: E. F. Cheney of South Pass first appeared on the list of Grand Lodge officers in 1875, and Thomas A. McCoy was Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge in 1876. By 1884, E. F. Cheney was elected Worshipful Grand Master of the Wyoming Grand Lodge.
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Freemasonry made a number of very real political and social contributions in territorial Wyoming. A thesis submitted to the Department of History and the Graduate School of the University of Wyoming illustrates this fact. Completed in 1964 by J. J. Humphrey, the son of a well-known and long-time President of the University of Wyoming, Dr. G. D. Humphrey, this paper made some important observations about the establishment of Freemasonry in Wyoming, and its political and social influences. The first Masonic meeting in Wyoming took place on July 4, 1862, when a group of Masonic immigrants formed an occasional lodge at Independence Rock, on the old Oregon Trail, for the purpose of holding a Masonic communication. About 20 Masons were present at this meeting, which was presided over by Asa L. Brown who was later to serve as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Washington. Soon after the railroad reached Cheyenne in 1867, the movement began among the Masonic section of the populace of that tumultuous railhead city to form a lodge of Masons. In January of 1868, only a few months after the town's organization, O. A. Whittemore, acting as Grand Master in the absence of Henry Teller, issued a dispensation for the formation of a lodge in Cheyenne, Dakota Territory; and on February 29, 1868, Cheyenne Lodge, U.D., held its first com路 munication. During the period the settlement of southern Wyoming by the westward advance of the Union Pacific Railroad, a gold rush developed in the South Pass area and generated a population estimated at between 2,000 and 3,000 persons. Throughout 1868 and 1869, efforts were made to organize a lodge in that area and late in 1869, petitions were addressed to the Grand Masters of Nebraska and of the Dakota Territory. A dispensation was approved by the Grand Lodge of Nebraska, and, on December 6, 1869, was presented on behalf of the Nebraska Grand Lodge by A. E. Cuttler, Past Master of Cleveland Lodge No. 211 of Chicago; and Wyoming Lodge, U.D., of South Pass, came into existence. It should be noted that Humphrey, in his history of Freemasonry during those years, reports that the existence of Wyoming Lodge Number Two was "troubled from the start." He noted that the ritual work was so poor that Brother E. F. Cheney was sent to Nebraska for instruction in the proper manner of performing its ritual. Before that time, in the words of one of the lodge members, its work had been "a hodge-podge sort of work made up of whatever the brethren could remember of the work of the different jurisdictions." In addition to poor communications with the Grand Lodge in Nebraska, Humphrey says that "the communications with the outside world were certainly nothing to boast about." For example, when the lodge appropriated $25 for the purchase of a Bible, they found that an extra appropriation was necessary to pay the express fee of $7.50. And, because furniture was equally costly, most of the lodge's furnishings were made by hand by th~ brothers. Despite growing difficulties, this Wyoming Lodge played a significant part in the life of the community and represented a stabilizing influence in the social and political affairs of the mining camps. Then, as now, Masonry stood for progress, stability, and enlightenment. And although information is not available in sufficient quantity concerning some of the early lodges, it should be noted that as the editor of the Wyoming Tribune, on January 29, 1870, commented on the organization of Laramie Lodge, "A Masonic lodge has been organized and the time-honored brotherhood marches forward with civilization." By December of 1872, the Cheyenne Masons had organized the first Commandery of Knights Templar in Wyoming. This placed Cheyenne far in the forefront of Wyoming Masonry, according to Humphrey'S history, with the largest lodge in the state, a chapter of Royal Arch Masons, and a Commandery of Knights Templar. In 1870, Wyoming Lodge of South Pass suggested the formation of a Grand Lodge
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in Wyoming; but the Laramie and Cheyenne lodges opposed it. On November 14, 1874, the proposal was rejected by Laramie Lodge, with the following resolution: "Resolved that the lodge does not think it expedient at this time to consider organization of a Grand Lodge in this territory:' But by 1873, when the lodge at South Pass had entered something of a decline with the mining population fading, the advantages of a Grand Lodge began to appeal to the Masons of Cheyenne and Laramie and discussion began early in 1873 aimed at its formation. It was known then that a lodge would soon be organized in Evanston and that Masons in Rawlins were attempting an organization in order to petition for a dispensation. So the idea of forming a Grand Lodge seemed far more advisable than it had three years earlier. Formation of neW Masonic lodges in Wyoming continued apace as the new territory, like the fledgling it was, tried its wings and began its slow but steady forward flight. Wyoming's Grand Masters seemed to adopt a cautious policy regarding the granting of dispensations to form new lodges and the fact that only one lodge has ever surrendered its charter provides justification for this policy. This care, this cautious optimism on the part of the Grand Lodge in granting charters to new lodges, is reflected in a story that mirrors the stewardship of not only our Own state government here in Wyoming but the slow pace of the legislative process that the United States Congress has adopted. This approach to steady progress can be summed up by comparing the rather extended deliberations of the U.S. Senate, for example, with what the captain of an old, but tested, scow had to say about his ship: "Well, it doesn't go very far or very fast at anyone time. But, by golly, it doesn't sink!" That seems to epitomize the feelings of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming both in Territorial Days and now, and is perhaps one of our state's strong points. It doesn't, of course, make for much in the way of fancy showmanship, but it is important and reasonable and responsive to the needs of our citizens. Thus it developed that although a number of interested thought leaders in the Rawlins area gave serious consideration to establishing a lodge there as early as 1873, it wasn't until October of 1877 that the Rawlins Lodge was chartered. This was the first new lodge to be organized by the Grand Lodge of Wyoming. Growth was slow in those years. Membership of the Grand Lodge in 1874, year of its formation, totaled 214; by 1878, the Grand Lodge boasted 312 Masons in its five Wyoming lodges. While they were few in number the members were playing a vital role in the activities of the Wyoming Territory. As J. J. Humphrey points out in this thesis, "it took courage and certainly considerable optimism to establish the structure of a Grand Lodge upon such shaky foundations." But such confidence was justified by the rapid growth that Masonry was already undergoing in the new Territory and the prominent positions occupied by its members in local, county, and territorial governments, as well as in the sciences, laboring and business communities. Further, the formation of the Grand Lodge in Wyoming was an important milestone for Wyoming. No previous territorial Grand Lodge had been formed that did not soon lead to the recognition of that territory as a state. And this, fortunately, was the case in Wyoming, too. The road to Statehood would prove long and difficult, but so far as the Masons of Wyoming were concerned, in 1874, the first giant step had been taken. Just how big a role did members of Masonic lodges play in the formation of our Wyoming government?
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Research indicates that Masonry had a most profound effect upon the political development of Wyoming during territorial and early Statehood. Its memhers participated at all levels in the political activities of the territory and the acknowledged political leaders of Wyoming were, for the most part, members of the Masonic Fraternity. The first three mayors of Laramie were all Masons and all lawyers. The first sheriff was a Mason; the first probate judge was a Mason. During the first few years of the period under dispensation, almost all of the county commissioners were Masons, as were the great majority of the representatives in the Legislature. This is further illustrated in a more general manner by looking at the ter路 ritorial government. The first delegate to Congress was a Mason. John A. Camp路 bell, the first territorial governor was a Mason. His secretary, Edward M. Lee, was a Mason. The associate collector of internal revenue, Edgar P. Snow, was a Mason who later served as the first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Wyoming; the first territorial auditor was a Mason-J. H. Hayford of Laramie-the father of Laramie Lodge. The first U.S. Attorney for the territory, J. M. Carey, was a Mason. a member of Eastern Star Lodge No. 168, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. W. T. Jones, Associate Justice of Wyoming under Campbell was a member of Pisgah Lodge No. 32 of Indiana. This alone should be proof enough that Masonry exer路 cised a great deal of political influence in early Territorial Wyoming. A more thorough study may be made upon the Masonic influence in carly Wyoming. During Campbell's term as governor, there were three sessions of the Territorial Legislature. The period under consideration only covers two of them, the Legislatures of 1871 and 1873. In 1871, there were nine members of the Legislative Council and four of them Masons. In the House of Representatives there were thirteen members, six of whom were Masons. In 1873, the situation was about the same, with Francis Warren the President of the Council-a Mason-and a large proportion of hoth Houses members of the Order. This pattern continues throughout the period. Governor Thayer was a Mason, as were Governors Holt, Hale, and Warren. The Legislatures continued to have a large number of Masonic members at times rising as high as nine out of 12 in the Council. County governments were similarly affected with the larger lodges of Cheyenne, Laramie and Evanston constantly furnishing more local, county and territorial leadership. After 1880, Rawlins Lodge began to grow rapidly, reaching a membership of 68 in 1885, and 78 the following year, and there was a consequent increase in its influence. We have a great state, full of dedicated people. The Masonic lodge members throughOut the state have helped make it that way. They are fair people; they are friendly, high.minded and industrious. A number of people from throughout the United States have told me of their genuine love for \Vyoming. There are a number of us here, I daresay, who share that pride and love-full measure. Writer John Gunther sums up our state in these words: "Here is America, high, naked and exposed." And University of Wyoming Professor Wilson Clough SUTveyed another typical Wyoming scene in one of his poems: " ... Looking sunward on leagues of gaunt, marginal land, "With strange buttes rising, apart, far distant, mysterious, "Against the glistening afternoon sky, "Like great ship-bulks, forever stranded on a static sea."
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But there is more to Wyoming than this. Professor Larson, in the final chapter of his book on Wyoming, puts it this way: ". . . Many persons who had 'stuck it out' in Wyoming for more than ten years were passionately attached to the Cowboy State. "The migration of more than one路half of the natives to other states had left a hard core of patriots who would not exchange their location for any other in the world. "They loved their climate, forests, mountains, and trout streams. They appreciated the absence of commuting problems, the freedom from racial and religious strife, the informality of social relations, and the elbowroom. They treasure the privilege of living in an uncrowded commonwealth." It is my hope-and I think it is yours-that it will ever be thus.
INNOVATIONS DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Like all Grand Lodges, and with some peculiar problems of its own, the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia has a membership problem. The Grand Master believes that his Grand Lodge should establish "an active and imaginative" Public Relations Committee. He comments on the well-established laws of the Fraternity concerning "no man or body of men may make innovations in the body of Masonry." He also believes we should go as far as possible to attract good men to the Fraternity. Believing his list of suggestions for the betterment of the present Masonic system may prove interesting to others, we list them as follows: Nothing is more firmly fixed in Masonry than that no man or body of men may make innovations in the body of Masonry. It may, therefore, be startling to hear a Grand Master speak of making innovations. In my remarks at the Conference of Grand Masters last February I stated my belief that, while basic Masonry is today just as highly regarded and firmly implanted in the hearts and minds of members of the :Fraternity as it ever was, Masonry now faces competition which has developed in the last half century----competition far more powerful and extensive than anything that the Fraternity has ever had to face in earlier times. I refer to such things as the radio (the first broadcast station commenced operation in Washington in 1925), the talking moving picture, the television and later color TV, night baseball, professional basketball and football, and the flight to comfortable suburban homes, brought on by the tremendous growth of automobile production and the development of road systems. Believing that, to draw members back to the lodge room and away from al~ these competing elements, Masonry must innovate to the permissible extent, I undertook a variety of innovative steps during the past year. Besides constant preachments to the Masters of the constituent lodges to initiate imaginative, new programs to accomplish these ends, I circulated a questionnaire to the officers and Past Masters of the Jurisdiction seeking their views thereon. I specifically requested of them "their thoughts on how I or Grand Lodge can make meetings more interesting or attractive and overcome modern competition and conditions which affect attendance at meetings and the health of the Fraternity generally." A great many responses were received and the following is a summary of those responses:
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(Figures in parentheses represent number of individuals who made each suggestion) 1. Prepare for use by non-Masons a booklet describing Masonry. (2) 2. Establish a jurisdictional enclave covering the Metropolitan Area of Washington (including two counties in Maryland and three in Virginia) open to applications from rcsidents therein to all lodges therein. (12) 3. Erect new Masonic Temple in better area of the District of Columbia for all lodges. (3) 4. Masters of lodges visit in nearby Maryland and Virginia and advocate item 2 above. (1) 5. Appoint telephone committees in lodges to contact members and stimulate attendance. (2) 6. Establish transportation pools to encourage attendance at meetings and distribute membership listings to facilitate this and to facilitate visits to nonresidents when travelling. (4) 7. Install lockers in Masonic Temples where officers may store dress clothing to avoid going home after work on meeting nights. (I) 8. Air condition meeting rooms. (2) 9. Hold annual Masonic ball at Grand Lodge expense or charge admission and support worthy charity therewith. (2) 10. Hold affairs or meetings honoring prominent sojourners in Washington. (I) 11. Renovate all existing Masonic Temples. (4) 12. Advertise Masonic meetings and activities at total or partial expense of Grand Lodge. Establish a public relations committee. Publicize Masonic affiliation of prominent men. (5) 13. Enlarge and emphasize social activity of lodges. Suggestcd activities: Annual picnics; dinner dances; children's parties; boat rides on river; fashion shows for ladies; lodge birthday parties; dinners for officers and wives; New Year's parties; Dutch treat dinners-meeting nights; socials after meetings; ladies refreshment serving clubs; free dinner-alternate meeting nights; social fraternal night of lodges, chapters, Jobies. and DeMolays using same Temple; annual gathering of all Masons at cornhusking contest, bullroast, etc. (13) 14. Have DeMolay give Flower Talk. (I) IS. Have excellent degree work. Hold private rehearsals. (I) 16. Hold informal meetings of officers and P.M:s. (1) 17. Endeavor to bring in especially good speakers taken from lists distributed by by Grand Lodge-or use Grand Lodge officers. (6) 18. Utilize sideliners in degree work or other lodge work-form Fellowcraft Teams and clubs. (4) 19. Increase charity amongst members and thus improve the image of Masonry. (1) 20. Hold joint meetings or have joint programs among lodges. (4) 21. Encourage visits by sojourners. (I) 22. Visit foreign lodges when travelling. (I) 23. Since outsiders can give more objective criticism, appoint committees to study work and programs of other lodges and suggest changes and improvements. (I) 24. To the extent permissible, innovate degree work through adoption of accepted wording and practices of sister jurisdictions. (1) 25. Dignify and remove horseplay from the 2nd section of the M.M. degree. (I) 26. Through the Association of Worshipful Masters and the Office of the Grand Secretary assemble and distribute biographical data on the three top lodge officers and utilize their skills, business associations and avocations for Masonry. (I)
27. Update the Masonic Code and Bylaws of lodges. (2) 28. Promote Masonic Education. (1)
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29. Receive with dignity visiting Masters and Past Masters. (I) 30. Have Grand Lodge Officers visit lodges frequently. (2) 31. Consolidate smaller lodges, particularly those in the central part of city, or permit temporary consolidations until conditions improve. (4) 32. Have Grand Lodge provide costumes for degrees, and路 make them available to lodges on loan basis. (I) 33. Circulate information on availability of Masonic plays and assemble casts from among sideliners to produce in lodges. (I) 34. Improve non-degree activities and programs. (3) 35. Arrange visits to other lodges in Maryland and Virginia as well as in D.C. (6) 36. To encourage affiliation of sojourners, eliminate fees for affiliations. (I) 37. Shorten the progressive portion of Grand Lodge Line and appoint, rather than elect, officers below junior deacon. (1) 38. Extend to two years terms of Grand Master and other Grand Lodge officers. (1) 39. Grand Lodge officers should meet regularly and establish future plans for the jurisdiction. (1) 40. Vitalize Grand Visitations which have followed same format for many years. (1) 41. Lodges should arrange to provide or pay for on full or partial basis parking for au tos. (2) 42. Disseminate information that membership in Masonry is never solicited but must be sought. (1) 43. Discourage wrangling over minutia at meetings. (I) 44. Don't spend a great amount of time on greetings to Past Masters and visitors - i t is boring to sideliners. (I) 45. Free restrictions on charity funds so that they may be put to other uses. (I) 46. Improve the caliber of presentation of the funeral service (when Masonry is on public view) and arrange for equally qualified substitute for the Master to take over when he is required to be absent. (1) 47. Give the lecture on the M.M. degree only periodically (perhaps spaced as much as six months) for all brethren taking the degree between lectures, and require proficiency in interim. This will shorten the meetings when M.M.'s are conferred' and, if lectures are put on early in evening, more older members will hear them repeated. (I) 48. Use question and answer programs on Masonic subjects with well versed Masons on answer panel. (I) 49. Have candidate's instructors visit other lodges with candidates between degrees and after M.M. to inspire confidence in new brethren, teach them how to stand examination, and encourage visitations. (I) 50. Establish a uniform catechism for candidates. (I) 51. Obtain from sister jurisdictions the names of sojourning brethren and contact them. (I) 52. Prohibit smoking in lodge at all times. (I) 53. Reduce conversation among sideliners. (I) 54. Discourage "Past Masters Row"-require Past Masters to disperse among sideliners. (I) 55. Discourage all brethren from sitting in groups-require random seating around lodge. (I) 56. Specially invite members to attend on secular or Masonic birthdays and present small gift such as inexpensive ballpoint pen. (I) 57. If no candidates are available, borrow from other lodges or exemplify degrees occasionally, using prominent Masons as candidates. (I) 58. To refresh knowledge o拢brethren, occasionally conduct within lodge mock examination of visitors. (I) 59. Establish Masonic Bowling Leagues and recruit teams in lodges. (I)
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Improve lodge discipline and re-establish the authority of the Master. (1) Require members to attend X times annually or lose membership. (I) Permit lodges to conduct bingo parties, raffies, etc., to raise money. (1) Permit service of beer in refectory after meetings. (I) Show selected movies at meetings or have travelogues illustrated thereby or by slides. (1) Occasionally meet in places other than regular meeting room. (1) Program meetings to end by no later than 10: 30, and start on time. (1) Honor sideliners for accomplishments or achievements in their daily lives. (I) Select a philanthropy (similar to Crippled Children's Hospitals) for support by Blue Lodge Masonry. (2) Encourage donations to blood bank by presenting small gifts to donors. (I) Appointment program committee charged with preparing lodge programs. (I) Appoint long-range study committee to improve and simplify lodge affairs. (1) Regularly distribute to masters of lodges ideas or materials for improvement of lodge affairs. Obtain speakers whom members have never before heard. Include in lodge bulletins a "personals" column relating to personal items that can be gleaned. Members like to see their names in print. Give special lapel pin when Fidelity Medal is conferred. Present 60-year pins to brethren reaching that length of membership. To help make sideliners more conscious of the closeness of relationship, increase contacts and communications he tween Grand Lodge and constituent lodges by congratulatory messages on anniversaries of chartering, etc. Have Pythagoras Lodge of Research make inquiry and study of reasons why inactive brethren have lost interest. Hold annually reunion dinner of all Masters' Associations with provision for each Association to hold separate business meeting in same hotel. Distrihute to Masters for enclosure with bulletins a number of times annually Masonic Education publication. Have Grand Secretary maintain calendar of all Masonic events and those Masonically affiliated or sponsored.
