1946 Proceedings - Grand Lodge of Missouri by Missouri Freemasons

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One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Annual Communication

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September 24, 25, 26, A. D. 1946, A. L. 5946

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II WILLIS JOSEPH BRAY

Grand Master, 1944-46

One hundred years ago, vv'hen the Commonwealth of Missouri, then just well entering upon her great and historic mission as "Mother of "the West," was the frontier of what is now the mightiest nation of earth, sturdy pioneers brought 'Villiam Bray, a lad of four, from Lincoln County, Tennessee, and settled on a farm near Fredericktown, in Madison County, Missouri. In this historic section, near Old Mine La Motte, where the early French settlers first discovered the lead that is still being mined, and where the rugged hills abound in springtime with the beautiful wild honeysuckle, the Bray family still abides, honored and respected by all. William Bray, the lad from Tennessee, grew to manhood here and became one of the most substantial farmers in the county. In 1868, not long after his discharge from the Confederate Army, he was married to a Madison County girl, Miss Rebecca Gosney, whose mother was Milvina Burdette of Kentucky. Her father was Dr. James Hayden Gosney, an eminent physician, who was born, reared and educated in Virginia before corning to Madison County to establish his practice. To this Bray-Gosney union were born six children, four daughters and two sons. The next to the youngest of this family is the subject of this sketch. Willis J. Bray was born on the ancestral farm near Fredericktown July 21, 1884. His early life was that of the farm boy of his day and time; his early education was obtained in the typical one-room country school. Desiring further light and knowledge, he was graduated from the Fredericktown High School in 1901. Three years later he was graduated from the State Teachers' College, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, while yet less than twenty years of age, with a life certificate to teach in the schools of Missouri. The next two years were devoted to teaching History and English in the Fredericktown High School, partly because of his devotion to learning and teaching; and partly, we suspect, to earn money for an important event in his life. On August 29, 1906, Willis J. Bray and Virginia Abagail Graham were married. Her paternal grandfather was Judge E. L. Graham, whose wife was Mary Whitener. Both these old families came from

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Nortn Carolina, and are among the most substantial and respected citizens in Madison County. Mrs. Bray's maternal grandfather was the Rev. Charles Creasy, whose 'wife was Ann \Vallace, also of Tennessee. They migrated to Southeast Missouri by covered wagon, and Mr. Creasy became one of the pioneer Baptist preachers of that area. Mrs. Bray's family have long been leaders in the business and religious life of Madison County, and many of the men have been active Masons. Seeking still more light and knowledge, \Villis and Virginia Bray took their honeymoon trip to Columbia, Missouri, where they entered the University of Missouri together in the fall of 1906. In 1909, from the same platform, and on the same day, \Villis received the degree of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Education, a rather unusual accomplishment. In 1910 he received the degree of Master of Arts in Chemistry. In 1931 he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with a double major in chemistry and educational administration, all these degrees having been granted by the University of Missouri. \Villis Bray has been aRd is a master-teacher. Between Cape Girardeau and Missouri University he taught two years in the Fredericktown High Sehool; in 1907-08 he was principal anJ seience instructor in the high sehool at Hickman Mills, aJjoining the district in which President Truman grew to manhood; he was assistant instructor in chemistry in the University of Missouri, 1908-10; in 1910-11 he served as superintendent of sehools at 'Vest Plains. He then went to the Northeast Missouri State Teachers' College at Kirksville, where he continues as administrative head of the science division in addition to serving as chairman of the chemistry department. His career as an educator has been one of distinction. Although speeializing in analytical chemistry, he has made important contributions in the field of organic chemistry. His papers have often appeared in professional magaz.ines, including School Science and Mathematics and General Science Quarterly. Former students by the hundreJs have given valuable service to the nation in war plants and universities throughout the country. lIe is a trustee of the Still Memorial Research Foundation, at present studying the electrical energy of muscle fiber under different conditions of tension. He has long been a member of the Missouri State Teachers' Association, and has served as president of the Seienee Sedion of that organization; is a member of the Missouri Academy of Seience, and the National Geographic Society. lIe is a member of Alpha Phi Sigma fraternity; and holds membership in Sigma Zeta, Blue Key, Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, and Phi Sigma Pi, honorary fraternities in the field of education. MILITARY CAREER

The career of \Villis Bray as an educator has twice been interrupted by response to call of country and duty in time of war,

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though his work as a scientist in part continued. June 22, 1918, he was appointed First Lieutenant in the Ordnance Section, Officers' Reserve Corps, and reported for active duty at 'Vashington, D. C., July 1. His organization had control over the manufacture and distribution of all raw materials for the manufacture of high explosives. He was personally in charge of a large oil cracking plant when the Army was experimenting on the production of toulene by the oil cracking process. January 3, 1919, Lieutenant Bray was honorably discharged from the army. He entered the Ordnance Sectioll Officers' Reserve Corps, later transferred to the Infantry Reserve, and before the beginning of the last war, now happily concluded, held the rank of Major in the Chemical 'Varfare Service Reserve. September 10, 1942, Major Bray was again called to active duty in the Air Corps and assigned to Scott Field, Illinois. After attending Officers' Training School at Miami Beach, Florida, he returned to Scott Field in November, 1942, and was named Assistant General Mess Officer in charge of the 6,000-man mess in the second area. In addition to his duties as Mess Officer, he discharged several other important assignments while at Scott Field, including Post Theatre Officer, Post Historical Officer, and Assistant Special Services Officer, with additional duties as Post Chemical Warfare Officer. Though rugged physically, and of untiring energy, the multitude of duties proved too heavy, and before the close of the war Major Bray was retired from active duty by medical discharge. After a period of rest and relaxation he has resumed his duties, on a limited scale, with Northeast Missouri State Teachers' College. MASONIC RECORD

Just as duty to country caused Most \Vorshipful Brother Bray twice to leave the quiet atmosphere of the college class room, so the results of war, evidenced in travel and hotel restrictions, now cause him to be serving the second term as Grand Master of Masons in Missouri. Here is briefly recorded his distinguished record as a Freemason: Ancient Graft Masonry: Initiated in Adair Lodge No. 366, A. F. and A. M., Kirksville, Missouri, January 23, 1916; raised March 30, 1916, by Frank R. Jesse, Grand Master, later Grand Secretary; served as \Vorshipful Master, 1920. Grand Lodge of Missouri: District Deputy Grand Master, Second Masonic District, 1932-38; Chairman Special Committee on Masonic Relief, 1933; Grand Master, 1944-46, having served through the subordinate stations. Lodge of Research: One of the organizers of the Missouri Lodge of Research, and for a time its secretary. National Sojourners: Fort Leonard Wood Chapter No. 152, Missouri, 1945.

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Capitular Masonry: Received all the degrees during the month of June, 1916, in Caldwell Chapter No. 53, R. A. M., Kirksville, Missouri; High Priest, 1920. Grand Chapter of Missouri: Installed as Grand Master of the First Veil, 1926; Grand High Priest, 1934-35. Order of High Priesthood: Anointed and Consecrated, April 27, 1920; President Missouri Convention, 1938-39; conferred the Order several years in succession. Cryptic Masonry: Received the three degrees in Solomon Council No. 26, R. and S. M., Milan, Missouri, in November, 1916; Illustrious Master of Solomon Council, 1919; was one of the organizers of Kirksville Council No. 44 in 1928; Illustrious Master under dispensation; recorder, 1931-34. Chivalric Masonry: Received all the Orders of Christian Knighthood in Ely Commandery No. 22, Kirksville, Missouri, May 15, 1919. The Order of Malta was conferred in Full Form by Tancred No. 25 of Moberly; he was knighted by the late R. E. Sir 'Villiam S. Campbell, Grand Commander; the writer acted as Chaplain in the Order of Malta and Prelate in the Order of the Temple. Sir Knight Bray was Commander of Ely Commandery in 1940. Red Cross of Constantine: Installed in St. Chrysostom Con<:1ave No. 34, Columbia, Missouri, 1934. Knights York Cross of Honor: Charter member Missouri Priory No. 17. (Prerequisite requirement for membership, to have presided over Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery.) Most Worshipful Brother Bray has generously given to Freemasonry all of his scholarly talent and ability. He excells as a ritualist in all its branches, and for many years has freely responded to calls as a speaker on Masonic occasions in Missouri and other states. The Grand Chapter, R. A. M., of "\Visconsin paid him the high compliment of printing in pamphlet form an address delivered before that Grand Chapter and distributing it to its entire membership; and the Grand Commandery of Iowa broadcast his Christmas observance address delivered in Des Moines. CIVIC ACTIVITIES

Grand Master Bray has always been in the forefront of movements beneficial to the economic and spiritual welfare of his city and community. Though a busy man, he found time to participate in many things. He ,vas a charter member of l\facDougal-Lowe Post No. 20, American Legion, and was three times its Commander. He is a member of Kirksville Kiwanis Club, served as president one year and secretary four years; ,vas scoutmaster in the Boy Scouts of America several years, and served as a member of thR Regional Scout Council; organized the fourth Chapter of the Order of DeMolay for boys in the world, and was its advisor for eight years; has served for several

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years as member of the board of directors of the Salvation Army in Kirksville. CHURCH AND HOME

Most Worshipful Brother Bray became a Christian in boyhood, and has been active in all fonns of religious work since that time. While a student in college and university he was active in Y. M. C. A. work, serving as President of the college organization at Cape Girardeau in 1903, and was a delegate to the national convention at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, that year. He first became a deacon of his church at the age of seventeen while a student in Cape Girardeau, and has a total of more than thirty-five years in that capacity. He has long been an active member of the First Baptist Church of Kirksville. He served as superintendent of his Sunday School for eight or nine years, has been a teacher of a Bible class for many years, and has earned an enviable reputation as a teacher and student of Holy Writ. Of an intensely religious nature, he is an outstanding Christian layman, and a forceful speaker who has been frequently called upon to fill the pulpit of his own and other churches. The home has always held first place in the hearts of the Brays, to whom three sons and one daughter were born. The eldest, Wilford G. Bray, died at the age of ten years. John Graham Bray, a practicing physician at Temple, Texas, is the father of two children, a daughter, Eleanor Jane, and a son, John Graham, Jr.; Willis J., Jr., a physician, is now serving as an officer in the U. S. Naval Reserve in the South Pacific; the daughter, Virginia, is the wife of Dr. Julian R. Sams, a physician of Jacksonville, Florida. Each of these children was graduated from the Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, the daughter majoring in art and music, while the sons followed their father in the field of chemistry. After graduation from college, the two sons completed their professional education to become physicians. Each is a useful Christian citizen. Willis J. Bray has lived a busy and useful life, serving well· in every place that duty called. He is a scholarly, cultured gentleman, an ornament to Freemasonry and to his native state. Truly Willis Bray is a Missourian to the manor born. Here he first saw the light of day; here he received his education; here he married a Missouri girl; here he reared a family of whom he is justly proud; here he has taught thousands of our youth; here he still resides and continues his labors for higher things. ADDENDUM

Twelve months have passed since this sketch of one of the most talented Freemasons in the history of the Grand Lodge of Missouri was written. The year has witnessed the conclusion of the most titanic struggle ever waged by the sons of man; the return to peaceful pursuits of our youth who bore the brunt of that fearful conflict;

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and it has brought some natural and anticipated changes in the family life of Most Worshipful Brother Bray. Willis Joseph Bray, Jr., who was serving as an officer in the U. S. Naval Reserves in the South Pacific when the above sketch was written, is now a student in Southwest Medical College, Dallas, Texas. Virginia Bray Sams, wife of Dr. Julian R. Sams, a physician of Jacksonville, Fla., presented Dr. and Mrs. Bray with a granddaughter, whose name is Virginia Margaret, in September, 1946. The score is now two granddaughters and one grandson. May the tribe Increase. As a matter of record, it should be stated that the full name of Mrs. Bray's grandmother was Margaret Ann Wallace. Through carelessness of the biographer the name "Margaret" was omitted in the original sketch. A quarter of a century ago was fought a war generally referred to as World War No.1, largely confined to the continent of Europe, and in which our country was finally compelled to participate. The year 1945 witnessed the conclusion of the most wide-spread and devastating war in the history of mankind, involving every principal nation of earth, as well as unimportant islands of the sea. The United States of America bore worthily and well its full share in both these great conflicts, which we proudly say were fought at tremendous cost in blood and treasure to preserve the inherent right and dignity of individual man, a cardinal principle in the order of Freemasonry. In each of these conflicts Most Worshipful Brother Willis J. Bray, Grand Master of Masons in Missouri, rendered distinguished service in the armed forces of his country. The close of the last struggle, which was in reality a \Vorld War, left our country in such a tangle of restrictions governing travel and public housing that it was impractical, if not impossible, for the Grand Lodge of Missouri to hold its annual communication in September, 1945. This made it necessary that Most Worshipful Brother Bray serve two consecutive years as Grand Master. In the early days of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, when capable men were fewer, distances greater, and modes of travel less convenient and rapid, together with the unsettled conditiomi following the \Var between the States, fifteen Grand Masters served terms ranging from two to five years. Thomas E. Garrett, man of letters and orator of his day, author of the Masonic funeral ritual still in use, was the last to serve more than one year, presiding during the years 1870 and 1871. For the first time in seventy-five years Most \Vorshipful Brother Bray was called by the force of circumstances to succeed himself. The record of the 1946 communication will testify to the fact that he discharged his duties well, even though against his personal desires and at great risk to his physical well being. All honor to Willis Joseph Bray, a valiant soldier, an upright and patriotic citizen, most deserving of the honorable title of Freemason.-G. C. M.

GRAND LODGE Ancient, Free and Accepted

Masons of the State of Missouri

• Official Proceedings One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Annual Communication

• SAINT LOUIS September 24, 25, 26, A. D. 1946, A. L. 5946

EMERGENT COMMUNICATION

I vanhoe Temple, Kansas City, November 15, 1945 At the call of Most Wor. Bro. Willis J. Bray an Emergent Communication of the Grand Lodge convened in the beautiful Sanctum Sanctorum of Ivanhoe Temple, Kansas City, Thursday evening, November 15, 1945, at 8 p. m. There was a substantial number of brethren present, and the following officers were in the stations: Willis J. Bray Ernest J. Carter Harry Sunderland E. E. Morris Harold L. Reader E. W. Potts Arthur D. Nordberg Nat D. Jackson Robert Mann Samuel Gilliland Julius O. Christensen

M. W. Grand Master Acting E. W. Senior Grand Warden E. W. Junior Grand Warden E. W. Grand Treasurer E. W. Grand Secretary Aoting W. Grand Chaplain Acting Grand Senior Deacon Acting Grand Junior Deacon Acting Grand Marshal Acting Grand Organist Acting Grand Tiler

The Grand Master announced that the purpose of the Communication was to receive a Commission of distinguished Masons from the Confederation of Masonic Grand Lodges of Mexico, which Commission came to pay the Grand Lodge of Missouri a fraternal visit and to express the gratitude of the Mexican Confederation to the Grand Lodge of Missouri, the latter having been the first to extend fraternal recognition to the Grand Lodges of the Mexican Confederation. M. Wor. Bro. Ray V. Denslow then introduced the distinguished guests as follows: M. Wor. Bro. Judge Valentin Rincon (Supreme Court Judge) Chairman, P. G. M., Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico; M. Wor. Bro. Mariano Marin, Grand Master, Grand Lodge of Tamaulipas; M. Wor. Bro. Dr. Elidd Garcia Trevino, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Nuevo Leon; M. Wor. Bro. Walter S. Turnpaugh, Past Grand Master and Present Grand Lecturer of York Grand Lodge of Mexico.

Grand Master Bray welcomed the distinguished guests on behalf of the Grand Lodge, and M. Wor. Bro. W. F. Woodruff, Past Grand Master of Missouri' and Past Master of Ivanhoe Lodge, on behalf of Ivanhoe Lodge. The Mexican Brethren then separately addressed the Grand Lodge,

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and their addresses were followed with great interest and received hearty applause. The Grand Lodge was then closed at 9 :45 p. m., after the benediction pronounced by the Acting Grand Chaplain. HAROLD L. READER, Grand Secretary.

PRELIMINARY Prior to the opening, the Children of the Masonic Home and the orchestra under the direction of Bro. Henry Falkenhainer rendered an enjoyable program.

ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION

FIRST DAY The One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, convened at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, 3637 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, at 9 :30 a. m., on Tuesday, September 24, 1946. PRESENT Willis J. Bray, M. W. Grand Master. Solon Cameron, R. W. Deputy Grand Master. Morris E. Ewing, R. W. Senior Grand Warden. Harry F. Sunderland, R. W. Junior Grand Warden. Edmund E. Morris, R. W. Grand Treasurer. Harold L. Reader, R. W. Grand Secretary. Anthony F. Ittner, R. \V. Grand Lecturer. E. L. Robison, W. Grand Chaplain. Samuel Thurman, W. Grand Chaplain. James M. Bradford, Grand Senior Deacon. Ray Bond, Grand Junior Deacon. Homer L. Ferguson, Grand Senior Steward. Richard O. Rumer, Grand Junior Steward. J ames McBrayer Sellers, Grand Marshal. Orestes Mitchell, Jr., Grand Marshal. William J. Craig, Grnnd Sword Bearer. Harold M. Jayne, Grand Pursuivant. Frank P. Briggs, Grand Orator. Thornton Jennings, Grand Tiler.

OPENING

Promptly at 9 :30 o'clock a. m., the Most \Yorshipful Grand Master, Willis J. Bray, opened the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri in Ample Form in its One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Annual Commuication assisted by the Grand Officers and supported by a large attendance of representatives. Brother Samuel Thurman, 'V. Grand Chaplain, offered the Invocation. INVOCATION

Heavenly Father, Supreme Master of the Universe, our hearts are filled with deep gratitude that we may meet again in sacred convocation, now that our country is no longer at war. We thank Thee for the great opportunity which permits our brethren to assemble from all parts of our beloved State, and here at Thine Altar, pledge again

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their faith, their devotion and their loyalty to the high principles of our ancient and honorable fraternity. Make us, we pray Thee, more deeply conscious of Thy Presenee in our midst, so that we may, in our deliberations, in our word and deed, be sensitive to the high destiny whieh is ours-ours by kinship \vith Thee; for Thou art our Creator, our Father. Thou hast put the stamp of Divinity upon the children of man. 0, may we be more worthy of Thine image engraved within our souls. The world is still so full of (·haos and confusion that we arc sorely in need of Thy guidance and the kno\vledge of Thy will. Grant us, then, the grace of Thy countenance; shed the light of Thy wisdom upon him who is our Grand Master. Strengthen him in the high office and task which are his in the leadership of his hrethren, and may our labors together be produeti\'e of the fruits of justice and righteousness, so that the spirit of true brotherhood and harmony and peace may prevail in our assemblies. Not for ourselves alone do we pray for these Thy preeious gifts, hut for all Thy children wheresoever they may he. For all Thy (·hildren everywhere arc today sorely in need of Thy mercy, Thy forgiveness, Thy pelwe. Amen. CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE-INTERIM REPORT

BROTHER "TALTER A. 'YEBB: 1\1ost 'Vorshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the State of 1\[issouri, Alwient Free and Accepted Masons: Your Committee on Cred.entials is pleased to report a majority of the suhordinate bodies of the State of 1\fissonri are now represented. GAVEL PROM PRESIDENT TRUMAN

THE GRAND SECRETARY: Most 'Vorshipful Grand Master and. Brethren: A very agreeable duty his been assigned to me and with your permission and that of the Most 'Vorshipful Grand Master I \vill perform that duty at this time. On behal f of the President of the United States I am presenting to you this beautiful gavel which was used by Most 'Vorshipful Brother Truman, when he presided. over the Senate of the United States a year ago last March, as VicePresident of the United States, and he herewith presents this to the Grand Lodge of l\1issouri, and I am sure tllnt it will he IH'pt in the archives as anothrr evidcnce of Pn'sident Truman's great interest in thc Grand Lodge of Missouri. THE GRAND ~L\STER: Thank you, 1\1. 'V. Grand Sceretary; this is a beautiful piece of work. I think that the hrethren will take advantage of an opportunity to im;pect it before it reaches the archives. I should like to have the Grand. Secretary transmit a letter to Brother Truman, our distinguished Prf'sident, thanking him for his thoughtfulness: -

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TELEGRAMS, ETC.

THE GRAND SECRETARY: Most 'Vorshipful Grand Master, I have some messages to present at this time. The White House, Washington September 9, 1946 Dear Brother Reader: I had hoped that conditions would come out so I would be able to be present for the Grand Lodge meeting this year. However, it will not be possible for me to be present, much to my regret. Please express my fraternal greetings to the Grand Lodge and also express to them my regrets at my inability to be present. I hope you have a most successful meeting, as I am sure you will. Sincerely yours, (Signed) HARRY S. TRUMAN Honorable Harold L. Reader Grand Secretary Masonic Temple 3681 Lindell Boulevard Saint Louis 8, Missouri.

Wiesbaden, Germany September 22, 1946 Harold L. Reader, 3681 Lindell Blvd. St. Louis, Missouri. Best wishes. Regards to everyone. My thoughts are with you. HENRY C. CmLES.

Washington, D. C. September 23, 1946 Willis J. Bray, Grand Master Masonic Temple, 3681 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri Your splendid, constructive and unselfish service for two years as Grand Master will I know culminate in a happy and harmonious Communication. The splendid financial and moral support given by Grand Lodge of Missouri to the Masonic Service Association 's Welfare and Hospital and Visitation programs deeply appreciated. My personal greetings to all in Grand Lodge who honor me by permitting me to call them friends. CARL H. CLAUDY, Execmtive Secretary.

A message was also received from M. W. Bert S. Lee, stating that, owing to a visit home of his son from California, he would not be able to be present. He expressed his regrets and sent his greetings.

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DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

The following distinguished visitors were conducted to the Altar and introduced to the Grand Lodge by R. \V. Edmund E. Morris: M. \V. Fred H. Nolte, Grand Master of Iowa. 1\1. \V. B. F. Eyre, Grand Master of Nebraska. R. \V. Carl R. Greisen, Grand Secretary of Nebraska. .M. \V. Dwight Smith, Past Grand Master of Indiana. Bro. Peter Deichmann, Repr. Gr. Master of Oklahoma. M. E. Sherman A. Smith, Grand High Priest, Grand Chapter R. A. M. of Missouri. M. I. \Valter Neistrath, Grand Master, Grand Courwil H. and S. )1. of Missouri. E. Sir Hay Bond, R.epresenting Grand Command<>r of Grand Commandery K. T. of Missouri. III. \Villiam B. Massey, S. Gr. Insp. Gen. Scottish Hitc of Missouri. R. \V. BROTHER l\IORRIS: Most \Vorshipful Grand Master, it is also my great pleasure to introduee R. \V. Brother Elmer J. Reynolds, the Superintendent of the Mnsonie Home of Missouri. THE GRAND MASTER: I sprang a surprise on you, Elmer. I wanted to have the opportunity of introducing you to the representatives of the Lodgcs of Missouri assembled in this Grand Communieation, the new superintendent of the Masonic Home. I have known Brother Reynolds a long time, and I would like to give you this information about him: He is a high dass Christian gentleman, a scholar, a royal goo(l fellow, and I want you to have an opportunity to meet him, and you will have that opportunity this afternoon. Brother Reynolds, I would like for you to remain in the East and we will see you this afternoon. ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE GRAND MASTER

To the Most IF orshipful Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. &- A. M.: For the first time in seventy-two years a Grand Master of this Grand Lodge is called upon to give an a('('oullt of a second year of service in that exalted office. I have enjoye(l an unusual opportunity to study conditions in this jurisdidion, and, thanks to the very fine cooperation I have had from the brethren throughout the state, my work has been a very real pleasure. Since last we met we have seen the military defeat of the most powerful aggregation of force that the enemies of human liberty evcr got together. The foJ'('cs of right have crushed those of totalitarianism in Germany, in Italy, and in Japan. Their armies, their navies and their air power have been shattered. Seldom, if ever, in the history of man have nations been so devastated by the destmetive force and pO\V(~r of war as have Germany and Japan. Man's genius for devising engines of destruc-

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tion has reached a hideous climax in this last war. The Creator wisely locked within the atom vast quantities of energy having possibilities far beyond the capacity of the human mind to grasp. That vast power was withheld from man until such time as he might have developed to the point where such vast power might be used with reasonable safety. We have hurled that enormous power against the enemy with most devastating effect. It remains yet to be seen whether man has developed sufficiently to enable him to use such power for constructive purposes. 'Vith that power man may lift civilization to new and unprecedented heights, or he may destroy our whole civilization completely. Whether it will bless mankind or destroy him, is a question for the years immediately ahead to determine. Such is the import of the present situation in world affairs. A noted authority in the field of science has recently said of our discovery of the secrets of atomic power, "We hold in trust a power that is capable of unraveling the very fabric of our civilization. Equally, it may be susceptible of development as a mighty force for human welfare. But we have proved the destructive use, while the constructive applications are still in the realm of speculation. At one giant stride our scientific and technological development has so far outdistanced our social engineering, that we have no choice but to turn our full powers of creative imagination to control the forces we have unleashed and to bend them to man's use rather than to his destruction." While we have defeated the military power of totalitarianism in Germany, Italy and Japan, we have not sufficiently realized, as I have frequently pointed out, that we can never destroy the ideology back of that military might by shot and shell. Nazi ideology is still very much alive in the world, and will continue to be so until it is destroyed, not by guns, and shells, but by the power of a more noble ideology. The only chance we shall have utterly to destroy the military dictatorship ideology in Japan is by the overwhelming power of greater ideology as represented by the program being carried out by General MacArthur in his capacity as our leader in these days of transition over there. In my opinion, our only chance of destroying the ideologies that are destructive of our democratic way of life will come through the consecrated labor of the forces of education and religion. ~he teacher in the school room has the power, if she will but use it, to implant the ideals of democratic living so deeply that no fascist, or communist agitator will ever be able to shake the faith of our youth. Anti-American teachings can be effectively combatted only by effective education of our youth, and that implies consecrated men and women in positions of responsibility in our schools. I can see no place in American education for the Nazi or the Communist propagandist, though we have them in our schools today. Similarly, I agree with the Rev. W. A. Maier, of Concordia Seminary, when he says: "We nominate as America's public enemy number one, the

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notorious faith-wrecker who sits high in the councils of academic distinction, scoffs at religion, denies the existence of God, and exterminates the spiritual life of the nation's youth and flower-the infidel teacher who receives popular plaudits and high salary, often paid by tax levies, for his cut-throat attacks on Christianity." I consider a firm faith in God more important than is anything else in our struggle against anti-American ideologies. Those hateful theories can never prevail in a nation whose people live close to God, and by His program for the life of man. The guns of war have ceased to thunder death these thirteen months past, and yet, the world is not at peace. In war we talked glibly of our "democracy," only to discover now that we were not talking about the same thing, now that we are endeavoring to implement the machinery of peace. Our Russian allies joined us in praise of the democratic way of life during the war, but now we are made to realize that they did not mean what we thought they meant, and they, in turn seem not to comprehend our point of view. Thus, while all the world longs for permanent peace, and prays most earnestly for the dawn of that day when war shall be no more, the diplomats of the world appear to be working out the blueprints of a third world conflict. What a time for the rise of great leadership! Oh, for a Moses to lead the world out of the chaos and confusion of the present situation, and set us on the road to real peace! Man-intensely human manstands today with the lethal weapon in his hand with which he could destroy our whole civilization, but, he also has it within his possibilities to convert that engine of destruction to the uses of peace and unprecedented industrial advancement. In this crisis in world history, the Masonic Fraternity has an opportunity for leadership second to none. Our Fraternity furnished much of the leadership that gave to the world a nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to human rights under God. vVe now have the opportunity in our day to hel p furnish the leadership which shall determine whether "any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure." \Ve who have the rich heritage of Masonry of the past have a responsibility that should lead each of us to active thoughtful participation in world leadership and world-thinking. This is no time for mere watch-charm Masons. Too many of our membeJ;"s have merely been "taken into" Masonry, and little real Masonry has been taken into their hearts. The good that the Fraternity can do in the present crisis, in my opinion, is directly proportional to the universality with which members of the Fraternity embody in their daily lives the teachings of the institution. An obligation taken by a man is of little real effect unless it brings a corresponding change in his heart. I cannot too often stress the importance of the motto of that interesting leaflet, Masonic IIistoriology, \"hen it prints each week, "Our object is not so much to get more men into Masonry as to get more

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Masonry into men." That, in my opinion, is just what we need to do. I have been often impressed by the fact that we seem to lead our initiates to expect something which we never give them. A little volume entitled "Americanism and Masonry," published by the Masonic Service Association of the U. S., puts the idea in a most interesting way. It says: "Has it ever seemed strange to you that we initiate men into Freemasonry and, in course of their initiation, place them in possession of certain secrets which, we inform them, will enable them to work and receive wages as Masons' Initiation means the beginning of something, and having initiated them, having given them these secrets and the means of working and receiving wages, we absolutely fail to give them any WORK to do, or any opportunity to earn those wages which we so solemnly promise them." We wonder sometimes why it is that brethren who have become members of the Fraternity often show decreasing interest, even to the point of dropping their membership entirely. I think that, in very many cases, the answer may be found in the point brought out in the above quotation. He is duly and truly prepared, and is told that the purpose of his membership is to enable him to work and receive wages as a Mason, and then we fail to bring him in contact with Masonic work for him to do. All he sees of work is the same . promises made, and the same worthy program laid out for the next candidate. Is it any wonder that he often becomes disillusioned, and lacks interest in Masonry' I think the answer to that problem comes in a more definite program of activity for the members of a Lodge. We hold out to the brother the value of his securing "more Masonic light," but we generally leave him with the impression that the only way to do that is to rush into the so-called higher degrees. When shall we really learn that Freemasonry is a very profound way of living that requires much study throughout one's Masonic life' We too often leave the candidate with the impression that Freemasonry is something to be put on, like a coat, when it is, in fact, a life to be lived, a temple to be built. To build the temple of one's inner life by square, plumb line and rule is the chief aim of Masonic life, and should be the constant study and effort of the true Mason. No man can be raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason, and yet be just as he was before. Either he goes forth a new man with new ideals and ambitions, and a new outlook on life, or he becomes less a man because he has been indifferent to a great opportunity, and has turned his back upon a great light. The way most of our Lodges function one would think that Freemasonry exists for the purpose of making more Freemasons, that they, in their turn, might make more Freemasons. Thus we tend to become a "degree-mill" with the ritual as the center and circumference of all things Masonic. The ritual is the basis of our Masonic teachings, but we err when we leave the impression that the rendition,

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or mastery of the words of the ritual is the chief objective of Masonry. We must be made to realize that the ritual is but a means to an end, and that we must not, as we so often do, allow the means to obscure the end. One's Masonic education, indeed, begins with the ritual, but we should never be satisfied to allow it to end with that, as it too often does. The Grand Lodge should take steps at once to promote more active Masonic education even in the remotest rural Lodge. ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF 1945

As is well known to each of you, the restrictions placed by the government on travel in 1945 prevented the Grand Lodge from holding its 1945 Annual Communication. A conference of Grand Lodge Officers, Past Grand Masters, and committee chairmen was held. At that time the officers of this Grand Lodge presented their respective annual reports, which are to be acted upon at this communication. The decision to dispense with the 1945 communication was made by that conference in harmony with the regulations of the Office of Defense Transportation. The failure of the Grand Lodge to meet made it impossible for the election of officers to be held, and, hence, the officers chosen in 1944 held over. As was reported in my address of 1945, the office of Grand Senior Steward was made vacant by the death of R. W. Bro. Howard C. Brashear. In consequence of that fact, I advanced the official line of officers below that station, and appointed R. W. Brother Harold M. Jayne to be Grand Pursuivant. R. W. Brothers Homer Ferguson, Richard O. Rumer, Jas. McB. Sellers, Orestes Mitchell, Jr., Wm. J. Craig, and Harold M. Jayne were separately installed in their respective offices each in his own Lodge. I can assure you that it was not my desire to serve a second year as Grand Master, but I have enjoyed serving the Fraternity, and I have satisfaction in knowing that I have done what I could in that capacity to promote the interests of the Fraternity. I have had some physical limitations, but, fortunately, they have not seriously handicapped me in my work. CONDITIONS WITHIN THE CRAFT IN MISSOURI

\Vith few exceptions, the Lodges of this state have been busy the past year. There are several small Lodges that are considering the possibility of consolidation with neighboring Lodges. Ark Lodge No. 6, lately located in Plevna, has recently consolidated with Edina Lodge No. 291. It is my opinion that, in view of road conditions now, and the easy access to Lodges at some distance, there are several small Lodges that have been carrying on a precarious existence for several years that should consolidate. I cannot see the wisdom of permitting a Lodge to hold exclusive jurisdiction over a valuable territory and

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then let them be inactive and not work that area. No Lodge should be permitted to play "dog in the manger." Either a Lodge should carryon reasonably efficient Masonic work in its area, or it should take steps to remedy the situation in one of the ways provided by law. There are areas in this state where a good man would have great difficulty in joining a Masonic Lodge if he wished to do so, and such a situation is intolerable. A special study should be made of these small Lodges that are having a hard struggle, and, every possible assistance rendered them by the Grand Lodge. 'Vhere it seems impossible to revive the Lodge some action should be taken to make the area available to another Lodge. It is to be hoped that, with the return of many veterans to the home communities, many small Lodges may be able to show renewed life. There is already some indication that this may be the case in some Lodges. Much of the correspondence that I have had to answer the past two years might not have come to my desk at all if there had been available a copy of the Grand Lodge By-laws that is intelligible. The present code is such a scrapbook that it is almost impossible to find anything with any certainty. For that reason the Committee on Revision has been making a serious effort to make at lea..<;t a partial. report at this communication of the Grand Lodge. This partial report will aim to cover some of the most difficult legal matters. It has been my hope that no other Grand Master would have to wade through that maze of legal matter in order to rarry on the work of his office. It is my opinion that many Lodges do not make proper effort to find the provisions of the law themselves, but take the easy way out of referring the matter to the Grand Master. That, of course, is their right, but it would save the Grand Master much labor if simple matters of law might be determined by having some one in the Lodge look it up on the spot. I should not be surprised if as much as 15 to 20 per cent of my correspondence would not have been necessary had there been a plainly understandable copy of the Grand Lodge By-laws available in each Lodge. Most of our Lodge officers are not lawyers, and legal verbiage should be avoided insofar as possible, in the writing of Masonic law, and yet, at the same time, the law must be plain and very clear. The present Revision Committee has had that idea in view in making its revision. I should like, again, as I did last year, to point out the need of having some provision made whereby one of the troublesome problems of Lodges along the state lines might be solved. It is my opinion that provision should be made whereby a Missouri Lodge might receive a petition from a resident of a neighboring state who lives nearer the Missouri Lodge, on waiver of jurisdiction, cleared through the office of Grand Master of that state. I know of some cases where injustices have been done good men within the normal trade territory of a border Missouri Lodge simply because the man

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lived just across the state line, and, in many cases, \vould find it very inconvenient for him to join a Lodge in the neighboring state. Until that provision is made in our law, I should like to point out the law against invading of jurisdiction of another state. That has been done in a few cases, but prompt steps were taken in all cases that came to my attention, to remedy the situation. There are still a few Lodges in the state that are said to persist in the use of clandestine rituals. I should like to condemn such practice with all possible vigor. The use of such rituals is definitely detrimental to good, accurate ritualistic work, and is prohibited by Masonic law. No one, to my knowledge, ever did become a good ritualist by using one of those books, and I have yet to see a Lodge that permitted the use of them that was even reasonably proficient. The experience of many generations will testify to the fact that the only satisfactory way to acquire proficiency in the ritual is the method provided by the laws and customs of our Grand Lodge, and the Grand Lodge will insist upon every Lodge complying with the law on this point. I should like to point out that it is the duty of the Master of each Lodge to see that no such practice is permitted in his Lodge. r have been impressed by the urgent need for more systematic instruction in the Lodges on the duties of Lodge officers. 'Ve have schools of instruction in the ritual, and that is very necessary, but I am pointing out that it is also important that the Grand Lodge provide a plan whereby the officers of each Lodge may receive systematic instruction as to the duties and responsibilities of their respective offices. In one of my recommendations I am asking the Grand Lodge to set up a plan whereby such a school of instruction will be held in each district each year, under the immediate direction of the District Deputy Grand Master. 'Ve must have schools for instruction in Lodge administration, set up and under the general supervision of the Grand Master. I ask the Grand Lodge to give serious consideration to the urgent need which I know to exist for the establishment of a Masonic newspaper under the control of the Grand Lodge. I am making a recommendation covering this point. One of the most serious handicaps I have felt in the conduct of this office has been the lack of any medium of communication with the Lodges and the brethren. Every organization of any importance has a newspaper or a magazine through which it carries on its propaganda-and I hesitate to use that badly-overworked word. Every service club has one; every church has one or more; many other organizations have found that the conduct of their affairs demands a medium of ready contact for educational and informational purposes. It is certainly no le51s true in the case of this Grand Lodge. Other Grand Lodges have found it possible. If such jurisdictions as Indiana and Texas can have a

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good, well-edited paper, you may be certain that .we can if we have the will to do so. I am convinced that a good, well-edited newspaper will vastly improve the conditions of Masonry in Missouri, and will go far toward promoting Masonic education. We shall be making the first big step in the direction of general Masonic education of our brethren in this state when we establish a medium through which each member can have come to his desk all of the pertinent facts about Lodge business and Lodge news throughout the state, with well-written stories and articles on the various phases of Masonic history, philosophy and ideals. I am certain that the installation of such a publication would greatly facilitate the work of the Grand Secretary and the Grand Master, and, doubtless other officers of the Grand Lodge. It will cost something, of course, but I am certain that it will be well worth many times what it will cost if the project is properly managed. I have found some laxity in the matter of the auditing of the books of Lodges. I suggest that the incoming Grand Master make a study of blanket bonds to cover all Lodge secretaries and treasurers. I was present in the Grand Lodge of Iowa annual communication when they considered a similar matter recently, and I am suggesting that it be given proper consideration by this Grand Lodge. The cost is low, and it affords protection against irregularities which, however careful Lodges may be, do occur occasionally. I think an audit of the books of the secretary and treasurer of a Lodge should be an essential part of the annual returns of that Lodge to the Grand Lodge. It does not mean lack of confidence in these Lodge officers, but, is a means of protection of those officers. I would not serve a second year in either. of those offices in my Lodge without a thorough audit at the end of the year. I should ,,,ant that for my own protection, and any secretary or treasurer should feel that way about it. I have a feeling that there is a tendency on the part of a number of the members of the Craft toward religious or racial intolerance. I think we should remember that Masonry teaches us to recognize the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. If this is to mean anything but words, it must find expression in the relationships of men of different races and religions in their everyday affairs. Masonry teaches us that a man may worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience. Why, then, should any man, much less a Mason, take an attitude of scornful derision of the religion of another? As I see it, there is no room in the heart of any true Mason for intolerance or bigotry in any of its forms. That does not mean that we should be prepared to break down social lines between the races, but that there should be full cooperation across social and racial lines. I think that there is as little of the spirit of intolerance among the brethren in Missouri as one would find anywhere, but the fact remains .that we do have it,

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and that it is against the spirit and teachings of Freemasonry. God made all men to be our brethren, gave each man a living soul, and we may be sure that God is no respecter of persons. His love extends to the black, the yellow, the red, as well as to the white. He is not a God of the Caucasian race alone, but of the human race. I have been asked several times to throw the weight of the Grand Lodge against the practice of the use of state funds to pay members of a religious order of a particular sect to teach in the public schools, or to transport pupils of such sect to schools maintained by that sect. I have refused to take official action in such cases, but it is my opinion that Masons, acting as individuals, should do so with vigor. That practice leads toward the association of church and state, and is as alien to Masonic principles as it is to American ideals. That, as I see it, is not intolerance. I should oppose such a practice just as vigorously if my own church were to be the one to benefit by it. NEGRO MASONRY

Whether we realize it now or not, the Grand Lodge will soon have to face the problem of closer understanding of and cooperation with Negro Masonry. I am not advocating the destruction of the barriers that have separated the two races, Masonically, but I am convinced that we need to address ourselves seriously to the problem of encouraging the negro race in its quest for Masonic light and knowledge. The probabilities are that the Prince Hall Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M., is, in its origin, just as legitimate as is our own. I think the problem is very well stated by Grand Master Fred Hartman of Oregon in his address to that Grand Lodge last July. M. W. Brother Denslow quotes it at some length in his 1946 Masonic World. I invite your serious attention to what M. W. Brother Hartman says on this subject. I agree with him when he says, "If Freemasonry is good for the caucasian it is good for the negro." The address of M. W. Brother Hartman before the Conference of Grand Masters on this subject was one of the high lights of that meeting. There are several clandestine brands of negro Masonry, and I think we might well encourage the only organization of negro Masons I know of that has what seems to be the mark of legitimacy. That does not mean intervisitation, but it can mean closer cooperation. LODGE UNDER DISPENSATION

As I reported in my address of 1945, I issued a dispensation to Freedom Lodge, U. D. to be located in Mehlville, Missouri. This Lodge was set to work on April 3, 1945, as reported last year. They have made an excellent record during their term under dispensation, and I am recommending that a charter be issued to that Lodge. Their new hall was dedicated by R. 'V. Brother Irvin Freiberger, then D. D. G. M., on September 4, 1945.

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VISITATIONS Sept. 25, 1945-Visited Olive Branch Lodge No. 576 in St. Louis, accompanied by all of the Grand Lodge line officers and the Past Grand Masters present in the city. Oct. 3-Visited Winigan Lodge No. 540 at Winigan on the occasion of their annual homecoming. Oct. 13-Visited the Regional Conclave of Knights Templar in Sedalia, the commanderies from Sedalia, Lexington, Columbia, Warrensburg, Harrisonville, Jefferson City, Clinton, Marshall, Fayette, Carrollton, Boonville and Slater participating. The full-form Order of Malta was conferred on a large class by Kansas City Commandery No. 10. M. W. Brother Ray V. Denslow spoke on his recent trip to Europe. Many distinguished Freemasons were present. Oct. 16-Visited Eureka Lodge No. 73 on the occasion of its centennial celebration, held jointly with the meeting of the 19th District Masonic Association. A feature of the meeting was an address by R. W. Bro. John M. Gallatin of Chillicothe on "The Four Temples." This fine Lodge is to be congratulated on its one hundred years of service to Freemasonry. Oct. 18-Visited Green City Lodge No. 159 on the occasion of their annual homecoming. Oct. 3O-Visited the Grand Chapter, O. E. S., where I was received with full honors. Nov. 6-Visited the Lodges of the 40th District meeting with DeSoto Lodge No. 119. Practically every Lodge in the district was represented. Dec. 28-Attended a large joint communication of Kirksville Lodg'3 No. 105, and Adair Lodge No. 366, my home Lodges, celebrating Past Masters Night. Most of the Past Masters of these two Lodges were present, and enjoyed a good program. A feature of the occasion was addresses by W. Bro. John M. Campbell, Colonel, J. A. G., Dept., A. U. S., on his experiences in the E. T. 0., and Bro. Marion S. Schott, Major, C. W. S., A. U. S., on his experience in India-Borma-China Theater. Feb. 6-Visited Meridian Lodge No.2, St. Louis, on the occasion of their Victory Day Celebration. They had most of the members of that Lodge who had been in uniform and who were back in this country, in attendance. The guest of honor was Brother (Lt. Col.) Kriwanek, who was one of the heroes of Bataan and Corregidor who started out, 1650 in number, on that ill-fated march of Bataan. Fortunately, he was one of the 250 who returned safely. A number of present Grand Lodge officers and several Past Grand Masters were in attendance. Feb. 12-Visited Paulville Lodge No. 319 of Hurdland, in company with my son, Brother Willis J. Bray, Jr., Lt. (j.g.), U. S. N. R., who had served nearly four years in the Navy. Brother S. P. Rampy, a veteran member of that Lodge, received his 50-year button, and he and his good wife also celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary at that time. Feb. 19-Attended a meeting of the Masonic Service Association of the United States in Washington, D. C. The central theme of the meeting was rel~ef of our brethren in Europe, the discussion being led by M. W. Bro. Ray V. Denslow, Chairman of the Commission of the M. S. A., to study conditions among our brethren in Europe. I presented a check for $10,000 on behalf of this Grand Lodge for this work. Feb. 20-Attended the Conference of Grand Masters in Washington, D. C., where I was one of 48 Grand Masters in attendance, the absent one being from Alabama. The report of M. W. Brother Ray V. Denslow's

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commiSSIOn on European Relief was the feature of the meeting. The conference concluded next day. Feb. 22-Attended a meeting of the George Washington National Masonic Memorial Association in Alexandria, Va. The meeting was characterized by good-will and generosity. M. W. Bro. John H. Cowles, head of the A. A. S. R., S. J. gave $5,000 toward the completion of the 9th floor of the Memorial, and the Supreme Council, A. A. S. R., S. J., gave $100,000 for the completion of the 2nd floor. M. W. Bro. Melvin M. Johnson, head of the A. A. S. R., N. J., made the motion to accept these generous gifts with very appropriate remarks. The climax of this series of conferences was the reception in the White House, given in honor of the visiting Masonic leaders by President (M. W. Brother) and Mrs. Harry S. Truman. An orchestra from the U. S. Marine Band furnished the music. It was a delightful affair in which the real spirit of Masonry was exhibited by our distinguished Brother who is Chief Executive of this nation. Mar. 7-Visited Marcus Lodge No. 110 in Fredericktown, where I was born, and grew to manhood. Mar. 29-Visited the High Twelve Club in Columbia, Missouri. This is a very active organization of Masons. Here I visited with Brother (Dr.) Frank G. Nifong, a long-time friend of my family, who was born and reared in the same neighborhood where I was born, in Madison County, Missouri. Our two families have been intimate friends for more than one hundred years. Apr. 2-Visited the Compasses Guild of the Union Electric Co., in St. Louis, on the occasion of their annual banquet. The organization consists of some 300 Masons who are employees of that company. They are very much interested in Masonry, and give much time and attention to Masonic matters, especially to proficiency in ritualistic work. As was frequently the case in my visits, I was accompanied by the Grand Secretary, M. W. Bro. Harold L. Reader. Apr. 4-Visited Bridgeton Lodge No. 80 in St. Louis on the occasion of its centennial celebration. This is the home Lodge of M. W. Brother Wm. R. Gentry, and the Lodge is seen as the lengthening shadow of such distinguished leaders as Brother Gentry. I was accompanied by M. W. Brothers Harold L. Reader, W. W. Martin, Wm. R. Gentry, A. F. Ittner, and R. W. Brothers Solon Cameron, D. G. M., and J. M. Bradford, G. S. D., and several present and past D. D. G. M. 'so This Lodge has rendered conspicuous service to the Fraternity, and deserves high commendation and congratulations. Apr. 12-Visited Hamilton Lodge No. 244, in Hamilton, Missouri, and dedicated their new hall which was made possible, in part, by the generosity of Brother J. C. Penney, whose portrait hangs in the Lodge hall. It was a real pleasure to have been privileged to visit at length with Brother Penney. I found him one of the finest Christian business men I have ever known, one who seems to live his Masonry in his everyday life. Apr. 21-Attended the Easter observance held in the chapel of the Masonic Home of Missouri by St. Louis Commandery No.1, Ascalo:l Commandery No. 16, and St. Aldemar Commandery No. 18, all of St. Louis. Brother Francis J. Bullivant served as Prelate, and Brother Wm. L. Meyer, pastor of Louisiana, Missouri, l\L E. Church, preached the sermon. Apr. 21-Attendcd a dinner meeting of the members of the Knights of the York Cross of Honor held in the Melbourne Hotel. R. W. Brother Morris E. Ewing, S. G. W. of the Grand Lodge, presiding as Prior. This organization is one which I consider worthy of much encouragement. It

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is open to any Mason who has presided over each of the four subordinate bodies of the American or York Rite of Masonry. Apr. 22-1 was the guest of the Grand Council, R. & S. M. of Missouri, meeting in Annual Assembly in St. Louis. I was accorded every honor and was received officially. Brother J os. E. Gaddy was presiding in his official capacity as Most Illustrious Grand Master, and gave a good account of two busy years in that office. Apr. 23-It was my privilege to attend the Centennial Convocation of the Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons of Missouri in St. Louis. In the meeting held on the evening of April 22, a sumptuous banquet was held. M. W. Brother Ray V. Denslow, General Grand High Priest, R. A. M. of the U. S., delivered a splendid address on the subject" One Hundred Years, " in which he sketched the century of growth and progress of the Grand Chapter of Missouri. I was privileged to address the companions on the subject, "The Interrelation of Symbolic and Capitular Masonry." Both addresses were well received, and were printed by the Grand Chapter. R. W. Brother George C. Marquis, Grand Lecturer Emeritus of the Grand Chapter, who had just recently retired from the office of Grand Lecturer which he had filled so ably for nearly 30 years, was presiding as toastmaster. I was officially received in Grand Chapter and was accorded every honor. R. W. Bro. Jolly P. Hurtt, Grand High Priest, gave a splendid account of his two very busy years in that office. He is D. D. G. M. of the 36th District. Apr. 24-Attended the Annual Conclave of the Grand Commandery, Knights Templar of Missouri, meeting in St. Louis on the above date. Brother Fred Park, Grand Commander, presided, and gave a fine report on his two years in that office. It was my pleasure see my good friend and near neighbor, R W. Brother J. M. DeWitt made Grand Commander of our Grand Commandery. Brother DeWitt has been D. D. G. M. of the 2nd District for eight years. I was accorded full honors and every possible courtesy. Apr. 27-Visited the neighboring jurisdiction of Iowa, where I attended a communication of Chariton Lodge No. 63, Chariton, Iowa, the home Lodge of M. W. Brother Wm. L. Perkins, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Iowa. A degree team came over from Lodge No. 210 of Lincoln, Nebraska, to confer a Third Degree, which they did perfectly. That team was accompanied by M. W. Brother William C. Schapfer, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of that state. This meeting was unusual in that the Grand Masters of two neighboring states met in the home Lodge of the third Grand Master to do him honor. I was accompanied by R. W. Brother J. M. DeWitt, Grand Commander, K. T. of Mo., R. W. Brother Bruce H. Hunt, Grand Lecturer of the Grand Chapter of Missouri, and Grand Steward of the Grand Council, R. & S. M. of Missouri, and several other distinguished brethren. Apr. 29-1 presided over a conference of D. D. G. M. 's and D. D. G. L. 's meeting in Kansas City, attended by 40 of these officers from the western part .of the state. A number of items of importance were covered in the conference lasting some two hours. The Grand Lecturer held a school of instruction in the afternoon. May 2-At a meeting held in Kirksville on this date I was awarded the honorary Legion of Honor of the Order of DeMolay, the presentation being made by my long-time friend, Brother Calvin M. Keller of Moberly. Present also on this occasion to do me honor were R. W. Bro. George C. Marquis, Grand Lecturer Emeritus of the Grand Chapter, R. A. M. of Missouri, R. W. Bro. J. M. DeWitt, Grand Commandery, K. T. of Mis-

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souri, R. W. Bro. Bruce H. Hunt, Grand Lecturer, Grand Chapter, R. A. M. of Missouri. and several other distinguished brethren. May 3-Accompanied 13rother Walter H. Niestrath, Grand Master of the Grand Council, R. & S. M. of Missouri, on his official visit to Kirksville Council No. 44, and witnessed the conferring of the Superexcellent Master Degree in a very creditable manner. May 13-Presided at a conference of D. D. G. M. 's and D. D. G. L. 'a in St. Louis. Only about 16 out of the 60 who were supposed to have attended were abaent. A number of matters of importance were covered in the two-hour conference. The Grand Lecturer conducted another of his good schools of instruction. May l~Visited Twilight Lodge No. 114 in Columbia to witness the conferring of the Master 'a Degree on Brother Louis Walden by his seven brothers. This was a most noteworthy occasion, one which has seldom ~een duplicated. I was officially received with appropriate honora. VISIT TO FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS

I received many invitations to visit other jurisdictions, but was prevented from accepting most of them by physical limitations. I was privileged to visit the Grand Lodge of Iowa meeting in Des Moines on June lIth and 12th, 1946. There I was officially received with full honors, and was accorded every honor and courtesy that could possibly have been given a visitor. M. W. Brother William L. Perkins presided as Grand Master in a most delightful manner, and gave a full and interesting report of his very busy two years in that office. I was represented by R. W. Brother Harry F. Sunderland, J. G. W., in the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Kansas; by M. W. Brother Harold L. Reader in the Grand Lodge of Nebraska; by M. W. Brother Harold L. Reader and M. W. Brother J. M. Skelly in the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky. A threatened railroad strike prevented our being represented in the communication of the Grand Lodge of Indiana. AID TO WAR-DEVASTATED COUNTRIES

Last year the Masonic Service Association of the U. S. appointed a commission headed by M. W. Brother Ray V. Denslow to go to Europe and study first-hand conditions in the countries that were devastated by the enemy, so far as Masonic work is concerned. This commission received the full cooperation of the President of the United States, and their work was a complete success. Their report has been printed and distributed throughout the nation, and, presumably, most of those who are interested have had a chance to study it. On the basis of that report, and with the connections established through the work of that commission, we have been enabled to begin the work of helping to rebuild Freemasonry in Europe. In a number of countries, notably in Greece, Italy, Denmark, Holland, and, possibly a few others, opportunities are great for rebuilding, and con-

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ditions are most favorable. Through the M. S. A. we have been rendering much valuable aid. This Grand Lodge made a contribution of $10,000 to that work in Europe, and $10,009.08 for the work in the Philippines. The M. S. A. has issued an appeal for the contribution of Lodge furniture and equipment to be sent to the Grand Lodges of Europe. This material needed consists of Bibles, columns, squares and compasses, altars, pedestals, and many other things needed to equip and furnish a Lodge. Most of the Lodges were completely destroyed by the enemy, and our brethren over there must start with practically nothing but stout hearts, and an undying love of Masonry. The brethren of this state are to be congratulated for being among the leaders in the amount contributed to the relief of our brethren in other countries. Only a very few Grand Lodges have exceeded the amount we have contributed. I am sure that we shall be willing to contribute more should the need require it. CONTINUING WORK AMONG WAR VETERANS AND IN CAMPS

The work of the Service Center at Rolla is being continued with special reference to work in the O'Reilly General Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. Since that hospital was not accepted by the Veterans Administration it is probable that it will be discontinued before so very long. In the interim, we are trying to carryon hospital visitation work there. The work has been handicapped by the refusal of the commanding officer to cooperate, but W. Brother Robert R. Wright is on the job in that area, and that is sufficient guarantee that whatever can be done for the men in Fort Leonard Wood, and in the General Hospital will be done. W. Bro. John Black Vrooman is the hospital visitor in the Veterans Hospital in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, and is doing a fine work there. Both of these projects are under the direction of the Masonic Service Association of the United States. It is to be hoped that the type of work being done by Brother Vrooman can be continued indefinitely. Having once, and recently, been a patient in an army hospital myself, I can appreciate what it means to a Mason to have a brother call on him and render anyone of a multitude of the little services that a thoughtful brother can render. SPECIFIC COMMUNICATION OF THE GRAND LODGE

On November 15, 1945, I called a specific communication of the Grand Lodge to meet in the beautiful Sanctum Sanctorum of Ivanhoe Temple in Kansas City for the purpose of receiving a commission of distinguished brethren from the eighteen Grand Lodges of Mexico who had come to pay this Grand Lodge a fraternal visit, and express the gratitude of the Mexican brethren to this Grand Lodge for our having been the first to extend to their respective Grand Lodges fraternal recognition. Their delegation was headed by M. W. Brother

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Valentin Rincon, Judge of the Supreme Court of Mexico, and a Past Grand Master of the Gran Logia Valle de Mexico; M. 'V. Brother Eliud G. Trevino, M.D., a Past Grand Master of Gran Logia Nuevo Leon; M. 'V. Brother Marino Marin, Past Grand Master of the Gran Logia Tamaulipas; and M. 'V. Brother \Valter Turnpaugh, Past Grand Master of the York Grand Lodge of Mexico. They had been designated by the Confederation of Mexican Grand Lodg£'s to come to Missouri for that purpose. The Communication of this Grand Lodge was opened formally, and our distinguished guests were presented by M. 'N. Brother Ray V. Denslow, whose work in the interest of better understanding with our neighbors to the south has been a very outstanding contribution to Freemasonry. M. W. Brother Rincon spoke through M. W. Brother Trevino as an interpreter, speaking elequently his appreciation of the efforts of this Grand Lodge toward better understanding and closer friendship between our jurisdiction and those in Mexico. Next came M. W. Brother Trevino speaking in similar vein, using perfect English, he having received his medical education in this country. M. W. Brother Marin, a lumber merchant of national prominence, spoke in similar vein through the same interpreter. Last came our old friend, M. W. Brother Walter Turnpaugh, an electrical engineer in Mexico, speaking with intimate knowledge of the growth of Mexican Masonry, and of the work that has led to the present close understanding and good fellowship among the Grand Lodges of that country and between each of them and this Grand Lodge. All expressed deep appreciation of what we have done to promote Masonry on the south side of the Rio Grande. A delicious breakfast next morning climaxed the occasion, it being given by the officers and past masters of Ivanhoe Lodge. THE MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES

Through the years I have had a fair opportunity to study the Masonic Service Association of the United States at work. I am convinced that it constitutes one of the very forward-looking actions taken by the Masons of the United States. I realize that it has not always been above criticism, but, at the same time, I know that it is the only agency through which the various Grand Lodges of the United States can cooperate effectively to relieve distress among our brethren, whether in war or in peace. In peace we have seen it go to the relief of Masons in areas devastated by storm or flooJ. In war we have seen it serve the personnel of our armed forces without regard to creed or Masonic status. Through it the various Grand Lodges can pool their resources to focus on need wherever it is found. The M. S. A. renders a vital service aside from its work in the relief of distres~, or in war service. It makes a distinct contribution to Masonic Education through its distribution of Masonic literature.

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It is hard to see why Masons should hesitate to poot their efforts through such an organization, when, to me, at least, it is so obvious that the old saying, "in unity there is strength," is just as applicable here as anywhere else. Of course it costs some, but, as I see it, the amount is small when compared to the good that can be done, and is being done by that organization. Personally, I want to compliment M. W. Brother Carl Claudy, the Executive Secretary of the M. S. A., for his faithful and efficient service to the Fraternity throughout the world. He has furnished the leadership whereby we are able to send relief to those who need it, and be certain that it is going where we want it to go. His organization makes and maintains the contacts throughout Europe and elsewhere through which our contributions to the needy brethren of Europe and the far east can flow with speed and certainty. More power to the M. S. A.! I consider that the small sum it costs us is well worth the price, and much more. DISPENSATIONS To : Springhill Lodge No. 155-To hold election of officers on October 6, 1945. To: R. W. Morris Ewing, Senior Grand Warden-To lay corner stone of school building at Sarcoxie, Mo., on Oct. 16, 1945. . To: R. W. Robert L. Fowlkes, D. D. G.M., 50th District-To dedicate High School Building at Charleston for Masonic purposes. To: Charleston Lodge No. 407-To hold meeting in High School Building Oct. 30, 1945. To: Shekinah Lodge No. 256, Festus, Mo.-To reballot on petitions of Oscar Tom LaPlant and Harold Mack Steward. To: Dawn Lodge No. 539-To hold election of officers on the first regular meeting night in December. To: Ark Lodge No.6-To hold meetings temporarily in the Hall of Edina Lodge No. 291 until such time as the building of Ark Lodge No.6 can be repaired. To: A. B. Cleaveland, D. D. G. M., 12th Mas. District-To dedicate High School Gymnasium at Polo, Missouri, for Masonic purposes. To: Polo Lodge No. 232-To hold special meeting in High School Gymnasium at Polo, Mo., Dec. 7, 1945, provided that said gymnasium has been dedicated for Masonic purposes. To: Phoenix Lodge No. 136-To hold election of officers on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 1946. To: Pauldingville Lodge No. ll-To hold election of officers on Saturday evening, December 15, 1945. To: Olive Branch Lodge No. 576-To hold public installation in New Masonic Temple Thursday evening, Dec. 27, 1945. To: Independence Lodge No. 76-To hold installation of officers at Memorial Hall, Independence, Mo., on Friday, Jan. 4, 1946. To: Palestine Lodge No. 241-To hold installation of officers on Tllursday, January 3, 1946. To: R. A. Brewer, D. D. G. M.. 32nd District-To dedicate new Hall of Herman Lodge No. 123, second floor, Bldg. 117E. Second St., Herman, Mo. To: Altamont Lodge No. lOB-To hold annual election of officers on Thursday, Dec. 27, 1945.

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To: Shaveh Lodge No. 646-To hold installation of officers on Saturday, Jan. 12, 1946. To: Skidmore Lodge No. 511-To hold annual election of officers on Dec. 26, 1945. To: Sheffield Lodge No. 625-For election of officers on Thursday, Dec. 27, 1945. To: Equality Lodge No. 497-To hold annual election of officers on Dec. 28, 1945. To: Huntsville Lodge No. 30-}~or holding public joint installation of officers in High School Auditorium at Huntsville, Mo., on Jan. 4, 1946 (provided Auditorium has been dedicated for Masonic purposes). To: Magnolia Lodge No. 626-To hold installation of officers at Alhambra Grotto January 5, 1946. To: Unionville Lodge No. 210-To hold meeting on January 10, 1946, in High School Gymnasium for public installation of officers (provided Gymnasium has been dedicated for Masonic purposes). To: Ark Lodge No.6-To hold stated communication of Jan. 16, 1946, in Hall of Edina Lodge No. 291, Edina, Missouri. To: Clarence Lodge No. 662-To hold annual election of officers on January 15, 1946. To: Altamont Lodge No. 108-To hold election of officers on January 24, 1946. To: Louisville Lodge No. 409-To hold election of officers on January 18, 1946. To: Wallace Lodge No. 456-To hold annual election of officers on February 1, 1946. To: Greentop Lodge No. 635-To hold annual election on January 28, 1946. To: Oriental Lodge No. 518-To hold election of officers on Jan. 29, 1946. To: Shekinah Lodge No. 256-To reballot on petitions of Isaac Rayford Evans and Charles T. Harris on February 26, 1946. To: Beacon Lodge No.3-To hold public installation of officers in Commandery Hall, New Masonic Temple on Wednesday, April 3, 1946. To: Grovespring Lodge No. 589-To hold election of officers on February 16, 1946. To: Brumley Lodge No. 203-To hold election of officers on Friday, March 15, 1946. To: Shekinah Lodge No. 256-To reballot on petition of Chalmer Willis Self on Tuesday, March 26, 1946. To: Cole Camp Lodge No. 595-To hold election of officers on Wednesday, March 20, 1946. To: Berlin Lodge No. 378-To hold meeting on March 7 in the Hall of Ancient Craft Lodge No. 377 at King City, Mo., and to continue to meet therein until Berlin Lodge secures a Hall of its own in which to meet. To: Olive Branch Lodge No. 576-To hold special meeting in New Masonic Temple on Thursday evening, April 16, 1946, to confer M. M. Degree. To: Milford Lodge No. 516-To hold election of Officers on April 20, 1946. To: Clifton Heights Lodge No. 520-To reballot on petition of Chester F. Lacey, :May 14, 1946 (First meeting in May). To Platte City Lodge No. 504-To hold regular meeting of April 22 at Odd Fellows Hall.

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To: R. D. Ellington, Jr., D. D. G. M., 5th District-To dedicate High School Auditorium at Hayti for Masonic purposes. To: Hayti Lodge No. 571-To hold meeting in High School Auditorium at Hayti on May 31, 1946. To: Shekinah Lodge No. 256-To reballot on petitions of Carl Leo Barton, Charles Edward Best and John H. Burns, at 2nd regular meeting in May-May 28, 1946. To: Charity Lodge No. 331-To hold special meetings until September 20, 1946, in Scottish Rite Temple, St. Joseph. To: St. Joseph Lodge No. 78-To hold special meetings in Scottish Rite Temple from June 24, 1946, to Oct. 1,1946. To: Olive Branch Lodge No. 576-To reballot on petitions of P. J. Parnes and H. F. Jobush at regular meeting of July 9, 1946. To: Williamstown Lodge No. 370-To hola election of officers July 25,1946. NECROLOGY

We are thankful that death has not invaded the official line of this Grand Lodge. However, death came on March 20, 1946, to R. W. Brother Frederick M. Smith, Grand Chaplain, at his home in Independence, Mo. and to R. W. Brother J. Clyde Akers, D. D. G. M. of the 48th District, at his home in Farmington, Mo. Two other faithful brethren of this Grand Lodge have been called from labor. Brother Herman Mauch, and Brother Frank Wielandy, members of the Masonic Home Board, passed to their reward since last we met, and their successors have been chosen to continue the important work of the Masonic Home. Brother Mauch died on March 25, 1946, and Brother Frank Wielandy on June 25, 1946. Each of these brothers rendered conspicuous service to Freemasonry, and will be greatly missed. The Committee on Necrology will pay appropriate tribute to the memory of each of these distinguished brethren. MASONIC DISCIPLINE

There have been a number of cases wherein I have had occasion to appoint trial commissions to conduct Masonic trials. Each case was heard according to law and Masonic usage, and, so far as I am informed, verdicts rendered accordingly. To my knowledge, no case has been appealed to the Grand Lodge this year. I have had no occasion to order trial in any case, the Lodges having acted properly and promptly in each case. DECISIONS

I should like to call attention to the decisions contained in my annual report of 1945, and printed on pages 34-37 of the printed report, and on pages 36-39 of the 1945 Proceedings. These have not been acted upon by the Grand Lodge. In addition to the decisions which I reported last year, I submit herewith those that I have been called upon to make during the past year.

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1. A brother who is a Fellowcraft in a Lodge in Kansas, and who now resides within the jurisdiction of a Missouri Lodge is eligible to petition for membership in the Missouri Lodge on presentation of a petition for affiliation accompanied by a dimit from his Kansas Lodge, and also a statement from the Kansas Lodge as to his proficiency. This decision is rendered in order to clarify an apparent conflict between Decision made in 1905 on Sec. 117 of the Grand Lodge By-laws, and one made in 1928, p. 22. 2. A petitioner elected in one Lodge may advance in that Lodge, even though he may remove to another jurisdiction, the transfer of membership being made, if the member wishes, after the completion of his degrees. In such a situation, he may prefer to transfer his membership as provided in Sec. 116 of the By-laws, which law permits the transfer by affiliation of an Entered Apprentice or a Fellowcraft. 3. A Lodge may have joint representation with churches or other civic, religious or patriotic groups on committees to aid returning veterans. 4..

If a Lodge fails to hold its annual election before midnight on the date specified in the By-laws of that Lodge, the election held after midnight is void and illegal.

5. It is illegal for a Mason to operate a school for bartenders. It is my opinion that, if it is illegal for a l\fason to retail liquors, it should be so for one to teach others how to do so. 6. A Mason who becomes a non-affiliate by virtue of his having received a dimit from his Lodge is eligible to petition another Lodge for affiliation on waiver of jurisdiction from his former home Lodge regardless of his place of residence. 7. One question has appeared more than once in my administration, and I am asking that the Grand Lodge clarify its position on that point. The question is: "Is it legal, Masonically, for a Freemason, acting in and through an organization of Freemasons, directly or indirectly, to buy liquor to be sold, given away, or otherwise disposed of to the membership only~" Section 199 of the Grand Lodge Bylaws (Decision Proc. 1939, pp. 137-8) states that: "Any direct or indirect connection with such manufacture, sale (whether wholesale or retail), or handling of intoxicating liquors as tends, or which

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occurs in such manner or under such circumstances or manner which tends, to impair the good name of the Masonic institution or its usefulness ... is hereby declared to be such conduct as impairs the good name of the Masonic institution or its usefulness or degrades it in public estimation." My opinion is that the words "or otherwise disposed of," as found in the above cited decision do apply to the type of case cited in the above question, and does impair the good name of the Masonic institution within the meaning of the above-cited decision. It seems wholly incongruous to me that one Mason, acting through an organization of Masons could dispense liquor with impunity, while another, acting on his own initiative, would be guilty of a Masonic offense for doing the same thing. There is no question in my mind but that the liquor traffic is an evil, and the Masonic Fraternity cannot afford to compromise with evil in any form. The day it does so, that day will it begin its decline into just another organization. The one thing that has brought Freemasonry triumphantly through the many vicissitudes and hardships in centuries past has been its firm adherence to the moral law, and I should regret to see our Grand Lodge take a position of compromising with a known and universally-recognized evil. 8. It is not proper for any Lodge, or any Lodge officer, to issue a list of its members to be used for any commercial purpose, even though that purpose may be for the sale of Masonic literature. 9. When a Lodge invades the jurisdiction of another Lodge, and, in consequence thereof, pays the penalty of double the fee received, as is provided by our law, the Lodge so paying such fee penalty is entitled to have the petitioner in question become a member of such Lodge paying such penalty, and the acceptance of such penalty on the part of the Lodge whose jurisdiction has been invaded amounts to a waiver of jurisdiction, even though such waiver had previously been refused. THE MASONIO HOME OF MISSOURI

As has been so often, and so truly, said, our Masonic Home is our greatest charity. It has been my privilege to make an intimate study of this Home during my two years as Grand Master, and I can truthfully tell the Masons of Missouri that we have every reason to be proud of the work being done there. It has grown to be a big business with an endowment fund, and other funds totalling more than a million and a quarter dollars, and property worth at least another million dollars. The management of this large amount of property so that we may be able to secure a maximum of income with a maximum of safety is a task requiring a high order of business and executive ability. 'Ve have been fortunate in having as President of the Home,

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and in charge of its business affairs M. W. Brother 'V. W. Martin, a director of the Federal Land Bank, and a business man of wide experience and contacts. The Board of Directors wisely decided that the time has come when we should have a man as Superintendent who is especially fitted by training and experience to have charge of the administrative details of the Home, other than financial matters. They searched diligently, and, in my opinion, have been particularly fortunate in the choice of Brother E. J. Reynolds, recently Superintendent of School of Moberly, Missouri, to fill that position. Dr. Reynolds is highly educated, holding a Doctor's degree from the University of Missouri in the field of administration. He has had wide experience in dealing with people, and is rated one of the best school administrators in the state. So high has been his standing in this field that, for several years, he has spent his summers teaching courses in educational administration in the University of Missouri. I have known Brother Reynolds intimately for many years, and it is my opinion that we are fortunate in having a man of such high caliber in that position. In the past we have chosen a man for his Masonic standing and have assumed that he could learn the details of the Superintendency of our Home. This time the Board has seen fit to pick a man for his special fitness and give him the specialized training needed on the job. The employment of a Superintendent does not lessen the duties of Brother Martin appreciably. It means that many phases of the work will now have executive direction and unification that formerly have managed, somehow, to get along without such direction. It was not possible for Brother Martin to attend to all details of his own job, and that of Superintendent. I have heard him say many times during his incumbency in office that he is not trying to be a superintendent. I know that he has had his hands very full with the management of the property and funds of the Home. There is much that is needed to be done in the improvement of the physical plant. We need a new hospital building desperately. 'Ve shall have to build a new power plant in the immediate future, or risk a complete shut-down because of the failure of the present plant. Better quarters should be provided for the old men. There is the constant danger of fire in those old buildings, and they are wholly out of harmony with what Freemasonry in Missouri should do for our unfortunate brethren. The Board has been making plans in these directions, but they need much more money than is now available. It is folly to say that the Masons of Missouri cannot afford to build the type of accommodations our indigent brethren and their families need. We just fail, or refuse to face the facts squarely. It is possible for us to build an endowment fund that will take care of the maintenance of the plant. To do this we need only to face the goal, and be certain that none of our own number sabotage the

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efforts to interest persons with means in making the Masonic Home a beneficiary in their estates. When members of the Fraternity make remarks about the Home that bring it into disrepute we need not be surprised if those who might render financial help make other disposition of their funds. Any Mason in Missouri is entitled to know all the facts about the Home, and can get such facts simply for the asking by going to the President or to the Superintendent of the Home. There is never any need for a whispering campaign that always undermines the good reputation of the Home, and does no one any good. The Grand Lodge has recently spent over eight hundred dollars in a complete investigation of all phases of the Home, just because a few brethren talked and acted before they got the full facts. A copy of the report of that investigation has gone out to the leaders of the Fraternity, and to the Lodges, and you may be certain that it contains the full and complete story, with no efforts at "whitewashing" anyone or any situation. I want, again, to express my deep appreciation to M. W. Brother W. F. 'Voodruff and his committee for the splendid work they did, at the cost of so much time and effort, which they gave freely. I want to renew a statement which I made last year concerning the importance of care in the selection of members on the Masonic Home Board. This Home has become a two to three million dollar business, and any business of that magnitude requires directors who are men of sound business judgment. It is never in order to award Masonic diligence or fidelity by election to membership on that Board. Those who are to serve us on that Board should be men of outstanding qualifications for the job of directing a business of that magnitude. No commercial business would think of selecting members of a board of directors as we have often done in the selection of members of our Home Board. I have worked intimately with the present Board, and I have fullest confidence in each of them. I have seen the efficient manner in which they have dispatched the business of the Home, but I am always apprehensive that our enthusiasm for rewarding some brother may sweep aside our view of the character of the task to be done, when it comes to the election of members to fill those important offices. We must be alert to the caliber of men whom we intrust with the important work of management of our three million dollar business. There are many splendid Masons who are not qualified for duty on that Board. As I have already mentioned, the Fraternity suffered the loss of two valuable members of the Home Board recently. Brother Herman Mauch, Treasurer of the Board, died last March, and Brother Frank Wielandy, long a member of the Board, passed on in June last. The vacancies thus created have been filled, that made by the death of Brother Mauch being filled by Brother Theis, a St. Louis banker, and the other vacancy was filled by the selection of M. W. Brother Harris

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Johnston. These are two excellent selections, each being a man who is well qualified to bring much of ability and experience to the position. APPOINTMENTS AND COMMISSIONS

I have had occasion to make few appointments during the past year. The list of appointments made will be found in the report of the Grand Secretary. The list will be found to include the name of my long-time friend, Brother J. Pressley Pound of Macon, Mo., Rector of the Episcopal Church of that city, as Grand Chaplain. He was duly installed in his office in Jackson Lodge No. 82 in Linneus, Mo., on Oct. 8, 1945. RECOMMENDATIONS

1. I recommend that a charter be issued to Freedom Lodge U. D. of Mehlville, Mo. 2. I recommend that provision be made by the Grand Lodge whereby a school of instruction in Lodge Administration be held annually in each Masonic District of the state under the direction of the Grand Master. These schools of instruction should be entirely separate, and in no way conflict with the schools of instruction in the ritual which are conducted under the direction of the Grand Lecturer. It is suggested that these administration schools be held shortly before January 1st of each year, or as soon thereafter as possible. The elective officers of each Lodge in the district should be asked to attend, and the program of Instruction be so planned by the Grand Master and the Grand Secretary as to cover the duties and responsibilities of each of the officers of the Lodge, and the relationships between the functioning of the Lodge and that of the Grand Lodge. The Grand Master and the Grand Secretary should prepare mimeographed or printed instructions, and send such instructions and directions to each D. D. G. M. well in advance of the time of the meeting. The agenda should cover the items which have been found most important in Lodge administration. The D. D. G. M., who should be in charge of the school, should report in full to the Grand Master as soon as possible after the school has been held, giving all important details.

3. I recommend that the state be redistricted into a much smaller number of Masonic Districts, and that the Jurisprudence Committee take steps at once to make such change. This would necessitate a somewhat heavier burden on the D. D. G. M. On that account I recommend that the office of D. D. G. M., and D. L. be separated, and not both be held by one man. I further recommend that the actual

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expenses of the D. D. G. M., and the D. L. be paid by the Grand Lodge upon presentation of proper vouchers for official visitations. 4. I recommend that, hereafter, no brother be permitted to hold the office of D. D. G. M. for more than five consecutive years.

5. Section 115 of the Grand Lodge By-laws covers the failure of a candidate to advance within a period of 12 months. In my opinion Decision made in 1910, (Proc. G. L. 1910, p. 23) requiring an Entered Apprentice or a Fellowcraft to'petition for the right to advance when he has, for any cause, delayed his advancement as much as 12 months, is out of harmony with the spirit of Freemasonry. That places the brother Entered Apprentice or Fellowcraft on the same basis as the profane who is filing his petition for membership. If an objection is filed to the advancement of a brother who is receiving his degrees within 12 months period, that stoppage must be followed by the filing of formal charges within 60 days, or the brother may advance in spite of the stoppage. As I see it, the same principle applies to the brother who has delayed his advancement 12 months or more, and who is rejected on his petition to advance. That negative vote should have the force and effect of an objection, and not of a black-ball, and should have to be followed by the filing of formal charges within 60 days, or, failing the filing of such charges, the candidate is automatically permitted to advance in regular manner. I recommend that all legislation to the contrary be rescinded, and the principle above outlined be made law. 6. Since House Bill No.471 passed by the recent session of the General Assembly of the state wholly exempts subordinate Lodges and the Grand Lodge from the payment of any taxation, it follows that our Masonic Home will not be subject to taxation in any form. In fulfillment of our obligation to the public in pursuance of this exemption, I recommend that the rules of the Masonic Home Board be so changed as to permit the admission of a relatively small number of poor children from non-Masonic families, care being taken at all times to maintain a safe margin that will enable the Fraternity to take care of all needs of children of Masonic families.

7. I recommend that immediate steps be taken to establish a Masonic newspaper under the sponsorship and direction of the Grand Lodge. I know of few, if any, active organizations that do not have a medium of exchange whereby information and educational matter can be furnished the membership. The great need for such a publication has been deeply impressed upon me during my two years as Grand Master.

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Many jurisdictions have such publications, much to the benefit of the Craft. To this end I recommend: a. That the incoming Grand Master appoint a Board of three Past Grand Masters, one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, and each, or his successor, to serve thereafter for a period of three years. This Board should have full charge of the publication of the paper, and of determining its policies and personnel. b. This Board should select a brother of suitable experience and training to serve full time as editor, and another, similarly well trained for his work, to be business manager, he, also, to serve full time in this office. c. The publication should be a monthly newspaper devoted to news of general interest to the Craft, and to official communication by officers of the Grand Lodge. d. Each Master Mason holding membership in a Missouri Lodge should receive a copy, having his name on the regular mailing list of the publication, without cost to him, other than his Lodge dues. e. The business manager of the publication should secure a suitable amount of advertising of the class and type in keeping with the honor and dignity of the Fraternity. f. The sum of fifty cents per annum from the Grand Lodge per capita dues should be set aside for this purpose. The total dues to the Grand Lodge should be increased by that amount. g. The Grand Lodge should appropriate the sum of $12,000 for the first year to p~y salaries of the editor, business manager and stenographer, to start the project. h. The Grand Secretary should furnish office space until such time as the Board can make other suitable arrangements. 8. I recommend that the laws of this Grand Lodge be so clarified and written as to prohibit a Mason from holding membership in a Lodge in this state, or residing in this state, and holding membership elsewhere, from engaging in the liquor business in any form, or being connected therewith in any manner. No person so engaged in such business should be eligible for membership in a Lodge in this state. It is illogical and inconsistent to prohibit a Mason from selling liquor by the drink, and yet permit one to sell it by the quart, or by the barrel, since the danger inherent in the latter case is many times greater than in the former. Fundamentally, and basically, the whole liquor business is just as incongruous with Freemasonry as it is with the church. Men should choose between these two institutions whose principles are so diametrically opposed to each other as are the liquor business and Freemasonry. 9. I recommend that the Grand Lodge return to the policy of having

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the portrait of the Grand Master painted instead of having a photograph made, as has been the practice in recent years. The only reason for having a picture of a Grand Master placed in the archives is for the benefit of future generations of Masons in the years, and centuries to come. It has been observed very frequently that photographs do not keep their original clarity with the passing of the years, and may, in fact, fade to the point as to be almost unrecognizable. I believe the Grand Lodge will want to make these records permanent. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am indebted to very many of the brethren for whatever of success my administration may have achieved. The Grand Secretary, M. W. Harold L. Reader, has been ever ready with advice and assistance, and the efficient manner in which he and his staff have conducted the affairs of his office has made my work easier. Each of the line officers of the Grand Lodge has contributed much to the progress and facility of the ·work. I have been especially fortunate in having a splendid group of District Deputy Grand Masters upon whom I could with confidence rely. The District Deputy Grand Lecturers have been faithful and efficient in the teaching of the ritual. Thousands of the brethren throughout the state have, through their cooperation and help, made possible much of the achievement that has been recorded. I would be remiss in my performance of duty did I not pay tribute to that group of distinguished Masonic leaders who have preceded me in this office. I have leaned heavily on them at times, and have never been disappointed when I turned to one of them for help. My work has been made much easier by the faithful and efficient cooperation and help of my good wife, who has never failed to give encouragement and aid in my work. In my work having to do with the establishment of fraternal relations with the Grand Lodges of Mexico, I have been given most valuable assistance by M. W. Brother Ray V. Denslow, whose knowledge of Masonic conditions in that country is based upon careful and intimate personal study. CONCLUSION

As I come to the end of my period of service as your Grand Master, and, once more retire to become one in the ranks, I am profoundly grateful that I have been given strength and health to carry on the work. I can never adequately express my deep appreciation to the brethren of this grand Lodge for the high honor they have accorded me, and for the loyal support and cooperation which they have given me. It is the climax of all things Masonic for one to be intrusted with the duties and responsibilities as Grand Master of his Grand Lodge. Whatever I may do in the future, or wherever God may cast my lot, I shall always hold as fondest memories the very delightful fellowship which I have enjoyed with my brethren of this Grand Lodge. No one

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could ever ask for more faithful friends, or more loyal companionship than I have enjoyed as an officer of this Grand Lodge. I know that I have had many short-comings, and that I have often erred, but the generous charity of my brethren has been extended in a glorious benediction of love, and that has made my labors a joy to me. The longer I labor in this world the more I am impressed with the fact that there are millions of persons who seem to have limited sense of values in this life. There are those who, from the manner of their use of leisure time, might be supremely happy throughout the endless cycles of eternity just playing pinochle. There are those who might be found reading an almanac in the Congressional Library. If life does anything for us it should enable us to cultivate a proper sense of values. No life is well-spent when it is devoted to doing merely good things, when there are the best things that are daily challenging us. It is my opinion that, if we could, somehow, grasp the vision caught by James J. Metcalfe in his little poem "Closer to God," we should go far toward laying the foundations for a right perception of values. The poem is: "Whatever we desire, and wherever we may plod We ought to think a little more of what we owe to God. We ought to thank Him for this life with all its beauty bright; The sunshine and the flowers, and the silver stars at night; The friendships and the pleasures that are ours to have and hold, And all the other things that turn to memories of gold, And we should try to live our lives according to His way. To glorify and honor Him by what we do and say. We ought to practice virtue and to set our sins apart, And live a little closer to His kind and loving heart."

And so, my brethren, I bring· to a close my final message as your Grand Master with this brief thought: A thousand thanks to you, my friends, who've been so kind to me, And may the God of love and peace forever dwell with thee.

Fraternally submitted,

Grand Master.

THE DEPUTY GRAND MAS'l'EH: Brethren, you have heard the address of the Grand Master: This address will be presented to the Committee on Grand Master's Address, the Chairman of which is M. W. Brother 'V. F. 'Voodruff.

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Following the Grand Master's address, the following nominations for Directors of the Masonic Home were made: Byrne E. Bigger, Ray V. Denslow, George W. \Valker, Harry Theiss, Harris C. Johnson, Cecil Tolin, George Hollis, Jewel Windell. M. W. BRO. ROBISON: Let me go on just a moment; I think maybe I am, but I trust I am not, irregular. I wonder, Brethren, whether you would not join me in the thought I am going to express right now that we have very rarely listened to so magnificent a message from the Grand Master as we have today. Perhaps it has been in order on these occasions to say such a word as I am going to say now. I don't know whether I have earned the right or not for the last sixteen or seventeen years serving this Grand Lodge and being honored by continuous appointment to the Chaplaincy of it, but I feel that our Grand Master deserves special notice in the records of this convocation for the scholarly, philosophical and poetic, and above all, the grandly humane effort which he has rendered this morning to us. To me persOltally he has been a great inspiration and I know that I believe that I speak the same feeling on your part. Thank you.

REPORT OF GRAND SECRETARY M. W. Bro. Harold L. Reader, Grand Secretary, presented his report for the period September 11, 1945, to September 14, 1946, which was adopted and ordered printed in the Proceedings. DUPLICATE CHARTERS

Berlin Lodge No. 378, the original having been destroyed by fire on February 14, 1946; duplicate charter issued March 5, 1946. Carl Junction Lodge No. 549, the original having been lost; duplicate charter issued May 1, 1946. Hamilton Lodge No. 224, original no longer legible; duplicate charter issued May 10, 1946. REPORTS OF D. n. G. M. 's

Blanks for these reports were mailed to the sixty Deputies, and their reports have been turned over to the Committee on Reports of District Deputy Grand Masters. BLANKS FOR ANNUAL RETURNS

Two copies were mailed to each secretary in June, 1946, with accompanying letter, giving full instructions. LODGES CONSOLIDATED

Ark Lodge No.6, united with Edina Lodge No. 291, under the name and number of Edina Lodge No. 291, May 2,1946. COURTESIES

By direction of M. W. Bro. Bray, Grand Master, 307 requests have been made to Sister Grand Jurisdictions to confer Degrees for Missouri

1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Lodges and 247 requests have been made to Missouri Lodges by Sister Grand Jurisdictions. DISPENSATIONS

Dispensations were issued as per the list in the Grand Master's address. MILITARY CERTIFICATES

One hundred and thirty-nine military certificates to brethren in the armed forces have been issued this year, making the grand total since the beginning of the war 4,559. COMMISSIONS ISSUED

M. W. Grand Master Bray appointed the following Grand Representatives of the Grand Lodge of Missouri: Colorado J os. M. Neal, Meeker Philippines Melecio Fabros, Manila Louisiana Robert Walter Smith, New Orleans Mexico Grand Lodge , , Cosmos" Del Estado de Chihuahua Antonio Hernandez, Chihuahua, Chih. Mexico Grand Lodge , , Valle de Mexico," Mexico, D. F Lie. Valentin Rincon, Mexico City

The Grand Master also nominated the following brethren as Grand Representatives of the following lodges near the Grand Lodge of Missouri: Oklahoma Connecticut Mexico: Tamaulipas Occidental Mexicana El Potosi Cosmos Valle de Mexico

Sam Wilcox, St. Joseph Thomas Mather, Kansas City W. J. Craig, Springfield Claude Ferguson, Kansas City R. M. Ranken, Rolla Arthur D. Nordberg, Kansas City E. H. Barklage, St. Charles FIFTY-YEAR BUTTONS

The following brethren whose names have been certified by their respective lodges and confirmed by the records of the Grand Lodge as eligible, have received buttons in recognition of their long years of Masonic standing: No. and Name of Lodge 440 Trowel 267 Aurora 327 l1t. Zion 272 Granite 302 Lick Creek 13 Rising Sun 443 Anchor 73 E·ureka 43 Jefferson 43 Jefferson 335 Joplin

Name of Brother J ohn W. Sample Theo. 'r. Koester Archie T. Hollenbeck William L. Hunnicutt. James L. Towels Lee Williams Frank H. Specht William Knight John G. Lewis W. L. Routszong William A. Nickell

No. of Years 52 50 50 51 50 50 50 50 51 50 51

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

No. and Name of Lodge Name of Brother 163 Occidental Linn Paine 213 Rolla Charles L. Woods 135 Braymer Henry Mills 241 Palestine Lawrence L. McCullough 559 Clarksdale .John R. Elliott 323 Cornerstone Richard L. Furth 179 Pride of the West Charles O. Swint. 614 Mt. Washington William S. Clark 360 Tuscan Oscar F. Baerens 263 Summit Isaac W. Steele 455 Hinton John G. Kelly 433 Mack's Creek Thomas A. Huffman Richard H. Ramsey 613 Wellston 613 Wellston John M. Arnold 94 Vienna John R. Copeland 92 Perseverance William J. Garner 539 Dawn Clay Copple 504 Platte City James H. Hull 504 Platte City Peter Klein 430 Winona John T. Lloyd 230 St. James G. A. Muller 230 St. James Harry Boisselier 9 George Washington John T. Frazier 69 Sullivan James P. Bell 169 Camden Point Egbert R. Hull 291 Edina Sheldon E. Botsford W. Pink Berry 381 Ionia Jesse O. Coffey 380 Queen City. " 19 Paris Union W. H. Bannister 219 Albert Pike William B. Henderson 246 Montgomery Thomas M. Marlow '" 360 Tuscan Charles Morrison 25 N aphtali Ludwig Langfelder 286 Urich William A. Harness 602 Acacia Frank G. Nifong 189 Zeredatha William M. Campbell 32 Humphreys Willis E. Duckworth 630 East Gate William Hussey 496 Robert Burns John R. Reed 578 Forest Park Charles B. Milson 429 New Madrid Charles M. Barnes 60 New Bloomfield Wade F. Enloe 60 New Bloomfield Horace S. Holt 189 Zeredatha Samuel Hassenbusch 99 :¥t. Vernon William Taylor 5 United Edward J. Hughes 64 Monroe Herman Levy 188 Hannibal Thomas A. Rigler 401 Carterville Henry R. Briscoe 121 Erwin Jacob W. Schiele 41 Bismarck Otto W. Ramsey 459 Hazelwood John R. Taggard 331 Charity Hugo F. Miller 331 Charity Horace Stringfellow 98 Webster J. F. McKnight. 222 LaBelle ..•.••..•.• ,., .Horace S. Smith ,

No. of Years 52 50 52 50 50 50 50 50 50 54 53 50 50 50 50 53 51 53 55 51 52 51 50 51 56 50 50 57 50 50 50 50 53 50 50 50 52 53 57 55 50 50 50 50 50 50 54 50 50 50 50 56 50 50 50 50

1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

No. and Name of Lodge Name of Brother 82 Jackson A. L. Pratt .. '" Herman A. Kreibohm 40 Mt. Moriah Charles D. Bolin 1 Missouri A. J. Caulfield 470 Nodaway Thomas C. Crump 259 Lodge of Love Lafayette E. Cooper 376 King Hill Charles W. Knight 630 East Gate Silas D. Thompson 62 Vincil. Newton L. Adams 62 Vincil William S. Waters 491 Vandalia ,Thomas T. Fauntelroy 360 Tuscan W. H. Welch 430 Winona Lewis P. Rampy 319 Paulville Charles Hawcock 189 Zeredatha Arthur S. Partridge 360 Tuscan Frank E. Runnen berger 147 Cass Green L. Myers 440 Trowel H. T. Bowlin 397 Gower Frank M. Frick 392 Christian Walter O. Hart. 334 Breckenridge Grover E. Kelso 322 Hardin A. C. Dearing 268 Lodge of Truth W. B. Anderson 222 LaBelle Edward M. Bradley 272 Granite Charles C. Hickman 563 york Clarence Case 360 Tuscan .R. E. Pipes 4 Howard N. E. Hartman 301 White Hall " George A. Conaway 294 Mound City Maurice A. Mayer 78 St. Joseph Frederick W. Krumm 78 St. Joseph David Berenberg 78 St. Joseph S. A. Smith 263 Summit. J oseph W. Deal 340 Westport George M. Laughlin 366 Adair E. L. Robinson. '" 189 Zeredatha Charles M. Loewe 9 George Washington

No. of Years 52 50 50 52 50 52 51 50 54 50 57 51 50 50 50 51 50 51 50 50 50 51 50 50 50 50 50 50 55 53 53 51 50 50 50 50 50

STATISTICAL

603 . 1 . . 602 1 . . 98,963 93,797 108

Number of Chartered Lodges, September 10, 1945 Lodge U. D Number of Chartered Lodges, September 14, 1946 Lodge U. D September 14, 1946, Total Membership September 10, 1945, Total Membership in 604 Lodges Plus: Adjustments by Audit of Individual Lodges

93,905 Total Number Raised Affiliated Reinstated

5,928 fl30 1,474 8,332

Less: Total Number Dimitted Deaths

864 1,78{)

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

Susp. N. P. D. Susp. U. M. C. Expelled

613 2 6 3,274

Net Gain, September 14, 1946

5,058 98,963

1946 PER CAPITA TAX 1946 Per Capita Tax due on 596 Reporting Lodges Total Amount Paid to September 14, 1946, $205,472.28 (Less Over-Payments of $251.53)

$205,310.85

Balance Due on 596 Reporting Lodges, September 14, 1946 September 14, 1946, 7 Lodges Unreported.

