1980 Proceedings - Grand Lodge of Missouri by Missouri Freemasons

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Masons of the State of Missouri • Official Proceedings One Hundred Fifty-Ninth Annual Communication

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BIOGRAPHICAL GUS O. NATIONS Grand Master, 1979-1980 Gus O. Nations, son of a lawyer and law enforcement officer of C.S. Justice Department and grandson of ajudge and one-time candidate for President of the United States, was born September 16, 1927 in St. Louis County. He was educated in Webster Groves public schools and Washington Cniversity with a bachelor's degree in 1950 and doctorate in law in 1952. He practices lav\,' in the SI. Louis area and also before state appellate, federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court. Gus evidenced an early interest in government by serving Webster Groves as Councilman, Mayor Pro Tern and Mayor until 1966, President of the St. Louis Area League of Municipalities, Director of Missouri Municipal League, Chairman of the Board of Police Commissioners of St. Louis County from 1973 to 1978, and founder and President of the Regional Justice I nformation Center in the St. Louis Metropolitan area. He was named "Outstanding Young Man of the Year" in his community in 1961. His biography has appeared in Who's Who, Leading Young Men in the United States, Who's Who in B /lsinfss, Commllni('I,' Lfadns, Midwest, and the International Biograph)' of Distinguished AmerIcans.

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His Masonic career began November 3, 1952 with his election to receive the degrees in Purity Lodge 1\'0. 658 where he served as Worshipful Master in 1960 as his father before him. He was District Deputy Grand Master of the 57th Masonic District (B), and in 1971 "'as appointed by M.W. Bro. Thomas]. Davis to the advancing Grand Lodge line. He is a Past President and currently a member of the Masonic Home Board. He is a member of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, and a Past Master of Kadosh of the St. Louis Consistory No.1. He holds the Knight Commander of the Court of Honor (K.C.C.H.) and the coveted 33째, and has received the Honorary Legion of Honor from the Order of DeMolay. His York Rite memberships include Ascalon Commandery 1\'0. 16, Jeremiah Council No. 48, R. & S.M. and Rabboni Chapter 1\'0. 131, R.A.M. He is a member of Moolah Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., St. Louis. He is a member of various social and civic organizations, legal associations, and Webster Groves Christian Church. For veal's he was a Sunday School teacher and met his wife there. He was married in 1955 to Virginia L J\,leroney of Kirkwood (she is a past queen of Job's Daughters). They are the parents of seven children, Kim, Tom,Jeffand Laura (twins), Gus, Mark, and Kathy. Tom is Senior Steward of Purity Lodge andJeffis a member there. The family home is at 2440 Copper Beech, Town & Country, I\lissouri 631 ~~ I.

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Grand Lodge of Missouri 1979-1980 GUS O. NATIONS •...••....•.•.•..••••...•••...••..•..••• M.W. Grand Master 2440 Copper Beech Drive. St. Louis 63131 DR.

EDWARD BLINN

WILLIAM

Deputv Grand Master . Senior Grand Warden

P.O. Box 14, Marshfield 65706

HILL P.O. Box 13322, Kansas City 64199

EARL K. DILLE

Junior Grand Warden 10258 Butterworth Lane, St. Louis 63131

W. MARION LUNA Grand Treasurer c/o Bank of Piedmont, Highway 34 South, Piedmont 63957

FRANK A. ARNOLD •••..••.....................••••••.••••••• Grand Secretary 800 Highway 63 North. Columbia 65201 - Telephone: 314-474-8561 STANTON 1'. BROWN

Grand Lecturer

Route l, Box 225, Buckner 64016 ROBERT J. CREDE

" Senior Grand Deacon Route #2, Jefferson City 65101

VERN H. SCHNEIDER

Junior Grand Deacon 4 Exmoor Drive, St. Louis 63124

CHARLES E. SCHEURICH

Senior Grand Steward

124 Meadow Lane, Columbia 65201

P. VINCENT KINKEAD Junior Grand Steward Route 2, Box 243, Farmington 63640 WILLIAM II. WISBROCK Senior Grand Marshal 733 Landscape Avenue, Webster Groves 63119 JOHN E. BRUEGGEMAN Junior Grand Marshal 3121 Timm Drive, St. Louis 63125 CARL E. ETZ,.J R. Grand Sword Bearer 31 I Avant Dnve, Apt. 0, Hazelwood 63042 HAROLD C. SMITH Grand Pursuivant 6432 Colver Avenue, Affton 6312:~ THE REV. CARL L. RADFORD Grand Chaplain 2334 South Dollison, Springfield 65807 THE REV. CECIL H. HCRT Grand Chaplain P.O. Box 156, Dexter 6:~H41 DR. FRANK B. KELLOGG (;rand Chaplain 5757 Mango Drive, Sl. Louis 63129 THE REV. W. TRIBBEY NICKERSON Grand Chaplain 807 South Second Street Terrace, Odessa 64076 THE REV. RA YMOl\:D F. McCALLISTER Grand Chaplain 227 North Sappington Road, St. Louis 63122 RABBI BRCCE S. DIAMOND Grand Chaplain 7151 Washingwn Avenue, St. Louis 63130 THE REV. EUGENE SANDERS Grand Chaplain 4209 Whippoorwill Drive, SI. Louis 6:~ 123 THE HONORABLE JOHN F. NANGLE " Grand Orator 9 Southcote Road, Brentwood 63144 D. JEFF LA:-.JCE Grand Orator 450 W. Adams Avenue, Kirkwood 63122 FIELDING A. POE III Grand Tiler 3 Springbrook Place, Webster Groves 63119

One Hundred Fifty-Ninth Annual Communication ORGAN SELECTIONS

Emil E. Corte. Organist

The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri convened in the 159th Annual Communication on Monday, September 29, 1980 in the auditorium of the Scottish Rite Cathedral, 3633 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri. M.W. Past Grand Master Thomas J. Davis, Jr. called the Grand Lodge to order at 10:00 a.m. for the presentation of Most Worshipful Grand Master Gus O. Nations and other Grand Lodge Officers. M.W. Brother Davis presented the Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of Missouri 1979-1980: Grand Tiler-R.W. Bro. Fielding A. Poe III, Webster Groves Grand Chaplain-RW. Bro. Bruce S. Diamond, St. Louis Grand Chaplain- R.W. Bro. W. Tribbey Nickerson, Odessa Grand Chaplain- RW. Bro. Frank B. Kellogg, St. Louis Grand Chaplain-R.W. Bro. Cecil H. Hurt, Dexter Grand Chaplain-RW. Bro. Carl L. Radford, Springfield Grand Pursuivant-R.W. Bro. Harold C. Smith, Affton Grand Sword Bearer-R.W. Bro. Carl E. Etz, Jr., Hazelwood Junior Grand Marshal-R.W. Bro. John E. Brueggeman, St. Louis Senior Grand Marshall-R.W. Bro. William H. Wisbrock, Webster Groves Junior Grand Steward-R.W. Bro. P. Vincent Kinkead, Farmington Senior Grand Steward-R.W. Bro. Charles E. Scheurich, Columbia Junior Grand Deacon-R. W. Bro. Vern H. Schneider, St. Louis Senior Grand Deacon-R.W. Bro. Robert J. Crede, Jefferson City Grand Lecturer-R.W. Bro. Stanton T. Brown, Buckner Grand Secretary-R.W. Bro. Frank A. Arnold, Boonville Grand Treasurer-R. W. Bro. W. Marion Luna, Piedmont Junior Grand Warden-R.W. Bro. Earl K. Dille, St. Louis Senior Grand Warden-R.W. Bro. William J. Hill, Kansas City Deputy Grand Master-R.W. Bro. .J. Edward Blinn, Marshfield

M.W. BROTHER DAVIS: And now Brethren, it gives me a great deal of honor to introduce the man that I had the privilege of appointing in this Grand Lodge Line, one that I have been unable to control, however. He has been his own man, which is good, I am sure that you have had a wonderful year with him. The Grand Lodge was called up. M.W. BROTHER DAVIS: Brethren, it is my pleasure to introduce our Grand Master, Most Worshipful Brother Gus O. l\'ations, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri. The Senior Grand Marshal led the Grand Lodge in according the Grand Master the Grand Honors. Not in attendance at the 159th Annual Communication: R.W. Grand Chaplain Raymond F. McCallister

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R.W. Grand Chaplain Eu~ene Sanders R.W. Grand Orator John F. Nan~le R. W. Grand Orator D. Jeff Lance

M.W. GRAI\;D MASTER NATIOI\;S: Good morning, Brethren. I hope that all of you are well. M.W. Grand Master Gus O. I'.;ations with the Grand Lodge Officers opened the 159th Annual Communication in accordance with the Missouri Ritual. Bro. Emil E. Corte at the organ accompanied the singing of the opening ode. R.W. Bro. Frank B. Kellogg, Grand Chaplain, led the Grand Lodge in prayer.

PRAYER

Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Universe, we come for this 159th Communication at the beginning of a new day, living in times that try men's souls. We come with terror in our streets, tyranny among nations, with an economic instability and prejudice among men, and decaying homes about us. And yet we believe that this is less than Thou has planned for Thy creation. As brethren we have met together and professed our faith in Thee and sought for more light, for life. We recall that Thou has taught us that to whom much is given, of him much is expected. Therefore we come in these moments; and we invoke Thy presence to guide and direct us as we commit our ways to Thy way. We seek Thy wisdom for our deliberations and ask that You would give to our Grand Master a true sense of justice as he presides, and that you would give each member a sense of fairness as he participates. And we pray that You would season all of our sessions with Your Grace. As our populus grows older and our responsibilities greater for their wellbeing, as those about us have greater needs, we pray that You would help us to be generous in response to those needs. As our nation this year faces the choice ornew leadership, we pray that You would help us to be wise, and in turn help us to influence others to know the sense that right must prevail. Help us, like our forefathers, to be good citizens, defending that cause ofLibeny andJustice for all. Again now, our prayer from our hearts is that Your presence would be with us, that You would bless and enrich and undergird him who leads us through these sessions and that Your will might be done by this Grand Lodge in session. We pray in the superlative before whom every knee shall bow. Amen.

CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE-INTERIM REPORT

R.W. Bro. Rav Hilton, Chairman of the Committee on Credentials, presented the interim report. To the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri:

BRETHREI\;, Your Committee on Credentials is pleased to report that a constitutional number of subordinate lodges is present. RAY H I1.TOI\;, Chaimzan.

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INTRODUCTION OF PAST GRAND MASTERS OF MISSOURI

RW. Bro. Robert J. Crede, Senior Grand Deacon, introduced the Past Grand Masters of Missouri who were present: Homer L. Ferguson (1951-1952) Harold M. Jayne (1956- I 957) Frank P. Briggs (1957- I 958) Dr. Harold O. Grauel (1959-1960) Bruce H. Hunt (1960-1961) George F. Morrison (1964-1965) A. Basey Vanlandingham (1965- I 966) Elvis A. Mooney (1968-1969) J. Morgan Donelson (1969-1970)

William II Chapman (1970-1971) Thomas J. Davis, Jr. (1971-1972) Walter L. Walker (1973-1974) Herman A. Orlick (1974-1975) Lewis C. Wes Cook (1975-1976) Fielding A. Poe (1976- I 977) Dr. James A. :--.loland, Jr. (1977- I 978) Dr. J. c. Montgomery, Jr. (1978-1979)

As each Past Grand Master was introduced the Grand Lodge greeted him with hearty applause. M.W. GRA!\:D MASTER NATIOf\;S: I stand outof deference and respect. I have been through a year when four of you left us. In the composite the amount of service and experience and devotion for this Fraternity represents, in truth, hundreds of years of your time. I deprecate this shifting to the right - I was in St.Joseph with Brother Hill when we buried Orestes Mitchell, watching Martin Dickinson smiling from behind, with God just behind him. And I worry about the passing of what I think of as, in this Grand Jurisdiction, really the repository of greatness. You grace our Grand Lodge by being here. It is the thing that makes it movingly meaningful for me, and a marvelous moment. Thank you for coming; bless you in your coming, all of you. As you exit, after we have probably heard from the tall gentleman from Piedmont, I will be grateful if you will exit by way of the East, so that the Deputy Grand Master and I can welcome each one of you personally. Tom, I didn't want to put you on the spot; but I wanted especially to hear from you, if you have a word for us. You indicated earlier that you had some difficulty in controlling me. This would be an appropriate time for you to give me some further instructions. M.W. BRO. THOMAS J. DAVIS, JR. responded f()r the Past Grand Masters: Most Worshipful Grand Master, control to the Grand Master means nothing. I have no rebuttal except to say that when you have requested ajob to be done certainly everyone here has been most happy to do it. I am no exception. I value you, Sir, as our Grand Master. I am indeed happy to respond for this group of individuals - the brethren who have served this Grand Lodge. It is truly an honor; I appreciate the thought. I am pleased to say that we are with you; we hope that you will have a wonderful session; we are sure that you will. We will welcome you to our ranks at the close of the session tomorrow. The Grand Master called up the members of the Grand Lodge who accorded the Past Grand Masters the Grand Honors. INTRODUCTION OF GRAND MASTERS OF OTHER GRAND LODGES

R.W. Bro. Vern H. Schneider,Junior Grand Deacon, introduced the Grand Masters of other jurisdictions: M.W. M.W. M.W. M. W.

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Charles T. Jackson of Iowa F. Warren Starns of Kansas Byron C. Jenkins of \;cbraska Ray \V. Pearson of Tennessee

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GRAJ\;l) MASTER NATI()~S: Again, my Brethren, I always stand in the presence of Grand Masters, present or past. You do not know how delighted we are to have you with us. Only someone who has presided over a grand jurisdiction knows that the magic of the Communication is enhanced by the presence of others who have come great distances from Sister Jurisdictions to help make this communication so redoubly grateful. To all of you, to each of you, we welcome you. If you will be kind enough, as you go to your seats, to come by the East, we will welcome you individually. The Grand Lodge accorded the Grand Masters of other Grand Lodges the Grand Honors. M.W. GRAJ\;D MASTER CHARLES T. JACKSO:\, of Iowa responded for the visiting Grand Masters: Most Worshipful Grand Master, I have heard nothing but compliments on your business, up to now. My Brethren, I am sure you realize that this is the eleventh time I have attended the Grand Lodge of Missouri. I have come to the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Missouri ten times as a Grand Secretary. Grand Secretaries are known to be loquacious; as such, ordinarily the Grand Master does not want one of them to speak. I have been installed Grand Master just long enough to have heard that you are not supposed to spend too much time in front of the microphone. So I do question your giving me this opportunity to respond. On behalf of my distinguished brethren, and on behalf of myself and my wife, we certainly do want to thank you for the wonderful courtesies we have always received from the Grand Lodge of Missouri. We will agree this year may be even better, if that is possible. We really do appreciate being asked to come. M.W. GRAl\;D MASTER NATIOl\;S: Charles, let me say that you can find a great deal of support here to the idea that there is a good deal wrong with my judgment. The people of Iowa have exercised, in my belief, an inordinately fine judgment in selecting you as their Grand Master. We are delighted to welcome you personally. If you will pass the East, the Deputy Grand Master and I will be pleased to shake your hands. INTRODUCTION OF GRAND OFFICERS OF OTHER GRAND LODGES

R.W. Bro. Charles E. Scheurich, Senior Grand Steward, introduced the Grand Officers of other grand jurisdictions: R.W. Junior Grand Warden Robert R. Stevens of Indiana R.W. Grand Secretary Tom Eggleston of Iowa R.W. Grand Junior Steward Clifford D. Knauss of Kansas

GRAl\;D MASTER NATIO:\'S: My Brethren, I am particularly grateful when I see officers of grand jurisdictions who are not yet Grand Masters take themselves from their homes and the places where they live and come to another jurisdiction. You make this communication better. And you enable us to get to know you, even before you advance to higher stations in the line. We can expect a regular attendance as the years between now and the time when you may be there comes about. I am delighted to be with you this morning, we were delighted to share your company last evening and to socialize with you. I think R.W. Brother Stevens is prepared to respond. You know, I don't say that as if you need to respond to what I have said to you, but I say it because we want to offer you an opportunity to speak in our Grand Jurisdiction. R.W. BRO. ROBERT R. STEVEJ\;S: My Grand Master is in Cleveland attending

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the Northern Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite, so I bring his expression of regret and mine of happiness of having the opportunity to be here in St. Louis for the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Speaking on behalf of my colleagues, we all sincerely appreciate the invitations. I spent several years of my youth living among Missourians as a young cadet at Kemper Military School in Boonville. Your Grand Secretary and his lovely wife Ruth were very close to me during those years. After 35 years I have had the opportunity to renew the acquaintances with them through these Masonic relationships. Thank you so much. The visiting Grand Lodge Officers were conducted to the East and welcomed by the Grand Master and the Deputy Grand Master. INTRODUCTION OF REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER MISSOURI ORGANIZATIONS

RW. Bro. William H. Wisbrock, Senior Grand Marshal, introduced the leaders of the Appendant Bodies of Missouri: R.W. Bro. Walter C. Ploeser, Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Orient of Missouri RW. Bro. P. Vincent Kinkead, Most Excellent Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, State of Missouri R.W. Bro. George R.Johnson, Most Illustrious Grand Master of the Grand Council of Cryptic Masons, State of Missouri Bro. William H. Sattler, Right Eminent Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar, State of Missouri Bro. Marlin J. Hess, Worth y Grand Patron of the Grand Chapter of Missouri, Order of the Eastern Star R.W. Bro. Ronald M. Compton, Executive Officer of Missouri, International Order of DeMolay, and Executive Secretary of the Bodies of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of St. Louis Bro. Dan C. Peak, Associate Grand Guardian of the Grand Guardian Council of Missouri, International Order of Job's Daughters

GRAND MASTER NATIO]\;S: My Brethren, again familiar faces and men who by your presence here as a consequence of the bodies you represent, lend a great deal of strength and support and some of the magic to this kind of communication. I am grateful beyond expression that all and each of you would have been able today, and perhaps tomorrow, to take time out of your busy lives to join us and make this a better day, and tomorrow a better day. R.W. BRO. P. VINCENT KI]\;KEAD responded for the representatives of the Appendant and Adoptive Bodies: Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren, each of us appreciates this special attention. We all recognize the Grand Lodge as our parent. You probably know that most of us have served our lodges as Deputies and Officers. We pledge our support to the Grand Lodge. GRA]\;D MASTER NATIONS: I have no doubt about that. Brethren, I am so delighted that you are with us. And, Vince, I'd say to you personally that my friendship with you in the past several years has demonstrated that Jack Montgomery's selection was a great blessing to this Grand Jurisdiction. If you will come forward, we will greet you with a handshake. RECOGNITION AND INTRODUCTION OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS

RW. BRO. JOHN E. BRUEGGEMAl':, Junior Grand Marshal, presented to the Grand Master and the Grand Lodge those brethren who have represented the

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Grand Master in the many lodges throughout the State during the past year as District Deputy Grand Masters: Having had the honor and pleasure of serving in that capacity just a couple of short years ago, I know the honor and pleasure the present Deputies enjoyed. It is indeed a pleasure at this time to ask the District Deputy Grand Masters to stand in their places and be recognized. Will the District Deputies please stand? (Applause.) INTRODUCTION AND RECOGNITION OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND LECTURERS

RW. BRO. STAJ\;TOJ\; T. BROWJ\;, Grand Lecturer: Most Worshipful Grand Master, it is my pleasure to have the opportunity this morning to present to you and this Grand Lodge these brethren who have cemented the ritual in their own districts for many years in a lot of cases - the brethren we look to as the ritualists; those who continue to carry that responsibility of keeping us proficient in each of our separate districts. It is my pleasure to present each of the District Deputy Grand Lecturers. Brethren, will you stand in your places? (Applause.) GRAND MASTER NATIOJ\;S: Thank you, Stanton andJohn. Let me speakjust briefly to that. This morning we had an Appreciation Breakfast, which undertakes pitifully, really, to express the appreciation of this Grand Jurisdiction to these people who really do the business of Masonry, both in the great urban centers and out in the country. Only someone who has been Grand Master knows really what they do. The Grand Lodge Line stands in the light, stands on the stage; we get the microphone; we wear the collars; we wear the aprons. But out where it counts, out where the business of Masonry is really done, there isn't any legitimate question about where the strength is. It isn't nearly as important that I am your Grand Master as it is that you are our deputies, both as District Deputy Grand Masters and District Deputy Grand Lecturers. And there isn't any way, there isn't any eloquence, there isn't any silver tongue that would express to you appropriately on this occasion in this Grand Jurisdiction the appreciation we feel for what you have done for us. Thank you so much. INTRODUCTION OF PAST GRAND SECRETARY

RW. BRO. P. VIJ\;CENT KIJ\;KEAD, Junior Grand Steward, conducted R.W. Past Grand Secretary Elmer W. Wagner to the altar and introduced him to the Grand Lodge: Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren, it gives me pleasure to present R.W. Bro. Elmer W. Wagner, who served this Grand Lodge as Grand Secretary during the years 1960 to 1970. I am told that he is enjoying his retirement in 1980. GRA~D MASTERS NATIO~S: Elmer, it has never seemed to me down through the years that you were old enough to be a Secretary Emeritus. It hasjust never seemed that way. As the years go by, and as I watch you, you always seem to stay as young at heart as you do in your physical person. You continue to be a blessing to this Grand Jurisdiction. You have a host of friends. In the places I go, in the places I travel, there are men always who remember you. And that is a thing you should remember. That is something that you should take from these communications, to which you come. You bless us again in coming, with your presence. I f you will be kind enough as you go to your seat, to come to the East, the Deputy, Dr. Blinn, and I will be pleased to greet you.

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INTRODUCTION OF PAST GRAND LECTURER

R.W. GRAND LECTURER STANTOl\; T. BROWN presented and imroduced R.W. Past Grand Lecturer Freelon K. Hadley: Most Worshipful Grand Master, it is my pleasure this morning to have the opportunity to present to you and to the Grand Lodge the man who served this Grand Lodge in many ways, starting as far back as the 1940s, but who served as Grand Lecturer of this Grand Jurisdiction from 1951 through 1972. It is my pleasure and honor to present our Grand Lecturer Emeritus to you - R.W. Bro. Freelon K. Hadley. GRAl\;D MASTER NATIOl\;S: Freelon, you continue to be a blessing to this Grand Jurisdiction. I do not say that to you because it is the kind of thing a Grand Master is expected to say. I remember someone up in Northwest Missouri in the early part of the year, finding you there as a gracious host, telling people that I was going to be a good Grand Master. You continue to be the kind of person that I love to see at Masonic functions. The legacy that you left in the ritual, like the legacy that Elmer Wagner left, is a thing that can never be forgotten. Your friends are everywhere,just as Stanton Brown's are. Everywhere I go, they do not know who the devil Gus Nations is, but they know Freelon Hadley. And that is the precious part about you. Would you exit this way, so that the two of us may welcome you officially? INTRODUCTION OF BOARD AND STAFF OF MASONIC HOME

R.W. DEPUTY MASTER]. EDWARD BLINN, Presidentofthe Board of Directors of the Masonic Home of Missouri: Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren, I guess there are many things that generate enthusiasm among those who have the opportunity to serve the cause of our Masonic Home - the one great Masonic Charity in Missouri, with which every Master Mason of the State of Missouri is involved. Not the least of those reasons is the association that you have with the dedicated men who serve on the Board of Directors of that institution. It is my pleasure at this time to introduce them. M.W. Bro. Gus O. Nations, Honorary Chairman of the Board R.W. Bro. Harry C. Ploetze, St. Louis, Vice President R.W. Bro. Robert H. Arnold, Kansas City, Treasurer R.W. Bro. WIll. J. Hill, Kansas City, Senior Grand Warden RW. Bro. Earl K. Dille, St. Louis, Junior Grand "Varden R.W. Bro. Robert J. Crede, Jefferson City, Senior Grand Deacon Wor. Bro Robert G. Bird, Springfield Wor. Bro. James E. Dearing, St. Louis R.W. Bro. W. Marion Luna, Piedmont R.W. Bro. K. Roger Pennel, Fairfax R.W. Bro. Charles E. Scheurich, Columbia Wor. Bro. John E. Wetzel, Louisiana Bro. H. David Thomas, Administrator R.W. Bro. Carl I. Stein, Secretary to the Board of Directors Dr. Harold E. Walters, Chief of ~edical Staff Dr. C. Rush ~cAdam, Staff Physician

These are the man who are charged with the administration of your Masonic Charity; the Masonic Home of Missouri. They do an able job which would inspire anyone who sees the work that they do. I wish that you would give them a tremendous hand of applause. One thing- I did fail to mention. This is our Co-ordinator of Fraternal

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Relations, who I do not believe is here today, RW. Bto. Howard E. Ward, who has done for several years now a very able job of administering this post. He has been available at almost any time to go anywhere to present the story of the Masonic Home to lodges, to individuals. He has been instrumental in receiving numerous gifts for the Home, which will as time goes on materialize benefits in a great way. Thank you very much. GRA1':D MASTER NATIONS: It would be inappropriate if someone failed to say that the Board has been superbly led this year by Dr. Edward Blinn. It may be believed by the uninitiated that boards of directors are really not very busy people. But I can tell you, with a half dozen years of experience, that they are among the most industrious group that we have in the Fraternity. There isn't a man in that line that has not spent special hours and special efforts in the finest thing we do - The Masonic Home - in the greatest charity the Fraternity has, The Masonic Home. Everyone of them, with Dr. Blinn, deserves your applause. And Howard Ward deserves your prayers. Now let's express our appreciation to this Board. (Applause). GRAND MASTER NATIONS: Those of you who are privy to a program would have observed that I was actually scheduled to deliver the Address of the Grand Master before the introduction of the Home Board. And when they began to ask me to give way to other endeavors, I wondered whether I was going to get a chance to talk. It is the tradition in this Grand Jurisdiction that at this juncture, early in the session, while people are awake and alert and attentive, the Grand Master who has dutifully dictated and carefully pressed a Masonic address will open it here under this light and through his bifocals will read his address to the assembled Craft. With your permission, I won't do that this morning because I am one who has always felt just a little uncomfortable in reading. The document has been printed; it is available; you may have it; you may read it, ifit pleases you to read it; and you may not read it, if it doesn't please you. It has always seemed to me that it is somewhat inane to try to read to people something that a man doesn't know. And I should rather visit with you this morning in an informal way - not about all of the detail and the problems that that printed message deals with, but to place a rather special focus and emphasis on things that have been a particular concern of mine through the year. But before I begin, I want to say again what we have said now haphazardly and somewhat disjointedly to the Craft, I want to welcome the brethren who represent really the participating part of our Fraternity. I have several of times said that you can measure the strength of a society or the strength of an institution by that fragment of it that participates. While there are here in this Communication representatives of lodges that are strong; if you are going to walk up and down the streets and highways and byways of Missouri, you are going to find behind the Masonic doors you people - the splendid splinters of Masonry that keep the Craft alive and keep the whole thing going. What is unsayably important today is not that your Grand Master is here, but that you are here, lending your insight, your strength, your integrity, your criticism, if it be criticism, to this endeavor. Will you forgive me? I never was good at speaking with my hat on. I want to speak also, if I may, to the precious group of people that we have already acknowledged at the altar as our Past Grand Masters. I see them really as the center of every session. There are, represented there in those chairs,

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virtually hundreds of years, not of vegetation, but of service to this Grand Jurisdiction. We attend this session today only because those lives were spent in years past in bringing enlightened leadership to this Grand Jurisdiction. To the visiting brethren, and only someone who has stood where I am standing knows what it means to have people of your stripe on the floor at our Grand Communication, let me say again to you, whether you are a Grand Master, whether you are a Grand Master-to-be, whether you are a Secretary, whoever you are and from whatever jurisdiction or place you come, you make the day grander, you make the session more meaningful because you have honored us with your presence. And to the Deputies, again to the Deputies who in their special way, are the men who keep the ritual alive and keep it strong. And while there may be indistinguishable differences between the doctrine of the ritual according to Hadley and the doctrine of the ritual according to Brown, yet you people down through the years are the ones that have made the ritual live and have kept this place alive. How many times this year have the Deputy Grand Masters cleverly intercepted something that would have eventually ended up on my desk? There isn't any way of knowing how much good you have done by the lodges you have visited, by the things you have said. All of that, perhaps, will go unnoticed. But it isn't unappreciated, either by this Grand Master or those who will succeed me. All of you together, all of you together, make this one Grand Session - one of the great congregations of Craft Masonry in the world, when the Missouri Grand Lodge meets. I could not in good conscience fail to mention specifically today the problem that is developing with reference to the realization of a Western Home. There is little doubt about the fact that this Grand Jurisdiction is experiencing difficulty in raising the kind of money that we will need in order to bring that dream to reality. Let no man take a false impression from my remarks. Whatever is certain, or uncertain, in this uncertain world, one thing is sure, we've got to have a Western Masonic Home in the Kansas City area. (Applause.) But for the brethren whose dream compels us to construct a facility which may well cost as much as ten million dollars and another ten million perhaps to underwrite, as an endowment fund, its operational expense, while you may be disappointed at the possible prospect of not seeing that as a reality, I ask you to keep the faith about it. It seems to me that the matter of supreme importance is that we get the facility going. And it may be, and our Deputy Grand Master will speak to that in more detail later, it may be that we will somewhat have to revise our dream so that we can bring that matter to reality at the earliest moment. My notion is that there may be presented to you an alternative which you may find immediately unacceptable. I ask you simply to prayerfully and carefully consider whatever alternatives are available because the matter of supreme importance is that a facility does commence. And we dare not commence what we cannot conclude. Indeed, the prospect of undermining the financial stability of the Masonic Home here, and I can say to you as one who has been a member of that Board for a number of years we have been regularly making inroads on specific bequests which should have been investment capital, added to our funds out of which we operate the Home, and have been encroaching on them for operational needs. To get ourselves involved, my Brethren, and I know it is the worst kind of heresy to speak this way, to get ourselves involved in a great, shiny, brand new, huge building, whose operation might impair the trust we

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have here to minister to these people who are now our guests, would be a Masonic misadventure. The matter of necrology is a matter that is best left to M.W. Bro. George Morrison. The sobering fact this year is that we have lost four Grand Masters. And it has been a disquieting succession of losses. Because those of you who have been to this Grand Lodge as many times as I have know that with reference to Richard Rumer, Forrest Donnell, Orestes Mitchell, or Martin Dickinson, as long as they could walk they contributed to this lodge. As long as they could think, they helped us. And when we reach the place where in a single year God takes four of them, we have to pause prayerfully and carefully and think about that group which is really the conscience of the Grand Lodge and the center of every session. I don't want ever again to go, Bill Hill, to that frozen cemetery in St. Joe when we buried Orestes. And there was Martin, standing with Godjust behind him, who never missed a duty call in his life, but smiling benignantly at me. And then only a few months later we were down in Kansas City to bury him. It is a moving experience to bury people like that. The figure of Martin Dickinson has been so closely identified with this Grand Lodge. The figure of Forrest Donnell, the personage of Dick Rumer, and that man Orestes Mitchel who is my fraternal great-grandfather are memories of these sessions that I will treasure throughout my life. I will leave the matter of recounting their Masonic careers to that fearless one, George Morrison. Let me say to you, my Brethren, that this has not been a good year for me. It really hasn't been a good year for you. In a year when perhaps as never before you needed strong, enlightened leadership, when you needed not only a Grand Master who would be effective in coalescing and synthesizing the waning strengths of a great fraternity for this year, but sequentially for a great many years, you didn't get what you deserved. I had no excuse for it; I insist there is none; I simply beg you to believe that I didn't plan the year this way. You would think, wouldn't you, when a man is called to this line ten or 12 years before he is to preside here that he would be clever enough to arrange his life so that he could lay everything else aside and attend to the great business of trying to bring together the strengths and to move it forward in a purposeful direction. Well, it didn't happen this year. But I am persuaded that when you have had Blinn, and when you have had Hill, and when you have had Dille, and when you have had Schneider, and when you have had Scheurich and Kinkead and Wisbrock, and when you have had McGuire, and when you have had anybody else whom I may have missed - Bob Crede, how could I miss him you won't even remember that this year missed a step. I want to talk to you about something else. I want to visit with you in a kind of an impersonal way about a matter that provokes concern upon the traditions, because I am one who believes that while a man rather simply, if he wants simply to be popular, can find the words and preach the pretty sermons and say the savvy things that endear him to a Grand Lodge. I have never really understood, M.W. Brother Vanlandingham, the politician who continually confronts the public in a critical way and seems not to understand why. I think a clever man can rather carefully weave between the differences of opinion and come out rather well. Well, it would be fairly simple for me to say things that have been so frequently said here. I have rather dutifully reviewed the messages and the addresses of the Past Grand Masters who have presided in this jurisdiction during the time I have been in the line. They have noted areas of

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concern. Most of them have been optimistic. And there is a tradition in Masonry about being optimistic. Only Jack Montgomery, as I remember, in the last few years has been one who has said a man could predict almost with mathematical certainty the year that the Masonic Fraternity in Missouri, and perhaps the nation, would pass out ofexistence ifhe wanted to. I am persuaded that the Fraternity, that the State of Craft Masonry in Missouri, is not strong. I am persuaded that this aggregation of strong people, to the contrary, Masonry in Missouri and elsewhere in this country may be fatally ill. And if we continue the Fabian foolishness of embracing a lot of old traditions, we may witness within our lifetime the passing of an institution which this nation cannot afford to lose. I am one who believes that while there are great evidences of resurgence of strength -why we can take numbers and we can take admissions and we can take revitalization of lodges and do with them as we can - the simple fact of the business is that we may be terminally ill. I am not persuaded, Brethren, that that is the thing you want to hear a Grand Master say. Perhaps some of you are disquieted because I would say it in the presence of dignitaries of otherjurisdictions. Well I have spoken in otherjurisdictions; and I have said the same thing. And my judgment is that as one of the custodians of Masonry during this century, I have an obligation to speak out boldly. And it matters not if as a consequence of what I have said or done the Craft, or any substantial part of it, is disenchanted with me. The matter of supreme im portance is whether or not the collection of my utterances will cause brethren to think about the necessity of a change in direction, because I am one who believes it, and believes it religiously. My Brethren, man has a limited biological capacity for change. Steinbeck said that as we grow older it is our disposition to protest change. In a period in a nation's history when we watched American idealism wither, while we watched all of the old beliefs fade away, Masons as a class of people are unwilling to let anyone touch the fabric of Masonry. I tell you that most of us have reached the age where we don't want anybody fooling with it, because we have watched things become less valuable as a consequence of a generation or two which didn't seem to care. Well, I am persuaded that the time has come when we need to re-examine our outlook on things formerly precious. I have several of times said across the state, perhaps more than several times, that the words you hear over a Grand Lodge altar, when the Master of a constituent lodge is installed, "It is not in the power of any man or body of men to make innovations in the body of Masonry." There it is, clear and unequivocal. It freezes us as we are. It dares us not to change a syllable ofthe old charges, the old regulations, the old traditions, the old principles by which we live. You don't have to be much of a historian, a Masonic historian, to know that some of the most blessed Masonic rights, as they have aged and as they have determined that the Fraternity as it was was perfect, have edited out of our old traditions and our old charges some of the things that used to be there. You know how it used to go? "It is not in the power of any man or body of men to make innovations in the body of Masonry except after consent obtained in the annual Grand Lodge." But the tradition against change, the protest against meddling with the fabric that has been precious, has made even the chroniclers and the biographers and the historians of Masonry take from us the Vehicle of Change. "You will not be concerned in plots or conspiracies against the government." What in God's name does that mean? Ifit means anything at all, what were your

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ancestors doing on the green at Lexington? They don't call it Free Masonry just because they couldn't find another descriptive adjective to put in front of Masonry. They call it Free Masonry because it has to be as flexible as the changes of society require it to be. I am not talking about the Ritual. I am talking about the business of altering old traditions that the world has turned from, not in a way that desecrates the Masonic fabric, but in a way that freezes us into immobility so that we cannot progress and grow and thrive. I am persuaded that this Fraternity, both in this State and in the other States of America, has to change materially its attitudes towards those old traditions, those old principles, those old charges, those old regulations. I am one who believes that only an institution that dares to change, dares to change, refuses to stand like a stagnant pool, withering as the world changes, deserves to see the sun rise. I am one of those old-fashioned people that believes that this Fraternity is precious enough, not only for the moralizing of men, not only for the preservation of its ritual, but one of those social institutions of America that has to be preserved. And I am one of those guys who is willing to identify with precision those things which seem to be standing in our way. Someone said we have a by-law against solicitation. I think it is an ugly word. I think it is a particularly ugly word. The English Grand Lodge has become a Grand Lodge traditionally of invitation. And I am an old fool that believes that there is nothing very bad wrong with that. Stanton Brown and I, Vern Schneider and I, and others, have been spending a good part of our life inviting people to become members of our church. I have never really considered myself a disciple heretic because I do that. I have been scandalously campaigning for 25 years for people to join the war against infantile paralysis, and now birth defects. And I have never been ashamed of it. I belong to a group of institutions who believe that the best and the brightest of society wait to be asked. Indeed, we have entered into the age when most of the mischief that has been created in America in the past several decades has been by those who insist upon being where they are not invited. How many times have you heard people say, "I didn't know that you had to ask?" How many times have you found a fine man in his forties who has busied himself with something else saying, "You mean you got to ask to get in"? I am persuaded that the volunteer system doesn't necessarily produce the best and the brightest of society. Do you think that Elvis Mooney is going back to Piedmont, if we change that part of our ritual, and drag in a bunch of ruffians into his lodge? Do you think that somebody like Tom Davis is going to desecrate the Masonic fabric by making some kind of petition mill out of Masonry? Say, if you believe that the volunteer system is the right system, and you also believe that change in that part of our organic law would do mischief, then I'll tell you that you have reasoned yourself right out of an ensign. It proves that your system don't work. I don't think there is manjack in this auditorium who would do that. Nobody is asking to sacrifice quality for quantity. I am simply saying that the best part of America is not beating down doors. And yet all of you, all of you, have been taught to live and breathe the inescapable truth that Masonry depends upon people who will ask to be admitted. Well, there was a day when it worked. Some nut would sink the Lusitania; some nut would sink the Maine. And you couldn't handle the degree work. And you couldn't find a place to sit. There was a day when you had to be a Mason to be President of the United States. You couldn't get to Congress unless you wore

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the square. But those days are gone. Those days are gone; and you only need to read the accounts of the numerical slippage in sisterjurisdictions, as well as our own, to know that while there are occasional evidences of progress, for the most part the trend is down. And so every now and then a heretic like me comes along and tells it the way he believes it. And that is what I am doing here. It is, my Brethren, it is the ageless challenge to change. If we don't do it, then my judgment is that one of these days we will almost imperceptibly pass into oblivion. My judgment is that if we, if we haven't the strength to recognize a necessity of converting this into a grand, great Fraternity of invitation, one of these days like the agnostic Ingersoll said over the sarcophagus of Napoleon, this institution of ours is going down to the tongue of silence and the dreamless dust, and the rest of the world will march over us like a weathered tombstone. Hey, but if we have the courage to recognize what we must do, then as Mr. Churchill said so long ago, people will look at this communication of the Grand Lodge, marvel at its accomplishment, marvel at the moment, and say as he said then; if the Fraternity lives for another thousand years, this, this will have been their finest hour. Thank you, my Brethren. (Standing Applause.) R.W. DEPUTY GRAND MASTER J. EDWARD BUl'N: The Grand Master's Address, with the printed one, will be referred to the Committee on Grand Master's Address, for its report later in the session. GRAND MASTER NATIONS: Boy, that's almost the end of me.

Address of the Grand Master To the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State or Missouri: It is my privilege and, at once, my pleasure to welcome each of you to the

159th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Missouri ... not in the traditional, impersonal, offhand way, but as if I were greeting each of you personally and individually and expressing to you my gratitude for your presence here. I have several times said that men may measure the strength ofa society by the segment of it that participates ... by that fragment of civilization that struggles while others will not ... that lifts while others lean; that stands while others sit and which speaks while the rest of whe world, well-intentioned but timidly, sits idly by. I have said that the strength of this institution is the composite synthesis of the "thin red line" of heroes who are inevitably in their places ... at their posts on duty day ... and it is never more eloquently demonstrated than at these Communications - the "splendid splinters" of Masonry give it meaning and are its heroes, and, no matter how you feel about your Grand Master, what he has said or done or left unsaid or undone, the matter of supreme importance is not that I am here, but that you are here lending your presence, your ideals, and your strength to this endeavor. To the brethren from sisterjurisdictions whose presence honors us, we salute you. It is not idle talk these convocations have both more meaning and more magic because you are with us. The augmentation of this Communication with the presence of leaders and representatives of other jurisdictions as well as Missouri's own appendant bodies is perhaps best appreciated by one who stands where I am standing. To that incomparable group of Past Grand Masters whose past and present stewardship of this jurisdiction constitutes a constancy that beggars parallel, a special welcome and word of appreciation. I offer you the gratitude of one who now better understands a legacy of selfless service which has contributed to keep the Craft here alive and well. A Grand Master never really finishes all he must do. Each year I see continuing evidence that all one need do is look your way and as one you are walking toward something that needs your touch. I am persuaded that Missouri's Grand Masters, representing hundreds of years of Masonic service, are a gigantic reservoir of talent and energy of which we need to avail ourselves .... I see you as the senate of each Session and look with dismay upon losses in your ranks. To the deputies, committee chairmen, and members, to that collection of precious people which we refer to as the advancing line, and to those who occupy positions of honor for the year in which I have been privileged to preside, I offer you the warmest welcome and the most genuine greeting. WESTERN MASONIC HOME Prelusively, there are a number of subjects to which I would draw your attention in the traditional way and without presuming to prioritize them. I would initially advert to the continuing effort to bring to reality a Masonic Home in Western Missouri ... the need for which sharpens daily. Notwithstanding a matchless kind of devotion and attention by brethren too numerous 18

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mention, it became apparent to me something over a year ago as my term as President of the Home ended, that the prospect of raising millions of dollars to construct and operate such a facility was an undertaking that ought not be begun precipitously or without careful planning and thought. The experience of others in similar undertakings by larger constituencies for facilities costing far less, made it imperative that we move with care. Indeed the fiscal stability of the St. Louis facility and the ongoing necessity of reaching into bequests and gifts for operating expenses here instead of augmenting our investment capital so that we might keep somewhat apace with the erosion of inflation, made it essential that we realistically and judiciously approach the construction of the western facility. Subsequent experience has made it painfully plain that the prospect of raising twenty million is awesome and professional guidance has been sought now to assay realistically our potential. My judgment is that we will presently be informed that to raise enough to build, and, equally important, enough to fund the operational needs of this second facility, may well be beyond our ability ... that we will be obliged to revise our dream somewhat and stage its construction, or alternatively, to perhaps find in existence in the Kansas City area a facility already in existence - not shining and new, but one that we can reasonably acquire and then, as we can, refurbish, revamp, renovate, and enlarge it. To those whose dispositions are such that they will not accept an alternative to the one all of us dreamed of, I simply ask you not to despair ... but to rather be circumspect about the realities of the matter. I hear men say that once realized the facility would generate an outpouring ofbenevolence that would easily pay for and operate it, and to you I say you may well be right; but we can ill afford to utilize capital, the income from which we depend upon to run the eastern facility, to build one in the west ... our trust to those for whom we are presently committed to provide care forbids it. And brethren, there are acceptable alternatives, in my judgment, which will give us a realistic opportunity to commence a facility in the west within our means - one that will quicken the benevolent consciences of unnumbered Masons and non-Masons alike - one that eventually will virtually fulfill our dream without outreaching our ability to finance it. Your Deputy Grand Master will report more particularly upon this endeavor, but I am constrained to speak to you about it, for we have no more important work anywhere ... and we dare not improvidently commence what we cannot conclude. to

THE GRAND LODGE HEADQUARTERS We have a lovely new facility which breaks my heart each time I visit it. Those of you who have been there cannot but share my concern. It not only needs to be properly outfitted and properly completed, but, as well, carefully attended. While I hesitate to be critical of any part of it, the matter of direct access to it is a pressing necessity. Although the site was purchased with assurances of access from the outer road instead of having to tortuously twist past restaurants and filling stations to reach it, we have not been able to secure access directly. But we are there, and steps must be taken to correct the free access to it. If it means that we must find an acceptable approach from the south to it so that we need not be ashamed of the entrance, then it must be done; but in my judgement, we must not ignore it longer. A special committee of the lodge, living hard by without the necessity of long trips, to monitor the building is an immediate necessity.

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BLANKET INSURANCE LIABILITY PROGRAM Several times within the last year I have experienced apprehension about our ongoing failure to protect the Grand Lodge and its resources from a variety of risks, which one day will jeopardize the things we have. Whether a theory of liability vicarious or direct can be fashioned, one may dispute, but there is a clear and present danger that we will be obliged to defend ourselves against any one of a number of risks which alone, even if unsuccessful, can be enormously expensive. A series of abortive attempts to hear and consider a proposal have been short-circuited. Committees have reported unfavorably. Several years ago a consultant came to a Grand Lodge Session for the purpose of explaining a proposal and was ignored; and we continue to avoid coming to grips with the very real threat of litigation which in my opinion would be hellishly expensive even with the best result. We ought now make this a priority matter and recognize that the Grand Lodge can no more afford to be without coverage than you can afford to drive your car without it. FREEMASON MAGAZINE I would be remiss if I failed to make special mention of the quality of the editor and, concomitantly, his product. This magazine represents a vital link between members of this Masonic family. Ray Hilton as editor represents more quality than we can possibly know. It is not only a class piece ofjournalism, but the collation and dissemination of informative material gives us an invaluable tool for Masonic education, as well as an organ which places us within the home of every member. TRIALS AND MASONIC DISCIPLINE Fortunately, I have been obliged to appoint only one Trial Commission to this date, and while there have been incidences of questionable conduct, some withdrawals, and a few trials, this year has not witnessed any alarming degree of Masonic misbehavior which would provoke concern. I am not presuaded that the time-honored method of trial, whether by commission or lodgejury, is the appropriate method of discipline. Sometimes abused and sometimes used unfairly, I find it so frequently to have been a divisive instrument as to question its continued use. That the "trial system" is as American as Valley Forge no one will deny, but within this institution of ours it has become, as I believe, one of those procedures which requires reevaluation. To some it is so much a part of the Fraternity that any change would appear to be a partial dismantlement of the system, but as one who has functioned as prosecutor, defense counsel, trial commission chairman, and Grand Master, I would quickly find a substitute for it. DISPENSATIONS, CONSENTS AND PERMISSIONS These matters historically are within the purview of the Secretary's report and I defer to the Secretary to identify and list them sequentially. While few may believe it, they are productive of an inordinate amount of correspondence and impact heavily the Grand Master and Secretary's offices. Frequently insufficient information is submitted when requests are forwarded and, as a consequence, an extenuation of attention and writing is the result. I would not conclude this comment without a special, gracious, and sincere expression of

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appreciation to the Secretary. Only a Past Grand Master knows the welter of detail and time-consuming exchanges he lifts from the shoulders of each of us. DECISIONS AND RULINGS The law is my profession and I have never been bashful about what I can do, but in R.W. Bro. Warren Maichel I have one who probably has as incisive a legal mind and as much ability as any lawyer I know. He has been indefatigable and unbelievably attentive, patient, and helpful to me. If I have erred ... and I have no doubt I have erred often, it is not because I didn't have the best Chairman of Jurisprudence ... it was in spite of it. Throughout the year there are a plethora of inquiries and requests too numerous to mention. Notwithstanding, the District Deputy Grand Masters do a marvelousjob intercepting problems, unraveling them, sometimes cleverly finding alternatives that are clearly permissible, there yet are scores of matters which quite properly must be determined by this office. Some of the more important ones have included: Shelbina Lodge No. 228 informed me that with the merger of their lodge and St. Andrews Lodge No. 96 they (Shelbina) had inherited a Masonic Cemetery in Shelbyville, which had belonged to St. Andrews. Their inquiry was as to who the proper officers were to execute a deed to the property in a conveyance to the City. I ruled that, as a consequence ofthe merger, the Trustees of Shelbina Lodge acquired title to the cemetery and were obligated to convey title "as the Lodge directs." In view of Section 25.090 and the proscriptions against conveying property without consideration, I received assurance that the cemetery was a liability and the conveyance by the Trustees would be in consideration of the City'S undertaking to relieve the lodge of its obligation to operate and maintain the same. It appeared also that Shelbina's ownership had been grandfathered under 9.150 since St. Andrews survives as a part of Shelbina. Clay Lodge No. 207 of Excelsior Springs received a Petition for Affiliation accompanied by a Certificate of Good Standing. The petition was received and a Committee of Investigation was appointed. Before ballot could be had the petitioner died. I was asked to rule on the necessity of voting upon it. Adverting to Section 13.060 I ruled that although petitions may not be withdrawn unless the lodge finds the brother presently ineligible so that the degrees could not be conferred lawfully or he become a member even if elected, since the petitioner was dead the degrees could not be conferred nor could he become a member and the necessity of voting upon it, otherwise mandatory, was obviated. A member of Wellington Lodge No. 22 was arrested and convicted of selling liquor on Sunday, and to avoid disciplinary proceedings he took a dimit from the lodge some two years prior to September of 1979. In September of 1979 he repetitioned Wellington Lodge for affiliation but did not receive a "clear ballot." The question asked of the Grand Master was whether the brother was obliged to wait two (2) years after failure to obtain a clear ballot in September of 1979. I ruled that Section 16.090 indicated that Petition for Affiliation can be resubmitted at any time after rejection. Therefore, his sequential petition of October 6, 1979, should properly be considered as a new Petition for Affiliation properly filed and entitled to a timely consideration of the lodge. I had an inquiry as to whether a "Las Vegas Night" could properly be held in the basement of a Masonic temple. Section 9. 140 of the By-Laws forbids cards, bingo, or similar games in the lodge hall, tiler's room or preparation room, but card parties are not proscribed in other areas of the building. I ruled that in

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those areas of the building other than those in which specific activities are forbidden, any morally acceptable activity which is not illegal as a matter of civil law is permitted. I assented to the request of the Society of the Preservation of the Masonic Temple for permission to use the Grand Lodge mailing list. I referred to the Building Supervisory Board a bevy of questions proffered on behalf of the Masonic Temple Association of Hannibal, Missouri, concerned, lest that Board's policies might well be involved. I indicated that their inquiries should be forwarded to Brother Megert but that I would remain available for subsequent inquiries. An inquiry from Wor. Brother Brogdon as to the propriety of soliciting funds from members and nonmembers to remodel their "Lodge Room" was approved (Humansville Lodge No. 144, at Humansville, Missouri). An inquiry was received from a member of Pilgrim Lodge No. 653 as to whether the lodge could authorize the expenditure of monies for a Past Master's jewel when the term of that Master had already been completed. I indicated that was within the prerogative of the lodge. An inquiry from R. W. Bro. Edward E. Shikles, District Deputy Grand Master of the 31 st District, requested an opinion of the petition of one Gerald Taber to Jefferson Lodge No. 43. Mr. Taber was equipped with a "dimit" from Twin Peaks Lodge No. 80 of California which said lodge is and was a constitutent of the "Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of California." Because the lodge of which Mr. Taber is a member is not recognized by our Grand Lodge of California, I held the "dimit" to be a nullity. An inquiry from District Deputy Grand Master Cecil W. Breid, of the 21 st District, as to whether Section 19.020 requires payment of dues by a brother suspended for nonpayment onJuly 1, 1979, by December 31, 1979, or by June of the following year, was answered, indicating that 19.020 dearly indicated the brother had until .I une I, 1980. Pomegranate Temple Association inquired as to the propriety of their advertising in the Moolah Temple's "Camel Tales" that space is available for other organizations in Pomegranate Temple. I ruled that Section 25.110 prohibits the use of the word "Masonic" in commercial business or political advertising, but that it was appropriate for them to make known the availability of the Temple so other organizations and that such would not constitute commercial or business advertising within the meaning of Section 25.110. An inquiry from the Master of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 40 as to the propriety of advertising an "open house" required again a review of Section 25.110 which prohibits the use of the word "Masonic" for commercial, business, or political advertising. Since the proffered notice indicated the purpose of the affair to enable those attending to "learn what Masonry is all about," I approved the request. I reminded the Master to be circumspect in not making known to non-Masons matters which are confidential to us. Liberty Masonic Temple, through District Deputy Grand Master Roger Pritchett, expressed concern over "control" of their Temple Board by the Blue Lodge as other bodies were admitted to it. Since it appeared that the lodge, with the President, had six of the 11 votes, it seemed that their concern was premature. Section 9.070 does not specify that a lodge must in every instance control a building association, but rather merely provided that the lodge have "fair

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representation." I suggested that the question of the adequacy of "fair representation" may well be within the purview of the Building Supervisory Board. Bro. Robert Lynn, Secretary of Raytown Lodge No. 391, asked for permission oflodge brothers to participate in the annual "Raytown Round-up Parade" on a "float" or flatbed truck. With the assurance that it was to be a dignified and noncommercial affair, and that the lodge's appearance in aprons, jewels, and with rods was not inappropriate, I ruled that the participation was permissible and granted a dispensation for it. I refused to permit them to position themselves as they would in a lodge meeting, thinking that it would not materially add to the impression of the uninitiated and might be misunderstood by the Brotherhood. La Plata Lodge No. 237 requested approval of a "Scholarship Fund" to be administered by a lodge committee, serving without pay, for the purpose of providing undergraduate education to a student in La Plata High School in La Plata, Missouri. Since it was not altogether clear from the request whether lodge funds would be used, I ruled that Section 9.050, as amended in 1978, approves the use of lodge funds after a three-fourths favorable vote of the membership attending a stated communication and after notice of the specific proposition to be voted upon has been given to the members by mail in accordance with Section 7.140. I further ruled that under Section 25.090, since the lodge was not soliciting "its own members for its own purposes" within the meaning of that Section, that my permission was required for that endeavor, and also my approval of soliciting from others for that purpose. I gave my approval for both. SPECIAL EVENTS OF THE YEAR I am aware that the craft is conversant with most of those events in which a Grand Master participates. Notwithstanding, it is important to mention the Grand Master's Breakfast in St. Louis, which has become one of the grandest Masonic events in the nation, each April. Chaired almost from its inception by Bro. Harry C. Ploetze, and ably assisted by a coterie of others it represents one of those especially significant occasions on the calendar ofa Grand Master. The breakfast given by Perseverance Lodge No. 92 at Louisiana is another. This year Wentzville Lodge No. 46 in Wentzville sponsored one and I sense an epidemic of Masonic breakfasts is brewing, and I applaud and salute the trend. Masonic Districts are continuing the habit of holding dinners and the social intercourse and brotherhood they foster is laudable. My extremely gracious reception by the Grand Chapter, O.E.S., in Kansas City was an event I will long remember, as were reunions of appendant bodies where classes honored the Grand Master. The Scottish Rite Conference at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, gave me an opportunity to represent you at a distant place. The opportunity to visit sister jurisdictions with my wife were both enjoyable and worthwhile. One quickly finds in traveling that we have no unique problems ... everywhere a Mason goes he experiences and is exposed to the same concerns and to the same incomparable quality of Brotherhood. While the Grand Masters' Conference is useful, one cannot help but hope that a day might come when a national convocation of Masons would assemble. Not Grand Lodge Officers and body heads, but the people who count - the people who make the institution worthwhile: The Blue Lodge Masons of America. That would be the experience of a lifetime and a national demonstration that this grand group, with its

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millions of Masonic men, has come alive again. I raised two of my sons this year, and have known no more moving experiences. NECROLOGY Each year we pause from less important business for the purpose of paying a moment of respect to those who have, at last, taken a closer walk with God. Somewhat later, I will defer to M.W. Bro. George Morrison so that he may call that roll and we may individually turn to Him who gives us life. Preclusively, however, I must say that the experience of losing within a single year four Past Grand Masters was a sobering one. M.W. Bros. Rumer, Donnell, Mitchell, and Dickinson have left us temporarily, and only those of you have been here a dozen times or so could possibly know what their passing can mean. As long as they could move, they labored ... as long as they could think, they contributed ... even as they looked their Maker in the eye, they gave the best of themselves to us. I shall not soon forget the frozen hill at St. Joe standing there with Martin Dickinson, who never missed a duty call in his life, smiling at me benignantly as I represented you at M.W. brother Mitchell's grave ... Dickinson with Godjust behind him, ready to be called himself, but selflessly standing in that bitter chill. STATE OF THE CRAFT This has not been a good year for me ... nor for you. At a singularly critical time in the history of this Grand Jurisdiction, when you could ill afford mediocrity as Grand Master, you had precisely that. At a time when we needed ... needed desperately a coalescing of strengths; a sublimation of divisiveness; a carefully blended and extended program, not for this year but for the next half dozen years; and with this Line of devoted and talented men, none of whom are interested in anything but the blessing of witnessing a regeneration ofthe strength of one of the finest social and fraternal institutions in the world, a combination of events has combined and conspired to make it a year of vegetation and immobility. One would think, wouldn't one, that when a man is called to this Line, years in advance of a day when other things must be laid aside, he would be clever, wise, and farsighted enough to arrange his life so that for 12 months he would spend himself selflessly - for there are precious few endeavors in this nation that deserve our time more than this one - but fate is the hunter and this year was not meant to be one that I could, in good conscience, look back upon with anything but regret. The fact of the business is that you have not received from me what you deserve ... strong and enlightened leadership. I have no excuse. I insist there is none. I simply say to you, and beg you to believe, that I did not plan the year this way. To that strong man who gave me this place, Thomas J. Davis, I tip my hat. Fortunately, there are strong men everywhere and you have weathered misfortune before, so that the resolve of Blinn, and Hill, and Dille, and Crede, and Schneider, and Scheurich, and Kinkead, and Wisbrock will make it appear before they are done that you didn't miss a step; but you ,deserve better and you didn't get it. I have rather dutifully reviewed the scholarly messages ofthose Masters who have presided here while I have been in the Line. I have studied their concerns, their dreams, their recommendations. I have noted that most have been optimistic about the craft and while they have dutifully noted areas of concern. only one has dared to say that we might. with some sense of certainty, mathematically calculate the year when this Fraternity might disappear altogether. I'm

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satisfied in my own mind thatJack Montgomery was exactly right. We may play with figures as we will ... we may read into isolated examples of growth and increase whatever it pleases us to ... we may even rejoice that some sister jurisdictions, having weathered what we are weathering, have turned a corner ... we may say as some are saying that the best days are ahead ... that only those oflittle faith would be pessimistic about our tomorrows; but I tell you as I have said literally hundreds of times before that if you wanted a Grand Master who would dutifully deliver the time-honored assurances that the state of craft Masonry, here, or anywhere, is strong, then you voted for the wrong man. I have always looked upon as curious the chap who constantly runs against public opinion and seems not to know why; who finds his every proposal at odds with what people want to have, or want to hear him say. It has always seemed to me to be insufferably easy for a man to be constantly in a popularity contest with his constituents and to preach the pretty sermons and say the savvy things that endear him to his listeners. I don't care how varied the interests, how different the opinions, a man can weave in between the conflicts and come out pretty well if all he cares about is saying what people want to hear - but YOU DESERVE BETTER THAN THAT! The truth of the matter is that this fraternity is fatally ill- perhaps terminally ill. An institution with traditionally fundamental beliefs, one that is highly principled and sick of society's compromise with all of the old beliefs, has little capacity or disposition for change itself. In fact, my brethren, men generally have limited biological capacity for change. Steinbeck said that as a man grows older his nature is to protest change. We tend toward conformity in all of the old traditions. We embrace the uncritical and unquestioned acceptance of the Fraternity as it is - and as we are. If there is illness, it is without - never within. Oh, it isn't because our minds are closed, it is simply axiomatic that because we have spent most of our lives watching American idealism wither, we resist any change that would change the fabric of the fraternity. We regard the Fraternity as a finished product, perfect and complete. We confuse a ritual (which itself is the product of evolution) with the rest of Masonry's organic law and decide that it is Masonic misbehavior to alter either. That is the Fabian foolishness that eventually will dictate our demise. As the agnostic Ingersol said over the sarcophagus of Napoleon: " ... it will one day early in the next century take this grand old band of ours down into the 'tongueless silence and the dreamless dust' and the world will march by us like a weathered tombstone." Only 3 society; only a people; only an institution brave and wise enough to accept studied change as the world turns deserves to see the sunrise. I tell you a man can stand still in a flowing stream but not in a world of men, and if we mean to endure; if this culture of morality which this institution has nurtured; if its tenets are to continue to make of men better fathers, better sons, better citizens, better brothers, better neighbors, better people, then we need to walk away from it and take a long, sober second look at it in the clear light of reason. Because, My brothers, when you are through changing, you are really through. Deeply etched upon the minds and hearts of each of you is the unalterable truth that Masonry lives and breathes and shall continue to do so because men will beat upon its doors and ask for admission - that the tall and righteous will walk and work and live its tenets so that others by those examples will insist upon membership. Well, it is an ineffably wonderful concept and occasionally it will work, but so occasionally that the notion that this race of men will find

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themselves again is nothing but nonsense. Each year we are weaker and fewer. Each year the lodges capable of continuing are decreasing in number. Each year the Masonic pulse is fainter - and it is very little different anywhere else. There was a time when everyone who was anyone wore the square; it didn't matter what a man wanted to do, a part of his credentials for public office or success was Blue Lod~e membership. One couldn't be President of the United States or a L' nited States Senator in almost any state unless you were willing to kneel at a Blue Lodge altar and agree to live your life in a special way. So synonymous with Masonry was the national spirit that when somebody sank the Lusitania or the Maine you couldn't begin to handle the degree work in a lodge, and men had trouble trying to find a place to sit. There was a time when Grand Masters were Presidents, not only in Missouri but up and down the land - but those days have given way to lodges that can't open; can't obligate; can't find people for the line; can't increase dues; can't support temples. The whole apparatus is coming apart. Some have said it's a lack of leadership. Well, the only men who can be leaders are the men who knock on the inner door dnd precious few are knocking. No, I tell you the world has turned and the best and the brightest don't ask to be admitted - they wait to be asked. Most of the ills of the century are a consequence of some who insist upon entering where they are not welcome while the tallest men in my town and your town wait for an invitation. And, as they wait, the uncountable endeavors which society today sponsors, one by one, begin to appropriate them. Whether a service organization, a charity, a business association, citizen involvement in government, whatever, soon we find that men are occupied and while some have said that busy men can always find time, I tell you the demands upon each of us today are such that men must select and restrict their activities and their interests beyond their family, their church, and their vocation. But then there are those unchallengeable proscriptions - those old charges -old regulations-old by-laws-and old traditions that Masons are fearful of even challenging that stand in the way of change-even in the Master's charge: "It is not in the power of any man or body of men to make innovations in the body of Masonry"

What will you do with that? Clear and unequivocal there can be no legitimate question what it means! It virtually freezes us as we are and as we age and crystallize our attitudes and concepts it makes anyone who would touch it some kind of a heretic. Well, I will touch it because it has been my nature to speak of my beliefs and I find it a curious thing that Masonic writers and chroniclers have managed to edit out of our literature and even our organic law the vehicles of change. One does not have to be much of a historian to determine that that charge used to read: "It is not in the power of any man or body of men to make innovations in the body of Masonrv without the consent first obtained of the Annual Grand Lod'ge" '

But somehow, Mackey and Preston and others have conveniently deleted that portion which prescribed the method of change. The idea that Freemasonry or anything else of human origin has always been and must always remain the same is obviously absurd. As Bro. Henrv .W. Coil observed, nothinJ{ could be more dreary and insufferable than a society either private or general, which, like a

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stagnant pool, was denied the infusion of new ideas and monotonously remained the same generation after generation. Every forward step of civilization was a consequence of change. The advent of Christianity was a change. The bacterial theory of disease was a change. The discovery of America was a change. The adoption of our Constitution and the abolition of slavery were changes. I tell you there is special significance in the word Freemasonry, for it presupposes freedom of thought and expression and its philosophy oflife and morality is such as to permit each individual to form and express his own opinions even as to what Freemasonry is or should be and invites him to improve it if he can. No matter how precious to you the concept of insisting that a man must ask to join, I tell you we must together analyze its indispensability. For the maturity of America, as it has pleased some to refer to it, has rendered the principle an expendable one; made it impossible for us to grow; impossible for us to attract the best and the brightest; impossible for us to draw to the Blue Lodge altar that part of American society we must have if we are to endure, if we are to effectively regain our lost stature of being a repository of greatness. Tell me, if you can, what is unholy about invitation? What part of the Masonic fabric is desecrated or soiled when I walk into my neighbor's yard, an intensely moral and upright man, and say to him "John, how does it happen that you have never knelt at a Blue Lodge altar? You live like a Mason, act like one, believe like one, and your integrity is something we need and need desperately. Why not spend a couple of evenings a month with me over here at Rose Hill Temple and help us build another Masonic home?" Who will stand and say that the fellow who comes uninvited and knocks upon our door is better than those whose disposition is to be invited? How many times have you heard men say "Oh, I didn't know you had to ask"? It may be, my brothers, that you and I are not walking tall enough. It may be that if our lives were better lived; if we forged out into the public arena and made careers out of standing tall that our examples would provoke a flood of petitions, but I tell you it won't happen. It isn't working and it won't work and to those who say better to disappear than to desecrate this institution by converting it into a petition mill, I say that kind of foolish talk is poppycock and will buy you Masonic oblivion before your life is over. Why, rules are being violated now and it will always be so. Martin Dickinson would have told you that his father placed a petition under his breakfast plate - something wrong with that? Brethren, we can and will argue endlessly the propriety of what I am suggesting. The English tradition is to make it a Fraternity of Invitation and I belong to some excellent fraternities that are structured that way; but I say to you we have no election. The days are dwindling down to a precious few. We have the obligation to recognize that the moralizing impact of this organization is precious enough in this society to require its continued existence; that Masonry is one of those several American institutions that contributes in a meaningful way to the improvement of this society; that this generation has inherited the responsibility of not only keeping it strong, but keeping it alive; and that the whole thing is slipping away from us. I've never considered it irreligious to invite people to join my church; to associate with charitable organizations; I have shamelessly campaigned for 20 years for people to enlist in the war against Infantile Paralysis and now Birth

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Defects, the Heart Foundation, and the American Cancer Society. I have participated in efforts to exhort people to become involved in the business of American government. I consider it to be a part of Masonic commitment to be very sure that the generation of which I belong does not preside over the dissolution and disappearance of Masonry, and I suggest that the hour is late and there is no effective expedient, no appropriate remedy except to recognize the necessity of walking out into society and enlisting by appropriate Masonic invitation America's finest sons. The hour is late, but there is no road too long for the men who advance deliberately, no dream too distant, no hill too high, no struggle too strenuous, no trumpet too distant. We face again together the ageless challenge to change. If we are timid about turning, then my judgment is that we will almost impreceptibly disappear, but if we dare to do what we must do, then as Mr. Churchill said - If the Fraternity lives for another thousand years, men will marvel at this moment and say of us always, this was their finest hour. PARTIAL ITINERARY OF GRAND MASTER 1979 September 26 Attended Rose Croix service for Bro. Merrill Chrisman, Kutis Funeral Home, St. Louis Visited Apollo Lodge No. 529, Past Masters' Night and annual election of officers 27 Visited Trinity Lodge No. 641 28 Visited Florissant Lodge No. 668, Ladies' Night

October 1 Visited Purity Lodge No. 658, Past Masters' Night and presentation of 50-Year Jewel 2 Visited Valley Park Lodge No. 629 3 Visited Benjamin Franklin Lodge No. 642 4 Visited Clayton Lodge No. 601, Past Masters' Night 5 Visited Tuscan Lodge No. 360, installation of officers 6 Attended York Rite installation at New Masonic Temple; Grand Master Class Scottish Rite Cathedral, dinner held by Purity Lodge No. 658 9 Addressed Grand Session of Grand Chapter of Missouri, Order of Eastern Star 10 Visit to Fredericktown for meeting with M.W. Bro. Thomas J. Davis regarding 1979-80 program 11 Visited Linn Creek Lodge No. 152 13 Attended public installation of officers of Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 14 Conducted and presided at District Deputy Grand Masters and Lecturers Conference (Eastern Missouri), St. Charles 15 Attended Purity Lodge No. 658 16 Visited Mizpah Lodge No. 639 17 Visited Wentzville Lodge No. 46, Masonic Education Night 18 Berkeley Lodge No. 667, official visit 19 Official visit, Perserverance Lodge No. 92 for annual breakfast Masonic Home Board meeting, St. Louis Visited St. Joseph Lodge No. 78 20 Conducted and presided at District Deputy Grand Masters and Lecturers Conference (Western Missouri), Kansas City 21 Conducted funeral service of Past Grand Master Richard Rumer, St. Louis 22 Visited Kirkwood Lodge No. 484 23 Attended as pallbearer at funeral and graveside service for Past Grand Master Richard Rumer Attended regular communication of Anchor Lodge No. 443

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24 Conference of D.D.G.M. Carl Brown and W.M. Vehleg of Arnold Lodge No. 673 Attended Lodge of Instruction, 57th Masonic District, Maplewood Temple 25 Visited Progress Lodge No. 657 27 Attended 50th Anniversary of Ferguson Chapter, International Order of DeMolay, Scottish Rite Cathedral, St. Louis 28 Attended 10th Anniversary Celebration of Valley of Columbia, Orient of Missouri Rehearsal with Scottish Rite degree team at Crestwood Euclid Temple, Crestwood, for participation in raising of my son, Jeff 29 Attended 17th Masonic District dinner in Santa Fe, as banquet speaker 31 Attended Lodge of Instruction of 57th Masonic District, Maplewood Masonic Temple. Presented award to R.W. Bro. Wilfred Hedrick November 1 Attended Regular Communication of Bridgeton Lodge No. 80. Bridgeton, to convey congratulations to R.W. Bro. Harry Shapiro 5 Attended Purity Lodge No. 658 and participated as King Solomon with Scottish Rite Ancient Craft team in conferral of Third Degree on son, Jeffrey o. Nations 7 Attended Lodge of Instruction, 57th Masonic District, Ferguson 12 Attended Euclid Lodge No. 505 regular stated communication and presentation of 50-Year Jewel 13 Visited Clifton Heights Lodge No. 520 at Harmonv Temple, St. Louis 15 Attended 138th Anniversary Dinner as banquet speaker at Jefferson Lodge No. 43, Jefferson City 17 Attended Masonic Home Board Administration Committee meeting at Masonic Home Attended Monett Lodge No. 129 to pay official visit and be banquet speaker for Past Masters' Night 19 Offic-ial visit to Purity Lodge No. 658 21 Attended Lodge of Instruction, 57th Masonic District, Ferguson 27 Visited Anchor Lodge No. 443 28 Visited Kirksville Lodge No. 105, Past Masters Night Visited Adair Lodge No. 366, Kirksville, as banquet speaker 30 St. Louis Police Craft, St. Louis, guest dinner speaker December 1 Attended Moolah Temple Shrine Ceremonial, Ollie Berwin Class Installed officers of Purity Lodge No. 658 8 Attended Annual Installation of officers of Kirkwood High Twelve No. 416 as guest speaker 1980

January 7 Attended Purity Lodge No. 658 at Rose Hill Temple and obligated my third son, Gus O. Nations, III, in Entered Apprentice Degree 17 Bridgeton Lodge No. 80, official visit 19 Conference concerning dispute on funds collected for Lodge Hall, Arnold 21 Visited Purity Lodge No. 658 23 Visited Acacia Lodge No. 602, banquet speaker 24 Guest speaker, South Side High Twelve Luncheon Visited Beacon Lodge No.3, guest speaker 25 Conference with District Deputy of 40th District 26 Banquet speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Wardens and Masters Club. Webster Groves February 9 Ba';quet speaker, Square Club, St. Louis 13 Guest speaker, Lodge of Instruction, 57th Masonic District

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IS Guest speaker, Webster Groves High Twelve meeting 16 Attended Masonic Home Board Administration Committee meeting at Masonic Home 18 Visited Purity Lodge No. 658

AJarch 3 Guest speaker, Meeting of Rabboni Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Webster Groves 4 Initiated in the Order of Eastern Star, Webster Groves Chapter ~o. 64 7 Ferguson Lodge No. 542, Ferguson, official visit 10 Wayne Lodge No. 526, Piedmont, official visit II Attended and conducted graveside service at St. Joseph, Missouri, for Past Grand Master Orestes Mitchell, Jr. 20 Guest speaker, Scottish Rite Club of St. Louis 24-26 Attended and addressed Grand Lodge of Tennessee in ~ashville, Tennessee April 5 Vienna Lodge No. 94, official visit 7 Attended Purity Lodge No. 658 9 Scottish Rite Cathedral, Kansas City, Master of Ceremonies and speaker - Master Mason's Night 12 Attended Masters and Wardens Dinner at Scottish Rite Cathedral, Kansas City, as speaker 14 Euclid Lodge No. 505, official visit 16 Bonhomme Lodge No. 45, official visit 18 Polar Star Lodge No. 79, official visit 21 Attended Purity Lodge No. 658 22 Olive Branch No. 576, official visit 24-26 Attended and participated in 1980 North Central Sector Workshop, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 25 Banquet speaker at 1980 North Central Sector Workshop 26 Attended Officers' meeting, St. Louis Attended reception honoring Tennyson Guyer, Congressman, 4th District of Ohio, with Grand Lodge Officers, Grand Master's Breakfast Committee, Past Grand Masters and Past ?? 27 Attended Masonic religious service conducted by R.W. Raymond F. McCallister Attended and presided at Grand Master's Breakfast at Scottish Rite Cathedral, St. Louis lWa)'

3 . Banquet speaker, Freedom Lodge No. 636 8 Trinity Lodge No. 64 I, official visit 19 Attended Purity Lodge No. 658 20 Mizpah Lodge No. 639, official visit 21 Be~jamin Franklin Lodge No. 642, Ladies' Night, official visit 22 Meridian Lodge No.2, Ladies' Night, official visit

june 2 Attended Purity Lodge No. 658 16 Attended Purity Lodge No. 658 17 Conducted a funeral service for Past Grand Master Martin B. Dickinson. Mt. Moriah Funeral Home, Kansas City july 28 Attended barbecue, National Federated Craft of Sylvan Springs 29 Address of welcome at Ramada Inn, National Federated Craft, SI. Louis 30 Attended as guest of Grand Pursuivant, Harold Smith, Barn Dinner Theatre, National Federated Craft

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August I Banquet speaker, National Federated Craft Convention 23 Attended Masonic Education Committee meeting, Grand Lodge Headquarters, Columbia

September 8 Presented 50-Year Jewel to Sam Bierman, Cornerstone Lodge No. 323 9 Presented 50-Year Jewel to Charles Duggan, Rose Hill Lodge No. 550 10 Banquet speaker, National Sojourners with M.W. Bro. George Morrison 12 Presentation of 50-Year Jewel to R.W. Bro. Walterc. Ploeser, Algabil Lodge No. 544, at Pomegranate Temple 20 Speaker, Brentwood Lodge No. 616, Loyalty Night 24 Attended Square Club meeting, Brentwood Temple

Fraternally, O. NATIONS,

GL'S

Grand Master. NOMINATIONS FOR MASONIC HOME BOARD

The following were placed in nomination for the two four-year terms as members of the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home of Missouri: R.W. Bro. Robert D. Jenkins, nominated by M.W. Bro. Walter L. Walker Bro. Joseph H. Collison, nominated by M.W. Bro. Lewis C. Wes Cook

There being no other nominations, and in accordance with Section 23.040 of Grand Lodge By-Laws, the Grand Secretary cast the unanimous ballot of the Grand Lodge for the election of Bro. Robert D. Jenkins and Bro. Joseph H. Collison as members of the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home of Missouri for terms, respectively, of four years. The Grand Master announced the group photograph to be taken on the front steps of the Scottish Rite Cathedral immediately after the Grand Lodge was called from labor. CALL FROM LABOR

The Grand Lodge was called from labor. R.W. Grand Chaplain Bruce S. Diamond offered prayer.

Monday Afternoon 1:30 p.m. ORGAN SELECTIONS Emil E. Corte. Organist CALL TO LABOR

The Grand Lodge was called to order. R.W. Grand Chaplain W. Tribbey Nickerson offered prayer. MESSAGES AND GREETINGS

The Grand Secretary read the warm fraternal greetings of the Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of China, F. & A.M. and the letter of good wishes of the Grand Chapter of Missouri, Order of the Eastern Star, written by the Grand Secretary Adele C. Duerr on behalf of Worthy Grand Matron Helen Erwin and Worthy Grand Patron Marlin J. Hess. The Grand Master reported that a telegram had been received from Mrs. Orestes Mitchell, Jr., the widow of Past Grand Master Orestes Mitchell, Jr., advising that she would be in attendance at this Grand Lodge Session in spirit and wishing that she could be present in person. ELECTION OF MILTON D. PERKINS TO MEMBERSHIP IN GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

R.W. Bro. P. Vincent Kinkead moved that W. Bro. Milton D. Perkins, a Past Master of Aurora Lodge No. 48, F. & A.M. of Portsmouth, Ohio, and presently a member of Samaritan Lodge No. 424 at Bonne Terre, Missouri, be elected to membership in this Grand Lodge in accordance with Section 1 of Article II of the Constitution. The motion was seconded and approved by the vote of the Grand Lodge. R.W. Bro. J. Edward Blinn, President of the Board of Directors, presented the Report of the Masonic Home.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS-MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD--ORDER OF EASTERN STAR

William j. Hill W. Marion Luna K. Roger Pennel john Wetzel David R. Hensley, Legal Counsel Richard D. jacobs, Sr., Financial Advisor Robert G. Bird Charles E. Scheurich Earl K. Dille Robert j. Crede H. David Thomas, Administrator Carl I. Stein, Secretary

Seated: Left to right Harry C. Ploetze, Vice President Vera Sappington, President - O.E.S. Advisory Board Dr. j. Edward Blinn, President Geraldine Molander, Treasurer - O.E.S. Advisory Board Standing: Left to right Howard E. Ward, Coordinator of Fraternal Relations Robert H. Arnold, Treasurer

Not shown are Gus O. Nations,jr., Grand Master, james E. Dearing, and Mrs. Velma Mischon, Secretary, O.E.S. Advisory Board.

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OFFICERS Dr. J. Edward Blinn, President Robert H. Arnold, Treasurer Harry C. Ploetze, Vice President Carl I. Stein, Secretary Gus O. Nations, Jr., Honorary Chairman

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gus O. Nations, Jr., Grand Master, St. Louis Dr. J. Edward Blinn, Deputy Grand Master, Marshfield William J. Hill, Senior Grand Warden, Kansas City Earl K. Dille, Junior Grand Warden, St. Louis Robert J. Crede, Senior Grand Deacon, Jefferson City

Robert H. Arnold, Kansas City Robert G. Bird, Springfield James E. Dearing, St. Louis W. Marion Luna, Piedmont K. Roger Pennel, Fairfax Harry C. Ploetze, St. Louis Charles E. Scheurich, Columbia John Wetzel, Louisiana

ADVISORY BOARD-ORDER OF EASTERN STAR Mrs. Vera Sappington, President, St. Louis Mrs. Velma Mischon, Secretary, Lexington

Mrs. Geraldine Molander, Treasurer, North Kansas City Mrs. Juanita Mauss, Emeritus, Elgin, Texas

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF H. David Thomas, Administrator Mrs. Julia Courtney, Secretary Mrs..Bettye Newton, Accountant Mrs. Susan Kennedy, Bookkeeper Mrs. Joan Lagage, Personnel Records Clerk Miss Marion Gall, Payroll Clerk Mrs. Henrietta E. Bade, Receptionist, Typist Marshall Creech, Director of Maintenance and Engineering Service Emil E. Corte, Director Procurement Mrs. Dorinda Abeln, Director of Housekeeping Service

Mrs. Rose Curran, Director of Dietary Service Mrs. Kristina Jackson, Director of Social Services Miss Deborah Powers, Assistant Director of Social Services Mrs. Susan Chandler, Director of Recreational Therapy Miss Heather Johnson, Assistant Director of Activities David R. Hensley, Legal Counsel Richard D. Jacob, Sr., Financial Advisor

MEDICAL STAFF Harold E. Walters, M.D., Medical Director Charles Kilo, M.D., Staff Physician C. Rush McAdam, M.D., Charge of Clinic Louis F. Howe, M.D., Staff Physician Florinda Abichandani, Physician Assistant Mrs. Beatrice Whittemore, R.N., Director of Nursing Service Mrs. Joan Young, R.N., Assistant Director of Nursing Service Mrs. Esther Heyn, R.N.

Mrs. Helen Pigg, R.N. Mrs. Liberty Istwan, R.N. Miss Marie Ellen Mercan, R.N. William E. McGee, D.D.S., Dentistry Clifford P. Kaskie, M.D., Gynecology Lester Zeffern, M.D., General Practitioner R. A. Chipongian, M.D., Ophthalmology Robert Drews, M.D., Ophthalmology Shu S. Cheuk, M.D., Surgical

Report of the Masonic Home To the Most WorshipJul Grand Lodge oJ Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons oJ the State oJ Missouri: BRETHREN: The annual report of the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home of Missouri is submitted in compliance with requirements of Grand Lodge.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Board of Directors is composed of 13 members, eight elected by the Grand Lodge - two each year for four-year terms, and five Grand Lodge officers who serve by virtue of their office. All are voting members. The Grand Master is Honorary Chairman. The Deputy Grand Master is President. The Board met at the close of the 1979 Annual Communication of Grand Lodge as required under Article II of the Masonic Home By-Laws for the purpose of organizing and electing officers for the ensuing year. Those officers are listed on a preceding page. Committees appointed to assist in the study, review, investigation, and evaluation of the business of the Home included the following: Executive Committee: J. Edward Blinn, and all members of the Board of Directors. Admissions and Discipline Committee: Harry C. Ploetze, Chairman; all members of the Board of Directors. Administration Committee: John Wetzel, Chairman; Charles E. Scheurich; Harry C. Ploetze; William J. Hill; Robert G. Bird; James E. Dearing. Finance Committee: Earl K. Dille, Chairman; Robert H. Arnold; W. Marion Luna; K. Roger Pennel; Robert J. Crede. Gifts, Wills and Bequests Committee: Robert H. Arnold, Chairman; Charles E. Scheurich; Robert J. Crede. Legal Committee: William J. Hill, Chairman; James E. Dearing. Steering/Study Committee- Western Unit: Robert H. Arnold, Chairman; Robert G. Bird; Earl K. Dille; John Wetzel. Relief and Charity Committee: (This is a Grand Lodge Committee appointed by the Grand Master but limited to members of the Masonic Home Board) W. Marion Luna, Chairman; K. Roger Pennel;John Wetzel; Robert G. Bird; Harry C. Ploetze, Howard E. Ward, Secretary-Treasurer.

APPENDIX APPLICATIONS Carried over from previous year Received during year

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Admitted to the Home during the year Rejected because of ineligibility Died before application passed on by Board Died after application passed on by Board Withdrawn by Lodge/Chapter before action by Board Withdrawn by Lodge/Chapter after action by Board Pending June 30, 1979

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Members in Home July I, 1979 Arrived during year Died during year Discharged during year Members in Home June 30, 1980

Women 257 56 38

275

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Boys 2

Girls I

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MASONIC HOME HOSPITAL Total number of patients in Hospital-July l, 1979 Total number of patients admitted during year Total number of patients discharged during year Average number of patients in Hospital per day during year Total number of deaths during year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Total number of patients in other hospitals during year Total number of surgeries in other hospitals during year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Total number of patients in Hospital June 30, 1980

206 209 137 212 57 64 40 223

OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT Total number of patients seen by Clinic physician . . . . . . 1,151 Total number of patients treated in Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5,128 Total number of treatments (including shots) 13,562 Average number of baths given per month. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

GIFTS FROM THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR July 1, 1979 through June 30. 1980 Buffet Line and Two Hot Carts $10,071.85 Chapel Repair 2,725.00 Snack Parlor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818.50 Eight Chairs 343.60 Two Wheel Chairs 250.00 Endowment Fund 90.00 Van Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. _ _-=-3::>-=--~'. :.0. :.0 $14,333.95 One pair of slacks, two tops, and three dresses - Golden Link Chapter No. 512, S1. Louis Many bingo prizes and one box of lap robes - Queen City Chapter No. 226, Springfield 50 Bingo prizes, cake and ice cream Venus Chapter No. 153, S1. Louis Clothing and books - Paul Revere Chapter No. 395, S1. Louis Two blankets - Past Matrons and Past Patrons Club of Barry Chapter No. 369, Kansas City Valentine Day greetings with enclosed gifts of money - Past Matrons, Past Patrons and Trailers Club of S1. Louis and S1. Louis County 15 Shirts, one sweater, six dresses, and two pair of pajamas - Crown Chapter No. 535. S1. Louis

60 Lbs. of fruitcake - Rose Hill Chapter No. 120, Creve Coeur One lot of clothing - Golden Link Chapter No. 512, S1. Louis One lot of men's clothing and one lot of women's clothing - Maplewood Chapter No. 264, S1. Louis Seven lap robes - Maplewood Chapter No. 264, S1. Louis Two water massage foot baths - Crestwood Chapter No. 82, Crestwood Bingo prizes, craft supplies (two boxes), and quilt pieces - Barbee Chapter No. 31, S1. Louis Apple butter - Gardenville Chapter No. 513, S1. Louis 25 Lap robes - Mehlville Chapter No. 187, S1. Louis Large donations of men and women's

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clothing - Crestwood Chapter No. 82, Crestwood One lot of women's clothing - Hope

Chapter No. 265, S1. Louis 5,250 Dinner table and hospital tray favors

DINNER TABLE AND HOSPITAL TRAY FAVORS Independence Day - Maplewood Chapter No. 264, S1. Louis Labor Day - Meridian Chapter No. 442, S1. Louis Columbus Day - Meramec Chapter No. 317, S1. Louis Halloween - Occidental Chapter No. 185, S1. Louis Thanksgiving - Hope Chapter No. 265, S1. Louis Christmas - Mehlville Chapter No. 187. S1. Louis New Year's Day - Bridgeton Chapter No. 266. S1. Louis Valentine's Day - Kirkwood Chapter No. 358, S1. Louis

APPROXIMATELY 350

Lincoln's Birthday - Rob Morris Chapter No. 328, S1. Louis Washington's Birthday - Mehlville Chapter No. 187, S1. Louis S1. Patrick's Day - Maplewood Chapter No. 264, S1. Louis Easter - Venus Chapter No. 153, S1. Louis Memorial Day - Apollo Chapter No. 424, S1. Louis Flag Day - Mizpah Temple Chapter No. 515, S1. Louis Father's Day - Home Chapter No. 313, S1. Louis Additional favors were given by Barbee Chapter No. 31, S1. Louis

CONTRIBUTIONS - July 1. 1979-June 30. 1980 RESERVE FVND

DonOTS 700 Regular Contributions 2,657 Response to Grand Master's Letters 3,357 Total Contributions

Amount . $23,519.90 . 44,259.05 . $67.778.95

ENDOWMENT FC:-.ID

17 Regular Contributions ~ Response to Grand Master's Letters 105 Total Contributions

. $ 2,972.50 1,750.00 . . $ 4,722.50

20 Regular Contributions Response to Grand Master's Letters 341 Total Contributions

. $ 396.50 5,532.80 . . $ 5,929.30

3 Response to Grand Master's Letters

100.00

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316 Regular Contributions , , $38.656.81 I, I04 Response to Grand Master's Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 38,141.03 $76,797.84 1,420 Total Contributions CHRIST!\1AS AND E:-.ITERTAI:"'!\1ENT Fl:NIl

82 Regular Contributions $ 4,258.60 Response to Grand Master's Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,290.00 135 Total Contributions $ 5,54H.60

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68 Regular Contributions $29,272.59 1,628 Response to Grand Master's Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 26,470.40 1,696 Total Contributions $55,742.99

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS To the Board of Directors Masonic Home of Missouri In our opinion, the accompanying balance sheet and the related statement of income, expenses and change in fund balances present fairly the financial position of the Masonic Home of Missouri at June 30, 1980, and the results of its operations and the changes in fund balances for the year, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year. Our examination of these statements was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and accordingly included such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. PRICE W ATERIIOLSE & Co.

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General

Income: Grand Lodge/Chapter Interest and dividends from: Endowment Fund investments Reserve Fund investments General Fund investments Other Gain (loss) on security transactions Gifts and bequests . .' Home Family income: Assets relinquished Pensions Miscellaneous Total income Expenses: Salaries and wages Payroll taxes

Reseroe

Restricted Christmas and Endowments Entertainment (Note 3)

C'l Building

Total

Total All Funds

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817,077 703,300 35,427 36,484 60,056

40,640

1,022 212,183 782,448

$ 36,765 $

$5,664

408,383 152,600

179,211

299,771 $ 817,077 703,300 35,427 74,271 620,566 1,179,979

298,332 708,688 625,450 14,685 76,951 271,467 863,760

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3,464,664 1,768,957 133,127

1,036,293

5,664

560,983

215,976

578,048 954,257 20,884 5,283,580

504,740 835,414 72,213 4,271,700

1,768,957 133,127

1,636,967 109,519

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122,712 442,883 186,069 152,956 57,612 21,969 40,497 99,504 73,969 32,277 66,529 98,866 39,380 85,753 47,831 12,901 3,483,792 (19,128) 394,490 13,355 $ 388,717

11,209

9,780

1,075 122 122 1,036,171 8,381,181 (13,355) $9,403,997

9,780 (4,116) 5,853 $1,737

I 560,982 9,936,410

12,284 203,692 334,581

$10,497,392

$538,273

122,712 442,883 186,069 164,165 57,612 21,969 40,497 99,504 73,969 42,057 66,529 98,867 39,380 85,753 48,906 13,023 3,505,979 1,777,601 19,052,515

116,274 427,989 192,887 551,021 47,079 37,702 88,671 51,917 39,681 69,124 84,391 44,236 78,858 41,527 35,081 3,652,924 618,776 18,433,739

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General

Reseroe

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Building

Total

Total All Funds

Assets

Cash Investments (Note 2) Receivable from Trustees Inventory and supplies Receivable from C & A accounts Prepaids and other Due (to) from other funds Total assets

. . . . . . . .

$265,146 144,146 9,742 40,271 45,872 48,883 (12,533) $541,527

41,970 9,349,869

12,158 $9,403,997

$1,737

-$1,737

13,896) $ 94,453 10,510,913 443,820

375 $10,497,392

$538,273

389,410 $ 287,360 20,448,748 18,761,237 9,553 9,742 37,772 40,271 45,872 10,630 48,883 51,200

$20,982,926 $19,157,752

Liabilities and fund balances

Liabilities: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Accrued payroll taxes and withholding Accrued payroll . Total liabilities . Fund balances: Cnrestricted . Unrestricted-Board designated . Restricted . Total fund balances . Total liabilities and fund balances

$ 98,720 17,938 36,152 152,810

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388,717 $9,403,997 388,717 $541,527

9,403,997 $9,403,997

$1,737 1,737 $1,737

$10,497,392 10,497,392 $10,497,392

$538,273 538,273 $538,273

98,720 $ 17,938 36,152 152,810

62,174 16,249 26,814 105,237

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS NOTE I-Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Description of Funds: Current Funds-Unrestricted, General: General Fund income includes all income from members of the Home Family, dividends and interest from the Reserve and Endowment Funds, per capita taxes from the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter, O.E.S., and other General Fund contributions. Such income is used to pay the operating expenses of the Home. Unrestricted, Reseroe: Unrestricted income of the Reserve Fund includes undesignated gifts and bequests and Grand Lodge initiation fees which according to Board policy may be transferred to the General Fund and expended for operations only upon approval of the Board of Directors. Dividend and interest income from Reserve Fund investments accrues directly to the General Fund. Realized gains and losses on security transactions are recorded in the Reserve Fund. Restricted-Christmas and Entertainment: Gifts desigated for the purchase of Christmas gifts and entertainment are recorded as current Restricted Funds. Endowments: Certain gifts and bequests to the Home are in the form of endowments which contain legal restrictions as to the use of such funds. Generally, the restrictions provide that the income from the investment of the gifts and bequests accrues to the General Fund while the principal amounts are to remain invested and are not available to meet current expenditures. Accordingly, interest and dividend income from the investment of Endowment Funds is recorded in the General Fund. Realized gains and losses on the sale of securities are recorded in the Endowment Funds (Note 3). Building Fund: Contributions for the improvement of buildings and grounds and future construction, and the related expenses are recorded in the building fund. Investment.s in marketable securities: Marketable securities donated to the Home are recorded at their fair market value as of the date the gift is received; securities purchased by the Home are carried at cost. Interest and dividend income from these investments is recognized in income when received. Gains and losses from the sale of securities are recognized at the time of sale, and represent the difference between the proceeds received and the carrying value of the securities determined on an average cost basis. Fixed assets: Expenditures for furniture, equipment and building improvements are expensed as incurred. Home Family and pemion income: Upon admission to the Home, residents are required to assign and transfer all properties and monies to the Home. Nonmonetary assets transferred to the Home are sold as soon as practicable and proceeds are recorded at the time of sale. Monetary assets, except paid-up insurance policies, are recorded at fair market value as of the date of receipt. It is the Home's policy to not record the cash surrender value of paid-up life insurance policies but to record the proceeds upon death. Pensions received by family members accrue to the Home. The Home gives each family member a monthly allowance of $25. The unexpended portion of these allowances, $100,749 atJune 30, 1980, are held in custody by the Home in accounts segregated from Home assets. Remaining balances at the time of death revert to the General Fund. Pension income for 1980 is net of allowances of $92,700. Income taxes: The Home is exempt from federal income taxes under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). Summarized financial information for 1979: The financial information for the year ended June 30, 1979 presented for comparative purposes, is not intended to be complete financial statement presentation.

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NOTE 2-lnvestments: Investments of the Home at June 30, 1980 were as follows: General Fund Cost or Value When Acquired Market Certificates of deposit and savings $142,940 $142,940 U.S. Government bonds and notes Corporate bonds . Corporate stocks . 1,202 * Investment in real estate and other . 4 * $144,146 $142,940 Building Fund Cost or Value When Acquired Market U.S. Government bonds and notes Corporate bonds $354,647 $354,647 Corporate stocks 39,173 39,173 Real estate notes and pooled investments. . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000 50,000 $443,820 $443,820

Reserve Fund Cost or Value When Market Acquired 500 $ 500 S 706,313 693,719 3,514,424 3,340,404 4,908,632 5,434,221

220,000 $9,349,869

220,000 $9,688,844

Endowment Fund Cost or Value When Acquired Market $ 903,969 S 915,217 4,406,913 3,528,442 5,099,445 5,375,663

100,586 100,586 $10,510,913 $9,919,908

*Not available. NOTE 3-Endowment Fundc The Endowment Funds consist of general endowments and two special endowments which in accordance with the bequests are required to be segregated. The balances of the William Knollman and Jacob and Sallie Simon endowments were $941,194 and $739,868, respectively, at June 30, 1980.

MASONIC HOME CHEER COMMITTEE August 7, 1980 Dr. J. Edward Blinn, President Masonic Home of Missouri 5351 Delmar Boulevard Saint Louis, Missouri 631 12 Dear R.W. Brother Blinn: The Masonic Home Cheer Committee presents its Annual Report for the fiscal year ended July 3 I, 1980. At our fall meeting on Sunday, October 7, 1979, the annual election of officers was held. The incumbent officers, Harlan B. Owens, President; Violet Whitworth, Vice President, and Right Worshipful Brother George W. Whitworth, Secretary-Treasurer, were elected by acclamation. The Eastern Star Chapel was the scene on October 28, 1979 for the annual program by the Grand Guardian Council, International Order ofJobs Daughters. These fine young ladies are really an inspiration to all of us. A thoughtprovoking speaker, Reverend Richard Brandon, minister at St. Johns United Church of Christ, delivered an outstanding message to the audience.

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The Cheer Committee was fortunate in being able to bring the St. Louis Harp Ensemble on December 2 for a program of unusual and delightful music with many encores being requested by the Home guests. The Ensemble is composed of both young as well as older harpists. Some travelled here from Alton, Illinois, to appear on the program. Our Christmas Party was to an overflow crowd with a large attendance from the hospital section being able to participate. A fine dance program was given by a local dance studio with many artists performing, followed by a group of "Sweet Adelines" whose voices were really something to hear. To top off the evening's enjoyment were homemade Christmas cookies provided by the wives and friends of the Committee, served with ice cream. Again, the several hundred dozens of cookies enabled us to share several boxes with the children at the Shriners Hospital. Our spring meeting was held on April 20 with a large attendance making plans for the summer program. Following our meeting many Committee members visited the Eastern Star Chapel for the St. Johns Day services under the auspices of the Alhambra Grotto. As usual, all bodies of the Masonic Order were well represented, with the Scottish Rite Choir presenting the musical program. "Our Heritage" was the subject of the day by M.W. Brother George F. Morrison, Past Grand Master of Masons in Missouri. We wish to again thank the many Masons; their lodges; Moolah Shrine and Eastern Star chapters; the Grotto and the commanderies and all others, who by their contributions enable the Masonic Home Cheer Committee to maintain a high level of full and varied programs for the Home folks. Our final event for the summer, the annual trip to the Bridgeton fish fry and barbecue was almost prevented by the excessive heat we have had this summer, however, it relented in time for us to complete our plans for that event. The usual wonderful cooperation by Bro. H. David Thomas, Administrator and his very able staff makes our efforts so pleasant in planning and carrying out the many events and activities during the year. The Secretary-Treasurer has prepared the annual report of Receipts and Disbursements, events, and contributors which is made a part of our report. Fraternally, HARLAN B. OWENS, President. Following is our Financial and Activities Report for the fiscal year August 1, 1979 through July 31, 1980: Balance in bank July 31, 1979 Petty cash on hand Total cash on hand and on deposit Receipts, per list following Disbursements, per list following Balance on hand July 31, 1980 Recapitulation: Balance in Mercantile Trust Co Cash on hand

. $2,653.38 . 127.39 . 2,780.77 . 3,623.50 6,404.27 . 3,218.92 . $3,185.35 . $3,087.60 . 97.75 $3,185.35

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ACTIVITIES AND DISBURSEMENTS OF THE MASONIC HOME CHEER COMMITTEE August 1. 1979 Through July 31. 1980 1979 November 17 December 14

December 15

Thanksgiving cash distribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $ 646.00 Christmas Party, Vice President, Sister Violet Whitworth, Chairperson; entertainment, Santa Claus, refreshments, Music - courtesy of Bro. Ben St. Onge and his orchestra 157.24 Christmas cash distribution . 652.00

1980

May 10 June 11 June 14 July 15 July 26

Mother's Day cash distribution . 636.00 Moolah Shrine Band Concert . 31.95 Father's Day cash distribution . 642.00 Letter Carriers Band Concert (Excess soft beverages left at home for guests' enjoyment) . 55.80 Outing to Bridgeton fish fry and barbecue (Transportation provided by representatives and other members of the Masonic Family . 130.00 Printing, postage, cards for distribution days, floral tributes, etc . 242.32 Advance for August picnic . 25.61 Total disbursements . $3,218.92

The above is in balance with the bank statements, checkbook and cash journal as of July 31, 1980. HARLAN B. OWENS, President. Attest: GEORGE W. WHITWORTH,

Secretary.