It will be noted that the greatest number of similar replies had to do with the conduct of programs and events in which the wives of the brethren might participate. I strongly commend to the attention of my successors in office that they study all the foregoing suggestions and put into practice as many as seem feasible. I believe such action to be vital to the future of Masonry in the District of Columbia-indeed, in the District and elsewhere. I encouraged the Worshipful Masters of the constituent lodges to change the appearance or vary the format of their monthly bulletins. It should be obvious that the receipt into the home, month after month and year after year, of a publication which looks exactly like each of it') predecessors and which follows the same drab format as everyone that preceded it is bound to cause diminution in attention to it and a reduction in the interest that it can stimulate. In connection with bulletins, I suggested the establishment of personal columns where activities of sideliners outside the lodge are publicized. Everyone likes to see his name in print and such a feature appearing each month is bound to encourage members to read their bulletins and thereby stimulate attendance at lodge meetings. I suggested the adoption of programs that I learned about in other jurisdictions; One was the occasional convening of a Table Lodge, a printed format which I got from the Grand Master in Connecticut. Another, the installation of officers at open meetings to which ladies and non-Masons may be specially invited. As con-
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ducted in other Grand Lodges, I found them beautiful and inspirational. To have them here will require some code amendments, but I am in hopes that they will be adopted at this Annual Communication. We arranged with the Hotel Men's Association to post on hotel activity boards the telephone number at the Masonic Temple, and a commercially published weekly magazine, which is supplied to hotel guests advising them of what is going on each week in the community, now also carries the telephone number at the Temple so that visiting or sojourning Masons may learn which lodges are meeting on each night and what work they are doing. There are ever so many novel ideas that can lawfully be put into practice-but they must be carefully thought out and time and energy spent on them. Imaginative leadership is a must in Masonry in the future. Men cannot be elected to officership simply because they are nice fellows, willing to perform minor tasks for the lodge, or even because they are good ritualists. They must be leaders in the fullest sense of the word and be selected to high .office only because of that qualification, just as is true in the business world, and "complacent," "traditional," "conventional," and "orthodox" are words that must be removed from Masonic dictionaries.
JAPAN The effect of Freemasonry on its members in Japan, as well as the resulting influence of the Fraternity in Japan, is clearly expressed in an address before the twelfth annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Japan by Past Grand Master Masaji Matsumoto: As we stand on the threshold of a new Grand Lodge year, we look back with pride and great satisfaction at the growth of this Grand Lodge during the period of its Masonic birth, childhood and adolescence, a decade and two years of progress we have enjoyed under the leadership and guidance of many dedicated and outstanding Masons. We have indeed come a long way. Still Standing on the same threshold now that we have reached adulthood, we turn around and look forward to the years of toil and achievement yet to come, to the plans and promises yet to be consummated, and we cannot help but feel a keen sense of responsibility to Freemasonry and to our Grand Lodge. Now that we have reached maturity, what lies ahead? Following the last World War, our late Illustrious Brother and General Douglas MacArthur, recognizing the interest of foreign Masons in spreading Masonry in Japan and believing that Freemasonry might be an instrument to promote brotherly love as well as to foster international good will, negotiated with the Japanese Government to permit Japanese citizens to petition and receive the degrees of the Order, a privilege long denied them by National Law. The successful effort of our distinguished leader will never be forgotten by Masons, by Japanese Brethren in particular. A few years following the opening of Freemasonry's door to the Japanese, the Grand Lodge of Japan was formed. Our Masonic responsibility as members of this Grand Jurisdiction is perhaps greater than that of brethren of many of the other Grand Lodges in the world; our Grand Lodge represents a Masonic outpost of liberty and justice. By our actions and service to the people of this country, we must show them that we represent an institution that can assist materially in making this country an even better nation, that no other institution in the world is better equipped to build bridges of understanding between man and man, without regard for race, color or creed. One of my concerns about the members of any lodge is not so much what they
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do in the lodges, as it is what they do outside of the lodge. And I presume that you too are equally concerned about what you do outside of the lodge, I presume you do, because each time you close your lodge, it is your custom to ask Divine assistance-"will Thou be pleased so to influence our hearts and minds that we may each one of us, practice out of the lodge those great moral duties which are inculcated in it." Are we taking our Masonry and using it outside of the lodge? No one can deny that Freemasonry has provided us with the civil, religious, educational and political liberties, which are enjoyed by the citizens of all free nations. I am sure you will agree that although Freemasons alone may not be able to bring peace to this troubled world, that there will surely be no peace until Masonic ideals and Masonic teachings are put into practice. We know full well that Freemasonry is the oldest, the noblest and the greatest of our modern day institutions-founded on the tenets of brotherly love, relief and truth. We recognize that Masonry is charitable, that "the greatest of these is Charity" is not a mere phrase from the Bible transplanted to Masonic ritual, but a living and breathing actuality. 'We know that Masonry teaches great moral lessons with the aid of the Operative Mason's tools and implements, exemplifying to its members those fundamental truths that they may be enabled to strive for that state of perfection, and shape their lives as "living stones for that spiritual building, that house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." It aims to help its members secure a dearer concept of their duties to God, their country and their fellow men. It seeks to develop tolerance, and encourages men of all races and creeds to associate for noble and glorious purposes. Today more than ever, there is a dire need for Masonry and the Masonic way of life. Today the world is in a state of change and flux. Modern means of transportation and communication have brought the nations of the world uncomfortably close to each other. The forces of good and evil face each other in precarious balance. The major conflict today is the struggle between two ideologies; we find the conflict more dire and the threat against the free way of life greater than ever before. Crime and subversion, Communist-inspired, are formidable problems in nearly every country, because there is a dangerous flaw in national moral behavior. Today the Communists are engaged in an intensive campaign to openly defy the law and destroy public confidence in our entire system of justice. This Godless ideology seeks to wipe Ollt everything that peoples of free nations cherish. Never before are we faced with a greater challenge to Freemasonry. We look to the Spirit of Masonry, with the support of a devoted Craft, for the preservation for those freedoms we hold so dear. Today's true Mason must be willing to match in fortitude and courage those who faced the rack of the Inquisition and the Saracen in the Holy Land. In a few hours we shall have completed another milestone a<; a sovereign and independent Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, and commence upon another Masonic year. In the same way at the beginning of each new year, it is customary in our private lives to make resolutions to live a better life, so should we in the Masonic cycle of Grand Lodge affairs, dedicate ourselves to that time honored pledge of service to mankind, so that we do not leave our Ma<;onic teachings behind but carry them to the outer world and conduct our lives strictly in accordance with them, inducing others, by precept and example, to follow the path of virtue and truth. In this way Freemasonry will establish a firm foundation in the hearts of the people of Japan and make a permanent con路 tribution toward the betterment of human society. Let us not forget for a single moment that this great responsibility rests upon the shoulders of each and every Mason of this Grand Lodge.
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From Grand Secretary, M.W. Bro. Nohea O. A. Peck, a familiar figure at many large gatherings of Freemasons in our own country we read this about the Grand Lodge's membership, past, present, and anticipated future: On the subject of membership, this Grand Lodge has continued to show a growth in membership for the eleventh straight year. One of the primary goals, and is included in the long range program of this Grand Lodge from its inception, that worthy qualified Japanese men will become Master Masons and assume a major portion of the duties and responsibilities that is inherent with the operation of a Grand Lodge. Presently there are 330 Master Masons of Japanese ancestry on the Rolls, or almost 8 per cent of the total membership. We must however remember that a fair portion of the membership within this jurisdiction will always be of nationalities other than Japanese. It is hoped to indicate in the Annual Report of December 31, 1969, that the number of Japanese Master Masons on the Rolls have doubled, or tripled.
JURISPRUDENCE ALABAMA: The Grand Master of Alabama had some trouble with two of his lodges which failed to comply with the laws of his jurisdiction covering the granting of waivers of jurisdiction. After describing the trouble, and makng certain comments, he directed a wise means of correcting future trouble of this nature in these lodges: I find some fault all around. Nearly always there is a plea of not being informed as to the law, or that some official had misinterpreted for them the rules laid down in our Code. I find that many of our lodges, and the principal officers thereof do not own a single current Masonic Code. Many Grand Lodge appointees make no especial effort to inform themselves of legal and administrative functions and it is no wonder that so many infractions result to usurp the time and effort of presiding Grand Officers and eventually work hardship and foment ill feeling in our inter-community jurisdictions, and promote ever}'thing but Masonry. Based on a full and fair consideration of my findings, I rule (1) that Brooklin Lodge 704 have jurisdiction of the Candidate and be privileged to advance him through the other degrees therein, (2) that Sumiton Temple Lodge 892 have and recover from Brooklin Lodge 704 the amount of the fees for the Fellowcraft and Master Mason Degrees as a punitive measure for the flagrant violation. Before either of specifications (1) or (2) be effected, however, I require (3) that Brooklin Lodge place on each principal officer's station and on the Secretary's desk the current, up-dated Masonic Code of Alabama and that the latest Grand Lodge of Alabama Proceedings be situated on the Secretary's desk, and that I have a letter to attest this accomplishment, and (4) that this foregoing Code and Proceedings requirements be also visited on Sumiton Temple Lodge 892, and that I have a letter showing compliance (Edicts 163 and 166). I would welcome some assurance that the principal officers of each lodge will spend some time in the study of our Constitution and Edicts. I would delight in being informed that each and both lodges resolve to cease and desist from raiding of jurisdictional territory of the other. (5) I direct that this ruling be read at the next two stated communications in each lodge after its receipt. I direct and insist that I be informed of each step as the involved lodges progress toward obedience.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The following actions were approved, or disapproved as noted, by the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia: To create office of Grand Historian and Grand Lodge Physician with proviso that neither has vote in Grand Lodge. Rejected proposal to create office of Aide to the Grand Master. Approved proposal that lodge secretaries and treasurers may be either appointed or elected (if lodge by-laws permit such appointment). Approved proposal to permit Masonic Memorial or Funeral Service over the remains of a brother after cremation, on approval of Grand Master. Disapproved proposal to permit Open Installation of Officers in either Constituent Lodges or Grand Lodge.
LAW ENFORCEMENT RECOGNITION Much has been said, but little accomplished, with regard to improving the image of Freemasonry. Some contend that we need not be concerned about the public's opinion of the Fraternity. Nothing could be farther from the truth, nor could anyone be more mistaken-in our opinion. We need the support of nonmembers, or at least their good wiJI, as much if not more than we do of our regular members. The brethren of the Fraternity know its meaning and true value. Nonmembers can only assume its purpose based on what they have seen and heard. COLORADO: The Grand Master of Colorado reported on a "Grand Master's Breakfast," that concerned itself with support of a "Law Enforcement Theme": In connection with the need for hetter communication, it was also my thought that if we took position on some vital but noncontroversial matter we would greatly enhance our image not only with the public but also with our own membership. Also it was felt that times and circumstances cried out for support of law and legal processes by all decent thinking people including Masons. The Grand Master's Breakfast, which is scheduled as a part of this communication, is the result. 'Ve have invited to it as our special guests, approximately 100 law enforcement officers and officials from all over the state of Colorado, regardless of their Masonic affiliation and regardless of race, creed or color. It is hoped the affair can be a genuine expression of support of our Law Enforcement Officers by memhers of the fraternity in Colorado and a tangihle gesture to back up the Grand Master's program on "Respect for Law."
LEADERSHIP NEVADA: Many Grand Masters, and other officers, have commented on good leadership, or the lack of it. The Grand Orator of the Grand Lodge of Nevada made the following comments on this subject: In perpetuating a strong lodge, it is imperative that we have strong officers. This can only be accomplished if the Master has the intestinal fortitude to weed out the incompetent and the freeloader. It is seldom, indeed, that a policy of ladder promotion produces strong officer corps. If the Master would follow the practice of appointing his best-qualified junior officers to the offices of Senior and Junior Deacon, it follows that the top five line officers would always be the best the lodge has to olIer.
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This would also tend to keep the other appointed officers on their toes. Knowing that the key appointments are to be made based upon ability and initiative rather than on length of service, would probably have the effect of stimulating the efforts of those who are sincerely interested in Masonry.
LONG RANGE PLANNING MAINE: The Grand Master of Maine appointed a Long Range Planning Committee and reported the following on its success: In my studies of Grand Lodge for several years I was struck by the fact that many Past Grand Masters have had excellent ideas and started many things, only to have them dropped when a new Grand Master is elected. There is no continuing force to advise us. We have a committee on the Condition of the Fraternity but this studies the immediate past and generally makes recommendations. I requested this committee to think as long and as far into the future as they wished to do. Thus the implication of the future of the Fraternity is at stake. To create the proper "Image of Freemasonry" in this day and age we must take a new look. Amongst other things, I would like to have a complete review with the recommendations on the feasibility, propriety, and use of lodge funds together with recommendations for Grand Lodge. Such questions for the future include: How can or should Masonry improve their public image? Will Brotherhood Nights improve our Fraternity? How can we make progress in this Grand Jurisdiction toward Brotherhood? Even though our traditions of ritual and Landmarks will not change, is Grand Lodge doing the most or best for Masons in this Jurisdiction? At the Grand Masters' Conference in Washington, D.C., in 1967 a panel of Grand Masters reported that Masonry had a great future if its members would really participate in sponsoring and working with all youth groups or organizations whether Masonic affiliated or not; that all youth organizations can use every available Master Mason on their advisory councils. Masons, as individuals, should take an active interest in their respective churches and in all forms of community service. Are we in Maine doing that?
LUX et TENEBRIS DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The Grand Master of the District of Columbia ruled favorably on the receipt of a petition for the degrees from a blind person. After relating his findings and ultimate decision in the matter, he cited the following background material: In amplification, it should be noted that amongst my findings were the following: A lodge of sightless brethren, known as Lux et Tenebris (Light and Darkness). exists under the Grand Lodge of England; the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts has in recent years raised a brother who was sightless at the time; and the Grand Lodge of Indiana authorized a lodge to convene under dispensation as an Occasional Lodge for the sole purpose of conferring the degrees of Masonry on candidates of other lodges who have serious physical handicaps. It derives its name, Bartimaeus Lodge, from the New Testament wherein is related the stories of the healing of blind Bartimaeus on the roadway near Jericho (St. Matthew 20:29; St. Mark 10:46; St. Luke 18:35). Since it was instituted in 1961, Bartimaeus Lodge. U .D:. has conferred the degrees upon perhaps a dozen blind men. Moreover, Mr. H , our blind applicant, is an electronics expert, maintains a great deal of electronic equipment at Bolling Air Force Base, and is maintenance engineer for the entire telephone system on the base.
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MASONIC HOMES CALIFORNIA: The Board of the Masonic Homes of California expanded the rules for admission and made the following comments: At the request of the Board, Trustee Dayton made an historical analysis of the quota system as to Decoto guests. Under rules adopted by the Board in 1941, lodges of under 300 members were permitted two residents without contribution by the lodge; between 500 and 600, one for each 150 members, with larger lodges in a decreasing ratio. It now appears that the age of the lodge being reflected in the age of its members is more of a determining factor in admissions than size. Further, many of our older lodges are both smaller in the number of members and in their income than younger and perhaps larger lodges. Seeking justice for our applicants and for the lodges from which they may come, the Board, after conscientious and soul-searching examination of the conditions created by the quota system, has decided to rescind it effective October I, 1969. This means that those lodges heretofore contributing for residents in excess of the quota will no longer need to contribute, and that future applications will not be subject to quota. We are certain that this meets with your approval. The relaxation, or re-definition of entrance requirements by the State Fire Marshal and the establishment of a so-called non-ambulatory section, has enabled the Board to approve the admission of many into the Decoto Home who would have previously not been eligible. There arc, however, distinct limitations to these expanded rules. Bedfast persons and persons requiring assistance in dressing and caring for personal needs still cannot be admitted. Persons mentally confused and incapable of leaving the buildings cannot be admitted. We caution Masters and investigating committees by lodges to carefully weigh the possibility of misunderstanding on the part of applicants and their families if applications facing almost certain non-approval are submitted. For the sake of the applying member and his family, we ask you not to ask the Board to bear the brunt of a case which you can clearly foresee as ineligible under State Welfare Department rules. Preliminary investigation should always be made by the lodge prior to formal application. The Inspector of your Masonic District can be most helpful in advising you in these matters.
FLORIDA: The Grand Lodge of Florida appointed a "Long Range Planning Committee" to consider the future of its Masonic Home. After two years of deliberations this committee reported its conclusions, which included the following: At the 138th Grand Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons of Florida, it was recommended that a Long Range Planning Committee be formed to evaluate and study the needs of our Masonic Home. This was subsequently done and at our last, the 139th Grand Communication, a number of recommendations were made. By reason of a unanimous vote of the Grand Lodge Members approving the report, the Masonic Home Board was charged with the responsibility of effectuating said recommendations. It is our pleasure to report that we have satisfactorily completed the physical changes. More important, at the last Grand Communication you, as Grand Lodge memo bers very wisely ordered, and I quote "that a study of all physical expansion be continued and that all thought be given to bring operation of the Home under a more compact managerial arrangement." Consistent with this request, your Board of Trustees has unanimously voted to give its authorization for a Medical Center Complex to include nursing and medical centers interconnecting with
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additional units for the intent and purpose of phasing out the existing infirmary wing. The implementation of this was effected by engaging the architectural firm of Ferguson-Glasgow Associates to proceed with a complete comprehensive master plan, together with more specific floor plans for the above-mentioned portion. The plans that have presently evolved are broken down into four specific phases. The architects were asked to give priority in Stage I to the expansion of that department in most critical need of relief. This is the extended care facility. This four-story structure would therefore be intended to house approximately 107 additional beds to cover infirmary care and back-up facilities inclUding operating, intensive care, nurses stations, dental, pharmacy and storage. Stage II includes the addition of 192 beds connected to and a part of Stage I to additionally include recreation, dining, kitchen, therapy, supplies and maintenance, mechanical, parking, service area and extended care. It is also at this point that the phasing out' of the old and inefficient buildings begins. Stage III includes an additional 84 beds for self care plus a 42 unit nurses residence, including administration, recreation, library and chapel. Stage IV includes a proposed 176 unit self liquidating complex for normal residency that would be anticipated to help provide income to offset operating costs for our Masonic Home. Upon presentation of this program before the Board of Trustees at its last meeting here in Jacksonville on Sunday, April 20, it was regularly moved, seconded and unanimously approved that we execute Stage I in its entirety or any part thereof as money is made available, and we so recommend this to the 140th Grand Communication.
INDIANA: The following is a summary of actions taken in the Grand Lodge of Indiana to support properly its Masonic Home: Per Capita Levy-The per capita levy for operation of the Indiana Masonic Home was increased from $4.00 per dues-paying member per year to $8.96 per dues-paying member per year, effective with payment of Grand Lodge dues after January I, 1970. Operating Budget-A budget for operation of the Home for the fiscal year 1969-70, anticipating expenditures of $2,263,854.68, was adopted. Emergency Loan-As an emergency measure, authority was granted the Board of Directors to borrow funds not to exceed $300,000 to meet operating costs during the latter months of 1969 and the first part of 1970, prior to the time per capita assessments are received. Annual Review Of Budget-Legislation was adopted to require review of the Masonic Home budget annually, and to fix a per capita assessment adequate to operate under its approved budget. Separate Designation of Home Assessment-Legislation was adopted to separate the Masonic Home annual assessment from the amount paid by members in annual lodge dues, thereby making it possible for members to claim their Masonic Home assessment as a deductible item in computing taxable net income.
