BENJAMIN Y. WOLF Grand Master 1943 G

BENJAMIN Y. WOLF Grand Master 1943 G. L.

Goldstein, G. S.—W. K. Joffrion, G. S — Biographical Sketch of BENJAMIN Y. WOLF Grand Master, 1943 By WYNNE G. ROGERS Past Grand Master

Benjamin Y. Wolf, Grand Master of the Free and Accepted Masons of Louisiana, was born in New Orleans on July 31, 1882, the son of Isaac B. Wolf and Emma Pranck Wolf, who were also born in New Orleans. Brother Wolf received his academic education in the public schools, and was graduated from the Boys' Central High School of his native City. Later he attended the College of Law of Tulane "Uni- versity from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He immediately entered upon the practice of his profession in New Orleans and because he is a close student of the law and is devoted to the interests of his clients, he has been highly successful in his practice. He is generally recognized by the members of the Bar and by the community at large as one of the highest types of his profession in New Orleans. He has served for many years as attorney for the Recorder of Mortgages for the Parish of Orleans, a position of great trust and responsibility. He was treasurer of the New Orleans Bar Association from 1931 to 1939. In the latter year, he was elected and served as President of the Association. He is a member of the Board of Governors of Louisiana State Bar Association. He is Chairman of the Committee on Professional Ethics and Griev- ances of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, in the performance of the duties of which he has shown ability and energy and has done much to uphold the dignity and maintain the standards of the legal profession. From the time he entered the Masonic Order, Brother Wolf has been a firm advocate of its principles and has devoted a large portion of his time and his talents to the advancement of the fraternity and the service of his brethren. He was raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason in Friends of Harmony Lodge No. 58, F. & A. M., on October 11, 1904. He served as Master of the Lodge in the year 1910 and again in the year 1916. He is the treasurer of the Lodge at the present, time. Brother Wolf is a Thirty-third Degree Mason, is a member of the Grand Consistory of Louisiana, and has always taken an active part in its work. He has served as the Venerable Master of Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection, Wise Master of Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix, Commander of Eagle Council of Kadosh, and Grand Master of the Grand Consistory from 1937 through 1942. He was Potentate of Jeru- salem Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., in 1935. For a number of years Brother Wolf was a member of the Com- mittee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence of the Grand Lodge. He was District Deputy Grand Master for 1923, 1924 and 1925. He was a member of the Committee appointed to revise the Constitution, General Regulations, and Edicts of the Grand Lodge and, as such, rendered a most important and valuable service in the preparation of the Masonic Code. He served as a member of the Masonic Digest Committee from 1934 to 1940, and he acted also as attorney for the Grand Lodge for the years 1933 and 1934. Brother Wolf was elected Grand Junior Warden in 1940, Grand Senior Warden in 1941, Deputy Grand Master in 1942, and Grand Master in 1943. On February 10, 1943, at the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, he was installed as Grand Master in due and ancient form by the writer of this article, assisted by Past Grand Master W. D. Haas, Jr., acting as Grand Marshal. Brother Wolf is married to Miss Carrie Gerson, and they have a daughter Emma Bertha Wolf, who was educated in the public schools and at Newcomb College. He indulges in three hobbies, his profession, the Masonic Fraternity, and his lovely young daughter. Brother Wolf is a man of unostentatious demeanor and of simple tastes. With no desire for the achievement of fame or the acquisition of wealth, he is satisfied to discharge the commonplace tasks of daily life according to the pattern of work laid out on the Trestle Board by the Great Architect of the Universe. PROCEEDINGS

OF THE M. W. Grand Lodge

OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA

FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS

EMERGENT COMMUNICATION OF March 15 th, 1942

ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL GRAND COMMUNICATION FEBRUARY 8th, 9th, AND 10th, A. L. 5943.

BENJAMIN Y. WOLF, Grand Master 912 Carondelet Bldg., New Orleans

D. PBTEE LAGUENS, JR., Grand Secretary Masonic Temple, New Orleans

PUBLISHED BY THE GRAND LODGE AND REQUESTED TO BE READ IN ALL THE LODGES

NEW ORLEANS : SEARCY & PFAFF, LTD., PRINTERS 1943 OFFICERS OF THE Most Worshipful Grand Lodge or THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS 1943

BENJAMIN Y. WOLF M. W. Grand Master W. S. KINGREY R. W. Deputy Grand Master OTTO E. PASSMAN R. W. Grand Senior Warden THEODORE F. MATHES R. W. Grand Junior Warden U. W. MCMILLAN R. W. Grand Treasurer D. PETER, LAGUENS, JR R. W. Grand Secretary JESSE A. TAYLOR K. W. Grand Lecturer R. C. LEEVES R. W. Grand Lecturer ROBERT M. McGEHEE W. Grand Chaplain JOHN F. FOSTER W. Grand Chaplain,, Emeritus ROBERT W. CRETNEY W. Grand Marshal JACOB PHILLIPS W. Grand Senior Deacon BERTNEY G. FRJ.CK W. Grand Junior Deacon MAX M. TANNENBAUM.... W. Grand Sword Bearer JOHN J. KHOURY W. Grand Pursuivant L. W. WATTS D.D.G.M. Dist. 1 W. Grand Steward E. R. MINCHEW D.D.G.M. Dist. 2 W. Grand Steward W. D. WALLACE D.D.G.M. Dist. 3 W. Grand Steward C. J. ROZIER D.D.G.M. Dist. 4 W. Grand Steward W. O. KEES D.D.G.M. Dist. 5 W. Grand Steward JAMES A. BAILES D.D.G.M. Dist. 6 W. Grand Steward W. E. HUFFMAN D.D.G.M. Dist. 7 W. Grand Steward EDWIN M. FRASER D.D.G.M. Dist. 8 W. Grand Steward W. K. JOFFRION D.D.G.M. Dist. 9 W. Grand Steward H. W. HAMILTON D.D.G.M. Dist. 10 W. Grand Steward JULIUS O. HEDT D.D.G.M. Dist. 11 W. Grand Steward D. W. LANDESS D.D.G.M. Dist. 12 W. Grand Steward MAURICE BAHM D.D.G.M. Dist. 13 W. Grand Steward ALON L. WALL D.D.G.M. Dist. 14 W. Grand Steward FRED W. CAMPBELL D.D.G.M. Dist. 15 W. Grand Steward R. GORDON SMITH D.D.G.M. Dist. 16 W. Grand Steward FREEMAN A. BALLARD D.D.G.M. Dist. 17 W. Grand Steward DAVID GOLDSTEIN '. D.D.G.M. Dist. 18 W. Grand Steward HANS PALM W. Grand Tyler LOUIS_ESCHENBRENNER Grand Tyler, Emeritus HENRY WEHRMANN Grand Organist EMERGENT COMMUNICATION of the GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, F. & A. M. Held at Triumph, La. March 15, 1942 The Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, F. & A. M. assembled in Emergent Communication, at the Hall of Triumph Lodge U. D. for the purpose of constituting under Charter and installing the officers of Triumph Lodge No. 422. The Grand Lodge was opened in ample form, with the following Grand and Acting Grand officers in attendance: M:W: J. Luther Jordan.. Grand Master R:W: Benj. Y. Wolf Deputy Grand Master W: T. F. Mathes, D.D.G.M. 17th District....as Grand Senior Warden R:W: Bertney G. Frick, G.S.B as Grand Junior Warden R:W: U. W. McMillan Grand Treasurer R:W: D. Peter Laguens, Jr ! Grand Secretary M:W: L. A. Nichols, Grand Master, Mississippi as Grand Chaplain L. O. Goelz, P. M. 408 as Grand Senior Deacon W: L. E. Oster, D.D.G.M. 18th District as Grand Junior Deacon Robert W. Smith, 102 as Grand Marshal Walter R. Simpson, P. M. 408 , as Grand Pursuivant Coleman A. Beeson Grand Stewara H. L. Trepagnier, 408 as Grand Steward E. C. Harris, 408 as Grand StewaM E. J. Hebert, 408 '. as Grand Steward F. E. Frazier, 408 as Grand Steward W. J. White, 408 as Grand Steward W. L. Matthews, 408 as Grand Tyler The Grand Marshal made the official announcement that the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, had granted to the brethren of Triumph Lodge U. D. a Charter as Triumph Lodge No. 422, in the town of Triumph, Louisiana, and that these brethren were ready to have their Lodge consecrated, dedicated and constituted in due and ancient form. The Grand Marshal was instructed to assemble the brethren of the Lodge in a line west of the altar, facing the East. As their names were called by the Grand Secretary, the following brethren of Triumph Lodge No. 422 answered the roll call: A. J. Buras L. L. Olsen R. H. Dominy Stanhope G. Carlisle Richard Simmons L. K. Wallace Jesse M. Howze Felix J. Elston Austin C. Ahshier 4 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

Leon Callahan O'Grady Fair Carlo Stella Joe E. Barnard Denzil Cooper Archer R. Wadley Edwin B. Feree Troy D. Maxwell Herman J. Collins Charles S. Leonard G. TJ. Wallin. Jacob C. Anderson Hugh A. Purgley Robert A, B. Collins Wilton F. Hogan J. B. Valentine Lee Hays Montel C. Hayden Raymond R. Ball Mitchell J. Miljah (29) The following members were absent from roll call: H. L. Buras Walter L. North C. H. Nelson S. McN. Lowe William R. Cash (5) M:W: Brother J. Luther Jordan, Grand Master, then proceeded in due and ancient form to constitute these brethren into a regular lodge according to the ceremonies in the Louisiana Monitor, promul- gated by the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana. After the consecration ceremonies were completed the Grand Master called for an election of officers for the new lodge, which resulted as follows: Felix J. Elston, Worshipful Master, Raymond R. Ball, Senior Warden, Herman J. Collins, Junior Warden, R. H. Dominy, Treasurer, O'Grady Fair, Secretary. , The Master elect then made the following appointments: Jacob C. Anderson, Chaplain, L. K. Wallace, Senior Deacon, Denzil Cooper, Junior Deacon, Wilton F. Hogan, Master of Ceremonies, Austin C. Abshier, Steward, Troy D. Maxwell, Steward, Montel C. Hayden, Steward, Leon Callahan, Steward, G. U. Wallin, Tyler. All the above elected and appointed officers were then installed in due and ancient form by M:W: Brother J. Luther Jordan, Grand Master. The Grand Lodge was then closed in ample form by the Grand Master. Fraternally submitted, Approved: D. PETER, LAGUENS, Jr., J. LUTHER JORDAN, Grand Secretary. Grand Master. OF THE STATE OP LOUISIANA 5

ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL GRAND COMMUNICATION

FIRST DAY'S SESSION

SHRINK MOSQUE,

NEW ORLEANS, LA., FEBRUARY 8TH, 1943. The One Hundred and Thirty-second Annual Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, in New Orleans, on Monday afternoon of the eighth day of February, Nineteen Hundred Forty-three, at 2 :00 o'clock, was opened in the Third or Master's Degree, in ample form, by M :W: Brother J. Luther Jordan, Grand Master, after prayer by Brother Robert M. McGehee, Grand Chaplain.

FLAG PRESENTATION

The Flags of the United States and the State of Louisiana were presented West of the Altar by Brothers Daniel L. Webb, Unity 267, Houma, La. of the U. S. Marines, and Chas. E. Price, Newport 234, Newport, Tenn. of the U. S. Army. The Pledge of Allegiance was given. The Flags were placed on the Dais at the right of the Most Worshipful Grand Master.

APPOINTMENTS TO FILL VACANCIES

J. Chris Nungesser, P. G. M., as Chairman Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence. The Grand Master appointed the following Committee on Distribution and Analysis of Grand Master's Report: LEON S. HAAS, P. G. M. Q. T. HABDTNBR. ROBT. W. SMITH. 6 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS PRESENT J. LUTHER JORDAN M. W. Grand Master BENJAMIN Y. WOLF R. W. Deputy Grand Master W. S. KINGR.EY R. W. Grand Senior Warden OTTO E. PASSMAN R. W. Grand Junior Warden V. W. McMILLAN R. W. Grand Treasurer D. PETER LAGUENS, JE R. W. Grand, Secretary JESSE A. TAYLOR R. IF. Grand L

As the names of Past Grand Masters Sykes and Sylvester were called the Grand Lodge stood for a few moments in silent prayer in their memory. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 7

The Minutes of the Proceedings of the Annual Grand Lodge Communication of 1942, and the Emergent Grand Lodge Com- munication of 1942 were adopted as printed.

EEPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS

February 8, 1943. Brethren: The undersigned, your Committee on Credentials, begs leave to report that we have performed our duty of examining the Credentials of all Delegates representing Lodges in this Jurisdiction to this Grand Lodge Communication. We find that all Lodges have filed returns and made payment of all Dues and Assessments, and thereby are entitled to be seated on the floor of this Grand Lodge, with the exception of the following which have not paid and did not make returns: Lodges making no returns: N. H. Bray 208; White Castle 257; Gibsland 304. Lodges making returns but failing to pay their Dues and Assess- ments: Simsboro 235, Little Flock 236, Plain Dealing 237, Saline 392. We thank the Grand Secretary, R:W: D. Peter Laguens, Jr., Bro. Frank D. Blue and Mrs. Griffis for their untiring assistance and advice in compiling our records. We extend thanks to the following Brothers, who so willingly assisted in registering the Delegates: Robert Pflueger, Hans Warskat, Morris Aronowitz, L. C. Miller, A. Paul Fannin, Michael Elgutter, John H. Earles, Charles McHale, and Frank Vicari. Fraternally submitted, MORRIS MARX, Chairman. B. S. TITUS, CESAIRE R. DUPAS, MEYER SCHAEFFER, GEORGE C. AMRHEIN.

Upon motion, the report of the Committee was adopted, and the following Lodges having representatives present and registered were entitled to seats: PERFECT UNION 1—George M. Niemeyer, W. M.; Milton Hawkins, proxy for S. W.; Charles S. Anderson, J. W. POLAR STAR 1—Marcelin Cabos, proxy for W. M.; Mark Guidry, J- W. 8 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

PERSEVERANCE 4—Edward A. Theard, W. M. CERVANTES 5—Alberto Barrientos, W. M.; Mariano Parres, J. W. HUMBLE COTTAGE 19—Tyler N. Lamson, W. M. WESTERN STAR 24—E. R. Baham, W. M.; B. S. McRaney, J. W. ST. ALBANS 28—H. E. Conerly (399), proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. FELICIANA 31—Wm. E. Wood, P. M.( proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. PHOENIX 38—W. T. Todd, W. M. GERMANIA 46—Wm. R. Pohlmann, W. M.; Frank J. Heine, J. W. ST. JAMES 47—Robert M. Andrews, W. M.; Geo. W. Farr, proxy for S. W.; Ben E. Sims, J. W. MINDEN 51—R. R. Slack, S. W. and proxy for W. M. and J. W. UNION FRATERNAL 53—J. E. Waller. W. M. and proxy for J. W.; G. R. Weaver, S. W. MOUNT GERIZIM 54—M. P. Weatherly, W. M. FRANKLIN 57—E. G. Stone, W. M.; Charles E. Shoemaker, J. W. FRIENDS OF HARMONY 58—Harry Hyman, W. M.; Frank O. Chavez, S. W.; John Miscenich, J. W. MOUNT MORIAH 59—Benj. J. Leggett, W. M.; Curtis C. Covington, S. W.; Richard A. Dowling, J. W. GEORGE WASHINGTON 65—R. Wynn Irvine, W. M.; Raymond E. White, S. W.; Lester Gerson, J. W. HIRAM 70—Morris N. Aronowitz, W. M. ALPHA HOME 72—Fred Tanner, proxy for W. M.; Val A. Earhart, S. W.; Wm. G. Zimmerman, J. W. QUITMAN 76—A. Montegut, Jr., W. M.; Adam J. Gaczik, S. W.; Darrance C. Stuart, J. W. ST. JOSEPH 79—C. J. Rapier, W. M.; A. B. Coit, J. W. MT. VERNON 83—A. V. Moultrie, W. M.; Smith Oden, proxy for S. W.; J. D. Stubblefleld, proxy for J. W. OLIVER 84—John M. Keller, W. M. and proxy for S. W.; Dewey W. Dunn, J. W. LAFAYETTE 87—John E. Cissna, W. M. and proxy for S. W. and J. W. HAUGHTON 95—W. H. Brown, proxy for W. M., S, W. and J. W. ST. HELENA 96—R. E. Phillips, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. HERMITAGE 98—Theo. V. Martinez, W. M.; Edward E. Risinger, S. W.; Adam Mehn, J. W. FRANKLINTON 101—J. Meadie Knight, W. M.; Abner P. Wood, S. W.; H. Prentiss Magee, J. W. LOUISIANA 102—Robert W. Smith, W. M.; Emile H. Dieth, S. W., Leo F. Wagner, J. W. RUSTON 106—W. L. Ponder, W. M. and proxy for J. W.; L. G. Huey, proxy for S. W. HARRISONBURG 110—H. A. Taliaferro, W. M. and proxy for S. W. and J. W. URIM 111—H. F. Downs, W. M. THOMAS JEFFERSON 113—C. A. Pryor, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA V

SHREVEPORT 115—Ben Blumberg, W. M. ACACIA 116—E. C. Thomas, Jr., proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. MILFORD 117—C. B. Woods, proxy for W. M. and S. W.; H. D. Stephens, proxy for J. W. DELHI 120—W. W. Teer, proxy for W. M.; Marvin M. McEacharn, S. W.; Hy. F. Sprales, J. W. MACKEY 122—L. V. Nobles, W. M.; M. B. Thomas, proxy for S. W.; J. P. Franks, Jr., proxy for J. W. LIBERTY 123—P. C. Reeves, J. W. and proxy for W. M. and S. W. KELLERTOWN 124—A. J. Hawsey (399), proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. GORDY 133—L. J. Bond, proxy for W. M. PLAINS 135—Charles F. Ratcliff, P. M. ATHENS 136—Joe A. Marsalis, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. DOWNSVILLE 143—Robert M. McGehee, W. M.; G. C. Roberts, S. W.; W. D. Wallace, proxy for J. W. OCEAN 144—Joseph H. Davis, W. M.; Vincent J. Vaccaro, S. W. HOPE 145—Clarence J. McNulty, W. M. SILENT BROTHERHOOD 146—R. G. Adcock, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. ANACOCO 147—J. O. Fountain, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. EASTERN STAR 151—Louis O. Temple, W. M. HOMER 152—H. J. Murphy, S. W. and proxy for W. M. and J. W. STS. JOHN 153—G. W. Corkern, W. M.; Chas. E. Burgis, S. W.; Warren Hintz, J. W. KISATCHIE 156—Edwin M. Fraser (411) proxy for W. M. HAMMOND 160—B. A. Tucker, proxy for W. M.; J. Leon Clark, proxy for S. W.; R. T. Pursley, proxy for J. W. BROOKSVILLE 161—H. A. Baker, S. W. and proxy for W. M. and J. W. ATCHAFALAYA 163—Leo L. Ehrhardt, W. M. COLUMBIA 164—J. M. Jones, proxy for W. M.; S. H. Thompson, proxy for S. W. LAKE CHARLES 165—Andrew Swice, W. M.; Franklin L. Miller, S. W.; J. J. Khoury, proxy for J. W. LINWOOD 167—Jos. M. Chapman, W. M.; Nils E. Johnson, J. W. MONTGOMERY 168—W. C. Byrd, W. M. and proxy for S. W. and J. W. KOSMOS 171—J. Otto Kaelin, W. M.; E. Lee Mowe, S. W.; John C. Bowman, J. W. UNION 172—B. C. Capron, W. M. DANTE 174—Alberto Cipollina, proxy for W. M.; Domenico Casella, S. W.; Gaetano Sartalamacchia, J. W. AMITE CITY 175—T. P. Ladner, J. W. and proxy for W. M. and S. W. CADDO 179—Earl W. Tinsley, W. M. and proxy for S. W. and J. W. SAM TODD 182—E. J. Miller, proxy for W. M. and J. W. SPRING CREEK 184—H. E. McDaniel, W. M.; R. R. Dykes, S. W.; A. B. Foster, proxy for J. W. 10 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GUAND LODCiK

ORPHANS FRIEND 185—Allen Budden, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. COVINGTON 188—R. H. White, W. M.; Andrew Erwin, S. W.; L. W. McDougall, J. W. CORINTHIAN 190—Herbert Behrend, W. M.; Joseph S. Font, S. W.; Stephen M. Farnum, J. W. JEFFERSON 191—Charles E. Post, W. M.; David Gertler, S. W.; Robt. C. Pflueger, Sr., J. W. ABBEVILLE 192—J. R. Sewell, W. M.; Sal Gross, S. W.; H. W. Schriefer, J. W. NEW IBERIA 193—L. L. Lusk, proxy for W. M. DORIC 105—Harvey Lewis, W. M.; J. D. Hamilton, S. W.; Sol Loeb, proxy for J. W. TYRIAN 206—Frank H. Rice, proxy for W. M.; Arthur B. La Cour, proxy for J. W. R. F. McGTJIRE 209—Hope I. Sorey, W. M. and proxy for S. W.; W. T. Jackson, J. W. BLAZING STAR 212—W. A. Ragan, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. KEYSTONE 213—M. I. Saltzman, proxy for W. M.; J. W. Ogden, S. W.; Jesse Whitlock, proxy for J. W. LAND MARK 214—H. G. Williamson, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. FELLOWSHIP 217—J. Boyd, W. M. LIVONIA 220—Charles P. Maggio, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. SOLOMON 221—L. L. Vallery, W. M.; A. A. Kelley, S. W.; S. R. Parker, proxy for J. W. PECAN GROVE 222—Zell Stockner, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. CADEVILLE 229—E. C. Monroe, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. MV. PLEASANT HILL 230—A. Frank Roberts, W. M. and proxy for S. W. and J. W. WELSH 232—Irving V. Hayes, W. M.; Walter Hayes, proxy for S. W. MAGNOLIA 238—S. A. Wagnon, W. M. BERNICE 239—D. R. Grafton, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. LEESVILLE 240—H. L. McManus, proxy for W. M. and S. W.; E. E. Lenahan, proxy for J. W. CONLY 241—J. Edwin Carlisle, W. M.; Lynn McDowell, J. W. CROWLEY 243—W. A. Douglas, W. M. and proxy for S. W. and J. W. CENTER 244—James A. Shows, proxy for W. M.; Hepburn Byrd, proxy for S. W.; Clinton L. Varnado, J. W. MILLERTON 245—Harold D. Brazelton, S. W. and proxy for W. M. and J. W. WINNSBORO 246—C. M. Grimshaw, S. W. HOLLY SPRINGS 247—Paxton McDowell, J. W. and proxy for W. M. and S. W. KENTWOOD 248—J. L. Matthews, W. M.; A. D. Williams, proxy for S. W.; C. S. Ray, proxy for J. W. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 1 1

JENNINGS 249—J. C. Hazel, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. MANSFIELD 250—Alvin Hall, W. M.; Louis C. Hall, proxy for S. W.; J. B. Nickey, proxy for J. W. ASCENSION 251—Sam Samuelson, proxy for W. M. MITCHELL 252—Vernon P. Barron, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. TORO 253^S. Branch, W. M. FOREST HILL 254—A. E. Smith, W. M.; A. F. Orr, proxy for S. W.; J. N. Orr, J. W. JEANERETTE 255—J. O. Hedt (193), proxy for W. M. ST. ANDREWS 256—Thomas J. Norsworthy, W. M. and proxy for S. W. and J. W. MARTHAVILLE 258—James A. Bailes, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. COLFAX 259—M. Ferrier, W. M. and proxy for S. W. and J. W. CHARLES F. BUCK 260—A. M. Johnston, proxy for W. M.; Geo. Collins, S. W.; J. N. Dunn, J. W. ANCHOR 261—Charles C. McKay, W. M. PROGRESSIVE 262—Emile Villeret, proxy for W. M. and J. W.; Emile Villeret, S. .W. FLORIEN 263—Jarvis Westbrook, W. M. DALLEY 265—Charles C. Moss, S. W. and proxy for W. M. and J. W. ATKINS 266—0. M. Waldroup, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. UNITY 267—Garrett L. Bolyard, W. M.; J. N. Blackburn, proxy for S.-W. MELVILLE 268—E. Bullington, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. MARKSVILLE 269—J. D. Booker, W. M.; C. J. Newburg, S. W.; C. A. Riddel, Sr., proxy for J. W. DE RIDDER 271—D. T. Stracener, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. BOYCE 273—W. P. Jones, proxy for W. M.; E. L. Griffin, S. W. and proxy for J. W. OBERLIN 274—G. S. Siudy (282), proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. DORCHEAT 276—John T. Kirkley, J. W. and proxy for S. W. and J. W. ROSEMARY 278—B. E. Thigpen, W. M. and proxy for S. W. and J. W. DE QUINCY 279—H. W. Hamilton, proxy for W. M.; J. B. Robinson, proxy for S. W.; P. W. Hyatt, J. W. JONESBORO 280—John Swanson, W. M.; Ellis Dawson, proxy for J. W. R. M. CROWSON 281—E. R. Minchew, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. YELLOW PINE 282—Cobert Hanchey, W. M.; Charles Burgess, S. W.; W. L. Hooker, J. W. MARION 283—Frank Wheelis, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. ROSEPINE 290—Zack R. Brooks, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. KINDER 291—Geo. Deaton, Jr., proxy for W. M.; J. T. Christian, proxy for S. W. GOLDONNA 293—J. O. Williams, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. 12 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

EROS 295—Warren A. Downs, W. M. DENHAM SPRINGS 297—Harry E. Jackson, proxy for W. M.; J. F. Arceneaux, proxy for S. W.; W. H. Underwood, proxy for J. W. GEORGETOWN 298—L. H. Kees, W. M. and proxy for S. W. and J. W. OSIRIS 300—Arthur R. Muench, W. M.; Orville Jones, S. W.; Wallace Garcia, J. W. ZWOLLE 302—M. M. Hall, W. M.; Joe Woods, S. W. OLLA 303—B. W. Thompson, W. M. and proxy for S. W. and J. W. CONCORDIA 305—W. L. Eckles, S. W. and proxy for W. M. and J. W. RAPIDES 306—Perry A. Reynolds, proxy for W. M. ASSUMPTION 307—Sam Klotz, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. TALLULAH 308—R. E. Brown, W. M.; J. E, Furr, proxy for S. W.; C. E. Walker, proxy for J. W. TENSAS 309—D. B. Coor, proxy for IV". M., S. W. and J. W. SLIDELL 511—L. V. Cooley, Jr., W. M. CARRIETTA 312—Henry O'Conner Putrell, W. M. and proxy for S. W. and J. W. VIVIAN 314—O. L. Wheat, W. M. and proxy for S. W. and J. W. CURTIS T. HINES 317—John C. Klrby, W. M.; Edward Jordan, S. W. PELICAN 318—C. T. Cleveland, W. M. NOBLE 320—J. C. Edwards, J. W. and proxy for W. M. and S. W. MIDDLE CREEK 321—T. A. Leach, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. IDA 324—Crit Petty, proxy for W. M. BUNKIE 326—O. Z. Overbey, W. M. and proxy for S. W.; Hilton Bordelon, proxy for J. W. MICHAEL DEMPSEY 327—C. H. Davis, W. M. and proxy for S. W. and J. W. NEW HOPE 328—C. R. Brady, S. W. and proxy for W. M. and J. W. BELCHER 332—M. M. Waldroup, proxy for W. M., S. W. and J. W. COTTON VALLEY 335—M. S. Browning, proxy for three. SUN 336—P. P. Byrd, proxy for W. M.; Nelson Grantham, S. W.; Chas. T. Edgerton, J. W. ZONA 337—C. M. Jones, S. W. PITKIN 338—George B. Nye, proxy for three. CHOUDRANT 339—M. E. Kidd, S. W. and two proxies. PIONEER 340—D. L. Dickinson, W. M. and proxy for two. LITTLE RIVER 341—E. F. Warren, W. M. and proxy for two. MOORINGSPORT 342—W. C. Wallace, W. M. and proxy for J. W.; L. W. Watts, proxy for S. W. ROBELINE 344—Percy Williams, W. M.; Thomas Lester Ward, S. W. LIVE OAK 346—R. A. Lyons, proxy for three. SPRINGHILL 348—Kenneth Martin, W. M. and proxy for J. W.; L. A. Jenkins, S. W. ELTON 349—G. W. Jenkins, proxy for three. BRYCELAND 350—B. Paul Durbin, proxy for three. SHONGALOO 352—A. C. Burns, S. W. and proxy for two. OF THE STATP: OF LOUISIANA 13

GLENMORA 356—J. L. Orr, proxy for W. M.; J. E. Davis, J. W. COLLINSTON 357—Wm. J. George, W. M. and proxy for two. SIMCOE WALMSLEY 359—S. S. Williams, proxy for W. M. BETHANY 360—Howard L. Raphiel, proxy for three. INVINCIBLE 361—Gunder A. Berry, W. M.; Almon J. Smith, S. W.; Owens B. Polk, J. W. JOPPA 362—A. B. Morris, W. M. and proxy for two. HODGE 363—G. W. Acklin, W. M. VINTON 364—R. W. Wiggins, W. M. and proxy for two. IDEAL 367—E. R. W. Beckemeyer, W. M.; L. S. Kowle, S. W. GALILEO-MAZZINI 368—Geo. J. Virgets, W. M.; Luke Cutrera, S. W.; Holton Winchester, J. W. FOUR RIVERS 369—C. C. Elkins, proxy for W. M.; Chas. C. Elkins, S. W.; E. Young, Jr., proxy for J. W. CROWVILLE 370—A. T. Riser, W. M. BATON ROUGE 372—Guy L. Russell, S. W.; Roy L. Berry, J. W. LEVEL 373—Nicholas Gentilich, W. M.; Lloyd Martiny, S. W.; Thos. F. Lonergan, J. W. IONIC 374—Adolph A. Cantelli, W. M.; Jas. C. Wright, S. W.; Chester Wheeler, J. W. TRINITY 375—Earl J. Jones, W. M.; Norman E. Tharp, S. W.; B. W. Land, proxy for J. W. ALBERT PIKE 376—Fred I. Meyers, proxy for S. W. W. H. BOOTH 380—Paul A. Martin, proxy for W. M.; Clarence R. Markland, proxy for S. W.; W. A. JMcLees, proxy for J. W. CLARKS 382—Z. L. Buffington, proxy for three. GRAHAM SURGHNOR 383—0. J. Smith, W. M.; John R. Humble, S. W.; H. B. McNemar, proxy for J. W. MARTIN McCLANAHAN 384—W. A. Gandy, proxy for W. M. and J. W. TROWEL 386—Louis Dulitz, W. M.; J. Alf. Rousseau, S. W.; C. G. Fleming, J. W. CRESCENT CITY 387—Keim E. Miller, W. M.; Otis W. Luker, J. W. WM. M. BAKER 388—Alfred Traweek, proxy for W. M.; Thos. G. McKay, S. W.; M. D. Pea, proxy for J. W. JACQUES DE MOLAY 389—Paul Tomlinson, W. M.; A. G. Chaussier, S. W. FERRIDAY 390—D. B. Mitchell, W. M. and proxy for two. PAUL M. SCHNEIDAU 391—Andrew J. Miller, W. M.; Philip W. Nungesser, S. W.; Val F. Lotz, J. W. EUCLID 394—Frederick J. Wilson, W. M.; Joseph Baio, J. W. FORUM 395—Henry L. Hanhart, S. W. 14 PROCEEDINGS OF THE UliAKD LODOK

JOHN P. PURDY 396—Edw. J. Belsom, Jr., W. M.; G. H. Amann, S. W.; F. H. Earhart, J. W. ORLEANS 397—John J. Hennessey, W. M.; Isaac Pailet, S. W. ALEXANDRIA 398—Chester P. Derveloy, proxy for three. CAPITOL 399—Oscar K. Mayo, W. M.; C. T. Norsworthy, proxy for S. W.; Alto H. Casanova, proxy for J. W. CALCASIEU 400—T. P. Blackwell, proxy for W. M.; A. L. Williams, S. W.; M. L. Christensen, proxy for J. W. NEW RIVER 402—J. B. Millet, W. M.; E. P. Daigle, proxy for S. W.; Duncan Bell, proxy for J. W. CEDAR GROVE 403—Leslie C. Robinette, proxy for three. INDIVISIBLE FRIENDS 404—James C. Calvin, W. M.; A. R. Reeb, S. W. DAN GILBERT 405—Oscar McLendon, proxy for three. ISIS 406—Lester E. Serpas, W. M.; Jesse E. Bowen, S. W.; U. J. Serpas, J. W. WM. D. WHITE 408—Wm. J. White, W. M.; John J. Welp, S. W.; G. W. Neeb, J. W. GREENWOOD 409—W. W. Burdett, W. M. and proxy for two. MANY 411—L. W. Eddington, W. M.; C. L. Massingre, S. W.; E. M. Fraser, Sr., proxy for J. W. DAYLIGHT 412—Emmett D. Brown, W. M.; G. J. Bergez, proxy for S. W.; Valva Currier, J. W. DAVID R. GRAHAM 413—Louis A. Legett, W. M.; Paul H. Yoder, J. W. ISTROUMA 414—C. A. Neames, S. W.; E. D. Raiford, proxy for W. M.; Robt. Y. Wicker, J. W. THEODORE ROOSEVELT 415—Jos. Mason, W. M.; A. R. Goodyear, S. W.; Haise J. Roddy, J. W. ALCO 416—J. H. Brown, proxy for W. M. and S. W.; Gordon C. Woods, proxy for J. W. SQUARE AND COMPASS 417—T. D. Meola, W. M.; Igar Sims, J. W. QTJEENSBOROUGH 418—J. D. McQueen, W. M. and proxy for two. WEST MONROE 419—E. N. Camp, S. W. and proxy for W. M.; M. S. Davey, J. W. STERLINGTON 420—H. V. Gleason, W. M.; H. S. Usrey, proxy for S. W.; L. Y. Wright, J. W. LEE E. THOMAS 421—Martin E. Eckart, W. M.; P. B. Bobo, S. W.; A. Paul Fannin, J. W. TRIUMPH 421—Jesse N. Howze, proxy for three. ROLL CALL OF LODGES The following Lodges responded to the call of the roll: Perfect Union No. 1, Btoile Polaire No. 1, 4, 5, 19, 24, 28, 38, 46, 47, 51, 53, 54, 57, 58, 59, 65, 70, 72, 76, 79, 83, 84, 87, 95, 98, 101, 102, 106, 110, 111, 113, 115, 116, 117, 120, 122, 123, 124, 133, 135, 136, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 151, OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 15

152, 153, 156, 160, 161, 163, 164, 165, 167, 168, 171, 172, 174, 175, 179, 182, 184, 185, 188, 190, 191, 192, 193, 205, 206, 209, 212, 213, 214, 217, 220, 221, 222, 229, 230, 232, 238, 239, 240, 241, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 271, 273, 274, 276, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 290, 291, 293, 295, 297, 298, 300, 301, 302, 303, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 312, 314, 317, 318. 320, 321, 324, 326, 327, 328, 332, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 344, 346, 348, 349, 350, 352, 356, 357, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 367, 368, 369, 370, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 380, 382, 383, 384, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 408, 409, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422. Two hundred seventeen Lodges, and a quorum being present, the Grand Master declared the Grand Lodge open for business. PRESENTATION OF DISTINGUISHED VISITORS Melvin M. Johnson, Most Worshipful Past Grand Master, Grand Lodge of Massachusetts and Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Com- mander of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of The Supreme Council 33° A:. A:. Scottish Eite. L. A. Nichols, Grand Master and Sid Curtis, Grand Secretary, "Grand Lodge of Mississippi. Sam Houston Jones, Governor of Louisiana. Karl J. Mohr, Grand Master and Fred. I. Mills, Junior Grand Warden, Grand Lodge of Illinois. Henr}' W. Carson, Grand Tyler of Nebraska. Guy W. Bisley, Grand High Priest of Grand Chapter E. A. M. of Louisiana. Because of the inability of Governor Jones to attend another session of the Grand Lodge he was invited and given an opportunity to deliver a short address, which was listened to with marked attention. COMMUNICATIONS Communications and telegrams were received from: Bro. Paul E. Mattix, Grand Eepresentative in the Grand Lodge •of the District of Columbia, Washington, D. C. Bro. Henry W. Schultheis, Grand Eepresentative in the Grand Lodge of Maryland, Baltimore, Md. 16 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

Rogers S, Kelley, Grand Master, Grand Lodge of Texas. George H. Belew, Grand Secretary, Grand Lodge of Texas. Carl II. Claudy, Grand Master, Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia and Executive Secretary of the Masonic Service Association of the United States. Walton S. Hootsell, Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi. Rudolph Krause, P. G. M. of Louisiana. Robert H. Brooks, P. G. M. of Louisiana. Lieut. Dee A. Strickland, P. G. M. of Louisiana. Captain W. Davis Cotton, Chairman Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence. D. L. Butler, P. D. D. G. M. C. M. Leland, Grand Representative of Alabama. Charles C. Turnage, D. D. G. M. 1st District. Sidney J. Caldwell, Chairman Committee on Work and Returns of Lodges, U. D. Mrs. Mattie Row Major, Grand Matron of the Grand Chapter of Louisiana, Order of Eastern Star. ANNUAL ADDRESS OF GRAND MASTER To the Officers and Members of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, Free and Accepted Masons. Greetings, My Beloved Brethren: A brief year ago you bestowed on me the highest honor in your power to bestow. In accordance with ancient usage I come now to render an account of my stewardship. First, I welcome you, and each of you, to this the 132nd annual Grand Communication of this Grand Lodge. You assemble in the midst of the strife of a war-torn world. In the Providence of God your lot was cast in this fair land that has not known the pressure of the Dictator's heel, nor the scourge visited on countless thousands of our Brethren across the sea. Your sons and mine are today on a far flung battle line defending with their lives the heritage that has been vouchsafed to us by those who have sacrificed in other years. I trust that as we engage upon our deliberations here that we will not be unmindful of the grave responsibilities that rest upon us; that we shall frequently pause to give thanks to Him who hath brought us safe thus far; to invoke His protection on our loved ones in the ends of the earth today, and to rededicate and reconsecrate all that we OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 17 hold dear to the perpetuity of the principles that have been trans- mitted to us unimpaired by those who have preceded us. I came to the high office of Grand Master in deep humility and with a profound sense of my own limitations. Other men have brought to this honored position greater ability and larger resources, but I am unwilling to admit that they brought a greater love for the institution or a higher conception of its mission in the affairs of men. To the limit of my ability I have given it my full measure of devotion. That I have made mistakes, I would be the first to admit. That I have done things I ought not to have done and have left undone things that should have been done, I freely grant. Whatsoever you find in my record that is small or mean or unworthy, I pray you will cover with the broad mantel of Masonic charity as an error of the head and not of the heart. If perchance you find something worthwhile, something of lasting value, some service creditably rendered, be assured I claim no reward other than the continued love and esteem of those to whom I am bound by enduring ties. The service has been a labor of love. I can only pray that I may be permitted to render further service to the Grand Lodge and the Masons who have so signally honored me. NECROLOGY (APPROVED. See page 142.) Though our hearts are made glad as we clasp hands with brethren from whom we have been separated since we last met here, we cannot be unmindful of the vacant chairs, the absent ones who have laid down the working tools of life and assumed their appropriate stations in the Celestial Lodge above since our Grand Communication a year ago. The official family of the Grand Lodge has felt the heavy hand of the Grim Reaper during the year. On February 22 Right Worshipful Brother A. D. Ellis, District Deputy Grand Master of District No. 12 and Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge, suddenly passed away. I was in Washington attending the Grand Masters' Conference when the sad news reached me. I immediately wired Past Grand Master Ratcliff and asked him to represent me at the funeral and to extend my personal sympathy and the sympathy of the official family of the Grand Lodge to the bereaved ones. This he did and I am grateful to him for so doing. The passing of Brother Ellis was a deep personal loss. He had served as District Deputy Grand High Priest during my term as Grand High Priest of Royal Arch Masons and had expressed his pleasure at having been selected to serve as District Deputy Grand Master during my term as Grand Master, a pleasure equally gratifying to me. His loyal service to Masonry will long be a source of inspiration to those of us who knew him best. On March 23 Past Grand Master Sykes was summoned from his 18 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE earthly labors. On receipt of the message reporting his passing- I wired our Deputy Grand Master Brother Wolf and asked him to represent me at the funeral and to extend condolences to the loved ones. I am indebted to him for this service. Brother Sykes was often mis- understood by those who knew him casually. When you came to understand, however, his integrity of purpose, his devotion to principle, his hatred of hypocrisy in any and all of its forms, his immunity to temptation, you could not fail to love him. Those who most often opposed his ideas in many cases loved him most. Perhaps no Mason in our generation more perfectly exemplified the injunction, "Let no motive therefore persuade you to swerve from your duty nor betray the trust reposed in you." He had in full measure the courage of his convictions. We will do well to emulate his virtues. On Saturday, November 7, I was notified by wire by Brother h. W. Harris that Past Grand Master Sylvester had passed away and that the funeral was set for Sunday afternoon. I left immediately for Alexandria and there with the assistance of the Brethren made plans for the funeral. Brother Sylvester had the unique distinction of having three sons who are commissioned officers in the United States Navy. Sunday morning after one son had arrived in Alexandria, it developed that another son had been in port and was en route to his father's funeral, but would not arrive until late Sunday night. The funeral was accordingly postponed until Monday. Since it was im- possible for me to remain in Alexandria, I commissioned Past Grand High Priest Palfrey to represent me and Brother L. W. Harris to conduct the funeral. I make grateful acknowledgment of their willing service. To those of us who were attending Grand Lodge twenty years ago, Brother Sylvester was a familiar figure. His quiet and unassuming dignity and the methodical functioning of his trained engineering mind left their imprint on those who came in contact with him. Central Louisiana will not soon forget that Ira W. Sylvester came from the rock-ribbed shores of far away Maine to spend his life in its verdant pinewood hills. Numerous others of our brethren were called to their reward during the year. We miss them from the scenes the world cannot know. We mourn their loss. We recognize our obligations to the loved ones they have left behind. We rededicate ourselves to the sacred responsibilities that are ours even as these would have done had they been left here and we had been called home. The Committee on Necrology will pay suitable tribute to the memory of each of them as well as to those of our sister jurisdictions who have answered the last roll call. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 19

DEATHS IN SISTER JURISDICTIONS Alabama—Walter Smith, P. G. M. Alberta—Victor Harold Macaulay, P. G. M. Alberta—J. H. W. S. Kemmis, Grand Secretary. Arizona—Henry Alfred Morgan, P. G. M. British Columbia—Andrew McCreight Creery, P. G. M. British Columbia—William Astley, P. G. M. Colorado—Alphonse Adolph Burnand, P. G. M. Colorado—L. D. Crain, P. G. M. Connecticut—Arthur Canfield Wheeler, P. G. M. Delaware—Harry Galbraith, P. G. M. Georgia—Joe P. Bowdoin, P. G. M. Georgia—Francis Chandler Jones, Grand Treasurer. Idaho—Percy Jones, P. G. M. Idaho—Wilmot H. Gibson, P. G. M. Indiana—Harry B. Tuthill, P. G. M. Kansas—George Otis Foster, P. G. M. Kansas—Alexander A. Sharp, P. G. M. Kentucky—Henry Hopson Holeman, P. G. M. Kentucky—Sam Keene Veach, P. G. M. Kentucky—Timothy William Pennington, P. G. M. Maine—Thomas Henry Bodge, P. G. M. Manitoba—Samuel Pritchard Matheson, P. G. M. Manitoba—John Christie Walker Reid, P. G. M. Michigan—George Lathrop Lusk, P. G. M. Mississippi—Marshall W. Miller, P. G. M. Missouri—Robert Rochester Kreeger, P. G. M. Montana—Ernest Lyle Marvin, P. G. M. Nevada—Andrew H. Smith, Grand Tyler. New York—Harold J. Richardson, P. G. M. Ohio—William H. Maddox, Grand Tyler. Saskatchewan—Horace Melville Underhill, P. G. M. South Dakota—Theorus R. Stoner, P. G. M. Vermont—George Irwin Whitney, P. G. M. Virginia—John Witt de Vebre, P. G. M. Virginia—George Warwick McClintic, P. G. M. Wisconsin—Fred L. Wright, P. G. M. Wyoming—James Wilson Stuchell, P. G. M. Wyoming—Lew Miller Gay, P. G. M.

OFFICIAL VISITS (APPROVED. See page 143.) February 14, 1942—Visited Caddo 179 on the occasion of its 75th anniversary celebration. More than 100 Masons were present. Past 20 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

Grand Master Lieber was with me. We were officially received and accorded every courtesy. I addressed the meeting. March 15, 1942—Accompanied by a large delegation of Masons from New Orleans and vicinity, I officially constituted Triumph 422 at Triumph, installed the officers, and set this baby lodge of our jurisdiction to work. It was an inspiring meeting with 105 Masons present. March 29, 1942—Made official visit to my home lodge, Mansfield 250, for celebration denominated "Jordan Day" in my honor. 135 Masons had a great time together, a marvelous banquet, and fine fellowship. Together with other officers of the Grand Lodge present, I was officially received and addressed the meeting. District Deputy Grand Masters Turnage, Copeland, and Carlisle were present as were Grand Deacons Youngblood and Owens and Grand Chaplain McGehee. The honors paid me by the Brethren with whom I have labored for more than twenty years strike a more tender chord than any others. April 10, 1942—Visited Capitol 399 on the occasion of their Past Masters night. W. D. Haas, Jr., P.G.M., along with Laguens, Mathes, and Richmond of the official family were with me. We were officially received and accorded every courtesy. I addressed the meeting which had 130 present. April 22, 1942—Paid official visit to Oliver 84 at Alexandria. A total of 175 Masons were present representing 23 Louisiana lodges and 56 lodges of other jurisdictions in 22 states. Past Grand Masters Sylvester and W. D. Haas, Jr., along with Grand Senior Warden Kingrey, Grand Junior Deacon Owens and District Deputies Anderson, Copeland, and Mathes, and Grand Secretary Laguens were present. Grand High Priest Risley and Grand Commander Holloman also were with us and brought greetings. We were officially received and royally entertained. I delivered a Masonic address. It was a great meeting in a great lodge. May 3, 1942—One of the red letter days of the year was Home- coming Day in my honor at Leesville 240, the lodge in which I was made a Mason more than 25 years ago. 75 brethren that included Youngblood, Owens, Copeland, and Brown of the Grand Lodge official family were present. We had one of those banquets that only Lees- ville can serve—Vernon Parish Pried Chicken—and a very inspiring meeting. I was officially received and addressed the brethren. May 7, 1942—Official visit to Louisiana 102 where I was officially received and accorded every courtesy. 200 brethren present included Brothers Wolf, Laguens, and Mathes of the official family. May 8, 1942—Official visit to Joppa 362 in Shreveport where I conferred the first section of Master's degree on H. S. Weston, Jr., son of my life-long friend and Brother H. S. Weston, Sr., the genial "Major Domo" of Scottish Rite Masonry and The Shrine in Shreve- port. The 75 Masons present included Past Grand Masters Strickland, OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 21

Lieber, and Bain, Grand Junior Warden Passman and District Deputy Grand Master Turnage. May 29, 1942—A joint meeting of the seven lodges in Shreveport and Bossier City was attended by 314 Masons that included Past Grand Masters Bain and Lieber and Brothers Laguens, Leeves, and Turnage of the official family. An excellent banquet was served. I addressed the brethren, was officially received and shown every courtesy. This meeting was the "Blue" Lodge part of a York Rite festival held in Shreveport over the weekend in which a large delegation of Illinois Masons participated, in Chapter and Council Degrees and Templar Orders. June 7, 1942—A meeting of the 8th District Masons at Zwolle was attended by 41 brethren that included Brothers Youngblood, Owens, and Copeland. I was officially received and delivered a Masonic address. The brethren purchased $750.00 additional Temple Bonds at the meeting. June 14, 1942—I was the principal speaker at a "Flag Day" pro gram at Rosepine 290 where a large group of Masons and their families learned anew of the dedication of Masons everywhere to "Old Glory" and the country for which it stands. It was an inspiring occasion and stirred my own heart to be again with the friends of my childhood. It was only a few miles away that I grew to manhood. June 20, 1942—One of the finest official visits was to Charles P. Buck 260 at Urania. 125 brethren assembled for this meeting that included Brothers Leeves and Mercer of the official family. A fine banquet was served. I was royally entertained in the home of Brother Q. T. Hardtner, a member of our Grand Lodge Board. I delivered a Masonic address and was richly repaid for the visit to this great lodge. June 24, 1942—Paid an official visit to a meeting of the 11th District at Franklin 57 presided over by that Masonic dynamo, our D.D.G.M. J. O. Hedt. 72 brethren representing 20 lodges included besides Brother Hedt and our Grand Pursuivant Hugh Miller. This was a St. John's Day program. I delivered a Masonic address. A program arranged by the lodge was inspiring and instructive. A bounteous Shrimp supper was served. June 26, 1942—This date was the occasion of my official visit to Queensborough 418. I conferred the Master's degree on Brother Elder, the Craftsman who made the beautiful gavel presented to me by this lodge when I was installed as Grand Master and which I am using as I preside over this communication of the Grand Lodge. The Lodge conferred on me the distinctive honor of Honorary Member- ship in their lodge, the only such distinction I have ever received, and flattered me by having hung my portrait in their lodge. I think my wife joined in the conspiracy with Brother Sidney J. Caldwell, 22 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

Senior Past Master of this lodge, to make my surprise complete. More than 100 Masons were present and included Grand Senior Deacon Youngblood and District Deputies Moore and Turnage. I delivered a Masonic address and we partook of a bounteous banquet. I shall never be able to repay the debt of gratitude I owe this great group of Masons in Queensborough Lodge for their many manisfestations of personal esteem. July 7, 1942—Paid an official visit to Plains 135, the home lodge of P. G. M. Ratcliff. I was accompanied by D. D. G. M. Richmond and we found Brother Ratcliff in waiting. The crowd made up in quality for what it lacked in quantity. I spoke to the group and we had a fine fraternal visit. August 30, 1942—Made official visit to Masonic District No. 2 at Minden 51. Addressed a meeting of 70 brethren. I was accompanied by Grand Senior Deacon Youngblood. Refreshments were served and it was a great meeting. September 13, 1942—Made an informal and hurried visit to Mans- field Lodge where I found G. S. D. Youngblood and 60 brethren. September 15, 1942—Official visit to Istrouma 414 accompanied by D. D. G. M. Richmond. Witnessed conferring of three Master's degrees. Addressed the 50 brethren present. September 23, 1942—Official visit to Humble Cottage 19. Fine banquet. 50 Masons present that included P. G. M. Leon Haas, G. L. Jesse Taylor, and D. D. G. M. Hedt. I addressed the brethren. A fine banquet was served and every Masonic courtesy was shown me. September 25, 1942—Official visit to a District Meeting for the western portion of the 11th Masonic District with Crowley 243. It was an open meeting for Masons and Eastern Stars. 130 folks included P. G. M. Armstrong and D. D. G. M. Hedt. I delivered a Masonic address and a bounteous banquet was served. October 4, 1942—A District Meeting of the 7th Masonic District with Mt. Gerizim 54 at Bastrop was attended by 50 brethren that included G. J. W. Passman, G. M. Cretney and D. D. G. M. Hoffman. I was officially received, address^ the brethren, and partook of a fine banquet. October 18, 1942—Paid an official visit to the 14th Masonic Dis- trict Meeting with Livingston 160 at Hammond. 42 brethren in attendance. D. D. G. M. Pursley and I were officially received. I addressed the brethren and listened to an inspiring address from Brother Claud Corey, the speaker of the day. A fine dinner completed the program. October 25, 1942—Official visit to the District Meeting of Masonic District 13 with St. James 47 at Baton "Rouge. Delivered a Masonic address to the 80 brethren present. D. D. G. M. Richmond and I were officially received. Enjoyable refreshments were served. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 23

November 11, 1942—Delivered a Masonic address at an open meeting sponsored by Denham Springs 297, attended by a large number of Masons and their families, celebrating Armistice Day. November 16, 1942—Past Masters' Night in Baton Rouge 372 was the occasion of my official visit. Addressed the 75 brethren present, was officially received with D. D. G. M. Richmond, and enjoyed generous refreshments. The continued interest and loyalty of the Past Masters of this lodge is one of the reasons for its fine success. November 22, 1942—One of the rich experiences of the year has been so many invitations to make official visits in Masonic District No. 11, which invitations came sufficiently in advance that I could arrange to accept. The one on this date with Hope 145 at Lafayette was particularly gratifying. Our Grand Lecturer Brother Taylor was in charge. I addressed the brethren, presented 25-year certificates, was received as only a Grand Lecturer can receive you, and enjoyed a fine banquet. Not the least important feature of the visit by any means was the royal entertainment in Brother Taylor's home, D. D. G. M. Hedt was, of course, on hand. November 28, 1942—This date was certificate night in Caddo 179. I made an official visit, presented 50 and 25 year certificates to a large group of Masons, and enjoyed a fine banquet. December 5, 1942—Made an official visit to Denham Springs 297, installed the officers for the new year, and enjoyed a real oyster supper. December 17 1942—Certificate night at St. James 47 was the occasion for an official visit to this lodge. I presented Silver Certifi- cates to a large number of 25-year Masons and a 50-year Gold Cer- tificate to Brother John Jordan of this lodge. Though Brother Jordan denies any kinship to the Grand Master, he bears my father's name and was a friend during my college days in Baton Rouge many years ago. It was gratifying to be permitted to present his Gold Certificate. The officers of the lodge were installed in an impressive manner by Brother Hawsey. P. G. M. Conner was present and contributed to the occasion. January 24, 1943—1 felt that it would be fitting that I make the last official visit of my term of office to the lodge in which I have held membership for the past twenty years. Accordingly, I accepted the invitation of Mansfield Lodge No. 250 to visit them on the above date and assist in conferring two Masters Degrees. It was my privilege to "Raise" two young men of our town. One of these was the youngest son of our own Past Master T. W. White who passed away a few years ago, at whose funeral I officiated by his own written request, and who was for many years one of my most loyal friends. The husband of Brother White's only daughter, Brother Alvin Hall, is now serving his second term as Master of Mansfield 24 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GBAKD LODGE

Lodge. At the meeting a twenty-five year certificate was presented to Past Master C. H. Norris and a special tribute was paid to Brother A. R. Coomber, a fifty-year Mason who was present. The large crowd from Mansfield and neighboring lodges, the fine degree work, the newly decorated interior of the building, and the excellent refreshments mad« it an occasion to be long remembered. I was officially received and addressed the Brethren largely on Grand Lodge affairs. Grand Senior Deacon Youngblood was with me.

VISITS OF MASONIC SIGNIFICANCE TO OTHER THAN LODGES (APPROVED. See page 143.) March 11—On this date I delivered a Masonic address to the Grand Chapter Order of Eastern Star in their annual session. The large audience and generous reception accorded me was inspiring. April 2—By special invitation of our Deputy Grand Master I responded to the toast to "Our Departed Brethren" as a part of the Maundy Thursday observance in the Chapter of Rose Croix in New Orleans. The principal address of the evening was given by our Junior Past Grand Master Brother Strickland. September 24—I was signally honored on this date by an invitation to be the principal speaker at "Home-Coming Day" in the old church established on my father's farm when I was a small child and of which my mother is one of the two surviving1 charter members. I undertook to portray a word picture of the enduring values of life that the Masonic fraternity sponsors in the hearts and lives of men. December 9—I delivered the principal address at the annual banquet of the Baton Rouge Certificate Association attended by certificate Masons of this territory and their wives. Visit to Grand Lodge of Illinois—Accompanied by our Grand Sec- retary Brother Laguens, I made an official visit to the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Illinois at Chicago on October 12-14 inclusive. We were the guests of this great Grand Lodge while in Chicago; were accorded every possible courtesy; bounteously fed; genuinely entertained; and greatly inspired. The Grand Master's address and the Grand Orator's oration given by R. W. Brother Green, the Governor of Illinois, were stirring indeed. Let no one tell you that "The South" has any sort of monopoly on hospitality. The Illinois Brethren have that fine Masonic characteristic in full measure. Brother Laguens and I found the Illinois Brethren so cordial that we want to reciprocate. The Grand Master M. W. Brother Mohr and the Grand Secretary R. W. Brother Davenport have been invited to be with us at this Grand Communication and have promised to be here. It is my earnest hope that nothing prevents their coming OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 25 and that we can in some small measure repay the many courtesies extended at Chicago. Visit to General Grand Chapter R. A M. and General Grand Council R. & S. M. of U. S. A. Sessions—As a representative of the Masons of Louisiana and of our Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons and our Grand Council Royal and Select Masters in particular, I attended the sessions of these General Grand Bodies in Salt Lake City, Utah, on August 24-27, 1942, inclusive. My principal objective was to extend an invitation to these two great Masonic Bodies to hold their 1945 Triennial in New Orleans. This was done and the invitation was accepted by unanimous vote. I call upon all Masons in Louisiana of whatever Rite or Degree to lend every possible assistance to those who will be responsible for planning this Great Masonic assemblage and thus bring greater distinction to Masonry in our beloved State. I trust that you will join me in frequent prayer that it may be at that meeting that the Capitular and Cryptic Masonry of America may plan a program for the ways of peace. Invitations to Visit Declined—I make grateful acknowledgement of the numerous invitations that 1 received from lodges, other Masonic bodies, and District groups to visit them and have a part in their programs and which invitations I was unable to accept. With the rationing of automobiles, of tires, and of gasoline, and the busiest year of a busy life in my own professional work, it was imperative that I ration my visits. The demands on my time and my physical energy were simply too great to do all that I would have liked to do.

RULINGS All Rulings, with the exception of those noted otherwise, WERE APPROVED. 1. February 17, to Julius O. Hedt, D.D.G.M.: Question: "At the final stated communication in December, they (one of my lodges) voted to suspend several members for non-payment of dues provided they did not pay the Secretary on or before December 31 the dues owed." I ruled under Article XI, Section 3, of the General Regulations as amended in the 1935 proceedings that "a lodge must take definite action to suspend, or not to suspend." The brethren were either suspended at the last stated communication in December or they were not suspended. If suspended, they may be reinstated as our law directs. If not suspended, they are still members in good standing and must be shown on 1942 rolls. 2. March 2, to Ben F. Pittman, Secretary, Pitkin 338, Pitkin, Louisiana: At a regular communication of Pitkin Lodge on February 23 the following resolution was adopted. "Resolved, that the meeting 26 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE nights of Pitkin Lodge be changed to the second Monday night and the fourth Monday night instead of the second Saturday night and the fourth Monday night." I ruled that in tlie absence of a showing that the change in meeting time had been done in accordance with procedure for amending by-laws, namely, introduced at one stated meeting, laid over to next stated meeting, due and timely notice given, and then voted on, that the action was null and void and of no effect. No further word was received from Pitkin Lodge in this connection. 3. March 2, to L. E. Wager, Secretary, Jennings 249: Question: "Can the lodge give permission for use of lodge room for defense programs in connection with war work with the general public in Jennings?" I ruled that lodge rooms are dedicated to Masonic purposes and may not be used for such meetings as described. Ample public places such as courthouses, city halls, and community centers do and should serve such purposes. 4. March 6, to Linn Wood 167: Question: From five Past Mas- ters of subject lodge I received a copy of the by-laws of the lodge and a statement that a Past Master of another lodge had been created an Honorary Member of Linn Wood Lodge without proper authority for such members being provided in the by-laws. I ruled that provision for Honorary Members must be made in the by-laws of a lodge and that the procedure by which this election to Honorary Membership is to be accomplished must be recited in the by-laws, and that in the absence of such provisions in the by-laws of Linn Wood Lodge that the election of an Honorary Member was null and void and of no effect. 5. April 25, to B, A. Rose, Worshipful Master of Humble Cottage 19: Question: A matter of interpreting the by-laws of the lodge with regard to the handling of funds. Secretary collected funds and de- posited these in the bank to the account of the Treasurer. Money withdrawn by checks signed by the Secretary and Master with the consent of the Treasurer. Bank statements with cancelled checks sent to the Treasurer who keeps records made therefrom. I ruled that the provision in the by-laws that Treasurer must give Secretary receipt for funds turned over to him must be complied with and that the by-law provision that the Treasurer must sign the checks on receipt of a warrant signed by the Master and Secretary, must be complied with and that a combination voucher-check providing for all signatures would meet all requirements. 6. April 25, to H. L. Feske, Secretary, Franklin 57: Question: Is it permissible for the family of a deceased brother, who was at the OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 27 time of his death suspended for non-payment of dues to place a Masonic insignia on the headstone marking his final resting place? I ruled that under our law it is permissible to so use Masonic insignia. 7. April 25, to H L. Peske, Secretary, Franklin 57: Question: Can the lodge accept a petition from an applicant who has been employed for the past seven years by an oil company at various points in Louisiana and Texas, but has only resided in jurisdiction of subject lodge since November 7, 1941? I ruled that residence requirements of our law had not been met and that the Grand Master was without authority to waive them. 8. May 12, to James W. Hawkes, Secretary, Rosepine 290: Question: Can the lodge accept the petition of one who has owned a home in Rosepine for the past five years, but has resided in California most of this time and who has now temporarily returned to Rosepine? I ruled that the question hinged on intent. That the mere owning of a home in Rosepine was not sufficient but that if applicant had maintained a legal domicile in Rosepine for the five years, he was eligible; that a man had the right to maintain his legal domicile wheresoever he chose after he had once established it, provided he maintained it continuously and had evidenced that, intent by the exercise of the usual rights of a citizen; that in the absence of his having evidenced the intent of retaining citizenship at Rosepine, he was ineligible. 9. May 13, to J. E. Stewart, Secretary, Michael Dempsey 327: Question: Can lodge accept petition from an applicant who, because of the nature of his work, has not been able to remain in one place sufficiently long to establish legal residence? I ruled that an applicant must reside in the State of Louisiana for twelve months and the jurisdiction of the lodge for six months immediately preceding date of his application and that the Grand Master has no authority to waive this requirement. 10. June 5, to Lee W. Harris, Secretary, Oliver 84: Question: Can Oliver Lodge accept petition from an applicant born and reared in Alexandria where his family resides and who was -twenty-one years of age on May 16, 1942, but who has for eighteen months been employed in Washington, D. C, in the Federal Service? He registered for the military draft and claimed Alexandria as his home. I ruled that the applicant was definitely a citizen of Alexandria, Louisiana, and within the jurisdiction of Oliver Lodge and that this lodge could therefore accept his petition. 11. June 5, to E. T. Tate, Secretary, Kentwood 248: Question: Should the lodge charge members who are "Raised" during the year dues for the year? 28 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

I ruled that the lodge must pay the Grand Lodge all per capita taxes and assessments on these new members if borne on lodge rolls for even one day, and that payment of initiation fees did not cover dues unless specifically included in the fees over and above minimum fees for degrees established by the Grand Lodge. I further ruled that it was permissible for a lodge to establish and follow the practice of collecting dues from initiates on a pro rata of the yearly basis if they chose. In this case, however, the lodge would still be required to pay the Grand Lodge the per capita tax, the Children's Home assessment, and the Temple assessment in full. 12. July 2, to Wm. Mancuso, Master, Square and Compass 417: Question: This lodge regularly adopted the Commission form of trial some years ago into its by-laws. A member was charged with a Masonic offense and served with notice to appear for trial at a subsequent date. On the night set for the trial a proposed amendment to the by-laws, changing the form of trial was up for final action. The Master inquired that should the form of trial be changed by the lodge vote on the night of the trial, how would the accused be tried, by Com- mission or by complete lodge? I ruled the accused must be tried under the circumstances by the Commission form of trial. 13. July 7, to Ariel Pontenot, Secretary, Humble Cottage 19: Question: A member of the lodge renounced his membership in the fraternity in writing in 1941. The document was signed and witnessed. The lodge struck his name from the rolls in accordance with the docu- mentary evidence of renunciation. The man now applies for reinstatement, stating that he was improperly influenced by family and friends to sign the document while blind or nearly so and while under- going serious illness. I ruled that Edict No. 1 under "Renunciation" on page 288 of the 1933 edition of the Masonic Code applies and that he who has renounced Masonry is dropped forever from the rolls and cannot therefore apply for reinstatement. Some members of Humble Cottage Lodge feel that there are mitigating circumstances in this case. I concede that there may be, but to my mind the law is clear and I declined to reconsider my ruling, leaving it to the Grand Lodge in its wisdom to consider the merits of the case if it wishes to do so. (RULING APPROVED. Merits of case referred to Committee on Appeals and Grievances. See pages 159 and 171.) 14. July 14, to P. H. Shiel, Secretary, Pour Rivers 369: Question: A man received his Entered Apprentice and Fellow Craft degrees in Arkansas, which facts are well authenticated and the Brother properly identified. After doing so, the man moved to Wildsville, Louisiana, in the jurisdiction of Four Rivers Lodge and has resided there con- OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 29 tinuously for two years and assumed all the duties of a citizen there. He petitions Four Rivers Lodge for advancement. Can they accept and act on his petition? I ruled that the candidate was eligible to apply to Four Rivers Lodge and that they could accept and act on his petition for the Master's degree. 15. July 14, to G. M. Armstrong, Secretary, Hope 145: Question: Does Edict No. 1 under "Outside Organizations" on page 259 of 1933 Masonic Code prohibit the lodge from joining with other patriotic organizations and making available its recreation rooms to a joint civic organization committee for entertainment of Service men? I ruled that the Edict did apply and that Hope Lodge could not join in with other organizations and vest control of its recreation rooms in a joint committee of civic groups; that the lodge could use the recreation rooms as it saw fit so long as these rooms and all that goes on within them are within the sole and exclusive jurisdiction and control of the lodge. 16. July 23, to F. H. Shiel, Secretary, Four Rivers 369: Question: May a member of the lodge engage in the liquor business in a legal manner without forfeiting his membership or having that membership called in question? I ruled that Edict No. 3 on page 42 of the 1941 supplement to the Code and pages 21, 149-151 of the 1935 proceedings apply: "A member in good standing who has entered the liquor business is not subject to charges, as-the liquor business is not illegal and the engaging therein is no ground for preferring charges." 17. August 17, to K. Varner, Secretary, Curtis T. Hines 317: Question: Is one who has lost his left foot and a portion of his leg at a point eight inches below the knee eligible for the degrees? I ruled that under our law he was not eligible. 18. August 17, to B. F. Pittman, Secretary, Pitkin 338: Question: An Entered Apprentice Mason belonging to Fullerton Lodge, now non- existent, wishes to apply to Pitkin Lodge for advancement. May he do so? He is a legal resident within the present jurisdiction of Pitkin Lodge, which lodge now holds jurisdiction over most of the territory formerly under the jurisdiction of Fullerton Lodge during its existence. I ruled that Pitkin Lodge has jurisdiction and may accept and act upon the petition for advancement. 19. September 4, to J. A. Shows, Secretary, Center 244: Question: A man twice rejected by Center Lodge moved to Mississippi about a year ago. Later he moved his family back to Bogalusa but continues to work in Mississippi. He now asks for a waiver of jurisdiction to a Mississippi lodge. What is his status? 30 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

I ruled that if the man had actually become a legal resident of Mississippi for one year or more and continued in that state, we did not claim jurisdiction. However, it appeared on the face of the record that the man was in fact a bona fide and legal resident of Louisiana and that as such, Center Lodge retained perpetual jurisdiction so long as he remained a resident of this state. Further, that a waiver could in no case be granted to an individual but only to a lodge and then only on formal application for the waiver by the lodge. I further ruled that all waivers from Louisiana to other states must have the approval of the Grand Master of Louisiana. 20. September 9, to H. L. Feske, Secretary, Franklin 57: Question: Can the lodge accept the petition of one who shows place of residence for the past twelve months as Panama Canal Zone? He was a former resident of Franklin. I ruled that the lodge could not accept the petition until the petitioner had resided in Louisiana for twelve months and in the jurisdiction of the lodge for six months immediately preceding the date of his petition. 21. September 15, to William Decker, Secretary, Blazing Star 212: Question: A former member of this lodge demitted in 1934 and finally affiliated with a lodge in Virginia where he was stationed as an Army officer. He has now demitted from the Virginia lodge and presently resides in Memphis, Tennessee. He desires to place his membership Dack in Blazing Star Lodge. I ruled that an applicant must be a resident of Louisiana in order to apply for affiliation with a Louisiana lodge. 22. September 15, to William Decker, Secretary Blazing Star 212: Question: Is it proper to lecture an Entered Apprentice Mason who failed to qualify himself for the Fellow Craft degree until after the lapse of one year after his initiation. He has now applied for advancement. I ruled that Edict No. 1 under "Procedure" on page 87 of the 1933 Code and likewise Edict No. 1 on page 14 under "Procedure" in the 1942 supplement to the Code covered the case fully and that the lodge would proceed under these rulings of predecessor Grand Masters. (AMENDED. See page 159.) 23. September 19, to George W. Farr, Secretary, St. James 47: Question: Arrangements were made with a lodge in Alabama to confer degrees on a candidate of subject lodge as a courtesy. The Entered Apprentice degree was conferred as requested and the candidate instructed therein. When the candidate was found proficient, the Alabama lodge, through a misunderstanding of Louisiana Masonic law, proceeded to confer the Fellow Craft degree on the candidate without his having been ballotted on for the Fellow Craft degree by St. James Lodge. I was asked for directions in the premises. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 31

1 ruled that St. James Lodge should ballot on the question of advancement to the Fellow Craft degree in the regular manner; that if the candidate were elected that the Alabama lodge be asked to reobligate him and thus formally "heal" the candidate; that procedure then take its regular course. This was done, the candidate elected, "healed" in accordance with my instructions and continued in the regular manner. 24. September 21, to T. Ellwood Frazier, Secretary, Hiram 70: Question: An applicant formerly a reident of Kentucky became a seafaring man for several years, sailing in and out of New Orleans for two years before quitting the sea to go to work in shipyards in Houston, Texas, a year ago. After four months there, he came to New Orleans where he has worked for the past eight months. Can the lodge accept his petition? I ruled that the applicant did not meet the residence requirements of our law. 25. September 21, to W. A. Page, Secretary, Mt. Gerizim 54: Question: An applicant filed petition for degrees in March, 1941, and the petition was received and the committee appointed. The committee did not report until September, 1941. In the meantime the petition had been mislaid. I was requested to direct procedure. I ruled that the petitioner could not be penalized by the neglect of the lodge and instructed that a written report of the committee be accepted, the committee discharged, and the ballot spread; that the petitioner be asked to fill out a petition clearly marked duplicate for the records of the lodge. I admonished the lodge that it exercise greater care in the handling of vital records of its affairs and greater diligence in the prosecution of its investigations such that they be completed in less time than six months. 26. September 7, 19 and 30, to Glenmora 256: Question: A question was raised with regards to ladies engaged in Red Cross and other war work using a certain room in the lodge building for their work. I ruled that the lodge room could not be so used and that the "preparation room" and the "Tyler's room" were integral parts of the lodge room ant! were thus not available for the proposed work, but that any other rooms in the building separated from these dedicated spaces could be used if authorized by the lodge. A difference of opinion apparently existed among the members due to the peculiar floor plan of the building. I finally required that an exact sketch of the floor plan be supplied that I might settle the matter. The sketch revealed that the room in question was separated from the Tyler's room by a door and likewise from the preparation room by a door; that 33 PH0CEKDING8 OK 'III K GliANI) LODGE

with these doors closed there could be no ingress to either room or the lodge room proper. I therefore ruled that there could be no objection to permitting the use of this room by the Red Cross if the lodge saw lit. 27. October 3, to Center 244: Question: One Martin Neilson applied to Center Lodge for affiliation, claiming to have been a member of Hackley Lodge 251 at the time of its demise. Grand Lodge records failed to show that he was ever "Raised" in Hackley Lodge although they did show that he regularly received the Fellow Craft degree in that lodge sometime before it suspended operations. He did not have a certificate of good standing. He had, for a time visited neighboring lodges in company with men known to have been members of the defunct Hackley Lodge and who later affiliated with other lodges. Mr. Neilson claimed to have received his Master's degree in Hackley Lodge and several former members of the lodge substantiated this claim. I ruled that if Mr. Neilson and a substantial number of the former members would make affidavits under their Masonic obligations that the applicant had been regularly initiated, passed, and raised, and that he was never suspended or expelled, that the Grand Lodge would issue the certificate of good standing, permitting him to apply for affiliation with Center Lodge. This was done. The case seems conclusively to have been one of dereliction on the part of a secretary in the expiring days of Hackley Lodge. 28. November 5, to J. E. Steffak, Secretary, Queensborough 418: Question: Can Queensborough Lodge accept application for initiation from an applicant who has not resided in jurisdiction of Queens- borough Lodge for the past seventeen months, but who claims Shreveport as his home? I ruled that if the man has maintained and now maintains a legal residence in Shreveport, such as being a qualified voter there, he is eligible. That if he has not, then his petition cannot be received. The mere claim of residence does not suffice. It isn't a passive matter. One must support his claim to residence by actively exercising the rights of citizenship at a given place if he is not actually residing at the point. 29. November 12 and 24, to Ariel Fontenot, Secretary, Humble Cottage 19: Question: The widow of a former member of Courtableau Lodge 322, now defunct, requests Masonic assistance. The territory formerly in the jurisdiction of Courtableau Lodge is now in the jurisdiction of Humble Cottage Lodge. The question is asked, what lodge is responsible for her fraternal assistance? I ruled that the individual constituent lodge was responsible for all cases of Masonic charity to Masons and Masons' widows in their OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 33

jurisdiction when former Masonic affiliations of those in need were no longer in existence. In other words, that Humble Cottage Lodge would have to assume this responsibility for widows of former members of Courtableau Lodge still residing in the vicinity of Opelousas. (AMENDED. See page 159.) 30. November 12, to J. C. Stanley, Secretary, Kellertown 124: Question: A former member of Kellertown Lodge moved to Missis- sippi several years ago and demitted to a lodge in that state. The Mississippi lodge is now defunct and the Mason now holding a certificate of good standing in Mississippi and still a resident of that state desires to affiliate with Kellertown Lodge. I ruled that an applicant for affiliation with a Louisiana lodge must be a resident of Louisiana.. 31. November 12, to T. Ellwood Frazier, Secretary, Hiram 70: Question: An applicant residing at 640 First Street, Orleans Parkway, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, desired to petition Hiram Lodge. He appeared to be in the jurisdiction of Square and Compass 417 at Kenner. This latter lodge declined a waiver of jurisdiction. The applicant preferred to apply to Hiram Lodge. Since the matter of jurisdiction of Square and Compass Lodge as contrasted with the concurrent jurisdiction of New Orleans lodges has been a matter of perennial concern, I instructed the District Deputies of Districts 15 and 18 to investigate the matter and report to me. They graciouslj did so and advised that the applicant was definitely within the jurisdiction of Square and Compass Lodge and I so ruled, requiring applicant to petition this lodge if he wished to apply for the degrees. 32. November 25, to S. M. McDowell, Secretary, Holly Springs 247: Question: The Senior Warden of this lodge, elected and installed in December, 1941, was drafted into the Army in July. A member of the lodge who had never served as a Master or Warden was regularly elected to fill the vacancy. The question was, is this Brother eligible to be elected as Master in December, 1942. I ruled that "For one to qualify and he installed as Worshipful Master, the law does not require a full term but that he shall have served as Warden." 33. December 21, to E. R. Minchew, Master, R. M. Crowson 2S1: Question: Is one elected and installed to fill an unexpired term as Master of a lodge entitled to the designation of Past Master at the expiration of the term in which he was so elected. I ruled that he was a duly accredited Past Master after completing the unexpired term. 34. December 21, to W. C. Dees, Master, Toro 253: Question: Is a man who has had his ankle broken, causing his foot to set at an abnormal angle eligible for the degrees? 34 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

I ruled that if the applicant can make all the steps and signs required in our degrees in a reasonably, sensibly normal way, he is physically eligible. 35. December 21, to Karl W. Dietz, member of Osiris 300: Question: Is the Grand Lodge agreeable to Masons who are employees of the Delta Shipbuilding Company in New Orleans forming a "Delta Club", "Square Club", "Triangle Club", or other social club composed entirely of Masons? I ruled that so long as none of the general accepted Masonic insignia or emblems are used, such as would imply Masonic affiliation or Masonic responsibility that the Grand Lodge was without authority to interfere. I did not authorize the use of the word "Masonic" or anything that would embody Masonic connections. 36. December 30, to Sol Loeb, Secretary, Doric 205: Question: This lodge received petitions from two men who are subjects of Great Britain and whose homes are in London, England, and who have been at Morgan City for six months in connection with the construction of certain naval equipment. The lodge asked for dispensation to waive proficiency and confer all three degrees on these men in rapid order. I ruled that the men were foreigners, citizens of a country that has a recognized Grand Lodge with which we are in fraternal relations and that we were without authority to entertain their petitions and that the action of Doric Lodge in doing so was a nullity; that petitions and any fees paid must be returned to the applicants. Edict No. 5 on page 194 of the 1933 Code seems to cover the case fully. A later telephone conversation developed that the men were at Morgan City in their capacity as mariners. I still held, however, that this was beside the point if they are bona fide citizens of London, England. 37. January 2, 1943, to C. C. Turnage, D.D.G.M.: Question: Martin McClanahan 384 failed to install its officers before December 27 as required. On December 27 they invited D.D.G.M. Turnage to install these officers on December 28. He instructed them that a dispensation from the Grand Master would be necessary. The dispensation was requested, but the request did not reach the Grand Master until after December 28, hence could not be issued for that date. Since the lodge had announced a public installation, Brother Turnage proceeded to install the officers. I ruled that the installation was null and void and of no effect and instructed Brother Turnage to legally and regularly install the officers at the stated communication in January, giving a dispensation for so doing. 38. January 7, 1943, to Caddo 179: Question: Can Caddo Lodge accept a petition for initiation from one residing in Barksdale Field? I ruled that Barksdale Field was in the territorial jurisdiction of Martin McClanahan 384 of Bossier City and that no Shreveport lodge OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 35

could accept the petition without a waiver of jurisdiction in behalf of all Shreveport lodges. 39. To Jefferson 191: Question: Is it permissible to confer the Entered Apprentice degree on a candidate the night he is elected to take the degree? I ruled that there is no legal bar to so doing. 40. To Martin McClanahan 384: Question: Is it permissible to accept an application from a man otherwise qualified but who has lost two joints of the thumb of his right hand? I ruled that Edict No. 2 at the bottom of page 274 of the 1933 Code prohibited the acceptance of the petition. 41. To Atchafalaya 163: Question: Is it permissible to accept the petition of one born out of wedlock? I ruled that an illegitimate is not eligible to receive the degrees of Masonry. 42. To Denham Springs 297: Question: Must a lodge reinstate a member suspended for non-payment of dues when that member tenders payment and asks reinstatement? I ruled that a member suspended for any cause, including N. P. D., has no Masonic right whatsoever except the right to apply for reinstatement and that the lodge may reinstate or decline to do so as it sees fit. It is understood, of course, that reinstatements requiring Grand Lodge concurrence must be referred to the Grand Lodge after the lodge acts. 43. To Denham Springs 297: Question: Can a lodge refuse to reinstate a former member who was suspended for non-payment of dues? I ruled a Mason suspended for any cause has no Masonic right except the right to apply for reinstatement. A lodge has the right to reinstate or not reinstate as in its wisdom seems wise. 44. To Center 244: Question: May a lodge accept an application for initiation from one who has resided in the state seven months and try to get waiver of jurisdiction from another state? I ruled that they could not do so without approval of the Grand Master which approval I was unwilling to give. (DISAPPROVED. See page 159.) 45. Hope 145: Question: Can the lodge participate in a fund- raising campaign sponsored by a civic club. I ruled that a lodge as such cannot and must not participate as sponsor or otherwise in the solicitation of funds for any cause, however worthy. To do so would imply endorsement by the lodge of the aims, purposes, and administration of the funds so collected without our having control of those ends. 36 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGH

46—Jefferson 191—Question: Filling out an application on typewriter with only the signature in the actual handwriting' of the applicant. I ruled that the petition is valid, Edict 3 under signature on page 105 of Code holds that an applicant must sign the application in his own handwriting and that the blank spaces must be filled in, not necessarily in his own handwriting. 47—Square and Compass 417—Question: Use of social rooms of Lodge building by the office of Civilian Defense. I ruled that this use is entirely a matter within the discretion of the Lodge. The dedicated portion of your Lodge building is the Lodge room which includes the Tyler's room and preparation room together with the Lodge room proper.

DISPENSATIONS GRANTED

(APPROVED with exceptions of those noted.) 1. To confer Fellow Craft and Master Mason degrees on an Entered Apprentice at one and the same communication: Four Rivers 369; Isis 406; Ruston 106; Conly 241; Solomon 221; Calcasieu 400; Springhill 348; Boyce 273; Ferriday 390; Center 244; BeneHeld 270; Calcasieu 400; Oliver 84 (a); Oliver 84 (b); Galilleo-Mazzini 368; Zona 337; Alpha Home 72; Tyrian 206; Joppa 362; Lake Charles 165; Eastern Star 151; Pelican 318; Friends of Harmony 58; Ida 324; Linn Wood 167; Lake Charles 165; Galilleo-Mazzini 368; Daylight 412; Perfect Union 1; Feliciana 31 (Courtesy of Jackson Lodge 1, Florida); Charles F. Buck 260; Welsh 232; Clarks 382; Osiris 300; Oliver 84 (Courtesy of Pittsburg, Kansas, lodge); Ida 324; Queensborough 418; Delhi 120; Spring Creek 184; Center 244; Cervantes 5; Oliver 84 (Savannah, Georgia, by courtesy); Mooringsport 342; Lake Charles 165; Anacoco 147; Benefield 270. 2. To accept the resignation of the Master of the lodge, elect and install his successor, and to fill in the regular manner all resulting vacancies: New Hope 328; Olive 52; R. M. Crowson 281; Anchor 261. 3. To hold election and installation of officers after St. John's Day: Oak Grove 284 (1942); Bethany 360 (1943); Assumption 307 (1943); Harmony 410 (1943). 4. To hold meetings in the Lodge Hall of a neighboring Lodge while local Lodge Hall was being rebuilt: New Hope 328. 5. To fill vacancies in elective Lodge offices caused by death or resignation of incumbent and all resulting vacancies: Amite City 175; DeQuincy 279; Livonia 220; Zwolle 302 (Sec); Unity 267; Zwolle 302 (S. W.); Grangeville 231; Holly Springs 247; Franklinton 101; Anacoco 147; Yellow Pine 282; Springhill 348. OP THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 3?

6. To waive the requirement of proficiency and confer one or more degrees at one and the same communication: Louisiana 102; Four Rivers 369; Queensborough 418; Louisiana 102; Eastern Star 151; Ida 324; Western Star 24. 7. To hold special communication in Scottish Rite Cathedral, Shreveport, in order to accommodate crowd expected: Joppa 362. 8. To confer all three degrees on candidate at one and the same communication, each having been duly and legally elected in regular manner: W. H. Booth 380; Covington 188; Abbeville 192; Calcasieu 400; New Hope 328; R. M. Crowson 281 (Oliver 84, by courtesy); Jennings 249; Hope 145 (New Jersey, by courtesy); Jacques de Molay 389; Triumph 422; Orleans 397 (State of Washington, by courtesy); Jennings 249; Louisiana 102; Cheneyville 286 (Jackson 19 of Dela- ware, by courtesy); Eastern Star 151; Crescent City 387; Spring Creek 184; DeRidder 271; Toro 253; Pleasant Hill 230; Cervantes 5; Bunkie 326 (Bautista 12, Puerto Rico, by courtesy); Osiris 300; Oliver 84; Hiram 70; N. H. Bray 208; Mitchell 252; Oliver 84; Caddo 179; Euclid 394; Minden 51. 9. To hold a joint communication of all lodges in Shreveport and Bossier City in the Scottish Rite Cathedral as a part of the York Rite festival: To the 7 lodges involved. 10. To pass upon proficiency and confer all three degrees as proficiency attained on a candidate for North Carolina as an agent under regulations as supplied by the Grand Lodge of North Carolina: Oliver 84. 11. To hold election of officers at the first stated communication in December in the absence of all three ranking officers of the lodge with a special Deputy commissioned for by the Grand Master, pre- siding and conducting said election and installation, after which all other regular business could be conducted: Vinton 364; Haughton 95. (AMENDED. See page 160.) 12. To hold joint communication of four lodges: Oliver 84; Alexandria 398; Solomon 221, and Curtis T. Hines 317, in Lodge Hall of Alexandria Lodge for purpose of installing officers. To the 4 lodges involved. 13. To hold joint installation of officers with the Order of the Eastern Star: Minden 51; Olla 303; DeQuincy 279; Springhill 348; Mt. Gerizim 54; West Monroe 419; Cheneyville 286; Jonesboro 280; Istrouma 414; Kentwood 248; Carrietta 312. 14. To open a Lodge of Sorrow: Alexandria 398. 15. To install officers who were absent at the regular installation of the lodge officers: Keystone 213; Martin McClanahan 384; Amite City 175; Kentwood 248. 38 PROCEEDINGS OF XIIK GRAND LODGE

16. To substitute a special meeting on December 18 for stated meeting falling on December 25 at which time any and all official business would be transacted that would be transacted at stated meeting, such fact, however, being included in the call for the special meeting: Livingston 160. (DISAPPROVED. See page 160.)

DISPENSATIONS DENIED

(APPROVED. See page 160.), 1. To confer Fellow Craft and Master Mason degrees oh an En- tered Apprentice who had permitted one year to elapse since taking his E. A. degree without formal reapplication for advancement and 30 days lapse of time: Jonesboro 280; Fordoche 292; Ferriday 390. 2. To change dates of regular stated communications of the lodge without amending the by-laws: Anacoco 147. 3. To act on a petition that had not laid over the full 30-day period required by our regulations: Doric 205; Oliver 84; Marthaville 258. 4. To confer any part of Entered Apprentice degree on more than one individual at a time: Oliver 84. 5. To confer Masters Degree on a Fellow Craft who has permitted one year to elapse without his formal application for advancement and the required waiting period: Oak Grove 284.

BY-LAWS APPROVED

(APPROVED. See page 160.) March 5, Pine 264: Amendment to by-laws to change time of regular stated communication each month from Saturday before fourth Sunday to the third Thursday in each month. July 15, Linn Wood 167: Amendment to by-laws changing re- muneration for the lodge organist and tyler. September 11, New River 402: Changing number of stated meetings per month from two to one and fixing date of that meeting on the fourth Saturday of each month. September 11, Louisiana 102: Amendment to by-laws changing Fees. September 11, Paul M. Schneidau 391: A completely new and re- vised set of by-laws for the lodge. A proposed portion in the by-laws identified as the last provision of Article VIII, Section 2(b), was de- leted and disapproved with the concurrence of the committee on M. L. & J. since it provided for improper suspension of members being reinstated, or for a sort of conditional reinstatement. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 39

September 11, Ruston 106: An amendment providing change in stated meeting nights of the lodge. November 12, Urim 111: An amendment changing the hour of meeting for stated communications. November 19, Corinthian 190: An amendment having to do with suspension of certain stated communications not to exceed the number required as a minimum by our laws. December 2, Covington 188: An amendment changing stated meeting nights from the second and fourth Tuesdays to the second and fourth Thursdays in each month. Under the date of February 26, 1942, Olive 52 sent in an amendment proposing to change the number of stated communications per month from two to one. In that the reported action failed to show that the amendment had been regularly introduced and laid over and other requirements complied with, the proposal was returned for clari- fication. The lodge never resubmitted the amendment; hence it was never approved. GRAND LECTURERS (APPROVED. See page 165.) Our Grand Lecturers have been faithfully visiting the lodges in their respective territories and making available instruction to officers and members. They have reported their visits to me with their comments including listing the attendance of Masters, Wardens, and Deacons on the schools of instructions. I have studied these reports. I got some surprising information. On visits to seventy lodges by Brother Leeves there was a potential attendance of, 350 officers, that is, Masters, Wardens, and Dea- cons. These are the men who are responsible for the proficency in degree work in the lodges. 160 of these officers did not attend the schools of instruction. Of those who did attend 124 were proficient. This isn't Brother Leeves' fault. He was there with the instructions available. These officers didn't want it badly enough to come get it. I am not unmindful of the fact that this is Brother Leeves' first year on the job. I do think these 160 officers did not give their Grand Lecturer the opportunity and privilege that he most desired. On 68 visits of Brother Taylor with a potential attendance of 340 officers, only 15 were absent. That must have made his heart glad. Of those attending 231 are reported proficient. I am fully aware that there are hundreds of certificate Masons who utilize our Grand Lecturers and who are not now officers of their respective lodges. I do think, however, that our officers in office should show sufficient interest in their lodges to make themselves pro- 40 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE ficient in their work. The impressiveness of our ritual is entirely dependent on the proficiency of the men conferring degrees. There are no more capable Grand Lecturers anywhere than our own two Lecturers. Utilize their experience and training on their periodic visits to your lodges. DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS (APPROVED. See page 143.) This Grand Lodge has undertaken over a period of several years to magnify the position of District Deputy, to make of it a position of honor and responsibility. This has meant that real Masonic leaders in the several districts have in almost all cases been called to give this important service. The group this year as a whole have met a trying situation with courage and initiative. The Grand Lodge owes them a debt of gratitude. Some have rendered conspicuous service, have done masterful jobs. Others have done all that could be reasonably expected. A few have accepted the honor without rendering the service. It is my abiding conviction that no man has the right to accept any of the honors of Freemasonry who is unwilling to make the necessary personal sacrifice the job requires. Masonic preferment from the position of the humblest steward in the remotest lodge to the position of Grand Master should go only to those who will, to the best of their ability, fill the position to overflowing. I charge the Districts to select always their District Deputies with scrupulous care, and the Deputies themselves to fill with dignity and energy the important position intrusted to them.

THE TEMPLE BUILDING (APPROVED. See page 143.) The Board of Directors of the Grand Lodge Hall will report the items of importance with regard to Building operations. There is one point, however, with which I wish to deal. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has long been a tenant in our building. With the coming of war it was ftecessary that they expand their staff in this area. This of course required additional space. The space most adequately filling their requirements was our auditorium on the thirteenth floor. After going into the matter thoroughly I assumed responsblty for relinquishing this space to the FBI as a matter purely of cooperating with the war effort. This was accordingly done. We are not, therefore, having the pleasure of meeting in our own auditorium. They are, of course, paying us rent for the space, but that did not enter into our consideration in releasing the space. I felt when we released the space as I feel now, that every Mason in Louisiana would sustain my action; that they would feel that it is a small sacrifice on our part. I received letters and resolu- OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 41 tions by the score from our members and our lodges approving the action after I had sent out notice advising what had been done. Individually and collectively we have too much at stake to fail in any point to give our every effort and to make every sacrifice required of us in sustaining the fight for continuing freedom.

COMMISSIONS ISSUED AND RECEIVED .

(APPROVED. See page 168.) By reference to the report of the Grand Secretary you will find a list of all Commissions issued or received by this Grand Lodge during this Masonic year. GRAND MASTERS RELIEF FUND

The special allocations of Grand Masters Relief established in former years have been disbursed as usual. The recipients are yearly more advanced in age and therefore less able to care for themselves. These are our special charges and we must do all we can to assist them in the eventide of life.

LOUISIANA RELIEF LODGE

(APPROVED. See pages 162, 163.) Full report of the activities of this unique organization will be made by its officers, but I cannot refrain from paying tribute to the sacrificial service of these earnest brethren. They minister to the sick; they visit sojourning and visiting brethren; they aid at hospitals; they maintain a "Blood Bank" for Masons in need of such assistance; bury the dead, and furnish food and shelter to the living who pass this way. Need I remind you that the Great Teacher said—"In as much as you have done it unto these, you have done it unto me."

TWENTY-FIVE AND FIFTY YEAR CERTIFICATES

(APPROVED. See page 143.) The fine expression of appreciation for long years of service to the fraternity evidenced by the presentation of "Gold" and "Silver" Certificates and by the presentation of Fifty Year Gold Buttons by Past Grand Master W. D. Haas, Jr., has been continued. The presentation meetings have been a source of inspiration. How any set of lodge officers can neglect this recognition of their faithful members is beyond my understanding! Presenting these testimonials should be a red letter day in every lodge in the state every year if they have members eligible to receive either certificate. 42 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

THE REFINANCE CAMPAIGN (APPROVED. See page 167.) Another session of the Grand Lodge finds our Refinance Campaign incomplete. That the Campaign has failed 1 most emphatically deny. In the first place, more than 7,000 Louisiana Masons have demon- strated their loyalty and devotion by subscribing well over $800,000.00 of the required funds. They have evidenced their good faith by putting $600,000.00 of this amount "on the barrel head" in cash. Pay- ments continue to come in at a gratifying rate, proving that these brethren are in dead earnest and that their subscriptions will be paid in full. The Campaign should have been completed before Grand Lodge last year. Certainly there is no reason why it is not now completed except the indifference of 14,000 Louisiana Masons who have not had a part in this great effort. If one out of every ten of these had sub- scribed on the average as much as the 7,000 have averaged, the job would have been completed. I am convinced that there has never been a time when the average income of Louisiana Masons was higher than it has been this year. To the limited few who have not been able to subscribe, there is not and must not" be one word of criticism. The reproach of having the Campaign run for eighteen months without being completed must be borne by those who, though abundantly able to subscribe, have not done so. By-products of the Campaign on the credit side of the ledger have been many. Hundreds of men have been reenlisted and reinterested in the fraternity. Many have been encouraged and stimulated. The faith of many of us has been deepened and strengthened in spite of the disappointments. I say to you frankly that it is my conviction that if every man in the sound of my voice definitely wanted in his heart of hearts the job completed that we could have the million dollars in cash in the bank before March first. The only reason why that will not be is "because there are too few who want it to be The refinance committee headed by Brother W. D. Haas, Jr., will submit the detailed report and the proposal of the committtee for your consideration. I charge you that as you are accountable to Higher Authority than the Grand Master or the Grand Lodge for the integrity of your awn professions you act worthily in this test of your loyalty. STATE OF THE ORDER (APPROVED. See page 143.) Peace and harmony prevails throughout the state. The vast majority of our lodges are active and vigorous. The officers are proficient; they have degrees to confer in increasing numbers; their financial houses are in order; they are meeting regularly. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 43

A few small lodges in isolated communities are finding it difficult to carry on. Members are scattered; no new material is available due to the draft and to men leaving- the communities for war work and the like. At least two have indicated a desire to surrender their charters, namely, Little Flock 236 at Negreet and Kitsatchie Union 379 on RFD out of Leesville, but located in Natchitoches Parish. Little Flock has twenty-five members badly scattered while Kisatchie Union has only seventeen members, likewise scattered over a lot of territory. I have urged both these lodges to continue if possible. If not in their judgment possible, to close out their affairs in an orderly and business- like manner by paying the Grand Lodge in full, paying any local bills they have, and turning in their records in complete form, or in the alternative, by consolidating with some other nearby lodge. District Deputy Grand Masters have been asked to assist in every way possible. A number of lodges were delinquent in their payments of dues and assessments to the Grand Lodge when I assumed office. Some of these have been for several years.. I addressed letters to these, call- ing their attention to these honest debts. Several responded whole- heartedly and paid up in full. Others paid substantial portions and promised to continue until the last dime was paid. To these I express the thanks of the Grand Lodge. Seven lodges not only paid nothing but did not even reply to the letters from the Grand Master. I say to you frankly I consider this a gross breach of Masonic courtesy. Every courteous letter on a matter of this importance demands an answer as a matter of courtesy. The Grand Lodge should assist lodges in times of stress; should be indulgent when unfortunate times come upon a lodge; should offer counsel and advice. On the other hand, lodge officers and members should recognize that a debt to the Grand Lodge to whom they owe their Masonic existence is covered by solemn sections of their obligations just as truly as honest debts between two Brother Masons are covered thereby. I do not need to repeat those sections here. I trust that every delinquent lodge in Louisiana will give evidence of its good faith by making progress toward putting its financial houses in current condition before this year ends. The vast majority of our lodges have had a healthy and prosperous year. Hundreds of applicants have knocked at our doors and been accepted. Unemployment has disappeared in our State and most men who want to do so can pay their dues. This makes for better feeling and a healthy state of affairs. Peace and harmony reigns. Free- masonry is holding high the banner of Liberty and Fraternity in lovely Louisiana. THE GRAND MASTERS CONFERENCE (APPROVED. See page 168.) Accompanied by Deputy Grand Master Wolf and Grand Secretary Laguens, I attended the annual conference of Grand Masters in Wash- 44 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

ington, D. C, on February 24-25. Forty-eight of the forty-nine Grand Jurisdictions were represented. The thought-provoking discussions by the outstanding Masonic statesmen in America were a source of information and inspiration that will continue to bear fruit in the Grand Jurisdictions of the nation for many months. I urge upon the Grand Lodge that it continue to make provision for both the Grand Master and the Deputy Grand Master to attend this important conference. THE GRAND SECRETARIES CONFERENCE (APPROVED. See page 168.) The Grand Secretaries of the United States met in Washington at the same time as the Grand Masters. I was privileged to attend some of their program and hear the exchange of ideas, the discussion of the problems of practical administration of the affairs of Free- masonry, and to enjoy the fine fellowship of this great group of Masonic servants. The Grand Lodge should without fail continue to send our Grand Secretary to this important conference. GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION (APPROVED. See page 168.) I attended the annual meeting of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association in the Memorial at Alexandria, Vir- ginia, on Shooter's Hill. The Memorial itself constitutes a stirring sight. The final contract between Alexandria-Washington Lodge and the Memorial Association, whereby all the Washington relics owned by the Lodge were turned over to the Association for preservation in the Memorial, was signed with the Grand Masters present signing as witnesses. Your Grand Master served as a member of the committee that placed a wreath on the Tomb of Washington.

THE MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION (APPROVED. See pages 163, 164.) My first official act after being elected your Grand Master was to appear before oar finance committee and ask that they make provision in our budget for pur resuming active membership in The Masonic Service Association. This was done and we again took our place in this great national effort of the Masons of the United States. The work of this Association in behalf of the men in the military service of our country is one of the major contributions of a militant Masonry at work. While the Association does many other worthwhile things such as the sending each month a bulletin on some timely Masonic subject to every lodge in the state, the work on behalf of our men in uniform abundantly justifies our unstinted support. I attended the annual meeting of the Association in Washington, D. C, on February 25 and was inspired by the spirit of service so much in evidence at the meeting. OF TUB STATE OF LOUISIANA 45

One of the most constructive pieces of work done in our state during the year has been the contribution of more than $500.00 in free will offerings by the Masons of the 11th Masonic District under the aggressive leadership of Julius O. Hedt, D.D.G.M., to the Masonic Service Association. We must continue our active membership in the Association. We must have an increasingly larger part in an effort so far reaching and such a potent influence for good. The Masonic Service Centers near army camps all over the nation such as the one maintained at Alexandria by the Association are serving countless thousands of our boys in uniform. Do not let this Grand Lodge fail to carry its rightful share of the load. OTHER OFFICIAL ACTS The Pine Grove Lodge Matter (Grand Master's action and recommendations APPROVED. See pages 162 and1167 for Grand Lodge complete action.) Early in June there was brought to my attention charges of gross irregularity in the affairs of Pine Grove Lodge 288 at Ponchatoula. It was alleged that ballots known to be "dark" were declared to be "fair and clear" and that certain officers and acting officers were arbitrarily deciding who would be admitted regardless of the legally expressed will of the lodge. I promptly charged Brother R. T. Pursley, our District Deputy Grand Master who had just succeeded Brother Alon Wall, resigned, with the task of investigating the charges. The minutes of the lodge were examined and copies thereof taken. Numerous members of the lodge were interviewed. While the investigation was quietly proceeding, a new set of charges arose alleging the same offense in connection with an entirely new candidate. The first case had been one of affiliation; the second was one of initiation. The investigation was extended to include the second case. When the officers and acting officers filling the stations on the night of the first case were confronted with the charges, the Master unashamed admitted both to Brother Pursley and to the Grand Master that they were true, that he and the two acting Wardens had falsely proclaimed the ballot. On the second case they defiantly denied the charges and asked the Grand Master in person how lie proposed to prove they were guilty. The Master and one Warden were the same in both cases; a fourth member was serving as Warden when the second case was passed. When the investigation was completed, the Grand Master was convinced that a guilty conspiracy existed and that the affairs of the lodge were completely out of control. That the lodge was torn by jealousy and bickering; that the internal working of the lodge was a matter of common knowledge among pro- 4G PROCEEDINGS OF THE GUAM) LODGE fanes within a matter of hours after they happened; that relatively few of the members took any interest or attended meetings; that both the regularly elected Wardens frequently absented themselves from meetings. In view of all the apparent facts and the frank admission of the duly elected Worshipful Master in one case, I, under date of October 3, formally suspended the accused officers and acting officers, namely: Dewey E. Kirby, Worshipful Master. R. Alex Corbin, Acting Junior Warden, May 20, 1942. Robert M. Howes, Jr., Acting Senior Warden, May 20, and Acting Junior Warden, August 19. John A. Ross, Acting Senior Warden, August 19. from all rights and privileges as Masons until such time as the Grand Lodge in its wisdom might dispose of the case. At the same time I directed District Deputy Pursley to arrest the charter of the lodge and forward it to the Grand Secretary's office along with all the records and movable property of the lodge. This was done promptly and efficiently by Brother Pursley for whose devotion to an unpleasant duty I am deeply grateful. I ordered the demit and any fees paid by the illegally affiliated Mason returned to him and declared him eligible to apply to any lodge of competent jurisdiction for affiliation if and when he saw fit. Since the illegally initiated Entered Apprentice could proceed no further in any case until the status of Pine Grove Lodge was finally settled, his case has been left in abeyance until the Grand Lodge determines his status. It is my considered judgment that the affairs of the lodge should be closed out, its charter forfeited, and certificates of good standing issued to such of its members as are found eligible. I recommend that the suspended members be appropriately heard in their defense if they wish to be and that the case be reviewed by appropriate committees of the Grand Lodge and be reported to the Grand Lodge with a recommendation for linal action.

THE MASONIC HOME (APPROVED. See page 143.) The Board of Directors for our Masonic Home have discharged their responsibility with fidelity and zeal. Regular meetings have been held. Many special visits by individual Board members have been made. The physical plant is in better condition than I have seen it for some time. The enrollment is smaller than normal. This makes the per capita cost higher than it would otherwise be. Many pil- grimages to the Home, including the fine Eastern Star Home Coming,, had to be eliminated on account of war conditions. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 47

It is my opinion that there will be greater need for the Home in days to come. Many Masonic fathers are on the battle fronts of the world. Their children will become your sacred charges and mine if these fathers fail to return. We dare not fail to make plans for the full discharge of our most solemn obligations in this regard. RECOMMENDATIONS There are a few items in the administration of Lodge and Grand Lodge affairs that I think should receive attention. (1) Every lodg'e should be required to keep on the lodge Sec- retary's desk a copy of the 1933 Code and the latest supplement thereto for the use of lodge officers. Lodges would be better governed if the officers knew the law that they are obligated to observe. An enormous load of correspondence would be taken off the Grand Master if officers of lodges would read the law and follow it. The Grand Master has no authority to set aside any expressed law of the Grand Lodge unless perhaps in some grave emergency. Lodges should refrain from asking him to do so. (DISAPPROVED; see Committee recommendations. See page 161.) (2) Every lodge should be required to submit a complete copy of its by-laws to the Grand Lodge and the Grand Secretary be required to keep a current file thereof. The Grand Master is constantly being called on to interpret lodge by-laws; to approve amendments thereto, and the like, without having available to him a copy of the by-laws. I am persuaded that there are lodges that do not actually know what by-laws are currently in force in their lodge. No one can observe a by-law that they do not know exists. (APPROVED. See page 161.) (3) The Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence shoulc without fail prepare and submit to the Grand Lodge the needed legis lation to provide for orderly procedure in amending lodge by-laws. I suggest the need for three copies of a proposed amendment being submitted with an appropriate certificate setting forth compliance with requirements and when approved that one copy can go back to the lodge; one copy to the Grand Lodge current file; and one copy to the Grand Master for his annual report. Other Grand Bodies provide for this orderly procedure. Present procedure is chiefly distinguished by lack of procedure. (APPROVED. See page 161.) (4) District Deputies should send the Grand Master a report of their activities and of lodge activities in their Districts every month, or at least every three months such that he may know what is going on; know the problems; know where he and his line officers can be of most service. Widespread travel by the Grand Master is out for the 48 PROCEEDINGS OF TJili GHAND LODGK

duration. I doubt i£ he should be expected to visit large numbers of individual lodges at any time. After all, he is a busy man. He is the executive head of a big business. He deals with many problems that the average Mason never dreamed about. He should draw the designs on the trestle board by which all the rest of us are to pursue our labors. District Deputies of right ought to assume and discharge many of the details just as subordinate officers in any large affair do and then report to the "chief." (APPROVED. See page 143.) (5) There is serious need for Masonic education. We have made provision for teaching the esoteric work. We have a fine Service Committee doing the best job it can. District meetings have helped, and are helping tremendously. With it all we haven't scratched the surface. The history, the symbolism, the meaning of the esoteric work, its deep significance and application in all the affairs of men in a work-a-day world afford unlimited opportunity for information and inspiration. There is scarcely a lodge but that has in it one or more members who could and would bring worthwhile instruction to the brethren if asked to do so. It isn't a need for oratory. It is a need for information that will anchor men to the enduring values of life; that will lift them from the sordid affairs of a war-cursed world and teach them to know that there are values that have stood the tests of the passing centuries. Masonry must be a vital, living, dynamic force in the world or it cannot survive. (APPROVED. See page 164.) (6) I submit that some committee of this Grand Lodge should be charged with the responsibility now of beginning a study of the physical qualifications required of candidates looking to a revision of those qualifications in the world of tomorrow. Shall we be intellectually dishonest enough to say that "the internal and not the external" features of a man recommend him to Masonry and then for- bid your son or mine who returns from the foxholes of Bataan, Guadal- canal, or North Africa minus an arm, a leg, or an eye, to become a Mason? Our cheers to the conquering heroes will be vain indeed if we at the same time deny them fellowship with us amidst scenes the world knows not because they are maimed in body in defense of the ideals we profess to cherish more than life. (Referred to Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence for consideration and recommendation at the 1944 session. See page 165.)