RECEIPTS AND DEPOSITS Meridian Lodge No.2 $ George Washington Lodge No.9 . Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40 . Polar Star Lodge No. 79 . Bridgeton Lodge No. 80 and Entertainment Committee . Pomegranate Lodge No. 95 . Occidental Lodge No. 163 . Pride of the West Lodge No. 179 . Pyramid Lodge No. 180 . 5t. Francois Lodge No. 234. Libertyville . Keystone Lodge No. 243 . Meramec Lodge No. 313 . Paul Revere LOdge No. 330 . Westgat~ Lodge ]\;? 445 . Lambskm Lodge No. 460 . Kirkwood Lodge No. 484 . . Clifton Heights Lodge No. 520 Ferguson Lodge No. 542 . Alp;abil Lodge No. 544 ~ . Forest Park Lodge No. :>78 . . Wellston Lodge No. 613 Brentwood Lodge No. 616 . Magnolia Lodge No. 626 . Freedom Lodge No. 636 . Jennings Lodge No. 640 . Benjamin Franklin Lodge No. 642 .. Pilgrim Lodge No. 652 . Gardenville Lodge No. 655 . Progress Lodge No. 657 .

100.00 75.00 50.00 100.00 200.00 50.00 10.00 50.00 25.00 10.00 50.00 50.00 10.00 50.00 50.00 35.00 100.00 50.00 30.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 20.00 75.00 50.00 25.00 50.00 30.00 25.00

Purity Lodge No. 658 . Berkeley Lodp;e No. 677 . Moolah 5hrine . The Square Club . Bellefontaine Chapter No. 25, R.A.M . St. Charles Chapter No. III, R.A.M. Wellston Chapter No. 138, R.A.M. St. Louis COlTllllandery No. I, K.T. Ivanhoe Commandery No.8, K.T. Sl. Aldemar Commandery No. 18, K.T . Anchor Chaptcr 1\'0. 54, O.E.S . Webster Grovcs Chaptcr No. 64, O.E.S . Crestwood Chaptcr No. 82, 0.E.5 . Fenton Chaptcr No. 152, O.E.S . Venus Chaptcr No. 153, 0.E.5 . Martharae Chaptcr No. 221, O.E.S. Maplewood Chapter No. 264, 0.E.5. Bridgcton Chapter No. 266, 0.£.5. Clayton C~apter No. ~04, ,O.E.S. : .. Rob Morns Chapter No. 328,0.£.5. Friendship Chapter No. 214, O.E.S. Benjamin Franklin Chapter No. 393, 0.£.5 . Pomegranate Chaptcr No. 397, O.E.S . Trinity Chapter No. 443, 0.E.5 . Euclid Chapter No. 425, O.E.S . Jennings Chapter No. 497, O.E.S .

10.00 40.00 500.00 50.00 20.00 36.00 10.00 50.00 30.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 25.00 50.00 50.00 100.00 15.00 10.00 20.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 25.00

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R.W. Bro. Henry Busch JenninKs Lodge No. 640 . Wor. Bro. W. E. Krenning, West Gate LodKe 1\0. 445 . Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Saffell, I\onaffiliated Volunteers . Tuscan Lodge 1\0. 360, Benevolent Fund . Memb~rs of Tuscan Lodge I\(~. 360: M.\\. Bro. George M. MorrIson .. Bro. Charles M. Burton . Wor. Bro. Carl F. Gast . . Wor. Bro. Forest E. Head Bro. Theodore Klaiber . . Wor. Bro. Otis L. Light. . Bro. S. Douglas McCready Bro. Thomas L. Merrill . . Bro. William F. I\olker Bro. Harlan B. Owens . . Bro. M. H. Scherzer Bro. Oren Setzakorn . Bro. Paul E. Slaten . . Wor. Bro. Guy A. Turner, Ir. Members of Magnolia Lodge 1\0. 626: .

10.00 50.00 25.00 400.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 20.00 15.00 25.00 25.00 100.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 25.00

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I\eola Albers, P.M., Golden Link Chapter 1\0. 512, O.E.S.. . . . . . . . . 5.00 Thelma Butler, P.M., Polar Star Chapter 1\0. 134, O.E.S. 5.00 Bro. Paul Gaither, Clifton Heights Lodge 1\0. 520 . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . 18.00 Bro. Kenneth Herman, Algabil LodKe No. 544. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 R.W. Bro. Olin S. McDaniel........ 10.00 Bro. Theodore Vollmer, Clifton HeiKhts Lodge 1\0. 520 . . .... . .. 18.00 Memorials: R.W. Bro. Geo. W. and Violet Whitworth in memory of: Bro. Charles Bramstedt, Bridgeton Lodge 1\0. 80; Bro. Dwight Neidhardt, )enninKs Lodge 1\0. 640; Bro. Virgil Melton, Berkeley 35.00 Lodge No. 667 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Past Matrons and Past Patrons Club, Clayton Chapter 1\0. 304, O.E.S., In 7.50 Memory of: Mary A. Wilson. .... Miscellaneous cash donations for Christmas Party 9.00 Total receipts $3,623.50

THE MASONIC HOM&-A YEAR-END REVIEW The annual report of the President of the Masonic Home Board, I feel, should be detailed enough to be informative, long enough to be thorough, yet short enough to be read. I am happy to report that the major pr~jects that have occupied a large part of our efforts in the last two or three years are now completed, and the physical plant of our Home is in excellent condition. The heating plant, kitchen and laundry facilities, energy conservation programs, security and safety measures, have all been dealt with, completed, and are now in excellent condition. Of course, there are always those continuing projects of maintenance which will be forever with us, and which we continually assess and endeavor to correct.

WESTERN UNIT OF THE MASONIC HOME As you will recall, a kick-off of the financial drive to realize the goal of a Western Unit of the Masonic Home was made at the 158th session of Grand Lodge last year. After assuming the office of President of the Home Board at the close of that session, I felt it imperative that every effort be made by this Board to bring to realization that great objective, and to that end I appointed a Steering Committee to guide us in our efforts. The Steering Committee, under the capable leadership of Bro. Robert Arnold, was indefatigable in its efforts to pinpoint essential questions and provide specific answers to aid in getting this project underway. It takes time to make such a study, but by the middle of the year, specific recommendations were made. The Committee felt, and the Board agreed, that we really needed a professional assessment ofour potential before we could really obligate our Fraternity to a specific goal. The Committee recommended, and the Board agreed, that a professional fund-raisin~ firm be employed, not to raise funds, but to assess the potential

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and the probable capabilities of our Fraternity as to how ambitious a project we might realistically be expected to assume and to accomplish. This was done and American City Bureau/Beaver Associates, an outstanding firm in this field, was hired to make the study. Unfortunately, due to time involved, their report is not available at the time of this writing, but I am sure that I will be able to give a supplementary report at Grand Lodge. The Board and myself feel that this study will be invaluable in planning for the Western Unit. I now report one other development of which you should be aware. State Officers of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Missouri contacted members of our Board regarding their property in Liberty, Missouri, a facility similar in nature to our own Home. A committee was appointed to meet with them, to visit their facility in Liberty, and make a preliminary assessment as to possibilities or probabilities of adaptation of this facility to our own needs. Only a preliminary survey has been done, but the Committee feels that it bears further study, and I am hopeful that this investigation will continue diligently. I want to emphasize at this point that nothing has been abandoned - the Bannister Road property in Kansas City is still a primary consideration of the Board. With continually rising costs and inflationary trends, it is imperative that all avenues be investigated thoroughly to the end that when a final decision is reached, we will be assured that we are getting the best and most practical return for th~ dollars we invest. Please be assured that the Board of Directors will always act in the best interest of the Home, the Western Unit, and the Fraternity.

HOME AND BOARD PERSONNEL No matter how dedicated the Board may be in its resolve to maintain high standards of excellence for our Home, it all translates into action only through those who are charged with the day-to-day management and operation of the Home. Our Administrator, Bro. H. David Thomas, has had excellent training and many years of experience in managing and administering facilities such as ours. His expertise is evident in so many ways; attention to detail, smooth administrative procedures, economical management, sensitivity to the needs of our guests - I could go on and on. I am convinced that he adds immeasurably to the success of our operation and the satisfaction of our guests. Certainly, we owe a large measure ofthanks and appreciation to Bro. and Dr. Harold E. Walters, our Medical Director, and to Bro. and Dr. C. Rush McAdam, our Staff Physician, and to their adjunctive Medical Staff for the excellent operation of our hospital, and for the excellent medical care our guests continually receive. To all the volunteers, and the Cheer Committee, and to all who help in so many, many ways, we owe a continuing debt of gratitude for the many hours of devoted service they render in so many and varied ways to help our guests to feel remembered, and to provide them with meaningful activity. Bro. Howard E. Ward, our Co-ordinator of Fraternal Relations, continues to work diligently in many ways to reach people with the story of our great Masonic Charity, and to interest many to invest their gifts and legacies in this

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philanthropic cause. We have already seen outstanding results from his efforts, but much of his time and energy will translate into tangible evidence only in years to come. We thank him for his continuing efforts and unflagging zeal to tell the story of the Home. It is our hope, and his, that more lodges will utilize his expertise to inform and educate our membership. Also, a very special thank you to Bro. Carl I. Stein, the Secretary of the Board for his attention to detail, and ever-willing and cooperative attitude in serving the Board. I, personally, have found his help invaluable this past year.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Our Board of Directors has the great responsibility of managing what has become a multi-million dollar a year program. Their responsibilities are many and varied, but they accept them willingly and energetically. Each brings a particular expertise, and herein lies the strength and wisdom of the Boardmultiplied talents united in one great concentrated effort to direct the destiny of this great service pr<~ject of a Fraternity that expouses Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth. As the year closes, we must of necessity see the retirement of two of our members. Bro. Robert H. Arnold (Bob) has served on the Finance Committee, as Chairman of the Gifts, Wills and Bequests Committee and outstandingly as Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Western Unit. His leadership will be missed, but I know that he will be ready to assist this project that is dear to his heart in whatever capacity he may be called in the future. Bro. Charles E. Scheurich is also retiring, and his analytical acumen and diverse knowledge of building, maintenance, and allied fields will be sorely missed - but only for one year. He will return following the Grand Lodge Session in 1981.

ADVISORY BOARD. O.E.S. It is always a pleasure, at the Quarterly Meetings, to welcome the Sisters of the Eastern Star. Their interest in the Home is manifested in so many ways. Their ability to find those areas in the life of the Home that need additional aid and support, and their willingness to secure aid from the Order for these purposes, and many others, is not only phenomenal, but clearly demonstrates the amalgamation of the efforts of the Order of the Eastern Star and our own Fraternity into a channel of charitable relief for eligible members of both Orders. We observe with a note of sadness the retiring from the Advisory Board of Sister Vera Sappington. Her vivacity and pleasant personality will be missed, but I am sure her zeal for the Home will continue unabated.

LOOKING AHEAD With the completion of all major projects of a rehabilitative nature, the physical plant of the Eastern Unit of our Masonic Home stands tall among facilities of this type in Missouri. Preventive maintenance will continue to be a major concern. Our commitment to our less fortunate brothers and sisters and their families will continue to be the thrust of this facility's service. That the job is being done can be documented by the fact that two major nursing schools in St. Louis

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continue to use our facility as part of their Geriatric Nursing Training system, and by the testimony of our guests and their families. Our other major priority must be to pursue diligently the dream of a Western Unit, so that we may adequately serve the needs of all deserving and eligible members of our Fraternity and the Eastern Star. Much study, planning and effort will be required. May we stand united and ready to meet the challenge. Fraternally,

EDWARD BLINN

R.W. Brother Blinn moved the acceptance of the Report of the Masonic Home. The motion was seconded and approved by vote of the Grand Lodge. R.W. Brother Blinn informed the Grand Lodge that the report on the survey by American City Bureau/Beaver Associates had been received on Saturday before the opening of this Grand Lodge Session, but that there had not been time nor opportunity to study its contents. He assured the Grand Lodge that full information would be passed on to the members through issues of The Freemason magazine. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS

M.W. Bro. J. C. Montgomery Jr., Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Grand Master's Address. To the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of the State of Missouri: BRETHREr-;: The Committee on the Grand Master's Address respectfully submits the following report. Your Committee approves the printed address of our Grand Master both as a whole and in its several parts and listened with interest to his elaboration thereon this morning. We commend him for his accustomed eloquence and for those expressions of his devotion to the Craft as well as his incisive judgments pertaining to the state of our Fraternity. We refer his recommendations concerning the Grand Lodge Office Building to the Grand Lodge Office Building Committee. We refer his recommendations concerning the Blanket Liability Insurance Program to the Committee on Ways and Means. We read with great interest the Grand Master's comments concerning Masonic Trials and refer this recommendation to the Committee on Jurisprudence. The dispensations, consents and permissions, decisions and rulings we refer to the Committee on jurisprudence. The far-reaching comments of our Grand Master concerning change and the future of the Fraternity are thought-provoking and deserving of further study and possible action. We commend this to the attention of the incoming Grand Master and Grand Lodge Officers and invite their considered recommentations. We realize that our Grand Master has had to labor this year under the heavy burden of extensive care for a loved one, but we take this means of expressing our appreciation for his leadership. Finally, as Past Grand Masters, we welcome the Grand Master's generous recognition of that group of leaders and pledge our support to whatever efforts are needed to strengthen the Masonic Fellowship we all cherish. Fraternally submitted, ELVIS A. Moor-;EY, THOMAS.J. DAVIS, jR., HERMA:-': A. ORLICK, H. O. GRAL'EL, HAROLD M. jAyr-;E, W. H. CHAPMA:-.J, A. BASEY VA:-;LANDIr-;GHAM, LEWIS C. WES COOK,

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R.W. Brother Montgomery moved that the report be received. The motion was seconded and approved by vote of the Grand Lodge. REMARKS OF M.W. GRAND MASTER BYRON C. JENKINS OF NEBRASKA REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MASONIC EDUCATION

Bro. Thomas C. Warden, Chairman, presented the report ofthe Committee on Masonic Education. To the Grand Lodge. A.F. & A.M., of Missouri: One of the chief endeavors of your Committee on Masonic Education the past year has been to strengthen the Grand Lodge Achievement Award Program with the goal of making it the foundation upon which our attention can be directed. Early in the year. each Master of a lodge and all District Deputy Grand Masters received a packet explaining the program and urging participation in the honor lodge project. We feel the mailing paid dividends: By mid-August. some 60 lodges had qualified for the award. As of this moment, there are 100 recipients of the award this year. The program has been in existence since 1975 and progress. admittedly. has been slow. But with continuing emphasis by your Education Committee, with the recognition afforded to lodge Masters by the Achievement Award Medallion, and with the assistance of District Deputy Grand Masters. we feel the program will continue to gain acceptance throughout Missouri lodges. A large part of the success of the honor lodge program must go to The Freemason magazine under the competent editorship of Bro. Ray Hilton. In addition to providing liaison between the Grand Lodge and members of the Fraternity. The Freemason magazine has devoted much of its attention to the Achievement Award project. Its content and quality have been excellent. and new features - such as a column by the Grand Lecturer to bolster interest in the ritual, and a column on "Masonology" that explores the history, traditions and principles of the Fraternity - have been added. The magazine is an integral part of the ongoing education that all brethren should strive to acquire. In addition to supplying publications and visual aids to lodges, the Committee on Masonic Education produced a third printing of the pamphlet, "600 Years of Craft Ritual," by W. Bro. Harry Carr of the Grand Lodge of England. We are indebted to the Committee on Ways and Means for assuming the cost of this third printing from the revolving fund inasmuch as the Carr pamphlet has attracted worldwide attention and requests for it are coming in from countries where Brother Carr lectures. In this regard. your Education Committee has maintained correspondence with Brother Carr - one of the foremost Masonic scholars of our time - and plans are in the making for him to lecture here in St. Louis in 1981. This should be a signal honor for Missouri. As more details become available, they will be published in The Freemason magazine. As in the past, the Committee maintains a display table at each session of Grand Lodge. Current publications are available there, and committee members are on duty to assist you. The Midwest Conference on Masonic Education this past year was held in Bloomington. Minnesota. Bros. Ronald Compton, Ray Hilton and Thomas Warden were in attendance and benefitted greatly from this continuing relationship with brethren from neighboring jurisdictions who are active in the field of Masonic Education. New ideas

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and programs from these conferences inevitably aid in the work of the Missouri committee. Again this year we would like to encourage individuals to join the Missouri Lodge of Research and the Masonic Service Association. The cost is nominal and the benefits great. Application forms can be obtained at the Committee's display table. Your Committee on Masonic Education would like to again emphasize the importance of the Grand Lodge Achievement Award Program. As brethren here assembled witness the presentation this evening of honor lodge medallions to Masters of lodges that have qualified for the award, the Committee hopes each new Master will make it his personal goal to qualify for the award next year. The Committee would like to express its appreciation to those District Deputy Grand Masters who were instrumental in encouraging lodge participation in the Achievement Award Program. Their assistance has been invaluable. And we wish to express our deep gratitude to our Grand Secretary for his diligent efforts and support that have made our task easier and our goals attainable. Respectfully submitted, OUl': S. McDANIEL, WILLIAM H. CHAP\IAl':, JOSEPH S. VANDoLAH, RONALD M. COMMOl':, THOMAS C. WARDEN, Chairman. BRL:CE H. Hu路n,

Addendum

I would like to add that since the time this report was prepared a month ago, I have heard from Brother Carr and am pleased to inform you that - as plans stand now - this distinguished Masonic scholar and lecturer will deliver not one but four lectures in Missouri between May 6 and May 16, 1981. We plan for him to appear here in St. Louis and at Kansas City, Springfield and Jefferson City on specific dates to be determined later. GRANDLODGEAC~~TAWARD

1980 RECIPIENTS

Richard A. Wachter, Tuscan Lodge No. 360 James O. Loomis, Carthage Lodge No. 197 Jim B. Rowland, Liberty Lodge No. 31 Floyd Frommel, Mount Zion Lodge No. 327 Charles O. Shaffer Jr., Mizpah Lodge No. 639 Robert W. Foster, Charity Lodge No. 331 Ennis H. Wright, Grandview Lodge No. 618 Jesse Paul Matthews, Plato Lodge No. 469 Ezra Franklin Williams, Wentzville Lodge No. 46 Jared A. Price, Herron Lodge No. 354 Charles F. Taylor, Blue Springs Lodge No. 337 Terry Dean Stanley, Carterville Lodge No. 401 Ronald C. Chambers, Latimer Lodge No. 145 John H. Rich, Jefferson Lodge No. 43 Charles E. Coffman, Neosho Lodge No. 247

Glen Ingram, Robert Burns Lodge No. 496 Robert M. Keyserling, Mt. Hope Lodge No. 476 Clarence Lee Hardison, Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422 Clement Gunn, Shelbina Lodge No. 228 William E.Jones, East Gate Lodge No. 630 Woodrow W. O'Dell, Trilumina Lodge No. 205 Delmar H. Mayfield, Northwest Lodge No. 358 Marshall Curt Rimann, Swope Park Lodge No. 617 John D. Runyon, Palestine Lodge No. 241 Dannie P. O'Dell, Clay Lodge No. 207 Herrick T. Wilburn, Kennett Lodge No. 68 Ronald Short, Columbia Lodge No. 534 S. Robert Morros, Benjamin Franklin Lodge No. 642 Alfred Wagner, Vienna Lodge No. 94 Otis E. Riggs, Lambskin Lodge No. 460 Fred Simmerman, Rushville Lodge No. 238

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Stanley Houston, Brotherhood Lodge No. 269 Wilford L. Stagner, Clifton Heights Lodge No. 520 Larry Lambing, Zeredatha Lodge No. 189 Merrill A. Wright, Summit Lodge No. 263 Calvin Schulte, Owensville Lodge No. 624 James O. Ely, Hope Lodge No. 251 J. R. Pelletier, Wentzville Lodge No. 46 Albert H. Solari, Beacon Lodge No.3 Jerry F. Willis, Ceiile Daylight Lodge No. 305 Richard W. Stapleton, Charity Lodge No. 331 William F. Rake, Meridian Lodge No.2 Vernon L. Whittle, Versailles Lodge No. 320 Lloyd J. Peterson, Lamar Lodge No. 292 David M. Daughterty,Jr., Twilight Lodge No. 114 Roger Allgood, Harold G. Grauel Lodge No. 672 J. Bert Thacker, Mizpah Lodge No. 639 Wade C. Helton, Fraternal Lodge No. 363 Billy R. Potter, California Lodge No. 183 Frank Blair Curry, McDonald Lodge No. 324 D. Robert Downey, Pilgrim Lodge No. 652 Louis V. Buettner, Freedom Lodge No. 636 Richard Alex Behr, Euclid Lodge No. 505 Robert J. Wangelin, Anchor Lodge No. 443 Justin L. White, St. Francis Lodge No. 234 Joe Clifford, Clintonville Lodge No. 482 Larry Banner, Barnett Lodge No. 591 Richard Burgen, Alpha Lodge No. 659 Stanley Kizior, King Hill Lodge No. 376 Charles F. Banks, Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40 Luther W. Hudson Jr., North Star Lodge No. 157 Cecil A. Tinin, Joplin Lodge No. 335 Raymond H. Scarborough, Blue Springs Lodge No. 337 Norman W. Thompson, Jefferson Lodge No. 43 John G. Cook, Barnes Lodge No. 116 Paul D. Benson, Meramec Lodge No. 313 Paul W. Jarnagin, Brentwood Lodge No. 616

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D. Ronald Ridgeway, Gate City Lodge No. 522 Dale S. Drew, Moberly Lod~e No. 344 Wallace Maidment, Richmond Lodge No. 57 Karl J. Geltz, Fellowship Lodge No. 345 H. C. Pennel, Fairfax Lodge No. 483 Bobby Ray O'Dell, Friendship Lodge No. 89 Joe R. Fisher, Fellowship Lodge No. 345 Marshall L. West, Bonhomme Lodge No. 45 Eugene E. Ebright, Fellowship Lodge No. 345 (Posthumous) Lester C. Saverda, Trilumina Lodge No. 205 Frederick R. Kaucher,Jr., Berkeley Lodge No. 667 William E. Nelson, Saxton Lodge No. 508 George E. Rawson, Samaritan Lodge No. 424 Ernest H. Wotring, Conway Lodge No. 528 Jo M. Fisher, Raytown Lodge No. 391 Robert L. Caldwell, Country Club Lodge No. 656 Robert E. L. Shelton, Macks Creek Lodge No. 433 Wendell J. Brunk, Grandview Lodge No. 618 Teddie E. Harrison, Albert Pike Lodge No. 219 Frank R. Charles, Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Robert A. Lloyd, Heroine Lodge No.1 04 Jay Olney, Linn Creek Lodge No. 152 Roy Joe Perkins, Richland Lodge No. 385 Ivan Sansocie, Marcus Lodge No. 110 Byron G. Smith, La Belle Lodge No. 222 Aaron L. Fain, Aurora Lodge No. 267 Noah H. Rogers, Orient Lodge No. 546 David Woods Short, Temple Lodge No. 299 Dale G. Carter, Swope Park Lodge No. 617 Harry L. Bone, East Gate 630 Abe I. Yodler, Rockhill Lodge No. 663 James Francis Fitzpatrick, Buckner Lodge No. 501 Glen Stottlemyre, Texas Lodge No. 177

Brother Warden moved that the report be accepted, received, and printed in the PROCEEDINGS of this session of the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Missouri. The motion was seconded and approved by vote of the Grand Lodge.

REPORT OF GRAND LECTURER To the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Missouri: BRETHREN: Herewith is submitted my eighth annual report as your Grand Lecturer as required by the Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand Lodge. One of the duties of the Grand Lecturer is to make a written report to the Grand Lodge regarding the general condition of the ritualistic work and other matters of interest connected with his office. As a matter of record this report is important for, by it and those presented in the past, we are able to follow the progress of our ritual from year to year. I have held schools of instruction in every district of the state at least once, and in many districts where I felt my services were needed a second time. The attendance at these meetings, with few exceptions, has been greater than a year ago, perhaps due to the interest in the Achievement Award awarded by the Grand Lodge which requires attendance of at least four of the top five line officers at one of the schools. I have a keen interest in the Achievement Award not only for the above stated reason but because of other requirements which are necessary and encourage a lodge to engage in some activities that would not ordinarily be their custom. The results of the new Subdivision I I I are very encouraging from the standpoint of numbers as well as the distribution in all parts of the state. For example, in southeast Missouri a brother could request examination regarding Subdivision III, an examining committee could be assembled with little trouble and no great distance traveled. We now have 196 Subdivision III card holders. For those who may not know the requirements to receive a Subdivision III card, one must be able to give all of the wording, floorwork, and movements of all the lodge officers in opening and closing lodge on the three degrees and also a partial closing on the second and third degrees of Freemasonry. I would encourage all lodge officers to become more proficient in this very basic portion of our ritual. As I make this report and as I study the reports of the District Deputy Grand Lecturers there seems to be a number of our lodges that feel they do not need the services of their District Deputy Grand Lecturer, and have failed to call on them for a school of instruction. My first reaction to reports of this nature was that probably those lodges had someone who was a past deputy or a very good ritualist who was teaching the ritual in the proper manner; however, closer examination and, on inquiring, I find that this is not so; that the greater number of lodges that do not ask for assistance from the deputies do not have such a brother to help them and that their ritual is very poor even in the opening and closing, exclusive of any degree work. Perhaps they are embarrassed and prefer that a deputy not see them so ritualistically poor. This is not a new problem for as I read reports as far back as 1890 this same problem presented itself. In some cases, they had assimilated work from other Grand Jurisdictions; some brother thought that the work of his home lodge was more beautiful than was ours. Brethren, this should not be so! The Missouri ritual was adopted at the time of the Baltimore convention by brethren of great integrity and intelligence with sincere regard for its uniqueness and beauty.

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Ask your Deputy to hold a school of instruction in your lodge that you may gain confidence in your work and thereby enjoy it. I know that no Deputy Lecturer will refuse a request for a school. To the District Deputy Grand Lecturers, I wish to express my appreciation for their fine work and hearty cooperation. We so often take for granted the numbers of miles and great number of hours spent away from home, working with the brethren of their districts and improving themselves in the ritual. If all the deputies averaged as many miles as some deputies reported, there would be a total accumulative number of miles in excess of 156,000 miles, all this without remuneration. In addition to conducting the more than 60 official visits, 20 sectional meetings were held with your District Deputy Grand Lecturers, 19 of which I conducted. The school at Wentzville was conducted by two members of the Ritual Committee, R. W. Bros. Dale Ludwig and Carroll Moorman, to whom I give my thanks. This was the first of the Sunday Lecturers' schools in eight years over which I have not presided. My wife was in intensive care at the Independence Sanitarium and Hospital and has since recovered completely. We give thanks to God and the many friends and brothers who offered prayers in her behalf. The school held in Washington, on March 16, 1980 was so well attended for the second straight year that we have now decided to make it an annual meeting for the month of March. A year ago last March there were 116 who signed the register from some 42 lodges, this year there were 151 who signed (and some who did not) from 54 lodges. It was, to say the least, a great success. On the 28th ofJune, several members of the Ritual Committee, some Grand Lodge Officers, District Deputy Grand Masters and Lecturers conferred the Master Mason Degree on a proficient Fellow Craft at an outdoor ham and bean supper and meeting on a farm south of Strafford sponsored by Strafford Lodge No. 608. Last year 151 Master Masons representing 21 lodges participated in the event; this year there were present over 200 Master Masons representing some 61 lodges. On August 2 the same basic group with a few changes conferred a Master Mason degree at an outdoor ham and bean supper and meeting at Southwest City. Well over 100 attended this meeting. The candidate at Southwest City was Clinton H. Shaddox, Ill, son of the present District Deputy Grand Master of the 56th Masonic District Clinton H. Shaddox, Jr., who participated. The young man's grandfather, Clinton H. Shaddox, was also in attendance. Both of these meetings were well attended and it was a pleasure to have had a part in them. lowe a debt of gratitude to the District Deputy Grand Masters who have been so kind and supportive. They have never refused a request I have made and I am indebted to them for their support of the District Deputy Grand Lecturers and the ritual. The opportunity to have served this year under M.W. Bro. Gus O. Nations, our Grand Master, has been a rewarding experience. I thank him for his understanding and support. To the Grand Lodge Officers my sincere appreciation for their continued support and good wishes. The Grand Lodge body owes them a debt of gratitude as they give of their time and talents, each in his own way.

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May we give thanks to the Great Architect of the Universe for His watchful care over us and our Fraternity. God bless you all. Fraternally submitted, STANTON T. BROWN, Grand Lecturer. R.W. Grand Lecturer Brown moved that the report be approved and printed in the annual PROCEEDINGS. The motion was seconded and approved by vote of the Grand Lodge. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RITUAL

KW. Bro. Stanton T. Brown, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Ritual. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. oJ Missouri: BRETHREN: We submit herewith our annual report as your Committee on Ritual. The Committee met in Springfield on May 31, 1980. The first subject considered was a statistical report on the Subdivision II I proficiencies. There were, on May 15, 1980, 183 brethren qualified in Subdivision III of which 61 were present lodge officers. There has been discussion with Grand Lodge officers with regard to having a requirement that one be a current Subdivision III card holder before he could be elected Junior Warden; however the acceptance among the Craft seems only around 20 percent. It was the consensus of the Committee not to attempt to implement this requirement until there is a more general acceptance among the Craft. The Committee has very strong feelings as to the eventual implementation of this requirement but do feel that we must have a greater number of our lodge officers in all parts of the state qualified in Subdivision III before asking the Grand Lodge to adopt such a requirement. A request was received in writing regarding a change in the ritual in balloting, to include making a provision for the Tiler to vote. After considerable discussion, it was agreed that it was not appropriate to change the ritual at this time. The law states that it is not mandatory for the Tiler to vote. There is already provision for any brother to enter the lodge, but this is done at some point between orders of business. It has come to the attention of your Ritual Committee that some groups who have called themselves a degree team have conferred third degrees without the required number of members to be called a team; this is a direct violation of Masonic law and should be stopped. If a group wants to help lodges, this they can do, but without the proper number and rehearsals they must not call themselves a team. One member will be retiring this Grand Lodge session from the Committee and I want to express our thanks to him for his long and outstanding service to the Grand Lodge as well as to the Ritual Committee. To R.W. Bro. William F. Jackson, we recognize in a measure, at least, the time and thought, knowledge, and yes, devotion given to the Fraternity in continuing effort to perpeturate the ritual in its true esoteric form! You may rest assured that your good counsel will always be welcomed.

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The Committee wishes to express thanks to R.W. Bro. Frank A. Arnold, our Grand Secretary, for his valuable assistance in handling the detailed work that goes through his hands from the office of the Grand Lecturer. The list of names of the brethren who have received certificates this past year in Subdivisions I, II and III will be listed in the PROCEEDINGS as a part of this report. Fraternally submitted, FREELON K. HADLEY, CARROLL R. MOORMAN, WILLIAM F. JACKSON,

DALE A, LCDWIG, RONNIE L. HOCSE, STANTON T. BROWN, Chairman.

SUBDIVISIOI\: I-ORIGII\:ALS 5506 James Harold Doran, Fellowship LodRe :'\0.345 5507 Ronald Lee Barrett, RisinR Sun LodRe 1\:0. 13 5508 Bonis Cagle,Jr., RisinRSun LodRe 1\:0. I:~ 5509 Bruce Harvey Trammell, Branson Lodge 1\:0.587 5510 Bobby Ray Evans, RisinR Sun LodRe 1\:0. 13 5511 .lim B. Rowland, Liberty LodRe 1\:0. 31 5512 \\'illiam Goodloe Warder, Weston Lodge No. 53 5513 William Harold De~tent, Grandview LodRe No. 618 5511 William Arthur Catlett, Lamhskin LodRe 1\:0.460 5515 John R. Chadwick, Rising Sun LodRe 1\:0. 13 5516 John R. \\'ells, JonesburR Lodge 1\:0. 457 5517 Vernon Ray Frazee, GrandVIew LodRe r-.;0.618 5518 Randall Dean Barnes, Hebron LodRe No. 354 5519 Jared A. Price, Hebron Lodge 1\:0. 354 5520 Jeffrey D. Johnson, Charity Lodge 1\:0. 331 5521 Billy Steven Banks, Grandview Lodge 1\:0. 61H 5522 Alfred A. Watz, Sullivan Lodge 1\:0. 69 5523 Richard Edward Coyle, Jonesburg Lodge 1\:0.457 5524 David Lee Ellington, Fellowship Lodge 1\:0.345 5525 Clifton Hobert Cossey, Charleston Lodge l\io.407 5526 Harrv Hudson Sutherland, Charleston Lodge l\io. 407 5527 Howard E. Constable, East Gate Lodge 1\:0.630 5528 Herrick T. Wilburn, Kennett Lodge 1\:0. 68 5529 Joe I. Willhite, Joplin Lodge No. 335 5530 'William Jefferson Eldridge, Fellowship Lodge No. :H5 5531 Willie Del Mitchell, Kennett Lodge No. 68 5532 Howard A. McGee, I\:eosho Lodge No. 247 5533 William Lerov Rosanbalm, East Gate Lodge No. 630 5534 Lewis Wayne Cowell, Sikeston Lodge 1\:0. 310 5535 Harvey Joe Wells, Grandview Lodge 1\:0. 618

5536 Karl R. Brown, Wentzville Lodge 1'0. 46 5537 Robert Harris Bray, Fayette Lodge No. 47 5538 Gilbert Lee Roy Mattli, Berkeley LodRe :\0.667 5539 Llovd Elmer PoHer, Buckner Lodge No. 501 5540 Donald L. Wheatley, Lebanon Lodge 1'0. 77 5541 James Stanton Arnold, Florissant Lodge 1\0.668 5542 Ruben David Helton, Joplin Lodge No.

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5543 Mark Allen Sargent, Carterville LodRe :\0.401 5544 Larrv Dean Williams, Carterville Lodge 1'(;.401 5545 Gerald Lee Lewis, Carterville LodRe 1'0. 401 5546 Bill Ambro Humhle, Poplar Bluff Lodge 1'0. 209 5547 Larry Melvis Stone, Excelsior LodRe 1\:0. 441 5548 Paul Edward McKean-Shields, Henderson LodRe 1'0. 477 5549 Charles W. Middleton, Phoenix Lodge 1'0. 136 5550 Anthony Carter Bell, Dexter Lodge No. 532 5551 David Homer ~1ercer, Wentzville Lodge No. 46 5552 John Richard Combellick, Alpha Lodge No. 659 5553 Willard Fritts, Meramec Lodge 1'0. 313 5554 Melvin Loran Hall, Pollock Lodge 1'0.349 5555 Peter B. Gudeman, Charity LodRe No. 331 5556 Joseph Cecil Kirksey, Valley Park Lodge No. 629 5557 Darrell Kirby, Essex LodRe No. 278 5558 Joseph E. Davis, Meramec Lodge No. 313 5559 Richard Allen Grove, Rising Sun Lodge 1'0. 13 5560 Steven LeslieJackson, Waverly Lodge No. 61 5561 Albert R. Martin, Milton Lodge No. 151 5562 James Edward Drake, Rolla Lodge No. 213 5563 Joseph W. Barber, East Gate Lodge 1\:0. 630 5564 David Franklyn Guilliams, Raytown Lodge No. 391 5565 Garry L. Sides, Essex Lodge No. 278 5566 Viq,{il Frederick Forrester, Leadwood

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5594 LOdge 1"0. 59~ 5595 5567 Howard.J. Railey, Richmond Lodge 1'0. 5596 57 5597 5568 Jimmie R. Mullikin. Richmond Lodge 1'0. 57 5598 5569 James W. Stigall. Richmond Lodge 1'0. 57 5570 'Robert Brent Bradshaw, Cooper Lodge 5599 No. 36 5571 Morris F. Singleton, Irondale Lodge No. 5600 143 5572 Stanley E. Reasons, Irondale Lodge No. 560 I 143 5602 5573 Glenn James Ballenger, Mt. Olivc Lodgc 1'0.429 5574 James Floyd Summcrs, Clintonville Lodge 5603 No. 482 5575 .lames Daniel Carman, Essex Lodge No. 5604 278 5576 Doyle Eldo Mathes, Aurora Lodge No. 5605 267 5577 Richard I"ye Hatch, Keystone Lodge No. 5606 243 5578 Fred W. Asman, Trenton Lodge No. III 5607 5579 AlonlO.J. K. Hudson, Joachim Lodge No. 164 5608 5580 Frank 1.. Lennaman, Joachim Lodgc 1"0. 5609 164 5610 55~1 George E. Williams, Versailles Lodge No. 320 5611 5582 Milford Massey, St. Francois Lodge 1'1:0. 5612 234 5583 Robert Wayne Erwin, Criterion Lodge 5613 1'0.586 5584 Russell Joe Schell, Criterion Lodge 1'0. 5614 586 55~5 Grcgory P. Campbell, Arlington Lodge 5615 1'0.346 55~6 Elmer Earl Wilson, Dexter Lodge No. 532 5616 55~7 Chancey Gilbert Storm, Northeast Lodge 1'0.643 5617 55~8 Russell O. Hucker, Beacon Lodgc No.3 5589 Cameron Earle Herrell, Butler Lodgc 1'0. 5618 254 5590 John Edward Hurshman. Jr., Butlcr 5619 Lodge No. 254 5591 Vernon A. House, Bluc Springs Lodge 5620 No. :{:n 5592 William E. Broggi, Sr., Blue Springs. 5621 Lodge 1"0. 337 559:~ Harold I. Richardson, Samaritan Lodge 5622 1'0.424 SUBDIVISION I-FIRST A2541 George Allen Morgan, Liberty Lodge 1'0.31 A2542 Phillip David Rendon, East Gate Lodge 1'0.630 A2543 Louis Harvey Partain, Neosho Lodge No. 247 A2544 Robert Lee Fry, Independence Lodge 1'0.76 A2545 Howard R. Childress, Branson Lodge No. 587 A2546 William Cartcr Durbin. Moberly Lodge 1'0.344 A2547 Lawrence Scott Cameron. Swope Park Lodge 1'0. 617 A254~ Karl)usticc Geltz, Fellowship Lodge No. 34:> A2549 Robert Gene Pflug, Fellowship Lodge 1'1:0.345

Aubrcy Fugatc, Fenton Lodge No. 281 Gary K. Allen, Rising Sun Lodge No. 13 Russell A. Martin, Charity Lodge No. 331 Harold Duanc Burris, Ivanhoc Lodge 1'1:0. 446 Durward Russell Kitts, Liberty Lodge No. 31 .lames T. England, Wakanda Lodge No. 52 Melvin Lee Lane, Essex Lodge No. 27~ John Charles Krieg, Shelbina Lodge No. 228 Victor Chevez, Waynesville Lodge No. 375 Martin Olivcr Humphrey. Waynesville Lodge No. 375 Fred Albert McMillan, Waynesville Lodge 1"0.375 David Barnett Brown, Buckner Lodge No. SOl John Howard Santschi, Shekinah Lodge 1'0.256 Arthur 1.. Cook, Jr., Barnesville Lodge 1'0.353 James F. Herron, Bclle Lodge 1':0. 373 Louis G. Garris, Shekinah Lodge 1"0. 256 Dennis Ray Speak, Northeast Lodge No. 643 Ben C. Moore, Trenton Lodge No. III Gary Thomas Shields, Independence Lodge No. 76 Marvin Glenn Stinson, DeSoto Lodge 1'0. 119 Rickcy Howard Owen, Berlin Lodge No. 378 Charles E. Tharpe, Richland Lodgc 1'0. 3~5

Lawrence D. Anderson, Raytown Lodge 1'0.391 Richard Douglas Stanley, Rising Sun Lodge 1'0. 13 Horancc R. "Hucy" Higgins, Henderson Lodge 1'0.477 Ervin Eugene Schofield. Raytown Lodge 1'0. :{9l William John Mundy, Clifton Heights Lodge 1'0. 520 Allcn Douglas Smith, East Gate Lodge No. 630 I'iels Levern Lavridsen, Neosho Lodge 1"0.247 RENEWALS

A2550 Donald Edward Hoopes, Cooper Lodge No. 36 A2551 Louis Sidney Berry, Lambskin Lodge 1'1:0.460

A2552 William Robert Evans, Richland Lodge 1'0.385 A2553 Richard Alex Behr, Euclid Lodgc No. 505 A2554 Ronald Gene Galemore, Sikeston Lodge 1'0.310 A2555 Charles Eugene Dawson, Pauldingville Lodge No. II A2556 Anthony A. Redfearn, St. Louis Lodge No. 20 A255'7 Allan Paris, Jr., Fellowship Lodge No. 345 A2558 Robert Earl Jinkerson, DeSoto Lodge 1'0.119

PROCEEDI]\;GS OF THE

A2559 Dennis Rav Herndon. Hebron Lodge :-':0.354 . A2560 Virgil Ray Bradsher. Linn Creek Lodge 1'\0. 152 A2561 .lames c. Stanley. Alpha Lod~e 1'\0. 659 A2562 George L. Hickman, Raytown Lodge !'\o. 391 A2563 Clifford Lain Hill, Galena Lodge !\io. 515 A2:>64 Cecil Aaron Tinin. Joplin Lodge 1'\0. 335 A2565 Richard Francis Han. Henderson Lodge No. 477 . A2566 Henry S. Harmon. Ionic Lodge No. 154 A2567 Larry .lames Chancellor. Buckner Lodge 1'\0. 50 I A2568 Preston B. Fleischmann. Aurora Lodge 1'\0.267 A2569 Howard Lee Dobbs. :\eosho Lod~e !'I:o. 247 A2570 .lames A. Baker, Adair Lodge 1'\0. 366 A2571 Charles Eugene Coffman. 1'\eosho Lodge No. 2'47 A2572 Kevin Kaq~el. Paul Revere Lodge 1'jo. 330 A2573 George Lamon !\ewton. Jr.. Alpha Lod~e 1'\0. 659 A2574 Frederick Allen Troxel, Jr .. Blue Springs Lodge 1'\0. :{:n A2575 David L. Combs. Forsyth Lodge 1'\0. 453 A2576 Jene D. Kirby. Essex Lodge 1'\0. 278 A2577 Roy E. Middleton. Friend Lodge :\0. :{52 A2578 Stephen Blaine (~ivens. Charity Lodge 1':0. :nl A2579 Charles Hratton. Trinitv Lodge No. 641 A2580 Robert L. Wright. Columbia Lodge 1'\0. 5:H A2581 (~alen E. Streeter. Charity Lodge 1':0. :{:~

A2582 .lames Laurence Daft. Rising Sun Lodge No. I:{

1980

A2583 Pinckney Eli Rhodes. I\laplewood Lodge 1'\0.566 A2584 Virgil M. Bennett. Jr .. Joachim Lodge 1'\0.164 A2585 James R. Paul, Wakanda Lodge 1'\0. 52 A2586 1'\orman .lean Tackett. Sheffield Lod~e 1'\0.625 A2587 Robert Mark Barrett, Adair Lodge 1'\0. 366 A2588 Frank H. Davis. Went7.ville Lodge ]'0.;0. 46 A2589 Austin Oscar (~amble. Wellston Lodge 1'jo.613 A2590 John Harmon McVay. Adair Lodge 1'\0. :{66 A2591 Eugene Granvel Ritz. Pyramid Lodge No. 180 A2:,92 Jack Clarence Weaver, Pyramid Lodge :\0. 180 A259:{ Willard W. Hoenzle. Good Hope Lodge ]'0.;0.218 A2594 Bobbv Rav O路Dell. Friendship Lodge No. 89 A2595 Richard Henrv Palone. Criterion Lodge No. 586 A2596 Sherman Wayne Gibson. Samaritan Lodge 1'\0. 424 A2597 Howard Albert Dixon. Arnold Lodge 1'\0. 67:{ A2598 Thomas Allen Walden. Jr., Wakanda Loqge No. 52 A2599 L10vd Glen Lyon. Wakanda Lod~e 1'\0. 52 A2600 Donald.J. Myers. Corinthian Lodge No. 265 A2601 Howard C. Hare. Samaritan Lodge 1'\0. 424 A2602 William (;rev Barnett. Ancient Landmark Lodge 1'\0. 3:,6 A260:{ George Richard Farrow. Independence Lodge 1'\0. 76

SCBDIVISIO!\ I-SECO!'l:D RE1'\EWALS BI387 Harrv Edmond Bri~~s, Sr.. Fellowship Lodge !\o. 345 B1388 Charles Rhoden Eye. East (~ate Lodge 1'\o.6:{0 BI389 Edgar Lee Kneip. Clinton Lodge 1'\0. 548 BI390 Richard Sidncy Gobble. Bridgeton Lod/{e 1'\0. 80 . B !:{91 Melvlll John Sanders. Marlborough Lodge ~o. 569 BI:{92 Roy Joe Perkins. Richland Lod~e 1'jo. :~85

B1394 BI:{95 B1396 BI397 BI398 BI399 BI400

Walter Edward :\ichols. Vallev Park Lod~e 1'\0. 629 . :\orman S. Stites. Vallev Park Lodge 1'\0. 629 Gail Brown. Mendon Lod~e No. 628 Otis E. Riggs. Lambskin Lodge 1'\0. 460 Richard Lee BlIrgen. Alpha Lodge 1\:0. 659 Willard Lester Workman, l.ane路s Prairie Lodge 1\:0. 531 Ravmond Lester Ilodge. Wayne Lod~e :\0. 526 Danm Eugene Rhodes. Poplar Bluff Lodge 1'\0. 209

B 1401 Herman Obv Pogue. Poplar Bluff Lodge 1'\0.209 BI402 John Ed Chipmas, Valley Park Lodge 1\:0.629 B 1403 David Gene Deck. Solomon Lodge :\10. 271 B1404 Hobby (~. !'I:e!son. East Gate Lodge [\;0. 630 BI405 Dale C. Motter. Adair Lodge 1'\0. 366 BI406 Ronnie L. Crawford. Kennett Lodge1'jo. 68 B 1407 Larry Laverne Diggs, Maitland Lod~e :\10. 112 B 1408 Hardee Hoyt Richey. Cowgill Lodge ~o. 561 B 140Y Jame~ Robert Lindley. Cass Lodge 1'\0. 147 B 1410 .lames Leonard 1'\apier. Composite Lodge 1':0. 369 H 1411 Laymon Aaron AII~ood. Harold O. (~ralJcI Lodj.{e !':o. 672 B 1412 l.ewis Gcorge Hollingsworth. Fenton Lodge 1'\0. 28 I B 1413 Buell A. Alexander, Arlington Lodge 1'\0.346

1980

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

B 1414 Jerry Don Hamrick, Hornersville Lodge 1\;0.215 B 1415 Jesse James Brown, Jr., Wayne Lodge No. 526 B1416 Dennis EarlJustice, Compass Lodge 1\;0. 120 B1417 Thomas Glenn Beck, Alpha Lodge 1\;0. 659 BI418 Verble LeoJohnson, Aurora Lodge 1\;0. 267

B 1419 Eldon Basil Denison, Trenton Lodge No.lll B1420 Lawrence F. Shipp, Berlin Lodge 1\;0. 378 B 1421 Willie Dallas Reynolds, Purity Lodge No. 658 B 1422 Carl E. Herbert, Maplewood Lodge No. 566

SUBDIVISIOI\; I-THIRD RENEWALS C8 18 Wilferd Atchison, Galena Lodge No. 515 C819 Russell A. Grosch, Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40 C820 Walter Lee Brewster, Jonesburg Lodge :"0.457 C821 VicLOr Loren Ford, Raytown Lodge 1\;0. :~91

C822 Merlin Lewis Bowman, Vincil Lodge 1\;0. 62 C823 Stanley H. Bremer, Lambskin Lodge 1\;0. 460 C824 Donald E. Scott, Independence Lodge No. 76 C825 Edwin Lee Smith, Marceline Lodge 1\;0. 481 C826 Harley Wayne Merideth, Gate of the Temple LodRe No. 422 <:827 John Paul Jones, Hebron Lodge 1\;0. 354 C828 Wilfred George Soutiea, Freedom Lodge 1\;0.636 <:829 Herman Boyd Tribue, Swope Park Lodge 1\;0.617 <:830 John Quincy Stuart, Salem Lodge 1\;0. 225 C831 Bernard Sciarone, Pyramid Lodge No. 180 <:832 John B. Moss, Jefferson Lodge No. 43 <:833 l.eonard V. Colley, Sikeston Lodge 1\;0.

:310 C834 Gayle Don Bedell, Friendship Lodge 1\;0. 345 <:835 Charles Wesley Leach, Arnold Lodge No. 673

C836 Eddie K. Gillihan, Skidmore Lodge 1\;0. 511 C837 Nodas Lewis, Temple Lodge No. 299 C838 Richard G. Thornton, Chanty Lodge No. 331 <:839 Donald Charles Ashlock, Summit Lodge 1\;0.263 C840 Roy Lynn Barnes, Columbia Lodge No. 534 C841 Don E. Baker, Branson Lodge 1\;0. 587 C842 F. Glenn Lane, Centralia Lodge No. 59 C843 Lloyd Earl Sites, Rolla Lodge No. 213 C844 Ray E. Dees, Paul Revere Lodge No. 330 C845 Warder MaGee Shotwell, Swope Park Lodge 1\;0. 617 C846 Coleman L. Lackey, Liberty Lodge No. 31 <:847 Willis E. Harding, Corinthian Lodge 1\;0. 265 <:848 John Pennington, Composite Lodge No. 369 <:849 Hugh Ed Shubert, Sheffield Lodge 1\;0. 625 <:850 Harold Veneer Brown, Rising Sun Lodge No. 13 C851 Billy Joe Crawford, Grain Valley Lodge No. 644 C852 James Clio Hudson, King Hill Lodge ]'1;0. 376 C853 Paul K. Kawakami, Heroine Lodge No. 104 <:854 Elvis Winchester, Union Lodge No. 593

SUBDIVISIOI\; I-FOL'RTH REI\;EWALS 1)534 Luther Pratt, Farmington Lodge No. I :~2 D535 John L Schafer, Salem Lodge 1\;0. 225 D5:~6 Gerald W. Complon, Brotherhood Lodge 1\;0.269 0537 George Victor McDougall, McDonald Lodge 1\;0. :~24 D538 Arthur E. Bush, Lambskin Lodge 1\;0. ,160 D539 James I\;orman Kent. Hercularwum Lodge No. 338 D540 William F. 1\;c11, Charity Lodge 1\;0. 331 D541 Virden Leon Daugherty, Alpha Lodge 1\;0.659 D542 John D. Atkins, Anchor Lodge No. 443 D543 Paul Turner, Solomon Lodge No. 271 1>544 Darrell Lowell Jones, Fairfax Lodge 1\;0. 483

D545 Harry Dayton McPherson, Independence Lodge ]'1;0. 76 D546 Lvle R. Bnns, Beacon Lodge No.3 D547 James Robert Flovd, Alpha Lodge 1\;0. 659 1>518 Ronald Eugene Smith, Hartford Lodge 1\;0. 171 D549 Howard F. Moser, Fellowship Lodge 1\;0.

:H:,

1>550 Carnell Cutbirth, (~alena Lodge No. 515 D551 Ernest C. Cottle, Twilight Lodge 1\;0. 114 1>552 Henry W. Busch, Jennings Lodge No. 640 D553 Herbert C. Ort, Euclid Lodge No. 505 D554 Walter Henry Ort, Euclid Lodge 1\;0. 505

SUBDIVISIO!\, I-FIfTH RENEWALS E369 Cleon C. Thompson, Mountain Grove LodRe 1\;0. 158

E:no Glen Paterson Adams, Rolla Lodge No. 213

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

E371 Glen D. Patton, Kenneth Lodge No. 68 E372 Harris Maupin, Jr., Hebron Lodge 1\:0. 354 E373 Thomas Eugene Thurmon, Troy Lodge 1\:0.34

E374 Dwight L. Pickinpaugh, Raytown Lodge No. 391 E375 Harold Wesley Baker, Swope Park Lodge No. 617 E376 James Harold Hartman, Raytown Lodge 1\:0.391 E377 George Ronald Johnson, Liberty Lodge 1\:0.31 E378 Lloyd Raymond Kerans, Galena Lodge 1\:0.515 E379 Jimmie Lee Moreland, I\:eosho Lodge 1\:0. 247 E380 .lames Junior Montgomery, I\:eosho Lodge 1\:0. 247

1980

E381 George H. Davis, Easter Lodge 1\:0. 575 E382 Eu~ene Spencer Harris, Ionic Lodge No.

E383 R. Franklin Avery, Hope Lodge No. 251 E384 Richard Wayne Calvert, Platte City Lodge No. 504 D85 Paul William Kittle, Rolla Lodge 1\:0. 213 E386 George O. Scobee, Galena Lodge No. 515 E387 Willard Benard McFarland, Hornersville Lodge 215 E388 Charles Edward Scheurich, Acacia Lodge No. 602 E389 Willard N. Druart, Joplin Lodge No. 3:~5 E390 Thomas Lee Moore, Joplin Lodge 1\:0. 335 1':391 Robert H. Stewart, Cuba Lodge No. 312

SUBDIVISIOI\: I-SIXTH REI\:EWALS F236 Raymond E. Lee, Acacia Lodge 1\:0. 602 F237 Maurice Mayberry, Lebanon Lodge No. 77 F238 Martin E. Brummond, Lambskin Lodge 1\:0.460 F239 Richard George Keeling, Berkeley Lodge No. 667 F240 Hoyt Young, Macks Creek Lodge No. 433 F241 Ray Hilton, Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422 F242 Jamcs Derrel Buzzard, ]\jeosho Lodge No. 247 F243 Daniel Christopher Ray, Howard Lodge No.4 F244 Arvid Earl Critchfield, Northeast Lodge No. 643

10'245 Floyd Hogan Buckncr, Ionic Lodge ]\jo. 154 10'246 Aron O. Smith, Joplin Lodge No. 335 F247 Claude F. Stephens, Advance Lodge 1\:0. 590 F248 Ernest Clyde Richardson, Lodge of Light 1\:0.257

10'249 George Pritchard Grahl, Liberty Lodge No.31 F250 Charles I\:aaman Alcorn, Wentzville Lodgc No. 46 10'251 Harry Merle Thompson, Sheffield Lodge 1\:0.625

SUBDIVISION I-SEVENTH RENEWALS G 155 Clarence Edward Sadler, Sikeston Lodgc 1\:0.310 G 156 Robert Willard .lones, Montgomery Lodge 1\:0. 246 G157 Sylvan Alton Barton, Wcllston Lodge 1\:0. 613 G158 Franklin Dow Whiting, Galena Lodge 1\:0. 515

G 159 Othar Kelly Rowlett, New Hampton Lodge No. 510 GI60 John Ivai Grcen, New Hampton Lodge No.510 GI61 Roy Harry Rude, Howard Lodge No.4 GI62 Arthur R. Zellmer, Crescent Htll Lodge No. 368 GI63 Donald L. Fulk, Platte City Lodge No. 504

SUBDIVISIOI\: I-EIGHTH RENEWALS H91 Loren Siniker Kirkpatrick, Mountain Grove Lodge ]\jo. 158 H92 Tommy Curbow, Branson Lodge No. 587 H93 Walter'Arthur Powell, Puxico Lodge 1\:0. 596 H94 Kenneth A. Williams, Sikeston Lodgc 1\:0. 310 H95 Hart Dittemore, Mount Washington Lodgc No.6 14

H96 Steven D. Lundy, New Hampton Lodgc No. 510 ' H97 Willie Robert Koelling, Howard Lodge No.4 H98 Eugene E. "Pat" McFarland, Hermon Lodge 1\:0. 187

SUBDIVISION I-I\:INTH RENEWALS 145 Jewel Waltcr Pike, King Hill Lodge 1\:0. 376 146 William W. Forrestcr, East Gate Lodge No. 630 147 George Hiram Merrymon, Tus<:an Lodge No. 360

148 Gus 1'. Fischer, Jonesburg Lodge No. 457 149 Claude Walker Dunnaway, Versailles Lodge No. 320 150 Charles G. Kuhn, Bosworth Lodge 1\:0. 597 151 Stanford M. Burgc, Lincoln Lodge No. I:HI

1980

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

SUBDIVISIOI': I-TEI':TH RE!\iEWALS .122 Everett Leslie Ogle. Richland Lodge 1':0. :385 .123 Charles Smith Hicks. Monroe Lodge No. 64 Lloyd Cecil Kennon. Granite Lodge No. J24 272

.125 Claud T. Foster. Four Mile Lodge No. 212 .126 Jesse Sylvester Cass, Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446

SUBDIVISIOI'I: I-ELEVEI':TH REI':EWALS K7 John E. Adams. Ferguson Lodge No. 542 K8 Solomon B. Christian, Maitland Lodge 1':0. 112 K9 Robert Cecil Hoefer. Composite Lodge 1':0. :369 K IO Charles Samuel Rutt. Bogard Lodge 1':0. 101

KII Thomas Franklin Wright. Tyro Lodge !\io. 12 KI2 Avery Wilson Griffey. Maplewood Lodge 1':0.566

SUBDIVISION 1-TWEUTH REI':EWALS 1.2 Bruce H. Hunt. Adair Lodge 1':0. 366 1.3 Vernon V. Goslee. Skidmore Lodge 1':0. 511

lA Walter Marvin Rayburn. Sikeston Lodge 1':0.310

SUBDIVISIOI': II-PART I-ORIGII':ALS 390 Anthony A. Redfearn. SI. Louis Lodge No. 20 391 Frederick A. Troxel, .1 r.. Blue Springs Lodge 1':0. 337 392 David Albert Miller. Orient Lodge 1':0. 546 393 Kenneth .Loyd. Goad. Cecile Daylight Lodge No. 30:> 394 Howard Albert Dixon. Arnold Lodge No. 673 395 Robert Ellis Yorke. Arnold Lodge 1':0. 673 396 Mike Lee Hayes. Somerset Lodge No. 206 397 Herman Boyd Tribue, Swope Park Lodge 1':0.617 398 Clifford Newton Talley, Irondale Lodgt~ No. 143 399 James Glen Wade. Twilight Lodge 1':0.114

400 Charles D. Howell. Henderson Lodge 1'1:0. 477 401 Arthur L. Cook,Jr.. Barnesville Lodge 1':0. :15:1 402 James Floyd Summers, Clintonville Lodge No. 482 403 Edgar Lee Kneip. Clinton Lodge !\io. 548 404 Bohby Ray O路Dell. Friendship Lodge 1':0. 89 405 Donald Earl Scott. Independence Lodge 1':0.76 406 Cleo E. Tapscott. East Gate Lodge 1':0. 630 407 Walter Edward I':ichols. Valley Park Lodge 1':0.629

SUBDIVISION II-PART I-FIRST RENEWALS A246 Joseph Edward Stevens. SI. Francois Lodge 1':0. 234 A247 Ervin Anthony Drewing. Magnolia Lodge 1':0.626 A248 Ezra Franklin Williams, Wentzville Lodge No. 46 A249 Euell.J. Sweeten. Wentzville Lodge !'\o. 46 A250 James Daniel Fink. Lambskin Lodge !'IIo. 460 A251 Glenn A. Kirk. Swope Park Lodge No. 617 A252 Raymond Lester Hodge. Wayne Lodge 1';0.526 A253 Robert.J. Wangelin, Anchor Lodge 1':0. 443 A254 Phillip David Rendon. East Gate Lodgt, 1':0.630

A255 Larry James Chancellor. Buckner Lodge No. :>01 A256 Larry Clinton Hanna, Raytown Lodge 1';0. :391 A257 Eugene Ray Miner. Aurora Lodge 1';0. 267 A258 Rex Manin Williams. Henderson Lodge 1':0.477 :\259 George A. Due\'. Branson Lodge 1':0. 587 A260 Duane Eiserman. Branson Lodge 1':0. 587 A261 John Ed Chipman. Valley Park Lodge I':t).629

A262 Robert Anthom' Wahlig. Fenton Lodge No. 281 A26:1 .J. Bert Thacker. Mizpah Lodge No. 639 A264 James R. Paul. Wakanda Lodge 1\:0. 52

SUBDIVISIOI': II-PART I-SECO!\D REl\EWALS BI68 John Lee Lorenz. Gate of the Temple Lodge 1':0. 422 BI69 Maurice Mayberr\', 77 , . Lebanon Lodue ,., !\io. B 170 J Edward Blinn. Webster Lodge 1':0. 98 B 17 1 Arvid Earl Critchfield. I'I:ortheast Lodge 1':0.643

B 172 Conley Eugene DePriest. Pauldingville Lodge 1':0. II B 173 Bobby Gene I':elson. East Gate Lodge 1':0. 630 B 174 James Clio Hudson. King Hill Lodge 1':0, :j76

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

1980

SllBDIVISIOI\: II-PART I-THIRD RE:\EWALS C 120 Joseph (;eorge Wehner. Grandyiew Lodge 1\:0. 61H CI21 .lames I\:athaniel Allison. Mt. Washington Lodge 1\0. 614 C122 Bernard M. W. Sciarone. Pvrarnid Lodge :\0. IHO C12:1 .10 Maurice Fisht'!". Raytown Lodge 1\0. :191 C 124 Elwood I. Chancellor. Buckner Lodgt' !\o. 501

C 125 Carl E. Herbert. Maplewood Lodge No. 566 C 126 Charles Keith Wilkinson. Sr .. Mt. Washington Lodge 1\0. 614 C 127 Edgar Franklin Coonrod. Florissant Lodge 1\0. 6GH C 12H Paul K. Kawakami. Heroine Lodge 1\0. IH4

SCBDIVISIOl\: II-PART I-FOURTH RENEWALS 096 Joseph Thomas Miner. Ferguson Lodge 1\0. 542 D97 Billy Joe Crawford. (;rain Valin' Lodge 1\0. 644 098 Clarence Lee Alumbaugh. Buckner Lod~e 1\:0. 50 I

D99

Charles Man'in Benedict, Wellston Lodge !\0.613 DIOO John Douglas Atkins. Anchor Lodge No. 44:1

SUBDIVISIOI\: II-PART I-FIFTH REI\:H\'ALS E6H Leo Harold Pitts. Hermitage Lodge No. 28H E69 .lames Derrel Buzzard. I\:eosho Lodge No. 247

E70 Claude F. Stephens. Advance Lodge 1\:0. 590

SUBDIVISIOI\: II-PART I-SIXTH REI\:EWALS F35 Sylvan Alton Barton. Wellston Lodge No. 613 F36 Thomas Joseph Lt'hmann. Paul Reyere Lodge 1\:0. 330 F37 William Franklin Jackson. Shaveh Lodgt路 :'\0.616

F38 Ernest Clyde Richardson. Lodge of Light 1\0. 251 1"39 Opie Doel Hatfield. Rising Sun Lodge No. 13

SCBDIVISIOI\: II-PART I-SEVEI\:TH REI\:EWALS G21 Jewel Walter Pike. King Hill Lodge 1\0. 376 G22 \\'illiam W. Forrester. East Gate Lodge No. 630

G!:1 C1illord I. Carter. Swope Park Lodge 1\'0. 617

SUBDIVISIOI\: II-PART I-EIGHTH RENEWALS H 12 Nathan William Glazer. Benjamin Franklin Lodge 1\:0. 642

H 13 John I. Williams. Rising Sun Lodge :'\0. 13

SUBDIVISIOI\: II-PART I-I\:II\:TH RENEWALS 15 Charles (;oodman. Polar Star Lodge No. 79

16 John S. Stillwell. Putnam Lodge 1\:0. 190

SUBDIVISIOI\: II-PART 2-0RH;II\:ALS 366 Ralph Wayne Horton. Jonesburg Lodge 1\:0.457

367 Eugene Walter Wade. Keystone Lodge 1\:0. 243 268 Anthonv A. Redfearn. St. Louis Lodge No. 20 369 Stanley D. Pierson. McDonald Lodge No. :124 370 Howard Albert Dixon. Arnold Lodge No. 673 371 Donald Earl Scott. Independence Lodge No. 76 372 Herman Boyd Tribue. Swope Park Lodge 1\:0.617

373 .lames Floyd Summers. Clintonville Lodge 1\:0.182 374 Darrell Dean Wisemore. Independenc. Lodge No. 76 375 Charles Bratton. Trinity Lodge No. 641 376 (;i1bert Lee Roy Mattli. Berkeley Lodge 1\:0. 667 377 Edgar Lee Kneip. Clinton Lodge 1\:0. 548 378 .lack B. Kissee. Independence Lodge No. 76 :179 Arthur 1.. Cook. Jr.. Barnesville Lodge No. 35:{ :{HO Lonnie Darl Wethered. Cecile Daylight Lodge 1\:0. 30:;

1980

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

SUBDIVISIOI': II-PART 2-F1RST RENEWALS A222 David Edward Greco, Trinity Lodge 1':0. 641 A223 Theodore R. Brown, Freedom Lodge 1':0. 636 A224 Peter Cavic,Jr., Lambskin Lodge 1':0. 460 A225 Wayne H. Branson, Overland Lodge No. 623 A226 Raymond Lester Hodge, Wayne Lodge 1\0. 526 A227 BillvJ. Crawford, Grain Valley Lodge 1':0.

644 A228 James Ellis Spencer, Grandview Lodge 1':0.618 A229 Billy Ray Abbott, Ferguson Lodge 1':0. 542 A230 Glenn Hart Oliver, Montgomery Lodge 1'0. 246

A231 John Robert Mullins, Canopy Lodge No. 284 A232 Michael David Ballard, Henderson Lodge No.4 77 A233 Charles Brent Mallin, University Lodge 1':0.649 A234 .lames c. Stanley, Alpha Lodge 1':0. 659 A235 ~:ugene Granvel Ritz, Pyramid Lodge 1':0. 180 A236 Austin Oscar Gamble, Wellston Lodge 1':0.613 A237 Robert Anthony Wahlig, Fenton Lodge No. 281 A238 Ervin A. Drewing, Magnolia Lodge No. 626

SUBDIVISION II-PART 2-SECOND REI':EWALS B 156 James Edward Brown, Fellowship Lodge No. 345 B 157 Floyd Elmer Williams, Fellowship Lodge 1':0.345

BI58 James Daniel Fink, Lambskin Lodge 1'0. 4tlO

B 159 John F. Garrett, Lambskin Lodge !\io. 460 BI60 Charles N. Alcorn, Wentzville Lodge 1\:0. 46 BI61 John Lee Lorenz, Gate of the Temple Lodge 1':0. 422 B 162 William E. Goggin, Ferguson Lodge 1':0. 542 BI63 Stephen Blaine Givens, Charity Lodge 1':0. 3:~1 '

BI64 Joseph Thomas Miner, Ferguson Lodge 1':0.542 BI65 Verble L. Johnson, Aurora Lodge 1':0. 267 . B 166 Me.lvi~ I. Sanders, Marlborough Lodge 1':0. :){)9 B 167 Conley Eugene DePriest, Pauldingville Lodge !\;o. II B 168 Charles Keith Wilkinson, Sr., Mt. Washington Lodge 1':0. 614 B 169 James Clio Hudson, King Hill Lodge No. 376

SCBDlVISIOI': II-PART 2-THIRD REI':EWALS ClO6 James I':athanial Allison, Mt. Washington , Lodge 1':0. 614 CI07 Dale A. Ludwig, Algabil Lodge 1':0. 544 ClO8 Bernard M. W. Sciarone, Pyramid Lodge No. 180 C I 09 Joseph George Wehner, Grandview Lodge 1':0. 618 ClIO Claude Sparks, Berkelev Lodge 1':0. 667

C III Carl E. Herbert, Maplewood Lodge No. 566 C 112 John Douglas Atkins, Anchor Lodge No. CII:~

44:~

William A. Gamblian, Vandalia Lodge 1':0.491 CI14 Lecil Uln, Lick Creek Lodge 1':0. 302

SUBDIVISIOI': II-PART 2-FOURTH REI':E\\'ALS D86 Marvin Gene Shull, Rising Sun Lodge 1':0. 13 DH7 Arthur Stan lev Wehmever, Paul Rey'ere Lodge 1':0. 330 ' DH8 Leo Harold Pitts, Hermitage Lodge ]\0. 2HH

D89 Rav Hilton, Gate of the Temple Lodge :'110. 422 D90 Stanton Thayer Bl'Own. Buckner Lo<lge :'\0.501 '

SCBDI\'ISIOI': II-PART 2-F1FTH RE:\E\\':\LS E65 .lames Derrel Buzzard, I':eosho Lodge 1':0. 247 E66 Thomas C. Hurt, East Gate Lodge 1':0, 630 E67 Claude F. Stephens, Advance Lodge 1':0. 590

EG8

(~eorge

H. Strothel', Vandalia Lodge 1':0.

491

SUBDIVISIOI': II-PART 2-SIXTH REI':EWALS F40 Sylvan Alton Barton, Wellston Lodge 1':0. 61:~

F41 Earnest Clyde Richardson, Lodge of Light No, 257

1"42 Clifford I. Carter, Swope Park Lodge 1':0. til?

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

1980

SUBDIVISION II-PART :l-SEVENTH RENEWALS G24 Arthur RidJard Cullor. L'nionville Lodge 1'\0.210 G25 Ollie Doel Hatfield. Rising Sun Lodge No. 3

G22 Jewel Walter Pike. King Hill Lodge No. 376 G23 William W. Forrester, East (~ate Lodge :\0. 630

seBDlVISION II-PART 2-EIGHTH REl\EWALS H 10 Charles (;co<!lIIan, Polar Star Lodge 1'\0. 79 H II I'\athan Wi Ij;lIJ1 (;/azer. Benjamin Franklin Lodge :'\ll. 642 SCBDIVISI01\'

HI'2 J. Earl Landes, Shekinah Lodge 1'\0. 256 H 13 John I. Williams. Rising Sun Lodge No. 13

II~PART

2-NI1\'TH RENEWALS

15 John S. Stillwell. Putnam Lodge No. 190 SUBDIVISIOI'\ II-PART 3-0RIGII'ALS 354 Roger A. Trent. Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422 355 William John Mundy, Clifton Heights Lodge 1'0. 5'20 356 Anthony A. Redfearn. St. Louis Lodge 1\'0. 20 357 Phillip David Rendon. East Gate Lodge 1'\0. 630 358 William F. I'\ell, Charity Lodge No. :~31 359 Charles E. Harris. Fenton Lodge No. 281 360 Ralph Wayne Horton. Jonesburg Lodge r\o. 457 361 Chester Lee McDaniel, East (;ate Lodge No. 630 36'2 Herman Boyd Tribue. Swope Park Lodge 1\'0.617 363 Clarence Wallace Stone, Jr.. Bonhomme Lodge No.4:; 364 James Ellis Spencer, Grandview Lodge No. 61H

365

~1elvin

Loran Hall. Pollock Lodl!e No. 349

366 Melvin (~. Myrick. Sr.. Palestine Lodge No. :l41 367 RandallJayJones. Mt. Olive Lodge 1'0. 439 36H William Link Lane, Ionic Lodge No. 154 :~69 Arthur 1.. Cook. Jr., Barnesville Lodge No. 3:;3 370 Benny LeRoy Roach,Joplin Lodge No. :~35 371 Edgar Lee Kneip. Chnton Lodge No. 548 372 James Floyd Summers, Clintonville Lodge No. 482 373 Kenneth Lovd Goad. Cecile Daylight Lodge No. S05 374 James 1.. Hackett. Rowley Lodge No. 204 :n5 Robert Dennis Watkins, Euclid Lodge No. !J05 376 Howard Albert Dixon. Arnold Lodge No. 673 :n7 Charles Dwayne Howell, Henderson Lodge No. 477 :n8 William Jefferson Eldridge. Fellowship Lodge No. 345

SCBDlVISIOI'\ II-PART 3-F1RST RENEWALS

A227 James Daniel Fink, Lambskin Lodge No. 460 A228 Roben Anthony Wahlig, Fenton Lodge No. 281 A229 Wayne Henry Branson. Overland Lodge No. 623 A230 Walter Henry On. Euclid Lodge r\o. 505 A231 Peter Cavic, Jr., Lambskin Lodge No. 460 A2:~'2 Raymond Lester Hodge, Wayne Lodge No. 526 A2:~3 R. Edward Ceries, Crestwood Lodge No. 669 A'234 John Roben Mullins, Canopy Lodge No. 284

A235 Ray E. Dees. Paul Revere Lodge No. 330 :\236 Theodore R. Brown, Freedom Lodge 1'0. 63fi A237 Bobby G. Nelson, East Gate Lodge No. 630 A238 Pinckney E. Rhodes, Maplewood Lodge No. 566 A239 Robert Edward Lee Shelton. Macks Creek Lodge No. 433 A240 Ezra T. Lalik. Independence Lodge No. 76

SUBDIVISION II-PART 3-SECOI'D RENEWALS B 154 Elwood Joseph Chancellor. Buckner Lodge No. 501 8155 JamesJ. Montgomery.l'\eosho Lodge No. 247 81.:;6 James Edward Brown. Fellowship Lodge No. 345

BI57 :'I:orman S. Stites. Valley Park Lodge No. 629 8158 Arthur Richard Cullor, Unionville Lodge No. 210 8159 James Clio Hudson. King Hill Lodge No. 376

1980

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

SUBDIVISION II-PART 3-THIRD RENEWALS CI22 James I\athanicl Allison. Mt. Washington Lodge 1\0.614 C 123 Joseph George Wehner. Grandview . Lodge 1\0. 6ÂŁ8 CI24 Bernard M. W. Sciarone. Pyramid Lodge No. 180

CI25 Joseph Thomas Miner. Ferguson Lodge 1\0.542 CI26 Carl E. Herbert, Maplewood Lodge 1\0. 566

SUBDIVISIOI\ II-PART 3-FOURTH REI\EWALS D88 Stanton T. Brown. Buckner Lodge 1\0.50 I D89 Leo Harold Pitts, Hermitage Lodge No. 288 D90 William I. Mosburg. East Gate Lodge No. 630

D91 Stanley Earl Massey, Competition Lodge 1\0.432 D92 John D. Atkins. Anchor Lodge No. 443

SUBDIVISION II-PART 3-FlFTH RENEWALS E64 .lames Derrel Buzzard, Neosho Lodge No. 247 E65 Maurice Mayberry. Lebanon Lodge No. 77 E66 Charles R. Savage. Shaveh Lodge No. 646

E67 R. Franklin Avery, Hope Lodge No. 251 E68 Claude F. Stephens. Advance Lodge No. 590

SUBDIVISIOI\ II-PART 3-SIXTH REI\EWALS 1"40 Claud T. Foster, Four Mile Lodge No. 212 F41 Sylvan Alton Barton, Wellston Lodge No. 613

1"42 Ernest Clyde Richardson. Lodge of Light 1\0.251

SUBDIVISION II-PART 3-SEVENTH RENEWALS G21 Morris S. Sheeks, Triangle Lodge 1\0. 638 G22 Jewel Walter Pike. King Hill Lodge 1\0. 376

G23 William W. Forrester, East Gate Lodge No. 630 G24 Ralph O. Kolb. Anchor Lodge No. 443

SUBDIVISION II-PART 3-EIGHTH RENEWALS HIO Charles Goodman, Polar Star Lodge No. 79 H II I\athan William Glazer, Benjamin Franklin Lodge No. 642 SUBDIVISION II-PART

H 12 J. Earl Landes. Shekinah Lodge 1\0. 256 H 13 John I. Williams. Rising Sun Lodge No. 13 H 14 James Woodrow Dougan, Rosendale Lodge 1\0. 404 ~~-NINTH

RENEWALS

15 John S. Stillwell. Putnam Lodge 1\0. 190 SUBDIVISION III-ORIGINALS

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14

Stanton Thayer Brown. Buckner Lodge 1\0.501 ' Freelon K. Hadley, St. Joseph Lodge 1\0. 78 Carroll R. Moorman. faster Lodge No. 575 Ronnie L House. Mansfield Lodge No. 543 William F. Jackson, Shaveh Lodge No. 646 Charles Edward Scheurich, Acacia Lodge No. 602 .J. Edward Blinn. Webster Lodge No. 45 Clarence Lee Alumbaugh, Buckner Lodge No. 501 Stanton Thayer Brown, II, Buckner Lodge 1\0.501 Allen Wri~ht Smith. Saxton Lodge No. 508 Richard G. Thornton. Charity Lodge No. 331 Eldon G. Weston, Brotherhood Lodge No. 269 Rolland Woodrow Caldwell. Hope Lodge 1\0.251 Lee Oliver KinR. Columbia Lodge No. 534

15 Thomas C. Hurt. East Gate Lodge No. 630 16 Paul K. Kawakami, Heroine Lodge No. 104 17 Arthur Ralph Zellmer. Crescent Hill Lodge No. 368 18 Marvin Gene Shull, Rising Sun Lodge No. 13 19 Hugh Edward Shubert. Sheffield Lodge No. 625 20 Victor Loren Ford. Raytown Lodge 1\0. :~91

21 J. Earl Landes. Shekinah Lodge No. 256 22 Dwight L. Pickinpaugh. Raytown Lodge No. 391 23 Ralph Claude Primo, Saline Lodge 1\0. 226 24 Roy Lynn Barnes. Columbia Lodge No. 534 25 Carl John Harshaw. Hore Lodge 1\0. 251 26 Dale A. Ludwig, Algabi Lodge No. 544 27 Jessie Carl Thompson. Forest Park Lodge No. 578 28 Howard L. Adkins, Country Club Lodge No. 656

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29 Vernon Raymond Rogers. Rising Sun Lodge 1'0. 13 :~O Jim B. Rowland. Liberty Lodg~ N? 31 :H Carson Jean. Kennett Lodge 1'<0. lI8 :~2 .J. John Shipman. Ke~lI1ett.Lodge No. 6~ 33 Virgil R. Bradsher. LlI1n Creek Lodge :"0. 1:>2 :H .lames Edward Brown, Fellowship Lodge No. 345 35 Derrd Buzzard. I'eosho Lodp;e ]\0. 247 36 Eu~ene "Pat" McFarland. Hermon Lodge ~o. IR7 37 James.J. Montgomery, ]\eosho Lodge ]\0. 247 38 Jimmie Lee ~oreland. I'eosho Lodge 1'0. 247 39 Harold I'orman I'apier. Willard Lodge No. 620 40 W. Larrance Roc. Joplin Lodge No. ~:~5 41 Robert Edward Lee Shelton, Macks Creek Lodge 1'0. 433 42 Floyd Elmer Williams. Fellowship Lodge 1'0.345 43 Rex Martin Williams. Henderson Lodge 1'<0.477 44 Randall .lay .lones, ~fount Olive Lodge ]\0. 139 45 T. Lynn Dawson, Aurora Lodge !'\o. 267 46 Verble Leo Johnson. Aurora Lodge !'\o. 267 47 Warder Magee Shotwell. Swope Park Lodge No. 617 48 William W. Forrester. Easl Gate Lodge No. 630 49 Claud T. Foster. Four Mile Lodge 1'0. 212 50 Henry L. McDaniel. East Gate Lodge No. 63!) 51 ~Iarshall Curt Rimann. Swope Park Lodge I\"0.617 52 Charles Marvin Benedict. Wellston Lodge ~o. 61:~

53 Robert Joseph Wangelin. Anchor Lodge No. 44:~ ."11 .10 Maurice Fisher. Ravtown Lodge 1'0. 391 55 Donald Earl Scott, Independence Lodge ]\0. 76 56 Theodore Martin. Hayti Lodge No. 571 57 Thomas R. Wilkins. HornersVIlle Lodge ]\0.215 :')8 Anthonv A. Redfearn. SI. Louis Lodp;e No. 20 . 59 Richard W. Goff. Clifton Heights Lodge ~o. 520 60 David Edward Greco. Trinitv Lodge ~o. 641 . 61 Carl E. Herbert. ~[aplewood Lodge ]\0. 566 62 Donald Rav Jeu. Wentzville Lodge 1'0. 46 63 Joseph Tllo'mas ~[iner. Ferguson Lodge ~o. 542 64 William A. Gamblian. Vandalia Lodge 1'0. 191 65 Charles N. Alcorn. Wentzville Lodge ]\0. 46 66 George H. Strother. Vandalia Lodge No. 491 67 Lecil Vlrv. Lick Creek Lodge ~o. :~02 68 Forrest I:~verett, Hayti Lodge .]\0. 571 69 .lames Marion Shipton. Havtl Lodge ~o. 571 70 Charles W. Leach. Arnold Lodge 1'0. 673

1980

71 .lames Glen Wade. Twilight Lodge No. 114 72 Robert Anthony Wahlig. Fenton Lodge !\;o. 281 73 Bailev Dawson. Aurora Lodge 1'0. 267 74 .J. Be~t Thacker. Mizpah Lodge 1'0. 639 75 Howard Lee Dobbs.]\eosho Lodge 1'0. 247 76 Maurice Mayberry. Lebanon Lodp;e No. 77 77 Edward Ray Windle. Cuba Lodge 1'0. :~12 78 Richard Alex Behr. Euclid Lodge ~o. :;05 79 Lewis L. Krehmeyer. Meridian Lodge 1'0. 2 80 R. Edward Ceries. Crestwood Lodge ]\0. (,69 81 Robert Lay Pritchelt, Lathrop Lodge 1\'0. :;06 82 John Lee Lorenz. Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422 H3 I'ed A. Donovan. Rising Sun Lod~e !'\o. I:~ 84 John D. Atkins, Anchor Lodge ]\0. 44:~ 85 'Charles Hugo Daume. Jr., \hstie Tie Lodge 1'0. 221 86 Avery W. (;riflev, Maplewood Lodge ]\0. 566 . 87 Robert H. Stewart. Cuba Lodge ~o. 312 HH Opie Doel Hatfield, Rising Sun Lodge 1'0. I:~

89 Robnt H. Whan. Western Star Lodge ]\0. 15 90 Russell M. Arthur. SI. Francois Lodge No. 234 91 Fredrick P. Womack, SI. Francois Lodge l"0.234 92 Dale Gene Carter. Swope Park Lodge !'\o. 617 93 Wilbur Ronald Enns. Acacia Lodge 1'0. 602 94 Bobbv Lee Hackwonh. Florissant Lodge No. 668 95 Laymon Aaron Allgood. Harold O. Grauel Lodp;e ~o. (j72 96 \Villiam Carter Bell, Dexter Lodge No. 532 97 Ervin A. Drewing. Magnolia Lodge l"o. 626 9H David Robert Vogler. f\[agnolia Lodge ~o. 626 99 (;Ienn H. Oliver, Montgomerv Lodge ]\0. 246 I 00 Lawn~nce Scott Cameron. Swope Park Lodge :\0. 617 101 Russell.J. Rowe. Perseverance Lodge ~o. 92 102 Walter A. Powell. Puxico Lodge 1'0.596 IO:~ Claude F. Stephens. Advance Lodge ]\0. 590 104 Bernard M. W. Sciarone. PHamid Lodge No. 180 105 Theodore R. Brown. Freedom Lodge No. fi% lOti Delbert Daile\', Moberly Lodge No. :H4 107 .J. Dwight Md)onald. Barnell Lodge ~o. 591 108 Walter Stanfill, Amsterdam Lodge 1'0. 14 I 109 Paul E. Kelly. York Lod!(e 1'0. 563 110 Donald Eugene Campbell. Compass Lodge 1'0. 120 III Clifford l\;ewton Talley. Irondale Lodge 1'0. 143 112 R. Clyde Foster, Excello Lod~e ]\0. :n2 II:~ Ezra 'Franklin Williams. Wentzville Lodge 1'0.16 114 Harold.J. Richardson. Samaritan Lodge 1'0.424 liS Dominik 1.. Sc'e1er. Meridian Lodge ~o. 2

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116 James Daniel Fink. Lambskin Lodge 1\0.

460 117 Jerrold Kent Clemons. Bismarck Lodge No.41 118 Harold Glen Eagan. Friend Lodge 1\0. 352 119 Duane Eiserman, Branson Lodge No. 587 120 Leo B. Kennedy. Edina Lodge No. 291 121 Dale C. MOller. Adair Lodge 1\0. 366 122 Ellroy Michael Marty. Jr.. Arnold Lodge No. 673 123 Michael D. Ballard. Henderson Lodge No.

477 124 Herman Boyd Trilme, Swope Park Lodge 1\0.617 125 Joe D. Masterson. Exce~sior .Lodge No. 4~ I 126 Arthur R. Cullor. UmonvJ1le Lodge No. 210 127 Virgil W~lbert Slaughter. Dockery Lodge

No.32:J John S. Stillwell. Putnam Lodge 1\0. 190 'Benny LeRoy Roach,Joplin Lodge No. 335 John D. Ossenfort, Arnold Lodge 1\;0. 673 Peter Cavic, Jr.. Lambskin Lodge 1\;0. 460 Chester Raymond Carpenter, Wayne Lodge No. 526 133 RaJmond Lester Hodge, Wayne Lodge No. 128 129 130 131 132

:)26 134 Melvin Loran Hall. Pollock Lodge 1\0. 349 135 Ronald Eugene Smith. Hartford Lodge No. 171 136 Alvin Merlin Armstrong. Wakanda Lodge No. 52 137 Richard F. Martin. Lexington Lodge No. 149 138 Darrell L. Jones. Fairfax Lodge No. 483 139 Vernon Vane Gosleg. Skidmore Lodge No. 511 140 Charles Henry Moore, Fairfax Lodge No. 483 141 Billie Pollard. Moberly Lodge 1\;0. 344 142 Joseph E. Stevens. St. Francois Lodge 1\;0. 234 143 Leroy Pinkley. Tyro Lodge 1\;0. 12 144 James Eugene (.reen, Leadwood Lodge 1\;0.598 145 Charles Goodman. Polar Star Lodge 1\;0. 79 146 William Link Lane. Ionic Lodge No. 154 147 Henry Solomon Harmon, Ionic Lodge No. 154 148 Gustar R. Madle. Kennell Lodge No. 68 149 Leo Wood Chancy, Cecile Daylight Lodge ~o. 305 150 Albert R. Martin. Milton Lodge 1\;0. 151 151 Clarence Wallace Stone. Jr.. Bonhomme Lodge 1\;0. 45 152 Larry Clinton Hanna. Raytown Lodge 1\;0.

39'1 153 Hardee Hoyt Richey, Cowgill Lodge No. 561

154 Lloyd C. ~e.nnon: Granite ~odge No. 2~2 155 I\;athan Wtlham Glazer, BenJamm Franklin Lodge No. 642 156 Thomas F. Wright. Tyro Lodge No. 12 157 Chauncey G. Storm, Northeast Lodge No. 643 158 Jene Kirb}, Essex Lodge No. 278 159 Darrell KIrby, Essex Lodge No. 278 160 John Robert Mullins. Canopy Lodge No. 284 161 Claud Franklin Stephens. Warrenton Lodge No. 609 162 James Floyd Summers. Clintonville Lodge No. 482 163 James Wilson Brewer, Alpha Lodge No. 659 164 Melvin Lee Lane. Essex Lodge No. 278 165 Chester Lee McDaniel. East Gate Lodge No. 630 166 Edgar Lee Kneip. Clinton Lodge 1\;0. 548 167 Sylvan Allen Barton. Wellston Lodge No. 613 168 John C. Kreig. Shelbina Lodge No. 228 169 'Robert Earl Hammond. Webb City Lodge 1\;0.512 170 Robert Weikal. Sedalia Lodge No. 236 171 Frank Patrick Lesinski. Sr., Euclid Lodge No. 505 172 John Ival Green. New Hampton Lodge No. .oj 10 173 Warren E. Carr. Mineral Lodge 1\;0. 471 174 Gerald James Kunold, Friend Lodge No. :~52

175 Ruben David Helton. Joplin Lodge No. 335 176 Wilfred Atchison. Galena Lodge No. 515

177 Carnell Eugene Cutbirth. Galena Lodge No. 515 178 Austin Oscar Gamble, Wellston Lodge No. 613 179 James E. Drake. Rolla Lodge No. 213 180 Jerry Francis Willis, Cecile Daylight Lodge 1\;0.305 181 James C. Stanley. Alpha Lodge No. 659 182 'I\;orval Wilson Lee. Rising Sun Lodge 1\;0.

13 183 Carol A. Rice, Adelphi Lodge No. 355 184 James Ellis Spencer. GrandvIew Lodge 1\;0. 618

185 George Litchfield Hickman. Raytown Lodge 1\;0. 391 186 Lonnie Darl Wethered, Cecile Daylight Lodge No. 305 187 Don V. Gunset. St. James Lodge No. 230 188 Arthur L. Cook. Sr.. Barnesville Lodge 1\;0. :~53

189 Wendell G. Pennington. Rising Sun Lodge No. I:~ 190 MelvinJ. Sanders. Marlborough Lodge No.

569

R.W. Brother Brown moved that the report of the Committee on Ritual be approved and printed in the annual PROCEEDINGS. The motion was seconded and approved by vote of the Grand Lodge. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BY-LAWS

M.W. Bro. J. Morgan Donelson, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on By-Laws.

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To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Missouri: As directed by your Grand Lodge the 1979 pocket part for the Constitution and By-Laws was prepared and distributed to the lodges and brethren for their use and enlightenment. It is with sadness I must report the loss by death of our beloved M.W. Bro. Martin B. Dickinson, P.G.M., as a member of this Committee. M.W. Brother Dickinson was an original member of the Revision Committee appointed by Grand Master William]. Craig. This Committee revised, edited, and published the Annotated Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, 1958 Edition. Brother Dickinson continued to serve on the By-Laws Committee from 1957 until his death, except for the year 1962-63 when he was Grand Master. Of the 22 years he served on this Committee he served 16 as its chairman. M.W. Brother Dickinson was a good lawyer who gladly shared his legal training and skill as a legal scholar and Freemason for the benefit and guidance of his brethren. His contributions and good wit shall be greatly missed by all who knew him and by all members of this Committee who worked with him. Fraternally submitted, NEWTON R. BRADLEY, RONALD M. BELT, JAMES

.J.

RILEY,

MORGAN DONELSON, P.G.M.

M.W. Brother Donelson moved that the report of the Committee on ByLaws be accepted and that the brethren signify the acceptance by standing in a brief moment of tribute for the strong contribution made by late Past Grand Master Martin B. Dickinson. The motion was seconded; the Grand Lodge signified its vote of acceptance by standing. REMARKS OF M.W. GRAND MASTER F. WARREN STARNS OF KANSAS REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GRAND LODGE OFFICE BUILDING

R.W. Bro.]. Edward Blinn, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Grand Lodge Office Building. To the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Missouri: The most important part of this report can be stated in one sentence. The project is completed! The present Committee was continued following the Grand Lodge Session last year. The project was moving along very well at that time. The structural work was completed, and interior finishing was well underway. The work continued uninterrupted and in November the Grand Lodge office was moved from its temporary quarters in Jefferson City to the permanent quarters in Columbia. By way of review, this Committee was charged with the building of an Administration Building at a cost not to exceed $300,000. This figure was to include land acquisition and all related expenses. I am happy to report that the Committee has strictly adhered to that directive and, in doing so, was also able to add some other features not originally planned.

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As examples: I. All floors are covered; 2. Cabinets and working surfaces not originally planned were added; 3. The basement has been partitioned, finished, and the two downstairs restrooms completed. The principal, and probably only, problem yet remaining is that of access. Presently, the access to the building is between a service station and the Columbia Inn. The Committee is ofthe opinion that the bottom line has not yet been written on this, and that there is still a reasonable likelihood of getting better access. I would like to say this about the building. If you are looking for a monument to Masonry, you will not find it here. In writing the terms and costs limitations it did, I do not think that is what the Grand Lodge was looking for. If you are looking for a servicable and functional Administrative Office Building, I think you will find that that is what we have, and that it is admirably suited to that use. I want to thank the Committee for their excellent and dedicated service and willingness to work on this project. There are several special acknowledgements that I feel must be made. Bro. Roland Brooks, of Osage Beach, did all of the excavation for the building at no cost to Grand Lodge for his time or equipment. Bro. Jimmy Lynes, of Columbia, gave the floor covering for the restrooms downstairs at no cost. Bro. John Wetzel, of Louisiana, and a member of the Committee, installed the plumbing fixtures for the downstairs restrooms (three stools, a urinal and two lavatories) at no cost. Bro. Merle Smarr, the contractor who built the building, did numerous things on this project either at cost or with no charge, and most recently did the painting and window trim downstairs at no cost. And, last but by no means least, we owe Bro. Charles Scheurich, of Columbia, and a member of the Committee, a real debt of gratitude for the tireless effort he put into this project. His willingness to act as liaison between the Committee and the architect and contractor, his many trips to the site, and his help with necessary decisions and general supervision were invaluable, and we thank him a thousandfold. Our sincere thanks to all of these brethren. It is the recommendation of this Committee that there should be a standing committee of the Grand Lodge charged with administering this building. Such a proposal will be presented for your consideration at this session. This is a final report, and we respectfully request that this Committee be discharged. ELVIS A. MOONEY, LEONARD C. NORTH, CHARLES E. SCHEURICH,

CLAUDE W. DUNNAWAY,

WILLIAM W. FORRESTER,

EDWARD BLINN,

Chairman.

JOHN E. WETZEL,

R.W. Brother Blinn moved the adoption of the report of the Committee on Grand Lodge Office Building. The motion was seconded and approved by vote of the Grand Lodge. REPORT OF GRAND TREASURER

RW. Bro. W. Marion Luna presented the report of the Grand Treasurer.

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To the Grand Lodge of Missouri, A.F. & A.M.:

This report covers the period from July 1, 1979 through June 30, 1980. Amount

Total Income Receipts Transfers From Agency Account Total Receipts Disbursements Excess of Disbursements Over Receipts Balance July I, 1979 Balance June 30, 1980 (Net Overdraft) Consisting of: Commerce Bank of St. Joseph (Overdraft) Exchange National Bank of Jefferson City

. . . . . . .

$633,821.77 166,087.50 $799,909.27 822,869.35 $( 22,960.08) 17,107.50 $( 5,852.58)

. $( 15,852.55) 9,999.97 . $( 5,852.58)

SECt; RITIES--(;EI'; ERA I. FL':'" ()

United States Treasury Notes Interest Rate Maturity

Par Value

PERCE:--;'I

5-15-81 7.50 . $ 75,000.00 34,000.00 6-30-81 6.75 . 15,000.00 2-15-84 7.25 . United States Treasury Bill 50,000.00 8-14-80 Total Securities-General Fund $174,000.00 Uninvested Cash in Principal Account .. Total .

CarT)ling Value

Market Value June 30, 1980

$ 74,887.50 33,861.88 14,971.50

$74,367.00 33,447.50 14,034.30

48,912.50 172,633.38 .00 $172,633.38

48,912.50 $170,761.30

SHTRITIES-PER:\1ANE:--;I' H'I';()

Federal National Mortgage Association Debenture Interf'.\t Rate Maturit),

Par Value

PERUSI

3-10-82 7.15 United States Treasury Bill 8-14-80 United States Treasurv Notes ' 9-30-81 6.75 6-30-81 6.75 2-15-81 8.00 2-15-84 7.25 2-15-87 9.00 Corporate Bonds Federated Master Trust Commerce Paper Fund General Motors Acceptance Corporation Note Total Securities-Permanent Fund Uninvested Cash-Principal Account Total

Carrying Value

Market Value June 30, 1980 19,:~25.00

$ 20,000.00

$ 20,030.46

10,000.00

9,782.50

. .. . . .

20,000.00 16,000.00 65,000.00 45,000.00 50,000.00

19,878.13 15,125.00 64,406.25 41,976.54 50,000.00

19,525.00 15,740.00 63,090.30 42,102.90 48,125.00

1,112.00

. . . .

1,000.00 $228,112.00

1,000.00 $223,310.88 862.78 $224,173.66

1,000.00 $219,802.70

Respectfully submitted, W. M. LUNA, Grand Treasurer.

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R.W. Brother Luna moved that the report of the Grand Treasurer be received and made a part of the PROCEEDII\;GS. The motion was seconded and approved by vote of the Grand Lodge. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RELIEF AND CHARITY

R.W. Bro. W. Marion Luna, Chairman, presented the report ofthe Committee on Relief and Charity. To the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Missouri: BRETHREN: The Committee on Relief and Charity is composed of five members ofthe Masonic Home Board. It meets monthly at the Masonic Home and on call of the chairman to consider requests properly submitted to it by a subordinate lodge for financial assistance and relief to worthy eligible cases. The Grand Lodge at the annual meeting last year, appropriated funds for use by the Committee and $10,000 of the amount appropriated was forwarded to the Committee during the year. This amount, together with the cash in the Bank constituted the total funds available for the work of the Committee, from which we have disbursed assistance to four cases as follows: Palestine Lodge No. 241 Granby Lodge No. 514 Buckner Lodge No. 501 St. Francois Lodge No. 234 Balance in Bank July I, 1979 Received from Grand Lodge Interest on Savings Checks Issued for Relief Checks Issued for Supplies Balance in Bank June 30,1980

. $3,579.00 . 1,200.00 . 250.00 . 1,000.00 $6,029.00 . $ 3,629.93 . 10,000.00 68.09 . $13,698.02 $6,029.00 9.02 $6,038.02 6,038.02 $7,660.00

The report of the Auditor verifies the facts of this financial statement. Respectfully submitted, JOHN WETZEL, W. MARION LUNA, Chairman, K. ROGER PENNEL, ROBERT G. BIRD, HOWARD E. WARD, Secretary. HARRY C. PLOETZE, R.W. Brother Luna moved that the report of the Committee on Relief and Charity be approved and made a part of the PROCEEDII\;GS. The motion was seconded and approved by vote of the Grand Lodge. ELECTION OF OFFICERS

M.W. Grand Master Nations appointed R.W. Bro. Anthony A. Redfearn, District Deputy Grand Master, District 57 C, as Chairman of Election and the District Deputy Grand Masters of the odd-numbered districts as Tellers. The Grand Secretary gave instructions on the election of Grand Lodge Officers and on the eligibility to vote. M.W. GRAND MASTER NATIOl\;S: Is there anyone in the room who will feel disadvantaged if I declare the balloting closed? (No response.) I now declare the ballot closed.