205,220.75 $

90.10

2,500.00

MASONl(J' HOME OF MISSOURI

Welfare Committee: Paid to Masonic Home, Checks 49, 91, 138, 198 and 215 for $500.00 each . Per Capita Tax: Paid to Masonic Home: Check No. 30 . $ 8,565.45 Check No. 216 . 30,000.00 Check No. 217 . 25,000.00 Check No. 245 . 85,000.00 Balance due Masonic Home, on September 14, 1946: On 1946 Per Capita $ 6,765.90 On 1946 Back Per Capita. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,376.50 882.70 On 1945 Back Per Capita

$148,565.45

9,025.10

SPECIAL INITIATION FUND

Paid to Masonic Home, alc this Fund, September 11, 1945 to September 14, 1946 . Balance due Masonic Home to September 14, 1946 .

$ 69,124.13 7,704.13

GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL FUND

Paid to Frederick J. Schondau, Asst. Sec 'y-Treas. (Check No. 36) Balance due to September 14, 1946

. .

5,500.00 7,507.11

September 14, 1946-$500.00 Bond and $504.90 in Bank. . (Of above amount $113.87 was given in May, 1946, by Mr. Marcus A. Loevy, original donor of the Fund).

1,004.90

940.21 11.95

928.26

DR. WILLIAM F. KUHN LIBRARY FUND

JOSEPH S. MCINTYRE LIBRARY FUND

September 10, 1945, Bank Balance Paid out during year for books

,........... .

September 14, 1946, Bank Balance WAR SERVICE FUND

Receipts: From Sept. 11, 1942, to Sept. 10, 1943 (25c Per Capita) From Sept. 11, 1943, to Sept. 10, 1944 (40c Per Capita) (40c Per Capita thereafter)

$ 19,991.93 34,566.84

1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

From Sept. 11, 1944, to Sept. 10, 1945 From Sept. 11, 1945, to Sept. 14, 1946 TOTAL TO DATE Disbursements: Nov. 14, 1941 (Cheek No. 29) Jan. 5, 1942 (Cheek No.6?) May 5, 1942 (Check No. 115) Aug. 10, 1942 (Check No. 150) Apr. 5, 1943 (Cheek No. 105) Sept. 20, 1943 (Cheek No.2) Dee. 15, 1943 (Check No. 58) Apr. 1, 1944 (Cheek No. 112) Aug. 9, 1944 (Cheek No.8) May 10, 1945 (Check No. 183) July 11, 1945 (Cheek No. 223) Aug. 25, 1945 (Cheek No. 245) Feb. 18, 1946 (Check No. 134) Apr. 25, 1946 (Check No. 167) July 25, 1946 (Check No. 225)

. .

36,889.38 39,269.95 $130,718.10

• . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,750.00 1,750.00 1,750.00 1,750.00 3,750.00 11,250.00 7,500.00 7,500.00 15,000.00 15,000.00 7,500.00 7,500.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 $112,000.00

Sept. 14, 1946 UNEXPENDED BALANCE

$ 18,718.10

GRAND LODGE FINANCES

Cash in Grand Lodge Depositories, September 10, 1945 .... Cash BaI. Fidelity Savings Trust Co., Kansas City, Mo. (R~stricted) $ 1,672.60 Cash Bal. Union National Bank, Kansas City, Mo. 98,910.79 Cash Bal. Columbia Savings Bank, Columbia, Mo. 2,500.00

$103,083.39

Receipts: Per Capita Tax, 1946 Back Per Capita Tax, 1933 Back Per Capita Tax, 1935 Back Per Capita Tax, 1936 Back Per Capita Tax, 1937 Back Per Capita Tax, 1938 Back Per Capita Tax, 1939 Back Per Capita Tax, 1940 Back Per Capita Tax, 1941 Back Per Capita Tax, 1942 Back Per Capita Tax, 1943 Back Per Capita Tax, 1944 Back Per Capita Tax, 1945

$205,472.28 $ 500.00 24.20 2.10 14.70 65.10 63.00 14.70 60.90 18.90 73.50 73.50 1,516.50

2,427.10

$207,899.38

War Service Fund Received from defunct Lodges and members thereof Sale of Masonic Manuals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $ 3,467.55 Sale of 1925 Constitution and By-Laws 50.10 Sale of 1921 Constitution and By-Laws 9.50 Sale of Dues Receipts 1,075.62 Sale of Masonic Veteran Buttons 156.00 Sale of one copy" From Mouth to Ear" 1.00

$ 39,269.95 40.00

4,759.71

1046

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

Refund on Mileage and Per Diem Account .. Interest on Permanent Fund Securities .

2,148.50 2,884.22

5,032.72

. .

255.00 2,436.73

Total Income . Amount received from U. S. Treasury, for two 2%, % Bonds called September 15, 1945 . Transfer from Union National Bank to Wood and Huston Bank . Transfer from Columbia Savings Bank to Bank of Kirksville .

$259,693.55

Received for General Library Fund Received for Philippine Masonic Relief Fund

September 11, 1945, Cash in Grand Lodge Depositories ..

2,000.00 10,000.00 2,500.00 $274,193.55 $103,083.39

Total Receipts September 14, 1946 ..................• $377,276.94 ANALYSIS OF DISBURSEMENTS

Total Disbursements to September 14, 1946 Pay Roll Proceedings Salaries and Allowances: Grand Master, Grand Secretary, Grand Treasurer, Grand Lecturer, Grand Lodge Office Account .... $17,781.09 (Less: Fed. W. H. Tax withheld and paid .... $1,862.59 Less: Fed. Employees' O. A. B. withheld and paidJ............ 116.09 $1,978.68) Less: City of St. Louis W. H. Tax, withheld but not paid .

$249,080.38 $

1,617.44

2.71

17,778.38

Grand Correspondent . Maintenance, Grand Lodge Office . Masonic Relief Association of United States and Canada . Past Grand Master's Jewel . Expenses: 1945 Grand Lodge Conference . Reporter: Grand Lodge Session . Telephone: JE 4877 . Bonds: Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer Contingent: Grand Lodge Expense Fund . C. K. Benson Audit Co. . . Expenses, Grand Lodge Officers, Order Grand Master . Printing, Postage and Stationery . District Lecturers' and District Deputies' Conferences . Grand Lodge Officers' Conference . National Masonic Service Association for Military Activities and Rehabilitation .

500.00 1,800.00 312.66 38.30 189.03 300.00 465.52 225.00 83.32 2,339.01 936.58 140.13 30,000.00

4,000.00

1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Expenses: George Washington Memorial and Grand Masters' Conferences . Membership Masonic Service Association " Committee of By-Laws Revision . Ritual Committee Expense . Total Budget Appropriation for 1945-1946 . (Exclusive of Pay Roll) Actual Disbursements . Amount Unexpended " Total paid Masonic Home account Back Per Capita Tax collected to Sept. 14, 1946 .... Total paid Masonic Home account 1946 Per Capita Tax .

375.00 1,937.97 55.72 17.09

59,111.15

$ 61,250.63

59,111.15 2,139.48 $

8,565.45 140,000.00

148,565.45

Total paid Masonic Home account Welfare Committee .. Dues Receipt Cards . Military Certificates . Proficiency Certificates . Social Security, Title VIII-Federal Old Age Pension, (Grand Lodge portion) . Purchase of Masonie Manuals . Purchase of U. S. Government Bonds . Masonic Home Investigating Committee . E. E. Morris-Union National Bank: Bank Charges . E. E. Morris-Union National Bank: Safe Deposit Rent $9.00 and refund for over-payment on Bond Interest $100.00 . Philippine Relief Fund (Masonie Relief Assoeiation of the United States . Victor Linen and Towel Service Co. . . Refund for overcharge on Social Security . Purchase of Masonie Veteran Buttons . Payment to Dr. T. W. Cotton, Chairman Welfare Committee-Anonymous Charity Donation .

2,500.00 1,127.10 40.59 34.41 109.41 1,838.55 15,000.00 644.75 32.05 109.00 3,009.08 27.00 3.36 378.48 50.00 $236,580.38

Transfer of Funds from Union National Bank to Wood and Huston Bank, Marshall, Mo . Transfer of Funds from Columbia Savings Bank to Bank of Kirksville, Kirksville, Mo. . . Total Disbursements to September 14, 1946

10,000.00 2,500.00 $249,080.38

RECAPITULATION

. .

$377,276.94 249,080.38

Cash Balance, September 14, 1946, in General Fund . Cash Balance, September 14, 1946, Fidelity Savings Trust Co., Kansas City, Mo. (Restricted) $ 1,672.60 Cash Balance, September 14, 1946, Bank of Kirksville, Kirksville, Mo. 2,500.00 Cash Balance September 14, 1946, Wood and Huston Bank, Marshall, Mo. 10,000.00

$128,196.56

Total Reeeipts to September 14, 1946 Total Disbursements to September 14, 1946

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

Cash Balance, September 14, 1946, Union National Bank, Kansas City, Mo .

114,023.96

Less: Balance due Masonic Home A/e 1946 Per Capita Tax from September 11, 1945 to September 14, 1946 . Less: $1,672.60 "Restricted" Fidelity Savings Trust Co., Kansas City, Mo. . . Less: Masonic Service Association on Masonic Relief Funds .........•........... Less: General Library Fund . Less: Unexpended Balance of War Service Fund .

$128,196.56

9,025.10 1,672.60 252.87 255.00 29,923.67

18,718.10

September 14, 1946, Total Amount Available Cash in General Fund

$ 98,272.89

Fraternally submitted,

Grand Secretary. REPORT OF GRAND TREASURER

To the Most Worship.ful Grand Lodge, A. F. &' A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: I submit herewith an abbreviated report of the Grand Treasurer from September 10, 1945, to September 14, 1946. A detailed report, showing all items in full, is filed with the Grand Secretary for the inspection of officers and members at any time they may desire additional information. Showing only a skeleton report is for the purpose of saving a substantial sum in printing of Annual Proceedings. 1945 Sept. 10

Sept. 10

Balance in Fidelity Savings Trust Co. (Restricted) . Balance in Columbia Savings Bank Balance in Union National Bank .. Received from Grand Secretary during the year .

1,672.60 2,500.00

4,172.60

99,060.79 261,693.55

360,754.34 $364,926.94

1946 Sept. 14

Disbursed during the year . Balance in Union National Bank .. Balance in Bank of Kirksville .. Balance in Fidelity Savings Tr. Co. (Restricted) .

246,680.38 114,073.96 2,500.00 1,672.60

$364,926.94

1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

There is also $10,000.00 in Wood & Huston Bank, Marshall, Mo., which is shown in body of main report under date of Dec. 29, 1945, and included in these totals.

As Grand Treasurer, I charge myself with the custody of the following securities contained in Safe Deposit Box No. 6511 in the Union Safe Deposit Company of Kansas City, Missouri, which said Box is subject to the joint control of myself and the Grand Master, or his delegated representative: U. S. War Savings Bonds, Series "D," dated March 1940, Maturity Value $10,000.00, Cost . U. S. Savings Bonds, Series "G," 2 'h %, Cost . U. S. Treasury Bonds, 2'h%, Series 1964-69, Par Value .. U. S. Treasury Bonds, 2'h%, Series 1965-70, Par Value U. S. Treasury Bonds, 2'h%, Series 1966-71, Par Value U. S. Treasury Bonds, 2'h%, Series 1967-72, Par Value U. S. Treasury Bonds, 2'h%, Series 1967-72, Par Value

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

$122,500.00 I also hold for William F. Kuhn Library Association, U. S. Treasury Bond, 2'h%, Series 1952-54, Par Value. . . .

$500.00

Fraternally submitted, EDMUND E. MORRIS,

Grand Treasurer. THE GRAND TREASCRER: I will say unless there is some objection this report will be printed in the proceedings in abbreviated fonn, but the detailed report will be on file in the Grand Secretary's office. The Auditor's Report ,vas then received and ordered printed in the Proceedings and is as follows:

REPORT OF AUDITOR To the Most lVorshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Missouri: Gentlemen: Pursuant to engagement, we have examined and checked the book records of the Grand Secretary and the Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Missouri for the period from September 11, 1945, to September 14, 1946, also the Masonic Home Initiation Fund, the George Washington Memorial Fund, the Wm. F. Kuhn Library Fund and the Joseph S. McIntyre Library Fund for the same period and respectfully present the following report: GENERAL FUND--PER GRAND SECRETARy'8 BOOKS

Balance, September 11, 1945 $103,083.39 Receipts, ~'orwarded to Grand Treasurer Per Capita Tax, 1946 $205,472.28 Back Pcr Capita Tax, 1945 $1,516.50 Back Per Capita Tax, 1944 73.50 Back Per Capita Tax, 1943 73.50 Back Per Capita Tax, 1942 18.90

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

Back Per Capita Tax, 1941 . Back Per Capita Tax, 1940 ...•.... Back Per Capita Tax, 1939 . Back Per Capita Tax, 1938 . Back Per Capita Tax, 1937 •....... Back Per Capita Tax, 1936 •..•.... Back Per Capita Tax, 1935 . Back Per Capita Tax, 1933 ..••....

60.90 14.70 63.00 65.10 14.70 2.10 24.20 500.00

2,427.10

War Service Fund. .. .. . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . Received from Defunct Lodges Sale of Manuals $3,467.55 Sale of By-Laws 59.60 Sale of Dues Receipt Cards 1,075.62 Sale of Masonic Veteran Buttons.. 156.00 Sale of "Mouth to Ear" 1.00

39,269.95 40.00

Refund on Mileage and Per Diem Account.... Miscellaneous Funds: Philippine Relief Fund $2,436.73 General Library Fund 255.00

2,148.50

Interest on Permanent Fund Securities

2,884.22

4,759.77

2,691. 73

Total Income $259,693.55 Amount Received from U. S. Treasury Bonds $ 2,000.00 Called $261,693.55

Transfers: To Wood & Huston Bank of Marshall, Missouri $10,000.00 To Bank of Kirksville, Kirks2,500.00 ville, Missouri

12,500.00 $274,193.55 $377,276.94

Disbursements Per Checks Issued for Expenses $221,580.38 Per Checks Issued for Purchase of U. S. Treasury Bonds 15,000.00 Total Disbursements $236,580.38 Transfers: From Union. National Bank, Kansas City, Missouri $10,000.00 From Columbia Savings Bank, 2,500.00 12,500.00 Columbia, Missouri

249,080.38

Balance, September 14, 1946, Per Grand Secretary's Books $128,196.56 Balance, September 14, 1946, Per Grand Treasurer's Books $128,246.56 RECONCILIATION

Balance, September 14, 1946, Per Grand Treasurer'8 Books $128,246.56 Less Outstanding Check No. 241-8/26/46 .. Dr. T. W. 50.00 Cotton, Chairman Welfare Committee Balance, September 14, 1946, Per Grand Secretary's Books $128,196.56

1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Consisting of: Balance in Fidelity Savings Trust CompanyKansas City, Missouri, in LiquidationNot Subject to Withdrawal $ 1,672.60 Balance in Union National Bank-Kansas City, Missouri 114',023.96 Balance in Wood & Huston Bank-Marshall, Missouri 10,000.00 Balance in Bank of Kirksville--Kirksville, Missouri 2,500.00 $128,196.56 BONDS

On September 19, 1946, in company with Mr. E. E. Morris, Grand Treasurer, A. F. & A. M. of Missouri, and a representative designated by the Grand Master, we examined the securities listed below, in the Grand Lodge safe deposit box at the Union National Bank of Kansas City, Missouri. All interest from these securities was accounted for. PERMANENT FUND

Bond Number

Kind

Maturity

Interest Dates

Interest Rate

Par Value

Total

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

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

1964/69 1964/69 1964/69 1964/69 1964/69 1964/69 1964/69

6/15 & 12/15 6/15 & 12/15 6/15 & 12/15 6/15 & 12/15 6/15 & 12/15 6/15 & 12/15 6/15 & 12/15

2%% 2%% 2%% 2%% 2 1h% 2%% 2%%

$ 1,000.00 1,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00

$ 29,000.00

8564D 77195E

U. S. Treasury U. S. Treasury

1965/70 1965/70

3/15 & 3/15 &

9/15 9/15

2%% 2%%

$ 5,000.00 5,000.00

10,000.00

5653C 5932B

U. S. Treasury 1966/71 3/15 & U. S. Treasury 1966/71 3/15 &

9/15 9/15

2%% 2%%

$ 1,000.00 5,000.00

6,000.00

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

U. S. Treasury 1967/72 6/15 & 12/15 U. S. Treasury 1967/72 6/15 & 12/15 U. S. Treasury 1967/72 6/15 & 12/15 U. S. Treasury 1967/72 6/15 & 12/15 U. S. Treasury 1967/72 6/15 & 12/15 U. S. Treasury 1967/72 6/15 & 12/15 U. S. Treasury 1967/72 6/15 & 12/15

2%% 2%% 2%% 2%% 2%% 2%% 2%%

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

55,000.00

V29384G Series G October, 1953 V253352G Series G June, 1955

M1528995D Series D Savings 3/ '50 M1528996D Series D Savings 3/ '50 M1528997D Series D Savings 3/ '50 M1528998D Series D Savings 3/ '50 M1528999D Series D Savings 3/ '50

Maturity Value

Redemption Value 9/14/46

Cost

$ 5,000.00 10,000.00

$ 4,735.00 9,510.00

$ 5,000.00 10,000.00

$15,000.00

$14,245.00

$15,000.00

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

870.00 870.00 870.00 870.00 870.00

750.00 750.00 750.00 750.00 750.00

$ 15,000.00

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00

870.00 870.00 870.00 870.00 870.(1)

750.00 750.00 750.00 750.00 750.00

$10,000.00

$ 8,700.00

$ 7,500.00

M1529000D Series D Savings 3/ '50 M1529001D Series D Savings 3/ '50 M1529002D Series D Savings 3/ '50 M1529003D Series D Savings 3/ '50 M1529004D Series D Savings 3/ '50

7,500.00 $122,500.00

WM. F. KUHN LIBRARY FUND

2552B

U. S. Treasury

Maturity 1952/54

Interest Rate 2lh%

Interest Dates 3/15 & 9/15

500.00

During the year under review, 2%, % bonds, Series 1945/47, amounting to $2,000.00 were called and 2lh% Series 1967/72 bonds were purchased for $15,000.00 at par. MASONIC HOME INITIATION FUND

Balance in Bank, September 11, 1945 Received from Masonic Lodges During Period September 11, 1945, to September 14, 1946

$ 1,824.13 75,010.00 $76,834.13

Transferred to Masonic Home During Period September 11, 1945, to September 14, 1946 $69,124.13 Bank Charges 5.87

69,130.00

Balance in First National Bank, St. Louis, Missouri, September 14, 1946

$ 7,704.13

GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL FUND

Balance in Bank, September 11, 1945 Received from Masonic Lodges During Period September 11, 1945, to September 14, 1946

$ 5,523.99 7,492.00. $13,015.99

Transferred to George Washington Memorial As$ 5,500.00 sociation February 21, 1946 Bank Charges 8.88

5,508.88

Balance in First National Bank, St. Louis, Missouri, September 14, 1946

$ 7,507.11

WM. F. KUHN LIBRARY FUND

Balance, September 11, 1945 Receipts Donation from Marcus Loevy Interest on Bond Interest on Savings Account

$ $ $12.50 3.90

Balance, September 14, 1946 Consisting of: Cash In Savings Account, First National Bank, St. Louis, Missouri $ United States Treasury Bond No. 2552B .. . .. .

874.63

113.87 16.40

130.27 $ 1,004.90

504.90 500.00

$ 1,004.90

1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE JOSEPH S. MCINTYRE LIBRARY FUND

Balance, September 11, 1945 Disbursed for Books ?

940.21 11.95

Balance in Mississippi Valley Trust Company- St. Louis, .. Missouri, September 14, 1946 '"

928.26

MILEAGE AND PER DIEM COMMITTEE

Deposit from General Fund Disbursements Mileage and Per Diem Checks Issued and Paid $1,851.50 Transferred to General Fund 2,148.50

$ 4,000.00

Balance, Sept{'mber 14, 1946

4,000.00

The various items in the foregoing report have been taken from the books and records of the Grand Secretary and the Grand Treasurer and reflect the recorded cash transactions of the Grand Lodge of Missouri from September 11, 1945, to September 14, 1946. The Lodge returns were checked to the Secretary's records and the recorded cash receipts of the Masonic Home Initiation Fund and the George Washington Memorial Fund were compared with the stubs of receipts to Lodges therefor. Cancelled checks were inspected in support of the disbursements and the bank balances shown in this report were confirmed directly to us by the depositaries. Respectfully submitted, C. K. BENSON, .. Certified Public Accountant. MASONIC HOME REPORT

M. W. BRO. W. W. MARTIN: I here present the Masonic Home Report and I move it be accepted and printed in the proceedings. (Motion seconded and carried.) M. W. BRO. MARTIN: I have another motion that will take a minute, as we did not have a Grand Lodge last year, I move that the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of 1944 and the Conference of 1945, be approved. (Motion seconded and carried.) THE GRAND MASTER: There is one item I should have included in my report and did not and I am presenting this recommendation that it be referred to the Jurisprudence Committee, and that is the matter of the sale of certain property belonging to the former Kennedy Lodge at Elmo. I am referring that to the Jurisprudence Committee along with my formal report.

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

REPORT OF THE MASONIC HOME FROM: SEPTEMBER 1, 1945, TO SEPTEMBER 1, 1946 MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI, LOCATED AT ST. LOUIS OFFICERS W. W. Martin, President. T. W. Cotton, Vice President , Harry Theis, Treasurer Clarence L. Alexander, Secretary E. J. Reynolds, Superintendent Dr. Solon Cameron, Home Physician M!s. Wilmoth Waller, Matron of Children Mrs. Emma Bettis, Matron of Old Folks

St. Louis, Mo. Van Buren, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St: Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS -Herman Mauch -F. H. Wielandy Byrne E. Bigger Ray V. Denslow George W. Walker

St. Louis, MO,) St. Louis, Mo. Hannibal, Mo. Trenton, Mo. Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Term expires 1946

T. W. Cotton W. W. Marlin DuVal Smith Robert C. Winkelmaier

Van Buren, MO,) St. Louis, Mo. St. Joseph, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.

Term expires 1947

Henry C. Chiles Martin B. Dickinson James W. Skelly F. Ernest Carter .. ,

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

MO,) Term expires 1948

- Deceased. Harry Theis, elected to fill vacancy until next communication of Grand Lodge. Harris C. Johnston, elected to fill vacancy until next communication of Grand Lodge. EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Willis J. Bray, Grand Master Solon Cameron, Deputy Grand Master Morris E. Ewing, Senior Grand Warden Harry F. Sunderland, Junior Grand Warden

Kirksville, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. Morrisville, Mo. Kansas City, Mo.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

1946

ADVISORY BOARD Mrs. Ella Jean Flanders Mrs. Alta L. Tate Mrs. Edith Ambruster

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

PRESIDENT'S LETTER

To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri: Brethren: Pursuant to the Constitution and By-Laws of the Masonic Home of Missouri, we submit the Annual Report and request your careful consideration. At the annual meeting of the Board of Directors held on January 9, 1946, in St. Louis, Missouri, the following brethren were elected directors for a term of three years: Henry C. Chiles, Lexington, Mo. Martin B. Dickinson, Kansas City, Mo. James \V. Skelly, St. Louis, Mo. F. Ernest Carter, Kansas City, Mo.

At the Board meeting held in St. Louis, January 9, 1946, the following officers were elected: W. 'N. Martin, President, St. Louis, Mo. T. W. Cotton, Vice-President, Van Buren, Mo. Herman Mauch, Treasurer, St. Louis, Mo. (deceased) C. L. Alexander, Secretary, St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Solon Cameron, Home Physician, St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Wilmoth Waller, Matron of Children, St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Emma Bettis, Matron of Old Folks, St. Louis, Mo. The Standing Committees for the year have been as follows: Trustees of Endowment Fund-W. W. Martin, Herman Mauch (deceased), F. H. Wielandy (deceased). Executive Committee-To 'V. Cotton, Chairman, Byrne E. Bigger, F. Ernest Carter, Henry C. Chiles, Ray V. Denslow, Martin B. Dickinson, W. W. Martin, James W. Skelly, DuVal Smith, George W. \Valker, Robert C. Winkelmaier, Harry Theis. Finance Committee-Ray V. Denslow, Chairman, Byrne E. Bigger, T. W. Cotton. Admission and Discipline Committee-James W. Skelly, Robert C. \Vinkclmaier, Harry Theis. Legal Committee-Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman, DuVal Smith, Henry C. Chiles, Martin B. Dickinson. Administration Committee-Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman, George \V. "Walker, DuVal Smith, Martin B. Dickinson. Hospital Committee-George W. \Valker, Chairman, Henry C. Chiles, T. \V. Cotton.

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

MEDICAL STAFF

Dr. Solon Cameron Dr. Leland B. Alford Dr. William R. Bohne Dr. Erich Brockelman Dr. James Barrett Brown Dr. C. E. Burford Dr. A. H. Conrad Dr. Ralph Cook Dr. Carl T. Eber Dr. James Forsen Dr. Joseph Glenn Dr. J. F. Hardesty Dr. D. L. Harris Dr. R. K. Kimmel Dr. Roland M. Klemme Dr. Charles L. Klenk Dr. Otto W. Koch Dr. Philip S. Luedde Dr. William Nelson Dr. Bert O. Owens Dr. R. J. Payne Dr. Hugo Reim Dr. Robert E. Schlueter Dr. Charles W. Thierry Dr. Henry P. Thym Dr. R. S. Weiss Dr. Frederick A. Baldwin Dr. Hermon S. Major

St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City, Mo.

SUPERINTENDENT

On January 9, 1946, the Board elected Brother E. J. Reynolds as Superintendent of the Home. Brother Reynolds is highly educated, holding several college degrees; and comes to us most highly recommended as a man and a Mason, and as a successful administrator. On his shoulders will fall the administrative duties of the Home and the President will give his time to the Endowment Fund. DEATHS

During the year death has invaded our ranks and taken two of our highly esteemed Directors. On March 22, 1946, our Treasurer, Brother Herman Mauch, was taken from us. He was nearly 87 years old and had spent a long and useful life in the cause of Masonry. He had served on the Board since 1929.

1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

On June 25, 1946, Brother Frank H. Wielandy, the Chairman of the House Committee passed on to his great reward. He had served faithfully em the Board for over twenty years. He loved the Masonic Home and gave much of his time to its work. Both of these men will be greatly missed. Their advice and counsel were always most helpful. NEW BOARD MEMBERS

At the April Board meeting, Brother Harry Theis of St. Louis was elected to membership on the Board and also Treasurer of the Home and a Trustee of the Endowment Fund, and at the July meeting, Brother Harris C. Johnston of Boonville was elected to membership. Both to serve until the next annual meeting of the Grand Lodge. APPLICATIONS

During the past year 156 applications for admission to the Home were considered, and the following disposition was made of them: Admitted to the Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Died while application was being investigated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Referred to the Welfare Committee of the Grand Lodge.... . . . . . . 2 Referred to the Welfare Committee of the Grand Chapter, O.E.S.. . 0 Rejected because of ineligibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Continued for further investigation........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 114 156 MEMBER STATISTICS Members in the Home September 1, 1945 .. Admitted during the past year .

Men. 83 11

Women. 157 25

Boys 23

Girls 18

94 1 21

182

Discharged during the year Deaths during the year

22 8

Members in the Home September 1, 1946 .. 72 167 Total membership September 1, 1946 Boys in the Armed Forces formerly on the inactive list, discharged during the year Admitted during the year but who have not yet arrived Average number in the Home during the year

14 270 11 . 1 273

MASONIC INFmMARY

The following gives an account of the work done during the year. Total number of patients in the hospital at beginning of year .. 50 Total number of patients admitted during the year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Total number of patients discharged during the year 221 Total number of deaths during the year 36 Total number of patients treated during the year 5,419 Total number of patients in the hospital at end of the year 54 Average number of patients per day during the year. . . . . . . . 56

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

Total patients' days in the hospital Total number of out-patient treatments during the year

19,333 -.. 10,665

PER CAPITA COST

The Home has felt the increased cost of food and supplies, as has everyone else, but over $30.00 per capita has been due to a large amount of repairs made during the year that could not be made in wartimes because the material was not available. The per capita cost for the year was $863.70. CONDITIONS IN THE HOME

This past year has been one of progress. While we have had the usual difficulties in buying foods and supplies, we have been able to get badly needed repair material that was not obtainable during the war and have made needed repairs and betterments. Our buildings and grounds are in good shape. Best of all our people are well cared for and we have a grateful, appreciative family. There is still a long waiting list of old people but we have tried to take everyone who applied who was really in need. The Masonic Home cannot make it easy for children to get rid of parents nor take applicants who have money or property. CHILDREN IN THE HOME

We are receiving many inquiries about the admission of children and there are evidences that our children's department will soon begin to grow. All of the children of the Home are of school age and are in school, doing satisfactory work. Five are in University and the balance in grade and high school. KNIGHTS TEMPLAB EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

One boy and one girl are in \Vashington University because of scholarships given by the Knights Templar. Both are excellent students and give promise of splendid progress. ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAB

The Advisory Board of the Order of The Eastern Star has been accumulating funds all through the war period for furnishings but have been unable to do any buying because furniture of quality was not available in quantities. Recently they placed an order for new silver for the old people's dining room and as soon as the markets will permit, they are prepared to buy furniture for the hospital and men's building. ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAB SCHOLARSHIPS

This year we were unable to use the scholarship offered us by the O. E. S. Scholarship Board. The draft has taken our older boys.

1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Many of them when they reached seventeen preferred to enlist rather than wait until they were eighteen and possibly be inducted into a service they would not enjoy. The three girls in college are attending Harris Teachers College and pay no tuition. Weare grateful for the willingness to help us and hope to have a worthy girl ready for their help by next year. ENTERTAINMENT FUND

In response to the letter sent out by the Grand Master, the lodges have been most generous. The following is a list of the lodges who graciously contributed. Meridian Lodge No.2, St. Louis Howard Lodge No.4, New Franklin United Lodge No.5, Springfield George Washington Lodge No.9, St. Louis Western Star Lodge No. 15, Winston Memphis Lodge No. 16, Memphis Clarksville Lodge No. 17, Clarksville Palmyra Lodge No. 18, Palmyra St. Louis Lodge No. 20, St. Louis Wellington Lodge No. 22, DeKalb Florida Lodge No. 23, Florida Wyaconda Lodge No. 24, LaGrange Naphtali Lodge No. 25, St. Louis St. John's Lodge No. 28, Hannibal Windsor Lodge No. 29, Windsor Liberty Lodge No. 31, Liberty ' Ralls Lodge No. 33, Center Troy Lodge No. 34, Troy Mercer Lodge No. 35, Princeton Hemple Lodge No. 37, Hemple Callao Lodge No. 38, Callao DeWitt Lodge No. 39, DeWitt Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40, St. Louis Jefferson Lodge No. 43, Jefferson City Bonhomme Lodge No. 45, Ballwin Wentzville Lodge No. 46, Wentzville Fulton Lodge No. 48, Fulton Xenia Lodge No. 50, Hopkins Livingston Lodge No. 51, Glasgow Weston Lodge No. 53, Weston ; Richmond Lodge No. 57, Richmond Monticello Lodge No. 58, Monticello Centralia Lodge No. 59, Centralia Waverly Lodge No. 61, Waverly Vincel Lodge No. 62, Cameron Cambridge Lodge No. 63, Slater Kennett Lodge No. 68, Kennett Gorin Lodge No. 72, Gorin Eureka Lodge No. 73, Brunswick Silex Lodge No. 75, Silex Independence Lodge No. 76, Independence Lebanon Lodge No. 77, Steelville St. Joseph Lodge No. 78, St. Joseph

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$ 107.20 25.00 10.00 65.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 60.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 20.00 10.00 10.00 25.60 5.00 15.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 3.00 75.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 22.50 10.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 25.00 5.00 5.00 2.00 26.00 10.00 10.00

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

Polar Star Lodge No. 79, St. Louis Bridgeton Lodge No. 80, St. John's Station Laclede Lodge No. 83, Lebanon Webster Groves Lodge No. 84, Webster Groves Brookfield Lodge No. 86, Brookfield Friendship Lodge No. 89, Chillicothe Perseverance Lodge No. 92, Louisiana Pomegranate Lodge No. 95, St. Louis Bogard Lodge No. 101, Bogard Heroine Lodge No. 104, Kansas City Kirksville Lodge No. 105, Kirksville Gallatin Lodge No. 106, Gallatin Greenville Lodge No. 107, Greenville Marcus Lodge No: 110, Fredericktown Maitland Lodge No. 112, Maitland Plattsburg Lodge No. 113, Plattsburg Twilight Lodge No. 114, Columbia Barnes Lodge No. 116, Cabool DeSoto Lodge No. 119, DeSoto Compass Lodge No. 120, Parkville Triplett Lodge No. 122, Triplett Hermann Lodge No. 123, Hermann Hume Lodge No. 130, Hume Potosi Lodge No. 131, Potosi Farmington Lodge No. 132, Farmington Star of the West Lodge No. 133, Ironton , Olean Lodge No. 134, Olean Phoenix Lodge No. 136, Bowling Green Lincoln Lodge No. 138, Fillmore Pleasant Grove Lodge No. 142, Otterville Irondale Lodge No. 143, Irondale , Cass Lodge No. 147, Harrisonville Bloomfield Lodge No. 153, Bloomfield Ionic Lodge No. 154, Desloge Ashland Lodge No. 156, Ashland Mountain Grove Lodge No. 158, Mountain Grove Green City Lodge No. 159, Green City Whitesville Lodge No. 162, Whitesville Occidental Lodge No. 163, St. Louis Joachim Lodge No. 164, Hillsboro , Portageville Lodge No. 166, Portageville Hartford Lodge No. 171, Hartford Censer Lodge No. 172, Macon Gray Summit Lodge No. 173, Gray Summit Sturgeon Lodge No. 174, Sturgeon Texa's Lodge No. 177, Houston Griswold Lodge No. 178, Bellflower Pyramid Lodge No. 180, St. Louis California Lodge No. 183, California Morley Lodge No. 184, Morley Chamois Lodge No. 185, Chamois Hannibal Lodge No. 188, Hannibal Zeredatha Lodge No. 189, St. Joseph Frankford Lodge No. 192, Frankford Wellsville Lodge No. 194, Wellsville Bolivar Lodge No. 195, Bolivar ' New Hope Lodge No. 199, Elsberry

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1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Westville Lodge No. 202, Westville Rowley Lodge No. 204, Dearborn Trilumina Lodge No. 205, Marshall Clay Lodge No. 207, Excelsior Springs Poplar Bluff Lodge No. 209, Poplar Bluff Four Mile Lodge No. 212, Campbell Rolla Lodge No. 213, Rolla Hale City Lodge No. 216, Hale Barbee Lodge No. 217, Sweet Springs Albert Pike Lodge No. 219, Kansas City Kansas City Lodge No. 220, Kansas City Mystic Tie Lodge No. 221, Oak Ridge LaBelle Lodge No. 222, LaBelle Ray Lodge No. 223, Camden Hamilton Lodge No. 224, Hamilton Salem Lodge No. 225, Salem Saline Lodge No. 226, St. Mary's Cypress Lodge No. 227, Laclede Cardwell Lodge No. 231, Cardwell St. Francois Lodge No. 234, Libertyville Sedalia Lodge No. 236, Sedalia Rushville Lodge No. 238, Rushville Palestine Lodge No. 241, St. Charles Keystone Lodge No. 243, St. Louis Montgomery City Lodge No. 246, Montgomery City Neosho Lodge No. 247, Neosho Carroll Lodge No. 249, Norborne Hope Lodge No. 251, Washington Laredo Lodge No. 253, Laredo Butler Lodge No. 254, Butler Shekinah Lodge No. 256, Festus Mechanicsville Lodge No. 260, Defiance Corinthian Lodge No. 265, Warrensburg Brotherhood Lodge No. 269, St. Joseph New Salem Lodge No. 270, Winfield Solomon Lodge No. 271, Springfield Granite Lodge No. 272, Sedalia St. Clair Lodge No. 273, Osceola Grand River Lodge No. 276, Freeman Essex Lodge No. 278, Essex Fenton Lodge No. 281, Fenton Cosmos Lodge No. 282, St. Louis Canopy Lodge No. 284, Aurora Earl Lodge No. 285, Coffey Craft Lodge No. 287, Canton Hermitage Lodge No. 288, Hermitage Moniteau Lodge No. 295, Jamestown Sparta Lodge No. 296, Sparta Sampson Lodge No. 298, Lutie Temple Lodge No. 299, Kansas City Osage Lodge No. 303, Nevada Cecile Daylight Lodge No. 305, Kansas City Sikeston Lodge No. 310, Sikeston Kearney Lodge No. 311, Kearney Cuba Lodge No. 312, Cuba Meramec Lodge No. 313, Eureka Rural Lodge No. 316, Kansas City

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1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

Versailles Lodge No. 320, Versailles Hardin Lodge No. 322, Hardin Cornerstone Lodge No. 323, St. Louis McDonald Lodge No. 324, Indpendence Cainsville Lodge No. 328, Cainsville Charity Lodge No. 331, St. Joseph Excello Lodge No. 332, Excello Blue Springs Lodge No. 337, Blue Springs Herculaneum Lodge No. 338, Herculaneum Westport Lodge No. 340, Kansas City Rockville Lodge No. 341, Rockville Circle Lodge No. 342, Roscoe Fellowship Lodge No. 345, Joplin America Lodge No. 347, St. Louis Pollock Lodge No. 349, Pollock Friend Lodge No. 352, Ozark , Hebron Lodge No. 354, Mexico Ancient Landmark Lodge No. 356, Harrisburg Garrett Lodge No. 359, Arcola Tuscan Lodge No. 360, St. Louis Hiram Lodge No. 362, Kahoka Fraternal Lodge No. 363, Robertsville Adair Lodge No. 366, Kirksville Crescent Hill Lodge No. 368, Adrain Composite Lodge No. 369, Doniphan Williamstown Lodge No. 370, Williamstown Sheldon Lodge No. 371, Sheldon King Hill Lodge No. 376, St. Joseph Billings Lodge No. 379, Billings Queen City Lodge No. 380, Queen City East Prairie Lodge No. 384, East Prairie Richland Lodge No. 385, Richland Raytown Lodge No. 391, Raytown Beehive Lodge No. 393, Lawson Decatur Lodge No. 400, Pierce City Malta Lodge No. 402, Malta Bend Lowry City Lodge No. 403, Lowry City Rosendale Lodge No. 404, Rosendale Malden Lodge No. 406, Malden Charleston Lodge No. 407, Charleston Iberia Lodge No. 410, Iberia Joppa Lodge No. 411, Hartville Appleton Lodge No. 412, Appleton City Greensburg Lodge No. 414, Greensburg Hunnewell Lodge No. 415, Hunnewell Cache Lodge No. 416, St. Louis Whitewater Lodge No. 417, Whitewater Star Lodge No. 419, Taberville Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422, Springfield Samaritan Lodge No. 424, Bonne Terre Rothville Lodge No. 426, Rothville Winona Lodge No. 430, Winona Mack's Creek Lodge No. 433, Mack's Creek Rockbridge Lodge No. 435, Rockbridge Temperance Lodge No. 438, Smithville Excelsior Lodge No. 441, Jackson Anchor Lodge No. 443, St. Louis

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1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Ada Lodge No. 444, Orrick I vanhoe Lodge No. 446, Kansas City Jacoby Lodge No. 447, Darlington Schell City Lodge No. 448, Schell City Hazelwood Lodge No. 459, Seymour Clifton Lodge No. 463, Thayer Southwest Lodge No. 466, Southwest City Mineral Lodge No. 471, Oronogo Nineveh Lodge No. 473, Olney Henderson Lodge No. 477, Rogersville Rich Hill Lodge No. 479, Rich Hill Kirkwood Lodge No. 484, Kirkwood Coldwater Lodge No. 485, Drexel Chilhowee Lodge No. 487, Chilhowee Lock Spring Lodge No. 488, Lock Spring Lewistown Lodge No. 494, Lewistown Unity Lodge No. 495, Richards Harmony Lodge No. 499, St. Louis Buckner Lodge No. 501, Buckner Philadelphia Lodge No. 502, Philadelphia Clearmont Lodge No. 507, Clearmont Saxton Lodge No. 508, Saxton New Hampton Lodge No. 510, New Hampton Webb City Lodge No. 512, Webb City , Senath Lodge No. 513, Senath Granby Lodge No. 514, Granby Milford Lodge No. 516, Milford Lockwood Lodge No. 521, Lockwood Cunningham Lodge No. 525, Sumner Wayne Lodge No. 526, Piedmont Higbee Lodge No. 527, Higbee Columbia Lodge No. 534, Pacific Stella Lodge No. 538, Stella Winigan Lodge No. 540, Winigan Ferguson Lodge No. 542, Ferguson Mansfield Lodge No. 543, Mansfield Algabil Lodge No. 544, St. Louis Zalma Lodge No. 545, Zalma Orient Lodge No. 546, Kansas City South Gate Lodge No. 547, Kansas City Clinton Lodge No. 548, Clinton Carl Junction Lodge No. 549, Carl Junction Rose Hill Lodge No. 550, St. Louis Foster Lodge No. 554, Foster Clarksdale Lodge No. 559, Clarksdale Nelson Lodge No. 560, Nelson York Lodge No. 563, Kansas City Jamesport Lodge No. 564, Jamesport Maplewood Lodge No. 566, Maplewood Miller Lodge No. 567, Miller Naylor Lodge No. 568, Naylor Marlborough Lodge No. 569, Kansas City Republic Lodge No. 570, Republic Hayti Lodge No. 571, Hayti Bernie. Lodge No. 573, Bernie Olive Branch Lodge No. 576, St. Louis Forest Park Lodge No. 578, St. Louis

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1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

Illmo Lodge No. 581, Illmo Koshkonong Lodge No. 582, Koshkonong Novinger Lodge No. 583, Novinger Criterion Lodge No. 586, Alba : Branson Lodge No. 587, Branson .. , Advance Lodge No. 590, Advance Barnett Lodge No. 591, Barnett Puxico Lodge No. 596, Puxico Leadwood Lodge No. 598, Leadwood .. o' Elvins Lodge No. 599, Flat River Clayton Lodge No. 601, Clayton Acacia Lodge No. 602, Columbia .. Morehouse Lodge No. 603, Morehouse . Craig Lodge No. 606, Craig .... Strafford Lodge No. 608, Strafford .. Warrenton Lodge No. 609, Warrenton .. Clark Lodge No. 610, Clark Mokane Lodge No. 612, Mokane Mt. Washington Lodge No. 614, Mt. Washington. Chaffee Lodge No. 615, Chaffee Swope Park Lodge No. 617, Kansas City ..... Owensville Lodge No. 624, Owensville Magnolia Lodge No. 626, St. Louis ., Mendon Lodge No. 628, Mendon Valley Park Lodge No. 629, Valley Park East Gate Lodge No. 630, Kansas City Tower Grove Lodge No. 631, St. Louis Archie Lodge No. 633, Archie Steele Lodge No. 634, Steele Mountain View Lodge No. 637, Mountain View Jennings Lodge No. 640, Jennings Trinity Lodge No. 641, St. Louis Benjamin Franklin Lodge No. 642, St. Louis .. Grain Valley Lodge No. 644, Grain Valley Shaveh Lodge No. 646, St. Louis Elmer Lodge No. 648, Elmer Parma Lodge No. 650, Parma .. o Shawnee Lodge No. 653, Warsaw o' Country Club Lodge No. 656, Kansas City . Purity Lodge No. 658, St. Louis Alpha Lodge No. 659, North Kansas City .. Theodore Roosevelt Lodge No. 661, St. Louis Rockhill Lodge No. 663, Kansas City .. Freedom U. Do, Lemay 0

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10.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 4.00 10.00 10.00 50.00 25.00 10.00 25.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 25.00 12.50 5.00 10.00 100.00 5.00 10.00 1.00 50.00 17.00 25.00 5.00 25.60 10.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 26.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 1b.00 5.00

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS Alhambra Grotto, St. Louis .... $ 200.00 St. Louis Lodge of Perfection No.1, St. Louis .. 100.00 Poplar Bluff Chapter No. 114, R. A. M., Poplar Bluff. 15.00 St. Louis Chapter No.8, R. A. M., St. Louis .. 5.00 Triune Chapter No. 93, R. A. M., Wellsville .. 10.00 Tyrian Chapter No. 52, R. A. M., Neosho o' 25.00 . Ascalon Commandery No. 16, K. T., St. Louis 35.00 Neosho Commandery No. 57, K. T., Neosho 25.00 Palestine Commandery No. 17, K. T., St. Charles o' .. 5.00 Poplar Bluff Commandery No. 67, K. T., Poplar Bluff .... 10.00 0

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1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

St. Elmo Commandery No. 43, K. T., Bolivar.. . .. . . .. St. Graal Commandery No. 12, K. T., Columbia. . .. . Ransome Breuer Masonic Ass 'n of the 32nd District Louis Freund, St. Louis, Mo. Walter Gerald, St. Louis, Mo. H. Koopmann, Wright City, Mo. Mrs. Anna Kroeker, St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Julia Lewis, University City, Mo. Mrs. Mary H. Menkel, St. Louis, Mo. J. P. Schaefer, St. Louis, Mo. Walter M. Schott, St. Louis, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Silverman, St. Louis, Mo. Advisory Board, Order of Eastern Star Electa Club, O. E. S., St. Louis, Mo. ................ Past Matrons Club, O. E. S., Belton, Mo. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Past Matrons Club, O. E. S., Bonne Terre, Mo. Reema Club, O. E. S., Webster Groves, Mo. Rosebud Club, Mt. Moriah Chapter No.6, O. E. S., St. Louis..

10.00 10.00 5.00 50.00 2.00 5.00 5.00 100.00 10.00 50.00 25.00 5.00 60.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00

This money is used for picture shows, boat excursions, ball games, and many forms of entertainment that help to keep our people happy and contented. It also provides some donations of cash to the members of the Home Family at Christmas and other holiday seasons. ST. LOUIS AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY

Special mentwn must be made of the Masonic and Eastern Star organizations of St. Louis and St. Louis County. During the year they make many donations and bring many entertainments to the Home. The Shrine Temple Club, the annual Masters and Wardens Clubs and many other organizations have been most helpful. BUILDING PROGB..AM

The Home is ready to let contracts for the heating plant and build enough cottages to take care of the children as soon as conditions will permit. Our heating plant is over thirty years old and cannot last much longer, but we do not want to build under present high prices and we arc trying to hold out until prices are more stable. BUILDING FUND CAMPAIGN

Contributions have not been solicited this year but there has been added $5,550.0;3 to the fund. The following is a complete list of the lodges and their helpful contributions to this campaign to raise money for the Children's Home. Amount Glenwood Lodge No. 427, Glenwood Fairmount Lodge No. 290, Wyaconda Eldorado Lodge No. 318, Luray Hiram Lodge No. 362, Kahoka Gothic Lodge No. 436, Alexandria

Amount

Previhusly Paid in Reported 1945-1946

First District . . .

100.00

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

Am.ou.nt Previo'U8ly Reported Memphis Lodge No. 16, Memphis , St. Francisville Lodge No. 588, Wayland Gorin Lodge No. 72, Gorin Rutledge Lodge No. 572, Rutledge Middle Fabius Lodge No. 244, Downing Lodge of Love No. 259, Lancaster Queen City Lodge No. 380, Queen City Greentop Lodge No. 635, Green Top

Amount Paid in 1945-1946

. . .

32.50 . . . .

19.00

Seco1UZ District Kirksville Lodge No. 105, Kirksville Paulville Lodge No. 366, Brashear Adair Lodge No. 366, Kirksville Novinger Lodge No. 583, Novinger Ark Lodge No. 63, Newark Colony Lodge No. 168, Colony Edina Lodge No. 291, Edina Greensburg Lodge No. 414, Greensburg

. . . . . . . .

Third District Hartford Lodge No. 171, Hartford Somerset Lodge No. 206, Powersville Unionville Lodge No. 210, Unionville Humphreys Lodge No. 32, Humphreys Green City Lodge No. 159, Green City Seaman Lodge No. 126, Milan Putnam Lodge No. 190, Newtown Pollock Lodge No. 349, Pollock Arcana Lodge No. 389, Harris Winigan Lodge No. 540, Winigan

. . . . . . . . . .

Fourth District Trenton Lodge No. 111, Trenton Laredo Lodge No. 253, Laredo Galt Lodge No. 423, Galt Spickardville Lodge No. 524, Spickard Mercer Lodge No. 35, Princeton

. . . . .

Fifth District Bethany Lodge No. 97, Bethany . Lorraine Lodge No. 128, Ridgeway . Lodge of Light No. 257, Eagleville . Cainesville Lodge No. 328, Cainesville . New Hampton Lodge No. 510, New Hampton .. Prairie Lodge No. 556, Gilman City .

26.00 28.00 49.00 14.50 34.75 25.00

36.80 132.00

15.00 63.00 5.00

75.15

100.00

Sixth District Havana Lodge No. 21, McFall Stanberry Lodge No. 109, Stanberry Gentryville Lodge No. 125, Gentryville Athens Lodge No. 127, Albany Ancient Craft Lodge No. 377, King City Berlin Lodge No. 378, Berlin

. . . . . .

10.00 100.00 100.00

1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE Amount

Jacoby Lodge No. 447, Darlington Grant City Lodge No. 66, Grant City Defiance Lodge No. 88, Sheridan Allensville Lodge No. 198, Allensdale Jonathan Lodge No. 321, Denver

. . . . .

Previously Reported 110.00 10.00

A1TtOunt

Paul in 1945-1946

Seventh District Xenia Lodge No. 50, Hopkins Quitman Lodge No. 196, Quitman Ravenwood Lodge No. 201, Ravenwood Graham Lodge No. 289, Graham White Hall Lodge No. 301, Barnard Kennedy Lodge No. 329, Elmo Burlington Junction Lodge No. 442, Burlington Junction Gaynor Lodge No. 465, Parnall Nodaway Lodge No. 470, Maryville Pickering Lodge No. 472, Pickering Guilford Lodge No. 474, Guilford Clearmont Lodge No. 507, Clearmont Skidmore Lodge No. 511, Skidmore

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

84.70 34.75 31.00

Eighth District North Star Lodge No. 157, Rock Port. . . . . . . . Sonora Lodge No. 200, Watson Northwest Lodge No. 358, Tarkio . Fairfax Lodge No. 483, Fairfax . Maitland Lodge No. 112, Maitland Oregon Lodge No. 139, Oregon . Forest City Lodge No. 214, Forest City Mound City Lodge No. 294, Mound City . Craig Lodge No. 606, Craig .

37.00 18.50 30.00 25.00

Ninth District Savannah Lodge No. 71, Savannah Helena Lodge No. 117, Rochester Lincoln Lodge No. 138, Fillmore Whitesville Lodge No. 162, Whitesville Rosendale Lodge No. 404, Rosendale Valley Lodge No. 413, Bolckow Cosby Lodge No. 600, Cosby Agency Lodge No. 10, Agency Wellington Lodge No. 22, DeKalb St. Joseph Lodge No. 78, St. Joseph Berning Lodge No. 150, Faucett Zeredatha Lodge No. 189, St. Joseph Rushville Lodge No. 238, Rushville Brotherhood Lodge No. 269, St. Joseph Charity Lodge No. 331, St. Joseph Saxton Lodge No. 508, Saxton

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

Tenth District Union Star Lodge No. 124, Union Star

319.00 53.00

33.50

59.00

10.00 10.00 300.00

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

Weatherby Lodge No. 235, Weatherby Parrott Lodge No. 308, Maysville Osborn Lodge No. 317, Osborn Continental Lodge No. 454, Stewartsville Clarksdale Lodge No. 559, Clarksdale Western Star Lodge No. 15, Winston Pattonsburg Lodge No. 65, Pattonsburg Gallatin Lodge No. 106, Gallatin Altamont Lodge No. 108, Altamont Earl Lodge No. 285, Coffey Lock Spring Lodge No. 488, Lock Spring Jameson Lodge No. 500, Jameson Jamesport Lodge No. 564, Jamesport

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Amount

Previously Reported

Paid in 1945-1946

135.45 10.00 15.00 46.80 10.00 85.00 20.00

Eleventh District Liberty Lodge No. 31, Liberty . Holt Lodge No. 49, Holt : '" .. Angerona Lodge No. 193, Missouri City . Clay Lodge No. 207, Excelsior Springs . Kearney Lodge No. 311, Kearney .... '" '" .. Temperance Lodge No. 438, Smithville . Hemple Lodge No. 37, Hemple . Vincel Lodge No. 62, Cameron . Plattsburg Lodge No. 113, Plattsburg . Gower Lodge No. 397, Gower . Lathrop Lodge No. 506, Lathrop .

145.50

1].00

Twelfth District Kingston Lodge No. 118, Kingston Braymer Lodge No. 135, Braymer Hamilton Lodge No. 224, Hamilton Polo Lodge No. 232, Polo Breckenridge Lodge No. 334, Breckenridge Cowgill Lodge No. 561, Cowgill Spring Hill Lodge No. 155, Spring Hill Friendship Lodge No. 89, Chillicothe Benevolence Lodge No. 170, Utica Chillicothe Lodge No. 333, Chillicothe Wheeling Lodge No. 434, Wheeling Chula Lodge No. 388, Chula Dawn Lodge No. 539, Ludlow

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

Thirteenth District Jackson Lodge No. 82 Linneus Brookfield Lodge No. 86, Brookfield Cypress Lodge No. 227, Laclede Bucklin Lodge No. 233, Bucklin Dockery Lodge No. 325, Meadville Marceline Lodge No. 461, Marceline

. . . . . .

Fourteenth District Callao Lodge No. 38, Callao Bloomington Lodge No. 102, Bevier

. .

38.00 3R.811

1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Amount Previously Reported McGee Lodge No. 146, College Mound Censer Lodge No. 172, Macon LaPlata Lodge No. 237, LaPlata Lodge of Truth No. 268, Atlanta Excello Lodge No. 332, Excello Elmer IJodge No. 648, Elmer St. Andrews Lodge No. 76, Shelbyville Shelbina Lodge No. 228, Shelbina Hunnewell Lodge No. 415, Hunnewell Clarence Lodge No. 662, Clarence Bethel Lodge No. 537, Bethel

. . . . . . . . . .

Amou.nt Baid in 1945-1946

-25.00 45.00

56.00 10.00 .

5.00

Fifteenth District Wyaconda Lodge No. 24, LaGrange Monticello Lodge No. 58, Monticello LaBelle Lodge No. 222, LaBelle Craft Lodge No. 287, Canton Williamstown Lodge No. 370, Williamstown Lewistown Lodge No. 494, Lewistown Ewing Lodge No. 577, Ewing Palmyra Lodge No. 18, Palmyra St. John's Lodge No. 28, Hannibal Hannibal Lodge No. 188, Hannibal Philadelphia Lodge No. 502, Philadelphia Ralls Lodge No. 33, Center Lick Creek Lodge No. 302, Perry New London Lodge No. 307, New London

Sixteenth District Eolia Lodge No. 14, Eolia Clarksville Lodge No. 17, Clarksville Perseverance Lodge No. 92, Louisiana Phoenix Lodge No. 136, Bowling Green Frankford Lodge No. 192, Frankford Pike Lodge No. 399, Curryville

,. . . . . . . . . . . . .

. .

10.00 5.00 500.00

52.00

. . .

11.00

. . . . . . .

37.00 77.00

1.00

9.00

Seventeenth District Paris Union Lodge No. 19, Paris Florida Lodge No. 23, Florida Middle Grove Lodge No. 42, Middle Grove Monroe Lodge No. 64, Monroe City Madison Lodge No. 91, Madison Santa Fe Lodge No. 462, Santa Fe Holliday Lodge No. 660, Holliday

371.60 11.00 34.00

Eighteenth District Huntsville Lodge No. 30, Huntsville Milton Lodge No. 151, Milton Clifton Hill Lodge No. 161, Clifton Hill Moberly Lodge No. 344, Moberly Cairo Lodge No. 486, Cairo Higbee Lodge No. 527, Higbee Jacksonville Lodge No. 541, Jacksonville

33.50 . . . . 10.00 10.00

28.00 19.60

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

Nineteenth District Eureka Lodge No. 73, Brunswick Warren Lodge No. 74, Keytesville Triplett Lodge No. 122, Triplett Westville Lodge No. 208, Salisbury Rothville Lodge No. 426, Rothville Pee Dee Lodge No. 498, Musselford Mendon Lodge No. 628, Mendon Cunningham Lodge No. 525, Sumner

. . . . . . . .

Amount PretJwusly Reported 57.50

Amount PaUlin 1945-1946

10.50

30.00 50.00

Twentieth District DeWitt Lodge No. 39, DeWitt Wakanda Lodge No. 52, Carrollton Bogard Lodge No. 101, Bogard Hale City Lodge No. 216, Hale City Carroll Lodge No. 249, Norborne Bosworth Lodge No. 597, Bosworth Hardin Lodge No. 322, Hardin

. . .

38.50 300.00

. . .

100.00 30.00

Twenty-First District Rising Sun Lodge No. 13, Barry . Weston Lodge No. 53, Weston . . Compass Lodge No. 120, Parkville Camden Point Lodge No. 169, Camden Point .. Rowley Lodge No. 204, Dearborn . Fidelity Lodge No. 339, Farley . Adelphia Lodge No. 355, Edgerton . Platte City Lodge No. 604, Platte City Twenty-Second District Heroine Lodge No. 104, Kansas City . Albert Pike Lodge No. 219, Kansas City . Kansas City Lodge No. 220, Kansas City . . Temple Lodge No. 299, Kansas City Cecile Daylight Lodge No. 305, Kansas City .. Rural Lodge No. 316, Kansas City . Westport Lodge No. 340, Kansas City Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446, Kansas City . Gate City Lodge No. 522, Kansas City. " . Orient Lodge No. 546, Kansas City . South Gate Lodge No. 547, Kansas City . York Lodge No. 563, Kansas City . , Swope Park Lodge No. 617, Kansas City . Sheffield Lodge No. 625, Kansas City East Gate Lodge No. 630, Kansas City . Country Club Lodge No. 656, Kansas City . . Rockhill Lodge No. 663, Kansas City Alpha Lodge No. 659, North Kansas City . Northeast Lodge No. 643, Kansas City .

10.00 17.60

11.00

53.00 1,476.10 25.00 175.75 18.00 619.50 607.70

38.50

36.00

670.00 121.50 18.00 876.60 30.00

12.60

49.50 10.00

Twenty-Third District Waverly Lodge No. 61, Waverly Lexington Lodge No. 149, Lexington Higginsville Lodge No. 364, Higginsville

. . .

150.15 10.00

100.00

1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Amo-unt Previously Reported Lafayette Lodge No. 437, Corder Concordia Lodge No. 464, Concordia Mount Hope Lodge No. 476, Odessa Richmond Lodge No. 57, Richmond Ray Lodge No. 223, Camden Bee Hive Lodge No. 393, Lawson Ada Lodge No. 444, Orrick

. . . . . . .

8.00 179.50

Amount Paid in 1945-1946

4.60

39.90

Twenty-Fourth District Arrow Rock Lodge No. 55, Arrow Rock Cambridge Lodge No. 63, Slater Miami Lodge No. 85, Miami Trilumina Lodge No. 205, Marshall Malta Lodge No. 402, Malta Bend Barbee Lodge No. 217, Sweet Springs Oriental Lodge No. 518, Blackburn Nelson Lodge No. 560, Nelson

. . . . . . . .

10.00 376.05 49.00 50.00

Twenty-Fifth District . . . . . . . . .

500.00 24.00 1.00

Centralia Lodge No. 59, Centralia . Rocheport Lodge No. 67, Rocheport . Twilight Lodge No. 114, Columbia . Ashland Lodge No. 156. Ashland . Sturgeon Lodge No. 174, Sturgeon . Ancient Landmark Lodge No. 356, Harrisburg Hinton Lodge No. 455, Hinton . Acacia Lodge No. 602, Columbia '" . Hallsville Lodge No. 336, Hallsville

119.50 13.00 94.50

Cooper Lodge No. 36, Boonville Pleasant Grove Lodge No. 142, Otterville Wm. D. Muir Lodge No. 277, Pilot Grove Wallace Lodge No. 457, Bunceton Prairie Home Lodge No. 503, Prairie Home Howard Lodge No.4, New Franklin Fayette Lodge No. 47, Fayette Livingston Lodge No. 51, Glasgow Armstrong Lodge No. 70, Armstrong

85.00 25.00

Twenty-Sixth District

81.00 20.00 3.00 315.10 57.00

Twenty-Seven th District Central Lodge No. 81, Moline . Laddonia Lod~e No. 115, Laddonia . Social Lodge No. 266, Martinsburg . Hebron Lodge No. 354, Mexico . Vandalia Lodge No. 491, Vandalia . Houston Lodge No. 580, Gant . Fulton Lodge No. 48, Fulton . New Bloomfield Lodge No. 60, New Bloomfield Portland Lodge No. 242, Readsville . Tebbetts Lodge No. 565, Tebbetts . Shamrock Lodge No. 585, Shamrock . Mokane Lodge No. 612, Mokane .

11.00 10.00 113.22

21.00

.60

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

Twenty-Eighth District Griswold Lodge No. 178, Liege . . Wellsville Lodge No. 194, Wellsville Montgomery Lodge No. 246, Montgomery City Florence Lodge No. 261, New Florence . Jonesburg Lodge No. 457, Jonesburg . Daggett Lodge No. 492, McKittrick .

Amount Previously Reported 50.00

Amount Paid in 1945-1946

602.00 60.00

Twernty-Ninth District Troy Lodge No. 31. Troy Silex Lodge No. 75, Silex New Hope Lodge No. 199, Elsberry New Salem Lodge No. 270, Winfield Louisville Lodge No. 409, Louisville Nineveh Lodge No. 473, Olney Moscow Lodge No. 558, Moscow Mills

Thirtieth District Wentzville Lodge No. 46, Wentzville Palestine Lodge No. 241, St. Charles Mechanicsville Lodge No. 260, Howell Pauldingville Lodge No. 11, Wright City Warrenton Lodge No. 609, Warrenton

. . . . . .

341.81 41.50

. . . .

50.00 200.00 50.00

135.75 23.50 98.00

Thirty-First District Jefferson Lodge No. 43, Jefferson City Russellville Lodge No. 90, Russellville Hickory Hill Lodge Nu. 211, Eugene Centertown Lodge No. 611, Centertown Tipton Lodge No. 56, Tipton California Lodge No. 183, California Moniteau Lodge No. 295, Jamestown Clarksburg Lodge No. 553, Clarksburg Chamois Lodge No. 185, Chamois Linn Lodge No. 326, Linn

1,498.85 42.50 . . . . . . .

100.00

25.00 238.00 18.50 197.80 44.85

Thirty-Second District Evergreen Lodge No. 27, New Haven Sullivan Lodge No. 69, Sullivan Gray Summit Lodge No. 173, Gray Summit Hope Lodge No. 251, Washington Columbia Lodge No. 534, Pacific Eastern Lodge No. 575, St. Clair Union Lodge No. 593, Union Hermann Lodge No. 123, Hermann Owensville Lodge No. 624, Owensville

. . . . . . . . .

Thirty-Third-A District Missouri Lodge No.1, St. Louis . George Washington Lodge No.9, St. Louis .. Mount Moriah Lodge No. 40, St. Louis . Pomegranate Lodge No. 95, St. Louis . Erwin Lodge No. 121, St. Louis . . Occidental Lodge No. 163, St. Louis

75.00 71.00 125.00 50.00 152.00 185.86 361.00 744.25 2,619.45 677.60 721.65 608.10

37.60 115.10 4.60

1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Amount

Previously Reported

1945-1946

380.00 805.15 331.77 300.00 8,112.50

1,300.00

Pyramid Lodge No. 180, St. Louis . Keystone Lodge No. 243, St. Louis . Aurora Lodge No. 267, St. Louis . Paul Revere Lodge No. 330, St. Louis . Tuscan Lodge No. 360, St. Louis . Itaska Lodge No. 420, St. Louis . Euclid Lodge No. 505, St. Louis . Clifton Heights Lodge No. 520, St. Louis . Rose Hill Lodge No. 550, St. Louis . Olive Branch Lodge No. 576, St. Louis . Magnolia Lodge No. 626, St. Louis . Trinity Lodge No. 641, St. Louis .,. Triangle Lodge No. 638, St. Louis . Shaveh Lodge No. 646, St. Louis . University Lodge No. 649, University City . Commonwealth Lodge No. 654, St. Louis . Purity Lodge No. 658, St. Louis . Theodore Roosevelt Lodge No. 661, St. Louis

484.00 125.89 135.00 672.00 1,342.10 300.00 318.60 147.00 277.00 79.00 484.50 497.00

Thirty-Third-B District Meridian Lodge No.2, St. Louis . . Beacon Lodge No.3, St. Louis St. Louis Lodge No. 20, St. Louis . Naphtali Lodge No. 25, St. Louis . Polar Star Lodge No. 79, St. Louis . Pride of the West Lodge No. 179, St. Louis . Good Hope Lodge No. 218, St. Louis . . Cosmos Lodge No. 282, St. Louis Cornerstone Lodge No. 323, St. Louis . America Lodge No. 347, St. Louis " . . Cache Lodge No. 416, St. Louis Anchor Lodge No. 443, St. Louis . West Gate Lodge No. 445, St. Louis . Lambskin Lodge No. 460, St. Louis . Harmony Lodge No. 499, St. Louis . Apollo Lodge No. 529, St. Louis . Algabil Lodge No. 544, St. Louis . Forest Park Lodge No. 578, St. Louis . Tower Grove Lodge No. 631, St. Louis . Mizpah Lodge No. 639, St. Louis . Benjamin Franklin Lodge No. 642, St. Louis .. Pilgrim Lodge No. 652, St. Louis . Progress Lodge No. 657, St. Louis .

1,436.00 2,731.00 465.00 167.00 1,470.00 333.80 612.70 105.00 574.10 308.00 869.95 651.50 1,216.25 712.00 129.40 525.50 12.00 187.50 729.35 150.00 371.60 156.26 110.00

Thirty-Fourth District Index Lodge No. 64, Garden City Cass Lodge No. 147, Harrisonville Grand River Lodge No. 276, Freeman Wadesburg Lodge No. 348, Creighton Nonpariel Lodge No. 372, East Lynne Belton Lodge No. 450, Belton Jewel Lodge No. 480, Pleasant Hill Coldwater Lodge No. 485, Drexel

. .

200.00

. . . . .

36.50

Paid in

38.00

23.00 25.00 62.50 28.00 700.00 750.00 417.42 111.00 95.00

26.00 38.00 139.00

3.00

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

Archie Lodge No. 633, Archie Cleveland Lodge No. 651, Cleveland .'

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Thirty-Fifth District Hume Lodge No. 130, Hume Amsterdam Lodge No. 141, Amsterdam Butler Lodge No. 254, Butler Rockville Lodge No. 341, Rockville Tyrian Lodge No. 350, Johnston Crescent Hill Lodge No. 368, Adrain Rich Hill Lodge No. 470, Rich Hill Foster Lodge No. 554, Foster

. . . . . . . .

Thirty-Sixth District Cole Camp Lodge No. 595, Cole Camp Shawnee Lodge No. 653, Warsaw Knobnoster Lodge No. 245, Knobnoster Holden Lodge No. 262, Holden Corinthian Lodge No. 265, Warrensburg Cold Spring Lodge No. 274, Leeton Chilhowee Lodge No. 487, Chilhowee Sedalia Lodge No. 236, Sedalia Granite Lodge No. 272, Sedalia Green Ridge Lodge No. 425, Green Ridge LaMonte Lodge No. 574, LaMonte

. . . . . . . . . .

Amount Pre'Viously Reported 13.50

Amount Paid in 1945-1946

6.00

99.00 13.00 104.00 163.00

Thirty-Se1JC'nth District Windsor Lodge No. 29, Windsor . Urich Lodge No. 286, Urich . . Agricola Lodge No. 243, Petersburg . Montrose Lodge No. 408, Montrose . Clinton Lodge No. 548, Clinton Calhoun Lodge No. 552, Calhoun . Blairstown Lodge No. 557, Blairstown . Deepwater Lodge No. 562, Deepwater , . St. Clair Lodge No. 273, Osceola . . Circle Longe No. 342, Roscoe Lowry City Lodge No. 403, Lowry City . Appleton City Lodge No. 412, Appleton City .. Star Lodge No. 419, Taberville . Thirty-Eighth District Linn Creek Lodge No. 152, Camdenton Mack's Creek Lodge No. 433, Mack's Creek .. Laclede Lodge No. 83, Lebanon . Competition Lodge No. 432, Competition . . Conway Lodge No. 528, Conway . Waynesville Lodge No. 375, Waynesville Richland Lodge No. 385, Richland . . Brumley Lodge No. 203, Brumley Iberia Lodge No. 410, Iberia .

169.00 6.00 1,165.00 25.00 16.00

100.00

1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Thirty-Ninth District Lebanon Lodge No. 77, Steelville . . Cuba Lodge No. 312, Cuba Salem Lodge No. 225, Salem . Vienna Lodge No. 94, Vienna . . Belle Lodge No. 373, Belle Lane's Prairie Lodge No. 531, Vichy . Rolla Lodge No. 213, Rolla..... . .. . . . . . . .. . . St. James Lodge No. 230, St. James . Equality Lodge No. 497, Newburg . Arlington Lodge No. 346, Dixon . Latimer Lodge No. 145, Licking .

1945-1946

17.20

5.60

Fortieth District DeSoto Lodge No. 119, DeSoto Joachim Lodge No. 164, Hillsboro Shekinah Lodge No. 256, Festus Herculaneum Lodge No. 338, Herculaneum Tyro Lodge No. 12, Caledonia Potosi Lodge No. 131, Potosi Irondale Lodge No. 143, Irondale Belgrade Lodge No. 632, Belgrade Blackwell Lodge No. 535, Blackwell

. . . . . . . . .

Forty-First District Riddick Lodge No. 361, Buffalo . Western Light Lodge No. 396, Louisburg . Urbana Lodge No. 421, Urbana . Hogle's Creek Lodge No. 279, Wheatland . Hermitage Lodge No. 288, Hermitage . Fair Play Lodge No. 44, Fair Play . Modern Lodge No. 144, Humansville . Pleasant Lodge No. 160, Morrisville . Bolivar Lodge No. 195, Bolivar . Pleasant Hope Lodge No. 467, Pleasant Hope .. Aldrich Lodge No. 664, Aldrich .

10.00 5.00 63.50 44.00

Forty-Second District Stockton Lodge No. 283, Stockton . Jerusalem Lodge No. 315, Jerico Springs . Clintonville Lodge No. 482, Eldorado Springs Washington Lodge No. 87, Greenfield . Garrett Lodge No. 359, Arcola . Everton Lodge No. 405, Everton ., . Melville Lodge No. 458, Dadesville . Lockwood Lodge No. 521, Lockwood .

25.00

Forty-Third District Osage Lodge No. 303, Nevada Sheldon Lodge No. 271, Sheldon Schell City Lodge No. 448, Schell City Montevallo Lodge No. 490, Montevalle Vernon Lodge No. 493, Bronaugh Unity Lodge No. 495, Richards

. . . . . .

Amount Paid in

Amount Previously Reported

154.45

31.25

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI A. mount Previously Reported

Walker Lodge No. 605, Walker Hermon Lodge No. 187, Liberal Lamar Lodge No. 292, Lamar Golden Lodge No. 475, Golden City Milford Lodge No. 516, Milford

. . . . .

A.mount Paid in 1945-1946

102.50

Forty-Fourth Distriot Carthage Lodge No. 197, Carthage . Sarcoxie Lodge No. 293, Sarcoxie . Joplin Lodge No. 335, Joplin . Fellowship Lodge No. 345, Joplin . Jasper Lodge No. 398, Jasper . . Carterville Lodge No. 401, Carterville Mineral Lodge No. 471, Oronoga . Webb City Lodge No. 512, Webb City . Carl Junction Lodge No. 549, Carl Junction .. Criterion Lodge No. 586, Alba . LaRussell Lodge No. 592, LaRussell

212.60 1,168.10 814.00 82.50 30.00 180.25

Forty-Fifth Distrwt

United Lodge No.5, Springfield . O'Sullivan Lodge No.7, Walnut Grove . Ash Grove Lodge No. 100, Ash Grove . Solomon Lodge No. 271, Springfield . . Ozarks Lodge No. 927, Fair Grove Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422, Springfield .. Republic Lodge No. 570, Republic . Strafford Lodge No. 608, Strafford . Willard Lodge No. 620, Willard . Webster Lodge No. 98, Marshfield . . Doric Lodge No. 300, Elkland Mount Olive Lodge No. 439, Rogersville . Hazelwood Lodge No. 459, Seymour " . Henderson Lodge No. 477, Rogersville

275.40 101.00 315.00 234.50 32.00 30.00

50.00

Forty-Si:tth District Ava Lodge No. 26, Ava . Pilot Knob Lodge No. 182, Richville . Barnes Lodge No. 116, Cabool . Texas Lodge No. 177, Houston . Plato Lodge No. 469, Plato . Summersville Lodge No. 555, Summersville .. Mountain Grove Lodge No. 158, Mountain Grove Joppa Lodge No. 411, Hartville . Mansfield Lodge No. 543, Mansfield . Grovespring Lodge No. 589, Grovespring . Norwood Lodge No. 622, Norwood .

2.00 27.50 28.60

Forty-Seventh District Van Buren Lodge No. 509, Van Buren Grandin Lodge No. 579, Grandin Hopewell Lodge No. 239, Lesterville Barnesville Lodge No. 353, Ellington

. .

600.00 50.00

10.00

1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Amount Previo'U8ly Reported Delphian Lodge No. 137, Birch Tree Winona Lodge No. 430, Winona Eminence Lodge No. 607, Eminence

. .

Amount Paid in 1945-1946

31.50

Forty-Eighth District Star of the West Lodge No. 133, Ironton Mosaic Lodge No. 351, Belleview Marcus Lodge No. 110, Fredericktown Farmington Lodge No. 132, Farmington Bismarck Lodge No. 41, Bismarck Ionic Lodge No. 154, Desloge St. Francois Lodge No. 234, Libertyville Samaritan Lodge No. 424, Bonne Terre Pendleton Lodge No. 551, Doe Run Leadwood Lodge No. 598, Leadwood Elvins Lodge No. 599, Flat River Saline Lodge No. 226, St. Marys

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

194.25 141.50 200.25 100.00 36.50 110.00 244.50 207.00

10.50

Forty-Ninth District Trowel Lodge No. 440, Marble Hill Zalma Lodge No. 545, Zalma St. Marks Lodge No. 93, Cape Girardeau West View Lodge No. 193, Millersville Mystic Tie Lodge No. 221, Oak Ridge Whitewater Lodge No. 417; Whitewater Excelsior Lodge No. 441, Jackson

. . . . . . .

1,384.17 100.00 145.00

Fiftieth District East Prairie Lodge No. 384, East Prairie Charleston Lodge No. 407, Charleston Morley Lodge No. 184, Morley Ashlar Lodge No. 306, Ashlar Sikeston Lodge No. 310, Sikeston Illmo Lodge No. 581, Illmo Blodgett Lodge No. 594, Blodgett Chaffee Lodge No. 615, Chaffee Bloomfield Lodge No. 153, Bloomfield Essex Lodge No. 278, Essex Lakeville Lodge No. 489, Bell City Dexter Lodge No. 532, Dexter Advance Lodge No. 590, Advance Morehouse Lodge No. 603, Morehouse Puxico Lodge No. 596, Puxico

. . . . . . . . . . . , .. . .

109.00 244.00 45.00 266.50 310.00 142.75 10.00 18.00 87.50 17.00

Fifty-First District Kennett Lodge No. 68, Kennett Four Mile Lodge No. 212, Campbell Hornersville Lodge No. 215, Hornersville Cardwell Lodge No. 231, Cardwell Malden Lodge No. 406, Malden Senath Lodge No. 513, Senath Portageville Lodge No. 166, Portageville Point Pleasant Lodge No. 176, Conran

. . 68.50 25.00 . . 20.00 30.00

12.50

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

Amount Previously Reported New Madrid Lodge No. 429, New Madrid , Parma Lodge No. 650, Parma . Caruthersville Lodge No. 461, Caruthersville ., Hayti Lodge No. 571, Hayti , . Steele Lodge No. 634, Steele Bernie Lodge No. 573, Bernie .

84.00 50.00

Fifty-Seoond District Poplar Bluff Lodge No. 209, Poplar Bluff Pine Lodge No. 314, Bardley Composite Lodge No. 369, Doniphan Naylor Lodge No. 568, Naylor Greenville Lodge No. 107, Greenville Wayne Lodge No. 526, Piedmont

. . . . . .

25.00 801.50 186.00

Fifty-Third District Mt. Zion Lodge No. 327, West Plains . Ingomar Lodge No. 536, Willow Springs . Mountain View Lodge No. 637, Mountain View Alton Lodge No. 255, Alton . . Woodside Lodge No. 387, Thomasville Clifton Lodge No. 463, Thayer . Koshkonong Lodge No. 582, Koshkonong . Sampson Lodge No. 298, Lutie . Bayou Lodge No. 365, Bakersfield . Rockbridge Lodge No. 435, Rockbridge Robert Burns Lodge No. 496, Gainesville

80.00 12.00

5.25 4.00

Fifty-Fourth District Sparta Lodge No. 296, Sparta Friend Lodge No. 352, Ozark Billings Lodge No. 379, Billings Clever Lodge No. 645, Clever Claflin Lodge No. 229, Protem Kirbyville Lodge No. 264, Hollister Forsyth Lodge No. 453, Forsyth Branson Lodge No. 587, Branson Crane Lodge No. 519, Crane

. . . . . . . . .

100.00

Fifty-Fifth District Monett Lodge No. 129, Monett Purdy Lodge No. 148, Purdy Barry Lodge No. 367, Washburn Pythagoras Lodge No. 383, Cassville Seligman Lodge No. 517, Seligman Comfort Lodge No. 533, Wheaton Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 99, Mt. Vernon Canopy Lodge No. 284, Aurora Marionville Lodge No. 390, Marionville Decatur Lodge No~ 400, Pierce City Red Oak Lodge No. 468, Red Oak Stinson Lodge No. 523, Stinson Miller Lodge No. 567, Miller

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

5.00 100.00

65.00 200.00

30.50

Amount Paid in 1945-1946

1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Fifty-Sixth District Southwest Lodge No. 466, South West City .. Anderson Lodge No. 621, Anderson . Noel Lodge No. 647, Noel . Racine Lodge No. 478, Seneca . Neosho Lodge No. 247, Neosho . Granby Lodge No. 514, Granby . Stella Lodge No. 538, Stella "..

Amount Previously Reported 17.00 21.00 47.00 442.50 84.80 13.00

Amount Paid in 1945-1946

6.60

Fifty-Seventh District Bonhomme Lodge No. 45, Baldwin . Bridgeton Lodge No. 80, St. John's Station . Webster Groves Lodge No. 84, Webster Groves Fenton Lodge No. 281, Fenton . Meramec Lodge No. 313, Eureka . Kirkwood Lodge No. 484, Kirkwood . Ferguson Lodge No. 542, Ferguson . Maplewood Lodge No. 566, Maplewood . Clayton Lodge No. 601, Clayton . Wellston Lodge No. 613, Wellston . Valley Park Lodge No. 629, Valley Park . Jennings Lodge No. 640, Jennings . Gardenville Lodge No. 655, Gardenville . Freedom, U. D. Lemay .

107.50 432.00 3,341.50 325.00 193.00 455.50 180.00 550.00 32.00 106.00 290.00 105.00

2.00 74.50

5.00

Fifty-Eighth District Versailles Lodge No. 320, Versailles Barnett Lodge No. 591, Barnett Olean Lodge No. 134, Olean Ionia Lodge No. 381, Eldon

. . . .

35.00 197.00

Fifty-Ninth District Independence Lodge ~o. 76, Independence Summit Lodge No. 263, Lee's Summit . McDonald Lodge No. 324, Independence . Blue Springs Lodge No. 337, Blue Springs . Raytown Lodge No. 391, Raytown . Christian Lodge No. 392, Oak Grove . Buckner Lodge No. 501, Buckner . Marlborough Lodge No. 569, Kansas City . Grandview Lodge No. 618, Grandview . Grain Valley Lodge No. 644, Grain Valley . Mt. Washington Lodge No. 614, Mt. Washington

342.75 45.00 162.00 52.00 25.00 70.00

39.00

Other Organizations and Individuals Fourteenth Masonic District Association Sixth Masonic District Association Fiftieth Masonic District Association Past Matrons Club, Centralia Chapter No. 195, O. E. S., Centralia, Missouri Past Matrons Club, Olive Chapter No. 65, O. E. S., Milan, Missouri Secretaries Club of St. Louis and St. Louis County

. . .

25.00 100.00 100.00

18.75

2.50

100.00

6.50

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

Kroger "G" Club, St. Louis, Mo. . . Mrs. Wilmoth Waller, St. Louis, Mo . C. R. Townsend, St. Louis, Mo. . . Mrs. Anna Kroeker, St. Louis, Mo. . . E. B. Herrington, Kirkwood, Mo . Miscellaneous donations . Henry W. Wekeman, St. Louis, Mo . A. J. Suiter, Kansas City, Missouri . L. J. Stiers, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stiers . Estate of J. Leonora Althen, deceased . Will Docter, St. Louis, Missouri . Orient Chapter No. 102, R. A. M. Kansas, City, Missouri . 1944 Masters and Wardens Clubs of St. Louis and St. Louis County . Order of True Kindred, Kansas City, Missouri .. Alexander Chapter No. 242, O. E. S., St. Charles, Missouri . . Royal Arch Lodge, St. Charles, Missouri Aviation Square Club, Parkville, Missouri . Edward E. Graff, for Mrs. Emma Edna Graff, Middletown, Ohio . A. K. Haines, St. Louis, Missouri . F. B. Adams, St. Louis, Missouri . Mr. and Mrs. John M. Allen, Los Angeles, Calif. Leonard Hamm, Normandy, Missouri . TjSgt. James M. Dowell, for Missouri Consistory No.1 . James Fremerman, Heroine Lodge No. 104, Kansas City, Missouri . Jacob W. Schiele, St. Louis, Missouri . Buzz Dickerman, Pacific, Missouri, and Fairbanks, Morse & Company, St. Louis, Missouri Chippewa Drug Co., St. Louis, Missouri . Oscar R. Witte, Clayton, Missouri . William L. Tamme, Fenton, Missouri . Daniel Kerckhoff Foundation, St. Louis, Mo. J. H. Brimmer, House Springs, Missouri . Marcus A. Loevy, St. Louis, Missouri . Dr. J. W. Jaeger, St. Louis, Missouri . Pratt & Whitney Aviation Square Club, Kansas City, Missouri . 1945 Masters and Wardens Clubs of St. Louis and St. Louis County .

Amount Previously Reported 20.75 200.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 65.50 79.14 5.00 30.00 2,000.00 350.00

Amou.nt Paid in 1945-1946

150.00

500.00 800.00 340.20 25.00 25.00 100.00 100.00 455.00 25.00 50.00 200.00 6.00 15.00 20.00 18.75 100.00 25.00 25.00 250.00 60.00 74.00 10.00 148.61 25.00

ENDOWMENT FUND

Gifts amounting to $136,047.49 have been added to our Endowment. The list of donors appears under a separate hea'ding.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

1946

MRS. MARY HUTHMAKER MEMORIAL

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

This estate amounts to $146,699.28. It is not handled by the Masonic Home of Missouri but the will provides that the income from the estate shall go to the Masonic Home each year. During the past year, the income amounted to $6,226.07. CONCLUSION

\Ve are profoundly grateful for another good year. While conditions on the outside have been filled with fear and turmoil, peace and harmony has prevailed in the Home. Our friends have been most kind and generous and we are profoundly grateful. Vve are also thankful to Almighty God for His grace and continued blessings. Fraternally submitted, MASONIC HOME BOARD, By W. W. MARTIN, President.

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

ADDITIONS TO THE ENDOWMENT FUND MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI 1945-1946 ETTA MUELLER ESTATE

$ 6,266.89

JAMES R. ANDERSON ESTATE.................

