Ludwig Greinemann 1907, March 3 and April 20, 1908. On June 21, 1923 this lodge consolidated
with Hinton Lodge No. 369 and became Mayfield Lodge No. 369. d. Oct. 10, 1936. Ludwig Greinemann A Dominican monk and Anti-Mason. While preaching Lenten sermons at Aix-la-Chapelle in 1779, he claimed that the Jews who crucified Jesus were Freemasons, and that Pilate and Herod were wardens of a Masonic lodge. Judas, he stated, had been initiated in the synagogue, and the 30 pieces of silver was the amount of his initiation fee. He stated that he would slay every Freemason he met with his own hands, and so aroused the people that the authorities were forced to issue an edict against Freemasons' meetings. Eventually authorities of neighboring districts calmed him down by stating that if he did not cease his practices he would not be allowed to collect alms in their territory. Perry E. Gresham President of Bethany College (W.Va.) since 1953. b. Dec. 19, 1907 at Covina, Calif. Graduate of Texas Christian U. in 1930, with graduate work at Columbia and u. of Chicago. He was a teacher of Greek and philosophy at Texas Christian and ordained to the ministry of the Christian church in 1931. He served churches in Fort Worth, Seattle, Detroit, and Glasgow, Scotland. He was later a feature writer for the Detroit Free Press on Middle East affairs and a lecturer at many universities. In 1949 he was a delegate to the founding assembly of the World Council of Churches at Amsterdam, and delegate to conventions in 1950-51-52. Mason, 32 0 AASR and Knight Templar. Jean Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) French portrait and genre painter. b. Aug..21, 1725. He was a member! of the famous Lodge of the Nine Sisters (les Neuf Soeurs) at Paris, his name
appearing on the list for 1779. He was held in high regard as an artist. d. March 4, 1805. Robert E. Gribbin Protestant Epis.. copal Bishop. b. Feb. 21, 1887 at Wind.. sor, S.C. Graduate of Military CoIl. of South Carolina and Call. of Charleston. Ordained deacon in 1912 and priest in 1913. He served churches in Charleston, Atlanta, Wilmington, and Winston-Salem, from 1912-34. Consecrated bishop of Western North Carolina on Jan. 25, 1934. Now retired. Served as chaplain in both World Wars. Mason. Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov (1795-1829) Russian poet and statesman. He is known chiefly as the author of a satirical comedy in verse depicting the struggle between two generations. It is variously translated into English as The Misfortune of Being Clever, or Woe From Wit. He was a member of the Lodge of United Friends in Russia about 1820. He was murdered at Teheran, with members of the embassy staff, by a mob. Jeremiah Gridley (1702-1767) Lawyer, teacher and author of pre-Revolutionary period. Often called "Jeremy," he was a brother of Richard Gridley, q.'V., a major general in the Revolution. b. March 10, 1702 in Bos.. ton, Mass. He was graduated at Harvard in 1725, and for several years was an assistant in a grammar school in Boston. He studied theology and occasionally preached. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar. For a year路 he edited a weekly newspaper called The Rehearsal. This was the first newspaper published in America having substantial claim to literary merit. He was elected a member of the general court from Brookline, and became an opponent of the British policies. Notwithstanding, he was appointed attorney general for the province of Massachusetts Bay. In 1761, while in this office, he de-
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