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1980

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON JURISDICTION

R.W. Bro. Vern H. Schneider presented the report of the Committee on Jurisdiction. R.W. BROTHER SCHKEIDER: The Committee on Jurisdiction was appointed to consider the serious problems raised in connection with the possible adoption of a form of multiple membership within the Grand Lodge of Missouri. I direct your attention particularly to proposed Section 16.110 in the Pocket Part. As indicated therein, if adopted this section would permit Dual or Plural Membership in Missouri. As many of you know this matter has been pending before our Grand Lodge since the proposal was first submitted in 1977. At the Grand Lodge Session which was held at Springfield in 1978 it was recognized that it might be advisable to at least get the benefit of the sense of this Grand Lodge as to multiple membership before directing a Committee to undertake extensive investigation of facts and the preparation of recommendations. Thus at that Grand Lodge Session, you may recall, that without the benefit of debate a so-called "straw vote" was taken to determine at least the interest of the brethren in the possible adoption of multiple membership. By a slight majority the Grand Lodge indicated that it was interested in the possible adoption of such legislation. Subsequent to that time the Committee has labored in determining the law as it prevails in various Grand Lodge jurisdictions which do permit one or another type of multiple membership. Unfortunately, Brethren, the definitions appear to vary slightly from one jurisdiction to another. As indicated in our Committee report which is printed in the booklet "Reports of Officers and Committees," when we use the term "Dual Membership," your Committee is referring to membership in more than one lodge, but the second lodge would be in another Grand Lodge jurisdiction. When we use the term "Plural Membership," we are referring to multiple membership within this jurisdiction. Many Grand Lodges have one or another type. It was the belief ofthe Committee that we should get the benefit of the experience of the various Grand Lodges. Fortunately, prior to the death of our Chairman, that correspondence was completed. As indicated in our report, the most favorable response as to the multiple membership was received from the Grand Lodge of California. There it was pointed out that it had been their experience that the advantages outweighed the disadvantages. It was pointed out that in this highly mobile society it is often advantageous for a brother who comes into that state, but does not want to terminate his membership back where he was raised, to become a dual member in California. And often it has helped the lodges in California; it has helped the brethren who have seen fit to become active in Masonry; they have not had to terminate their membership back where they came from. California is a huge state; often it has proved advantageous there for a brother to join more than one lodge in that state. Your Committee was, however, impressed by the fact that there is an obvious additional burden placed upon lodge secretaries. Communication is essential to the success of any multiple membership scheme. As long as a brother pays his dues in each lodge to which he belongs the problems can be held to a minimum. But then if he fails to pay dues in one lodge, then things begin to happen. This is where the lodge secretary has an enormous burden.

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We find in reading the By-Laws of the various Grand Lodge jurisdictions that there is some difference in the extent of notice which has to be given to all other lodges to which a brother belongs in the event that he does become a suspended member. This is a very serious problem. Another matter that attracted our attention was that if multiple membership is adopted, it is essential to consider some important ancillary questions, such as: Would a dual member coming into a Missouri lodge be expected to contribute to the support of the Missouri Masonic Home? Would he be expected to contribute to any extent greater than that which would be reflected by his payment of annual dues? In California, for example, a dual member from another state seeking to join a California lodge, and one who has not previously been a member of a California lodge, is required to submit with his petition a check for $25.00 to contribute toward the support of the Masonic Home in that state. Turning the point around and considering the problem of receipt of Masonic assistance in the form of charity, in the Grand Lodge of Florida it is simply provided that a dual member belonging to a Florida lodge is not eligible for admission into the Florida Masonic Home. So you see there are many other questions which necessarily must be considered if multiple membership is adopted. Incidently, in the course of our investigation we learned that in Florida the Grand Lodge itself does not provide for multiple membership, rather it is provided that an individual lodge may adopt a by-law which authorizes a person from another jurisdiction permitting dual membership to submit a petition for dual membership in that lodge. It is interesting that another provision in Florida is that if a constituent lodge authorizes dual membership a brother coming into that lodge as a dual member may fill any office except an elective office or Senior Deacon. Now here we find that there is a great difference across the country. In our Sister Jurisdiction of Illinois, you could not expect to hold any office other than that of Tiler, if you are a dual member. Other states are somewhat more liberal. Again, though, you see that it is important to recognize that many ancillary questions will arise. To give you an idea of some of the other options which have been considered by other Grand Lodges: In Ohio a member of a lodge in that jurisdiction may accept and hold membership as a dual member in another recognized grand lodge jurisdiction which permits dual membership, but no Ohio Lodge may grant dual membership to a member of any other grand lodge jurisdiction. This matter has been considered in Ohio on at least two occasions in the past decade; and in 1976 the matter of dual membership resulted in a unanimous decision against authorizing Ohio Lodges to permit dual membership. It is our understanding that one of the principal reasons behind the proposed legislation is to enlist the support of a much greater number of brethren in Masonic endeavors. It has been suggested that perhaps in this highly mobile society we could attract many brothers who have forgotten all about their Masonry; that we could get them active in this jurisdiction without requiring them to sever their relationship with the home lodge back in Indiana or in some other great jurisdiction. But in the course of our investigation ofthe facts, here is what we discovered. We discovered that in our neighboring jurisdiction of Kansas, as of the end of May 1980, only 357 multiple members were on the rolls of that Grand Lodge.

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They have had provision for multiple membership for several years. Within the Grand Lodge of Illinois, your Committee is informed that as of the end of May 1980 only 277 dual members out of a total membership of 160,000 were involved. Since your report went to press, we have received confirmation from the Grand Lodge of Tennessee that as of the end of June 1980 only 37 members of Tennessee Lodges have affiliated with lodges outside of Tennessee and 21 members of Tennessee Lodges have affiliated with lodges outside of Tennessee and 21 members of lodges outside of Tennessee have affiliated with Tennessee lodges. I will not proceed with statistics. Suffice it to say that on the basis of our examination of these figures it is the belief of your Committee that multiple membership would not appear to serve as a substantial instrument - an instrument of substantial importance - in arousing more interest in Masonic endeavors. It is not my purpose here to call upon you to demonstrate any attitude for or against this. In fact, I even regret that I am having to take so much time. But this is a fundamental matter which is going to require your serious attention. And believe me, if you see fit to adopt multiple membership, it must be understood that in order to make it work and we don't want to adopt any legislation unless it is going to work and help Masonry - then you are going to have to turn your attention to considering other necessary by-law changes. On the basis of our correspondence, it does appear that there is a continuing reference to the fact that it does impose a much greater responsibility upon lodge Secretaries to keep track of these dual members and to notify other lodges in the event that a man is suspended. In our neighboringjurisdiction of Kansas, it is my understanding that several years ago the conclusion was reached that if a dual member is suspended by reason of nonpayment of dues in another jurisdiction that will not necessarily cause a suspension in Kansas. Typically, suspension in onejurisdiction would require suspension in the other jurisdiction. I am not here to debate the wisdom of either of those. I simply want to point out that the Grand Lodge would be expected to address itself to such important questions. In the event that you see fit to approve multiple membership, you would then have to turn your attention to such matters as: eligibility for admission to the Masonic Home by a dual member; eligibility for other forms of Masonic Charity, or some type of a method of prorating the burden between the dual lodges; provision for the termination of dual membership; procedure to be followed to be sure that a brother does not have in his possession a dimit and at the same time retain active membership in a recognized lodge; provision for the reporting of dual memberships; provision relative to the dual member signing petitions and thereby recommending candidates. Brethren, on the basis of our study, your Committee on Jurisdiction has concluded that it would not be in the best interests of this Grand Lodge to adopt the proposed legislation which is referred to as Section 16.110. Therefore, the recommendation of your Committee is that that legislation should be rejected. Inasmuch as theJurisprudence Committee has not yet presented its report, I shall simply limit my motion at this time, Most Worshipful Sir, to moving that the Report of the Committee on Jurisdiction be received and printed in the PROCEEDINGS.

The motion was seconded and the Report of the Committee on Jurisdiction was received by the vote of the Grand Lodge.

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To the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Missouri: This Committee was appointed to continue a study concerning the desirability of authorizing dual or plural membership in thisjurisdiction. As these terms are generally used, "dual" membership involves membership in a lodge of another recognized jurisdiction which also permits dual affiliations. "Plural" membership commonly refers to membership in more than one lodge within a Grand Lodge jurisdiction. A proposed by-law which would authorize multiple membership has been pending in the Grand Lodge since 1977. During the past year the Committee suffered a grievous loss as a result of the death of its chairman. M.W. Bro. Martin B. Dickinson. He was an invaluable member of this Committee and his counsel is sorely missed. Prior to the death of M.W. Brother Dickinson he had caused extensive correspondence to be conducted with representative Grand Lodge jurisdictions in which dual or plural membership is permitted. Also, he had devoted substantial thought to the numerous procedural problems which would be raised by the adoption of either form of multiple membership by this Grand Lodge. Insofar as possible, his concerns have been taken into account in the preparation of this report. In the course of our correspondence, the most favorable opinion expressed with respect to multiple membership was received from California. As described in that reply, the primary advantage of such membership is that a brother who holds membership in one jurisdiction but resides in another is enabled to retain his valued membership in the original lodge and at the same time he may hold membership in a lodge near his home or place of work. A member of a lodge in another jurisdiction seeking dual membership in California and who was never a member of a California lodge must pay a fee for the California Masonic Homes. Also, he must submit a certificate or letter of standing from his current lodge and a receipt showing dues paid at least through the end of the next calendar quarter beyond that in which the application will be read in the California lodge. It appears to your Committee that the effective operation of the multiple membership system in California depends heavily upon the efforts and cooperation of the lodge secretaries. Also, it is noted that the Grand Secretary in that jurisdiction is required to maintain a record of all members holding multiple membership. A somewhat different approach is used in Florida. There the Grand Lodge does not have multiple membership provisions. However, a lodge in that jurisdiction may adopt By-Laws permitting a member of another Grand Lodge jurisdiction (in which dual membership is permitted) to petition for affiliation without dimiting from his home lodge. If elected, a dual member is denied the privilege of admission to the Masonic Home in Florida and he is not eligible to hold elective office or the office of Senior Grand Deacon in the lodge of dual membership. The Florida lodge may grant the brother the right to withdraw from dual membership, but no dimit will be issued. In Ohio a member of a lodge of that jurisdiction may accept and hold membership in a lodge of another recognized Grand Lodgejurisdiction which permits dual membership. However, an Ohio lodge may not grant dual membership to members of that or any other Grand Lodge jurisdiction. Your Committee is informed that the Grand Lodge of Ohio has rejected proposed legislation authorizing dual membership both in 1960 and in 1976. On the latter occasion the proposition was rejected unanimously. The Proceedings of

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the Grand Lodge of Ohio in 1976 indicate that in addition to legal questions raised by the Jurisprudence Committee, the Grand Secretary, who was also a Past Grand Master, expressed the opinion that if such legislation were adopted, an enormous burden would be placed upon a lodge secretary "by making him try to keep track of and report back and forth across this state, and across other jurisdictional lines.... " Where dual or plural membership is permitted, it does not appear to your Committee that such liberalization of membership rules has contributed materially toward increased Masonic activity, except to the extent that lodge Secretaries have been required to devote much more effort to the processing of multiple memberships. Your Committee notes that in the neighboring Grand Lodgejurisdictions of Kansas and Illinois, only a tiny percentage of the members have taken advantage of multiple membership. As of May 28, 1980, your Committee was informed that within the Grand Lodge of Kansas there were only 357 such members. In that jurisdiction dual membership has been permitted for 19 years and plural membership has been permitted for five years. Within the Grand Lodge of Illinois your Committee was informed that as of the end of May, 1980, there were only 277 dual members out of a total membership of approximately 160,000. Another nearby Grand Lodge jurisdiction, the Grand Lodge of Tennessee, also reports that very few members have taken advantage of multiple membership. It is the understanding of your Committee that one of the basic reasons suggested for the approval of multiple membership in Missouri is to stimulate interest in the Fraternity. On the basis of the evidence which your Committee has obtained from jurisdictions having multiple membership, we cannot conclude that such a hope is well founded. A consistent theme running through the reports from jurisdictions permitting multiple membership is that good communication is essential to the maintenance of the system. Apparently it is not uncommon for substantial delay to occur before notice is given that a dual member has been suspended from one of his lodges. Thus, it may become necessary to tell a brother holding a current dues card (and who might even be an officer) that he must be suspended because of non-payment of dues in another state. The same problem exists with respect to plural members within a single jurisdiction. One Grand Lodge Secretary suggested that the secretarial effort devoted to the handling of one multiple member is probably equivalent to the effort normally required for ten regular members. As to the threshold question of whether or not dual or plural membership should be adopted by the Grand Lodge of Missouri, your Committee is of the opinion that neither type of multiple membership should be approved. Even if the basic principle of multiple membership were approved, numerous decisions would have to be made by the Grand Lodge involving necessary changes in the existing By-Laws. First, it would be necessary to determine whether the Grand Lodge preferred dual membership or plural membership. Also, it would be necessary to determine the extent to which suspension in one lodge would affect any other membership. If suspension for nonpayment of dues would automatically cause suspension in every other lodge to which the member belonged, if it would appear that in fairness to a multiple member notice should be required in time to permit all of his lod~es to have an opportunity to encourage him to keep up his dues in all lodges.

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In 1974 the Grand Lodge of Kansas addressed itself to the problem by excluding non payment of dues in onejurisdiction as a cause for suspension in a Kansas lodge. Regardless of whether we agree or disagree with this answer to the problem, we believe that the Grand Lodge of Missouri would have to consider a proposed solution to what appears to be a common problem in multiple membership jurisdictions. Another matter for decision by the Grand Lodge in the event that it should approve multiple membership would be to determine the effect of dual membership in relation to eligibility for admission to the Masonic Home. Other questions which would deserve answers would include the following: What limitation should apply to the holding of office in two or more lodges? What provision would be made for terminating dual membership? What procedure would be followed to be sure that a brother does not have in his possession a dimit and at the same time retain an active membership in a recognized lodge? What provision would be required for the reporting of dual memberships? While it is not the function of this Committee to concern itself with administrative problems faced by appendant bodies, it is our understanding that some special administrative problems do arise injurisdictions which authorize multiple membership. Inasmuch as your Committee is not convinced that multiple membership would contribute significantly toward the strengthening of the Fraternity, it believes the time which would have to be devoted to such consideration of extensive by-law revisions would not be justified. CONCLVSION It is the opinion of your Committee that it would not be in the best interests of the Grand Lodge to approve either dual or plural membership. Therefore, your Committee recommends rejection of proposed By-Law Section 16.110. HAROLD M. JAYNE, P.G.M. VERN H. SCHNEIDER, ERWIN J. ROESEL. R.W. Brother Schneider moved that the report of the Committee on Jurisdiction be received. The motion was seconded and approved by vote of the Grand Lodge. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CORRESPONDENCE

M.W. Bro. Bruce H. Hunt, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Correspondence - "A Masonic Review" - and moved it be accepted and included in the PROCEEDINGS. The motion was seconded and approved by the vote ofthe Grand Lodge. ("A Masonic Review" included as appendix of PROCEEDINGS.) REPORT ON THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION

M.W. Bro. Bruce H. Hunt, Chairman, presented the Report of the Committee on the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association. To the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Missouri: BRETHREN: Your Committee on the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association wishes to inform you that progress is being made in the maintenance and operation of this great Masonic Shrine. Although it is located in Alexandria, Virginia, a considerable distance from Missouri, it has for many

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years occupied a prominent place in the thoughts of brethren all across the United States of America. There is compelling need to increase the endowment fund from the present level ofjust over $3,000,000 to at least $5,000,000. The building is finished, but badly needs to be maintained. It has been su~ject to some criticism from different sources. A Washington newspaper said, "Soot and grime cover the exterior hiding the pinkish hue of the tower's New Hampshire granite." It was also stated that the roof leaked in certain spots, and that mortar was falling from between the stones. We dislike to hear comments of this nature. The only way to combat such statements is to support it with sufficient funds to maintain it adequately. For more than 58 years the 437-foot landmark has been an object of pride to Freemasons from all over the world. It is easily seen from airliners landing or departing from Washington National Airport. It is truly a landmark, a memorial, and a shrine erected to the memory ofthe Father of our Country who was also proud to be known as a Mason. There is legislation before the Grand Lodge this year to increase our contributions from $1.00 per initiate to $5.00. This will cost the Grand Lodge nothing. We are confident that no candidate for the mysteries ofour Order will object to paying this small sum. We urge your support of this amendment. Fraternally submitted, BRUCE H. HL:NT, Chairman, HOMER L. FERGL:SON, JAMES M. SELLERS, LEWIS C. WES COOK. M.W. Brother Hunt moved that the report be received and printed in the PROCEEDI]\;GS. The motion was seconded and approved by vote of the Grand Lodge. REMARKS OF M.W. GRAND MASTER RAY W. PEARSON OF TENNESSEE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN GRAND LODGES

RW. Bro. John Black Vrooman presented the report of the Committee on Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges. To the Grand Lodge, A.F.& A.M. of Missouri: BRETHREN: Your Committee on Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges makes the following report: (;RA:"'DE LOla: RHa:l.IERE DE BEI.CIL'!\t

This, the former Grand Lodge of Belgium, having eliminated the requirements of having the Holy Bible on its altars, forced a number of Grand Lodges of the world to withdraw recognition from it. Subsequently, however, the Grand Lodges of England, Scotland, and many others. have granted recognition to this new Grande Loge Reguliere de Belgium, whose Grand Master is Bro. Charles Wageman, and whose Grand Secretary is Bro. Jan Corbet. The Report of the Commission for Information of the Conference of Grand Masters of North American gives ample information of the legitimacy of this Grand Lodge. Your Committee Recommends That The Grand Lodge of Missouri Give Recognition to The (~rande Loge Reguliere de Belgium.

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LODGE OF lJRl;(;CAY

This Grand Lodge, prior to 1978, did not require the presence of the Holy Bible on its altars, and was not recognized by other Grand Lodges. M.W. Bro.Juan Matos Cintron, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico, orally and in writing, has assured the Committee on Information on Recognition of the Conference of Grand Masters of North America, that the Grand Lodge of Uruguay is regular and should be recognized as such. Your Committee Recommends That The Grand Lodge of Missouri Give Recognition to the Grand Lodge of Uruguay. GRANDE ORIENTE DE BRASIL

Recognition of this group was requested in 1979, but because of lack of definite information and some doubt as to the Masonic status of the country, action was postponed. Because of this uncertainty and lack of data, your Committee Recommends that Action of Recognition of the Grande Oriente de Brazil Be Postponed Until Further Data Can Be Obtained. GRAND LODGE OF NIGERIA

M.W. Bro. Robert L. Dillard, Secretary of the Commission on Information for Recognition of the Conference of Grand Masters of North America, writes that Bro. George Draffen, Past Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, has informed him that the lodges in Nigeria are in the process of voting for or against establishing a United Grand Lodge of Nigeria. Brother Dillard adds the following statement, which is interesting: "The Grand Lodge of Scotland, at the September 1979 meeting, approved the report of its Committee on Foreign Relations which unanimously recommends that Grand Lodge of Scotland sponsor the proposed United Grand Lodge of Nigeria. This Grand Lodge will be composed of Constitutional Lodges from English, Irish and Scottish Constitutions. Your Committee Recommends that Action be Postponed on Recognizing the United Grand LodRe of NiReria Until Such Consummation Has Been Executed.

Cordially and fraternally submitted, FRANK A. ARNOLD, JOHN BLACK VROOMAN WILLIAM R. DEI':SLOW, Chairman. R.W. Brother Vrooman moved that the report be received and printed in the PROCEEDINGS. The motion was seconded and approved by vote of the Grand Lodge. THE GRAND SECRETARY: Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brothers, that report does contain the recommendation on the recognition of the newly established Grand Lodge in the Country of Belgium. By your acceptance of the report I think we understand that this Grand Lodge does recognize the new Grand Lodge of Belgium. A year ago we withdrew our recognition of the former Grand Lodge; and all received official notice of the Resolution on that withdrawal. By your action you have now recognized that new Grand Lodge. REPORT ON ELECTION OF OFFICERS

R.W. Bro. Anthony Redfearn, Chairman of Election, presented the report on the ballots cast for the election of Grand Lodge Officers: For the Office of Grand Master

Dr. J. Edward Blinn

982 votes

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The Grand Master announced the election ofJ. Edward Blinn to the office of Grand Master for the year 1980-81: R.W. Brother Blinn accepted the election. For the Office of Deputy Grand Master William J. Hill

976 votes

The Grand Master announced the election of William J. H ill to the office of Deputy Grand Master. R.W. Brother Hill accepted the election. For the Office of Senior Grand Warden Earl K. Dille

975 votes

The Grand Master announced the election of Earl K. Dille to the office of Senior Grand Warden. R.W. Brother Dille accepted the election. For the Office ofJunior Grand Warden Robert J. Crede

936 votes

The Grand Master announced the election of Robert J. Crede to the office of Junior Grand Warden. R.W. Brother Crede accepted the election. For the Office of Grand Treasurer W. Marion Luna

962 votes

The Grand Master announced the election of W. Marion Luna to the office of Grand Treasurer. R.W. Brother Luna accepted the election. For the Office of Grand Secretary Frank A. Arnold

931 votes

The Grand Master announced the election of Frank A. Arnold to the office of Grand Secretary. R.W. Brother Arnold accepted the election. IN RE REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN GRAND LODGES

M.W. GRAND MASTER NATIOr-.;S: The suggestion has been made by Most Worshipful Brother Walker that the Report of the Committee on Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges presented earlier by John Black Vrooman should not only be accepted, but APPROVED, because it contains the recommendation on the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Belgium. The motion was duly made that the Report of the Committee on Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges be approved. The motion was seconded and approved by vote of the Grand Lodge. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MASONIC BOARDS OF RELIEF

RW. Bro. Albert H. Van Gels, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Masonic Boards of Relief. To the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Missouri: BRETHREN: Your Committee on Masonic Boards of Relief has reviewed the individual reports submitted by the Boards of Relief in St.Joseph and St. Louis and St. Louis County for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1980. As in the previous year no requests were made for financial assistance with the exception of a stranded brother who applied to the Board of Relief of St. Louis and St. Louis County for financial aid and for which the Board as noted

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in the financial statement 'has since been reimbursed. The financial status of the Boards appear to be in order as none of the Boards made any assessments of the lodges for funds during the year. As in the previous year the primary function by these Boards (as noted in their individual reports) has been to arrange and conduct funeral services when called upon. However numerous requests for various Masonic courtesies have been rendered with the splendid co-operation of the lodges in the performance of these services. For more detailed information concerning receipts, disbursements and services by these Boards of Relief, we refer you to the individual reports attached hereto. Our sincere appreciation and thanks to all for their cooperation in submitting these informative reports. Respectfully submitted, SHERMAN F. KNORR, EDGAR E. MARTIN,

O. HVSING, A. SEILLER,

CHRISTIAN LAMBERT ALBERT

VAN GELS,

Chairman.

Joplin

There were no requests for financial assistance presented to your Masonic Board of Relief this past year. The two Blue Lodges have given assistance during this period where the need appeared. We continue to maintain a balance of $36.92 in a checking account with First National Bank and Trust Company of Joplin. Fraternally, JAMES E. BROWN, Secretary. St. Joseph To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Missouri:

The St. Joseph Masonic Board of Relief is composed of six Lodges located in St. Joseph, Missouri. They are St.Joseph Lodge No. 78; Zeredatha Lodge No. 189; Brotherhood Lodge No. 269; Charity Lodge No. 331; King Hill Lodge No. 376, and Saxton Lodge No. 508. The annual meeting of the St. Joseph Board of Relief was held on Tuesday, January 29, 1980 The officers for 1980 are L. A. Donaldson, President; A. .J. Sevy, Vice President; and Kenneth L. McNeal, Secretary-Treasurer. There has not been a call for an assessment from member lodges during the year. Our requests for direct financial assistance have been nonexistent. We continue to service all inquiries from any Blue Lodge pertaining to membership verification, reports of deaths and illness, arranging Masonic Funeral Services, and acting as general coordinator and liaison between the various Masonic organizations in the area. As has been the custom for several years, the St. Joseph Scottish Rite continues to aid and assist the Board of Relief by providing administrative expenses connected with the operation of the Board. FII';AI';C1AL REI'ORT FOR PERIOD

6-30-79

Checking Account - Commerce Bank of St. Joseph Expenses: Funeral Expenses Bank Balance 6-30-80

6-30-80 $301.86 40.00 $261.86

Respectfully submitted, KEI';NETIf L. McNEAL, Secretary- Treasurer.

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St. Louis and St. Louis County To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Missouri: GREETIN(;S: The Board decided that we hold four meetings a year instead of five. The first meeting of the year has usually been cancelled due to weather conditions, and in order to conserve on fuel, we were all in accord with having four meetings a year. We had eight funerals, all of which were handled in the usual numerical manner. The lodges involved gave us 100 percent cooperation. There was one request for financial aid from a stranded brother, which was handled quickly and efficiently and the Board has since been reimbursed. Being financially sound for the 16th consecutive year, there was no need to assess the lodges. The financial report is included. Sincerely, JACK ETHERIUGF., President, WILLI H. WAHNL'NG, Vice President Pmup WALDMAN, Secretary CHARLES COLEMAN, Treasurer.

We have, as instructed, checked the financial records of this Board for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1980. A statement, showing the receipts and disbursements for this period, follows. For the Auditing Committee: LEO E. W HITTOCK, Chainnan. STATEME:-JT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBL'RSEME/'o;TS FROM .JULY I, 1979 TO .JL':-JE 30, 1980 Balance July I, 1979 Receipts: Lodge Assessments, 1979-80 Interest on U.S. Bonds Interest on Certificate of Deposits Refunds (2)

. . $ -0. 158.75 . 903.24 . 110.00

$15,298.03

1,171.99 $16,470.02

Disbursements Relief Upkeep of Sickroom Equipment Telephone

. $100.00 . 5.00 . 211.75 87.70 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 18.51 16.45 Office Supplies . Safe Deposit Box, Rent . 8.50 Salaries . -0447.91 Balance June 30, 1980 $16,022.11 .

:~is~~i~~

Recapitulation: Balance Checking Account 6-30-80 U.S. Bonds (5) Certificates of Deposit (4) Total June 30, 1980

. . . .

1,522.11 2,500.00 12,000.00 $16,022.11

R.W. Brother Van Gels moved that the report be accepted and printed in the The motion was seconded and approved by vote of the Grand Lodge. PROCEEDINGS.

REMARKS OF R.E. GRAND COMMANDER WILLIAM H. SATTLER OF THE GRAND COMMANDERY OF K.T. OF MISSOURI

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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION

W. Bro. Carl G. Brown, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation. To the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Missouri: No new lodges were set to work under dispensation since our last Annual Communication; and nothing has been referred to this Committee for action. However, Viburnum Lodge No. 676, the newest lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, was consecrated and constituted under charter in a very able manner on February I, 1980, with R.W. Bro. Frank A. Arnold acting as Grand Master and with the Chairman of this Committee present and participating in the very impressive ceremony. Each member of this Committee wishes to express his gratitude for being named to this Committee and pledges his help and support in whatever may be asked of him in the future.

Fraternally submitted, HOMER A. WILSON, FRANK A. JONES, LESLIE McKEE (MAC) HOGUE, CARL G. BROWN, Chairman. Brother Brown moved that the report of the Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation be accepted and printed in the PROCEEDINGS. The motion was seconded and approved by vote of the Grand Lodge. REMARKS OF M.E. GRAND HIGH PRIEST P. VINCENT KINKEAD OF THE GRAND CHAPTER, R.A.M. OF MISSOURI REMARKS OF M.I. GRAND MASTER GEORGE R. JOHNSON OF THE GRAND COUNCIL, CRYPTIC MASONS OF MISSOURI REMARKS OF M.W. GRAND MASTER CHARLES T. JACKSON OF IOWA REPORT OF AUDITOR

To the Grand Lodge, A.F. & 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, 1979 to June 30, 1980, also the Masonic Home Initiation Fund, the George Washington Memorial Fund, the Joseph S. McIntyre Library Fund, The Freemason Magazine, and The Revolving Fund for the same period and respectfully present the following report: (:E:'IIERAL FlJ:'III)--I'ER <.:RA:-';I> SECRETARY'S BOOKS OF CASH RECEIPTS A:'III> I>ISBlJRSEMEr..;TS /eLY 1, 197910/l路r..;E30, 1980

STATEME~T

Amount

Cash Receipts Per Capita Tax Masonic Home Initiation Fees George Washington Memorial Association Fees Dues Receipt Cards Revolving Funo-Sale of Sundries

. $537,757.03 . 40,640.00 . 2,040.00 . 3,873.44 . 673.50

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Interest on Investments: Permanent Fund (Less Agency Fee $873.(9) General Fund (Less Agency Fee $1,318.92) Miscellaneous Visits-D.D.G.M. and D.D.G.L. Total Income Receipts Transfer from Agency Account Total Receipts Disbursements Per Schedule Attached Excess of Disbursements Over Receipts Balance July 1, 1979 Balance June 30, 1980 (Net Overdraft)

$15,147.53 25,059.55 40,207.08 . 3,140.72 . 5,490.00 . $633,821. 77 . 166,087.50 . $799,909.27 . 822,869.35 . $(22,960.08) . 17,107.50 . $ (5,852.58)

Consisting of Commerce Bank of St. Joseph, Missouri (Overdraft) Exchange National Bank of Jefferson City, Missouri

GRAND LODGE A.F.

. $ (15,852.55) . 9,999.97 S (5,852.58)

A.M. OF MISSOURI

GENERAL FUND STATEMENT OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS .J(;l.Y

1, 1979

TO .JUNE

30, 1980 Amount

By Appropriation of Grand Lodge Salary-Grand Secretary Salary-Grand Lecturer Salary-Grand Treasurer Retirement Expense Masonic Service Association-Per Capita Masonic Service-Hospital Visitation Grand Lodge Office Expense Committee on Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges Freemason Magazine By Requisition of Grand Master Expenses-Grand Master Expenses-Grand Lecturer Expenses-Grand Lodge Officers and Committees Expenses-Deputy Grand Master Conference of Grand Lodge Officers Conference of D.D.C.M.s and D.D.G.L.s Washington, D.C., Meeting Auditing Grand Masters Contingent Fund Expenses of Grand Lodge Sessions Grand Master's Car Expense By Requisition of Grand Secretary Salaries-Grand Lodge Office Payroll Taxes Insurance Operation of Grand Lodge Office: Printing, Postage, Stationery

. $ 17,600.00 16,500.00 . 1,200.00 . 13,450.00 . 2,480.03 . 5,000.00 . 6,085.60 . 100.00 . 63,843.18 . $126,258.81 . $ 9,300.00 . 9,305.38 1,935.70 . 1,000.00 . . 2,719.42 4,000.00 . 2,599.50 . 500.00 . . 5,73H.23 . 15,203.87 . 400.00 $ 52,702.10 . $ 23,172.45 3,578.10 . 1,127.54 . .

15,448.62

1980

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Telephone and Telegrams Office Equipment Office Supplies Incidental Office Expense Data Processing Moving Expense Incidental Travel and Expense of Grand Secretary Grand Master's Regalia Fifty-Year Veteran's Buttons Printing Proceedings By Requisition Committee on Committee on Committee on Committee on Committee on Committee on

Correspondence Masonic Education Ritual Relief and Charity By-Laws Mileage and Per Diem

Total Grand Lodge Operating Expenses Masonic Home-Per Capita Tax Masonic Home Initiation Fund George Washington Memorial Association Grand Lodge Building Total Ex penses Payments-D.D.G.M. and D.D.G.L. Visits Transfer to Revolving Fund Payroll Tax Adjustment Discount-Missouri Withholding Total Disbursements

. . . . . . . . . .

3,810.99 2,870.50 2,062.10 1,590.10 1,123.25 1,427.04 2,027.48 2,131.98 3,368.25 11,493.98 $ 75,232.38

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $ 750.00 . 7,477.40 . 298.72 . 10,000.00 . 1,795.90 . 55,810.12 $ 76,132.14 . $330,325.43 . $224,023.76 40,640.00 . . 2,040.00 . 215,451.00 $482,154.76 . $812,480.19 . 5,630.00 3,871.79 . . 911.24 (23.87) . . $822,869.35

SECCRlTIES-PERMANENT FCND

I did not examine the securities which are held by the First National Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, as agent, charges and credits for the current year. Federal National Mortgage Association Debenture Interest Rate Maturity PERCENT 3-10-82 7.15 U.S. Treasury Bill 8-14-80 U.S. Treasury Notes 9-30-81 6.75 6-30-81 6.75 2-15-83 8 2-15-84 7.25 2-15-87 9 Corporate Bonds Federated Master Trust Commerce Paper Fund

Par Value . $ 20,000.00

. . . . .

Market Value Carrying Value June 30, 1980 $ 19,325.00 $ 20,030.46

10,000.00

9,782.50

20,000.00 16,000.00 65,000.00 45,000.00 50,000.00

19,878.13 15,125.00 64,406.25 41,976.54 50,000.00

19,525.00 15,740.00 63,090.30 42,102.90 48,125.00

1,112.00

1980

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General Motors Acceptance Corporation Note Total Securities

1,000.00 $228,112.00

1,000.00 223,310.88

1,000.00 $219,802.70

862.78 $224,173.66

Cash Total SECl'RITIES-GEr..;ERAL n::-JD

U.S. Treasury Notes Interest Rate Alaturit)1 I'ERCENT 5-15-81 7.50 6-30-81 6.75 2-15-84 7.25 U.S. Treasury Bill 8-14-80 Total Securities

Uninvested Cash Total

Par Value $ 75,000.00 34,000.00 15,000.00

Market Value Carrying Value June 30, 1980 $ 74,887.50 $ 74,367.00 33,447.50 33,861.88 14,034.30 14,971.50

50,000.00 $174,000.00 . .

Following is a summary of the changes Permanent Fund during the year.

48,912.50 172,633.38

48,912.50 $170,761.30

-0-

$172,633.38 In

the principal account of the $

Uninvested Cash, July 1, 1979 Receipts Matured U.S. Treasury Notes $ 60,000.00 Matured U.S. Treasury Bill 9,695.75 Income Account Transfers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,249.14 Amortization-Premium F.N.M.A. Deb '~20~.~3~1

487.83

70,965.20 Disbursements V.S. Treasury Notes 9%, Due 2-15-87 U.S. Treasury Bills Due, 5-15-80 U.S. Treasury Bills Due, 8-14-80 Federated Master Trust Commercial Paper........... Uninvested Cash, June 30, 1980 A(;E:-JCY

50,000.00 9,695.75 9,782.50 1,112.00

Ir..;CO~E ACC()l'NT-I'ER~fA:-';ENTFL':-Jl>

Balance July 1, 1979 Interest Received Transferred to Grand Lodge Collection Fees Transferred to Principal

. . . . .

Balance June 30, 1980

Following is a summary of the changes General Fund during the year. Balance July I, 1979

(70,590.25) . $ 862.78

(192.12) 17,482.19 (15,147.53) (873.09) (1,269.45) $

-0-

the principal account of the

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Receipts Matured V.S. Treasury Notes and Bills $ 98,478.75 Sale of Federated Master Trust Paper 164,521.00 Sale Ford Motor Credit Company Note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000.00 Disbursements V.S. Treasury Bills Due 5-15-80 Purchase Federated Master Trust Paper U.S. Treasury Bills Due 8-14-80 Transfer to Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M

. . . .

$264,999.75

48,478.75 1,521.00 48,912.50 166,087.50

Balance June 30, 1980

264,999.75

A(;E]';CY

I:"/CO~E

HO~E

WASHIJ',;GTO~ ~EMORIAI.

$ 26,378.47

. . .

$ 40,640.00

. . .

. .

1,871.54 100.61

1,972.15

676.39 35.00 (66.50)

(25,059.55) (1,318.92) $

-0-

~<:I="TYRE

I.IRRARY

Balance July I, 1979 Interest on Savings Account Balance in Mercantile Trust Company Savings Account June 30, 1980

(40,640.00) $

-0-

FUND

Balance Due July 1, 1979 Received From Lodges, July 1, 1979 to June 30, 1980 Paid to George Washington Memorial Association Balance Due June 30, 1980 JOSEPII

. . . . INITIATIOJ',; Fl.::"/J)

Balance July 1, 1979-Due to Masonic Home Received From Lodges, July 1, 1979 to June 30, 1980 Paid to Masonic: Home Balance June 30, 1980-Due to Masonic Home GEOR(;E

-0-

ACCOl.:NT-GEJ',;ERAL FL':"/D

Balance July I, 1979 Interest Received Transferred to Grand Lodge Collection Fees Balance, June 30, 1980 MASOJ',;IC

2,040.00 (2,040.00) -0-

'~D

TilE FREE:l.1ASO:-.! :l.1AGAZlNE

Balance July 1, 1979 Receipts Disbursements Balance June 30, 1980-Exchange National Bank Jefferson City, Missouri THE REVOLVI:,,/(;

. .

$===6=4:::4:=.8:::9=

FL:~D

Balance July I, 1979 Receipts (Dues, Manuals, Etc.) Disbursements Balance June 30, 1980-Exchange National Bank Jefferson City, Missouri

. . .

$ 18,164.45 10,720.29 (22,035.21 )

6,849.53

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\1I1.I::A(;E AND PER DIEM CO\1MITTEE

Mileage and Per Diem Checks Paid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Balance June 30, 1980

$ 55,810.12

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The 1979 Mileage and Per Diem Committee report and cancelled checks were examined during the course of the examination. 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 1, 1979 to June 30, 1980. All checks issued were examined in support of the disbursements. I found to be correct the per capita tax received and the amount paid to the Masonic Home. 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 H. ASBURY, Certified Public Accountant The Grand Secretary moved that the report of the Auditor be accepted and printed in the PROCEEDINGS. The motion was seconded and approved by vote of the Grand Lodge. REPORT OF THE GRAND SECRETARY

To the Grand Lodge oJ Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons oJ the State oJ Missouri: BRETHREN:

I submit for the consideration of the Officers and members of our Grand Lodge the report of my official acts as Grand Secretary and the work of the staff of the Grand Lodge Office for the Year 1979-80. The contents of the sections of the report are matters which may be, and should be, of interest to the members of the Craft of Masons in Missouri. Many of the sections deal with routine matters which are included in the report each year as business of the Grand Lodge; others cover particular elements that have been important in this one year of the history of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. The year of 1979-80 has been very good and especially pleasant for me as Grand Secretary, with all of the association of official responsibility and of personal relationships with M.W. Grand Master Gus O. Nations, with the fraternal ties among the Grand Lodge Officers, the Past Grand Masters, the Past Grand Treasurer, the Past Grand Secretary, the Past Grand Lecturer, the District Deputy Grand Masters, the District Deputy Grand Lecturers, the Chairmen and Members of Grand Lodge Committees, and those who are the strength and support of our Masonic Brotherhood - the officers and members of our Constituent Lodges. IDENTIFICATION CARDS

Identification cards for the year 1979-80, which certified the holders to be Officials of the Grand Lodge, were issued to the Grand Lodge Officers, the District Deputy Grand Masters, and the District Deputy Grand Lecturers.

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Most Worshipful Past Grand Masters received the identification cards for the year 1979-80, bearing the signature of M.W. Grand Master Gus O. Nations, that certified service to the Grand Lodge of Missouri as Most Worshipful Grand Master with the dates of the respective years of their terms of office entered. COMMISSIONS TO DISTRICT DEPlJTY GRAND MASTERS

Commissions were issued to 65 District Deputy Grand Masters appointed by Grand Master Gus O. Nations to serve during the Grand Lodge year 1979-80 - one commission was issued because of the vacancy created by the resignation of the originally appointed District Deputy Grand Master. CERTIFICATES TO DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND LECTURERS

Certificates of appointment by Grand Lecturer Stanton T. Brown were issued to 65 District Deputy Grand Lecturers. CONSOLIDATION AND MERGER OF LODGES

Ravenwood Lodge No. 201 at Ravenwood consolidated with and merged into Nodaway Lodge No. 470 at Maryville. Ravenwood Lodge voted on the proposition on March 13, 1980; Nodaway Lodge voted on May 5, 1980. The Charter and the Seal of Ravenwood Lodge No. 201 were received at the Grand Lodge Office on May 17, 1980. GRAND REPRE..'iENTATIVES

M.W. Grand Master Gus O. Nations accepted the recommendation of the respective Grand Masters and Grand Lodges and appointed Grand Representatives of the Grand Lodge of Missouri near other Grand Lodges. Certificates of Commission were issued to: Gran Logia De Chile - Luis Sanchez-Puelma Grand Lodge of District of Columbia - Charles B. Gilley, Sr. Grand Oriente D'Italia - Ugo Bellantoni Grand Lodge of Kansas - Clifford D. Knauss Grand Lodge of Massachusetts - Claes Evan Johnson Grand Lodge of North Carolina - T. Walton Clapp III Grand Lodge of New York - Gilbert C. Kalbus Grand Lodge of Oregon - Henry Scott

M.W. Grand Master Nations honored Master Masons of Missouri Lodges with the recommendation that they be commissioned Grand Representatives of other Grand Lodges near the Grand Lodge of Missouri as follows: Robert .J. Crede - Hickory Hill Lodge No. 211 at Eugene - Grand Lodge of Argentina Gus O. Nations - Purity Lodge No. 658 at Creve Coeur - Grand Lodge of Austria P. Vincent Kinkead - St. Francois Lodge No. 234 at Libertyville - Gran Logia "Cuscatlan" de la Republica de EI Salvador Charles E. Scheurich - Acacia Lodge No. 602 at Columbia - United Grand Lodge of New South Wales Gus O. Nations - Purity Lodge No. 658 at Creve Coeur - United Grand Lodges of Germany W. Marion Luna - Wayne Lodge No. 526 at Piedmont - Grande Loja do Parana (Brazil)

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Elmer L. Fowler - Algabil Lodge No. 544 at St. Louis - Grand Lodge of" Prince Edward Island William H. Wisbrock - Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 at Webster Groves - Gran Logia de Puerto Rico HEALING ORDER

Clinton Lodge No. 548 at Clinton M.W. Grand Master Gus O. Nations determined that the irregularities relative to the transaction of transfer of membership of Bro. Gene R. Myers from Altus Lodge No. 62 at Altus, Oklahoma, to Clinton Lodge No. 548 - the receiving of the Petition of Brother Myers for Affiliation accompanied by the 1980 Dues Receipt Card No. 313 issued by Altus Lodge No. 62 - occurred through no fault of the brother. The Grand Master caused the Brother Master Mason - Gene R. Myers - to be healed, in accordance with Section 13.140 of Law of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. GRAND LODGE CERTIFICATE

The Petition ofJohnny C. Glenn for Reinstatement to Good Standing After Suspension for Nonpayment of Dues received the majority favorable vote by paper ballot of the Officers and Members of Pleasant Hope Lodge No. 467 at the Stated Communication ofJanuary 10, 1980, but did not receive the necessary two-thirds favorable vote of the lodge. Brother Glenn made application to the Grand Secretary for a certificate of good standing. In accordance with Section 19.060 of the law of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, the Grand Secretary issued Grand Lodge Certificate of Good Standing on the basis of the official report of Pleasant Hope Lodge No. 467 on the transactions had on the Petition of Bro. Johnny C. Glenn for Reinstatement, dated February 24, 1980. DISPENSATIONS

By order of M.W. Grand Master Gus O. Nations dispensations were issued for the dedication of halls for Masonic use, laying of cornerstones, and consecration and constitution of a new lodge, as follows: On October 26, 1979, to J. Edward Blinn, R.W. Deputy Grand Master, for Opening a Specific Communication of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, conducting the Grand Lodge Ceremony of Laying the Cornerstone of the New Hall of Angerona Lodge No. 193 at Missouri City, and conducting the Grand Lodge Ceremony of Dedication of the New Hall of Angerona Lodge No. 193 for Masonic Use on Sunday afternoon, November 18, 1979. November 8, 1979, to Frank A. Arnold, R.W. Grand Secretary, for Opening a Specific Communication of the Grand Lodge on Saturday afternoon, November 10, 1979, at the meeting place of Beacon Lodge No.3 in the Odd Fellows Temple, St. Louis, and for conducting the Grand Lodge Ceremony of Dedication of the New Hall of Beacon Lodge No.3 for Masonic Use. November 8, 1979, to Frank A. Arnold, R. W. Grand Secretary, for Opening a Specific Communication of the Grand Lodge on Saturday afternoon, November 17, 1979, in the meeting place of Kennett Lodge No. 78 at Kennett, and for conducting the Grand Lodge Ceremony of Dedication of the New Hall of Kennett Lodge No. 68 for Masonic Use. January 18, 1980, to Lacey Stapp, R.W. District Deputy Grand Master- District No. 42, for dedication of New Hall of Jerusalem Lodge No. 315 (Jefferies Building) for Masonic Use on Monday evening, January 21, 1980. January 18, 1980, to Frank A. Arnold, R.W. Grand Secretary, for Opening a Specific Communication of the Grand Lodge and conducting the Ceremonies of Consecration and Constitution of Viburnum Lodge No. 676 at Viburnum, under Charter on Friday evening, February I, 1980 in the meeting place of Viburnum Lodge - the Viburnum City Hall.

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GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

June 1, 1980, to Dr. J. Edward Blinn, R.W. Deputy Grand Master, for Opening a Specific Communication of the Grand Lodge in the Hall of Bunker Lodge No. 675 and conducting the Grand Lodge Ceremony of Laying the Cornerstone of the Hall of Bunker Lodge No. 675, on Saturday afternoon, June 14, 1980. June 1, 1980, to Frank A. Arnold, R.W. Grand Secretary, for Opening a Specific Communication of the Grand Lodge on Saturday afternoon,J une 21, 1980, in the Hall of Plato Lodge No. 469 at Plato, preparatory to the Grand Lodge Ceremonies of Laying the Cornerstone and Dedication of the New Hall of Plato Lodge No. 469 for Masonic Use. June 1, 1980, to Dr. J. Edward Blinn, R.W. Deputy Grand Master, for conducting the Grand Lodge Ceremonies of Laying the Cornerstone of the New Hall of Plato Lodge No. 469 and of Dedication of the New Hall of Plato Lodge No. 469 for Masonic Use on Saturday afternoon, June 21, 1980. June 1, 1980, to Dr. J. Edward Blinn, R.W. Deputy Grand Master, for Opening a Specific Communication of the Grand Lodge in the Hall of Corinthian Lodge No. 265 at Warrensburg on Sunday afternoon, June 29, 1980, and conducting the Grand Lodge Ceremonies of Laying the Cornerstone and Dedication of the New Hall of Corinthian Lodge No. 265 for Masonic Use. August 18, 1980, to Theodore J. Hon, R.W. District Deputy Grand Master, for Dedication for Masonic Use the outdoor site on the Little Sni River which is three miles west and two miles south of Wellington, where Lexington Lodge No. 149 will meet in Special Communication for the purpose of Conferral of the Master Mason Degree on Saturday morning, September 20, 1980. August 21, 1980, to Philip S. Johnson, District Deputy Grand Master, for Dedication for Masonic Use the outdoor site on the farm of Bro.John Goodin, where Mercer Lodge No. 35 will meet in Special Communication for the purpose of the conferral of the Master Mason Degree on Saturday, September 6, 1980. August 21,1980, to Dr.J. Edward Blinn, R.W. Deputy Grand Master, for Opening the Specific Communication of the Grand Lodge on Sunday afternoon, September 7, 1980 in the Hall of New Hope Lodge No. 199at Elsberry, and for conducting the Grand Lodge Ceremony of Laying the Cornerstone of the New Hall of New Hope Lodge No. 199 and the Ceremony of Dedication of the New Hall of New Hope Lodge No. 199 for Masonic Use. September 10, 1980, to Dr.J. Edward Blinn, R.W. Deputy Grand Master, for Opening a Specific Communication of the Grand Lodge in the Hall of Essex Lodge No. 278 at Essex, and for conducting the Grand Lodge Ceremony of Dedication of the New Hall of Morehouse Lodge No. 603 at Morehouse, for Masonic Use on Sunday afternoon, September 21, 1980. By order of M.W. Grand Master Gus O. Nations dispensations were issued

that authorized the transaction of specific matters of lodge business, as follows: On October 16, 1979, to Ennis H. Wright, Worshipful Master of Grandview Lodge No. 618, for holding a Special Communication of Grandview Lodge No. 618 for the purpose of the Masonic Occasion of Open Installation of Officers on Sunday afternoon, December 9, 1979. October 19, 1979, to Ezra F. Williams, Worshipful Master of Wentzville Lodge No. 46, for holding a Special Communication of Wentzville Lodge No. 46, for the purpose of the Masonic Occasion of Open Installation of Officers on Sunday, November 25, 1979. October 23, 1979, to Frank E. Cooper, Worshipful Master, Moscow Lodge No. 558, for holding a Special Communication of Moscow Lodge No. 558 for the purpose of the Masonic Occasion of Open Installation of Officers on Saturday, November 10, 1979 in the Moscow Mills Community House, which place has been previously dedicated for Masonic Use. October 26, 1979, to Kenneth Hcsket, Worshipful Master of West Gate Lodge No. 445, for holding a Special Communication of West Gate Lodge No. 445 for the purpose of the Masonic Occasion of Open Installation of Officers on Saturday, November 17, 1979 in Webster Groves Masonic Temple at Webster Groves.

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1980

October 26, 1979, to Ezra F. Williams, Worshipful Master of Wentzville Lodge No. 46, for holding a Special Communication of Wentzville Lodge No. 46 on Sunday morning, December 2, 1979. October 26, 1979, to James R. Thomson, Worshipful Master of Angerona Lodge No. 193, for holding a Special Communication of Angerona Lodge No. 193 on Sunday afternoon, November 18, 1979, preparatory to the Opening of the Specific Communication of the Grand Lodge for the purpose of the Grand Lodge Ceremony of Laying the Cornerstone of the New Hall of Angerona Lodge No. 193 and the Grand Lodge Ceremony of Dedication of the New Hall of Angerona Lodge for Masonic Use. November 6, 1979, to Gary Smith, Worshipful Master of Cosmos Lodge No. 282, for holding Stated Communications of Cosmos Lodge No. 282 on the Second and Fourth Wednesdays during the months of cold and inclement weather of the winter of the year 1979-80 on/v. Novem~r 14, 1979, to Marion W. Eilers, Worshipful Master of Raytown Lodge No. 391, for holding a Special Communication of Raytown Lodge No. 391 on Sunday, December 2, 1979 for the purpose of the Masonic Occasion of Open Installation of Officers. December 7, 1979, to Alfred L. Wagner, Worshipful Master of Vienna Lodge No. 94, for holding a Special Communication of Vienna Lodge No. 94 on Sunday afternoon, December 16, 1979, for the purpose of the Masonic Occasion of Open Installation of Officers. December 11,1979, toJohn H. Rich, Worshipful Master ofJefferson Lodge No. 43, for holding a Special Communication ofJefferson Lodge No. 43 on Sunday afternoon, December 30, 1979, for the purpose of the Masonic Occasion of Open Installation of Officers. December II, 1979, to Marvin R. Horton, Worshipful Master of Ionic Lodge No. 1"54 at Desloge, for holding a Special Communication of Ionic Lodge No. 154 on Sunday afternoon, January 6, 1980, for the purpose of the Masonic Occasion of Open Installation of Officers. December 26, 1979, to Thomas H. Williams, Worshipful Master of Gate ofthe Temple Lodge No. 422 at Springfield, for the Conferral of the Degrees of Masonry on Arlin Thomas McMillan who has been duly elected in accordance with Section 13.110. The degrees to be conferred under the personal direction of the Grand Lecturer, or of a Brother Master Mason specially deputed by the Grand Lecturer - the Grand Lecturer or the brother deputed by him to have ample notification in advance of the dates when the degrees will be conferred. January 8, 1980, to Leslie Garner, Worshipful Master of Mountain Grove Lodge No. 158, for holding Stated and Special Communications of Mountain Grove Lodge No. 158 in the Hall of Barnes Lodge No. 116 at Cabool, during the winter months of the year 1979-80. January 23, 1980, to Merrill A. Wright, Worshipful Master of Summit Lodge No. 263 at Lee's Summit, for conferring Degrees of Masonry on Harold Gene Slagle, who was duly elected on January I, 1980, in accordance with Section 13.110. The degrees to be conferred under the personal direction of the Grand Lecturer or of a Master Mason specially deputed by the Grand Lecturer - the Grand Lecturer, or the Brother Master Mason deputed by him, to have ample notification in advance of the dates when the degrees will be conferred. February 29, 1980, to Arthur E. Schneider, Worshipful Master of Acacia Lodge No. 602, for holding Stated and Special Communications of Acacia Lodge No. 602 in the Hall ofTwilight Lodge No. 114, Twilight Masonic Temple, 1601 Norma Court, Columbia, for such period of time as may be necessary until the repair of the damage to Acacia Masonic Temple by fire has been completed. April 9, 1980, to Forrest C. McChesney, Worshipful Master of Northeast Lodge No. 643, for conferring Degrees of Masonry on Walter Laris, who was duly elected on April 3, 1980, in accordance with Section 13.110. The degrees to be conferred under the personal

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direction of the Grand Lecturer - the Grand Lecturer, or the Brother Master Mason deputed by him to have ample notification in advance of the dates when the degrees will be conferred. May 23,1980, to Wilford L. Stagner, Worshipful Master of Clifton Heights Lodge No. 520, for holding a Special Communication of Clifton Heights Lodge No. 520 for the purpose of the Masonic Occasion of Open Installation of Officers on Saturday evening, June 28, 1980, in the Hall of Meridian Lodge No.2 at Meridian Masonic Temple, 4500 Donovan Avenue, S1. Louis. May 30, 1980, to Jerry P. Johnson, Worshipful Master of Morehouse Lodge No. 603, for holding Stated and Special Communications of Morehouse Lodge No. 603 in the Hall of Essex Lodge No. 278 at Essex, for such period of time as may be necessary until Morehouse Lodge can occupy its own permanent meeting place. June 6,1980, to Robert Dawson, Worshipful Master of Strafford Lodge No. 608, for holding a Special Communication of Strafford Lodge No. 608 for the purpose of the conferral of the Degree of Master Mason on a proficient Fellow Craft on Saturday,June 28, 1980, at the outdoor site on the farm of Brother Tom Comstock, the place having been previously dedicated for Masonic Use by R.W. Bro. J. Edward Blinn in 1972. June 8, 1980, to Harry L. Bone, Worshipful Master of East Gate Lodge No. 630 at Kansas City, for holding a Special Communication of East Gate Lodge No. 630 in the Temple of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Valley of Kansas City, 1330 Linwood Boulevard, for the purpose of hosting East Gate Lodge No. 630 at Des Moines, Iowa, for a fraternal visit on Saturday,June 14, 1980, when East Gate Lodge of Iowa will confer the Degree of Master Mason on a proficient Fellow Craft of East Gate Lodge No. 630 of Missouri, using Iowa Ritual. June II, 1980, to Jesse A. Shaner, Worshipful Master of Bismarck Lodge No. 41, for holding a Special Communication of Bismarck Lodge No. 41 on July 19, 1980 at the outdoor site on the Lowell E. Bay farm on Highway 8, which place was dedicated for Masonic Use by R.W. Bro. C. Nolen Miller in 1978. July 7, 1980, to Richard C. Winburn, Worshipful Master of Weston Lodge No. 53, for holding a Special Communication of Weston Lodge No. 53 for the purpose of conferring the Degree of Master Mason on a proficient Fellow Craft on Saturday, August 16, 1980 at the outdoor site on the farm of Bro. L. R. Vaughn, which was previously dedicated for Masonic Use by M.W. Past Grand Lewis C. Wes Cook. July 9, 1980, to Mike Testa, Worshipful Master of Southwest Lodge No. 466, for holding a Special Communication of Southwest Lodge No. 466 at the outdoor site, which has been previously inspected, approved, and dedicated for Masonic Use, on Saturday evening, August 2, 1980, when the Degree of Master Mason will be conferred on a proficient Fellow Craft of Noel Lodge No. 647 at Noel, by a team composed of the Grand Lodge Ritual Committee and District Deputy Grand Lecturers. August 8, 1980, to Charles A. Redecker, Worshipful Master of Algabil Lodge No. 544, for holding a Special Communication of Algabil Lodge No. 544 at America Masonic Temple, 4386 Bates Street, S1. Louis, Missouri, on Wednesday evening, August 13, 1980. August 18,1980, to Leroy Ashinhurst,Jr., Worshipful Master of Lexington Lodge No. 149, for holding a Special Communication of Lexington Lodge No. 149 for the purpose of the conferral of the Degree of Master Mason on Saturday morning, September 20, 1980, at the outdoor site on the Little Sni River which is three miles west and two miles south of Wellington, after the place has been dedicated for Masonic Use by R.W. District Deputy Grand Master Theodore J. Hon - District 23. August 21,1980, toJames H. Hunter,Jr., Worshipful Master of Mercer Lodge No. 35, for holding a Special Communication of Mercer Lodge No. 35 for the purpose of the conferral of the Degree of Master Mason on Saturday, September 6, 1980, at the outdoor site on the farm of Bro. John Goodin, after the place has been dedicated for Masonic Use by R. W. District Deputy Grand Master Philip S. Johnson - District 4. August 21,1980, to Ronald Gene Gardner, Worshipful Master of Memphis Lodge No. 16, for holding a Special Communication of Memphis Lodge No. 16 on Saturday, August

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1980

23, 1980, at the outdoor site in the rock quarry located about ten miles south of Memphis, which place was previously dedicated for Masonic Use inJune 1976 by R.W. Bro. LeRoy E. Smith, District Deputy Grand Master of the First Masonic District. August 21, 1980, to Richard Burrus, Worshipful Master of Greensburg Lodge No. 414, for holding a Special Communication of Greensburg Lodge No. 414 on Saturday, August 23, 1980, at the outdoor site in the rock quarry located about ten miles south of Memphis, which place was previously dedicated for Masonic Use inJune 1976 by R.W. Bro. LeRoy E. Smith, District Deputy Grand Master of the First Masonic District. September 9, 1980, to Arthur E. Schneider, Worshipful Master of Acacia Lodge No. 602 at Columbia, for holding a Special Communication of Acacia Lodge No. 602 for the purpose of the Masonic Occasion of Open Installation of Officers on Sunday evening, September 14, 1980. CONSENTS AND PERMISSIONS

M.W. Grand Master Gus O. Nations granted consent and expressed permission on various propositions and requests pertaining to the activities and the operation of constituent- lodges of Missouri, in accordance with the requirements of the Grand Lodge (Section 15.070, Section 21.100, Section 21.110). October 2, 1979 to Alpha Lodge No. 659 at North Kansas City to receive the Petition for the Degrees of Masonry of Wayne Charles Taylor, a nonresident of the State of Missouri. October 2, 1979 to Alpha Lodge No. 659 at North Kansas City to receive the Petition for the Degrees of Masonry of Donald Eugene Sennett, a nonresident of the State of Missouri. October 16, 1979 to Milton R. Stewart for a lodge of Entered Apprentices and one of Table Instruction to be held on Thursday evening, November 29, 1979, at Mizpah Masonic Temple - 12030 New Halls Ferry Road, St. Louis - sponsored by Mizpah Lodge No. 639. November 6, 1979 to Swope Park Lodge No. 617 to consider a Waiver ofJurisdiction over Gerald M. O'Dell, Jr. in favor of Olathe Lodge No. 19 at Olathe, Kansas. November 14, 1979 to Lockwood Lodge No. 521 at Lockwood to receive the Petition for Affiliation of Bro. Philip O. Lollar, a nonresident of the State of Missouri. December 28, 1979 to Hiram Lodge No. 362 at Kahoka to receive the Petition for Affiliation of Bro. James E. Noble, a nonresident of the State of Missouri. January 7, 1980 to Milton R. Stewart for a Lodge of Entered Apprentices and one of Table Instruction to be held on Thursday evening, January 31, 1980, at Brentwood Masonic Temple - 8756 Eulalie Avenue, Brentwood - sponsored by Brentwood Lodge No. 616 and the Scottish Rite. January 23, 1980, to Carterville Lodge No. 401 at Carterville, to host Springdale Lodge No. 316 at Springdale, Arkansas, for a fraternal visit on Saturday, February 23, 1980, when Springdale Lodge will confer the Degree of Master Mason on their proficient Fellow Craft in the Hall of Carterville Lodge. February 7, 1980 to Liberty Lodge No. 31 at Liberty to receive the Petition for the Degrees of .I onathan Baugh Knehans, a nonresident of the State of Missouri. March 3, 1980 to Waynesville Lodge No. 375 at Waynesville to receive the Petition for the Degrees of Carl Herbert Bates, a nonresident of the State of Missouri. March 7, 1980 to Mizpah Lodge No. 639 at Florissant to make a fraternal visit to Pike Lodge No. 121 at Petersburg, Indiana, on Saturday April 12, 1980, when Mizpah Lodge will confer the Degree of Master Mason on their own proficient Fellow Craft in the Hall of Pike Lodge, using Missouri Ritual. March 7, 1980 to Alpha Lodge No. 659 at North Kansas City to receive the Petition for the Degrees of Samuel Leroy Anderson. a nonresident of the State of Missouri. March 19, 1980 to Compass Lodge No. 120 at Parkville, to receive the Petition for Affiliation of Bro. L. Kelly Reynolds, a nonresident of the State of Missouri.

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March 19, 1980 to Ferguson Lodge No. 542 at Ferguson, to host Franklin Lodge No. 25 at Franklin, Illinois, for a fraternal visit on March 28, 1980, when Franklin Lodge will confer the Degree of Entered Apprentice on their own two duly elected candidates in the Hall of Ferguson Lodge, using Illinois Ritual. March 19, 1980 to Shaveh Lodge No. 646 at Creve Coeur to make a fraternal visit to Scott Lodge No. 79 at Carlyle, Illinois, on Saturday, March 29, 1980, when Shaveh Lodge will confer the Degree of Master Mason on their own proficient Fellow Craft in the Hall of Scott Lodge, using Missouri Ritual. March 24, 1980, to Waynesville Lodge No. 375 at Waynesville, to receive the Petition for the Degrees of Philip Maurice Haddon, a nonresident of the State of Missouri. April 2, 1980 to Shaveh Lodge No. 646 at Creve Coeur, to host E. T. Carson Lodge No. 598 at Cincinnati, Ohio, for a fraternal visit on May 31, 1980, when E. T. Carson Lodge will confer the Degree of Master Mason on their own proficient Fellow Craft in the Hall of Shaveh Lodge, using Ohio Ritual. April 16, 1980 to East Gate Lodge No. 630 at Kansas City to host East Gate Lodge No. 630 at Des Moines, Iowa, for a fraternal visit in the Scottish Rite Temple, Valley of Kansas City, onJune 14,1980, when East Gate Lodge No. 630 oflowa will conferthe Degree of Master Mason on a proficient Fellow Craft of East Gate Lodge No. 630 of Missouri, using Iowa Ritual. April 21, 1980 to Milton R. Stewart for a Lodge of Entered Apprentices and one of Table Instruction to be held on Thursday evening, May 29, 1980, at Crestwood - Euclid Masonic Temple, 1978 Sappington Road, Crestwood - sponsored by Euclid Lodge No. 505 and the Scottish Rite, Valley of St. Louis. April 30, 1980 to George Washington Lodge No.9 at St. Louis to attend the Tri-State Reunion to be hosted by Home Lodge No. 342 at Fort Wayne, Indiana, on Saturday, October 4, 1980. R. W. Deputy Grand Master J. Edward Blinn concurred with the consent. May 7, 1980 to Meridian Lodge No.2 at St. Louis to make a fraternal visit to Prospect Lodge No. 714 at Indianapolis, Indiana, onJuly 5,1980, and to confer the Degree of Master Mason on their own proficient Fellow Craft in the Hall of Prospect Lodge, using Missouri Ritual. May 23, 1980 to Sheffield Lodge No. 625 at Kansas City to receive the Petition for the Degrees of David Lee Rodgers, a nonresident of the State of Missouri. May 27, 1980 to Freedom Lodge No. 636 at Mehlville to host O'Fallon Lodge No. 576 at O'Fallon, Illinois, for a fraternal visit on June 17, 1980, when O'Fallon Lodge will confer the Degree of Master Mason on their own proficient Fellow Craft in the Hall of Freedom Lodge, using Illinois Ritual. May 30, 1980 to Northeast Lodge No. 643 at Kansas City to consider the request for Waiver ofJurisdiction over Eugene Wayne Slayton in favor of Wyandotte Lodge No.3 at Kansas City, Kansas. July 2, 1980 to Fellowship Lodge No. 345 at Jopkin to make a fraternal visit to Springdale Lodge No. 316 at Springdale, Arkansas, on Saturday evening, July 12, 1980, when Fellowship Lodge will confer the Degree of Master Mason on their own proficient Fellow Craft in the Hall of Springdale Lodge, using Missouri Ritual. July 7, 1980 to Milton R. Stewart for a Lodge of Entered Apprentices and one ofTahle Instruction to be held on Thursday evening, July 31, 1980 at the Brentwood Masonic Temple-8756 Eulalie Avenue, Brentwood-sponsored by Brentwood Lodge No. 616, West Gate Lodge No. 445 and the Scottish Rite, Valley of St. Louis. July 23, 1980 to East Gate Lodge No. 630 at Kansas City, to consider the request for Waiver of Jurisdiction over Dale Franklin Mellon in favor of Roger E. Sherman Lodge No. 369 at Kansas City. July 25, 1980 to North Star Lodge No. 157 at Rock Port to receive the Petition for Affiliation of Bro. W. R. Bartholamew, a nonresident of the State of Missouri. August 13, 1980 to Mizpah Lodge No. 639 at Florissant to host Pike Lodge No. 121 at Petersburg, Indiana, for a fraternal visit on Saturday, September 6, 1980, when Pike

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Lodge will confer the Degree of Master Mason on their own proficient Fellow Craft in the Hall of Mizpah Lodge, using Indiana Ritual. COL:RTESIES

Lodges of Missouri accommodated 75 lodges of other Grand Jurisdictions and performed fraternal services. The requests for fraternal courtesies were received through the offices of the Grand Secretaries, respectively, and forwarded to Missouri lodges. ConstitueLt lodges of Missouri made 150 requests of lodges of other states for fraternal courtesies: Conferrals of Degrees, investigations to determine fitness for reinstatement to good standing after suspension for nonpayment of dues, investigations to determine fitness to receive the Degrees of Masonry, assistance with the preparation of the Application for Admission to the Masonic Home of Missouri, presentation of the Fifty-Year Button of the Grand Lodge of Missouri to veteran brothers living outside the State of Missouri, inquiries for information as to the whereabouts and conditions of "lost" brothers. In addition, many requests for information on Masonic history were exchanged and processed to provide official verification of Masonic affiliation to support membership in an appendant (adoptive) body and for genealogy research. Authorizations for Masonic Funeral Services were given and received. FIFTY-YEAR BU'ITON PRESENTATIONS

The Grand Lodge and the Constituent Lodges of Missouri gave honor and extended recognition to 601 Veteran Brothers with the award of the 50-Year Button during the Year 1979-80. M.W. Grand Master Gus O. Nations approved the presentations of the Grand Lodge of Missouri 50-Year Button to each brother who attained the distinguished status of Fifty-Year Master Mason by faithful interest in the well-being of our Brotherhood as a member in good-standing for 50 years. FIFTY-YEAR Bl.:rrO;\; PRFSI::NTATIO:-lS

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I, 1979-.11::-11:: 30, 1980

Acacia Lodf.(e No. 602-George S. Siekielski, Walter W. Dalton, Walter Hunt Baird,

Charles W. Clark, Dave P. Clark, William Norwood Markham. Charles A. Renbein Adair Lodge No. 366-Paul Moore Riley, Frank Winston Paul, Jr. Af.(enc)' Lodge No. lO-Millard S. Jeffers Algabil Lodge No. 544-Roy K. Kauffman Alton Lodge No. 255-Raymond H. Greer, Earnest Wheeler America Lodge No. 347-01iver H. Kehres, George Trautwein, Jr., Raymond Lee Reeb Amsterdam Lodge No. 141-L1oyd Rowe Davidson Anchor Lodge No. 443-Robert lien Marshall Apollo Lodge No. 529-Clarence V. Grauel, George Glenn Wilson Arlington Lodge No. 346-Earl F. Roberts Ashland Lodge No. 156-Clellie Talbert Harman Athens Lodge No. 127-Curtis E. Grace, Clifford E. Brooks Aurora Lodge No. 267-Alan A. Wolff Ava Lodge No. 26-Lyle H. Pettit Barbee Lodge No. 217-James E. Blackburn, Forrest E. Long Bame.wille Lodge No. 353-William C. Shotwell Bamett Lodge No. 591-William C. Terry Beacon Lodge No.3-Oscar D. Layton, Walter F. Winkelman, Harold B. Smith, Claude M.

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Loper,Joseph Friedman, Paul V. D. Lawton, Henry A. Fritz, Edwin F. Witthofft,John McMillen, Ray H. Brader Belle Lodge No. 373-Fred Branson Belton Lodge No. 450-Paul V. Wyatt Benjamin Franklin Lodge No. 642-Maurice Mushlin, John E. Rossman, Leo Busch, Abe Daniel, Harold Hyman Bethany Lodge No. 97-Dean D. Johnson Bismarck Lodge No. 41-John Willis McGeorge Bogard Lodge No. 101-Lloyd Marshall Graham Bonhomme Lodge No. 45-Arthur O. H. Bilzing Branson Lodge No. 587-Nick Tongate Bridgeton Lodge No. 80-Ralph B. Love, Phillip Stanley Wurtz, Benjamin Jaffe Brotherhood Lodge No. 269-Fred B. Martin, Ernest G. Deal, Evan Bruce Lewis Butler Lodge No. 254-Allen Todd Black Cache Lodge No. 416-Paschal R. Potts Cainsville Lodge No. 328-Loren R. Thompson California Lodge No. 183-Marion Roosevelt Shores, Fred W. Shores Callao Lodge No. 38-Ted Hepworth, Fred W. Schnoor Cambridge Lodge No. 63-T. Roger Haynie, Jr. Canopy Lodge No. 284-Champ Merrick, Sr. Carl Junction Lodge No. 549-Glen Sylvester Nicholson Carterville Lodge No. 401-Daniel Oliver Stines Carthage Lodge No. 197-Walter Parker Cass Lodge No. 147-0scar Glenn Urquhart Centralia Lodge No. 59-Gerald Maxwell Morelock, Lloyd Miller Overton, John Willis Maddox Charity Lodge No. 331-Warren W. Johnson, John C. Cutler,Jr., Theodore G. Marshall, Meyer N. Agron, Ernest S. Johnson, Loren L. Roberts, James A. Westrich, Earl H. Hampton Charleston Lodge No. 407-Robert A. Hill Chilhowee Lodge No. 487-Floyd L. Graham, Leslie G. Hackler Christian Lodge No. 392-Morey Givens Ewing, Hubert K. Roach, Thomas]. Hall, Vivian G. Perry Circle Lodge No. 342-Marquis Roy Pasley Clarence Lodge No. 662-Claude E. Oylear Clarksdale Lodge No. 559-Walter R. Baker Clay Lodge No. 207-Paul David Rogers Clayton Lodge No. 601-Tracy W. Hampton, Bert Adley McSpadden, Lionel T. Haberstroh, Arthur Paul Hoefelmann Clifton Lodge No. 463-John Wilson Mitchell, Lloyd A. O'Neal Clifton Heights Lodge No. 520-Theodore Marion Vollmar, Chester A. Bender, Wallace Gilbert Clinton Lodge No. 548-Vauce Judd Julian, Emmitt L. Holmes Clintonville Lodge No. 482-Clarence H. Sunderwirth Coldwater Lodge No. 485-Kenneth Trewett Comfort Lodge No. 533-Leighton C. Holder Continental Lodge No. 454-William Ervin Summerfield Cooper Lodge No. 36-Edgar Noble Sanford Corinthian Lodge No. 265-Floyd F. Warner Cosby Lodge No. 600-Joy W. Mitchell, Raymond Wagenblast Country Club Lodge No. 656-Clarence H. McClean Crane Lodge No. 519-Clarence Bennage, James Wilford Wagnon Cypress Lodge No. 227-Franklin G. Disney Daggett Lodge No. 492-Lawrence George Weiser De Soto Lodge No. 119-Newell Kirkwood Jones, Otto John Michael

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Dexter LodKe No. 532-A. C. Buchanan, Fred Dowdy East Gate Lodge No. 630-Roy James Taylor, Charlie William Ayers, Julius Carl Moyer, John A. Thompson, John E. Thomas East Prairie LodKe No. 384-1.. .J. Anthony Eldorado Lodge ,"I/o. 3I8-Joe Mendenhall Elvins Lodge No. 599-Roy Vernon Coffman, Samuel Gabriel lIi!{hley, Fred Hiram Arnold I~olia Lodge No. I4-Joe N. En!{land Euclid LodKe No. 505-Frank Hurt, Oscar G. Schmelin!{, A. O. Walter Bilzing Evergrem Lodge No. 27-Paul Benjamin Eisenmann, Earl Chester Ferti!{ Exallo Lodge No. 332-Arnold 1.. Teter Excel5ior LodKe No. 44I-Robert Herman Weaks Fellowship LodKe No . .145-L1oyd H. Ruff FerKuson LodKe No. 542-Frank H. Meyer, Champ Clark Mosley, Markle Eugene Heady Florida LodKe No.2 3-Alva Gibbs Fon,vth Lodge ]\ro. 453-Joseph Oliver Wri!{ht, Joseph W. Malone Foster LodKe No. 554-Thomas A. Daniels, Harold Ivan Foster, Dudley Townsend Four Mile LodKe No. 2I2-.James Carl Todd, (~eor!{e Hardin Gallyoun Freedom LodKe No. 636-Clarence Max Zengel Frimdship I,odKe No. 89-LeRoy Frank McIrvin, Carl C. Hudnall, Forrest H. Sensenich, Trail E. Sehon, Joe Neal Grubb Fulton LodKe No. 48-Gordon Niedergerke Gardenville LodKe No. 655-Floyd Joseph Renaud Gate City Lodge No. 522-Vir!{il Edwards, William J. Sejnost, Gerald E. Hahnenkratt Gate Of The Temple LodKe No. 422-:Judge Calvin Bri!{htwell, Tony Cecil Hart, John Freeman Wasson, Gordon Raymond Yowell, William E. Wood, John H. Pattison, Richard Harrison Hind, Albert Clyde Dennis, Albert Arthur Gentryville LodKe No. I25-Charles N. Francis Georw' WashinKton Lodge No.9-Joseph Bert Dumas Good Hope LodKl' No. 2I8-Don Gordon Parrott, Frederick William Reineke, Jr., .John Robert Mills, Fred Henry Stroh, William E. DenekeI', Marcellus William Chase, Richard Edwin Rudolf, Joseph Henry Grieshammer Gorin LodKe No. 72-Fred D. Monroe Grand Valley LodKe No. 644-H. P. Foley Grandview LodKe No. 6I8-Vir!{il Marvin Douglas Granite LodKe No. 272-William Howard Curtis, Raymond R. Fetters Gray Summit LodKe No. I73-Charles Walter Omohundro, George Ernest Drewel Hale City I.odge No. 2I6-Ralph Clarion Bedell Hannibal LodKe No.1 88-Emmett O. Richardson, Clarence Earl Garrison Harmon)' LodKe No. 499-Elmer Frank Leisse, Calvin Raymond Yeckel, Max Wallace Hurtgen, William S. Coffing, Reese Lee Tyner, EmilJoseph Morse, Walter Frederick Mueller, Raymond Henry Dag!{ett Harold O. Grauel LodKe No. 672-Henry C. Pepper Hartford LodKe No. l7I-Robert H. McCollom, Noel Smith Hebron LodKe No. J54-Arthur A. Brown, Samuel David Groff, James Albert Prince, Orville James Grainge Henderson LodKe No. 477-Ralph E. Hamilton Hermon Lodge l\'o. I87-Roy R. Sherrell Heroine LodKe No. I04-Harry W. Czarlinsky, Morris Levine, Herman H. Schanker,Jack Hoffman, Philip H. Levine, Morris R. Shlensky HOKles Creek Lodge No. 279-Ivan H. Hargrove Hope LodW' No. 25I-Christian Henry Von Behren,James William Rennick, Sr., Oscar F. Bottermiller HunLlVille LodKe No. 30-William S. Deem, Earl H. Oliver. Ivan V. Miller lbflla LodKe No. 4lO-0liver Abbett, Hilary Pemberton

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Independence Lodge No. 76-William R. Allen, Henry Lex Brazeal, Charles Fred Vieth, Paul Miller Lowry Ionia Lodge No. 381-Wyatt Hill, Elvin G. Shakley, Harry H. Kay, john Bailey Bryant, Harold M. McDonald, Logan B. Darrall, Dewey Kallenback, Victor E. Bealer, George Clark Vanosdoll Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446-Lewis B. Campbell, Orville Cochran, Lester M. Heckman, Charles W. Foster, Charles Emery Miller, Paul A. Coppinger, George Frederick Rentschler, William Loren Berry, Allen Keith Heaton, Charles G. LaMar, Clarence V. Slighton, C. Vernon Townley, William Emil Forman, john Q. A. Greene, Vernon A. Lott, GeorgeJ. Shaw, Axel Algot Pearson, William Henry Bowman, Hilmer J. Anderson, Terrie Oliver Biggers, Robert Charles Craig Jacksonville Lodge No. 541-Grover C. Wedding Jamesport Lodge No. 564-james Raymond Burge Jasper Lodge No. 398-William E. Lane Jefferson Lodge No. 43-Edmund R. Price, Howard H. Darling, Herbert F. Miller Jennings Lodge No. 640-Frank Waher Stephens, Henry William Busch, Delmar james Chapman, Emmet Louis Lieneke Joplin Lodge No. 335-Jean Harry Lemons Kansas City Lodge No. 220-William Roy Denney Keystone Lodge No. 243-Fred A. Brueckner King Hill Lodge No. 376-Clarence R. Hamilton Kirksville Lodge No. /05-Alexander B. Russell, john S. Denslow, Carl Brown, Charles R. Townsend, jr., Lennis D. Scott Kirkwood Lodge No. 484-Charles S. Via, Charles H. Dickinson, Raymond J. Silver Koshkonong Lodge No. 582-Homer C. Kinder La Belle Lodge No. 222-Noble C. Morris Laclede Lodge No. 83-Edward J. Stith, Elmer C. Simpson, james A. Peacock, Garland Lew Wakefield, Ervin Theodore Engsberg Lamar Lodge No. 292-Thomas A. Streeper, Harry Earl Bohon Lambskin Lodge No. 460-Wallace Edgar Beckham, Walter Longstaff LaPlata Lodge No. 237-George Edgar Bailey, H. D. Lehr, Edward R. Kelly Latimer Lodge No. 145-Maridean W. Blackard, Earl J. Nelson Leadwood Lodge No. 598-Milford S. Hall Lebanon Lodge No. 77-George Louis Jonas, Rowland Joseph Bass Lexington Lodge No. 149-Harry Baker Linn Creek Lodge No. 152-William H. Todd, C. Helmer Turner Lockwood Lodge No. 521-Fred O. Lollar Lodge Of Love Lodge No. 259-Fred E. Andrews Lodge Of Truth Lodge No. 268-Everett Wiggans, MUri F. Browning McDonald Lodge No. 324-Rufus Bell Burrus, William Leonard Cassell Magnolia Lodge No. 626-William Charles Bockstiegel Maplewood Lodge No. 566-joseph A. Coff, Erwin F. Vetter, August L. Telker Marceline Lodge No. 481-Charles V. Durbin, jackson D. Durham, Raymond E. Viers Marcus Lodge No. I/O-Ralph W. Slavens, Stanley Homer Dixon Memphis Lodge No. 16-Alfred Vaughn Gleason Mendon Lodge No. 628-Charles William Pemberton Meramec LodKe No. 313-Clarence Wehrle, Harold Herman Frank Weber Mercer LodKe No. 35-Eugene Stacy, Martin Von Vacter Meridian LodKe No.2-Erwin Thomas Barth, William Eugene Chase Milton Lodge No. 151-Wilton Semones Missouri-Commonwealth LodKe No.1-Thomas Bennett Cooper, Jr. Mizpah Lodge No. 639-Carl O. Nelson, Gordon R. White, Sr., Lawrence john Huetteman, Frederick Britton, Jr., Arthur Malcolm Walker Moberly LodKe No. 344-Harold L. Jackson, John O. O'Neil, George H. Riley, James I. Zaner

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Modern Lodge No. 144-Charles C. Palmer Mokane Lodge No. 612-Harry Roland Schmid, Raymond Forrest Swain Moniteau Lodge No. 295-John.J. Leichti Montevallo Lodge No. 490-Lewis Kennedy Montgomery Lodge No. 246-Herman Chandler, Joseph Grisham Crane, Henry Rittman Morely Lodge No. 184-Curtis Lee Halford, Bennett Taylor Moscow Lodge No. 558-Fred L. Dreyzehner Mountain Grove Lodge No. 158-Charles C. Blackwell, Lester D. Maddox, Charles H. Ling, A. Rowden Kelley Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40-Alfred William Lenger, Elmer C. Drehmann, John R. Vogel, William H. SergeI, Arthur H. Dembeck Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 99-Hugh Turrentine Mt. Washington Lodge No. 614-Cecil Bridgesland, Russell Miles Lynn, Roy Jennings Cavanah, Raymond Thomas Powers, Albert Vernon Frisby Mt. Zion Lodge No. 327-Uria Clinton Atha, Dutch Edward Fairley, Kermit K. Wasson, Montia C. Stephens Mountain View Lodge No. 637-Raymond L. Erbar Mystic Tie Lodge No. 221-Roy McKinley Sachse Naphtali Lodge No. 25-Conrad F. Dingler Neosho Lodge No. 247-Luther Olin Bennett, Evert Richardson New Hope Lodge No. 199-Harry H. Palmer Nodaway Lodge No. 470-David McConkey, Paul Gebert Noel Lodge No. 647-Noah Y. East North Star Lodge No. 157-Donald M. Bailey, Keith McKinley Boettner, Audrey (Audrea) T. Sanders, Lee Leslie Boettner Occidental Lodge No. I63-0rville W. Dill, Charles Sakowski, Fluett Walsh Peterson Olive Branch Lodge No. 576-Walter Charles Holmes, Morry Cohen Oregon Lodge No. 139-Kenneth C. Sallee Orient Lodge No. 546-Albert Norman Loest, Jr., Karl Young McAnelly, Ernest Silkenat, Frank Marion Lyle, Kenneth J. Blakely, Hugh Love Jones, Harold Richard Bailey, Robert E. H. Casebolt, Arthur Gerald Chain Oriental Lodge No. 5I8-Herbert E. Mueller Osage Lodge No. 303-Homer Elmer Smith Overland Lodge No. 623-William W. Hurless, Earl F. Hilleman Palestine Lodge No. 241-0mar Louis Schnatmeier Parrott Lodge No. 308-Goldie Vencil Bourette Pattonsburg Lodge No. 65-Dwight Foster Hibbs Pauldingville Lodge No. II-Marvin F. Lichte Paul Revere Lodge No. 330-George John Paddock, William P. Frehland, Otto Frank Spirch, Oris Earl Petri, Henry Frederick Herkstroeter, Frederick Link Perseverance Lodge No. 92-Charles L. Meriwether, Jr., Eugene D. Sizemore Phoenix Lodge No. 136-T. M. Mathews Pilgrim Lodge No. 652-Henry Fitschen, Robert Leslie Carr Pilot Knob Lodge No. 182-Henderson Collins, James J. Hume, Sr. Plato Lodge No. 469-Jesse Lingo Polar Star Lodge No. 79-Carl O. Rockling, Henry M. Kann, Homer A. Dollahite, Edoma William Ranson, Clyde H. Snider Pollock Lodge No. 349-Kenneth E. Vogt Pomegranite Lodge No. 95-Harold A. Bulger,JohnJ. McDermott, Adolph Kuemmerle, Orville Telthorst Poplar Bluff Lodge No. 209-Carl H. Johnson, Ralph William Tuepker Potosi Lodge No. 131-Edward Dearl Hahn, Chester Sloan, William Edward Hillen, Oral T. Springer Prairie Home Lodge No. 503-Elmer Roy Kuhn Pride Of The West Lod{(e No. 179-Ernest A. Russell, Norman H. Behrend

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Progress Lodge No. 657-Frank Reed Hueser, Harold Oscar Grub,John Edwin Long, Otto Hoch, Albert Hoch Purity Lodge No. 658-Louis Henry Merwin Putnam Lodge No. 190--John A. Morris, Wesley Wood Moore Puxico Lodge No. 596-Vernon Fortner, Sr., Robert R. Kush, Robert B. Turner Pyramid Lodge No. 180-Richard N. Birdsong, Michael Willis Maurer, Edward Michael Martini, Frederick William Held Rich Hill Lodge No. 479-Samuel B. Bailey Richland Lodge No. 385-Wilbur Dodson Richmond Lodge No. 57-Leon R. Taylor Robert Burns Lodge No. 496-J. Vernie Hicks Rolla Lodge No. 213-Lewis Hardin King, Walter D. Keller Rural Lodge No. 316-Maurice A. Rehn St. Clair Lodge No. 273-Rennie E. Tatum, John J. Sullivan St. Francisville Lodge No. 588-Glenn Erie Larson, Leland Regan Wayland, Charles Dawson Winkelman St. Joseph Lodge No. 78-James C. Bolton, Ralph N. Boyer, Roy William Wolter, Elmer A. Borchardt, Conan Doyle Litton, Ralph D. Foster, Ralph Bush, Wayne D. Vermillion, Edward D. Feltenstein, Richard DeHart St. Louis Lodge No. 20-Raymond A. Gasting, Sam Max Mendel, Harry Mendelson, Max Barnholtz, Arnold Just, Samuel Charles Sachs, Meyer Schumitzky, David Herman Kornblum St. Mark's Lodge No. 93-A. B. Jordan, Robert Boyd Lincoln Salem Lodge No. 225-Veigh Adleman Elmer, John M. Dillon Samaritan Lodge No. 424-CliffordJ. Wann,John T. Brenon,John O. Craig, Commodore Perry Hill, Jr., Asley Coker Hoskings Sarcoxie Lodge No. 293-Robb T. Everhard, Clyde Corwin Moyer, Francis Daniel Glenn Savannah Lodge No. 71-C1ifford F. Taylor, Heinz B. Kurz Seaman Lodge No. 126-Bernie C. Lintner Sedalia Lodge No. 236-Kirk P. McCrary, John Lee Brown, Porter H. Duffett, A. Arlin Morrison, Joseph Adolphus Toler, Ellridge Earl Bybee, Albert Monroe Bybee, William T. Sims ShavehLodgeNo. 646-HenryChariesSieg, WilliamJ. Underwood, HomerGusSchwartzel, Albert Bonham Koons Shekinah Lodge No. 256-Maynard E. Seifert, Virgil Norwine May, Matthew Burnside Shelbina Lodge No. 228-Thomas Dean Adams Sikeston Lodge No. 310-Leo B. Brown Solomon Lodge No. 271-Stanley H. Gates Sonora Lodge No. 200-Luther William Hudson, Warren Morgan South Gate Lodge No. 547-Howard R. Barnes Sparta Lodge No. 296-Zack M. St. John Star Lodge No. 419-William I. Kamm Star Of The West Lodge No. 133-John 1'. Signer, Lyle Norman White Stockton Lodge No. 283-Noble Granl Abbott Sullivan Lodge No. 69-Elmer W. Shaffer, Kennith W. Cline. Louis J. Cartwright Summit Lodge No. 263-Joseph Avery Grant, William Henry Koch, Frank Benton Swope Park Lodge No. 617-Ralph R. Richey Temple Lodge No. 299-William Maurice Slayton, George G. Paris, Raymond E. Thorton, Lewey Edgar Witt, Charles Jesse Dameron, Roy Chadwell Cowen, Earl James Stone Tipton Lodge No. 56-Harold L. Lowe Trenton Lodge No. 11I-R. A. Bushnell Triangle Lodge No. 638-Edward Luther Perry. Jr., Edwin J. Meinberg Trinity Lodge No. 641-Otto E. Anderle, Maurice Clarence Frank, Maurice Goldring. Lambert August Seiller, Samuel J. Zucker Triplett Lod~e No. 122-Claude E. Murray

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Troy Lodgf ]\/0. 34-David Wayne McCoy Tuscan Lodgf No. 360-Elmer Schluer, Clarence <:. Fivian, Robert

<:. Saunders, George E.

Murray Twilight Lodgf No. 114-<:' R. Fich TJ'ro Lodge No. 12-Walter Hanson Ronald, Franklin F. Wallis, John Vergil Sutton.

Samuel Elmo Revburn

Union Star Lodge N~. 124-Vern L. Worthman Unionville Lodge No. 2J()-Paul A. Wickless University Lodge No. 649-Wesley John Zimmerman, Hamlet Willis Draughon Van Buren Lodge No. 509-Britton Z. Potter Vienna Lodge No. 94-Claude Willard Gillispie Vincel Lodge No. 62-James Charles Groom Wakanda Lodge No. 52-Ben W. Gibson, Stewart Tull McCombs, Walter S. McAdow,

Dudley David Thomas, Jr., Louis Russell Dean Warren Lodge No. 74-Roy A. Harper Warrenton Lodge No. 609-David S. Worley, Lawrence Buschman Washington Lodge No. 87-Gilbert M. Porter, Eddie Clayton Hunt, Kenneth E. Shaw Wayne Lodge No. 526-William Allen Ramsey Waynesville Lodgf No. 375-Teddy O. Carver, Charles W. Talbot. James Z. Kinsley,

Wilmer B. Sell Webb City Lodge No. 512-William Jess McGee, Jr. Webster Lodge No. 98-Byron E. Foster Webster Groves Lodge No. 84-Charles Kenneth Baber, Sr. Wellston Lodgf /'I/o. 613-Fred A. Gossom, Guy Elwin Pohlman, Elmer J. Hoechst West Gate Lodge No. 445-Steven Ramsdell Vandewater Weston Lodge No.5 3-Beryl Bryan Waterman. Fred Meyer Pemberton, George Zimmer-

man Hull, Owens Lee Hull Westport Lodge No. NO-William L. Davidson, Gordon Ilanson Williamstown Lodgf No. 370-E. L. Dorsey, Carl Lasswell Winigan Lodge No. 540-Alvard L. Almond Xenia Lodge No. 50-Floyd H. Billingsley York Lodge No. 563-Troy Allen Ryan, Alex Irwin Rothstein lalma Lodgf No. 545-Joseph H. Inman Zeredatha Lodgf 1\/0. 189-Lee R. Burris CERTIFICATES AND CARDS FOR RITL'AL PROFICIENCY

Certificates and cards were written for authorized instructors in the Proficiency or Candidates' Lecturers (Subdivision I); cards were written for authorized instructors (Subdivision II); and cards were written for authorized instructors (Subdivision II I). The certificates and cards were issued in accordance with the Certificate Plan of the Grand Lodge Committee on Ritual, as submitted with the Reports of the Examining Committees. Mrs. Marvin Niblack, Mrs. Calvin M. Price, and Miss Lori J. Harris of the Grand Lodge Office Staff kept all the records of the Reports of Examining Committees, prepared quarterly reports of the certificates and cards issued for the Chairman and members of the Ritual Committee, and prepared the cumulative report for the Year 1979-80. The names of the Master Masons whose applications were approved during the year July 1, 1979-J une 30, 1980 are included in the Report of the Committee on Ritual. Sl:lIDIVISIO:-'; I

Originals 117 First Renewals (A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 63 Second Renewals (B) 36

Third Renewals (C) Fourth Renewals (D) Fifth Renewals (E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Sixth Renewals (F)

37 21 23 16

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. . .

9 8 7 5 6 3

Originals First Renewals (A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second Renewals (B) Third Renewals (C) Fourth Renewals (0) Fifth Renewals (I':) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sixth Renewals (F) Seventh Renewals (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eighth Renewals (H) Ninth Renewals (I)

18 19 7 9 5 3 5 3 2 2

SI'I\I>IVISIO:,\ II PART 2 Originals First Renewals (A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15 17

Seventh Renewals (G) Eighth Renewals (H) Ninth Renewals (I) Tenth Renewals (J) Eleventh Renewals (K) Twelfth Renewals (L) SL'BllIVISIO:-; II -

. . .

PART

Second Renewals (B) Third Renewals (C) Fourth Renewals (0) Fifth Renewals (E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sixth Renewals (F) Seventh Renewals (G) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eighth Renewals (H) Ninth Renewals (I) SI;BDIVISIO:\ II -

PART

Originals First Renewals (A) " . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Second Renewals (B) Third Renewals (C) Fourth Renewals (0) Fifth Renewals (E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sixth Renewals (F) Seventh Renewals (;) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eighth Renewals (H) l'\inth Renewals (I) Sl'BllI\'ISIO:\

Originals

14 9 5 4 3 4 4 1

25 14 6 5 5 5 3 4 5 I

III , 190

The Grand Secretary wrote the 702 certificates and cards for Subdivision I, the 222 cards for Subdivision I I, and the 190 "Silver" cards for Subdivision I I I. GRAND LOD(;I-: OFFICE BCILDlN(;

The Grand Lodge opened for business in the new Administrative Office Building-HOO Highway 63 North, Columbia-on Monday morning, November 26, 1979. R.W. Bro. Charles E. Scheurich and Bro. Merle N. Smarr, with the assistance of members of Brother Smarr's family and of personnel of his construction company, accomplished the tremendous task of moving all of the weighty files, furniture, equipment of the Grand Lodge Office from the temporary quarters at Jefferson City to the new building at Columbia on Friday, November 23, Saturday, l'\ovember 24, and Sunday, November 25, 1979. The Grand Lodge of Missouri will be forever indebted to R.W. Bro. Charles E. Scheurich and Bro. Merle l\'. Smarr for their generous contribution of services toward the successful accomplishment ofthe move of the Grand Lodge Office - an outstanding demonstration of their desire to do the best that was possible f()r the benefit of Our Masonic Brotherhood of Missouri. Summary of disbursements on Grand Lodge Office Building Project: August I, 1977: Payment on architectural services $ 2,000.00 March 24, 1978: Payment on purchase of site at Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . 25,000.00 March 27, 1978: Payment on recording of deed...................... 4.00 .July 28, 1978: Payment on engineering services at site................ 3,760.21 September 28, 1978: Payment on equipment for removal of dirt in re excavation at site . 1,90:~.75 November 4, 1978: Payment on architectural services . 7,000.00 February 4, 1979: Payment on labor and services . 2,803.53 February 4, 1979: Payment on architectural services . 8,000.00 . l\farch 10, 1979: Payment on architectural services 8,525.80 ~fay 1:~, 1979: Payment on progress estimate No. I of contractor . 19,801.00

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June 20, 1979: Payment on architectural services . July 13, 1979: Payment on progress estimate No.2 of contractor . July 19: 1979: Payment on progress estimate No.3 of contractor . August 5, 1979: Payment on progre'ss estimate No.4 of contractor . August 9, 1979: Payment on architectural services . September 6, 1979: Payment on progress estimate No.5 of contractor September 28, 1979: Payment on architectural services . October 16, 1979: Payment on progress estimate No.6 of contractor .. November 8, 1979: Payment on progress estimate No.7 of contractor November 22, 1979: Payment on furnishing and installing carpet . December 2, 1979: Final payment on architectural services . December 2, 1979: Payment on fabricating and installing Masonic Emblem in round Blue Window . February 15, 1980: Payment on drinking fountain . March 17, 1980: Payment on electrical services . May 6, 1980: Payment on materials and labor for cabinet work . June I, 1980: Payment on reimbursement for building permit . June 16, 1980: Final payment on construction . June 24, 1980: Payment on rough-in of plumbing in lower level . July I, 19~U: Payment on ceiling and floor work in lower level . September 8, 1980: Payment on electrical fixtures on lower level . Total contribution toward the construction of the Grand Lodge Onice Building $

1980 2,000.00 30,194.00 16,732.00 46,970.00 1,000.00 56,350.00 1,000.00 32,372.00 18,962.00 4,669.85 1,000.00 410.00 540.30 157.00 1,857.82 22.00 2,929.00 285.03 4,057.71 339.10 69,617.12

GRAND LODGE MONEY

General Fund - The Commerce Bank at St. Joseph, Missouri

Deposits: The payment of constituent lodges of the "Amount Due Grand Lodge" per the Annual Returns Interest income on investments Receipts from sales of publications of Committee on Masonic Education Miscellaneous Receipts Withdrawals: The deposits to the Imprest Account by transfer of funds as reimbursement for authorized disbursements The payments to the Masonic Home of Missouri and the George Washington National Masonic Memorial Association on the fees on initiations, to the Masonic Home of Missouri on per capita, and to the Masonic Service Association of the United States on the direct appropriations of the Grand Lodge The payments on the costs of printing and distributing The Freemason Magazine The payments of expenses on the construction of the Grand Lodge Administrative Office Building Other expenditures on budget and special authorizations lmprest Account - The Exchange National Bank of Jefferson City

Deposits: Reimbursements by transfer of funds from the General Fund for authorized disbursements previously made Withdrawals: The payments of the costs relative to the operation of the Grand Lodge as provided by the approved budget

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Revolving Account - The Exchange National Bank of Jefferson City

Deposits: Receipts from the sales of Constitution and By-Laws, the prescribed forms of the Grand Lodge, the publications of the Grand Lodge, the annual dues receipt cards Miscellaneous receipts Withdrawals: Payments on the purchases of items sold to lodges and individuals through the Grand Lodge Office, and on such other transactions as have been and are authorized and approved The Freemason Account - The Exchange National Bank of Jefferson City Deposits: The remittances on the subscriptions of interested persons Withdrawals: Payments to the General Fund of the Grand Lodge for each issue of the magazine at the rate of 25 cents per subscription The records of receipts and disbursements have been submitted to the Auditor for examination. The Report of the Auditor verifies the accounts and records. Grand Lodge Officers and members of the Grand Lodge Committee on Ways and Means received monthly budget reports and regular reports on the Imprest Account, the Revolving Account, The Freemason Account, and the Grand Lodge Office Building Fund. DISTRIBlJTION OF

1979

"CUML:LATIVE ANNUAL POCKET PART"

The 1979 "Cumulative Annual Pocket Part" was mailed as follows: 1. Four (4) copies to each chartered lodge for the use of the officers and members, addressed in care of the Lodge Secretary. 2. Copies to each official of the Grand Lodge: Grand Lodge Officers, Past Grand Masters, Past Grand Treasurer, Past Grand Secretary, Past Grand Lecturer, District Deputy Grand Masters, District Deputy Grand Lecturers, Chairmen and members of Grand Lodge Committees. 3. Copies to individual Brother Master Masons who own personal copies of the 1977 Edition of the Constitution and By-Laws - 1958, provided names and current addresses were on record in the "Pocket Part Card File." CONFERENCE OF GRAND SECRETARIES IN NORTH AMERICA

The Fifty-Second Conference of Grand Secretaries was held at the Shoreham Hotel at Washington, D.C., in February, in co~junction with the Conference of Grand Masters of Masons in North America, and the Annual Meetings of the Masonic Service Association of the United States and of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association. The agenda of the Conference of Grand Secretaries - Freemasonry's Wheel - included the following subjects, supplemented by discussion: "Is There No Help?" "A Banner With the Strange Device" Freemasonry a Brotherhood or a Fraternity The IRS - What About It? Uniform Transfer of Membership

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R.W. Deputy Grand Master Blinn and R.W. Senior Grand Warden Hill were my guests at the Annual Grand Secretaries' Dinner. Other Missourians present were: M.W. Past Grand Master Bruce H. Hunt, R.E. Grand Commander Marvin L. Painter, M.l. Grand Master Ernest.J. Thacker, R.W. Bro.John Black Vrooman, Bro. Austin G. Felton. MISSOCRI LODel'S AND CANDIDATES YOl:N(~ER TitAN

YEARS OLD

The lodges of Missouri submitted a supplemental report with the 1980 Annual Return and provided information on the number of candidates between the ages of 18 and 21 elected; the number initiated; the number passed; the number raised; the number that proved proficiency in the Third Degree. No effort to authenticate the data given in the supplemental report has been made by a comparison with the facts of birthdate of the official record entered on page 2 of the Annual Return. Number of petitioners between the a~es of 18 and 21 161 Number of candidates between ages of 18 and 21 "Elected" 159 Number of candidates between ages of 18 and 21 "Initiated" 146 Number of candidates between ages of IR and 21 "Passed".................... 89 Number of candidates between ages of 18 and 21 "Raised" 84 t"umber of Master Masons between the a~es of 18 and 21 who proved proficiency in the Master Mason's De~ree , 69 CONSECRATION AND C01'OSTlTCTION OF VIBCRNLM LODGI'

No. 676 t.:NDER CHARTER

A Specific Communication of the Grand Lodge of Missouri was opened on Friday evening, February 1, 1980 in the Hall of Viburnum Lodge at Viburnum for the purpose of the Consecration and Constitution of Viburnum Lodge No. 676 under Charter. The Grand Lodge had granted the Charter to Viburnum Lodge at the 158th Annual Communication in September 1979. The Grand Secretary represented M. W. Grand Master Gus O. Nations for the opening of the Specific Communication and for the conducting of the Grand Lodge Ceremonies of Organizing the Lodge Under Charter, Consecration of the Lodge, Constitution of the Lodge, and Installation of Officers. The following were present and served in the stations of Grand Officers for the ceremonies: As Grand Master. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Frank A. Arnold DeputJ Grand Master " Dr. J. Edward Blinn As Senior Grand Warden Harold J. Richardson As junior Grand Warden Jerrold K. Clemons Grand Treasurer W. Marion Luna As Grand Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Olin S. McDaniel Senior Grand Dea~on (Openinf{) Robert J. Crede As Senior Grand Deacon (Ceremonies) P. Vincent Kinkead As junior Grand Deacon Clifford N. Talley As Senior Grand Steward (Openinf{) P. Vincent Kinkead As Senior Grand Steward (Ceremonies) Robert.J. Crede As junior Grand Steward Harold C. Smith As Grand Marshal Carl G. Brown Grand Sword Bearer Carl E. Etz, Jr. Grand Pursuivant Harold C. Smith As Grand Chaplain Dr. G. Maxell Teeter As Grand Tiler Arthur C. Yehlen

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The officers of Viburnum Lodge No. 676 selected and installed were: Worshipful Master Dr. Jack Kessinger Senior Warden Robert Morton Junior Warden G. Wes Lloyd Treasurer Clyde Hayes Secretary " Cletus Faircloth Chaplain M. Leon Key Marshal Lester Maze Senior Deacon John L. Ritter Junior Deacon James Wallace Senior Steward " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Clifton Brown .Junior Steward Tom Porter Tiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Bernard Faulkner MEMORIAI_'i

The Grand Lodge Tributes of Respect in Memory of M.W. Past Grand Master Forrest C. Donnell (1942-43), of M.W. Past Grand Master Richard O. Rumer (1952-53), of M.W. Past Grand Master Orestes Mitchell,Jr. (1954-55), of M.W. Past Grand Master Martin B. Dickinson were written and distributed to all lodges, to all past Grand Masters, to the Ladies oflate Past Grand Masters, to Officers of the Grand Lodge, to District Deputy Grand Masters, to District Deputy Grand Lecturers, to Chairmen and Members of Grand Lodge Committees, to the recognized Appendant (Adoptive) Organizations of Missouri, to the Past Grand Treasurer, to the Past Grand Secretary, to the Past Grand Lecturer, and to the other Grand Lodges in fraternal relationship with the Grand Lodge of Missouri. The acknowledgements of the Memorials by other Grand Lodges have been forwarded to: Mrs. Boyd Rogers, the daughter of M.W. Brother Donnell; Mrs. Rumer; Mrs. Mitchell; Bro. Martin B. Dickinson,Jr., the son of M.W. Brother Dickinson. Copies of the acknowledgements were sent to M.W. Grand Master Nations; and copies were kept for the files of the respective Past Grand Masters in the Grand Lodge Office. DISTRIBL"TIONS DVRING GRAND LODGE YEAR

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I. Mileage and per diem checks for attendance at 158th Annual Communication to 22 Grand Lodge Officials and to 47 representatives of lodges, addressed in care of lodge Secretaries. 2. Packets to all lodges and to all on the official mailing list. Contents: Actions of 158th Annual Communication (September 1979) and the Proposals for Action at the 159th Annual Communication (September 1980); Rosters of names, addresses, telephone numbers of Grand Lodge Officers, Past Grand Masters, Past Grand Treasurer, Past Grand Secretary, Past Grand Lecturer, Grand Lodge Committees, Masonic Home of Missouri, Missouri Lodge of Research, District Deputy Grand Masters, District Deputy Grand Lecturers; The Freemason Magazine; Grand Lodge Achievement AwardStatement of Standards and Application; Education and Entertainment Programs - Masonic Education Committee; Order Blank (for use) and Sample Order Blank; Order Form - "List of Lodges (Masonic) 1980." 3. RESOLUTION on Withdrawal of recognition of the Grand Lodge of Belgium - to all on the official mailing list of the Grand Lodge and to all other Grand Lodges.