CONCLUSION

My brethren, I approach the end of this account of my activities during the year and of other matters that I would impress on your attention. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 49

I express my eternal sense of gratitude to you and each of you for every kindness, every cou-rtesy, every expression of loyalty and esteem. To the Line Officers, the District Deputies, the Past Grand Masters, and every committeeman, I am grateful. My deepest sense of gratitude goes to our Grand Secretary, affectionately known to each of us as "Pete." You cannot fully know his loyalty and devotion until you have served a term as Grand Master. You have honored me far beyond any merit of mine and I can only pledge you that so far as in me lies no act of mine shall ever bring discredit on the "Purple" you have so generously bestowed, nor tarnish the lustre of the jewel it is mine to wear. There are a lot of things I could say to you but neither time nor space will permit. When I was installed as your Grand Master I drew three designs of primary import on our trestle board for the year. (1) To make every possible contribution we could as men and Masons in the prosecution of the war to a successful conclusion and the speedy return of our boys to their home- land and the ways of peace. (2) To finish the refinance campaign and thus place our financial house in order, the better to enable us to meet the demands that every day become more apparent. (3) To cultivate in the hearts and lives of men the enduring values of life that the anchor of an abiding faith in the eternal verities should hold us in a storm-tossed world. In what measure we have succeeded in these three things perhaps only the future will fully reveal. I shall hold the Masons of Louisiana in grateful remembrance for having called me to the position of leadership in our fraternity in an hour fraught with such significance as the days through which we are passing. I beg of you, remember the designs in the perilous days ahead. Let no call of country, expressed or implied, fall on deaf ears. Align yourselves as one man on the side that demands equal justice for all and special privilege to none. Oppose with equal vigor the dictators of earth, at home as well as abroad. Suppress every selfish interest wheresoever it raises its ugly head, and stand four square against every evil wind that blows against liberty, equality, and fraternity for all men. Perhaps it was for an hour such as this that you were born. Need I tell you that no man or set of men, organized or unorganized, be they capital or labor or neither, has the right to delay for a single day the return of my boy that they may have greater gain. I speak the sentiment of three and a half million American dads whose sons are on a far flung battle line when I say we shall never hold him guiltless who hinders an all-out war effort to speed the return of the days of peace. I declare to you that every honest man knows in his heart of hearts, whether he be the skillful surgeon delving into the miraculous 50 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE construction and arrangement of the organs of the human body, or the humble gardener digging in God's earth to produce a rose, that every creature must have a Creator; that there is some Power, some First Cause, some One who holds in His hand the destiny of men and nations—we in this fair land call Him God. Lest we forget, lest we forget, may we be reminded that it was by His strong- grip—the grip of the Lion of the Tribe of Judah—that we were raised; that it is on that Rock that the institution of Freemasonry is erected that it might minister unto the children of men. To these ends may we be eternally dedicated. Fraternally submitted, J. LUTHER JORDAN, Grand Master. Motion adopted to refer the Address to the Committee on Distribution and Analysis.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DISTRIBUTION AND ANALYSIS OP GEAND MASTER'S ADDRESS Your Committee on Distribution and Analysis of the Grand Mas- ter's Address, refer the various portions of the Grand Master's address, set forth below, to the Committees as follows:

Necrology: a—Necrology, pages 17, 18 and 19.

State of the Order: a—State of the Order, pages 16 and 17, 42 and 43—that part referring to State of the Order, also pages 48, 49 and 50. b—Official Visits, pages 19 through part of 24. c—District Deputy Grand Masters, page 40. d—The Temple Building, pages 40 and 41. e—The Masonic Home, pages 46 and 47. f—Recommendation No. 4, pages 47 and 48. g—25 and 50 Year Certificates, page 41.

Audit and Accounts: a—Grand Masters Relief Fund, page 41. b—State of the Order, page 43, that part referring to delinquent lodges.

Permanent Committee on Work: a—Grand Lecturers, pages 39 and 40. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 5t

Work and Returns of Chartered Lodges: a—Louisiana Relief Lodge No. 1, page 41. b—State of the Order, page 43, that part referring to surrendering of charters.

Foreign Correspondence: a—Grand Masters Conference, pages 43 and 44. b—Grand Secretaries Conference, page 44. c—George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association, page 44. d—Commissions Issued and Received, page 41. Masonic Law and Jurisprudence: a—Rulings, pages 25 through part of 36. b—Dispensations granted, pages 36, 37 and 38. c—Dispensations denied, page 38. d—By-Laws, pages 38 and 39. e—Recommendations 1, 2, and 3, page 47.

Service and Audit and Accounts: a—Masonic Service Association, pages 44 and 45. State of the Order and Service: a—Recommendation No. 5, page 48.

Masonic Law and Jurisprudence and Work and Returns of Chartered Lodges, and Appeals and Grievances: a—Other Official Acts—see Pine Grove Lodge matter, pages 45 and 46. Masonic Law and Jurisprudence and State of the Order: a—Recommendation No. 6, page 48.

Masonic Law and Jurisprudence, State of the Order, and Audit and Accounts: a—Refinancing Campaign, page 42. Fraternally submitted, LEON S. HAAS, P. G. M., Chairman, QUENTIN T. HARDTNER, P. M., ROBERT W. SMITH, Committee. REPORT OP THE GRAND TREASURER The Grand Treasurer, Bro. U. W. McMillan, made the following report, which was received and ordered printed in the proceedings. 52 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

REPORT OF THE GRAND TREASURER I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1942: December 31, 1941, balances in bank $ 9,130.64 Received from Grand Secretary during year: Temple Fund $ 98,466.75 General Fund 113,595.76 Special Cemetery Fund 1,375.00 213,437.51 Total $222,568.15 Less Checks Drawn: Temple Fund $135,254.15 General Fund 70,730.21 Special Cemetery Fund 1,012.36 206,996.72 December 31, 1942 balance on hand in bank f 15,571.43 Investments: Special Cemetery Fund: Masonic Temple Bonds and U. S. Treasury Bonds $ 11,500.00 Special Cemetery Fund for Perpetual Care: Masonic Temple Bonds 5,000.00 16,500.00 Total Investment and Cash in Poydras Branch, Whitney National Bank $ 32,071.43 Above funds are on deposit in the Poydras Street Branch of the Whitney National Bank of New Orleans. Above securities are in our safety deposit box in the above bank in my keeping. Also there are funds on deposit in the Whitney National Bank, Main Office, for account of Trust Fund First Mortgage Bonds, Whitney National Bank, Trustee, $133.38. There is also on deposit in various banks throughout the State funds for account of the Refinancing Campaign in the sum of $458,736.90. And on deposit in bank box of Whitney National Bank, Poydras Branch, for account of the Refinancing Campaign: Masonic Temple 4-5% Bonds $13,900.00 U. S. Treasury 2%% Bonds 50,600.00 IT. S. War Stamps 3,889.90 XJ. S. War Bonds 74.00 Total $68,463.90 Fraternally submitted, u. w. MCMILLAN, Grand Treasurer. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 53

EEPORT OF GRAND SECRETARY The Grand Secretary, Bro. I). Peter Laguens, Jr., made the following report, which was received and ordered printed in the proceedings. This office is again privileged to render a report of the year's activities and the accomplishments of the Fraternity in our State.

Proceedings Published Immediately after the close of the last Annual Communication, this office began the preparation of copy for the printing of our Annual Proceedings. After the completion of the same, a copy was mailed to each Grand Lodge officer, to all Past Grand Masters, to all Committee members and to each of the Constituent Lodges in the State, also to all the Grand Lodges in fraternal relations with us. Rosters Although the present law provides for the printing of the full rosters every five years, there is another law requiring all secretaries to furnish this office with a typewritten roster of membership. Through this method a complete annual record is to be kept. The majority of our (Secretaries continue to overlook this important matter. May I remind them the record will be of value to them at all times. District Deputy Grand Masters By authority of our Grand Master, the usual Commissions for the District Deputy Grand Masters throughout the State, were issued by this office. Printed instructions to them were also issued. Certificates Certificates were authorized issued to all elected and appointed officers, as well as committeemen and holders of proficiency certificates, indicating their election or appointment as such. Twenty-five and Fifty-Year Certificates By authority of the Grand Lodge, our Service Committee prepared gold and silver certificates for brothers entitled to same and requested by the lodges interested. We would call attention to this service which is available to all the lodges without cost. All that is necessary is to send in the name, the date of raising, which will be checked in this office and the certificates furnished through the courtesy of the Service Committee. Monthly Circular The customary Monthly Circular to coyer reports from the secretaries of the work done by the various lodges throughout the State has been regularly issued. Special items or notes of interest to the Craft have been added to these reports and we call attention to the 54 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE necessity of furnishing this office promptly with the work performed by the lodge at the end of the month so that the information may be sent throughout the entire State, which we believe is of value to all. I Repeat:—Many of the secretaries feel that it is unnecessary to send the report at all and wait until the end of the year but include this information in their Annual Returns. Our law clearly states this information should be furnished monthly and this office must have the record in order to pass it on to the lodges for their information. We again call your attention to the necessity of furnishing age information which is of value when this office is obliged to furnish such information to a brother to support his age information for Social Security or Old Age benefit purposes.

Commissions Issued

J. LUTHER JORDAN, Grand Master

March 16, 1942, to Ellsworth H. Carr, P. M. Hiram Lodge 25, Newark, Delaware as Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana near the Grand Lodge of Delaware, vice R. Henry Grier, deceased. May 5, 1942, to J. Guiness, P. P. G. M. Wellington, N. Z. as Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana near the Grand Lodge of New Zealand vice E. W. G. H. Watts, deceased. June 5, 1942, to Lawrence E. Layman, P. M. Reno Lodge 13, as Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, near the Grand Lodge of Nevada vice Andrew H. Smith, deceased. July 20, 1942, to Milo L. Knight, D. D. G. Lecturer, Lebanon, N. H. as Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana near the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire vice Stanley W. James, deceased.

July 20: 1942, to Charles S. Melton, P. M. Temple Lodge 6, Albu- querque, N. Mex., as Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana near the Grand Lodge of New Mexico, vice Sigmund S. Moise, deceased. August 13, 1942, to Primitivo Molina C. as Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana near the Grand Lodge of Oriental Peninsular, Yucatan, Mexico. January 9, 1943, to Harry B. Strickland, P. D. D. G. M. as Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana near the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma, successor to P. G. M. J. Frank Matthews. January 14, 1943, to Joshua K. Shepherd, as Grand Representa- tive of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana near the Grand Lodge of Arkan- sas, vice Hunter D. Bowers, deceased. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 55

Commissions Received

June 10, 1942, for Clarence M. Leland, P. M., Kinder 291, as Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Alabama near the Grand Lodge of Louisiana vice E. E. Sykes, P. G. M., deceased. September 1, 1942, for Robert W. Cretney, P. M., Sterlington 420, as Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Unida Mexicana of Vera Cruz, near the Grand Lodge of Louisiana. January 18, 1943, for Q. T. Hardtrier, P. M. Chas. F. Buck 260, as Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of West Virginia near the Grand Lodge of Louisiana vice A. B. Davis, deceased.

Certificates of Good Standing

Certificates of good standing have been issued on request to members of defunct lodges.

Duplicate Charter

None issued during the past year.

Suspension of Charter

On October 3, 1942, the Charter of PINE GROVE LODGE 288 was formally Arrested by Disrtict Deputy Grand Master ROBERT T. PURSLEY on orders from M. W. Brother J. LUTHER JORDAN, Grand Master. The Charter was forwarded to this Office and is now in my keeping. The Records of the Lodge were also received by me. The Secretary of the Lodge, Brother GEORGE T. GOODMAN was instructed to have the Funds of the Lodge transferred to the Grand Lodge. This was not done, and all Funds were attached by the Owner of the Building, because a considerable sum of delinquent rent was owed by the Lodge. This litigation is being handled by our Attorney. Reports concerning this entire matter will be made by appropriate committees. Invoices of unpaid dues accounts were sent to all Breth- ren of record, some of whom have paid this office. Dues cards were mailed them, and the funds so collected are held in escrow for final disposition by the Grand Lodge.

New Lodge

By authority of our Grand Lodge, February 9, 1942, Triumph Lodge No. 422 was constituted under Charter at Triumph, La. The ceremony of constitution was held on March 15, 1942. 56 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODOR

Lodges Delinquent The following Lodges are delinquent in their dues to the Grand Lodge in varying amounts. These accounts are entered separately on ouifbooks and agreements were made for' payments on a deferred basis. This arrangement authorized by provisions of Resolution No. 37 adopted at the 1936 Session: Arcadia 126, Livingston 160, Simsboro 235, Gibsland 304. No payments received from any of the above Lodges during 1942.

Lodges Delinquent for 1940-1941

White Castle 257.

Lodges Delinquent for 1941

Arcadia 126; Noble 320; Zona 337.

Lodges Delinquent for 1942

Little Flock 236; White Castle 257; Gibsland 304.

Lodges Failing to File Returns

White Castle 257; Gibsland 304.

Visitations

Throughout the year I have continued the practice of visiting the Lodges in New Orleans. However, my visits elsewhere within the State have been greatly curtailed because of conditions. May the day be hastened when normalcy will return to this troubled world, when we can again enjoy these friendly visits. My thanks to our Grand Master for permitting me to accept the cordial invitation of the Grand Lodge of Illinois to attend their Session in Chicago in November of 1942. I echo his sentiments that we, in the South, have no monopoly on hospitality. It was my pleasure to journey with our Grand Master and Deputy Grand Master to Washington, D. C, to attend the Conferences of the Grand Masters, and the Grand Secretaries of the United States and Canada. May I express my appreciation for this opportunity this Grand Lodge has afforded me to learn at first hand what our Sister Jurisdictions are doing. These conferences are of inestimable value to all of us. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 57

State of the Order

It is not surprising this year to report an increase in membership, because most; of the Lodges throughout the State have been busy with degree work for quite some time, and from all indications will continue for the future. All Lodges should plan well their trestle boards of the future, and their finances safeguarded with care, to meet the inevitable experiences in a post-war world. The following tables are submitted for your information:

Statistics for Louisiana for 1942 Degrees Conferred: Entered Apprentice 1,080 Fellowcraft 939 Master Mason 920 Total Degrees Conferred 2,939

Membership on Rolls, Dec. 31, 1941 20,485 Gains: Master Masons 920 Affiliated -• 257 Reinstated 662 Corrections 24 Total Gains - 1,863

Total 22,348 Losses: Died 361 Deniitted 261 Dropped 43 Suspended, N. P. D 460 Suspended, U. M. C. 5 Expelled 1 Corrections 2 Total Losses 1,133

Membership on Rolls, Dec. 31, 1942 21,215

Net Gain (Entire State), 1942 730 City of New Orleans- Membership, December 31, 1941 5,812 Membership, December 31, 1942 5,861

Net Gain (New Orleans), 1942 49 58 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

Membership and Work of Lodges from 1910 to 1942 Passe d Die d Droppe d Yea r Raise d Affiliate d Reinstate d Demitte d Expelle d No . o f Lodge s No . o f Member s a t Dec . 31s Initiate d Suspende d

1910 211 13802 1241 1153 1141 264 88 204 367 34 155 8 1911 210 14547 1158 1105 1111 265 78 298 307 34 146 7 1912 220 15152 1193 1068 1006 244 62 227 311 32 213 12 1913 222 15883 1404 1324 1291 329 103 230 363 58 221 5 1914 224 16885 1515 1442 1446 360 86 274 253 39 201 11 1915 227 17768 1323 1241 1249 266 80 237 329 58 308 8 1916 226 18314 1380 1251 1206 273 129 268 357 43 324 8 1917 228 19384 1751 1561 1538 323 169 225 503 49 220 5 1918 235 20588 2014 1691 16(52 266 136 365 276 29 247 3 1919 241 23008 3183 2247 2641 411 213 294 498 39 157 7 1920 252 26392 3740 3437 3380 549 168 287 610 41 206 2 1921 266 29506 3447 3328 3301 506 195 285 813 45 246 6 1922 270 31265 3173 2924 2822 383 167 323 984 101 417 9 1923 271 33214 3196 2853 2849 475 243 390 670 113 391 22 1924 271 34351 2443 2378 2387 470 188 383 577 106 749 21 1925 269 34905 2036 1867 1902 417 239 387 536 116 942 7 1926 269 35151 1866 1957 1732 428 250 393 472 182 1169 17 1927 268 35191 1507 1417 1457 373 325 377 651 168 1036 8 1928 267 34204 1250 1185 1187 348 243 416 527 187 1540 4 1929 267 32841 1068 1009 1019 380 312 4i)4 427 235 1894 5 1930 265 31174 842 831 825 320 346 444 355 166 2138 10 1931 260 28753 642 602 622 214 393 403 351 192 2651 2 1932 256 26376 334 360 379 173 375 407 322 181 2415 2 1933 253 24016 293 280 283 119 382 354 269 193 2215 1934 251 22102 405 351 358 227 640 396 401 135 2115 2 1935 252 21507 631 501 477 231 887 346 240 104 1505 1 1936 253 20947 566 469 448 204 787 369 278 120 1334 1 1937 253 20643 793 617 648 211 728 341 359 193 997 1 1938 250 20681 823 763 723 275 579 350 277 140 771 1 1939 247 20629 728 685 709 276 504 359 274 64 842 2 1940 244 20282 641 586 585 192 382 405 306 8 785 2 1941 244 20485 939 781 736 278 581 363 315 44 668 2 1942 245 21215 1080 939 920 257 686 361 261 43 467 1 OF THE STATE 03? LOUISIANA 59

Financial Statement

A statement of receipts and disbursements is herewith submitted.

Receipts and Disbursements

Temple Fund Receipts: Rents Masonic Bodies $ 19,372.55 Refund of Interest paid Trustees on Temple Bonds.... 127.81 Latter & Blum, Inc., Rental Agents 48,962.39 Refund of Refinance petty cash 4.00 Loans, Whitney National Bank 30,000.00

? 98,466.75 Special and General Funds Receipts: Masonic Bodies Dues and Assessments $ 89,650.00 Masonic Cemetery, Interments 540.00 Masonic Cemetery, Sale of Lots 1,400.00 Service Committee, Lodge Supplies and Equipment.... 8,737.19 Bulletin Board 23.50 Masonic Home Social Security 276.80 Grand Lodge Proceedings 1.80 Pine Grove No. 289, escrow 144.00 Office and General Refunds 58.82 Exchange 23.03 Grand Lodge Demits 178.00 Stationery and Printing, Refunds 1.55 Miscellaneous Refund of Postage 15.70 Interest on Temple Bonds 344.03 Dispensation for New Lodge 50.00 Masonic Bodies Dues and Assessments paid in advance 12,317.00 Cemetery Expense Refund 6.96 Grand Lodge Mileage Refund 126.55 Refund Insurance Cancelled 26.25 Accounts Receivable 94.08 Interest on Investment Cemetery Fund 753.75 Sale of Property Dodson Lodge No. 289..... 171.50 Miscellaneous 30.25

$114,970.76 60 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

Temple Fund Disbursements: Interest on Note $ 188.34 Salaries 674.00 Board of Directors, expense 325.11 Board of Directors, Secretary : 1,000.00 U. S. Tax at source on Temple Bonds .". 55.45 Social Security Taxes 1,994.04 First Mortgage Bonds, Principal 30,000.00 First Mortgage Bonds, Interest 48,627.50 Taxes, City of New Orleans 14,279.70 Taxes, State of Louisiana 6,356.25 Notes Payable 10,000.00 Bond Expense 475.93 Special Refinancing Campaign expense 9,725.41 Accounts Payable 850.80 • Insurance 10,308.83 Discount on Note 237.50 Repairs to Furniture 210.50

$135,309.36 Less refunds Social Security $48.43 Less cash discounts 6.78 55.21

$135,254.15 Special and General Funds Disbursements: Salaries $ 10,368.75 Office and General 1,439.42 Stationery and Printing 371.51 Postage 515.85 Cemetery Expense 2,077.00 Grand Lecturers 889.05 Grand Master 890.84 Grand Master's Reserve 320.20 Special Relief 325.00 Service Committee, Department Lodge Supplies and Equipment 9,714.45 Grand Lodge Session 5.232.G3 Grand Lodge Proceedings 1,668.94 Masonic Cemetery upkeep expense 18.39 Exchange 74.99 Social Security Taxes 992.82 Foreign Correspondence 200.00 Accounts Payable 218.94 OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 61

Insurance 213.65 Masonic Bodies refunds a/c overpayments 21.00 Masonic Home for Children, assessment account 31,629.00 Sign Maintenance 61.85 Grand Secretary's Conference 150.00 Interest on Building Loans 2,661.00 Masonic Temple Bonds a/c Cemetery Fund 1,012.36 Miscellaneous Expense Pine Grove 288 Escrow 15.71 Masonic Employment Bureau 300.00 Louisiana Relief Lodge No. 1 300.00 Bulletin Board 6.12 Code expense 118.32 Excise Tax on Jewelry, Service Committee 60.34

$ 71,874.13 Less Discounts earned $ 5.88 Less Social Security Refunds a/c employment 125.68 131.56

$ 71,742.57 Conclusion My thanks are extended to all the brethren throughout the State for their cooperation during the past year. I have been consulted on various occasions and have tried to advise on all questions propounded which was given for the interest of the brethren above anything else. We go back to a three day session. If you have any resolutions to present, please follow the law and have them prepared in duplicate, and we would also ask that they be typewritten if possible. We will continue the custom of having the minutes printed at the conclusion of each session through Tuesday night. The minutes of the Wednesday session will be mailed shortly after the close of this Grand Lodge Communication. Fraternally submitted, D. PETER LAGUENS, Jr., Grand Secretary. 62 PROCEEDINGS OP THE GRAND LODGE

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE GRAND LODGE HALL The Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Grand Lodge Hall, Bro. D. Peter Laguens, Jr., made the following report, which was received and ordered printed in the proceedings. February 7, 1942. The final meeting of the old Board was held at which the following business was transacted: Brother Q. T. Hardtner was presented as the new member of the Board appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Past Grand Master James H. Rowland. Grand Master Strickland was unable to attend for the first time during h*is administration because of the death of his father, who had passed away the day before our meeting. Deputy Grand Master Jordan announced that the members of the Refinancing Committee and the Past Grand Masters had been invited to Be present at this meeting and a full discussion was had regarding our Refinancing campaign program. State Director Ermon made a condensed report of the progress up to that time. It was decided to continue the Campaign and so report to the Grand Lodge. The Secretary reported the total cost of the alterations on the 9th and 10th floors was $33,432.43. The sale of two motors from the old circulating system of the Temple was also reported at a price of $71.00 each. The renewal of the contract for the maintenance of the building Neon sign was authorized. The final amount of the contract with Howard T. Beaver and Associates was reported paid. It was reported that all City and State real estate taxes had been paid. ' The Secretary reported being present at the opening of the bond tenders at the office of the Trustees, the Whitney National Bank, when $31,700.00 of bonds were offered for $31,540.00, leaving a balance in the tender account of $1,139.69. Authority was given for the borrowing of money to meet the Campaign Expenses. The Building Department reported the consummation of several attractive leases. Considerable additions were made on the 18th floor for'the Pen- dleton Shipyards, Inc. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 63

The Temple Committee asked for opinions regarding the rental of the Auditorium. The rental of the Auditorium for general Com- mercial rentals was not acceptable to the Board except for entertain- ments, recitals, etc. Several past due accounts were ordered charged off. A standard form of interim Certificate was approved by our attor- neys, and was also approved by the Board. Other business routine. First meeting of the new Board, February 10, 1942. TKe organization of the new Board was held and the following were elected. J. Luther Jordan, G. M., President, B. Y. Wolf, D. G. M., Vice- President, XJ. W. McMillan, G. T., Treasurer, D. Peter Laguens, Jr., G. S., Secretary. The President then announced the following appointments: Henry W. Robinson, Attorney and Geo. A. Treadwell, P. G. M., Auditor. TEMPLE COMMITTEE: U. W. McMillan, chairman, J. Chris Nungesser and D. Peter Laguens, Jr. CEMETERY COMMITTEE: U. W. McMillan, chairman, Adam Wirth and Frank D. Blue. These appointments were duly approved. Brothers C. F. Scherer, bookkeeper and F. D. Blue, stenographer were employed on the same basis as heretofore. Brother D. Peter Laguens, Jr., was elected for the 3 year term on the Masonic Educational Foundation, Inc. Board. Other business routine. May 30, 1942: Authority was given for the execution of two notes of |21,250 each, one to L. C. Allen Lodge of Perfection and the other to El Karubah Temple, AAONMS, these to take the place of the $42,500.00 note issued to L. C. Allen Lodge of Perfection as it was explained that El Karubah Temple participated in the original loan to our Tem- ple, it being further stated that this fact was not recorded at the time. Authority was given for the reallocation of all insurance policies expiring in October 1942. Authority was given for the sale of the organ formerly in the 9th floor Chapter room and also of the organ in the 3rd floor lodge room, now occupied by the Grand Lodge library. The sale of one of the organs to the Third Church of Christ, Scientist in New Orleans, was announced. The Secretary was also authorized to contact anyone interested in the Auditorium Organ with a view to selling that organ. 64 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

The use of the Auditorium, without charge, to the Kiwanis Club of New Orleans for rehearsals for their benefit performance for the underprivileged children of New Orleans was approved. There was a discussion concerning the use of the 18th floor social room space for commercial rental, or for use of the Masonic Service Association for a Service Center to be inaugurated by them in New Orleans. It was decided that the space would not be rented commer- cially and that the Masonic Service "Association be offered the space, in the event they opened a Center in New Orleans; this to be done after conference with the representatives of the Masonic Social room group in order to secure their cooperation for such a plan. It was reported that $50,600.00 of the Refinancing Campaign fund was invested in 2%% United States treasury bonds. The death of Past Grand Master Sykes, a former member of this Board was reported. The death of Brother Felix J. Peytral, Sexton of our Masonic Cemetery was announced, and the appointment of Brother Benjamin Weaver, a member of Level Lodge 373 to fill the vacancy. The Secretary reported that after conference and with the approval of the members of the Board, and authority of the Grand Master, authority was given for the rental of part of th"e Auditorium space to the F. B. I. for the duration; additional space to be made available to them as they might need it. The report of the Building Manager indicated continued improvement in the rental situation. Several past due accounts were ordered charged off. Report of the Campaign Manager, Brother Ermon, was received, of the progress of the Campaign up to date. A general discussion followed and several plans were discussed whereby the Campaign might be concluded at an early date. Other business was routine. August 9, 1942: This meeting was held at the Masonic Home for Children at Alexandria; the members of the Refinancing Campaign Committee were invited to be present for a general discussion regarding the Refinancing Campaign. It was reported that on July 31, 1942, 78% of the goal had been reached, with 7402 subscriptions amounting to a pledge of $778,410.00. Brother Brmon announced that he had entered the service of the United States army Specialist Corps, as Captain, and his services would be no longer available. Brother Otto Passman was appointed, and accepted the assignment as Campaign Manager, and promised a vigorous campaign throughout the State beginning September 1st, he to send out letter to every Mason in the State, OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 65 soliciting their pledges. Several other plans were advanced but the Passman plan was adopted. It was reported that after an audit of the Refinancing Campaign accounts there was a shortage of considerably over $1,000.00 in the cash accounts, which were handled by Carl F. Scherer, bookkeeper, the greater part of which was later made good by him. Authority was given for bomb insurance protection on our property against War damage. It was announced by the Secretary that the roof of the Scottish Rite Cathedral, 619 Carondelet Street, had collapsed, June 14, 1942 and that the Temple House Committee had offered the use of the Temple for the Consistory Reunion, to take place on June 18, 1942; and also for any other meetings to be held by them. This action was approved by the Grand Master and ratified by the Board. Brother B. Y. Wolf, Grand Master of Kadosh of the Grand Consistory stated that the Grand Consistory was very grateful for this offer, and offered to pay the Temple rent for this occupancy, but it was decided that these facilities of the Temple would be placed at the disposal of the Grand Consistory for any service they might need without cost to them. The Secretary reported that the Whitney National Bank, our Trustees, would waive the 90 day clause for notice in the Mortgage Indenture, if we decided to call in any or all of our bonds on March 1st, 1943. The Secretary reported that Jerusalem Temple, AAONMS had agreed to permit the use of their Temple Auditorium for the forth- coming 1943 Grand Lodge Session, because of the rental of our Audi- torium to the United States Government. The Secretary reported the execution of a note for $30,000.00 with the Whitney National Bank to care for the interest payment on Sep- tember 1st, 1942. The Secretary reported that check for the semi-annual First Mort- gage Bond interest had been paid to the Whitney National Bank, Trustees. , The Cemetery Committee was given authority to exact more rigid specifications and supervision on repair work in the Masonic Ceme- tery- Other business routine. November 14, 1942: The death of Ira W. Sylvester, Past Grand Master and former member of the Board was announced as of November 7th. Authority was given for the sale of one typewriter in the Grand Secretary's office to the War Production Department of the United States Government. 66 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

The Secretary announced that the remainder of the space of the Auditorium is now rented to the Government. The Refinancing Campaign Committee met with the Board for the purpose of a general discussion regarding our plans for the future in connection with our Refinancing Campaign. The Secretary reported there were pledges in the amount of $813,160.00. Brother W. D. Haas, Jr. was of the opinion that more bonds could be sold. It was reported that the Passman plan of sending out a letter to all members in the State by Brother Passman had netted the sum of $40,000.00 in additional subscriptions, however since Brother Passman had received a Commission as Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy he was unable to carry through his plan of personal visitation to the various Districts in the State. It was suggested that since we would be collecting some $600,000.00 up to March 1st that we borrow the difference and then be able to call in all of the present 5% bonds and it was decided to open negotiations for such loan, and if successful the necessary resolution be prepared for submission for action at the Grand Lodge session in February 1943. Brothers Wolf, Wirth and W. D. Haas, Jr. were appointed a Committee to look after this. Other matters routine. November 29th, 1942: This meeting was called in the Bentley Hotel, at Alexandria, to meet with the Refinancing Campaign Committee at which time a formal offer from a financial Institution was made for the loan necessary to complete the amount required to take up the present 5% First Mortgage bonds. Authority was also given that the necessary legal papers and documents be prepared by the Grand Lodge attorney for submission to the Grand Lodge at the February 1943 session.

Finances The Temple is at present 94.40 per cent rented. Our revenues, however, are not ample to take care of interest and retirement of bonds, therefore, the indefinite assessment is necessary under the circumstances. Gains and Losses in Office Space The following changes in office space are reported during the rental season closing October 1, 1942: Gains for Past Year Ten new leases made $16,735.44 Increased space leases 7,344.00

Total Gains $24,079.44 OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 67

Losses for Past Year

Three leases expiring or removed 2,220.00

Net gain, comparison to October 1, 1942 (Rental Season).... $21,859.44

Delinquent Rents

We continue to have a very small amount of loss in delinquent rents since the Temple was erected sixteen years ago. Collections on our commercial rents are good, and there is only a small amount outstanding. The Masonic Bodies delinquent rent accounts have been settled in full. These items are as follows: Due by commercial tenants at December 31, 1942 $15,841.16 Due by Masonic Bodies at December 31, 1942 1,048.76

Total $16,889.92

Masonic Cemetery

The Cemetery continues to be operated in a very efficient manner and is in excellent condition. The following is a statement of receipts and disbursements for the past year:

Receipts

Sale of 8 lots in Cemetery No. 2 $1,400.00 Interest received during year 753.75 Interment fees collected 540.00 Refund on Cemetery expense 6.96

Total Receipts $2,700.71

Disbursements

Maintenance expense, Sexton, helper, etc $2,077.00 Purchase of one |1,000.00 Bond 1,000.00 Accrued interest on above 12.36

Total Disbursements $3,089.36 There follows a statement of receipts and disbursements on account of operation of the present Temple from beginning up to date. 68 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

Gross Receipts The gross receipts from all sources for the sixteen years are as follows: 1926 Revenue (Net) Oct., Nov., Dec. (G. L. Proc. 1927, pg. 116) $ 12,870.47 1927 Rents and Revenues (G. L. Proc. 1928, pg. 122) 197,082.77 1928 Rents and Revenues (G. L. Proc. 1929, pg. 122) 241,269.46 1929 Rents and Revenues (G. L. Proc. 1930, pg. 99) 231,216.01 1930 Rents and Revenues (G. L. Proc. 1931, pg. 130) 208,795.26 1931 Rents and Revenues (G. L. Proc. 1932, pg. 117) 215,899.29 1932 Rents and Revenues (G. L. Proc. 1933, pg. 128) 198,616.20 1933 Rents and Revenues (G. L. Proc. 1934, pg. 137) 177,475.27 1934 Rents and Revenues (G. L. Proc. 1935, pg. 102) 167,872.39 1935 Rents and Revenues (G. L. Proc. 1936, pg. 193) 158,160.73 1936 Rents and Revenues (G. L. Proc. 1937, pg. 128) 161,734.23 1937 Rents and Revenues (G. L, Proc. 1938, pg. 125) 158,322.21 1938 Rents and Revenues (G. L. Proc. 1939, pg. 168) 156,603.24 1939 Rents and Revenues (G. L. Proc. 1940, pg. 138) 165,754.81 1940 Rents and Revenues (G. L. Proc. 1941, pg. 132) 150,477.56 1941 Rents and Revenues (G. L. Proc. 1942, pg. 129) 164,134.42 1942 Rents and Revenues (G. L. Proc. 1943, pg. 114) 194,956.23 Total Rents and Revenues from beginning in 1926 $2,961,240.55 Receipts from $2.00 Assessment for Sixteen Years 1927 Assessment Collections reported in 1928 $ 74,676.00 1928 Assessment Collections reported in 1929 73,680.00 1929 Assessment Collections reported in 1930 77,904.00 1930 Assessment Collections reported in 1931 65,325.48 1931 Assessment Collections reported in 1932 56,785.1» 1931 Assessment Collections reported in 1933 1,898.54 1933 Assessment Collections reported in 1934 2,069.00 1934 Assessment Collections reported in 1935 43,863.21 1935 Assessment Collections reported in 1936 44,035.12 1936 Assessment Collections reported in 1937 42,480.08 1937 Assessment Collections reported in 1938 46,159.02 1938 Assessment Collections reported in 1939 45,481.28 1939 Assessment Collections reported in 1940 43,582.43 1940 Assessment Collections reported in 1941 43,920.40 1941 Assessment Collections reported in 1942 43,292.00 1942 Assessment Collections reported in 1943 43,382.00 Total Assessment Collections to Dec. 31, 1942 $ 748,533.73 Recapitulation Receipts Sixteen Years Revenue from the Masonic Temple $2,961,240.55 Receipts from $2.00 Assessment to Dec. 31, 1942 748,533.73 Total Receipts from beginning to Dec. 31, 1942 $3,709,774.28 OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 69

Operating Coat* Out of the above receipts we have paid operating expenses, insurance, taxes, interest, retirement of bonds, and borrowed money as shown in the succeeding statement. Operating Expenses This item includes actual expenses, wages, rental commissions, cost of alterations, repairs and insurance of all kinds. For the year 1927 $79,061.88 For the year 1928 84,930.40 For the year 1929 80,221.80 For the year 1930 77,359.46 For the year 1931 76,149.86 For the year 1932 68,896.43 For the year 1933 65,493.95 For the year 1934 63,404.27 For the year 1935 62,251.22 For the year 1936 63,090.07 For the year 1937 1 64,074.55 For the year 1938 75,446.95 For the year 1939 69,717.74 For the year 1940 82,785.64 For the year 1941 103,428.85 For the year 1942 104,319.48 Total Expenses for SIXTEEN years $1,220,632.55 Taxes Paid For the year 1927 $12,935.71 For the year 1928 28,057.50 For the year 1929 28,788.50 For the year 1930 28,788.50 For the year 1931 28,788.50 For the year 1932 28,369.96 For the year 1933 26,718.13 For the year 1934 25,683.98 For the year 1935 21,950.54 For the year 1936 20,512.63 For the year 1937 20,340.25 For the year 1938 19,478.38 For the year 1939 20,043.38 For the year 1940 20,043.38 For the year 1941 20,635.95 For the year 1942 , , 20,635.95 Total Taxes paid for SIXTEEN years $ 371,771.24 Total expenses, rental commissions, insurance, repairs, alterations, and taxes from the beginning of the present Temple $1,592,403.79 70 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

Recapitulation Total Temple receipts, assessment collections all sources $3,709,774.28 Less expenses, Insurance, repairs, taxes, etc 1,592,403.79

Net balance to be applied to bonds, debts and interest $2,117,370.49

Interest Paid As previously advised, there are two items of interest payable by the Grand Lodge. One of these is interest on our First Mortgage Refunding Bonds due March 1st and September 1st of each year, and all the Temple Revenues are pledged for the retirement of the Bonds. The other item of interest is due on borrowed money which is secured by the faith and credit of the Grand Lodge. A Special Assessment is now in force for the purpose of payment of this and other obligations of the Grand Lodge. These amounts paid to date are as follows:

Interest Paid on Bonds For the year 1927 $78,069.61 For the year 1928 81,033.33 For the year 1929 79,227.40 For the year 1930 77,949.18 For the year 1931 75,139.17 For the year 1932 72,499.17 For the year 1933 69,804.16 For the year 1934 67,870.00 For the year 1935 57,332.50 9OT the year 1936 48,164.14 For the year 1937 46,136.77 For the year 1938 44,708.77 For the year 1939 43,176.12 For the year 1940 46,702.66 For the year 1941 50,123.69 For the year 1942 48,495.43 Total interest paid on bonds SIXTEEN years to August 31, 1942 $ ~9W,432.10 To this amount should be added the interest accrued September 1 to December 31, 1942 15,928.33 And income tax at source paid on interest coupons to U. S. Government, to December 31, 1942 6,531.53 Fees paid trustee for cashing bonds and coupons, trans- fer of funds, cancellations, and tax reports 2,685.88

Total interest, Government Tax, and costs on bonds $1,011,577.84 OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 71

Interest Paid on Unsecured Debts Interest paid on above for SIXTEEN years $ 154,462.60

Total interest paid on bonds and unsecured debts.... $1,166,040.44 Less interest collected on deposits during entire time.— 5,029.51

Total net interest paid in SIXTEEN years $1,161,010.93

Recapitulation Net revenue from Temple Earnings and Assessment $2,117,370.49 Less net interest paid on bonds and borrowed money.... 1,161,010.93

Balance to apply on principal of all debts $ 956,359.56 Out of the funds available, we have paid and retired the following outstanding obligations of the Grand Lodge.

Paid on Principal Paid and retired Mortgage Bonds to Dec. 31, 1942 $ 544,300.00 Paid on Unsecured Debts to Dec. 31, 1942 363,300.00 Paid Refund to N. O. Lodges, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 (final) on overpayment of Temple Assessment 41,388.49

Total Debts retired since erection of Temple $ 948,988.49 We paid the interest on coupons due March 1st and September 1st, 1942. We have made payment of interest to the Grand and Shreveport Consistories, El Karubah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and the Grand Chapter, R. A. M. of La. in full to December 31, 1942, $2,661.00. The total amount in principal due these bodies is $88,700.00.

Conclusion The foregoing report and statement is submitted that you may see what has been done with your money from the erection of the present Temple to date. We have paid $948,988.49 debts, $1,011,577.84 interest, $371,771.24 taxes, and $1,220,632.55 operating expenses, insurance, rental commissions, repairs, alterations, etc. All accounts have been audited by M: W: Brother George A. Treadwell, C. P. A., appointed by the Grand Master, and full report will be made of this audit. Fraternally submitted, Board of Directors of the Grand Lodge Hall, D. PETER LAGUENS, Jr., Secretary. 72 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

REPOBT OP TUB TEUSTEES, MASONIC HOME FOE CHILDREN The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Masonic Home, M:W: Bro. Edwin P. Gayle, P. G-. M., made the following report, which was received and ordered printed in the proceedings. At its first meeting, the Board organized by electing the writer of this report as Chairman, M: W: J. Luther Jordan, Vice-Chairman, and M: W: Bro. George A. Treadwell, Secretary-Treasurer. The new member of the Board was R: W: Bro. Otto E. Passman, by virtue of his election to the office of Grand Junior Warden. The report of the Superintendent of the Home, Bro. George B. Summers, gives a complete history of the life and activities of the Home and to his report I invite your earnest consideration. The report of the Secretary-Treasurer of the Board, Bro. George A. Treadwell, presents a picture of the finances of the Home. Your attention is directed to the fact that in 1941, $11,972.33 was spent in repairs and replacements and in 1942, $5,227.23 was spent for the same purpose. Since very little repairs have been made upon the property since completion and occupancy in 1926, there was much to be done in the way of renovation and repairs. Of the sum expended during 1942, $1200.00 was spent in the rehabilitation of two houses on the property donated to the Home by Brother J. W. Bolton, and $800.00 for the installation of a new pump, leaving a balance of $3,227.23, part of which was used in tearing down and rebuilding an old barn that formerly stood on the Bolton property and the repair and rebuilding of fences. Other items of repairs and improvements are covered in the report of the Superintendent. The present physical condition of the Home property is better than it has been in many years. A careful reading of the Superintendent's report or a visit to the Masonic Home at Alexandria, will convince you that the well kept buildings, beautiful grounds and environment, are calculated to leave a lasting impression on the boys and girls of our deceased brethren who are being cared for in our Masonic Home. That the Masons in Louisiana and the members of the Order of the Eastern Star take the greatest of pride in the Home and its upkeep, is evidenced by the most generous gifts received from individual Masons and members of the Eastern Star as well as the Lodges and Chapters throughout thfr State.. A great deal of this interest has been stimulated by the activity of our beloved Grand Lodge Secretary, Brother D. Peter Laguens, Jr., and those assisting him in displaying the moving pictures of the Masonic Home and its activities. Illustrious Brother Guy W. Risley, Grand High Priest, of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, has OF THE STATE Of LOUISIANA 73 been active throughout the past year in securing donations for the tools and equipment of a woodworking shop, plans for which is before the Board for consideration, and which, when completed and fully equipped, will be of incalculable value in training our young boys being cared for at the Home. Mrs. Mattie R. Major, Worthy Grand Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, has been untiring in her zeal and activity in behalf of the Home as will be shown by a reference to the report of the Super- intendent. Brother George A. Treadwell, Past Grand Master Dr. Dee A. Strickland, Brother George Younger, the Grand Consistory of Lou- isiana, R: W: Brother Otto E. Passman, Teflis Grotto of Monroe, Brother L. W. Harris of Alexandria, Brother R. S. Copeland of Lees- ville, and many others, have been most generous in their gifts of time and money toward the beautifying of the Home and its environment. All this is indicative of the sincere love and deep interest entertained by the Masons and the members of the Order of the Eastern Star in the welfare of the children of our Home. During the year, the Superintendent, accompanied by a small group of children, visited Lodges and Eastern Star Chapters as circumstances would permit, throughout the State and everywhere expressions are heard praising the fine appearance, good behavior and accomplishments of our children. Usually children living in an institution acquire the appearance of institutional children. I am glad to say that this characteristic is not evidenced in the children of our Home. Our boys and girls attend the public schools and high school in the City of Alexandria. They attend divine services in the several churches of their choice or in the denomination of which their parents were members. They dress like other children and live and act like other children, and are being prepared to go out into life and to take part in life's activities on the same footing and with the same, or better, qualifications as other young men and women who have not suffered the loss of their parents. When I first became a member of the Board of Trustees, the most serious problem confronting the Board was the welfare of the children after they are discharged from the Home at the age of 18 years. This problem has now been met, and is being met, by the generous contributions of the Lodges and the Masons throughout Louisiana. The Christmas and educational fund which has been created by the annual Christmas donations, has accumulated, so that now there is in that fund $5,398.27, which may be drawn upon to defray the expenses of our graduates in such college or university as they may choose to attend after leaving the Home. In addition to this is the generous gift of Mrs. Ida M. Looney to the Masonic Edu- cational Foundation, Inc., amounting to $7,500.00, the income from 74 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE which is dedicated to the education of the boys and girls graduating from our Home. These funds are a direct donation which the bene- ficiary is under no obligation to repay. Supplementing these funds, if need be, are funds from the Tucker Foundation, administered by the Masonic Educational Foundation, Inc., which may be loaned to the student with the understanding that the amount so loaned will be repaid without interest, within live years after the date of the loan. Under these circumstances, we might say that a boy or a girl, children of our deceased brethren, are indeed fortunate in being received and cared for in the Masonic Home for Children. The future of such boy or girl is indeed assured and the loving care exercised by the Board of Trustees and the Superintendent of the Home, is now extended for four additional years after our children leave the Home. In this connection I might be pardoned for suggesting that in the event the generous impulse springs from the breast of any Mason, that he could not do better than to give during his lifetime or to leave at his death, some offering that may contribute to the well-being of the children in our charge. For such I might suggest the following as a clause to be incorporated in your last will and testament: "I give and bequeath to the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisi- ana, F. & A. M., for the use and benefit of the Masonic Home for Children, the sum of $ , to be used for the higher education of the children under its care." A practice which was instituted by resolution of Thos. C. Walton, when Master of Caddo 179 is to make a gift in memory of a deceased brother, sister or friend, to the Masonic Home for Children, in lieu of sending flowers. Upon the receipt of such a gift sent to Brother D. Peter Laguens, Jr., Grand Secretary, a beautiful memorial certificate is issued by the Grand Lodge, signed by the Grand Master and the Grand Secretary, under the seal of the Grand Lodge, and is sent to the family of the deceased brother or sister. This practice has not been greatly advertised but is growing more and more popular among the members of the fraternity and surely no more appropriate way of expressing sympathy for a deceased brother can be found, and it is my earnest wish that you take note of this fact and lose no opportunity of suggesting this means of the expression of sympathy. Respectfully submitted, EDWIN F. GAYLB, Chairman. FULL, LIST OF CHILDREN ADMITTED FROM THE OPENING OF THE HOME TO DECEMBER 31, 1942. Date No. Name of Child Lodge Post Office Birth Date Leaving Date Admitted Home 1 Region Pattie W. H. Baker No. 388 Mangham 5-27-10 6-22-25 11-30-40 2 Region. R. B W. H. Baker No. 388 Mangham 9-25-12 6-22-25 6- 8-31 3 Region, X. O W. H. Baker No. 388 Mangham 12-31-14 6-22-25 7- 1-33 4 Region Tom W. H. Baker No. 388 Mangham 10- 2-17 6-22-25 9- 1-35 5 Region Gemma W. H. Baker No. 388 Mangham 11- 6-19 6-22-25 6-29-37 6 Region. Cecil. W. H. Baker No. 388 Mangham 3-19-22 6-22-25 1-22-39 7 Curry, Paul Anchor No. 261 Pollock 8-21-12 6-29-25 3-13-26 8 Curry, Edwin Anchor No. 261 Pollock 10- 9-14 6-29-25 10-30-28 9 Curry, Bernice Anchor No. 261 Pollock 11-22-16 6-29-25 11-29-30 10 Blakemore, Willie Mae Brdokville No. 161 Oak Ridge.. . 10- 5-10 6-30-25 8-28-27 11 Blakemore, Lillie Brookville No. 161 Oak Ridge... 8-22-12 6-30-25 8- 1-29 12 Gates, Beatrice Mt. Vernon No. 83 Logansport... 6-30-25 7- 4-25 13 6-20-09 14 Gates, Gladys Willie Mt. Vernon No. 83 Logansport... 1-20-11 6-30-25 6- 2-28 15 Gates, Homer Mt. Vernon No. 83 Logansport... 3-23-14 6-30-25 6- 2-28 16 Gates, Wilson Mt. Vernon No. 83 Logansport... 3-26-17 6-30-25 6- 7-35 17 Britton, Estelle Michael Dempsey No. 327. Jena 11- 9-14 7-11-25 6- 7-35 18 Blakemore, John H Brookville No. 161 Oak Ridge 10-11-07 7-16-25 9- 1-26 19 Anthony, Pauline Plorien No. 263 Florien 10-30-14 7-18-25 9- 5-26 20 Anthony, Floise Fiorien No. 263. Florien. 3- 3-16 7-18-25 9- 5-26 21 Anthony, Dorothy Florien No. 263 Florien 3-26-18 7-18-25 9- 5-26 22 Anthony, Spreight. Florien No. 263 Florien 1-30-20 7-18-25 9- 5-26 23 Morrison, O. J DeRidder No. 271... DeRidder 7-11-13 8- 8-25 6-30-27 c 24 Solomon, Harry B Mt. Moriah No. 59. New Orleans.. 10-24-11 8-11-25 8-16-25 a 25 Chadock, Evelyn D Caddo No. 1 79 Shreveport. .. 6-30-14 9-13-25 12-20-25 26 Charlock, Helen L CaddoNo. 179 Shreveport. .. 7- 7-19 9-13-25 12-20-25 m 27 Chadock, Charlotte Caddo No. 179 Shreveport. .. 1-18-22 9-13-25 12-20-25 28 Giles, Edwin W Orleans No. 397 New Orleans.. 7- 4-11 9- 9-25 6- 7-31 29 Giles, Philip A Orleans No. 397 New Orleans.. 9-27-13 9- 9-25 6- 2-28 30 Watson, Robert L St. Helena No. 96. .. Greensburg. .. 8- 4-16 9-16-25 9-22-27 31 Watson, Morris C St. Helena No. 96. .. Greensburg... 11- 1-22 9-16-25 8-28-35 32 Collier, Helen W Doric No. 205. Morgan City. 12-28-13 10- 1-25 9- 9-31 33 Collier, Geo. C Doric No. 205 Morgan City.. 12- 8-15 10- 1-25 7- 7-34 34 Collier, Ward C Doric No. 205 Morgan City. 9- 6-17 10- 1-25 2-18-35 35 Collier, Mary Luva Doric No. 205 Morgan City.. 11-21-19 10- 1-25 2-18-35 36 Lane, Violet Jeannette Dalley No. 265 Chatham 10-18-17 10- 5-25 10-18-32 37 Lane, James M Dalley No. 265 Chatham 12-28-19 10- 5-25 7-12-33 38 Lane, Alva Harold Dalley No. 265 Chatham 4- 5-21 10- 5-25 10-24-35 39 Henderson, Robert A Georgetown No. 298. Georgetown. . 1- 5-13 10-11-25 10-19-25 40 Henderson, Reese B Georgetown No. 298. Georgetown.. 5-28-16 10-11-25 10-19-25 Reid, Carter E Caddo No. 179 Shreveport.. . 2-26-14 10-23-25 6- 1-26 76 PEOCEEDINGS OF T1JE GRAND LODGE

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. .'*VvO\OiO'0<0|0'0 FULL LIST OF CHILDREN ADMITTED FROM THE OPENING LM*1 THE HOME TO DECEMBER 31, 1942—Continued. Date Name of Child Lodge Post Office Birth Date Leaving Date Admitted Home Fields, Capitoia Yellow Pine No. 282 Oakdale. 2-18-17 2- 6-27 11-19-30 Fields, Iris Yellow Pine No. 282 Oakdale. 8-30-18 2- 6-27 6- 3-36 Rembert, Ina Boyce No. 273 Boyce. 8-10-12 3-22-27 8-28-37 Rembert, Elaine BoyceNo. 273 Boyce 1-21-15 3-22-27 6- 7-35 Rembert, Rovenna Boyce No. 273 Boyce 11-14-16 3-22-27 6- 7-35 Rembert, Julian Boyce No. 273 Boyce 6-21-21 3-22-27 6- 8-38 hi Rembert, Winona.... Boyce No. 273 Boyce 8-22-23 3-22-27 2- 1-41 Robbins, Elanor C Eastern Star No. 151 Winnfield 1-23-24 8-14-27 Erath, John H Aurora No. 193 New Iberia... 8-14-17 8-15-27 8- 1-29 o Miller, Opal Chas. F. Buck No. 260.. Urania 10- 9-15 8-26-27 6- 7-33 Miller, Mary C Chas. F. Buck No. 260.. Urania. 10- 5-17 8-26-27 6-20-34 Miller, Willard O Chas. F. Buck No. 260.. Urania. 8-31-19 8-26-27 6-12-36 Miller, Earl R Chas. F. Buck No. 260. ., Urania. U-30-21 8-26-27 9-15-34 Schorr, Catherine B Perfect Union No. 1 New Orleans. 3-11-19 9- 8-27 8-28-35 Schorr, John B Perfect Union No. 1 New Orleans. 4-28-20 9- 8-27 8-28-35 Schorr, Pauline M Perfect Union No. 1 New Orleans. 7- 6-23 9- 8-27 8-28-35 Heidraann, Chester J Ionic No. 374 New Orleans. 1-25-22 9-30-27 6- 1-40 Heidmann, Warren J Ionic No. 374 New Orleans. 6-20-23 9-30-27 10- 7-40 Daricek, Lawrence E Curtis T. Hines No. 317. Tioga 4- 7-16 3-23-28 8-26-33 Daricek, Lucille E Curtis T. Hines No. 317. Tioga 7- 7-18 3-23-28 1-20-35 Daricek, Doris L Curtis T. Hines No. 317. Tioga 9-20-20 3-23-28 6-11-39 Daricek, Warren H Curtis T. Hines No. 317. Tioga 2-17-23 3-23-28 10- 7-40 O Stafford, Catherine D DeQuincy No. 279 DeQuincy. . . 7-18-23 6- 3-28 6-30-37 Harper, Edith L Olla No. 303 Olla 1-17-16 7-21-28 2-25-34 a Harper, Otis Theron Olla No. 303 Olla 5-30-19 7-21-28 2-25-34 Lowry, Mildred W. M. Baker No. 388... Mangham. 12-20-24 8-11-28 7-10-29 Watson, Josephine St. Helena No. 96 Greensburg. 1- 6-18 2-10-29 6- 8-35 Boyett, Robert J Eastern Star No. 151 W— i .fieeld: ' . 12- 6-22 6-11-29 6- 6-37 Boyett, Dale W Eastern Star No. 151 Winnfield 6-20-24 6-11-29 6- 6-37 s Cooper, Eugene H Rosepine No. 290 Rosepine. 1-11-25 6-30-29 10-13-39 Davis, Bertie Belle Grangeville No. 231 Grangeville. . 6-22-16 8-13-29 9- 9-31 Davis, Ivy Maude Grangeville No. 231 Grangeville. . 10- 7-19 8-13-29 6- 7-38 Davis, Willie Myrle Grangeville No. 231. Grangeville. . 7-30-24 8-13-29 6- 1-40 Schorr, Joseph Perfect Union No. 1. New Orleans. 1-28-25 9- 2-30 8-28-35 Cooley, Annie Margueritte Leander No. 310. ... Leander 10-19-21 9-11-30 8-20-37 Cooley, Perry D Leander No. 310. ... Leander 1-18-24 9-11-30 8-20-37 Frederick, Laverne Podson No.. 289. Dodson 9- 7-20 1- 4-31 5-25-39 Frederick, Norma DodsonNo. 289 Dodson 2-17-23 1- 4-31 12-29-40 Frederick, H B Dodson No. 289 Dodson 4-14-24 1- 4-31 11-14-40 Frederick, Virginia Dodson No. 289 Dodson 8-29-26 1- 4-31 10- 9-40 Barry, Henry Sterling Sts. John No. 153... Algiers 5- 1-19 1-10-31 9-11-32 McCann, James A...... , .,.,,.. Mt. Vernon No. 83.. Logansport. . 7- 7-22 8-11-31 8- 9-36 Carlton, Geneva , Ida No. 324 tda 2-11-22 8-13-31 7- 4-38 Carlton, Mildred E Ida No. 324 Ida 7-24-25 8-13-31 Carlton, Gene Collins Ida No. 324. Ida. 9-23-28 8-13-31 Rich, Charles Irven. . . Geo. Washington No. 65. .. New Orleans 4- 3-21 8-15-31 5-25-39 Rich, Harold Lee Geo. Washington No. 65. .. New Orleans 1-10-23 8-15-31 Rich. Cathryn E Geo. Washington No. 65. . . New Orleans 9-26-24 8-15-31 5-30-41 Schmidt, Gloria Union No. 172 New Orleans 10-25-23 8-26-31 1-24-41 Johnson, Charles O Denham Springs No. 297.., Denham Springs. 2-28-22 9-17-31 7- 9-38 Mott, Tommy Treen Olla No. 303 Olla 1-30-22 10- 4-31 8-28-35 Mott, Bertha E Olla No. 303 Olla 12-19-23 10- 4-31 8-28-35 Mott, Geneva Elsie Olla No. 303 Olla 6- 3-25 10- 4-31 8-28-35 Fore, Wilma Lee Grangeville No. 231 Grangeville 5-28-19 2- 2-32 8- 1-35 Fore, John Dwight Grangeville No. 231 Grangeville 3-20-21 2- 2-32 8-28-35 Fore, Willie Elane Grangeville No. 231 Grangeville 3- 4-24 2- 2-32 8-28-35 DeHaan, Hiram John Mackey No. 122 Ringgold 11-20-20 9-15-32 6- 6-37 Melder, Ivy Webster Glenmora No. 356 Glenmora 7- 7-23 9-15-32 10- 7-40 Melder, Rabelle Glenmora No. 356 Glenmora 7-31-26 9-15-32 Melder, Charles Owen Glenmora No. 356 Glenmora 1-26-29 9-15-32 Couniot, Marjorie Perseverance No. 4 New Orleans 6-28-21 9-19-32 6-27-37 Redus, Mary Gretchen Michael Dempsey No. 327. Jena 4-25-23 9-25-32 5-30-41 w Redus, Betty Ross Michael Dempsey No. 327. Jena. 4- 7-25 9-25-32 Redus, Davis Auding Michael Dempsey No. 327. Jena. 10-24-26 9-25-32 M Wiggins, Joseph T Anchor No. 261 Pollock 4-22-24 10-17-32 7-12-34 Reed, Helen E Gibsland No. 304 Gibsland 12-23-20 1- 2-33 1-23-39 hi Wiggins, N. Elaine Anchor No, 261. Pollock 4-21-21 2-18-33 7-15-38 DeHaan, Bertha C Mackey No. 122 Ringgold 3- 5-22 3- 9-33 1-25-41 DeHaan. Juanita G Mackey No. 122 Ringgold 6-27-24 3- 9-33 7-20-42 Bedsole, Theodore H Glenmora No. 356 Glenmora 6-11-24 6-25-33 6- 1-40 Rich. Bonnie May Geo. Washington No. 65. . . New Orleans. 12-10-29 7-29-33 fc-1 Booker, Fayda MerryviHe No. 329 Merryville.. . 8- 2-21 7-29-33 9-16-37 O Booker, James A Merryville No. 329 Merryville.. . 3-21-23 7-29-33 10- 9-38 a Booker, Melba Merryville No. 329 Merryville... 5-23-25 7-29-33 1- 6-41 Booker, Millard Merryville No. 329 Merryville. .. 11-28-27 7-29-33 9- 3-40 Ken-, Mary Adeline Joppa No. 362 Shreveport.. . 9-22-23 10-30-33 5-29-41 Kerr, Lydia Joppa No. 362 Shreveport.. . 9- 4-25 10-30-33 Finley, Howard Michael Dempsey No. 327. Jena 9- 3-24 11- 3-33 4- 1-39 Finley, Louis G Michael Dempsey No. 327 . Jena 9-28-26 11- 3-33 9-21-40 Valentine, Veloice Columbia No. 164 Columbia.... 7-24-21 2-28-34 5-29-11 Valentine, Lila May Columbia No. 164 Columbia 2- 8-25 2-28-34 Valentine, Charlotte Columbia No. 164 Columbia.... 9-26-26 2-28-34 10- 9-38 Woodall, Geraldyne Lorraine Concordia No. 305 Vidalia 9-12-23 7-10-34 Woodall, Robert George Concordia No. 305 Vidalia 3- 6-27 7-10-34 7- 5-40 King, Percy L Chas. F. Buck No. 260 Urania 2- 9-24 11- 1-34 10- 7-40 Kopp, Albert Joseph Osiris No. 300 New Orleans. 12- 3-28 11-18-34 8-17-41 Mitchell, Shirley M Blazing Star No. 212 Port Allen, .. 4-25-23 2-17-35 7-13-40 Mitchell, Peggy J.... Blazing Star No. 212 Port Allen.. . 6-28-24 2-17-35 7-13-4C Mitchell, Bennie L Blazing Star No. 212 Port Allen... 1-24-26 2-17-35 7-13-40 Mitchell, Milton M Blazing Star No. 212 Port Allen.. . 3-24-28 2-17-35 7-13-40 Mitchell, Harold L Blazing Star No. 212 Port Allen... 3- 9-30 2-17-35 7-13-40 Mitchell, Elmer Lee Blazing Star No. 212 Port Allen... 10-25-31 2-17-35 7-13-40 FULL LIST OF CHILDREN ADMITTED FROM THE OPENING OF THE HOME TO DECEMBER 31, 1942—Continued.- 00 Date Name of Child Lodge Post Office Birth Date Leaving © Date Admitted Home Broussard, Dorothy J Live Oak No. 346 Lake Arthur. 8-17-24 7-15-35 Broussard, Harold W Live Oak No. 346 Lake Arthur. 9-21-25 7-15-35 Broussard, Robert D Live Oak No. 346 Lake Arthur. 12-15-28 7-15-35 Broussard, Armilda Live Oak No. 346 Lake Arthur. 5-19-31 7-15-35 Broussard, Joe Ellen Live Oak No. 346 Lake Arthur. 7-26-33 5- 2-36 Revisore, Anna Belle Dante No. 174 New Orleans. 3- 6-23 6-14-36 8- 9-42 Revisore, John J Dante No. 174 New Orleans. 12-19-26 6-14-36 Revisore, Rocco G Dante No. 174. New Orleans. 7- 6-31 6-14-36 Pugh, Mary Fearl Simsboro No. 235 Simsboro.... 11-23-24 8-14-36 Pugh, Jesse Edward., Simsboro No. 235 Simsboro.... 10- 5-26 8-14-36 Pugh, Lena Muriel Simsboro No. 235 Simsboro.... 5-12-28 8-14-36 Jones, Charles Owen Michael Dempsey No. 327 ... Jena 4-26-28 10-21-36 6-10-39 Futrell, Leo E Anchor No. 261 Pollock. 9- 6-24 10-29-36 6- 1-40 Futrell, Orlan Anchor No. 261 Pollock. 10-30-26 10-29-36 7-10-40 Solorio, Juanita Cervantes No. 5 New Orleans. 4- 2-25 2-28-37 11-9-41 Solorio, Joseph Cervantes No. 5 New Orle 7- 6-26 2-28-37 11-9-41 Mueller, Rudolph P Germania No. 46 New Orleans. 11- 9-24 6- 9-37 1-12-39 Romano, Frank Dante No. 174. New Orleans. 8- 8-26 12-11-37 8-19-42 Romano, Joseph G Dante No. 174. . New Orleans. 10-28-27 12-11-37 8-19-42 Romano, Philip R Dante No. 174. New Orleans. 5-30-29 12-11-37 8-19-42 Sayre, Wm. Sim W. H. Baker No. 388 Mangham. . . 8-17-25 2-15-38 Sayre, Louis Stanley W. H. Baker No. 388 Mangham 12-13-32 2-15-38 Sayre, Patricia Ann W. H. Baker No. 388 Mangham. . . . 11-29-33 2-15-38 Steen, Charles L Olla No. 303 Olla 1-28-28 5-30-38 6-10-38 Barton. Mary Ruth Forest Hill No. 254 Forest Hill... 2-23-34 6- 5-38 Fergus )n, Melba Dell Pioneer No. 340 Pioneer. 5-18-27 10-15-38 Smith, Geraldiue Ajax No. 325 Marthaville . 11-23-25 11- 4-38 Smith, Albert L Ajax No. 325 Marthaville 10-16-28 11- 4-38 Smith, Bobbie Ray Ajax No. 325 Martha ville. 3- 3-30 11- 4-38 Smith, Gladys Merline Ajax No. 325 Marthaville. 12-23-32 11- 4-38 Martin, Shirley Aldora Caddo No. 179 Shreveport. 6-22-30 9- 3-40 1- 6-42 Martin, Marguerite Marcella CaddoNo. 179 ~>hreveport. 9-24-32 9- 3^tO 1- 6-42 Oxley, Carolyn Yonette Linn Wood No. 167 : New Orleans. 7-26-38 9-29-40 Oxley, Peggie Marie Linn Wood No. 167 New Orleans. 3- 9-34 9-29-40 McNeil, James William Little River No. 341 Rochelle 12-18-32 4-20-41 8- 9-42 Giddens, Jr., Grover Cleveland Silent Brotherhood, No. 146. Coushatta. . . 9-28-32 4-30-U 11-9-41 Pugh, Clifford Earl Simsboro, No. 235 Simsboro. . . . 9-5-35 8-25-41 Wilson, George Laney Rapides No. 306 Alexandria. . . 7-29-29 8--25-41 Wilson, Joyce Constance Rapides No. 306 Alexandria. 9-22-31 10-19-41 Wilson, Jack Connerly Rapides No. 306 Alexandria. 9-22-31 10-19-41 Poche, Walter Andrew, Jr Aurora No. 193 ew Ibe " 10-18-30 8- 7-42 Poche, Wilma Louise Aurora No. 193 Iberia. 2-21-33 8- 7-42 OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 81

EEPOET OF SUPERINTENDENT OF MASONIC HOME FOE CHILDREN Brother George B. Summers, Superintendent of the Masonic Home made the following report which was received and ordered printed in the proceedings. Brethren: It is my duty and pleasure to present for your information the seventeenth annual report of the Masonic Home for Children. In these days of anxiety as to what the future holds for the whole world, rationing of the necessities of life and when .economy of operation is more essential than ever, the most important Question is still, "How the life of the Home permanently affects the lives of our children and how they are able to adjust to the outside world when they leave the Home." The statistical reports speak for themselves and I shall try in these paragraphs to talk with you about the general life of the Home and how the problems of human relationship and personality are met. The participation of our boys and girls in the church and community life is increasing as they demonstrate their ability to adjust to such responsibilities and we are proud to observe that they rank above the average in appearance, behavior and scholastic attainments. So far as we have been able to ascertain, not one of our former children has been arrested or implicated in any crime and we are convinced that they are adjusting normally and assuming responsibilities creditably as they take their places in society. We are convinced that there will be better American homes, better churches and better communities because of the opportunities afforded at the Masonic Home and ws are also convinced that in the various branches of Uncle Sam's armed forces in the far flung corners of the world there are better soldiers fighting today because back at the Masonic Home they had an opportunity to develop into strong and healthy men. We feel that much progress has been made in the educational field. All four of our last year's graduates are in college, Betsy Redus and Lydia Kerr at Northeast Junior College and Dorothy Broussard and Catherine Rich at Southwestern Louisiana Institute and the reports, so far, are most encouraging. All college expenses, beyond that which they earn through student aid, are paid from our Educational Fund, which was inaugurated during 1941 when Dr. Dee A. Strickland was Grand Master. Our children have been provided with the finest magazines of the country, a daily newspaper, and also more than $200.00 worth of splendid new books by the Grand Consistory of Louisiana, A.A.S.R.M. Our Library is becoming more and more popular and, at the same time, more and more beautiful with the addition of the Venetian Blinds and draperies, made possible by Mr. George 82 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

Younger of Alexandria. Study hour is held each evening in the Library for all high school students, while those in grammar school study in their living1 rooms. Brother Guy W. Risley, Grand High Priest, R.A.M., collected funds and purchased nucleus equipment for a work shop for the boys. Our monthly News Letter continues to grow in popularity and we are receiving requests all along for additional names to be placed on our mailing list until it is getting to be quite a job each month to get this out. We appreciate the comments which we receive almost daily and also we appreciate the splendid response to the list, "Some of Our Needs", which we carry each month. Through this little bulletin We have been able to keep in touch with many of our former boys and girls and we enjoy this correspondence with them and feel that it is a great help to us in holding our family together. We hope eventually to effect an alumni organization. A service flag in honor of our boys and girls in the Armed Forces has been purchased and now carries 31 stars. Because of the smaller population, two of our dormitories are not in use, but they have to be kept clean and the many other details of housekeeping have to be carried on just the same as when there were twice as many to divide the work among. The banking system which we inaugurated some time ago is increasing in efficiency as a method of teaching the children to save, as well as to spend wisely. The majority of the children have purchased defense stamps and some have saved enough money to open accounts in town. When a child has saved as much as $5.00 in his Home account, we encourage him to invest it, either in defense stamps or by opening up an account in a bank in town. A number of improvements have been made, both in the buildings and the grounds during 1942. Early in the year, the two small farm houses on the ten-acre plot which was donated to the Home by the late Brother J. W. Bolton, were moved nearer the highway, separated and renovated throughout. These two three-room cottages were readily rented at $35.00 per month each. The old barn which stood on the same plot and presented an unsightly picture was wrecked, moved across the highway to a place near the new dairy and reconstructed into a stock shed with storage space for hay and corn. A new centrifugal pump was installed to replace the old worn out air pressure pump and has practically paid for itself by affecting an almost 50% decrease in the electric bill. New screens were installed in practically all windows and doors in the main building and infirmary and the frames and other iron work on the exterior of the buildings were repainted to prevent further OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 83 corrosion. The screen frames in the windows of the Superintendent's cottage were repaired and repainted at the same time. The two play rooms in the basement of the main building were divided to provide separate play space for the little children from that of the older ones. The North play room was made into a play room for the little boys and a combination club room and Scout room for the older boys and the South play room was made into a play room for the little girls and a library. Our carpenter repaired and repainted some old tables and benches and we hope eventually to get some new equipment for these two play rooms and Scout room. Individual wardrobes for the children were installed and these have done much to improve the appearance of the dormitories and also resulted in an increased interest on the part of the children in the proper care of their clothes. All the beds and chairs in the dormitories and Infirmary have been treated to a new coat of white enamel and the other furniture has been freshly varnished. Teflis Grotto of Monroe provided funds for new furniture for the front hall; the Eighth Masonic District gave us money to purchase Venetian Blinds for the Junior Girls' dormitory, the windows on the four landing stairs in the front hall and the two guest rooms. Mr. R. S. Copeland of Leesville gave us the blinds for the senior boys' living room. New cabinets were built in the kitchen and the old tables were repaired and repainted. In the dining room, the girls, under the direction of and with the help of Miss Kemp, the dining room matron, repainted all the chairs, taking them outside one or two at a time as the weather and other conditions would permit, during the summer. Miss Kemp also made chair back covers for all the chairs and the carpenter repainted all the tables. The dining room with all the white furniture, white table cloths and white chair back covers is considerably brighter than it was formerly. We have, for quite some time, been in dire need of new dishes as those we have been using are badly battered and chipped from long and hard usage. Mr. L. W. Harris, Secretary to the Masonic Bodies in Alexandria heard our plea in this regard and was of great help to us in securing funds with which to purchase them. The order has been placed through Brother Otto E. Passman of Monroe and we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of these beautiful new dishes. Handsome pictures have been hung all over the Home as a result of a gift by Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Treadwell of New Orleans of an album of paintings. We had these framed and they add much to the beauty of the interior of the Home. The Worthy Grand Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, Mrs. Mattie R. Major, selected as her project for the Home during 1942. "Venetian Blinds and draperies for the Infirmary. The blinds have 84 PROCEEDINGS OP 11IK (JliANK I.OlKlh been installed and they add considerably to the beauty of the building, both inside anc out. We are grateful to Mrs. Major for starting this Venetian Blind project for us and we feel that soon we will have them for every department in the entire Home. We have planted a number of trees about the campus and quite a bit of shrubbery around the buildings. Our neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Pitts, gave us most of the nandina plants and, if you will examine the list of donations in kind you will see that quite a number of other friends have given us plants, bulbs, etc. to help us to beautify the grounds of the Masonic Home. This project has appealed to many as a method of paying tribute to friends and loved ones who have passed and a number of plants have been placed here as a result of donations to the Garden Beautiful Fund instead of sending flowers to the grave of deceased friends or loved ones. Before the supply of farm fencing was exhausted, due to defense needs, we were able to replace some of the old fences that were broken down and rusted out, using good creosoted posts with the new wire, enclosing some land not previously under pasture, in an effort to eradicate the crop of Johnson grass which has infested the land. The dairy herd is in good condition, and provides an abundant supply of milk for our use. The surplus has been churned to supplement the amount of butter we have been able to secure from the meat companies. Thus, without depriving the children of whole milk at any time, we have made butter, valued at market prices, amounting to approximately $150.00. The production of 60,408 pounds of milk (or $2,149.28 worth) enabled us to serve whole milk to the children in abundance at all meals and has been the most important single item in providing the well balanced diet for them. We are making every effort to "live at home" and we plan to participate in the "Pood for Victory Campaign" in 1943. With this in mind we have slaughtered hogs and calves to provide much of our meat. Estimated at market prices, we have consumed 1350.00 worth of our home produced meat, and we have about 20 hogs to be slaughtered as soon as the weather will permit. These animals were all produced and fattened here on our farm. The garden was more successful in 1942 than 1941. We consumed approximately $450.00 worth of home grown vegetables as well as having canned several hundred quarts of surplus. The sweet and Irish potato crops were splendid and aided us materially in decreasing the food cost for the Home. We think we have enough of these two articles of food to last us until the new crops come in. The good health of the children is the best proof that they are being properly fed. We give them plenty of fresh fruits and OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 85

vegetables along with the plentiful supply of whole milk which is produced here. More than 1,500 containers of canned goods was donated, largely through the efforts of the O.E.S. Chapters, and $513.00 was sent in lieu of canned goods. The rationing program is affecting us very much the same as it has most families and we are making every effort to adjust ourselves to it. Evidence of the good health of - our children is the fact 32.3% of the calendar time we were without a patient in our Infirmary for even the slightest ailment. The good food, regular habits, comfortable clothing and housing all contribute to the healthy condition existant among our group. We are giving you below our physician's report for 1942. Our dentist gives as much time as is necessary for the care of our children's teeth, usually coming to the Home each Saturday morning, and we give you below Dr. Jarrell's report for the year. The recreational and athletic program is always important where there is growing youth, and we are indebted to the Knights Templar of New Orleans for the athletic equipment which they have provided during the year. All of our girls who have reached the age of 13 have either been initiated into the Order of Rainbow for Girls or they have made petition. Our boys, as they reach 12 years of age join the Boy Scouts and we have a very active troop which meets each Friday night here at the Home in our own Scout room, under the direction of Mr. Wilson Cook, Scout Master of Troop No. 13. Golden Link Chapter, No. 57, of Boyce provided the sixteenth annual Easter Egg hunt; Mr. Norman Gordon, Manager of the Paramount Theatre and Mr. Don George, Manager of the Don Theatre, have been most generous to the children in providing entertainment by allowing the children to attend the picture shows when convenient for us to take them in; Mr. Hunter Jarreau, as has been his custom for a number of years, made it possible for all the children of the Home to attend Ringling Brothers Circus; the city permitted us the use of the Natatorium during the summer months; Electa Chapter, No. 10, O.E.S. again entertained the children with the annual Rob Morris picnic at Shady Nook; through the efforts of Grand Secretary D. P. Laguens, Jr. the entire group, with chaperons, was entertained with an outing September 1 and 2 in New Orleans and at Pontchartrain Beach. Most of our children are clothed by Eastern Star Chapters, Rain- bow Assemblies or individuals and we are proud to report that they are well clothed and are dressed in keeping with their school mates and associates at church and elsewhere. We are using hand-me-downs 86 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE and making over old clothes when practical in an effort to hold down the cost of clothing as much as possible, and we are urging the children to take the best care they can of their shoes, as well as all of their clothes and the equipment about our Home. The buildings, grounds and equipment are in better shape than they have been for a number of years and we are making every effort to be prepared to render every service possible in helping to relieve the distress and suffering that is surely to follow the horrible conflict in which the world is now engaged. The histories of child-caring institutions show that during periods of prosperity the populations decrease and then when depressions strike they are overtaxed by the demands for their services. We are, therefore, doing all in our power to "put our house in order" that the protecting arms of Masonic charity may be opened up to as many little children as possible when the reaction of this war sets in. Humbly conscious of our sins of omission as well as those of commission, we take justifiable pride in the achievements of the past year—achievements which could not have been brought about without the sincere, sympathetic and unfailing cooperation and interest of every member of the Board of Trustees, the Grand Lodge officers, the various Lodges and Masonic Bodies, the Grand Chapter and subordinate chapters of the Eastern Star, and the loyal members of our staff who are filling with us, as far as we are able, the place of a devoted father and mother to our large family. We are grateful to each and every one who has rendered a service to the Home and to these children, in the name of Masonry, and we trust that each one will receive from his investment dividends of satisfaction in having helped to give others a chance. Respectfully submitted, G. B. SUMMERS, December 31, 1942. Superintendent.

Mr. G. B. Summers, Superintendent Masonic Home for Children, Alexandria, La. Dear Mr. Summers: Herewith is a report of the medical work done at the Masonic Home during the year just passed. The general health of the children has been very good. We have had no epidemic of any kind and no very serious illnesses. The most prevalent illness was "colds", but in this instance we hospitalized only 23 for ttte year, which is in itself quite a record. Among other illnesses, we had 2 cases of chicken pox, 18 cases of indigestion or OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 87 upset stomach, which was due to unwise eating of green pecans, 11 minor injuries, sore throats 15, earache 2, croup 4, "Pink eye" 2, boils 1, poison oak 1, cramps 1 and bronchitis 1. There were 5 tonsilectomies done by Dr. Noel T. Simmonds and 2 appendectomies done by Dr. A. L. Culpepper and Dr. James A. White, Jr. These cases were handled in the Baptist Hospital at Alex- andria. During the year there were 2 cases o£ pneumonia hospitalized at the Baptist Hospital. All the above cases made uneventful re- coveries. During August all the children were given routine physical examinations which gives us a record of their growth and development. In closing let me state that I attribute the excellent health enjoyed by the children to excellent dental care, adequate and proper food and the fact that we get our vitamines from the dairy, garden and grocery store and not from the drug store. Very truly yours, (Signed) H. Aubrey White, M.D.

Mr. G. B. Summers, Supt, Masonic Home for Children, Alexandria, La. Dear Mr. Summers: The following is a summary of dental work rendered for the children at the Home during the year of 1942: Prophylaxis—76. Amalgam fillings—62. X-Rays made—4. Extractions (temporary teeth)—19. Ammoniacal, silver nitrate and formalin applications—3. Gold cast crowns—1. Synthetic porcelain filling—1. Surgical removal of impacted tooth—1. Permanent extraction of teeth, abscessed due to poorly construct- ed work prior to entrance to the Home and all cast 6-tooth true pontic bridge inserted where anterior teeth were removed. Three-fourth crown on upper left 3 and upper right 1 and 3—for Simmie Sayre. Sincerely yours, (Signed) M. P. Jarrell, D.D.S. 88 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAXD LODGE

KEPOKT OF SECRETARY-TREASURER OF MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN The Secretary-Treasurer of. the Board, of Trustees of the Ma- sonic Home, M:W: Bro. George A. Treadwell, P. G. M., made his report which was received and ordered printed in the proceedings. Brethren: I herewith submit financial statements as to the Masonic Home for Children for the year 1942.

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FINANCIAL CONDITION As at December 31, 1942

Assets There was cash on deposit in bank by Treasurer of- $ 2,895.91 And cash with the Superintendent of the Home of 1,592.43 We have invested in fully paid up stock of building and loan associations 14,000.00 United States baby bonds of a present value of 344.25 A bond of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana of a par value of 1,000.00 And certificates of the Grand Lodge for the new issue of bonds of 550.00 Water consumers owed us 259.20 And the City of Alexandria owes us, payable by application of gas bills 476.22 Food, clothing, supplies, materials, and farm produce on hand are valued at 2,978.03 And Insurance premiums which, although paid, are chargeable to operations of 1943 and subsequent years, total 1,845.68 The site of the Home cost (including $27,500.00 donated) 30,833.33 And the cost of depreciable fixed assets (detailed hereafter) was $311,192.05 Leaving, after deducting depreciation of 147,220.82 A net book value of 163,971.23 Tools and implements are valued at 881.60 And live stock at 1,105.00 And there is on deposit in banks in liquidation 4,657.82

Making total assets of : $"227,390.70 OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 89

Liabilities

There were unpaid bills for current expenses of $ 1,799.16 We have on deposit from water consumers... 169.00 And to the credit of an old folks' home 31.00 And we have received on account of 1943 per capita tax • 3,000.00 Making total liabilities of $ 4,999.16

There has been donated, but unexpended, to the: Rubie G. Eustis fund $ 40.00 Christmas and educational fund 5,398.27 For band expenses 128.71 Which, together with a general surplus of.... 216,824.56 Makes the total worth of the Grand Lodge in the Home $222,391.54 The general surplus has accumulated as follows: Prior to 1942 1942 Total Taxes and fees received through the Grand Lodge $691,104.42 $ 28,810.00 $719,914.42 Less operating cost, net of water, gas, and produce sold, and rent, and before depreciation 529,954.99 29,657.48 559,612.47

$161,149.43 ($ 847.48) $160,301.95 Donations 96,298.29 2,711.43 99,009.72 Bequests 6,118.72 100.00 6,218.72 Original investment by Grand Lodge 109,303.89 109,303.89

$372,870.33 $ 1,963.95 $374,834.28 Less: Interest paid, net $ 2,502.06 ($ 548.50) $ 1,953.56 Depreciation charged and fully depreciated assets 147,917.89 8,138.27 156,056.16

Total deductions $150,419.95 $ 7,589.77 $158,009.72

Net general surplus $222,450.38 ($ 5,625.82) $216,824.56 The net value of the depreciable assets is thus arrived at: 90 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

Reserve for Net Buildings: Cost Depreciation Value Main $234,751.63 $ 99,769.44 $134,982.19 Infirmary 31,656.13 12,662.46 18,993.67 Superintendent's cottage , 7,883.40 1,955.85 5,927.55 Dairy and milk house 4,220.54 2,834.29 1,386.25 Permanent improvements 12,638.60 10,205.98 2,432.62 Automobiles and tractors 4,961.06 4,714.11 246.95 Furniture and fixtures 12,355.33 12,354.33 1.00 Infirmary equipment 2,725.36 2,724.36 1.00

Total $311,192.05 $147,220.82 $163,971.23 ooOoo OPERATIONS The operations of the Home for the year 1942 resulted as follows: Income (Not including value of produce grown and consumed at the Home or value of donations in kind) Per capita and degree taxes $28,810.00 Donations in memoriam 238.42 Other donations ..._ 2,473.01 Bequests 100.00 Sales: Water $ 1,501.87 Produce 156.80 Miscellaneous 43.50 1,702.17 Interest 548.50 Rent '. 642.16

Total income $34,514.26 Expenses Salaries $ 3,600.00 Wages 4,809.66 Food (not including cost of produce used of $2,250.97) 3,187.96 Clothing and dry goods 1,234.62 Farm operations (deducting produce of $545.70 used, by farm but not deducting produce of $2,950.97 used for food) 2,971.56 Electricity 1,405.65 Gas 1,397.28 OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA

Laundry 1,859.08 Doctor, dentist, medicine, and hospitalization.... 1,284.66 Education and recreation., 683.80 Stationery, printing, and postage 332.48 Telephone and telegraph , 194.05 Household and toilet supplies 773.29 Automobile expense 330.21 Repairs and replacements 5,227.23 General and office expenses 1,014.20 Insurance and bond premiums 997.70 Social security taxes 488.58 Traveling 195.58 Sales tax 19.98

$32,007.57 Less, discounts on purchases 5.76 Expenses, exclusive of depreciation — 32,001.81 Net excess of income over expenses, before deducting depreciation $ 2,512.45 Depreciation: Main and infirmary buildings, 2%% $ 6,660.20 Superintendent's cottage, dairy and milk house, and permanent improvements, 5% 1,232.13 Tractor, 25% 245.94 8,138.27 Net loss, after depreciation $ 5,625.82 The income for the year was $2,270.08 more than for the previous year, while the expenses decreased by $7,017.10, a net improvement of $9,287.18. A great part of this improvement was by reason of $6,745.10 less having been expended for repairs and replacements, leaving a net improvement in other operations of $2,542.18. The increases and decreases are thus detailed: Increases in income: 1942 1941 Per capita and degree tax $25,810.00 $26,810.00 $ 2,000.00 Rent 642 16 642.16 Sales 1,702.17 1,472.27 229.90 Bequests 100.00 100.00 Donatio'ns in memoriam 238.42 185.50 52.92 $3,024.98 Decreases in income: Interest $ 548.50 $ 549.34 $ .84 Other donations 2,473.01 3,227.07 754.06 $ 754.90 Net increase in income .... $2,270.08 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

Decreases in expenses: 1942 1941 Repairs and replacements $ 5,227.23 $11,972.33 $ 6,745.10 Food 3,187.96 4,187.49 999.53 Electricity 1,405.65 2,082.80 677.15 Clothing and dry goods 1,234.62 1,766.74 532.12 Wages 4,809.66 5,091.67 282.01 Gas 1,397.28 1,578.20 1S0.92 Laundry 1,859.08 1,960.35 101.27 Interest and discount 37.52 37.52 Household and toilet supplies.... 773.29 782.21 8.92

$ 9,564.54 Increases in expenses: Farm operations $ 2,971.56 $ 2,215.54 $ 756.02 General and office expenses 1,014.20 342.86 671.34 Adjustments of tools and implements (466.75) 466.75 Education and recreation 683.80 506.90 176.90 Doctor, dentist, medicine, and hospitalization 1,284.66 1,165.63 119.03 Social Security taxes 488.58 376.45 112.13 Insurance and bond premiums.. 997.70 925.18 72.52 Stationery, printing and postage 332.48 273.54 58.94 Traveling 195.58 138.13 57.45 Telephone and telegraph 194.05 172.64 21.41 Sales tax 19.98 2.19 17.79 Automobile expense 330.21 319.34 10.87

$ 2,541.15

$ 7,023.39 Discounts on purchases 5.76 12.05 6.29

Net decrease in expenses $ 7,017.10 There were children residing in the Home during the year 1942, as follows: January 1 to January 6 45 January 7 to July 20 43 July 21 to August 6 42 August 7 to August 9 44 August 10 to August 19 42 August 20 to December 31 39 This is an average of 41 children, or to be mathematically exact, 41.49863. The per capita cost of operation, exclusive of depreciation, was: OP THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 93

Total Per Child Expenses $32,001.81 Less, directly offsetting income 1,702.17

$30,299.64 $ 739.02

This cost per child is comparable with that of previous years thus:

Number of Cost Year Children per Child 1928 to 1934 $409.00 to $256.05 1935 90 $267.63 1936 87 291.55 1987 86 336.03 1938 82 333.05 1939 75 367.09 1940 63 481.75 1941 49 766.26 1942 41 739.02

CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS

GENERAL FUND Cash Receipts

Per capita tax and degree fees $28,810.00 Donations 2,116.81 Bequests 100.00 Sales of water, produce, etc 2,085.42 Rent 642.16 Interest 540.00 Refunds of expenses 240.25 Frozen deposits 1,566.05 Deposits for water service 34.00 Taxes 1943, in advance 3,000.00 Certificate for bond cashed 50.00

Total cash receipts, general fund $39,184.69 Cash overdrawn, December 31, 1941 2,381.07

Total to account for $36,803.62 94 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

Cash Disbursements Notes payable $6,000.00 Repairs and replacements 5,743.71 Refund of deposits 19.00 Live stock 175.00 Donation, check dishonored, nsf 5.38 Running expenses 25,930.17 Total cash disbursements, general fund $37,873.26

Cash overdrawn, general fund, December 31, 1942 $ 1,069.64 oo O no CHRISTMAS AND EDUCATIONAL FUND Cash on hand, December 31, 1941... $ 4,456.91 Donations received 2,027.89

Total cash to account for $ 6,484.80 Less: Purchases for Christmas > $335.84 Education 750.69 1,086.53

Cash on hand, December 31, 1942 $ 5,398.27 -ooOoo BAND FUND Cash on hand (no receipts or disbursements) $ 128.71 ooOoo OLD FOLKS' HOME FUND Cash on hand (no receipts or disbursements) $ 31.00 CASH SUMMARY Cash on hand, December 31, 1941: Christmas and educational fund $ 5,398.27 Band fund , 128.71 Old folks' home fund 31.00

$ 5,557.98 General fund overdraft 1,069.64

On deposit by Treasurer $2,895.91 With Superintendent 1,592.43 Total cash $ 4,488.34 OT THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 95

DISPOSITION OF INCOME FROM INCEPTION OF THE HOME In order to give a complete accounting for the funds entrusted to the Board of Trustees during the entire period of its existence, the following tabulation is presented. The Home began full operations in the first part of the year 1926: Seventeen Prior to Years, Jan. 1, Jan. 1,1926 to Receipts: 1926 Dec. 31,1942 Total From Grand Lodge: Accumulated Widows and Orphans Fund f 95,466.14 $ 95,466.14 Interest thereon 10,739.55 10,739.55 Profit on sale of securities.... 3,118.20 3,118.20

Total receipts from Grand Lodge $109,323.89 $109,323.89 Per capita and degree tax 128,126.00 $591,788.42 719,914.42 Donations 54,369.00 59,390.97 113,759.97 Bequests 6,218.72 6,218.72 Sundry 60.00 1,847.67 1,907.67

$291,878.89 $659,245.78 $951,124.67 Less operating expenses.. 22,358.46 550,318.51 572,676.97

Receipts in excess of Expenses $269,520.43 $108,927.27 $378,447.70

The above revenue has been thus invested: Land 30,833.33 $ 30,833.33 Main building 234,663.13 $ 88.50 234,751.63 Infirmary building 31,656.13 31,656.13 Dairy and milk house 4,220.54 4,220.54 Superintendent's cottage 7,883.40 7,883.40 Gas line 13,376.16 * (5,375.00) 8,001.16 Permanent improvements 6,070.87 6,567.73 12,638.60 Furniture and fixtures 6,456.39 5,898.94 12,355.33 Infirmary equipment 2,725.36 2,725.36 Automobiles 1,202.50 4,510.64 5,713,14 Tools and implements 175.00 788.70 963.70 Live stock 838.50 266.50 1,105.00 Cash on hand 917.84 3,570.50 4,488.34 Accounts receivable 735.42 735.42 Bonds and homestead stock 15,894.25 15,894.25 96 PKOCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

Merchandise on hand 2,978.03 2,978.03 Insurance premium paid in advance 820.10 1,025.58 1,845.68 Frozen cash 4,657.82 4,657.82

$295,353.82 $ 88,093.04 $383,446.86 Less notes and accounts payable 25,833.39 (20,834.23) 4,999.16

$269,520.43 $108,927.27 $378,447.70 Less depreciation taken 156,056.16

Surplus, December 31, 1942 $222,391.54

Donations other than in cash (with the exception of the original donation of land, valued at $27,500.00) are not included in the above figures. aoOoo DONATIONS

The following donations received during the year are gratefully acknowledged: EASTERN STAR CHAPTERS: 1 Rob Morris: $55.00. 4 Louise L. McGuire: canned goods. 9 Jennings: $62.50; clothing. 10 Electa: flowers for graduates; $5.00. 11 Lizzie: $43.50. 12 Sunny South: canned goods; $8.00. 13 Natchitoches: $34.25. 15 Mizpah: $5.00. 16 Ruth; clothing, canned goods. 17 Miriam: $8.00. 20 Martha: $2.00; canned goods. 21 Allen: canned goods. 24 Pern Leaf: $5.10. 26 Esther: $15.00; clothing. 28 Evergreen: $3.50. 30 Acacia: $5.00. 33 Pinehurst: $36.75. 34 Adah: $20.00. 35 Sts. John; $5.00. 36 Nova Stella: $12.00. 38 Naomi: $73.75. 41 Radiant: $6.40; clothing; canned goods. 42 Providence: canned goods. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 9?

43 Signet: $26.66. 44 Laurel: $25.19; clothing. 46 Lafayette: clothing; $20.18. 48 Lorraine: clothing; $3.00. 53 Minden: $5.00. 54 Aurora: $7.50; fruit juice. 55 Palestine $15.50; canned goods. 57 Golden Link: Easter egg hunt. 58 Priscilla: $17.00; clothing. 61 Wistaria: $60.00; salt. 64 Crescent: $9.75. 65 Eureka: $2.50. 66 Guiding Star: $10.00. 69 Ideal: canned goods. 72 Ruby: $7.50; canned goods. 74 Crowley: $21.00; clothing. 75 Golden Sheaf: $ .50. 77 Hope Villa: $5.00. 78 Golden Rule: $81.50; canned goods; clothing; tin foil. 81 Southern Pines: $7.75. 82 Jessamine: $26.90. 84 Ira: $5.00. 90 Holly: canned goods. 92 Charity: $5.00. 93 Star of Bethlehem: $1.15. 94 Madison: $3.60. 97 Lakeside: canned goods; sweet potatoes; macaroni; rice. 100 Jewel: $2-.00. 101 Rochelle: $5.00. 103 Mansfield: $18.50; clothing. 106 Pine Grove: $4.50. 109 Hall Summit: $1.50. 110 Corona: quilt; $6.00. 111 Wagner: $10.00. 113 Corinthian: $15.00. 116 Tensas: $20.00; canned goods. 117 A. W. Connely: $10.05. 119 Loyalty: $5.00. 121 Rising Star: $2.00. 127 Olive Branch: $10.00. 130 Victory: $20.00; canned goods. 131 Ringgold: $3.75; canned goods. 135 Cedar Grove: $2.00. 138 Urania: canned goods; macaroni. 139 Tyrian: $20.00. 140 Perseverance: $28.00. 98 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

141 Wm. D. White: $21.50. 143 Sicily Island: $10.25. 144 Lake Arthur (and Live Oak Lodge No. 346, $12.50): $19.00. 148 Mer Rouge: $15.00. 151 Daylight: Easter eggs; preserves; $5.00; separately wrapped Christmas present for each child. 152 Mangham: $5.00. 157 Campti: pillow cases, bath cloths, towels, tooth brushes, soap, tooth paste, dentifrice, handkerchiefs, toilet powder, side combs. 159 Delta: $5.00; flour, candy, dress, canned goods, shoes, hose, rice, soap. 160 Fidelity: $15.00. 161 H. C. and M. C. Duncan: $17.50. 162 Istrouma: $10.00. 163 Baton Rouge: $20.00; clothing; canned goods. 164 Calcasieu: $10.00. 166 Theodore Roosevelt: preserves; $4.50. 167 Orleans: $5.00. 168 Jachin; $3.50. 169 Metairie Ridge: $10.00. 170 Downsville: $10.00; clothing. 173 Areme: $16.50. 174 Wimodausis: $3.00. 179 Dixie: $10.00. 181 Annie D. Bennett: $11.00. 183 Pioneer: canned goods. 184 Uriel: canned goods. 186 Sunset: $2.00; canned goods. 187 Queensborough: $7.00; canned goods; jigsaw puzzles; books. 189 Elizabeth Thompson: canned goods. 190 Germania: $3.00. 191 Encircler: $8.00. 194 Fraternal: $3.00. 196 Asenath M. Green: $10.00. 197 J. T. Charnley: $10.00. 200 Zwolle: $8.75. Greenwood, U. D.: $2.33.

LODGES: 1 Polar Star (and District No. 11): $13.00. 1 Perfect Union: $19.25. 5 Cervantes: $30.00. 19 Humble Cottage: $15.00. 38 Phoenix: $9.71. 47 St. James: $25.00. OF THE STATE OF LOl'ISIW* 99

53 Union Fraternal: $5.00. 54 Mt. Gerizlm: $10.00. 57 Franklin: $11.43. 59 Mt. Moriah: $20.00. 65 George Washington: $87.03. 70 Hiram: $12.02. 76 Quitman: $10.00. 79 St. Joseph: $5.00. 83 Mt. Vernon: $8.50. .84 Oliver: $10.00. 87 Lafayette: $5.00. 96 St. Helena: $8.79. 106 Ruston: $52.60. 116 Acacia: $16.80. 120 Delhi: $25.00. 122 Mackey: $11.60. 123 Liberty: $7.00. 133 Gordy: $5.00. 135 Plains: $10.00. 144 Ocean: $11.17. 146 Silent Brotherhood: $8.78. 160 Livingston: $10.00. 165 Lake Charles: $8.84. 167 Linn Wood: $110.00. 168 Montgomery: $12.00. 172 Union: $6.50. 174 Dante: $40.71. 179 Caddo: $60.00. 190 Corinthian: $44.37. 205 Doric: $43.25. 221 Solomon: $35.00. 229 Cadeville: $10.00. 243 Crowley: $34.82. 247 Holly Springs: $1.05. 248 Kentwood: $24.50. 256 St. Andrews: $10.00. 260 Chas. F. Buck: $40.00. 262 Progressive: $10.00. 264 Pine $4.00. 267 Unity: $20.00. 269 Marksville: $14.94. 271 De Ridder: $17.46. 273 Boyce: $15.00. 279 DeQuincy: $8.00. 280 JonesboEo: $32.00. 286 Cheneyville: $4.50. 100 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

211 Kinder: $8.85. 292 Fordoche: $24.55. 293 Goldonna: $12.65. 300 Osiris: $5.00. 317 Curtis T. Hines: $5.00. 318 Pelican: $10.00. 327 Michael Dempsey: $15.00. 341 Little River: $5.00. 346 Live Oak (and Lake Arthur Chapter No. 144, O. E. S.): $22.50. 348 Springhill: $38.00. 349 Elton: $5.00. 359 Simcoe Walmsley: $10.00. 361 Invincible: $5.35. 362 Joppa: $15.00. 364 Vinton: $25.00. 372 Baton Rouge: $28.81. 376 Albert Pike: $5.00. 380 W. H. Booth: $35.00. 383 Graham Surghnor: $20.00. 386 Trowel: $20.00. 394 Euclid: $15.00. 396 John P. Purdy: $10.00. 398 Alexandria: $5.00. 400 Calcasieu: $11.54. 412 Daylight: $15.00. 413 David R. Graham: $7.53. 417 Square and Compass: $78.77. 418 Queensborough: $15.00. 420 Sterlington: $21.12. 421 Lee E. Thomas: $15.00. 422 Triumph: $22.55. OTHER BODIES: Second Masonic District, $50.00 Grand Lodge certificate for bond. Eleventh Masonic District (and Polar Star Lodge No. 1): $13.00. Thirteenth Masonic District: $310.00. Sixteenth Masonic District: $15.00. Eighteenth Masonic District: $18.70. Masonic Temple Committee, Alexandria: light fixtures for front of building. Keystone Chapter No. 44, Royal Arch Masons: $8.00. Delhi Chapter No. 72, Royal Arch Masons: $5.00. Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons: tools and work shop equipment. Knights Templar, New Orleans: candy, basket balls, foot balls. Grand Consistory of Louisiana, A. A. S. R. M* new books for library. OF THE STATK OF LOUISIANA 101

District No. 1, O. E. S.: $6.70. Grand Chapter, Order Eastern Star: $42.47, Venetian blinds for infirmary. Past Matrons and Past Patrons Club, Districts 5 and 6: $2.50. Past Matrons and Past Patrons Club, Districts 5, 6 and 9: $2.50. Officers' Forum: $25.00. Teflis Grotto, M. O. V. P. E. R.: furniture. David F. Huddle Chapter, Order of DeMolay. $60.00. Rainbow Assembly No. 10: clothing. Rainbow Assembly No. 14: $10.00, clothing. Rainbow Assembly No. 18: $2.50.