MASSACHUSETTS: Massachusetts has added a new infirmary to its Masonic Home at Charlton: Work is in progress on the new infirmary at Charlton. Thi" new facility will enable us to take better care of our guests who become ill, as well as to provide additional space for the care of the infirm who cannot be taken care of at Juniper
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Hall. We expect this addition to be open for occupancy in the fall. Repairs to roofs, porches, and walks continue and renovation of our filter beds nears completion. Replacement of a considerable amount of water piping as well as an overhaul of our heating system is under consideration. Several of our lodges and Masonic Districts are continuing their annual visits to the Home. These visits bring much pleasure and enjoyment to our guests and are the subject of much favorable comment and conversation in the days that follow. I hope that many of our other lodges will give this practice serious consideration.
NEW JERSEY: The Masonic Home of New Jersey employs a catering service for its food handling, both for guests and employees: Our food service, including service in the employees' cafeteria, remains under the management of Hospital Food Management, Inc., whose contract was renewed for the calendar year of 1969.
With the following operational expense for the year 1968 it is understandable why the fixed amount charged by a catering service would appear attractive: YEAR ENDED DECEMBER
31, 1968
Average daily number of guests . 213 $943,343.00 Home operating expense (See page II) . Per capita cost per year . . 4,428.84 12.13 Per capita cost per day Home operating expenses include: Wages, salaries, food service, clothing and supplies for guests, hospital, medical and dental expenses, optical services, laundry expenses, printing, stationery, postage, insurance, telephone, transportation, maintenance of buildings and grounds, automobile expenses. heat, light, power and Social Security taxes.
PENNSYLVANIA: The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania decided to renovate its home for nurses: A Facilities Study for the Masonic Homes at Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, made by Wood & Tower of Princeton, New Jersey, has recommended that the Nurses' Home at the Masonic Homes at Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, be renovated and rehabilitated to provide living quarters for 58 guests, in order to relieve the present full capacity of the Philadelphia Freemasons Memorial Hospital at Elizabethtown. Be It Hereby Resolved, That the sum of $125,000 be and is hereby appropriated from such funds of the Grand Lodge as may be directed by the Committee on Finance for the renovation and rehabilitation of the Nurses' Home at the Masonic Homes at Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.
The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania also decided to renovate its Brown Cottage to provide living quarters for 30 employees, at a cost of $105,000. This was after a facilities study was made by a reputable firm. The Committee on Masonic Homes also recommended certain guidelines to be observed for admission to the cottages: Requirements for medical screening be amplified and enforced by refusing to admit Cottage Guests whose physical condition will not permit them to live in the Cottage on admission.
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For example, to become a Cottage Guest, it is essential that an applicant be able to dress, use knife and fork, take care of his own toilet, walk, and use stairs. Before seriously considering an applicant, it should be established whether he or she will be a Cottage or Hospital Guest.
The following are statistical items on the Pennsylvania Home: Number of guests on roll November 15, 1968 '" Number received during fiscal year Number died during fiscal year Number withdrawn during fiscal year
, 746 123 869
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Number on Roll, November 15, 1969 ...
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Married couples (42) ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84 Unaccompanied men 151 Unaccompanied women 428 (a) Widows of Master Masons 416 (b) Mothers of Master Masons .... .. .. .. ......... .. 9 (c) Sisters of Master Masons 1 (d) Adult daughters of Master Masons 1 (f) Adult women (No Masonic affiliation) 1 Total
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Boys Girls Total The average age of adult guests is 82 years.
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One hundred thirty-two guests passed away during the year, 19 of whom were interred in the Masonic Homes Cemetery and 113 in cemeteries designated in their respective applications. To date there are buried in the Masonic Homes Cemetery 1,230.
QUEENSLAND: While our Australian brethren may operate charity in a bit different form, it is well done and soundly administered. The following is quoted from the report of Board of Benevolence: (a) The Board has held three meetings since the September Communication of Grand Lodge. (b) Relief Grants: The amount paid out in relief grants for the quarter ended October 31, 1968, was $5,919 as compared with $6,518 for the same quarter 1967. There are 17 brethren, 99 widows, receiving financial assistance and 60 children receiving grants for education. (c) Freemasons' Homes: There are 82 brethren, 59 widows and 18 married couples in residence. During the quarter there were 26 admissions, of whom eight were sponsored by County Lodges and 18 by Metropolitan Lodges. As at October 31, 1968, there were 10 brethren, 23 widows and six married couples on the waiting list. (d) During the quarter five lodges met and worked degrees and there were three entertainments in the Eustace A. Jones Hall.
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(e) Donations received from lodges and brethren resulted in the presentation of 168 Life Governor and 37 Life Vice-President and three Freemasons Homes Building Appeal Jewels during the quarter. (f) Foundation Stones: The Freemasons' Homes Hospital and Infirmary Fund benefited by $35,846 during the quarter. A Foundation Stone may be allotted to(i) A lodge or kindred body on receipt of an amount equal to $5 per member. (ii) An individual or committee for a donation of $500. (iii) An additional Foundation Stone or Stones may be allotted on receipt of the requisite donation.
MASONIC MANOR MONTANA: Montana is going ahead with a Masonic Manor. This type of retirement home is becoming increasingly popular across the land. The report of the committee will give some idea of the problems involved and how they can be solved. Two members of the newly elected Board of Directors are concerned with this report, Brothers Miller and Cohagen: PRESIDENT MILLER
The first Directors' meeting was held July 20, 1968 in Billings. This was purely an organizational meeting and was necessary due to the situation existing at the close of Grand Lodge last year in Miles City. Through misunderstanding or confusion, most of the Directors elected by this Grand Lodge had left for home and we didn't have a quorum to hold a meeting. The meeting, as I said, in Billings, was purely organizational. A president, first, second and third vice-presidents, a secretary and treasurer were elected, and executive and finance committees were appointed. There was also much discussion about what type "and kind of building might be built. Our second meeting in 1968 was November 9, in Helena. This meeting was called in order to approve architectural work and plans which had been completed so far. Three additional committees were appointed-Admissions, Publicity and Public Relations, and Buildings and Grounds. Our architect showed slides of the various views of the building as designed up to that date. The third meeting of the year was held June 26, 1969, here in Havre. This meeting was called in order to change our by-laws and make additional plans. We amended the by-laws to provide for holding our annual meeting at I I :00 a.m. on the day preceding the opening of Grand Lodge. This was considered necessary because of the situation existing last year in Miles City above referred to. Most of the directors feel that it is almost impossible to hold a meeting after the Grand Lodge session ends and everyone is anxious to get started for home. As to finances, we haven't received any money as yet; however, it has been necessary to incur some indebtedness. It was necessary to obtain stationery, envelopes, stamps, to pay corporation filing fees, and incur some stenographic expense in order to send out approximately 800 letters to interested people. I think we are indebted to about $735 at this time, which has been advanced and should be repaid as soon as possible. Three directors resigned during the year, whom the Board replaced by consent or advice of the District Grand Lodge Officer involved, to serve out the year, as provided by the by-laws. The corporation by-laws provide for 15 directors, the first to be divided into
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three groups to serve for one, two and three years. During the meeting at Billings in July, we cast lots to see who would serve for one, two and three years. The Board of 15 directors consists of one each from the 12 Masonic districts, one member at large, and two Grand Lodge Officers. It is necessary for this Grand Lodge to elect or re-elect five directors for a term of three years, one of whom must be an elective Grand Lodge officer. It will also be necessary to elect one director to fill out a one year term and two for two year terms, on account of resignation of directors who were elected last year. Nomination will be made by the District Officers. The Executive Committee, the majority of whom live near Billings, held numerous meetings during the year, all of them in architect Cohagen's office. We discussed plans and possible methods of financing the building. I would like to call on Brother Cohagen at this time to explain the building plans and what we intend to do. I think he has some slides to show you also. COHAGEN
M.W. Sir, and Brethren, I think perhaps most of you are aware of the import of retirement homes. It is a comparatively new endeavor, probably 15 to 16 years old and has spread over the nation. Various organizations have sponsored them. Primarily, of course, the purpose of these homes is to give a brotherly atmosphere to those people who desire this type of retirement. This is not a slum-clearance project, I can assure you, because it is designed, as someone put it, "for more gracious living," a place where brethren or members of their families may enjoy the fellowship of each other and have plenty to occupy both mind and fingers to keep them happy. It is the best substitute for their own homes so far devised. When the directors selected Billings, the site was donated by two Billings ,~fasonic brethren. It is valued at about $195,000 and contains a little more thah ten acres. It is planned that the building will be built in installments. There will be a number of apartment types available. Tenants may buy the apartments outright or they may be purchased on a monthly basis. It has been found in Masonic and other homes sponsored by fraternal organizations that the average increase in the life span has been almost 11 years. This is because people are freed of a great deal of worry, have pleasant surroundings, and balanced diets. Most places require that most of the meals, perhaps excepting breakfast or lunch, be eaten within the building and are prepared in a central kitchen. It is important, healthwise, to prevent people from eating just one thing. We also will have many activities where men and women may pursue their favorite hobbies. In a few homes where a lady needed the services of a daughter to help her, that concession has been made. The committee hasn't discussed that particular service as yet, however. We are engaged at this moment in attempting to find an adequate way of financing. We may just as well face it-at the present interest rates there seems to be just one source-Federal funds. We hope to have information concerning this source of financing in the near future. Many homes have been financed that way_ I know that some of you will immediately have a mental picture of undesirable people getting in, people who were not compatible with our ideas, but there will be a screening committee. Many of the homes I know of personally have worked under this kind of a regulation and have had no problem whatsoever. The screening committee does the job. If we can build at the present prices, cost, depending upon the size of the apartments, will vary from $12,000 to $27,000 each. That cost includes not only the place that you might call your home, but it includes use of all the other
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places in the building-the lobbies, dining rooms, storage rooms, craft centers, where there will be china painting, metal and woodworking facilities, camera craft-you name your hobby, and they almost cover it. Winterhaven Manor will be a very desirable place. Some of us have visited many homes of this type. Some of the brethren here today are from jurisdictions which have homes like I have described. Adopted.
OHIO: The Ohio special committee on Masonic Manor posed a number of questions it wants answered before proceeding further. They are good questions: Before any further steps can be taken, there are some questions that should be answered: 1. Would there by any tie-in with the Ohio Masonic Home? 2. Should a separate corporation be formed under the Grand Lodge of Ohio for this purpose? 3. Should the Village be built on land other than the Ohio Masonic Home grounds? 4. Legal questions must be answered as to the pOSItiOn of the Grand Lodge of Ohio if we should enter into a plan such as a Masonic Manor or Village, including tax questions, labor problems, etc. 5. What method of financing should be considered? 6. How would the funds be paid off by one, two or more generations living in the Retirement Village? 7. Would it be reasonable to assume that the proposed Retirement Village have its own Endowment Fund? 8. Should it be complete in itself, with its facilities-or just have housing? 9. Should it have its own Publicity Committee or the present Committee on Public Relations of the Grand Lodge? 10. A recent topographic survey has been made of our grounds at the Ohio Masonic Home, and while this was being done, we included all the property of the Home showing a possible site for the Village if it were decided to proceed further and if ground at the Home were decided upon. II. The Ohio Masonic Home recently acquired land in Springfield separate from its present site, which has possibilities. 12. What type of follow-up should be given to these persons who have already signified an interest in a proposed Retirement Village? There is much to do to get a program of this kind started and the committee feels that its work should be continued and further study made.
WASHINGTON: The Grand Lodge of Washington ran into trouble in its proposed erection of a Masonic Manor. The Grand Master made the following recommendations in his address: Resolution No.5 presented and adopted at the 1l0th Annual Communication provided for the formation of a corporation under certain conditions, among which was "That if the said Corporation shall be unable to commence work on the proposed project by June 10, 1969, the authorization granted at the llOth Annual Communication shall become null and void; the aforesaid Corporation shall be dissolved, and the real estate conveyed shall revert to the Grand Lodge." Masonic Manor, Incorporated, was duly incorporated and received a deed for 20 acres, more or less, as therein described. The deed did not contain the reversion
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clause, as above implied, for the reason that financing would have been difficult, if not impossible, to arrange. A loan of $40,000 was negotiated out of which some $32,000 has been expended. I therefore recommend that the "Corporation" reconvey the property to the Grand Lodge together with the assets of the corporation and that the Corporation then be dissolved and that Grand Lodge receive the property and payoff the indebtedness of the corporation.
Then followed a report by the Manor Board: Unfortunately, the corporation has also encountered some problems which have been difficult to contend with. As most of you know, from the time the project first started to this date, interest rates for mortgage loans have periodically increased exorbitantly. Since the cost of the loan, the building, and the cost to the applicant are all interrelated, it has meant a constant revision of our cost studies. In retrospect, it would have been a great help if this project had been developed several years sooner so that it could have taken advantage of the more favorable financial climate. Still, if we don't continue ahead with this project now are we not going to be saying the same thing at a later date? The task of developing this project has not been easy. A considerable number of brothers have expended their own time, effort, and money in an attempt to carry out the wishes of the Grand Lodge. Your Board has unfortunately heard rumors, and I emphasize the word, rumors, that, for some unknown reason, there has been active opposition to this project within our own Grand Lodge. This is a great disappointment because we felt the original Resolution No.5, as approved by the 1l0th Annual Communication, amounted to an edict by our Grand Lodge which every member was duty-bound to support. It would only seem appropriate that the brothers who have actively contributed so much toward the development of this project should at least have the support of their other brothers who eventually will receive the benefits of their work. In conclusion, I would like to report that after reviewing and investigating the information available to the best of our ability, we are satisfied that: ]. The work completed to date is in conformance with the requirements of Resolution 5, and, 2. That the work on the development of this project should continue to its eventual completion.
However, this was to no avail because the report of the Committees on Finance and Jurisprudence contained the following, which was adopted: WHEREAS, Pursuant thereto, the corporation, Masonic Manor, Incorporated, was formed and 20 acres of land was conveyed to it, the land was mortgaged to secure a $40,000 loan, most of which has been expended, certain preliminary plans have been drawn and tests made, but no actual construction work has been started and none is likely in the foreseeable future, Now Therefore, Be It Resolved, That the Most Worshipful Grand Master he authorized and directed to request Masonic Manor, Incorporated, (1) forthwith to reconvey the aforesaid 20 acres of land which it received from Grand Lodge pursuant to said Resolution No.5, (2) to pay all just debts it may have, other than that owing on the mortgage, (3) to transfer to Grand Lodge all assets it then has remaining, including cash, and (4) to dissolve; and Be It Further Resolved, That on receiving such reconveyance, and transfer, Grand Lodge shall assume and payoff the balance of principal and interest owing on the aforesaid mortgage.
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MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION The Masonic Service Association observed its golden anniversary in 1969. This milestone was noted by a number of jurisdictions, and Brother Allen E. Roberts, noted Masonic writer from Virginia, prepared a history of the association for the occasion. It was published by the Association with due credit given the author. An account of the observance of this occasion was noted in the report of the Grand Master of the District of Columbia: The Masonic Service Association reached its fiftieth milestone this year and held its golden anniversary meeting at the Shoreham Hotel on February 25, 1969. I had the privilege, on that historic occasion, of welcoming the delegates and guests to this jurisdiction, and our Grand Chaplain, Reverend and Worshipful Brother Edward G. Latch, gave the invocation. M.W. Bro. H. Dwight McAlister, P.G.M. and Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of South Carolina, delivered the Anniversary Address which was the highlight of the meeting. Entitled "The Future of Freemasonry," this thoughtful message appeared last month as a Short Talk Bulletin of the Association. Coincident with its Anniversary meeting, the Association published an official history of its first 50 years called Freemasonry's Servant, by Bro. Allen E. Roberts of Virginia. We in the District of Columbia can take pride in the fact that this Grand Lodge is listed prominently as one of the seven founding Grand Lodges of the Masonic Service Association and has maintained an unbroken record of membership therein since the. Association came into existence in 1919. To the Association's Executive Secretary, M.W. Bro. "Connie" Hahn, and to its Chief Field Agent, Bro. "Bill" Edmunds, I extend my thanks for their friendship and helpfulness. We value the Masonic Service Association and its labors for the Craft. MICHIGAN: Addressing the Grand Lodge of Michigan, M.W. Bro. Conrad Hahn, Executive Secretary of the Masonic Service Association, pointed up three reasons for the existence of the Association, and threw in a few extra thoughts for good measure. First, he said the Association was dedicated to Service and pointed to the many things/it did for brethren around the world. He then made the following statements to the assembled brethren: The second great thing for which we serve in the Masonic Service Association is to coordinate relief when there is catastrophe striking anyone jurisdiction in such a way that its own members and their families have been harmed or hurt beyond the means of that individual Grand Lodge to take care of itself. Now most Grand Lodges and lodges always want to do what they can to take care of their own needs first, but there have been times when the Masonic Service Association issued an appeal for relief for the benefit of nations and their families in other jurisdictions and the most recent one I can think of at the moment is at the time we had those terrible floods in Italy, in the City of Florence when the River Amo ran wild. When we investigated the need there, we found that a great many of the Masons were little store keepers or artisans in a small business sort of way and had been wiped out because their stocks were gone and their tools had been buried under six feet of silt. The Grand Lodge or Grand Orient of Italy appealed for funds to help restore to these distressed Masons not so much money for food, as, first of all, money for the tool.. of their trade and the stock of their trade so that they could be in business again. Amer-
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ican Freemasonry responded to the tune of about $103,000 to help the Masons of Italy in the City of Florence to get back on their feet. The third great purpose, which was the original purpose of your Masonic Service Organization was to provide an agency for American Freemasonry to act in times of great national crisis such as a war in bringing service, comfort, relief, fraternal interest to the men in the armed service. In World War I, Freemasonry was denied an opportunity to serve its brothers as the YMCA was doing and even the Knights of Columbus, because the Federal Government said, "We cannot deal with 50 different Masonic organizations or bodies. Provide one voice and we'll see what can be done." The war was over before anything was done, but the Masonic Service Association was born at that time, to become an agency for the Grand Lodges to use as they wanted to use it, and for World War II boys, Masonry did establish a tremendous record for itself by the kind of services rendered in those homes away from home known as Masonic Service Centers which were set up near approximately 80 military establishments in this country and even in Paris and London. Out of that effort on the part of American Freemasonry grew the interest in serving our fallen friends and brothers in the hospitals set up by this government after World War II to take care of the many casualties in the continuing World 'Var in which we have been involved ever since.