179.80

FRANKLIN V. KEMP ESTATE, STOCKS, BONDS AND CASH

45,935.08

LOUIS DUESTROW ESTATE

20,000.00

ROSA RUHLAND ESTATE

25,000.00

WILLIAM MODRA ESTATE

33.01

FANNIE A. McCARTY ESTATE

2,765.91

SOL SAMUEL ESTATE

100.00

ANNA KERN ESTATE

1,472.53

CLARA SIEGEL ESTATE

242.35

FRITZ WILLIAM SELLECK ESTATE

1,026.92

EUGENE D. ASHBROOK ESTATE

1,000.00

HUGH S. JAMISON ESTATE, STOCKS

32,025.00

1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

ENDOWMENT FUND MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI 1886-1945

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

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

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

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

ENDOWMENT FUND

MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI 1886-1945 W. L. Tamme Fund Erdhaus Estate secured and unsecured Henry T. Kilpatrick Fund William A. Hall Fund " Henry Siegfried Edward Meyer Charles V. B. Slade Robert F. Stevenson Glen Marquis Frank L. Schofield D. M. Wilson Mary C. Clapp Samuel Rife Estate Charles Reilly E. C. Robinson : B. S. Schwartz Brockett A. Dickson George F. Bergfeld Sarah B. Coffman '" Samuel A. Gluck Wellston Lodge No. 613 Richard Sinclair Karl Backrow Robert Lungstrass June Lee Cotton St. Joseph Chapter No. 198, O. E. S Marcus A. Loevy Sam Plan W .•T. Scherek Myrtle Lodge No. 338 Ludwig Kotany Charles E. Koken Philip Stremmel, Jr Boor Fletcher Alphonzo Whipple A. Bolin Fund M. A. Covey Fund William F. Kier Fund John T. Short Fund Paul Keiser Fund John Oliver Fund J. M. Darrow Fund T. W. Pritchett Fund Annie Martin Fund Comstock Estate Comstock Estate (doubtful value) Julia C. Norton Fund J. M. Darrow Estate William Latham, Jr. Estate John M. Woodson Estate

'" .,

. . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

550.00 7,665.32 2,000.00 500.00 1,000.00 500.00 9,548.75 14,992.13 1,105.14 1,000.00 528.00 3,405.09 7,548.50 100.00 2,500.00 692.83 1,000.00 500.00 465.89 200.00 100.00 200.00 100.00 286.00 250.00 450.00 70.00 100.00 46.00 310.95 200.00 300.00 137.40 400.00 100.00 400.00 25.00 10,000.00 200.00 2,000.00 371.36 5,000.00 1,000.00 259.98 115,760.97 2,500.00 1,000.00 5,000.00 1,000.00 5,467.91

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

1946

ENDOWMENT FUND MASONIC HOME OF MISSOURI 1886-1945 Sol E. Waggoner Estate . Jacob C. C. Waldeck Estate . Adam Herold Estate . James Vinyard Estate . . George B. Mills Estate, Stock and Bonds John Rehrs Estate . William Russell Estate, Cash . . William Russell Estate bonds and other securities Joseph Kronacher Estate . William A. Raming Estate . Fred Herket Estate . . Oscar H. Elbrecht Estate, Cash . Oscar H. Elbrecht Estate, stocks and bonds Edward F. W. Kaiser . Henry W. Hunning Estate . . Dr. Louis F. Bode Estate Fred Segelke Estate . Charles Geitner Estate . William B. Archer Estate . James Ward Nixon Memorial . Henry C. Grcnncr Estate, stocks, bonds and cash . Berthold Linder Estate . . Charles H. Schureman Estate . Charles A. Brown Estate Ernest Bruneman . . A. S. Hudson Estate Myrtle Kipp Estate . John Cunningham Estate . . Mrs. Pearl Kaiser Annuity Estate of William Modra . : .. George W. Leeak Gift Louis J. Brohammer Gift . Fred D. Gardner Estate . . George H. Woltjen Estate Mrs. Virginia Allen Church Estate (in memory of Ethelbert Forrester Allen) . Irin Levosier Page Estate . Gift in memory of William T. Coombs . Barbara Seaman Bequest . . Tsador Mendle Legacy Estate of Joseph S. McIntyre . Estate of James R. Anderson . R. F. Stevenson Estate . George William James Estate . Gerard B. Lambert . Mary Huthmaker Estate, bond and cash . Estate of William Rothmeyer . Louis Schmidt Estate . William W. Alexander . . Mrs. Kate Fellers Estate

1,000.00 500.00 211.08 933.24 11,600.00 250.00 1,901.39 4,392.00 431.05 1,000.00 2,000.00 405.86 2,780.00 25,000.00 100.00 300.00 214.47 1,000.00 5,085.00 1,000.00 261,502.94 200.00 365.67 1,000.00 100.00 942.84 707.16 16,875.25 5,500.00 6,329.18 500.00 1,500,00 1,000.00 1,000.00 5,000.00 25.00 50.00 100.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,873.23 10.00 1,000.00 7.40 5,553.59 50.00 500.00 1,000.00 625.00

1946

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ENDOWMENT FUND

MASONIO HOME OF MISSOURI 1886-1945 Fred Mueller Estate Frank Gottlieb Estate Clara Siegel Estate Emma Winkler Estate Clara Ethel Downs Memorial Fund William F. Kuhn Memorial Fund Arthur Emil Koethe Estate Thos. H. Reynolds Gift Edward Kuhn Estate Alva Moog Estate Nicola Zimmer Memorial Fund Emma H. Doellner Estate Abraham Romansky Abraham Romansky Estate Albert Rabenneek Estate Agnes McAdoo Estate, Bond and Cash Harry P. Brown Estate F. W. Struchen Estate " '" Mrs. Anna Kern Estate Mrs. Elizabeth Clark Estate Gift in Memory of Alexander Friedberg Emma Schumacher Estate Gift in Memory of Charles Hermann Charles Spraul Estate Theodore Mueller Estate Frank Ferguson Estate Kathryn Lehman Estate E. H. Lehnbetter Estate Logan Busby Estate

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

100.00 100.00 17,525.95 538.05 1,000.00 1,000.00 2,000.00 5,000.00 1,000.00 100.00 50.00 500.00 250.00 500.00 500.00 1,578.00 10,834.90 400.00 3,366.71 5,000.00 50.00 17.75 50.00 300.00 5,000.00 1,815.87 2,647.02 1,000.00 6,928.80

1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY September 1, 1945, to August 31, 1946. GENERAL FUND

Receipts Grand Lodge Per Capita Tax .. $148,565.45 Grand Chapter Per Capita Tax .. 15,807.50 Interest on General Fund S('curities Miscellaneous Income

. .

Disbursements Provisions . Dry Goods and Clothing . Laundry . . Ice, Light and Water Fuel . Salaries . Wages . Directors, Grand Lodge Officers and Advisory Board, Attending Board meetings . Hospital Supplies . Carfare for members of Home Family . Telephone . Auditing . Insurance . Repairs and Maintenance . Supplies . Printing, Stationery and Postage . Miscellaneous expense . Excess of Disbursements over Receipts

$164,372.95 187.66 1.00

$164,561.61

$ 66,917.47 2,174.14 15,699.20 7,273.71 14,718.33 20,367.50 69,800.99 1,391.64 5,177.10 221.25 679.13 250.00 3,789.22 14,009.53 7,115.55 624.51 5,582.01

235,791.28

71,229.67

ADD Transfers from Income Fund

68,785.43

Net decrease in General Fund Balance on Hand September 1, 1945

. .

2,444.24 116,132.54

Balance on Hand August 31, 1946

$113,688.30

BUILDING FUND Receipts Contributions Interest on Building Fund Securities

. $ 5,549.88 . 1,550.39

Balance on Hand September 1, 1945

7,100.27 80,183.37

Balance on Hand August 31, 1946

$ 87,283.64

INCOME FUND

Receipts Interest on Endowment Fund Bonds

$ 14,934.88

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

Interest on Endowment Fund Real Estate Loans Received from Members of the Home Family .. Pensions . Rent-Kirkwood Property . Sale of Cemetery Lots . Interest on Income Fund Securities . Sale of grease, etc. . .

44,836.98 3,668.60 877.10 669.75 80.00 2,043.04 745.66

$ 67,856.01

Disbursements Annuities . Taxes and other expenses on Real Estate Loans. Taxes and other expenses on estate and members of the Home Family . . Taxes on Enright Avenue property Bank charges . Printing checks . . Commission on securities purchased Excess of Receipts over Disbursements

2,269.92 80.82 2,369.49 3,395.43 1.81 6.00 87.50

8,210.97

. . . . . . . . ..

$ 59,645.04

DEDUCT Transfers to General Fund

68,785.43

Net decrease in Income Fund

9,140.99

ADD Balance on Hand September 1, 1945

104,354.31

Balance on Hand August 31, 1946

$ 95,213.92

INITIATION FUND

Receipts Initiation Fees Interest on Initiation Fund securities

$118,124.13 2,229.25

$120,353.38

Improvements on property for Children's Home $ 31,166.07 Expense on new Boiler House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,350.98 Commission on securities purchased 37.50

38,554.55

Disbursements

Excess of Receipts over Disbursements

$ 81,798.83

ADD Balance on Hand September 1, 1945

87,778.84

Balance on Hand August 31, 1946

$169,577.67

CHRISTMAS AND ENTERTAINMENT FUND

Receipts Contributions

4,724.25

1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Disbursements Entertainment and gifts Excess of Receipts over disbursements Balance on Hand August 31, 1946

3,187.80 . .

$ $

1,536.45 1,536.45

REPORT OF AUDITOR

C. K. BENSON, C. P. A., 711 St. Charles Street St. Louis, Mo. September 14, 1946 To the Board of Directors, Masonic Home of Missouri St. Louis, Missouri. Gentlemen: Pursuant to engagement, we have prepared this report preliminary to our formal report of the Masonic Home of Missouri, to be submitted to the Board of Directors at a later date. We examined the books and records of your Secretary, Mr. Clarence L. Alexander, for the fiscal year ended August 31, 1946. Our examination covered the General Fund, Income Fund, Initiation Fund, Building Fund, Christmas and Entertainment Fund, and Endowment Fund. We have prepared the following summaries of assets comprising these funds as at August 31, 1946. GENERAL FUND Cash in United Bank and Trust Company . Cash in Boatmen's National Bank . Cash in Mercantile-Commerce Bank and Trust Company .. Cash in Mercantile-Commerce National BankPay Roll Account . Cash in Mercantile-Commerce National Bank-Savings Acct. . Cash in Mississippi Valley Trust Company Cash in Matron's Petty Cash Fund .

$ 10,690.78

35,282.29 30,273.05 6,000.00 1,007.72 30,250.00 200.00 $113,703.84

LESS Reserve for Employees' Withholding TaxesCity of Saint Louis

15.54 $113,688.30

Total General Fund INCOME FUND Cash in First National Bank Cash in Mississippi Valley Trust Company Securities-At Cost Accrued Interest on Securities at Time of Purchase

. . . .

Total Income Fund

$ 95,213.92

400.00 13,891.18 80,618.00 . 304.74

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

INITIATION FUND Cash in Mercantile-Commerce Bank and Trust Company .. Securities-at Cost . Accrued Interest on Securities at Time of Purchase .

$ 32,585.46 136,900.00 92.21

Total Initiation Fund

$169,577.67

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

. .

Total Building Fund

5,433.39 81,850.25

$ 87,283.64

CHRISTMAS AND ENTERTAINMENT FUND Cash in Boatmen's National Bank . . . . . . . . . . .. $ 1,536.45 Total Christmas and Entertainment Fund

ENDOWMENT FUND Real Estate Loans : United States Treasury Bonds Other Bonds and Stocks Modra Estate Securities Rife Estate Securities Rife Estate Securities in Default Comstock Estate Securities Comstock Estate Securities in Default George B. Mills Estate Securities Henry C. Grenner Estate Securities Cash in First National Bank

. . . . . . . . . . .

$999,666.40 307,674.00 36,625.00 81.00 75.00 3.00 11,334.01 240.00 10,000.00 24,433.50 44,690.12

Total Endowment Fund

1,536.45

$1,434,822.03

The bank balances appearing in these funds were confirmed by reconciling certificates received directly from the depositaries with the stated book balances. The investments as shown in these Funds were verified by examination of the securities. We have shown the securities listed in the Income Fund, Initiation Fund and Building Fund at the recorded cost. The securities in the Endowment Fund, which are not in default, are stated at the values placed thereon by the Trustees of the Endowment fund at the date of acquisition of the securities by the Home. Bonds in default are carried at market value or at an appraised value believed by the Trustees of the Endowment Fund to be market value. We also checked and reconciled the monthly reports of the secretary and treasurer as at August 31, 1946, and found them to be in agreement, after giving effect to outstanding checks, etc. If you desire any additional information relative to this report, we shall be pleased to have you call upon us. Respectfully submitted,

C. K. BENSON, Certified Public Accountant.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

1946

CALLED FROM LABOR

At 11 :50 a. m. the Grand Lodge was called from labor until 1 :30 p. m. AFTERNOON SESSION-l:30 P. M.

The Grand Lodge was called to Labor at 1 :30 p. m. The Grand Chaplain offered prayer. THE GRAND MASTER: Now, Brethren, before anything else I have a little program that is not on the agenda. There is an officer of the Grand Lodge who has served long and faithfully in an official capacity. He has served Free Masonry for fifty years. I was invited to go to his home lodge and present his fifty year button on behalf of the Grand Lodge and instead I requested that he be down here, because of the outstanding services this distinguished brother has rendered this fraternity in the capacity in which he has served, and I am very glad to ask that R. 'V. Brother Emmet Robison and the Worshipful Master of his lodge approach the East. Emmet, I did not realize it had been that long, but I can congratulate you on fifty years of very distinguished service to the fraternity. I only hope it ean be that much longer. I am going to ask that the Master of the Lodge be privileged to invest you with this jewel as one of our veterans. (Wor. Bro. Springsted, Jr., then presented the 50year button.) BROTHER ROBISON: Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren, I appreciate your wish for the continued service and if my health and strength and endurance are long I shall be glad to serve another fifty years. Personally it has been very fine and very pleasant, and I want to thank you. M. W. Bro. Denslow then presented his report as Grand Correspondent, which was adopted. NECROLOGY

Bro. Julius R. Edwards then presented the Report of the Committee on Necrology, which was adopted and is as follows: There is no death I An angel form Walks 0 'er the earth with silent tread; He bears our best loved things away; And then we call them "dead." During the year no less than 1789 of our members answered the call. Some were in early manhood, with the promise of life before them, others were in their prime, in full fruition, while still others may have seemed to tarry too long, like the over-ripe grain falling from the sheaf. But, (( There is a time given to finish the work, and when the limit of that time shall come, not one stone more can be laid by the builder, not one

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touch more given to the edifice in any of its parts. And no man can tell when the night shall come." Many, if not most, of those who have gone this year, have never been heard before this audience, but their work was faithful, and Freemasonry and the world is better for their having lived. John Clyde Akers died October 25, 1945. In the 48th District he had been District Lecturer since 1925, and District Deputy Grand Master and District Lecturer since 1933. He was a member of many other Masonic bodies. Edward Perry Walsh, Past Master of Magnolia Lodge No. 631, died January 18, 1946. He was District Deputy Grand Master in the 33d District in 1936, and had been Chairman of the Appeals and Grievance Committee and a member of the Masonic Home Visiting Committee. Athol John Michener died January 21, 1946. He was Worshipful Master of George Washington Lodge No. 9 in 1903, and was District Deputy Grand Master in the 33d District from 1931 to 1933. He was Postmaster of St. Louis from 1927 to 1933. Frederick M. Smith died in Independence, March 20, 1946. He was head of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and his crowning physical accomplishment was the building of the great church auditorium at Independence, seating 7,000, and clearing it of debt in 1942. He was Past Master of Orient Lodge No. 546, Potentate of Ararat Temple in 1941 and was Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge in 1940, and from 1942 to 1945. Herman Ernest Mauch, Director and Treasurer of the Masonic Home, died March 22, 1946. He was a member of Itaska Lodge No. 420, Past Potentate of Moolah Temple and Past Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Missouri. He became a member of the Board of Directors of the Masonic Home on July 10, 1929, and continued with but a short intermission until his death. Frank H. Wielandy, a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 40, died June 25, 1946. He was a director of the Masonic Home from 1926 until his death, and he was well known throughout the State for his intelligent and zealous interest in public parks and wild-life conservation. R. W. Brother John S. Carmical, who served the 59th Masonic District as Deputy Grand Master for several years, and District Deputy Grand Lecturer for many years, passed away at his home, 130 E. Pacific Street, Independence, Missouri, Saturday evening, August 18, at 7: 20 p. m., after a long illness of more than a year. The funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon at 2: 30 p. m. at the First Methodist Church, conducted by Rev. Bro. Milton F. Hill, pastor of the Watson Memorial Church of Independence. The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge was represented by R. W. Bro. Harry F. Sunderland, Junior Grand Warden. Brother Carmical served the Craft long and faithfully and he will be greatly missed by the brethren of his District. OTHER GRAND JURISDICTIONS:

Alabama: M. W. Brother Robert F. Lovelady, P. G. M., died March 23,1946. Alberta: R. W. Brother Edward Ottewell, Deputy Grand Master, died July 31, 1946. Arizona: M. W. Brother Louis G. Moyers, P. G. M., died May 16, 1946. M. W. Brother Quintus James Anderson, P. G. M., died September 14, 1945. British Columbia: M. W. Brother William Henry Bland, Grand Master, died March 3, 1946. Delaware: M. W. Brother James C. Dutton, P. G. M., died January 23, 1946.

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Florida: M. W. Brother Thomas Picton Warlow, P. G. M., died September 13, 1945. M. W. Brother John Lloyd Hall, P. G. M., died October 25,1945. M. W. Brother Ralph B. Chapman, P. G. M., died April 16, 1946. Illinois: M. W. Brother Dan DeBaugh, P. G. M., died June 3, 1946. Iowa: M. W. Brother Charles Silvan Percival, P. G. M., aied March 17, 1946. Kentucky: M. W. Brother Hanson Landrum Peterson, P. G. M., died December 20, 1945. M. W. Frank Dillman Rash, P. G. M., died April 18,1946. Louisiana: M. W. Brother Archie T. Higgins, P. G. M., died October 3, 1945. Maine: R. W. Brother Frederic Osgood Eaton, P. G. S. W., died October, 1945. R. W. Brother Sullivan Lane Andrews, P. G. J. W., died November 26, 1945. R. W. Brother Leon Selden Howe, P. G.- J. W., died January 11, 1946. MichigOln: M. W. Brother Charles A. Durand, P. G. M., died November 13, 1945. M. W. Brother Hugh Alexander McPherson, P. G. M., died September 20, 1945. Mississippi: M. W. Brother John R.obert Tally, P. G. M., died November 9, 1945. Montana.: M. W. Brother Francis Doremus Jones, P. G. M., died July 20, 1946. Nevada: M. W. Brother William C. Watson, P. G. M., died November 11, 1945. M. W. Brother William B. S. Park, P. G. M., died February 24, 1946. M. W. Brother Edward A. Ducker, P. G. M., died August 14, 1946. New Hampshire: M. W. Brother Frederick Willis Sawyer, P. G. M., died February 3, 1946. Nova Sootia: M. W. Brother George Dewar Macdougall, P. G. M., died December 29, 1945. Ohio: M. W. Brother Harry Seaman Kissell, P. G. M., died February 14, 1946. Oregon: M. W. Brother Herbert Lee Toney, P. G. M., died March 3, 1946. Rhode Island: M. W. Brother Augustus Foster Rose, P. G. M., died July 20, 1946. South Carolina.: R. W. BrotheF Waddy McFall Anderson, Deputy Grand Master, died October 17, 1945. South Dakota: M. W. Brother Louis George Levoy, P. G. M., died October 16, 1945. Tennessee: M. W. Samuel C. Brow.n, P. G. M., died May 12, 1946. Texas: M. W. Brother Gustavus Adolphus Brandt, P. G. M., died October 3, 1945. Washington: M. W. Brother William Allen Fairweather, P. G. M., died August 19, 1946. West Virginia: M. W. Brother Tom G. Strickler, Sr., P. G. M., died February 4, 1946. Wyo·ming: M. W. Brother Guy J. Gay, P. G. M., died April 9, 1946. JAMES W. SKELLY, JULIUS R. EDWARDS.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MASONIC BOARDS OF RELIEF

Bro. John Adams in the absence of Bro. Skelly then presented the report of the Committee of Masonic Boards of Relief, which was adopted, and is as follows:

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To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. ~ A. M. of Missouri: Your Committee on Boards of Relief has received reports of the Boards of Relief in Kansas City, St. Joseph, Springfield, and St. Louis, and the St. Louis Masonic Employment Bureau. After a careful reading of these reports we desire to submit the following: Kan.sas City. The Board has continued to render assistance to transients, and during the year arranged funerals for ten members of Lodges outside pf Kansas City. Requests for fraternal assistance have not been heavy during the year, but seem to be increasing. The financial statement continues to show improvement, and is in substance as follows: Balance, July 1, 1945 $4,810.12 Receipts From 17 lodges $3,920.00 From fraternal assistance and refunds 323.50 4,243.50 $9,053.62

Disbursement.,; Fraternal assistance outside Missouri Miscellaneous, including salaries Legal services, in re: Forest Hill Refund to 3 lodges Balance, June 30, 1946

. $ 224.78 . 1,451.23 500.00 . 145.00 .

2,321.01 $6,732.61

One Lodge only has not paid on initiates for the last half of 1945. An assessment was made for the entire year of 1945, but no assessment was made for 1946. Two Lodges still owe a total of $405.00 on initiates prior to 1945. During 1946 the Board holds meetings on the third Saturday of each month. W. Bro. W. S. Lane, who had been Secretary-Treasurer since 1915, resigned August 20, 1945. W. Bro. Joseph W. Schlaegel who succeeded as Secretary, dicd November 30, 1945. W. Bro. Edwin W. Ernst has been elected Secretary.

St. Joseph. The Board serves the five lodgcs in St. Joseph. A bank balance of $467.95 is shown; a financial statement is not shown. No asscssment was made during the year. Four Masonic funerals for transient members were conducted. The Board has answered a large number of requests for information as to the location of Lodges, and has extended many courtesies. An important feature is the publication of loss of Lodge credential cards. Springfield. The Board serves the three Lodges in Springfieid. Three funerals of transient members were conducted by the Lodges. The financial statement is as follows: Balance, July 1, 1945 $ 858.42 Receipts Interest and miscellaneous 16.00 Disbursements Miscellaneous items Balance, June 30, 1946

$ 874.42

1.06 $ 873.36

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M. W. Bro. Bert S. Lee continues as President of the Board, a position he has held for many years.

St. Loui~. The Board has had a busy year, with an increase of ninetyfour cases over the previous year, which is set forth in a well-written report. Three hundred and twenty-six new cases were considered, in addition to thirty-three brought forward from the previous year, making a total of three hundred and fifty-nine. The better to illustrate the scope of the report, we quote in .full one paragraph. , , two-expelled; ten frauds; eleven had no recognized Masonic claim, these were soldiers whose fathers were Masons; nine were suspended; six were unworthy, seven were cases where the Lodges were not known, these were two dead men and the rest women who claimed to be daughters of Masons but did not know their fathers' lodges; twenty-nine reported . their credentials lost; two were reported missing; twelve applicants reside outside of the jurisdiction of this Board and were referred to Lodges or Boards of Relief convenient to their homes; seven applicants withdrew their requests for aid upon learning that their respective Lodges would be notified; the St. Louis Lodges requested the Board to cause investigations to be made of seventy-two of their members, these were all out of town residents and were either suspended members making applications for restoration or deceased members whose families had requested Masonic Burials; the Hospital Committees visited forty-one sick persons, making a total of ninety-nine visits and one hundred and eighteen were found worthy and their needs relieved, of these thirty-one were deceased members and were given Masonic Burials by the various St. Louis Lodges, and four Lodges in St. Louis County." Thirty-five funerals of transient members were conducted by the Lodges in St. Louis. The Board reports an excellent attendance at meetings, which are held every Saturday night throughout the year. The Secretaries of a majority of the Lodges have been prompt in paying assessments, and with the large number of petitions being received, the Board's treasury is in good condition. The Board expresses the opinion that in no other body with membership so large does such a fine spirit of cooperation exist. The work of this Board has again increased over past years. Investigations for local and out-state Lodges, hospital, office and telephone calls far exceed those of other years. This increase is due to the many more petitions and inductions into Masonry, not only in our city and state, but in all parts of the cQuntry, a percentage of which is sure to have some reflection on the many obligations of this Board. Applicants for relief from frauds and impostors have increased and our work is hampered by the added attention we must give this type of applicant, as we must be doubly careful they do not find our Board a fertile field in which to ply their arts. The Lodges should be doubly careful in re-admitting suspended members whose identity has been lost for a period of years. In these checkered years, no investigation can be too thorough in establishing the worth of an old member. Some of our investigations have brought out very undesirable qualities of former members who sought re-instatement. The Board expresses gratitude to the Grand Lodge for the amendment to Section 65 of Grand Lodge By-Laws adopted in 1944, which has assured the Board sufficient funds to carryon its work. By reason of the larger number of initiations, a reduction in the assessment was made during the year, as a temporary measure. The interest manifested by all the members of the Board is most

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gratifying to the officers. There are but few appointees who do not attend any of the meetings. About 95 per cent of them have at some time during the year attended one or more meetings. The average attendance is about 30 per cent, which, we think, is highly commendable, when consideration is made that the Board meets every Saturday night of the year. Every Committee appointed to do any manner of the tasks has performed promptly and thoroughly. The Secretary, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary are to be commended for their faithfulness to their duties. Their remuneration is made up in a large part by their love of a duty well done, and the entire Craft is indebted to them for their loyalty and devotion. The Secretaries of all the Lodges have been prompt in making their remittances and the spirit of cooperation prevails. The financial statement is in substance as follows: Balance July 1, 1945 $2,623.53 United States War Bonds 4,830.00 $ 7,453.53 Receipts

5,451.46

Disbursements Balance, June 30, 1946

$12,904.99 4,864.86 $ 8,040.13

THE MASONIC EMPLOYMENT BUREAU OF ST. LOUIS

Requests for help continue to come in, and quite a pickup was noticeable since V-J Day. While our Placement Record has held up very well, lack of qualified applicants prevented a much larger Placement Record. During the year a total of 401 were placed. Sixty-five Veterans have been placed since the end of hostilities, a number of whom were dissatisfied with the job left behind upon entering the Service, and as our boys are returning home the Bureau is working diligently to help them properly adjust themselves for the future. A number of these Brethren have expressed their sincere appreciation to the Bureau for the assistance rendered in placing their wives during their absence-some 125 wives of Veterans having been placed. Last October the Bureau celebrated its Fiftieth Anniversary at the Scottish Rite Cathedral with some two hundred in attendance, and this gathering, attended by a number of Grand Lodge Officers, proved to be one of the outstanding Masonic Meetings of 1945. From the attached financial statement can be seen the problem with which the Employment Bureau is now confronted. The increased cost of operation has had its effect, and it was only by the exercise of strict economy that the office was able to function and carryon so successfully. Since 1916 this most important adjunct of Freemasonry has operated on a 25c Per Capita, and unless the funds of the Bureau are enhanced, the small reserve the Bureau maintains will be entirely wiped out in the very near future. The Officers and Representatives of the Employment Service earnestly solicit the good counsel and advic~ of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge toward a proper solution of this impending problem to enable the Bureau to continue its high efficiency of operation for the benefit of the Fraternity and to maintain the present high standing among its increased Employer Clientele. Financial statement: Balance, July 1, 1945 $ 862.09 Receipts 5,592.75 $6,454.84

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Balance, June 30, 1946

$ 330.03

Fraternally submitted, JAMES W. SKELLY, Chairman, JOHN W. ADAMS, HARRY SCHULZ, CYRIL A. CARPENTER, ALFRED H. GOULT. THE GRAND MASTER: Brethren, you should know the reason why the chairman of this <'ommittee is not present. M. W. Bro. Skelly is burying his wife this afternoon. I am sure that we all join in the sorrow and the grief that has come to the very distinguished Past Grand Master of this Grand Lodge, who is the head of this committee. And I will ask the Grand Secretary to send Bro. Skelly a message of condolence.

REPORT OF GRAND LECTURER

M. W. Bro. Anthony F. Ittner, Grand Lecturer, then submitted his Annual Report, which was adopted, and is as follows: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, .A. F. go A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: As your Grand Lecturer I desire to submit my twelfth annual report covering my activities during the Grand Lodge year 1945-46. I am happy to be able to report that I have visited each of the' fifty-nine Masonic Districts in the State and held schools of instruction in each of them. In nearly all of the Districts there was a marked increase in the number of brethren attending my meetings as well as an increase in the number of lodges represented. An effort was made to keep a correct record of the attendance at these meetings and in the main these records have been correct. Any variation from the exact number in attendance would probably show too few brethren attending rather than too many. The average number in attendance at these meetings was approximately forty-five, a number making it possible except in a few instances to exemplify any part of the work. I am also happy to report that during the past year the brethren attending my schools have shown a far greater desire to do their work exactly right than was the case either during the war years or the depression years, because of the distractions during the former period and the discouragement during the latter. The main source of instruction in each District has been through the years the District Lecturer, and so long as our present system is r-etained the District Lecturer will continue to be the main source of instruction. The Grand Le.cturer of course visits every District in the State, exemplifies the floor work and goes over the lectures and other work with his Deputies to give them an opportunity to check up and eliminate an occasional error. I am pleased to note that almost all of our District Lecturers have attained a high degree of proficiency and that a goodly number of them are practically perfect and could step into the breach and creditably represent the Grand Lecturer in an emergency. In the matter of imparting a correct knowledge of the Proficiency or . Candidates' lectures the Grand Lecturer has been greatly aided by those brethren who have passed their examinations entitling them to Grand

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Lodge certificates as Authorized Instructors. There are now 694 of these scattered around the State and the number is constantly growing. In the light of the experience gained in examining and certifying these brethren as Authorized Instructors, it is felt by many that the system should be extended to include other parts of the work and eventually the entire work for those who are ambitious and bright enough to qualify themselves. This need not impair the dignity or authority of the District Lecturers but would be of vast help to them in discharging their difficult task. The holders of these certificates would constitute, as it were, a board of instructors in each District with the District Lecturer as chairman. Such a system, however, could not be made to spring up fulllledged over night. To make it fully operative and successful throughout the entire State would doubtless be the work of several years. At Kansas City, on April 29, 1946, and at St. Louis on May 13, 1946, meetings were held under the auspices of the Grand Master and the Grand Lecturer to enable the former to hold conferences with his District Deputies and the latter to hold schools of instruction for the District Lecturers and the District Deputy Grand Masters. Both these meetings were eminently successful and great good resulted from them from the standpoints of both the Grand Master and the Grand Lecturer. The only drawback was that one day was hardly sufficient to give the Grand Master adequate time to confer with his Deputies and the Grand Lecturer time to exemplify the entire work. It has been suggested that two days be set apart for these meetings in the future. On November 26, 1945, following an afternoon school of instruction, in company with R. W. Brother Marshall Story, D.D.G.M. of the First District, R. W. Brother Perry O. Sansberry, D.L., of .the same District, and R. W. Brother David A. Leslie, D.D.G.M. and D.L, of the Fifteenth District, I visited the grave of R W. Brother James R. McLachlan, my predecessor in the office of Grand Lecturer. In the waning light we all stood with bowed heads, in silent prayer and loving memory of our departed friend and instructor. No word was spoken. The silence was more eloquent than words could have been. I was informed that his daughter contemplates erecting a monument on the site, and it was the feeling of all of us that it would be most appropriate for the Grand Lodge, if the daughter consents, to place a marker above the grave. The reports of my District Lecturers show an increased interest in the work on the part of the lodges. Their reports were all good, only a very few not reporting. The outstanding reports were those .of the Ninth, Thirty-Third, Forty-Fifth and Fifty-Seventh Districts. In mentioning these there is no desire to disparage the others. I shall make special mention of only one, namely, that received from R. W. Brother Freelon K. Hadley, of St. Joseph, District Lecturer of the Ninth District. Permit me to quote a part of his report which I believe evinces a zeal unprecedented in the ritualistic department in the history of our Grand Lodge. He says: "Since our meeting in St. Louis last September I have held a total of 103 schools of instruction to date, and I have one scheduled each week for the next five weeks. Besides these schools I have been out many times to help Lodges with degrees, lectures, etc. "I did not do this with the intention of making any kind of record, and do not have anything like that in mind. It is a coincidence, however, that I have had over 100 schools during our centennial here of the St. Joseph Lodge. We will celebrate our 100 years some time the latter part of October, and since I am on the Publicity Committee if you care to make any mention of our 100 Year Anniversary in your report I would appreciate it very much. I do not feel, however, that I will ever reach

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this mark again, due to other activities and to my work, but I will Msure you that I will be in there helping anyone at any time they call on me. " I think that the above words of Brother Hadley speak so eloquently for themselves that further comment is unnecessary, except to say that I know correct instruction was imparted at all of Brother Hadley's schools as he is one of our very best District Lecturers. During the year a number of new members entered our group of District Lecturers. Their predecessors had all resigned or asked not to be reappointed for good and compelling reasons. They were all loyal to the Grand Lodge and the Grand Lecturer and we thank them for their faithful and valuable years of service. Toward the end of 1945, R. W. Brother Bruce H. Hunt, D.L. of the Second District, was appointed Grand Lecturer of the Grand Chapter, R. A. M. of Missouri. He felt that his duties as Grand Lecturer of the Grand Chapter would prevent his doing justice to the office of D.L., so he tendered his resignation. R. W. Brother Ernest T. Scofield, of Kirksville, was appointed D.L. in his stead. , R. W. Brother Emmet M. Wilson, D.L., of the Fourth District, has written me tendering his resignation to take effect at the end of the current year. His resignation will be accepted with regret. In April of this year R. W. Brother E. W. Tayler, D.L. of the Thirteenth District, informed me that owing to the effects of an automobile accident he felt that he had not the strength to do justice to the important duties of his office and he asked to be relieved. I accepted his resignation with regret, and appointed R. W. Brother Warren W. Dray, of Linneus, in his stead. R. W. Brother Samuel L. Jewett, D.L. of the Twenty-fifth District, who is Mayor of Boonville, with a diversity of other interests, feels that because of this great press of work he cannot accept reappointment. I acquiesce in his request not to be reappointed with very great regret. His successor has not yet been selected. R. W. Brother William D. Rogers, D.L., of the Thirty-second District, has recently been confined to Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, for an operation. He came out of the operation successfully and is now well on his way to recovery-to complete recovery, we hope. However, owing to advancing years and increased press of work in his employment, he hM felt constrained to ask me not to reappoint him. I shall comply with his request with very great regret as he was one of the most proficient and outstanding District Lecturers of our time. His successor will be announced later. At the end of last year R. W. Brother Dudley O. Bradley, D.D.G.M. and D.L. of the Thirty-fifth District, asked not to be reappointed D.L., owing to increased and very heavy duties of his position. It is with sincere regret that I complied with his request to remove his name from the list of our esteemed District Lecturers. I appointed R. W. Brother Thomas F. Herndon in his place. R. W. Brother Thornton Jennings, of Clinton, who had served the Grand Lodge faithfully and with distinction for a period of twenty-six years, both as D.D.G.M. and as D.L., at the end of last year asked not to be reappointed. In addition to his former vocation he had taken over another important but kindred line of business and felt that he could not possibly devote further time to the office of District Lecturer. He has been our Grand Tiler for the past three years. His request not to be reappointed was honored with very special regret. R. W. Brother Philip D. Trainer, of Clinton, was appointed in his stead. Among the outstanding Masonic leaders of Southeast Missouri for a quarter of a century or more is R. W. Brother Sidney E. Barr, of Pied-

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mont. He served the Grand Lodge as D.D.G.M. and D.L. with signal ability for a number of years. At the end of the last Grand Lodge year he asked not to be reappointed District Lecturer because of an acute shortage of help in his business. His request not to be reappointed was accepted with deep regret. During the year I had the pleasure of attending a number of outstanding meetings of historie significance. It would be impossible to review them all so I shall refrain from mentioning all but one, or rather, all but one group of meetings held in Washington, D. C. On Monday, February 18, 1946, in company with Most Worshipful Brother Willis J. Bray, Grand Master, M. W. Brother Bert S. Lee, M. W. Brother Harold L. Reader, Grand Secretary, and R. W. Brother Solon Cameron, Deputy Grand Master, I left for Washington, D. C., where we arrived on the morning of February 19. We were joined at Washington by M. W. Brother Ray V. Denslow and Brother Frank Land. On Tuesday, February 19, we attended the Annual Convention of the Masonic Service Association of the United States. It was a most inspiring occasion. A number of very important papers were read, including one by M. W. Brother Ray V. Denslow, on his experiences and impressions of Masonic conditions in Europe, which he had visited as a member of a commission of eminent Freemasons who were sent over to study and report back Masonic conditions on that stricken continent. On Wednesday and Thursday, February 20th and 21st, our party attended the Conference of Grand Masters of the United States, at which a number of interesting and valuable papers were read on Masonic conditions throughout our beloved country. Again at that Conference M. W. Brother Denslow read a more extended paper on Masonic conditions in Europe which cast a flood of light on the sad situation prevailing there. The dinner of the Grand Masters' Conference was held in the Congress Room of the Willard Hotel on the night of Wednesday, February 20. It was attended by our entire party and was a most interesting and inspiring occasion. On Friday, February 22, we all went over to Alexandria, Virginia, to attend the annual Convention of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association in the beautiful George Washington Memorial building. At this meeting the financial status of the Association reached a new high. A total of $200,000.00 in round figures was reported contributed at this meeting, of which Missouri contributed $5,000.00. The Freemasonry of this great organizatioJJ is part and parcel of the Freemasonry of Missouri, as it is part and parcel of the Freemasonry in every other State in the Union. The benign influence of our Memorial Association coupled with that of the other organizations whose conventions were held in the same week imparts a nation-wide solidarity to Freemasonry which it could hardly achieve in any other way. M. W. Brother Lee is the Second Vice President of the George Washingtvn Masonic National Memorial Association and I have the honor of being a member of the Board of Directors. In conclusion, let me express my sense of gratitude to my corps of District Lecturers and also to the District Deputy Grand Masters for the support they have given me and the many courtesies they have shown me during the year. My relations with the Grand Master and with the Grand Secretary during the year, as well as my relations with all the other Grand Lodge officers have been most cordial and friendly. A correct understanding by the various Grand Lodge officers of their several functions and the inter-relationships that should exist among them make for a more efficient conduct of the affairs of the Grand Lodge. It is my belief that

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these inter-relationships have been fully recognized and carefully observed during the past year. Fraternally submitted, ANTHONY F. ITTNER, Grand Lecturer.

M. W. BRO. ITTNER: I move the adoption of the report. (Motion seconded and carried.) THE GRAND MASTER: Thank you, Bro. Ittner. Now, Brethren, while it is not quite time for us to call from labor it is near enough time that I think that perhaps we should not undertake anything else. I think most of you understand the program this afternoon when we adjourn at 2 :30 p. m. Buses will be out in front of this building to take each one of you out to the Masonic Home. When you get out there you will find the children of the home there ready to receive you and take you and show you through the home, and it is the desire of the officials of the home that you see all there is to be seen, and if you do not it .is your fault. 'Vhen you have seen everything it will be dinner time. I have not had a chance in the last few days to sample the ham that 'V. Bro. Martin says is waiting for us this evening, and if you take my recommendation it is worth going out there for and you will not find any such ham a~ywhere and it is just possible you might not be possible to find it anywhere in town, but it is out there. I haven't asked him how he got it, but I have the assurance that it is out there and will be served you this evening. I know that you will be there and I know that you will want to avail yourself of the opportunity to see and go through the home and visit the old folks, and visit with the children, and visit with each other and look over the plant. I would like to recommend specifically that you go through the hospital and then I wish as you go through the hospital" I would like you to ask yourself specifically this question, how you would like to be a patient jn this hospital from now on out. I want you to see that for yourself. I want you to go through the building where the old men live, a good old building, and those are good old men and they deserve better at our hands. Some of these days building facilities are going to be restored to where they normally were and the Masons of Missouri will have an opportunity once more to build for those of our brethren who have been overtaken by misfortune. Now, brethren, it is time to stop and we meet again here at 7 :30. CALLED FROM LABOR

The Grand Lodge was then called from labor until 7 :30 o'clock Tuesday evening. TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 24-7:30 P. M.

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minutes listened to a delightful recital by Mr. Oscar Yost, Organist of the Scottish Rite. Following the Organ Recital, the Grand Orator, The Hon. Frank P. Briggs, U. S. Senator from Missouri, delivered an inspiring address on "The Tenets of Freemasonry." This address was received by the brethren with great interest and was accorded prolonged applause. ORATION

BRETHREN : No one in this vast audience knows better tl!an I how unworthy I am to try to speak to you tonight and no one knows better than I that there are many, many among my listeners who can do the job better than I, but since the task has fallen to my shoulders to carryon with a thoughtful evening, I ask that you think with me tonight, rather than listen to me, as I ask candidly, "Are you a Mason ," So that we can think more clearly on the matter, let us visualize this as a tiled lodge, with the tiler going about his duties guarding against the approach of cowans and eavesdroppers and making each of us prove that we are, in truth and in faet, masons, worthy to sit in the auditorium here, this very evening. Suppose the tiler met us with the question, "Are you a Mason '" How many would throw their shoulders back proudly and with eyes alert promptly say, "I am I" But my brother, let us go further with our suppositions I Let us suppose that the tiler would then say, "Brother, the tenets-the very fundamentals of freemasonry demand that you believe in and that you practice, brotherly love, relief and truth. Then do you believe that you-or do I believe that I-could truthfully enter this sacred chamber and participate with my brethren in fraternal intercourse' Brotherly love ~ Do you in truth and in fact love your brethren' Do you, as most men, feel that love is something feminine to be practiced only by women and children-too "soft" and too sentimental for strong men' I can vividly recall when I first entered the· portals of Fayette Lodge No. 47-1 was a mere youth of only 21 and there were men leading me to further light who were in their late sixties and their early seventies. There I saw brotherly love. The first masonic duty assigned me was to sit for an evening with a brother who was ill, to aid him as I had been taught-and sitting with me was a brother mason who was well in his seventies. He was putting his last ounces of energy into his task of caring for his brother. And I walked with these great men of Fayette Lodge as they followed their brethren, one by one, to their last resting places and I saw tears roll down their wrinkled cheeks, as they stood unabashed in brotherly love for their departed fellow mason. They taught me the first principle of freemasonry that it was mete and proper to love a brother. Now we look toward the future of the world with threats of atom

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bombs, wars, pestilenee, destl1letion of fellow men by plagues and germs-and I wonder, whether we, as masons, actually believe in the principles of brotherly love. As we do look toward the future, though, brethren, let us remember that the brotherhood of man depends largely on the manhood of the brethren. Given red-blooded men of action, this nation, properly led, can establish on this earth, a real brotherhood that shall not again, anymore, be trod under the heel of the God of War! Yes, and suppose the tiler with his sword so rigidly drawn, asked us to prove that we believed, in truth and in fact, in the second tenet of our wonderful order-relien Could we, then enter this fine auditorium' Could you, or could I, say that we had gone to the relief of a brother in many, many months' You recall, I know, and I am sure that I vividly recall, how our mothers packed their market baskets with good things to eat, warm things to wear, when they started to the village on Saturday to do their weekly shopping. They were taking some of the necessities of life to those unable to provide them for themselves. They were practicing true relief. But what do we find in our world now' What do we find right here in this great state of Missouri' Public charity-eharity enforced from taxes, is fast becoming our method of meeting the calls and demand of humanity. Right here in Missouri, I find our federal government spending an annual $45,179,362.00 for relief-money collected from tax payers to go to the relief of some one less fortunate-the unemployed, the aged, the dependent children, the blind and the veterans as yet unadjusted. I am not saying to you that this is not a worthy expenditure-I am merely asking if you, as many others, have become willing to let the government do the relief work for your brethren. Back in 1937, the Royal Areh Masons of Missouri honored me far beyond my just merits when they made me Grand High Priest. As this chief executive officer, I visited chapters of Royal Arch Masons over the state. I shall never forget a visit I made to Wyoming Chapter No.3 at Pleasant Hill. While waiting for the companions to arrive for the night meeting, the secretary asked me if I ,vould enjoy looking through the records of the chapter. After all, he said, it was about as old as any chapter in the state. I assured him that I would delight in seeing the records and he handed me the first minute book of the secretary. In that book I saw the record of the organization meeting of the old chapter. Men experienced in masonic affairs had gathered to bring into that town a higher branch of masonry. They decided that it was wise to organize and they set their hands to the task. I was most interested in reading the long hand minutes of the meeting. Two committees were named-just two!

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What do you suppose that we, as masons today, would suggest if we were starting a new chapter. Suppose we were to name two committees, what committees do you think we would name-I rather imagine we'd name a committee to get petitions and a committee to provide entertainment-don't you' 'Vell, these old masons didn't do that. No, they set up a committee first, to visit the sick and second, to dispense charity. Yes, they were the men who really believed the second tenet of freemasonry-they actually pra~ticed relief of their distressed worthy brothers. And then lets assume that the tiler would pass us on the first two tenets-what about truth' Oh, surely, we all believe in speaking the truth. We know that untruthful statements are never to be countenanced-but we have more in truth than merely speaking. I recall vividly a story that I learned early in my career-a story about a man who had spread a gossipy story about his neighbor and caused this neighbor great embarrassment and grief. The spreader of the story learned to his sad dismay that the story was not true and he craved some forgiveness for his untruths spoken. He went to an old monk and asked' that intercession be made for him so that his conscience might become clear and he might again be able to meet his neighbor on friendly terms. The old monk told him that he was guilty of a grievous error but that he should return to his home and take fr6m his choicest downy pillow, the fleecy feathers and spread one feather on the doorstep of each home in his little village. The man, contrite and praying, did this very thing. When he had finished this task, he returned to the old monk and asked if intercession could then be made. "No, not yet," the monk replied. "Return now to the doorsteps of each of your fellow townsmen and regather these feathers and return them to your pillow." "But frater," the man replied, "the winds have come and have scattered these feathers to the four winds of heaven and it would not be possible for me to again return them," the stricken man pleaded. "Ev~n so," the old monk said, "have the winds taken your words and spread them to the four winds of heav~n and nothing that you can do, nothing that you can wish, will return them again to your possession." Yes, my brethren, it is so essential that we be truthful in our speaking of our brethren and of all our fellow men, but so is it essential that we think truthfully. Truth cannot be limited to speaking alone. Too many of us like to think along untruthful lines. All we need to sway our judgment on a matter is a little "ism" or "asm" in thinking. I never get myself to studying the value of truthful thinking than

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I recall an incident in my early boyhood life. My grandfather ran an elevator in a little country town-Armstrong-where I was born. Grandpa was a great philosopher and a great man-a charter member of a masonic lodge at Armstrong too-and he was a friend of all the countryside. On one brisk afternoon, I was at the elevator with him listening to his philosophy when an old negro man drove up to the elevator to get some feed. Grandpa wanted to have a little fun with old Ben and he started joshing him about this and that and finally got down to old Ben's religion. Grandpa knew that a negro was either a Baptist or a Methodist unless some white man had been fooling with him, and he asked old Ben, "Ben what church do you belong t07" Ben, just as ready to philosophize as was my grandfather said, "Mr. Briggs, that don't make no difference does it' Does it really Mr. Briggs'" "When Old Ben brings you in a load of wheat, do you comes out ask him what road he came in on 7 Do you say Ben, did you come down the Roanoke road, down the Yates road, or down the Burton roadno Mr. Briggs, you just comes out and looks at my load of wheat and says Ben how's your wheat ," And this old grizzled negro has the real truth in thinking. It matters not from whence came the idea, the only thing that can matter in this day and age is: "How's your wheat~" It is essential now, as never before, that we as a people, that we as a fraternity, think truthfully. • And we should live thoughtfully, live as we think, as we talked and we philosophize. Too many of us live one way and try to think another way. But my brethren, it is not for me to stand here and "preach" to you along these lines. No, if the tiler stopped me in the midst of my busy life and asked me to prove myself worthy under these three tests to enter this assembly hall, I should be forced to bow my head and say, "Guilty." But I am not as one without hope. I can see in the distance many things that we as a brotherhood can and will accomplish. \Ve must, of course, return to our age-long basic tenets. This old world changes, it changes in its thoughts, its actions and its ambitions, but Freemasonry must remain steadfast. I believe that we will sec great things come from our firm stand for these right fundamentals. And as I close, may I give to you a story that clearly indicated to me that necessary essential of our future success. They tell me that on the close of a hard day, a father returned home to his fireside, tired, worn, haggard anu irritable-to be greeted with a harrage of questions by his young SOil.

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It was Dad, why this, Dad, why that, Dad what-Dad, why-just th~ many, many questions that these young Americans can ask.

The father, anxious for a rest, found the picture of the world in a relief map in the newspaper and decided he would give his son something to do to quiet him. He took the newspaper page and tore it into shreds one direction and then cross tore it in the other, giving a jig-saw puzzle in every sense of the word. rfTake this puzzle, son," the Dad said, "and put it together." The Dad then settled back for a Hspell" with his newspaper only to be interrupted in an amazingly short time with the announcement from the son that the map was all restored and ready for inspection. The Dad was surprised that the task was so soon finished and asked how in the world the boy could do the thing so quickly. "Well Dad," the boy replied, "when you started to tear the paper into the puzzle, I looked on the back and I saw the picture of a man. "And Dad, when I put the man together right, the world came out all right." Yes, brethren, when we put the man together right, this old world, please God, will come out all right. And to you, as well as to myself, I charge the responsibility of putting the mason together right-for when we get the mason together right, not only will our fraternity thrive and continue in its place of leadership, but this old world, torn and bleeding by many mistakes, shall again berome the resting place of brotherly love, relief and truth! OALLED FROM LABOR

At 9 :00 p. m., after Prayer by the Grand Chaplain, the Grand Lodge was called from labor until Wednesday morning, September 25, at 9:00 a. m. SEOOND DAY WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 25, 1946

The Grand Lodge was called to labor at 9 a. m. and prayer was offered by the Grand Chaplain. M. W. Bro. W. F. Woodruff then presented the Report of the Committee on Grand Master's Address, which was adopted, and which is as follows: REPORT OF OOMMITTEE ON GRAND MASTER'S ADDRESS

To the Most WorshipfUl Grand Lodge, A. F. ~ A. M. of Missouri: This report covers the address of the Grand Master delivered at the Conference held in St. Louis September 25, 1945, and published in the Proceedings of that Conference, and also the address of the Grand Master delivered in your hearing on the first day of this 125th Annual

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Communication of the Grand Lodge. These reports together show that Most Worshipful Brother Bray, who has served two years as Grand Master, has attained full maturity and understanding as a Freemason. His work has been untiring and effective. His leadership has set a fine model for those that will come after him. He has very appropriately emphasized the great opportunity that Freemasonry has in these days to spread its influence and leadership toward the proper solution of the great problems that beset mankind. Particularly we wish to call attention to the very significant report on the condition of the small Lodges which is contained in his 1945 address and again in the 1946 address. This is a condition that has been too long neglected and now requires constant attention on the part of Grand Lodge Officers and the Grand Lodge for a number of years. Every movement to consolidate should be encouraged. On the recommendations of the Grand Master in his 1945 address our report is: I This recommendation on the Grand Lodge Laws with respect to the liquor business should be referred to the Jurisprudence Committee.

II The matter of a 'f streamlined Grand Lodge" in an emergency should be referred to the Jurisprudence Committee. III Audit of books of each Lodge should be referred to the Committee on Chartered Lodges.

IV Failure of Lodges to file Annual Reports should be referred to the Committee on Chartered Lodges. V Giving authority to the Grand Master to remove a Lodge officer should be referred to the Jurisprudence Committee.

VI This is a general admonition that lodges use the greatest care in selecting officers. We heartily agree with this. VII The question of border jurisdiction should be referred to the Jurisprudence Committee. On the recommendations in the 1946 address of the Grand Master: I

The question of the Charter to Freedom Lodge U. D. of Mehlville, Missouri, should be referred to the Committee on Lodges U.D. II Likewise the recommendation that the School of Instruction and Lodge Administration be held annually in each District should be referred to the Committee on Chartered Lodges.

III Redistricting should be referred to the Jurisprudence Committee.

IV Also the recommendation that no brother be permitted to hold the

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office of D.D.G.M. for more than five consecutive years should be referred to the Jurisprudence Committee. V Amendment of Section 115 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws covering failure of a candidate to advance within a period of twelve months should be referred to the Jurisprudence Committee.

VI This Committee agrees with the Grand Master that the rules of the Masonic Home Board should be changed so as to permit the admission of a relatively small number of poor children of non-Masonic families.

VII This is the Grand Master's recommendation with respect to a Masonic newspaper under the sponsorship and direction of the Grand Lodge. This is a matter which deserves and requires careful study and planning. This is not the first time that a Grand Master has called for action. We recommend that the incoming Grand Master appoint a committee to work out plans for a Grand Lodge publication and report at the next annual communication. This should be a committee of five, two of whom shall be the Grand' Master and the Grand Secretary, the other three to be appointed by the Grand Master. .

VIII This is another recommendation on the liquor question and we think it should be referred to the Jurisprudence Committee.

IX We take no stand on this recommendation that a portrait of each Grand Master is more desirable than a photograph. We shudder from either, so it is left to you. All decisions and dispensations should go to the Jurisprudence Committee. Respectfully submitted, HARRIS C. JOHNSTON, BYRNE E. BIGGER, RAY V. DENSLOW, FORREST C. DONNELL, F. C. BARNHILL T. W. COTTON, W. W. MARTIN, H. L. READER,

(Report Adopted)

ANTHONY F. ITTNER, Du VAL SMITH, KARL M. VETSBURG, W. F. WOODRUFF, Chairman.

'V. M. Bro. T. 'V. Cotton then presented the Report of the Committee on Welfare. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON WELFARE

M. W. Bro. Cotton: The Grand Secretary has received a contribution that was anonymous, the donor was anonymous, with a little scrap of paper, and enclosed in the envelope with $50.00 and said, "For Masonic charity."

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No name was on it. The postmark on the envelope was Boston, Massachusetts. The Grand Master and our Grand Secretary did not seem to know just what particular charity that should go to and they sent it to me as chairman of the \Velfare Committee, and I knew less about it than they, so we have the $50.00. \Ve would be thankful to the donor if we had his name. I just wondered what the \Velfare Committee would do with that, but in our meeting on Monday of this week, the \Velfare Committee, we had an application that was a little out of the ordinary inasmuch as a widow of a Master Mason who died, and was entitled to all the rights and privileges of a Master Mason had married again, married a man who was not a Master Mason; in other words, a profane, and she comes to the committee with a request for assistance. Under our law we have no right to use our usual funds for her relief inasmueh as she is not eligible, so we thought that maybe this $50.00 fund could be used for that charity. The \Velfare Committee, as is generally known has been entrusted with a sum of money; that is your money, and with your kind attention we will tell you \"hat we have done with it. Your Welfare Committee has held regular meetings throughout the year and has carefully considered each and every request presented for assistance. We are pleased to note that for several years last preceding, there have been fewer demands for assistance than formerly and the year now closing has been in keeping with this gratifying condition; which we take it is an evidence that lodges in Missouri are becoming more alive and alert to the fact that it is first the duty of the individual lodge to relieve the distress of its unfortunate members and dependents, before crying "The Wolf, the Wolf"; The question of meeting emergencies should have consideration in making the budget and fixing dues for the year; however, this Grand Lodge stands ready and willing to assist any lodge which after reasonable effort is unable to make the financial grade. Assistance has been given to twenty-seven Lodges, representing 14 men, 23 women, 1 child, a total of 38 persons. Total amount paid for relief $2,384.00. SUMMARY OF FUNDS RECEIVED AND DISBURSED DURING THE YEAR

Balance on hand October 1, 1945 Received from Grand Lodge

$ 317.23 2,500.00

Paid for relief

$2,817.23 2,384.00

Balance 011 hand at close of year

$ 433.23

The following is a list of Lodges assisted, with the names of the person or persons for whom appropriations were made, and the amount of the appropriation. Acacia Lodge No. 602, for Mrs. Cora Long Aldrich Lodge No. 664, for J. W. Porter Barnesville Lodge No. 353, for P. B. Smith Beacon Lodge No.3, for Mrs. Christine COUViOIl Cardwell Lodge No. 231, for Mrs. Edgar Harper

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Censer Lodge No. 172, for James P. Thompson . East Gate Lodge No. 630, for Mrs. Eugene DeHart . Eldorado Lodge No. 318, for Mrs. Luella BucKley . Euclid Lodge No. 505, for Frank Smith and wife . Fellowship Lodge No. 345, for J. Spencer Roberts and wife . Gate of the Temple Lodge No. 422, for George Ransdale and wife Hornersville Lodge No. 215, for George S. Brown and wife .. Itaska Lodge No. 420, for Mrs. William Ward . Itaska Lodge No. 420, for August Roettger and wife . Itaska Lodge No. 420, for Mrs. Margaret Fath . Magnolia Lodge No. 626, for Mrs. Ella Mae Hollmann . New Madrid Lodge No. 439, for Arch E. Stanfill . Philadelphia Lodge No. 502, for Mrs. Simmons . Pyramid Lodge No. 180, for Frederick W. Rueblinger . Pyramid Lodge No. 180, for John G. Faudree . Rose Hill Lodge No. 550, for Philip William Price . St. Louis Lodge No. 20, for Mrs. Josephine Baptiste . Strafford Lodge No. 608, for Mrs. Emma Haines . Summersville Lodge No. 555, for Marion W. Pittmann . Trenton Lodge No. Ill, for Mrs. Inez Hannan . Weatherby Lodge No. 235, fot Mrs. Mary Smith . Webster Groves Lodge No. 84, for Mrs. Gussie Harding . West Gate ]Jodge No. 445, for Mrs. Louise Morris . West Gate Lodge No. 445, for Mrs. Anna Cochran . Weston Lodge No. 53, for George B. McAdow . Zeredatha Lodge No. 189, for Mrs. Wm. B. Polk, Sr . Zeredatha Lodge No. 189, for Mrs. Joseph Daniels .

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$2,384.00 Fraternally submitted, J. W. SKELLY, Chairman, G. W. WALKER, BYRNE E. BIGGER, T. W. CoTTON.

The following resolutions were then offered and adopted: RESOLUTION The following resolutions have been passed by this Grand Lodge, annually for several years and in the opinion of your Welfare Committee, they are still needful and in order: Be it Resolved, that the directors of the Masonic Home be instructed, if deemed to be advisable, to use 3 per cent of the dues payable to the Masonic Home in accordance to Section 74 of the By-Laws, for the relief of indigent Master Masons, their widows and orphans, either, at the Masonic Home or elsewhere, and regardless of whether the beneficiary would be entitled to admission to the Masonic Home or not, and to transfer such amounts as the Board may deem advisable for the relief of those not entitled to admission to the Home, to the Welfare Committee. J. W. SKELLY, G. W. WALKER., BYRNE E. BIGGER, T. W. COTTON. RESOLUTION

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Lodge being available, to transfer to the Welfare Committee, from time to time, moneys from the General Fund for the operation and maintenance of the Welfare Committee not exceeding however, the sum of $5,000. J. W. SKELLY, G. W. WALKER, BYRNE E. BIGGER, T. W. COTTON.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES

Chairman Harry Gershenson then presented the Report of the Committee on Appeals and Grievances, by sections as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. of Mi.<;souri: Brethren: In the matter of: ) Lambskin Lodge No. 460, ) vs ) Brother Huron H. Hambrick. ) On August 18, 1944, charges of Un-Masonic conduct were preferred against Brother Huron H. Hambrick, a member of LambskinLodge No. 460 A. F. and A. M. by the Junior Warden. Due notice, together with a full copy of the charges, was served upon Brother Hambrick. At a regular meeting of the Lodge, the Grand Master was requested to appoint a commission; a commission was appointed and Brother Hambrick was duly notified of the date and place of trial. Brother Hambrick's answer was a general denial. On the date set for trial, Brother Hambrick appeared in person and by his attorney, Brother Marvin E. Boisseau. Brother Harry Gershenson represented the Lodge. Evidence was heard and the commission took the case under advisement until the 13th of September. On that day, the commission reported to the Lodge as follows: "We do hereby find the accused Not Guilty on specification 1. "We do hereby further find the accused Guilty on specifications 2, 3 and 4; and assess his punishment as follows: "Expulsion from all the rights and privileges of Freemasonry. "While this punishment may seem harsh, it appears to us that in view of all the circumstances, and the uncertainty as to the future of the two couples involved, it is much better for the Lodge than suspension would be. If suspension were substituted, and the difficulties persisted, the Lodge might be faced with a plea of res adjudicata, or double jeopardy. Under punishment of expulsion, the Lodge may restore the accused on his written petition at any time after two years, should conditions warrant his restoration.' , In due time the accused gave notice of appeal, and filed a statement of substantive facts proved at the trial. Brother Henry J. Allen in behalf of Lambskin Lodge objected to the appellant's statement of substantive facts. The defendant then filed a full transcript of the testimony taken before the commission. Because Brother Gershenson who represented the Lodge is now Chairman of the Appeals and Grievance Committee, the undersigned has been requested to and has acted in his place and stead in this one case, and Bro. Gershenson has taken no part in this hearing. You will note that the commission who heard this testimony has inti-

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mated that the punishment recommended was too severe and that after two years the Lodge might upon a proper showing restore Brother Hambrick to full membership. Each and every member of this committee has read the record and" all the evidence produced at the trial. We have carefully considered this case from every angle, and while we believe that Brother Hambrick was guilty of some indiscretion, w-e must say that there is no evidence of any immoral conduct. The accuser and the accused were initiated, passed and raised at the same time, were examined as to their proficiency at same meetings, the two families were neighbors; were very friendly; frequently made short trips together and from what appears to us to be trivial, a jealousy arose and these charges resulted. Your committee has made an investigation of this matter since the convening of this Grand Lodge and find from the evidence taken at the trial and before the committee that the punishment was too severe. We have resolved the doubt in favor of Brother Hambrick. We, therefore, recommend to this Grand Lodge that the verdict and judgment of guilty be affirmed and that the penalty be reduced '"to reprimand and that the Most Worshipful Grand Master name some Master Mason to administer such reprimand. Harry Gershenson, Ch:}irman, not sitting. ORSON H. SWEARINGEN, Acting Chairman. W. H. UTZ, JR., A. B. CLEAVELAND,

J. D. HAYWARD, EUGENE L. MCGEE, P. E. ECKARDT, Appeals and Grievances Committee.

The above was adopted. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. F. andA. M. of Missouri: Brethren: In the Matter of: Cornerstone Lodge No. 323, vs. Brother Samuel S. Friedman, Deceased ) This committee fully considered this matter. The first matter determined by this committee was the question of its jurisdiction to pass upon the appeal. It appears that the accused was tried on November 9, 1945, and on November 19, 1945, was expelled upon the deeision of the Trial Commission from the rights and privileges of Freemasonry. Thereafter the accused perfected an appeal in due course to the Grand Lodge. On April 3, 1946, and while said appeal was pending the accused died. The question was raised as to whether this committee haa any jurisdiction to 'pass upon the matter in view of the death of the accused pending the appeal. The committee carefully reviewed Sections 258 and 270, of the Trial Code, as well as Section 149, which covers the status of an accused under charges and before trial. It is the view of this committee that the Masonic fraternity owes to a deceased brother the same duties and obligations with respect to his appeal as it would owe to him if alive, since not only are the rights of the brother involved in having his good name cleared (if circumstances so justify), but his family is also directly involved. Their rights with reference to our duties towards them as the members of a deceased brother's family are vitally affected. For these reasons

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and in view of the feeling of the committee that the moral issues are as important in this appeal as the legal, we have ruled that the Committee on Appeals and Grievances have full jurisdiction to determine this appeal as though the brother were living. The facts appear to be that the accused, a member of Cornerstone Lodge No. 323, was charged with and convicted of (on his plea of guilty) unlawfully, wilfully and knowingly selling and delivering and aiding and abetting another in selling and delivering domestic distilled spirits at prices higher than the maximum prices established by the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended. The proceeding was instituted in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, sitting at Louisville, by criminal information. The brother thereafter pleaded guilty to said offenses which are set out in eight counts and paid a total fine of $27,125.00, and costs. The Lo<1gc instituted proceedings against the accused on or about October 1, 1945, charging him with the violations as above mentioned. The accused did not appear in person before the Lodge but was represented by counsel appointed by the Worshipful Master. The trial was by commission which found the brother guilty as charged of "Unlawfully, or willingly and knowingly selling and of delivering and aiding and abetting another in selling and delivering domestic distilled spirits at prices higher than the maximum price established by 'the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended," and that the said brother . . . as set forth in specification Number 2 of the said charges was convicted in, to-wit: the District Court of the United States, Western District of Kentucky, and it was ordered and adjudged that the defendant having been found guilty of said offenses was thereby fined the sum of $27,125.00 on eight counts, to be paid, and his portion of $20.00 costs." The Trial Commission fixed this punishment of the accused at expulsion. Upon the record in this case the committee feels that the punishment in this case was excessive. The violation charged is a misdemeanor. No evidence of moral turpitude appears in the record. Upon the whole record the committee feels that the proper punishment in view of all the facts and circumstances herein should be, and the same is hereby fixed at suspension from all the rights and privileges of Freemasonry for the period of two years from November 19, 1945. HARRY GERSHENSON,

Chairman,

J. D. HAYWARD, A. B. CLEAVELAND, W. H. UTZ, JR., EUGENE L. MCGEE,

O. H. SWEARINGEN. Most Worshipful Karl M. Vetsburg moved that the following be substituted in lieu of the recommendation of the Appeals and Grievances Committee, towit: That the record in this case stand as of the date of the death of the accused; and that further action in this cause be, and it is hereby abated as of and from the date of the death of the accused. The motion was seconded and carried. . With the abo,-e suhstitution this section was then adopted.

To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. F. a1Ul A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: The applications for reinstatement of the following brethren, all of whom were members of Missouri Lodges no longer in existence, having been duly considered by the committee, it is the decision and recommendation of the committee that they be restored to good Masonic standing:

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Number of Lodge to which formerly belonged. Name Address Arthur Brandon Woodyard 3241 S. Kentucky, Racine Lodge No. 478 Oklahoma City, Okla. Newland O. Shanks Clarence Lodge 746 Stephens Ave., No. 305 Fullerton, Cal. Galena Lodge No. 515 Clyde Bush 207 E. 3rd St., Willow Springs, Mo. Novelty Lodge Claude C. Linson Anabel, Mo. No. 181 Wallace Park No. 627 Burton Blackburn Dearborn, Mo., R. F. D. No.2 Kennedy No. 329 Perry W. Foster Clark, Mo. Seligman No. 517 Thomas W. Gladden Cassville, Mo. Alfred A. Anderson 13245 Monica Ave., Marion Lodge No. 616 Detroit, Mich. This action is taken pursuant to authority granted by Section 275, of the Constitution and By-Laws, 1925, as amended 1926, page 170. HARRY GERSHENSON,' Chairman, J. D. HAYWARD, A. B. CLEAVELAND, W. H. UTZ, JR., O. H. SWEARINGEN, EUGENE L. McGEE, P. E. ECKARDT. The above was adopted.

To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: In the matter of: Magnolia Lodge No. 626 vs Brother Edward M. Dawsey This committee, after considering the matter, has concluded that the appeal has been duly lodged with this committee by order of the Most Worshipful Grand Master. By reason of the fact that counsel representing the accused at the trial of said cause before the trial committee did on September 18, 1946, and without previous notice, withdraw as attorney for the accused; that said cause was set before this committee for hearing on September 22, 1946; that the accused lives in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on a rural route; that no evidence has been presented to indicate that the accused had notice either of the withdrawal of his counselor of the setting of said cause before this committee in sufficient time to have made other arrangements for counsel, or to appear in person, this matter is laid over until the next regular session of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, A. F. and A. M. This committee orders that sixty days notice of the setting of this cause at the next session of the Grand Lodge of Missouri shall be given to the accused by registered mail, return receipt requested, delivered to

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addressee only, to the Worshipful Master of Magnolia Lodge No. 626, A. F. and A. M., as well as to the attorney for the Lodge, herein. HARRY GERSHENSON, Chairman, J. D. HAYWARD, A. B. CLEAVELAND, W. H. UTZ, JR., O. H. SWEARINGEN, EUGENE L. MCGEE, The above was adopted. P. E. ECKARDT. ELECTION OF OFFICERS

The tellers appointed by Most Wor. Brother Bray were announced, and the following officers were elected for 1946-47: SOLON CAMERON MORRIS E. EWING HARRY F. SUNDERLAND JAMES M. BRADFORD EDMUND E .. MORRIS HAROLD L. READ~R

M. W. Grand Master R. W. De'JYlkty Grand Master R. W. Senior Grand Warden R. W. Junior Grand Warden R. W. Grand Treasurer R. W. Grand Secretary

ELECTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE MASONIC HOME

The following brethren were elected to serve as Directors for the next three years: Byrne E. Bigger, Ray V. Denslow, George W. Walker, Harry Theiss, Harris C. Johnston. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RITUAL

The report of the Committee on Ritual was presented by M. W. Bro. Anthony F. Ittner, Chairman, who read the same, which is as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M., of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Ritual begs leave to submit its annual report. During the year but one meeting was held, namely, at the St. Louis Masonic Temple, 3681 Lindell Boulevard, on September 9, 1946. One important order of business at this meeting was the consideration of an assignment given the committee by the Grand Master earlier in the year. Most Worshipful Brother Bray had requested the Committee to undertake the revision of the funeral service in such a way as to eliminate from it its many sombre and doleful expressions but to leave the service as nearly intact as we could after such changes had been made. Careful consideration had been given to the Grand Master's request during the summer and the Committee, when it met, took up th~ proposed changes item by item and arrived at conclusions which it was deemed best not to include in this regular report but to embody in a supplementary report dealing only with the revision of the funeral service. During the year no requests have come for rulings on disputed points of ritual so the Committee has no decisions of that character to report. Since the last annual communication of this Grand Lodge 173 names have been added to the list of brethren holding or entitled to receive certificates as authorized instructors in the Proficiency or Candidates' Lectures. We believe that the working out of this plan has proved to be a remarkable success in that it has offered an opportunity to a great

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number of candidates distributed over most parts of the States to receive correct instruction in these lectures. The full goal has not yet been attained but we believe that within the next year or two there will be competent instructors holding Grand Lodge certificates in every part of the State. A list of the names of those who have received certificates since the last Grand Lodge communication or those entitled to receive them follows: CERTIFICATES OF PROFICIENCY

No. 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568

Name Rolla B. Scrimsher Leonard Forrester Milton C. Smith Lloyd C. Howard Frank E. Morgan James E. Truitt Marvin L. Lawrenson Leonard A. Lemand Milfred R. House Tharon E. Stallings Kenneth A. Williams Thomas F. Wright William H. Thompson Clarence L. Dowden Emory M. Crow Arthur A. Christof William F. Houk Robert R. Wright Michael Kubik John F. Mason , Luther C. Richeson James A. Gillespie Rudolph H. Guenther Dewey H. Nimmo Ernest T. Niswonger Arthur Evans James H. Howe George M. Hoefer Claude R. Pierce James H. Deater Thomas G. Coles George A. Welch Lester E. Taylor Alvin C. Whitehead Elmer J. Lloyd Edward E. Wolf George R. Seay John V. Degeare Roger W. Parker Forrest C. Laffoon Isaac E. Kesterson J. E. Landes Clemense A. Temm Nat Malt Harry W. Colyer George C. Lichty Farrand S. Jenkins

Lodge Alpha Lodge No. 659 Freedom Lodge No. 636 Cecile Daylight Lodge No. 305 Gate City Lodge No. 522 York Lodge No. 563 King Hill Lodge No. 376 King Hill Lodge No. 376 Algabil Lodge No. 544 Maplewood Lodge No. 566 Sikeston Lodge No. 310 Sikeston Lodge No. 310 Tyro Lodge No. 12 DeSoto Lodge No. 119 Sikeston Lodge No. 310 Kirksville Lodge No. 105 Shaveh Lodge No. 646 Equality Lodge No. 497 Livingston Lodge No. 51 Polar Star Lodge No. 79 Shaveh Lodge No. 646 East Gate Lodge No. 630 Shaveh Lodge No. 646 Polar Star Lodge No. 79 Gate of the Temple Lodge 422 St. Mark's Lodge No. 93 Excelsior Lodge No. 441 St. Mark's Lodge No. 93 Maplewood Lodge No. 566 DeSoto Lodge No. 119 Cecile Daylight Lodge No. 305 Brotherhood Lodge No. 269 Canopy Lodge No. 284 Wellston Lodge No. 613 Freedom Lodge No. 636 Alpha Lodge No. 659 Rural Lodge No. 316 Westport Lodge No. 340 Shekinah Lodge No. 256 Swope Park Lodge No. 617 Orient Lodge No. 546 Orient Lodge No. 546 Shekinah Lodge No. 256 Shekinah Lodge No. 256 Cosmos Lodge No. 282 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Kirkwood Lodge No. 484 Monticello Lodge No. 58

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE Harry D. Brown, Jr Robert M. Clark Rex M. Fisher Harry E. Sympson Arvid E. Critchfield Thomas W. Hoskins William F. Hauber Thomas W. Cook Kenneth Y. Anderson William B. Vaught Hugh Patterson Wilburn S. Christie W. Ralph Keller Eugene S. Jameson John J. MilL Harley B. Blake Wayne C. Roberts Marion E. John Elmer E. Siefert Fred A. Meyer John F. Colin Robert E. Kleinschmidt. Major Fred Burrows Vernon W. Whiles Melvin J. Swenson Lloyd C. Lindsey Philip D. Blake Roy Peterman, Jr Aubrey C. Jones Robert C. Hoefer James L. Bailey Ernest W. Miller Elasco D. Stricker John Black Vrooman Harrison S. Welch Frank K. Kyle Arthur R. Tischer Warren W. Dray Edmond S. McClanahan Henry S/ Baker Willis F. Henderson Fred E. Givens Edgar F. Hoffman James H. Sivells Fred C. Clements .Edwin E. Meyer Howard F. ThieL Reuben Y. Hume Warren E. Townsend Leo L. Bowlin DeRayne E. Bedford Dowell Hays Kenneth G. Chetwood Jacob Bierman Clair Whittekind Charles S. Rutt Ronald E. Bradley

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Swope Park Lodge No. 617 Albert Pike Lodge No. 219 York Lodge No. 563 Northeast Lodge No. 643 Northeast Lodge No. 643 Cambridge Lodge No. 63 Cambridge Lodge No. 63 Alpha Lodge No. 659 Albert Pike Lodge No. 219 Grandview Lodge No. 618 Nodaway Lodge No. 470 New Hampton Lodge No. 510 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Sheffield Lodge No. 625 Sheffield Lodge No. 625 Pomegranate Lodge No. 95 Magnolia Lodge No. 626 Shekinah Lodge No. 255 Joachim Lodge No. 164 Craft Lodge No. 287 Censer Lodge No. 172 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Composite Lodge No. 369 Composite Lodge No. 369 Composite Lodge No. 369 Belton Lodge No. 450 Maplewood Lodge No. 566 Equality Lodge No. 497 Higbee Lodge No. 527 Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 Orient Lodge No. 546 Jackson Lodge No. 82 Jackson Lodge No. 82 Wakanda Lodge No. 52 Wakanda Lodge No. 52 Missouri Lodge No.1 Algabil Lodge No. 544 Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 Missouri Lodge No.1 Mizpah Lodge No. 639 Keystone Lodge No. 243 Armstrong Lodge No. 70 Savannah Lodge No. 71 Savannah Lodge No. 71 Gate City Lodge No. 522 Grandview Lodge No. 618 Grandview Lodge No. 618 Cosmos Lodge No. 282 Wakanda Lodge No. 52 Bogard Lodge No. 101 Jackson Lodge No. 82

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Ludwig Roth America Lodge No. 347 Lester A. Eickmeyer Missouri Lodge No.1 Charles E. Linville Skidmore Lodge No. 511 James R. Bryant Nodaway Lodge No. 470 Kenneth T. Thomas St. John's Lodge No. 28 William L. Conrad Wellston Lodge No. 613 Elmer F. Brown Tower Grove No. 631 Walter C. Niehaus Paul Revere Lodge No. 330 Paul 1. Endsley Paul Revere Lodge No. 330 Carlton G. Lewis Webster Groves Lodge No. 84 William H. Hatch Keystone Lodge No. 243 Herman S. Maas Theo. Roosevelt Lodge No. 661 Elmer Gruber Cache Lodge No. 416 John H. Hicks Mountain Groge Lodge No. 158 Alfred A. Dunlap Western Star Lodge No. 15 Jolin W. Martin .......•.••.•••• Shaveh Lodge No. 646 Edward H. Sellman Tower Grove Lodge No. 631 Robert M. Pirrie, Jr Maplewood Lodge No. 566 James M. Studley Paul Revere Lodge No. 330 George W. Whitworth '" . Paul Revere Lodge No. 330 Forest Park Lodge No. 578 Charles H. Perkins Lenard E. Noland , Temple Lodge No. 299 Walter E. Hoag Marlborough Lodge No. 569 Lock Springs Lodge No. 488 Melvin A. Eads John G. Keim Paul Revere Lodge No. 330 John H. Young Bridgeton Lodge No. 80 Oscar G. Schmelig Euclid Lodge No. 505 Ernest B. McCormick Anchor Lodge No. 443 Russell E. Purvis Alpha Lodge No. 659 John A. Turner Shaveh Lodge No. 646 Francis A. Brown Sheffield Lodge No. 625 Laurence S. Mason South Gate Lodge No. 547 Arthur E. Wood Barnes Lodge No. 116 Herbert LeRoy Grassle Barnes Lodge No. 116 Ralph J. Grimm Rolla Lodge No. 213 George W. Gunter Monett Lodge No. 129 Clintouville Lodge No. 482 Clyde H. Tinsley Thomas W. Snodgrass Clintonville Lodge No. 482 Albert E. Pray Clintonville Lodge No. 482 Edward A. Ramey Clintonville Lodge No. 482 Robert E. Rutledge Four Mile Lodge No. 212 William J. Hellweg Paul Revere Lodge No. 330 William H. young Forest Park Lodge No. 578 Urcil W. Smoot Lock Springs Lodge No. 488 George M. DeWoody Melville Lodge No. 458 Delbert C. Johnson Equality Lodge No. 497 Richard R. Jenkins Granite Lodge No. 272 J. Max Halland Granite Lodge No. 272 Henry E. Richardson Granite Lodge No. 272 Na~oleon B. Patton Granite Lodge No. 272 Eldon D. Pence Albert Pike Lodge No. 219 Clyde W. Wa.rdlaw Albert Pike Lodge No. 219 Haskell E. Robinson McDonald Lodge No. 324 John R. Ward East Gate Lodge No. 630 Arthur D. Riley East Gate Lodge No. 630 William W. Forrester East Gate Lodge No. 630 Charles J. Brockman Maplewood Lodge No. 566

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE Robert Patrick, Jr Winton E. Belangee Harry D. McPherson Robert C. Cavender Harold B. Watson Reginald A. Smith Elbert R. Thomas Owen S. Taylor George A. Rounds Charles W. Roberts Aubria Levi Wyatt Joe L. Moore Jonah L. Lutes Milton J. Daily Urcil D. Smith Camillus B. Waddell James W. Skelly George R. Marts

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Independence Lodge No. 76 Independence Lodge No. 76 Independence Lodge No. 76 Westport Lodge No. 340 East Gate Lodge No. 630 McDonald Lodge No. 324 Mizpah Lodge No. 639 McDonald Lodge No. 324 East Gate Lodge No. 630 East Gate Lodge No. 630 North East Lodge No. 643 Liberty Lodge No. 31 Ionic Lodge No. 154 Eureka Lodge No. 73 Wellston Lodge No. 613 Lexington Lodge No. 149 Tuscan Lodge No. 360 Adair Lodge No. 366

Among the matters considered by the Committee at its meeting on September 9th were the following: First-The adoption of a definite and complete ritual in the matter of balloting on petitions, whether the Degrees or for affiliation. No such ritual has ever been adopted by the Grand Lodge and as the Committee receives innumerable requests around the State for instruction in this matter we feel that it is highly important for the Grand Lodge to adopt a definite and complete ritual on the subject. We suggest that the Committee be authorized to take this matter under consideration and to report a suggested ritual on balloting at the next annual communication of the Grand Lodge. Second-From almost every part of the State come requests for instruction on the exact manner in which the Grand Master or his Deputy should be received on the occasion of an official visit to a lodge. Here again your Committee has refrained from giving instruction except as to certain fundamental and necessary steps that must be taken in connection with the ceremony. We recommend that the Committee be authorized and instructed to consider this matter carefully during the coming year and report a suggested ritual to the next annual eommunication of the Grand Lodge for its action. Your Committee, at the request of the Committee on Revision of Grand Lodge By-Laws, also considered the advisability of recommending to the Grand Lodge amendments to its by-laws providing for the extension of the plan of issuing certificates to brethren who are found proficient in various other departments of our ritual and work. After due deliberation, it was decided that the Committee recommend to the Grand Lodge: (a) The adoption of an amendment or amendments to its By-Laws providing that eventually the entire ritual and work be brought under the certificate plan. (b) That the Committee on Ritual be authorized to make such divisions of the work as in its opinion would be most advantageous in fully carrying out the certificate plan. (c) That in addition to examining brethren on the various branches of the work to be hereafter designated, the Committee be also authorized to examine brethren on the entire ritual and work, and issue certificates of proficiency to those qualifying therein. (d) That the Committee be authorized to draft rules and regulations

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to cover the various types of examination that may hereafter be decided upon. Your Committee believes that the extensions herein suggested should be made very slowly and carefully. An immense amount of work is involved and considerable expense. Each new advance in the matter should be based on past experience. It may require a period of several years to get the system fully and satisfactorily worked out. We further recommend that the appointment by the Grand Lecturer of. District Lecturers in each Masonic District be left intact. However, the Committee feels that within a reasonable time after the various extensions of the certificate plan have been put into effect the District Lecturers should qualify thereunder and receive certificates. Your Committee also believes that eventually provisions should be made with adequate appropriations therefor for meetings of certificate holders, either State-wide or by zones, for the purpose of reviewing their work under the Grand Lecturer or under other competent instructors designated by him. Fraternally submitted, ANTHONY F. ITTNER, Chairman, WILLIAM J. CRAIG, F. E. CARTER, F. H. JOHNSON.

I move the adoption of the report. (Motion seconded and carried.) REPORT OF MISSOURI LODGE OF RESEARCH

Most. Wor. Bro. A. F. Ittner presented the Report of the Missouri Lodge of Research: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Missouri: As Worshipful Master of Missouri Lodge of Research for the Grand Lodge year 1945-1946, I beg to submit the annual report of its activities during my second year in that office. The annual meeting of the r~odge of Research, which is usually held on the Monday next preceding the annual communication of the Grand Lodge, was not held in 1945 because of the Government's restrictions on railroad, bus and private car travel. However, a report was submitted to the Grand Master at his meeting of Grand Lodge officers, committee chairmen, District Deputy Grand Masters and District Lecturers, which he had called in lieu of the Grand Lodge communication, on September 25, 1945, the day set by law for the opening of the Grand Lodge. This report was printed in the proceedings of the above conference and does not need to be resubmitted. The mid-year meeting of the Lodge, held each year before the war, at the place where the York Rite Grand bodies held their annual sessions, was again omitted because it was believed that normal conditions had not yet been sufficiently restored to warrant it. It is now contemplated however, that hereafter, these mid-year meetings will be held regularly each year. A neat and very creditable volume containing the transactions of the Lodge of Research for the year 1944-45 has only recently been distributed to the members. It was ready for the press early in the current year but it was distributed to the members so late in the year because of the impossibility of getting it from the printer any earlier. This volume contains a very interesting historical paper by W. Brother Frank P. Strick-

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land, Jr., entitled Russell, Majors and Weddell, who were stalwart pioneers and Masons of the early days of our Grand Lodge. We are indebted to M. W. Brother Ray V. Denslow for the editing of this volume of our transactions. It shows evidence of discriminating judgment and painstaking care, on every page. But we are especially indebted to Brother Denslow for a compilation of the old records of Golden Square Lodge, No. 107, set to work at Westport Landing on May 10, 1849, but now defunct. These proceedings cast an interesting light on Masonic activities in the pre-Civil War and early post-Civil War eras. These proceedings are highly interesting in themselves but it is more from the standpoint of the fine picture of Masonic life and activities in our then frontier State that we value them. The other highlight of the volume is a life of Most Worshipful Brother Hamilton R. Gamble, who was Missouri's fifth Grand Master and Civil War time governor of our" State. For this we are indebted to Brother James B. Steiner, of Missouri Lodge, No. 1. From a reading of this fine biography we are very strongly of the impression that Brother Steiner has unearthed valuable material that has not hitherto appeared in the proceedings of our Grand Lodge. The biography is preceded by a fine photograph of the grave of our esteemed past Grand Master and Civil

War Governor. Among the other interesting and valuable documents sent to the members of the Lodge were the proceedings of the annual convention of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association held at Alexandria, Virginia, on February 22, 1946. These proceedings give the members of the Lodge a comprehensive view of the progress being made on this great memorial to our first president, a work in which the Grand Lodge and the Craft of Missouri have played so splendid a part. It was also our privilege to send to the members of Missouri Lodge of Research the Proceedings of the Conference of Grand Masters of the United States held at Washington on February 20 and 21, 1946. Every State in the Union was represented and also the Grand Lodge of the Philippine Islands. Every address made at the Conference is contained in full in the Proceedings. It constitutes an invaluable compendium for the serious student of Freemasonry. The membership of Missouri Lodge of Research at the time of a recent report made to me was 229, a new high for the number of names on our roster. A pamphlet was recently issued by James Fairborn Smith of the Detroit Masonic World containing the pictures, accompanied by their Masonic records, of all the Masonic presidents of the United States. The great value and interest of ~is work to our members requires no further comment. A copy of this bulletin was sent to each of our members. Through the courtesy of the Grand Chapter, R. A. M., copies of two brochures ~ere sent to our members, entitled respectively, "One Hundred Years of Royal Arch Masonry in Missouri" and "The Birth of the General Grand Chapter." A copy of that invaluable portion of the Proceedings of the "Conference" of 1945 contained in the back thereof, compiled by M. W. Brother Denslow and entitled" The Masonic World" was sent to each of our members as well as a number of other brochures of much interest and value. A complete roster of the membership of the Lodge of Research appropriately takes up the concluding pages of the work, including one hundred and sixty-six active members, fourteen corresponding members, all of whom are distinguished brethren of other States and countries, fortyfour subscribing members and two exchange members.

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May we in closing bespeak a greater support on the part of the lodges and Master Masons of the State that we may be provided with the means to distribute an increasing number of valuable historical books and pamphlets revealing the fascinating but still dormant Masonic history of our great Commonwealth. Fraternally Submitted, Missouri Lodge of Research, By ANCHONY F. ITTNER, Worshipful Master. (Adopted.)

THE GRAND SECRE'fARY: 'Ve have, Most \Vorshipful Grand Master, the request from Beehive Lodge No. 39:~ to transfer from tile TwentyThird Masonic District to the Eleventh Masonic District. I move that this be granted. (Motion seconded and carried.) THE GRAND MASTER: Motion is carried and transfer permitted. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION

M. W. Bro. Anthony F. Ittner, in the absence of M. 'V. Bro. Bert S. Lee presented the report of the George 'Va.<;hington Masonic' National Memorial Association: The Thirty-Seventh Annual Convention of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association was held in the Temple in Alexandria, Virginia, on February 22, 1946. Forty-seven of the Grand Lodges were represented by 215 delegates. Missouri was represented by our Grand Master, M. W. Brother Willis J. Bray, the Deputy Grand Master, Dr. Solon Cameron, the Grand Secretary, Dr. Harold L. Reader, Past Grand Masters Ittner, Denslow and Lee. A total of $120,372.85 was turned in by the Grand Lodges, together with a contribution of $100,000.00 by the Supreme Council of the Southern Masonic Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite and $5,000.00 by the Supreme Grand Commander. It was the largest contribution which has been made in anyone year to the completion of the Memorial. No contracts for work have been made during the past year and will not be until conditions become normal. There is money in the treasury to go ahead with the completion of the Memorial just as soon as the conditions will permit. The nomination committee presented the name of M. W. Brother Bert S. Lee for re-election as Seeond Vice-President, and M. W. Brother Anthony F. Ittner as director for three years. They, as well as the others wllOse names were submitted, were unanimously elected. Fraternally submitted, BERT S. LEE, GEORGE W. WALKER, ANTHONY F. ITTNER. (Adopted.)

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN REOOGNITION

M. W. Bro. Ray V. Denslow presented the report of the Committee on Foreign Recognition:

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To the Gmnd Lodge A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Several requests for recognition have been filed with your committee, only one of which we see fit to recommend at this time. This is the Grand Lodge Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. The Grand Lodge has the reputation of working legitimate Freemasonry, observes the Ancient Landmarks and bears the approval of several of our American brethren living in that country. Your committee also approves the action of our Grand Master in extending the hand of recognition to lodges in the Mexican Confederation, believing that such action will result in strengthening the bonds of friendship between our jurisdictions, carrying out the good neighbor policy and advancing the interests of Freemasonry in general. Many m.statements have been made in regard to Mexican Freemasonry. It is unfortunate that any criticism should arise at a time when our Mexican brethren are doing everything possible to fix their standards in accordance with those demanded by American Grand Lodges. Fraternally submitted, RAY V. DENSLOW, HAROLD L. READER, HARRIS C. JOHNSTON.

