GRAND COUNCIL of CRYPTIC RITE MASONS of WESTERN CANADA, R & S M 81st ANNUAL PROCEEDINGS Camrose May 8 & 9, 2019 MIC Gerald E. Tetzloff – Grand Master RIC Jerry W. Kopp – Grand Recorder 1 2 INDEX PAGE # Attestation of 2018 Minutes 4 Photo of Grand Master 5 Grand Master’s Bio & Masonic History 6 Ceremonial Opening 9 Distinguished Guests 9 Flag Ceremony 10 Memorial Service 10 Informal closing 13 OFFICIAL OPENING 2019 14 Grand Officers in attendance in Camrose 2019 14 Introduction of the Past Grand Masters 14 List of Past Grand Master Who Extended Regrets 15 Reception and Introduction of Grand Inspectors General 15 Reception of the Thrice Illustrious Masters of Councils 15 Minutes of 2018 Grand Proceedings 16 Preliminary Credential report 16 Report of Grand Master’s or his address 16 Condition of the Rite 2018-2019 20 Grand Treasurer report 26 Report of Deputy Grand Master 26 Grand Executive Committee Report 2018 – 2019 27 Finance Committee report 30 Financial Reviewers report 32 2019/2020 Budget 32 Laws & Jurisprudence report 33 Ritual Committee report 33 Grand Recorder’s Report 34 Supplies available with price list 36 Fraternal Relations/Grand Representatives in attendance 36 Membership status for R & SM and RAM 37 Inventory held by Grand Council Office 38 Regalia Committee report 39 Honours & Awards report 39 Grievances & Appeals report 39 Grand Historian report 40 Presentation of Honourary Membership 42 Notices of Motion 41 Elections 2019/2020 42 Credentials Committee FINAL report 44 Installation 2019/2020 & List of Grand Officers 44 Grand Master’s address report 45 Newly Installed Grand Master’s Message 45 Closing of Grand Council 45 List of Committee Chairmen 2019/2020 46 Royal Ark Mariners Opening & closing 46 Order of the Silver Trowel (Past TIM Degree) 47 List of Grand representatives 47 List of Past GMs, DGMS PCW, G Trea & G Recorder 48 List of Past GIGs LMD, MB, SK & AB. GIG VI & GIG BC Int 51 3 This assembly was held in the Norseman Hotel, Camrose, AB on Wednesday May 8 & Thursday May 9, 2019. I, Right Illustrious Companion Jerry W. Kopp, Grand Recorder of Cryptic Rite Masons of Western Canada, Royal & Select Masters do hereby attest the contents on the following pages are a true and accurate transcript of the eighty-first Grand Convocation held at Camrose, Alberta on May 8 – 9, 2019 In testimony, whereof I have appended my official signature and affixed the seal of the Grand Council of Cryptic Rite Masons of Western Canada, R & S.M. at, Calgary, Alberta this 1st day of August 2019 Jerry W. Kopp (RIC Jerry W. Kopp – Grand Recorder) 4 MIC Gerald E. Tetzloff, Grand Master 2018-2019 5 GERALD EDWARD TETZLOFF BACKGROUND AND MASONIC HISTORY PERSONAL INFORMATION Education: Graduated from High School - Calgary Alberta Canadian Police College - Ottawa Ontario Northwestern University - Evanston, Illinois Careers: R.C.M.P. retired as a Senior NCO (1952-1977) Strathcona County - Director of Transportation Services (1977-1989) Gerico Drug & Alcohol Testing Ltd.- President (1989 - present) Marital Status: Widower - wife passed away in 1995 Married Anita Anderson on March 22, 2013 Children: Son - Kevin (Judy) and grandchildren, Brandon & Nicole (Darin) and great granddaughter Willow Daughter - Laureen (Rob) Hobbies: golf, curling, travel, reading MASONIC CHRONOLOGY Symbolic ➢ 1963 Initiated Edson Lodge #68, Edson AB ➢ 1963-1975 RCMP Canadian Rite 3rd Degree Team ➢ 1968 Affiliated Redwood Lodge #193 Edmonton AB ➢ 1973 W.M. Redwood Lodge #193, Edmonton, AB ➢ 1985 D.D.G.M. Edmonton Area (District #20) ➢ 1985 Appointed Grand Lodge Representative of Indiana USA ➢ 1986/87 Elected Board of General Purposes, Grand Lodge of AB ➢ 1987/88 Elected Board of General Purposes, Grad Lodge of AB ➢ 1989-2007 Northern Alberta Veteran’s Degree Team ➢ 1995 D.D.G.M. Edmonton Area (Beaverhill District) ➢ 1998 Member of the Masonic Trial Committee, Grand Lodge of AB for several years ➢ 1998 Honorary Life Member of Empire Lodge #63, Edmonton ➢ 2001 Honorary Life Member Palestine Lodge #46, Tofield AB ➢ 2012 -2013 Elected to the Board of General Purposes, Grand Lodge AB 6 Capitular ➢ 1964 Initiated Royal Arch Masons, Edson Chapter #30, Edson AB ➢ 1990 Affiliated North Star Chapter #2, Edmonton AB ➢ 1998 Elected First Principal Z ➢ 1999 Grand Principal Sojourner ➢ 2000 Grand Third Principal J ➢ 2001 Grand Second Principal H ➢ 2002 Grand First Principal Z ➢ 2002 Appointed Honorary member of the Grand Chapter of BC/Yukon ➢ 2002 Appointed Honorary member of the Grand Chapter of Sask ➢ 2002 Appointed Honorary member of the Grand Chapter of Manitoba ➢ 2003 Appointed Grand Representative to the State of Minnesota ➢ 2003 Member, Canadian Association of Past First Principals and High Priests ➢ 2007 President, Order of the High Priesthood ➢ 2015 Ephraim Kirby Award – General Grand Chapter Knights Templar ➢ 1995 