MEMBERSHIP TENNESSEE: The Grand Lodge of Tennessee again reported a gain in membership, and the Grand Master had the following comments: 29TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF NET GAIN IN MEMBERSHIP
For the 29th year, our lodges have had an aggregate net gain. Our membership as of December 31, 1969 was 94,862-setting a newall-time high-and a net gain of 510 members. A total of 2,669 new members were raised-117 more than 1968. All of the Grand York Rite Bodies and Scottish Rite of Tennessee had a net gain in 1969, attesting to our belief that interest in Freemasonry is increasing, and that our Fraternity will continue to grow as long as we stand firmly on the Landmarks. Hendersonville Lodge No. 359 had the largest net gain of 41. Whitehaven Lodge No. 599 was second with a net gain of 38 and Raleigh Lodge No. 770 was third with 36. O. K. Houck No. 707 (Memphis) conferred the most degrees-122; with Normal Lodge No. 722 conferring 114 for second place and John B. Garrett Lodge No. 711 (Nashville) third with 113 conferred. NOVA SCOTIA: The Grand Master of Nova Scotia heard the following from his Grand Historian: It is most unfortunate that a decline still continues in the membership of our Grand Lodge. A number of lodges have made a determined effort to reverse the trend and some have been successful. Burns No. 10, Halifax, has established a Re-Union Campaign to attract attendance from ten-year groups; this plan, if thoroughly developed and strongly promoted, could have excellent possibilities. The Grand Master has stated that the average age of applicants is now lower than it has been for a long time; and there is abundant evidence that there is a new and keener interest among the younger members of the Craft. It is regrettable that more effort has not been made to induce older members to return to their lodges. They are more set in their ways and harder to move out of the bad habit of staying away from lodge, but, once they have been won over, often be-
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come one of the mainstays of their lodge and one of its greatest assets. The interest and attendance of the older members psychologically helps the lodge to grow and prosper.
MILITANT MASTER MASONS TEXAS: The Grand Master of Texas is a lawman in that state. It was his purpose to use "Law and Order" as his theme for the year. To suit the occasion of his address the Grand Orator spoke of law and the respect everyone should have for it. The following are excerpts from this oration: We must respect our policeman and appreciate him for his efforts to protect us. This respect must be inculcated into the very young and as far as possible into our youth. They should view him as a friend and a partner and not as the subversives teach, one who will restrict their freedoms; rather as one who will guarantee their freedoms. We can help create that attitude in others by having it ourselves and expressing it at every opportunity. Next to creating a good working environment we should do things which assist the policeman in his work. We can volunteer information which will assist in apprehending and convicting criminals. This is not meddling. Crime is our business. We are paying the price of it. Be a witness in court when your presence is required; and have the courage to testify. Serve on juries and help make sure that crime does not pay. Be a dissenter when law and justice are flouted by discussing the matter with your friends, associates, co-workers or employees and then, by all means, writing your legislator demanding stricter enforcement of the laws by our courts. Ask them to remove obstacles for apprehension and conviction of criminals that are unreasonable, difficult and sometimes impossible. Obviously, we should not oppose the rights of the individual guaranteed to every man in our Constitution and Bill of Rights, but we should oppose the obstruction of justice by the misuse of those rights. They should be used to protect the innocent, not to let the guilty go free. The guilty should be punished if we are not to suffer further loss of respect for our laws and enforcement agencies. As Brother J. Edgar Hoover has said, "Few criminals would steal or kill if they knew with absolute certainty that they would be caught and once caught that punishment to fit their crime would be meted out." Those of our members who serve in public office are in a particularly unique position to be helpful to our policemen. But everyone of us, if he will, can contribute greatly to the cause. Now, I have told you why and how we must become activists, demonstrators, protesters and dissenters. Last let me tell you why we must become militants; militant Master Masons, if you please. In one sentence we must join the fight against Communism in our country. Some of us have been hearing about Communism so many years that we hardly listen to the cries of "Wolf! Wolfl" Or should I say "Bear! Bearl" And this is as Communism would have it. However, anyone who has ,,,atched the unrelenting march of the Communist Bear across the face of the globe from Finland to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to Poland and Hungary, to East Germany, to Czechoslovakia, to Korea and Vietnam, into the continent of Asia and into even the island of Cuba, 90 miles from our shores, must realize the seriousness of this menace. The Communist plan for the overthrow of our Government is well documented. And the Communists are working the plan. The Communist Lenin said, "As long as Capitalism and Socialism exist we cannot live in peace. In the end one
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or the other will triumph. A funeral dirge will be sung over either the Soviet Republic or over world capitalism." Communism is not some vague, nebulous force halfway around the world. It exists right here at home. Again, I quote Brother J. Edgar Hoover, because he is probably the best informed of all Americans on the dangers of Communism, and in my opinion he is not only a great Mason, but one of the greatest of all Americans. He wrote a few days ago in The National Exchange Club Magazine, "Surely the New Left, once an unbelievable mixed bag of kooks, exhibitionists and anarchists and uninformed idealists is being shaped into a basic Marxist movement. Not since the New Left evolved on a number of college campuses has the Marxist-Leninist philosophy been so influential as at the present time. Nor are the youthful leaders unaware of the direction in which they arc going. On the contrary, many of them are deliberately promoting the movement. One of them, a top leader of the Students for a Democratic Society, S.D.S., was quoted as stating at the S.D.S. Annual Council Meeting in Austin, Texas, in March, 1969, 'Our primary task is building a Marxist-Leninist revolutionary movement.''' Imagine, that was said in the Capital City of our great State of Texas, and no action was taken against it. Now, J would like to secure special permission of my wife, Peg, to use this tag that I want to put on some of those people. Part of my subject is that of crime and she believes that any pun is a crime. But I couldn't help but enjoy the one that I saw a day or so ago in the paper. Many of you are familiar with the character Smidgins. He used a title for all of these people-"Little Red Rioting Hoods." Certainly, not all instances of unlawful disorders are Communist borne, but Communists everywhere exploit these disorders and use them and the participants to further their malicious ends. Be assured there is a definite tie between Communism and Our current domestic problems. It travels in an atmosphere of riot and civil disorder and is a very real danger to our existence as a free nation. Therefore, we must fight it. 'Ve must fight it with the words of truth before we have to fight it within our own boundaries and on our own street corners. To wage a successful battle we need to understand our adversary. John A. Stormer says in his book None Dare Call It Treason, "Motivation without knowledge produces fanaticism." We should not become fanatics. We should become informed. Brother Hoover has stated it thus, "Communism is indeed our paramount adversary and it leans on the credo of invincibility to accomplish the little ends. The way to fight it is to study it, understand it and discover what can be done abollt it. This cannot be achieved by dawdling at the spring of knowledge. It can only be accomplished by dipping into thoughtful, reliable and authoritative sources of information." So the first step in becoming an active fighter against Communism is to become informed. You will find a number of interesting books on the subject, both in your public library and in most book stores. The second step is to become articulate. Talk about it. Talk about it to your .friends and associates, employees, to groups. Learn to explain Communism and answer questions about it, particularly to young people who are so often exposed to Communist propaganda. Enough light shed on Communism and its aims by enough people can destroy its power in free countries. Third, expand and multiply your efforts by mailing information, literature, papers and books to friends, students and libraries.
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Finally, and this is most important, contribute financially to and support those organizations that fight Communism. These are easily identifiable by their literature, by their radio broadcasts and by their statements of purpose.
OLDER AND WISER BRETHREN ARKANSAS: The Grand Lodge of Arkansas, acting through its Grand Secretary, M.W. Bro. Jack B. Donham, presented to Bro. Noel Norris on March 19, 1969, a plaque commemorating 75 years of membership in the Fraternity. It is noted with sadness that Brother Norris passed away later the same year on October 17.
OUTDOOR MEETING Brethren always enjoy any unusual meeting. We have known of large attendances at mcetings which were callcd at 3:00 a.m. or 4:00 a.m., and one for one minute after midnight. A degree conferred by members of the same family draws attention, as did one confcrred by an Indian cast. IOWA: The Grand Master of Iowa describes an "outdoor meeting": A very beautiful grassy hollow in the timber near Amana was the setting for an outdoor meeting sponsored by the Iowa-Johnson County Study Group. At 4 p.m. on August 2, 1969, the lodge was opened on the third degree by Stellapolis Lodge No. 391 and the first section was conferred. The lodge was then called from labor to refreshment and the brethren all repaired to the barbecue pit to partake of a fine meal of barbecued beef, corn on the cob, cole slaw, iced tea and coffee. Labor was resumed at 7 p.m. and the second section of the third degree was conferred by the Grand Lodge Officers with the Grand Master in the East. Stellapolis Lodge was closed at 9 p.m. with the Grand Lodge Officers filling the stations and places. Carl H. Page, Deputy Grand Master, was in the East. The brethren came from many miles and over 300 attended this meeting. To get ready for this meeting required a great amount of work and we highly commend the brethren of this Study Group for their efforts. The end results of this meeting should be ample reward for their labors.
PLATFORM OF A GRAND MASTER UTAH: The Grand Master of Utah, immediately following his installation, presented the following four-point platform: Believing that no man should stand at the head of an organization and not have some policy in mind I now submit to you what I term my four-point program. FIRST: I plead for greater harmony in and for Masonry. The mission of Masonry is service-service above self and self-interest. All Masons should be burning and shining light to all who walk in darkness. Let us be governed by the principles we profess. SECOND: I ask for a little more loyalty to the Craft. Masonry has lived through dark periods. It shall continue to live only if its members live by its principles. Masonry's future is in our hands; let not our unfaithfulness to our principles destroy it. I therefore expect each Mason and each Masonic body in this jurisdiction to practice fully Our principles with fervor. Let no brother violate the confidence and respect of those who do not know him but respect him because of the emblem he wears.
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THIRD: I would have Masons manifest, both in words and actions, a greater respect for law and constituted authority. To a Mason all law should command obedience. And much like the law of the land our principles are not for the time when there is no temptation; principles must not be profaned. FOURTH: I appeal to you as Masons to practice true Masonic Charity, which I define as more an attitude than an act. It is a feeling of love and benevolence, of good will and compassion. It is that Charity which should lead us to seek a brother's welfare equally with out own; to be solicitous of his reputation; to keep sacred those confidences which he gives us; it is every act of fraternal kindness, the ever giving of one's self to the assi.,tance of a brother, his widow or orphans.
PREREQUISITE TO GRAND MASTER Each jurisdiction has its own method of selecting its grand officers. The Grand Lodge of Iowa is no exception. The attached amendment adopted last year is self-explanatory: Division and Reference. A Committee on Division and .Rcference the chairman of which shall be named after consultation with and the approval of a majority of the Jurisprudence Committee and the Grand Master present at the meeting called by the chairman of the Committee on Masonic Jurisprudence between April 1 and May 15 each year. The name of the chairman is to be submitted to each subordinate lodge prior to June 1 of each year as the nominee for the office of Grand Master at the following Grand Lodge Communication. The reports of the Grand Master and the Grand Secretary shall be referred to this committee and it shall be the duty of the committee to recommend the reference of the various subjects embraced in such reports to the appropriate committee and recommended action of matters not referred.
PUBLICATIONS There are many Masonic publications, some good, some fair and some not worth mentioning. One of the most successful and better known publications is the Iowa Masonic publication of the Grand Lodge. Of it the Grand Secretary said: The Bulletin has been published ten timeS-September to June, inclusive. The issues averaged 10,640 copies each. The Bulletin is sent free of charge to any Iowa Mason who'will ask for it over his own signature.
LOUISIANA: The Grand Lodge of Louisiana adopted the following amendment to its law to cover the cost of a Masonic magazine: "For the publishing of a Masonic magazine-there is hereby levied an annual assessment of 50 cents per member per year on each constituent lodge for a period of three years to be collected and remitted by each lodge with its annual returns; said assessment to begin with the year 1970 and be remitted to the Grand Lodge in returns of that year."
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it. The Grand Master of Kentucky believes that his jurisdiction should return to the practice which was banned in 1944. He said: I recommend that Regulation 210 in the Book of Constitutions be amended to read as follows: "The officers of a lodge may be installed in public without a dispensation from the Grand Master." This restores the regulation as permitted from 1910 to 1944, when we banned public installations. It is my firm belief that public installations may be a stimulant to our Fraternity, attract public interest and engage the attention of some who may form a favorable opinion of our Fraternity and seek admittance. Many lodges favor it and would like to avail themselves of this privilege.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS WASHINGTON: The Grand Lodge of Washington not only supports the public schools in that jurisdiction, but supports good legislation and opposes bad. Awards were made to a total of 1,260 students. The influence of Freemasonry is being felt by all residents. The number of lodges that observed Masonic Public Scbools Week tbis year increased by 29 to a total of 208. Upon request of the Grand Master, your committee prepared a Proclamation for Masonic Public Schools Week and arranged for its distribution. Reports to the committee indicate that the Proclamation was not only read at stated meetings of lodges, but also appeared in lodges' newsletters and a number of Masonic newspapers and publications. In March your committee, with approval of the Grand Master, sent to each lodge in the State of Washington a letter informing Masons of pending legislation. in the Washington State Legislature affecting the maintenance of the public schools. Most of the bills mentioned in the letter involved the expending of public funds for use by private schools or for the use of students who attend private schools. Your committee is charged by provisions in the Washington Masonic Code to . . . "maintain a continuous program throughout the year of educating our members in the importance of the American system of tax-supported public schools and the preservation of its inviolability." In line with this the committee considered it was its responsibility to inform our members of these matters of legislation and encourage them to take whatever appropriate action they deemed necessary. Two bills passed the special session of the legislature and were signed by the Governor after partial vetoes. House Bill 257 provides the authority for the state to pay the school districts for the time of instruction in the elementary public schools when attended by students from private schools. Senate bill 245, known as the student aid bill, became an amended part of House Bill 635 and provides for scholarships for students to attend institutions of higher learning in the state, both public and private. Other bills, including one to purchase textbooks for use in private schools, failed to be reported from committee. Your Public Schools Committee believes that it is its obligation to continue to inform our members of these matters which affect our Public Schools. The committee has arranged with the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to furnish each lodge, Grand Lodge Officer, and Deputy a copy路 of Your Public Schools, a bi-monthly publication describing the programs and curriculum of the schools in Washington. We trust that this magazine will be a helpful resource to Lodge Public Schools Committees as well as informative to the lodge membership.
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RECOGNITION ALABAMA: The Grand Lodge of Alabama recognized the Grand Lodge of Iran. We have a communication from Brother Ahmad Aliabadi, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Iran, dated June 1, 1969, making a formal request from that Grand Jurisdiction to enter into fraternal relations with the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Alabama. The Grand Lodge of Iran was established on March 1, 1969. The Ceremonies of Consecration and the Installation of the Grand Master were carried out by Bro. Major Sir Ronald Orr Ewing, Most Worshipful Grand Master Mason of Scotland, M.W. Bro. Ernest Van Heeke, Grand Master of the National Grand Lodge of France, and M.W. Bro. Werner Romer, Grand Master of the United Grand Lodges of Germany. Regular Freemasonry in Iran has existed since the erection in 1918 of Lodge Light No. 1191 in Iran, Scottish Constitution. During the last 15 years there has been considerable Masonic progress in Iran, the present Grand Lodge con路 sisting of all the regular lodges in Iran-27 in number-14 chartered by the Grand Lodge of Scotland, 10 by the National Grand Lodge of France and 3 by the United Grand Lodges of Germany. In view of the many sources of knowledgeable and reliable information con路 cerning this newly established Grand Lodge and after careful consideration of the matter your committee recommends that the Grand Lodge of Alabama recognize the Grand Lodge of Iran and establish Fraternal Relations with them.
MISSISSIPPI: The Committee on Fraternal Relations in the Grand Lodge of Mississippi recommended the following which was not adopted: We are living in a time when good relations between men and nations are being sorely tested, and when Freemasonry needs as never before, to spread the cement of brotherly love nationally and internationally. We recommend, therefore, that we re-establish fraternal relations with the Grand Lodges of New York, New Jersey, and The Netherlands.
OKLAHOMA: The Grand Master of Oklahoma directed that fraternal relations be restored with the Grand Lodge of New Jersey: In view of the rapidly changing conditions in this age of the world and fully realiZing that Freemasonry cannot accomplish its purposes, objectives and ultimate goals of imparting light, knowledge and understanding, and the full enjoyment of fraternal fellowship by a continued separation of ourselves from other sovereign Grand Lodges and, in effect, directing them to accede to our every whim, when we have ample safeguards and all needed protection under our laws and regulations to care for and alleviate conditions, real or imaginary, that may arise, and fully realizing that it is necessary for all good men, especially Masons, and more particularly Grand Lodges, to "give and take" I, the undersigned and duly installed Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Oklahoma, do hereby authorize the resumption of fraternal relations with the Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New Jersey and do hereby request that the Edict issued by the then Grand Master on the 15th day of April, A.D. 1966, A.L. 5966, be considered null and void and of no effect on and after the 16th day of February, A.D. 1968, A.L. 5968.
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OKLAHOMA: The Grand Lodge of Oklahoma decided there was no possibility of establishing fraternal relations with Egypt, and withdrew recognition of Spain: EGYPT-Conditions in Egypt, from the viewpoint of Freemasonry, can be described only as confused, with no possibility at the present of establishing Fraternal Relations with them. To further complicate matters, since Nasser became Premier in 1954 and President of the United Arab Republic in 1958, he has persecuted Freemasonry by word and deed until it has gone underground or crushed completely. No word has come from Masonic Bodies in Egypt for some time. We, your committee, therefore recommend that the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma sever Fraternal Relations with the Grand Lodge of Egypt. SPAIN-The Grand Lodge of Spain has not been operating for several years and is only able to partially exist by underground movement. It is also recommended that the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma sever Fraternal Relations with the Grand Lodge of Spain and remove them from the approved list of Grand Lodges. SOUTH CAROLINA: The Grand Lodge of South Carolina received the following from its Committee on Fraternal Relations about a group we have heard much about in recent months, but little to recommend it for recognition: THE UNIVERSAL LEAGUE OF FREE MASONS
A group known as "The Universal League of Free Masons" is seeking members from Grand Lodges practicing "regular" Freemasonry. It is a known fact that some of its members have been recruited from several Grand Lodges which we do not recognize and which are considered irregular. Not only has this Body been considered irregular by many, but has been banned for its members by The Grand Lodges of England and Scotland, generally considered as the leaders of Freemasonry in our world. It is understood that the Grand Lodges of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Virginia, and Massachusetts have issued resolutions and edicts against membership in the Universal League of Free Masons. The Commission on Information for Recognition advises concerning this group. "Masons everywhere should be informed that we cannot be too strict in maintaining our standards of regularity. This cannot be done by discriminate mingling on a Masonic basis with those otherwise regarded as irregular." ALBERTA: The Grand Master of Alberta made a strong plea for recognition of the many facets of Freemasonry existing in his jurisdiction which he believes contributes so much to the meaning of our fraternal teachings throughout the world. The following is quoted from his statements: GRAND LODGE BULLETIN
I would like to express my appreciation to M.W. Bro. Collett and his committee for their untiring efforts in providing us with a most interesting and educational monthly bulletin. The task of gathering and editing suitable material is quite an onerous one and the committee is to be commended for the high standard of achievement. INSTITUTIONS
On August 23, 1968, we flew up to Fort McMurray to institute Fort McMurray Lodge. Accompanying me on the plane and assisting with the ceremony were
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R.W. Bro. Kendal, D.G.M.; R.W. Bro. J. S. Woods, J.G.W. The entire movement is distasteful to us, yet we ignore youth movements that are patterned after our own philosophy and way of life. I refer to the Order of DeMolay and Job's Daughters. I have been asked so many times by lodges who are desperate for new members, "how can we obtain new members?" Yet there is an organization of young men being inculcated with similar or identical ideals to our own and we are turning our backs to them. What incentive is there to the graduating DeMolay to seek admission into an organization that ignores the Order which he loves so dearly? My brethren, let me tell you this. Graduating DeMolays have established an enviable reputation as Masons and many have attained high office. In the past, objections have been raised to recognition on the grounds that this was a purely American movement with head offices in Kansas City. Brethren, this movement is now International and there is a Canadian National Council with headquarters in New Westminster, B.C. I have been informed that the Order of DeMolay in Alberta is not looking for monetary support from us but moral support and encouragement. I would also ask your favourable consideration in respect to the Order of Job's Daughters. We all recognize the difficult problem confronting parents today in bringing up young people, especially young girls. I feel that this organization merits our recognition because their Order is also patterned after our own. We have so many brethren in our jurisdiction with daughters in this worthwhile organization. Throughout the year in my visits to rural lodges I have become convinced that quite a number of these lodges would be unable to exist were it not for the assistance of the local Chapter of the Eastern Star. I feel that any organization that contributes to the life and welfare of our constituent lodges is worthy of recognition. And now I come to the other branches in our Fraternity. Brethren, at the present time there are schisms existing in our Fraternity and I contend that this is wrong. To me, this is contrary to our Masonic Philosophy and Teachings of Brotherly Love. If we preach this and practice otherwise, I feel it is hypocritical. We cannot afford to perpetuate this situation. To illustrate this unrealistic situation, let me tell you of my visits as Grand Master to the Al Azhar Shrine Ceremonial and the Grand Chapter Convocation of the Royal Arch. On both occasions I was properly received as the Grand Master of Masons in Alberta and on both occasions I was asked to address those assembled. Here was I having just accepted the courtesies extended to me and I could not return the courtesy of bringing greetings from the Grand Lodge, which I represented. Brethren, I feel that if recognition was extended to the Concordant and Appendant Bodies, it would meld us into one family instead of having distinct schisms exist as they are today. Let me give you another illustration. The Chanters of Al Azhar, composed largely of zealous Craft Masons, have a路 musical arrangement to complement the Master Mason's Degree. This adds so much to the beauty, dignity and reverence of the degree, yet lodges are forbidden to make any mention of the contribution of this group on their lodge notices. My brethren, I feel very strongly on this matter of recognition, I feel that we must change our present attitude of rigidity. We are not establishing any precedent because the United Grand Lodge of England has recognized the Royal Arch since 1725 and our Mother Grand Lodge, the Grand Lodge of Manitoba, recognizes the Order of DeMolay and the Eastern Star.