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4. ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE INFORMATION of the Grand Lodge Office after the move to Columbia - to all on the official mailing list of the Grand Lodge, to all other Grand Lodges, to all Appendant and Adoptive Organizations with Masonic Affiliation, to all publishers of Masonic maga~ zines and papers, to all companies and houses with which the Grand Lodge transacts matters of business. 5. Notification to lodges of the 26th Masonic District on the correction of the telephone number of R.W. District Deputy Grand Lecturer William G. Barnett. 6. Notification to the lodges of the 38th Masonic District of the appointment of R.W. Bro. William E. Brenneman as the District Deputy Grand Master for the unexpired term 1979-80. 7. The letter of M.W. Grand Master Gus O. Nations on the Fund Drive to build the Western Unit of the Masonic Home of Missouri: the letter of RW. Bro. Howard E. Ward, Co-ordinator of Fraternal Relations of the Masonic Home; and sheets of Information and Instructions Concerning Application and Admission to the Masonic Home - to all lodges and to all on the official mailing list. 8. The letter of M.W. Grand Master Gus O. Nations and Wor. Bro. Thomas C. Warden, Chairman of the Committee on Masonic Education, Achievement Award Standards, Hint on the Achievement Award, GRAND LODGE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD APPLICATION FORM - to all Worshipful Masters and to District Deputy Grand Masters. 9. CEREMONIES: 1980 Printing-One (1) copy each to all lodges and to all on official mailing list, with Order Blank. 10. FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT about 159th Annual Communication to be held at St. Louis in September 1980, with motel rate-reservation cards - to all lodges and to all on official mailing list. 11. COMPUTER PRINT-OUT OF MASTER MASONS - ADDRESSES, with cover letter and instructions - to all lodges, addressed in care of lodge Secretaries. Worshipful Masters received cover letter and instructions. 12. DUPLICATE BLANKS OF 1980 ANNUAL RETURN, with sheets of Instructions - to all lodges on June 15, 1980, addressed in care of lodge Secretaries. Worshipful Masters, District Deputy Grand Masters, and District Deputy Grand Lecturers received appropriate cover letter and instruction sheets. 13. SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT about 159th Annual Communication, including Representatives' Cards - to all lodges, addressed in care of lodge Secretaries; to all Worshipful Masters; and to all on the official mailing list. MISCELLANIES

1. The form, "Report of Installation of Officers," was sent to each lodge at the beginning of the month when election of officers is held, per the Lodge By-Laws. The report is the notification in compliance with Section 8.130. "Machine" copies of Installation Reports were sent to the Deputy Grand Master, District Deputy Grand Masters, District Deputy Grand Lecturers. 2. The booklet, "Planning for the East," was sent to the Senior Warden of each lodge per the information of name and address entered on the "Report of Installation of Officers." The booklet is the publication ofthe Committee on Masonic Education.

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3. The certificates of the Grand Lodge Achievement Award for the Worshipful Master and for the lodge were written by the Grand Secretary - 64 small certificates for Worshipful Masters and 64 large certificates for lodges - in accordance with the applications approved by the respective District Deputy Grand Masters and the Chairman of the Committee on Masonic Education. 4. The Grand Secretary attended and participated in the two Deputy Conferences held in October at St. Charles and North Kansas City, the Specific Communications of the Grand Lodge for the Ceremonies of Laying the Cornerstone and of Dedication of New Halls for Masonic Use, and the meetings of the Grand Lodge Committees on Chartered Lodges, Entertainment of Distinguished Guests, and Ways and Means. 5. The Grand Secretary represented M.W. Grand Master Gus O. Nations and the Grand Lodge at the 134th Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, the 115th Annual Assembly of the Grand Council of Cryptic Masons, and the 119th Annual Conclave of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar. 6. The Grand Secretary and Mrs. Arnold represented the Grand Lodge of Missouri at the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Kansas in Wichita in March, and the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Indiana at Indianapolis in May. M.W. Grand Master and Mrs. Nations and the Arnolds attended the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee at Nashville in March. 7. The OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE 158th ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI were written, printed, and sent to each lodge, each official of the Grand Lodge, each Past Grand Master, and each Grand Lodge in fraternal relationship with this Grand Lodge, as prescribed by Section 2.040(h). GRAND LODGE OFFICE STAFF

All the staffof the Grand Lodge Office deserve a wholehearted expression of thanks from the lodges and the members of the Masonic Brotherhood of the State of Missouri for their services. As Grand Secretary, I acknowledge that their assistance and friendship have been sources of strength and encouragement as we worked together in the many operations of the Grand Lodge Office. I am especially grateful to Mrs. Henry H. Smith and Mrs. Calvin M. Price, who agreed to continue with me, and with us, when the move of the office was made from Jefferson City to Columbia. These two ladies live in the Jefferson City area; they make the daily drive to Columbia in all sorts of weather. They were ready to pitch in and perform every kind of task during the difficult days of "getting settled" in the new office. They accepted new assignments and extra responsibilities to the end that all might be done, punctually and quite efficiently, toward the successful operations of the Grand Lodge Office. The Grand Lodge Office Staff for the year 1979-80: Mrs. Mrs. Miss Miss Mrs. Miss

Henry H. Smith (Darlene Smith) of Holts Summit Calvin M. Price (Gladys A. Price) of Jefferson City Lori J. Harris of Fulton Susan M. Herring of Centralia Marvin Niblack (Marianna Niblack) - resigned November 30, 1979 Nancy A. Scott - resigned November 30, 1979

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A Grand Lodge year really is a unique period of 12 months. The year 1979-80 for the Grand Lodge of Missouri stands alone in comparison with all the others because there was the individuality of the leadership ofM.W. Grand Master Gus O. Nations. And it is entirely right that the ideas of M.W. Brother Nations, his personality, his forceful manner of expression, his adept compositions of written and oral messages, his great ability to stand up and speak out, have made this year one-of-a-kind. With all of my Brothers of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, I appreciate what Gus O. Nations has contributed through all the years of his service and during his term as Most Worshipful Grand Master: September 25, 1979-September 30, 1980. STATISTICS (PER I'REI.lMI:"ARY REVIEW OF.

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Adjusted net membership - July I, 1979 95,743 Additions: Affiliations 660 Initiated , 2,147 Passed J ,647 Raised 1,553 Reinstated after suspension N. P.O , I, III Reinstated after suspension (Section 15.0(6) -----.!.l. Unadjusted total additions 3,339 Unadjusted gross membership - June 30, 1980 99,082 Subtractions: Suspended nonpayment of dues 1,729 Suspended per Section 15.066 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 l)imitted 577 Deaths 2,671 Suspended, unmasonic conduct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Expelled 4 Unaqjusted total subtractions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5,022 Unadjusted net membership - June 30, 1980 94,060 Fifty-Year Members claimed as exemptions 5,739 Remissions 846

Fraternally submitted, FRANK

ARNOLD,

Grand Secretary. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF GRAND SECRETARY

I submit the report on matters of Grand Lodge Office business that were handled after the deadline date for the printing of the booklet "Reports of Officers and Committees." GRA]\;D REPRESE]\;TATIVES

M.W. Grand Master Gus O. Nations accepted the recommendation of the Grand Master of Masons of the State of Ohio and appointed R. W. Brother Hilmer W. Neumann as Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Missouri near the Grand Lodge of Ohio. The Certificate of Commission was written and

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sent to the Grand Secretary of Ohio with the request for the presentation to Brother Neumann at some appropriate time and place. M.W. Grand Master Nations honored Master Masons of Missouri Lodges with the recommendation that they be appointed Grand Representatives of other Grand Lodges near the Grand Lodge of Missouri as follows: Roy H. Sander, Magnolia Lodge No. 626 at St. Louis - Grand Lodge of India. Ronald P. Krueger, Tuscan Lodge No. 360 at St. Louis - Grand Lodge of Ireland R. Terence Mueller, Purity Lodge No. 658 at Creve Coeur - Grand Lodge of Michigan. Robert B. Armour, York Lodge No. 563 at Kansas City - Grand Lodge of Oregon. Willie Reynolds, Purity Lodge No. 658 at Creve Coeur - Grand Lodge of Turkey.

DlSPEr-:SATION By order of M.W. Grand Master Gus O. Nations a Dispensation was issued, as follows: On September 16, 1980, to Harry L. Bone, Worshipful Master of East Gate Lodge No. 630 at Kansas City, for taking a reballot on the Petition of Dean Edward King for the Degrees of Masonry, at a Stated Communication, in accordance with Section 14.100, after notice to all resident members as set forth in Section 7.140 and Section 7.150.

COr-:SEr-:T Ar-:D PERMISSIOr-: M.W. Grand Master Gus O. Nations granted consent and expressed permission on September 16, 1980 to Gardenville Lodge No. 655 at Gardenville, Missouri, to consider the request of East Lodge No. 504 at Fairview Heights, Illinois, for Waiver of Jurisdiction over Jerry Allen Dennison, whose place of residence is in the vicinity of Gardenville Lodge. r-:OTICE TO LODGES ON LACK OF REPRESE:"TATIOr-: AT 158TI-I ANr-:UAL COMMUr-:lCATlOr-: (SEPTEMBER 1979)

In compliance with Section 7.230(b), as adopted by the Grand Lodge at the 158th Annual Communication in September 1979, the Worshipful Master and the Secretary of each lodge not represented at the 1979 Grand Lodge Session received notice of the lack of representation. The correspondence contained an explanation of Grand Lodge By-Law that provides for Suspension of Function of a Lodge for lack of representation at two consecutive annual communications of the Grand Lodge by anyone of its Worshipful Master or its Wardens for their legally appointed proxies. Stress was given to the point that the newly adopted By-Law has force and effect AFTER the 1979 Annual Communication; that the 1980 Annual Communication will be the first to be considered in the matter of Suspension of Function for lack of representation. The communication of notice on lack of representation was written both within 60 days after the 1979 Annual Communication and within 60 days of the 1980 Annual Communication to the Worshipful Master and the Secretary, with a copy to the District Deputy Grand Masters, respectively. The Grand Secretary moved that the report as printed in the booklet "Reports of Officers and Committees" and the Supplemental Report be accepted and included in the PROCEEDll"GS. The motion was seconded and approved by vote of the Grand Lodge.

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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FORMS AND CEREMONIES

The Grand Lodge, at the 158th Annual Communication in September 1979, approved the Amended Report of the Committee on Forms and Ceremonies. The report as amended provided for the publishing of a new and revised edition of the booklet "Ceremonies." The 1980 printing of the booklet "Ceremonies" was completed in April 1980. One copy of the 1980 printing of "Ceremonies" was sent to each lodge, in care of the Lodge Secretary, and a copy was sent to all on the official mailing list for the year 1979-80. The print order was for 3,000 copies of the booklet. The cost of the job was $2,369.00, paid from the Revolving Account. On the basis of the expense of printing and of postage charges, the price of the booklet "Ceremonies" was retained at $1.00. The stock of the booklet is sufficient to supply orders and requests for the next several years. Fraternally submitted, Tllm,fAs J. DAVIS, JR., LEO:-':ARD V. BOWERS, STANTO:-.l T. BROW:-': (Ex OFFICIO), FRANK A. ARNOLD, Chairman.

R.W. Bro. Frank A. Arnold, Chairman, moved that the report of the Committee on Forms and Ceremonies be accepted and printed in the PROCEEDIl'GS. The motion was seconded and approved by vote of the Grand Lodge. REPORT ON THE COMMITTEE ON APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES

To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A.F. & A.M.: Your Committee on Appeals and Grievances respectfully reports that during the year it has had no appeals upon which to pass, nor has it received any petitions for restorations. Fraternally submitted, HAROLD Jos. TONER, LLOYD L. SCHAINKER, ROBERT M. FENLON, HARRY GERSHEl'SON, SR., Chairman. EDWARD W. GARNIIOLZ,

The Grand Secretary moved that the report of the Committee on Appeals and Grievances be received and printed in the PROCEEDINGS. The motion was seconded and approved by vote of the Grand Lodge. THE GRAND SECRETARY: The Committee does have an application for Reinstatement to Good Standing of a Brother who was not in good standing when his lodge lost its charter some years ago. But the investigation was not completed; therefore, the Committee can take no action on that petition and the Grand Lodge can take no action on the request to be restored at this Annual Communication. ANNOUNCEMENT OF GRAND MASTER-ELECT

J. EDWARD BLINN

RW. BROTHER BLINN: Several years ago the Grand Lodge made it possible for the Grand Master who would preside over the Session to choose the location of that Annual Communication. Therefore, I would like to announce that the 160th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri will be held in Springfield on September 28 and 29 next year. We have a lot of ways down in the Ozark mountain country; you are just bound to like some of them.

IN RE "RESOLUTION ON BLANKET LIABILITY INSURANCE"

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Means, presented the recommendation of the Committee on the Resolution relative to Blanket Liability Insurance. In 1978, the Grand Officers considered a liability insurance program resolving in the Blanket Liability Insurance Resolution adopted by the 1978 Grand Lodge Session. During 1979 and at that year's Grand Lodge Session, the Ways and Means Committee made inquiry and found no proposal was pending and that which had been previously discussed had been withdrawn. This was duly reported at the 1979 Session, but this resolution was carried over until this Session. Many lodges and temple associations now carry liability coverage and fire insurance and we strongly recommend to any that do not to evaluate their situation and act immediately. It is questionable if there is any liability involving the Grand Lodge for actions of a constituent lodge or a temple association, but ifby any chance there might remotely be, it can adequately be covered by coverage added to the present Grand Lodge liability policy or by an umbrella policy or preferably both as the cost would not be very much. But the Ways and Means Committee does not feel that the Grand Lodge should pay for liability insurance for the constituent lodges and temple associations. The Ways and Means Committee recommends that this pending resolution be defeated now. HENRY R. STOKER, LLOYD S. MORGAN, JR. GEORGE

MORRISON,

W. MARION LUNA, RO="lALD

KRUEGER,

WALTER H. BAIRD, CHAIRMA="I.

R.W. Brother Baird moved that the report be adopted and the Resolution be defeated and forgotten. The motion was seconded. The report was adopted and the Resolution on Blanket Liability Insurance was defeated by vote of the Grand Lodge. REMARKS OF R.W. JUNIOR GRAND WARDEN ROBERT R. STEVENS OF INDIANA GRAND LODGE CALLED FROM LABOR

The Grand Lodge was called from labor. R.W. Grand Chaplain Cecil H. Hurt offered prayer. MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29,1980 6:30 P.M. Grand Lodge Dinner for all Master Masons and their Ladies Scottish Rite Cathedral Dining Room Recognition of Honor Lodges and Presentation of Medallions: GRAND LODGE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

7:30-8:00 P.M. ORGAN SELECTION IN AUDITORIUM 8:00 P.M. OPEN MEETING Scottish Rite Cathedral Auditorium M.W. Grand Master Gus O. Nations presiding Introduction of Grand Lodge Officers and their Ladies Welcome - Grand Master Gus O. Nations Remarks - Grand Master - Elect J. Edward BLINN

ENTERTAINMENT The "Hard Way 4" Barbershoppers

Tuesday Morning September 30, 1980

ORGAN SELECTIONS

Emil E. Corte, Organist CALL TO LABOR

The Grand Lodge was called to labor at 9:00 a.m. R.W. Grand Chaplain Frank B. Kellogg offered prayer. M.W. GRA:\;D MASTER NATIOJ',;S: Good morning, my Brethren. Even as others enter I intrude on this agenda just for a moment. I am advised that Bill Gentry, the Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of the Sovereign State of Tennessee, has died. I have also just been informed that our own BobJones, Past Master of Summit Lodge and a resident of Lee's Summit, was called last evening suddenly in his motel here. Would you be kind enough to stand with me for a moment of respect to both of those Brethren? (The Grand Lodg-e stood for silent prayer.) REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY

M.W. Bro. George F. Morrison, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Necrology. To the Grand Lodge ofA.F. & A.M. of the State of Missouri: Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren, your committee has the sorrowful duty to report several unique but tragic events that took place during this Grand Lodge yea)", as four (4) of our esteemed and revered Past Grand Masters have been called from labor to eternal rest. Also, an unusually large number - 17 - of Right Worshipful Sirs have answered the final summons, making the total number of all deceased brethren, 2,671. To all of these faithful and distinguished brethren, we shall now pay our last respects.

"Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time." -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow RICHARD OTTO RL'l\1ER -

(;RA~[) \IASTF.R 1952-.::;:~

Richard Otto Rumer, born September 20, 1896, was called from our midst by the Grand Architect on October 21, 1979. \fasonic services were conducted by \1. W. Grand Master Gus O. Nations on October 22, 1979. . \1.W. Brother Rumer was born on a small farm in St. Clair County, Illinois. His first seven years of schooling were in a one-room country school. He then attended high school in Mascoutah, Illinois, and upon graduation, moved to St. Louis and went to work. While employed there, he entered the Benton College of Law, and after two years of law school, he was admitted to practice law. He graduated from the law school in 1919.

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Brother Rumer served in the United States Army for a short while during WWI at Camp McArthur. He was discharged in December 1918, and resumed the practice of law with an established law firm, specializing in commercial, bankruptcy, probate, and corporate matters. He remained with this firm until 1924, at which time he established his own law office. Brother Rumer was a member and Past Master of Tower Grove Lodge No. 631 (initiated January 24,1918, passed February 14, 1918, and raised March 21,1918). He was a member of Oriental Chapter No. 78, R.A.M.; St. Aldemar Commandery No. 18, K.T.; St. Louis Conclave No. 42, Red Cross of Constantine; Moolah Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S.; Tower Grove Chapter No. 445, O.E.S.; and the Square Club. He served as District Deputy Grand Lecturer of the 33rd District in 1927-28; as District Deputy Grand Master in 1928-29; as a member of the Committee on Appeals and Grievances 1929-33; as a member of the Jurisprudence Committee 1934-43; and was appointed Grand Marshal in the advancing line in 1943. M.W. Brother Rumer wrote to his brethren of the Grand Lodge in the Grand Master's Address: "From the time of creation, man has stood under a mandate to apply the intelligence and abilities with which he was endowed by his Creator at his creation toward the improvement of the world and all people and things that are upon it." M.W. Brother Rumer recognized the deeper meaning of Freemasonry - that it is a way oflife posited upon a belief in God as Father, and men as Brothers. He stressed this in his visits throughout the state and lived it throughout his lifetime. An outstanding Masonic accomplishment was achieved during M. W. Brother Rumer's administration, as the now annual "Grand Master's Breakfast" in St. Louis was originated and founded. M.W. Bro. Robert L. Aronson motivated, with Brother Rumer's approval, this Masonic function, which had a modest beginning but now has grown in popularity and attendance. "Dick," as he was affectionately known, was the embodiment of all that was good - a loving husband, an exemplary father, an outstanding member of the legal profession, a leader of men in all bodies of the Masonic Fraternity, and a wonderful friend to all. He gave much of his time to our cause and we express to him our fraternal and sincere thanks. FORREST C. DOI'="iELL -

GRA:';() \fASTER

1942-43

M.W. Bro. Forrest C. Donnell, Past Grand Master of Missouri Masons and Past Master of Tuscan Lodge No. 360, A.F. & A.M., a native of Missouri, was born at Quitman on August 20, 1884. He was the son ofJohn Cary and Barbara Lee Donnell, of Scotch and English ancestry, who came to Missouri from near Greensboro, North Carolina. The family first located at St. Joseph. Later, the father entered the mercantile business at Quitman, where our brother was born soon afterwards, then moved to Maryville, where Brother Donnell received his preparatory education. In 1900, at the age of 16, Forrest C. Donnell entered the University of Missouri, graduating in 1904 as a Phi Beta Kappa with the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws in 1907. He became a member of Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Phi, and Order of the Coif. The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him in 1941 by Westminster College. In 1907, he was admitted to the Bar and began the practice oflaw in St. Louis; in 1911, he became associated with Judge Selden P. Spencer; later a United States Senator from Missouri. In 1940, Brother Donnell was elected Governor of Missouri, serving from 1941 through 1944 - the last Republican to hold the office until 1973. He was drafted to run for Governor, despite protests from some, that the nonsmoking, nondrinking attorney and Sunday School teacher was "too good to be true." His administration of the affairs of the State was distinguished by purity of motives, and an unaltered sincerity and straightforwardness to all his dealings. His inaugural address concluded with the words:

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"Upon the Great Seal of Missouri are the words, 'United We Stand, Divided We Fall.' May we derive from these words an inspiration for cooperation, harmony and steadfastness." "The Great Seal of our State does not, however, contain alone the sentence above quoted. Upon it also is the motto of the State. It is the Latin sentence, 'Salus populi supreme lex esto.' Let us, in our work together, be guided by the wholesome admonition of that motto which commands, 'Let the Welfare of the People be the Supreme Law.' " A great portion of M.W. Brother Donnell's term as Governor was occupied with problems associated with World War I I, but one major change was the start of the state merit system. His administration of the arduous duties as the head of this great State in a time of war has been distinguished by purity of motives and an exalted sincerity and straightforwardness in all his dealings. He was elected to the Senate of the United States in 1944 and was late being sworn in, as his term as Governor did not end for five days, and he was committed to the public to serve the entire term. He was praised by his Senate colleagues for his honesty, hard work, and knowledge of constitutional law. He was a supporter of the late Senator of Ohio, Robert A. Taft's conservative lead in foreign affairs and labor policy. He supported federal aid to education, slum clearance and housing measures. He possessed a strong voice, schooled in classical oratory, and was known for lengthy speeches and extended arguments over legislative language. On leaving the Senate, M.W. Brother Donnell returned to the active practice of law until 1978. At the annual Lincoln Day dinner in 1977, M.W. Brother Donnell was presented with the state party's "Statesman of the Year" Award. In addition to his public life, M.W. Brother Donnell gained recognition in other fields. He was a member of the first House of Delegates of the American Bar Association, Vice President of the Missouri Bar, Chairman of the St. Louis Advisory Board of the Salvation Army and Chairman of the Downtown Y.M.C.A., as well as chairman of numerous other important boards or committees relating to public welfare matters. Brother Donnell had a deeply religious background. He was a member of Grace Methodist Church, where he taught Sunday School for a great number of years, and he was termed the first Methodist Layman in Missouri. M.W. Bro. Forrest C. Donnell first saw the light by which Freemasons work in Twilight Lodge No. 114, at Columbia, where he was initiated October 8, 1907, passed to the degree of Fellowcraft on December 3, 1907, and raised to sublime degree of Master Mason on New Year's Eve, December 31, 1907. His petition for affiliation was presented in Tuscan Lodge No. 360 on January I, 1908, and he was elected to membership February 4, 1908, and served Tuscan Lodge as Worshipful Master in 1915, and as Master of Tuscan Lodge first appeared in Grand Lodge. Beginning in 1926, he was a member of a Grand Lodge continuously thereafter: Chairman of the Jurisprudence Committee, 1926 to 1932; Supervisory Board of the Masonic Home, 1932; Special Committee on Trials of Other Jurisdictions, 1935 to 1937; Special Committee on Intoxicating Liquors, Lotteries, Gambling, etc., 1938 and 1939. He was appointed Grand Pursuivant in September 1932 and regularly advanced until he reached the Grand East at the 122nd Annual Communication in St. Louis, September 29, 1942. He was also Governor of Missouri that year, the first instance of this kind in the history of the State and the Fraternity. He received the 4째 through the 32째 in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of St. Louis, Orient of Missouri, in 1916, and immediately became active in the Chapter of Rose Croix and served as Wise Master in 1927, 1928. He received from the Supreme Council the investiture of Knight Commander of the Court of Honor, October 18, 1921 and was coroneted 33째 Inspector General Honorary on October 20, 1925. He was Deputy of the Sovereign Grand Inspector General,June 1929 until December 1935, and Deputy

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of the Supreme Council in Missouri from November 1937 until October 1939, served as Orator of Moolah Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S. With a winning personality, a sincerity at once evident, an alert mind, all given expression through a resonant voice which became famous far beyond the confines of our State, we have one of the greatest standard bearers ever to preside over the destinies of the Grand Jurisdiction. During several Grand Lodge Communications, resolutions were presented by me to send greetings to M.W. Brother Donnell, anent his inability to be in attendance. Special note was made on the 70th anniversary of his Masonic membership. Our close friendship and fraternal associations extended over a period in excess of 50 years. During these many pleasant years we worked together in several Masonic, church, political and civic organizations. On August 20, 1979, M. W. Brother Donnell was 95 years of age. It was my custom to congratulate him each year on his birthday, and I visited him in his apartment. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat deemed it an event of public interest. With Brother Donnell's approval, a cameraman and a news reporter joined me in his apartment, and the next day, August 21, 1979, there appeared in the newspaper a picture of the two of us, with the cutline "Forrest C. Donnell gets a special birthday present from an old friend, George F. Morrison." Excerpts from the newspaper item: "Monday was a special day at the Gatesworth Manor, a stately apartment hotel on Union Boulevard in the Central West End. "Inside a quiet personal tribute was taking place in celebration of the 95th birthday of Forrest C. Donnell, a former Missouri Governor and U.S. Senator. .. 'He was the most capable speaker and orator in the Middle West. We have had the pleasure of working together in several organizations, and we have had many pleasant times together; recalled George F. Morrison, a longtime friend who planned the afternoon get-together. "'That is so; replied the now-frail former GOP leader in a barely audible voice. "Dressed in a black three-piece suit, he smiled patiently and his blue eyes brightened as his friend related special occasions the two had shared. "Both are past Grand Masters of the State of Missouri and Past Masters of Tuscan Lodge. Donnell is the senior Past Grand Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge. "But Monday was a long way from those hectic days, and after a short visit he raised his hand and gave a gracious wave to departing visitors, much like a candidate of days gone by." Brother Donnell and his beloved wife, Hilda, enjoyed 63 years of a happy marriage, as she was at all times a counselor and helper in all of his many offices of responsibility. He was a dedicated and loving father, and the intimate ties of which he willingly gave to his son, John, and his daughter, Ruth, and his several grandchildren, were ajoy to behold. Forrest C. Donnell was a great and good man, a champion and a gentleman in every sense of the word, a stickler for adherence to the law, and his love for his country was always evident, as he gave of himself without restriction, as a good citizen, as an outstanding Governor, and United States Senator. This, together with his constant concern about his family, his fellowman and Masonic brethren, were great attributes. We all know that what we have at the time of our death passes on to others, but what we have been lives on forever. M.W. Bro. Forrest C. Donnell was received into the Celestial Grand Lodge on high March 3, 1980, A.D. 5980 A.L. A memorial service for the family only was held at Grace United Methodist Church on March 10, 1980. ORESTES MITCHELl., JR. -

GRA:"ID ~ASTER

1954-55

Orestes Mitchell, J r., born October II, 1905, was called from our midst by the Grand Architect on March 7, 1980. Masonic graveside services were conducted by M.W. Grand Master Gus O. Nations. M.W. Brother Mitchell was awarded a Grand LodKe 50-year membership button on

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December 15, 1978 and, although he was living in California, he made the trip to St. Louis for the 158th Grand Lodge Communication in September 1979. M.W. Brother Mitchell was a member and Past Master of Charity Lodge No. 331, St. Joseph, Missouri. He served as Grand Master in 1954-55 and enjoyed the distinction of being the first Grand Master to send his message to the brethren via The Freemason. In the opening paragraph of that message, he said: "For the first time in its long history, Grand Lodge has an official publication. It is with great pride and pleasure that I, as Grand Master can, by such a medium, bring the Freemasons of Missouri the official greeting of Grand Lodge." The message appeared in Vol. I, No. I, December 1954, the first issue of this publication, which has continued to serve as a medium of communication between the Grand Lodge and the brethren for more than 25 years. M.W. Brother Mitchell received the degrees of Freemasonry in Charity Lodge No. 331 in 1928. His father, M.W. Bro. Orestes Mitchell, Sr., who had been Master of the lodge in 1924-25, participated in the conferral of the degrees. Apparently, the pattern for the Masonic life of Orestes, Jr. had already been cast, because he soon became Master of his lodge, and then went on to become active in Grand Lodge work, progressing through the line and becoming Grand Master in 1954. During his year as Grand Master, he gave liberally of his time in his visitations about the state, refusing no invitation unless previously committed. He performed his duties with dignity and solemnity, carrying on the best traditions of the Fraternity. And, in his address to the brethren at the close of his term as Grand Master, he said: "It has been my purpose to give immediate attention to every question submitted.... How well I have wrought, I cannot say, but this I do know: I would be happier at this close of my term of office, if I had been able to render better service than I have, and if I but knew that my feeble efforts have resulted in a little good." The Fraternity mourns the loss of this dedicated friend and brother. Brother Mitchell had the unique distinction of having had his father serve as Grand Master in 1924-25. In the history of the Grand Lodge of Missouri in only four instances have sons followed their fathers. This fact attests to the democracy of Freemasonry. M.W. Brother Mitchell has been called to the Grand Lodge on high and we can be certain that he was greeted with "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." MARTI:" B. D1CKlt\:SOt\: -

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Martin Brownlow Dickinson died on June 15, 1980, at the age of 74. His record of Masonic service covers a span of 43 years beginning on April 27, 1937, when he was raised in Country Club Lodge No. 656. In 1943 he served as Master and that same year was appointed as District Deputy Grand Master. After being elected to fill a vacancy on the Masonic Home Board of Directors in 1944, he served in that capacity until a reorganization of the board became effective in December 1950. During the 1950s he was appointed to the Committee on Jurisprudence, serving as Chairman in 1954, and was instrumental in amending the By-Laws of 1958 while serving as Chairman of the By-Laws Committee. Grand Master Orestes Mitchell appointed Brother Dickinson into the Grand Lodge line in 1954 and he progressed through the line and in 1962 became the Grand Master of Missouri. The Masonic Home of Missouri was one of Grand Master Dickinson's m~or concerns as shown by his writing in December of 1962 to the subordinate lodges: "Aside from sound administration and the Masonic Home, my principal emphasis will be on ways and means by which Freemasonry can become a part of the lives of more citizens of Missouri and more useful to the communities in which we live. Only if we make it so, can we expect it to survive and prosper." His Masonic activities carried through to all appendant bodies of the lodge and resulted in many honors from them. M.W. Brother Dickinson was born on April 26, 1906, the eldest of four boys. His schooling ultimately led to an LL.B. degree in 1928 when he joined his father as a law partner in Kansas City until 1946. He was elected the 22nd national President of Delta Tau Delta, a social fraternity at Kansas University. Their official publication, The Rainbow

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described Martin Dickinson as "a man of the highest personal integrity and of outstanding intellectual capacity; a man of courage, determination, and devotion to principle; a master of both policy and detail; a man whose varied interests have taken him far in law, politics and civic affairs...... Masonic services were conducted on June 17,1980 by M.W. Grand Master Gus O. Nations. Martin and his wife, Ruth, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in January 1980 and she passed away in April. Surviving him are a son, Martin B. Dickinson, Jr.; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Schnackenberg; a brother, Hillman Dickinson; and five grandchildren. Martin's analytical mind was appreciated by succeeding Grand Masters. If asked, he always had time to listen to a problem and carefully point out all alternatives. He will be remembered, especially by those younger and less experienced in Masonic affairs, as one with whom problems could be discussed confidentially and openly. This kind, quiet and gracious person will be missed. The Grand Lodge has lost one of its pillars of support. D. I.EAR

TA~~ER

R. W. Bro. D. Lear Tanner received the degree in Ivanhoe Lodge 1'\0. 446, Kansas City, Missouri, and became a Master Mason May 3, 1919. He dimitted from Ivanhoe Lodge and affiliated with Swope Park Lodge No. 617, December 23,1926. He was Worshipful Master at Swope Lodge in 1932. Subsequently he was appointed District Deputy Grand Master for the Twenty-Second District, 1953-54. At the time of his death on August 28, 1979, he was the Grand Representative of Austria. (;ERVIS

IIAM\fO~[) THt:R\fA~

Countless friends and brethren of the Craft were saddened upon receiving news ofthe sudden passing of R.W. Bro. Gervis Hammond Thurman on September 26, 1979, at the age of 83 years. Death was due to infirmities of age together with a massive heart attack. He was survived by two sisters, Mrs. Laura Vick Chenore and Mrs. Virginia McMahan of Troy, and Wentzville, Missouri, respectively, and a niece, Mrs. Carol Brammer, of Affton, Missouri. In 1925 he was married to Ida Trapp and was widowed by her death on June 26, 1965. There were no children. Masonic services were held on September 28, 1979. R.W. Brother Thurman was born on October 18,1895 in Troy, where he grew up and attended school. Immediately before reaching his ma:jority, he moved to St. Louis and became employed by Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. where he was continually employed for some 42 years. At the time of his retirement in 1960, he was Service Supervisor for the company. He was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason on March 9, 1921, in Maplewood Lodge No. 566, A.F. & A.M., Maplewood. He was a gifted Masonic ritualist and was always ready and eager to labor in the quarries of Freemasonry no matter what task he was requested to perform. He participated in all phases of the degree work. His avid interest in all things Masonic resulted to his appointment to office in his lodge and he served it well as its Worshipful Master in ] 946. He was appointed District Deputy Grand Master for the 57th Masonic District, Division B, for the year 1961-62. He received the Fifty Year Jewel of a Missouri Master Mason from the Grand Lodge of Missouri on March 9, 1971. He became a member of the Scottish Rite Bodies in St. Louis in April 19~5. He immediately became active as a member of the Rose Croix funeral service team on which he faithfully served until his death. He was a Past Commander, Council of Kadosh, having served as such during the year 1954-55. As a consequence of his faithful service to the Scottish Rite he was invested with the rank and dignity of Knight Commander, Court of Honor on October 18, 1949, and later, was coroneted as a 33째 Honorary Inspector General on October 21, 1955. He became a member of the Shrine at Moolah Temple on I'\ovember 23, 1946; was a member of Oriental Chapter, R.A.M.; served as Worthy Patron of Maplewood Chapter

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No. 264, O.E.S., on two separate occasions, in 1946 and again in 1954; and he was a member of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Pioneers. He had two wholesome activities: Freemasonry and trout fishing. MAX B. BRETSCHNEIDER

R.W. Bro. Max B. Bretschneider became a Master Mason on July 6, 1946, having received all of his degrees in Temple Lodge No. 299, Kansas City, Missouri. In 1956 he was elected and installed as Worshipful Master of his lodge. During the years 1972-74, he served the Masonic District 22-A as District Deputy Grand Master. He was also a member of the Committee on Ways and Means for two years,1976-78. At the time of his death on October 9, 1979, he was a Grand Representative of Puerto Rico. EDGAR R. FEHRMA:-.i

R.W. Bro. Edgar R. Fehrman was born January 25, 1887 and died in St. Louis, October 13, 1979; Masonic service was held October 16, 1979. Raised in Missouri-Commonwealth Lodge No. I, A.F. & A.M. on July 19, 1928, Brother Fehrman was a member in good standing for 51 years. He served as Worshipful Master in 1935 and was appointed Grand Lodge Tiler 1966-67, by M.W. Bro. Russell E. Murray. He was Tiler of Missouri-Commonwealth Lodge 1949-72, then appointed Tiler Emeritus. In 1966 a newspaper clipping states that he had not missed the twice-monthly lodge meeting in 29 years. Since that time until two years prior to his death he attended meetings regularly. He was an accomplished ritualist, giving all three candidate's lectures. He also instructed candidates until the last two years of his life. For many years he served as Marshal at funerals for Missouri-Commonwealth Lodge and many other lodges. He was a postal worker and retired about 1960. His highlight as a letter carrier was his assignment as the first letter carrier on duty in the then new Railway Exchange Building in 1913. BAR~EY

LEEARTERBURY

R.W. Bro. Barney Lee Arterbury was born in Centerville, Illinois, on December 25, 1900. He was initiated an Entered Apprentice in Pilgrim Lodge No. 652 onJuly 9, 1930, passed to Degree of Fellowcraft on August 13, 1930, and raised to Sublime Degree of Master Mason on September 10, 1930. He served his lodge as Worshipful Master in 1940 and was also Secretary of Pilgrim Lodge for eight years. In 1965-66 he served the Grand Lodge as District Deputy Grand Master of the 33rd District. R.W. Brother Arterbury was also a member of St. Louis Commandery No. I, K.T., Moolah Temple Shrine of St. Louis; Jeremiah Council No. 48, R. & S.M. of Webster Groves and Missouri Chapter No. I, R.A.M. He was employed by Union Electric Co. from which he retired and was Past Chief of Union Electric Employees Association. R.W. Brother Arterbury was called from labor on November 29, 1979 at the age of78 years. He had moved to Sarasota, Florida, in 1975. He is survived by his widow, Marie Arterbury, and one daughter, Mrs. Mary Lee Wolf. He will be fondly remembered and sorely missed. PAUL LAUGHU" WARD

R.W. Bro. Paul Laughlin Ward served six continuous terms as District Deputy Grand Master of the Seventh District, 1940-1946. He received his degrees in Maryville Lodge No. 165 on March 21, May 2 and June 6,1928. When Maryville Lodge consolidated with Nodaway Lodge No. 470, Brother Ward became a member by affiliation on December

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10, 1931. In 1937 he served as Master of Nodaway Lodge at Maryville. His death occurred October 19, 1979. CHESTER A. MCAFEE

R.W. Bro. Chester A. McAfee received the degrees in Marceline Lod~e No. 481, Marceline, in the 13th Masonic District: E.A., February 4; F.e., March 4; and M.M., April 1, 1943. He served Marceline Lodge No. 481 as Worshipful Master 1946 and 1950. He affiliated with Mendon Lodge No. 628, Mendon, in the 19th Masonic District on November 15, 1954 and served the lodge as Worshipful Master in 1963. He reaffiliated with Marceline Lodge No. 481, February 20, 1964. During the time that he was in District No. 19 he was appointed District Deputy Grand Lecturer for five years, 1958-63. When he returned to District No. 13, he served as District Deputy Grand Master 1975-76. On May 5, 1977 he affiliated with Cole Camp Lodge No. 595 where he remained until the time of his death, November 23, 1979. HARRY CHRIST WOF.RHElDE

R.W. Bro. Harry C. Woerheide was born May 14, 1900 in St. Louis and married September 28, 1921, to Marie Bahan. This was a lovable courtship and marriage for all of the almost 59 years. He petitioned Clifton Heights Lodge No. 520, was raised a Master Mason June 26, 1926, and served as Master for 1935. He continued to show remarkable interest in Masonic ritual and was appointed a District Deputy Grand Lecturer for 1943. While he was strict to see ritual at its perfection, the writer well remembers one of his "pet" statements. The candidate will not know if you started on the wrong foot - but he will know and well remember the words spoken and how those words are expressed. How true. He was then appointed a District Deputy Grand Master for the year 1943-44 and again he gave of himself untold hours of time for the welfare and betterment of Masonry. R.W. Brother Woerheide spent all of his working days in the Postal Service-served as chief clerk at the main Post Office in St. Louis. R.W. Bro. Harry e. Woerheide passed to his "Great Reward,"January 7,1980. He was buried with Masonic Honors by his lodge; and we know his soul was placed in his chariot and with speed ascended unto Heaven to rest eternal in thy Father's House. HEl"RY FRA:-.ICIS BURKHEAD

R. W. Bro. Henry Francis Burkhead was born September 6, 1905 at Busch Station, Pike County, Missouri. He received the degrees in St. John's Lodge No. 28, Hannibal. He was raised to the Degree of Master Mason,July 20, 1950 and served the lodge as Worshipful Master for the year 1958. He was appointed District Deputy Grand Master for the 15th Masonic District for four years, 1964-1968. He served on the Grand Lodge Credentials Committee and at the time of his death was Grand Representative of Argentina. He was always ready to serve any Masonic body and instructed many men in the lectures, installed officers in St. John's Lodge and elsewhere, when called upon to do so, and conducted numerous Masonic Funeral services in the Hannibal area. He was active in many Masonic organizations as well as in youth activities. He received the Knight Commander, Court of Honour, October 20, 1969, and was a member of Moolah Temple Shrine. In October 1979 he was designated to receive the Scottish Rite 33rd Degree; however, he died following a stroke on November 3, 1979prior to the conferring of the 33rd Degree which was held in St. Louis, November 24, 1979. Brother Burkhead will be sorely missed by his lodge and many appendant organizations that he served so well.

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FRED CO]'l;RAD IHTER:-'1A:\:\

R.W. Bro. Fred C. Heuermann, a 50-year member, received his Masonic degrees in Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40. He was initiated into Freemasonry on March 13, 1926, passed to the degree of Fellow Craft on April 10, 1926, and was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason on May 8, 1926. During the years that followed, he labored diligently in the quarries of Freemasonry and became an avid ritualist. His zeal and enthusiasm for the Fraternity and Mt. Moriah Lodge soon earned him an appointment on the officers' line. He served his lodge as Worshipful Master in 1944. The following year M.W. Bro. Willis]. Bray appointed R.W. Brother Heuermann as his District Deputy Grand Master for the 33rd Masonic District of Missouri. Even though he considered this the high point of his Masonic career, he continued his zeal for the Fraternity by serving the Grand Lodge as a member of the Building Supervisory Board for over 17 years. Brother Fred was also extremely active in the Order of DeMolay. He was a charter member of Sentinel Chapter and became the fourth Master Councilor in 1925. He continued to serve his chapter and was elected Chairman of the Advisory Board in 1945, a position he held until his death. A DeMolay for over 50 years, he was awarded the Legion of Honor, the Cross of Honor and was also invested with the Degree of Chevalier. Through his entire career Brother Fred practiced the principles of Freemasonry in his everyday life and he earned the respect and love of members everywhere. A truly remarkable man, he will be long remembered and sorely missed. At the time he was called to the Grand Lodge on High, January 8, 1980, he was the Grand Representative of United Grand Lodge of Germany. CF.OR<.;E D.

ABER~ATHY,

SR.

R.W. Bro. George D. Abernathy, Sr., received his degrees in Bernie Lodge No. 573, Bernie, Missouri, and became a Master Mason, April 17, 1925. He served his Lodge as Worshipful Master in 1931 and later was appointed District Deputy Grand Master of the 60th Masonic District for the year 1957-58. He died March 25, 1980. .JOH:'Ii AnaST WEISS, .JR.

R.W. Bro. John August Weiss,Jr., a former Deputy Regional Solicitor for the United States Department of Labor, died Thursday, May 8, 1980. He was a deputy solicitor for 17 years before he retired in 1979. Prior to that he had been a senior trial lawyer for the National Labor Relations Board. He received the degrees in Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446, being raised to Sublime Degree of Master Mason January 14, 1939. In 1950 he served Ivanhoe Lodge as its Worshipful Master and for the year 1962-63 he served the 22nd Masonic District as District Deputy Grand Master. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law. He was president of the Ivanhoe Masonic Temple Company and a member of the Scottish Rite Body. At the time of his death May 8, 1980, he was the Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of India, near the Grand Lodge of Missouri. R. KE:'IiT GILBERT

R.W. Bro. R. Kent Gilbert received the degrees in Brentwood Lodge No. 616, Brentwood, Missouri and was raised to Sublime Degree of Master Mason, June 16, 1967. During the year 1975-76, he was the District Deputy Grand Lecturer for the Masonic District 57-C and in 1976-77 he performed the same Masonic services for Masonic District 57-B. He was called to his eternal rest February 26, 1980. RICHARD HARRY KERR

R.W. Bro. Richard Harry Kerr was initiated January 23, 1941; passed to the degree of Fellow Craft February 27 and raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason, March 13 of the same year. The lodge was Ash Grove No. 100.

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Five years later, on September 17, 1946, he affiliated with Rolla Lodge No. 213 where his distinguished service to the Fraternity began. He served as Worshipful Master of that body in 1953 and became interested in the ritual. For 12 years, 1956-68, he served as District Deputy Grand Master of the 39th Masonic District. He loved the lectures for the principles and moral lessons they exemplified. On March 18, 1980, he laid aside his Masonic apron to join the Grand Lodge on High. CHARLES S. flICKS R.W. Bro. Charles S. Hicks, was raised to Sublime Degree of Master Mason, April 21 , 1927 in Monroe Lodge No. 64, Monroe City, Missouri. During the years 1931-32, he served his lodge as its Worshipful Master. At the conclusion of his year he was recognized by the Grand Lodge of Missouri by being appointed District Deputy Grand Master and, concurrently, Deputy Grand Lecturer for the 17th Masonic District. He served these two assignments for nine consecutive years beginning with the year 1933 through 1942. In addition to these activities he was appointed to the Committee on Mileage and Per Diem in 1956 and rendered this service for 24 years, until the time of his death on April 14, 1980. LOUIS JOH:--l GRAL'E R.W. Bro. Louis John Graue received the degrees in Perseverance Lodge No. 92, Louisiana, Missouri, and became a Master Mason, June 10, 1920. He served his lodge as Worshipful Master during the year 1923. On March 22, 1926 he dimitted from his home lodge and affiliated with Hebron Lodge No. 354, Mexico. For II years he served in Masonic District No. 27 as both District Deputy Grand Lecturer and District Deputy Grand Master from 1929 to 1940. His Masonic services were concluded on April 30, 1980, at the time of his death. W ALTER

LEE BREWSTER

R.W. Bro. Walter Lee Brewster was a member of Jonesburg Lodge No. 457, Jonesburg, Missouri, where he received his degrees and was raised to the degree of Master Mason, April I, 1946. For a series of years, 1954-1964-1968-1976, he served the lodge as Worshipful Master. He was appointed to assume and discharge the duties of District Deputy Grand Master for the 28th Masonic District for five consecutive years, 1966-1971. His death occurred August 22, 1980. At this time, let us all reverently stand for a moment of silent tribute and respect in memory of all of our departed brethren, and for prayer.

PRAYER Almighty God, the creator of all, we humbly stand in silence and with bowed heads as we recall the Masonic accomplishments and services to their families and fellow Masons of those who have gone to the celestial Grand Lodge on High. We thank thee for the pleasant memories of our fraternal associations, and we pray that their bereaved loved ones and friends may be consoled by Thy comforting blessings. This we ask in the name of him in whom we all profess to put our trust. Amen! Respectfully and fraternally submitted, GEORGE F. MORRISOJ\:, P.G.M., Chairman, WILLIA~f R. DE:--lSI.OW, P.G.M., DR. HAROLD O. GRACEI., P.G.M., WALTER L. WALKER, P.G.M. FRA:--lK P. BRIGGS, P.G.M.

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M.W. Brother Morrison moved that the report ofthe Committee on Necrology be adopted and printed in the Proceedings. The motion was seconded and approved by the vote of the Grand Lodge. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CHARTERED LODGES

R.W. Bro.John E. Adams, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Chartered Lodges. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Missouri: Your Committee on Chartered Lodges met in the office of the Grand Secretary, August 22, examined the lodge returns and District Deputy Grand Master's reports and make the following report: Late Returns - On August 1 there were 62 lodges whose returns had not been received by the Grand Secretary. Section 10.050 of the Grand Lodge Constitution and By-Laws reads as follows: "Each lodge makes an annual return to the Grand Lodge, as of June 30. The return is sent to the Grand Secretary on or before August 1." The Grand Secretary and this Committee cannot make a full report to the Grand Lodge when these returns are not in on time. When this Committee met on August 22, the returns were still not in from the following lodges: 22, 32, 45, 129, 190, 206, 324, 368, 385, 410, 461, 585, and 663. Another lodge (95) had sent the return in alright but did not send their check for the per capita tax. Consequently, it could not be processed until the per capita is received. Some of these lodges have been late for four consecutive years. Another of these late returns was received by the Grand Secretary on August 29, from a Past Master (now W.M.) saying "Sorry this is late but our Secretary flat refused to fill it out and didn't tell anyone. So the job became mine at the last minute, 8-27-80." Errors- We urge the Secretaries to please be more careful in the preparation of their returns. Again this year over 200 of those reporting had to be returned to the lodges for corrections before they could be processed. Membership - The returns from 346 lodges reflect a decrease of 2,048 members; 141 lodges reported an increase of 451 members, and 48 lodges reported the same as in 1979. Attendance - 487 lodges reported their attendance at 25 or less per meeting. Three hundred and nine of these reported an attendance of 15 or less per meeting. Small Lodges - Of those lodges reporting, 87 lodges had a membership of 50 or less. The returns indicate that 47 of the 87 had a decrease of 110 members; 21 reported the same as 1979; 19 reported an increase of 42 members. Raising Candidates - There were 147 lodges, of those reporting, who did not raise a candidate during the year. Rejections - 57 lodges reported rejecting 85 candidates during the year. Dues and Fees - Recapitulation of the fees for the degrees is as follows: N~if

Amount $ 40.00 41.00 51.00 61.00 71.00 81.00

or less to 50.00 to 60.00 to 70.00 to 80.00 to 90.00

Lodges 3 142 128 61 70 22

N~if

Amount $ 91.00 101.00 111.00 121.00 150.00

to 100.00 to 110.00 to 120.00 to 126.00 and 161.00

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The dues as reflected on the returns were: A mount

No of Lodges

$ 7.50 8.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 17.50 18.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 12.50 13.00 14.00

3 4 57 3 39 11 17 96 6 5 17 5 2

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$15.00 177 16.00 19 16.25 3 17.00 5 22.50 22 24.00 5 25.00 41 26.00 2 27.00 2 35.00 3 ($6.00. 7.75, 9.00, 11.50, 12.25, 13.25,18.50, 19.50, 27.75, 30.00, and 60.00 - 1 each)

Budget - The District Deputy Grand Master's reports indicate that 278 lodges did not bother to prepare a budget for 1980. There were 151 lodges whose expenditures exceeded their income. Section 9.050 of the Grand Lodge Constitution and By-Laws states: "Not later than the second Stated Communication after the installation of the Master, the Budget Committee, consisting of the Master, Secretary, Treasurer, and two Master Masons, prepares and reports a budget of the revenues anticipated to be available for the operation of the lodge for the next year, and of the itemized expenditures required, appropriated, or recommended for the period, including the per capita tax due the Grand Lodge." This is for the protection of the lodges and should be adhered to. When the District Deputy Grand Master makes his official visit to the lodge, he should see to it that a budget has been adopted. Auditing- The District Deputy Grand Master's reports reveals that 38 lodges have not audited their books since 1978; 11 lodges were audited the last time in 1977; 11 lodges were audited the last time in 1976; four were last audited in 1975. The Secretary and Master did not know when 36 lodges were audited the last time. One lodge has not been audited in over 26 years. Raised Dues - The DDGM reports indicate that 339 lodges have raised their dues during the last four years. Income Tax Form 990- The DDGM reports indicate 13 lodges with $10,000 or more income, did not file a Form 990 with the IRS. Also, nine lodges reported they did not have an J.D. tax number. District Deputy Grand Master's Reports - Some of the DDGM's are not performing the duties for which they are appointed. At the time we met in the Grand Secretary's office, he had not received the DDGM's reports for the following: Thirteenth District

Fourteenth District

(Elmer L. Stanley, Jr.) Brookfield Lodge No. 86 Cypress Lodge No. 227 Bucklin Lodge No. 233 Dockery Lodge No. 325 Marceline Lodge No. 481

(LeRoy W. Ahlborn) Callao Lodge No. 38 Hunnewell Lodge No. 415 Fifteenth District

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St. John'S Lodge No. 28 Monticello Lodge No. 58 Hannibal Lodge No. 188 Craft Lodge No. 287 Williamstown Lodge No. 370 Philadelphia Lodge No. 502 Ewing Lodge No. 577 Thirty-Fourth Di.strict (H. Eugene Self) Index Lodge No. 54 Cass Lodge No. 147 Grand River Lodge No. 276 Belton Lodge No. 450 Jewel Lodge No. 480 Coldwater Lodge No. 485 Archie Lodge No. 633 Cleveland Lodge No. 651

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Fortieth District (Carl P. Brown) Shekinah Lodge No. 256 Herculaneum Lodge No. 338 Forty-Sixth District Oesse Paul Matthews) Mountain Grove Lodge No. 158 Summersville Lodge No. 555 Norwood Lodge No. 632 Fifty-Sixth Di.strict (Clinton H. Shaddox) Granby Lodge No. 514 Anderson Lodge No. 621 Fifty-Seventh Di~trict (Anthony A. Redfearn) Bonhomme Lodge No. 45 Fenton Lodge No. 281 Anchor Lodge No. 443

Stated Communication - It is sad when the leaders of some of the lodges don't think enough of our Fraternity to perform their duty and hold their meetings on time. Some comments from the District Deputy Grand Masters' reports were: "They averaged eight members per meeting for the three meetings held in 1979." "Officers did real well even though they haven't met for some time." "When the DDGL and I made our official visit, there was no quorum present. The Master, Senior Warden and Secretary were not present. When someone called the Master to see if he was coming, he was told by the Master that he and the Secretary had talked prior, and decided no meeting would be held. However, the two of them had not informed any other officer or member of their decision." "Made first visit on 11-15-1979. However, only three members were present and no meeting was held." "I made this official visit April 3, 1980, and as you can路 see by my report only six members were present, so my traveling companion made it possible to provide a quorum. The lodge had a meeting on January 17, 1980, and these are the only two meetings they have had thus far this year. I checked the minutes as recorded by the Secretary in 1979, and noted there were only two meetings held in 1979 - one was my official visit on March 15 and the other on December 6 when they elected and installed the officers on the same night." (Lodge has 38 members.) "There are four Past Masters in line and no one can make a decision without them." "When I checked the minutes, I was surprised to find they only had three meetings in 1979." "Poor attendance - they have missed meeting many times during the past year." "The officers are very attentive to their duties and try to meet as regular as possible considering their membership." (Lodge has 30 members.) "Good Lodge - friction within. Past Master elected J.W. is causing some trouble." "Lodge is in critical administrative condition. Does not adhere to the Grand Lodge Constitution and By-Laws." "Lodge has real problem with attendance. Not enough to open on my official visit. Lodge only meets half of their Stated Communications." (Lodge has 263 members.) "Due to lack of attendance, location, and enthusiasm this lodge will slip by the wayside within 10 years. Past Masters keep it going," (Lodge has 197 members.) "The best thing that could happen to this lodge is to forfeit their Charter." (Lodge also has 197 members.)

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Most Worshipful Grand Master, your Committee appreciates the opportunity of serving you and the Grand Lodge, and we would like to thank R.W. Bro. Frank A. Arnold, Grand Secretary for his splendid cooperation and assistance. Fraternally submitted, GORDON E. HOPKI!':S, JOH!,: E. ADAMS, Chairman, WILBUR M. DAUGHTREY, JAMES H. COCKERHAM. HAROLD J. McI!':TOSH, RW. Brother Adams moved that the report of the Committee on Chartered Lodges be accepted. The motion was seconded and approved by the vote of the Grand Lodge. M.W. GRAND MASTER NATIONS: The East will be pleased to recognize R.W. Bro. Walter Christian Ploeser, both in his position as our host for which we want to express our appreciation, as a member of the Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, as the Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the Orient of Missouri, and, perhaps more importantly, as Chairman of the Committee on Public Schools. I think that it is appropriate at this time for this Grand Jurisdiction by its accolade to express its appreciation to the Scottish Rite of Saint Louis and of the Orient for hosting this Grand Communication (Applause). REMARKS OF R.W. BROTHER AND SOVEREIGN GRAND INSPECTOR GENERAL WALTER C. PLOESER REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

RW. Brother Walter C. Ploeser, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Public Schools. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of Missouri A.F. & A.M.: M.W. GRA~D MASTER: Your Public School Committee kept close observation on deVelopments in the State. There wasn't any particular significant development concerning legislation or public school activities which affected adversely the welfare of the public schools in Missouri. It is, however, contemplated that the lull between storms may not be effective through another season and as of now we rather anticipate there may be more legislative attacks on public funds for private and parochial schools. either directly or indirectly. We anticipate legislation for tax deduction for private and parochial schools and another effort for a constitutional convention which would, of course, attempt to legislate aid to private and parochial schools. Your Committee continues to recommend and to put great emphasis upon the request that every Mason in the State take an active interest in their public school board and public schools, and we urge those who can to submit themselves for service on public school boards. Your Committee again recommends that you know your State Legislator (Representative) and your State Senator and that you keep posted on proposed legislation which would affect public schools. Respectfully, NELSO:-.l B. TI:'o:l\:I:'o:, ALBERT .J. EURA:"K, DR. CHARLES J. MCCLAI:", DR. JA~fES A. NOLA:-':, JR., P.G.M., DR. M. GRAHAM CLARKE, ELVIS A. Moo:"EY, P.G.M., WALTER C. PLOESER, Chairman. DR. G. HUGH WA~iBLE, FIELIll:'o:G A. POE, P.G.M.,

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RW. Brother Ploeser moved that the report of the Committee on Public Schools be accepted. The motion was seconded and approved by the vote of the Grand Lodge. REPORT OF COMMMITTEE ON YOUTH

For the Chairman R.W. Bro. Ronald M. Compton, the Grand Secretary presented the report of the Committee on Youth and moved that it be accepted. TI:e n,otion was seconded and approved by the vote of the Grand Lodge. To the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Missouri: The Missouri Grand Lodge support of the three Masonic youth organizations - The Order of Job's Daughters, The Order of the Rainbow for Girls, and the Order of DeMolay - is evident by the outstanding work that is happening in these organizations. Lodges have provided meeting places at little or no cost. The Committee feels that increased support by the Masonic Fraternity will continue to build leaders of this country through the Masonic youth organizations. Special programs in each lodge should be held to bring the Masonic youth and subordinate lodges in closer harmony and understanding. Respectfully, LIO~EL J. GOEDE, BILL R. WA~~, El.T(;E~E E. WILSO~, RO~ALD M. COMPTO~, Chairman O. WESLEY KO]\;ERI]\;(;,

REPORT OF BUILDING SUPERVISORY BOARD

Wor. Bro. Karl A. Megert, Chairman, presented the report of the Building Supervisory Board. To the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Missouri: Your Building Supervisory Board submits herewith its report of activities and decisions of the past Masonic year. It has been a pleasure and privilege to serve the Grand Lodge on this Committee; and we thank our Grand Master M.W. Bro. Gus O. Nations both for his advice and assistance and for the appointment. All cases brought before the Board have received our prompt attention; and it is our fervent hope that the lodges who contacted this Board have been helped with their plans for new buildings and/or remodeling and financing to the end that the Masonic Order in Missouri may grow and prosper in the future. Listed below are all cases received and considered by your Building Supervisory Board (not necessarily in the order of reception or approval) for the year 1979-1980. Unless otherwise indicated, the action taken had the unanimous approval of all members of the Board. Fraternally submitted, KARL A. MEGERT, Chairman, HAROLD E. THORNTON, GILBERT

H. FREEMAN.

Phoenix Lodge No. 136 at Bowling Green The Board approved the buying of property for a new lodge, without incurring any debt to the lodge.

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O'Sullivan Lodge No.7 at Walnut Grove The Board approved the buying and remodeling of a building, without incurring any debt to the lodge. Jerusalem Lodge No. 315 at Jerico Springs The Board approved the buying of a building and the remodeling for a lodge hall without any debt to the lodge. Pattonsburg Lodge No. 65 at Pattonsburg The Board approved the buying of a building for their new lodge hall with no debt to the lodge. Ivanhoe Lodge No. 466 at Kansas City The Board approved the buying of land and the building of a new temple at 87th and Holmes. Springfield Masonic Temple Association at Springfield The Board approved the building of the new Masonic temple for Springfield with no debt to the lodge. Lathrop Lodge No. 506 at Lathrop The Board approved for the lodge to rent from the Rebeccas. Trenton Lodge No. III at Trenton The Board approved the buying of a lot to build a new temple. Craft Lodge No. 287 at Canton The Board gave permission to remove a house from their property. Twilight Lodge No. 114 at Columbia The Board granted permission to hold title to the property they now occupy. Hartford Lodge No. 171 at Hartford The Board approved of the lodge moving to a new location without any debt to the lodge, and the deed to be made out to the lodge. Archie Lodge No. 633 at Archie The Board approved of the lodge leasing the American Legion Building with an option to buy, with no debt to the lodge. Phoenix Lodge No. 136 at Bowling Green The Board approved the plans for the new lodge hall without incurring any debt to the lodge. Acacia Lodge No. 602 at Columbia The Board approved plans for their lodge building and the borrowing of the amount not to exceed $3,500. New Hope Lodge No. 199 at Elsberry The Board approved the amended incorporation papers and the building plans, without incurring any debt to the lodge. Central Crossing Lodge No. 674 at Shell Knob The Board approved the purchase of the lodge hall building they now occupy.

Brother Megert moved that the report ofthe Building Supervisory Board be received and printed in the PROCEEDIJ\:GS. The motion was seconded and approved by the vote of the Grand Lodge. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE

M.W. GRAND MASTER NATIOJ\:S: It is the purpose of the Chair in connection with matters that will be presented in connection with this Committee report that the Chair be entirely impartial; and I will conduct myself that way. If any member of the Craft in this auditorium believes at any time that as a consequence of any of my remarks that I am being other than that, I want you to stand up and call it to my attention so that I can sharpen my conduct. These are the kinds of reports, Brethren, that sometimes produce divisions

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of opinion. They must never produce divisions among the Craft itself. While each is entitled to express his different opinion, and is encouraged to, let's remember the things that bind us, rather than the things that separate us. R.W. Bro. Warren R. Maichel, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Jurisprudence. To the Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of the State of Missouri:

Your Committee on Jurisprudence respectfully reports as follows: DISPE]\;SAT101\:S

We have examined the dispensations issued by Order of the Grand Master as set forth in the Report of the Grand Secretary and we approve the same as within the Discretion of the Grand Master. CO~SE:-;TS, PER\flSSIO~S A~n HEALl~(;

ORDERS

We have examined the consents, permissions and healing orders pertaining to the activities and operations of subordinate lodges granted by the Grand Master as set forth in the Report of the Grand Secretary and we approve the same as within the discretion of the Grand Master. I>ECISIO~S A~D Rl路l.I~(;S

As indicated in the Grand Master's Address distributed to the brethren, he made the following decisions and rulings: 1. As a result of the merger of St. Andrew's Lodge No. 96 into Shelbina Lodge No. 228, Shelbina, acquired a Masonic Cemetery which had been owned and maintained by St. Andrew's. Shelbina considered the cemetery a liability rather than an asset and desired to convey it to the City of Shelbyville in consideration of the city's agreement to maintain the property. The Grand Master ruled that since St. Andrew's survived as a part of Shelbina, St. Andrew's Lodge's pre-October 1, 1947, ownership sanctioned Shelbina's ownership under Section 9.150. He further ruled that as provided in Section 9.020 title to the property was vested in the trustees of Shelbina Lodge and that they were the parties to convey the cemetery to the city upon the direction of the lodge. The Grand Master also ruled that although, except as now permitted under Section 9.050 with respect to charitable or community purposes, a lodge may not dispose of its property without adequate consideration, since the conveyance by the trustees would relieve the lodge of its obligations to operate and maintain the cemetery, such disposition upon the direction of the lodge was proper. This ruling is approved. 2. Clay Lodge No. 207 received a Petition for Affiliation accompanied by a Certificate of Good Standing. Before ballot could be had the petitioner died. Adverting to Section 13.060, the Grand Master ruled that although petitions may not be withdrawn unless the lodge finds the petitioner presently ineligible so that the degrees could not be conferred lawfully or he could not become a member even if elected, since the petitioner was dead he could not become a member and therefore the necessity of voting upon the petition, otherwise mandatory, was obviated. This decision is approved. 3. A member of Wellington Lodge No. 22 was arrested and convicted of selling liquor on Sunday, and to avoid disciplinary proceedings he took a dimit from the lodge some two years prior to September of 1979. In September of 1979 he repetitioned Wellington Lodge for affiliation but did not receive a "clear ballot." On October 6, 1979, another petition was submitted. The question asked of the Grand Master was

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whether the brother was obliged to wait two (2) years after failure to obtain a clear ballot in September of 1979. The Grand Master ruled that Section 16.090 indicated that Petition for Affiliation can be resubmitted at any time after rejection. Since the brother remained in an unaffiliated (rather than a suspended or expelled) status, his sequential petition of October 6, 1979, should be considered as a new Petition for Affiliation properly filed and entitled to a timely consideration of the lodge. This decision is approved. 4. The Grand Master had an inquiry as to whether a "Las Vegas Night" could properly be held in the basement of a Masonic temple. He pointed out that Section 9.140 of the By-Laws forbids cards, bingo or similar games in the lodge hall, tiler's room or preparation room, but card parties are not proscribed in other areas of the building. He ruled that in those areas of the building other than those in which specific activities are forbidden, any morally acceptable activity which is not illegal as a matter of civil law is permitted. This decision is approved. This Committee points out that whether a particular proposed activity is morally acceptable and not illegal as a matter of civil law will depend upon the exact nature of the particular proposed activities and the statutes and ordinances and applicable interpretation thereof in effect in the particular jurisdiction in which such activities are to be conducted. 5. The Grand Master ruled that the use of the Grand Lodge mailing list under the supervision of the Grand Secretary by the Society for the Preservation of the Masonic Temple (a not-for-profit organization exempt under Section 50 I (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code which seeks to raise funds for the New Masonic Temple in St. Louis) was for an appropriate Masonic purpose and granted his permission in accordance with Sections 25.080 and 25.090. This ruling is not approved. In the opinion of a majority of this Committee, the use of the Grand Lodge mailing list should be restricted to those instances in which Freemasonry is clearly benefited on a statewide basis. Therefore, the use of the Grand Lodge mailing list for solicitation of funds for any temple association or local board of trustees is considered improper and beyond the discretion of the Grand Master. 6. The Grand Master ruled that, since under Section 9.110 the Building Supervisory Board must approve the plans for financing any Masonic building project, the initial inquiries on behalf of the Masonic Temple Association of Hannibal concerning a fund drive for a new temple were to be referred to the Board. This ruling is approved. 7. The Grand Master ruled that Modern Lodge No. 144's soliciting funds from both members and nonmembers for the purpose of remodeling and otherwise equipping the premises used by the lodge and acquired with the approval of the Building Supervisory Board was appropriate and granted his approval in accordance with Section 25.090. This decision is approved. 8. The Grand Master ruled that the expenditure of monies by Pilgrim Lodge No. 653 for a Past Master'sjewel when the term of that Master had already been completed is within the prerogative of the lodge under Section 9.050. This decision is approved. 9. A Petition for Affiliation accompanied by a dimit from Twin Peaks Lodge No. 80 of California was submitted toJefferson Lodge No. 43. Twin Peaks Lodge No. 80 is not a lodge subordinate to the Grand Lodge of California, A.F. & A.M., or to any other Grand Lodge to which this Grand Lodge accords recognition. The Grand Master

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ruled that the dimit or Certificate of Good Standing referred to in Section 16.010 as required to accompany a Petition for Affiliation must be a dimit or certificate issued by a lodge subordinate to either this Grand Lodge or another Grand Lodge to which this Grand Lodge accords recognition and that accordingly the Petition for Affiliation must be rejected. This decision is approved. 10. In response to an inquiry from the District Deputy Grand Master for the 21st District, the Grand Master ruled that Section 19.010 provides that if a member fails to pay his dues by June 1 of any year he is automatically suspended and that Section 19.020 provides that if he pays those dues for which he was suspended by the following June 1 he is automatically reinstated. This decision is approved. 11. Pomegranate Temple Association inquired as to the propriety of its advertising in the Moolah Temple's "Camel Tales" that space is available for other organizations in Pomegranate Temple. The Grand Master ruled that Section 25.110 prohibits the use of the word "Masonic" in commercial, business or political advertising, but that it was appropriate to make known the availability of the Temple to other organizations and that such would not constitute commercial or business advertising within the meaning of Section 25.110. This ruling is approved. 12. Mount Moriah Lodge No. 40 proposed to advertise an "open house" to enable those attending to "learn what Masonry is all about." The Grand Master ruled that advertisement of an open house for this purpose would not violate Section 25.110 which prohibits use of the word "Masonic" in advertising for commercial, business or political purposes. The Grand Master reminded the lodge to be circumspect, as provided in Section 25.070, regarding confidential matters. This ruling is approved. 13. Six of the 11 members of the Board of the Liberty Masonic Temple Association were representatives of Liberty Lodge No. 31 and one of their members was President. The Grand Master ruled that regardless of whether this resulted in the retention or lack of control of the Board by Liberty Lodge, Section 9.070 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws does not specify that a lodge must in every instance control a building association but rather merely provides: "A lodge shall have fair representation in the government of the corporation." The Grand Master suggested that in those instances in which a question might arise regarding fair representation, the Building Supervisor Board might be the appropriate agency to make such determination. This decision is approved. 14. Raytown Lodge No. 391 asked for permission for lodge brothers to participate in the annual "Raytown Round-up Parade" on a flatbed truck. The Grand Master ruled that, as provided in Section 25.140, his dispensation was required. With the assurance that it was to be a dignified and noncommercial affair, and that the lodge's appearance in aprons, jewels, and with rods was not inappropriate, the Grand Master granted a dispensation for the lodge's appearance. The Grand Master refused to permit the officers to position themselves as they would in a lodge meeting, thinking that it would not materially add to the impression of the uninitiated and might be misunderstood by the Brotherhood. This ruling is approved. 15. La Plata Lodge No. 237 requested approval of a "Scholarship Fund" to be administered by a lodge committee for the purpose of providing undergraduate

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education to a student in La Plata High School in La Plata, Missouri. Since it was not altogether clear from the request whether lodge funds would be used, the Grand Master ruled that Section 9.050, as amended in 1978, approves the use oflodge funds for charitable or community purposes after a three-fourths favorable vote of the membership attending a stated communication and after notice of the specific proposition to be voted upon has been given to the members by mail in accordance with Section 7.140. The Grand Master further ruled that under Section 25.090, since the lodge was not soliciting "its own members for its own purposes" within the meaning of that Section, his permission was required for soliciting from members and others for that purpose. The Grand Master granted his permission. This ruling is approved.

RW. Brother Maichel moved the approval of this portion of the report of the Committee on Jurisprudence: Dispensations; Consents, Permissions, and Healing Orders; Decisions and Rulings. The motion was seconded and approved by the vote of the Grand Lodge. The portion of the report of the Committee on J uris prudence was ADOPTED. PROPOSED AMEI'DMENTS OF THE BY-LAWS

1. A proposed new Article 6 is pending which would specify the location and composition of the Grand Lodge office, would require that title to the building in which the office is currently located remain in the Grand Lodge, and would provide for a committee to administer the office building. In order to (a) more specifically identify the location of the office building, (b) recognize that in an emergency functions might have to temporarily be conducted elsewhere, and (c) more specifically designate membership on the committee, this Committee offers the following slightly revised substitute resolution: Be It Resolved, That a new Article 6 reading as follows be adopted: ARTICLE

GRA:"D LODGE OFFICE

Section 6.01 O. LOCATION. The office of the Grand Lodge shall be located in the building situated at 800 Highway 63 North, Columbia, Missouri, title to, and ownership of, which is in and shall remain in the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Section 6.020. COMPOSITION. The office of the Grand Lodge shall be the place at which, unless temporarily prevented by casualty or other emergency, (a) the Grand Secretary and his clerical and secretarial assistants perform their principal duties, (b) the accounts and records of the Grand Secretary are maintained, and (c) such other functions of the Grand Lodge or any of its officers or committees may, with the approval of the Grand Lodge Office Building Committee, be performed. Section 6.030. COMMITTEE. The maintenance and operation of the Grand Lodge Office Building shall be administered by the Grand Lodge Office Building Committee, which shall be composed of the Grand Master, the Grand Secretary and three other persons appointed by the Grand Master.

R.W. Brother Maichel moved the adoption of the Amendment. The motion was seconded and approved by the vote of the Grand Lodge. The new Article 6 of the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge was ADOPTED. 2. The proposed amendment to Section 5.010 is simply a conforming amendment to add an appropriate reference to the Grand Lodge Office Building Committee which has been created by the adoption of Article 6 and therefore this Committee recommends that the first sentence of Section 5.0 lObe amended to read as follows: "The standing committees are (a) Credentials, (b) Grand Master's Address, (c) Lodges Under Dispensation, (d) Chartered Lodges, (e) Appeals and Grievances, (f)

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Jurisprudence, (g) Ways and Means, (h) Relief and Charity, (i) Masonic Boards of Relief, Necrology, (k) Ritual, (I) Forms and Ceremonies, (m) Mileage and Per Diem, (n) Correspondence, (0) Masonic Education, (p) Building Supervisory Board, (q) Entertainment of Distinguished Guests, (r) By-Laws, and (s) Grand Lodge Office Building."

R.W. Brother Maichel moved the adoption of the amendment. The motion was seconded and approved by the vote of the Grand Lodge. The amendment of Section 5.010 was ADOPTED. 3. The proposed amendments to Section 7.150 and Section 21.011 are interrelated. Prior to 1977 (when the provision for concurrent jurisdiction for receipt of petitions was adopted on a trial basis) Section 21.0 10 defined the jurisdiction of a lodge. Section 21.010 has been repealed since 1977 so that since that time no general definition of the territorial jurisdiction of a lodge has existed, although Section 7.150 has continued to make reference to such "territorialjurisdiction." Similarly, other sections of the By-Laws continue to make reference to the 'Jurisdiction" of a lodge, although no definition other than that of "concurrent jurisdiction over the State of Missouri with respect to petitions" exists. (See, for example, Section 7.160 and Section 11.030.) Accordingly, it is desirable that a general definition ofjurisdiction of a lodge be re-enacted. Ilowever, in the opinion of this Committee a return to the definition formerly contained in Section 21.0 lOis preferable to a definition dependent upon the existence of a "post office area" and such changes therein as might be made from time to time by the United States Postal Service. Moreover, in metropolitan areas limitation to a single postal zone as such zones now exist would be too restrictive. Therefore, this Committee offers the following substitute resolution for the pending proposed amendment to Section 21.011: Be It Resolved, That Section 21.011 be repealed and a new Section 21.010 reading as follows be enacted in lieu thereof: Section 21.010 JURISDICTION. Lodges in the State of Missouri have concurrent jurisdiction over the State of Missouri with respect to petitions. For all purposes other than the receipt of petitions the following provisions shall apply: Lodges in cities and towns have jurisdiction over territory within the corporate limits, and if there is more than one lodge, the jurisdiction is concurrent. The jurisdiction extends beyond the corporate limits to a point equidistant between the corporate limits of cities and towns where other lodges are located; or, if a lodge is not located within the corporate limits of a city or town, to a point equidistant between the halls of the lodges. Within an area outside the corporate limits of any city or town approximately one mile on either side of the established line between territories, the jurisdiction of the lodges is concurrent. The foregoing notwithstanding: (a) The jurisdiction of each lodge situated in either the City of St. Louis or the County of St. Louis is coextensive with both said City and said County and is concurrent. (b) The jurisdiction of any lodge situated in either Jackson County or St. Charles County is coextensive with the county in which said lodge is situated and is concurrent.

R.W. Brother Maichel moved the adoption of the proposed substitute amendment. The motion was seconded and approved by the vote of the Grand Lodge. The new Section 21.010 was ADOPTED. 4. Section 21.0 I0 as just enacted again provides an appropriate cross reference from Section 7.150 as it presently exists. Accordingly, in the opinion of this Committee a revision of Section 7.150 has been rendered unnecessary and inappropriate. This Committee recommends the r~jection of the proposed amendment to Section 7.150.

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R.W. Brother Maichel moved the rejection of the proposed amendment of Section 7.150. The motion was seconded and approved by the vote of the Grand Lodge. The proposed amendment of Section 7.150 was REJECTED. 5. The purpose of the pending amendments to certain sections of Article 10 is to increase the portion of the fee accompanying each petition for the benefit of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association from $1.00 to $5.00. This Committee recommends that the effective date of this change, if adopted, be delayed until July I, 1981, so that the local lodges can make appropriate changes in their By-Laws, ifrequired. The sections of Article 10 dealing with fees were most recently substantially revised at the 1977 Annual Communication and as thus adopted and accurately reported by the Grand Secretary in his compilation of propositions adopted at the 156th Annual Communication are completely consistent and appropriate. However, these sections as thus adopted in 1977 have never been accurately reproduced in the printed By-Laws. Accordingly, this Committee offers the following substitute resolution which restates the affected sections precisely as they should have been reflected in the By-Laws printed after the 1977 amendments except for the changes in dollar amounts required to reflect the increase for the benefit of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association: Be It Resolved, That effective July I, 1981, Sections 10.0 10, 10.020, 10.030, 10.040, and 10.050 of the By-Laws be repealed and the following sections be enacted in lieu thereof reading as follows: Section 10.010. FEES FOR THE DEGREES. A lodge shall not confer the three degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry for a sum of less than $45.00, which shall consist of the fees aggregating $25.00 provided in Section 10.030 plus such amount (which shall be not less than $20.00) as the By-Laws of the lodge shall prescribe. The amount prescribed by the lodge's By-Laws in excess of said $25.00 shall constitute the lodge's fees for the degrees. Section 10.020 PAYMENT OF FEES. Each petition for the degrees shall be accompanied by $25.00 plus not less than one-half of the lodge's fees for the degrees. The balance of the lodge's fees for the degrees shall be divided as the lodge may direct, and no degree shall be conferred until the sum required therefor has been paid. If the lodge By-Laws do not fix the fee for each degree then the lodge's fees for the degrees shall be divided as follows: One-half of the total fee for the Entered Apprentice Degree, one-fourth for the Fellow Craft Degree, and one-fourth for the Master Mason Degree; provided. however, a lodge may by its by/Laws require the entire amount to accompany the petition. Exemption from the payment of fees shall not be made in favor of any candidate, under any circumstances, by the return of all or part of said fees, as donations, loans or otherwise. Section 10.030 MASONIC HOME AND GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION FEES. A. Masonic Home Fee Twenty dollars of the sum accompanying the petition for the degrees shall be for the use and benefit of the Masonic Home of Missouri. If the petitioner shall be rejected, or an objection be made to conferring the First Degree or should the petitioner refuse to have the First Degree conferred within a reasonable time of his election, said sum shall be returned to him. If it shall be determined that the fee shall not be returned to the petitioner, said $20.00 shall be remitted to the Grand Lodge with the annual return reporting the petitioner's initiation and by it paid over to the Masonic Home of Missouri.

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B. George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association Fee Five dollars of the sum accompanying the petition for the degrees shall be for the use and benefit of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association. This amount shall be handled in like manner as the Masonic Home fee in paragraph A above except that upon its receipt by the Grand Lodge it shall be paid over to the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association. Section 10.040 GRAND LODGE DUES. Each lodge pays six ($6.00) dollars to the Grand Lodge for each Master Mason (except those whose dues have been remitted and those exempted under Subsection (a) of Section 18.050) reported in the annual return, which dues include a subscription to The Freemason magazine. The Grand Lodge, promptly as collected, pays two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) for each Master Mason to the Masonic Home of Missouri. Section 10.050 ANNUAL RETURNS. Each lodge makes an annual return to the Grand Lodge, as of.J une 30. The return is sent to the Grand Secretary on or before August I. The return is in duplicate, contains lists of the officers, of those who have been initiated, passed, raised, and affiliated, and of deaths, dimissions, suspensions, expulsions, rejections and restorations since the last annual return, with respective dates opposite each name, and is signed by the Master and the Secretary, under seal. The return is forwarded with the dues required by Section 10.040 and the fees required by Sections 10.020 and 10.030. A lodge which fails to make proper return, with proper remittance, is fined ten dollars for each month, or fraction thereof, of delay.

R.W. Brother Maichel moved the adoption of the substitute amendment submitted by the Jurisprudence Committee. The motion was seconded. To the question of a brother regarding confusion in the amounts of $5.00 and $6.00, R.W. Brother Maichel explained: "Brethren, the $6.00, you heard was down in Section 10.040, which is the amount of dues; that is dealing with dues. And again we are not making any change in the dues provisions at all. We arejust taking advantage ofthis opportunity to straighten out the numbers. We are simply re-enacting what has already been there all along. I am sorry to introduce this confusion in the effort just to get the numbering straightened out. A brother rose to object to the procedure of vote; "We will be voting on several items here.... I think it is unfair to ask this gathering to vote on a multitude of items. I think this gathering should be given a written procedure of what is going to be voted on. A man stands up there and tells us about it and in two seconds we are supposed to make a decision on something that we may not even understand." M.W. GRAND MASTER NATIONS: "The proposition on which you will vote is simply the increase of the amount of money that accompanies each Petition for the Degrees for the benefit of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association. The contents of the rest of the sections will remain unchanged. The proposed amendment calls for the sum of $5.00, an increase of $4.00, to accompany a Petition for the Degrees, nothing more. The other points are included so that the sections of the By-Laws fit together in a logical and regular order. The substance ofthe proposed change ofthe By-Laws is the raise from $1.00 to $5.00-an increase of$4.00- the portion of initiation fee that accompanies a Petition which shall be for the support and benefit of the George Washington Masonic Memorial."

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The Grand Master explained again that the $6.00 figure pertained to the amount of Grand Lodge Dues (Per Capita) paid by lodges on the membership of Master Masons in Good Standing as of June 30, with the Annual Return. The $5.00 figure has reference to the proposed amendment for the increase of the amount of Initiation Fee paid by a Petitioner for the Degrees of Masonry. The Delegates having called for the question, the Grand Master called for the vote on the proposed amendment for the increase of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association Fee from $1.00 to $5.00; All in favor - Aye; All opposed - No. The Grand Master declared: "The 'Ayes' have it." The proposed amendment on the increase of the George Washington Masonic Memorial Fee was ADOPTED, to become effective on July 1, 1981. 6. The proposed amendment to Section 13.080 is that it be amended to read as follows: "Except as provided in Section 21.100 a petitioner for the degrees must have had a permanent, settled domicile or fixed abode in Missouri continuously for six months next preceding the presentation of his petition. Residence is neither gained nor lost by the mere fact of location while employed in the service, either civil or military, of Missouri or the United States." This amendment is merely to conform this section to changes made in the By-Laws in prior years. Since lodges now have statewide concurrent jurisdiction for the receipt of petitions, the amendment eliminates the requirement that a petitioner reside in the jurisdiction of the lodge and eliminates the reference to Section 21,040 which has been repealed. This Committee approves the amendment as to form and substance and recommends its adoption.

R.W. Brother Maichel moved the adoption of the proposed amendment of Section 13.080. The motion was seconded and approved by the vote of the Grand Lodge. The Amendment of Section 13.080 was ADOPTED. 7. A proposal is pending to repeal Sections 15.061, 15.062, 15.063, 15.064, 15.065, 15.066, 15.067, and 15.068. The adoption of this proposal would eliminate the requirement adopted in 1970 that a Master Mason demonstrate proficiency in that degree within one year after he is raised and the procedures adopted in 1970 which result in his suspension in the event of his ultimate unexcused failure to show such proficiency. The proposal does not include the repeal of Section 15.060 which existed prior to the 1970 additions to the By-Laws and which prohibits a Master Mason from voting or holding office until he has demonstrated suitable proficiency and provides that it is a Masonic offense to fail to show proficiency within six months after the lodge directs that one do so. Thus if the proposal is adopted the By-Laws provisions regarding a Master Mason's Proficiency would revert substantially to those existing prior to the 1970 Annual Communication. This Committee takes no position with regard to the substance of the proposal.

R.W. Brother Maichel moved the adoption of the proposition for the repeal of Sections 15.061, 15.062, 15.063, 15.064, 15.065,15.066, 15.067, and 15.068 of the By-Laws. The motion was seconded. The Grand Master called for discussion. M.W. PAST GRAI\:O MASTER FIELDING A. POE: I am speaking opposed to the motion that it be approved. GRAI\:D MASTER NATIOI\:S: Brethren, in the interest of order in procedure, I think it might be more appropriate, if there is a brother in the audience who is

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disposed to speak in favor of the motion for the adoption of the proposed repeal of the several sections 15.061-15.068, to hear that person first. R.W. BRO. HAROLD C. SMITH, Past Master of West Gate Lodge No. 445: Most Worshipful Grand Master, Past Grand Masters, Distinguished Guests, I was one of the men who signed this particular resolution to make the change. Since I signed it, I thought I would be remiss if I didn't at least speak my piece. My Brethren, in the previous resolution which was defeated some years ago when we put the new change into effect, there was a statement to the effect that it was necessary that a brother turn in his proficiency in the Third Degree. I hope you will not feel bad at me when I make the following statement: I believe that the reason for changing this particular resolution was due to the fact although there were provisions in it for the Worshipful Masters ofthe lodges to take action when a brother did not turn in his proficiency in the Third Degree - that our Worshipful Masters, probably including myself back in 1944, were lax in seeing that this particular resolution was actually taken by the Worshipful Master to give him an idea as to what his prerogatives were as far as the turning in of the proficiency in the Third Degree. I feel that the Worshipful Masters were negligent in their duties; and I feel that there was enough teeth in that particular law to take care of this matter. And there are so many items here that had to be changed and I am sure that ifit is voted down that you will not have to change them, but if you vote this resolution in you will have to change a lot of these resolutions again. My Brethren, I am in favor of adopting this resolution. I hope you will not feel bad at me because I stated that the Worshipful Masters were very negligent in their duties as the Masters of the lodges for not seeing that the original resolution was put into effect as was their duty and their obligation. I certainly thank our Grand Master for allowing me to speak. R.W. BROTHER HARRY C. PLOETZE, Past Master of Meridian Lodge No.2: Most Worshipful Grand Master, Grand Lodge Officers, Past Grand Masters, Distinguished Guests, Brethren: I signed this resolution because I was induced to do so and I was prevailed on to do so by about 18 or 20 Secretaries of various lodges in the 33rd and 57th Masonic Districts. My Brethren, you heard read that the law previous to 1970, on the books of 1921, 1925, 1947, 1948 all had the by-law where the penalty was you were subject to Masonic discipline or you could not vote, hold office or dimit. You could be given a reprimand, and that was about the most they ever did. We have many, many good Masons, outstanding Masons who did not turn in their proficiency on the Third Degree. They were some ofthe best members in Masonry that we ever had. In my lodge they were the men who attended the funerals; they were the men who attended the lodge; they were the men who contributed to the relief and the programs we had for Freemasonry. And we appreciated having them as members. In 1970 we changed the law. I was not opposed to it because I thought maybe it had merit. But like anything else you propose, when you put it in practice then you find some things that do not work out as well as you thought they might. The Grand Master this year and the preceding Grand Masters for several years have been talking to us about the big decline in Freemasonry. That we should do something to encourage the petitions to come into Freemasonry, not by direct solicitation but in the way we conducted ourselves and the way we talked to make men willing to come into the Masonic Fraternity. Last year we adopted a resolution that forced the present Masters to appoint a committee to

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assist the Secretaries in seeking why some men did not pay their dues and were about to be suspended. They want to retain all those men in Freemasonry because they are members and we do not want to lose them. Our Masonic Fraternity has shrunk from 128,000 members to 94,000 members today; and that is a 34,000 loss. How are we going to overcome it by kicking a man out that is in? Now, we go to these men - and a lot of these men who are about to be suspended and we want to keep them in and they have never turned in their Third Degree. They have been good brothers; they have been good Masons. Now we take this man in; we give him his three degrees; he stumbles through the first and through the second. He is nervous, like I am now. He doesn't turn in his Third Degree; and if he doesn't in one year we kick him out. What have we proved? We have proven that we are superior; we are the boss; we can do what we want; and we do not want him no matter how good a man he is. We only don't lose that member; we also lose any members he might influence to come into Freemasonry: his business associates, his relatives, his friends. Are we doing Freemasonry that way, I ask you? Does it hurt us in any way to keep that man in the Fraternity who knows all of our secrets, who has heard everything we have to offer and just because he can't or he isn't willing to, turn in that Third Degree Proficiency we are going to kick him out and lose the potential of future members. Think about it, Brethren. Think about it seriously. I have been around here a long time; and all of these Secretaries agree with me. It is not too much of ajob for us to write a letter suspending a brother from the lodge. But we are dedicated; we are dedicated to Freemasonry; we want to keep every man in that we have. And if we keep the penalty the way it used to be over 50 years - that all the penalty will be they cannot vote, hold office, or dimit - we have got a good Mason and he may be a benefit to us from now on. My Brethren, think about it. And I hope you vote favorably on this resolution. This is the first time in Grand Lodge that I have spoken for or against a resolution. My heart is in it; and I hope you will go along with it. Thank you. M.W. BROTHER FIELDII\'G A. POE, Past Master of Berkeley Lodge No. 667: I feel a little bit odd standing up here after the first two that preceded me. They are both very good friends of mine; I value their friendship highly; I value their opinions highly; I don't necessarily always agree with them. Of course, that is what makes horse racing and politics. This matter of the Third Degree Proficiency, I expect has been on more Grand Lodge floors than Johnson's wax. Brethren, the one thing that we have in Masonry that makes Masonry unique is its ritual. The ritual puts Masonry above all other organizations. Without ritual, we becomejust another Elks Club or Lions Club or Moose Club or what have you.Just like you cannot spend your way into prosperity, you cannot get strong by weakening yourself, and in our particular case by weakening the ritual. What we have is good; it is workable; and it is fair; it has worked these past ten years or so. And I cannot help but think that all those good brethren who neglected in the past to pass that Third Degree Proficiency that they are good members but what they couldn't have been much better members had they passed that proficiency.... Brethren, I would point out two things regarding that Third Degree Proficiency. First, I would like to say this - if a man can learn the First and Second, I think he can well learn the Third. In that Third Degree Proficiency there are ten furthermores, the violation of anyone of which would subject a brother to Masonic discipline. Now he gets a smattering of that when he stands before that

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Altar and takes his obligation going through the Third Degree. But the impact doesn't hit him until he meets with his instructor and understands the full meaning of those ten furthermores. In addition, his negligence of not passing that proficiency would result in his not being able to hold office until he did do so; and we so vitally need good leadership in this Fraternity today, Brethren. I have to think that we have all of these good men who have neglected to pass the proficiency that could have been officers and provided our lodges with some leadership. I can't feel that the Proficiency in the Third Degree is driving any from our doors. And if you listened to the report of the Committee on Chartered Lodgesjust a few minutes ago, there was no reference made there to any problems with proficiency in the Third Degree. Brethren, what we have is good; what we have is workable. I urge that you strongly defeat this proposal. Thank you. R.W. BRO.]. EDWARD McILVAINE, Past Master of Polar Star Lodge No. 79: I wish, Most Worshipful Grand Master, that I may be permitted to make an observation concerning the matter of lectures. We had a visitor in Polar Star Lodge some four years ago, who was the incumbent Master of his lodge in London, England. We had a turn-in; I think it was the First Degree. And it was a very excellent job. He, in his remarks, complimented the lecturer and complimented the candidate and made the remark that if they had the same thing in the three degrees in the English Lodge they wouldn't have any members. So. Most Worshipful Grand Master, I am slightly ambivalent on this question. But I do feel and have observed for 40 some years this matter of Proficiency in the Third Degree. I can only echo what M.W. Brother Poe has said and add this one observation. We have no arrangement for a cash payment in lieu of Proficiency in the Candidate's Lecture of the Third Degree. Consequently, if a man can learn his First and Second, certainly he can learn his Third. And we may demean ourselves as being a degree-mill for other bodies unless we insist on that Third Degree Lecture being returned with proficiency. Thank you, Most Worshipful Grand Master. WaR. BROTHER CARL G. BROWN, Past Master of Kansas City Lodge No. 220: Most Worshipful Grand Master, I would like to point out one thing. You know me as the present Secretary of Kansas City Lodge No. 220. The petitions that are presented to our lodge go across my desk; and it is my duty to read them. Just above where each of the Petitioners signs his name it states that he agrees to pass a proficiency in each of the degrees. Take this into consideration, please. Everybody - you, I, everyone in the State of Missouri - who has petitioned a Masonic lodge has signed his name in his own handwriting that he agrees to pass the proficiency in all three degrees. I don't see why we would not be able to hold the man to such a statement signed by his own signature. Thank you. WaR. BRO. ERNEST H. WOTRING, JR., Master of Conway Lodge No. 528: I will make my remarks brief. I feel somewhat unworthy to be here in view of those who have preceded me. I feel that as one of the somewhat younger set perhaps I can add some remarks; and I will do so. I do not see where the lack of proficiency would enhance our membership. I speak that for this reason: Our lodge is not the only thing that is declining in today's society. I am also the pastor of a church; we are very concerned in our denomination with the decline of church membership. And consequently through liberalism we are trying in every way to make church membership

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easier. Therefore we are getting very poor quality; and we are substituting it for quantity. We are playing the numbers game. I believe that we as Masonsand I stand here recalling my great grandfather who was a Mason some 95 years ago, both my grandfathers, my father, and my uncles, all of these men came from the old school where Masons stood for something - and I believe, Brethren, that if we are going to stand for something then let's stand. And if we are going to be just some other type of an organization that offers nothing more than a membership card, then I believe that is what we will do if we do not make a man proficient. Let me close with this remark: As those old men who taught me Masonry and gave me my proficiency lectures, as they lectured with me and I learned these proficiencies, they also taught me Masonry. I believe it is because the inspiration that they gave me is why I am still active in a lodge today; is why I worked my way through the chairs and became Master. And the Lord willing and Brother Blinn does not change his mind, I will be installed as Grand Chaplain if we ever get done here this morning. Let me close with saying that I realize this is a very emotional subject; and it is one that I again would say the same as those who have preceded me, I would consider it very carefully because I believe the future of our Fraternity is at stake. Thank you. WaR. BRO. LEE WINNIE, Master of Corinthian Lodge No. 265: I was initiated in 1969. I want to introduce a fellow who I believe will be interesting to hear. His name is Hillis Guild; he is Secretary of Corinthian Lodge No. 265; and he has one sentence to say, after which I would like to say something else. WaR. BRO. HILLIS GUILD, who speaks without the benefit of organ of voice: My Brethren, I would like to say one thing. I had a laryngectomy. I gave my proficiency back in the Third Degree after I had my operation. (Great applause.) BROTHER WINNIE: Brethren, that man has been my inspiration for what I have learned in Freemasonry. I have had the privilege of coaching some initiates through their work; and I have found with several of them that by the time they get to the Third Degree they have absolutely no trouble if they are pushed into it. When they are let to ride, they never want to give it. So I am strictly in favor of retaining this law and making sure that everyone turns back a Proficiency to upgrade our quality, and not downgrade it. WOR. BRO. C. MARVIN PRESSLER, Past Master of Rose Hill Lodge No. 550: There is one point I want to raise. If you permit this resolution to go through, a man would not pass his Third Degree Proficiency; he is not allowed to vote, hold office, or what have you. Now, ten years go by; some new Master comes in and appoints this man in line. Who is going to check on whether he has passed the Third Degree Proficiency? You are going to have Master Masons who never did pass their Third Degree Proficiency. I think that is a point that should be considered here. R.W. BRO. LAWRE!':CE S. CAMERON, Past Master of Swope Park Lodge No. 617: Brethren, in the debate here this morning on repealing the propositions I heard one brother allude to the man who stumbled through the proficiencies. Well, Brethren, in my lodge they don't stumble and I am sure they don't stumble in yours. Also, it seems to be a question of what do we want - quality or quantity in our ranks. Brethren, if you want to talk about statistics. I just got through talking with our lodge secretary. Since 1970 we have lost one man who did not return his Third Degree. But there sure have been a lot of them who have. Now,

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Brethren, if we are interested in quantity we can repeal requiring this Third Degree at this Grand Lodge. And perhaps next year we can repeal requiring the Second Degree Proficiency. And perhaps the following year we can repeal requiring the First Degree Proficiency. And, Brethren, I will guarantee you that we can turn this into one of the finest country clubs that Masons have ever seen and we can overfill this hall. In closing, Brethren, I strongly urge that we retain the Third Degree Proficiency. GRAND MASTER NATIONS: Are you ready for the question: Do you understand the proposition? An affirmative vote on this matter will favor the repeal of Sections 15.061-15.068. A negative vote on the question will mean that Sections 15.061-15.068 will be retained as they were adopted by the Grand Lodge several years ago. All in favor of the repeal will signify by saying "Aye." All opposed to the repeal will signify by saying "No." The "Nos" have it. The motion for the repeal of Sections 15.061-15.068 was not approved by the vote of the Grand Lodge. The proposal to repeal Sections 15.061, 15.062, 15.063, 15.064, 15.065, 15.066, 15.067, and 15.068 was REJECTED. RW. BROTHER MAICHEL: Brethren, we have one remaining pending proposal to amend the By-Laws. That pertains to Article 16 under the heading of AFFILIATION. 9. The Committee on Jurisdiction has submitted its report recommending the rt:jection of the proposed amendment to Section 16.110. Your Jurisprudence Committee is aware of the observations of the Committee on Jurisdiction that if, in general, the concept of plural or dual membership were accepted or approved various subsidiary or collateral decisions would have to be made and substantial conforming amendments proposed and adopted. The Committee on Jurisprudence, unlike the Commitee on Jurisdiction, takes no substantive position with regard to the proposed amendment, but does recommend that if the proposed amendment is adopted, that its effective date be no earlier than the conclusion of the Grand Lodge Annual Communication to be held in 1982 so that further appropriate or necessary changes in the By-Laws could be submitted in 1981 for action in 1982.