INDIVIDUALS AND OTHERS: Mrs. Ben Aertker, Alexandria; clothing, Kodak. Mrs. C. E. Alexander, New Orleans: preserves. Alexandria Fruit Co.: oranges, apples. Alia Coffee Co., Alexandria: baseballs and bats. American Association of University Women, Alexandria: admission to play. American Legion Auxiliary, Alexandria; canned goods. Moses Attrop, Alexandria: $10.00. Mrs. Albert L. Aymond, Alexandria: clothing. Mrs. William Baker, Alexandria: clothing. Gladys Fritzie Bauer, Alexandria: ice cream. Sgt. George C. Becker, Camp Claiborne: $5.00. David Bernhardt Paint and Glass Co., New Orleans: $7.50. Mrs. Ethel S. Bolger, Alexandria: magazines, toys. W. E. Bayette, Pollock: $1.00. Cotton Bros., Alexandria: fruit cake. J. W. Crews: $5.00. Dee Cutting, Jennings: tools. Frank Dixon—in thanks for escape, sinking SS Florence Lucken- bach: $5.00. Joe L. Dougherty (an E. A.): $5.00. Jos. Dresner, New Orleans: tennis nets. Sam B. Dreyfus, disbanded "jolly wives" club: $11.00. Mrs. Bertrand Ducuing, New Orleans: $1.00. Dewey Dunn, Alexandria: $2.50. W. N. Earnest, New Iberia: canned fruit, tobasco sauce. Mrs. Effie Edwards, W. Monroe: $1.00. Evangeline Hotel, Alexandria: rubber balls. J. B. Evans and family: $3.00. L. M. Ferguson: $10.00. Mrs. A. B. Finke, Elizabeth, La.: shoes. Walter M. Foster, Cuba: $10.00. Mrs. Robert Gillis, Alexandria; clothing. 102 PROCEEDINGS OP THE GRAND LODGE

Mrs. Nina Ginsberg, Alexandria: books. Mrs. A. B. Hahn, Winnfield: canned goods, clothing. Karl Hansen, New Orleans: fall length mirrors. J. J. Hawkshead, New Orleans: $1.17. Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Hedt: $7.00, plants, shrubs. Mrs. Myrtle Hintz, New Orleans: doll and wardrobe. W. W. Hixon, Alexandria: books. Hunter TTarreau, Alexandria: circus tickets. Dr. M. F. Jarrell, Alexandria: $10.00. Junior Service League, Alexandria: sandwiches. Mrs. Graham Kelso, Alexandria: pumpkins, sugar cane. R. Leslie Kiper, Monroe: $10.00. Kiwanis Club of New Orleans: $25.00. Mr., and Mrs. D. P. Laguens, Jr., New Orleans; spring and summer hats. Mr. and Mrs. Emile Leier, New Orleans: $2.00. Mrs. Isidore Levy, Alexandria: $2.00, clothing, canned goods, magazine subscription. Mrs. L. H. Long, Stockton, Texas: $1.00. Charles Lopez, Lafayette: $5.00. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Luck, New Iberia: $7.50, flower bulbs. Mrs. J. L. McCrory, Lake Charles: $2.00. Mrs. Gladys McDowell: $5.00, mirror, clothing. George M. Mack, funny papers, $1.00. Mrs. Mattie R. Major, WGM; Rosedale: $25.00. Mrs. E. N. Malone, DeQuincy: clothing. John March Farm and Canal Co., Crowley: $50.00. Mrs. Mary Carolyn Maurer, Lake Charles: clothing. Grover E. Mouton, Crowley: $5.00. Mrs. Opal Miller Nelson, Alexandria: flower bulbs, $1.00. J. E. Oliver, Alexandria: $30.00. H. W. Palfrey, Alexandria: $5.00, flower bulbs. Mrs. M. E. Peck, Shreveport: pictures. M. H. Phillips, New Orleans: phonograph records. President's Birthday Party, Monroe: $100.00 Grand Lodge certificate for bond. C. E. Price, Alexandria: cabbages. Capt. and Mrs. Graydon Pugh, Alexandria: football, games. Rapides Drug Co., Alexandria: candy. Rapides Grocery Co., Alexandria: oranges, apples, grape fruit, tangerines, candy. Red Cross Canteen Corps, Alexandria: apples. E. P. Redus, Borger, Texas: $10.00, clothing. Mr. and Mrs. Guy W. Risley, Alexandria: flower seeds and bulbs, magazines, papers. Mrs. J. H. Rowland, Shreveport: pictures. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 103

Miss Clarice St. John, Alexandria: flower bulbs. Dr. Vaughan Sanford, Alexandria: fall outfit for boy. Antonio Scalze, New Orleans: $15.00, subscription. Mrs. C. Z. Schmitt, New Orleans: scrap book. Mrs. Rachael J. Scott, Bunkie: Christmas card samples and pictures. T. W. Sharp, Baton Rouge: $20.00. Mrs. Mary Shevnin, Alexandria: plants, cuttings, bulbs, dresses, magazine. Major S. J. Sorelle, Lake Charles: $25.00. Louis G. Stavron, Alexandria: Easter eggs, apples, tangerines. F. Strauss & Son, Alexandria: apples, oranges, other fruit. J. C. R. Sullivan, 326th infantry, Camp Claiborne: $1.00. Surgical Service Station Hospital, Camp Claiborne: tin foil. Miss Hazel Sykes, New Orleans: $5.00. Mrs. George A. Treadwell, New Orleans: jig saw puzzles. Col. A. L. Werner, New Orleans: clothing. Mrs. Annie White Wilbur, Alexandria: shoes, dresses. Mrs. B. E. White, Fairbanks: $1.00. Major and Mrs. Charles Whittle, Alexandria: skates, games, knife. Miss Beatrice Williams, Kaplan: scrap book, funny papers. Miss Blanche Wilson, Sicily Island: $2.05. Adam Wirth, New Orleans: $1.00. Noah Yeager: $1.00. George Younger, Alexandria: $100.00. Zogi, the magician: magical show. A sailor from the far East in port, through Louisiana Relief Lodge: $5.00. An Ohio soldier: $10.00. Anonymous: $50.00 Grand Lodge certificate for bond. Member Oliver Lodge No. 84: $50.00. A friend in New Orleans: two large mirrors. A friend: $50.00 Grand Lodge certificate for bond. Unknown (from Shreveport via J. S. Fraering, New Orleans): canned goods. 104 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

DONATIONS IN MEMORIAM

By In Memory of Pecan Grove Lodge No. 222 James Rosen Adams Providence Chapter No. 42 James Rosen Adams Louisiana Council No. 2 Ben D. Argus Orleans-Delta Chapter No. 1 Ben D. Argus Pecan Grove Lodge No. 222 R. H. Baggett Emil Sundbery R. L. Baker Corinthian Lodge No. 190 Talbot J. Bartlette Emil Sundbery Clarence Clifford Barton Mrs. W. D. Ziegler Miss Erexine Brooks Orleans-Delta Chapter No. 1 Edward J. Cope Orleans-Delta Chapter No. 1 Joseph D. Corbera E. E. Sykes Joseph D. Corbera Murray family Warren E. Davis, Sr. Corinthian Lodge No. 190 Frederick J. Deimel, Sr. Caddo Lodge No. 179 1...A. D. Devore United States Govt. Employees—Antonio de Maggio Emil Sundbery George W. Dodge Babylon Chapter No. 66 William E. Dueease Corinthian Lodge No. 190 William E. Dueease Adam Wirth A. K. Duke Dr. J. Boring Montgomery J: W. Faulk Henry W. Robinson Octave Garsaud Jefferson Lodge No. 191 Touro Glucksman Murray family Dr. D. C. Handley Orleans-Delta Chapter No. 1 Archibald L. Healy Henry W. Robinson Bek Henriksen Beatrice, Anna, and Elvin Bernius..Louis Hufft Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 59 Louis Hufft Henry W. Robinson Louis Hufft Corinthian Lodge No. 190 Edward C. Hyatt Orleans-Delta Chapter No. 1 Leon Irwin Mr. and Mrs. A. R. McKee Andrew Jackson E. E. Sykes R. W. Jackson Aurora Lodge No. 193 Lester James Kahn Caddo Lodge No. 179 Peter Kaul Crescent City Lodge No. 387 George W. Knight Kosmos Lodge No. 171 Fred Lange Babylon Chapter No. 66 Charles A. Loesch E. E. Sykes Mrs. S. T. Lovett OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 105

DONATIONS IN MEMORIAM— Continued By In Memory of Natchitoches High School Joe Maddox Edwin F. Gayle Mrs. Lula D. Mandell Mothers' Club, McDonogh No. 18. Edward Mitchell Caddo Lodge No. 179 Jacob M. Owens Hiram Lodge No. 70 Felix J. Peytral Orleans-Delta Chapter No. 1 Ferdinand J. Poirier Elvin and Anna Bernius Mrs. Joanna Schafer Stolley John W. Armstrong W. H. Strickland Francis Barringer W. H. Strickland Edwin F. Gayle W. H. Strickland Thomas Green W. H. Strickland Leon Haas , W. H. Strickland W. D. Haas, Jr W. H. Strickland Q. T. Hardtner , W. H. Strickland W. S. Kingrey .....W. H. Strickland D. P. Laguens, Jr. W. H. Strickland U. W. McMillan W. H. Strickland J. Chris Nungesser W. H. Strickland E. E. Sykes W. H. Strickland George A. Treadwell W. H. Strickland H. H. Bain Ernest E. Sykes Edwin F. Gayle ..Ernest E. Sykes Gr. Consistory of La., A.A.S.R.M... Ernest E. Sykes Thomas Green , Ernest E. Sykes Indivisible Friends Com'y No. 1....Ernest E. Sykes J. Luther Jordan Ernest E. Sykes W. S. Kingrey Ernest E. Sykes Louisiana Council No. 2 Ernest E. Sykes Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 59 Ernest E. Sykes Orleans-Delta Chapter No. 1 Ernest E. Sykes Otto E. Passman Ernest E. Sykes Henry W. Robinson Ernest E. Sykes D. A. Strickland ...Ernest E. Sykes Adam Wirth Ernest E. Sykes Orleans-Delta Chapter No. 1 Willrod Joseph Thiry Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 59 S. Villani D. A. Strickland Mrs. Roger C. White E. E. Sykes Mrs. Blanche Hyatt Williams

Fraternally submitted, GEORGE A. TREADWELL, S ecretary-Treasurer. 106 PKOCEKDl.XGS OK THE GUAKD LODGE

REPORT OF THE AUDITOR The Grand Lodge Auditor, M :W: Bro. George A. Treadwell, P. G. M., presented his report which was received and ordered printed in the proceedings. To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, Free and Accepted Masons: In pursuance of my appointment by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, I have examined the statement of assets and liabilities of the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana as at December 31, 1942 and the statements of revenue and expense and surplus for the year then ended, have reviewed the system of internal control and the accounting procedures of the organization and have examined or tested the accounting records and other supporting evidence by methods and to the extent that I deemed appropriate, with the exception that I have accepted the figures shown by the records of the building agent-man- agers in respect of details of operation and that I have not confirmed by examination the transactions relating to the refinancing campaign further than determining that the amount of cash and securities on hand is as stated in the records of the Grand Lodge. These transactions were examined and confirmed, however, during the summer of 1942 by a corps of examiners over whom I exercised sufficient supervision to satisfy myself that they followed a procedure that I recommended. A deficiency of $1,167.25 in cash was disclosed by this examination, of which $1,112.25 has been paid by Mr. C. F. Scherer, up to that time a clerk in the Grand Lodge Office. In my opinion, subject to the foregoing qualifications in respect of the scope of the examination, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities and related statements of revenue and expense present fairly the position of the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana at December 31, 1942 and the results of its operations for the year 1942, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year. Fraternally submitted, GEORGE A. TREADWELL, Certified Public Accountant. ASSETS AND LIABILITIES As at December 31, 1942

Assets There was cash on hand and on deposit in bank of ? 15,252.40 There were net rent collections receivable from the building agents and received early in January of 5,970.48 And there was in the Whitney National Bank as Trustee for redemption of bonds not presented 133.38 OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 107

There was invested in Grand Lodge bonds for the cemetery perpetual care fund $5,000.00 and for the cemetery special fund $10,500.00 at par, or 15,500.00 In an United States Treasury bond for the latter fund at par 1,000.00 And for the general fund in Grand Lodge certificates for bonds 250.00 While there was accrued interest receivable on the above of 266.67 There was due and receivable from office tenants $15,- 841.16 for rent and services, against which $928.22 is reserved for doubtful accounts, leaving a net of—. 14,912.94 There was due and receivable from Masonic bodies for rent . 1,048.76 And for back dues and assessments $3,751.17 against which a reserve of $3,308.83 is carried, or a net of— 442.34 And there were accounts receivable for merchandise sold of - 958.27 There was merchandise on hand which cost $2,435.64 and fixed assets which cost, less depreciation, $85.38 a total of 2,521.02 There were advances on salaries of 991.23 And there had been advanced for expenses of the refinancing campaign now in progress 52,084.70 And to the Masonic Home for Children, against collections of Dec. 31 tax 3,007.62 The Grand Lodge owned the following property: Land (including $251,116.79 added in revaluation) $ 450,000.00 Building 2,369,706.95 Furniture and fixtures 82,905.15 Air conditioning plant 84,607.36 Equipment 8,816.52

$2,996,035.98 Against which depreciation has been charged, as detailed hereinafter, of... 660,839.67 Leaving a net value of , 2,335,196.31 There were the following prepaid expenses: Insurance premiums chargeable to operations of 1943 and subsequent years $ 9,775.46 Commissions paid, but chargeable against future rent collections 4,783.20 And there had been expended chargeable to the 1943 Grand Lodge session 98.27 Making total Drenaid expenses of 14,656.93 108 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

There has been expended bond discount and expense chargeable against future operations of 15,051.47 And there was to the credit of the refinancing campaign the following: Cash $ 459,216.58 Grand Lodge Bonds 13,900.00 War Saving Stamps 3,963.90 United States Treasury bonds 50,600.00 Accrued interest thereon 611.49 Making a total to the credit of the refinancing campaign of 528,291.97

Making total assets of $3,007,536.49 Liabilities And Special Fund Reserves (Not including a disputed assessment of $8,192.85 for paving abutting the Masonic cemetery, and interest thereon.) There was borrowed from the Whitney National Bank.... $ 55,000.00 And from the: Grand Consistory of Louisiana $42,500.00 Shreveport Consistory - 42,500.00 Grand Chapter, R. A. M 3,700.00 • 88,700.00 And there was interest payable thereon of 2,661.00 There were sundry accounts payable of ; 1,233.58 There were outstanding first mortgage 5% refunding bonds of which $15,500.00 are owned by the Grand Lodge, (see contra) , 955,700.00 And interest payable on them from September 1 to December 31, 1942 was 15,928.33 There was payable to the Masonic Home for Children... 11,315.88 There had been received from Lodges applicable to 1943 income 12,317.00 There was held in escrow from members of Pine Grove Lodge No. 218 128.29 And there was held for the refinancing campaign 528,291.97

Making total liabilities of $1,671,276.05 So that the excess of the assets of the Grand Lodge over its liabilities (not including a net investment of $222,- 391.54 in the Masonic Home for Chil- dren and equity in the Masonic Ceme- tery) was: Special fund reserves: For perpetual care of cemetery lots.— $ 5,334.05 OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 109

Proceeds of the sale of lots in cemetery No. 2 dedicated to maintenance 22,918.30 Prom the Grand Master's expense fund for January expenses 459.16

Making total special fund reserves of $ 28,711.51 And a general surplus of 1,307,548.93 Or an excess of assets over liabilities of... $1,336,260.44

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Condensed Statement of Assets and Liabilities The assets and liabilities are more tersely expressed, and compared with those as at December 31, 1941, as follows:

Assets December 31, • 1942 1941 Cash $ 15,385.78 $ 11,708.33 Investments at par 17,016.67 15,748.86 Accounts receivable, net 23,332.79 13,782.79 Inventory of merchandise 2,521.02 1,623.05 Advances 56,083.55 42,373.83 Fixed assets, net after depreciation 2,335,196.31 2,373,700.46 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges.... 29,708.40 29,637.70 Refinancing campaign collections 528,291.97 216,793.82

Total $3,007,536.49 $2,705,368.84

Liabilities Notes payable $ 143,700.00 $ 123,700.00 Accounts payable (not including disputed paving assessment) 1,361.87 15,335.96 First mortgage 5% bonds 955,700.00 988,400.00 Accrued interest 18,589.33 19,134.33 Masonic Home for Children 11,315.88 11,859.91 Deferred credits 12,317.00 9,619.00 Accountable to refinancing campaign 528,291.97 216,793.82 Special fund reserves and general surplus (not including investment in Masonic Home for Children and equity in Masonic cemetery) 1,336,260.44 1,320,525.82

Total 13,007,536.49 $2,705,368.84 110 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

General Surplus The general surplus of $1,307,548.93, comparable with $1,293,506.23 at December 31, 1941, is thus composed: Prior to 1942 1942 Total By appreciation of land $ 251,116.79 $ 251,116.79 Special assessment 705,151.73 $43,382.00 748,533.73 Other general surplus 783,575.63 3,243.59 786,819.22

$1,739,844.15 $46,625.59 $1,786,469.74 Less deficit from building operations 446,337.92 32,582.89 478,920.81

$1,293,506.23 $14,042.70 $1,307,548.93 ooOoo Reserve for Depreciation The reserve for depreciation has been accumulated thus: Rate per Dec. 31, Dec. 31, Annum 1941 1942 1942 Building 1%% $525,090.86 $35,023.56 $560,114.36 Furniture and fixtures 10 % 81,805.85 169.33 81,975.18 Equipment 10 % 5,627.51 455.43 6,082.94 Air conditioning plant 5 % 8,436.82 4,230.31 12,667.19

$620,961.04 $39,878.63 $660,839.67 Of the furniture and fixtures, $81,210.83 and of the equipment $4,262.22 has been fully depreciated. ooOoo Revenue and Expenses The revenue and expenses of the Grand Lodge for the year 1942 were as follows (sales of lots in cemetery No. 2 not included, but credited to the cemetery fund): Operating Revenue: Budgeted Received Dues and degree fees receivable as at Dec. 31, 1941 $26,660.00 $26,651.00 Interment fees 450.00 540.60 Interest on cemetery fund investments 650.00 771.56 Certificates and diplomas 100.00 178.00 Charter fee 50.00 Sale forfeited lodge property, etc 201.50 Net profit on merchandise sales—.. 750.00 1,207.67

$28,610.00 $29,599.73 OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 111

Running Expenses: Budgeted Expended Salary Grand Secretary $ 3,000.00 $ 3,000.00 Salaries, Grand Secretary's office 2,910.00 2,427.50 Salaries Grand Lecturers 5,100.00 4,781.25 Grand Lodge session, 1942: Grand Tyler, Grand Organist and Grand Chaplain 90.00 35.00 Mileage and per diem 5,700.00 5,007.81 Printing proceedings 1,650.00 1,667.14 Stationery and printing 250.00 369.96 Postage 800.00 500.15 Special relief 325.00 325.00 (a) Grand Master's expenses 1,350.00 1,503.02 Grand. Lecturer's expenses 1,000.00 889.05 Grand Secretary's conference expense 150.00 150.00 Office general and traveling expenses 1,800.00 1,600.25 Louisiana Relief Lodge 300.00 300.00 Masonic Employment Bureau 300.00 300.00 Masonic Service Association 615.00 614.55 Service Committee 400.00 246.68 Code Committee 100.00 118.32 Foreign Correspondence Committee 100.00 100.00 Social security taxes 475.00 427.68 Sales tax (absorbed in other expenses) 75.00

$28,590.00 $26,516.02 Discount on purchases 12.24 Net running expenses $26,503.78 Net operating revenue $ 3,095.95 Special $2.00 assessment 43,382.00 $46,477.95 Net income building, before interest and depreciation 60,782.34 Net income Grand Lodge, before interest and depreciation $107,260.29 Interest charges 53,486.60 Net income before depreciation $53,773.69 Depreciation of fixed assets 39,878.63 Net income $13,895.06 Add profit on Grand Lodge bonds purchased 147.64 Net income and profit on bonds $14,042.70 112 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGK

(a) The Grand Master's expenses are made up as follows: Disbursed prior to 1942 Grand Lodge session in excess of reserve $ 153.02 Disbursed by Grand Master Jordan to Dec. 31, 1942 890.84 Total disbursements $ 1,043.86 Reserved for expenses Dec. 31, 1942 to Feb. 8, 1943.... 459.16 $ 1,503.02 (b) Applying interment fees and interest on investments, the expense for cemetery maintenance was $789.14 more than the income, as compared with $823.83 in 1941. It is to be noted that the net income of the Grand Lodge from all sources except profit on purchases of its bonds, after paying all interest charges and allowing for depreciation, was $13,895.06, as compared with a deficiency of $15,310.47 for 1941, a gain for the year 1942 of $29,205.53. ooOoo • Paraphernalia and Lodge Equipment Department The second year of operation of this department resulted in its being built up to the extent that it returned a net profit of $1,207.67, as compared with $732.07 for the first year (1941). The Grand Lodge at December 31, 1942 had $1,539.85 invested in this department, as evidenced by the following statement of assets and liabilities, in comparison with December 31, 1941.

Assets 1942 1941 Accounts receivable $ 958.27 $ 716.65 Merchandise on hand, at cost 2,435.64 1,534.40 Fixed assets ($105.81, less depreciation of $20.43) 85.38 88.65

Total $3,479.29 $2,339.70

Liabilities Accounts payable None $ 247.08 Capital, Grand Lodge of Louisiana: Invested by Grand Lodge $1,539.55 1,360.55 Net profit 1,939.74 732.07

Total $3,479.29 $2,339.70 ooOoo Comparison of Revenue and Expenses with Previous Years The revenues for 1942, exclusive of building operations, increased $2,310.27 over those for 1941, while the expenses increased $570.28, a net better result of $1,739.99. The following items contributed to this result. O*' THE STATE OK LOUISIANA 113

Revenue Increases in Grand Lodge revenue: 1942 1941 Dues and degree fees $26,651.00 $25,308.00 $1,343.00 Profit on merchandise sales 1,207.67 732.07 475.60 Sale forfeited lodge property, etc. 201.50 201.50 Interest on investments 771.56 666.39 105.17 Interment fees 540.00 440.00 100.00 Certificates and diplomas 178.00 93.00 85.00 Charter fees and dispensation.... 50.00 50.00

$29,599.78 $27,289.46 $2,310.27

Expenses Increases in Grand Lodge expenses: Salaries Grand Lecturers $4,781.25 $ 3,187.50 $1,593.75 Masonic Service Association 614.55 614.55 Grand Master's expenses 1,503.02 1,024.67 478.35 Grand Lecturers' expenses 889.05 486.30 402.75 Cemetery maintenance 2,100.70 1,931.22 169.48 Stationery and printing 369.96 209.45 160.51 Printing proceedings 1,667.14 1,642.94 24.20 Code Committee 118.32 96.30 22.02

$3,465.61 Decreases in Grand Lodge expenses: Bad debts $ 1,151.85 $1,151.85 Miscellaneous $ 51.96 422.90 370.94 Salaries, Grand Secretary's office 2,427.50 2,790.00 362.50 Mileage and per diem 5,007.81 5,285.10 277.29 Postage 500.15 776.45 276.30 Office, general and traveling expenses 1,600.25 1,852.82 252.57 Social security taxes 427.68 574.02 146.34 Grand Tyler, Grand Organist and Grand Chaplain 35.00 90.00 55.00 Service Committee 246.68 272.54 25.86 Special relief 325.00 335.00 10.00

$2,928.65 Unchanged expenses 3,850.00 3,850.00

$26,516.02 $25,979.06 $ 536.96 Less, discounts on purchases 12.24 45.56 33.32

$26,503.78 $25,933.50 $ 570.28 114 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

Building Income and Expenses The operation of the building resulted as follows: Income Rent: Gross rentals, stores and offices $175,236.13 Less rental commissions 9,2I8\46

Net rentals, stores and offices $166,017.67 Auditorium '. 24.00 Lodge rooms 18,564.76

Net rentals $184,606.43 Sales of electricity and steam 686.00 Public telephone 234.72 Miscellaneous 210.62

Total income $185,737.77

Expenses Managing and clerical salaries $ 6,895.00 Wages 46,012.09 Supplies and equipment 12,743.72 Electricity 8,610.49 Fuel 1,792.24 Water : 548.95 Elevator expense 1,707.37 Air conditioning (estimated) 6,774.30 Lamps 779.29 General maintenance 3,043.04 Repairs, alterations and replacements 7,624.73 Stationery, printing, postage and office expense 142.43 Insurance 3,932.76 Board of Directors' meetings 453.09 Taxes, city and state 20,635.95 Social security taxes 2,205.55 Miscellaneous 1,318.92

$125,219.92 Less, discounts on purchases 264.49 Net operating expenses before depreciation 124,955.43

Net income before interest and depreciation $ 60,782.34 0E THE STATE Of LOUISIANA 115

Interest, etc.: First mortgage bonds $ 47,959.00 Borrowed money 2,661.00 Income tax paid at source 46.60 Amortization of bond discount and expense 2,820.00 • 53,486.60

Net income before depreciation $ 7,295.74 Depreciation 39,878.63

Net excess of expenses, including interest and depreciation, over income $ 32,582.89

Comparison of Building Operations with Previous Years The operations of the building are thus summarized in comparison with 1941: Increase or 1942 1941 Decrease* Gross rents, stores and offices.- $175,236.13 $144,061.18 $31,174.95 Less, rental commissions 9,218.46 5,029.04 4,189.42

Net rentals, stores and offices $166,017.67 $139,032.14 $26,985.53 Auditorium 24.00 110.00 86.00* Masonic 18,564.76 18,721.75 156.99*

. Net rentals $184,606.43 $157,863.89 $26,742.54 Other income 1,131.34 1,241.49 110.15*

Total income $185,737.77 $159,105.38 $26,632.39 Operating expenses before depreciation 124,955.43 124,064.80 890.63

Net income before interest and depreciation $ 60,782.34 $ 35,040.58 $25,741.76 Interest, etc 53,486.60 55,120.38 1,633.78*

Net income (or excess of expenses) before depreciation $ 7,295.74 ($ 20,079.80) $27,375.54 Depreciation 39,878.63 39,878.63

Net excess of expenses, in eluding interest and depreciation, over income $ 32,582.89 $ 59,958.43 $27,375.54* 116 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

The building operations, as set forth above, are expressed in terms of percentages to total income in the following statement: Net rentals: 1942 1941 General g9.38% 87.39% Masonic 10.01 11.83

99.39% 99.22% Other income .61 .78

Total income 100.00% 100.00% Operating expenses before depreciation 67.27 77.97

Net income before interest and depreciation 32.73% 22.03% Interest 28.80 34.64

Net income (excess of expenses) before depreciation 3.93% (12.61%) Depreciation 21.47 25.07

Net excess of expenses, including interest and depreciation, over income 17.54% 37.68%

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Comparison of Building Expenses with Two Previous Years Notwithstanding an increased building occupancy the expenses of operating the building were but slightly increased as compared with 1941, a larger expenditure in wages being offset by decreases in the expenditures for equipment, repairs, alterations and replacements. The following is a comparative table of expenses for 1942, 1941 and 1940: 1942 1941 1940 Managing and clerical salaries.... $ 6,895.00 6,490.00 $ 4,915.00 Wages 46,012.09 42,757.60 35,445.98 Supplies and equipment 12,743.72 16,946.65 6,736.56 Electricity '.. 8,610.49 8,661.95 7,900.45 Fuel 1,792.24 1,749.25 2,391.93 Water 548.95 665.20 509.49 Elevator expense 1,707.37 407.02 392.19 Air conditioning (estimated) 6,774.30 6,123.15 2,923.08 Lamps 779.29 646.66 636.54 General maintenance (from Oct. 1, 1941) 3,043.04 3,239.27 1,427.72 Repairs, alterations and replacements 7,624.73 7,087.63 8,985.22 OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 117

Stationery, printing, postage and office expense 142.43 126.77 32.75 Insurance 3,932.76 4,765.46 3,811.32 Board of Directors' meeting 453.09 198.78 513.93 Taxes, city and state 20,635.95 20,635.95 20,043.38 Social security taxes 2,205.55 2,747.84 1,216.08 Miscellaneous 1,318.92 1,281.98 2,798.74 Bad debts 2,490.94

$125,219.92 $124,531.16 $103,171.30 Discounts on purchases 264.49 466.36 342.28

$124,955.43 $124,064.80 $102,829.02

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Return on Investment in Property The total investment in property as carried on the books is $2,996,035.98. The return in percentages on this investment for the year in comparison with the two preceding years was: 1942 1941 1940 Total income 6.20% 5.31% 5.03% Expenses 4.17 4.14 3.47

Net income before interest and depreciation 2.03% 1.17% 1.56% Interest 1.79 1.84 1.86

Net income (excess of expenses) before depreciation 24% (.67%) (.30%) Depreciation 1.33 1.33 1.35

Net excess of expenses including interest and depreciation, over income 1.09% 2.00% 1.65% 118 PROCKEDI.NGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

BEPOBT OP THE GBAND LECTUEEES

Brethren:

Another year has come and gone since I stood before you in this Grand Lodge. Another year has been added to the years that have gone before; another year with its joys and its sorrows; its successes and its failures; and yet, though added to the record of the past, is still fresh in our memories, laden with recollections of friendly associations and hallowed by ties past but not forgotten. A new year opens before us, bringing in hearty greetings, the renewal of warm friendships and the joy which true men feel ivhen united in purposes that elevate their natures to higher planes of thought and action. Our hearts should be full of gratitude for the blessings and bounties that have crowned our days and that it again permitted us to assemble around a common altar to offer our devotions to Deity, asking His blessing upon our assembly and His aid in all our deliberations.

In conformity to an established custom I shall now proceed, as briefly as possible, to render an account of the stewardship so generously, and so confidently placed in my hands one year ago. If I have done anything that I should not have done, or if I have left undone anything I should have done, I trust you will correct the error and supply the omission. All that I dare to claim is that all my actions have been with an eye single to the dignity, the advancement, and the interest of the Craft. If I have measurably succeeded my highest ambition will have been gratified.

I have given my entire time to the work and from personal contact with the members of ninety seven lodges, and from information received, it affords me pleasure to report that generally speaking, the lodges throughout my territory are in a healthy condition. The attendance at my classes of instruction have been above the average of former years, the brethren have manifested a keen interest in the esoteric work and are better qualified than ever before. I have issued the usual number of certificates of proficiency. I spent two weeks with the brethren of the city lodges and am glad to report that the attendance and interest was satisfactory in every respect. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 11!)

To the members of the New Orleans Association and to the certificate brethren throughout my territory I wish to express my sincere thanks. They are doing worth while Masonic work and can not be too highly commended. My association with the Grand Master and the officers of the Grand Lodge has been most cordial throughout the year, and to each of them I wish to express my sincere appreciation. The Pale Reaper has been at work in our midst and some whom we have known and loved have preceded us to mysteries other than our own. To the bereaved relatives of these dear brethren we extend our sincere sympathy. May God's richest blessings rest and abide with us during our deliberations, and when we are called hence may we be received into that house not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens. Fraternally submitted,

JESSE A. TAYLOR, Grand Lecturer.

Brethren: One year ago you entrusted to me the responsibilities of the duties of Grand Lecturer, and I am happy to render you an account of my work for our Masonic year 1942. First, I would like to thank you for the confidence you placed in me. While I have done my best to carry on the work in a creditable and acceptable manner according to the foot-prints left for me by my beloved predecessor, I have sometimes felt that I was not worthy of the trust placed in me. However, by the gracious cooperation of the brethren with whom it has been my privilege to work this past year, I feel and know we have done a fine work. The brethren of all the lodges I have visited have been most gracious in their reception of my work, and I feel a deeper responsibility due to the confidence they exhibited and expressed. I am afraid this exhibition of my ability to teach the work isn't merited, this being my first year; and I know there is much about the work I can still learn. I want to thank each and everyone who has helped to make this year's work so pleasant and successful. With your cooperation much has been accomplished; and I have enjoyed the work and wish to thank you for the happy privilege of being your Grand Lecturer. This has enabled me to meet and make new friends I never would have known otherwise, and I am grateful for it. I have enjoyed this year's work more than any work I have ever 120 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE done. My love for Masonry and the love I see exhibited by others for our beloved order more than make up for any sacrifices made. I am indeed grateful to our Grand Secretary, Brother Pete Laguens, for his many kindnesses to me and his wise counsel which I frequently needed. Many others of the Grand Lodge officers were very kind and helpful to me, and I thank each and everyone. I am pleased to report that with only a few exceptions all lodges in my section of the state seem to be doing some extra work this year and are in a healthy Masonic condition. There is much interest among certificate holders, and to them goes much of the credit for the condition of their lodge. Almost without fail, the more certificate holders, the more interest manifested, and I hope to see the day when every lodge will have one or more who hold a certificate of proficiency. These certificate men are untiring in their work for their brethren, and they are due all the thanks we can give them. I am very grateful for their cooperation and help. During the Masonic year it has been my pleasure to issue fifty-seven new certificates of proficiency, and one hundred thirty-nine renewals, which illustrates the interest shown by those who have labored to learn the esoteric work. I have visited one hundred lodges in my section of the state and am happy to report that I had classes at ninety-six of these lodges. At four of them I failed to get a class and was unable to give any instruction. However, I am sure that our unsettled condition due to this disastrous war was responsible for the failure of some of these four lodges, all of which are rural and in which many of the brethren are away. I had hoped to be able to report classes at each lodge and made every effort to do so. I had the pleasure of having two periods of visits with the brethren of the New Orleans lodges. During April of 1942 I met with several of the brethren for three days for school of instruction, and beginning January 25, 1943, I had a most wonderful two weeks session with them. The brethren were most gracious to me and from the interest shown by these brethren, I can understand why the city lodges are so ioyal and carrying on such a fine work for our beloved order. Too much praise cannot be given the members of the certificate association for their work. I extend my grateful thanks and deepest appreciation to all who have helped to make this year's work so pleasant and successful. With kindest personal regards to all, I am Sincerely and fraternally, R. C. LEEVES, Grand Lecturer. OF THE STATE Or LOUISIANA 121

REPORT OF LOUISIANA BELIEF LODGE No. 1 The W: Master of Louisiana Relief Lodge, W: Brother Louis T. Walsdorf, made his report, which was received and ordered printed in the proceedings. I am glad to submit this my annual report for Louisiana Relief Lodge No. 1. Since my last report I am able to say that our Relief lodge conducted 23 funerals for lodges in other jurisdictions as reported below. However, included in this total is one Funeral conducted for one of the local lodges. We were called on for this service because this lodge had two funerals at the same time: Mississippi 5, Louisiana 5, Arkansas 1, Iowa 2, Illinois 2, Texas 3, Tennessee 1, Scotland 1, Costa Rica 1, New Foundland 1, Local Lodge 1—Total 23. During the year many sick calls were made to hospitals and homes by the officers and myself. In addition to funerals and sick calls we were called on for other assistance, such as securing trans- portation for brethren in need; furnishing meals and lodgings tor others; blood transfusions; legal advice and visits to brethren and sons of brethren in military camps. In cases handled, reports are submitted to the lodge whose member has been served. Louisiana Relief Lodge met during the year for the regular quarterly meetings, at each of which reports were submitted. On December 26th, 1942 Louisiana Relief Lodge suffered the loss of Brother J. A. Thomas, who, for over five years had served in the capacity of Secretary. Those of us who knew Brother Thomas have felt his passing very keenly. He was faithful to his duties, and loyal and devoted to the fraternity. I wish to express to R:W: Brother D. Peter Laguens, Jr., my sincere appreciation for his kind counsel and advice on the occasions when it was necessary to call on him. He has always been ever ready and willing to render any service possible. During the year Louisiana Relief Lodge has received contributions from some of the local lodges. Needless to say that we are most grateful for such financial help, which is always used in financing the work of the lodge. This splendid co-operation from these local lodges in helping us through some financial difficulties has been a source of encouragement to us who carry on this work. To these lodges we say "Thanks". To the officers and members of Louisiana Relief Lodge, who have faithfully and willingly helped me in this noble work, I extend my sincere appreciation, and sincerely hope, that like myself, they too have found pleasure in serving their fellow members in distress. For more than 85 years Louisiana Relief Lodge has served Masons 122 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE from all parts of the world. It is my fervent hope and prayer that she will continue through the coming years as an instrument of solace and relief and comfort to our distressed brethren and their loved ones; and that she will always have the unstinted and wholehearted support of the lodges in this Grand Jurisdiction of Louisiana. Fraternally submitted, LOUIS T. WALSDORP, Master.

The Secretary of Louisiana Belief Lodge No. ], Bro. Charles E. McHale, made the following report which was received and ordered printed in the Proceedings.

STATEMENT OP RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS JANUARY 1, 1942 TO DECEMBER 31, 1942 Balance—January 1, 1942 $ 263.39

Receipts Donations $ 272.57 Funeral Refunds r. 264.71 Relief Refunds 82.50 Liquidating Dividend—Canal Bank and Trust Company, in Liquidation 121.12 Total Receipts , 740.90

$1,004.29 Disbursements Auditing $ 10.00 Bank Charges 5.26 Funerals—Limousines : 60.00 Funerals—Other Expenses 352.71 Flowers 29.00 Office Expenses 20.21 Relief 243.79 Secretary's Salary 180.00 Stationery and Printing 9.00 Total Disbursements 909.97

Balance—December 31, 1942 $ 94.32

This report has been audited by John F. Hartman & Co., Certified Public Accountants. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 123

REPORT OF THE MASONIC EMPLOYMENT BUREAU

December 31, 1942.

Actual days of operation 275% Registrations Ill Persons sent to prospective employment 225 Placements , 123 Persons sent to other registrations 757 Total registrations to date 5234 Total to prospective employment to date 6283 Total placements to date 2474

Extraneous Activities—1942

Optical attention : 6 cases Medical attention 6 cases Senses Hospital 1 case Baptist Mission 4 cases O. E. S. Relief Chapter 2 cases Veterans Administration 23 cases Legal services 7 cases Federal Bureau of Investigation 1 case Salvation Army 2 cases Person or groups sent to lodgings 33 cases

Receipts, 1942:

Euclid Lodge 394, Monthly basis '. $ 57.36 Linn Wood Lodge 167, Monthly basis 82.20 1139.56

Grand Lodge of Louisiana, Donation 300.00 Loyalty Chapter 119, Donation 12.00 312.00

Canal Bank & Trust, In liquidation ,3.34 3.34

J454.90 $454.90 Disbursements, 1942:

Telephone service ? 44.66 Petty cash account 9.09 Salary—Secretary-Manager 206.00 Salary—Contact man 206.00

1465.75 1465.75 124 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

Bank balance, January 1, 1942 I 24.22 Total Receipts, 1942 454.90

$479.12 $479.12 Total disbursements, 1942 $465.16 Bank balance, December 31, 1942 13.96

$479.12 $479.12 Balance in petty cash account, January 1, 1942 $ 3.27 By check, 1942 8.50

$ 11.77 Less disbursements, 1942 9.09

Balance in petty cash account, December 31, 1942 $ 2.68 $ 2.68 Canal Bank & Trust, In liquidation, unpaid balance $10.19 D. L. JAMIESOJST, Chairman. A. J. NEBSON, Manager. Eeceived and ordered printed in the proceedings.

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EBPORT OF COMMITTEE ON WORK AND RETURNS OF CHARTERED LODGES The Committee on Work and Returns of Chartered Lodges made its usual examination of the work and returns of 245 lodges in the State and find same to be correct, with few exceptions, which corrections have been made and these Lodges notified by the Grand Secretary. Lodges Failing to Make Returns The following Lodges failed to make any returns: White Castle 257, and Gibsland 304. Country Lodges Showing Gains Every country Lodge with the exception of 67 showed gains this year in their membership. City Lodges Showing Gains With the exception of 20 Lodges in the city every Lodge showed a gain in New Orleans. Statistical report relative to the membership is as follows: OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 125

State of Louisiana Degrees Conferred: Entered Apprentice 1,080 Fellowcraft 939 Master Mason 920

Total Degrees Conferred 2,939 Membership on Rolls December 31st, 1941 20,485

Gains: Master Masons 920 Affiliated .• 257 Reinstated 662 Corrections 24

Total Gains 1,863

Losses: Died 361 Demitted 261 Dropped 43 Suspended, N. P. D 460 Suspended, U. M. C 5 Expelled 1 Corrections .-. 2

Total Losses 1,133 Net Gain Over the State 730

Membership on Rolls December 31st, 1942 21,215

City of New Orleans

Number of Members in New Orleans Dec. 31st, 1941 5,812 Gains: Master Masons 210 Affiliated 34 Reinstated 97

Total Gains 341 126 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

Losses: Died 142 Demitted 58 Dropped 19 Suspended, N. P. D 72 Expelled 0 Correction 1

Total Losses 292 Net Gain for City of New Orleans 49

Number of Members in New Orleans, Dec. 31st, 1942 5,861 In conclusion the Committee wishes to thank the Grand Secretary, Brother D. Peter Laguens, Jr. and Brother F. D. Blue, his assistant, for the co-operation given us in our work. Fraternally submitted, MAX B. BLANCHARD, Chairman, P. C. GOLDENBERG, LOUIS E. OSTER, ROBERT W. SMITH. Eeceived and ordered printed in the proceedings.

EEPORT OF COMMITTEE ON WORK AND RETURNS OF LODGES U. D. This Committee reports there were no lodges under dispensation during the year. Fraternally submitted, J. L. ORR, H. E. CONERLY. Committee. On motion the report of the Committee WAS ADOPTED.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE

Received and ordered printed in the proceedings. I have reviewed the proceedings of forty-two of the forty-nine Grand Lodges of the United States and ten Grand Lodges of other countries. Eighteen of the Grand Lodges have an increase in membership, and thirty-four have a decrease in membership. However, the margin of increase or decrease is very small. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 12?

The war is a theme that runs through all the proceedings, in connection with which the question of what service Masonry can render to our country and to the men and Masons in the service, is the subject of general discussion. The spirit of patriotism permeating the heart of Masonry is not equaled by that of any other group in our great country. In nearly every jurisdiction, the Grand Master or the Grand Orator or other member of the Grand Lodge, gives voice to feelings burning in every Masonic breast. The horrors of the present war and the forces of cruel tyranny, selfish ambition, race hatred, ruthless savagery, religious intolerance, and political oppression, that have brought it about, violate every principle and tenet of Masonry. To quote the protest registered by Masons in every state and country would require more space than we have here available and would be but a repetition of statements expressed by Masons in our own state. Everywhere is the feeling that the forces of ignorance, and tyranny, intolerance and oppression, are rampant in this war and are seeking to crush and destroy the very foundation of our civilization. The "Three Horsemen", Hitler, Hirohito and Mussolini, would obliterate centuries of education and culture, destroy religious and political freedom, and enslave the human race. Since Masons have ever been the champions of equality and fraternity, the response from the Masons in every jurisdiction has been prompt and patriotic. Masons individually and through their Lodges and Grand Lodges, have purchased defense bonds, and unselfishly have given both time and labor to cooperate with our country and the Allies in the prosecution of the war. For the centuries of its existence, Masonry has struggled and fought for freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and freedom of action; fought against everything the Axis powers stand for. Masons realize that the success of the Axis means the enslavement of the conquered countries, the extermination of a whole race that has met their disfavor, the reduction of our civilization to a state of ruthless barbarism. For these reasons as well as for love of a country which they have shared in building, the Masons of this country, through their several Grand Lodges, have shown their de- termination to make every sacrifice to win the war.

The welfare of our members in the armed service has been a matter of vital interest and the subject of earnest debate as reflected in the proceedings of the several Grand Lodges of the United States. The participation of the Masonic Service Association in establishing Masonic Service Centers, has met with enthusiastic encouragement and cooperation from some Grand Lodges, while from others it has met criticism, if not actual opposition. Our own Grand Lodge of Louisiana was among the most enthusiastic in its approval of the plan 128 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE and a Masonic Service Center was established at Alexandria with the approval of our Grand Lodge, and in doing- so, our Grand Lodge re- sumed its membership in the Masonic Service Association. New Jersey was probably the strongest in its support of the plan. The contrary view was most strongly expressed by the Grand Lodge of Iowa. The objections raised were that the United Service Organ- ization was first in the field and had the financial backing of the United States Government as well as many other agencies combined; that in its campaign for funds, the U. S. O. had raised 117,000,000.00 in 1941 and was campaigning to raise $32,000,000.00 in 1942, while the Masonic Service Association had only been able to raise $100,000.00. The U. S. O. had in operation more than six hundred units, while the Masonic Service Association had only twelve centers and three more were being established; that the effort made by the Masonic Service Association with its limited funds, was meager as compared with the showing made by U. S. O. with vast sums at its disposal. At Camp Leonard Wood alone the Congress had appropriated $78,000.00 for a white, and }55,000.00 for a colored U. S. O. Center for buildings alone. The Grand Master said, "The welfare of the enlisted men, both inside and outside the different encampments, is being well taken care of by the government and the U. S. O. and there is little need for this kind of work being done by any other organization." The Iowa Committee made an exhaustive investigation and study of welfare work among the soldiers, resulting in the following report: (1) Welfare work is needed. (2) The need is being met adequately by the U. S. O. (3) Masonic Service Centers are duplicating U. S. O. work on a small scale, and suffer by comparison with U. S. O. t4) The number of Masons in the service is less than 1%. (5) Only, 1.16% of the visitors at the Masonic Center investigated were Masons and on this basis the average cost was 130.00 per Masonic visitor. (6) Masonry is not a welfare organization and should not attempt to compete with trained welfare workers of U. S. O. (7) There is no unified Masonic program. Many of the larger Grand Jurisdictions refused to give complete . endorsement and several have failed to endorse it at all. Masonic charity is being administered in the several jurisdictions with more or less efficiency and expense. Some conduct homes for children as we do in Louisiana, some have homes for the aged and some combine the two in the same or separate institutions. Some have a complete school system through high school within the home; some include manual training, shop work, home economics, type setting and printing, and other trades in the training at the Home, while others as in Louisiana, have the children attend the public school in the town where the home is located. Some jurisdictions OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 129

combine outside relief with care in the home. Georgia employs a social -worker, Mrs. Highsmith, who traveled all over Georgia and adjoining states. Georgia's responsibility for the year was 140, of whom 76 children were cared for in the home and 64 persons outside the home. New York spent $118,812.26 in 1941 for outside and Tubercular relief, to 556 applicants. In 1942 the sum of 191,952.26 was spent for the relief of 458 applicants. The Committee recommended that outside relief be discontinued. Reason: "Government agencies are largely assuming- the burdens of aid and relief." Oklahoma is caring for 38 boys and 34 girls in the Children's Home, and 43 brothers and 48 sisters in the Home for the Aged, and in addition is caring for 75 outside the Homes at a cost of $10,000.00 per year. In spite of the fact that many jurisdictions are beginning to realize that the National and State Governments are taking over the matter of relief, we find a number of jurisdictions like that of Oregon maintaining a system of relief. During the past year Oregon rendered assistance to 74 children in 51 families, with amounts ranging from $10.00 to $30.00 per family per month. Applications were received through the medium of 37 Lodges and during the year grants of assistance were made in the amount of $9,976.00. Since the beginning of this fund in 1859 the Oregon Grand Lodge has made grants in the total amount of $251,325.43. Oregon has built up an Educational Fund which was increased by $6,095.10 during the year. At the close of the fiscal year, this fund amounted to $290,239.70. Grants of assistance are made from the earnings of these investments. The Grand Lodge of Tennessee sold its Masonic Home property to the State of Tennessee for $125,000.00. At the time of the sale, the Home had 12 aged widows. These were provided for by taking a long term lease on a conveniently located Home where they were much better satisfied. Both children and aged beneficiaries are maintained in their respective localities and local lodges cooperate with Grand Lodge in looking after their welfare. A most interesting history of Rhode Island Masonry appears in the 1942 proceedings. The Trustees of the Masonic Home Fund made its final report showing a disbursement for charity during the year of $3,451.02 and a balance on hand of $138,835.76, which was turned over to the newly incorporated "Grand Lodge Charities of Rhode Island." The Trustees of the Masonic Home Fund having no further function to perform, were discharged. Prefacing the Reviews, M. W. Bro. W. M. Fly, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, of Texas, presents a most 130 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GKAND LODGE interesting history of the Committee. He supplements and brings to date the history prepared by M. W. Bro. George W. Taylor, P.G.M., Chairman of the Committee for the years 1887, 1913, 1914, 1915 and 1916. The list of illustrious chairman from the founding of the Grand Lodge of Texas in 1837, begins with Gray and concludes with M. W. Bro. W. M. Fly, the present incumbent. An item of general interest in Bro. Ply's historical sketch, was the granting of a charter to a lodge at Coblenz, Germany, by the Grand Lodge of Texas, in 1922. The membership of this lodge was made up of soldiers, sailors, Marines and other citizens of the United States, who were sojourning in Germany as attaches of the Army of Occu- pation or representatives or employees of the government of the United States. Another item especially interesting to the writer was the review of the relation between the Grand Lodge of Texas and Mexican Masonry. The "Treaty of Monterey" was a striking exemplification of diplomacy and statescraft in cementing the friendly relations of two Grand Jurisdictions. The writer has always held the view that the hand of fellowship should be extended to those Grand Lodges in Mexico and Central and South American countries whose standards and requirements for recognition conform to our own. Certainly Mexican Masonry, composed of citizens of Mexico, is more representative of that country than Lodges or Grand Lodges composed largely oi; foreigners sojourning in Mexico. Bro. John Spargo, Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge of Vermont, presents an historical sketch of Masonry in Vermont, dating back to 1704. The Grand Lodge is looking forward to its sesquicentennial anniversary in 1944. This report rings with pride in the past accomplishments of Masons for the cause of freedom and expresses confidence in the triumph of our country in the present war over the forces of evil.

Conclusion A review of the proceedings of our sister Jurisdictions convinces us that Masonry is clinging more closely to our age old philosophy, based on brotherly love and an unswerving faith in an all wise, all powerful, true and ever living God, whose ways at times surpass our understanding. Times of trial and hardship and defeat draw us closer together, unite us in our devotion to the cause of freeing mankind from the bonds of slavery. That Masonry is a progressive, moral science, is reflected by the growing recognition of the fact that we are living in a changing world, that we are in the vortex of a whirlpool of humanity, that conflicting human elements are clash- ing, shifting, struggling, and recombining with one another; some OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 131 elements are being destroyed, new human relationships are being established and Masonry continues to do her works of charity, to relieve the distressed brother, to give aid to his widow and orphan, but as the State and National Governments are establishing old age pensions, taking over welfare and relief work, pensioning the widow and caring for fatherless children, the calls upon our fraternity for relief are growing less and less. The number in our Homes are becoming fewer so the character of our aid is being1 changed and modified. Just as the Masonic Centers established by the Masonic Service Association are suffering by comparison with magnitude of the work being done by the U. S. O., so do our efforts in the field of charity, welfare and relief suffer by comparison with the gigantic work being done in this field by the government, both State and Federal. Thinking members of the Craft are giving this matter serious consideration. Higher education of the children of our deceased brethren is absorbing funds not needed in other channels of relief. But now the all-absorbing thought in the heart and soul of Masonry is to rally in the support and cooperation with our country and its Allies in the mighty struggle for all that is dear to the heart of Masonry. Masons more than any group, realize that triumph for the Axis means destruction of everything for which our Masonic forbears have fought and died; that the triumph of our country and her Allies means the survival of the freedoms, without which we were better dead. We feel confident in the triumph of our country and the principles which Masons cherish. Fraternally submitted, EDWIN F. GAYLB, Chairman. Received and ordered printed in the proceedings.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON HISTORY

New Orleans, La., February 8, 1943. Brethren: Your Committee on History reports that during the past year some consideration was given to the adoption of a formal certificate and register of war service members now serving in the armed forces of the United States. In collaboration with the Service Committee such a certificate was confected; a copy of which is attached to this report. It was the intention of the Service Department to send these out to all Secretaries in order that a record could be preserved for the future, however since this war has become one of great movement it has been very difficult to keep any permanent record at the present 132 PBOCEEDIKGS OF TILE GRAND LODGE time and we have therefore been inclined to reserve this for the future, however the blanks have been prepared and are in the hands of the Service Committee to be sent out to the various lodges and when returned will remain a permanent record in the Archives of the Grand Lodge. Much history has been made in the past year Masonically. We all know that Masonry in the occupied countries has been liquidated by the Dictators' decree and only future historians will be able to record what has transpired in those countries in the interim when the story is told by those who have been interned. Our own Nation is in this bloody life struggle and Masonic history will record many acts of heroism of our own brethren who are serving with the colors. Our Annual Grand Lodge Proceedings are complete in their historical record of what has been done each year in our own Jurisdiction. Fraternally submitted, BMIL SUNDBERY, Chairman, for the Committee. Received and ordered printed in the proceedings. REPORT OF THE MILEAGE AND PER DIEM COMMITTEE Your committee begs leave to report that the pay roll for mileage and per diem of the visiting brethren, has been completed, and all checks have been drawn for the payment of same. These checks will be distributed at the conclusion of the Grand Lodge Sessions, i.e., after the closing of this Grand Communication, Wednesday night, February 10th, 1943. Fraternally submitted, L. C. MILLER, P. M., Chairman, LAWRENCE CURE, B. R. BEWLEY. Received and ordered printed in the proceedings. REPORT OF THE SERVICE COMMITTEE The Service Committee, in presenting its eighth annual report, desires to express their appreciation to the Grand Lodge and the Grand Master for their wholehearted support and cooperation. Some of the services rendered during the year are as follows: Lodge Membership Cards During 1942, membership cards for 1943 and 1944 were sent to the individual lodges. By buying two year's supply at one time a saving was effected in printing costs and also there was the pos- sibility of a shortage in the special type of stock used for these cards. For these reasons the two year's supply was purchased rather than only a single year's supply. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA IXi

25 and 50 Year Certificates

1942 To Date 55 Lodges, 25 year Certificates 335 3861 12 Lodges, 50 year Certificates 12 90

War Service Certificates

A new form of certificate was supplied to the lodges free of charge, that is a certificate indicating service in our armed forces. About five hundred of these certificates have been issued. In this connection, this Committee, cooperating with the Committee on His- tory has prepared a "War Service Record" blank which will help in the preparation of a complete record of the services in the armed forces by brethren of this grand jurisdiction. The Committee on History will give more details concerning this blank and this record.

Lodge Histories and Pictures

We regret that since the last report we have received no lodge pictures nor lodge histories. There are many lodges that have sent in neither. We hope that representatives of lodges who have not sent in histories will realize the importance of this request, and will see that their lodge prepares such a history and sends a copy for the Grand Lodge Archives.

Department of Lodge Equipment and Supplies

This department has been operating for a little less than two years. Its second year was successful both in services rendered and in a financial way. The net profit for this year, as shown in the auditor's report (printed elsewhere), is $1207.67. The Committee feels that the continued success of the department is due largely to the fine work of Mrs. E. J. Carr, who has been in charge since its inception. No catalog has been issued, but the representatives are urged to consult with Mrs. Carr in regard to lodge meeds, Masonic jewelry, miscellaneous items. The quality is high, prices are low, Masonic ritual items are standard and after expenses have been paid, profits of the department are dedicated to the betterment and service of Masonry in Louisiana. 134 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODOK

We thank the lodges and brethren for their support and fine cooperation and hope that in 1943 we may be able to render more service to all lodges. Fraternally submitted, D. PETER LAGtIENS, Jr., Chairman, THOMAS GREEN, Secretary, HARRY McKENZIE, T. ELWOOD FRAZIER, L. W. HARRIS, D. L. MOSELEY, W. A. McLEES, J. J. KHOTJRY, MICHAEL ELGUTTER, ADAM MEHN, Service Committee. Received and ordered printed in the proceedings.

EEPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DELINQUENT LODGES New Orleans, La., February 8, 1943. To the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, in Grand Communica- tion assembled: In accordance with the provisions of Resolutions 37 of 1936 and of Resolution No. 3, of 1939 Annual Communications, authority was given our Committee to extend the time of past due delinquencies of indebtedness of lodge at the time. During the past year one of the lodges in that category has paid their indebtedness in full, Spring Creek Lodge 184. The Grand Master as a member of this Committee wrote some stirring letters of appeal to all of these delinquent lodges in the hope that they would find it possible to clear up these old accounts, however, only one Lodge, as mentioned above, answered his call. With the increase in degree work throughout the State and the necessarily decided improvement in finances we hope these lodges who have paid nothing on these old accounts for several years may find it possible to begin payments during this year. Our Committee will make every effort to effect some settlement with these lodges during the coming year. Fraternally submitted, J. LUTHER JORDAN, u. w. MCMILLAN, D. PETER LAGTJENS, Jr., Committee. Received and ordered printed in the proceedings. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 135

REPORT OF MASONIC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC. Received and ordered printed in the Proceedings. REPORT OF PRESIDENT As you know, the Masonic Educational Foundation, Inc., was created at the suggestion of our late Brother Frank A. Tucker, and its Board of Directors is composed of three members elected by the Grand Lodge, three members by the Board of Directors of the Grand Lodge Hall, and three members by the Board of Trustees of the Masonic Home for Children. One member is elected by each body each year, so that the Board is a rotating Board and two-thirds of its membership at all times are familiar with is purposes, organization and administration. The Foundation receives its funds by donation or by bequest. There is at this time in this fund, in cash and securities, the full sum of $58,431.00, $7,500 of which is a donation from Mrs. Ida M. Looney in memory of John T. Monroe, and is known as the John T. Monroe Fund, the income from which is dedicated to the higher education of young men and young women who have completed their high school education under the care of the Masonic Home for Children. $49,000.00 of this fund was derived from the bequest of our deceased Brother Frank A. Tucker, and is known as the Tucker Foundation, the income from which is loaned to young men and young women who meet the requirements of the Board of Directors, to assist them in completing their higher education. The loans do not exceed $200.00 per year per student, who give their note for the repayment of the same in five yeras after date, without interest until after maturity. This makes it possible for a student to complete a four year college course and allows one year to intervene before the maturity of the note. During the past year, the following students have enjoyed the benefit of loans from the Tucker fund: Tom C. Hall, Trinidad M. Ramos, James W. Barnes, and Edward A. Rogers, students at Tulane University; Caroline B. Albrecht and Ruth E. Albrecht, students at Newcomb College; D. Fenwick Bain and George P. Havens students at Louisiana State University; Mary E. Durden, student at Louisiana State Normal; Curtis E. Kinchen, Ernest C. Steed and Dewey E. Carriere, students at Southeastern Louisiana College. There is available at this time to students requiring assistance, $1,403.79 in the Tucker Fund and $528.15 in the John T. Monroe Fund. During the past year loans aggregating $1,125.00 were made. Students paid on account of their notes sums aggregating $440.00. Outstanding loans to students now aggregate $5,115.00. 136 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

From these figures we see that material assistance is being given to ambitious and worthy students in completing their education. It is very gratifying to the Board, and a great credit to the beneficiaries who have availed themselves of this assistance, to note the prompt and honorable manner in which these loans are being repaid. It is an indication of excellent character, honesty and appreciation. The monies repaid on account of loans are placed in the loan fund and are available to other students requiring assistance. The Board of Directors is indeed proud of the records made by students who have availed themselves of this assistance, several of whom are now in the Armed Service and one or two of whom have graduated in medicine and have been called to the service of their country in the Medical Corps. The Masonic Education Foundation' Inc., is practically in its infancy. The bequests and gifts which we are administering are really just the foundation of a fund that should grow from year to year so that its benefits may be distributed among a greater number of students needing assistance. At the present time the calls for assistance to needy brethren and to their widows and orphans is growing less and less due to the fact that both our State and our National governments are making- greater provisions in the nature of old age pensions and in assistance to needy widows and orphan children. The skilled and efficient service of the social welfaj-e de- partments of our State and of the United States, is reaching into every home and into every community throughout our State and Country, so that the need for social service work and the dispensation of private charity by individuals and institutions, is growing less and less. Therefore, members of the Masonic fraternity and others who may feel impelled by their love of humanity and their desire to do good, are sometimes at a loss to ascrtain in just what way or through just what channels that good can best be accomplished. To all such, the Masonic Educational Foundation, Inc., offers the best opportunity to those desiring to make gifts or bequests and the composition of our Board of Directors gives every assurance that such donations and bequests will he conscientiously and honorably administered, so that the greatest amount of good may be accomplished and that the recipients of its benefits will be those found most worthy after a careful investigation. To anyone desiring to include in their will a clause making a bequest of this nature, the following form is suggested: "I will and bequeath unto the Masonic Educational Foundation, Inc., of Louisiana, the sum of $ , to be used as a fund for educational purposes." A person making a bequest may go further and indicate in just what way they desire the fund to be administered or for just what OF THE STATE Oi' LOUISIANA 137 branch of education or class of beneficiaries they desire to assist. You, of course, know that donations and gifts to this Foundation are deductible from your income tax returns. There is no time more propitious than the present to give such matters your most serious consideration. Fraternally submitted, EDWIN F. GAYLE, President.

Report of Secretary Receipts: From Tucker Estate for the '"Tucker Foundation" $4,800.00 $4,800.00 Interest on Investments: Tucker Foundation 1,416.75 John T. Monroe Fund 353.00 1,769.75 Payments on Loans: Miss Jimmie K. Fowler 165.00 Billy Britton 55.00 Dewey E. Straley 150.00 Burdette B. Trichel 20.00 D. Fenwick Bain 50.00 440.00

Total paid to Treasurer $7,009.75 Loans to Students prior to January 1, 1942.... 4,430.00 Authorized and advanced during 1942 1,125.00 • $5,555.00 Received from Students, 1942 440.00

Net Loans outstanding December 31, 1942 $5,115.00 D. PETER LAGUENS, Jr., Secretary-

Report of Treasurer

Balance in Bank December 31, 1941 $ 1,341.08 Received from Secretary January 1st to December 31, 1942 7,009.75

Total Cash Debit 8,350.83 138 PBOCJS.IiDI.NGS OF TILE GKJLND LODUJS

Disbursements: Loans to Students: Tom C. Hall and Tulane f 100.00 Trinidad M. Ramos and Tulane.... 100.00 James W. Barnes and Tulane.... 50.00 Edw. A. Rogers and Tulane 200.00 Caroline B. Albrecht and Newcomb 50.00 Ruth E. Albrecht and Newcomb 50.00 D. Fenwick Bain and L.S.U 150.00 Geo. P. Havens and L.S.U 100.00 Mary E. Durden and L.S.N 200.00 Curtis E. Kinchen and S.E.L.C 25.00 Ernest C. Steed and S.E.L.C 50.00 Dewey Carriere and S.E.L.C 50.00 1,125.00 Investments: 1 Masonic Temple Bond, $100.00 Par : $ 95.00 2 Masonic Temple Bonds 1100.00 Par Each 190.00 3 Masonic Temple Bonds 11,000.00 Par Each 3,000.00 1 Masonic Temple Bond $1,000.00 990.00 1 Masonic Temple Bond $1,000.00 1,000.00 5,275.00 Accrued Interest on Masonic Temple Bond 17.54 Exchange Charges by Bank 1.35

Total Disbursements 6,418.89

Balance in Whitney National Bank (Head Office) December 31, 1942 ? 1,931.94 Investments: TJ. S. Treasury Bonds $19,000.00 Insured Homestead Stock 27,700.00 Masonic Temple Bonds 9,800.00 56,500.00

Total Cash and Securities, December 31, 1942 $58,431.94 The above Securities are in the Safety Deposit Box of the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana (Whitney Bank, Poydras St. Branch). Fraternally submitted, u. w. MCMILLAN, Treasurer. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 139

RESOLUTION No. 1 By W. D. HAAS, Jr., P. G. M. BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, that to carry into effect the resolutions adopted at the Grand Communications of 1941 and 1942, providing for the refinancing of the bonds on the Masonic Temple in New Orleans, the subscriptions to said bond issue having reached a point where in order to save further interest and to supplement the subscriptions, the Grand Master is authorized and directed to borrow from the Guaranty Bank & Trust Company of Alexandria, Louisiana, the sum of $355,000.00 payable in six notes, notes one to five inclusive being due respectively on or before one to five years at the rate of $40,000.00 per year, and the sixth note to be due on or before six years after date, and to be for the sum of $155,000.00, all notes bearing interest at the rate of 3%% per annum payable annually, and to give in representation thereof notes secured by first mortgage on the hereinafter described property, and to pledge the present assessment by the Grand Lodge of two dollars per annum tax called the "Temple Tax" to further secure the payment of said mortgage notes and to use so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the annual interest and principal that will mature in any one year, and to issue bonds in the sum of $800,000.00, in such denominations as may be necessary, without interest, on or before twenty-five years after date, with coupons for each multiple of $50.00, secured by mortgage on the hereinafter described property subordinate to the said bank loan but which will succeed in rank as first mortgage bonds on the hereinafter described property when the said bank loan shall have been paid, the said property being described as follows: A parcel of ground situated in the First District of the City of New Orleans Square No. 222, bounded by Perdido, St. Charles, Union and Carondelet Streets, and forming the corner of St. Charles and Perdido Streets. Beginning at the corner of St. Charles Street and Perdido Street, thence along Perdido Street towards Carondelet Street a distance of one hundred and seventy feet, six inches and no lines (170'6"0"'); thence at an angle of ninety degrees, eight minutes and fifty seconds (90 deg. 8 '50") on a line towards Union Street, a distance of ninety-five feet, ten inches, one line (95'10"l"'); thence at an angle towards St. Charles Street, a distance of seventy feet, six inches, six lines (7flr'6"6"#); thence at an angle towards Union Street, a distance of nine feet, four inches, three lines (9'4"3"'); thence at an angle towards St. Charles Street, a distance of one hundred feet, no inches, no lines (100'0"0" '); thence along St. Charles Street towards Perdido Street a distance of one hundred and three feet, two inches and no lines (103'2"0"') to the point of beginning. Said parcel of ground being composed 140 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODOB

of original lots 1, 2, 3, 4, A. and B. All as is more fully shown on a plan of Survey by G. L. Lord, C. E., and Licensed Surveyor, dated March 9th, 1925, a blue print of which plan is annexed to an act of Mortgage executed by the Grand Lodge o£ the State o£ Louisiana to Whitney Central Trust and Savings Bank, Trustee, before Dorman C. Corkern, late Notary Public, in and for the Parish of Orleans, La., dated March 21st, 1925, to which blue print of plan reference is made. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors of the Grand Lodge Hall is fully authorized and empowered to arrange the terms and conditions and details in carrying into effect this Reso- lution and the Grand Master and the Grand Secretary are fully authorized to sign and approve all contracts, pledges, mortgages and bonds as may be issued under the refunding Resolution and as the same may be authorized and approved by the Board of Directors of the Grand Lodge Hall, and this shall be their full authority in the premises, without any further resolution of the Grand Lodge. Referred to Joint Committees, Masonic Law and Jurisprudence, and Audit and Accounts. (ADOPTED. See page 154.) RESOLUTION No. 2 By MORRIS MARX, P. M. Chairman Credentials Committee. Be it resolved that Sub-section L of Section 2 of Article I of the General Regulations be amended by striking out word five (5) and substituting the word ten (10). Referred to Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence. (ADOPTED. See pages 166, 167.) The Grand Lodge at "> :20 I'. M., after prayer, was called from labor to refreshment until ? :30 I'. M.. the same day. FIRST DAY—NIGHT SESSION SHRINK MOSQUE, NEW OKLEANK, LA., FEBRUARY 8TH, 1943. The Grand Lodge, after prayer, was called from refreshment to labor at 7 :30 P. M., by the Grand Master. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS The Grand Master presented and introduced Brother Henry Goldman, P. M. of Hiram TO and Potentate of Jerusalem Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., thanking him on behalf of the Grand Lodge for the use of the Shrine Mosque for this Grand Communication. Brother Goldman expressed his delight at this opportunity to serve the Grand Lodge. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 141

REPOBT OP THE COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY Jieeeived find ordered printed in die proceedings. To the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, F. & A. M. Your Committee on Necrology respectfully submit the following report: During the year just drawing to a close there have been many visitations of the "Grim Reaper" to our constituent Lodges and to Lodges of other Grand Jurisdictions in fraternal intercourse with us; and we lender to those who have suffered bereavement our deepest and most sincere sympathy. From our immediate Grand Lodge family three of our beloved brothers have been called to their eternal rest. While our hearts are filled with sorrow because of this sad dispensation of Divine Provi- dence, we bow in humble submission to the will of Him who "doeth all things well" in full confidence that He will give us the needed grace to bear our loss without murmuring; and to His infinite mercy and compassion, we commend those whose loss is acute and personal.

Memoir of Brother Albert D. Ellis R. W. Brother Albert D. Ellis was born at Yazoo City, Miss, on August 6, 1885, and died at Baton Rouge, La., February 22, 1942. He received the first three degrees in Masonry in Livonia Lodge No. 220 in 1906 and '07, and was active in Lodge work from the beginning. After serving in several subordinate positions, he was elected Master of his Lodge in 1940, and re-elected in 1941. He was District Deputy Grand Master of the 12th Masonic District; and High Priest of Pointe Coupee Chapter No. 75, R. A. M. He was a member of Lambert Council No. 22, R. & S. M. and of Plains Commandery No. 11, K. T.; and Worthy Patron of Naomi Chapter No. 38, O. E. S.—occupying all of the above mentioned official positions at the time of sudden and untimely passing.

Memoir of Brother Ernest E. Sykes M. W. Brother Ernest E. Sykes was born at Waverly, Iowa on January 3, 1867, and died at New Orleans, La. on March 23, 1942. He was made a Mason in Louisiana Lodge No. 102 January 26, 1916, and later affiliated with Trinity Lodge, becoming Master of that Lodge in 1921. He was made a Master of the Royal Secret, Grand Consistory of Louisiana March 19, 1916; Wise Master of Rose Croix No. 11 in 1924 and '25; Venerable Master of Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection 142 PROCEEDINGS OV THE GUAM) LOUGK

No. 1 in 1925 and '26; and was Grand Prior of the Grand Consistory of Louisiana in 1927 and '28. He was chosen as a Knight Commander of the Court of Honor of the Scottish Rite, S. G. in October, 1921; and was crowned with the Thirty-Third Degree in December, 1929. He was made a Royal Arch Mason in Orleans Delta Chapter No. 1 in 1916, and a Royal and Select Master in Louisiana Council No. 2 in 1920. He was Knighted November 24, 1916 in Indivisible Friends Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar, and was Eminent Commander in the year 1923. He was created a Knight Companion of the Red Cross of Con- stantine in 1922, and Sovereign of St. Paul Conclave No. 35 in 1926. In June, 1916, he was made a Noble of the Mystic Shrine in Jerusalem Temple, and served as Illustrious Potentate for the year 1928; and, for many years, represented his Temple in the Imperial Council sessions. He was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana February 4, 1931. His Masonic record is replete with varied activities in the interests of Masonry and in charitable and philanthropic activities. Memoir of Brother Ira W. Sylvester M. W. Brother Ira W. Sylvester was born January 10, 1868 at Portland, Maine, and died November 7, 1942 at Alexandria, Louisiana. He was made a Mason in Oliver Lodge No. 84, F. & A. M. March 22, 1905, and, after filling several subordinate stations, was elected Master of his Lodge. He was a member and Past High Priest of Keystone Chapter No. 44, R. A. M. and a member of Summit Council No. 12, R. & S. M. and of Trinity Commandery No. 8, Knights Templar. He was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana in 1922. In civil life, he was an engineer and served his home city as City Engineer for more than twenty years. The passing of these faithful Brethren has cast a gloom over the Masonic Fraternity throughout the State, and they will be sadly missed at our annual Grand Communications. We approve that part of the Grand Master's address referred to us on pages 17, 18, 19. Fraternally submitted, CHARLES F. RATCLIFF, P.G.M., Chairman, R. D. FARR, P. H. FARMER, Committee. The Grand Lodge stood with bowed head? in silent tribute to our departed brethren. OF HIE STATE OF LOUISIANA 143

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON STATE OF THE ORDER The Committee on the State of the Order wishes to make the following report on the portions of the Grand Master's report referred to this committee: Pages 42 and 43, State of the Order, approved; pages 19 to 24, Official Visits, commend his activity, approved; page 40, District Deputy Grand Masters, approved; pages 40 and 41, The Temple Building, approved; pages 46 and 47, The Masonic Home, approved; page 41, 25 and 50 Year Certificates, approved; pages 47 and 48, Recommendation No. 4, approved. Fraternally submitted, HANEY B. CONNER, Chairman, GARDINER YOUNG, Committee. The report of the Committee WAS ADOPTED.

RESOLUTION No. 3 By COMMITTEE ON STATE OF THE ORDER. Be it Resolved, That henceforth each District Deputy Grand Mas- ter be and he is hereby required to submit in writing at the end of March, June, September and December, each year, a report to the Grand Master of his activities and lodge activities in his district, on forms approved by the Grand Master. Referred to Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence. (WITHDRAWN. See page 167.) RESOLUTION No. 4 By JOSEPH S. FONT, S. "W., Corinthian 190. Be it Resolved, That each Lodge of our jurisdiction shall issue to each Master Mason of their Lodge a certificate when he has passed a satisfactory examination in the esoteric work of the Master Mason degree. So that these certificates shall be uniform, it is suggested that the form of certificate so issued be prepared and secured from the Service Committee of the Grand Lodge. Received and referred to Permanent Committee on Work. (NOT ADOPTED, but see adopted suggestions on page 170.)

ORATION By Most Worshipful Brother Melvin M. Johnson, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, and Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Commander of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. 144 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GHAND LODGE

FREEMASONRY, QUO VADIS? History is too often written as if the subject were in a vacuum. The life of no man, society or community can properly be evaluated without a knowledge of contacts, environment and surrounding influ- encee. Both good and bad organizations may grow or sweal because of external factors. Let us look at the world in which speculative Freemasonry was born and has served humanity. Shortly after the organization of the Grand Lodge of England— the Mother Grand Lodge of the speculative Freemasonry with which we are familiar—it gave approval to Anderson's Constitutions. It thereby crystallized for all time the fundamental principles of the Craft. Of these, one of the most outstanding is the Masonic teaching of toleration in both civil and religious affairs. There was then in the world no such thing as religious toleration; it had been mooted but not practiced. Speculative Freemasonry has its roots in British soil, but the right of the individual to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience and, at the same time to be permitted to exercise the common rights of a citizen, was unknown when the Grand Lodge was born in 1717, and when Anderson's Constitutions were published in 1723. Prior to the days of Henry VIII, the then dominant Church exercised an over-lordship in the affairs of State. Even thereafter it made strenuous, although futile, efforts to assert its super-authority in the making and deposition of Kings. From the time of Henry VIII to the time of Charles I, the Church was used primarily as an instrument for securing the social and political ends of the State. Under the Commonwealth, on the contrary, the State was regarded primarily as an instrument for securing the religious ends of the Church. For centuries in England, Protestant fanaticism and intolerance struggled on the one hand against Catholic fanaticism and intolerance on the other. Whichever was able to control the State meted out prison, torture and death for non-conformity. This was true not alone wh«n the Catholic Church had the power to cause condemnation for heresy. Calvinistic Presbyterianism likewise excluded all toleration in practice and belief and did so with equally wild and reckless ferocity. Cartwright, the spokesman of this faith in 1571, demanded that all other forms of worship, Catholic, Episcopalian and Separatist, should be ruthlessly put down. "I deny," he wrote, "that upon re- pentance there ought to follow any pardon of death. . . . Heretics ought to be put to death now." It is true that more than a century before William of Orange, Thomas More broached the great principles of religious toleration OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 145 and taught that liberty of conscience could be combined with religious unity. His words, however, were as barren of results as if he had talked them to the trees of the forest. As late as the middle of the Seventeenth Century, the Tudor theory of the relation of Church to State, of the State's dictation to all subjects what should be their faith and form of worship, remained dominant. Then Taylor and Chillingworth, like More, rested their hope of union in worship upon the simplification of belief. The latter cried, "Take away this persecution, burning, cursing, damning of men for not subscribing the words of men as the words of God; ... let them leave claiming infallibility that have no title to it ... Protestants are inexcusable if they do offer violence to other men's consciences." In the days of the terrible agony of the struggle against Charles, for the first time individual conviction became a stronger force than religious tradition. This was due to practical reasons. Cromwell was forced, as a military measure, to make the first breach in the old system of conformity with whatever particular creed dominated the State at the time. In his day, we find the first vague approach toward a communion of the children of God wider than that of outer conformity in worship or belief. This trend, however, ceased with the end of military necessity. The clergy of London wrote, "We detest and abhor the much endeavored Toleration." Under Henry and Eliza- beth, the power of the throne had been used to turn the Church of England from Catholic to Protestant, but under James it was used to turn it back again, and intolerance once more reigned supreme. When England swung back again to an established Protestant Church, it still disfranchised and disqualified a vast number of its citizens, noblemen and commoners alike, solely because of differences in creed, church polity and form of worship. It was in such a welter of intolerance that the Grand Lodge of England proclaimed in 1721: "I. CONCERNING GOD AND RELIGION A Mason is obliged, by his tenure, to obey the moral law; and if he rightly understands the art, he will never be a stupid Atheist, nor an irreligious libertine. But though in ancient times Masons were charged in every country to be of the religion of that country or nation, whatever it was, yet it is now thought more expedient only to oblige them to that religion in which all men agree, leaving their particular opinions to themselves; that is, to be good men and true, or men of honour and honesty, by whatever denominations or persuasions they may be distinguished; whereby Masonry becomes the centre of union, and the means of conciliating true friendship among persons that must have remained at a perpetual distance." By this declaration, Freemasonry proclaimed to the world for all time that it had erected an altar about which all sincere worshippers 146 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE of God, of whatever creed, could join in invocations to Him and in friendship and concord with each other. It was further proclaimed: " .... no private piques or quarrels must be brought within the door of the Lodge, far less any quarrels about religion, or nations, or state policy, we being only, as Masons, of the Catholic religion above mentioned; we are also of all nations, tongues, kindreds, and languages, and resolved against all politics, as what ever yet conduced to the welfare of the Lodge, nor ever will." By these declarations, Freemasonry proclaimed not only the doctrine of religious toleration but, as well, of civil and personal toleration. Simple as these pronouncements may seem today, it was a bold step for speculative Freemasonry in the first quarter of the Eighteenth Century. Our brother, the President of the United States, has declared four freedoms as essential to the preservation of civilization. Two of them: freedom of speech and freedom of religion, are civil liberties; the other two: freedom from want and freedom from fear, constitute security. But freedom of speech and worship are not the only civil liberties. Fundamentally more important are freedom to think and to seek the truth. These are forbidden by dictators because they underlie speech and worship. I respectfully suggest that it is more inclusive and accurate to declare for "freedom, civil, religious and intellectual", thus including all civil liberties. All of these freedoms, including those which are economic, are constituent factors of the philosophy of Freemasonry. The substance of the two Great Commandments is as old as civilization and as new as each rising sun, though they never have been or can they be better or more concisely stated than in the words of Jesus of Nazareth. All of the teachings of Freemasonry are based upon our duty to worship God and love our fellow men. Liberty is a necessary corollary of the second Great Commandment. Such liberty is not the gift of man. It is one of the "inalienable rights" with which "all men are endowed by their Creator." Whosoever deprives men of this "inalienable right" is a tyrant though he dress in sheep's clothing. It consequently follows that the teachnig of liberty, civil, religious and intellectual, and the effort to preserve it in human life, being the very essence of Freemasonry, are among its greatest means of practical usefulness. It is for this reason—rather than for any other— that no dictator can tolerate Freemasonry. The civilization which we know is that of "an ordered world where rules and promises are held in respect, where customs and institutions support the good and cramp the bad in man". Compare Hitler's standard, taken from Nietzsche: "The man who has won his freedom," he says "tramples ruthlessly upon that contemptible kind OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 14:? of comfort which tea-grocers, Christians, cows, women, Englishmen and other democrats worship in their dreams. The free man is a warrior." Such warriors, he declares, "revert to the innocence of the beast-of-prey conscience, like jubilant monsters, who perhaps come from a ghastly bout of murder, arson, rape, and torture, with bravado and a moral equanimity as though merely some wild student's prank had been played, perfectly convinced that the poets have now an ample theme to sing and celebrate." Spengler, another of Hitler's philosophy teachers, also boasted that the ideology of the German nation is that of beasts of prey. He cried, "If I call a man a beast of prey, whom do I offend—man or beast? For the great beasts of prey are noble creatures of the most perfect type and without the hypocritical human morality born of weakness." This supremely Satanic standard despises and is the antithesis of love, of altruism, of the Golden Rule, of the Second Great Command- ment, of all the teachings of Freemasonry in all of its branches and degrees. There are those who cry out that in this terrible struggle Free- masonry is not doing its share. They expect things for which it is not fitted. Freemasonry cannot successfully serve except in its own field. It has a philosophy to teach to men, a philosophy which inculcates liberty—civil, religious and intellectual—morality and personal responsibility. If it can inspire its members with these, it has accomplished its goal, which is the building of character in men. Few historians, unfamiliar with Freemasonry, have the least conception of what it has accomplished in human affairs. Only recently, an enemy of our Craft who is today the Nazi-appointed custodian of the Masonic Temple in Paris, which was the home of the Grand Lodge and the Supreme Council of France, has published a book entitled, "Revolution and Freemasonry", as the result of his study for years of American and French civilization. He is Dr. Bernard Fay who was made a professor in the University of Clermont-Ferrand when, in 1932, the College de France created a Chair of American Civilization. Then thirty-nine years of age, he was the youngest professor elected by that body in the four hundred years of Its existence. For about twenty years he divided his time between Europe and America. In this country, he has been lecturer or professor at Colum- bia, Northwestern and Iowa State Universities and the University of Chicago, among others; he has taken all the degrees that can be earned by a professor in France; and in 1921 he received his Master of Arts Degree at Harvard University. Not a Mason himself, his writings concerning Freemasonry are usually wrong when he attempts to deal with the internal affairs of our Fraternity or to draw conclu- sions based thereon. He has, however, correctly evaluated its most 148 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE important influence in revolutionizing the philosophy of civil government. From this book, published in Boston in 1935, I quote: The "new faith in the future of humanity that spread in the Eighteenth Century was not simply an abstract fact or a mental force. It became a social force and a concrete fact through the agency of Freemasonry which at once accepted it and advocated it; the great historical importance of modern Freemasonry results from this attitude that it took then and to which it has since consistently adhered. Thus Freemasonry has become the most efficient social power of the civilized world. But it has been a hidden power, difficult to trace, to describe and to define. Con- sequently, most historians have avoided treating it seriously and giving it due credit. .... In the Colonies of North America, "there were thirteen small settlements separated by such distances that it took three weeks for a letter from Georgia to reach Massachusetts; their governments were quite different; there was no unity or uniformity in their administrations, their religious affiliations, their customs and social standards, or even in their racial composition. Some were directly under the control of the King and Parliament, others administered by proprietors; all had local assemblies, but those assemblies were very different in nature; each had its special functions, its traditions and dates of convening. Each had its own electoral system and its own body of electors: in Massa- chusetts the wealthy merchant class and the clergy held sway; in Virginia and New York the big landowners, who composed a sort of feudal aristocracy, ruled; the South had slaves and could not do without them; the North had slaves and was getting rid of them. The luxuriant South was almost a tropical land, the unfertile North was almost an arctic region; the North was deeply and strictly religious and intellectually permeated by Calvinism; the South was rather irreligious and not interested in such problems; the Church of England was recognized as the spiritual authority, but it had very little influence. Denominations and clergies hated each other; Quakers had been persecuted in Massa- chusetts, Catholics in Maryland. The Anglo-Saxon colonists of Massachusetts thoroughly distrusted the Dutch settlers of New York, whilst in Pennsylvania there was a permanent quarrel between English colonists, German settlers, Scotch-Irish immigrants and Welsh people. They only united in their common hatred of the Indians and their scorn for the Negroes. The feeling amongst the principal cities was not much better; Boston was acutely jealous of New York and Philadelphia, which, in turn, had no love for their old rival. Each of these small governments was violently attached to its smallest prerogatives and to its most insignificant rights. Each colony thought that it had a legitimate title to more OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 149 territories extending to the west and they quarreled amongst each other; Maryland fought Pennsylvania, Connecticut fought New York. Nobody was willing to sacrifice anything for a collaboration which the ambition of the French and the ill will of the Indians made necessary. When the French invaded the territory or when the Indians made their raids, "everybody was clamoring for English troops. But as soon as the French had withdrawn, as soon as the Indians had been repulsed or were drunk, Ameri- cans hurried to send back the English Redcoats, whose company was so unpleasant, and to resume their petty differences. Normal- ly, they were fighting each other; and nothing—religion, material interests, not even fear itself—seemed able to bring them together. "Masonry alone undertook to lay the foundation for national unity in America, because, through the very nature of its organization, it could spread throughout all the colonies and work steadily and silently. It created in a limited but very prominent class of people a feeling of American unity without which the American liberty could not have developed—without which there would have been no United States." Fay tells us also how Freemasonry won freedom for America. I quote again: "In 1760 there was no town, big or small, where Masonry had not spun its web. Everywhere it was preaching fraternity and unity ... In America, national unity was established by a Mason; in Europe, the American cause was saved by a Mason; George Washington and Benjamin Franklin were the columns without which the Temple of American liberty would have crumbled; Washington and Franklin were the two outstanding Masons of. the time. During the long and bitter conflict which disrupted the country, they never stopped their Masonic activities. Both took part in its accomplishments and glorified in its results. At the tragic moment when America needed a national army and a national diplomacy, it turned to Brother George Washington as the only officer who not only had national fame but who, due to his Masonic application, had friends in all parts of the continent. At the crucial moment when America, on the verge of defeat, needed foreign alliances, it turned to Brother Benjamin Franklin, the only American who had world-wide fame and who, due to Masonry, had friends all over the world. The American army was more the army of Washington than the army of Congress. Hardly paid, badly treated, little considered by the Government, the soldiers had neither esteem nor confidence in the Assembly." "If from 1776 to 1783 the American army was able to keep the field and fight, if it did not disband and lose all its spirit, 150 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

this was due to Washington alone. It was Washington who by his example maintained the morale of the troops and who by his untiring insistence with Congress obtained the food, clothes and ammunition absolutely necessary, gaining them through the pressure of his daily letters. In the worse moments, when Con- gress was entirely helpless and disorganized, Washington paid to keep his men alive, from his own resources. "Although the personal devotion of officers and soldiers to Washington was enough to maintain loyalty to the new flag, the Masonic spirit contributed its part. To foster that spirit Washington had favored the creation of many military lodges and personally participated in their activities. In that army, which did not ordinarily muster more than 15,000 men, we know * authentically of the existence of eleven lodges and we feel certain that many others functioned. The Connecticut line, the North Carolina line, the Massachusetts line, the Maryland line, the Pennsylvania line, the New Jersey line, the Pennsylvania Ar- tillery Regiment, each had its field lodge or lodges, but the most illustrious one was the 'American Union Lodge Number One', in which Washington celebrated the Feast of Saint John the Baptist during the summer of 1779, the Feast of Saint John the Evan- gelist the following winter, and again in 1780 and 1782 the Feast of Saint John the Baptist; the latter year he appeared at the celebration of the Feast of Saint John the Evangelist held by the King Solomon Lodge a,t Poughkeepsie; but the most striking and the most important of all these Masonic ceremonies in which he took part was the great procession of December 27, 1778, at Philadelphia. The patriots had retaken the city, which the English had evacuated, and the signature of the French alliance revived joy and hope. Enthusiasm was at its peak, and although everyone felt the struggle would be long and hard, they were buoyed up by their faith in final victory. Wishing to consecrate and emphasize the feeling of faith which would make his armies invincible, George Washington did not follow the examples of generals of the Old World such as Turenne or Villars and order a Te Deum, or have a great Thanksgiving sermon as Cromwell or Marlborough would have done, and as the Presidents of the United States did later. His sword at his side, in full Masonic attire, and adorned with all the jewels and insignia of the Brother- hood. Washington marched at the head of a solemn procession of three hundred brethren through the streets of Philadelphia to Christ Church, where a Masonic Divine Service was held. This was the greatest Masonic parade that had ever been seen in the New World." "Freemasonry alone made (Franklin's) efforts succeed. The OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 151

Craft enabled Franklin to make himself recognized by the French Government as Minister of the United States and later obliged the French Government to recognize the need of entering the war and carrying it to a victorious end . . . Franklin never cared to be treated as a Minister Plenipotentiary, he was content to be a patriarch, immersed in Masonry. In this position, which he had wisely created for himself, he was impregnable. This admirable work, the most carefully planned and most efficiently organized propaganda ever accomplished, succeeded in a way that was worthy of the efforts of the great man. It made possible the military intervention of France, which in itself was a master- stroke and ensured the independence of the United States. But it had also a great intellectual influence throughout Europe, spreading the idea, or what might be called the myth, of virtuous revolution. Up to that day revolutions had been looked upon as crimes against society. Thereafter, they were accepted as a step in the progress of the world. 'Revolution against tyranny is the most sacred of duties' became a generally accepted slogan. It was the password of the French Revolution, but it originated with the American Revolution and grew out of Franklin's propaganda. Washington, the Masonic hero, who carried on the war because of his love of peace and justice, as well as Franklin, the Masonic patriarch, who rebelled because of his love for virtue and justice, stood as living proofs of the sacredness of revolution." Thus Fay, specialist in the study of American civilization, proves his charge that Freemasonry is responsible for that revolution in civil government which gave ascendency to democracy. Freemasonry not only admits this but is proud of it. Democracy, indeed, is but the carrying of toleration fully into civil and intellectual as well as into religious affairs. And the one hope of democracy is the preservation of independent and virile minorities. They guide; they hold a balance of power. The whole development of civilization, indeed, has been the work of small minorities of superior intelligence, dominated by reason not by emotion. Freemasonry has been one of those minorities for more than two centuries. At least three times within the century after its transmu- tation into a philosophical society, seeking and teaching truth, it was a dominating factor in events which changed the course of history. Its propagation in a hostile world of its ideal of liberty, civil, religious and intellectual, spread rapidly over the civilized world and, on both sides of the Atlantic became not only a philosophy of life but of government. It was not, as Fay asserts, a cause of war, that was the con- sequence of government oppression which fanned the emotions of men into fire. It was, however, the cause of a revolution in civic 152 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE philosophy which thereafter was accepted hy most of the civilized world until it was attacked in toto by the Hitlerian philosophy of which I have spoken. Just as Freemasonry was such a potent force in the Eighteenth Century, so today it can and should be the small minority which will preserve to the world a civilization not based upon force, but based upon friendship; not upon slavery, but upon liberty. What has now wrecked the peace and happiness of the world is a nationalistic philosophy which has affected the policies of our own country and has dominated the thinking of the totalitarian nations to such an extent as to impel the development in whole peoples of mass paranoia. It is the philosophy of selfishness, not altruism. It is a man-made philosophy, not that of the two Great Commandments. It is the philosophy of the highwayman, not that of the great Master of masters. It is the philosophy of the demagogue, not that of Freemasonry. In the symbolic lodge, we are taught the doctrine of dependence —that no man can live alone. Somehow, we forget that just as each human life is utterly dependent upon others, so also each community of humans is dependent upon its neighbor communities and each nation upon its neighbor nations. To save and rebuild a democratic world, certain principles must be accepted as broader than boundaries. "Free men can no longer be free alone ... If they want to be free, they must be free together." ** This is a part of the secret which Freemasonry is doing its best to impart to all men and to all nations. ** Prom Life, August 31, 1942 i&sue. Freemasonry is in this war. Hitler, his stooge, his satellites and his slaves are driving toward its destruction that it may no more teach and disseminate these principles. It must be militant to its utmost possibilities, but Freemasonry's militancy is to instil its philosophy into the hearts and minds of men and to thrill its membership into giving their all, physically and materially, so far as called for by constituted civil and military authority, to the salvage of civilization. In this as in all other phases of human conduct, Freemasonry's mission is to create and stimulate motive. Motive is the dominating and controlling cause of decision and action in this world of ours. This is why it is Freemasonry's job to make its philosophy a personal, virile, impelling, compelling motive in human life. This is its urge, its purpose, its goal. This makes it a vital factor in the now- existent cosmos. We who are of its membership, those affected by our influence, indeed all who are inspired and incited by a like philosophy, whatever its etiology, need not today be told by our fraternity to do this or that concrete act. Each will know and each will find how best he OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 153 can serve, both in providing the sinews of war and by demonstrating in deed, even to the last extremity, that no man hath greater love for his fellows. The book which was sealed with seven seals has been opened before us in these terrible days in which we now live and move. Succeeding one another, as the seals were broken, there have come forth to our vision, yea to reality, a ruthless conqueror; war; rationing; hunger and death; cries of suffering" and vengeance; wrath and consternation; fire, destruction and woe. But, filling our souls with hope, there also comes to as the sequel of that apocalyptic vision. "Heaven opened, and behold a white horse: and He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He doth judge and make war . . . And He was clothed in a vesture dipped in blood . . . And He hath on his vesture ... a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS." There also "the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him that sat on the horse, and against His army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophets that wrought miracles before him, with which he de- ceived them that had received the mark of the beast . . . And the remnant were slain with the sword of Him that sat upon the horse." With faith we pray, oh our God, that the fulfillment of this prophetic vision be at hand and come in our time! * * * This remarkable resume of past Masonic ways and present Masonic paths was given rapt attention and at the close the Grand Master thanked Brother Johnson for his very interesting address. ^ # * * .Brother Summers, Superintendent, of our Masonic Home was presented and he gave an interesting talk concerning the activities of the Home. Past Grand Master Gayle, Chairman of the Board of the Home also spoke of the Home Problems, urging all to continue their support of this magnificent work for the Masonry of our State. Special attention was directed to the "Christmas Gift Educa- tional Fund" and the "In Memoriam Donations'' recorded in the formal reports. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE We, your Committee on Foreign Correspondence, have had referred to us during the past year, question as to the standing and practices of the Grand Lodge Nuevo Leon of Mexico. Complaint has come to us from the Grand Lodge Cosmos of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, 154 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GKAND LODGE that the Grand Lodge of Nuevo Leon is not complying with the standards of requirement for recognition among the Grand Lodges with which we are in friendly relationship, in two particulars. (1) Because they refuse to accept the Bible as one of the Great Lights of Masonry, and (2) Because of its relationship with the Grand Lodge Mexicana of Texas, which exists in occupied territory. For the reasons above referred to, the Grand Lodge Cosmos of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, and possibly other Grand Lodges in Mexico, have severed relationship with the Grand Lodge Nuevo Leon. It further appears that our Sister Jurisdiction of Texas, which recognizes a number of Mexican Grand Lodges, does not recognize the Grand Loge of Nuevo Leon and while we have not corresponded with the Grand Lodge of Texas about the matter, we have come to the conclusion that this is the reason why the Grand Lodge Nuevo Leon is not in friendly relationship with the Grand Lodge of Texas. We therefore recommend that the friendly and fraternal relationship now existing between the Grand Lodge of Louisiana and the Grand Lodge Nuevo Leon of Mexico, be terminated. Fraternally submitted, EDWIN F, GAYLE, Chairman for the Committee. On motion adopted the recommendation of the Committee was APPEOVED. EEPOET OF JOINT COMMITTEES, MASONIC LAW AND JUKISPEUDENCE, AND AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS RESOLUTION No. 1 We your Joint Committees to whom was referred Resolution No. 1, beg to report that, while realizing that further delay in the continuation of the Refinancing plan to reach its goal would be very costly to the Grand Lodge, even though the non-interest bearing bonds will be sub- ordinated until the bank loan is liquidated at which time these bonds will become first mortgage bonds, we recommend the adoption of the Resolution. Fraternally submitted, GEO. A. TREADWELL, Chairman J. CHRIS NUNGESSER, Chairman FRED WHITE W. G. ROGERS, P. G. M. P. J. SCHEMPP, PHILIP LIEBER, P. G. M. Committee on Audit and Accounts W. D. GOFF PAUL B. HABANS WARREN O. WATSON, Committee on Law and Jurisprudence The report of the Committees WAS ADOPTED unanimously by a rising vote. 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VOTE OF THANKS

On motion of Brother B. R. Minchew, P. M. of R. M. Crowson Lodge 281, duly seconded and unanimously adopted, a vote of thanks and appreciation of the Grand Lodge was extended to all who have been active in our Refinancing Campaign and who have taken part in bringing it to a successful conclusion.

The Grand Lodge then at 10:30 P. M., after prayer, was called from labor to refreshment, until 7 :00 P. M. tomorrow, February 9th, 1943.

SECOND DAT—NIGHT SESSION SHRINE MOSQUE,

NEW ORLEANS, LA., FEBRUARY 9TH, 1943. The Grand Lodge after prayer, was called from refreshment to labor at 7 :00 P. M. by the Grand Master. PRESENTATION OF ALTAR COVER Brother Eobert McGehee, Past Master of Mansfield Lodge No. 250, spoke of the love and esteem the members of their Lodge had for our Most Worshipful Grand Master, who is a member of the Lodge. As a testimonial to him, a beautiful Purple Velvet Altar Cover, with the Seal of the Grand Lodge embroidered thereon, was presented to the Grand Lodge. Grand Master Jordan, with much feeling, accepted this beautiful gift on behalf of the Grand Lodge. RECEPTION OF GRAND REPRESENTATIVES THE FOLLOWING GRAND REPRESENTATIVES ANSWERED ROLL CALL Argentina Benjamin F. Bradford New Orleans BRAZIL: Ceara M. Ferrier Coif ax Parahyba F. A. Cayard New Orleans. Rio Grande do Sul James Reid, Jr.—- New Oreans. Canada Duncan H. Selph New Orleans Colorado W. D. Haas, Jr Bunkie 156 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GKAND LODGE

COLOMBIA: Serenisima Nacional (Cartegena) Paul A. Martin Shreveport Gran Logia de Colombia (Bogota) Frank W. Magne New Orleans Connecticut Leon S. Haas _ Opelousas Costa Rica H. B. Cannon Monroe. Cuba Edward H. Walsdorf New Orleans. Delaware Sam H. Jones Baton Rouge District of Columbia H. H. Bain Shreveport Ecuador V. P. Ramos New Orleans. Florida Edwin P. Gayle Lake Charles Georgia Haney B. Conner Baton Rouge Idaho J. Luther Jordan Mansfteld Illinois U. W. McMillan .New Orleans Indiana Walter A. Tharp New Orleans Ireland Duncan Bell Gonzales Maryland Archie T. Higgins Gretna MEXICO: Chiapas T. F. Matties New Orleans Cosmos (Chihuahua) E. Lee Mowe New Orleans. Del Pacifico (Sonora)... Alberto Quiroga New Orleans. Tamaulipas Abraham Solomon New Orleans. York Grand Lodge Bertney G. Frick New Orleans Occidental Mexicana (Jalisco) Philip Lieber Shreveport. Vera Cruz Robt. W. Cretney Sterlington Yucatan (La-Oriental Peninsular) Estes W. McKinney New Orleans. Michigan. J. O. Hedt _....New Iberia Minnesota Carter C. Lacour Baton Rouge Mississippi W. D. Wallace. Downsville Missouri Adolph V. Scheurich New Orleans Montana Alphonse Goldsmith New Orleans Nebraska Chas. F. Ratcliff Baton Rouge New Brunswick D. W. Landess Port Allen New South Wales Morris Marx New Orleans New York • Thomas Green New Orleans North Carolina C. Marion Hutton Minden Nova Scotia Charles E. McHale New Orleans Oregon J. Chris Nungesser New Orleans Paraguay B. Y. Wolf New Orleans Peru John S. Burgess Aico Rhode Island Geo. A. Treadwell ..New Orleans SalTador (Cuscatlan) Manuel V. Rivera New Orleans OF THE STATE OP LOUISIANA 15?

Saskatchewan C. P. Derveloy Alexandria Sweden. Emil Sundbery Napoleonvllle Switzerland T. Ellwood Frazier New Orleans Tasmania. R. L. Gay Zwolle Tennessee Hubert G. Todd New Orleans Utah...., H. W. Palfrey Alexandria Vermont Henry J. Niemann New Orleans Virginia George A. Nami, Jr New Orleans Washington Milton W. Boylan ...New Orleans West Australia W. S. Kingrey Kinder West Virginia Q. T. Hardtner Urania Wisconsin D. Peter Laguens, Jr. .New Orleans Our Grand Master welcomed the Grand Kepresentatives to this Annual Communication, followed by response by M :W: Brother Edwin P. Gayle, P. G. M.

PRESENTATION OF 50 YEAR SERVICE CERTIFICATES AND SERVICE EMBLEMS TO 50 YEAR MASONS The Grand Master called Brothers Percy Benedict, P. M. of Perfect Union Lodge 1, and Albert F. Cayard of Sts. John Lodge 153 to the platform where Bro. F. A. Cayard P. M. of Sts. John Lodge 153 presented his father with a 50 year Service Certificate. Bro. Wynne G. Eogers, P. G. M., presented the 50 year Service Certificate to Brother Percy Benedict. Bro. Milton A. Hawkins, P. M. of Perfect Union Lodge 1 paid tribute, reciting the long and useful service of Bro. Benedict to Perfect Union Lodge 1. Bro. W. D. Haas, Jr., as is his annual custom in a glowing encomium to all 50 year Masons and especially to Brothers Cayard and Benedict presented each with his 50 year button. Brother Haas then stated lie had been trying to make an appointment to present Brother A. R. Coomber of Caddo Lodge 179 with his 50 year pin and asked Brother Hall, from Shreveport to take the pin and have it presented to Brother Coomber. ELECTION OF OFFICERS The election of officers for the ensuing year was declared in order and the Grand Master appointed Brothers R. S. Copeland, Herman Conerly and P. J. Scliempp as tellers: 158 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

The election resulted as follows: M:W: BENJAMIN Y. WOLF, New Orleans, Friends of Harmony 58 Grand Master R:W: W. S. KINGREY, Kinder, Kinder 297 Deputy Grand Master R:W: OTTO E. PASSMAN, Monroe, Graham Surghnor 483 ..— Grand Senior Warden R:W: THEODORE F. MATHES, New Orleans, Louisiana 102 Grand Junior Warden R:W: U. W. McMILLAN, New Orleans, Linn Wood 167 Grand Treasurer R:W: D. PETER LAGUENS, Jr., New Orleans, Corinthian 190 Grand Secretary R:W: JESSE A. TAYLOR, Lafayette, Hope 145 Grand Lecturer R:W: R. C. LEEVES. Tallulah, Tallulah 308 Grand Lecturer APPOINTMENTS (See complete list under installation of officers at pages 173 and 174.)

Brother Edwin F. Gayle, was elected member of the Board of Trustees of the Masonic Home for Children for the 5 year term. Brother Edwin F. Gayle's term having expired on the Masonic Educational Foundation Board he was reelected for the full term of 3 years. ADDRESSES Brother William Charles FitzGibbon of Acacia Lodge 18, Washington, D. C, personal Representative of Henry Morgen- thau, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, gave an interesting address on matters concerning National Defense.

REPOET OF COMMITTEE ON MASONIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE We, your Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence, to whom were referred certain portions of the Most Worshipful Grand Master's address, respectfully report as follows:

RULINGS We have carefully examined all the rulings of the M:W: Grand Master, and find that the following were in accordance with the established Laws and Edicts of the Grand Lodge: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, .43, 45, 46 and 47. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA I 5i>

With reference to Ruling No. 13, M:W: Brother Leon Haas appeared before the Committee to discuss the same, and was informed that its province was to pass upon the legality of the Grand Master's ruling, and not the merits of the case, which the Committee feels should be determined by the Committee on Appeals and Grievances. With reference to Ruling No. 1 Bro. Watson was not in accord with the other members of the Committee and desires to reserve comment for the Grand Lodge.

Brother Watson stated his reasons for not agreeing with the Committee, and moved that the Committee's report be not adopted. On being put to a vote his motion was lost. We recommend the approval of the aforesaid rulings, and that Ruling 13 be referred to the Committee on Appeals and Grievances. We recommend that Ruling No. 22 be amended by striking out the words "Edict No. 1 under 'procedures' on Page 87 of the 1933 Code and likewise", inasmuch as Edict No. 1 on Page 14 in the Supplement is the adopted amendment of the former Edict. We recommend that Ruling No. 29 be amended so as to provide that the responsibility of dispensing Masonic charity to the worthy wives, widows and orphans of deceased brethren is the duty of all Master Masons and Masonic Lodges, and not alone as in the instant case, the responsibility of Humble Cottage Lodge because it now has jurisdiction over the territory that was formerly the jurisdiction of Courtableau Lodge. The Committee feels that extending Masonic charity is a matter of sacred obligation, and not of legislation. We do not find that Rulings Nos. 8, 10, 28 and 44 are in conformity with our Laws and Edicts for the following reasons: Rulings Nos. 8, 10 and 28—contrary to Article 6, Section 1, Re- vised, of the General Regulations, and Edicts 1-2, Pages 293-294 under the Sub-Heading "Time Of". RECOMMITTED TO COMMITTEE. See page 167. Ruling No. 44—The inference to be had from this Ruling is that the Grand Master had the authority to authorize acceptance of a petition from one who has resided in the State seven (7) months if he was willing to do so. Article 6, Section 1 prohibits such authority. This comment is made primarily to clarify the ruling. The Committee is constrained to call to the attention of the Brethren that many questions propounded necessitating the rulings need not have been submitted to the Grand Master if reference to the Code had been previously made. We, therefore, emphasize the necessity of using the Code before submitting matters to the Grand Master for decision. The report of the Committee was ADOPTED. 160 PROCEEDINGS OF T1IK GRAND LODGE

DISPENSATIONS GRANTED

We have considered all Dispensations granted and approve those grouped under the Sub-Headings: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14 and 15. We disapprove Dispensation Subheading No. 16, as it has the effect of changing the By-Laws of the Lodge without following the proper procedure. Dispensation Subheading No. 11—We consider the effect of these Dispensations to be legal inasmuch as the Grand Master appointed special deputies as his personal Representatives clothed with his powers, but we do not feel that the dispensations should have been granted to the Lodges mentioned. In our opinion these were the per- formances of official acts rather than the granting of dispensations. The report of the Committee was ADOPTED.

DISPENSATIONS DENIED We approve the Grand Master's action in denying Dispensations referred to. The report of the Committee was ADOPTED.

BY-LAWS We find the new By-Laws and Amendments to existing By-Laws to be in accordance with the Laws of this Grand Lodge. The report of the Committee was ADOPTED.

GRAND MASTER'S RECOMMENDATIONS We, your Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence, to whom was referred recommendations numbers 2 and 3 of the Grand Master, as appear on page 47 of his report, beg leave to report as follows: To carry out these Recommendations, we submit the following resolution: BE IT RESOLVED: That the incoming Grand Master be, and he is hereby, directed to appoint a committee of three Master Masons to prepare and submit at the next session of this Grand Lodge, uniform By-Laws for all of the constituent Lodges of this State, said By-Laws to be uniform for all Lodges except as to the provisions for fees, dues, and meeting dates. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That after this Grand Lodge has adopted the said uniform By-Laws, each constituent Lodge will be required to adopt same as its By-Laws and forward a copy thereof to the Grand Secretary for his permanent records. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 161

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That after the said uniform By-Laws shall have been adopted, no constituent Lodge will be permitted to amend the same without the express consent of this Grand Lodge first obtained, except as to the provisions dealing with dues, fees, and meeting dates. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That any constituent Lodge desiring to amend its By-Laws as above set out, shall be required to comply with all the present requirements of law for the amendment of By-Laws, and forward three (3) copies of the amendment, together with evidence showing compliance with the law, to the Grand Secre- tary; and, when and if approved, one copy shall be returned to the constituent Lodge, one copy shall be retained by the Grand Secretary for his permanent records, and one copy shall be forwarded to the Grand Master for his annual report. The report of the committee was NOT ADOPTED. On motion adopted recommendations 2 and 3 of the Grand Master WEEE APPROVED. Your Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence, to whom was referred Recommendation No. 1 of the Grand Master, as appears on page 47 of his report, begs leave to report as follows: We are cognizant of the fact that the Grand Master is burdened with an enormous lot of correspondence because the Officers of a great many of the constituent Lodges fail to familiarize themselves with the law. However, from our knowledge of human nature, we do not believe that the situation would be much improved if this Grand Lodge were to pass a law requiring each Lodge to keep a copy of the Code on the desk of the Secretary, as recommended by the Grand Master. Therefore, we recommend that the incoming Grand Master be requested to encourage and promote, through his District Deputies, an educational campaign among the Officers of the various constituent Lodges, and endeavor to teach them how to use the Code and admin- ister the laws in their respective Lodges. The report of the Committee was ADOPTED. Fraternally submitted, J. CHRIS NUNGESSER, Chairman. WARREN O. WATSON, W. D. GOFF, PHILIP LIEBER, WYNNE G. ROGERS, ARCHIE-T. HIGGINS, PAUL B. HABANS, Masonic Law and Jurisprudence Committee. 162 PROCEEDINGS OV THE GRAND LODGE

REPORT JOINT COMMITTEES WORK AND RETURNS OF CHARTERED LODGES AND APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES Pine Grove Lodge Matter The joint Committee makes the following report on the above matter referred to these committees by the Committee on Analysis and Distribution of the Grand Master's address, page 45 under the heading "other official acts", and reports as follows: The Joint Committee approves and sustains the action of the Grand Master, and adds the following: That the Officers of this Lodge as mentioned in the Grand Master's report on page 31, be indefinitely suspended, namely: Dewey E. Kirby, Worshipful Master; R. Alex Corbin, Acting Junior Warden; Robert ML Howes, Jr., Acting Senior Warden; John A. Ross, Acting Senior Warden. That the E: A: degree conferred on Leslie L. Spinks be declared illegal, his name stricken from the rolls, and he be declared a profane. That in the case of Brother C. Paul Phelps now a member of Livingston Lodge 160 the actions of the Grand Master be sustained. Fraternally submitted, MAX B. BLANCHARD, Chairman, H. H. BAIN, Chairman, ROBT. W, SMITH, LEON S. HAAS, LOUIS E. OSTER, JOHN W. ARMSTRONG, PERCY C. GOLDENBERG, L. K. CAPPEL, Committee on Work and Returns ROBERT J. BADON, of Chartered Lodges. CARTER C. LACOUR, Committee on Appeals and Grievances. The report of the Joint Committees was ADOPTED.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON WORK AND RETURNS OF CHARTERED LODGES in accord with report of Committee on Distribution and Analysis of the Grand Master's address referred to us, we beg to report as follows: Louisiana Relief Lodge No. 1 We heartily approve the report of this Lodge and congratulate them on the wonderful work they are doing in New Orleans and especially commend them for the maintenance of a "Blood Bank" for OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 163

Masons in need of such assistance. Brother L. T, Walsdorf, the Worshipful Master of this Lodge is an untiring worker and always ready and willing to help the sojourning Masons.