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On my visits south of the 49th parallel I have seen the various branches working together at the time of the Grand Lodge communication. I, therefore, recommend that this Grand Lodge Communication instruct the Committee on Jurisprudence, or set up a special committee, to study the matter of proper recognition and bring in a recommendation as soon as possible.
REPRESENTATIVE FORM OF GOVERNMENT INDIANA: At the outset of his annual report the Grand Master of Indiana said: I would remind you at the outset of this Annual Communication that the Grand Lodge of Indiana is a representative form of government. Each member of Grand Lodge is here in his own right. The Worshipful Master of a lodge is here as a member because the brethren of his lodge had such confidence in his ability and integrity that they were willing to elect him to speak and act for them. No man or group of men has a right to instruct him. A member of Grand Lodge is responsible only to his own conscience.
RETIREMENT PLAN ARKANSAS: The Grand Lodge of Arkansas revised upward its retirement plan adopted in 1950. It provides for a wide range of retirements from $25.00 a month to a maximum of $200, depending upon the length and type of retirement of the employee. To meet these retirement obligations, some $124,000 have been placed in a retirement fund, which currently yields $8,411. Detailed accounts of this plan may be obtained from the Grand Lodge of Arkansas, or in the 1969 proceedings. CONNECTICUT: The Grand Lodge of Connecticut also revised its retirement plan: A yearly retirement income will be determined by taking 2 per cent of the annual salary for the year preceding retirement multiplied by the number of completed years of continuous full-time service. Fractional parts of a year shall not be used in determining such percentage. The maximum retirement benefit shall not exceed 60 per cent of the officer's or employee'S annual salary for the year preceding retirement. Full time service to this Grand Lodge prior to the adoption of this plan shall be credited on the same basis as above. Subject to the approval of the Retirement Committee an officer or employee may select a joint and survivor option with his or her spouse providing such option be of equivalent actuarial value as the basic pension. Retirement income shall cease entirely upon the death of such officer or employee, or upon the death of his or her surviving spouse if such officer or employee has elected a joint and survivor option.
NEW JERSEY: The Grand Lodge of New Jersey very carefully surveyed the need for a retirement home, determined the need existed, arranged for financing, and brought the whole matter before Grand Lodge in the form of a report and,a resolution. All of these were so well planned and executed that we quote the majority of it for such informational value it may contain for others. The "retirement home idea" is quite popular at the present time, and we expect to see more and more such steps taken by other Grand Lodges.
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Our first project was to find a desirable location that would meet the requirements of the Department of Housing and Urban Development as to size, location, proximity to shopping centers and transportation. We located a site on the Manasquan River in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. The property was inspected by representatives of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and approved subject to a survey to be conducted by us. The survey was to determine the potential number of prospects within the surrounding area of this site, despite the fact that our potential guests would be drawn from the entire state. With the approval of our Most Worshipful Grand Master, the survey was mailed to the members of the 16, 17, 19, 20, 27, and 28th districts. Approximately 16,000 survey cards were mailed and we received over 6,000 replies. Through this survey we developed the following information: Item 1. 5,713 voted in favor of building a Retirement Home. 319 voted against. Item 2. Those over 62 years of age gave the following information: 2,357 were in favor of locating in Point Pleasant. 550 voted against Point Pleasant. Item 3.
719 voted for an apartment to rent for $90.00. 1,580 voted for an apartment to rent for $120.00.
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582 single members advised that their income was less than $4,800. 1,263 couples advised their income was less than $5,800.
Item 5. 2,276 stated that their health was good. 549 stated that their health was fair. 49 stated that their health was poor. The information received from the survey satisfied the Department of Housing and Development that we had the necessary potential, who wanted to live in Point Pleasant, who were in the proper age bracket, and in the income limits to be eligible to rent apartments in a project of this type. At this time I would like to add that the survey cards were mailed out by the guests at our home in Burlington under the direction of R.W. Lawrence B. Koch. The tabulations from the IBM cards were made possible by Wor. William T. Sperry, a member of this committee, through the facilities of a major New Jersey Corporation. After all of the above had been accomplished, a circumstance occurred which was not anticipated. We have a new administration in Washington and they are changing agencies to make them路 more efficient and hopefully more economical. Within the last three weeks all such contemplated projects, such as ours, that were being handled by the Department of Housing and Urban Development under Section 202, were transferred to the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) under .a new section known as No. 236, which is also designed to develop and promote the establishment of Retirement Homes for Senior Citizens, sponsored by a non-profit corporation. The new section is substantially the same as 202. The differences in the two programs are as follows: FINANCING
The financing of the project would cover 100 per cent of the total cost, which includes the land, building construction, consultant fees, architect fees, attorney fees, also interest, insurance during construction, debt service reserve and contingencies; in other words, EVERYTHING. Under the previous program, we were to receive the money direct from the United States Government. Under the
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}<'HA program, the money would be obtained from private lending institutions such as banks, building and loan companies, and mortgage companies. The mortgage which covers 100 per cent of the cost is fully insured and guaranteed to the lending institution by the Federal Housing Authority. The length of the amortized mortgage is 40 years instead of 50 years. The interest rate would be 1 per cent instead of 3 per cent, the balance of the interest would be underwritten by the FHA. \Ve have contacted several lending institutions and money is available for projects under this program. CONsTRucnoN The building would be built under FHA building regulations. The FHA will not approve high rise construction; therefore, these projects must be garden-type apartments, which was the preference of our members in the first survey. The site we are considering adapts itself to garden-type apartments. AGE AND INCOME LIMITS
The requirements for age and income limits is the same as contained in the previous plan and which were included in our survey. However, there is more flexibility in the FHA plan. PROCEDURE Upon approval of the project, first by our Grand Lodge, and then by the FHA authorities, the project could get under way very quickly due to the years of experience in this type financing and building of the FHA, which enables them to be more positive and decisive, and would eliminate many unnecessary delays. \Ve would have full control regarding land purchase, architect, building construction and contracts, all of which can be done on a negotiated basis direct by your trustees or designated officers. Your committee has investigated hoth the private and government financed projects of the type we aim to build, and are convinced this project can be built and operated by us for the benefit of our middle class senior retired Masons on a rental basis. The intense interest of our members as indicated through the medium of the two surveys and many, many letters received by your chairman, some even reserving apartments when, and if, we build. We will present resolutions for approval to proceed at this communication. Before presenting these resolutions, we wish to thank the Grand Master, the elected line, the previous Grand Masters, and other members of the craft for the generous assistance of their time and advice which they have given this committee. We also thank the guests at the home for their assistance, together with R.W. Lawrence B. Koch and Wor. William T. Sperry. The cooperation of all concerned enabled us to present this program at this communication.
The following resolutions were presented: Be It Resolved, That this Grand Lodge authorize the Special Committee on Retirement Homes to organize a private non-profit corporation under the Laws of the State of New Jersey with authority to build and operate Retirement Homes under the sponsorship of this Grand Lodge, if the four Elective Grand Lodge line officers, in writing, approve the following: I) the name of the corporation; 2) the form and content of the Certificate of Incorporation; and 3) the designation of the original trustees and officers. Further Resolved, That the Most Worshipful Grand Master and the Right
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Worshipful Grand Secretary be and they hereby are authorized to execute a formal Sponsorship Agreement to sponsor the establishment of a Masonic Retirement Home by said non-profit corporation, which corporation shall, from time to time, proceed in the matter only if the four Elective Grand Lodge line officers respectively approve, in writing, the purchase of the site, the building plans, and the financing of the project; it being understood that this Grand Lodge shall not incur any obligations or liabilities on behalf of the Grand Lodge by reason of the sponsorship of said Retirement Home project. Further Resolved, That this Grand Lodge appropriate the sum of $10,000 from the Budget Reserve Fund of the Grand Lodge for the use of the Special Committee on Retirement Homes to be used by it, or the proposed non-profit corporation, to obtain an option on a proposed site and for engineering and other expenses; it being understood that reimbursement for all such expenditures shall be made by the non-profit corporation to the Grand Lodge when the financing of the project is obtained.
REVIEWS-FATE OR FUTURE Often it is discussed by Masonic leaders if Masonic Reviews and Fraternal Correspondents should be continued. No doubt the reason for this is the cost of publication, which continues to increase. GEORGIA: W. Bro. Walter M. Callaway, Fraternal Correspondent of the Grand Lodge of Georgia for some time, makes the following statement at the conclusion of his very fine review: REVIEWS OF OTHER GRAND LODGES
A custom of many, many years standing in our Grand Lodge has been the writing of Reviews of sister Grand Lodges and their Proceedings and publishing them in the Appendix of our own Proceedings. These Reviews have required, on a general average, 100 pages or more in our annual Proceedings. Recently, in a conference between the Grand Master, the Deputy Grand Master, the Grand Secretary and your Foreign Correspondent this matter was thoroughly discussed from a standpoint of economy as well as reader appeal. No one can say with any certainty how many Freemasons read these Reviews, but it is doubtful that more than 100 men, including Georgians and others, ever read them. At a cost of approximately $50.00 per page in the Proceedings it was believed by all concerned at the conference that it would be expedient to discontinue the publishing of the Reviews. The Proceedings of our Sister Grand Lodges will continue to be studied with the utmost care and anything of an unusual nature will be reported to the Grand Lodge of Georgia by your Foreign Correspondent.
RITUAL DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The following is a portion of the report of the Masonic Education and Service Committee of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia dealing with the examination of a candidate as to his proficiency: There are many advantages to exammmg candidates in open lodge. It gives the sideline brethren an opportunity Lo review their instruction, it satisfies the lodge in the most convincing way possible of the exact state of proficiency of the candidate, it gives the candidate a greater incentive to learn the work, and a
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feeling of accomplishment when he has passed his examination. In the long run we believe that examination in open lodge will lead to greater uniformity in instruction of candidates throughout the jurisdiction. We strongly suggest that Masters have candidates examined in open lodge whenever possible. In order to facilitate such examination in open lodge, we recommend that the Master be authorized to open on the first or second degree for the purpose of examination by using a brief declaration, the exact procedure to be recommended by the Committee on Work and Lectures. The Grand Lodge Code provides that there shall be a waiting period of at least one lunar month between degrees. We believe that in most cases it would be advantageous to the candidate to have six or eight weeks between degrees, and we suggest to the Masters that they consider this when scheduling degrees.
The committee also feels that the newly raised Master Mason should be given additional instruction: There is certain information that should be imparted to newly raised Master Masons to enable them to conduct themselves properly in Lodge. We suggest that the Master, previous to closing after the third degree, take a few minutes to explain, or have explained, to the newly raised brethren such things as (1) How to enter or retire from a lodge when at labor; when at refreshment; (2) How to address the W.M.-never address lodge without permission of W.M.; (3) The Masters Carpet; (4) How and when to salute the West; (5) How to request an examining committee when seeking admittance into a strange lodge; (6) Balloting, must ballot when present, how to ballot, secrecy of the ballot, vote for the good of the lodge; (7) Voting on a motion; (8) Powers and prerogatives of the Master.
MARYLAND: The Grand Master of Maryland comments on the ritual, its quality and effectiveness in a way that would be applicable to any jurisdiction. Since Missouri claims to have the "Baltimore Ritual," this comment seems particularly appropriate: Maryland has always been held in high esteem among other Masonic Jurisdictions in the United States for the excellence of its ritualistic work. It is a truism that when the ritualistic work of its officers begins to fail, so does the lodge begin to slip and the whole Line becomes infected by this failure. It is a twoedged sword; first, the brother on the sideline, who has come to be proud of his officers and the manner in which they perform, becomes embarrassed when he hears a bumbling, ill-prepared performance and no longer takes pride in inviting a friend to visit his lodge and his own attendance drops off. Further, no man with any ambition to become an officer, who is possessed of any ability at all, will be attracted and want to become a part of an obviously inefficient Line. That lodge will begin to fail and will come on evil days as poorer officer material will become the rule rather than the exception. From my observation, poor ritualistic work on the part of any officer can only be attributed to the man's laziness or failure to work hard at the learning of it. Not all men are possessed of equal ability to absorb or to speak from memory, but all have the duty to do their best and to take advantage of the teaching of this most outstanding group of Grand Lecturers who hold forth at the various schools in the city and counties throughout the state under the excellent leadership of the Grand Lecturer, the Deputy Grand Lecturers and the Committee on Ritualistic Work. In addition, there is not a lodge in this state which does not have among its
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Past Masters, a number of brethren well versed in the ritual who would be more than willing to offer extra instruction to its Line Officers if asked. I am advised that our German Ritualistic work is also of the highest caliber. The Summer School which meets throughout the summer in Baltimore City on Tuesday evenings is always available for Line Officers and prospective Line Officers to participate in the floor work and to learn the Ritual. The key to the whole situation is pride in performance, without which the whole system will collapse. No self-respecting Line Officer should tolerate an officer whose performance reflects on the rest of the Line. If that performance is based on lack of effort, the Line itself should bring it to that officer's attention, and if he continues to drag his feet, they should get rid of him. Show me a lodge that has a waiting list for a man to become an Officer and I'll show you a lodge which is on its toes, does excellent ritualistic work and produces top grade Worshipful Masters. MICHIGAN: The Grand Lecturer of the Grand Lodge of Michigan closes his annual report with these words about the Michigan ritual: In our Masonic Ritual we have one of the masterpieces of English literature. It stands in comparison with the work of Dante, Shakespeare, and the King James Bible. It is one of the noblest conceptions of the human mind, a monu-
ment to man's quest for perfection in human character. Long after the words are forgotten, long after the printed pages have crumbled into dust, so long as the soul of man aspires to fulfill its destiny in Heaven, so long shall the teachings, the philosophy, the ideals of Masonry endure. NEW HAMPSHIRE: The following statements were made concerning Lodges of Instruction held throughout New Hampshire, from October 12, 1968 to December 14, 1968: There were present at these Lodges of Instruction 160 of the required number of 328, or 48.78 per cent, which is most unsatisfactory. There were 7I wardens (43.29 per cent), who are the potential Worshipful Masters of our Lodges. The senior and junior wardens of the lodges are the officers who should avail themselves of as much instruction as possible, and their absence from these meetings causes one to wonder just what is their object in progressing through the various offices in the lodge in as short time as possible and with as little work as they may believe is required to arrive at the high station of 'Vorshipful Master. It was noted that 16 lodges (19.51 per cent) were not represented by any of the required officers, while 11 lodges (13.42 per cent) were represented by 100 per cent of the officers. OKLAHOMA: Oklahoma adopted an amendment to its ritual certificate plan: WHEREAS, The primary purpose of issuing Certificates to the brethren is to provide qualified Instructors for the Craft; and WHEREAS, Less than half of our present list of Certificate Lecturers are capable of teaching the Language and Floor Work; Now, Therefore Be It Resolved, That the present method of issuing Certificates be changed and the Grand Lodge issue three grades of Certificates, to be classed as follows: Grade A-To the brethren who can pass the examination required and are qualified to correctly teach all of the adopted esoteric work of this Grand Jurisdiction.
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Grade B-To the brethren who can pass the examination required to correctly teach all the esoteric language. Grade C-To the brethren who can pass the examination required to correctly teach the Categorical Lectures, questions and answers, of all three degrees. Be It Further Resolved, That each Certificate Lecturer shall be required, annually, to pass an examination as to his proficiency in the work before a Certificate shall be issued. WEST VIRGINIA: The Committee on Work in the Grand Lodge of West Virginia seems to be doing effective work, as reflected in its report: During the past year, the committee held 54 Regional Schools of Instruction. Attendance continued at a high level, although the committee would enjoy the presence of more of those brethren who are learning the Work. Active participation in these schools is entirely voluntary and no one should overlook this opportunity to observe and learn the 'Vork. Recognizing that Ritual is fundamental in Freemasonry, the Deputy Lecturers have attempted to conduct Schools of Instruction in all sections of our Jurisdictions. In spite of their efforts, the following four lodges have not been represented at a school by at least one stationed officer: LaFayette No. 57, Hayden No. 113, William N. Page No 135, and Alleghany No. 136. This is the second year in a row that Hayden No. 113 has not been in attendance in a school. We hope their non-attendance is prompted by reasons over which they have no control, rather than a lack of interest. In accordance with our regulations, the committee met on the afternoon of October 12 and reviewed the Work of all Degrees. Complete harmony prevails. WASHINGTON: The Grand Master of Washington ruled against certain practices connected with the dress on Masonic occasions, and the conferring of degrees by teams: "Degree Teams," working directly or indirectly under the name or auspices of so-called appendant or concordant organizations or clubs, having as their primary purpose, expressed or implied, and using this means, to increase the membership of their respective organizations, are to cease, desist and disband. (I have invited the. members of said teams to return to their Symbolic Lodges and work under the direction of the Worshipful Masters.) This, my brothers, is not to be inferred as prohibiting teams of Master Masons conferring the Symbolic Degrees under the direction of the Worshipful Master. I have ruled under Chapters 14.08 and 14.11 W.M.C.-1930-5E-Sec. 907 and 910, respectively, that it is improper to wear, in a Constituted Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, or at any public function of said lodge, Le., Funerals, Public Installations, Divine Services, Cornerstone-laying or Temple Dedication Ceremonies, the fez, hats, caps, uniforms or other apparel of the appendant or concordant organizations, and that only the apron of a Master Mason, or the apron and jewels of lodge officers as described in said Chapter 14.08, are to be considered Masonic Regalia. I have ruled that the formation, by the King County Masonic Library Association, of a so-called "King County College of Masonic Knowledge" would be in conflict with Chapters 4.01 and 4.02, Chapters 11.01 and 11.03, B.L., Chapter 13.05.010 and Ruling 28, under Chapter 4.01, and that permission to form such an organization and to use the word "Masonic" was denied. NOVA SCOTIA: The Grand Master of Nova Scotia comments on degree teams in his jurisdiction:
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The age of degree teams seems to have arrived with different groups visiting lodges to assist them with the work of our Ritual. On several occasions, requests have been made by Shriners to wear their fez in the lodge room. I have had to point out that the charge to the instalIed Master of a lodge advised him that "as Master of the lodge he would be covered while the remainder of the brethren would remain uncovered." For this reason I have had to refuse any such request. There is nothing to prohibit a group being received into a lodge as a group in Craft Masonry Regalia, introduced as members of another body, and the purpose of their visit stated at that time.