R.W. BROTHER MAICHEL: Therefore, purely in the interest of bringing this matter before you, I offer the following Resolution, which is revised only with respect to effective date: Be It Resolved, That, effective at the close of the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge to be held in 1982, Section 16.110 be amended to read as follows: A Master Mason whose residence would otherwise satisfy the requirement under these By-Laws with respect to petitions for affiliation and who is a member of either a Missouri lodge or a lodge in another Grand Jurisdiction which is in fraternal relationship with this Grand Jurisdiction may petition for and hold membership in one or more additional Missouri lodges. A petition for plural membership shall be accompanied by a valid certificate of good standing from each lodge of which he shall then be a member. No plural membership fee may be charged by any lodge. A two-thirds vote, by paper ballot, is required for election to plural membership. If elected, the petitioner shall be entitled to all rights and be subject to all obligations of a member of each lodge to which he belongs, except that he may not hold office, except that of Tiler, in more than one lodge at the same time. His oldest membership shall be designated as his "original membership."

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R.W. Brother Maichel moved the adoption of the amendment of Section 16.110 as reworded. The motion was seconded. M.W. Grand Master Nations: Brethren, as may be determined by your vote, the provision for Dual/Plural Membership shall be effective in 1982, after the close of the Grand Lodge Session. Is there any discussion? M.W. PAST GRAND MASTER FIELDI!':G A. POE: Brethren, I know that the hour is growing late; but I do feel that something needs to be said in regard to the report that was made yesterday by a very good friend of mine, who was my appointment to the Grand Lodge Line. But notwithstanding, he does not always agree with me either. This started four years ago and was part of my recommendation as Grand Master, because I received calls and inquiries from various people in this state and other states that were members of our lodges, our Grand Lodge, that had retired or because of business reasons had been transferred from one place to the other; they did not want to move their membership from their home lodge or from the lodge where they had served as Master some time previously; but they wanted to be active in Masonry in the area where they were living. This will permit them to do so - not only to be active, but to be a part of that lodge where they are living and to take office and help it in the most positive manner. It is not going to be earthshaking; but it is a step to make it possible for more menmaybe just a few - but more men to be more active and more helpful to the Fraternity. Brethren, you heard the report yesterday where there are some problems with it. I talked today to representatives from Kansas; they have it now; they just instigated it. I talked to representatives from the Grand Lodge of Iowa; they have it without any problems. Arkansas has it; I know that full well; and it is working down there, because I have relatives that belong to lodges in Arkansas. Brethren, the problems that were mentioned yesterday were simply a matter of semantics. We have committees to take care of that; and it sounds like they have done that very well. And certainly we can't hold up the progress of this Fraternity because every time something is proposed that presents a little bit of inconvenience in working it out. If it does, we are never to progress very far. Brethren, I urge your approval of this proposal. WaR. BRO. ROBERT F. ]O!':ES, Master of Florissant Lodge No. 668: I ask to speak in favor of this proposition. For one thing: Two years ago in Springfield I was more than happy when the assembled members of the Grand Lodge voted about 60 per cent to pursue this matter. I have a slightly different viewpoint than the secretaries who have spoken for this and from the Grand Secretaries who have responded to the inquiries of the Committee that pursued this matter. I was a Dual Member Mason. I was raised in the Grand Lodge of Montana, which permits Dual Membership, and was fortunate enough to become a member of the Grande Loge Nationale Francaise as a member of the Armed Forces overseas and at the same time retaining my membership in Montana. During my experience with the lodge in France and my travels to other lodges which are also, in many cases, manned by Dual Membership Masons, I found that the members who were enabled to keep their home lodge membership and to work and to be an officer and to get a part of the credit at the same time while they were doing the work, these people were much happier than those who were prevented by their own Grand Lodge from doing this.

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Sixty percent - 30 out of 50 - of the Grand Lodges of the United States do permit Dual Membership in one form or another. The opportunity that I had, and that other Masons had from other jurisdictions, to take part in worldwide Masonry was of great value. We sometimes tend to forget that our Masonry is not a community, is not statewide; it is not countrywide. This is a universal Fraternity of all right-minded men. We need the people from other jurisdictions to come in and work with us. And I respect the fact that so many of them do not wish to leave their home lodge; they like to keep supporting it with their dues and the occasional returning to their home state. But we are a mobile society; we move around; and we need to be able to be Masons in the fullest extent by being able to hold office, to work, to be members ofour adopted state and at the same time, if we wish, to hold membership in our traditional home organization. The Grand Master has stated that Masonry in Missouri seems to be failing. That is not true in every area; but it is on the overall. I think part of it is due to the fact that we are a circular society; we don't have the input that we need to have from other organizations. In my lodge there are several members - good members, they attend fairly regularly; they do the work; but they cannot become a member of our organization because Missouri does not allow them to. They would petition for affiliation in a minute if this opportunity was given. Again, in the State of Missouri, we have many lodges that are hurting. Any time you see a Right Worshipful Brother in the West, that lodge is in trouble. I have seen this in a number of lodges in this area. We have, in my lodge, a number of hard-working brethren who are willing and anxious to take part in the line and become officers. We have so many that there are many capable and hard-working members who cannot get into line. They are more than willing to petition a lodge that is having trouble in order that they can bring in fresh blood. But they don't want to leave their home lodge; some of them do. I dimitted from my home lodge after I moved to the State of Illinois where I became a member of an Illinois lodge; I also dimitted from the Illinois lodge to become a member of a Missouri lodge. This is very important. I recognize the work of the Committee in consulting all these other lodges and in considering all the things that they took into account, which they told us about yesterday. However, I believe they have overlooked the good of the average Mason, particularly the military people, the traveling people - those who are not tied to one town, one locality, for life. (Applause of the Grand Lodge cut off the remarks of Brother Jones.) WaR. BRO. ERWIJ',; J. ROESEL, Past Master of Lodge No. 636: Brethren, let me tell you that I was at Springfield; and I will be frank with you; I voted for this. But I am also on this Committee; and I saw the overwhelming evidence that this does not work properly. You people do not have the benefit of the letters that the Committee got from the Grand Secretaries. telling of their disappointment ofthis situation. It works, believe me, in California; and it works in Florida to a certain extent. But those areas are more mobile and have more people that are mobile than we have. If you do do this, remember what it says. Some of these things you probably have never read. No plural membership fee may be charged by any lodge. Are you willing to get someone in your lodge where you pay $28.00 or $30.00 a year who belonged to a lodge that paid $10.00 or $15.00, or whatever it is: Furthermore, it says that they can join every lodge in the City of St. Louis and the County of St. Louis. Do you want that? Think of the problems that the Secretary is going to have, if they don't pay their dues in

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one of those lodges. Are they, therefore, suspended in every lodge, or injust that lodge? These arejust some of the many problems that still occur here. And I think, if nothing else, that this needs a tremendous amount of more study. Gentlemen, I have taken only three minutes. I urge you, though, to defeat the proposition on multiple membership. UNNAMED PAST MASTER ofa lodge located in St. Louis or St. Louis County: It seems that the Committee itself is ambivalent on this subject. I attended a Square Club meeting the other night when R.W. Brother Schneider explained some of these subjects coming up. He stated at that meeting that the Committee was going to recommend rejection of this proposition. Now they come out in favor of it. Most Worshipful Grand Master Nations explained that the Committee on Jurisdiction did, by its report, recommend that the proposal on Multiple Membership be rejected. In order to get the matter before the Grand Lodge for its vote, the Chairman of the Committee on Jurisprudence moved the approval of the proposed amendment of Section 16.110. The Grand Master affirmed that the Committee on Jurisdiction had recommended the defeat of the proposed amendment. THE UNNAMED BROTHER continued: This to me is not of any use whatsoever. There isn't anything that a person can't do in another lodge in the United States, except hold office. Why they would want to hold office, I don't know. It is like the government employees - a lot of them double-dipping. They want recognition everywhere. To me it is like a man having two wives - one back home for sentimental reasons and the other here for activity purposes. R.W. BROTHER FIELDING A. POE III, Past Master of Berkeley Lodge No. 667: My remarks are prepared; and they are brief. Brethren, since I have become a Master Mason, I have heard the leaders of our Craft lament the grave situation that exists among us regarding the decline in membership. I fully expect that the dilemma had been in some degree or other some time before that. But be assured the problem we face is academic. It exists and regardless of the optimism of some, or the apparent pessimism of others, our course is before us and must be dealt with. If you have read the report of the Committee on the Masonic Home, you may discern that the grand dream of a Western Masonic Home on Bannister Road will have to be altered because we are too weak to fund it. This is the study conclusion of the professional fund-raisers. Our Grand Master so astutely has assessed our situation of waning strength and numbers. And though his message is negative by its nature, it is not without the ray of resplendent hope that we all look for. He tells us that our Craft can remain afloat if we have the courage to bail them out. Let no one accuse this man with his foresight of being a pessimist. The price of courage rests with us. The price of a "lodge of invitation" is an easy price to pay; and the bare similitude of its necessity is becoming increasingly obvious to us. The Committee onJurisdiction advises us that Dual and Plural Membership would be so unfruitful that to consider it would be of no statistical consequence. Yet I submit to you that those who would partake of Multiple Membership would be those brothers who could do the most for our subordinate lodges. One of our elected Grand Lodge Officers states that it is the 3 percent of our membership who continue to keep the machinery of our lodges oiled. Wouldn't it stand to reason these are the minority along with active Master

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Masons who have been transplanted from their home jurisdictions who could give support and bolster our strength through Multiple Membership? I submit to you that when only 3 percent of our membership is active in subordinate lodge administration, then the question of statistics becomes non sequitur. Let me share with you my personal observation of Multiple Membership. My grandfather is a member of a small-town lodge in Arkansas, where plural membership is practiced. When he was transferred to Little Rock, he remained active in Freemasonry; and so he joined the lodge there in Little Rock. Not wanting to relinquish his home affiliation, he maintained his membership there. On his retirement, he moved back to his home town. And as a result of plural membership he was advantaged to have remained active in both lodges; and both lodges benefitted from his membership; and the participation between both lodges was increased through several joint activities - 200 miles notwithstanding. My Brothers, the vicissitudes of our society are such that we are highly mobile. It dictates, as our Grand Master has told us, that we must be flexible. Brothers, I want to ask you a question. Will we shake our heads and be weak: Brothers, will we have the courage to move ahead? I'd like to take a piece of what our Grand Master has said all year long. Look around you and see the white heads. They are the harbingers of our destiny. Brethren, we must change, or this too shall pass. Thank you. R.W. BRO. HAROLD C. SMITH, Past Master of West Gate Lodge No. 445. I hope that if this passes that in the year 1982 I will be able to solicit membership in at least one other lodge. And I hope that with my experience as a Secretary and being a Past Master twice, I will be able to assist lodges who really and truly need my help, even though I may appear to you to be bragging. But they do need my help; and I hope that this goes through so that I can help them as a Mason. Now, my Brethren, the other reason that I am in favor of this - if I am able to pay dues in three lodges, instead of the Masonic Home of Missouri getting $4.25, it will get $12.75. I hope that you will adopt this resolution. Thank you, my Brethren. BRO. RICIIARD A. WHITE, Past Master of Clayton Lodge No. 601: I am going to just mention quickly that there are only two reasons that I can see - both of which are in my particular circumstance. I feel that Freemasons, when they attend another lodge regularly - what I am saying that it is for several months a year or if they are going to move into the area and want to attend lodge regularly - they want to pay their way. They don't like to constantly bejust a visitor. So they would like to have some manner of affiliation. In my particular case, I attend Doric Lodge at Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, for three or three and a half months a year. Their average attendance is about 50 lodge members and about 100 to 150 affiliate members of that lodge. It happens to be quite a large lodge at Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. And if it were that they ended up with 150 to 200 people in lodge, and only 50 of them were paying their way, I don't think that the lodge could survive on that night. The second reason that a man would want to take an affiliate membership is the fact, as Brother Smith said, they can help another lodge. Other than this, most men would just be visitors. It doesn't say that they can't visit another lodge. I have visited lodges in nine countries and in almost every state of the United States, at some time or another as a visitor. But if you attend regularly,

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you would like to have an instrument by which you can affiliate yourself, become a member, and in many cases help that lodge very materially. I thank you for your time. M.W. GRAND MASTER NATIONS: Are you ready for the question: (Response from delegates: "Question:). If you vote "yes," you will be voting for the approval of Dual and Plural Membership. Are you ready for the question? A BROTHER in the auditorium asked: If this resolution as it reads now - I'd like to ask this question to you and to the Jurisprudence Committee - is the man who takes Dual or Plural Membership in a Missouri lodge obliged to pay dues to that lodge or not? M.W. GRAND MASTER NATIONS: Yes, he is. RW. BROTHER MAICHEL: He would be expected to pay dues. It is the consequence of his not paying dues is, I believe, one of the points the Committee on Jurisdiction brought out that would have to be considered for future action. That is an example of why we are suggesting deferring the effective date of this change, so that those types of problems can be sorted out. The BROTHER in the auditorium: May I suggest then, in that case, this language be added to this - and I don't want to submit this as an amendment to the resolution. I am suggesting that the Jurisprudence, in view of their answer, that they add four or five words to this resolution. I will read it right where I would like to see it added, or wherever they think. "If elected, the petitioner shall be entitled" - right there, add the words "to all rights and subject to all obligations including the payment of annual dues of a member of each lodge." RW. BROTHER MAICHEL: I would suggest that that would be redundant. It already provides that he is expected to meet all obligations as a member; and certainly one of the obligations of a member is to pay dues. M.W. Grand Master Nations thanked the brother for the suggestion. M.W. GRAND MASTER NATIONS: Now, are you ready for the question? (Response "Yes" by Grand Lodge.) All in favor say "AYE." All opposed say "NO." The motion carries. The proposed amendment of Section 16.110 was ADOPTED. R.W. BROTHER MAICHEL: Brethren, that concludes the action with regard to the By-Laws. There is one written resolution which has been submitted. Let me say before I read it, by way of explanation, that the Standing Resolution dealing with the award of the 50-Year Pin, of course, requires 50 years of continuous good standing. And it has been determined over the years, in various annotations, that if during this membership one was suspended for nonpayment of dues, even though he was subsequently reinstated, to membership, paid up his back dues, nevertheless those years cannot be counted toward his 50-year membership. At least one instance has been cited in which a brother during service in wartime was suspended for failure to pay dues. And there may well be other meritorious cases such as that. So the following resolution has been submitted for your consideration. Be It Resolved, That if it shall be determined to the satisfaction of the Grand Master that a Master Mason was suspended for nonpayment of dues while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States during a period of National Emergency and said Master Mason is subsequently reinstated to membership, for the purpose of determining said Master Mason's eligibility to receive a 50-year or veteran's button from the Grand Lodge, said Master Mason shall be deemed to have been in good standing during that portion, if

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any, of the period during which he was in fact suspended which the Grand Master shall determine to have resulted from his service in the Armed Forces of the United States during a period of National Emergency.

The resolution was signed by Past Masters. R.W. Brother Maichel moved the adoption of the Resolution. The motion was seconded and carried by the vote of the Grand Lodge. The Standing Resolution in re Time "Lost" During Period of Suspension for Nonpayment of Dues While Serving in the Armed Forces of the United States During a Period of National Emergency was ADOPTED. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS

R.W. Brother Ray Hilton, Chairman, presented the final report of the Committee on Credentials. To The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Missouri: BRETHRE:-l: Your Committee on Credentials submits the following report: At the present session of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, there are presented 471 subordinate lodges and no lodges U.D., and there are present: Grand Lodge Officers ,.......... 20 17 Past Grand Masters Past Grand Lodge Officers ",.................... 2 ".".................... 54 District Deputy Grand Masters "".................... 51 District Deputy Grand Lecturers Past Masters 509 Worshipful Masters ,............................................ 437 Senior Wardens 191 Junior Wardens 129 Chairmen and Members of Committees ,.................. 39 Distinguished Visitors ", , _ _1_5 Total ", """""",... 1,464 ""."",,'... 1,277 Actual attendance without duplication ,................................ 7 Assistant Tilers Lodges without representation ,.. 77 Non-voting Master Masons ,............................ 110 Fraternally submitted, RAY HILTO:-l, Chairman, DAI.E A. Ll:DWIG, CECIL O. BLAYLOCK, REV. CHARLES MILLER. JOHN E. BRl:EGGEMA"~,

Brother Hilton moved the adoption of the Report of the Committee on Credentials, subject to correction. The motion was seconded. The Report of the Committee on Credentials was accepted by the vote of the Grand Lodge. REPORT OF' COMMITTEE ON MILEAGE AND PER DIEM

Wor. Bro. Orville L. Livingston, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Mileage and Per Diem. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A,F. & A,M. of Missouri: BRETHREN: Your Committee on Mileage and Per Diem reports amounts paid for attendance at this, the 159th Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge, held in the city of St. Louis, September 29 and 30, 1980, as follows: Grand Lodge Officers , Past Grand Masters and other Past Grand Officers

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District Deputy Grand Masters District Deputy Grand Lecturers Committees: Appeals and Grievances Building Supervisory Board Credentials Jurisprudence Masonic Education Mileage and Per Diem Ways and Means Chairmen other Standing Committees Subtotal for Grand Lodge Officers including Committees Assistant Grand Tilers Representatives of Chartered Lodges Representatives of Lodges under Dispensation Total

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$15,395.04 . 350.00 . 43,512.96 . -0. $59,258.00 . Fraternally submitted, ORVILLE L. LIVINGSTON, Chairman, EDWARD A. LA~(;, JACK R. CLARK, LEO G. WHITAKER.

Brother Livingston moved the adoption of the Report of the Committee on Mileage and Per Diem, subject to correction. The motion was seconded. The Report of the Committee on Mileage and Per Diem was accepted by the vote of the Grand Lodge. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

R.W. BRO. WALTER H. BAIRD, Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on Ways and Means: The Budget for the Grand Lodge Year October 15, 1980-0ctober 14, 1981. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Missouri: BRETHREN: The Ways and Means Committee met on September 6, 1980 and went over the expenditures in all funds as of that date. They were in order and charged to the correct appropriation or fund. We have reviewed the disbursements for the present budget year and the accounts as of today, that have been exceeded are: Account Nos. 10 The Freemason Magazine 21 Expenses - Grand Lecturer 42 Insurance 45 Grand Master's Regalia

Prior approval for the excess expenditures was obtained as provided by the By-Laws. A review of the last budget year expenditures show they were handled properly and as provided by the By-Laws. The income sources available for the operation of the Grand Lodge are the per capita tax and income from investments. Revenue from those sources available for budgeting is approximately $354,019. The following budget is presented to cover the budget year from October 15, 1980 to October 14, 1981.

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Acct. Nos. 1. Salary - Grand Secretary 2. Salary - Grand Lecturer 3. Salary - Grand Treasurer 4. Retirement Expense 5. Masonic Service Assoc. Per Capita 6. Masonic Service Association - Hospital Visitation Funds 7. Operating Expenses - Grand Lodge Office Building 8. 9. Committee on Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges 10. The Freemason Magazine 11. Grand Lodge Office Building Fund

. $ 18,600.00 17,500.00 . . 600.00 14,000.00 . 2,500.00 . 5,000.00 . 6,000.00 . . . .

100.00 65,000.00 25,000.00

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20. Expenses - Grand Master 21. Expenses - Grand Lecturer 22. Expenses - Grand Lodge Officers & Committees 22A. Expenses - Special - Deputy Grand Master 23. Conferences of Grand Lodge Officers 24. Conferences of District Deputy Grand Masters and District Deputy Grand Lecturers 25. Conferences of Grand Masters and Grand Secretaries 26. Auditing 27. Grand Master's Contingent Fund 28. Expenses of Grand Lodge Session 29. 30. Regional Meetings of Lodge Officers (Area Meetings)

. $ 10,000.00 . 9,000.00 3,000.00 . 1,000.00 . 3,750.00 . . . . . .

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Salaries - Grand Lodge Office Staff Employees' Tax Expenses Insurance Operations of Grand Lodge Office a. Printing, Postage, Stationery b. Telephone and Telegraph c. Office Equipment d. Office Supplies e. Incidental Office Expenses f. Grand Lodge Office Improvement g. Electrical Data Processing 44. Incidental and Travel Expenses - Grand Secretary 45. Grand Master's Regalia 46. 47. 48. Fifty-Year Veteran Buttons 49. Printing Proceedings BY RF.Ql:ISITIO:,,/ OF

50. Committee on Correspondence 51. Committee on Masonic Education 52. Committee on Ritual 53. Committee on Relief and Charity 54. Committee on By-Laws 55. Commitee on Mileage and Per Diem Total Allocation by Budget for Year 1980-81

. $ 26,500.00 4,000.00 . 5,600.00 . . . . . . . . . .

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We recommend that for this year's budget, any money expended over the income be appropriated from the General Fund. GEORGE F. MORRISOI', RO:-<ALU P. KRCEC;ER, HE!':RY R. STOKER, W. MARIOI' LUI'A, LLOYD S. MORCA:-<, WALTER H. BAIRD, Chairman.

R.W. Brother Baird moved the adoption of the report of the Committee on Ways and Means and that it be printed in the PROCF.F.D1J',;GS. The motion was seconded and approved by vote of the Grand Lodge. The Budget for the Grand Lodge Year 1980-81 was ADOPTED. PRESENTATION OF PROPOSED ADMENTMENT OF SECTION 10.040. GRAND LODGE DUES

RW. BROTHER BAIRD: Last year we budgeted $42,000 more than the anticipated income. This year we budgeted $47,000 more than the anticipated income. We cannot continue to dip into the General Funds or we will go broke. So we present the following: RESOLlJTIO:-; TO AME:-;O ARTICLE 10, SHTIOI' 10.040. CRA:-<D LOO(;E DCES

To the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of the State of Missouri: Resolved, That Article 10, Section 10.040 of the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of the State of Missouri, shall be amended by striking out the words "six dollars" in the first line thereof and substituting in place thereof the words "seven dollars and fifty cents" so that as amended, said Section will read as follows: Section 10.040. GRAND LODGE DUES. Each lodge pays seven dollars and fifty cents to the Grand Lodge for each Master Mason (except those whose dues have been remitted and those exempted under Section (a) of Section 1H.050) reported in the annual return, which dues include a subscription to The Freemason magazine. The Grand Lodge, promptly as collected, pays two dollars and fifty cents for each Master Mason to the Masonic Home of Missouri.

J. EDWARD BLI!':I', P.M., Webster Lodge No. 98, WM. J. HILL, P.M., Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446, WILLIAM H. WISBROCK, P.M., Webster Groves Lodge No. 84, VER:-; H. SCH:-;EIDFR, P.M., Tuscan Lodge No. 360, WII.LIA~f H CHAPMA:-':, P.M., Webster Groves Lodge ;-.Jo. H4, FREELO:-; K. HADLEY, P.M., St. Joseph Lodge No. 78, ELVIS A. Moo:-':EY, P.M., Bloomfield Lodge No. 153, W. MARIOI' LV:-<A, P.M., Wayne Lodge No. 526, P. VINCE:-<T KII'KEAD, P.M., St. Francois Lodge No. 234, ROBERT J. CREDE, P.M., Hickory Hill Lodge No. 211, EARL K. DILLE, P.M., Clayton Lodge :"110. 601,

CHARLES E. SClHTRICII, P.M., Acacia Lodge No. 602, FIELDlI'G A. POE, P.M., Berkeley Lodge No. 667, BRCCE H. HCI'T, P.M., Adair Lodge No. 366, LLOYD S. MOR(;i\:-':, P.M., Advance Lodge r\o. 590, CLAI:DE F. STEPHE:-':S, P.M., Advance Lodge No. 590, HE:-<RY R. STOKER, P.M., Lodge of Love No. 259, THO~fAS C. WARDE:-<, P.M., Owensville Lodge No. 624, JOSEPH S. VA:-.:DoLAH, P.M., Gate City Lodge No. 522, Ou:-; S. McDA:-;IEL, P.M., Samaritan Lodge No. 424, GEORGE F. MORRlSO:-;, P.M., Tuscan Lodge No. 360, WALTER H. BAIRD, P.M., Acacia Lodge No. 602.

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A BROTHER in the auditorium asked the question: Should there be an effective date in that? M.W. GRA!':D MASTER NATIO!':S: The matter will not be acted on until the next Grand Lodge Session. Our Constitution and By-Laws obligate us, when we change the Constitution or change the By-Laws - opposed to creating a new one, if there is a distinguishable difference - to put in the hopper propositions which lie over for one year for action at the next Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. The proposed amendment of Section 10.040 will be acted upon by the Grand Lodge next year at the Annual Communication in Springfield. RESOLUTIONS TO AMEND ARTICLE m. SECTION 2 AND ARTICLE IV. SECTION 4 OF THE CONSTITUTION

In accordance with Section 2 of Article V of the Constitution, M.W. Grand Master Nations read aloud the following resolutions: PROPOSAL TO AME:-;D ARTICLE III, SECTION 2 OF THE CO:'liSTITl'TIO:-; To the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of the State of Missouri: Resolved, That Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution be amended to provide as follows: Section 2. ELECTIVE - ENUMERATION OF - TERM OF. The Most Worshipful Grand Master, Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master and Right Worshipful Senior and Junior Grand Wardens shall be elected annually, by ballot, at the stated annual communications of the Grand Lodge, and shall hold their offices respectiVely until their successors shall be duly elected and installed. Be It Further Resolved, That the Grand Secretary shall refer this proposal to the subordinate lodges not later than January 15, 1981, together with an explanation thereof, and a cross-reference to all other related amendments of the Constitution and By-Laws, which explanation must be first approved by the Grand Master.

W. MARION Lt;NA, P.M., Wayne No. 526, EDWARD BLINN, P.M., Webster No. 98, P. VI:-;CENT KINKEAD, P.M., St. Francois WM. J. HILL, P.M., Ivanhoe No. 446, No. 234, WILLIAM H. WISBROCK, P.M., Webster Groves No. 84, ROBERT J. CRED£, P.M., Hickory Hill No. VERN H. SCHNEIDER, P.M., Tuscan No. 211, 360, EARL K. DILLE, P.M., Clayton No. 601, WILLIAM H CHAPMA:-;, P.M., Webster CHARLES E. SCHEURICH, P.M., Acacia No. Groves No. 84, 602, FIELDI/\'G A. POE, P.M., Berkeley No. 667, FREELON K. HADLEY, P.M., St. Joseph No. 78, BRL:CF.. H. HUNT, P.M., Adair No. 366. ELVIS A. Moo:-;EY, P.M., Bloomfield No. 153, PROPOSAL TO AMEND ARTICLE III, SECTIO/\, 4 OF THE CO/\,STITCTION PERTAINI/\'G TO THE APPOINTMENT OF GRAND LOD(;£ OFFICERS

To the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of the State of Missouri: Resolved, That Article III, Section 4 of the Constitution to be amended to provide as follows: Section 4. APPOINTED GRAND LODGE OFFICERS. The Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary and Grand Lecturer shall be appointed for an indeterminate term. All other Grand Lodge Officers, whose election or appointment is not otherwise provided for, shall be appointed annually by the Grand Master, and when duly installed, shall hold their offices until their successors shall be duly appointed and installed.

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Be It Further Resolved, That the Grand Secretary shall refer this proposal to the subordinate lodges not later than January 15, 1981, together with an explanation thereof, and a cross-reference to all other related amendments of the Constitution and By-Laws, which explanation must be first approved by the Grand Master.

EDWARD BLI:'IlN, P.M., Webster No. 98, WM. J. HILL, P.M., Ivanhoe No. 446, WILLIAM H. WISBROCK, P.M., Webster Groves No. 84, VERN H. SCHNEIDER, P.M., Tuscan No. 360, WILLIAM H CHAPMAN, P.M., Webster Groves No. 84, FREELON K. HADLEY, P.M., St.Joseph No. 78, ELVIS A. MOONEY, P.M., Bloomfield No. 153,

W. MARION LUNA, P.M., Wayne No. 526, P. VINCENT KINKEAD, P.M., St. Francois No. 234, ROBERT J. CREDE, P.M., Hickory Hill No.

211, EARL K. DILLE, P.M., Clayton No. 601, CHARLES E. SCHEURICH, P.M., Acacia No. 602, FIELDING A. POE, P.M., Berkeley No. 667, BRUCE H. HUNT, P.M., Adair No. 366.

RESOLUTIONS AND PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF GRAND LODGE BY-LAWS FOR ACTION AT THE 160TH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION IN SEPTEMBER 1981

The Grand Master read proposals presented to lie over for action at the 160th Annual Communication in September 1981, as follows: RESOLUTION TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (E) OF SECTIO:'ll 2.010 OF THE GRAND LODGE BY-LAWS PERTAINING TO SUSPENSION FROM OR TERMINATION OF OFHCE To the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of the State of Missouri: Resolved, That paragraph (e) of Section 2.010 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws be amended to provide as follows: (e) He may, for good cause, and with the written concurrence of the Deputy Grand Master, Senior Grand Warden and Junior Grand Warden, or any two of them, suspend from office any officer of the Grand Lodge until the next annual communication, and, in the case of the Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary or Grand Lecturer, terminate the appointment of any such officer.

EDWARD BLINN, P.M., Webster Lodge No. 98, WM. J. HILL, P.M., Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446, WILLIAM H. WISBROCK, P.M., Webster Groves Lodge No. 84, VERN H. SCHNEIDER, P.M., Tuscan Lodge No. 360, WILLIAM H CHAPMAN, P.M., Webster Groves Lodge No. 84, FREF.I.ON K. HADLEY, P.M., St. Joseph Lodge No. 78, ELVIS A. MOONEY, P.M., Bloomfield Lodge No. 153,

W. MARION LL'NA, P.M., Wayne Lodge No. 526, P. VINCENT KINKEAD, P.M., St. Francois Lodge No. 234, ROBERT J. CREDE, P.M., Hickory Hill Lodge No. 211, EARL K. DILLE, P.M., Clayton Lodge No. 601, CHARLES E. SCHEURICH, P.M., Acacia Lodge No. 602, FIELDING A. POE, P.M., Berkeley Lodge No. 667, BRL'CE H. HUNT, P.M., Adair Lodge No. 366.

RESOLL'TION TO AMEND SECTION 2.010 (L) OF THE BY-LAWS RELATING TO FILLING OF VACANCIES I!" GRAND LODGE OFFICES To the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of the State of Missouri: Be It Resolved, That Section 2.010 (I) of the Grand Lodge By-Laws be amended to provide as follows: Section 2.010. GRAND MASTER. The Grand Master has authority as follows:

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(1) He fills all vacancies in the appointive offices in the Grand Lodge, but he may not fill vacancies in the elective offices.

EDWARD BI.IJ\:~, P.M., Webster Lodge No. 98, W~{. J. HILL, P.M., Ivanhoe Lodge No.

446, WILLIAM H. WISBROCK, P.M., Webster Groves Lodge No. 84, VER=" H. SCHJ\:EIDER, P.M., Tuscan Lodge No. 360, WILLIAM H CHAPMA~, P.M., Webster Groves Lodge No. 84, FREELOJ\: K. HADLEY, P.M., St. Joseph Lodge No. 78, El.vIS A. MomolEY, P.M., Bloomfield Lodge No. 153,

W. MARION LVNA, P.M., Wayne Lodge No. 526, P. VI~CE="T KIJ\:KEAD, P.M., St. Francois Lodge No. 234, ROBERT J. CREDE, P.M., Hickory Hill Lodge No. 211, EARL K. DILLE, P.M., Clayton Lodge No.

601, CHARl.ES E. SCHEl:RICH, P.M., Acacia Lodge No. 602, FIELlm\;(; A. POE, P.M., Berkeley Lodge No. 667, BRCCE H. HL'="T, P.M., Adair Lodge No.

366.

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TO AME~D PARAGRAPH (Q) OF SECTlOJ\: 2.040 OF THE GRA="D 1.0D(;E BY-LAWS PERTAI~I="G TO THE Dt:TIES OF THE (;RAJ\:D SECRETARY

To the Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of the State of Miuouri: Resolved, That paragraph (q) of Section 2.040 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws be amended to provide as follows: Devotes full time to the duties of his office; receives no compensation for any other activity, exceptjury duty and similar temporary public service; employs and supervises such clerical and secretarial assistants as may be required to discharge efficiently the duties of his office; and semiannually reviews with the Grand Master, the other elective officers and the Grand Treasurer the operation and budget of his office, including the fixing of compensation for his clerical and secretarial assistants.

EDWARD BLI:'oIN, P.M., Webster Lodge No. 98, Wm.J. Hill, P.M., Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446, WILLIAM H. WISBROCK, P.M., Webster Groves Lodge No. 84, VERl': H. SCHJ\:EIDER, P.M., Tuscan Lodge No. 360, WIl.LlAM H CHAPMA:'oI, P.M., Webster Groves Lodge No. 84, FREELO!'o: K. HADLEY, P.M., St. Joseph Lodge No. 78, ELVIS A. Mool'FY, P.M., Bloomfield Lodge No. 153, W. MARIO=" LCJ\:A, P.M., Wayne Lodge No. 526,

P. VIJ\:CENT KINKEAD, P.M., St. Francois Lodge No. 234, ROBERT J. CREDE, P.M., Hickory Hill Lodge No. 211, EARL K. DII.l.E, P.M., Clayton Lodge No.

601, CHARLES E. SCHECRICH, P.M., Acacia Lodge No. 602, FIEI.DllW; A. POE, P.M., Berkeley Lodge No. 667, BRCCE H. HL'NT, P.M., Adair Lodge No.

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The Grand Secretary read the proposals presented to lie over for action at the 160th Annual Communication in September 1981, as follows: PROPOSAL TO AMEJ\:D BY-LAWS, ARTICLE 4, SEc-no=" 4.030. DISTRICT DEPl.TY (;RA="n MASTERS (A) Delete $5.00 and insert $10.00, making the paragraph read: Visits the lodges in his district as far as practicable. He receives an expense allowance of

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allowance is for not more than one official visit each year to each lodge. District orjoint meetings do not qualify for the allowance.

EDWARD BLINN, P.M., WEBSTER No. 98, STANTON T. BROWN, P.M., Buckner No.

501, FREELON K. HADLEY, P.M., St.Joseph No.

78, CHARLES E. SCHEURICH, P.M., Acacia No.

ROBERT J. CREDE, P.M., Hickory Hill No.

211, WILLIAM H. WISBROCK, P.M., Webster Groves No. 84, JOHN E. BRUEGGEMAN, P.M., Freedom No.

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602, EARL K. DILLE, P.M., Clayton No. 601,

HAROLD C. SMITH, P.M., West Gate No.

P. VINCENT KINKEAD, P.M., St. Francois No. 234, CECIL H. HURT, P.M., Senath No. 513, Gt.:s O. NATIONS, P.M., Purity No. 658, ANTHONY A. REDFEARN, P.M., St. Louis No. 20,

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PROPOSAL TO AMEND BY-LAWS, ARTICLE 4, SECTION 4.050. DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND LECTURERS (8) Delete $5.00 and insert $10.00, making the paragraph read: Holds Lodges of Instruction, for which he receives an expense allowance of$IO.OO for each lodge instructed, to be remitted and paid by the lodge in its annual return, and remitted to him promptly after actual receipt by the Grand Secretary. Not more than one such allowance is charged against each lodge each year. District or joint lodges of instruction do not qualify for the allowance.

EDWARD BLINN, P.M., Webster No. 98, STA:-.iTON T. BROWN, P.M., Buckner No.

501, FREELON K. HADLEY, P.M., St.Joseph No.

78, CHARLES E. SCHEURICH, P.M., Acacia No.

ROBERT J. CREDE, P.M., Hickory Hill No.

211, WILLIAM H. WISBROCK, P,M., Webster Groves No. 84, JOHN E. BRUEGGEMAN, P.M., Freedom No.

636, HAROLD C. SMITH, P.M., West Gate No.

602, EARL K. DILLE, P.M., Clayton No. 601, P. VINCENT KI:-.iKEAD, P.M., St. Francois No. 234, CECIL H. HURT, P.M., Senath No. 513, Gus O. NATIONS, P.M., Purity No. 658, ANTHONY A. REDFEARN, P.M., St. Louis No. 20,

445, WM. J. HILL, P.M., Ivanhoe No. 446, VERN H. SCHNEIDER, P.M., Tuscan No.

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Resolved, That the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge of Missouri be amended by the Repeal of Section 9.160, Committee on Delinquent Dues, in its entirety. JACK D. HUDSO:", P.M., Rowley No. 204, ORVILLE L. LIVI:"(SWN, P.M., Adelphi Lodge No. 35.::;, JAMES L. HACKEIT, P.M., Rowley Lodge No. 204. RESOLt.:TION TO AME:"D ARTICLE 1, SECTION 1,080,

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Resolved, That Article 1, Section 1.080 of the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of the State of Missouri, shall be amended by striking out the words "twenty-five dollars" in the first sentence thereof and substituting the words "forty dollars" and striking out the words "twelve cents" in the first sentence thereof and substituting the words "fifteen cents" so that the amended section shall read as follows:

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Section 1.080. MILEAGE AND PER DIEM. Effective from the commencement of the 1981 annual communication the officers of the Grand Lodge, the Past Grand Masters, the Past Grand Secretaries, the Past Grand Lecturers, the Members of the Committees on Credentials, Appeals and Grievances, Jurisprudence, Masonic Education, Ways and Means, Mileage and Per Diem, and of the Building Supervisory Board, the Chairman of all other Standing Committees, and one Representative of each Chartered Lodge and each Lodge V.D. are paid forty dollars for each day they are in actual attendance upon the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, and fifteen 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. CHARLES E. SCHEURICH, P.M., Acacia No. 602, WM. J. HILL, P.M., Ivanhoe No. 446, WILLIAM H. WISBROCK, P.M., Webster Groves No. 84, EARL K. DILLE, P.M., Clayton No. 601, W. MARION LU!':A, P.M., Wayne No. 526, VERN H. SCHNEIDER, P.M., Tuscan No. 360,

ROBERT J. CREDE, P.M., Hickory Hill No. 211, STANTON T. BROWN, P.M., Buckner No. 501, l EDWARD BLINN, P.M., Webster No. 98, P. VINCENT KINKEAD, P.M., St. Francois No. 234.

APPOINTMENTS

The Grand Secretary read the appointments made by Grand Master-Elect]. Edward Blinn for the year 1980-81: Appointive Grand Lodge Officers District Deputy Grand Masters Chairmen and Members of Standing Committees Chairmen and Members of Special Committees The Auditor

R.W. Bro. Stanton T. Brown, the Grand Lecturer, announced the appointments of District Deputy Grand Lecturers for the Year 1980-81. ANNOUNCEMENT BY CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE ON MILEAGE AND PER DIEM

Brother Livingston announced that the checks in payment of Mileage and Per Diem would be distributed immediately following the close of the Installation Ceremony. REMARKS OF M.W. GRAND MASTER GUS O. NATIONS

M.W. BROTHER NATIONS: One thing I am very good at and that is in sensing when audiences are restive and want to go to something else. For innumerable kindnesses, for uncountable blessings, for support that I didn't deserve, for the Grand Lodge Line that has been marvelously committed, for all of the associations among the Past Grand Masters which I cherish and treasure for having listened to points of view which did not always coincide with their own, but most of all for the precious privilege of wearing this jewel and this apron and carrying the guidon of Masonry in this state for the past year, I will be eternally grateful. It will be my prayer that you and I will meet again. Thank you. (Standing applause.) GRAND LODGE DECLARED AT EASE

The Grand Lodge was declared at ease in order that families and friends might be present for the Open Installation of Grand Lodge Officers.

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INSTALLATION OF GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Installing Officer Installing Marshal Installing Chaplain

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Let us pray, our Heavenly Father, we come now to the time when the administration of a very capable and successful leader is concluded, and we will now install a new Grand Master - and so, we express our gratitude and thanks for the accomplishments of the past, and invoke thy continued guidance, direction and loving protective care to be bestowed upon M.W. Bro. and Dr. J. Edward Blinn. He has served the osteopathic profession and the United States Naval Reserve with distinction. His services in responsible positions as an active member of Marshfield Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) assures him that great responsibilities cannot be handled properly and successfully without Thy blessing and benison: so, we pray that he and the entire incoming administration may continue to enjoy a full measure of Thy blessings and favor. May it be Thy will, that M. W. Brother Blinn be kept safe in all of his travels, and keep him and his loved ones in good health and strength that the responsibilities of the office of Grand Master maybe disposed of in keeping with Thy will and with success: and may all of the members of our beloved Fraternity render whatever help, aid and assistance that is required of them to lighten the strenuous duties of his high office. This we ask in the name of Him in whom we have all professed to put our trust. Amen! THE GRAND LODGE OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1980-81

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REMARKS OF M.W. BRO. WALTER L. WALKER

M.W. BROTHER WALKER:]. Edward Blinn, as you know, you were appointed by Bro. Hugh McLaughlin, who was taken from us by untimely death. How we would have enjoyed being here today and seeing you installed as Grand Master. Those of us who perform in his stead today do so because of our close affection for Bro. Hugh McLaughlin and for you. BENEDICTION OF M.W. BRO. GEORGE F. MORRISON Supreme Grand Master, we again thank You for Your presence here during all of our deliberations, and for Your direction and guidance, and now, as we leave to return to our loved ones and our respective homes, may God's shalom, God's peace and loving protective care go with us, now and henceforth, as we discharge our assigned responsibilities and work together throughout the year to assist our newly installed Grand Master to discharge the arduous duties of his office, and to advance the best interests of our beloved Masonic Fraternity. May our efforts to work together as fraternal brothers in a common cause under the leadership of our Grand Master Blinn bring honor and glory to Thy name, and be of great benefit to all of the lodges and membership throughout this Grand Jurisdiction. This we ask in the name of Him in whom we have all professed to put our trust. Amen!

PRESENTATIONS TO M.W. GRAND MASTER J. EDWARD BLINN

M.W. Bro. Thomas]. Davis, Jr. presented the Grand Master's Apron. M.W. Bro. Fielding A. Poe presented the Grand Master's Jewel. M.W. Bro.]. C. Montgomery, Jr. presented the Grand Master's Lapel Pin. R.W. Bro. Frank A. Arnold presented the Grand Master's Gold Identification Card. REMARKS OF M.W. GRAND MASTER J. EDWARD BLINN M.W. BROTHER Bul'.:l': I want to say thank you to the Installing Officers and to the Past Grand Masters who made these presentations and to Bro. Frank Arnold who made the presentation of the Gold Card. I have come to Grand Lodge Sessions for a good many years. And for many years I sat out in those seats and noted the magnificent way in which the men who occupy this section over here - our Past Grand Masters, some of whom performed the services today - cond ucted the business of the Grand Lodge in such a fine manner, not only in the Grand Lodge Session but also throughout the year. I presumed that that ability came when you were appointed into the line. I was appointed into the line several years ago; and after two or three years I figured it must come with the Installation as Grand Master. Brethren, I have some bad news; I don't think anything has happened; I don't feel any smarter now than I did an hour ago. I more or less suspected that there wasn't any Divine Revelation that went with this job. I certainly wish to thank the Grand Lodge for the honor of being elected to this position and for the privilege of leading this Fraternity for the ensuing year. When we meet in session again a year from now, I hope that the record that will have been written of my service will meet with your entire approbation. At least, I pledge to you that during this year I will concentrate my efforts and give diligent attention to the duties of this office, so that I may merit the confidence you have reposed in me by allowing me to occupy this place. I thank each and everyone of you for coming. There is quite a delegation from Marshfield, Springfield, and environs. I wish to thank all of these for coming.

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I have three grandsons out there somewhere: Jason, Jarred, and Dax Amary. (Applause.) PRESENTATION BY WEBSTER LODGE NO. 98

Worshipful Master Claude E. Wells, Jr., with members of the Lodge, presented an apron case to their distinguished brother, Grand Master J. Edward Blinn, expressed congratulations, offered assistance in every way possible, and wished the best of luck in the coming year. PRESENTATIONS OF ABOU BEN ADHEM SHRINE TEMPLE

The Captain ofthe Clowns Unit accompanied by Dr. Ben Gaines, Illustrious Potentate of Abou Ben Adhem Shrine, presented a plaque to M.W. Grand Master Blinn. The plaque was inscribed "The First Clown Mason." Illustrious Potentate Ben Gaines, on behalf of over 6,400 Shrine Masons of Southwest Missouri, presented the Fez of Abou Ben Adhem inscribed with the title of Office of Grand Master. PRESENTATION TO M.W. BROTHER GUS

o. NATIONS

The Grand Secretary presented Past Grand Master Nations a leather-bound book containing: The four issues of The Freemason magazine published during the Grand Lodge year 1979-80; the Report of the President of the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home of Missouri (1979); the Address of the Grand Master (1980); the Program of the 159th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. The Grand Secretary presented to M.W. Brother Nations the Patent that certifies service to the Grand Lodge of Missouri as Grand Master from September 25, 1979 to September 30, 1980. RESOLUTION OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI

The Grand Secretary read the Resolution prepared by the Missouri House of Representatives, Eightieth General Assembly, congratulating Mr. Gus O. Nations on the completion of a most productive and successful term as Grand Master and extending best wishes for continued success in all future endeavors. GRAND LODGE DECLARED CALLED FROM EASE TO LABOR CLOSING

The 159th 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 160th on Monday, September 28, 1981, at Springfield, Missouri.

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Grand Lodge of Missouri 1980-1981 DR. J. EDWARD BUNN •...•••...••.•..••.•.............•..••••• Grand Master P.O. Box 14, Marshfield 65706 WILLIAM J. HILL Deputy Grand Master 2330 Commerce Tower, 911 Main Street, Kansas City 6"4105 EARL K. DILLE Senior Grand Warden 10258 Butterworth Lane, St. Louis 63131 ROBERT J. CREDE Junior Grand Warden Route 2, Jefferson City 65101 W. MARION LUNA Grand Treasurer do Bank of Piedmont, Highway 34 South, Piedmont 63957 FRANK A. ARNOLD •.•••••••••..•.••...•••...•...........•••• Grand Secretary 800 Highway 63 North, Columbia 65201 STANTON T. BROWN Grand Lecturer Route I, Box 225, Buckner 64016 ,. Senior Grand Deacon VERN H. SCHNEIDER 4 Exmoor Drive, St. Louis 63124 Junior Grand Deacon CHARLES E. SCHEURICH 124 Meadow Lane, Columbia 65201 P. VINCENT KINKEAD Senior Grand Steward Route 2, Box 243, Farmington 63640 WILLIAM H. WISBROCK Junior Grand Steward 733 Landscape Ave., Webster Groves 63119 THOMAS K. MCGUIRE, JR Senior Grand Marshal 2522 South Glendale Avenue, Springfield 65804 ROBERT G. BIRD Junior Grand Marshal 2415 East Latoka, Springfield 65804 Grand Sword Bearer MORRIS J. FAULKNER Route 1, Box 208A, Fordland 65652 Grand Pursuivant CARL W. TERRy 609 East McVay, Marshfield 65706 THE REV. CARL L. RADFORD Grand Chaplain 2334 South Dollison, Springfield 65807 THE REV. CECIL H. HURT Grand Chaplain P.O. Box 156, Dexter 63841 Grand Chaplain DR. W. TRIBBEY NICKERSON 1731 N.E. Club House Drive, North Kansas City 64116 Grand Chaplain RABBI BRUCE S. DIAMOND 7432 Tulane, St. Louis 63130 " Grand Chaplain DR. MURRELL T. CUNNINGHAM 6354 Wydown Blvd., Clayton 63105 Grand Chaplain DR. M. GRAHAM CLARK School of the Ozarks, Point Lookout 65726 THE REV. ERNEST H. WOTRING, JR. " Grand Chaplain Route 1, Box 47, Conway 65632 LON G. ORR Grand Orator P.O. Box 73, Joplin 64801 ROBERT D. JENKINS Grand Orator 2609 West 70th St., Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66208 Grand Tiler JAMES S. WEST 1911 South Bruce Ave., Springfield 65804

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STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1980-81 Appeals and Grievances: Harry Gershenson, Sr., Chairman, Pierre Laclede Center, Suite 1144,7733 Forsyth Blvd., St. Louis 63105; Lloyd L. Schainker, 7 N. Seventh St., St. Louis 63101; Harold Jos. Toner, 922 Walnut St., Suite 1000, Kansas City 64106; Robert M. Fenlon, P.O. Box 26, Mexico 65265;James E. Brown, 305 N. Moffet Ave.,Joplin 64801. Building Superoisory Board: Harold E. Thornton (2), Chairman, 916 Walnut St., Kansas City 64106; Roy E. Talbott (1),1308 S. Kentucky, Sedalia 65301; Nelson Rowan (3),650 N. Highway 60, Republic 65738. By-Laws: J. Morgan Donelson, D.G.M., Chairman, P.O. Box 211, Princeton 64673; William H. Utz,Jr., 1208 Corby Bldg., St.Joseph 64501; Ronald M. Belt, 108 Vine St., Macon 63552; Harry Gershenson,Jr., Pierre Laclede Center, Suite 1144,7733 Forsyth Blvd., St. Louis 63105; Newton R. Bradley, 10 S. Tenth St., P.O. Box 130, Lexington 64067. Chartered Lodges: John E. Adams, Chairman, 219 S. Clark Ave., Ferguson 63135; Wilbur M. Daughtrey, 9152 Pardee Spur, St. Louis 63126; Claude E. Wells,Jr. 427 E. Washington, Marshfield 65706;Jim Wester, Rt. 1, Box 270, Fordland 65652; Charles C. Bybee, 510 E. Grand, Springfield 65807. Correspondence: Bruce H. Hunt, P.C.M., P.O. Box 188, Kirksville 63501. Credentials: Ray Hilton, Chairman, 2929 S. Barnes Ave., Springfield 65804; Dale A. Ludwig, 8226 Marvale, St. Louis 63123;John W. Brueggeman, 3121 Timm Dr., St. Louis 63125; Cecil O. Blaylock, 217 S. Louisiana Ave., Cape Girardeau 63701; The Rev. Charles Miller, 1445 Milbank Dr., Florissant 63031. Entertainment of Distinguished Guests: Thomas K. McGuire, Jr., Chairman, 2522 S. Glendale, Springfield 65804; Robert G. Bird, 2415 E. Latoka, Springfield 65804; Eugene E. "Pat" McFarland, P.O. Box 146, Liberal 64762; Charles E. Scheurich, 124 Meadow La., Columbia 65201; Robert J. Crede, Route #2, Jefferson City 65101; L. Doyle Treece, 1853 S. Weller, Springfield 65804;Jimmie Lee, Rt. 4, Box 91, Rogersville 65742;John L. Lorenz, 2123 E. Monroe Ter., Springfield 65802; Frank A. Arnold, 733 Main St., Boonville 65233. Forms and Ceremonies: Frank A. Arnold, Chairman, 800 Highway 63 N., Columbia 65201; Thomas J. Davis, Jr., P.G.M., P.O. Box 217, Piedmont 63957; Leonard V. Bowers, 1817 E. Broadmoor St., Springfield 65804; Stanton T. Brown (Ex Officio), Rt. 1, Box 225, Buckner 64016. Grand Lodge Office Building: Douglas H. Garrett, Chairman, 210 Bourn Ave., Columbia 65201;John Edwin Wetzel, 1117 S. Glenwood Ave., Columbia 65201; Ernest C. Cottle, 1409 Stone St., Columbia 65201; Dr. J. Edward Blinn, Grand Master, P.O. Box 14, Marshfield 65706; Frank A. Arnold, Grand Secretary, 800 Highway 63 N., Columbia 65201. GrandMaster's Address: Gus O. Nations, P.G.M., Chairman, 2440 Copper Beech Dr., St. Louis 63131; and all Past Grand Masters in attendance. Jurisprudence: Walter L. Walker, P.G.M., Chairman, P.O. Box 487, Neosho 64850; Warren R. Maichel, 720 Olive St., 24th Fl., St. Louis 63101; Herbert C. Hoffman, 2918 Commerce Tower, Kansas City 64105; Elvis A. Mooney, P.G.M., 117 N. Prairie St., Bloomfield 63825; Charles E. Becraft, 1311 Village Dr., St. Joseph 64506. Lodges Under Dispensation: Carl G. Brown, Chairman, P.O. Box 9902, Kansas City 64134; Leslie M. (Mac) Hogue, 402 S. Eleventh St., Savannah 64485; Duane Eiserman, 418 N. Sycamore St., Branson 65616; Dr. Harold K. Campbell, P.O. Box 67, Marshfield 65706; Bill J. Beatty, Rt. 1, Box 309B, Strafford 65757. Masonic Boards of Relief: Albert H. Van Gels, Chairman, 24 Spring Dr., Florissant 63031; Sherman F. Knorr, 4617 Alexander St., St. Louis 63116; Edgar E. Martin, 3110 N. Ninth St., St. Joseph 64505; Christian O. Husing, 309 Country Club Dr., Rock Port 64682; W. Larrance Roe, 1815 Michigan Ave., Joplin 64H01. Masonic Education: Thomas C. Warden (1), Chairman, P.O. Box 540, Owensville 65066; Joseph S. Van Dolah (2), 10209 E. 95th Ter., Kansas City 64134; Dr. J. C. Montgomery,Jr., P.G.M. (3), P.O. Box 574, Mexico 65265; Olin S. McDaniel (3),117 East School St., Bonne Terre 63628; Bruce H. Hunt, P.G.M. (1), P.O. Box 188. Kirksville

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63501; Ronald M. Compton (2), 3633 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis 631 08; Dr.J. Edward Blinn (Ex Officio), P.O. Box 14, Marshfield 65706; William]. Hill (Ex Officio), 2330 Commerce Tower, 911 Main St., Kansas City 64105; Earl K. Dille (Ex Officio), 10258 Butterworth La., St. Louis 63131; RobertJ. Crede (Ex Officio), Route #2, Jefferson City 65101. Mileage and Per Diem: Orville L. Livingston, Chairman, Route #1, Edgerton 64444; Edward A. Lang, Route 2, Box 266, Cuba 65453;Jack R. Clark, 9931 McGee, Kansas City 64111; Leo G. Whitaker, 405 Kitty St., Trenton 64683; Virgil Six, Star Route #3, Box 287, Branson 65616. Necrology: George F. Morrison, P.G.M., Chairman, Clayton - P.O. Box 16674, St. Louis 63105; Dr. Harold O. Grauel, P.G.M., P.O. Box 389, Cape Girardeau 6:nOl; Frank P. Briggs, P.G.M., 1132 N. Jackson, Macon 63552; William R. Denslow, P.G.M., P.O. Box 529, Trenton 64683; Walter L Walker, P.G.M., P.O. Box 487, Neosho 64850. Relief and Charity: W. Marion Luna, Chairman, c/o Bank of Piedmont, Highway 34 S., Piedmont 63957; Harry C. Ploetze, 5417 Donovan Ave., St. Louis 63109;John E. Wetzel, 116 N. 4th St., Louisiana 63353; Robert G. Bird, 2415 E. Latoka, Springfield 65804; Carl I. Stein, Secretarv, Masonic Home of Missouri, 5351 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis 63112. Ritual: Stanton'T. Brown, Chairman, Route I, Box 225, Buckner 64016; Freelon K. Hadley, 1506 Wayne Dr., St.Joseph 64506; Carroll R. Moorman, Route 1, Box 85-A, St. Clair 63077; Ronnie L. House, P.O. Box 335, Mansfield 65704; Dale A. Ludwig, 8226 Marvale, St. Louis 63123; Eugene E. "Pat" ~lcFariand, P.O. Box 146, Liberal 64762. Ways and Means: Walter H. Baird (3), Chairman, 234 E. Parkway Dr., Columbia 65201; George F. Morrison, P.G.M. (2) Clayton - P.O. Box 16674, St. Louis 63105; Dr. Henry R. Stoker (1) 207 Redwood Court, Lee's Summit 64063; Ronald P. Krueger (1), 1215 Des Peres Rd., St. Louis 63131; Owen A. Sloan (3) 1100 S. 18th St., Blue Springs 64015; W. Marion Luna, Grand Treasurer, c/o BankofPiedmont, Highway 34 S., Piedmont 63957.

SPECIAL COMMITTEES Commissionfor Internal Affairs: Fielding A. Poe, P.G.M., Chairman, 50 IN. Lafayette St., Florissant 63031; Ray Hilton, 2929 S. Barnes Ave., Springfield 65804; Thomas C. Warden, P.O. Box 540, Owensville 65066. George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association: Dr. .J. C. Montgomery, Jr., P.G.M., Chairman, P.O. Box 574, Mexico 65265; Dr. James A. Noland, Jr., P.C.M., Osage Beach 65065; Homer L. Ferguson, P.G.M., 1927 N. Circle Dr., Jefferson City 65101; Fielding A. Poe, P.G.\1., 501 N. Lafayette St., Florissant 63031; Lewis C. Wes Cook, P.G.M., P.O. Box 12444, North Kansas City 64116; Col. James M. Sellers, P.C.M., Sunset View, Lexington 64067. Jurisdiction: Vern H. Schneider, Chairman, 4 Exmoor Dr., St. Louis 63124; Erwin J. Roesel, 225 S. Meramec, Suite 404, Clayton 63105; Harold M.Jayne, P.G.M., 129 S. Main St., Memphis 63555. Public Relations: Richard B. Ramage, Chairman, 110 Old Oaks Dr., Ballwin 63011; Herman A. Orlick, P.G.M., 12 Cambridge Court, Glendale 63122; Jack Abshier, 5721 West 61st St., Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66202; Robert H. Bray, 325 Corprew, Fayette 65248; Alfred M. Frager, 731 Timber Run, St. Louis 63141; Charles R. "Bob" Clark, 860 E. Bedford, Marshfield 65706; Jack Watters, 210 Hill Crest, Marshfield 65706. Public Schools: Walter C. Ploeser, Chairman, 3633 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis 63108; Nelson B. Tinnin, P.O. Box 288, Hornersville 63855; Dr. James A. ;\Ioland,Jr., P.G.M., Osage Beach 65065; Elvis A. Mooney, P.G.\1., 1171\:. Prairie St., Bloomfield 63825; Dr. G. Hugh Wamble, 4840 I\:.E. Chouteau Dr., Kansas City 64 119; Fielding A. Poe, P.G.M., 501 N. Lafayette St., Florissant 63031; AlbertJ. Elfrank, Route #2, Advance 637:~0; Dr. Charles]. McClain, Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville 63501; Dr. M. Graham Clark, School of the Ozarks, Point Lookout 65726; Dr. James J. Gibbons, 511 E. Normal St., Springfield 65807. RecoKJlition of Foreign Grand Lodges: William R. Denslow, P.G.M., Chairman, P.O. Box

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GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

529, Trenton 64683; John Black Vrooman, P.O. Box 402, St. Louis 63166; Frank A. Arnold, 800 Highway 63 N., Columbia 6520 I. Youth: Ronald M. Compton, Chairman, 3633 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis 63108; LionelJ. Goede, 715 Murry Hill Dr., Fenton 63026; Eugene E. Wilson, III Loch Lane, Columbia 65201; O. Wesley Konering, 611 Olive St., St. Louis 63101; Dan C. Peak, 9702 Beacon, Kansas City 64134. OTHER APPOINTMENT Auditor: Robert Asbury, 1750 S. Brentwood Blvd., St. Louis 63144 314-961-9030.

Telephone:

MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI Officers 1980-1981 Honorary Chairman: Dr. J. Edward Blinn, P.O. Box 14, Marshfield 65706. President: Wm. J. Hill, 2330 Commerce Tower, 911 Main St., Kansas City 64105. Vice President: Harry C. Ploetze, 5417 Donovan Ave., St. Louis 63109. Treasurer: John E. Wetzel, 116 N. Fourth St., Louisiana 63353. Secretary: Carl I. Stein, 5351 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis 63112.

Directors Robert G. Bird (1983), 2415 East Lotaka, Springfield 65804. Dr. J. Edward Blinn, P.O. Box 14, Marshfield 65706. Joseph H. Collison (1984), P.O. Box 126, Weston 64098. Robert J. Crede, Rt. 2, Jefferson City 6510 I. James E. Dearing (1983), 6330 Waterman, St. Louis 63130. Earl K. Dille, 10258 Butterworth Lane, St. Louis 63131. Wm. J. Hill, 2330 Commerce Tower, 911 Main St., Kansas City 64105. Robert D. Jenkins (1984),7741 Troost, Kansas City 64131. W. Marion Luna (1981), do Bank of Piedmont, P.O. Box 398, Piedmont 63957. K. Roger Pennel (1982), P.O. Box 157, Fairfax 64446. Harry C. Ploetze (1982), 5417 Donovan Ave., St. Louis 63109. Vern H. Schneider, 100 N. Broadway, Ste. 700, St. Louis 63102. John E. Wetzel (1981), 116 N. Fourth St., Louisiana 63353. Administrator H. David Thomas, Masonic Home of Missouri, 5351 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis 63112. Secretary to the Board of Directors Carl I. Stein, Masonic Home of Missouri, 5351 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis 63112. Co-Ordinator of Fraternal Relations Howard E. Ward, Masonic Home of Missouri, 5351 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis 63112. MISSOURI LODGE OF RESEARCH Master: Olin S. McDaniel, P.O. Box 415, Bonne Terre 63628-0415; SecretaryTreasurer: A. W. "Whit" Griffith, P.O. Box 480, Fulton 65251-0480 LMNG PAST GRAND MASTERS OF THIS JURISDICTION N arne and Address Homer L. Ferguson, 1927 N. Circle Dr., Jefferson City 65101

Col. James M. Sellers, Sunset View, Lexington 64067 Harold M. Jayne, 129 S. Main St., Memphis 63555 Frank P. Briggs, 1132 N. Jackson St., Macon 63552 Dr. Harold O. Grauel, P.O. Box 389, Cape Girardeau 63701

Year of Service

. . . . .

1951-52 1953-54 1956-57 1957-58 1959-60

164

1980

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Bruce H. Hunt, P.O. Box 188, Kirksville 63501 George F. Morrison, Clayton - P.O. Box 16674, St. Louis 63105 A. Basey Vanlandingham, Rt. 3, Columbia 65201 William R. Denslow, P.O. Box 529, Trenton 64683 Elvis A. Mooney, 117 N. Prairie St., Bloomfield 63825 J. Morgan Donelson, P.O. Box 211, Princeton 64673 William H Chapman, 20 W. Lockwood, Webster Groves 63119 ThomasJ. Davis,Jr., P.O. Box 217, Piedmont 63957 Walter L. Walker, P.O. Box 487, Neosho 64850 Herman A. Orlick, 12 Cambridge Ct., Glendale 63122 Lewis C. Wes Cook, P.O. Box 12444, North Kansas City 64116 Fielding A. Poe, 501 N. Lafayette St., Florissant 63031 Dr. James A. Noland, Jr., Osage Beach 65065 Dr. J. c. Montgomery, Jr., P.O. Box 574, Mexico 65265 Gus O. Nations, 2440 Copper Beach Dr., St. Louis 63131

1960-61 1964-65 1965-66 1967-68 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80

PAST GRAND TREASURER William H. Utz, Jr., 1208 Corby Bldg., St. Joseph 64501.

PAST GRAND SECRETARY Elmer W. Wagner, 506 Redondo Dr., Ballwin 63011.

PAST GRAND LECTURER Freelon K. Hadley, 1506 Wayne Dr., St. Joseph 64506.

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND LECTURERS

1980-1981

1. Joe M. March (635), Route I, Box Ill, Greentop 63546 2. Richard Burrus (414), Route I, Baring 63531 3. Edward L. Tietsort (171), Route 5, Box 115, Unionville 63565 4. Philip S. Johnson (35), 903 Elm St., Princeton 64673 5. Robert A. Bartlett (97), 805 S. 20th St., Bethany 64424 6. G. Oren Steinman (377), 109 Trotter St., King City 64463 7. Vern W. Summa (470), Route I, Box 37, Parnell 64475 8. William M. Kee (139), Route I, Box 4B, Oregon 64473 9. H. Dale Boeh (189), Route I, Easton 64443 10. F. Kenneth Eads (4H8), P.O. Box 197, Jamesport 64648 11. Roger L. Pritchell (506), P.O. Box 244, Lathrop 64465 12. John D. Patton (232), Route 2, Polo 64671 13. Edwin L. Smith (481), Route 2, Box 388, Marceline 64658 14. Earl Wayne Orr (228), #7 Sharon Dr., Box 602, Shelbina 63468

1. Merle B. Graham (362), 358 W. Maple Ave., Kahoka 63445 2. Dale C. Motter (366), 909 Fairview, Kirksville 6350 I 3. Ronald E. Smith (171), Route 5, Box 152, Unionville 63565 4. Melvin Brees (35), Route 2, Princeton 64673 5. Larry D. Peugh (328), Mt. Moriah 64665 6. Glenn V. Bulla (377), 112 Martin St., King City 64463 7. Richard Ray Cordell (50), Route I, Box 127, Parnell 64475 H. Darrell L. Jones (483), Route 2, Box 37, Fairfax 64446 9. Eldon G. Weston (269), 2019 Beattie Apt. B., St. Joseph 64506 10. Benjamin E. Lollar (15), Winston 64689 11. Jim B. Rowland (31), 4904 N. Sycamore Dr., Kansas City 64119 12. Billy Joe Cox (89), 1616 Jennings Place, Chillicothe 64601 13. Virgil W. Slaughter (325), Route 2, Box 224, Meadville 64659 14. R. Clyde Foster (332), 921 East McKinsey St., Moberly 65270

1980

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

15. H. Fred Helbing (188),112 Shepherd Place, Hannibal 6340 I 16. Norman K. Atkinson (136), 616 S. Court St., Bowling Green 63334 17. Gillam Street (23), Route 2, Perry 63462 18. Billie Pollard (344), 715 S. Morley St., Moberly 65270 19. C. Gail Brown (628), P.O. Box 98, Mendon 64660 20. Harold R. Shatto (216), Route 2, Hale 64643 21. Cecil W. Breid (13), 709 N.E. 81st Ter., Kansas City 64118 22A. D. Eugene Wisner (522), 405 Palmer, Blue Springs 64015 22B. Lawrence S. Cameron (617), 511 Concord, Belton 64012 23. Theodore]. Hon (476), Route 3, Box 182, Odessa 64076 24. Lloyd R. Finney (205), 604 Leawood Dr., Marshall 65340 25. Dr. David L. Dimond (47), 305 Corprew, Fayette 65248 26. Joseph R. Bell (59), 414 S. Bradford St., Centralia 65240 27. Roy Fowler (491), 713 N. Jefferson St., Vandalia 63382 28. Verle T. Naughton (246), Route 2, Box 164C, Mont~omery City 63361 29. James A. Vaughn (199), 212-214 Broadway, Elsberry 63343 30. Dennis R. Martin (241), (Resi~ned) 30. Leman Shepherd (11), Route I, Foristell 63348 31. Edward Ewing Shikles (90), Route I, Box 109, Russellville 65074 32. John .J. Darcy (363), Route I, Robertsville 63072 33A. David R. Vogler (626), 5037 Fendler Place, St. Louis 63116 33B. Norman H. Behrend (179), 9144 Ranch Meadows Dr., St. Louis 63136 34. H. Eugene Self (147), 1005 Edgevale Ter., Harrisonville 64701 35. Charles H. Boyd (254), P.O. Box 225, Butler 64730 36. Jerry D. Bilyeu (262), Route 2, Box 144, Holden 64040 37.

Eu~ene

R. Schell (29), 301 Olive, P.O. Box 2H3, Windsor 65360 3H. William E. Brenneman (83), Linn Creek Star Route, Lebanon 65536

165

15. Lee B. Turner (188), 4907 Prospect Ave., Hannibal 63401 16. Lester O. Henderson (92), 20 N. 6th St., Bowling Green 63334 17. Lecil Ulry (302), Route I, Perry 63462 18. Delbert Dailey (344), 837 M'yra St., Moberly 65270 19. H. Dale DeWeese (73), Route I, Box 143A, Brunswick 65236 20. A. Merlin Armstrong (52),712 W. 6th St., Carrollton 64633 21. Marvin G. Shull (13), 2304 Shady Lane, Kansas City 64118 22A. Earl F. Bowman (522), 304 East Nettleton, Independence 64050 22B. Melvin J. Sanders (569), 9409 East 80th St., Raytown 64138 23. Richard F. Martin (149), 606 S. 23rd St., Lexington 64067 24. Thomas A. Meads (205), 208 E. Rea St., Marshall 65340 25. Robert Harris Bray (47), 325 Corprew, Fayette 65248 26. William G. Barnett (356), Route I, Harrisburg 65256 27. William A. Gamblian (491), 615 East Park St., Vandalia 63382 28. Glenn H. Oliver (246), (Deceased) 28. Calvin D. Schroff (246), Box 3, Montgomery City 63361 29. Herald E. Schaper (588), P.O. Box 9, Moscow Mills 63362 30. Ezra Franklin Williams (46), 7 Kni~ht Lane, O'Fallon 63366 31. Nolen H. Rinne (326), P.O. Box 427, Holts Summit 65043 32. Lee O. Kin~ (534),307 East Sand St., Pacific 63069 33A. David E. Greco (641), 7307 Sharp Ave., St. Louis 63116 33B. Ervin A. Drewing (626), 4209 Humphrey, St. Louis 63116 34. Billy K. Thomas (147),1203 Melinda, Harrisonville 6470 I 35. Arthur R. Zellmer (368), Route 1, Amoret 64722 36. Robert D. Weikal (236), 420 S. Grand Ave., Sedalia 65301 37. Edgar L. Kneip (548), 418 Peyton St., Clinton 64735 38. Vir~il R. Bradsher (152), State Road (F), Sunrise Beach 65079

166

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

39. Elden Ommert (145), P.O. Box 54, Ravmondville 65555 40. Carl 路P. Brown (673), 2537 Starling Airport Rd., Arnold 63010 41. Fred V. Hogan (144), Route I, Box 68, Flemington 65660 42. Lacey Stapp (87), P.O. Box 12, Greenfield 65661 4:~. Grover G. Phillips (605), Route 1, Harwood 64750 44. Warren E. Carr (471),502 East Central St., Oronogo 64855 45. John S. McMullin (422), 717 W. Seminole, Springfield 65807 46. Jesse P. Matthews (469), Nebo 65471 47. Arthur L. Cook, Sr. (353), P.O. Box 253, Ellington 63638 48. HaroldJ. Richardson (424), 502 Norwood Dr., Bonne Terre 63628 49. Charles H. Daume (221), Star Route, Oak Ridge 63769 50. Claude F. Stephens (590), P.O. Box 42, Advance 63730 :",1. Arblean McHugh (665), Route I, Box 260, Wardell 63879 52. Roy \\'. McGhee, Sr. (526), 122 S. Main St., Piedmont 63957 53. Albert E. Gimple, Jr. (637), Route 3, Box 119, Mountain View 65548 54. Darrell R. Shortt (296), Route 4, Box 102B, Marshfield 65706 55. T. Gordon Williams (284), P.O. Box 514, Aurora 65605 56. Clinton H. Shaddox, Jr. (647), P.O. Box 4, Jane 64846 57 A. James Russell (Russ) Tinker, Sr. (668), 2145 Splendor Dr., Florissant 63031 57B. Edwin B. Brzezinski (669), 9148 Pardee Spur, Crestwood 63126 57C. James V. Sellers, .II'. (45), 832 Clayton Rd., Ballwin 63011 58. George W. Berkstresser, Jr. (591), Route I, Barnett 650 II 59. William E. Allison (392), P.O. Box 128, Oak Grove 64075 60. Oscar B. Rogers (406), Route 2, Box 218, Malden 63863

1980

39. Maurice \1ayberry (77), Route 2, Box 3, Cook Station 65449 40. Clifford ;\I. Tallev (143), 601 N. School St., Desloge 63601 41. Ronnie West (44), Route 2, Fair Play 6.~649

42. Dr. Peter J. Jackson (283), Route 3, Stockton 65785 43. Eugene E. "Pat" McFarland (187), P.O. Box 146, Liberal 64762 44. Robert E. Hammond (512), 328 East Daugherty, Carterville 64835 45. Michael D. Ballard (477), 20 I David Lane, Box 183, Rogersville 65742 46. Ronnie L. House (543), P.O. Box 33.:;, Mansfield 65704 47. James E. Newton (509), P.O. Box 135, Van Buren 63965 48. Jerrold K. Clemons (41), P.O. Box 316, Bismarck 63624 49. Laymond A. Allgood (672), 1735 Ridgeway Dr., Cape Girardeau 63701 50. William C. Bell (532), 216 Carter St., Dexter 63841 51. Theodore 1'. \lartin (571), 102 E. Washington St., Hayti 63851 52. Chester R. Carpenter (526), Route 2, Box 182, Piedmont 63957 53. (;eorge A. Collins (182), 1465 W. 5th St., West Plains 65775 54. Carnell E. Cutbirth (515), Route 1, Box 293B, (;alena 65656 55. John Robert Mullins (284),1010 Sunset St., Aurora 6.:;605 56. Jimmie Lee Moreland (247), P.O. Box 204, Seneca 64965 57 A. Bobby L. Hackworth (668), 107 Anastasia Dr., Calverton Park 63135 57B. Charles M. Benedict (613), 502 Coachlight, Hazelwood 63042 57C. Carl E. Herbert (566), 2604 Circle Dr., Maplewood 63143 58. J. Dwight McDonald (591), Route 2, Barnett 65011 59. Victor L. Ford (391), 7916 Arlington, Raytown 64138 60. Dr. Guster R. Madle (68),210 John R. St., Kennett 63857

1980

167

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LODGES WITH DISTRICT NUMBERS

No.

District

Name

A 602 444 366 355 590 10 219 544 198 659 255 347 141 443

377 356 621 193 529 412 389 633 346 673 55 100 156 127 267 26

Acacia Ada Adair Adelphi Advance Agency Albert Pike Algabil Allensville Alpha Alton America Amsterdam Anchor Ancient Craft Ancient Landmark Anderson Angerona Apollo Appleton City Arcana Archie Arlington Arnold Arrow Rock Ash Grove Ashland Athens Aurora Ava

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

26 23 2 21 50 9 22-B 33-A 6 22-A

53 33-A 35 57-B 6

26 56 11 57-C 37 3 34 39 40 24 45 26 6

33-A 46

217

Barbee 116 Barnes 353 Barnesville 591 Barnett 367 Barry 365 Bayou 3 Beacon 393 Bee Hive 632 Belgrade 373 Belle 450 Belton 170 Benevolence 642 Benjamin Franklin " 667 Berkeley 378 Berlin 573 Bernie 97 Bethany

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

24 46 47 58 55 53 57-A 11 40 39 34 12 57-A 57-A 10 60 5

No.

537 379 150 41 535 153

Bethel

331 407 487

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Bismarck Blackwell Bloomfield 102 Bloomington 337 Blue Springs 101 Bogard 195 Bolivar 45 Bonhomme 597 Bosworth 587 Branson 135 Braymer 334 Breckenridge 616 Brentwood 80 Bridgeton 86 Brookfield 269 Brotherhood 233 Bucklin 501 Buckner 675 Bunker 442 Burlington 254 Butler 416 328 486 552 183 38 63 169 284 231 549 249 401 197 461 147 305 172 674 59 615 185

District

Name

C Cache Cainsville Cairo Calhoun California Callao Cambridge Camden Point Canopy Cardwell Carl Junction Carroll Carterville Carthage Caruthersville Cass Cecile Daylight Censer Central Crossing Centralia Chaffee Chamois Charity Charleston Chilhowee

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

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

14 54 9 48 40 50 14 59 20 41 57-C 20 54 12 12 57-B 57-A 13 9 13 59 47 7 35 33-A 5 18 37 31 14 24 21 55 60 44 20 44 44 51 34 22-A 14 55

26 49 31 9 50 36

See "Lodge Directory by Districts" pages 188-210 for location: Town and County.

168

District

No.

Name

392 342 662 610 559 17 645 207 601 651 463 520 548 482 274 485 595 168 534 533 120 432 369 454 528 36 265 323 600 282 656 561 287 606 519 368 669 586 312 525 227

Christian Circle Clarence Clark Clarksdale Clarksville Clarkton Clay Clayton Cleveland Clifton Clifton Heights Clinton Clintonville Cold Spring Coldwater Cole Camp Colony Columbia Comfort Compass ~om peti.tion Composite Continental Conway Cooper Corinthian Cornerstone Cosby Cosmos Country Club Cowgill Craft Craig Crane Crescent Hill Crestwood Criterion Cuba Cunningham Cypress

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

59 37 14 18 10 16 60

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

28 12 55 6 47 40 50 13 45

57-C 34 53 33-A 37 43 36 34 36 2 32 55

21 38 52 10 38 25 36 57-C 9 33-B 22-B 12 15 8

54 35 57-B 44 39 19 13

D 492 539 400 88 137 119 532 325 300

1980

PROCEEDINGS OF THE No.

District

Name

E 285 575 630 384 291 318 599 607 14 497 121 278 505 73 27 405 577

332 441

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

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

10 32 22-B 50 2 1

48 47 16 39 33-B 50 57-B 19 32 42 15 14 49

F 483 290 44 132 47 345 281 542 339 23 668 578 453 554 212 363 636

352 89 48

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

. 8 . 1 . 41 . 48 . 25 . 44 . 57-C . 57-A . 21 . 17 . 57-A . 57-B . 54 . 35 . 60 . 32 . 57-B . 54 . 12 . 27

G 515 106 655 522 422 9 427 218

Galena................... Gallatin.................. Gardenville C..ate C路 _tty Gate of the Temple . George Washington. . . . . .. Glenwood................ Good Hope..............

54 10 57-B 22-A 45 33-B 1 33-A

See "Lodge Directory by Districts" pages 188-210 for location: Town and County.

1980

169

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

District

No.

Name

72 397 289 644 514 579 276 618 272 66 173 414 635 107

Gorin .................... Gower .. .............. ... Graham ................. Grain Valley ............. Granby ............. ..... Grandin ................. Grand River Grandview ............... Granite ............ ...... Grant City ......... ...... Gray Summit ... .......... Greensburg ....... ....... Greentop ............... . Greenville ...... ..........

216 336 224 188 499 672 171 571 459 354 117 37 477 338 123 288 187 104 211 527 364 362 279 262 660 251 239 215 4 32 415 30

Hale City ....... ......... Hallsville ...... ........... Hamilton ............... . Hannibal .. .............. Harmony .. ...... ........ Harold O. Grauel ........ . Hartford ..... ............ Hayti ...... .............. Hazelwood ............... Hebron .................. Helena ................. . Hemple ................. . Henderson . .............. Herculaneum ........... . Hermann ......... ....... Hermitage ........ ....... Hermon ........... ...... Heroine ................ . Hickory Hill ............ . Higbee .................. Higginsville .............. Hiram ................... Hogles Creek ............ Holden .................. Holliday ................. Hope .................... Hopewell ................ Hornersville .............. Howard ................. Humphreys .............. Hunnewell ............... Huntsville ................

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1 11 7 59 56 47 34 59 36 6 32 2 1 52

20 26 12 IS 33-A 49 3 51 45 27 9 II 45 40 32 41 43 22-B 31 18 23 I 41 36 17 32 47 60 2S 3 14 18

District

No. Name

54 536 381 154 143 446

Index . .............. - ... Ingomar ................. Ionia . ................... Ionic . ................... Irondale ................. Ivanhoe . ................

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

13 18 6 10 10 44 31 57-A 42 34 40 6 28 44 46

K 220 311 68 243 376 105 484 245 582

Kansas City .............. Kearney ................. Kennett .................. Keystone ................. King Hill ................ Kirksville ................ Kirkwood ................ Knob Noster ............. Koshkonong .............

22-A 11 60 57-B 9 2 57-B 36 53

La Belle . ................ 15 Laclede . ................. 38 Laddonia . ............... 27 Lakeville . ................ 50 Lamar . .................. 43 Lambskin . ............... 33-B La Monte . ............... 36 Lanes Prairie . ............ 39 La Plata . ................ 14 Laredo . ................. 4 La Russell . ............... 44 Lathrop ................. II Latimer .................. 39 410 Iberia .................. . 38 Leadwood ............... 48 581 lllmo .................... 49 Lebanon . ................ 39 76 Independence ............ 59 Lexington . ............... 23 See "Lodge Directory by Districts" pages 188-210 for location: Town and County. 222 83 115 489 292 460 574 531 237 253 592 506 145 598 77 149

170

1980

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

No.

Name

District

31 302 666 138 326 152 521 488 257 259 268 128 403

Liberty II Lick Creek 17 Lilbourn 51 Lincoln.................. 9 Linn 31 Linn Creek 38 Lockwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 42 Lock Springs 10 Lodge of Light . 5 Lodge of Love . I Lodge of Truth . 14 Lorraine. . 5 Lowry City 37

433 626 112 406 543 566 481 110 569 324 125 260 16 628 313 35 2 244 567 151 471 1 639 344 144 612 129 295 64 490 246 58 603 184 351 558 294 476 See

Macks Creek 38 Magnolia 33-A Maitland................. 8 Malden.................. 60 Mansfield................ 46' Maplewood 57-C Marceline................ 13 Marcus 48 Marlborough............. 22-B McDonald 59 McFall-Gentryville 6 Mechanicsville............ 30 Memphis I Mendon 19 Meramec 57-C Mercer 4 Meridian................. 33-A Middle Fabius I Miller 55 Milton................... 18 Mineral.................. 44 Missouri-Commonwealth.. 33-B Mizpah 57-A Moberly 18 Modern.................. 41 Mokane.................. 27 Monett 55 Moniteau 31 Monroe.................. 17 Montevallo............... 43 Montgomery 28 Monticello 15 Morehouse............... 50 50 Morley Mosaic................... 48 Moscow.................. 29 Mound City 8 Mount Hope...... . 23 "Lodge Directory by Districts" pages

District

No.

Name

40 439 99 614 327 158 637 221

Mount Moriah Mt. Olive Mt. Vernon Mount Washington Mt. Zion Mountain Grove Mountain View Mystic Tie

25 568 560 247 60 510 199 307 429 270 473 470 647 643 157 358 622

Naphtali Naylor Nelson Neosho New Bloomfield New Hampton New Hope New London New Madrid New Salem Nineveh Nodaway Noel Northeast North Star Northwest Norwood

. 57-C . 45 . 55 . 59 . 53 . 46 . 53 . 49

N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

33-B 52 24 56 27 5 29 17 51 29 29 7 56 22-A 8

. . . . . . . . . .

33-B 51 33-B 8 22-A 24 43 45 57-A :-\2

o 163 Occidental 671 Odom 576 Olive Branch 139 Oregon 546 Orient 518 Oriental 303 Osage 227 O'Sullivan 623 Overland 624 Owensville

p 241 Palestine................. 30 18 Palmyra 15 19 Paris Union 17 308 Parrott 10 65 Pattonsburg.............. 10 11 Pauldingville............. 30 330 Paul Revere. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 57-A 319 Paulville 2 551 Pendleton................ 48 670 Perryville 49 92 Perseverance............. 16 502 Philadelphia.............. 15 188-210 for location: Town and County.

171

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

District

No.

Name

136 472 399 652 182 469 504 113 142 467

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

176 79 349 232 95 209

131 556 503

179 657 658 190

596 180 383

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

16 7 16 57-C 46 46 21 11 25 41 51 57-C 3

12 33-A

52 40 5 25 33-B

57-A 57-A 3

50 33-A

Q 390

Queen City

R 33 223 391

570 479

385 57 36 I 13

496 435 663 213

550 404 204 316 238 90 572

Ralls..................... 17 Ray 23 Raytown................. 59 Republic................. 45 Rich Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 35 Richland................. 38 Richmond 23 Riddick.................. 41 Rising Sun............... 21 Robert Burns 53 Rockbridge 53 Rockhill 22-B Rolla 39 Rose Hill 57-C Rosendale................ 9 Rowley 21 Rural.................... 22-A Rushville................. 9 Russellville............... 31 Rutledge................. I

District

No.

Name

225 226 208 424 298 462 293

263 617

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 South Gate Southwest Sparta St. Clair St. Francisville '" St. Francois St. James St. Johns' St. Joseph St. Louis 51. Mark's Stanberry Star Star of the West Steele Stella Stockton Strafford Sturgeon Sullivan Summersville Summit Swope Park

565

Tebbetts

71 508 448 126 236 513 585 646 653 625 256 228

371 310 75 511 271 206

547 466 296 273

588 234 230 28 78 20 93 109 419 133 634

538 283 608

174 69

555

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

48 19

48 53

17 44 9 9 43 3 36 60 27 57-A 36 22-A 40 14 43 50 29

7 45 3 22-A 56

54 37 1 48

39 15 9

57-B 49 6

48 51 56 42

45 26 32

46 59 22-B

See "Lodge Directory by Districts" pages 188-210 for location: Town and County.

172 No.

Name

438 299 177 661 56 III 638 205 641 122 440 34 360 114 12

Temperance ............. . Temple ................. . Texas Theodore Roosevelt ..... . Tipton .................. . Trenton ................ . Triangle Trilumina Trinity Triplett Trowel Troy Tuscan ................. . Twilight ................ . Tyro ................... . •

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Union .................. . Union Star ........... .... Unionville .............. . United .......... ......... Unity .................... University ............... . Urbana ................. .

District

Name

11 22-A 46 57-B 31 4 33-B 24 33-A 19 49 29 33-B 26 40

456 665 74 609 87 61 526 375 512 98 84 22 613 46 445 103 396 15 53 340 162 417 620 370 29 540 430 387

Wallace .................. 25 51 Wardell Warren .................. 19 30 Warrenton 42 Washington 23 Waverly Wayne ................... 52 38 Waynesville 44 Webb City 45 Webster 57-B Webster Groves 9 Wellington ............... Wellston ................. 57-A 30 Wentzville West Gate ................ 57-B West View ............... 49 Western Light ............ 41 Western Star ............. 10 Weston .................. 21 Westport ................. 22-B 9 Whitesville ............... Whitewater .............. 49 Willard .................. 45 Williamstown ............. IS Windsor ................. 37 3 Winigan ................. Winona ................. , 47 Woodside ............... , 53

32 10 3 45 43 57-C 41

413 629 509 491 320 676 94 62

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1980

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D~~~'~~~arter

Hermann (5·10·1850) ... Union Star (10·15·1885) Gentryville (5·10-1850) .. Seaman (5·28·1858) . Athens (5·8·1851) . Lorraine (10-17-1878) . Monell (10-15-1890) . Potosi (5·28·1851) . Farmington (5-10-1851) . Star of the West (5-5-1851) Braymer (10-17-1889) . Phoenix (5-9-1859) . Delphian (10-17-1895) . Lincoln (6-2-1866) . Oregon (5-31-1855 . Amsterdam (9-27·1906) . Pleasant Grove (5-31·1855) Irondale (5-26-1864) .. Modern (10·19·1867) . Latimer (10-19-1899) .. Cass (10-17-1867) . Lexington (6-4-1855) . Bermmg (5·28·1858) . Milton (6-11-1855) . Linn Creek (10·12-1869) .. Bloomfield (5-28-1859) . Ionic (10-17-1901) . Ashland (5-28-1859) . North Star (5-29-1856) Mountain Grove (10·15-1885) . Whitesville (5-28-1856) . Occidental (5·29·1856) . Joachim (5-31-1856) . Colony (5-26-1864) . Camden Point (10-19-1867) Benevolence (5-30-1857)

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Hartford (5-30-1857) . Censer (10-14-1875) . . Gray Summit (10-23-1903) SturKeon (5-30-1857) . Point Pleasant (5-30-1857) . Texas (10-19-1867) . . . Pride of the West (5-28-1858) !J.ramid (9-21-1916) . . Pilot Knob (10-17-1895) . California (10-19-1898) . Morley (10-19-1899) . Chamois (5-28-1859) . Hermon (10-17-1889) . Hannibal (5-28-1859) . Zeredatha (5-28-1859) . Putnam (5-28-1859) . Angerona (5-28-1859) . . . . . Bohvar (10-19-1867) . Carthage (10-19-1867) ., . AllenSVIlle (5-30-1860) ., . . . New Hope (5-31-1860). Sonora (10-19-1867) . . Ravenwood (10-13-1892) . Rowley (10-19-1867) . Trilumina (10-19-1867) . Somerset (5-29-1861) .. ' . Clay (5-30-1861) . . Salis~ury (10-19-1867) . Poplar Bluff (5-30-1861) . Unionville (5-30-1861) . Hickory Hill (10-19-1867) . Four Mile (10-19-1867) . Rolla (5-30-1861) . . Hornersville (5-30-1861) . Hale City (10-12-1893) . Barbee (10-19-1867) .

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E 218 Good Hope (5-30-1861) . . 219 Albert Pike (10-17-1895) . 220 Kansas City (5-30-1861) . . 221 Mystic Tie (5-30-1861) 222 La Belle (10-11-1888) . . . 223 Ray (9-21-1921) 224 Hamilton (10-19-1867) " . 225 Salem (5-29-1862) . 226 Saline (5-29-1862) . 227 Cypress (5-29-1862) .. 228 Shelbina (5-29-1862) . 230 SI. James (5-29-1863) . 231 Cardwell (10-19-1899) . 232 Polo (10-17-1876) . 233 Bucklin (5-26-1864) . 234 St. Francois (5-26-1864) . 236 Sedalia (5-24-1864) .. 237 LaPlata (6-22-1866) . 238 Rushville (5-26-1865) . 239 Hopewell (10-13-1881) . 241 Palestine (5-26-1865) . 243 Keystone (5-26-1865) . 244 Middle Fabius (5-26-1865) . 245 Knob Noster (5-26-1865) . . 246 Montgomery (1-12-1920) . 247 Neosho (5·28-1856) . . 249 Carroll (10-19-1867) 251 Hope (10-15-1868) . 253 Laredo (10-15-1868) . 254 Butler (10-15-1868) . . . . . . . . . . 255 Alton (10-15-1868) . . 256 Shekinah (10-15-1868) . . 257 Lodge of Light (10-15-1868) . 259 260 262 Holden (10-15-1868) , 263 Summit (10-15·1868) .

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Corinthian (10-15-1868) Aurora (10-15-1868)

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GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT -

Name and Number and

D~~eL~1~eharter

312 313 315 316 318 319 320 321 323 3Z4 325 326 327 328 330 331 332 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 342 344 345 346 347 349 351 352 353 354 355 356 358

Cuba (10-13-1887) ................. Meramec (10-19-1923) ............. Jerusalem (10-22-1896) Rural (10-12-1869) ................ Eldorado (10-12-1869) ............. Paulville (10-12-1869) .............. Versailles (10-18-1923) ............. Jonathan (10-12-1869) ............ Cornerstone (10-12-1869) .......... McDonald (10-12-1869) ............ Dockery (10-12-1869) ............ Linn (10-19-1898) Mt. Zion (10-13-1870) .......... Cainsville (10-13-1870) ............ Paul Revere (10-26-1923) ......... Charity (10-13-1870) ............. Excello (9-29-1904) .............. Breckenridge (10-13-1870) ..... . . Joplin (10-13-1871) ................ Hallsville (10-17-1878) ............. Blue Springs (10-13-1887) .......... Herculaneum (10-19-1922) ......... Fidelity (10-13-1870) .............. Westport (10-11-1894) ......... Circle (10-13-1870) ................ Mobe~lh(lO-13-1870) ........ . ... Fellows Ip (10-13-1870) .. . ... Arlington (10-13-1870) ........... Amenca (9-17-1919) ............... Pollock (10-16-1884) .............. Mosaic (10-13-1870) ............... Friend (10-13-1870) ............... Barnesville (9-27-1906) .......... Hebron (10-13-1870) ............ Adelphi (10-13-1870) .... .... Ancient Landmark (10-17-1873) :"orthwest (10-15-1884) , ...........