State of the Order—Little Flock Lodge No. 236

This Committee recommends that the incoming Grand Master take proper steps to effect a consolidation with Middle Creek Lodge 321 at Belwood, La., having a membership of 38 members, or Lees- ville Lodge 240 at Leesville, La., having a membership of 111 members.

Kisatchie Union Lodge No. 379

This Committee recommends that the incoming Grand Master take proper steps to effect a consolidation of this Lodge with Florien Lodge 263, having 27 members or Many Lodge 411, having 68 members. The Committee selected these Lodges for this consolidation due to their close proximity, and leave the selection to the incoming Grand Master and those Lodges interested. Committee also recommends that before consolidation Little Flock Lodge 236 and Kisatchie Union Lodge 379 pay all assessments and etc., now due the Grand Lodge of Louisiana. Fraternally submitted, MAX B. BLANCHARD, Chairman, P. C. GOLDBNBERG, LOUIS E. OSTBR, ROBERT W. SMITH. Committee on Work and Returns of Chartered Lodges. The report of the Joint Committees was ADOPTED.

REPOET OP JOINT COMMITTEES ON" SEEVICE AND AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS We, your joint committees on Service and Audit and Accounts, wish to report on that portion of the Grand Master's report referred to these committees. On page 44, on the subject of "The Masonic Service Association; we approve the report and especially do we commend the Masons of the 11th Masonic District for their contribution to the Service Association for the support of Service Centers, and we hope that more 164 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE of the Districts throughout the state will make similar contributions during this year in order that this Association may expand their activities for the benefit of those in the Armed Service.

Fraternally submitted,

D. PETER LAGUENS, Jr., Chairman, G. A . TREADWELL, Chairman, THOMAS GREEN, P. J. SCHEMPP, HARRY McKENZIE, FRED C. WHITE, T. E. FRAZIER, Committee on Audit and L. W. HARRIS, Accounts. W. A. McLEES, J. J. KHOURY, MICHAEL ELGUTTER, ADAM MEHN, Committee on Service.

The report of the Joint Committees was ADOPTED.

EEPOET OP JOINT COMMITTEES ON STATE OF THE ORDER AND SERVICE

We your Joint Committees on State of the Order and Service wish to report that we have examined that part of the Grand Master's report, at page 48, Recommendation No. 5, and approve of same.

D. PETER LAGUENS, Jr., Chairman, HANEY B. CONNER, Chairman, THOMAS GREEN, GARDINER YOUNG, HARRY McKENZIE, A. K. PALMER, T. E. FRAZIER, Committee on State of the L. W. HARRIS, Order. W. A. McLEES, J. J. KHOURY, MICHAEL ELGUTTER, ADAM MEHN, Committee on Service.

The report of the Joint Committees was ADOPTED. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 165

EEPOET OF PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON WORK We, your Permanent Committee on Work to which was referred, that part of the Grand Master's report titled Grand Lecturers (Pages 39 and 40) recommend that this part of the report be approved. Fraternally submitted, JOHN H. BROWN, Chairman, PAUL A. MARTIN, C. R. GRIFFITH, O. A. SLATER, T. F. MATHES, Permanent Committee on Work. The report of the Committee was ADOPTED.

PRESENTATION OF "100% GOAL" BANNER

Brother Robert H. Brower for Elton Lodge 359, and Walter R. Simpson for Wm. D. White Lodge 408, were presented by Past Grand Master W. D. Haas, Jr., as the leaders in their respective lodges in our Refinancing Campaign. Brother Brower was presented with the Lodge "Over the Top" Banner. Since Wm. D. AVhite Lodge reached their Goal this date, their Banner will be delivered at a later date.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MASONIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE Regarding the recommendation of Grand Master, No. 6 which has reference to the physical qualifications of candidates for membership, recommend that this matter be referred to the Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence to more carefully consider and bring in a recommendation for submission at the 1944 session of the Grand Lodge. Fraternally submitted, J. CHRIS NUNGESSER, Chairman, WARREN O. WATSON, W. D. GOFF, PHILIP LIEBER, WYNNE G. ROGERS, ARCHIE T. HIGGINS, PAUL B. HABANS, Masonic Law and Jurisprudence Committee. 166 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

RESOLUTION No. 5 By JOHN R. HUMBLE, Graham Surghnor Lodge 383. Be it Resolved that Article VI, Section 1, General Regulations be amended to read as follows: "Every candidate for initiation into Masonry must be twenty-one years of age before making the application and, except he be a mariner, must have been a resident of the State for a space of twelve months immediately prior to filing his application and, unless in the opinion of the Grand Master his vocation prevents him from establishing continuous residence in one place within the State, must be a resident of the jurisdiction of the Lodge for six months prior to filing his application. Provided, however, that these restrictions as to residence shall not apply to a citizen of the State of Louisiana who is a Federal or State employee or a member of the armed forces of the United States. He must make his application in writing and sign his name to the same, in which shall be set forth his name in full, his age, place of birth, actual residence, occu- pation, his motive for applying, with a pledge of honor that he believes in God and that no unworthy motive, selfish consideration, persuasion or influence has induced him to make the application. This petition must be vouched for and recommended by at least two members in good standing of the Lodge to which application is made and which they shall do on their own personal knowledge of the applicant." Referred to Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence. (ADOPTED. See pages 166, 167.)

CLOSING

The Grand Lodge at 11 :30 P. M., after prayer was called from labor to refreshment until (> :00 1\ M. Wednesday, February 10th, 1943.

THIRD DAY—NIGHT SESSION

STIKINE MOSQUE,

NEW ORLEANS, LA., FEBRUARY 10TH, 1943. The Grand Lodge, after prayer, was called from refreshment to labor at 6 :00 P. M. by the Grand Master.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MASONIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE RESOLUTION No. 2 We, your Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence to whom was referred Resolution No. 2, unanimously approve of same. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 167

RESOLUTION No. 5 We also unanimously recommend approval of Resolution No. 5 amending Article 6, Section 1 of the General Regulations.

RULINGS Nos. 8, 10 and 28 With reference to Rulings Nos. 8, 10 and 28, which were referred back to the Committee for further consideration by action of the Grand Lodge, we realize there is much confusion in the General Regulations and Edicts approved by this Grand Lodge concerning the matter of residence and domicile, and in view of the fact that certain of the Edicts justify the rulings of the Grand Master in question, we recommend the approval of same. We feel, however, that the adoption of Resolution No. 5 should clarify the matter of residence and definitely indicate that all applicants, except those who are Federal or State Officials or employees, or in the Armed Forces of the United States must live in the State for twelve (12) months and in the jurisdiction of the Lodge six months prior to making application.

OTHER OFFICIAL ACTS We conferred with the Committee on Work and Returns of Chartered Lodges, and the Committee on Appeals and Grievances to whom this section of the Grand Master's address was referred as a joint committee with our Committee, and we recommend the approval of his action. REFINANCING CAMPAIGN We join the Committee of the State of the Order, and the Com- mittee on Audit and Accounts in approving the comments of the Grand Master relative to the Refinancing Campaign. Fraternally submitted, J. CHRIS NUNGESSER,, Chairman. WARREN O. WATSON, W. D. GOFF, PHILIP LIEBER, WYNNE G. ROGERS, ARCHIE T. HIGGINS, PAUL B. HABANS, Masonic Law and Jurisprudence Committee. The report of the Committee WAS ADOPTED seriatim, then, as a whole. Resolution No. 3 withdrawn by Brother Conner, by unanimous consent of the Grand Lodge. 168 PROCEKDIXGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE We, your Committee on Foreign Correspondence, to whom was referred that portion of the Grand Master's address referring to the Grand Master's Conference; the Grand Secretaries Conference; and the annual meeting of the George Washington Memorial Association recommend approval of the same. Referring to that portion of the Grand Master's address and the Grand Secretary's report having to do with Commissions to Grand Rep- resentatives of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, near the Grand Lodges of Sister Jurisdictions and commissions received from the Grand Lodges of our Sister Jurisdictions to Representatives near the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, we recommend that the action of the Grand Master be approved. Fraternally submitted, EDWIN F. GAYLE, Chairman for the Committee.

The report of the Committee WAS ADOPTED.

VOTE OF THANKS

On motion of Past Grand Master Leon S. Haas, Sr., unanimously adopted by a rising vote it was resolved.: that the thanks of this Grand Lodge be extended to the Officers and members of Jerusalem Temple for the many courtesies extended by them during this session of the Grand Lodsre.

RECEPTION OF DISTINGUISHED VISITOR

Past Grand Master Edwin F. Gayle presented Dr. W. Frank Wells, Most Puissant Grand Master of the General Grand Council of the II. S. A., west of the Altar, when he was welcomed by the Grand Master and accorded the Grand Honors. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 169

BEPOKT OF COMMITTEE ON AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS

BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1943 The Chairman of the Committee on Audit and Accounts read the figures for the proposed budget for 1943 and made motion that the budget be adopted. Motion was adopted and the budget was therefore ADOPTED.

Estimated Income for the Year 1943

Dues and degree fees .- $27,600.00 Interment fees 500.00 Certificates and diplomas 100.00 Interest 1 700.00 Net profit on merchandise sold 1,000.00

$29,900.00 Budget of Expenses Salary, Grand Secretary $ 3,000.00 Salaries, Grand Secretary's Office 3,510.00 Salaries, Grand Lecturers 5,100.00 Grand Lodge session, 1943: Grand Tyler, Grand Organist and Grand Chaplain 90.00 Mileage and per diem 5,700.00 Printing proceedings 2,000.00 Stationery and printing 400.00 Postage 750.00 Special relief 325.00 Grand Master's expenses 1,350.00 Grand Lecturers' expenses 1,000.00 Grand Secretary's Conference expense 200.00 Office, general and traveling expenses 2,000.00 Louisiana Relief Lodge 300.00 Masonic Employment Bureau 300.00 Masonic Service Association 640.00 Service Committee 400.00 Code Committee 125.00 Foreign Correspondence Committee 100.00 Social Security taxes 450.00 Cemetery maintenance 2,100.00

$29,840.00 170 PROCEEDINGS OF THE Gli-iXD LODGE

REPORT OF PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON WORK We your Permanent Committee on Work recommend that Resolution. No. 4 be not adopted. Fraternally submitted, J. H. BROWN, Chairman, PAUL A. MARTIN, C. R. GRIFFITH, T. F. MATHES. Permanent Committee on Work. The report of the Committee was ADOPTED. Past Grand Master Conner spoke on this matter and authority was given for the printing of his remarks in the proceedings. They follow: The purpose of this resolution was to encourage the examination of Master Masons on the work of that degree in open lodge. Several years ago the Grand Lodge made such an examination compulsory, and later it was repealed. The Committee on Work believes, and I concur in this opinion, that it would not be advisable for the Service Committee to incur the expense of securing a large supply of certificates which may not be called for by the constituent lodges, and that our present laws permit any lodge to issue such certificates, if they so desire. It must not be considered as in any way conflicting with the "Certificates of Proficiency" issued by the Committee on Work. I believe that to encourage the newly mad© brother to stand his examination in open lodge it would be advisable for all lodges who desire to do so, to issue him a certificate, worded, in effect, as follows: "This is to certify that Bro has been examined in open lodge in the work of the Master Mason Degree, and that he was made a Master Mason in this lodge on the day of 19 In testimony whereof this Certificate is issued to him on the day of 19 " The name of the lodge, and No. (Lodge Seal.) The location of the lodge, By Worshipful Master. By Secretary. Such a certificate to be printed and embellished with the Square and Compasses, on such stock as the brother would be proud to have it framed and appropriately displayed wherever he desired. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES Your Committee on Appeals and Grievances has received several transcripts of Masonic trials held by Lodges in this Jurisdiction—all of these cases reported since our last communication. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA - 171

In the case of Bunkie Lodge 326 vs. V. H. Hair. This case has been carefully considered by your Committee. The procedure in this case has not been according to the strict letter of Masonic Law, Article VII, Section 1 of the General Regulations, Grand Lodge, State of Louisiana has not been strictly complied with. The evidence introduced is not in accord with the strict legal interpretation of the Masonic Code and there are many other irregularities. However, we, feel that: Strict legal interpretations and technicalities are not to be resorted to in construing Masonic law when the question of right and wrong and of peace and harmony between the brethren is involved. The lodge found him "guilty" and sentenced him to a definite suspension of ten years. We recommend that the action of the lodge be sustained. In the case of M. P. Stockner, a member of Pecan Grove Lodge No. 222, this Lodge by a unanimous vote has asked that M. P. Stock- ner be restored to full membership. Your committee recommends that the request of this Lodge be granted. In the case of Square & Compass Lodge No. 417 vs. Carl P. Scherer. This brother was tried by his Lodge, found guilty and indefinitely suspended. We recommend that the action of the lodge be set aside and that he be expelled. In the matter of the ruling No. 13 of the Grand Master on page 28 of the Grand Master's address, which action was sustained by the committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence but referred to this committee for definite action. Your committee feels that inasmuch as the brother was blind and at times suffers a lapse of memory and inasmuch as he denies that he remembers signing any such document. Your committee feels that the renunciation was fraudulently obtained: Therefore we recommend that Brother Charles L. Voorhies be restored to full membership. Fraternally submitted, H. H. BAIN, Chairman. LEON S. HAAS, JOHN W. ARMSTRONG, ROBERT J. BADOKT, L. K. CAPPEL, CARTER C. LACOUR, DUNCAN BELL, Committee of Appeals and Grievances. The report of the Committee WAS ADOPTED seriatim, then, as a whole. 172 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GtBAND LODOE

The following telegram was read: Pensacola, Fla., Feb. 10, 1943. "Mr. J. Luther Jordan, Grand Master, The Grand Lodge of Louisiana, c/o Shrine Mosque, New Orleans, La. My emotions forced me to retire before the brethren finished that dear old song. Brother Jordan, you have made Masonic history. Your fine work and Masonic sincerity will grow stronger as the years roll by like the twirling wheel of time. Brother Wolf, I wish for you a successful year. A man with your integrity will make Masonic history. May God give you the strength to carry on through this crisis. Broth- ers Kingrey and Mathes, you are both a credit to the organization and your work will long be remembered. To my brethren I deeply appreciate the honor that you have bestowed upon me. I shall strive untir- ingly to justify that confidence. May God bless you all and be with you till we meet again. Fraternally yours, LT. OTTO E. PASSMAN, U.S.N.R."

WELCOME TO PAST GRAND MASTERS Our Past Grand Masters were invited West of the Altar, when Grand Master Jordan paid tribute to these faithful servants of our Grand Lodge. Past Grand Master Sundbery responded with feeling to this tribute. ADDRESSES The Grand Master presented M :W: Brother Karl J. Mohr, Grand Master of Masons in Illinois. Grand Master Mohr thrilled our Brethren with his splendid address. Brother Fred. I. Mills, Junior Grand Warden of Illinois was then introduced. He spoke briefly and thanked, the Brethren for their courtesies, extending a cordial invitation for us to visit the Grand Lodge of Illinois in October.

INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS GRAND LODGE OFFICERS, 1943 M:W: BENJAMIN Y. WOLF, New Orleans, Friends of Harmony 58 Grand Master R:W: W. S. KINGREY, Kinder, Kinder 291 Deputy Grand Master OP THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 173

R:W: OTTO E. PASSMAN, Monroe, Graham Surghnor 383 Grand Senior Warden R:W: THEODORE F. MATHES, New Orleans, Louisiana 102 Grand Junior Warden R:W: TJ. W. McMILLAN, New Orleans, Linn Wood 167 Grand Treasurer R:W: D. PETER LAGUENS, Jr., New Orleans Corinthian 190 Grand Secretary R:W: JESSE A. TAYLOR, Lafayette, Hope 145 Grand Lecturer R:W: R. C. LEEVES, Tallulah, Tallulah 308 Grand Lecturer

APPOINTMENTS W: ROBERT M. McGEHEE, Alexandria, Mansfield 250 Grand Chaplain W: JOHN P. FOSTER, Shreveport, Arcadia 126 Grand Chaplain, Emeritus W: ROBERT W. CRETNEY, Sterlington, Sterlington 420 Grand Marshal W: JACOB PHILLIPS, New Orleans, Osiris 300 Grand Senior Deacon W: BERTNEY G. FRICK, New Orleans, Mt. Moriah 59 Grand Junior Deacon W: MAX M. TANNENBAUM, New Orleans, Friends of Harmony 58 Grand Sword Bearer W: JOHN J. KHOT7RY, Lake Charles, Lake Charles 165 Grand Pursuivant

GRAND STEWARDS R:W: L. W. WATTS, Oil City, Mooringsport 342..D:D:G:M: Dist. 1 R:W: E. R. MINCHEW, Castor, R. M. Crowson 281 D:D:G:M: Dist. 2 R:W: W. D. WALLACE, Downsville, Downsville 143 '. D:D:G:M: Dist. 3 R:W: C. J. ROZIER, Newellton, St. Joseph 79...... D:D:G:M: Dtet. 4 R:W: W. O. KEES, Urania, Chas. F. Buck 260 D:D:G:M: Dist. 5 R:W: JAMES A. BAILES, Marthaville, Marthaville 258 D: D: G: M: Dist. 6 R:W: W. E. HUFFMAN, Oak Grove, Pioneer 34O..D:D:G:M: Dist. 7 R:W: EDWIN M. FRASER, Many, Many 411 D:D:G:M: Dist. 8 R:W: W. K. JOFFRION, Marksville, Marksville 269 D: D: G: M: Dist. 9 R:W: H. W. HAMILTON, De Quincy, De Quincy 279 , D:D:G:M: Dist. 10 R:W: JULIUS O. HEDT, New Iberia, Aurora 193..D:D:G:M: Dist. 11 174 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE

R:W: D. W. LANDESS, Port Allen, Blazing Star 212 D:D:G:M: Dist. 12 R:W: MAURICE BAHM, Baton Rouge, Capitol 399 D:D:G:M: Dist. 13 R:W: ALON L. WALL, Amlte, Spring Creek 184..D:D:G:M: Dist. 14 R:W: FRED W. CAMPBELL, New Orleans, Alpha Home 72 D: D: G: M: Dist. 15 R:W: R. GORDON SMITH, New Orleans, Paul M. Schneidau 391 D:D:G:M: Dist. 16 R:W: FREEMAN A. BALLARD, New Orleans, Orleans 397 D:D:G:M: Dist. 17 R:W: DAVID GOLDSTEIN, New Orleans, George Washington 65 D:D:G:M: Dist. 18 W: HANS PALM, New Orleans, Corinthian 190 Grand Tyler LOUIS ESCHENBRENNER, New Orleans, Euclid 394 Grand Tyler, Emeritus HENRY WEHRMANN, New Orleans, Louisiana 102 Grand Organist

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The officers elected and appointed, who were then present, were duly installed by Past Grand Master Wynne G. Rogers, assisted by Past Grand Master W. D. Haas, Jr. as Grand Marshal.

W: Brother Harry Hyinan, Worshipful Master of Friends of Harmony Lodge 58 presented Grand Master Wolf with a beautiful basket of flowers as a token of love and esteem from the Grand Master's Lodge. Brother Wolf accepted it with thanks and appreciation.

Master Wolf, as the first act of his administration, declared R :W: Brother Otto E. Passman duly installed as Grand Senior Warden, explaining that Brother Passman was now serving his country as a Lieutenant in the IT. S. Naval Reserve.

Grand Master Wolf introduced and presented his Brother, A. Prank Wolf. OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA 175

Past Grand Master Gayle presented a beautiful watch, with the Past Grand Master's Emblem engraved thereon, to Past Grand Master Jordan who accepted it with much feeling and thanks.

A rising vote of thanks was given Past Grand Master Jordan as a tribute and testimonial of his splendid services as Grand Master during the past year.

No further business appearing, after prayer, M :W: Grand Master Benjamin Y. Wolf, at 9:00 P. M. closed the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana in ample form, until the One Hundred and Thirty-third Annual Grand Communication to be held in the City of New Orleans, beginning Monday, February 14th, 1944, at 2 :00 o'clock in the afternoon. Fraternally submitted,

Approved: Grand Secretary.

Grand Master. GRAND SECRETARY'S OFFICE THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS Masonic Temple, 333 St. Charles corner Perdido Streets, New Orleans, La.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing pages, from 1 to 175, contain a true transcript of the Minutes of the Proceedings of The Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, F. & A. M., at its One Hundred and Thirty-second Annual Grand Communication, held in the City of New Orleans from the eighth day to the tenth day of February, A. D. 1943, A. L. 594-3.

IN TESTIMONY WHEKEOK, I have hereunto affixed the seal of The Grand Lodge of the State of Lo^lisiana, F. and A. M. together with my official signature.

Grand Secretary. N. B.—All communications should be addressed to D. PETER LAGUENS, Jr., Grand Secretary, Masonic Temple, 3SS St. Charles Street, New Orleans, La. Next Annual Grand Communication begins on Monday, February 14th, A. D. 1944, A. L. 5944, 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon, Masonic Temple, New Orleans, La. ROSTER OF LODGES FOR THE YEAR 1943

PERFECT UNION LODGE No. 1. Chartered August 15, 1812. Original Organization, 1793. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Mondays. Officers George M. Niemeyer W. M. Peter Prassinos J. D. Fred Z. H. Gerdes S. W. Noble Kelly M. C. Charles S. Anderson J. W. William S. Levy ] Adolph V. Scheurich Treasurer James C. Hoggatt I Alvin G. Pike (P.M.) Secretary Ralph Plant f W. L. Mangan (P.M.) Chaplain L. E. Williams j Ferdinand I. Schwab S. D. W. T. Gowan (P. M.) Tyler Past Masters Percy S. Benedict. Geo. E. Laborde. Harry C. Rodick. J. Bart Davis. Alvin G. Pike. John S. Gilbert. Tobin H. Underwood. Chas. A. Rosenberg. Henry L. Bergey, Jr. John T. Kennedy. Von W. Van Lue. Nolan L. Bergey. William T. Gowan. Milton A. Hawkins. Thomas Green Andrew C. Anderson. Andrew Spadafora. Roy L. Leonard John H. Hlsgen. Richard K. Wagar. Walter L. Mangan Total, 226 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Frank Edward Heuer, Ralph Bradley Plant, Charles Victor Kolt, Ferdinand John Schwab, James Clyde Hoggatt, William Robert Berry. Passed and Raised—Alexander George Strenge. Raised—Noble Kelly. Reinstated — Adonis F. Quillo, Alexander Merhige, Robert J. Reinhardt. Died—Isidore deLanzac, James M. Holloway, Fred Scherer, Charles X. Frederick, P. M., August deLanzac. Demitted—Edward J. Burns. Demitted and Affiliated with other lodges in state—Vincent Fabra. Dropped, Residence Unknown—August K. Kamm. Suspended, N. P. D.—Willard M. Payne.

ETOILE POLAIRE (POLAR STAR) LODGE No. 1. Chartered August 15th, 1812. Original Organization, 1794. Polar Star Hall, corner Rampart and Kerlerec streets, New Orleans. meets first and third Thursdays in each month. Officers Robert Seaey W. M. H. Charouleau J. D. Jaque E. Belliardo S. W. J. M. Nogue (P.M.) M. C. Mark Guidry J. W. J. Neel M. Exp Leon Tournier (P.M.)....Treasurer Jean Serio (P. M.) Steward Charles F. Villas (P.M.)..Secretary J. Feuvrel Inner Guard A. Forfer (P.M.) Chaplain A. Brugier (P.M.)..M. Hospitalier M. Cabos S. D Emile tournier Tyler 178 ROSTER OF LODGES

. Past Masters

Paul Vandemborra Anatole E. Forfer Rene J. Munch. Leon Tournier Chas. Villas Jean Serio J. M. Nogue Edouard Corre. Adolphe Brugier Total, 84 members.

Passed and Raised—Gustave Griffin, Burke Pitre, Web Rousse. Reinstated—Leo Marie Vergez, Albert Tujague, Forest Cochennioc, Louis Chagnard. Suspended, N. P. D—Walter A. Michel.

PERSEVERANCE LODGE No. 4.

Chartered August 15th, 1812. Original Organization, 1810. Corner Du- maine and St. Claude streets, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Thursdays.

Officers Edward A. Theard W. M. M. Bacquat J. D. Eugene Claverie S. W. P. Sarrat M. C. Harold E. Theard J. W. C. M. Andrews M. E. J. B. Laulhe (P.M.) Treasurer F. Danton Almoner Andre J. Laulhe (P.M.)..Secretary M. Bacquat (P.M.)-—') „, , S. J. Majesty (P.M.) Chaplain G. A. Huerstel J btewaras L. Sarrat S. B. F. J. Alarcon Inner Guard P. J. Laran Tyler

Past Masters

Ernest Haro James O. -DeFuentes. Blaise B. Dominguez Henri Ader Leon Sarrat. Marcel Bacquat. J. M. Dufrechou, Maurice Lassauze. Joseph T. Leze Stanley H. Hingle Frank W. Magn6 Andre J. Laulhe J. Baptiste Laulhe. Francois Fourmigue. S. J. Majesty Jean M. Dastugue. Total, 75 members. Initiated—Rene Albert Larrivier. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Gottlieb August Huerstel, Chester Manuel Andrews, Sr., Benny Batiste Caruso, Frederick Joseph Alarcon, Paul Anthony Sarrat, Sidney Leo Agnelly. Affiliated—George Ellis Dennis. Died—Octave Jean Garsaud (P.M.), George H. Ader (P.M.). Demitted—Jacques Joseph Baron (P. M.) ROSTER OF LODGES 179

CERVANTES LODGE No. 5. Formed by Union of Los Amigos del Orden Lodge No. 5 and Silencio Lodge No. 9. Organized September 17th, 1883. Chartered No. 5, February 13th, 1884. Organized March 10th, 1884 (to date from 1842). Meets corner St. Claude and Dumaine streets, second and fourth Mondays.

Officers Alberto Barrientos .W. M. Felix Estrada Orantes M. C. Max M. Schaumburger S. W. Joaquin Perez S. D. Mariano Parres J. W. Carlos A. Vinas J. D. J. S. Reynaud (P.M.) Secretary Juan M. Lopez (P.M.)-Hospitalier Macrino Trelles (P.M.)-.Treasurer Nicolas Fernandez Steward Luis G. Bravo (P.M.) Orator Arturo C. Troncoso.Inner Guard Frank Villanueva (P.M.) M. E. Paul J. Laran Tyler (not a member)

Past Masters Macrino Trelles Ubaldo Trelles Luis G. Bravo Juan Isaac Ruiz Manuel Victor Rivera Jose S. Reynaud. Juan Manuel Lopez Francisco Villanueva Felix Obrador. Valente P. Ramos Alberto Quiroga Abraham Solomon Gregorio Garrett Francisco D. CervantesAugusto M. Boyd John E. Battle Total, 60 members. Initiated—Jose Fernandez, Marco Evans. Initiated and Passed—John Serigne, Rafael Garcia. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Jose Asavedo, Anthony (Tony) Molero. Affiliated—Vicente Fabra, George Anthony Pinetta, Morris E. Poison. Reinstated—Felix Estrada Orantes, Arturo C. Troncoso. Died—Ananias Iturra, Gumersindo Ponte Feal. Demitted:—George Anthony Pinetta.

HUMBLE COTTAGE LODGE No. 19. Chartered July 13th, 1820. Opelousas, St. Landry Parish. Stated meetings first and third Wednesdays. P. O. Box 707.

Officers Tyler Nelson Lamson W. M. T. L. Stafford (P.M.) S. D. H. C. Walker S. W. Edw. F. Schulze J. D. Kirtley Lynch (P.M.) J. W. D. C. Rose, Jr. (P.M.) M. C. M. H. McLeod (P.M.).-Treasurer L. S. Haas, Jr. (P.M.) | . Ariel Fontenot (P.M.)....Secretary F. P. Butler (P.M.).... f blewaras R. V. Miles (P.M.) Chaplain E. P. Christian Tyler 180 ROSTER OP LODGES

Past Masters F. P. Butler Johnny A. Haas. T. L. Stafford Leon S. Haas, Sr., D. C. Rose, Jr. A. P. Land P.G.M. R. V. Miles *Geo. H. Parker Leon S. Haas, Jr. Richard D. Lamson. •Geo. H. Woodruff Ariel Fontenot. Ira C. Dimmick. *B. C. Woodruff O. Chiasson. Allen Dezauche •Kirtley Lynch J. L. Ballard B. Q. Burleigh. *Gantt Nicholson, Sr. M. H. McLeod. B. A. Rose R. S. Musgrove Walter W. Smith Sidney L. Ducharme. O. K. Lynch •Denotes by Affiliation Life Members F. P. Butler Leon S. Haas, Sr. J. W. Jordon Total, 122 members. Initiated and Passed—Paul Ernest Dietrich. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Hance Vernon Myers, Edw. Frank Schulze. Affiliated—John Dunbar Hausey. Reinstated—Nathan L. Haas, Chas. N. Kimberlin, William Alton Durio, D. B. Wilson, Jesse B. Hayes, Jos. G. Bass. Died—J. L. Comeau. Demitted—Chas. E. Bush. Dropped, Residence Unknown—Virgil H. Cole, J. W. Hovenar. Suspended, N. P. D.—F. J. Pulford, Jr., H. B. Young.

WESTERN STAR LODGE No. 24. Original Charter, July 12th, 1823. New charter granted Nov. 1, 1849. Monroe, Ouachita Parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Tuesdays of each month. P. O. Box 573. Officers E. R. Baham W. M. J. N. Coon S. D. John E. Coon S. W. J. C. Stovall J. D. B. S. McRaney J. W. N. S. Kern M. C. O. O. Hathorn Treasurer H. E. Roberts } stewards F. M. Culver Secretary A. P. Kitchens j stewards H. B. Cannon (P.M.) Chaplain F. L. Speakman Tyler Past Masters W. M. Washburn R. R. Beaman H. O. Hartman Jno. E. Mason R. Nick Slator Aaron F. Parker E. L. Neville Morris S. Harrison S. Gardiner Young B. Waelder D. A. Strickland, P.G.M. H. B. Cannon Frank Masling Curtis B. Hair H. G. Prophit R. D. Farr M. H. Kulcke Total, 247 members. Initiated—Robert Malcolm Sinks, Robert Ralph Pribble, Roma Aldrus Goza, John Grant Kellar, Frank Palmos. Initiated and Passed—Herbert Casson Hughes. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Betro Shia McRaney, Leonard ROSTER OF LODGES 181

William Hutchinson, Roy Green Russell, Edward Lazelle Kitchens. Passed—Oscar Johnson. Affiliated—Joseph Dennis Busby, James Kelmar Blue, Homer Bunyan Cruthirds, Charles Hartley Worley, Marshall Ward Sykes. Reinstated—Earl Heartwell Speights, Denver Lee Clayton, Henry Girardit Prophit (P. M.), James Thomas Swink. Died—Sigmund Haas (P.M.), Hugh Lewis Bracey, Ira Columbus Castles. Demitted—Keith Lyle Mitchell. Suspended, N. P. D.—Rubin Graham Cherry, George Dewey Holland, Clyde Orlando McDonald, Winfred Byron Mask, Jr.

ST. ALBANS LODGE No. 28.

Chartered January 6th, 1827. Jackson. East Feliciana Parish, La. Stated meetings 2nd and 4th Monday in each month.

Officers V. A. Lary W. M. F. A. Jenkins S. D. C. R. Hertzler S, W. A. Dobrowalski J. D. L. A. Morrison, Sr J. W. Robert Brannon M. C. T. D. Dawson Treasurer Jacob De Lee \ Qt.wq.j, Robert M. McGill .Secretary Abraham De Lee .... j W. R. Connell Chaplain T. K. DeLee, Sr Tyler

Past Masters T. D. Dawson A. J. Dobrowalski Robert Brannon J. H. Trotter Wade R. Connell Paul V. Seals V A. Lary Total, 58 members Initiated—Levi Alexander Morrison, Jr. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Jacob DeLee, Abraham DeLee.

FELICIANA LODGE No. 31. Chartered March 25th, 1828. .Originally organized 1817 (as 46 Ky.) St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Mondays. P. O. St. Francisville.

Officers James L. Stirling W. M. L. B. Weydert (P.M.) S. D. David G. Kelly S. W. Arthur Hadden J. D. Robert H. Krentel J. W. Jos. E. Cutrer (P.M.) M. C. Frank C. Spohn Treasurer R. W. Stewart (P.M.) ) J. R. Matthews (P. M.)..Secretary D. V. Martin (P.M.) J A. M. Ducote (P.M.) Chaplain Herman P. Durham Tyler 182 IiOSTEK OF LODGES

Past Masters H. C. Leake. Jae. Q. Perkins. Z. M. DeLoach. J. R. Matthews. Ambrose M. Ducote. Robt. W. Stewart. Rudolf Teutsch. Walter S. Maryman. Thos. O. Woods. D. I. Norwood. Warren A. Mackie. Joseph E. Cutrer. Rudolf Yunkes. Eugene S. Muse. Wm. B. Wood B. I. Daniel. George W. Newman. C. P. Rutledge. R. H. Daniel. Claude E. Daniel Dalton V. Martin L. B. Weydert. James W. Daniel. Total, 75 members. Initiated—Robert A. Ritchie. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Herman Percy Durham. Reinstated—Max Schaeffer, John M. Welsh. Died—Charles F. Jones, John M. Smith. Demitted—C. Verne Brian, Levering Lawrason, C. C. Blakeney, Gordon D. Denham. Suspended, N. P. D.—Elmo Robb, Joseph H. Norwood, Glenn C. Gunn.

PHOENIX LODGE No. 38. Chartered October 6th, 1833. Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third and fifth Wednesdays of each month. Officers W. T. Todd W. M. Arlin Bice S. D. G. D. Bridges S. W. Wilson Bridges J. D. P. G. Durham J. W. Frank James M. C. J. T. Iglehart (P.M.) ....Treasurer - John Martin (P.M.) \ „ . S. E. West Secretary G. T. Saetre (P.M.)..) &lewaras A. J. Hargis (P.M.) Chaplain C. C. Hayden Tyler S. L. Perry (P. M.) Marshall Past Masters V. L. Roy, H. L. Prather. S. L. Perry B. C. Caldwell, John Martin G. F. Thomas. J. L. Weaver, B. A. Lee. M. T. Cheves. P. T. Hedges, L. M. Scarborough. Gilbert T. Saetre G. H. Plerson, C. G. Killen A. J. Hargis, Jr. J. T. Iglehart, Leroy S. Miller Total, 126 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Robert W. Bridges, Everett T. Stephens, Frank Thomas James, Sherden Elmer West. Passed—Arthur Rood McCIeary. Raised—Thurman E. Berry. Affiliated—Irby L. Knott. Reinstated—A. Z. Thomas, Cecil W. Sibley, Jake Lieber, R. I. Davis. Died—Emanuel Nelken. ROSTER OF LODGES 183

GERMANIA LODGE No. 4G.

Chartered April 18th, 1844. Masonic Hall, 4415 Bienville Street, New Orleans. Meets every Second and Fourth Wednesdays. Address of Secretary, 2563 N. Roman Street

Officers Wm. R. Pohlmann W. M. Thos. F. Melhern S. D. Frank J. Heine S. W. Jos. Paul DuRapo J. D. William Kueck J. W. Mart Sherman Benge M. C. Harry E. Roberts Treasurer Jacob Meyer j „. . Wm. E. Forster Secretary Henry J. Schackai J a>iewara» Victor Schreiber Orator Geo. C. Eckert Tyler Alfred A. Heuer M. Exp. Adam A. Muhleisen Almoner

Past Masters John W. Engelhardt, Alb. Flucke. Karl L. Koster, Sr. Bruno Prager, Chas. Heitkamp. W. Frank Kottemann Fritz Schroeder, Henry Kraak. Victor Schreiber Eugene Schwartz. M. G. Rapp. Total, 77 members.

Initiated—Richard Earl Gluse, Louis G. Heier, Jr., Wm. J. Holder. Initiated and Passed—Fritz Metzentin. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Frank Jos. Ulrick, Joseph Ulrick, Hurley Joseph Hodgkins, Oscar Herbert Howze, Geo. Jas, Beauvais, Mart Sherman Benge, Oscar Victor Schreiber, John Henry Will. Passed and Raised—Stephen Asprodites. Reinstated—John A. Rylander. Died—John B. Sanford, Richard Earl Gluse (E.A.) Demitted—George Ellis Dennis. Suspended, N. P. D.—Walton R. Owens, Ernest G. Seufer.

SAINT JAMES LODGE No. 47. Chartered June 28, 1844. Baton Rouge, La., Parish of East Baton Rouge, P. O. Box 444. Meets first and third Thursday in each month and Saints John Days, June 24th and December 27th. Address of Secretary, P. O. Box 444, Baton Rouge.

Officers Robert M. Andrews W. M. Frank D. Trimble S. D. James A. Crowell S. W. James L. Frier, Sr J. D. Ben Edward Simms J. W. William P. Crowell M. C. King H. Knox Treasurer Sidney A. Williams.... } „ , George W. Farr Secretary H. Lutrelle Humble.... \ otewaras Milford K. Hardy Chaplain Hugh D. Piper .Tyler 184 HOSTEK OF LODGES

Past Masters Eugene F. Fleming, Jr. Earnest Lee Bankston Victor A. Sachse. John J. Mundinger Elbert Lewis Jordan. Marshall W. Milton John P. Norris Cyrus J. Bogan. Edwin C. Thompson. Charles C. Bird, Jr. Thomas L. Whitaker. Edwin B. Loudon Claud W. Edgerton William H. Gladney. Alton L. Miller Homer L. Garrett Glenn S. Darsey Jones B. Richmond J. Herbert Perkins George W. Farr. *Herbert J. Kelley Adam G. Mundinger Purser Parker. *Naaman J. Woodland *Steve A. Alford "•Lester J. Williams •Walter B. Robert Fred A. Beard *By Affiliation. Total, 266 members. Life Member Ernest Lee Bankston Initiated—Edward Ray Gleason, Sidney Sitman Staring, Harvey Leo Thompson. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William Perry Crowell, James War- ren Day, Ervin Winfort Payte, Paul Burton Porter, Brown George Turnipseed, John Harvey Williams, Sidney Alvin Williams, Russell Andrew Williams. Passed and Raised—Horace Tutrelle Humble. Affiliated—Hally Burton Fenter, Milford Klair Hardy, Murray Bramwell McCarley, Walter Bailey Robert (P. M.), Clyde Carlyle Warrick, Clarence Eugene Wheatley, Paul Ernest Williams. Reinstated—Arthur Earl Hogan, Watkins Decker Moore, Robert H. MCClelland, David H. Piller. Died—Millard W. Dixon, Thomas Woodruff Dyer, Peter George Joseph Hammell, William Swart. Demitted—James Calhoun Sheppard, Thomas John Singletary, Harold E. Davidson, Perry Kaiser Day. Suspended, N. P. D.—Clifford Lee Watson.

MINDEN LODGE No. 51. Chartered April 19th, 1845. Minden. Webster Parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Tuesdays in each month. Officers W. C. Bradford W. M. R. 0. Martin S. D. R. R. Slack (P.M.) S. W. Frank T. Norman J. D. V. G. Owen (P.M.) J. W. C. T. Dutton M. C. E. Butler (P.M.) Treasurer Dea Martin (P.M.) 1 J. A. Thompson (P.M.).-Secretary B. D. Gleason (P.M.) y W. R. .Fogle, Jr. (P.M.)....Chaplain C. R. Huckaby Tyler Past Masters W. H. Webb, R. F. Kennon, P.G.M. Geo. W. Temples. J. B. Sandefur, Clifford E. Hays. Hugh L. Owen. W. R. Fogle, Jr. H. C. Applegate Ben. D. Gleason. E. Butler, "George W. Kennon. R. D. Moseley. J. A. Thompson. B. V. Walker, Riley R. Slack. Win. Harper. W. F. O'Kelley. Felix M. Sexton. B. A. Norman. R, M. Lambert. V. G. Owen. Dea Martin. C. M. Hutton. Geo. F. Winham Jesse C. Anderson, H. H. Harper, V. A. Brackin Total, 209 members. ROSTER OF LODGES 185

Initiated—Clell Frank Miller, Jones Ben Talbert, Irvin Bon Thompson, Johnnie Ray Stell. Initiated and Passed—Virgil Franklin Dew. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Steve C. Culpepper, Winfred Wilmoth, Harold J. Hanson, Oron Batust Cutrer, Ceafus Talmadge Dutton, Robert Oliver Martin, Frank T. Norman. Affiliated—W. J. Thomas, Loyd E. Posey, Jesse C. Anderson (P.M.), Dewitt T. Clement, Claude Craighead Ford, Albert H. Ferguson. Reinstated—Claude W. Alford, Henry H. Harper (P.M.), D. Luther Gibbs, Morris J. Steinwinder, J. Marvin Gibbs, O. D. Bratton, A. M. Turner, B. Earl Cook, Martin J. Hortman. Died—Robert E. Burt. Demitted—O. D. Bratton, D. Luther Gibbs, Robert A. Baker, Stanton K. Nethery, W. J. Thomas, C. G. VanDine. Suspended, N. P. D.—D. Virgil Atkinson, W.. A. Barnett, Claiborne L\ Braswell, Thos. M. Fort, John L. Stuckey, J. W. Turner, Theodore B. Wedgeworth.

OLIVE LODGE No. 52. Chartered November 27th, 1845. Clinton, Parish of East Feliciana, La. Stated meetings on the second Tuesday of each month. Officers W. T.. Wheat W. M. H. H. Kilbourne S. D. V. V. Babin S. W. John S. Johnson J. D. J. H. White J. W. E. L. Knlghten M. C. W. L. Haney Treasurer Robert Anderson ] P. H. Dupuy Secretary G. D. White \ Stewards G. D. Jones Chaplain Rivers Nesom J Stanley Durham Tyler Past Masters W. L. Haney P. H. Dupuy V. V. Babin E. R. Waller J. H. White H. B. Carroll H. H. Kilbourne A. L. Irwin Joe S. Felps. J. G. Dreher V. J. Woodside Total, 66 members Affiliated—Willie T. Wheat. Died—Georg-e Haines.

UNION FRATERNAL LODGE No. 53. Farmerville, Union Parish, La. Meets 1st and 3rd Monday in each month. Reorganized under charter, February 12th, 1890. Officers Joe E. Waller W. M R. C. Harper (P.M.) S. D. G. R. Weaver S. W. Jule W. Parks J. D. Hughey Ham J. W. S. D. Reech (P.M.).... M. C. S. L. Smith (P.M.) Treasurer M. O. Love (P.M.) .. ] „. . A. D. Smith (P.M.) Secretary J. W. Brantley ] stewards W. A. Smith Chaplain H. Ludwig (P.M.) Tyler 186 JiOSTEK OF LODGES

Past Masters C. H. Hudson H. Preaus A. C. Dykes. Edward Everett, Sr. A. B. Turnage R. C. Harper. J. M. Booth S. L. Smith R. J. Allen H. Ludwig Guy Ludwig A. D. Smith Emmett J. Lee S. T. Howell George M. Edwards Edward Everett, Jr. Ben M. Lee M. O. Love Troy Lee Ham, S. D. Reech Total, 53 members. Initiated—E. R. Goodson. Passed and Raised—John Henry Caskey, Jule W. Parks, Jr. Affiliated—E. N. Kilpatrick. Reinstated—R. B. Harrell, S. T. Howell.

MOUNT GERIZIM LODGE No. 54. j

Chartered November 28th, 1846. Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, La. ]

Stated meetings 1st and 3rd Tuesday. : P. O. Box 54. !

Officers M. P. Weatherly W. M. Herschell S. Jones S. D. O. E. Gilmore S. W. H. H. Dawkins J. D. j J. E. Campbell J. W. Walter L. Hood M, C. | F. Wolff Treasurer J. H. Frazer ) ,tomnl, < W. A. Page Secretary G. R. Cauch J Bl6 O. W. Reily ....Chaplain W. P. Westbrook Tyler

Past Masters W. E. Aden. T. H. Armitage, W. Dan Files. Geo. T. Madison. Ferd Wolff. F. L. Keller. T. H. Milliken. D. M. White O. W. Reily. Fred M. Odom. W. A. Page. E. H. Drummond Lynn R. Pomeroy. James R. Fuller. Total, 137 members. Initiated—Jerome H. Johnson. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Jack B. O. Burgess. Passed—L. A. Baker. Passed and Raised—J. V. Jones, Allen T. Williamson. Raised—Floyd W. Miller. Affiliated—Elijah Taylor Haygood, Roy Lee Faulk. Reinstated—J. W. Berry, L. P. Spyker, F. L. Eldridge, Herschell S. Jones. Died—H. M. McKoin, James V. Ross, David H. Bell. Demitted—Harvey Isaac Hill. Suspended, N. P. D.—J. D. Hutto, James J. Johnson, M. F. Hill,. Marion S. Monk, J. G. Poteet, A. L. Ross, L. T. Sloan. ROSTER OF LODGES 187

FRANKLIN LODGE No. 57. Chartered January 24th, 1848. Franklin, St. Mary Parish, La. Meets first and third Tuesdays in each month. Officers E. G. Stone (P.M.) W. M. Ralph Stoufflet S. D. W. P. Kramer S. W. W. S. Singleton J. D. C. E. Shoemaker J. W. W. A. Moore (P.M.) M. C. J. J. Lunny (P.M.) Treasurer N. E. Hanagriff }

FRIENDS OF HARMONY LODGE No. 58. Chartered April 22nd, 1848. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Tuesdays. Officers Harry Hyman W. M. Manuel L. Thompson S. D. Frank O. Chavez S. W. Isadore Saltz J. D. John Miscenich J. W. David Jacobson M. C. B. Y. Wolf (P.M.) (G.M.) Treasurer Raymond Pichon, Sr. ] W. W. Amstutz (P.M.)....Secretary J. Duplaisir (P.M.).... j Stewards J. A. Herrmann (P.M.)..Chaplain Louis Dorhauer J J. M. Thompson, Sr... Tyler Past Masters B. Y. Wolf, T. C. Robinson. Edw. A. Ory, Jr. M. M. Tannenbaum, Win. H. Reed. C. O. Hinrichs. E. J Koffskey, J. B. Eaton. H. E. Antoine. A. G. Aufdemorte, Harry J. Wallick. S. S. Longo. P. W. Weber, F. J. Vicari C. Anton Plateo Win. Mayer. Louis H. Folse Meyer Schaeffer D. B. Ivey. John Duplaisir. John A. Herrmann David L. Levy. Walter W. Amstutz. Isidore Mayer. Robt. J. B. Rolls. Total, 161 members. 188 ROSTER OF LODGES

Initiated—Bmile Anatole Stouff, Thomas Jos. Lynch, James Oscar Ragan, Jr. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Stewart Warren Amstutz, Manuel Labin Thompson, Nicholas Leonard Stouff. Affiliated—Frank O. Chavez. Reinstated—Morris Kirschman. Died—Isadore H. Blitz, Joseph Loeb, Guy Osborne, Alex Marx, Charles Mauthe, Lillion T. Holeman. Dropped, Residence Unknown—S. M. Hankins, A. E. Fleury. Suspended, N. P. D.—Percy Kaufman, Glen Dale Tipton, Delta D. Mitchell.

MOUNT MORIAH LODGE No. 59. Chartered March 24th, 1849. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets first and third Tuesdays. Officers Benj. J. Legett (P.M.) W. M. Jerome H. Kramer M. C. Curtiss C. Covington S. W. Wm. L. Lane, Jr ] Richard A. Dowling J. W. Washburn Paul I E. H. Walsdorf (P.M.)-.Treasurer Chas. F. Lagasse } Stewards L. T. Walsdorf (P.M.)....Secretary Henry V. Boubede.... | O. J. Toups, Jr. (P.M.)....Chaplain R. C. Friekman P.M. J M. T. Duckworth S. D. F. W. Hiler (non-member) ..Tyler Reuel G. Tompkins J. D. Robert S. Taylor....Emeritus Tyler Past Masters E. H. Walsdorf. Chas. A. Boutall. James R. Angell. Frank J. Herman. J. David Walker Ben. J. Legett (A). W. A. Simpson, Sr. Louis T. Walsdorf. Emile W. Nagel. Robert H. Schaffnit Vernon- G. Smith, Sr. Robert J. Russ. Bertney G. Frick Leo R. Stamm (A). Chas. A. Lamberton C. M. McBride, Frank E. Brigtsen Matthew F. Cajn Thos. F. DePaoll. Robt. C. Friekman. Everett C. Wells Paul P. Hope Jno. J. Kornfeld. O. J. Toups, Jr. Wm. J. Hugo Robt. S. Noble. (A)—Affiliation. Total, 383 members. Initiated—Henry John Schmidt, Leon Gall Curtis. Initiated, Passed and Raised — Philip Louis Smith, Louis Field Hargus, Jr., Ward Beecher Kunz, Bertney Gilbert Frick, Jr., Walter Thomas Zechenelly, Milton Joseph Spiehler, Ballard Frank Atkinson, Clay Charles LeGrande. Passed and Raised—Jacob Minter, Jerome Hy. Kramer. Reinstated—John H. Althans, Edward J. Morris, Jr., Coran J. Chotin, Ernest S. Croft, Ralph J. Tucker, John Wm. Killough, Chester L. Cook, Maurice J. Gannon. Died—Gaston Thomas Moreau, Ferdinand L. Winters, Frank W. Mackie, Theodore L. Drell, Chas. Rieth, Robert E. Owens, Wm. L. Pendleton, Louis Hufft (P. M.) - Demitted—Charles Martin Lang, Charles Edward Starts, John Wm. Killough, Edward A. Code, Chas. P. Lowe. Dropped, Residence Unknown—John R. Lange, Jacob Rosenthal. Suspended, N. P. D.—Dory S. Arkin, Herman G. Brummerhof, Hubert L. Byrd, Clarence E. Prescott, Thos. H. Rishton. ROSTER OF LODGES 189

GEORGE WASHINGTON LODGE No. 65. Organized 1847. Chartered March 3d, 1850. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets first and third Tuesdays. Officers Dr. R. Wynn Irvine W. M. David Goldstein (P.M.) S. D. Raymond E. White S. W. L. C. Stratmann J. D. Lester Gerson ..._ J. W. Root. Cazaubon (P.M.) M. C. C. Milton Chalmers (P.M.)..Treas. M. A. Schulz j „ . Grady C. Darden (P.M.) Secty. J. H. Metcalfe \ btewaras Bmile Cappe (P.M.) Chaplain M. H. Warnke Tyler Past Masters Robt. W. Irvine Win. A. Lifsey Geo. Muller R. H. Welsh Win. H. Hickerson, Jr. Chas. P. Johannsen Jacob C. Code Wm. L. McCall J. W. A. LeMarchand John J. Irvine Harvey D. Wagar D. A. Lanassa Chas. H. Soland Chas. A. Baesler, Jr. D. Goldstein Vic Aschaflenburg Otto C. Reimann Carl L. Bendler Walter D. Martir C. Milton Chalmers Edw. E. Mercadal C. W. Power Grady C. Darden Robert R. Cazaubon A. R. Jolissaint Emile Cappe Total, 190 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Frederick Wilmer Cannon, Joseph Howard Metcalfe. Raised—James Brayton Leith, Rayburn Mack Hight. Reinstated — Jules B. Daure, Ferris Youmans, Harry Earl Code, Lester J. Avant. Died—Percy R. Backes (P. M.), Dudley C. O'Dowd, Thomas M. McCarroll, Armand D. Gullette, G. Emile Reimann. Demitted—A. J. Kessler, Ferris Youmans, Lester J. Avant. Dropped, Residence Unknov/n—Philip Friou.

HIRAM LODGE No. 70. Organized 1847. Chartered March 3d, 1850. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets first and third Mondays. Officers M. N. Aronowitz (P.M.) W. M. Leon A. Kahn M. C. William H. Bailey S. W. Sam'l Aronowitz Sidney I. Goldman J. W. M. Kahn (P.M.) James Reid, Jr. (P.M.)..Treasurer Julius Aronowitz T. Ellwood Frazier (P.M.)..Secty. Gerald E. Kahn \ Stewards R. W. Hunt (P.M.) Chaplain Irving A. Levin... I Herman H. Swift S. D. Chester L. Alba j Robert J. Duvio J. D. Herman B. Mednick J Geo. M. Mack (P.M.) Tyler 190 ROSTER OF LODGES

Past Masters James Reid, Jr. Herbert S. Weil Arthur E. Bentley. Julius Goldman Fred H. Rosenbaum H. L. Midlo Fred C. Kahler Henry Goldman. Henry B. Myers. Edwin O. Cook v Moise Kahn. Henry Guldry. Dave M. Perth Jno. P. Schneider. Ellis C. Irwin. Leon Lichtenstein Theo. H. McGiehan C. Edward Jones. Edwin W. Booth Elliott A. Jacobs Jos. C. Shields, Sr. Geo. M. Mack Richard McCarthy, Jr. Morris N. Aronowitz T. Ellwood Prazier. Ellie H. Schill Richard W. Hunt Total, 208 members. Initiated—Sidney George LeBlanc, Jr. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Julius Aronowitz, Gwynne Hubert Staunton, Chester Louis Alba, Jack Yava, Leon Ashton Kahn, Gerald Edgar Kahn, Ernest Samuel Pelson. Affiliated—George M. Lotter. Reinstated—Joseph Taussig, Charles Nicaud, John W. Whalen, James N. Martin, Sr. Died—Felix J. Peytral, Harry Slipakoff, James R. Sherwood, George Barth, Jr., Arthur 0. Oden. Demitted—William W. Fitzpatrick.

ALPHA HOME LODGE No. 72. Alpha organized 1848. Home organized 1855. Chartered as Alpha- Home February 14th. 1860. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets first and third Tuesdays. Officers Bryce E. Dressel W. M. Lester L. Hoppe S. D. Val A. Earhart S. W. I. Weinstein J. D. Wm. G. Zimmerman J. W. Frederick Schluter M. C. Milton J. Walch (P.M.) Treas. Fred Tanner (P.M.) Secretary } F. W. Campbell (P.M.)..Chaplain Alex Maier (not a member) ..Tyler Past Masters A. D. Kern Almont J. Walsh. Jas. W. Swiler. F. W. Breedlove Herbert A. Benson. John F. Wyllie, Fred Tanner Harvey M. Garrison. Fred W. Campbell. Wm. E. Kern Geo. E. Powers. Otto L. Artus. Frank C. Pfister Wm. Howard Garrison. Milton John Walch. Andrew T. Whitley Otto H. Ahten. Wm. T. Butler Total, 168 members. Initiated—Philip Daniel Yost, Foister Ellis Blair. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Louis Edson Bruen. Reinstated—Thos. J. Oneil, Henry Jacob Esser, Jas. A. Douglas, B. E. Wassom. Died—Armand Louis Desangles, Nicholas Robert Freeland, Leon Irwin. Demitted—Wm. Emerson Ridgeway, John Claypool Rector. ROSTER OF LODGES 191

QUITMAN LODGE No. 76. Chartered March 4th, 1850. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Tuesdays. Officers A. Montegut, Jr W. M. H. A. Pike S. D. Adam ,7. Gaczik S. W. John H. Bann J. D Dorrance C. Stuart J. W. Wm. J. Gautreau, Sr M. C. B. C. Sirjacques Treasurer Thos. A. Davenport.... } „. rt J. P. Brundige Secretary C. B. Harrison { btewaras H. E. Kruse (P.M.) Chaplain H. E. Peters Tyler Past Masters A. H. Goodin Charles J. Gollmer Henry E. Gollmer. Samuel I. Jay E. J. Haas Ludwig Lehr. W. C. Pierce H. B. Cooley Adam P. Huhner. John B. Ricketts John Dupuy Louis S. Parkin H. E. Peters Harry E. Kaeker A. H. Winstell Adolph C. Ricks L. E. Schenck H. E. Kruse Harry S. Bann A. C. Deneumoustier. Total, 165 members Initiated—Frank Walter Winling. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Walter Kenneth Wehner, Walter Jay Verlander, Charles Savoy, Walter William Parr. Reinstated—James M. Dalton, John Basil Jouandot. Died—Clinton P. Pumphrey, August Ernest Elfer, Arthur Lee Van Meter, Adolph Moha, Hugo C. Hansen. Demitted—James J. Morse. Suspended, N. P. D.—Geo. Wagner, Arthur B. Stewart.

ST. JOSEPH LODGE No. 79. Stated meetings held at Newellton, Tensas Parish, on first and third Wednesdays in each Month. Old charter restored. February 13th, 1874. Officers C. J. Rozier (P.M.) W. M. A. F. Moore (P.M.)...... S. D. Henry Kaufman S. W. G. A. Day J. D. A. B. Coit J. W. M. de Vries (P.M.) M. C. T. T. Hargrove (P.M.)....Treasurer Geo. D; Bland (P.M.) 1 „. , A. S. Bloom Secretary W. W. Burnside J 6le d u L. R. Morris Chaplain Albert Tendell Tyler Past Masters Leon Kullman Alva F. Moore T. T. Hargrove Geo. D. Bland M. P. Guthrie H. L. Wimberly Maurice De Vries C. J. Rozier George Raworth Total, 47 members. Initiated and Passed—Ernest Charles Stone. Reinstated—L. L. Lemon, C. V. Ratcliff, Jr. Died—H. B. Keller (P. M.) Demitted—L. L. Lemon. Suspended, N. P. D.—C. V. Ratcliff, Jr., R. L. Harton. 1&2 ROSTER OF LODGES

MOUNT VERNON LODGE No. 83. Chartered March 4th, 1850. Logansport, P. O. Box No. 1, De Soto Parish, La. Meets second Tuesday in each month. Officers A. V. Moultrie W. M. John I. McComb S. D. Ewell C. Smith S. W. C. H. Ferris J. D. Dewey Odom J. W. T. P. Calhoun (P.M.) M. C. A. E. Carroll (P.M.) Treasurer Smith Oden | • . B. M. Coleman (P.M.) ..Secretary J. L. Lum J &lewaras Geo. L. Perry (P.M.) Chaplain A. J. Brown Tyler Past Masters T. P. Calhoun, A. E. Carroll. James A. Rougeou. C. Beasley. George E. Lacy. Clyde W. Malone S. R. Attaway John N. Ramsey Chesley Price B. M. Coleman. Geo. L. Perry Total, 67 members. Initiated and Passed—John Densler Stubblefleld. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John Ivy McComb. Passed and Raised—Clifford J. Stewart, Dewey Odom. Raised—Waymon B. Hasty, Louis Demar Jones. Affiliated—Ewell C. Smith. Reinstated—Geo. L. Perry (P. M.), Sterling R. Attaway (P. M.) Died—Ralph Treadway, T. Smith Price, Jas. R. Swindell.

OLIVER LODGE' No. 84. Chartered March 4th, 1850. Alexandria, P. O. Box 404. Rapides Parish, La. Meets first and third Thursdays in each month and the two Sts. John Days. Officers John M. Keller W. M. J. A. Taylor S. D. Clarence O. Shaw S. W. F. C. White, Jr. J. D. Dewey W. Dunn J. W. E. P. Miller M. C M. Shapiro (P.M.) Treasurer H. J. Harazim ) _ . Lee W. Harris Secretary C. H. Converse j &l;ewaras W. L. Carroll (P.M.) ....Chaplain James A. Stracener Tyler J. O. Simpson-Honorary Chaplain Past Masters J. A. White Geo. J. Ginsberg H. E. Byram. F. P. Bolton M. I. Strickland W. L. Carroll (Al. W. D. Wadley H. H. Harris Robt. H. Bolton H. H. White L. S. Wharton Morris Shapiro Geo. C. Wilson Aaron L. Levine Fred C. White M. J. Weiss, Jas. C. Bolton James C. McPaniel (A) R. C. Bolton, R. C. Bauer Jake Shapiro H. W. Palfrey C. W. Kellam Brice T. Harrison J. F. Hayden Samuel Haas. . Samuel E. Russell V. V. Lamkin Sol B. Pressburg H. J. Kelone (A) S. R. Pickett, Julius B. Nachman Herbert Mack King (A)—Affiliation Geo. W. Ridge Total, 348 members. ROSTER OF LODGES 193

Initiate:!—W. L. Baker, Tyrous French, John M. Woodward, Harry Harvey McManemin, W. E. Franck, Sherwin H. Scully. Initiated and Passed — Joe L. Dougherty, John Armisted Rives, Wade Hall Davis, Shelton Lee Davis. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Nicholas John Lymberis, John F. Davis, Jr., Fred C. White, Jr., Byron Blum, Richard L. Gates, Jr., Lee Wilson Harris, Jr., James W. Welch, Shelton Coleman Simmons. Passed —Earl Rush, Frank J. Gruber. Passed and Raised—David L. Coker. Raised—Allen Mae Richey. Affiliated—Harvey A. Nash, C. F. Carlin. Reinstated—Geo. T. Hudson, J. T. Middleton, C. L. Carter, H. L. Gudenrath. Died—Jos. M. Goldberg (P. M.), Sol Fried, Wiley F. Morgan, Harry Gold, W. H. Adams, Ira W. Sylvester (P. G. M.), James F. Thompson, Grundy Cooper. Demitted—Ben Conn, R. E. Galloway (P.M.), T. M. Cantrell, Jr., E. O. Vallery, Maxie Bohrer. Suspended, N. P. D.—F. S. Addis, Kirby J. Reech.

LAFAYETTE LODGE No. 87. Chartered March 4th. 1850. Patterson, St. Mary Parish. Meets first and third Thursdays in each month. Address of Secretary: Patterson. Officers John Bvest Cissna W. M. Jesse H. Collins S. D. Newton B. McKneely .....S. W. Leander LeNormand (P.M.)-J. D. Roy H. Nuttall (P.M.) J. W. Jos. R. Joy M. C. Howard Lee Rochel Treasurer Chas. W. Frosch ) qtOwnrrt« W. B. Smith Secretary R. N. Bauer (P.M.)... J htewaruB P. S. Bauer Chaplain John B. Cissna Tyler Past Masters D. A. Webb W. B. Smith N. B. McKneely. R. Norman Bauer. Lee Plaisance. J. H. Collins. H. L. Rochel. R. H. Nuttall. Stanley W. Norman Total, 22 members. Initiated—George Byran Kornegay, Charles Willard Keller, Euguene Meldon Webster. Reinstated—Henry Clay Hatcher. Demitted—Henry Clay Hatcher.

CYPRESS LODGE No. 89. Benton, Bossier Parish, La. New charter, February 12th, 1890. Meets Thursday Night on or before full moon in each month. Benton, La. Officers S. H. Johnston (P.M.) W. M. L. H. Padgett .S. D. W. L. Keith (P.M.) S. W. W. D. Smith J. D. D. E. Burchett (P.M.) J. W. R. V. Kerr M. C V. V. Whittington (P.M.)....Treas- A. L. Bundy ) Qt H Geo. G. Nelson Secretary J. B. Hall } &iewaras J. T. Hanks (P.M.) Chaplain J. H. Montgomery Tyler 194 UOSXER OF LODGED

Past Masters J. T. Hanks T. L. Rodes W. L. Keith V. V. Whittington J. E. Williams Geo. G. Nelson R. V. Kerr D. E. Burchett L. H. Padgett R. W. Eggleston E. W. Rice S. H. Johnston Total, 32 members.

HAUGHTON LODGE No. 95. Chartered January 21st, 1851. Haughton, Bossier Parish, La. Stated meetings, second and fourth Tuesdays. Officers R. E. Mitchell, Sr W. M. N. L. Franklin S. D. W. H. Brown S. W. J. P. Dickinson J. D. Wm. Frank Kirkley J. W. D. B. Doyle M. C C. M. Tucker (P.M.) Treasurer R. E. Jackson (P.M.).. } _. . R. L. McGough Secretary M. C. Bledsoe f fetewaras D. E. Shipp Chaplain W. A. Worley Tyler Past Masters J. B. Hall L. N. Johnson. J. D. Garland. C. M. Tucker C. O. Darsey D. E. Shipp H. H. Johnson, D. B. Doyle. Roy E. Jackson G. J. Rushing. R. E. Mitchell, Sr. Total, 49 members. Initiated—Donald S. Rowe. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Carl E. Smithson. Reinstated—C. Lynn Tucker, W. T. Beal. Died—R. M. Cagle, W. L. Stevens, Arthur B. Stewart. Suspended, N. P. D.—C. C. Sandidge.

ST. HELENA LODGE No. 96. Chartered January 21st, 1851. Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, La. Meets third Thursday in each month. Address of Secretary: Tangipahoa, La. Officers Ballard B. Yarborough W. M. C. T. Sibley (P.M.) S. D. J. B. McNabb S. W. J. D. Alford J. D. Bud Womack J. W. C. D. Davis (P.M.) M. C. J. M. Breeden (P.M.) Treasurer J. M. Sitman ) „ . R. E. Phillips (P.M.) Secretary W. S. Blades j Dlewara8 Lake Holland (P.M.) Chaplain J. M. Burton Tyler Past Masters W. G. Hamberlin R. E. Phillips Chas. C. Reeves F. J. Tillery E. F. Young Chas. M. Lee R. E. Cole Claude D. Davis Lake Holland J. A. Holland J. M. Breeden Columbus T. Sibley Collins H. Tillery Total, 48 members. lfOSTGJ? OF LODGES 195

Initiated—J. Eugene Alford, Prentiss H. Carter, Odelia Carruth. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John David Alford, Grenes Burke Allen. Raised—Bud Womack.

HERMITAGE LODGE No. 98. Chartered January 21st, 1851. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Tuesdays. Officers Theodore V. Martinez W. M. Henry Kerr S. D. Edward E. Risinger S. W. Nicholas G. Jacob J. D. Adam Mehn .(P.M.) J. W. John W. Myers (P.M.) ...M. C. Richard T. McBride (P.M.) ..Treas. G. H. Habighorst P.M. | W. E. Schmidt (P.M.)....Secretary Carl Illy S Louis C. Gelbke (P.M.)..Chaplain Chas. W. Groff Tyler Past Masters Casper P. Gelbke Edward L. Schmidt Henry V. Bailey Paul J. Cendon Alfred G. Nissel Norbe'rt R. Morgan Warren Welman Ralph B. Reese James S. Miller Alexander L. Bisso Thos. M. McBride, Jr. Adam Mehn. Albert A. Catterall John W. Myers Geo. H. Habighorst Leon J. Samuel Joseph J. Gates Louis C. Gelbke John R. Cousins Richard T. McBride Jules A. Hodge Edwin F. Beck Herrick P. McMillan Wilford E. Schmidt William A. Walker Total, 12S members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Nicholas George Jacob. Died—Edward Joseph Byrne, Edwin Cicsro Kohn, Robert Lee Blaffer, Frederick Gottlieb Siegfried. Demitted—John Hogau. Suspended, N. P. D.—John W. Anthony, John O. Olsen.

FRANKLINTON LODGE No. 101. Chartered January 21st, 1851. Franklinton, Washington Pariah, La. Stated meetings first Saturday and Tuesday after third Saturday in each month. Officers J. Meadie Knight W. M. Wiley Wood S. D. Abner P. Wood S. W Claude L. Mizell J. D. H. Prentiss Magee J. W. A. G. Stevenson M. C. W. Milton McLain (P.M.)....Treas. D. H. Stringfield P.M. | qtpwnT.ris. J. Adolph Pierce (P.M.)..Secretary Robt. W. Knight } BleWt"ub Delos J. Magee (P.M.) Chaplain Murphy J. Bateman Tyler Past Masters W. W. Babington. Geo. W. Varnado. Floyd Varnado. O. H. Carter. Charles J. Gayer. Jacob Magee. Wm. Otto Burrls. W. M. McLain. W. W. Wood. J. Adolph Pierce. H. Prentiss Magee. Maurice J. Welch. Delos R. Johnson. Delos J. Magee. Chesley B. Jones David H. Stringfleld. R. A. Magee Toial, 107 members 196 ROSTEK OF LODGES

Initiated — Buster Burkhalter, Dannie P. Garrett, Jonas Roos Brooks. Initiated and Passed—James M. Burris. Initiated, Passed and Raised—James Alton Burch. Passed and Raised—John L. Bickham. Raised—Floyd M. Miller. Affiliated—Eubert M. Creel. Reinstated—Edwin F. Wetzel, James Arnold Erwin, Willie C. Miller, John T. Fisher. Died—Marcus F. Magee, Robert H. Bateman, Sidney L. Smith, Eli F. Burch. Suspended, N. P. D.—Chas. G. Manning (P. M.), H. H. Singley_.

LOUISIANA LODGE No. 102. Chartered January 23d, 1851. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Stated meetings 1st and 3rd Thursdays. Officers Robert W. Smith W. M. Frederick E. Selby S. D Emile H. Dieth S. W. Harry J. Williams J. D. Leo F. Wagner J. W. John Guy Wilson M. C. H. W. Chapman (P.M.)..Treasurer Wilton M. Ellin ) Orloff Henry (P.M.) Secretary Rufus V. Lea { John E. Sims Chaplain William H. Washington Tyler (not a member) Past Masters Chas. E. Fenner Herbert W. Chapman Theodore F. Mathes Henry H. Jones Frank S. Whitten Oliver H. Dabezies. J. Chris Nielsen Thad Anderson Wm. E. Andrews Charles W. Stumpf Herbert M. Wise Chas P. MacKenzie Ruffin T. Perkins Henry M. Allen Herbert G. Jahncke Orloff Henry A. Miles Pratt *J. Frank Coleman Alvin C. Carpenter C. P. Eilerson *Robert E. Milling Thomas H. Taylor Norman L. Carter *Thos. A. Stubbs Chas. W. Fox, Jr. J. A. M. Wilson *Robert H. Burton Fred W. Matthews Alex S. Allain *Albert J. Breaux Walter A. Tharp Hubert G. Todd *Edwin Starr Horton Elmer D. Flanders •Denotes by Affiliation. Total, 352 members. Initiated — Lester Hewitt Jeter, Emory Jack Hogsed, Lawson Murdock du Cles. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John Wesley Baldwin, Jr., Joseph Peter Gerber, Walter Grant Jahncke, Hughes Anthony Robertson, Adam Harry Olivier, Murray Rheubin Stinson, Daniel Lester Mayer, Claude Erler Meyer, Thomas Kemp Marlowe, Louis Bartholomew Trenchard, Jr., Richard Cenas Morse. Passed and Raised-—Jos. Cleveland Meyers, Jr., Robert Jewitt Scott. Raised—Joseph Valentine Cady. Affiliated—Jos. Dodson Henderson, Robert Henderson Burton (P. M.), Albert Jos.. Breaux (P. M.), Edward Groner, Herbert Maxwell Shilstone, Edwin Starr Horton (P. M.), Johan Iyersen, Caesar Hyacinth D'Antonio. ROSTER OF LODGES 1!)?

Reinstated—Wm. Hutchinson McClendon, Jr.., Max Mayo Green, Louis Pennington Davis, Sr., Alvin Lindsay, Wiley Lester Wroten, James K. Rippard, Emile Lysle Aschaffenburg. Died — Paul Stroman Pelder, Harry Russell Gould, Hermann Van Rensselar Chase, Darwin Beach Carre, Jr., Archibald Livingston Healy, James Zacharie Spearing, Edward Schwartz, Frank Linfield Renner, John Charles Hoppe, Benton Reason Looney, Rossner Enders Graham. Demitted—James Robertson Black, Arthur Alphonse Moreno, Eben Hardie, Jr.

RUSTON LODGE No. 106. Chartered January 29th, 1852. Ruston, Lincoln Parish, La. Stated meetings, second Monday and fourth Monday in each month. Name changed from Vienna, 1892. Officers W. L. Ponder W. M. G. T. Shinpoch S. D. Truett L. Scarborough S. W. F. H. Heard J. D. E. M. Shirley J. W. I. E. Garrett M. C. C. W. Robertson ..Treasurer C. R. Thompson } ,. . L. G. Huey Secretary J. W. Thompson J siewaras E. L. Walker Chaplain Oliver Barr Tyler Past Masters H. D. Wilson Henry R. Mays Lucius M. Green. D. D. Gay. W. F. Pearce. S. W. Colvin R. O. Sutton R. H. Brooks, P.G.M. L. M. Hinton F. R. Crosby J. W. Cheatwood P. G. Grambling, Jr. Total, 163 members. Initiated—Jimmie Gullett, Albert Sidney Johnson, C. Stanley Baker, James Ware. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Joe J. Mixon, Hall T. Elder, W. W. Chew. Passed—Claude David Crawford. Passed and Raised—Homer Paul Sizemore, J. T. Thompson. Raised—Hale McBride Walker. Affiliated—Travis E. Melton, S. H. Clinton, John T. Melton, F. M. Stevens. Reinstated—P. N. Davis, Billy Smith, John Roy Keeney, C. M. Mathewes, B. G. McKee, Herbert L. Slaton, J. F. Ponder, H. M. Nelson, Henry Hodde, Nick Poulos, J. L. Goodwin, E. L. Wright, W. Cecil Man.ry, Jas. Ulys. Landes, A. A. Willingham. Died—G. W. Caver. Demitted—Robert T. Parish, J. H. Martin. Suspended, N. P. D.—James Lamar Goodwin, Charles B. Carter, T. E. Raley, W. Cecil Manry, Hiram L. McKnight, Sam Tomlinson, R. E. Evans, Willis H. Taylor, S. L. White, Joe B. Merritt, Zelna Clifford Landes, O. W. Hogan, James L. Brooks, J. M. Fielder, C. G. Ruple, John R. Brooks, C. L. Chambers, J. M. Huey. 198 ROSTER OF LODGES

HARRISONBURG LODGE No. 110. Chartered January 21, 1852. Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, La. Stated meetings, second and fourth Wednesdays in each month.

Officers H. A. Taliaferro W. M. Elmer I. Gibson S. D. George O. McGuffee S. W. Oscar M. Cotton J. D. Noel N. Nason J. W. H. B. Taliaferro M. C. J. L. Beasley (P.M.) Treasurer E. E. Johnson (P.M.) H. W. Bethard Secretary R. F. McGuffee ) J. B. McClendon Chaplain William H. Hughes Tyler

Past Masters Richard H. Finlay D. N. Thompson J. M. Trichel Wiliam H. Hughes Riley J. Wilson J. A. Wedgeworth E. E. Johnson R. M. Taliaferro J. L. Beasley. Total, 37 members. Initiated—Nathan Humble Poole, David Edward Boothe, Robert Roger Reeves, Jr. Initiated and Passed—John Wesley Haygood. • Initiated, Passed and Raised—Elmer Irving Gibson, Noel Newell Nason. Reinstated—Denver W. Jones, T. Walter Whatley. Demitted—Charles C. Elkins.

URIM LODGE No. 111. Chartered February 2d, 1853. Calhoun, Ouachita Parish, La. Stated meetings, 2 P. M., second Saturday in each month. P. O. Calhoun, La.

Officers H. F. Downs (P.M.) l.W. M. C. C. Foster (P.M.) S. D. L. D. Willis (P.M.) S. W. S. C. Kennedy J. D. J. A. Baker J. W. H. E. Butler , M. C. J. E. Bryan _ -....Treasurer W. A. Mills ) „. . M. M. Gaston (P.M.) Secretary J. M. Mitchell \ btewaras M. H. Foster (P.M.) Chaplain I. E. Butler Tyler

Past Masters H. F. Downs. M. H. Foster. T. J. Gaston M. M. Gaston. L. D. Willis. C. C. Foster J. F. Foster. Total, 23 members. Initiated—Dwight Earl Butler. ROSTER OF LODGES 199

THOMAS JEFFERSON LODGE No. 113. Chartered February 25, 1853. Spearsville, Union Parish, La. Charter surrendered February, 1881. New Charter issued February 3, 1937, and original number given. Meets second and fourth Saturday night of each month. P. O. Lillie, La.

Officers" W. H. Hamberlin, Jr W. M. M. C. Bryan S. D. J. C. Nash (P.M.) S. W. C. A. Carroll J. D. W. D. Upshaw (P.M.) J. W. R. S. Burnside M. C. C. A. Pryor (P.M.) Treasurer G. L. Risinger } W. C. Cherry (P.M.) Secretary J. F. Vickers j J. E. Bryan Chaplain C. E. TJpshaw Tyler

Past Masters William Clyde Cherry Charles Arkie Pryor Miles C. Bryan William D. Upshaw. Total, 23 members. Initiated — William Clifford Adcock, Andrew John Daniel, Ernie Haynes Williams. Affiliated—John Harmon Elkins, Jack Griffon.

SHREVEPORT LODGE No. 115. Chartered January 27th, 1853. Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Thursdays of each month. P. O. Box 151.

Officers * Ben Blumberg (P.M.) W. M. D. Lefkowitz, Jr S. D. Robert M. Davis S. W. G. W. McNess J. D. W. H. Causey, Sr. (P.M.) J. W. A. Kuperman M. C. S. J. Forester, Jr Treasurer J. K. Theo, Sr ] Q, H A. Wolper (P.M.) Secretary Geo. Thomas, Jr } oiewaras B. R. Bewley (P.M.) Chaplain W. C. Gilchrist, Jr Tyler

Past Masters M. P. Jacobson. Victor H. Wenk, Harry Fox. M. C. Trichel William A. Kerr W. H. Causey, Sr. M. L. Bath Louis Gold. Milton S. Holland Philip Lleber, P.G.M. A. Wolper. D. H. Jewell A. B. Freyer Claude A. Dance P. D. Abramson Harry K. Oliphint Isaac Abramson B. R. Bewley Ben Blumberg Warren B. Hart Total, 349 members. Initiated—Elwood Watson, Virgil S. Kennon, Arthur O'Neal Mc- Dowell, Jack R. Ruben. Initiated and Passed—Paul M. Barber, William Carson Jones, Alec Michel Rosen. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Donald L. Morris, David Lefkowitz, Jr., Robert Owings Viosca, Eugene H. McKinney, Joseph G. Sykora, Jessie Herman Wynne, David Henry Jewell, Jr. 200 KOSTEIi OF LODGES

Passed and Raised—Albert Jones Hart, Frank J. Zuzak. Reinstated—H. L. Lieber. Died—F. A. Atkins, James A. McCoy, L. W. Caraway. Demitted—Edward Schreiber, A. M. Levy. Suspended, N. P. D.—C. A. Moak.

ACACIA LODGE No. 116. Chartered January 17th, 1854. Plaquemine, Iberyille Parish, La. Stated meetings second and fourth Wednesday of each month. Officers J. P. Schmill W. M. C. A. DeJean (P.M.) S. D. R. L. Trepagnier ..S. W. M. R. Dardenne (P.M.) J. D. E. C. Williamson J. W Fredrick Hencks M. C. G. M. Wilbert (P.M.) Treasurer John Brooks } ,. „„ • E. C. Thomas, Jr. (P.M.)....Secty. N. G. Wright j stewards C. O. Bullock (P.M.) Chaplain L. H. Kern...: Tyler Past Masters H. N. Sherburne M. A. Hirsch Paul P. Bouvy E. C. Thomas, Sr. C. A. Rolls C. A. Dejean M. Silber J. Allan Nadler. E. C. Thomas, Jr. S. C. Levy W. R. Tuttle Alfred S. Hirsh. G. M. Wilbert C. O. Bullock R. L. Trepagnier W. H. Obier Total, 81 members Initiated—Homer Ferguson, Jr., Frank Aaron Roberts. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Curtis Seneca, Jean Boyd Mims, Edmond C. Williamson, Fredrick Hencks. Passed and Rafsed—Nain G. Wright. Reinstated—John Valiet Heath. Died—W. J. Thiry (P.M.), J. C. Charlesville, Jr. Demitted—Earle F. Gates.

MILFORD LODGE No. 117. Chartered January 20th, 1854. Hope Villa P. O.. East Baton Rouge Parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Tuesday of each month. Address of Secretary, Baton Rouge, R. F. D. 3. Officers Alvin D. Martin. W. M. A. W. Jones S. D. Lawrence Broussard S. W. Tolbert Miller J. D. Carl Broussard J. W. W. E. Martin M. C. C. B. Woods (P.M.) Treasurer J. H. Fitzgerald | „. , H. Doyle Martin (P.M.)..Secretary Wm. Bailey, Jr ) t>iew,irus G. F. Valentine (P.M.)....Chaplain C. E. Dixon (P.M.) Tyler Past Masters H. D. Martin C. E. Dixon G. F. Valentine. M. S. Eby O. V. Germany A. E. Richey H. D. Stephens S. Q. Denham C. B. Woods S. G. Cooper Sam D. Broussard A. F. Boyd A. D. Fitzgerald 'Total, 46 members. ROSTER OF LODGES 201

Initiated—Julius Earl Salassi. Initiated, Passed and Raised—W. E. Martin. Passed and Raised—Wm. M. Bailey, Jr. Died—S. F. Rickey (P.M.) Dropped, Residence Unknown—W. W. Broussard.

DELHI LODGE No. 120. Chartered January 17th, 1854. (Name changed from Deerfleld, 1878) Delhi, Richland Parish, La. Stated meetings second and fourth Tuesday in each month. Address of Secretary, Dunn, La. Officers Maurice W. McKinney W. M. L. P. Woodard S. D. Marvin M. McEacharn S. W. N. J. Rester J. D. Henry F. Sproles J. W. Leon Chapman M. C. J. J. Kennedy Treasurer C. L. White ) Q. H T. H. Hoben (P.M.) Secretary Fred Cook J biewaras Rex Mikell Chaplain D. H. Deardorff Tyler Past Masters Frank A. Miles, Thos. H. Hoben *William Wiley Teer Thomas C. Spiers, Robt. G. May Rudolph E. Wolank, John S. Ames, Geo. W. Wedgeworth, William E. Coats, Maurice W. McKinney Floyd Davis. N. A. Harville. *By Affiliation. Total, 91 members. Initiated—Pratt King, Homer Ellis Antley, Wynn Barren Baum. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Jerry M. Ball, James L. Lofton, Jean B. Jobe. Passed—W. C. Yates. Passed and Raised—Kenthal C. Lofton. Affiliated—William Wiley Teer (P.M.) Reinstated—T. B. Hightower, W. T. Insley. Died—Arthur J. Kennedy. Demitted—George W. Rundell. Suspended. N. P. D.—W. H. Huckaby, Aubry Raybun, J. W. Mc- Candlish, C. H. Rundell.

MACKEY LODGE No. 122. Chartered January 20th, 1854. Ringgold, Bienville Parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Tuesday nights of each month. Officers L. V. Noles W. M. A. L. Mosley 8. D. W. A. Orr S. W. M. B. Thomas J. D. Harry Barnette J. W. Claude White .._ M. C. D. L. Mosely (P.M.) Treasurer Harry Wallace } C. J. Conly Secretary Henry Davis j Vander P. Noles Chaplain Myles T. Holley Tyler 202 KOSTEK 01/ LODUES

Past Masters O. B. Davis E. C. Huggins D. L. Moseley Total, 60 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Harvey E. Hutchinson, Kenneth Beatty, Vander Pearce Noles. Affiliated—G. C. McBroom. Reinstated—Porter Alexander, R. Lewis Gardner, Percy Jones, John D. McCain, William Ira Bobo. Demitted—G. C. McBroom.

LIBERTY LODGE No. 123. Original charter, February 14th, 1855. Restored 1866. Keatchie, DeSoto Parish, La. Meets second Thursday in each month. Officers R. A. Wagley (P.M.) W. M. W. F. Ward, (P.M.) S. D. W. H. Bagley, Jr S. W. O. C. Cathey J. D. P. C. Reeves J. W. G. J. Bazemore M. C. A. W. Wyatt Treasurer Frank Carroll (P.M.) | „. ^ V. M. Rich (P.M.) Secretary Chas. W. Armour J oiewarua S. M. Shows Chaplain F. C. Bagley Tyler Past Masters V. M. Rich. B. P. Smith, Jr. W. F. Ward. J. Frank Carroll. J. T. Moseley. H. T. Burford. A. J. Thompson Jack Higdon. R. A. Wagley Total, 31 members.

KELLERTOWN LODGE No. 124. Chartered February 14th, 1855. Meets first Tuesday in each month, 7:30 P. M., at Wilson, East Feliciana Parish, La. Officers B. C. Seab (P.M.) W. M. T. Y. Edney (P.M.) S. D. J. C. White (P.M.) S. W. S. P. Haynes J. D. R. E. Thompson J. W. J. S. Miller M. C. D. M. Falconer Treasurer C. W. Stewart } „. . J. C. Stanley (P.M.) Secretary D. W. Delee ] -.tewaras C. B. Garig Chaplain J. E. Watson Tyler Past Masters J. C Stanley B. C. Seab Thomas Y. Edney J. C. White Total, 31 members. Initiated and Passed—Charles E. Hood, Jr. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Wiekliff A. Cook. Reinstated—Clarence B. Garig, Daniel M. Delee, S. Posey Haynes, Clarence J. Rickardson, Jessie C. Ellis. Demitted—Jessie C. Ellis. Suspended, N. P. D.—Victor Boatner, C. Ray Draughon, Daniel W. Delee. ROSTER OF LODGES 203

ARCADIA LODGE No. 126.

Chartered February 14th, 1855; renewed, 1885. Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La. Meets first and third Monday in each month.

Officers J. R. Goff (P.M.) .W. M. G. C. Gantt (P.M.) S. D. H. D. Shehee (P.M.) S. W. R. H. Madden J. D. P. E. Brown J. W. W. M. Gantt (P.M.) M. C. J. Roy Caskey Treasurer G. H. Owens 1 „. wnrrt J. W. Nickelson Secretary A. P. White j oiewaias V. C. Pipes Chaplain G. C. Taylor Tyler

Past Masters W. D. Goff H. D. Shehee G. C. Gantt D. E. Brown W. M. Gantt J. R. Goff R. M. Young Total, 38 members. Died—W. J. Harrell.

GORDY LODGE No. 133. Chartered February 14th, 1855. Lecompte, Rapides Parish, La. Stated meetings, second and fourth Thursday of each month.

Officers Thos. M. Roby (P.M.) W. M. A. M. Ogden (P.M.) S. D. Wm. A. Spence (P.M.) S. W. Warren Gill J. D Ray E. Galloway J. W. G. Pierce Davis (P.M.) M. C. Edw. S. Hardy (P.M.)....Treasurer Homer V. Smith } „ . Albert Porter Secretary Jas. I. Roby | otewaras Frank J. McCoy Chaplain Lewis J. Bond (P.M.) Tyler

Past Masters L. J. Bond T. M. Roby Wm. A. Spence W. B. Robison Roscoe R. Ray John J. Bridges, Jr. S. M. Harper G. Pierce Davis Sam C. McKee E. S. Hardy Prank J. Howard John A. Davis E. S. Aiken James I. Roby Armon M. Ogden Abe Goldberg *Rainsford E. Galloway *By Affiliation. Total, 78 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Chas. T. Nelson. Affiliated—Rainsford E. Galloway (P.M.) Reinstated—Homer V. Smith, Edw. Ft Woods. Died—Lezime C. Rougeou. Suspended, N. P. D.—Helm L. Bruce, Donald F. Brown. •204 liOSTEU OF L0D01CK

PLAINS LODGE No. 135. Chartered February 14th, 1855. Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish, La. P. O. Zachary. Stated meetings, first Tuesday of each month.

Officers Thomas W. Murphy W. M. W. H. Kyes (P.M.) S. D. C. W. Machost S. W. J. P. Jones J. D. J. I. Daniels, Jr. (P.M.) J. W. Howard Chaney (P.M.) M. C. James H. Rhodes Treasurer J. C. Parker (P.M.)....) Qt a A R. E. Loudon (P.M.) Secretary I. E. Chaney f stewaras C. E. Decker Chaplain M. E. Pace Tyler

Past Masters T. E. McHugh W. F. Keller. Howard Chaney. C. F. Ratcliff, P. G. M. W. H. Kyes. Mervin W. Loudon. R. E. Loudon John I. Daniel, Jr. Judson C. Parker. L. H. Parker Jas. A. Smith J. F. Ayer Graham Carney. Total, 83 members. Initiated—Grady L. Measer, Jesse J. Woodward, Allen H. Forbes. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Homer Q. Appleby. Passed and Raised—Amidee M. Reames. Reinstated—Robert Y. Pettit, M. E. Hughes. Died—W. C. Hall.

ATHENS LODGE No. 136. Chartered February 12th, 1856. Athens, Claiborne Parish, La. Stated meetings, Monday after first and third Monday in each month.

Officers O. S. Middlebrook (P.M.)....W. M. J. T. Caskey (P.M.) S. D. Carl Fuller S. W. Joe A. Marsalis (P.M.) J. D. James R. Fuller J. W. P. E. Owens (P.M.) M. C. H. G. Sutton Treasurer Oren Baker la* G. W. Dillon (P.M.).. Secretary Curtis Valentine ] stewards Previs Monzingo Chaplain J. M. Fuller Tyler

Past Masters Joe A. Marsalis Jno. T. Caskey G. W. Dillon P. E. Owens O. S. Middlebrook Total, 13 members. Demitted—M. G. Harmon. Reinstated—M. G. Harmon. Suspended, N. P. D.—R. E. Dillon, H. C. Harmon. ROSTER OF LODGES 205

DOWNSVILLE LODGE No. 143. Chartered February 12th, 1856. Downsville, Union Parish, La. Stated meetings, first Saturday of each month. Officers Robt. M. McGehee W. M. C. D. Wallace (P.M.) S. D. G. C. Roberts S. W Clyde Canterbury J. D W. A. Simpson (P.M.) J. W. W. A. Simpson M. C. J. C. Hammons ..Treasurer R. W. Bryan (P.M.)-. | gtewarus F. D. Bachman Secretary Thos. F. Jones J W. F. Jones Chaplain J. R. Weems Tyler Past Masters J. M. Hinton C. D. Wallace W. T. Idom W. D. Wallace R. W. Bryan. W. A. Simpson Total, 38 members Initiated and Passed—Wexler Woodrow Leggett. Reinstated—Hobson Boulware, Marcus Hammons. Demitted—F. D. Henry. Suspended—N. P. D.—Parker Canterbury, W. A. Calloway, Alta G. Taylor.

OCEAN LODGE No. 144. Chartered February 10th, 1857. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Wednesday in each month. Officers Jos. H. Davis W. M. F. A. Reyes S. D. Vincent Vaccaro S. W. J. Ciruti J. D Paul Bagur J. W. J. Lombardo M. C. Wm. L. Salles (P.M.)—Treasurer L. Macheca (P.M.).... 1 Q. Ant M. Monju (P.M.) ....Secretary P. Cadaro f btewarcls E. C. Ray (P.M.) Chaplain L. A. Haley. Tyler Past Masters Frank Tarver Otto Svendson J. H. Carrejolles. Franlt Caldwell A. M. Monju. • John J. Hawkshead. L. G. Hooper W. L. Salles Jos. P. Pickett. Ward C. Flanders B. H. Britain Louis J. Macheca. Thomas F. Wilder. H. E. Coulon Sidney F. Muller. N. A. Armstrong, Sr. Victor S. Curry. John W. Marcev Edgar C. Ray Fred B. Thomas Total, 109 members. Initiated and Passed—Mark James Chambers, Christian Miller. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Peter Matranga Cadaro, Jerome Lombardo. Affiliated—John Edward Dillard. Reinstated—James Cotton, Joseph McCabe. Died—Louis Wilken, D. A. Lines, T. E. Case. Suspended, N. P. D.—J. M. Bollinger, E. Doize, R. M. Levey, T. C. O'Brien. 206 ROSTJiU OF LODGES

HOPE LODGE No. 145. Chartered February 10th, 1857. Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, La. Meets on first and third Friday in each month.

Officers Clarence J. McNulty W. M. Cyr Boudreaux S. D. Ruford H. Smith S. W. Charles D. Falgout J. D. Robt. Kapsinow J. W. John Whitmeyer (P.M.) M. C. D. A Briggs Treasurer Edmond Delhomme.... } ,,t rt G. M. Armstrong (P.M.) Secty. John Lisbony } J. B. Coumes Chaplain William E. Lalanne Tyler Past Masters M. L. Miller Elmo Hodges G. M. Armstrong H. M. Sammons M. Eloi Girard R. H. Agate J. L. Stephan J. A. Taylor Hugh H. Miller John Whitmeyer Rene Delhomme J. B. Montgomery W. B. McCoy Total, 202 members. InitiatedJ—Emmett Foster Burnham, William Leonard Chiquelin, Thurman Howland Harder. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Frank Wilbur Squyers, Ambrose Martin, Roy James Bell, Jesse Edgar Pope, John Edward Stephan, J. B. Stewart. Passed and Raised—Anthony C. Fournet. Affiliated—Azora F. Givens, Daniel Clifford Poidevant, Milton Hadley Knox. Reinstated—Samuel C. Grunewald, Louis P. Oliver, F. Adam Mouton, John Walsh, Wickliff Black Vennard. Died—Lloyd G. Cunningham, John Wesley Faulk, W. F. Stephenson. Demitted—Willin Marvyn Johnson, Fenner Wade Smith, Ray O. Downing, Jr., V. D. Morris.

SILENT BROTHERHOOD LODGE No. 146. Chartered February 10th, 1857. Coushatta, Red River Parish, La Meets third M»nday night in each month. Officers A. H. Carlisle, (P.M.) W. M. Geo. W. Wise, Sr S. D. A. L. Sigler S. W. M. B. Adams J. D D. C. Hayden J. W. Joe R. Bobbitt .....M. C. W. C. Pylant (P.M.) Treasurer W. H. Tyler } „ , W. H. Wamsley Secretary J, Van Veckhoven ) stewards W. B. Hunter (P.M.) Chaplain S. D. Prothro Tyler Past Masters T. P. Stephens, T. M. Preslar. R. C. Jones. W. C. Pylant. R. A. Weed. A. L. Holland. W. B. Hunter, R. G. Adcock. A. H. Carlisle, Total, 80 members. ROSTER OF LODGES 207

Initiated—John Calvin Brown. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Henry Augustus Carlisle, Malcolm Clough Fogleman, Dolf Corley Hayden, Garlan Adkins. Passed and Raised—George Wilkinson Wise, Sr. Raised—Prank John Roberson. Affiliated—John Van Veckhoven, Chris J. Shirley, Wm. M. Johnson. Reinstated—Lockette Beecher Holley. Died—W. O. Hunter. Demitted—T. M. Butler, J. D. Nelson. Suspended, N. P. D.—W. L. Benson, G. Portson.

ANACOCO LODGE No. 147. Chartered February 10th, 1857. Restored May 14th, 1885. Hawthorn, Vernon Parish, La. P. O. Leesville. Stated meetings, first Saturday in each month—10:00 A. M. Address of Secretary, Anacoco, Box 119. Officers H. A. Martin W. M. W. W. Lee (P.M.) S. D. W. C. Bradshaw S. W. J. T. Brown J. D. Wm. Gordy J. W. Clarence Bolgiano M. C. Van O.. Croft (P.M.) Treasurer J. O. Fountain (P.M.) } <,*„_..,_,,. J. M. Miers Secretary J. W. Guess f oiewaras J. W. Mathis Chaplain W. H. Mclnnls Tyler Psst Masters Van O. Craft. J. W. Mathis. C. Bolgiano. J. O. Fountain W. W. Lee. M. Eugene McManus •Patrick H. Cavanaugh *Samuel E. Bevin Kade Mclnnis *By Affiliation. Total, 63 members. Initiated—Fred Clossner, Alford Harris, Fisher L. Franklin. Initiated and Passed—Levy Mattox. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Palmer E. Wood, Jerome M. Miers, William C. Bradshaw. Passed and Raised—Johnie Will Watkins. Raised—Charley C. Stokes. Reinstated—M. C. Holt, J. S. Goins, C. F. Clossner, J. A. Brown, Joe M. Roberts. Died—Horis M. Stell.

EASTERN STAR LODGE No. 151. Chartered February 10th, 1858. Winnfield, Winn Pariah, La. Stated meetings, second and fourth Monday. Winnfield, P. O. Box 405. Officers Louis O. Temple W. M. Ralph Mosley S. D. T. B. Hampton S. W. R. R. Dennis J. D. Dudley P. Shell J. W. D. L. Hofman M. C. C. McGinty Treasurer D. C. Allen \ atpwnrr,- R. S. Walsh (P.M.) Secretary D. P. Aydelott f ocewaras A. C. Stewart (P.M.) Chaplain W. U. Drewett (P.M.) Tyler 208 ROSTEIS OJ- LODGKS

Past Masters W. M. Durham A. L. Smith. W. U. Drewett. Rufus S. Walsh, J. R. McCartney. L. C. Carter. E. G. Eagles, P. Hugh Mercer. A. C. Stewart. W. P. Cooper, J. W. Crippin. J. W. Kennedy Total, 102 members. Initiated—John R. Gorham, Henry H. Capps. Initiated, Passed and Raised—D. P. Shell, H. V. Ratliff, Newton A. Forrest, Eli Harrell, D. C. Allen, D. L. Hofman, Lenord A. Smith. Passed and Raised—L. L. Deen, A. L. Smith, Jr. Affiliated—A. L. Dowden, J. P. Gresham, James Eagles, Jr., Ralph Mosley, Jesse Shelton. Reinstated—D. T. Caldwell, W. D. Callieatue, J. Y. Bell, R. L. Anders, J. V. Scott, Sr., D. P. Aydelott, Chas. B. Gibbs. Demitted—J. R. Harrison. Suspended. N. P. D.—H. F. Cockerham, T. A. Henderson, C. F. Walsworth, Kenneth Watts, J. O. Wilson, W. S. Maxwell, J. P. Warren, A. P. Smith, W. W. Smith, W. E. Mitchell, C. C. WTard, W. D. Callieautue.

HOMER LODGE No. 152. Chartered February 10th, 1858. Homer, Claiborne Parish, La. Meets first and third Tuesday in each month. Address of Secretary, P. O. Box 358. Officers Geo. W. Campbell W. M. R. L. Brakefleld (P.M.) S. D. H. J. Murphy (P.M.) _ S. W. Roy Thornton J. D. G. B. McCormiek (P.M.) J. W. L. T. McFerrin (P.M.) M. C. H. McKenzie, Sr. (P.M.)Treasurer Fred L. Jackson } _ . G. Mullennix (P.M.) Secretary Troy Williams ] btewards J. M. DeLoach Chaplain Carl Lang Tyler Past Mns'.ers C. O. Ferguson T. H. McEachern H. J. Murphy John S. Richardson Jas. M. Oakes T. G. Mullennix W. L. Doss G. B. McCormick J. T. Gibson L. T. McFerrin J. D. Walthal J. D. Walthall Harry McKenzie, Sr. R. L. Brakefield Total, 95 members. Initiated—Emmitt Keener. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Reginald Dresner Young, James Cecil Kilgore, C. G. Dowser, W. W. Koonce. Affiliated—Carl Lang, A. N. K. Young. Reinstated—A, W. Palmer, Jos. C. Ferguson, G. G. Harris. Died—J. L. Kendrick, A. E. Dewees, T. T. Linton. Demitted—Ira D. Shaw, C. E. Harrell, G. G. Harris. Suspended, N. P. D.—R. M. Kent (P.M.), A. McDermitt. ROSTER OF LODGES 201

SAINTS JOHN LODGE No. 153. Chartered February 10th, 1858. Algiers, New Orleans, Iia. Meets every Tuesday evening. Officers Geo. W. Corkern W. M. Anthony Winters S. D. Chas. E. Burgis S. W. Edw. Grossman J. D. Warren Hintz J. W. Louis Dumser M. C. A. W. Kulp (P.M.) Treasurer M. K. Vezien 1 „, • P. Mangiaracina (P.M.) Secretary M. C. Koenig \ oe B M. A. Crawford (P.M.)....Chaplain C. P. Fink Tyler Past Masters E. W. Burgis N. H. Towner. Otto P Meder. Louis Acker Benj. F. Bradford. Roy J. Cayard. J. B. Lorio Frederick W. BenneckeMatt A. Crawford. Edward Dosher A. W. Sutton. John J. Kenny. T. H. Reagan B. F. Richards. W. J. Erikson. F. H. Gait H. C. Redmon. John J. Cieutat P. Mangiaracina, C. W. Crane Damon R. Agnew T. O. Hotard J. B. Craft Arthur W. Kulp J. W. Crawford. Fred. A. Cayard. Total, 223 members. Initiated—Earl A. Williams, Paul Signarino, James T. Chapman, John B. Barrett. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Edward J. Amy, John Clifton Lamey, Jr., Edward M. Grossman, James V. Hintz, Eugene B. Thibeau, Louis G. Dumser, Denton B. Vallaint. Affiliated—Geo. L. Mastainich, Charles Bodenger. Reinstated—Samuel F. Wilson. Died—J. Addington Hayes, Joseph Legett, Benj. F. Shaffer, A. W. McCoy, Raleigh B. Jennings, Uncas J. Lewis. Demitted—W. N. Burmaster. Dropped, Residence Unknown—Daniel A. Patterson. Suspended, N. P. D.—Sidney E. Jermundsen.

KISATCHIE LODGE No. 156. Chartered February 12th, 1S58. Mount Carmel, Sabine Parish, La. Stated meetings, first Sunday in each month at 2 p. m. P. O. address of Secretary; Florien, La., R 1 Officers Noah, M. Miller (P.M.) W. M. W. D. Stewart S. D. W. A. Byrd S. W. J. H. Knippers J. D. Allen Lewing J. W. M. C. J. H. Skinner (P.M.) Treasurer ) otBwarf1, J. E. Jordan (P.M.) Secretary } btewaras J. Lud Leach Chaplain L. E. Coburn Tyler Past Masters J. E. Jordan. J. H. Skinner. Noah M. Miller C. J. Davis J. L. Mclnnis Total, 22 members. 210 ROSTER 01" LODGES

Reinstated—J. Lud Leach. Died—L. W. Byrd (P.M.), Dan McGinnis. Dropped, Residence Unknown—Grover C. Dowden. Suspended, N. P. D.—Eulon Dowden.

LIVINGSTON LODGE No. 160. Chartered February 16th, 1859. Hammond, Tangipahoa Parish, La. Meets second and fourth Fridays in each month. Officers L. Alt. June W. M. Ernest Wainwright S. D. J. Leon Clark S. W. Leon M. Carr - J. D. H. Wilbur Carroll J. W. R. Y. Nesom M. C. John A. May Treasurer Wilfred Hinson ) Ht<,TOa_j_ F. A. Goblowsky (P.M.) Secty. Kenneth Smith j Dlewara8 C. C. Carr (P.M.) Chaplain R. R. Greer (P.M.) Tyler Past Masters Jos. W. Robinson O. W. Herring Charles S. Rand. Everett Spraker T. R. Foster, Sr. R. Thomas Pursley J. M. Scurlock Frank Goblowsky Benj. A. Tucker Henry Gray W. B. Jordan W. Schofield Rownd Kenneth B. Black C. Clifford Carr. Robert R. Greer Total, 90 members. Initiated—Arthur L. Way. Initiated and Passed—Cecil T. Hayden. Raised—Edward Allen Kirby. Affiliated—Wm. V. Brewer, C. Paul Phelps. Reinstated—L. L. DeBoxtel, C. G. McGehee, Harold Herbert, Sam O. Hagg, Jesse 0. Stamps, Wallace Albin, Albert Tolle, Fred Conrad. Died—J. Hutson McMahon, C. G. McGehee. Demitted—Gayle Anderson, Harold Herbert. Suspended, N. P. D.—R. N. Garrett, Sam O. Hagg, C. L. Threeton.

BROOKVILLE LODGE No. 161. Chartered February 16th, 1860. Oak Ridge, Morehouse Parish, La. Stated meetings, first Tuesday in each month. Officers F. E. Hogan (P.M.) W. M. C. L. Hope (P.M.) S. D. H. A. Baker (P.M.) S. W. C. G. Hamby J. D. W. M. Nolan J. W. P. H. Wade (P.M.) ...M. C. J. E. Files Treasurer H. A. Pipes ] Robert C. Hathcox Secretary W. E. Conger \ P. P. Norman Chaplain Nuell Hope Tyler Past Masters J. S. Rolfe, Sr. P. H. Wade H. A. Baker R. E. Barham J. S. Norris, Jr. T. Eugene Barham. Total, 30 members. Reinstated—G. E. Barham. Died—F. A. Evans (P.M) ROSTER OF LODGES 211

ATCHAFALAYA LODGE No. 163. Chartered February 16th, 1860. Simmesport, Avoyelles Parish, La. Meets second Sunday each month. Simmesport, La.