(Adopted.)

M. W. BRO. DENSLOW: We also have the report of the Committee on Forms and Ceremonies. Two or three years ago we prepared and adopted a form of ceremony for the opening of the Grand Lodge. There are some other things that ought to come before the Forms and Ceremonies Committee, and we were informed that this session would be devoted to the revision of the law and because our form and ceremony would have to be read and exemplified we have postponed action on them at this time. Therefore I move the verbal report be adopted. (Motion seconded and carried.) REPORT OF THE MASONIC HOME VISITING COMMITTEE

Rt. Wor. Bro. Emil Rake presented the report of the Masonic Home Visiting Committee: To The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A.. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Your committee has made a number of visits to the Masonic Home during the past year and one or more has attended each of the quarterly meetings of the Board of Directors. These meetings are always well attended. Despite the fact that a number of the Directors have a long way to come they are always on time and there are very few absentees at these meetings. As a result, keeping uppermost in their minds at all times the welfare and happiness of the entire Masonic Home Family, the business affairs of the Home are efficiently and diligently transacted. For years M. W. Brother W. W. Martin has faithfully endeavored to handle two important jobs-President of the Board and also Superintendent of the Home. As President of the Home Board he has safely invested and guarded the endowment fund, which has under his direction grown to almost one and one quarter million dollars. The income from these investments has been most gratifying and attests to his ability in the management of the financial affairs of the Home. Early this year,

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noting the increased number of petitions for degrees, the probable increase in funds and recognizing the fact that M. W. Bro. Martin, had for years fulfilled these two important positions, the Board decided that the time had come to give him some much needed assistance. The officials of the Home were fortunate in obtaining the services of Bro. E. J. Reynolds. On February 1 of this year he took over the responsible position as Superintendent and since has and still is devoting his entire time and attention to the upkeep of the Home and to the welfare and best interests of the Home Family. He is ably assisted by Mrs. Waller, whose many years of experience has been extremely helpful in administering to the needs and wants of the children, and by Mrs. Bettis, Matron of Old Folks, who has handled a most trying and difficult assignment very well. Although it has been extremely difficult to keep a full staff of nurses and assistants in the Infirmary, Dr. Solon Cameron has continued to give the patients the very best of medical care and attention. The Masonic Fraternity is indeed fortunate in having these competent people in charge. As of September 17, 1946, the Home Family was comprised of the following: Men.................... 73 Women 165

Boys Girls

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Total Children 269

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Of this total fifty-three old people are confined to the infirmary. We are happy that there has been no serious illness among the children and that they are all enjoying the best of health. While it will be noted that the number of the children in the Home at the present time is small, the indications are that there will be an increase. At the August meeting of the Board three girls were admitted and three additional applications are awaiting Board action. The Masons of Missouri may take just pride in the education and training that is being given the Home children. They attend the public schools and upon graduation are permitted to go to High School and College, or to a Vocational School for special training, so that when they are discharged from the Home they will be self-supporting and well fitted to engage upon life's work. The children are taught to use their hands as well as their heads and during the summer were either enrolled in summer school, or were learning to apply themselves. Ample religious training is 'provided. Children are encouraged to attend Sunday School and the Church Services of the· surrounding Churches are well attended by the Home Family. . The work at the Home has been severely handicapped by the restrictions, shortages and conditions which have been so prevalent during the past year. The Home faces daily many of the same problems which affect other businesses and with which so many of you are familiar. The shortage of meat, soap, paper products, maintenance supplies and equipment, as well as many other items, has made it extremely difficult but the normal high standards of the Home have been maintained. We are happy to report that the meals have been well balanced, wholesome and plentiful. This could not have been accomplished except for the splendid co-operation given by suppliers who have long been friends of the Home. The storage, handling and preparation of food is commendable. Careful consideration and attention is given to the elimination of waste. The Home sells at regular intervals all the old paper, baskets, and even the garbage, thereby eliminating waste, reducing operating costs and making every effort to

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prevent infestation of the premises by vermin and insects. At all times every effort has been made to keep the Home meticulously clean. The condition of the equipment and the buildings has been materially iniproved. The hospital diet kitchens, men's building, boys' building and the building which houses the nurses and the ladies who work in the kitchens have been redecorated. Work is now under way to improve the living quarters of all employees. Renovating is being done and improvements are being made as rapidly as possible. This is of extreme importance, because the only way that we can hope to keep efficient and competent employees, is to pay them a reasonable wage and provide them with comfortable living quarters. Replacement of wornout furniture and other equipment will be made as quickly as quality merchandise is available. Plans have already been completed for the construction of a badly needed power plant to replace the present worn out and inefficient plant which has been in operation for over thirty years. The contract for the construction of this plant will be let as soon as restrictions are removed and building conditions will permit. This same situation applies to the building of cottages for the children. As a result of our many visits to the home and observations made on our inspection tours, your committee is of the opinion that some of the buildings and equipment are obsolete, inadequate, and badly in need of replacement and modernization. We, therefore, recommend that a complete survey be made of the grounds, buildings, and equipment. This survey to be given prompt and careful study so that the necessary improvements, replacements, and modernization of the entire Home can be accomplished over a period of years in accordance with a carefully worked out and approved plan. . From all appearances and from the comments of those contacted on our various visits, the entire family of the Home appreciates everything that is being done for them. During the course of the year, considerable attention has been given to the pleasure and entertainment of the Home Family, as is evidenced by the following events, which were provided for their entertainment: Weekly picture shows at the Home, Christmas gifts and entertainment, outing at Forest Park Highlands, watermelon feast, boat excursion trips and attendance to major league ball games, Shrine circus and Police circus. In addition, members of the Home Family were given gifts on appropriate occasions. They were also entertained at various times by other organizations. , The programs, entertainment and good times sponsored by the Home are financed by contributions to the Christmas and Entertainment Fund by the various I~odges throughout the State, individuals and other Masonic organizations. Your committee urges that the Lodges continue and endeavor to increase their donations to this fund. The Home Family deeply appreciates the thoughtfulness of Masons and friends in making these contributions, which contribute so much to their pleasure. It has been a pleasure to serve on this important committee and we appreciate the opportunity of submitting this report for your consideration. Respectfully and fraternally submitted, E. G. RAKE, Chairman, GEORGE F. MORRISON, I. E. Ross. (Adopted.)

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MASONIC TE~LE ASSOCIATION

THE GRAND SECRETARY: I have here the report of the Committee on Masonic Temple Association: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Your members appointed by the Grand Master to represent the Grand Lodge in the Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis, Missouri, submit the following report: In our report in 1945 the bonded indebtedness was $ 66,000.00 Money deposited by member bodies on which the Association pays 3 per cent interest was .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,500.87 Total Indebtedness $105,500.87 On December 1, 1945, in addition to the interest due at that time, the Association paid off bonds amounting to 7,000.00 On June 1, 1946, in addition to the interest due at that time, the Association paid off bonds amounting to 7,000.00 Total Bond Payments $ 14,000.00 During the year Missouri Lodge No. One deposited with the Association the sum of $1,000.00, so that as of September 1, 1946, the indebtedness of the Association stands as follows: Bonds secured by a first mortgage $ 52,000.00 Funds deposited by member bodies . 40,500.87 Total Indebtedness •................................. $ 92,500.87 We congratulate the officers and members of the Association upon the progress they are making. Fraternally submitted, BYRNE E. BIGGER, Chairman, JOHN WOHRADSY, JR., T. A. HOPKINS.

(Adopted) REPORT OF THE BUILDING SUPERVISORY BOARD

R. W. Bro. Cecil A. Tolin presented the Report of the Building Supervisory Board: To- the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: The Building Supervisory Board submits the following report for the years 1945-1946: Cardwell Lodge No. 231, A. F. 4' A. M., Arbyrd, Missouri On January 8, 1946, granted Cardwell Lodge No. 231, permission to purchase the Cardwell Baptist Church Building for $7,000, $5,000 to be paid in cash, title to the property to be taken in the name of the trustees and the Lodge agreed and assumed payment of a $2,000 mortgage on the property. Said mortgage to be paid at the rate of $25 per month, with interest. Jacksonville Lodge No. 541, A. F. 4' A. M., Jaoksonville, Mi.~80uri On February 7, 1946, Jacksonville Lodge No. 541 was granted per-

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mission to purchase the building which they have been occupying for $3,000, $1,000 to be paid in cash, and the remaining $2,000 to be assumed by the Lodge and secured by a mortgage on the property, to be liquidated by payment of not less than $200 each year. Title to the property to be taken in the name of the trustees. In view of the fact that this was the only building in Jacksonville which could be used as a meeting place for the Lodge, and if the building was sold to other parties interested, the Lodge would have to vacate, it was the opinion of the committee that it was necessary to grant them permission to make the purchase and assume an indebtedness of $2,000.

Berlin Lodge No. 378, A. F. ~ A. M. On July 26, 1946, Berlin Lodge No. 378 was granted permISSIon to purchase a building in Fairport, Missouri, to be used as a meeting place for the Lodge, in view of the fact that the building which they had been occupying was destroyed by fire some time ago and they had no place to move. The individual members of the Lodge purchased the building and deed it free of indebtedness to the Lodge. The Lodge has sufficient cash on hand to make the necessary repairs and buy equipment to furnish the hall. Montevallo Lodge No. 490, A. F. ~ A. M., Montevallo, Missouri On October 11, 1945, permission was granted Montevallo Lodge No. 490 to remove two story frame structure in which they were meeting, which was exceedingly old, ramshackled and dilapidated, and to erect on the lot a building suitable for a meeting place for the Lodge. The Lodge having on hand sufficient cash to pay for the entire expense of razing the old building and erecting the new. It was understood that the District Deputy had approved the plans for the erection of the new building. Christian Lodge No. 392, A. F. ~ A. M., Oak Grove, Missouri On April 4, 1946, granted Christian Lodge No. 392, permission to dispose of their building in which they hold their meetings, in view of the fact that it is wholly inadequate and small for that purpose and gave permission to purchase another piece of property which would be more suitable. The Lodge had sufficient funds on hand to make the purchase and the District Deputy of that District approved the building to be purchased as a suitable place to hold Lodge meetings. Respectfully submitted, (Adopted.) C. A. TOLIN, Chainnan. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LODGES U.D.

Chairman Renick Jones presented the Report of the Committee on Lodges U. D.: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Your Committee on Lodges U. D. begs leave to submit the following report: For several years there have been no new Lodges chartered by the Grand Lodge of Missouri. We wish to congratulate Most Worshipful Brother Bray in issuing dispensation to Freedom Lodge U. D. Mehlville, Missouri.

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Date of Dispensation, March 24, 1945 Set to work, April 3, 1945 Chartered Members 29 Initiated 9 Total Members to Date 38 Cash on Hand $807.81. The records, books, returns, data, etc., have been carefully examined and found in order and are a model of neatness and accuracy, for which we desire to commend the able and efficient officers of Freedom Lodge U.D. The constitution has been complied with in every particular and we recommend that the charter be granted in accordance with the recommendation of our Most Worshipful Grand Master in his annual report, so that the interests of Freemasonry may best be served. RENICK JONES, Chairman JULIUS CHRISTIANSEN. (Adopted.)

THE GRAND SECRETARY: Most 'Vorshipful Grand Master, two resolutions have been placed upon the Grand Secretary's desk, as follows: Be It Resolved, That the Grand Lodge By-Laws be altered and amended, as set out hereinafter, to-wit: That Section No. 66 (p. 37) EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, (as amended 1935) be altered by striking out the Figures and Words (25c) Twenty-five Cents, in line seven, and in lieu thereof, insert the Figures and Words (30c) Thirty Cents; so that when altered and amended said Section No. 66 will read as follows: "See. 66 (p. 37) Employment Bureau. In cities where there are twenty or more Lodges, and in areas where thirty or more Lodges have concurrent jurisdiction, each Lodge shall appoint or' elect one of its members, who shall constitute a General Employment Bureau, whose duty shall be to aid unemployed members to secure employment. Such Bureau shall adopt rules for its government; and each Lodge in such city or area shall contribute the sum of Thirty (30c) Cents per capita per annum to the Employment Bureau, such contribution to be calculated on, and payable with, the annual Grand Lodge returns. Provided, that no contributions shall be called for when the amount on hand exceeds the sum of Three Thousand ($3,000.00) Dollars. Such Bureau shall employ a Secretary and maintain a permanent office, where applicants may apply for employment." CHARLES W. McCLELLAN, P. M. 282, ROBERT P. TAIT, P. M. Mo. No.1, CABELL GRAY, P. M. No. 360, JOHN M. KITCHEN, W. M. No. 416. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Resolved: That in the printed Official Proceedings of the Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Missouri, for 1947, there be printed, in, and as a part of the Masonic Home report, Roster of the Home Family, as of September 1, 1946, Admitted Since Last Annual Report, Deaths Since Last Annual Report, Discharged Since Last Annual Report, in form and content as printed in the Grand Lodge Proceedings of 1931. Be It Further Resolved: That this is vital information and shall be

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published annually in and as a part of the Missouri Grand Lodge Proceedings. RoBERT R. WRIGHT,

Past Master, Livingston Lodge No. 51, A. F. and A. M.

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The M. W. Grand Lodge was then called from labor untill :30 p. m. AFTERNOON SESSION WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25-1:30 P. M.

The M. W. Grand Lodge was called to labor, after prayer by the Grand Chaplain at 1 :30 p. m. The Supplemental Report of the Ritual Committee was then presented by M. W. Bro. Ittner: SPEOIAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RITUAL

To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. F.. and A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Ritual has already submitted its regular annual report and now desires to submit a special supplementary report on an important matter referred to it by the Most Worshipful Grand Master. Your Committee has omitted this matter from its regular report for two reasons: . first, it does not consider that the matter falls within its regular and traditional duties, and second, the matter is of such importance to all members of the Craft, whether interested in ritual or not, that it merits special and separate consideration. In the early part of this year the Grand Master and the Grand Lecturer held a meeting of District Deputy Grand Masters and District Lecturers at Kansas City, to give the Grand Master an opportunity to confer with his Deputies, and to give the Grand Lecturer an opportunity to hold a school of instruction. A similar meeting was held in St. Louis in the following week. The conferences of course were under the jurisdiction of the Grand Master. At each of these conferences the Grand Master suggested the importance of revising our funeral service in such a way as to eliminate its sombre and doleful expressions, "and at the same time retain as much of its present form as possible." Somewhat later the Grand Master wrote the Chairman of this Committee a letter, which, omitting the formal parts, is as follows: "Dear M. W. Brother Ittner: "You will recall our recent conversation on the desirability of revising the Masonic burial service to eliminate some of the most objectionable features. You will recall that it was observed that, possibly, our service may be too long, and that it is certainly, in places, at least, lacking in that radiant hope that we like to hold up to those who have been bereft. There are places in which the doleful note is very much in evidence. On these points we were in full agreement when we talked it over recently. "Since I abolished the Committee on Forms and Ceremonies in 1944, the duties of that committee would naturally devolve upon your com-

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mittee. I should like to suggest to you, and your committee, that you prepare a revision of our burial service that would remove the objectionable features, and, at the same time, retain as much of its present form as possible. If possible I wish you could be prepared to report at our September Communication. , 'With sincerest good wishes, I am, "Fraternally yours, (Signed) WILLIS J. BRAY, "Grand Master." At each of these conferences the sentiment of those in attendance seemed to be unanimous that the funeral service, which is essentially a very beautiful one, needed revision. Complying with the request of the Grand Master, your Committee on Ritual has given this important matter much earnest and careful consideration. On Monday, September 9, 1946, a formal meeting of the Committee was held at the St. Louis Masonic Temple, 3681 Lindell Boulevard. All of the members were in attendance except R. W. Brother William D. Rogers, who was unfortunately confined at the Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. Your Committee deliberated and compared notes for several hours. We found the assignment a difficult one in view of the impossibility of satisfying everybody or even a majority of those in interest. But we did not shrink from doing our best to fulfill our pledge to the Grand Master. With respect to the objection sometimes heard that the service is too long, the Committee found that that objection was not well taken, though if the recommendations we make are adopted the service will be shortened considerably. The majority of the Masonic funeral services in the United States are longer than ours and some are twice as long. A few are shorter but not materially so. We beg to offer the following recommendations and suggest that they be acted on separately. 1. We recommend .that that part of the service prescribed for use in the Lodge hall be left unchanged. Carried. 2. We recommend that the use of the prayer set out on pages 82, 83 and 84, 1946 edition of our funeral service, be done away with and that the prayer set out on pages 68 and 69, 1946 edition, for use in the preliminary service in the Lodge Hall be prescribed in its stead. Carried. Quoting from the Grand Master's letter, he says in part "our service is certainly in places at least lacking in that radiant hope that we like to hold up to those who have been bereft. There are places in which the doleful note is very much in evidence." The prayer whose use we are seeking to have eliminated may be a very beautiful prayer in its proper place but except for a few words at the close it is entirely lacking in "radiant hope" and stresses the "doleful note" all the way through. On the other hand, the prayer which we hope to have substituted is full of "radiant hope" from beginning to end and is entirely lacking in the "doleful note." 3. We recommend that the first paragraph on page 74, 1946 edition, be amended to read as follows: "One by one they pass away, the brothers of our adoption, the companions of our choice. A brother whose hand we have clasped in the bonds of fraternal fellowship is now passing from our sight, and we know that we shall meet him on earth no more." The reasons for making this recommendation are substantially the same as those which prompted recommendation No.2. Carried.

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4. We recommend that the word" doom" at the beginning of the fourth line from the bottom of page 74 be stricken out and the word" passing" be used in its stead. Carried. 5. We recommend that the last paragraph on page 74, 1946 edition, which extends over on to page 75, be entirely eliminated. Not carried. 6. We recommend that the first paragraph on page 76, 1946 edition, be amended to read as follows: "We can do nothing more of a material nature for our departed Brother. Let us cherish his memory," etc. the remainder of the paragraph remaining unchanged. Carried. 7. We recommend that the whole of the second paragraph on page 76, 1946 edition, be eliminated. We assign two reasons for this recommendation, though there may be others. The first is that there is a hopeless difference of opinion around the State as to whether if this paragraph is retained it ought to be kept where it is or be transferred to the very beginning of the service. The supporters of both views seem to be equally divided. The second, and stronger reason in our opinion is that the paragraph is unnecessary and redundant. Everyone present at a particular funeral knows that we are "about to address ourselves to that solemn duty," and also that" it is -an ancient and honored custom" for Freemasons to conduct Masonic funeral services. Carried. 8. We recommend that in the second line from the bottom of the page, 1946 edition, the word "irreparable" be stricken out. Carried. 9. We recommend that that part of page 77, 1946 edition, beginning with the eleventh line and extending to the bottom of the page and that part of page 78 beginning with line 1 and extending through line 12 be eliminated. This recommendation is not based on any fault we could possibly find with the lines themselves. They are indeed beautiful. Rather it is based on what might be termed "mechanical difficulties." One never knows in advance who the attendants at a Masonic funeral will be. Inasmuch as these lines consist of speeches by the Worshipful Master, with responses from the brethren, it often happens that the brethren do not respond in unison, which gives non-Masons the impression that it is a sorry pe.rformance. Not carried. 10. We recommend that the use of the "Funeral Dirge" on pages 78 and 79, 1946 edition, be done away with at our Masonic funerals, and also that all singing by the brethren generally be dispensed with for reasons too obvious to require elaboration. However, we feel and recommend that this action, if taken by the Grand Lodge, ought not to prevent a Lodge, if it so desires, from arranging in advance for the services of a soloist, a quartet or a choir, for rendering an appropriate number at the point where the dirge now comes. They ought also to have authority to use appropriate instrumental music alone or to accompany the singing if they so desire. We also believe that if the Lodge so desires it should be permitted to have an appropriate musical number before our service starts. Carried. 11. We recommend that the custom, to the extent that it still prevails, of having all the brethren deposit evergreen sprigs in the grave, be discontinued and that hereafter only the Worshipful Master shall make such a deposit. As a matter of fact, in many parts of the State the custom has already been completely abandoned because of the confusion which it almost necessarily causes. Carried. 12. We recommend that if the Worshipful Master, or Acting Worshipful Master, desires to offer a few appropriate remarks of his own about the deceased brother, he be permitted to do so before he starts the prescribed service. Carried.

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13. We recommend that the Committee on Ritual be empowered and instrueted to revise the directions in small print accompanying the service so that they will conform to such changes as the Grand Lodge sees fit to make. Carried. In conclusion, we trust that the Grand Master's wish to have the funeral service so revised as to eliminate harsh and discordant words and phrases will be gratified. If the changes we suggest are made, the service will remain substantially the same as it has been and the good brethren around the State who have given Freemasonry in Missouri such wonderful service through the years in conducting our funeral services will have nothing new to learn except a very few connecting words. Fraternally submitted, ANTHONY F. ITTNER, Chairman, WILLIAM J. CRAIG, F. E. CARTER, FRED H. JOHNSON.

'Vith the exception of recommendations 5 and 9, the Report was then adopted. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CHARTERED LODGES

Chairman Barger presented the Report of the Committee on Chartered Lodges: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A.. F. and A.. M. of Missouri: Brethren: After careful consideration of the Annual Returns, your Committee on Chartered Lodges submits the following report: CONSOLIDATIONS

Only one consolidation was effected this year: Ark Lodge No.6 was consolidated with Edina No. 291, on May 2, 1946, taking the name and number of Edina No. 291. STATISTICAL

On September 14, 1946, there were 602 Chartered Lodges and one U.D. Lodge, with a total membership as of that date of 98,963. A break-down of this year's membership disclosed the following: Raised 5,928; Affiliated 930; Re-instated 1,474, for a total of additions amounting to 8,332, (Adjustment by audit of individual lodges and consolidations of 108). Losses are as follows: Demitted 864; Deaths 1,789; Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues 613; Suspended for Un-Masonic conduct 2; Expelled 6, for a total of 3,274, making a net gain for the year of 5,058. COMMENTS

While the gain in membership in 1945 was the greatest in many years, this year's net gain is almost one thousand greater. An analysis of the returns or even casual observation indicates that Masonic interest is wide-spread and that there is much activity in the lodges, both large and small, throughout the State. While gains may not be so great as in some years following World War I, yet we feel that a great majority that are now seeking adn:ission are not doing so because of curiosity or a mania to be a "joiner" but are doing so from a sincere desire to be of service to their fellow man. Therefore, if this be true, losses from suspension for non-payment of dues will not be nearly so great as in former years.

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The subject of consolidation of lodges has been called to the Committee's attention. Certainly when the lodge is active and interested, meets regularly and performs the functions that are expected of it, no matter how small the lodge may be, consolidation is not suggested. But instances do exist, due to diminishing membership, lack of capable leadership, improved transportation facilities to near-by large centers, and other reasons, where we believe it would be to the distinct advantage to Freemasonry in general and to the brethren concerned in particular that consolidation with a stronger and more active lodge be effected. The Committee finds it necessary to again call attention to Section 75 of the Constitution and By-Laws, which require that returns be made by August 1. Seven lodges failed to send their reports and seven lodges did not send in reports until after September 1. While this is a somewhat better record than in previous years, still this tardiness greatly complicates and hinders the work in the Grand Secretary's Office. The great majority of the secretaries perform their duties with skill arid promptness and a perusal of the returns clearly indicate the exactness of their work, and the fidelity with which they discharge the duties of their office. However, this small minority, by their negligence and their inattention to duty mar a record in Grand Lodge, that would otherwise be perfect. They not only violate a specific by-law, but unfairly subject their respective lodges to the penalties prescribed for their delinquencies. We would suggest that the Worshipful Masters of these delinquent lodges call attention of their secretaries to the solemn charge in the installation ceremony and insist upon the strict compliance that is incumbent upon them. The Committee feels that the record, as it stands, indicates that the Fraternity in Missouri was never on a firmer basis. That we are in position to face an uncertain future with confidence and accept the challenge to co-operate with all right thinking and forward looking men to construct a peaceful world of freedom, justice and opportunity in harmony with the time honored and universal ideals of Freemasonry. Respectfully submitted, R. L. BA.RGER,

Chairman. SUPPLEMENT

The following recommendations by the Grand Master which were referred to this Committee are as follows: Recommendation No. 3 in 1945 address referring to audit of books of each Lodge. Recommendation No. 4 in 1945 address referring to Lodges failing to make Annual report. Recommendation No.2 in 1946 report referring to Schools of Instruction in Lodge Administration. Inasmuch as these matters were not referred to the Committee until the second day of the Grand Lodge Communication, and not having time to give these important matters the careful consideration they deserve, we recommend that they be referred to the new Committee on Chartered Lodges for consideration and report at the next Annual Communication. LEE BA.RGER, Chairman.

(Report Adopted)

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE

M. W. Byrne E. Bigger presented the Report of the Committee on Jurisprudence:

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To the Most: Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Jurisprudence submits the following reports: I DISPENSATIONS

The several dispensations issued by the Grand Master have been referred to this Committee and we :find them to be within the discretion of the Grand Master and are hereby approved.

II AMENDMENTS

There has been pending in the Grand Lodge for a number of years a proposed amendment to Section 74 to increase the Grand Lodge per capita tax from $2.10 to $2.35. This amendment was offered as a part of the war emergency program of the Grand Lodge for the purpose of raising funds for contribution to the Masonic Service Association and its war work. From year to year the Grand Lodge has levied an assessment of $.40 for this same purpose. As there is no further need of the extra funds for that purpose, we recommend that the amendment should not be adopted. On page 143 of the Proceedings of 1944 appear two proposed amendments to Sections 114 and 115 extending the time in which degrees can be conferred. These two amendments were offered in 1944 as a part of an attempt to meet the problems of men in the armed services who desired to join the Fraternity or to advance from degree to degree. We rcommend that both of said amendments be adopted. At the 1944 session of the Grand Lodge a resolution was referred to your Committee relative to Grand Lodge sovereignty. Your Committee feels that the constitution of the Grand Lodge adopted many years ago declares the absolute sovereignty of the Grand Lodge. We therefore recommend that the resolution be stricken from the record and not considered further. III ELMO LODGE PROPERTY

Some time prior to 1946 the Lodge at Elmo lost its charter and at the time the Lodge was the owner of the following property located in Nodaway County, Missouri, to-wit: "All of Lot 23 in Block 1 of the original Town of Elmo"; and by reason of that fact the property reverted to the Grand Lodge of Missouri. The property is subject to a lien of a deed of trust for school fund mortgage to secure the sum of $1,500.00, and Mr. Warren D. Atwood, Sr., of Elmo, Missouri, has offered to pay the sum of $1,500.00 for the property and the property to be deeded to him clear of debt. This matter has been referred by the Grand Master to your Committee and we find that Brother Paul L. Ward, the District Deputy Grand Master, has secured this sale, and we believe it to be to the best interests of the Grand Lodge that the above property should be disposed of in the manner above indicated. Therefore, your Committee recommends that we accept the offer of the said Warren D. Atwood, Sr.; that the Grand Lodge execute a deed to the above described property to the said Warren D. Atwood, Sr., and the Grand Master and the Grand Secretary be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to sign, acknowledge and deliver said deed and that out of said purchase money said school fund mortgage be liquidated and the note cancelled of record.

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1945 DECISIONS We make the following report on the decisions reported by the Grand Master found on pages 36, 37, 38 and 39 of the Proceedings of Conference in 1945: That decisions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 be approved. . Decision No.1 does not clearly state the facts, but as the city in question has more than two Lodges of concurrent jurisdiction, the decision should be approved. On decision No.2 we assume that the original authority was by an amendment to the Lodge by-laws and therefore the decision is approved. On decision No.3, we assume the petitioner was personally selling intoxicating liquors and therefore the decision is approved. There is no law that prevents a Lodge from occupying a hall on the second floor of a building where the ground floor is occupied by a beer parlor. The Lodge could not rent its own property for such a purpose, but when the Lodge rents from another party that rule does not apply. We therefore disapprove decision No. 22. 1946 DECISIONS Decision No. 1 is hereby approved. This matter was determined by the Grand Lodge. See Proceedings 1944, pages 23 and 143. We approve decision No. 2 but call attention to a typographical error which says it is under Section 116 when it should be Section 117. We approve decisions 4, 8 and 9. Decision No.5 is disapproved as it is not in violation of any law of the Grand Lodge. We approve decision No.6 but call attention to the words" on waiver of jurisdiction from his former home lodge." These words should not be in the decision. When a dimit is granted the brother ceases to be a member of the Lodge and it could not thereafter grant a waiver of jurisdiction. In decision No. 7 the Grand Master raises many questions on the liquor business. It is the duty of the Jurisprudence Committee to pass upon the decisions of the Grand Master as provided by Masonic Law. In 1939 the Grand Lodge repealed Sections 198, 199 and 299 and adopted new sections in lieu thereof. It is generally conceded that the new law is difficult to interpret. However, your committee feels that there are two phases of these laws1-Where the connection tends or occurs in a manner or under a surrounding which tends to impair the good name of the Masonic institution, or to cause scandal or to degrade it in public estimation, or is contrary to its principles, obligations and teachings. 2-The sale by any Freemason personally of intoxicating liquor at retail for consumption as a beverage on the premises. The first part is a question of fact, and it must be determined on the facts in each case. The second part presumes such a sale impairs the good name of Freemasonry and the Freemason personally selling intoxicating liquors is guilty of a Masonic offense. _ We call to your attention that the law says" and the sale by any Freemason personally." In view of the law as n(}w written, decision No.7 is disapproved. Decision No.3 states, "A Lodge may have joint representation with churches or other civic, religious or patriotic groups on committees to aid returning veterans."

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Preemasons as individuals should be, and are, charitable and patriotic. However, the policy and decisions of this Grand Lodge are that the funds of a lodge should be used only for Masonic purposes. By a decision of this Grand Lodge as late as 1944 it was held that "a Masonic Lodge should not join with other non-Masonic groups by electing an official representative to serve on the local council of the U. S. 0." At the same communication of this Grand Lodge it held that an exception in favor of a contribution to the Red Cross from the funds of a Lodge could not be made. Your Committee, therefore, recommends that this decision of the Grand Master be disapproved; that the members of the Order, as individuals, be encouraged to participate in this worth-while enterprise, but not as a Masonic Lodge. GRAND MASTER'S RECOMMENDATION

The Committee on Grand Master's Address has referred to this Committee a number of recommendations of the Grand Master. As there is a Committee on Revision of Grand Lodge By-I~aws and for want of time for this Committee to consider the several recommendations adequately, we recommend that all these matters referred to this Committee be referred to the Committee on Revision of the Grand Lodge By-Laws. Respectfully submitted, BYRNE E. BIGGER, Chairman, C. LEW GAliliANT, SAM WILC"OX, BURNS STRADER, H. M. JAYNE, MARVIN E. BOISSEAU, RALPH V. WILSON.

(The Report of The Committee on Jurisprudence was adopted by sections and as a whole.) CALLED FROM LABOR

At 4 :30 p. m. the M. 'V. Grand Lodge was called from Labor until 7:30 p. m. CALLED TO LABOR

At 7 :30 p. m. the M. 'V. Grand Lodge was called to Labor, and Grand Chaplain Robison offered prayer. REPORT OF THE CO::MMITTEE ON SOCIAL SERVICE AT TRAINING CAMPS

Rt. Wor. Bro. Ray Bond presented the Report of the Committee on Social Service at Training Camps: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A.. F. and ..A.. F. of Missouri: Your special Committee on Social Service at Training Camps submits the following report: With the termination of the War and the demobilization of the Armed Forces, the necessity for maintaining Masonic Service Centers near Army Training Camps ended. The Service Center at Neosho was closed on

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May 31, 1946, and the Service Center for Jefferson Barracks, which was maintained at the Alhambra Grotto in St. Louis, was closed February 1, 1946. The center at Rolla is practically closed from a Service standpoint but is still being used as a Center from which to make Hospital visits to Veterans at Fort Leonard Wood and the 0 'Reilly General Hospital at Springfield. With the closing of these Service Centers the necessity of our Grand Lodge making an annual contribution to the Masonic Service Association of the United States for the fund for maintaining Masonic Service Centers has ended. During the past few years this fund has been raised by a levy of 40c per year assessment on all Missouri Masons, and this Committee recommends that this assessment be discontinued and be not levied for the coming year. Our Grand Lodge has a right to be proud of the contribution it has made for the maintenance of Service Centers for our Armed Forces during the War period. From the years 1941 to 1946, the total cost of maintaining service Centers in Missouri, incurred by the Masonic Service Association, has been $98,996.88, and during the same period, this Grand Lodge has contributed to the Masonic Service Association to assist in carrying out this valuable service throughout the Nation, the total sum of $102,000.00. It is impossible to over-estimate the importance of the service which was rendered at these Service Centers throughout the Nation and the valuable contribution which they made to the welfare and morale of American Boys who had been called from civilian life to military duties. Particular credit is due the field agents who were in charge of the various Service Centers, and, without intending to give greater credit to any of these field representatives over the others, we feel it is in order to especially mention the fine, loyal and unselfish service renderd by Bros. John B. Vrooman and Robert Wright at the Rolla Center and Bro. Rundquist at the Neosho Center. With the termination of the Masonic Service Centers, your Committee, specially appointed in connection with Social Service at Training Camps, feels that it has completed the duties entrusted to it. However, we further feel that we should call to your attention, a Postwar program which has been inaugurated by the Masonic Service Association of the United States. At a meeting of the Masonic Service Association, which was held in Washington, D. C., on February 19, 1946, the following recommendations were adopted: "That hospital work for wounded veterans be continued and expanded and that all Grand Masters invite the Association to establish hospital visitation centers where government hospitals for the wounded are in operation in their jurisdictions; " That this Association record its hope that Grand Masters will lead their Grand Lodges to contribute not less in 1946 than in 1944, that the vital hospital visitation work for our wounded brethren and their friends may be expanded and continued." This Committee is advised that Hospital Visitation Service, pursuant to the above program, is now being continued in Missouri at Jefferson Barracks, in St. Louis, and at the Ft. Leonard Wood Hospital and the O'Reilly General Hospital at Springfield; that plans have been drawn for two new Veterans' Hospitals in Missouri; that the estimated cost of maintaining each Veterans' Hospital Visitation Unit is $400.00 per month. This Committee recommends that this Grand Lodge do not make a con-

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tribution to the Masonic Service Association for the coming year for the funds to be used for maintaining the Hospital Visitation program. Respectfully submitted, JAMES W. SKELLY, CARL G. Ross, ARTHUR. CULKIN, HARRIS C. JOHNSTON, (Adopted) RAY BOND, Chairmatn.

The following Resolution was then read and, on motion, adopted: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: During the years 1942, 1943, 1944 and 1945, this Grand Lodge, on the motion of this Committee, made liberal contributions through the National Masonic Service Association, to the Welfare work among the armed forces of our country. The assessments paid by the Freemasons of Missouri for this worthy cause brought into the treasury of the Grand Lodge $130,718.10; the appropriations during the entire period totaled $112,000.00. We recommend that the unused portion of $18,718.10 be placed in the Permanent Fund of this Grand Lodge and be available for such charitable purposes as the Grand Lodge may direct. Fraternally submitted, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, GEORGE C. MARQUIS, Chairman. E. E. MORRIS, EUGENE L. McGEE, ROBERT H. MANN, C. A. TOLIN.

REPORT OF THE WAYS AND MEANS OOMMITTEE

Chairman Marquis presented the Report of the Committee on Ways and Means as follows: To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M'J of Missouri: Your Committee on Ways and Means is happy to report the finances of the Grand Lodge to be on a sound and satisfactory basis, as shown by the reports of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer. We commend the executive officers on keeping the expenditures below the appropriations made in the sum of $2,136.77. We approve the payment from the General Fund of $36.58 to cover the deficit in the appropriation for Conferences of Deputy District Grand Masters and District Lecturers, the only item of the budget that was overspent. . • We recommend that United States Government Bonds be purchased in such an amount as may be determined by the Grand Master, Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary and Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. We recommend the following appropriations: Printed Proceedings $ Salary, Grand Master . Expenses, Grand Master . Maintenance, Grand Lodge Office . Expenses, Grand Lodge Officers (Order Grand Master) . Salary, Grapd Secretary ..........•.....................

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Salary, Grand Lecturer : . 4,200.00 1,650.00 Expenses, Grand Lecturer . 125.00 Ritual Committee Expense . 3,950.00 Office Help, Grand Lodge Office . 2,750.00 Printing, Postage and Stationery . 1,000.00 Dist. Lect. and DDG M Conferences . 500.00 Salary, Grand Treasurer , , '" '" .,. 500.00 Grand Correspondent . 329.88 Masonic Relief Ass 'n., U. S. & Canada . Past Grand Master's Jewel . None Telephone JE 4877 . 225.00 (Also telegraph bills) Bonds, Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer 300.00 Committee of By-Laws Revision 600.00 Reporter, Grand Lodge Session 100.00 Expenses, Grand Lodge Session 1,200.00 Contingent: Grand Lodge Exp. Fund 1,000.00 C. K. Benson Audit Co. 225.00 Exs. G. W. Mem. & G. M. Conf. 450.00 Grand Lodge Officers' Conference 300.00 Membership: Mas. Service Ass'n 1,989.63 Welfare Committee, Mas. Home Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 Mileage and Per Diem 18,344.20 At the 1944 Communication Brother Nelson Brown, representing Sarcoxie Lodge No. 293, through error in registering failed to receive mileage and per diem. We recommend that the Grand Secretary be directed to pay from the Contingent Fund the mileage to which he was entitled according to the statement of the Chairman of the Mileage and Per Diem Committee. The customary appropriation for Past Grand Master's Jewel is not made because of inability to purchase the jewel. Fraternally submitted, G. C. MARQUIS, Chairman, C. A. TOLIN, E. E. MORRIS, ROBERT H. MANN, EUGENE L. MCGEE.

(The Report was adopted.)

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTER'S REPORTS

Chairman Jackson presented the report as follows: To the Grand Lodge, A. F.. and A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Reports of District Deputy Grand Masters beg leave to submit the following report: There are 59 District Deputy Grand Masters in this Grand Jurisdiction. Of these there have been received reports of some kind from 45. From the remaining 14 there has been nothing received in the way of a report. From the 45 Districts reporting we find the following: Reports of 17 District Deputy Grand Masters show an official visit and Lodge Report on each Lodge in their District with the Recapitulation.

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The remaining 18 are deficient in making their reports for various reasons. Most of these have been unable to visit some of their Lodges, some indicate that they have made a visit but fail to make a report. Others did not complete their report by tilling out and sending in the Recapitulation. There is no doubt that each one has felt that he had a valid reason for not visiting a Lodge and reporting conditions, but it would seem the number of reports missing is extremely large and that some way should be found to remedy what looks like a bad situation. The reports as a whole indicate that they are sincere, conscientious and hard working groups of Masons who have the welfare of the Fraternity at heart. H has been 'suggested by the Grand Secretary that the report forms be revised and simplitied. This could possibly be done with a corresponding improvement in results, and we so recommend. Fraternally submitted, N. D. JACKSON, Chairman.

(Adopted.) CALLED FROM LABOR

The Grand Lodge was then called from Labor until 9 :00 a. m. Thursday morning, prayer being offered by Grand Chaplain Robison. THIRD DAY THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 26-9:00 A. M.

The Grand Lodge was called to Labor at 9 :00 a. m., prayer being offered by the Grand Chaplain. REPORT OF· COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF BY-LAWS

Chairman Bigger presented the report as follows: To the Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Revision of the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge beg to report as follows: The Committee has carefully reviewed all of the By-Laws and has tentatively agreed upon the manner of changes to be made. As soon as these have been typed and restudied, they will be printed and a copy sent to the Grand Officers and Lodges of the State for study, and we plan to make a complete report at the next Grand Lodge. There are three matters we desire to present for consideration of this Grand Lodge. They are as follows:

Under Sec. 2/ (N) Ritual. A Committee on Ritual, to whom shall be referred all proposed changes in the Ritual. The Committee shall constitute a Board of Custodians whose further duty it shall be to conserve and preserve the work and lectures of the Three Degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry and to act as final arbiter in the decision of all disputes concerning the Ritual arising in this Jurisdiction. Said Committee shall consist of five members and the term of each shall

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be five years from his appointment. The Committee shall meet not to exceed three times each year, at such times and places as the Grand Master shall designate and shall confer with reference to the work and duties of the Committee. The Committee is authorized to provide for authorized instructors in the Ritual, dividing the ritualistic work into such sections as the Committee may deem best ana. shall make such rules and regulations as it may determine and from time to time promulgate. The Grand Secretary is directed to issue to such brethren as are so designated by said Committee appropriate certificates as to their proficiency, such certificates to be for a term of three years unless sooner revoked by the Committee on Ritual. A record of such certificates shall be kept in the office of the Grand Secretary.

(Adopted.) ARTICLE III DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS AND DISTRICT LECTURERS

Sec. 22. Masonio Districts: (A) The State of Missouri shall be divided into not to exceed thirty Administrative Districts, as hereinafter provided, and for each Administrative District there shall be appointed and commissioned by the Grand Master a District Deputy Grand Master. (B) The State of Missouri shall be divided into not to exceed sixty districts for Ritual Instruction, as hereinafter provided, and for each such district there shall be appointed and commissioned by the Grand Lecturer a District Lecturer. (C) Each Administrative District shall consist of one or more Ritual Districts, as from time to time the Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Senior Grand Warden and Junior Grand Warden may determine. (D) Each Ritual District shall consist of one or more lodges as the Ritual Committee may from time to time determine. (E) No District Deputy Grand Master or District Lecturer shall serve for more than five consecutive years. (F) Each District Deputy Grand Master shall be of the rank of Master or Past Master and a member of a Missouri Lodge. (G) Each District Lecturer shall be of the rank of Master or Past Master and a member of a Missouri Lodge or shall be a holder of a current Certificate of Proficiency issued by the Grand Lodge. (Adopted.) Seo. 23. Powers and Duties: (A) Each District Deputy Grand Master shall visit, officially, the lodges of his district, as far as practicable, and his actual expenses shall be paid by the Grand Lodge. (B) He may, when directed by the Grand Master, or when requested by the Master, open any lodge in his district; he may preside in each lodge upon the occasion of his official visit, after it is opened; he shall examine its books and records, and see if they are properly kept; inform himself of the number of members, and the punctuality and "regularity of their attendance; ascertain the state and condition of the Lodges in all respects; point out any errors he may ascertain in their conduct and mode of working; instruct them in every particular wherein he shall find they may require or desire any information; particularly recommend attention to the moral and benevolent principles of Freemasonry, and the exercise of caution in the admission of candidates; and if he discover in his

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District any Masonic error or evil, endeavor to immediately arrest the same by Masonic means, and, if he judge it expedient, report the same to the Grand Master. He shall, when directed by the Grand Master, attend in person to the organization of Lodges U.D. He shall discountenance all unauthorized Lecturers. He shall at least once a year call a conference of the Masters, Wardens and Secretaries of the Lodges of his District to consider Masonic procedure and administrative duties of the officers. Ritualistic instruction may be given at such conference, but the District Lecturers shall be the authority in the work. On or before August 1 of each year he shall make a report to the Grand Master of his activities and the condition of the Lodges of his District. (Adopted.)

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He shall visit, officially, the Lodges in his District, as far as practicable, and for holding Lodges of Instruction shall receive the necessary actual expenses incurred by him in holding such Lodges of Instruction, to be paid by each Lodge so instructed: Provided that when more than one Lodge is instructed by the District Lecturer at one time and place, each Lodge so instructed shall pay an equal part of his actual expenses so incurred by him in holding said Lodge of Instruction. On or before August 1 of each year he shall make a report to the Grand Lecturer of his activities and the condition of the Lodges in the Ritual. (Adopted.)

Beo. 199. Into-xicating Liq'l1AYr. No candidate shall be initiated, and no Freemason shall be affiliated, who is a tavern keeper or bartender, or whose principal business is the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors. Any member of the Fraternity at the present time who shall hereafter engage in such business shall be subject to Masonic discipline. Nor shall intoxicating liquor be Bold on any property or in any building belonging to or controlled by any Masonic Lodge or any other organization whose membership is predicated upon membership in a ).fasonic Lodge. Respectfully submitted, BYRNE E. BIGGER, Chairman. RAY V. DENSLOW, J. W. SKELLY, H. L. READER.

On motion duly made, seconded and carried, above Section on Intoxicating Liquor was re-committed to the committee. On motion of M. W. Brother Ittner, seconded and carried, the part of the Report limiting tenure of office for District Lecturers was reconsidered, and then by motion duly made, seconded and carried the limit on tenure of office for District Lecturers was removed. With the above re-committal of Sec. 199 and the change in limiting tenure of office for District Lecturer, the report was adopted. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS

Chairman Webb presented the report as follows:

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To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A. F. and A. M. of Missouri: Your Committee on Credentials are pleased to submit the following report: At the present session of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of Missouri, there are represented 417 Subordinate Lodges, and there present: Grand Lodge Officers 19 Past Grand Masters 14 Grand Representatives 7 District Deputy Grand Masters 48 District Lecturers 19 Past Masters 469 Worshipful Masters 380 Senior Wardens 115 Junior Wardens 76 Chairmen of Committees 23 Distinguished Visitors 6 Actual Attendance is. Past Masters Worshipful Masters Senior Wardens Junior Wardens

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Fraternally submitted, WALTER A. WEBB, Chairman, FRED H. KNIGHT,

W. E. TOWNSEND, GEORGE A. McKEAY, JOHN F. BABER, JACOB ABAECHERLI.

(Adopted.) REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MILEAGE AND PER DIEM

Chairman Shrodes presented the Report of the Committee on Mileage and Per Diem: To the M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. F. of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Mileage and Per Diem begs leave to report the following allowances made for Mileage and Per Diem at this session of the Grand Lodge: Grand Officers $ 568.30 304.20 Past Grand Masters . 1,577.60 D. D. G. M.'s . 642.90 District Lecturers . 230.40 Jurisprudence Committee . 292.80 Appeals and Grievances Committee . 223.80 Credentials Committee . 160.90 Chairman Committee .

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14,420.90 $18,421.80 Respectfully submitted, • (Signed) WALTER C: SHRODES,

(Adopted.)

Chairman.

THE GRAND MASTER: I want to express my very deep appreciation for long and faithful services of R. W. Bro. Walter Shrodes, I doubt if there is a man in the Grand Lodge that has rendered more distinguished service over a longer period of time than has Bro. Shrodes, and I am sure that you join me in wishing for him many more years • of faithful service to the Grand Lodge, and good health from here on out. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOTELS

Chairman William F. Miller presented the Report: To the M. W. Grand Lodge of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Hotels and Transportation has pcrformed all the duties assigned to it. The Committee is glad to state that it has secured hotel rooms for over thirty-five brethren who had been unable to obtain accommodations. WILLIAM F. MILLER, Chairman.

(Adopted.) REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON UNFINISHED BUSINESS

To the M. W. Grand Lodge of Missouri: Brethren: Your Committee on Unfinished Business begs leave to report there is now no unfinished business pending before the Grand Lodge. RICHARD O. RUMER, Chairman.

(Adopted.) APPOINTMENTS

R. W. GraM Lecturer W. Grand Chaplain W. Grand Chaplain W. Grand Chaplain EDW AR.D POTTS •....••••....•..••.•••.••••.. W. Grand Chaplain J. PRESLEY POUND .•••••••••••••••••••.•••.• W. Grand Chaplain RAY BOND Grand Senior Deacon HOMER L. FERGUSON Grand Junior Deacon RICHARD O. RUMER Grand Senior Steward JAMES McBRAYER SELLERS Grand Junior Steward ORESTES MITCHELL, JR. Grand Marshal WILLIAM J. CRAIG Grand Marshal HAROLD M. JAyNE Grand Sword Bearer F. ERNEST CARTER Grand Pursuivant JOHN A. WITTHAUS Grand Orator HERMAN LARK Grand Tiler

ANTHONY F. ITTNER E. L. ROBISON SAMUEL THUR.:MAN H. F. CARL HAAS

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INSTALLATION Th~ hour for installation having arrived, M. Wor. Bro. William R. Gentry, Past Grand Master, with M. Wor. Bro. F. C. Barnhill as Grand Marshal, installed the following officers, with the exception of Grand Chaplain Pound, and Grand Tiler Lark: M. W. BRO. BRAY (Presenting Jewel): Before the Grand Master takes his place he should be properly dressed. It has been my privilege to be the official custodian of this beautiful piece of work for a longer time than any other Grand Master. It has been worn by each Grand Master for the past forty-two years. It was presented to the Grand Lodge by M. W. Bro. Kuhn, in 1904. My immediate predecessor said it was one of the greatest satisfactions of his term of office that he was able to turn it over to me, without having lost it. Well, brethren, here it is, and I am very glad to introduce my brother, friend and successor, in office, with this beautiful jewel designating the fact that he is our leader from here on out for the next twelve months. M. W. BRO. CAMERON: M. 'V. Bro. Bray, for years I have admired this beautiful jewel and have looked forward to having it placed temporarily in my custody and at the end of my year to handing it over to my successor in office. It has an interesting genesis and an intriguing history, which of course I can touch upon only briefly. It was presented to the Grand Lodge by Most Worshipful Brother William F. Kuhn who was Grand Master in 1903-04: He was one of the most able and distinguished Missouri Freemasons in our entire history-an author, a scholar and a philosopher. He did not have the pleasure of wearing this Jewel during his own year but he felt that from his time on each Grand Master should be accorded the use of a suitable jewel to be passed on to his successor. Most Worshipful Brother Kuhn's connection with the jewel lends to it charm and lustre far beyond its intrinsic value, and each Grand Master since his day has added his share of happy memories that will forever accompany it on its journeyings. You too, Most \Vorshipful Brother Bray, have imparted to it a special charm all your own. I shall try to wear it worthily and to maintain the high standards set by my distinguished predecessors. (Applause) THE GRAND SECRETARY: Most 'Vorshipful Grand Master I think you are going down as one of the handsomest Grand Masters of this lodge, with your beautiful curly locks, your immaculate attire, that symbolic jewel, but you are not yet invested with all the prerequisites of your office, and you will divest yourself of the Deputy Grand Master's apron. Now, my dear Dr. Cameron, the jewel ,vhich you wear, and which has just been so beautifully presented to you is not your own possession; it is the symbol of your office of Grand Master to be handed to your successor, and it is my pleasure now to present to you some-

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thing that is yours and will remain with you during the years, this Grand Master's apron; and after you have finished your labors, and this apron has become worn and torn and placed in the archives of the Cameron clan, it will remain there as a reminder that a handsome one, a good staunch old Calvinistic Presbyterian of Scotland, was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. So I place this upon you, Doctor, and I know that you will wear it with a great deal of pride and pleasure and honor to this fraternity, and if you don't take good care of it I know there is one in your home who will see to it that care is taken of it. Thank you. (Applause) THE GRAND MASTER SOLON CAMERON: I shall honor and cherish this the more because it is placed upon me by one of my dearest friends. To me this apron will be a symbol just as in the days of old the knight followed the clear white plume of heraldry of Navarre; I shall endeavor so to live and act that twelve months from today I may stand before you with the apron dean and unsullied. M. W. BRO. RALEIGH E. SISSON: Most Worshipful Grand Master, on behalf of a few Missouri Lodge friends of our newly installed Grand Master, it is my privilege to express the happiness we all feel that our lodge has again been honored by this recognition of our own dearly beloved brother, Solon Cameron, who served us as Worshipful Master in our Centennial Year of 1916. I have known Brother Cameron for more than thirty-two years, and I wish to testify that this intimate friendship has proven him pre-eminently as a family man-one whose home life is ideal from the standpoint of his wife and children. Not even this great fraternity takes precedence over his domestic obligations. But do not fear that the work of his present high office will suffer thereby: Mrs. Cameron is an intelligent, cha,ming and understanding helpmate and her pride in and love for her husband will inspire and encourage him to do the same conscientious work in this position as he did when he was Chief Surgeon of our Police Department; the advancement of our public schools he promoted as president of our Board of Education; the welfare of the Second Presbyterian Church, of which he has long been a Pillar of Strength, and upon whom its pastors have leaned with confidence; his fraternal zeal in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which goes back to his youth and in which he served as Noble Grand of Wildey Lodge; his self-effacing services in the Local, State and National Medical Societies, whose high ethical standards he nobly sustains, and his fine record in the United States Army during the first World War, from which he emerged with the rank of Major after volunteering his services, although over the draft age. I say nothing about his Masonic activities-they are well known to all Missouri Masons. But I confidently predict that at the close of his administration this Grand Body will enjoy increased public

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esteem and be in many ways better enabled to carry on the grand project of rebuilding the temple of righteousness in this great State and Nation. Most Worshipful Brother Cameron, on behalf of your friends in Missouri Lodge, will you convey this small gift to your dear wife, to remind her that your occasional absence from home is necessary to our Masonic welfare; and we hope that our respect, admiration and love for you will recompense her somewhat for her forbearance and self-denial during the coming year. (Applause) THE GRAND MASTER: In the future I shall be very careful when meeting or speaking, because the only thing in this world dearer to me than Freemasonry is my wife, my daughters and my home, but as Raleigh has said, she is not only sensible, she is adaptable. She is about the best chauffeur in the State of Missouri, brethren, and when you see that big red car driving into town and the beautiful blond at the wheel, that means your Grand Master is coming. M. W. BROTHER MURRAY: M. W. Bro. Cameron, I was a little bit scared lest a few minutes ago, I just wondered if the brethren over here were going to present you with the same thing I did. No telling what Raleigh Sisson will do. I thought as Master of Missouri Lodge I had a right to convey to you the good wishes of Missouri Lodge and to congratulate you first. I think it is also most fitting that we should have at this time a Grand Master who served Missouri Lodge on its one hundredth anniversary, and, M. W. Bro. Cameron, I am sure that you will wear it with a great deal of pleasure to yourself and honor to the fraternity. I would like at this time to present you with this hat and I am sure you are going to wear it with a great deal of pleasure to yourself and honor to the fraternity. THE GRAND MASTER: M. \V. Bro. Murray, I cannot truthfully say that I am surprised at the bestowal of this beautiful specimen of head decoration, because for many years each Grand Master has received from the members of his own Lodge or other good Masonic friends the traditional silk hat that has come to be regarded as an indispensable adornment of the Grand Master on state occasions. Indeed I should have felt sorrowful and neglected if this happy incident had not occurred. It is an evidence that the members of Missouri Lodge No.1 have a fine sense of the eternal fitness of things and a further evidence that I shall at all times enjoy their loyalty and support. Though I love Freemasonry in Missouri as a whole, and every Lodge that composes it, I must confess that I have a very special affection for Missouri Lodge No.1, dedicated October 8, 1816, my beloved Mother Lodge that has so signally honored me in the past and made it possible for me to attain my present high honor. The knowledge that you are my friends and that you will be with me all the way in my new venture will be a marvelous inspiration and a

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great source of strength. I am almost afraid to take this beautiful hat home, because when my wife sees it I fear she will raise a doubt as to whether the hat or the head is the handsomer. But after all, if the hat comes out on top in the argument it will be only its natural place. Be assured, Brethren of my love and gratitude. I promise you that I shall not neglect dear old Missouri No.1, but if I do not attend as often as I should like, try to remember that the whole state has daims on me which I cannot ignore. And now thanks a thousand times for your great moral support, which I feel sure will go with me throughout the entire year. M. W. BRO. MURRAY: M. 'V. Bro. Cameron, I have one more thing I would like to ask you to make your first official visit to Missouri Lodge on October 17. THE GRANDMASTER: 'Yhen I take this hat home there is going to be an argument; the wife and daughter are going to question whether or not the hat or the head is the handsomer. If the hat comes out on top that is all right; however, that will be all for that, but certainly I could not refuse the fitness of this wonderful hat, W. Bro. Murray, and I shall endeavor to hibernate until the time you mentioned. M. 'V. BRO. GENTRY: I am glad the hat fits now. If there were many more complimentary speeches I am afraid I would have to take the hat back and exchange it for a larger one. Friends, I think that some few years ago I was called upon to deliver a speech to an organization and at the close of the meeting M. W. Bro. Cameron met me, and had two very beautiful young ladies with him, and he introduced them to me as his two daughters. I had not yet seen his wifethe daughters were so beautiful girls, I looked at them and I looked at him and I said, "Well, they must have a very beautiful mother." I met her later and my surmise was. correct, in addition to all the other fine qualities possessed by her which have been mentioned here, she is a very beautiful lady. Now, we may look forward to a very fine administration in the coming year if signs mean anything. A first name Solon suggests a great deal by way of wisdom for the old fellow who first bore that name is reputed to have been a very fine fellow, and we expect the one who now bears the name to live up to his reputation for wisdom in the administration of our affairs. And furthermore, we may expect a thrifty administration, I am sure that means much to this Grand Master. And now, M. W. Bro. Cameron, it gives me great pleasure to present you with this gavel of your office and you are now fully installed and entitled to wear that nice new hat. THE GRAND MASTER: I thank you: I shall cherish my possession of the gavel more because I received it from your hands. I trust during

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the coming year to have your constant support, cooperation and advice. M. W. BRO. GENTRY: You shall have it; thank you. THE GRAND MASTER: Brethren, we saw the Grand Lecturer become a little hot under the collar a few moments ago when it was thought to limit the term of his District Lecturers. The ritual is a great and important thing. Let us strive during the coming year to master it, not as meaningless words upon our lips, but as a sentiment of our hearts in the practice of our lodges with the idea that Freemasonry in Missouri will take its place as the greatest force for good in this great state. (Applause) BENEDICTION

The Grand Chaplain, after invoking the Divine blessing, pronounced the benediction. • CLOSING

The M. W. Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Missouri, rested from its labors and was closed in AMPLE FORM at 11 :45 a. m., this day, the 26th day of September, 1946, no further business appearing, to meet again at St. Louis, Missouri, the last Tuesday, viz., the 30th

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Jurisprudence-Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman; Karl M. Vetsburg, Marvin E. Boisseau, Sam Wilcox, C. Lew Gallant, Ralph V. Wilson, Burns Strader. Appeals and Grievances-Robert L. Aronson, Chairman; A. B. Cleaveland, Paul E. Eckardt, Harry Gershenson, Eugene McGee, O. H. Swearingen, William H. Utz, Jr. Ways and Means-George C. Marquis, Chairman, two years; J. M. DeWitt, one year; E. E. Morris, two years; Robert H. Mann, one year; Harris C. Johnston, three years. Oredentials--Harry Diller, Chairman; Fred C. Heuerman, Jacob Abaecherli, John F. Baber, George McKean, Thomas M. Pratt, W. E. Townsend. Mileage and Per Diem-Walter Shrodes, Chairman; Erwin Hamman, W. Frank Houk, Russel E. Murray, George W. Paddock, Henry Steiner. Ohartered Lodges-Robert Lee Barger, Chairman; Jewell E. Windle, G. B. Christy. Lodges U.D.-Charles W. Werdein, Chairman; Julius O. Christensen, J. Renick Jones, Albert Theis, Jr. Welfare--T. W~ Cotton, Chairman; James W. Skelly, Byrne E. Bigger, F. Ernest Carter, Duvall Smith. Reports of D.D.G.M.'s-Nat D. Jackson, Chairman; John H. Hicks, Cornelius D. Struble, Walter Webb. Masonio Boords of Relief-James W. Skelly, Chairman, one year; John W. Adams, two years; Harry Schulz, two years; Alfred H. Goult, two years; J. V. Gaddy, three years. Ritual-Anthony F. Ittner, Chairman; F. Ernest Carter, Frederick H. Johnson, William D. Rogers, William J. Craig. Masonic Home Visiting Oommittee-Theodore C. Teel, Chairman; Harry Hagerty, Stanley S. Morse. Oorrespondence-Ray V. Denslow, Chairman. Necrology-Ernest R. Claus, Chairman; Julius R. Edwards, Robert Tait. Auditing-C. K. Benson and Co. Grand Master's Address-Willis J. Bray and all Past Grand Masters. Unfinished Business and Entertainment of Distinguished Guests--John W. Calhoun. Transportation and Hotels-William F. Miller, Chairman. SPECIAL CO:MMITTEES 1946-1947

Mason·io Temple Association of St. Louis-Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman; John Wohradsky, Jr., Charles A. Jobson. George Washington Masonic National Memorial Assooiation--Bert S. Lee, Chairman; George W. Walker, Anthony F. Ittner. Builaing Supervism-y Board-Cecil A. Tolin, Chairman; Harold M. Jayne, Clarence A. Appel. Revision of By-Laws-Byrne E. Bigger, Chairman; Ray V. Denslow, Duvall Smith, Harold L. Reader, James W. Skelly. Forms and CeremQ1l.ies-James M. Bradford, Chairman; Ray V. Denslow, Anthony F. Ittner. Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges-Ray V. Denslow, Chairman; Harold L. Reader, William R. Gentry.

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1946

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

LIVING PAST GRAND MASTERS OF THIS JURISDICTION

Name and Location

Year of Service

Arch A. Johnson, Landers Building, Springfield Tolman W. Cotton, Van Buren Bert S. Lee, 1224 Washington, Springfield William W. Martin, 5351 Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis Anthony F. Ittner, 2353 South Compton Avenue, St. Louis Byrne E. Bigger, Courthouse, HannibaL William R. Gentry, 717 Louderman Building, St. Louis Ray V. Denslow, Trenton F. C. Barnhill, Marshall DuVal Smith, 517 Corby Building, St. Joseph James W. Skelly. 3637 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis George W. Walker, 627 Good Hope Street, Cape Girardeau Harold L. Reader, 3681 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis Henry C. Chiles, Lexirigton Karl M. Vetsburg, 818 Olive Street, St. Louis (Suite 322) Harry S. Truman, White House, Washington, D. Coo Harris C. Johnston, Boonville Forrest C. Donnell, 463 Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C W. F. Woodruff, 825 Lathrop Building, Kansas City Willis J. Bray, 702 E. Normal, Kirksville

1911-12 1914-15 1922-23 1925-26 1927-28 1928-29 1930-31 1931-32 1933-34 1934-35 1935-36 1936-37 1937-38 1938-39 1939-40 1940-41 1941-42 1942-43 1943-44 1944-46

DISTRICT DEPUTY G. M. 's

DISTRICT LECTURERS

1946-1947

1. James M. DeWitt, Kirksville 2. Clyde C. Evans, Trenton 3. Carey A. Brock, Ridgeway 4. Paul L. Ward, Maryville 5. Carl Dixon, Cosby 6. Sam C. Sherwood, Excelsior Springs 7. Arthur D. Nordberg, 1506 Fidelity Bldg., Kansas City 8. Nat D. Jackson, Independence 9. A. B. Cleaveland, Kingston 10. Arthur G. Lynch, Brunswick 11. W. R. Howell, Monroe City 12. David A. Leslie, Williamstown 13. Warren H. May, Louisiana 14. Ransom Breuer, Hermann 15.a Arthur Rauch, 4031 Oleatha, St. Louis 15.b Alex S. Dawson, 2626 Alhambra Court, St. Louis 16. Cecil A. Tolin, 7334 Chamberlain, University City 17. W. }'rank Houk, St. James 18. W. T. Ruff, Jackson 1'9. R. D. Ellington, Jr., Portageville 20. Artemus H. Harwell, Poplar Bluff

1. Perry O. Sansberry, Wyaconda 2. Ernest T. Scofield, Kirksville 3.•Joseph W. Moore, Newtown 4. Marvin E. Ewing, Trenton 5. Carey A. Brock, Ridgeway 6. Curtis F. Smith, Darlington 7. James A. Elgaard, Maryville

8. 9. Freclon K. Hadley, St. Joseph 10. Chas. B. Whitchurch, Winston 11. Emerson O. Boggess, Liberty 12. John R. Blackman, Chillicothe 13. Warren W. Dray, Linneus 14. Luther E. Wilhoit, Macon 15. David A. Leslie, Williamstown

16. Warren H. May, Louisiana 17. W. Robt. Howell, Monroe City 18. H. Scott Welch, Higbee 19. Arthur G. Lynch, Brunswick 20. Ross E. Jones, Brunswick

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21. L. B. Parrish, Bolivar 22. John H. Hicks, Mountain Grove 23. R. Jasper Smith, Springfield 24. Chas. W. Werdein, Aurora 25. David V. Morris, Nevada 26. Tom Herndon, Butler 27. Jolly P. Hurtt, Sedalia 28. Julius R. Edwards, Centralia 29. Wilbur P. Schnider, 1120 E. McCarty St., Jefferson City

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21. Henry C. Noland, Parkville 22. F. Ernest Carter, 5711 Locust, Kansas City 23. Camillus B. Waddell, Lexington 24. John W. Adams, Marshall 25. Ransome S. Scott, Boonville 26. Robert N. Hall, Columbia 27. Cecil R. Shire, Mexico 28. Paul A. Thomas, Montgomery City 29. Herbert J. Crosby, Winfield 30. Edwin H. Barklage, St. Charles 31. Wilbur P. Schnider, .Jefferson City 32. Ransom A. Breuer, Hermann 33. John A. Welkener, 5623 Pennsylvania Ave., St. Louis 34. Ernest W. Miller, Belton 35. Thomas F. Herndon, Butler 36. Jolly P. Hurtt, Sedalia 37. Philip D. Trainer, Clinton 38. Oren Simpson, Richland 39. W. Frank Houk, St. James 40. Stanley Morse, Barnhart 41. L. B. Parrish, Bolivar 42. Clyde H. Tinsley, Eldorado Springs 43. Ray B. Thomas, Schell City 44. Leland Roy Hoffman, Joplin 45. William J. Craig, Springfield 46. John H. Hicks, Mountain Gro\'(' 47. Wm. Z. Gossett, Van Buren 48. Francis E. Howard, Ironton 49. William T. Ruff, Jackson 50. Robert L. Fowlkes, Charleston 51. Thomas R. Wilkins, Campbell 52. Artemus H. Harwell, Poplar Bluff 53. C. Earl Armstrong, West PlainR 54. Fred O. Wade, Ozark 55. Charles W. Werdein, Aurora 56. James E. Conell, Jr., Neosho 57. Kermit D. Shelley, 6413 Page, Wellston 58. William H. Brockman, Eldon 59. Francis S. Turner, 8309 Highland, Kansas City

LIST OF GRAND SECRETARIES AND THEm ADDRESSES Alabama, Guy T. Smith, Montgomery. Arizona, Harry A. Drachman, P. G. M., P. O. Box 229, Tucson.

Arkansas, Woodlief A. Thomas P. G. M., Little Rock. , California, Lloyd E. WilSOll P. G. M., San Francisco.

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE

Colorado, Harry W. Bundy, 319 Masonic Temple, Denver. Connecticut, Winthrop Buck, P. G. M., Hartford. Delaware, Chester R. Jones, 818 Market Street, Wilmington. District of Columbia, Aubrey H. Clayton, Masonic Temple, Washington, D. C. Florida, George W. Huff, Jacksonville. Georgia, Daniel W. Locklin, 801 Mulberry, Macon. Idaho, Clyde I. Rush, P. G. M., Box 1677, Boise. Illinois, Richard C. Davenport, P. G. M., Harrisburg. Indiana, William H. Swintz, P. G. M., Indianapolis. Iowa, Earl B. Delzell, Cedar Rapids. Kansas, Elmer F. Strain, P. G. M., Topeka. Kentucky" Alpheus E. Orton, 200 Shubert Building, Louisville 2. Louisiana, D. Peter Laguens, Jr., New Orleans 12. Maine, Convers E. Leach, Portland. Maryland, Claud Shaffer, Baltimore 1. Massachusetts, Frank H. Hilton, 51 Boylston, Boston 16. Michigan, F. Homer Newton, P. G. M., Grand Rapids. Minnesota, John H. Anderson, St. Paul. Mississippi, Sid F. Curtis, Meridian. Missouri, Harold L. Reader, P. G. M., 3681 Lindell, St. Louis 8. Montana, Luther T. Hauberg, Box 896, Helena. Nebraska, Carl Greisen, Omaha. Nevada, E. C. Peterson, P. G. M., Carson City.

1946

New Hampshire, J. Melvin Dresser, P. G. M., Concord. New Jersey, Isaac Cherry, Trenton. New Mexico, La Moine Langston, Albuquerque. New York, Charles H. Johnson, P. G. M., New York 10. North Carolina, John H. Anderson, P. G. M., Raleigh. North Dakota, Walter L. Stockwell, P. G. M., Fargo. Ohio, Harry S. Johnson, P. G. M., Cincinnati. Oklahoma, C. A. Sturgeon, P. G. M., Guthrie. Oregon, Harry D. Proudfoot, P. G. M., 1119 S. W. Park Avenue, Portland 5. Pennsylvania, Matthew Galt, Jr., Philadelphia. Rhode Island, Harold L. McAuslan, 127 Dorrance Street, Providence 3. South Carolina, O. Frank Hart, P. G. M., Columbia. South Dakota, Elvin F. Strain, Box 468, Sioux Falls. Tennessee, T. E. Doss, Box 216, Nashville 2. Texas, George H. Belew, Box 446, Waco. Utah, E. Roy Gibson, P. G. M., Salt Lake City. Vermont, Aaron H. Grout, P. G. M., Burlington. Virginia, Dr. James N. Hillman, Richmond 20. Washington, John 1. Preissner, P. G. M., Tacoma 3. West Virginia,!. Wade Coffman, P. G. M., P. O. Box 2346, Charleston 28. Wisconsin, William F. Weiler, P. G. M., 705 E. Wells Street, Milwaukee 2. Wyoming, Irving E. Clark, Casper.

Grand Lodge

Grand Sem-etary

Alberta British Columbia

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

Austria

Dr. Vladimir Misar

Canada

Ewart G. Dixon

Address Calgary Masonic Temple 692 Seymour Street Vancouver, B. C. 149 Lockwood Scar Huddersfield, England P. O. Drawer 217 Hamilton, Ontario

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

Chile

Rene Court Portales

Costa Rica Cuba

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

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

Casillo 2867 Santiago San Jose, Costa Rica Apartado 72 Le Habana V-l! Bubenska, Prague, Czechoslovakia

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

Guatemala

Jose O. Castaneda

Ireland

Henry C. Shellard

Grand Lodge of Jugoslavia Manitoba

J. H. G. Russell

Mexico-York Grand Lodge Tamaulipas

151

Fred T. Berger Severo Paredes

El Potosi

Ing. Jesus B. Hernandez

Occidental Mexicana

Joaquin Yanez Albarran

Valle de Mexico

Hector Bourges Patino

Cosmos of Chihuahua

Rigoberto Trevine

Netherlands New Brunswick New South Wales New Zealand

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

Nicaragua

Gregoria A. Tapia

Norway Nova Scotia

O. BrinchmannHansen James C. Jones

Panama

Jose Oller, P.G.M.

Philippine Islands

Antonio Gonzalez

Puerto Rico

Rodolfo RamirezPabon

Freemasons' Hall London, W. C. 2 Vyokatu 9-B-14 Helsinki, Finland 8 Square Du Roule Neuilly, SurSeine France Apartado Postal 312 Guatemala Freemasons' Hall Dublin Masonic Temple Winnipeg Apartado 1986 Mexico, D. F. Apartado 419 Tampico, Tamaulipas Apartado 104 San Luis Potosi San Luis, Potosi Apartado No.9 Guadalajara Jal. Mexico .A partado Postal 10 Artes Nurn. 53 Mexico, D.F., Mexico Apartado 171 Chihuahua, Chih. Mexico

Saint John Sydney P. O. Box 2001 Wellington Box 14, Granada Nicaragua Frimurerlogen N. Vollgate 19, Oslo Freemasons' Hall Halifax Panama, Rep. of Panama 138 Guano St., Manila, P. 1. P. O. Box 747 San Juan, P. R.

152

1946

PROCEED1NGS OF THE L. A. McDougall W. W. Williamson, P.G.M.

Charlottetown Masonic Temple Montreal Box 675, K.G.P.O. Brisbane

Rumania San Salvador

Humberto Acosta

Saskatchewan

Robert A. Tate

Scotland

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

Segunda Calle Arienta 27 San Salvador P. O. Box 246 Regina 96 George Street Edinburgh Freemasons' Hall North Terrace, Adelaide Frimurareorden Stockholm Bogenschutzenstrasse 8 Berne, Switzerland Hobart 25 Collins Street Melbourne Freemasons' Hall Perth

Prince Edward Island Quebec Queensland

South Australia

Swiss Alpina

Major Fritz Ryman (Acting) Charles Serex

Tasmania Victoria

W. H. Strutt W. Stewart

Western Australia

A. E. Jensen

Sweden

NUMERICAL LIST OF LODGES-1946 I-Missouri 2-Meridian 3-Beacon 4-Howard 5-United 6. 7-0 'Sullivan 8. 9-Geo. Washington 10-Agency ll-Pauldingville 12-Tyro 13-Rising Sun 14-Eolia 15-Western Star 16-Memphis 17-Clarksville I8-Palmyra I9-Paris Union 20-St. Louis 2I-Havana 22-Wellington 23-Florida 24-Wyaconda 25-Naphtali

26-Ava 27-Evergreen 28-St. J obn 's 29-Windsor 30-Huntsville 3I-Liberty 32-Humpbreys 33-Ralls 34-Troy 35-Mercer 36-Cooper 37-Hemple 38-Callao 39-DeWitt 40-Mt. Moriah 4I-Bismarck 42. 43-Jefferson 44-Fair Play 45-Bonhomme 46-Wentzville 47-Fayette 48-Fulton 49-Holt 50-Xenia

51-Livingston 52-Wakanda 53-Weston 54-Index 55-Arrow Rock 56-Tipton 57-Richmond 58-Monticello 59-Centralia 60-New Bloomfield 6I-Waverly 62-Vincil 63-Cambridge 64-Monroe 65-Pattonsburg 66-Grant City 67. 68-Kennett 69-Sullivan 70-Armstrong 7l-Savannah 72-Gorin 73-Eureka 74-Warren 75-Silex

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

76-Independence 77-Lebanon 78-St. Joseph 79-Polar Star 80-Bridgeton 81-Central 82-Jackson 83-Laclede 84-Webster Groves 85-Miami 86-Brookfield 87-Washington 88-Defiance 89-Friendship 90-Russelville 91-Madison 92-Perseverance 93-St. Mark's 94-Vienna 95-Pomegranate 96-St. Andrew's 97-Bethany 98-Webster 99-Mt. Vernon 100-Ash Grove 101-Bogard 102-Bloomington 103-West View 104--Heroine 105-Kirksville 106-Gallatin 107-Greenville 108-Altamont 109-Stanberry 1l0-Marcus 11l-Trenton 112-Maitland 113-Plattsburg 114--Twilight lI5-Laddonia 1I6-Barnes 1I7-Helena lIB-Kingston 1I9-DeSoto 120-Compass 121-Erwin 122-Triplett 123-Hermann 124--Union Star 125-Gentryville 126-Seaman

127-Athens 128-Lorraine 129-Monett 13O-Hume 131-Potosi 132-Farmington 133-Star of the West 134--Olean I35-Braymer 136-Phoenix 137-Delphian 138-Lincoln 139-0regon 140. 141-Amsterdam 142-Pleasant Grove 143-Irondale 144-Modern 145-Latimer 146. I47-Cass I48-Purdy 149-Lexington 150-Birming 15I-Milton 152-Linn Creek 153-Bloomfield 154-Ionic 155-Spring Hill 156-Ashland 157-North Star 158-Mountain Grove I59-Green City 160-Pleasant 16I-Clifton Hill 162-Whitesville 163-0ccidental 164-Joachim 165. 166-Portageville 167. 168-Colony 169-Camden Point 170-Benevolence 171-Hartford 172-Censer 173-Gray Summit 174--Sturgeon 175. 176-Point Pleasant 177-Texas

153

178-Griswold 179-Pride of the West 180-Pyramid 181. 182-Pilot Knob 183-California 184--Morley 185--Chamois 186. 187-Hermon 188-Hannibal 189-Zeredatha 190-Putnam 191. 192-Frankford 193-Angerona 194-Wellsville 195-Bolivar 196-Quitman 197-Carthage 198-Allensville 199-New Hope 200-Sonora 20 I-Ravenwood 202-Westville 203-Brumley 204--Rowley 205-Trilumina 206-Somerset 207-Clay 208-Salisbury 209-Poplar Bluff 210-Unionville 211-Hickory Hill 212-Four Mile 213-Rolla 2I4-Forest City 215-Hornersville 216-Hale City 217-Barbee 218-Good Hope 2I9-Albert Pike 220-Kansas City 221-Mystice Tie 222-La Belle 223-Ray 224-Hamilton 225-Salem 226-Saline 227-Cypress 228-Shelbina

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE

229. 230-St. James 231-Cardwell 232-Polo 233-Bucklin 234-St. Francois 235-Weatherby 236-Sedalia 237-La Plata 238-Rushville 239-Hopewell 240. 241-Palestine 242-Portland 243-Keystone 244-Middle Fabius 245-Knobnoster 246-Montgomery 247-Neosho 248" 249-Carroll 250 . 251-Hope 252. 253-Laredo 254-Butler 255-Alton 256-Shekinah 257-Lodge of Light 258. 259-Lodge of Love 260-Mechanicsville 261. 262-Holden 263-Summit 26+-. 265-Corinthian 266-Social 267-Aurora 268-Lodge of Truth 269-Brotherhood 270-New Salem 271-Soiomon 272-Granite 273-St. Clair 274-Cold Spring 275. 276-Grand River 277-Wm. D. Muir 278-Essex 279-Hogle's Creek

280. 281-Fenton 282-Cosmos 283-Stockton 284-Canopy 285-Earl 286-Urich 287-Craft 288-Hermitage 289-Graham 290-Fairmont 291-Edina 292-Lamar 293-Sarcoxie 294-Mound City 295-Moniteau 296-Sparta 297. 298-Sampson 299-Temple 300-Doric 301-White Hall 302-Lick Creek 303-0sage 304. 305-Cecile Daylight 306-Ashlar 307-New London 308-Parrott 309. 310-8ikeston 311-Kearney 312-Cuba 313-Meramec 314-Pine 315-Jerusalem 316-Rural 317-0sborn 318-Eldorado 319-Paulville 320-Versailles 321-Jonathan 322-:-Hardin 323-Cornerstone 324-McDonald 325-Dockery 326-Linn 327-Mt. Zion 328-Cainsville 329" 330-Paul Revere

1946

331--Charity 332-Excello 333. 334-Breckenridge 335-Joplin ~36-Hallsville

337-Blue Springs 338-Herculaneum 339-Fidelity 340-Westport 341-Rockville 342-Circle 343. 344-Moberly 345-Fellowship 346-Arlington 347..........America 348-Wadesburg 349-Pollock 35D-Tyrian 351-Mosaic 352-Friend 353-Barnesville 354-Hebron 355-Adelphi 356-Ancient Land· mark 357. 358-Northwest 359-Garrett 360-Tuscan 361-Riddick 362-Hiram 363-Fraternal 364-Higginsville 365-Bayou 366-Adair 367-Barry 368-Crescent Hill 369-Composite 370-Williamstown 371-Sheldon 372-N onpareil 373-Belle 374. 375-Waynesville 376-King Hill ~77-Ancient Craft 378-Berlin 379-Billings 380-Queen City

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

381-Ionia 382. 383-Pythagoras 384-East Prairie 385-Richland 3R6-. 387-Woodside 388-Chula 389-Arcana 390. 39l-Raytown 392-Christian 393-Beehive 394. 395. 396--Western Light 397-Gower 398-.Jasper 399-Pike 400-Decatur 401-eartersville 402-Malta 403-Lowry City 404-Rosendale 405-Everton 406--Malden 407-Charleston 408-Montrose 409-Louisville 410-Iberia 41l-Joppa 4l2-Appleton City 413-Valley 414-Greensburg 4l5-Hunnewell 416--Cache 417-Whitewater 418. 419-Star 420-Itaska 421-Urbana 422-Gate of the Temple 423-Galt 424-Samaritan 425-Green Ridge 426--Rothville 427-Glenwood 428. 429-New Madrid 430-Winona

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

482-ClintonviIJp. 483-Fairfax 484-Kirkwood 485-Coldwater 486--Cairo 487-Chilhowee 488-Lock Springs 489-Lakeville 490-Montevallo 49 I-Vandalia 492-Daggett 493. 494-Lewistown 495-Unity 496-Robert Burns 497-Equality 498. 499-Harmony 500-Jameson 50 I-Buckner 502-Philadelphia 503-Prairie Home 504-Platte City 505-Euclid 506--Lathrop 507-Clearmont 508-Saxton 509-Van Buren 5l0-New Hampton 51l-Skidmore 5l2-Webb City 5l3-Senath 514-Granby 5l5-Galena 516-Milford 517. 5I8-0riental 5I9-Crane 520-Clifton Heights 521-Loekwood 522-Gate City 523-Stinson 524-Spickardsville 525-Cunningham 526--Wayne 527-Higbee 528-Conway 529-Apollo 530. 53l-Lane's Prairie 532-Dexter

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE

533-Comfort 534-Columbia 535-Blackwell 536-Ingomar 537-Bethel 538-Stella 539-Dawn 540-Winigan 541-Jacksonville 542-Ferguson 543-Mansfield 544-Algabil 545-Zalma 546-0rient 547-South Gate 548-Clinton 549-Carl Junction 550-Rose Hill 551-Pendleton 552-Calhoun 553-Clarksburg 554-Foster 555-Summersville 556-Prairie 557. 558-Moscow 559-Clarksdale 560-Nelson 561-Cowgill 562-. 563-York 564-Jamesport 565-Tebbetts 566-Maplewood 567-Millcr 56B-Naylor 569-Marlborough 570-Rcpublic 571-Hayti 572-Rutledge 573-Bernie 574-La Monte 575-Easter 576-0live Branch 577-Ewing

578-Forest Park 579-Grandin 580. 581-IHmo 582-Koshkonong 583-Novinger 584. 585-Shamrock 586-Criterion 587-Branson 588-St. Francisville 589-Grovespring 590-Advance 591-Barnett 592-La Russell 593-Union 594. 595-Cole Camp 596--Puxico 597-Bosworth 598-Leadwood 599-Elvins 600-Cosby 60 I-Clayton ·602-Acacia 603-Morehouse 604. 605-Walker 606--Craig 607-Eminence 608-Strafford 1l09-Warrenton 610-Clark 611-Centertown 612-Mokane 6l3-Wellston 6l4-Mt. Washington 6I5-Chaffee 616-. 6I7-Swope Park 6l8-Grandview 619. 620-Willard 62l-Anderson 622-Norwood

1946

623. 624-owensville 625-Sheffield 626-Magnolia 627. 628-Mendon 629-Valley Park 630-East Gate 631-Tower Grove 632-Belgrade 633-Archie 634-Steele 635-Greentop 636--Freedom 637-Mountain View 638-Triangle 639-Mizpah 640-Jennings 641-Trinity 642-Benj. Franklin 643-Northeast 644-Grain Valley 645·.. 646-Shaveh 647-Noel 648-Elmer 649-University 650-Parma 65 I-Cleveland 652-Pilgrim 653-Shawnee 654-Commonwealth 655-Gardenville 656-Country Club 657-Progress 658-Purity 659-Alpha 660-Holliday 66l-Theodore Roosevelt 662-Clarence 663-Rockhill 664-Aldrich

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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LODGES-LOCATION8-DISTRICTS A No.

•

N arne of Lodge

Location of Lodge

602 Acacia 444 Ada 366 Adair 355 Adelphi 590 Advance 10 Agency 219 Albert Pike 664 Aldrich 544 Algabil 198 Allensville 659 Alpha 108 Altamont 255 Alton 347 America 141 Amsterdam 443 Anchor 377 Ancient Craft 356 Ancient Landmark 621 Anderson 193 Angerona 529 Apollo 412 Appleton City 389 Arcana 633 Archie 346 Arlington 70 Armstrong 55 Arrow Rock 100 Ash Grove 156 Ashland 306 Ashlar 127 Athens 267 Aurora 26 Ava

Columbia Orrick Kirksville Edgerton Advance Agency Kansas City Aldrich St. Louis Allendale N. Kansas City Altamont Alton St. Louis Amsterdam University City King City Harrisburg Anderson Missouri City St. Louis Appleton City Harris Archie Dixon Armstrong Arrow Rock Ash Grove Ashland Commerce Albany St. Louis Ava

217 Barbee 591 Barnett 116 Barnes 353 Barnesville 367 Barry 365 Bayou 3 Beacon 393 Beehive 632 Belgrade 373 Belle

Sweet Springs' Barnett Cabool Ellington Washburn Bakersfield St. Louis Lawson Belgrade Belle

County

District

Boone Ray Adair Platte .. , Stoddard Buchanan ·Jackson Polk

26 23 2 21 50 9 22 41 33-A Worth . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6 Clay 22 Daviess 10 Oregon 53 33-A Bates 35 ' 33-B Gentry 6 Boone 26 McDonald 56 Clay 11 33-B St. Clair 37 Sullivan 3 Cass 34 Pulaski 39 Howard 25 Saline 24 Greene 45 Boone 26 Scott 50 ,Gentry 6 33-A Douglas 46

Saline Morgan Texas Reynolds Barry Ozark Ray Washington ,Maries

24 58 46 .47 55 53 33-B 23 .40 39

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1946

Location of Lodge

District

No.

Name of Lodge

450 170 642 378 573 97 537 379 150 41 535 153 102 337 101 195 45 597 587 135 334 80 86 269 203 233 501 442 254

Belton Belton Cass 34 Benevolence Utica Livingston 12 Benjamin Franklin .. St. Louis 33-B Berlin Berlin Gentry 6 Bernie Bernie Stoddard 51 Bethany Bethany Harrison 5 Bethel Bethel '" Shelby 14 Billings Billings Christian 54 Birming Faucett Buchanan 9 Bismarck Bismarck St. Francois 48 St. Francois 40 Blackwell Blackwell Bloomfield Bloomfield Stoddard 50 Bloomington Bevier Macon ...........•. 14 Blue Springs Blue Springs Jackson 59 Bogard Bogard ,Carroll 20 Bolivar Bolivar ,Polk 41 Bonhomme Ballwin St. Louis 57 Bosworth Bosworth Carroll 20 Branson Branson Taney 54 Braymer Braymer Caldwell 12 Breckenridge Breckenridge Caldwell 12 Bridgeton St. John's Station. St. Louis 57 Brookfield Brookfield Linn 13 Brotherhood St. Joseph Buchanan 9 Brumley Brumley Miller 38 Bucklin Bucklin Linn 13 Buckner Buckner J ackson 59 Burlington Burlington J ct N odaway 7 Butler Butler Bates 35

County

416 Cache 328 Cainsville 486 Cairo 552 Calhoun 183 California 38 Callao 63 Cambridge 169 Camden Point 284 Canopy 231 Cardwell 549 Carl Junction 249 Carroll 401 Carterville 197 Carthage 461 Caruthersville 147 Cass 305 Cecile-Daylight 172 Censer

St. Louis Cainsville Cairo Calhoun California Callao Slater Camden Point Aurora Cardwell Carl Junction Norborne Carterville Carthage Caruthersville Harrisonville Kansas City Macon

,Harrison Randolph Henry Moniteau Macon Saline Platte Lawrence Dunklin Jasper Carroll J asper Jasper Pemiscot Cass Jackson Macon

33-A 5 18 37 31 14 24 21 55 51 .44 20 .44 .44 51 34 22 14

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

No.