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.... Joneshurg (l0-12-IR9:i) . Hazelwood (10-16-1872) l.amhskin (10-16-1872) ....... Caruthersville (10-16-IH72) ... .... Santa Fe (10-16路1873) ... Clifton (lO-13-18HI) ..... ....... .. Southwest (10-15-1890) ..... Pleasant Hope (lO-16-IH7:i) .. Plato (lO-16-187:i) ........... ...... Nodaway (10-17-1873) ... ~lineral (l1l-17-187:i) ... ..... Pickering (10-17-1873) ...... ~ine\'eh (10-15-1874) ~It. Hope (lO-IS-1874) ........ Henderson (l0-!.~-1874) ...... Rich /lill (10-29-1881) .... ..... Jewel (10-17-1878) ....... ~larceline (10-17-1889) ...... Clintonville (10-15-1874) Fairfax (10-15-1874) Kirkwood (lO-15-1874) . Coldwater (10-13-1 8H 1) Cairo (lU-15-IH74) ..... ... Chilhowee (9-27-1906)

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503 Prairie Home (10-1 :i-1881) 504 Platte City (10-12-1881) 505 Euclid (9~21-1917) .. 506 Lathrop (10-12-1882) 508 Saxton (10-12-1882) 509 Van Buren (10-12-1882) 510 New Hampton (10.28-1925) 511 Skidmore (10-12-1882) . . 512 Webb City (10-12-1882) 513 Senath (10-22-1902) . 514 Granby (10-22-1902) . . 515 Galena (10-12-1882) 518 Oriental (10-11-1883) . 519 Crane (10-22-1896) 520 Clifton Heights (10-10-1894) 521 Lockwood (10-11-1883) .. 522 Gate City (10-11-1883) ..... 525 Cunningham (10-14-1884) . 526 Wayne (10-15-1885) 527 Higbee (10-15-1885) ... 528 Conway (10-15-1885) .. 529 Apollo (9-18-1918) . 531 Lanes Prairie (10-15-1885) 532 Dexter (10-13-1887) .. 533 Comfort (10-19-1898) . . 534 Columbia (10-13-1887) 535 Blackwell (10-13-1887) . 536 Ingomar (10-13-1887) . 537 Bethel (10-11-1888) 538 Stella (10-17-1889) . . 539 Dawn (10-17-1889) . 540 Winigan (10-17-1889) 541 Jacksonville (9-29-1904) .. 542 Ferguson (10-16-1889) 543 ~ansfield (1O-15-11!91) 544 Algabil (9-19-1917)

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76 99 37 53 53 26 59 185 76 48 407 54 70 238 165 77 22 82 69 203 232 33 132 90 139 43 37 45

906.00 3,150.10 1,230.00 1,938.00 708.00 1,420.00 450.00 216.00 420.05 570.00 212.00 303.04 300.00 138.00 342.00 942.00 410.00 264.00 2.292.00 345.00 613.30 1.398.00 942.00 444.00 132.00 567.00 402.00 1,161.00 1,194.00 186.00 774.00 546.00 801.00 240.00 171.00 284.00

160.00 60.00 20.00 40.00 80.00 100.00 80.00 40.00

8.00 3.00 1.00 2.00 4.00 5.00 4.00 2.00

120.00

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GRAND SECRETARY'S TABULAR STATEMENT -

:-':ame and :-':umher of Lodge and Date of Charter

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634 635 636 637 638 639

Branson (9-26-1907) SI. Francisville (9-26-1907) ... Advan~e (9-26-1907) . .. ..... Barnell (9-26-1907) . .. LaRussell (9-21-1921) enion (9-26-1907) Cole Camp (10-28-1926) . ..... Puxico (9-30-1908) . . . . Bosworth (9-30-190H) ........ Leadwood (9-30-190/l) ........... Elvins (9-30-1908) ................. Cosby (9-30-1908) .... ....... . ... ClaylOn (9-29-190/l) . A~a~ia (9-30-1909) ...... Morehouse (9-29-1909) Walker (9-29-1909) ....... Craig (9-29-1909) ...... ' .......... [llJinen~e (9-29-1909) .............. Slrafford (9-2/l-191 0) WarrenlOn (9-19-1917) ..... Clark (9-2/l-191 0) .................. ~okanc (9-28-1911) ............... WellslOn (9-2/l-1911) . ..

~~~ti:~~J!r i9\~:4) .' .... Sleele (10-1-1914) .... (;reemop (10-22-1924) .... Freedom (9-25-1946) ............ ~foumain View (9-29-1915) ........ Trian~c (9-29-1915) .............. Mizpa (9-29-1915) ................

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1,596.00 708.00 1,086.00 \,791.00 603.00 210.00 252.00 6/l4.00 606.00 639.00 318.00 450.00 2,448.00

3,678.00 840.00 1,:~35.00

2,562.00 4,128.0Q 819.00 606.00 423.00 2,532.00 1,230.00 2,484.00 1,884.00 468.00 900.00 H,844.00 218.00 264.00 414.00 345.00 2,448.00 390.00 612.00 2,706.00 2,202.00 \,\ 74.00 \,854.00

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Shaveh (9-22-1920) :'\oel (9-22-1920)

652 653 655 656 657 658 659

PilKrim (9-21-1921) Shawnee (9-21-1921) Gardenville (9-21-1921) Contry Club (9-21-1921) Pro!:ress (9-21-1921) .. Puntv (9-21-1921) Alpha (9-21-1921)

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LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS FIRST DISTRICT -

Joe M. March. D.D.G.M.. Rt. 1. Box Ill. Greentop. Mo. 63546

County

Lodge

No.

Location

Clark. . . . Clark. . . . Clark. . . . . . . .. Clark. . . . . . . Scotland. Scotland. . . . Scotland. . . . . . Schuyler. . . . . . Schuyler. . . . .. Schuyler. . . . .. Schuyler. . . . .. Schuyler. . . . ..

Fairmont. . . . . . . Eldorado. . . . . . . .. Hiram......... St. Francisville . . . . Memphis. . . . . . . . . Gorin............ Rutledge......... Middle Fabius. . . .. Lodge of Love. . .. Queen City. ..... Glenwood..... . .. Greentop....

290 318 362 588 16 72 572 244 259 380 427 635

Wyaconda. Luray . Kahoka . Wayland. Memphis Gorin . Rutledge .. Downing .. Lancaster. Queen City .... Glenwood .. Greentop.

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LeRoy E. Smith . (;Ien "E. Wiley . Steven ~. Brammer .. Arthur E. Barry . ~ax W. Eggleston . Clark B. Ewing . Emmett L. Shultz . Vernon L. Stice . Forrest J. Farrell . Ward I.. Jones . Donald R. Griffith .. Joe ~. ~arch.

Time of Meeting

Secretary's :-.lame and Address

.. ,2nd & 4th Mon. 1st & 3rd ~on. 1st & 3rd Fri. 1st & 3rd Thurs. . 1st Thurs. :~~~~~~~: ~:lt~~~~/N ~~~t~/g~~~. ~~m~~~s43~o: .63555::. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Mon. Hillis L. McCabe. 1'.0. Box 4. Rutledge. Mo. 63563 . 2nd Th. Basil E. Anders. Rt. 2. Downing. Mo. 63536 . (;eorge 1'. Beeler, Route 2, Lancaster. ~o. 63548 . 2nd & 4th Fri. 2nd & 4th Tues. K. W. Alexander, 1'.0. Box 185, Queen City. Mo. 63561 .. Walter H. Croskey, Glenwood, ~issouri 63541 . 1st & 3rd Thurs. Charles R. ~cBee. P.O. Box 172. Greentop, Mo. 63546 . 2nd & 4th Mon. Homer E. Rogers, 1'.0. Box 66, Gorin. Mo. ?3543 . Robert L. SI. ClaIr, Route I Luray. ~o. 634:>3 . Donald C. Treece. RI. 3. Box 3, Kahoka, ~o. 63445 . :-';orman S. Brammer, Sr.. Rt. 1, Alexandria, Mo. 63430

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. . . . .. . I Kirksville ... AdaIr .. . ... . Colony . . . . . . . . Edina . . ... . . Paulvllle.. ....... Greensburg

105

366

168 291 319 414

Kirksville. Kirksville. Knox City. Edina. Hurdland ... Greensburg.

THIRD DISTRICT Putnam Putnam Putnam. . . Sullivan.. . . Sullivan .. . . .. Sullivan .. . . Sullivan .. . . .. Sullivan. . . . Sullivan . . . . .

Hartford Somerset Unionville Humphreys. Seaman .. Putnam Pollock. Arcana. Winigan.

. . .

171 206 210 32 126 190 349 389 540

Hartford ... Powersville. Cnionville. Humphreys ... Milan ... Newtown. Pollock. Harris. Winigan.

Richard Burrus. D.D.G.M.. Rt. # 1. Baring. Mo. 63531

.lames H. For<juer. Kenneth L. Motter. John Ewalt . Gerald D. Davis. I.. Eugene ~cCarty. Richard Burrus.

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I.. Dale Gardner, P.O. Box 323, Kirksville. Mo. 63501 ...

Arthur H. Kumm, P.O. Box 1036. Kirksville.

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63501.

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Glenn L. Scott. RI. I. Brashear, Mo. 63533 . , John J. Pearce, 339 Green Street. Memphis, Mo. 63555 ..

1st & 3rd Tues. 2nd & 4th Tues. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st Tues. 2nd & 4th ~1on.

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Edward L. Tietsort. D.D.G.M.. Rt. 5. Unionville. Mo. 63565 Robert Ray . Lonnie I.. 'Dover .. David Carter. . Charles C. Bennett .. Garold L. Scobee .. Ronald G. Hunt. CecilJ Michael .. Phillip L. Wise. Stanley Watson ..

Edward L. Tietsort. Rt. 5. Box 115, Cnionville. Mo. 63565 .. I.arry P. Bruner, Rt. I. Mercer. Mo. 64661 . Emen' H. Welsh, P.O. Box 36. Unionville. Mo. 63565 . John "E. Boehner, P.O. Box 23. Humphreys. Mo. 64646 . l:rnest K. Cochran. 502 E. 5th Street. Milan, ~o. 63556 . Wilburn L. Collins. Rt. 2, Box 7, Lucerne, Mo. 64655 . Melvin Hall. RI. 3. Cnionville. Mo. 63565 . Veldon T. Clem. Rt. 2, Box 9. Harris. Mo. 64645 ..... Clyde E. Ware. Rt. I. Box 60, !\;ew Boston. Mo. 63557

1st hi. 1st & 3rd ~on. 2nd & 4th ~on. 2nd & 4th Tues. 1st & 3rd Mon. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st Tues. 2nd Wed. 1st Wed. (,0

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o FOURTH DISTRICT Grundy Grundy Mercer ...

Trenton. Laredo. Mercer

Philip S. Johnson. D.D.G.MOI 903 Elm Street. Princeton. Mo. 64673 ~og~r V. Wreath \ Eldo.n B; Dennison. 190M Bolser. Trenton. Mo. 64683 Uednh R. Davenport. . .. Calvm Carl Rams. Box 218. Laredo. Mo. 64652 .... Jack S. Goodin. . . . . . . . .. James H. Hunter. Route I. Princeton. Mo. 64673 ..

III \ Trenton . 2:'>3 Laredo . :~5 Princeton ..

FIFTH DISTRICT -

1st Thurs. 1st Fri. 2nd & 4th Thurs.

Larry D. Peugh. D.D.G.MOI Mt. Moriah. Mo. 64665 ()

Harrison ... Harrison .. Harrison Harrison Harrison Harrison.

Bethanv ..

Lor.raine .. '.' . . Lodge of Light. Camsville. . . . . . :'-Jew Hampton. Prairie. . . .

} ~M 'b7 32M 510 5.:;6

Bethanv .....

Ridge~.aY..... . '1 Willis H. end~en 1

EaglevIlle.. .. Camwille.. " ~ew Hampton.. (;ilman CIt\ ..

SIXTH DISTRICT Gentry. . . Gentry. . Gentr;' . . . Gentn' Gentr;' Worth. . Worth. . . . . . .. Worth...... Worth.

Stanberry. . ... MeFall-(;entnville Athens .. Ancient Craft .. Jacoby .. Grant Cit\. Defiance. Allensville. Jonathan ..

109 125 127 :.77 447 66 HM 198 321

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Xenia. Graham. Burlington .. :'-Jodaway. Pickering. Skidmore.

50 289

Stan bern . ..... Gentnville. . . . .. Alban) .. King City.. Darlington. Grant City Sheridan. Allendale. Denn'r . .

IlopkillS Graham

:~~ ~~~I:.~~~~)J~ .leI. 472 511

Robert Brelllzer . Craig Rhea . Harvev D. Christie Randall K. DeWitt. .

2nd & 4th Tues. 1st & 3rd Mon. 2nd & 4th Wed. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Tues. 2nd & 4th Thurs.

G. Oren Steinman. D.D.G.MOI 109 Trotter Street. King City. Mo. 64463

SEVENTH DISTRICT l\;odaway. :'-Jodawav. :-';ooawa\' :"'odawa; :'-Jodaway' . :'-JodawaY路 .

W. M. Stark. 1213 South 12th SI.. ApI. B2 I';ichols Plaza. Bethanv. Mo. 64424 . Vern G. Elliott. RI. I. Box IM7. Ridgeway. Mo. 64481 . Beryl D. Arkle. P.O. Box 155. Eagleville. Mo. 64442 . Loren R. Thompson. P.O. Box 114. Cainsville. Mo. 64632 .. Steven D. Lundy. P.O. Box 250. ~ew Hampton. Mo. 64471. H. Harold Carter. P.O. Box 34. Gilman City. Mo. 64642 ....

Jimmie 1.. James.

Pjc路kering. Skidmore.

. .

Charles ~. Osborn. RI. 2. Box 45. Stanberry. Mo. 64489 . Clair.J. Clevenger. P.O. Box 176. McFall. ~O 64657 L. Frank Smith. Rt. 2. Box 215. Albany. ~10. 64402 Jackson c. Spiking. 501 S. 3rd Str~et. King City. ~10. 64463 Bobbv L. Elhs. RI. I. Box 73. Darhngton. Mo. 64438 Carl (;. Spainhower. RI. 4. Box 45. Grant City. Mo. 64456 Leon Cleo Parman. RI. I. Box 25. Sheridan. Mo. 64486 Wilbur T. Osborne. P.O. Box 98. Grant City. Mo. 64456. Robert E. Rineman. RI. I. Denver. Mo. 64441 .

Robert Lee Fannon. Donald W. Beer Larry G. Parks. Ronald). Washburn. Stephen Dodge . Robert D. Hull . Averill S. West. Allen B. Carr .. (;iles Summa

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3rd Tues. 1st & 3rd Mon. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Fri. 1st & 3rd l\lon. 2nd & 4th Mon. 4th Mon. 2nd & 4th Wed.

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Vern W. Summa. D.D.G.MOI Rt. L Box 37. Parnell. Mo. 64475 William W. Blackford Henry \V. Dozier Charles Elliotl. . Dennis Athen .. Harold A. Sorensen. Leroy H. Chiyington

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.. : :: Charles W. Bragg. P.O. Box 127. Burlington .leI.. Mo. 64428 .. Gordon T. Bennett. P.O. Box 252. Maryville. Mo. 64468 .. Lloyd D. Weir. RI. 2. Mary路ville. Mo. 64468 . Milo 1.. Monk. RI. I. Box 116. Skidmore. Mo. 64487 .

1st Thurs. 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1st & 3rd Tues. 1st & 3rd l\lon. 2nd & 4th Wed. 2nd & 4th l\lon.

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r.o o LODGE DmECTORY BY DISTRICTS EIGHTH DISTRICT COUIllV Atchison .. Atchison ... Atchison. Atchison ... Holt Holt .... Holt ..... Holt .

Lodge

:"0.

:-':orth Star. Sonora ..... :"orthwest ..... Fairfax ..... Maitland ... Oregon. . .... Mound Cin· ....... ........ Craig.

157 200 358 4H3 112 139 294 606

William M. Kee. D.D.G.M.. Rt. L Box 4B. Oregon. Mo. 64473

Location Rock Pon .. Watson. Tarkio .... Fairfax .. :vfaitland .... Forest Cit v . . Mound Clt\ . Craig.

NINTH D1STmCT Andrew. . . . .. Andrew. . . . . . Andrew Andrew Andrew. . Andrew. . Andrew. . Buchanan . Buchanan. . Buchanan.

Sa\·annah ... Helena .. Lincoln. Whitesville. Rosendale ... Valley. Cosby. Agency ... Wellington .... St. Joseph.

71 117 138 162 404 413 600 10 22

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Buchanan. . .. Rushyille Buchanan .. . I Brotherhood Buchanan . '1 Charit\.. .. Buchanan Buchanan

KlIlg HIll Saxton

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Senetan-'s :"ame and Address

:"ame

Steve R. (;rossman Richard S. Garst Dale E. Faulkner. .lames O. Davis. John T. Christian Ralph W. Schaeffer. .

E. Eddy. 704 l.·nderwood Dr.. Rock Port. ~fo. 64482 .. Willis L. Barnh~trl. P.O. Box K. Watson. ~Io. 64496 Richard A. Hallidav. P.O. Box 294. Tarkio. ~Io. 64491 . Ben W. L'mbarKer: P.O. Box 1.'; 1. Fairfax . .\to. 64446 . Romaine lIenn·. Rt. I. Box 137. Graham . .\to 64455 Willard I. Kurtl. P.O. Box 143. Oregon. ~fo. 6447:~ . Silas P. Allen. 40H :"ebraska Sireet. ~found City. ~Io. 64470 ... Charles E. Kenl. Rt. 2. ~Iound City. ~Io. 64470

. I Charles

~·ilTI~n~·R'~~\II~:n .

Time of

~feeting

2nd & 4th ~Ion. 1st & 3n\ Thurs. 2nd & 4th Thurs. 2nd & 41h Tue.s. 2nd & 4th Tues. 2nd & 4th Wed. 2nd & 4th Tues. 1st & 3rd Tues.

H. Dale Boeh. D.D.G.M.. Rt. L Easton. Missouri 64443

Savannah IDalc K. ~liller. . . . . .. ~Iac Hogue. 402 S. 11th Slreet. Savannah. ~Io. 64485 . . . .. I 1st & :{rd Thurs Helena John D. lIulfman . .. ~Ial vin L. lIuffman. lIelena. ~Io. 64459 . . . . . . . .. 2nd & 41h ~Ion. Fillmore... .. I Phillip Prater..... .. F. Dean Wilson. Rt. :{. Savannah. Mo. 64485........... 1st & :{rd ~lon. Whilesville. LeRov <:. Bashor. . .. I Rav E. Lancev. Rt. I, Sa\·allllah. ~IO 644H5........ 1st & :{rd Wed. Rosendale. . Ronald Panerson. : (;lellll \\:. I~likins. 306,E. :"elsonStreel.. Sa~·annah. ~fo. 6448:> 2nd & 4th,Fhurs. Bolckow. Robert F.. :"e1son. La\ elle S. \, anen. Rt. 2, Bolckl)\\. \10. 64427 . 1st & 3rd I hurs. Cosby' '" Elbert F. Turtler . :"elson.J. Kapp. Cosbv. ~lo. 64436. .. .. 1st & :{rd Sat. AKenCy .. John F. Cattron. . lIarold Y. Slmth. 1'.0. Box IIH. Agency. ~Io 64401 2nd & 4th Wed. Leonard Benton. Jr.. Rt. H, St. Joseph. \1064504. . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Sat. OeKal!> . . . . . . . .. Ronald R. Bauhlet St.Joseph. Den illS I.ee lIenn Leslie \'. Stites. 2/21 S. 20th Street. St.Joseph ~I(). 64503 ... 1st & :\n\ Tues. Faucett. . . . . . Randv ~l. Gann. .. Tern- D. Gann. 65:{H Washington St .. St. Joseph, ~Io. 64504 .. 4th Sat. St. Joseph. . Donald J. Rohbins. Rohert n. Wrehe'. 2406 l.afavette St .. St. Joseph. ~10. 64507. .. 2nd & 4th Tues. Rushville. . William R. Docken'. . . :"orman II. F.llis. Rt. 2. Box 65, Rushville. ~Io. 644H4 2nd & 4th ~Ion. ~t. Joseph. (;onrad "'-. Klawullll. Edgar [ :Iartin. 3110 ,~. ~!th. Street., St. Joseph .. \10. 64505. 2nd & 4th Fri. St. Joseph. \ Irgii D. SImpson. . . . . .. Rllhard ( •. I hornton, _906 Coach Light Place. St. Joseph, ~Io. 6450:{ . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd & 4th ~Ion. Edwin C. Carpenter. 2HI4 Charles St .. St. Joseph. ~lo. 64501 1st & :{rd Thurs. ! St. Joseph. . .. I .lames ~l. Worley ... Roger ~l. lIeard. 1323 Cudmore Streel. St. Joseph. \10. 6450:{ 1st & :{rd Wed. j St. Joseph. . .. .. i Franklin A. Flesher. 1

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124 :~08

37H 454 559 15 65 106 2H5 4H8 500 564

F. Kenneth Eads. D.D.G.M.. P.O. Box 197. Jamesport. Mo. 64648

Cnion Star . Manville . Fairport . Stewartsvilll:'. Clarksdale . Winston . Pattonsburg . Gallatin ... Collev. Lock Springs. Jameson ... Jamesport ..

ELEVENTH DISTRICT Clav Clav .. Cia\, .. ClaV ... Clay.. Clinton. Clinton. Clinton. Clinton. Clinton .. Ray .....

LIberty . Angerond . Clay . . Kearney . Temperann' .

~~~~t.C.: : Plattsburg. Gower. Lathrop. Bee Hive.

193 207 311 43H

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Carol E. Simerlv Danid Roberts. . .. Donald L. ~leadows ... Thomas K. Courtnev . Charll:'s T. Burris ... . ..

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Polo .... Breckenridg(' . Cowgill .... Friendship. Bene\'olence Dawn

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Hemple. Cameron Plattsburg. (;ower .... Lathrop .. Lawson.

Donald G. Wigger. ~lerhn L. Bowman Ilaroid R. Herron. Joseph A. Willis .. Sam L Swindler Larrv E. Hover .

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John D. Patton. D.D.G.M.. Rt. 2. Polo. Mo. 64671

Bruce L. Cley·enger. Annen F.. Berry. Jr. .. Harold L Witherspoon. Ferril Reno .... Bob 1.. Burns•./r .. Leland J. O'De , .. Otis M. Ireland O. :'I<eal VanEaton.

G. Damrell, P.O. Box lR2, Libert\" ~10. 64068 .. Galen F. An'her, Rt. 3. Box 237B. Libert) Mo. 6406R . R. A. C,orum, Rt. 3, Box 128. EX('c1sior Springs. ~10. 04024 . l(:~m \\. Er\'l 11 , P.O" B<;,x ,134. Kearney. :\10. 64060. ':.' . \\ Ilham R. Lake. 7ll.{ :\.\\. 60th St .. Apt. 6, Kansas CIl\', Mo. 64118 . :\orman W. Conner. P.O. Box 28. Easton. MO 64443 G. Eugene Morgan. 623 :\. :\ettleton, Cameron, :\10. 64429. · , Rex \'. Cook. :~07 Broadway Plattsburg, Mo. 04477 .... · \' Ronald H. Snyder. 608 Benjamin, (;ower. :\10. 64454 .. .lames D. Fox. Rt. 2, Box '1'24. Plattsburg. Mo. 64477 .. · R. Wa\'fle Briant, Rt. 2, Box 3RO. Lawson, ~10. 64062 ..

Richard I.. Breidenbaugh Chesley' E. McAfee. Laverl'C Riln . Arthur W. Hanev . .lames L. Osborn' ..

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Liberty. . . ~lissouri Cit\'. .. Excelsior Springs Kearne\' . . . Smithville. . . . .

Bra\'mer Ila,i,ilton .. Polo . Breckl'nridge. Cowgill ..... Chillicothe. Ctica . Dawn.

William H. Wheeler. Rt. I, Cnion Star. Mo. 64494 . . . . . . ..... Louis S. (;oodwin. Rt. 2. Box 3B, Manville. Mo. 64469....

John E. Cobb, P.O. Box 134. Clarksdale. Mo. 64430.......... John A. Dunlap. Rt. 2. Box 10. Stewartsville. Mo. 64490. . . ~!ii~~rE~~~~s~~;al.dw~~I: : .J. C. Teel. 224 East First Street, Pattonsburg. Mo. 64670. . . Lawrence R. Shriver . John T. Mc!'l: eel , 212 S. Water Street. Gallatin, Mo. 64640 . S. Wayne Howard, P.O. Box 127, Coffey, Mo. 64636......... Rex Hinecker.. . . Donald I., Worthington .. Ross J. Lee, 1114 Shanklin Avenue. Trenton, Mo. 646H:~ Herald \\-. Elmore . John R. Smith. Jameson. Mo. 64647 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugene Kime . Doyle C. Kime. Rt. 2, Box 16R, Jamesport, Mo. 6464R........