Officers R. L. Lindsey (P.M.) W. M. Louis Mayeaux S. D. W. W. Lindsey (P.M.) S. W Mark Lacour J. D. Leo Bhrhardt J. W. W. W. Whitmore M. C. I. S. Doddridge Treasurer j a»AW.1Prtll W. D. Merrick Secretary \ siewaros Frank Milam Chaplain Hubert Barr Tyler

Past Masters R. L. Lindsey W. W. Lindsey Total, 33 members. Initiated—Avis B. Chunn. Raised—Paul D. Anderson. Affiliated—Gary W Eldridge. Reinstated—Everett C. Magee, A. J. Parker. Demitted—Everett C. Magee.

COLUMBIA LODGE No. 164.

Rechartered February 9th 1892. Meets at Columbia, Caldwell Parish, La., first Monday and third Saturday in each month.

Officers John J. Kelly W. M. Cameron C. Minard S. D. Clyde E. Horn S. W. Carl Williams J. D Erby E. Meredith.- J. W S. H. Thompson (P.M.).... M. C. A. D. Bridger Treasurer W. C. Hester (P.M.) \ J. M. Jones (P.M.) Secretary W.D.McSween (P.M.) { stewards D. C. Fisher Chaplain J. B. Thompson Tyler

Past Masters John W. James W. C. Hester J. M. Hawkins. J. M Jones J. G. Hicks J. C. Hudson. W. M. Elliott E. B. Cottingham, Jr. W. W. Watts J. R. Hawkins W. D. McSween. S. H. Thompson Total, 133 members. Initiated—Lonnie 0. Smudrick, C. E. Stringer. Affiliated—T. W. Head, W. R. Wendt. Reinstated—T. B. Eubanks. Died—R. P. Taylor, J. E. McClanahan. Demitted—S. R. Hendricks. 212 ROSTER OF LODGES

LAKE CHARLES LODGE No. 165.

Chartered February 16th, 1860. Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Thursdays of each month. P. O. Box 380.

Officers Andrew Swice W. M. H. L. Rothkamm S. D. Franklin L. Miller S. W. Harry H. Shutts J. D. Voris King J. W. C. L. Wallace M. C. P. C. Howe (P.M.) Treasurer Frank C. Miller. ) „. , K. Levingston (P.M.) Secretary John E. Coleman J btewaras T. M. Dietz (P.M.) Chaplain J. Oscar Landry iTyler Past Masters August M. Mayo P. C. Howe W. W. Barnes J. A. Foster T. M. Dietz T. Reiser R. Krause, P.G.M. John C. Ayers, P.G.M. Kenneth Levingston Sol. Reinauer M. L. Christensen Philip W. Kibler B. R. Kaufman, Albert J. Leithead Austin W. Lewis M. D. Wentz J. L. Cox Everett R. Scott Geo. D. Neely Robert Anderson Gossett Smith Jno. J. Khoury V. L. Hennington Total, 197 members. Initiated—A. V. Murphy, Earl B. Rutherford, Herbert P. Rhodes, Wm. H. Sonricker. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John M. Fouts, Jr., Mid Gibson. Passed and Raised—Mack Henry Vincent, John B. Coleman, Harry A, Roach, Rhodolph W. Gordon, Albert F. Carpenter, Morris I. Howe. Raised—Isaac L. Eskenasy, Thos. J. Hightower, Jr. Affiliated—J. Henry Bowden, Orville T. Beachley, Edwin R. Bradford. Reinstated—James I. Pearce, Julian Guillory. Died—Wm. D. Nelson, J. Frank Spangler. Demitted—Perry M. Blue, Cecil Ed. Barnes. Suspended, N. P. D.—Edgar Miller, Jeff Portie, C. A. Scaife.

LINN WOOD LODGE No. 167. Chartered February 13th, 1861. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Wednesday evenings.

Officers J M. Chapman W. M. Elmer P. Grundmeyer S. D. Chas. W. Hiers S. W. Geo. McK. Moate J. D. Nils E. Johnson J. W. Rudolph Viener, Jr M. C. L. A. Flettrich (P.M.)....Treasurer Ed. P. Flettrich } Q. . Ernest W. Jones (P.M.).-Secretary Aug. A. Kellett j stewards Frank D. Blue Chaplain w. H. Washington Tyler ROSTER OF LODGES 213

Past Masters Joseph Meyers Edward Haspel J. J. Holtgreve Robert J. McQuiston Ernest W. Jones Fred Simonson G. A. Treadwell, R. B. Roessle Leo R. Wertheimer P.G.M. Leon A. Flettrich Glenn S. Cobb Henry Brisbl Michael S. Elgutter Ralph J. Barry Reginald P. Mead E. Kirk Newman Chas. E. McHale Oscar T. Jones Carl L. Olschner Samuel B. Caston Thomas J. Gordon Malcolm B. Moody Elmer C. Staples Leo L. Hirsch Sidney G. Roos Sam Peters Ferd. B. Stern Oharles S. Craig, Sr. John W. Keller IT. W. McMillan Arthur J. Neeson Total, 324 members. Initiated—Prank M. Sheel, John D. Ulmo, John William Smith. Passed and Raised—Paul Henry McAllister. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William Mitchel McAllister, Lionel Emile Gilley, Harry Padwa, John Ridley Atchley, Aug. A. Kellett, El- more C. Walters, Win. E. Brice. Reinstated—Weston Adams, Wm. N. Louque, Wayne D. Steward, Peter J. Wagner, Sam R. Goldberg, P. W. Hogan. Died—A. K. Duke, Paul Reuther, Stanford J. Levy, George Emile Mann, J. B. Ellison, B. W. Kellett, Samuel Bonart, Louis V. Lemane. Demitted—James L. Domingues, Wm. N. Louque, Geo. E. Lods, E. T. Brady, Selim B. Lemle.

MONTGOMERY LODGE No. 168. Chartered February 13th, 1861. Montgomery, Grant Parish, La. Meets Saturday before the fourth Sunday in each month. Officers W. C. Byrd (P.M.) W. M. E. W. McGinty S. D. G. R. Gilcrease (P.M.) S. W. J. C. Cordozia J. D. G. W. Evans J. W. R. E. Jackson M. C. J. D. Boston Treasurer W- H- Kilpatrick ) Steward, G. L. Wyatt (P.M.) Secretary C. M. Nonned J J. G. Chandler Chaplain T. M. Box Tyler Past Masters W. G. Dixon G. L. Wyatt J. H. Lewis O. L. Durham G. R. Gilcrease W. C. Byrd. Total, 56 members. Initiated—Eugene Garner, John Granville Kilpatrick. Initiated and Passed—Earl Vuren Davison. Initiated, Passed and Raised — Charley M. Nonned, Leslie Guy Moore. Affiliated—Jesse M. Tedellie, Verne K. Fletcher, Weaver P. Williams, William Pollard Fletcher. Reinstated—Jones Gilcrease, J. G. Chandler, Mack L. Milton, Elmo Aswell Brian (P.M.) Suspended, N. P. D.—W. W. Dyson. 214 ROSTER OF LODGES

KOSMOS LODGE No. 171. Chartered February 9th, 1864. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Wednesdays in each month. Officers J. Otto Kaelin (P.M.) W. M. A. P. Fontenette (P.M.) S. D. E. L. Mowe (P.M.) S. W. Christian O. Jakob J. D. John C. Bowman J. W. R. McCabe M. E. Fred Liberto (P.M.) Treasurer Jno. Maltry, Jr M. C. C. H. Dorand (P.M.) Secretary Aug. Gronstedt } _. . V. D. Mashburn (P.M.) ..Chaplain H. Rehfeld { stewards J. Bringold Tyler Past Masters William Woesaner. J. O. Kaelin. E. Lee Mowe. John Sprada. Arthur P. Fontenette. C. H. Dorand. R. Herpich. F. D. Perry. Fred Liberto. R. Siebenkittle. J. R. Rohbock. Frank A. Kruse John F. Reeks. • Vern D. Mashburn Total, 54 members. Initiated, Fassed and Raised—John C. Bowman. Reinstated—Geo. W. Springer, Christian O. Jakob. Died—F. F. Lang, M. Paul, Wm. L. McGarry. Demitted—Murl V. Groty.

UNION LODGE No. 172. Chartered February 17th, 1865. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets first and third Fridays in each month. Officers E. C. Capron W. M. H. P. Voss M. E. A. M. Alexander S. W. J. C. Schindler M. C. E. J. Schofleld J. W. J. Lowery Almoner Adam Wirth Treasurer John Stolzenthaler.... ] H. Waszkowski Secretary Harry Dressel )- Stewards L. A. Kloor (P.M.) Orator J. R. Stiles (P.M.) J E. B. Schuler S. D. Sidney Ragas I. G. A. Magnitzky J. D. A. E. Maier Tyler Past Masters Chris. Nungesser Jas. C. Vorhoff Arthur L. Heric W. G. Rogers, P.G.M. David E. Verlander E. A. Cunny T. G. Stehle Wm. E. McWhirter Matthew W. Ryan Thos. F. Gessner E. L. Morel A. E. Thouron. William Aitken A. G. Moffat W. S. Wilcox. A. G. Schultz Geo. J. Fruthaler J. R. Stiles O. C. Reppel John F. Hartmann , Ed. P. Pixberg Lud J. Seiler Wm. C. Ermon Henry C. Voss E. G. Gaerthner Henry H. Nick L. A. Kloor E. J. Irwin Jos. S. Haydel Total, 198 members. KOSTER OF LODGES 215

Initiated, Passed and Raised—Erwin Burandt Schuler, Albert V. Stevens, Henry R. Lee. Reinstated—Henri DeFraites, Mike Thaifi. Died—Walter M. Jacobs, Jos. Fernandez, Wm. Klavaness, Law- rence R. Lusk, Nick Troyanovich, John Stein. Demitted—H. H. Knickerbocker.

DANTE LODGE No. 174. Chartered February 14th, 1866. Polar Star Hall, corner Rampart and Kerlerec streets, New Orleans. Meets first Mon- day in each month.

Officers John Lorino W. M. Giuseppe Mannino J. D. Domenico Casella S. W. Salvatore Centanni M. C. Gaetano Sartalamacchia J. W. Giuseppe Cusumano M. E. Luigi Talluto (P.M.) Treasurer Benedetto Giordano Steward Salvatore Arico Secretary Pasquale Ragusa Tyler Gaspare LoClcero Chaplain Bmilio Foti I. G. Peter Callia S. D.

Past Masters Gaetano Spagnolo Salvatore Saputo Luigi Talluto Guido Rossi Francesco Giliberti Vincent DiCarlo Cesare Sansone Angelo Sciortino Louis Martorana Gaspare Lo Cicero B. L. Keretz Salvatore Cannizzaro Giacomo Evola Albert Cipollina Total, 100 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised — Antonino Ned 'Sciortino, Louis Joseph James. Affiliated—C. Vincent Pizzuto, Vincent Riccobono. Reinstated—Vincent Gallo. Died—Giuseppe Sperandeo, Filippo Quaglino, Amedeo Rismondo. Demitted—Bozo Petrovich. Suspended, N. P. D. — Francesco Trombino, Agostino Indovina, George Gulotta.

AMITE CITY LODGE No. 175. Chartered February 14th, 1866. Amite, Tangipahoa Parish, La. Stated meetings first and third Fridays in each month. P. O. Box 746.

Officers A. E. Cafalu (P.M.) W. M. B K. Baukston S. D. H. R. Reid (P.M.) S. W. W. F. Wall J. D. T. P. Ladner J. W. M. Sharkey (P.M.) M. C. F. E. Patt.enotte (P.M.)..Treasurer J. M. Foulks } Q . Herbert Sanders Secretary H. G. Johnson (P.M.) } stewards S. R. Gordon Chaplain C. W. Collings Tyler 216 ROSTER OF LODGES

Past Masters H. P. Forshag. Albert S. Cartwright James W. Harris. John P. Moock, Frank E. Pattenotte. Marshall Sharkey. *W. E. Walker J. E. Sanders. Harry G. Johnson Horace R. Reid. H. M. Westholtz. W. A. Hyde Claude V. Johnston. C. W. Williams. A. E. Cefalu *By Affiliation. Total, 48 members. Initiated—Gordon Mann Williams, Clyde Purser Young. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William Francis Wall. Affiliated—W. E. Walker (P.M.), A. Despies, Jr., T. P. Ladner. Reinstated—J. H. Newton, Jr. Died—C. M. Mixon, Jos. W. Mixon. Demitted—W. V. Brewer.

CADDO LODGE No. 179. Chartered February 14th, 1867. Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La. Stated meetings first and third Saturdays of each month. Address of Secretary, Archie E. Stephenson, 1742 Buckner St., P. O. Box 429, Shreveport, La. Officers Earl W. Tinsley W. M. Frank Brown S. D. Louis P. Busbey S. W. O. A. Reneau J. D. Charles O. Cook J. W. W. T. Finn M. C. W. A. Robinson Treasurer F. D. Spencer } y . Archie E. Stephenson (P.M.)Sec'y Paul Ci Crooks ] btewaras U. B. Currie Chaplain Hy. B. Oden Tyler Albert T. Guice Marshal

Past Masters H. B. Hearn Newit J. Drew Thos. C. Walton J. W. A. Jeter Paul J. Palmer Percy R. Johnson W. C. Marshall Leon Carter Grosjean Felix G. Harston Rush H. Davis Arthur W. McKnight Bill E. Butler Thomas R. Phillips Littleton G. Snell Willis B. Killgore A. A. Garrison Archie E. Stephenson Emmette A. Shaw Frank E. Stewart Total, 461 members. Initiated—Egbert E. Barnett, Samuel Harrison Edwards, Albert Galloway Hammett, Jr., Edward A. Buck. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Marvin Kenneth Ezell, Paul Clai- borne Crooks, Adger Clifton Baird, Rome Lucien Barker. Passed—Elsie Marcelle White. Passed and Raised—Herbert W. Roy, Tom Parker Pope, Wm. Jack Hobby, Jr. Raised—Jesse G. Tompkins. Affiliated—William Clyde Murdock. Reinstated—Harvey Langston McAdams, James E. Apple, Clarence E. Taylor, W. B. Graham, Alfred F. Haynes, John T. Reeks, Julius Purney Sanders, H. H. Brownlee, W. K. Cosby, Cecil A. Farrell, J. D. Youngblood, R. A. Northcutt. ROSTER OF LODGES 217

Died—Albert H. Van Hook, George R. Dale, Ben S. White, John E. Ten-ill, John H. Perroncel, Peter Kaul, Jacob M. Owens, A. D. Devere, K. W. Brown, Joe W. Norton. Demitted—Robert D. Peterson, Sr., James E. Apple, Cecil B. Adams, Wm. J. Buchanan, Wilmer W. Quinn, Henry A. O'Neal. Dropped, N. P. D— William J. Hobby, Sr. Suspended, N. P. D .—William Grice Aldredge, James Byers Best, William Joseph Hunter, Bernice Mitchell, T G. Norman, Lynn Stanley.

SAM TODD LODGE No. 182. Chartered February 14th, 1867. Sugartown, Beauregard Parish, La. Stated meetings first Saturday in each month. Officers W. R. Baggett (P.M.) W. M. Leon Stracener S. D. W. L. Robertson S. W. R. D. Turner J. D. J. M. Sigler J. W. R. E. Belvin M. C. S. H. Kemp (P.M.) Treasurer J- W. Hanehey | Frank Miller (P.M.) Secretary W.H.Parker ) Isaac Hall (P.M.) Chaplain Geo. Dickens Tyler Past Masters G. W. Miller J. M. Sigler E. J. Miller W. R. Baggett S. H. Kemp Isaac Hall *W. L. Robertson M. V. Miller Frank Miller *-By Affiliation. *Henry Talbert Total, 64 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Carl Conard Welborn, Curtis Dickens, Robert E. Belvin, Walter Turner, C. T. Bowden, Leon Williamson. Reinstated—C. S. Miers, Monti Cooper, J. E. Simmons, John Chaney, John Sigler, John R. Garlington, Clyde C. Hanchey, John W. Hanchey. Suspended, N. P. D.—J. A. Hanchey.

SPRINGCREEK LODGE No. 184. Chartered February 14th, 1867. Springcreek, Tangipahoa Parish, La. Meets Friday night before first Sunday in each month. P. O. Address of Secretary, Springcreek, La. Officers H E. McDaniel (P.M.) W. M Alon L. Wall (P.M.) S. D. R. R. Dykes S. W. Fleet McElveen J. D. George Lanier J. W. A. B. Foster M. C. Clonis M. Wall Treasurer B. B. Varnado (P.M.) ) „. . J. F. Corkern Secretary T. B. Conerly (P.M.) f stewards J E. Crawford (P.M.) Chaplain H. L. Varnado (P.M.) Tyler 218 ROSTER OF LODGES

Past Masters D. P. Springfield James M. Lewis I. E. Corkern J. W. Passman B. B. Varnado H. L. Varnado H. E. McDaniel J. E. Crawford Advel M. Strickland R. H. Singleton W. A. Peters Alon L. Wall T. B. Conerly Quincy L. Wall A. O. Varnado Total, 56 members. Initiated—B. F. Hyde, Melvin Claude Cox, Robert Hughes. Reinstated—Quincy L. Wall (P.M.) Died—George P. Corkern.

ORPHANS FRIEND LODGE No. 185. Chartered February 15th, 1867. Morrow, St. Landry Parish, La. Meets first Sunday at 2 P. M. and 3rd Tuesday at 8 P. M. Address of Secretary, Palmetto, La. Officers H. E. Lowery, Sr. (P.M.)---W. M. Floyd Fogleman S. D. Ernest Morrow S. W. Wesley Budden J. D. R. F. Crawford J. W. R. A. Pickett, Jr M. C. V. P. Roberts Treasurer W. E. Poythress P.M. 1 _ , . Allen Budden (P.M.) Secretary Lee Hubbard } btewaias R. A. Pickett, Sr. (P.M.)-Chaplain J. J. Pickett Tyler Past Masters H. B. Lowery, Sr. R. A. Pickett, Jr. Hubert Taylor A. W. McDaniel Allen Budden W. E. Poythress Total, 39 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—R. F. Crawford. Passed and Raised—Alva Sheppard Wright. Reinstated—C. A. Havard.

COVINGTON LODGE No. 188. Chartered February 15th, 1868. Covington, St. Tammany Parish, La. Stated meetings, second and fourth Thursdays of each month. Officers Robert H. White (P.M.) W. M. B. F. Bdmundson (P.M.) S. D. Andrew Erwin S. W. R. W. Privette J. D. L. W. McDougall J. W. P. E. Smith (P.M.) M. C. J. H. Warner (P.M.) Treasurer Emile Menetre I cs+ H A. E. Smith (P.M.) Secretary D. I. Addison { &lewdras E. E. Lyon Chaplain W. A. Reeder Tyler (Not a member.) ROSTEK OP LODGES

Past Masters A. Rochenschuh Bryan D. Burns P. B. Smith E. G. Davis J. H. Warner B. F. Edmundson J. M. Simmons H. K. Goodwyn O. G. Price Warren H. Smith R. B. Paine R. H. White Ralph N. Menetre Alton E. Smith Total, 60 members. Initiated and Passed—Houston Smith. Initiated, Passed and Raised—James Matranga. Passed and Raised—Eugene Matranga. Raised—Richard W. Privette. Affiliated—C. A. Allison, L. W. McDougall. Reinstated—Miller Simmons, E. M. Ballard. Died—Norman Cove. Demitted—Paul Due, L. E. Bethea, E. M. Ballard, C. H. Dumser.

EVERGREEN LODGE No. 189.

Chartered February 15th, 1868. Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish, La. Meets first Tuesday in each month, Evergreen, La. Officers S. E. Pearce (P.M.) W. M. D. A. Coincon, Sr. (P.M.) S. D. C. C. Hollingshead (P.M.)-.S. W. W. H. Quirk J. D. Geo. W. Hollingshead J. W. J. E. Heard M. C. S. L. Campbell (P.M.)..Treasurer W. W. Heard Steward Geo. R. Stubblefield (P.M.)..Sec'y Y. A. Mounger, Jr Tyler W. H. Hogan Chaplain Past Masters S. L. Campbell, C. C. Hollinshead, S. E. Pearce. G. R. Stubblefleld D. A. Coincon, Sr. Total, 14 members. Died—Curry Cappel (P.M.)

CORINTHIAN LODGE No. 190. Chartered February 9th, 1869. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Stated meetings, first and third Tuesdays of each month. Officers 1943 Herbert Behrend W. M. Charles A. Fortun J. D. Joseph S. Font S. W. A. Edmund Schorr M. of C. Stephen M. Farnum J. W. W. D. Bernhardt.P.M. ] *Hippolyte Dabezies Treasurer Collier Bernhardt [ D. P. Laguens, Jr., P.M...Seeretary Arthur H. Lincks \ Philip Kroper, Jr., P. M.-.Chaplain Charles B. Cousley.— J Joseph W. Crews S. D. Geo. L. Wagner, P. M Tyler 220 ROSTER OF LODGES

Past Masters B. F. Albertson *Chas. S. Foster Chas. B. Henriques Chas. F. Buck, Jr. Harry L. Laguens Robert L. Gray Wilbert Black Keim Mahaffy Jas. L. White. Lewis G. Lee Edw. K. Herrmann Hans Palm. H. W. Kostmayer Fred. A. Kreckel Henry F. Gustine *Jesse P. Wilkinson George L. Wagner George C. Spelman Robert W. Allen R. P. Rordam Wm. D. Bernhardt D. P. Laguens, Jr. A. T. H. Bradford Philip Kroper, Jr. Matt A. Roberts *Life member. Total, 131 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Charles Albert Fortun, Arthur Henry Lincks, Harry Philip Harris, Alvin Edmund Schorr, Charles Bruff Cousley. Affiliated—Earl Kelvin Dodge. Reinstated—Harry Lee Laguens, P. M. Demitted—Ralph C. Kirst, P. M. Died—Talbot J. Bartlette, P. M., Edward C. Hyatt, Frederick J. Deimel, ST., William Eugene Dueease. Dropped, Residence Unknown—Eddie W. Fuller. Suspended, Non-Payment of Dues—Ernest W. Beck, Paul Canone, Jr., Harry W. Eckhardt, Edward A. Johnson, Henry J. Otto, Mark C. Smith, William E. Walker, Alfred J. Abrahams, John R. Land, Jr.

JEFFERSON LODGE No. 191. Chartered February 9th, 1869. Masonic Temple, New Orleans, Stated meetings, first and third Wednesday evenings. Officers Chas. E. Post W. M. Ben M. Goodman M. C. David Gertler S. W. A. E. Mierl Robert C. Pflueger, Sr J. W. A. L. Sizeler Joseph Dresner (P.M.)..Secretary A. Rosengarten Stewards Peter P. Gluck Treasurer Phillip Fisher....: S. N. Bernstein (P.M.).-Chaplain A. Gendusa.. Elias Rau S. D. D. W. Cooper Robert C. Pflueger, Jr J. D. Alex E. Maier '. Tyler (not a member) Past Masters R. H. Polack John F. Wallenburg M. B. Gardner J. D. Dresner David R. Miller F. H. Dinghaus Joseph Dresner Sam Payne Stone J. Edmund TJllman Hans Warskat N. E. Jacobs Gus Levy F. W. Fisher Gerald Netter Arthur F. Babin A. S. Huey B. S. Titus Geo. M. Oldenburg A. Goldsmith Manuel Breen Howard G. Sullivan Henry Jacobs Leon S. Calm Herman S. Lindy Sam N. Bernstein Total, 183 members. Initiated—Abraham Lincoln Herron. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Benj. Max Goodman, A. Louis Sizeler. ROSTER OF LODGES 221

Passed and Raised—Louis Albert Kaufman. Affiliated—Simon Phillip Fisher. Reinstated—Perry Selig Feldman, Chris Poulos. Died—Sol H. Kahn, Albert Wachenheim, Bek Henriksen, Jos. Francis Lambert, Saml. M. Mayer, Edgar M. Cahn, Touro Glucksman, Jacob H. Glucksman. Demitted—Arthur Martin Thomas, Sol Weiss. Suspended, N. P. D.—Lawrence S. Copeland.

ABBEVILLE LODGE No. 192. Chartered February 9th, 1869. Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Thursdays of each month. P. O. Address, Gueydan, La.

Officers J. R. Sewell (P.M.) W. M. Hypolite (Pete) Crochet S. D. Gillis J. LeDet S. W. Chas. A. V. Evans .J. D. C. L. Blanchard J. W. Elias LeJeune M. C. E. Luther Terrier Treasurer C. H. Brookshire P.M. j „, ,B J. Sydney Gross, P.M Secretary A. J. Taylor (P.M.)..} DleWclIU J. F. Faber (P.M.) Chaplain Victor Lattier Tyler Past Masters W. P. Edwards H. W. Schriefer J. Sydney Gross V. L. Caldwell Lloyd P. Broussard Wm. F. Knighton Summa Caldwell Alex J. Taylor T. A. Smith J. H. Williams Jno. L. Stansbury D. S. Byrnside Jonas Weill John W. O'Bryan Toxie L. Bush D. L. McPherson J. F. Faber Chas. H. Brookshire James A. Summers J. Wesley Steen Jimmie R. Sewell W. W. Durke Total, 128 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Joe Randall, James Harold Hilton, Lewis Hillard Wood, William Frank Knighten, Jr., Hypolite (Pete) Crochet, Lewis Nance Sledge. Raised—Oleus Vincent.

AURORA LODGE No. 193. Chartered February 10th, 1869. New Iberia, Iberia Parish, La. Meets first and third Mondays of each month.

Officers Louis W. Campbell (P.M.)..W. M. Perry B. Hamilton J. D. James G. Betar S. W K. C. Titsworth M. C. Frank H. Simon J. W. R. D. Bailey. ) „. . G. S. Rand Treasurer H. E. Ashley J oiewaras T. F. Murray (P.M.) Secretary C. R. Sonnemann Marshal Wm. D. Reynolds (P.M.)..Chaplain L. L. Lusk Tyler William E. Williams S. D. 222 KOSTER OF LODGES

Past' Masters E. T. Weeks T. P. Murray J. O. Hedt W. G. Weeks G. O. Pharr, Sr. Jesse M. Hughes. W. J. Bernard L. G. Lemaire *B. M. Sarradet W. D. Reynolds W. I. Spencer *W. R. Ernest C. R. Sonnemann Sawyer White J. A. Goodwin R. C. Sealy H. A. Bernard Louis Webon Campbell *In Affiliation Total, 120 members. Initiated—Harry Bozeman, Edwin Martin Guilbeau. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Keith Cecil Titsworth, William Hyslop Nesbitt, Ernest Joffre Littlepage. Passed and Raised—Perry Byron Hamilton. Affiliated—James Augustine Lee, Walter A. Carlton. Died—Lester James Kahn, Henry Childs de Valcourt, John Martin Haste. Demitted—Edgar Winfred Carver.

DORIC LODGE No. 205. Chartered February 15th, 1871. Morgan City, St. Mary Parisn, u* Stated meetings, first and third Wednesdays in each month, P. O. Box of Secretary No. 88. Officers Harvey J. Lewis W. M. Chas. Garber, Jr S. D. J. D. Hamilton S. W. L. O. Logan J. D. Theodore Anderson J. W. Floyd Newby M. C. T. O. Young Treasurer Ben Stansbury } „. „_...»_ Sol Loeb Secretary Sid Prestenbach j aw-, warn a J. O. Young (P.M.) Chaplain Edgar Adams Tyler Past Masters Charles A. Bibbens J. O. Young W. A. Walther Lewis J. Bass J. D. Hamilton L. O. Logan H. L. Squires Paul Schreier Geo. D. Brown Eugene I. Dreher Richard L. Loeb Harvey J. Lewis Total, 96 members. Initiated—C. L. Ellerbee, Sol J. Blum. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Richard E. Verret, Paul Lewis, Henry P. Stutes, Samuel Arvid Johnson, Richard Nicholson, Richard Scantlebury. Passed and Raised—W. C. Clay, Richard Eugene Johnson. Raised—Lee Nash. Reinstated—Joseph McGinnis, Charles Garber, Jr., Benjamine Stansbury, Sidney Prestenbach, Robert Adams, Morris M. Price. Died—Antonio DiMaggio (P.M.), J. Y. Evans. Demitted—Paul Stephen Lewis. Suspended, N. P. D.—Albert Aunson, Richard Chotin, Jack Drackett. Ted R. Miller. liOSTEIi OF LODGES 223

TYHIAN LODGE No. 206. Instituted September 1, 1918. Dispensation continued February 4th, 1919. Batchelor, P. O. LaCour, Pointe Coupee Parish. Address of Secretary, Morganza, La. Chartered February 3rd, 1920, as No. 378. Lodge granted original number "206" at 1937 Session. Meets fourth Sunday in each month. Officers Wm. Boyle Wells (P.M.)....W. M. W. B. Wells, Jr. (P.M.) S. D. Robert E. Lee (P.M.) S. W. Frank H. Rice (P.M.) J. D. O. B. LaCour (P.M.) J. W. J. W. Gotten M. C. A. B. Cotten (P.M.) Treasurer E. P. Burton (P.M.)-1 at«,WIlrHs Ralph Hebert (P.M.) Secretary A. I. Mount | B J. B. Robertson (P.M.)....Chaplain John Archer Mains (P.M.)-Tyler Past Masters Arthur B. Lacour W. B. Wells E. P. Burton . Ovide B. Lacour Jas. W. Campbell John A. Mains. Ralph Hebert Robert E. Lee. J. B. Robertson, Jr. Alex B. Cotten. Wm. B. Wells, Jr. T. Heard Campbell. Frank H. Rice Total, 28 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Dale Wilhelm Gustin. Raised—Paul Leger. Reinstated—William Daniel Krewitz. Demitted—Arthur Ferdinand Ortis.

N. H. BKAY LODGE No. 2US. Chartered February 15th, 1871. Walnut Hill, Vernon Parish, La. Meet* third Saturday of each month. Post Office Address of Secretary, Hicks, La.

Officers D. R. Holton (P.M.) W. M. J. L. Martin (P.M.) S. D. K. D. Knight (P.M.) S. W. B. M. Martin (P.M.) , J. D. E. L. Spurgeon J. W. A. J. Knight (P.M.) M. C. J. R. Gill : Treasurer C. O. Gill (P.M.) \ atPwarrt« A. C. Cooley Secretary G. J. Ryster , J ol wd 3 Ben Martin Chaplain R. W. Jeane (P.M.) Tyler Past Masters A. J. Knight P. H. Cavanaugh Leslie Davis M. A. Cavanaugh, Jr. C. O. Gill R. W. Jeane K. D. Knight B. M. Martin J. L. Martin Oscar Brack D. R. Holton Total, 33 members. 224 ROSTER OF LODGES

R. P. McGUIRE LODGE No. 209. Chartered February 15th, 1871. Rayville, Richland Parish, La. Stated meetings, second and fourth Wednesdays in each month. Officers Hope I. Sorey W. M. J. B. Sharp (P.M.) S. D. H. S. Shoemaker (P.M.) S. W. Jno. B. Owens J. D. W. L. Jackson (P.M.) J. W. C. S. Aycock (P.M.) M. C. C. C. Buck (P.M.) Treasurer J. E. Stodghill (P.M.) 1 o , J. E. Mulhearn (P.M.)....Secretary G. D. Cain j btewaros R. S. Clark Chaplain C. E. Wilder Tyler Past Masters W. L. Jones, E. B Lipscomb. W. D. Cotton. C. C. Buck, M. A. Cooper. R. Downes, Jr. B. P. Tatum, H. G. Jarnagin W. L. Jackson. W. W. Kelly, Wm. T. Jones. J. E. Mulhearn E. P. Norman. C. S. Aycock. J. B. Sharp J. B. Stodghill. H. S. Shoemaker C. O. McGowen Total, 105 members. Reinstated—F. G. Matthews, R. H. Chatham. Died—T. H. Christian, W. D. Thomason. Demltted—F. G. Matthews. Suspended. N. P. D.—Joe L. Pipes.

BLAZING STAR LODGE No. 212. Chartered February 14th, 1872. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La. Port Allen P. O. Meets second Thursday of each month.

Officers T. L. Cronan, Jr W. M. J. C. Olano S. D. J. E. Butler, Jr S. W. J. C. Reed J. D. M. L. Meador J. W. J. H. Trahan (P.M.) M. C. B. C. Devall (P.M.) Treasurer P.L.Smitherman P.M. Wm. Decker (P.M.) Secretary H. H. Blackburn P.M. J D W. Landess (P.M.) Chaplain W. A. Ragan (P.M.) Tyler

Past Masters C. N. Johnston F. H. Carruth, Jr. H. S. Oncal Wm. Decker O. S. Smith I. J. Guerin N. F. Pecquet J. J. Himel H. H. Blackburn J. H. Trahan W. S. Daubert B. A. Butler B. C. Devall G. C. Tregre W. A. Ragan J. B. Burcham D. W. Landess P. L. Smitherman J. P. Pecquet C. R. Dawson Total, 71 members. Passed and Raised—James Wilson Gaines. Reinstated—H. B. Harelson. Died—Ira Wilson, Henry Cohn, Jr. KOSTEK OF LODGES 225

KEYSTONE LODGE No. 213. Chartered February 14th, 1872. Sicily Island, Catahoula Pariah, La. Sicily Island. Meets first Sunday in each month. Officers C. A. Carnick W. M. H. D. Penniston (P.M.) S. D. J. Wesley Ogden (P.M.) S. W. A. L. Brooks . J. D. C. R. Wilson (P.M.) J. W. A. S. Krause (P.M.) M. C. M. I. Saltzman (P.M.)....Treasurer E. W. Chisum, Sr.P.M. J ct.wnrl1a Jesse Whitlock (P.M.)....Secretary A. B. Chisum | olb drub H. B. DeWitt Chaplain J. G. Cooper Tyler Past Masters E. W. Chisum, Sr. A. S. Krause M. I. Saltzman C. R. Wilson, Edward B. Knotts. Bruce Edmonds S. E. Owens. J. Wesley Ogden Elton Murphy. C. G. Webb. Henry D. Penniston Jesse Whittlock J. A. Spann Total> u members Affiliated—John A. Green.

LAND MARK LODGE No. 214. Chartered February 14th. 1873. Keithville. Caddo Parish. La. Meets Second Thursday of each month. Officers J. Frank Williamson W. M. M. C. Bagley, Jr S. D. Ardis Taylor S. W. B. B. Midyett J. D. W. L. Fridge J. W. R. W. Haygood (P.M.) M. C. W.H.Keith Treasurer H. G. Williamson P.M. | a . O. A. Eaddy (P. M.). Secretary S. Wade (P.M.) } is towards J. F. Henderson (P.M.)....Chaplain I. O. Alexander (P.M.) Tyler Past Masters J. F. Henderson O. A. Eaddy Stanley Wade L. B. Nelson R. W. Haygood H. G. Williamson I. O. Alexander Total, 27 members. Passed and Raised—James P. McKeithen. Affiliated—W. L. Fridge. Demitted—Bryan E. Bush. Suspended. N. P. D.—A. W. Reisor.

FELLOWSHIP LODGE No. 217. Chartered February 14th, 1873. Hineston, Rapides Parish, La. Meets 10:00 A. M., fourth Saturday in each month. Address of Secretary, Route 1, Box 51, Oakdale, La. Officers J. Boyd (P.M.) W. M. W. W. Franks S. D. H. B. Johnson S. W. W. H. Hilton J. D. Leon S. Wallace J. W. Kennie McFarland. M. C. John L. Bonnette Treasurer Clint Walker ) S. E. Kirkpatrick P.M...Secretary J. B. Glattj E. D. Nichols (P.M.) Chaplain R. P. Kirkpatrick Tyler 226 ROSTER OF LODGES

Past Masters L. B. Dove Otto Welch W. W. Franks S. E. Kirkpatrick J. Boyd E. D. Nichols Total, 35 members. Died—Jos. F. Melder.

LIVONIA LODGE No. 220. Chartered February 13th, 1874. New Roads, Polnte Coupee Parish, Meets first Friday in each month. Address of Secretary, New Roads, La. Officers A. J. Burgess (P.M.)._ W. M. Joseph E. Robertson S. D. K. J. Quirk S. W. P. Loeb J. D. A. J. Major J. W. Chas. P. Maggio (P.M.) M. C. M. T. Hewes (P.M.) Treasurer J. D. Hebert (P.M.).. | „. . C. J. Lecoq (P.M.) Secretary C. R. Corcoran ] biewaras W. S. Bennett (P.M.) Chaplain Leo G. Loupe Tyler Past Masters M. T. Hewes Joseph R. Girard Jos. Q. Gravols J. J. Monceret C. J. Lecoq J. D. Hebert W. S. Bennett Chas. P. Maggio A. J. Burgess Total, 32 members. Affiliated—C. R. Corcoran. Died—A. D. Ellis (W.M.).

SOLOMON LODGE No. 221. Reorganized at Pineville, Parish of Rapides, on April 7th, 1921. Meets on the second and fourth Thursday in each month. Charter Restored February 7th, 1922. Address of Secretary, R. R., Pineville. Officers L. L. Vallery W. M. Paul Ford S. D. A. A. Kelly S. W. G. W. Risley J. D. O. D. Day J. W. Darrel Willet M. C. F. W. Schaedel (P.M.)..Treasurer Fabe Little ) ,. . W. D. Darnall (P.M.) Secretary J. H. Rabb } stewards J. J. Price (P.M.) Chaplain S. R. Parker (P.M.) Tyler O. U. Payne (P.M.) Marshal Past Masters S. M. McCarty Napolean Crooks G. T. Wilet Joseph S. Abadie S. R. Parker Charles Parker J. H. Kennesson A. V. Nugent Win. E. Owen O. V. Payne Jesse J. Price Jesse J. Rush F. W. Schaedel Will Dee Darnall S. R. Parker O. B. Owens A. H. Legett Total, 135 members. ROSTER OF LODGES 227

Initiated and Passed—Benjamin M. Crooks. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Darrel Van Willet, Prank Weston Risley. Passed and Raised—Stephen T. Hayes, Wilmer V. Lee. Raised—Joseph B. Treadway. Affiliated—A. J. Tollison, R. K. Garret, C. L. Forrest. Reinstated—A. L. Crow, Sr., Leonard B. Mercer. Died—R. J. Willard. Demitted—G. W. Bass. Dropped, Residence Unknown—Wyatt Corley. Suspended, N. P. D.—B. W. Baker, H. E. Boren, W. M. Clinton, Walter Daily, J. M Delaney, O. H. Nugent, W. H. Tolbut, J. K. Weldin, Robert Wosterschic.

PECAN GROVE LODGE No. 222. Chartered February 17th, 187G. Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La. Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday evenings. Officers Henry H. Moorman (P.M.)..W. M. P. B. White S. D. Earl Lowry Mitchell S. W. B. O. Haley J. D. Wm. Chas. Lyon J. W. M. P. Erwin M. C. . Hy Goodstein Treasurer Golden L. Levy | Stewards Zell Stockner (P.M.)....Secretary J. W. McDaniel f Thomas G. Biggs (P.M.)..Chaplain Wm. Dezell Evans Tyler Past Masters N. C. Williamson Jno. L. Kenedy Henry H. Moorman Zell Stockner Louis Levy T. G. Biggs C. L. Preston Total, 64 members. Initiated—James Wilburn Poole. Initiated, Passed and Raised—P. B. White. Raised—Roy Hawthorne Baggett. Affiliated—Donivan Farrent Davis. Reinstated—Tom R. Halsell, Wm. Doyle Hill, R. W. Watts, Houston D. Raley. Died—James Rosser Adams, Roy Hawthorne Baggett. Demitted—William P. Hider, Franklin Asberry Hynum. Suspended, N. P. D.—Wm. Doyle Hill, Hy. Goodrich. ,

CADEVILLE LODGE No. 229. Chartered February 14th, 1889. Cadeville, Ouachita Parish, La. Meets First Wednesday night and Saturday night before third Sunday Secretary: Route, 1., Eros. Officers W. L. Browder W. M. J. M. Griggs (P.M.) S. D. S. C. Shell S. W. C. E. Bamburg J. D. E. C. Monroe J. W. C. A. Bailey M. C. J. C. Talbird Treasurer N. G. Head } qt - W. C. Thompson Secretary C. L. Salsbury j OWJW<"U8 W. E. Leckie (P.M.) Chaplain D. C. Coon ....Tyler 228 KOSTEK Of LODGES

Past Masters W. L. Burkett W. E. Leckie. E. L. May S. O. Henry A. A. Rogers. J. M. Griggs A. P. Burkett J. C. Hayes. W. C. Thompson Total, 51 members. Initiated—Leo Baxter Honeycutt. Initiated, Passed and Raised—A. Clyde Bailey. Passed and Raised—C. E. Bamburg, N. G. Head, Billy R. Golson. Raised—Tom R. Jones. Reinstated—Prevost Craighead, Rubin H. Grant, G. H. Pankey. Died—J. L. Frost. Suspended, N. P. D.—F. Jack Crowell, Jack L. Joiner, F. W. Len- nard, D. S. Roy.

PLEASANT HILL LODGE No. 230. Chartered February 12th, 1890. Pleasant Hill, Sabine Parish, La. First Friday night in each month. Officers A. Frank Roberts W. M. A L. Ponder (P.M.) S. D. W. J. Graves S. W. H. B. Gwinn J. D. M. B. Gewin J. W. J. W. Shingleton (P.M.) M. C. E. A. Powell Treasurer S. P. Cook | „. .c C. D. Blue (P.M.) Secretary O. L. Sanders f W. J. Ross Chaplain W. E. Emmons Tyler Past Masters F. P. Cobb C. D. Dean O. L. Sanders Amos. L. Ponder J. W. Shingleton C. D. Blue Total, 37 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Lytt M. Esco, J. H. Emmons, Jno. P. Cook. Reinstated—L. D. Lord, S. P. Cook, B. L. Bridges. Demitted—Jessie Shelton. Suspended, N. P. D.—J. K. Wheller.

GRANGEVILLE LODGE No. 231. Chartered February 12th, 1890. Grangeville, St. Helena Parish, La. Meets second Saturday in each month. Officers J. W. Story (P.M.) W. M. T. M. Bond (P.M.) S. D. J. W. Gersch (P.M.) S. W. J. H. Chandler J. D. W. C. Bankston J. W. Ben Stokes (P.M.) M. C. Glynn Morgan (P.M.)....Treasurer E. W. Carroll (P.M.) } M. H. Davis (P.M.) Secretary R. Bankston (P.M.).... ) L. S. Harvell (P.M.) Chaplain C. L. Bankston Tyler ROSTKR OK LODGES 229

Past Masters T. H. Craft W. E. Hornsby J. W. Gersch. T. M. Mlxon J. W. Story A. Boeneke. L. L. Powers Ben Stokes T. M. Bond M. H. Davis Glyn Morgan E. W. Carroll L. S. Harvel Total 35 members. Initiated—Charlie B. Wheat, Jessie Glynn Dykes. Raised—Willie C. Bankston, Newman Leon Bond. Reinstated—T. E. Rollins, J. H. Wheat. Died—W. B Bankston, Russell Bankston. Demitted—T. E. Rollins.

WELSH LODGE No. 232. Chartered February 12th, 1890. Welsh, Jefferson Davis Parish, La. Meets first Monday in each month.

Officers Irving Virgil Hayes W. M. Walter F. Hayes S. D. Frank S Harris (P.M.) S. W. Joe C. Witherwax J. D. R. Carl Magnuson J. W. Ira T. Turner M. C. T. C. Simmons (P.M.)....Treasurer E. J. Duhon J. W. Armstrong (P.G.M.).-Secty Scott L. Holsey Stewards A. F. Notestine Chaplain Earl D. Shipp, Jr .". Tyler Past Masters John W. Armstrong, B. F. Mitchell R. J. Davis P. G. M. E. A. Greer T. C. Simmons E. H. Boling John T. Hood, Sr. George Harlan Wm. Fear J. I. Carter F. S. Harris. A. T. Jones O. C. Yantis J. B. Wooley W. O. Compton Geo. R. Carr John T. Hood, Jr. F. G. Seward Earl Dee Shipp. Clyde Herring J. P. Campbell. Ralph L. Hayes Total, 122 members. Initiated—Wilbur Henry Penn, Winfred Ernest Gibson, Ermon William Rostrom. Initiated and Passed—Clyde Harold Findley, Eddie Williams, Donald Ray Petticrew. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Ira Thomas Turner, William Henry Shattuck, Jr., Walter Felix Hayes, William Jennings Bryan Curless, Clinton Herbert Denny, Mosby James Lindsey, Jr., Frank Lorenzo Notestine, Vernon Mondell Peters. Passed and Raised—James Hugh McGhee, Kenneth Edwin Gordon. Affiliated—Stan. A. Donaldson. Reinstated—Harvey Lenzro Dow. Died—Henry Loeb Block, Charles L. Abell. Dropped, Residence Unknown—Eddie Sherman Partrain. Suspended, N. P. D.—Dewitt Talmadge Henderson. 230 EOSTER OF LODGES

SIMSBORO LODGE No. 235. Chartered February 11th, 1S91. Meets at Simsboro, Lincoln Parish, La., first Tuesday and third Saturday in each month. Officers J. P. Rasbury (P.M.) W. M. L. M. Napper S. D. R. M. Waldron S. W. W. C. Waldron J. D. C. M. Russell J. W. Malcolm Hood M. C. V. S. Fincher Actg. Treasurer Steward Morelle Emmons ., Secretary H. B. Bryant Tyler W. T. Strain Chaplain Past Masters J. P. Rasbury L. M. Napper Morelle Emmons J. B. May Total, 21 members. Initiated—B. W. Napper. Initiated, Passed and Raised—C. M. Russell, Edwin L. Waldron. Suspended, N. P. D.—C. A. Warner, R. E. Burt (P.M.)

LITTLE FLOCK LODGE No. 236. Chartered February 9th, 1892. Meets at Negreet, Sabine Parish, Sat- urday before first Sunday in each month. Address of Secretary, Negreet, La. Officers Joel W. Spights (P.M.) W. M. W. T. Addison .S. D. W. M. Cryer S. W. W. M. Self . J. D W. N. Wright J. W M. C. E. P. Curtis (P.M.) Treasurer j „. . A. W. Curtis Secretary } Stewards W. C. Caldwell Chaplain Robt. L. Anthony Tyler Past Masters E. P. Curtis J. S. Carroll Joel W. Speights Total, 24 members. Demitted—James L, Wright.

PLAIN DEALING LODGE No. 237. Charter granted February 9th, 1892. Plain Dealing, Bossier Parish, La. Meets third Tuesday in each month. Address of Secretary, P. O. Box 277. Officers George S. Acton (P.M.) W. M. F. G Phillips S. D. T. B. Barron (P.M.) S. W. John A. Dexter, Jr. (P.M.U..J. D. W. E. Waggoner (P.M.).. J. W. J. J. Doles (P.M.) M. C. Clyde Allums Treasurer M. B. Odom | w . H. A. Wheeler Secretary W. F. Boyd } btewaras L. A. Carrington Chaplain S. D. Wise Tyler ROSTER 01' LODGES 231

Past Masters J. E. Wyche W. E. Waggoner T. B. Barron J. J. Doles Milton R. Johnson John A. Dexter, Jr. Geo. S. Acton E. Denson Barnett Total, 46 members. Affiliated—L. A. Carrington. Reinstated—John David Miller. Died—J. T. Rodgers. Suspended, N. P. D.—W. L. Davis, A. L. Keoun, R. B. Kilgore.

MAGNOLIA LODGE No. 238. Chartered February 9th, 1892. Barnes Creek, Beauregard Parish, La, Meets second Saturday in each month. P. O. Address of Secretary, Ragley. Officers S. A. Wagnon (P.M.) W. M. Hiram Lyles (P.M.) S. D. R. H. Smith S. W. H. R. Lyles J. D. Geo. T. Williams (P.M.) J. W. G. I. Kingrey M. C. Joe A. Reeves (P.M.)---Treasurer Monett Jones ) „, , M. S. Gimnick (P.M.)....Secretary E. M. Barrentine $ siewaras L. C. Cole.... Chaplain J. M. Carradine Tyler Past Masters Joe A. Reeves Geo. T. Williams M. S. Gimnick C. A. Yaraboro. H. Lyles D. R. Barrentine S. A. Wagnon Total, 49 members. Initiated and Passed—Arthur E. O'Connor. Reinstated—J. E. Foreman, I. J. Bailey, E. C. Barnett. Died—J. W. Foreman. Demitted—H. B. Fortenberry.

BERNICE LODGE No. 239. Chartered February 15th, 1893. Bernice, Union Parish, La. Meets first and third Saturday in each month. P. O. Address of Secretary, Bernice, La. Officers C. L. Pucket (P.M.) W. M. Carlton Booles S. D. Guy R. White S. W. Raymond Motley J. D. Truett Sialley J. W. J. L. Caldwell, Sr. M. C. G. E. Caraway, Sr Treasurer D. L. McCuller | G. G. Harris, Sr. (appointed) D. L. Grafton (P.M.) J Secretary C. J. Heard (P.M.) Tyler J. W. Ferguson Chaplain 232 ROSTER OF LODGES

Past Masters C. C. Colvin C. J. Heard Dan J. Lowery M. W. Lawrence J. A. Ferguson D. R. Graf ton C. L. Puckett Total, 30 members. Initiated—Jim Green, Don B. Lomax. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Truitt Salley, Van D. Odom, John L. Caldwell, Jr., Norman L. Lindsey, Harold C. Booles, Guy R. White. Reinstated—O. C. O'Neil, W. W. Gray, W. L. Pickens, S. J. Fitz- gerald, Seth Tanner, T. E. Newton, F. C. Platt, C. L. Bevins, J. W. Mitchell. Died—S. J. Fitzgerald, O. G. Fitzgerald. Suspended, N. P. D.—R. T. Faust, W. L. Hunt, D. R. James.

LEESVILLE LODGE No. 240. Chartered February 15th, 1893. Leesville, Vernon Parish, La. Meets second and fourth Tuesday in each month. P. O. Box No. 386. Charter forfeited February 5th, 1924. Charter restored February 3rd. 1925. Rechartered February 4th, 1925.

Officers Chester B. Owens (P.M.)....W. M. Luke H. Hadnot (P.M.) S. D. Alton A. McKnight S. W. C. B. Waltman J. D. Glenn C. Packer J. W. Jack J. Story M. C. E. E. Lenahan (P.M.)....Treasurer R. S. Fertitta (P.M.) } qtownr(1a Hugh L. McManus (P.M.). Secty. R. S. Copeland (P.M.) } otewarus G. C. Wood (P.M.) Chaplain Frank E. Poinboeuf Tyler

Past Masters L. W. Hooper Chas. I. Davis E. E. Lenahan Hugh L. McManus C. B. Owens Gordon C. Wood 0. E. Morris M. N. Hadnot M. M. Galloway 1. O. Winfree L. H. Hadnot R. S. Copeland W. J. Pynes Rose S. Fertitta Total, 126 members. Initiated—Edward E. Reid, Leonard Schoenberger, Elsworth E. Mapes, Walter F. Glomb, Wilbur E. Raven. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Glenn C. Packer, C. B. Waltman, Cecil M. Watson, Claud B. Lucus, Alton A. McKnight, Jack J. Story. Passed and Raised—Arthur G. Glover. Raised—George E. Scogin. Affiliated—Lloyd Smith. Reinstated—Carl P. Hinson, Frank A. Atkins, Harry C. Newsome, Granville D. Brown, Wingate M. White, J. Edward Stephens, W. L. Currie. Demitted—Frank A. Atkins. ROSTER OF LODGES 233

CONLY LODGE No. 241. Chartered February 15th, 1893. Hall Summit, Red River Parish, La. Meets second Thursday and fourth Saturday in each month, 7:30 P. M. Address of Secretary, R. F. D. Ringgold. Route 1. Officers J. Edwin Carlisle (P.M.) W. M. Jack Carlisle S. D. W. E. Bush S. W. Otis Norrid J. D. Lynn McDowelL J. W. Emmett Womack M. C. H. W. Jackson Treasurer R. R. Madden '. } a*owarri« W. R. Stevens (P.M.) Secretary W. J. Hicks J Dle Joe McDowell Chaplain Albert Wiggins Tyler Past Masters O. B. Ferguson W. R. Stevens J. Edwin Carlisle Total, 62 members. Initiated—Deen Albert McDonald, Rex Wimberly, Lois Murphy Gilbert. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Marlin Mike Moreland, Jack Edwin Carlisle, J. Albert Wiggins, Lonnie A. Wiggins, Otis Norrid, Leo Yarclley. Passed and Raised—Jeff Little Gilbert. Raised—James Benjamin Harper. Reinstated—J. W. Malcon, O. D. Carlisle, T. M. Bachelor, R. D. Crenshaw. Died—E. A. Carlisle, J. D. Geneald, J. H. Martin. Demitted—W. W. Teer (P.M.) ' Suspended, N. P. D.—A. S. Thornton, Jack L. Harper.

CROWLEY LODGE No. 243. Chartered February 15th, 1893. Crowley, Acadia Parish. Stated meetings, first and third Tuesdays in each month. Officers W. A. Douglas W. M. A. A. Spurry S. D. James Jones S. W. M. W. McCraw. J. D. J. A. Finley (P.M.) J. W. Willis Davis M. C. L. A. Williams (P.M.)..Treasurer E.G.Bergeron (P.M.)) A. C. Adams Secretary Jack Piloff ) btewards F. M. Milliken (P.M.) Chaplain J. E. Coplin Tyler Past Masters L. A. Williams W. M. Robbins T. B. McMillin A. M. Finley Geo. M. Eckels John W. Wright J. A. Finley H. A. Forshag W. W. Dutton F. M. Milliken Percy L. Blum W. H. Underwood Paul Eckels E. G. Bergeron Guy P. Lucas Total, 149 members. 234 ROSTEK OF LODGES

Initiated, Passed and Raised—George Mamoulides. Raised—Leslie Thompson, L. H. Hooker. Reinstated—R. D. Dalfres, W. W. Dews. Died—R. G Wilkins, J. Hiram Lewis, Sr. Demitted—.). Milton Baker, J. Phillip Preddy, G. W. Pomeroy. Suspended, N. P. D.—Robert Hunter, C. T. Thompson, Albert B. Brooks, Chas. E. Carnes, Enos T. Lovell.

CENTER LODGE No. 244. Chartered February 13th, 1894. Meets at Bogalusa, Washington Parish, La. Second and fourth Thursdays in each month. Address of Secretary, 408 Huron Ave., Bogalusa.

Officers W. Vaughn Cantrell W. M. J. Grady Maskew S. D. Joe P, Mulford :S. W. J. Sanders Cocke J. D. Clinton L. Varnado J. W H. Irvin Tisdale M. C. L. H. Simmons (P.M.)..Treasurer Lorance Sharpe ( Jas. A. Shows (P.M.) Secretary Horace Walters ] H. L. Courtney Chaplain Warren W. Munn Marshal J. P. Harrell Tyler Past Masters M. B. Richardson J. H. Tullos. Peter J. McCarty, Jr. DeWitt Richardson L. H. Simmons Murphy R. Williams W. P. Richardson Charles Lewis A. W. Ramsey E. A. Holcombe C. Ellis Ott Odom McDaniel Lee O. Taylor Cully E. Alphin. S. E. Schillings. J. H. Lipscomb Percy L. Dunnaway. H. Byrd. J. A. Shows W. Me King I. A. Parker. H. W. Ward. L. O. Eiland. Wm. G. McKenzie Total, 235 members Initiated—Jake T. Collins, Warren Glen Sharpe, Andrew W. Cooper, Walter Rufus Cothern, Luby D. Magee. Initiated, Passed and raised — John P. Nielsen, Carroll D. Day, George Zimmermann, Charles H. Armbruster, Hugo Penton, Louis R. Pierce, Little B. Smith, Julius Gerald Kelley, Harmon Leon Poole, Keith Fairley, Clyde Adams, William Howard Kirby. Passed and Raised—Horace Walters, Jessie H. Cutrer, Jr., Jerry Spillman, Sidney Kayman. Affiliated—James W. Criscoe, Martin Nielsen, Chas. M. Blackledge. Reinstated—Marion B. Knight, Levi H. Bankston, Wm. McKinley King (P.M.), Jewell Richardson, J. A. Rester, Robert L. Collins, W. Pink Richardson (P.M.), Claude W. Brumfleld, Chas. B. Seal, Barney Talley, J. Florin Ross, Laydon Smith, Daniel G. Foil. Demitted—Roger I. Martin. Died—Iddo J. Ball. Suspended, N. P. D.—J. L. Keaton, Geo. D. Page, N. Plummer Pig-ott. ROSTER O¥ LODGES 235

MILLERTON LODGE No. 245. Chartered February 13th, 1894. Meets at Haynesville, Claiborno Parish La., first Thursday night each month. Officers D. E. Baucum (P.M.) W. M C. E. Miller (P.M.) S. D. Harold D. Brazelton S. W. C. D. Cameron (P.M.) J. D. John Pair J. W. C. D. Wadlington. M. C B. Murphy Watters Treasurer N. A. Parker (P.M.).. ) V. L. Trimble (P.M.) Secretary J. C. McEachern P.M. \ N. G. Hyde (P.M.) :.Chaplain J. A. Bourn Tyler

Past Masters D. E. Baucum C. E. Miller C. D. Cameron J. C. McEachern N. G. Hyde H. M. Turner V. L. Trimble N. A. Parker Total, 48 members. Initiated—Neal Whittington. Affiliated—Shack C. Benefleld, H. D. Matthews. Reinstated—J. S. Slack. Demitted—Elmer E. Stewart. Suspended, N. P. D.—Paul D. Clark, R. F. Penticost, Henry A. Smith. Dropped (Residence Unknown)—A. C. Hartsell.

WINNSBORO LODGE No. 246. Chartered February 13th, 1894. Meets at Winnsboro, Franklin Parish, La. Stated meetings, second and fourth Tuesdays. Address of Secretary, Winnsboro, La.

Officers M. F. Brown W. M. J. F. Ferguson (P.M.) S. D. C. K. Grimshaw S. W. Robert Mulhearn J. D. J. J. Ward (P.M.) J. W. M. T. Lipp M. C. C. C. McCarty Treasurer Floyd Ellerman lot A J. H. Walters (P.M.) Secretary G. A. Baccrinni f btewaras J. B. Evans (P.M.) Chaplain C. O. Horn Tyler Past Masters J. B. Evans James F. Ferguson J. D. Hair J, J. Ward J. H. Walters Total, 30 members. Raised—John Russell Harris. Affiliated—M. T. Lipp. Reinstated—J. J. Ward (P.M.), E. B. Butler, C. K. Grimshaw, J. D. Hair (P.M.), C L. Ramage. 236 ROSTEK OF LODGES

HOLLY SPRINGS LODGE No. 247.

Chartered February 13th, 1894. Meets at Holly Springs, Red River Parish, firat Saturday in each month. P. O., Coushatta, Route 2.

Officers J. L. Loftin (P.M.) W. M. Willie P. Cummings S. D M. Z. Teer (P.M.) S. W. J. C. Griffith J. D. Paxton McDowell J. W. A. L. Rigdon M. C. D. W. Adcock Treasurer J. W. Jowers | q) ds S. M. McDowell (P.M.)..Secretary Ben Sledge } R. S. Murphy (P.M.) Chaplain A. J. Fowler Tyler

Past Masters J. Leonard Loftin S. M. McDowell M. Z. Teer Robert S. Murphy I. L. Teer Total, 30 members. Initiated—Loyd Loftin. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John Lamar Kitchings, Willie P. Cummings. Charles J. Russell. Affiliated—Charles M. Sledge. Reinstated—R. E. Kitchings, Ben Sledge, Clarence Adkins, Robert S. Murphy (P.M.), Lubie H. Adkins, John R. Fowler, A. Gus Giddings. Died—John Griffin Loftin. Suspended, N. P. D.—Clarence Adkins.

KENTWOOD LODGE No. 248. Chartered February 13th, 1894, at Kentwood, Tangipahoa Parish, La. Stated meetings, second and fourth Thursdays of each month. Officers J. L. Matthews W. M. G. M. Crawford (P.M.) S. D. Carl M. Pierce S. W. A. D. Williams J. D. Floyd W. Dean J. W. H. C. Day (P.M.) M. C. J. H. Temple (P.M.) Treasurer John Day 1 E. T. Tate (P.M.) Secretary Chas. S. Ray 5 J. C. Temple (P.M.) Chaplain John Shoemake Tyler Past Masters John H. Tate J. Harvey Temple J. Curtis Temple E. T. Tate G. M. Crawford G. M. Grayson H. C. Day L. A. Lard, Jr. Total, 70 members Initiated—Tate Lester Lea. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John Edson Wallace, D. Andrew Dewitt Williams. Reinstated—E. B. Saul, Connie E, Rogers, E. L. Kennedy, L. D. Hart. Died—John H. Kent (P.M.), C. B. Vetter. ROSTER OF LODGES 237

JENNINGS LODGE No. 249. Chartered February 12th, 1895, at Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, La. Meets second and fourth Mondays in each month. Officers James D. St. Cyr, Jr W. M. Guy F. New (P.M.) S. D. Carl Barnette.. S. W. George V. Fountain J. D C. J. Reddell J. W E. J. Norton M. C J. C. Hazel (P.M.) Treasurer R. F. Prather (P.M.) j . L. E. Wager (P.M.) Secretary Robt. J. Reynolds ] btewaras T. L. Hudson (P.M.) Chaplain Chas. W. McFarland (P.M.) Tyler Past Masters W. H. Adams G. R. Moss F. Bert Cutting E. C. Hart J. C. Hazel Guy F. New E. L. Myers L. E. Wager Robert F. Prather C. W. McFarland T. L. Hudson John O. Hudson D. A. Jones J. M. McKellar Total, 119 members Initiated—David Milton Clay, Paul L. Sloane. Initiated and Passed—Ambrose Dudley Ray, Jr. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Hubert Frederick Meisner, Geo. Theodora Dees, Roy Lee Ward, Henry Wiley Liner, Jr., Herbert Clark Buch. Passed and Raised—Geo. Vincent Fountain, Win. Roger Garcia. Affiliated—Eddie S. Goodreau. Reinstated—Alfred Sudbrink Campbell, John O. Hudson (P.M.), Carl G. Hess. Died—James Oliver Modisette, Joseph Sturdivant, Chas. C. Wicker. , Demitted—Leon J. Breaux, Wm. Roger Garcia.

MANSFIELD LODGE No. 250. Chartered February 12th, 1895, at Mansfield, De Soto Parish, La. Meets first and third Mondays. Officers Alvin Hall (P.M.) W. M. T. B. Prothro S. D. R. S. Jackson S. W. W. F. McConnell J. D. G. B. Galson, Jr ..J. W. Wm. F. Anderson M. C. O. B. Buck (P.M.) Treasurer F. E. Matthews } -. , Louis A. Cowley (P.M.) Secty. Wm. F. Collins ) stewards J. W. Juniel (P.M.) Chaplain Robt. A. Nowell Tyler Past Masters J. F. McFarland A, H. Craddock Zannie Whitson Louis A. Cowley - L. E. Colvin G. B. Hall F. S. Craig J. L. Jordan (G.M.) 0. B. Buck Alvin Hall Jas. C. Garner I. C. Strickland J. Barnes Youngblood J. W. Juniel Total, 127 members. 238 ROSTER OF LODGES

Initiated and Passed—Melton Emerson Webb, Jewel Floris Isdale, Roy Blbridge Hall, Howard Addison Hawthorne. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Wm. Earl Dunn, David Jefferson Glover, Daniel Edwin McClure,' Wm. Franklin Collins, Frederick Ernest Matthews. Passed—James Barnett White. , Passed and Raised—Harvey Ernest Roberts, Walter Franklin McConnell. Raised—Reuei Floris Estrada, J. C. Dykes. Affiliated—Hubert Carlyle Reding, Frank A. Atkins, Jr., Fred Leon Myers, Guy Sanders, Robt. M. McGehee. Reinstated—Claude Sutherlin Williams. Died—Jessie Johnson McFatter, Wm. J. Frost, Wm. Sample Huson (P.M.), M. R. Hewitt (P.M.) Demitted—C. H. Norris, O. H. Welborn.

ASCENSION LODGE No. 251. Chartered February 12th, 1895. at Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, La. Meets First and Third Fridays of each month. Officers John Pfister, Jr. (P.M:) W. M. D. B. Doran (P.M.) S. D. A. E. Pfister (P.M.) S. W. U. J. Esneault J. D. Claude P. Bourg J. W. Edw. S. Pfister M of C. J. E. Blum (P.M.) Treasurer Marcel Bloch ) „, . B. C. Alwes (P.M.) Secretary R. Rowbatham } stewards R. Singer Chaplain Paul Nizzo Tyler Past Masters J. E: Blum W. S. Cary B. C. Alwes D. C. Brumfield S. J. Samuelson Hubert Richard Sidney Harp D. B. Doran A. E. Pfister Abe Bloomenstiel John Pfister, Jr. Total, 47 members. Demitted—Jos. A. Barthet.

MITCHELL LODGE No. 252. Chartered February 11th, 1896. Meets at Mitchell, Sabine Parish, La. Saturday before first Sunday in each month. Address of Secretary Converse, La. Officers A. E. Slay (P.M.) W. M. Jack Williams S. D. W. M. Folks S. W. Hamp Boyd J. D. Jess Permenter J. W. R. W. Echols M. C. J. P. Folks Treasurer C. L. Slay } stewards P. A. Henderson (P.M.)..Secretary Arlie V. Moore J olewaras T. M. Permenter Chaplain C. C. Fox Tyler Past Masters A. E. Slay Clifford W. Drake P. A. Henderson M. L. Walden Olin D. Moore Total, 35 members. HORTKIl OK I.OIHilW 239

Reinstated—W. H. Boyd, T. F. Rogers. Suspended. N. P. D.—Hoyt W. Duggan, Gandy N. McLeroy, T. C. Walden.

T0R0 LODGE No. 253. Chartered February 11th, 1896. Meets at Hornbeck, Vernon Pariah, La., Saturday night before second Sunday in each month. Address of Secretary, Hornbeck, La. Officers S. Branch (P.M.) W. M. L. C. Parker S. D. R. P. Davis S. W. H. L. Withers J. D. Carrol Prewitt J. W. B. F. Sanders M. C. A. S. McMillian (P.M.)..Treasurer Dewitt Spears la* H Joseph Westbrook Secretary James M. Parker J btewaras S. J. Quarles Chaplain T. B. Lee Tyler Past Masters John M. Miller R. W. Cronin E. L. Hays J. R. Duggan Marcus L. Brown Ivy E. Miller M. L. Brown A. S. McMillan E. C. Slay V. G. Ferguson S. Branch W. C. Dees Total, 64 members. Initiated and Passed—Coburn Sanders. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Carroll Prewitt, S. J. Quarles, James M. Parker, Curtis Palmer. Reinstated—E. F. Sanders, A. R. Harris, R. P. Davis, Henry San- ders, J. M. Callioun, W. A. Ross. Died—John Miller, John Sanders. Demitted—John L. Walker, Marcus L. Brown, R. W. Cronin. Suspended, N. P. D.—John A. Brown, V. G. Ferguson, I. K. Leach, M. C. Langston S. D. Morris, A. K. McLellan, James Pynes, Dewey Spears, Cade Slay, R. W. Spears, Mount W. Talbot.

FOREST HILL LODGE No. 254. Chartered February 11th, 1896. Meets at Forest Hill, Rapides Parish, second Saturday of each month. Officers W. W. Winegeart (P.M.)....W. M. Charles E. Langston S. D. Elmer Chevalier S. W. Aubrey F. Orr J. D. J. N. Orr (P.M.) J. W. Percy Galligan M. C. Joe McGilvary Treasurer I. N. Anderson (P.M.) | „. . A. E. Smith Secretary J. J. Bullock f btewaras O. L. Adams Chaplain H. H. Tilley (P.M.) Tyler Past Masters L. H. Mizell I. N. Anderson J. N. Orr B. D. Tilley W. W. Winegeart, Jr. Total, 42 members. 240 ROSTER OF LODGES

Initiated—William Leland Franklin. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Percy A. Corkern, Aubrey Floyd Orr. Raised—Clarence E. Tilley. Reinstated—E. W. Mizell, Jr., Murrey Mizell, Gerald Myers, J. E. Womack, Harry L. Mizell. Suspended, N. P. D.—William Edward Lee, Louis E. Williams.

JEANERETTE LODGE No. 255. Chartered February 11th, 1896. Jeanerette, Iberia Parish, La. Meets second and fourth Thursdays of each month. Officers J. C. James W. M. Morgan Welch S. D. O. C. Sikes S. W R. J. Stewart .J. D. Robert Gaalaas J. W. H. B. Fortenberry M. C. Geo. Glaubrecht (P.M.) Treas. Wilbur Jolet (P.M.).. > G. Stewart (P.M.) Secretary Jos. E. Wormser J R. C. Banta Chaplain Robt. Lancon Tyler Past Masters J. G. Bouvier W. T. Cobb Leslie Turner. N. P. Jeffrey E. M. Sarradert Milton Jolet D. F. Jeffrey, Jr. R. W. Glaubrecht D. F. Jeffrey, Jr. Gladstone Stewart Geo. Glaubrecht J. C. James Robt. W. Jeffrey Wilbur Jolet Total, 46 members. Initiated—Robert Sterling Dublan. Affiliated—H. B. Fortenberry. Demitted—J. N. Brown (P.M.)

ST. ANDREWS LODGE No. 256. Chartered February 11th, 1896. Meets 2nd Thursday night of each month at Mer Rouge, Morehouse Parish, La. Officers Thos. J. Norsworthy (P.M.)-W. M. W. T. Blackwell (P.M.) S. D. Wesley Nealy Bunch S. W. E. B. Watts J. D. W. M. Cox, Jr J. W. E. H. Montgomery M. C. T. G. Gallagher. Treasurer Sam Ogden, Sr •"" I Stewards D. B. Wilson Secretary C. S. Reeves, Jr.. J. D. McAdams (P.M.) Chaplain Thomas Charles Stewart Tyler Past Masters B. E. Turpin J. T. Shell. John D. McAdams. C. W. Thlbodeaux. W. W. Baggett W. T. Blackwell Thos. J. Norsworthy. , „„ Total, 66 members. Initiated—James C. Kelley. Initiated and Passed—Monroe Tubbs. Initiated, Passed and Raised—M. L. Wooden. Affiliated—W. L. Wooden. Died—Ashton R. Holloway. Suspended, N. P. D.—L. R. Hemlar. ROSTER OF LODGES 241

WHITE CASTLE LODGE No. 257. Chartered February 9th, 1897. Meets first and third Thursdays of each month at White Castle, Iberville Parish, La. Officers W. R. Thomas (P.M.) W. M. George B. Stout _..S. D. Joseph Nicolosi S. W. H. A. Waldrop J. D. C. I.Joseph (P.M.) J. W. Albert T. Manning M. C. N. M. Prancise Treasurer Richard Murrell ) J. J. Arnoult Secretary L. C. Randolph (P.M.) ] Ellis H. Shirdon Chaplain Ellis Tanoos Tyler Past Masters Geo. J. Gueno. Wm. A. Lawrence L. C. Randolph Cleveland I. Joseph W. R. Thomas Total, 30 members. Initiated—John Milton Laughlin.

MARTHAVILLE LODGE No. 258. Chartered February 15th, 1898. Marthaville, Natchitoches Parish, La. Meets Saturday before the first Sunday in each month. Officers W. J. Lilly (P.M.) W. M. J. A. Bailes (P.M.) S. D. J. M. Thigpen (P.M.) S. W. J. E. Hendricks J. D. C. H. Winn .-. J. W. W. W. Mawby M. C. E. M. Campbell Treasurer J. P. Furlow (P.M.)..) „, • F. C. Thigpen Secretary J. J. Dixon } stewards J. W. Ingram (P.M.) Chaplain K. F. Durr Tyler Past Masters J. W. Ingram J. P. Furlow W. J. Lilly J. A. Bailes J. M. Thigpen T. O. Winn Total, 32 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Cecil Hubert Winn. Reinstated—J. F. Massey, A. D. McFerren, H. H. Minis. Suspended, N. P. D— E. O. Shuff, A. O. Skinner, John R. Sanders.

COLFAX LODGE No. 259. Chartered February 15th, 1898. Meets at Colfax, Grant Parish, La., second Saturday and fourth Monday in each month. Officers M. Ferrier (P.M.) W. M. I. M. McNeely S. D. E. E. Davis S. W. C. H. Rhodes J. D. T. L. McNeely J. W. P. M. Wells M. C. Jas. H. Williams Treasurer R. M. Johnson ] L. L. Roach (P.M.) Secretary R. S. McKeithen ] A. C. Faircloth (P.M.) Chaplain V. N. McNeely Tyler Marshal 242 ROSTER OF LODGES

Past Masters M. Ferrier L. L. Roach J. M. Jones, Jr. J. W. Duncan Jac Bloch A. C. Falrcloth J. C. McKnight Total, 54 members. Initiated—Henry William Martin. Affiliated—Chester C. Fogleman. Reinstated—Q. A. Wilson. Died—Frank Foster McNeely, Ira W. Sanford, Irwin W. Jordan, A. G. Graham.

CHARLES F. BUCK LODGE Uo. 260. Meets at Urania, Louisiana, First Saturday each month. Chartered February 15, 1898. Officers F. A. Thomas (P.M.) W. M. H. L. Weaver S. D. Geo. W. Collins S. W. J. V. Scott, Jr J. D. J. N. Dunn J. W. J. T. Collins M. C. C. E. Tannehill (P.M.)..Treasurer C. E. Wilson } _. . A. M. Johnston (P.M.)....Secretary E. D. Dearmon J stewards A. J. Cain Chaplain Claude Chapman Tyler Past Masters J. G. Tiadale, A. M. Johnston C. E. Tannehill. Q. T. Hardtner, S. E. Babcock. C. C.-Bass. S. H. Kees. C. M. Newsom. F. A. Thomas J. L. Payne Willis C. Martin M. A. Tannehill Ed. Blevlns Fred P. Minard Hardy B. Bass W. O. Kees Total, 101 members. Initiated—Roy B. Blake. Initiated and Passed—Leon T. Mosley, G. F. Tannehill, G. G. Jeane, R. F. Gregory. Initiated, Passed and Raised—J. D. Nelson, Jadk W. Blevins, J. L. Hargrove, P. C. Prescott, N. G. Chumley, W. G. Smith. Passed and Raised—E. D. Dearmon, E. B. Buckley. Raised—J. D. Mosley, E. W. Sehon. Died—E. N. Dearmon, F. M. Smith.

ANCHOR LODGE No. 261. Chartered February 14th, 1899. Pollock, Grant Parish, La. Stated meetings second and fourth Wednesday in each month. Officers C. C. McKay W. M. Leonard Morgan S. D. Luther Philips S. W. J. M. Jones J. D Quincy Robertson J. W. J. M. Till (P.M.) M. C H. E. Nugent Treasurer W. O. Johnson 1

Past Masters Albert S. Tison. Ben I. Boren. B. J. Robinett. Doyle D. Johnson W. E. Boyett. G. C. Robertson C. O. Groves J. A. Johnson J. S. Beason J. M. Till Total, 68 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Lenard Morgan. Passed—Orbin Baum. Passed and Raised—Lester Beck. Raised—A. B. Gorum, Lee Hollingwortn. Affiliated—Luther E. Chandler; V. E. Waters. Reinstated—D. TJ. Donaldson, C. O. Groves. Demitted—J. W. Young, L. E. Chandler. Suspended, N. P. D.—Elbert Meek, Judson Lemmons.

PROGRESSIVE LODGE No. 262. Chartered February 13th, 1899. Garyville, St. John Parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Wednesdays. Address of Secretary: Reserve, La. Officers Howard Turner W. M. Wm. H. Jones (P.M.) S. D. Emile Villeret (P.M.) S. W. *W. S. Frazee (P.M.) J. D. Dewey Cambre J. W. Max Lassere M. C. C. I. James Treasurer E. B. White \ Alfred J. Weber Secretary A. N. Boheno f Stewards F. H. Sanguinet (P.M.)....Chaplain W. J. Stebbins J Tyler Past Masters A. G. Gearheard, Sr. H. C. Cotham L. L. Keller Harry R. Martin W. S. Dupont Emile L. Villeret Emile Graugnard Wm. H. Phelps Morris E. Terry W. S. Frazee Wm. H. Jones Alonzo A. Bodin F. H. Sanguinet Jos. D. Brown Total, 74 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Gerald Edward Hagg. Reinstated—D. E. Anderson, W. J. Bergeron. Demitted—J. W. Harrell.

FLORIEN LODGE No. 263. Chartered February 13, 1900. Florien, Sabine Parish, La. Stated meetings, Saturday on or before full moon in each month. P. O. Address of Secretary, Florien, La. Officers Jarvis Westbrook (P.M.)....W. M. G. W. Leach S. D. Roy E. Jordan S. W S. N. Owens J. D Walter L. Watkins J. W R. S. Salter M. C. M. M. Leach Treasurer Willie Miller (P.M.).. ^ Q. D. S. Leach Secretary T. W. Wright \ btewaras G. E. Jordan Chaplain G. J. Stroud Tyler 244 ROSTER OF LODGES

Past Masters Willie Miller. Jarvis Westbrook. Total, 32 members Initiated—L. Bernice Skinner. Initiated and Passed—Othinel W. Coburn. Reinstated—A. L. Prince, Roy E. Jordan, Ivy Curley Underwood, E. J. Speights, E. A. Murphy, C. H. Tate, A. D. Lucius, L. B. Lucius, J. N. Hall, Walter L. Watkins, M. T. Dowden, W. H. Halliday, W. M. Sandel. Suspended, N. P. D.—A. D. Lucius, E. A. Murphy, Roy C. Aldredge, R. P. Owens, W. T. Adams, W. H. Hardin, V. L. Westbrook, J. W. Skinner.

PINE LODGE No. 264. Chartered February 13th, 1900. Pine, Washington Parish, La. Stated meetings, Saturday before fourth Sunday in each month. Address of Secretary. Route No. 5, Franklinton, La. Officers Robert L. Bolton W. M. James A. Knight (P.M.) S. D. Carl F. Crain S. W Louis Elma Rogers J. D. John B. Crain J. W. Thomas Delaney M. C. D. W. Branch (P.M.) Treasurer* Wm. E. Crain } W. P. Knight Secretary H. G. Wilks (P.M.).... j J. A. Erwin Chaplain M. L. Baughman Tyler Past Masters T. E. Benn«tt M. T. Knight. J. M. Stuart D. W. Branch James A. Knight Howard Wilks. M. N. Knight Lea vie W. Sumrall James W. Seals Leslie Sumrall Total, 32 members Initiated and Passed—Andrue McCain. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Louis Elma Rogers, John Burkley Crain, William Edward Crain. Affiliated-Thomas Pinky Wilks. Reinstated—Thomas A. Crain, J. Luther Crain, Loucies C. Crain, W. P. Knight. Suspended, N. P. D.—Jessie William Kennedy.

DALLEY LODGE No. 265. Chartered February 13th, 1900, at Chatham, Jackson Parish, La. Stated meetings Saturday before first Sunday. P. O. Address of Secretary, Chatham, La. Officers A. D. Garner (P.M.) W. M. J. C. Smith S. D. Chas. C. Moss (P.M.) S. W. E. T. Jordan J. D. A. E. Head (P.M.) J. W. J. G. Head (P.M.) M. C. J. F. Garner, Sr.(P.M.) Treasurer J. W. Womack } a. , C.R.Griffith (P.M.) Secretary C. C. Jarrell \ stewards F. R. Barr Chaplain S. O. Shell Tyler ROSTER OF LODGES 245

Past Masters J. F. Garner A. D. Garner Geo. Chesbro J. T. Head Chas. C. Moss Allen Elton Hood C. R. Griffith Total, 23 members. Initiated—Leon Wilder, Milton E. Doyal, Passed and Raised—Max Head. Reinstated—R. M. Neel, Norman A. Smith, Pierce Jones, Allen P. Head. 4 Suspended, N. P. D— L. W. Smart, L. M. Shelton.

ATKINS LODGE No. 266. Chartered February 13th, 1900. Elm Grove, Bossier Parish, La. Stated meetings, second Thursday of each month. P. O. McDade, La.

Officers R. P. Brunner (P.M.) W. M. J. G. Worley (P.M.) S. D. G. D. Goodwin (P.M.) S. W. G. E. Dement (P.M.) J. D. H. J. Tooke J. W. A. N. Tooke M. C. C. W. Riddle (P.M.)...... Treasurer H. A. Tooke ] O. M. Waldroup (P.M.)..Secretary V.R.Mayer, Sr. (P.M.) \ R. K. Tooke Chaplain R. G. Goldman Tyler

Past Masters W. H. Hodges, Jr. V. R. Mayer R. P. Brunner R. E. Smith C. W. Riddle W. S. Hanna C. B. Bartley O. M. Waldroup Tillman Marshall W. R. Lee G. D. Goodwin. J. G. Worley G. E. Dement Total, 40 members. Initiated—James Watt Ligon. Reinstated—James Edward Brown. Died—J. W. Watson, W. S. Hanna. Dropped, Residence Unknown—R. B. Owens. Suspended, N. P. D.—J. T. McDade, E. R. Prince, John L. Mercer.

UNITY LODGE No. 267. Chartered February 13th, 1900. Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La.. Meets on first and third Tuesdays of each month. P. O. Box 324.

Officers Garrett L. Bolyard W. M. L. E. Lapeyrouse (P.M.) S. D. T. J. Evans, Sr. (P.M.) S. W. L. E. Brown J. D. Aubin J. Buquet J. W. W. L. Ford M. C. Aubin Buquet (P.M.) Treasurer R. B. Butler, Sr. P.M. | „. . John N. Blackburn Secretary James E. Millet \ oiewaras H. V. Labretonne (P.M.)-Chaplain Henry P. Berger Tyler 246 HOSTEH 01' LODGES

Past Masters Joseph H. Pullen • Ignatius Lewald L. E. Lapeyrbuse Robert B. Butler, Sr. I. F. Polmer W. W. Brewer. Leon Heymann J. A. LeBlanc D. E. Terrill. H. V. Labretonne Martin Bister T. D. Faust, Jr. Geo. J. Gueno E. B. Butler, Jr. Coleman A. Beeson Aubin Buquet Gordon Y. Millet Robert C. Power C. P. Sprague C. R. Buquet. Jack Evans Dear Past Masters from Donner Lodge No. 358 A. W. Nelson* B. P. Walther M. D. Paine W. F. Ross T. J. Evans Joseph P. Walther Total, 182 members. Initiated—L. J. Musslewhite, John Sullinger Dishman, Joseph D. Smith, Larence Autry Edmonson, Marvin S. Baldwin, George A. Hill- burn, Charles Ray Patterson, Sr., Theodore J. Collins, Jr., Manton F. Hatcher. Initiated and Passed—Percy Joseph Antill. Initiated, Passed and Raised — Jessie J. Rebstock, Danial Lee Webb, Claude Berwick Duval, Leroy Newman, Ashby W. Pettigrew, Jr., Stanwood Richardson Duval, Franklin James Henry, Howard J. Crochet, Nathan A. Oliver, Jr., George L. Speer, Aubln Joseph Buquet, Hugh Othah West, Sr. Passed and Raised—Lynn N. Costilow, James Edward Millet, Alfred Leonard Cummings. Raised—Leo Elbert Brown. Affiliated—Gannett Lincoln Bolyard, Walter I. Lanier, Ralph A. Buisson, Hardy Hines. Reinstated—Joseph Ayo, H. W. Bond, C. R. Chauvin. Died—Philip Walther, Ablom K. Saadi, George Payne. Demitted—J. L. Ledbetter. Dropped, Residence Unknown—Leonard Carey Saurage. Suspended, N. P. D.—L. H. Ramsey, John D. Burnett, W. B. Guild, W. S. Martin, J. C. Richard, B. J. Ledet.

MELVILLE LODGE No. 268. Chartered February 12th, 1901, at Melville, Parish of St. Landry, La, Stated meetings, first and third Friday of each month. P. O. Box 268 Officers Tillman B. Jones W. M. Louis G. Witty S. D. Chas. P. Schulze S. W. Frank Ansley (P.M.) J. D. Win. C. Stovall J. W H. L. Westerhaus (P.M.) M. C. M. H. Stinson (P.M.) Treasurer Vernon H. Long { G. Tolson Jones (P.M.)..Secretary Lyman H. Lyons } Stewards L. B. Roan Chaplain Ezra Williams Tyler Past Masters L. H. Lyons M. H. Stinson Alva L. Myers H. Rachal Frank Ansley John C. Zerangue J. W. Schoonmaker G. Tolson Jones G. B. Wray. W. G. McNeil H. D. Courtney L. D. Young, Jr. H. L. Westerhaus H. C. Packard E. Bullington Total, 85 members. itoSTEK OF LODGES 247

Initiated—Andrew Hoyt Davis, Forest A. Bordelon. Initiated and Passed—Herman Ducote. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Vernon Hale Long, Jesse Thomas Munson, Geo. A. Munson, David Grace Bennett. Passed and Raised—Roy E. Schulze, Ewell Geo. Willis. Raised—Marvin M. Long. Affiliated—L. B. Roan. Reinstated—E. T. Haygood, Jesse F. Steele. Died—Wm. P. Stephens. Demitted—E. T. Haygood.

MARKSV.ILLE LODGE No. 269.

Chartered February 12th, 1901, at Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, I(a. Stated meetings third Tuesday each month. Address of Secretary: Marksville, La.

Officer-,: J. D. Booker W. M. Oren 0. Sayes (P.M.) S. D. C. J. Newberg.: S. W. C. A. Riddle, Sr J. D. Louis Travasos J. W A. M. Gray M. C. W. K. Joffrion (P.M.)....Treasurer C. M. Guillot | „, , R. H. Sandefur Secretary W. W. Voinche } t>tewaras W. A. McCann Chaplain Chas. Gros Tyler

Past Masters J. M. Barham Oren C. Sayes E. J. Reynaud E. G. Blakewood J. L. Chatelain. E. M. Schrieber J. I. Bryan Hannon Sayes W. P. Smith W. F. Couvillion Percy Lemoine C. A. Riddle, Sr. W. K. Joffrion Total, 60 members Passed and Raised—Louis Travasos. Raised—A M. Gray, Calvin J. Bordelon. Reinstated—Allen W. Couvillion.

BENEFIELD LODGE No. 270. Chartered February 12th, 1901, at Rodessa, Parish of Caddo, La. Meets second and fourth Thursday in each month. Address of Secretary, Rodessa, La. Officers O. M. Outright (P.M.) W. M. E. W. Poindexter S. D. C. T. Markham S. W. J. E. Sims J. D. Geo. A. Herrington J. W. A. C. Warner M. C. M. K. Hartsell Treasurer Virgil Caines } P. P. Boyd Secretary W. E. Adcock J J. L. Bankhead Chaplain A. L. Atwood Tyler 248 KOSTEK OF LODGES

Past Masters Henry Trimble H. B. Thomas D. L. Butler O. M. Outright Cecil Mohr V. A. Puller Robt. H. Sexton. Total, 101 members. Initiated—Aubrey Paul Weaver, S. R. Brown, James Albert French, William Clifton Shaw, Benjamin Franklin Smith, T. J. Eaton. Initiated and Passed—Arbold Harold Mayner, Webster Walsworth Vinson Initiated, Passed and Raised—William Earl Adcock, Sam B. Carr, A. F. Rogers, Rufes W. Beard, A. L. Atwood, Harry Field Rector, Jr., Norman Douglas Tyson, Joe Louis Bickley, Eugene Windell Poin- dexter, Ernest Shuler Bagley, J. L. Balikhead, Jack Cooke, Monroe D. Griffin. Passed and Raised—C. A. Campbell, Miles Kern Hartsell. Affiliated—J. M. Alton, William J. Washmon, John F. Michell, John Warren Haynes, J. D. Nelson. Reinstated—R. M. Sloan, Leo Vernon Hopkins, Morice Firth. Died—James D. Slaughter. Deinitted—Leo Vernon Hopkins, Richard M. Sloan, George W. Kenner (P.M.).

DeRIDDER LODGE No. 271. Chartered February 11th, 1902. at DeRidder, Beauregard Parish, La. Meets second and fourth Tuesdays in each month. Officers W. A. Simmons W. M. Elmer Moses S. D. J. B. Kilman S. W. J. W. Anderson J. D H. S. BrumHeld J. W. C. C. Jordan M. C. S. T. Roberts Treasurer E. R. Carpenter } Stewards D. T. Stracener Secretary M. M. Martin \ fetewaras D. W. Poole Chaplain C. E. Mattison Tyler Past Masters W. J. Kraft V. E. Green Pate R. Hall Geo. W. Wagnon W. E. Sailor J. C. Cruthirds E. W. Brown S. A. Evans D. T. Stracener F. C. Woods H; H. Haynes Total, 174 members. Initiated—Howard Robert Parker, Arthur Maxwell Stacener, Maurice Hackleman Fulton. Initiated and Passed—Joseph Simmons Worley. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Peyton Randolph Hall, Jr., Jeff Willis Anderson, Columbus Clifton Jordan, Marvin James Sigler. Passed and Raised—William Oliver Jenkins, Aubrey John McGrede, Roy Chester Loveland. Affiliated—D. W. Poole, Earl Manning, ROSTER OF LODGES 249

Reinstated—Robert Franklin Van Cleave, J. M. Warren, Jr., E. E. Wright, T. E. Hubbard, P. A. Young, Thos. I. Davis, L. W. Caldwell. - Died—Ken. R. Cagle (P.M.), J. E. McMahon. Suspended, N. P. D.—H. P. Gann, A. F. Rideout, F. E. Stewart.

BOYCB LODGE No. 273. Chartered February 11th, 1902, at Boyce, Rapides Parish, La. Meets second and fourth Tuesdays in each month. P. O. Box 356. Officers H. Louis Scott W. M. J. E. Ray, Jr. (P.M.) S. D. Eben L. Griffin (P.M.) S. W. R. E. Wilkinson J. D. S. H. Pollard J. W. W. W. Hagler M. C. G. E. Johnson (P.M.)....Treasurer S. M. Stewart } „. . W. P. Jones (P.M.) Secretary M R. Mitcham | Blewaras E. G. Cook (P.M.) Chaplain T. R. Lindsley (P.M.) Tyler Past Masters M. P. Henderson J. L. Shaw E. L. Griffin. M. H. Hamilton A. M. Dean George E. Johnson J. Edward Ray, Jr. W. P. Jones Loyd Neal Ingram r. R. Lindsey C. R. Sanders Erskine G. Cook Total, 79 members. Initiated—Bill Gorum. Initiated and Passed—Rudolph B. White, William Tinsley Hilger. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Obie Austin Scott. Affiliated—Harvey J. Barron, Saumel H. Pollard, William W. Hagler. Died—R. H. Grant (P.M.), Joseph G. Baker, James Edward Ray, Sr. Demitted—Albert M. Ludlow. Suspended, N. P. D.—Walter I. Townsend (P.M.).

OBERLIN LODGE No. 274. Chartered February 11th, 1902, at Oberlin, Allen Parish, La. Meets second Friday of each month. Officers L. S. Fogleman W. M. E. S. Clements (P.M.) S. D. Mard D. Sutherland (P.M.)..S. W. S. J. lies J. D. Olin B. Reed (P.M.) J. W. Joe lies (P.M.) M. C. T. J. Griffin (P.M.) Treasurer O. F. LeBlanc } „. . S. A. Musselwhite Secretary W. Manuel ] rewa B W. A. Platts Chaplain S. B. Cole Tyler Past Masters E. L. Cranford T. J. Griffin. E. S. Clements Jos. lies Conrad C. Cole Olin B. Reed Shelby N. Young T. E. Cranford T. R. Sartor Mark D. Sutherland Total, 22 members 250 KOSTJSK OF LODGES

DORCHEAT LODGE No. 276. "Chartered February 3rd, 1903. Grove, Webster Parish, La. Meeta second Thursday of each month. P. O. Secretary, Grove, La. Officers Jim J. Shaw (P. M.) W. M. G. G. Merritt (P.M.) S. D. Charley W. Smith (P.M.)....S. W. A. L. Dunn, Jr J. D. J. T. Kirkley J. W. H. M. Mimms M. C. Jim W. Martin (P.M.)..Treasurer J. J. Peavy ) W. A. Smith Secretary P. M. KirWey j A. L. Dunn, Jr Chaplain C. C. Lee Tyler Past Masters J. J. Shaw J. W. Martin Charles W. Smith G. G. Merritt Total, 21 members. Reinstated—Frank M. Kirkley. Suspended. N. P. D.—Hugh G. Dunn, Hollis H. Lee, J. D. Martin, John David Minis, Lynn N. Sexton, Robert O. Shaw.

ROSEMARY LODGE No. 278. Chartered February 3, 1903. Meets Saturday before third Sunday In each month at Newport, Winn Parish, La. P. O. Address of Secretary: Sikes, La. Officers B. E. Thigpen (P.M.) W. M. J. P. Myers S. D. H. N. Crain (P.M.) S. W. C. J. Hatten J. D. D. M. May J. W. S. Pace M. C. F. C. Herring (P.M.) Treasurer I. D. Meredith (P.M.) | L. B. Hinton (P.M.) Secretary C. C. Dunn (P.M.) J btewaras W. C. Haddox Chaplain M. I. Hatten. Tyler Past Masters F. C. Herring G. W. Earskin C. C. Dunn B. E. Thigpen L. B. Hinton H. N. Crain I. D. Meredith Total, 17 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Clyde Lynch Herring. Passed and Raised—W. Curtice Hatten. Reinstated—I. D. Meredith (P.M.)

DeQUINCY LODGE No. 279. Chartered February 3d, 1903. DeQuincy, Calcasieu Parish, La. P. O. DeQuincy. Stated meetings, every Friday night. Officers Jake Willrich W. M. M. F. Martin S. D. Axel Carlson S. W. H. A. Morris J. D. Phelan Hyatt J. W. A. D. Cox M. C. J. J. Abdalla Treasurer C. L. Price \ „. , V. S. Rembert Secretary M. E. Robertson \ aiewaras H. W. Hamilton (P.M.)....Chaplain John Redmond Tyler tOSTER Of LODGES 251

Past Masters D. D. Herford F. E. Farris G. L. Moye. C. A. Pray Frank Duguay E. G. Vinson Jas. E. Perkins W. L. Seibert J. S. Jones M. A. Kent S. E. Isdale L. J. Cryer J. G. Smith N. R. Koonce. John Redmond W. E. Holbrook H. W. Hamilton J. B. Robinson W. A. Welch F. A. Wallace. W. B. Walkner Total, 130 members. Initiated—Edgar Lee Allen, Herbert Laney Mack. Initiated, Passed and Raised —• Adrian Douglas Cox, Harold E. Rose, Willis Asrin Guillot, Neil Homer Reeves. Passed and Raised—Calvin Leon Brice. Affiliated—Sidney A. Fontnot, Herman Albert Morris. Reinstated—C. O. Rutli, John J. Morgan, Ralph Edward Merchant, William Henry Kerby, Polin Guillot, Paul Lee Brankenship. Died—E. N. Hyatt, T. S. Cooley. Demitted—Howard Lee Boles, W. H. Copeland. Dropped, Residence Unknown—J. O. Banks, E. B. Martin. Suspended, N. P. D.—E. W. Perkins.

JONESBORO LODGE No. 280. Chartered February 3, 1903. Meets first and third Monday in each Month at Jonesboro, Jackson Parish, La.

Officers John Swanson ....W. M. TJgene Peacock S. D. Shelby Phillips S. W. J. W. Buckner J. D. Names Duboise J. W. Guy Watson M. C. Dawson Barr Treasurer Ralph Raphael ) R. E. Bayes (P.M.) Secretary J. Y. Moore j Stewards James Jones Chaplain Emmett Thompson Tyler Past Masters Wilbur C. McDonald San Tardo W. H. McLaurin J. Press Lewis Henry J. Jordan W. L. Caughlin Rex E. Bayes John T. Shankle Walter W. Irvin Total, 104 members. Initiated—Drew Blalock, Clyde L. Irby. Initiated and Passed—Marvin L. Wigley. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Henry Jones Davis, Ugene Peacock, Manuel L. Dickerson. Passed and Raised—Carlton Jones, Ray McDonald. Affiliated—Doyle Benton Tullos, Elmer G. Durbin. Suspended, N. P. D.—Grayden E. Smith, Warren Hugh Lee, Bert. C. Luzader, Robert W. Sutton, Clarence L. Cothran. 252 ROSTER OF LODGES

R. M. CROWSON LODGE No. 281. Chartered February 3rd, 1903. Castor, Bienville Parish, La. Stated meetings, second and fourth Thursday of each month. Address of Secretary: Castor, La. Officers Tom Downs W. M. J. K. Havard S. D. O. F. Pag-e S. W. J. B. Reams J. D. L. C. Puckett J. W. Allen Hill M. C. M. E. Cardwell Treasurer J. R. Page { Stewards E. Minchew Secretary R. A. Howard \ E. R. Minchew (P.M.) Chaplain J. R. Womack ; Tyler Past Masters H. N. Hays W. M. Caskey J. J. McMichael C. T. Bogan E. R. Minshew R. J. Rigdon Total, 60 members Initiated—Sam Franklin Hill. Initiated and Passed—David Monroe Humphry. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Charles James Mitchell, Marvin Hoyle Page, Ray Womack, Raleigh Nealy, E. Tilton Murphy. Affiliated—O. Mr Robinette. Suspended, N. P. D.—L. E. Joyner.

YELLOW PINE LODGE No. 282. Chartered February 3d. 1903. Oakdale, Allen Parish, La. Stated meetings first and third Fridays in each month. Officers Cobert Hanchey W. M. G. S. Siudy S. D. C. H. Burgess S. W. W. A. McGuffee J. D. W. L. Hooker J. W. E. L. Gordan M. C. P. J. Schempp (P.M.)....Treasurer W. W. Goodson } A. L. Stephens (P.M.)....Secretary Ted O'Neal \ G. S. Griffith Chaplain Leo Williams (P.M.) Tyler Past Masters James M. Cook J. S. Burgess B. lies James H. Leggett Leo Williams M. L. Gates R. C. Bond A. L. Stivison M. V. Hargrove E. F. Nichols C. C. Smith A. L. Stephens C. W. Lee L. A. Ford J. Ross Rhodes L. W. Riggs P. J. Schempp M. V. Hargrove, Jr. Total, 125 members. Initiated—Herman Glaze. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Robert Ernest Norton, Ernest Gay Kelly. Raised—Rob Roy Lanier, Ted O'Neal. Reinstated—Chas. William Cartwright, T. A. Brusch, Jas. B. Herndon, Austin C. Jeane. Demitted—Jas. B. Herndon, T. A. Brusch, Jas. Finley Hess, Henry Seward Kirkwood, Clyde Frederick Bennett. Suspended, N. P. D— A. I. Aden, D. W. Cobb, A. P. DeLaune, M. C. Owens. ROSTER 01" LODGES 253

MARION LODGE No. 283.

Chartered February 3rd, 1904. Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday in each month at Marion, Union Parish, La. P. O. Address of Secretary, Marion, La. Officers J. I. Westbrook (P.M.) W. M. F. E. Wheelis S. D. J. B. Burgess S. W. J. T. Bird J. D P. J. Absent J. W. L. H. Griggs M. C. C. W. Sehon (P.M.) Treasurer K. S. Thompson } _ C. W. Causey (P.M.) Secretary G. F. Post } oiewaras E. T. Powell Chaplain F. P. Brown Tyler Past Masters J. I. Westbrook C. W. Sehon C. W. Causey B. K. Watson J. O. Brown J. B. Brasher. Total, 39 members. Rasied—Otis C. Turner. Affiliated—L. H. Griggs. Reinstated—W. A. Hale. Demitted—W. A. Hale. Suspended, N. P. D.—M. M. Bowen, M. M. Franks, Frank Nolan, Ford Simpson. ,.

OAK GROVE LODGE No. 284. Chartered February 3rd, 1904. Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish, La. Stated meetings, first and third Thursdays in each month. Officers James L. Abernathy W. M. Lucian Bonner S. D. P. J. Bumgardner (P.M.) S. W. Luhter F. Harper J. D. Ernest L. Thompson J. W. J. V. Hollingsworth M. C. D. M. Mclntosh Treasurer R. W. Shillings P.M. | „ . A. R. McKee Secretary R. F. Cummins f btewaras Olan Parden Chaplain H. M. Fox Tyler Past Masters R. W. Shilling Fred Castleman D. W. McBride R. V. Reeves. H. L. Cheatham P. J. Bumgardner J. L. Stanford Total, 58 members. Initiated—H. Lamar Howell. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Ernest F. Howell, Jr. Passed and Raised—J. Borden Golden. Affiliated—Luther F. Harper. Reinstated—J. J. Corbin, Joseph A. Mercer, Mahen Pulley, Holmes Michiner, E. V. Dennis, R. W. Shilling. Died—Andrew Jackson (P.M.), Henry H. Jackson, Ray Tyson. Demitted—Leon Gunter. Suspended, N. P. D.—S. H. Campbell (P.M.), A. C. Monroe, R. W. Shilling, O. C. Roberts, A. N. Duke, Ervin Castleman, Dewitt Corley, Joel Dickinson, I. C. Reynolds, J. A. Secrest. 254 ROSTER OF LODGES

CHENBYVILLE LODGE No. 286. Chartered February 2, 1904. Cheneyville, Rapides Parish, La. Stated meetings first and third Tuesday of each month. Officers E. L. Klock W. M. S. R. Jackson (P.M.) S. D. F. S. Erwin ,....S. W. R. J. Munson J. D. E. H. Roberts J. W. D. P. McNutt (P.M.) M. C. W. C. Sellers Treasurer N. H. Klock } O. J. Burke (P. M.) Secretary R. A. Parrott (P.M.).. ] Z. T. Sullivan /. Chaplain W. R. Stafford (P.M.) Tyler Past Masters R. A. Parrott D. P. McNutt Ora J. Burke W. R. Stafford J. S. Powell J. I. Newman. E. C. Murphy. E. H. Roberts S. R. Jackson, Jr. Total, 26 members. Initiated—Falvie Burnice Anderson. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Charles D. Paine. Affiliated—Zackry Taylor Sullivan. Reinstated—Geo. W. Stewart. Died—Robt. H. Jackson (P.M.) Suspended, N. P. D.—Raymond J. Murray.

PINE GROVE LODGE No. 288. Chartered February 3d, 1904. Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, La. Stated meetings first and third Wednesdays in each month. P. O. Box 218. Officers Dewey E. Kirby W. M. Albert S. Anderson S. D. Albert E. Howes S. W. J. F. Jeffcoats J. D. Tulos S. McKigney J. W. Bob Howes (P.M.) M. C. Elbert E. Curtis (P.M.)..Treasurer Alex Corbin 1 Geo. T. Goodman (P.M.) Secty. Lester Felder j H. H. Kinchen (P.M.)....Chaplain Jno. G. Dietsch Tyler Past Masters Jacob Bogue Bert C. Howes Geo. T. Goodman H. P. Mitchell Robert M. Howes, Jr. Jno. A. Ross, Jr. E. M. Robards Jas. O. Burns O. E. Bain W. D. Trellue John A. Gemar A. B. Wagner Allen B. Pierson Elbert E. Curtis Henry H. Kinchen J. D. Lanier Jesse S. Vaughan Total, 79 members. Charter of this Lodge was arrested by Grand Master, J. Luther Jordan, October 3, 1942, which action was approved by the Grand Lodge, February 10, 1943, and the CHARTER DECLARED FOR- FEITED. The following is the work of the Lodge until the arrest of the Charter: Initiated—Rufus G. Felder, James Frank Allen. U08TEK OF LODGKS 255

Initiated, passed and raised—Nolan Sidney Causey. Raised—Horbard Mid Davis, Roland T. Craig. Affiliated—Henry T. Carley, Leslie L. Heath. Reinstated—WE Monroe Baugman. Died—Charles Sutton, William E. Mount. Demitted—Jesse Hunter Inman. Suspended—Robert Alexander Corbin, Robert M. Howes, Jr., De- wey Edward Kirby, John A. Ross, Jr.

ROSEPINE LODGE No. 290. Chartered February 3d, 1904. Rosepine, Vernon Parish, La. P. O. of. Secretary, Rosepine. Stated meetings, first Saturday in each month. Officers Zack R. Brooks (P.M.) W. M. Thomas Jenkins S. D. L. C. Marshall S. W. S C. Burgess J. D. K. W. Walker J. W. W. I. Droddy (P.M.) M. C J. W. Hawkes Treasurer Madison R. Fletcher Steward E, Alwin Parker Secretary Presley Simpson Tyler W. L. Young (P.M.) Chaplain

. Past Masters V. P. Fletcher M. C. Goins Z. R. Brooks. W. I. Droddy A. M. Fletcher W. L. Young. H. O. Sumrall John T. Ctpit L. C. Marshall Total, 49 members Initiated, Passed and Raised—Charles Womack, E. Alwin Parker. Affiliated—Charles E. Parks, Madison R. Fletcher. Reinstated—H. S. Asby, Wallace Smith, J. H. Hunt, Ruffle Midkiff, C. E. McCartney.