SECRETARIES BREAKFAST NEVADA: The Grand Lodge of Nevada sponsored a breakfast for all secretaries attending the annual communication. This is a very fine thing to do. Preceding the opening of the 105th Annual Communication this morning, I was pleased to welcome, as my guests, 29 secretaries of the Constituent Lodges to the Fourth Annual Secretaries Breakfast. The purpose of this breakfast meeting is to bring the secretaries of the Constituent Lodges into a closer relationship with one another and with the Grand Secretary's Office. These meetings have proven very beneficial, and are indeed one particular meeting I look forward to with anticipation and pleasure. This morning's meeting was no exception. The secretaries of our lodges hold a most important role in the proper workings of our lodges. They should by alI means attend Grand Lodge along with the Masters and \Vardens. They are essential, their attendance at Grand Lodge is essential.
WYOMING: The Grand Master of Wyoming gave special recognition to the secretaries of lodges who were present at the annual communication: The Grand Secretary calIed the names of the secretaries of Subordinate Lodges. Twenty-six secretaries assumed a position west of the altar and were 'Welcomed by the Grand Master, thus: GRAND MASTER KOSBAU-"It is indeed a pleasure for me to welcome you to this Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge and it is my belief that without good secretaries the lodges are lost. It has been said often before that good masters make good lodges and good secretaries make good masters. While you are not the top ranked officer in the lodge, you do have a most important place in the lodge and it is your good work that will keep the lodge on an even keel. So you do have a great deal of responsibility resting on your shoulders. I know that you are not adequately paid in any other manner but our thanks to you and I do want to express our appreciation for your dedication and devotion to Masonry. And my brethren, join me in showing our appreciation to these hard-working and dedicated brothers for their devotion to Masonry."
SCHOLARSHIPS COLORADO: The Grand Lodge of Colorado has a very fine scholarship program. Beginning in the fall of 1969 the Grand Lodge sponsored with scholarships some 70 students in a number of colleges. In 1969 nearly $38,000 was expended for this fine work. Of the applications received the committee said: And I wish each of you could see the excellent applications which must be screened by the members of the committee. This year we had over 267 applica-
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tions from which the committee could select only 16. I wish also you could see the qualifications and needs of the 16. They would bring tears to your eyes. Each one is most deserving, and without your Scholarship Program they could not have obtained a much needed higher education. I wish that you could see the letters received from last year's class when they applied for their second scholarship. Most of the students are from Masonic homes, so you would be extremely pleased with the complimentary remarks they make about our beloved Fraternity. We have also received letters from others in the community where these students come from expressing their great appreciation for the Fraternity and your Scholarship Program.
The committee also discussed the method of distribution of the fund: In order that there be no misunderstanding when we say we fund tuition, fees, books, and room and board, we are preparcd to do just that. However, to "stretch" your Scholarship Funds to provide the maximum number of scholarships possible, we do request each applicant to usc such funds as he or she has available. Were this not done, only ten scholarships could have been awarded this year. Further, since the program provides for funding through the entire four or six years leading to a degree, we must necessarily hold substantial reserves, and thus you can readily see how essential it is that those students who can, pay part of their way. Another critical factor facing your Scholarship Program is the ever-increasing cost of a higher education. Tuition and room and hoard costs took a healthy increase this year and next year looks even worse. It is quite obvious, therefore, that if our students continue their dedicated efforts, and funds remain the same, we will be able to award only ten scholarships next year. This figure is still much higher than is awarded by most scholarship funds, and when you consider we will have around 70 full-time students on campus in the fall of 1969, every Mason in Colorado should be mighty proud of the program.
NEW MEXICO: The Grand Lodge of New Mexico has a student loan fund, and received the following report from its committee governing the same: It has been truly said, "Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave," and that "Only the educated are free." The educated American citizen, endowed with the concomitant virtues of experience, maturity and wisdom, is the very foundation upon which rests our democracy, our advanced technology and the prosperity and well being of our people. The Grand Lodge, accepting its obligation of service to students, has, through the years, provided loans totaling over $112,000 to assist those seeking education preferment of which something like $95,000 has been repaid leaving approximately $11,000 now outstanding in usc along with a cash balance of $5,200 plus $10,000 in invested funds. As members of the committee, we feel this is a concrete demonstration of the brotherhood preached and practiced in our Fraternity. We are pleased to have had an opportunity to be of some slight service to the Grand Lodge in this labor of love. During the Masonic year we have invested $2,625 in loans to students covering seven individual grants. \Ve are somewhat disappointed that additional usc has not been made of funds available for this purpose and ask that officers and members of the lodges remember the program and recommend it to worthy I
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young people that might otherwise not be able to obtain the advantages accruing to those enjoying advanced studies. During the year a meaningful sum of money, in the amount of $1,850, was received from Bro. Louis Sleeper by the Grand Lodge for use by the Revolving Student Loan Fund. Brother Sleeper is the son of Past Grand Master Howard M. Sleeper. This young man, imbued with the spirit of Masonic brotherhood, has made a contribution that will materially assist in providing funds for the worthy students through the years ahead. Our hats are off to Brother Sleeper.
WEST VIRGINIA: The West Virginia Scholarship Endowment Trust is most commendable: Money to be provided for this fund, first by the transfer by the Grand Lodge to the "Trustee" our present Educational Fund amounting to some $50,000; secondly, Grand Lodge assessment on the particular lodges $1.00 per member per year, for a period of ten years, on its membership as of the annual returns as of June 30 (Less the number of permanent card members having paid $10.00 or more on its roll as of June); and thirdly any contributions by "others." The Grand Lodge having one pledge of matching funds dollar for dollar up to $500,000. By letter of transmittal from George L. Bland, Treas.-Board of Trustees, dated October 18, 1968, the Grand Secretary received by registered mail the following U.S. Treasury Bonds registered in the name of the Board of Trustees of the M.W. Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of the State of West Virginia, Inc. Description 4's of 1969, No. 8780, Amount $10,000; 4's of 1969, 8781, $10,000; 4's of 1969, 8782, $10,000; 4's of 1969, 8783, $10,000; 4's of 1969, 7211, $5,000; Total $45,000. On October 21, 1968, the Grand Secretary in company with P.G.M. William J. Maier, Jr., Chairman of the Grand Lodge Committee on Educational Fund, delivered these bonds in the amount of $45,000 to Mr. Guy H. Lawhead, Jr., Vice President and Senior Trust Officer of The Kanawha Valley Bank "Trustee" for the Masonic Scholarship Endowment Trust of West Virginia, in his office at the bank, and received a receipt. In a letter of transmittal dated January 15, 1969, we received from Henry L. Eckert, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Trust Department of the Pittsburgh National Bank-20 shares Chrysler Corporation Common Stock Certificate No. CX 120077, dated January 8, 1969, registered Masonic Scholarship Endowment Trust of West Virginia, being a gift from Mr. Dennis L. McElroy, as an honor to the work that Arch J. McElroy has made in Masonic circles over the past years. The value of the stock on the date of the gift, December 23, 1968, was $1,161.25. We delivered this stock certificate to the "Trustee" Kanawha Valley Bank in our letter of transmittal dated January 17, 1969 and received acknowledgment in "Trustee's" letter dated January 20, 1969. We submit herewith the following schedule of monthly cash collections received for credit to the Scholarship Fund, for the period from November, 1968 to June 30, 1969, inclusive, totaling $75,677.50, all of which was transmitted to the Kanawha Valley Bank "Trustee" for the Fund, obtaining receipts therefore.
There followed a detailed account of scheduled collections.
SHALL MASONRY' BE? MISSISSIPPI: The Fraternal Correspondent of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi closed his report with:
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"SHALL MASONRY BE?"
The answer is yours to give. If every name on the rolls will rededicate himself to Masonry, thus becoming a soldier of light and freedom, there would be no danger to our country or to the Fraternity. If Masonry dies, it will be by suicide, for any of the three causes listed are due to our neglect. Masonry as a great Fraternity and a great humanitarian institution, the great teacher of brotherhood, may fail, but the great principles that gave it life over the centuries will not die. They live because they are founded on truth, which never dies. In conclusion, may I add this thought: "I stood on the street of a busy town, Watching men tearing a building down. With a ho, heave ho, and a lusty yell, They swung a beam-and a side wall fell! I asked the foreman of the crew, 'Are these men as skilled As those you would hire, if you wanted to build? 'Ah, no,' he replied, 'no, indeed, Just common labor is all I need; I can tear down more in a day or two Than it would take skilled men a year to do;' And then I thought as I went on my way, Just which of these two roles am I trying to play? Have I walked life's road with care, Measuring each deed by rule and square; Or am lone of those who roam the town, Content with the labor of TEARING DOWN?"
STATEWIDE JURISDICTION OHIO: The Grand Lodge of Ohio decided to try statewide jurisdiction. Some of the arguments for and against the proposition are quoted. The Grand Master told the following story to illustrate why he believed the brethren should not be afraid to try the unknown: "There's an Arab Chief who tells the story of a spy who had been captured and sentenced to death by a general of the Persian Army. The general had fallen on a strange and rather bizarre custom. He permitted the condemned person to make a choice. He could either face the firing squad or pass through the Black Door. "As the moment of execution drew ncar, the general ordered the spy to be brought before him for a short, final interview, the primary purpose of which was to receive the answer of the doomed man to the question: 'Which shall it be, the firing squad or the Black Door?' "This was not an easy question, and the prisoner hesitated, but soon made it known that he much preferred the firing squad. Shortly thereafter, a volley of shots in the courtyard announced that the grim sentence had been fulfilled. "The general, staring at his boots, turned to his aide and said 'You see how it is with men; they always prefer the known way to the unknown. It is characteristic of people to be afraid of the undefined. And yet I gave him his choice.' .. 'What lies behind the Black Door?' asked the aide.
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.. 'Freedom,' replied the general, 'and I've known only a few men brave enough to take it: " The arguments listed were: The leading argument seems to be that the proposed legislation would permit men to petition lodges located in distant cities where they are not known. There are perhaps three reasons why a person might petition a distant lodge: (1) To join a lodge with a family or friend tie, such as his father's lodge. (2) To avoid a possible rejection of his petition by those who know him. (3) To secure lower fees or dues. Taking these in order: (1) It is difficult to find anything wrong with a person wanting to join a lodge that is prominent in his family history or where his close friends belong. People are used to joining the church of their choice, the country club of their choice, etc. They do not understand our "quaint" rule that was adopted many years ago when communications and travel were at a snail's pace and a cross-state investigation could take months. (2) If a petition was received by any lodge from an applicant in a distant city, the lodge's first action would be to ascertain why the applicant was not petitioning a lodge near his residence. If there were no family ties evident, then extreme care would be exercised by the investigating committee. I dare say that such a petition would receive a more thorough scrutiny than one from a resident of the town in which the lodge is located. With today's means of communication, a thorough investigation should not be difficult; but even if it should take two or three months to complete properly, the petitioner would probably respect the lodge's thoroughness. (3) When one metropolitan district attempted to legislate countywide jurisdiction in 1954, the cry was that all applicants would flock to one rural lodge where the fcc was considerably less than in the metropolitan lodges. The Master of that lodge quickly asserted that they had no desire for any applicant for the "city" who was petitioning a rural lodge only to save a few dollars. In more than 14 years of operation, not one such case ha<; come to light. This was just a case of expecting the worst-which never happened. And if it did arise, the ballot would have eliminated it. Regardless of the result of the investigation, if there is any doubt whatever, the lodge still has the ballot. In other words, as is presently the case, no applicant will enter our doors unless the ballot is unanimous; and each Mason should accept the responsibility to guard well our doors. Remember, the lodge should always be given the benefit of any doubt. A few years ago a case developed where a young man, just out of college, opened a professional office in a town just 18 miles from his home town. When he became settled, he wished to fulfill a long-time desire to become a Mason. However, he learned that he could not petition the lodge of which his father and grandfather had served as a Master. Why? Many cases have come to light where a man has decided not to petition any lodge because he is barred from petitioning the lodge of his choice. The plan of statewide jurisdiction has been successful in the York Rite and Eastern Star in Ohio, and there is no reason why it would not prove advantageous in the lodge.
The following was then adopted: JURISDICTION OF LODGES
1. The jurisdiction of each lodge in this state shall extend over all territory of Ohio, and all lodges shall have concurrent jurisdiction therein. 2. A lodge shall not receive a petition from a person residing within the jurisdiction of another Grand Lodge.
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3. The foregoing provisions relating to jurisdiction shaH be effective until the Grand Lodge Communication in 1972, at which time it shall be reconsidered and shall require the usual two-thirds majority for final adoption.
SUBURBAN FREEMASONRY ILLINOIS: The Grand Lodge of Illinois has had a number of lodges consolidate with sister lodges, especially in the urban areas. It also has a problem in its suburban areas, where more lodges could be instituted. In fact, a committee on Suburban Freemasonry has been in existence for some time. In its report to the Grand Lodge this year it said in part: To date three lodges have moved to the suburbs. Of the three, one has consolidated with another lodge. It remains to be seen just what their status will be in another year. To be very frank, the idea of starting new lodges is a wonderful thing. To get the brethren started toward that end is a terrific loss of time and energy. Should the Grand Lodge care to finance new lodges, there would be a lot of takers. Not too many lodges have the capital to build new lodge halls and the younger brethren knowing how we have lost our buildings here in Chicago, are not about to invest in new halls, especially in the suburbs. The sum and substance of the matter is that no one wants to do anything today. Every lodge wants to maintain its identity. Few lodges have enough new members to warrant their remaining as lodges. Very few lodges can carryon the work taught by the Board of Grand Examiners and have to rely on visitors to their work, as there is a shortage of officers.
SUSPENSIONS The subject of suspension for non-payment of dues has been considered by Masons at all levels of the Fraternity across the land. Very little of a constructive nature has resulted. Many Grand Masters have written thousands of letters with small results. The Grand Master of Connecticut approached the problem from a slightly different perspective. CONNECTICUT: The Grand Master of Connecticut said of his program to reduce the number who went S.N.P.D.: "No brother dropped for non-payment of dues this yearl" Certainly no one could conceive of that as anything but an ideal, a goal to strive for, hardly attainable in practice. It was said most deliberately as a means to shock one and all into serious consideration of the problem which has concerned Grand Masters for years and in many places. To he pragmatic, I then added that no brother who lived within a day's travel from his lodge was to be so dropped unless he had received a personal visit from some member (s) of his lodge, with the details of that visit recorded in the minutes of the lodge. I volunteered to write to any brother about to be dropped for N.P.D. whose name and address were furnished to me. The response to my request has been dismal. Less than 40 lodges sent names and addresses to me, and some of those were after being dropped. The Grand Master added the following comments: Of course, the returns to the Grand Secretary, particularly after January 1, revealed the true numbers of those dropped, and investigation showed personal contact had been made with far too few, and on a most casual basis too often.
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Investigating committees of the quality and ability for which we continually strive would have prevented a number of the men being raised who had no interest in the Craft, and of some of those who couldn't afford dues or had little responsibility when it came to paying obligations. But-it was absolutely frightening, and a little sickening, to contemplate the number dropped who are in dire need, in some instances need of financial assistance but more e~pecially of the helping hand of lodge or brethren in a time of illness or other distress. What a great impression we Masons must make upon the non-Masonic friends and relatives of a seriously ill, or even dying, brother, who receives nothing but dunning letters and finally that last registered mail! This very thing has occurred more times than I care to consider, and having it happen just once is cause for all of us to be ashamed. A personal contact is an absolute necessity before a member is dropped for non-payment of dues. The proven lack of communication between lodge and members, in too many instances, was an appalling sidelight revealed in the study of the N.P.D.s. "I never heard from my lodge in X number of years while I was a member except for dues notices," "I called our secretary and he said he couldn't waste postage for other notices as I never went to lodge anyway." Those are typical of comments from brethren wishing to receive Trestle Boards and all the other lodge mailings -to which they are entitled. A lodge which is selective in its mailings, or the officer who decides on that action, may well he unmasonic; every member, wheresoever dispersed, has an inherent right to receive all that which is sent to one. How often during "the drive" was a generous check accompanied by a plea for some information on, or from, the donor's lodge?
The Grand Master concluded his statement with these words: A considerable number of the brethren about to be dropped for nonpayment of dues, with whom I was allowed to communicate, were obviously pleased to hear from me and many paid their dues with a renewed interest in Masonry because somebody cared.
KENTUCKY: The Grand Master of Kentucky recommended the following with a view to reducing suspensions and the elimination of one common complaint: I recommend that Section 154 of the Constitution be appropriately amended to include a provision that the notice required to be given before suspension for non-payment of dues shall be made in triplicate on a form provided by the Grand Secretary, the original of which will be served on the delinquent as provided by law and a copy thereof mailed to the Grand Secretary and the remaining copy retained by the lodge in its records. We have had a great deal of complaint over the years that notice was not given and any suspension without notice is void. This procedure may also keep the Grand Secretary's office informed. The notice is a necessary prerequisite to suspension and it can not be omitted; also, if suspension follows the notice, the fact as to when and how notice was given must be entered in the minutes when action is taken.
OHIO: The Ohio Committee on Suspensions and Restorations offered an excellent suggestion: Many of the brethren who are suspended each year have moved to another Grand Jurisdiction. They were not only unable to attend their own lodge, but were unable to attend any lodge in Ohio. Your committee believes that other
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Grand Jurisdictions are losing members for this same reason and therefore recommend the following for consideration: When a member moves to another Grand Jurisdiction, the Secretary of the lodge concerned would forward the member's name and address to our Grand Secretary who would in turn forward it to the Grand Secretary of the Jurisdiction in which the member resides. We would ask that a lodge near his residence contact him and invite him to their lodge. We may eventually lose this member by dimit to another Jurisdiction, but Masonry wouldn't be losing him by suspension. Your committee believes that if Ohio takes the lead in this, that other Grand Jurisdictions will follow our move and many brethren, who are currently being lost by suspension, will be saved.