Name of Lodge

611 81 59 615 185 331 407 487 392 388 342 662 610 553 559 17 207 601 507 651 463 520 161 548 482 274 485 595 168 534 533 654 120 432 369 464 454 528 36 265 323 600 282 656 561 287 606 519 368 586

Centertown CentraL Centralia Chaffee Chamois Charity Charleston Chilhowee Christian Chula ' Circle Clarence Clark Clarksburg Clarksdale Clarksville Clay Clayton Clearmont Cleveland Clifton Clifton Heights Clifton Hill Clinton Clintonville Cold .spring Cold-Water Cole Camp Colony Columbia Comfort Commonwealth Compass Competition Composite Concordia Continental Conway Cooper Corinthian Cornerstone Cosby Cosmos Country Club CowgilL Craft Craig Crane Crescent HilL Criterion

Location of Lodge

County

Centertown Cole Molino Audrain Centralia Boone Chaffee Scott Chamois Osage St. Joseph Buchanan Charleston Mississippi ,Chilhowee Johnson Oak Grove Jackson Livingston Chula Roscoe St. Clair Clarence Shelby Clark Randolph Clarksburg Moniteau Clarksdale De Kalb Clarksville Pike Excelsior Springs ..Clay Clayton St. Louis Nodaway Clearmont Cleveland Cass Thayer Oregon ,St. Louis Clifton Hill Randolph Clinton Henry EI Dorado Springs. Cedar Leeton Johnson Drexel Ca~s ColeCamp Benton Colony Knox Pacific Franklin Wheaton Barry St. Louis Parkville Platte Competition Laclede Doniphan Ripley Concordia Lafayette Stewartsville De Kalb Conway ; .. Laclede Boonville Cooper Warrensburg J ohnson St. Louis Cosby Andrew St. Louis Kansas City Jackson Cowgill Caldwell Canton Lewis Craig Holt Crane Stone Adrian Bates Alba J asper

159 District

31 27 26 50 31 9 50 36 59 12 37 14 18 31 10 16 11

57 7 34 53 33-A 18 37 42 36 34 36 2 32 55 33-A 21 38 52 23 10 38 25 36 33-B 9 33-B 22 12 15 8 54 35 .44

160 No.

Name of Lodge

312 525 227

Cuba Cunningham Cypress

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

1946

Location of Lodge

Cuba Sumner Laclede

County

District

Crawford Chariton Linn

39 19 13

Montgomery Livingston Lawrence Worth Shannon Jefferson Carroll Stoddard ,Linn Webster

28 12 55 6 .47 .40 20 50 13 45

Daviess Jackson Mississippi Franklin Knox Clark Macon St. Francois Shannon Pipe Phelps

Chariton Franklin Dade Lewis Macon Cape Girardeau

10 22 50 32 2 1 14 48 .47 16 39 33-B 50 33-A 19 32 42 15 14 .49

Atchison Clark Polk St. Francois Howard Jasper St. Louis St. Louis Platte

8 1 41 48 25 44 57 57 21

492 539 400 88 137 119 39 532 325 300

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

McKittrick Ludlow Pierce City Sheridan Birch Tree De Soto De Witt Dexter Meadville Elkland

285 630 384 575 291 318 648 599 607 14 497 121 278 505 73 27 405 577 332 441

EarL Coffey East Gate Kansas City East Prairie East Prairie Easter St. Clair Edina Edina '" Eldorado Luray Elmer Elmer Elvins Flat River Eminence ........•..Eminence Eolia Eolia Equality Newburg Erwin St. Louis Essex Essex Euclid St. Louis Eureka Brunswick Evergreen New-Haven Everton Everton Ewing Ewing Excello Excello Excelsior Jackson

483 290 44 132 47 345 281 542 339

Fairfax Fairmont Fair Play Farmington Fayette Fellowship Fenton Ferguson Fidelity

Stoddard

Fairfax Wyaconda Fair-Play Farmington Fayette J oplin Fenton Ferguson Farley

1946 No.

161

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Name of Lodge

23 Florida 214 Forest City 578 Forest Park 453 Forsyth 554 Foster 212 Four Mile 192 Frankford 363 FraternaL 636 Freedom 352 Friend 89 Friendship 48 Fulton

Location of Lodge

,Florida Forest City St. Louis Forsyth Foster Campbell Frankford Robertsville Mehlville Ozark Chillicothe Fulton

County

District

Monroe Holt

17 8 33·B 54 35 51 16 32 57 54 12 27

' Taney Bates Dunklin Pike Franklin St. Louis Christian Livingston Callaway

G 515 Galena Galena 106 Gallatin Gallatin 423 Galt Galt 655 Gardenville Gardenville 359 Garrett Arcola 522 Gate City Kansas City 422 Gate of the Temple Springfield 125 - Gentryville Gentryville 9 George Washington .. St. Louis 427 Glenwood Glenwood 475 Golden Golden City 218 Good Hope ,St. Louis 72 Gorin Gorin 397 Gower Gower 289 Graham Graham Grain Valley 644 Grain Valley 514 Granby Granby 579 Grandin Grandin 276 Grand River ,Freeman 618 Grandview Grandview 272 Granite Sedalia 66 Grant City Gran t City 173 Gray Summit. Gray Summit. 159 Green City Green City 425 Green Ridge Green Ridge 414 Greensburg Greensburg 635 Greentop Greentop 107 Greenville Greenville 178 Griswold Bellflower 589 Grovespring Grovespring

Stone Daviess Grundy St. Louis Dade Jackson Greene Gentry

Scotland Clinton Nodaway Jackson ,Newton Carter Cass Jackson Pettis Worth Franklin Sullivan Pettis Knox Schuyler Wayne Montgomery Wright

54 10 4 57 42 22 45 6 33-B 1 .43 33-A 1 11 7 59 56 .47 34 59 36 6 32 3 36 2 1 52 28 .46

Carroll Boone Caldwell

20 26 12

Schuyler Barton

216 336 224

Hale City Hallsville Hamilton

Hale Hallsville Hamilton

162 No.

188 322 499 171 21 571 459 354 117 37 477 338 123 288 187 104 211 527 364 455 362 279 262 660 49 251 239 215 4 130 32 415 30

Name of Lodge

Hannibal Ha~din

Harmony Hartford Havana Hayti. Hazelwood Hebron Helena Hemple Henderson Herculaneum Hermann Hermitage Hermon Heroine Hickory HilI Higbee Higginsville Hinton Hiram Hogle's Creek Holden Holliday Holt Hope Hopewell Hornersville Howard Hume Humphreys .. : Hunnewell Huntsville

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

1946

Location of Lodge

District

County

Hannibal Marion Hardin Ray St. Louis Hartford Putnam McFall Gentry Hayti. Pemiscot Seymour Webster Mexico Audrain Rochester. . . . . . . . Andrew Hemple Clinton Rogersville Webster ,Herculaneum Jefferson Hermann Gasconade Hermitage Hickory Liberal Barton Kansas City Jackson Eugene Cole Higbee Randolph ,Higginsville Lafayette Hinton Boone Kahoka Clark Wheatland Hickory Holden J ohnson Holliday Monroe Holt Clay ,Washington Franklin Lesterville Reynolds Hornersville Dunklinq New Franklin Howard Hume Bates Humphreys Sullivan Hunnewell Shelby Huntsville Randolph

15 20 33-A 3 6 51 .45 27 9 11 45 40 32 .41 43 22 31 18 23 26 1 .41 36 17 11 32 47 51 25 35 3 14 18

410 Iberia 581 IIImo 76 Independence 54 Index 536 Ingomar 381 Ionia 154 Ionic 143 Irondale 420 Itaska 446 Ivanhoe

82 541

Jackson Jacksonville

Iberia ,Miller Illmo Scott Independence Jackson Garden City. . . . .. Cass Willow Springs Howell ,Eldon Miller Desloge St. Francois Irondale ,Washington St. Louis Kansas City Jackson

38 50 59 34 53 58 48 .40 33-A 22

Linneus ,Jacksonville

13 18

Linn Randolph

1946 No.

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

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Name of Lodge

Location of Lodge

County

163 District

Jacoby .........•... Darlington Gentry 6 Jameson J ameson Daviess 10 Jamesport Jamesport Daviess 10 Jasper '. Jasper Jasper ..........•.. 44 Jefferson JeffersonCity Cole 31 Jennings Jennings St. Louis 57 Jerusalem Jerico Springs Cedar .42 JeweL Pleasant Hill. . . . . Cass 34 Joachim Hillsboro Jefferson 40 Jonathan Denver Worth 6 Jonesburg Jonesburg Montgomery 28 Joplin J oplin Jasper 44 Joppa Hartville Wright 46

K 220 Kansas City 311 Kearney 68 Kennett 243 Keystone 376 King Hill 118 Kingston 105 Kirksville 484 Kirkwood 245 Knobnoster 582 Koshkonong

Kansas City Kearney Kennett St. Louis St. Joseph Kingston Kirksville Kirkwood Knobnoster Koshkonong

Jackson Clay Dunklin

222 83 115 489 292 460 574 531 237 253 592 506 145 598 77 494 149 31 302 138 326 152

La Belle ,Lewis Lebanon Laclede Laddonia Audrain Bell City Stoddard Lamar Barton St. Louis " La Monte Pettis Vichy Maries La Plata. . . . . . . .. Macon Laredo Grundy La Russell Jasper Lathrop Clinton Licking Texas Leadwood St. Francois ,Steelville Crawford Lewistown Lewis Lexington Lafayette ,Liberty Clay Perry Ralls Fillmore ,Andrew Linn Osage Camdenton Camden

Buchanan Caldwell Adair St. Louis Johnson Oregon

22 11 51 33-B 9 12 2 57 36 53

L La Belle Laclede Laddonia Lakeville Lamar Lambskin LaMonte Lane's Prairie La Plata Laredo La Russell Lathrop Latimer Leadwood Lebanon Lewistown Lexington Liberty Lick Creek Lincoln Linn Linn-Creek

15 38 27 50 43 33-B 36 39 14 4 44 11 39 .48 39 15 23 11 15 9 31 38

164 No.

Name of Lodge

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

1946

. Location of Lodge

County

District

Howard Dade Daviess Harrison Schuyler Macon Harrison Lincoln St. Clair

25 42 10 5 1 14 5 29 37

51 Livingston 521 Lockwood 488 Lock Springs 257 Lodge of Light 259 Lodge of Love 268 Lodge of Truth 128 Lorraine 409 Louisville 403 Lowry City

Glasgow Lockwood Lock Springs Eagleville Lancaster Atlanta Ridgeway Louisville Lowry City

433 91 626 112 406 402 543 566 481 110 569 324 260 458 16 628 313 35 2 85 244 516 567 151 471 1 639 344 144 612 129 295 64 490 246 58 408 603

Mack's Creek Camden 38 Madison Monroe 17 St. Louis 33-A Maitland Holt 8 Malden Dunklin 51 Malta Bend Saline 24 Mansfield Wright 46 Maplewood St. Louis 57 ,Marceline Linn 13 Fredericktown Madison .48 (Jackson Co.) J ackson 59 Independence Jackson 59 Defiance St. Charles 30 Dade 42 Dadeville Memphis Scotland 1 Mendon Chariton 19 Eureka ,St. Louis 57 Princeton Mercer 4 St. Louis 33-A Miami Saline 24 Downing Schuyler . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 Milford Barton 43 Miller Lawrence 55 Milton Randolph 18 Oronogo J asper .44 St. Louis 33-A St. Louis 33-B Moberly .. , Randolph 18 Humansville Polk .41 Mokane Callaway 27 Monett Barry 55 Jamestown Moniteau 31 Monroe City Monroe 17 Montevallo Vernon .43 Montgomery City .. Montgomery 28 Monticello Lewis 15 Montrose Henry 37 Morehouse New Madrid 50

Mack's Creek Madison Magnolia Maitland Malden Malta Mansfield Maplewood Marceline Marcus Marlborough McDonald Mechanicsville Melville Memphis Mendon Meramec Mercer Meridian Miami Middle Fabius Milford Miller Milton Mineral. Missouri Mizpah Moberly Modern Mokane Monett Moniteau Monroe Montevallo Montgomery Monticello Montrose Morehouse

1946 No.

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Name of Lodge

Location of Lodge

184 351 558 294 614 158 637 476 439 40 99 327 221

Morley Morley Mosaic Belleview Moscow Moscow Mills Mound City Mound City Mount Washington .. ,Mt. Washington Mountain Grove Mountain Grove Mountain View .. '" .Mountain View Mt. Hope Odessa Mt. Olive Rogersville, R. 3 Mt. Moriah St. Louis Mt. Vernon Mt. Vernon Mt. Zion West Plains Mystic Tie Oak Ridge

25 568 560 247 60 510 199 307 429 270 473 470 647 372 643 157 358 622 583

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

165

County

District

Scott Iron Lincoln Holt Jackson Wright Howell Lafayette Webster Lawrence Howell Cape Girardeau

50 .48 29 8 59 .46 53 23 .45 33-B 55 53 .49

Ripley .. , Saline Newton Callaway Harrison Lincoln Ralls New Madrid ,Lincoln Lincoln ,Nodaway McDonald Cass Jackson Atchison Atchison Wright Adair

33-A 52 24 56 27 5 29 15 51 29 29 7 56 34 22 8 8 .46 2

St.Louis Naylor Nelson Neosho New Bloomfield New Hampton Elsberry New London New Madrid ,Winfield Olney Maryville Noel East Lynne Kansas City Rockport Tarkio Norwood Novinger

o 163 134 576 139 546 518 303 317 7 624

Occidental Olean Olive Branch Oregon Orient Oriental Osage Osborn 0 'Sullivan Owensville

St. Louis Olean St. Louis Oregon ,Kansas City Blackburn Nevada Osborn Walnut Grove Owensville

241

Palestine

St. Charles

33-A Miller .•............ 58 33-B Holt 8 Jackson 22 Saline 24 Vernon 43 De Kalb 10 Greene .45 Gasconade 32

•

,St. Charles

166

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

1946

Location of Lodge

County

District

Marion Monroe New Madrid De Kalb Daviess Warren

15 17 51 10 10 30 33-B 2 .48 16 15 16 7 16 33-A .46 52 46 21 11 41 25 41 51 33-B 3 12 33-A 52 51 27 .40 5 25 33-B 33-B 55 33-A 3 50 33-A 55

No.

Name of Lodge

18 19 650 308 65 11 330 319 551 92 502 136 472 399 652 182 314 469 504 113 160 142 467 176 79 349 232 95 209 166 242 131 556 503 179 657 148 658 190 596 180 383

Palmyra Paris Union Parma Parrott Pattonsburg Pauldingville Paul Revere Paulville Pendleton Perseverance Philadelphia Phoenix Pickering Pike Pilgrim Pilot Knob Pine Plato Platte City Plattsburg Pleasant Pleasant Grove Pleasant Hope Point Pleasant Polar Star Pollock Polo Pomegranate Poplar Bluff Portageville Portland Potosi. Prairie Prairie Home Pride of the West Progress Purdy Purity Putnam · Puxico Pyramid Pythagoras

Palmyra Paris Parma Maysville Pattonsburg Wright City St. Louis Hurdland Doe Run .. : Louisiana Philadelphia Bowling Green ·Pickering Curryville St. Louis ·Richville Bardley Plato ·Platte City Plattsburg Morrisville Otterville Pleasant Hope Conran St. Louis Pollock Polo St. Louis Poplar Bluff Portageville Portland Potosi. Gilman City Prairie Home St. Louis St. Louis Purdy St. Louis Newtown Puxico St. Louis Cassville

380 196

Queen City Quitman

Ralls

Center . . . . . . . . . . . Ralls

·Adair ·St. Francois Pike Marion Pike ·Nodaway Pike Douglas Ripley Texas Platte Clinton Polk 'Cooper Polk ·New Madrid Sullivan Caldwell Butler .: New Madrid Callaway Washington Harrison Cooper

Barry Sullivan Stoddard Barry

Q Schuyler Nodaway

1 7

•.

1946 No.

201 223 391 468 570 479 385 57 361 13 496 435 663 341 213 550 404 426 204 316 238 90 572

167

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI Name of Lodge

Location of Lodge

Ravenwood Ravenwood Ray Camden Raytown........... Raytown Red Oak Red Oak Republic Republic Rich Hill Rich Hill Richland Richland Richmond Richmond Riddick Buffalo Rising Sun Barry Robert Burns Gainesville Rockbridge Rockbridge Rockhill Kansas City Rockville Rockville Rolla Rolla Rose Hill St. Louis Rosendale Rosendale Rothville Rothville Rowley Dearborn Rural Kansas City Rushville Rushville Russellville Russellville Rutledge Rutledge

County

District

Nodaway Ray Jackson Lawrence Greene Bates Pulaski Ray Dallas Platte Ozark Ozark Jackson Bates Phelps

7 23 59 55 45 35 38 23 .41 21 53 53 22 35 39 33-A Andrew 9 Chariton 19 Platte " 21 Jackson 22 Buchanan 9 Cole 31 Scotland .. . . . . . . . . .. 1

S 225 226 208 424 298 462 293 71 508 448 126 236 513 585 646 653 625 256 228 371 310 75 511 ~66

Salem Salem Saline St. Mary's Salisbury Salisbury Samaritan Bonne Terre Sampson Lutie Santa Fe Santa-Fe Sarcoxie Sarcoxie Savannah Savannah Saxton Saxton Schell City Schell City Seaman Milan Sedalia Sedalia Senath Senath Shamrock Shamrock St. Louis Shaveh Shawnee Warsaw Sheffield Kansas City Shekinah Festus Shelbina Shelbina Sheldon Sheldon Sikeston Sikeston Silex Silex Skidmore Skidmore Soc;~l ~ .. : , .. ~ . ~ . ~ . ,Martinsbur~

Dent Ste. Genevieve Chariton St. Francois Ozark Monroe Jasper Andrew Buchanan Vernon Sullivan Pettis Dunklin Callaway Benton Jackson Jefferson Shelby Vernon Scott Lincoln Nodaway A~drai!l

39 48 19 48 53 17 44 9 9 43 3 36 51 27 33-B 36 22 40 14 .43 50 29 7

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168 No.

Name of Lodge

271 206 200 547 466 296 524 155 96 273 588 234 230 28 78 20 93 109 419 133 634 538 523 283 608 174 69 555 263 617

Solomon Somerset Sonora South Gate Southwest Sparta Spickardsville Spring Hill St. Andrews St. Clair St. Francisville St. Francois St. James St. John's St. Joseph St. Louis St. Mark's Stanberry Star Star of the West Steele Stella Stinson Stockton Strafford Sturgeon Sullivan Summersville Summit Swope Park

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

1946

Location of Lodge

District

Springfield Powersville Watson Kansas City Southwest City Sparta Spickard Spring Hill Shelbyville Osceola Wayland Libertyville St. James Hannibal St. Joseph St. Louis Cape Girardeau Stanberry Taberville Ironton Steele Stella Stinson Stockton Strafford Sturgeon Sullivan Summersville Lee's Summit Kansas City

County

Greene Putnam Atchison Jackson McDonald Christian Grundy Livingston Shelby St. Clair Clark St. Francois .' Phelps Marion Buchanan Cape Girardeau Gentry St. Clair Iron Pemiscot Newton Lawrence Cedar Greene Boone Franklin Texas J ackson Jackson

T 565 Tebbetts Tebbetts Callaway 438 Temperance Smithville Clay 299 Temple Kansas City Jackson 177 Texas Houston Texas 661 Theodore Roosevelt .. University City ,St. Louis 56 Tipton Tipton Moniteau 631 Tower Grove St. Louis 111 Trenton Trenton Grundy 638 Triangle St. Louis 205 Trilumina Marshall Saline 641 Trinity St. Louis 122 Triplett Triplett Chariton 440 Trowel Marble Hill Bollinger 34 Troy Troy Lincoln 360 Tuscan St. Louis 114 Twilight Columbia Boone 350 Tyrian Johnstown ,Bates l~ T~ro, .. , ....•..... ,Caledo~ia., ....•. Washin~ton

45 3 8 22 56 54 4 12 14 37 1 48 39 15 9 33-A 49 6 37 48 51 56 55 42 45 26 32 46 59 22 27 11 22 46 33-A

31 33-B 4 33-A

24 33-A 19 49 29 33-B 26 35

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

169

U No.

Name of Lodge

593 124 210 5 495 649 421 286

Union Union Star Unionville United Unity University Urbana Urich

Location of Lodge

Union Union-Star Unionville Springfield Richards University City Urbana Urich

County

District

Franklin De Kalb Putnam Greene Vernon ,St. Louis Dallas Henry

32 10 3 .45 .43 33-A '.41 37

.Andrew St. Louis Carter Audrain Morgan Maries Clinton

9 57 .47 27 58 39 11

Cass Carroll ,Vernon Cooper Chariton Warren Dade Lafayette ,Wayne Pulaski De Kalb Jasper Webster St. Louis Buchanan St. Louis Montgomery .st. Charles

34 20 43 25 19 30 42 23 52 38 10 .44 .45 57 9 57 28 30 33-B 49 .41 10 21 22 19 12 7 ;.49

413 Valley 629 Valley Park 509 Van Buren 491 Vandalia 320 Versailles 94 Vienna 62 Vincil

Bolckow Valley Park Van Buren Vandalia Versailles Vienna Cameron W

348 52 605 456 74 609 87 61 526 375 235 512 98 84 22 613 194 46 445 103 396 15 53 340 202 434 301 7

Wadesburg Wakanda Walker Wallace Warren Warrenton Washington Waverly Wayne Waynesville Weatherby Webb City Webster Webster Groves Wellington Wellston Wellsville Wentzville West Gate West View Western Light Western Star Weston Westport Westville Wheeling White Hall Whitewater

Creighton Carrollton Walker Bunceton Keytesville Warrenton Greenfield Waverly Piedmont Waynesville Weatherby Webb City Marshfield Webster Groves De Kalb Wellston Wellsville Wentzville St. Louis Millersville Louisburg Winston Weston Kansas City Westville Wheeling Barnard Whitewater

Cape Girardeau Dallas Daviess Platte Jackson Chariton Livingston Nodaway Cape Girardeau

170 No.

Name of Lodge

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

1946

Location of Lodge

162 Whitesville 620 Willard 370 Williamstown 29 Windsor 540 Winigan 430 Winona 277 Wm.D.Muir 387 Woodside 24 Wyaconda

Whitesville Willard Williamstown Windsor Winigan Winona PilotGrove Thomasville La Grange

Hopkins

County

District

Andrew Greene Lewis Henry Sullivan Shannon Cooper Oregon Lewis

9 45 15 37 3 47 25 53 15

Nodaway

Jackson

Bollinger Buchanan

49 9

x Xenia

563

york

Kansas City

z 545 189

Zalma Zeredatha

Zalma St. Joseph

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SEOOND DISTRIOT-JAMES M. DeWITT, D. D. G. M., Kirksville, Mo. Kirksville, 106 ...... 17 14 16 3 6 ... .,. 8 3 6 Paulville, 319 ....... 2 .... 3 1 .... ... 3 6 Adair, 366 .......... 61 36 36 2 12 14 4 6 ... Novinger, 683 ....... 3 .... 1 2 2 .... ... ., 3 6 Colony, 168 ......... .... .... .... .... .... ... 1 .... ... ., Edina, 291. ........ , 6 .... 6 3 46 1 ... Greensburg, 414 ..... 1 .. , 3 2 .... 4 2 1 1 TOTAL ....... , 891 651 611 611 241 201 161 121 .. ·1· ..

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817 $ 676.201$ 676.20 $ •.•••• $ ..• ·1$· ••.••• '1$ 170.001$ 17.001$ 126.'0 72 161.20 .•.•.•. . ..201 19.60 60.00 6.001 29.60 147,00r 890 821.10 821.10 . ...... , ...... 162.00 610.00 61.001 161.60 66 118.40 113.40 • 20 60:001 •• 39.90 39.901 266.2'0 124 266.20 . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 80.00 60.00 6.00 47.20 96 191.10 171.90 40.001 4.00 38.00 196.30 4.20 ...... 1,074[$ 2,249.101$ 2,249.10 $ 4.201$ 4.201$ 482.401$ 890.001$ 89.001$ 418.40

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1 .... Hartford, 171. ...... 5 5 5 •••• 1 1 2 ... Somenet, 206 .••........ 4 ... 1 8 2 2 Unionville, 210 ..... 8 4 8 Humphreys, 82 ..... 1 1 2 .... .... ... ... .... ... ... 2 ... 2 1 2 Seaman, 126 ....... 14 9 7 5 8 8 1 .... Green City, 159 ..... 2 2 2 2 1 4 Putnam, 190..•.... 1 1 1 5 4 3 ....... 1 1 .... .... Pollock, 849 ........ 7 1 3 2 ....... Arcana, 389 ........ .... .... .... .... 1 2 2 ....... Winigan, 640 ....... 1 3 .... 8 TOTAL ........ 391 261 281 81· .. 1... 91 121 191 171

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6 3 5 6 10 291

8 2 6 3 7 261

8 2 1 .... 6 .... 3 1 3 6 231 61

4 2 1 3 101

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9 3 6 1 191

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4 2 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 .... .... 141 71 81

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FIFTEENTH DISTRIOT-DAVID A. LESLIE, D. D. G. Mo, W11liamstown, Mo. Wyaconda, 24...... Monticello, 68....... La Belle, 222. . . . . . . Craft, 287. . . . . . . . . . Williamstown, 370. . Lewistown, 494. .. . . Ewing, 677. . . . . . . . . Palmyra, 18. .. .. . . . St. John's, 28... .. . . Hannibal, 188....... Philadelphia, 502... Ralls, 83. . . . . . . .. .. Lick Creek, 802. .. . . New London, 807.. . TOTAL ........

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THmTY-FmST DISTRIOT-LEON P. EMBRY, D. D. G. M., O'alifornia, Mo. Jefferson, 43 ....... Russellville, 90 ..... Hickory Hill, 211 ... Centertown, 611 .... Tipton, 56 .......... California, 183 ...... Moniteau, 295 ...... Clarksburg, 663 ..... Chamois, 185 ....... Linn, 326 .......... TOTAL ........

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Secretary , J. C. Bowman . Orville Worrell . Elmer C. Dinger . Dale Hagerman . W. C. Fender . R. E. Shacklett . James A. Bailey . E. E. Hale . H. C. Burkland .. G. L. Lauer . Nelson Hopper . W. L. young

Charter Date Time of Meeting 2nd and 4th MondayS . Oct. 16, 1868 ' 1st and 3rd WednesdayS ..•...••.. Oct. 12, 1869 . 1st and 8rd Fridays .•............ Oct. 17, 1870 . 1st and 3rd Thursdays ...........• Sept. 26, 1907 . 1st Friday ....................••. May 6,1862 . Oct. 13, 1892 . 1st and 3rd Thursdays . Sept. 28, 1906 . 1st and 3rd Fridays May 26,1865 2nd and 4th ThursdayS •..••••.... . . Oct. 16, 1868 . 2nd and 4th Fridays . Oct. 10, 1871 . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays , 1st and Srd Thursdays ....•..•.... Oct. 17, 1878 . 2nd and 4th Mondays ......•...... Oct. 22, 1924 .

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. Kirksville .••..••. 106IKirksville . Geo. H. Zeigler Adair ..•••.•••••. 8661 Kirksville ••.••••. D. M. Mulford Novinger ..•..••. 5831 NovinKer ••..•••• F. A. Steele Knox ..•...... Colony .......•.•. 168 IColony . B. S. McReynolds Edina ..•..•..••• 291IEdina . 1. J. Breckenfeld Paulville ....•••.. 319IHurdland ..•...•. Emery Helton Greensburg 414IGreensburg ...••. J. J. Pearce

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G. C. Chambers .... 1st and 8rd Tuesdays ..••••...•.•• June 30, 1864 Ernest T. Scofield .. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ..•.•••....•. Oct. 13, 1881 L. J. Hammer ..... 2nd and 4th Wednesdays .••.•••.•. Sept.27,1906 C. E. McReynolds .. Thursday on or before full moon ... May 24,1864 C. A. McAnulty . 1st and 8rd ThursdayS .••••••••••. Oct. 16, 1866 . 1st Tuesday ........••••..•••.•••. Oct. 12, 1869 M. J. Crawford Lester L. Kaser . 2nd and 4th MondayS ......•...... Oct. 18, 1871 f-'

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Putnam ..•••.. Hartford .••••..•. 1711Hartford ...••••. Edwin Ray Somerset ..•..•... 206 IPowersville ...•.. C. R. Ethington Unionville ....•.. 210IUnionville ...••.. Fon L. Grabosch Sullivan ...••• , Humphreys ••••.• 32IHumphreyS ..•••. Leroy Boehner Seaman .....•.... 126\Milan .. M.H.Wall Green City .. " ..•. 159jGreen City ..••.•. John R. Beatty Putnam ...••••... 190INewtown •••••.•. J. Merrill Bowers Pollock .•.••••••. 349lPolloek ..••••.••• Geo. R. Harrelson Arcana .....•..•• 389IHarris ..••.•••••. JoeL. Blagg Winigan . 540IWini~an . G. M. HiIl.Jr

. H. L. Dickerson. . .. 1st Friday ......•...••...••.....• May 80,1857 . W. J. Hopkins. . . .. 1st and 3rd MondayS ..........••. ' May 29,1861 . A. A. Williams ..... 2nd and 4th MondayS .•••...••••.. May 80,1861 . Oct. 18, 1887 . Wm. E. Alexander.. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays . Chas. E. Smith. . . .. 1st and 3rd MondayS ...•••.••••••. May 9,1857 . Oct. 16, 1884 . Walter E. Singley .. 1st and 3rd Thursdays 1st Thursday ........•••••.•.•.•• May 28,1869 . Joseph W. Moore , 1st and 3rd TuesdayS .•••••••••••. Oct. 16, 1884 . Otis Reinhard . Cecil M. Clem 1st Wednesday ..•••..••..•••...•. Oct. 18, 1871 1st Wednesday .............••.... Oet. 14. 1889 . John Milhoan

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O. S. McKemy E. J. Robertson R. E. McCracken R. B. Kennedy J. E. Herrington

l st and 3rd Thursdays············1 May U,1860 2nd and 4th Mondays Oct. 15,1868 2nd and 4th Fridays Oct. 15,1890 1st and 3rd Wednesdays Oct. 16,1886 2nd and 4th ThursdayS .........•. June 9.1868

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Ritual District No.5 County Harrison

Secretary Lodge Master Location No.1 Time of MeetinR' . Bethany . Sam Kies . 97lBethany , Chas. T. Bridges . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays Lorraine .•....... 128 IRidgeway ..••... , Ivan M. Fancher 1st and Srd Mondays . C. A. Brock . Lodlle of Light . 257 IEagleville . Ned McLain . Cleve Reece .. , , 1st and 3rd Mondays Cainsville . 3281 Cainsville . Chas. R. Johnson. , .. Rex A. Taylor. , . 1st and Srd Thursdays . W. S. Christie . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays N e~ ~amI>ton . 510lNew Hampton . Wm. C. Akers PraIrIe . 556 IGilman City . Geo. W. Oram ,. W. E. Richter, , , .. , 2nd and 4th Wednesdays

Charter Date . May 26,1854 . Oct. 7,1878 . Oct. 15, 1868 . Oct. IS, 1870 . Oct. 28, 1925 .. Oct. 19. 1892

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Ritual District No.6 . A. Calvin Misemer. .. H. H. Manring .. , .. 1st Friday ......••..............• Oct. 6,1879 Gentry ......•., Havana ........•. 21IMcFall .. • ••••••• Stanberry . 109 IStanberry . Frank Lewis. . . . . . .. S. A. Goodding , 1st and Srd Thursdays .......•.... Oct. 17,1879 , 125IGentryville .. C. R. Stevenson • • . .• .•• Gentryville Curtis Crawford . 2nd and 4th Saturdays ....•.....•. Mar. 10, 1850 Athens . 127lAlbany ........•. Earl B. Porter L. Frank Smith , 2nd and 4th Thursdays . May 8,1851 , T. H. McElroy . 1st and 3rd Thursdays Ancient Craft. . ' .. 3771King City .••.••• Roy D. Lux . Oct. IS; 1871 , J. B. Owens, Jr.. , . 2nd and 4th Fridays Berlin •..•........ 378\Berlin . Jas. Sherard . Sept. 27, 1906 , Marvin C. Miller . 1st and 8rd FridayS ••••••••••••••. Oct. 17,1901 Jacoby . 4471 Darlington ..•..• , C. A. Lucas George Hunt , 1st and Srd Mondays . Oct. 10,1894 Worth 1 Grant City . 661Grant City ..•..• ' Jasper Dalbey Roger McAlister. . . .. E. W. Girling . 2nd and 4th Mondays .•........... Oct. 17, 1878 .. Defiance . 881 Sheridan .. . 2nd and 4th Thursdays .•......... May SO, 1860 Allensville . 198IAllendale .••..•.• J. C. Payton. . . . . . . .. Zene Hammer , 2nd and 4th Wednesdays Jonathan . S21IDenver ...••••.•. Doyle Claypool. ..... , Clyde J. Pryor . Oct. 12, 1869

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60IHopkins .......•. Ava L. Pistole Xenia .•......... . , Glade Traster . 1st and 3rd Thursdays Quitman ......•.. 196IQuitman ..•..... , Wilbur Frankum , Fred Wright . 1st and 3rd MondayS .....•....... . Arthur L. Hunt Ravenwood ' 201lRavenwood , J. J. Smith . 2nd and 4th Thursdays .....•..... . C. N. Weston . Graham ...•••.... 289IGraham Frank E. McNeaL., 1st and 3rd Thursdays . William Hartman Paul D. Stalling .... 2nd and 4th ThursdayS , WhiteHall .•.•... 301 1Barnard Burlington . 442 1BurlinR'ton Jet . L. O. Staples........ Edwin E. Staples .. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays . . Earl M. Gasaway . Walter E. Smith . 2nd and 4th Thursdays Nodaway •. '" .,. 4701 Maryville Pickering ..••.•.. 4721 Pickering .....•.. E. L. Crowson C. G. McMillen . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ..•......... Clearmont.•.•... 6071 Clearmont ..•.... Elden Huls , A. B. Stokes . 1st and 3rd ThursdayS •••...•••••• . C. L. Coston Skidmore ......•. 5111Skidmore Glenn J. Stevens." 2nd and 4th Mondays ' ,

June 2,1866 May 30,1861 Oct. 13, 1892 Oct. 18, 1900 Oct. 15, 1886 Oct. 13, 1881 Oct. 17, 1877 Oct. 11, 1873 Oct. 17,1874 Oct. 12. 1888

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E. J. Bratrud Wm.H.Hays Lee Roy Hooper Geo. B. Prettyman S. B. Christian Jas. Fitzgerald K. Doebbeling D. E. Weightman E. F. Kerns

. May t9,1856 . Virgil E. Walter ... 2nd and 4th Mondays . Luther W. Hudson. 1st and 8rd Thursdays .•.......... Oct. 19, 1876 . A. E. Andersen .. , .' 2nd and 4th Thursdays . Oct. 17, 1884 . W. A. Groesbeck . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ....•....... , Oct. 15, 1874 , James E. Weller . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ....••...... , Oct. 19, 1867 . E. E. Richards, Jr.. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ....••.... May 31,1856 . L. R. Fawks . 1st and 8rd Thursdays ..•.••••..•. May 30,1861 . T. J. Bridgmon . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays . Oct. 14, 1868 . W. A. Sharp. Jr , 1st and 8rd Tuesdays . Sept. 29. 1909

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FIFTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-CARL DIXON, D. D. G. M., Cosby, Mo. (Ritual Districts 9, 21) Ritual District No.9 County Lodge INo.1 Location Master Andrew •.•.... Savannah........ 7lISavannah ...•.... Clyde B. Beerry Helena. . • . . • . . •. 1171 Rochester ..••••.. Leo Jennings Lincoln ...•..••.. lS8IFillmore .....•.•. Carol Turner Whitesville ••..... 162IWhitesville ..•... ' Donald Gay Rosendale ••.•.•.. 404IR06endale ..•..•.. H. H. Sweigert Valley. .. .. . .. . .. 4131 Bolckow . John F. Lee Cosby ........••• 6001 Cosby ..•..•..... Adolph Schneider Buchanan ..... Agency.......... 10 IAgency . Cyrus Kline Wellington •.•... , 22IDeKalb ....•.••.. Kenneth Murphy St. Joseph....... 781St. Joseph ....•.. W. H. Junk Birming. . . . . . • .. 160 lFaucett •.•....... Ellis C. Nash Zeredatha ...•... , 1891St. Joseph •••.... B. Springsted. Jr Rushville ......•. 238IRushville ..•..••. Glen Van Hoozer Brotherhood ..... , 2691St. Joseph ..••.•. John B. Russell Charity .•..•..•.. 3311St. Joseph ..••.•. Edward E. Wilson King Hill .••..... 3761St. Joseph . J eft D. Austin Saxton. . . . . . . . .. 6081 Saxton . W. L. Stigers

rime of Meeting Charter Daw Secretary . W.W.Hall . 1st and 3rd Thursdays .•.••.•••.•• Oct. 24, 1844 . H. E. Shanks . 2nd Monday and 4th Saturdays .... Oct. 22. 1924 . 1st and 8rd Tuesdays .........•... Jan. 2,1866 . J. T. Westcott . 1st Saturday and 3rd Wednesday .. May 28,1868 .. Fisher Potts . C. J. Watts .. 2nd and 4th Thursdays •••••.•..•. Oct. 22, 1896 . 1st and Srd Thursdays . Glenn Neely . Oct. 17, 1878 . 1st and 8rd Saturdays ....•....... Se~t. 30, 1908 . W. B. Durant . John T. Marteny . 1st and 8rd Saturdays •••..•••.•.. June 1,1866 . 1st Saturday .......•.......••.... May 6,1862 , H. V. Redmon . 1st and Srd Tuesdays . W. L. Mulvania . Oct. 14,1846 , 4th Saturday ..••.••.•••....•••.. May 22,1868 . Chas. S. Mays . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays , M. W. Taylor . May 28,1869 . 2nd and 4th Mondays , S. G. Hiner . May 26,1865 . 2nd and 4th Fridays ..•........... Oct. 19, 1922 . B. T. Andrews . Lewis O. Weigel. .. 2nd and 4th Mondays ......•...... Oct. 13, 1870 .. 1st and 3rd Thursdays .•.......... Oct. IS, 1870 . J esse Moore . 1st and 3rd Saturdays ...•.....•.. Oct. 12. 1882 . J. S. DuVall

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Oswold Williams J. A. Layton H. H. Scanland Paul Herndon BE!D F. Duncan L. R. Porter W. H. Mizener Alva D. Naylor

. F. R. Williams . 1st Saturday ..••..•.•.......•.... , Earl W. Foley , 1st and 8rd Thursdays . . R. R. Field .. 1st Monday ..•...•.•..••••••••••. . 1st and Srd Tuesdays .. ' W. K. Bywaters .. 2nd Wednesday ••................ . G. R. Manville . GUY Kamphefner .. , 2nd Wednesday . . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays . C. M. Newman .. . Herman Klein . 2nd and 4th Mondays .

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81 ILiberty ••.....•.. S. Alvin Carpenter ... Edgar Archer ...... 2nd and 4th Mondays ........••••. Oct. 9,1840 Holt ............. 49IHolt ............. Lawrence W. Bartee. A. B. Odor ......... 1st and 3rd Fridays .............. ' May 26,1853 Angerona •.••••.. 1931Missouri City ...• ' Temple D. Shaw ..... Robt. E. Hicklin ... , 1st and 3rd Tuesdays .....••.••••. May 28,1859 1st and 3rd MondayS .............. May 30,1861 Clay •••.••••••••. 2071Excelsior Springs . Kearney ...•••.•. 311 IKearney ..••.•.•• J. P. Craig .......... C. W. Hessel. ...... 1st and 3rd ThursdayS ............ Oct. 12, 1869 Temperance ..••• 4381 Smithville .....••. Jas. T. Duncan ...... Alfred O. Lowman. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays ........... Oct. 16, 1872 Clinton ...••.. Hemple ••.•••.••. 37IHemple .•••..•.•. Jack Boyer .......... Glenn H. Cook ..... 1st and 3rd Thursdays ......••..•. Oct. 18, 1900 Vinci! .•••••••..• 621 Cameron ......... O. Rex Orr .......... Fred E. Luce ...... 1st and 3rd MondayS ......•••.... ' Oct. 19, 1868 Plattsburg ••••.•. 1131 Plattsburg ..•••.. Fred Bodenhausen ... R. W. Hayward .... 1st Thursday ...••.•.•..•........ May 9,1860 Gower ..••••••••. 397IGower ....••.•..• Reed Mumford ....... J. C. Cummings .... 1st and 3rd Wednesdays ........... Oct. 16, 1872 Lathrop •.•..•••• 606 ILathrop ..•..•... Oral M. Robison ..... J. L. Taylor ..... o. 1st and 3rd Mondays .......•••••. , Oct. 12. 1882

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EIGHTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-NAT. D. JACKSON, D. D. G. M., Independence, Mo. (Ritual Districts 34, 59) Ritual District No. 34 Cass Index ii4IGardenCity ..•.. ••••........ Cass ..•.•...•••.. 147IHarrisonville.... ............ Grand River ..•.•. 276IFreeman.••.•... ............ Wadesburg ...••. , 348ICreighton....... ............ Nonpareil ..•.••. , 372 lEast Lynne ............ Belton ........•.. 460IBelton ............ Jewel. 4801 Pleasant Hill ............ Coldwater 485IDrexel. ............ Archie •••••••••.. 633IArchie •........• Cleveland 651ICleveland

G.C.Kimberlin John Pennington Roscoe C. Weathers .. C. W. Eggers H. H. Miller C. V. Liggett Jos. W. Faubion C. H. Bundy Edward Wesemann R. L. Hampton

A.L.Burch R. A. Foster Elmer F. Draper Harold L. Brown I. Arwood Stone J. W. Kennemer... GeorgeW. Smith Harold F. Elliott E. A. Cullison C. R. Caldwell.

Istand3rdTuesdays ....•.•...... Oct. lIi,1884 1st and 3rd Thursdays Oct. 17,1867 Third Thursday ........•......... Oct. 16,1868 Friday on or before full moon •.... Oct. 14,1880 Saturday on or before full moon Oct. 17,1873 1st and 3rd Tuesdays............. Oct. 6,1872 2nd Friday Dec. 20,1887 1st and 3rd Mondays Oct. 3,1881 2nd and 4th Wednesdays Oct. 1,1914 2nd Tuesday Sept. 20. 1920

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laekaon •••.... Independence .... 761Independence .... Arthur O. Hodges .... M. W. Sudbrock .... 2nd and 4th Mondays ............. Oct. 14,1846 Summit ..•..••... 2631Lee's Summit ..•• K. H. Davis ......... Lloyd L. Bradish ... 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ............. Oct. 18, 1870 McDonald ••..•... 3241 Independence ..•. Owen S. Taylor ...... W. Lee Whitmire ... 1st and 8rd Mondays ....•........ , Oct. 12, 1869 , Blue Springs ..... 8371Blue Springs ...•. J. G. Cooper ......... J. M. Thomas ...... 1st and 8rd Fridays .............. Oct. 18, 1887 Raytown ..•..•.•. 391IRaytown •.•....• Howard Ward ....... Virgil O. Dryer .... 1st and 8rd Thursdays ..•...•..... Oct. 13, 1871 Christian ••.•.•.. 39210ak Grove ....... G. E. Church ........ L. T. Owings ...... 1st and 3rd Fridays ............... Oct. 18, 1871 Buckner ..•...•.. 601IBuckner••••••••• Clarence Jones ......• H.W.Bergschneider. 1st and Srd Tuesdays ............. Oct. 11, 1877 Marlborough ..... 56918009 WoodI'd.K.C. John G. Barger, Jr... G. W. Knecht ...... 1st and Srd Mondays ..........•.. , Oct. 26, 1927 " Mt. Washington .. 6141Mt. Washimrton .. Freeman W. Young .. Gregg B. Christy ... 2nd and 4th Fridays .............. Oct. 17,1911 Grandview. . . . . .. 618 1Grandview ..••••• T. Engle Way ....... Gilbert Strode...... 1st and Srd Thursdays .......•.... Sept. 28, 1911 Grain Valley ..... 6441Grain Valley ..... Chas. H. Johnson .... Floyd F. Elliott .... 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ............. Sept. n, 1916

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NINTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-A. B. CLEAVELAND, D. D. G. M., Kingston, Mo. (Ritual Districts 10, 12)

Ritual District No. 10 Charter Date County Time of Meeting Lodge INo.1 Location Secretary Master . Oct. 15, 1885 DeKalb .•..... Union Star •....•. 1241Union Star ...•.. L. C. Turner . 2nd and 4th Wednesdays , W.G. Ralph Weatherby. . . . • .. 2351 Weatherby ..•..• , C. F. Dannar . 2nd and 4th Saturdays ••..•••••. Oct. 11, 1888 . C. R. McClure . Oct. 12, 1869 Parrott •..••.•.•. 308IMaysville .••..••. Frank L. Bray , L. L. Hofstatter . 1st and 3rd Mondays . Oct. 12, 1869 Osborn ...•...•..' 31710sborn ••..••.••. Lewis E. Doak . Herbert F. Martin . 1st and 2nd Saturdays . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ..•.••..•.. Oct. 21, 1908 Continental...... 464\Stewartsville .•... H. D. Van Horn . C.G. Waller Clarksdale ..•....' 5591 Clarksdale ..•..•. C. H. Whitsell . Donald M. Barrow . 1st and 3rd Thursdays ...••.••.. Oct. 12, 1898 . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays . Alfred Dunlap . June 1,1888 Daviess . Western Star..... 15IWinston ..••••••• Elmer West . 1st and 3rd TuesdayS . May 29,1854 Pattonsburlt. •. • . 65lPattonshurlt ..•.. Harry Blankenship .. , W. B. Brant . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ....•...... Oct. 16, 18'1t , O. M. Venable Gallatin. . . • . • • • •. 1061 Gallatin ..••..•.• Arthur Jackson . Hugh West (Pro tern) 2nd and 4th ThursdayS •..••••.. , Sept. 18, 1t1t Altamont..•..... 108IAltamont••...•.. Elliott W. Prouty . 1st and 3rd Wednesday . W. S. Underwood .. Oct. 15, 188S Earl. . .. . .. • . . 2851 Coffey •••••••••.. W. Guy Welden . 1st and 3rd ThursdayS .••••..... Oct. 15, 18'14 Lock Springs 4881Lock Springs .... Urcil W. Smoot . M. A. Carpenter . 1st and 8rd Thursdays ......•••. Oct. 11, 18'1'1 . Samuel Pugh Jameson ...•..•.. 500IJameson ..••.•••. Ralph McNeeL , 1st and 8rd Mondays , R. E. Fisher , Oct. 9,18t8 Jamesport. . • . . •. 5641Jamesport ..•.••. Earl Noll

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TENTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-ARTHUR G. LYNCH, D. D. G. M., Bmnswick, Mo. (Ritual Districts 13, 19, 20)

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Clarence L. Grice 2nd and 4th Mondays ••....••...•• Oct. 6,1846 John E. Kimber 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ..••..•...••. June29,1869 Thomas H. Wade 1st and 3rd Wednesdays .••••••.•.. May 29,1862 Jesse H. Pettit. . . .. 18t and 8rd Tuesdays. .. . • .. . .. • .. May 26, 1864 F. E. Deem 2nd and 4th Mondays ••••••••••••• Oct. 12,1869 Edward W. Tayler.. 1st and 3rd Thursdays. . . . • • • • . . •• Oct. 17, 1889

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1Eureka.......... 73IBrunswick .••..•. Herbert DeWeese Warren.......... 741 Keytesville ••••.•. R. N. Owens Triplett .•••••••.. 122ITriplett•••..•.•. N ••D. Wright Westville ..•••.••. 202IWestville ..•••••. C. A. Underwood Salisbury........ 208 1Salisbury •••••.•. Fay Wright Rothville. • . .. .... 4261 Rothville ......... Wm. L. Richeson..... Cunningham ••••• 526ISumner••••••..•. E. E. Moffitt Mendon 628IMendon .. Hubert Bittiker. . . . ..

Arthur G. Lynch ... 18t and 3rd Tuesdays............. Oct. 16.1846 Marvin G. Wilson .. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ..•.•.....•.. Oct. 20,1846 W. P. Gaines 1st and 8rd Thursdays •••••...•••• Oct. 12, 1893 W. L. Ray 3rd Friday June 2.1866 H. H. Brummall 2nd Tuesday ..•.•••.•••••••.••••• Oct. 19.1867 Lee Clair 2nd and 4th Wednesdays .•••..•... Oct. 21.1897 Leslie G. Allen 2nd and 4th Wednesdays .••••..•.. Oct. 16.1884 C. G. Shull 2nd and 4th Mondays. . . . . . . . . . . .. Oct. 28. 1926

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.. De Witt •••.•••.•. 891De Witt••..••••• Waltanda ..•••••• 621 Carrollton ..••••. Bogard •••••••••• 101IBogard ••.••••••• Hale City . 216IHale .. Carroll ..•••••••.. 249INorborne •••••••• Bosworth •••••••• 697 IBosworth ..•••••• .. Hardin ..•..••••• 8221 Hardin •••..•••••

Ward Carson Chas. D. Hynson Jas. A. Ward D. E. Parish Frank L. Wagner Ernest Wilhelm John Kemmerer

. Carl H. Boelsen . Harry E. Schanz . R. B. Trussell . R. L. Bartlett . R. E. Parrish . Henry Galbrecht . S. L. Lockridge

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ELEVENTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-W. R. HOWELL, D. D. G. M., Monroe Oity, Mo. (Ritual Districts 14, 17, 18)

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No.1 Lod~e Location Master . Callao . 38ICallao .. R. T. Bennett Bloomington ..•.. 1021Bevier . Gilbert E. Walton Censer ..•••...... 172IMacon .. Alfred L. Robison La Plata . 2371La Plata , . H. M. Slaughter Lodge of Truth . 268lAtlanta ..•••..... Leslie M. Wood Excello ...•...... 3321 Excello . Geo. G. Miller Elmer . 648IElmer .•......... Clyde McCollum . 961 Shelbyville ...•••. Clyde L. Ralls Sh~}by ..•..... St. Andrews Shelbina . 2281 Shelbina ..•..•••. W. A. Bagley Hunnewell •...... 416lHunnewell ...•... F. M. Browne BetheL ..•....... 637IBethel. . W. A. Looney Clarence . 6621 Clarence ..•..•... Preston V. Walker

Secretary Time of Meeting Charter Date , 1st and 8rd ThursdayS . Bert B. Bledsoe . June 2,1866 . C. F. Larsen . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays . May 10,1849 . Lester M. Smith . 1st and 3rd Fridays . June 14,1876 . 2nd and 4th ThursdayS . E. H. Hawkins . June 22, 1866 . 1st Monday .........•........•... Oct. 16, 1868 . C. G. Sagaser . Ross King . 1st and 3rd Wednesdays ..•........ Sept. 29, 1904 . 2nd and 4th Mondays .. C. I. Murry . Sept. 20, 1920 . C. L. Shouse . 2nd and 4th FridayS . May 10,1848 . Ellis Y. Hack . 1st and 3rd Fridays .•............. May 29,1882 , Hugh Carr . 1st and 8rd FridayS .•............. Oct. 13, 1871 ' Sam Ziegler .. 1st and 3rd Mondays ..........••• Feb. 22, 1888 . Wm. B. Brewington 1st and 8rd Tuesdays . Oct. 22. 1924

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Ritual District No. 17 Monroe .•...•. Paris Union . 19IParis .....•...... , H. L. Marsh ; Gillam Street Florida . 23IFlorida Monroe ...•...... 641Monroe City •.... I W. S. Dawson Madison . 91IMadison .......•. James A. Powell Santa Fe . 4621Santa Fe , I Sidney McIlhaney. . .. Holliday . 660!Holliday Paul K. Callison

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Huntsville ••..... 30lHuntsville .. , ... , Frank M. McLean Milton ..•........ 151IMilton ..•••...•.. J. M. Meals Clifton Hill . 161 IClifton Hill . A. Noel Rains Moberly •••...... 344 IMo!>erly .••...... Chas. D. Embree Cairo . 486ICairo . Ralph Powers Higbee ..•.•..... , 627IHigbee .•...•.... Ollie A. Bottoms Jacksonville . 5411J acksonville . A. J. Wedding Clark . 610IClark . J. W. Mallory

. M. D. Evans. . . . . .. . Arthur Haak . J. W. Richeson . J. W. Tate . Uel L. Dameron . E. B. Hawkins . O. C. Gross ' F. L. Ornburn

1st and 3rd Tuesdays . Oct. 8,1840 1st and Srd Saturdays .••••••..••• May 26, 1865 1st and 3rd ThursdayS ......•••••. May 28,1869 2nd and 4th Mondays ........•.... Oct. 13, 1870 2nd and 4th Thursdays ....••...•.. Oct. 14,1874 1st and 3rd Wednesdays .•......•. Oct. 16, 1885 2nd and 4th Wednesdays . Sept.24, 1902 1st and 3rd ThursdaYB .....••..•.. Sept. 28. 1910

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THmTEENTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-PAUL A. THOMAS, D. D. G. M., Montgomery City, Mo. (Ritual Districts 16, 27, 28) Ritual District No. 16 Lodge County No. i Location Master Pike .•..•.•••. Ealia ........•••• 14IEolia.......••... T. J. White Clarksville.•...•• 17IClarksville•••.... E. S. Townsell Perseverance ..••. 92lLouisiana . Wm. H. yager Phoenix •.•••.••. 136iBowling Green •.. O. A. Wilson, Sr Frankford .•••..• 1921Frankford ..•..•. Ruben N. Foutes Pike .......••.•.. 399lCurryville ..•..•• ' O. A. Myers

Charter Date Time of Meeting Secretary .. Wharton Schooler .. Thursday on or before full moon ... Oct. 16, 1884 . Harry C. Carroll ... 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..•...•••••. Oct. 8,1880 , Nelson L. Russell .. , 1st and 8rd TUelldays . Oct. 12, 1847 , May 9,1857 , P. K. Meek . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays . May 26,1859 , R. J. Parham . 2nd and 4th Mondays . J. H. Sisson . 1st Wednesday .................•. Jan. 24, 1871

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, C. W. Ellis , 2nd Saturday .••..•...•....••.••• . Central. ....•. "'1 IHIMolino ..•..••••. S. S. Rowe , H. Christopher , 2nd Thursday .•••••...••••••••••• Laddonia. " •.•.. , 115ILaddonia.....•.. H. G. Armstrong F. W. Riutcel. 2nd Friday . SOCial ..•...•.•••.' 266IMartinsburg ..••. Fred Klarenbach B. C. Denton 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ••••••..•••.. Hebron .•••.•.... S54IMexico ..•..•..•. R. O. Worrell Malcolm L. Motley. 2nd Friday ....••....••.•..•••.•• Vandalia .••..•.. , 491IVandalia ..•..•.. J. D. Wallace , Charles R. Powell.. 1st and Srd Fridays ..•..........• . Fulton .•...•..•• , 481 Fulton ......•••• ' T. G. Niedergerke , C. M. Holt 1st and 3rd Mondays .. New Bloomfield... 60lNew Bloomfield •. , R. L. Bolen , 2nd and 4th Fridays ...•.......... Portland ..••••.. '1' 242 IPortland ......•. ' R. C. Barnard....... M. A. Gibson R. J. Huffmaster 2nd and 4th Saturdays ..•••...••.. Tebbetts. . . . . • . .. 565 ITebbetts ..•..••.. Ray R. Farmer W. S. Armstrong .. ' Thursday before full moon •••••••• Shamrock. • • • . . •. 585\Shamrock ..•••••. John Wells , Clifford D. Winter., 1st and 3rd Thursdays ........•... Mokane......... 612IMokane . Russell Laube

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Fred Karrenbrock .. ! 1st and 8rd Fridays ..••••••••..•.. June 2.1866 E. R. Engholm 1st and 8rd Tuesdays May 25,1866 King Pugh 2nd and 4th Saturdays •••.•...•... Oct. 80,1868 G. C. Schmitt. . . . .. 1st and 3rd Saturdays. ....•...... May 8,1852 Arlie W. Tempel. .. 2nd and 4th Fridays ..••.....••... Oct. 1,1917

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Franklin •.•••. Evergreen •.•.... 271New Haven ..•.•• Karl L. Junge Sullivan .••..•••• , 69ISullivan .••.••.•• L. J. Cartwright Gray Summit ..•.. 1781Gray Summit . Wm. E. Arnold Hope •.•..••..••. 261IWashington .. Stanley Wilke Fraternal ..•••.•. 3681 Robertsville .••••• Archie C. Watters Columbia .•••••.. 584IPaeific ..•..•.••. , John L. Thiebes Easter .•..•.•••.. 6751St. Clair..••••••. E. C. Johnston . Philip H. Frueh Union ..••••••••• 593IUnion Gasc~nade ..•. Hermann ..••••.. 123IHermann .....••• Wm. H. Wessel. OweIUlville .....•. 62410weIUlville ....•.. Don Owens

2nd and 4th Thursdays May 26,1864 . A. C. Goodrich 1st and 8rd Saturdays ••...••.•... June 25,1866 . W. W. Cole 1st and 8rd Thursdays Sept.28,1903 . Aug. J. Holthaus , Walter A. pfautsch. 1st and 8rd Fridays ......•...••... Oct. 16, 1867 . Louis H. Bruns ' 1st Saturday. . . . • • . . • • • • • • • • • • • •• Oct. 12, 1870 2nd and 4th Thursdays ...•••.••.•. Oct. 13,1887 ' E. A. Roemer , Sept. 28, 1905 .. R. C. Murphy. . . . .. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .. R. L. Hatcher 2nd and 4th Fridays ..•••.•••••••• Sept. 7,1907 . W. D. Stonner 2nd and 4th Fridays May 10,1850 . J. H. Hansen 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..••....•••. Sept.25,1912

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LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued FIFTEENTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT (A)-ARTHUR RAUCH, D. D. G. M., St. Louis (Ritual District 33a) Ritual District No. 33a No. I Lodg>e Location Secretary Time of Meeting I Charter Date County Master . liSt. Louis .....•.. ' Russell E. Murray . John Wohradsky, Jr. 1st and 3rd Thursdays. .. . . . . . .. ~ept. •, 1821 St. Lo~is City .. Missouri Meridian , .. Ervin L. Geimer . 2nd and 4th Thursdays ..••...... May 6, 1852 21St. Louis . Fred W. Fenor . 2nd and 4th Wednesdays. .. . . . .. Oct. 24, 1886 St. Louis ..•..... ' 20iSt. Louis ......•. C. A. Redfearn , Henry A. Steiner , Oct. 14.1839 , 2nd and 4th Thursdays Naphtali. . 251St. Louis ....••.. L. H. Cooper . Rudolph G. Brock Sept. 21, 1916 Pomegranate ...•. 951St. Louis . MorrisA. Nabe . R. C. Winkelmaier . 1st and 8rd Saturdays May 29,1866 . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays Occidental ••..... 1631St. Louis ..•..... Willard E. Ulrey . C. L. Alexander 2nd and 4th Frida:vs Oct. 13,1916 . Pyramid ..•...... 1801St. Louis . Oliver H. Stieber . R. S. Lorimier . Elmer M. Ruffin . 1st and 3rd Saturda:vs.......... May 30, 1861 Good Hope . 2181St. Louis . N. D. Hanley , Chas. V. Ehrmann . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays. . . . . . . . . .. Oct. 19, 1868 Aurora . 2671St. Louis . Jay W. Wagner . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .•......... Sept. 17, 1919 , G. H. Holdsworth America ...•..... 3471St. Louis . Wm. C. Wacker , 2nd and 4th Saturda:vs. . . . . . . . .. Oct. 16, 1872 . Gustav Heinichen Cache . 416iSt. Louis ....•... John M. Kitchen . D. W. Eschenbrenner 1st and 3rd Mondays Oct. 14,1871 Itaska .........•. 4201St. Louis . Irving Randall , 1st and 3rd Mondays .....•...... Sept. 19, 1917 . Wm. E. Punt Harmony . 4991St. Louis .....•.• ' Oscar J. Poertner J. E. Winterton, Jr.. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays. . . . . . . . . .. Oct. 10, 1894 Clifton Heights . 5201St. Louis .. W. B. Higginbotham. .. F. Wm. Kolkhorst . 2nd and 4th Fridays ..•......... Sept. 19, 1917 . W. E. Rietman Algabil ..•.. , . 5441St. Louis . Earl H. Pleitsch . 2nd and 4th Tuesda:vs. . . . . . . . . .. Oct. 16, 1891 RoseHill ......•. ' 5501St. Louis ......• Lloyd F. Steiger . J. H. Leathers . 2nd and 4th Wednesdays , Oct. 16, 1918 Magnolia ..•.... 6261St. Louis .....•.. Chas. A. Huebner . Edw. H. Bockhorst . 2nd and 4th Thursda:vs Sept. 21, 1916 Trinity . 6411St. Louis .•...•.. Maurice Goldring Fred young . H. Rechtien . J os. 1st and 3rd Monda:vs Sept. 22, 1921 649IUniversity City .. ' St. Louis Co••. University ..•.... . B. L. Arterbury . 1st and 3rd Wednesdays ......•.. Sept. 21, 1921 . 6521St. Louis .....•.. ' Otto T. Keller st. Lo?is City .. Pilgrim Clarence B. Doll . Duval O'Neal . 1st and 3rd Thursdays •...•..... Sept. 21, 1921 .. Commonwealth . 6541St. Louis . 1st and Srd Mondays . John Heines '" .. Sept. 12, 1921 .. Alfred J. Conrad Purity . 6581St. Louis . Robt. W. MacDonald. 2nd and 4th Mondays. . . . . . . . . .. Oct. 17, 1928 St. Louis Co••• Thea. Roosevelt .. , 661 IUniversity City . L. L. Altenhofer

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SIXTEENTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRIOT-CEOIL A. TOLIN, D. D. G. M., University City, Mo. (Ritual Districts 40, 57) Ritual District No. 40 Master Secretary I Time of Meeting Charter Date County I Lodge INo., Location ' D. L. Rouggly 2nd and 4th Thursda78 ••.•••••••.. Nov. 16. 1867 Jefferson De Soto 1191De Soto . A. E. Vaughan . E. M. Williams. . . .. 1st Saturday ......••••..•••••..•. May 31,1866 .. • ••... Joachim ••.••.... 164IHillsboro.....•.. L. W. Hutcheson . Byrl Degeare 2nd and 4th Tuesda78 .••••••••.•.. Oct. 17, 1868 •••... Shekinah •....••.. 266IFestus .....••••.. Chas. F. Winford . G. W. HegeL , 2nd and 4th Fridays .. Oct. 19, 1922 ...... Herculaneum ..•.. 838IHerculaneum .••. Michael J. Keans . Iva Queen SaturdaY on or before full moon . Apr. 7,1825 Washington ... Tyro............. 12 ICaledonia •..••... C. F. Shelton .. Potosi.. .•... .• .. 131IPotosi. .••.•..... J esse Walton . Geo. Carr. . . . . . . . .. Friday on or before full moon ....• May 10,1851 . GUY D. Maxwell .... 1st and 8rd Saturda78 ••.••••••.••. May 6,1864 Irondale.. .•.•. .. 143IIrondale...•••... Glen D. Forinash . Lewis Pierce. . . . . .. Srd Saturday ••••.••••••••••.••.. Oct. 1,1914 "'1 Belgrade 682IBelgrade ..•..••.• Stanley E. Gillam St. Francois 1 Blackwell 636IBlaekwel1. ....•.. Roscoe B. Blackwell .. H. E. Brown. . . . . .. 1st Saturday .•...........•...••.. Oct. 13. 1887

Ritual District No. 57 St. Louis ...... Bonhomme ....... 461 Ballwin ......... Edw. W. Ambo ...... H. F. Woerther .... 1st and 3rd Saturdays .•..•....... Oct. 9, 1841 801St. John's Station. Robt. G. Druschky ... Walter Reinemer ... 1st and 3rd Thursdays ......•..... Oct. 14, 1846 Bridgeton .•..... " 841Webster Groves .. Gustav W. Rathert. .. Geo. A. Shepardson. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .•.......•.. Oct. 21, 189'i Webster Groves .. " 281IFenton .•....•... Chas. J. Mesiner ..... Goo. Fuchs ......... 2nd and 4th SaturdayS ............ Oct. 16, 186~ Fenton .....•.... " Meramec ........ 313lEureka .......... Wm. McKenzie ...... George E. Mottert .. 1st and 3rd Tuesda78 ....•...•.••• Oct. 19, 1923 " 4841 Kirkwood ........ O. W. Schaller ....... L. L. Keevil. ....... 2nd and 4th Mondays ............. Oct. 6, 1874 Kirkwood ........ ' " Ferguson ........ 642jFerguson ........ J. N. Warren ........ F. G. Williamson ... 1st and 3rd Fridays ....•••••.••••. Oct. 16, 1889 " 666IMaplewood ...... Gervis H. Thurman .. H. E. Gracey ....... 1st and 3rd Fridays .............. Sept. 29, 1904 Maplewood ..•.... ' Clayton .......... 6011 Clayton ...••.... Ralph Jones ......... I. F. R08enfelder ... 1st and 3rd Thursdays ..•...•..... Sept. 30, 1908 Wellston .....•... 613 IWellston ... , .... , Goo. M. Morrison ....' C. A. Tolin ......... 2nd and 4th Thursdays ........•.. Sept. 28. 1911 Valley Park ...... 629 IValley Park ...... Chas. P. Steveson .... Elmer T. Hiscox ... , 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ........••... Oct. 2, 1913 " Jennings ....•... 640IJennings ........ H. K. Knickmeyer ... , Alfred C. Linck .... 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ............. Sept.21,1916 " Gardenville ...... 666!Gardenville ...... E. E. Hahnfeld ...... Florian Wolz ....... 1st and 3rd Saturdays .....•...... Sept. 21, 1921 " ...... Freedom ......... 636IMehlville ........ Cecil R. Bruce ....... Harry A. Kolb .....' 1st and 3rd Tuesdays ............. Sept. 26, 1946 "

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SEVENTEENTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-W. FRANK HOux, D. D. G. N., St. James, Mo. (Ritual Districts 39, 47) Ritual District No. 39 Crawford ..••• Lebanon......... 77ISteelville •.••.•.•. W. T. May ........... Coleman O. Garrett lst Saturday ..••••..•....•..••.•• Oct. 14,1846 .. • .••• Cuba ••••••••.••• 812ICuba ..•..•..•..• Harrison Sanders .... C. F. Wilmesherr ... 2nd Saturday ..•...•..••..••••••• Oct. 18,1887 Dent •••••••••. Salem •.•••••.••• ' 225ISalem ........... Goo. F. Addison ...... L. L. McSpadden ... 1st and 8rd Fridays ............... Oct. 17, 1878 Maries .•..•.•• Belle ••.••••••••• ' 878IBelle ............ Hadley Strain ....... Goo. Slinkman ..... 2nd and 4th Fridays .........••••• Oct. 17, 1878 Lane's Prairie .... 681IVichy ........... Oscar E. Pockheiser .. Oscar E. Bailey .... 2nd Saturday •.•...••...........• Oct. 16, 1886 Vienna •••••••••• 94IVienna .•..•.•••• Anderson Bray ...... ' P. S. Hollenbeck ... lst Saturday ..•••••••....•..••... Oct. 16, 1886 Ph~lps ........ Rolla .......•..•• 213IRolla •••••••••••• R. F. Brant .......... W. C. Campbell .... 1st and 3rd WednesdayS ....•.••.•. May 80,1861 St. James ........ 2301St. James ........ A. F. Mitchell ....... , W. W. Jackson ..... 1st Thursday ..................... May 27,1863 Equality ..•..•..• 497INewbur~.....••• D. C. Johnson ....... , J. B. Vrooman ..... 2nd and 4th TuesdayS ............. Sept. 27, 1906 Pulaski::.':::: Arlington ..•••... 346IDixon ..• .'..•••.. J. E. Beydler ........ E. H. Russell ...... lst and 3rd ThursdayS ..........•• Oct. 18, 1870 Texaa ......... Latimer .......... 146ILickin~•...•..... Bryan B. Austin ..... W. D. Rodgers. . . .. 2nd and 4th Thursdays ........... Oct. 19.1899

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H. D. Condray. . . .. W. E. McKinney. .. S. S. Stevenson.... R. L. Daniels. . . . C. O. Lemmons J. T. Loyd F. E. Copeland

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Secretary Time of Meeting Frank H. Comfort. 2nd an~ 4th Fridays. '" . 1st Saturday ..•.....•..••..•...•. " V. O. Sutton . . . O. C. Wulfert . 1st and 3rd Thursdays . . M. W. Baker . 1st and 3rd Saturdays . Hezzie Graham . 2nd and 4th Thursdays •.......... . R. E. Green . 1st and 3rd Mondays .••.•••.•••••. . P. A. Cashion . 1st Thursday .•...•••••.•••••••.. . . A. J. Rosborough .. 1st and 3rd Thursdays . J. W. Winer . . 2nd and 4th Wednesdays . . J. M. Link . 2nd and 4th Saturdays . J. E. LaBruyere . 1st and 3rd Tuesdays .....•..•.... . . Henry Schroeder . Fourth Saturday

Charter Date May 1. 1851 Oct. 13, 1870 May 24,1862 Dec. 15, 1891 May 10, 1851 Oct. 17,1901 May 26, 1864 Oct. 16, 1872 Oct. 15, 1891 Sept. 13, 1908 Sept. 30, 1908 111 ny 29. 1862

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o LODGE DIRECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued TWENT.IETH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-ARTEMUS H. HARWELL, D. D. G. M., Poplar Bluft', Mo. (Ritual Districts 52, 53) Ritual District No. 52 County Lodge INo., Location Master Butler . Poplar Bluff ...... 209 IPoplar Bluff ..... A. H. Harwell y Pine .......••.•.. 314IBardley ......•.. , Ril!}e ..•..•.. <Jeo. R. Pigg Composite. . . . • .. 3691 Doniphan , James L. Bailey ", Naylor 668INaylor . Mark A. Ferrell , ..• 107IGreenville . Chas. Barrow W~rne .. Greenville Wayne 626IPiedmont .....•. , W. L. Baker

Secretary Time of Meeting . . Arthur W. Morse .. , 2nd and 4th Tuesdays 3rd Saturday ..•..•...•.......•.. . ' Clyde Turner . A. C. Jones . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ..•......... . . 1st and 8rd Thursdays ' Glenn Goddin ' C. L. Ellinghouse .. , 1st and 3rd Thursdays •.•. , ...•••• . Boyd O. Pyles ..... , 2nd and 4th Saturdays ..•........

Charter Date May 31,1861 Oct. II, 1888 Oct. 13. 1871 Nov. 29, 1904 Oct. 14, 1886 Oct. 16, 1886

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Mt. Zion 327 IWest Plains . Hal Thornburgh W. A. Krumholz... 1st and 3rd Thursdays . Oct. 13, 1870 Ingomar 6361WilIow Sprinp .. T. R. Taylor. . . . . . . .. C. C. Brinsmaid .. " 2nd Tuesday ...•..•.••...••.•.••. Oct. 13, 1887 " Mountain View 6371Mountain View .. J. L. Beason........ Frank N. LeBaron. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays .••.••..••.• Sept. 29, 1915 0n;~on . Alton ......•.... , 265IAlton .••...••.•• D. H. Gohn. . . . . . . . .. Roy S. Dunsmore .. ' Saturday on or before full moon . May 24,1868 Woodside. .. .. . .. 387 IThomasville ..•.• ' E. F. Pierce Cecil A. Elliott Fri. on or before full moon . Oct. 18, 1871 Clifton.......... 463IThayer . Wm. L. Rethwisch. .. J. W. Mitchell. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ..••••••••••. Oct. 13, 1881 Koshkonong. . . .. 5821 Koshkonon~ . E. Mittlestedter , R. T. Meek 2nd Wednesday . Sept. 27, 1906 . P. Wilhoit Ozark .•...... Sampson........ 298ILutie , C. J. Hogan , Saturday before third Sunday .•... Oct. 18, 1900 Bayou 365 IBakersfteld . C. R. Price Virgil Wiles Saturday on or before full moon . Oct. 11, 1888 Rockbridge. . . . .. 4351 Rockbridge . Odene Goodwin Elmer Pe+erson 2nd Saturday ........•••••••••••• Oct. 21, 1897 Robert Burns. . .. 4!16IGainesville ..•.... J. Vernie Hicks..... Mearle J. Luna 2nd and 4th Friday , Oct. 11, 1877

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Oct. l~, 1~69 Oct. 17, 1876 May 25,1854 Feb. 21, 1908 Oct. 15, 1885 Oct. 11, 1888 Oct. 17, 1901 Oct. 17, 1878 Oct. 13,1871

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LODGE DmECTORY BY DISTRICTS-Continued TWENTY-SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-JOHN H. HICKS, D. D. G. Mo, Mountain Grove, Mo. (Ritual District 46) Ritual District No. 46

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Charter Date Secretary Time of Meeting .. L. E. Reynolds 1st and 8rd Wednesdays . Oct. 1,1887 . C. M. Thompson ' Saturday on or before full moon . Oct. 17, 1895 . Geo. L. Arms. . . . .. 1st and 8rd TuesdayS ..••......... Oct. 17, 1878 . C. C. Tuttle 2nd Wednesday ...•...••.••..•••. Oct. 19, 1867 . W. L. Tilley. . . . . .. 1st Monday ..•..•••......•••..••. Oct. 17, 1878 . Roy W. Wall 2nd Saturday .. Oct. 15, 1891 . Yale Myers. . . . . . .. 2nd and 4th FridayS ..........••• Oct. 15, 1885 .. E. B. Garner. . . . . .. 1st and 8rd Fridays ...........•... Oct. 16, 1872 . R. V. Herndon 2nd Wednesday •••.••..••..•.•..• Oct. 15, 1891 . A. J. Webb 3rd Saturday ..•••...••••.•..•.•• , Oct. 26, 1907 , R. L. Ferguson ' 1st and 3rd ThursdayS . Sept. 15, 1912

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TWENTY-THIRD ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-R. JASPER SMITH, D. D. G. M., Springfield, Mo. (Ritual Districts 45, 54) Ritual District No. 45 :, Srd Monday .•••.••..••••••.... , .. May 30,llS67 Greene .•..• "'1 United....... .•.. 6ISprin~field•..•... Elmer M. Presley. . .. M. F. Smith .. • ••••••. O'Sullivan....... 71Walnut Grove ..•. E. E. Claypool J. G. Page 2nd Tuesday ...•..•••••••••••..•. Oct. 19, 1867 •••••••. Ash Grove. .• . .•. 100lAsh Grove ••••••. C. E. Renshaw E. E. Watson 2nd and 4th Thursdays ....••.••.• Dec. 19. 1899 Solomon •..•..•.. 271ISpringfield .. John J. Drennon V.,F. Anderson 2nd Monday •••..••.••...•••..... Oct. 15, 1868 Gate of Temple ... 422ISpringfield •.•.••. C. E. Grundburg Frank W. Clark. ~rd Thursday ..•.••....•.•.•...•. Oct. 16, 1872 Republic ...•..•.. 570IRepublic •.•..•..• B. R. Owen :. am'l C. Hock. . . .. 2nd and 4th Thursdays ....•••.... Sept.28, 1906 , H. E. Grier 18t Thursday .••..••••••••••••.•• Sept. 28, 1910 Stafford.. . . . . . .. 608IStafford . Joel Alexander ........, Willard ••••• , .•.. 620IWilIard ..•..••••• Marshall Dodd Phonso Fortner 18t and Srd Thursdays .•••......•. Sept. 26, 1912 P. V. Rathbun 2nd Friday ..........••.•..••.... May 28,1858 Webster •••..• Webster......... 98IMarshfield •.••.•. O. M. Lane .. Doric ..•...••.•.. SOOIElkland ..••..•... L. L. Price. . . . . . . . .. D. W. Haymes. . . .. Saturday on or before full moon ... Oct. 16, 1868 Mount Olive .•.... 4S9IRogersville,R.R.S M. J. Faulkner ' Otto Brooks ' Friday before full moon ...•••..... Oct. 16, 1872 Hazelwood ...•... 469 ISeymour••.•••... D. Raymond Carter .. , E. R. Mayfield. . . .. 2nd and 4th Mondays ..•...••.•••• Oct. 16, 1872 Henderson 477IRogersville . A. P. Martin , R. E. Hamilton , 3rd Thursday ..•••••.•..•••••••.• May 8,1874

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Christian ..•.• Sparta .. 2961Sparta ..•..••.•• Noel C. Johns....... Glen Rozell Friend ..•..•••••. 852/0zark ..•..•••.•• C. J. Penner........ G. T. Breazeale. C. N. Thomas Billings •••.•.•.•. 879IBillings ••..•..•. Wm. T. Noblitt Olin K. Wolf Forsyth •.•..•.••. 45SIForsyth ••••••••• A. H. Blunk T~ey: : : : : : : : Branson .•..••••• 687 IBranson ..••••... C. Hathaway. .. . . . .. S. P. Winch. . . . . .. , R. H. Patterson. . .. S~ne ..••••.•. Galena .....•••••. 515IGalena ••••••••.• C. E. Cavender CranE' . 1)1!lICrane.......•... D. S. Parson. . . . . . . .. David A. Holdman.

Friday on or before full moon •.... Oct. 21, 1888 Saturday on or before fuIl moon ... Oct. 18. 1870 2nd Thursday •••••••.•.•••••••••. Oct. 18. 1881 18t Saturday .. Oct. 16, 1872 1st and 8rd Fridays . Oct. 26, 1907 1st and 8rd Thursdays .••••••• , ••• Oct. 12. 1882 1st and 4th Tuesday . Oct. 22. 1896

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129IMonett••........ Chas. L. Matthews 148IPurdy ••...•...•. Floyd N. McIntosh 367IWashburn ...•... N. E. Edens 3831 Cassville ••.••.... Oscar Prier 633IWheaton ......•. John R. Ellison 991Mount Vernon A. M. Alexander 284IAurora E. W. Boyd 400lPierce City Orvie M. Freer 4681Red Oak ...•.••.. J. V. Patton 628IStinson Glen E. Stockton 567IMiller ........••• L. B. Harmon

F. E. Williams 1st and Srd Fridays C. E. Williams 1st and 3rd Thursdays Joe Vanderpool. 1st and 2nd Saturdays , W. T. Priest 2nd and 4th Fridays .............• Richard W. Smith .. 2nd and 4th Thursdays Leon Pugh 1st and Srd Tuesdays W. H. Lloyd 2nd and 4th Tuesdays E. T. Ecroyd 1st and 8rd Thursdays M. H. Kemp 1st and Srd Thursdays Arch R. Richesin 2nd and 4th Saturdays C. W. Nicholson 1st and 3rd Wednesdays

Oct. 16,1890 Oct. 7,1884 Oct. 18,1868 Oct. 16,1872 Oct. 19,1898 Oct. 19,1868 Oct. 17,1889 Oct. 18,1871 Oct. 17,1878 Oct. 22,1902 Sept. 29. 1904

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Wm. F. Stevenson. 1st and Srd Tuesdays ..••.••.••••. Henry Eppard . 2nd and 4th Wednesdays ....•..... Bert F. St. Clair . 1st and 3rd Wednesdays •......... . Everett R. Roy . 1st and Srd Thursdays .. , .. , Will W. Scholes . 1st and 8rd Fridays .. .. Noble C. Jessee . 1st and 8rd Tuesdays

Jan. 22, 1892 Sept. 25, 1912 Sept. 22, 1920 Ma7 28,1856 Oct. 22, 1902 Oct. 17. 1889

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Stockton •••.••.•. 2831 Stockton .. Orel Ibach ~ Jerusalem ••.••••. 3151Jerico Springs . J. W. Farmer Clintonville •.•... 4821Eldorado Springs. Albert E. Pray Dade••.•..••• Washinlrton ••.•.. 87IGreenfield••••.•• A. G. Singleton Garrett •.•.••..•. 359IArcola ..•..•.••.. Carl Glenn Everton ••••..... 405IEverton ..•...••• E. W. Rollings Melville ••••..•... 4581 Dadeville .••.•..• G. M. DeWoody

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, J. C. Garrett . 1st and 3rd Thursdays . Oct. 16. 1869 O. P. Mitchell . 1st and 3rd Wednesdays . Oct. 23, 1896 , E. F. Pentecost . 2nd and 4th Thursdays ...•....... Oct. 15, 1874 , Francis E. young . 4th Tuesday ....•................ Oct. 12. 1847 John F. Baker . 2nd Thursday ..•.....•••....•••. , Oct. 13, 1870 D. W. Thomason . 2nd and 4th Tuesdays . Oct. 15, 1885 . Thursday on or before full moon C. A. Blakemore and two weeks after .........•.... Oct. 17, 1873 , Thos. M. Morris ....1 Francis M. Steenrod. 2nd and 4th Thursdays ....•...... Oct. 11. 1883

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LODGE DmECTORY BY DISTRICT~ontinued TWENTY-SIXTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-THOMAS F. HERNDON, D. D. G. M., Butler, Mo. (Ritual Districts 35, 37) Ritual District No. 35 County I Lodge NO.1 Location - Master Bates~~ Hume 130IHume .•...••••.• G. A. Kennedy Amsterdam ...••• 141IAmsterdam•••.•. E. J. Evens Butler 254IButler Chas. Ott Rockville S41IRockvi1le D. M. Carroll Tyrian S50IJohnstown ••••.•. W. P. Hoover Crescent Hill ••••. 368IAdrian ..••..•.•• Vernon W. Welch Rich Hill 4791Rich Hill C. Vangorden Foster 6541 Foster Seth T. Arnold......

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Charter Date Oct. 14,1886 Sept. 27, 1906 Oct. 16,1868 Nov. 18, 1900 Oct. 12,1870 Oct. 13,1878 Oct. 18,1881 Oct. 15.1891

Windsor ..•..•..• 291 Windsor •..•••••. Jesse O. Johns Otto F. Weiss Urich ..•..••..... 286IUrieh .•••••••.•• F. H. Hillebrand R. E. McDonald C. P. Gardner Montrose ••••••.• 408IMontrose •••••••• Chas. T. Campbell Clinton ..•..•.... 548IClinton .••••••••• Roy G. Williamson J. B. Holcomb L. R. Houston Calhoun •••••.••. 562ICalhoun ••••••••• W. C. Maupin .. 273 IOsceola ••.••.•••. F. B. Goodrich Geo. W. Davies St. Clair ...... St. Clair Cairo , 842IR06Coe .•••.••••• Carl H. Nitsche C. A. Weinlig Lowry City .. 4081Lowry City •••••• J. A. Colley. . . . . . . .. E. D. Hoover Appleton City . 4121Appleton City •••. Trucy W. Brown. . . .. D. D. Scroggs T. M. Sandage Star . 4191 Taberville ..•.•.., F. G. Bowman

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Saline ••..•••• Arrow Rock . 551 Arrow Rock ...••. 68ISlater ...•••..•.. C~mb~idge ..•..•. MiamI •••••••••.. 85 IMiami. .••••...••. Trilumina ..•..•. 205lMarshall .....•... Barbee .••..•..•• 2171Sweet Springs ..• Malta ..•...•.•... 4021Malta Bend ..•••• Oriental •••...••. 518lBlackburn .....•. Nelson .. 5601Nelson .

R. B. Thompson 2nd Thursday •.•.•••••••••••••••• Oct. 11. 184~ A. B. Hogge Frank E. Officer. . . .. Wm. W. Ames. . . .. 1st Tuesday. • • • • • . • . . • . • . . • . . . . . June 2, 1866 Ray A. Johns. . . . . . .. Geo. W. Wilson. . .. 4th Tuesday. • • • . • . . • . • • • . • • • . • .. June 2, 1866 M. E. Sutherlin George H. Fuller 1st Thursday ••.••..•.•••••••..•. Dec. 9,1867 A. C. Dierking Paul Wylie Last Friday ..•••••••.•••••••••••. Oct. 19,1867 T. C. Hume Elmer H. Wilson 1st Tuesday..................... Oct. 17,1901 Geo. J. Meyer. . . . . . .. W. C. Borchers. . . .. 3rd Tuesday. . . . . . . . . • • • • • . . • • • •• Oct. 11, 1888 R. V. Jeffries R. B. Finley 2nd and 4th Tuesdays Oct. 12.1893

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Ritual District No. 36 Cole Camp ..••••. 5951Cole Camp ..•.•.. E. G. Bohling E. H. Intelmann... 1st and 3rd Wednesdays Oct. 2b, 11l~6 Shawnee ...•..... 6531 Warsaw .......•. Ivan W. Phillips James A. Logan 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ..••..••••••. Sept. 21. 1921 Johnson .••.•• Knobn08ter .••.•. 245IKnobn08ter .•.••• H. A. Wimer. . . . . . .. C. L. Saults 2nd and 4th Thursdays. • . . . . • • • • •. May 26, 1865 Holden ..••••••.• 262IHolden .......•.. Edward Andruss J. A. Zion 1st and 8rd Thursdays .......••••. Oct. 15.1868 Corinthian .••..•• 265 IWarrensburg .... C. C. Czeschin. . . . . .. H. M. Cash. . . . . . .. 1st and 8rd Mondays. . • . . . . • • • . . • Oct. 15. 1868 Cold Spring ..•••• 274ILeeton ..••...••. R. A. Brauninger Floyd Fewel 8rd Thursday ..•....•....•.•••••. Oct. 16,1877 Chilhowee .....•. 487lChilhowee •...... Aubrey Stone L. W. young 1st and 8rd Fridays.............. Sept. 27. 1906 Pettis •••..... Sedalia .•..•..•.. 2361Sedalia ..•.....•. Edw. F. Davis. . . . . .. Ralph F. Boies. . . .. 1st Friday.. . . • • • • . .. . . • .. .. •. May 29. 1864 Granite ..•..•..•. 272ISeda1ia. " •..•.•. L. C. Judd J. R. Smetana 8rd Friday Oct. 15.1868 Green Ridge ••.•.. 4251Green Ridge ..•.• R. Boyd Calvird. . . . .. Geo. T. Murphy. . .. 1st and 8rd Thursdays. . • . . . • • . • •. Sept. 29. 11104 LaMonte . 574ILaMonte Sept. 28, 1905 . Norman C. Hall..... Glenn M. Wellman .. 2nd Friday Benton ..•..••

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Lodge Charter Date Location MBBter Secretary Time of Meeting NO.1 Cooper .........•. 86lBoonville •....... o C.Rowe ............ C. L. Hurt ....... 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ............. Oct. 9, 1841 Pleasant Grove ... 1421Otterville ..•••... E. L. Momberg ........ P. E. Hays ....... 2nd and 4th Wednesdays .......... May 31,1866 Wm.D.Muir ....• 2771Pilot Grove .....• E.!. Schilb ........... J. H. Gunn ...... 1st and 8rd Tuesdays ............. Feb. 5, 1878 Wallace ......•... 466 1Bunceton ....•.•• L. G. Parker .......... J. W. Gerhardt ... 1st and 8rd Fridays .•............. Oct. 16. 1872 Prairie Home .... , 603/Prairie Home .... Roy C. Smith .......... F. L. Schilb ...... 1st and Brd Thursdays ..••••.•..•• Oct. 13. 1882 Howard •.•.••. Howard ..•....... 41 New Franklin .... A. B. Van Landingham Robt. W. Hall .... 1st and 8rd Thursdays ............ May 6.1862 Fayette .......... 47lFayette ...•.••.•. Wm. H. Smith ......... Sam P. Ayers. Jr. 1st and 8rd Tuesdays ............. Oct. 12, 1842 Livingston ....... 51IGlasgow ..••..••• J. J. W. Donnegan ..... R. W. Raines ..... lst and 3rd Wednesdays ........... Oct. 12, 1876 May 25.1864 ...... Armstrong ...... 70IArmstrong ....... ..................... .................

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Albert W. Schindler .. James C. Hunt Waldo Palmer . Walter A. Reed Wm. C. Burnett , Loren Nichols Howard Keith . A. E. Boothe L. S. Neese . Wm. H. Roberts Stacy Griggs .. T. Ray Long Stanley Botner . Tilford Goslin R. A. Miller . E. Roy Boothe

. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays ........••... Oct. 19, 1867 .. 1st and 3rd Fridays .....•....•••.. Oct. 19,1867 . 1st Friday ........•..••.•....••.. May 28,1869 . 1st Friday ...........•.•.....••.. May 30,1866 . 1st and Srd Saturdays .....•••...• Oct. 17, 1878 . 1st and Srd Saturdays . Oct. 27, 1878 . lst and 3rd Tuesdays ..••.••••.••• Sept. 6. 1904 , lst and Srd Thursdays ..•...•..... Sept. 29. 1909 ~

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TWENTY-NINTH ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT-WILBUR P. SCHNIDER, D. D. G. M., Jefferson City, Mo. (Ritual Districts 31, 58) Ritual District No. 31 Cole •••..••.•• Jefferson........ 431Jefferson City W. P. Schnider " •••••...•• Russellville....... 90IRusselIville A. E. Simmers •.•••...•• Hickory Hill ..•••• 211IEugene •••..••••. Bremer Thompson •••..•..•. Centertown •••..• 611 1Centertown •••... Fred Garnett Moniteau .•.•• , Tipton........... 56ITipton ••••.••••• Alva A. Brenton .. California .•••.••• 1831 California. .••••• J. T. Lee Moniteau ......•• 295IJamestown .•.... H. C. Harkins . . . . . 1 Clarksburg •••.••• 553IClarksburg .••..•. J. M. Maness OS&!re Chamois •...••••• 185IChamois •..••.••• J. C. Weislocher..... " Linn .••••.•...•. 326ILinn .....•..•... Clifford S. Herndon ..