KINDER LODGE No. 291. Chartered February 7th, 1905. Kinder, Allen Parish, La. Stated meetings on the second Wednesday of each month. Officers T. H. Mayes W. M. L. W. Kingrey (P.M.) S. D. N. R. Johnson S. W. J. S. Kingrey (P.M.) J. D. J. M. Sonnier J. W. C. E. Cavenah M. C. Ben F. Smith (P.M.) Treasurer C. J. LeBlanc } QtewnPH<, Geo. Deaton, Jr. (P.M.)..Secretary E. H. Alexander j Blew

Initiated, Passed and Raised—Conrad E. Cavenah, James Mayo LeBlanc. Passed and Raised—Joseph McKinley Sonnier. Raised—James Randolph Johnson. Reinstated—Elmer H. Alexander. Demitted—Gurdon Buck.

FORDOCHE LODGE No. 292. Chartered February 7th, 1905. Maringouin, Parish of Iberville, La. Meets on first and third Wednesday of each month. P. O. Address of Secretary, Maringouin, La. Officers W. H. Wagley (P.M W. M. B. E. Dardenne (P.M.) S. D S. D. Brown S. W. R. O. Long J. D. John R. Smith, Jr. (P.M.).-J. W. D. B. Barrow (P.M.) M. C B. L. Major (P.M.) Treasurer W. A. Ledeboer } Marion W. Kimball (P.M.)..Secty. O. D. Kent } J. B. Herndon Chaplain I. A. Harvin Tyler Past Masters Blie Ouldroz. Henry L. Dreyfus. N. A. M. Jackson. Jno. R. Smith S. B. Graham D. B. Barrow C. J. Slack, D. T. Kent. M. W. Kimball W. H. Wagley, E. L. Major H. M. Kimball (J. M. Johnson. L. E. Stewart. B. E. Dardenne. A. N. Smith • Total, 61 members. Initiated—Delos Ira Carlin, Robert Clarence Mason, Loal Frances Elston. Initiated and Passed—James Madison Holloway. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Oscar Anderson Noble, Willie Gerald Smith, James Alton Teague, William Arnold Ledeboer, Joe Hildred Warner, Earl Fenton Duncan, George Allen Ledeboer, Wayland Hoyt Phillips. Passed—William Edwin Scarborough, Jr. Affiliated—James Benjamin Herndon. Reinstated—Leon Kent. Died—Walter Louis Rather (P.M.) Demitted—Gary Elliott Holcombe. Suspended. N. P. D.—Rayburn L. Anderson, Albert J. Angelloz, Albert C. Blanchard, Randolph P. Cazes, W. E. Freeman, Fenwick Hoftpauir, James B. Lauve, Roy Edward Maywall, John J. Miller.

GOLDONNA LODGE No. 293. Chartered February 7th, 1905. Goldonna, Parish of Natchitoches Meets Saturday before first and third Sunday of each month. Officers L. L. Brewton (P.M.) W. M. G. C. Quarles (P.M.) S. D. D. Reed S. W. S. H. Bonnett J. D. H. E. Friday J. W. C. C. Reed M. C. C. A. Brantley (P.M.)....Treasurer W. D. Gibson ) E. W. Bryant (P.M.) Secretary Noah Brewton | J. O. Williams (P.M.) Chaplain S.L.Monroe Tyler KOSTHU OJ-" LODGES 257

Past Masters J. O. Williams E. W. Bryant C. A. Brantley G. C. Quarles L. L. Brewton Total, 24 members. Initiated—Vance Webb Teral, Buris Alvin Davis. Initiated and Passed—Sidney C. Harley. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William H. Franklin, Jr., William Dyson Gibson, Carl Clinton Reed. Raised—Sims Holmes Bonnett. Affiliated—Noah Brewton. Reinstated—E. J. Beal, Carl A. Reabouche, C. J. Pullin, B. L. Coleman, R. C. Lowery, C. A. Brantley, W. O. Beal. Died—W. O. Beal.

BROS LODGE No. 295. Chartered February 7th, 1905. Eros, Parish of Jackson. Meets Saturday before second Sunday in each month. Address of Secretary, Route 2, Eros, La.

Officers W. A. Downs (P.M.) W. M. J. E. C. Doremus (P.M.) S. D. H. A. Spillers S. W. L. H. Stroud J. D. J. B. Zeigler J. W. O. O. Busbice M. C. R. N. Hearne (P.M.) Treasurer M. M. Hearne (P.M.) } D. O. Hesler (P.M.) Secretary 0. T. Lindsay { stewards J. W. Spillers Chaplain L. L. Kilpatrick Tyler Past Masters W. A. Downs R. N. Hearne J. E. C. Doremaus M. M. Hearne D. O. Hesler Total, 16 members. Initiated—Albert L. Foreman. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Woodrow A. Downs. Reinstated—O. O. Busbice, L. L. Kilpatrick, W. M. Jarrell. Demitted—W. M. Jarrell. Suspended. N. P. D.—B. L. Avery, R. L. Robinson.

DENHAM SPRINGS LODGE No. 297. Chartered February 7th, 1905. Denham Springs, Parish of Livingston. Meets first and third Saturday in each month. R. No. 1, Box 8. Officers Frank J. Ricard (P.M.) W. M. Harry E. Jackson (P.M.) S. D. Ralph C. Lockhart S. W. Norman R. Allen (P.M.) J. D. James Z. Underwood J. W. Robert H. Wunsch (P.M.) M. C. I. Odom Sullivan Treasurer Leon A Richardson.. | „. . Jas. B. Garrison Secretary D. Earl Hatchell } &iewaras J. F. Arceneaux (P.M.)....Chaplain Emmet N. Roberts Tyler 258 ROSTEIi OF LODGES

Past Masters C. H. Miller Jesse L. Carpenter, Jr. Jno. F. Arceneaux Norman R. Allen Prank J. Ricard Robt. H. Wunsch J. L. Garrison Hurd A. Merrill Harry E. Jackson Jas. E. Roberts W. Troy Morgan Shelby D. Wascom Ernest S. Easterly J. C. Linder Frank J. Ricard Total, 127 members. Initiated—Perlie Edward Fletcher. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Ezra Lee Sullivan, Victor Robinson Nabors, Murry B. Miller, Joe Walton Impson. Passed and Raised—Allen Loudon Sullivan. Raised—Kermit Cooper, Walter Howard Underwood, Jr. Reinstated—Thomas M. Carroll, Lee McNabb, Alvin G. Sibley, Thomas M. Bennett, Bunyon Drumwright, Henry T. Cornish, Charles M. Mixon, Billie E. Arnold, Clarence H. Underwood, H. Carey Cornish, Warren W. Cornish, C. Nelson Durand, H. Octo Barnett, Leslie N. Benton, William B. Seab, Alton S. Earterly. Suspended, N. P. D.—Rudolph P. Easterly (P.M.), J. Adam Stafford.

GEORGETOWN LODGE No. 298. Chartered February 6th, 1906. Georgetown, Grant Parish. Meets on the second and fourth Saturday in each month. Officers L. H. Kees (P.M.) W. M. C. S. Bartley S. D. Culp Smith S. W. W. Leroy Wilson J. D. C. S. Smith (P.M.) J. W. Loyd Smith M. C. G. L. Barrett Treasurer Charles McKeithen.... W. P. Foster (P.M.) Secretary John Bartley f R. H. Faircloth Chaplain F. W. Long Tyler Past Masters L. H. Kees B. F. Selvidge, Sr. O. A. Long W. P. Foster R. W. Rambo J. M. Matheson W. B. Puckett T. O. Nugent C. S. Smith Total, 35 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Wallace Leroy Wilson. Died—J. D. McConathy.

OSIRIS LODGE No. 300. Chartered February 7, 1906. New Orleans, La. Meets on the second and fourth Fridays of each month at the Masonic Temple. Officers Arthur R. Muench W. M. George Potter... M. C. Orvil Jones S. W. H. L. Hooks Wallace Garcia J. W. W. Long A. M. Winn (P.M.) Treasurer J. Heier i ot-wardR L. T. Copping Secretary L. Logan [ Btewarus Hy. H. Wire (P.M.) Chaplain Valentine Cotton, Jr. E. Paillot S. D. H. Landis G. Winston J. D. A. J. Hoenig (P.M.)." Tyler KOSTJJU OF I.ODGKS S•")'.)

Past Masters John H. Bowie E. H. Prescott F. X. Gillio J. A. Thomas A. J. Brewer Albert B. Colomes. Jacob Phillips James E. Conner Dan Loudan. Harry Oldham A. C. Waffenschmidt Andrew E. Carlisle J. E. Culligan Allen M. Winn Arthur G. Ebeyer C. Kellerman Geo. C. Amrhein J. C. Tourne Anthony J. Hoenig Edw. G. Fisher Hy. H. Wire Total, 302 members. Initiated—John Ear Boteler, Initiated, Passed and Raised—Louis Jos. Servary, John B. DeLuca, Jr., Harvey Lee Hooks, Walter T. Long, Alexander Leo Bango, Julius J. Fisher, Jr., Morris Bruce Bernstein, Manuel C. Bretey, John Walker Taylor, Valentine Felton Cotton, Jr., Richard Sanders. Reinstated—John J. Lincks, Vincent Riccobono, W. W. Hagler, John Alsina Sarre. Died—Warren E. Davis, Robert Caldwell Bell, Alphonse Verlaque, Clarence Siverd, Julius Abraham Katz, Vincent DeLuca, John Alexander Thomas (P.M.) Demitted—William H. Reboul, W. W. Hagler, Vincent Riccobono. Dropped, Residence Unknown—Louis O. Peters, Ray Gordon Mac- Pherson, Louis R. Jaubert, H. W. Yost, Eugene Richardson.

ALBERT ROUSSEAU LODGE No. 301.

Chartered February 6th, 1906. St. Martinville, Parish of St. Martin. Meets on the Second and Fourth Tuesday of each month. Officers Chas. E. Walther (P.M.) W. M. Albert Stockstill (P.M.) S. D. H. A. Duplantis S. W. J. E. Hebert (P.M.) J. D. Lee J. Bienvenue (P.M.) J. W. F. J. Eastin (P.M.) M. C. H. M. Daspit (P.M.) Treasurer Howard Breaux J. R. Barra Secretary Everett Verrett j P. H. Fournet (P.M.) Chaplain E. A. Davis (P.M.) Tyler , Past Masters Louis M. Fournet Maurice Ledoux Lee J. Bienvenu Felix J. Eastin Max A. Pardee Albert Stockstill Robert Badon Philip H. Fournet Hugh Matthew Daspit E. A. Davis John Batiste Fournet Joseph Edgar Hebert Chas. E. Walther Total, 42 members. Initiated—Stanley Dexter Stockstill. Affiliated—Earl S. Knight. Suspended, N. P. D.—Wilma Duplentis, Jack Emo Bright, Abel Pellerin. 260 ROSTER OF LODGES

ZWOLLE LODGE No. 302. Chartered February 6th, 1906. Zwolle, Parish of Sabine. Meets on the • second and fourth Mondays of each month. Officers M. M. Hall W. M. K. D. Cato S. D. K. C. Peterson S. W. H. M. Chick J. D. Dewey Jones J. W. T. W. Sullivan (P.M.) M. C. L. Lefkovits (P.M.) Treasurer R. L. Gay, Sr. ) Qt A Joe Woods (P.M.) Secretary L. A. Flanagan, Jr } Blewaras Joe Flanagan Chaplain B. B. Pruitt Tyler Past Masters R. L. Gay R. C. Champion. Joe Woods L. Lefkovits T. W. Sullivan Total, 48 members. Initiated—Clyde Carlton Nabours, William P. Jeter. Initiated and Passed—Kenneth David Morrison. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Kile Darman Cato. Affiliated—J. L. Wright. Reinstated—C. W. Beene, Charles Edward Creasy, Lem A. Flanagan, R. L. Patrick, Jama D. Scroggins, Edgar Irvin. Died—L. M. Emlet. Suspended. N. P. D.—Don E. Brown, Hugh E. Sullivan.

OLLA LODGE No. 303. Chartered February 6th 1906. Olla, La Salle Parish. Meets on the second and fourth Tuesday in each month. Address of Secretary. Olla. Officers B. W. Thompson W. M. A. D. Becton (P.M.) S. D. H. H. Duke S. W. W. H. Owens J. D. Ray T. Miller J. W. Lawrence King M. C. B. E. Zeagler (P.M.) Treasurer J. W. Waggoner P.M. J ,,, rt J. A. Duke (P.M.) Secretary M. A. Elliott...- \ ole W. B. Huckabee Chaplain R. C. Mosley Tyler Past Masters F. J. Tousley H. E. Winkler O. A. Beitzell J. W. Waggoner E. T. Long. J. A. Duke B. E. Zeagler A. D. Becton R. E. Prestridge W. C. Zeagler Wm. A. King Total, 71 members. Initiated—C. A. Callahan, E. P. Stewart, Ibb. White. Initiated, Passed and Raised—James Thomas Whatley. Passed—Wm. Eldred Gean. Passed and Raised—Paul Hicks, P. L. Gillis, W. H. Owens. Raised—T. C. Eubanks. Reinstated—Lou A. Burgess. Died—R. P. Richardson. ROSTER OP LODGES 261

GIBSLAND LODGE No. 304.

Chartered February 6th, 1906. Gibsland, Bienville Parish. Meets on Tuesdays after the first and third Sundays of each month.

Officers W. H. Day (P.M.) W. M. E. W. Nelson (P.M.) S. D. J. E. Crane S. W. R. G. Francis J. D. R. E. Woodard J. W. Fred Love M. C. J. P. Nelson, Sr. (P.M.) Treasurer C. W. Foose ) E. L. Reed (P.M.) Secretary I. E. Sutton j btewaras J. L. Barberouse (P.M.) Chaplain P. H. Lazarus Tyler

Past Masters J. H. Pumphrey C. A. Stinnett W. H. Day J. P. Nelson, Sr. O. L. Kidd E. L Reed E. W. Nelson J. L. Barberouse Total, 36 members. Initiated—Thomas Albert Boddie. Demitted—W. W. Loftin.

CONCORDIA LODGE No. 305. Chartered February 6th, 1906. Vidalia, Parish of Concordia. Meets second Sunday and fourth Thursday in each month.

Officers F. Falkenheimer (P.M.) W. M. S. L. Winston, Jr. (P.M.) S. D. W. L. Eckles (P.M.) S. W. J. S. Burris J. D. G. M. Strickler (P.M.) J. W. C. M. Hill _ M. C. W. C. Moseley (P.M.)....Treasurer J. Dale, Sr. (P.M.)....) L. L. Matthews Secretary P. L. Rountree P.M. j P. E. Magoun, Jr. (P.M.) Chaplain Walter McCrea Tyler

Past Masters John Dale, Sr. R. E. Lee W. C. Moseley. H. B. Conner, P. G. M. P. L. Round tree. G. M. Strickler. W. L. Eckles. Nolan P. Magoun. S. L. Winston, Jr. Fred. Falkenheiner. Pete E. Magoun, Jr. Total, 48 members. Reinstated—C. I. Reynolds, William Hodge. Died—George J. Barlow. Demitted—Nathan Adell. Suspended. N. P. D.—S. P. Crane, Jr., M. L. Hannagriff. 262 ROSTER OF LODGES

RAPIDES LODGE No. 306. Chartered February 6th, 1906. Poland, Rapides Parish. Meets on the first and third Saturday of each month. R. R. No. 2 Alexandria. Officers W. G. Gatlin W. M. James B. Toney S. D. Tallie Estes S. W. Fleet Richerson J. D. G. H. Lacombe J. W. Erwin Reynaud M. C. R. L. Hayes Treasurer J. H. Richerson Perry A. Reynolds Secretary C. E. Rush J J. L. McGrew (P.M.) Chaplain M. L. Buckner Tyler Past Masters J. L. McGrew A. H. Drewitt IX A. Lecombe. James B. Toney Total, 22 members. Died—B. A. Lecombe. Suspended, N. P. D.—H. W. Gates.

ASSUMPTION LODGE No. 307. Chartered February 6th, 1906. Napoleonville, Assumption Parish. Meets the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Officers Philip Walther (P.M.) W. M. Larry P. Martin (P.M.) S. D. Paul Wright S. W. Carl F. Rose J. D. Rodman Roos J. W. W. J. Gray (P.M.) M. C E. Sundbery (P.G.M.)..Treasurer Leon Block } _. , Samuel Klotz (P.M.) Secretary J. C. Waties } btewams T. B. Pugh (P.M.) Chaplain Lawrence Dupre Tyler Past Masters Emil Sundbery, P.G.M. Thomas B. Pugh Walter J. Gray. Arthur M. Foley T. V. Larpenteur Phil. L. Walther Alfred A. Thibaut Sam Klotz Geo. S. Guion L. P. Martin Total, 37 members. Died—Josiah Wheeler. Demitted—Walter Irving Lanier (P.M.), Hardy Hines.

TALLULAH LODGE No. 308. Chartered February 6th, 1906. Tallulah, in the Parish of Madison. Meets first and third Thursdays in each month. P. O. Box 628. Officers R. E. Brown (P.M.) W. M. J. C. Stocks S. D. W. H. Rogillio S. W. Whit Erwin J. D. G. M. Fuller J. W. Al Ray Griffin M. C. W. P. Sevier, Jr Treasurer G. W. Lee (P.M.) | Jas. R. Linton (P.M.)....Secretary E. E. Williamson J Henry Rickey Chaplain J. E. Furr (P.M.) Tyler ROSTER OF LODGES 263

Past Masters G. W. Gaines J. E. Furr R. E. Brown. J. N. Harvey E. A. Buckner R. C. Leeves. J. R. Linton G. W. Lee Wm. W. Ziegler P. S. Thomas A. J. Boswell Eugene V. Parker R. R. Spigener Z. L, Chambless Total, 87 members. Initiated—Howard Clinton Massey. Affiliated—Henry A. Rickey, Walter Erickson. Reinstated—Robt. L. Spinks. Died—W. G. Goza (P.M.), F. L. Parker, R. T. Campbell, E. P. Jones (P.M.) . Demitted—C. Karlos Smith, D. Willie Poole, Adolph Thomae. Suspended, N. P. D.—R. E. Gilbert (P.M.), T. A. Smith, Geo. Spinks, Harvey T. Oakes.

TENSAS LODGE No. 309.

Organized December 20th 1904, Chartered February 5th, 1907 at St. Joseph, Tensas Parish. Meets on the second and fourth Thursdays in each month. Address of Secre- tary, St. Joseph, La.

Officers C. J. Tolar W. M. J. S. Johnston (P.M.) S. D. J. L. Crigler (P.M.) S. W. X. T. Matthews (P.M.) J. D. A. G. Mclntosh J. W. E. J. Lynch M. C. Jos. Whitaker (P.M.)....Treasurer German Baker (P.M.) \ otp_.a-H_ D. B. Coor (P.M.) Secretary Alex Blackman } BleWllraB L. H. Cook Chaplain E. H. Biggs (P.M.) Tyler

Past Masters German Baker, J. C. Macpherson. Thos. G. Ward D. B. Coor. Jos. Whitaker. James A. Kitchen J. S. Johnston. V. C. Rives X. Thos. Matthews J. L. Crigler. E. H. Biggs Total, 46 members. Initiated—Guy L. WTalker. Died—Holman L. Smitha. Suspended, N. P. D— C. Y. Clarke, G. N. Clarke, C. M. Hughes, W. E. Worth. 264 ROSTER OF LODGES

SLIDBLL LODGE No. 311. Organized April 1, 1906, at Slidell, St. Tammany Parish. Chartered February 5th, 1907. Meets on the first and third Monday in each month. Officers L. V. Cooley, Jr. (P.M.) W. M. G. H. Brock (P.M.) S. D. A. G. Hinyub (P.M.) S. W. J. E. Mayfleld (P.M.) J. D. R. L. Smith (P.M.) J. W E. D. Farmer (P.M.) M. C. W. L. Folse (P.M.) Treasurer P. N. Haddad (P.M.) } „, , W. L. Yeates (P.M.) Secretary L. V. McGinty (P.M.) } oiewdiua F. R. Singleton (P.M.)....Chaplain E. O. Yates (P.M.) Tyler Past Masters J. R. Bise, Jr. W. L. Yeates. F. R. Singleton G. H. Brock L. V. McGinty Philip Haddad L. V. Cooley, Jr. John E. Mayfield. B. A. Banister Gus A. Fritchie A. J. Henyub Earl D. Farmer W. L. Folse R. L. Smith E. O. Yates Total, 61 members. Initiated—George Benjamine Zechenelly. Raised—Marvin Curtis Innerarity. Reinstated—Wm. S. Marks, B. V. Sheffield, Bernard McGehee. Died—J. C. Langston, J. K. Griffith. Demitted—A. J. Brown, H. C. Cleveland, Bernard McGehee, H. L. Mayfield.

CARRIETTA LODGE No. 312. Organized March 16th, 1906, at Trout, Parish of La Salle. Chartered February, 5, 1907. Meets on the first and third Tuesdays in each month. Address of Secretary, Trout, La. Officers Henry O. Futrell (P.M.) W. M. I. C. Turnley (P.M.) S. D. W. C. Dickerson S. W. C. A. McCartney, Jr J. D. J. O. Davis...- J. W. H. E. Whatley (P.M.) M. C. T. J. Leleu (P.M.) Treasurer H. N. Tannehill } <3t«w»r

RAYNE LODGE No. 313. Organized April 2nd, 1906, at Rayne, Parish of Acadia. Chartered February 5th, 1907. Meets on the first and third Mondays in each month, Rayne, La. Officers W Earl Craig W. M. Andrus B. Smith S .D. J. W. Nickel (P.M.) S. W. R. C. Smith (P.M.) J. D. E. C. Paulk (P.M.) J. W. E. D. Wriborg. M. C. W. W. Bruner (P.M.)....Trea"surer W. G. Johnston | Albert McNeil (P.M.) Secretary Ernest Levy f S. L. Ross (P.M.) Chaplain Jake D. Fortner (P.M.) Tyler Past Masters H. E. Bruner S. D. Morgan. Ralph Hoffpauir Albert McNeil. Julian Kahn. E: C. Faulk S. L. Ross. R. C. Smith. J. W. Nickel. C. J. LeBlanc. O. N. Green, Walter W. Bruner Jake D. Fortner Total, 55 members. Suspended, N. P. D.—L. N. Bailey.

VIVIAN LODGE No. 314. Organized June 9, 1906, at Vivian, Parish of Caddo. Chartered February 5, 1907. Meets on the first and third Friday in each month. Officers 0. L. Wheat (P.M.) - W. M. T. W. Price S. D. C. C. Laster S. W. J. M. Cook J. D. Sam B. Mitchell J. W. Fred Festervand M. C. F. B. Rieves Treasurer O. B. Duckworth } T. E. Roach Secretary Clarence Guy J 1. T. Reams Chaplain H. P. Brickley Tyler Past Masters W. H. Buckley G. L. Ferguson G. C. Ingram J. S. Cooper C. F. Bridges H. H. Huckabay, Jr. C. K. Ray J. N. Bain O. L. Wheat C. L. Mackey Roy Jones Total, 122 members Initiated—Davis Leonard Bruce, Elwyn H. Adams, Edward Richardson Hill. Initiated, Passed and Raised — Moody Benard Robinson, Claud Dewitt Moore. Affiliated—Charles J. Guy. Reinstated—W. B. Venable, S. A. Slieppard, C. E. Walker, W. R. Dixon, R. F. Hemphy, J. T. Barlow, R. E. Pharris, J. D. Beazley. Demitted—W. B. Venable, Homer J. Garner, A. C. Jelly. Suspended N. P. D.—Fred Sieker, Joe Stone, Harland F. Lester, B. E. Wells, C. C. Flennows, S. J. Freeman. 266 ROSTER OF LODGES

CURTIS T. HINES LODGE No. 317. Organized September 29, 1906, at Tioga, Rapides Parish. Chartered February 5, 1907. Meets on first and third Thursday in each month. Address of Secretary, Route 1, Pineville, La.

Officers J. C. Kirby W. M. E. B. Flowerree S. D. Edward Jordan S. W. H. R. McCormick J. D Roy E. Blackburn J. W. O. T. Cory M. C. S. M. Brister (P.M.) Treasurer H. T. Landry ) „. . K. Varner (P.M.) Secretary W. P. Hale... } oiewaros W. W. Hall Chaplain H. R. DeCamp Tyler

Past Masters Geo. W. Bush Ernest O. Rice R. H. Mount H. T. Wadley Q. M. Harper H. H. McCann Ernest E. Robertson S. M. Brister E. S. Baker L. C. Terrell Crawford Parker Henry Hollingsworth H. G. Bowen Kennon Varner O. L. Andre Total, 94 members. Initiated—Otto Sartin, Ivy D. Ellis, George Sylvester Bryant, John Henry Lanier. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Houston Rice McCormick, Tommie J. Hollingsworth, Virgil Lee Anders, Obey I. Cory, Russell Thomas Dupree, Recie Lafayette Brown, James Ware Hall, Jack Murph Wyatt, Joseph Monroe Horm. Passed and Raised—Willis W. Hall. Raised—Willie Preston Hale, William Clem Davis, Henry T. Landry. Affiliated—Thomas Terrell Edwards, James Stanley Beeson. Reinstated—John Robert Arthur, Chas. G. Walker, Ralph Stock- still, Wm. J. Bruce. Demitted—Ralph Stockstill.

PELICAN LODGE No. 31S. Organized at Pelican, Parish of DeSoto, May 5, 1906. Chartered Feb- ruary 4th, 1908. Meets on the second Monday in each month. Officers C. T. Cleveland W. M. A. K. Palmer (P.M.) S. D. Ike F. Smith S. W. R. P. Rascoe J. D. B. P. Dupree J. W. W. R. Mayes (P.M.) M. C. L. E. Fincher Treasurer J. M. Midyett ] „, rt Jesse Durham Secretary L. M. Webster { B B. N. Simmons Chaplain W. T. Petty Tyler Past Masters Spencer Phillips A. K. Palmer Theron Dupree W. W. Fincher W. R. Mayes Total, 39 members. ROSTER OF LODGES 26?

Initiated—Sylvester Larned Montgomery, George Benton Ford. Initiated, Passed and Raised — James Nelson Kelly, Bertrand Nathaniel Simmons. Raised—James Craig Smith. Reinstated—Wm. George Bowden, Maynard M. Miller. Demitted—Maynard M. Miller, W. Dudley Ballard (P.M.)

NOBLE LODGE No. 320. Organized March 15, 1907, at Noble, Sabine Parish. Chartered Feb- ruary 4, 1908. Meets second and fourth Saturday nights. Officers L. G. Edwards (P.M.) W. M. E. E. Tatum (P.M.) S. D. E. L. Edwards (P.M.) S. W. L. J. Ryals J. D. J. C. Edwards (P.M.) .J. W. Ed. Jones, Sr M. C. D. J; Julian Treasurer H. D. Anderson ) F. P. Youngblood Secretary B. G. Kegley. § C. B. McCollister..Actg. Chaplain Reece Moore Tyler Past Masters E. E. Tatum L. G. Edwards J. C. Edwards E. L. Edwards Total, 17 members. Passed and Raised—John H. Julian. Dropped, Residence Unknown—Z. F. Edwards. Suspended, N. P. D.—Leslie M. Hough.

MIDDLE CREEK LODGE No. 321. Organized April 6th, 1907 at Coburn, moved August 1929 to Bellwood, Natchitoches Parish. Chartered February 4th 1908. Meets on the Fourth Sunday of each month at 2:00 P. M. Address of Secretary: P. O. Box 16, Natchitoches, La. Officers W. R. Alford (P.M.) W. M. B. C. Norsworthy (P.M.) S. D. J. D. Montgomery (P.M.).-S. W. O. R. Alford J. D. J. A. Marshall (P.M.) J. W. Charles Nash M. C. Z. D. Lee.. Treasurer S. F. Norsworthy ) a. . P. A. Koonce (P.M.) Secretary H. J. Jones (P.M.).... ] otewaras C. A. Presley (P.M.) Chaplain A. J. Masters Tyler Past Masters H. J. Jones H. E. Leach C. A. Presley P. A. Koonce *Henry Russell J. D. Montgomery J. A. Marshall W. R. Alford B. C. Norsworthy J. A. Gibson *T. J. Key •by affiliation *L. V. Tarver Total, 38 members. Initiated—Wade H. Jones. Initiated and Passed—Enoch Leslie Moss. Reinstated—Teddy F. Cobb. Suspended, N. P. D.—Roy J. Cox. 268 ROSTER OF LODGES

VERDA LODGE No. 323. Organized May 25th, 1907, New Verda, Grant Parish. Chartered Febru- ary 4th, 1908. Meets on the first Saturday in each month. Officers W. K. Pogelman (P.M.) W. M. R. W. Gentry, Jr S. D. W. C. Smith S. W. M. S. Johnson J. D. R. W. Gentry. J. W. R. U. Johnson (P.M.) M. C. D. D. Lang Treasurer ] Stewards G. L. Garrett (P.M.) Secretary ] btewaras , Chaplain Wm. T. Purvis Tyler Past Masters G. L. Garrett W. K. Pogleman Rufus U. Johnson Total, 11 members. Initiated and Passed—Charles Daun Calhoun. Passed and Raised—Robert W. Gentry. Died—W. W. Fryday. Dropped, Residence Unknown—Roy Kyson.

IDA LODGE No. 324. Organized at Ida, Parish of Caddo, July 11, 1907. Chartered February 4th, 1908. Stated meetings on first and third Thursday in each month. Officers Rex B. Hawthorn W. M. W. S. Siler S. D. Pat Day S. W. J. W. Slack J. D. T. D. Broun J. W. A. L. Tucker M. C. C. C. Carraway. Treasurer W. T. Carraway P.M. } „. . J. M. Richardson Secretary Crit Petty (P.M.) \ stewards C. A. Giesen.., Chaplain H. M. Holman Tyler

Past Masters Crit Petty G. T. Farmer T. R. Cole W. T. Carraway W. E. Carraway W. B. Stanly Total, 65 members. Initiated—John Lavice Clements, James Ransom Kavanah. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Charlie Chester Carraway, Thomas Pope Moore, John Dee Norris, Hamilton Paul Wilson, Noel Loyd Adams, Jr., Marion Edward George. Passed and Raised—Merrill Henderson Ogle. Reinstated—Early S. Broun. A. L. Tucker, Willie O. Broun, D. C. Barnes, W. J. B. Scott, C. A. Loyd, L. C. Smith, C. J. Smith. Demitted—J. H. Halderman, E. V. Cleveland. Suspended, N. P. D.—C. A. Thomas, L. C. Smith, R. L. Holmosi, F. M. Collins, A. G. Carlander, W. J. B. Scott. KOSXIilt OF LODGES 269

AJAX LODGE No. 325. Organized at Lake End, Parish of Red River, September 17th, 1908. Chartered February 4th, 1908. In 1912 Lodge building moved to Ajax, in Nachitoches Parish. Meets third Sunday evening of each month. Address of Secretary, Marthaville, La., Route No 1. Officers Ben Teer Wood W. M. W. J. Bullock (P.M.) S. D. Richard Heard S. W. C. L. Wood (P.M.) J. D. Barnette O. Wood J. W. C. M. Durr M. C. U. S. Bullock (P.M.) Treasurer J. H. Wood ) <3townr/,a R. J. Durr Secretary C. O. Webb (P.M.)....} btewaras B. E. Dees Chaplain J. D. Durr Tyler Past Masters U. S. Bullock J. P. Carr J. H. Durr C. 0. Webb W. J. Bullock C. L. Wood Total, 24 members. Initiated—Joseph Collia. Passed and Raised—Barnette O. Wood. Raised—Richard Heard, Guy Iva Middleton. Affiliated—Allen M. Prothro. Reinstated—W. H. Parker. Demitted—W. H. Parker.

BUNKIE LODGE No. 326. Organized at Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, October 3d, 1907. Chartered February 4th, 1908. Meets first and third Thursdays in each month. Officers O. Z. Overbey W. M. C. M. Elliott S. D. Leon Lacour S. W. W. L. Blalock J. D. Paul E. Mixon J. W. J. M. Robertson M. C. W. K. Poole (P.M.) Treasurer Roy E. Allen W. C. Earnest, Jr. P.M...Secretary P. N. Williams \ D. S. Ducote (P.M.) Chaplain C. Vanchiere Tyler Past Masters J. M. Weiss H. C. George L. M. Couvillion W. K. Poole Duncan H. Selph Adrian B. Cairns R. D. Johnson Franklin T. Mikell Frank Chemino W. D. Haas, Jr., P.G.M. Samuel E. Earnest Louis H. Johnson B. F. Morgan Jas. S. McNabb S. R. Simmons Thos. L. Kelley Donat S. Ducote L. B. Watt O. E. Barbee J. O. Laprairie Hilton Bordelon Wm. Curtis Ernest, Jr. Total, 109 members. 270 ROSTER- OP LODGES

Initiated, Passed and Raised—John M. Robertson, Pat A. Driver, John O. Fisher, E. E. Hale. , Raised—T. H. Littlepage, L. M. Myles. Affiliated—Joe M. Manning, Howard Pfost. Reinstated—J. B. Guillott, M. W. Keller. Died—J. M. Austin, F. E. Strother, Henry W. Frith. Suspended. N. P. D.—Julian Guillory, Lee Rachal, Preston Arthur Robichaux, Robert A. Stewart.

MICHAEL DEMPSEY LODGE No. 327. Organized November 7th, 1907, at Jena, Parish of La Salle. Chartered February 4th, 1908. Stated meetings second and fourth Mondays in each month. Officers C. H-. Davis (P.M.) W. M. W. H. Baker (P.M.) S. D. S. R. Poland (P.M.) S. W. M. G. Stevens J. D. Milton Posey J. W. Anthony Briethaupt (P.M.)..M. C. R. W. Stephenson P.M. Treasurer J. D. Russell, Jr } „ . J. E. Stewart (P.M.) Secretary P. L. Honeycutt { btewaras W. W. Godwin Chaplain A. G. Herring (P.M.) Tyler Past Masters C. H. Davis R. W. Stephenson W. F. Mackey Amos C. Warner E. L. Miller Clyde C. Russell A. G. Herring Q. R. Hudson J. B. Stewart W. H. Baker S. R. Poland Anthony Briethaupt Total, 72 members. Initiated—Roy Atwood Atkinson, E. Gum, Cecil C. Durham, Har- vey D. Taylor. Initiated and Passed—Milam C. Nash. Initiated, Passed and Raised—J. L. Rumbelou, C. A. Page, C. L. Wildbur, Henry C. Harrison, Milton Posey Lawrence Wright. Passed and Raised—W. Lowell Phillips. Reinstated—Anthony Briethaupt (P.M.), Noah Brewton, L. L. Cantrell, N. T. Andrews, Will Roberts. Died—William C. Benton, W. Y. Warner. Demitted—Noah Brewton. Suspended, N. P. D.—Lewis Doughty, C. W. Edwards.

NEW HOPE LODGE No. 328. Organized November 14th, 1907. Chartered February 2nd, 1909, at Winnsboro, Parish of Franklin. Meets on the Saturday before the first Sunday in each month. P. O., Winnsboro, R. F. D. No. 2. Officers H. H. Loftin W. M. C. D. Bennett (P.M.) S. D Clyde Bradup S. W. Robert Milby J. D. Monroe Howell Woods J. W. J. M. Ingram M. C. D. F. Wiggins Treasurer W. J. Johnston } „. . L. C. Bennett..:...: Secretary Jess F. Fair f &tewaras J. E. Richardson (P.M.)..Chaplain Herbert Womack Tyler ROSTER OF LODGES 271

Past Masters J. H. Ingrain J. E. Richardson W. H. Nicholls Claud Russell C. D. Bennett H. H. Loftin Total, 64 members Initiated and Passed—Webb Weard Thornton. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Marcen J. Ross, Cecil Russell, James Cedric Bennett. Passed and Raised—Isaac David Parks, Howell Monroe Woods, Jesse Fair. Raised—John Jackson Collins, Everett Ray Adams, Sr. Affiliated—A. J. Williams. Reinstated—H. A. Kincaid. J. A. Reynolds, A. A. Posy, A. O. Posy, W. H. Nicholls (P.M.). Died—Charlie Turner, W. B. Martin. Demitted—F. L. Dark (P.M.), R. L. Dark (P.M.)

MERRYVILLE LODGE No. 329. Organized at Merryville, Beauregard Parish, March 13th, 1908. Char- tered February 2d, 1909. Meets on the second Tuesday of each month. Officers R. L. Fortenberry W. M. Herbert Estes S. D. Mancel Conley S. W. J. D. Mayo, Sr J. D. Luther Marvin Newton J. W. J. L... Smith (P.M.) ....M. C. T. W. Neely (P.M.) Treasurer D. W. Smith ) „ . E. A. Meadows (P.M.)....Secretary J. B. Walters j stewards Herman R. Weaver .Chaplain G. L. Heard (P.M.) Tyler Past Masters B. H. Carroll T. W. Neely G. L. Heard W. H. Yawn Emmett A. Meadows F. E. Carman C. C. Hayes James L. Smith Total, 26 members. Initiated—Falva Cooley, J. D. Mayo, Jr. Reinstated—F. E. Carman (P.M.), J. D. Mayo, Sr. Suspended. N. P. D.—L. E. Frazar (P.M.)

BELCHER LODGE No. 332. Organized at Belcher, Caddo Parish, August 13th, 1908. Chartered February 2d, 1909. Meets second Tuesday in each month. at Belcher, La. Address of Secretary, Dixie, La. Officers H. E. Bradshaw W. M. A. W. Gleason, Jr S. D. A. G. Yarborough S. W. J. T. Ratliff (P.M.) J. D. R. V. Glassell J. W. J. J. Douglas M. C. J. F. Walters (P.M.) Treasurer W. M. Yarborough...} M. M. Waldroup (P.M.)..Secretary M. P. Connell \ R. T. Douglas (P.M.) Chaplain H. E. Connell (P.M.) Tyler 272 BOSTEE OF LODGES

Past Masters A. M. Stroud R. T. Douglas J. F. Walters J. M. Brown W. L. Byers B. J. Haygood, Jr. H. C. Wyche H. L. Whitlow J. T. Ratliff M. M. Waldroup W. V. Lunn H. E. Connell A. W. Gleason Total, 54 members. Initiated—William Emmett Gleason. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William Moreland Yarborough. Passed and Raised—William E. Dixon. Died—W.. C. Dawson. Demitted—H. B. Leeton, R. D. Campbell.

COTTON VALLEY LODGE No. 335. Organized October 7, 1908, at Cotton Valley, Parish of Webster. Char- tered February 16th, 1910. Meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays in each month. P. O. Box 1302.

Officers John A. Moody (P.M.) W. M. Wayne V. Metcalf S. D. E. C. Yeates S. W. E. W. Smith J. D. J. E. Fowles, Jr J. W. Ossie F. Walker M. C C. C. Lewis Treasurer J. E. Hobbs 1 at A H. A. Ludwig Secretary J. T. Roberts j btewaras R. W. Singleton Chaplain B. W. Wooten Tyler (Not a member) J. T. Roberts Marshall

Past Masters M. S. Browning E. H. Staten R. F. Stephenson W. M." Burrow J. A. Moody A. H. Sinclair C. R. Lemley D. E. Moore Total, 63 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Ben W. Wooten, Wayne V. Metcalf, J. E. Fowles, Jr.. J. E. Hobbs, Garrett E. Steed, Richard Filmore Cox. Passed and Raised—B. Otho Dickerson. Affiliated—H. A. Ludwig. Reinstated—Duff W. Merritt, George G. Booth. Died—H. F. Wilmer, W. M. Burrow (P.M.), G. F. Howell. Demitted—A. L. DeRoach, Jr., John F. Mitchell, Dewey E. Moore (P.M.), Geo. L. Frye, R. F. Stephenson (P.M.) Dropped, Residence Unknown—C. R. Lemley (P.M.) Suspended. N. P. D.—Ellis Perkins, Jesse L. Cox, W. C. Anderson, C. L. Harper, C. C. Scarborough, J. F. Mclnnis. ROSTER OF LODGES 273

SUN LODGE No. 336. Organized May 7th, 1908, at Sun, Parish of St. Tammany. Chartered February 16th, 1910. Meets first Saturday in each month. Address of Secretary: Rio, La. Officers Luzon Pierce W. M R. C. Cooper S. D. Nelson Grantham S. W. E. H. Byrd J. D. Chas. T. Edgerton J. W. W. E. Williams M. C. O. S. Williams Treasurer A. D. Talley _ 1 Qt™or.,ia S. C. Mizell (P.M.) Secretary Hermon Byrd ( &tewaras C. E. Kennedy Chaplain W. F. Kahl Tyler Past Masters J. M. Mitchell J. L. Richardson Victor Grantham Walter Pierce S. C. Mizell J. R. Richardson John Quave Fred Mizell I. A. Parker Total, 68 members. Initiated—John R. Bush. Initiated and Passed—Marne Thompson, E. H. Kivett. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Lawton Thomas, Thomas Lasley Cooper, Ogise Richardson. Passed and Raised—Charles F. Edgerton. Raised—W. H. Creel. Reinstated—J. D. Thomas, J. E. Parker, D. L. Mizell, R. C. Cooper, N. C. Barbari, Maxie D. Stephens. Suspended. N. P. D.—Whit W. Talley, N. M. Kivett, Horatio Mitchell.

ZONA LODGE No. 337. Organized May 14th, 1909, at Zona, Washington Parish. Moved to Enon, Washington Parish, 1931. Chartered February 16th, 1910. Meets first and third Thursday nights. Officers Nathan W. Pittmann W. M. T. E. Williams S. D Charley M. Jones S. W. G. W. Knight (P.M.) J. D. Collins C. Pope (P.M.) J. W. Ernest Moore. M. C. Edward Jenkins Treasurer E. D. Sheridan (P.M.) 1 otpward* Wade Lastee Polk Secretary C. A. Stewart (P.M.) y J. B. Jones Chaplain Jim Jenkins Tyler Past Masters Ollie L. Bass G. W. Knight J. D. Rogers C. A. Stewart E. D. Sheridan C. C. Pope G. L. Mcllwain Nathan W. Pittmann Total, 28 members Initiated—Iddo K. Corkern. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Wadd Lastee Polk, Frank Hardy Provost, Wm. Harold Armstrong. Passed and Raised—J. Benpamin Jones, Oliver E. Bullard, Clarence E. Lott. Reinstated—Henry H. Jones, E. H. Stryker, Edward Jenkins, John A. Rexford. Suspended. N. P. D.—J. Fred McClelland (P.M.), Frank Ezell. 274 EOSTER OF LODGES

PITKIN LODGE No. 338. Organized at Pitkin, Vernon Parish, February 27th, 1909. Chartered February 16th, 1910. Meets on the second and fourth Monday in each month. Address of Secretary, Pitkin, La. Officers C. W. Carson (P.M.) W. M. Ben. E. Poe (P.M.) S. D. Geo. B. Nye __..S. W. William J. Smith, Sr J. D. James D. Moore J. W. D. J. Giles (P.M.) M. C. Thos. F. Arnold (P.M.)..Treasurer R. Strother (P.M.).... j „,. . Ben F. Pitman (P.M.)..Secretary L. P. Sigler (P.M.)....} &lewaras J. A. Heard (P.M.) Chaplain Martin C. Matthis Tyler Past Masters J. Addison Heard R. Strother David J. Giles Leonard P. Sigler Charles W. Carson T. F. Arnold. Leslie M. Hill Mack L. Green *Ben F. Pittman *Ben E. Poe James H. Smith *By Affiliation. Total, 49 members. Initiated—Traven Self, Alton J. Cain, Hubert D. Pittman. Passed—Louis L. Sweat. Raised—Simmie Nolen Heard. Reinstated—Joe H. Johnson, J. D. Robon. Died—Wm. H. Matthis. Suspended, N. P. D.—L. B. Davidson.

CHOUDRANT LODGE No. 339. Organized September 17th, 1909, Choudrant, Lincoln Parish. Char- tered February 7th, 1911. Meets on the second Saturday in each month. P. O., Choudrant.

Officers W. L. Simmons W. M. O. W. Hogan (P.M.) S. D. M. E. Kidd (P.M.) S. W. G. W. Gillum J. D. C. L. Maddin J. W. M. D. Hogan (P.M.) .^M. C. W. A. Sanderson (P.M.) Treasurer E. A. Hammons 1 W. G. Kelly (P.M.) Secretary E. Lamar Capps j J. N. Gipson Chaplain J. S. Pipes ...Tyler Past Masters W. A. Sanderson O. W. Hogan W. G. Kelly M. E. Kidd M. D. Hogan Total, 23 members. Initiated—Murph C. Andirsch. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Clyde F. Baxton, Edgar Lamar Capps. Reinstated—J. L. Hogan. Died—A. R. Kinman (P.M.), H. M. Bagley. Suspended, N. P. D.—O. C. Aulds, N. M. Kinman, John T. Robei'ls. ROSTER OF LODGES 275

PIONEER LODGE No. 340. Organized at Pioneer, West Carroll Parish, November 3d, 1909. Char- tered February 7th, 1911. Meets on the first Wednesday night. P. O. .Address of Secretary: Epps, La. Officers D. L. Dickinson (P.M.) W. M. J. J. Joyce, Jr S. D. M. N. Lipp S. W. W. W. Head J. D. Jewel B. Head J. W. J. J. Flake M. C. R. D. Fryday (P.M.) Treasurer W. E. Huffman (P.M.) | W. K. Newton Secretary B. F. Ban-on \ T. I. Head (P.M.) Chaplain A. D. Hart Tyler

Past Masters Thos. I. Head D. L. Dickinson J. Cecil Roberts W. E. Huffman Robert D. Fryday Total, 75 members Raised—Wilson K. Newton. Reinstated—Jewell W. Pigott, James T. Smith, L. L. Hale. Demitted—Jewell W. Pigott, Marion T. Lipp.

LITTLE RIVER LODGE No. 341. Organized at Rochelle, Grant Parish, March 26th, 1910. Chartered February 7th, 1911. Meets on the first and third Saturdays of each month. P. O. Rochelle. Officers Frank Warren W. M S. B. Sims S. D H. H. Penticost (P.M.) S. W. Carl Harter J. D W. V. Jones J. W. C. C. Killingsworth (P.M.)..M. C. J. C. Hannegan (P.M.)-Treasurer Pat Burns } „. . H. A. Davis (P.M.) Secretary G. A. Wall ] otewaras J. P. Downs (P.M.) Chaplain W. E. Young (P.M.) Tyler Past Masters V. A. Thompson J. C. Thompson L. S. Russell H. A. Davis V. H. Loflin J. C. Hannegan Hy. H. Pentecost Troy T. Black C. C. Killingsworth J. C. Killingsworth, Jr. D. L. Burrus W. E. Young J. P. Downs. H. L. Hall Total, 67 members. Initiated—Albert J. Elias. Initiated, Passed and Raised—S. B. Sims, John P. Gilmore, Charles J. Speaks, George A. Wall. Affiliated—W. V. Jones. Reinstated—W. O. Weaver, Cortez Harris, Alvin Keen, L. A. Dennis, G. C. Hemphill, Lee Roy Bruce, W. H. Dorden, A. L. Mayson. Died—Ted Graham, Charlie Hester, J. F. Womack. Demitted—J. L. Ward. Suspended, N. P. D.—E. F. Fort, Cortez Harris, J. W. Tooke, J. T, Harris, E. E. Watson. 276 ROSTER OF LODGES

MOORINGSPORT LODGE No. 342. Organized at Mooringsport, Caddo Parish, April 6th, 1910. Chartered February 7th, 1911. Meets on the second and fourth Fridays in each month. Officers W. C. Wallace W. M. E. Johnson... S. D. B. B. Jones (P.M.) S. W. B. L. Grace J. D. L. F. Twitchell J. W. J. C. Daniels (P.M.) M. C. W. S. Farquhar (P.M.)..Treasurer J. M. Miller } W. M. Eastham Secretary F. B. Bickham } C. H. Mathis Chaplain R. L. Martin Tyler Past Masters B. D. Jones Geo. W. Carver C. E. Brasher C. A. Seybert W. S. Farquhar L. W. Watts J. C. Daniels Total, 91 members. Initiated—Alfred Dewey Pope, Ray Edwin Hardy. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John Dee Reneau, Ira Willie McKnight. Reinstated—Wm. H. Vaughan, A. D. Colter, W. M. Lawrence, Lee Holland. Died—G. Unruh, H. J. Pitts, E. A. McDowell. Demitted—Veal Lernoine, Lee Holland. Dropped, Residence Unknown—C. H. Havens. Suspended, N. P. D.—W. N. Alexander, Arch' Clevenger, R. R. Hobson, R. A. Pearce, W. H. Waldron.

ROBELINE LODGE No. 344. Organized at Robeline, Natchitoches Parish, August 27th, 1910. Char- tered February 7th, 1911. Meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Name changed from Victoria to Robeline by Grand Lodge Feb. 1926. Officers Percy Williams W. M. O. M. Lay (P.M.) S. D. Thomas L. Ward S. W. Lawrence Fox J. D. Kermit Pharris J. W. T. B. Jackson, Jr M. C. E E. Jordan Treasurer O. A. Slater (P.M.).... } a. . Thomas R. Marsalis Secretary J. E. Whitley f btewaras C. R. Yarborough (P.M.) Chaplain L. W. Jacob, Sr Tyler Past Masters Luther Page Charles R. Yarbrough O. M. Lay O. A. Slater R. H. Manning J. V. Jordan E. T. Cutrer Geo. K. Dills Total, 57 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Chris C. Stoker, T. B. Jackson, Jr., Thomas Ray Marsalis, Troy Lee Bonds. Affiliated—Posey L. Holland. ROSTER OF LODGES 27?

LIVE OAK LODGE No. 346. Organized at Lake Arthur, Jefferson Davis Parish, October 29th, 1910. Chartered February 7th, 1911. Meets on the first and third Mondays in each month. Lake Arthur, Box 101. Officers John L. Shafer W. M. S. R. Stewart (P.M.) S. D. Robert O. Doland S. W. J. H. Fletcher J. D. Max F. Shoemaker J. W. R. A. Lyons (P.M.) M. C. W. M. Buchanan (P.M.) Treasurer C. E. Reddell (P.M.).. { atowa rt H. A. Hudson (P.M.)....Secretary Wilson Broussard J oiewaras E. A. Lyon (P. M.) Chaplain Gordon Mack Tyler Past Masters J. F. Stevens A. E. Glasson S. R. Stewart J. L. McCrary B. S. Marquart T. C. Hedges W. M. Buchanan R. A. Lyons D. G. Jones Blair Buchanan R. R. Lyon Charles E. Reddell H. A. Hudson E. A. Lyon Total, 54 members. Initiated and Passed—Omar V. Laurents. Raised—Eugene P. Gilmore. Reinstated—D. A. McCann, G. G. Streater. Died—A. G. Murray. Demitted—Ralph H. Potter, D. A. McCann.

SPRINGHILL LODGE No. 348. Organized at Springhill, Webster Parish, La. Chartered February 7th, 1912. Meets on the first and third Thursday night of each month. Officers Kenneth O. Martin W. M. J. H. Barnes J. D. Dewey E Moore S. W. R. A. Honeycutt M. C. Frank D. Milner J. W. I. A. Holland } qtnwnrda B. L. Mcllveene Treasurer L. E. Sigler..... f Calvin K. Bearden Secretary Ralph P. Darst Tyler D. W. O'Bier Chaplain T. M. Guilliams Marshal L. A. Jenkins S. D. Joe Sutton Hon. Chaplain Past Masters R. L. Ensey L. W. Miller M. T. Browning J. C. Jarnagin Sam L. Webb Earl E. Morgan D. G. Tyler A. M. Crews G. L. Cobb T. O. Blunt R. F. Kaufman Total, 92 members. Initiated—James Chester Turner, Sherrel Doran Mcllveene, Roy Byrnes Trammell, Odys David Dollar. Initiated, Passed and Raised—James Drew McLaren, Bernard Moody Cox, Sr., Ira Aldred Holland, Luther Alvin Jenkins, Emmett William Misenheimer, Amos Christian Andrews, Jr., Elmo Merrell Cox, 278 ROSTEK OF LODGES

Frank Davis Milner, Ralph P. Darst, John Henry Barnes, George Washington Henry, Strand Murray Wise, Durward Athney Kent, Rob- ert Austin Honeycutt. Passed and Raised—Ted David King. Raised—Julius Hilton Walters, Don Carlos Faulks. Affiliated—Delos L. Byrd, Amos Christian Andrews, Sr., George Gannon. Reinstated—G. R. Miller. Demitted—Albert H. Ferguson, William Washington Berry, R. B. Wofford, Carlie L. Crain (P.M.), C. W. Shumate. Dropped, Residence Unknown—E. E. Baccus. Suspended. N. P. D.—David Cutchins, S. P. Trammell.

ELTON LODGE No. 349. Organized at Elton, Jefferson Davis Parish, February 22d, 1911. Char- tered February 7th, 1912. Meets second and fourth Tuesdays of each month.' P. O. Address of Secretary, Elton, La. Officers Quinton G. Bealer W. M. Robert H. Brower (P.M.) S. D. Robert Fulton S. W. Preston Vallet J. D. Ray McClelland J. W. W. E. Southerlin M. C. G. W. Jenkens (P.M.)....Treasurer W.A. Fletcher (P.M.) } „ ' , Herman H. Carradine....Secretary Millsaps D. Meek { ntewarau Wyatt Anderson (P.M.)-.Chaplain J. M. Estes Tyler Past Masters Geo. W. Jenkens W. O. Wall. Robert H. Brower N. D. Roberts W. A. Meek Claud A. Reeve Wyatt Anderson W. A. Fletcher. Day Farley J. H. McClelland H. M. Sigler Total, 43 members. Initiated—Walter H. Tietje. Initiated and Passed—Rev. Clarence B. Krummow. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Carl Henry Allen, Olner Blair Allen, Earl Eugene Allen, Preston Vallet, Herman H. Carradine, William Fuiton. Raised—Ray McClelland. Reinstated—Robert Seth Melton. Suspended, N. P. D.—Irwin W. Lane, Samuel L. Daniels, C. C. Faust.

BRYCELAND LODGE No. 350. Organized at Bryceland, Bienville Parish, La., May 4th, 1911. Char- tered February 7th, 1912. Meets first and third Saturday night, each month. Officers O. L. Boddie (P.M.) W. M. D. A. Pullig S. D. W. G. Pullig (P.M.) S. W. C. H. Daniel J. D. O. A. Simmons J. W. R. H. Stewart M. C. J. E. Jones Treasurer J. S. Ware } Stewards J. T. Chaffin (P.M.) Secretary T. J. Whitley \ P. B. Henderson Chaplain J. H. McKee Tyler KOSTEK OF LODGES 279

Past Masters O. L. Boddie J. T. Chaffin W. G. Pullig J. B. Ware Total, 31 members. Initiated, passed and raised: Willis Barnie Long. Reinstated—J. L. Taylor, J. P. Walker. Demitted—J. P. Walker. Suspended, N. P. D.—Arnold Birtis Caskey, W. C. Harrison,

SHONGALOO LODGE No. 352.

Organized at Shongaloo, Webster Parish, La., February 25th, 1911. Chartered February 11th, 1913. Meets Saturday before third Sunday in each month. Officers B. E. Lindsey (P.M.) W. M. Glenn J. Morgan S. D. A. C. Burns (P.M.) S. W. Durell J. Modisette J. D. Aubrey Clifton Sanders J. W. Chester H. Johnson M. C. C. O. Bailey Treasurer Loy Cox j Awards J. B. Prye (P.M.) Secretary Richard L. Cox } biewaras J. Louis Munn Chaplain J. Walter Lindsey Tyler Past Masters John J. Slack E. E, Lindsey J. W. Adkins J. B. Prye A. C. Burns Total, 26 Members. Initiated and Passed—Lloyd D. Whitaker. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Glenn Jerry Morgan, Aubrey Clifton Sanders, Durrell J. Modisette, Chester H. Johnson. Passed and Raised—Andrew J. Modisette. Affiliated—Loy Cox. Reinstated—Harvey A. Fletcher. Died—W. L. Camp. Demitted—William James West. Dropped, Residence Unknown—Sid E. Thomas. Suspended, N. P. D.—Fritz L. Spence, Marion M. Branton.

GLENMORA LODGE No. 356. Organized at Glenmora, Parish of Rapides, April 13th, 1912. Char- tered February 11th, 1913. Meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month. Glenmora. Officers J. W. Britt W. M. Fred H. McKnight S. D. Win. B. Graves S. W. Cephas E. Ebert J. D. J. E. Davis J. W. Robt. M. Carter M. C. Geo W. Monroe (P.M.) ....Treas. J. S. Robison (P.M.) { „. . Owen R. Phillips (P.M.) Sec'y. Jeff R. Wells ] stewards J. M. Love Chaplain Ino. L. Stockman Tyler 280 KOSTER OF LODGES

Past Masters Geo. M. Monroe L. B. Mathews J. S. Roblson L. B. Phillips H. A. Bremer B. F. Bremer J. L. Orr W. H. Gilmore John P. Davis D. J. Milner Owen R. Phillips Total, 75 members. Initiated—Charles D. Nugent. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Robt. M. Carter. Robt. E. McCallum, Jeff D. Wells, Edward Orr, Eddie M. Farris, Joseph S. Johnson. Affiliated—Roy A. Redd. Reinstated—Paul H. Hemphill, Thos. E. Quarles, James P. Pen- nington, Jno. F. Meyer. Died—Jno. T. Calhoun, Alfred Ray Hyde, Wm. E. Britt (P.M.) Demitted—C. L. Forrest. Suspended, N. P. D.—E. M. Stokes.

COLLINSTON LODGE No. 357. Organized at Collinston, Morehouse Parish, May 1st, 1912. Chartered February 11th, 1913. Meets on second Tuesday each month and on Sts. Johns' Days. Officers William J. George (P.M.).-W. M. Wilson B. Hopgood S. D. William B. Puckett S. W. James M. Sides J. D. Robert W. Reid J. W. Jack T. Ellis M. C. John I. Pagan Treasurer Cecil Case ) „. warj. Jerry D. Pettiss Secretary Torris F. Eldridge .... \ oleWllru8 Robert A. Harper (P.M.) ....Chap. John M. Goodnight (P.M.)....Tyler Past Masters Chas. B. Mason, Sr. J. R. Harkness Robert A. Harper Ed. Morris, Sr. J. M. Goodnight Alton B. Norsworthy William J. George Total, 41 members. Initiated—Rufus William Hegwood, Frank Boyd, John Macom Pen- dleton, Jr., Carl LeRoy Norsworthy. Initiated and Passed—Robert Leon Brown. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Jack Thomas Ellis. Passed and Raised—Cecil Case. Affiliated—John Iness Pagan. Reinstated—Donnie B. Eldridge, Ambrose Meeks, William R. Har- rington, Henry S. Hanks, Windsor D. Puckett, LeRoy Bilberry. Demitted—William R. Harrington, Howard H. Haynes. Suspended, N. P. D.—-Will P. Dunn, Chas. J. Raney, Ivey T. Rob- ertson, Albert S. Shepherd. ROSTER OF LODGES '281

SIMCOE WALMSLEY LODGE No. 359.

Organized March 4th, 1914. Chartered February 2nd, 1915. Cypress, Natchitoches Parish. Stated meetings second and fourth Mondays in each month at 7:30 P. M. (Weaver). P. O. Address of Secretary, Flora, La.

Officers A. H. Plummer ,..W. M. S. S. Williams (P.M.) S. D. W. L. Trant S. W. Felix Scroggins (P.M.) J. D. J. E. Faust (P.M.) J. W. H. N. Beasley M. C. L. M, Nowlin (P.M.) ....Treasurer E. H. Holder (P.M.) ) „. , B. F. Roberts Secretary J. H. Simpson (P.M.) J Blew Jimmie C. Groves (P.M.)....Chap. Jos. E. Mitcham (P.M.) Tyler

Past Masters Frank Dennison Joe M. Golden Felix Scroggins. J. H. Simpson L. M. Nowlin. S. S. Williams. I. B. Dowden Eugene H. .Holder Jimmie C. Groves J. E. Faust R. L. Sims Jos. E. Mitcham Total, 39 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Hoy Lee Williams. Passed and Raised—John Wiley Nichols. . Reinstated—A. D. Dunn, John Airhart, Earl S. Spier. Demitted—John Airhart. Suspended, N. P. D.—W. J. Price.

BETHANY LODGE No. 360. Organized March 7th, 1914. Chartered February 2d, 1915. Campti, Natehitoehes Parish. Meets 2nd and 4th Thursday nights. Officers *J. N. Brown (P.M.) W. M. H. L. Raphiel - S. D. A. C. Stiles (P.M.) S. W. Adrian Land J. D. A. H. Mitchell J. W. Homer Graham M. C. Robert Hart Treasurer L.. M. Jackson. 1 Q, rt Chas. C. Collier Secretary A. A. Paphiel | lt D. C. Land Chaplain Curtis Stiles Tyler Past Masters A. C. Stiles *J. N. Brown Total, 20 members. Initiated—Teet L. Bamberg. * Affiliated—J. N. Brown (P.M.) Reinstated—T. E. Jackson, Homer Graham, R. P. Mayes, Adrian Land. Suspended, N. P. D.—W. J. Smith. *January 14, 1943. 282 ROSTER OF LODGES

INVINCIBLE LODGE No. 361.

Organized April 25th, 1914. Chartered February 2d, 1915, New Orleans, Parish of Orleans. Meets first and third Wednesdays in each month. Officers Gunder A. Berry W. M. William X Anderson, Jr J. D. Owens B. Polk S. W. Robert B. Evans M. C. Almon J. Smith, Jr. J. "W. Clar. A. Anderson .. ] Alvin Y. Villars (P.M.) Treas. Florent Retz, Jr I ctpwslr(iH Frank Vidacovich (P.M.) ..Sec'y. Julius Schmidt \ William H. Cook (P.M.)..Chaplain William J. Taylor .... J Albert E. Arnoult S. D. George M. Ziegler Tyler

Past Masters Rufus E. Bruce Roy R. Wales Jas. D. Cuthell Theo. F. Schroeder Philip A. Gaudet Willard J. Fetterly Frank VidacoTlch Vincent W. Nunez Arthur H. Khern, Sr. John E. Jackson Alvin Y. Villars Ernest C. Belmont Paul J. Vidacovich Barney M. Landry Raymond Sherrard Isaac Morals Wiilliam H. Cook Total, HO1 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Florent Retz, Jr., Robert Barthole- mew Evans, George William Crawford, John William Taylor, William Joseph Taylor, Loyd Lee Smith, Clarence Albert Anderson. Passed and Raised—Aubrey Ellis Sharp. Affiliated—Francis Wesley Nelson, Magnus E. Wiklund. Reinstated—Edward Savage, William Simon Collett, Graden Luther Forrest. Died—Bernard D. Argus, Jr., Joseph Paul Vitrano, Lee Joseph Rome. Dropped, Residence Unknown—George Frank Baxter, Roy Corbin. Suspended, N. P. D.—Peter Ignatius Aiena, Warren Coons, Harry John Post, Herbert E. Riddle.

JOPPA LODGE No. 362. Organized September 16th 1914. Shreveport, Caddo Parish. Chartered February 2d, 1915. Meets on first and third Fridays of each month. P. O. Box 382. Officers A. B. Morris W. M. Mack Sneed S. D. G. S. Stott S. W. Ev. C. McClanahan J. D. B. D. Battle J. W. Geo. B. Willis M. C. T. B. Peyton (P.M.) ....Treasurer Mack Sneed 1 „. . A. M. Richmond (P.M.) Sec'y. Ev. C. McClanahan....} ^Haras S. A. Seegers Chaplain Walter Daniels .....Tyler ROSTER OF LODGES 283

Past Masters H. S. Weston Percy R. Elliott W. H. Linxwller E. A. Glllispie C. S. Edwards Olin P. Oden J. E. Goodwin A. M. Richmond Wm. G. Phelps J. C. Flanagan, H. H. Bain, Sr., P.G.M. H. V. Casey W. M. Guice, Jr. Jas. Galloway J. H. Davison T. B. Peyton L. C. Allen W. F. Collie, Sr. J. U. Galloway T. F. Parker J.. E. Cawthon James Galloway J. B. Whitney Total, 365 members. Initiated—Clifton Lafayette Bruner, Laney Clifton Sweatt. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Harry S. Weston, Jr., Leon Williams, Thomas Elijah Walton, Jr., Willis Munn Herring, Gordon McKee Carr, Roy Herring. Passed—Jimmie Virgil Valentine. Passed and Raised—John Herschell Woodall, Ross Hoss Worley, Lester Edison Frost, William Ambrose McMichael, Jr. Affiliated—Jerry L. Smith, Sidney Alexander Seegers, William Arnold Peacock, Rolla Lewis Long, Felix Princeton Bufkin. Reinstated—Leland Monroe Guice, Otha Alvis Akin, William Shel- ton Gray, Tom Ben Carpenter, Walter Thomas Carruth, George Mor- rison Simpson, Hal M. Arthur, Andrew Julian Sponcler, Richard Ed- ward Allen, John C. Hardin, Samuel B. John«, Troy Reed Flynt. Died—Leland Monroe Guice, Elmer A. Adams, Frank Monroe. Demitted—Perry Edison Burns, Clarence Elmer Meeker, Coleman M. Terry, Harold M. Oakes. Suspended, N. P. D.—Harry J. Adams, Omer Albert Brown, Charles Miner Dorchester, Herbert Hadley Duncan, John Pryor Durham, Ed- ward Charles Gerhardt, John Gant Hayes, James Varner Haynes, James Winborn Lawton, James Herschel Lewis, Marion Alfred Rush- ing, James L. Simpson, William Wood Stone, William Heyer Yarrell.

HODGE LODGE No. 363. Organized at Hodge, Jackson Parish, June 9th. 1915. Chartered Feb- ruary 8th, 1916 Meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. Officers G. W. Acklin W. M. H. F. Daricek S. D. Ed Askew (P.M.) S. W. H. J. Hammons J. D. J. P. Gimber J. W. Aaron Pitre M. C. Tom Taylor Treasurer Clyde Miles } „, fl R. B. Jones (P.M.) Secretary F. P. Miles f stewards H. B. Durham Chaplain C. W. Zuber Tyler Past Masters R. B. Jones H. M. Wisdom W. H. Day J. S. Burks Ed. Askew Noel E. Rasbury Albert G. Wilson Total, 43 members. 284 ROSTER OF LODGES

Initiated—Grady M. Brown, R. B. Blalock. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Aaron Pitre. Reinstated—Douglas D. Tait, John Ennis Sorrells. Suspended, N. P. D.—H. Q. Causey, M. P. Miller, D. C. McLean (P.M.), J. C. McConathy.

VINTON LODGE No. 364. Organized at Vinton, Calcasieu Parish, August 8tk, 1915. Chartered February 8th 1916. Meets on the second and fourth Wednesday. P. O. Box 176. Officers R. W. Wiggins W. M. W. C. Burleson S. D. E, E. McCullen S. W. C. Z. Futch J. D. George, W. Boudreaux J. W. A. B. Finn M. C. M. J. Maufman (P.M.) ..Treasurer C. Bergstedt (P.M.) } — . B. J. Blanchard (P.M.)..Secretary W. J. Gross ] stewards J. F. Reaney (P.M.) Chaplain W. E. Williams Tyler Past Masters S. J. Welsh E. I. Kaufman R. L. Chesser A. H. Forman J. B. Taylor S. W. Maxwell J. F. Ellis S. L. Sweeney L. O. Campbell B. J. Blanchard S. S. Ecker J. H. Langdon T. W. Rowe M. L. Vincent F. C. Channell, Jr. M. J. Kaufman H. M. Lane Cecil E. Bergstedt D. C. Wells J. F. Reaney T. N. Garrison J. W. Williams J. B. Mouton A. M. Teral Total, 109 members. Initiated—Ervin L. Dorman, Carl E. Cormier, John Hylan Cour- mier. Initiated and Passed—Roy L. Ravia. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Emmett Esco McCullen, George Washington Boudreaux, Carlis Z. Futch. Passed—Thedford Rhees Parker. Raised—Ed. Lonier. Affiliated—H. T. Passmore. Reinstated—C. C. Kowen.

IDEAL LODGE No. 367. Chartered February 6th, 1917. Organized under Dispensation May 11th, 1916. New Orleans, Parish of Orleans. Meets second and fourth Fridays in each month. Officers Ernest R. W. Beckemeyer ..W. M. Charles N. Burgdorf (P.M.).-S. D. Leo S. Kolwe S. W. Henry Kerth (P.M.) J. D. Charles E. Schmidt J. W. G. G. Jaquest (P.M.) M. C. Clarence A. Palmer (P.M.)-.Treas. A. J. Peterson ) „. . Wm. C. Creevy (P.M.).-Secretary L. J. Peterson J Otto F. Beckemeyer (P.M.)..Chap. F. C. Vaeth (P.M.) Tyler IiOSTEK OF LODGES 285

Past Masters John A. Davilla, Jr. Henry Kerth William C. Creevy Roy B. Bodet George O. Briant Frederick C. Vaeth Lawrence N. Hubert John F. Auderer Charles N. Burgdorf Clarence A. Palmer Gustav G. Jaquet Albert H. Long John C. Heausler C. A. McConchie F. R. Lutenbacher, Jr. Joseph B. David Karl M. Rahm, Jr. Otto F. Beckemeyer Erwin C. David Total, 80 members. Initiated and Passed—Theodore Joseph Pujol. Reinstated—Leonard Earl Barnes, Chester Alton Thomas, Arthur A. Warwick, Frank R. Lutenbacher, Jr. (P.M.), George J. Fals.

GALILEO-MAZZINI LODGE No. 368. Organized at New Orleans, Orleans Parish, April 26th 1917. Chartered February 6th 1918. Meets second and fourth Thursdays in each month. Officers George V. Virgets W. M. Salvador L. Danna S. D. Luke Cutrera S. W. Angelo LoPresto (P.M.) J. D. Holton Winchester J. W. V. LaNasa (P.M.) Almoner Frank Guiffre (P.M.) ..Treasurer A. Diamond I. G. George G. Pesce (P.M.) Secretary R. Sighinolfi (P.M.) } Sam Papa (P.M.) Chaplain M. Diosini (P.M.) .... } Stewards Joseph Papa M. E. F. Brown J Carlo M. LoPresto M. C. Frank Sciaccia (P.M.) Tyler Past Masters Louis J. Pizzolato A. E. ScMro Albert Pappalardo Francesco Giuffre Vincenzo LaNasa Philip Cusumano P. Terranova G. Pesce Michel Diosini R. Sighinolfi Geo. J. Puglia A. Lopresto A. Giarratano G. Ruggiero Sam Papa Joseph Puglia Frank Sciacca Total, 66 members. Initiated—Henry A. Loeffler. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Samuel M. Lewis, Alfred Frederich, Diamond, Frank Guercio, John R. Hammack, Marion F. Scarlata, Carlo M. LoPresto, Joseph A. Kulivan, Frank Brown, Salvador L. Danna, Erick M. Nordland, Jack LaNasa. Passed and Raised—Frank Chifici, Lawrence Louis Thomas, Be-n J. LeBlanc. Affiliated—Bazo T. Petrovich. Reinstated—Jack Cosland, John Pace, Tony J. Anzalone. Died—Saverio Palermo, Libario Formusa. Suspended, N. P. D.—Frank Costagna, P. Bertucci, F. Accordo. 286 ROSTER OP LODGES

FOUR RIVERS LODGE No. 369. Chartered February 5th 1918. Jonesville, Catahoula Parish, Louisi- ana. Stated meetings on the first and third Thursdays in each month. Officers M. T. Dowdy W. M. M. L. Levy S. D. C. C. Elkins , S. W. Dewey Parish .J. D. Lee Young J. W. Freddie Fairbanks M. C. D. E. Brown (P.M.) Treasurer C. J. Farrar ) F. H. Shiel (P.M.) Secretary James H. Kitchens .. j Walter Enete, Sr.(P.M.)..Chaplain C. E. Enete Tyler Past Masters W. L. Enete, Sr. D. E. Brown Lewis C. Spencer Ernest Young, Jr. R. B. Fritz Fred H-. Shiel Tal C. Gibson W. C. Brown, Jr. Total, 55 members. Initiated—Basil Guice Trunzler. Initiated and Passed—Larry Nelson Walker. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Wedon Temple Smith, Robert Lee Scott, Ernest Halbert Scott, Jr., Lee Elijah Young, Freddie Vernon Fairbanks, Henry Govan Taliaierro, Charlie Floyd Walker, Joe Mearn Francis, Madison Monroe Fannin. Passed and Raised—John Clarence Guinn, Morton L. Levy, Dewey Parish. Affiliated—James H. Kitchens, Charles Calvin Elkins. Reinstated—Walter Enete, Jr. Died—George W. Davis (P.M.). Suspended, N. P. D.—W. F. Calhoun, W. C. Stroud, James Kirby, Jr.

CROWVILLE LODGE No. 370. At Crowville, Parish of Franklin, Louisiana. Instituted under dis pensation April 6th, 1917. Chartered February 6th, 1918. Meets on the first and third Saturdays in each month. Crowville, La.

Officers A. T. Riser (P.M.) W. M. Charley Richardson (P.M.) S. D. C. J. Gordy S. W. Jake Neatherland J. D. M. H. Riser (P.M.) J. W. J. L. Busby M. C. R. D. Harper Treasurer Lee McDuffie I at Aa B. B. Faulk (P.M.) Secretary A. P. Spearman } oiewaras C. W. Flowers Chaplain J. L. Parker '(P.M.) Tyler U0STI2K OF LODGES 28?

Past Masters A. T. Riser B. Nichols W. O. Busby W. I. Hair, Jr. Charley Richardson M. H. Riser W. A. Pylant Herman Neatherland B. B. Faulk J. L. Parker Total, 68 members. Initiated—Sam McMurry. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Arthur Paul Spearman. Passed and Raised—Wesley Roy Andrews. Reinstated—Henry H. Powell, Sam B. Hathorn, I. B. Peters, David Solamon. Suspended, N. P. D.—T. A. Pierce, H. H. Powell.

BATON ROUGE LODGE No. 372.

Organized March 13th, 1918. Chartered February 4th 1919. P. O. Box 2025. Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge. Meets first and third Mondays. Officers Clarence A. Portenberry ....W. M. James A. Pritzen S. D. Guy L. Russell S. W. Jacob M. Kahn J. D. Henry B. Dufour J. W. Albert Laughlin M. C. J. M. Shanahan (P.M.)..Treasurer James R. Pitts, Sr. j _. . M. V. Robbins (P.M.)....Secretary Leon Powers, Jr J ftewaras W. H. Eilers (P.M.) Chaplain Angus B. Burch Tyler Past Masters Morris Marx Edgar A. Sower J. Clyde Pearce Charles F. A. Brown *Jas. D. Doyle Jos. M. Shanahan Herbert S. Benjamin *Felix Schmullen William L. Ferguson Warren. O. Watson Milton V. Robbins Ray P. Forrest Bennett H. Farrier Clarence J. Huguet Byron R. Kantrow Gay G. Martin Jas. Ottis White Roy L. Berry Werner H. Eilers •Affiliation. Total, 216 members. Initiated—Robert L. Harris. Initiated and Passed—James A. Ellis. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Dewey A. Payer, William R. Flory, Winfield S. H. Simmons, Jasper Carl Williamson. Passed and Raised—Fritz B. Harris. Affiliated—James R. Pitts, Homer M. Tanner, Everett C. Magee. Reinstated—William L. Fortenberry, Isaac L. Thomas, Samuel L. Day, Frederick A. Blanche, Robert E. Lee, Fred C. O'Rourke, Samuel P. Dubois, Adolphe A. Diez, Porte R. Bahm. Died—Otis C. Edwards. Demitted—Walter L. Fortenberry, Samuel P. Dubois, Giles W. Gray. Suspended, N. P. D.—Carl J. Hauer, Robert L. Wilson, Elmer S. Wood. 288 ROSTER OF LODGES

LEVEL LODGE No. 373. Organized April 22d, 1918. Chartered February 4th 1919. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets first and third Mondays.

Officers Nicholas Gentilich W. M. Ivy J. King S. D. L. O. Martiny S. W. Ben Weaver J. D. Thos. P. Lonergan J. W. M. J. McNulty M. C. J. F. Peytral, Jr. (P.M.) Treasurer A. J. Barthet ) „,. , J. Rasch Secretary M. Quaid } biewaras H. I. Habighorst (P.M.) Chaplain Geo. C. Eckert Tyler

Past Masters J. H. Stafford F. E. Salzer Robt. Powers, Jr. Paul B. Habans Chas. J. Baggese Henry N. Hezeau Carl A. Thorpe O. C. Geisinger A. J. Sullivan ' Jules F. Peytral, Jr. L. S. Modenbach W. H. Hindson Jules F. Peytral, Sr. F. C. Schaefer M. M. Magee T. D. Manuel W. F. Sterns A. J. Faneca Victor J. Peytral H. R. Wakefield Jacob C. Modenbach U. A. Pfefferle H. I. Habighorst Total, 140 members. Initiated—Walter Howard Hillier. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Felix Perez, Carroll Joseph Bol- linger, Timptha Perkins, Marvin Quaid, Henry Louis Hahn, Jr. Affiliated—Joseph Anthony Barthet. Died—William F. Truax. Demitted—Malthus F. Pugh, Charles Harold Nelson.

IONIC LODGE No. 374. Organized April 26th, 1918. Chartered February 4th, 1919. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Mondays. Officers Adolph A. Cantelli W. M. Jos. DeBarbaries S. D. James C. Wright S. W. Claude E. Gerrard J. D. Chester F. Wheeler J. W. " Lucien J. Joseph '. M. C. E. W. McKinney (P.M.) Treasurer Emile H. Poissenot } Irvin C. Briel (P.M.) Secretary H. F. Werner, Sr I Stewards Chas. H. Potier Chaplain J. Kent J J. W. Dubuc (P.M.) Tyler Past Masters J. M. Montagnet Salvador Ferrara Albert N. Miranda William B. Gohman John E. Barrios Wallace J. Moll Irvin C. Briel Simon N. Theriot Edward M. Perelll Estes W. McKinney M. T. Ducros Paul L. Muller David B. Glossop R. J. Briel James R. Landers J. W. Dubuc Sidney B. Streety Frank Knaps Chas. H. Potier Total, 133 members. ROSTER OF LODGES 289

Initiated—Ernest William Dodgen. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Lucien J. Joseph, Henry F. Werner, Harold Walker Giblin. Reinstated—L. A. Phifer, William E. Ramsay. Ben A. Bostleman. Died—John Grigis. John J. Tierney, Edward J. Cope, Ferdinand J. Potier (P.M.), Joseph Ross. Demitted—Arthur C. Fix. Suspended, N. P. D.—Louis B. Bouchereau (P.M.), John Favalora, John Herman Grigis.

TRINITY LODGE No. 375. Organized April 29th. 1918. Chartered February 4th, 1919. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Mondays.

Officers Earl J. Jones (P.M.) W. M. Julius H. Meyer (P. M.) S. D. Norman E. Tharp S. W. W. Scott Dosch J. D. Milton H. Cassreino J. W. M. V. Higbee (P.M.) M. C. E. Roy Austin (P.M.)-...Treasurer } Geo. H. Nies (P.M.) ...Secretary ] Earl J. Bourgeois (P. M.)....Chap. Chas. W. Goff Tyler (not a member.) Past Masters Louis R. Hoover M. Vance Higbee Benj. W. Lauck, Jr. Alcide J. Guesnon Jesse L. Fettis Harry H. Finney Robert T. Burwell Carter B. Wilkinson Earl J. Jones George H. Nies Albert A. Robbert Elvin C. Bernius Eliphlet Roy Austin Hy. C. Chamberlain Julius H. Meyer Earl J. Bourgeois Total, 34 members. Died—E. E. Sykes (P.G.M)., A. B. Davis (P.M.)

ALBERT PIKE LODGE No. 376. Organized June 26th, 1918. Chartered February 4th, 1919. Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Meets second and fourth Tuesdays.

Officers John A. Canal W. M. Chas. A. Bauer .-. M. C. Henry J. Krummel S. W. D. P. Ellison S. D. Louis S. Levy (P.M.) J. W. Millard L. Bland J. D. A. M. Godchaux (P.M.) Treasurer Chas. Hinyup I. G. Fred I. Meyers (P.M.)..Secretary Gebhard Krumm ] Harry Haas (P.M.) Orator V. R. Redmond (P.M.) \ Thos. E. Gannett (P.M.) M. E. Alex E. Maier Tyler (not a member) 290 EOSTER OF LODGES

Past Masters David Ettinger Fred Perkins Louis S. Levy Claude D. Corey Aubrey F. Murray Martin Willis Fred I. Meyers Vincent R. Redmond Thomas E. Gannett Milton W. Boylan, Clifford A. King, Jr. Harry Haas, Sr. P. G. M. Don C. Ryan Albert M. Godchaux Niles P. Evans Total, 49 members. Passed and raised—Chas. G. Hinyup. Demitted—Frederick A. Lemieux, Sr.

KISATCHIE UNION LODGE No. 379. Organized at Kisatchie, Parish of Natchitoches, May 4th, 1918. Chartered February 3d, 1920. Meets third Saturday in each month. P. O. Route 4, Box 52, Leesville, La. Officers Ivy Dowden (P.M.) W. M. G. F. Tarver (P.M.) S. D. J. E. Kile (P.M.) S. W. W. T. Boyter J. D. W. A. Grant (P.M.) J. W. E. P. Hays M. C. John H. Ford Treasurer W. M. Ortigo t stewards H. A. Fisher Secretary . Chaplain W. C. Blackwell j stewards J. C. Burleson Tyler Past Masters G. F. Tarver J. E. Kile V. B. Mitchell W. A. Grant. Total, 20 members. Reinstated—T. A. Craft, W. B. Funderburk (P.M.), M. M. Craft, J. L. Spangler, T. J. Beasley, W. R. Bell, V. E. Mitchell (P.M.). Suspended, N. P D.—T. A. Craft, W. B. Funderburk (P.M.), J. L. Spangler, W. R. Bell.

W. H. BOOTH LODGE No. 380. Organized at Shreveport, Caddo Parish, June 4th, 1919. Chartered February 3d, 1920. Meets on the first and third Wednes- days in each month. P. O. Box 585.

Officers C. L. Andrews, Jr W. M. V. S. Nelson S. D. D. A. Herndon, Jr S. W. R. M. Walford, Jr J. D. C. E. Mounce J. W. P. R. Gahn M. C. W. P. Shehee (P.M.)....Treasurer A. W. Miller ) W. A. McLees (P.M.)....Secretary G. M. Stephenson ....j Steward! G. R. Keller (P.M.) Chaplain Henry B. Oden Tyler (Not a member) UOSXElt OF LODGES

Past Masters W. C. Taylor W. G. Kelley H. J. Hanlon W. A. McLees Thorn. Wemple A. O. Nusser C. A. Shehee G. R. Keller. Paul A. Martin T. E. Schermerhom W. T. Whitlatch L. C. Webb H. N Hearn O. M. May W. C. Crockett J. R. Morrow C. J. Hale Thos. H. Hearn Total, 246 members. Initiated—Robert Godfrey Stephenson, James Wess Freeman. Initiated and Passed—Otho Herman Winterrowd, Win. P. Winter- rowd, Dickey Chas. Hawthorne, K. C. Winterrowd, Herbert Eugene Winterrowd. Initiated, Passed and -Raised—Harold Harpel Gammill, Jr., Ray Hewitt Winn, Jack Lindsey Herndon, Chas. Robert Carnahan, James Allen Boone. Passed—Oliver W. J. Reynolds. Passed and Raised—John Harlan Monday, Joe W. Mitchell. Raised—Arthur C. Monette, Jr., Louis Sidney Broussard. Affiliated—Harry H. Wood, Geo. M. Stamper, Harlon W. Harrison. Reinstated—Paul L. Golden, Cobb L. Turner, J. M. Owens, A. W. MacKinnon, Jno. L. Creed, Joe E. Smith, Leroy Johnson, R. W. Dodd. Demitted—Luther Stewart Bryan, John G. Gibbs, Richard Wood Dodd, Morton McMahon, P. O. Chavez, Chas. H. Worley. Suspended, N. P. D.—W. F. Conway, Ned D. Davis, J. W. Feather- ston, J. C. Hayes, J. A. Legg, J. D. Lyles, H. B. Langford, H. L. Moak, P. H. Owen, Sr., G. D. Rushing.

CLARKS LODGE No. 382. Organized at Clarks, Parish of Caldwell, July 26th, 1919. Chartered February 3d, 1920. Meets second and fourth Saturdays in each month. Post Office Address of Secretary: Clarks. P. O. Box 86. Officers E. L, Harvester W. M. M. C. Andrews S. D. W. C. Crowell S. W. T. E. Skirvin (P.M.) J. D. W. S. Bass J. W. W. B. Perkins M. C. L. L. Jackson Treasurer W. B. Cook (P.M.) .. ) stewards Z. L. Buffington (P.M.)..Secretary J. W Paul Jones Chaplain L. E. Christman .'. Tyler Past Masters T. E. Skirvin John Parker G. D. Braddock W. B. Cook O. R. Ferree W. W. Beasley Z. L. Buffington Total, 79 members. Initiated—W. A. Coates. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Robt. L. Tillman. Affiliated—W. S. Bass. Reinstated—W. F. DePriest, R. L. Farrow, W. L. McClothlin, C. F. Bryant. Died—A. M. Allbritton. Demitted—A. C. Andrews, W. J. Gulledge, S. H. Patton. Suspended, N. P. D.—G. M. Warner. 292 BOSTER 01' LODGES

GRAHAM SURGHNOR LODGE No. 383. Organized July 28th , 1919. Chartered February 3d, 1920. The Stated Communications are held at Monroe, Parish of Ouachita, on the second and fourth Wednesday in each month. P. O. Box 228.

Officers O J. Smith W. M. R. Garland May S. D. Jno. R. Humble S. W. S. W. Raby J. D. F. V. Allison J. W. Jno. R. White M. C. Jos. S. Washburn Treasurer H. H. Benoit ) „. _.npH Henry Haas (P.M.) Secretary J. M. Marshall ] siewaras Frank May (P.M.) Chaplain T. W. Ware (P.M.) Tyler Past Masters T. W. Ware C. C. North Joseph H. Pankey W. J. Bynum, Jr. Harry Ulrich John E. Hay Henry Haas Jacob Haas Otto E. Passman J. C. Liner Guy B. Gannaway Forest V. Clay B. M. McKoin Roy Q. Cole Frank May Total, 125 members Initiated—Grover C. Payne. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Chas. W. Dent, Jr. Passed and Raised—R. Garland May. Affiliated—Wm. Robinson Harrington. Reinstated—Sodus A. Collins, J. R. Huskey, Sheffield John, Eddie Lee King, James W. Woodall, Wm. Carlton Stevenson, James Percy Straughan. Demitted—Asa Cheeseman, Wm. Meyer Harper. Dropped, Residence Unknown—Otto LaRue Abell. Suspended, N. P. D.—Wm. Guy Bannister (P.M.), Wm. Homer Carlton, Sam Lee Carter, Geo. Washington Couch, Maurice Glazer, Louis Goldman, Geo. Richardson Williams.

MARTIN McCLANAHAN LODGE No. 384. Organized at Bossier City, Parish of Bossier, on August 7th, 1919. Chartered February 15th, 1921. Meets on the second and fourth Mondays in each month. Address of Sec- retary: 525 Delhi St., Bossier City.

Officers Paul W. Spears W. M. Jno. H. Kyzor S. D. H. S. Jacks S. W. Geo. Adams J. D. Gordon A. McGee J. W. Joe Bass M. C. Tom Hickman (P.M.)....Treasurer O. A. Teekell (P.M.) ) c . R. C. Huff (P.M.) Secretary Wm. C. Blue (P.M.)..]1 btewaraa Robt. A. Smith (P.M.)....Chaplain J. D. Cunningham Tyler ROSTER OJ'' LODGES 293

Past Masters Tom Hickman N. B. Kelly Robt. A. Smith C. E. Heflin R. C. Huff Harvey N. Finger W. W. Heflin Win. Ben. Williams Odra A. Teekell Chas. E. Friend W. Alvin Gandy Leon Fortson Win. C. Blue Total, 82 members. Initiated—Morris Jackson Gulledge, E. J. Cooper, Samuel Wesley Murtishaw, Thomas Wiley Mitchell. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Wm. Sterling Cochran. Raised—Theo. J. Williams. Affiliated—Herman W. Fields, Gordon Alton McGee, Steve D. Cul- pepper, Wm. Bryan Newby. Dropped, Residence Unknown—Jno. M. Emmons, Leonard James, Cecil McDermott.

MIDWAY LODGE No. 385. Organized at Dodson, Parish of Winn, September 20th, 1919. Meets Saturday before second Sunday in each month. Chartered February loth, 1921. Address of Secretary: Wyatt, La., Star Route. Officers N. R. Hammett (P.M.) W. M. J. O. Smith S. D. L. E. Walker (P.M.) S. W. J. F. Bowen J. D. T. N. Holsomback J. W. J. J- Reed M. C. H. L. Young Treasurer E. W. Cheshire } J. O. Young (P.M.) Secretary J. W. Branch ,. j S. J. Pepper (P.M.) Chaplain J. D. Simmons Tyler Past Masters S. J. Pepper J. E. Walker N. R. Hammett J. O. Young Total, 15 members. Demitted—D. B. Tullos, A. B. Tumlin.

TROWEL LODGE No. 386. Organized at New Orleans, April 26th, 1920. Chartered February 15th, 1921. Meets on the second and fourth Fridays in each month. Officers Louis Dulitz W. M. M. R. Sparks S. D. J. Alf Rousseau (P.M.) S. W. C. L. Shumaker J. D. C. G. Fleming J. W. J. Q. Selzer M. C. Wm. D. Wills (P.M.)....Treasurer R. D. Dillon (P.M.)....] L. P. Youngblood Secretary E. J. Burns } Stewards D. L. Jamieson (P.M.)....Chaplain E. Schehr J Louis C. Spear Tyler 294 ROSTER OF LODGES

Past Masters David L. Jamieson J. O. Mauffray R. D. Dillon Antoine M. Lefeve Stanley J. Rosenthal . John D. Lawless Wm. G. Ollphant Glyce L. Barbin John H. Earles J. Alf Rousseau Fred L. Hoffman William D. Wills Harry C. Gaunt Total, 87 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Edward John Burns, Lee Adam Cres- sionie, Junius Langston Bolton, Joseph Ivan Young, Marshall Lester Peart, Joseph Peter Tansey, Clarke Lewis Shumaker. Passed and Raised—Leonard Brsel Fountain, Reginald John Car- mody. Raised—Jos. August Ritter. Reinstated—Cletus G. Fleming, M. P. Falati, P. F. Spitzfaden, H. H. Malone. Demitted—J. R. O'Connor (P.M.).

CRESCENT CITY LODGE No. 387. Instituted at New Orleans, Masonic Temple, April 23, 1920. Chartered February 15, 1921. Meets on the second and fourth Thursday in each month.

Officers Keim E. Miller W. M. B. O. Reynolds M. C. Ardie Tucker S. W. August C. Reeder .... "| Otis W. Luker J. W. Fred. A. Reynolds .... I qt . John R. Ray Treasurer John Hall Jacobs .... } Btewaras L. C. Miller (P.M.) Secretary S. A. Simpson J James H. Moreland (P.M.)..Chap. W. H. Washington Tyler August A. Honore S. D. (Not a member) Clifford P. McRae J. D.

Past Masters Richard B. Ferguson S. A. Singer Leander C. Miller Frank Heinberger Frank M. Levy Leon J. Bentin D. M. Campbell Arthur G. Hill James H. Moreland J. F. Schuman T. J. Campbell *Ralph C. Kirst Total, 60 members. *By Affiliation. Initiated—Horace Greely Alford. Initiated, Passed—Jack Milton Nadleman, George Francis Wil- liams. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Robert Philip Alvin, Elbert Lee Ingram, Jr., Stevenson Armstrong Simpson, Christopher Harley Still- man. Affihated—Ralph C. Kirst (P.M.), Miriman Seth Miriman, Willie Ray Schilling, Reginald Clayton Watson. Died—George W. Knight (P.M.). Dropped, Residence Unknown—John J. Morris. Suspended, N. P. D.—Ednio Pattison Newlove. ROSTER.OF LODGES 5

W. M. BAKER LODGE No. 388. Organized at Mangbam, Parish of Richland, May 2, 1920. Chartered February 15, 1921. Meets on first and third Tuesday in each month. Officers A. C. Brunson W. M. J. E. Ellington (P.M.) S. D. T. G. McKay S. W. W. P. Reagan J. D. E. F. Reeves J. W. L. B. Archibald M. C. R. W. Jones Treasurer W. E. Hixon (P.M.) ) qtpwarda A. J. Traweek (P.M.) ....Secretary W. O. Jones j A. B. Beardslee Chaplain L. L. McConnell (P.M.) Tyler Past Masters D. B. McKay W. E. Hixon. W. C. Baker Paul G. Chapman L. L. McConnell. J. H. Brunson J. E. Ellington . A. C. Brunson. J. C. Evans A. J. Traweek Total, 36 members Initiated—Floyd Leslie Landers. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William Patterson Reagan. Reinstated—Wm. Ola Jones, John Clinton Evans (P.M.).

JACQUES DeMOLAY LODGE No. 389. Organized at New Orleans, Masonic Temple, May 17, 1920. Chartered February 15, 1921. Meets first and third Mondays in each month.

Officers Paul G. Tomlinson W. M. Victor Bernler S. D. Alphonse G. Chaussier S. W. Langston White J. D. W. W. Wellman J. W. J. P. R. Tame M. C. A. J. Faust (P.M.) Treasurer A. P. Lacour | qt . J. A. Villasana (P.M.)..Secretary Richard it!. Johnson ] olHW'lru8 H. W. Marks (P.M.) Chaplain C. G. Holifield Tyler Past Masters D. A. Neuhauser Harold G. Faust Jeff W. Sutton John W. Huggett William A. White, Jr. James D. Bradley Jos. M. Tully August J. Faust J. A. Villasana R. K. Longlno Sid. E. Moore Alfred F. Hanson Chas. F. Richard Wm. F. Loan Herbert W. Marks Louis G. Miramon Total, 81 members. Initiated—Craig Coulter Tully. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Richard E. Johnson, William Edson Barns, Arthur Philip Lacour, George Sims Bouclreau. Raised—A. B. Walker, Jr. Reinstated—F. V. Landry. Died—E. Jno Harries, Edward L. Mottashed (P.M.), Richard Wright, Jr. Dropped, Residence Unknown—H. A. Ory. Suspended, N. P. D—Ed. Hart, Jr. (P.M.), Iddo M. Ellzey, Wm. C. Bohanon. 296 ROSTER OF LODGES

FBRRIDAY LODGE No. 390. Instituted at Ferriday, Parish of Concordia, on May 30, 1920. Chartered February 15th, 1921. Meete on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month at Ferriday, La. Officers D. B. Mitchell (P.M.) W. M. W. L. Thompson (P.M.) S. D. Henry Daniels S. W. H. A. Bateman J. D. J. T. Jacobs (P.M.) J. W. L. H. Young (P.M.) M. C. J. D. King Treasurer A. C. Burnette } Wow9.,. P. H. Farmer (P.M.) Secretary J. T. Joubert } btewaras T. T. Howes Chaplain W. W. Hampton Tyler Past Masters John L. Deprato, Sr. A. G. Foster P. H. Farmer W. B. French M. M. Perkins, Sr. D. B. Mitchell R. D. Colter L. H. Young W. L. Thompson J. T. Jacobs M. N. Westbrook Total, 80 members. Initiated—Luther L. Denham, Otto Ginn, Arthur O. Smith. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Morris Pasternack, Teddie T. Howes. Passed and Raised—Lloyd T. Paul. Raised—Clyde J. Moreland, Claude Moreland. Affiliated—James E. Young, Gilbert P. Bullis, J. F. Waltman, For- rest F. Griffen. Reinstated—J. T. Foster, J. C. Coleman. Died—S. A. Garner, T. B. Jones, Jr., Charles E. Hunter. Dropped, Residence Unknown—Arthur K. Murphy. Suspended, N. P. D.—T. B, Jones, Sr., Earl Applewhite.

PAUL M. SCHNB1DAU LODGE No. 391. Organized at New Orleans, Masonic Temple, July 12, 1920. Meets on the second and fourth Fridays in each month. Chartered February 15, 1921. Officers Andrew J. Miller W. M. Wm. R. Tufts M. E. Philip W. Nungesser S. W. Walter N. H. Staba M. C. Val F. Lotz J. W. Leslie G. Morris I. G. Hy. N. Gastrock Treasurer E. W. Hartmann (P.M.)..Almoner Chas. D. Bornwasser Secretary Louis F. Eckart ] Ed. J. Falcon (P.M.) Orator Alfred Olson j- Stewards S. Mandella, Jr. (P.M.)..Chaplain Chris. B. Kerner J Franklin C. Hardie S. D. Fabre Walker Tyler Joseph Simoneaux J. D. Past Masters Wm. L. Fellrath J. Chris Nungesser Elmer Kelly John D. Ryan (P. G. M.) R. Gordon Smith Jos. G. Hartmann Channing Stowell J. Milton Trenchard Hy. J. Niemann L. A. Heroy S. A. Mandella, Jr. E. Wm. Hartmann E- M. Lombard Ed. J. Falcon Total, 77 members. ROSTER OF LODGES 29?

Initiated—Clarence M. DeCalongne. Reinstated—Ed. L. Ziemer, Alfred Olson. Suspended, N. P. D.—Otho H. Williams, Chas. W. Kehl (P.M.), Geo. A. Hiller (P.M.), Frank J. Graff (P.M.).

SALINE LODGE No. 392.

Organized at Saline, Bienville Parish, February 15, 1921. Charter forfeited February 2, 1932 and restored April 27, 1935. Meets first and third Friday in each month.

Officers B. B. Watts (P.M.) W. M. C. D. Watts ! S. D. Felder B. Fields (P.M.) S. W. L. T. Frey, Jr J. D. H. E. Sudduth J. W. W. D. Hennigan M. C. J. O. Evans Treasurer T. L. Trussel | . . G. E. Rogers Secretary B. E. Biddle } stewards D. E. Caskey (P.M.) Chaplain G. W. Cheatwood Tyler Past Masters F. B. Field B. B. Watts D. E. Caskey Total, 14 members. Died—B. F. Barron. Suspended, N. P. D.—S. C. Deen, S. H. Hennigan, L. F. Scott, Melvin Cook.

EUCLID LODGE No. 394. Organized at New Orleans, November 17, 1920. Chartered February 15, 1921. Meets on the second and fourth Thursdays in each month. Officers Frederich J. Wilson W. M. Arthur E. Wilson S. D. Harland G. Ritchie S. W. Wickliff J. Many J. D. Joseph Baio J. W. Edward C. Niestrath M. C. Emile W. Lochte Treasurer Peter A. Conravey - ) „. Edw. M. Blanchard Secretary William J. Harmann j htewaras Adolph Engel, Sr. (P.M.)....Chap. Louis Eschenbrenner Tyler Past Masters Harry L. Swift A. P. Hardy Chas. L. E. Salathe Rodney D. Adams Harold Giese Ralph B. Freeman Paul Roland Weber E. L. Fithian William J. Harmann Geo. O. Laborde, Sr. C. F. Rayner Charles P. Voebel Chas. H. Jones Peter A. Conravey Roger E. Hutchinson L. N. Langston Geo. L. Luft Adolph Engel, Sr. Total, 178 members. 298 KOSTEE OF LODGES

Initiated—Rorlof Brouwer, Lewis Kak H. Redditt. Initiated, Passed and Raised—George O. Laborde, Jr., Edward Chas. Niestrath. Passed and Raised—Wickliffe Joseph Many. Raised—William Rogers. Reinstated—Z. P. Landry, Karl A. Seemann. Died—Gordon Cruickshank, Richard Wheeler Wilson, Beauregard Kendall, Ellis E. Jordy (P.M.), Lawrence C. Ouder, Frederick W. Han- sen, Lawlor C. Wright. Demitted—Robert J. Preis, Howard C. Lasseigne. Suspended, N. P. D.-Wm. G. Dieck, Wm. C. Huck, A. Wesley Shardon, Christopher E. Putfark.

FORUM LODGE No. 395. Instituted at New Orleans, Masonic Temple June 24. 1920. Meets on the second and fourth Thursdays in each month. Chartered February 7th, 1922. Officers H. J. Eberhardt (P.M.) W. M. William D. Holloway S. D. H. L. Hanhart (P.M.) S. W. A. T. Wright (P.M.) J. D. Loxey J. Smith J. W. W. A. Jenkins (P. M.) M. C. Jos. B. Lala (P.M.) Treasurer A. A. Nesanovich ) ts+ M. C. Chambers (P.M.) Secretary J. E. McGregor, Jr ] Dl John Jurovich (P.M.) Chaplain F. Von Behren, Jr. (P.M.).-Tyler

Past Masters Henry A. Bauer Ferd. Von Behren, Jr. Martin M. Sorensen John Jurovich Numa P. Himbert Alex T. Wright M. C. Chambers Henry L. Hanhart Joseph B. Lala H. J. Eberhardt W. A. Jenkins Geo. I. Weathersby Marshall C. Strait Total, 76 members. Initiated—John Laland, Adolph N. Kreger. Initiated and Passed—Albert J. Hager. Died—William H. Fielden, Frank E. Ames. Dropped, Residence Unknown—Edwin H. D. Roeder (P.M.).

JOHN F. PURDY LODGE No. 396. Instituted at New Orleans, Masonic Temple, October 8, 1920. Meets second and fourth Wednesdays in each month. Chartered February 7, 1922.

Officers Edward J. Belsom, Jr W. M. Samuel Fink J. D. G. Howard Amann S. W. Angelo Guarino M. C. Frederick H. Earhart J. W. Joseph Rosenberg .-I Rene Salomon (P.M.)-...Treasurer L. H. Crawford I Stewards Sam B. Dryfuse Secretary Emile Hoffman J Harry Nowalsky (P.M.)..Chaplain Albert A. Blum Tyler Morris Green S. D. ROSTER OP LODGES 299

Past Masters Samuel S. Victor Leon H. Jacobs Meyer Glazer Harry Rittenberg Rene I. Salomon Adolph Stiebel. Garland W. Middleton A. Melville Wolfson Edgar Steiner. Chas. L. Rittenberg A. Robt. Rittenberg Frederick Parker *Philo L. Willey J. T. Heyden Jos. E. Miller *L. N. Goll *F. M. Beydler Herman Rosenberg •Miltner J. Goll *Femand J. Mire Vincent Graffagnini Harry Nowalsky Total, 111 members. Initiated—Henry Remley Hermann. Initiated and Passed—Paul Yuspeh. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Samuel Fink. Passed—Thomas Lawrence. Passed and Raised—Emile W. Hoffman. Died—Joseph D. Corbera (P.M.), William H. Henderson, Ira Flan- ders, Edward Hill. Demitted—Henry A. Steckler, George W. Stem, Caesar H. D'An- tonio, Willie Ray Schilling, John Ueber Barr, John F. Kothe, T. P. Gorman (P.M.), Roland Crenshaw. Dropped, Residence Unknown—Nathan R. Alltmont. Suspended, N. P. D.—Jas. O. Farrell, Barney Godwin, Fred Put- t'ark, Jacob Seelig.

ORLEANS LODGE No. 397. Organized at New Orleans, Parish of Orleans, March 3rd, 1921. Chartered February 7th, 1922. Meets on first and third Thursdays in each month. Officers John J. Hennessey (P.M.)....W. M. Carl B. Hughey J. D. Isaac Pailet S. W. Wm. G. Hatherley M. C. Ferdinand L. Hoppe (P.M.)..J. W. G. A. Nami, Jr.(P.M.) } Wm. Maier (P.M.) Treasurer H. C. Breeding (P.M. I H. M. Elliott (P.M.) Secretary J. J. McCann Lucas Nebel (P.M.) Chaplain Leon H. Bruns j Joseph M. Dominique S. D. Wm. Ziegler Tyler Past Masters Harry M. Elliott Harold C. Breeding. Freeman A. Ballard. Robt. F. L. Tete Louis J. Martinez Walter M. Sanders, Jr. Geo. A. Nami, Jr. Edwin F. Shannon Morris F. Migliarrio Wm. Dangerfield. William Maier Frank J. Dalferes Chas. M. Banister Ferdinand L. Hoppe Lucas Nebel John J. Hennessey Total, 100 members. Initiated—John D. Belcher, Eric Kuck. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Wm. G. Dickinson, Carl B. Hughey, August F. Fisher, Wilfred G. Hatherley, Jules J. McCann. Reinstated—Frank S. Foster. Suspended, N. P. D.—Wm. H. Barth, Geo. 'Batrous (P.M.), Herbert J. Betzer, Joseph C. Frederic (P.M.), Jos L. Gray, Lynn E. Lagarde, Henry A. Lieux. 300 ROSTER OF LODGES

ALEXANDRIA LODGE No. 398. Organized at Alexandria, Parish of Rapides, on March 9, 1921. Meets on the first and third Tuesdays in each month. Chartered February 7th, 1922. Address of Secretary: 2315 Webster St., Alexandria, La. Officers J. N. Fomby (P.M.) W. M. J. M. Davis S. D. J. A. Lightfoot, Jr S. W. E. E. Gunter J. D. Leonard Levy J. W. M. L. Schwartzberg (P.M.)..M. C. T. F, Adams Treasurer Moses Attrep ) „. . W. W. Hyde (P.M.) Secretary P. E. Guinn (P.M.) .. ( &tewarQ- H. B. Smith (P.M.) Chaplain F. N. Texada (P.M.) Tyler Past Masters W. J. Clover H. H. Faust *A. S. Farr C. P. Derveloy J. L. Broadwell *E. G. Pugh W. B. Harp C. B. Riffle H. B. Smith W. W. Hyde M. A. Levy F. N. Texada J. M. Waddell P. E. Guinn. H. J. Baudry 'Affiliates. M. L. Schwartzberg. Henry E. Shumake O. R. Westbrook J. N. Fomby Total, 69 members. Initiated—Hershel C. Chaddrick, Ardie Estes. Initiated and Passed—Mack A. Mauney. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Elbert M. Holland. Reinstated—Henry E. Shumake (P.M.), I. L. Thomas, Jr. Died—Leo J. Kachel, T. Raymond Lewis. Demitted—Harvey A. Nash.

