1948
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
77
Last year the St. Louis Masonic Board of Relief looked into the merits of four hundred and fifty new cases and carried twenty-nine cases over from the previous years, making a total of four hundred and seventy-nine cases. This is an increase of seventy-one over the number handled last year. There are seven hundred and fifty visits recorded by the office, eighty visits recorded by the hospital committees, and in addition the Board has sent eighty blood donors to the various hospitals. The cases are catalogued as follows: Frauds and imposters-16; Patients in hospitals-78; Investigations for the St. Louis Lodges-98; Receipts reported 10st-45; Persons reported missing-7; Applicants residing outside the jurisdiction of this Hoard-16; Suspended-4; Unaffiliated-2; Persons with no recognized claim-18; Affiliation unknown-4; Applicants found unworthy-14; Applications withdrawn-4; Worthy-144. St. Louis Lodges were called upon to conduct Masonic funeral services for the following thirty-six out of town members: July 22, 1947-Arthur W. Kelly, Shekinah Lodge No. 241, Carbondale, Ill., by Mizpah Lodge No. 639. Aug. 19, 1947-Ed. Geo. Kolbry, Paul Revere Lodge No. 998, Chicago, Ill., by Pride of the West Lodge No. 179. Aug. 24, 1947-Joseph J. Wiseman, Piasa Lodge No. 27, Alton, Ill., by Euclid Lodge No. 505. Sept. 15, 1947-John B. Burch, Slater Lodge No. 63, Slater, Mo., by Progress Lodge No. 657. Sept. 22, 1947-S01 Stockner, Pecan Grove Lodge No. 222, Lake Providence, La., by Magnolia Lodge No. 626. Sept. 26, 1947-Bert Gratner, Gary Lodge No. 677, Gary, Ind., by Purity Lodge No. 658. Sept. 30, 1947-Walter Smith, Mt. Herman Lodge No. 263, Cedar Rapids, Ia., by George Washington Lodge No.9. Oct. 13, 1947-Jacob Meier, New Jerusalem Lodge No.9, Washington, D. C., by Westgate Lodge No. 445. (Services by Good Hope Lodge Xo. 218.) Oct. 20, 1947-A. C. Lovell, Edgefield Lodge No. 254, Nashville, Tenn., by Tower Grove Lodge No. 631. Oct. 23, 1947-Samuel L. Bloom, Heroine Lodge No. 104, Kansas City, Mo., by Pomegranate Lodge No. 95. Nov. 21, 1947-W. H. Bottom, Lane's Prairie Lodge No. 531, Vichy, Mo., by Corner Stone Lodge No. 323. (Services by Beacon Lodge No.3.) Nov. 30, 1947-Charles E. Frey, Floral Park Lodge No. 1016, Floral Park, N. Y., by Xaphtali Lodge No. 25. (Services by Magnolia Lodge No. 626.) Dec. 5, 1947-John W. Meador, ~H. Washington Lodge Xo. 642, Cincinnati, Ohio, by America Lodge No. 347. Dec. 22, 1947-George H. Kettmann, St. John's Lodge No.9, Seattle, Wash., by Uni\'ersity ('1.ty Lodge No. 649. Dec. 30, 1947-\Villiam J. Tolin, Atlantic Lodge No. 81, Portland, Me., by Occidental Lodge No. 163. Jan. 8, 1948-Ernest C. McBeath, North Star Lodge No. 157, Rockport, Mo., by Paul Revere Lodge No. 330. (Services by ::\Iagnolia Lodge No. 626.) Jan. 11, 1948-Harry D. Douglas, Davey Crockett Lodge Xo. 1225, San Antonio, Tex., by Anchor Lodge No. 44:~. Jan. 12, 1948-Erncst G. Dawson, Granite Lodge No. 272, Sedalia, Mo., by Pyramid Lodge No. 180. Jan. 14, 1948-Andrew Zettwock, Queen City Lodge No. 559, Cincinnati, Ohio, by Trinity Lodge No. 641.