C. D. Sifford 1st and 3rd Mondays Nov. 15, 1841 W. B. Thompson 2nd Friday Oct. 11,1888 J. E. Dooley 2nd Thursday ...•.....•.•..•••••• Oct. 19,1867 Jas. M. Swearingen First Tuesday June 18,1910 Ray R. White 2nd and 4th Thursdays June 2,1866 A. E. Wilson 2nd and 4th Fridays ..••........•. Oct. 19,1898 G. G. Pennington .. , 1st Saturday ................••••. Oct. 15,1868 Hilton Douglas 1st and 3rd Mondays ...........•• Oct. 15,1891 E. R. Schowengerdt 4th Friday •••••••...•.•..••.••••. May 28,1857 F. Edw. Busch 1st and 3rd Saturdays............ Oct. 19.1892

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'1 591IBarnett 320lVersailIes. ·······1 L. E. DeVinna J. A. Gorham

'I Gail W. B. Todd Williams

13410Iean •••.••.•••. Matt L. Martin S8l/Eldon Wyatt Hill

C. E. Herfurth Ford Vaughan

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FROM ITS ORGANIZATION, APRIL 23, 1821 Date Election Grand Master Senior G. Warden Grand Secretary D. Grand Master Junior G. Warden Grand Treasurer April,1821 .... 'rhos. F. Riddick .• - .................... J ames Kennerly •. - William Bates ••...• • Archibald Gamble ... - William Renshaw· Oct., 1821 ..•. Nath'l B. Tucker .. - Thompson Douglass * Edward Bates •.•. - William Bates •....• • Archibald Gamble ••• - William Renshaw· Oct., 1822 .... Nath'l B. Tucker .. - Thompson Douirlass - Edward Bates ..•. - Wm. G. Pettus ...•• • Archibald Gamble ••. - William Renshaw· Oct., 1823 .•.. Nath'l B. Tucker .. • Geo. H. C. Melody ••. - Edward Bates - Wm. G. Pettus ..••• • Archibald Gamble .•. - T. DouglasOct., 1824 . Nath'l B. Tucker .. • Geo. H. C. Melody .•. - Wm. G. Pettus • Thornt. Grimsley •.•. • Archibald Gamble .•. - T. DouglasOct., 1825 . Edward Bates ....• Geo. H. C. Melody ••. - Wm. G. Pettus .•.. - Thornt. Grimsley - Archibald Gamble ... - John D. DaggettOct., 1826 . Edward Bates ....• Hardage Lane ...•• - Martin Ruggles .. - John F. Ryland • Rich. T. McKinney .. - John D. DaggettOct., 1827 . Edward Bates ....• Hardage Lane - Martin Ruggles .. - H. R. Gamble ....•.. - Thornton Grimsley .. - John D. DaggettOct., 1828 ..• Hardage Lane •...• Geo. H. C. Melody - H. R. Gamble ....• • Adam L. Mills - Thornton Grimsley .. - John D. Daggett· Oct., 1829 .... Hardage Lane ....• Fred L. Billon ...•.. - H. R. Gamble ..... • Adam L. Mills • Bernard Pratte ...•• - John D. DaggettOct., 1830 .•.. Hardage Lane •...• Geo. H. C. Melody - Sinclair Kirtley •. - Adam L. Mills ..•... • Thomas Andrews - Fred L. BillonDec., 1831 . Edward Bates ....• Geo. H. C. Melody - Oliver Parker .... - Augustus Jones ..... - Thomas Andrews - Fred L. BillonOct., 1832 . H. R. Gamble • M. J. Noyes ..•... - Augustus Jones .•... • Thomas Andrews ..• - Fred L. Billon• Geo. H. C. Melody Dec., 1833 . Sinclair Kirtley • A. B. Chambers - John Wilson .•... - G. A. Tuttle ..••..•. • Geo. H. C. Melody .•• - John GarnettNov., 1834 § A. B. Chambers - Oliver Parker ..•. - S. W. B. Carnegy • Sinclair Kirtley - Geo. H. C. Melody .•. - Th08. W. ConyersOct., 1835 .. tt A. B. Chambers - Oliver Parker .... - S. W. B. Carnegy • Sinclair Kirtley - Geo. H. C. Melody ..• - Th08. W. Conyers· Oct., 1836 .•.. S. W. B. Carnegy.- John D. Daggett ....• Edward Searcey .. - Granville Snell - Geo. H. C. Melody ..• - Richard B. DallamOct., 183'1 .... S. W. B. Carnegy.· John D. Daggett ..•. - A. B. Chambers - Thomas Andrews - Geo. H. C. Melody ... - Richard B. Dallam * Oct., 1838 ..•. S. W. B. Carnegy.· John D. Daggett .... • A. B. Chambers - Geo. H. C. Melody ..• - Richard B. Dallam· • Alex. T. Douglass Oct., 1839 .•.. P. H. McBride ....• A. B. Chambers ..•. - Alex. T. Douglass.- Wm. C. Vance • Geo. H. C. Melody - Richard B. DallamOct., 1840 .... P. H. McBride • Joseph Foster ••••. - Alex. T. Douglass.- John Orrick .....•.. - Geo. H. C. Melody - Richard B. Dallam· Oct., 1841 .••• P. H. McBride - J oab Bernard •...•• - Joseph Foster ..•.• C. H. Bowers .•.•••.. Geo. H. C. Melody - Richard B. Dallam· Oct., 1842 . P. H. McBride - J oab Bernard •••.•. - Joseph Foster .... - C. H. Bowers ....••.. John Simonds - Richard B. Dallam * Oct., 1843 . P. H. McBride • Joseph Foster ..... - J. W. S. Mitchell •• • E. S. Rugirles - Fred L. Billon ..•... - Richard B. Dallam· Oct., 1844 .. J. W. S. Mitchell..- Fred L. Billon •.••.• - E. S. Ruggles •..•. • J. L. F. Jacoby - John S. Watson ..•.• - Richard B. Dallam * Oct., 1845 .. J. W. S. Mitchell .. - John D. Taylor ••••• - E. S. Ruggles * J. L. F. Jacoby ....• * John S. Watson .••.. • Fred L. BillonOct., 1846 . John Ralls ......• - John D. Taylor •••.. - E. S. Ruggles - J. L. F. Jacoby ....• - John S. Watson ...•• - Fred L. BillonOct., 1847 . Joseph Foster ...• - E. S. Ruggles .••... ~ J. L. F. Jacoby .•. - Cyrus Osborn • John S. Watson - J. W. S. MitchellMay, 1848 ••.. Joseph Foster ..••• E. S. Ruggles •..... - Cyrus Osborn .•... • Joseph Megguire •••. - John S. Watson - J. W. S. MitchellMay, 1849 .... John F. Ryland ..• • E. S. Ruggles •••... - Joseph Megguire ..• P. Draper • John M. Reed •••••• - C. D. W. JohnsonMay, 1850 •... John F. Ryland ... - B. W. Grover ..•...• - P. Draper ........• S. F. Currie • J. T. Johnson - C. D. W. Johnson· May, 1851 .... B. W. Grover ••... - E. S. Ruggles • S. F. Currie .••..•.• J. H. Turner ...••.. • J. T. Johnson - C. D. W. JohnsonMay, 1852 ..•. B. W. Grover .•... - S. F. Currie • J. H. Turner ..••. • S. H. Saunders • J. T. Johnson .•.... - A. O'SullivanJune, 1853 .••. Wilson Brown - L. S. Cornwell • J. W. Chenoweth .• * R. C. Hill - Joseph Foster .••... - A. O'SullivanMay, 1854 .... L. S. Cornwell - D. P. Wllllindord .. - James H. Britton ..• . Joseph Foster - A. O'Sullivan-

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1866 ..•• L. S. Cornwell .... - ............••.... -- J. W. Chenoweth •• - H. E. Van Orsdell .. • John D. Daggett ..•. • A. O'Sullivan1856 .•.. Benjamin Sharp .• - W. A. Cunnin~ham.. S. H. Saunders ..• • Marcus Boyd .....•. • John D. Daggett - A. O'Sullivan· 1867 .•.. S. H. Saunders ..•. - P. Draper ...•••...• Marcus Boyd ......• John F. Houston .... • John D. Daggett - A. O'Sullivan· 1858 .... S. H. Saunders .••. - Marcus Boyd •••.••• John F. Houston ••• J obn Decker••..••.. • John D. Daggett.••• - A. O'Sullivan1859 •••. Marcus Boyd ..••. - M. H. McFarland ...• W. R. Penick .••..• John Decker • John D. Daggett ....• A. O'Sullivan1860 ..•. M. H. McFarland.- W. R. Penick ••..•. • John Decker ...•.. • Samuel M. Hayes - John D. Daggett .... - A. O'Sullivan1861. •.. Wm. R. Penick • Geo. Whitcomb • A. L. McGregor .•... - John D. Daggett ....• A. O'Sullivan· - John Decker 1862 .... Geo. Whitcomb • A. O'Sullivan· • Wm. N. Loker • Samuel Russell ..... • John D. Daggett - John H. Turner 1868 ..•• John H. Turner ..• - Wm. N. Loker .•...•• John D. Vincil. • A. L. McGregor ....• • John D. Daggett - A. O'Sullivan. 1864 .••. John F. Houston .. - John D. Vinci!. . • . . .• A. L. McGregor •.. • Martin Collins • Wm. N. Loker ...••. * A. O'Sullivan· - Wm. N. Loker . A. O'Sullivan. 1865 ..•. John F. Houston •• - John D. Vinci!. . . . . .• Martin Collins ....• R. E. Anderson 1866 •••• John D. Vincil .... - W. E. Dunscomb - A. O'Sullivan-t • R. E. Anderson ..•• • A. L. McGregor .•... - Wm. N. Loker 1867 ..•• W. E. Dunscomb .. - C. A. Rowley • Wm. N. Loker - G. Frank Gouley-: • T. E. Garrett ...... • Wm. D. Muir • Wm. N. Loker ..•...• G. Frank Gouley1868 •••. John D. Vinci! .... - R. E. Anderson - Wm. D. Muir .•... - Alex. M. Dockery 1869 .... William D. Muir .. • T. E. Garrett • Wm. N. Loker ...•.. • G. Frank Gouley• A. M. Dockery ..••• • Sam H. Owens 1870 ..•. Th08. E. Garrett .. • R. E. Anderson .•... • Sam H. Owens ....• John E. Ryland • Wm. N. Loker ...... - G. Frank Gouley• Wm. N. Loker ......• G. Frank Gouley1871. ••• Thos. E. Garrett .. - R. E. Anderson ..... • Sam H. Owens ....• John E. Ryland • Wm. N. Loker ....... G. Frank Gouley1872 .••• Samuel H. Owens.· J. E. Ryland .•..... • John W. Luke .... - Jas. E. Cadle • Wm. N. Loker ......• G. Frank Gouley. 1878 •••• R. E. Anderson •.. • John W. Luke • Jas. E. Cadle .•.... - Xenophon Ryland • Wm. N. Loker ......• G. Frank Gouley1874 •••• John W. Luke • Jas. E. Cadle - Thos. C. Ready • Xenophon Ryland • Th08. C. Ready ....• Noah M. Givan • Wm. N. Loker ...•.. - G. Frank Gouley1876 .••• James E. Cadle • Xenophon Ryland Wm. N. Loker - G. Frank Gouley"U 1876 .. Xen. Ryland ......• Th08. C. Ready .•... • Noah M. Givan ...• • M. G. Hubble 1877 . T. C. Ready ..•..•• • Noah M. Givan ..... • J08. S. Browne ....• W. R. Stubblefield .. • Wm. N. Loker ......• John D. Vinci!• John W. Luke ......• John D. Vincil. 1878 •••. Noah M. Givan • Joseph S. Browne .. • W. R. Stubblefield • Jas. E. Carter • John W. Luke ......• John D. Vincil· 1879 .. J os. S. Browne • W. R. Stubblefield .. - Jas. E. Carter ..•• U· Alex. M. Dockery John W. Luke 11 John D. Vincil· 1880 . W. R. Stubblefield.· Alex. M. Dockery - Chas. C. Woods .•• - Lee A. Hall - John D. Vincil* 1881. .. , Alex. M. Dockery .. • Chas. C. Woods • Lee A. Hall. ...... - Robt. F. Stevenson .. - John W. Luke James W. Boyd • Samuel M. Kennard .• - Robt. F. Stevenson. John D. Vincil* 1882 .••• Chas. C. Woods ••. • Lee A. Hall • Samuel M. Kennard .• John D. Vincil* 1888 .... Lee A. Hall ...••.. • Robt. F. Stevenson .. - James W. Boyd • Geo. R. Hunt * Wm. M. Williams • ~amuel M. Kennard .• John D. Vincil* 1884 •••• Robt. F. Stevenson· James W. Boyd ...•• - George R. Hunt 1886 •••• James W. Boyd••• • George R. Hunt ..... • Wm. M. Williams .. • James P. Wood .••.. • Samuel M. Kennard .• John D. Vincil* 1886 •••• Geo. R. Hunt .••••. - W. M. Williams •.... • James P. Wood ••. • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .•• Samuel M. Kennard.· John D. Vincil* - Geo. E. Walker ..... • Samuel M. Kennard .• John D. Vincil* 1887 .... Wm. M. Williams .. • James P. Wood ..... - Theodore Brace - B. H. Ingram .......• Samuel M. Kennard .• John D. Vincil* 1888 •••• James P. Wood .... ~ Theodore Brace .•... - Geo. E. Walker - Samuel M. Kennard.- John D. Vincil* - John R. Parson 1889 •••• Theodore Brace .•.• Geo. E. Walker .•... • B. H. Ingram - Samuel M. Kennard.· John D. Vincil· • Harry Keene 1890 . Geo. E. Walker • B. H. Ingram .•...•• • John R. Parson • Samuel M. Kennard.- John D. Vincil· - John R. Parson ..... - Harry Keene .•.... - J. B. Thomas 1891. .. B. H. Ingram 1892 •••. John R. Parson ..• • Harry Keene . . • • • • •• J. B. Thomas ..•.. • A. M. Hough ....••. • Samuel M. Kennard.· John D. Vincil* 1898 .... Harry Keene .•••.. • J. B. Thomas. . . . • • •• A. M. Hough ..•... • D. A. J nmison. . . . . .• Samuel M. Kennard.- John D. Vincil* - F. J. Tygard ......• • Samuel M. Kennard .• John D. Vincil· 1894 •••• J. B. Thomas ..•.. - A. M. Hough .....•. • D. A. Jamison • SHmuel M. Kennard .• John D. Vincil· • F. J. Tygard • E. F. Allen 1896.... A. M. Hough ...... ~ D. A. Jamison

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FROM ITS ORGANIZATION, APRIL 23,1821 Date Election Oct., 1896 . Oct., 1897 . Oct., 1898 . Oct., 1899 . Oct., 1900 •... Oct., 1901. . Oct., 1902 . Oct., 1903 . Sept., 1904 . Sept., 1905 . Sept., 1906 . Sept., 1907 . Sept., 1908 . Sept., 1909 . Sept., 1910 . Sept., 1911 . Sept., 1912 . Oct., 1913 . Sept., 1914 . Sept., 1915 . Sept., 1916 . Sept.,1917 . Sept., 1918 . Sept., 1919 . Sept., 1920 . Sept., 1921. . Oct., 1922 . Oct., 1923 . Oct., 1924 . Oct., 1925 . Oct., 1926 . Oct., 1927 . Sept., 1928 . Sept., 1929 . Oct., 1930 .

Grand Secretary Grand Master I D. Grand Master Senior G. Warden Junior G. Warden Grand Treasurer D. A. Jamison ...... F. J. Tygard ........ E. F. Allen - C. H. Briggs • Samuel M. Kennard.· John D. Vincil· F. J. Tygard ......• E. F. Allen ........• C. H. Briggs • Campbell Wells - Samuel M. Kennard.· John D. Vincil· E. F. Allen......... C. H. Briggs ......• Campbell Wells • Joseph C. Finagin .. • Samuel M. Kennard. • John D. Vincil· C. H. Briggs ......• Campbell Wells ....• Joseph C. Finagin.· John C. Yocum - Samuel M. Kennard.· John D. Vincil· Campbell Wells ....• Joseph C. Finagin .. • John C. yocum .... • Wm. F. Kuhn • Samuel M. Kennard.· John D. Vincil· Joseph C. Finagin .• John C. yocum • Wm. F. Kuhn .....• Leroy B. Valliant • Samuel M. Kennard. • John D. Vincil· John C. yocum ....• Wm. F. Kuhn • Leroy B. Valliant. • A. S. Houston • Samuel M. Kennard.· John D. Vincil· Wm. F. Kuhn .....• Leroy B. Valliant .. $ A. S. Houston • D. M. Wilson • John R. Parson ..• • John D. Vincil· Leroy B. Valliant ..• A. S. Houston .....• D. M. Wilson • Howard Watson • John R. Parson ... • John D. Vincil·~~ A. S. Houston .....• D. M. Wilson - John T. Short • R. R. Kreeger • Alphonso C. Stewart· John R. ParsonU· D. M. Wilson ......• John T. Short .....• R. R. Kreeger • William A. Hall • Alphonso C. Stewart· John R. Parson· John T. Short .....• R. R. Kreeger .....• William A. Hall. - Clay C. Bigger • Alphonso C. Stewart· John R. Parson· Arch A. Johnson . Alphonso C. Stewart· John R. Parson· R. R. Kreeger...... William A. Hall • Clay C. Bigger • . Jacob Lampert Wm. A. Hall....... Clay C. Bigger • Arch A. Johnson • Alphonso C. Stewart· John R. Parson· Clay C. Bigger...... Arch A. Johnson . Jacob Lampert Van Fremont Boor ... Alphonso C. Stewart· John R. Parson· • Arch A. Johnson .... Jacob Lampert ....• Van Fremont Boor.· Chesley A. Mosman.· Alphonso C. Stewart· John R. Parson· Jacob Lampert..... Van Fremont Boor. * Chesley A. Mosman • Tolman W. Cotton . Alphonso C. Stewart· John R. Parson· Van Fremont Boor. Chesley A. Mosman. * Tolman W. Cotton .. Frank R. Jesse • Alphonso C. Stewart· John R. Parson· Tolman W. Cotton .. Frank R. Jesse • Edward Higbee • Wm. A. Clark • Alphonso C. Stewart· John R. Parson· Frank R. Jesse....• Edward Higbee • Wm. A. Clark • John W. Bingham.· Alph. C. Stewart ••• John R. Parson· Edward Higbee ....• Wm. A. Clark • John W. Bingham· Julius C. GarrelL.· Wm. A. Hall ...... • John R. Parson· Wm. A. Clark .....• John W. Bingham ..• Julius C. Garrell • Wm. F. Johnson • Wm. A. HaiL .....• John R. Parson· John W. Bingham * Julius C. Garrell ...• Wm. F. Johnson • O. A. Lucas • Wm. A. Hall ......• John R. Parson· . Wm. A. Hall ......• John R. Parson· Julius C. Garrell ...• Wm. F. Johnson • O. A. Lucas • Bert S. Lee . Joseph S. McIntyre.· Wm. A. HalL ..... • John R. Parson tt. Wm. F. Johnson ...• O. A. Lucas • Bert S. Lee O. A. Lucas .......• Bert S. Lee ..•...... Joseph S. McIntyre • Orestes Mitchell - Wm. A. HalL .....• Frank R. Jesse Bert S. Lee......... Joseph S. McIntyre .• Orestes Mitchell . Wm. A. HalL ..... • Frank R. Jesse • W. W. Martin . John Pickard Joseph S. Mcintyre. Orestes Mitchell • W. W. Martin • Wm. A. Hall ......• Frank R. Jesse • Orestes MitchelL ..• W. W. Martin . John Pickard . Wm. A. Hall ·ttt Frank R. Jesse • • A. F. Ittner . E. E. Morris . Frank R. Jesse . B. E. Bigger W. W. Martin John Pickard - A. F. Ittner . Frank R. Jesse ·-tt John Pickard ......• A. F. Ittner . B. E. Bigger . S. R. Freet • E. E. Morris E. E. Morris . Arthur Mather ttt Anthony F. Ittner .. B. E. Bigger . S. R. Freet • Wm. R. Gentry, Sr . . Arthur Mather. E. E. Morris Byrne E. Bigger.... S. R. Freet • Wm. R. Gentry, Sr . Ray V. Denslow . Arthur Mather. Ray V. Denslow . Thad B. Landon S. R. Freet ........• Wm. R. Gentry • E. E. Morris . Arthur Mather· Wm. R. Gentry ..... Ray V. Denslow . Thad B. Landon • Frank C. Barnhill .. E. E. Morris

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.IIJohn W. Luke served, by appointment, as Grand Secretary, from April 11. 1877 to October 11. 1877, and died October, 1888. WDied within week after his installation. ttThere was no Communication in 1835, owing to the anti-Masonic excitement. ··Withdrawn from Masonry. tt-Resigned May 20, 1921, account ill health. -··Appointed October 22, 1904, by Leroy B. Valliant, Grand Master.

*tttDied November 7, 1924, while in office. -·ttDied August 29, 1927, while in office. tttAppointed September I, 1927, by John Pickard, Grand Master. §§Died December 28, 1942, while in office. §§§Died May 8, 1943, while in office. §§§§Died April 22, 1944, while in office. -§Appointed May I, 1944 by W. F. Woodruff, Grand Master.

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JAMES KENNERLY, Senior Warden

WILLIAM BATES, Junior Warden ABRAM BECK, Secretary

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Eli S. Haynes . Columbia W. W. Martin . St. Louis Walter A. Higbee ........•... Lancaster Walter J. Simon . St. Louis DuVal Smith . St. Joseph Nat D. Jackson . Independence. . . . . . . . . .. . Forrest C. Donnell . Washington, D. Coo Chas. L. Woods , Rolla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . F. C. Barnhill . Marshall Ovid Bell . Fulton

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J. Fred Park West Plains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . George W. Walker Cape Girardeau Ray Bond Joplin William R. Gentry. . . . . . . . . .. St. Louis FredO. Wood KansasCity Sam Wilcox St. Joseph Martin Dickinson , . .. Kansas City Bert S. Lee Springfield Anthony F. Ittner. . . . . . . . . .. St. Louis. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . W. B. Massey............ .. Bonne Terre George C. Marquis. . . . . . .. . .. Independence........... . W. F. Woodruff " . .. Kansas City T. W. Cotton ,. Van Buren Don Chapman Chillicothe James M. Bradford " St. Louis. . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . Harry S. Truman Washington, D. C Theodore C. Teel St. Louis David V. Morris Nevada Robert C. Winkelmaier . . . . .. St. Louis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Robert Lee Barger. . . . . . . . . .. Ironton Solon Cameron. . . . . . . . . . .. . .. St. Louis. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Leo H. Johnson Neosho Willis J. Bray. . . . . . . . . . . • . .. Kirksville Karl M. Vetsburg St. Louis Homer L. Ferguson. . . . .. .., Jefferson City. . . . . . . . . .. . Julius R. Edwards..... Centralia O. H. Swearingen Kansas City Ransom A. Breuer Hermann Harry F. Sunderland Kansas City C. Lew Gallant. .........•... St. Louis John M. Gallatin. . . . . . . . . . . .. Chillicothe

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FROM MISSOURI Grand Representative Post Office . Herbert S. Murdock / Springer . W. G. Lackersteen. . . . . . . . .. Sydney . Andrew Ruppel. . . . . . . . . . . .. 80-27 Margaret PI., Glendale, Brooklyn 27, N. Y. . William Waring De Castro Wellington . Raymond C. Jarnet Box 14, Granada . David McH. Williford Greenville .. Max M. Moore. . . . . . . . . . . . .. Valley City . John Angus MacAskill , Glace Bay . James W. Morgan Jackson . W. W. Groom McAlester . Bryant A. Luzader. . . . . . . . .. Portland . Julio Icaza Panama City . Melicio Fabros..... . . . . . . .. Manila . C. C. Carlton. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Souris . A. J. B. Milborne Montreal . Samuel James Cossart. . . . . .. Brisbane . David Arnot Edgewood . Juan Olmo Barceloneta . J. Orville Clark Govan . John B. Peden Edinburgh . William James Host. . . . . . . .. Adelaide . Gen. Chas. P. Summerall Charleston . George W. Toft Mitchell . Emil Glaser , Switzerland . Herbert Hays. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Hobart . . G: 'R: M:~~tg~~~~;::::::::::. Fort Worth . Edwin Charles Randall. . . . .. Ogden . N. Dean Rowe Johnson . Baron Marks. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Melbourne . Vernon G. Harlin Harrisonburg . John I. Preissner. . . . . . . . . Yakima . A. C. Munro Perth . Spenner S. Bowman. . . . . . . .. Parkersburg . Claude J. Hendricks 2321 E. Belleview Place, Milwaukee

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THE MASONIC WORLD

H. VAN TONGEREN GRAND MASTER OF THE NETHERLANDS

.tI. Victim of Nazi PerSetmti01t

THE MASONIC WORLD By RAY V. DENSLOW, P. G. M.

Committee on Correspondence: a Committee on Correspondence, who shall report on the general condition of Freemasonry. By-Laws of Grand Lodge o{Missouri. The story of Freemasonry during the past half dozen years has been that of fire and sword and bitter persecution. Our readers will recall that only a few years ago we wrote the story of Freemasonry in the Philippine Islands; we called it "Through Fire and Sword" but the fire and the sword which we there described were nothing in comparison with what our Philippine brethren endured during the Japanese occupation. It was almost a quarter of a century ago that Mussolini began his persecution of the Fraternity in Italy; then Hitler, copying the action of his Italian friend, proceeded to proscribe the fraternity in Germany; then came the hectic years when our brethren in' those countries lived in daily fear of their lives. Franco, the imitator, in Spain believed it his religious duty to do away with these heretics. A Freemason was pu,nished according to the number of degrees he possessed. With the German hordes overrunning the countries of Europe, Freemasons were in grave danger at all times. Being thus persecuted, they were forced to become a part of the great underground movement in the occupied countries. We have met and talked with many of the leaders of the underground movements in Norway, in Holland, and in France. Many who had held high Masonic station had given up their lives in fighting for freedom and for democracy. More than one Grand Master gave up his life for his country. Of such material are Freemasons made. The real Freemason will give up his life rather than betray a trust or be false to a' great tradition. TODAY IN EUROPE

One of the greatest experiences in our Masonic life was our visit to Europe last fall as a member of a Masonic commission charged with investigating the condition and needs of our European brethren. While charged with investigating the condition of our brethren, we

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also investigated the status of the grand lodges in those jurisdictions. Later we shall discuss the prospects for rehabilitation of grand lodges in the occupied countries, but now we think it our duty to describe conditions as we saw them, and suggest how American grand lodges may assist in the work of rehabilitation. Let us begin with a jurisdiction which we regard as suffering most and with the least chance for immediate rehabilitation: GREECE Freemasonry in Greece will return, but its revival will be a matter of slow accomplishment; it will have to be rebuilt from the ground up. There has been so much anarchy and revolution that it will be a problem to secure a return to normalcy. This represents the opinion of men who are familiar with the Greek situation. The Allies have reaped

Masonic Temple, Athens, Greece

political chaos from a policy of having issued arms and ammunition indiscriminately. The situation in Greece at present is largely political and economic; there is no stable government, nor is there sufficient food supply. Absence of the latter upsets the former. People with full stomachs do not make good revolutionaries. Some of the influential Greek Freemasons are regarded as Royalists and would prefer the return of the old King, not that they are so anxious for his return, but because they believe their country unfitted at this time for a true democracy. One Greek Mason said to me: "I am a Royalist by necessity, not from conviction; we must develop by culture and persuasion, not by force; such a process is a matter of generations. We have kept our Bouls, but we have lost our minds." .

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Freemasonry in Greece is composed of neither radicals nor loyalists; if it were to be placed in a definite class, we would call it the nonpolitical business men class. There are no Greek anti-Masons so far as we could discover. The official church is the Greek Catholic, a Church which places no restrictions upon their membership as do the Roman Catholics. In fact the Greek Church is friendly to the Masonic groups according to a well known Greek brother who once served as Minister of Education, a department of the government under which the church is classified. The Grand Lodge of Greece met last in regular communication in 1940; since that time the only communications held have been those held in private homes. As yet (1945) there are no plans for a general meeting. In the first place there is no' meeting place for such an organization; in the second place it would be impossible for many lodges to be represented because of lack of transportation and housing facilities. In 1940 there were 50 lodges, 30 being in Athens. There were approximately 10,000 members. The usual German policy of occupation was carried out in Greece. Grand Master Papageorgiou and Grand Commander Hadjipanos were both imprisoned for a month but later released; the Masonic Temple was taken over and occupied by the Gestapo; later it was filled with refugees which we found still occupying the building, living there with their chickens and family pets in halls where Masonic knowledge was once imparted. Some 200,000 drachmas which the Germans found in local banks to the credit of the Grand Lodge were taken, but receipts left-just why no one seemed to know. In many Grecian cities there was violence against Freemasons, especially in Salonika, Thrace, Crete, and Sparta. In these cities many of the lodge registers of membership were destroyed; some were hidden and saved. Many of the brethren were forced back into the mountains where they continued their underground opposition. One brother who was threatened, escaped to Egypt where he remained until the Allies moved in. We found very few of the Greek brethren with vitality necessary to start anew although we believe the Mission did much to encourage action. Seven of the Greek lodges, outside of Greece proper, continued to work throughout the occupation; five of these were in Cyprus and two in Egypt; they are reported to have supplied food to 2,000 children and strand~ Greeks. Cyprus bodies were active in aiding all their brethren who had escaped from Greece. King George II was Master of a lodge in England and an Honorary Senior Grand Warden of the English Grand Lodge; he is said to be a very democratic type. Occupancy of the Grand Lodge Temple will depend upon the push behind the movement for reoccupancy. The government has taken

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over all vacant property for housing; the Temple houses one hundred families and until the Grand Lodge can show there is need for actual use of the building it will not be returned to its owners. The population of Athens has increased from 750,000 to 1,250,000. In Salonika the Germans tore up a Jewish cemetery to secure paving stones. There is an instance reported of the execution of a Jewish rabbi on a charge of being a Freemason. There was much damage at Piraeus, the seaport of Athens. In Salonika were seven lodges: PhiUopos Lodge, founded in 1901; it had about 150 members; it has held one or two meetings since liberation; they cannot continue work until they receive paraphernalia and records. Phoenix Lodge, the largest'in Salonika, has 175 members. Its Master, John Ladas, is one of the most prominent Masons in Salonika today. Megos Alexandros Lodge, the most active in charitable work, supports an orphanage and was successful even during the occupation. Mt. Olympus Lodge had but 38 members, only half of which were residents of Salonika. It is the only English speaking lodge there and its membership is largely British and American. Charles House, Director of the American Farm School, is a member. Phos Lodge is very small in numbers. Demetrios Magaritis Lodge; its name is larger than the lodge. Macedonian Resolta Lodge is a French-speaking lodge, originally chartered by a French Grand Lodge but later taken over by the Grand Lodge of Greece. Its membership, largely Jewish, was wiped out by the Germans. Of some 100 prewar members, only two arc now known to be alive.

The Temple at Salonika is in good state of preservation; it was well built and fortunately escaped damage during the war. The Germans used it as a military headquarters and for that reason kept it in good shape. \Vhen the Germans gave it up it was used by the Red Cross as a soup kitchen for children. It has been stripped of all its furniture, and when Phillopos Lodge met there last summer each member who attended was required to bring with him his own chair. A cablegram received in February informs us that the Masonic Temple was to have been evacuated that month and that meetings were being planned for March first. The need for clothing and food is great and money can be used to great advantage. We have referred to the Megos Alexandros Orphanage. It was founded in 1926 and was maintained by the free contribution from Salonika lodges. Prior to the war it was caring for more than 200 young girls. Most of the Salonika Masons are tonay destitute, the orphanage is laeking in equi pment and in proper food and clothing for its girls. Missouri Masons will be pleased. to know that the Knights Templar of Missouri have recently sent $1,000 for the use of this orphanage.

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UNHAPPY HOLLAND

The Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the Netherlands (Holland) was one of the Masonic martyrs of World War II. He was H. van Tongeren, and we are using his photograph in his Masonic regalia as a frontispiece to this review. Early in the occupation he was taken as a prisoner to a hell-hole named Buchenwald and there so mistreated and persecuted that he died. Then the Germans had the audacity to write his friends in Holland stating that his body had been cremated and the ashes would be returned to them for the sum of $50.00! The Hollanders still have their $50.00, for they had no assurance that the ashes, even if sent, were those of their late Grand Master. This is only one of the horror pictures which were painted for us by our Holland brethren. Some of our Amsterdam friends told of a doctor in that city, who with his wife and two sons, were sent to a concentration camp in Belsen where they starved to death. Another case was a young man of 20 whose mother died in his arms while being transported in cattle trucks to a concentration camp; the mother was thrown from the truck and, her body left by the roadside. The venerable 80 year old Grand Secretary, A. F. L. Faubel, told us: "The winter was terrible, no fuel, no electricity, and complete starvation; two or three slices of bread and one dish of soup a day-at least something which was called soup-warm water. Everyone got very thin and every day hundreds died of starvation. I went down from 158 to 110 pounds. Over two million guilders worth of our property and real estate gone; all our funds, library-all gone. "

There is small hope that any of the monies stolen by the Germans will be returned. Grand Lodge met last in 1939-just before the invasion. Grand Master van Tongeren presided; then there were 75 lodges and 4,000 members. Bro. Faubel says that 64 of the lodges in Holland have begun to work. At the time we visited them they had heard nothing from their brethren in South Africa or the East Indies, for they had 1,500 members in the East Indies at one time. Hollanders speak highly of their late Grand Master for he was one of Holland's most distinguished citizens, a man of unimpeachable character and a Freemason for many years. He was 70 years of age and at one time served as a General in the Dutch East Indies where he received what is equivalent to the Victoria Cross for his military services. Succeeding him is Dr. L. J. J. Caron, a prominent lawyer who resides at Bussum, Holland; he was elected at the Grand Lodge session held August 5, 1945. Dr. Caron is a retired Governor of the Island of Celebes; he is of Huguenot descent, and he suffered persecution just as did his Huguenot forebears. He was at one time Chief Justice of the Island of Celebes and was a member of the delegation

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appointed by the League of Nations to settle the troubles between the French and the Syrians. We visited the home of the Grand Lodge in the Hague; it is a beautiful three story structure and the pride of every Holland Mason. We should have said was the pride, for today it has been cut up into hospital wards and the rooms are full of patients and refugees; the Grand Secretary is trying to function in two small rooms without the usual equipment necessary for secretarial work. The brethren have saved the 1770 charter which came to them from the Grand Lodge of England and of which they are most proud; they have the ink stand given them by Prince Frederick, but the great Klossian Library had not been recovered although there were high hopes that it would be. The library was confiscated by the Germans, Swiers, Dr. Swartz, Stale and Karitz; Swiers is the author of an anti-Masonic book put out by the German government. Copies of the volume are rare but we were enabled to secure one through a Dutch friend. Damage to the Temple in Amsterdam is fixed at $60,000. Total loss of Masonic properties is estimated at $700,000. We were assured that the Spirit of Freemasonry is. not broken and that the brethren will soon be using their working tools again but much will depend upon the support of their brethren from abroad. The attitude of the government towards Freemasonry has been very favorable although there are large elements of the population, Catholic and Communistic, which are antagonistic. All goes back to the time of Prince Frederick of Orange who was an active Freemason, who ruled the Craft for half a century and who gave them the Klossian Library of 6,000 volumes. No member of the Royal family is now connected with Freemasonry but the family is anything else than antagonistic. When Grand Lodge meets they always send a message of greeting to the aged Queen. And they always receive a fine response. In her last message she said: t t She expects the work of Freemasonry will contribute to the spiritual rebuilding of the Fatherland."

The government headed by Prof. Schermerhorn was a radical government but news dispatches in -recent days mark a change in government with Catholic elements predominating. The Freemasonry of the Netherlands is substantial; their leadership is excellent and they will emerge stronger because of their persecution and oppression. THE NEEDS OF NORWAY

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their buildings have been occupied by the Germans. It is hard to tell which is the worst-destruction or occupation. During the occupation the members of the fraternity were persecuted and their funds seized. The Quislings-and not the Germanswere the real anti-Masons. There is some irony in the situation. Quisling, who persecuted the Freemasons of Norway, was tried and convicted-and later hanged-his trial being held in the old lodge room of the Grand Lodge of Norway; although built a century ago it is still a beautiful and attractive building and today serves as the Town Hall. Quisling was not a Freemason. If there were Quisling collaborators among the Freemasons of Norway they were few and far between and will receive scant consideration from those who govern the fraternity in Norway today. There were 10,000 Freemasons in Norway on that eventful day in 1939 when the Germans came into beautiful Norway. At the beginning the Gestapo occupied the beautiful Temple at 19 Nedra Volgate which was one of the show places of the city; it had been erected half a century ago and at the time of occupation was handsomely furnished. Here is how one of my friends described the occupation: "When the German barbarians broke into this country and occupied Oslo, one of the first places they seized was the Masonic building where Qerman soldiers of a very low class were billeted. They could not help but befoul the building-as they do everywhere they go. Some of the soldiers took special pleasure in shooting holes in the paintings of our leading masters; after a few months stay in the Masonic building they were sent somewhere else, and the building was, for a time, turned over to us, but just long enough for us to repair the damage done by the Huns. I I Then the German civilian representative of Hitler, der Reich Commissar Terboven-who by the way committed suicide the day after the German surrender-donated the building and all the funds belonging to the Masonic bodies to the arch-traitor, Quisling. He stole for his personal use, the best furniture, much of the emblematical material, much of which after QUisling's arrest was regained being in his possession. I I He took not only things made of silver, as for instance candlesticks of silver and candelabra, small silver bells of no use to him except for silver value; he also stole the steel suits of armour used in one of the rooms of the higher degrees and took them to his own house. Quisling donated the Masonic building to his party organization to be rebuilt into club rooms and banquet halls. Anything reminiscent of Masonic ideology was removed, even the two stone columns with the globes at the entrance of the building. The Quisling party got a loan of one million dollars for the reconstruction of the building but so far as I can find they cannot have spent more than a couple of hundred thousand dollars on that. After the liberation of our people from Quisling and the Hun regime we are again in possession of -our property and are attempting to reorganize the grand lodge."

Since that letter was written we visited Oslo and found that the Grand Lodge had met only a few days before, June 29, 1945, and had elected General J. Hvinden Haug as Grand Master, and O.

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Brinchmann-Hansen as Grand Secretary. General Haug was Military Commander of the Oslo area when the Germans entered Oslo and he has a story of German persecution to tell. The Masonic properties were actually turned over September 20, 1945. Our friend tells more of conditions: , 'Architects are working on drawings for reconstructing of the old meeting rooms; a committee on finance is soliciting funds from members. Our Grand Master Ronneberg died three years ago. When we became free again, General Aavatsmark called the first meeting of the highest council. Although he is past 80 years of age, he is very active. He would have been elected Grand Master but for the fact that a younger man is required for the task of rebuilding. But General Aavatsmark ranks next. Our Grand Master is a very strong character. . . . , , As you understand conditions here arc not so bad in the southern part where we were to a certain extent spared the worst cruelties of war; but in the northern part of Norway, the Germans cooperating with the Quislings acted as they did in Russia, burning down everything, so, for the population up there it will be a winter full of hardships; they were chased out of their homes by force; all of their buildings were destroyed, their cattle killed, their belongings stolen, and many lived in dugouts and hid in caves in the winter to prevent being shot. You will excuse my English - I have not in five years had a chance to speak or use the English language. ' ,

Here is a report from some of the Norwegian towns: Bodo: the walls of the building still stand but all furniture and paraphernalia has been destroyed. Kristwlf1,sand: building bombed and all furniture and records lost. Molde: building bombed and nothing left. Alesund: building unharmed but interior wrecked. Trondjheim: building damaged; has been used as German dog-kennels. Bergen: building rebuilt making it unfit for Masonic use; heavy loss. Hamar: building rebuilt by Germans; no use for Masonic purposes; now used as jail to house Quislings. Moss: two Masonic homes there; 45 children and 40 old folks thrown out by Germans and Quislings and Nazi children sent in.

\Vhile there may be an eventual recovery of some of the Grand Lodge funds, these funds have not yet been turned over and the Grand Lodge is operating on a "day by day" basis. The notice served by the Gestapo on Grand Master Ronneberg has been said to have contributed to his death. Fortunately for the Grand Lodge it saved its membership records but it will be three or four years before material can be secured to build or to rebuild. In the meantime we have received another letter from an official of the Grand Lodge of Norway saying: (January 30, 1946) "Regular lodge workings have been established by some of our lodges whero temporary reparations of the rooms have been possible. Two lodges have been obliged to rent rooms in buildings which are not erected for Masonic purposes. Much of the furniture is missing but we believe it

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well to start to work even if paraphernalia is not at hand. , , Several lodges are unable to recommence work; the buildings have been so damaged that repair will take much time. Financial position of lodges will hinder rebuilding. , 'The three craft lodges of Oslo each held a reopening meeting in the middle of November to demonstrate to the brethren that a Grand Lodge does exist and to pay homage to our newly elected Grand Master. Suitable rooms were arl'anged for the occasion in the festival part of our Masonic Hall, the ordinary lodge rooms still being out of order. About 600 brethren attended each meeting. "Regarding our finances so far as Grand Lodge and Oslo are concerned: (a) The status of 1940 showed in legacies and funds held for charity Recovered (estimated)

Kr 3,900,000 2,700,000

Loss about . (b) Repairs to date about 110,000 kr but it is expected that additional repairs will amount to about kr 200,000. (c) Loss of furniture, library, etc. . Kr 800,000 (d) Our enemies raised loan of Kr 3,250,000 on our Masonic Temple; these loans are disputed by us but it may be that we shall be forced to pay; before the war the Temple was free from debt.

1,200,000

"It will be expensive and impractical to change our hall back to its former state and we shall no doubt consider the building of a new hallbut that cannot be done in the immediate future."

From a letter just received (July 14, 1946) we get a picture of conditions which appear to be improving: , , W e have been very busy all the time since you left us. From the middle of January, when our Masonic Hall was given back to our own use, the labour of restoring our rooms had been going on, and during the last month it may be characterized as hecti~. On the 10th (June) we had the great pleasure of installing our M. W. Grand Master in a festival in our 7th Degree attended by more than 300 brethren. " The Craft Lodges of Oslo have also had one meeting each in their old Temple, now brought back to its former shape. The interest of our brethren is very great, and the attendance at the meetings has put the capacity of the rooms to some test. Now Masonic work will rest until September. when we hope to be able to open for regular meetings."

GERMANY

Germany constitutes one of Freemasonry's largest problems. Who are the legitimate Freemasons of Germany' How may we know them to be loyal Freemasons' \Vhat groups shall we recognize, if any' What shall be our policy towards them' Let us go back to the \Vorld \Var 1. Those of us who kept up on Masonic doings will recall that most of the German lodges repudiated the Freemasonry of the outside world when Germany went to war; they refused to have anything to do with their Masonic neighbors.

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There were eight well known Grand Lodges at the time and be it said to their credit they were made up of the business and professional people of Germany and although most of the Grand lodges were Christian in general character they carried on with very high Masonic ideals. Then Hitler entered the picture; at first he was satisfied with the Freemasons as long as they kept away from any effort to unite with our nations. Then he wrote "Mein Kampf" in which he belittled the Freemasons and the Jews. He linked them together as one group. Freemasons of the rest of the world thought the Germans were too intensely Christian. Hitler said they were anti-Christian. Then he abolished the organization. When he entered other countries to occupy them about the first step was to round up the Freemasons, particularly the Grand Master and the Grand Secretary. Next he took over their treasury; then he took over their buildings. The story of this side of the German Army is told in the review of the various countries occupied by him. In many countries he set up Masonic exhibits, throwing the Masonic Temples open to the public at so much per admission. He issued volumes attacking the Freemasons; he ridiculed them on every occasion. He searched out the Freemasons for some special punishment. One who had been a Freemason in Germany was not admitted to the councils of the country and was prohibited from holding official position. Strange to say we know of one or two instances in which the Masonic tie functioned although those Germans who recognized their brethren ran a chance of losing their lives when they did so. The great libraries of the Grand Lodge of the Netherlands and France; large parts of the Norwegian Grand Lodge library as well as many lodge libraries were seized and sent to Germany for inspection. European Grand Lodges are very busy attempting to secure a return of these valued possessions. A dispatch in the press, September 15, 1945, said: "Frankfurt, Germany, September 15; Lodges and other ritual organizations, such as the Masons, were assured by American Military Government officials today that their records will be handled with care to preserve their secrecy. A special ruling just made and occasioned by the discovery of eight carloads of Masonic records in the basement of an old brewery and in a barn near Hirzenhain, in the Frankfurt area, provides that such records are to be scaled and deposited in a secure place. The records are examined only by Army officers who are members of the organization to which the documents pertain. . . . Discovery of the Masonic records resulted in a series of consultations after the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives officer-a non-Mason-realized the possibility that they might contain Masonic rites and other secrets which the Lodge would not want known to non-Masons."

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published in Paris, we copy a news dispatch from Wiesbaden, Gero: many. It says in part : " American troops have arrested 41 prominent Germans, smashing what army officials called' an attempt to keep Nazism alive in Germany.' , 'A spokesman for Col. James R. Newman, commander of the Wiesbaden Military Government, said those arrested included leaders of a ring which used both Freemasons and Catholics to cloak efforts to keep Nazism from dying.... , 'One of the leaders was identified as Dr. Margean, a prominent dental technician. Another was Wilhelm Alexander, described as a Nazi propagandist.... , 'When the raiding party broke in, gang leaders argued the meeting was sponsored by the Freemasons."

The reason for printing the above dispatch is to serve as an answer to inquirers who are constantly writing and asking about the condition of Freemasonry in Germany. This is only one of several reports that have come out of Germany, from which it can be seen that antagonistic groups are using Freemasonry and Catholicism as a cloak for their activities. Under these conditions it is positively dangerous for us to attempt to carryon correspondence with German Grand Lodges until we have information from Masons who are in contact with German groups. Undoubtedly the Freemasonry of Germany will emerge some of these days and will take its place in the Masonic World, but no selfrespecting American Grand Lodge is going to extend recognition until such a time as these German groups have proved themselves to be legally constituted and imbued with Masonic ideals, such as we recognize in the English-speaking world. There is a "Symbolic Grand Lodge of Germany in Exile" now in Palestine. Whether it should be recognized, only time will tell. It was organized July 26, 1930, by eight lodges. The present Grand Master is Emmanuel Propper. POOR FINLAND

Finland has an unhappy Masonic history. Its future is not as bright as it might be. The Grand Lodge of Sweden for years maintained lodges in Finland. About a quarter of a century ago, New York, which at that time was attempting to do pioneer work in the Far East, decided to establish lodges in Finland-and did so; they instituted a sufficient number for the establishment of a Grand Lodge. There were some who questioned the wisdom of the procedure but that happens to be water over the dam now and we are concerned only in the future of Freemasonry there. Finland has had six years of isolation. The United States will remember Finland as the only country which made an attempt to pay

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its financial obligations to this country and for sentimental reasons would like to see them succeed. The country never did have many members; it existed there in the midst of Russian influence which has never in two hundred years admitted secret societies. 'Vhen war came to Finland, the lodges just shut up shop and hibernated. Halls in which they met were confiscated but their records had been safely hidden until such a time as Freemasonry might again emerge into the light. There is a very close relationship between Finland and Sweden, and our brethren in S,veden will see to it that Masonic light will not be long extinguished on the altars of Finnish lodges. The Grand Secretary, according to our Swedish brethren is: Eino Ky110nen Vyokatu 9 B-14 Helsinki, Finland.

SPANISH SPASMS

We are still reaping what the Allies sowed in prewar days. In the days when we should have been giving our support to our own type of government-a republic-we threw our support to the Franco regime and we are still suffering from the antics of frantic Franco. Freemasons in Spain-if any are left-have undergone all sorts of persecution; the more degrees one possessed the more punishment meted out. Rather hard on thirty-third degree Masons. Most of the Spanish Freemasons who ,,,ere members of the two Spanish grand lodges fled to Mexico or South America where they found refuge. News dispatches from Madrid attacked Mexico for serving as a refuge: "September 12, 1945-Madrid radio today launched a vigorous attack on Mexico for giving refuge to the Spanish Government-in-exile. The . broadcast charged that the Mexican Government was violating' , principles held up in the Atlantic Charter, Dumbarton Oaks, and San l!'rancisco by sheltering the government of Jose Giral."

Yes, Franco is greatly interested in the four freedoms! The Government-in-exile have a different notion of the Franco government: Mexico City, Sept. 12, 1945-Jose Giral, Premier of the Spanish Republican Government-in-exile declared today that" the life of Franco's government is merely the matter of weeks. Giral said the monarchists are hopelessly divided, except in enmity toward Franco, and added I am convinced the monarchy can never return."

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states.' The Caudillo speech was considered a barely veiled attack against Martinez Barrios, who was recently chosen president of the exiled Republicans. " 'I think the battIe is advantageous for us' Franco told a group of robed priests accredited as religious advisors to the feminine section of the Falange, who had hastily assembled at El Pardo Palace to hear him, 'for they (the Masons) go against God, and we are his soldiers.' "Franco, in his sweeping denunciation of the Masons, declared they had taken over' a great part of the radios and universal press organs of opinion.' Phrases like' monstrosity' and' bastardities of all kinds' in Franco's unexpected anti-Mason outburst came close to or were exceeding even his earlier attack against the leftists. Some 12,000 Spaniards have been arrested to answer charges of Masonry since a special court was created in March, 1941, only a few months after Gestapo Chief Rimmler's visit to Spain. However only about 2,000 of the accused were sentenced to terms ranging from six months to 30 years in prison."

All for being-Masons. If it were not pathetic it would be comical -any statement that Freemasons "go against God." CZECHOSLOVAXIA

We have high hopes for the eventual restoration of Freemasonry in Czechoslovakia-at least for one of the Grand Lodges which existed there, for our readers will remember that there were two grand lodges in that jurisdiction both working side by side and using the same rooms ofttimes, but a different language. The Grand Lodge "Zur Den Drei Ringen" used the German language, while the National Grand Lodge used the Czech language. Sydney White, with whom the writer talked while in London, and whose duties as Grand Secretary have thrown him in daily contact with the Czerh Grand Loqge in Exile, believes the restoration will be a matter of at least a year, for there is so much to be done before a grand lodge can be restored to a country suffering from famine and economic disturbances. It is highly improbable that the German Grand Lodge will be revived. Again Russian influence in that country may have an adverse effect upon all Freemasonry for the Russians are not enthusiastic over secret societies. It so happens that a great Czech patriot, Edouard Benes, is President of the Republic-and he is a Freemason. Already monies have been sent from the Masonic Service Association to President Benes for use by the Czech Freemasons. Another Freemason in high station is Jan Masaryk, son of the great President Masaryk. But it will take more than these two brethren to place Freemasonry on its feet again. SWEDEN

There is no Masonic problem in Sweden today; the country wa:,; never occupied by the Gennans and it succeeded in maintaining its neutrality all through the war period. Surrounded on all sides by

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Russia and Germany, and with Finland, Norway and Denmark occupied by the Germans, Sweden accomplished a real feat in keeping out of the war picture herself. Then Sweden was better prepared for aggression than were her neighbors. Thugs do not attack the armed policeman! For several years there has existed in Sweden a small group who would be very happy to stir up sentiment against the Masonic fraternity. We gained the impression that many of these consisted of Nazi elements. At any rate, by 1939, we learn that a Swedish newspaper published an attack on the Freemasons charging the fraternity with being political. To this article the King, who was Grand Master, made an official reply. The statement was issued by Order of the King and signed by the Grand Chancellor. It corresponds to the "Declaration of Principles" so widely used in this country. We were handed a copy of the Edict while in Sweden and since my return, Major Fritz Ryman, the Grand Secretary, has forwarded an official translation: To .All Brethren of the Grand Lodge of Sweden: In recent years, and not least in consequence of events abroad, various misconceptions of an incorrect information on Freemasonry in our country have arisen and gained credence. The Grand Master and Head of the Order of Freemasons in Sweden, H. M. King Gustav V, has therefore ordered the publication of the following particulars of the activities and objects of Freemasonry in Sweden, and of its relations with Masonic organizations in other countries. The Grand Lodge of Sweden is based and acts upon the principles of the Christian faith, and accordingly admits none but professed Christians as members. Adherents of other faiths even though they may be members of other Masonic organizations, arc not permitted to visit Swedish lodges. The fraternity inculcates in its members loyalty and obedience to the Rulers and laws of the country, observance of all civic and moral duties, and love for their fellow men. It leaves inviolate their rights to their own opinions on religious, political, and other social questions and to follow their own convictions. A Swedish Freemason is strictly forbidden to discuss such matters in the lodges. Freemasonry in Sweden has always refrained from taking part in or expressing any opinion of matters relating to the internal or external policy of its own or any other country. In certain other countries, however, societies exist which-although their members call themselves Masonsengage in political activities. Since this is directly contradictory to the above mentioned inflexible rule of the Order of Freemasons in Sweden, the Grand Lodge of Sweden refuses to recognize such societies as Masonic or to have anything whatever to do with them or their members. The same also applies to so-called" International" Masonic associations admitting such societies to their ranks. On the other hand, the Grand Lodge of Sweden keeps up fraternal relations with all foreign Masonic societies that acknowledge the common principles of Freemasonry, e.g., with the National Grand Lodges of Denmark, Norway, England, Scotland, Ireland, and many of the Grand Lodges in the United States of America.

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The Grand Lodge of Sweden is an independent national organization. Under no circumstances does it recognize any superior Masonic authority, however this may be designated. Nor has it ever in more than 200 years of its existence received any orders or instructions from any fo~eign authority. By Order of the G. M. H. VON STEDINGK. Stockholm in July, 1939.

We ask our readers to keep this edict in mind because it may have many repercussions in the days ahead when many of our grand lodges are anxious to show their "tolerance and liberality" in a way which may not be pleasing to the Mother Grand Lodge nor to the Scandinavian groups. 1'here are no finer Freemasons than those of Sweden; their Masonic ideals are highest in Continental Europe and as such they will continue to be leaders in Freemasonry. They support a magazine "Middelanden" which contains many important announcements, edicts and lodge notices. Volume 18, No.1 appeared in September, 1945. Sweden is not bedeviled with clandestine or irregular organizations. The beautiful two century old Temple of the Grand Lodge is one of the show places of the city and its lodge rooms are filled with memories of many famous Freemasons who have served the craft. SUNNY ITALY

It is sunny again for Freemasons in Italy, for with the Allied occupation the Freemasons began to emerge from a quarter of a century of hiding and have even organized at least one grand lodge. This is not hearsay for we saw an Italian Lodge in action and we talked with officials of the newly restored Grand Orient of Italy. Attempts are being made in other sections of Italy, particularly Naples, to revive other Masonic groups but apparently not with the success of the Torrigiani group. We must recall that there were two large Grand Lodges in Italy before the arrival of Mussolini. Then there were none. \Ve were never able to understand why American Grand Lodges divided in their recognition of the two Grand Lodges. Missouri happened to recognize the Palermi National Grand Lodge; we happen to know the reason in this instance but it would serve no good purpose here to relate it, nor would it help secure harmony. The Palermi group split off from the Grand Orient of Italy and carried with them the seal and the charter. Both groups sent representatives to the 1921 Conference of the Scottish Rite bodies-for there was a Supreme Council attached to each Grand Lodge. The generally recognized Supreme Council was tacked on to the irregular Grand Lodge, while the irregular Supreme Council was a part of the legitimate Grand Lodge. The Conference told these groups to go home and compose their differences; then Mussolini came into power and interdicted the whole outfit. Palermi was in the Duce's favor and at the Brussels Conference

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of Supreme Councils in 1935, representatives appeared from Italy, even after Masonry had been excluded. Other representatives wondered how passports could have been issued under the circumstances. Influential English Masons told us that Mussolini permitted Italians in England to join the Freemasons. Why' Whether all of the old groups will be revived will depend much on the action of other Grand Lodges outside Italy. But we are not here to discuss the character of the Grand Orient. Time will tell. Before Mussolini there were 550 lodges and 26,000 members in the Grand Orient; now there are said to be 300 lodges and 6,000 members. The government many years ago took over their beautiful Temple, the Palazzo Giustianini. Following our visit to Rome, the government turned over a large section of their building to them. Many legal difficulties will have to be ironed out. An Italian friend writes: "Last November (1945) we held a general Masonic meeting in order to select the Grand Master, and the choice fell on Doctor Guido Laj, with whom you made acquaintance during your visit to Rome. Thus our Grand Orient has now its regular Grand Master, all its officers, etc. During these last weeks another group presided over by M. W. Bro. Tito Signorelli, has accomplished a union with our family, so that save a few brethren remaining in the Palermi organization, which we could never recognize, the Italian Masonic family may be considered again reconciled under the glorious Labarum of "Palazzo Giustianini" descended from our Grand Master Giuseppe Garibaldi."

From another letter (April 5, 1946) we learn: "I have already written you about the general meeting of our Masonic body in Rome, November 11, 1945, and Dr. Guido Laj, viee-mayor of Rome, whom you met during your visit, was elected Grand Master. Bro. Tito Signorelli was elected Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite. The number of our brethren is regularly increasing and our Grand Orient has to date 400 lodges and over 10,000 brethren."

From this correspondence it would appear that the Grand Orient will become the regular and principal Masonic power in Italy and that having accepted some of the regular leaders of the old Palermi Supreme Council, the last one generally recognized by the Supreme Councils of the world, the Italian groups are on their way to regularity-and prosperity. Italy' has never had to contend with German occupation and destruction of Masonic properties for there were no Masonic properties when the Germans came in. The Italian Masonic problem is to secure a return of their properties from the government which had taken them over in 1925. As in the United States, it is hard to get anything back from the government. In view of the current political situation in Italy which has resulted in a new President elected by a combination of Christian Democrats,

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Communists and Socialists the following names of parties and their attitude towards Freemasonry is given: 1. Democratic-Christian; clerical party; antagonistic. 2. Communist party; antagonistic. 3. Socialist party; no expressed attitude. 4. Republican; favorable. 5. Democrat Labor; contains several Freemasons. 6. Liberals; indifferent as to party but has two elements, one favorable the other unfavorable. The first is monarchist and the latter republican. 7. Action party; friendly.

LA BELLE FRANCE

French Masonry is hard to understand; we are inclined to feel kindly toward any group which works under such handicaps as do our French brethren. But they do some things which simply do not appeal to us as Freemasons. We have been brought up on the theory of regularity, of respect for certain fundamentals, fundamentals which have been set up for us for more than two centuries or more-the Ancient Landmarks. We have heard that our French and Belgian brethren have had little respect for certain of these, and our trip through France convinced us of the fact. But shortly after an officer of the Grand Lodge of France was telling us of the unimportance of the Bible on the altar, there comes to us a letter from a friend who knows the inside of French Masonry. He says: , 'The four day meeting of the Federal Council, governing body of the Grand Lodge of France was held September 17-20, 1945. At that time, Michel Dumesnil de Gramont was re-elected to 8erve as Grand Master and Rene Ledoux as Grand Secretary. The right of visitation still exists between the Grand Lodge and the Grand Orient. There is no indication of any change in this privilege although decisions made at the annual meeting have widened the breach between the two grand lodges, due principally to the rejection of a proposal to merge the two grand lodges which was defeated in the Council. "Another decision which will have considerable effect here is to discontinue the use of the BOOK-the WHITE BOOK. While only a small number of lodges have recently used this book, it is important to know that uniformity is now developing. The use of the White Book appears to be an outgrowth of ideas influenced by religious groups. "In 1940 the Grand Lodge had 220 subordinates with an estimated membership of 15,000; they now have 171 lodges and 5,000 members. This reduction is caused in part because of the inability to include figures from Indo-China. There are many displaced persons still unaccounted for and there are war losses."

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Master, in each of the subordinate lodges, authorizing him to select an additional six former members, to act as a committee to rule upon applications submitted for a renewal of membership. This has been found to be a wise move, resulting in improved conditions, even though it has reduced the membership. "

Present at the meeting of the Grand Lodge in France was John Mossaz, Grand Chancellor of the International Masonic Association, located in Geneva, Switzerland, showing the close ronnection between these two groups. We found considerable resentment against the Grand Lodge of England for having established the National Grand Lodge in France, for they believe it was a plain case of invasion. However, our French brethren must know that the Grand Lodge of England did not and could not recognize as regular Freemasonry any group which overlooked the use of the Holy Bible, consequently they were not invading the territory according to general Masonic law. One of our friends said to us : "Although certain practices do not conform to our standards, the differences are those of detail rather than constitutional; the regular bodies in France are sincere in their work; the long standing charge of political activity within the lodge is not at present justified and there now exists a genuine desire for closer relationship of French and American Masons."

We visited the headquarters of the Grand Lodge of France, 8 Ru~ de Puteaux and conversed with officials of the Grand Lodge. The Germans had carried out the usual Gestapo policy of taking over the property, throwing out all records and mutilating the interior of the building. Several thousand dollars will be required to restore the building-some $50,000. The address given as headquarters of the National Grand Lodge proved to be in use as a hotel. Seventy lodges meet in the Rue de Puteaux building. Before the Germans entered Paris they were supplied with the names of all the officers and members of French lodges. And yet, while we do not recognize these French groups, we must pay tribute to their patriotism. Bro. Leo Fischer has translated an article from the Swiss newspaper "Alpine" of September-October 1945 a story relating some of our French brethren's experiences: "On December 15, 1943, the French National Liberation Committee annulled by ordinance the provisions of the Act of August 13, 1940, which prohibited all so-called secret societies; and the amendments and regulations for the execution of said act, as well as the Ordinance of January 12, 1943. "Under the ordinance mentioned, societies, or organizations dissolved by virtue of the provisions referred to were declared not to have ceased to exist. All measures taken for the confiscation of the property of the socalled secret societies and organizations were declared null and void, and all custodians of such property were directed to return to the societies whatever property was still in their custody."

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Telling of the actual occupation period, we learn: "The first group of the Resistance was founded by five Masons. This body' Resistance' soon afterward merged with' Liberation.' The organization thus formed succeeded in contacting London after ascertaining there were Masons in London broadcasting stations, the broadcast beginning with the motto 'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.' Brother Roig succeeded in contacting London through Englishmen who escaped. This liaison was effected as the result of the visit of a Canadian aviator. Unfortunately Bro. Roig was arrested, imprisoned at Fresnes, and shot ten weeks later. New brethren joined the movement and took the name 'C. A. M.', Masonic Action Committe, working both as a patriotic and Masonic organization. "Upon liberation, an advisory committee was formed which created three commissions, purge, information, and organization. "One lodge, 'Le Bonne Foi' at St. Germain-en-Laye founded in 1689 was never dissolved. It had 50 members in 1939. On September 1, 1940, ten of the brethren of this lodge met at the home of one of their number and decided to consider the dissolution of Masonry by Marshal Petain as null and void."

BELGIUM

We have received through our Grand Secretary a circular dated May 10, 1946, addressed to our Grand Master, and sent out by the "Grand Orient de Belgique." The signature of the Grand Master can hardly be deciphered although it looks as if it might be A. Wardley; the Grand Secretary appears to be E. Buysseus. It reads: " On behalf of all Belgian Masons we request the Grand Lodge over which you are presiding to renew brotherly relations with the Grand Orient de Belgique. After having been secluded for five years from their brothers throughout the universe, the Belgian Masons are anxious to materialize their fraternal feelings by close relations with all the Masons and Masonic powers of the world. "You are not without knowing the sufferings and persecutions that the Belgian Masonry endured on the part of the occupying Nazis: not only were temples completely looted, works of art robbed, furniture destroyed, books and collections sold at low prices, but the enemy also caused his satellites to murder all the Brothers who had been reported as being the heads of the Order or as playing an important part in it. Among those we shall mention: Grand Commander G. Petre; Grand Master J. Hiernaux; Past Grand Master R. Engel; Deputy Grand Commander Lartigue. Up to now more than a hundred of our most eminent brothers, including the Deputy Grand Master Dopchie, have fallen victims of the murderers appointed by the Germans, or have succumbed to the ill treatment they endured in concentration camps. , 'Immediately after liberation, the Belgian Masonry rose again from her ruins. She is healing her wounds. She must now rebuild her temples, relieve the sufferings of her widows and orphans. The Belgian Masonry believes that it is through the union and brotherhood of all Masons in the world that her ideal can be realized. She wants to draw closer bonds that tied her to the other Masonries. She rejoices whenever such bonds are being formed or drawn closer. She knows better than others do-and much to her misfortune-what the meaning is of the hostility of authori-

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tative powers, be they political like Nazism, or spiritual like Roman papism. She relies on the alliance and brotherhood of all Masons to help her live. "We know that these brotherly feelings are also those of our American Brothers and we therefore trust that this application will not have been made in vain. ' ,

Our mind goes back some ten years ago when we addressed a friendly communication to this Grand Lodge asking for information as to some of their practices. We received a rather curt reply asking what business it was of ours and the object in making the inquiry. What we were trying to discover was as to what place the Holy Bible occupied in their official set-up. We never found out, and we do not know to this day. Oliver Day Street said of this Grand Orient: "The Grand Orient was formed February 25, 1832, and has enjoyed a continuous existence since. The government of the Grand Orient is vested in a body of delegates chosen by the several lodges. The delegates elect from among themselves the grand officers for a term of three years. It now (1922) boasts 23 lodges and about 2,500 members. , , ... As regards doctrine and practice, the Grand Orient of Belgium is in practically the same category as the Grand Orient of France. No lengthy discussion, therefore, of its right to recognition, is necessary. What we Bay in our report concerning the Grand Orient of France is equally applicable here."

In justice to the Grand Orient de Belgique let us add that they have the support of their neighbors on the North, Holland, about whose regularity there never seems to have been any question. The Grand Orient was small before the war. It is even smaller now. Our committee which went to Europe visited Brussels but we were unable to contact a single known member of the Grand Orient. They have had some very distinguished Masons, Charles Magnette and Count D'Alviella. Whether they are still alive we do not know. The former was a distinguished lawyer and member of the Belgian Senate, while the latter was a statesman and an intellectual. DENMARK

In a conversation with Syd.ney \Vhite, Grand Secretary of the United Grand Lodge of England, he told me that during the whole of Wodd War II he had never met a Danish refugee Mason in England. This did not mean there were no refugee Masons from Denmark, but conditions were such that no Danish Freemason refugees could get into England. But officials of the Grand Lodge of Sweden told another story. A flight to England was virtually impossible during the early years of the war and absolutely impossible after the German occupation of Norway and Holland, so that Freemasons from Denmark who were

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refugees took the short course across the Ore Sund which at one spot was not more than three miles wide. Having crossed the Sound, the refugees found themselves in Sweden where the Swedish people extended to them every courtesy and help possible, which in many cases was limited by the supply of food and clothing available. A letter to the late William MaIling, mailed immediately after the Allied occupation, drew a postcard response from his son that one of Denmark's most distinguished Masons had passed away, March 22, 1944. Brother MaIling was one of the strong forces in Danish Freemasonry and his visits to this country in years past had given him an insight into the character of American Freemasonry and a high appreciation of American Masonic character. He was a frequent attendant at international Masonic group meetings. Tall, well educated, agreeable, full of humor and human understanding, a Freemason at heart, he was held in high esteem by all of his friends, not only in Denmark, but in other sections of the world where he was so well known. King Christian X is, and has' been for many years, Grand Master of the Masons of Denmark. Through the courtesy of officials of the Grand Lodge of Denmark, we secured an audience with his Majesty at his Palace where we were most kindly received. The King will be 76 years of age, September 26, 1946. In the event of his death it is very probable that his brother would succeed to his Masonic post. When the Germans came into Denmark, they came during the early morning hours and for several weeks did not molest the Masonic Temple. In the beginning the Freemasons were permitted to retain their building and carried on some Masonic activities; later, they held some meetings but thought it best to attempt no Masonic·work. They worked without hindrance until August, 1943, and even at that time they were not ordered out of their building. Then cam& a day when the Gestapo notified the Masonic authorities, through the janitor, that they were to take over the building that afternoon. Immediately, the word went out to all of the brethren and they came hurrying from all parts of the city in their cars to carry off all the records and movable property of the Grand Lodge to safe repositories. When the Gestapo arrived they found little to take over except the building and a very beautiful carpet which the brethren were unable to get out of the building because of its size and weight. The carpet later disappeared and constitutes one of their principal losses. Later, a systematic plan of destruction followed. One of the lodge rooms was converted into a cinema; filthy cartoons were painted on the walls. Most of the floors were ruined. Coarse remarks were printed on the walls of the buildings. The beautiful Knights Hall which we had viewed in 1936 was as barren as a big barn. At the entrance of

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the building could be seen scars from bullets which had been fired at patriots and which had missed their mark. The Temple has 530 rooms and before it was damaged was generally regarded as one of the most beautiful in all Scandinavia. When we visited the building in August, 1945, the workmen were busy cleaning and polishing the floors, repairing the woodwork and repainting the walls, as well as erecting an elevator for the private use of His Majesty the Grand Master when he comes to the meetings of the Grand Lodge, for a fall from a horse has prevented his getting about as hE' formerly did. The work involves an expenditure of $25,000. Some of the Danish Freemasons told us that in the beginning the Germans even went so far as to pay rental on the building, probably in the hope of maintaining the good will of the King and Danish people. One of the Danish officers made inquiry of the German Commander, after the occupation, as to whether the Freemasons would be allowed to continue with their Masonic work.

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"It would not be granted" said the Commander, "so why ask ,,, But now, since the Germans have been forced out of the country and conditions are approaching normal, our Danish brethren have discovered that it is impossible to locate all their records and paraphernalia which had been removed by their own brethren, but since no record was kept of these properties it is hard to locate them. Alex Troedsson still retains his position as Grand Secretary. Bro. Vilh. Fischer has succeeded to the post of the late Bro. MaIling. He is a man of high standing in Denmark. He accompanied our party to Sorgenfrid Castle, several miles outside the City of Copenhagen, where we were received by the King. He was scated in his library. Our impression of him ,vas that he was a very fine character, a kindly, courteous, and distinguished old gentleman. He is recovering from an accident which occurred during the German invasion when he suffered a fall from his horse. As we stood talking to the King, he turned around in his chair and pointing to two bullet holes in the window behind him said with a quiet smile: "See, they tried to kill me," meaning the Germans. He was asked, and consented, to sign our Masonic patents. The signature read: Christian X V.S.V. Later on I discovered that the abbreviation stood for "Viserta Salomo Vicarionis," which in English means "Solomon, the Wise Vicar." Masonic readers are not usually interested in diary material but we take the liberty of quoting the following from our diary: "August 30, 1945: Food is plenty apparently but there is no coffee, cigars, tobacco, for these have to be imported. The streets are packed with people tonight, enjoying the lights which have been turned on this week for the first time in five years. Today was a memorial day for those Danish patriots killed by the Germans on the Public Square; we noticed sprays of flowers with small Danish flags in the streets and along the curbs where these patriots gave up their lives. "August 31, 1945: A city of a million people and 900,000 bicycles. The place is packed with bicycles-men's, women's, children's. There are no taxicabs but the street car service is good but a trifle crowded. We call on the American Ambassador, Monett Bain Davis, a credit to the American Republic. He is a member of Ben Hur Lodge in Kansas City, Kansas. Mrs. Davis is the former Miss Earhart of Adrian and Butler, Missouri; they have a beautiful home out on the Ore Sund and our party are their guests at a noonday luncheon."

Since our return we have received a communication from one of our friends in Copenhagen, in which he says: , , As to our Hall, I am sorry to tell you that shortly after your visit to Copenhagen, the building was again occupied by German refugees (more tha.n 2,000 men, women, and children). The government was forced to find

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other buildings than the schools, and therefore took our building. You can imagine how the building will look when we get it back again for 250,000 fugitives in a little country like Denmark means quite a lot, and our allied friends, particularly the , are not a bit interested in getting the refugees back again. "However, we wanted to start work again, and therefore it was decided to move to Elsinore, fifty kilometers from Copenhagen, for the first three degrees, and confer the fourth and sixth in our own building in Copenhagen. A few rooms have been given us to use. The seventh degree and up has been moved to Odense, 150 kilometers from Copenhagen. It makes it a little difficult but it is better than nothing."

We concluded our stay in Copenhagen with a delightful dinner at the Tivoli Gardens, a summer amusement park in the heart of R great city which has for more than a century been the symbol of gayety and amusement. At this time Brother Paul Lassen, a textile manufacturer, brought out a box of fine cigars which he had been saving for three years in anticipation of some happy occasion which he was sure would come. But the management put out the lights at 10 o'cloch and we reluctantly parted, but with a greater appreciation of the Freemasonry of Denmark as represented by His Majesty, Brothers Fischer, Lassen, Nilssen, Rydgaard, J acobeus, Troedsson and others. The name of the generally recognized Grand Lodge is the "National Grand Lodge of Denmark." Alex Troedsson is Grand Secretary and his address is the address of the Masonic Temple-23 Blegsdamsveg, Copenhagen, Denmark. CONDITIONS IN AUSTRIA

We are in receipt of a letter from three influential and distinguished Austrian Freemasons, M. W. Karl Doppler, Grand Master, Alfred Zohner, Grand Almoner, and Vladimir Misar, Grand Secretary. Grand Master Doppler, writing Grand Secretary Misar (temporarily located in England), under date of April 4, 1946, says: "I was very astonished by a telegram of our friend Bunzl, whose kind devotion to our cause is very much appreciated, informing us that the American brethren have again placed at our disposal $3,750.00, and asking us to decide about the use of it. I am told this amount cannot be transmitted, and on the whole I do not mind it at all, for however much money you have you cannot possibly buy anything for it. So it is better to keep the money in England. "As to the $1,500.00, I have been at a loss as to where to begin until Brother Bunzl informed me that provisions could be bought for that sum through the distribution committee. I called there and was received very kindly; the manager informed me that I should supply the number of brethren and their families, and besides that the number of ill people and Jews. I prepared this statement at once, but the delay goes on. I have felt uneasy in my conscience about the question of whether I am allowed to buy provisions for the $1,500.00 which was sent for the reconstruction of Freemasonry in Austria, and-why should just we receive such help when there are so many others who suffer bitterly~ While observing this need

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and the misery of our friends, and the hunger I feel obliged to spend thl' whole amount for provisions. In view of the need I cannot act differently, and I am ready to bear the consequences. Misery and hunger are so very bad. "This week we received only 720 calories of food. Let us hope it will get better. "The fraternity is getting on rather slowly. It will take some time until all of us will ever find their way to each other (the former members of Vienna lodges up to the present are united into one lodge only-Humanitas Renata. Many of them do not know each other before the COllsolidation. ) "Nevertheless our first initiation on March 30th was very beautiful and impressive as of old. We even had our fraternal supper after it, and you may imagine how we feasted and reveled. Nine candidates were initiated, among them 4 University professors, as well as some very prominent men. I wrote to the two Commandants of the active army and informed them about the refoundation of the Grand Lodge, telling them that Freemasons in their forces would be fraternally received. The answer of Brother McCreery was such as I expected, that the Freemasons of the forces cannot call on us as there is a regulation in English Freemasonry not to make contact with Freemasons of foreign lodges and foreign rituals. I won't forget that easily. There is no answer yet from the Americans to whom I attribute much more importance."

Alfred Zohner, writing to Vladimir Misar, April 1, 1946, said in part: , 'In a few days we shall be reminded of the day when our town was liberated by the Russians, April 11, 1945; a few days after that I started with the preparation for a reconstruction of our Austrian Freemasonry by visiting first all the brethren of my own lodge and inviting them to join again in Masonic work. On May 2nd, I inspected the old home of the Grand Lodge, and on July 28th I started calling on sixty-four brethren of different lodges, inviting them to a first meeting. "And now, on March 30th, we were able to perform our first festival meeting with an initiation. One hundred four brethren were present; 9 candidates were initiated. The festival was very impressive and we were reminded of former times. The dinner caused us much trouble, for there is no meat to be had in Vienna. A brother from Carinthia brought some with him. "We are waiting anxiously for the gift of the American brethren. We were required to make a statement about the number of needy persons, though, of course, we are all in need. This week normal people received 700 g. of bread. Weare passing through very hard days, but nevertheless we do hope it will get better in the course of time by the help of the allies.' ,

Brother Zohner, writing from Vienna, May 20, 1946, said: " At last, after repeated complaints, the provisions have been delivered to us by the American joint distribution committee, weighing in the gross, 1794 kilograms. We have distributed this amongst our brethren and twenty-two widows of deceased brethren by order of Grand Master Doppler. I performed the distribution with the help of three widows and one brother. You could not possibly describe in words what a pleasure and what happiness was bestowed upon our undernourished brethren. People who have not seen all these deeds of violence practiced by the

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Hitlerites, who did not have to pass through six months of bombing in their cellars, and people who did not know the pains of hunger cannot form an idea of all this misery. "Before our last meeting, I received a letter in which a brother apologized for his absence with the words: 'From hunger, abnormal hunger, I am feeling so weak that I shall not be able to attend our meeting tomorrow.' On the very same evening we sent this brother some of the provisions collected for him by other hungry peoples. Can you imagine his indescribable happiness when he received his parcel from the American gift which contained meat, flour, butter, margarine, cocoa, milk, prunes, rice, lentils and herring. "We have been notified that another gift of $3,750.00 has been given by the American brethren, but the Grand Master informs me it is to be used for repairs and refurnishing. Now our properties have been repaired and refurnished plainly, though in a quite dccent way, but hungry people are longing for provisions and are willing to give up beautifully furnished rooms. Should it not be possible to make usc of this amount, or part of it, for provisions' "In a paper edited by the American forces in Vienna, it says: 'While in March 60 per cent of the population have been considered as short of weight, this number increased in April to 70.6 per cent; of the aged people 38 per cent have obtained a minimum of weight, so that a further loss of weight, in the opinion of doctors, will bring about endangering consequences.' "Among the Austrian brethren are several of this minimum weight. The rations are only guaranteed up to the middle of June; the population of Austria is not secured for July. There is danger of serious famine."

APPEAL FOR RELIEF

We have asked the Masonic Service Association, U. S. A., for a statement of the amount of money raised in response to their appeal for European Relief; they have replied giving the amount raised as of July 16,1946-$102,416.33. This money has been allocated as follows: Greece Orphanage Norway Holland Austria , Czechoslovakia Italy CARE, NY City Finland Netherlands Denmark Russian Masons in France Cash balance

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$ 18,500.00 1,000.00 17,000.00 16,000.00 9,250.00 8,250.00 8,250.00 4,020.00 4,500.00 3,500.00 (East Indies) 3,000.00 500.00 $ 93,770.00 8,646.33

$102,416.33

This money was donated by the following jurisdictions and groups:

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Grand Lodge of Louisiana Grand Lodge of California Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Grand Lodge of Missouri Supreme Council AASR, Northern Grand Lodge of New Jersey Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania Miscellaneous Lodges, etc Grand Lodge of Maine Grand Lodge South Carolina Grand Lodge of Ohio.... . Grand Lodge D. of Columbia Grand Lodge of Montana Grand Lodge of Michigan Grand Lodge of Connecticut Grand Lodge of New Hampshire Grand Lodge of South Dakota Grand Lodge of North Dakota Grand Lodge of Vermont Grand Lodge of Idaho Grand Commandery K. T. (Missouri) Grand Lodge of Utah Grand Lodge of Oregon Grand Lodge of North Carolina Grand Lodge of Louisiana (addl.) Grand Lodge of Vermont (addl.) Grand Lodge of Nevada Grand Lodge of New Mexico Grand Lodge of Delaware Ohas. C. Clark (Iowa) Perseverance Lodge (Pa.) Vermejo Lodge (New Mexico) Rosedale Square Club (N. Y.)

. $18,418.24 . 10,000.00 . 10,000.00 . 10,000.00 . 10,000.00 . 7,751.20 . 5,000.00 . 4,661.18 . 4,000.00 . 2,500.00 . 2,500.00 . 2,157.10 . 2,000.00 . 1,500.00 . 1,475.96 . 1,319.00 . 1,200.00 . 1,121.60 . 1,100.00 . 1,100.00 . 1,000.00 . 504.20 . 500.00 500.00 . . 500.70 . 400.00 . 357.20 . 378.95 . 350.00 . 50.00 . 50.00 . 15.00 . 6.00

Twenty-four grand lodges are represented in the above list; many grand lodges have not met since the request went out. Louisiana made the first contribution, enabling the association to extend some immediate relief. Missourians will thrill at the action of Grand Master Bray in making available-even before the grand lodge met-$10,000. The need in Europe was immediate and those grand lodges which contributed immediately did so when the need was greatest. The goal for the year 1945-46 was $150,000. Undoubtedly more funds will be badly needed during 1946-47. Much of this money is for food. The CARE listed above is a relief agency which makes up parcels and insures delivery.

ENGLAND Freemasonry was little affected numerically or financially by World War II. There are several instances of where a Masonic Temple was destroyed by bombs; where hotels or cafes in which lodges met were destroyed; and in one instance we viewed a Temple completely de-

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stroyed by a bomb which landed in the center of the lodge room exposing the whole interior to a gazing public. Many of the English lodges had been meeting in taverns, cafes, and hotels, and where these buildings were damaged and unfit for use, the lodge moved down to the Great Temple on Queen Street or to some other cafe. Few lodges met in the evening owing to blackout restrictions. When we visited the Memorial Temple housing the Grand Lodge, the first things which met our attention were the large brick protection walls built in front of each doorway. A well placed bomb might have destroyed the beautiful bronze entrance doors which are the pride of every English Freemason. Inside the Temple little damage can be seen unless your attention is called to several windows which will have to be replaced. The basement of the Temple came in for considerable use, housing on several occasions as many as 1500 refugees. Grand Secretary \Vhite spent much of his time in and about the building during those dreadful days of bombing. The United Grand Lodge of England has several properties maintained for the widows, the aged, children, and hospital cases; these buildings were turned over to the government and the government has shown its appreciation in many ways. Many individual Masons suffered; it is hardly necessary to go into detail, but we do recall the sad story of Major Lumley-Lumley Smith, Grand Secretary of Mark Master Masons, whose sister, wife and daughter were killed one Sunday morning while worshipping in one of the London churches. Nothing was left of the remains sufficient to identify them. The Grand Lodge has little use for Grand Lodges which do not follow the Ancient Landmarks, both in theory and in practice; they have no time for Grand Lodges with "\Vhite Books" of paper for Holy Bibles, and they look askance at Grand Lodges dominated by Supreme Councils. It is highly probable that the Grand Lodge will tighten its standards of recognition, an act foreseen when they adopted the 1939 Declaration of Principles. Recently several orders have gone out as to the dangers of soldier fraternization with irregular groups. England maintains a District of the Argentine in which there are 26 lodges, formed since 1908 into a District under the name of South America, Southern Division. Sixteen of these lodges are in Buenos Aires. The District has six Royal Arch chapters. Grand Secretary \Vhite is being congratulated on a recent honor which has been bestowed upon him-Officer of the Order of George I of Greece-a distinction given him by the King of Greece who for many years has been an exile in England; incidentally the King was initiated in Wallwood Lodge No. 5143 in England and was given the title of Past Senior Grand Warden. Sir Sydney has the honor of having received distinction from his own King George and also the

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Order of St. Olav from King Haakon of Norway. King George has graciously granted him the right to accept these honors from a foreign country. Fifty new lodges have been granted Warrants since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge and Freemasonry never was more substantial. IN ENGLAND

Earl of Donoughmore Is 71 . One of the most charming personalities we met with in England is R. W. Bro. the Earl of Donoughmore, who on March 2, 1946, observed his 71st birthday. He is the present Grand Master of Ireland, but for many years has made his home at Chesterfield Gardens which is in the center of London. He is also the holder of other Masonic titles, having been Senior Grand Warden of England in 1902. It is unfortunate for Freemasonry that he is afflicted with arthritis, yet it does not seem to dim his enthusiasm. He is a member of the House of Lords and his son, Viscount Suirdale, Junior Grand Warden of England, is a former Member of Parliament. Lord Bishop of Salisbury Retires

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The Rt. Rev. Dr. Lovett, Lord Bishop of Salisbury, and former Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of England retired from office February 16, 1946, his 77th birthday. A year ago he pleased his Masonic brethren by permitting them, fo!' the first time in 700 years, to hold a Masonic gathering within the famous old Cathedral at Salisbury, himself acting as Chaplain at the ceremony of the consecration of a new lodge. Large Fund for Masonic Institution The 104th annual Festival, held to raise funds for the Royal Ma. sonic Benevolent Institution, one of England's Masonic Charities, netted £142,780, or more than one-half million dollars in our currency. This is the second largest amount ever raised for this fund. Twenty thousand doll'ars came from the District of Bengal as a tribute to the Marquess of Zetland. Increase in Lodges Grand Lodge records show a gradual increase from 4,943 in 1936 to 5,519 in 1945. There are 1,346 Lodges in London; 3,422 in the Provinces, and 751 District and Abroad. A new Lodge has been established in' Uganda, East Africa; a new lodge has been established in Nigeria, and a third lodge in the Punjab. Guildhall Lodge No. 3116, which is almost an official London Lodge,

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has installed the Lord Mayor of London as its latest Master-Sir Charles Davis; he succeeds the former Lord Mayor, Sir Frank Alexander. The dinner was serVed in Egyptian Hall of the Mansion

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House amidst all of the splendor furnished by those ancient surroundings. Lord Mayor Davis is the 623rd Lord Mayor of London. Attending the ceremonies was Baron Lagerfelt, First Secretary of the Swedish Legation. Sale of Jewels

During the war, lodges \~ere asked to send in their jewels voluntarily so that the metal might be used for war purposes. Recently it was reported that there had been derived the sum of $112,520, all of which had been turned over to the government for war purposes. And now where are all of those critics who at one time or another have ridiculed our jewels, medals and tokens ~ IRELAND

Lord Donoughmore, the genial and courteous Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ireland continues to serve the jurisdiction of Ireland as Grand Master. During the war it was impossible for him to attend the annual communications of the Grand Lodge causing him to miss seven consecutive communications. Grand Lodge takes pride in the fact that 93 boys of the Masonic School volunteered for service in the British Army. The lodge on the Island of Malta which works under Irish Constitution was destroyed during the historic siege. Brethren in New Zealand have presented three chairs to this Malta Lodge, made in New Zealand at an expense of $500 as a reminder "to present and future generations of their great efforts to save our empire and freedom, and that their efforts have not gone unnoticed or unrewarded."

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Ireland has several of its lodges in far-flung territories; we learu of several of these lodges in reports of Grand Inspectors: China: P. M. Streit, Inspector, writ~ from New York that he has been in Puerto Rico the past year but that he learns that former members of the lodge in Shanghai, China, are having their troubles; he promises to return to China as soon as it was liberated. 8. E. Ireland: Grand Master Donoughmore and his son, Lord Suirdale, were present on September 5 at a Centenary service of Donoughmore Lodge No. 44. Capetown, Africa: The Masonic Fellowship Lunch Club is well attended every Tuesday by brethren of H. M. forces, especially the Navy. Rhodesia: Freemasonry is being revived in Bulawayo. All lodg~ have candidates. Natal: The Inspector writes, "In South Africa, where it is possible to see four Constitutions (England, Ireland, Scotland, and the Netherlands), working in the same degree on four consecutive nights, and all having variations, it is difficult to prevent odd bits creeping in." India: The end of the war was observed in two Masonic services of remembrance in the Masonic Hall in Calcutta under auspices of English, Irish and Scotch Constitutions. All lodges in India have made substantial progress, one lodge in particular "having confined its activities to bringing light to a large number of our American guests"'" Ber'1rlll.lA1a: Said the Inspector, "We went through some strenuous times during the war in this far-flung fortress of the British Empire and on occasions were surrounded with packs of submarines; at one time we were nearly starving but thanks to our Navy and the Navy of our Gallant Ally, the U. S. A., the menace was overcome."

CANADA

Ontario: The membership of the Grand Lodge of Canada in Ontario for the year ending December 31, 1944, was 96,171, being a net increase of 3,122; total number of candidates initiated was 4,568. They are proud of their donations to worthy causes. A donation of $4,000.00 was made to the Canadian Red Cross; $500.00 to the Boy Scouts; $250.00 to Overseas Tobacco Fund; $500.00 to a lodge in Saskatchewan whick had suffered from a devastating cyclone. In addition, $5,000.00 was donated for sick children's hospital in the City of Toronto. The Grand LoJge has recently provided for the awarding of the 'Villiam Mercer 'Vilson medal for distinguished service. It became necessary for the Grand Master to issue an edict against violating a law restricting the number of initiates, several lodges reporting "they had so many candidates to be initiated they could not comply with the law." One lodge planned to confer the degrees according to the Irish work, a system limited to very few lodges. The Grand Lodge does not approve the DeMolay or the High Twelve Club, and one lodge was censured for having included in a lodge notice mention of the organization known as the Grotto. The Grand Master said: "Every organization which attaches itself to the name and reputation of Ancient Freemasonry, and over which we have no administrative con·

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trol, can, without doubt, endanger that name and reputation. It is no secret that in some jurisdictions where several such bodies that are banned here, have recognition, they have been more than a source of concern to the Grand Lodges. Let us remember the simile that Ancient Freemasonry is like a great tree, whose roots are sunk deep in the soil of an~ tiquity, whose trunk stands strong and erect against the blasts of time and whose branches give shade throughout the four divisions of the globe. Then remember that the greatest enemies of the tree are those growths, fungi, etc., which attach themselves to it; and, having nothing of themselves, can live only on the strength they sap from the tree itself."