CAPITOL LODGE No. 399. Organized at Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge, on March 9th, 1921. Meets on the second and fourth Fridays in each month. Chartered February 7th, 1922. P. O. Box 785, Baton Rouge, La. Officers Oscar K. Mayo W. M. Charles Tenney Norsworthy..S. D. Claud Evans S. W. William Frank Scott J. D. Alto Henry Casanova J. W. William Marion Wilkinson ..M. C. A. W. Causey (P.M.)....Treasurer Eric Alton McVadon { Thos. W. Sharp Secretary Louis Mc.G. Fortner \ H. E. Conerly (P.M.) ....Chaplain Lewis Napoleon Day Tyler

Past Masters Harry Johnston A. W. Causey J. B. Higginbotham L. I. Tyler M. M. Lanius Eddie G. McGehee G. D. Brannon C. C. Lacour Allen J. Hawsey J, A. Busse Braxton B. Croom John Wall Felps J. S. White Maurice Bahm Herman E. Conerly John E. Sobers Robert B. Nettles *John E. Coxe •Affiliate. Total, 165 members. ROSTER OF LODGES 301

Initiated—Jessie Ramsey Farmer, James Ulric Tregre. Initiated and Passed—John William Spring. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William Richard Auter, Joseph Conn, William Kimball Little, Robert Jack Cole, Dalcho Dwight Barnett, Philip Myron Sylvester, Louis Ira Tyler, Jr.. William Wayne Dunnam, Thomas Herman Day. Affiliated—Fenner Wade Smith. Reinstated—Reese Barrett Black, John P. Casey, Ambrose Airhart, William Edward Dutton, Julius Donald Robinson, William Allen Ma- gruder, John Edward Sobers (P.M.), Braxton B. Croom (P.M.). Died—Charles T. McGehee, Lawrence Adelbert Mclntosh, Claude Henry Stewart. Demitted—Sidney Wilton Day, Marcielle Arthur Schwartz, Carey Ross Corcoran. Suspended, N. P. D.—Charles Prentiss Smith, Eugene Montgomery Smith, Robert Joseph Stephens, Doyle B. Woodruff.

CALCASIEU LODGE No. 400. Organized at Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, on March 11th, 1921. Meets on the second and fourth Thursday in each month. Chartered February 7th, 1922. P. O. Address of Secretary, Lake Charles, La. P. O. Box 380. Officers William V. Carman W. M. Paul S. Cook S. D. Arthur L. Williams S. W. David M. Jacks J. D. Charles C. Hightower J. W. Murray L. Johnston M. C. Dan B. Harmon (P.M.)..Treasurer Andrew S. Herron J T. P. Blackwell (P.M.)..Secretary Bruce M. Cannon .... j Paul Quilty (P.M.) Chaplain C. C. Mertz Tyler Past Masters Paul Quilty A. S. King Clarence L. Shaddock Edwin P. Gayle, P.G.M. Roy P. Smith W. Lawrence Smith D. B. Harmon Winsor P. Trotter Rowland A. Preis W. S. Streater Robert P. Howell. Jules Reinauer C. J. Wehrt Turner P. Blackwell C. E. Mattocks. •Affiliation. Total, 1301 members. Initiated — James C. Spiller, Eugene C. Kuttner, Clarence B. Travis, Charles E. Whitsett, Luther T. Leslie, Eugene M. Knott, Lyman B. Clayton, Joe Gartner, Kenneth M. Cayton. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Monroe J. Sharp, George William Cline, II, Rayford B. Gustafson, William C. McElveen, Joe Morris Baker. Passed and Raised—Herschel C. Brand, Ernest Walter Schmid, Darrell H. Blair, Loris Orin Brewer, Jim Dare Davis. Raised—Alton Jackson, Elray Dunaway, Eugene Henderson, James L. Milsted, Omer Aubry Delord, Needum Louis Germany. Affiliated—Andrew S. Herron, Joseph Houston Barbour, Paul S. Cook, Edward Charles Herr, Sr. Reinstated—James E. Jessup. Died—Frank A. Smith, P. A. Eckard. 302 ROSTER OP LODGES

Demitted—Milton Hadley Knox, John C. Chitwood, W. W. Thomp- son. Suspended, N. P. D.—C. Wilber Gabbert, J. Walter Rohr, Roland N. Stine.

NEW RIVER LODGE No. 402. Organized at Gonzales, Parish of Ascension, April 10th, 1921. Meets on the second and Fourth Saturdays in each month. Chartered February 7th, 1922. P. O. Address of Secretary, Gonzales, La. Officers J. Bastille Millet (P.M.) W. M. Earl D. Miller S. D. Abraham Argrove (P.M.) ....S. W. E. S. Kyes (P.M.) J. D. Henry R. Kinnison J. W. Leon S. Geismar M. C. Meyer Epstein (P.M.)....Treasurer Sibley LeBlanc ) „, , L. J. Bourgeois (P.M.)..Secretary Dudley W. Dixon J OLewalU!' Ernest P. Daigle (P.M.)..Chaplain Sims P. Elison Tyler Past Masters H. M. Plcard Duncan Bell J. B. Millet C. V. St. Amant Louis J. Bourgeois Myer Epstein J. D. Aymond Abraham Argrave Karl A. Muller E. P. Daigle E. S. Kyes Paul G. Wood Sims E. Parker William Griffin Fullen Total, 44 members. Initiated—Henry Richard Barden, Earl Joseph Anderson. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Dudley Wright Dixon. Reinstated—James D. Benton, Murphy C. Painter.

CEDAR GROVE LODGE No. 403. Organized at Cedar Grove, Parish of Caddo, April 10th, 1921. Meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays in each month. Char- tered February 7, 1922. P. O. Box 724, Cedar Grove Station, Shreveport, La. Officers William F. Pennington W. M. G. C. Whitaker S. D. Luke Case S. W. L. M. Wheeler J. D. Bennie F. Gillaspie X W. H. B. Whitaker M. C. J. L. Fuller Treasurer J. F. Shirley ) „. • Ernest M. Hargis Secretary L. G. Owens j ocewaras C. N. West (P.M.) Chaplain O. L. Waddell Tyler Past Masters D. K. Henderson W. E. Copeland Norman Howse. R. M. Anderson O. K. Brock A. Polk Johnson Ruben A. Brown C. C. Turnage Wm. B. Benson W. E. Ferguson W. L. Sledge Morris S. Lewis J. R. Davis C. N. West. James A. Hendricks Total, 150l members. ROSTER OF LODGES 303

Initiated—Lester R. Stancliff, George Dillard, Jr., John Osborn Beaird, Russell R. Stell. Initiated and Passed—Charles Hope Rhodes, Shelbia C. Shaw, Joe Robert Tabor, Charles Joseph Petty. Initiated, Passed and Raised—James Ezra Nugent, Robert C. Wad- dell, Charles D. Collins, George A. Collins, Harry B. Mills, Compton I. Motes, Roger D. Mathis, Glen Linford Clark. Passed and Raised—James Dallas Calk, Robert C. Hayes, Leonard Calhoun Colvin. Affiliated—Monroe G. Harmon. Reinstated—Floyd J. Stroud, Jacob J. Vandervoort, Moss J. Turn- ley, Malcolm O. Simpson, C. J. Betterton, B. H. Weirick. Suspended, N. P. D.—Fay R. Duane, Frank L. Rhoades.

INDIVISIBLE FRIENDS LODGE No. 404. Organized at Algiers, Parish of Orleans, April 27, 1921. Chartered February 7th, 1922. Meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays in each month. Officers J. S. Calvin W. M. R. E. Hingle S. D. A. R. Reeb S. W. A. A. Lafeve J. D. R. Flashner J. W. P. P. Brechtel M. C. C. E. Dunbar (P.M.) Treasurer T. H. Conaway |

DAN GILBERT LODGE No. 405. Organized at Gilbert, Parish of Franklin, on June 24th, 1921. Meets on the first and third Tuesdays in each month. Chartered February 7th, 1922. P. O. Address of Secretary, Gilbert, La. Officers R. M. Ward (P.M.) W. M. A. J. Ensminger (P.M.) S. D. J. Robert Herrington S. W. P. Hammond J. D. B. M. Gordy (P.M.) J. W. B. R. Gunn M. C. H. B. Rountree (P.M.)..Treasurer J. H. Braswell ) Oscar McLendon Secretary S. L. Dyess j S. N. Chennault Chaplain H. E. Wilson Tyler 304 ROSTER OF LODGES

Past Masters L. M. Calhoun, Sr. B. M. Gordy. P. B. Turner L. M. Calhoun, Jr. W. J. Shelton. S. A. Morgan H. B. Rountree. R. M. Ward A. J. Ensminger Total, 56 members. Reinstated—R. L. Cook. Died—H. B. Womble, C. J. Gordon. Demitted—R. L. Cook. Suspended, N. P. D.—James Pendleton Kiper.

ISIS LODGE No. 406. Organized at New Orleans, Parish of Orleans, August 5th, 1921. Meets on the first and third Fridays in each month. Chartered February 7th, 1922. Officers Lester E. Serpas W. M. Lois Robert Cheek S. D. Jesse E. Bowen..... S. W. G. E. Gauthe J. D. U. J. Serpas J. W. Wm. E. James, Jr M. C. C. W. Driscoll (P.M.) Treasurer Louis P. Johnson \ R. J. Williams (P.M.)....Secretary Wm. Bell J Prank J. Grand (P.M.)..Chaplain Robert E. Ruel Tyler Past Masters Robert J. Williams Ralph Driscoll Chas. W. Driscoll Charles Driscoll Davis P. Jumonville John E. Ruel • Jos. P. Oddo Hembert P. Galliand Prank J. Corcoran Walter E. Driscoll Fred H. Schindler *Harry R. Hunter Frank Laine S. T. Matherne, Jr. Frank J. Grand *By Affiliation. Total, 82 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Bernard Anthony Campos, Jr., Emile Victor Schumert, Gabriel Edward Gauthe, Lawrence Joseph Macaluso, Lois Robert Cheek, Donald Gray Shannon. Affiliated—Harry Raphael Hunter (P.M.). Reinstated—Walter R. Armstrong, Sr., Frank J. Becker, William E. James, Jr. Died—Dominick Charles Ponamsky, Alphonse B. Fucich. Suspended, N. P. D.—Salvador Anthony Giglio, Arthur Robino.

WILLIAM D. WHITE LODGE No. 408. Organized at Gretna, Parish of Jefferson, on August 11th, 1921. Meets on the first and third Thursdays in each month, Masonic Temple, Gretna. Chartered February 7th, 1922. Address of Secretary: P. O. Box 55, Gretna, La. Officers Wm. J. White W. M. Augustin Marrero S. D. John L. Welp S. W. W. M. Umbach J. D. George W. Nebb J. W. .10. A. Oster, Jr. M. C. L. L. Delger (P.M.) Treasurer W. L. Mathews ] H. B. Trepagnier (P.M.) Secretary Wm. Cone } Stewards B. F. Bullock (P.M.) ....Chaplain A. J. Toups j I. A. Chandler (P.M.) Tyler ROSTER OF LODGES 305

Past Masters H. P. Drumm Harold Heard A. C. Kleinpeter A. T. Higgins, P.G.M. Ignatius A. Chandler Stanley G. Tinney L. L. Delger H. B. Trepagnier L. Julian Samuel R. M. Nash L. O. Goelz L. S. Hopkins Bryan C. Crowley G. D. Martin Jos. E. Fink Walter R. Simpson W. R. White Edgar J. Hebert Chas. J. Beck Benjamin P. Bullock Total, 118 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Earl Alivitiches Oster, Jr., James B. Wilburn, Leo I. Klrby, Scurley J. Sampey, Nicholas G. Curtis. Passed and Raised—Warren Milton Umbach. Reinstated—Augustin Marrero. Died-—Geo. P.-Isemann. Demitted—Angus J. Buras, Lionel J.. Buras, Joe B. Bernard.

GREENWOOD LODGE No. 409. Instituted at Greenwood, Caddo Parish, March 7th, 1922. Chartered February 6th, 1923. Meets First and Third Tuesdays. Officers W. W. Burdett (P.M.) W. M. H. V. Greer S. D. C. E. Swanson S. W. L. C. Logan J. D. R. H. Oden J. W. E. R. Simmons (P.M.) M. C. W. G. Fry (P.M.) Treasurer J. C. Williams } Stewards J. L. King (P.M.) Secretary John J. King. Jr j J. F. Henderson Chaplain J. L. Bowman Tyler Past Masters W. G. Fry C. C. Phillip E. R. Simmons J. L. King E. E. Solomon W. W. Burdett Total, 25 members. Raised—L. C. Logan. Reinstated—P. J. Ewald, H. V. Greer, H. S. Murray. Died—P. T. Hyde.

HARMONY LODGE No. 410. Instituted at Eunice, St. Landry Parish, March 25th, 1922. Chartered February 6th, 1923. Meets on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month. Address of Secretary: Eunice, La. Officers Lucien L. Wade (P.M.) W. M. C. A. Sanders S. D. J. R. Jones (P.M.) S. W. L. C. Amy J. D. J. M. Charlton J. W. George Bradley M. C. Lucien E. Wade (P.M.)..Treasurer L. O. Wade ) „, , L. D. Wade (P.M.) Secretary E. Viator | stewards James Goss Chaplain Arthur Arnold Tyler 30G ROSTBK OF LODGES

Past Masters W. H. Kessler L. E. Wade L. D. Wade R. G. Rasberry L. L. Wade C. W. Cottrell T. A. Chisholm D. E. Young J. R. Jones, Jr. Total, 51 members. Initiated and Passed—Kirby Ray Simmons. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Dwight Lyman Goss. Passed—Okley Dougherty. Passed and Raised—Clayton Andrews, Herman Gene Thompson. Raised—G. S. Settig. Died—Clayton Curtis Rials, Jessie R. Jones, Sr. Demitted—R. V. Roberts.

MANY LODGE No. 411. Instituted at Many, Sabine Parish, July 27th, 1922. Chartered Feb- ruary 6th, 1923. Meets 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month. Officers L. W. Bddington W. M. T. V. Small (P.M.) S. D. C. L. Massengil S. W. E. F. Slater (P.M.) J. D. C. S. Green J. W. E. E. Vines M. C. E. M. Fraser Treasurer Edwin Fraser (P.M.) ) qtow H J. H. Ritter (P.M.) Secretary T. M. Phillips j ocewaras W. H. Brumley Chaplain Douglas Heard Tyler Past Masters J. Wiley Miller Edwin M. Fraser T. V. Small Ernest Jackson J. H. Ritter G. B. Beasly *B. F. Salter J. V. Nash P. W. Ford *By affiliation. Total, 65 members. Initiated—A. L. Holcomb. Initiated, Passed and Raised—E. E. Vines. Passed—R. E. Oxley. Passed and Raised—F. B. Coll, Raymond Barnhill, Douglas Heard. Reinstated—J. Wesley Snell. Died—S. J. Williams, P. C. Horn (P.M.), J. B. Williams. Demitted—J. O. Winn. Suspended, N. P. D.—J. Dover, Robert Farlies, J. Ober, D. J. Cardon.

DAYLIGHT LODGE No. 412. Instituted at New Orleans, Parish of Orleans, March 8th, 1922. Meets 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month at 7:30 o'clock P. M. Chartered February 5th, 1924. Officers Emmett D. Brown W. M. Joseph E. Berrigan J. D. Charles W. Baker S. W. H. Eugene Thomas M. C. Valva Currier J. W. Oskar Tronier ] C. M. Mathews (P.M.)....Treasurer H. Maurice Ullrich C!t , E. F. Wahlig (P.M.) ....Secretary G. F. Sison \ ol:ewara3 G. J. Bergez (P.M.) Chaplain A. G. Sison, Sr J Charlie C. Brownsberger S. D. Henry F. Newman (P.M.)....Tyler ROSTER OF LODGES 307

Past Masters R. B. Godbold William F. Bauman Alfred Geismar Charles H. Nash Octave M. Smith Henry F. Newman Walter C. LaFrance Cyril M. Mathews Walter F. Lafranz Abraham J. Sperling Leon Giliberti. Gustave J. Bergez E. P. Wahlig Total, 63 members. Initiated—Lucien Cangemillo, Leo Anthony Ford. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Henry Joseph Lambou, William Henry Edgecombe, Albert George Sison, Sr., Alvin Harold Cooper, William Joseph Uzee. Passed and Raised—Hollis Eugene Thomas, Henry Maurice Ull- rich, Louie Oliver Roy, Jr., Ralph Edward Hood, Felix Laurent Sar- razin, Gustave Frank Peter Sison. Affiliated—James Other LeCroy, Arthur Martin Thomas, John Frederick Coyen. Died—Simon Sebastian Gallagher (P.M.). Demitted—Richard Alan Herrod, Jr. Suspended, N. P. D.—James H. Carlin.

DAVID R. GRAHAM LODGE No. 413. Instituted at New Orleans, Parish of Orleans, July 11th, 1922. Meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month. Chartered February 5th, 1924.

Officers Louis A. Legett (P.M.) W. M. Alfred S. Rottmann S. D. Henry Guillot S. W. Ferdinand Illg J. D. Paul H. Yoder J. W. Herman A. Yuspeh M. C. H. C. Frederick (P.M.)..Treasurer Morris C. Yuspeh.... P. C. Goldenberg (P.M.) Secty. Louis C. Yuspeh | Stewards Edwin S. Lipford Chaplain Geo. H. Fleddermann .Tyler

Past Masters Geo. A. Doell John Wm. Doell Edward C. Forbes Percy C. Goldenberg Harold C. Frederick Benjamin Cohen James D. Burg Joseph Spiro, Jr. John T. Percy "Max B. Blanchard James Edw. Kirwin Louis A. Legett Andrew J. Westbrook. Total, 104 members. Initiated—Peter Accordo, Albert Maurice Carson. Initiated and Passed—Louis M. O. Gracianette. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Carlo Venezia, Louis Cohen, Ben- jamin Franklin Ragusa, Herman Aaron Yuspeh. Affiliated—George J. Doescher. Reinstated—Leon M. Sugarman, Louis C. Yuspeh, Morris C. Yus- peh, Louis A. Faust. Suspended, N. P. D.—Cecil I. Dobbs. 308 ROSTER OF LODGES

ISTROUMA LODGE No. 414.

Instituted at Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge on February 27th, 1923. Charter granted February 5th, 1924. Meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Address of Secretary: 3910 Scenic Highway, Baton Rouge.

Officers William Barrow Bliss W. M. J. D. Reynolds S. D. Clifford A. Neames S. W. E. M. Ratcliff J. D. Robt. Y. Wicker J. W. E. L. Crunk M. C. Ellis D. Raiford (P.M.) Treasurer J. W. Ratcliff ) „, ' . J. M. Henderson (P.M.)..Secretary L. W. Barrows } stewards E. E. Tata, Jr. (P.M.) ..Chaplain Albert S. Henderson Tyler

Past Masters W. R. Mullins D. C. Carney S. S. Dawson. F. C. Parker, Jr. E. H. Thorns H. N. Neames. H. H. Mahier C. V. Dawson Ellis D. Raiford W. P. Lee R. B. Henagan Ray P. Bankston r, M. Henderson D. R. Paxton Maurice M. Carradine Enoch E. Tate, Jr.

Total, 164 members. Initiated—Robt. Henry Wilmont, Ed. But'ord, August Fred Frey, John Corbin Holden, William Herman Clark, Joseph Jessie Devillier, Leroue Dennis Long. Initiated and Passed—Joseph A. Rushing, Eddie Ruben Courtney. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Thomas Harold Pretorius, John Wes- ley Ratcliff, Chas. Henry Cardwell, Leland Wilbur Barrows, Ashford Anderson Impson, Charlie Columbus Nettles, Walter Russell Babcock, Henry Town Wicker, Chester Stockley McComas, Howard Williams, Victor Howard Williams, Chas. Mark Walton, Alvin Artis Odom, Louis Robinson McDowell, Maurice Joseph Chidister. Passed and Raised—Burrel S. Fridge, Chas. Binford Knight. Raised—Frederick Chas. Costello. Affiliated—Arthur Ferdinand Ortis, Perry Kaiser Day, George Franklin Killingsworth, Harold E. Davidson. Reinstated—Lecy Taylor, Milton Pearl Core, Marcell K. Grumback, Dave L. McTaggard, Emmitt E. Barksdale, John Sharp Langford, Percy Eugene Bishop. Died—Robert Edmond Stott. Demitted—Lecy Taylor. ROSTER OF LODGES 309

THEODORE ROOSEVELT LODGE No. 415. Instituted at New Orleans, Parish of Orleans, February 25th, 1924. Meets second and fourth Mondays of each month. Chartered February 4th, 1925.

Officers Joseph Mason W. M. James C. Borden J. D. Haise J. Roddy S. W. Richard A. Hasselquist M. C. Adolph R. Goodyear J. W. R. L. P. Voelker .... "| L. W. Griffis (P.M.) Treasurer L. Walonen \ Stewards John Links, Jr. (P.M.).-Secretary W. L. Orndorff J Robert A. Blum (P.M.)..Chaplain L. Eschenbrenner Tyler Thomas S. Bridges S. D. (Not a member)

Past Masters Edmond L. Kimble L. W. Griffis L. J. Zibilich Robt. H. Harper Richard L. P. Voelker Carl A. Hanson John Links, Jr. O. G. Hankins Bennie L. Lawson John H. David N. E. Sauls Eugene A. Dakin E. L. Diamond Meryl B. Taylor Robert A. Blum R. N. McCormick Total, 81 members. Initiated—Paul J. Lagarde. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Warren L. Orndorff. Reinstated—John Thumberg, Harold E. Higgins. Died—Richard H. Lloyd, Paul A. Carlina, William H. Salzer, W. L. Kirby. Demitted—Geo. A. Pinetta. Suspended, N. P. D.—T. A. Humphrey.

ALCO LODGE No. 416. Instituted at Alco, Parish of Vernon on April 26th, 1924. Chartered February 3rd, 1925. Meets second and fourth Thursdays. Address of Secretary: Kurthwood, La.

Officers Wm. Lambright W. M. C. E. Ashwortli (P. M.) S. D. Wm. Hewitt S. W. C. S. Busch J. D. George E. Post J. W. John Brown M. C. J. W. Meadows Treasurer Leon Norris } T. R. Lamprich Secretary D. D. Boone )J W. L. Perry (P.M.) Chaplain John R. Turner Tyler

Past Masters W. L. Perry Troy Foyil Clyde E. Ashworth John H. Brown, Sr. John Russell Turner C. J. Busch Total, 42 members. Initiated—Leroy Burleson. Reinstated—Walter Winfree. Died—Joseph Jack Weeks. Suspended, N. P. D.—Enoch Smith, Walter Harvey Ross. 310 ROSTER OF LODGES

SQUARE AND COMPASS LODGE No. 417. Organized at Kenner, Parish of Jefferson, on April 9th, 1925. Meets 2nd and 4th Thursdays, Chartered February 2nd, 1926. P. O. Address of Secretary, Destrehan, La.

Officers Thomas D. Meola W. M. R. L. Keaton J. D. Adam P. Petit S. W. J. A. Pulmer M. C. Igar Sims J. W. Wm. B. Wood ] Pascal Mancuso Treasurer Norwood Jatho, Jr. .. | H. F. Stroup Secretary C. A. Hecker }• Stewards Wm. R. Mancuso (P.M.)..Chaplain Ellis W. Tausch J T. P. Willson S. D. J. B. Duckworth j Chas. Vitrano Tyler Past Masters Victor S. Curry (U.D.) F. W. Grey W. S. Owens, Jr. O. H. Shelton, E. H. Wellemeyer L. A. Vitrano. Martin K. Thoman Geo. C. Wiemer, Jr. Lawrence A. Cure Leon Braun Henry T. Lewis Mack S. Treadway F. M. Hall Ronald E. Thomas William, R. Mancuso Total, 89 members. Initiated, Passed and Raised—William Oce Hunt, George R. Rabb, Ellis W. Tausch, Comelies A. Hecker. Passed and Raised—Arvil Quinton Scott. •Affiliated—Marx N. Block. Reinstated—Joseph P. Roberts, Robert L. Fields. Demitted-—John Frederick Coyen. Suspended, N. P. D.—Geo. R. Pyburn, Delphin L. Bowles. Suspended, TJnmasonic Conduct—Carl F. Scherer.

QUEENSBOROUGH LODGE No. 418. Organized at Shreveport, Parish of Caddo, on May 4, 1926. Chartered February 8th, 1927. Meets First and Third Friday each Month. P. O. Address of Secretary, 2715 Alabama Avenue.

Officers J. D. McQueen W. M. S. V. Morris S. D. Hollis Berry S. W. H. S. Crump J. D. N. B. Beck J. W. V. O. Waiters .: M. C. S. J. Caldwell (P.M.)....Treasurer J. E. Steffek } „, . H. R. Meriwether, Jr. (P.M.)Sec'y D. F. Jenkins ) Truly Whittington Chaplain J. G. Wallace Tyler ROSTER OF LODU.KS 311

Past Masters Sidney J. CaldWell M. W. Maxwell Virgil H. Gilley Grover C. Medford H. H. Batchelor Clyde W. Belden H. R. Meriwether, Jr. L. F. Thompson T. A. Berry F. A. Leaderman, James M. Carlton Kennon B. Gulledge J. G. Counts Total, 205 members.

Initiated—Fred. Brooks Ashley, Asa W. Knighton, Herschel Pace Volentine. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Bolivar Edward Hitesman, Frank Irvin Elder, Reginald Olen Barney, Bethel Dial, William Barney Nor- ris, Robert L. Alexander, Albert Adolphus Lassiter, Jr., Fred C. Davis, Ray D. Williams, Ed. G. Huckabay, Leonard Edwin Hall, Lawrence G. Barney, Clarence Russell Grubbs, Claude Jackson Goldsby. Passed and Raised—Bradley Peter Armintor, Frank E. Ray. Raised-—Fabius Earl Ricord, William Arthur Reed. Affiliated—Cyril Oscar Ringwald, John Ivan Dalrymple, Louis Ed- win Bound, James Arthur Pearce, William Arthur Jones, James Smith Parker, Ewing Edgar Berry, Ernest Smith, William Frederick De- Priest, Gracchus L. Brown, William Carey Sanders. Reinstated—Don L. Brown. Died—Sidney E. LaFargue, Roger A. Sexton. Demitted—W. H. Boiling, Marion Howard Harrell. Suspended, N. P. D.—Emmitt Murray Caldwell, Floyd L. Gordon, Leonard A. Johnson.

WEST MONROE LODGE No. 419. Organized at West Monroe, Parish of Ouachita, October 12, 1926. Chartered February 8, 1927. Meets second and fourth Tuesdays.

Officers G T. Gallaspy W. M. W. D. Golson S. D. E. N. Camp S. W. G. W. Welch J. D. M. S. Davey J. W. C. C. Peterman M. C. J. W. Mitchell Treasurer W. N. Nugent } „ . J. C. Stewart (P.M.) Secretary F. U. Collie ) | BtewarM C. E. Ponder Chaplain W. W. Lofton Tyler 312 ROSTER OF LODGES

Past Masters J. C. Stewart H. R. Wood b. L. Wood J. D. Stewart S. H. Humphries H. A. Gentry R. B. Henry J. L. Warren Total, 112 members.

Initiated—Russell Lee Jordan, Louis Mack Ray, Leon Mayfield Fife. Initiated and Passed—Asa Lee Ray, Thomas Brewer Godfrey, Lee Odis Brunson. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Russell Thomas Lolley, Sidney James Monroe, Louis Arlo Whitlock, William Washington Lofton, Frank J. Frickey, Henry Arthur Hall. Passed—linger Pettis Evans. Affiliated—C. Korlos Smith. Reinstated—James Steel Williams, Joseph Noble Coats, Earl Bee- ton, R. B. Henry, Jr. Demitted—E. L. Wrenn, F. J. McCoy. Suspended, N. P. D.—Gregory Curtis Warren, B. W. McCrary.

STERLINGTON LODGE No. 420. Instituted at Sterlington, Parish of Ouachita, on March 4th, 1930. Chartered February 3rd, 1931. Meets second and fourth Thursday's of each month.

Officers Herbert V. Gleason W. M. W. Hugh Turner S. D. Daniel H. Goodwin S. W. Ance J. Cranford J. D. Leland Y. Wright J. W. Rexie E. Reese M. C. J. Hall Hammons (P.M.).-Treas. W. E. Hendricks Tom D. Wafer Secretary Gilford Wright j L. V. Fortenberry Chaplain Harry M. Carter Tyler

Past Masters I. N. Peters O. J. Parker Van Anderson R. W. Cretney J. H. Hammons Walter L. Laningham Claud Dunham James Elmo Waugh Total, 75 members. ROSTER OF LODGES 3 1 3

Initiated — Oberlin Joseph Ham, Floyd Dollar, James Adolph Roberts. Initiated and Passed—Jessie A. Cain, William Samuel Godwin, James Donald O'Neil, Jr. Initiated, Passed and Raised—John Wilkes Booth, III, Stanley John Blower. Passed and Raised—John Fredrick Wilson. Affiliated — Ira P. Robinson, Ance J. Oanford, Guy O. Barr, Edwin L. Sinclair, Guy W. Antley. Died—James Fred. Stroud. Demitted—Boyd B. Birmingham.

LEE E. THOMAS LODGE No. 421.

Instituted at New Orleans, Parish of Orleans, on April 4th, 1935. Chartered February 3, 1936. Meets first and third Tuesdays each month.

Officers Martin E. Eckart W. M. M. E. Kranz S. D. P. B. Bobo S. W. Raymond W. Weiser J. D. A. P. Fannin J. W. A. C. Spurlock M. C. C. R. Dupas (P.M.) Treasurer C. Eber T R. G. Stockton, (P.M.)....Secretary E. N. Fraiche I Stewards Peter Rooney (P.M.) Chaplain Leo Spinadel j A. L. Campo Tyler

Past Masters

Peter M. Kenney Peter Rooney Nelson S. Towner M. J. Gomes C. R. Dupas W. C. Hayden, Sr. Geo. W. Hicks L. E. Oster Peter Catalano Edw. B. Kranz (U.D.) Roy G. Stockton, Sr. Matti H. Creed

Total, 57 members.

Initiated and Passed—Thomas William Kelly, Bernard Edmund Feurstein. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Raymond Walter Weiser, Cecil Al- ton Spurlock. 314 ROSTER OF LODGES

TRIUMPH LODGE No. 422.

Organized at Triumph, Plaquemines Parish, La. May 11, 1941. Chartered February 10, 1942. Meets Second and Fourth Wednesdays. P. O. Box 11, Triumph, La.

Officers Raymond R. Ball W. M. Wilton F. Hogan S. D. Herman J. Collins S. W. L. L. Olsen J. D. Troy D. Maxwell J. W. George U. Wallin M. C. R. H. Dominy Treasurer ^ stewards O'Grady Fair Secretary J btewaras Angus Buras Chaplain Jacob C. Anderson Tyler Past Masters Walter R. Simpson Felix J. Blston Total, 49 members. Initiated—Benjamin Adair Ivy. Initiated and Passed^-John I. Bdgecomb, Eugene James Mitchell. Initiated, Passed and Raised—Hardy Henry Head, Turner Jeff Boyd, Stewart Lee Johnson, William Henry LeGrand, Jewitt Claude Pugh, Jr. Passed and Raised—Maurice Irving Middleton, Ernest Leonard Heath, Jr., Joe Allen Mabry. Raised—James Truman Reeves, John Gordon Smith, Oliver Hay- wood Jones, Othel Thomas Phillips, William Waymond Little, Jasper Carson Neal. Affiliated—Otha Heathman. LOUISIANA RELIEF LODGE ,'il 5

LOUISIANA RELIEF LODGE No. 1, F. & A. M. OFFICERS — 1943 Chartered July 1, 1854, Meets 1st Sunday, April, July, October, and Sunday before Christmas, Masonic Temple, 333 St. Charles St., New Orleans, La. LOUIS T. WALSDORF, Mount Moriah 59 Worshipful Master CHARLES E. McHALE, Linn Wood 167.... - Senior Warden HENRY KERR, Hermitage 98 Junior Warden ALFRED S. THARP, Jefferson 191 Treasurer CHARLES E. McHALE, Linn Wood 167 - Acting Secretary HENRY MYERS, Hiram 70 Chaplain EMILE POISSENOT, Ionic 374 Senior Deacon JOS. BERNARD MILLER, Franklin 57 Junior Deacon PETER GLUCK, Jefferson 191 Master of Ceremonies E. J. FILLETJL, Jacques de Molay 389 Steward FRANK WEBER, Friends of Harmony 58 Steward RALPH B. FREEMAN, Euclid 394 Tyler LOUIS ESCHENBRENNER, Euclid 394 Tyler Emeritus

Members The Worshipful Master, Senior Warden, Junior Warden, and Past Masters of each of the New Orleans Lodges.

LIVING PAST GRAND MASTERS, 1943 M:W: EMIL SUNDBERY, Napoleonville, Assumption 307 1913 M:W: JOHN W. ARMSTRONG, Welsh, Welsh 232 1917 M:W: GEO. A. TREADWELL, New Orleans, Linn Wood 167.... 1918 M:W: RUDOLPH KRAUSB, Lake Charles, Lake Charles 166.... 1919 M:W: WYNNE G. ROGERS, New Orleans, Union 172 1920 M:W: H. H. BAIN, Shreveport, Joppa 362 1921 M:W: HANEY B. CONNER, Baton Rouge, Concordia 305 1925 M:W: EDWIN F. GAYLE, Lake Charles, Calcasieu 400 1927 M:W: LEON S. HAAS, Opelousas, Humble Cottage 19 1930 M:W: JOHN C. AYERS, Lake Charles, Lake Charles 165 1932 M:W: W. D. HAAS, Jr., Bunkie, Bunkie 326 1933 M:W: MILTON W. BOYLAN, New Orleans, Albert Pike 376.... 1934 M:W: PHILIP LIEBER, Shreveport, Shreveport 115 1935 M:W: ROBERT F. KENNON, Minden, Minden 51 1936 M:W: ARCHIE T. HIGGINS, Gretna, Win. D. White 408 1937 M:W: CHARLES F. RATCLIFF, Baton Rouge, Plains 135 1938 M:W: ROBERT H. BROOKS, Ruston, Ruston 106 1939 M:W: J. CHRIS NUNGESSER, New Orleans, Paul M. Schneidau 391 1*940 M:W: DEE A. STRICKLAND, Monroe, Western Star 24 1941 M:W: J. LUTHER JORDAN, Baton Rouge, Mansfield 250 1942 316 COMMITTEES OF GRAND LODGE COMMITTEES OF GRAND LODGE, 1943 MASONIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE M:W: LEON S. HAAS, P.G.M., Opelousas (Chairman) Humble Cottage 19 M:W: WYNNE G. ROGERS, P. G. M., New Orleans Union 172 M:W: PHILIP LIEBER, P.G.M., Shreveport Shreveport 115 M:W: ARCHIE T. HIGGINS, P. G. M., Gretna Wm. D. White 408 W: W. D. GOFF, Baton Rouge Arcadia 126 W: PAUL B. HABANS, New Orleans Level 373 W: WARREN O. WATSON, Baton Rouge Baton Rouge 372 AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS M:W: GEORGE A. TREADWELL, P. G. M., New Orleans (Chairman) Linn Wood 167 W: C. P. DERVELOY, Alexandria Alexandria 398 W: HERBERT S. BENJAMIN, Baton Rouge Baton Rouge 372 AUDITOR M:W: GEO. A. TREADWELL, P. G. M., C. P. A., New Orleans Linn Wood 167 APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES M:W: HOLLACE H. BAIN, P. G. M., Shreveport (Chairman) Joppa 862 M:W: JOHN W. ARMSTRONG, P. G. M., Welsh Welsh 232 M:W: MILTON W. BOYLAN, P. G. M., New Orleans.Albert Pike 376 M:W: J. CHRIS NUNGESSER, P. G. M., New Orleans Paul M. Schneidau 391 W: L. K. CAPPEL, Alexandria Oliver 84 W: ROBERT J. BADON, New Orleans Albert Rousseau 301 W: CARTER C. LACOUR, Baton Rouge Capitol 399 STATE OF THE ORDER M:W: HANEY B. CONNER, P. G. M., Baton Rouge (Chairman) Concordia 305 M:W: ROBERT H. BROOKS, P. G. M., Ruston Ruston 106 W: A. K. PALMER, Oxford Pelican 318 WORK AND RETURNS OF CHARTERED LODGES W: MAX B. BLANCHARD, New Orleans (Chairman) David R. Graham 413 W: P. C. GOLDENBERG, New Orleans David R. Graham 413 W: LOUIS E. OSTER, New Orleans Lee E. Thomas 421 W: ROBERT W. SMITH, New Orleans Louisiana 102 W: THOS. DE PAOLI, New Orleans Mt. Moriah 59 COMMITTEES OF GRAXD LODGE 31?

WORK AND RETURNS OF LODGES, U. D. W: R. L. GAY, Zwolle (Chairman) Zwolle 302 W: J. L. ORR, Glenmora Glenmora 356 W: H. E. CONERLY, Baton Rouge Capitol 399

PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON WORK W: C. R. GRIFFITH, (5 years), Chatham (Chairman)....DaUey 265 W: JOHN H. BROWN, (4 years), Alco Alco 416 W: PAUL A. MARTIN, (3 years), Shreveport W. H. Booth 380 R:W: T. F. MATHES, (2 years), New Orleans Louisiana 102 W: O. A. SLATER, (1 year), Robeline-. Robeline 344

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE M:W: EDWIN F. GAYLE, P. G. M., Lake Charles (Chairman) Calcasieu 400 W: MAX H. KULCKE, Monroe Western Star 24 W: FRANK W. MAGNE, New Orleans Perseverance 4 W: LUIS G. BRAVO, New Orleans Cervantes 5 W: VINCENT LA NASA, New Orleans Galileo-MaMini 368

HISTORY

M:W: EMIL SUNDBERY, P. G. M., Napoleonville (Chairman) Assumption 307 W: JOHN W. JAMES, Columbia Columbia 164 W: PRICE CALHOUN, Logansport Mt. Vernon 83 W: D. L. BUTLER, Rodessa Benefleld 270 W: D. W. LANDESS, Port Allen Blazing Star 212 W: ADAM F. HUHNER, New Orleans Quitman 76 W: R. E. PHILLIPS, Tangipahoa St. Helena 96

MILEAGE AND PER DIEM

W: L. C. MILLER, New Orleans (Chairman) Crescent City 387 W: HANS WARSKAT, New Orleans Jefferson 191 W: JOHN H. EARLES, New Orleans Trowel 386

NECROLOGY

M:W: CHARLES F. RATCLIFF, P. G. M., Baton Rouge (Chairman) Plains 136 W: R. D. FARR, Monroe Western Star 24 W: P. H. FARMER, Ferriday Ferriday 390 318 COMMITTEES OF GRAND LODGE

CREDENTIALS W: MORRIS MARX, New Orleans (Chairman)....Baton Rouge 372 W: B. S. TITUS, New Orleans Jefferson 191 W: CE5SAIRE R. DUPAS, New Orleans Lee E. Thomas 421 W: GEORGE C. AMRHEIN, New Orleans Osiris 300 W: MEYER SCHAEFER, New Orleans Friends of Harmony 58 W: ROBERT C. PFLUEGBR, Sr., New Orleans Jefferson 191 W: A. PAUL FANNIN, New Orleans Lee E. Thomas 421 W: CHARLES McHALE, New Orleans Linn Wood 167 W: LEON FLETTRICH, New Orleans Linn Wood 167 W: FRANK VICARI, New Orleans Friends of Harmony 58

MASONIC DIGEST COMMISSION W: RICHARD T. McBRIDE, New Orleans (Chairman) (1 year) Hermitage 98 W: WILBURN V. LUNN, Shreveport (2 years) Belcher 332 W: ROBERT M. TALIAFERRO Harrisonburg (3 years) Harrisonburg 110

SERVICE COMMITTEE W: T. ELLWOOD FRAZIER, New Orleans (Chairman)..Hiram 70 W: ADAM MEHN, New Orleans (Secretary) Hermitage 9-8 . W: HARRY McKENZIE, Homer Homer 152 W: L. W. HARRIS, Alexandria .'. Oliver 84 W: D. L. MOSELEY, Ringgold Mackey 122 W: W. A. McLEES, Shreveport W. H. Booth 380 W: HUGH H. MILLER, Lafayette Hope 145 W: MICHAEL S. ELGUTTER, New Orleans Linn Wood 167 W: PERCY S. BENEDICT, New Orleans Perfect Union 1 W: JAMES B. EATON, New Orleans Friends of Harmony 58

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MASONIC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, Inc. From the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana: M:W: EDWIN F. GAYLE, P. G. M. (President) 3 years..Calcasieu 400 W: THOMAS GREEN, 1 year :.Perfect Union 1 M:W: WYNNE G. ROGERS, P. G. M., 2 years...:. Union 172

From Board of Directors of the Grand Lodge Hall: R:W: U. W. McMILLAN (Treasurer), 3 years Linn Wood 167 M:W: J. CHRIS NUNGESSER, P. G. M., 1 year .; '. Paul M. Schneidau 391 R:W: D. PETER LAGUENS, Jr. (Secretary) 2 years.Corinthian 190 COMMITTEES OF GRAND LODGE 319

From Board of Trustees, Masonic Home for Children: M:W: LEON S. HAAS, P. G. M., 2 years Humble Cottage 19 M:W: QBO. A. TREADWELL, P. G. M., 1 year Linn Wood 167 M:W: DEE A. STRICKLAND, P. G. M., 2 years Western Star 24

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN, ALEXANDRIA M:W: EDWIN F. GAYLE, P. G. M., Lake Charles, (Chairman), 5 years - Calcasieu 400 W: H. W. PALFREY, Alexandria, 1 year Oliver 84 M:W: DEE A. STRICKLAND, P. G. M., Monroe 2 years Western Star 24 M:W: GEO. A. TREADWELL, P. G. M., New Orleans, 3 years (Secy.-Treas.) Linn Wood 167 M:W: LEON S. HAAS, P. G. M., Opelousas, 4 years Humble Cottage 19 Ex-officio M:W: BENJAMIN Y. WOLF, New Orleans. .Friends of Harmony 58 R:W: W. S. KINGRBY, Kinder Kinder 291 R:W: OTTO E. PASSMAN, Monroe Graham Surghnor 383 R:W: T. F. MATHES, New Orleans Louisiana 102

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE GRAND LODGE HALL M:W: BENJAMIN Y. WOLF, New Orleans....Friends of Harmony 58 R:W: W. S. KINGREY, Kinder Kinder 291 R:W: OTTO E. PASSMAN, Monroe Graham Surghnor 383 R:W: T. F. MATHES, New Orleans Louisiana 102 R:W: U. W. McMILLAN, New Orleans Linn Wood 167 R:W: D. PETER LAGTJENS, Jr., New Orleans Corinthian 190 M:W: EDWIN P. GAYLE, P. G. M., Lake Charles Calcasieu 400 M:W: W. D. HAAS, Jr., P. G. M., Bunkie Bunkio 326 M:W: J. LUTHER JORDAN, Mansfield Mansfield 250 W: Q. T. HARDTNER, P. M., Urania Charles F. Buck 260 W: MORRIS MARX, P. M., New Orleans Baton Rouge 372 ADAM WIRTH, New Orleans Union 172 320 DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS, 1943

DISTRICT No. 1. R:W: L. W. WATTS, Oil City ..Mooringsport 342 Caddo Parish: Shreveport 115, Caddo 179, Landmark 214, Bene- field 270, Ida 324, Vivian 314, Belcher 332, Mooringsport 342, Joppa 362, W. H. Booth 380, Cedar Grove 403, Greenwood 409, Queensborough 418. Bossier Parish: Cypress 89, Haughton 95, Plain Dealing 237, Atkins 266, Martin McClanahan 384 18 Lodges.

DISTRICT No. 2. R:W: E. R. MINCHEW, Castor R. M. Crowson 281 Bienviile Parish: Mackey 122, Arcadia 126, R. M. Crowson 281, Gibsland 304, Bryceland 350, Saline 392. Claiborne Parish: Athens 136, Homer 152, Millerton 245. Webster Parish: Minden 51, Dorcheat 276, Cotton Valley 335, Spring Hill 348, Shongaloo 352 14 Lodges.

DISTRICT No. 3. R:W: W. D. WALLACE, Downsville Downsville 143

Jackson Parish: Dalley 265, Eros 295, Jonesboro 280, Hodge 363. Lincoln Parish: Ruston 106, Simsboro 235, Choudrant 339. Union Par- ish: Union Fraternal 53, Thomas Jefferson 113, Downsville 143, Bernice 239, Marion 283, Winn Parish-Midway 385 .13 Lodges.

DISTRICT No. 4. R:W: C. J. ROZIER, Newellton St. Joseph 79 Ouachita Parish: Western Star 24, Urim 111, Cadeville 229, Gra- ham Surghnor 383, West Monroe 419, Sterlington 420. Franklin Par- ish: Winnsboro 246, New Hope 328, Crowville 370, Dan Gilbert 405. Caldwell Parish: Columbia 164, Clarks 382. Concordia Parish: Con- cordia 305, Ferriday 390. Catahoula Parish: Harrisonburg 110, Key- stone 213, Four Rivers 369. Tensas Parish: St. Joseph 79. Tensas 309 19 Lodges. DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS 321

DISTRICT No, 5. R:W: W. O. KEBS, Urania Chas. F. Buck 260 Wlnn Parish: Eastern Star 151, Rosemary 278. Grant Parish: Montgomery 168, Colfax 259, Anchor 261, Georgetown 298, Verda 323, Little River 341. LaSalle Parish: Chas. F. Buck 260, Olla 303, Car- rietta 312, Michael Dempsey 327 12 Lodges.

DISTRICT No. 6. R:W: JAMES A. BAILES, Marthaville Marthaville 268 Red River Parish: Silent Brotherhood 146, Conly 241, Holly Springs 247. Natchitoches Parish: Phoenix 38, Marthaville 258, Gol- donna 293, Middle Creek 321, Ajax 325, Robeline 344, Simcoe Walms- ley 359, Bethany 360, Kisatchie Union 379. DeSoto Parish: Mt. Vernon 83, Liberty 123, Mansfield 250, Pelican 318 16 Lodges.

DISTRICT No. 7. R:W: W. E. HUFFMAN, Oak Grove Pioneer 340 Rlehland Parish: Delhi 120, R. F. McGuire 209, W. M. Baker 388. Morehouse Parish: Mt. Gerizim 54, Brookville 161, St. Andrews 266, Collinston 357. East Carroll Parish: Pecan Grove 222. Madison Parish: Tallulah 308. West Carroll Parish: Oak Grove 284, Pioneer 340 11 Lodges.

DISTRICT No. 8. R:W: EDWIN M. FRASER, Many Many 411 Sabine Parish: Kisatchie 156, Pleasant Hill 230, Little Flock 236, Mitchell 252, Florien 263, Zwolle 302, Noble 320, Many 411. Vernon Parish: Anacoco 147, N. H. Bray 208, Leesville 240, Toro 253, Rose- pine 290, Pitkin 338, Alco 416 15 Lodges.

DISTRICT No. 9. R:W: W. K. JOFFRION, Marksville Marksville 269 Avoyelles Parish: Atchafalaya 163, Evergreen 189, Marksville 269, Bunkie 326. Rapides Pariah: Oliver 84, Gordy 133, Fellowship 217, Solomon 221, Forest Hill 254, Boyce 273, Cheneyville 286, Rapides 306, Curtis T. Hines 317, Glenmora 356, Alexandria 398 15 Lodges. 322 DISTRICT DEPUTY GKAND MASTERS

DISTRICT No. 10. R:W: H. W. HAMILTON, DeQuincy DeQuincy 279 Allen Parish: Oberlin 274, Yellow Pine 282', Kinder 291. Beaure- gard Parish: Sam Todd 182, Magnolia 238, DeRidder 271, Merryville 329. Calcasieu Parish: Lake Charles 165, DeQuincy 279, Vinton 364, Calcasieu 400. Jefferson Davis Parish: Welsh 232, Jennings 249, Live Oak 346, Elton 349 15 Lodges.

DISTRICT No. 11. R:W: JULIUS O. HEDT, New Iberia Aurora 193 St. Landry Parish: Humble Cottage 19, Orphans Friend 185, Har- mony 410. Acadia Parish: Crowley 243, Rayne 313. Vermilion Par- ish: Abbeville 192. Lafayette Parish: Hope 145. St. Martin Parish: Albert Rousseau 301. Iberia Parish: Aurora 193, Jeanerette 255. St. Mary Parish: Franklin 57, Lafayette 87, Doric 205 13 Lodges.

DISTRICT No. 12. R:W: D. W. LANDESS, Port Allen... Blazing Star 212 St. Landry Parish: Melville 268. Pointe Coupee Parish: Livonia 220, Tyrian 206. Iberville Parish: Acacia 116, White Castle 257, For- doche 292. Ascension Parish: Ascension 251. Assumption Parish: Assumption 307. West Baton Rouge Parish: Blazing Star 212. 9 Lodges.

DISTRICT No. 13. R:W: MAURICE BAHM, Baton Rouge Capitol 399 Ascension Parish: New River 402. E. Feliciana Parish: St. Albans 28, Olive 52, Kellertown 124. W. Feliciana Parish: Feliciana 31. E. Baton Rouge Parish: St. James 47, Milford 117, Plains 135, Baton Rouge 372, Capitol 399, Istrouma 414. St. Helena Pariah: St. Helena 96, Grangeville 231. Livingston Parish: Denham Springs 297. 14 Lodges.

DISTRICT No. 14. R:W: ALON L. WALL, Amite Spring Creek 184 St. Tammany Parish: Covington 188, Slidell 311, Sun 336. Tan- gipahoa Parish: Livingston 160, Amite City 175, Spring Creek 184, Kentwood 248. Washington Parish: Franklinton 101, Center 244, Pine 264, Zona 337 11 Lodges. DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS 323

DISTRICT No. 15. R:W: FRED W. CAMPBELL, New Orleans Alpha Home 72 St. John the Baptist Parish: Progressive 262. Jefferson Parish: William D. White 408, Square & Compass 417. Terrebonne Parish: Unity 267. Orleans Parish: Alpha Home 72, Hermitage 98, Sts. John 153, Indivisible Friends 404, Isis 406, Theodore Roosevelt 415, Triumph 422 11 Lodges.

DISTRICT No. 16. R:W: R. GORDON SMITH, New Orleans Paul M. Schneidau 391 Orleans Parish: Etoile Polaire 1, Perseverance 4, Cervantes 5, Germania 46, Kosmos 171, Union 172, Dante 174, Galileo-Mazzini 368, Albert Pike 376, Paul M. Schneidau 391 10 Lodges.

DISTRICT No. 17. R:W: FREEMAN A. BALLARD, New Orleans Orleans 397 Orleans Parish: Perfect Union 1, Mount Moriah 59, Quitman 76, Louisiana 102, Ocean 144, Corinthian 190, Jefferson 191, Trinity 375, Trowel 386, Crescent City 387, Forum 395, Daylight 412, Orleans 397. 13 Lodges.

DISTRICT No. 18. R:W: DAVID GOLDSTEIN, New Orleans Gecrge Washington 65 Orleans Parish: Friends of Harmony 58, George Washington 65, Hiram 70, Linn Wood 167, Osiris 300, Invincible 361, Ideal 367, Level 373, Ionic 374, Jacques de Molay 389, Euclid 394, John F. Purdy 386, David R. Graham 413, Lee E. Thomas 421 , 14 Lodges. 324 ALPHABETICAL LIST OP D. D. GRAND MASTERS

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS, 1943.

Lodges NAME District in Address District

Maurice Bahm 13 14 Baton Rouge James A. Bailee 6 16 Marthaville Freeman A. Ballard.. 17 13 New Orleans Fred. W. Campbell 15 11 New Orleans Edwin M. Fraser 8 15 Many- David Goldstein 18 14 New Orleans H, W. Hamilton 10 15 DeQuincy Julius O. Hedt 11 13 New Iberia W. E. Huffman 7 11 Oak Grove W. K. Joffrion 9 15 Marksville W. O. Kees 5 12 Urania Dr. D. W. Landess 12 9 Port Allen E. R. Minchew 2 14 Castor C. J. Rozier 4 19 Newellton R. Gordon Smith 16 10 New Orleans Alon L. Wall 14 11 Amite W. D. Wallace 3 13 Downsville L. W. Watts 1 18 Oil City ALPHABETICAL LIST OP LODGES 325

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Nearest Name of Lodge Location PostofBce sS

Abbeville j 192 11 Abbeville Abbeville. Acacia ! 116 12 Plaquemlne Plaquemine. Ajax ! 325 Ajax. Marthaville, R. 1 Alco ' 416 Alco Alco. Alexandria 398 Alexandria Alexandria Alpha Home 72 15 New Orleans New Orleans Amite City 175 14 Amite Amite. Anacoco j 147 8 Hawthorn Hawthorn. Anchor , 261 5 Pollock Pollock. Arcadia 126 2 Arcadia Arcadia Ascension j 251 12 Donaldsonville ... Donaldsonville Assumption 307 12 Napoleonville Napoleonville Atchafalaya 163 9 Simmesport. Simmesport. Athens . 136 2 thens Athens. Atkins 266 1 Elm Grove Elm Grove. Aurora 193 11 New Iberia.. New Iberia. Baker, Win. M 38S 7 Mangham .. Mangham Baton Rouge 372 13 Baton Rouge Baton Rouge Belcher 332 1 Belcher Belcher. Benefield 270 1 Rodessa - Rodessa. Bernice 239 3 Bernice Bernice. Bethany 360 6 Campti Campti. 212 12 Port Allen Port Allen. Blazing Star 3S0 Shrevf port. Booth, W. H 1 Shreveport 273 9 B-yce Boyce. Boyce 208 8 Walnut Hill Leesville. Bray, N. H 161 7 Oak Ridge Oak Ridge. Brookville 350 2 Bryceland Bryceland. Bryceland 260 5 Urania Urania. Buck, Chas. F 326 9 Bunkie Bunkie. Bunkie 179 1 Shreveport Shreveport Caddo 229 4 Cadeville West Monroe. Cadeville Lake Charles Calcasieu \ 400 10 Lake Charles 13 Baton Rouge Baton Rouge Capitol | 399 Trout. Carrietta j 312 5 Trout - 1 Cedar Grove Cedar Grove. Cedar Grove j 403 Bogalusa. Center , 244 14 Pogalusa Cervantes 5 16 New Orleans New Orleans Cheneyville ... 286 9 Cheneyville Cheneyville. Choudrant 339 3 Choudrant Choudrant. Clarks ... 882 4 Clarks Clarks. Colfax 259 5 Oolfax Colfax. Collinston 357 7 ollinston Collinston. Columbia 164 4 olumbia Columbia. Concordia 305 4 Vidalia Vidalia. Conly 241 6 Hall Summit Hall Summit. Corinthian 190 17 New Orleans New Orleans. Cotton Valley 335 2 Cotton Valley Cotton Valley. 326 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LODGES

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Nearest Name of Lodge Location Postoffice

Covington 188 14 Covington Covington. Crescent City 387 17 New Orleans.. New Orleans. Crowley 243 11 Crowley Crowley. Crowson, R. M 281 2 Castor Castor. Crowville 370 4 Crowville Crowville. Cypress 89 1 Benton benton. Dalley 265 3 Chatham Chatham. Dan Gilbert 405 4 Gilbert Gilbert. Daylight 412 17 New Orleans New Orleans. Dante .-. 174 16 New Orleans New Orleans. Delhi 120 7 Delhi Delhi. Dempsey, Michael.... 327 5 Jena Jena. Denham Springs .... 297 13 Denham Springs.. Denham Spring's DeQuincy 279 10 DeQuincy DeQuincy. DeRidder 271 10 DeRidder DeRidder. Dorcheat 276 2 Dorcheat Grove. Doric 205 11 Morgan City Morgan City. Downsville 143 3 Downsville Downsville. Eastern Star 151 5 Winnfleld ' vvinnfleld. Elton 349 10 Elton Elton. Eros 295 3 Eros Eros. Etoile Polaire 1 16 New Orleans New Orleans. Euclid 394 18 New Orleans New Orleans Evergreen 189 9 Evergreen Evergreen. Feliciana 31 13 St. Francisville.... St. Francisville. Fellowship 217 9 Hineston Hineston. Ferriday 390 4 Ferriday Ferriday Florien 263 8 Florien Florien. Fordoche 292 12 Maringouin Maringouin. Forest Hill 254 9 Forest Hill Forest Hill. Forum 395 17 New Orleans New Orleans. Four Rivers 369 4 Jonesville Jonesville. Franklin 57 11 Franklin Franklin. Franklinton 101 14 Franklinton Franklinton. Friends of Harmony 58 18 New Orleans New Orleans. Galileo-Mazzini 368 16 New Orleans New Orleans. Georgetown 298 5 Georgetown Georgetown. Germania 46 16 New Orleans New Orleans. Gibsland 304 2 Gibsland Gibsland. Glenmora 356 9 Glenmora Glenmora. Goldonna 293 6 Goldonna Goldonna. Gordy 133 9 Lecompte Lecompte Graham, David R 413 18 New Orleans New Orleans. Grangeville ..". 231 13 Grangeville Grangeville Greenwood 409 1 Greenwood Greenwood. Harmony 410 11 Eunice Eunice. Harrisonburg .... 110 4 Harrisonburg Harrisonburg. Haughton 95 1 Haughton Haughton. Hermitage 98 15 New Orleans New Orleans. ALPHABETICAL LIST OV LODGES 327

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Nearest Name of Lodge Location Postofflce

Hines, Curtis T 317 9 Tioga Tioga. Hiram 70 18 New Orleans New Orleans. Hodge 363 3 Hodge Hodge. Holly Springs 247. 6 Holly Springs.... Coushatta Homer 152 2 Homer Homer. Hope 145 11 Lafayette Lafayette. Humble Cottage 19 11 Opelousas Opelousas. Ida 324 1 Ida Ida. Ideal 367 18 New Orleans New Orleans Indivisible Friends .. 404 15 Algiers New Orleans Invincible 361 18 New Orleans New Orleans. Ionic 374 18 New Orleans New Orleans Isis 406 15 New Orleans New Orleans Istrouma 414 13 Istrouma Istrouma. Jacques de Molay.... 389 18 New Orleans New Orleans Jefferson 191 17 New Orleans Now Orleans. Jefferson, Thomas.... 113 9 Spearsville Lillie. Jeanerette 255 11 Jeanerette Jeanerette. Jennings 249 10 Jennings Jennings. Jonesboro 280 3 Jonesboro Jonesboro. Joppa 362 1 Shreveport Shreveport. Kellertown 124 13 Wilson Wilson. Kentwood 248 14 Kentwood Kentwood. Keystone 213 4 Sicily Island Sicily Island Kinder 291 10 Kinder Kinder. Kisatchie 156 8 Mount Cannel . Peason. Kisatchie Union 379 6 Kisatchie Kisatchie. Kosmos 171 16 New Orleans New Orleans. Lafayette . 87 11 Patterson Patterson. Lake Charles 165 10 Lake Charles Lake Charle.s Land Mark 214 1 Keithville Keithville. Leesville 240 8 Leesville Leesville. Level 373 18 New Orleans New Orleans. Liberty 123 6 Keatchie Keatchie. Linn Wood 167 18 New Orleans ••Jew Orleans. Little Flock 236 8 Negreet Negreet. Little River 341 5 Rochelle Rochelle. Live Oak 346 10 Lake Arthur Lake Arthur. Livingston 16C 14 Hammond Hammond Livonia 220 12 New Roads New Roads. Louisiana 102 17 New Orleans .... New Orleans. Mackey 122 2 Ringgold Ringgold. Magnolia ....* 238 10 Barnes' Creek... Ragley. Mansfield 250 6 Mansfield Mansfield. Many 411 8 Many Many. Marion 283 3 Marion Marion. Marksville 269 9 Marksville Marksville. Marthaville 258 6 Marthavllle Marthaville McClanahan, Martin 384 1 Bossier City Bossier City. McGuire, R. F 209 7 Rayville Rayville. 328 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LODGES

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Name of Lodge

Melville 26S 12 Melville Melville. 329 10 Merryville Merryville. Merryville Bellwood Bellwood. Middle Creek .... 321 6 385 3 Dodson Dodson. Midway Hope Villa Hope Villa. Milford 117 13 245 2 Haynesville Haynesville. Millerton Minden Minden. Minden 51 2 252 8 Mitchell Mitchell. Mitchell Montgomery. Montgomery 168 5 Montgomery Mooringsport 342 1 Mooringsport Mooringsport. Mt. Gerizim 54 7 Bastrop Bastrop. Mt. Moriah 59 17 New OrLeans New Orleans. Mt. Vernon 83 6 Logansport Logansport. New Hope 328 4 Winnsboro Winnsboro. New River 402 13 Gonzales Gonzales. Noble 320 8 Noble Noble. Oak Grove 284 7 Oak Grove Oak Grove. Oberlin 274 10 Oberlin Oberlin. Ocean 144 17 New Orleans New Orleans Olive 52 13 Clinton Clinton. Oliver 84 9 Alexandria Alexandria. Olla 303 5 Olla Olla. Orleans 397 17 New Orleans New Orleans Orphans' Friend 185 11 Morrow Morrow. Osiris 300 18 New Orleans New Orleans Pecan Grove 222 7 Lake Providence- Lake Providence Pelican 318 6 Pelican Pelican. Perfect Union .... 1 17 N'ew Orleans New Orleans Perseverance 4 16 New Orleans New Orleans. Phoenix 38 6 Natch itoches Natchitoches. Pike, Albert 376 16 New Orleans New Orleans. Pine 264 14 Plnecliff Franklinton. Pioneer 340 7 Pioneer Pioneer. Pitkin 338 8 Pitkin Pitkin. Plain Dealing .... 237 1 Plain Dealing "lain Dealing. Plains 135 13 Zachary Zachary. Pleasant Hill 230 8 Pleasant Hill Pleasant Hill Progressive 262 15 Garyvllle , Garyvllle. Purdy, John P 396 18 New Orleans... New Orleans. Queensborough .. 418 1 Shreveport Shreveport. Quitman 76 17 New Orleans New Orleans. Rapides 306 9 Poland Alexandria. Rayne 313 11 Rayne Rayne. Robeline 344 6 Robeline Robeline. Roosevelt, Theo. 415 15 New Orleans New Orleans. Rosemary 278 5 Newport Sikes. Rosepine 290 8 Rosepine Rosepine. Rousseau, Albert 301 11 St. Martinville... St. Martinvllle. Ruston 106 3 Ruston Ruston. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LODGES 329

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Saline 392 2 Saline Saline. Schneidau, Paul M... 391 16 New Orleans. New Orleans. Shongaloo 352 2 Shongaloo Shongaloo. Shreveport 115 1 Shreveport Shreveport. Silent Brotherhood.. 146 6 Coushatta Coushatta. Simsboro 235 3 Simsboro Simsboro. Slidell 311 14 Slidell Slidell. Solomon 221 9 Pineville Pineville. Spring Creek 184 14 Spring Creek. Spring Creek. Springhill 348 2 Springhill Springhill. Square & Compass.. 417 15 Kenner Kenner. St. Albans 28 13 Jackson .Jackson. St. Andrews 256 | 7 Mer Rouge Mer Rouge. St. Helena 96 13 Greensburg .... '} eensburg. St. James 47 13 Baton Rouge.. Baton Rouge. St. Joseph 79 4 Newellton Newellton. Saints John 153 15 Algiers New Orleans. Sterlington 420 4 Sterlington ... Sterlington. Sun 336 14 Sun Sun. Surghnor, Graham.... 383 4 Monroe Monroe. Tallulah 308 7 Tallulah Tallulah. Tensas 309 4 St. Joseph St. Joseph. Thomas, Lee E 421 18 New Orleans. New Orleans. Todd, Sam 182 10 Sugartown Sugartown. Toro 253 8 Hornbeck Hornbeck. Trinity 375 17 New Orleans. New Orleans. Triumph 422 15 Triumph Triumph Trowel 386 17 New Orleans. New Orleans Tyrian 206 12 Batchelor Batchelor. Union 172 16 New Orleans. New Orleans Union Fraternal 53 3 Farmerville ... Farmerville. Unity 267 15 Houma Houma. Urim 111 4 Calhoun Calhoun. Verda 323 5 New Verda ... New Verda. Vinton 364 10 Vinton Vinton. Vivian 314 1 Vivian Vivian. Walmsley, Simcoe.... 359 6 Weaver Flora. Washington, George 65 18 New Orleans. New Orleans. Welsh 232 10 Welsh Welsh. West Monroe 419 4 West Monroe West Monroe Western Star 24 4 Monroe Monroe. White Castle 257 12 White Castle. Whitecastle. White, Win. D 408 15 Algiers New Orleans. Winnsboro 246 4 Winnsboro ... Winnsboro. Yellow Pine 282 10 Oakdale Oakdale. Zona 337 14 Enon Zona. Zwolle 302 8 Zwolle Zwolle 330 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LOCATION

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Abbeville Abbeville ilenmora jlenmora. . 356 Ajax Ajax Goldonna ^oldonna. 293 Alco Alco Gonzales New River 402 Alexandria Oliver. Grangeville -rangeville* 231 Alexandria Alexandria ~ reensburg St. Helena 96 Algiers Sts. John reenwood >reenwood 409 Algiers ,... Indivisible Friends... Gretna Wm. D. White 408 Amite Amite City Hall Summit Conly 241 Arcadia Arcadia Hammond Livingston 160 Athens Athens Harrisonburg. . .. Harrisonburg 110 Barnes' Creek Magnolia Haughton Haughton 95 Bastrop Mount Gerizim Hawthorn. Anacoco 147 Batchelor Tyrian. Haynesville Millerton 245 Baton Rouge.... St. James Hineston Fellowship 217 Baton Rouge.... Baton Rouge Hodge Hodge 363 Baton Rouge.... Capitol Holly Springs.... Holly Springs 247 Baton Rouge. . . . Istrouma Homer Homer 152 Belcher Belcher Hope Villa Milford 117 Bellwood Middle Creek Hornbeck 'oro. 253 Ben ton Cypress Houma Unity. 267 Bernice Bernice Ida Ida 324 Bogalusa Center Jackson St. Albans 28 Bossier City Martin McClanahan. (eanerette Jeanerette 255 Boyce Boyce ena Michael Dempsey. 327 Bryceland Bryceland ennings Jennings 249 Bunkie Bunkie [onesboro Jonesboro 280 Cadeville ladeville [onesville Four Rivers 369 Calhoun Urim Keatctne Liberty 123 Campti Bethany Keithville Landmark 214 Castor R. M. Crowson Kenner Square and Compa; 417 Chatham Dalley Kentwood Kentwood 248 Cheneyville Cheneyville Kinder Kinder 291 Choudrant Choudrant Kisatchie Kisatchie Union. . . 379 Clarks larks ,afayette Hope 145 Clinton Olive Lake Arthur Live Oak 346 Colfax :olfa Lake Charles.... Lake Charles 165 Collinston Collinston Lake Charles. . . . 'alcasieu. 400 Columbia Columbia Lake Providence. Pecan Grove 222 Cotton Valley Cotton Valley Lecompte Gordy 133 Coushatta Silent Brotherhood. . Leesville Leesville 240 Covington Covington Logansport Mount Vernon 83 Crowley Crowley Mangham W. M. Baker 388 Crowville Crowville Mansfield Mansfield 250 Delhi Delhi Many Many.' 411 Denham Springs.. Denham Springs. . . . Maringouin Fordoche 292 DeQuincy DeQuincy Marion Marion 283 DeRidder DeRidder Marksville Marksville 269 Dodson Midway Marthaville Marthaville 258 Donaldsonville... Ascension Melville Melville 268 Dorcheat Dorcheat Mer Rouge St. Andrews 256 Downsville Downsville Merry ville Merry ville 329 Elton Elton Minden Minden 51 Elm Grove Atkins Mitchell Mitchell 252 Enon Zona Monroe Western Star 24 Eros Eros Monroe Graham Surghnor. 383 Eunice Harmony Montgomery Montgomery 168 Evergreen Evergreen Mooringsport.... Mooringsport 342 Farmerville Union Fraternal Morgan City Doric 205 Ferriday Ferriday Morrow Orphans Friend. . . 185 Florien Florien Mount Carmel. . . Kisatchie 156 Forest Hill Forest Hill Napoleonville.... Assumption 307 Franklin Franklin Natchitoches Phoenix 38 Franklinton Franklinton Negreet Little Flock 236 Garyville Progressive Newellton St. Joseph 79 Georgetown Georgetown New Iberia Aurora. 193 Gibsland Gibsland Newport Rosemary. . . . 278 Gilbert Dan Gilbert New Orleans Perfect Union. 1 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LOCATION 331

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Location Lodge Location Lodge

New Orleans.. Etoile Polaire Plain Dealing.. Plain Dealing 237 New Orleans.. Perseverance Plaquemine.... Acacia 116 New Orleans.. Cervantes Pleasant Hill... Pleasant Hill 230 New Orleans.. Germania Poland Rapides 306 New Orleans. . Friends of Harmony. Pollock Anchor 261 New Orleans.. Mount Moriah Port Allen Blazing Star 212 New Orleans.. George Washington.. Rayne Ra 313 New Orleans.. Hiram Rayville R. F. McGuire... 209 New Orleans.. Alpha-Home Ringgold Mackey 122 New Orleans.. Quitman Robeline Roobelii 344 New Orleans. . Hermitage Rochelle Little River 341 New Orleans.. Louisiana Rodessa Benefield 270 New Orleans.. |Ocean Rose Pine Rose Pine 290 New Orleans.. Linn Wood Huston Ruston 106 New Orleans.. Kosmos Saline. Saline 392 New Orleans.. Union 172 Shongaloo Shongaloo 352 New Orleans.. Dante 1741 Shreveport Caddo 179 New Orleans.. Corinthian 190 Shreveport Shreveport 115 New Orleans.. | Jefferson. 191 Shreveport Joppa 362 New Orleans.. Osiris 300| Shreveport W. H. Booth 380 New Orleans.. Invincible 361 Shreveport Queensborough 418 New Orleans.. Ideal. 367 Shreveport Cedar Grove 403 New Orleans. . Galileo-Mazzini 368 Sicily Island Keystone 213 New Orleans.. Level 373 Simsboro Simsbon 235 New Orleans.. Ionic. 374 Simmesport Atchafalaya 163 New Orleans.. Trinity 375 Slidell Slidell 311 New Orleans.. Albert Pike 376 Spearsville Thomas Jefferson. 113 New Orleans.. Trowel 386 Spring Creek.... Spring Creek 184 New Orleans.. Crescent City 387 Springhill Springhill 348 New Orleans.. Jacques de Molay. . 389 St. Francisville.. Feliciana 31 New Orleans.. Paul M. Schneidau. 391 St. Joseph Tei 309 New Orleans.. Euclid 394 St. Martinville. . Albert Rousseau.. 301 New Orleans.. Forum 395 Sterlington Sterlington 420 New Orleans.. John F. Purdy 396 Sugartown Sam Todd 182 New Orleans.. Orleans 397 Sun Sun. 336 New Orleans.. Isis. 406 Tallulah Tallulah 308 New Orleans.. Daylight 412 Tioga Curtis T. Hines... 317 New Orleans.. David R. Graham. 41.1 Triumph Triumph 422 New Orleans.. Theo. Roosevelt.. . 415 Trout Carrietta 312 New Orleans.. Lee E. Thomas 421 (Jrania Charles F. Buck... 260 New Roads... Livonia 2201 Vidalia Concordia 305 New Verda... Verda 323 Vinton Vinton 364 Noble Noble 320 Vivian Vivia 314 Oakdale Yellow Pine 282 Walnut Hill. N. H. Bray 208 Oak Grove... Oak Grove 284| Weaver Simcoe Walmsley. 359 Oak Ridge Brookville 161 Welsh Welsh 232 Oberlin |Oberlin 274 West Monroe. . West Monroe. 419 OUa OUa. 303 White Castle... White Castle.. 257 Opelousas.... Humble Cottage. 19 Wilson Kellertown. . . 124 Patterson..... Lafayette 87 Winnfield Eastern Star.. 151 Pelican Pelican 318 Winnsboro Winnsboro. 246 Pinecliff Pine. 264 Winnsboro New Hope.. .. 328 Pineville ^Solomon 221 Zachary Plains 135 Pioneer Pioneer 340 Zwolle Zwolle 302 Pitkin iPitkin 3381 CO LODGES FORMING THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA—(ORGANIZED JUNE 13, 1812). CO 1. PARFAITE UNION, chartered by the Grand Lodge of South Carolina, No. 29, Nov. 21, 1793, New Orleans, La. 2. CHARITE, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, No. 93, March 1, 1802, New Orleans, La. 3. CONCORDE, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, No. 117, Oct. 27, 1810, New Orleans, La. 4. PERSEVERANCE, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, No. 118, Oct. 27, 1810, New Orleans, La. 5. ETOILE POLAIRE, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, No. 129, June 3, 1811, New Orleans, La. Original organization 1794. HISTORICAL TABLE OF LODGES WHICH FOUNDED THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, AND THOSE CREATED BY IT SINCE ITS FOUNDATION. op Date Places of a) «e Names of Lodges. Their Establishment. -w its of Present Remarks. I no Charter. O

1 | Perfect Union New Orleans 1793 Aug. 15, 1812 Founded Grand Lodge. 1-3 2 ; Charite New Orleans 1802 Aug. 15, 1812 Charter forf'fd '49 > 'A ! Concorde - New Orleans 1810 Aug. 15, 1812 Con. with P. U. 1 f1 4 Perseverance 4 New Orleans — 1810 Aug. 15, 1812 (No. 5 in 1822.) 5 Etoile Polaire New Orleans 1794 Aug. 15, 1812 Originally No. 5. 6 ] Amis R6unis 2 New Orleans.-Org'niz'd by G.O.F. 1829 Annexed to Perseverance No. 4. t-l 7 : Trinosophes ! New Orleans..Org'niz'd Feb. 17.... 1833 Annexed to Perseverance No. 4. o S Liberal 3 New Orleans..Org'nIz'd Feb. 19.... 1833 Extinct January 26, 1845. 9 Amour Fraternel New Orleans..Org'niz'd April 1.... 1839 Extinct Annexed to Los Amigos del Orden 6 10 Disc due Senat Majon- nique (now Feb. 14, [March 31, 1895 1885), St. Andre . New Orleans 1839 June 3, 1839 Consolidated with Polar Star No. 1, 11 [ Los Amigos del Orden New Orleans 1842 Sept. 24, 1842Consolidated August 23d, 1883, to 12 ; Cervantes 5 New Orleans 1842 Feb. 14, 1884 [form Cervantes No. 6 13 Friendship 6 Mobile, Alabama 1813 Extinct Charter forfeited March 17, 1820. 14 La Union Frater de Cari- dad 7 Havana, Cuba 1815 Extinct Charter forfeited March 17, 1820. 15 Los Amigos Reunidos 8 Vera Cruz, Mexico' .... 1816 Extinct 16 j Reunion de la Vertud dampeachy, Yucatan 1817 Extinct Charter forfeited August 11, 1821 17 Silencio 9 New Orleans I Feb. 12. 1S61 Con. Aug. 28, '88, to form Cervantes I 18 L'Etoile FJamboyante 10 Baton Rouge '1817 Extinct Charter forfeited August 11, 1834 19 El Templo de la Divina Purido 11 Matanzas Cuba 1818 Extinct Charter forfeited Feb. 10, 1822. 20 La Verity 12 Donaldsonville, Assumption Par. 1818 Extinct Charter forfeited Aug. 11, 1829. 21 Union 13 Natchitoches, Natchitoches Par. 1818 Extinct Charter forfeited Aug. 11, 1828. 22 La Recititude 14 Havana, Cuba 1818 Extinct Charter forfeited Aug. 11, 1821. 23 Columbian 15 Alexandria, Rapides Parish 1819 Extinct 1849. 24 Eureka 16 Blakely, Alabama 1819 Extinct -. 1849. 25 Washington 17 Baton Rouge, East B. R. Parish 1819 Extinct . 1849. 26 Aurora de *** 18 Yucatan 1820 Extinct 1849. 27 Humble Chaumiere (now H Humble Cottage) 19 Opelousas, St. Landry Parish Aug. 19, 1820 O 28 Triple Bienfaisance 20 New Orleans 1820 Extinct Charter surrendered Mar. 1, 1829. W 29 Charter surrendered Aug. 1, 1825. oM Sincere AmitiS 21 St. Martinville, St. Martin Par.. 1821 Extinct > 30 iMobile 22 Mobile, Alabama 1821 Extinct Charter forfeited. tr1 31 !De la Union 23 St. James Parish 1823 Extinct Charter surrendered 1833 32 Western Star 24 Monroe, Ouachita Parish 1823 1849 A new charter granted. 33 Lafayette 25 New Orleans 1824 Extinct Charter forfeited 1849 — members 34 IHarmony 26 New Orleans 1826 Extinct Since 1837. [formed Dudley 66 B 35 Numantina 27 New Orleans 1826 Extinct Charter forfeited 1849 O 36 St. Albans 28 Jackson, East Feliciana Parish. 1827 i Jan. 6, 1827 e 37 Harmony 29 Opelousas, St. Landry Parish 1827 Extinct Charter forfeited 1849 o 38 Lafayette Lafayette, Lafayette Parish 1827 Extinct Charter forfeited 1840 39 Peliciana ._ 31 St. Francisville, W. Feliciana Par., was chartered by Grand Lodge of Ky. as 46.... 1817 Mar. 25 1828 40 Louisiana 32 New Orleans 1828 Extinct Charter forfeited 1842. 41 i Hiram 33 Cheneyville, Rapides Parish 1828 Extinct Charter forfeited 1849. 42' Selected Friends 34 Clinton, Avoyelles Parish 1829 Extinct Charter forfeited 1849. 43 Fraternity 35 New Orleans 1833 Ex. [Texas Charter surrendered Oct. 14, 1840 44 Holland 36 Brazoria, Texas 1836 Now No. 1, Founded G. Lodge, Texas, 1838. 45 Alexandria 37 Alexandria, Rapides Parish 1836 Extinct 46 Phoenix 38 Natchitoches, Natchitoches Par. Oct. 6, 1836 [Members formed Marlon 68 47 ' Poinsett 39 New Orleans 1837 Extinct Charter surrendered Mar. 16, 1847. O3 CO to Places of of Date Names of Lodges. of Present Remarks. Their Establishment. 3f? Charter. «O 48 Milam 40 Nacogdoches, Texas .... 1837 Founded G. Lodge, Texas, 1838. 49 McFarland 41 San Augustine, Texas 1827 Founded G. Lodge, Texas, 1838. 50 Morning Star 42 Arkansas Post, Arkansas 1838 Founded G. Lodge, Ark., 1838. 51 Western Star 43 Little Rock, Arkansas 1838 Founded G. Lodge, Ark., 1838. 52 Foyer Masonnlque 44 New Orleans Oct. 6, 1838 Consolidated with P 4, Sept., 1879. 53 Desert 44 Napoleonville, Assumption Par. 1841 Extinct .. 1845. H 54 Jackson . 46 Greenwood, Caddo Parish Jan. 28, 1843 Charter forfeited Feb. 17, 1881. O 55 Germania 46 New Orleans Apr. 18, 1844 56 St. James 47 Baton Rouge, East B. R. Parish June 28, 1844 57 Hospitaliere du Teche.. 48 St. Martinville, St. Martin Par. 1844 Extinct.... Charter forfeited 1849. 58 I Caddo 49 Shrevetort, Caddo Parish 1845 Extinct .. Charter surrendered 1853. 5y ; Providence 50 Lake Providence, Carroll Parish Apr. 19, 184 Charter surrendered 1881. 60 | Minden 51 Minden, Webster Parish .... Apr. 19, 1845 61! Olive 52 Clinton, E. Feliciana Parish Nov. 27, 1845 62 ' Union Fraternal 53 Farmerville, Union Parish Feb. 12, 1890 Forfeited Feb. 9, 1886. New charter 63 i Mount Gerizim 54 Bastrop, Morehouse Parish Nov. 28, 1846 [Feb. 12, 1890. 64 • De Soto 55 Mansfield, De Soto Parish Mar. 27, 1847 Charter surrendered 1881. b 65 ; Lafayette 56 Vernon, Jackson Parish Nov. 27, 1847 Charter forfeited February, 1887. 66 ! Franklin 57 Franklin, St. Mary's Parish Jan. 24, 1848 S 67 Friends of Harmony 58 New Orleans Apr. 22, 1848 68 Mount Moriah 59 Mew Orleans Mar. 24, 1849 [proceedings 1852. 69 | Coushatta 60 Coustiatta, Red River Parish 1849 Extinct.... Since 1854. Last returns, p. 141, 70 Western Star 61 Monroe, Ouachita Parish Nov. 1, 1849 Number changed to 24 in 1866. 71 Herman 62 New Orleans 1849 Extinct . Charter surrendered in 1852. 72 ' Tunica 63 Tunica, West Fsliciana Parish... Jan. 28, 1850 Consolidated with No. 31, 1881. 73 Edna 64 Columbia, Caldwell Parish 1849 Extinct . Charter forfeited in 1856. 74 George: Washington 65 New Orleans _ 1847 Mar. 3, 1850 [No. 1. Dec. 1, '87 75 i Dudley 66 New Orleans ... 1847 Mar. 3, 1850 Consolidated with Perfect Onion 76 I Warren :... 67 \'ew Orleans 1850 Extinct .. Charter surrendered June 5. 1862. 77 Marion 68 New Orleans 1850 Mar. 3, 1850 Consolidated with P. U. No. 1, 1886 78 Crescent City 69 New Orleans 1850 Annexed to George Washington 79 Hiram 70 New Orleans 1847 Mar. 3, 1850 [Lodge 65, in 1851. 80 Eureka 71 New Orleans 1848 Extinct Charter surrendered April 22, 1850. 81 Alpha-Home ... 71 N. O., Alpha, org'd 1848. Home 1855 Feb. 14, 1860 A union of Alpha 72 and Home 146. 82 Sts. John 73 New Orleans ... 1847 Annexed to Warren No. 67, in '55. 83 Joppa 74 Shreveport, Caddo Parish 1850 Extinct Charter surrendered in July, 1857. 84 Sabine .: 75 Fort Jesup, Sabine Parish 1850 Mar. 4, 1850 Charter forfeited February 6, 1934. 85 Quitman 76 New Orleans 1850 Mar. 4, 1850 86 Mount Moriah 77 Port Hudson, E. Feliciana Parish 1850 Extinct Consolidated witn Perfect Union i. Inne 11,1883, 87 Orleans 78 New Orleans 1847 Mar. 4, 1850 Clatter forfeited Fen. 12, '62. restored r»D. 12 77 W Char. sur*d Aug., '66, last returns St. Joseph 79 Newelton, Tensas Parish 1850 Old charter restored Feb. 13, 1874 89 De Witt Clinton 80 Marion, Union Parish 1850 Mar. 4, 1S50 barter forfeited February, 1878. 90 Iberville 81 Plaquemine, Iberville Parish 1850 Extinct Charter forfeited in 1856. I 91 Clinton York 82 Clinton, E. Feliciana Parish 1850 Annexed to Olive No. 52, in 1852 t-i 92 ;Mount Vernon 83 Logansport, De Soto Parish 1849 Mar. 4, 1850 93 Oliver I 84 Alexandria, Rapides Parish 1849 Mar. 4, 1850 H 94 Florida i 85 Jackson, E. Feliciana Parish 1849 Annexed to St. Albans No. 28. 95 Pleasant Hill | 86 Pleasant Hill, De Soto Parish... 1850 Mar. 4, 1850 Charter forfeited Feb. 17, 1876 I 96 i Lafayette | 87 Pattersonville, St. Mary Parish 1849 Mar. 4, 1850 97 Many 88 Many, Sabine Parish 1850 Extinct Forfeited Feb. 16, 1872. 98 Cypress 89 Collinsburg, Bossier Parish 1850' Feb. 12, 1890 Forfeited Fen. 16.1887 New Charter Fee. 12, ngg [Location moved to Benton. 99 ! Thibodaux Benevolent 90 Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish .... Jan. 21, 1851 Charter forfeited Feb. 10, 1892. Livonia 91 Livonia, Pointe Coupee Parish.. 1851 I Extinct 100 ;: Charter surrendered in 1857. 101 | Monticello 92 Monticello, Carroll Parish ; Jan. 11,1851 Charter forfeited February. 1887. 102 i Les Vrais Amis 93 Cheniere Caminada, Barataria... 1851 j Extinct . Charter forfeited in 1856 103 ; Napoleon : j 94 Ouachita City, Union Parish 1851 1851 Charter forfeited in '57 and '87. 104 | Bellevue - - ' 95 Bellevue, Bossier Parish Jan. 21, 1851 Charter sur'd in '57. Rev'd in '66. 105 St. Helena j 96 Greensburg, St. Helena Parish.. Jan. 21, 1851 106 j Patmos '• 97Richmond, Madison Parish 1851 Extinct . (Name and location changed 10 uangfiion, 1910) 107 ! Hermitage 98 New Orleans Jan. 21, 1851 Charter surrendered in 1859. 108 | Henderson • 99 Cotile. Rapides Parish 1851 Extinct . December, 1862. 109 ; Taylor _.__ 100 Homer, Claiborne Parish 1851 Extinct Charter forfeited in 1868 110 j Franklinton 101 Franklinton, Washington Parish i Jan. 21,1851 o Places of Date Names of Lodges. •2M of Present Remarks. 2 Their Establishment. QO Charter.

Ill Louisiana 102 NTow Orleans Jan. 23, 1851 112 Cloutierville ...... 103 Colfax, Grant Parish Jan. 21, 1852 Charter forfeited February, 1884. 113 Mount Lebanon 104 Mount Lebanon, Bienville Parish Jan. 21, 1852 Charter forfeited February, 1902. 114 Trinity 106 Trinity, Catahoula Parish Jan. 21, 1852 Charter forfeited 1881. 115 Ruston 106 Ruston, Lincoln Parish Jan. 29, 1852 Name changed to Ruston in 1892. 116 Patrick Henry .; 107 City of Jefferson, Jefferson Par 1852 Extinct Charter surrendered 1855. 117 Sparta 108 Sparta, Bienville Parish Jan. 29, 1852 Forfeited Feb. '81; Forfeited 2-2-32. o 118 i Castor 109 Cuba, Caldwell Parish Jan. 21, 1852 Charter surrendered Feb., 1881. 119 Harrisonburg ... 110 Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish Jan. 21, 1852 120 Urim 111 Forksville, Ouachita Parish Feb. 2, 1853 Location changed to Calhoun. 121 Bartholomew ... 112 Plantersville, Morehouse Parish Feb. 2, 1853 Charter surrendered Feb., 1899. (• Charter surrendered Feb., 1901; 122 Thomas Jefferson 113 Spearsville, Union Parish 1853 Feb. 2, 1937 \ rechartered with original num- [ ber Feb. 2, 1937. 123 ! Friendship 114 Woodville, Jackson Parish 1853 Extinct Charter surrendered in 1861. o 124 Shreveport 115 Shreveport, Caddo Parish Jan. 27, 1853 125 Acacia 116 Plaquemine, Iberville Parish Jan. 17, 1854 o 126 Milford 117 Hope Villa, B. Baton Rouge Par Jan. 20, 1854 127 Terryville 118 Terryville, Claiborne Parish Jan. I?, 1854 Charter surrendered 1885. 128 Constantino 119 Waterproof, Tensas Parish 1854 Extinct . Charter sur'd Feb. 7, 1862, p. 46. 129 Delhi 120 Delhi, Richland Parish Jan. 17, 1854 Name changed 1873. (Deerfleld.) 130 Lisbon 121 Lisbon, Claiborne Parish Jan. 17, 1854 Charter forfeited Feb. 9, 1886. 131 Mackey 122 Ringgold, Bienville Parish Jan. 20, 1854 132 Liberty 123 Keachie, De Soto Parish Feb. 14, 1855 Charter restored February, 1866. 133 Kellertown 124 Kellertown, Bast Feliciana Par Feb. 14, 1855 134 Pearl River 125 Line Academy, Washington Par. Feb. 14, 1855 Domicile changed to Angie, 1907, [Charter sur. Feb'y 8, 1938. 135 I Arcadia 126 Arcadia, Bienville Parish Feb. 14, 1855 Charter renewed February, 1885. [Ch. sur. Feb'y, 1906 136 Spring Hill 12? Springhill Church, Union Parish Feb. 14, 1855 Ch. sur. 1878; ren'd Feb.. 189$ 137 | D'Arbonne 128 D'Arbonne, Union Parish 1855 | Extinct Charter surrendered 1859. 138 Dawson 129 Scotville, Claiborne Parish ... ; Extinct Charter forfeited Feb. 16, 1872. 139 Solomon 130 Goodrich Landing, Carroll Par. ...; Extinct Charter forfeited '69. Last returns [p 207. Pro. 1869 140 iShiloh 131 Shiloh, Union Parish Feb. 14, 1855 Charter forfeited 1887. 141 Warren 132 Winnsboro, Franklin Parish Extinct Forfeited February, 1870. 142 Gordy ! 133 iheneyville, Rapides Parish Feb. 14, 1855 Location changed to Lecompte. 143 Harry Hill 134 Bastrop, Morehouse Parish 1855 . Annexed to Mt. Gerizim 54 in 1862. 144 Plains 135 Plains Store, East Baton Rouge Feb. 21, 1856 Location changed to Zachary. 145 Athens 136 Athens, Claiborne Parish ..... Feb. 12, 1856 to 146 M urray 137 Alexandria, Rapides Parish ...... 1856 Extinct iharter forf'd in '57, p. 96, Pro. '59 1-5 .147 Jeffersonian 138 Kingston, De Soto Parish .... 1856 I Feb. 12, 1856 Iharter surrendered 1880. O ft) 148 Houma 139 iouma, Terrebonne Parish Feb. 12, 1856 Iharter surrendered 1880. M 149 Cool Spring 140 Colquit, Claiborne Parish .... Feb. 12, 1856 lharter forfeited 1881. a 150 Huntington 141 Minden, Webster Parish 1856 Annexed to Minden No. 51, 1866. t-1 151 Home 142 New Orleans 1856 Formed Alpha Home No. 72, 1859. 152 Downsville 143 Downsville, Union Parish .... Feb. 12, 1856 153 Ocean 144 New Orleans Feb. 10, 1857 154 Hope 145 Lafayette, Lafayette Parish Feb. 10, 185 155 Silent Brotherhood 146 oushatta, Red River Parish.... Feb. 10, 1857 156 Anacoco 147 Hawthorn, Vernon Parish Feb. 10, 1857 Charter forfeited '81. Renewed '85 157 Red Land 148 Red Land, Bossier Parish Feb. 10, 1857 harter surrendered Feb. 2, 1926. s.58 Darlington 149 Darlington, St. Helena Parish... Feb. 10, 1858 Charter forfeited Feb. 7, 1905. s i59 Perkins 150 Donaldsonville, Ascension Par Feb. 10, 1858 Charter surrendered 1879. 160 Eastern Star 151 Winnfleld, Wlnn Parish Feb. 10, 1858 161 Homer 152 Homer, Claiborne Parish Feb. 10, 1858 162 Saints John .... 153 Algiers, New Orleans Feb. 10, 1858 163 Filmore i 154 Filmore, Bossier Parish Feb. 12, 1858 Charter surrendered 1879. 164 Cherry Ridge j 155Zion Hill, Union Parish Feb. 12, 1858 Charter surrendered Feb. 10. 1892. 165 Kisatchie j 156 Mount Carmel, Sabine Parish. Feb.. 12, 1858 [turns p. 220, Pro. 1868. 166 Grosse Tete j 157Rosedale, Iberville Parish 1859 Extinct Charter sur'd Feb. 1869. Last re 167 Rapides 158 Huddleston, Rapides Parish Feb. 16, 1859 Charter forfeited 1881. 168 Morganza 159 Morganza, Point Coupee Parish Feb. 16. 1859 Charter surrendered 1879. O3 169 Livingston I 160Hammond, Tangipahoa Parish. Feb. 16, 1859 OS CO Places of op so Names of Lodges. of Present Remarks. Their Establishment. Charter. PO

Brookville 161 Oak Ridge, Morehouse Parish.... Feb. 16,1860 Burnsville 162 Shangaloo, Claiborne Parish.. Feb. 16,1860 Charter forfeited Feb. 9, 1886 Atchafalaya 163 Simmsport, Avoyelles Parish.. Feb. 16,1860 Columbia 164 Columbia, Caldwell Parish. Feb. 16,1860 Charter forfeited February, 1887. Lake Charles Lake Charles. Calcasieu Parish Feb. 16, 1860 [Rechartered Feb. 9, 1892. Excelsior 166 New Orleans Feb. 12,1861 Charter surrendered 1878. Linn Wood 167 New Orleans Feb. 13, 1861 [stored June 20, 1926. Montgomery j 168Montgomery, Grant Parish... Feb. 13, 1861 Charter arrested July 24, 1925. Re- Haynesville 169 Haynesville, Claiborne Parish.... Feb. 13, 1861 Uharter surrendered 1886. E Crescent, U. D Army Lodge 1862 Extinct . Surrendered May, '65, p. 505, '66 179 j Orus 170 New Orleans Feb. 9, 1864 Consolidated with P. U. No. 1, '79 180 I Kosmos 171 New Orleans Feb. 9, 1864 Union .. 172 New Orleans Feb. 17, 1865 to Orient .. 173 New Orleans Feb. 17, 1865 Consolidated with 68. ft Dante 174 New Orleans Feb. 14,1866 Amite City 175 Amite City, Tangipahoa Parish Feb. 14, 1866 Perfect Harmony 176 New Orleans Feb. 14, 1867 Consolidated with 58 Eureka 177 Bonner, Lincoln Parish Feb. 14, 1867 Charter forfeited Feb. 17. 1881 Tulip 178 Tulip, Claiborne Parish Feb. 14, 1867 Charter surrendered Feb 10, 1892 Caddo 179 Shreveport, Caddo Parish Feb. 14,1867 Little Flock 180 Wineburg, Sabine Parish Feb. 14, 1867 Charter forfeited February, 1878 Jeffersonian 181 Kingston, De Soto Parish Feb. 14, 1867 Charter surrendered 1880. Sam Todd 182 Sugartown, Beauregard Parish... Feb. 14,1867 Longwood 183 Mooringsport, Caddo Parish Feb. 14,1867 Charter forfeited February, 1887. Spring Creek 184 Spring Creek Church, Tangipa- hoa Parish Feb. 14, 1867 Domicile changed from Big Cane to' Orphans' Friend j 185Big Cane, St. Landry Parish Feb. 13, 1867 [Morrow Feb. 6, 1924. Kisatchie Union ! 186Kile's Mills, Natchitoches Parish iFeb. 13, 1868 Charter surrendered May 31, 1880 Flat Lick 187 Plat Lick. Claiborne Parish Feb. 13, 1868 Charter surrendered 1883 197 I Covington 1188Covington, St. Tammany Parish Feb. 13, 1868 198 , Evergreen 189 Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish.. Feb. 14, 1868 199 I Corinthian 190 New Orleans Feb. 9, 1869 Jefferson 191 New Orleans Feb. 9, 1869 Abbeville 1M Abbeville, Vermilion Parish Feb. 6, 1869 Aurora 193 New Iberia, Iberia Parish Feb. 10, 1869 Mount Olivet 194 Bayou Boeuf, St. Landry Parish Feb. 10, 1869 Charter forfeited Feb. 17, 1881. Trenton 195 Trenton, Ouachita Parish Feb. 10, 1869 Charter surrendered Nov., 1880. Ashland 196 Ashland, Natchitoches Parish..- Feb. 10, 1869 Name and location changed 1874 and 1902; Ch. forfeited Feb. 7, 1933. Magnolia 197 Washington, St. Landry Parish.. Feb. 16, 1870 Ch. forfeited Feb. 17, 1881. [Saline. Brookllne 198 Brookline, Jackson Parish Feb. 16, 1870 Location changed to Pleasant hill [Church, Charter sur. Feb'y 8, 1938. Mallet Woods 199 Prudhomme City, St. Landry Ph. Feb. 19, 1870 Charter forfeited 1878. W Oak Grove .... 200 Oak Grove, Carroll Parish Mar. 23, 1870 Charter forfeited February, 1887. B H Summe-rfield .. 201 Summerfleld, Claiborne Parish—. Apr. 25, 1870 Charter surrendered Feb. 14, 1899. © Holly Springs 202 Holly Springs. Claiborne Parish Apr. 25, 1870 Charter surrendered Oct. 12, 1879. Assumption .... 203 Napoleonville, Assumption Par Feb. 15, 1871 Charter surrendered Dec. 15, 1882 o Corner Stone 204 Lewisville. Winn Parish Feb. 15. 1871 Charter surrendered 1885 Doric 205 Morgan City, St. Mary Parish.... Feb. 15, 1871 3 (• Charter forfeited Feb. 13, 1894. Reorganized at Batchelor, Pointe j Coupee Parish, as Tyrian No. Tyrian 206 Williamsport, Point Coupee Par. 1871 Feb. 3, 1920 | 378, Feb. 3, 1920. Permission granted Feb. 2, 1937 to use origi- t nal number "206." o Howard 207 Springfield P. O. Livingston Par. Feb. 15, 1871 Charter forfeited Feb. 17, 1884. t) N. H. Bray 208 Walnut Hill, Vernon Parish ... Feb. 15, 1871 a R. F. McGuire 209 Rayville, Richland Parish Feb. 15, 1871 en Missionary 210 Missionary Ridge, Catahoula Ph Feb. 14, 1872 Charter forfeited Feb 9, 1886 Beacon 211 Arizona, Claiborne Parish Feb. 14, 1'872 Charter forfeited Feb. 9, 1886. Blazing Star ... 212 W. B. Rouge, W. B. Rouge Ph Feb. 14, 1872 Key Stone 213 Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish. Feb. 14, 1872 Land Mark 214 Spring Ridge, Caddo Parish Feb. 14, 1873 Location changed to Keith ville. Friendship 215 Liberty Hill, Blenville Parish. Feb. 14, 1S73 Ch. forfeited 1886; restored 1887; Charter forfeited Feb. 7, 1933. Good Intent 216 Loggy Bayou, Red River Parish Feb. 14, 1873 Charter surrendered 1912. OS Fellowship 217 Hineston, Rapides Parish Feb. 14, 1873 CO The Star in the East.. 218 St. Thomas, West Indies Feb. 14, 1873 Charter recalled 1874. Adonijah 219 Black Bayou, Caddo Parish Feb. 13, 1874 Charter surrendered 1885. Places of o a Date Names of Lodges. of Present Remarks. Their Establishment. •w be CO S- Charter. flO Livonia 220 New Roads, Pointe Coupee Par. . Feb. 13, 1874 Merged with Oliver Lodge No. 84, Solomon .... 221 Pineville, Rapides Parish . Feb. 13, 1874 April 6, 1910, Charter restored •>3\ Pecan Grove 222 Lake Providence, Carroll Parish Feb 17, 1876 February 7, 1922. 232 Bethany 223 Bethany Church, Natchltoches P . ' Feb.18, 1876 Charter surrendered Feb., 1906 2X3 Alabama 224 Alabama Church. Blenville Par . Feb.17, 1877 Charter forfeited February, 1887 234 C entennial 225 Waterproof, Tensas Parish . Feb. 17, 1877 Charter forfeited Feb. 9, 1886. ; 235 Clear Spring 226 Longwood Caddo Parish . Feb.17, 1877 Charter forfeited Feb. 9, 1886 00 H °3(; Blue Buck 227 Johnson's V-._ you. Cameron Par . Feb15. 1879 Charter surrendered 1888 O 237 Terrebonne 228 Houma, Terrebonne Parish . Feb. 18, 1881 Charter surrendered 1886 23S Ca deville 229 Cadeville, Ouachita Parish Feb. 14, 1889 "3!) Pleasant Hill 230 Pleasant Hill, Sabine Parish Feb. 12, 1890 240 Grangeville j 231Grangeville, St. Helena Parish. Feb. 12, 1890 241 Welsh 232 Welsh, Jeff. DavU Parish Feb. 12, 1890 242 Kyiche 233 Taar Mill, Wlnn Parish Feb. 11, 1891 Charter forfeited Feb. 7, 1933. 243 Robertsville 234 Robertsville, Natchitoches Par.. Feb. 11, 1891,Charter surrendered Feb. 17 1930. 244 Simsboro 235 Simsboro, Lincoln Parish Feb. 11, 189ll 245 Little Flock .. 236 Negreet, Sabine Parish Feb. 9, 1892 246 Plain Dealing 237 Plain Dealing, Bossier Feb. 9, 1892 247 Magnolia 238 Barnes Creek, Beauregard Par... Feb. 9, 1892 ri903 248 Shiloh 239 Bernice, Union Parish Feb. 15, 1893 Shiloh Lodge changed to Bernice. 249 Leesville 240 Leesville, Union Parish Feb. 15, 1893 Ch. forfeited Feb. 6. '24, new Ch. 25(1 Conly 241 Hall Summit, Red River Parish Feb. 15, 1893 [issued Feb. 4, '25 251 | Weston 242 Weston, Jackson Parish Feb. 15, 1893 Charter forfeited Feb. 4, 1925. 252 Crowley 243 Crowley, Acadia Parish Feb. 15, 1893 253 Center 244 Bogalusa, Washington Parish.. Feb. 13, 1894 254 Millerton 245 Haynesville, Claiborne Parish.. Feb. 13, 1894 255 Winnsboro 246 Winnsboro, Franklin Parish Feb. 13. 1894 25fi Clear Spring . 247 Clear Spring, Red River Parish Feb. 13, 1894 Name changed to Holly Springs 257 Kentwood 248 Kentwood, Tangipahoa Parish.. Feb. 13, 1894 [Lodge, Jan. 27, 1936. 258 Jennings 249 Jennings, Jeff. Davis Parish Feb. 12, 1895 259 Mansfield ; 250Mansfield, De Soto Parish Feb. 12. 1895 2G0 Ascension - I 251Donaldsonville, Ascension Par. Feb. 12, 1895 261 Mitchell 252 Mitchell, Sabine Parish 11, 1896 262 Toro 253 Hornbeck, Vernon Parish Feb. 11, 1896 263 Forest Hill 254 Forest Hill, Rapides Parish Feb. 11, 1896 264 Jeanerett© 255 Jeanerette, Iberia Parish Feb. 11, 1896 265 Saint Andrew .... 256 Mer Rouge, Morehous© Parish. Feb. 11, 1896 White Castle .... 267 White Castle, Iberville Parish.. Feb 9, 189 2fi7 Marthavllle 258 Marthavllle, Natchitoches Par. Feb. 15, 1898 2fiS Colfax 259 Colfax, Grant Parish Feb. 15, 1898 269 C. F. Buck 260 Urania, LaSalle Parish Feb. 15, 1898 270 Anchor 261 Pollock, Grant Parish Feb. 14, 1899 f Domicile changed from Lutcher w 271 Progressive 262 Lutcher, St. James Parish .... Feb. 14. 1899 I to Garyville, St. John Parish, [Feb. 3, 1926. © 272 i Florlen 263Florien, Sabine Parish ... Feb. 13, 1900 273 i Pine 264 Pine, Washington Parish ... Feb. 13, 1900 M 274 | Dalley 265 Dalley, Jackson Parish .... Feb. 13, 1900 Domicile changed to Chatham. f 275 j Atkins 266 Atkins,, Bossier Parish .... Feb. 13, 1900 Domicile changed from Atkins to 276 Unity 267 Houma, Terrebonne Parish ...... Feb. 13, 1900 [Elm Grove, Feb. 6, 1924 277 ! Melville 268 Melville, St. Landry Parish ...... Feb. 12, 1901 278 Marksville 269 Marksville, Avoyelles Parish .... Feb. 12, 1901 27S j Benefield 270 Rodessa, Caddo Parish .... Feb. 12, 1901 280 DeRidder 271 De Ridder, Beauregard Parish...... Feb. 11, 1902 t"1 281 Sarepta 272 Sarepta, Webster Parish ... Feb. 11, 1902 Charter forfeited Feb. 4, 1925. O 282 Boyce 273 Boyce, Rapides Parish .... I Feb. 11, 1902 283 Oberlln 274 Oberlin, Allen Parish .... Feb. 11. 1902 Charter forfeited Feb. 6, 1917 284 Benson 275 Benson, De Soto Parish .... Feb. 11. 1902 Charter restored Feb. 3, 1920 2R5 Dorcheat 276 Dorcheat, Webster Parish .... Feb. 3, 1903 Re-forfeited Feb. 6. 1924 286 Dubach 277 Dubach, Lincoln Parish .... Feb. 3, 1903 Charter forfeited May 26, 1939. 287 Rosemary 278 Newport. Winn Parish ...... Feb. 3, 1903 288 DeQuincy 279 De Quincey, Calcasleu Parish .... Feb. 3, 1903 289 Jonesboro 280 Jonesboro, Jackson Parish ...... Feb. 3, 1903 290 R. M. Crowson 281 Castor, Bienville Parish .... Feb. 3, 1903 291 Yellow Pine .... 282Oakdale. Allen Parish .... Feb. 3. 1903 292 Marion 283 Marion. Union Parish .... Feb. 3, 1904 293 Oak Grove 284 Oak Grove. West Carroll Parish .... Feb. 3. 1904 Date Places of (D eg Names of Lodges. Their Establishment. of Present Remarks. PO Charter.