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Callo .. Bloomington . Censer . La l'lata .

~~~~roo:.Tru~h: . Shelbina . Hunnewell .. Bethel. Clarence.

38 102 172 237 268 3:~2

:\tonticello . LaBelle . Crafl . Williamstown .. Ewing . Palmyra . SI. John's . Hannibal . Philadelphia.

58 222 287 370 577 18 28 188 502

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James :\, Rinehart, Rt. :1. Box 64. Purdin. :\10. 64674 . Cecil C. \Id;hee. 843 Brookfidd Ave .• Brookfield. \10.64628 Thomas R. Wade. P.O. Box 196, Laclede. \10. 64651 ....

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Earl Wayne Orr. D.D.G.M.. #7 Sharon Drive, Box 602, Shelbina, Mo. 63468

Callao ..... Bevier .. Macon La Plata Atlanta. Excello. Shelbina .... Hunnewell .. Bethel. Clarence.

228 415 537 662

R. Duane :\eelcv . James C. Cu;n . .Ir . Howard E. Gordon .. Brownlee Williams .

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FIFTEENTH DISTmCT Lewis .. Lewis. Lewis .. Lewis .... Lewis .. Marion ,. Marion ,. Marion . Marion .

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Laclede. . . "1 BUCk.li'.l' . . . .. .. \1cadvllle . . .. Marceline. ..

FOURTEENTH DISTRICT Macon ... , .. Macon. Macon. :\tacon ... , .. :\tacon :\tacon. Shelby. Shelby Shelby .. Shelb,'

Edwin L. Smith. D.D.G.M.. Rt. 2. Box 388. Marceline. Mo.

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\'irgil Cook . Freddie Ricker . .Ir. . Dale L. Delarm .. Thomas O. Kellv Wame C. Lrda '. Ch~rle\' Green. Elmer B. Dixson . Cecil L. Smith . Leslie B. \Iann . Richard K. Maupin

Gerald E. Thomas, 1'.0. Box 26, :\ew Camhria. \10. 6:~5.58 Delbert L. Kitchen, RI. I. Be\'ier, \10. 63532 . Ralph :\1. Waller, 517 Sunset Dr.. :\tawn, Mo. 63552 . Thomas J. \Iohan. 1'.0. Box 30, La Plata, Mo. 63549 .. Da\'id R. Carnahan. RI. I. Atlanta. Mo. 63530 . . . Rov L. Lc·athers. Colle~e \Iound, Excello. Mo. 65247 .

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\10 .. 65275. : . Charles :\. Rouner, Plema. \10. 63464. .. . . .. . ... Dennis W. Williams, 1'.0. Box 325. Clarence, \10. 634:17.

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Monlicello.. Labelle... Canton... Williamslown.. Ewing. . palmvra........ Hannibal..... Hannibal . . .. Philadelphia .....

William B. Smilh. II ..... D. Hone Throckmorton .. John Rudicil . l.ester R. Welker .. J. P. Wallace. Carl D. Harris . Herman E. Calliwll .. David:\. Ward .... I Earl W. ~1ichaels . I

En1t'ry O. Geisendorfer, RI. 2, Box 102, Lewiston. Mo. 63452 Elmo·L. Davis. P.O. Box 56, LaBelle, \10. 63447 . Edwin E. Frye. 523 :'\. ith SI .. Canton. :\10. 63435 . C. :\orman Tucker. RI. I. Williamstown, \10.63473 . W. E. Shults. P.O. Box 368, Ewing. Mo. 63440.. .. " ... Howard J. (;ardhouse. 220 W. Ross SI .. Palmyra. Mo. 63461 .. Clifford A. Robbearts. 708 Pine 51.. lIannibal, Mo. 63401 Lee B. TUllier. 4907 Prospect Ave.. Hannibal. Mo. 63401. .... Earl Bauerrichler, Rt. I. Philadelphia. Mo. 6:~463 .

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Norman K. Atkinson, D.D.G.M., 616 South Court St., Bowling Green, Mo. 63334

Pike. Pike. Pike. Pike

Eolia . Clarksville .. Perseverance Phoenix.

14 17 92 136

Eolia......... Clarksville.... Louisiana..... Bowling Green.

Gilbert A. Reed .. Robert C. Frank .. Barry L. Trost Jim t. Fryrear ..

H. Glenn Smith, Rt. I. Box 210, Clarksville, :vio. 63336 .. Richard W. ~fiddleton, 203 S. Front #5:~, Clarksville, :vio. 63336 . . William K. Mallory. 310 N. :viain Cross. Bowling Green, Mo.

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Otto W. Edmond ...

J. R. :vicCune, Rt. I, Frankford, :vio. 6344 I.

SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT Monroe .... :vionroe .. , . :vionroe. :vionroe. Monroe ... Ralls .. Ralls . Ralls .

Paris L:nion .. Florida . Monroe . Santa Fe .. Holliday .. Ralls .. : ... Lick Creek . New London.

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Paris Florida .... :vionroe City . Santa Fe . Holliday . Center . Perry . :"ew London.

Randolph. Huntsville. Randolph. :viilton .. Randolph . Moberly . Randolph . Cairo . Randolph . Higbee . Randolph. Jacksonville .. Randolph ... Clark

30 151 344 4H6 527 541 610

Huntsville. ~Iilton ... ~foberl\' ..

Cairo .. Higbee ..... Jacksonville. Clark .

NINETEENTH DISTRICT -

Don Eastin Harold Russell

Triplett . Salisbury . Cunningham. :viendon ..

1221 208 525 628

Triplett .... Salisbury. Sumner. :viendon ...

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. fohn T. Lutz, Rt. I, Paris. Mo. 65275 Boyd E. Wilmarth. P.O. Box 232, Perry, Mo. 63462 .. F. Adelbert Ely, Rt. 2, Monroe City. :vio. 63456 .. John H. Rudasill, Rt. 5, Mexico, Mo. 65265 . Paul K. Callison. Rt. I. Holliday. Mo. 65258 . John C. ,Rodgers. P.O. Box 37. Center, Mo. 63436 Ernest c. Deckerd, P.O. Box 335, Perry. :vio. 63462 John E. Bogue, Sr., P.O. Box 314, New London. :vio. 63459

Joseph F. Stanturf, 206 W. Depot St., Huntsville, :vio. 65259 .. rhomas ~. Marshall. 902 Gilman Rd., :vioberly, Mo. 65270.. . Joseph M. Rufkahr . Fred F. tuecken. 929 Bond St.. Moberly, Mo. 65270 . Joel c. Ridgway . :"orman Seiders. Rt. I. Cairo, Mo. 65239 . l.owell c. Bankhead. Jr.. Edwin B. Hawkins, P.O. Box 125, Higbee, Mo. 65257 Hershall W. Wright . Leroy Tay'lor, Rt. I, Box 115. Jacksonville. Mo. 65260. . Wilbur G. Knapp James II. Patton. Rt. 2, Box 3. Clark, Mo. 65243 .....

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Chariton Chariton. Chariton Chariton.

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Billie Pollard, D.D.G.M., 715 S. Morley St., Moberly, Mo. 65270

Chariton .... I Eureka. I

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Gillam Street, D.D.G.M., Rt. 2, Perry, Mo. 63462

Clarence B. Dawson Gillam Street ... Russell Hollowell .. Charles G. Wilson . Arthur R. Wood F. R. Schultz Floyd Thomas Asquith Stanley Walkley

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L C. Waite. 2H08 GeOl'gia St., Louisiana. :vio. 63353 ~3~...........

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Howard L. Sanders Howard R. Elmore Ralph E. Allen Warren E. Brewer

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Joseph E. Moser, Rt. 3. Box 242. Brunswick. :vio. 65236 . J. C. O'Bryan. 408 N. J.F.K. Ave.. Rt. I. Box 3A. Keytesville, :vio. 65261 . John M. Summers. Rt. I, Box 5. Triplett, :vio. 65286 . Charles B. Winkelmeyer, 30H LeFevre Ave.. Salisbury. :vio. 65281 Marvin F. Lentz, P.O. Box 91, Sumner. :vio. 64681 . Cleo V. Kincaid. 310 Wood St.. :viendon. Mo. 64660 .

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Platte Platte. Platte. Platte. Platte .. Platte .. Platte Platte

Rising Sun. Weston .. Compass ..... Camden Point Rowles' ... Fidelit'y Adelphi ... Platte Cit\' ..

13 53 120 169 204 :139 355 504

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Kansas Cit\' . Temple .. : . Cecile Daylight Rural . Gate Cit\' . Orit,nt . South Gate. Sheffield. :\ortheast ' Alpha.

220 299 305 :H6 522 546 547 625 643 659

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Kansas Cits \\'eston. Parkville .. Camden Point. Dearborn .... Farle\' " ., EtlgerlOn . Platte Cits

\\'endell (;. PenninKton .. I Eloon J Cusit, 3001 :\. E. 56 St .. Kansas Cit \'. :'vlo. 64119 . Rohert 1.. Kents., .. I James A. Offutt. P.O. Box 155. Weston. :'vlo. 64098 . DouKlass A. l.imille ., Dennis [arIJustice. 4405 :\.E. 4Hth Terr .. Kansas City. ~Io. 64119 Robert E. Williams. . . . .. Richard Thompson. P.O. Box 57. Dearborn. ~10. 644:i9 . Robert D. Wolfe. .Jatk D. lIudson. P.O. Box 95. Dearhorne. :'.io. 64439 . Gu\' S. Kamphdner .. Edward A. Rea\'is. Rt. 27. Box 340B. Parkville. :'v10. 64153 . Carol A. Rice. . . . . . . ~Ianon L. Shafer. Rt. I. Box 107. Edgerton. :'vlo. 64444 . Rogn 1.. Baskell . Dr. R. Weaken. Rt. 2 - IHI7 S. 4th St.. Platte Cits. ~Io. 64079

Kansas Cit, . Kamas Cit) . Kamas (~il\' ,. Kans<ls em. ,. Kansas Cit\ . Kansas Cit\ Kans<ls (:i,ts .', Kamas CIt\' . Kansas City :\. Kansas Clts ..

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Willi<lm E. Burk. .. ,. .. Eugene II. Peak. 2550 S. 45th Terr.. Kamas City. Karl. 66106 . l.OUIS A. Hall. . .. ... .. Charlie r. ~IcBride. 616 Lake Dr.. Independence. :\'10. 64053 . L,Ollllie D. Wethercd. ,. .John K. Smith. 2705 SI~~I!nK: hldependence. MO',?4052 , . 1 hom,ls J. DIal. . . . . . .. H,}\\ard B. Blandlard. 3.B9 I rat)' Al'e.. Kansas Cll\'. ~Io. 64109 . AUKust ~1. Ott . . . . . Earl F. Bo\\·man. 903 Harrison St.. Kansas Clly. \10. 64106 . Thomas E. ~1e1ton .. ' Richard P. FlaiKle. 903 Harrison St.. Kansas Cits. ~Io. 64106 . Donald, L,' ,~Ioore,'heao Ke.nn,eth B., \Io.rris. :io~o.l5-e,nd,a,.I,1 :h,e," ,1~t.Ie,pen?ence. ~I(!. 6,4(!55 l.oma H. hakes. Harn ~1. 1hampson. 62.b Peen A\'e.. Kansas CIl). :'vlo. 64126 . Ch<lunle\ G. Storm. Anhur ~1. Lall<l. 407~. Qumq. Kansas Clly. :'.io. 6412:1 . James C. Stanle,. ..... WIllis R. HUIll. 5HI7 :\.E. Barnes fhe .. Kansas Cit". :'.io. 64119 ..

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TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT (A) Jackson . .Jackson . .Jackson .. .Jackson . Jackson . Jackson . Jackson . .Jatkson Jackson Clay.

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Heroine Albert Pike.

Jackson. .Jackson Jackson .Jackson ... Jackson. .Jadson . Jackson . Jackson .

Westport. . . Ivanhoe... York. . . . . . . .

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Cit\' City City· CiIY' Cit\' City City Cit\'

Lawrence S. Cameron. D.D.G.M.. 511 Concord. Belton. Mo. 64012

Ronald Gill.. . William L. Healll . .... .. ..

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[rllest W. Eri.:kson... Walter S. Hunt Ie\' [ric R. Peterson.·.... Henr~' R. Buehler. . Richard A. Wilson Phillip D. Rendon.... .John David (;oodell .. (;Ienn D. Walters. . .

Paul K. Kawakami. 820 E. 31st St.. Kansas City. ~10. 64109 . Teddie E. Harrison. 16421 Crackerneck Rd .. Independence . ~Io. 6405:> . . . . . . . . . . .. . . C1arenlt~ V. Buchhol7.. 48 W. 53rd Terr.. Kansas City. ~fo. 64112 .. C. E. Wisdom, 13702 11th St .. Grandview, ~o. 64030 . (;eorge H. Bowen. 608 W. H6th Terr.. Kansas City. ~o. 64114 . A. \'. Harris. 1224 E. 891h St.. Apt. 2:\. Kamas Cit). ~fo. 64131. (;!t'nn A. Kirk. 10:i23 CrYStal Ave .. Kansas Cil). ~o. 64134 .... H. 1.. ~IcDaniel. 3516 Blue Ridge Cut-Off. Kansas City. ~o. 64133 William W. Corbin. 1601 E. 89th Terr.. Kansas City, ~o. 641:il .. .Jacob P. Kraft, 4607 S. Cn·sler. Independence. ~Io. 64055 ...

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Higginsville Odessa .. Richmond Camden. Orrick.

TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT Saline. Saline. Saline. Saline. Saline. Saline ...

Arrow Rock. Cambridge Trilumina. Barbee .. Oriental. Jl,;e!son.

55 63 205 217 518 560

Arrow Rock. Slater . ~farshall .. Sweel Springs .. Blackburn :\e1son ....

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J. Hon. D.D.G.M.. Rt. 3. Box 182. Odessa. Mo. 64076

Kenneth Sisemore. Ste\'en L. Jackson .. Rannond Horner William B. Dean .. , limmie Ray ~lullikill .. \filton ~f. Proffitt. . BHon L. Cain ..

Herbert W. Wipperman. 722 Buford St.. Wellington. ~10. 64097 . Charles W. Zumall. Rt. I, Wa\'erlv, ~fo. 64096 . /lO\\ard L Tobin. Rt. 2. Box 236. Higginsville. ~Io. 64037 .. Lan\" E. (;oodwin. Rural Rt.. Wellington. ~10. 64097. . ..... Kenneth G. Slratton. 715 Wilham St .. Richmond. ~Io. 64085. William L. Britt. Rt. I, Box III. Camden. ~o. 640 I 7.... .John ~I. Townsend. Rt. I, Box 16:i. Orrick. ~o. 64077 ..

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Lloyd R. Finney. D.D.G.M.. 604 Leawood Drive. MarshalL Mo. 65340 Rolla Humburg. William S. Lewellen . .JI'. .. Emmil(;. Williams. Florus Elling .... Robert !\f. Deal. .J I'. . Archie R. Bledsoe ...

.James T. Smith. 1'.0. Box 8. Arrow Ruck. ~10. 65:i20 ... .J. I. Akeman. Rt. I. Slater. Mo. 6:>:HY . . . . . . . . . .. Thomas W. Lingle. 621 :\. Franklin. ~arshall. ~f(). 65:HO . Emil O. Ripplev. 404 ~lain, Sweet Springs. ~fo. 65351 . Cecil O. Walkins. Rt. 2. Box 125. Sweet Springs. ~o. 65351 .. Robert V.Jeffress.P.O. Box 177. :\elson. Mo. 65347 .

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Lodge . .. , Cooper . Pleasant Grove .. Wallace . Prairie Home . Howard . Fayette.

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Boone . Boone . Boone. Boone .. Boone. Boone. Boonc.

Centralia .. TwiliKht .. Ashland. SturKeon. Hallsville . Ancient Landmark Acacia ....

59 114 156 174 326 356 602

Laddonia . Hebron . Vandalia . Fulton.. . . :-':ew Bloomfield. Tebbetts. Shamrock. Mokane ....

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Warren G. :'vIorse .. L. Oliver Stahl . Robert E. Gandcr , R~chard Way~c: Sells. \\ liliam :'vi. \\ nKht Jacob D. Gcrht .....

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P. Dale Robinson. l:i04 Jefferson Dr., Boonville, ~lo. 65233 .. Robert Earl Routon, RI. I, Box CIA, Ottcrville, Mo. 65348 . Albcrt A. Eichhorn, RI. 2, Box 102. Pilot Grove. Mo. 65276 . Jimmv D. Sells. P.O. Box 6, Prairie Home, ~fo. 65068 . rom D. :'vIarkland, 113 E. Broadwav. :-':ew Franklin. Mo. 65274 Kenncth :'vi. Dougherty. 807 W. Spring SI., Fayette. Mo. 65248

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Joseph R. Bell. D.D.G.MOI 414 South Bradford Street. Centralia. Mo. 65240 Lloyd M. Overton .. Wayne Twiehaus . Orval LenKer . Buford C. Kanatzar James :-.:. Bunton. Gary W. Maiden. .101111 E. Wetzel.

Centralia . Columbia . Ashland. Sturgeon . Hallmlle . Harrisburg . Columbia .

Melvin B. Goe. Sr., 450 S. Allen SI., Centralia, Mo. 65240 .... W. Bush Walden, 4811 St. Charles Rd., Columbia, Mo. 65201 Jimmv G. Paulcy, P.O. Box 138, Ashland. Mo. 65010 .

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Roy Fowler. D.D.G.MOI 713 North Jefferson Street, Vandalia, Mo. 63382

Laddonia. . . .. Mexico . . . Vandalia. . Fulton. . . . . . :'-Jew Bloomfield Tebbells . . . . . . . Auxvasse :'vIokane. .

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Verle T. Naughton. D.D.G.M OI Rt. 2, Box 164C, Montgomery City, Mo. 63361 Ca"'in D. Sdlroff.. Lerov Finke . Lco j. Hauscr ....

V. T. :-':aughton. Rl. 2, Box 164C, Montgomery City, Mo. 63361 EmilI.. :lever, .Ir.. RI. \, Box 47, ~igh lIill, Mo. ~3350 . SHlney F.. ~tueh , P.O. Box 413, Rhmeland, Mo. 6:>069 ..

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TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT Lincoln ... Lincoln. Lincoln. Lincoln. Lincoln. Lincoln.

Trov . Silex . :-.lew Hope. New Salem. :-';ineveh. :\toscow.

34 75 199 270 473 558

Troy .. Silex .. Elsberrv . Winfield. Olney

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James A. Vaughn. D.D.G.M.. 212-214 Bradway. Elsberry. Mo. 63343

jamesJ. ~arsh ... Kenneth H. Laurence .. Fred W. Davis . Martin A. Herrin~ . Harrv V. Cox . Leighton E. Lester .

Floyd E. Dodson, 653 Second St., Troy, Mo. 63379 . Henry A. Hueffner, Rt. I, Box 132. Cyrene, Mo. 63340 . Edwin R. Whiteside. 615 :-.;. 4th St., Elsberry, Mo. 63343 . Larry Joe Kelley. 912 Tilbury Lane. St. Charles. Mo. 63301 . . William W. Haines, 1',0. Box 67. Olney. Mo. 63370 Edward W. Broyles. Rt. I, Box 77. Moscow Mills, Mo. 63362 ..

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THIRTIETH DISTRICT - Dennis R. Martin. D.D.G.M.. 2828 Olde Worcester. St. Charles. Mo. 63301 (Resigned: April 1. 1981) (Leman Shepherd. D.D.G.M., Rt. 1. Foristell. Mo. 63348 Appointed: April 1. 1981) St. Charles. St. Charles. . St. Charles. Warren. V"arren.

Wentzville Palestint> . :\lechani(wille Pauldin~ville . \\'arrenton.

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·····1 Kenneth A. Pruneau Fred II. Courtney......

WelllZ\·ille St. Charll'f;. Defiance........ Wright Cm . . . .. Warrenton......

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C;erald W. Dowler, 739 Winston Place, O'Fallon. Mo. 63366 ... Harold L. Thomas, Sr.. 2~20 Yale Blvd., St. Charles, ~o. 63301 John Khnkerfuss. #26 \\llderness, Defiance, :\10. 63341 . Conley E. DePriest, Rt. 2, Box 557. Foristell, Mo. 63348 . Geor~e II. Gerdeman. 50 I E. Banner, Warrenton, Mo. 63383

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Daniel F. Cole. Raymond C;. Browner .. Everett Hall . james C;. Smith . hank \ . lones . Ralph 1'. \tcKee . Billv R. Wolf.. . . Lynn c. Holland worth .

Pau~ C. Rich, 1926 E. :\1cCarty' St.,Jefferson City. ~~: 65101.. j. \\endell Heady. Rt. I, Box 279. Russell\'llle, Mo. 6:>074 . Robert I. Cr~de. Rt. 2,jefferson Cit)'~.Mo. 65101.~ . RIChartf D. Conn. Sr., 1'.0. Box 86. lIpton. Mo. 6:>OH 1 . Billy R. Potter, Rt. 2. California, Mo. 65018 .

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THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT - John J. Darcy. D.D.G.M.. Rt. L Robertsville. Mo. 63072 County Franklin ... Franklin .. Franklin. Franklin. Franklin. Franklin ... Franklin .. Franklin ... Gasconade. Gasconade.

LodRe Evergreen. Sullivan. Gra\' Summit. Hope. Fraternal Columbia. Easter . Cnion . Hermann .. Owensville ..

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:\e~' Haveo .. "'1 Sulll\ an. . Gray SumlJlll . . Washington. . Roberts\路ille . Pacifil SI. Clair Lnion Ilermallll . OwenS\'ilk .

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Dan.\',l W. Liesmann .. Harle\ L \Ionroe . Dwam L. Swango . Roland L Pepmueller Raymond Albert Fvans Garold Rulon. Ted H. Schuermann. Gordian :\. Parker Charles E. Brown . Roger L (;rob .

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.James R. Wilkinson. 1'.0. Box 144. :\ew Haven. \10. 6306H . Charles H. Schuler. 6H4 F.. \'ille St .. Sullivan. \10. 630HO. Albert G. Cowall. RI. 2. Box 480(;, (;rav Summit. \10. 63039. R. Woodrow Caldwell. I:~IO E. 6th. WashingwlI. \10. 63090. Donald G. Davis. Sr.. Rl. 3. Box 607. Pacific. \10. 6:~069 .. Ro\ L Barnes. 913 Thornton St.. Pacific. \10. 63069 . Donald R. Hinson. Rl. 2. Box :~H7. L路nion. \10. 630H4 ... F"'is I.. Willchester. RI. 2. Box 661. Lllion. \10. 630H4 Arthur C. Gaebler. Rt. 2. Box 15 I. Hermann. \10. 6:",041 .. Iloward E. Brandt. Rt. 1. Rosebud. \fo. 6:\091 .

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Louis Louis Louis Louis Louis Louis Louis Louis Louis Louis Louis Louis

Meridian. Pomegranate. Pyramid.... C'()od Hope. . . . . . Aurora. . . . . Amenca . . . Cache. Harmonv CliflOlI Heights. . . Algabil. Magnolia . Trinin

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Earl T. Sowell. . \ Harrv C. 1'\oet7e. 5417 DOllman Ave .. St. l.ouis. \10. 6:~ 109 . Frederick.J. Bertram.Jr Kenneth R. Hill. 1144 \Iagnet DriV'e. Olivette. \fo. 6:~132 . .Jack C. Weaver. . . . .. . ' \hrle R. Carver. 5959 Hilgard PI .. 5t. Louis. Mo. 63109 . Clarence W. Hunter. . Willard W. Boelllie. 1650 Miller Road. Impenal. \fo. 63052 .. Baile\' A. Dawson . Carlis F.. Dawsoll. 3.'155 Alberhill Dr.. St. LoUIS. \10. 6:~ I 29. John H. Brand. James R. Shadowens. 120 Brent. Oakland. \10. 63122 .... ' Sam H. WarrillglOn . Frank J. Dallko. 4:l:~7 Oleatha Ave .. St. Louis. \10. 63116 .. Fd\\'ard F. \'a<la\ik . .Jr William F. Schmidt. 9:",09 Yaflhurv Lalle. SI. Louis. \fo. 63123 1.. Bruce Robersoll I.. Bruce Roberson. 94HH Arban Dr.. Crestwood. Mo. 63126. , , Bil".J. Bmer . . . . . F.lmer 1.. Fowler. 520H Alabama Ave .. St. Louis. \10. 63111 '1 William I路 \Iathis. Da\id R. \'ogler. 5037 Felldler Place. St. Louis. \10. 63116. Robert 1). RobertsOlI. . Fllis II. Havard. #2 St. \Iartha Court. Florissant. \10. 630:H

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Norman H. Behrend, D.D.G.M.. 9144 Ranch Meadows Drive, St. Louis, Mo. 63136

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John W., Spickler ~lllton C. Engelhardt Irvin ~. Sprous ... Wilbur C. Paddock. Bobby E. Robertson . Sarkis Davidian .. Winfred Bone. lIarrison H. Halbe .

~~;1~1~1~ REr?cJ~~::[[' ::. James H. Pennington.

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Clarence B. 0011,8011 Crestway Ave.. St. Louis, Mo. 63123. William B. Stephenson. Jr.. 10049 Stonell Dr.. St. Louis. ~o. 63123 . Rudolph G. Brock. 2719 Ashby Rd .• St. Louis, ~o. 63114 . K.1.. Vogel. 713 Lynn lIaven Lane. Hazelwood, Mo. 63042 . Charles E. Jordan, 1041 Rockman PI., Rock Hill, ~o. 63119 .. H. F. Simmons, 242 Turf Ct., Webster Groves. Mo. 63119 ... Ravmond B. Williams, 4521 Whitfield La., St. Louis, ~o. 63134 Howard H. Buer, 920 Dutch ~ill Dr.. Ballwin, ~o. 63011 .... Edwin C. Hawkins, 9487 Roseba\' Dr., Crestwood, ~to. 63126 ~el\'in S. Awrd. 1349 Graham, 51. Louis. Mo. 63139 . R. C. Snll!, 11940 Meadow run CI., Maryland Heights. Mo. 6:~043

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Grand River . BellOn. Jewel . Coldwater. . Archie ... Cleveland ...

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Garden Cit\'. Harrisonville Freeman. Belton. Pleasant Hill . Drexel . Archie . Cleveland .

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Roger E. Orr, Rt. 2, Box 249, Garden City, Mo. 64747 . II. F.ugen~ Self, 1005 Edgevale :re~r.. Harrisomille, Mo. 64701 John C. \\aldron, P.O. Box 156, freeman. Mo. 64746 . Patrick II. Bosley, 604 Prairie Circle. Belton. Mo. 64012 . W. L Brown. 418;';. Randolph St.. Pleasant Hill, Mo. 64080. Eu~ne R. Powell.. Rt. 2. Box 17. Peculiar, Mo. 64078 . Ro rt 1.. Drury, P.O. Box 182, Archie, ~fo. 64725 . E. S. Craycraft, 1105 Edgevale Terr., Harrisonville. Mo. 64701

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Amsterdam. Butler ..... Crescent Hill. Rich Hill ....... Foster ...........

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Scott Allen. Rt. I. Adrian. ~10. 64720. . . . .. Harrison D. Philbrick. Rt. :~. Box I:H. Rich Hill. \10. 64779 ... W. Carl Trogdon. Rt. 3. Box 174. Butler. \10. 647:~O.

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Cole Camp. Shawnee ... Knob I'oster. Holden.. .. Corinthian ... Cold SprinK .. Chilhowee. Sedalia . Granite ..... LaMonte ..

595 653 245 262 265 274 487 236 272 574

Cole Camp. \\'arsaw . Knob :"oster Iioiden .... WarrenshurK路 Leeton ... Chilhowee. Sedalia. Sedalia. LaMOille.

Emery L. Brandt .... Ralph W. Linhardt .. \1arvin 1.. Cass Earl D. Fox. Frederick A. Wolff . Edward K. Lenz. Joseph A. Seaton. John S. Berr~ James R. Burk .. Jern R. HandleY.

John D. Friedly. Jr.. P.O. Box 14. Ionia. \10. 65:~35 .. John Owen. P.O. Box 275. Warsaw. \10. 65355 ..... F. A. Alderson. 637 Valley Hill Dr.. Knob :"oster, \10. 653:~6 Georl/;e W. Cast. 704 S. Olive. Holden. \10.64040 . Hillis E Guild. 407 Tenth St.. Warrensburg. \10. 64093 .. Richard I.. HedyulSl. 752 Post Dr.. Whiteman AFB. Mo. 65305 Jamc's E. Hancock. Rt. 2. Box 103. Chilhowee. ~Io. 647:B .. Howard J Gwinn. 667 E. 10th St.. Sedalia. ~o. 6530 I ... Ra, F. lIendricks. 1614 W. 20th St .. Sedalia. ~10. 65301 .. Ray 1.. Stoll. 2407 W. 11th St.. Sedalia. \10. 6530 I ..

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Windsor . 29 Clinton . 548 Calhoun. 552 St. Clair. 273 Circle .. 342 Lowrv City . 403 412 Appleton <::ity. Star .... ... ,419

Windsor Clinton. . . . . . . Calhoun. . . Osceola. Roscoe. LowrY' City Appleton <:ity . . Tabervllle.. ..

.lames R. Caskey James \'. Stone.. William 1.. Georg-e. Rohert F. McLern Carl H. :"itsche .. Fred R. Bunch. Floyd Cuher . Kenwood 1.. Ilarra

.jJoseph S. Kidwell. 61,0 S. ~\路in~sor.~t.. Windsor: \1.0~ 65360 .. . Harn' I.. Jerome. 316:". :Jth St.. Chnton. \10. 647.b . \lurrcl V. Zolli,:ker. P.O. Box 215. Calhoun. \10. 65323 .. Eldon Lawson. Osceola. \10.64776. . . Robert E. Bell. Sr.. P.O. Box 54. Roscoe. \10. 64781. Perry 1.. Atchison. 200 :". \1ahan. Lowrv Cit v. Mo. 64 76:~. John B. Browning. Rt. :~. \lomrose. ~10. 64770 ... Willard 1.. Dains. Rt. 2. Box 41. Rochille. \10. 64780 .....

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Linn Creek ... Ma<:ks Creek .. Ladede.. Competition. Conway .. Iberia. . .. Waynesville. Richland

152 433 H:3 432 528 410 375 :{H5

William E. Brenneman, D.D.G.M., Linn Creek Star Route, Lebanon, Mo. 65536

Camdenton. Ma<:ks Creek. Lebanon .... Competition Conway . Iberia ' . Waynesvill" . Ri<:hland ....

Donald G. Kimbrell ..... Virgil R. Bradsher. P.O. Box 143. Sunrise Beach. Mo. 65079. James c. Tu<:ker . Chester II. Hinchey. Rt. I, Box 113. Preston. Mo. 65732 ..... t.u!{ene M. Clay .. C. :\orman l'nverzagt. 333 W. Elm St.. Lebanon. Mo. 65536 .. Larry Heaney .... Owen H. Simpson. Rt. 6, Box 375, Lebanon. Mo. 65536 . Larry J. Atkinson . Robert L. .lump, P.O. Box 388. Marshfield. Mo. 65706 . Tern' Luttrell .... :-';orman D. DeVore, Rt. 2, Iberia. Mo. 65486 . Warren Webster. John J. Fer~ante, Rt. 2, Dixon, Mo. 65459 ~ . William R. Evans. : .Jackie B. Miller. Rt. 3, Box 183, RKhland. ~10. 65:>56 .

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Cuba. Salem .. Vienna. Belle ... Lane's Prairie. Rolla . St. .lames .. Equality . Arlington. Latimer ....

7i I Steelville .. 312 225 94 373 5:H 213 230 497 346 145

Cuha ... Salem .. Vienna. Belle Vi<:hy ... Rolla .. St. .lames. :\ewbur!{. Dixon .. Li<:kin!{ ....

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Fralie.~.Jr~, Red Bone Steel\'llle,~lo. 6:>:>6:>. . . . . . . . . .

Ran<:h, Rl. 2, Box 97, . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . John H ..~1~Hl?hy, 90~ W. Mai!1 Ave., Cuba, Mo.•~5.453 .. . . . .. Benllle~. Smith, Rl. 3, Box b8D, Salem, Mo. 6:>:>60........ George A. Ollen, 1'.0. Box 147, Freeburg, Mo. 65035. . . . Roland E. Ridenhour, Rl. I. Box 70, Belle. Mo. 65013........ Garnett Walters, Rt. 5. Box 96; Rolla, Mo. 65401. .. . . . . . . . . .. :-';orm~n E. Ragan, RI.,5. ~ox.378, Rolla, Mo. 65401 .... :.. .. Don \ . C:un~et. 328 \\. \\ aS~llIglOJ.l' St. .lames, Mc!. 65:>:>9. . . . Dewey W. Riden. Rt. 2. Box 232, :\ewburg, Mo. 6:>550....... William B. Harrison, 1'.0. Box 3H6. Dixon. Mo. 65459..... Gene Miller. P.O. Box 341. Licking. Mo. 65542 . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

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Jefferson . DeSoto .. Jefferson . Joachim. Jefferson. Shekinah ..... Jefferson Herculaneum .. Arnold . Jefferson. Blackwell . St. Francois. Washington. Tyro .

119 164 256 338 673 535 12

DeSoto ... Hillsboro .. Crystal City . Herculaneum . Arnold ... Blackwell .. Caledonia.

Clyde O. Harmon ... Alfonzo J. K Hudson. John R. Kas~n . William M. :\clson .. , Charles H. McClain ., Earl O. Kronk. William S. Bell .

Washington ... Washington. Washington.

131 143 632

Potosi . Irondale . Belgrade .

William O. Mallow Curtis A. Glore .. Garv W. Yount.

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Secrctary's :\arnc and Address Charles H. Turley, Rt. 5, Box 238, DeSoto. Mo. 63020 . .. ... Lester G. Conrad. 3144 Greenwood Dr.. High Ridge. Mo. 63049 Herman A. Koester. 811 Richard Ave.. Festus. Mo. 63028 .... Henrv A. Hartoebben. 4319 Sinnwell Dr.. St. Louis. Mo. 63123 JohnJ. Wilson. 2356 Lonedell Road. Arnold. Mo. 63010 Howard R. Inman. Rt. 3. Valle Lake. DcSoto. Mo. 63020 . . . . . Frank Wright. P.O. Box 115. Caledonia. Mo. 63631 "

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Riddick . Western Light . Urbana . Hogle's Creek. Hermitage Fair Play Modern . Bolivar Pleasant Hope

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361 396 421 279 288 44 144 195 467

Buffalo .. Louisburg. l:rbana .. Wheatland. Hermitage . Fair Play . Humansville . Bolivar . Pleasant Ilope.

George O. Cloinger .. Gary A. Armstrong .. Paul E. Carpenter ..... Lawrence Englebrakc .. James c. Munden. Guv Goodwin .. Ral'ph W. Flynn .. James S. Tennis .... Donald M. Revels

Harold B. Pallcrson. Rt. I, Buffalo. Mo. 65622. . .. Forrest M. Dorman. P.O. Box II. Louisburg. Mo. 65685. Jerry W. Cox. Rt. 2. Box 62. t.:rbana. Mo. 65767 . DaVId M. ()'!\eal, P.O. Box 202. Wheatland. Mo. 65779 . Jackie D. Burns. P.O. Box 168. Weaubleau. Mo. 65774 . \iarion A. Mitchell. P.O. Box 13. Aldrich. Mo. 65601. . Fred V. Hogan. Rt. I. Box 68, Flemington. Mo. 65650 ., .lames c. Faulkner. Rt. 2. Bolivar. Mo. 65613 . Robert E. Crowell. Rt. I. Pleasant Hope. Mo. 65725 ..

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Stocklon . Jerusalem . ·Washington. Everton .. Lockwood.

315 87 405 521

I.ISt()(;kl'.lll ..... eriw Springs. Greenlield Everton . Lockwood ..

Lacey Stapp. D.D.G.M.. P.O. Box 12. Greenfield. Mo. 65661

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H. Ruyle. Edward L. Band\' Michael A. \1yers William R. Probst . Ward K. Pattison ..

David W. Shorl. 903 College St.. Slockton. Mo. 65785 :--':evin Fill. P.O. Box 15. Jerico Springs. Mo. 64756 l.acev Slapp. P.O. Box 12. Greenfield. Mo. 65661 George H. Luce. Rt. I. Box 28. Everton. Mo. 65646 Henrv A. Habersaal. P.O. Box 48. Lockwood. Mo. 65682

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Hermon. Lamar. Clintonville .. Osage .. Sheldon . Schell Cily . Montevallo Cnily ..... Walker.

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Dennis Worsley . Michael D. Davis . Danny Darnell . Harold 1.. Cliffman. Hosmer Parsons. Warren O. Haddix. Jimmy Gardner . baniel S. Cooper . Charles E. Foreman.

187TLiherai 292 Lamar. 148~ ! C.lintoll\ille .. 3lU :-;evada . 371 Sheldon . 448 Schell Cilv .. I 490 I MOlllevallo .. 495 Richards . I 605 Walker .

FORTY-FOURTH DISTRICT Jasper. Jasper. Jasper. Jasper .. Jasper. Jasper. Jasper . Jasper . Jasper . Jasper . Jasper

Carthage. Sarcoxie. Joplin ..... lellowship. Jasper ..... 'Ca rterville . Mineral. Webb Cit v Carl Junc'lion . Criterion. . l.a Russell ...

197 29:~

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471 512 549 586 592

Carl J unnion Alba . La Russell.

Eugene E. "Pal" \f<:Farland. P.O. Box 146. Liberal. Mo. 64762 Rav \1. Quackenbush. P.O. Box 281. Lamar. Mo. 64759 .. Welton. P.O. Box 3:~. Roscoe. Mo. 64781 . ~alph .:--.:. While. 520 W. Walnul. :-;evada. Mo. 64772 . hms C. Morns. P.O. Box 141. Sheldon. Mo. 64784 . Billv D. Dickbreder. P.O. Box 47. Schell CilY. Mo. 64783 Le~'is Kennedy. Rt. I. Box 123. \1ilo. Mo. 64767 . ~arl L. Rog;rs.Rural Rt.. Richards. \10. 64778 . . (.rover G. I hlillps. Rl. I. Harwood. Mo. 64750 .

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William H. Yales . Benny 1.. Roach. Robert G. Pflug .. Clifford W. Taylol Howard D. Vanslvke John A. Morris .. : . Alton J. Amos . . Thomas R. Asbell .. Charles H. Shupp. c. C. Conway.

August C. Willm.Jr.. 1826 S. Garrison. Carthage. Mo. 64836 .. Herbert F. While. Rt. I. Sarcoxie. Mo. 64862 . W. Larrance Roe. 1815 \1ichigan.Joplin. \10. 64801 .. AlvinJ. Lauener. P.O. Box 2302. Joplin. Mo. 64801 . Lawson L. Sharp. 313 :-;. 2nd St.. Jasper. Mo. 64755 . Terry D. ~tanley. 116 W. n~u~hertv. Cart<;nille. Mo. 64835 .' Lo\,·d D. SI1I. 1810 Avlor. ",eb City. Mo. 64870 . Charles A. Thornberry. 212 Par Ave.. Webb City. Mo. 64870.. Herbert D. Sandy. P.O. Box 298. Carl Junnion. Mo. 64834 ... 1.10yd R. ~bram. 16~5 Cherry, Blossom La.. Carthage. Mo. 64836 Billy G. Campbell. I .0. Box 34. La Russell. Mo. 64848 .

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Greene. Greene. Greene .. Greene. Greene Greene. Greene .. Greene . Webster . Webster . Webster .. Webster. Webster.

United ... O路Sullivan. Ash Grove . Solomon . Gate of the Temple Republic. ... Strafford Willard. Webster. Doric . Mount Olive .. Hazelwood . Henderson .

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... Walnut Grove. Ash Grove. . Sprin~field. . Sprin~field. . . Republic. . . . . Strafford .... Willard. .. . . . .

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Garv W. Yarbrou~h. Rt. 3, Box 2f9. Strafford. ~o. 65757 Paul E. ~arlin. Rt. 6. Box 621-A. Springfield, ~o. 65803 Dr. .I. Edward Blinn. P.O. Box 14. ~farshfield. ~fo. 65706 Wayne Havmes. Rt. l. Box 1747. Branson. ~o. 65616 . Daniel ~. Knust, Rt. :i. Box 51. Ro~ersville, Mo. 65742 . lames W. Belknap. Rt. 2. Box 24A. Seymour, ~o. 65746 \\'. Oral Barrow. 1'.0. Box 97. Rogersville. Mo. 65742

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A\'a . Pilot Knob .. Barnes. Texas . Plato . Summersville . ~ountain (;rove .. Joppa . Mansfield. :'Iiorwood.

26 182 116 177 469 555 158 411 543 622

Ava. Richville. Cabool. Houston. Plato . Summersville .... Mountain (;rove Hartville . ~ansfield . :'Iiorwood .

Rosco W. Ehrhardt. Don Ousley... John II. Walker.. 'hank I.. Miller. ..... Harold D. Earp. Paul R. Smith. . . . . . . . . . Jawh C. Baird.......

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~~a~le~':~t;rmstrong.::.\ t~.~N2;1;~:.'t~~~\~~~~~~~ld~~0.1~~7fl~a.rtville.. ~o .. 65~.67 Danny Page

,Jerry I.. Richardson. Rt. 2, Box 17. :\orwood.

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r Van Buren Grandin .... Hopewell . Barnesville... Bunker.. Delphian. Winona . Eminence.

Arthur L. Cook, Sr., D.D.G.M., P.O. Box 253, Ellington, Mo. 63638

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Gary L. Keeney

579 239 353 675 137 430 607

(;randin .. Les terville . Ellington . Bunker . Birch Tree. Winona. Eminence.

Llovd Collins Risbv ..... Warren Moore. Rt. 2, Box 160路B. Doniphan. Mo. 63935 Marechal Ervel KOch .. James M. Johnson. Rt. I. Box 28C. Black. Mo. 63625 Claude R. Johnson . Arthur L. Cook. Jr.. P.O. Box 253. Ellington. Mo. 63638 . Rodney B. Parker. Rt. 2. Box 56A. Bunker. Mo. 63629 Willard P. Hill Eugene G. Kragnes. Rt. I. Birch Tree. Mo. 65438 . Claude Harris.. Ronald D. Brawley. Star Rt.. Box 218. Winona. Mo. 65588. Wavne G. ~1iley . Everett Fancher. T. F. Cox. P.O. Box 45. Eminence. Mo. 65466 ...

Bruce F. Elliott, P.O. Box 304. Van Buren, !\1o. 63965

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Star of the West .. Mosaic ... Viburnum .. Marcus. Bismarck ... Farmington. Ionic. St. Francois. Samaritan Pendleton . Leadwood. Elvins . Saline ..

133 351 676 II () 41 132 154 234 424 551 598 599 226

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lrollton. Belleview ..... Viburnum. Fredericktown. Bismarck. Farmington. Desloge ... Libertvville Bonn~ Terre. Doe Run . Leadwood . Flat River. St. Marv路s ..

J. Richardson, D.D.G.M., 502 Norwood, Bonne Terre, Mo. 63628

Paul W. Jac路kson. . . . "1 Harold J. Vandergrift. :no S. Main St.. Irollton. Mo. 63650 . Wesley A. Wren. . . . .. Ralph A. Trask. Rt. I. Belleview. Mo. 63623 . Robert E. Morton ... , .. Randall L. ~liller, Star Rt. 286. Box 37. Viburnum. Mo. 65456 Howard C. Brewington .. ,.lames O. Goldsberry. Rt. I. Box 145. :Io1arquand. Mo. 63655 .. Thomas R. Keay Garry L. Dalton. Rt. 2. Box 161. Bismarck. Mo. 63624 . Gregory P. Johnson. 1433 Jennings Rd .. Esther Mo. 6360!. . Dale W. Crites Michael R. Lane. ..... Flovd H. BUckner. P.O. Box 1546. Desloge. Mo. 63601 '" . Joseph E. Stevens..... Lee Roy l"ichols. Star Route #1. Ste. Genevieve. ~1o. 63670 . Ralph E. Bess. . . . . . . . . . M. D. Perkins. 637 Rue Leona, TDL. Bonne Terre, Mo. 63628 Kenneth Williams. . . . . . Frederick G. Meder. Rt. I. Box 365M. Farmington. Mo. 63640 Marvin L. Poston. 313 Station St .. Leadwood. Mo. 63653 . Arlie B. Daughertv . . . . . Clay A. Watson. . . . . . . .. Clark Layne. Jr.. Rt. I. Box 519. Elvins. Mo. 63639 . Ralph C. Primo. . . . . . . .. Dwight Smith. 439 l'Oorth West St.. Perryville. Mo. 63775 ..

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LodKe :rrowe! .. Zalma... St. Mark's West View. . . Mvstic Tie. . Whitewater. Excelsior.... lIarold O. Grauel Perryville. Illmo.. Chaffee. . . . . .

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~~~.is~~a;i·d ScOll .. Scott ..... Stoddard .. Stoddard Stoddard. Stoddard .. Stoddard. Stoddard ...

East Prairie. Charleston .. Morehouse Morlev .. Sikeston ... Bloomfield .. Essex ... Lakeville .. Dexter ... Advance .. Puxico ....

384 407 603 184 310 153 278 489 532 590 596

Point Pleasant .. :\ew \fadrid . Lilbourn . Odom . Caruthersville. Hayti . Steele . Wardell .

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SelTetarv's :\ame and Address Thomas W. Anderson. 1'.0. Box 8:{. Glen Allen. \fo. 637.">1.. Lee Dalton. Rt. I. Box 6. Sturdivant, \fo. 63782 . . . . . . . . . . James T. Childress. 617 Jackson Tr.. Jackson. \fo. 63755 . . . . William R. :\elson. P.O. Box 27. \fillersville. Mo. 6:1766 ....

r:~,)~~S~~tic~~:·~:·(~·.~~hit~:·a't)::~\f~fc~3~:J&43.:..... Joe D. \fasterson, Rt. 3. Box 236. Jackson. \fo. 63755. . . . . . . C. O. Blaylock. 217 S. Louisiana Ave" Cape Girardeau. Mo. 63iOl Kenneth E. Corse. Rt. 6. Box IA. Perrn-ille. \fo. 63775 .. Homer R. Brazel, 1'.0. Box '275. IIImo. \10. 63754 William R. AlslOn. '20S (;ra)'. Chaffee. \10. 63740. .....

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E;ast Prairie G. V. Cogdill, Jr. .. . 1 Char.les L, \fC.·C1oskey. ,I. ,Charleston. 63834 . . . .. RKhard I. Reed.Jr.. 206 E. Commernal, Charleston. \fo. 63834 Charleston : Dand Iher .. . .. .... \-Iarhn L. Swmger. P.O. Box 224. \forehouse. Mo. 63868 . Morehouse / James C. lIewill \forle} lIuey' B. Dam('/ . I CurtIS L. Halford. P.O. Box '207. Oran. \fo. 63771 . Sikeston Ronald G. Gale more Elbert F. Sloan. 708 E. (;Iadys St.. Sikeston. Mo. 63801 .. Bloomfield. Roben D. Gihhs .. Dail K. lIill, P.O. Box 17 I. Bloomfield. \fo. 63826 . .lames W. Kellev. P.O. Box 37. Essex. \fo. 63846 . Essex. . . James D. Carman. Bell Cit\' Clifford R. Warren .. Charles 1.. Ki,l;lll. Rt. 2. Box 84. Advance. \fo. 63730 . Dexter' William C. Bell. .. Thomas E. Stevens. RI. '2. Box 256. Dexter. \fo. 63841 . Advance. Kenneth Emerson. George \'. Green. Rt. I. Box 149. Advance. Mo. 6:n30 . Puxico. . . . . . .. Ruch Williams. John W Roach. 26:{ High St.. Puxico. Mo. 6:{960 ...

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Robert J. \fcAlister. 1'.0. Box 393. I'orta,l;eville. Mo. 6:{873 .. Harold A. Sioas. Sr.. P.O. Box :{8. :\ew Madrid. Mo. 6:{869 . lames E.. \fa~lln. 1.'.0. B~>x 2:. Catron. \10. 6~~:{:{ . 1... c. Keith. JOO \\. 9th St.. lortagevllle. \fo. Id873 . Leonard T. Ferrell. S04 Cotton Ave.. Caruthersville. \fo. 63830 Theodore T. \Iartin. 102 E. Washin~ton St.. Hayti. Mo. 6:{85 I Philhp G. Kourv. 300 Cooter Rd .. Box (;. Steele. \fo. 63877 D. 1.. Potts. 110 Bates St.. Steele. \fo. 6:{877 . . . . . . . .

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Poplar Bluff. . .. '12091 Composite. . . . . . . 369 :'I;aylor . . . . .. . 568 107 Greenville ..... " Wayne. . . . 526

Poplar Bluff. Domphan .. Naylor . GreenvIlle. Piedmont

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Howell Ho--:ell .. , Ho"'ell Oregon. . . . Oregon.. . Oregon. Oregon. . . Ozark. . . . . . Ozark. . . . . Ozark. Ozark. . . ..

Mt. Zion . Ingom~~ .. ',: . '.' Mountalll "Ie", Alton ... Woodside. Clifton . Koshkonong . Sampson . Bayou. . . . Rockbridge . Robert Burns .

327 536 637 255 3B7 463 582 29B 365 435 496

Roy W. McGhee. Sr.. D.D.G.M.. 112 South Main. Piedmont. Mo. 63957 Herman Oby Pogue Robert C. Hoefer, Jr.

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West Plains ..... Willow Springs .. MounIain View Alton . Thomasville .. Thayer ..... Koshkonong Theodosia .. Bakersfield .... Almartha. Gainesville ..

Robert L SargenI . Samuel N. Hurst. 704 E. Hwy. 160. West Plains, Mo. 65775 lerald Mackey . Larry Meal. Rt. 2. Box 365. Willow Springs. Mo. 65793 Robert E. Bradford . Albert E. Gimple. Jr .• Rt. 3, Box 119. Mt. View, Mo. 65548 Albert M. Callahan . Hardin D. Franks. P.O. Box 37, Alton, Mo. 65606 . Billy' R. Cropper . Jonathan L. Crews. Rt. 1, Box 121, Koshkonong. Mo. 65692 . Haston F. Collier, P.O. Box 454. Thayer. Mo. 65791 .,. lames R. DenIon Paul Huddle . James L. Kennemur. General Deliv.. Koshkonong, Mo. 65692 Ealum E. Bruffett .. Claudy D. Hunter. Protem, Mo. 65733.. . . Frank Evans . Mack G. Davis. Rt. A. Box 71 B, Caulfield. Mo. 65626 .. Woodrow A. Enloe. I. G. Norris. 8 Hoffman Dr., Rt. 4. Jefferson City. Mo. 65101 Ronald R. Beavers. ~arney Douglas. Rt. I. Box 30. Gainesville. Mo. 65655

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Donald H. Roller. P.O. Box 47. Sparta. Mo. 65753 ..

Christian Christian. Stone. SlOne Taney. Taney.

Friend. Billings ... Galena. Crane . Forsyth . Branson.

352 379 515 519 453 587

Ozark . Billings . Galena . Crane . Forsvth . Branson.

(;ary E. Reda ... William D. Rau~h .. lohn A. Turner ..... ~ernard F. Radford. Ronald D. Houseman. Roy R. Rowland ..

.lames D. Harrington. Rt. I. Box 165-IA. Ozark. Mo. 65721 Ri~hard G. Sullivan. Rt. I, Box 267. Clever. ~fo. 65631 ..... Carnell F.. Cutbirth. Rt. I, Box 29:m. Galena. Mo. 65656 .. Charles H. Warren. P.O. Box G. Crane. Mo. 65633. . . Cletys R. Ackerman. 1'.0 Box 191. Forsyth, Mo. 65653 . Alvin II. Junes. Star Rt. 2. Box 489, Branson. Mo. 65616 ..

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'demett. . . . . . . .. Barry. . . Pythagoras. . . Comfort Central Crossing. ~lount Vernon Canopv Decatur. . . . . . . 'diller. .....

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T. Gordon Williams. D.D.G.M.. P.O. Box 514. Aurora. Mo. 65605 (;eorge W. Patton .. Jack Piatt ..... ~1illard D. Andrews. Chestcr B. Rover. Samual "Vic'" j'enll\ Arthur J. Tracv .. Robert ~Iullim. Linn Iiouck . Ron ~hers ..

'donett Washburn. Cassville .. Wheaton. Shell Knob. 'dount Vernon Aurora Pierce Citv . 'diller. .

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.lames R. Kellev, 1100 E. Calc. 'donett. 'do. 65708 ... Rav D. Willard, P.O. Box 2272, Joplin. 'do. 64801 .. Clvde King, Eagle Rock Star Rt.. Cass"ille, :\10. 65625. Kellev D. Carrison, Rt. I, Box 18, Fairview, 'do. 64842. Robert W. ~lain. Rt. I, Box 434, Shell Knob, ~10. 65747 ..... Vincen W. Baldwin, Rt. :~, Box 161, ~It. Vernon. 'do. 65712.

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Southwest. Anderson. :'IOoel.. .. ... ...... :'IOeosho . . . . . . .. Granby. . . . . . . . . .. Stella.. .....

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Southwest CIlI Anderson. :\oel. .. :\eosho. (;ranbv . . .. Stella .' . . ..

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Jennings . Benjamin Franklin Shaveh.

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Louis. Louis. Louis. Louis.

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James B. Camrell. P.O. Box 485. :\oel. 'do. 64854 ..... 'Rov H. Eppa.rd, ,Rt. 2, Box 4~O,~, (;ooe,lman, 'do~ 64843 RIchard M. Easter. P.O. Box 263, :\oel, Mo. 648::>4 .... John W. !\lurpln, :~17 Fain ..' -'e., :\eosho" !\(o. 64850 .. Fred H. Shewmake. P.O. Box 216, (;ranbv, Mo. 64844. Edwin W. Parker. Rt. 4, Box :~69, :\eosho, ~10. 64850 ..

James Russell (Russ) Tinker. Sr.. D.D.G.M.. 2145 Splendor Dr.. Florissant. Mo. 63031

Location Hazelwood St. John Hazelwood. . . . . Ferguson .

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I (;eorge c. Kirb, .. William W. !\ledln .. James E. Hawkins . BIllv R. Abbott .

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H. !\liller, 10216 Baltimore Ave., St. Ann, Mo. 63074. Richard 1.. \luenks. 9621 l.ackland Rd .. St. Louis, Mo. 6:H 14. Roland E. Talmage, 955 Switlcr Ave .. St. l.ouis, !\to. 63147 ....

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James (;. Lehn. . . .. ... Edward S. Weinstein..

Robert :\. Cox. '4418 Tustin Court. Bridgeton, \10. 6:~044 ..... Kenneth 1.. Crabtree. 3208 Bowman Ridge, St. Charles. Mo. 6:~:~OI , . Alfred Schricker. 38 Flamingo Dr.. HalelwlK>d, Mo. 6:~042 . Albert Krause, 6842 Corbitt Ave.. SI. Louis. Mo. 63130 .

Florissant .. Creve Coeur . Berkelev .. Florissaill .

James A. Otto. . . . . Rmsellll. Gassmann.. M. E. (Rusl\') Walton. . Ralph B. Dawson. . . . . :\. G. Schlagcnhauf. .

R. \~:~r~~t>~·~:~~~il;~133~~~~1. CO.~~I: .~ak~~ie.w .Es.t~te~... . .. Paul C. :\euenkirk, 92.:;2 Edna A,·e., 51. Louis. Mo. 63137 . R. D. Winchell, 4140 Lockport D.... Bridgeton, Mo. 6:~044 . Virgil E. Kolb. 130 I Sharondalc Ur.. Apt. L St. Louis, \10. 6:~ 135 Charles J. Coleman, 7635 Forestview Dr., :\ormandv, ~(o. 63121

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Louis. Louis. Louis .. Louis . Louis . Louis . Louis .. Louis. Louis.

St. Louis. Webster Groves. Keystone . Anchor . West Gate Kirkwood .. Euclid. . . Forest Park . Brentwood .

St. Louis "'1 Freedom . SI. Louis. . . . .. Gardenville . St. Louis.. . . .. Theodore Roosevelt. .. SI. Louis Crestwood ..

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Edwin B. Brzezinski, D.D.G.M., 9148 Pardee Spur, Crestwood. Mo. 63126

Cre\'e Coeur ... Webster Groves. Webster (;roves. Crestwood. Kirkwood. Kirkwood. Crestwood .. Mehlville ... Brentwood.

636 Mehlville........ 6551 (;ardemille ..... 661 669

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E. K. Rosenblatt .... Ralph L Johnson. Bruce Aaron Stager .. Thomas W. Stout· . Richard II. Davis. Marie)' W. White ... Kenneth C. Dow. Jr.. Leo M. Kindel .. . .. Raleigh 1.. Sutton . 1

Theodore R. Brown..... Cov D. Grogan...... ...

Edward Solomon. 2452 Forestshadows Dr.. St. Louis. Mo. 63136 W. II. Korhammer. 428 Innisfail Dr.. St. Louis. Mo. 63119 . Flovd G. Ward. 4647 Tower Grove 1'1.. SI. Louis. Mo. 63 110 . EUKene H. Ohsiek. 6147 Victoria Ave.. SI. Louis. Mo. 63139 .. George R. Gaertner. 4653 S. 37th St.. St. Louis. Mo. 63 I 16 .... Frank A. Tripodi. 12401\. Sappington Rd .• St. Louis. Mo. 63122 Richard A. Behr. 4025 Pennsylvania Ave.. St. Louis. Mo. 63118 Oliver Diers. 8427 Mathilda Ave.. SI. Louis. Mo. 63123 . Emmett Broombaugh. 14805 Woodford Way. Bridgeton. Mo.63044 . G. W. Burnworth. 700 Karlsruhe PI.. St. Louis. Mo. 63125 ..... Jeffrey c. Kitsmiller. 564 Bellsworth Dr.. St. Louis. Mo. 63125

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Lee D. Tufts. 7429 Warner. SI. Louis. Mo. 63 I 17 . Charles Wesdell. 204 Deane Ct .. Sunset lIills. Mo. 63127 ..

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Mt. Moriah. . Bonhomme. . . . . . . . Polar Star. . . . . . . . . Fenton............ Meramec. . . . . . . . . Cornerstone. . . . . ..

40 45 79 281 3 I3 323

Clavton .. I David 5. Butler .... Ballwin .. . . .. ~(arshall L West .. . : Roy J. SchUtl . Clavton .. Feriton .• I Eugene 1'. Schroeder. Eureka .. John 1.. Whitelock ... F. Richard Krabbe .. . .. , Creve Coeur

51. St. St. 5t. St. SI. SI.

Louis. Louis . Louis . Louis . Louis . Louis . Louis .

Apollo.......... Rose Hill. ..... Maplewood. . . . . Clayton. .. . . . . Valley Park. . . . . l.:niversitv. . . . Pilgrim

529 550 566 601 629 649 652

Creve Coeur. Creve Coeur Maplewood Clavton ... Valiey Park Clavt(ll1 .. Cla~·ton ..

Russell A. Grosch. 651-c Rosetta Dr.. Florissant. Mo. 63031 .. , W. W. Weston. 908 Broohale Terr.. Manchester. Mo. 6301 I Fred O. lIahn. 780 ferome Lane. Cahokia. Ill. 62206 . fohn F. Tucker. 53<15 lI.unning Rd .. High Ridge. ~o. 63049 . Robert .J. Stanton. 305 Clara St.. Eureka. Mo. 6302:> . Ben Lamberg. 1434 Willowbrook Cove. Apt. 3. St. Louis. Mo. 63141 . Francis Scydick . ). M.Jones. 10510 Hwy. 366. Trailer Ct. 14. St. Louis. Mo. 63127 Richard Lee Smith . Harry H. Hildebrand, Rt. I. Box 606. Glencoe. Mo. 63038 .. , . Clarence L Jones . William F. Harris. 7572 Wise Aye.. St. Louis. Mo. 63 I 17 . R. Wayne Fenner . Earl E. Sampson. 1808 Kenilworth La.. Brentwood. Mo. 63144 :'\orman S. Stites. John D. DeClue. Rt. 3. Box 485. Eureka. Mo. 63025 . Sheldon Shabansh ... C. Ballard Cone. 1013 Orchard Lakes. SI. Louis. Mo. 63141 .,. Linton W. Kneemiller . Paul W. Holt. 10661 St. Veronica Ct.. St. Ann. Mo. 63074 .....

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George W. Berkstresser, Jr., D.D.G.M., Rt. 1, Barnett, Mo. 65011

Lodge

Miller. Morgan Mor!{an

Ionia ...... Versailles ....... Barnell .. ......

Jackson . Jackson . .jackson . ackson . Jackson . Jackson . Jack.son . Jackson . Jackson .. Jackson ....

Independence . Summill . McDonald . Blue Sprin!{s . Raytown .. Christian ... Buckner .. '" Mt. Washington. Grandview. Grain Valley ...

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Independence Lee's Summit. Independence. Blue Springs Raytown .... Oak Grove. Buckner ..... Independence Grandview Grain Valley

SIXTIETH DISTRICT Kennett........ Four Mile...... Hornersville. . . . . .. Cardwell. . . . . . . . .. Malden..... Senath........ Clarkton. . . Bernie. . . . . . . .. I

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Eldon . '1 Douglas Partridge .... Versailles . Carl L. Wood ........ Barnell. . . . . . . .. Lawrence L. Montavy

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Seuetan's :-;ame and Addrcss Burl A. Henderson. 1'.0. Box 3. Lake Ozark. Mo. 65049 ...... Vernon L. Whillle. Rt. 3. Box 281. Versailles. Mo. 6S084 ...... Cecil L. Banner. Rt. I, Barnell. Mo. 6S011 ...............

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William E. Allison, D.D.G.M., P.O. Box 128, Oak Grove, Mo. 64015 Robert A. Fitzpatrick. Hugh M. Cambron.. ... Kenneth M. Fitzgercl.. Fredrich A. Troxel. Jr. George E. Marsden...... William R. Burch. Sr..... lohn E. Baker...... . Larry D. Pulliam. .. . James E. Spencer. . . . Ernest E. Reeder.... . .

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Kennett. Campbell. . Hornersville. . Cardwell. . . .. Malden. . Senath. '" Clarkton. . . . Bernic. . .

Don Seward . Earnest R. Eaker. Teddie Rouse ... John R. ~axwell . . Ronald E. Doyel. .. Darrell Conder.. W. K. Windham. Robert C. Crow' ...

Almus W. Shivley. 1002 Henderson. Kennett. Mo. 63857. Joe W. Cumins. 511 Parkway. Campbell. Mo. 63933 .. J. D. Young. P.O. Box 54. Hornersville. Mo. 63855 . Herman L. Clark. Rt. I. Arbvrd. Mo. 63821 . Oscar B. Rogers. Rt. 2. Box 218. Malden. Mo. 63863 . Billy T. Ponder. 1'.0 Box 207. Senath. Mo. 63876 . Dari A. Day. P.O. Box 222. Gidcon. Mo. 63848 .. Rov L. Lott. Rt. I. Box 138. Bernie, Mo. 63822 ...

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GRAND REPRESENTATIVES TO AND FROM THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

Grand Representative

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Springfield . St. Louis. Advance. Kansas City. St. Louis .... Piedmont \1acon . Kirkwood .. \fountain Grove . Kirkwood ... Osage Beach.

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Post Office Florissant . (;allatin . lefferson City .. "'ebster (;roves \1arshall . St. Louis . Jane ...

Robert J. Crede . William H. Chapman .. John W. Adams. Gus O. l"ations .. Arlie A. Hall ...

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Parkville .. St. Joseph.

Thomas B. \1ather . Walter H. Baird.

Kansas City. Columbia ..

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Eric Sonnich . .J. M: Sellers . t.dwlll W. Parker.

P. Vincent Kinkead . Bruce H. Hunt . Lester E. Schultz. lohn H. Rich .... Harold O. Grauel Thos. I. paYis.. Ir. . Harolil C. Smllll . .lames D. Sulton . Harry C. Ploetze . Roscoe Rooffener . Walter C. Ploeser

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Alabama . Alberta. . . . . .. .. . . .ArKemina .... .Arizona. ..... . ... Arkansas · .Austria .. . Brazil-Bahia . ....... Brazil-Rio de Janeiro . . Brazil-Rio Grande do Sui. . .. Brazil-Guanabara . . .. Brazil-\1inas (;erais . . ... Brazil-Maranhao . .Brazil-Para .Brazil-Parana ... .Brazil-Pernambuco .. .Brazil-Sama Catarina. Brazil-Sao Paulo .. .British Columbia. · Canada ....... .Chile. . .... China. . .. Colorado ..Columbia-Barranquilla .Connenicut . .Costa Rica. ... .Cuba ... ... Delaware .. . .. Denmark ..... . .... Distrin of Columbia .. . .Dominic·an Republic . . .Ecuador. .EI Salvador ... .England .Finland .. . .... Florida . .France (~atl.) .. ......... .Georgia .. · .Greece . . .. Guatemala. · .Iceland . .Idaho. · .llIinois ...

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J. B. Robinson . Fairfield Gordon Robert Wilson . Onowa\, ... , Buenos Aires Ernesto F. J. Plaut. . Samuel Anthony Scalzo . Tucson lack Stockburger . Winslow Dr. Leo Kandel . Wien. I. Dorotheergasse 12 Joao Antonio de Souza Fillllo. ltapetininga t.:Iysses l:. Billencourt ..... Rio de Janeiro Valnyr Goulart Jacques .. Rio Grande do Sui Benito Gabriel ile Jesus .. Rio de Janeiro Arnaldo Pertence ... Belo Horizonte loaquim .Elids Filho .. B. B. I. hllas . Para Arnaldo \1azza. Jr. . Fernando Pinto de Araujo ... Recife, Pernambuco Djalma Ouriques . Santa Catarina Antonio Camilo de Faria. Sao Paulo William Joseph \1cCoid. Kamloops Islington. Ontario fohn ~'. Lawer .... '.' ..... 1.ulS Sanchez-Puelma .. Valparaiso J. H. \foore. III . Taiwan Clvde Elton Smith . Denver ...................

Wm. E. Piercey Rudolph Sasso Calixto Fajardo RaY'mond M. Savage Knud V. Raude Charles B. Gillev. Sr. Hector B. Penson

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GRAND REPRESENTATIVES TO AND FROM THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI-(Contlnued) TO :'>fISSOL:RI Grand Representative Roy H. Sander . Howard F. Kizer. Elmer W. Wagner. Ronald P. Krueger. Anton J. Tomasek .. Arthur O. Hodges .. Lester Heckman .... 1. Morgan Donelson. William J. Hill . Frank A. Arnold. Vern H. Schneider . Frank P. Briggs . Robert H. Arnold ..

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SI. Louis. Mexico. Ballwin . SI. Louis . SI. Louis

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Princeton . Kansas City . Boonville . SI. Louis . Macon .. Kansas City .. Piedmont. Boonville .. :'>tacks Creek. SI. Louis. Kansas City .. Weston. Los Angeles . APO :\e York. St. Louis . Florissant .

R. Terence :'>tueller . Owen S. Taylor . Herman A. Orlick . Leonard V: Bo.....ers . William R. Robbins. Virgil R. Bradsher . Robert Gene Embry. Lewis C. Cook . Roy H. Rude . A. B. Vanlandingham .. Charles E. Scheurich .. Richard H. Bennett . Elvis A. Mooney . lack N. Matthews . Eldon D. Turnbull . Blair C. Mayford . Harold Thorne . Dewe~' A. Routh . Harry Gershenson .. ,

Ballwin ..... LaJolla. Ca .. Glendale .... Springfield .. -I renton ..... Sunrise Beach Rock\- Comfort Kansas City. Ne..... Franklin. Columbia .. Columbia. SI. Louis. Bloomfield. J~f1erson Cin. I rov . SI. Louis. Purdin. Rolla ..... SI. Louis ..

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Grand Representative . ... India .. . .. .Iran .Indiana. .. Ireland . . ..... Israel . . .... . . '!tah' (Grand Orient) ..

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A MASONIC REVIEW By BRUCE H. HUNT. P.G.M.

WHAT IS FREEMASONRY What is Freemasonry? How many times have you heard this question asked? The answer provided in the Masonic ritual is brief and made in simple statements that may require some amplification. The serious student of the Ancient Craft will spend years delving deeply into the mysteries trying to satisfy a thirst for the true answers to this and many other related questions. Early this year, on January 14, 1980, to be exact, a successful man of medicine, Dr. Eddie P. Stiles of Apex, North Carolina, prepared a paper to be given to a group of Masons and non-Masons in Raleigh, North Carolina's Lions Club. We were so taken with its depth and meaning that we would like to share it with you. We think we should say that Brother and Doctor Stiles has received many Masonic honors, including the rank and dignity to Inspector General Honorary, 33째 of the Scottish Rite, and was recently elected to the progressive line of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina. He is a Past Grand Master of Cryptic Masons and is currently General Grand Marshal of the General Grand Council of Cryptic Masons International. All of this he does in addition to serving as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine at the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Here is his paper: WHAT IS FREE:\fASONRV?

By Eddie Stiles, M.D. Presented before the Host Lions Club, Raleigh, North Carolina, January 14, 1980 You may ask at the outset, what is Freemasonry? In the words of Henry Clausen, 33째, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America, "I am constrained to reply, like the wit, that it is impossible to think about when you come to think about it. I can tell you first what it is not. It is not the formal organization. Nor is it our magnificent temples. Nor is it a severely secret society. Nor is it merely ritual. Perhaps we should content ourselves with the standard definition of Masonry, that is, 'It is a peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols.' Our overall mission can be summarized thus: To seek that which has the most worth in the world; To exalt the dignity of every person, the human side of our daily activities and the maximum service to humanity; To aid mankind's search in God's Universe for identity, for development, and for destiny; And thereby achieve better men in a better world, happier men in a happier world, and wiser men in a wiser world. Our ultimate goal, simply stated, is mankind's moral, spiritual and intellectual development." There are approximately four million Freemasons in the world. Of these, nearly three million are citizens and members of 10dRes in the United States. In North Carolina, we

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boast a membership of over 72,000 in 390 lodges and 63 districts. While our leaders are frequently concerned about net gain and net losses in membership, our Masonic law makes it an offense punishable by expulsion for a member to solicit another to join the Fraternity. Every Freemason has sought membership because he was moved to desire membership on the basis of some internal desire and motivation. If someone, who becomes desirous of becoming a Freemason, can find two members of a lodge who live within his geographic area who are willing to serve as his sponsor, he can then make an application for membership. He will acknowledge his firm belief in the One, True and Ever-living God and in his belief in the Immortality of the Soul. There is no other religious test. He will stipulate certain facts regarding his life and his state of health and he will provide the names of some references. His petition is then received by the lodge to which he has applied, read to the membership and it then lays over for a lunar month while a committee is appointed to investigate discreetly into his character. Meanwhile, the petition is reviewed and recorded by the executive secretary of our state organization. At a subsequent regular meeting of the lodge, the petition is again read, the report of the committee is made known and a secret ballot is cast by all of the members who are present. One objection is sufficient to reject the acceptance of the applicant. If, however, he is unanimously elected to membership, he will then receive the first degree in Masonry. After that, he will receive instruction and thereafter, in a similar manner, he will receive the second and third degrees. The instruction is given only by one qualified person to another which is a method by which the bonds of friendship are established and the history and traditions of the Fraternity are preserved. Why would one desire to become associated with such an organization as this in the first place? There are, in fact, many factors that cause people to seek membership in this, the largest and oldest fraternity in the world. For some, it is a family connection. A father, grandfather, or uncle has instilled a desire in a young man to follow in his footsteps. Someone attending a Masonic burial service may be inspired by the ceremony to seek membership. A DeMolay who is a member of the youth organization sponsored by Masons, through his earlier association with his Masonic Advisor, may wish to join the Fraternity or to take a greater leadership role in his former youth organization. Some may be excited by the pageantry of the Shrine and seek membership in the Fraternity so that he too, may take a part in the fun and the great philanthropy of the Shrine in its care for crippled and burned children. Some may have heard of the many services provided to less fortunates through our many charities and they may wish to have a part in this great work. Others still may have heard that we have a secret teaching and through curiosity and/or a desire for knowledge, seek membership to obtain this hidden wisdom. The Fraternity, however, would hope that through its rigorous selection process, nonmembers would look at the man who wears the Square and Compasses or the Crescent and Scimitar or the many other emblems that mark him as a Mason and say, "There goes a good man, because he is a Mason. I would like to be like him and be so recognized. I, too, would like to be a Mason." And then he might go to such a person and say, "My friend, how can I become a Mason?" He would say, "You've asked the right question. Let's talk about it." The oldest document of the Fraternity that refers to Freemasons is the Regius Poem which was transcribed about A.D. 1390 and is thought to be a copy of an earlier document. It relates their regulation by King Athelstan about A.D. 960. The first Grand Lodge was formed in London, England, 1717, but there were earlier lodges in existence for a century or more preceding that time, especially known in Scotland. There are several theories as to how Freemasonry began. There are two which are more popular. One is that we are an outgrowth of the operative Stone Masons who built the great cathederals in Europe and England during the Middle Ages. The laying of public cornerstones is the only remnant of that operative trade except for the use of the tools of the trade in our ritualistic ceremonies. The other is that we are an outgrowth form and a covering for the persecuted Knights TempJar who following the Crusades and the martyrdom ofJacques DeMolay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, who found refuge in Scotland

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under Robert the Bruce. It was the avowed purpose of the Templars to recover the site of King Solomon's Temple from the Moslems and Arabs and restore it to the Christians and Jews. It is not the purpose of Freemasonry to begin another crusade to recapture the site of King Solomon's Temple, but it is our purpose to build a spiritual temple, of which King Solomon's Temple was a model, in the hearts of men and of nations. The structure of Freemasonry is not understood by the nonmember and it is understood with difficulty at best by the average member. Freemasonry is sometimes defined to consist of three degrees, and three degrees only, consisting of Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft and Master Mason. These degrees are conferred in a lodge which is sometimes referred to as a Blue Lodge, Ancient Craft Lodge, or Symbolic Lodge. It is governed by a Grand Lodge within its state or country. In the United States, each state and the District of Columbia have a Grand Lodge which is sovereign in its decisions relating to its government. Members may visit lodges in states which are in fraternal relations with the Grand Lodge to which his lodge belongs. In the United States, most of the Grand Lodges, with few exceptions, are in fraternal relations. There is no national or international Grand Lodge. In the United States, there are two Masonic Rites to which a Master Mason may belong. One is the Scottish Rite which is a group of degrees developed in France and Germany and which were brought to the United States where the first Supreme Council of 33 degrees was formed in Charleston, South Carolina in 1801. These degrees are controlled in each state by a Sovereign Grand Inspector General or Deputy of the Supreme Council. The Sovereign Grand Inspector General is an active member of the Supreme Council and he is sometimes referred to as an active 33rd Degree Scottish Rite Mason. There can be no more than one active member of the Supreme Council in each state or more than 33 active members of the Supreme Council. A Master Mason may apply for the 4th-32nd degree. The 33rd degree is honorary and cannot be asked for. Active 33rds are chosen from those who have received the honorary degree. The other Rite is the York Rite which is a group of degrees which came to the United States from Great Britain, to which some of the degrees were added by American ritualists. These degrees are contained in three different organizations: A chapter of Royal Arch Masons, a council of Cryptic Masons, and a commandery of Knights Templar. The chapter and council are governed by a Grand Chapter and Grand Council in the same way as the lodge is governed by the Grand Lodge. There is, however, a General Grand Chapter and General Grand Council International, which is a federation of Grand Chapters and Grand Councils, and which serve in an advisory capacity. They meet every three years. The commandery of Knights Templar are subordinate to a Grand Commandery which in turn is subordinate to the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the U.S.A., which meets every three years for legislative purposes. A Knight Templar or 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason may apply for membership in the Shrine. The Shrine is not a Masonic body, but it is an organization which is composed exclusively of Masons who are also members of one or both Rites. We have three Shrine Temples in North Carolina and they owe allegiance to the Imperial Council ofthe Shrine for North America. There are a number of other Masonic appendant organizations to which a Mason may belong. Most of these organizations are invitational to the active Mason and the invitation is usually given to one who is an officer in one or more organizations or to one who is interested in or who has a talent for literary research on Masonic su~jects or its membership is based on common, social, educational, or charitable purposes. There are organizations for women who are related to Masons such as the Eastern Star, White Shrine, Order of the Amaranth, and Daughters of the Nile. There are organizations for youth, some of which do not require a Masonic relationship such as DeMolay and Rainbow for Girls. Job's Daughters are young women who do have a Masonic relative. Freemasons support a number of charities. The Masons of North Carolina operate an orphanage for children who come from broken homes. Only a small percentage ofthese children have Masonic parents. This orphanage is located in Oxford. We also operate, in cooperation with the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Easter Star, a Home for our

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aged members in Greensboro. Scottish Rite Masons in North Carolina support two pilot programs in the detection and treatment of children with learning problems in the area of aphasia and dyslexia. One is at ECU, Greenville, North Carolina, the other is at ASU, in Boone. We are contributing in excess of $55,000 annually to this cause. In addition, nationally, we support a Political Science Chair at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and we distribute our Freedom Documents to high school students, DeMolays, and to both public and school libraries. Nationally, the York Rite Masons support through chapters of Royal Arch Masons, a foundation known as RARA, which in turn supports research for the child with auditory perception disorders. Through his membership in the Council of Cryptic Masons, he supports the General Grand Council Benevolent Fund which provides grants for the support of research into the cause and treatment of arteriosclerosis. Through his membership in the commandery of Knights Templar he supports the Knight Templar Eye Foundation which provides funds for eye operations for those who cannot afford this privately or through a public program so that those who might become blind can again see. The Shrine is known for its help to the Crippled Child. We have 16 orthopedic hospitals, one research hospital, and three burn centers. Some of the smaller groups support research programs in the area of schizophrenia, leukemia, and the list literally goes on and on and on. The organization of Freemasonry is based upon a search for God and his eternal Truths. It is service oriented, putting into practice its teachings. Its teachings are set on a stage in Palestine, the Holy City of Jerusalem, and the site upon which was built first, Solomon's Temple, then after the 70 year captivity was built the second Temple or Zerubbabel's Temple, then Herod's Temple, and upon which now stands the Mosque of Omar or the Dome of the Rock. Through this we learn a great deal bout the J udeoChristian Religion as revealed in the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha, the religion of Islam as revealed in the Koran, and many of the other great religons of the world both ancient and modern. We learn to interpret allegories or parables and with new knowledge, to reinterpret them. We learn to look at symbols and seek to find what they reveal, rather than what they conceal. More than this, we discover other men oflike mind and we discover a fellowship which is rare to find in other organizations. In the lodge we put aside our usual identity and we become a Mason, a fellow-worker who seeks the answers to common questions and common problems. We share a common fund of experiences and we truly become members of the Mystic Tie. As a member of this organization which seeks no new members and which neither seeks nor receives publicity for its many activities, it has been a special treat for me today to share with you something about this the oldest fraternity in the world - its objects and its purposes. I would be happy to try to answer any question you might wish to have answered. About the Author EDDIE STILES, M.n.

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The author is a 48-year-old practicing physician who has been a member of the Fraternity for more than 25 years. He is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine at the School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is a Past District Deputy Grand Master and Past District Deputy Grand Lecturer. He has served on several Grand Lodge'committees and boards. He is Past Grand Master of the Grand Council of Cryptic Masons in North Carolina and he now serves as General Grand Marshal of the General Grand Council of Cryptic Masons International. He is an Inspector General Honorary, 33rd Degree of the Scottish Rite and the Grand Senior Warden of the Grand Council of Knight Masons of the U.S.A. He is the author of several articles on Masonry which have been published in different national Masonic journals.

AGE OF ADMISSION NEW MEXICO: A special committee appointed to study the age of admission of candidates in New Mexico set about in a most democratic way to

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determine what the brethren of their jurisdiction wanted. After a careful study in all 16 districts it was found that only 29.5 percent favored lowering the age of admission to 18 years, while 70.5 percent wanted to leave it at 21. The committee reported accordingly, and the age in New Mexico remains 21 years.

MASONIC LIVING OKLAHOMA: The Grand Master of Oklahoma made these observations about the past, the present, and the future, as it applies to Freemasonry: Our standard of living has reached such a high level we have forgotten how to live together depending one on another. We live a life with an attitude that we must have more than others no matter what the cost. In many cases we have lost all sense of value for those things which have provided us with a good life. There are indications and some see the Eighties as a decade of correcting the errors of the Sixties and Seventies. People are looking for the good things in life which money cannot buy, that which they can put their faith, trust, and belief in. Masonry, as a fraternal society offers it all, brotherly love and affection, relief and truth, and the fraternal bonds built upon the firm belief in the Fatherhood of God, the Brotherhood of Man, and the Immortality of the Soul. Outside of the churches, none offers what Masonry can provide for the enrichment of life. Masonry needs, and must have to survive, good qualified men, those who question not the sacrifices required for the good of mankind and Masonry. If we have the right kind of dedicated members, then the total number of membership is of no importance. Have we been more interested in numbers than in the quality of those coming into Masonry that has accounted for our problems? I fear that may well have been the case and we are now paying the price. Too often we fall short in the area of proper investigation of the petitioner. We fail to fully inform him of what Masonry will require of him as well as what it will mean to his family. The new decade of the Eighties which we are entering offers great challenges and opportunities which we as Masons should accept with determination and positive thinking to overcome our errors of the past.

BELGIUM Most Grand Lodges have withdrawn recognition from the Grand Lodge of Belgium. Typical of this action is the report of Bro. James Fairbairn Smith of Michigan: Michigan has been somewhat concerned over the trend of Masonic affairs of the Grand Lodge of Belgium, which has for some time now countenanced intervisitation with irregular Masonic bodies in Belgium and bordering countries. We have warned Belgium that such practices cannot be tolerated and close scrutiny will guide our decisions which will be based on a declaration by all candidates of a belief in the Su preme Grand Architect of the Universe and the strict use on the altar of each Belgium Lodge. R. L. Dillard, Jr., P.G.M. of Texas and Secretary-Treasurer of the Grand Masters Conference's Commission on Recognition, informs us that he is now in possession of the results of the February elections of the Grand Lodge of Belgium and our worst fears have been made a reality. The new Grand Master of Belgium has indeed issued his promised declaration to tbe effect that it is no longer necessary to display the Holy Bible or Volume of the Sacred Law on the altars of its lodges nor does it demand a belief in the Supreme Grand Architect of the Universe.

ALABAMA: The Grand Master of Alabama withdrew recognition of the Grand Lodge of Belgium when it was announced by the Committee on Recognition of the Grand Masters Conference on May 4, 1979 that the newly elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Belgium announced that a belief in God was not a condition for membership in the Grand Lodge of Belgium. We wholeheartedly approve.

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BLACK MASONRY IOWA: The Long-Range Planning Committee of the Grand Lodge of Iowa reported the following on the su~ject of "Black Masonry": The subcommittee, with the assistance of Bro. Keith Arrington and Bro. Jerald Marsengill, noted that "The Role of Prince Hall Masons in Iowa" is a highly emotional, fascinating and very complex subject, that all areas must be thoroughly studied over a considerable period of time, and suggested a possible timetable: Phase I (October 1979): A low-key program of information on Black Masonry with an article in the October 1979 "Grand Lodge Bulletin" covering the fact that there are Black Masons, the number of their lodges and membership, and they have approximately the same ritual and customs as ours. Phase II (June 1980): Following a careful and lengthy research on the history of Prince Hall Masonry, a program would be made available to local lodges together with a request for feedback from the audience. Phase III (October 1980): The Long-Range Planning Committee would receive a report of the "Masonic pulse" in Iowa and in the United States on Prince Hall Masonry. This phase could include further study on such areas as: 1. Should Iowa Grand Lodge recognize Prince Hall Masonry in Iowa? 2. Should Iowa Grand Lodge acknowledge legitimacy of Prince Hall Masonry in Iowa? 3. Feasibility of visitations and interchange of ideas between Grand Lodge of Iowa and Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Iowa. 4. Desire, purpose, benefits or feasibility of ever merging the two Grand Lodges into one. Phase IV (August 1981): Following an in-depth study of all subjects and areas, the Long-Range Planning Committee might recommend that parts of the study and recommendations be submitted at the next Grand Lodge session. Phase V: Additional areas of study may be requested of the subcommittee at this time by the Long-Range Planning Committee or by Grand Lodge. NOTE: At the July meeting, this committee decided to eliminate all dates from this timetable.

BLANKET INSURANCE KENTUCKY: The Grand Lodge of Kentucky had arranged for two representatives from the insurance company, located in California, to be present at the annual communication and answer questions about the program being carried by the Grand Lodge. Without going into detail about the type of blanket coverage we wish to quote a few items in the presentation. This was the opening statement: First of all. I will make this as brief as possible, but I hope it is comprehensive enough that your questions will be answered. First of all, this program has been in effect for over 25 years. It's in over 40 Grand Lodges and Masonic Homes throughout the United States. The program is nationwide as far as Rainbow, Job's Daughters, DeMolay. Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction, and many other concordant bodies. The program was originally developed by our office for the Masonic Fraternity. It is not given to any other fraternal group, although it has been requested.

It was following by these facts and statements later in the presentation:

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Depositors forgery in the amount of$ I0,000, if anyone alters any of your documents in a financial matter, the coverage is provided. Paraphernalia is included and it is on an all-risk basis. Again, I am using terms that I don't think are foreign to most of you, this means that the coverage is for all risks which ever happens to the property subject to a few exclusions such as wear, tear, gradual deterioration, moth, vermin and inherent vice. And to any of you who do not know what inherent vice is, I will be glad to explain it to you later. On the paraphernalia, it is on a replacement cost, new basis. This means that if you have lodge paraphernalia and something happens to it, it is stolen, a fire occurs, it is replaced new - not on a depreciated basis. Now, when we originally arrived at a per capita or premium charge for the policy, it was agreed that an average of $2,000 per lodge would be used. We know that there are many of the bigger lodges that have much more than $2,000 in paraphernalia. In any event we had the insurance company agree that we would go on that basis. Now that totaled up to about $944,000. Even though we used a value of$2,000 per lodge, if you have a paraphernalia loss and the amount is over $2,000 the company will pay that amount as long as you can show us you had this property because we write it on a blanket basis. So, the coverage is on a replacement cost new, with no depreciation. The question comes up, well, we are paying too much for our insurance. This morning I checked with the insurance company in Kentucky and your per capita tax for the insurance is about 34 cents, which means that a lodge of 100 members will pay annually approximately $34.00; 200 members, about $68.00; 300 members, about $104; 400 members, about $139. That's under your blanket program. If you were to buy this insurance individually on a lodge basis, the minimum premium for these coverages would be about $337. So a lodge with 100 members is paying approximately $34.00 instead of $337. Your lodge with 400 members is paying $239 roughly as opposed to $337.

We think it is a good program and should be carried by all Grand Lodges for the protection of their subordinate lodges.

BUILDINGS IOWA: Grand Master Don Stamey gave what we consider one of the most astute coverages of the Masonic Temple problem we have been privileged to read. He said: Lodges are experiencing the same financial squeeze as many other organizations that operate on fixed incomes, and the picture is not at all rosy for the near future. The cost of maintaining a temple, with the spiraling cost of heat, utilities, and insurance, only to mention a few, has put a strain on all lodge budgets. We are all aware that many of the temples are older buildings which are hard to heat and expensive to maintain. Regretfully, when a lodge is faced with the problems of ownership of a building, it loses sight of the true purposes of our Fraternity. Rather than finding a realistic solution to the problem, like obtaining new quarters or raising money for maintenance, the first and worst suggestion is to either surrender the charter or consolidate with a neighboring lodge. Even though these conditions exist, I am still overwhelmed by the fact that three-fourths of the lodges still only charge the minimum initiation fee and nearly the same number have dues of $15 or less. I would recommend that each lodge appoint a committee to study its financial situation, not only for the immediate future, but what conditions may be in 10 or 15 years.

HONORABLE HARRY FLOOD BYRD, JR. VIRGINIA: The Honorable Harry Flood Byrd,Jr., Senator from Virginia, made the following address to the Grand Lodge of Virginia: ~Iy

brethren, I bling you greetings from \Vashington. D.C., the home of Jubela. Jubelo.

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and Jubelum. You know, that gavel that Bro. Tom Roberts brought from Kentucky reminds me that there have been many times on the floor of the Senate of the United States that I would have liked to have had a sledge hammer that size. You can't believe everything you hear about the Senate. The other night on TV I heard a commentator say that there were 19 prima donnas in the Senate of the United States. Now I would think that even a TV commentator would know that there are 100 Senators. Always have I been proud since the day that I became a member of this Fraternity. Always have I been proud of my association with Masonry. I think that if our country could be guided hr the ideals of Freemasonry that our country would be in good shape. It is a pleasur e to be with you this evening for the 20 Ist Grand Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Virginia. Two hundred years! Two whole centuries have passed since the first communication. I think that has double significance - first, it is significant because it recalls the heritage of Virginia Freemasonry; and second, it is significant because it is a time for looking forward to a third century of dedicated service. Throughout the two centuries of our history as a nation, Masons have contributed much to the establishment and preservation of American freedom. There is perhaps no better illustration of this than the careers of the first four Grand Masters of Virginia. John Blair, Virginia's first Grand Master, became an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. James Mercer, our second Grand Master, was a member of Congress under the Articles of Confederation. Virginia's third Grand Master was Edmund Randolph. He was not only a member of Virginia's Constitutional Convention but he was the first Attorney General of the United States. He also served as Secretary of State under George Washington. Virginia's fourth Grand Master was the greatest Chief Justice in the history of our country, John Marshall. George Washington himself was the first of many Presidents who were Masons. He was initiated into Masonry in Fredericksburg Lodge No.4, A.F. & A.M., on November 4, 1752 and he later became master of his lodge in Alexandria. George Washington's courage, his love of his country and of freedom, were surely strengthened by the fellowship of his brother Masons. For there were many of them in the outnumbered, badly equipped, often hungry, army which drove back the greatest military power of the 18th century and established a truly American nation upon this continent. Yes, the Masons of the United States can look back with pride upon the contribution their predecessors have made to our nation. But we cannot live in the past: The chief value of an awareness of history is the lesson it provides for the future. So as we look back upon the early days ofour Republic, we should seek chiefly to define our heritage and discover its lessons for today and for tomorrow. Our nation was born in revolution fought to free the Colonies from the tyranny of George III and the excesses of the British Parliament. Bitter experience taught the American Colonists in the 18th Century that remote and absolute power destroys all liberty. So as they struggled for Independence and, in the years after Yorktown, they began a quest for a Government based on sound principles, principles guaranteeing individual freedom. Today the United States is 202 years old. No democratic republic in human history has endured so long. We have survived a civil war and dozens oflesser challenges to our unity and our liberties. But that does not insure our survival in the years to come. We can only insure our survival - and our prosperity - by adhering to the principles which made our nation great - and our citizens free men and women. One such principle - perhaps the most important - is that in our democracy, power must be difused - not centralized. Our nation has lost sight of that basic principle. In my judgment, we have far too much centralization of power in Washington, D.C.

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One aspect of that centralization is excessive regulation by the Federal Government. The Government has gone much too far in regulation. Busybodies from Washington are interfering in nearly every aspect of business and industry, and in our personal lives. The Federal Register, which compiles all Government rules and regulations, runs more than 60,000 pages a year. Only the largest corporations, with batteries of highly trained lawyers, can cope with such a maze of regulation. Small business doesn't have a chance. And it is not only business that feels the burden of excessive regulation. The Federal Government also has thrust itself into the domain of state and local government. In particular, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is a fountain of guidelines and paperwork requirements for the states and localities. Indeed, in the field of education, it's not too much to say that Secretary Califano has become, in effect, a member of every school board and college administration in Virginia - and throughout the country. These trends toward centralized power are dangerous to our liberties. Let us keep in mind the fact that this dangerous centralization is a product of big federal spending programs. It is excessive spending by Washington which begets excessive power in Washington. President Carter has submitted a new budget to the Congress. He calls it "lean and austere." I disagree. Even before this new budget, government spending was swollen. President Carter's new budget calls for increasing spending in 1980 by 9 percent over the current year. How can a budget be lean and austere when it requires a 9 percent increase in spending? The mood in this country is strongly in favor of getting federal spending under control - balancing the government's budget and cutting back the web of regulation which Washington has spread across the nation. The people are ahead of the politicians on this. And I say, the politicians had better wake up and hear the voice of the people. What the citizenry wants today, if I judge it accurately, is a return to that basic principle I spoke about a few moments ago: Keeping excessive power away from the central government. That is a sound principle. We should get back to it. Another principle for which America has stood through two centuries is loyalty to its friends abroad. But today I think nations around the world are coming to have some doubts about this nation's loyalties. In that connection, President Carter's action in unilaterally attempting to abrogate the mutual defense treaty with our long-time friends on Taiwan has served to increase doubts about the United States. Just recently, Vice Premier Dung of The People's Republic of China - the communist government on the mainland - visited the United States. When he was in Washington, I had the opportunity to be with him on several occasions. My impression is this: The Chinese communists will not back down on what they consider their vital objectives. Among these are control of Taiwan and the reunification of Korea under the domination of North Korea. Vice Premier Dung and his colleagues are willing to cooperate with the United States - but on their own terms. In fact, he said in Washington he's even willing to accept our money. Vice Premier Dung got exactly what the Chinese communists have been seeking for seven and a half years. Let me say that I favor full diplomatic relations with Mainland China. There should be a dialogue between our two countries - and there has been such dialogue since 1972. But I do not favor throwing overboard a faithful ally of many years. As I said, the President acted unilaterally in abrogating the Taiwan defense treaty. On the first day of the new Congress, I introduced a resolution requiring Senate approval to abrogate any mutual defense treaty, of which Taiwan is only one. Senate approval was required to ratify these treaties, and it should demand a voice in any move to cancel them. I do not know what will be the outcome of my resolution. But whichever way the Senate votes on this matter, it will create a precedent. If a

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President can unilaterally abrogate the treaty with Taiwan, then Mr. Carter or a future President can unilaterally abrogate any or all of many important treaties, including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the keystone of American foreign policy. In myjudgment the Senate has a constitutional role to play, and it should play that role. Throughout the world our credibility has been damaged by the way we handled the China-Taiwan problem and hurt further by events in Iran, Saudi Arabia and the entire Persian Gulf. I said earlier that the past is valuable for what it can teach us. Times, conditions and opportunities change. Each of us as individuals, and perhaps especially those of us in public life, must be alert to change. But there are certain fundamentals that do not change. Among those eternal fundamentals are the great principles of freedom and justice for which the Revolution was fought and the Constitution created. We face great challenges today. To meet them, we must rededicate ourselves to the lasting principles upon which this nation is grounded. We must maintain a strong defense, lest an alien tyranny threaten our way of life. We must recognize that we cannot remain strong and free without a sound economy, and so we must demand that the Government end the reckless deficit spending which creates inflation and piles up mountains of debt. We must resist the continuing flow of power to the central government in Washington - so contrary to the principles of the founding fathers - which threatens the rights of states, communities and individual citizens throughout the nation. In these and other ways, we must remain faithful to the basic ideals of our Democratic Republic and, I might say, the ideals of Freemasonry. I have hope for the future. I have faith in the future. The foundation of my faith is a strong confidence in the collective judgment of the American people. Throughout our history the American people have been a resolute people, dedicated to freedom and justice. In my judgment, this great Democracy of ours will continue to endure - so long as we never forget that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty!

Bro. Harry Flood Byrd,Jr. was then accorded the Grand Lodge of Virginia's highest honor - the John Blair, Jr. Medal. The M. W. Grand Master made this presentation in the following manner: A CITATION

Harry Flood Byrd, Jr. I am delighted to have the privilege and honor to recognize a great American Statesman at this the 20 Ist Communication of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons. United States Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr., has spent 30 years in government. At 16, he attended the Virginia Military Institute and then entered the University of Virginia to major in Government. For 18 years, he served in the Virginia Senate prior to his appointment to the U.S. Senate in 1965. He was elected in 1966, and was re-elected in 1970 and 1976 as an Independent. He is the first person in the history of the Senate to be twice elected as an Independent. During his 12 years in the Senate, he cast over 5,200 recorded votes, voting on 95 percent of all Senate roll calls. He is an active participant in Senate debate, and the Senate has accepted many of his amendments to m~or legislation. As a result, a national news magazine quipped that the Senate had its work cut out for it if it were going to "keep Byrd in hand." As an editor, his European coverage of political and economic conditions in Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Yugoslavia and the Iron Curtain countries of Poland, Czechoslovakia and East Germany whetted his appetite for international affairs. Many of his

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amendments to legislation, and much of his committee activity, have been in this field. He has been active as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and has made fact-finding trips for it to the Middle East, Europe, Latin America, and North Africa. He is Chairman of the Subcommittee on Intelligence, which recently conducted a briefing on Soviet and Cuban influence in Africa. In addition, he is a member of a task force from the Armed Services Committee currently studying the U.S. Strategic situation in the Pacific. Senator Byrd also serves on the Finance Committee, which has primary authority for all legislation dealing with taxes, revenues and Social Security. In 1977 he was named Chairman of the newly created Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management, which has since been active in tax legislation and in inquiries into problems of government deficits and the national debt. Senator Byrd served four years as Chairman of Virginia's economic development program, which played a major role in helping to create 30,000 jobs. His interest in seeking new industries was motivated by the firm belief that "we need to create additional job opportunities to keep in Virginia the young men and women graduating from our high schools and colleges." The Senator is married to the former Gretchen Thomson of New Orleans, who was queen of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival, where he was her escort. During World War II, Senator Byrd served as executive officer of a patrol bombing squadron in the Central and Western Pacific as a Lieutenant Commander. He holds the honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws, Doctor of Humane Letters, and Doctor of International Service. Senator Byrd was made a Mason in 1970 and is a member of Winchester Hiram Lodge No. 21 at Winchester, Virginia. He is a member of the Richmond Scottish Rite Bodies, and a member of the Knight Commander Court of Honor. He holds membership in the York Rite Bodies of Freemasonry. In recognition of the many accomplishments of this distinguished American, and citizen of the world, it is a signal Honor to present to you, Sir, the John Blair,Jr. Medal of Virginia Freemasonry. RESPONSE BY BRO. HARRY FLOOD BYRD, JR. Brother Byrd acknowledged the award in these words:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, my Brother Masons: I am overwhelmed with this wonderful honor which Freemasonry has given me this evening. I realize full well that I do not deserve it but I shall not give it back; I shall keep it. I shall keep it available where I can see it each day as a reminder to me of how much lowe to my brothers in Masonry and how much lowe to the people of our beloved state. I am overwhelmed, Bro. Bob Kennedy, by this honor and I am deeply grateful.

CANDIDATES' NAMES PUBLISHED NEVADA: The Grand Lodge of Nevada adopted the following resolution, which in effect makes possible the publishing ofthe names of candidates. It was thought that this might help attendance on those nights when degrees were to be conferred. WHEREAS, Freemasonry is not a secret society and its members do not hide their membership in the Fraternity; and WHEREAS, Membership in the Fraternity is looked upon very favorably by the general public; and, WHEREAS, Lodge attendance is a matter ofconcern and is primarily stimulated through announcements in lodge bulletins; and, WHEREAS, First class mail has become considerably more expensive, and Section 4.645 therefore effectively constitutes a de facto prohibition of fully informative lodge bulletins; and,

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WHEREAS, Attendance at Special Communications for the purpose of degree conferral will be increased when friends and associates of candidates are so informed; Now, Therefore Be It Resolved, That Section 4.645 of the Code be repealed. Fraternally submitted, Ralph H. Emerson, P.M., Mt. Rose Lodge No. 40. (Passed)

CHARITY ILLINOIS: The following was reported to the Grand Lodge of Illinois, under the heading of "Charity": Masonry has always been dedicated to brotherly love, relief, and truth. Relief has always been interpreted to mean helping those in need, both Masonic and others. A study of the lodge financial reports indicates very little, if any, contributions to charity of any kind. With the Internal Revenue Service presently looking into the financial structures of all organizations who claim exemptions because they are of a charitable nature including the church and many others, our Fraternity might very well be questioned about the amount spent on charity and relief. Maybe it is time we started to "practice what we preach."

RHODE ISLAND: The following is partial list of the several charities supported by the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island: Summertime Fund $ 2,500 Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island (three-year grant of $15,000$5,000 to be disbursed . 10,000 St. Elizabeth Home . 5,000 1,000 Rhode Island Hospital . Meeting Street School . 10,000 1,000 Washington Oaks, Inc. . 2,700 Bannister House, Inc. . 5,000 United Way, Inc. . Providence Boys Club . 10,000 Cranston General Hospital (three-year grant of $ I5,000$5,000 to be disbursed) ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000 Journal-Bulletin Santa Claus Fund ............................ 3,000 Woonsocket Milk Fund 1,500 Providence Public Library 2,000 Smith Hill Center ............................................... 3,800 Woonsocket Hospital (three-year grant of $15,000-$10,000 to be disbursed) 5,000 St. Andrews School 5,000 Martin Luther King, J r. Center 5,200 Learning Center, Inc. 1,200 V.A. Medical Center 800 Grand Lodge Scholarship Fund 3,000 This charitable list totals about $88,000. About a week ago we had another meeting of the Charitable Distribution Committee and we have again come up with a list of approximately $70,000 to be given out over the next six months. Some of the names are quite familiar but I will mention just a few. R.I. Hospital, $14,000 for EKG monitors; a new charity called the Johnnycake Center in S. County; Beach Pond Camp for camperships for the needy; Miriam Hospital for Nuclear Cardiography Programs; R.I. Society for Autistic Children and $3.000 for the Catholic Charity Fund. It should always be remembered that our first call on the income of our funds is to Masons, widows, etc., but it is the excess income that is presently being used to do good in our community-at-large.

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The Grand Lodge of China had made arrangements for a Chinese tour guide to accompany us on the plane to see to our every comfort. On our arrival at the magnificent airport we were totally unprepared to see Bro. George Huang awaiting to introduce us to our Chinese tour guide who had arranged many interesting and memorable tours for our pleasure. The evening of the Anniversary Celebration is one that I shall never forget. As we entered the Hall where this Grand Lodge was formed and where the lodges met until they built their new Temple, we were greeted by lovely young Rainbow Girls who smiled, bowed and greeted us, in unison, with a charming "Good evening." We were honored to be seated with M.W. and Mrs. Yen, Former President and Mrs. Chiang, and other high-ranking dignitaries. We had anticipated that the program would be in their native tongue, as it rightfully should be, but our Chinese brothers had shown the courtesy of seating a translator next to me and R.W. Brother Chen, the Grand Secretary (who was born in Oregon) next to my wife. After an unforgettable banquet, there was delightful entertainment. His Excellency Former President Chiang gave a brilliant oration. Both R. W. Brother Clayton and his wife and my wife and I were escorted to the stage where Brother Marv and I were both called upon for remarks. To have experienced the hospitality of our Chinese Brothers is an experience we will never forget. Though their Grand Lodge is relatively young and small in number the quality of Masonry is unparalleled. They have a strong Eastern Star, DeMolay and Rainbow for Girls in addition to the Scottish Rite, York Rite and Shrine Club. To sum it up in one phrase - we can hardly wait until we have the chance to visit Taiwan again with, hopefully more time to see the beauty and culture of this Republic.

CONDITION OF THE FRATERNITY The condition of the Fraternity is uppermost in the minds of many Masonic leaders. Most do not know what to do about it, or we suspect that they do not know exactly what is wrong or where to start. MAINE: The Grand Master of Maine indicated that reports to him gave a sound picture of the condition of the Fraternity, but he believes otherwise. The following was a portion of his comments: The reports of the District Deputy Grand Masters show, in most instances, a healthy condition in most of our 205 lodges. I feel that many of the members of these lodges are striving to maintain the highest ideals of the Craft. Unfortunately, I must report that many are not. I have received well substantiated reports that some of our lodges are taking on the "social club" atmosphere and are allowing the use of alcoholic beverages. Slot machines have been found being used as well as raffles being held. Some lodges have been approached by certain elements desiring to install slot machines in Masonic temples offering a 30 percent take for the lodge. For obvious reasons these offers are to be refused. It is difficult to believe that some think that Masonry requires incentives such as the above in order to flourish. The activities are strictly forbidden in Masonic temples as noted in the Constitution and Standing Regulations and I assure you that if these conditions persist I will call for forfeiture of the charter of those guilty lodges as put forth in sections 76 and 77 of the Book of Constitution and Standing Regulations. There are lodges in our Grand Jurisdiction that do not present aprons to their new brethren. The Lambskin, the badge of a Mason, is a brother's only identification while living and also at time of death. If a lodge does not find this gift economically feasible, then I might suggest an increase in the initiation fee to purchase an apron for the candidate.

IDAHO: The Grand Master of Idaho made these comments: A very distressing item has been brought to my attention, and I would like to share it with you. There have been far too many veteran Masons dropped NPD within 12 or 18 months prior to their attaining 50-year status. It is my concern that, perhaps, we are not

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fulfilling our obligation as Masons when we don't investigate the circumstances of these senior citizens. It is possible that they have a serious problem, and every lodge should be certain that they do not eliminate a dedicated brother who has paid dues for 48 or 49 years. Our Code provides for the remission of dues, and if such remission should seriously injure any lodge - such a lodge needs to give immediate and serious attention to its financial structures. In this respect, the time has come to take Masonry outside the lodge room and in to the homes and lives of our members. Personal contact can never be replaced by the usual printed notice. It is also apparent that we, as Masons, have been penny-wise and pound foolish in refusing to face the issue of inflation and acknowledge what it is doing to almost every lodge. Twenty years ago our temples resounded with activity. There was good attendance at communications, there were many social activities which included the ladiesand many times - even the children. Lodges sponsored activities involving our youth groups. But in order to keep dues and fees low, in the fear they would NOT get new members, one by one these activities were dropped until we became, in truth,just degree mills. Masonry is alive and strong in Idaho but it must not be restrained within the walls of a temple but carried proudly to our brothers wherever they may be.

OKLAHOMA: The Grand Master of Oklahoma said that the State of the Craft is "frightening." The state of the Craft and lodges is not disturbing - "It Is Frightening." The deterioration is increasing rapidly each year. In 1957, our membership was 87,060, and by December 31, 1978, down to 65,387, a loss of21 ,673 or almost 25 percent. Masonry, its teachings and philosophy, have not changed; there is nothing wrong with Masonry, but with we who proclaim to be Masons. Many believe that Masonry will survive because it always has in the past. Some are now beginning to have their doubts about its survival. Many of you know that lodges are not laboring according to the standard they should be and according to the Constitution and Code. It is found far too often that some lodges cannot open and close or confer degrees properly. Reports have been received that there are men desirous of petitioning Masonry, but the lodge in the jurisdiction he lives is not able to officially meet to accept his petition. These conditions must be corrected! The resolution presented this year allowing concurrent jurisdiction of lodges within a district is a start in that direction. In several areas of the Grand Jurisdiction, the only way some lodges can confer degrees is to call on brethren in areas close by to come and do the work. A team is more or less formed and moves from lodge to lodge conferring degrees when called on. This does not solve the problems, but only increases it and puts off the inevitable. Other lodges are existing only on recycling Past Masters through the chairs again. What will happen when one, two, or more of those devoted brethren are gone? The answer - the lodge will probably surrender its charter, try to consolidate, or just claim to be a lodge on paper only. All too often it is heard that a Worshipful Master cannot find qualified brethren to appoint in his line. The result is he appoints whoever he can find to accept, qualified or not. Thus Masonry takes one more step in the wrong direction. It is said that in some areas, one has to go many miles to find a brother who is honestly qualified in the esoteric work.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Ofthe condition of Masonry, the Grand Orator told the members of the Grand Lodge: One point I would emphasize is that secrecy is, of itself, not the selling point of Masonry. The rituals, the lectures, the customs, and pageantry make up some of the reasons for our existence. In other words, these constitute our method of teaching the truths, teaching a way of life that will improve the initiate, the community in which he lives and his home and his family. The initiation, the vows, and the secrets of Masonry do not in themselves make a

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Mason. Human nature seems to require a repetition of these lessons by Masons, by Masons who will influence all of those men who come in contact with the members of our Fraternity. Those who see a Mason carrying out his vows and, seeing, realize the tremendous power of Masonry and come to appreciate its effect on the lives of its members. We are living in an age when the competition for a man's time is terrific - sports, entertainment in the form of movies, television, shows, little league baseball, service clubs, and many other activities too numerous to mention. I think we should remember that our Fraternity being successfully promoted will not continue its leadership without an active policy to produce in the minds of our fellow man a realization of what we are and what we stand for. Without such promotion, other fraternities will soon replace the desire of those who would become Masons and who would remain active in Masonic work. The modern world is moving at a lightning pace and those who survive must travel with it. I continue to hear Masons complaining about the loss of memberships; about poor attendance; about meetings consisting of openings, the minutes of the last meeting, treasurer's report and closings. I say it is no wonder that Masons, good men, men who believe in our principles and practice them, find themselves too busy to attend lodge and participate in the work of the lodge.

CORNERSTONES NEW JERSEY: Alpha Lodge No. 116, New Jersey, chartered January 19, 1871, finally erected its own temple. The Grand Lodge of New Jersey reported the following: On May 7, 1978, an Emergent Communication of Grand Lodge was convened for the purpose of laying the cornerstone for the Masonic Temple of Alpha Lodge No. 116, F. & A.M. This is the first permanent home of Alpha Lodge in their over 100 years of existence and the effort that went into achieving this home by its members was truly outstanding. I will long remember this event.

CALIFORNIA: The following was adopted by the Grand Lodge of California for use in the Hawaiian Islands, only: HAWAIIAI'; CORI';ERSTONE CEREMO;\;Y PROI.O(;t:E

From out of the vastness of the Pacific Ocean once came a people to the most isolated archipelago in the world - these Hawaiian Islands. Those early Polynesians were a proud race, claiming the great gods as ancestors, and they imprinted their royal character upon all the Hawaiian tomorrows that would follow. Their unique cultural contribution still expresses itself in modern Hawaii, inextricably woven into the loom of time itself. Freemasonry, that ancient and honorable brotherhood of men dedicated to self-improvement and the betterment of all men, recognizes this influence, for part of Freemasonry's strength and beauty is its acceptance of such contributions as a necessary step toward the ultimate brotherhood of all men. The ceremony you are about to witness is based upon certain ancient customs whose significance is explained in the ritual itself. Portions of the original ceremonies were adopted by the Masonic Fraternity and the one now used is identical to the one used by George Washington as acting Grand Master of Maryland when he laid the cornerstone of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. Masonry first came to these Islands in 1778 in the person of Captain James Cook, a member of the Grand Lodge of England, but Masonry officially became part of the Ilawaiian lore in 1843 when "Lodge Ic Progres de I'Oceanic" was givcn the power to confer degrees under a dispensation of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite of France, and this lodge first met on board the barque "Ajax" in Honolulu harbor. When Masonry was established in California in 1850, the opportunity for connection

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with a geographically closer, English-speaking Grand Lodge, led Hawaiian Masons to petition for a charter, and thus commenced what would cvcntually become a long and fruitful relationship. The first laying of a cornerstone with Masonic honors in Hawaii was in 1860, when His Majesty Kamehameha IV, a past master of Lodge Ie Progres, acting as Grand Master for the occasion, officiated in laying the foundation stone for the Queens Hospital in Honolulu. His Majesty t~amehameha V was present in 1872 when the cornerstone of the Judiciary Building was llid with Masonic ritual. In 1879, the tOrnerstone was laid for the first Masonic Hall in Honolulu at the corner of Fort and Queen Streets. His Majesty David Kalakaua was present, wearing his Past Master's jewel, accompanied by Queen Kapiolani and the heir apparent Liliuokalani. Also in 1879, the cornerstone was laid for Iolani Palace on December 31, the birthday of Queen Kapiolani. The date was selected by the King himself as a significant one to exemplify the role of Masonry in the Islands. Both the King and the Governor, John O. Dominis, wore the insignia of the 33rd degree of Masonry at the event, which was attended by representatives from foreign powers and local government officials. Many attractive and colorfully attired ladies assembled under and around the spacious tent erected on the grounds for the occasion. As Masonry grew in Hawaii, so did the number of cornerstone layings, including: the Masonic Hall on Alakea Street in Honolulu in 1892; the Masonic Ilall in Kahului, Maui in 1906; the Masonic Hall in Hilo in 1909; the Honolulu Library in 191 I; the Honolulu Scottish Rite Cathedral in 1922, where the working tools used by Governor Farrington, acting as Grand Master, were the same solid silver ones donated by King Kalakaua in 1879. Other cornerstone layings include the Territorial Office Building in 1925, the auditorium of the McKinley High School in 1927, and the City and County Building in 1928, all in Honolulu. The cornerstone for Schofield Lodge No. 443 on Oahu was laid in 1968. In considering this history, it becomes apparent that the Masonic Cornerstone Ceremony is truly a shining thread in that beautiful pattern of life called Hawaii. At one time the foundation stone, or cornerstone, of a building was one truly squared and perfected in all respects so that the edifice which would rise from it would be both beautiful and strong. Modern methods of construction have rendered this technique unnecessary, but the symbology of building man's character from a true and perfect base has remained unchanged, and is the true meaning of the modern ritual. Freemasonry has a strong concern that it publicly display its support of the institutions of freedom. That is why Freemasons lay cornerstones, and it is with great pride that the Masons of the sovereign State of Hawaii now proceed with this ceremony. Adopted

CUBAN BRETHREN NEW JERSEY: The Grand Lodge of New Jersey is to be complimented and thanked for the very fine Masonic courtesy extended to more than 100 Cuban brethren. The record shows: EMER<a:NT

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After listing the Grand Officers present, the report continues: Also Masters, Wardens, officers and members of various lodges of ourjurisdiction and other jurisdictions were in attendance. The Grand Lodge was opened in ample form by the Grand Master, and prayer was offered by R.W. P. Wayne Astheimer, Grand Chaplain. The Grand Master then requested all of the Cuban brethren that had on this date and on February 2, 1979 been examined and qualified to enter the lodge in a group, whereon all of these brethren entered. It was a most imposing sight to witness what seemed to be a never-ending line of Master Masons filing into the lodge room. M.W. Brother Larsen extended to this large delegation of our Cuban brethren a very warm, cordial and personal, as well as fraternal, greeting. He requested the Grand Marshal to escort to the East those among the group who had been chosen to speak for these brethren. M.W. Brother Larsen requested M.W. Otto Gehrig, Jr., P.G.M., to explain to all assembled how this program came about which he did in his usual excellent style. The Grand Master then called upon the Cuban Masonic dignitaries to speak and each gave a fine message. The Grand Master addressed the brethren saying how happy he was that this program was successful and that he hoped it would be carried on in the future. He was loud in his praise for the committee which worked so hard and spent so many hours on this program to bring it to the position it was at this evening. He closed his remarks by informing the Cuban brethren that the names of those who had passed the examination and issued a "Green" card would appear in the 1979 Grand Lodge Proceedings. These names are listed as part of these minutes. The Grand Master closed the Grand Lodge in ample form at 10:30 p.m. The Benediction was given by R. W. Albert F. Sauer, Grand Chaplain.

There followed, appended to the report, 109 names of the Cuban Brethren present on this fine occasion. The Grand Lodge of New Jersey heard this report from its Committee on the Recognition of Cuba: One year ago, on April 19, 1978, this Grand Lodge extended, or, more properly, re-extended Masonic recognition to the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Cuba -long overdue, perhaps, but grand indeed, and morally right! But, having taken said action, a most poignant and vexatious problem was created. We gave recognition to the organization, the Grand Lodge, the body politic; but what would we do for the individual Cuban Mason in exile, residing in New Jersey? The Federation of Cuban Masons in Exile, P.O. Box 1047, Union City, New Jersey 07087, advised this committee that their membership was approximately 600 in New.Jersey, and that probably an equal number, or more, of resident Cuban Masons were not affiliated with said Federation. The Federation of Cuban Masons in Exile extends nationwide in the United States, having member "local shops" in numerous states. A local "shop" is analogous to a Square Club or Craftsmen's Club. National Federation officers and local shop officers gave assu ranees that a conscious effort was made to avoid an y im pression of doing clandestine Masonic work. There is no ritual work; the shops serving only as a vehicle for Masons to assemble and socialize - again, similar to our Square Clubs. When a Cuban Mason petitions a local shop for membership, his name is circulated among all Cuban Federation shops in the United States to ascertain the authenticity of his Cuban membership, and papers in his possession, if any. In view of the foregoing, and with proper approval by the Grand Master, it was decided to utilize the framework and willingness of said Federation to assist in arriving at a method of extending Masonic recognition to large numbers of individual Cuban Masons.

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It was also agreed with the Grand Master to extend this recognition at a Grand Lodge level, rather than a constituent lodge level, for two prime reasons. A recognizable and rather appreciable language barrier exists and could become an almost insurmountable obstacle at the subordinate lodge level. In view of the hostile civil government in power presently in Cuba, it would be virtually impossible for subordinate lodges to obtain proper Masonic communication from Cuban lodges on behalf of resident Cuban Masons petitioning for affiliation. On February 2, 1979, in the Elizabeth Masonic Temple, 57 Cuban Masons were examined to prove themselves Master Masons, and those qualifying were issued green recognition cards by the Grand Master. Members of the Grand Lodge Ritual Committee, District Deputy Grand Masters, Grand Lodge Staff Officers, and Spanish-speaking (bilingual) New Jersey and New York Masons served on the four-member examining committees. Each Cuban Mason was individually examined according to a standard form prepared by the Right Worshipful Grand Instructor. The green recognition card bears this legend on both sides: "The Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons for the State of New Jersey"; and, the following: "The brother named on the face of this card is a Cuban Master Mason granted all the visitation rights of a Master Mason in the State of New Jersey only. This is not a dues card." It is signed by the Right Worshipful Grand Secretary, Edward Rainey, P.C.M. On the face side it states, "This is to certify that Brother (space for name) who has signed his name in the margin, is a Cuban Master Mason authorized to visit lodges in New Jersey only. Issued February 2, 1979. Expires April 24, 1980." The signatures of Kenneth L. Larsen, Most Worshipful Grand Master, and Edgar N. Peppler, Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master are inscribed. A letter was sent to each constituent lodge in our Grand Jurisdiction detailing the events of February 2, 1979; and bearing a photocopy of both sides of said recognition card. On March 27,1979, a second meeting to examine and qualify Cuban Masons was again held in the Elizabeth Masonic Temple. Fifty-one (51) Masons were presented their recognition cards. Following the examination period an Emergent Communication of the Grand Lodge was convened for the purpose of officially greeting and welcoming our Cuban brethren. The R.W. Deputy Grand Master Edgar N. Peppler assured these recognized Masons that further examinations will be conducted in the future as need arises. The joy and gratitude of these men is quite overwhelming, and enthusiasm is at an emotional peak as characterized by the remarks offered by Bro. Orestes Alvarez, President of the Federation of Cuban Masons in Exile, at the Emergent Communication. Efforts are underway at this time by an ad hoc committee of Cuban Masons and members of this Committee on Recognition of Cuba, to arrive at a petition to the Grand Master to grant dispensation for a Lodge V.D., comprised primarily of Cuban Masons. Let all here assembled be assured that the Constitution, By- Laws, and Regulations of this Grand Lodge will be strictly adhered to by said Lodge, V.D. should such be granted. This fact has been made loud and clear, a number of times, to those concerned.

DATA PROCESSING FLORIDA: The Grand Lodge of Florida is pleased with the progress being made with its data processing equipment. Like many other Grand Lodges who are now using data processing equipment, Florida has elaborate plans for future use of the system. Here are a few suggestions in the report: Our long-range planning program includes many proposed services for benefit of the particular lodges, such as supplying them with labels with names and addresses for mailing items to their respective membership, dues cards with names of their members imprinted thereon, statements for dues addressed to their membership, a print-out

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listing of the lodge membership periodically for purpose of checking the correctness of names and addresses, and eventually to compile a listing of members periodically who have qualified for their Masonic Veterans Awards. There are many other useful purposes under study for rendering valuable services to the lodges. I am especially appreciative of the efforts of Worshipful John Alexander, my Administrative Assistant, who joined my staff in mid-year and assisted in the completion of the programming of this data processing equipment which had been dragging for almost two years.

DISTRICTS Mostjurisdictions are divided into districts for convenience in making visitations and implementing programs of the Grand Lodge. Usually, each district is presided over by a District Deputy Grand Master, and possibly a District Deputy Grand Lecturer for ritualistic purposes. The districts may in turn be assigned to areas supervised by a line officer of the Grand Lodge. The number of districts in any given area are normally determined by the number oflodges, number of members and the amount of activity held in the past. ARKANSAS: In the past Arkansas has had 38 districts, as designated by the Grand Master, under Arkansas Grand Lodge law. This year the law was changed from "38 districts," to "not less than seven, nor more than 38." These districts are to be fixed by the Grand Master immediately after his election. This does give more flexibility to the system.

DISTRICT LODGES KANSAS: The Grand Master of Kansas said, "like it or not the world changes, and if we are to survive we must change also." He foresees the time when many smaller lodges now having trouble meeting and doing their work may join together in district lodges. He believes there may be a future for this type of lodge. Who knows, this may be the answer to some of our attendance problems, and the Fraternity may grow and prosper under a new concept.

DISTRICT DEPUTIES REAPPOINTMENT NORTH CAROLINA: In North Carolina a District Deputy Grand Master or a District Deputy Grand Lecturer may be reappointed to two additional terms, only if he has proven satisfactory and is confirmed by the Grand Master. If he has not performed his required duties, he cannot be reappointed. The District Deputy Grand Lecturer must be approved by the Board of Custodians. We are impressed by the careful audit of the work done by the deputies, and the requirements made of them. If they do not perform, they are out. This is as it should be.

DOCTRINE OF PERFECT YOUTH For many years the "Doctrine of Perfect Youth," of the perfect physical qualifications of a candidate for Masonry, has been required. More and more jurisdictions have changed their attitude toward this time-honored philosophy. CALIFORNIA: After considerable discussion, the Grand Lodge of California amended its requirements for an applicant for the degrees of Freemasonry. For some time a candidate for advancement (one who was maimed after the first degree) was permitted to advance through the remaining degree or degrees. Now, some further action has been taken to be more lenient.

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ELECTIONEERING TENNESSEE: Electioneering for Grand Lodge office not permitted in Tennessee: Our present law states that a man cannot declare himself as a candidate for Grand Lodge office, nor use, or cause to be used, any influence to advance his own election. The law also states that it is reprehensible to promote the interest of a candidate for Masonic office. This law is violated each year, even as it has been this year. Each year most of those coming to Grand Lodge know who will be nominated. In several instances, the Grand Secretary has been asked to furnish mailing labels in order that letters promoting a particular man for the office ofJunior Grand Warden could be mailed to all lodges in the state. (Note: the Grand Secretary has not provided the labels.) Why not be honest about it and let everyone have an opportunity to know the background of all those who are desirous of being elected as a grand officer?

ENTERED APPRENTICES FAIL TO ADVANCE Failure of candidates to advance past the Entered Apprentice Degree is an age-old problem in many places. ILLINOIS: The Grand Master of Illinois learned that many candidates for Freemasonry in his jurisdiction had failed to go beyond the first degree. After careful study and many conferences with his officers and past officers, he decided to take a bold step and invoke an authority given the Grand Master under Illinois law. He decided to liberalize the requirements for advancement by the dispensation route. The dispensations would waive the usual time and proficiency requirements. He reported to Grand Lodge that during the past year 1, III waiver dispensations were issued covering 5,177 unfinished candidates. We are compelled to add that probably there are many similar cases in a number of Grand Lodges that have not been faced as this one was. We have no doubt that there are many "one degree" Masons at large in the country. Some of them have been quite famous. Two were Presidents of the United States. One finished his work some 20 years later, but the other never did show any inclination to advance. LOUISIANA: We note that in Louisiana 1,130 candidates received the E.A. Degree, but only 863, or 76.4 percent, were raised 10 the Sublime Degree of Master Mason. This is a problem everywhere.

EXPULSION OF A CONVICTED FELON VIRGINIA: The Grand Lodge of Virginia defeated a resolution that a brother should be expelled upon conviction of a felony. The membership decided that a brother was entitled to a Masonic trial if his membership was to be taken away. The resolution, and a portion of the discussion, is as follows: RESOU;TION

79-08

Sec. 4.34 Add new section to Section 4.00 of the Methodical Digest: Sec. 4.34. Expulsion on Conviction of Felony. When any Mason owing allegiance to the Grand Lodge of Virginia, A.F. & A.M., or any s~journing Mason while in the Commonwealth of Virginia, shall be found guilty of a felony by any state court or any court of the V nited States and such conviction shall become final either by reason of the expiration of time for appeal, denial of appeal, or affirmance of such conviction on appeal, a certified copy of the order adjudging such conviction shall be forwarded to the Grand Master by the lodge of which

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he is a member or, in the case of a sojourning Mason, any lodge to whose attention such conviction is brought. On receipt of such certified copy of conviction, the Grand Master. or the Grand Secretary at his direction, shall notify the convicted brother of the fact of such conviction and require him to show cause within forty (40) days why he should not be expelled from the Craft. If no such sufficient cause for the continuation of his membership in the Craft is shown by him within that period of time to the satisfaction of the Grand Master, the Grand Master shall order him forthwith expelled from the Craft. The Grand Secretary shall communicate the action of the Grand Master to the convicted brother's lodge and it shall be recorded in the lodge minutes at the next stated communication. In the case of a sojourning Mason, the Grand Secretary shall communicate the action of the Grand Master to the Grand Master of the jurisdiction to whom the sojourning Mason belongs. Cabell F. Cobbs Henry Knox Field Lodge No. 349 Resolution 79-08 rejected. Worshipful Brother Downs spoke as follows:

Adds a new section to section four of the Methodical Digest. The effect of this resolution is that it would expel a brother convicted of a felony unless within 90 days after receiving notice he shows sufficient cause why he should not be expelled from the Craft. The Grand Master would be the sole judge as to whether sufficient cause has been shown. The committee believes that this would deny the accused brother of the right to a trial by his peers, and that it would also add an additional duty to an already overly busy Grand Master, therefore, the committee recommends r~jection of this resolution. R. W. Bro. Cabell Cobbs replied as follows: I am the author of this resolution, brethren. What it will do is simply say that if a man is convicted of a felony by civil court in the Commonwealth of Virginia or elsewhere, a report of that conviction will be reported to the Grand Master who will notify the person who has been convicted that unless he is able to show him cause why, as a felon, he should be continued in this Craft, he can and at the Grand Master's option be expelled. We have many Masonic trials which cost the lodges a great deal of money and time, and all they do is produce a copy of the man's conviction, we go through the thing, we try his criminal case over again, the Trial Commission convicts him, the Trial Commission sends the case that comes up on appeal, and we continue to expend money and valuable time on a repetition of a process that has already been completed in the law courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia. I have a great deal of confidence in the verdict of ajury. The man has received a trial by his peers, probably many ofthosejury members are Masons, they know what the story is, they knew enough to send the man to the penitentiary. I, for one, do not think a man convicted of a felony has any place in this Craft, and that his expulsion follows as a matter of course. So far as it might appear to cast an extra burden on our Most Worshipful Grand Master, the burden that is cast on him is already there because if you go through this farce of a Masonic trial, which is what it is, this is what happens every time, it is a cut and dried procedure. You go through that thing right now, the Grand Master has to approve the charges in advance. The Grand Master has to communicate with the District Deputy, get a trial commission appointed, get the trial commission record back, send it to the Committee on Appeals where a group again have to go through a charade. if you will, to approve this thing. It is not a question of denying a man due process. He has already been followed and been given that due process by the law courts throughout the Commonwealth, and I think that when they send him down to the penitentiary we should accord some faith and credit to their judgment. Accordingly, I recommend to you that you adopt this resolution. M. W. A. Douglas Smith, Jr. responded as follows: Most Worshipful Grand Master, I think the saddest day I have spent in my 52 years of Masonry was to sit in the penitentiary and try JamesJones who was an eminent gentleman

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in the Commonwealth, and he was convicted ofa feluny. Yet, as we sat in there, I made up my mind that I would never sit on another trial, incidentally. But I asked this man point blank whether or not there were not some political implications in his being convicted. He strongly stated that he felt that there were. He made this statement, too, brethren, which hurt me, that there were so many Masonic and Shrine pins in the penitentiary that he did not understand why he was set apart. I feel frankly with all due respect to our state and federal courts, and God knows when we lose confidence in those we are going to be bad off. This man is being tried by his brethren and if there is cause to show mercy, we are not going to get it any other place. I strongly hope that we do maintain this right of that Mason to ask for a trial. There may be a little cost and a little time, but you are dealing with a man's life. Many a man has perhaps made a mistake in life and has been given a chance and been made a good citizen. Most Worshipful Grand Master and my brethren, I would support the words of Cabell Cobbs and Resolution 79-08 only with this statement I quickly pen because I know it to be true. There are many instances where a man is in a prison or penitentiary or any other word that describes a holding or containing place, and the lodge does not move or a brother in that lodge or any Master Mason does not move to bring charges when the entire non-Masonic community knows that this man is a member of the Masonic Fraternity and that we are housing a felon and this is not good public relations. I merely leave that thought with you. I ask you to give serious consideration and support to this. Thank you. The Ballot Was Taken. The Resolution Was Rejected.

INDIANA: The Laws of Indiana having been changed, the Grand Lodge found it necessary to make certain changes in its laws also: CO:"VICTIO:" FOR

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Recent changes in the Indiana Penal Code by the State Legislature have divided felonies and misdemeanors into a number of classes. This fact, together with the advent of a comparatively new criminal procedure known as plea bargaining have made it possible for a Class 0 felony to be plea bargained to a Class A misdemeanor, or even to a lesser offense. To make it possible for the Grand Master to determine whether an offense warrants expulsion, paragraph (c) of Regulation 43.060 was amended to read as follows: "(c) A Mason who has been or shall hereafter be convicted of a criminal charge of homicide, a Class A, B, C or D felony, or who shall plead guilty thereto, or who pleads guilty to a misdemeanor as a part of a plea bargaining agreement to reduce a felony charge that contains a factual situation which clearly indicates that the Mason committed the felony in a court of competent jurisdiction, may also, by direction of the Grand Master, be expelled from the Order without the preferring ofcharges and usual Masonic trial; Provided, That no proceedings for such expulsion shall be taken while proceedings for reversal of the judgment of said court shall be pending and undecided. A certified copy of the judgment shall be sufficient evidence to justify such expulsion. Any Mason thus expelled shall retain his right to appeal." I'ETITIO:"S FOR

RESTORATIO~

Two former members who had been expelled by previous Grand Masters as per Regulation 43.060 after having been convicted of criminal offenses and served prison terms petitioned Grand Lodge for restoration to the condition of a non-affiliated Mason. Each petition was denied.

FAMILY PARTICIPATION NEW HAMPSHIRE: The Grand Master of New Hampshire commented on his program of "Family Participation:" My program of "Family Participation" has been received with a spirit of cooperation

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and enthusiasm wherever I have visited. I have requested semi-public meetings be held for the purpose of presenting awards. It has long been my feeling that a brother's family, friends and neighbors should be present when he is honored by his lodge. It has been most gratifying to have our lodges filled for these presentations. In my opinion, this cannot help but have a positive effect on family and community relations, casting a favorable light on our Fraternity.

FEES ARIZONA: The Grand Master recommended the following fees for the degrees of Masonry: That all lodges be encouraged to increase the fees for the degrees to at least $200 (for the three degrees). This would not really discourage petitioners but would increase the lodge income without taxing the members who have already contributed heavily to their lodges' substance.

SOUTH CAROLINA: We were interested to read where the Grand Lodge of South Carolina refused to raise its fees from $10.00 per degree to $20.00, but in the same proceedings some 16 brethren were expelled for various reasons. It may be inexpensive to become a Mason in South Carolina, but each Mason should be of high moral character and remain that way. The report on fees read: That Article 83 of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge be amended by changing the figures "$10.00" wherever they occur in said Article to read "$20.00" so that said Article 83, when so amended, shall read as follows: Art. 83. The following are the minimum fees to be paid in cash for initiating, passing and raising but any lodge that desires is permitted to make a higher charge in its By-Laws: For the degree of Entered Apprentice $20.00 For the degree of Fellowcraft $20.00 For the degree of Master Mason $20.00 Provided, That a lodge, may, by its rules or By-Laws, provide for and confer the degrees upon ministers of God for a less sum, or without any fees.

TENNESSEE: On recommendation of the Grand Master the fees for the degrees were increased in Tennessee from $45.00 to $60.00: It is my sincere opinion that a great number of o.ur subordinate lodges do not have sufficient funds to operate on a day-to-day basis. Several lodges have indicated this to me, but have stated they couldn't get the votes to raise the fees. In order to help all lodges have more operating capital it is my recommendation that Section 136.2 of the Code be amended to make the minimum fee for the three degrees $60.00 instead of the present $45.00. (Adopted.)

FINANCIAL CONNECTICUT: The Grand Master of Connecticut commented on the financial responsibility of Masons for their charity and building support. He said: Masons have always found it necessary to lay assessments for support of the lodge and for charity. But inflation and rising costs make it increasingly difficult to maintain expensive real estate, our beautiful temples. No relief is in view, but, as they are being forced by economic necessity, our lodges are beginning to take steps that seemed drastic a short time ago. Temples have been sold. Lodges have moved to less expensive quarters. Increasingly economic pressures will more and more outweigh sentimental or prideful desires to maintain little used, costly to maintain, real estate.

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COST OF PROCEEDINGS

KENTUCKY: The rising cost of printing the proceedings caused the Finance Committee to make the following recommendation to the Grand Lodge of Kentucky. The Kentucky proceedings contain complete lists of officers and members of all lodges, and consisted of 759 pages. The committee said: The printing of the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge has escalated to the cost of $32.00 per copy. Three-fourths of this Proceedings constitutes the lodge rosters. We recommend that a study be taken regarding the lodge rosters.

LOUISIANA: The Grand Lodge of Louisiana also prints an every-member proceedings. It is a 600-page book and costs some $12,300, or about $20.50 per page. This is higher than most. KANSAS: The Grand Secretary of Kansas believes that many lodges have not faced up to inflation. They have failed to realize that the lodge can no longer operate on the dues of a decade ago. He notes that at least two lodges in Kansas have increased their dues to $35.00. Many others have failed to realize that they must have more money to operate. Lodges are having difficulty paying their per capita to Grand Lodge, because they are paying part of it from current years dues instead of the dues collected last year. There is a business side to Masonry and all lodges must recognize it, or experience difficulty meeting expenses.

FUNERAL SERVICE CALIFORNIA: The Grand Lodge of California upon a two-thirds vote now permits the Masonic funeral service to be given for a Brother Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft. We agree this is proper, because after all he is a Mason.

GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION Several jurisdictions have increased the initiation fee for the candidates from $1.00 to $5.00 for the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association. . Most jurisdictions have placed the assessment on Entered Apprentices, but some have placed the assessment on Master Masons. We believe the assessment is necessary if we are to support adequately this one great Masonic Shrine in which all Master Masons should have pride. ARIZOT\;A: The Grand Lodge of Arizona increased its fees for memorial from $1.00 to $5.00. Very commendable. CONNECTICUT: The following was adopted in Connecticut: That for the purpose of increasing the Endowment Fund of George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association, an assessment of five dollars ($5.00) be, and hereby is assessed on each candidate and on each affiliate from another Grand.J urisdiction, to be collected from him at the time of his taking the Master Mason Degree or from an affiliate upon his signing the By-Laws; and that each lodge shall give a separate receipt for such payment. Such payments shall be kept in a separate fund by the lodge until remittance is made to the Grand Secretary.

IDAHO: The Grand Lodge of Idaho approved a $5.00 contribution to the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association for each Master Mason raised. The Grand Lodge had previously been paying $2.00 for each member raised.

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ILLINOIS: The following was presented in the Grand Lodge of Illinois: CODE NO. 356. N. Tracy Walker, Worshipful Master of Arboretum Lodge No. 1175, proposed to amend Code No. 356 by striking out the figure "$1.00" in the first line and substituting therefore the figure "$5.00." If amended, Code No. 356 would read as follows: "Each lodge shall collect the sum of $5.00 from each candidate receiving the Master Mason's degree. The sum shall be remitted to the Grand Secretary with the annual report, held by the latter in a separate fund and the amount so collected each year shall be paid by him on or before February 22 to the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association, provided that any lodge may elect to pay said sum from its treasury."

LOUISIANA: The Grand Lodge of Louisiana contributes $5.00 for each Master Mason raised to the Memorial. This action was taken in 1956. NEW JERSEY: After some discussion and a recommendation by the Jurisprudence Committee, the Grand Lodge of New Jersey increased the one-time contribution to the Memorial by each candidate from $1.00 to $5.00. The Grand Master thanked those in attendance. At least tenjurisdictions have gone to the $5.00 assessment for the memorial. We have the following comment from the Executive Secretary of the Masonic Service Association, RW. Bro. Stewart M. Pollard: SAWB UCK. Several jurisdictions have enacted legislation to increase the onetime contribution by their candidates to the George Washington Masonic National Memorial to $5.00. We have been informed that the Grand Lodges of Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Indiana, District of Columbia, Minnesota, and Oregon have led the way in adopting such legislation. We hope that others are also considering this action.

OHIO: The Grand Lodge of Ohio proposed the increase from $1.00 to $5.00 for each Master Mason raised. However, since the resolution required unanimous approval to be adopted at the time of presentation, it failed to get unanimous consent, and was held over for consideration next year. RHODE ISLAND: The Grand Lodge of Rhode Island raised its contribution to the Memorial from $1.00 to $3.00. This is a step in the right direction, and we hope that the Grand Lodge will re-evaluate its connection with the Memorial and raise it again to $5.00, as many others are doing. SOUTH DAKOTA: The Grand Lodge of South Dakota voted to increase its contribution to the Memorial to $2.00. VERMONT: Grand Master Weiland Horn recommended that the contribution to the Memorial be increased from $1.00 to $5.00, but the Jurisprudence Committee amended the amount to $2.00 and caused it to be lai9 over a year before consideration. NEBRASKA: We dislike to report that the Grand Lodge of Nebraska defeated a resolution that would have increased the assessment for the Memorial from $1.00 to $5.00.

GRAND MASTER RESIGNS KENTUCKY: The following was contained in the report of the Committee on Finance to the Grand Lodge of Kentucky: We met on February 4, 1978, after a joint meeting with the Past Grand Masters and elected Grand Lodge Officers. At this meeting the Grand Master resigned. The committee advised Bro. J. C. McClanahan to secure the Jewel, Apron Cases, etc., along with the

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Grand Lodge automobile from the resigned Grand Master. Since the elected Grand Master was covered for hospitalization under our Blue Cross Plan, your committee felt a moral obligation and directed that the insurance be paid for 60 days additional coverage on his family. We recommend this be adopted. Brother McClanahan notified us by phone that all the Grand Lodge material had been received along with the automobile which he had possession of in his driveway. I advised Brother Noble, Chairman of the Jurisprudence Committee, by letter dated February 7, 1978 of the compliance of this directive in order that his committee and the Grand Lodge would have an accurate record. We met again March 16, 1978 to see that the Bonds had been complied with, also the insurance for the Masonic Tour and Bonds had been secured and other guidelines in the budget, at which time 21 items were discussed at this meeting. At this meeting we turned the automobile over to the acting Grand Master. Our Annual Communications of 1977, upon the recommendation of the Finance Committee, approved the Grand Lodge to purchase the automobile for the Grand Lodge to be used by the Grand Master beginning the Masonic Year 1978, then turned over to the Grand Secretary for use the next year, after which we will sell it.

GOVERNMENT AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS OREGON: The Grand Lodge of Oregon has a Committee on Government and Legislative Affairs which reports in detail to the Grand Lodge on all proposed and adopted legislation which affects Freemasonry in any way. In its recommendations the committee said: "That members recognize their responsibility to exercise their fair share of control over the government."

This is a bit different approach than we see in most jurisdictions.

GRAND LODGE IDAHO: What is a Grand Lodge? The Committee on Masonic Education and Research gave this definition: Masons do not always separate the functions and purposes of a Grand Lodge from those of a constituent lodge. Each Masonic lodge distributes its own petitions; makes its own investigations; selects its own candidates; initiates, passes, and raises its own members; selects its own officers and programs; administers its own finances; develops its own proficiency in lodge management and in the advancement of its candidates; and in cooperation with the other constituent lodges they propose, enact, or reject all legislation under which they operate. None of these duties can be done for them by any Grand Lodge, so "What is a Grand Lodge, and what does it do?" Even though it was instituted by the constituent lodges, a Grand Lodge is the authority which enables each constituent lodge to exist. It is an association of all the lodges of a jurisdiction, and as such it issues charters; and the unity of all the chartered lodges brings to each lodge the strength and force of the entire Craft. Through the representation of each constituent lodge a Grand Lodge becomes the legislative body in each jurisdiction, and the delegates from each lodge are the source of all Masonic law and government. A Grand Lodge maintains Masonic regularity, and without it each lodge would eventually become the victim of its own expediencies, and most would soon be unrecognizable as a lodge of Freemasons. The system of recognition of Grand Lodges makes Freemasonrya worldwide Fraternity, and as a result of these standards of recognition a Mason may find Masonic friends wherever he may reside, or wherever he may travel. A Grand Lodge records and maintains the basic records for each lodge and member, and serves as a center of distribution and communications through which fraternal services may be rendered to each lodge or Mason. It is an agency which directs the means and talents of all to serve the needs of each.

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A Grand Lodge is the custodian of our Landmarks, traditions, customs, Ritual, the inheritance of the past, and the administration for the future. It is the entire jurisdiction, and it is not separate and apart from the constituent lodges or the individual members. It is the total membership, suitably organized to preserve its traditions, protect its interests, and satisfy its needs.

GRAND LODGE ATTENDANCE IOWA: Grand Lodge attendance has been a problem in a numberofjurisdictions. The Long- Range Planning Committee of the Grand Lodge of Iowa made these observations: This report revealed that, rather than having a few lodges as totally nonattenders, we have many which are irregular in being present for the Annual Communications. There are 61 lodges that have not been represented for at least four years, and, of these, 23 were last represented in 1974, 12 in 1973, 15 in 1972, 10 in 1971, and 1 in 1965. The Committee urged that: 1. Grand Lodge Communications must be made to be an "event" which will encourage repeated attendance by the delegates. 2. Delegates must be made to realize that they are the Grand Lodge. 3. The preprinted reports are excellent and should be continued. 4. Every delegate must have the opportunity to express their opinions.

GRAND MASTER ATTENDS HOLY MASS WITH POPE ILLINOIS: The Grand Master of Illinois reported on his attendance at Mass conducted by Pope John Paul II: It could be one of the great events of this Grand Lodge, that your two ranking officers were invited to attend the Holy Mass conducted in Grant Park yesterday by Pope John Paul II. Not so much what we did or what we saw, but it gives us a feeling that we are no longer - we are not foreigners to the Catholic men of this great world of ours and this great nation of ours; and we are not adversaries of theirs; that we're working together, hand-in-hand, I hope, to serve the one true God and for the benefit of our fellowman. I shall never forget that experience yesterday. And I sincerely hope that when the members of the Catholic faith learn that the Grand Master was invited to that ceremony, along with the Deputy Grand Master, that they, too, will have a little better feeling of brotherly love. And I want to say how much I appreciate the invitation we received and to say thank you very much to Medinah Temple and especially Bro. Larry Strandquist for what he did in arranging this invitation. We started our communication several weeks ago by sending a letter inviting His Holiness to attend our Grand Lodge session yesterday. But due to the press of his engagements, his dates and, more especially for security reasons, that was impossible. But, after a series of meetings, letters, telephone conversations, they did invite your two officers to attend. We had, comparatively speaking, a ringside seat. We were not on the platform because that was reserved for the priests, which it should have been. But compared to the hundreds of thousands of people behind us, we had ringside seats, and I appreciate it.

GRAND MASTER'S RING ARKANSAS: The Grand Secretary designed and presented to the Grand Lodge a special "Grand Master's Ring," to be presented annually to the Grand Master at the time of his installation, and passed on to his successor in office. Grand Secretery Jack B. Donham said:

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Each year since the Past Grand Master's Ring was designed jointly by M.W. Bro. L. Leland McDaniel, P.G.M. (the then Grand Secretary) and myself in 1958, with only two exceptions the outgoing Grand Master has been presented with a Past Grand Master's Ring with his name and the year he served engraved inside. Those two exceptions preferred ajewel instead. When the option from thejewel to the ring was offered the ring cost $100. Over a period of years with gold going sky-high, $302 an ounce, and the price of workmanship also increasing tremendously the price of the ring this year (1978) was $553.46. Checking with the company that for years made the jewel, they would not give us a quote due to the fluctuation of the price of gold. However, they said that if the green gold could be found (which it cannot) they finally quoted an estimated price of $2,500 to $3,000 for the jewel. Why am I telling you all this? Well, I have been toying with an idea for the past nine years as your Grand Secretary and I would like to put it in writing for you. The question arises, "How do you repay your brethren who have helped to heap honors upon your shoulders like the Masons of Arkansas have bestowed on your Grand Secretary?"

He continued by citing the many honors the Craft had bestowed upon him over a period of some 40 years. He then followed by the presentation of the ring: In trying to repay Masonry in a small monetary way for the kindness shown to me over 40 years of service to you, the Masons of Arkansas, I have had an exact duplicate made of the Past Grand Master's ring and I would like to personally present it to the Grand Lodge with absolutely no cost to you. The lettering on top of the ring will read "GRAND MASTER OF ARKA:"SAS" instead of Past Grand Master. This Grand Master's ring will be presented each year when the Grand Master is elected and installed, to wear during his tenure of office, which in turn he will pass on to his successor in office. There will be no fanfare on my behalf when the presentation is made because when presented this year it will become the sole property of the M.W. Grand Lodge of Arkansas and my name should not be connected with it in any way because that would make it lose its honor, because in time my name will be forgotten anyway. Thank you so much, Brethren, for permitting me this privilege and most certainly a genuine and rewarding personal pleasure, I assure you.

HAWAII CALIFORNIA: The Grand Master reported on his visit to the Islands: The Grand Master's Visitation to Hawaii was highlighted by several fraternal round-table discussions held on three separate Islands and a Grand Master's Seminar held in Honolulu. The interest and enthusiasm of our Hawaiian brethren has never been higher and all ten lodges there are participating in our Hiram Award and Layman's Night Programs. Besides the two Inspectors, Wor. Bro. Richard Dang has been especially helpful in administering these programs and his inspirational leadership in this area is gratefully acknowledged by your Grand Master. Acting within the context of the Grand Master's edict of 1971 and declaration of principles concerning establishment of a Hawaiian Grand Lodge, particularly that portion which states in part, "Any officerormemberofa lodge in Hawaii isat liberty to advocate the expediency and desirability (emphasis added) of the formation of a Grand Lodge of Hawaii, but culmination of any such objective must be achieved by a truly representative assent of the membership and in accordance with policy acceptable to the Grand Lodge of California or to the Grand Master during the interim between Annual Communications." I appointed the current Masters of the ten lodges in Hawaii to a committee whose action is limited to a study of the feasibility of establishing an Hawaiian Grand Lodge. At the conclusion of their respective terms of office, the Masters of the ten lodges would be replaced as primary members of the committee by the succeeding Masters.

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In this manner both California Masonic law and the Masonic rights of Hawaiian Masons will be harmoniously observed. This action was taken after the Masters and many members of the Hawaiian lodges requested audience on the subject expressing their faithfulness to the Grand Lodge of California as well as their concern for the future of the Craft in the Islands.