Speaking on the subject of Peace, he said: "Peace can never, in the final analysis be simply a matter of treaties and arrangements between nations or groups of nations. Peace can only be assured when it is an earnest desire in the hearts of all men."

In the report of the Library Committee, we discover the following statement: "A lodge in Montreal has admitted a Negro visitor and wanted to know what our action would be if such an application were made in Toronto. "

But the committee did not specify as to their reply. Quebec: The Grand Master reported that at a meeting of St. George's Lodge No. 10, January 16, 1945, the sum of $1,000.00 was contributed by members of the lodge and handed over to the guest speaker to be used for the benefit of any needy scholars in a local air school, the sum to be given in the name of a late Right Worshipful Brother who had rendered distinctive Masonic service. This is a practical demonstration of Freemasonry. The Grand Chaplain gave his brethren a fine address. He said: "Man's greatest problem is to know how to do. Principles and laws, maxims and charters a.re nothing more than mere abstractions unless they are embodied in persons, unless the way is found to make them concrete in creative conduct. The principles of navigation never brought a ship safely to harbor-you have to have a navigator. The principles of painting never put a sunset onto a canvas-you have to have an artist. The principles of architecture never built a temple-you have to have a craftsman. "The knowledge of the principles of right living have been in man's possession since first his Creator breathed into him and he became a living soul, but the principles a.lone never lifted society one rung upward in the ladder whose top reaches heaven, except when they have been applied through personalities, through the words and acts of men who have seen their truth, and sought before God to apply them in every relationship of life, and only thus is society lifted from fear and hatred, intolerance and mistrust, tyranny and enslavement. , 'Brethren, is not this the very meaning of our Craft' A Word, a Sacred Law, made flesh in a craft of living' Interpreted in terms of brotherhood' "Masonry is not a religion; it is a craft, a science of living together."

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Prince Edward Island: This jurisdiction has 15 constituent lodges, with a membership of 1,094, an increase of 26 for the year as of April 30, 1945. Its largest lodge has 148 members. The Grand Lecturer reports that there is a certain amount of dissatisfaction with the present ritual and he himself believes that certain things should be corrected. The foreign correspondence committee looks forward to re-establishing relationship with the Grand Lodge of Czechoslovakia, National Grand Lodge of France, and the Grand Lodge of the Philippines. It has never enjoyed fraternal relations with the Netherlands, Denmark or Norway, but from the large number of young men who have trained in the air schools of Canada they are prompted to seek recognition from these countries upon convenient occasions. They add: "It is a well known fact that while Masonry is banned in these ('ountries the strength of the underground resistance movements was to be found among Protestant and Masonic circles in these areas."

The law provides that any member who has completed thirty-five years of membership becomes a life member and is not required to pay further dues. AUSTRALASIA

New South Wales: Major General Frederick Arthur Maguire was installed as Grand Master by His Excellency Sir Leslie Orme Wilson, the Governor of Queensland and Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of that jurisdiction. In installing General Maguire, he said: , 'I am sorry that the immediate Past Grand Master is not here. I have known Lord Gowrie for many years.. He served Freemasonry throughout Australia, five years in South Australia, and in this State as Grand Master for nine years, in a manner which would be expected of him. His departure is a great loss to Australia and particularly for our brotherhood, for which he has done so much. . . . "I have pursued Masonry in many stations, and in many parts, and whether in myoId School Lodge as its first :Master, or in the Navy Lodge where I was associated with His Majesty the King and the Duke of Windsor, who were both Masters of that Lodge, or whether in Bombay as District Grand Master, or during my eleven happy years as Grand Master of your Sister State, I have never forgotten the evening of the 17th of June, 1904, when I was initiated in Lodge Ionic No. 65, on the register of this Grand Lodge. I may say it meant much more to me because I was initiated in the time of one of your Grand Masters whom I was serving, Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, a great man and a great Mason. I once had the temerity, knowing nothing of Freemasonry, to ask him what a Freemason was, and his answer I shall never forget. He said: 'I cannot tell you, but I can tell you this-that a good Mason is a good man.' I never heard a better definition."

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"Masons are builders. Masons are men who take the raw material and work it into shape, and make something worth while. The raw material is your own life. It is something infinitely precious. Y.ou only have it for a period, and then it is taken away. We go on from one design to another, add hope to hope, and layout plans for many years, when we are Buddenly alarmed by the approach of death at an hour which we confidently believed to be the meridian of our existence. Then is the time we have the opportunity to test our manhood."

Former Grand Master Lord Gowrie was presented with an oil painting of himself, paid for by the lodges of the jurisdiction. Before his retirement he withdrew the charter of a lodge which had contravened the national security regulations in regard to liquor. The Grand Treasurer reported that he had invested about $200,000.00 in the Second Vic-tory Loan. The Grand Lodge has recently purchased for $116,000.00 a magnificent block of land, 197' x 200', fronting on one of the great arterial highways. The Masonic schools taken over by the government in February, 1942, have never been relinquished, thus creating considerable discussion in the Grand Lodge, for it seems that all other properties have been returned with the exception of the Masonic property. One speaker, in discussing the matter, said: "We have had a very raw deal from the present government."

New Zealand: The Grand Master of New Zealand is none other than Sir Cyril Newall, whose military title is Marshal of the Royal Air Forces. He is also Governor General of the Dominion, and Past Master of \Vestminster Lodge No. 308. The Grand Lodge reports a cash balance of approximately $900,000.00. As in America, it was reported that a steady deeline was going on in the earning power of invested money; they were C'onfined to government issues, and these rates had gone down to a "hare 314 %." The orphan fund reported receipt $500.00 (American money) from American brethren known as the Square and Compass Club, meeting somewhere in the Pacific, a sum given in appreciation of the kind reception they had received from lodges in New Zealand. It was reported that since the beginning of the war, 2,886 traveling certificates had been issued. One hundred thirty-one brethren arc said to have given up their lives. The net gain for the year ending June 30, 1944, was 746; the total membership 28,431, a new record in that jurisdiction. Queensland: This jurisdiction has the Governor as its Grand Master. He is Sir Leslie Orme "Tilson, noted for his Masonic enthusiasm. They have 361 lodges, with a membership of 18,500; three of these lodges are in New Guinea and are temporarily dormant. It was reported that in the space of twenty years the Grand Lodge had purchased land, erected a beautiful Masonic Temple, completely furnished it, and was on the eve of making the final payment.

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The Grand Lodge passed an unusual motion, a motion establishing a building loan fund for the purpose of assisting lodges in the acquisition and improvement or repair of Masonic buildings by means of advances from the fund, the loans either free of interest or at a nominal rate of interest, repayment by easy installments. This is to be done by levying the sum of 40 cents a year, beginning July 1, 1945. It was the opinion of the members of Grand Lodge that there had been, to a certain extent, a loss in the dignity of proceedings in lodges as a result of lessening requirements for the wearing of formal dress. Victoria: The latest statistics we have for this Grand Lodge are for the year ending December 31, 1943, at which time the membership was 57,620, being the largest reported by that Grand Lodge since its formation. Major General Vasey, a distinguished soldier who served with the Australian forces in the Middle East, New Guinea and elsewhere, addressed the Grand Lodge on the problems of a Commander. The newly elected Grand Master is Frank E. Pettifer. A donation of $16,000.00 was made for relief in connection with the bush fires which swept over Victoria. Western Australia: The question of Masonic Home came before the Grand Lodge of Western Australia, and the Grand Master, in reporting, said: "The erection of buildings constitutes a heavy burden upon the Craft by way of upkeep and an appreciable amount of the money for maintenance is absorbed in administrative charges. Other Grand Lodges follow the course of using their charitable funds in such a manner that there are no administrative costs whatever and all monies are applied directly to the objects of the fund. That is the system which we have adopted here. By this means substantial relief is afforded without anyone outside the Craft knowing anything at all about the source of income of this help. This method is not spectacular, but it is effective. The object of benevolence is to effect its purposes, and I think we agree that that result does not require the erection of buildings, whose principal object can only be that of impressing outsiders with what Freemasonry is doing."

The membership of the Grand Lodge, as reported December 31, 1944, is 12,189, the largest in its history; the net increase was 1,394. The Grand Lodge does not have the jurisdiction entirely to itself, for there is a District Grand Lodge of Scotland in that territory governed by Brother W. W. Raad, who was present at the session of the Grand Lodge of Victoria conveying the greetings of his Grand Master and of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. South Australia: The Grand Lodge of South Australia was established April 16, 1884. It has today on its rolls 15,087 members; this number has been exceeded in only one year (1930); net increase the past year was 1,041. The Grand Lodge noted the arrival in Australia of H. R. H. The Duke of Gloucester, accompanied by the Duchess and their two sons; he came to assume the duties of Governor General.

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It will be recalled that in 1942, H. R. H. The Duke of Kent was appointed Governor General, but before he could take over the position he was killed in a tragic plane crash. Attention of Grand Lodge was called to the character of the ceremonies appearing at banquets following regular communications of a lodge. It was thought that festive boards should be happy gatherings, but sometimes the dignity of these meetings was not fully upheld. While community singing was worthy of encouragement, care should be taken in the choice of songs and choruses. "Roll out the Barrel" was hardly suitable for such a function. MEXICAN GRAND LODGES

In the pamphlet Masoneria Mexicana statement was made that the Grand Secretaries of Mexican Grand Lodges have been changed with each annual election. Our Mexican friends do not look upon the position as a place to secure salary, but rather a place to render service, so that very often individuals take their turn in serving as Grand Secretary. The latest list of Grand Lodges and their Grand Secretaries -and this does not cover all the Grand Lodges-is as follows: Gran Logia Distrito Norte de Baja, California: Sr. Guillermo Monroy, Apartado 14, Ensenda, B. C., Mexico. Gran Logia del Pacifico: Sr. Alonso Castaneda, Apartado 20, Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. Gran Logia de Chiapas: Sr. Rogerio Cantu P., Apartado 70, Tapachula, Chis., Mexico. Gran Logia Cosmos: Sr. Jose Vidal Rios, Apartado 171, Chihuahua, Chih., Mexico. Gran Logia de Tamaulipas: Sr. N. C. Kauffmann, Apartado 419, Tampico, Tamps., Mexico. Gran Logia Valle de Mexico: Sr. Hector Bourges Patino, Apartado 10, Mexico, D. F., Mexico. Gran Logia Unida Mexicana: Sr. Pablo Andrade Torres, Apartado 56, Veracruz, Ver., Mexico. Gran Logia Benito Juarez: Sr. Jose Rios Casa, Apartado 87, Torreon, Coah., Mexico. Gran Logia EI Potosi: Sr. Mauricio Lopez Rivas, Apartado 104, San Louis Potosi, S. L. P., Mexico. Gran Logia Occidental Mexicana: Sr. Joaquin Yanez Albarran, Apartado 9, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico.

In recent months there has been issued a seven-page mimeographed circular severely critical of Mexican Grand Lodges. Among other things, the circular states: "I understand that Brother Denslow himself suffered some indignities at the hands of the Valle de Mexico authorities."

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Mexico, but on every hand he was afforded every opportunity to secure information and was the guest of several of these Grand Lodges on various occasions. These facts will be verified by my companion on the trip, Brother Walter S. Turnpaugh, a Past Grand Master of York Grand Lodge. Your reviewer has no intention of engaging in controversy over this subject. He has presented the situation in Mexico after several years of careful study, and even prejudice against Mexican Masonry; the report was not made up as a result of any two or three weeks spent in Mexico. That we have been fair to both sides is evidenced by statements from members of Mexican Grand Bodies, and also officers of York Grand Lodge. In the 1945 proceedings of York Grand Lodge (p. 42) Brother Marcus A. Loevy, says of our report: "It is remarkable how much data and information and historical details they have been able to secure in such very short visits. It shows a very thorough knowledge of and experience in Masonic affairs. Brother Denslow attended the conference of the Confederacion Grandes Logia de la Republica de Mexico. His report covers the history and present standing of almost all the Grand Logias here. . . . His lengthy report has met a very favorable reception among the Mexican brethren; it has been very extensively circulated. This report is also in favor with our Grand Lodge."

As to the attitude of our Mexican brethren, your reviewer modestly admits that he has accepted honorary membership in two of these Mexican Grand Lodges, and those who were fortunate to attend the special communication of our own Grand Lodge, meeting in Kansas City in November, 1945, will recall that two of our Mexican brethren there stated that the report on Mexican Masonry was the most complete and most fairly written of any report that had ever come out of Mexico. Your reviewer has nothing to sell except Freemasonry, and he deplores the fact that any individual, or group, would interfere in what promises to be a new era in our relationship with Mexican brethren. COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL

The United Grand Lodge of Valle de Mexico has just issued a commemorative medal to focus attention on the consolidation of Grand Lodge Independiente and Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico which occurred in November, 1944. On the face are the two columns, the checkered pavement, the altar, working tools, the sun and moon, all surrounded by the words "Masoneria Mexicana." On the reverse is the Mexican Calendar Stone surrounded by the words "Ano de la Unificacion," meaning "Year of the Consolidation." Where the mill-

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ing ordinarily is, appear the words "Libertad, Equalidad, Fraternidad"-"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity." WHERE NORTH MEETS SOUTH

Get out your atlas-that is if it is not already out. Now turn to the section listed as Central America. It is the narrow strip of cou~try which extends from the southern boundaries of Mexico to connect with the Continent of South America. At some places it may be as narrow as fifty miles (the Canal Zone), while in other sections it may be as wide as two hundred fifty miles. At several spots one may view both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Balboa did this-and later got his name and picture on a postage stamp! The countries, from north to south, are: British Honduras Guatemala Honduras Salvador, known as El Salvador Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama, through which cuts the Canal Zone

Roughly, the territory stretches over 1,200 miles. In Nicaragua we find a lake one hundred miles long and fifty miles wide. A chain of mountains extends the full length of the territory. 'Ve, in the United States, once paid small attention to the countries on our south. Those were the days before we became internationally minded. As a youth we recalled the several States as breeding grounds for occasional revolutions and rapid changes in the personnel of government. Occasionally Uncle Sam thought he found it necessary to go down and spank some of the inhabitants when they got too unruly and destroyed property belonging to other nationals. Those were the days when we enlarged on the virtues of the Monroe Doctrine. Then came Roosevelt I, "Teddy" we called him. He was a farsighted American. He saw the necessity of a canal across Central America; he could not overlook the anxiety which awaited the voyage of the Battleship Oregon around Cape Horn in Spanish war days. He was not certain where he wanted a canal built, but the eruption of a volcano in Nicaragua took that site out of the picture in a way the Spanish call "muy pronto." And so the United States took up the unfinished work of the French engineers, paid them for their antiquated equipment, and began to build the Panama Canal. It proved valuable during 'Vorld 'Var I, but it proved indispensable in W orId War II. But the building of the canal did more for us in the United States than to provide a waterway between the two oceans, for it directed our attention to our neighbors on the south. And to the Freemasons

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of the country it meant the making of new acquaintances. Most of the American grand lodges have been conservative and slow to extend recognition. And there have been many grave problems involved before recognition could be extended. In some instances, grand lodges rushed in to recognize a grand lodge, hardly waiting for the ink to dry upon their constitution. The majority of grand lodges looked with ill favor upon the genealogy of Central American grand lodges, for in practically every instance the grand lodge had received its charter from a Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite. This is hardly the place to discuss the value, or much less the virtue, of such charters, but almost a century having passed, the odium in the minds of the Anglo-Saxon element has been reduced to such an extent that the acts of a grand lodge are more to be considered than its genealogy. It is not because of any disrespect of Supreme Councils that grand lodges have taken this attitude towards Supreme Council origin, but it is because of fear that a grand lodge may not be sovereign in its territory and that it is dominated by those holding so-called higher degrees. Now there are wide differences in the mental attitude of the AngloSaxon and the Latin American. The former likes dignity with plainness, plain dress and simple ceremony. The latter likes the dignity but he wants all of the ceremony that can be had; he wants as many degrees as he can pay for, and he delights in sashes, collars, badges, jewels and diplomas. He is satisfied in many instances with the reading from the ritual, but he delights in so-called impromptu oratory. In the higher degree system very few of the degrees are conferred in full form. Much is made of the Rose Croix and Knight Kadosh. The governing body for Central America in the early days was the Supreme Council in the State of Colombia. Later, a Supreme Council for Central America was established with See in San Jose, Costa Rica. It seems that in the beginning an agreement was entered into whereby each seven years the See should be removed to another Central American State. Some revolutions came and the See was removed to Guatemala, and the Guatemalans would never let it be removed. They claim that a majority of the Supreme Council oppose the removal. Costa Rica claims that the Guatemalans create all of the active members and thereby control the votes. Personally, we do not know. We do know that the dispute within the Supreme Council of Central America has stirred up trouble and disturbed Masonic harmony. One American jursidiction withdrew recognition of a Costa Rican grand lodge because the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge was a member of a Supreme Council which withdrew from Guatemalan Supreme Council. There is a new Grand Master in Costa Rica now, but the recognition has not been restored. American grand lodges will do well to abstain from having a part in higher degree disputes.

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Our readers may be amazed at the small number of members in Central America. With a country having 8,658,395 people, we might expect more than the 3,898 estimated membership, but we must realize that this is Roman Catholic territory, that many of the people are natives with little or no education, and that progress is slow and ofttimes painful. And yet, if you will read the history of each individual grand lodge, you will note material progress within the past twentyfive years. There have been fewer revolutions and consequently fewer changes in grand lodge structure. Undoubtedly the Massachusetts lodges on the Canal Zone have had a fine effect on lodges in Central America. There has been much visitation with a consequent appreciation of each other's values. Many of our larger corporations have entered the business field in Central America and some of their representatives, who are active Freemasons, have taken time to visit and to acquaint our brethren there with the character of American Freemasonry. In recent years there has been a rapid increase in the number of Spanish courses offered in our high schools and colleges, and while most of these courses have failed to produce Spanish scholars, yet it has caused an interest to be taken in things Spanish. BRITISH AND SPANISH HONDURAS

There are two distinct sections of Central America bearing the appellation "Honduras." One is British Honduras, which lies east of Guatemala and adjoins Mexico on the north; it is entirely separate from the other Honduras known as Spanish Honduras. English Honduras has a population of 55,000; Spanish Honduras has almost 900,000. It is said that Columbus discovered the Honduras Coast in 1502 while searching for a passage to the Indies. Englishmen first learned of the country when a shipwrecked crew was stranded there in 1638. British Honduras became a Colony independent of Jamaica, to which it was once attached, in 1884. It is a British Colony and, naturally, its Freemasonry has been largely modeled on English and Scottish lines. In 1763 the Grand Lodge of England gave warrant to the Lodge of Amity No. 309, located at St. George's Cay on the Bay of Honduras. St. George's Cay is a beautiful little island nine miles northeast of the Capital City of Belize and is famed in that section as a week-end resort. It was at one time the capital of British Honduras. Other lodges were chartered as follows: 1820-British Constitutional Lodge No. 723, Bay of Honduras 1831-Royal Sussex No. 860, Belize

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Tn 1502 Columbus landed at Cape Honduras and annexed the country; Cortes came in 1525 and displaced the existing government. Honduras was once a part of Guatemala, but in 1821 Honduras declared its independence. In 1859, Great Britain ceded several islands to Honduras; in 1871 they went to war with their neighbors, Guatemala, and in 1894 with Nicaragua. In 1907, both Honduras and Salvador warred with Nicaragua. In 1924, there was a dictatorship, followed by civil war. In 1931-32 there were revolutionary disturbances. Honduras has an Atlantic coast-line of four hundred miles, and a Pacific coast-line of sixty miles. Its Freemasonry is an offspring of the Supreme Council of Central America, whose See is in Guatemala. This Supreme Council granted charters to the following lodges: Igualidad No.1, Tegucigalpa Eureka No.2, San Pedro Sula Augustin Disdier No.3, La Ceiba

On May 15, 1922, a convention of these lodges was held in the Capital City, Tegucigalpa, and a Grand Lodge formed for Honduras. Frederico C. Canales was elected Grand Master, and Ernesto Fiallos V., Grand Secretary. On June 10, 1922, the Supreme Council officially ceded their rights as a Masonic symbolic power and July 9, 1922, the "Sovereign Symbolic Grand Lodge of the State of Honduras of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite" was constituted. There are four lodges, mostly English-speaking members, working under charters from the Grand Lodges of Scotland. These are: Tela No. 1196, Tela Ceiba No. 1266, La Ceiba . Puerto Castilla No. 1293, Puerto Castilla Cortes No. 1315, Puerto Cortes

In 1939, three of these lodges united under the name "United Lodge of Tela, Castilla, and Cortes No. 1196." No. 1266 still continues. The Freemasonry of that jurisdiction must be in good standing with the government-we have in our stamp collection a one-cent stamp of the "Republica de Honduras" with the central figure the "Templo Masonico de Tegucigalpa." This is more than the three million Freemasons of the United States have ever been able to do! Great Britain and Honduras groups are having a controversy over jurisdiction involving the territory of Belice, better known as British Honduras. The Gran Logia Occidental de Colombia has forced itself into the picture by the adoption of a resolution which it is broadcasting to the Masonic World as well as to the profane world. There are eight introductory clauses and four articles of Resolution No.1 which cover the Guatemala-English controversy, but Article No.1 conveys

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to the people of Guatemala and the government the fervent sympathy of the Masonic family of Colombia and their "sincere adhesion to the postulates" of Guatemala's claim against Britain. Article No.2 resolves to request "the enthusiastic cooperation of the British Empire towards the amicable, equitable, and just solution of the aspirations of Guatemala, whereby the bonds of affection which unite America with Grand Britain may be strengthened." Article No.3 resolves "to transcribe the resolution to the Grand

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Lodges of the country, of our amity, of our obedience and the Masollie press, with our earnest request that they uphold and support this petition should they find it just and perfect." Article No.4 would "transcribe this resolution to the Chancelleries of Guatemala and Great Britain." There are differences of opinion in the Masonic World as to how far Masonic bodies may go in discussing religious and political questions in a lodge and in passing resolutions for publication. All will agree, with a few exceptions, that political controversies between foreign countries which do not in the least concern Freemasonry are not the proper subjects for Masonic discussion. If it is wrong to discuss them in lodges, it is also wrong to publish them to the world in periodicals which profess to represent Masonic thought. GRAN LOGIA DE LA REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA

Guatemala is one of the chief commercial countries of Central America; it is bounded by Mexico, Honduras, British Honduras, and Salvador; it has both an Atlantic (70 miles) seaboard and a Pacific (200 miles) seaboard. Much of the country is mountainous and volcanic. It has a population of more than three million, but a majority of them are Indians; religion is Roman Catholic, and language Spanish, although much English is spoken. The President of the Republic is elected for six years. He is now General Jorge Ubico.

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Guatemala City, with a population in excess of 200,000, is the Capital; it is said to be one of the cleanest cities in the Americas. Guatemala declared war against Japan December 7, 1941, and against Germany and Italy on December 11, 1941. Pedro Alvarado completed a Spanish conquest of Guatemala in 1524; in 1541, Guatemala City was destroyed by a volcanic eruption; in 1821, it, like many others, revolted against Spanish rule and joined the Central American Federation, but in 1847 it declared itself an independent Republic. It had many alliances-with Costa Rica and Nicaragua in 1863; with Honduras against Salvador in 1872. Former Grand Secretary Edward B. Coffey is our authority for much of the Masonic information given below. He tells us that in 1871 the Supreme Council of Neo Granada, Scottish Rite, granted a charter for the formation of a new Supreme Council for all Central America with its See at San Jose in Costa Rica, this Supreme Council having been the first Masonic power actively at work in Central America. It is a matter of much interest to us to know how one Supreme Council can give authority for the formation of another Supreme Council as did Neo Granadino, but those are the facts. Weare further told: "In 1887, the Supreme Council for Central America, seeking a wider field for its activities, moved its See to Guatemala City, where it has been ever since."

And this fact is today the basis for much dissension between Guatemala, its Supreme Council, and Scottish Rite brethren of Costa Rica, and the dispute has had its repercussions even in the United States. At any rate the Supreme Council began establishing lodges with an understanding, according to Decree No. 407, that: "As soon as there were enough symbolic lodges in the jurisdiction (in each Republic) and they had proved their stability, the Supreme Council of Central America would immediately relinquish all authority over symbolic Masonry, and making use of this right, the eight following lodges formed themselves into a Masonic power with jurisdiction over the first three degrees of Freemasonry, Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft, and Master Mason.' ,

These lodges were: Union No. 1. Fenix No.2 Firmeza No.3 Estrella de Occidente No.4 Igualidad No.5 Estrella del Norte No.6 Fraternidad No.7 Alianza No.8

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20, 1903, in their first annual communication and organized the Gran Logia de la Republica de Guatemala. Almost immediately afterward, October22, 1903, the Supreme Council of Central America, in a decree No.5, third series, decreed: "Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Guatemala as a supreme power over symbolic Masonry and relinquishment of jurisdiction that it had exercised over symbolic Masonry in that jurisdiction."

The way was now open for a general recognition on the part of the great Masonic Powers of the world, when, in 1908, the then President of the Republic, Manuel Estrada Cabrera, became opposed to Freemasonry and by force of arms compelled the work to cease. Not only did he suspend their work, but taking advantage of an earthquake in 1917-18, whieh destroyed the Temple that was being erected, he ordered the removal of doors, windows, balconies and everything of value. The properties were ransacked and records were destroyed and Freemasonry appeared to be dead. But the tyrant was overthrown in April, 1920 (he had ruled twentytwo years), and in June, 1920, the Grand Lodge of Guatemala called together those of its members who were living, and reorganized after a period of twelve years inactivity. It has continued since that time without disturbance. It has no lodges outside the State of Guatemala and has no other grand lodges in that territory. Union Lodge No.1 works in English, the others in Spanish. Oliver Day Street tells us that the first lodge in Guatemala was Constancia, organized in 1881 by the Grand Orient of New Granada at Cartagena (now Colombia). Scribner's History of Freemasonry says that in 1886 the members divided themselves among three lodges, 19ualidad No. 21, Libertad No. 22, and Fraternidad No. 23, and that these lodges became Nos. 1, 2, and 3, respectively, under the Grand Orient of Central America at Costa Rica and were installed as such May 22, 1886. Public meetings have been held attended by outsiders with an idea of giving the outside world a picture of what Freemasonry stands for; this is very essential in a country where much opposition exists towards secret societies. Patriotic programs are held on certain significant days. "Vhile the Grand Lodge disclaims any actual connection with bodies of the Philosophic Rite, it is noted that Grand Commander Luis Gaitan was Grand Master in 1940, and Alfredo Lamport, Grand Secretary General, was Deputy Grand Master in the same year. GRAN LOGIA CUSCATLAN DE SALVADOR

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has no Atlantic port. Two mountain chains cross the country and send out spurs which enclose valleys of great fertility. Earthquakes are frequent. There is a plateau about 2,000 feet above sea level which contains many volcanic cones, fourteen exceeding 3,000 feet. The population is given as 1,829,816, and of this only 10 per cent are natives. The dominant religion, as might be expected, is Roman Catholic, and the language is Spanish. Military service is required and education is compulsory. The official attitude of the existing government is said by members of the Grand Lodge to be tolerant. Salvador is largely a coffee raising country, that product constituting its largest crop. There are many tropical fruits, and henequen or sisal is one of the larger crops. The new constitution was adopted January 20, 1939, and provides for a unicameral legislature, with a National Assembly of Deputies which meets twice a year. The President is elected by popular vote and holds office six years. He cannot be immediately re-elected. Serving at the present time is General Maxmiliano Hernandez Martinez. History tells us that Salvador was conquered in 1526 by Pedro de Alvarado. It was not until 1821 that it declared itself independent of Spain; it was in 1841 that a Constitution was promulgated. Not all has been harmony in this territory, for in 1863 General Barrios defeated the Guatemalan Army at Coatepeque. Honduras joined Salvador against Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Guatemala, but the Guatemalans were victors and occupied Salvador. In 1885, a defensive alliance was formed between Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica against Guatemala. Barrios invaded Salvador and was killed. In 1886 peace was declared. In 1889, there arose an insurrection under General Rivas, \vhich was suppressed by government forces. This was followed by a war with Guatemala and Honduras in 1898. Peace was declared and Salvador joined the Greater Republics of Central America. In 1919, Salvador joined the League of Nations. The fourth centenary was observed officially in 1925. Salvador is a member of United Nations; it declared war on Japan the day following Pearl Harbor, and four days later on Germany and Italy. The full name of the Grand Lodge is "Gran Logia Cuscatlan Regular y Legalmente Constituda Para La J urisdiccion Simbolica de La Republica de EI Salvador, Centro-America." It was established as a Grand Lodge September 22, 1912, but this was a consolidation date as there had existed other Grand Lodges before that time. Gould tells us that Masonry was introduced into Salvador about the middle of the last century, but by 1882 it had been suppressed. Street tells us that scattered remnants of this group met and formed a lodge "Excelsior No. 17" in the City of San Salvador, working un-

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der a charter granted them by the Supreme Council of Central Americal at Guatemala (Grand Secretary Oriani, in 1927, wrote us that the Supreme Council was at that time in Costa Rica) ; and that a little later another lodge was chartered "Caridad y Constancia No. 18" at Tecla, under the same authority. Scribner's History says that these lodges were given the support of President Rafael Zaldivar, but adds that the lodges were under the Grand Orient of Central America, which may be one and the same thing. April 24, 1898, there was formed the first Grand Lodge for the jurisdiction of EI Salvador, and also Honduras; it was composed of the following lodges: Excelsior Libertad Fuerza y Materia Morazan Tomas Medina 15 de Septiembre Lorenzo Montufar

This Grand Lodge went down as a result of political conditions which existed in the country at that time (war between Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras). Most of these lodges had declared their independence of the Supreme Council which had chartered them, but later two of them withdrew and again attached themselves to the Supreme Council. Then, in 1908, the Grand Lodge was rejuvenated and reorganized, but in 1910, because of the ambitions of some few dissatisfied brethren there arose another Grand Lodge, the Gran Logia Lealtad de EI Salvador. Each Grand Lodge worked independently until 1912, when on September 22, 1912, they were fused, giving birth to the present Gran Logia Cuscatlan de EI Salvador, formed of the six lodges: Justicia Social No.1, San Salvador Osiris No.2, San Miguel Excelsior No. 17, San Salvador Reforma No.4, Sonsonate Luz de Cuscatlan No.5, Cojutepequc Tomas Medina No.6, Santa Ana

By the year 1927, Osiris No. 2 had been closed, as was Luz de Cuscatlan No.5. But in the year 1945, Grand Secretary Humberto Acosta informs us that there now exists four active lodges and three inactive lodges, as follows: Rafael Reyes No.1, San Salvador Excelsior No. 17 (No.3), San Salvador Reforma No.4, Sonsonate Morazan No.7, San Salvador Fenix No.9 (dormant), San Salvador Hermogenes Alvarado No.5 (dormant) Luz No.8 (dormant)

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Grand Lodge Cuscatlan had a beautiful temple in the City of San Salvador, but it was completely destroyed by the earthquake of June, 1917. For several years it was not careful in the matter of extending recognition, but in recent years has gained the good will of most American grand lodges. The country is small and many difficulties confront Freemasonry. The approximate membership of the five working lodges is only 94 members, but they are very loyal to the institution. The Grand Lodge is free of Supreme Council domination and they endeavor to follow the Ancient Landmarks. Communications of the Grand Lodge are held in the months of January, March, June, September and November. Officers are elected annually. Fortunately, there are no other Grand Lodges working in that jurisdiction and no irregular Freemasonry exists there. The Grand Lodge issues printed proceedings and we have before us a copy of their Constitutions which appear entirely regular in every respect. Four of the lodges work the ritual of the Scottish Rite, but the fourth (Reforma No.4) works the.. York Rite ritual. Grand Lodge and its activities are supported by the usual per capita tax, which enables them to carryon a program of charity and education. A magazine, "Shittah," is sent to the membership. An annual meeting for election of Grand Officers is held on December 27. The present Grand Master is Alan Oswald Chalmers, c/o The Salvador Railway Co., Ltd.; and the Grand Secretary is Dr. Humberto Acosta, 2a Calle Oriente 27, all in the City of San Salvador. Incidentally, Grand Secretary Acosta writes beautiful English. Former Grand Secretary Tellez, wrote us in September, 1941: , 'The government of EI Salvador is not antagonistic. Our membership is at a standstill; our finances are extremely limited; our temple was destroyed in 1917 by a violent earthquake and we are occupying temporary quarters. We have a fund of $2,000.00 toward the necessary $30,000.00 needed for a new buildi.ng. The Sara Asylum, founded in 1883 by our Grand Lodge for aged brethren, is now under the auspices of the government. Eaeh June 24, we celebrate the summer solstice with a formal reception, to which are invited social elements in sympathy with the institution, many of whom have been initiated, but soon withdrew, disillusioned on discovery of our fewness of numbers.

GRAN LOGIA SIMBOLICA DE NICARAGUA

Nicaragua is the largest of the Central American Republics. Its northern boundary is Honduras, its eastern boundary is the Caribbean Sea, on the south is Costa Rica, and the western boundary is the Pacific Ocean. Its Atlantic coast line is 300 miles; its Pacific coast line is 200 miles; two mountain ranges traverse the country. Its geography is marked by two large lakes, one Lake Nicaragua is al-

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most one hundred miles in length and thirty-four miles wide, and because it was navigable made Nicaragua for many years the logical site for the Isthmian Canal. Population is estimated at 1,013,946, almost half of which is illiterate. Roman Catholicism is the prevailing religion and Spanish is the language of the country. The country has had a stormy political history. It is ruled by a President and a Congress of two houses. Products of the country are coffee, bananas, sugar, mahogany and other tropical products. At this time the President is Anastasio Somozo; he is said to he a Freemason. His term will expire May 1, 1947. He has visited the United States on several occasions. Political groups in Old Mexico are very critical of his administration and are sending out much printed material attacking certain of his acts. He has established a National University; in Nicaragua, education is now compulsory, as is military service. Nicaragua's history may be told in a few "lOrds. In 1522, Gonzales de Avila landed, and in 1524 the City of Granada was founded. From 1687 the British established a protectorate which lasted almost one hundred years. In 1821, Nicaragua declared itself independent of Spain. In 1826 was made the first survey for a Nicaraguan Canal. In 1863, occurred the war between Nicaragua and Salvador, and Costa Rica against Guatemala and Honduras; a defensive alliance of the three former countries was formed in 1885, and a peace was signed with Guatemala in 1886. In 1894 there was a war with Honduras. In 1895 there was trouble with England and the Vice Consul at Bluefields was expelled along with other British subjects. A British squadron entered their harbors and exacted an indemnity. In 1897 there was another war with Honduras; then Nicaragua joined the Greater Republics of Central America. A boundary dispute with Costa Rica was settled by arbitration in 1898. A war with Honduras and Salvador occurred in 1907. In 1927 occurred a civil war and the United States sent some United States officers down to assist in preserving order. The Marines and General Sandino's insurgents engaged in skirmishes in 1928. In 1931, Managua was destroyed by an earthquake and by 1932 all of our Marines had left Nicaragua. The very day Japan struck at Pearl Harbor, Nicaragua declared war on Japan; four days later she had declared war on Germany and Italy, and thus became one of the United Nations. The Capital is Managua, a city of 60,000 population. Granada is on Lake Nicaragua and has 18,000. Leon is a former capital with a population of 47,000. American jurisdictions were slow to recognize Nicaraguan Freemasonry for the reason that no one in Nicaragua was able to write English. This defect has been remedied in recent years when Brother

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Raymond C. Jarnet, who had received some of his Masonry in England, took up residence in Nicaragua and further cemented his English ties by marrying a Virginia girl. The beginnings of Freemasonry in Nicaragua are told in Brother Francisco Medal's History of Freemasonry in Nicaragua, a volume printed in Spanish in 1927. He tells us: I I This historian Gamex tells us that in 1828 two young men, Juan Francisco Casanova, an Ecuadorean, and Rafael Ruix Gutierrez, a Venezuelan, arrived in Nicaragua with special mission from the Grand Orient Neo-Granadino, and with the utmost secrecy founded lodges in Granada and Rivas. These lodges were designed to bring Freemasonry in Central America under Colombian jurisdiction, and the work was undertaken because the Grand Lodge of England had issued a warrant to a lodge in San Juan del Norte, and it was feared that English influence would spread inwards. Casanova and Gutierrez were, however, charged with being secret agents of Bolivar, working for the annexation of Nicaragua to Colombia, and on this pretext executed."

We have not traced the name and number of this English lodge established at San Juan del Norte. Nicaragua was British territory at the time and Colombia was invading the jurisdiction when they attempted to establish additional lodges there. The lodge at San Juan continued to work until the silting of the mouth of the river San Juan caused the port to become an inland town. Its importance declining, it is today a city of only a few hundred people. Freemasonry may testify as to its former greatness for there exists there a Masonic cemetery with an old iron gateway bearing Masonic symbols, and in this ancient cemetery one may read the names of brethren who came from all parts of the world's surface. On each tombstone is the name of the brother, his degree, and the name of the lodge in which he was initiated. When San Juan ceased to be a port most of the population removed to Bluefields. Here two lodges were founded-Bluefields No. 875 and Eureka No. 673, the latter being for colored men. These two lodges existed for only a short time. Their furniture is today in use by Atlantes Lodge No.7, of Bluefields. In 1882, a Polish teacher, Dr. Jose Leonard, arrived in Nicaragua from Spain, and after fruitless effort in Managua, obtained authority from the Grand Orient Neo-Granadino in Colombia, to found Lodge Progreso No. 41 under the auspices of that-Grand Lodge in the City of Granada. It was composed of citizens of excellent standing, but it met with tremendous opposition from the Church. This antagonism increased to such an extent that a large congregation was called together in the Church of the Merced, at which time extreme measures were resorted to, the Church commanding wives to refrain from marital dealings with their husbands and otherwise impeding their social and business relations. In face of so much public and domestir.

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turmoil, it was finally decided to close the lodge. Freemasonry could compete with the church-but not with Love. The revolution of 1893 changed the social and political aspects of the country. Dr. Rafael Reyes arrived in Nicaragua in connection with his work in the Confederation of the Central American Republics, and gathered together a small band of faithful brethren yet remaining in Nicaragua and urged them to solicit authority from the Supreme Grand Council of Central America to form a lodge. After further difficulties, the Lodge Progreso No. 16 was finally constituted in 1898. In 1901, Juan F. Ponciano, an officer of the Central American Supreme Council arrived and established the Rose Croix Chapter Montufar No.5, at Managua. An abortive effort was made to establish the Lodge Beneficiencia at Rivas in 1901, but the Supreme Council never saw fit to extend its warrant of authority. In 1906, the Supreme Council warranted the Lodge Estrella Meridional No. 28, at Rivas. The year previous, 1905, members of Lodge Progreso No. 16, at Managua, formed Managua Lodge Luz No. 29, which continued to work until 1912. But the lodges in Nicaragua were always having difficulties with the Supreme Council which served as their Grand Lodge; it soon became evident that Nicaragua should have its own Grand Lodge, and by the cooperation of three lodges a petition was presented to the Supreme Council, with See in Guatemala, asking permission to establish a Grand Lodge. And so the Grand Lodge of Nicaragua came into being, November 10, 1907. The petitioning lodges were: Progreso No. 16, Managua (now No.1) Estrella Meridional No. 28, Rivas (now No.3) Luz No. 29, Leon (now No.2)

Progreso became No.1; Estrella Meridional became No.3; and Luz became No.2 on the Nicaraguan registry. Then followed other lodges: 1908 Isis No.4, Matagalpa 1927 Veteranos No.5, Managua 19- Diriangen No.6, Leon "Atlantes No.7, Bluefields Granada No.8, Granada Julio Cesar No.9, Masaya

Lodges Nos. 2, 3, 4 have ceased working; there is a Triangle (Masonic Club), Simon Bolivar No.1, in Corinto. Temples have been built in Managua and Leon, and Granada is busy raising funds for that purpose. The Grand Lodge of Nicaragua is a sovereign and independent or-

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ganization; it has full and undisputed authority over the Masonry of the jurisdiction and maintains no relationship with spurious or irregular bodies. It enjoys the unusual distinction of being incorporated by a Special Act of the Government of Nicaragua on January 18, 1908. Its seat is in Managua. A few years ago it experienced the loss of its temple, records, and paraphernalia in the great earthquake. President Somoza visited the United States in 1939; he was made a Mason April 21, 1939; while visiting New Orleans, La., he was made an honorary member of the Spanish Lodge Cervantes No.5 of that city, and given a gold membership card. The number of lodges now working is 5; the membership is 256. The Grand Master is Dr. Octavio Cortes, and the Grand Secretary is Dr. Enoe Aguado, Box 14, Granada. Communications of the Grand Lodge are held annually; no proceedings are issued, just a booklet with officers and members. Recently there has been established, in the City of Managua, a Spanish-speaking Royal Arch Chapter by the name of Maximo Jerez, working under the jurisdiction of the General Grand Chapter of the U. S. A. The Grand Master of the Grand Lodge, Dr. Octavio Cortes, was selected as the first High Priest of this new chapter. GRAND LODGE OF COSTA RICA

Explorers very properly labeled such a rich coast "Costa Rica," for it is known for its sugar, bananas, silver and gold mines, its coffee and its timber. It has two excellent cities, Limon, on the Caribbean Coast, and San Jose, which is 102 miles inland from Limon; the population of the former city is more than 16,000, while the latter city, the Capital of the State, has almost 70,000; the population of the Republic is 656,129. Puerto Limon is the site of Columbus' fourth landing in the Americas. Roman Catholicism is the State religion, but religious liberty exists. Voting is compulsory and fines are levied against those who do not exercise their rights of citizenship. It was the first Latin American country to declare war on the Axis nations. Its history began with its conquest by Spain in 1530; ten years later it was attached to Guatemala. In 1821, Costa Rica declared its independence; civil war followed in 1823 and the Capital was transferred from Cartago to San Jose. From 1824-39 it was a part of the Central American Federation, but in 1848 set up an independent republic. In 1863, it joined with Guatemala and Nicaragua against the Republics of Honduras and Salvador. In 1885, it formed an alliance with Nicaragua and Salvador against Guatemala. In 1897, it became a member of the "Greater Republic of Central America," but seceded in 1898. It had a boundary dispute with Panama in 1900, which was happily settled by arbitration. Costa Rica is strategically situated and is easily accessible to other

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States of the Central Americas-at least as accessible as it is possible to be under transportation facilities. Its Grand Lodge has one of the best reputations of any in the Central American group; many of its members speak English and there is one lodge which works in the English language under the York rituals. Brother George F. Bowden, Grand Secretary Emeritus of the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica, has written a complete story of this most interesting of Central American Grand Lodges; it appeared in the annual proceedings of the Grand Lodge, but being in Spanish is not readily available for Masonic students who do not use that language. Costa Rican Freemasonry is descended from the old Grand Orient and Supreme Council for Central America which was established at San Jose in 1871. The See of the Supreme Council was removed to Guatemala at the time of a revolution in Costa Rica, July 6, 1887, and this marks the beginning of a situation which is causing much confusion in the Masonic picture. It seems that in the formation of this Supreme Council, which for half a century has dominated the Central American picture, an agreement was made that the See should be moveable, and that every seven years it should be taken to each of the countries which comprised the Supreme Council. When it was taken to Guatemala in 1887, it was never returned to Costa Rica, nor taken to any of the other countries. So we were not surprised to receive an official notice recently that a split had come. It came in the nature of a circular: "Grand Orient of San .Jose, Costa Rica, .July 17, 1943. , 'Most Illustrious and Powerful Brothers: , 'For the information of the Supreme Council and of the Illustrious and powerful brothers of the 33rd degree, with instruction of the Supreme Confederated Council for Central America with its See in this city, I enclose herewith decree No.1 issued yesterday, by which the See of the Supreme Council is reassumed, after being provisionally transferred to Guatemala for solely seven years, and after 49 years of retention and refusal of return and the pretension of retaining it definitely and permanently in that city. "It will be gratifying for us to continue our pleasant relations in our new See, and I remain by the SS, TT and SS. NN, known to us. Yours fraternally, George Tristain, 33 0 Grand Secretary General and Chancellor."

Gould, in his History of Freemasonry, says the first lodge in Costa Rica was established by the Grand Orient of New Granada in 1867. But the Grand Lodge was organized from four lodges which had been chartered by the Grand Orient and Supreme Council of Central America. These lodges were: Regeneracion No.6, San .Jose Union Fraternal No.9, Port Limon

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These four lodges met in convention in San Jose, December 7, 1899, and founded the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica, A. F. & A. M., assuming absolute and sovereign authority over the symbolic craft in the Republic. A constitution and code was adopted and Arthur G. M. Gillott was elected first Grand Master. Gillott had been initiated, passed and raised in Lodge Regeneracion No. 6 in the year 1893. New numbers were issued the four lodges, Nos. 1-4 in the order named. At the present time there are eight lodges working under the Grand Lodge of Costa Rica. They are: Regeneracion No. 1. Union Fraternal No.2 La Luz No.3 Hermes No.7 Maravilla No. 10 Hiram No. 11 Torre-Alba No. 13 Osiris No. 14

San .Jose Port Limon Sal\J .Jose San .Jose Alajuela San .Jose Turrialba Puntarenas

. 84 members . 49 " . 73 " . 92 " . 47 " . 54 " . 39 " . (') " 438

These figures are as of January 1, 1944, and represent a gradual increase in membership over reports of previous years. Osiris Lodge No. 14 was established March 23, 1946. La Luz Lodge No.3 works in the English language, in accordance with the ritual of St. John's Masonry (the York Rite); the other lodges employ the Scottish Rite ritual. The Grand Lodge employs the usual Standard of Landmarks generally adopted by all regular Grand Lodges. Only three Grand Lodges do NOT recognize this Grand LodgeIllinois, Maryland and Kentucky. Kentucky recognized the Grand Lodge until a year ago when recognition was withdrawn, the reason for which appears in the printed proceedings of Costa Rica (pp. 2741, 1944). During the year 1945, Brother Dana J. Condon, former resident of the United States, was Grand Master; he was the steamship agent for the United Fruit Company and left Costa Rica for Havana, Cuba, where he became assistant manager of that company in Havana. The annual election of officers in the Grand Lodge took place November 30, 1945, and Brother Arturo Faith, who had served so acceptably in a former year, was elected Grand Master and installed on January 5, 1946. Both Enrique Chaves, Grand Secretary and Bejos Yamuni, Grand Treasurer were re-elected. We note that Brother \Villiam Pennell Snow, Second Secretary of the American Embassy in San Jose, has been elected Senior Warden

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of La Luz Lodge No.3, and he promises to be of great help in carrying on the work of this Bnglish-speaking lodge. The Grand Lodge has recently issued a Commemorative Album which contains photographs of all those who have been active in the affairs of the Grand Lodge since its institution. Our readers will marvel to learn that the organizer of Freemasonry in Costa Rica was a high official of the Roman Catholic Church, Presbitero Dr. Francisco Calvo. FREEMASONRY IN PANAMA

The history of Panama began in 1501, when one Rodrugo Galvan de Bastidas discovered the country. Columbus on his fourth voyage reached Porto Bello and it was used as a Spanish garrison for more than two centuries. Then, in 1513, Vasco Nunez de Balboa forced his way through the tropical jungles to discover the Pacific Ocean and thereby give his name to the official currency ($1.00) of the country. He was beheaded in 1519. The present City of Panama was founded in 1673. The country declared itself independent in 1821. In that year it formed a union with Colombia which lasted until 1903. A railway was built across the Isthmus in 1850-55, which carried much of the trade from east to west during the California gold rush. In 1888, the celebrated French engineer, DeLesseps, planned a canal across the Isthmus, but was unable to finish it, that being reserved for Americans, when in 1903 a treaty was negotiated between the United States and Panama whereby the United States was given rights in perpetuity over the strip which now comprises the Canal Zone. The canal was opened to traffic in 1914, and its purchase and operation have proved a definite factor in the winning of two wars. We pay an annual rental of $250,000.00 to the Panama Government for certain rights in that country. No new business may be started in the Zone and only government employes may reside there. Panama is another of our good neighbors. When one of their Presidents (1940) refused to collaborate with the United States and fled the country, the Supreme Court very promptly filled the post. Panama declared war on Japan December 8, 1941, and on Germany and Italy four days later. The religion is Roman Catholic, but there are many of other faiths. The language is Spanish, but the use of English is becoming very common. A great problem for years was that of sanitation, but epidemics have now been practically overcome. Its Masonic mstory

There are several stories current about the origin of Freemasonry in Panama, but the most reliable of these comes from the pen of Brother Roger C. Hackett, who, in pamphlet form, issued the story

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of Panama Freemasonry under the title "Glimpses Into the Past," and to whom we are indebted for much of the following information. Hackett tells us that notwithstanding statements that Freemasonry has existed there since the early days of the 1700's, there are no contemporary records relating to the craft prior to 1821. He says: , 'The authentic beginnings of Freemasonry in Panama were evidently connected with the fifteen-year struggle of the Spanish-American patriots under General Simon Bolivar, 'EI Liberatador,' for independence from Spain. By 1821, this struggle was successfully terminated in northern South America and Panama, and on November 28 of that year the leading citizens of Panama City recognized the situation by declaring Panama independent of Spain and a part of Great Colombia (Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador). "In the year in which Panama achieved political freedom it also achieved intellectual freedom, for as mentioned, it was in 1821 that Masonic activity in the country began. It is reasonable to suppose that the origin of Masonry here was closely connected with the collapse of Spanish power in South America, inasmuch as the reactionary government of Ferdinand VII had previously attempted to suppress the craft in both Spain and its colonies. At any rate, a few months before the Panamanian Declaration of Independence of November 28, which really followed the de facto obtaining of independence, a group of fifteen brothers in Panama City met and drafted a petition to the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, Gran Oriente Espanol, in Madrid, praying that they be granted a dispensation to establish a lodge to be known as 'La Mejor Union' (The best/or greater union). The Supreme Council was functioning openly at this time as a result of the success of a liberal revolt against Ferdinand VII which had broken out in 1820. The; petition was granted in due time and the lodge held its first meeting under the dispensation late in the same year. Early in the next year it transferred its allegiance to the Supreme Council of Paris, possibly because of the growing anarchic eonditions in Spain which the successful revolutionists of 1820 proved unable to control. , 'About a year later the brethren became dissatisfied with the French connection, perhaps on account of their indignation at the French intervention to restore the unspeakable Ferdinand to his absolute power, and they determined to sever that connection and petition an American Grand Lodge for a charter. . . . New York was selected. The petition was duly signed by Brothers Mario Radonicich, Ramon Vallarino, Jose M. Var· rientos and Manual Ayala, and eleven others. . . . Among them was Bro. Jose de la Torre who was commissioned to journey to New York to present the petition in person. He arrived in New York in October, 1823, and duly executed his commission. "The Grand Lodge of New York issued warrant No. 365 to the Panama City brethren, December 27, 1823, and under it the lodge was erected early in 1824. A few months later it received an invitation to place itself under the newly organized Gran Logia de Colombia at Bogota. The invitation was accepted August 8, 1824, on condition that New York would release them. (Such action was taken June 8, 1832.) "

It is not known how long the lodge continued to function, certainly not after 1840. Its death marked the end of organized Masonry in Panama for the time. But in 1848 gold was discovered in California and it brought prosperity with it to Panama which became a great

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highway of commerce and travel. It also brought Freemasonry back to Panama. Masonic clubs were organized to assist brethren going to and returning from (mostly from) California. Out of these clubs came a petition signed by eleven brethren September 21, 1850, seeking dispensation for a lodge from the Grand Lodge of Texas; one of the petitioners was a Past Grand Secretary of that jurisdiction. The dispensation was granted in October, and November 25, 1850, Worshipful Brother George Fisher (P. G. S. of Texas) opened Union Lodge, which was later chartered as No. 82. Its dues were $5.00 per month because of the heavy charity demands; the Grand Lodge of Texas donated them $150.00 for charitable purposes. But the gold rush ceased-and so did Union Lodge-in 1854. The year 1866 ended a decade in which no organized Masonry existed in Panama; in that year Massachusetts granted warrant to Isthmus (erroneously spelled "Isthmas") Lodge. Its founder was Wm. B. Little, a native of Boston, Mass., who was U. S. Consul in Panama City. When his death occurred, shortly after the lodge was established, the dispensation was suspended and a charter taken from the Supreme Council, Grand Orient of New Granada, in Colombia. n assumed the name and number "Isthmus Lodge of Panama No. 28." It is said that this same Masonic authority had granted a charter to Franco-Granadina Lodge No. 15, which existed from 1854-55. Isthmus .Lodge No. 28 accepted Cartagena jurisdiction under the condition they retain their York Rite ritual. It continued to work until 1872, 'When, on account of some regulation of the Supreme Council which was resented by the brethren, it surrendered its charter rather than conform."

The Supreme Council at Cartagena established two other lodges in Panama about this time, one "La Estrella del Pacifico No. 33" and the other "Isthmus Lodge No. 36": these lodges existed until 1884 and 1885 respectively. It is interesting to note that in 1906 the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts granted dispensation to another Isthmus Lodge. It will be seen that several Grand Lodges have had a part in establishing Masonry in Panama. The Grand Lodges of Colombia, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, and the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, Grand Orient of France; the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, Grand Orient of Paris; and the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, Gran Oriente Espanol of Madrid each established one lodge. The Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, Grand Orient of New Granada at Cartagena established twelve lodges. Brother Hackett lists the following lodges from 1821-1905:

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Name and Number of Lodge: Dates La Mejor Union U. D. 1821-22 La Mejor Union U. D. 1822-23 La Mejor Union No. 365 1823-24 La Mejor Union No. , 1824-40 Union Lodge No. 82 1850-54(') Fraternidad Franco-Granadino Lodge No. 15 1854-55 Les Philalethes No. 151 1858·59 (') Manzanillo No. 25 1864-12 Isthmus U. D. 1866-66 Isthmus Lodge of Panama No. 28 1867-72 Estrella de Pacifico No. 33 1870-84 Granada No. 34 1871-72 Isthmus No. 36 1875-85 Luz de Oriente No. 39 1880-85 La Perfecta Union No. 42 1880-85 La Fraternidad Universal No. 43 1886-1905 Interoceanic No. 44 1886-97 Le Travail No.47 1896-97 Fidelidad No. 48 1888-1905

Location Panama City Panama City Panama City Panama City Panama City

Jurisdiction Spain France New York Colombia Texas

Panama City Colon Colon Panama City

Cartagena France Cartagena Massachusetts

Panama City Panama City Colon Panama City Panama City Colon

Cartagena Cartagena Cartagena Cartagena Cartagena Cartagena

Colon Panama City Panama City Colon

Cartagena Cartagena Cartagena Cartagena

It may be noted that most of these lodges were small and short lived; many were successors of earlier lodges. It is known that the hall, records and paraphernalia of La Perfecta Union No. 42 were destroyed in the great fire at Colon in 1885 as a result of revolutionary disturbances. Les Philalethes was probably made up of brethren connected with the DeLesseps canal project. Out of La Fidelidad No. 48 came most of the members of Sojourners Lodge, now working on the Canal Zone. Another angle not usually advertised is brought out in a statement made by a brother who is very familiar with Panamanian lodges: "There is not a lodge of Freemasons in Panama that does not have negro members except Doric Lodge in Colon, and that lodge is composed entirely of Chinese."

At any rate, thirty-nine American jurisdictions recognize the good neighbor Panama. The Grand Masters of Massachusetts on their regular pilgrimages to their Provincial Grand Lodge in the Canal Zone take occasion to pay official visits to the Grand Lodge of Panama, and on at least one occasion were permitted to open, for ceremonial purposes, the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in the territory of Panama. FREEMASONRY ON THE CANAL ZONE

World War II has again directed our attention to America's lines of defense; one of the greatest of these is the Canal Zone with its Panama Canal which connects the two great oceans-the Pacific and

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Atlantic-by a great ribbon of water affording our battle fleets and supply ships access to either ocean. Masonry of the Canal Zone has an interesting history; it is closely linked with that of Panama for it cuts a slice through that country approximately ten miles wide and fifty miles in length. The Canal Zone is under the jurisdiction of the United States and so we find the Masonic bodies of that Zone under some American jurisdiction. By mutual agreement no petitions are received in Panama from residents of the Zone and vice versa. One of the earliest lodges was Fidelidad No. 48 which held a charter from the Grand Orient of New Granada, in Colon, Department of Panama. This lodge worked in the Spanish language and was composed of merchants and professional men in the City of Colon and employes of the Panama Railroad. Later they secured a charter from the Grand Lodge of Scotland, receiving the name of Sojourners Lodge No. 874, and in this lodge many Americans received their Masonic degrees. The personnel of the lodge included brethren from Jamaica, North Carolina, Danish West Indies, Trinidad, Scotland, and Panama. It was truly a sojourners lodge. The chartering of a lodge in Panama by Scotland created a feud between members of Sojourners Lodge and its two immediate successors, La Fraternidad Universal No. 43, and La Fidelidad No. 48, from which most of the Sojourner members came. The latter two lodges were somewhat crippled by the withdrawal of members to establish the new lodge and became embittered to the extent that they caused their mother, the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite in Cartagena, to protest the "invasion." They did protest, and by cable, alleging that Panama was closed territory and that none but the Cartagena Supreme Council could charter lodges therein. The Grand Lodge of Scotland rejected the protest on the ground that it did not recognize the rights of a Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite to establish lodges, and that Panama was so-called open territory since no lodges had been established there which had been recognized. The two Cartagena lodges gradually passed out of existence. Conditions from 1901 to 1903 are told in the following letters written to the Grand Secretary in Scotland: "January 10, 1901: In consequence of the unstable political condition of the country and the unrest of the city, it being under martial law, we were unable to meet for the election of officers at an earlier date, hence the delay was unavoidable." " January 1, 1902: Things on the Isthmus are looking gloomy and expeditions against the government have arrived in Panama, and an attack may take place there or on this side at any moment. This retards our Masonic work as no one will venture out at night." "December 9, 1902: In consequence of the Revolutjon there ha& bee~

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but little progress in Masonic affairs, but now that peace has been restored we look to more prosperous times." " July 13, 1903: The country is quiet and order restored; we have again commenced our Masonic work with fair prospects." "November, 1903: The city was in a most critical position on the 4th and 5th through the declared independence of the State of Panama to be a Republic under the title of the 'Republic of Panama.' Bloodshed was only averted by the action, judgment, and determination of the American naval forces. I am happy to state that the object of the secessionists was without a shot being fired. Had a breakout taken place our hall must have been burned as it is immediately opposite the Government Building in this city. Of course all our families took refuge on steamers which were fortunately in the port for two days."

Only one disturbance deserving the name of "revolution" has occurred since that time, and this in 1931 when a coup d'tat resulted in the overthrow of the administration in power. At least Masonry has not suffered as a result of any internal troubles since 1903. But catastrophe came. On September 20, 1905, the Masonic Hall burned destroying virtually all properties of the lodge. The charter was among the effects lost and hence no meetings could be held. No organized Masonry then existed in Panama. Sojourners Lodge received a duplicate charter from Scotland and at the same time she established two new lodges-Thistle No. 1013, at Colon, and Isthmus U. D., the latter established in Ancon by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. When the United States took over the work of building the Canal many Americans came into the Zone, affiliated with the lodge, and soon outnumbered all other nationalities. The Grand Lodge of Scotland recognized the difficulties the brethren were having in trying to maintain a Scottish Lodge with American ritual and consented to the lodge taking a charter from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. The charter contained the names of 192 brethren. Next in order was a building to represent properly the fraternity in that territory and we find, May 30, 1911, the lodge with a number of visiting brethren, in all about 450 Masons, forming a procession and marching through the streets of Colon in the Republic of Panama to Cristobal, in the Canal Zone, where they laid the cornerstone in the exact northeast corner of the Zone. Later it was found necessary to transfer title of the property to the Panama Railroad Company. Shortly afterward, Massachusetts gave a charter to a lodge at Ancon, so that today there are seven lodges existing on the Zone, all working under the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. The largest is Sojourners Lodge with 470 members. The total membership on the Zone is 2,682. Sibert Lodge meets in its own temple in Gatun; it was organized in 1918 and has 255 members. Darien Lodge, organized in 1917, has 203 members. Changres Lodge, organized in 1921, has 132 members. Canal Zone Lodge, meeting in An<~on, was organized in 1912, and has

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319 members. Isthmian Lodge meets in its own temple in Pedro Miguel; it was organized in 1917, and has 126 members. Army Lodge is another active lodge on the Zone; it has 229 members. Army, Darien and Chagres Lodges meet regularly in Balboa. Grand Master Perry, of Massachusetts, speaking of conditions on the Zone, said: "Today in the Canal Zone we have planted an outpost of men engaged in the maintenance and operation of an enterprise that is important, and may be indispensable, to our nation. To an exceptional degree this enterprise requires not only skill and judgment, but integrity and loyalty. In order that this little island of our culture, transplanted into and Burrounded by a sea of alien culture may not disintegrate, there is an exceptional need also for high ethical and spiritual standards. . . . It should be a source of gratification to us that one of the strongest influences for good, one of the chiefest and finest currents of life of the Zone, is its Freemasonry. . . . Our jurisdiction dates from the treaty concluded on March 14, 1917, with the Grand Lodge of Panama whereby that Grand Lodge ceded to our Grand Lodge exclusive jurisdiction over symbolic Freemasonry in the Canal Zone."

There are other Masonic groups in the Canal Zone, including a Consistory of the Scottish Rite, two Royal Arch Chapters working under the jurisdiction of the General Grand Chapter U. S. A., n Council of Royal and Select Masters working under the General Grand Council U. S. A.; a Commandery of Knights Templar working under the Grand Encampment U. S. A.; a Conclave of the Red Cross of Constantine, and a Temple of the Mystic Shrine. MASONIC POPULATION OF CENTRAL AMERICA

Country No. of Lodges Costa Rica 6 Guatemala (1923) 10 Honduras (Scotland) 3 British Honduras 2 Nicaragua 5 Panama (1935) 8 Salvador 4 Canal Zone 7 (*Estimated)

Membership

Population

370 650 150* 80 500* 350 94 2,682

656,129 3,284,269 1,105,504 61,068 1,013,946 635,836 1,829,816 51,827

4,876

8,638,395

It will be seen that more than half of the membership in Central America is in the seven lodges working under the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. The majority of Central American Lodges issue no proceedings and answer no communications, and as a result accurate information is hard to secure. Recognition of Central American Grand Lodges

State Alabama Arizona

Honduras

Guatemala Salvador

Costa Rica x X

Nicaragua Panama

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Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Idaho Iowa Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oregon Proc. Oklahoma Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia (') Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

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Salvador

Costa

Nica-

Rica

ragua

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Panama

x x X X

x x x x x

x x x

x x

x x x x

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X X

x x

x x x x

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x x x

X X X

x X

x x x

X X

x x x

x X

x x

x x x x x x

x X X

x X

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X X

x x x x x

x x x

x x 13

x x

Totals

x x x x

x x x

x x X

x x

x x x X

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That Interamerican Conference

The Grand Lodge of Chile is sponsoring an Interamerican Conference of Grand Lodges and so far as we know the date now stands at October 12, 1946. With Chile is aligned the Grand Lodges of Argentina and Uruguay. The Conference has been postponed from time to time because of war conditions. According to a notice sent out by Chile and signed by Rene Court, who signs himself as "General Secretary of the Commission and Grand Secretary of Chile" and Sergio Gonzalez who is their "Chief of the Department of Foreign Relations," the members of the proposed conference now consist of: 1. Grand Lodges of Mexican Confederacion (18) 2. Guatemala 3. Cuscatlan of Salvador 4. Nicaragua 5. Costa Rica 6. Panama 7. Puerto Rico 8. Federal Grand Orient of Argentine 9. Sao Paulo 10. Ceara 11. Rio de Janeiro 12. Rio Grande do SuI 13. Grand Oriente of Brazil 14. Bolivia 15. Grand Lodge of Colombia (Bogota) 16. Grand Western Lodge of Colombia (Cali) 17. Argentine 18. Uruguay 19. Chile

The invitation to attend is extended all grand lodges of both con tinents of the Western hemisphere. The object is "universalization of symbolic Freemasonry." The Grand Lodge of Chile is acting as the organizing agency for the conference; no place is named in the circular although Santiago being the home of the Chilean Grand Lodge it may well be there. The future seat of the conference will be fixed by the delegates. The address of the officials of the Conference, termed the "First Inter American Conference of Symbolic Masonry" is "Direccion Postal Casilla 2867, Santiago, Chile; the street address is Av. B.O'Higgins, 654. WHAT'S "COOKING"

IN PERU?

About the time Freemasonry begins to think in terms of International harmony, some juriSdiction begins to stir things up again. This time it is a small-but noisy-jurisdiction, if we may judge from the circulars which cOllie out of' that country.

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The jurisdiction is Peru. The trouble: Internal revolution. The story is brief and is told in Circulars issued by "Old" and "New" parties. Circular No. 1005 (Old Party) is dated August 13, 1945, and recites that officers for the year 1945-46 have been elected and installed on July 25, 1945, in accordance with the constitution. It lists the officers. Next we turn to Circular No.1 (New Party) advising that the movement to unify and re-establish Masonic unity and to revive the extinct and inactive lodges had culminated in a meeting on August 13, 1945, at which time officers were elected for the Year 1945-46, and that they were installed on the following day by Lizardo Vidaurre, Past Grand Master. This was followed by Circular No.2 (August 17, 1945) (New Party). It refers to the fact that the "Old Party" has been in power as a minority for the past four years. Just how a minority can be in power is not explained. It says that on July 17, 1945, the representatives of twelve lodges (out of a total of thirty-six) met and issued a Manifesto disavowing the authority of Grand Master Augusto Solari Saco, and calling upon all the lodges to meet in General Assembly and proceed to elect officers "according to the will of the majority." Six Lima lodges and some from the Provinces assembled, the Assembly was held, and a Reorganization Committee was named with power to declare all the acts of Grand Master Saco null and void. Notices were then placed in the daily newspaper "EI Comercio" and notice was sent to each brother announcing a meeting to be presided over by Lizardo Vidaurre, immediate Past Grand Master; this meeting was held in the Grand Lodge Temple on Washington Street with the result as told in Circular No.1. But here is something from Circular No.2 which may explain some of the "goings on" : "On the day following (14th) after the elections had been approved, the new officers were installed by P. G. M. Lizardo Vidaurro and in the presence of a Committee named by the' Sup. Cons' (Supreme Council) 33 0 thus affirming the friendly relations which unite the two Masonic Powers, representative of Philosophical and Symbolic Masonry in Peru. . . . "

Circular No.6 (Old Party) gives us the other side of the picture: , 'August 18, 1945. The installation of the Grand Officers which was held July 25, 1945, resulted in the assault and occupation of the Grand Lodge Temple on the night of Monday, August 13, 1945, by the same group of brethren referred to in Circular 1002, and who approved the political position of Edmundo Raya de la Torre, recently elected Senator from the Province of Callao, thus confounding the democratic principles of Freemasonry with the renovation of the political institutions pretend, mistakenly to reform the institution whose highest principles are to abstain from politics.

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, 'Locks on the outside doors of the Temple were changed so that the legitimate owners of the Grand Lodge could not enter. The 'New Party' held its election and installation in the presence of suspended and expelled members. "

The "Old Party" accuses the "New" of starting a campaign against the legitimate Grand Lodge by writing anonymous letters and circulars which are being sent to all legitimate Grand Lodges. It is said that the "New" will probably use the Postal Box Number and the Cable address of the "old" group and to that end correspondence should be directed to Box 216, Callao, Peru. From long distance it would appear that the revolutionary party"The New"-should not be recognized. In the first place, Freemasonry does not tolerate revolutionary bodies; it is antagonistic to Masonic ideals and those \vho resort to such means cannot have the good of the Fraternity at heart. Any group that would dare go into a building where there was any question, tear off the locks of the doors, and engage in such activities as to draw the attention of the public press is certainly not acting according to Masonic teachings. When some of these revolutionary bodies discover that such acts will not be recognized by legitimate Freemasonry throughout the world, then will such revolutions cease to be. Among the revolutionaries were Jesus Garcia Maldonado, Ernesto Diez Canseco and Manuel Yabar Davila, all said to be active members of The Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite. Let legitimate Masonic bodies take notice and govern themselves accordingly. Remember Augusto Solari Saco is Grand Master, and Jose P. Ramos Grand Seeretary of the regulars; address Box 216, Callao, Peru. (July 12, 1946) In Circular No. 1046, May 16, 1946, Grand Secretary Jose Polar Hamos, directed by Grand Master Saco, replies to Circular No. 50 of the schismatic Grand Lodge. Five points are singled out for comment ; No.3 takes up two pages and brings in the name of Bro. who it appears never visited Grand Lodge but gathered all his information from members of the Supreme Council who engineered the schism. No. 5 refers to recognition of the schismatic grand lodge by Kentucky. NEW GRAND LODGE IN COLOMBIA

American Grand l . odges have been receiving requests for recognition from a new Grand Lodge in Colombia, S. A. The name of the group is Gran Logia Oriental de Colombia Francisco de Paula Santander, which in English means the Grand Lodge of Eastern Colombia working under the name of Francisco de Paula Santander. The site of the Grand Lodge is Cueuta, which is an inland city near the

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borderline of the countries of Colombia and Venezuela. Its territory includes the States of Santander and North Santander. Lodges which compose it were former constituents of the Grand Lodge located at Barranquilla. They are Renovacion No. 12, at Bucaramanga; Sol de Santander del Norte No. 14, at Cucuta; Estrella de Pamplona No. 16, at Pamplona; Catatumbo No. 17, at Cucuta, the latter being an English-speaking group. Under the new Grand Lodge, these charters were given numbers from 1 to 4 respectively. It all started on May 20, 1945, when the first three of these lodges met at Pamplona to consider the advisability of constituting a new Grand Lodge, with jurisdiction over the States of Santander and North Santander. The meeting resulted in petitioning of the Mother Grand Lodge for permission to set up an independent and sovereign Grand Lodge in the States above mentioned. In July, 1945, the Grand Lodge of Colombia amended its constitution and authorized the establishment of the new Grand Lodge. At the same meeting a charter was granted for the constitution of Catatumbo Lodge No. 17, in the City of Cucuta, working in the English language. A special delegation, headed by the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Barranquilla, Rafael Duran Camargo, and Frederico Perez Lara, Grand Inspector General, and other distinguished visitors, were present to consecrate the new lodge and to install its officers on November 17, 1945. The following day, the four lodges, through their representatives, met in joint meeting in Cucuta and established the Grand Lodge with jurisdiction over the States of Santander and North Santander, which had been ceded them by the Grand Lodge of Barranquilla. The constitution which was adopted was the same as that recommended by the third convention of Grand Masters of the Grand Orient of Colombia, which convened in the City of Cali, in the State of Cauca, in June, 1943. It is stated that the new Grand Lodge has already been recognized by Grand Lodges located at Cartagena and Cali, as well as by the Supreme Council of the 33° at Bogota. The newly elected Grand Master is Roberto Ardila Ordonez; the Grand Secretary is Allan R. Cornaldi, who is also the Secretary for Foreign Affairs. The address of the Grand Lodge is given as Apartado Nal. 25, Cucuta, Colombia,

S. A. The National Grand Lodge of Colombia, with headquarters in Cartagena, have signed a new treaty of "mutual defense and support" whatever that may mean, substituting it for a former treaty which had very many objectionable features in it. Many features of the old treaty have been modified or deleted. Article 4 might still be so considered inasmuch as "superior degrees" are officially recognized by the grand lodge and certain distinctions are provided for in the re-

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ception of visitors which are calculated to give Master Masons an inferiority complex. We have in our files an Official Bulletin of the Supreme Council at Bogota, dated September, 1945, in which the Grand Master would authorize the Supreme Council to take up the discussion and study of political and social problems maintaining that our Ancient Landmark which prohibits political discussion refers only to party politics. However there is only a short step from one to another judging from the Supreme Council's activities in municipal elections as evidenced in the Circular (page 517). Our brethren of Colombia reply to our objection by stating that certain so-called Masonic magazines in this country attempt to settle political and social problems in their editorial columns, and much to our regret we may not deny the truth of the accusation. Our correspondent writes: Enemies of our Institution point to those publications, and of course smile incredulously when we claim that we do not allow discussion on those subjects in our lodge. But if that practice is open to criticism, we are not the only ones to blame. In the - - - magazine (U. S. A.) I find tho following articles (nine in number). . . . Quite an assortment for just one' number and most interesting and instructive; but how can we look the profane world in the face and assure them that Freemasonry does not concern itself with religious and political controversies.

Colombia is a small jurisdiction but it now has six Grand Lodges; Gran Logia Nacional. de la Republica de Colombia; Apartado 333, Barranquilla, Colombia. Gran Logia Nacional de 1a Republioo de Colombia; Apartado 16, Cartagena, Colombia. Gran Logia de Colombia,' Apartado 2519, Bogota, Colombia. Gran Logia Occidental de Colombia; Apartado 286, Cali, Colombia. Gran Logia del Departamento de A ntioqu,ia; Medellin, Colombia. Gran Logia Oriental de Colombia, F. do P. Santander; Cucuta, Colombia.

The Grand Lodge at Medellin is composed of only three lodges meeting in the same city and its future is somewhat problematical. In July, 1945, owing to the resignation of President Lopez a year before the end of his term, 40 year old Dr. Alberto Lleras, a member of the fraternity and Secretary of State, was designated by Congress to occupy the presidential chair until his successor was elected and installed in August, 1946. DOWN IN RIO (JANEmO)

The workings of Freemasonry in Brazil are little known to the average American Grand Lodge. Distance and the failure of American Grand Lodge officers to read the language of the country make it hard to understand what is happening. Again the Masonic system there is like none other in the world.

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We have just received information that a new Grand Lodge has been formed and properly chartered. It is to be known as "Grande Oriente Do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, M.A. & L.A." or in English "The Grand Orient of the State of Rio de Janeiro A.F. & A.M." This is not to be confused with the Grand Lodge known as the Grand Lodgpof Rio de Janeiro (Federal District), which corresponds with the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, U. S. A., nor with the Grand Lodge of the Orient of Brazil, nor the Grand Lodge of Brazil, the latter two of which are generally considered as spurious, clandestine, or irregular, and we are informed that any of these adjectives will do when referring to the two last named Grand Lodges. The new Grand Lodge was established by virtue of a charter dated March 30, 1946, issued to the new Grand Lodge by the Grand Lodge of Rio de Janeiro (Federal District). The headquarters of the new Grand Lodge are in the City of Niteroy, Capital of the State; the street address is Rua Visconde de Morais No. 60, at which address the Grand Master, Alexandre Brazil de Araujo, or the Grand Secretary, Jamil Kauss, may be reached. To the address must be added the State of Rio Janeiro, Brazil. The constituent lodges, their membership, and street addresses are shown in the following list: Name Membership Street and City Acacia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Rua Visconde de Morais No. 60, Niteroy, State of Rio de Janeiro Vigilancia " . . 65 Rua de Conceicao No. 131, Niteroy, State of Rio de Janeiro Evolucao 65 Rua Visconde de Moraes No. 60, Niteroy, State of Rio de Janeiro Hiram 78 Rua de Conceicao No. 131, Niteroy, State of Rio de Janeiro Fraternidade Campista . 180 Rua 13 de Maio, Campos Guanabara . 155 Masonic Temple, Rio Bonito Perseveranca .. , . 145 Praca Irmaos Rebelo, Macae Nova Crusada . 95 Masonic Temple, Cambuci Auxilio a Virtude . 170 Rua Frei Vitorio No.4, S., Fidelia Moreira Guimaraes . 145 Masonic Temple, Born, Jesus de Itabapoana Concordia 25 Masonic Temple, Itaborai Fraternidade Paduense . . . . 85 Masonic Temple, Anto Antoniode Padua Amisade Fraternal....... 25 Rua Raul Veiga No. 39, Cabo Frio Fraternidade Carapebuense 15 Masonic Temple, Carapebus Total

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MASONIC PAMPHLETS AND BOOKS

Rossin,: Third of a series of pamphlets issued by some of our Russian brethren. The pamphlet of 52 pages contains a foreword by Dr. M. H. Lichliter in which he pays tribute to the spiritual and philosophi-

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cal interpretations of our Russian brethren. Bro. Imchanitzky, who is responsible for much of the activity of the Club, died in October, 1945. What is the Red Cross of Constantine' Many brethren have at times expressed curiosity as to this Order which is widely spread over the world. Grand Recorder of the Order, Edward A. Glad, in a twenty four page pamphlet has satisfied this curiosity. The Order was brought to the United States from England about 1870. American Lodge of Research: Volume IV, Number 1, was printed during the year 1945 and includes the lodge minutes up to April 27, 1944; the proceedings are always a delight to the printer's heart and this volume is no exception. Editor Richardson Wright has an article on "Masonic Drinking" and there is another artiele "Charitable Activities of Masonic Grand Lodges 1920-40" as well as stories of the "Origins of the Grand Lodge of New York." Royal Arch Research Lodge Bulletins: A number of entertaining and valuable pamphlets have been issued by this unusual lodge of research which exists in Victoria, Australia, the only one of its kind of which we have knowledge. Some of the titles are: '\Thy the Essence of Freemasonry; the Royal Arch Jewel and the Platonic Bodies; Human and Royal Arch Principles; Position of the Royal Arch in the Masonic System; Colours of the Royal Arch; Interrelationships between Craft and Royal Arch; Unity of our Masonic System. AQC: Part I of Volume LVI of the English Lodge of Research contains some valuable information; articles include "Exposures of the Mid-Eighteenth Century," "Freemasonry and the Idea of Natural Religion," "Thomas Dunckerly and the Lodge of Friendship," "The Carpenters Company of Canterbury," and "The Union of Grand Lodges in England." Vrijmetselarij: this is a volume printed in Dutch by one 'v. Schwier; if we recall correctly, Schwier was one of the Germans who came into Holland with the first wave of Germans and took over Masonic properties; he was in a position to write the type of story we have-a story made up from old exposures and copiously illustrated by photographs of those things which he had stolen from the Freemasons. 'The volume is now extremely rare and we were unable to find more than the one copy. Masonic Presidents: J. Fairbairn Smith, editor of the Detroit Masonic 'Vorld has reprinted a series of articles from his periodical and enclosed them in an attractive green cover; the series of articles deals with the history, and particularly the Masonic history, of our thirty-two presidents, fifteen of whom were members of the Masonic fraternity. The list includes: \Vashington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Polk, Buchanan, Johnson, Garfield, McKinley, Roose-

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velt, Taft, Harding, Roosevelt II, and, of course,Missouri's Harry S. Truman. We have placed this volume in our reference library where it will prove most useful. Album Commemorativo: the 80th anniversary of the founding of Freemasonry in Costa Rica was celebrated by the issuance of a beautiful pictorial volume under the above name; the eighty pages contain photographs of all those prominently identified with Costa Rican Freemasonry in years past; this, and the written history appearing in the annual proceedings, make our story of Costa Rica very complete. Our thanks go to Grand Master Arturo Faith for our copy. Sydney (Australia) Lodge of Research: Vol. XXXI, 1944 proceedings has just arrived. It discusses "Contributions Freemasons Can Make to Postwar Reconstruction, Documentation of Freemasonry, King Solomon and His Times, War in Masonic Perspective, Operations of the Middle Ages and Radio Development, all in seventy-two pages. The Lodge, which is No. 290, meets each monthfro~ March to November inclusive. Postwar Masonry in Europe: a reprint from the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, being the address made by Lt. Grand Commander George E. Bushnell, N. M. J. who had just returned with the committee from an inspection of Masonic conditions in Europe. Judge Bushnell has told in a few simple words the conditions as he found them and the pamphlet makes interesting reading. Thumb-Nail Sketches on Medieval Knighthood: This is the most interesting and practical of all the pamphlets we have seen on Templary, and the author, Harold V. B. Voorhis of New Jersey is to be congratulated upon the time and effort he has spent in producing it. It has eight chapters, 32 pages, and is well illustrated. 3-/5-7 Minute Talks on Freemasonry: Elbert Bede, who edits the Oregon Freemason, has had a number of articles appearing in that magazine done up into book form and the volume is being issued under the above heading. It carries an introduction by Clarence D. Martin, P. G. M. Its 112 pages are taken up with suggested speeches and miscellaneous material on various subjects fraternal, civic, and Masonic. It should prove popular among those who are anxious to find a book of source material for addresses. ANTI-MASONRY

That anti-Masonry was not confined to the churches of Missouri is attested by an article appearing in the Virginia Masonic Herald, under the heading "There Was a Time When Baptists Could Not Be Masons in Virginia." The article is taken from the Church Book of Hopeful Baptist Church in Hanover County, Va. The minutes of the Church show: November Monthly Meeting 2nd Saturday 1824. Met according to appointment and after prayer by Timothy T. Swift the church proceeded to

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Anti-Masonio Stamps (Serbia) business. The Brethren present were, Robert Duncan, David R. Jones, Michael R. Jones, Martin Stron, John Hope, B. B. Hope, Lewis Turner, N. H. Turner and John Johnson. The case of Bro. Howle was taken up (who being present) and after satisfactory investigation was unanimously excommunicated from the fellowship of the church. His charge was that of visiting the Mas·onic Lodge as a member of that society after he had joined the Baptist Church. For this he was cited before the church in the spring of this year, he appeared and confessed the charge and pled that he was a Mason when he joined the church, that he saw no impropriety in Masonry, that it was an institution founded on principles of benevolence and morality, etc. He, however, begged indulgence of the church, and appeared to be willing to withdraw from the lodge after a certain event took place, which was, that the lodge shOUld be in a condition to do without him. The indulgence was granted, the anticipated event occurred and now he is more unwilling than ever to leave the Masonic fraternity. Accordingly he came before the church with a written defence accompanied by two of the fraternity and after making a few verbal remarks, he attempted to read his defence, but for some cause we know not what he read but little ways, before he stoped Short and sat down. The church being fully satisfied by this time, Bro. Swift put the question as follows, "Can we retain Bro. Howle in our fellowship or any other person who visits the Masonic lodge f" All who are in favour of so doing will signify it by holding up their hands. Not a solitary hand was raised. The. question was put again, " All who are not in favour of retaining Bro. Howle in this fellowship or any other person who visits the Masonic lodge, will signify it by holding up their hands, " immediately every hand was raised, thus the church was unanimous in his exclusion.

•

Through one of our Masonic friends we have been presented with a series of postage stamps issued in 1941 by the Serbian Government, while under Axis domination. The stamps are a part of anti-Masonic propaganda carried on by the government, fostered by elements opposed to Freemasonry and its policies. One of the stamps portrays a hooded figu~e, with a Masonic emblem on the breast, raising his hands in fear at the light of exposure. Another stamp shows a Serbian leader pushing over the two columns,

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much as Samson destroyed the Temple in Biblical story. A third stamp represents Freemasonry as a viper being choked by the strong hand of some Serbian patriot.

•

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat of November 3, 1945, we quote the following news dispatch: "Pamphlet on Masonry Gets Spaniard 16 years. Madrid, Nov. 3 (A.P.). The government announced today that one Spaniard had been sentenced to 16 years in prison on a charge of rebellion for writing a pamphlet on Masonry and five others were sentenced to 12 years each on a similar charge. "

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Many of our members read the senes of articles appearing in the metropolitan press, originally a part of the diary of Ciano, the Italian Premier: "The grand council met during the evening . . . Balbo permitted himself to make an unfortunate observation, 'you are shining Germany '8 b('')ts. 7 • • • The Duce told me that Balbo always will remain 'the democratic pig who once was the orator of the Loggia Girolamo Savonarola di Ferrara (Masonic lodge in Ferrara).' " NEGRO MASONRY

This subject is receiving more and more attention at the hands of white Grand Lodges. It is a problem which is going to be met during the next few years and should be fully discussed in Masonic forums. Whether followers of Prince Hall have a legitimate right to their Freemasonry or not, and most students believe they do, the fact exists that there are a large number of negro grand lodges and all seem to be carrying on in a real Masonic way. So far as we know they have never intruded their Masonry into white Freemasonry (if we may call it such), awaiting a time when they might be looked upon as irregular rather than clandestine. At the Conference of Grand Masters in Vvashington, Grand Master Hariman of Oregon presented what we thought was one of the best papers at the conference. It was on Negro Masonry and viewed it from an intensely practical standpoint. At the time this is written (J uly) the proceedings of that conference are not in our hands for review, but addressing his own grand lodge a few weeks ago, Grand Master Hartman said in part : "If your Grand Master desired to take the easy way out, he would not mention this subject, yet, the time is coming, and not far away, when this subject is going to demand more and more attention. Some of the Jurisdictions on the eastern seaboard are leading the way and I bring this 8ubject to you that you may be thinking about it. In the preparation of my paper for the Grand Masters' conference, I ascertained that in 57 jurisdictions that comprise the United States and Canada, there were only four

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that reported white clandestine Freemasonry. Thirty-eight reported Prince Hall (colored) Freemasonry in operation, and each of these Jurisdictions assured me that there had been no conflict and that they were doing much good among their own race. Concerning Prince Hall Freemasonry, their origin is just as legitimate as ours. It is now considered clandestine because two Grand Lodges cannot exist in the same state;, however, there has been no attempt to outlaw or stop the operation of Negro Lodges of Prince Hall affiliation such as there has been relative to those spurious organizations sponsored by white organizers, and on this premise, it would appear that we are in sympathy with Prince Hall Freemasonry. Information compiled from all parts of the United States and Canada indicates that, without exception, we hold to the theory that if Freemasonry is good for the caucasian, it is good for the Negro. It has been proven that Negro Freemasons can be a part of a regular caucasian Grand Lodge without friction. Also, as a separate unrecognized group, the Prince Hall bodies are endeavoring to meet the problems of today along much the same lines we are employing. We know that there are true clandestine bodies operating, and if we carry the Masonic law to the point of intolerance, it might be that these clandestine bodies would eventually overwhelm Prince Hall Freemasonry. We realize that no radical change can be brought about without intensive and extensive planning. It takes years to change ethnocentric intolerance, and this fact is recognized by the educated thinking Negro. It will be a long process, but even here we can assist. We should aid these Prince Hall Freemasons with our counsel and advice. We could do this without inviting direct contact through inter-visitation. It would not hurt us and most certainly could do a lot of good in building up their morale. If the Negro is to be educated as a whole to the point where he can take his place as a citizen of the world, he must be educated from within. His delayed development can be overcome, but the main task rests directly on the Negro. This is where Negro Freemasonry can wield a tremendous influence. The brightest minds of their race are members of the Craft, and are we to stand aside without lending a helping hand, or, shall we follow our doctrine of the Brotherhood of Man' "Our world has advanced to the point where intolerance must give way to national and international justice. No longer can we draw a circle around ourselves, excluding those who are not fortunate enough to be included. Nationally and internationally we have to admit that others have rights and ideas-just as good as ours. If this be so as a nation, it should be even more so for us as Freemasons. ' , FREEMASONRY AND THE GUERRILLAS

Those who wish to go back to Guerrilla days to discover the workings of Freemasonry will be interested in the volume "Noted Guerrillas, or 'Varfare on the Border," a volume written in 1877 by John N. Edwards. One of the stories involves a Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, and would in fer that this particular Grand Master was hot headed and temperamental. The first story is that of a Kansas Lieutenant who was shot down by a Guerrilla and captured. The Lieutenant in telling his story, said: "I knew it was touch and go with me, and so I said what prayers I remembered and made what Masonic signs I was master of. The fellow who rode up to me first was stalwart and swarthy, cool, devilish looking

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and evil-eyed. Our dialogue was probably one of the briefest on record, and certainly to me one of the most satisfactory. Are you a Mason, he asked. Yes. Are you a Kansas man' Yes. G .. d .. n you. This did not require an answer, and so I neither said one thing or another. He took hold of his pistol and I shut my eyes. Presently he said again, as if he had been debating the question of life and death rapidly in his own mind. You are young, ain't you, married, hate to die I reckon. You are free. I tried to thank him, although I did not at first realize his actions or understand his words. He got mad in a moment. You are free, I told you, damn your thanks and damn you. From that day to this, I am at a loss to know whether my wife saved me or the Masons. "

Speaking of the Guerrillas which made up the Quantrill Band, he said: " Jarrett, the man who never knew fear, added to an immense activity and indomitable will. Events bent to him as distance disappeared before his gallops. He was par excellence, a soldier of the saddle."

The Guerrillas captured Colonel King, Major Biggers, and seven private soldiers. Edwards said: "Jarrett was a Freemason and so were Col. King and Major Biggers. A vote was taken and much depended upon Younger. McCrokle and Coger had good reason to pronounce for the death penalty. Two men oftener shot at and oftener wounded did not live. Younger bore nothing love that wore the blue, but singular as it seems, in this instance he voted on the side of mercy and many times thereafter. He ranged himself with Jarrett. To break the tie and gain over Coger was not difficult, the Federals were released and paroled. Thus the men's lives played with in those cruel days and thus upon such slender things did human action depend. Unquestionably, however, it was the influence of Freemasonry working upon Jarrett which first formed the channel for the flowing of the other good impulses and committed to the cause of mercy two of the most savage men in the ranks of the guerrillas."