Many 286 Many, Sabine Parish .... Feb. 1904 Charter surrendered Feb. 2, 1915. Cheneyville 286 Cheneyville, Rapides Parish Feb. 1904 Globe 287 Yellow Pine, Webster Parish Feb. 1904 Charter surrendered Feb. 2, 1914 Pine Grove 288 Ponchatouia Tangipahoa Parish Feb. 1904 Charter forfeited February 9, 1943. Dodson 289]Dodson, Winn Parish ! Feb. 1904 Charter forfeited February 3, 1941. 290 1904 CO Rose Pine Rose Pine, Vernon Parish Feb. H Kind or 291 Kinder, Allen Parish Feb. 1905 O Fordoche 292 Fordoche, Point Coupee Parish.. Feb. 1905|Domicile changed to Maringouin. w Goldonna 293 Goldonna, Natchitoches Parish.. Feb. 1905 M Q Belmont 294 Belmont, Sabine Parish Feb. 1905 Charter forfeited February 6, 1934. > Eros 295 Kros, Jackson Parish Feb. 1905 Hico 296|Hico Lincoln Parish Feb. 1905 Charter surrendered Feb. 8, 1938. Denham Springs 297 Denham Springs, Livingston Ph Feb. 1905 t-l Georgetown 298 Georgetown, Grant Parish Feb. 1906 Hemphill Star 2991Wilda, Rapides Parish Feb. 1906 Charter surrendered Apr 19 1910 Osiris 300 New Orleans, Orleans Parish Feb. 1906 Albert Rosseau 301 St. Martinville, St. Martin Par.. Feb. 1906 Zwolie 302|Zwolle, Sabine Parish Feb. 1906 Olla 303 Olla, LaSalle Parish Feb. 1906 Gibsland 304['Gibsland, Bienville Parish Feb. 1906 Concord ia '. 305 Vidalia, Concordia Parish Feb. 1906 Rapldes 306 Poland, Rapides Parish Feb. 1906 Assumption 307 Xapoleonvllle, Assumption Par.. Feb. 1906 Tallulali j 308Tallulah, Madison Parish Feb. 1906 Tensas 309|St . Joseph, Tensas Parish Feb. 1907 Leander 310 Leander, Vernon Parish Feb. 1907,Charter forfeited February 6, 1934. Slidell ; 311Slidell, St. Tammany Parish Feb. 1907 Carietta 312|Trout LaSalle Parish Feb. 1907 Rayne 313[Rayne, Acadia Parish Feb. 1907 323 i Vivian 314 Vivian, Caddo Parish Feb. 5, 1907 324 i Gueydan 316 Gueydan, Vermilion Parish Feb. 5, 1907Charter surrendered Feb. 8, 1916. 325 Summerfield 316 Summerfleld, Claiborne Parish. Feb. 5, 1907Charter surrendered Feb. 6, 1917. 326 Curtis T. Hines 317 Tioga, Rapldes Parish Feb. 5, 1907 327 i Pelican 318 Pelican, De Soto Parish Feb. 4, 1908 328 Orange 319 Orange, Vernon Parish Feb. 4, 1908Charter surrendered Feb. 8, 1916 329 Noble 320 Noble, Sabine Parish Feb. 4, 1908 Feb. 4, 1908C Location changed to Bellwood, 830 | Middle Creek Coburn, Sabine Parish (Natchitoches Parish. 331 Courtableau 322 Washington, St. Landry Parish.. Feb. 4, 1908Charter surrendered Feb. 6, 1935. 332 Verda 323 New Verda, Grant Parish Feb. 4, 1908 324 333 IIda Ida, Caddo Parish Feb. 4, 1908f Moved to Ajax in 1912. Name H 334 Lake End 325 Lake End, Red River Parish Feb. 4, 1908-j changed to Ajax Lodge, March O 335] Bunkie 32b Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish Feb. 4, 1908 29, 1935. 336 Michael Dempsey 327 Jena, LaSalle Parish Feb. 4, 1908 O 337 ;New Hope 328 Winnsboro, Franklin Parish Feb. 2, 1909 338 ' Morryville 329 Merryville, Beauregard Parish. Feb. 2, 1909 339 Eunice 330 Eunice, St. Landry Parish Feb. 2, 1909Charter arrested Feb. 5, 1918 340 Woodworth 331 Woodworth, Rapldes Parish Feb. 2, 1909Charter surrendered Feb. 2, 1926. 341 Belcher 332 Belcher, Caddo Parish Feb. 2, 1909 342 Varnado 333 Varnado, Washington Parish ... Feb 2, 1909Charter surrendered Feb. 4, 1929. o 343 Royal 334 rioyal, Winn Parish Feb. 16, 1910Charter forfeited Feb. 2, 1932. 344 Cotton Valley 335 Cotton Valley, Webster Parish.... Feb. 16, 1910 345 Sun 336 Sun, St. Tammany Parish Feb. 16, 1910 d ?>46 Zona 337 Zona, Washington Rarish Feb. 16, 1910Domicile changed to Enon. 347 Pitkin 338 Pitkin, Vernon Parish Feb. 16, 1910 Location changed to Choudrant, Webster Parish, May 16, 1916. 348 ' Sibley 339 Sibley, Lincoln Parish Feb. 7, 1911 Name changed to Choudrant, 349 | Pioneer 340 Pioneer, West Carroll Parish ... Feb. 7, 1911 Feb. 6, 1924. 350 ' Little River.... 341 Little River, Grant Parish Feb. 7, 1911Located at Rochelle. 351 i Moormgsport 342 Mooringsport, Caddo Parish Feb. 7, 1911 352 i Reeves 343 Reeves, Allen Parish Feb. 7, 1911Charter forfeited Aug. 16, 1930. 353- Victoria 344 Victoria, Natchitoches Parish.. Feb. 7, 1911Name changed to Robeline, Feb. 1, 354 i Grant 345 Selma, Grant Parish Feb. 7, 1911Consolidated "with George- [1926 CO 355 ' Live Oak 346 Lake Arthur, Jeff. Davis Parish Feb. 7. 1911 [town 298, April 22, 1939. CO o a Date Places of of Present Names of Lodges. Their Establishment. Remarks. BO Charter.

356 Calvin 347 Calvin, Winn Parish Feb. 7, 1912 Jharter forfeited February 3, 1941. 357 Springhill .... 348 Springhill, Webster Parish Fob. 7, 1912 358 Elton 349 Elton, Jeff. Davis Parish Feb. 7, 1912 359 i Bryceland ... 350 Bryceland, Bienville Parish Feb. 7, 1912 360 IHackley 351 Hackley, Washington Parish ... Feb. 7, 1912 Charter forfeited Feb. 4, 1925. 361 Shongaloo ... 352 Shongaloo, Webster Parish Feb. 11, 1913 362 Pullerton ..... 353 Pullerton, Vernon Parish Feb. 11, 1913 Iharter surrendered Feb. 7, 1928. 363 1Cross Roads 354 Curry, Winn Parish Feb. 11, 1913 Charter forfeited Feb. 6, 1924. © 364 I Chestnut 355 Chestnut, Natchitoches Parish. Feb. 11, 1913 Charter forfeited Feb. 2, 1932. ft) 365 jGlenmora 356 Glenmora, Rapides Parish Feb. 11, 1913 O 366 | Collinston ... 357 Collinston, Morehouse Parish Feb. 11, 1913 >• Consolidated with Unity No. 267. 367 Donner 358 Donner, Terrebonne Parish Feb. 3, 1914 Feb. 6, 1935. t 2, 368 Simcoe Walmsley 359 Cypress, Natchitoches Parish... Feb. 1915 location changed to Weaver. w1 2, t" 369 j Bethany 360 Campti, Natchitoches Parish Feb. 1915 H 370 Invincible 361 New Orleans, Orleans Parish | Feb. 2, 1915 371 Joppa 362 Shreveport, Caddo Parish (Feb. 2, 1915 8, 1 372 Hodge 363 Hodge, Jackson Parish Feb. 1916 of 373 Vinton 364 Vinton, Calcasieu Parish Feb. 8, 1916 a 374 Justice 365 Sibley, Webster Parish Feb. 8, 1916 Charter surrendered Feh 4. 1919 © 375 Atlanta 366 Atlanta, Winn Parish Feb. 6, 1917 Charter forfeited February 3, 1941. 376 Ideal 367 New Orleans, Orleans Parish Feb. 6, 1917 377 , Galileo 368 New Orleans, Orleans Parish Feb. 6, 1918 f Name changed to Galileo-Mazzini 378 iFour Rivers . 369 Jonesville, Catahoula Parish Feb. 6, 1918 I January 26, 1939. 379 Crowville 370 Crowville, Franklin Parish Feb. 6, 1918 380 : Sikes 371 Sikes, Winn Parish fFeb. 4, 1919 Charter forfeited Feb. 7, 1933. 381 Baton Rouge 372 Baton Rouge, B. Bat. Rouge Ph JFeb. 4, 1919 382 Level 373 New Orleans, Orleans Parish Feb. 4, 191 383 Ionic 374 New Orleans, Orleans Parish Feb. 4, 1919 384 Trinity 375 New Orleans, Orleans Parish. Feb. 4, 1919 385 Albert Pike 376 New Orleans, Orleans Parish Feb. 4, 1919 [ter forfeited April 16, 1938. 386 iAlfred W. Cheesman.. 377 Fals, Vernon Parish Feb. 4, 1919 Location changed to Evans; Char- 387 iTyrian 378 Batchelor, Point Coupee Parish Feb. 3, 1920 Permission granted Feb. 2, 1937, to 388 Kisatchie Union 379 Kisatchie, Natchitoches Parish.. Feb. 3, 1920 [use original number "206." 389 : W. H. Booth 380 Shreveport, Caddo Parish Feb. 3, 1920 390 !Alpha 381 Alpha, Natchitoches Parish Feb. 3, 1920 Charter surrendered Nov. 9, 1931. 391 jClarks 382 Clarks, Caldwell Parish Feb. 3, 1920 392 Graham Surghnor 383 Monroe, Ouachita Parish Feb. 3. 192. 393 Martin McClanahan . 384 Bossier, Bossier Parish Feb. 15, 1921 394 Midway 385 Dodson, Winn Parish Feb. 15, 1921 395 Trowel 386 New Orleans, Orleans Parish.... Feb. 15, 192J 396 Crescent City 887 New Orleans, Orleans Parish.... Feb. 15, 1921 o3 397 W. M. Baker 388 Mangham, Richland Parish Feb. 15, 192J 398 Jacques de Molay 389 New Orleans, Orleans Parish... Feb. 15, 1921 o 399 Ferriday 390 Ferriday, Concordia Parish Feb. 15, 1921 > 400 Paul M. Schneidau ... ! 391 New Orleans, Orleans Parish... Feb. 15, 1921 401 Saline ! 392 Saline, Bienville Parish Feb. 15, 1921 Charter forfeited Feb. 2, 1932, Char- a [ter restored Apr. 27, 1935. t-1 402 Mazzini 393 Now Orleans, Orleans Parish- Feb. 15, 1925 Consolidated with Galileo 368, Jan. 403 Euclid 394 New Orleans, Orleans Parish... Feb. 15, 1921 [26, 1939. 104 Forum ; 395New Orleans, Orleans Parish Feb. 7, 1922 405 John F. Purdy j 396New Orleans, Orleans Parish Feb. 7, 192;? 406 Orleans j 397New Orleans, Orleans Parish Feb. 7, 1922 407 Alexandria i 398Alexandria, Rapid ?s Parish Feb. 7, 1922 408 Capital j 399 Baton Rouge, E. Baton Rouge Pr. Feb. 7, 1922 609 Calcasieu 400 Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish.. Feb. 7, 1922 410 ( Consolidated with N. H. Bray No Slagle | 401Slagle. Vernon Parish Feb. 7, 1922 \ 208, Nov. 9, 1930. 411 New River 402 Gonzales, Ascensioi Parish...... Feb. 7, 1922 412 Cedar Grove 403 Cedar Grove, Caddo Parish Feb. 7, 1922 113 Indivisible Friends 404 Algiers, Orleans Parish Feb. 7, 1922 414 Dan Gilbert 405 Gilbert, Franklin Parish Feb. 7, 1922 415 Isis 406 New Orleans, Orleans Parish- Feb. 7, 1922 [396, Dec. 8, 1941. 416 America 407 New Orleans, Orleans Parish... Feb. 7, 1922 Consolidated with John F. Purdy o o a Date Places of jz; Names of Lodges. +J Ml of Present Remarks. Their Establishment. OS h Charter. flO

417 Wm. D. White 408 Gretna, Jefferson Parish Feb. 7. 1922 418 Greenwood 409 Greenwood, Caddo Parish Feb. 7, 1923 419 Harmony 410 Eunice, St. Landry Parish Feb. 7, 1923 420 Many 411 Many, Sabine Parish Feb. 7, 1923 421 Daylight 412 New Orleans, Orleans Parish.... Feb. 5, 1924 422 David R. Graham 413 New Orleans, Orleans Parish.... Feb. 5, 1924 123 Istrouma 414 Istrouma, East Baton Rouge Feb. 5, 1924 424 Theo. Roosevelt 415 New Orleans, Orleans Parish... Feb. 4, 192K 425 Alco 416 Alco, Vernon Parish Feb. 4, 1925 126 Square and Compass 417 Kenner, Jefferson Parish Feb. 2 1926 t"1 427 Queensborough 418 Queensborough, Caddo Parish... Feb. 8, 1927 H 428 West Monroe 419 West Monroe, Ouachita Parish. Feb. 8, 1927 429 Sterlington 420 Sterlington, Ouachita Parish Feb. 3, 1931 430 Lee E. Thomas 421 New Orleans, Orleans Parish Feb. 3, 193fi 431 Triumph 422 Triumph, Plaquemines Parish Feb. 9, 1942

tr1 © List of Past and Present Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, from its Organization to the Present Year.

YEAR GRAND MASTERS DEP. GR. MASTERS GR. SEN. WARDENS GR. JUN. WARDENS GRAND TREASURERS GRAND SECRETARIES

1812 'P. Fran. DuBourg. •L. C. Moreau Lislet.... •J. Blanque •Francis Pernot •Jean Baptiste Pinta •J. B. Gregoire Veron 1818 *P. Fran. DuBourg.... *L. C. Moreau Lislet.... •J. Blanque ...... •J. B. DesBois •Jean Baptiste Pinta •J. B. Gregoire Veron 1814 •P. Fran. DuBourg. .. •L. C. Moreau Lislet.... •J. Soulie •Dominique Roquette .. •Jean Baptiste Pinta •J. B. Qregoire Veron 1815 'J. Soulie •L. C. Moreau Lislet •Dom. Roquette •J. B. Mod. Lefevre...... *Jean Baptiste Pinta •Auguste Quibert 1816 *J. Soulie ._ ... *L. C. Moreau Lislet.... •J. B. Mud. Lefevre.... *Y. Lemonnier •Jean Baptiste Pinta •Auguste Guibert 1817 •J. Soulie » ... *L. C. Moreau Lislet.... *J. B. Mod. Lefevre.... *Y. Lemonnier •Jean Baptiste Pinta •Auguste Guibert 1818 •L. C. Moreau Lislet.... •J. B. Mod. Lefevre.... •Jean B. DesBois *V. Lemonnier ... *Jean Baptiste Pinta •Auguste Guibert 1819 •J. B. Mod Leferre...... •Jean B. Desbois "Y. Lemonnier •Aug. Macarty •Jean Baptiste Pinta *N. Visnier; *F. Dissard 1820 • Y. Lemonnier •Aug. Macarty •J. F. Canonge *G. Dubuys *Jean Baptiste Pinta *F. Dissard 1821 •J. F. Canonge *G Dubuvs *G. W. Morgan *F. Dissard o 1822 •J. F. Canonge •G. Dubuys *Y. Lemonnier *G. Leaumont •G. W. Morgan •F. Dissard hj 1823 *U. F. Burthe *G. Dubuys •L. C. Moreau Lislet.. •L. A. deBodin •G. W. Morgan •P. Dissard 1S24 *J. F. Canonge •y. Lemonnier *L. A. deBodin •A. Longer *G. W. Morgan •P. Dissard 1826 •John H. Holland *L. A. deBodin •A. Longer •Charles Maurin •C. Miltenberger •P. Dissard 182G •John H. Holland •M. Fleitas •A. Longer •Charles Maurin *C. Miltenberger *F. Dissard 1827 •John H. Holland •M. Fleitas •Charles Maurin •A. Morphy *C. Miltenberger *F. Dissard 1828 •John H. Holland •A. Morphy •Charles Maurin •C. Miltenberger •F. Dissard 1829 *J. F. Canonge »D. F. Burthe •A. Longer *J B Fagot *C. Miltenberger *F. Dissard 1830 •John H. Holland •A. Longer *M. Fouche Cougot •L. H. Feraud *F. Dissard 1831 •John H. Holland •J. B. Fagot •Seth W. Nye •L. H. Feraud *F. Dissard 1832 •John H. Holland •Aug. Douce •Seth W. Nye •Alex Phillips •F. Dissard 1838 •John H. Holland •Alex Phillips •F. Dissard •Aug. Douce •Jeau Lamothe •J. B. F. Giquel 1834 •John H. Holland •Alex Phillips *F. Dissard 1835 •John H. Holland •Aug. Douce •F. J. Verrier •Chas. Revoille •Alex Phillips •F. Dissard 1886 *L H. Feraud •J F Canonge *J B F Giauel •F Dissard •Jean Lamothe 1837 *L. H. Feraud •F. J. Verrier •J. B. F. Qiquel •Joaquin Viosca •F. Dissard 1838 •John H. Holland •J. J. Mercies _ •J. B. Lambert * Francois Coquet •F. Dissard 1839 •John II. Holland •Alex Phillips •F. J. Verrier •Cotton Henry •F. Dissard 1840 •A. W. Pichot. *G. A. Uontmain •J. Viosea •Jean Lamothe *F. Dissard; 'L. H. Feraud 1841 'A. W.Piebot •Jean Lunothe _ •J. Viosca SRamon Vionnet 'Fleury Generelly •P. Dubayte LIST OF PAST AND PRESENT GRAND OFFICERS—Continued.

YEAR GRAND MASTERS DEP. GR. MASTERS GR. SKN. WARDENS GR. JUN. WARDENS GRAND TREASURERS GRAND SECRETARIES

1842 *Jean Lamotho § Ramon Vionnet ' Paul Bertus § Ramon Vionnet •Fleury Generelly •P. Dubayle 1843 *K. A. Canon •Robert Preaux •A. D. Guesnon •H. Kidel •Fleury Generelly •P. Dubayle; 'F. J. Verrier 1844 •K. A. Canon 'Robert Preaux •Luc. Hermann .-.— • Francis Calongne § Ramon Vionnet •F. J. Verrier GO 184ft "Robert Preaux •Felix Garcia •Luc. Hermann Francis Calongne §Ramon Vionnet •F. J. Verrier H 1848 "Felix Garcia •Lue. Hermann •Francis Calongne ... "Joseph Lisbony § Ramon Vionnet •F. J. Verrier 1847 "Felix Garcia •Robert Preaux •Francois Meilleur ... * Roman Brugler § Ramon Vionnet •F. J. Verrier 1848 "Felix Garcia "Luc. Hermann •Thos. B. Patten •Alex Derbes § Ramon Vionnet •F. J. Verrier I.ASL *M. R. Dudley •Thos. H. Lewis *W. P. Coleman "G. Gorin •Daniel Blair •W. H. Howard 1849 *Luc. Hermann •F. Calongne *Ant. Monddli •Simon Meilleur § Ramon Vionnet •F. J. Verrier LAGL *John Gedge •Jno. W. Crockett •Wm. M. Perkins •J. W. McNamara •Daniel Blair *W. H. Howard 1850 •Ant. Mondelli •Geo. W. Catlett •J. J. E. Massicot O •J. J. E. Massicot; *E. Barnett 1851 •Geo W Catlett •R. F. McGuire .. *W. L. Knox •S. Herriman 13 1852 *H. It. W. Hill *Robt. F. McGuire "Wm. L. Knox *S. M. Hart _ *S. Herriman •Edward Barnett 1858 *[I R W Hill *S M. Hart *W H Huntington •S. Herriman •Edward Barnett 1854 *Wm L Knox *H W. Hunting-ton •S. Herriman & Goodman •Samuel G. Risk 1855 •Win. M. Perkins •Geo. D. Shadburn •M. II. Dosson •Law P. Crain •Stephen C. Michell •Samuel G. Risk 1856 'Win. M. Perkins •M. H. Dosson •Louis Texada *S. 0. Scruggs •Stephen C. Micbell •Samuel G. Risk 1857 •ifm. M. Perkins •Amos Adams •A. S. Washburn. *S. 0. Scruggs •Stephen C. Michell •Samuel G. Risk 1858 *Amos Adam3 •Samuel M. Todd *S. 0. Scruggs •A. J. Norwood •Stephen C. Michell •Samuel G. Risk 1859 "Samuel M. Todd •S. 0. Scruggs •A. J. Norwood "Joseph Santini •Stephen 0. Michell •Samuel G. Risk a 1860 "J. Q. A. Fellows •A. G. Carter •John C. Gordy "Henry Regenburg •S. C. Michell & S. M. Todd •Samuel G. Risk o 1861 *J. Q. A. Fellows "A. G. Carter •lohn C. Gordy •Henry Regenburg •Samuel M. Todd •Samuel G. Risk 1862 •J. Q. A. Fellows "A. G. Carter *B. G. Thibodeaux "Samuel J. Powell •Harmon Doane •Samuel M. Todd 1863 "J. Q. A. Fellows •A. G. Carter •B. G. Thibodeaux..... •Samuel J. Powell •Harmon Doane •Samuel M. Todd ps 1864 "J. Q. A. Fellows •A. G. Carter - •B. G. Thibodeau* •Samuel J. Powell . •Henry B. Swasey •Samuel M. Todd CO 1865 "J. Q. A. Fellows •Edward Barnett •George A. Pike •John Booth •Henry R. Swasey •Samuel M. Todd 1866 *Wm. M. Perkins •A. J. Norwood •S. 0. Scruggs •John C Jones .... « •Henrv B. Swasey •Samuel M. Todd 1867 *A. J. Norwood •H. R. Swasey ... •S. 0. Scruggs •John A. Stevenson •Samuel M. Todd •Jas. C. Batchelor 1868 •Wm. McDuff •Samuel M. Todd •Jas. C. Batcbelor 1869 "Samuel M Todd "Sy. G. Parsons.... •John L. Barrett •Henry R. Swafley •Jas. C. Batcoelor 1870 •Samuel M Todd •Henry R. Swasey •Jas. C. Batchelor 1871 •Samuel M. Todd •Amoa Kent •Wm. Robson •John B. Sorapuru •Henrv R. Swasey •Jaa. C. Batchelor 1872 "Samuel M. Todd •Jos. P. Hornor. •M. E. Girard •Edwin Marks „.. •Henry K. Swasey •Jaa. C. Batchelor 1873 •Michel Eloi. Girard •John G. Fleming. "Edwin Marks •W. R. Whitaker •Wm. Stephen Pike •Jas. C. Batchelor 1874 •Michel Eloi. Girard •John G. Fleming "Edwin Marks _.. *W. R. Whitaker •Wm. Stephen Pike •Jas. G. Batchelor 1875 "William Robson *W. R Whitaker "A. W. Hyatt •Jas. C. Batchelor 1876 •William Robson *W. R. Whitaker •A. W. Hyatt •Jas. C. Batchelor 1877 •Samuel J. Powell •Edwin Marks *W. R. Whitaker •Albert L. Abbott .... •A. W. Hyatt •Jas. C. Batcheler 1878 "Samuel J. Powell •Edwin Marka "Hy. C. Young •Geo. H. Braughn •A. W. Hyatt •Jas. C. Batchelor 1879 "Edwin Marka •Hy. C. Young •Geo. H. Braughn *H. Van McCain •A. W. Hyatt •Jas. C. Batchelor 1880 "Edwin Marks •Hy. C. Young "Geo. H. Braughn "J. L. Lobdell •A. W. Hyatt •Jas. C. Batchelor 1881 "W. R. Whitaker •Jas. L. Lobdell •Wm. W. Leake •David R. Graham •A. W. Hyatt •Jas. C. Batchelor 1882 *W R Whitaker •Jas L Lobdell *D. R. Graham •A. W. Hyatl •Jas. C. O 1883 •Jas. L. Lobdell •D. R. Graham *D. Leatherman *C. F. Buck •A. W. Hyatt •Jaa. C. Batchelor 1884 •Jas L Lobdell •Chas. F. Buck •VV. A. Strong •A. W. Hyatt "Jas. C. 1886 "David R. Graham *J. D. Hammonds •Chas. F. Buck *W. A. Strong •A. W. Hyatt "Jas. C. Batchelor 1886 •Joseph P. Hornor *J. G. MeWilliams •Chas. F. Buck "Geo. H. Paekwood •A W. Hyatt •Jas. C. Batchelor 1887 •Chas. F. Buck •Geo. H. Paekwood..- *F. M. Brooks •David N. Barrow •A. W. Hyatt •Jas. C. Batchelor 18SS "Chas. F. Buck •Geo. H. Paekwood.... *F. M. Brooks "Frank P. Stubbs "A. W. Hyatt •Jas. C. Batchelor 1889 "Chas. F. Buck "Geo. H. Paekwood..-. *F. M. Brooks •Wm. T. Benedict "A. W. Hyatt "Jas. C. Batchelor 1890 •Chas. F. Buck "Geo. 11. Paekwood.... •Geo. W. Bolton •Wm. T. Benedict •A. W. Hyatt •Jas. C. Batchelor 1891 "Chas. F. Buck *Geo. H. Paekwood.... 'Geo. W. Bolton •Wm. T. Benedict •A. W. Hyatt •Richard Lambert CO 'Geo. W. Bolton _ •Richard Lambert 1S02 •Oias F. Buck "Geo. H. Paekwood.... •Wm. T. Benedict •A. W. Hyatt 3 1893 •Geo. W. Bolton "A. G. Brice •Wm. T. Benedict •Robert H. Cage •A. W. Hyatt •Richard Lambert 1894 "Geo. H. Paekwood •A. G. Brice "Robert H. Cage •John Clegg •A. W. Hyatt •Richard Lambert 1895 "Geo. H. Paekwood •A. G. Brice "Robert H. Cage •John Clegg •A. W. Hyatt •Richard Lambert 1896 •Albert G. Brice „ "A. C. Allen •Robert H. Cage *R. R. Reid "A. W. Hyatt •Richard Lambert 1897 'Albert G. Brice .. "A. C. Allen "Robert H. Cage •R. R. Reid _ "A. W. Hyatt •Richard Lambert e 1898 •A r. Allen 'Robert H Cage *R R Reid "A. W. Hyatt "Richard Lambert o 1899 •A. C. Allen *L. L. Schwartz "Robert H. Cage •R. R. Reid •A. W. Hyatt "Richard Lambert 1900 "Robert H. Cage •R. R. Reid „ *H. M. Danneel *E. T. Sellers "A. G. Ricks •Richard Lambert 1001 •Robert II. Cage •R. R. Reid *L. P. Delahoussaye... *E. T. Sellers "A. G. Ricks •Richard Lambert 53 1002 •Robert R. Reid *L. P. Delahoussaye... *E. T. Sellers •L. C. Allen *A. G. Ricks •Richard Lambert I!HI3 'Robert R. Reid •E. T. 8eHen> *L. C Allen •A G. Ricks •Richard Lambert ! fHI4 "L. C. Allen *O. II Simpson •A Q. Ricks •Richard Lambert 1905 *L. E. Thcmas „ *O. 11. Simpson •A G Ricks "Kichard Lambert 1900 •L. C. Allen ttJ. C. Drew *L. E. Thomas _ *F. C. Marsh •A. G. Ricks •Richard Lambert 1907 ttJ. C. Drew *F C Marsh •N B Null * A G Ricks 1908 tf J. C. Drew "Fred Marsh *N. B. Null •John Puleston *A. G. Ricks •Richard Lambert 1909 *L. E. Thomas "Chas. E. Cormier _ "John Puleston "John S. Thibaut •A. G. Ricks •Richard Lambert LIST OF PAST AND PRESENT GRAND OFFICERS—Continued.

TEAR GRAND MASTERS DEP. GR. MASTERS GR. SEN. WARDENS GR. JUN. WARDENS GRAND TREASURERS GRAND SECRETARIES

1910 •John S. Thibaut *Chas. E. Cormier... •E. H. Addington Emil Sundbery *A. G. Ricks _ •Richard Lambert O 1911 •John S. Thibaut *B. H. Addington Emil Sundbery *B. B. Purser •A. G. Ricks •Richard Lambert 1912 *E. H. Addington Bmil Sundbery *B. B. Purser •James H. Caldwell •A. G. Ricks •Richard Lambert 1913 *B. B. Purser •James H. Caldwell •A. W. Cheesman •A G Ricks •Richard Lambert 1914 •J, H. Caldwell •A. W. Cheesman •B. B. Purser John W. Armstrong. •A. G. Ricks •Richard Lambert 1915 •A. W. Cheesman •B. B. Purser Jno. W. Armstrong. Geo. A. Treadwell •A. G. Ricks _ •John A. Davilla. 1918 *B. B. Purser Jno. W. Armstrong.. Geo. A. Treadwell.... tJohn T. Lasley •A. G. Ricks •John A. Darilla. 1917 John W. Armstrong.. Geo. A. Treadwell...... Rudolph Krause Wynne G. Rogers •A. G. Kicks •John A. Davilla. 1918 Qeo. A. Treadwell Rudolph Krause Wynne G. Rogers H. H. Bain .. •A G Ricks •John A. Davilla. 1919 H H. Bain •A a •John A. Davilla. 1920 Wynne G. Rogers H. H. Bain •Ira W. Sylvester •Joseph Sinai •A. G. Ricks •John A. Davilla. 1921 H. H. Bain *Ira W. Sylvester •Joseph Sinai *P. B. Carter •A G Ricks •John A. Davilla. H 1922 *Ira W. Sylvester •Joseph Sinai •P. B. Carter H. B. Conner •A. G. Ricks •John A. Davilla. 1923 'Joseph Sinai •Prentiss B. Carter...... H. B. Conner •J. Paul Haller •A. G. Ricks •John A. Davilla. tzl O 1924 •Prentiss B. Carter. H. B Conner •J. Paul Haller *A G Ricks •John A. Davilla. 1925 Haney B. Conner •J. Paul Haller Edwin F. Gayle •James H. Rowland *A. G. Ricks •John A. Davilla. 1926 Edwin F. Gayle ...... •John A". Davilla. •J. Paul Haller. -. •James H. Rowland •Phil G. Ricks *H, G. Gainsburgh 00 19*7 Edwin F. Gayle •James H. Rowland •Phil G. Ricks Leon S. Haas "S. G. Gainsburgh •John A. Davilla. fed 3 1928 * James H. Rowland •Phil G. Ricks Leon S. Haas...... •Ernest E. Sykes *S. G. Gainsburgh •John A. Davilla. 1929 •Phil G. Ricks Leon S. Haas _ •Ernest E. Sykes J. C. Ayers *S. G. Gainsburgh •John A. Davilla. 1930 Leon S. Haas •Ernest E. Sykes J. C. Ayers. W. D. Haas, Jr •s. G. Gainsburgh •John A. Davilla. 1931 •Ernest E. Sykes J. C. Ayers W. D. Haas, Jr Milton W. Boylan *S. G. Gainsburgh *L. E. Thomas I 1932 J. C. Ayers W. D. Haas, Jr. Milton W. Boylan Philip Lieber •s. G. Gainsburgh *L. E. Thomas a 1983 W. D. Haas, Jr Milton W. Boylan. Philip Lieber Robt. F. Kennon •s. G. Gainsburgh *L. E. Thomas o 1934 Milton W. Boylan Philip Lieber Robt. F. Kennon Archie T. Higgins •s. G. Gainsburgh *L. E. Thomas 198S Philip Lieber Robt. F. Kennon Archie T. Higgins.... Chas. F. Ratcliff •S. G. Gainsburgh D. Peter Laguens, Jr. 1936 Robt. F. Kennon Archie T. Higgins...... Chas. F. Ratcliff Robert H. Brooks *S. G. Gainsburgh D. Peter Laguens, Jr. 1937 Archie T. Higgins. Chas. F. Ratcliff Robert H. Brooks J. Chris. Nungesser •Horace R. Perez, Sr D. Peter Laguens, Jr. 1938 Chas. F. Ratcliff Robert H. Brooks. J. Chris Nungesser.... Dee A. Strickland •Horace R. Perez, Sr D. Petei Laguens, Jr. 1989 Robert H. Brooks J. Chris Nungesser Dee A. Strickland J. Luther Jordan. •Horace R. Perez, Sr D. Petei Laguens, Jr. 1940 J. Chris Nungesser Dee A. Strickland J. Luther Jordan Benjamin Y. Wolf "Horace R. Perez, Sr D. Petei Laguens, Jr. 1941 Dee A. Strickland Benjamin Y. Wolf W. S. Kingrey U. W McMillan D. Peter Laguens, Jr. 1942 J. Luther Jordan Benjamin Y. Wolf W. S. Kingrey Otto E. Passman U. W. McMillan D. Petei Laguens, Jr. 1943 Benjamin Y. Wolf W. S. Kingrey. Otto E. Passman Theodore F. Mathes u. w. McMillan P. Peter Laguens, Jr. •Dead. ttResigned. SDemitted. ^Suspended. NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF GRAND SECRETARIES 351

GRAND LODGES IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE GRAINS LODGE OF LOUISIANA, WITH THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF GRAND SECRETARIES.

UNITED STATES Alabama Guy T. Smith Montgomery. Arizona Harry A. Drachman Tucson. Arkansas W. A. Thomas Little Rock. California Lloyd E. Wilson San Francisco Colorado Chas. A. Patton Denver. Connecticut Winthrop Buck Hartford. Delaware Chester R. Jones Wilmington. District of Columbia J. Claude Keiper Washington. Florida Geo. W. Huff Jacksonville. Georgia Daniel W. Locklin Macon. Idaho -Clyde I. Rush Boise. Illinois R. C. Davenport Harrisburg. Indiana W. H. Swintz Indianapolis. Iowa Charles C. Hunt Cedar Rapids Kansas Elmer F. Strain ....Topeka. Kentucky Al. E. Orton Louisville. Louisiana D. Peter Laguens, Jr New Orleans. Maine Convers E. Leach Portland. Maryland . Claud Shaffer Baltimore. Massachusetts Frank H. Hilton Boston. Michigan F. Homer Newton Grand Rapids. Minnesota Jno. H. Anderson St. Paul. Mississippi Sid F. Curtis Meridian. Missouri Arthur Mather St. Louis. Montana .Luther T. Hauberg Helena. Nebraska Lewis E. Smith Omaha. Nevada B. C. Peterson Carson City. New Hampshire J. Melvin Dresser Concord. New Jersey Isaac Cherry Trenton. New Mexico A. A. Keen Albuquerque New York Chas. H. Johnson New York. North Carolina Jno. H. Anderson : Raleigh. North Dakota Walter L. Stockwell Fargo. Ohio H. S. Johnson Cincinnati. Oklahoma Claude A. Sturgeon Guthrie Oregon _D. Rufus Cheney Portland. Pennsylvania Matthew Gait, Jr Philadelphia. Rhode Island Harold L. McAuslan Providence. South Carolina 0. Frank Hart Columbia. South Dakota Elvin F. Strain Sioux Falls Tennessee T. E. Doss....: Nashville. Texas Geo. H. Belew Waco. Utah S. H. Goodwin Salt Lake City Vermont Aaron H. Grout Burlington Virginia J. M. Clift Richmond. Washington Horace W. Tyler Tacoma West Virginia ._ Ira Wade Coffman Charleston Wisconsin William F. Weiler Milwaukee. Wyoming Irvin E. Clark Casper. 35.3 NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF GRAND SECRETARIES

GRAND LODGES IN CORRESPONDENCE—Continued GRAND LODGES OF DOMINION OF CANADA. Alberta J. H. W. S. Kemmis Calgary. British Columbia..-. Prank S. McKee Masonic Temple, Vancouver. Canada in the Province of Ontario E. G. Dixon Hamilton, Ontario, Manitoba ,T. H. G. Russell Masonic Temple, Winnipeg. New Brunswick R. D. Magee Masonic Temple, St. John. Nova Scotia James C. Jones Freemasons Hall, Halifax. Prince Edward Island... Chas. M. Williams Masonic Temple, Charlottetown. Quebec Wm. W. Williamson Masonic Temple, Montreal. Saskatchewan Robert A. Tate P. O. Box 254, Regina. GRAND LODGES OF GREAT BRITAIN. England Sydney A. White Freemasons Hal), London. Ireland Henry C. Shellard Freemasons' Hall, Dublin, C. 2. Scotland W. King Gillies Freemasons Ha!i. Edinburgh. GRAND LODGES OF AUSTRALASIA. New South Wales James S. Miller 289 Castlereagh St. Sydney. New Zealand H. A. Lamb 513 D.I.C. Bldg., 29 Brandon St., Wellington, C. I. Queensland H. C. Reeve Masonic Temple, Ann St., Brisbane South Australia R. Owen Fox Freemasons Hali. North Terrace, Adelaide. Tasmania W. H. Strutt 117 Macquarie St., Hobart. Victoria Wiriam Stewart _ 25 Collins St.. Melbourne. Western Australia A. E. Jensen Freemasons Hall Perth. GRAND LODGES OF BRAZIL. Grand Lodge of Ama- zona and Acre Dr. Elviro Dantas Cavalcante P. p. Box 362, Manaos. Grand Lodge of Babia-Gilberto Bastos Vieira Rtia Carlos Gomes, N. 21, Bahia. NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF GRAND SECRETARIES 353

GRAND LODGES IN CORRESPONDENCE—Continued. Grand Lodge of Ceara.-Joao Menescal Villar P. O. Box 76, Fortaleza, Ceara. Grand Lodge of Para.—Fernando T. deAraujo P. O. Box 333, Para or Belen, State o( Gras Para. Grand Lodge of Paraiba Augusto Simoes P. O. Box 3, Joao Pessoa, Paraiba. Grand Lodge, Rio de Janiero Edgard de Alencar P. O. Box 2215, Rua do Carmo 64-S.O.B., ,, , T , c, Rio de Janiero. Grand Lodge, Sao Paulo A. Teixeira da Silva P. O. Box 2613, Sao Paulo. Grand Lodge, Rio Grande do Sul L. R. Schreiner, P. M Porto Alegre. Brazil. OTHER LATIN AMERICAN GRAND LODGES. Argentina (Grand Lodge) Pedro A. Rome 1242 Cangallo, Buenos Aires. Chile -Enrique Arrlagada Saldias P. O. Box 2867, Santiago. Costa Rica Hector Medina Planas P. O. Box Y, San Jose. Colombia— Gran Logia de Colombia Apartado No. 2519, Bogota. Gran Logia Nacional de Colombia Barranquilla. Serenisima Gran Logia Nacional de Colom- bia Cartagena. Cuba Constantino Pais Gutierrez Paseo de Carlos III, No. 508, Havana. Ecuador Jose A. Vallejo Ycaza Guayaquil. Guatemala Pedro Donis P. O. Box, 312, Guatemala. Honduras Constantino S. Ramos Tegucigalpa. Nicaragua Salfonias Salvatierra Managua, Nicaragua. Panama Carlos A. Perez Apartado 84. Panama. Paraguay William Paats Masonic Temple, Palma No. 417, Ascuncion. Peru Vincente E. Vega Lima. Porto Rico Rodolfo R. Pabon P. O. Box 747, San Juan. San Salvador (Cuscatlan) Jos6 Lacayc Tellez Templo Masonico, San Salvador, C- A. Uruguay Augusto Cesar Bado Victoria 1481, Montevideo Venezuela R. R. Rodriguez Vargas....P. O. Box 927, Caracas. 354 NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF GRAND SECRETARIES

GRAND LODGES IN CORRESPONDENCE—Continued. THE LATIN AMERICAS. GRAND LODGES OF MEXICO. Chiapas Felipe Romero Rodriguez..Tapachula, Chiapas. Cosmos Felipe Garza Herrerias P. O. Box 171, Chihuahua. Grand Lodge Del Pacifico Alonzo Castenado P. O. Box 20, Guaya- mas, Sonora. Grand Lodge Estado Restauracion Rogelio Gomez Herrera....P. O. Box 26. Villa Hermosa, Tabasco. "Occidental Mexicana" Gran Logia Joaquin Yanez Albarran....P. O. Box 9, Guada lajara, Jalisco. Grand Lodge TJnida "La Oriental - Peninsular" (Yucatan) Miguel Angel Vega P. O. Box 61, Mtirida. Merida, Yucatan. Grand Lodge Unida Mexicana (Vera Cruz) > Andres Esquivel Gomez....P. O. Box 56, Vera Cruz. Valle de Mexico Rafael L. DeLos Rios P. O. Box 10, De Donceles 14, Mexico, D. F. York Grand Lodge F. T. Berger ...P. O. Box 1986, Mexico, D. F. Tamaulipas .-.Policarpo Gudino .Tampico, Tamps, Mexico. De Estado Soberana B Independlente "Bl Apartado 104, Potosi" B. del Bosque. San Louis Potosi. Del Territorio Norte de la Baja California de Apartado 42, Tijuana Tijuana Pedro Martin Del Campo.. B. Cfa., Mexico. OTHER GRAND LODGES. Germany, The Sym- bolic Grand Lodge in Bxile _...Dr. Joseph Treu 121 Abyssinia St., Jerusalem. Philippine Islands Antonio Gonzalez P. O. Box 990, Manila. Sweden Yngve G. Wisen Stockholm. Switzerland* (Alpina) ..J. J. Buhler 44 Spercherstr, St. Gall (Switzerl). *Mail to Chancery, Grand Lodge Alpina, Bogenschutzenstrasse 8, Berne. REGISTER OF GRAND REPRESENTATIVES—THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

Postoffice Postoffice Grand Lodge Representative From Address Representative To Address

Alabama Clarence M. Leland Oakdale Henry C. Pollard Huntsville. Alberta Clarence L. Shaddock Lake Charles... Francis Edward Nichol Killam. Argentina (Gran Logia Masoneria) Benj. F. Bradford New Orleans.... Carlos C. Chevall'r Boutell Buenos Aires. Arizona Jos. Whitaker St. Joseph Frank William Akin Peoria. Arkansas _ _ Herbert M. Wise Joshua K. Shepherd Little Rock. BRAZIL: New Orleans ... Amazonas & Acre (Grand Orient) Lynn R. Pomeroy New Orleans Rodrigo Xavier da Silveira Mamaos. Bahia _ Robert C. Frickman New Orleans Archibaldo Balieiro Bahia. Ceara _ M. Ferrier Colfax ' Caesar Kyatt Fortaleza. Para William C. Aitken New Orleans Parahyba _ F. A. Cayard New Orleans Porfirio Luiz Pinto Ribeiro Parahyba. Rio de Janeiro Richard M. Nash Gretna Ernest Kopschitz Rio de Janiero Rio Grande do Sul James Reid, Jr New Orleans Guilherme Burns Port Alegro. A. Agria Filho Sao Paulo R. Norman Bauer Patterson Sandos. L*3 British Columbia _.... O. G. Price Covington Karl P. Warwick Vancouver. Canada Duncan H. Selph New Orleans Harris C. Tugwell Toronto. Chill Geo. J. Ginsburg Alexandria Manuel Pickering Santiago. Colorado W. D. Haas, Jr Bunkie Henry W. Stover Denver. H COLOMBIA: M Gran Logia Nacional (Barranquilla) Ralph H. Agate Lafayette Alberto Cortes Santa Marta. Gran Logia de Colom- Dr. Hernando bia (Bogota) Frank W. Magne New Orleans Salcedo Salgar:. Bogota. Serenisima Nacional Cartegena) Paul A. Martin Shreveport Efraim S. Delvalle.. Cartegna. Connecticut - Leon S. Haas Opelousas Henry K. Plumb Shelton. Costa Rica .._ H. B. Cannon Monroe Patrick E. Sullivan- San Jose. Cuba _ Edward H. Walsdorf New Orleans Miguel Funes Matanzas. REGISTER OP GRAND REPRESENTATIVES—THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OP LOUISIANA. Postoffice Postoffice Grand Lodge Representative From Address Representative To Address Delaware — Sam Houston Jones.. Baton Rouge... Ellsworth H. Carr Newark. Paul R. Mattix District of Columbia H. H. Bain Shreveport Tacoma Pk., D. C. Ecuador V. P. Ramos Dr. Carlos Rolando Guayaquil. New Orleans Rt. Hon. The Earl of England Louis R. Hoover New Orleans .. S Stradbroke Wangford. G Florida _... Edwin F. Gayle Lake Charles.. E. M. Sessoms Caryville. M Georgia Haney B. Conner .... Baton Rouge Kyle T. Alfriend Macon. Guatem ala Louis G. Bravo New Orleans... Honduras Robt. F. Kennon Minden Julio Azpuru Espana.... Tegucigalpa. Idaho J. Luther Jordan Mansfield S. Irven Roberson Jerome. Illinois — U. W. McMillan New Orleaus.. Edward C. Mullen Chicago. O Indiana Walter A. Tharp New Orleans... Charles A. Lowe Lawrenceburg Ireland —- Duncan Bell Gonzales James P. Wilson Dublin. Kmsas — Rudolph Krause Lake Charles Harry E. Crosswhite.... Greensburg. Kentucky Charles F. Buck, Jr.. New Orleans... William T. Moran Covington Maine ..— -— John C. Ayers Lake Charles.. Millard Caswell.. Bridgton. Manitoba - — Thomas Gessner Hammond Charles Cole PortagyLaPrairie. Maryland Archie T. Higgins Gretna Henry W. Schultheis.... Baltimore. Massachusetts. Harry S. Weston Shreveport Chas. W. Perry Newburyport. MEXICO:— 1-3 Chiapas T. F. Mathes New Orleans.. Enrique Guitierez Chiapas. Cosmos (Chihuahua) E. Lee Mowe New Orleans... Dr. Luca? Leon Olarto Chihuahua. Del Pacifico (Sonora).... Alberto Quiroga . ... New Orleans... Alfonso F. Gomes A.gua Prieta. El Potosi J. Fred McLelland.. Zona Leon Sod San Luis Potosi. Tamaulipas Abraham Solomon New Orleans . Octavio Rodriguez Cuellar. Tampico. Territorio de la Baja California Robert B. Jones.. Hodge Rafael M. Soto.. Mexican, B. Cfa. de Estado "Restaura- cion" (Tabasco) Chas. Villas New Orleans.. York Grand Lodge of Mexico Bertney G. Frick.. New Orleans.. M. A. Malone.. Mexico, D. F. Grand Lodge Valle de Mexico Vincent R. Redmond New Orleans Enrique Gotho Kuenzler Mexico City. Nuevo Leon Warren O. Watson Baton Rouge , Inocencio de la Garza Monterey. Occidental Mexicana (Jalisco) Philip Lieber Shreveport Ignacio Jacobo Guadalajara. Vera Cruz Robert W. Cretney Sterlington Rafael Diaz Cerdau Vera Cruz, Mex. Yucatan (La-Oriental Peninsular) . Estes W. McKinney New Orleans Primitivo Molina C Merida. Michigan J. O. Hedt New Iberia John L. Hawks Lansing. Minnesota Carter C. Lacour Baton Rouge Roy A. Ellingson Elk River. Mississippi W. D. Wallace Downsville Percy M. Lee Forest. GO Missouri Adolph V. Scheurich New Orleans H Ovid Bell Fulton. W Montana Alphonse Goldsmith New Orleans Charles Davidson Great Falls W Nebraska Chas. F. Ratcliff .w Baton Rouge Morris Chadderdon Holdrege. o Nevada F. T. Mikell Bunkie Lawrence E. Layman Reno. New Brunswick D. W. Landess Port Allen Rev. W. P. Dunham Shediac. New Hampshire W. S. Streater Lake Charles Milo L. Knight Lebanon. New Jersey Al. L. Smith Winnfield ... James N. Fuller Passaic. j New Mexico John J. Kenny Algiers Charles S. Melton Albuquerque. a New South Wales ... Morris Marx New Orleans G. W. S. Phillips Sydney. w New York Thomas Green New Orleans. Clinton H. Lyons New York. hi New Zealand Dee A. Strickland Monroe J. Guiness .. Wellington. w Nicaragua Gregorio Garrett New Orleans Victor M. Delgadillo North Carolina C. Marion Hutton Minden J. W. Winborn Marion. North Dakota W. Davis Cotton Rayville Ralph L. Miller Fargo. Nova Scotia Charles E. McHale New Orleans. Joseph L. Hetherington Halifax. Ohio L. L. Roach Colfax Otto H. Hohly Toledo. W. E. Owen H Oklahoma Pineville Harry B. Strickland ..... Oklahoma City. co • Oregon J. Chris Nungesser New Orleans WestonG. Shellenbarger Portland Panama William C. Ermon New Orleans Tomas Paredes Panama City. Paraguay B. Y. Wolf New Orleans Juan Jose Pena. Asuncion. Pern John S. Burgess Alco Federico Schlappi Lima. Philippine Islands Robert H. Brooks Ruston John R. H. Mason Manila. Porto Rico P. A. Koonce Flora R. Albert Nadal San Juan. Prince Edward Island Emmett J. Lee Farmerville.. Herbert Clark Alberton. Quebec Henry Haas Monroe C. B. Cornell _. Montreal. 3 REGISTER OF GRAND REPRESENTATIVES—THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. Grand Lodge Representative From Postoffice Representative To Postoffice 00 Address Address Rhode Island George A. Treadwell New Orleans... Albert P. Ruerat Pawtuxet. Salvador (Cuscatlan) Manuel V. Rivera New Orleans... Manuel Vidal San Salvador. Saskatchewan C. P. Derreloy Alexandria ... T. J. Ford _ Saskatoon. Scotland ... Fred D. Odom. New Orleans... Herbert L. Warden Edinburg. South Australia John B. Fournet New Orleans.. Geo. W. Illlngworth Adelaide. South Carolina Paul Quilty Lake Charles.. R. R. Nickels __ Laurens South Dakota William G. Oliphant New Orleans.. Harold D. Brown Gann Valley. Sweden Bmil Sundbery Napoleonville.. Nils Selander Stockholm. Switzerland T. Ellwood Frazier New Orleans.. Otto Suter „ Geneva. Tasmania R. L. Gay v....:.. Zwolle Eric Hedberg Hobart. o Hubert G. todd Tennessee New Orleans.. D. P. Henegar.: McMinnville. o Texas Sam Haas Alexandria Gus A. Brandt Houston Uruguay Leander C. Miller ...... New Orleans.. Utah Henry W. Palfrey.... Alexandria Robert F. Scheiber Salt Lake City. Venezuela Charles H. Wahl ..... Algiers Carlos E. P. Soublette.. Caracas. Vermont Henry J. Niemann New Orleans... Frank W. Corliss Springfield. Victoria Otto E. Passman Monroe E. Richards Victoria. Geo. A. Nami, Jr Virginia New Orleans- John M. Newton Bluefield. 03 Washington Milton W. Boylan _ New Orleans .. Horace W. Tyler Tacoma. West Australia W. S. Kingrey : Kinder Robert Russell Perth. West Virginia - Q. T. Hardtner Urania B. D. Gibson ^. Charleston. Wisconsin D. Peter Laguens, Jr. ... New Orleans.. Ray E. Gile Merrillan. % NOTE—The following Grand Lodges do not exchange representatives: California, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Wyoming. HOLDERS OF CERTIFICATES OF PROFICIENCY, THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA

LOCATION NAME LODGE DATE OF EXPIRATION Abbeville Wm. F. Knighten.-. Abbeville Lodge No. 192 April 1, 1944. Abbeville John L. Stansbury.. —Abbeville Lodge No. 192 June 1, 1944. Alco John H. Brown -Alco Lodge No. 416... ..May 1, 1944. Alco R. A. Redd Alco Lodge No. 416...... April 1, 1944. Alexandria W. W. Hyde Alexandria Lodge No. 398 May 1, 1943. Alexandria C. P. Derveloy Alexandria Lodge No. 398 July 15, 1943. Alexandria .Leonard Levy Alexandria Lodge No. 398 July 1, 1943. Alexandria W. L. Carroll... Oliver Lodge No. 84 July 1, 1944. Alexandria F. C. White..... Oliver Lodge No. 84 September 1, 1944. Alexandria B. T. Harrison Oliver Lodge No. 84 September 1, 1944. Alexandria C. O. Shaw Oliver Lodge No. 84 September 1, 1944. © Alexandria .Charles Norsworthy Capitol Lodge No. 399 February 1, 1944. Q Bastrop _D. M. White Mt. Gerizim Lodge No. 54 May 1, 1943. Bastrop L. R. Pomeroy Mt. Gerizim Lodge No. 54 May 1, 1943. H Bastrop O. W. Reily _ Mt. Gerizim Lodge No. 54.* May 1, 1943. Bastrop E. H. Drummond Mt. Gerizim Lodge No. 54 September 3.0, 1944. Baton Rouge J. B. Richmond St. James Lodge No. 47 May 1, 1943. Baton Rouge ....E. C. Thompson. _ St. James Lodge No. 47 September 1, 1943. Baton Rouge R. M. Andrews _ St. James Lodge No. 47 August 1, 1944. Baton Rouge R. L. Berry .. Baton Rouge Lodge No. 372 February 1, 1944. Baton Rouge Joseph M. Shannahan Baton Rouge Lodge No. 372 May 1, 1943. O Baton Rouge Werner H. Ellers Baton Rouge Lodge No. 372 October 31, 1942. Baton Rouge Guy L. Russell Baton Rouge Lodge No. 372 June 1, 1943. Baton Rouge ,..H. E. Dufour Baton Rouge Lodge No. 372 June 1, 1943. Baton Rouge J. T. Ray Baton Rouge Lodge No. 372 September 1, 1943 *3 Baton Rouge _ C. A. Fortenberry Baton Rouge Lodge No. 372—July 1, 1944. Baton Rouge James A. Pritzen Baton Rouge Lodge No. 372.:....March 1, 1943. Baton Rouge James R. Pitts Baton Rouge Lodge No. 372 March 1, 1944. Baton Rouge Jacob M. Kahn Baton Rouge Lodge No. 372 August 1, 1943. Baton Rouge John W. Felps , Capitol Lodge No. 399 November 1, 1944. o Baton Rouge J. B. Higginbotham Capitol Lodge No. 399 .April 30, 1943. Baton Rouge Clement Schwab ..Capitol Lodge No. 399 ..July 1, 1943. Baton Lodge No. 399 July 1, 1943. Baton Rouge _ ClaudOscar e KEvan. Mays o Capitol Lodge No. 399 January 1, 1944. Baton Rouge „ Carter C. Lacour. Capitol Lodge No. 399 January 1, 1944. Baton Rougff Maurice Bahm Capitol Lodge No. 399 August 1, 1943. Baton Rouge ....;.: H. E. Conerly ...Capitol Lodge No. 399 September 1, 1943. Baton Rouge Sidney W. Day _ Capitol Lodge No. 399 ..May 1, 1943. Baton Rouge .David A. Martin Capitol Lodge No. 399. August 1, 1943. HOLDERS OF CERTIFICATES OF PROFICIENCY, THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. w > — — ——. . , a LOCATION NAME LODGE DATE OF EXPIRATION ° Baton Rouge — A.. H. Casanova Capitol Lodge No. 399 November 1, 1943. Baton Rouge -...Charles Norsworthy Capitol Lodge No. 399 .January 1, 1944. Baton Rouge W. Prank, Scott .Capitol Lodge No. 399 .September 1, 1944. Baton Rouge Brie McVadon Capitol Lodge No. 399 October 1, 1944." Baton Rouge William Wilkinson Capitol Lodge No. 399 October 1, 1944. Baton Rouge A. J. Hawsey Capitol Lodge No. 399 November 1, 1944. K Baton Rouge - John W. Felps Capitol Lodge No. 399 November 1, 1944. O Baton Rouge _ B. B. Croom Capitol Lodge No. 399.... November 1, 1944. £ Baton Rouge Clifford A. Neames Istrouraa Lodge No. 414... October 1, 1943. 2 Baton Rouge Carl V. Dawson Istrouma Lodge No. 414 June 1, 1944. w Baton Rouge Robert T. Wicker Istrouma Lodge No. 414 June 1, 1944. m Belcher H. L. Whitlow Belcher Lodge No. 332 April 30, 1943. © Belcher M. M. Waldroup Belcher Lodge No. 332 May 1, 1944. * Bellwood P. A. Koonce Middle Creek Lodge No. 321 July. 1, 1944. g Benton R. V. Kerr , Cypress Lodge No. 89 June 6, 1943. g Benton W. L. Keith Cypress Lodge No. 89 : August 1, 1944. B Bogalusa L. H. Simmons Center Lodge No. 244 .June 1, 1943. 2 Bogalusa Odom McDanlel Center Lodge No. 244... April 1, 1943. p Bogalusa _ S. E. Shilling Center Lodge No. 244 April 1, 1943. > Bogalusa Charles Lewis Center Lodge No. 244 April ,1, 1943. a Bogalusa A. W. Ramsey Center Lodge No. 244 June 1, 1944. a> Bogalusa J. P. Mulford Center Lodge No. 244 May 1, 1944. o Bossier City N. B. Kelly Martin McClanahan No. 384 April 30, 1943. ^ Bossier City N. H. Finger Martin McClanahan No. 384 April 6, 1944. M Bossier City W. C. Blue _ Martin McClanahan No. 384 November 30, 1943. W Bossier City.. W. A. Wesley Martin McClanahan No. 384 December 31, 1943. O Bossier City E. S. Young Martin McClanahan No. 384 November 1, 1944. 3 Bossier City C. E. Friend Martin McClanahan No. 384 May 1, 1943. O Bossier City E. J. Mays Martin McClanahan No. 384 November 30, 1943. tj Bossier City W. H. Heller .Martin McClanahan No. 384 December 31, 1944 S Bossier City H. M. Cook Martin McClanahan No. 384 November 1, 1944. o Boyce J. E. Ray, Jr Boyce Lodge No. 273 June 1, 1944. ^ Boyce C. R. Sanders Boyce Lodge No. 273 Tune 1, 1944. Boyce E. L. Griffin Boyce Lodge No. 273 August 1, 1944. Boyce ___W. I. Townsend Boyce Lodge No. 273 March 1, 1943. Bunkie .W. D. Haas, Jr „ Bunkie Lodge No. 326 .March 1, 1943. Bunlde F. T. Mikell Bunkie Lodge No. 32fi .March 1, 1943. Bunkie H. M. Faust Bunkie Lodge No. 32fi May 1, 1943. Bunkie D. S. Ducote Bunkie Lodge No. 326 June 1, 1943. Bunkie Hilton Bordelon Bunkie Lodge No. 326 June 1, 1943. Cadeville -A. A. Rogers Cadeville Lodge No. 229 July 2, 1944. Cadeville J. M. Grig-gs ._. Cadeville Lodge No. 229 September 1, 1944. Calhoun .H. F. Downs Urim Lodge No. Ill ....July 7, 1944. Castor B. R. Mlnchew R. M. Crowson Lodge No. 281—-June 1, 1944. Castor R. J. Rigdon R. M. Crowson Lodge No. 281....June 1, 1944. Castor C. B. Bogan R. M. Crowson Lodge No. 281.-.August 1, 1944. Chatham C. R. Griffith , Dalley Lodge No. 265 May 3, 1944. Cheneyville R. H. Jackson Cheneyville Lodge No. 286 July 1, 1944. a Choudrant -W. A. Sanderson Choudrant Lodge No. 339 July 1, 1943. © Choudrant O. W. Hogan Choudrant Lodge No. 339 Juno 30, 1944. t* Columbia J. D. Caldwell Columbia Lodge No. 164 July 31, 1944. 2 Columbia I. B. Sorrells....- .Columbia Lodge No. 164 September 1, 1944. W Cotton Valley _D. R Moore — Cotton Valley Lodge No. 335....February 27, 1944. °° Cotton Valley M. S. Browning Cotton Valley Lodge No. 335....June 1, 1944. O Coushatta A. H. Carlisle Silent Brotherhood No. 146 June 30, 1943. ^ Coushatta Paul M. Brown Silent Brotherhood No. 146 July 15, 1944. 9 Coushatta George W. Wise Silent Brotherhood No. 146 July 15, 1944. g Coushatta Williams M. Johnson Silent Brotherhood No. 146 December 1, 1944. q Crowville A. T. Riser Crowville Lodge No. 370 April 1, 1944. H Crowville H. M. Riser Crowville Lodge No. 370 April 1, 1944. M Crowville Charles Richardson Crowville Lodge No. 370 March 27, 1944. O Delhi , W. W. Teer Delhi Lodge No. 120 April 15, 1944. M Denham Springs Norman R. Allen -Denham Springs Lodge No. 297..May 1, 1943. Denham Springs Frank K. Ricard Denham S'prings Lodge No. 297-May 1, 1944. ° De Qulncy _ Pat Gideon _ De Quincy Lodge No. 279 May 1, 1943. De Quincy Frank Duguay De Quincy Lodge No. 279 March 1, 1944. 2 De Quincy A. I. Perkins De Quincy Lodge No. 279 March 1, 1944. O DeRidder George W. Wagnon DeRidder Lodge No. 271 August 1, 1943. 3 DeRidder S. A. Evans DeRidder Lodge No. 271 August 1, 1943. o DeRidder J A. Cuthirds DeRidder Lodge No. 271 October 1, 1943. H DeRidder .' .W. J. Kraft DeRidder Lodge No. 271 March 1, 1943. § DeRidder Herbert H. Haynes DeRidder Lodge No. 271 January 1, 1944. g DeRidder David T. Stracener DeRidder Lodge No. 271 January 1, 1944. K< DeRidder Charles Lee Toungblood DeRidder Lodge No. 271 May, 1, 1944. Donaldsonville E. A. Pfiater Ascension Lodge No. 251 July 1, 1943. Donaldsonville S. J. Samuelson Ascension Lodge No. 251 October 1, 1943. Donaldsonville John Pfister, Jr -Ascension Lodge No. 251 ...July 1, 1943. Donaldsonville D. B. Doran .Ascension Lodge No. 251 July 1, 1943. Donaldsonville B. C Alwes _ .Ascension Lodge No. 251 July 1, 1943. Donaldsonville G. H. Chapman Ascension Lodge No. 251 November 1, 1943. g» Downsville W. D. Wallace-- - Downsville Lodge No. 143 July 8, 1944. r-1 HOLDERS OF CERTIFICATES OF PROFICIENCY, THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA g= . , . . _- , ^ LOCATION NAME LODGE DATE OF EXPIRATION Elm Grove -JR.. P. Brunner Atkins Lodge No. 266 June 1, 1943. Elton J. C. Hazels Elton Lodge No. 349 May 1, 1943. Elton W. A. Fletcher Elton Lodge No. 349 April 1. 1944. Elton Robert Hy. Brower Elton Lodge No. 349 September 1, 1943. Elton Howard M. Slgler Elton Lodge No. 349 September 1, 1943. W Elton Robert S. Shelton Elton Lodge No. 349 ...September 1, 1943. O Bros J. E. C. Doremus _...Eros Lodge No. 295 October 15, 1944. © Bros D. O. Hessler Eros Lodge No. 295 May 7, 1944. H Eunice L. D. Wade...... Harmony Lodge No. 410 August 1, 1943. on Eunice R. G. Rasberry Harmony Lodge No. 410 July 1, 1943. o Eunice T. A. Chisholm Harmony Lodge No. 410 July 1, 1943. us

Farmerville R. C. Harper Union Fraternal Lodge No. 35....May 31, 1944 fei Farmerville S. L. Smith Union Fraternal Lodge No. 35....August 15, 1944. g Farmerville Emmett J. Lee Union Fraternal Lodge No. 35....Pebruary 15, 1943. M Flora I. B. Dowden Simcoe Walmsley No. 359 July 1, 1944. 8 Florien... Jarvis Westbrook Florien Lodge No. 263 April 1, 1944. j^ Fordoche W. H. Wagley _ -Fordoche Lodge No. 292 April 1, 1943. H Forest Hill I. N. Anderson Forest Hill Lodge No. 254 June 1, 1943. % Franklin Benard J. Miller Franklin Lodge No. 57 August 1, 1944. Q Franklinton .. —Geo. W. Varnado Franklinton Lodge No. 101 August 1, 1943. ^ Franklinton —Wm. O. Burrls -Franklinton Lodge No. 101 August 1, 1943. hj Frankllnton —D. H. Stringfleld Franklinton Lodge No. 101 August 1, 1943. W Franklinton ~W. M. McLain Franklinton Lodge No. 101 August 1, 1943. 2 3 Georgetown L. H. Kees.. Georgetown Lodge No. 298 October 1, 1944. 8 Gibsland W. H. Day Gibsland Lodge No. 304 March 31, 1943. S Glenmora •. J. L. Orr Glenmora Lodge No. 356 June 1, 1944. Q Glenmora G. M. Monroe Glenmora Lodge No. 356 June 1, 1944! H Glenmora Henry A. Bremer Glenmora Lodge No. 356 June 1 1944 Glenmora ~W. H. Gilmore Glenmora Lodge No. 356 June 1, 1944. Glenmora Edward Orr Glenmora Lodge No. 356 August 1, 1944. Greenwood .W. G. Fry Greenwood Lodge No. 409 May 1, 1944. Greenwood _ W. "W. Burnett _ .Greenwood Lodge No. 409 June 1, 1944. Hall Summit H. W. Jackson Conly Lodge No. 241 September 1, 1944. Hall Summit J. Edwin Carlisle Conly Lodge No. 241 June 1, 1944. Hammond , ...R. Thomas Pursley Livingston Lodge No, 16O...... August J, 1943. Haughton .M. C. Bledsoe .Haughton Lodge No. 95 May 1, 1944. Haughton Roy Jackson Haughton Lodge No. 95. ..June 1, 1943. Haynesville N. G. Hyde Millerton Lodge No. 245 Hay 1, 1944. . Haynesville N. A. Parker..... \... .Millerton Lodge No. 245 September 1, 1944. Hodge J. S. Burks .Hodge Lodge No. 363 May 15, 1944. Hodge R. B. Jones Hodge Lodge No. 263 April 1, 1943. „ Holly Springs J. L. Loftin .Holly Springs Lodge No. 247....August 1, 1943. g Holly Springs .J. L. Teer -Holly Springs Lodge No. 247....September 1, 1944. r- Holly Springs Vernon Dupree Holly Springs Lodge No. 247....May 1, 1943. a Homer H. J. Murphy Homer Lodge No. 152 September 1, 1944. SJ Hornbeck A. S. McMillan Toro Lodge No. 253 March 1, 1944. Houma Coleman A. Beeson Unity Lodge No. 267 October 1, 1944. ° Houma J. Evans Dear... Unity Lodge No. 267 December 1, 1944. Ida Crit Petty Ida Lodge No. 324 March 22, 1944. -8 Ida .W. T. Carroway Idai Lodge No. 324 November 1, 1944. g

Jeanerette — .Gladstone Stewart Jeanerette Lodge No. 255 June 1, 1943. g Jena Dr. Guy Campbell Michael Dempsey No. 327 October 31, 1944. J5 Jena E. L. Miller Michael Dempsey No. 327 ..October 31, 1944. w Jennings .James C. Hazel Jennings Lodge No. 249 March 31, 1944. w Jennings Robert Prather .• Jennings Lodge No. 249 ..March 31, 1944. O Jonesboro Ellis Dawson Jonesboro Lodge No. 280 April 30, 1944. ^ Jonesboro _.S. A. Phillips Jonesboro Lodge No. 280 May 31, 1944. hj Jonesboro C. N. Larson Jonesboro Lodge No. 280 December 31, 1944. W Jonesboro W W Irwin Jonesboro Lodge No. 280 May 1, 1944 , y Jonesboro ..A. M. Stewart Jonesboro Lodge No. 280 August 1, 1944. ^ Jonesville Ernest Young F'our Rivers Lodge No. 369 November 1, 1944. „

Keithville Byron F. Bush Landmark Lodge No. 214 May 1, 1943- Q Keithville J. V. Henderson Landmark Lodge No. 214 May 29, 1944. K( Kenner . Igar Sims . Square and Compass No. 417....May 1, 1943. Kenner Thomas P. Wilson Square and Compass No. 417....May 1, 1943. Kenner Robert L Keaton Square and Compass No. 417.. .May 1, 1943. Kenner .-.John Adam Fulmer, Sr Square and Compass No. 417....February 1, 1944. Kentwood -...Robert L. Varnado, Jr Kentwood Lodge No. 248 April 1, 1943. Kentwood .Winfield Strehle Kentwood Lodge No. 248 June 1, 1943. jg Kinder C. M. Leland Kinder Lodge No. 291 April 1, 1943. w HOLDERS OF CERTIFICATES OF PROFICIENCY, THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA w . .—— . . _ 01 LOCATION NAME LODGE DATE OF EXPIRATION Lafayette John Whitmeyer Hope Lodge No. 145 May 15, 1943. Lafayette _ J. B, Coumes Hope Lodge No. 145 September 1, 1944. Lafayette -C. J. McNulty Hope Lodge No7 145L...'. June 1, 1943. Lafayette Geo. W. Armstrong Hope Lodge No. 145 May 1, 1943. Lafayette L. S. Kakeway Hope Lodge No. 145 September 1, 1943. w Lafayette _ Pearson Blakely Hope Lodge No. 145 October 1, 1943. 2 Lafayette Hugh L. Miller Hope Lodge No. 145 December 1, 1943. y Lafayette ...Chas. Lopez ...Hope Lodge No. 145 February 1, 1944. M Lake Arthur V. S. Hanks Live Oak Lodge No. 346 June 1, 1943. 5 Lake Charles John J. Khoury Lake Charles Lodge No. 165 July 1, 1943. O Lake Charles Casper Gossett Smith Lake Charles Lodge No. 165 April 1, 1944. ^ Lake Charles T. P. Blakewell Calcasieu Lodge No. 400 May 15, 1944. ' Q Lake Charles William Verity Carman Calcasieu Lodge No. 400 April 1, 1944. te) Lake Charles Harold L. Rothkamm Lake Charles Lodge No. 165. .February 1, 1944 W Lake Charles Robert P. Howell Calcasieu Lodge No. 400 July 1, 1943. H Lake Charles _ W. L. Smith Calcasieu Lodge No. 400 December 1, 1943. *4 Lake Providence Zell Stockner Pecan Grove Lodge No. 222 February 17, 1944. Q Lake Providence .T. G. Biggs Pecan Grove Lodge No. 222 February 17, 1944. g Lecompte Thomas M. Roby Gordy Lodge No. 133 July 1, 1943. H zo Leesville C. B. Owens Leesville Lodge No. 240 June 1, 1944. _ Leesville Hugh L. McManus Leesville Lodge No. 240 August 1, 1944. 2 Leesville Charles I. Davis Leesville Lodge No. 240 August 1, 1944. Leesville Gordon C. Wood Leesville Lodge No. 240 August 1, 1944. g Leesville _ R. S. Copeland Leesville Lodge No. 240 April 1, 1944. g Logansport G. E. Lacey Mt. Vernon Lodge No. S3 October 1, 1944. 2 Logansport T. P. Calhoun Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 83 October 1, 1944. 5 M Many J. H. Ritter Many Lodge No. 411 .July 31, 1943. § Many J. V. Nash Many Lodge No. 411 July 31, 1943. K) Many Ernest Jackson .Many Lodge No. 411 July 31, 1943. Many _J. L. Spier Many Lodge No. 411 July 31, 1943. Many -E. M. Frazier Many Lodge No. 411-: January 1, 1944. Marion Frank B. Wheelis Marion Lodge No. 283 June 1, 1944. Marthaville J. A. Bailes Marthaville Lodge No. 258 September 1, 1944. Melville _..H. L. Westerhaus Melville Lodge No. 268 -February 1, 1943. Melville .M. H. Stinson Melville Lodge No. 268 September 1, 1943. Minden W. R. Fogle Minden Lodge No. 51 March 15, 1944. Minden B. A. Norman Minden Lodge No. 51 March 15, 1944. Minden J. A. Thompson Minden Lodge No. 51 October 1, 1944. Minden B. D. Gleason Minden Lodge No. 51 July 15, 1943. Minden _ R. R. Slack Minden Lodge No. 51 September 1, 1944. Minden _Dea Martin Minden Lodge No. 51 July 1, 1943. Minden Robert F. Kennon Minden Lodge No. 51 April 15, 1944. Minden .V. G. Owen Minden Lodge No. 51 May 27, 1944. Minden G. F. Winham Minden Lodge No. 51 July 15, 1944. y Mitchell P. A. Henderson ...Mitchell Lodge No. 252 ...September 1, 1943. © Monroe F. L. Speakman Western Star Lodge No. 24 March 24, 1944. a Monroe B. R. Baham Western Star Lodge No. 24 May 31, 1944. H Monroe H. O. Hartman Western Star Lodge No. 24 February 1, 1944. 55 Monroe M. S. Harrison Western Star Lodge No. 24 February 17, 1944. Monroe H. C. Ullrich Graham Surghnor No. 383 February 17, 1944. O Monroe F. V. Clay , Graham Surghnor No. 383 May 1, 1943. Monroe Guy Gannoway Graham Surghnor No. 383 August 1, 1943. Q Monroe John R. Humble Graham Surghnor No. 383 August 1, 1944. tel Monroe Frank May Graham Surghnor No. 383 August 1, 1944. g Monroe Otto E. Passman Graham Surghnor No. 383 November 1, 1944. H Mooringsport C. E. Brasher Mooringsport Lodge No. 342...March 14, 1943. 3 Mooringsport B. T>. Jones Mooringsport Lodge No. 342....March 14, 1943. O Mooringsport L. W. Watts Mooringsport Lodge No. 342... March 31, 1943. g Mooringsport W. S. Farquhar Mooringsport Lodge No. 342... March 31, 1943. g Mooringsport J. C. Daniels Mooringsport Lodge No. 342... June 30, 1943. 02 Mooringsport George H. Carver Mooringsport Lodge No. 342... May 1, 1943.

Natchitoches S. L. Perry Phoenix Lodge No. 38 July 1 1944. ^ Natchitoches L. S. Miller Phoenix Lodge No. 38 July 1, 1944. g Newellton C. J. Rosier St. Joseph Lodge No. 79 July 15, 1944. 2 New Iberia C. R. Sonneman Aurora Lodge No. 193 June 1, 1943. w New Iberia T. Fitzhugh Murray Aurora Lodge No. 193 June 1, 1943. g New Iberia L. W. Campbell Aurora Lodge No. 193 August 1, 1943. ?< New Iberia Julius O. Hedt Aurora Lodge No. 193 February 1, 1944. S New Iberia J. G. Betar - Aurora Lodge No. 193 February 1, 1944. ^ New Orleans Thomas Green Perfect Union Lodge No. 1 April 1, 1943. New Orleans .Meyer Schaeffer Friends of Harmony No. 58 October 1, 1943. New Orleans Frank O. Chaves Friends of Harmony No. 58 November 1, 1944. New Orleans John Herrmann Friends of Harmony No. 58 October 1, 1944. New Orleans - Robt. J. Russ Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 59 July 1, 1943. New Orleans Everett C. Wells Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 59 ^September 1, 1943. Jg New Orleans Curtis C. Covington Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 59 January 1, 1944. ©( HOLDERS OP CERTIFICATES OF PROFICIENCY, THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. os

LOCATION NAME LODGE DATE OP EXPIRATION New Orleans Eclw. Demonn Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 59 .November 1, 1943. New Orleans Louis T. Waldorf Mount Moriah Lodge No. 59 April 29, 1943. New Orleans David Goldstein Geo. Washington No. 65 December 1, 1944. New Orleans Robt. R. Cazaubon Geo. Washington No. 65 June 1. 1943. New Orleans Ed. E. Mercadel Geo. Washington, No. 65 Juh£ 1, 1945. New Orleans ..Richard W. Hunt Hiram Lodge No. 70 September 1, 1943. S New Orleans -Morris N. Aronowitz -Hiram Lodge No. 70 October 1, 1943. 2 New Orleans F. W. Campbell Alpha Home Lodge No. 72 December 1, 1944. g New Orleans ._. .^-Robert W. Smith Louisiana Lodge No. 102 May 1, 1944. td New Orleans .-.-.. !Emile H. Dieth Louisiana Lodge No. 102 May 1, 1944. fs New Orleans _ Herbert G. Jahncke Louisiana Lodge No. 102 June 1, 1943. » New Orleans - . .,, F. E. Selby Louisiana Lodge No. 102 December 1, 1944. O New Orleans Emile C. Roehl Louisiana Lodge No. 102 February 1, 1945. *J New Orleans Leo F. Wagner Louisiana Lodge No. 102 February 5, 1945. o New Orleans Dr. L. R. B. Centanni Dante Lodge No. 174 August 1, 1943. & New Orleans Manuel Breen Jefferson Lodge No. 191 August 1, 1943. K New Orleans David Gertler Jefferson Lodge No. 191 August 1, 1943. H New Orleans Arthur G. Ebeyer Osiris Lodge No. 300 June 1, 1943. ^ New Orleans J. E. Culligan Osiris Lodge No. 300 June 1, 1943. " New Orleans ""j. C. Wright Ionic Lodge No. 374 .August 1, 1943. k; New Orleans ""W. R. Simpson Wm. D. White Lodge No. 4O8....June 1, 1943. 1-3 New Orleans .... " TWilson F. Sterns Level Lodge No. 373 April 1. 1943. fed New Orleans Ralph C. Kirst - Crescent City Lodge No. 387 February 1, 1944. t» New Orleans Adolph Eingel, Sr Euclid Lodge No. 394 February 5, 1945. © New Orleans Freeman A. Ballard Orleans Lodge No. 397 October 1, 1943. ^ New Orleans Charles W. Baker Daylight Lodge No. 412 June 1, 1943. ^ New Orleans Gustave J. Berges Daylight Lodge No. 412 August 1, 1943. & New Orleans Lionel F. Jourdan Daylight Lodge No. 412 October 1, 1943. O New Orleans J. H. Huber, Jr Daylight Lodge No. 412 July 1, 1944. J3 New Orleans Bmmett D. Brown Daylight Lodge No. 412 September 1, 1944. o New Orleans , Valva Currier Daylight Lodge No. 412 April 1, 1943. H New Orleans , Ben Cohen D. R. Graham Lodge No. 413....November 1, 1943. 3 New Orleans -Alfred S. Rottman David R. Graham No. 413 November 1, 1943. 2 New Orleans O. G. Hankins T. Roosevelt Lodge No. 415 July 1, 1943. K New Orleans Bennie L. Lawson T. Roosevelt Lodge No. 415 July 1. 1943. New Orleans .-. Joseph Mason T. Roosevelt Lodge No. 415 January 1, 1944. New Orleans Louis E. Oster Lee E. Thomas Lodge No. 421 October 1, 1943. New Orleans Matt H. Creed Lee E. Thomas Lodge No. 421. July 1, 1945. New Orleans _ A. P. Fannin Lee E. Thomas Lodge No. 421..November 1, 1944. Oakdale X«. A. Ford Yellow Pine Lodge No. 282 March 1, 1943. Oakdale Leo Williams Yellow Pine Lodge No. 282 April 1, 1943. Oakdale Wm. R. Hargrove Yellow Pine Lodge No. 282 .May 1, 1943. Oakdale M. V. Hargrove, Sr Yellow Pine Lodge No. 282 May 1, 1943. Oakdale M. V. Hargrove, Jr Yellow Pine Lodge No. 282 ...May 1, 1943. Oakdale John S. Burgess Yellow Pine Lodge No. 282 ....May 1, 1943. Oakdale A. L. Stephens Yellow Pine Lodge No. 282 August 1, 1943. Oakdale G. S. Siudy .-. Yellow Pine Lodge No. 282 May 1, 1944. Olla A. D. Becton Olla Lodge No. 303 September 30, 1943. Opelousag Ariel Fontenot Humble Cottage Lodge No. 19 June 1 1944 Opelousas Paul Turner Humble Cottage Lodge No. 19-December 1, 1943. Pelican A. K. Palmer Pelican Lodge No. 318 September 30, 1944. Pineville A. H. Legg-ett Solomon Lodge No. 221 March 1, 1943. Pineville Geo. T. Willett Solomon Lodge No. 221 March 1, 1943. Pineville O. B. Owens Solomon Lodge No. 221 July 1, 1943. Pineville —.F. "W. Schadle Solomon Lodge No. 221 April 1 1944 Pineville O. TT. Payne Solomon Lodge No. 221 July 1, 1944. Pineville William D. Darnell Solomon Lodge No. 221 June 1, 1944. Pineville "William E. Owen Solomon Lodge No. 221 June 1, 1944. Pioneer " --W. E. Huffman Pioneer Lodge No. 340 March 10, 1944. Pitkin Ben F. Poe Pitkin Lodge No. 338 April 1, 1944. Pitkin Charles W. Carson Pitkin Lodge No. 338.... November 1, 1944. Pollock W. E. Boyett Anchor Lodge No. 261 November 1, 1944. Port Allen H. H. Blackburn Blazing- Star Lodge No. 212, ....March 1, 1944. Port Allen Dr. D. W. Landess Blazing Star Lodge No. 212 March 1, 1944. Port Allen "Wm. A. Ragran Blazing Star Lodge No. 212 August 1, 1944. Port Allen P. L. Smitherman Blazing Star Lodge No. 212 October 1, 1944.

Rayville J. B. Sharp v R. F. McGuire Lodge No. 209—-June 30, 1944. Ringgold „ D. L. Moseley Mackey Lodge No 122 March 1, 1943. Ringgnld L. V. Noles Mackey Lodge No 122 September 1, 1944. Robellne _ O. A. Slater .Robeline Lodge No. 344 September 27, 1944. Rochelle H. H. Pentecost Little River Lodge No. 341 June 1, 1944. Rochelle , V. H. Loflin Liitle River Lodge No. 341 October 1, 1944. Rodessa J. H. Trimble Benefield Lodge No. 270 May 1, 1944. Rodessa G. W. Keener Benefield Lodge No. 270 March 31, 1943. Rodessa D. L. Butler Benefield Lodge No. 270 April 15, 1943. Rodessa O. M. Cutright Benefield Lodge No. 270 August 1, 1944. Rodessa A. C. Warner ". ._ Benefield Lodge No. 270 May 28, 1944. Roseplne .'..'... -Z. R. Brooks Rosepine Lodge No. 290 August 1, 1943. Rosepine E. Z. Sumrall Rosepine Lodge No. 290 August 1, 1943. HOLDERS OF CERTIFICATES OF PROFICIENCY, THE GRAND LODGE OP THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. g LOCATION NAME LODGE DATE OP EXPIRATION °° Ruston W. L. Ponder Ruston Lodge No. 106 May 31, 1943. Ruston _ J. L. Brooks Ruston Lodge No. 106 June 1, 1943. Ruston P. G. Grambling, Jr Ruston Lodge No. 106 June 1, 1943. Ruston _R. H. Brooks Ruston Lodge No. 106 February 20, 1944. Ruston G. T. Shinpock Ruston Lodge No. 106 January 14, 1944. Ruston L. M. Hinton Ruston Lodge No. 106 April 30, 1944. - Ruston James B. Parish Ruston Lodge No. 106 September 16, 1944. ' © Ruston JS. W. Colvin Ruston Lodge No. 10$ January 15, 1945. f o S't. Joseph D. B. Coor Tensas Lodge No. 309 November 1, 1944. K St. Joseph J. S. Johnston .Tensas Lodge No. 309 _ January 15, 1945. 5 S't. Joseph T. G. Ward Tensas Lodge No. 309 _ September 1, 1944. S't. Joseph , C. J. Tolar. .... Tensas Lodge No. 309 , March 10, 1944. O S't. Joseph _ Joseph Whitaker Tensas Lodge No. 309 March .10. 1944. ^ Shreveport Philip Lieber Shreveport Lodge No. 115 April 30, 1943. 2 Shreveport Abe Wolper . Shreveport Lodge No. 115 May 31, 1943. § Shreveport W. H. Causey Shreveport Lodge No. 115 May 20, 1944. >-3 Shreveport W. B. Hart Shreveport Lodge No. 115 July 15, 1942. H Shreveport Sam'l. Abratnson Shreveport Lodge No. 115 November 1, 1944. w Shreveport P. D. Abramson Shreveport Lodge No. 115 November 1, 1944. O Shreveport J. A. McCoy Shreveport Lodge No. 115 April 17, 1944. t Shreveport —_H. B. Oden Caddo Lodge No. 179 February 6, 1944. ^ Shreveport Jj\ G. Harston Caddo Lodge No. 179 April 1, 1944. so Shreveport - .W. B. Kilgore Caddo Lodge No. 179 June 1, 1943. o Shreveport C. L. Brewster Caddo Lodge No. 179 November 1, 1943. ^ Shreveport G. B. Willis Joppa Lodge No. 362 March 13, 1944. ^ Shreveport J. E. Cawthon Joppa Lodge No. 362 ....April 10, 1944. 5 Shreveport ,....E, C. McClanahan Joppa Lodge No. 362 April 10, 1944. O Shreveport - ....J. W. Stone.— Joppa Lodge No. 362 April 10, 1944. «S Shreveport P. A. Graham Joppa Lodge No. 362 April 30, 1944. C Shreveport Thomas Wemple .Wm. H. Booth Lodge No. 38O....April 30, 1943. '>= Shreveport i±. J. Hanlon .Wm. H. Booth Lodge No. 380....February 6, 1942. g Shreveport P. A. Martin '. .Wm. H. Booth Lodge No. 38O....April 2, 1942. 5 Shreveport W. A. McLees .Wm. H. Booth Lodge No. 380....May 1, 1942. 3 Shreveport W. W. Bruce Wm. H. Booth Lodge No. 38O....March 15, 1942. Shreveport _ C. L. Andrews, Jr Wm. H. Booth Lodge No. 380....March 15, 1942. Shreveport V. S. Nelson Wm. H. Booth Lodge No. 380 ...July 1, 1943. Shreveport Thos. H. Hearn Wm. H. Booth Lodge No. 38O....July 1, 1943. Shreveport Fred R. Carr Wm. H. Booth Lodge No. 380 ..July 1, 1943. Shreveport R. M. Walford _ -7.Wm. H. Booth Lodge No. 38O....July 1, 1943. Shreveport David A. Herndon, Jr .Wm. H. Booth Lodge No. 380....August 1, 1943. Shreveport '. C. E. Mounce Wm. H. Booth Lodge No. 380....November 1, 1944. Shreveport G. R. Keller Wm. H. Booth Lodge No. 380—.April 12, 1944. Shreveport. , O. K. Brock . Cedar Grove Lodge No. 403 March 25, 1943. Shreveport Carl Sanders Cedar Grove Lodge No. 403 April 1, 1943. Shreveport A. M. Morgan Cedar Grove Lodge No. 403 April 2, 1943 Shreveport .C. N. West Cedar Grove Lodge No. 403 Anril 2, 1943. Hhreveport Lamar Sledge Cedar Grove Lodge No. 403 February 6 1944 Shreveport D. K. Henderson Cedar Grove Lodge No. 403 June 1, '1944 Shreveport G. C. Whitaker Cedar Grove Lodge No. 403 April 1, 1944 Shreveport L. M. Wheeler Cedar Grove Lodge No. 403 April 1, 1944. Shreveport A. R. Tapp Cedar Grove Lodge No. 403 April 15 1944 Shreveport W. F. Pennington Cedar Grove Lodge No. 403 June 30 1944' K Shreveport J. A. Hendrlcks Cedar Grove Lodge No. 403 June 30, 1944! 2 Shreveport C. C. Turnage Cedar Grove Lodge No. 403 July 1, 1944. £ Shreveport L P. Case Cedar Grove Lodge No. 403 March 31, 1943. ta Shreveport W. B. Benson Cedar Grove Lodge No. 403. March 31, 1943 W Shreveport B. J. Turnage Cedar Grove Lodge No. 403 March 31, 1943 °° Shreveport .^.O. L. Waddell Cedar Grove Lodge No. 403 March 31, 1943 O Shreveport Sam Randolph , Cedar Grove Lodge No. 403 March 31, 1943. ^ Shreveport Leslie C. Roblnette ,. Cedar Grove Lodge No. 403 December 31 1944 o Shreveport E. M. Hargis Cedar Grove Lodge No. 403 December 31. 1944. W Shreveport ,...M. C. Walts Cedar Grove Lodge No. 403 May 30, 1944. g Shreveport S. J. Caldwell Queensborough Lodge No. 418..May 1, 1943. M Shreveport J- P- Parker .Queensborough Lodge No. 418..April 1 1943 ^ Shreveport J. G. Counts Queensborough Lodge No. 418..April 1, 1943 O Shreveport K. B. Gulledge Queensborough Lodge No. 418..April 1, 1943 f»- Shreveport —.F. A. Leaderman Queensborough Lodge No. 418..June 15, 1943 H Shreveport M- w. Maxwell Queensborough Lodge No. 418..April 15 1943 S Shreveport —-H. R. Meriwether, Jr Queensborough Lodge No. 418..Apri] 15 1944 Shreveport C. F. Morgan Queensborough Lodge No. 418..June 30 1943 ' 2 Shreveport — J. G. Wallace Queensborough Lodge No. 418..October 31, 1944. Shreveport - Homer Crump Queensborough Lodge No. 418..October 31, 1944 hi Shreveport J. F. Pate . _ Queensborough Lodge No. 418..October 31, 1944. g Simsboro J. P. Rasbury Simsboro Lodge No. 235 November 1, 1944 2 Simsboro -J. B. May Simsboro Lodge No. 235 November 1, 1944. o Spearsville ..." ...."W. C. Cherry..... Thomas Jefferson No. 113 March 1, 1944. S Spearsville ....W. D. Upshaw Thomas Jefferson No. 113 December 31, 1944. 2 Spearsville —-M. C. Bryan Thomas Jefferson No. 113 December 31, 1944. 3 Spearsville C. A. Pryor Thomas Jefferson No. 113 .. March 18, 1944. Spearsville I. C. Nash Thomas Jefferson No. 113.... March 18, 1944. Spearsville W. H. Hamberlin Thomas Jefferson No. 113 April 24, 1944. Springhill A. M. Crews -.Springhill Lodge No. 348 May 5, 1944. Sterlington V. A. Anderson Sterlington Lodge No. 420 May 31, 1944. Sterlington -R. W. Cretney Sterlington Lodge No. 420 September 30, 1944. 2J Sterlington JI. V. Gleason Sterlington Lodge No. 420. 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- ;— — ~— —— ^ —_ • -^ LOCATION NAME LODGE DATE OF EXPIRATION Sterlington J. H. Hammons Sterlington Lodge No. 420 .May 1, 1944 Sterlington .W. H. Turner Sterlington" Lodge No. 420 May 14, 1944. Sugartown M. V. Miller Sam Todd Lodge No. 182 April 1, 1943.

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1 Perfect Union New Orleans ieorge M. Niemeyer Alvin G. Pike 224 226 2 Etoile Polaire New Orleans Robert Seay :harles F. Villas _ 78 84 3 Perseverance New Orleans Edward A. Theard _ _Andre J. Laulhe 71 75 4O•ervantes i New Orleans Alberto Barrientos J. S. Reynaud 56 60 5 Humble Cottage 19 Opelousas Tyler M. Lawson Ariel Fontenot 119 122 6 WesterW< n Star 24 Monroe E. R. Baham F. M. Culver 242 247 7 Saint Albans 28 JacksoJ n V. A. Lary- Robert M. McGill.. 56 58 Feliciana St. Francisville. James L. Stirling J. R. Matthews--_ 81 75 9 Phoenix 38 Natchitoches _. W. T. Todd S. E. West- 117 126 10 Germania 46 New Orleans Wm. R. Pohlman Wm. E. Forster- 71 77 11 St. James Baton Rouge _. Robert M. Andrews . ,eo. W. Farr- 254 266 12 Minden Minden W. C.Bradford J. A. Thompson 201 209 13 Oliye Clinton W. T. Wheat P. H. Dupuy 66 66 14 Union Fraternal Farmerville JoeE. Waller A. D. Smith 53 58 15 Mount Gerizim Bastrop M. P. Weatherly W. A. Page 138 137 16 F:ranklin Franklin E. G. Stone H. L. Feske 109 112 17 Friends of Harmony. 58 New Orleans Harry Hy man W. W. Amstutz 167 161 18 MounMi t Moriah New Orleans Benjamin J. Legett_. L. T. Walsdorf__-_ 385 383 19 Geo. Washington New Orleans Dr. R. W. Irvine rady C. Darden_. 191 190 20 HiraHi m 70 New Orleans-_- M. N. Aronowitz. E. Frazier- 202 208 21 Alpha Home New Orleans Bryce E. Dressel Fred Tanner 168 168 22 Quit" :man 76 NsTee w Orleans A. Montegut, Jr J. P. Brundige 167 165 23 Saint Joseph 79 Newellton Rozier_ A. S. Bloom- 49 47 24 M" Toun. t Vernon 83 Loga_ansporn t A. V. Moultrie- B. M. Coleman. 62 67 25 Oliver 84 Alexandri•• a John M. Keller Lee W. Harris- 347 348 26 L-ai f ayette 87 Patterson thn Evest Cissna- Wm. B. Smith- 22 I:::: 22 27 Cypres. s 89 Benton. S. H. J' hnston- Geo. G. Nehon . 31 32 28 "aughtoH n 95 Haughton R. E. Mitchell, Jr.. R. L. McGough- 50 49 29 Siaini t Helena 96 Greensburg B. B. Varborough-_ R. E. Phillips- _ 45 48 30 Hiermitage 98 New Orleans- Theo. V. Martinez W. E. Schmidt-_. 134 128 31 Franklin ton 101 Franklinton J. Meadie Knight -_ J. A. Pierce- 106 107 32 Louisiana 102 New Orleans--. Robert W. Smith. __ Orloff Henry 337 14l 13 352 uston IO6IR1.uston W. L. Ponder L. G. Huey 159 7 6 6 4 15 1 IS 163 Harrisonburg- _: llOlH;iarrisonburg _. jH. A. Taliaferro H. W. Bethard 34 6 3 2 i 37 Urim 111 Calhoun H. F. Downs- M. M. Gaston. 23 1 23 36|Thos. Jefferson- 113|S113 p_iearsville W. H. Hamberlin, Jr. W. C. Cherry- 20 3 2 1 23 Shreyeport 115 Shreveport Ben Blumberg ;A. Wolper 345 14 12 9 1 3 1 349 Acacia ~ aquemine J. F. Schmill E. C. Thomas, Jr._ 78 6 5 5 1 1 81 Milford 117 Hope Villa---. Alvin D. Martin H. D. Martin- 46 2 2 2 1 1 46 40|Delhi_ 120 Delhi Maurice McKinney-- ,T. H.Hoben 90 6 5 4 1 1 1 4 91 41 Mackey 122 inggold L. V. Noles C. J. Conly 52 3 3 3 1 1 60 42 Liberty 123 K.eatchi. e R. A. Wagley |V. M. Rich- 31 31 43 K"ellertow, n 124 Willlsol n B. C. Seab__" J. C. Stanley 29 2 2 1 5 1 3 31 44 Ar•cadi. a 126 An ia J. R. Goff J. W. Nickelson 39 1 38 45 Go>rdi y 133 Lecompte Thos. M. Roby- A. Porter- 75 i 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 78 46 Plains 135 Zachary Thos. W. Murphy--. iRobt. E. Loudon__ 80 2 2 2 1 83 47 Ath[en. s 136 ~ ens O. S. Middlebrook. G. W. Dillon_ 15 4 1 1 2 13 48 Downsville 143 Downsville Robt. M. McGehee- F. D. Bachman. 38 1 1 2 1 1 3 37 49 Oo:ean 144 New Orleans--. Jos. H. Davis A.M. Monju 111 4 4 2 1 2 3 4 109 50 H,ope 145 Lafayette Clarence J. McNulty. G. M. Armstrong-- 195 9 7 6 3 5 3 4 202 51 Silent Brotherhood __ 146|Ooushatta A. H. Carlisle: W. H. Wamsley . 75 5 5 6 3 1 1 2 2 80 52 Anacoco 147 Hawthorn H. A. Martin- P. H. Cavanaugh _ 54 7 5 5 5 1 63 53|E;astern Star 151 Winnfield . Louis O. Temple JRufus S. Walsh- - _ 94 9 9 9 5 7 1 12 102 4 3 3 2 95 54 Homer 15 Homer ~eo. W. Campbell- G. Mullennix 94 5 4 2 3 55 Saints John 153 Algiers Geo. W. Corkern- P. Mangiaracina- 222 11 7 7 2 1 6 1 1 1 223 56 Kisatchie 156 Mount Carmel. NoahM. Miller J. E. Jordan 25 1 2 1 1 22 1 3 57 Livingston 160 Hammond i . June- F. A. Goblowsky- _ 86 2 1 2 8 2 2 90 58 Brookville 161 Oak Ridge F. E. Hogan_ R. C. Hathcox- 29 2 1 30 30 1 1 1 2 1 33 59 Atchafalaya 163|Siimmesport R. L. Lindsey W. D. Merrick t M C N 0 60 Columbia 164|Columbi164 a |john J. Kelly J. M. Jones 133 2 2 1 1 133 61 Lake Charles 165 Lake Charles _„ Andrew Swice K. Levingston- 189 6 ~~~8 "~io 3 2 — - 2 3 197 62 Linn Wood 167 New Orleans J. M. Chapman- _ Ernest W. Jones _- 323 10 8 8 6 5 324 63,Montgomery 168 Meontgomery__. W. C. Byrd G. L. Wyatt 47 5 3 2 4 4 1 56 641KKosmos New Orleans J. Otto Kaelin C. H.Dorand 55 1 1 1 2 3 1 54 65 Union : 172lNew Orleans--- E. C. Capron H . Waszkowski _ 200 3 3 3 2 6 1 198 2 2 ~~~2 1 3 3 3 100 66 Dante 174 New Orleans John Lorino Salvatore Arico 104 2 1 67 Amite City 175 Amite A. E. Cefalu Herbert Sanders 46 3 1 1 3 2 1 48 8 8 12 6 1 6 461 68 Caddo 179|Shreveport Earl W. Tinsley- _ A. E. Stephenson— 463 6 8 1 8 10 69 Sam Todd Sugartown W. R. 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236 David R. Graham- _ 413 New Orleans— Louis A. Legett P. C. Goldenberg 96 104 237 Istrouma- 414 Baton Rouge _ W. B. Bliss ". M. Henderson 137 164 238 Theodore Roosevelt 415 New Orleans-. Joseph Mason _'ohn Links, Jr 84 81 239 Alco 416 Alco W. Lambright Ted Lamprich 44 42 240 Square & Compass _ Kenner Thomas C Meola H. F. Stroup. 85 5 5 89 241 Queensborough 418 Shreveport J. D. McQueen H. R. Meriwether, Jr. 182 16 18 205 242 West Monroe 419 Monroe G. T. Gallaspy J. C. Stewart 105 10 6 112 243 Sterlington 420 Sterlington H. V. Gleason Tom D. Wafer 69 6 3 75 244 Lee E. Thomas 421 New Orleans. _ Martin E. Eckart _ R. G. Stockton 55 4 2 57 245 *Triumph 422 TMump) h Raymond R. Ball - O'Grady Fair 13 10 14 49 20,485 1080 939 920 662 24 361 261 43* 465 221.215

"Chartered February 9, 1942 as No. 422. Felix J. Elston, Worshipful Master; O'Grady Fair, Secretary.

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Why be afraid of death, as though your life were breath? Death but anoints your eyes with clay. O glad surprise! Why should you be forlorn? Death" only husks the corn. Why should you fear to meet the thresher of the wheat? —Maltbie Babcock "Death" " Zi Z1.1 ~" ~~~ ,„_'., I,

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Weep a while if ye are fain— •—Sunshine still must follow rain— Only not at death, for death, Now I see, is that first breath Which our souls draw when we enter Life. •—Edwin Arnold in his "Message from the Dead" INDEX TO PROCEEDINGS (Grand Master's Address)

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By-Laws Approved 38

Commissions Issued and Received.... 41

Conclusion 48

Deaths in Sister Jurisdictions 19

Dispensations Granted « 36

Dispensations Denied 38

District Deputy Grand Masters 40

George Washington Masonic National Memorial Ass'n 44

Grand Lecturers 39

Grand Masters Conference 43

Grand Masters Relief Fund 41

Grand Secretaries Conference 44

Louisiana Relief Lodge 41

Masonic Home 46

Masonic Service Association 44

Necrology 17

Official Visits 19

Other Official Acts 45

Recommendations 47

Refinancing Campaign, The 42

Rulings 25

State of the Order 42

The Temple Building 40

Twenty-five and Fifty Year Certificates 41 Visits of Masonic Significance to Other Than Lodges 24 INDEX

Page Addresses ....'. 158, 172 Alphabetical List of District Deputy Grand Masters for 1943.. 324 Alphabetical List of Location of Lodges 330 Alphabetical List of Lodges 325 Appointments 158, 173 Appointments to Fill Vacancies .?. •.... 5 Budget 169 Certificates of Proficiency Holders 359 Closing 175 Committees of Grand Lodge for 1943 316 Committees, Reports of Appeals and Grievances 170 Audit and Accounts : 169 Credentials 7 Delinquent Lodges 134 Distribution and Analysis of Grand Master's Address 50 Foreign Correspondence 126, 153, 168 History 131 Masonic Law and Jurisprudence 158, 165, 166 Masonic Law and Jurisprudence and Audit and Accounts 154 Mileage and Per Diem 132 Necrology :.... 141 Permanent Committee on Work 165, 170 Service and Audit and Accounts 163 Service Committee 132 State of the Order 143 State of the Order and Service 164 Work and Returns of Chartered Lodges and Appeals and Grievances , 162 Work and Returns of Chartered Lodges 124, 162 Work and Returns of Lodges U. D 126 INDEX

Page Communications 15 Distinguished Visitors 15, 140, 168 District Deputy Grand Masters for 1943 320 Election of Grand Officers 157 Emergent Communication 3 Flag Presentation 5 Grand Lodges in Correspondence with Grand Lodge of La „ 351 Grand Master's Address 16 Grand Officers, Past and Present 347 Grand Officers Present 6 Grand Representatives, List of 355 Grand Secretaries 351 Historical Table of Lodges 332 Holders of Certificates of Proficiency 359 In Memoriam 379 Installation of Officers 172 Living Past Grand Masters 315 Lodge Statistics 315-380 Louisiana Relief X,odge No. 1, Officers 315 Officers of Grand Lodge 2 Opening of Grand Lodge 5 Oration 143 Past Grand Masters Living , 315 Past Grand Masters Present. 6 Presentation of Altar Cover 155 Presentation of "100% Goal" Banner 165 Presentation of Service Certificates and Service Emblems to 50 Year Masons 157 Reception of Grand Representatives 155 Register and Work of Lodges 372 INDEX

Page Reports Auditor .. 106 Board of Directors of the Grand Lodge Hall 62 Grand Lecturers 118 Grand Secretary 53 Grand Treasurer 51 Louisiana Relief Lodge (W. M.) 121 Louisiana Relief Lodge (Sec.) 122 Masonic Educational Foundation, Inc 135 Masonic Employment Bureau 123 Secretary-Treasurer, Masonic Home for Children 88 Superintendent, Masonic Home for Children 81 Trustees Masonic Home for Children 72

Resolutions No. 1, Refinancing of Bonds of Masonic Temple, New Or- leans; authorizing loan of $355,000.00 from the Guar- anty Bank & Trust Co. of Alexandria, La 139-140 No. 2, Increasing membership Credentials Committee from five to ten members 140 No. 3, District Deputy Grand Masters to make Quarterly report to the Grand Master, (Withdrawn) 143 No. 4, (Not Adopted) but see adopted suggestions for issu- ing Certificates for M. M. Degree examinations 170 No. 5, Amending Article VI, Section 1, General Regulations, Qualifications of Candidates for Initiation 166-167 Roll Call of Lodges 14 Roster of Lodges 177 Statistical Statement 57 Telegram 172 Vote of Thanks 155, 168 Welcome to Past Grand Masters 172