TABLE LODGE VERMONT: The Grand Master of Vermont commented on attending a Table Lodge: Last February 22 it was my privilege and pleasure to be invited to attend a "Table Lodge" put on by Rutland Lodge No. 79, this being one of the special events scheduled hy that lodge during the centennial year. A Table Lodge was something entirely new to me and was extremely interesting and educational. As I understand it, this ritual originated in French Lodges in the 18th century, and gradually spread to England and later, to America. It was in the form of a banquet conducted by a closed lodge, during which the business of the lodge was conducted. The table was in the form of a horse~hoe with the Master at the center and one of the Wardens at the end of each leg, the brethren being seated along the outside of the legs. The Great Lights were placed on an altar in the center and the Lodge was opened on the Entered Apprentice degree, consequently the table lodge was tyled and the serving brethren were, of necessity, entered apprentices. In some instances the degree was conferred upon capable caterers to enable them to serve these banquets, and they progressed no further in Masonry. Of course, none but Masons were allowed within the banquet hall and adjacent rooms. The entire affair was set up in a very military manner; the dishes were strictly aligned, as were the goblets, and all signs and evolutions, of which there were many, were conducted with military precision. It is usual, under the strict ritual of the table lodge to partake of seven toasts which are proposed by the Master or Wardens, which are interspersed between the courses of the meal. These toasts were (in the instance of American Lodges): 1. To the President of the United States 2. The Grand Master and the Grand Lodge 3. The Worshipful Master 4. The Wardens 5. Brothers in the armed forces 6. Visiting Brothers 7. To all Masons on the face of the Globe. It is of interest to note that the articles having to do with the Banquet have names which are quite unique. and which were rigidly adhered to throughout the ceremonies. The table becames a "Workshop." the napkins-flags, plates-tiles. dishesplatforms, spoons-trowels, knives-swords, forks-mattocks, glasses-cannons. chairs-stal1s, meat-material, bread-rough ashlar, wine-strong powder. water-
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weak powder, salt-sand, pepper-dust, and to drink a toast was called "firing a cannon," Before each toast, the "cannons" were properly "charged," and subsequently "fired." The goblets were then smartly returned to the "workshop" in unison. (In the instance of the lodge which I attended, the breakage of the "cannon" was somewhat excessive). This "charging of cannon" gives us some insight into the meaning of the old Masonic song: Are you charged in the west, are you charged in the east, The Worshipful Master cries. We are charged in the west, We are charged in the cast, Each Warden promptly replies. If anyone is interested in putting on this ritual, complete instructions may be had from the Masonic Service Association, Washington, D.C. The book is entitled "Masonic Feasts" and costs $1.00.
UNIONS OF GRAND LODGES QUEBEC: The Grand Lodge of Quebec heard the following in a report which included a discussion of Masonic Unions or Masonic Confederations: There seems to be a tendency in certain parts of the world to institute "Unions" of Grand Lodges. "The International Masonic Confederation" is one which has been drawn to our attention, cautioning us to disregard any correspondence emanating therefrom. This organization is headed by one who is already known as the head of a clandestine hody of "so-called masons." Another is termed "Confederation Masonica Inter-Americana" with headquarters in Mexico. The promoters of this group are seeking to obtain a concerted action on certain problems with the possibility of assuming dictatorial powers and usurping the recognized individual authority of every regular Grand Lodge to be self governing. While there are four other members on this Committee of Grand Lodge, I have to acknowledge that I have not claimed their assistance during part of my chairmanship. There was a time when all members were kept busy during the year, perusing the Annual Proceeding of sister Grand Lodges and making a precis of interesting items contained therein. These were printed in our Annual Proceedings as a "Report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence," Several years ago, the utility of this item was questioned and it was decided to discontinue it in 1957. Incidentally, this also reduced, considerably, the cost of the printing of our Annual Proceedings.
VIETNAM NEW HAMPSHIRE: The Report of the Committee on Vietnam was made to the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire in a very interesting way. More important, this is one of too few Grand Lodges to have such a committee. We feel it has served a very worthwhile purpose: Once again it is my duty, but a great privilege also, to report to you On my representation of our great Fraternity to all our brethren serving in the far away lands of Vietnam. During the last year I have made five complete mailings to all those members of the Craft whose names and addresses have heen furnished to me by their lodges. I have also answered several of the brethren who have taken. the time
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to answer my correspondence and who have expressed their gratitude for our having remembered them in this way. Without exception they tell me that in the hours of remembrance, they often think of their lodges and of its meetings and the friends they have there. Two things cause me great concern: first, several of the letters recently sent have been returned to me because the address I have is no longer correct and no forwarding address can be given me. It really seems to me that the secretaries of our lodges must keep us up-to-date on address changes as they become known to them if we are to continue our service to our boys away from home. Second, during the past year I have received but a handful of new names of members who have left for Vietnam service and somehow I have the conviction that we are not being furnished with all their names. The least you and I can do is to keep in touch with these dedicated young men but to do so means I must be furnished with current names and correct addresses. May I urge this cooperation please. I would not close this report without thanking you, Most Worshipful Grand Master, for affording me this rich experience of representing this Grand Lodge to all the members of the Craft who are representing us in the defense and service of our way of life thousands of miles away from their homes and loved ones. It is a great privilege that is mine and I thank you for it and pledge to continue our touch with our brothers away but not forgotten.
SOUTH CAROLINA: The Grand Lodge of South Carolina participated in assistance to our men in Vietnam: During the past year we had a request from Capt. Thomas W. Elrod, Com路 manding Officer, Hq. & Hq. Battery, 5th Battalion (AW) (SP), 2nd Artillery, APO, San Francisco, California 96266, that the Grand Lodge of South Carolina sponsor his Company of about 150 men. A committee was appointed and an appeal made through "Masonic Light" and $1,539.05 was collected. Brother William T. Johnson was appointed Chairman of this Committee. He collected suitable items and, with the assistance of the brethren of his lodge, they were pack. aged and mailed to this Company. The packages were greatly appreciated by the men in service as indicated by several letters and a plaque received from Captain Elrod, Commanding Officer, and others.
PHILIPPINES: A new lodge has been formed in Saigon, Vietnam under the Grand Lodge of the Philippines. The following is partial report of the Committee on Charters to the Grand Lodge of the Philippines: SAIGON LODGE, U .D.
This lodge was previously granted Dispensation on January 4, 1967-which was extended to March 21, 1968. But in view of the conditions obtaining in Saigon as a result of the present war in Vietnam, the dispensation was allowed to expire but reserving the petitioners the right to file a new petition for dispensation when the circumstances in their opinion would so warrant. Accordingly, a new petition for dispensation was filed on April I, 1968, which was granted on May 6, by M.W. Grand Master Schon. The operation of this lodge was very successful and its membership has jumped from 34, the number of the original petitioner, to 56. In addition, there are at present in the wa,iting list 160 candidates, more or less. The lodge funds, according to the latest report of the treasurer for March, 1969, amounted to $11,371.77.
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This lodge was granted Dispensation on November 20, 1968, on the strength of a petition of 31 Master Masons belonging to the different lodges in Mindanao. The records submitted bear witness that Mati Aurora Lodge, U .D. has been operating regularly since its formation, and its cash on hand as of April 4, 1969 was 266.95 pesos. Its present membership according to its Annual Report is 36.
The Grand Lodge granted a charter to Saigon Lodge No. 188.
TAX EXEMPTION DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: It is noted with some sadness that the tax exempt status of one of the charitable organizations of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia has been revoked by the Federal Government: St. John's Mite Association came into being in 1871 for the express purpose of affording a small measure of charity to distressed Masons, their families, their widows and their orphans. A bequest in 1898 from Bro. Anthony Buchly of Federal Lodge No. I, properly invested and husbanded, grew slowly until now it amounts to about $70,000. In the nearly 100 years of its existence, the St. John's Mite Association has paid out many thousands of dollars to recipients recommended by delegates from District of Columbia lodges. This, too, has heen done quietly and without fanfare, and it is a rather bitter commentary on the philosophy of government today that the Association has had its tax exemption revoked retroactively to 1961. This may mean that thousands of dollars which might have gone to distressed Masons and their widows may hereafter be spent by government welfare agencies路 for purposes much less charitable in nature than theirs and to individuals much less deserving than some of our own. -
MASSACHUSETTS: Since Tax Exemption is a matter of concern in most jurisdictions, we feel that we should quote the Grand Master of Massachusetts when he reported, briefly, on this subject in his own Grand Lodge: A number of lodges have received tax assessments due to the publicity accorded the decision of the General Court denying tax abatements to certain fraternal or social organizations. It is important that lodges and temple associations be well informed as to the proper procedure for handling any new or increased tax assessmen ts. Obviously Grand Lodge cannot be responsible for the initiation of action toward tax abatements on local temples. Lack of time, insufficient personnel and unfamiliarity with local conditions would make this impossible. Our legal counsel therefore has drawn up the following letter which has been sent to all Masters and Secretaries: To Masters and Secretaries of all Lodges: TAXATION OF MASONIC TEMPLES
If you meet in a building or a temple owned by your lodge or by a Masonic Temple Association, it is urgent that you refer this letter without delay to the Building Committee Chairman or the Temple Association Treasurer. Please notify me promptly of the name and address of the person to whom it has been referred. Masonic Temples for some ten years past have been exempt from real estate
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taxes under G. L. Chapter 59, Section 5, paragraph 3rd (c) except for such portions of the building as may be rented for commercial purposes. However, we have learned that 1968 tax bills on Masonic Temples are being received by lodges and temple associations in some cities and towns. Our Grand Lodge attorney informs me a recent development which has made buildings belonging to other fraternal groups liable for real estate taxes should not change the tax exempt status of Masonic Temples. Therefore, it is imperative that if a tax bill is received, immediate steps should be taken to file an application for a tax exemption and an abatement. This application must be filed prior to October 1, or within 30 days after the bill was mailed if the bill was mailed after September 1. The legal questions are involved and the abatement procedure is very technical. Accordingly, the services of a local lawyer experienced in such matters should be secured immediately if a tax bill is received. If your local lawyer will get in touch with Whitfield J. Johnson, 73 Tremont Street, Boston 02108, he will be glad to give your lawyer some background information and some legal citations which may be helpful in applying for an exemption.
Grand Master Booth also said: The attention of lodges is directed to a recent development that has seriously threatened the tax exemption of Masonic Temples. While it is difficult to deal with a highly technical legal question in an address of this nature, I think it is in order to outline in general the tax situation applicable to Masonic Temples. The General Laws of Massachusetts (See Chapter 59, Section 5 Third) grants tax exemption to real estate owned by Massachusetts literary, benevolent, charitable, scientific, and temperate societies. In 1955 the Massachusetts Supreme Court held that a Constituent Lodge chartered by our Grand Lodge was a charitable organization. (See Peakes vs. Blakely, 233 Mass. 281.) As a result of this case the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation issued a ruling that such portion of a Masonic Temple as was used exclusively for Masonic purposes was tax exempt. (See also 1957 Grand Lodge Proceedings 110.) Many temples have been erected during the last decade by lodges which otherwise could not have afforded to pay taxes in addition to the other carrying charges and lodges which has previously been burdened with heavy taxes were able to apply the tax saving to other Masonic purposes. In 1960 another fraternal organization seeing the tax exempt status of Masonic Temples naturally felt that they should enjoy the same privilege. They were either unable or unwilling to bring themselves under the general charitable exemption and they proceeded to secure the passage of a Special Act of Legislature granting special tax exemption to them. (See Acts of 1960 Chapter 95.) In 1966 three other fraternal groups being either unable or unwilling to comply with the general charitable exemption statute secured a Special Act of the Legislature granting special tax exemption to them also. (See Acts of 1966 Chapter 404.) Predictably the desire to share this tax exemption status spread to other groups and the current Legislature was confronted with no less than 14 requests for special tax exemption statutes. Faced with this avalanche of requests and anticipating that additional requests would be filed every year the House Committee on Taxation felt that the time had come to call a haIt and the committee introduced a bill which not only repealed the Special Acts previously passed but also specifically provided that Masonic Temples should no longer be exempt under the general statutes applicable to all other literary, benevolent, charitable, scientific, and temperance societies. (See House Bill 3966.) This bill quietly passed the first and second readings and when it came up
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for the third reading it was passed to be engrossed. At this point we were alerted to what was happening and enlisted the a~sistance of a member of the Craft, but not a member of the Legislature, who is familiar with legislative procedures and he pointed out to the key people in the Legislature that our tax exemption was based on a Supreme Court decision and the general exemption statute applicable to all charitable organizations. When the import of this bill was fully realized, reconsideration was requested. This held the matter in abeyance for a few days and we were given an opportunity to explain our position to the Committee on Taxation. One ~f the fraternal groups which had previously secured exemption under a Special Act became very active in an effort to save their exemption. On reconsideration the bill was defeated by a narrow margin thereby saving the special tax exemptions previously granted under Special Acts as well as our exemption under the general charitable exemption statute. The House of Representatives thereupon promptly asked the Supreme Court for its opinion whether or not such special tax exemptions were constitutional (see House Bill 4189) and the Court promptly ruled that they were invalid. (See opinion of the Justices dated April 15, 1968 and House Bill 4270.) This ruling in effect invalidated all the exemptions granted under Special Acts but of course had no effect under the general charitable exemption statute. The Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation immediately advised the local Boards of Assessors in all of the cities and towns of the Commonwealth to revoke the exemptions .previously granted under the Special Acts. He pointed out, however, that some of the fraternal organizations previously enjoying special exemptions might be able to qualify under the general charitable exemption statute. As a result the Assessors of at least one city have already taken steps to require the Masonic Temple in that city to establish its legal right for exemption under the general statute. We assume other Boards of Assessors will do likewise. It is our feeling that we should have no serious difficulty in establishing our right to this exemption but it is a technical legal matter and the local lodges and temple associations should secure the assistance of some local member of the Craft who understands and is competent to deal with this technical problem. Masters and Wardens who meet in temples which have been exempt should alert the responsible officers of their temples to the seriousness of the situation. The whole question of charitable tax exemption which is becoming a heavy burden to the cities and towns of the Commonwealth is being studied by a Commission. (See House Bill 4043.) No doubt the Legislature will seek other ways to try to repeal the tax exemption on Masonic Temples if other fraternal groups are unable to secure tax exemption for their buildings. It therefore becomes increasingly necessary to keep abreast of any developments.
, WORLD MASONIC SYMBOLIC CONFERENCE TEXAS: The Grand Lodge of Texas adopted in principle the suggestion of M.W. Brother Eduardo Rincon Gallardo, Executive Secretary of the Confederation Masonica Inter-Americana, that a World Masonic Conference be established: Communications were directed to M.W. J. Guy Smith, Grand Master of Masons in Texas, concerning the establishment of a "World Masonic Symbolic Conference." This communication was signed by Brother Eduardo Rincon Gallardo, Executive Secretary of the "Confederation Masonica Inter-Americana" of Mexico, D.F.,. and contained a resolution passed by the "VII Inter-American Masonic Symbolic Conference." The substance of the resolution recognized the need for
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unity of Masons throughout the world and that such a World Masonic Conference would be an able instrument for the gaining of thi.. purpose. Careful investigation has been made of actions taken by other Grand Lodges with which we are in amicable fraternal accord and we find that on the whole this request has been received with a sympathetic hearing and many have moved toward support of such a World Masonic Conference. Therefore, it is the conclusion of your Committee On Fraternal Relations that our own Grand Lodge would not be out of accord should it give its influence to the establishment of such a conference and we would recommend the following: In the interest of promoting harmony throughout the Craft and a better understanding by all peoples of the world of what Freemasonry is and stands for, your Committee would recommend that this Grand Lodge approve "in principle" a program of World Conferences of Symbolic Masonry; subject, however, to certain basic conditions as follows: 1. That the World Conference be held regularly at ten year intervals, preferably rotating their site through Europe, Latin America, and North America; 2. That the invitations to attend the First World Conference be extended only to (a) Grand Lodges of Latin America that are members of the Inter-American Masonic Conference; (b) Grand Lodges of North America that are now included in the Grand Masters' Conference of North America; (c) Grand Lodges of Europe now considered regular by a majority of the Grand Lodges of Europe; (d) Grand Lodges of Africa, Asia and Australia now recognized by one or more North American Grand Lodges; I think that you will notice, Most Worshipful Grand Master, that this is a saving clause to keep us from having to associate with certain elements that I am persuaded that most of the Grand. Lodges with which we are in fraternal correspondence would not wish to associate. 3. That attendance at the Conference by Representatives of Grand Lodges now not in amity with each other be in no way construed as implying recognition. 4. That no resolution passed at such a World Conference be in any way binding on any Grand Lodge, whether or not its representatives at the Conference voted for the resolution; every Grand Lodge is and must remain sovereign, and free to adopt or reject any resolution of the Conference. 5. That the official language of this Conference be English, French, and Spanish, and that simultaneous translation in those languages be mandatory. We further recommend that the Grand Lodge of Texas, A.F. & A.M., approve in principle a program of World Conference of Symbolic Masonry, subject, however, to certain basic conditions consistent with those stated above.
YORK RITE SOVEREIGN COLLEGE CALIFORNIA: The following resolution was presented to the Grand Lodge of California, but withdrawn by its proponents before action could be taken-probably on the advice of the Jurisprudence Committee to whom it was referred after presentation: YORK RITE SOVEREIGN COLLEGE
To the Most Worshipfwl Grand Lodge F. b A.M. of California: WHEREAS, A charter for York Rite College Number 12 was issued on May 11, 1957, to Gordon Roberts of San Francisco, California. Since he was unable to carryon the activities of the college, under date of June 4, 1957, the authority to complete the organization of College Number 12 was issued to George W. Nilsson of Los Angeles, California.
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WHEREAS, York Rite Sovereign College does not confer any degrees. The reason that the organization was started in Detroit years ago was to help stimulate interest in Masonry generally, because at that time it was found that in a number of Grand Lodges there was a net loss of membership. Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved, That it is recognized that York Rite Sovereign ColIege was in existence prior to September 27, 1957, the date when Amendment 332.1 was adopted and that therefore York Rite Sovereign College Number 12 may operate in California. Dated at Los Angeles this 10th of July, 1969.