A clash between Federals and Guerrillas took place near Independence, Mo., and here is where mention of our Past Grand Master appears: , 'As trooper after trooper galloped into Independence or limped wearily on foot, forlorn, bedraggled, scared well-night to speechlessness, Penick (Past Grand Master) without doubt developed a clear case of hydrophobia. Jerking off his coat in the agony of an uncontrollable paroxysm, he went about the streets assaulting and knocking down each man encountered who was looked upon as a Southern man or in sympathy with the guerrillas. One especially, Tobias Owens, should receive a more degrading punishment. Seeking him out and finding him, he went into his room with a rawhide in his hand and locked the door. Owens stood ten, maybe twenty, good keen cuts, but human nature rose up against and mastered prudence at last, and he in turn became the aggressor. Wrenching the rawhide from Penick's grasp, he gave back blow for blow most vigorously and only ceased from his punishment when the excitement of the assault and the violent exercise completely exhausted him."

During a raid on Leavenworth, Kansas, it is said: " Ex-Governor Shannon and Judge Geo. W. Smith were absent from

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the city; their houses were saved. Some were saved through the mysteries of the Mason Order, notably Genl. C. W. Babcock."

Another reference speaks of Jarrett as follows: "Jarrett, not given over much to tenderness or passion when Kansas men were to be killed, yielded sufficiently to the requirements of his Order to save five prisoners who gave him the Masonic sign of recognition."

On another occasion when the guerrillas were about to attack a group of women, we read: " 'Silence,' cried Jarrett, laying a hand upon his pistol and turning to his men in the shadow, 'not a woman shall be touched, we are wild beasts, yes, but we war on wild beasts.' "

THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCES

The Grand Master of New Mexico received much information from the Washington conferences. He discovered that one of the jurisdictions in the United States recognized all the Grand Lodges of Mexico which the Grand Lodge of New Mexico does not recognize, and refuses recognition of the two they do recognize, and this he believes illustrated the general lack of uniformity which exists in the matter of recognition of Grand Lodges in Mexico. He finds the situation in South America is little known to North American Grand Lodges and that we might well afford to investigate conditions. Commenting upon the report of the Grand Master of Alabama and his reference to the conferences in Washington, Past Grand Master Henry F. Collins, of South Carolina, takes serious exception. The Grand Master of Alabama had reported attending the conference of Grand Masters, and said: , 'The sense of this meeting seemed to be to raise money for the Masonic Service Association. I retired from such meeting as I did not feel like participating in it when we are trying so hard at home to raise funds to payoff our indebtedness on our Masonic Home."

Past Grand Master Collins said: , 'We are at a loss to understand how anyone could attend the conferences in Washington and come away with such a conception of the purposes of them. Since there are four of the conferences held during the three days we do not know just which ones Grand Master James attended. We should like very much to know. Since he says it met on February 22, he must have referred to that of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association. If so, we do not see how he could have gotten the idea that that Association was interested in raising money for the M. S. A. It is interested. in its own affairs and is primarily concerned in raising money to complete the Memorial. It certainly has never concerned itself with raising money for the M. S. A. The M. S. A., of course, is concerned in raising money for its own work as it certainly should. No, we do not understand the position taken by Brother James. "During the past ten years we have missed only one year attending

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the conferences in Washington. We feel that the results to Masonry in this country are incalculable. Weare convinced that in retiring from the meeting Brother James did little hurt to the meeting compared to the hurt to himself and to his Grand Lodge. We feel that a Grand Lodge is simply cheating itself if it does not have its Grand Master and its Grand Secretary present at these conferences. And the Grand Master who deliberately absents himself from that conference is depriving himself and his brethren of information, inspiration and good counsel which he and they can ill afford to be without."

Notwithstanding that no conference was held in 1945, Grand Master Cook, of West Virginia, continues to criticise the Grand Masters' conference. He says: , 'I was privileged in 1944 to attend the Grand Masters' conference in Washington with the then Grand Master Harry E. Jackson and Grand Secretary 1. Wade Coffman. I was not particularly impressed with the proceedings of the meeting for the reason that, assuming that it was originally a conference of Grand Masters, it most certainly is now a discussion among Past Grand Masters. Many interesting papers were read and discussion had, as reported by Past Grand Master Jackson. Most of them were interesting to me, however, only for the reason that they presented ideas which we should not carry out in West Virginia. It is my impression that the conference, through a committee system composed almost entirely of Past Grand Masters, is deviling into things which would properly concern a General Grand Lodge, if there were one."

He praises the Grand Secretaries' meeting, in which the Grand Masters are present as guests of the Grand Secretaries, and recommends that the Grand Lodge continue to send representatives to the latter conference, a conference, incidentally, in which the Grand Masters have no voice. GEORGE WASWNGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION

After a lapse of one year the full session of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association was held in Alexandria, Va., February 22, 1946, being the thirty-sixth annual convention. It was presided over by Dr. Elmer R. Arn, of Ohio, President of the Association. From Missouri were Grand Master Willis J. Bray, Dr. Solon Cameron, Deputy Grand Master, Bert S. Lee, Vice-President of the Association, Anthony F. Ittner, Director, Harold L. Reader and Ray V. Denslow. Reported expenditures to February 10, 1946, amounted to $4,469,340.14. Receipts for the year were $97,396.82; disbursements for construction and maintenance amounted to $50,373.23. Total assets, all in treasury bonds or cash, are $241,936.50. There is an amount of $37,773.63 added to the endowment fund; total assets of the endowment fund amount to $114,334.64. One of the largest donations received during the year was from the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction, an appropriation of $100,000.00.

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Dr. Elmer Arn, of Ohio, was re-elected President, and the SecretaryTreasurer is Frederick Schondau, of Washington, D. C. OONFERENCE OF GRAND MASTERS

We have not received the minutes of the 1946 Conference of Grand Masters, and this section of the review will of necessity omit the list of newly elected officers who are to preside in 1947. The meeting was well attended and greater interest shown than ever before. There is still some criticism of the Conference, but this is usually by grand masters of jurisdictions not officially recognized in making up the program. Unfortunately it is not possible to have every jurisdiction represented on the program and the agenda committee do the best they can with what they have. The Conference this year was called to order by Alpheus A. Stephens, P. G. M. of Ohio; then followed an invocation by the Rev. John C. Palmer; the group were welcomed to the District by Grand Master Schooley, while our own Dr. Bray responded for Missouri. The Program included: 1. Extending our Masonie Cabletow to Masons in Devastated Countries; Europe, Ray V. Denslow. Philippines, Arthur Brouillet. (Calif.) 2. Masonic Postwar Assistance; Lincoln Grant Kelly, Herbert A. Crowell and Paul M. West, representing Utah, Rhode Island and Mississippi. 3. How Can Masonry Avoid Mistakes of World War If R. J. Burch (Mich.), Daniel Hope (Maryland). 4. Postwar Developments in Masonic Education: S. H. Wragg (Mass.), D. L. Smith (Indiana). 5. Will Social Security Minimize N ced for Masonic Homes' A. L. Devos (Wis.). 6. Clandestine Masonry' Fred W. Hartman (Oregon). 7. Special Committee Report on Latin America. Special Committee on Rehabilitation.

The report of Grand Master Hartman on Clandestine Masonry was the outstanding paper of the conference; it dealt in a practical way with the negro Masonic problem. Inasmuch as the only Past Grand Master on the program was your reviewer we may consider any criticism of the program as being leveled at yours truly. But we have been shot at before. We can imagine what a Grand Lodge would do if the only persons entitled to vote or to speak were Masters of Lodges; yet this is what some jurisdictions appear to want when it comes to a Conference of Grand Masters. The Conference is probably misnamed, in that it should be termed a "Conference of Grand Lodges." Here is one place we might well copy our Mexican brethren's "Confederacion." CONFERENCE OF GRAND SECRETARIES

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secretary, T. E. Doss of Tennessee, the proceedings were in our hands in March. Richard C. Davenport is President of the association and was reelected as was Ted Doss the Secretary. The next conference will be in Washington in the Pan American room of the Hotel Statler, February 21, 1947, at 9 :30 a. m. On the program was a Memorial Service for departed Grand Secretaries, which included: J. H. G. Russell of Manitoba; Dr. Arthur Mather, Missouri; Frank S. McKee, Washington; Claude Keiper, District of Columbia; H. W. Tyler, Washington; James C. Jones, New Brunswick. . Talks were made on: Mechanics of Recording Reports and Assembling Proceedings, Our Masonic Responsibility to our Returning Servicemen, Value of Personal Contacts of Grand Secretaries, Results of Conferences, Masonic Records for Non-Masonic purposes, and a Mason's Courage and Its Practical Application, the latter being an address by our own Harold L. Reader. From a valuable appendix, we learn that the three secretaries oldest in service are: Alpheus A. Keen, November 19, 1884 Walter L. Stockwell, April 1, 1910 O. Frank Hart, December 14, 1910

More than half the Grand Secretaries have served less than ten years. TOLERATION

Whatever we may say in the way of criticism of the Shrine for some of its activities is not true of the crippled children's hospitals maintained by the Shrine membership. Each year in San Francisco there is played the East-West football game, which has become the real football classic of the year. The proceeds from this game go to the support of the crippled children's hospitals. Speaking on a radio broadcast Saturday, April 27, 1946, Tom Harmon, air corps pilot and former football hero, paid tribute to the Shriners in the following language: "What I want to say on this, the Shriners' Radio Program, can be delivered in nothing flat. It's just this: God gave me two good legs. Legs to let me play football-legs to let me find my way back when my plane was shot down behind Japanese lines. Now some fellows aren't born with good legs. Some, unfortunately, will never get good legs. But I know of a fellow who was born without them, and received them as a gift. In a recent East-West All-Star Football Classic, played at San Francisco on New Year's Day, the STAR of that game was a boy who once was earried into a Shriners' Hospital on a stretcher I That boy was supposed to have legs that would never walk I As far as I'm concerned, every step he took on that football field was a living, breathing tribute to the generosity

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of the Shriners. Now I guess it's no secret that I'm an Irish Catholic. Sure and all the Harmons are after bein' good Catholics. But the Shriners would never ask me about that if my little girl entered one of their hospitals. The evil forces that strike the limbs of little ones don't ask where you go to church, or how you voted, or what's the pigmentation of your skin. Neither do the Shriners. I say thank the Good Lord for men such as Philadelphia's former mayor, the great philanthropist, W. Freeland Kendrick, who saw, as a soldier, the great advance of orthopedic surgery in World War I-who came home and enlisted the aid of all his fellow Nobles in building this monumental accomplishment, the greatest of its kind in all the world. Mr. Kendrick, as chairman of the Board of all these hospitals, has dedicated his life to the crippled children of America. And to you who are not Shriners, one more word: There are 400,000 crippled children in America today-l,700 of these are on the waiting lists of the 15 Shrine Hospitals. Let's all do all we can to get those kids into the hospitals, out of their misery and back on their feet. Thank you." CLANDESTINE MASONRY

Through the courtesy of Brother Arthur Nordberg, D. D. G. M., a so-called diploma, the property of one Novello Albino, has been given us for examination. It proves to be a very ornate document, printed on parchment. As the principal feature there is an immense arch supported by four columns, upon which are the words: LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE A. L. G. D. L'H. SUPREME CONSEIL UNIViERSEL MIXTE L. CYMB. LE DROIT MIXTE HUMAIN G.A.O.T.U. T.T.G.O.T.

The diploma itself reads: "TO ALL MASONS DISPERSED OVER BOTH HEMISPHERES GREETING IN THE NAME AND UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF UNIVERSAL CO-MASONRY "We, the W. Master and officers of Human Rights Lodge No. 348, Or. of Hartford, Ark., do certify that our worthy Albino Novello was raised to the Degree of Master Mason, and is distinguished for his zeal and fidelity to the Craft. "We, therefore, recommend him as such to all Freemasons of the Globe requesting them to recognize him in all the rights and privileges attached to this Degree as we will do to all presenting themselves under similar circumstances. "In testimony whereof we have granted him this Diploma under our hands and Seal, having caused our worthy to sign his name' ne varietur.' The W. Master Giacomo Controtto Sr. Warden Jr. Warden Luigi Parouno Anibale Basonetti Orator Sec. Onorato Frichon Luigi Carradi (') "This is to Certify that HUMAN RIGHTS Lodge No. - is legally constituted, and working under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Council

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of Universa.l Co-Masonry, Zenith of New York, the 1st day of March, A.L. 590-, 1908. F. Heine Blanhoutte (') 33 0 Secret. Gen. Sup. Cons. Univ. Mute. The Member of the Sup. Council Deputy for U. S. A."

As may be seen this is a diploma issued by the Societies of Universal Co-Masonry, a clandestine and irregular group. Whether the organization is still operating in Arkansas is not known, but we would welcome any information concerning this organization and its official acts. ABOUT THIS VOLUME

At the head of this article dealing with the Masonic World we have inserted a section of the Missouri Law which sets forth the duties of the writer of this report-to keep the Missouri craft informed as to the status of Freemasonry in the world. For this reason we have never called "this report a review because it is more than that. It is a resume of Masonic acts and thought as expressed in Masonic newspapers, proceedings, and correspondence. In preparing it the writer has read over two hundred and fifty volumes of proceedings of Masonic bodies; he has gleaned much information from the Masonic press, and during the present year has traveled almost 50,000 miles by air, auto, train, and boat, contacting Masonic groups in half a hundred jurisdictions. There are some who are wedded to the old style of review in which each state is taken up separately; this may have been satisfactory when Freemasonry was trying to find itself and endeavoring to secure uniformity. Today the membership want to know what is happening in other parts of the world and especially the status of Freemasonry since the war has ended. They are entitled to know for there are few Masonic magazines to give this information~ In the years to come the Masonic student may peruse the Missouri reports made during the past ten years and he will therein find a full and complete report of Masonic conditions for each year. We are completing this report July 10, 1946, and at this time have never received the reports from the following states: Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont. Some of our jurisdictions will be surprised at their failure to receive mention in this report. To them we shall express our apology for not having included them. It may be considered as a compliment, for unless there was something out of the ordinary we have not included them. We note in some instances they have not included us-and missed one of the most important problems which confront American Masonry today. The writer. of Masonic reviews should be unfettered and unafraid if the fraternity is to secure the most good from his work.

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ALASKA

Lodges in Alaska work under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Washington. There are eleven of these lodges located in Nome, Fairbanks, Valdez, Cordova, Seward, Anchorage, Skagway, Douglas, Juneau, Ketchikan and Petersburg. Each lodge did work and showed gain during the year, the total gain being 167, and the present membership of Alaskan lodges is 1,838.

BALLOTING The Grand Master of New Mexico issued an urgent edict on balloting, caused by an unusual number of requests for dispensations to confer degrees out of time and initiate more than the legal number: , '1. When no more than three petitions are to be voted on at anyone communication, a separate ballot shall be spread on each petition. "2. The multiple or collective ballot may be used under the following conditions: " (a) That more than three petitioners are to be voted on at one communication. " (b) That petitions to be voted on collectively shall be reported favorably by the investigating committee. "(c) Petitions for affiliation and for degrees shall not be combined in one multiple ballot. "(d) A petition which the investigating committee has reported unfavorably shall not be combined in a multiple ballot with petitions reported favorably, but shall be voted on separately. " (e ) Not more than five petitions may be voted on in one multiple ballot. " (f) Should one or more blackballs appear in a multiple ballot, the vote shall not operate to reject anyone or more of the petitions involved, but the Master shall declare the ballot of no effect and shall proceed to spread a separate ballot upon each petition."

BEQUESTS The Grand Lodge of Colorado reports a very handsome legacy. Mrs. Harriet F. Young, wife of Robert Young, of Pueblo, died in 1945, leaving in her will a legacy to the Colorado National Bank as trustee, stocks of the then value of $156,000.00 to be held in trust, the income being paid to the husband as long as he shall live, and at his death the entire legacy to be paid to the benevolent fund. Robert Young is not a Mason. The Grand Lodge of New Jersey was the recipient of the Ambrose E. Vanderpoel estate. To the Masonic Home went stocks, bonds and real estate to the amount of $2,071,257.00. In addition to the gifts to the home, approximately three-quarters of a million dollars was given to relatives and other beneficiaries. Among the beneficiaries were Madison Lodge No. 93 F. & A. M., which received $5,000.00; the Eastern Star Home, $200,000.00, and the Presbyterian Home $200,000.00.

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CLANDESTINE MASONRY

California is the only jurisdiction which has a committee on clandestine Masonry, and we always look with interest at the report of this committee. This year they have little to report, except to note that the activity of these clandestine bodies has been increased somewhat by financial prosperity of the working classes. A small number of new lodges have been instituted and there has been a revival of some which had all but passed out of existence. The committee says: "One development during the year seems to have become definite and a.pparent. With respect to the activity of the Spanish-speaking people, especially in the Los Angeles area, an opportunity may be presenting itself. Further study has disclosed a large number of representative men resident here who desire to be regular Masons, yet because of their handicaps in the English language they have not found it entirely pleasant to join existing regular lodges. Many are apparently proper Masonic material and would seem to possess the proper qualifications. California probably has more of these Nationals than any other foreign language group. There would seem therefore to be every reason and circumstance to argue for the establishment of a lodge under California jurisdiction to work in the Spanish language. Such a lodge could be started from our own regular members who might desire to take on this work. This would be the guarantee that it would start right and would be careful in accepting new members. "This matter was suggested in 1942, but until now, no demand has existed for it. Now there seems to be an opening up of an avenue by which a substantial portion of this branch of clandestinism may be ultimately healed.

The Grand Master of New Mexico in his address, said: " The problem of racial Masonry, now clandestine, presses for solution. The lead should be taken in the South. Elsewhere in this report there will be found two recommendations on the Washington Conference and masonry in Latin America, Some of the brethren may not know that the Grand Lodge of Spain in Exile is located in Mexico· City. Since the Franco regime has announced a policy of amnesty of political prisoners, there is some hope that Masonry may revive in Spain, but if there should be a shift in government towards the left, resulting in the re-establishment of a communistic regime, the prospect for Masonry in Spain may not be encouraging."

It so happens that the communistic regime is more friendly to Masons than the present monarchial rule. CORNERSTONES

The Grand Lodge of Arkansas convened in emergent communica~ tion July 21, 1945, for the purpose of laying the cornerstone of Calf Creek Lodge at Snowball, Ark. The Grand Lodge of Kansas thought inability to secure building materials has been responsible for lack of invitations to conduct the

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ceremony of laying cornerstones of public buildings. However, the Grand Lodge, through its Grand Senior Warden, did assist in laying the cornerstones of three Masonic buildings on a tract of land owned by the Omaha Masonic Home for Boys, at Omaha, Nebr. In North Carolina, the Grand Master was asked to lay the cornerstone of a Baptist Church, but since the service was to be held on Sunday, the Grand Master declined, quoting a law which forbids the laying of cornerstones on Sunday. DECISIONS

To the Grand Lodge of Georgia was presented this situation: A candidate, born in Syria, was being initiated when it was discovered that he could neither write English nor Arabic, his wife having filled out the petition. Upon learning this fact the Master stopped the degree and ruled that the candidate could not proceed. The action of the Master was approved. In Indiana, a number of decisions were made by the Grand Master: (a) He ruled that a coffee urn could be owned jointly by the lodge, Eastern Star and the Lions, and kept in the Lions Club; (b) That a lodge could not accept the petition of Pon Hin Ho, a Chinese, who, although he had resided in Indianapolis for a number of year, was not an American citizen; (c) That a member of an Indiana lodge who moved to Nebraska and engaged in the sale of intoxicating liquor was committing a Masonic offense according to the Nebraska laws, and that the Indiana lodge would be bound by any judgment rendered by the lodge in Nebraska; (d) A lodge inquired whether it was permissible for one of its members to live within the lodge hall, to which the Grand Master replied that so long as he did not live in the lodge room, tyler's room, or in the preparation room, it would be permissible, although perhaps undesirable. In Kentucky, the Grand Master was asked as to the attitude of Masonry on anti-Semitism. The inquiry received the following reply: I answered that he should be acquainted with our Masonic teachings along this line, which teaches tolerance to all creeds. DISPENSATIONS

The Grand Master of North Dakota issued fifty-two dispensations to ballot or to confer degrees in less than the statutory time. The Grand Master of South Dakota exceeded the Grand Master of North Dakota's record by granting sixty-nine dispensations to confer degrees out of time on members of the armed forces. Nine special dispensations were issued to lodges to receive petitions from men in the armed forces who had not acquired a residence in the State. EXTRANEOUS SOCIETIES

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in Little Rock at which time the principal officers of the Shrines of Little Rock and Pine Bluff and two Grotto organizations were present. He says: , 'This meeting was called with officers of these organizations to answer for un-Masonic acts of some of their members at recent ceremonials. After due discussion, the question involved was settled to the satisfaetion of all. Letters have been received from eaeh of the above named organizations in respect to the question and are now on :file in the Grand Seeretary's offiee if needed for future referenee. ' ,

California had a special committee on DeMolay. They made a report covering several bodies but there is nothing said as to whether the report was adopted. From the report we find that the Grand Lodge of Michigan has taken over the complete operation and sponsorship in that State. Some States permit lodges to sponsor chapters of DeMolay, while in other places the chapters are permitted to meet in the Temple, but sponsorship is prohibited. A negligible number prohibit any support of the organization. The committee found that in California the DeMolay was more in need of advisors and direction rather than sponsorship. It was found that where enthusiastic lodges sponsored chapters, the novelty soon wore off and the chapters drifted. In substance, the committee found "that Masonry should not in any way become obligated to the financial support of any institution that is non-Masonic in character. Under the subject of Sunday Circus, the Grand Master of Ohio said: "For some years certain organizations which base their membership on Masonic affiliation, have been conducting circuses and other entertainments on Sunday, sometimes combining with them lottery features in violation both of the civil and Masonic law. Although these organizations are not Masonic, yet as their membership is composed entirely of Masons, whenever such performances are given, they are, in the public eye, given by Masons, thus reflecting unfavorably upon the Order. "I am happy to report that to my knowledge, no such performances were held this year. These organizations, so long as they identify themselves with Masonry by limiting their membership to Masons, are amenable to Masonic law and are expected to abide by it."

In Utah, the Grand Lodge requires so-called Masonic societies to have their by-laws approved by the Grand Lodge. The Shrine Club at Provo failed to do so and the Grand Master ruled that they were not required so to do, but a committee on jurisprudence thought entirely different. Past Grand Master Kirtley, a very distinguished Utah Mason, said: "There seems to be an impression in some circles that the Shrine is separate and apart from any Masonic organizations. Section 105 states that, if any Masons form a club or organization symbolic of Masonry, the Grand Lodge holds jurisdiction. , 'With this background we are of the opinion that the Grand Master has something to say how Masons shall behave outside of the lodge room.

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We would say that the Code means that all organizations, where Masons comprise the entire membership, are under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge, and their by-laws should be approved by the Grand Master."

To this the Grand Lodge agreed. In Virginia, the Grand Master reported he was made a Prophet at sight in the Grotto by Grand Monarch C. Wilbur Foster. The Grand Master of Wisconsin finds there are many instances in which organizations composed exclusively of Masons have conducted their affairs in violation of Grand Lodge regulations, the excu::;e being that 'the proceeds went to a worthy cause. The Grand Master's sentiment is fundamentally sound: "The ancient fallacy that the end justifies the means will be rejected by every thinking person. No Masonic cause, however worthy, can justify the violation of our Code in order to achieve success. Neither is it sound logic to hold that a lodge should be permitted to do indirectly that which it is prohibited from doing directly. , 'It must never be forgotten that in the eyes of the general public all so-called Masonic Bodies are one; that justifiable criticism, censure or reprobation directed at one, adversely affects all of them. Consequently all Masons, however they may be labelled for the time being, must always conduct themselves in public as Master Masons shOUld. On this basis alone can the Masonic system survive. We cannot do as Companions or Templars or Shriners that which we ought not to do as Master Masons. We must at all costs have unity, and to insure the perpetuation of our Craft that Unity must rest upon the solid bed rock of Ancient Symbolic Masonry." FINANCES

A paragraph in the address of the Grand Master of Illinois refers to the distressed financial condition of some of the lodges in that State in recent years. A few years ago there were seventy of these cases, now, due to strenuous effort, only three such cases exist and these will probably be solved by January 1, 1946. The code was changed to provide that no lodge should encumber its real estate, furniture or fixtures, directly or indirectly, for any sum in excess of one-third of the actual cost thereof. The Grand Lodge building in New Orleans, which for a time threatened the prosperity of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, is now becoming an asset to that Grand Lodge. A few years ago the situation became very critical and a tax was placed upon each member of the fraternity in the State. The result was an immense reduction in the amount owed. During the past year $183,866.00 was paid to bondholders. The demand for business quarters has been a large factor in reducing the bonded indebtedness for the building is practically entirely rented. There is now outstanding $781,390.55, and the Grand Lodge is the owner of properties worth three million dollars. The Grand Lodge of Oregon came in conflict with the U. S. Government when the Government placed a lien of $20,251.71 on the Grand

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Lodge account in the U. S. National Bank, to cover unpaid social security assessments. The matter was referred to a social security committee, of which Past Grand Master Clarence D. Phillips was chairman. The committee reported that on or about July 31, 1944, the Collector of Internal Revenue at Portland, levied an assessment upon the Grand Lodge for social security taxes, including penalty and interest in an amount in excess of $20,000.00. A claim for refund was filed with the Collector and a special application for exemption was filed, asking for exemption of the Masonic and Eastern Star Homes. The Commissioner ruled that the two homes were exempt from social security tax and from Federal income tax, and that the portion of the taxes levied on account of Home employees, with penalty and interest, would be refunded, but there was no assurance or indication that any refunds would be made on account of social security taxes levied by reason of paying employees of Grand Lodge. The Grand Lodge of South Carolina is about to dispose of its Masonic Temple in Charleston. A committee of five, headed by the Grand Master, was appointed with full power and authority to receive bids and to enter into contract, providing the sale price should not be less than $200,000.00. The resolution passed by a vote of 378 to 198. One brother entered objection to the ballot for the reason that the tabulation did not show that a majority of all lodges in the jurisdiction had voted in favor of the resolution, and that each of them had a property right in the property which was about to be sold, but the Grand Master overruled the objection. FOREIGN RECOGNITION

Since our last report several Mexican Grand Lodges have been extended recognition by American Grand Lodges. The Grand Lodge of Tamaulipas seems to have been the leader in this matter, for they have secured recognition of Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming. Cosmos of Chihuahua is recognized by Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas. Valle de Mexico, recognized by Arizona, Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Texas. Unida Mexicana of Vera Cruz, recognized by Arizona, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oregon. Baja California, recognized by Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas.

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Restauracion of Tabasco, by Louisiana, Missouri. Queretaro, by Missouri. Oriental Peninsular, of Yucatan, by Louisiana, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota. Occidental Mexicana, of Jalisco, by Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas. Oaxaca by Missouri. Nuevo Leon, by Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma. Hidalgo, by Kentucky, Missouri. Guadalupe Victoria, by Kentucky, Missouri. El Potosi, by Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Texas. Del Pacifico, by Arizona, California, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas. Chiapas by Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas. Campeche, by Missouri. Benito Juarez, of Coahuila, by Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Texas. Colorado wants to extend a helping hand to Mexican Grand Lodges, believing that Freemasons who are struggling, even in a hostile atmossphere, to spread its gospel, deserve support and encouragement from more fortunate brethren. The Grand Lodge recognizes three of the MefCican Grand Lodges and the committee is willing to recommend others that have applied. Recognition will be granted to any grand lodge in Mexico which is a member of the Confederation and which in the opinion of their Grand Master conforms to the standards of the Grand Lodge of Colorado. Connecticut received request for recognition from Chile, National Grand Lodge of Colombia, and the Grand Lodge of Rio de Janeiro, and recognition was granted in each case. Kentucky found eight additional Grand Lodges in Mexico meeting their standards of recognition; four had already been recognized. The Grand Lodge of Parana, in Brazil, was recognized. Maryland postponed action on Chilean recognition until they could receive further information. At the same time, recognition was withdrawn from the Grand Lodge of Peru because of the confused and deplorable condition in the latter Grand Lodge. Mississippi was asked to recognize the Grand Orient of Spain, but they were without sufficient information. The committee in New Mexico referred to the visit of a Massachusetts committee to Mexico, whereI' They found everything lovely and will recognize all Grand Lodges

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we ever heard of and more, whenever they ask for recognition. Missouri gives her Grand Master authority to extend recognition to any Mexican Grand Lodge, if the lodge is recognized as legitimate by the York Grand Lodge of Mexico. , , If New Mexico chooses to follow the liberal movement, the Missouri plan is recommended for serious consideration. Our Grand Master has given this matter considerable study and I recommend that he name a committee to consider the matter and to recommend the course to be followed in Latin American countries. The proposed investigation of Masonry in Latin America at the expense of all Grand Lodges should get approval, but recognition should not be done in any wholesale manner."

Ohio has recognized the Grand Lodge of Venezuela. P~nnsylvania has received request for recognition from the Grand

Lodge of Bolivia, but no action has been taken. They recognized the Grand Lodge of Rio de Janeiro and the Grand Lodge N acional de Colombia at Barranquilla. No action will be taken on a request from Gran Oriente do Rio Grande do SuI of Brazil until further information has been supplied. The National Grand Lodge of Czechoslovakia in Exile was not recognized and will not be until "it has returned to Czechoslovakia and has sole and exclusive Masonic authority over symbolic degrees throughout that Republic." As to the Grand Orient of Spain in exile, action has been postponed until the Grand Lodge has returned to Spain and is again exercising sovereign jurisdiction. Action on the Grand Lodge of Argentine was postponed until further information has been received. Tennessee has received request from Bolivia, National Grand Lodge of Colombia, and the Grand Lodge of Ecu,ador. No action will be taken until more information comes out of South America. The Grand Lodge Rio de Janeiro was recognized by Wyoming. The Grand Secretary of Arkansas received a petition, signed by two members of Arkansas lodges and others, asking that a lodge be established in North Africa. Arkansas was not ready to go into the African field and suggested that the petition should be sent to some Grand Lodge having acquired juriSdiction in that section. FUNERAL OEREMONY

A committee appointed to consider the advisability of adopting a subsidiary funeral ceremony reported it had considered the matter for several months and, 'The adoption of such a ceremony would seem to place the Lodge in competition with the Church, and this appears to your committee as very undesirable, particularly so when we consider the controversy which developed between this Grand Lodge and the Church several years ago as a result of the latter attempting to interpose in the Masonic burial service. We should not place ourselves in a position which might invite a renewal of that attempt, but rather adhere to our long established custom of performing only the rite of interment. . . .

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, 'More embarrassment might ensue from the presence of a subsidiary ritual than would result from the absence."

New Mexico has given to its committee an order to"Without prejudice with respect to the duties and prerogatives of the committee on ritual to prepare the finest thirty-minute funeral oration within its power. Let it be flowery; let it be eloquent; let it be filled with hope and encouragement for the bereaved and for the remaining brethren; let it breathe of the Faith we have in, and the assurances we have from the Great Architect of the Universe that the grave is not the goal. "The oration should be so constructed that it could be used as a fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, or thirty minute service, depending upon desires expressed by relatives. It should be adaptable for the Church, the cemetery, the tomb, the mausoleum, or the crematory."

We are eager to see the committee's report. HISTORICAL

Byron Defenbach continues his historical studies. This year he discusses Masonry in Idaho from 1870 to 1893. Minnesota is establishing a centennial celebration fund in anticipation of an observance in 1953. Grand Orator Lyman R. Vawter, of Nevada, delved into matters historical, one section of which we think should be given in its entirety: "The Morgan episode at Batavia, N. Y., in 1827, had far-reaching fraternal and political repercussions. It apparently arose from the announced intention of one William Morgan to expose the secrets of Freemasonry. His Masonry connections were never established, he being a shiftless, unreliable drunkard, it is hinted that his threat may have been for purpose of blackmail. He disappeared and Masons were immediately charged with his disappearance and foul play. This episode caused a violent political reaction with the formation of the anti-Masonic party which caused considerable discussion and commotion in fraternal and political circles for a decade or more, then died out. However, some unscrupulous mendicants, together with a few who were alleged to have seceded from bona fide lodges, attempted to capitalize this issue for personal gain by giving public demonstrations of degree work. Their efforts fell flat because of the moral turpitude and shady character of the imposters. It is intimated that from this group of mendicants and renegades sprang some of the few clandestine lodges not recognized by any jurisdiction. Study of the incident by Rev. Brother S. U. Mock of Batavia Lodge No. 475, Batavia, N. Y., published in 1930, indicates that Masons had no connection with the disappearance of Morgan, nor was there ever established any evidence of foul play on the part of anyone. Morgan just disappeared without track, trace or remembrance. "The dispensation granted to a lodge at Nauvoo, Ill., in 1842, ultimately involved two or more jurisdictions. The Mormons originally sprang up as a religious sect in New York about 1830. But their religious views and radical departure from monogamous marital status was vio· lently opposed among staid upstate New Yorkers and they migrated to Nauvoo, Ill. In 1842, a dispensation was granted by the Grand Master of Illinois to several brethren to organize a lodge at Nauvoo. In a period of 149 days this lodge had initiated, passed and raised 286 candidates, averaging six degrees per day during that time. Soon thereafter, dis-

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pensations were issued for two other lodges, Helm and Nye in the vicinity of Nauvoo, which also behaved in a similar fashion. From the records, it appears that these three lodges in or about Nauvoo made 1500 Masons in one year. If this same ratio prevailed during the two years of their existence under dispensation, they must have made an army of 3000 or more. When called to account for un-Masonic conduct, they had the effrontery to refuse to present the records of their work for inspection. The dispensations of the Nauvoo, Helm and Nye lodges were abruptly revoked and charters refused in 1844. After some disturbance and alleged bloodshed at Nauvoo, the Mormons migrated from Illinois and Missouri and sought asylum near Great Salt Lake which was then still a part of Mexico. For a period of twenty years they lived in open defiance against the United States. In addition to polygamy, armed defiance and encouraging hatreds, they were credited with giving asylum to a band of thugs who preyed upon immigrant trains. "Masonic history in Utah territory began in 1859 when the Grand Lodge of Missouri issued a dispensation to open a lodge composed of army officers and men stationed at Camp Floyd. This lodge was bona fide and conducted itself creditably later surrendering the dispensation when this army unit was removed to another post. In 1863 the state of affairs became so rebellious that two regiments of soldiers under General Connor marched in and established Camp Douglas and restored some semblance of order. With some security of life and property assured, businessmen and miners migrated to Utah, some of them being Masons. They petitioned the Grand Lodge of Nevada in 1865 for a dispensation. Lander Lodge No.8 at Austin recommended the petition. "The Grand Master of Masons in Nevada issued a dispensation for Mt. Moriah Lodge to be located in Salt Lake City. But remembering the treachery and conduct of the Mormon Masons at Nauvoo, he attached an edict to the dispensation to 'exclude all who were of Mormon Faith.' Soon after the first meeting of Mt. Moriah Lodge, the question was directed to Grand Master De Bell 'how to treat Mormons who claim to be Masons who present themselves for examination and request the privilege of visiting. ' , 'The reply of Grand Master De Bell testified to his knowledge of Masonic tradition and jurisprudence. In substance, he ruled that as a people, Mormons were then living in direct contempt of the moral laws as given in the Decalogue as well as the laws of the land and therefore not good Masons and should be excluded from our assemblies. At the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Nevada in 1867, Mt. Moriah Lodge again applied for a charter. The committee found the records satisfactory and possibly would have granted the petition had it not been for the effrontery and spirit of insubordination manifested in petition wherein they attempted to dictate the terms to this Grand Lodge by declining a charter unless the edict of the last grand communication concerning Mormons be repealed and the petitioner be allowed to judge for itself who shall or shall not be admitted. The edict of Grand Master De Bell was upheld forbidding the admission of Mormons to the Lodge. The petition was denied and the Grand Secretary was directed to deliver to the Master of Mt. Moriah Lodge certificates of membership for all members and furthermore donated the jewels and furniture of the late Mt. Moriah Lodge recently under dispensation. Few instances are known where a subordinate lodge needing discipline for their contempt and insubordination were 80 leniently dealt with. Later bona fide lodges were opened under dispensations from Montana, Kansas and Colorado, the Utah Grand Lodge being duly organized in 1872.

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"From a turbulent infancy, we have witnessed the development of a great commonwealth in which all creeds have come to live in harmony and where the Fraternity has become a potent influence."

In Ohio, Dr. James J. Tyler continues his historical work. This time it is the story of Rufus Paine Spalding. This year West Virginia is observing its 150th anniversary. It seems that the Grand Lodge of Virginia, on December 5, 1796, granted a charter for a lodge at Louisburg, in the County of Greenbrier, to be known as Greenbrier Lodge No. 49. The lodge is still in existence. LIQUOR

The Grand Master of Colorado has the following to say about the liquor question: , 'This issue, in my judgment, is apt to cause trouble and arouse dissension. We have today in Colorado the most pernicious and damnable liquor laws this State has ever experienced. The old saloon may have been bad, but it did not cater to our girls and women folk as do the saloons of this day. Bad as this situation is, it is beyond our province to remedy. It is, however, placing many of our members and lodges in compromising and embarrassing situations. Since I, myself, am no 'White Ribboner,' and do not claim superior virtue, I can see and understand the difficulties confronting Masons who are engaged in certain business lines, such as distributors of beverages and operators of cafes, restaurants and drug stores. Public demands encourage disregard of their Masonic obligations. To strictly keep the law means business loss. The words' principal business' are not very explicit. I believe the section should be either repealed or made more exact; preferably the latter. It is folly to temporize 011 this hot issue. Delay of operation, as in the case of any malignant growth, will only add to our distress."

The Grand Master of Kentucky said his Grand Lodge had never taken a stand on the retailing of spirituous liquors. The law prohibits the accepting of a petition of any party who is engaged in the sale of spirituous or malt liquors. It also condemns the sale of it by a Master Mason, but there is no penalty for punishing a Master Mason who engages in the sale of it. All amendments dealing with the liquor question were laid over for another year. The Grand Master of Oregon is bothered over the liquor matter. He says: "My opinion is that Masonry should not consider the civil law in this regard, but should take a definite stand on the question. Masonry should either refuse a petitioner connected in any way with the liquor traffic, or should fail to mention it in any sense." IS MASONRY A SPECTAOLE?

George F. Lounsbury, Past Grand Master of Wisconsin, and the busy editor of a great newspaper says: "Sometimes in my darker moments, I wonder if the idea of a spectacle

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or a play, presented for the edification of an audience, hasn't found its way into the consciousness of too many Masons. "Masonry does not exist for purposes of pageantry, entertainment, or the gratification of histrionic ambitions by its members."

The great danger is that a degree may be exemplified as drama and not ritual; or to put it in another way, the play overshadows the lesson. We agree with our friend Dr. Lichliter that "In Freemasonry, the play is not the thing. Our objective is to instruct, to build character . . . whatever obscures the central lesson or distracts the attention of the candidate has no place in our ritual structure. "

WHAT MAKES A FREEMASON?

Whatever may be his trade, occupation, or profession, if a man does not in all his social and business transactions deal honestly and squarely with his neighbour, he is not a Freemason, and all the forms, ceremonies, and ritual in the world cannot make him onc.-N. S. W. Freemason. HUMOR

While Grand Masters of Grand Lodges from all over the United States were assembling in Washington, D. C., on February 22, 1946, there appeared in the Washington Post a photograph of two men wearing the fez of the Grotto. The article was headed "Local Mason Wins High Office." The reading matter said: "Grand Monarch Henry Haywood adjusts fez of Wm. E. Schooley, Grand Master of Masons in the District, after awarding him the title of Prophet at Sight of the Kallipolis Grotto. Ceremonies took place last night at the Mayflower Hotel. The title, the highest office in Masonry, was last conferred here in 1943 upon President Truman."

The photograph and article which accompanied it proved amusing to those who know better. A certain Grand Master in a certain Grand Lodge refers to a candidate being required to pass a "credible examination." MASONS IN THE NEWS

Major General William Ogilvie, distinguished surgeon and professor of clinical surgery at Cambridge University and Royal Masonic Hospital, London, has received the rank of Knight Commander of the British Empire. John Charles Thomas, operatic singer frequently heard on radio broadcasts, is a native of Pennsylvania. He is a member of Ivanhoe Commandery No. 36, Knights Templar, New York City. William B. Warren Lodge No. 209 A. F. & A. M., Chicago, Ill., was established in 1855 and bears on its rolls the names of several wellknown citizens. The Master in 1896 was David A. Campbell, at one

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time postmaster in Chicago; Ralph H. Wheeler, Master in 1901, became Grand Master of Illinois and Potentate of Medina Temple; Thomas J. Houston was Imperial Potentate. Other members are Brigadier-General Alex. G. Gillespie, U. S. A., and William M. Dewey, President of the Edgewater Beach Hotel. Lieutenant General John Archer LeJe'une, one time head of the United States Marines, was a native of Louisiana, born in 1867; he died in 1942. He was made a Mason in 1919 at Coblenz, Germany. D. J. Lee, Chinese Consul for Australia, was recently made a member of Lodge Kilwinning No. 849, working under the Scottish Constitution in Western Australia. His predecessor, Dr. T. Y. Tsao, was also a member of the fraternity. George E. Hamilton, author of the Iowa corn song, died March 14, 1945. Arthur F. Fischer, a member of Philadelphia bodies, has an article in a copy of the Reader's Digest on "How Quinine Came Back." Dr. H. Eugene Stafford, first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines, is living in San Francisco, still recuperating from treatment received while a prisoner of the Japs. John J. Ray, Texas centenarian, conferred the degree of Royal Arch Mason on September 1, 1945, the Grand Chapter calling a special convocation in his honor. He was initiated in Tennessee December 27, 1867. Governor De la Garza, of the Mexican City of Nuevo Leon, received the entire Grand Lodge of that jurisdiction at his palace in Monterrey on the occasion of the centennial of the first Grand Lodge in that territory. David Warren Clark, a member of William B. Warren Lodge No. 209, of Chicago, served as Treasurer of the lodge sixty-seven years, a record in Masonic office holding in this country. Major General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., the commanding General of the first brigade of marines on Okinawa, was a member of American Overseas Lodge No. 40, Province, R. I. Sir Alex. Fleming, discoverer of Penicillin, was a speaker at a recent Masonic gathering in London. He holds the rank of Past Grand Sojourner. On Febuary 7, 1946, the Earl of Galway was installed as Grand Master Mason of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. Major William F. Knowland, successor to U. S. Senator Hiram Johnson, deceased, is a member of Oak Grove Lodge at Alameda, Calif. Major General M. W. Ireland, surgeon general of the army for thirteen years, was recently given an award for distinguished services to humanity.

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George McManus, cartoonist and the creator of Jiggs and Maggie, is a member of the New York Masonic bodies. Edward Gibbon, who wrote Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was at one time a member of Friendship Lodge, London, England. General Sir Harold Alexander was recently presented a Field Marshal baton by King George VI. It was Alexander and Montgomery who mapped the successful British campaign in Egypt. Alexander is a member of Athlumney Lodge No. 3245, London, and served as its Master in 1938 and 1939; he is active in Royal Arch Masonry. Julius Bertin died in New York City October 3, 1945. He played the roll of "Abie," in "Abie's Irish Rose." He was a member of St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, and Corinthian Chapter No. 159, New York City. James W. Crabtree, noted educator and for several years secretary of a national educational association, died on June 9, 1945, at the age of eighty-one. He was a member of the Masonic bodies in River Falls, Wise. Count Agostin Haraszthy, founder of Sauk City and credited by George Bancroft, the historian, as being the father of viticulture in California, was a member of Madison Lodge No.5, Madison, Wise., in 1845. For several years he took a prominent part in Masonic activities. On August 14, 1945, the late Senator John H. Bankhead laid the cornerstone for the lodge building at Manchester, Alabama. Governor Raymond Baldwin gave a dinner in honor of Los Angeles delegates to the Inter-American Development Commission, and also a luncheon in honor of Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to the United States. In both instances the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut was present. Dr. Modeste Armijo, of Nicaragua, former Minister of Education and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court there, was a guest of Masons in Connecticut on June 17, 1945. On October 18, 1944, a special communication of Wyllys Lodge No. 99 was held in Connecticut and a team of Past Masters, headed by Ex-Governor John Trumbull, proceeded to raise to the sublime degree of Master Mason the son of the late President Calvin Coolidge. Introduced to the Grand Lodge of Idaho was Brother Charles C. Gossett, Governor of the State; he addressed the Grand Lodge briefly. The Grand Orator of the Grand Lodge of Illinois was Senator C. Wayland Brooks. In concluding his address, he said: "Our lodge and our fellowship in it is a sustaining force for good. I am proud of my membership in it. I am proud that I can participate with you in the task that lies ahead. I thank you again for your kindness in allowing me for two years in succession to bring you my greeting and sincere appreciation."

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Indiana proceedings record the death of Martin A. Morrison, for several years President of the United States Civil Service Commission, later he was Chief Counsel for the U. S. Federal Commission. He served the Grand Lodge as Grand Master in 1914. President Harry S. Truman was made an honorary member of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky at its 45th communication. Casco Lodge, of Yarmouth, Maine, gave a reception in honor of their fellow member, Governor Horace Hildreth and Mrs. Hildreth. From Edgar Cordell Powers, of Maryland, comes the following story: "Brethren, aside from everything else you might think about our President, I want you to know one fact: he knows that Book (the Bible) a great deal better than some preachers do. When he had received it JIC said to those who stood around, 'Sit down; don't you fellows be in a hurry; bring a chair up and we will have a chat.' He said, 'I have to talk to so many people I do not like to talk to it is a real joy to sit once in a while and talk to some people I like to talk to.' He said, 'Do not be in a hurry.' Then he opened that Book, that Great Light of Masonry, and asked, 'Which is your favorite chapted' I told him mine; the othe1'8 told him theirs. lIe said, 'Mine are the 5th, 6th and 7th chapters of the Gospel of St. Matthew, the Sermon on the Mount. That is the cornerstone of the whole thing. We could not get along without the 20th chapter of Exodus, the Ten Commandments,' and then he added, 'I like the Book of Proverbs. There are two fine birthday chapters in that book, the 21st for men and the 31st for women. In these chapters, there is a verse for everyone '8 birthday. What is your birthday ~, 'The 19th.' lIe tIlen turned to that and read the verse. He said, 'Sometimes it fits and sometimes it does not; I have never been able to make any sense out of mine, but it is pretty good.' And then he turned to the 31st chapter of the Book of Proverbs and said, 'This is my mother's verse, her birthday,' and that is the one that referred to that good woman who got up early in the morning and provided good things for her family, and saw they were all clothed in scarlet and fine linen."

Before he left, he said this astonishing thing: "Before I was eight years old I read that Book from cover to cover. Before I was twelve years old I had read it through four times."

George R. Calvert, Past Grand Master of Manitoba, has recently been made Venerable Arch Deacon of the Church of England for Manitoba. John Moses, Grand l\faster of the Grand Lodge of North Dakota 1941-42, three times Governor of that State, and in November, 1944, a United States Senator, died in Rochester, Minn., on March 3, 1945. He was born at Strand, Norway, .Tune 12, 1885. Virginia records the death of Charles H. Callahan on July 31, 1944, in the City of Alexandria. To him is given the creative thought and foresight that brought into being the monument in Alexandria to Washington, the Mason.

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MISCELLANEOUS

The Grand Master of Colorado refused a request to hold a communication of a lodge outdoors in the mountains and there to confer the Master Mason degree. He found it difficult to make a decision in the matter because several other jurisdictions, without going into a thorough investigation of the value of such meetings, had indulged in similar activities, which, to say the least, are fascinating, but he finally said: "The problem is one of basic difficulties, as I see them. There is no Masonic law prohibiting such meetings, but the practical problems are terrific. In the first place, before I could approve the change of place of communication I should have to make personal inspection of the place where you intend to hold the meeting. That would not be so bad for this once, but I fear the idea might take and others would want similar dispensations. The Grand Master would run himself to death inspecting strange and weird places where it might be wished to hold lodge some night. That is one of the practical problems. " Then there are certain features that seem to me to rather conflict with the purpose and intent of the work. This would be more by way of a great show; an entertainment. Such is not the true purpose of the conferral of Masonic degrees. In fact, they are better conferred when made the least showy. That sort of thing can be, and sometimes is, overdone without such settings as would lend themselves to out-door work."

In the District of Columbia the advis9bility of having reproductions or copies made of charters of all lodges in that jurisdiction for safe storage is being investigated. It was found that the Library of Congress believed it advisable to have 8xl0 photo negatives of charters instead of photostats. From these negatives two prints should be made, one of which, with the negative, be deposited with the Manuscript Division in the Library of Congress, the other to be furnished to the lodge for safe keeping, the individual lodges to bear the cost of the work, amounting to $2.25 for each lodge, which sum shall be paid to the Library of Congress at the time the charter is presented for copying. The suggestion was made that after all charters had been photographed, two microfilms be made of the entire set of prints; the total cost of the latter work would not exceed $2.50. It seems that Kentucky is about to enter upon a Grand Lodge building project. A committee has investigated the feasibility of securing a new temple and has sent out letters to each subordinate lodge and each Grand Lodge officer. At the time a count was made 233 cards had been returned-165 in favor, 55 opposed, and 12 of no opinion. In the meantime the committee is obtaining plans and attempting to secure further donations. Of a total of 291 boys who have graduated from the Thomas Ranken Patton Institution, in Pennsylvania, 188 were engaged in military service. Robert McFarland, of the class of 1931, was the first American

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to land in the Philippines. A list of seven boys, all of whom gave their lives in the service of their country, appears in the proceedings. The Grand Lodge of Washington has a special library committee which includes in its report a topical classification of Masonic subjects. The Grand Master of Wisconsin issued an edict providing that no lodge, or Master thereof, should permit any degree to be conferred by a so-called degree team unless the team or its representative should present to the lodge a certificate of permission duly signed by the Grand Master. MISSOURIANS ABROAD

Arkansas proceedings report the introduction of "R. W. Brother (Dr.) J. O. Rankin, personal representative of the M. W. Grand Master of Missouri," and later that "Brother J. O. Rankin, personal representative of the M. W. Grand Master of Missouri was introduced and addressed the Grand Lodge, bringing the fraternal greetings of the Masons of Missouri." PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

A representative of the Grand Lodge of California visited the Philippine Islands and while there had an opportunity of talking with Masonic leaders. Necessity for active assistance was self-evident. Lodges there were forced to disband, their leaders were killed or imprisoned, and the members persecuted. The representative was shown the ruins of the Grand Lodge headquarters in Manila. The Plaridel Temple was reduced to rubble. He also saw the pit at the Fort Santiago branch in Manila where the Japs took the Deputy Grand Master, Santos Guidos, and beheaded him in full view of his three children. 'Vhen the youngest gave a cry of anguish, the J ap captain shot the child dead. He saw where the Grand Master, John McFie, was killed in Santo Tomas prison by shell fire as the Americans were approaching to liberate the prisoners. RELIEF

The Grand Master of the District of Columbia says the day is drawing near when it will be good business and the most practical idealism for the Grand Lodge to make its appropriations for Masonic relief not alone to the Home, but also to a body more amenable to the Grand Lodge for the purpose of maintaining in their own homes our less fortunate brethren, their widows and orphans. In Michigan, the Grand Master found two little girls living with their grandmother in a very modest home in the north country. The home had but one room. The oldest girl, who was thirteen, did the house work and had to discontinue going to school to take care of the grandmother. He made it a point that these children had no

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knowledge of the fact that their father and others had taken obligations to look after them as orphans, and he asked the question, 'Do you and I feel that these children should somehow find out that we would help them, and do we expect that they should come to us and ask for help' Or do we want to make it our business to watch for these cases and to step in where our help is needed' The answer is perfectly obvious."

The committee on charity in Ohio"Decidedly objects and resents the name of the committee. In our opinion Charity has no place in the Masonic vocabulary. R€lief would seem to be a much better term, as the implications attached to the word charity do not apply to the furnishing of relief to Masonic Brethren, or support to Masonic organizations, or to charity other than Masonic, or to individuals-not Masons."

And here all these years we have been praising and admiring the use of the word charity. We constantly refer to Faith, Hope and Charity, but the greatest of these is said to be Charity, and now our Ohio brethren want to change all our teaching and use the word Relief. So' in Ohio hereafter is it to be Faith, Hope and Relien RITUAL

The District of Columbia, comprising a territory of only 62 square miles and not more than thirty minutes by automobile from any lodge in the jurisdiction, offers great possibilities for a school of instruction and excellence in degree work, but there are often discussions over the ritual, and the Grand Master recommended that a single Master Ritual, covering unwritten, as well as written, work be prepared and kept in the Grand Secretary's safe, accessible only under certain conditions. It is thought such a document would be a great stabilizing influence in ritualistic matters. In Idaho cards are provided by each Secretary for submission to the Grand Secretary when a brother passes his examination in the third degree. Too many lodges in Ohio appear to depend upon Past Masters to give the lectures of the degrees. This, according to the Grand Master, is an unwholesome practice. The Master who has passed through the chairs without learning the lectures has missed a valuable experience. He has never been able to give the Craft proper instruction. Oregon has a law that no lodge may confer degrees on more than five candidates at anyone communication. Several of the lodges were evading the law by opening special communications, conferring five degrees, closing the communication, opening another communication and conferring more degrees ad lib. The Grand Master issued an edict against this practice.

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STATISTICS 1945-46

Through the courtesy of Bro. Earl Delzell, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Iowa we are permitted to use the statistics of grand lodges of United States and Canada for the years 1945-46. It will be seen that there are almost 3,000,000 Freemasons in the United States and more than that if we care to include Canada. Next year the report will show a passing of the three million mark. Comparative Statistics of Grand Lodges in the United States

Increase or Year Lodges Members Decrease* 1941 15,507 2,464,590 24,997* t1942 15,329 2,453,175 5,759* t1943 15,258 2,477,351 24,176 t1944 15,215 2,560,752 83,401 t1945 15,199 2,722,285 161,533 t1946 15,154 2,903,878 181,593 tNo data for Philippine Islands available---membership not included. United States, 1945-1946

State Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Dist. of Columbia Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina

Date Sept. 14, 1945 Dec. 31, 1945 Sept. 30, 1945 Jan. 31, 1946 June 30, 1945 Dec. 31, 1945 June 24, 1945 Sept. 30, 1945 Dec. 27, 1945 Aug. 31, 1945 June 30, 1945 June 30, 1945 Jan. 1, 1946 Dec. 31, 1945 Dec. 31, 1945 July 31, 1945 Dec. 31, 1945 Apr. 13, 1946 Oct. 31, 1945 Aug. 31, 1945 Dec. 31, 1945 Dec. 31, 1945 Aug. 31, 1945 Sept. 10, 1945 June 30, 1945 Dec. 31, 1945 Apr. 15, 1946 Apr. 1, 1946 Dec. 31, 1945 Dec. 31, 1945 Dec. 31, 1945 Jan. 1, 1946

Lodges Membership 407 44,993 39 6,884 377 34,651 584 155,269 147 32,232 129 37,857 22 5,527 47 21,571 222 31,239 451 54,132 80 10,296 978 205,397 538 139,597 543 76,864 436 73,956 488 57,693 246 29,125 206 38,384 120 32,360 325 98,695 514 134,852 293 50,793 307 31,189 604 93,797 135 19,575 281 36,002 26 3,745 81 13,577 278 77,512 56 7,949 1,038 259,360 315 35,014

Inm-oose 6,101 516 2,492 16,531 1,652 1,733 248 884 4,267 6,047 728 9,177 8,202 3,792 5,265 5,157 3,166 1,421 1,725 3,255 7,848 2,131 3,130 3,913 854 1,810 173 387 3,374 550 9,070 3,683

1946 State North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

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Date Dec. 31, 1945 July 31, 1945 Jan. 1, 1946 Dec. 31, 1945 Dec. 27, 1945 Mar. 31~ 1946 Dec. 31, 1945 Dec. 31, 1945 Oct. 31, 1945 Oct. 31, 1945 Dec. 31, 1945 Apr. 30, 1946 Apr. 16, 1946 Dec. 31, 1945 Aug. 31, 1945 Dec. 31, 1945 June 30, 1945

IDle

Lodges Membership 11,684 119 625 206,625 386 57,006 170 30,748 562 188,404 43 14,806 268 29,116 15,795 168 376 47,168 891 138,687 26 5,042 103 16,933 45,389 322 50,321 263 165 32,760 54,325 304 50 8,982

Increase 495 12,104 4,701 2,407 8,937 374 2,921 722 3,794 14,688 310 352 2,303 4,447 1,568 1,611 577

15,154

2,903,878

181,593

150 117 569 103 44 85 15 94 199

12,226 14,438 99,500 11,050 5,702 10,634 1,124 14,292 14,069

703 696 3,329 472 41 1,010 30 419 730

1,376

183,035

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Canada, 1945-1946 Alberta British Columbia Canada Manitoba New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Is. Quebec Saskatchewan

Dec. 31, 1945 Dec. 31, 1945 Dec. 31, 1945 Dec. 31, 1945 Dec. 27, 1944 Dec. 31, 1945 Apr. 30, 1946 June 30, 1945 Feb. 28, 1946

UNUSUAL

Grand Master Lawrence C. Kelley, of California, was elected Grand Master on October 12, 1945, was stricken with a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles on October 17, 1945, and passed away a week later. The Deputy Grand Master immediately succeeded to the powers and duties of the Grand Master. Chinese American Masonic Day was observed October 28, 1944, when lodges at Meriden, Conn., acted as host to' the officers of Amity Lodge No. 106 of Shanghai, China. More than 2,000 Masons from Connecticut and guests from beyond the borders had the privilege of witnessing the exemplification. The -degree was conferred in the City Hall Auditorium. Dr. Joe W oon Lum and his officers were presented by former Congressman John Q. Tilson. Brethren in attendance contributed a generous sum to the Chinese relief fund. Delaware is one of those jurisdictions which still preserves the right to make Masons at sight. This time the meeting was December 19, 1945, the Grand Master was W. Harry Lewis, and the candidate

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was Robert R. M. Carpenter, who received the degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft and Master Mason. So far as we know, Georgia is the only jurisdiction to have a poet laureate, but the proceedings do not record any samples of his skill. We know of an instance where they were unable to move the mountain to Mohammed and so they moved Mohammed to the mountain. New· Hampshire records a case of where a lodge was moved to the home of a brother and the degree of Master Mason conferred upon him without form or ceremony. The Grand Master said: "Brother Robert Witham had been legally elected, initiated as an Entered Apprentice and passed to the degree of Fellow Craft, after which he suffered an attack of angina. He, being desirous of becoming a Master Mason, and being informed by his physician that it would be impossible for him to attend at the lodge, I convened the lodge at his home in Hudson. There were present at this communication the Worshipful Master, the Secretary and two members of Rising Star Lodge."

Grand Secretary Keen, of New Mexico, is past his 90th birthday and is ending his 61st year in the station of Grand Secretary. Earl Browder recently visited Cleveland, Ohio. The Master of a lodge in Cleveland submitted a resolution of indignant protest against the renting of the auditorium of the Masonic Temple to a Communist association at which Earl Browder was to speak. The Grand Master wrote the Temple Board urging that the lease be canceled, even if it should involve a suit for damage, stating that any possible damage that might be incurred would not compare with the damage which would result to the Fraternity if the meeting were held. Later the Grand Master learned that the same room had been rented to Jehovah's Witnesses. Both organizations, he thought, stood for things diametrically opposed to fundamental principles and Masonry could not afford to be identified with them by permitting them the use of its halls. He recommended that legislation be adopted making illegal the renting of Temples, or any portion of them, to political or sectarian religious organizations, for the non-Masonic public cannot differentiate. All it knows is what it sees, and it judges the Fraternity accordingly. Amity Lodge No. 23, at Brigham City, Utah, found itself with 6 candidates ready for the Master Mason degree. The lodge had only 5 of its members living in Brigham City. Ogden brethren, learning of the condition, came to the rescue and continued to make trips to Brigham City until the work had been completed. It was this spirit of cooperation which promoted a most unusual meeting at Bushnell Hospital, where, on May 12, 1944, after a lodge had been opened by Amity Lodge in its own hall, its furniture, jewels and paraphernalia were removed to a large auditorium at the hospital, and there the Master Mason degree was conferred upon First Lieutenant Ray O.

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Phillips, head of Rehabilitation and Malaria Centers at the hospital, and Corporal Howard C. Hall. Three Past Grand Masters and twelve Past Masters participated in the work. Colonel James S. Sweeney, Chief Medical Officer was present, and there was also Brigadier General Ralph Talbot, Jr., nineteen officers of his staff, and patients of the hospital, fourteen from the Ogden Arsenal and others from the City of Ogden. The proposed petition in Utah which contains the wording "it interferes with neither the religion nor the politics of its members," was changed deleting the quoted section. Grand Secretary Emeritus Goodwin said of this: "It struck me when I read the proposed form of petition that I personally would question whether this statement would be true in Utah. I know of cases where members have been expelled when they became memo bers of the L. D. S. Church. I recall when one of our City lodges tried an Entered Apprentice when it was discovered he had made untruthful statements of his religious affiliations. I have had Masons from outside the State question our act of excluding members of the L. D. S. Church. Utah Grand Lodge found it necessary in the early days to make written rulings in this matter. It therefore seems to me that that part should be omitted in some respect with regard to this statement."

Wyoming's Casper Lodge No. 15 made a request of Scotland for the conferring of all three degrees upon a Wyoming candidate by a lodge in Iran. The request was granted and the work was done. DEFINITION OF MASONRY

The Grand Master of Colorado offers the following definition as to Freemasonry and its works : "On different occasions your Grand Master, and, I understand, other Grand Lodge officers, have been importuned to 'endorse' some plan pertaining to public welfare, civic improvement, or other similar purpose having for its aim some good to the general public, or to some class or portion thereof. Sometimes we were asked only for approval or recommendation that the matter might be presented to the Masons of Colorado through the various lodges. Sometimes the request urged financial contribution either from the Grand Lodge treasury or through the Grand Lodge 'passing the hat' to the lodges of this jurisdiction. Sometimes subtlely and sometimes openly, but in all instances coming to my attention it was urged that our participation would reflect great credit upon the craft; that by such action we should become recognized public benefactors. " A number of these proposals, I have no doubt, possessed considerable merit. In my decisions on all such matters, however, though realizing I was skating on thin ice, I took the position that Masonry is neither a civic organization nor a welfare agency. We have service clubs and other organizations in every community designed for and glad to do this sort of thing. To them publicity and popular acclaim is desirable. To the Masonic fraternity it is, or should be, abhorrent. We seek not glory nor aggrandizement. We prefer to carryon our affairs, our own welfare, our own charities, among our own brethren, in our own way, and with as little

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fanfare and publicity as possible. To many people outside our ranks this seems a strange and silly policy. I said' outside our ranks.' I am not 80 sure that this is confined to those' outside.' Some Grand .Jurisdictions do endorse the proposals which I, on your behalf, refused to endorse. Some of our own brethren feel that we should enter more into these campaigns in the public interest and gain some public credit for what we do. I disagree. Let us leave that field to our service clubs and welfare organizations. Masonry is not just' another club.' Let us not shadow its magnificence by lowering its leveL"

A VEILED TRmUTE TO U. S. A.

Down in the territory of New Zealand the editor of "Transactions of the Masters' & Past Masters' Lodge" was asked as to why he frequently quoted American authorities. His answer was pleasing, accurate, and enlightening; he said: 1. The Editor finds American authorities helpful. 2. They are frequently the only authorities available on a particular subject. 3. American Freemasons have undertaken certain forms of Masonic Educational work not found elsewhere. In particular: 4. The Short Talk Bulletins of the Masonic Service Association, U. S. A. provide a useful service in discussing many problems on which it is difficult to find material anywhere else. 5. The system of providing a set of Lectures for candidates going through the Degrees is something found only in the U. S. A. 6. American writers are practically the only authorities available on questions of symbolism. Such writers as Hunt, Haywood and Oliver Day Street are particularly sound. There is very little written on Symbolism by English authors except the prolific writings of certain cranks, anthropologists and mystics which are not worth anything. 7. The use of costume is peculiar to American Masonry. 8. The U. S. A. contains about two-thirds of the Freemasons in the world. 9. The Editor does not agree with everything written by American writers but anything he quotes, he is prepared to adopt as his opinion.

Our readers will be surprised at the above statements which are an indictment of the Grand Lodges of the British Isles. So far as we know the Grand Lodges of those countries issue no bulletins or publications unless it might be catalogs of material in their libraries. Men such as Crossle, Lepper, Vibert, Hughan and others have written some valuable publications and the English Research Lodge A.Q.C. continues in its 54th year but the volumes lack appeal outside the British Isles. American Grand Lodges may lack age, but they are in the main, striving to assist their brethren in the acquirement of useful Masonic knowledge. OBJECTIONS TO FREEMASONRY "Religion is One; men call it by many names."

Thus spoke the Ancient Vedas of India. Many of the critics of Free-

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masonry dwell extensively upon the fact that Freemasonry is a religion. With such critics we have no argument, for, as our Vedic brethren have said, religion is called by many names. The amusing feature about the whole thing is that True Religion has been divided into so many sections just like a great department store. Over here is the Jewish section; there the Roman Catholic; and all around us the Protestant section with so many sub-departments that it is hard to tell where one leaves off and the other begins. All are selling the same product, though differently wrapped and differently labeled. And all the product came from the same source, yet there is plenty of competition. Occasionally one salesman derides his competitor and refers to his poorer product. None ever stop to consider it their duty to make sales of the product and not the wrapper. Again, there is the critic who objects to Freemasonry because of its secrecy. Many of this type are ecclesiastical. All of which makes it funnier than ever, for the Great Exemplar taught a Secret Doctrine. It was he who said: "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God; but to them that are without, all these things are done in parables. That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing, they may hear, and not understand."

When the disciples came to him and asked of him: "Why speakest thou in parables'"

He replied unto them: "Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but to them it is not given."

And so if Freemasonry had need to look for a fine precedent it would have to turn only to the New Testament. But Freemasonry as an institution has no secrets; it is not even a secret society. Initiates are surprised-and sometimes disappointed-when they learn that what they have received is known to the world if they only knew where to seek it out. Freemasonry offers its knowledge to its novitiates; it points the way. The novitiate must travel the road. We once heard a critic of Freemasonry say that we are a pagan institution; that we revert to Egyptian teachings. Well, that is several thousand years before the Christian era. We wonder what our forbears did for religion from the time of Adam up until the Christian Dispensation. Like all religions, there were some fine points about the Egyptian religious thought. For example, there was no death in the Egyptian religion; there was no fall of man. Horus, who might well have been the Egyptian Redeemer was not the Redeemer, he was the revealer of the way to immortality. Egyptian paradise was the reward of labour. Hence, no labour, no Paradise. No cross, no crown!

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The way to worship God, according to the Egyptian was not to do evil. Reason and conscience dictated his acts. Not such a bad religion for four thousand years ago' Fraternally, Trenton, Mo., July 12, 1946 RAY V. DENSLOW. (Note.-Information received since the above was written is to the effect that the great portion of the Klossian Library belonging to the G. L. of Netherlands has been returned. (Page 8c.) News notes stating that Quisling was tried in the Masonic Temple in Oslo are incorrect. He was tried in the Town Hall which at one time 'Was a Masonic Temple, but not occupied as such for the last fifty years. (Page 9c.) Our readers are referred to the Proceedings of the Conference of Grand Masters for Grand Master Hartman's report on Negro Freemasonry. A report of the Commission to Investigate Masonic Conditions in Europe was issued by the M. S. A. and also reprinted in the March issue of the RoYAL ARCH MASON.)

INDEX A. Q. C.: review, 70c Aavatsmark, Gen. Ivar: mentioned, 10c Africa: Irish lodge in, 33c; new lodge in, 3lc Alaska: conditions in, 82c Album Commemorativo: book review, 71c Alexander, Gen. Sir Harold: mentioned,95c American Lodge of Research: book review,70c Anti-Masonry, 71c; Baptist opposition, 71c; Franco attacks, 14c; in Greece, 5c; in Norway, 9c; Italian antagonism, 73c; Spanish antagonism, 73c Argentine: English lodges in, 30c Armijo, Dr. Modeste: mentioned, 95c Athens: photo Masonic Temple, 4c Australasia: Freemasonry in New South Wales, 35c; in New Zealand, 36c; in Queensland, 36c; in South Australia, 37c; in Victoria, 37c; in Western Australia, 37c Austria: conditions in, 26c; letter of Dr. Misar, 26c Baldwin, Gov. Raymond: mentioned,95c Ballot : New Mexico edict, 82c Bankhead, Sen. John H.: mentioned, 95c Baptist: antagonism to Freemasonry, 71c Belgium: conditions in, 21c; origin of Grand Lodge, 22c Benes, Edouard: reference, 15c Bequests: mentioned, 82c Bermuda: Irish lodges in, 33c Bertin, Julius: mentioned, 95c Bray, Willis J.: war relief action, 29c British Honduras: Freemasonry in, 40c,42c Brooks, Sen. C. Wayland: mentioned, 95c Callahan, Charles H.: mentioned, 96c Calvert, George R.: mentioned, 96c Campbell, David A.: mentioned, 93c

Canada: in Quebec, 34c; Masonry in Ontario, 33c; in Prince Edward Island, 35c Canal Zone: early lodges in, 60c; Freemasonry in, 59c; Masonic processions, 61c; Massachusetts lodges, 61c; miscellaneous groups, 62c Caron, Dr. L. J. J.: elected Grand Master of Netherlands, 7c Catholic: see ' , Greek Catholic Church' , ; influence in South America, 42c; priest organizes lodge,56c Central America: Masonic population, 62c; story of Freemasonry in, 40c; table of recognition, 62c Charity: instances, 98c Charters: reproduction of, 97c China: Irish lodges in, 33c Clandestine Masonry, 80c, 83c Clark, David W.: mentioned, 94c Colombia: list of Grand Lodges in, 68c; Masonic conditions in, 66e; new Grand Lodge in, 66c Co-Masonry: in Arkansas, 80c Communism: and Freemasonry, 102c Conference of Grand Masters: annual meeting, 78c Conference of Grand Secretaries: annual meeting, 78c Conferences, Washington: praise and criticism, 76c Copenhagen, Denmark: photo of Masonic Temple, 24c Cornerstones, 83c Costa Rica: commemorative book, 71c; dispute with Supreme Council, 41c, 54c; Freemasonry in, 53c; list of lodges, 55c; origin of Grand Lodge, 54c Crabtree, James W.: mentioned, 95c Cyprus: Masonry in, 5c Czechoslovakia: Benes and Masaryk, 15c; conditions in, 15c Decisions, 84c Declaration of Principles: English attitude, 30c; in Sweden, 16e Degree Teams: restriction of, 98c

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DeMolay: attitude of Grand Lodges, 85c Denmark: Ambassador Davis, 25c; conditions in, 22c; damage io lodge building, 23c; King Christian Grand Master, 23c; officers of Grand Lodge, 26c; photo of Masonic Temple, 24c Dewey, Wm. M.: mentioned,94c Dispensations, 84c Donoughmore, Earl of: mentioned, 31c, 32c Duke of Gloucester: arrives in Australia, 37c England: Bishop of Salisbury, 31c; charity fund, 31c; conditions in, 29c; dispute with Guatemala, 43c; Earl of Donoughmore, 31c; Grand Lodge building, 30c; increase in lodges, 31c; honors to Grand Secretary White, 30c; lodges in France, 20c; lodges in Honduras, 42c; lodges in South America, 30c; Lord Mayor of London, 32c; Masonic postage stamp, 32c; sale of jewels, 32c Extraneous Societies: in Ontario, 33c; reviewers comment, 84c Faubel, A. F. L.: describes conditions, 7c Finances, 86c Finland: conditions in, l3c Fischer, Arthur F.: mentioned, 94c Fischer, Vilh: succeeds Wm. MaIling,25c Fleming, Sir Alex: mentioned, 94c France: conditions in, 19c; headquarters of Grand Lodge, 20c; the White Book, 19c; troubles with England, 20c; war story, 20c Franco: attacks on Freemasonry, l4c; reference, 3c Freemasonry: and the Guerillas, 84c; definition of, l03c; objections to, l04c Funeral Ceremony: reviewer's comment, 89c Galway, Earl of: mentioned, 94c Garza, Gov. De In: mentioned, 94c Germany: conditions in, Hc; illicit meetings, l3c; Grand Lodge in

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Exile, l3c; Zur Den Drei Ringen in Czechoslovakia, l5c Geo. Washington Masonic National Memorial Association: annual meeting, 77c Gibbon, Edward: mentioned, 95c Gillespie, Brig. Gen. Alex. G.: Mentioned, 94c Gossett, Gov. Charles C.: mentioned, 95c Gowrie, Lord: mentioned, 35c, 36c Grand Lodge of France: election of Grand Master, 19c Grand Lodge of Honduras: formation of, 43c Greece: anti-Masonry in, 5c; conditions in, 4c; King George II a member, 5c; lodges in, 5c; persecution of Masons, 5c; photo Masonic Temple, 4c; Salonika lodges, uc Greek Catholic Church: friendly to Masons, 5c Guatemala: conditions in, 44c; first charter, 45c; formation Grand Lodge, 45c; Supreme Council dispute, 45c Guerillas: Freemasonry and, 74c Hamilton, George E.: mentioned, 94c Haraszthy, Count Agostin: mentioned, 95c Haug, Gen. J. H.: elected Grand :Master,9c Hildreth, Gov. Horace: mentioned,

9Gc Hitler: reference, 3c, l2c Holland: see "Netherlands" Honduras: controversy with Great Britain, 43c; English lodges in, 42c; formation of Grand Lodge, 43c; Freemasonry in, 40c, 42c; Masonic postage stamp, 44c; Scotland charters, 43c; Supreme Council charters, 43c Houston, Thomas J.: mentioned, 94c India: Irish lodges in, 33c Inter-A merican Conference: proposed, 64c Ireland: see "Lord Donoughmore"; gift of New Zealand lodge, 32c; l\fasonic Home boys in army, 32c; reports from district, 33c

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Misar, Dr. Vladimir: letter of, 26c Morgan Episode, 90c Mormons: and l!'reemasons, 91c Morrison, Martin A.: mentioned, 96c Moses, John: death noted, 96c Mussolini: and Italian Freemasonry, 17c, 18c; reference, 3c

Jewels: sale of English lodge, 32c King Christian X: Grand Master of Denmark, 23c; visit to, 25c King George II: of Greece, 5c; member of English lodge, 30c Klossian Library: discovery of, 12c; lost 8c; returned, 106c Knowland, Major Wm. F.: mentioned, 94c Laj, Dr. Guido: elected Grand Master of Italy 1,8c Lee, D. J.: mentioned, 94c LeJeune, Lt. Gen. John A.: mentioned, 94c Liquor: attitude of Grand Lodge, 92c London: Lord Mayor active Freemason, 32c; Masonic Temple, 30c McManus, George: mentioned, 95c Maguire, Gen. F. A.: Grand Master of New South Wales, 35c Malling, Wm.; death noted, 23c Masaryk, Jan: reference, 15c Masonic Books, 69c Masonic Pamphlets, 69c Masonic Presidents: book review, 70c Masonic Service Association: list of war relief donations, 28c Masonic Temple: photo, Copenhagen, Denmark, 24c Masons in the News: 93c Massachusetts: lodges on Canal Zone, 42c, 62c . Medal: Mexican commemorative, 39c Medieval Knighthood: book review,

7lc Megos Alexandros Orphanage: Missouri donation to, 6c Mexico: commemorative medal, 39c; criticism of Grand Lodges in, 38c; Grand Lodges recognized, 87s; list of Grand Secretaries, 38c

Natal: Irish lodges in, 33c Negro Freemasonry: future of, 73c; visitor in Canada, 34c Netherlands: Dr. L. J. J. Caron elected Grand Master, 7c; conditions in, 7c; 1770 charter saved, 8c; Klossian Library, 8c; lodges working, 7c; Queen Wilhemina attitnde, 8c; Van Ton· geren photo, 2c Newall, Sir Cyril: Grand Master New Zealand, 36c New South Wales: Freemasonry in, 35c New Zealand: Freemasonry in, 36c; tribute to U. S. A., 104c Nicaragua: early lodges in, 51c; formation of Grand Lodge, 52c; Freemasonry in, 49c; Grand Lodge history, 51c; Royal Arch Chapter, 53c Norway: conditions in, 8c; damage to Masonic buildings, IOc, Hc; election of Grand Master, 9c; persecution of Grand Master, I Dc; the Quislings, 9c; revival of Freemasonry, He Ogilvie, Major Gen. Wm.: mentioned,93c Ontario, Canada: Freemasonry in, 33c Orphanage: Missouri donation to, 6c Outdoor Meeting: decision, 97c Palermi: and Italian Freemasonry, 17c Panama: history of Freemasonry in, 56c; list of early lodges, 59c; Massachusetts charter, 58c; origins of Freemasonry in, 57c; Supreme Council charter, 58c Penick, Wm. R.: and the Guerillas, 75c Peru: Masonic troubles in, 64c

110c

THE MASONIC WORLD

Philippine Islands: conditions in, 98c; reference, 3c Photographs: anti-Masonic postage stamps, 72c; English Masonic postage stamp, 32c; Honduras Temple postage stamp, 44c; Masonic Temple, Denmark, 24c; Netherlands Grand Master, Van Tongeren, 2c Postwar Masonry in Europe: book review,71c Powers, Edgar Cordell: mentioned, 96c Prince Edward Island: Freemasonry in, 35c Prince Hall: see ' , Negro Freemasonry" Quantrill: see "Guerillas" Quebec, Canada: Freemasonry in, 34c Queensland: Freemasonry in, 36c Quisling: not a Freemason, 9c Rawson, Adm. Harry: mentioned, 35c Ray, John J.: mentioned,94c Recognition: Mexican Grand Lodges, 87c; table of Central American, 62c; other Grand Lodges, 88c Red Cross of Constantine: book review, 70c Rhodesia: Irish lodges in, 33c Rio de Janeiro: new Grand Lodge organized, 68c Ritual: comment, 99c Ronneberg, Grand Master: persecution of, lOc Rossia: book review, 69c Royal Arch Chapter: in Nicaragua, 53c Royal Arch Research: book review, 70c Salisbury, Lord Bishop of, 3lc Salonika: Freemasonry in, 5c Salvador: active lodges, 48c; formation of Grand Lodge, 47c ; Freemasonry in, 46c; Grand Lodge reorganized, 48c Scotland: lodges in Honduras, 43c Scottish Rite: dispute, 45c, 55c; forms lodges in Central America, 4lc; in Italy, 17c; lodge in

1946

Panama, 59c; lodge in Honduras, 43c Serbia: anti-Masonry in, 72c; antiMasonic postage stamps, 72c Shepherd, Major Gen. Lemuel C., Jr.: mentioned, 94c Shrine: broadcast on toleration, 79c; trouble in Arkansas, 85c; trouble in Utah, 85c Sight Masons: in Delaware, lOlc South America: English lodges in Argentine, 30c South Australia, 37c Spain: antagonism to Freemasonry, 73c; conditions in, l4c Spanish Honduras: Freemasonry in, 40c, 42c Stafford, Dr. H. Eugene: mentioned, 94c Stamps: anti-Masonic, 72c; English Masonic, 32c; Honduras Masonic Temple, 44c Statistics for 1945-46, 100c Suirdale, Viscount: mentioned, 3lc Sweden: conditions in, l5c; declaration of principles, l6c; lodges in Finland, l3c; Middelanden, 17c Sydney Lodge of Research: book review, 71c Terboven: persecution of Masons, 9c Thomas, John Charles: mentioned, 93c Three, Five, Seven Minute Talks on Masonry: book review, 71c Toleration, 79c Troedsson, Alex.: Grand Secretary of Denmark, 25c Truman, Harry S.: a reader of the Bible, 96c; honorary member Grand Lodge of Kentucky, 96c Trumbull, Ex.-Gov. John: mentioned,95c Tsao, Dr. T. Y.: mentioned, 94c Underground Movement, 3c Utah: Missouri lodge in, 9lc Van Tongeren, H.: persecution of, 7c; photo of, 2c Victoria, Aus.: Freemasonry in, 37c Vrijmetselarij: book review, 70c

1946

GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI

War Relief: money raised by Masonic Service Association, 28c Washington Conferences: see , , Conferences' , Western Australia: Freemasonry in,37c Wheeler, Ralph H.: mentioned, 94c , , Where North Meets South' , : story of Freemasonry in Central America, 40c

111c

White Book, The: English attitude, 30c; in France, 19c White, Sydney A.: civic honors, 30c Wilhemina, Queen: attitude toward Freemasons, 8c Wilson, L. 0.: Governor of Queensland, 35c, 36c Zohner, Alfred: writes from Austria, 27c

INDEX 1946 PROCEEDINGS A

PAGE

Address of Grand Master Bray Acknowledgments Aid to War-Devastated Countries Annual Communication 1945 Conclusion Condition of The Craft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Decisions Dispensations Freedom Lodge U.D. Introduction Masonic Discipline Necrology Ncgro Masonry Recommendations Referred to Committec Specific Communication Grand Lodge The Masonic Service Association of the United States Visits to Foreign Jurisdictions Visitations Work Among Veterans and in Camps... .. .. . .. . .. Address of Grand Orator Briggs Appeals and Gricvances, Report of Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Appointments Auditor, Report of

10 35 22 14 35 14 27 25 18 10 27 27 18 32 36 23 24 22 19 23 99 108 141 46

B Beehive Lodge No. 393 Transferred Bencdiction Biographical Sketch of Grand Master Bray.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bond, Ray, introduced Building Supervisory Board, Report of Buttons, Veterans'

119 146 1 10 123 38

C Certificates of Proficiency Charter Granted Freedom Lodge Chartered Lodges, Report of Committee Claudy, Carl, Telegram from Closing Committees, Special 1946-47 Committees, Standing, 1946-47 Credentials, Report of Committee (Interim) Credentials, Report of Committee

113 125 129 9 146 147 147 8 139

D Deichmann, Peter, introduced Distinguished Visitors, introduced District Deputy Grand Masters, 1946-47, List of District Deputy Grand Masters' Reports, Report of Committee.. District Lecturers, 1946·47, List of .........................••

10 10 148 136 148

INDEX

1946

PAGE

Election of Masonic Home Directors Election of Officers Elected Officers of Grand Lodge, List of .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Emergent Communication '" . . .. Eyre, B. F., introduced

112 112 230 3 10

F Fifty-Year Veteran Buttons Freedom Lodge, Charter Granted Funeral Service Amended Foreign Recognition, Report of Committee Forms and Ceremonies, Report of Committee

38 125 126 119 120

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G Gavel from President Truman 8 George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association, Report of Committee 119 Grand Correspondent, Report of 3c Grand Lecturer, Report of 94 Grand Lodges recognized by Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 150 Grand Master: Address of 10 Biography 1 Expresses Appreciation of Walter Shrodes 141 Photograph Frontispiece Grand Master's Address, Report of Committee 103 Grand Orator, Address of 99 Grand Representatives To and From Missouri 234 Grand Secretary: Presents Gavel on Behalf of President Truman 8 Reads Messages 9 Report of 37 Grand Secretaries and Their Addresses 149 Grand Secretary's Tabular Statement 172 Grand Treasurer: Introduces Distinguished Visitors 110 Report of 45 Greisen, Carl R., introduced ............................. 10 I Introduction of Distinguished Guests Invocation Installation

10 7 142

J Jurisprudence, Report of Committee

130

List of District Deputy Grand Masters, 1946-47 List of District Lecturers, 1946-47 List of Elected Officers of the Grand Lodge .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. List of Lodges, Alphabetical List of Lodges, Numerical List of Past Grand Masters, Living Lodge Directory Lodges U.D., Report of Committee

148 148 230 157 152 148 200 124

1946

INDEX ~

3d PAGE

~asonic Boards of Relief and Employment Bureau, ~asonic Home, Report of ~asonic Temple Association, Report of Committee ~asonic Home Visiting Committee, Report of "~asonic World" ~assey, William B., introduced ~issouri Lodge of Research, Report of .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ~essages of Regret ~ileage and Per Diem, Report of Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Report of Committee

88 51 123 120 3c 10 117 9 140

N Necrology, Report of Committee........................ . . . . . . Neistrath, Walter, introduced Nolte, Fred H., introduced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

88 10 10

o Opening

P Past Grand ~asters, Living. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . 148 Photo of Grand ~aster Bray Frontispiece Presentation of Fifty-Year Button to Rev. E. L. Robison.. . . . . . 88 Proficiency Certificates 113 R Recognized Grand Lodges Regret, ~essages of Report of Auditor Report of Committee on Foreign Correspondence Report of Grand Lecturer Report of ~asonic Home Report of ~issouri Lodge of Research Report of Grand Secretary Report of Grand Treasurer Report of Committee on: Appeals and Grievances Building Supervisory Chartered Lodges Credentials George Washington ~asonic National ~emorial Association .. D. D. G. ~. 's Reports ................ Foreign Recognition Forms and Ceremonies Grand ~aster 's Address Jurisprudence Lodges D.D. ~asonic Boards of Relief and Employment Bureau .. . . . . . . . . . . ~asonic Home Visiting Committee ~asonic Temple Association ~ileage and Per Diem Necrology Revision of By-Laws Ritual Ritual (Special Report)

150 9 46 3c 94 51 117 37 45 108 123 129 139 119 136 119 120 103 130 124 88 120 123 140 88 137 112 126

INDEX

1946 PAGE

Social Service at Training Camps Transportation and Hotels Unfinished Business Ways and Means ................................... Welfare Resolutions Adopted 107, Resolutions Presented Revision of By-Laws, Report of Committee Ritual, Report of Committee Ritual, Report of Committee (Special) Robison, Rev. E. L., Receives Fifty-Year Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

133 141 141 135 105 135 125 137 112 126 141

S Shrodes, Walter, Grand Master expresses appreciation of Smith, Dwight, introduced Smith, Sherman A., introduced Social Service at Training Camps, Report of Committee Special .committees, 1946-47 Standing Committees, 1946-47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

141 10 10 133 147 147

T Tabular Statement of Grand Secretary Transportation and Hotels, Report of Committee Truman, Harry S.: Message from Presents Gavel U Unfinished Business, Report of Committee

172 141 9 8

141

v Veterans' Buttons

W Ways and Means, Report of Committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Welfare, Report of Committee

135 105

Masonic Manual of Missouri Containing all the Missouri Monitorial work and funeral service. Pocket edition sold at 75 cents per copy.

Book of Constitutions The Grand Lodge Book of Constitutions, 1921 revision, bound in cloth, price 50 cents per copy. Grand Lodge Book of Constitutions, 1925, with annotations, price $1.00 per copy.

Any of the foregoing books may be obtained from the office of the Grand Lodge by application to the Grand Secretary. HAROLD L. READER, Grand Secretary, Masonic Temple, 3681 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri.

OFFICERS

Grand Lodge of Missouri 1946-1947

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SOLON OAMERON M. W. Grand Master Metropolitan Bldg., St. Louis MORRIS E. EWING R. W. Deputy Grand Master Morrisville HARRY F. SUNDERLAND R. W. Senior Grtutd Warden 3519 Paseo, Kansas City JAMES M. BRADFORD R. W. Junior Grand Warden 4165 Shaw Ave., St. Louis EDMUND E. MORRIS R. W. Grand Treasurer Care Union National Bank, Kansas City HAROLD L. READER R. W. Grand Secretary 3681 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis ANTHONY F. ITTNER R. W. Grand Lecturer 2353 South Compton, St. Louis E. L. ROBISON. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . W. Grand Chaplain St. Joseph SAMUEL THURMAN W. Grand Chaplain St. Louis H. F. CARL HAAS W. Grand Chaplain St. Louis EDWARD POTTS , W. Grand Chaplain _ Kansas City J. PRESLEY POUND W. Grand Chaplain Macon RAY BOND Grand Senior Deacon Joplin HOMER L. FERGUSON Grand Junior Deacon Jefferson City RICHARD O. RUMER Grand Senior Stewal'd St. Louis JAMES McBRAYER SELLERS Grand Junior Steward Lexington ORESTES MITCHELL, JR. Grand Marshal St. Joseph WILLIAM J. CRAIG Grand Marshal Springfield HAROLD M. JAyNE Grand Sword Bearer Trenton F. ERNEST CARTER Grand Pursuivant Kansas City JOHN A. WITTHAUS •••......•...•.••••....... Grand Orator Court House, Clayton HERMAN LARK Grand Tiler Steeleville The 126th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge will be held in St. Louis, beginning Tuesday, September 30, 1947.

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