JACOB··LAMP'ERT, St. Louis ....... ...•. Grand Senior Deacon. VAN. F. BOOR, Kansas City Grand Ju,nior Deacon. C. A. MOSMAN, St. Joseph G1~and Senior Steward. TOLMAN W. COTTON, Van Buren Grand Senior Steward. FRANK R. JESSE, Mexico Grand Marshal. W. A. CLARK, Jefferson City G1"and Marshal. G. D. ALLEE, Lamar Grand Sword Bearer. EDWARDHIGBEE, Kirksville Grand· Pursuivant. FRANCIS A. LEACH, Kansas City Grand Orator. J. WEST GOODWIN, Sedalia Grand ··Orator. JOHN W. OWEN, St.Louis Grand Tyler.))
Receipts $46,105.50; disbursements $44,210.67 ; balance $46,788.87. Membership 47,430; number of Lodges 601; raised 3,036; affiliated 963; dimitted 1,253; suspended N. P. D. 504; net gain 1,837.
ROBERT ROCHESTER KREEGER, Gra,nd Master~ 1908. M. \V. Brother RobertR. Kreeger, the sixty-fifth Grand Master, was born near Blue Springs~ Jackson County, Missouri, November 16, 1856. His boyhood was spent on a farm. He attended the State University of Missouri, and then taught school for a number of years. In 1883, he was assistant in the Office of Sheriff of Jackson County. In 1887, he moved to Kansas City, where he still resides. For the past thirty years, .he has been engaged in the Custom Service of the United States and at present is Deputy Collector of Customs, in charge of the Kansas City Offi'ce.He is considered an expert on Custom .Laws and Tariff Acts. He was made a Master Mason in Temple Lodge No. 299, Kansas City, June 19, 1888, and served as its Master in 1900. He was exalted in Orient Chapter No. 102, 'R. A.M., May 23, 1899, and served as its High Priest. He was greeted as a Select Master in Shekinah Council No. 24, R. and S. M., Kansas City, December 29, 11902. He received the Masonic Orders of Christian· Knighthood in Oriental CommanderyNo. 35, K. -:294-