YOUTH ORDERS Youth Orders the world over are experiencing difficulty in maintammg a bare existence. Young boys and girls today are no different in their attitudes toward right and wrong than were the youth of our day and time. The differences are many and varied, but not in the youth itself. CALIFORNIA: The following is taken from a report made to the Grand Lodge of California: Bethel No. 267, East 3rd St., Downey, with 71 members pays $900 per year. Bethel No. 62, 520 Main St., El Segundo, with 38 members pays $480 per year. Bethel No.4, W. Manchester, Playa Del Ray, with 40 members pays $480 per year. John D. Spreckels Chapter in the Southern JUrisdiction of DeMolay with 30 members pays $720 per year and La Mirada Chapter with 30 members pays $500 per year. Your committee congratulates the San Bernardino Temple Association for reducing the DeMolay Chapter rent to $480 per year for the chapter. By their actions this chapter can now continue to function and teach the young men of that city the precepts of DeMolay. One Rainbow Assembly was forced to pay the Long Beach Temple Association $60 rent for a two-hour meeting and was told by the secretary of the Association that he preferred not to rent to the girls even though the temple would remain idle. It was also reported that Southwest Chapter of DeMolay was forced to dose and relinquish its Charter because of excessive rent by Fairview Masonic Temple Association. By the same token on the other side of the coin, those who don't pay any rent are equally undesirable. This policy tends to undermine the sense of self-reliance and responsibility taught by the youth orders. Your Com路 mittee feels that rents should be charged but that they should be commensurate with the youth groups' ability to pay. The lodges can contribute to the youth groups' treasuries by having these young people prepare and serve dinners, by paying them to work on their temples, etc. This will instill a sense of accomplishment and personal pride within the youth order members. We recommend that each appropriate body review their rental policies concerning the youth orders with the idea of establishing a more equitable rent rate if one is required. LOUISIANA: Louisiana has a fine "Youth Foundation," but it has been beset with inactivity. This condition is typical of that which has occurred in other jurisdictions. Still others have no trouble making this type of foundation workable. We wish the brethren of Louisiana well in their endeavors to bring this organization back to life. On two occasions this year I suggested a meeting of the Masonic Youth Foun路 dation, Inc., in Alexandria and on both occasions we were unable to assemble a quorum. This Foundation. was set up with a Board of Directors of the presid路
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ing officer or titular head of and one additional representative of 15 organizations of our Masonic Complex plus five other organization members. Nine members of the Board of Directors present at any meeting constitutes a quorum. After the original chartcr in 1964 it was suggested that to finance this Foundation, each Masonic organization was to contribute 10 cents per member plus Masons and friends were to be encouraged to make contributions to this work. This Foundation has limited funds from this original asking but has not been able to utilize these funds nor add to the Foundation because of the inactivity of the organization. I therefore recommend that a committee of three individuals be appointed by the incoming Grand Master to study this Foundation, in the light of its inactivity and complexity, and to bring back its recommendation to this Grand Lodge in 1970. This recommendation is not intended to stop the Foundation from any activity in the meantime if enough interest can be generated to continue its operation. MAINE: The Grand Master of Maine gave a very thoughtful report on the condition of youth in Maine, with recommendations for its support: If we are really interested in Brotherhood one has to consider how the greatest progress can he made. The first thought one has is through Charity. Next we say our Grand Lodge in the past 149 years has given millions of dollars to the elderly. This has made us strong. We still give to Charity and the elderly yet our image is not improving. Why? Perhaps we have missed something, but what can it be? My whole life has becn concerned with education and therefore I asked myself, "What are we doing for Youth?" As I studied other Grand Lodges the following facts bccame evident: 1. The United Grand Lodge of England has supported the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys since 1808. 2. The United Grand Lodge of England established the Royal Masonic School for Girls in 1788. 3. The Georgia Masonic Home for children 5-12 years of age. Non-Masonic children are accepted. 4. Kansas Masonic Home (homeless childrcn are accepted). 5. Louisiana Masonic Home for children. Non-Masonic children are accepted. 6. Nebraska Masonic Home. Children between the ages of two and 14 of non路 Masonic parentage are accepted. 7. The Oxford Orphanage of North Carolina. This orphanage accepts all children of North Carolina families needing care. Non-Masonic children arc eligible. 8. The Children's Home of Oklahoma. Non-Masonic children are eligible. 9. The Patton Masonic Institution for Boys. Ages 15 to 18 years accepted and receive trade and high school training. 10. The Grand Lodge of West Virginia has in 1968 established The Masonic Scholarship Endowment Trust of West Virginia with a goal of $1,500,000, having a Grand Lodge pledge of $50,000 annually for ten years. Scholars must be resi路 dents of West Virginia but need not have any Masonic connection. Besides this, the following states have a DeMolay Foundation or similar or路 ganization: California, Iowa, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, and Rhode Island. The following amounts are contributed annually by their respective Grand Lodges to a State DeMolay program: Iowa, 10 cents member; Indiana, $5,000; Kansas, $500; Massachusetts, $10,000; Minnesota, $3,000; Michigan, $4,000; New Hampshire, 10 cents member; New Jersey, $3,000; New York, $10,000 (to help new Foundation); Ohio, $2,000; Rhode Island, 5 cents member.
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These are a few of the discoveries I made and no doubt many other worthy organizations have been missed. Our own Grand Lodge has had the necessary regulations since 1956 to support DeMolay Chapters. P.G.M. Aubrey L. Burbank suggested in his annual report (1957 page 49) that a Masonic Youth Foundation be established. Now seemed to me to be a most appropriate time for the Masons of Maine to initiate a Statewide Youth program because our society has: 1. Never been more affluent. 2. Youth has never needed our guidance more. On June 18, 1968, I called together the heads of all the Masonic bodies in Maine and discussed the establishment of "The DeMolay and Pine Tree Youth Foundation." This same group of Masonic leaders met again September 10, 1968, and on October 9, 1968, the non-profit corporation became a reality. These Masonic leaders were enthusiastic about our opportunity to serve Youth, provide Charity and make progress toward Brotherhood. The purposes of the said corporation are to implement and encourage educational, religious and charitable programs for the benefit of DeMolay and Youth in the State of Maine, through programs which include the guidance of DeMolays and Maine youth in their physical, mental, and religious development in the fields of physical education, sportsmanship, citizenship, and public speaking and to encourage a true reverence for God and Church (including attendance in whatever faith the DeMolay or Youth may belong), etc. Of course, no part of the net income or principal of the corporation shall inure to the benefit of or be distributed to any member, director, officer, etc. There will be a president, vice-president, treasurer, and clerk-secretary. There will be 15 trustees selected as follows: Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Grand High Priest, Grand Commander, Grand Master-Council, Deputy Active for MaineScottish Rite, Commander-in-Chief-Consistory, Potentates-Anah and Kora Temples, Chairman DeMolay Executive Committee-State, Executive Officer-Order of DeMolay, Active Member of the International Supreme Council-Order of DeMolay, and three others elected on a rotating time basis from the permanent members of Grand Lodge. In the above trustees any head of any body can appoint a representative. To this point the law firm of Eaton, Peabody, Bradford and Veague of Bangor has transacted the legal matters and Brother Peabody has served as secretaryclerk, without compensation. As you can see no one group will control the activities. The Grand Lodge will in effect have five votes, the most of any group. I hope to raise, with the help of many, at least $100,000. The income from which will be used for the Youth of Maine. It is my sincere prayer that each of you will support and assist me in this venture. Since it is tax-exempt we should encourage private donations.
STATISTICAL-l970 ALABAMA: One Hundred Forty路Ninth Annual Communication; Montgomery, November 18, 1969; 434 Lodges; 1,748 Raised; 74,126 Members; 306 net loss; Missouri was represented; Howard E. Blackwell, Grand Master presiding; John Brannon, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Montgomery, November 17, 1970. ARIZONA: Eighty-Eighth Annual Communication; Phoenix, April 27, 1970; 65 Lodges; 334 Raised; 14,274 Members; 103 net gain; Missouri was represented; Thomas D. Henderson, Grand Master presiding; Jack D. Spikes, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Bowie, May 17, 1971. ARKANSAS: One Hundred Twenty-Eighth Animal Communication; Little
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Rock, November 18, 1969; 377 Lodges; 1,105 Raised; 52,007 Members; 507 net loss; Missouri was represented; Carmack A. Nelson, Grand Master presiding; Carmack A. Nelson, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Little Rock, November 17, 1970. CALIFORNIA: One Hundred Twentieth Annual Communication; San Francisco, October 13, 1969; 704 Lodges; 4,262 Raised; 236,870 Members; 2,875 net loss; Missouri was represented; Robert A. Crigler, Grand Master presiding; Chester R. MacPhee, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, San Francisco, October 16, 1970. COLORADO: One Hundred Eighth Annual Communication; Denver, January 28, 1969; 170 Lodges; 738 Raised; 44,716 Members; 649 net loss; Missouri was not represented; Stewart A. Shafer, Grand Master presiding; William L. Gobin, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Denver, January 26, 1970. CONNECTICUT: One Hundred Eighty-First Annual Communication; Hartford, April 2, 1969; 136 Lodges; 820 Raised; 43,761 Members; 479 net loss; Missouri was not represented; Gail Linnell Smith, Grand Master presiding; William Frank Booth, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Hartford, April I, 1970. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: One Hundred Fifty-Ninth Annual Communication; Washington, May 14, 1969; 126 Raised; 17,816 Members; 714 net loss; Missouri was represented; Milton D. Korman, Grand Master presiding; H. Kenneth Kingsbury, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Washington, May 13, 1970. FLORIDA: One Hundred Fortieth Annual Communication; Jacksonville, April 22, 1969; 312 Lodges; 2,321 Raised; 76,199 Members; 817 net gain; Missouri was not represented; Clyde S. McLaren, Grand Master presiding; Carvie E. Webb, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Jacksonville, April 28, 1970. GEORGIA: One Hundred Eighty-Third Annual Communication; Macon, October 28, 1969; 474 Lodges; 2,776 Raised; 96,828 Members; 36 net loss; Missouri was represented; Durward B. Mercer, Grand Master presiding; Burton A. Greer, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Macon, October 27, 1970. IDAHO: One Hundred Second Annual Communication; Moscow, September 16, 1969; 85 Lodges; 213 Raised; 13,686 Members; 221 net loss; Missouri was represented; Adrian W. Bomert, Grand Master presiding; Russell C. Walker, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Boise, September 15, 1970. ILLINOIS: One Hundred Thirtieth Annual Communication; Chicago, October 10, 1969; 835 Lodges; 3,031 Raised; 199,889 Members; 4,920 net loss; Missouri was not represented; William L. Mason, Grand Master presiding; Clinton H. Lang, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Chicago, October 9, 1970. INDIAN A: One Hundred Fifty-Second Annual Communication; Indianapolis, May 20, 1969; 553 Lodges; 3,321 Raised; 174,155 Members; 1,808 net loss; Missouri was represented; Robert M. Seibel, Grand Master presiding; Robert P. Joyce, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Indianapolis, May 19, 1970. IOWA: One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Annual Communication; Cedar Rapids, September 17, 1969; 530 Lodges; 1,315 Raised; 83,728 Members; 1,453 net loss; Missouri was represented; Edwin A. Hamilton, Grand Master presiding; Harold Phelps, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Sioux City, September 16, 1970. KENTUCKY: One Hundred Sixty-Ninth Annual Communication; Louisville, October 21, 1969; 472 Lodges, 2,748 Raised; 99,720 Members; 269 net loss; Missouri was represented; John W. Chandler, Grand Master presiding; Carroll M. Curtis, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Louisville, October 20, 1970. LOUISIANA: One Hundred Fifty-Eighth Annual Communication; New Orleans, February 2, 1969; 285 Lodges; 1,197 Raised; 50,818 Members; 284 net loss; Missouri was represented; David S. Hartman, Grand Master presiding; Dr. T. Scott Strickland, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, New Orleans, February 2, 1970. MAINE: One Hundred Fiftieth Annual Communication; Portland, May 6, 1969;
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not represented; Warren A. McMinimee, Grand Master presiding; Paul W. Sorensen, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Portland, June 10, 1970. PENNSYLVANIA: One Hundred Eighty-Fourth Annual Communication; Philadelphia, December 27, 1969; 610 Lodges; 5,037 Raised; 245,064 Members; 2,249 net loss; John K. Young, Grand Master presiding; Hiram P. Ball, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Philadelphia, December 27, 1970. SOUTH CAROLINA: Two Hundred Thirty-Second Annual Communication; Charleston, April 24, 1969; 316 Lodges; 2,542 Raised; 64,324 Members; 773 net gain; William H. Grimball, Grand Master presiding; William H. Grimball, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Columbia, April 23, 1970. SOUTH DAKOTA: Ninety-Fifth Annual Communication; Sioux Falls, June 10, 1969; 162 Lodges; 292 Raised; 17,803 Members; 334 net loss; Missouri was represented; John N. Thompson, Grand Master presiding; Howard R. Kaiser, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Spearfish, June 9, 1970. TENNESSEE: One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Annual Communication; Nashville, March 25, 1970; 388 Lodges; 2,669 Raised; 94,862 Members; 510 net gain; Missouri was represented; John Riley, Grand Master presiding; Coy Henderson Duke, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Nashville, March 24, 1971. TEXAS: One Hundred Thirty-Fourth Annual Communication; Waco, December 3, 1969; 965 Lodges; 4,478 Raised; 238,540 Members; 1,885 net loss; Missouri was represented; J. Guy Smith, Grand Master presiding; Hal Burnett, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Waco, December 2, 1970. UTAH: Ninety-Eighth Annual Communication; Salt Lake City, February 2, 1970; 31 Lodges; 94 Raised; 6,315 Members; 139 net loss; Missouri was not represented; Blaine M. Simons, Grand Master presiding; Hugh E. Riley, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Salt Lake City, February I, 1971. VERMONT: One Hundred Seventy-Sixth Annual Communication; Burlington, June II, 1969; 100 Lodges; 279 Raised; 16,290 Members; 232 net loss; Missouri was not represented; Frederick C. Laite, Grand Master presiding; Frederick C. Laite, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Burlington, June 10, 1970. WASHINGTON: One Hundred Twelfth Annual Communication; Tacoma, June 17, 1969; 286 Lodges; 971 Raised; 62,107 Members; 1,222 net loss; Missouri was represented; Robert Lee Gilmore, Grand Master presiding; Frank E. Ulin, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Tacoma, June 16, 1970. WEST VIRGINIA: One Hundred Fifth Annual Communication; Wheeling, October 13, 1969; 162 Lodges; 1,046 Raised; 47,119 Members; 250 net loss; Missouri was represented; George W. Boyd, Grand Master presiding; Hubert B. Lake, Grand' Master elect; Next Annual, Parkersburg, October 12, 1970. WYOMING: Ninety-Fifth Annual Communication; Lander, August 25, 1970; 55 Lodges; 150 Raised; 12,329 Members; 180 net loss; Otto Kosbau, Grand Master presiding; Harry E. Wimer, Grand Master elect; Next Annual, Sheridan, August 24, 1970.
INDEX Alabama: charity, 18c; governors honored, 43c; healing, 47c; jurisprudence, 61c; recognizes Iran, 79c; statistical, lO5c Alberta: recognition of facts, 80c Aldrin, Edwin E.: reports to Texas, 9c AMD: not approved, 7c Appendant orders: 7c Arizona: statistical, lOSe Arkansas: deaths, 29c; older brethren, 76c; retirement, 82c; statistical, 105c Astronauts commended: 8c Attendance: 10c Awards: lIe Bicentennial U.S.A.: 12c Boards of Relief: l4c British Columbia: lodge furniture, 42c Brucker, Wilber M.: Michigan honors, 44c Buildings: 16c Burke, Admiral A. A.: made Mason, 6c California: boards of relief, 14c; clandestine hall, 21c; cornerstone, 24c; dues and fees, 32c; funeral service, 41c; Masonic Homes, 64c; statistical, 106c; youth orders, 103c Candidates for Grand Lodge office, 17c Charity: 18c Clandestine Hall: 21c Colorado: law enforcement, 62c; scholarships, 8ge; statistical, 106c Condition of Craft: 2lc Conferences: 22c Connecticut: Astronauts commended, 8e; education, 32c; retirement, 82c; suspensions, 94c; statistical, 106c Cornerstones: 24c Criminal records: 26c Cuban relief: 26c Deaths: 29c DeMolay: 29c District of Columbia: failure to attend funeral, 23c; innovations, 55c; jurisprudence, 62c; Lux et Tenebris, 63c; Mason at sight, 6e; proficiency, 85e; tax exempt, 99c; statistical, 106c District officers: 31 e Dual membership: 32c Dues and fees: 32e Education: 32c Emerging problems: 34c Employment association: 36e Endowment fund denied: 36c Expo 70: 37c
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Pollard, Ralph J.: writes about church, 38c Prerequisite to Grand Master: 77c Publications: 77c Public Installations: 77c Public Schools: 78c Quebec: traveling gavels, 43c Queensland: Masonic Home, 67c Recognition: 79c Representative form of government: 82( Retirement: 82c Reviews: 85c Ritual: 85c Scholarships: 89c Secretaries' breakfast: 8gc South Carolina: boards of relief, 16c; league of Freemasons, 80c; statistical, 108c; Vietnam, 98c South Dakota: district masters, 31c; statistical, 108c Shall Masonry be?: 91c Smith, Dwight L.: honored in New Jersey, 48c Statewide jurisdiction: 92c Statistical: 105c Suburban Freemasonry: 94c Suspension: 94c Table Lodge: 96c Tennessee: financial, 38c; gain, 73c; statistical, 108c Tasmania: charity, 20c Tax exemption: 99c Texas: criminal records, 26c; militant Masons, 74c; moon jurisdiction, 9c; statistical, 108c; world conference, 101c Union of Grand Lodgcs: 97c Utah: platform of Grand Master, 76c; statistical, 108c Vermont: awards, 12c; dual membership, 32c; Gr. Lect. comments, 48c; Table Lodge, 9.6e; statistical, 108c Victoria: charity, 20c Vietnam: 97c Washington: degree teams, 88c; Gr. Orator speaks, 3c; Masonic Manor, 70c; public schools, 78c; statistical, 108c Western Australia: charity, 20c West Virginia: charity, 19c; committee on work, 88c; scholarships, 91c; statistical, 10Bc World Conference: IOlc Wyoming: G.M. recognizes secretaries, 8ge; Sen. Hanscn addresses, SIc; statistical, 108c York Rite College: 102c Youth Orders, 103c
INDEX TO THE 1970 PROCEEDINGS A . Addrcss of Grand Master Appreciation . Calendar . Charges . Cornerstones and Dedications . Dispensations . District Deputies . Events . The Freemason . Grand Secretary . Healings . . . Masonic Home of Missouri . Masonic Week (Washington, D.C.) Necrology . Proposed Amendments . State of the Craft . Alphabetical List of Lodges . . Amendments to By-Laws: Adopted by Grand Lodge at 1970 Annual Communication In re Section 1.080. Mileage and Per Diem . In re Section 3.070. Investments . In re Section 5.010. Appointments and Section 5.080. Ways and Means .. In re Section 2.170. Retirement and Pensions . In re Section 2.055. Salaries and Expense Allowances . In re Section 2.040 (q). Grand Secretary . In re Section 2.050 (d). Grand Lecturer . In re Section 15.060. Proficiency of Master Mason . Held over for action at 1971 Annual Communication In re Section 3.095. Fiscal Year and Section 3.100. Budget . Proposed for action at 1971 Annual Communication In re Section 9.020. Title and Powers of Trustees In re Section 2.170. Retirement and Pensions . In re Revolving Building Fund . Substitutions for Proposed Amendment of Section 15.060 . 25, 78, Substitution for Proposed Section 5.210 and Relatcd Amendments . Appointments (1970-1971) . Appointive Grand Officers . . District Deputy Grand Lecturers . District Deputy Grand Masters . . . Special Committees Standing Committees . Other Appointments .
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M.W. Bro. John H. Brown of Nebraska 117 Report of Auditor 30 Reports of Committees: . Appeals and Grievances 82 Building Supervisory Board 86 By-Laws 102 Chartered Lodges 104 Credentials 4, 117 Entertainment of Distinguished Guests 110 Forms and Ceremonies 105 Fraternal Correspondence 80, Ic George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association 78 _ Grand Master's Address 50 Jurisprudence 23, 118 Lodges Under Dispensation 105 Masonic Boards of Relief 105 Masonic Education 102 Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Mileage and Per Diem 128 Necrology 83 Public Schools 100 Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges 111
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