Initiated Edmonton Preceptory # 46, Edmonton AB ➢ 2006 Presiding Preceptor ➢ 2007 Elected Grand Executive of the Sovereign Great Priory of Canada ➢ 2010 Elected Deputy Grand Master - Sovereign Great Priory of Canada ➢ 2011 Deputy Grand Master of the Sovereign Great Priory of Canada ➢ 2012 Elected Supreme Grand Master– Sovereign Great Priory of Canada Served 3 years ➢ 2015 Honorary Grand Master – Grand Encampment of the USA ➢ 2018 USA Knight Grand Cross of the Temple (GCT) Cryptic Rite ➢ 1996 Greeted in Zohar Council #4, Edmonton AB ➢ 2005 Thrice Illustrious Master ➢ 2006 Appointed Grand Principal Conductor of the Council of Royal and Select Masters of Western Canada ➢ 2011&2012 Grand Inspector General District of Alberta ➢ 2016 Grand Principal Conductor of the Work ➢ 2017 Deputy Grand Master ➢ 2018 Grand Master – Cryptic Rite Masons of Western Canada Royal Ark Mariners ➢ 1996 Initiated a member, Alberta Lodge #2, moored to Zohar Council #4 ➢ 2005 Worshipful Commander Noah ➢ 2018 Elected Grand Commander Noah 7 Order of the Silver Trowel ➢ 2007 Order of the Silver Trowel, AB Red Cross of Constantine ➢ 1996 Member, Taylor Conclave #5, Edmonton AB ➢ 2009 Marshal ➢ 2010 Prelate ➢ 2011 Junior General ➢ 2012 Senior General ➢ 2013 Viceroy ➢ 2014 M.P. Sovereign York Rite Sovereign College of North America ➢ 2004 Member, Alberta Rose York Rite College #52, Edmonton AB ➢ 2009 Primate ➢ 2010 Chancellor ➢ 2011 Deputy Governor ➢ 2012 Governor ➢ 2015 Order of the Purple Cross ➢ 2017 Deputy Grand Governor of Alberta Knight York Cross of Honor ➢ 2006 Member, Western Canada Priory #35 KYCH ➢ 2009 First Grand Quadrant - Grand Chapter of Alberta ➢ 2012 Second Grand Quadrant - Sovereign Great Priory of Canada ➢ 2018 Third Grand Quadrant - Cryptic Rite Masons of Western Canada ➢ 2018 Elected Prior - Western Canada – Priory #35 KYCH Order of the Eastern Star ➢ 2009 Member, Majestic Chapter #126 Fort Saskatchewan, AB ➢ 2010 Associate Patron ➢ 2011 Worthy Patron ➢ 2012 Worthy Patron ➢ 2013 Associate Patron ➢ 2014 Associate Patron ➢ 2016 Worthy Patron 8 Informal Opening of the Grand Assembly Ceremonial Opening – Wednesday May 8, 2019 MIGM Gerald Tetzloff and officers were invited into the Grand Council and the proceeded to declare “by the power in me vested by the Grand Council of Cryptic Rite Masons of Western Canada, Royal and Select Masters, I declare this informal session duly opened in form”. We will now begin by the introduction of invited guests under the direction of our Grand Marshall VI Comp Charles Slater: Reception of Guests • Mayor of Camrose – Norman Mayer First contingent of the Freemasonry is the Concordant Bodies: • Knight York Cross of Honour (KYCH) – Eminent Knight Eric Weigelt – Prior for Western Canada • Rite Sovereign College of North America- Grand Governor Alberta– Right Eminent Distinguished Bro John Maloney. • Knight Templar Priests Right Eminent Knight Ron Beirnes Past Grand Superintendent • Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite – Illustrious Rod Ponech – representing the Deputy of Alberta • Royal Order of Scotland: Norm Downs Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Alberta – MEC Keng-Wei Chiew – Grand First Principal Second contingent that were introduced representative of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons: • Most Puissant George Bauder – Grand Recorder and Past Grand Master of South Dakota for Royal & Select Masters of South Dakota. • Most Excellent Companion Keng-Wei Chiew – Grand First Principal of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Alberta. • Most Excellent Companion William (Bill) Fitzsimmons Past Grand First Principal of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Saskatchewan • Most Excellent Companion Jack Fryatt – Grand First Principal of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Manitoba • Right Excellent Companion Phil Robinson Grand Second Principal of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of British Columbia and Yukon. • Most Excellent Companion David Grange Past Grand First Principal of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of British Columbia and Yukon • Right Excellent Companion John Laing Grand Third Principal of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of British Columba and Yukon Third contingent that were introduced representatives of the Grand Council of Cryptic Rite Masons of Western Canada R & SM: 9 • Right Illustrious Companion David Boone Grand Inspector General for the Alberta Region. • Right Illustrious Companion Jerry W. Kopp Grand Recorder of the Grand Council of Cryptic Rite Masons of Western Canada R & SM. • Right Illustrious Companion Neil Marsh Grand Inspector General for the Lower Mainland of British Columba & Yukon. • Very Illustrious Companion Lawrence Anderson Grand Steward for the Alberta Region. • Very Illustrious