The Grand Master also commented on his preparation of a prologue to the cornerstone ceremony that would be historically meaningful to the Hawaiian brethren. He said: I report that I have complied with Grand Master McCaw's Recommendation No.1 of 1978 as adopted by Grand Lodge that certain minor modifications be made in the Cornerstone Ceremony to permit appropriate historical reference and explanation and conformity as to location for such ceremonies conducted in Hawaii. After discussing the problems involved with knowledgeable Grand Officers and many of our Hawaiian Brothers, I prepared an Hawaiian Cornerstone Ceremony Prologue which has been accepted as appropriate. The prologue in its entirety is to be found under the heading "Cornerstones." I may add that on December 31, 1979 there will be a re-Iaying of the cornerstone for Iolani Palace in Honolulu. The first cornerstone for the edifice was laid in 1879 on the birthday of Queen Kapiolani. The date was selected by King Kalakaua, a Past Master of Le Progres de I'Oceanie Lodge No.3 71, as a significant one which to exemplify the role of Freemasonry in the Islands. Need I say what an exciting and meaningful event this will be for our Hawaiian Brethren and for us all?

We can only comment that our personal contact with the Hawaiian brethren in several areas of Masonic endeavor have impressed us with the high ideals and great integrity of those in authority in the Islands. We hope that when they are ready, that a Grand Lodge can be established that will be the admiration of all Masons everywhere.

HISTORY OHIO: The Grand Lodge of Ohio will print 2,500 copies of its history. The Grand Lodge of Ohio found it necessary to go outside its boundaries and employ Bro. Allen Roberts of Virginia to write its history. The reasons are contained in the report of the Committee on History: During the year several lodges have taken an increased interest in preserving the relics and artifacts of the past. Some 200 inquiries were received about how to care for, restore, or otherwise look after the priceless material in the lodges of Ohio. Again, each of you, but particularly the Masters, are encouraged to continue with this interest in care and preservation. The film, "Our Precious Her'itage," also continued to be used by lodges. During the past two years it was shown more than 300 times, reaching thousands of people. Finally, the biggest task or assignment that the committee has had this year is to attempt to complete something that this Grand Lodge has been thinking about and preparing for a number of years. This Grand Lodge does not have a history of its operation from the beginning to the present time. Parts of the history have been published; a history was started many, many years ago, and it ran up until the early 1920s but then it was never completed. The delegates to this Grand Lodge one year ago appropriated $16,000 to prepare a manuscript of the History of the Grand Lodge of Ohio. The author of that manuscript was Allen Roberts of the Grand Lodge of Virginia - but you say why did you go outside of the state of Ohio to find somebody to write our history? Brother Roberts had done extensive research on the history of the Grand Lodge of Ohio in the preparation of the script of our marvelous movie, "Our Precious Heritage," and, as a result, had done a great deal of the basic research.

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So, now, the history has been completed as a result of the appropriation made a year ago. The manuscript has been read, suggestions made to Brother Roberts, modifications made, and, basically, the history is now ready to print. It covers from pre-1808, giving some of the history of the formation of the early lodges and the formation of the Grand Lodge, and it goes right up until about I :30 today. That is how modern your history isit is ahead of us by just a bit, anticipating actions up to I :30 today. As your committee sees it, we have two options: We can take the one copy of the manuscript for which we have paid $16,000 and put it on the shelf and say, "There is the history of the Grand Lodge of Ohio." Or, we can proceed to go to the printer, print copies, and distribute it so that "The History of the Grand Lodge of Ohio" can be disseminated to the lodges and, hopefully, to many of the libraries in the state of Ohio, providing a proper perspective of how this Grand Lodge was born. It is the recommendation of the committee that this Grand Lodge authorize the printing of this history and authorize $18,000 in the Ways, Means and Accounts budget for the printing of 2,SOO copies of "The History of the Grand Lodge of Ohio."

HONORARY PAST GRAND MASTER OHIO: The Grand Lodge of Ohio voted "No Honorary" Past Grand Masters: The members of this Grand Lodge have expressed their desire that the title of Honorary Past Master may not be conferred as a distinction upon any person. Since that legislation referred only to constituent lodges, it would seem proper that a similar restriction should be placed on the Grand Lodge. Therefore, a proper number of members of Grand Lodge propose the following resolution which, if passed, would become Resolution No. 16: Be It Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Ohio may not confer the title of Honorary Past Grand Master, as a distinction, on any person. The foregoing partial report was, on motion, accepted. A request for unanimous consent to consider this as legislation at this time being granted, the legislation was, on motion, adopted.

IMAGE ARIZaNA: The Grand Master of Arizona said of the image of Freemasonry: The image of Freemasonry has changed for the better in recent years. The Roman Catholic faction is no longer critical of our Fraternity. Others are beginning to accept our ideas. The Masonic Widow's Program will do as much as anything to improve our image. Use it to its fullest. And if we can reduce the religious and racial prejudice so evident among our ranks, then our image will really improve.

INDIAN RITES M.W. Bro. William R. Denslow wrote a book entitled, Freemasonry and the American Indian. We were told by Brother Denslow that, while the American Indian had rites and ceremonies of various kinds, none could be identified as Freemasonry. Many could have been quite similar, but not Masonic as we know Masonry. IDAHO: The Grand Historian of Idaho gave this report to the Grand Lodge and referred to Brother Denslow's book. We found it interesting and hope our readers will, also. He began by saying: "With the coming of the white man and the Lewis and Clark expedition into the wilderness of the Far West, part of which later became known as the State of Idaho, Masonry was brought with them."

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The Historian continued: In their confrontation and dealings with the Indians, incidents and stories of Indians saving the lives of the white man after they had given the Masonic signs are legend. It is quite possible that some are true. Many are just tales and a large number are half truths. Past Grand Master Jonas W. Brown of Idaho explained it in this manner: "Indian tribes populating the American continent had and did practice certain rites, possessed and exercised certain means of recognition closely resembling, if not identical with, those of Freemasonry; that these tribes, particularly those in the western portion, manifested the highest regard and friendliness to persons of the Masonic affiliation, but at the same time were bitterly antagonistic to others not connected with the society. They were especially amiable to Craftsmen, whose security was assured overall who penetrated into the vastness of this rich region." Bro. John McCoach delivered an address before the Colorado Springs Scottish Rite Association in 1908 in which he told of his experience with a band of Nez Perce in Idaho some years before. He with ten others were employed to drive a large herd ofcattle from Gallatin Valley in Montana, to Willamette Valley in Oregon. The man in charge, Dr. Hartman, was a Master Mason and so were six others, making seven out of the II that had received the first degree in Masonry. This is his story of the cattle drive: "We went down the Salmon River Valley of Idaho. The route was rough. The hardest part of the trip was herding the cattle at night. We had four wagons to carry supplies. One day Dr. Hartman and I were riding some distance from the outfit, the Doctor espied something bright in the dust of the road. He dismounted and picked up a brass penholder with the pen inserted in the barrel and put it in his pocket. "When we unsaddled our ponies that evening, I took out to herd. While I was gone a squaw came into camp with some trinkets to trade, as was their custom. For the penholder the squaw swapped a pair of moccasins. The next afternoon when we stopped alongside a small creek, preparing to make camp, a roving band of Nez Perce, of some 200 strong, stopped on the other side of the creek and went into camp. "The Chief and the swapping squaw came over to our camp. The Chief accosted Dr. Hartman, holding up the brass penholder, asking if he had swapped this for the moccasins. The Doctor nodded yes. The Chief told him to get the moccasins and took them away from the Doctor and angrily pulled the strings out and handed them to Dr. Hartman and the penholder to the squaw, as to say the strings were the value of the penholder and no more. "After much arm waving by both parties the Chief saw the square and compass with the letter "G" on the Doctor's vest and instantly his demeanor changed, if possible for an Indian's countenance to change, his did, for then and there, he gave the sign of the first Degree of Masonry. He took the Doctor by the hand, and they went back by the wagon and talked. In a short time the Doctor called me, and when I went back to where they were the Chief had me give the grip and word. The other five were also examined. "After his examination of us, he appeared to be the most pleased Indian I ever saw. "I was sure he had come to pick a quarrel, kill us, and take our herd of cattle. Instead the braves took care of our stock during the night. The next morning two braves came over and gave us all the trout we could eat for breakfast. They also took care of the sore-footed cattle and after breaking camp, the Chief and his band escorted us until noon." Could all this be a stream of fancy fiction or half truths? We do know that there have been many stories of Indian Freemasonry. That lodges existed when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. Also yarns how he obtained his Craftsmanship and developed it to a high degree when Columbus discovered the Western Hemisphere. The importance regarding Indian culture was a part Freemasonry played in its development and Indians famous in their respective tribes who lived and loved Freemasonry.

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It is also known that each tribe of Indians had a distinguishing sign by which they could identify themselves and were recognized by other tribes. It is also well known that the American Indian was never acquainted with Freemasonry until some time after the advent of the white man. However, he did have his own secret societies, and those organizations paralleled our own Fraternity to an amazing degree. So much in fact, that it would seem the Great Spirit had planted the basic seed of Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth in all men. It is because of these similarities that many have attributed a knowledge of Freemasonry to the Indian. He may have exercised many Masonic virtues, and portions of his own rites were similar to Masonic degrees. But it can be safely said that he knew nothing of the Hiram legend. But societies, or brotherhoods, did exist among most American tribes. Music and songs were a part of almost every ritualistic society of the Indian. With very little imagination you can see and compare the Floor Work, Raising Him Up, restored to life. Their summons to appear, funeral ceremonies, operative vs. speculative, and a belief in a Supreme Being. There was also their belief in immortality, charity, morality, symbolic, sacred or secret words, oaths and penalties. How can all these stories be identified? It would be difficult. None can be proved beyond doubt, nor can they be proved false. But it can be said that a remarkable coincidence of circumstances patent to every Mason. There are many interesting stories involving Freemasons and Indians. I refer you to Freemasonry and the American Indian by William R. Denslow.

IRAN MICHIGAN: We are indebted to James Fairbairn Smith for the following: The Middle East and the Arab nations have taken on a distinctly anti-Masonic tone and are actually led by the uncertain, the demise of Iran as an American ally. Scotland, about 20 years ago, started several lodges and France and Germany also added to regular activity of the Craft. During the months which followed the Shah responded to the desire of the Scottish lodges to unite with those of France and Germany and form an independent Grand Lodge, and with the Shah's blessing the first Grand Master was none other than His Excellency, Bro. Jafar Sharif Emami, President of the Senate. The Grand Lodge was consecrated by Scotland's Grand Master Sir Ronald Orr-Ewing on March I, 1967. Four languages, English, Iranian, French, and German were used to perform the ceremony. With the estahlishment of a revolutionary Islamic Republic, Freemasonry has been completely banned and many of its leaders arrested. Thus ends for the present the benevolent influences of our great Mystic Craft.

LAWFUL AGE For many years the lawful age to petition for the degrees of Freemasonry has been 21 years. However, in the past few years a number of jurisdictions, including Missouri, has seen fit to lower the age to 18 years. We have no statistical figures to support the worth, or lack of it, of this action. We are inclined to believe from observation that a few lodges may have gained a small number of members. We question how good these members have been from the standpoint of attendance or support they may have given the lodge. COLORADO: The Grand Lodge of Colorado defeated an amendment which would have lowered the age of a petitioner for Freemasonry from 21 years to 18 years.

LEITERG ARIZONA: The Grand Master made a decision that nothing should detract from the letter "G," and this was in conformity with a Grand Lodge decision made in 1977. He said:

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The 1977 decision was not restricted to pictures but concerned "pictures, signs, etc." without qualification. Pictures of George Washington are no exception and even if the objects are covered in a manner so that they could possibly detract by causing curiosity as to what they conceal, they should not remain near the letter "G." If they detract in any manner, they can be considered to be competing for attention with the letter "G," our symbol for Deity.

By way of comment on the above we have always been of the opinion that the East of a Masonic lodge room should be a place of beauty. It should be made as attractive as possible to instill pride in the members who view it and their reverence for it. We know that in many lodge rooms there may be found a metal filing cabinet, an old iron safe with books or a box or two on top. Also, there may be pictures or photographs of former members, some of whom may not be known today. Charters are quite common in gilded frames of a bygone era. While these are things of beauty, in a way, and quite necessary to the function of the lodge, they have no place in the East of the lodge room. The East should be maintained as sacred and beautiful as the chancel in a church.

LIBRARY OHIO: Ohio is proud of its Masonic Library, and continues to build its usefulness: This past year there were a number of significant additions to the Grand Lodge Library. Most of these were reponed in "The Grand Secretary's Bulletin" from month to month. A number of interested Masons throughout the state of Ohio have contributed volumes of county histories. Since Masons were instrumental in the early formulative days of many of our counties, a great deal of Masonic history can be found in these reference books. It is hoped that additional contributions will be made until we have county histories of all eighty-eight counties of Ohio. It is indeed unfortunate that more Masonic students do not make use of the reference library. which is located in Worthington. since it is unquestionably one of the finest Masonic libraries to be found anywhere.

LIQUOR RHODE ISLAND: The Committee on Masonic Survey for the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island reported on one phase of activity which it believed in need of some correction. It was said: It would seem to me that a new task for this committee in the year ahead would be to explore once again the use of alcoholic beverages within our various facilities. I know full well that there is nothing within our rules and regulations to prohibit the use of such beverages in our buildings. I personally have no problem with the serving of such beverages after an annual meeting. or at ladies nights within the temples. In these days of inflation. etc.. I also sympathize with owners of our buildings who wapt to rent facilities to outsiders with liquor privileges. However, it has recently come to my attention that alcoholic beverages may be being served after regular monthly meetings in at least one instance if not more. At the very least I think an overall survey on this question is necessary from both within and without our state and this committee would be ideal to handle this task and to come up with their suggestions.

SOUTH DAKOTA: The Grand Master of South Dakota ruled on a matter dealing with a "lounge" in a Masonic Temple: A Shrine Temple that holds a substantial interest in a Masonic Temple wishes to remodel the ground floor wherein part of the present dining room is to be a lounge. I

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ruled that having alcoholic beverages available would be deemed un-Masonic conduct according to Section 558-11 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws.

NORTH CAROLINA: The Grand Lodge of North Carolina adopted this amendment to the liquor law of that jurisdiction: To own or keep what is commonly known as a liquor saloon, or to attend bar in a liquor saloon. A liquor saloon is defined under this section as a place where the main business is the sale of intoxicating liquors to be consumed on the premises; provided, it shall not be considered a Masonic Offense to operate a dining facility pursuant to the laws of the State of North Carolina where spirituous or intoxicating liquors are sold in strict conformity with the laws of the State of North Carolina.

WISCONSIN: The Grand Master of Wisconsin added this new thought to his list of recommendations: I recommend that the Executive Committee and other committees of the Grand Lodge study the possibilities of implementing that portion of the Junior Warden's responsibility that says "to call the brothers from labor to refreshment and to superintend them during the hour thereof and see that none convert the means of refreshment into intemperance or excess." This, my Brothers, does not and should not be interpreted as meaning total abstinence. Our brothers in England do not practice abstinence and there are Grand Jurisdictions within the United States that now have addressed themselves to this situation.

LODGE ROOM USE MISSISSIPPI: The Grand Lodge of Mississippi adopted the following resolution relative to the use of its lodge rooms: "SECTION 43. Use of Lodge Rooms; Generally for Masonic purposes only; exceptions. As a general rule, lodge rooms should be used only for Masonic purposes, but when approved by Grand Lodge, it is permissible for lodges to use the rooms in common with any orderly body, the object of whose meetings is lawful and laudable and not opposed or antagonistic to the principles of Masonry. Subordinate lodges may, by resolution introduced at a regular stated meeting and adopted by a majority of the members present at the next or some subsequent meeting, sponsor a chapter or chapters of the Order of DeMolay and a chapter or chapters of Order of Rainbow for Girls and a Bethel or Bethels of the International Order of Job's Daughters." (1956-98; 1962-56; 1979-). The committee holds no prt::judice whatever against the Job's Daughters. On the other hand, we believe that the principles inculcated in its ritual and the great moral values that are contained in its operations are of great worth. The decision of the Committee herein pertains altogether to what we believe to be the best interests of Freemasonry in Mississippi, this being what we believe to be the first duty resting upon us. Therefore, the committee must report that it does not believe it is advisable at this time for Masonic lodges in Mississippi to dilute their attention to the already established Orders that are permitted to meet in our lodge rooms, and believes that the health and vigor of the lodges can be best maintained or enhanced by devoting more attention to our already accumulated interests. We recommend, therefore, that the resolution NOT be adopted. Report adopted.

MASONIC FUNERAL FOR FORMER MEMBER SOUTH DAKOTA: The Grand Lodge of South Dakota disapproved a Masonic Service for a former member: One of the concerns to the committee which we wish to convey to the brothers was the request from a lodge to provide burial service with Masonic honors for a former brother who had dimitted from the lodge due to age, failing health, or other hardships. The request was particularly appealing as two of his sons were Master Masons and requested

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burial with Masonic honors. The request was denied as Section 416 of the By-Laws provided that no Mason shall be buried with Masonic honors unless he shall have been at the time of his death a Master Mason in good standing. Our committee calls to the attention of all brothers, particularly Masters of the lodge, that Section 385 of the By-Laws provides for the remission of dues, and that by its use, some needless and possible tragic dimits such as this appeared to be, can be avoided, and that some worthy reinstatements can be accomplished.

MASONIC HOME FLORIDA: To clarify some of its rules, the following amendments were made in the Grand Lodge of Florida: One of these amendments is to Home Rule 8.04 relating to funeral arrangements for residents and simply clarifies our law to specifically provide that upon death of a resident the Administration shall notify the surviving spouse, and if there be no surviving spouse, the next of kin, and the lodge or chapter sponsoring the admission of the resident. If the remains are not claimed by the surviving spouse or next of kin within 36 hours after notice the lodge or chapter may claim the remains. If the surviving spouse or next of kin shall claim the remains they shall release Grand Lodge from all claims for further expense in disposing of the remains. If the lodge or chapter claim the remains the lodge or chapter may be reimbursed in amount provided by the Rule, all of which will be presented to you together with our recommendation that it be approved. Another vexatious problem that we have attempted to deal with is the matter ofjointly owned property of a man and wife when one of them is an applicant for admission to the Home. Our present Rule 7.04 merely states that the applicant shall convey to the Grand Lodge all of his or her interest in any property he or she may own. We are proposing to you and recommend your adoption of amendments to this Rule to provide that jointly owned property shall be conveyed to the Grand Lodge with reservation of life estate in the spouse not seeking admission. The amendment provides for discretion in the Board of Trustees for modification of the requirements of the Rule with the approval of the Grand Master. We will present this to you with our recommendation of your approval in later portions of this report.

ILLINOIS: The Grand Master reported that there were 33 children in the Home at La Grange, and that extensive remodeling was being done at the Home at Sullivan. The Grand Master found it interesting to lunch with the elderly residents at Sullivan. He described an incident at luncheon. He said: We had dinner with some of the Grand Lodge Officers and we had a great time. They were very, very profuse in their thanks to you. 1 was going around the table, shaking hands with this one and that one and having a great time. About 12:25 everybody left, you know, they just vacated. I asked Mrs. Hart, "what happened?" and she replied, "Don't you know? 'As the World Turns' starts at 12:30."

LOUISIANA: The Masonic Home of Louisiana would like to discontinue the care of children. They are convinced that foster homes are much preferable. A study of the situation is to be made and a report for action given in 1980. KANSAS: In its report to Grand Lodge, the Masonic Home states, we have two types of applicants: 1. Application for the transfer of assets. 2. Private pay application, whereby the applicant pays by the month for the level of care which he or she receives. There is more and more of the latter. CORNERSTONE FOR MEDICAL COMPLEX

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usual. The program was interesting, the crowd very large (3,000) and the almost complete representation of New Jersey lodges helped make it unusual. The report began: Present were so many past Grand Lodge Officers, Worshipful Masters, Wardens, officers and members from every lodge in this jurisdiction, and from other jurisdictions, space does not permit the listing of each brother who attended. There were over 3,000 in attendance at this ceremony. The Grand Lodge was opened in ample form by M. W. Kenneth L. Larsen, Grand Master. He welcomed all present, and thanked each one for coming to help make this a very memorable occasion. The lodge was placed in charge of the Grand Marshal, and proceeded to the place where the cornerstone ceremonies were to be held. These ceremonies were conducted according to ancient usage. We were honored by the presence of the Honorable James J. Florio, Congressman from the First Congressional District, and many other state and local dignitaries. Speaking for all of his colleagues, Mr. Florio in his remarks said it was very refreshing to see so much being accomplished with private funds, and pledged his support in this project and future projects.

Finally the Grand Master, M.W. Brother Kenneth L. Larsen gave this summation: I would like to comment briefly on the Masonic ceremony of laying cornerstones before I comment on our Masonic Home and our new Medical Complex. The ritualistic placing of foundation stones or pillars and of enclosing a deposit as a memorial occurred in some of the most ancient civilizations which can be studied in the archaeological records available to modern man. The Third Chapter of the Book of Ezra describes the ceremonies at the laying of the cornerstone of the second temple at Jerusalem. While the priests and the people responded with a loud shout, the stonemasons actually laid the foundation even as the Speculative Mason of today spreads the cement at similar ceremonies. The ancient Hebrews regarded cornerstones and corners with special reverence and awe. Cornerstones were synonymous with foundations; chiefs and rulers were also referred to as corners. As I mentioned earlier, the custom was adopted with the laying of the cornerstone for the Capitol in Washington, D.C., by George Washington. The most meaningful act in the ceremony of the laying of a cornerstone is naturally the placing or setting the stone in its proper position. The most morally significant part of the Masonic ceremony is the trying or testing of the stone. The application of the implements of Masonry, the plumb, the level and the square, to ascertain that the materials have been properly prepared is largely symbolic, since the smooth and finished ashlar has already been proved by the operative mason to be sure that it is perfectly squared. In this ceremony the ancient origin of the rite is most clearly and simply revealed. This country, with much of the rest of the world soon to follow, is in the midst of a demographic upheaval unprecedented in history - a gray revolution, if you will. Today there are approximately 22 million Americans 65 years of age and older (1 MM in New Jersey) nearly seven times as many as there were in 1900, approximately around the time we had our first Masonic Home. By the year 2,000 one out of five Americans will be over 65 and, as a nation, we don't know what to do with them. As Masons, we have always had a better understanding of the elderly and their splendid contributions to our Craft at all ages. In our Fraternity we do not discriminate because of race, color, creed or age. Age and contribution to society is very misleading. Because how was it possible for Picasso to paint master works until a few months before his death at 91? Michelangelo was still sculpting a few weeks before he died at 90. Verdi wrote "Falstaff" at 80; Tolstoy wrote "What Is Art" at RR. Even Freud, who was pessimis-

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tic about the minds of old people, did not begin his best work until his forties and wrote "The Ego and the Id" at 67. Pablo Casals was still playing the cello in his nineties, Winston Churchill was Prime Minister at 81, and Georgia O'Keefe starred in her first television special at 90. We struggle in America to add years to life, but as Masons we have always remembered to add life to those years. Today, you see a completed building for our guests and you may think the struggle is over, but the struggle to care for our Senior Citizens is a continuing one which requires much foresight. This foresight has been displayed by present and past Trustees of our Masonic Home and Charity Foundation. The process of finding valid answers to problems is both difficult and painful. Most of us are better at asking questions than at answering them. Not only does the process of finding answers take more time, energy and training, but also the person or persons who offer answers exposes himself to criticism and even ridicule that seldom disturbs the person who only asks questions. Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. To reach a decision on' the part of a volunteer Board of Trustees to construct a $5,000,000 Medical Complex with all its attendant problems took courage and an unwavering confidence in the Masonic Fraternity in the State of New Jersey. This Masonic Home belongs to you, it is practically finished, and you gave us the money to build it after the trustees saw this Medical Complex as one of the answers to our long-range problems. For the 80 years that this Home has been in existence, each succeeding generation of our Masonic Fraternity has responded to the challenge of maintaining this Home. When it comes our turn to transfer responsibility for our Home to the next generation of Freemasons, we will know that we have done our best, which is all we can do; we have helped each other and also received God's help.

PENNSYLVAN IA: The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania is considering a "pay-as-you-go" type of Masonic Home. The initial reports seem to indicate this would require a rather large outlay of funds. The committee continues to investigate the several possibilities. VIRGINIA: The Grand Lodge of Virginia devoted one complete session to the discussion of a Masonic Home facility for those able to pay their own way. The following resolution of the Grand Lodge Committee on Advance Planning. Research and Construction started the rather in.volved and constructive discussion: Be it resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Virginia request the Board of Governors to:

A. Implement a philosophy of care which extends the availability of facilities and services to include aging Masons, their wives, and/or widows who are able to pay for such care. B. Plan for orderly conversion and for expansion of existing facilities and services; developing a comprehensive program for a life care facility including: 1. Implementing or modifying the present Master Plan for orderly expansion and/or conversion of the present Masonic Ilome. 2. Adaptation of the present buildings to the expanded concept. The first step being construction of an additional wing or wings to allow conversion of the Callahan Building to single units, to be done based on funds available; and at the discretion of the Board of Governors. 3. Developing individual apartment units for single and double occupancy giving attention to the special needs of the elderly; with separation of the residentially and medically oriented components of care. 4. Establishing a budget (up to four million dollars) to develop and construct tke first phase of 60-70 living units. The funds to be provided by advance entrance fees and/or tax exempt bonds available for purchase by the Masons of Virginia, avoiding conven-

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tional borrowing. The costs to be self liquidating by entrance fees and monthly income from the residents using the facility, with a five-year goal for this phase ofconstruction. 5. That the present policy for those with financial need continue until they can be brought into the Life Care Concept. The costs to be met by income from the Endowment Fund, the present capitation tax for the Home and future solicitation of funds. That those with financial need continue to be given the primary consideration for admission to the Home. 6. That a committee of not more than five members be appointed by the Grand Master in consultation with the Board of Governors of the Masonic I lome invested with the responsibility for development and construction of the prqject in a timely, orderly and economical manner; as funds are available and demands dictate. C. That Van Scoyoc Associates Inc. (successors to Westminster Canterbury Consulting Services) be retained during the planning, construction and initial year of operation of the first phases or until such time as their services are no longer required. D. That additional units, if demand dictates and finances are sufficient, be constructed in accordance with the master plan, subject to prior requirements and constraints without further approval from the Grand Lodge of Virginia; however, su~ject to the prior approval of the Grand Master of Masons in Virginia.

MASTER'S HAT We are well aware that in this country a Worshipful Master is to be covered when presiding over a lodge. However, we are reliably informed that this is not a requirement, practice, or even a custom in the "Mother Grand Lodge of the World," the United Grand Lodge of England, from whence our Masonry came originally. We are told that there are a few lodges in a section of England where the Master is covered. MAINE: The Grand Master of Maine directs that Worshipful Masters should wear an appropriate hat on proper occasions: The Master's Hat is not being worn as much as it should be. Since the Hat is a symbol of Authority, only the Master may wear it and it is his duty to do so. The Hat should be either a top hat or a hat of the Master's choice, but it must be in keeping with the dignity of the Order. The Hat should be worn during the opening and closing ceremonies and during degree work, but may be laid aside during a business meeting. The only times it should not be worn would be while the Grand Master is present, while the District Deputy is being received for his official visitation, during prayer, and during a salute to our Country's Flag. I hereby reaffirm the decision made as shown on page 521 of the 1955 Proc.eedings of the Grand Lodge.

MASTER MASONS' BANQUET KENTUCKY: The Grand Lodge of Kentucky has held two Master Masons' Banquets and Entertainments during the Annual Communications. These have been so successful that the plan is to continue them. We believe it is a wonderful event: Those of you who were not able to attend last night's festivities, Brothers, make a special plan next year. I am sure it will be repeated, to attend this evening. Bring your lady, invite your lodge offic.ers, your members, and let us make the third annual Master Mason's Banquet and Entertainment evening the largest. Let us set a goal for at least 2000 in attendance. Brethren, we can do it, it can be done, it is up to you and your lodges. I think this is one of the greatest things your Grand Lodge has attempted to do to show the appreciation for what you do for Masonry. Brethren, I would charge you, especially the delegates, to advertise, communicate this to your lodge. Let's start now thinking and planning for the Master Masons Banquet and Entertainment next year. Thank you.

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M.S.A. HOSPITAL VISITATION PROGRAM SOUTH CAROLINA: The Grand Lodge of South Carolina probably does more for the M.S.A. than many other Grand Lodges. The Grand Master reported on his program of activity for the M.S.A. and the results of the same, which was third in the nation: The Masonic Service Association, Hospital Visitation Committee, proudly presents its report for the Masonic year 1978-79. Again we missed our goal of $18,000 but we received in voluntary contributions an all-time high of $14,581.16. For these contributions we are most grateful. Your Hospital Visitation Committee extends its sincere thanks and appreciation to each Master Mason and their District Deputy Grand Masters who joined hands and hearts with us to make our program a success. Of the 324 lodges in South Carolina we had only 30 lodges that did not participate. We are proud of our progress in having six lodges participating this year for their first time in the past five years; however, we had 16 lodges which contributed last year but did not participate this year. Then, too, we have three lodges which have not participated at all in the past five years. It is interesting to know that South Carolina ranks third in M.S.A. contributions in 1977. The only two states with larger contributions were Minnesota $28,000 and Pennsylvania $22,500 and South Carolina $14,578.77.

MASONIC PREPAREDNESS UTAH: The Grand Orator of Utah delivered what we consider a most appropriate and timely address to the brethren attending the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Utah: Brethren, today I would like to share with you some of my thoughts relative to preparedness, Masonic Preparedness. When we examine the meaning of preparedness, in a general analysis, we can immediately call to mind many things or events in our lives that we prepared for. Our first day in school, our first employment, our chosen profession, we could go on endlessly outlining those things, or events, in our lives that we carefully prepared for. But what about Masonic Preparedness? We are continually, as Masons, seeking further light. This never-ending search does result, to some degree, in reaching a state of Masonic Preparedness. To place Masonic Preparedness into proper perspective, let us for a few minutes take a good look at our Masonic Order and then think about preparing ourselves Masonically to carryon the traditions and work as handed down (Q us b>' our fathers. An Order so ancient as Masonry, having the designs and purpose of Masonry, and being so universal, must necessarily be peculiar in many respects, must differ in many features from most organizations, I submit to you this fact. I shall not speak to the Ceremonies of Masonry, its universal language, its method of teaching hy symhols, allegories, traditions, and memorizing which make an indelihle impression upon the mind of the initiate. A system of perfection that cannot be found anywhere, except in a Masonic lodge. This system of teaching possesses a charm for everyone - the scholar, the moralist, the philosopher - but, I will address some more evident facts. The institution is one of principles and character. Its great leading principles are in its landmarks and ancient regulations, which no power within or without the Order can ever change. We cannot attach too much importance to this fact of permanence. An institution which exists in every civilized country, maintaining certain correct moral and social principles, must, in the atmosphere of constant political change, be of inestimahle value not only to our own country, hut to the world.

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To illustrate this tendency to change, we have only to analyze our political, educational, and social systems. They are filled with new theories and changes, some of which are of value. But in all this we see illustrated, without any desire to criticize or find fault, the disposition to change, to depart from many old tried and proven methods. Yet, essential truth, right, and justice are unchangeable, and such are the principles of Masonry! Do we want, in all this changing and uncertainty, something permanent? Is it too much to say that in this institution we find it? In this age of individualism, self-will, infidelity, excitement, intense activities, and the headlong scramble for wealth, the Masonic Order teaches, has always taught, and always will teach the existence of God, the obligations of the moral law, respect for and obedience to lawful authority, honesty, and moderation in all things. This Order, with such teachings and influences upon life, this Order, of such age and dignity, with worldwide membership, embracing such a wealth and intelligence, is of great value to society in general and to our country, and must exert a power in the moral world. But let us look further for a moment. We can declare that from the unchangeable character of our Order, Masonry is not only the steady teacher of its principles, but the preserver and conservator through all the chances and changes of time of those very principles! Where will you find a higher office or more important trust than this? And now I may ask, is there not a greater need for the existence of this Order in this day and age than ever before? Doesn't good government, public good, and the faith of mankind demand its existence? Let us research these questions and provide ourselves with a satisfactory answer. In doing so, we will have reached a stage of Masonic Preparedness. I will allude briefly to certain other features of this Order, some of which in a great measure make Freemasonry the institution it is - different from all others, wherein lies the secret of much of its power and endurance, and I enumerate them with great pride. This society has never given aid to despotism. It has never waged wars of intolerance in any age or country, nor has it waged wars for any purpose; it is eminently the society of peace. It has never degraded the poor or helpless, nor has it ever dishonored itself in the face of the rich or great for their favor. It has never followed whims or theories. It never dictates to anyone, it never raises disputes, and it lives in peace with all men. With all this, and unlike most other institutions, it asks no favors or special privileges of church or state. It never proselytes, it never sends out missionaries, it has no propagandists, and while the worthy who knock at its doors are seldom denied, none are ever urged to seek admission. I now call attention to one of the most noble features of our Order. Let the man who would view this institution in grandest character estimate the vast sums contributed voluntarily, by Masons as such, to the needy, from year to year, given gladly with unstinted hand! Let him sum up the aggregate value of the relief and charity funds held for disbursement by the Order amounting, in this country alone, to hundreds of thousands of dollars. And what is still better, let him behold the quiet, unquestioning work of relief and attention ever going on, and of which the world knows nothing, because all these acts of charity are done on that Masonic principle, "Let not the left hand know what the right hand doeth, that thine alms may be in secret." Here again, we call the philanthropist to answer the question isn't this worthy labor? And here the world may learn, if not elsewhere, one of the secrets of why Masonry has lived so long, why it will continue to live, and why it is not only worthy of the respect of the world, but also why it receives the attention and labors of hundreds of thousands of the wisest, most enlightened, and most noble men of the world. Let us turn to another view of our subject and see what approval all this may have received. It is indeed no idle boast, no empty delusion that the Grand Order has numbered among its members many of the most illustrious men of every age and country - scientists, poets, educators, scholars, heroes and statesmen, and friends of humanity, the workers for man's progress and happiness. Isn't there much in all this of special honor and distinction to every Mason? May not every Mason bejustly proud that he is a Mason and love and honor his Order? And every true Mason, whatever his station may

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be, does honor and love it. He reveres it because of its venerable character, its stability and dignity. He loves it because of the lessons of brotherly love and toleration and the charity which it teaches. He honors it because of the great truths which it has preserved through centuries, and inculcates today. He respects it because of its lessons of peace and its support of order and good government. He respects it because of the illustrious men in every age and in every country whose names are associated with it. He loves it because of its grand, systematic, and ever increasing work in the relief of human suffering. He loves it because, today as always in the past, it is in full sympathy with the labors and best aspirations of men in everything that relates to the progress, improvement, and elevation of our race. And now may I say that the thought of our responsibility under God to our Order and to humanity and the great trust in our keeping is one of the greatest we can entertain, if we but fully realize its importance. We must know that our individual being is bound up with each other by the most sacred ties and to the world around us in the face of example and the influences we exercise. And, so far as we are true to our Order and its high purposes, "we warranted in looking upon ourselves as co-laborers, though humble indeed, with the Supreme Architect, the builder of all worlds." Brethren, Freemasonry has a much larger work to perform in the future than it had in the past. There never was an era in its history where it was so well prepared for this work. There is in our world today the probability that a great crisis in human affairs may come about. There are many powers of intolerance around the globe. It is evident that there is much work to be done for humanity, without waiting for any great crisis in human affairs. Brethren, how shall we, as men and Masons, be prepared to do our part in this great work for humanity? By making the teachings of Masonry what they were intended to be - practical. Not with new methods, but by a recurrence and strict adherence to the principles and methods already taught us. For by remaining faithful to our great trust and work in the onward progress of the world then, as humanity in the past has been blessed by our labors, so shall the generations to come, everywhere, rejoice in the beneficence of Freemasonry. Brethren, when we are prepared to carryon the great work of our Order, then we have reached a state of acceptable Masonic Preparedness. Let us remember that men judge Masonry by Masons; and, they judge Masons by their acts. Each of us, in our own communities, are the mouthpiece of Masonry - the showcase of Masonry. So, let us apply ourselves with zeal to the practices of the excellent principles inculcated by the Craft. Let us cultivate the great moral virtues laid down in our Masonic Trestleboard and improve everything that is good, amiable, and useful. Let the benign Genius of the Mystic Art preside over our councils, and under her sway let us act with dignity becoming the high moral character of our venerable institution. Brethren, there is not, in my opinion, a completed or perfect state of Masonic Preparedness, for as we pursue our never ending search for further light, we are gently reminded of our individual limitations. But, I am firmly convinced that with our efforts directed towards preparing ourselves for the great work of our Order, the end result will be Quality, Dignity, and Substance. Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren, it has been a privilege to serve this Grand Lodge, and I pray that the mystic tie that binds us together will forever be in our thoughts and actions, one towards another.

MAYOR'S UNIQUE WELCOME FLORIDA: The Honorable Stephen B. Clark, Mayor of Metropolitan Dade County, welcomed the Grand Lodge of Florida: MAYOR CLARK: Thank you very much. I am very happy to be here today for a number of reasons. I am the most active non-Mason in Dade County. I think I can attest to that; wouldn't you, Don? GRA!'\D MASTER: That's true.

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MAYOR CLARK: I have had an awful lot of work with the Masonic Order in this county. There is a reason for this. I am only going to take about two seconds to tell you about it. Back in 1955 a son was born to my wife and myself. He was handicapped and retarded, and I was a poor working guy living out in West Texas at the time. I was on a visit to try to help my father out somewhat because he was in ill health. The boy was born and I didn't know what in the world to do or where to turn. He had congenital deformities of the hands and the feet. He had a cleft palate, very severe. And there was some retardation, we knew that from the very beginning. And I happened to be building a small building for a gentleman by the name of Hillary Bedford, who was a Mason. And I said, "Mr. Bedford, I don't know where to turn. What can I do?" He said, "Well, I think I can help you." I said, "Well, I don't belong to the Masonic Order, if that is what you are talking about. I am a member of the Knights of Columbus." He said, "That is all right. Don't worry about that. You will probably get help a lot quicker than I will." And I did. They put my son and my wife and myself on the train and we went to Dallas, Texas. And after seven operations in 1955 - and after seven operations and spending about $200 to $300,000 in surgery on this boy, he is gainfully employed in this county today, and heowesand I owean awful lot to the Masonic Order. It didn't cost meone red penny. Well, since that time I have been able to prosper a bit in life, monetarily, and I made a will out, shortly after I had a few dollars to make a will out, and I said 10 percent of whatever I leave in this life will go to the Masonic Order, because the Masonic Order took me and my son out of nowhere and made something out of us. Today I publicly thank every person in this room that stands tall and behest in this great Order's causes, because I am living proof of something you have done in your lifetime. [Applause] I have another special privilege. I am one of five, I believe, in the southern part of the State - Judge, you can check this out - that has the opportunity and pleasure of wearing the green fez, and that is a very noble position to be in. Somebody said, "Where is your red fez?" "I don't have it with me, but I have something you don't have." And this was a Mason I was talking to, Mike Serlick. Where is Mike? He said, "You have the green fez." "You better believe it." I took a picture that night when Don Wessell was instrumental in putting this together. I don't want to take up a lot of your time. I am so happy that you have chosen this great community to hold your convention in. I understand this is the second time in 150 years. I hope and pray it is not another 1SO years before you come back. But we will do the best we can to accomodate you. We can't do it all. We have a very difficult community here. This community is the largest urban tri-bi-ethnic community in the world - not the United States. We have an awful lot ofthings to work with here. And so we think we are doing the best we can with what God gave us to command, but I have a very special privilege this afternoon to present something to the Grand Master, a man who has been my friend for a number of years, and we have seen eye to eye on many occasions. The Honorable Stephen B. Clark, Mayor of Metropolitan Dade County presented Grand Master Wessell with a Key to Dade County. The Grand Master responded with appropriate remarks expressing his appreciation to the Mayor.

MEDALLIONS DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: In 1976 the Special Projects Committee of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia caused to be struck a number of medallions to commemorate the bicentennial of our country. These medallions were to sell for $50 for silver and lesser amounts for bronze and plastic. These did not sell and the committee reported drastically reduced prices to the Grand Lodge.

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MEMBERSHIP FLORIDA: The Grand Master of Florida stated with pardonable pride that their membership record was second to none, and that this marked the fortieth consecutive year of membership gain. He said the following: We have gone for 40 consecutive years increasing our membership each year and never slipping back once. My Brothers, the same holds true this year. Again you have forged ahead and you have added to the number of Masons in this State. Be proud of yourselves and give yourself a hand. [Applause] Nothing is possible unless it is done collectively, unless each individual takes the hand of the one next to him and accomplishes that which has to be accomplished. The intent and purpose of Masonry cannot be questioned and, consequently, all we have to do is follow it. Many times we find it may not be quite so easy to follow, but when we do follow it, things have a pattern of turning out as we would like them to turn out. This has been a very successful year, successful in many ways. We have made all kinds of records, and we are proud of that. That is not to reflect on any previous year. For what it is to do is to set a pattern, set a goal for the next Grand Master, one that he will shoot for and he will beat, and I wish him well and I wish that when the time comes next year, and the end of next year, that he has beaten every record we have, because then we will know that Masonry is really winning and we are forging ahead here in this Grand Jurisdiction. I want to tell youjust one little thing about the service which we had yesterday. We had something for the first time, we had a combination memorial service and devotional service. The memorial service is not unusual, we do have that each year. The devotional service coupled with it we had never had before. And the manner by which that came about is this: We attended the Grand Master's Conference of North America. As has been our custom, we from Florida, on Sunday morning, invite anyone we happen to see, other Grand Masters, other Grand Lodge Officers from other Jurisdictions and, of course, ourselves, and all go into one room and have a devotional service. This, apparently, was something that was strange to a number of the brothers from other Grand .I urisdictions. Three or four came to me to M.W. Brother Hollis and they said, "We never knew anything like this transpired at the Grand Lodge or the Grand Master's Conference of North America." They said, "You know, we think maybe this has a little something to do with the fact that Florida has 40 consecutive years of successful increase in personnel."

MICHIGAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM We learn from Michigan that the Grand Lodge Library and Museum are about to be opened. Background planning and thought that went into the project are detailed in the Proceedings. A long list of materials are also included. The report ends with this: There are about 10,000 Masonic books and pamphlets in Michigan, of which the .1. Fairbairn Smith Collection is the largest. Just about the time this Committee was looking around for display methods Committee Member Charles V. Hagler, who is well versed in the history of the city of Detroit and who is in fact Chairman of Detroit's Historical Commission, heard about 11 display cases from a Washington Boulevard store. The committee inspected them and since they, together with a large number of bookcases, were also available for the reasonable sum of $2,500, a tentative hold was placed on the package which must be moved before the end of May 1979; and since an early decision to purchase them must be made we contacted Grand Master Holm A. Swenson and we have reason to believe the purchase will be made and the articles will be moved to the Downtown Masonic Temple. We now turn to the most important needs of a well-run Masonic Museum and we, of course, know that the collection of Professor Alan E. Eichman is probably superior to any

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which any American facility has to offer. Discussing the matter he suggests that for the Grand Lodge 1979 Display, 30 categories be prepared. The categories are as follows: gavels; Syria (Pittsburgh) Shrine glass; commemorative glassware; DeMolay items; mugs; contemporary miscellaneous china and glassware; flasks (1816-1829); paperweights; Grand Lodge of Michigan medals; other medals and jewels; walking sticks; aprons; pottery, ca. 1800; Liverpool pottery set; antique glassware; scrimshaw - snuff boxes; miscellaneous metal items; watches and clocks; andirons; stoneware jug; Master's carpet; rug-quilt; plates; powder and blowing horns; match holders; trivets, doorknobs; coins; mirrors; prints; Washington and Franklin figurines.

MILLION DOLLAR LODGE A few weeks ago we were privileged to attend two day-long meetings in the temple of Vegas Lodge No. 32, located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. We found the surroundings neat and atlractive. It appeared to be well cared for in every way. We learned that the lodge, through wise investments made in former years, is quite wealthy. We saw the new Sundancer Hotel and Casino which was being erected on land owned by Vegas Lodge No. 32. We were told that the rental being received from this leased land was enormous. Vegas Lodge No. 32 has about 750 members. Vegas Lodge No. 32 is a living monument to foresight and planning. Here is an account of what transpired to make this possible. It is related by the Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge of Nevada, Wor. Bro. John R. Zerby: Excerpts from some of the histories will show you that there is history to be written about in many various forms in all lodges. Remember that if it is not written and submitted, many items with Masonic historic value are lost forever. Bro. Robert Kinnison of Vegas Lodge No. 32 tells about the long history of Vegas Lodge's successful investments in property. He states that property investment started almost as soon as the lodge was founded in 1907, and that about 1911 the lodge purchased five adjacent lots at Third and Fremont Streets for $4,600. This was solely for investment purposes, and there was never an intent to use it for a Masonic Temple. The land was vacant when purchased and it was soon leased by the lodge to local businessmen. Several businesses had been built on it over the years until the early 1950s, when it was leased to the "Three-a-One" Corporation. This Corporation built a two-story store and office building. A lease was signed in 1954 for $25,000 per year, with a 53-year term. Over the ensuing years the lease was assigned to a succession of corporations and lessees until 1978 when the Nevada Building Company, who then owned the lease, decided it was time again to expand the use of the property. Negotiations were begun with the lodge trustees for the purpose of building a hotel and casino on the property. These negotiations were successful; terms were agreed upon and construction is now underway for the Sundancer Hotel and Casino, a 16-story, 600-room facility which is scheduled to open in June, 1980. Rental for the property is $75,000 per year to 1981; $100,000 in 1981, and an increase by $5,000 per year until the total reaches $150,000 per year, thereafter to be adjusted annually until the lease expires in 2038. By that time it is estimated the lodge will have received approximately $10,000,000 from that investment of $4,600 in 1911.

MINUTES MUST BE READ NORTH CAROLINA: The following law regarding the reading of minutes was adopted by the Grand Lodge of North Carolina. The minutes of every communication, stated or emergent, shall be read, corrected if necessary, and approved by the lodge before it is closed; and when so approved, they cannot be altered, expurgated, erased, obliterated, or defaced. Should it appear that an error had been made in the record, a resolution explaining, repealing, rescinding, or

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correcting the same may be made at a subsequent stated communication by a vote of the lodge which shall be entered as a transaction of the communication, and a marginal notation shall be made on the previous minutes. Any reading of the minutes at the next stated communication shall not be for approval, but to bring forward unfinished business and for the general information of the members present.

MUSIC CALIFORNIA: The Grand Master reported this: The Film and Creative Projects Committee has also developed a cassette "Music for Masonic Degrees" which may be used by lodges in the absence of other music to help dramatize and increase the emotional im pact of the degree work. Bro. jerry Rosen, P. M., directed and coordinated production with Bro. Francis C. Atkinson, P.M., assisting and playing the Cathedral organ. Bro. Philip Gray, P.M., is solo vocalist. We owe these brothers a special thank-you for their dedication and talent. Further information and the cassette itself will soon be available through the Grand Secretary's office.

The Film and Creative Projects Committee reported on the music for the degrees as follows: For various reasons, many lodges are still conferring degrees without music. This is like serving a delicious cake without frosting. To remedy this shortcoming, professional members of our committee and a host of talented Hollywood technicians and musicians have arranged and recorded on tapes, specially selected vocal and organ music specifically designed to enhance lodge ceremonies. Imagine how the addition of traditionally beautiful music will impress your new candidates; the impressive tones of a great cathedral organ; a few moments of vibrant midnight chimes; the sensitive solos and strong choral selections - all will brighten and enhance the impressiveness of your degrees. Professional participation in recording these musical arrangements has been contributed by a talented group of professionals under the direction of symphony orchestra conductor,jerry Rosen. Stirring arrangements for the cathedral organ were performed by Dr. Francis Atkinson. Vocal solos by Davis Leonard and Philip Gray are included with impressive choral singing by the Al Malaikah Temple Chanters. Technical aspects for recording this "Music for Masonic Degrees" on cassettes was coordinated by Edwin Rogers, supervising placement of sound systems on the great Los Angeles Scottish Rite stage, with sound engineers john Tierhey and George Velmer at the control boards. These cassettes can be played on all types of recorders. There is no need for lodges to spend a lot of money on special equipment. They are available now from the Grand Secretary's office at minimal cost.

NOTICE TO APPENDANT BODIES MINNESOTA: The following was adopted by the Grand Lodge of Minnesota to better serve Freemasonry, and even help keep up the membership of lodges: It shall be the duty of the Grand Secretary to make available, as of March I each year, a list of those members suspended for nonpayment of dues, to the Secretary-Recorder of those recognized Masonic bodies as listed under Article V, Section 3.50 of these General Regulations; and to the Secretary-Recorder of those other organizations whose membership is based on those recognized Masonic bodies as a prerequisite to membership.

OFFICE OF MASTER OR GRAND MASTER NEVER VACANT FLORIDA: The Grand Lodge of Florida amended its regulations regarding the inability of the Master or Grand Master to serve:

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The offices of Master and Grand Master are never vacant, for succession being instanter, there is no interim. In the event the Senior Grand Warden, the Junior Grand Warden, Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary, or any two or more of them shall believe, for good cause or reason, that the Grand Master is unable or uncapable of performing the duties of his office they shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the Junior Past Grand Master, or ifhe is not immediately available, to the immediate past Junior Past Grand Master of such belief and the cause or reason therefore and the Junior Past Grand Master or immediate pastJunior Past Grand Master shall call and give notice to the Grand Master and all living Past Grand Masters of a meeting of all living Past Grand Masters at a time and place specified in such notice. At the meeting of the Past Grand Masters, a m~jority of whom shall constitute a quorum, the Junior Past Grand Master or in his absence, the immediate past Junior Past Grand Master, or in the absence of both of them, a Past Grand Master selected by those present, shall preside. The Past Grand Masters shall determine whether or not the Grand Master is unable to perform the duties of his office and may receive such evidence and testimony, including any evidence offered by or in behalf of the Grand Master as may seem to them necessary or appropriate to make such determination, a majority vote of those Past Masters present being sufficient for such determination. If the Past Grand Masters shall find and determine that the Grand Master is in fact unable to perform his duties they shall enter appropriate order of such determination signed by the presiding Past Grand Master and in said order shall direct that the Deputy Grand Master shall forthwith assume the duties of office of Grand Master. A full and complete record of all proceedings, including testimony and evidence received at the meeting together with order entered at such meeting shall be filed in the office of the Grand Secretary and copy of the order delivered to the Deputy Grand Master and to the Grand Master. Upon receipt of request from the Grand Master and statement from him that he is able to assume the duties of his office the presiding Past Grand Master shall again call a meeting of the Past Grand Masters to take such action as shall be appropriate. (Adopted)

OLDER BRETHREN ARKANSAS: The Grand Master of Arkansas reported that it was his privilege to present a plaque to Bro. Norman Hobgood who had been a Mason in good standing for 77 continuous years. He was raised in Nebo, Kentucky, on April 13, 1901. Eventually, he transferred his membership to Arkadelphia Lodge No. 381, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. It was said that Brother Hobgood was then 106 years old. This is a fitting tribute to a faithful and devoted Mason.

OPEN INSTALLATION MARYLAND: The Grand Lodge of Maryland defeated a resolution to permit open installation of officers. The Grand Master later pleaded for reconsideration. He argued that this was one way Masonry could let the public know and see something about the fraternity. We agree with the Grand Master. What is wrong with open installations? TENNESSEE: The Grand Master of Tennessee said of open installations: Many of our lodges are now holding open installations and this is good. It gives the families and the general public an opportunity to hear the installation ritual and learn what is expected of an officer in a Masonic lodge. Also, it gives them an opportunity to see the inside of a lodge hall. If your lodge is not holding an open installation, ask them to consider doing so.

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Many installing officers are giving a brief explanation of the ceremony as to its origin, use of the gavel, who should respond, etc. I have suggested to the Board of Custodians of the Ritual that they consider drawing up a short guideline for those who do not now make any explanation. The more information we can get to the profane, the more we assist them in learning of our Fraternity.

PAST MASTER'S JEWEL "RETURNS HOME" PENNSYLVANIA: A Past Master's Jewel traveled far before coming home: The Right Worshipful Grand Master directed the Grand Marshal to conduct Bro. Lynwood J. Vogel, Worshipful Master ofJerusalem Lodge No. 506, Philadelphia, to the East. It was the pleasure of the Grand Master to present to Brother Vogel a Past Master's Jewel which had been presented to the late Bro. William H. Thomas, Worshipful Master ofJerusalem Lodge No. 506 in 1918. Thejewel had been purchased in an antique shop in Tucson, Arizona, by Bro. Joseph E. Jankovitz, a member of Jerusalem Daylight Lodge No. 66, held at Tucson, Arizona. Thejewel was then sent to Bro. James M. Sellers, Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge F. & A.M. of Arizona, who presented it to Bro. Walter P. Wells, our Right Worshipful Grand Master, at the Annual Conference of Grand Masters of Masons in North America, held at Washington, D.C., on February 21 and 22,1978. Thejewel was extended from Jerusalem Daylight Lodge No. 66, Tucson, Arizona, to Jerusalem Lodge No. 506, Philadelphia, "with Brotherly love and Fraternal Greetings." Brother Vogel responded with inspiring and appropriate comments.

PROBATION APPROVED TENNESSEE: The following action upheld the ruling of the Grand Master in the Grand Lodge of Tennessee: In December oflast year Dechard Lodge No. 567 conferred the E.A. and F.e. degrees on a candidate only two days apart. They reported this to the Grand Secretary on the monthly activity report, stating they knew this was wrong but the man was leaving the area for approximately eight months and they did it anyhow and would pay the fine. I consider this a gross violation of Masonic law and so informed the Master of the lodge. His answer was that the candidate gave a letter perfect proficiency lecture in two days, and since he was leaving the area for an extended period of time, the lodge could see nothing wrong with conferring the degree and paying the penalty. Such contumacy to our laws simply cannot be condoned. I have informed the Master I was placing his lodge on probation until this meeting of the Grand Lodge and would recommend this probation continue until the annual communication in 19R I. If there is any further violation of the Masonic Code of Tennessee by the lodge during this period, it is my recommendation the charter be immediately arrested by the Grand Master. I recommend the approval of this probation. (Approved).

PREPAID DUES MINNESOTA: The Grand Lodge of Minnesota has done extensive and exhaustive research into the study of prepaid dues. We believe it is a workable and desirable procedure. In this time of affluence and availability of money to the average Freemason, prepaid dues certificates could be easily sold. Minnesota believes there is a strong desire among members from all over the state to have prepaid dues. It would certainly make it easier for the Secretaries in the matter of collecting dues. No more would any with prepaid dues ever be considered for suspension. No more would the Secretary be concerned about collecting dues. The dues would be sent to him by the "Prepaid Dues Fund" of the Grand Lodge. The following is an actuarial table recommended for the prepaid dues plan:

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Age of Member

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

Factor (Times dues)

20.0 20.0 20.0 19.9 19.8 19.7 19.6 19.5 19.4 19.3 19.2 19.1 19.0 18.9 18.8 18.7 18.6 lR.5

18.4 18.3 18.2 18.1 18.0 17.8 17.6

Age of Member

Factor (Times dues)

43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67

17.4 17.2 17.0 16.8 16.6 16.4 16.2 16.0 15.6 15.2 14.8 14.4 14.0 13.6 13.2 12.8 12.4 12.0 11.8 11.6 11.4 11.2 11.0 10.8 10.6

~E~BF.RSIIIPS

Age of Member

68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 or more

Factor (Times dues)

10.4 10.2 10.0 9.8 9.6 9.4 9.2 9.0 8.8 8.6 8.4 8.2 8.0 7.7 7.4 7.1 6.8 6.5 6.2 5.9 5.6 5.3 5.0

The Grand Lodge of Minnesota decided against prepaid dues by a narrow margin. A vote of two-thirds was required. The vote of 150 for and 121 against was approximately a 60-40 vote. The proponents say they are regrouping and will bring it back next year. They feel sure, with a few alterations, the plan will pass. We consider it worthy of consideration.

PROCEEDINGS PUBLISHED IN 90 DAYS VIRGINIA: The Grand Lodge of Virginia has a requirement in its law for the annual proceedings. This year an amendment was offered to require, among other things, that the proceedings be published as soon as practicable after the close of the Annual Communication, in any event, not later than 90 days after the close of Grand Lodge. The section sets forth what shall be included in the annual proceedings. Action on the above was deferred for one year. We agree that proceedings are of little value except as a historical record, unless published promptly. If published for posterity only, then much of the present contents should be deleted. The resolution is as follows: Sec. 1.28. Methodical Digest to be changed as follows: Proceedings of Grand Lodge; when to be published; what to contain, etc. As soon as practicable after the close of each Annual Communication, in any event, not later than 90 days after the close of Grand Lodge, the proceedings of that Communication and of all special Communications

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during the Masonic year shall be published. Such publication shall contain in addition to all proceedings of the Grand Lodge which are proper to be written, the annual address of the Grand Master; the reports of all committees and of the District Deputy Grand Masters; a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Grand Treasurer, a list of delinquent lodges and the amounts due by them; the roll of officers. Past Masters and the number and names of members of subordinate lodges, and such historic sketches of subordinate lodges, not exceeding 25 pages, as may be ordered by the Grand Lodge or the Grand Master.

PUBLIC OR PRIVATE INSTALLATION IOWA: The Grand Lodge of Iowa adopted an amendment of its code permitting public or private installation ofofficers. It also included that Masonic aprons could be worn at public ceremonies of installation. We see nothing wrong with the above. Masonry should be on public display on all appropriate occasions. This includes funerals, religious services, and installation of officers.

QUALIFICATIONS OF PETITIONERS OKLAHOMA: The Grand Lodge ofOklahoma adopted the following which sets forth the qualifications of a petitioner: The qualifications of a petitioner for the mysteries of Masonry in the Grand J urisdiction of Oklahoma are: He must not be an alien enemy of the United States: must have an unfeigned belief in GOD, in the universal brotherhood of man, and hope of immortality; have charity toward all mankind. Furthermore, a petitioner must have attained the full age of 21 years, be free born, of good moral character, and without maim or such bodily defects as would incapacitate him to make all signs and salutations and to properly learn the art. He must have been a resident of the Grand Jurisdiction for a period of 12 months preceding the filing of the petition in such lodge; provided, that members of the United States Armed Forces, in service of their country, may petition after a residence of at least six months in the jurisdiction of the lodge petitioned.

RACE, COLOR, CREED OR NATIONAL ORIGIN MINNESOTA: For its own protection and to simplify the qualifications for membership the following was adopted in the Grand Lodge of Minnesota: In order to be in harmony with current local, state and federal government policy concerning discrimination by race, color, creed or national origin; and to avoid possible legal action by any governmental agency, and to further clarify the question which frequently arises from constituent lodges; the following is offered as an addition to the General Regulations: Be It Resolved, That the following be added to Article XIII, Section 3.153: "In accordance with the basic principles and the Ancient Landmarks of Masonry, every petition for membership in a constituent lodge of this Grand Lodge shall be received and acted on without regard to the race, color, creed or national origin of the petitioner."

RETIREMENT INDIANA: We do not ordinarily report the retirement of a worker in the Masonic vineyard, but Dwight L. Smith is an exception. M.W. Brother Smith is a Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Indiana, and served 31 years and 31 days as Grand Secretary - longer than any other in the 161-year history of the Grand Lodge. He was noted for his honest, fair and quick appraisal of anyone or any Masonic condition. He spoke his mind, or wrote what was on his mind, as the case mi~ht be. He could tell more about a given Masonic situation

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in a few words than anyone we have ever known. His Masonic reviews were always appreciated and widely read by Masonic scholars both near and far. We shall miss his brief but accurate comments on things Masonic.

RITUAL OHIO: The Grand Lodge of Ohio changed its law concerning printed rituals: I. Delete in its entirety the paragraph which now reads: "Resolved, That the authorized ritual shall be printed in three sections, the Entered Apprentice, the Fellow Craft, and the Master Mason and three copies of each section shall be delivered to the lodge for use of its officers, members, and candidates. Additional sections may be obtained by lodges at 50 cents each under instructions issued by the Ritual Committee and approved by the Grand Master." 2. In its place, the following should be inserted: "Resolved, That the authorized ritual shall be printed in three sections, the Entered Apprentice, the Fellow Craft, and the Master Mason and three copies of each section shall be delivered to the lodge for use of its officers, members, and candidates. Further, that sections of the ritual of each of the three degrees containing only the proficiency examinations shall be printed in three separate booklets and three copies of each booklet shall be delivered to the lodge for the use of its candidates. Additional sections and booklets may be obtained by lodges at 50 cents each under instructions issued by the Ritual Committee and approved by the Grand Master." The proposed amendment was, on motion, accepted. A request for unanimous consent to consider as legislation at that time being granted, the legislation was, on motion, adopted.

PENNSYLVANIA: Age is not always a deterrent to good ritual. It is reported that an elderly brother in the Masonic Home of Pennsylvania continues to do good ritual: Brother Williamson also announced that one of our guests at the Homes recently celebrated his I02nd birthday and he is maintaining an active life having, within the past couple months, conferred an excellent Entered Apprentice Mason's Degree at an extra meeting of Abraham C. Treichler Lodge No. 682, that meets in the Masonic Temple at the Homes. This report was accepted by motion duly made, seconded and carried.

SOUTH DAKOTA: This is probably the most unusual request we have heard concerning the proficiency of a Master Mason: Chamberlain Lodge No. 56 has a member suffering from a disease causing mental deterioration who finds it difficult to learn the proficiency in the M.M. degree and desires to receive the Scottish Rite before his condition deteriorates further. I ruled that if the Master and Wardens assured themselves that the brother knew the essence of the Master Mason degree that they could declare the brother proficient.

NEBRASKA: The following was presented to the Grand Lodge of Nebraska, and will be acted upon one year from now: Resolution No. I. Be It Resolved, That Section 3-102, subsection (g), "The possession or use of all keys, ciphers, or printed matter relating to the ritualistic work of Ancient Craft Masonry" be deleted from the By-Laws. Be It Further Resolved, That an additional section be added to the by-laws in the proper place to read: "The Grand Lodge will provide a key or cipher of the ritualistic work of Ancient Craft Masonry to any subordinate lodge who so desires such a key or cipher. The key or cipher is not to be used in the lodge room.

WEST VIRGINIA: On the Past Master's Degree, the Grand Master made this ruling:

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The Past Master's Degree, in a chartered lodge, should be given to a member only after he has been elected a Warden and necessarily prior to his installation.

WYOMING: The following amendment to the ritual procedure of Wyoming was adopted by the Grand Lodge: Sec. 561. The Entered Apprentice Degree, the Fellow Craft Degree, and all except the second section of the Master Mason Degree, including the explanatory lectures, may be given to more than one candidate at a time. The second section of the Master Mason degree must be given in full to each candidate separately; provided, that the Master of the lodge may elect to use the "Short Form" of the second section of the Master Mason's degree as printed in the authorized ritual, but only in the event the degree is conferred on more than one candidate at a single communication of the lodge and the full degree is conferred upon the last candidate and witnessed by the other candidates upon whom the "Short Form" has been used.

RULES, REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES ARKANSAS: The Grand Lodge of Arkansas devoted some six pages of the annual proceedings setting forth the exact rules, regulations and guidelines for the various boards, committees and officers of Grand Lodge, particularly relating to expenses filed for reimbursement. It was felt by the Grand Auditor, Bro. Jacob L. King, and the elected Grand Officers that this would give greater control over the budgeted funds of Grand Lodge. We commend the Grand Lodge and its officers for taking this necessary action to preserve their tax-exempt status and conduct the fraternal business in the proper manner.

SECRETARIES ASSOCIATION GEORGIA: There is a Secretaries Association in Georgia. The Grand Master made these comments: On Saturday, February 24, I attended the Georgia Masonic Secretaries Association meeting at the Dave L. Shannon Building at the Masonic Home. It was a very informative meeting which brought help and suggestions to the lodge Secretaries in attendance. My feeling is that each lodge should insist that its Secretary be a member of this Association and that he attend these yearly meetings. It is an excellent time to share successes in holding down suspensions for nonpayment of dues, attendance, etc., and also a time for learning of new educational materials, report changes and other items of interest to the local lodges. I have no doubt that any Secretary attending this yearly meeting, whether the first-year Secretary or the 40-year Secretary, can gain much from the discussions.

We believe that this is an excellent way to help the lodge Secretaries keep up to date on plans and procedures. It can be a valuable tool for Grand Lodge, and should make the Fraternity stronger as well as better informed.

SURVEY OF MASONRY RHODE ISLAND: The Grand Master and Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island plan an in-depth survey of Masonic conditions in their lodges. This is a new approach to an old problem. Perhaps it will work. It is certainly worth a try. The Grand Master said: Over the years, as I have traveled this GrandJurisdiction, I have become increasingly aware of the need to do an in-depth study of Rhode Island Symbolic Masonry. The m~jority of our lodges are operating in a completely satisfactory manner. However, it

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appears that an increasing number of lodges are becoming marginal for one reason or another. Some of the areas of concern are apathy, attendance, financial problems, real estate problems, inability to maintain a line of officers, lack of candidates, poor degree work, no degree work, no charitable projects, no planned programming. Some possible solutions might be more assistance from Grand Lodge, merger of lodges, and redistricting the districts. All of what I have said is not new to any of us, but it is time that we started to address some of these subjects. With this in mind, I have, in conjunction with the Deputy Grand Master, appointed a Committee to Survey Rhode Island Symbolic Masonry. It will be their charge to study each and every lodge, to correlate their information and to report their findings with appropriate recommendations to this Grand Lodge.

SHRINE The ill-advised action of the Shrine caused much unnecessary action by Grand Lodges across the United States. Fortunately, for the Shrine, the action taken by it was revoked. However, Masonic Grand Lodges should never relax their vigilance, and should always take firm action when any organization which predicates its membership on the Masonic Lodge seeks to take control. ARIZONA: The Grand Master of Arizona took the following action and issued the appended edict: (To be read at all lodges at the stated meeting of April 1979) Brethren: The Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at their 1978 Imperial Session amended Section 323.8 of Article 23 of its By-Laws concerning retention of membership. The amendment allows a member who has been suspended or expelled from his Masonic lodge for reasons other than nonpayment of dues, and thus dropped from membership in the prerequisite bodies of the York Rite or Scottish Rite, to request a Shrine trial on the same charges as caused his loss of membership in his Masonic lodge. Your attention is directed to the following excerpts from the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Arizona: Section 6. The Grand Lodge is the Supreme Masonic Power and Authority in Arizona, possessing all the attributes of sovereignty and government - legislative, executive and judicial-limited only by a strict adherence to the Ancient Landmarks of the Order, and by the provisions of its own Constitution and Regulations. Section 9. Its judicial powers are of two kinds: 1st Original- Including the decision of all controversies between any of the lodges, or between one of them and a member or members of another; and the enforcement of discipline upon its own members and upon lodges under its jurisdiction; and Section 127. No Mason shall hold any Masonic intercourse with an expelled or suspended Mason, with an illegal lodge, with any person who is a member thereof, nor with any Mason not acknowledged as such by this Grand Lodge. (See Sec. 90, 93; Dec. 76) (Amended 1971). Section 129. For any violation of the Ancient Landmarks of the Order, or the Constitution or Regulations of the Grand Lodge, or the By-Laws of his lodge, or of any portion of the Masonic or moral law, a member, or any other Mason within the jurisdiction of a lodge, may be reprimanded, suspended, or expelled, in the manner provided in Sec. 158. (See Dec. 57, 59, 91.) Section 168. No suspension, expulsion, or restoration shall be published otherwise than is hereinbefore provided, except by authority of the Grand Lodge or by order of the Grand Master. The Masonic legislative, executive and judicial powers of the Grand Lodge of Arizona

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are supreme in this jurisdiction. All Master Masons are forbidden from holding Masonic intercourse with an expelled or suspended Mason. When a Master Mason is suspended or expelled, all Masonic intercourse must be terminated, even if it takes place in an organization which requires as a prerequisite that a man be a Master Mason. By its 1978 legislation, the Shrine proposes not to be bound by the trial in a lodge of Master Masons or by a Grand Lodge, but to superimpose its own trial and to abide by the results of such trial rather than recognize the fundamental trial jurisdiction of the constituent lodge or the Grand Lodge. No suspension, expulsion or restoration may be published, either privately or publically, by the Shrine or anyone else, except by authority of the Grand Lodge or by order of the Grand Master. As long as the Shrine require Scottish Rite or York Rite (and hence Masonic Lodge) membership as a prerequisite, either directly or indirectly, to its membership: All Master Masons under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Arizona who hold membership in the Shrine are forbidden to attend tiled Shrine meetings when there is present a Master Mason who is suspended or expelled, and all Master Masons in this jurisdiction doing so are in violation of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Arizona. A Master Mason under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Arizona who participates in a Shrine trial, as outlined in Article 23, Section 323.8 of the Shrine By-Laws, is in violation of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Arizona. A Master Mason who causes to be published in any form, information about the suspension, expulsion or restoration of another Master Mason, is in violation of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Arizona. Effectively, all Master Masons, under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Arizona who hold membership in the Shrine, are responsible for the implementation of this edict. Sincerely and Fraternally, NELSON

Grand Master

SO MOTE IT BE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LODGE OF RESEARCH: From this interesting article from the Southern California Lodge of Research we learn something about, "So Mote It Be." The oldest known of Masonic expressions is "So Mote It Be," and is used in and outside the lodge as a general response to Masonic prayer. It derives from the famous Regius Poem, sometimes called the Halliwell Manuscript, said by experts to have been written in about 1390 by a monk who had access to Operative Masonic documents. The document was discovered by a citizen of London, non-Mason, Mr. J. O. Iialliwell Phillips, in about 1839 in the British Museum where it was catalogued under the title of "A Poem of Moral Duties." The poem, written in Chaucerian English, is the oldest known Masonic document in existence; the unknown monk who composed it showed a remarkable clarity of understanding about the fraternity of Freemasons of the times, who were, of course, of the Operative workmen. He lists the rules which governed the Craft, the relationship between Masters and workmen, the moral, civil, occupational and religious duties of the Craftsmen. Nearly all the articles set forth in this ancient document, nearly 600 years old, are as applicable today (in substance) as they were when written. The final words in the poem are: "Amen! and Amen! so mote it be!" "Mote" is an Anglo-Saxon word originally derived from the Saxon word "Motan" meaning "May." It is the ancient "Amen" of the Freemason. So Mote It Be.

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OHIO: The Grand Master of Ohio reported on the success of his drive for support of the Special Olympics. He said: When I toured the state in June of 1978 and presented my program in the II area Senior Warden meetings, one question was most frequently asked: "What was my feeling towards the Special Olympics and was I, as Grand Master, including this project as a part of my program for 1979?" Brethren, I learned from this experience that Masons do care for humanity; they do care for and are concerned about those outside the Fraternity. I did continue this program for the second year as a Masonic project and I am quite proud to say, the Masons of Ohio made it possible for 850 retarded athletes to participate in the Special Olympics at the Ohio State University stadium on June 22, 23, and 24. For the second consecutive year the Masons of Ohio have been the largest single contributor in the history of the Ohio Special Olympics. Several chapters of the Order of DeMolay became involved with the Special Olympics by working as volunteers to assist with the athletes and the games. Their services were greatly needed and appreciated.

TABLE LODGES Table lodges have been gaining in popularity in many sections of the country. We are happy to see comments from a number of distinguished brethren. CONNECTICUT: The Grand Master of Connecticut appeared to be favorably impressed with the conduct of table lodges. He made these comments: Table lodges, a delightful variation in Masonic ceremony, have become part of the year's program in many of our lodges. I have attended several, carefully observing the manner in which they are conducted. We are rapidly becoming familiar with the complicated maneuvers of the toasts introduced in the ritual in 1975. The ceremonies are generally carried out with informal dignity and decorum, and inspire us to greater depths of brotherly love and friendship. There is one part of the table lodge ritual that I feel can be improved and which, if changed, would come closer to the early method of opening lodges. As it stands now, the ritual directs that the lodge be opened on the Master Mason degree, in the lodge room. The lodge is then called to refreshment and opened on the Entered Apprentice degree. Following this, according to the ritual, the Three Great Lights are displayed on the Entered Apprentice degree, in the banquet hall. This procedure conforms with a decision by Grand Master E. B. Rowe in 1878, now contained in Section 422 of Rules & Regulations. Since table lodges are frequently held at a special communication of the lodge, and no business or degree work is done, I feel that the considerations which guided Grand Master Rowe in his decision do not apply to table lodges. It would be beneficial to permit the lodge to open on the Entered Apprentice degree in the banquet hall without first opening a Master Mason lodge. I recommend that the Rules & Regulations be changed so that if a table lodge is to be held at a special communication of the lodge, then a lodge of Entered Apprentices may be opened in the banquet hall without first opening a Master Mason lodge. The charter of the lodge must be present, and all other requirements of a regular lodge must be met.

WASHINGTON: The Grand Lodge of Washington adopted a rather complete ritual for the holding of table lodges. The ritual includes a diagram for the formation of a table lodge. There are also several suggestions for the conduct of the lodge, to make it interesting and also to conform to Ancient Usage.

TAXATION FLORIDA: The following are excerpts from an executive order issued by the

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Grand Master of Florida concerning the responsibility oflodges to maintain tax exemption under the State of Florida: WHEREAS, It is mandatory that the Grand Lodge and the particular lodges of this Grand Jurisdiction conform strictly to the laws of the State of Florida regarding the Ad Valorem Taxation of real property, and that said lodges do refrain from any action or activities which might jeopardize their claim for exemption of which might otherwise adversely affect or cast doubt upon their claims for exemptions as a religious and charitable organization; and Now, Therefore, I, Donald H. Wessell, Grand Master, do hereby order that the particular lodges implement the following acts, actions, courses of conduct, programs and activities into their administrative procedures immediately to assist in establishing eligibility for tax exemption. 1. That a portion of every stated lodge meeting be set aside for a lecture, talk or discussion of some Masonic or local community charity or charitable endeavor and that members present be urged to contribute to and support such charity or charitable endeavor and record be made in minutes thereof. 2. That the lodge bulletin or trestle board, if one is published, should contain an announcement of the program of the lodge relating to the above. 3. That every lodge make its facilities available at cost or below cost or at no cost to groups or organizations who support, sponsor or perform charitable services and who do not own facilities needed for place of meeting. This action is specifically recognized by Florida law as a factor to be considered in granting or denying tax exemption. (Sec. 196.196(1) (b), F.S.) 4. That the Lodge Board of Relief (By-Law 10.06) meet frequently and regularly make a report thereof to the lodge and such report be incorporated in the lodge minutes. 5. That every lodge contribute to some one or more community charities or charitable endeavors as may be determined by the lodge. INCOME TAX FORM 990 The Grand Master also reported the following:

In conformity with requirements of I.R.S. 1969 Income Act, and Grand Lodge Regulation 22.08 and Pursuant to the Grand Master's Executive Order to the lodges, "Income Tax Information Forms 990 for 1978," with information concerning the Group Exemption Code 501 (c) (10); date of exemption letter, February 8, 1972; Group Exemption No. 0504 assigned by the I. R.S.; and notice that all lodges with $10,000 or more gross income must complete such forms in detail per, instructions and file them with the Internal Revenue Service and a copy forwarded to this office on or before April 15, 1979. The records of a number of the particular lodges and the Grand Lodge were inspected and audited by the I.R.S. during the year, which serves as a warning that all lodge records should be kept up to date at all times.

GEORGIA: The Grand Lodge of Georgia adopted the following legislation in an effort to assist lodges with tax problems, either local, state, or federal: Legal and Tax Matters. It shall be thejoint responsibility of the Worshipful Master and the Secretary of the lodge to notify the Grand Master immediately if the lodge receives a communication, verbal or written, from the state (including city and county governments) or federal government on any legal or tax matter. Such notice must be given promptly (by telephone followed by confirming letter). The Grand Master shall decide if the matter requires any Grand Lodge intervention. He may take such action as he deems appropriate or he may refer the same to the Legal Committee, Tax Committee or other appropriate committee for immediate attention and assistance to the lodge if such is desirable or necessary.

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changes in their Charity Foundation, and funds retained by the Masonic Home. He said: On August 15, 1979, as a result of a IS-month Internal Revenue Service audit of the Grand Lodge and Masonic Charity Foundation records, the Masonic Charity Foundation received a letter from the Internal Revenue Service, which I was immediately informed of, advising certain changes should be made in the management and accounting responsibilities of Grand Lodge charitable assets. Briefly the Internal Revenue Service letter pointed out that if the Masonic Charity Foundation was to retain its tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code SOI(c)3 as a Public Funded Charity Foundation, the Masonic Charity Foundation would have to be accountable for all receipts and dispersal of charity funds, daily operation of the homes, maintenance, and hold title to all charitable assets for the Grand Lodge. If our Homes and charity activities would continue to be operated as in the past, then the Masonic Charity Foundation would lose its status as a public-funded charity foundation and be classified as a private foundation su~ject to certain Internal Revenue Service taxation and other regulations of disadvantage to our Masonic charities. Further, the Masonic Charity Foundation through taxation could become nonexistent in 20 to 30 years. On August 22, 1979, at my request, the Masonic Charity Foundation Executive Committee, Grand Lodge Trustees, and Arthur Wilson of the Internal Revenue Service met to review and insure complete understanding of the Internal Revenue Service letter dated August 15,1979. It was the unanimous opinion of the Executive Committee and the Grand Lodge Trustees that the Masonic Charity Foundation should assume the full responsibilities of the charity operations of Grand Lodge rather than become subject to taxation. On August 31, 1979, the Grand Lodge Trustees, and Arthur Wilson of the Internal Revenue Service met with the Masonic Charity Foundation members for a complete briefing and understanding on the Internal Revenue Service letter of August IS, 1979. After thorough discussion by the Masonic Charity Foundation members, it was unanimously agreed that it was in the best interest of Grand Lodge to transfer the charitable activities of the Grand Lodge to the Masonic Charity Foundation according to the Internal Revenue Service letter. On August 31, 1979, over the signatures of the Grand Lodge Trustees, transfer of the charity assets of the Grand Lodge to the Masonic Charity Foundation for the operation as a public funded charity foundation in accordance with the Internal Revenue Codes was made. On September 10, 1979, at my request, the Past Grand Masters ofthe Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, the Grand Lodge Trustees and Mr. Arthur Wilson, Internal Revenue Service, met at which time a complete briefing and explanation of the action taken as a result of the August IS, 1979 Internal Revenue Service letter was given to the Past Grand Masters. At the conclusion of the meeting, the 12 Past Grand Masters, present by their own voluntary action, initiated and signed a statement that they approved the action of the Grand Lodge Trustees in transferring the operations of the charity activities of Grand Lodge to the Masonic Charity Foundation. One Past Grand Master signed "with reservations. " A letter was immediately sent over my signature to all constituent lodges, Grand Lodge Officers, Past Grand Masters and District Deputy Grand Masters giving full explanation of the transfer of responsibility. Also the transfer was effective October I, 1949, and from that date forward the daily business accounting operation which had been a part of the Grand Lodge accounting system in the Grand Lodge Office would become a separate Masonic Charity Foundation system with offices located in the new Masonic Home. Further, all requests for information, applications for admittance, charitable donations, etc., would be the responsibility of the Masonic Charity Foundation General Manager located at the new Home. Bro. Ted C. Preble filled this position at the request of the Masonic Charity Foundation members and has been doing a very efficientjob. He is to be commended for the dollars he is saving and bringing to the Masonic Charity Foundation. My personal thanks to Bro. Ted Preble for his loyal support and dedication during the period of transfer.

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On October 12, 1979, the following was transferred to the custody of the Masonic Charity Foundation: I. Those Grand Lodge accounts and funds the Internal Revenue Service considered dedicated charitable assets. 2. Personal items of jewelry from residents of the Masonic Homes now deceased. 3. Stock Certificates which had been held by Grand Lodge, but not carried as assets. 4. Insurance policies on Masonic Home residents. 5. Mortgages and notes on property sold by Grand Lodge. 6. Assigned real estate. No change with the magnitude of this transfer could be made without problems. I am pleased to report to you that all problems have been resolved and daily operation is now on a normal basis. It should always be remembered that the Masonic Charity Foundation has been and, by our Masonic law, is responsible to the Craft while in session and the Grand Master and Trustees at all other times. This operational change does not in any way affect the line of responsibility of the Masonic Charity Foundation to the Grand Lodge. The Craft, Grand Master and Trustees shall and will retain full and complete authority over the Masonic Charity Foundation. The endowment fund and all other funds and assets held by the Masonic Charity Foundation can in no way go to support the operation of Grand Lodge as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service, otherwise, the Masonic Charity Foundation will become taxable. My brethren, I have given you a full and complete report on this major change in the Grand Lodge operations. I would have it no other way. The Craft must be fully informed and knowledgeable at all times of actual conditions if they are to understand how Grand Lodge operates, functions, and its problems. If you still have questions or desire additional information, all you have to do is but ask and it shall be yours.

ARKANSAS: The Grand Lodge of Arkansas was examined by a Field Agent of the I.R.S. The following was reported on the examination I.R.S. APPROVAL OF OCR EXEMPT STATUS

OnJune 12 this year the M.W. Grand Lodge, F. & A.M. of Arkansas was examined by a Field Agent of the Internal Revenue Service and our "Tax Exemption" was confirmed. A copy of the confirmation received.J uly II, 1978 is made a part of this report for the record. Our charity programs having been in existence for many, many years to assist those widows in need whose husbands were in good standing at the time of their death has amounted to thousands of dollars. The Grand Lodge works very closely with these cases, which are submitted by and through our subordinate lodges to the Board of Charities. The J. P. Hall (Educational) Fund was designed and can only be used for higher education of those orphan boys and girls left orphans by the death of their fathers in good standing. These grants, which are given freely (no strings attached) to these young people, are administered by a five man Board of Charities. Each request for help is handled on its own merits. Our Youth and Scholarship program was designed as a grant to assist sons and daughters of Master Masons in good standing to attain higher education. Each Board has set up minimum grade average of 2.5 to be maintained along with rules and guidelines. These young people must meet these qualifications to continue receiving grants from the Grand Lodge. It might be interesting to note that these two Boards of five brethren each are elected by the delegates to serve a five-year term without any remuneration. For the record the brethren do not draw a salary for their work. This kind of work brethren is what we Masons call a "Labor of Love," nothing else. The above explanation of our charity and educational programs was looked upon very favorably in the continuation of our exempt status. To maintain this tax exempt status from the I.R.S., in addition to the above explanation

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our Grand Lodge Auditor has outlined the procedure that must be followed and the records that must be kept for examination when called upon. His letter is also included in this report for the record of all concerned. Form Number: 990 Periods Ended: September 30, 1975 Gentlemen: We are pleased to tell you that as a result of our examination for the above periods we will continue to recognize your organization as tax-exempt. We have indicated below whether there is a change in your liability for the unrelated business income tax as provided by Sections 511 through 515 of the Internal Revenue Code.

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Thank you for your cooperation. Sincerely yours, A. W. MCCA/,;LESS District Director

CALIFORNIA: The Committee on Taxation reported in part: During this past year, most of the requests for advice and assistance have been the result of an audit by the Internal Revenue Service of a lodge or a temple association. The lodge audits have not resulted in difficulties with the I.R.S. as general compliance with laws which govern them (Sec. 501(c)(l0Âť has been adhered to by the lodges. However, the requests for advice and assistance from temple associations claiming exemption from income taxes under Section 501 (c)( 10) of the Internal Revenue Code indicates that compliance with the law is not being followed as described in their exemption letters. In one case where the proper distributions were not made by the temple association to the lodge owning the stock, the temple association has lost its exemption and, if their appeal fails, will be assessed tax, penalties and interest. This will also, in all probability result in the loss of exemption with the State of California as well. Any corporate temple association where all its stock is held by a lodge and/or other affiliated bodies which are exempt from income taxes should obtain their own "Exemption From Income Tax Determination Letter" from the I.R.S. and Franchise Tax Board. The temple association exemption would be granted under Section 501 (c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code. These are corporations organized exclusively for the holding and operating of real estate for organizations that are in their own right tax exempt. This section also requires that all income, less expenses, must be turned over to the organization owning the stock. There are a few exceptions where the I.R.S. will allow an accumulation for a special purpose. The exception would be part of the Determination Letter. It would be good practice for each and every temple association to review their Determination Letter from time to time and verify that all aspects of it are being followed. It is also of the utmost importance that the necessary income tax returns be timely filed. The I.R.S. computer is programmed to assess penalties for late filing. The current penalty for late filing is $10.00 per day to a maximum of $5,000. This penalty is assessed on any manager, officer, employee or other individual under the duty to file. The penalty can be abated if reasonable cause is shown for the failure to file or late filing. The I.R.S. has made major revisions in Form 990, "Return of Organizations Exempt From Income Tax," for 1979. The rules have been eased for smaller organizations. As in the past, organizations with gross receipts not normally over $10,000 will not have to file. But, there is also a new break for other small organizations. Organizations with net incomes of $25,000 or less will only have to complete selected portions of the forms. Also, organizations will no longer be required to determine and report the aggregate fair market value of their assets at the end of each reporting period.

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TRI-STATE MEETING Many times meetings are held jointly by two or more states. These have always, without exception to the best of our knowledge, been successful affairs which generate interest that has a lasting effect upon the lodges and brethren. KENTUCKY: The following was announced by the acting Grand Master of Kentucky: R.W. Grand Master, Acting, Distinguished East and Brothers all. We have a new first that is going to be tried this fall and I am very pleased to announce the three Grand Lodges of Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky are going to start their first Tri-State Masonic Night. All Masons and their ladies are invited to a dinner at six o'clock on November 25, ]978 at the Middlesboro High School, West Cumberland Avenue, Middlesboro, Kentucky. I am proud to say that Pinnacle Lodge has helped us with this. We are assured to have a good dinner as we have had there before. The school is two miles west off U.S. 25E down Main Street in Middlesboro. At this time we will be celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, our Mother Grand Lodge. Brethren, this date conflicts with several things but we had an excellent time in that area a couple of weeks ago with the Grand Lodge of Kentucky and Tennessee. The Grand Lodge of Virginia has asked us to come with them this time. We have been working with the Grand Masters of Virginia and Tennessee setting this up. We hope to see some of you there. There will be a form in the Journal where you can send in your reservations so we will know how many will be there. Also at that time you can request a room if you would like to spend the night there. Get your reservations in by the ]5th of November as was requested so we will know what to plan for. BI-STATE MEETING

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Similar to the above, but only two states were involved in a ritualistic display. The Grand Master of Maine was invited by the Grand Master of New Hampshire to bring a degree team from his state to confer the second section of the Master Mason Degree upon a New Hampshire candidate before the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire. Here is a brief account of it: Bro. Edward E. Cummings accepted the gavel in the East. He immediately requested Grand Master Snelling to read the Dispensation permitting this visit which he had issued as the Grand Master of Maine. Grand Master Batchelder then gave his Dispensation as Grand Master of New Hampshire also permitting the fraternal visit. Brother Cummings then read the Edict. Bro. Richard Bennett Kramer, who had received the Entered Apprentice Degree, the Fellow Craft Degree and the first section of the Master Mason Degree in Social-Summit Lodge No. 50, Canaan, New Hampshire, was brought forward and Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason in Due and Ancient Form according to the Maine Ritual. Immediately following the conferral of the Degree, Grand Master Batchelder congratulated Brother Kramer on having become a Master Mason. He then thanked the Kora Kraftsmen for having accepted his invitation to work before the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, and he complimented them on their excellent work.

TRIAL OF A GRAND MASTER NEW JERSEY: The following is a supplementary report of the Grand Legal Council in New Jersey Grand Lodge concerning a trial and subsequent suspension of a Past Grand Master. The legal council said: You may recall that the trial and the suit brought in the name of Grand Lodge against the Past Grand Master for return of $18,800, which it was alleged belonged to Grand Lodge and had been used by him for his personal use, was to commence several days after

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our April Communication. After a trial which ran into the third day, the judge ruled against the Past Grand Master and ordered him to pay back to Grand Lodge the full amount of $18,800. The Past Grand Master did not appeal the decision and paid the judgment. The press made quite a fuss about the case and the publicity was quite extensive. One item was headlined "Mason must repay 18G's." Another was headlined "Mason Misused Funds." The articles went into considerable detail. The court's opinion covers the evidence very thoroughly. I shall give you only the highlights. These are excerpts from the judge's opinion: "That all of these funds were applied or used by Mr. Rutledge for his own personal purposes and no part of it was applied to any philanthropic, charitable or other purpose of the Grand Lodge. One cannot escape the inference that there was indeed an effort to keep these transactions from coming to the attention of the responsible officers of Grand Lodge. "And the mere fact that this action was taken and was instituted after Mr. Rutledge left office does not indicate at all any lack of responsibility or agreement by the officers or trustees or the membership of Grand Lodge with his position that these funds were his property rather than those of Grand Lodge. But rather indicates to the court at least a contrary inference that there was a concealment from them and they didn't discover what was going on until later. And when they did, they promptly took action and instituted legal proceedings to correct the situation and recover what they considered to have been misappropriated funds. "They were in no respect private funds and could not be regarded as such under the law. This is so basic that I find it difficult to understand how an officer, particularly of such a highly responsible office as a Grand Master, could have conceived otherwise. "They were and must be regarded solely as the property of the Grand Lodge. In receiving them or directing their application, the Grand Master was obliged to account for their receipt and account for their disbursement. This he did not do. And the conduct of Mr. Rutledge, the present defendant, is completely at variance with the conduct of, so far as the evidence discloses, every Grand Master who preceded him, who undertook any such enterprise as these travel enterprises on behalf of the Grand Lodge. "Among the principles adopted by the Grand Lodge are the following: Freemasonry is charitable, in that it is not organized for profit. And none of its income enures to the benefit of the individual. But all is devoted to the promotion of the welfare and happiness of mankind. "I cannot escape the conclusion that here there was a misappropriation, a conversion by Mr. Rutledge of Masonic funds to his private use. "For all the reasons stated, gentlemen, the court is constrained to rule that the funds appropriated here by Mr. Rutledge in the total sum of $18,800 are the property of the Grand Lodge. That they were wrongly appropriated and converted by Mr. Rutledge and accordingly he's obliged to refund to the Lodge, to reimburse the Lodge the total amount of the funds so appropriated." "In accordance with the decision of anotherjudge, who you will recall refused to lift the suspension, 15 Masonic charges were prepared, which included the grounds for suspension, the misappropriation of Grand Lodge funds, false charges against his two predecessors of having used funds belonging to Grand Lodge for their own personal benefit and false statements to a special committee of Grand Lodge. "The charges were submitted to his lodge, which accepted them. They could have refused to accept the charges, if they found them to be 'frivolous or not based on Masonic reasons.'" A Masonic trial was duly held before five members of the Grand Lodge Committee for the Trial of Charges as a trial panel. After some evidence had been taken and discussions held for approximately 2-1/2 hours, the Past Grand Master, having objected to the trial, which was ordered by the court, refused to remain and left the Lodge room at 12:25 p.m. Under regulation 30-63, the trial proceeded in his absence. The decision was unanimous. That he was guilty of all 15 charges. He appealed to Grand Lodge. The next step

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provided by Masonic law was to have his appeal referred to the Grand Lodge Committee on Appeals and Grievances. This committee considered the evidence and the law from the record and affirmed the conviction. The Past Grand Master contends that he is entitled to appeal to the membership of Grand Lodge itself, but there is no such provisions in our code of trials for such an appeal. The suit for conspiracy against Richard Gulian, Harry Besley, Past Grand Masters, our present Grand Master, Kenneth L. Larsen, Edgar Peppler, Deputy Grand Master, Edward Rainey, Grand Secretary and attorneys Charles Hoens,Jr., and myself, as well as Grand Lodge itself for punitive and compensatory damages for conspiracy to suspend him is still pending. That suit will also determine the rights of the Grand Master to designate a Lodge ofJudgment, consistIng of the Past Grand Master's peers to determine the penalty, rather than the Past Grand Master's own lodge. This decision was made by the present Grand Master to avoid a schism in the Past Grand Master's Lodge, since there appeared to be a situation which would destroy the peace and harmony in the Lodge. There was no precedent to follow in determining who should determine the punishment for a Past Grand Master, since no Grand Master or Past Grand Master to my knowledge had ever been charged with such offense against moral, Masonic and civil law . I have no knowledge of any such situation occurring in any of our sister jurisdictions. Pre-trial conference has been set for May 4, 1979. This matter would have been completed many months ago had he obeyed the order of the court to file the Atlantic County papers in Trenton immediately, instead of doing so eight months later when ordered to do so by another judge in a second suit which he started. Most Worshipful Grand Master, I move the acceptance ofthis report, together with my opinion as Grand Lodge legal counsel, not be discussed in this Grand Lodge by the respective defendants until all of the matters referred to in this report are resolved in a court of law.

UNUSUAL SOUTH CAROLINA: The unusual always attracts attention and inspires interest in the Fraternity. Many jurisdictions have early morning meetings, usually for the conferring of the Third Degree. South Carolina has such a meeting as reported by Grand Master James D. Penley, J r.: Another innovation has been added by Alpine Lodge in Clover, with a Third Degree at 4:00 a.m. My home is some 10 miles south, and I can smell the ham and eggs cooking; and I assure you, if you want a seat, believe it or not, you had better be there before the hour!

VISITORS EXAMINED INDIANA: The Grand Lodge of Indiana amended its regulation governing the examination of visitors: VISITORS MUST BE EXAMINED

To the Grand Lodge: Be It Resolved, That General Regulation 36.0 10, which now reads:

Reg. 36.0 IO. Visitor must be examined. No visitor can be admitted to a lodge except he be vouched for or pass a satisfactory examination in the lectures and essentials of the three degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry by a competent committee appointed by the Worshipful Master for that purpose and can be admitted only upon favorable vote of said committee, and each time he visits he shall present a dues receipt to verify his-good standing in the lodge in which he holds membership. Be amended to read: Reg. 36.0 IO. Visitor must be examined. No visitor can be admitted to a lodge except he

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present a dues receipt and be vouched for, or except he produce a dues receipt and satisfies a committee appointed by the Worshipful Master for that purpose, and each time he visits he shall present a dues receipt to verify his good standing in the lodge in which he holds membership. Be It Further Resolved, That that portion of the Official Ritual entitled "Examination of Visitor" (pages 119 and 120) be amended to conform with the provisions of this Resolution.

VALUE OF VISITATIONS SOUTH CAROLINA: The Grand Master of South Carolina reponed his feelings about visitations between lodges of neighboringjurisdictions. He said: OL'T-OF-STATE LOU(;ES VISIT OU R.J I; RISUICTIO:-;

Several lodges from our sister Grand Jurisdictions visited us during the year, and we likewise visited other Grand Jurisdictions for the purpose of putting on degree work. I was present in Greenville when Charlotte visited there, and also at Conway when Maryville, Tennessee, conferred the third degree. Interstate visitations promote a closer bond in our Fraternity and allows for greater knowledge and understanding of Masonry in general. I was particularly impressed with the following statement that was read by the Worshipful Master of the Tennessee Lodge before the conferral of the second section of the Third Degree. "The second section of the Third Degree constitutes a most solemn and impressive portion of our ritualistic work. In it we are taught the ultimate lessons of Masonic philosophy - victory over death and the immortality of the soul. Nothing must be allowed to impair the deep impression which should be made upon the mind of the candidate. "Any levity, roughness, horseplay, talking, audible laughter, or any other noise which could distract the attention of the candidate is strictly forbidden. "Failure to comply with these instructions, or any action by any officer or member in violation or inconsistent with them, shall constitute grounds for Masonic discipline." May I suggest that this statement should impress upon everyone what the true meaning is, and to you Masters who attended the Masters' Workshop, I believe you have a sincere impression of what I mean.

WHEEL CHAIR TRACK AND FIELD MEET NEW JERSEY: The Committee on Youth Activities included the foJlowingin its report to the Grand Lodge of New Jersey: Our first major project was working with Grand Lodge, which sponsored the first junior invitational wheelchair track and field meet on Saturday, September 15, 1978, at Metuchen High School Field. This was the first time a wheelchair meet was held specifically for children from five to 15 years of age and it was a resounding success. Media coverage and articles in Wheels & Spokes, which is the official publication of the National Wheelchair Athletic Association, not only praised the meet, but expressed the hope that it would be perpetuated. I am pleased to report that our next Grand Master, in the event of his election, Edgar N. Peppler, has already given his approval for this year's meet to be held on September 15, 1979, again at Metuchen High School Field. The response by over 100 Masons to assist for the entire day was a beautiful expression of concern and brotherly love, which was exemplified by the special tee shirts made up for the event that stated, "The Masonic Fraternity Cares."

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offered by the top three officers of the Lodge of Perfection and a Past Master, to delete from Section 64 - Masonic Organizations: The entire last sentence of this section which reads: "The minimum time elapsing between the conferring of the Master Mason Degree and the petition for their degrees shall be (1) one year."

Some jurisdictions have a waiting period between the Master Mason Degree and any other organization which predicates its membership upon the Symbolic Lodge. It is intended to make better Master Masons of the initiates, but we have serious doubts as to its effectiveness. MAINE: The Grand Master of Maine has a slightly different slant on the waiting period between the Master Mason Degree and petitioning another body. He simply wants the candidate (newly raised brother) to give a satisfactory proficiency on the Degree of Master Mason before advancing or using lodge membership as a prerequisite to any other organization. We sympathize with his position. He said: To quote from the late Conrad Hahn, former Executive Secretary of the Masonic Service Association, "One of the weaknesses of Masonic education is the speed with which the average candidate is rushed from one degree to another, so that the ritual becomes the only Masonic education he receives. He has barely time enough to do a little memorizing in order to pass a proficiency test before he is rushed through another perplexing, incompletely understood degree, to enable him to be made a member of the lodge in time for the next class in one of the appendant bodies. Why this unseemly haste? A lodge of Master Masons does not exist for the purpose of furnishing members for another organization. Its purpose is to make Master Masons. Then why not take enough time to do just that, by educating men in history, philosophy, ideas and activities of Masonry?" Standing regulation No. 25 of the Grand Lodge of Maine states that a Master Mason must give his lesson in open lodge within 60 days after his raising. This is not always done,largely because the candidate is not informed at the time of his raising that it is part of his obligation as a Master Mason and must be done. Some Grand Jurisdictions impose a series of penalties for not complying with this rule, such as denying him a dues card or diploma until it is carried out. Although these penalties do not apply in Maine, continual disregard of our Standing Regulation may force us to use them. I hereby direct that a newly raised Master Mason shall not be given or sign an application for admission into one of the appendant bodies until he has complied with Standing Regulation No. 25.

RHODE ISLAND: After considerable discussion following one year on the table, the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island adopted the original motion to establish a one-half year waiting period after a Master Mason was raised, signed the By-Laws, before he could petition any concordant body. Here are some of the statements in favor of the adoption of the requirement: Somewhere along the line, in our anxiety to get additional fees and dues to meet spiraling costs, we apparently let the bars down - and, unfortunately, too many have been led to our door for the wrong reason. I believe we have violated our trust and have thrown caution to the wind by allowing too many "in" who can't seem to discern between the difference of what they say at that Holy Altar and what they seem to do in act and deed. It is hard for me to believe that they could have been honestly "first been prepared in their heart" ... for so many seem to lack the impeccable character and integrity that made this organization such an inspiring influence in our society of years gone by. I joined Masonry because of the men whom I knew were Masons; because of the exceptional things I saw them do for the well-being of others - those things that other men didn't seem to be concerned about. I don't see these things done today. In my 20-some years as a member of the Grandest Fraternal Organization in all the

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world, I have met very few new Masons who have truly joined our beloved Craft because of the men whom they knew were Masons ... many of them have been encouraged tojoin so that they may eventually become a York Rite member; wear a 32째 ring, or belong to the Shrine - they could really care less about Freemasonry. Now, there is nothing wrong with the desire to become a member of the York Rite; to wear a 32째 ring and to belong to that esteemed organization - the Shriners. It should be the sincere and honest desire of all Masons to further enhance their knowledge of our Craft by hoping to be able to enjoy the privilege and honor of being welcomed into these organizations. But to join our privileged Craft just for these purposes - to me, is wrong! I honestly submit that this is one of the major reasons why so many of our members today are truly disappointed with Freemasonry. And could it be that they have never really been exposed to the true principles of our Craft ... that very few of them have ever attended their Blue Lodge - the basic foundation of our Craft - since they were accorded the privilege and honor of becoming a 32째 Mason or Shriner. If a man isn't willing to "wait a time with patience" to receive these advanced degrees and honors, then I, for one, cannot find him deserving of the honors and privileges which only we have the privilege to bestow. I am reminded of the Saturday morning in St. John'S Commandery No. I, when we had a class of 13, and we had to put on three orders in one day, and we had to be through at 3:30 p.m. because that class had to be down at the Shrine Ceremonial at 4:30. I mentioned at luncheon that we would be lucky if we had two of the 13 candidates attend commandery. We saw two for a year, and we don't ever see them now. I am reminded of the many Past Masters who proclaim that they had classes of 50 and more members, but how many do they see at lodge these days. I'd rather have a small class of four and have three attend Blue Lodge. I question whether we are truly interested in the advancement of Freemasonry. I am inclined to believe we are more interested in the advancement of our own pet bodies. The foundation of our basic Craft seems to be crumbling, trying to support the stresses and strains placed upon it by so many varying bodies, and I think it is high time that we combine our efforts in promoting Freemasonry instead of promoting our individual interests in our Blue Lodge, Grand Lodge, York Rite, Scottish Rite and Shrine and if each and everyone of us would seriously consider this, I am sure that every one of our bodies would be much the better.

WEARING OF MASONIC REGALIA CONNECTICUT: The Grand Master of Connecticut disapproved the wearing of Masonic regalia at anything except Masonic functions. He said: A lodge asked for permission to wear Masonic regalia to the installation of the officers of an organization which, although held in high regard by Masons, has no Masonic connection. Since Masonic regalia is for Masonic work only, and is permitted in public for memorial services or services of divine worship only, (or parades, but only by dispensation), I declined to permit the officers of the lodge to wear Masonicjewels and aprons to a meeting of an organization having no connection with our Fraternity.

WIDOW'S PROGRAM We have talked about a "Widow's Program," for some time and we are happy to note that others seem to share this feeling. We should not forget our widows. MAINE: The Grand Master of Maine reported the following on the Widow's Program in his jurisdiction: Another of my goals as your Grand Master is to give the Masonic Widows of Maine the recognition and help they deserve. At each of our district meetings during the past year, R.W. Bro. Edwin George has described the Widow's Program in detail. In order to be

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successful, the cooperation of the lodges is necessary. As soon as a brother dies, leaving a widow, the name and address of the widow should immediately be sent to the Grand Secretary's office. A letter of condolence will come from a Grand Chaplain in her area and her name will be entered in a Master file. Help will be available and she will be told how to avail herself of it. Copies of the complete program will be available from the office of the Grand Secretary. These widows have been neglected too long, and it is my desire that they continue to be part of our Masonic family. In addition to the above, each lodge should compile a list of the known Masonic widows residing in their jurisdiction and then keep in touch with these widows, at Christmas or at any other special occasion. A personal note from the lodge will let them know we do care about them. Some of us have been lax in our attention to the needs of our widows, but if we are given the tools, guidelines and the cause to aid others, especially our own Masonic family, I'm sure we will respond. Let's become involved in the Widow's Program. Show me that my faith in Maine Masons is not an idle dream. Your reassurance is a vital factor.

WIFE AND DAUGHTER DEGREE LOUISIANA: The Grand Master of Louisiana was called upon to rule on the legality of the "Wife and Daughter Degree." His ruling was as follows: March 27, 1978 - Oliver Lodge No. 84 requested a ruling as to whether the conferral of the Wife and Daughter Degree is legal. I quoted the law from the Edicts of our Grand Lodge under the caption of "Female Relatives," paragraph 2; "This Grand Lodge does not permit any secret mode of recognition for mothers, wives, daughters and sisters of Master Masons." I also quoted the law in regards to my duty of interpreting the law, and stated in view of the precise wording of that edict, I stated that "it is my humble opinion that this degree (wife and daughter) is illegal in our jurisdiction."

WILBUR D. MILLS ARKANSAS: The Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas once more contains the name of Wilbur D. Mills. Now, he has been reinstated, or restored, to membership, and issued a certificate of good standing by the Grand Lodge. The Proceedings carried only this notation: Wilbur D. Mills (Expelled). The Committee on Investigation reported for reinstatement; a secret written ballot was had upon his petition and Bro. Wilbur D. Mills was reinstated by the Grand Lodge of Arkansas as a Mason at Large to petition any lodge on a "Grand Lodge Certificate" issued by the Grand Secretary. (For the record of procedure, a motion was made and seconded that the Committee's report be accepted, which was approved.)

WILL ROGERS CENTENNIAL OKLAHOMA: The Grand Master of Oklahoma commented on the lOOth anniversary of the birth of Bro. Will Rogers: WILL ROGERS CENTENl\;IAL

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This being the Centennial Year Celebration for Will Rogers, the Grand Lodge on two occasions showed their respect for our distinguished departed brother. On August 15, 1979, the anniversary of Brother Rogers' death, the Grand Lodge was requested and held a memorial service at Brother Rogers' grave in Claremore, the site where he intended to build his Oklahoma home. A Cornerstone and Dedication Ceremonies was held on November 3,1979, for Will Rogers Lodge No. 53, A.F. & A.M. Claremore Lodge requested and received permission from the Grand Lodge to change their name to Will Rogers in memory of their departed brother. On November 4, 1979, I was afforded the privilege of giving the invocation as a part of

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the program releasing the IS-cent Will Rogers Commemorative Stamp. Several hundred from all parts of the nation were in attendance for this special occasion. Such notables as Will Rogers, Jr., William F. Bolger, Postmaster General; Joel McCrea; General Jimmy Doolittle; Jim Sharp, designer of the stamp; Governor Bro. George Nigh; Ross Swimmer, Principal Chief of the Cherokees; and many others. A true respect of sincere affection was paid by all to Brother Rogers who, through his humor, made each day a little better for others. I was presented a personal folio containing a sheet of the Will Rogers Commemorative Stamp by Postmaster General William F. Bolger. Being a stamp collector I have more than a normal appreciation of it. My sincere thanks to Postmaster General Bolger for his kindness. A special thanks to Dr. Reba N. Collins, Director of the Will Rogers Memorial, for including the Masons of Oklahoma in the celebration. The day was brought to a fitting climax by the conferring of the Master Mason Degree that night by the Oklahoma Indian Degree team who did their usual good work.

WILLIAM PITT TAVERN NEW HAMPSHIRE: The Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, Free and Accepted Masons, was established in the lodge room in the William Pitt Tavern, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, July 8, 1789. The Tavern is now owned by Strawbery Banke, Inc., a non-profit corporation, in an area of historic preservation. It needs to be restored but the owner is without funds to do the necessary work on the structure. The Grand Lodge of New Hampshire is considering ways to raise the funds. An assessment on each member of $30.00 was suggested, but failed. Voluntary contributions were also considered. We wish them well in their desire to restore the building.

YOUTH ACTIVITIES UTAH: The Youth Activities Committee of Utah were very active and made this a part of its report to Grand Lodge: This past year has been a most interesting year for the Youth Committee. It has endeavored to stimulate Masonic participation in our youth activities and to act as a coordination and clearinghouse for both Job's Daughters and DeMolay. In its efforts to stimulate Masonic participation, the committee wishes to express its appreciation to Grand Master Lottridge for his communications to our Constituent Lodges as well as to his deep personal interest in the welfare of our youth. Last February, it was the pleasure of the Youth Committee to be able to host a dinner meeting which was attended by the Grand Master and Mrs. Lottridge, the youth leaders themselves and their partners, the committee members and their ladies, and the adult youth leaders and their partners. The purpose of this dinner was to stimulate those present to freely express themselves as to how Masonry, the committee and our youth organizations can become more effective toward the progress and development of our youth organizations. The meeting opened with no conclusions or reservations made as to what would happen. The committee sponsored two m~jor dances this past year, both of which were very well attended by our youth. Masonic Youth Day at Lagoon continued to be very popular and was attended by an increased number - not only of our youth - but adults as well. In addition, the Youth Committee was able to financially assist Job's Daughters on their bus trip to Vernal, the Grand Bethel workshops, and to attend the Supreme Grand Guardians visitation to Pocatello. The committee was able to assist DeMolay financially by paying the air fare to Milwaukee for the State Master Councilor and State Senior Councilor to attend the International DeMolay Congress, and to assist in the transporta-

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tion ofJob's Daughters to the Utah State DeMolay Conclave. The committee was able to assist the EI Kalah Shrine Past Masters' Club in its "Living Nativity Scene" which was presented last December in front of this temple. The participation by our youth was most significant and most gratifying.

INDEX Age of admission: 6c Belgium: 7c Black Masonry: 8c Blanket insurance: 8c Buildings: 9c Byrd, Sen. Harry F.: 9c Candidates names: 13c Charity: 14c China: 14c Condition of Fraternity: 15c Cornerstones: 17c Cuban brethren: 18e Data processing: 20c Denslow, William R.: 32c Dillard, Robert L., Jr.: 7c District Deputy appointments: 21 c District Lodges: 21 c Districts: 21 c Doctrine of perfect youth: 21c E. A. failure to advance: 22c Electioneering: 22c Expulsion of felon: 22c Family participation: 24c Fees: 25c Financial: 25c Funeral service: 26c George Washington Memorial: 26c Government and legislative affairs: 28c Grand Lodge attendance: 29c Grand Lodge, what is it?: 28c Grand Master resigns: 27c Grand Master's ring: 29c Grand Master with Pope: 29c Hawaii, Grand Master visits: 30c Hawaiian ceremony: 17c Honorary P.G.M.: 32c Image: 32c Indian rites: 32c Iran: 34c Lawful age: 34c Letter G: 34c Life membership, see prepaid dues Liquor: 35c Lodge room use: 36c Masonic living: 7c Masonic funeral: 36c

Masonic Home: 37c Master's hat: 40c Master Mason banquet: 40c Masonic preparedness: 41c Mayor's welcome: 43c Medallions: 44c Membership: 45c Michigan Library: 45c Million Dollar Lodge: 46c Mills, Wilbur D.: 67c Minutes must be read: 46c M.S.A.: 41c Music: 47c Notice to appendant bodies: ~ 7c Office of Master never vacant: 47c Ohio history: 31c Open installation: 48c Past Master's Jewel: 48c Petitioners: 51 c Prepaid dues: 49c Probation approved: 49c Proceedings published in 90 days: 5c Public installation: Sic Race, color, creed: 51 c Ritual: 52c Secretaries Association: 53c Shrine: 54c So Mote It Be: 55c Special Olympics: 56c Smith, Dwight L.: retires, 51c Smith,.J. Fairbairn: 7c Stiles, Dr. Eddie P.: 3c Table Lodges: 56c Taxation: 56c Tri-State Meeting: 61c Trial of Grand Master: 61 c Unusual: 63c Value of visitation: 64c Visitors examined: 63c Waiting period after raising: 65c Wearing Masonic regalia: 66c What is Freemasonry?: 3c Wheel chair track meet: 64c Widows' program: 66c Wife and daughters degree: 67c Will Rogers Centennial: 67c Youth activities: 68c

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INDEX TO 1980 PROCEEDINGS ADDRESS OF GRAND MASTER (Printed) 18-31 Blanket Insurance Liability Program 20 Decisions and Rulings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 21 Dispensations, Consents and Permissions 20 Freemason Magazine 20 The Grand Lodge Headquarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Necrology 24 Partial Itinerary of Grand Master 28 Special Events of the Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 23 State of the Craft .,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 24 Trials and Masonic Discipline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Western Masonic Home.............................. . 18 ADDRESS OF GRAND MASTER (Delivered Elaboration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Alphabetical List of Lodges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 167 AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS ADOPTED by Grand Lodge at 1980 Annual Communication In re: Section 5.010. APPOINTMENT 133 In re: ARTICLE 6. GRAND LODGE OFFICE 133 In re: Section 10.010. FEES FOR DEGREES 135 In re: Section 10.020. PAYMENT OF FEES 135 In re: Section 10.040(B). GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION FEE 135ff In re: Section 13.080. RESIDENCE 137 In re: Section 16.110. MULTIPLE (DUAL/PLURAL) MEMBERSHIP 142ff In re: Section 21.010. JURISDICTION 134 PROPOSED at 1980 ANNUAL COMMUNICATION to lie over for action at 1981 Annual Communication (September 1981) In re: Section 1.080. MILEAGE AND PER DIEM 155 In re: Section 2.01O(e). GRAND MASTER 153 In re: Section 2.010(1). GRAND MASTER 153 In re: Section 2.040(q). GRAND SECRETARy 154 In re: Section 4.030(a). DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS - POW154 ERS AND DUTIES In re: Section 4.050(b). DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND LECTURERS- POWERS AND DUTIES 155 In re: Section 9.160. COMMITTEE ON DELINQUENT DUES 155 In re: Section 10.040. GRAND LODGE DUES 151 REJECTED by Grand Lodge at 1980 ANNUAL COMMUNICATION In re: Section 7.150. RESIDENT MEMBERS 134 In re: ARTICLE 15. Sections 15.061-15.068. CONFERRAL OF DEGREES 137ff AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION PROPOSED at 1980 Annual Communication to lie over for action at 1981 Annual Communication (September 1981) In re: ARTICLE III. Section 2. ELECTIVE - ENUMERATION OF TERM OF 152 In re: ARTICLE III. Section 2. APPOINTED GRAND LODGE OFFICERS 152 Announcement of Grand Master J. Edward Blinn TIME and PLACE of 160th Annual Communication - September 1981 112 Appointments (1980-81) 156 Biographical Sketch of Grand Master Gus O. Nations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Blanket Liability Insurance (Rejection of) 112 Blinn, Dr. J. Edward - Grand Master 1980-81 Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 112

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Photograph 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000. 000. 00000 214 Remarks 0 000000.0000 .. 0000000 .. 000. 00000 o. 0000 112, 158 Report of Masonic Home 0" 00000000000 000000000. 0. 0. 00000000 0 35 Board of Directors of Masonic Home of Missouri (1979-80) 000. 0000.. 0. 00. 000 35 Board of Directors of Masonic Home of Missouri (1980-81) 000. 000000..... 0.. 163 Brown, Stanton T. - (;rand Lecturer .. 0 0. 000000 0 00 10. II, 53. 55 Call From Labor o. 00000000.00000 .. 00000 00000000000. 00 0000o. 31, 113 0. 000000000000. 00. 0. 00000000 32, 114 Call to Labor 00000000000000. 00000.. 0000 0. 000000 0 0 000000. 0000000 00 159 Closing . 0 00.. 000 Davis, Thomas J., J r. - Grand Master 1971-72 00.. 000000000000000000.. 00000 5, 7 Dickinson, Martin Bo - Grand Master 1962-63 ... 0... 0. 00000000000000... 0. .. 118 District Deputy Grand Lecturers (1980-81) 0000000000000000.. 0.. 0.. 000.. 00000 164 00000.. 0. 000 00000. 00 164 District Deputy Grand Masters (1980-81) 0 00 0. 00000 0000000 115 Donnell, Forrest C. - Grand Master 1942-43 00 00 0 0 31 Election of Masonic Home Directors 0000. 0.. 000 Election of Milton D. Perkins to Grand Lodge Membership 0000000000000. 00. . 32 Election of Grand Lodge Officers 0000 0. 0.. 0000.. 0. .. 71, 79 0 0000000.. 000 96 Fifty-year Buttons Presented During Year 1979-80 0000000 Gifts Presented to MoWo Grand Master J. Edward Blinn 0 0 00 158, 159 Grand Lodge Declared at Ease 000.. 000000. 0000000.. 0. 0. 0. 00. 000000000. . . . .. 156 Grand Lodge Called From Ease ... 00000. 0000000.. 0.. 000. 000000000... 0. 00000 159 Grand Lodge Officers: 1979-80 and 1980-81 0000000 3,5, 157, 160, Cover IV Grand Representatives Appointed and Recommended ..... 0..... 00.... 0. . . .. 89 Grand Representatives To and From Missouri . 00000000000. 0.. 000000000..... 211 Grand Secretary's Tabular Statement 00. 0.... 00. 000 00. 00000 0. 00000000 173 Honor Lodges - Grand Lodge Achievement Award 00000. 0 00. 0000 51 Installation: Installing Officers . 0000000 0. 000 0000000000000000 00000 157 Grand Officers for Year 1980-81 o. 00. 000 00000000.. 000. 00 00. 000 157 Introductions: Board and Staff of Masonic Home of Missouri 000.00 .. 0000000 .. 0.0 .. 000. 00 II District Deputy Grand Lecturers 00000.. 00000000. 0. 000. 000. 0000 0. 0. . 10 District Deputy Grand Masters 00000000 00000000000 .. 000000. 000000.. 0000.. 0 9 Grand Lodge Officers 1979-80 0 000000000000000000 00000 5 Grand Masters of Other Grand Lodges 000 000000000 0. 00.. 000000. 0. 0 7 Grand Officers of Other Grand Lodges 000 0000000000 00.. 00000. . . . . 8 Past Grand Lecturer 00.. 0000000. 0. 0000000000000. 000.. 00000. 000000 II Past Grand Masters of Missouri 00000 0000000 00. 00000000.. 000 7 0.. 0000000000000 000000 10 Past Grand Secretary 000000.. 00000000 Representatives of Appendant Organizations of Missouri 000. 00. 0.. 0. 0. 00000 9 Jurisprudence Committee - Report On Dispensations, Consents, Permissions, and Healing Orders 0 00 130 On Decisions and Rulings 00000 0.. 00000 0000. 0000.. 000000. 0.. 0 130 On Proposed Amendment of BY-LAWS, ARTICLE 6 . o' 00000.0000000000.0 133 On Proposed Amendment of BY-LAWS, Section 5.010 00 ... 000000000000000 133 On Proposed Amendment of BY-LAWS, Section 70150 and Section 21.011 00 134 On Proposed Amendments of BY-LAWS, Sections 10.010, 10.020, 10.030, 00 o. 135 10.040, 10.050 00000 00 000 000. 000.. 00000 On Proposed Amendment of BY-LAWS, Sections 15.061-15.068 000.0 .. 0 0 137 On Proposed Amendment of BY-LAWS, Section 160110 0000000 .. 00000.0000 142 On Resolution in re Eligibility for Fifty-Year Button 00. 000.. 0. 00.... 0 00 147 Lodge Directory by Districts .,. 000000. 0. 000000000000000000000000000000 00 188 00000 0000000. 000000000000 0 34ff Masonic Home of Missouri "A Masonic Review" 00. 0000 0. 0000 00. 00000. 000 000. 0. 000000000 3c 0000000 00000000000. 000000 0. . .. 32 Messages and Greetin/.{s 0

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Missouri Lodge of Research, Officers 1980-81 163 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 117 Mitchell, Orestes, Jr. - Grand Master 1954-55 Nations, Gus O. - Grand Master 1979-80 Address (Delivered Elaboration) 12 Address (Printed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Biographical Sketch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Photograph Frontispiece Presentation and Introduction 5 Remarks: 6,8,9, 12,80, 114, 127, 136, 137, 142, 145, 147, 156 Resolution of Missouri House of Representatives 159 Welcomes 7, 8, 9, 10, II Nominations for Masonic Home Board....... . 31 Opening................................................................. 6 163 Past Grand Masters of Missouri, Living 164 Past Grand Lecturer 164 Past Grand Secretary Past Grand Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 164 Photographs: Grand Master Gus O. Nations - 1979-80 Frontispiece Grand Master J. Edward Blinn - 1980-81 214 Grand Lodge Officers (1979-80) 2 Members of Board of Directors - Masonic Home of Missouri and Members of Advisory Board - Order of the Eastern Star 33 Poe, Felding A. - Grand Master 1976-77 137,139,143 Prayers: 6 Dr. Frank B. Kellogg, Grand Chaplain 157, 158 M.W. Brother George F. Morrison Presentations to Grand Master J. Edward Blinn 158 Abou Ben Adhem Shrine Temple 159 159 Clowns of Abou Ben Adhem Shrine Temple Webster Lodge No. 98 159 Presentation to M.W. Bro. Gus O. Nations 159 56ff Proficiency Certificates and Cards Proposed Amendments of By-Laws for Action in 1981: In re: Section 1.080. MILEAGE AND PER DIEM 155 In re: Section 2.010(e). GRAND MASTER 152 In re: Section 2.010(1). GRAND MASTER 152 In re: Section 2.040(q). GRAND SECRETARy 153 In re: Section 4.030(a). DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS 154 In re: Section 4.050(b). DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND LECTURERS 155 In re: Section 9.160. COMMITTEE ON DELINQUENT DUES 155 In re: Section 10.040. GRAND LODGE DCES 151 Proposed Amendments of Constitution for Action in 1981 In re: ARTICLE III, Section 2. ELECTIVE - ENUMERATION OF - TERM OF 152 In re: ARTICLE III, Section 4. APPOINTED GRAND LODGE OFFICERS 152 REMARKS: M.W.Grand Master GusO. Nations: 6,8,9,12,80,114,127,136,137,142,145,147, 156 112 R.W. Deputy Grand Master J. Edward Blinn " 158 M.W. Grand Master J. Edward Blinn 83 M.E. Grand High Priest P. Vincent Kinkead M.l. Grand Master George R. Johnson 83 R.E. Grand Commander William H. Sattler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 82 Sovereign Grand Inspector General Walter C. Ploeser 127

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M.W. Grand Master Chartles T. Jackson of Iowa 83 R.W. Junior Grand Warden Robert R. Stevens of Indiana 113 M.W. Grand Master F. Warren Starns of Kansas 68 M.W. Grand Master Byron C. Jenkins of Nebraska 50 M.W. Grand Master Ray W. Pearson of Tennessee 78 Cameron, Lawrence S. 141 Guild, Hillis 141 Jones, Robert F 143 Kinkead, P. Vincent 39, 83 McIllvaine J. Edward 140 Ploetze, Harry C. 138 Poe, Fielding A. 139, 143 Poe, Fielding A. I I I .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 145 Pressler, C. Marvin 141 Roesel, Erwin J. 144 Smith, Harold C. 138, 146 Walker, Walter L. 158 Warden, Thomas C. 51 White, Richard A. 146 Winnie, Lee 141 Wotring, Ernest H., Jr. 140 A Brother in the Auditorium 147 An unnamed Past Master of a Lodge located in St. Louis or St. Louis County 145 Report of Auditor 83 Report of Grand Lecturer 53 Report of Grand Secretary 88 Report of Grand Treasurer 69 Report of Masonic Home 35 Reports of Committees: Appeals and Grievances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 112 Building Supervisory Board 128 By-Laws.... .. . 67 Chartered Lodges 124 Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 77, 3c Credentials 6, 148 Forms and Ceremonies I 12 George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Grand Lodge Office Building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 68 Grand Master's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 49 Jurisdiction 72 Jurisprudence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 129 Remarks of Chairman 136, 147 Lodges Under Dispensation 83 Masonic Boards of Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 80 Masonic Education 50 Honor Lodges 51 Mileage and Per Diem 148 Necrology 114 Public Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 127 RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN GRAND LODGES 78, 80 Recognition of Regular Grand Lodge of Belgium and Grand Lodge of Uruguay Relief and Charity 71 Ritual 55 Certificates and Cards of Proficiency Issued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 56

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Ways and Means Blanket Liability Insurance youth Resolution in re Time "Lost" Toward Eligibility for Fifty-Year Button Resolution of Congratulations for M.W. Bro. Gus O. Nations by House of Representatives of the State of Missouri Responses: M.W. Past Grand Master Thomas J. Davis, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.W. Grand Master Charles T. Jackson of Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RW. Junior Grand Warden Robert R Stevens of Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RW. P. Vincent Kinkead, Grand High Priest of Missouri Rummer, Richard O. - Grand Master 1952-53 Special Committees (1980-81) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Standing Committees (1980-81) Walker, Walter L. - Grand Master 1973-74

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OFFICERS

Grand Lodge of Missouri 1980-1981 DR. J. EDWARD BLINN M.W. Grand Master P.O. Box 14. Marshfield 65706 WILLIAM T. HILL Deputy Grand Master 2330 Commerce Tower, 911 Main Street, Kansas City 64105 EARL K. DILLE Senior Grand Warden 10258 Butterworth Lane, St. Louis 63131 ROBERT J. CREDE Junior Grand Warden Route 2,Jefferson City 65101 W. MARION LUNA Grand Treasurer do Bank of Piedmont, P.O. Box 398, Piedmont 63957 FRANK A. ARNOLD Grand Secretary 800 Highway 63 North. Columbia 65201 STANTON T. BROWN Grand Lecturer Route I, Box 225, Buckner 64016 Senior Grand Deacon VERN H. SCHNEIDER 100 North Broadway, Suite 700, St. Louis 63102 CHARLES H. SCHEURICH Junior Grand Deacon 124 Meadow Lane, Columbia 65201 P. VINCENT KINKEAD Senior Grand Steward Route 2, Box 243, Farmington 63640 WILLIAM H. WISBROCK Junior Grand Steward 733 Landscape Avenue, Webster Groves 63119 THOMAS K. MCGUIRE, JR. . Senior Grand Marshal 2522 South Glendale, Springfield 65804 ROBERT G. BIRD Junior Grand Marshal 2415 East Latoka; Springfield 65804 MORRIS J. FAULKNER Grand Sword Bearer Route 1, Box 208A, Fordland 65652 Grand Pursuivant CARL W. TERRy 609 East McVay, Marshfield 65706 THE REV. CARL L. RADFORD Grand Chaplain 2334 South Dollison, Springfield 65807 THE REV. CECIL H. HURT Grand Chaplain 400 Crestview Drive, Union 63084 DR. W. TRIBBEY NICKERSON Grand Chaplain 2309 Erie Street, North Kansas City 64116 RABBI BRUCE S. DIAMOND Grand Chaplain 7430 Tulane, St. Louis 63130 DR. MURRELL T. CUNNINGHAM Grand Chaplain 6354 Wydown Boulevard, Clayton 63105 DR. M. GRAHAM CLARK Grand Chaplain School of the Ozarks, Point Lookout 65726 THE REV. ERNEST H. WOTRING, JR Grand Chaplain Route I, Box 47, Conway 65632 LON G. ORR Grand Orator P.O. Box 73,Joplin 64801 ROBERT D. JENKINS Grand Orator 7741 Troost, Kansas City 64131 JAMES S. WEST Grand Tiler 1911 South Bruce Avenue, Springfield 65804 The 160th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge will be held at Springfield, Missouri, beginning Monday, September 28, 1981.