1978
GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI
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Since the printing of the Grand Master's address, inquiry was made as to whether or not a lodge could adopt a By-Law to prohibit an officer from advancing if he does not fill his station. Our Grand Master ruled that such a By-Law would violate Section 8.080 and 8.140. The Jurisprudence Committee approves this decision. M.W. Brother Walker moved the adoption of this portion of the report. The motion was seconded and carried by vote of the Grand Lodge. The decision of the Grand Master was ADOPTED. REMARKS OF R.W. BRO. WALTER C. PLOESER
R.W. BRO. WALTER C. PLOESER, Sovereign Grand Inspector General, responded for the Representatives of the Appendant Bodies of Missouri: Most Worshipful Grand Master, the Representatives of the Appendant Bodies who were welcomed this morning feel privileged and joyful to participate in the Grand Lodge Session. We compliment you on your year. We wish for your successor a successful year. And I am sure that I speak for all of them when I say, "Anyway that any of the Concordant Bodies can be helpful to the success of this Grand Lodge, it is our pleasure to do so." GRAND MASTER NOLAND: Brethren, I think I should tell you that I fully intended to recognize the Worthy Grand Patron, because we do need to do that. But I have just been informed that he is gone. I am sorry that we did not get to hear from him this morning. The Grand Master asked the Chairmen of the various committees if they would be getting the reports ready for presentation. They will be called for as the meeting progresses. The Grand Master called on the President of the Masonic Home Board, R.W. Bro. J. C. Montgomery, Jr. R.W. BRO. J. C. MONTGOMERY, JR., President of the Masonic Home Board: Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren, I am going to ask that the members of the Masonic Home Board and the Home Staff, who are present, hold themselves in readiness that we might present them at the conclusion of this report. I am going to do a "walk through"-I am going to have to add some matters that I will relate to you which are not found in your printed report. I hope that when you get your report you will read it very carefully, because some of the remarks that I make will have to do with the facts and figures that are found in the printed report. The report is like last year, of course, with a listing of the Officers, the Members of the Board, the Committees of the Masonic Home. There are various membership statistics, which I hope you will read carefully; and surely you will find much of interest in them, especially the disparity be.tween male and female guests. The various statements about the gifts; the Christmas and Entertainment Fund; and also the audit report, because this year we had the. most complete audit the Masonic Home of Missouri has ever had. It was an excellent report that was given to us. I am going to be referring to that in a moment. So I hope that when you get your copy of this booklet that you will read that audit report very carefully.